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my MsTiini oaira. . Perhaps yon might not think Uncle Dick ft "gentloman" Aunt Emm did not, I know, though she kept her mind to herself, being his brother'- widow, and tho prudont mother of many child ren. Undo Dick living with them ; that is, if ho could bo said to live an vwlmrn boing always on the movo, novcr likins I'"I'Ia th k. .k. in u n ,.i i ! n this world. parent, bad all melted out of iuy mind; with her grave, aad eyes, as, passing for woeks i sometimes nevor once I through the dressing-room into my sis- .1 I. & - I il .1. i. . . . . . iiiuiigm oi inoni -never rememnereu i icrs ueuroom, sue caugm me in me wi fiiuDiiiiuu mniv """ that I had a father, or mother, or of stealing them. I eould hear almost Catholic priest, and was contemporane- brothers. Lily hod been my only sister, I through the open door poor Lily's short ous with Martin Lnther. Like .Luther, n1 lll " lri,iii .nii alia tin (iii Iia rennnnced ilia Itonian Catholic" faith. Uncle Diok stopped a moment, then I The grapes hod boen sent her by some I frinnil HfiA fia,I in man fninii.lu' I . . . . - restloss-mindod, as those are who have passed all thoir life in rambling about . the world. A "rolling stono" he cer tainly was, though he could scarcely be said to have gatberod no moss, as he hod amassed two fortunes, ono after the outer; navmg lost the first, he was now enjoying the second in his own harmless but rather ecrcntrio way. I donbt if Aunt Emma really liked him, yet she was very civil to him, her chief complaint boing that ho novor wonld "take his position in the world;" u. n, do avoiuoii nor balls, mado him self snaroo at hor dinner parties, and no persuasion could ever induce him to ex. hibit his long, linn gaunt flguro, his liri """ " ""e, in evening dress. What a ,'gny" he would have looked in them! as wo hoys always agreod, and sympathised with him, and not with Auntfcmma. Iiut in his own costume WO admired lllm immntia.lu II;- . ...... j , j.m n.JIfUfc- ing-jocket, Knickerbockers, and Pauarua hut wore to us the perfection of comfort ui4 UiUgHIJUU, As to his cleverness, thut also was a disrmted point with some folk. But we hod never any doubt at all. And ior- flaps we woro right. "A fool and his moncv are anon nnrt,i " w aij a lug proverb. But when they part to moot againthat is, when a man can boar the loss of ono fortuno, and set to work to Kiu anotner the chances aro (without ?JtBWrM Mammon-worship I say It) that he is not fool. J xos, i hove really modo two fortunes,- said Uncle Dick, as we sot bo gulling a sunshiny day, whon tho fish ro fused to bite, bv nlvlnrr Mm ...;n. i jnerable quostions, till at lost ho 'roso" uuui ai a ny. "iiow old wos I wuon I lost twenty -five pouofon my birth continued: "I don't wish, boys, to put myself for Ward aa WnnA than T waa rr lu.lt.. People find their own lovel' protty well ii s no Koou either to crying yourself down as a miserable sin ner. In either case you think a groat deal too much about yourself, which is a uarmiui a tuing as can Happen to anv man. "Certainly I was no worse than my noifflibon). anil nn liotlr T 111a.I aw.ro. body, and most everybody liked mo. I troubled nobody, and nobody tronblol me. I meant to go on that principle whon I got into civilization, to spend my limner, aim nave my ning. rossimy i might run down to see 'the old folks at home, whom we diggors were rathor fond of sinirinir almiit- 1ml wa ail,1nm tllOUKht abont thnm. At lnai.1 T nnvor did, and tli6y formod no part of my motivo for coming to England. I come simply and sololy to amuse myself. "I hod illHt tnrned (n with thn mul not drunk aa a or.iui man nf n, but 'merry.' Ono hour after, we turnod out, and stood facing ono another and facing death. A suddon Lurricano had risen; ono of our masts had eono over board: we had snrnnir a la,,V. nn1 anrl as we might at the pumps, tho Coptain tions, till at lost ho "rose" LZl ,1 V ' ' Bt a fly. "How old was I , , oh B')0ut -tho thort? We? , abu J0 "? ; . the Yos, I remember 'it lm , St J5 "7- birthday, Michoelmas-doy " TjL xv' wL'0,h, WM all in onedavrsomeof co: W could jus . , , j v i "'""'iiim-uuy. liannenml all in una ...1 . .u u raji BUU1U UI 111 illiiniM.1 .... ..g IIII a Jtty. " l'ur. a minute," said Undo Dirk, with i,. half Had, half droll, as if ho sow at onco all the fun and all tho pathos of lifo. And now I reiuomber