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The Clinton News-Record, 1900-02-15, Page 3'V • THE ROYAL HOUSE OF JESUS. pour Man frore the hoepital. Theee two heel; outshining all the kinga and queens ot_ eteraty, A taMity mansion means reunions. Setae ot yOur families are very much scattered. The children Marrted, and We May Rejoice That We Belong to went oet .St.: Louis, or Chi.eagot Charleston katt, perhaps, onto a eau you come togeither at the old place. Christ's Family. Row you watee the old piano that Our Heritage is Very Large, Tho' We Are All Partakers in the Sorrows of the Mighty Family of Jesus, Yet the Ex- tensive Family Estate anti Property, the Many Family Mansions, the .Joyous _Family 11.-nultm and Banquets, Have All Been Bequeathed to Us. he despatch from Washington Says: ers in the log; and beak against the —The Rev. Dr. Talmege 'preached from the fullowing text: "Each, one ree eembled the childrert of a king."— bark ; and seuirrttle chattering cou the rail ; and th•s call. O the hawk out of a clear sky, make you feel glad. The fun, Width kindles bonflogration Judgeg vill., 18. among all 1 he castles of cloud, and sets mini -ire( and donee aflame, stoops Zebah and Zalratenne had been off to to paint the lily white, and the butter - battle, and when they came back they eup ye:low, and the forgehme-uot were asked %vitae. kind of people they blue What can resist the sun ? thleht! hor the vohyager,over the deepl had seen. They awwered that the J•Igill Xor the snootier°. guarding the oeople had a. royal appearance; "each. flock.; alield I Light for the poor who. have Ito lampe to burn I Light for the downcast and the lowly I Light for nolling• eYes, end burning brain, nnd wastecl captive} Light for the one resembled this children of a king.' • 1 stand to -day before many who have this appearance. Indeed, they" are the sons and daughters of the Loki, AI- smooth brow of chilclhood, and for the mighty. Though now in exile they dim eh ion of the oetogenarian. Light for queen's coronet, and for sewing. - shall yet come to their thrones, eielet nee Ile. Let there be light I There are family names that stand yeeeee is this ? My morn» for wealth, or intelligent:se. The name ing. Your • morning. Our Father the picture and hung it on Of Washington means paeriotisM, al- hays us though some of the blood oh thee race nta.ofieoeul)reffit)mf AnItd siso has become very thiu in the last .gen- night. ft is full -moon: The. mists has been silent for years, (bather and mother do not play on it.) How you bring out the old relic's, and. rummage the garret, and open old ecrap-books, and ehout, and laugh, and ert, and talk over old time', and though you may he forty-five years of age, act as though ytu were( eieteen. het sotio it is good-bye at the car -win- dow, and good-bye at the etearaboat wharf. ithit how will we act at the reanion the' old farally mansion of • heaven? 1.1 is a good; while since you parted at the, door of the grave. There will be Grace, and Mary and Martha, and Oheriie„ and Lizzite and all the darlinge ot your howehold, not pale and Rick ,ancl gasping for breath, as when. you tials4 them last, but their eye bright with the lustre ot heaven, and their cheeks rootate with the flush a celeettal summer. What olasping.of hands, What Oh- breeing. What canting together of lip to hp. What tears of joy., You say, "1 thought there were no tears to hea- ven." There mast be, for the Bible says, OGo'l shall wipe them awaye• and if there; were no teare there, how ?ould He wipe them :away? They cars. out be tears of .grief, or deare of tits- appoiehnerit. Theo Benet be tears of gliadnesse. Chriet will come and. say, "What! child of heaveb, toolreuch for thee? Dost thott break down wider the gladness ot reutiont Then I will help thee." Acid, with His; one arm avowed 0.1 ttaci the ()then erre around our loved oues,, He shall hold • ------ ^ eration. The family. of Mallet stood from shore to shore•gleara like shat- - ue up in the eternal jubtlea ,..teree mirrors; tend the ocean under as the representative of letters. The family of the Hothisehilas is signiticant ner glance, comes up with great tides penting upon the beach, mingling, as of wealth, the loss of, lever million ,of it were, foam.,ahd fire. 'The poor dollars in 1848 puttino them to no in- negoit; ger olt:hriengens uNett a. emayeeience ; and within a few- years , his taaean bliaerte trrod dow-1.Pange into his cabin; and to- the they have loaned ltussict twelve mil - sick it seems a light from the other lions ot dollars; Naples twenty.five •shore which bounds this great deep millions, Auetria fol.:1y millions, and of humeaepaeinseannd ftynolels. sInftithpeensruenci England two hundred millions; and .,,e..ehma,FI tkhaahn insgtruments that fill the istroke of their pen on the count- ''' heaver, and earth with great harmon- ing house desk shakes everything from les, the moon is plaintive and mild, the lrieh Sea to the Danube. They setanigning bepretrh stehiet tshwreoente voefieGe If open their hand and there is war ; they Spriti'sePwhile. the atars listen, and the shut it and there is tesace. 'kite House see, No. mother ever more_ sweetly ' of Hapsburg, in Austria, the House -of ' guarded the . sick cradle,. than alit Stuarte in .Enetand, the Houseeeof e ng this watcher of the sky Bourbon in, leancee were families of soateignmhdtshel:oze 'the weary,. heart -sick earth. Whose is this imperial authority. . . . 'beitek-framed, • black -tasseled •pieture 'Bat 1 come .to prattle of a family of ehe /eight ? i It ie the heie-loone of more potential, -mere rich, - ano .mehe .our -family. Ours,. 'the grandeur_ of extensiye—the- Royal House of Jesus, the' spring, the crystals of the snow, the coral of .the• beach, the odours of at whom the whole Mindy in heaVen the garden, the- harmonies of the air. and on earth is named. We are blood You cannot eee 'a lerge estete in onel ., relations by the eelationehip. of the . calling. -.You must talge , severe crUss, ell of us are the chilaren of the. NIntlialsIkrsoyajohuonuddsito't King, 'JIshiteS pi sit' es1 rgtiyo eat f, First, I speak 5C our .family. name, .that• W5 1/11.1et. take 'several. walks to Whep we .see a eleecendant pe, 'some get any idea of. its ektent. , Let the one greatly celebrated in the last cam Bret walk be around hte earth.• ,All tury, we look at him • with, hirofountl these valleys and the harvests that interest. Ito. have ' ahahhhhe.ci wave in there; and the cattle- that pas- kin.gs, or princes, • in the am . lure inethera; • all :these' Mountains, cest rat line gives lustre th hthe aild these precious things hidden be - family name. 