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YOUNG FOLKS.
DICK,
THE BRUSSELS POST.
"Dick ! Disk !" she called, ". why don't
you wake up 1" lint Dick tlitl not respond by
opening Ow, bright t,yes ; :ma even toneh-
ing him with a stiek did not make him move.
At this the little girl Meanie alarmed,.
, Dick WaS. 1110 pet ot the wlutle houseleila. Ina ntu into the house erring :
1 eit ! Do mime and
tont the oldest to the youngest, the familyhi it: b. sr
sec weal is toe Inuor wAsi ..,sess. sse won't
never tired of watching his cunning ways ,
waits, up I"
(r.sel bright eyes, 1 Irandnet none t and saw him lying
Osot you. 1)10.01-ghte whet he was 1 Sonic one .iu,
isaya .log, another a bird, .e• perhaps some tner" '11 11 "'la "'''1"' ' an't thY Wit's
a
canto into little Toes eyes when grandma
^Ale have finch term laity brothers, 010y
• :think Ito t
was 0 lovely baby ls,y. But lu• ;.1,1 lwr that Dick was ;lead, ,uul that he
would -never please thon :,glin With his
ewes neit her .,f these ; but a squirrel of the
, eunnims trieks, stet they wouhl have to
tesstesies known us wood ,,r gray sq it ins%
, -He was dark -gray, with a beehy tail as long bury him in the ground.
us his liody ; and he had such a funny waY Frank looked very ,00l whon be tsune
lonne, but he (oh it would Is, unmanly to let
eurling it over his baek.
any one see t' i' in his ,,yes .for the loss 4d'
Frank found Inte one day in the weeds
; squirrel, lut in his heart In; loved his
:cad after several attempts finally sumetslts, a
tusk pd m
et, 10*! 10013101 sincerely,
• 1*e3tehing him. Frank weld,' follow him up
•ts, tree, but the squirrel had the advantage
sof the boy there, i‘n• before he could be IlVilat a PoCket Contained,"
(Aught, he sprang nimbly from one tree to
.snother when the trees were close together, The heavens were in their full glory to,
or else to the grounds and while Frank was night. 8o Eleanor thought as she stood
(descending one tree the squirrel would be leaning her soft cheek against the window
atlikabine• anothhr
another. Two or tee euch pane, and watehing very intently toch little
attempt% were made, when ;Frank, excite'l eright point in the bright sky, Hee ehild.
'by the obese, risked neck and limb, anl ish imagination wae becoming creative, for
iumped -front the tree to the ground, cloaca had she not been pretending she lived in
sea. the squirrel who, stalaseed by the Harland. All i aud she sighed a veey impres.
Atelacity of the movement, Wall easily ca..
). sive little sigh when she thhl mamma "the
tared before he could get away, as they o
met run very fast when ogsthe ground.
He was about half-gririrn. Frank took
him home and showed hint to the family
with mueh pride.
He was put into a barrel kw safety for a ter had 0 race and the first prise was award.
few days until something better could be ed tm mantilla, when the person within that
found, then an old bird -cage was brought great ulster took law in his arms and gave
rano Also. her the first kiss, while his little daughter
While in this he managed to get the dooi
. came in a close secon4.
open some way and get ont, but as the cage Mr. Johnston lwal been away on a busi-
lhad been put into an out -house that did ness trip, and one of the last things Eleanot
duty as -wood and general store•house, he hid had said to him before Ile started was,
, astray among some of the things, and after a "Please bring me something real Mee, papa.
; 'day or two showed himself, and teas coaxed something 1001 pley with." 8o before papa
1 ;hack into the cage, where he seemed very even started to have some supper he told
esentented. Eleanor he lint not forgotten Ms promise,
and that he had her present right 0131111 11110.
Frank heard ef a squirrelhouse, and at
senee made ap his mind te try and secure it Two little arms were around his neck ill a
lee Dias He trent to the store where it , minute, as he caught her up in his arms, and
-wee for sale, and asked the price. The . then two little hands immediately started te
(derk told him one dollar and a half, Think- search all his pockets. The outside pocket
ing this was too emelt he returned home ', in 1111 ulster had a peculiarly large appear.
:resolved to make the old 'birdmage do. ; ance. Eleanor thought it might have tw.
But the desire to obtain the househi' bags of peannte in it, so she put one lit-
-which was ha reality 11 very Mee one for a t 67 baiid inside to take tunny if they wen
there, but, oh 1 my, it didn't feel like pea,
:squirrel -was very strongs and he went '
:again, and succeeded in purchasing it at (lON, it WaS warm and soft and she gave a
even a lower figure than was at first little jinni) when some small, wet thine
asked. ,1 linked hcr ringers. "What is it, papa, what
Tice house was made all of tin with a I is itt' aml her golden curls bobbed up and
erteuble, roof and chimney on top. The 1 down with deliihe. Paps, smiled as he lift •
door was made so it could besecurely fastened I ed very' careful y from his pocket a littlt
f nun the outside, so there was no danger of , baby collie dog and put the round, soft,
astastet _squirrel forcing it open. dee.py little ball into Eleasau"s arms.