it was not in tho day, but in the middle of tho uight. I went to sleep a rich man; by daylight I boys?" B8l4r' y 1Uoro ,l"08tio,1,, Ofeonrsowo rained thorn upon him by tho dozon. Ho sot comjiosodly, watching his float swim down tho stream and answored nono for ever so loutr Undo Diek hal wl,,,n 1,n ..i...u.. ... h ..u vu, an nu ll "fed capacity for silonco. " Yes," be said at length, "it was oue night in the middlo of tho Atlantic on the deck of a sinking ship. Thore's a saying, boys, about gaining tho wholo world and losing ono's own soul. Well I gained thon my soul, though I lost my fortnno. And it was all th sister's grapes. J Now Undo Diok wos in the habit of talking nousensoat least Aunt Emnm considered it audi. In 1,1 in,, i; tudo ho wus aoouKtomed to lot his thoughts run underground, as it were, for a good while, whon they would suddenly wop up agoin, and ho would remark anronns of nnthimr n,i.;i. zled motUr-of-foot eoplo, or thos.) who liked elcgHutsmttll talk, of which he had 'uauiuMjjy nono. i our sister s gnijws," repeated one of ws, with groat astonishmunt. "Thon von lln.l a ttl f . .... ' " "if uero is sno now? , Uncle Dick looked up tho blue sky . intensely bluo it was that duv. as doei ami measureless as inlhiity. "Whew is she? I don't know; I wish I did. Hut mul 1 "" out Homo time- 1 hen he added, "My sister Lily lied of consumption when sho was llf teen, and I about ton yours old." "And what about hor grapes? It is a story-a truo story?"- "Qnito true to mo, though nil might not behove it. Some might even laugh at it, and I don't liko to bo luimhed at. . o i dontmind it; it can't harm mo. ill you, boys, if yon liko to hoar. It may bo a gl,od losBon for some of you. Wo did not much cart) for "lessons " .iitiTw',,),f,,,,orj;:. 80 wlHli U8 Dirk tit ti iim I. t- . vx r" 'ajs "No not from tho boginning, which could benefit neither you nor mo." ni,l Undo Diek, gravely. 'Til toko up my j.v ..via wju iviui i meiiiiono.t, when I found myself at midnight ou tho deck of tho C olorado Australian steamer, bound .... .uiiou iohioing ,owji. And she wrumown, "You with her?" "Not exactly, or how could I bo here sitting qniotjy llshing? which seems o,ld when 1 think of tho hurly-burly of tht night. It hud eomo quite suddouly after a long spell of fair weather, which we found so Jul 1 that wo begun drinking smo"ng, gambline. and even floMin n.io. .! 41 " - r o ..... i..w, jr wo were a rough lot, .iiimuj uiKKcrs, who, liko myself, had ,''', or half a claim, at u.urv-worKiHi it so well that they soon fount! ItiAv l.. . m 'a " said ho beliovod we should sink or go to piocea uoiore morning. lie had boen drunk, too, which porhops aoconnted for our disaster, in a good sound ship and tho safo open sea; but he was sober VUUUUU I1IJW. Iin I III IIIU Itnat nn.l fa, c vvnip, BUU ft 111 U hoiw was over, said ho should go to tho bottom with his ship.' And he went. I look his watch to his widow; he gavo it me before lin i'nmtinl nvarU...! ....... fellow. "Well, loys, what wos I going to toll you ? I forgot," said Undo Dick, draw- ID If bis Inner hrnwn Imn.l n..u 1.:. .j n iM.ivon nil lliru- head. "Oh. about tho ahin r,,lnf,i the poor wretches n tho bouts or about an equal see ane another know where they were kept: I had climbed up to the shelf and eaten them ..ii an. "Many a selfish thing had I done, both before I loft homo and afterward; why should this little thine lonir forirotU n. come back now? Perhaps because I was never punished for at any other timo ears, or taken mo pod, did nothing, those few wards o einlil vm tuba vnnw aiuta'a nMiiV "I heard thorn through the horriblo tumuii oi ino winus ana waves, and poor souis hod I torn woul Hardly heard drop tears w... J a f nuu in uv.t short lifo hod been everybody's comfort uuu joy, wuiio i " 'Mothor!' I cried out, as if sho could hear mo these many thousand miles off 'mothor, forgiyo mo, and I'll novor do it any uiorui "1 had not said this when I was ten years old, and took the grapos, but I said it. anllluxl it nt tarant v.ti ,!, implied muuy a selflshnoss,' many a sin, 1...a - .1 . they adhere to the original doctrines -I A. sil I. - - .1 tl.. tl.a ni.l Ufannnn. o. uie viiuruu uu iumh vu. aucuuwu- ites have dopartod from them, whilo the Baked Eggs. Beat up six ton latter maintain just the reverse. In doc- tablospoonful of flour, six of sweet' n, trinal practice, however, after