The Clinton News-Record, 1900-03-29, Page 3""—r -
Man. And knows a yOung man'e JOYS ,
TO cE[RisTIAN pEopLE ,tudaartic.nenezanLy,tb7:41:1'
Rev. Dr. Talmage Tells of the Work
They Should Do.
Salvation of Others the Sign of a Christian --Inci-
dent of the- Russian Soldier and the Labourer
-.Some Hints to Those Who Are Not Christians
-.The Dr. Preaches An Intensely Interesting
Sermon.
A flespatch from Washington says
Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from th
following text: "So the eurpenter en
coureged the goldsmith, and he thrt
smootheth with the hammer him tha
(emote the anvil."—Lsalah x11. 7.
There had 'been war made upon idola
tryeaad its frielids gathered to the
rescue. The carpenter went to work
and, out out idols to take the places o
those that had been destroyed, and
I he blactiremith fashioned parts of the
idol on the anvil, and the goldsmith
adorned what the other two manta-.
Mos hack made: "The carpenter en..
eouraged the goldsmith, and •he that
smootheth with the bammer him that
emote the anvil." When I read that
passage, I wondered why it was that
in the kingdom of God we could not be
just as well banded together—why,
einoe there le work for every Christian
man to do, we could not all be entiour.
forted ; of drunkenness unpitied ; of
e uncleanness that knowe no way of re-
formation. Behold the gambling bells I
BEHOLD THE GROGSHOPS I
t Deheld the brothels 1 Oh, where are
' the Christian men and women in the
strength of Christ - to go out and in-
s vite the 'mit, the abandoned, and the
debauched, hack to the heart of an all -
forgiving • God.? Where ere the John
Howards to carry light into the dun -
f
gems ? 'Moore are the Elizabeth Fry's
to take the message of heaven to the
abandoned ? Wbere are the Harlan
Pages to preaela Christ at the street
corners ? Olt, Lord jesus,• didstt Thou
weep over the city end shall we stand
stolidly looking at all this wreck of
broken families, and broken fortunes,
and broken hearts ? Weep out, 0
Church of God. Weep for the children
of the street born in the straw, nur-
tured in infaany, and schooled in shame
Weep for the vie:time of evil habits,
over whone the Juggennaut hatIt gone
grinding Into crime= mortar their
blood and bones I Weep for the filth
. and squalor a the living sepulchres
of Metropolitan crime. Wliat is it l•
hear ? Hark I It is the shriek of the
dying PoPulation of this city. They
want bread, they want medicine, they
want clothes, they want tbe Bible,
they want Christ, they want heaven!
They have no comfort for this life.
They have no hope for the life to come.
Wake up! Wake up!, Why stand ye
here all the day idle ? If you cannot
save a multitude of them, can yen not
stese one ? Is there any soul in this -
house that cannot go out, and during,
the winter save one ? Remember that
he that coleverteth one sinner from the
error of his ways, shall save a soul
from 'Leath, and hide's, multitude of
. sins. Have you not found your field
of work yet ? Then go down on your
1 lolairsel to -night and refuse to get,up un-.
he prayer . is answered ' Lord,
, eat wile thou haVe me do ?" There
! must be a field somewhere. Sea cap -
1 tidies are generally symnethetie, and
when they ere going ever the water
and see a signal of distress hoisted,
they kear down upon the ship and take
her passengers from the vvreek. But
there have been oases where
these men have imen hard-hearted, and
seen a signal of distress, but paid no
attention to it, and come into port.
How they have Leen execrated by the
sailo•rs and the penile of ,the country.
ViShat do you think will be said of us
in, eternity, if it ebell be found out
that we voyaged on through life only
cereful about our own comfort, while
all arotend us there were signals of -
distress lifted, but we cered not for
its suffering, and were not moved bY
the cry of the eternally shipwrecked.
0, is there no work for you to do? join
some of the regiments. Belong to the
artillery, or the cavalry. or the infan-
try of the Church. Do you know that-
- God will have no mercy upon you ih
your death-liour, and • .
.NO t. =PASSION IN BTERNITY,
aging eaoh other ; I encouraging you
by the way in which you. do your work;
by the way I do my work, andayote me
and so, in a spiritual and Chiestian
senae, "the carpenter encouraging the
goldsmith, and he that sraootheth with
the hammee him that smote the an-
vil."
I propose, in the first place, to ade
dress myself to these who profess the
faith of Must ; aed, In the next place,
to address myself to those who profess
not to be Chriatiane ; for, my dear
friends, you alt profess •one thing or
the other in regard to the religion of
Jesus Cakiet. I want, before I get
through, to point all these Cbristian
men and women to some style of work.
I de not believe that a. man can be/ a
child of God and have rip anxiety about
the redemption of the people. of-
ten -hear people, while they have their
arms folded, singing:—
" "les a point I long to know,
OA it causes anxious thought,
Do I love the Lord or no
oem I His, or am I not V"
Why, it is very easy to have that
question decided. it you haven° anx-
iety about the salvation of others you
are not a Christian, and yoU might as
vvell undeestand it new as ever. Many
of you have sworn befOre high heaven
that you will be the Lord's ; and before
I get through epeaking to -night, the
Holy Spirit will tell you something
you, ought to do, and 'it will be at the
peril ot your iramoktal soul if you re-
viles to do it. In the tirst place, here
are elders ot the church. It is very
plain what their work is. It is your
work to help me in watching this
great flock. Sickness will come to
one of these oburch members ; be there
and pray for him.
DEATH WILL COME
into some of the bouseholds of the con-
gregation ; beere they have time to
put crape on the door'hell, I Want you
to be there to talk of Jesus, who is
"the resurrection and the liM." Here
- eeeeeee young man who wants to become
a Christian ; but he does not know how
to start. Ms father cannot tell him.
His mother canna tell him. Take him
by the arm, walk with him down the
street, and before you leave him, be
sure has feel. are on the road to heav-
en. leite are not called to be a king
over a natant; you are not called to
be admiral Of a navy ; you are not
called to be a general in an armyl,
lirit God has given you the highest hon-
or. He has put „into your hand the
keys of the kingdom. Be thou:lath-
Cul unto death and Christ •will give
thee a Crown. ,
Here are the deacons of the church.
They ought to be familiar with the
dark lanes, and rotten stairs, and the
damp cellars of these cities, There are
hundreds of sufferers stretching out
their hand for bread. Give it to them.
Do you hear the cry of that freezing
women? Goi give speed to your feet
while you buy her .coal, and pay her
rent, and tell her of that land where
they never ireeze and never starve. Oh,
what a beautiful work that is!
Then here are the trustees of the
church. Let them. look after the
church finances as well as they look
after their own bueiness. Let them
know that
GOD BA,CKS THEM UP
in their work, and what they 3.10 for
the church they do for God. In the
name of the Lord, Him who will judge
the quick and dead, I bid that you
rouse up to that work, the importance
a whittle you will not apeireciate until
the 'last day comes, and the books are
open.