The windows were barred with strips of Is ever Was inunan baby so tenderly car.
tin. Inside 111010 0115 an upper floor, and a essed, and Eleanor proved herself 0 13013'
tffight, of tin stairs leading t. it ; and when ; thoughtful mother 1 iy immediately inquiriug
Diek felt inclined he could ascend these, I whether her dem' little puppy had had any
'sad take a quiet nap, sum that no prying ; supper. In answer to the question, papa
meddler could reaeh him there. I seal, "He was afraid Mr. Puppy would have
On the outside, attached to one end of the ; to be brought 01) 011 a bottle, as he Mid not
Ftouse, was a wheel made nf strips of tin. i (mite learned the accomplishmeet M lam
'It was about a foot and a half long and near. red a bottle had been purchased..ing."
buntil
Eleanor would not: think of going to
iv one foot across.
This wheel was elsised at one end, and at , Then she drew her little willow rocker illi
the other had three holes large enough for ; before the wool -fire in her room and rocked
the squirrel to go through, to and from his I to and fro, while she held that warm, soft
amuse at pleasu;&t.
; dog 11OS0 to her heart and hummed very
Dick would come out into this wheel, and ' gently her favorite lullaby, but the sweet
begin by climbing up the side. 1 song did not charm puppy, as it should, for
The wheel would turn slowly at first . , be cried and cried, and apparently did not
Dick would keep climbing, and the speed ril ; enjoy being locked. Eleanor decided it was
Ike wheel increasing until it would fairly 1 because he was so hungry, so she urged
411726 Then, tired of this he would scamper I nurse to hurry and warm the mil1 and then
heck into his home, to see if perehauee !mamma roved her little daughter to hums
Anne stray nut had rolled off in a corner. ' midget ready for bed, as it was long past
I1 was a never -ceasing delight to the her bedtime.
oltthiren to watch him eat. He seemedthed A half an hoer later mamma came up.
of most everything, and, I am sorry to say, stairs to give her little daughter her usual
VAS 11.11110St a glutton, and therein lies the goodnight kiss, and the stood by the side of
amine' 10 1118 sad fete. the bed for a longtime looking at the pretty
it was some time before it waS discovela picture before her. For Meaner m her
sed that he was a drinker ; but Frank was night-dress with its dainty puffed sleeves
too much of a temperance boy to give him and her golden curls half over one little
anything but purecold water, of winch Dick flushed cheek was holding very olosely that
ants very fond. precious puppy ; that furry little individual
He fed him nuts of all kinds, and it was wae not crying now but was vigorously re.
sso amusing to watch him nibble offtheshell moving the milk from the bettle which
of the smaller nuts, and pick out the meat', Eleanor held in one hand. He was not
larger nu•ts had to be eraaked for him. He . asleep, but hard at work ; it seemed as
was quite fond of water -melon, and would though he just stopped loug enough to look
sit op, hold a piece in his fore.paws, and up 01 11)01011118 and blink his sleepy litth
eat all the red juicypart. He liked crab -am eyes at her. But- mamma did not laugh, she
ples, but did not eonsider it genteel to eat just lifted puppy, bottle alld 1111, Oa of bed
them without peelit,g .• this he proceeded to and remov111111111111m
ed to a small dim: in the play.
do by holding the apple in his paws, Dna room. In this she put a nice fur rug tuni
nthling off the skin a little ut a time, an this little innocent poppy curled itseff liT
sit. wing it down ; he Would deXturously contentedly, and went to sleep thinking.
'turn the apple around until every bit of the no doubt, this warm substitute WIAS it.
-peeling had been rsmoved, and then eat the . mother.
-apple. i
He was often given the liberty of a room I Across the Llamas' Country.
with elosed doors, but unless the door of ; „
! mr. Rockhill's. successful journey across t,
his men house WaS closed, he would ie.
hitherto unexplored region in tho country oi
variably go back into it. Still he did not i
1)111! the Llamas appears to have been attentleti
stem so very much afraid of 1)51100118,
with 1m litIle peril. His servants were men
atsedd come Mose up to Frank and take a I
often m chains than out of them, and Mr.
piece of nut off his knee, as lie silt 011 the
Rocklull himself only escaped death by i
tone, but he never 1)01101110(1 any UM to
atm -elle him. series of fortunate chances,sodetermined wen
the agents of the Llamas to frustrate any
With all the attention Frank bestowed on
attempt to explore the mysterious and jeal
him, and se many thinge that suited his
0011,3' guarded district between Silinfu tun'
taste to eat, it is no wonder he grew fat
and jolly. Tatsienlu, in the Province of Derge. Mgr,
Vicar Apostolin of Thibet, pronounce,
In the autumn Frank began to wonder WI°,
avhere he could keep his pet m the winter. the feat of crossing without en ()soma flu
Immense .steppes in that land of grass, when
'The house, during the summer, had been
the habitations 01 1105(1 are more to be dread-
ed than the solitude, RH the most difficult
and dangerous that has been accomplish°.
in Asia during the present century. Tht
district is described as teeming with nature
riches, and Mr. Rockhill is statel to hats
mapped out a route of prime importance foi
commerce.
country there exactly suited her.
