BUSINESS CARDS.
SAMUEL. E. YOUNG,
Wuoleaale and Retail Dealer ta
: ' GSGSBtlESr.
& 8iOEV .
t.-heskeis,
vjagqms,plgys,
CUD C3ILL3,
Cr.0AD2ST SEED
I First street, ilhuty, R(Mi.;
Terms : '-", - Cali.
St. Charles Hoteli
Cvi WaslitefftMi First Sts. ;
ALBANY, OREGON
Matthews & Morrison,
' . PROPRIETORS.
ftntlss tlewlv furnished thronirhout. Tb
tlest she i.mrtet aflbrus always o the uMe.
FN Cm4i tm and Crasa Ute Home.
p. c. UAiiiEn co.
-Dealers in
3S3?L "ST Q-OOSS.
tlatfcl;, Hoots Md Mlises, Hats, 4?re
rlea, Fanrjr Hearts, IffWlotm, KhtDne
ad riatwla, Halts, Hope, Mirrors,
VtiMljva , tV4 and Wlllw
Wan, Trattks wd Valtsra,
1 Pocket Cutlery, 4tc,
Bold very low eltner for carti, or to prompt pay
ti33 Ing customers on time. v
liaising and levins Buildings.
WE TIf CXDKRSIGSSD BEQ I.EATRTO
aniiounoe to the citizen n of Albany and
BUrrounUiajf country that. bavinctnpplielur
acirea witU tile nwsury machinery for rais
ing and removing buildings, we are ready at all
time to rccciro orders for such work, ulilch
we will do In short rlcr at lowest rules. Wo
guarantee entire satisfaction In all work under
talcen by us. . '
Orders left at the BsotSTEB o3ce promptly
at tea ted to. Apply to.
Alba, BANTY.ALLtSAW.
Or., April 23. 1375. 2v7
o-
-7l ROM AND AFTER DATE, USTtL FCR-
thr notice, freight from
PORTLAND to
WILL BE
OXE DOLLAR
PER T05
Alt down fretjtht will be delivered at POKT
LAKDor ASTOB1A
JFree or Draj age and Wbarfitgc,
At Reduced Rates.
boats will leave AT-BOTT for CORVAIXIS or
FOBT1-A2JD
ay
For further particulars, apply to
BEA'H Oc MOJSTECTH,
AJbaay. Kav. ii,
riCTACCE & McCALLEY,
A KK NOW OPfiSING A MAOSIUCENT
stock of
f ALL ASP TIXf ES CSODS !
, Scaadalocssif ' Low Flgurci .
and as we bought low we can and will sell tbm
- at prices that wiU ...
Astonish Cverypody.
ome and sea our select, ot
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SlMtwls,
PJ?ea,
rii
- rVsswctaless 'v.
'" Pi4aii!H .. - ',.--'- i-.v,----r. v-
CII22on, Collars, CoJlaret,
- - i JLaces, &c., &p
tor th ladles, and our eoiBplet linea of
: OeacliTiQde .CIothii?l?f
Hcfjery,
" Cottesadea,
- CftssUaerss .
CAwliaSt
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faHlisBcrjplionfortnen and boys. Alsp,ulf
.. . - aaeorixiMtnta of :
,uavt J
. or everybody;
TV-; tt goods,atthelowtrfatesetrery Ue.
E vTCome snd eee. .
Leuanoa, Oregoa, October 3H lei.
Furniture VqrcrQomg
FRED GRAF,
1 Co;,r in t Ltelate firm of Grsi & i'i,t'.'
the farni.-nre basiir-ess, taHra tbls oprtnify
to rern h tVanK to tie tlnjwa ff Al'n
smt Ti-.mltr loo b-'1'" -v patron-
iwi hi:n in u,e 4 t.; "''J
em,. in,n.fl of tv heuo. r AjI Of tir-
ni. aw .E,i c.i hand and tKHJif' t"d t" oJf
St ltw.Ht rate. ' r OtfAr
Aiany, A or. 13-v8a8
HzVa Ecrss C Carter -sp.
rvr)PR.CTGSF! worn r ErPKCT-
'r s- v tin l.uffu
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-i iiiKii!n'i ii iuways be
J. CO.
OUSZ NEW YOKlSr LETTBB.
MOODT AND SASKY' TB SMFrROR OF
BRAZIL BBLKNAP'8 JMPBACHMBNT
TUEGKAltf TRADB-THB FASHIONS.