Then there is the Sunday -school
field. It is an immense congregation
in itself. Oh, theework it is doingi It
is waiting for abbots of yew to help.
H ark 1 hear in the tramp of those
little feet the marching of genera.
lions, and in the hosanna that this
afternoon rang in the temple, I hear
another paead in the hallelujahs of
heaven. Oh, when you close your
ayes in the last sleep, do you! not: want
your influence felt in the church and
etatel The lambs on the cold moune
tains are waiting for yoe to shepherd
them. Doi you say that they! are no-
thing but little children, and of no
great account/ Does it seem' a stoop..
it* for you to go there? That child
has, covered up in the ashes of his
body, a tmark of immortality which
will blaze an with untold splendoUr
long after the sun has died of old' age,
and the countlees Werlds that glitter'
at night Shall be swept off by the Al-
mights'a breath' as the small dust of
the threshing -floor. That soul at
death will speed quicker than the
eagle, swifter than lightning, sWifter
than thought, for ever and for ever up-
ward until loet in God, or plunge down
into endless night. You are deciding
whether it shall go upward or down-.
ward, (
Thee there Is the praying .circle.
Every Friday night yew can go there
and pleeek Clusters of life for your own
souls, and the souls of others. Ilue
any one ever heard you pray it Is it
because you are aehanied of your poOr
graMniar, or ashamed of Jesus, that.
yen haVe not been heard there ? Is it
bet:settee illiterate men sothetimes take
part, and ,eour taste la Offended Oh,
whee the long roll of judgment thun-.
ders shalt wake the dead, and em-
pires of the departed shall rise from
the duet, and "come ye bleesed, and
depart ye ourited," shall rend the air,
do you think Such, an ix01186 as that
will atatel? Oh, have you been liv..
leg all them yearn this world of
trouble, and has nO One ever heard you
pray,. (Mere is a snap of the &ditty,.
Vion In our own city: Do you know
anything about it WM will enter
le thitt work of eity evangelintionit
Met them whote nottrile are eaelly lefe
fended with bad odor". Not those.
avhose thief Work it Is to look after a I
refined taste. Not thote Who are more ;
fearful of haVing their patent
leathers hurt than that five hundred :
thousand settle will die. hear ."
ecniteg up through all the etreets of n„
the city a ery, of bereavement nneome
if, while profesaing to be a Christian
,you sit idle and let the pectole perieh.
You. shall not dwell among the Chris-
tian workers. Woe unto them that are
at ease in Zion.
But .now.the rest of my remarks are
to those who protasle not to be Chris-
tians. I do not want to sweep the Gospel
through this audience to -night, and
catch two. or three souls, but •to eateh
a thousand. I want to ask you why
lb is that you have not become ;Chris-
tians ? There is .a man wee says :
"Beoa.use I waited for a revival be-
fore. I come to Christ," What do t
you call this During the past ten
years we have had perpetual revival.
The constant ory among the people
has been : "Wihigh is the way to hea-
ven 1" Why is it that the silenee in
our assemblages makes it seem as f
young man on earth, and Ile knowa
ell about you. Oh, young man, trust
youreelf in His company. hear
Jeans saying to that young man:
Son, give efie thy heart ; " and I hear KITCHEN` WISDOM,
elim call to some young woman, ais t
the maiden in the Scriptures: "Dam
set, I say unto thee, arise." Oh
that it might be the crowning of
May queen, or the garlands of Go
come down Upon the brows of
THF,SE DEAR YOUNG PEOPLE,
heard some say "I am too old.
A.lael how old art thole Seventy
igiehtY f That ia not too old. If thoU
canet, do any more, then tremble to
warde the cross, If thou art too
weak to -alga to hold thy staff — if
all thy soul seems tO he borne down
with sorrow — just stutxtble thy way
and put thy withered arms armful
that erase, and life, and joy, and
pardon, and time, and ealvaten vela
come to you. Though your sins itri/
scarlet, they Shad, he as enow Th
they be red like crimson, they ellen be
es wool. No, you are not too old.
I heard. come One eay; "Give me
more time to think of this," What is
time? We wrote ooznpositions upon
It in school ; but what is time? IC is
a very swift wheel,. and It goes round
sixty times in a minute, and every
time it turns it Jambs souls into etern.
ity. Oh, what an uneer tain thing life
is 1 Where•we shali be by to -morrow
at just this bour, I know not,
ou I give up my hope in ChrtSt
till six O'elOOR to-moreow morning? If
I should, what if between now and
six o'clock my •soal should be carried
into etex•nity? Wbether would I go f
Life uncertain? Why, it is more cer-
tain which way a wave Will break, or
a cloud float, or a bird fly, than it: i
certain when our last change will
come. Are we ready for it? I have
often read of persons who floated o
in a lifeboat after a wreck, and f
'three or four days had nothing to ea
and then, through complete exhaik:
, • wou a asleep and dream
about cool fountains and shady groves
full of ripe apple.s, and about sitting
down at a luxuriant banquet, and
then_ waking frorti the dream to find
nothing but the boat, and the hunger,
and the thirst. Oh, ye who are voyag-
ing on in life, dreaming of heaven, of
the fruits of the trees of life, of
heavenly supplies—will you evef get
them ? or will any of you wake wp at
last as if frora a dream to find \no-
thing but darknees, and hunger, and
thirst, and wee? I wish I afield
hatter down to -night the last' obstacle
in the way cif your • coming to God.
"As Raithl the Lord; I live n9
pleaeure in the death of hire that:
dieth. Turn ye I why will ye die:"
You read in this Bible. that the Israe-
lites were all surrounded. There was
'the Red Sea before them, and moan -
tains on either side, and Pharaoh's
host' right after them. You are as
thoroughly eurrounded eternity
before you, eternity behind you, etern-
Ity. on the right haricl; and eteriaity
on the left hand, eternity aboVe you,
and stern* beneath you. tah, etere
fifty! what glory and deepair. What
hallelujahs and wailing. What glitter-
.
ing of crowns ,and rattling of chains.
Eternity! where will we spend it?
Who. will be our companioned What
will be our occupation? Eternity 1
erni y Oh, shoreless sea, Oh,
unend-
Mg years. Eternity! who can Count.
thy joys wh'o Cen tell thy tears?
° Stand „your mould in ice water CO
an hour before using.
t iAn gcleteop isreya ion!
a oottonseed oil is a fin
GniOns are the best green vegetabl
save spinal:ea
No one will be the wiser if you ea
* boiled onions with cream sauce, Pr
v vide). In boiling them you keep the
tbieglueervestbine abloti Ititia•nuge4poo, in t. Oni Alio
It is not what we ea%, but how w
cook La
Do not :buy celery seed mixed wit
other seasoning.
tough! meringue means too littl
sugar.