But alt thought of the stars were forgot•
ten when Eleanor saw smne one ie a long
black ulster hurry up the stoop, anl heard
papa's voice in the hall, Mamma and (laugh-
WIRELKI'S.
A cotton faetory has been established iu
'onstantinople.
A ease of onallmm has been diseovered lu
large tenement Memo in New York.
A.11 Men are our Neighbors,
nv:Itiiv. on. PATYNONI
T110 1101111 18 1110 11111 Ong (rf the par-
able, 21-29. Luke (Ilene gives 118 111113 1111101.
less st Viten 1111,11NpOk011 10 110t 10111
-
rec.:bilious:7 than this, nw
o emession intuit,
by Pharisee (1 lawyer more important in its
consequenees thee that of the questioer
n
here. It 11118 BB' Sanutriten who 11118 the
true neighbor, because he showed mercy N,i
, barriers ef race, of religion, of prejudice, 01
us ; Ilia it 0:18 1001nd/1y 1111 nestlent in the soekti eontlit ism, (011 8111111 before the brotlier•
say, coe 0. -le readside 1100 ors with+ are h„„a „f „mi..
The.," is a gtmeral etellse of masons, tul.V. , tv
I/011101'8 alla 11110klayerg at linum, Ans. ; so plentiful and HO remarkable in 1,11r Lord's
1\911310'er one men 01311 help another,
tat. , life. lie weld about doing geed, and 11A ite
Thee Is 1 1111l.osuell al drthright, 1,rotlwr.
A detachment .4 01015arines sailed yestes. ; went he speke iama thing.s as well as did
This is the 1 111P inan'sbirth.plauegradul:
day f10,11 1(klu'Il for the west "oast "1 AirbIlls • them. Jesus e ae eertainly somewhere in the
His ii a 15.01'litswide fatherland,
The Washing -0m ..1.,Intinistrath All 10 Haiti 1 0 1101011,,,o10(,a of .1 orn,al,nit when a Rabbi
be (meuly opposed Iss the 'aleKinlity testa' skilled in the law of ale(es steed up prising
bill. from his seat ansees hie students as Jesus
.A despitteli to 1 110 l'aris S;ed,, from Berlin passed,' says (1,411..) to put to him the That Walk Through the Wheat,
states that Field Mersha Count V011 :Moltke question, • of questimi 'Whitt shall I Together v; e walked In t he °vetting time,
k seriously ill, do to inherit eternal life '1' \\'e are fand• •
lw hs ooed
i hot V Usky
. i II° sprout „Udell1 11
1111%
S11111111011111 Of lee from Chicago to New liar by this tinw with this lively methAnd od he ent 1,1hi,1 heart tied lkhi my ,i1
rol.1 are It 01 being made ever the llieli igen of 11* 113)1 on, 1(3)110 is feund engag- 011, it wa. sweet In the eveniin; time 1
CentrEd railroad. 011 in it Idniself 1111 111 the temple al .1 ern.
‘• .. ml our pat hwey weld through (Mils or wheat ;
(T,tilthtis"ovilt7rin ifitititt.o1r2it ;3:i ';'niril'it'ilalt'n1111141.1i110-11.(;11();!i'lw(1,..1 1111 1' was near, and till, WV(IS sang Ulu.,
The Hummer Sardinian lute twrived at Narrow that path, and rough the way.
Liverpool with the Duke and D1101000 of 1 irl I he ,1111`H0111110 11111 111 1 hu twilight gray,
oh, it was sweet in the evening time 1
Connaught on board.
Permiesion has been given for the com.
mencentent of work to connect the Gement
capital with the ses.
The recount for East Hastings 1105 been
;Sompleted and Mit Hudeon's (Conservative)
election is sustained by a majority of O.
11 10 stated that the English and French
governments have exchanged satisfectory
communications regarding the Anglo -Ger.
man agreement.
The direetors of the Worlde lair at Chi -
cage have formally declared &preference fer
the lake front site. There was only one
dissenting vote.
kept on a portico, but something better
than that must be devised ; various plans
auggested themselves, but none as yet
would answer ; finally 1110 mattee was
ettlerl for him ; it came about in this
way :
It was one bright morning in the latter
sent of September. Frank lied given Dick
Itis usual morning rations, and with three-
area.r-old Tot by his side had watched hint
no he sat on his hind feet, with that bonds
f tti tail thrown up over hie back, and nib.
Ming the nuts front his cute fore paws ; and
he thought nothing could )0 handsomer OH
0)0131 bot' 0 pet than this very same Dick,
with his bright, snapping eyes and droll
sways.
After his breakfost Dirk came out and
took a turn at the wheel, Int he was getting
so fat, he 005 a little lazy, so he soon tired
of this exercise! and 01011111001 into his home,
eand up the stairs to his nest for his ntorning
slap.
Tot wont to play with her dolls, and
Torenk wont off to wheel, with no present'.
anent of impentlieg trouble,
The other members of the household wore
sun in different parts of the house, mud no
one was near the aquirrel for some time
finally Tot grew tired of her dolls, and
thought she would go and see if Diek were
awake yet.
