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Don't Worry, Dort
Don't worry, dear. The latalseet years
That (dog the ferward view
Ettell thin to nothing when it nears,
And we may saunter thvottgla
The detkeet momma neeoe t
11 0111,y 1000 MOW.
ThP JOSS of 'time le what beinoubs,
Not trouble lAt the door.
Devil worry, dear. The slonele are litok
But with thent camas the rain,
And stifled soule that parch au41 crack
May Will with sap again.
The burnen bear as best we can,
And thereinto none to bean
Hard work hue rawer killed a man,
But worry did its ehare.
Don't worry, dear; don't Manela don't
But dare the ,years to come,
Nor give the enemy the field
Because he beat e the drum.
These little woes that hover neav
Are nothing, though they gall.
We„know that life is Jove, my dear.
And lite txnd love are all.
—Samuel Mervin in Youth's Compete
ion.
Prayer.
Our God and Father, who last mim-
ed our eyes to behold Thy glory maui-
fested to us in Jesus Christ, great that
day by day we may eee more. clearly re-
vealed in Him Thy divine beauty and
goodness. rival the gospel etory and
from onr own experience may we learn
haw strong and wiseand kind fie iss
ahvays to receive and help and
able toeave to the uttermost. Thus may
our faith in Chriet be 'infected until
we trust Him absolutely and serve Him
with the devotion of our whole heart.
And grant that everywhere, throughout
the world, the message of the Saviour'a
love stud of Els power to awe may be
borne until, in all landa. Ion seek His
face and own Him as their Lord. Amen.
God end Man.
It is Dot sacrilegion to mune them
together. The burden of the Bible is to
bring them Into fellowship. The sweet -
Dees of the message is that the door of
the Father's house is alwaye smen fur
the return of His wandering one.
we are told about God. is for the puta
pose of showing His intereet itt dA, add
t 0 centre our thought MI affeetietis 0:1
llim. It may lie gill Ilg tou far 10 djy
tint De suffers the lees 4,1 Gut fellow-
ship, bet it is within the teachings; of
Ilis Word Gilt there is rejoioing iu
ven over the retura of one sineer. But
what impresses ne profouielly is that
conrts the uompailioa:ship and c!ese
communion of Hie children. We are
asked to walk with God, to commuue
with Hint, to lay our eares at His feet.
to talk to Him, to abide in IIhn, to de-
light ourselves. in Him and to look for-
ward to the time when we shall dwelt
in His presence. By a thousand figures
this dunr or privilege le kept before us,
This is the chief -thought of religion.
Our engagements with the world are
necessary thongh only temporal; our
association with our fellowmen is ex-
ceedingly hnportant, but the ideaof
brothethood never reaehes its full growth
until it reachea a recognition of a com-
mon Fathertood. No other religion
provides for sueh an intimate fallow -
ship between the Creator anti the. mem
tore. Every path possible is open from
us to Mu, We may think of Him, w:
may study His truth, we may love Him
we may train every affection to lay hold
upon Rini we are to remember His
goodness to us, we are to believe in His
providential care, and we are to have
vivid hopes of what Ire is yet going to
do for us. In all these ways we are to
come close to Him and in all these nays.
we are to give ourselves to Him. There
comes back to us a co:meant:mess of
peace with Him, assuranees of Ilis favor
and the testimony of His indwelling
Spirit. This saner spiritual life of
communion with Hint is everywhere
spoken of in the Scriptures as a possible
exec:Aeon to the humblest of Hie chil-
dren,
Thinge Which Accompany Salvation.
I3y salvation is meant the sovereign
gift of God, let that germ of life come
to our hearts, and all other activities
may be regardod in the light of acconi-
paniments. The feathers Of a bird are
the clothing of its life, the eraecs of
the Christian ere the attributt-es of tbe
divinely imparted life. These garments
of the soul come in the following or-
der: Recognition, appreciation, appropri-
ation.
The weary Jacob Bee down a strang-
er to the place and. to God, he dreams
and awakes, "G'od is in this place and
I knew it not." God discovered by man
is a definition of religion; this is a key
to unlock the mysteries of life. A great
man has said that "ell the' heppineee of
life may be resolved into retsognition,
and that to- dieenver a interi.al thing
which anewers to ft epiritual coneeption
is the big,heet Of ell human delisrlits."
Appreciation. "Then shall ye know if
ye follow on to know the Lord."' This
knowledge open the eyes and tonna
the tongue.
This is prayer, God speaking time,
my .eotil responding to Him. Praver
vomes down like the manna, we gather.
we eat, we are strong. Some put prayer
as a cause, that i8 a mistake, it 1S1 en
effect, When the teacher eomes be finds
us blind, first we ne, then we know,
then we love, and serve, Soon eve mum
to say "whom have 1 in heaven but
Thee." 7 am saved not because 1 am
needy, but bemuse I am worthy, nf
more value than eparrOWS, A sheep, in
ten thoneeed world. A lost son of the
King. this is why He eame after ines
to find me, to reetore Inc to the higheet
prineely dignity.