'
0,
0 -
The dusti.n.g of pulverized :sugar jus
as it goes In the oven to brown pre
leseitia calm a piece ot paper tightly
JINGLES AND JESTS.
down, neafee a heavy' layer of wood on • --
bop of it and cover this thiekly with
ed, because the fire will not hunt.
The wood for the morning fire ou ht
to be pieced, on the raclk the night a.
fore. The bundles become thorough-
ly dry and ignite quicker, To light
a fire the, paper ahould: be loosely ar-
ranged and the stIcks of wood placed.
leaning against it. Everything burns
!quicker when Placed in an upright
position. Smell *eye of coal trout
yesterdtay's fire Should be placed light-
ly about the wood and space between
allow•ed for the air to circulate,
A fire thus mode will use less paper
and wood and burn much quioker than
If kindled by the method mostly pm -
tilted. If ash -trays were more gener-
ally placed. below the gate the labor
of cleaning the latter would be con-
siderebly reduc,ed and the (lest caus-
ed by sweeping up the 'ashes would
be redUeed to a minimum.
hiltatae of coal. Then they are surpris-
vents tt from shrinkulg, The sugar HOW TO BREW TEA.
melts and forrala crust.
If all the sugar is passed through a
otter° it is less work to beat it.
Lovers- of tea. will tell you, with a
wiee shake of the head that tea
should never be allowed to steep for
any length of time and should never
be used, a setiond time. The latter
rule ite particularly insisted upon, yet
the Clainem, who must oertainly be
locked, upan es good euthoritiest
tea question, say to the cont *y.
Tbe chanese put tea int thear lit-
tle tes. t very. short
time, pour off the iquid and drink it,
end then add more water to the leaves.
The tea from this second brewing is
t he better, they say. It has nob the
roughness, of taste of the first brew.
Good tea, taken in raoderation and
properly prepared, is pronounced by
dootore to be a stimulant to the nerv-
otts system.
.411sist upon conveniences. It is urine.
!nal to keep over a table. Since you
oan't shrink, insist that the table be
made higher.
'These who consider eveeything too
much trouble bave been known, it
seems., to turn out a Oen of tomatoes
rind simply eat them witai vinegar.
/I we ate proper* the physician
would Jose his occupation. And we
oan eat for whatever we want—to get
fat, to get lean, to be nervous, or
phlegmetio, or to stop to enoottrage She
ravages a diseam. An "open door'
awaits them all. Is it too much to'
hope that the tweneieth century will
see a law compelling cooks to take t
medical course ?
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t, LOOSE CORSET COVERS.
e One ot the evidences of spring is
loose corset cover, made from web em-
broidery, whit* Is neither muslin nor
Ian& tut an imitatiOn of both in entre-
deux fashion ; a length of one and of
the other.
interminable procession. Oh,
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HIGH COLLARS SPOIL BEAUTY
Artists assert that the high collars
now Worn by young women have de
steeped the pose of the head and the
lima Of the neck. An artist who has
studied the originals of the old mas_
ters for years says the huntan form
has not only suffered by the use of
unnatural collars but that many of
the most beautiful lines have been lost
through their inane:tee.
Wearing a stiff, high neckband will
change the pose of the head to annull-
ed degree, and this habit, continued
hrough many years, causes important
changes in the muscles of the neck,
which noon become permanent. From
an artistic standpoint Abere bas been
a considerable change In the Weal of
eminine beauty during ieeent years
nd a comparison of paintlegs of wo.
sts show e surialeaeg difference, so
ar as the neck is concerned.
In old paintings the pose of the
head is perfectly natural and grace-
ul, and the _lines of the neek are
ound and in graceful curves. In
modern studies of woman's figure the
urvea of the neck and shoulders have
'mast disappeared.
The effect of the high collar is fre-
uently hurtful from the health
point of view. A very high band about
he neck tends to sttrain the musoles,
nd, incidentally, the cords of the
tack and shoulders, If the collar be
ery high in front it will impede the
irculation, and in time reault in head-
ches and nervous strain. It Is ale°
hought that high and stiff neck bands
re responsible, by Impeding oireula.
ion, for much of the bad sight of the
present day.
Artists assert that the high collars
ow worn by young women have de-
troyed. the pose of the head and the
nes et the neck. An ertist who bas
tudie.d the origin,als of the old mas-
ers for years says the human form
aa not only auffered. by the use of
nnatetral cellars, but that many af
he moot beautiful lines have been lost
hrough their influence. Wearing a
Iff, high neckband Will change the
0643 Of the head to a marked. degree,
int (his habit continued through many
ears oauses important changes -in the
usoles of the neck, which soon be-
ome permanent. In modern studies
f wontan'a figure the curve of the
eek and shoulders has almost (neap -
are& The effete. of the high col -
✓ Is frequently hurtful from the
ealth point of view. L very high
nd about the neck ten& to strain
• muscles and., inoidentally, the
rds of the neck and shoulder& If
e collar be very high in front it will
pede the oireulation and in time re -
It in headaches and aervous strain.
is also thought that high and stiff
eekbands are reepOnsible, by iroped-
ng circulation, for much of the bad
ght of the present day.
YOUNG FOLKS' PILETTY FROCKS ,
Dress for little children la rather
mole this season, but the styles are
0 pretty and the colors so becoming
hat the effect is harmonious and
riking. White, red, tan and brown
re the cielors of the season, and all
bite b3 still in favor fer infanta of
ther sex.
Red is a faehionable color for amalt
rls, or a combination of red and
'lite is oleo affected. A red hat and
at looks well with a wbite froek and
mak boots and :hooking's, but tan
Ose and boots are generally Worn with
d toilettes. Very enie for a ehild
ve or six Is a rect coat and skirt,
od atookittgs, blaek ahoes, end big
aels bet, or equally ao is a long tan
at with big white buttoner and triple
pea, of which the lower one In quite
II, and the others flat, A big brown
t with natural plumee, and tan
oots and hosiery tomplete title toil -
Le,
hawn, heaver, tan, and the lighter
brown shades are very popular, both
tor boys and girls. A. delightful ex.
ample for a tiny gitl is a long cloak
of palest fawn eloth, with cape bor.
dared with dark brown fur, and brown
horn buttons, brown shoes and at k
Inge, and a big felt hat in a pale cas-
tor tint, trimmed with brown, and in
front a couple of pompoes of turquiose
L styliah brown costume for a
boy of aix or Man contiets of brown
boots and gaiters tate.coTored covert
coat, an aggy n okethockere, and
it Mt in brown felt, with light Pore.
poem.
if the audiences were listening for the
footsteps Of Christ in the church a
men by old masters and by modern art
earthquake ox storm, but by a still
aisle. Oh, if you !have been vvaiting
for a revival it kas come, not by •
The fabric Ls not expensive, and the
result really la pretty, if one is not Me
siatent opon real lace or something
Which you could readily mistake for it
The new corset covers depart tram
tile model ef what is merely, u.sefuleand
rejecit the present feminiee demand
for whet is slightly, even elmegh un-
seen.
pu.t. one is not Certain that the new
lace, ky conrtesy, stay proteetion
Will not be seen through a waist light-
*. They ale made, no lodger than
tee belt line, and, While not sagging
in the back, are allowed to fit loosely
ha' means el a ribbon running -around
the waist line and tying in trona
In trout, too, the covers blouse quite
as much as the neiw shirt waists, which
blouse is noticeable, though, not pro-
nounced. Certain of. these engaging
little garments are witneut Shoulder
straps trona, muslin or embroidery, de-.
aidirosneptpboer
dere.