Going up to the cads she thought it very
otrange that Dick should bo asleep on the
lower floor, for he never trusted himself
there, but always went up to the loft for his
nap. But she thought to herself, "Per.
haps he mine dowmstairs before he got his
nap out and WaS eo dozy he dropped to
'Sleep again ;" she 00001(010)1 110 had slept
long enotigh, and she vvould wake him and
make him do some tricks for her,
rlo she gave the cep a little shake, but
Dick did not etir then she shook it harder,
!but stint°, signs of waking,
Fly -Fishing.
An anglev's pavadise is this,
Where long -locked 011100130 stooping kiss
The merry teethes lave.
The very spot to tempt the trout,
those who spoke with hint It 10IWIL01.10011
1101V in the cu
orts of law , and by physieians
with their patients. 1.1 it 110t. 1110 3111)' in
which ininistere preach from theft pulpits,
it should be the way in which teachere in.
street in their classes. \Vas this 1011)01'sincere Why not He belonged, tinier.
tunately for him, to a elass of men who often
put casuistry before truth. He WM 0110 of
the 1181111011 spiders who
Spin and spin'
Bnckward down their thread so thin.
But for all that , he 31103 prObably il/
110St 1100o F1'0111 the answer of Jesus he got
little satisfaction. Life hereafter was to be
the reward of a 0011170 of right 'conduct here.
This was how he himself read the law, and
..iur Lord assured hint that he had read
arittliti 'This do and thu oshalt live.'
This receipt for . eternal life he 111108011
carried in the little box belonging to his
eltylo.story, and he had 10011 devout morning
and evening to repeat it in his daily prayers.
Rejoaang in the current rout, The answer, however, dni not satisfy the
lawyer. 11 1(111 him, if not beaten, certainly
"Co feed and sport apace.
not victorious. For his own reputation he
'The line leaps whistliug thro' the air, felt bound to say something, although for his
And on the ripples settles there own reputation it had been well for him to
A simulated tiy- let well alone. But 00 are thankful he did
A thing of life -like form ana Imo not. To his further question. " And who
That could deceive the fish and you, is my neighbor 1' WO 000 one of the noblest
(31 well al( one of the mom. pathetically beau -
How prautieed be your eye.
tiful of all Christ's parables. This question
Rare was Apelles' skill, I reek, 011S ow: about which the rabbis were wont
When hungry birds would come and peck to spin arkti bend am, and 11 005 one about 0 treiti.rt(t.,3411,11111.11,erwi,1,10edb,,oclingnir,, ong
His painted gmprefilled. dish ; which the lawyer knew, by what lie had. idtotlbin 113' -
111 tee 01.1 Pushkin he estroint )110.101
More useful far his art who can, ready heard of Jesus that this Teaeher from And the hawthorn swayed to 11is 'send;
With some well modeled tly, trepan "0 hes-1)1101
The quick and cunning tish.
But shape your puppete as you may,
They should preserve throughout the play
Motions ta'en from the life ;
Sn let the creature droning rest,
Then skim upon the water's breast
With changing fancies rife.
But see athwart the stream you shine 1
A tremor seizes on my line.
Swiftly the reel uncoils 1
And as I check its circling flight,
A mighty trout leaps to the light,
Anil strives to burst its toils.
The heckling line runs out its length,
And only skill affects the strength
Of anger and despair ;
Just as is wooed some coyish maid,
Indifferent now, then half afraid,
Bat won with patient care.
At last the gallant prey gives o'er,
And victor's prkle shall heighten more
Its own delightful flavor,
When round the camp -fire's mellow light
I tell the story of the fight,
Wat mod by- its steaming 1301301%
J. ArsTus Fissen.
Proper People.
Softly he spoke of the days long past,
sally of blessed days to be
(101 1(1 me arm 1101 1100(1' I pressed,
The eerimield path was Edell tome,
oli it WaH sweet in the evening.time
((sayer the light gre)1', and grayer still,
'rhe t.00ks flitted home through the purple
shade,
The nightingales sang where the theists stood
high.
A. 1 with Idle in the woodland glade.
Oh it was sweet in the evening tittle!
.1.101 11)5 1111001 gleams of daylight died ;
My hand in Ids enfolded lay ;
11"e swept tho dew from Oil' WilOtti 11:4 pagsvd,
For narrower, narrower tveund the way,
011, it was sweet In the evening time!
lie looked in the depth et nry eyes, nod said ;
"Sorrow and gladness will come fur us sweet
But together we'll walk through Ito fields of life
(lose 131 WU walk through the Ilchts of wheat,
Love Among the Clover.