Appropriotion. "I 'have all, T am full,
I abound, sayePaul; and this is not Ape -
rid to hint tie an apostle, but eornmon
to• bite as a sexed nom. Am 1 free in my
Father's housewas there a feast when
returned? did the Father fully one -
Wer the geudging older brother, "It wee
meet flint we Shoull make merry and
be glad, for thy brother has eome." "Il
things are yours arid ye are Ca:tient, and
Christ Ls God's."
Iron ships Are ' built in water -tight
emepartinnte, ea that one section of
the hold may Le full of 'en water, but
no damps done to the rest of the car-
go. But tide is not so in the Christian
heart. if one member stifferall the
members suffer. If Christ come to the
eon!, Ide mutes to the whole snub A
whole Christ for a whole &nil le the
=MOW And •fatness of the Gospel. 11
it Christian thinks himself poor he is
itt cto far ignorant, he has initell fo lentet
of Him who said, "1 tun come that ye
might Immo hfe, and that ye might
have it 1110re abundantly."
H, 'la Miller.
as -see
If a real man should make love like
the hero of a play the girl amnia be
swaged to death.
ue
and
Ise
efrino
WATIMZUMNICAMMUCGMZUMN2illati4
No, no! a eourts an army, a legion of
angels, could not have saved him \then
the behest of the Highest summoned him
away. He must go al the glorious prime
of utatatood, in the climax of, his power
and ueefulnessa-neeet go aud leave bus
great work uelinisliedi mya-
terious providenee. Ohl inserutahle my-
stery of death and the gravel
And. then his sorrow aud remorse, and
bitter, bitter disappointmentl that was
most severe,' most insufferable of all.
Faleoner was not one to love or liate,
revenge or repent in moderation. And
since tbe scales had fallen from his moral
vision, end be had aeon and understood,
appreciated and admired Daniel Hunter
ita he really was, hia whole heert atal
been revolutionized, his whole natore had
set toward Daniel Hunter with an ard-
ent, remorseful], passionate desire; for
hie epprobation, At any time the boy
maid heve embraced him; count have
preseed him to Me heart; could have
thrown himself at his feet itt peuitent,
passionate acknowledgment. And now his
dearest purpose had been to hasten to
him as t� au injured father; to make
the most thorough and satisfactory re-
nunciation of his former misconceptions
nod errors and then to east himself upe
on the certain love of that noble, that
magnanimous heart. Yes, he had intend-
ed to get to Daniel- Rueter, and none
and abuse himeelf to his own heart's
content; for 'nothing else could satisfy
Ute demands of his feelings!
True, much of all this had been writ-
ten in letters to him, but what can a
pen do in such a can. Conn' it demon.
etrate the _power of a felling that it
required a lifetime to live out? And he
had been hurrying home so eitgerly, so
joyously for this purpose. Such a son as
he had hoped to be to him. Daniel Hun-
ter bad no son; but Me! for affection,
and devotion, and reverence, and service;
/le would be a dozen sons in one: Oh,
yes, if his noble -hearted father-in-law
had loved him even when he was per-
verse, how much more would he love him
now, when he should prove himself
worthy? OW very ardent had been his
desires, hie aspirations; very admirable
his resolution; very bright and joyous
his bopee.
But now! now! Ohl it is a passing
bitter thing for death to step in be-
tween us and opr late remorse; a bit-
ter, a severe, On insupportable, a crush-
ing punishment!
So the young man felt it new, that the
noble -hearted friend be had wronged so
deeply, known only tio lately, and now
loved and. honored so ardently, yet so
vainly, was snatebed away from his
tardy repentance! Had purgatory a
-worse punishment than that?
The remaining hope, the one last poor
hope of seeine.him yet live, of claap-
ing his livinghena, of gaining one bles-
zing. This hope, this possibility inspred
him; lent wings to his action. That night
he left New York for the western part
.of Maryland..
He hurried on, he travelled day and
night. But everywhere, everywhere, he
heard of Daniel Hunter's extreme ill-
ness. In the otage-coaches the converse:
tion of paseenyers was full of it; at
the roadside inns the travelers talked
of nothing ele; every paper spoke of it;
it seemed to be regarded as a sudden ad
great 'national calamity. He heard vari-
ous reports, often inconsistent and contra:
diethry; sometimes; that Mr. Hunter was
in the last extremity; sometime that he
was dying; once that he was dead; but
this last' dreadful rumor was instantly
contradicted by another, that assured the
people he was better, much better, that
there were hopes.
Thus in almost insufferable anxiety
and anguish of mind the poor fellow bur-.
tied on, never stopping for needful rest;
posting day and night, praying ever lest
hie friend should die before he reached
there; die_ before -be could sob out, on
hie knee, his bitter repentence, before he
could receive forgiveness and his dying
blessing.