'In our line wee. aKing noteeayth thein, andthe crown of:glacier cast •at the feet •al . the • Alpine and a Conqueror, The ., . Stith. ha the hurricane; ell these laltes, thehse .18 - While I speak, some of yen with hrolon benne can hardlo hold your peace. You feel as if tyou meet! speak out and any, "Oh blessed day, speed on. Toward thee I gross with blistei- ed feet over the desert way." My eyes fail for their weepitig. L faint from listening for feet that will not come, and the sound of voiees that will not 9peak. Speed on, oh dayeof. reunions. And then, Lord :Nom} be not' angry with mole, after I' hnve just once kies- ed Thy, bleseed feet, I turn around to gather up the long -lest treasures of my heart. Oh.. be not. angrYwith me. k t Th wer heaven Rut . rabble quieted to hear the fun. Even chances of the situetion. "A"m no goon kee ho se like . Cousin Eller she . Oise of tbe oilieers of the Salvation woold sometimes say to her husband; ' Army 'seet to South Africa writes; „I to nsay he kens anything o' polities," he- and then she would add, to herself,— ,therrsheitarnteelL, j3erking his thoulder to- "Perimps, I might, if I had as nice a spene the whole of yesterday afternoon '1'but I can tell. ye with the soldiers at Fort Napier, 'The this: whe I ate. i house, and. the things to do with that u Wa8 y ng wounded at how the. tiordou 1-Jig:Wenders acted at she has" Sincere and cordial envy does not • Colonel made °wee tome an' pulled- me . Pen Pictures Perloclicala, Miele as the Bonebehell, tiati IRMO [1( Lyre, with cartoons and camp yarns, appear regularly. Kruger and Stee'll when we were up in the front °ham. own things again—leaSt of all, With of thc War. WM, WILLS MADE ON TUE BATTLE.- ' FIELD. The Law Times calls attention to the feet that the operation of the Wills Aot 1837 is suspended in the case of sohliere serving on the field. In consequence of this it is open to, a sol- dier te make bis will on the battle- field by word of mouth. His will is also vitlid even though, het be a trainer When he makes it. Witnesses are un- necessary, and a subaequent marriage dese not annul, a will eo made, us mull tortlinarith be the ease. ••••.••• 1' LECTURES ABOUT 130411S. • A set ot instructions has been issued Ito officers csoznutanding battaltons on their way to the Cape, to deliver lee - [tures om board on the geography of the country, the lessons to be learnt from the war, a study of Boer tactics :and how they are best met, precautions • to prevent the stampeding of ani - mats, Boer organleation, mobilitor, armaments, and their appearance on the field as pompared with Britieh troops, This ought, while giving the men a better Idea of thefoei they have to centeud with, h.elpi te dispel the enoui inseparahle from a triuseport voyage, going to St. Helena is the latest ate. ther of us will over quarrel with. her ber at Mrs. feeper'ii, ancl confessed what foola wo bad been. II guess note proved carteon. Ma* it was eight o'clock of a Saturday BOER DESCRIPTION OF BATTLES. As an example of the War newS Pure Mrs. Stone drove out of their lane - her own hesband 1 h1111P11104114100040111411401}1}00411.41.4111140 About the House (It • ••••••••••••••••••••• ••• morning in February, when nr. wed TIIF, WINTER ROBIN. veyed for Free State consuraption, the yard and tOok the road northward. I s IT EIN/AAL fellowtng extract from the Bloomfon. The crisp tein Express Of December Oth is aent and polished by wooly; oh good aleighe snow of the highway, packed by the cove Town orresperident of ing, Creaked under the runners of their Many a man is so faint-hearted, or •••••••* th F. g g p te, refers to the battles of Graspan, Bel- mont, and Modder. "We heard, bugle call% and suddenly found Indian troops amongst us rais- ing their war my. "They were armed with knivo and swords, We shot them down like wild animals, but they climbed over dead end wounded with suck determina- tion that we were compelled to re- treat. "This terrible fight lasted until noon, when the British drew off, leav- ing 2,000 killed. and wounded. Our loos was about nine killed and sixty wound- ed. "That. the Ghoerk s stormed t e oer post ion. The Nies fought e one, bu could not s ana the terrib e ire of t e British cennonade, so we fled. Our best way is charge I hero. Tbey cannot stand the (Merge of the Boers. "The English lost in three battlea 4,000." "outter,". , and the sun was shining otio intensely matter-of-fact, that he gloriously over the wootled hilla to will Mee a girl's "No" as final, and gee away forever—discouraged and sad, the eastward. The Stones wore going to spend Sun- and propose to some other girl for day with "Cousin Maria," Stone's whom he does not °are, just because second cousin, and the object of Mrs. ho has to do something to relieve his Stone's admiration and envy, She lacerated, feelings. declared that there was no house New, the man who hes had expert. like COUSIIA Maria's, and. leo „domestic ewe with women is not do that. lie conveniences and advantages like will try again, after the first slaock those she enjoyed; that nobody wore of that dreadful little two.letter word such beautiful clothes, or bad such has subeicled, and ehe bas had time good things to eat, or cononanded such to think he tt. And not infrequently resources to "do with" as Coustn Ma. his perseverance is rewarded by "Yes." had not been a great while married, Not one woman In forty, or man; ria. In short, Mrs. Amalie Stone, who either,. knows her own mind at the be- lted who had one ef the nieeet - farmhourses in the• county as well as ginning of a love affair. There are one of the best and. most devoted hus- s° many factors "ernting for against a certain course, which, after bands in the world, was somehow a vic- tim of.that Most 'disagreeable and die- it is 'moo taken, must be irrevocable. tressing malady, envious discontent ; you eiul make the girl* yea love heel. A writbr in To -Day, In the coarse 01 eahnadngthoe immediate occasion of it was tate, You have teein a Wog score in an a • reciati • ti 1 .—Cousin Maria. If she could only ex- our favor Wauchope" says: One night 'Wauchope : bier( "El hti C i are in love with a girl, end you are And if you are a young man, and hnoktee.hst PerhaPs not husbands, she would be 1 e e A WAUCHOPE REMINISCENCE, sures 'WHERE G UNSER-Le COME FROM, was endeavoring to address a ver , a, w appy that there is no other mau in Y Curiously enough—by that Orange the way, don't take thee first No as f' 1 A Belgian and Dutch artillerists have oaly his flashing eyes and vehement felt the same way toward. Mrs, Stone. • eh is. persevering, especially if that •perse- ason to believe that many skilled mire E 13 b ng v age near d ngurg ut ping out inhuman life --Cousin ar crow-. Ina • . g Reuters cote espondent says there is stormh audience at Gilmerton, a rough irony °flats. which we often see Irl lihes to think you are re i)5011 engaged and imported into the gestures gave the slightest indication She secretly, but sincerely, envied the Transvaal' freln 181Kil regti- of the nature of his oratory. When the little woman with the big, devoted lay batches up to the eve oh war. They noise. was at its loudest, and men were the meeting to move votes of no -con- loverlike husband and the model farm- house overlooktng received £30 in °wit, the same amount popptng up here and •there throughout Oyf the most on arrive' at Pretoria, 10s. a day pay; ficience, a rough. Gilmerton • carter beautiful and producotilivee. and graata ef. land. Specialists also • BRITHER SCOTS, alley terms ttonicapailied the new guns. climbed upon the platform. and the in New England. If I could only