Over and over the purple clover,
Under the wet tweed tree,
Sweet Bessie mune styes ing for wild flowers
And Nang In her maiden glee;
'0 hey, 0 hot
There's a laddy 0 know
Who joys my fave to see,
Fair blossoms, 11,1')l,3', now what shall I say
When Rubino comes wooing, o' me 1"
Dear lwart,
When Rubble 0011104 wooing o' me f
Accustomed as we are to regard 111)8.111 10*
one of the most reactionary countries of On
globe, a feeling of surprise will certainly hi
created by the announcement that ilowhert
in Europe has labor legislation made mots
rapid progress than in the dominion of Kin;
Alfonso XIII. Not content with substitutint
universal suffrage for tho comparatively
restricted franchise which had been in form
until recently, the tioveenment has drawl
up and submitted to the National Legis
laturo at Madrid a seriee ef laws for Ou
benefit of the working classes that are far 1
(Aram of the labor legislation enacted else
where in Europe. The severe restriction!
with regard to the labor of women ani
children, and the insurance of the workie;
°teems,. on the German plan, against and
dent, sickness and old age, coestitute only
division of the measures in qnestion, which
further provided for tho eetabliehment of
legal workday of eight hours, for the than
&pert free of charge by rail of bona, fide labor
mg Men in eceroll of employment,and 101
the organization in oath town, village ant:
connnune of a apecial "junta" or mititicipe:
board charged with the (Arc of the interesl
of the working classes, and with their pro
teethe', against tyranny or oppression on tin
part of the masters. The bill, which is of t.
eoteprthensive nature, has been referred by
the Cortes to a parliamentarycommittel
pr(n1,10.1 over by the former Foreign Minister
Setter Morety Prendergast, 'who is 0110 oi
the most intimate friends and lausteo
lieutenants of Premier Sagasta,
;allies, was not in harmony with the Mull.
ers from Judea. Here was hie one honorable
bop -hole of retreat,
Seenn(1, the Parable, 30-35. But is this
a parable at ell? Jesus does not call it such,
A parable, unlike a fable, never violates
the actual order of things natural, and,
therefore, it follows that very often thc
parable will seem to be a narrative of an
actual fact. It is so here. Tide mountain -
0115 road 31,110 tlot the very place in which
the num might be robbed. 'The incident,'
says Trench, 'is drawn from life.' From
the blood shed upon it, this very road was
called the Bloody Way. 4. 100 yearslater,
the Romans placed a fort there fee the pro-
tection ef travelers. E13011 in»v the Arabs
of the wilderness, lurking in the caverne, Cardinal Newman at Ninety,
make it an unsafe road fnr pilgrims, unless
Cardinal Newman, who is now in his
tney Etre furnished with a Turkish guard.
ninetieth year, was able on Whit Monday
Jericho was a 'great station of the priests
to attend mass at the Oratory, Ilirminghion,
and other functionaries of the temple.' The
the (10311511)11lteiug the feast of 81.. Philip
priest in our story was, no doubt, on his
iceri. BY t, Philip Net 1 the first Oratory
way to Jerusalem to take his turn in course
was established, and tho society known as
at the seerices. His inhumanity is the ,
the Congregation of the (1111013)' was °Nam
more marked since the wounded traveler
ism" under the permission of a bull dated
1110 0 Jew, and he himself 101111(1 by the
July 1 1, I 171. Tile Euglish house was
law of Moses to succor hint in his distress.
founded in 18.11, and owes its celebrity to its
Nor was he, as our version leads us to think,
being the place selected by Cardinal New -
in a 'woad road. This was a narrow gorge,
man for his abode alter his submission to
and it needed some enntrivanee to get out
the Roman Catholic Church. The crowded
of the way of the half.dead man. The
attendance at the Oratory on Whit Monday
Levite did more than the priest ; hut
is in part attributed to the keen desire to
worse. oame he beha,ennel, tlant0t,11 1s:0-eke:a poonssiilliilien,
see the venerable Cardinal. Relics of the
t
n 1 passed by on the other side.'
io,
community at Edgbaston, and it is stated
The. patron saint are in the possession of the
two men, the priest and. the Levite, 11,1;1
in a Meal account of Monday's 0011110 that
this much in common with the thieves. xi
these were "exposed for veneration at the
who unfeelingly keeps his property to him -
bottom of the chancel steps, and 01013 sue -
self and he who steals it front another are
rounded by choice flowers end candles.'
Banners of yellow and white satin bearine'
the words 'St. Philip, servant of Clod,
pray for us I" were suspended from the pil-
lars of the church, Cardinal NE111-1110,11 had
to be supported by two of the clergy, and
required several minutes to walk only a few
yards. His genuflexion at the altar was ae-
complished with great ; but, not-
withstanding these painfully manifest in-
firmities of age, it was observed that the
Cardinal looked. well. At the close of the
service he was led to the centre of the chan-
cel, fren which he imparted his blessing to
Otto congregation, "When descending the
altar steps," says the account front whisill
we quote, "he was compelled to halt several
Ulnae, and without the assistance of the
accompanying priests it wuuld have been a.
physitial impossibility for his Eminence to
have got to or from the church, At, the
bottom of the sanctuary steps those present
had an excellent view of the Cardinal's
thoughtful face, upon which time and care
have plowed so many furrowS, and here he
lifted wp his trembling hand once again in
benediction."