'We must leave him hurrying me aud
relate what had in the meantime hap-
pened at Howlet HalL
* * * • *
Yesl it was true. In the midst of his
glorious struggle, the champion of poli-
tical righteousness had been atricken
down with a 'mortal illness. The news
of his attack hod spread like wild -fire
through the courary, carrying assort of
consternation with it. nor he whom the
destroyer had felled was in every res-
pect a man of might—one upon whose
integrity, strength and power, and,
strange ass it may eppear, upon whose
eolitinued existence the pdople had quiet-
ly, Wholly reposed. For with him they
'never remembered to associate the idea
of death. It was estrange that he hould
be ill; unaccountable that he
should die. Such was the deep, nowt -
pressed feeling. And: "What caused hie
Mims?" "What 'could have- caused it?"
were the questions contently asked,
The cause was this: There was An ap-
proaching Presidential election; and the
whole eountry was aroused to that state
of political agitation, not to say frantic .
Deadness, into which it i8 vegulittly
thrown every fourth year.
Among other things, the old subject •
of contention, supposed. to be partly
dead stud buried under "Runterai
was revived again to, sway the election.
True, a law had been passed setting it at
rest forever. But if Congtese made that '
law, Congress could repeal it again And
at it the politicians went with all their
might. And again the nation was divid-
ed against itself, section against section,
State against Stat, party against patty,
neighbor against neighbor, brother
again brother, "the father 'against the
son, and the sou meant the father,"
All tide was the subject of the bitters
est disappointment and well nigh de-
spair to the patriot staesman. It seemed •
indeed a useless as well as thankless
task to care and 'toil for the welfare of
a country surrendered to the governs
ment of mobs, which were themselves
the spovt of -every caprice; the tools of
every euceeseive political adventurer. Yet
never had he labored so hard, straggled
to desperately in the cause of political
integrity as now; he wrote innumerable
letters to partisans and opponents; great -
political essays for the leading journals
of the country; travelled from county
to county, and from State to State; ad-
dressed conventions and mese meetings;
m short, gave nor est to soid nor body,
day nor hight. And this unremitting toil
wets attended by the most intetteeing
Anxiety, that wore terribly upon his
nervous syetem, and all eombinen
brought About a state in which eause
and effeet steted: and reatted upon milt
other with fatal power.
The convention of hisparty met at
the city of ---- to Dominate their eatell-
' date for the Presidency, lie was ti mem-
ber of that memorable bony, aud wino
he arrived unavoidably late upon the
first day of the seesum, be found the,
convention (+treacly divided, against itself.
The great, distracting sueetion had 4(44(4 -
en among them, and thr e wit every Ib ing
else into eonfusiou. He had come thith-
er with the intention of emanating end
sopporting General ho loved
only half the members with I no, lite
others were nearly equelly diviaea bit
favor of Mr. — and Mr. •--,
Hunter addressed the meetian wlth et en
more than hie ustml power of 'Mei and
eloquence—he laboeul severely to trivg
the meeting to some unity of feeling, to
some harmony of aetion, a vain, in
vain! For • days, for week% ant:telly
reigned in the 'use atly, which e• cw
daily more tempestao as,
It was on the Drink of breaking tip in
a riot, when Daniel Hunan erne lor the
last time to address them, 1 laeow not
what of Divine inspiretien a as re I lied
by that pale, majestic co:Intel:alms; but
never before had their godlike orator
stood before them in eueli impdsaig,
such conunaudiug, seca. sovereign Ina-
jesty of power. It 'Rigid be the Molts
nos of the grave, and the glory Of neve
ven, that marked Lie speaking ecel ten
-
since in such strong lilies of ahade and
light. Every eye woe :1N:mi 01i 111. I'm;
every ear bent to cetch his words: a
spirit of prophetic atvo :misdeed the
-
meeting te attentien, epol,e; ;poke
as he had never imneen before; spoke as
at smelt an epoch ef his comitry's (so
tremity a dying patelot might speak;
yet there was nothing breathing of cleath
in his manner; he spoke with ,remtnd-
ous power; those wno heara him ree4.11-
ed with wonder and enthitelasin his :tyre,
and face as he stood there instinct with
naughty inspiratioo; ee;lett, as it Idl-
ed in thunaer over their beads, or sub-
sided ia low, sweet persuasive tones, pen-
etrated the deepest recuses of tbeir
hearts with convincing power. la t• all
know the speech. fe the le:laves c I
legislative oratory it is preserved es the
inasterpiec of ergument and eloquence.
It prevailed over the anareltv of the tor-
Vetitioh, It seeured the nomination of
General --. It succiedel, though 1 e
who made it never knew P. For at the
close of his address tfr. Hunter sat
down, amid the 811suce that followea—
the silence more elegant than the laud -
est aplause—the sileane fleet Ives tear-
fully broken at length by a i'oice, ex-
claiming, in alarm:
"Mr. Hunter has fallen."
The meeting arose in a mass. BIS
friends gathered aro.nd him. la ;I err
arms he was raised.
