f
BABY THE FIRST.
The P" Oiujr sing
I ike bird f) tho wins,
. ...... ki- ....in
inJ far r t vu ..
fTi tt w n'nl
Rut I man lo maintain
then-' one thing which paasra their akW.
! It Inn never been mig
By ti rr.trii.l tongue,
.. i... never l'.v I''i been rehearsed
i' . t..,r,,lilv tiriu.il
Anil how UlUi-h lilnlir-ed
!a bl, boim-stcad Ul,'Jr th" nn',,
jtt for Oasu of guld
I'nuB I'l'lKlIlH IMlIld,
f j , in ails In tliu nrmoinent piled,
I Nut fur ruMin ituluru,
(ir tin' great Kohinoor
tfuuM " i"""T relluiulh that child.
IHm. wuuld bruvo tho hlyb flra
Of a Diliiiie pyre,
- ..11 ..ftf..ntlv tumicr anil (Mruft
Sb mill" i ' ---
If r itiitrilifa bruvo
! I'.mld by any means wive
from m l"iK hi-r sweet buby the firstl
Oh, that deer little thing
I tin- i""'n r Hid king
Of the h"U hld l which it had birth.
pir the tin rhcr' strung luva
fcimnly ranks it uIkjvu
'rriry creature or object (in earth,
Vi "h" fuii'Uyeontrivc
Tu believe that Its "luvea"
Uof wrthly dl--a-a tin- wurat,
A i!l II tiniest achu
Will Induce hi r tu wnko
All the uight bwiiilo buby the fltstl
B..l'lin wound and third
Have n rcuson to "Kird"
Atthr n."tliTiy irvuiment nicy gel.
titi lM l-'ur, UVU UIKI MIX,
Tin y "' much lmlulwd chick,
rjch in turn I called "llu's lile pet,"
But tho bube who succ, "d
'umlT one wuuld Indeed
pick a crow with muiuraa, if thy durst.
Could lin y guesaliuw much linn u
The l(,ve she pmuessea
f jrtbrni than fur buby the first!
Judf.
A MOUNTAIN (JIUL.
"Whoa!"
The coiiiiiiand was unnecessary, for
hotb horso niul driver were willing to
iioD ami rusi miner uiu suauo oi me
uks and poplarM that hot July nouu.
From early morn, when tho dew was on
ilie crass nntu now, wneu tno sun wan
overhead, Mr. Georgn olndo had driven
hi faithful horso over tho wild, ron
mountain roads af the Eluo Ridgo, anil
the placo was too inviting fur him to
oass hy.
llr. hiad-) was a Ruiioaireao-mr, and
bis academy, us it was called, Htood an
dcr tlie shadow of Mount Lopatoka,
oiie of tho tallest peaks of tho lilne
Riibo. Ho was, at the tinio of which
wefpeal;, returning to bis homo from
the nearest railroad town, 30 miles
jway. Some years auo, warned by up
preaching disease, ho had left his native
homo in Massachusetts for a warmer
I clime. Attracted by tno wild mountain
I Keuery and tho balmy air, which seem
1 ed to banish bis pulmonary troubles, he
luil mado bis home among theso hardy
nil hospitable mountaineers. Ho had
tguiu entered upon bis old occupation,
which he had followed in his early man
hood in his New England homo, and was
now at tho head of a flourishing school
in tbis secluded country. His hnbits
wero simple, and bis slender income was
fuflkieut to satisfy bis wants. He was
aloun in the world, and bo had long ago
decided to make bis permanent homo
hero among the mountains. It was not
long before be became attached to these
hardy mountaineers, and ho readily ac
coimuodated himself to the primitive
itylo of living. Although a man of
northern birth and ono who hail worn
the blue, ho gave full credit to those
who bud worn the gray for honesty of
purpose. In return ho stood high in the
esteem of nil who knew him. His work
iu tho schoolroom was making its ini
press on the community, and the chil
dreu were devotedly attached to the pa
tieiit, white haired old man. It was but
seldom that be went out in tho busy
world which lay beyond the mouutains
encircling tho lovely valley whero lie
had niaile his homo. Un this occasion
he was retnruins to bis borne by a route
i which was now to him, and tho pictur
I esquo beauty of this Switzerland of the
south had never before made such deep
impression upon him.