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SERVING CANNED VEGETABLES.
Creamed Peas.—Drain and rinse a
ean of peas with oold water ; stew fif-
teen minutes in a little hot water.
Heat two tablespoonfuls of butter in
in frying pan, thidken with one table-
spoonful of flour, add one half cup-
ful of corn and stir constantly until
it thickens. Now add the peas and One
teaspoonful of granulated sugar.
Cream of Peas Soup.—Cover two cup-
fuls of peas with cold water, cook un-
til tender. Rub hell tbe peas through
a sieve. Scald one half pint of milk.
Rub one tablespoonful of butter and
one of flour together, Add the floured
butter and milk 10 the strained peas.
When the boup thiekens add a cup-
ful of cream, the remainder of Oh
peas, pepper and salt.
Stew of Lamb with Pees.—The neck
of a lamb may be used for this dish.
The meat should be out into pieces
and sufficient. water added to cover
it, cook until tender, skimming. Drain
, the li uid from th ' e
water and when tender a little cream
and also a little piece of floured but-
ter, season with pepper, add to the
lamb. ainamer a moment, serve
immediately. For a dainty breakfast
dieh, shape slices of bread with a bis-
cuit cutter, toast,' spread with but-
ter, place a poaohed or baked egg on
each and pour the stewed and well -
seasoned peas around. Peas are often
used to garnish chicken outlets, and
are also served with lamb chops, lamb
fritters, 1310. Peas are delicious used
with a 'Amu breakfast omelet as re-
commended above fer tomatoes.
Salad of String Beans.—Regook the
beans, After draining place on iee.
Wonrantsethoroughly cold serve with may -
Lima Beans.—Cover lima beans with
boiling water. Cook them until ten-
der. After draining add a large ta-
blespoonful of better, and a cupful of
white stook. 'Use °seasoning of peppet
saIt end celery gale. An unusual and
appetizing. dish is made af cold lima
beans and stewed tomatoes, sealloped,
The tomatoes are drained ; the vege-
tables arranged in layers ; few fine
buttered breaderumbs scattered on
top, a seasoning of pepper and salt.
Salad of Lima Beans.—I3oll la salted
‘vater two oblates of beans. T.hinlY
slice three boiled potatoes. Sprinkle
gown:Mt-Ay Chopped. celery over the po-
tatoes and beans. Serve oold with a
French dressing.
email voice, and a deep surging to and f
fro -of heartfelt emotion. The -tide
sets in toward the beach, and all you
have to do is to let yourselves' float f
in oti the billow. God to -night shakes r
at the door of your soul. Whether
you. listen to me or not, whatever 0
may have been the motive that a
brought you here to -night, whetber
you like my preaching or not the Lord
God Almighty 'this moment rattles at
the door of your soul. Hear Him I
Feel Him! Know Him 1 The Lord a
God merciful and gracious ; the Lord ti
infinite and omnipotent ; the Lord of 's
the Pentecoet ; the Lord of the Judg-
ment Day; the Lord. that eame down
on Northanepton When Jonathan ked- t
veards .was !there; the Lord that came a
down on Monmouth when William t
Tennent preaohed there; the Lord who
was at Baskingridge when Dr. Finlay
dwelt there. Old prejudices are going
away, and lips that never praeed be-
fore begin to move in supplication, li
ph, that instead of hiding your feel- a
nags aed holding yourselves back, t
ere might be an outbreak of religi- h
onta sensibility that would sweep all u
before it. Would te God that prayers t
that have been offered for some of t
our souls 13y those gone to glory st
might this night be answered. Ole P
dying soul, Cy to Jesus! a
There are eome of you Who say you 9
are kept batik by your worldly en- m
(easements. You say: "X have so e
much to do." Oh, my dear brethren, o
will you let your store, your office, ln
your shop stand between you end Pe
heaven / You will leave behind your la
bonds, and rear mortgages, your bills h
of sale, your government securities, ba
and with two emlpty hands you will th
go out of this life into the great elate co
nity. Oh, my God, show that man the th
folly of lettin,g anything afield be- im
tween him and heaven. Think of a su
man leaving this life, where he has It
had everything comfortable, saying: n
"I had an elegant home, beautiful
eurroundinge, large storehouses, ex- fai
tensive business engagements. had
everything that heart could wish,
and now I come up to the verge of the
eternal world, and must go down.
Look at Me, all ye huffiness men who si
stood with me in the mare& Look at s
me as now I len! out from a world! of t
Comfort into a world of darkness—onet st
two three I a
AND I AM GONE FOR EVER. w
el
There may be In this elicit.
elide some young people who I
say ° "We are too young yet, Wait
a little while; after We hose enjoyed co
the world more; and then we will be- hi
cane Ohriatiatis." I eak any young h
man if it la fair to sit; down at a re,
banquet all your life long, and have ft
everything' you want, and then at the r
close, wheh you ate utterly exhausted, et
say : "Lord Ions, there are dregs in ee
that elm, you mey drihk them. Lord et,
Jesus, there are trumba under the fu
table, you may take them up." Is het
that fair tot the hest Friend you( tallier
had. Why not rather JOID the noble et
company of young people in this
thutreh who have started for heaven?
Did you not hear them sing tualightt
Do you not knovv that there is
shadow upon their btowa, and that
they earl laugh) as loudly as you, eats?
Since they have become, Christians
they /lave quadrupled their joy, They
hound on their WaY to heaven, their
tearte glad, their prospects bright,
heir plane tiohle. Won't you join
hem in that race Give the strength
1 your arm, the exuberance of your
oul, the energy bf your whole nature
o Him who WAS Hinieelf once a y o wag
• Stewed Alushrooms.—To every earl of
mushrooms add half a cupful of cold
water and salt and pepper to taste,
simmer Bete minutes. Rub one table-
spoonful of butter and one half 0. ta-
blespoonful of flour together ; rub
!Month and then with a little of the
mushroom liquid, stir into the txtush-
rooms and continue stirring until it
is smooth. Remove from the stove,
add one teaspoonful of lemon juice, or
three tablespoonfuls of rich cream and
serve. Stewed mushrootns are excel-
lent on toast.
Beked Mushrootns.—Butter a baking
dish ; season one can of mushrooms
With one teaspoonful' of lemon juice,
and one tablespoonful of chopped pars.
Ity, pour into the dish and bake fif-
teen minutes', basting twioe with melt-
ed butter. Serve in a \vertu dish, sea-
son svith salt and pepper, and pour tb6
butter in the, pan over the mushrooms.