The fatal intelligence found Mrs. Hun-
ter cheerfully- occupied at her writing -
table in her morning -room at the hotea
and, alas! how unprepared for the blow!
Daniel Hunter—who, by the pressure
of political engagements, had been of
late much separated. from his family—
hael„upon this occasion, brought his
wife and deughter to the city, and tak-
en apartments at the Metropolitan Ho-
tel.
And upon this fatal day Mrs. Hunter,
gracefully wrapped in an elegant neglige,
sat bending over her writing table. Be-
side her lay a pile of manuscript in sten-
ography, from which she was writing
out letters, which she successively laid
in a neat Pile for signature. For, in the
hurry of his business, the lady was acting
as her husband's amanuensis,
In fact, every morning, after the mail
came in, Daniel Hunter received about a
hundred letters, more or less which it
was necessary to notice. Anebefore go-
ing to the convention for the day, he
set and opened them in succession, rap-
idly sketching off in shorthand the re-
ply to each, and .filing them for Ids wife
to answer during the hours of his ab-
sence. Long ago Mrs. Hunter had ac-
quainted herself with the art of stenog-
raphy, become, she said, it was an in-
genious accomplishment, and very con-
venient in taking down a paragraph that
pleased her in any sermon, lecture or
oration; but her mencipal motive, which
she never mentioned, was to be useful
in just such frequent emergencies as
the present, when she could considerably
lessen the burden of the overworked and
toiling politiciam her husband. And
very dear to her heart was this task,
for it not only lightened Ids labors, but
secured his society to her for 'the even-
ing.
And so he sat, with afectionate dili-
gence, bending over her work, the long,
block ringlets, rith and abundant still,
though here and there a silver thread
gleamed undisturbed timid their black-
ness„ drooped, hainvelling the pale, in-
tellectual face. Once in a while the:
would lift her head and itnile, as the
gazed on her beautfiul child—her Maud,
who sat reading upon a,n ottonuto near
her feet. Miss Router was in full dbl.
ner -dress, for ehe was obliged to re.
ceive all callers to whom her mother de-
nied herself that day.
Thus were they busy when the messen-
ger of ill came—without haste,. without
bustle. There was no noise nor confu-
sion below—no hurrying steps Upohi the
staircase --nothing to herald an aso
proachiug fate—nothing to warn them
of a calataity at hand, She had just
finished the last letter, looked it over
to see If it was a fair eopy and, lint:ling
it all right, had smiliugly Ittia it upon
the pile. Stailingly—alas! it Was her
last smiling moment on earth—and yet
the knew it not—suspeeted it nett
There came a soft tap at the door,
And Mrs. Minter, supposing it to be
a waiter, with a, message or card, or
some such ntatter, without looking up
from her work of atratiging the papere,
"1"adoree M."
And a quiet, gentleuntelyslookieg per-
son, clothed itt black, 'entered, bowing,
and, somewhat deprecatingly advanced
into the room.
Surprised at the unwonted. upon-
eounted intrusion of it 'Revenger, the
lady aroae, and, with one hand resting
upon the table, stood with perhaps the
slightest degree of hauteur in her mans
nen as she looked be inquiry Ago hie
bueiness there.
"Mrs. Rueter, 1 preseme," said the
gentlennte, ie a very low voicc,. ape
proeching and bowing; "Mrs, Hunter?"
"That is my mime, sir."
"Madam, I am • extremely sotry to ire
form you that Mr. )I1111ter lute been tales
en suddenly ill at the convention romes
!stroke of apoplexy, it in feared."
"Ole 110, en! Angels in heaven, hal"
exelltimed lnud, istArting
But Mr, Mutter litOod, still And sU
ma, gazing at the wanner of evil, g HIGH f leYINO OLOUDS.
while all the color died slowly, slowly, .
eheeks—died never' to .1iVe
"Pray, do not be Alarmed, madaen—the
attack is hoped not to be fatal."
nite lady -reeled beet as though she
must have fallen, and .clutebee the edge
of the table 'for ti wort,
pale as death, flushed to her
side, ,eneireled her waist Mtn her AMP,
drew her head ogaluet her shoulder,
spoke to her;
"Mealier—dear roothereadear, clearest
Mother!"
"Be quiet, alaudas-be (plot, lily dear
ehiltt,ielere in Ito, sir?" opoke the lady,
trying to sustain berseln
"They are brining hitu. Isere, madam.
They are elyeatly here, I believe," gu-
mmed the messenger, and at be spoke,
the :sauna of many slow and heavy 'foot-
steps were beard approaching.
They bore the stricken Titan in; they
Mitt Ithm on his bed; anxioue and agitat-
ed friende were hurrien from the room;
physicians gutherea around the couch.