Give me 1110 111118 with the fibre of oak
To stiffen Ills spine for the right,
Morticed with courage and grained In the truth,
Whose actions show 1)081 111 the high(;
:3trong to stand up in the storimgales of life,
4.01011 I -not a poor parasite I
Give 100 the 00111001 though fragile sho be,
And bend for the time to the MIA,
Who lifts her fair head with a smile on her face . influeneed by the same inotwe.' 'To him
When the rage of the tempest had pass'd that kilowatt to do good and (Moth it not,
Tho willowy strength of whos0 spirit is faith 1 it is sin.' Robbers and ecclesiastics alike
That ean all disaster outlast. were selfish, and selfishness is not so 11111011
Glee me the youth 11,111 (10 maiden whose -Blinds one sin as an element in all sin. Every
Are lit with ambition torts), I word used to describe the conduct of the
To do something great for their race and their I Samaritan is weighty. Contrast 'by ehauce,'
'rho war 1 know,
She dropped 110 this tiower to tell;
But what she rh1l HWY this blossomy day.-
Would that 11(11,31' It as well,
Dear heart,
Would that I knew it as well,"
Over and over the fragrant clover,
'rlie bees went hemming till late,
4.1)11 wheru is the teddy and what luck had he
A.woolng his 1111 1115111111, mate
0 hey, (1 he
They walk so slow,
lirown Robbie and blushing lie.,
liut wInti did he say In the %yowl 0-1113.
think 1 will leave yen to )111t13..3.,)111t13..3.,)111t13..3.,Dear heart,
I think I will loose you to
God -
Who seek not the earth but the skies : I spoken of the most, 'and when he Was at
Whose blifeetions flotv pure as the Waters of
Life
And whose spirit speaks truth in 111011 01300
Give me the child that is childish 1)1 011
01 11 loving and innocent ways 1 to him,' with the priest's indifference or
Around such a 0110 troops of angels i .tio i neglect, 'passed by on the other side.' See
Through the mists of a mystiCal mese ;
'Ills pert and precocious belong to the world, the string of words used to pit:titre the kind -
sand the world shall eonsaine all their days. floss of the Samaritan, 'Nis saw 111111, had
uompassion on hint, 1,vent, tO 111111, 110111111 111)GIve mo the laugh and the smile that proclaim .
A. heart strong and faithful behind; Ins wounds, pouring in odand wine, set him
The man and the woman with hand at eom. on his own beast, brought hint to an inn,
mend took oare of him,Every touch in this
The wounds of misfortune to bind ; icture tells. So vivid and natural is the
Who lied not their principal cause for delight P
In the troubles and griefs of their kind. story, that we may reasonably, conjecture
that Jesus, who knew the fatal road well,
was narrating an actual occurrence,
the place,' siti,l of the Levite, with 'es he
journeyed,' at 5 touch gives us the
Sanuteitatt full of business. Contrast 'came
where he was wlicti he KW MOW and 'went
Give me 0110 11800 who, forgiving though wrong
ed,
With malt° no man will pursue ;
The fair minded foe who has honour enough
Togive o'on the devil his due -
The month high place who is true to his trust
And the judge who to justtee is true.
Tito man who is honest to all in all things,
And strong to mako honour his guide;
'rhe woman who's loyal to virtue and love
And whose "field" is her own fireside -
011. those are the people Clod loves and 1 loco.
And they're found through the whole world
wide!
Lost Friendship.
111 could know you fool just one regret
leer 1111 tho joy and love of long ago,
That sweemte dear inetn'ry makes the tear -drops
Dim your sweet oyes that nave worshipped
If T meld feel yotir hand, in mine again,
See your most perfect face with ,irown of
Amon,
Then doedhloss night, whielt on mint() 1104 lain
Would chango to golden morning's smilims
mien,
Could T but heal your gseat Iteertmain al. last,
Fire yoar puro soul with 001110 (1001) love new-
born,
Then wipe n way the darkness of tho past
With shattered hopes and broken vows you
SweelrluZild give ilty lifo to bear the blow,
All my groat. love to have Met earl your pain,
And rest eentent If 1 nould only know
My gift to you hatt 1111 1)00(1 made in vain,
A Poem by Courtesy,
"Please read my vela° I" the poet said
Unto a heartlese editor.
Ho acquieeced with mei of head,
Ana took the verso and road it o'er.
"You've failed to give lo titio to
This -work --of yours," the reader said.
"I meant to do it, but to you,
Kind sir, I leave the teak Instead,"
"Now, please, Whet would yott call it,
sir?"
Beseeched the poet, pleadingly.
ettll it," said the editor,
"Wells -anything but poetry."
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The Man who does nothing 15 itothing.
Third, the application of the parable, 36,
37. First, formerly, it WaS the fashion to
spiritualize it, Jerusalem Was Eden from
which man fell, the thieves wore the devil
and his angels, the man was the baok-slider,
stripped of Christ's righteousness, and so
wounded by sin that life was ebbing away
fast ; the Samaritan W1LB the Savior ; the
wine was the sharpness of the law; the oil
the sweetness of his gospel ; the twopence
was the Old and New Testament ; and 00 011
It is enough for us to take the parable, as
Jesus spoke it, in answer to the inquiry,
Who 15 111)' neighbor? Second, the Samaritan,
although not, probably, landed to be so
here, is in many respects flo typo of Christ.
Christ wee despised and rejeoted of 10011.
He was full of cotnpassion, he mune along
the very road which we travel ; he otopped
to care for what George Whitfield 81)10 00111
to call 'the devil's castaways ;' he emptieti
himself, in ltis ltttntiltotias 0114 3011011 ho 1011
ous earth he provided for our spiritual
nourishment and support. It is delightful
to see our Lord in the Good Samaritan ; but
WO haVo no reason to believe that this was
what 10 intended us to do.