Mushrooms are also delieious scallop.
ed. Cover until eufficiently cooked, '
then remove the cover attd brown.
The old-fashioned method of making
Pumpkin pie is varied by using a mer-
ingue or by making tartlets.
'What WooI4 Me.
Oh, would be the eolitairo
That trembles in her ear,
Teat might whisper love worth, there
Thet none but her could hear!
And weuld be the glove close Pressed
Upon her wonder hand,
Upon her roun4e4 cheek to reit •
Or wave a fairy wand,
And I would be the rose that rides
The billowe et her breast,
That I might know its Cowing tides,
Its quiet er unmet.
And I would be the looking glass
That hangs upon her wan,
Where beauties et the levoly lass
In sweet reflection fall,
Yes, I would. be the looking glees,
With longing eyes to see,
For then 1'4 know she could not pasti
Without a smile for me.
—Boston, Globe,
.10•••••••
Possibly Provoking.
• Johnny—Pa, why does the man run
across the etreet so rapidly? Is it tO es-
cape being run over by the eleotrio?
Papa—No, Johnny. The man is trying
to get arouni in frank of the oar in order
to be bit by the illoyele that is laying for
hire on the other side.
Johnny—AVM it hurt the mint
Pa --•ph, yes! But let ate hope It will
nob throw the other anan off kis wheel,
ould be very provoking,—Boston
Transor
"You needn't. think that just beeanSe 1
1 TROUT COOKED ON THE HOOK.
Oenektielott el One Story 'Vold Moue*
the Tollow stone Park.
aye been out there I ain plug to Ore
you all the di:toils of a eurprise whieh I
did not feel at the steak tales of tho yeh
lowebano park," mid the oritleal tourist.
"Anybody knows that boiling water will
cook fish, and go long as you know that
the YethrtYRtOne is full of geyeere and
boiling springs I don't see eau:it there ill
Wonderful about catching a trout end
then turning around and dangling it In a
boiling epring until It is cooked. Itwould
begin to be wonderful if boning water
dicin't cook Ash everywhere.
"But I wish when they are telling this
old story they'd finish it up—make it
complete. The next time you hear any-
body tell that story just you watch out for
the way It ends, It never ones . The Man
tells how he caught the trout. Well and
good; anybody can °atoll hundreds of
• trout In those overstoaked waters. Then
be tells bow he swiing around on bis la el
and, witbout taking the ash from the
book, lowered it ipto a pool of boillug
water and cooked it. Well, what's the end
of the story? There Isn't any end. He
just chortles ebout how he Was ovegeonfe
by the marvelsen nature an4 that sort of
thing. He deesn't say another word about
the fish. Now, If you will only let the
marvele of nature alone and keep your eye
fi xned, iotnwtilllelfloott 7niitghhWtyhdicilIffertheneta.tory be-
"a"Tbere is the pool of boiling water
, pretty handy, but not by any tneans to be
reached by pivoting on the fisherman's
. heel, Then just so's to have -something
to talk about when he gets home the fish.
erman souses his live trout into the boil.
Ing water. If it's cruelty to broil a live
lobster, there ought to be something done
1 to a man who vvill boll a trout alive. And
it spoils the fish. The man has to throw
it away after be bag shoved it th h
mature's marvels for the sake of his miser-
able little story. Nobody onn eat a trout
that has been boiled with all its scales on
and all the newhinery in place. It'e got
to be thrown away. There's another
thing, too, about this story. Tbe next
dine you hear it ask the man if he took
the trout out of the pool of boiling water,
' /f he says ho did, then the fish ain't begin
to be cooked, for anybody who bas ever
seen a boiled fish of any sort knows that
when it's done it wou't hold together
tight enough to be lifted unless it's wrap-
ped in a napkin before it's cooked.
"So there you have the plain feats about
cooking trout on the hook, I know, be-
cause I thought it was such a great mar-
vel of nature that I had to go and try it.
Then 1 maw what happened, and I haven't
yet gob through feeling disgusted with
myselfas ________
SPRUNG TWO PUZZLES.
T110 First Was Barred, but the See-'
end Won the Prize.
1411 Lot,
"I tell you, sir, that the meads
tnnemonlo surylvele • with Sensorial ea-
oltationd Is the on* coneeiveble *defini-
tion of temporal apprehension!"
"And I tell. you that the Invocation of
-mnemonics ie extratlatal and that sensorial
continuity is the datum. Tbe juxtaposi-
tion of nnaemonio survival with sensorial
impression discloses no warrant for se-
-
quential an4 • eoeristential disorlinina-
tionl"—Plok Me Up.
Are II .11 Rellliy Z. ions in Their f.4.ve
• Yoh is welkin mighty scrumptious,
Yoh piekaninny boy;
r Yoh's gatin drerful bumptious.
s. In yob self :murrain joy.
Yoh hyah yob mammy talkin—
g
. . It ain't no use to frown. •
She'll stop dishere cake welkin— .
She's gwineter call yoh down! .
FEMININE FRIENDSHIP.
or Ono Another.
A cynic declares that women neve
really love each other in their heart
Like every other general saying, thi
can be oriel* contradicted and dis
proved, It is perfectly true that wo
men el like gifts are often unsynipa
thetio to each other, but the tenderesi
friendships have existed sometimes be.
tweee women of diss:milar appearanee
and mental endowments.
Take, for instance; the warm an
devoted friendship which existed be
tween Mme. de Steel aod Meae. Recam
ler, two wonalen of unique, but entire-
ly different personalities..
time, de Steel, in some respects th
most original thinker of the age, th
Pioneer of. made= iistory, bad ever
gift of mind and heart, but ne beauty
This she worshipped in the persora
elate: Reea inter. • •
'Peels, painters, seulptors, !moiety
men and women all sang the praise
of. the loveliness of Mnae. Recamiee
Thinkers, Writers, Calitteians, revolu
tionaties all extolled the 'genius of th
De white folks, dey been pettln
An a-eoaxin yoh toilearn
Till yoh's mebber, mos' fohgettin
How yoh better min' yoh turn. -
Yoh wants ter watch, I'ze static.
. An be kyahful what yoh do,
'Case dar's Filipiners
d An, dey's mos' as black as yob!
• —Washington. Star.
How It Happened.
Booker --Did yori ever read a poem that
put you to sleep? •
e PenMan—Yes. One of my own did
e Ahat aims thing.
‘limpossi bier
Y " it' not imPossible. I', offered it
f . sleep." •
43,
• to t e edi or, and the -editor put me to
Variable Sentiment.
e "What is your opinion of Municipal
ownership of street railways?" •
• , "Well," answered.. Senator Sorghum,
- after much thought. "Iny opinion on that
e point depends.
oelebrated daughter of Neokere Mme
de Steel, but no one eaer paid her a
oompliment on her look% She was
rather short, thick, and with heavy Detore and After.
features, only redeemed from positive
ugliness by the dark,
LUSTROUS EYE OF GENIUS.