How suddenly, how terribly the world
was changed. and darkened to the sorely.
smitten wife and daughter—for them a
hideouts night had lowered over the earth
—a Mantle nightmare settled on their
*
For many, many Lours, Daniel ginner
'lay insensible, and for many days there-
after speechless. And, ohl to her, his
Adoring wife, it was unutterable anguish
to hang over him'and witness his. inefs
fectual efforts to speale. That tae
trumpet -tongued, whose clarion notee
had reached and governed multitudes—
be, the mighty in field and forum, should
be there, so powerless. Oh, awfull oh,
inexorable power of sheath! •
His first words, an partially recover-
inugstahie speech, were addressed to Au,-
oShe was standing by him, bending over
him, holding and pressing WS chilled
• Land to see if she could impart to it
any wormth, looking fondly in hie face
to catch and interpret nits wishes; in its
expression, when she felt his cold fingers
gently close upon her own, and met his
faded oyes fixed upon hers with ineffa-
ble affeetioneand saw his lips move; and
when silo bent down her ear to hear his
faltering tones, he whispered earnestly,-
OWife! wife!" and gazed upon her loved
face till his dimmed eyes grew wagm
and brilliant with the life of' a love
"stronger than death." She bowed and
kissed the clammy brow, and lips and
hands Nor had she any difficulty in
maintaining her composure; for. since
the physicians had given her to under-
stand there wero no hopes of his restora-
tion,
around her own heart, chilling,
ni,014t.he hand of death seemed coldly
clos
calming, awing her into a Strange resigs
ri
The next day, while she Was sitting by
his bed, he beckoned, and, when she
stooped to listen, whispered. "Rome,
Augusta."
And after a few days she prepared to
take him to Howlet Hall. he doctors
remonstrated; but he repeated hie brief,
expressive plea: "Home, Augusta;" and
could she withstand it? She had. never
opposed him in her life, and could she
begin now? She had never opposed him
in the noon of his health, strength and
power, and could she do so now in the
night of his illness and, weakness? No,
no, no; forbid it every feeling of love,
honor and faith. The doctors told her
that the journey might be dangerous.
She inquired whether to give it up and
detail) Mr. Hunter M town could save
his life? They frankly answered—no.
She then asked whether it would prolong
it? They could not promiseeven that.
Their replies confirmed her resolution,
and she hastened her preparations ac-
cordiugled A very large and commodi-
ous carriage was prepared for the in-
valid's use, and driven by Ids own coach -
.man. Augusta rode with hini to eup-
port and nurse him. Maud and her maid
followed in the family travelling car-.
riage, which was laden with their bag-
gage anddriven by Mr. Hunter's body
servant. Au eminent physician accom-
panied the sorrowing party—he rode in
his own buggy. They travelled very
slowly, with short stages' and frequent
rests, They arrived at Howiet Hall, and
Daniel Hunter was supported to his room
and laid upon his bed—a shattered,
nerveless, dying mate,
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Though exhausted, and failing in al-
most every other respect, Mr. Hunter
. had recovOyed the use of speech—
though his voice was faint and broken,
and he conversed but little—chiefly
with his dear Augusta. Since his attack
it seemed that the wearing cares of poli-
tics had lost their hold upon his mind—
at lent by no word or sign did he man-
ifest the slightest interest in the sub-
ject that had lately so deeply engaged
his whole heart.
Bat one morning, while she sat in his
room, he beckoned her to approach, and
"Base the convention agreed upon
their nominee, do you know, Augustan"
She could not inform him. She had
not looked into a paper for many days.
She had not thought; she had not cared
about the convention. She thought, she
cared only for the stricken form before
her. And now that he was to pass away,
it was nothing to her who was nominat-
ed; who was dropped. As I said before
—noble woman though she was—she was
no Spartan matron, who in the good of
her country could sink all other good;
she was it devoted wife, whose very poli-
tioal opinions had taken ohmmeter from
those of the husband she adored.
Yet now she felt regret that she could
aot answer him satisfactorily. She said
she would go into the library and look
over the weeles papers, and .find out..
She went, and in Ins than half an hour
returned and told hint that the novens
tiorrhad not yet fixed Unon their candle
date, though for the list several bab
lots the votes for General — had
been steadily on the itierease.
A smile played for a moment On his
wasted features, and then, beckoning
her to stoop, he whisneredt
"Wheteli the mere, Augusta. Let Me
know the moment you see the nomino-
tion of their candidate settled."
She promised to do so, and arranged
the pillows comfortably wider his head,
and smoothed the coverlet, and then, at
hie reqpest, sat on the side of the bed
and sang Ids favorite hymn in a low,
melodious, soothing voiee, until he fell
asleep. She then gave tip her match to
Letty and went down to receive the
reinveeide.
eg .which had just then ar-
There were letters upon letters of bn
quiry and eondolence—but those for the
present she shuffled all aside, and sought
the last papers. The desired news nets
there—the nomination of Geller/flee-Was
announced iti triumphal terms. Site took
the paper to Mr. Hunter's room to wait
there mail he should awake. She dis-
missed Letty, And took her plate ta the
side of his bed. She looked at him, and
her heart grew siek—kr, chi fearful
clump bad come upon that lone, a purs
pia darkness had fallen in the hollows of
his eyes And ebeeks, an expression, Ile
demeribablc, Ina warning of appremehing ,
diesolutioe, lute eettleO upon his mu-
tenance, tie wae not aeleen; she could
see that; and alto bent over him to tell
aeeettling to her menthe,
tTo be eoutumede
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King Alfonso's Love Poem.