caroful melt ft pioce of butter in the frvino . inquiry, we aro buuoiiuu .uoj .o wuuu i " u tun wuuio in and hat the some, their differences being princi- very hot oven; to be served as 4 a 01 WOISUIJI wuiuu UU I puiiy leCUUlcai. iiiocthiuui umoraira uuue. ft publication known between the two lines is in their politics. Puree of Chestnuts. Put vonr anual." published in Tho Old Mennonitos boliove it i right nnt on in hnil in ...u . cllt- tlm Di.ti'li lancnncn. I in nroroiun tlm nlnetive franchino. and al-1 tl.ma until . .. f I HOCSEnOLD 50TES, Benno Simon. Men no Kimon w as originally a Roman -'atholic iiriest, and was eontemporane- I ous witn .Martin turner. iJine uuiuer, he renounced the Itoniau Catholic" faith, UUl, UU11BH J11III, UO HDUli MJ HIO WIUII I VU BUIUB, H1C1I . .1.. i .. ....,i.:., i... I ii.. i i, a r 1 Euroie in I'M, in the Dutch language, to exerciso the elective franchise, and al- thorn until they aro nearly all tl ' br Henno Simon, afterward translated I most invariably cost their ballots; and in I Hlioll tlm into German, and still later translated this county, where both churches com- milk ami but tm. .. it& into Enorlitih by I. Daniol Buff, we learn binod number botweon two and throe t,ohitoos. npimnnli..m Ju. 0llW of Menno Simon's struggle with his con- thousand, they are important fuctors in practice the precept which teaches 'us to MSapM , A4, D'Ci Cttke do nnto others ' as we would that they "fT'ii 'r8 "" or,, ,i.M n.,;n many kinds of koeiung well fort.. preacher I was for nearly two years. In they will not, as a rule, insuro thoir ' 18 m ,? from tn" recipe should do to 118." Reiner non-resistAnt. S -J w J MtCJ Tfftlft UUt UOJ O IU1D, iUDUlU lUUI 1 n A .,m u g vvtu- the first year thereafter a thought oc property against loss by lire. Homeofthe p 01 , 8u,?ar' mt ? 0UP ot bntUr currod to mo, as often as I had handled more advanced, however, will insure in , eK8.8' "?1'a .nP of BWeet milk, on.' tlm l.rna.l an.1 t ina in tl.n (,.,. I . i i . CUD heaiHUflr tUll Of cllOIIIiml rnlum. .v. n.uu w vnu wain, UUl luojr I COUipHUlCS HOI H1UIUU1, OVOlUlIlg IUO 101" I, " 1 . ISO wero not the blood and flosh of the Lord, ter because, if thoy share in their profits, "l'00"'"" of buking powder, mj ivuougum was uio suggesuon oi me they would naturally bo parties to any . . 1 , " ""U1 "ttvur wn nut devil, that he might lead me offfrom the legal action which thoy might brinff to Dleg' i,n, the H?tfor 8"6ar. wdl-beau, fuith. I confoased it often, niclil I rnnnva. ti. i gs uul tho milk toffother. thon htiV w. - 1 m " i iwvvrvi ivodio, audi fl O au limuittUt't I jl . . ' " UU Draved. vetlcouli! not ba Iraed fmm Amow .i:m.m;mm t. "wwr uu tuihids in. , " " , a mt " , ' I wwiuwuj uukvi laouiOUIVQi), U1I1U1UU tuu I . thlH Minticrnr. I nnan turn flfnfAmnnhuwi,l I T .... i r a. I I'liArtrklotA W.ivA.'nn -v o- - ww -.v.vmuuwuuu i luns ui evwry uiumupr. dv nra or irom I v..vwW vn;iwu, iira UlUt tnV motUer DOVOr JCtlGW. lt lhn vnimir mnn anil mvanlf annnf nnr iimA -al.- .. !... - . - w VH mh "j mb vi'vun vua muio i uu v ill uir I - m. 1 1 mi Hill rtTifr i nil sin ri Tf mnm. inoro saying of it soomed to relieve mo. daily in lilovinir. drinkinu. and all mnn. i,..a,'n i, .0o....,i i.: i nnnfnl nf mmr nn iu. .f -;la .1;.. ; ii.. I '. .. . .. I P . .I" !...- -. . .. ..." ...'v.uo uiiuj, muni aa 10 uio corning to the valuation oi the estate of u"ui in ounce;, oouk the cektin. , " "w MSSW MUt'tlJITI in the HtarliL'ht or thn u ln " - " ..m. -jivwii VI (UU oa groups oi struggling mon (hap pily thore was not a woman on board) some paralyzod and silent, others shriek ing with terror, sonio sobbiner and urav. ing, others only cursing; for heaven Which Vfl Worn iitrninl.t 1. --' hopod to go-ssomod to be tho lust thing we ever thought of. We only thought of lifo. door lifo our nvn li olse'i. " ,J Toople soy thot a shipwrock brings out human notnro in all its brutality -mj ..iu iw uiiusuii, ami noil no, not floil, but tho dovil-for us all. I found it so. To soo these mon, old, young and middlo atred. snmn ..l.,n,..i .... 1.1 1 . ,, -;"""" oiuu uuu- auu, uu. an cnnging to their bocs. full of nuggets, which thoy had tied round their waist, or huM in tf,n;. i,.. 