"Oe what?"
• "On who happens to be mining the
• munielpality."--Exclaange.
• AIme. Recamier had an exquisite
ouraplexiona-derive4 from her blonde
and beautiful lnother—xt small vermil
lion mouth, teeth of pearl, and a regu-
lar, delicate nose. She possessed an
elegant and supple figure, sboulders
and.neek of dazzling whiteness, and
'most admireble proportion, and beau.
tiful though somewhat thin arms.
Such she was at 19, end such she' re-
mained the greater part of her life.
The two celebrated women met* in
1708, when M, Recamier bought the
maneion of the fallen statesman, Neck-
er, and Alma. Recander afterwards said
this meeting withMme. de Steel form-
ed an epooh in her Life. .
Mrae. de Steel, full of heart, fire
and paesion, fell in love with the gen-
tle, refined, eifectionate Juliette he-
mmer, who also became tenderly de-
voted to the more brilliant woman.
The warm friendsbip 1 hat ensued be-
tween them was never broken, or even
clouded over. Never. Nree there a
greater contrast betwe..en two women.
tdine. de Steel was all passionate feel-
ings, sentiment, energy, and emotion
without restraint ; Mme, Recamier was
all gentleness, repose, and arniability,
incapable of reeling passion, charitable
to the poor, invariably kind to her
friends, but never feeling or recipro.
eating in the same measure the intense
love which was universally lavished on
her all her life. Mme. de Steel was
never tired of praising the matchless
appearance of her "beautiful Juliette,"
while the Letter had the greatest ad-
miration for the geniva, immense gen-
erosity, and unselfishness of the au-
thoress of "Corinne."
GREATLY SOUGHT AFTER.
When Napoleon, who detested Mme.
de Steel, banished her from Franee, no
one of her numerous friends was ntore
grieved than Mme. Iteeaniler, who
Went to see her at Coppet. White
here handsome young Prince Freder-
ick Augustus of Prussia fell in love
with the beeuty, and was most anxi-
°us ahe should get her marriage—
merely a hominal one with old M. ha-
mmier—annulled, and become bis wife.
Mme. de 'Steel, always fascinated by
youth, beauty and romance, was a
powerful ally of the young Prince ; but
Mme. hammier lacked the warmth of
feeling netessary to tide over the ob-
sa des to the match, and it never came
off.
But Prince Augustus never changed
in his love, Eleven years afterwards
he commissioned the celebrated Gerard
to paint the picture of "Corinne."
which, when finished, he presented to
Mme. Recamier "as an immortal sou-
venir of the sentiment which she had
inspired in him, and of the glorious
friendship whith united 'Corinne' and
juliettee In retUrn, Mine. Recamier
sent him her own portrait painted
some years before by Gerard, and with
which the Prime never parted fintil
hie death, tvventy-foUr y,ears later,
when it was returned to her, Three
menthe Before his death he wrote to
her. "The ring which yoti gave rile will
accompany me to the grave."
A. WOMAN'S PACE.
Well might Mine. de Steel write In
'The Passione" that "A. woman.% face,
be the strength or extent of her in.
telleot What it May, la always an ob-
stacle, or an advantage in the history
of her life; men have always chosen
to have it so. A woman seeks not re-
nown, eftee to have one more charm
In the eyes of him/ she loVeg."
One day the Adrian de
Mentmoreney eeated himself between
Nitta. Staei and 3/Inte. Reorder,
when he tennewhat thoughtlessly re-
marked: "I am now seated between
ritelleet and beauty."
With ready wit, Mme, Smet
romptly rentarkel, "This is the first
itne I have been dolled beautiful " '
De 14onttnerettey forgot that pretty
women do not like to be thought defi.
eiamt Intelligence,
MMA. State% death, in 1817, wee
a great grief to Mme. Reeatnier. It
W AS at the deathbed of the former
t a e ac.
aftintance of the celebrated Chateau.
den& who became from that time
until Ida life's end one of her warm..
tret dnd moat conetant friend&
It is given to few women to attraet
be fond love of both Sexed, and to
P thee respect Mint. He.
meter, perhaps, is unique, and eer.
Maly totes envied.
ROLLERS FOR LINEN.
When spread out in a box or in
drawer, ornamental linen centrepieces
and doylies easily become wrinkled.
To prevent this make &Me rollers
from a tartan, pole two Inches in dia..
tneter. Saw Aga, into convenient
lengths and roll ohe or two plats t
Boilers of the same bort are told -
lent X or handsome tablecloth's. Iron the
cloths perfectly dry, fold twice length-
wise, and roll carefully.
A real coevenience for the home
dremmaker east ale° be made by pad- t
dors a piece of the dame sized OUrtain q
pole about two feet long: with Canton b
flannel and pressing bodice beam* over
It.
LAY/NG A PIM.
• In laylug a tire muds paper and
wood are often wasted. Most house- t
He craved •
. And raved,
Then swore
Before •
:His dinner he could Ana;
Reviled
. •
•
Then smiled
And laughed
And chaffed;
Was sweet
. To meet;
Would lend
A, friend
No end
Because he'd dined,
--Pielc Me Up.
Couldn4 Do It.
Da Broke—How Much is thie bill going
to be? • .
Photographor—Tea dollars. Look pleas-
ant, please..
De Broke—In2possible.—Jewish Qom, •
went. •
Ile Wouldn't GuZsr.
"Why, oh, why did I ever marry you?"
she cried.
"My dele," he replied calmly, "you
know I never did like them 'conundrum -
parties or puzzle eynmesiums."—Chicego
Post'
"he writes left handed, go you Say,
Look here," she said. "This came to-
day—
Rand righting, every line of it!"
The other said, "I'll let you be
ProVided you will let me see."
And so, to make her letter B,
She held it up to letter c.
—Chicago Tribune. ,
Not on a pet.
Sho—I wonder why you ever married
met
He—Because I thought I loved you, of
course. Did you get the notion that it
was to pay a bet?—Indianapolis Journni. a
The Proofreader Is a Type Righter. t
Diggs --Did you employ a typewriter tO
achy your mauusoript?
Biggs—I thought I did, but on looking
over the work I discovered that I luel em-
ployed a type wronger.
t
Pam* and Pheasant.
There was a sort of Jack Russell„ par.
son who Wait called ln from his sheeting 0
one day to christening, and with him u
came his factotum, Who was botleparish 0
clark and keeper. He put gun and hag t
down in the porch and commenced the
service, but it was interrupted by a
wild fluttering outside the open door, 14
and one of the pheasants, Whiell wa9 4
not as dead as it ought to have bet:),
But I don't see a sign of it.