Here is a love poem by 110 less a per-
son than Ring Alfonso XIII, of Spain.
Aceording to -the Spanish source front
which it was procured, it was composed
some years ago previous to the time
when Princess ago,
consented to become
Mrs. Alfonso. It is printed in Harper's
Weekly:
Stricken by thy disdain tun I,
Yet in my sorrow feel the faith
Which tells me I can mount the sky.
Rack 1 little of the sinile that lies
Upon thy lips, nor tan enslaving &Deice
Within thy black, resplendent eyes!
Triumph shall come! Who cores if fate
Has carpeted the way with bombs
.And grown her thistles at my gate?
Ena, for thee alone doth beat
My heart, and if I may not be
Thy Faust, be thou my Marguerite.
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The Crumpled Rose Leaf.
A prosperous Seoteli farmer, painfully
exact in money matters, married a wid-
ow possessing in her own right the sum
of a thousand pounds.
Shortly after the 'wedding a friend
met the farmer, to whom he offered
congratulations, at the same time of -
serving:
"It's a good thing for you, Sandy—a
marriage that means a, thousa,nd
pounds to
"Not quite that, McPherson," /said
the farmer, "not quite that."
"Why," exclahned the friend, "I un-
derstood there was every penny of a
thousand pounds to you."
"I had to pay seventeen shillings and
sixpence for a marriage license," aaid
Sandy, with a sigh.
WHAT CAUSES HEADACHE
Mont October to May, Colds are the mast
frequent cause of Headache. LAXA.TIVII
BRIalvi 0 QUININE remoVes cause. E. W.
Grove on box, 25e,
Run Tides 7of th—c Elbe.
A 14,000 -horsepower plant operataiby
tidal energy is to be established on the
south bank of the Elbe, near Cuxhaven,
This is by far the most ambitions pro-
ject of this charaoter whieth has ever
been c.ontemplated. Electrical energy is
to be delivered to the town named for
various eommertial purpoeee, but the
greater part of the product of thio great
power phant it to be mode use of by fac-
tories which are th be eatablishecl itt
the vicinity. Hamburg capital is mostly
i
interested n the scheme.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Garget in Cowe,
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labia of Weights and Measures.
Tao heaping teaspoonefUls of sugar equal
One heaping tablespoonful.
One heaping usblespooritul equals one
°unIo
ee-
Tvlevel cofteeoupfuls granulated equal
voonctuentint
.gdo, upnd.
of granulated equals fourteen
Two heaping cupfuls (A coffee) equal one
One pint of granulated epUals fourteen
°unneee8
Oq. utile broken loaf equals one pound.
Oro quart of either equals four cupfuls.
One quttrt of powdered equals one pound
"T"nwe t)sile8aniteepOonfuls of epics) equal one cot-
tercsertio°"cofliftle.espoonfuls eqUal one tablespoorl-
ful.
Adash of pepper ittOne-qUartet saltsPoods
fel.
Two cuptuis Unsifted flour meal one
pound.
ouTabreeoutdrul. One-half eupfuls cornmeal equal
0000ntoO quunadr. t01 (sifted floUr equals Pound.
00000,
TwoOno tablespoonful et* butter equals one
teaeilpfuls pecked eoft butter. equal
One Mid tsno-hat eupfula firth butter equal
001 Pa1
u11114
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equal one pound.
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6nO6ng4-wtinhie ot egg eqUale Orie OUriee.
One yoke df egg teutee ono ounce,
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Nearly Through.
(Everebodese MagaZine.)
A. stranger entered a church in the Middle
Of this terMell, sied stated Wetzel! In the
beck pelv. After a While he began :to fidget.
Leaning oved to the white-halred men at MA
side, evidently an old nieriaber of the eon-
gregatIon, he whispered:
"ITMv long has he boon preaching9"
"ThirtY or tarty years, thiek,',tee Rid
man tausworei. "I dent Ituow
-"Mt ata', then." decided the stranged.
"He Must bo 0014111' dit0,"
Nine AustrAliane reeently sheared
2,t04 Sheep in eine home,
Permanent Results
"I had, been suffering for over two
Months with an obstinate cough, Ito had
also my little gui, We tried several
remediesminion to auy drug store
without obtainiug any apparent relief,
.fttet we were growing worse, 1 got a
bottle of Coltsfoote Expeetorant Irmo
my druggist and inside of two days the
cough was stopped, and the rein -lite so
permanent and rapid that We ileeifled
to keep, it in our home continually.