1. eager to save themselves and thoir gold and utterly reckloss of ovorything and .w.juuijr ulBB u wa8 jj0rr,,8 j yr0(j. ually it dawned upon somo of tho fee bler among thorn that they would hardly save themselves, to say nothing of thoir 4' . no wger tried to hide it, but frantically offered a quarter a nun, iwo thinis, or thoir gold to any person who would help them. But in vain utterly in vain. "For mo, I was a young fellow younc ; . t "m, "ever ioceu tlooth be- foro.aud it felt -well, sol and straneo . ..uli,iV,j inguteneu, but I w,w awed. I turned from the selfish, brutal cowardly wretches around mo; they had shown theniHiilvfiM in .),.,:. 1 1 . . '.0.. .1 uu uoiors, and I was disgusted with myself for hav' jug put up with them so long. I didn't like oven to im to tlm iti.,. uiiserablo lot, In truth, it felt hard ""in" k go 10 mo bottom at all, V' oiwosi 01 my nuggets I always j O v "waawvw WIV and whon directly afterward aome one called out from tho boat. 'Juuid in Diek. now's your turn," I jumped in to toko my chance of lifo with the rest. "It was given me. I was among the eighteen that held on till we wore pickod up aimosi sain ami bono, and one of ns raving mai irom tnirst by a homeward bound shin, and landed sufoly in England. No, boys, don't quobtion mo. I won't toll you about that time; I can't." It was not often Undo Dick said, "I can't;" indued, it was one of his quoor sayings thot "can't" was a word no hon ... 1 11... . . nk ur oruvo lau ouglit to Have in his dictionary. Wo turnod away our eyes from him ho soomod not to liko being 1.... 1.-.1 . i ... juukiiii in and wore snont. "Well, I landed, and found myself walking London tttreets not the rich, llOOlthr. iollv vnnnm fitllnnr l.n I. ...I como to havo his fling thoro, but a poor shattered wretch olmottt in rags, and just ft bag oi bonos. All that romainod of my fortuno woro the fow nuggots which I had sowed intn mv Iwlt T ......,. 1 thorn, not without somo difficulty, into food and clothing of tho commonest kind, to make my lnonoy lost as long as I could. I did not want to ennin Tmirm qnito a beggar; if I had boen, I should i-eriuiiiiy never navo come home at all. "By moro chunco for' I had alto- Cothcr forirottnn ti ' O vaauwu aanvft OliUWIin 1J day I canio homo was a ChriHtmas morn ing. The bells woro ringing, and all tho good folk going to church my mothor, too, of course. We mot at tho garden kuiu. ono uiu not Know mo, not the least in the world, but just bowed, think ing it was a stranger coming to call, till I said, 'Mother !' And thon "Well, boys, that's neither hero nor thOrO. It'B a COmiimmilni.n anviniv one can't hoar it too ofton, or romembor it too well, that whatever clso wo havo, wo never can hove but ono mother. If HilO B B COOll OUR. milkn tlm m.tuf r,l , ..ti'ov v. 11 c 1 j ir a middling ono, imt up with hor; if a bud one, lot hor alone, and hold your tongue. You know whether I havo any need to hold my tonguo about your grundmothor. "Ullt I Cllll'l tnllr nl.ni.t .. .1 thut Christmas-doy. We did not go to cuuruu, nu.i i aoiibt ir wo ato much Christinas dinner; but wo talked and talked straight ou up to ton o'clock at night, when sho put mo to bod, and tucked mo in just as if I had boon a lit tle baby. Oh. how ulna-Man t it ,u . . , . . n mi. lu each. Thftir linliita nf lif nra ari-airrlit forward and simple, and it were well if .i i t .i mure were moro iiae mem. Their preachers ore not salaried and thoir mode of being chosen is interest in or. A meetinir of tlm eonffrwutmn in ' i.., ? . P". r- caiioa, ana cor win ones, after having asKeu tue Liord to direct their minds in -j -Hwiiug vwwt) WiV fUtTkCftl, Oil til PHP PftTlilidflhw nt ulinm linvo, a.aa ---"-) n uvut lui'to niO irequonuy large numbers, and all hav ing a reasonable number of voters at this uiuounK are roiorrou to a stiii later meet ing of the bishops, ministers and elders, who elect certain ones of the number to be heard bv tho eon7reim.tinn. Tlinun average one to a county some counties uuviuir more, otnnra ran nmi in nthov instances one bishop to two counties but tho average is about one bishop to a county. Quakers aro born Oiiftlfflra finil anma persons think this is the. case with the Mennonites. It is not so; they aro born out of the Church, free to go whore they will, and onlv bennnm munilun nfto.. thoy have experienced regeneration. Converts from other thoir fuith are not infrequentparticu- llirlv in this nnnnfrv Tn Miia nitv i J kusei viiy LllVJ. j are at present about seventy Mennouites, among them some of our most intelli gent and prominent citizens. For the most part tllOV wear atrairrht. nnnto plain drab or brown color, and bro'ad brimmod hats : but this il reRR :r nut. i tn - lerotive not governed by any rulo of the Church. It is simply a mutter of usage, and is in conformity with their ideas of simplicity and their utter abne- Kuuon oi son. iney are sometimes con fused with the "OiiiTbJi u.. --r-n.'