P Wauthope stopped to observe the verance is exercised in winning Cavor. ' A man who has common sense will not make himself obnoxious to a wo- man by asking her to reconsider her previeus "No," particularly if she be entirely heart -free. We know of a very happy couple, now married ten years, but not mar- ried until the masculine party to the transaction had "asked" her five times and been told "No" four times before the'final "Yee." her Now is that sad time of year When nollower or teat is here; When insmisty southern WaYo Oriole and jay have flown, Anti ot all aweet alone •The robin okays. So give thanks at Christmas -tide; Hopes of epriugtime yet abide! See, in spite of darkimine \Vine and rain and bitter WAIL Snow and sleet -hung beanehee, still The robin stays! rm.,/ mom I., MISTRESS AND SERVANT. So much has been writteu concern- ing the servant -girl question that it seems alnaost as if the boesewife Doxu:ucittitootkri:::. thie time what to expect. of her maid, and wbat her maid A certain man who seems to know as much about the eubjeet as the aver- age woman has issued a Proclamation that tells how to have and tukeep ideal servants. His reelpe follows: principles; servants should ha.ve re. outer hours of service daily. dolatue,n your household on business onCoommpaliedtieof-afrile-ewdoormk. after work is Do not be too pretentious with Duly twiaeOlenkfe.00adtt.ornoon and evening out each Clean, wholesome bedroom; substan- diSseoiteiatilenpr,iviillegyesenwihtshvinet reeasey'n0lanbullget geoeuordteelodo.king, capable eervaut, the probably wants a husband some day, Do not drive her into the street to get anAdvporidivientteeleer.ence with her religious Do not permit familarity from the baker's, grocer's and butcher's boys, aenmspislte. mt. respectful treatment to your servant, and set them the ex - Avoid personal supervisiou while off duty, , Do not let slipshod, careless work go unnoticed. A good mistress is always critical, Dem and exacting, bllt She' One too a ees .0 . . always appreeiaths conscientious ef- 'all these reunioes, with be 'heaven en- cirlIng heaven, ever -topping heaven, rne, an. I m gout to vole for hun." The feirt• --- • • _ i heayen commingling with heaven. . man climbed off the platform and th - . . president enterttlizied the prominent' h high valuation upon themse ves. I was at Mount) Vernon, and weiat e odienee remained quiet. Another means; and' it was natural enoag were nearing Use BOlarrt a member of guns, and -yelled, 'For God's silk% <lout ael-el-Hebir anOdyiti wi thirst the sergeant of the Queen was telling me. • • Girls are' ourioas creatures. When. they are quite young, they set a very the storming of Dundee Just ae they oot o' the road. That's enough. for make people dislike each other, by any rdl consider FLOWERS AS PERFUMR into the dining -room in whieh our first e that Mrs. Stelae and her cousin, Mrs. sixteen, a girt would ha y men in t e .Buer lines held uo their • minute and they were singing, "For a .prince. At twenty, she raight faver In Provence, one of the districts or • men of this and- other lends. It was. *neet; •lads 1- We are Sce,th; and Holmes, should enjoy visiting each ohlt- haven't fired a ahot. at you!' It ap Jeer • Ile's a jolly good fellow 1" and, five er and thelrebY adding fresh fuel to a duke. At tWenty-five, a lord, or provinces ot the south: of France, ere a v.ery interesting ',pot. But, oh! the eetineey she.yect coo loug in., the Transvaal betequeting-hall .ot the family manston e t wete• counnandeeted, and compell- . 0 . an , u or it ange in" the, po- ' ing Waueh " h 11 • ape s ou t er high. Hie had • • Fight- theirenntual admiration. They tray- count„ would. fill the bill. Ae thirty, nearly a hundred distilleries of per- • minutes later, were cnrrying of which I. opeak. Spread the table, spread it wide; for a great multitude d o fight*" • • Mimi Wind four days before the elec wn dbtf h exchangee a good deal; and their hus- eled back and forth on these social she Would not scruple •to give herself fumes, for the making of which hun- • ' to a millionaire. At forty fihe would deeds of acres of roses, violets and . f th th t d fl the River, gather the twelve manner. HUMOR, AT .MODDElt RIVER. ueneyetoo, in the face of hisgreat op. . tion, he would have cerried the constit... bands, who, liked each other, and each marry araiesionaty "from love o e o er swee -scene owers. are cu others fare, by cleated. Filly of these are located are to sit at, ile From the Tree the . of fruits for that table... Take the The light-heartednees and the hum- Penent' tho way, were never cause" and at fifty, she would „jump clusters from. the heavenly vineyards, ; e averse to "driving over" for a day's er with five children ;and a maiden at th.e cha.nee of comforeing a widow- in the town of Cram. • The distil - and press them into tehe golden tank- or of itlafeking have inspireh those at • ABOUT EYES AND THARSe. leries-give employment to lame num- ards that table. On baskets, carry adocider River. to not unworthy' efecorts. Tears are the rornintin. legacy • 0.r ev.. outing. The, two bayou, lay some 20 • • f b ' .1 • th d Its be- im shah never hunger.. Take all the The 2ad-Culustreitine eind themmselves cry human being, •and if you should be mites apart,. difterent townships, A girl's ideal is high. It the man Meg o oys am. oil s, e a u and about midway' between them was 'auliplion .iwnhboims Ishat7i1Y. loolee with favor does ing engaged in growing the flowers. in the brhad of which, if n. men gate,' Very pleasing reading •is the remit. the not come up to her ideal,. he endows. et • . and a village, where the Stenes end All „tile blossieme .must be gathered • shot -torn flags of eaithly.• conqueet in "a desperetely thiretO country, ecith had a special friend, him with intaginary heir vetis- f while ehe. dew is me .them, es they are ,, asked wbence they room and ;Where .Holmeses His birth. Front thenoe He eternal orchestra thee made music itft`htek ' d . lk th t 1.• forth to conquer all - nations, oot by trampling them down, but by lif 5.8 wi oaton uf light woke u,p t . secon • eva , go among, started lamps of heaven, and see -stretching de , ' ' .- . • O . lands these cohtinentsonre ours.. In off on every •side, a wildernese of • • • • ' e a ree alb:Oven a•nd thee redeemed. of .earth 'Our SillY ill this OhiirMille watering- ' ' ' " loh as theY drove along toward Hyde-, er, she looks to A rnan's strength , duces the esseneial .oil or perfume. The avith•thetimbril; foothe prodigals are "Beek cur tickets,h is their .genicti and and entevine them ',mono the arehes. Gabriel with his trumpet, and Miriam wends fixed o'n the Paris Exhibition. at home and the captive's are free, and ' th I' 1.1 • • th ' • ' • • • '• la ' . - ' " a"Lis' te come wad ine e et eer he Ines e . ie, m g Y owever, ectipse . all their conaredes,. ens its rashers as 'follows: • • . tile thee and inhabitaros. Both bleed • • . oleo, they say,,'"ie moat. plot:hang to . . - and evidently .envy their feienae kl,t tbey go, you Would probablihdisplay with whom it was convenient • and graces. She hopeful request The ; th L • , .. yr in the •• Eyelet:ate. - T.elegrant enlight- Our:eyes are always wet with teahs. -' " 'f ha luster ; and still later, shout a veeer simple aubject..