A lovelier spot to spend the noonday
hour could not havo boeu found. Hard
by was a bold spring, gushing out from
thu foot of tho mountain at tho bead of
a valley which sloped goutly northward
toward tho Tennessee. Tho little stream
formed by tho spring wont dashing down
the hillside, winding its way among the
bowlders, now flowing smoothly along
over its pebbly bed, then turning with
swift current around some stts'p decliv
ity, soon to reappear us it fell foaming
and sparkling iu the sunshine over a
rocky lodgo and ngaiu stretching out
like a baud of silvered ribbon until it
was lost in tho distance, around, on al
most every side, tho everlasting moun
tains, reaching up to tho cloudless sky,
clothed at this season of the yenr in
greenest verdure, with their wooded
crests and the deep blue ether back
grounds appearing like the gently roll
ing waves of tho sea. Nestled among
tho jutting cliffs at tho mountain base
stood a bumble log cabin, and across
the road in tho little field on tho hillside
iu the growing corn could bo seen an ox
harnessed to a plow and toiling up tho
iuclinc, and behind thd plow, holding
on with all her strength to the handle,
was a half grown girl. Tho attention of
Mr. Slade, who had unharnessed hit
horse and was preparing to lead the ani
mal to the ford of the littlo brook below
tho spring, was attracted. He saw bt r.
as tbo ox reached tho end of tho row,
stop, and shading her eyes with one baud
look up at the sun.
As if satisfied that tho noontide had
come, she quickly released tho little spot
ted ox from his trappings. Tho ox need
ed no word of command, buttnrned and
made his way rapidly down the slope
to the brook to quench his thirst. Tho
girl followed and reached the stream as
oon as tho ox had stuck his head to the
running water. She stood for several
uomuts with In r bare feet in tho clear,
cold water; theu, throwing back her
bomospun bonnet until it rested on Jicr
houIders,sho stooped down uud washed
oer hands, and then dipping up the wa
fer in her open palms bathed her face,
'osy with tiie heat, and brushed back
her tangled hair. Her toilet was finish
ed. What a picture!
Etandina in tlio running brook, nndr-r
the blossoming branches of a landing
manntaiu ivy, with its whitu and crim-1 j,al. aa noor BftPrWard Mr. Blade
son flowers "touching her hair, now re-1 WM Re3t(,j j tn humble homo t,f the
leased from its homespun covering nioniitain girL Her story was too true.
h"re the sunlight and shadow net and Tu(.re, stretched on a lowly bed, lay thf
mingled, her chwk nlow from the paraytic. dead from bis arms
morning's Mil, and her eyes, blue as tho dovfni wjt(, ,is snow white hair
ether above, turned toward the hum- WMjt,.ued not so much by the frowt of
He home on the hillside, she was in- timJ M fcy tDe goiiy of suffering
deed child of nature a true type of j, ijnootbly back from hit brow,
the mountain glrL It vu the abode at poverty. There was
-"Good morning, mitt," said Mr.
Blado, w ho bad aimroaeh...! mit,..i.i
by the girl, who had been busy with
her abliitiuiiK.
The girl, startled by the .annd of a
human voice, sprang fr,)m tho brook uud
pr.-p.ire fr u,Kilt ll( 1M dinvtiui, ,
the cabin, but seing tlio kindly fac 0f
the old gentleman nhu topped' ami no
knowledge.! his salutation with a nod.
I!1 y.".u livo b,'r"?" M Mr s'
"its," she replied, pointing toward
thu cabin.
"Now." said Mr. Slade as his horse
came up from tho brook ofter satisfying
bisthir.it, ' can I not get a cool drink
from tho spring?"
"Oh, yes! I've got a gourd there,"
replied the girl as she led tho way to
the spring.
Taking a largo gourd which bung on
a broken bough of a poplar tree ovor
shadowing the spring, she dipped it
brimming full of the ice cold water to
tho thirsty traveler.