There ore secondary lessons width can be
drawn from the story, and they are full of
beauty, Heart and hand rod foot °snipers°
should be at the service of others. We
thould deny ourselves for the sake of
the seffering, No nobler picture has evee
boon painted than Ude of what true compata
Mon ought to do. Lecturing in London,
William Haslitt mentioned, as an evident:4
of the humanity of Dr, Johnson, 'his carry-
ing the poor violins of disease mid dissipation
on his bitelt through Fin& street,' at which
a titter arose from Bente who ware struck by
the picture as ludicrous, and it mut leer from
others, who deemed the allusion as unfit for
eyes polite. Hezlitt paused for an instant,
and then added, in his sturdiest and trand,
impreseive manner, 'An act width realizes
the parable of the flood Samaritan,' at which
hie moral and delicate hearers Blum*, re-
buked, into deep silence, The main leteme,
however, is found in the application of the
feet that all men are our neighbors, in the
thirty•tieVenth Verge, '(40, and de Olen
likeWiSO,' No utterance of Jens was more
Arabs and Their Children.
The Arabs are, 00 0. race, very ignorant
and childish. None of them know how old
1110) 10110, nor can they tell how long ago it
may have bean since any event in their his-
tory occurred, unless they chance torment.
ber the number of harvests between then
and now. As we rode slowly on / enjoyed
some stoles about them, gathered from the
wide experience of my friend. A Bedouin,
who lived witlt lihn in Gaza for a time,
came one morning, radient of countenance.
"What has happened ?" "Oh, my wife has
11 son 1' By eight, however, his happiness
latd turned into sadness. "What has
happened ?" "Alt, the boy late turned mit
to be a girl I" His wife's mother had been
so frightened lest he should divoroo her
daughter for having a girl that she had pre-
tended it wee a Son. In another ease elms.
band anxious to be the father of a son,
solemuly vowed that ho would; divoree his
wife if she had a girl. Unfortunately she
hail twin daughters. The poor fellow, how.
ever, really loved his wife, and racked his
brains to get; out of his oath, At last lie
solved the difficulty. "I said I would di.
voece her if sho had 11, (laughter, MIL not if
she had two ;" and so he kept her. How
forcibly melt incidents remind one of the
words of Jeremish--"Cursed he the num
who brought tidings to thy father, saying -
4., 1111111 011ild is born unto thee;
making him
very glad ;" or those of our Lord --"A woman
hath sorrow, but 50 00011 as she is delivered
of the child the remembereth the sorrow 110
mom for joy that a mail is born into the
world." Lideed, so proud is 0 husband of
a son, that he is henceforth as "the father
of Maliontot," ar whatm'er be 110 1101110 given
to the obild. We may from this imagine
the eagerness with which Aintallam and
Sexalt Ionged for an heir to thole great
SSOSSions, and how great tire trial to the
1)0111111 111 faith must have been when he
Ile, asked to olTer as a sacrifice, with iiis
washand, the chit 451 last given to him,
JULY 4, 18.00,
0011delliied Inforillati011.
There are 11,7110 languages.
Amertea was discovered in 1492.
A square utile contains 040 acres.
Ent "limes were first used in 1011),
Telescopes were itlYented in 1590.
A barrel of rim weighs 600 pounds.
barrel of flour weighs 11)1) petunia.
A lamel 01 1101111 weighs 200 patinas.
The first steel pen wee made in 11•130,
ifiat,11,66 Nesse first. eoust suet ...1 1.1.711.
A hand 010180 1110:W111'01 1,1 fent' 111.1105,
A span is ten awl seveti•eight 01 bleheis.
A storm movee thirty .si s• miles per hour.
A Itii moyee eight y mile(' per helm
The tirsi el steamehip 0,10 built in 15)1),
The ling heifer matell 31.110 1110110 ill 10114,
10111 1018 lliSCOV410011 ill>111)111113 ill 11310.
A tisk in of butter weighs itty•eix tunnels.
.111.elern needles first cane; into est; in 11 3-1.
Ti,„ yaw., „111 ion of silver Is 437,701,91,
The first horse railroad Ives built. in 1626.
tr.
Coaches were first used in England in
11111),
'1'
11overage human life is thirty.one
years.
The value of a ton of /MHO gohl is $002,-
7111) 21,
newspaper advertisment appear-
ed in 1012.
l'he first newspaper was published in Eng-
11me;.8
10111.! 11.1. a
118,;
( ti 11rst need for lighting pue.
100e0 in 1826.
One million dollars silver coin weighs 59..
1019.9 vonna avoirdupois,
One million dollars gold coin weighs
3,085.8 pounds avoirdupois.
Until 1 776 ('(1 1011 spinning was performe11
by the 111111(1 spinning.wheel.
Olass windows were first introdtteed into
England in the eight 10111 11113.
Albert 11' gave the world 11 prophecy of
future wood engraving in 1127,
The first steam engineof this continent
was breught from England in, 11113.
:Measure ft 1* feet on oath side and yott
will have it square acre within an inch.