Nkw York, April 29, . 187 6.
MOODY AND SANKT -
have closed their, mecstlugs In New
York, and have gone away to take the
rest they have fairly earned. They
have held meetings five tiroes every day
tor ten weeks, a4 have outaide of their
meetings, performed an immense amount
of labor. At each of thetfl Mr. Moody
spoke not less than half an hoar, and in
the morning and evening his sermons
were much longer. SlrSanky
more or leevery tm.ot oiricU ladeed, f
that he hai weU-wgh lort aw towb ' It
is cstnftte that a million and a halt
of people liVe heard h'em ; that fifteen
thousand have been' converted, beeids
Uie general awakening that they have,
done for the churclies, the effect of
which will be felt for years. On the last
day they made an appeal for money to
pay off Uo debt of r the .-Toting-" Mens
Christian Association, andjto tnich pur
pose that $135,000 was raised on the
spot. Tlic farewell meeting was very
aCccling, and the service very impres
sive. There : never was -such a crowd
gathered together in that vast bnikling.
Every seat was occupied, and every
inch of standing room as well, and vast
as the crowd was, not a fyarth of those
who came could squeezein. - It was a
vast, peirpiring crowd of people, all anx
ious to give the departing evangelist a
hearty and cordial Godspeed.
There is no denying that Moody and
."ankey hold the hearts of the christian
people in their hands. They can get
them to do more, to work harder, and
make more sacrifices than any two men
living. Enthusiasts themselves they
enthuse others, and by sheer work force
their ways of working upon those who,
before they knew them scoQcd at them.
In their way they are absolutely great,
and their power does not diminish.
They received during their stay in the
city over $30,000 from grateful" parents
oP-taved-sons." Tbeeo - thank-' offerings
enable them to live and prosecute their
work. Mr. Moody goes to Florida
for a few weeks, and Sankev eoes for
I his rest to bis home in Newcastle, Fa
Tliey will rent for a month, and then
open a series of meetings in Boston.
The total cost of the ten weeks meet
ings footed up to nearly $50,000- The
bnildtug will be occupied, this sum
mer, by Gilmore's band, for a series of
monster concerts.
THE EMPEROR OF BltAZTL.
The 1st t sensation is the vfcit of the
Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro, lie
came very quietly, for an emperor, and
disappointed the flunkies by absolutely
refusing to having any fuss made over
him. When this announcement was
made there was weeping and " wailing
in many circles. The politicians want
ed a chance to air themselves at a re
ception : the city officials wanted a big
dinner, at the expense of the city;
Dehnonico wanted to furnish tlie said
dinner at about three prices, dividing
with the officials ; the belles wanted a
cliauee to dance at the grand ball that
emperors are supposed to always desire,
and most .everybody wanted to have
soBttthiflg iu connection with him. But
the Brazilian refused to submit to any.
thing of the kind. lie came here to see
and not be cgen, and he did it. lie had
fpififuJiJ apartments for himself and
suite at the Fifth Avenue ' Hotel,' and
be paid bis owa bils the fame as any
other man would, lie drove abvnt the
city rl viewed it in Lite most comfort
able way he eooli in carriages that ha
paid for ; he visited die chops, fbrtiEca
tiotygf big stores, theatres and other
plaees of interest, in the most quiet man
ner, and when he had got through-be
paid his bills like a man, and went to
Cbieago. There , were thirty people in
his suite,' attending upon his person,
and some twenty to take care of his
wife, the empress. The expenses cf the
party at the hotel alone were $2,800
per day, the entire expenses being prob
ably S.5,000. It isn't a bad business
being an emperor, Dom Pedro is a tall,
wellrbuiit, handsome jaan-one who
impresses one as being a Jong way
a bo ye the average. There is chataotcr
in his face. Tha. empress "is a ratiier
handsome woniap, yf V-Q pgU& a it she
had as ranch wj, at Jst, as her bus-
band, and as though she had her finger
in wb&t of govcriTani Brazil enjoys,
The capers acpompanyinghim were all
fins , ookin rpen, except one the
tr. usurer, or purse-holder small,
wpazen-ucea, brown-skinned man
whose business with tha party no oca
could make oat. It was snrmised that
be is the confessor of the empress, who,
as is well-known, is tb most davoot
and bigoted Catholic to til South Ameri
ca. Be looked the character, at all
events. The empress never made a
movement without consulting him,
and whatever be said seemed to have
sufficient weight with her to decide her
action. It will be remembered that her
daughter had a riot with the emperor
not long since.' The emperor decreed
religious freedom, which the daughter
did not like, so she vowed a tow never
to wear shoes or cover Jier bead tilt the
decr9 was revoked tnd the CatholJe
reTiaiou made as before! the only record !