At' a suburban church function ',not
long ago each person was required tO
wear conspicuously upon his or her cloth-
ing some pictorial .or 'other device that
should represent in rebus fo'rin the title
of any well known book,'and all the others
were to guess at. the book intended. A
prize was to be given for most ingenious
of these devices. . •
• "Paradise Lost," represented by a card
:open whiph five dice had• beempasted ond
froin whieh two bad evidently dropped or•
been removed, Was easily guessed. 'Hard
•Timeti" was no puzzle, Neither was 11
bard to meognize "A Pair of Bine Eyeii,"
"Innocents Abroad," "Vanity Fair" or
"Uncle Tom's Cabin!' in spite of their
pictorial disguises. •
One of the guests, however, had a poser.
Attaohed to one of the buttons' of his.coat
, wee a card hearing simply. the insorips
Evety, one at Ireit• gave it uP and aoked
for the solution. • •
"Why, eludes easy,'? he said. "It AMMO
'A Tale of •Two Cities.' "
"EXplain." . • •
.•
"Manchester and. Leieester--last sylla
"Thato's not feileir'," said the other. "It's
Gloucester, Chichester and Eieter. We
13thy,oe4tIsaetIslit:,,,syllable of Ohostete Lancaster,
he said, "I won't flight; Try
thillieolltuer'ned the card over. it was in-
.
scribed on the other side with theee three
lettere: "Ansas
After a severe Mental struggle every-
body gayeties up also. . •
That ought not to puzzle you," he
said, "It's the 'Last of the Mohicans.' 4'
He get the prize.—London Tit -Bits.
•
Trouliiesome Jerusalem.
People often ask how' it is that the fu- .
tura of Palestine presents such diffiettltiee
The reason is eimply that Jerusalem—you
cannot separate Jerusalem from Palestine
—is the sacred city of so many orettig and' -
warring faiths. Not only ie it the holy
p ace of all the Christian churches, and .
two of them genteel bitterly over ita-the
(Meeks and the Letine—but it is also one
of the most snored places in the Moham-
medan world. alma and Medina are hard-
ly more sacred than the Mosque of 'Omar.
That Is a Met which le often ignored by
Europeans, wile forget that to turn the
Mohammodaneout of the temple inolosure
would disturb the whole Moslem world
from the. Straits Settlements to Albania.
We must never forget that Molminenedan
pilgrims. from India vialt Jerusalem just
s Christian pilgrims visit it from Europe.
Lastly, Jertisalem is • profoundly snored to
he Jima and the Jews •are beginning to
be locally numerous and important.—
Spectator. • •
• .......
Gayest people In the World.
The population of Italy is 8,000,000 lesi
han the population of Ftanee, but Italy
as more theaters than France and twice
as many as Kugland, thotigh the popula•
Ion of the United Kingdom is fully 5,000,,
00 larger than that of Italy, These fig -
res, recently compiled, re -enforce the
laim long ago made by Italian managere
hat there are more theatere in proportion
to ite population In Italy than elsewhere
a the world. There .are approlmately
,000 places of amusement in tha United
tabu, In Italy there are 448; 1,France,
37; in Germany, 800; in -area Britain.
52, and in Spain, 210. •
One explanation whieli has been offered
for the very large number of theaters in
taly is that many of them are small AO
airs and unworthy of recognition as ouch.
his view of the ease, however, is inao-
orate, as In respeot to the Boating capaci-
ty Italian theaters are rather larger than
hose of other countries. One explanation
f the large number of theaters in Italy ir
be found in the Mot that the cultivation
nd appreciation of music are parttime
ore general la Italy than in any other
ountry, and Many of the playhouses there.
ore are devoted not to the theatrioal but
musical entertainment& What are call -
concert hails in England are theaters
Rely. •
genres of' thee *Igor.
An Eriglieh officer thus deticribee thi
iny source of the mighty river Niger:
Cutting our way through the under-
growth, we orept mid clambered down the
ippery elopes till we reaohed the bottom
Dtd came to a mos! aimed rook from
Web. a tiny spring issum and bee made a
pool below. The foliage at tide spot is
teen, most luxuriant tied beautiful, and
one 'oohs on the birthplace) of the Niger
it easy to imagine oneself at a dripping
all in :tome wood in England."
TWO STRANGE TALES. #
• _
NOT QUITE •SHOST STORIES, BUT f
RATHER AKIN TO THEM.
.e-onpripneex.,,,Vera.,
A Vision and o Dream mot Will Dee
tereet Students of Telepatkr—A tot-
ter That Apparently Verne rivet. ei
Deceased Wife.
• In company recently the oubjeet of
payebology Wee discussed. Every one with
a cureless courage vouchsafed en opinion,
some condemning op utterly absurd, the
stories of ghosts that crawl from grew'
and of the midnight entiseariee from an -
Other World. wbo,. unleashed for a /arlef
opace, appear in a:digit:mu:a looalities for
the sole purpose of frightening weak
minded mortals into fits.
"If these ghosts," said one of the party
"are simply straggling beggars, why don't
they ask for what they want? If they de.
sire to disburden their minds, why don't;
they AIM some one with strong nerves tn.
stead of those with agile heels?"
Of course the conyersation waif seasoned •
with nerratives of epeotral appearances.
or of occurrences ajan to them, and two
of these latter I purpose to lay before the
reader, The first mime from a man on
whose veraoity I feel bound to rely, •
ot was -at eollege at the Ulna," said the
person Indicated, "and had notified inY
mother that I would be home for vacation
at a certain time. I say 'my mother,'
- though she was in reality my stepmother,
. yet nevertheless as much to me as though
I had been her own. When I reached a
certain village on the railroad on my Way
home, I remembered that it was the near.
est station to the residence of niy late fo,
ther's brother, whom I had not seen since
was a child, and, knowing thaa I had
near at hand a number of omens of whom
I had often heard, I determined to . stop
and pay my relatives a vialt. I hired a
vehicle and reached my uncle's house just
at nightfall. I received a most hearty
welcome and was delighted with the host
of young people who oalled me cousin. I
spent limey happy days there. There were
hosts of relatives around on whom had •
to call, aud there were places of interest
which I had to see, and there was fine fish-
ing aed I don't know how many delightful
occupations day after day to occupy my
time. I was so happy among my cousins
that I forgot all about home, and put .off
from day to day writing to my mother,
until a 'whole month passed away. -
"Now, I may say that my stepmether
had never -seen my • uneleei dwelling
though she haamet my uncle and some'
of his fa/11113%mm thau onee. The house,
was an old fashioned one, with mane pe-
euliarities In Its structure. At one corner
was a sort of round tower, and lia this
tower wasehe betimoin 'which occupied. •
It was the oldest part'of the building, and
the window was in a deep recess, for the •
wall *as fully three feet thick: The.bed
I slept 'in was in keeping with the room,
being *what was known as a tent'bedstead,
with chintz curtains, gathered up at each
of the four host&
. "One mornieg I awoke euddenly.• Day
.was just beginning to break. On opening
my eyes I beheld tity stepmother standing
bymy bedside and looking down at me. •
" BarrY,' she said, 'Why don't you
'eon* home?' • .• - .