- mj U1IKUUUI AlU'flva I I'l.rriiin ill i lull. .. .. I . ... - I u iiiii. ... ..I. . . . " " ' mrouiiu my waist, but "f "' "ooeis agniu ciean, fresh sheets ino rest or my 'fortuno' was m my bag. rttu'1 1,uvo ou0'8 ther settling tho pil- Most of us earned these bugs, ami tried lowt ttml king away tho candle I to got with them into tho boatf. which , My room happened to bo that verv Was lUIDOHHililit S, um... I. . l i . dreKNimr rrui I I .1 . o ioi i ; ., o iiuuu iuu uurHery wuoro - I I .ll V .li.i.l . T 1 .i . .... n.M!,u Jll.ll them go overboard, but others, sh null iiriiviinr r..i..u...i . i.A .... tlioir 'lugKUKO.' as thev eullcl it were not parted, for both ,, . , ... childish awo 1 rernlLLl nv..-. ti,;..,. the bottom together. I was not iuchned " 'Mother,' I said, catching herby the ..i .-' 7i i S'l . . BUtr n I0W' mm- '"B sain goon-niK'ht and kissed eking from they I.llV died: I ennl.l u.m i,..iV..i H , - - .. m nuL'll wijure tho grapos had stood, and tho chair I climbed to reach them. With a sort of Uiought, I hud left my bug bo utes' hind "How much tt'iiu tiling. ;.. ;iv asked. nomuono i ill1 W J"10 lt I guess" (tndo Dick still used a Yankee phrase now and then) "somowhore about sevou .'inn inousauil pounds." Wo lioys di-ow a lonir breath. 'ri,., a lot of iminiivl .. n . . bottom of the sea?" 'les. but a tlm ll.'l.l.. .ii.i . Will n,,t a ""-,a . " '. nm ll' 7Vr,"y 1 OUbhld I hud one till I hmt .... ...j .ii.iui'i : no you see it was ft very Rood riddance porhups." Wo Stared. Undo lli.,l, ..n... i very od.iir i ;.;: .r , ... " .""J " god htm to continue his story. "Well. I wan fii ii. Ii.,,. ;....' """"'K Jor my . j imp mm tne boat-tho lost bout u uui uiwin n iibi .....1 ... i m.ivi nit iiiii iii.il I . " "icy soon "r two U-Ul ont "I umught I would do the same. I wanted to stick by the UpWuT. 2 was nnito younir. vet I ha.l nm.u..i Ua l ..n.,1.1 u.. f . . v nP"V" long much mouev m.n.r.T:- "VT," " .L-r A .' T l,"4 'loterminod clorchnan. or . ZIfiZ ' ZrnW" ,mP M went down with can scrsoe l.irnthnr n iif.'.. &Imi Li td, wanted to " r' V" . 1 I. wifo and I rtn 1 i.. i ' .I " iu,u I . "J " A MM, to keen nniet with erto I had soon nothinir at a la II n.v ' ' ll"'tl: m,t" X l l wSi ffl "1 -T 'e another H after, for it .1J ? " . . IL ""V,ua "l" 1 TV. ?7"v( l browned on I,. . . , wwi a. ow, ". tweiiiy-mm b rthday ilrown.wl in.t having toen so luckv tn m.i. I I i, i ""-llronHi jyst fortuno. I ,t ..' i. 7-. "'uo ?7 lonuno, ami myself m enjoying i b.uk uome to Bpend it. "I had never nir.i .. "n.ome! Ul8 pn had not crossed My people, cooi L thoTw '" IF ir'J- A-IiJ lather dull, or at least I thonulit thnm I " ?uJul ttl remember o. Tbey ftlwava bothered me aU , t n.T m ""a J "wsl to boar July,' till I hatod the veryound of VA XL &Z!L -"nct oM. Thoy called my fu'n mischief: mr tt.-T" '1?, t0.e io- Ami. mischief ther considero.1 . nri.,m. . TJi'' r u :0IU' " iwid? Xoth flipped -way from USX .Tott kTO-IT' -. w'Wlwo 1 gradually let them go, or lertiriw' 7 Jour ais- so LtUe did 1 feel ai'if I had any one be- ' hWM Wrdy. I aa. ino. toll lUt) onn tln'nir VI. , A . ri niiu lUU doing ou my lost birthday ? that is' if yon remember it at all '' ' "She smiled; as if mothers could for get their boys' birthdays, oven such scapegrace boys as I had Loon! Then a ory Rruvo look came into her face. , x was cleaving out this room, turn lug it into a bed-room for nny stray bachelor, little thinking 1,.. A. r, bo you, htchard; but 1 did think of you and. to tell von the truth I l.:..t.:. ' I , . ii mo llllU&llllf of something very naughty you once did hero, in this very room. " 'Al)d VOU Hillil nf.ir TT .... . - - ' "- i.iiiu. HOW ould I take my sisters gropes? I heard it, mother-heard it in tho middle of the Atlantic." Thou I told her. the whole story. "AOW.linra 1 nl- i,..l...l.. ... it, but sk bdioved it-to tho day of hor dOllth. It lusiln linr hiii. ..it t i ,!..! ' iu will'VO , ......a ,u m.iue mysieiious way she had helped to save me, as mothers never know how or when some words of theirs may mivo meir wandering sons. 