-A -,write, .. not 'only. when W5 Weep, :but .rilwayi. • , kgntsi;sescazi:y.thvgbartabrepithnoothn.e. a life solace and' suppert, eyetshautUdf°ft .frein "calyx Litt sterile and ' eofleur- ing a-vue mg. . - . . hThe sleigh -bells ratio cheerily ,aha ohe is. older, she .will realize , ing, eriage, or stripping the petals* • an mustache are not quite sufficient.. Lat- nee" the distilling the petals to pro- d a mustache. By • and .b,y,. when erocesses, .ths, .cucillage, er. gather- . places a good ea o bank eccp,un ,q h, cones for. t.wo p, , . . '• • 1 filites. ere' so l•nd gerls . who. strip, the, petals heti. emir: . ouncle• some of them - tlaem up. St. John oew Him on a they. sang at our Saviour's 'Nativity., "; • Our. eyebelle are . subjected te .a. con- thing will heopen toe the, sE:16111aPore tile; VleiclottnYsideeres his ting worlda . For• .uti 'they . shine. For MS • • ' I- , . - . ,, .. • - . us teeely. We are living) oii the best villa, the half -way village. , . . ex ert the . col earn from not bring the captives chained to his FOr us they will wheel into line, and .' .• eY mook-serieuelY when we. are estop, and *ere- the e ' hoes. over .Sundity," said Mr.• Stone. ap mudh as she does the shape. o. 1 ., p ., . y .. . 'he .fe der." And then •th . • - • fifty to seventy-five cents,' occasion. - white horse. When He returne He will •THE *HUSBANDS GO rin8T, . . of sand, washed down b,y. chateau laud, startihflon; of the lachryittil fluid, even ' . "Oh, don't, worry about that 1"..ex- nose, : , ' sp en our out riump on ,e ay at e inner e e n ew • cays ago,. them to share their luxuriee Cheer ' ' • lemetthinwife. "Yoh. spoke to Leon-. . Youeg Men are too autocratic. h. Y ally todollar. . 'The green of stem' and . . with their Veining torehes add to the ' This is a remark I made to my wi - stroke of the hoofs of the snow-wbite stream to •cease only for. an nour„ miss • e d as- ueual •didn't your "Yes, I fleng themselves.:at the heads :of the calyx ineuresethe, writ. dd d w.heel, or in iron cages ; but I hear the ; 4 ef • t • h th d th d' t lei f * 1 ' ' regrot the. fact that wei are not with . •,, ar , . I .for whieh all 'other. days were made, as..we Were discussing in a general way hunter of. this hiodOught to Carry tlie exable indeed woald. be the.lot• of the. ci at- ' .1 th 'fano '' nod- practitalty say, • In the distillori•es the petals are put .- - cavalcade that bring ehera to the gates in tho third walk, go around the ' the peesibilitleaand prObabiltties of the men far,.. . . . ..,_;L , .. ...., .. , • Eternal . Qty. Ari ; we come near it, . in triumph. human creetura •. . . . .• . . Our family -Mune takes lustre trom hark to the tousle of its chariots, and huture If . the reader be .a ' married , • . .. - - , . • . • ' • the star that heralded Him, ahd the the wedding -peal •of' its .great towers. At the. Miter isomer of every eye is man I 'need not give heo rejoinder. It . 'KIND BOERS.- * • • what is called .the 'lachrymal gland, spear that pierced Him, and the crown' The bell of heaven has struck tWelve. I that was given Him, lt gatheia.frog- it is' high mien) We look off upon • e - wae th good old chestnut :. '' No 't •B ' • . * • ' , l " o many stories are current, many :which nestles under. the ,overhanging ' ' la m nose then most fragrant. The're ate three Let• David ceme with his harp, •and home. The est Scot Guards havetheir it surprising arneunt igneranee pleasant, le stop foh dinner, while go- stress on fine eyes, and an so e • • • is • ranee from the franhincense brought the chaplets •-which never fade, the only scow so; the men do not stay Unforienately with regard to bow' .of the forehead. This green sec - to His cradle, add the lilies that flung. eyes that never. weels, the temPles . widoWers long enouOh to be coented." transgreesions of the ordinary rules of eats the Buhl *Meth flows over the their sweetness into His sermons, and that never close, the loved ones that " Butes I urged, give it a careful test; civilized warfere lay the Boer h t I eyeball to the 'neer corner, and there go Over the' history of our town for am very glad," saYs The Tim: clorares. it disappears through" a little orifice, the boor of, alabaster that broke at- novo part, the procession' that' never .. His fe,et. The Comforter at ;Bethany,' bolts, the trees that never wither, the - The Reserreetor at Nein. The super- walls that never can be captured, the 20 yeara Ms to the, families we' know pondent, "to be able to give some in- wlieueei it is in turn conducted to the natural Oculist at Berhsaida. The sue that never, sets,—until we can no personally..You SOOnt; not the widow- etances in their favor, nom -what' • "motel. ..That is . why you require so Saviour of one World, and the.. chief longer gaze, •and we hide our eyes and era, hut the in:solaces in which the whfe ' edeend taotlaama egeblystsyenvtsear Ena oe the men many .extra handkerchiefs when You joy of another. The storm His frown exelaim: "Eye hat.h not seen, nor ear died first, and for each base I'll give • . there- le no have a cold. . . . you! fire where the reverse. eccurred," 53, while I utmost pitied the good wo- es she ores compelled to etep at a beg- usually eiiger to carry on war in ash a aerial 'hole, like a pm prick, and man opposite, who chewed the end of requisition. Mo list ran rapidly up to dimes leftnis out Oil the veldt. The fact ; will find amen elevation upon the her penal .and upbraided her m.ernor.Y, hospitehle. The cummandant, too, Is turn it outward. There you will see garly three, .This test, I admit, al» though I did not to her,. is hardly con- .Pencile . and Papee came •into quick battle and. gave tvaier to wounded sot. mine, Your eye in the mieter, and you . is that the better -class Boers—and th lower e elid, near the nose. Place iseleiuveritiliiinezietc.lnettiez B.Itu.telt-ptr,ho:eisnidbil;iiieeistitenrieting !there you have found the little pas- defoutphtethat nem.ber of lioerecanie out . NoWtomes the qUestion, How do the Free Statets are largely. of the beta- ;'•your finyger. upon the lower eyelid just ter cleseeetre persenally kindly . and* below this small .elevittittn, so as to trenches. 011 the night after the- • tetra find their wart° the nose-Ogee- entaiTgehetrievsilslhii:thlee°theftee, clu.sive, but .juet. loole at. the tuethen- -bitek-cquistry.Boers, many of who.intiairaiiejarer- nducts the tears brito the tie statistics upon this point., The alraost half -savages, or the miscellane- frequently becomes obstructed, in, for Various cattees, sus crew of rutaanly,. 