ROBERT PALEX,
C. A. R. Station, Ottawa,
Coltefoote Expeetorant itt recognized
Ilia world. over ass the best prescription
ever nen by the medical profession for
Coughs, Colcas, Crimp, ilronehitie anti
Tightness of the Chest. Children like
To introduce it into evern benne we
will seen a free eemple to every person
sending their mune and. Address to Dr.
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ORIGIN OF LIFE.
eiologists linable to Find Case of
Spontaneous Generation,
Biologists baying failed to prove any
case of spontaneous generation, Profes-
sor Svante Arrhenius is attracted by the
idea, thht all lite las had a common oris
ging and bas spread from the single
couree 10 inany worlds, Ile discovery
of the pressure of light bas added, prob-
ability to pansperiny, which teaches that
life germs ere oonveyed through inter-
stellar space. At the railway speed of
37 miles tut hour, a body would occupy
150 years in going from the earth to
Mars, and 70,000,000 years Itt travers-
ing the distance to the nearest fixed
- star, but with the pressure of radiation
as motive power the journeys might be
reduced to 20 days and 0,000 years re-
spectively. Even these seem long enter -
yeas for germs and spores to survive
the dryness, cold and light. Recent in-
:vestige:tins indicate, however, that some
germs are proof against any cold, that
the action of light is oxidation and is ab-
sent in a wawa that the loss of vital-
ity in the cold of apace would be one
thousana million times less rapid than
at 50 degrees F., and that dessiceation
would be no greater in millions of years
than in one day at 50 degrees. Hence
it mey be that interstellar space is tra-
versed at enormous speed by living germs
that develop life on reaching favorable
planets.
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Bees -in Block of Stone.
While workmen were sawieg through.
a lank of Bath stone at Exeter they
eat into a cavity in which was found a
cluster of two or theca dozen Poe bees.
The inoident occurred at the works of
Messr5. Collard & Sons, monumental
sculptors. There was not much sign of
life in the bees at first, but when air
was admitted they gradually revived,
and after a few hours several of them
were able to fly.—Exeter Express.
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Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
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THE BUILDERS.
To the builders of the highways that skirt
the canyon' brink,
To the men that bind the roadbed feet,
To the mee that grade and the men'that
blast, •
I raise my glass and drink.
Theirs the great Endeavour and the deed of
high Dmprise'
•
For they fight their fight with naked
hands,
'Gainst forest swamps and shifting sands
0.0.1 the tury of the skies.
To the builders who have fallen, whose
graves mark out the line;
To the blind who nevermore may see.
To the 'Stunned and halt in their misery,
Itt siletee drink your 'Wine.
For them no crashing volleys or roll of
Muffled drums,
Only' the soar of the great rook -blast
It their requieln-song when the day is
past
And the final darkness comes.
To the engineers, the wizards, whOse word
brooks no delay;
Ilettrittg, the .eleeping glens awake,
The snow-pituresti hills obeisaime make,
And lo, the Opee Wisyt
r10. them no flaring banners when a bitter
fight la won;
No cheering thousarids ha the street
Their gallants heroes ever greet,
Though dauntless deeds be done,
Te the builders of the highways that skirt
the canyon's brink,
To the men that bind the roadbed fast,
To the high and low, the first the last,
ralao iny glass and drink.
Bvelyli Gunn, in The Canadian Hagazine,
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Electrie Show at Brussels.
An international exposition is contem-
plated, to be held in Brussels, which,
while it will be of a very general nature,
will be largely devoted to eleetrical seat.
ters. A special hall will be devoted to
the exhibition of small motors and appli-
ances made use of hi household pretetice.
The exhibition ground will occupy 200 •
acres adjoining the Ilois de Cambre.
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Squaring Himself,
The distiller who bad made his •:or.
tune in the inland town hell jitst moved
to the big rites.
"It looks kitel o' mean to mete here to
spend my money." he said; "hut it isn't,
Here's where they eoliellitle foursfiftas;
of my produet."
Thum refleeting, lie began to entertain
,lavieltly,
sore's= OF STOKING.
Olottd* of Smoke Could be Eliminated
by Proper Firing,
According to the best authority, the
trailing elouds of Week smoke from min
and faelory that hang oNer so many
Ameriean elties, darkening the Mete*
Om and befouling tlus buildi»ge, could
be elinthetted if the scientific methods
of conetrueting ehinmeys and stoking
fureaces that prevail in Germany were
adopted here.
It is not every strAppleg laborer who
tan shovel veal that ie permitted to
stoke a boiler furnace in Germany. The
etoker in that country 'must learn the
theory and practiee of economieal scien-
tific firing, whereby the coal is so dis-
tributed over the grate furnaee en to
secure the moet perfect combustion.
'rho itee of fuel briquettes for domes.
tic purposes in Berlin auto tends largely
to the prevention of smoke.