nized religion. And she did go' aboUt
the streets barefooted, much to the scan
4aA of the court, but with the entire
approbation of the priesthood, aud,
backed by her mother, the emperor was
compelled to succumb. The empress
looks as if she were capable of the same
thing. The party return to New York
in a short time, when the bummers and
the fashionables will make another effort
to gobble hira. lie has a remarkably
good opinion of this country and-its
peop'e, ' and it is desirable that he
will steadfastly refuse to be wined and
dined by the officials of this city, or be
entertained by the equally objectionable
snobs." .
bklrsap's impeachment.
Business., called me to Washington
this week, in time to see the opening of
the Belknap trial ; one of the most seri
ous cases ever before Congress the first
time that a cabinet officer has been, itu
dieted tor stealing. The bright Easter
Monday had drawn thousand of child
ren to their annual sport of egg-rolling
in the csptiol grounds, which rang all
day to their shouts. But whithin, the
formal proceedings . drew a gallery-
crowd to see how tlie ex-Secretary "took
it." The formalities, slight as they are,
were very impressive tram a body that
pays so little regard, usually, to. them
as the American Congrew. Chief-Jos
lice Watte came swiftly in wearing fits
silk gown of office, and the House of
Representatives filled the floor in the
Senate to hear the proclamation made
by the Sergeant-at-Arms, ai;d the im
peachment read. The counsel on both
sides gathered, a formidable looking
array of souud. learning and character
on the side of tlie government lawyers ;
on tlie other, were tlie legal dexterity
ot Matt. Carpenter, tlie keen crafty face
of Jndge Black, aud the concentrated
regard of pale Montgomery Blair. Mr.
Carpenter met his client, and brought
him in on his arm. Belknap was less
florid than usual, bat be seated himself
with ostentations assumption of entire
ease, turew one arm. over tne oacK ot
his chair, slanted his commanding per
son negligently in his seat, and fixed
his eye orr one particular part of the
gallery where two strikingly pretty
women were seated, and kept his re
gardj5 tlie re most ot the time while he
was in tlie chamber. Tlie impeachment
summons was read, to which the coun
sel filed answer that the said Wm. Bel
knap was not an officer of tlie United
States at the date of the summons. The
government counsel asked an adjourn
ment to prepare their answer, and the
show was over. The great self-indul
gent dragoon who lately held the office
ot high cabinet minister, stalked out of
the senate chamber, ' half a'dozen men
shook hands with him, a courtesy whi
he accepted in a lofty, jmpatieht fashion
ae if ha liad rather not be troubled with
such demonstration ; but not a senator
was seen to shake hands with him.
TH a RAIN TRADE. ;
Tlie merchants ot New York are in
a state ot mind about the grain trade.
Statistics recently -collected, show that
Baltimore receives j nearly twtoo . the
erain that New York does, and Phila
delphia about the same ; while Boston,
which was supposed to bed&d, is work
ing up very closely to both. The papers
are all discussing the matter, and beg
ging the merchants to take steps to
bring back the trade. The trouble isn't
with the cierchants, though the loss
fails on them. The fact is the bloated
railroad monoplie;. have done the work.
There are no teciiities in New -York for
candling grain, chea ply, ""quickly, .
safely. That by the Central ha to be
lightered to the vessels, and very much
of it is isoved in trucks.. The system
is one ot stealing, extortion and iocon-
venienoe. Instead of running grata in
to an elevator od from thence into
vessels, at a merely nominal cost, there
are tolls, charges, cost, delays, and
of whest ilcj t" ' -a Xli difh
leaded to alswt lis t;Ii3. Ccrrt-jtst.
ly I 1 :t cd; tr.2
they taTsa, ii " . " - Ei!liseff 'U
taking ti i 7Js asJ tl'"pr
peftty of tii$- dly - Urn docHse of
Nev York attesU . le wi 'csa of the
one and tbe.ttar!"I:ycf the other,
Vaoderbilt has beta eonpelled to take
steps to hold the tnla cf his road. lis
is . building a big cUvator at ;tsxUkh
street, and others will do'. Llewur, so
there is reason to hope tLat saum portion
of the lost trade rary is brottht back.