'moth whites; - which GaSe you! are Pound to weep in- -Westminster Review is authoihty .in • awept into tile cornmandoee." • cessautly until relief is' afforded you the statement that In England, to 580,014 widowers there are 1,410,684 wi- by the removal of the obstruotion. dows; an excess of 821,040. The UM- The overflow of tales whieh follows versal Review gives for every 100 wi- dowers" 194 widows. In some cases the growth of these companionlese women is even greater matter for surprise. For instance, the census for England and Wales for 1881 gives 52,091 widows at the age of 24 1 These strange dis- proportions seem largely due to the feet that men marry later in lifo than formerly, while, the marriageable age of women remains unchanged. . Men often urge as one argument for •nor insuring their lives the haven, chance" that they will outlive their wives. The above shows this chance Lo be so uneven as to be scarce worth considering. But if the probabilities were heavily the other way, the exist- ence of children, would in most cases over -balance it. Think this over and be herniate Look at this suhject squarely. Your wife will not urge tetit to ibsure—probably she wilt half disap- prove, it—but if you mane love her, yowl: duty compels you to put every possible shield betwittt her and want. Not one man in five -hundred is so situated as to be justified in carryi.ng no life insurance,, provided he is in- surable. Not orie in five hundred,. dy- ing unihsured, ean honestly say to his svife: "I have done my best .for your future welfare." I know this all sounds trite, but re-. member—subjects grow trite because of their importance.--FidelitY Journal. BADEN-POWELL HATES COAT - The sunlight His smile. The spring heard, neither hath it entered into the morning His breath. The earthquake heart of man, the things that God the stamp of his foot. The thunder hath peepared for those that love the whisper of His voice. The ocean Him!' des these tides of glory rise, a drop on the top of His finger. Heaven we have to retreat, and hold fast lest a sparkle on the ,bosom of His love. wei be swept off and drowned in the Eternity the twinkling of His eye. The emotions ef gladness and thanksgiv- universe the flying dust of His char- ing and triumph.' iot wheels. Able to heat a heert-break hirhet thinle you of the fartiily pro - or huth a tempest, or drown a world, petty ? It is considered an honor to or flood immensity with His glory. smairy into a family where there is What otheth family Zama could ever great wealth. The Lord, the bride - boast of swell an illustrious person- 'groom of earth and heaven, oefers you age ? hes heart and; his hand, saying; in the Henceforth swing out the ' coat -of- tvords of the Canticles, "Rise up, m.y . ,• arms! Great fanailies wear their coat- love, me; fair one, and. come away,' of arms on the dress, or on the door and once having put on yohr hand at the coach, or on the helmet when the signet ring of His love, you will - they go out to batele, or on the flags be endowed with all the honoure of and ensigns. The' heraldic- sign is hea.ven. eagle. Our coat -of -arms, won right er an Next I speak of the family mansion. sometimes a lion, or a dragon, over the heart, hereafter shall be a I might have, included this under the cross, a lamb standing under it ana last head, but did not choose to do a dove flying over it. Grandest of all se' It is now, so near the lst of May eseutcheons I Most significant af all that it is a great question vvitht many the garden, the harmonies of the air. of you whero you shall live; you may I must have it blazing on any flag; have to move into a house that will the dove, the cross, the lamb ; nd not suit you in a street you do not when I fall, wrap mo in that goodaold like, But glio no.t worry, andi I will Christian flag, so that the family coat- tell you sometheag that hell cheer of -arms shall be right over xey breast, You uP; we shall have a mansion by - that 101 the world may see that I look- and -bye from which we shall never be removed. ed. to the Dove of the Spirit, and clung to the Cross, and depended on the Imase every iamtly looks back to a Lamb of God, whieh taketh away the homestead—some eountry place where sins of the world. you grew up. You sat, mu the door -sill. " Ashamed of Jesus 1—that dear Friend YOU h,eara. the footstep of the rain on On whom. my hopes of heaven de- he garret roof. You meting on the pend. gate. You raneacked the harm You No! when I blush be this Aly shame— waded into the brook. You threshed That I no niore revere Hie Name," the orchard for flop:es, and the neigh - Next, I speak of the family sorrows. bouring Woods for nuts; and everye If t rouble some to rine raember of the thing around the: old homeotead is ot. family, all feel it. In Philadelphia, and interest to you. I tell you ofhthe old the region around, it is the custom af- homeetead • of, eternity, In my fath- ter the body is Towered into the grave, er's house are many mansions, When for all the relatives to tome to the we talk of 'newtons we think of verge of the grave and look down in- Chatsworth nod its park, mine miles to It. First those nearest to the de- ia circumference, and its conserve - parted come, then _these next of kin, otory, that astonishes the world; its netil they have all looked into the galleriee of ert, that contain the lei. grave. So, when trouble and grief go temple of Chanteey, Canova, and Thor - down through the heart of one mem- ber of the family, they go down weistlett; of the kings and queens, who through them all. The sadness of one have walked its etately halls, or, fly - is the sadness a all. A. company of ing' over thei heather, have hunted the . . , grouse, But all the dwelliing place; of battery ; the two persons at the end dukes, and pirinceis end queens, are as SLEEVES. last toxin which got away. from the J . ' . of the line touch this battery, and all nothing to that faenhy mansion that the circle feels the shoek. So, by rea- is greatly malting our arrihal. The —With!' the. gallant Colonel -Baden- town before its complete investment, son of the filial, material and pater- hand of rityl Lord Jesus lifted the pit- rowel' was interviewed by the prea- and was sent to command, the cavalry ent writer on his return from, the last division on General Gatacre's line, nal relations of life, we stand tio elose tars ent• "swung the doors, and plant - together that whett trouble sets Its ed the parks. Angels walk there, and native war in South Africa, he sudden- which may be described as the middle lino of advance, leading directly to battery, all feel t he thrill of distress. the good Of tall ageo. The poorest ly stretched out his arms and declare Bloemfontein. General French, who is So, in the great Christian family, the man in ihSt hoUse is a raillionaire, ed:— as a Tele, the organist thinks that he WAR AND CHARITY. The expectation that the flow of contributions to deserving cbarities would be checked this Chrietmas by the diversion of public generosity to the War Relief Funds is being fultilled. An official of the Charitable Organize - tion Society says that the religious and philanthropic instiutions which depend largely on the results ef Christ- mas appeals are feeling the pinch sore- ly. He is inclined to think that ordin- ary charities will suffer to, the extent of 33 1-3 per cent. A, like story is told by the officials of other eoeieties. From the •philanthropie departments of the London Congregational Union, two pressing appeals have been sent out, but have met with scarcety any re- sponse. Not