RINGWORM
STUEMORN CASE
HEALED BY ZAM-RUK,
The most troublesome end obstinate of
all ectilp trouble is xingwortn, Mrs. 11,
Girdlestone, 011.00 Itawcion street, Brant-
ford, Mt., says "My daughter had ring-
worm very bad, so bad that I was com-
pelled to have her hair cut off. I ob-
tained a preparation froni the druggist
to paiut the sores, but instead of curing,
the Ringworm developed into 'hasty sores
mattering and slnelling badly. I saw
Zaan-Inik advertised in the newspaper
and immediately sent for a box, After
iseverel applications I could see a great
improvement, and as I kept up the ;dam-
Buk teeatotent daily' the disease was
412011 checked. The nasty sores were
thoroughly °teemed and healed and all
trace of Ringworm banished from the
imeennedinzgaemv
child's scalp in a few weeks after com-
i-13thulZeatninBuhlicghlly.riln° ree°111-
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and all diseases of the skin. Of all drug-
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receipt of price, from Zain-13tik Co., To-
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Spurious Information,
Scene—A London Post Office.
Countryman (going to counter)—"A
penny stamp, please."
co juanctker-i.n"-Office—"This is the enquiry
"Then, mayI enquire where I get a
penny starap."
"Use your eyes."
'Thanks, much obliged." (Users his
eyes, Gets stamp, and returns with
letter to enquiry gentleman), "Beg
pardon, I think you said that this
was the enquiry counter?"
' "Yes. What do you want nowt"
"Oh, I only wanted to enquire if I
post this letter now, will it get to
Birmingham to -morrow morning."
"Of course it will."
"You are a liar; it won't, cos' it's
addressed to Sheffield !"—Exchange.
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A Brazilian Convict Colony.
The penal colony of the State of Per-
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miles off the coast. Thexe are 600 con-
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and work till 2 p. m. for the State, cul-
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After 2 o'clock they work for them-
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the cheapest run of any in the world.
The group of islands to which the
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and it is surrounded by a triangular
sheet of quiet sea fuli of all kinds of
fish valuable commertelealy,—Chicago
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Practicing for the Ootilion.
4..Nebo4y ever told me that I WAS a
good dancer," deolared Edward ll/f. Green-
away, leader of cotillona. "But tell
you a compliment a young woman dta
pay me onee. She Bahl: 'You look nte
through tliat erased without a e011ieien
and without any one treading 011 my
skirt.*
"We'll, I never had a dancing lesson in
my life, But I used to practise dewing
in the: days when womeu wore thon
great long trains alai it was not oonsid-
ered good form to pick them up. They
trailed along behind several yowls.
Those were the (lays When you had to
guide and keep moving with your part-
oer so as to keep that train following
gracefully."
"But how did you practise?"
"Used to tie two Sheet* to an ordin-
ary old& and then dance in and out
among a dozen ettaire scattered, over a
dance floor."—San Francisco Chronicle.
, Encouragement.
"George, this is leap year.
ssea.m.nees
"And I've enjoyed your society so
much."
"And I've saved up $28 of My own."
"I've already made three of ev'ery'-
thing,'
"I don't know just how to say it,
George, but you know my father is
wealthy and I'm his only child."
"Say, Marjorie, go ahead and say it.
Don't hesitate. I'm not going to bite
you. What sort of a proposal did your
rich father authorize you to make to
me?"—Inetroit Free Press.
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St. John.
Hated Gambling Sometimes.
"Here, nxy dear," said the husband, pro-
ducing his puree, "here are fifty dollars I
won playing cards over at Brown's last
night. You may have it to buy that dress
"Ruwanted,"
eluotantlythe conscientious wife took the
money; then said, with an expression of
rigtd l'hudder at the thought of us -
Ing money
s
ing money gained in such a way. Henry
promise me that after you have won enough
for me to buy the hat to go with Use dress
you will never again touch those awful
cards. I don't want my husband to become
a garabler."—St. Louie Democrat
Minard's Liniment Cures Colds, etc.
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Very Good Reason.
"Miss Edith," asked a young man,
"may 1 ask you, please, not to call me
Mr. Durand?"
"I3ut," said Miss Edith, with great coy-
ness, "our acquaintance is so short, you
know. Why should. I not call you that?"
"Well," said the young man, "chiefly
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Everything In Keeping.
"To -morrow you may have something
to eat," promised the doctor.
"Here is your dinner," said the nurse
next day, as she gave the half -famished
typhoid. convalescent a spoonful of
tapioca, pudding; "and the doctor em-
phasizes that everything else you do
must be in the same proportion.
Two hours later a frantic call was,
heard from the bedeliamber.
"Name," breathed the man, heavily,
"I want to do some reading; bring rue
a postage stamp."
Her Loving Friends.
Nan—Where do poor, dear Inland the
husband she has managed to get at last
expect to spend their honeymoon?
Fan—There won't be any honeymoon.
She's a wasp.
"Hark!" exclaimed the man. "Per.
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suggested his wife. But upon in-
vestigation the man discovered that
it Neal only some of his Idistl frienda
towns and cities, would be practicable;
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