The Western graL. ower will czl the
good efloct of. thkst-cbee.. ?:. 2Irv York
is the cattusluuu!,: fr tl .Tt"&t,a
it is a pity to see its tVeilltier thrown
aray. ' " -
TnE FASHIONS.
. Easter is two weeks later this spring
than last, which was favorable to, people
who found it convenient to put oCvhop.
ping as long as possible.- The styles at
the openings display a judicions mixture
ot last years notions which the milliners
cannot get out of their heads in any one
season, with very nsach tht is Dew in
the way of fabric and trimming. Pearl
gray and pale drab chip bomieta ot the
small capote shape are in, the best taste
for ladies, while all sorts ot turban and
pretty fancy hats are shown Sat the
eonntry and to be wonrby youcg girls.
Wings and feathers are interdicted by
fashion, though the second-rite milliners
fill hats with theut as they were worn
last fall. The trouble is that these
dealers are so slow iri gettfcg the mode,
that their batsaJ way look behind-hand,
and the styles of last winter dovetail
on those of ' Jtme. t;; Heather, -with its
delicate pinky white and soft foliage, is
the flower admired for trimming. Plu
my oata and all suit, treesy, drooping
flowers and grass also fall in with the
ttyle of trimming hats, and with these
heavy crape-fike ribbons and plain fine,
grained silks areused more than any
thing else. Fine Panama- bonnets ia
French shaoes isslead of the odd. wide
brimmed bats in which Uiis braid, was
only found last year, makes a desirable
variety together w ith the eatiu aud open.
brimmed Lata which are Tut a trellis
round the face to be filled with silk and
flowers. . " Piktro.
lww r Ct Haadl.
It may bo goiu? too. tar to say that
man may judge the-: character of his
fellow man by the manner in - which lie
"shakes Lands.M . But there is certainly
a significance iu those Varj members ofj
the - body which lie who runs may
read. The creator of Uriah Ilecy" ha
taught as not to trust the owners of
limp, moist bands, whLa close cordially
on nothing save their own possessions.
Says a commentator on this 'subject :
"It is the touch of the hand at greeting
which warms or chills my heart, and
makes me know to a certainty bow
much or how littSe I e'xli l'-9 the per
son before me. It tie csrs close
about my own with a tUcxt; quick, con
valstve grasp, I kc-ow t'.Rt w shoata
soon snap, snarl sisj Ci&V.j quarrel, and
tbat toe leatt I Lave t? do With tne
owner Of those mirj- u'Jx, the better
on I snail be. It a rfrvot,cola nana
glides into my ewrs, saJ' scans - dispos.
ed to lie there, wi:5;r' i Ills. I know at
once that all rny hti '..ess would be as
ncinins; in usss swiai tmm" : ns u
the hand grasps yo.;n s b4 bolls it firm
ly, in atronaj, warta Zc -cts, yoa are sara
in cultivating t!,-.i f.ij.idtihfp of the
owner. -"-These. hGs;t ItandsX From
the beginning cf l2o t.. j play an im
portant part in it.
All the greatness oa.H,li lifts laia
in the hollow cf a - The Looks,
the musle, the pict u, 3 wonders ot
architectore, t!a -iatflja;" f mocha,
niam," the mys?tr!3"cT : tzn 'nd the
government cf c;sti. .,4sa tter
cod-like bea!r...j cf c&Lr, srtaa, syta
mefary, cssta'a, T'T-r;- -a sad wis.
dom, 'have Ma w.il.ii a Inxaa hand,
The highest apffrallii strl realia&tiocs
ot -the Dram r Lro" . to liht
through 'the tzzt&l Lha tenderc
love and. charity cf t' a tcsrt roaka the
hand their &l t Tl,;y can be
tenaermiBijitc-s ,'ctc s.&a- peace,
and yet m ere J i .1 iA cf viiora &
the bits of b &o. AeJ wlih sM Hie.lt
power, frii'j V "?tV t'.;:r crc:!
t&eo, their tar ' s to .!, :', tl. r pu
inrs-'tlrir r:' S:l.dtS
last,T,l t . - : t t . t .U cf
The Opr.-.:: : .
these of onr i.x'x t
iff. end v? Ith t; fj !
fi who ere til??