only money not forth - coining, but even gifts of clothing are not to be hod. The exPlanation prob- ably is that London's "old clo' ' is wanted for the adornment of the Transvaal reftigees, HIS SECOND SHOW. General French, whose bustling ot the Boers round Colesberg is the best hews we. have hed from the war for many a weary day, has now scored two off his own bat. it wee to himi that General Whitirgenerously left the ae.. tive direction of operations at the battle of Elandslaagte, remarking, "Go on, French, this is your show." He afterwards left Ladysmith by the sorae .great grief is created • by the mental emotion. speedily discovered. ,. yourself down a.t a girl's feet for her Frederick , the Great. Almost every ' et in a.ria , lachrymal gland under pressure of door and the kitchen door, as they If you are a young man,. on Why are tears salt ? Literally, our 'They're away from •home,"" an- . to walk over. Don't spend all Your war in Europe has been felt in Pro - tears are distilled from the very flounced Mr. Stone, "They're gone heeheee • "treating"' Eer to ice cream veuce. Sometimes the invadere could are separated by marvellous machin- do you suppose it's possible. they've ' and confeettonery. A girl of that. be appeased by a ransom; once ten kind is not worth asking twice. Bet- thousand bottles of perfume were de - springs of our inmost {Utility, for they visiting," groaned his wife. "012 dear! erg,. and ettemistry from the arterial gone to visit us?" • ter take the first "No" as final. .• mended in ahdition to a heavy :money bleed freshly eirculated 1 rom tho "Shouldn't wonder. a bit," reelled A girl respect's It man who has a indemnity. Nevertheless, Grasse has cer seven parts in one thousand of sa-, heard a man's laugh, when 1 went naind he'his own. \ She may get vexed . thriven and the people -grew rich • heart; and as this contains about six Mr. Stone. "Come to , think of it, I, ' line constituents, so 'teem. contain one- over to the store la Hydeville, that {den she faile to* carry her pointSand, through the pretty intlustlee it hicts tilted' per cent. of chloride of sodium, sounded like Sohn Holmes's. But I have a fit of the sulks, and go off mirdstere to the Itotnrious habits of .besides a very Innen proportion of oth- couldn't tell •where it camel from, and with 'the other fellow; but if she tares the wealthy. It is not often, flume It, a grain a.bout,you—ateci you don't want that Grasse has had sueh a .eust inner , tend .to the milking. 13ut he lives "Take 'nee or leave me, just ae you on a 'glitse slab cciated with pure -fat, quite a little piece away, and. if it please.. There are othees." -- . , being, laid on. half an inch thole "Au- • • "Storm( Look at the 'sky!" exclaini- Whit - a little, dear young friends. °thee glee's slab cot( ted in the , same • shoald come on to .storm—" . . ed Mre. Stone,.. with a' scornful laugh. The world 'was. niahmede Ina day', and manner is iota ovine theme , The_ fat "I declere, if you aren'e the greatest surely its matulectere was a bigger absorbs the perfume in from twelve to • job than the courting• of any 'pretty twenty-four hours. 'When saturated . It was still gloriously.pleasant when . • neve Minnie'. of. Mollie. • • it is packed. in eius for shipment' to, the .• man to werry, over nothing." they; reached Hydeville, at 11 o'clock, a. little patience. If you go manufacturers, where the odor. is fiehleg for pickerel, yqu•do not-expeet washed out with aluthol. . and they stoppedethere two full hours. the fish you covet to jump out of the • • Some delicatopehfumes require fifty As.they again tcrok the( road, at 1 ond: at your . hook when -he sees you to eighty layere of eetals upon the • . cPomin You wait for 711S pleasure, same fat. Those flowers very strong sou gen y wigg e your ai , an o'clock, they noticed that the) sky• had . become slightly flinay, 'but' as it fre- — g. tl ' 1 le 't • d hold in perfume do not require so many quently does aloud over thus toward vour breath, and if he does not bite, reltienishmente. - It requires, about sixteen thousand pounile of rase ,petals the close of •a fine winter day, they - - - , were heirt.her surprised. nor disturbed. :7.you come ag. 5i011 uton-trIN:10'0uWk• :utiAsTivdsLOtle to produee one pound of attar or toes, At 3 o'cloek, however, the wind begari Keel) efn,r31- - ii -t. him. eaerwe or the essential oil of the flower. No you, have as meucht. upgattence With, ehe,.• te rias, the sky grew , more overcast, other' ex ow a a wonder the precious oil is -more val- awl before' long'.was spitting shartily liable than geld. • . . • out of the northeast. - girl you love? • • . . . lu • s.om.e factories the petals after now V asked Mr. Stone. "Drive aleph', • ' There, are girls' we reeret to see, it Who make it a point oot to say a. sit trap into cauldron's of builing fat. This is a wasteful precese, • cot muck • • "What do' you think of the .storm • '. - it -y.0 • the stripping are simply shot down a' was his:tetra's only reply, as ehe gado. loOke too much like jumping it , _ the first time they are tteke t th4 el the fragrance escaores into the air and get there as quick as you can about. her. . ' . ered the ' buffalo robe more tightly first chance, they will tell you; and 1 , .. . - there •is anythingea woman generally 15 has btsen said that "Provence is - and is lost.. When they reached the Holmes farm, - wants to. avoid' it ie enything like "be- gard.en of. Provence.", It seems quite the garden of' Prance, aud Grease the' tit about 4 o'cloek; the wind was howl- ing too forward". in a mixtrimottial and peaceful now, but through many i.ng and the snow driving across the race. .1t. is feminine to retreat—mas- centuries it was the battleground as . well as the. garden. It has been sack- • landscape in sheets. Mrs.' Stone got culine to advance. • out at the side entrance and plunged .. And' there is some sense to it ; for - shiveringly against the door, but turn- radii generally like to do the courting. ed by SpantardS; it was laid waste by ed at. once to her husband with a took , before marriage, and • leave it to Wo- .v.Pr4attrinciaspIi.nottn detrirchlryPtrieosaaihnveafdeT•at'vuhleene of' surprise and consternation. The ment to do it afterward, .Well,'"turn door was locked! So were the front about is fair play," says the old Adage. ' ° he reached it.. It was again devastat- • "Goose! cried Mrs. Stone. "He was it • her • unless she does—she will soon be ma4illiott;h1flori:nh':nottil•ittiortitineinti.11smiiii-its.nstinffixs1, er salts, ninety-eight per cent. being couldn't see anybody that looked like water. The diem of thie alkaline fluid him, so gave it up." et to clear, cleat and moisten the, core convinced that, even though a men is flea, which, having no blood vesselo probably over at Jason Soper's, where sineniloslipeewhna.s.. "a right to say his year. And all you experi. would, eoorse, Wither end dry up :they alwaOs stop—out in the barn, like Well, we must just make the best of a :trailers must remelts! or t enced people, who have had love af- CHILDREN ARE NOT 'PLAYTHINGS. without this moisture, and. we should as not. If you'd only