'Tor I was a wanderer still; I staid with her onlv a month ni.;u - . - I -MHO ill 1 II 1(1 Sets lasted: then I wnri.i.i ... " i. . i. i. .... ,: : . mj j uiri o Ausiroiift. and bgan again in tho sumo way, ami yes, a new way new in ono thiutr. at least, that nn i . I . T . ' . . J "uuy iuj rum uome to my mother And when at length I came home, too" ..ir hit. aiaai i 111111.1 ti.i .. .... late for the rent of r.m n.i .... , ..- l .a iup oel ujj w, nut 1 ve trlivl to do my best " VU, L UVIO a 'll'K I IMP 1 aV. !! I, .u KoiHi as a lather to some of ns-sent ns to school and to collesro. an.1 lmt we liktvl a great deal bettor, Uken ns uiuiuk ana snootino- n, m.An I o ua mil 01 10. "So boys " said he mi Iin it f nti JnM . 0 va villi' nnstrations of "..,(,,-. . i . liV.l . I 1 '-"" uu Tej U8 IlKCtl to bo lored n aM .r.u .1 "you have sneaking kindness for me. alter all. An. I .inn' . .. . -vu imui me alto gether ft Tilhan, even thongh I take my sister irraiwa" 0 3 o--f . H..w....wH, H.H... MM IH . ..U fashion and WOV of such useless nannle- and whon we were to treat a little of Scripture, I could not spook a word with thom without beinc HenfTeri at. far T didn't know what I assorted thus con coaled was the Word of Ood to mv nn. dorstanding. At length I resolved that I would examine the Now Testament atten tively, and I had not nroceedml far therein ere I discovered that we were deceived. My conscionce, which was troubled on account of the sacramental bread, aforomontioned, soon obtuined re lief, without any human aid or advico, though I was encouraged by Luther in tho belief that human authority could ..... 1. 4 . 1 uui uiuu mj uiuruai aeaiu. AX EVANOELICAL l'REACUEJt. "Through tho illumination and tho (Trace Of the Lord. I enntinun.l lnilv tn " - p .. im..j nv. examine tho Scriptures, and was con- tmiuruu uy Honin. ziinnrrn tin! Aiuivi.ni as being an Lvangolieal preacher. Every ono sought my company the world lovod me and had my affections, yot it was said that I preached the word or (lod and was a clover man. . Afterward it happened, before I had been aware of me oxistonco or brethren, that a pious, Patient man niinmil Siinbl.. - i . ' . v 1 u kjujuui Will anged at Lonewardon for havinir his It....: 1 w . . . " uuiJiiBiu rt'newon. ir sniin. aa utf.mA to mo to hear a second baptism spoken of. I examined the Scriptures and mod ltatod on them assiduously and earnest ly, but could not find anything in them uuuuiruiutf iniunt uaptism spoken of. After I had discovered this, I conversed with my pastor on the subject, and aftor 1UUUU UlSCUSBlon. V- pnrnn.l it an f... that ho had to confess that infant bap tism hal no scriptural foundation. Not withstanding all this, I dared not trust my own understanding, but consulted evorol ancient authors. They taught mo that children woro to bo washed bv lwl....'a... Al . J uainiBiii iruiu tnoir nr rrinn mm I . . -n-aaa. A I.UUI pared this doctrine with tho Scriptures, and found that it mado baptism take the place of tho blood of Christ. Afterward, desiring to know tho grounds for infant wuuiiiu, i went ana consulted Luthor. no laugiit mo that children wero to be buptised on ncoount of tlioir fuith. I porcoivod that this.also, was not in accord ance with tho Word of God. Next I consulted Bucor. Ho taught that infants nuie iu uo unprized that their baptism Would Cause thom nrhn hn.1 11.,,,- - ..-v. intn muiuiiiir to bo more caroful in bringing them up in the way of God. I perceived thut this doctrino, too,- was without foundation. I thbn consultod Uulligor. Ho directod me to the covenant n?i, I nil-nun.,.;.,; Ihis I found incapable of being sub stontiuted by Scripture. Having thus observed that anthr. vi..;.,.i n .1 . .....i:. (JIUUIIV among themselves, each following his mm .uu..;. ... T I . P .. ,,.u.uU, j. uucituiu convinced that wo wero deceived in relation to infant baptism." Ho thon goes on to relate how, after many other conflicts of thoughts ami ui iy sirnggies, no returned to his rustic viltago, Watmarsum. whi.ro "ti.,.!. .... . , u.viil:,, .w.nu.-n mm H ucsire to obtain a great name," ho preached and wus much honored by men. Filially conviction eomo to him. and ho "obtained the Miowiougo oi baptism at the Lord's Sup. per through tho illumination of tho Hu v fthrtut tl.H.i.irvl. 1. . 