WOi
m
cth
America ?y x
has ta r; ; , r I;.
reTlr'Ic ", " -wenr
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jewel.', I .
taoJ, r ; j i .
ia r:'-
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.. -AUTHOR tWJCNOWK. '
. C:'rm1v titeir faults, .
tr. , aajtwfe.ye as well; -.; .... ,i
- Cut s i fm-Ggmm to see or bear' '
Ye ij.ve -BOffot to teM.
If re canna speak o good.
Take care, and see and test,- -
- Earth has ail too much o woe, '
And most enoygb o weal.
Ce ecrent! that ye make nae strife
Viiih med 'Hiie tongue and brain,
For ye will Lad enougb to do.
. If ye but look at hamc
' If ye canna speak o good.
Oh! dinnsspe&kataU;
For there U grief and wee enough .
, Oa tMs terrestrial balL
If ye should feel like picking flaws
Ye better go 't would seem, .
Ami rend the book that tells ye all ?
Abotit the niota .and beanu. "
Dinna Jen4 a ready eap- ; . . -:
To gossip or to strife; -' " '
Qr periwps 't will make for ye
Nae fuuny thing of life. -
. Oh i tllnna add to-otlier's woe.
Xortnock it with your mirth ;
But give ye kindly sympatlry
To suffering ones ot earth.
- MIKAM. -BY
SOriHK K. EASTMAN.
Drra TEirHER 1 luv yon. I never luvedeany
teachur so mutch afore. I think heaven la like
you 1 try f be gooa 1 pray regiar. . IIuiax.
This was Annie Colbv's reward, for
six weeks of patient toil for this boy
with the stature ot man and tlie in
tellect of a child. At first she had felt
for him an utter repulsion. His hands
were largo and scarred and adorned
with a pewter ring; his face freckled ;
his bair a flamire aureole, a standing
defiance of brush and comb; his clothes
coarse, ill-fitting and dirty; his motion
clumsy and awkard to the last degree.
Bnt when be came to her desk, after
school had closed, standing dumbly
there, his great hands fumbling nerv
ously in Lis pockets, as he looked up
wttli pe seeching eyes, tlie thought came
that perhaps hers might be the hands
to roll away the stone from the eepul-
eher and set the imprisoned spirit free.
So site did not repulse turn, as another
might have done. Daily she told him
of .God and Christ in heaven, and tried
to prune off his coarse; rough slang
. . . .
woras wnose iruiiage in tne ena wouia
be profanity. How much of her teach
ing lie understood she could not know.
After the rest had gone, he would come
to her 2esk, with wistful eyes, that fol
lowed, her every motion; and some,
tiaes he would take a fold of her dress
in bis hand and stroke it in a gentle, ea
ressing way. Like one of old, it he
eonld bnt touch the Jiem ot her gar
ment, ho was content.
One day she saw him slowly and la
boriously reading a chapter in the Tes
tament, and the sight gladdened her.
Bnt when at night he told her that he
hoped he had learned to love Jesus the
words almost shocked her. lie a Chris,
turn, with that unkempt hvir aud those
revolting finger-nails ! '
.. She forgot that goodness and culture
do no spring tull-statured into' being;
and that the sonl needs time Jor grow,
ing, not less than the tabernacle it in
habits! ..But she did not tell htm her
thought thank God tor that; she onhy
pmyed. the more earnestly - that be
might be helped toward all that was
true and right. And the answer came.
Little by little she could see that lie
was eropiriK toward purity not only of
heart, . but ot external life: groping
blindly, to be sure, but still as one who
was Hearing the light. , .
Then came the visit to bis home,
which showed her his surroundings and
taught her charity for his faults. ;
. Sichool had just closed one Monday
afternoon, when Hiram's father drove
op to tlie door.- Where's the Msrm V
he csUed, And as she appeared be said:
"My woman's been kalkerlatin' to hev
yer ter our house; and. we're been a
batcberin this forenoon, and thought,
as kug as we'd got a plenty of fresh
meat, we'd like to hev yer come up and
stay till momin', if yer : aint afraid to
ride with me in my ole clo'es.'