mentioned it! become blind. fairs, know wind a jolly thing the ,, THE ORGANIST AN ATOCRAT.. "If tbere ever is ?any trouble in the congregation about the music, and if the minister ever worries Ihirnself, it is admitted at once that the congre- gation and the minieter are alone to blame," writes Ian Maclaren in the January Ladies' Home Journal. "But there are other defficulties, and they may. be mentioned In a spirit of be- c.omtng humility, For one thing, the organist is an artist, tend every artist has a nature of special refinement which cannot bear the rough-and- tumble ordinary methods of life. With a man of common day you deal in a practical, straightforward arid even brutal fashion, arguing 'with him, complaining to him, and putting him eight when he is twrong. But nomati must handle preolous porcelain in such fashion, or the artist ,will be intstahtly wounded and will resign and carry his pathetic story to every quarter, for, in his forty-eighth veer is an ex-mtle of all. es one persecuted? All eloper- Bet ward he; %%aka is an anthem, and le s T fe - - - ' is lifted above, criticism and public sorrowt of one ought ho be the sorrow and the lowliest a king, and the tam- — 'eho one thing that always stri e i ia o icer, who joined. the 8th Rua- • wetted. Does one suffer loss? We all and the shortest life an eternity. It me moat powerfully when I return stirs in 1874. Ile served with the Cave nary Brigade on the Nile in 1884-85, oigynthing; it le at insult to suppose ion. rt is impossible to teach him suffer loss. Is one lereaved? We are took a Paxton to build for Chats- from the wilderness and from the free. d was present at the; battle of Abu . that anything could be `better than worth a (severing for the wonderful andeeasy life ot the campaigner le the ne .a. A dashing horseman, an ex.. the Wilde he provides." all bereaved. " Their streaming eYee together "flow ilewer, Victoria aegitt, five feet in Positiire torture I 'suffer loom once pert swordsman, he hes now shown - From human guilt and mortal woe." diaittieter. tut our Lily se eee vete again having to wear ooat-sleeves, and that he is also a taetician and that If you rejoice at a'nother's misfortune l'eY shall need no shelter from the I haele heard this sa3ne thing remarked he ean beat the Boers at 'their °wit now FURS ARE CURED. of the goats • and the vultuee of sin shall put forth its full bloom and explorers, from Mr. Cecil Rhode.; e" moinufacturer merely stretched and -Usually they ate brought to the you, are not 446 of the sheep, bue one blast, and in the open gerderie of God upon by dozens of eoldiers, travellers, ennui. Le: downwards. hath alightedon your soul, and not the and ail heaven shall come dried; or perhaps a solation of alum Dove, of the Spirit. book at It' and tte arena' shalt r a e 0 ee and m n al ke m"Ttna,SloouthseAte,rifetai arneil other ehot cilie HOW LADYSMITH AMUSES ITSELF. Next, I notice the family property. though the cheettbim had swung go for months together withoue coats The Daily Telegraph hos some inter- the manufaeturer does not wish to has' been applied to the flesh side. If After a man of large estate dim the fere the throne, a thousand censer:: eating details of the state of Lady- make use of them immediately, he —except such as are loosely thrown relations asaemble to bear the will r have not men it yet. am in t a ovat them at nights—and Nen their 'smith from Mr. Thorold, a buteher, thickly with camphor, sprinkles them pule thiem in 4 perfectly dry place, re,ad, So much of the property ie will- foreign land, Bat my Father is wait- rough shirteeleeves rolled up over their who hat jug errived in, Fore Camp. daughters, and eo molt to benevolent there and Aiken there. In the Bible Mali yet to whom n coat was not for weeks that the places of businesehaVe and every few weeks has them care - ed to hie sons, and so neuieh to his Eng for me to eorael hoMe, I have bro. sunburnt arms; and I never knew a It la, be says, only during the last two fully beaten. When they are td be prepared for aocieties. Our Lord Jesus hath died; 1 have teeters from there, telling me weeks wollpaigh intolereble when it been closed. The military outhori- making up into muffs, caps, and eo mid we ere assembled to -day to hear what a fine piece it is, It mattets had to be resumed, Ole partioularly tree have eommandeered all the eat - the will read. al aim, "My Nam 1 • not mach to, me whether I am siok applying to the sleeves. Ales, but have erranged that meat and forth, they are put into tarp tubs "ell are youra.': or loves rnee or whether I go by laud Cape for nearly six weeks, my coat. all. Groceries are unobtainable for with! a quaiitity of rancid butter, and give tente You. Thogh the or poor, or whether the world hates 'Though r have been back from the bread aleili be sold at prices fixed for trampled under the bare feet of men apostle he says; e until the pelt bounties soft and par. What 1 everything?' Yes; everything!' or ma, it only h. may lift my ezies sleevea seem to hareaa roe so as almost parthe,se. The last tin of milk feien- guished fatellles there are old pie- not a trait Ileum, built in a month, ray hems; end it is ittr face that on one Inge a dozen, bat plain food, Auer 58 deity tanned. Then they are taken Thie world and the. Mort. In distin- at last( on the family mansion, It is to completely fetter the movementa of ed three shillings. Eggs are Six nhill- out arid' waved on the fleah side with --- a etrip of iron, in order to remove end" are dalled the "heireloore of the Wren hanging on the walk, TheY soon to amble, but an old naansion owasion Dr, Jamesori was -so imam., meat, bineulte, rind army bread are pro. parts of the flesh or eellular tissue as which Le, as Mu as the day 15 *at fartable from the name cause, that, In curable. The only drawbacks are iney have adhered to the skin. estate. . They are very old, and have built. its vvalla are grown with the one ref the Moat fa/110'11W clubs in the indifferent water, whleh is eaus- The grease ie then reitioved from tome down from generation to gene 10 of ages, tlaid thei write at thd,gatet London, he asked those sitting with ing a little eicknees, end the unelean loom of stir royal family. Ithe mete, Pkan a 0 yt f eternity. The queen of She- throwing on his coat for a. few moe watera are Pr4eureble at the lietelaa them by again trampling them thor- rg ormi other hard. wood. Finally, eration. Ea I look *Men all the bean - ties ef the nateral, world as the heir- , wa aro ablooth With the eetitury him that he might be *mum& for ntate of partn ef the town. Mineral ott lily with fine sawdust of mahogany it 13 II I' V th ir ments and rolling his shirt -sleeves up,. though the bars have all been close °,,, 0 ing breaka rom ho I t, The bilge f t Leis bit hath walked; 9 9. 