The first complete sewing machine Was
patented by Elias Howe, Jr., in 1810.
M kt-altes
A ['event visitor to Malta sends the fel-
lowing interesting letter, describing the
00.11(31 1) Witl11,68011 Itt Chat harbor :-
Our approttell to the harbor id Nide; ta,
Malta was tnalle amid ene of the sights
amorist le of an Eogl1td rutval stab es I fall
dozen torpedo boats came (inside' , otit of
the 11011(10 entrance on their way to prac•
tie)3 with terpedoes. ima was a little
rough atel the light, sharp boats mit into
and through the water, 111s1*' tossing it light
ly 13111, again Imensting the 0111'115 1111 1110
...tethers climbing over the bows 500111 1110
vessel fore tool aft. Once inside the harbor,
we might ha\ e known without other evid-
enee that 00 11.0111 ill 1111111/1 011 seeing the
array of istttle-ships supplemented 11) 11 fleet
of smaller vesseLs, all 'lying the re,l eross
r1(41. t;e.,rge. and forming tlie flower of Eng -
1,1110' 11130.13, here assembled. Here are the
1ienbow111111 Camperdown, t'olossus anti t',t1.
lingwoud. Edinburgh, l'emeraire. Australia,
Agamemnon, Orion, Phaeton, Dolphin, Lan.
arid], PolyphemussliecittandCrocorlih• bat tle
ships, armored and unarninred eruisees, tor-
pedo, depot aw4 transport Itipo, togothor
With IL fleet of welted() boats. Ilere nre re.
presented all the engines of war afloat ; naval
ordnance by all classes of guns front the
smallest to these weighing 11 tons, tiring, a
charge of Loon pounds of powder ((111 11 shell
weighing 18111), Ilere are vessels fitted out
with everything human ingenuity 1011
and science supply to preserve the life of
friends, and destroy that of enemies; vessels
which hare cost ever fottr million dollars
each, l fere ;we docks capable of receiving
the largest ships of war, stores sullinieut for
O fleet for years, a city and its environs so
surrounded by fortilieations that the eye
cannot e11 first determine where the (0un.ear-
tains end and the houses begin, Ands.) Eng-
land is prepared to guard her alediternmean
route to India and the east.
Lying 11100101 111 Dockwood Creek to the
receiving sldp Hibernia, with yellow,' sides,
gaping with a hundred portsholes, each in
time past harboring a gun, 1100 (100013311 to
the more peaceful object of housing the crews
of men-of-war temporarily hulke.d. Over her
cutwitter is one of those famous figureheads,
emblematic of the ship's name, such as the
vessels of old were proud to carry and in
which they were personitied-a fine figure of
Neptune holding in his arm the 1111131) 01 Erin.
No contrast couli be more quickly thel
strikingly presented to the eye than this
ohl wooden three•docker allbrds alongside
of one of the modem battle ships, say the
Benbow.
Army Sitioides in Russia.
Another of those mysterious suicides of
army and navy officers which have been
causing such sensation of late in the Russian
capital took place the other day in the pub.
lic baths on the Puschkin street, near the
Nersky Prospect, A well-known Captain of
the Imperial Horse Guards, M. L-, en.
gmied twO 1.00111S there, OA if for the parpose
of indulging in a Russian bath, but when the
attendant (dared his services, as ts usual in
such eases, he refused them and looked him-
self in. This aroused suspicion, but no
further 1100100 31.1,8 taken of the matter. Ten
minutes later a pistol shot was heard and
several of the employees rushed up and tried
Ole doos, but svore unable to effect au on.
trance. The police were then sent for, anti,
after breaking into the apartinent„ M. L.
-was found dead in 11. pool of blood, No
papers 001.0 found on Ins person. It is not
yet known what documents were found at
his lodgings, bet the belief is cement that
this is another political suicide, although it
is right to say that this is only a rumor -0
very probable one, no doubt, hut of whieli
there aro no positive proofs, The suicide
will be announced M 0115 1)01)0130,
•
How to Wash Windows,
Two servants employed in adjoining
houses were talking recently about their
methods of cleaning st•intlows. The one
whose windows always looked the brightest
said she selected a (lull day for tho work, or
11 day when the sun was not shining on them
haunts° when the sun shines 10 1100501 them
to bo dry.streaked, no matter 1100 11111011 one
rabs. '1.'110 paints:Ws Mash is the best article
for this puepose ; then wadi all the wood.
work before the glass is teethed, To eleanse
the glass eimply use wane wider diluted
with ammonia; don't use soap, A smell
Wok will get the dust out of the mimes,
then wipe thy with a 91000 of cloth -do not
uselinem 08 tho lint sticks to the glass. The
best way to polish /8 With tissue paper oe
newspaper, To Mean windows in this way
takes inuth less time than when 800p is
used.
Social Pastels,
lIcerietta-.What on earth ie that long
strip of card.board on the table there
Miriam -That is Mn Hick's ma, Stott
knew his name is WinthropStuyvesant, Van
Rensallaer Henderson de Tell and
it nauessarily makes an awkward end.
Pity remittal the tv-orid-sOft to the weak, nna
noble to thl strong,