' "I arose, and. the vision, vanished like a
vvreath of smoke' After • breakfast that
morning I told my auntwhat bad happen-
ed:, aliabdi as hveersya isdtr:
ange. I *think you bail
better go inane at once. It is just pOssible
'that something has happened,'
"I loved mesteproother and my two lit.
tie half sisters, and so I determined to.
start for home inintediately. I was driven
to the station, caught a train and reached
home .that night': After the equal greet-
ings and questionin.ge were over me moth-
er said: •
"You know, Harry, I had a very curi-
ous dream this morning. I thought that;
r Was in a house with a double staircase
and that after ascending it I turned to the
left and found myself in a room which
was eirouler. It bad a window in *deep
recess and a' tent bedstead with chintz
hangings. Looking around, I saw you
lying 'lit bed, and just then you ewaked
and I said to you, "Oei, Harry, why don't
you come home?" Theo X owoke, and it
was just daylight.' • ,
"You may imagine thet I listest;d_to
this recital of any mother's dream with
much interest, and when she had finished
I sat for a moment dumb, Then I told
her what .1 had seen just about the time
when she had the 'dream"'
Some diseuesion followed, and one of
the oonapany, a .elergyinan, related the
follovving:
"My father was a maxi of uncommonly
. strong nerves. He had ouffered severely
from a fall from his horse, and the acci-
dent had threatened at oue time to disable
bim for EN but -he struggled on and by
indefatigable industry put himself on a
good business footing and likewise reoov-
ered his health. • Just at this time his fa-
ther died, and the farm whore he had lived
for over 50 years went into the possession
of my father's youngest sister and her
husband, both of whom had managed it
under the old man's soPervislon for some
years. It was well stocked. 'Farming im-
plements of every kind were on hand and
the crops were most promising. There
was nothing in the world to prevent the
couple 60111 prospering. But the husband
took to drink, and in two Tears' time the
farm was sold to the last stiok, and my
father had to take oars of his sister and
her children. 'Within a fovv months my
brother, a young man of great promise,
was taken with a obill after bathing on a
very hot day and died from the effects.
Next came the failure of a man for whona
. my father had become tiecurity. .A.11 these
things coining together would have weigh -
oil most men down to the earth, My fa-
ther felt keenly, but bore up bravely; but
when my mother's death goon followed
he broke dovvn and for a time seemed to
lose heart.
"On retiring to his bedroom one night
he locked the door and occupied himself
looking over some account% and, on go.
ing to bed, left the pen, papa. and Ink on
the table, When he arm in the morning,
his attention was drawn to BOMO writing
on a blank sheet of paper which he had
left on the table tho night before. He took
chTlit,,Iplaitgulutr„illitite was,
hind a frowning providence he hides a
smiling face."They wore from my moth -
etas favorite hymn."
The company was silent. Each one
seemed to be lost In thought. At length
one of the party asked:
there any sequel?'
'Yes," was the reply, "Within three
months circumstances occurred which
placed my father • in possession of more
wasax.r..Pgurt... I'
An Awkward Mistake.
"Briggs is dreadfully neamighted.
You know that bat his wife wears with
all those black pinnies in 11 2"
"Yes, I've seen it."
"Well, Briggs thought. it was the
head of a feather duster, and he tied it
to his cane and brnshed a lot of spider
weba from the porch ceiling before hie
wife caught hint at it."—Oleveland
Plain Dealer
_ .
When either branch of congress is- in
session after nightfall, a huge light
gleams from the top -of the great dome
over the capitol. For ninny years it has
been the eustom to burn this light on
the occasion of a night session of eon-
erteee
8
rose up and flew hither and thither
through the church with the noise and
commotion of which only pheasents.
and frightened pheasante, are capable f
"Mark that cock, John," mid the par- T
son in his usual' sonorous voice. an 1 ?
then resumed the service. And here ;
again I do not think one of the little a
party aronnd the font saw the immor
of the thing, and certainly John, who a
replied "Yes, sir," with as much pro•
priety and dignity as he had just been
responding "Amen," Maw nothing in. L
congruous or unhefitting in the scene
—LOsIgnian't
. 1
COuldn't Ile Divided.
In Felix blowholes' "Fragments of
an Autobiography" ocelots the fellow. t,
Ing: Mme. Schumann was wanted to "
play at a little musical reunion, but mho al
did hot reSpond. Mr, Moscheles was a
deputed to approach her. "Wao she in- w
tithed to play?"
"Particularly disinclined," war the g
discouraging reaponse.
The envoy mentioned ha huaband's
"Carnaval." "One part partlenlarly
love, the 'March of the Davidsbundler.'
If conid only hear you play just that
page or twol"
Thie rouged ha. "Page or two he h
deed 1" eke cried. "'Wenn man de 'Car- q
naval' epielt, apielt man ilea gent," tit
(Whin One playa the "Cernaval "
play it all.) And she plaied the
whole,
The Yule LOS.
Bring In the merry Tule log,
And While its Oparkica
We'll have gay Maier and Jelly Mitt
As in the years sone b3ti in
*Well sIng and imp with gladness.
Let Joy flood every SOUL
AlthOlIgh the matey Yule log be
A. Whacking hod of coal! th
—Chicago /word. to
A Doubtful Amery**.
Tody—THiltet you Ube vitiation lad so
anininer, dotter?
Young 1 by:driest...No; nty preothe
wouldn't anew it —turtles Metier
Llamas- are the chief freight carriers la
ntral Peru. The Usual lead for An ani -
al is about 100 pounds. If eat pul upon
is back More than he can easily tam, he
uietie kneels and will not budge until
4) toed it redneed.
It hi Mid that there are, betWeen Ueda.
mar and the coast of Indite about 10,001)
Ando *Molt are nee inhalAta
HIM ItErnitine.
"Why do you always Ade in the amok.
g dart You don't smoke."
"1 ride ia the smoking oar," replied the
man to whom the queittlett watt *dammed,
to meal)* from the effusive gratitude of
e young women to whom always been
give up my !eat when't ride in any of
e other OW.'
DLit kbere wet a hard, mitallio, ironical
ei ring In hie voloo.—thloago TrIb•
.7111)4116811 are ettpturing the roaleth ,
mitten% Ueda in Indio. end Bane*. I
.
ANIMAL ODOITI5S.
The Ceylon /Ohm Silk Spitler hail a
t body that weighs nine ouneete
• Plead will never touch an epileptic:, anti
initantly leave A &Ad or dying pet.
:101111; fieii with the courage to attotee it eiiif
The goldfish is a great eowerdeand a
friglaton it ?timbal; to death,
Cane 1319 104 t 11 an ex-
• estordinary fact that the nionione it losell
Ita fleeting In a *trefoil it turns over and
hake* no afters to sere itself from drown*
sat•
A statisthien affirms that the majority
of people who attnin old age have kept late
hours, Eight out of ten erho tench the
age of 80 have raver gone to bed 4111 sifter
la se salata.
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