91 tent a e , bleated to a thorough beat - end Lady /have written all my hooka while mate for two woke. The li'rere electric PleY ere aa . abeiVe mauntalti, Mail sky -lost, The Maria Antionette, berfotee and Ce- less and with my shirtetleeves rolled lighte are fatally men at Ladyamith, mg, I trevel up hill, abotve bill, mountain aml tl f or wool fa orefully comb - e ur Parents are full of elerp, and buzz, and Huntingdon, and Wil . _ up,. Each time I return to ordinary but the Dors endeavor to spoil the 1 eel out end they are ready to be- made SOUR. Tree'S leaf and birdeft wing ell, and jerenly Taylor, and Samuel, Ittitherfoed, arid 3Ohn Milton, Mid the lilere.cooateeleoves are a eeneWed tore reeding of the signale by flutter with gladpess. llott*y mak- wIclow Who gave tWo Mites, and the ‘a . on their eleetrie aearehlights. Squib t100' are u'ea' tasting up into the various artielee for whit% 9 bad job, I know where Maria puts the making up of a hoes's' quarrel Is. might as• well go in and take ponies- mit us to oey—if you love a gtrl wbo their own pleasure et* Amusement, uor kitchen key when she's away, and we And so, young man, in elosizIg, per. their letb:e4 ere n 11. gee , hem I w siore—as they will have •to do ttt our hal; oo interest in any other man, ask to display as maryeie to their frietule," house. I reckoe." her twice, at least, before you consid- warns Barnette Browie wriOng ef the "stoop," arid Mrs. Stone peoceed- last says "Yee" The key was fOund on O nall under er her decision final; and if she at ".„,,, ,,_ , ,,,, ,,, • , „ , . „ ,, hurry up the wed- moeuers• Initstrtice3 :Ina ea! never veil- ebdantdo sttaakbelepdosehtrhioonr;zhilvie hheenr limits; ding day, ahd be haPPY; tires," in ' the Janne ry lee d ee,' • thane Stone came in, he found the lamps all • —KATE THORN. journal: " But -mothers 010131 elinsid- lighted and bis wife in a high state of er that from the first moment of life exciter:tient and delight at the pries- the child ist dest ',fled town ril growth, peat of "wirer Cousin Maria's nice hevelopntent, ping reesion. A . cla [lying things for `awhile! I guess it's allfor with this bit of wisdom in the begin - posted cheerfulness. -"For once in iting makes rare steps:one for 'mush our livee we wilthave a taste of kiepe 1 ba t is ilisegiveable later. And lot ne the beat," she announced, with unexe lug house with modern conveniences!" mother make the error of ho:og hofflp,i It wag a tremendous snow storm by the cry of ' heredity.' Much (if mew, that 25th and 20th of February, Mr. is called heredlier Is renlly imitation and Mrs. Stone waa snowbound for a of What is to be seen and felt in the week in the Holmes' house and Mr. and environment ; and the most objertion. Mrs. Holmes, as it happened, were Able human heredity ran be overcome. eimilarly imprisoned in theirs. Rode The inheritance of the divine spark were not broken through for five days which iS OM ready to,fly upward must nev.er be forgotten." and no one knew how his neighbor was PAY FOR, A SPOT. . faring. stitches should be cut with a sharp knife, Very few •persons can rip a garment with scissors withoat doing it great harm; indeed, many find it impossible to cut stitches with any- thing withnut making holes Ora ren- der the goods absolutely vvorthless for the, one wbo originally wore It. When it is done the edges are so ragged that. a much Mailer pattern ragst be used. In preparing goods for the dyer, or .to be made over, every stitch should be taken out. It some scarcely teees- sary to say that feeings, braid and hooka and eyes must be removed, but this is imperative, in view of the con- dition in which gannets come to the dressmaker and the dyer. Many e,ssing upt, We thought, if-- dresses, capes and jaeketa are perfect- ly wearable after being carefully rip. "Stop right there, Ammo, Stone!" ped, brushed, sponged and pressed. It oried his wife, with a sudden unealle is a wonder that some one does not ed -for burst of Mara. "If you CM net Up eri establishment for ripping • - i . e Merit oh such a thtng again-- - elothes and putting them in order for "Why 1" exeleimed Mr. Stowe in - the 'dreatentiker. The owner of them glad astonishment. "1 thought yen frequently hao not time to rip prop- . were erarY for Cousin Maria's Modern erly, or is too eareleee and undo- 0013Vellieneee, and MU sold that Maria sten& too little the way to do it, had Made life a burden to him by hanker. Mom both hag after yours. So Mre thought we'd she all the titfte in the world. Some farms,'" of You • by aware -Ping a tolerable living,. or at leant add to vvoman in ovety 'community might get 1. a Waited itleoMe, by preparing gar - "Well, yeu'll neither Of you Mr hear *het hing more en the eitbjeot moats for remodelling. , . IJOW TO RIP A DRESS, Most people have en idea that it Is easy enough to tip a garment to pieces. Any child ean do this. It is a matter that requires scarcely any care or' attention., Dresees are usual- ly pulled to pieces, snipped at with sciesors, or out with knives. To rip up a garment properly there should be no pulling, tearing, or dreg - ging apart. If one cannot take the end of the thread and pull it out, the In the meantime Mr. Stone took care Two mothers of larg:t familihe were teak cate of leis, white their wives re- (hemming domestie matters; one clay, of Mr. Holmes's stock, and Mr. Holmes veiled to their hearthi eontent in the end the younger of the two evoke with eupposed domestic advantages and im- a vigil of the way iii wheel h -r table- provements for which they had envied eloths were spotted throtteli the &M- eech other so long. At last the two families were able to get word, to one ly Weiser:1 of her two boye. another', and a day' watt set eor the mu- "Perlrepe you'd like to knew how 1 . tual evacuation of eaoh other's premis. have helped my here to be oareful at ea and a meeting at Hydeville on the the table," elect the older woman; "it dine at Jason Soper's, that memorable, in the plan on which my mother - way. Both Partiee were invited to day, arid the reader .may he aura it brought me up, tout I've; never found was not tape of these ditiner partiee a better. that languish for lack of converse- "The rule in our family," die prom- tian. , eiled, when urged by her friend to cue Late in the afternooh, as the Stones plain her method, "is fhb,: Anyone some in sight of their own pleasant :who makes a spot on the tableeloth farmhouse, Mr. Stone said, hesitating- must cover it with a piece of money, ly, "John ahd I had some talk. of ear- and the piece must be large enough changing farms, while we were hare- to bide the stain entively; no rime are alloweat The children . have to pre - vide the mina out of their own poeltest money, This rule applies; to their father and me. as well as to them. The SIM goes lo buy new table linen. "The first year I tried, the plan we heel money enough for three handsome tebleclotha, but slime then there has been, leas and lesa. This ia the fourth year, and although none of my boyo bao yet Washed his 15th birthday, end they are by ne Means unusually deft in their inatingemant of knives, forks and epoons, they liave learried to nerve themeelves, and others so well that I am intlitteel to think their tontribti- tione to the 'tablecloth fund' will be very Slight," • from Marla or MS," sobbal Erie StOne. • "Ws were both of uat so homeilek and Itt Italy bread. and, auger cost about /to ashetned that we burst out crying, twice as mueh as they do in Enema&