1 . J ....vU(,u uiuun reaiimg of the Scriptures, nud ventilating upon them and through tho gracious fuvor and eift wa v wi , uui iiul iiv nitmiw nf . of nuRleadinir ntji.M. un..,nn ai brief sketch of hislife L& renS tlOU Of tho Roman rati...);.. 1 . his strueeles and contlicu ;,. .'... ' . 1 disc: the new fuith. let ns l.rierty refto thS t0- to To - , resignation carries no sociul ? ol who is r.-r"' rv soon not o ipvo,1 in half a cunfnl of t ha milk i'i,.v .1 "mu m. cream to a stiff froth. Scrape the ciw rim tnntiaa a.. il M 1 . LiltJ UllftLLITl. UlH HIlL'fHMIMII 1 1 1 r" Tl rilfl Flu 1H UU IIILm! n At a subsequent meoting votes are taken ?,. ai. remaini'or ot the sugar Al 1-1 . . " . .. I I'llinA tllft llllUin in n inn I - . . lato, and add two tablespoonfuls of thi Blllar to it. Put in a Bnmtl . with one tablospoonful of hot water. Stir over a hot fire until smooth and glossr Have tho remaining half-cupful of milk boilimr. Stir the nhncnlnta i nti i. i . i . w u,, auQ add the gelatine. Strain into a tin basin Place tho basin in a pan of ice water and beat tho mixture until it begins to tbirt. en; then ndd the whipped cream, and when well mixed turn intn ti.a m,.n . -V M.W U1U1U - When hard, servo with whipped cremi hoaped around. j Chocolate Llonc llango. One quart cj ua ucuru uy mo congregation, inoso v-uucumio iianc jiiingo. UueqnarteJ thus elected (or selected) are placed on (hike a cupful from the quart uj be probation, and if thoy are deemed worthy oak on ounco of. gelutine in it for on! to thoy remain in the ministry. The bishops hour;) four heaping tablospoonfnli in. averaire one to a countv some ennntiou grated chocolate rubbed iin with a l:tl. ...oui, ,la luu umisn, whose dross is prescribed by Church rule, and who go BO fur as to riMinnn hnttnno i,.n . . . . """WHO) .CHUUli Mill, hrtnl,. 1 ,1 , ...j uuuna uuu eyes on tueir coats, vests and other garments. Thus havo we given a Hunt idea of those most excellent citizens-God-fearinfir men and women, lhey are a feature of our countv, though j means connnod to it or the Slate, or evon the country. Far-off Hussia has, during the last fow years, contribute,! many Mennonites to our land, driven here to tho "Land of tho Froo" to escape persecution at home, and, as their mem bers increase, in our niidut. their influ ences nro all for good.- Philadelphia Press. r Die Jjiigllsh Colonel. in tho Jiritisb Army, more than nny other army in tho world, the efficiency of a regiment depends on its commanding ofhoer, for this clear reason ha ha. maintain discipline by his character as mutll ax OV JI1H ant iniMfi. T .1 I . . m tuuorv. 110 is near v no .li ; -n. . . i '.,u "y.uiD i a f rencu or Aus trian Colonel; but in practice, hois ev. peered to govern tho men without iaces- ul ..uuiHument, uud to control his ofll , , ;,i7 ";r,".Lan8 tuan. J lrec' com handling," fr a Lieutenant-Colonel - O.U.JJIJT nueu mignt nn.l half lushest e0,fcD!n?:,aiia t"0 remainder -w mutinous or passively re calcitrant. He has not the" moansfand cannot havo he means of con poll- -.,...loal,v.l1CB- llllSHDQClAil K.. French .r--.. u u f ti j - niui aillUf tuilk: three fciM. tlm n rii,Q on,i beaten separately, a cupful of sugar uj a muitvuiuoumi oi vanuiu; neat the mil to boiling, then pour in tho gelatine an milk an! stir till it is dissolved; odd tin sugarto the beaten yolks, and stir till a is smooth; beat the chocolate into thii and stir in a spoonful nt a time of tl: scalding milk upon the mixture, retun to the inner saucepan and heat gently til! it almost boils; remove from the fire so! turn into a hou-1 than i.ont i.'-i.n. and quickly tho beaten whites, then pou i .u Auu.un, wuicu must bo wet ii ' cold water, and set away to cool. . foiled lurkey. Wash the turkey ii topid water, and rub it all over will .uuiuu mice; men put it into a sauce pan full Of boililllT Fnta - I ... niftpa nf lin ttftM A - i. . 0 p......, uoupie-or onions, liead of celerv. homo j;.i bunch of parsley and sweet herbs, whole popper, mace, cloves and salt to tastt Let it boil slowly and remove carcfullr any scum that may rise. Serve will celery sauco made as fnllnn,... ti;i or three heads of celery in salted water' with a bunch of avert herbs and son whole pepper, and salt to taste; when thoroughly done pass thom ihroudi i hair sieve. Molt a piece of but" ter in a saucepan, mix a tablospoonful of flour with it, then add the celery pnlv : stir and dilute tn tho '.