She weut,-Her first ' -greeting from
Mrs, Peters was on this wise : Banging
the yui3est;ebildren against the wall,
the mother, after shaking " hands with
her, turned to t001 and isaid.eoaxingly:
"Now, children, I want .you to .watoh
and do just as she doos and
talk j-at as she doos, so as to grow p
petty ladies.'-. : .
' Acaii Colby " seated' herself in the
ncpsiisted, "oncarpeted "done fi"! room.
Not a bookreot a newspaper was there
in the housed The loud-voiced hostess
as she placed supper upon the Uble, re
cocrtsd its virtues and defects.
"There's nothin' more hearty and
Tillihia' than spare-rib, aud this was
it killed to day. But I am afraid my
tread is not prime. The yeast was
poor. I wiFh I'd a made salt-risiu's,"
etoeto. .
At l-r.rj'.li they were seated around
ti5t.Ll3,"Rpt.a which stood a plate ot
r., t, tzn'k&cl by dishes ot potatoes, ap.
I - - - .ice, and bread. The tea was al
r:, p0Ur;d iuto cups and placed be
rile at-b n'ate. .Each member ot the
family hcli-ed himself to food, and Hi-;
rai.:, noticing the teachers .empty piaie,
1 i H
Vv served her with ins own Kmie
1
eft:
Atterwara cameamerent
"a and porapkin pie, gin.
i cov.hnuta. In the eveu-
f tii.id about the
T.', until, growing
better
a little
11
arew r..x cuair
, r .1 lift coi&dentlal whisper
O:.? Ii.rs.nj be re iscreuul food
I iets,;as-itiat;yoa a,
, f 1 yc la Willra. to.' t&iti
X 1 3 a cTowei t)9 ?
. Tb boy 'heard' bins, his face grew
scarlet, and be arid oat ': -"Be still, dad.
Z4si3&wB-bar to v---. -" .:. '
- Th- weary .boars dregd. Would
the . pointers on the old dock never
reacb nine, the hour &r rearing?
- Alone at last in bear room, she knelt
tor her evening devotions? and on the
other side of the board partition heard
her pupil, unoonscioas of his auditor,
at prayer. '"" " ' 'r :
. "Oh I God, 1 said, rfease to make
me a, Christian, if you -possibly can.
And please to keep all, benses from
burning down to night, specially ours,
canse the Msrm is her. ' And oh ! do
help me not to get mad and kick Bill
Sykes when he makes up faces and calls
mePoppybaacL And so " the prayer
went on, a -simple, ignorant expression
ottbe wishthat came uppermost in his
thoughts. ':.f :tr.:; ,:
The- mondng dawned clear and gold-,
en on theF eastern hills. M iss" Colby
arose. In one cortier stood decayed"
washsUnd, guiltless alike ; of. bowl - or
pitcher. - She descended the stairs, and
oat in the . wood-shed upon ; ja ough
bench stood a" tin dipper. A dirty crash
towel hung over the .roller, jid a bowl
of sofUsoap was, in compliment to her,
placed upon the bench.
"Mebbe you'd like to wash, sug.
gested Hiram, when it came his turn,
his father having finished his "ablutioDs.
But, like Nicholas Nickleby, she con
tented herself with a cleau handker
chief and a dry rub. .-'
,Yoa whose fingers dip "daintily into
china bowls, wreathed round with morn
ing glories painted so like real ones that
you fain would pluck them; whose
bands, dripping with the clear, pure wa
ter, lose themselves in the soft damask
that lies near you may smile at the
Peters, as though they were of a differ
ent humanity from yourselves; yet this
has been but the simple, literal story of
a boy who uvea his brief lite on a qmet
hilltop of New Eng'and.
In Lincoln Cathedral is a beautifully
painted window, so far superior to every
other that the visitor pauses before it in
admiring wonder. Yet it was made by
a poor apprentice from pieces of glass
rejected by his roaster. And in God
temples, in there later days, many a
poor, ignorant soul that the builders
rejected bas become tlie head of the
corner. -.
The weeks passed . on, and examina
tion day came. When the" exercises
were closed, Deacon Seldeu, the chair
man of the committee, row and said, be
bad no remarks to make, he would not
detain them, and then talked fifteen
minutes. Aed Mr.- Frame stated that
he had nothing to say, he wouldn't
hender, he fully agreed with the re
marks ot his I'lustnous predecessor;
"But" (with a glance at Hiram and his
own son, who sat together) "perhaps I
see before me some future President of
the United States, boys. The Ameri
can eagle is within the reach of the
poor, as well as the rich." It was the
custom in that district, at the close of
the term, tor every scholar, old and
young, to kiss the. teacher good-bye.
The scholars had given and taken their
farewell, and were all gone borne except
Hiram. He stood febyly near tlie door.
Miss Colbv felt utter Iv wearv. The ex
citement was over and the reaction had
begun. The : red bair, yellow cotton
necktie,' and green vest, jarred upon her
artistic eye. Could she kiss that freck
led face and touch the great scarred
hands ? , Her worn, nerves said . no, and
she listened to them. Hastily, gather
ing np ber books, she walked out, with
out seeming to notice tbo pleading eyes
in the doorway. She asked Hiram to
close and lock the scbool-lioase, gave
him one of her boquets to carry to his
mother, and said good -night as usual.
Five weeks later a summons. Hiram
had been sick three week, Mr. Frisbie
told her.- "The doctor said this morn
ing thai he could not live the day pat,
and lie thought he couldn't die without
seeing the Marra once .more; so," con
eluded Mr. Frisbie,' 11 have com,e after
yon m my express wagon.' ;
Miss Colby began to collect jellies
and little delicacies o rrjrt his f-pjx;.
I wouldn't stop-for them," rajdMr.
Frkbif, tyuntly-? YosfU be too late,
mebbe.---'"w 'W.-
. 'Perha,ps he will be better and. live
many years Jet she said, hopefully.
" "No, be answered, - ?He was pick
ing at the bedclothes all day ystesday,
and I never knew that sign to fail.
It was a ten-miles ride. Mr. Peters
met them at the door and . led her in.
But what a- change five weeks had
wrought! Hiram lay upon the bed, his
hands out of sight beneath the coverlid.
Sickness had refined his face. The
freckles bad ' disappeared. Through a
rift in the clouds -a single sunbeam,
slanting down from .the, upper .. glory,
fell upon bis' hair, making ot .it a halo
about bis bead. He looked up, and a
pink flash dawned on hi face. -
, Yoa forgot to .bid me good-bye,
teacher, be said, simply.
She bent down and tonched her lips
eently to his burnlusr cheek.
".I don't eay dad-bobbit and dog-gone
it' now, be added." ? . -
There was a strange choking in her
throat. She could not answer. Ia the
silence nothing could be heard bnt the
slow, solemn tick, tick, ot the old-fksh
ioned clock ia the corner. Lor-? as
she lives, Cm will never ibrget that
sound.
After a little be spoke again. "I'm
a-u2. teacher, he . said; . "but 111
stay near the door till yon come if
He'll let r-e. - . .
S&, her, quivering lips refused ter
attetanca, -
, '.You. ejre pott afrajd. to o 11 ina ?"
asked the" doctor, softly. , '
. - "Nto," he aufiwered, slowly. "He-1
wouldn't a-fnt for me now if he itadu't
a.wanted-me. . Would- he, teacher-? .
; W Again a sileccs. - ' .
"Uie fs almost gone," said the doctor'
feeling his pnlso, 1
rm t, .;a r;ntK, tit.
don't know : the way;' . Somebody's a-
coming to show tae." .
It was just the. hour of sunset, and
as by some sudden effort the sun broke
iofce from its fettering clouds and sent
a flood of erimson; light through , the
small dingy window-panes Hiram lifted
Dotn. nanas eagerly., "lie s come Him
self 1 - Good-bye; teacher t good - - "
The hands fell helpless on the coverlid,"
but over bis faeo settled a look of , peace,
ucb as nevex Madonna, wore inTmarblo.
ot buman , fasiiidnfne. , The .'sunlight
crept back toward the window, flickered
tor a rnornent1 over the Voiceless lipsfc
then vanished : CV.: '--
' "What . to us is sunset , to liim ls
dawn," said the doctor, as he turned to.
o.- Through the open door Annie-
noy loiiowea nun.; oome one loucnetr
her shoulder. "He wanted yer to bev-
it," said the father, huskily, and he laid
the circlet of metal in her hand.
Trough all the "years since Annie
Colby has carried, as a talisman to re
mind her ot that other : life beyond, a-,
little box. Witbin.it there is simply a- '
lock of red hair, a pewter ring, and &.
little crumpled note, only three lines,
long, and signed in a cramped, almost '
illegible hand, IIikam Jnde-.
pendent, .,-;. .v.-i;,..-..