-... J.: ...;n -ii f.i v-uuBiHtonci With milk or cream- nr it j. , ... .v uiuv uo servec Aun ovster uiiiiin T.i mi lOWS: Parboil tin nvatft... : vu iiouor. nparii tham i i . -"u ouu reserve 81. the liquor. Melt a piece of butter in i nuuecpun nad a little flour, the oystei liquor and enough milk to make as rauol sauco as is wanted. Put in a blade f mace and a bay leaf tied together, pep, por and salt to taste, and tho least du'rf Of cavnnnn T.nt . I boil, odd the oysters, and as soon as ther 1 are qui e hot remove the mace and hv leaf, htir in a. (oar iim,. i . . ; an 1 ml ."'o Ul 1CIUOQ 1U1CI and serve. There Rim,,i,i u i:.. . oysters, and thpv mnw , 4 4. .... i n , J J "o ionr uciujj JJUrOOlied. Brilised TnrVnir T-... 41.. . 1 ' for boilings ..ti . . r ., .' 7:" "uuiounucnesi-; nnt stufhng Lino the bottom of brais incrnun with uKna i u... . , . ..... 1,1.0 uucon: lav tUii- turkey on these, and ,,!- ' ' i-l.J nn I a t. . I ---' uiWID Blue? OU tOD of it. Put in . tun ',,." fi .'" --"T)is, aiio hri.o T , , B"ces, and sweei Herbs, narslnv hnw in. . i' . and ' '."veoiga m74: -J "JJC, uut salt to task ".viomu witn some sliib..i i t . , . 7 . .-uu Biiurrv. la firof,.r 7 on a modenlt; tr! lr,aUt then serve w4 Mtvrtf 1 a . a. Ia. . a i-u.;, u.,r..-!.w "ou..i uu , It.,ur lo .ueunonito strencrth in thi churches, forms of w..rh, .1... i 1 iirnstf iiv.td 1 Tho Monnonito churches aro invariably lilain Ktrn.tiir.i. Tl . . " ," ; . --"V uave no steeples, no bolls nd their sittings are never up! holstorcd or cushionod. Not tho slicht- "uorument is anywhere ysible ,ns,do or outside of the church. tllPir lllllinf lining 41... 1 .....1.4I, ...... ... ... . ,.,B laBl auornmonU and .-...- -iouhi nave a tendency to lead their min.la .... ' , ca.iuiv -mugs. One of the largest and most prominent churches in the countrr 1- lo.(.i ... wlW, nrhn.,:,knJ!1C1 .-?".. village v; 'r. u.H-oriuJ State luiUlfU kn ilLHJl. 1 Ilia 1st a a.-. V ... , . " " vuuilUOUlOUS. hv n V 1 DrU !lrueta-. "urrounde, DV tin liltirrAiiti ft 1 . - -.,U1, lrwa ueneath which (Ill'i-gTla.-es have bee! Dm aiwna .n i . . . "UJi two churches" Tn th ."lone Klonl6 ng to the old Mwno.iW.rflrSK to the New lor I54fnm,ft.i r .t f.. . "-j -upnnonues for even these good people have had their dimnees. roxicl as it m seem, the Xaw Mn..:,.. . . mtJ !heoldbnildingr.ndThroirSonn ltei in ilia n Ull.i: . .CUu0u -V..VU vjuiuiifi & w 1 " " uouiiLiiiiiriimir t mH -.lt discinhno .a TJ-;: """V- -lmfl-.. --"o tll --v T y'n1" ---"mug-Komon nffl,M l" Vll,ru"u.K". u'alf the rulm.a qnanUtyof chest ! w, nt-L innni t.i Kn.i .- . . -,i ' . uuu jU saired u-atr s witn 0 handfulT nf.i.;...i ; r coimln T -'wnuumT soeas anui He mnit 1 J : DUUU .n.01. 0U-3--J- fh -n.. "lr lone drain .of) ...iT.T.'iT,-' speciul character. I. "7l,;-811 -- remove the inner .kit ik .j- iiiih ui rn nn....n n 4 1 ui liih niiaut n i ir:.. . senior officer in a, -V. 11..:". M1.! fat baenn ani r' ..:.." B.on.e Ponni1 ' . il. u iiiii .1 .,.,, 1,1 h a nra mm - . uv4u a turn on tlm fi . .... i ai. , or service m7 ilCr" acter 8uffii"t- He 41 . , " "uo 18 wi out. and who thonch he worl-a oTr..,nn.i:' 1 wno entirely unf' one of thosa,h" i. "r4"'.BO:ern 8 k .1 -luusiurs wuom schnnl. boys thornnirhU "-""H-uooi' 1 -1 -,-o-v uui ueiy. never. uuti-ss. aimnst t tLo.. -v atrain. n,l th.t . " " ue may ,k - uummoner, bo a man the conTa7;n" re8?mt to in p- 1 V J, " " macmne, bnt who kind of ;rn r "I., O4Ctl0- Wat Lip where theTon may te pomntnt .n.i j- .uo. captain 1. . "uu uiaciniina m orapie. bnt he cannot govern Tft Brifil L reinment. in K,fti. u: laf ""ush ciftiir hi.'.;,:ru omoer so. fleer can make m? T CVer7 ,econd of' other nSo! , VhlnTSr man has beet, known to .nccll ilB ready vuuiiio t thnm a I..-. .1 L then nnt n " In a Saucepan,, men put in ono unnnri 41.- Il,niu.-.i..:,1 " cnestnuB niepna- a u 1 u uiouerate sizea; Pces add pepper, salt and spices to asie, a little uowoWn.i i. . ioram: irin. f.. -TrJa"" L."'"'?. ana rF two on tha n "".'ura another turn or w o on the fire, and it is ready A sinv drain n,i . ,, '"'"w overuone .,- stuff tlitn,V and 8Pices, and cut into small piecer TBl 1 T' Queenstnim .. . . .. Iacu as it i hn'a , . caThedrftl, VThT-J "rande. fervi?e 9 tD18hed. though used for F ) a r t 8 li d e ti I h tl En ei tt as tl J at in w Wi OQ CO mi be wi tal re 1 wi tne cit is; . - wu ui iTini rA m ft. . rfa.1 L"-000 treet . ? 2 ?Ll"m" tW who rt wBun lue lriall ,and move. 1