A Druoutfcl Legiox.- There is a
eharming, tradition connected, with the
site on which the temple to Solomon was
erected. It is said to have been occu
pied in common by two brothers one of"
whom had a family; the other had-none.
On the spot was a field of wheat. On,
the evening sacceeding the harvext, the
wheat having been gathered in shocks,,
younger brother is unable to bear the-
burden and heat of the- day. I will-
arise, 4ake off my . shocks and place
them with his. without his knowledge.''
The yonnger brother, being actuated by
tlie same benevolent motives, said wiilu..
in himself: "My elder brother has a
family, and I have none. I will con.
tribute to their support; I wiU arise!,
take of my shocks and place them with,
his, without his knowledge." JtKljre ot:
tlieir matnal aatotiislnncnt wlico on the
fol lowing mornins they found their re-.
spective shocks utidumiiieiied. This.
coarse of evetits fjwiepired - for isevcral:
nights, when each resolved in his mind,
to stand guard, and solve the mystery..
They did so, when on the following
night,' they met each other halt war.'
between their respective shocks witht
their arms full. Upon ground hallowed
by such associations as this was tlie
Temple of King Solomon erected so
spaciou, so magnificent, tlie wonder and;
admiration of tlie world. Alas ! ia
these days bow many would sooner steal:
their brother's whole shock than add to.
it a single 'sheaf! , "!,. ' ,
A Satisfied Womax.A Pennisvf:.
vania woman writes as follows to the
New York Tribune : " How glori-.
ous to be a wife the mother, of men ;
to understand one's prerogatives, and
be able to seize them without noise ; to
have a husband wlio counts yon in value,
above rubies, and whose heart doth,
safely trust in yon; to have as a.iie&venv
appointed task the .moulding of tho-
bearts and consciences of sons and.
daughters; to feel that by. God's grace -
you will be able to do it;, to fcaow yiajt.
yon have left no womanly, endeavor m-.
done to found the principles of ou r
children upon the pattern of the rock,
that is higher than us all.. Six sons,
have I two ot them , are men;- four,
daughters are mine two just budding
into womajitiooj; tney are my. .oompae-.
ions, ye3j my'nnwitthig. instructors in
the law of uprightness. Do I have to.
seek for an affinity ? Not IH Am ,1,
lonesome? Never. JJoJl.8ign for ttet..
infiiiUB?, I.haveit.
The othw day, a Detroit motlser pour.
ed some ink on the ' paptry. , shelf nesr,-
the sugar box, and went np stairs,
leaviuc her small son playing with' the.'
cat. When she came down, the boy ea$.
. .- , . . . , . .
Dy, (m.wwuww, wtairui fjmunj, iiuiu-
cent look, but there were ink fctains on.
his fijirs. "There I you've been at.
the sugar ! she exclainjedi.as. nh$ eeTed,
him by the coUat. "Mother do you.
think I'd steals sngaj he asked ia a
tone of surncise. . "Look at thosa stains.
on yonr fingers ! What made 'era ? ''
"Those stains, . mother i " x . es,: tliota.
stains.' "Well, I cannot tell yo-i a.
bold ' lie, mother I . think I've com-,
menced to mortify ! " -c She wasn't quite.
sure, ana no was auoweu to go out ana.
la tfitvtia
An aijtnma Ijmi nnwmp nn nvli;1.
linn at an Fncrt!nK fair ia dptsrrtrvl ana
self-acting machine made ftr the Fcnrirg
and Inghtennig ot birtis. it tires guns
at regular intervals by means of cLck
work. It is so coitructcfl that it can.
be charged and put to work the even.,
i ng ot one day to com mc r.ra f ri r - s t'
'a. .A t a .1 . "I
any nour oi inc nexs, sm v.-ii ci.ur.ya
firinji 'at intervals all tljy wltl.oiit r-2.
ouiric? lartacT aitor 1 cz
set to coraj .noe f rrr " -',' , ' j, J
is fitted with ftEi!.1 s;,.- --- '-3
stop the clockwori r.ir'ifV 1' 4 i ,
gun is flied. or at cy hut '
As an alarm spparflt.-s t 1 r
tection ot plantatioi-f,
farm yar.23, cu?,, r ; :
value, as it i) so tl.r:- ) C.
can reukts it..