"Ah, that's a drink fit fur a king,"
aid the gentleman after be bad almost
drained tho contents of tho gourd.
"That's what pap says," said tho
maid. "There hain't no colder water in
the Blue Riilgo," sho continued, filling
the gourd again and putting it to her
lips.
"Who is pap?" asked Mr. Klude.
"Pap! Why ho is my father."
"I know that, but 1 Inteuded to ak
his name. "
"John Itala nowsomever, peoplo as
knows him calls him Cup'u Hale, 'cause.
you seo, bo was Iu the big war."
" hat your uamo, my child?"
"Ida."
"Where's your mother, Ida?"
"Mother' gone to heaven more 'un
two year ago; leastways sho said she
was goin there, aud I believe it Sw. "
he said softly, pointing to a mound on
the hillside near tho cottage.
"And havo you no brothers?"
"Nary one, only two littlo sisters.
Lucy and Sallie. "
hero is your father? Why is he
not plowing instead of you?"
.See hero, mister, pap ain't abl to
plow tior do uothiu else. Ho can't walk
nor set rjp. He's got what they calls
par'lysls. I told yon as how pup was iu
the war. Well, over yonder at Chioku
manga, whero there was a big fight, the
iaiikecs shot pap two times, and they
almost killed him. I hate Yankees, don't
you.'
Mr. Sludo was silent. Sho continued
her story: "After awhile pap mended
and got so bo could walk around some
with a crutch and work a littlo bit Ma
has told mo as how afore tho war sho
aud pap bad a-plenty to live on, but
when he come homo from Chickamauga
it was all gone. Pap is a mighty good
man, and he done the best ho could, and
after awhilo when wo children was big
enough we helped him, and ma, sho al
ways bellied him. Ono day just beforo
ma was tuck down sick pap was comiu
down tho mountain, and lie fell and hnrt
hissclf iu the hips where tho Yankees
shot him. Poor pap, ho managed to
kinder crawl home, and we all put him
to bed, uud ho is in bed yet and can't
turn hissolf without help. Poor pap!"
aud tho blue eyes grew moist, and thero
was a choking in her throat.
After a short pause she continued her
story: "Ma tended him tho best sho
could, aud she sold one of tho steers
tho mato to Old Spot, out there and
sho tuck tho money, and she wont and
hired a doctor who lives way over yon
der across the mountain on the other
side of tho Hiawasseo river tocomo mid
Boo pap. Wo all prayed whilo ma was
gone that pap might live and git well,
and tho good Lord, he heard us chil
dren, and pap did live, uud he was a
sight better when ma and tho doctor
coma Tho doctor, he looked at pup, and
ho 'xamined him close, and ho held
down his head and studied and studied.
Finally ho looked up and said as how
pap might live a long time, but ho
would never get np mid bo around any
mora Ho said be would do ull ho
could, but ho nor nary other doctor
was nblo to cure pap poor pap!
But that doctor wouldn't toch ma's
money not a co:it of it. He's an
other ono as is goin to heaven when
bo's dead and buried. Then ma, sho
tried to keep up, but bIio got weaker mid
weaker, und ono day when tho snow
was on the ground, nigh on to two year
ago, sho come down to tho spring, but
si to was so weak sho couldn't git back
np tho hill. Wo children heard her
all. and wo come amiiuln, uud we
found her a sittin over thero on that rock
as white os tho snow around. Wo chil
dren got her back to tho house. Tho
Hinio doctor, he come, and ho givo ina
physio, but but ma never got up any
more, and when tho snow was ull gone,
and tho poplur leuves was all out, and
the mountain ivy was abloom, sho suid
she was a-goiu to heaven, and she's
there now."
Sho was silent. Her simplo story had
been told.
Thero was something in Mr. Slade's
throat which prevented him from speak-
iug, but seeing the girl about to leave
ho asked, "Who makes a living for yon
all?"
Mo and Old Spot," was the quick
reply.
Can your father do nothing?
Oh, yes, pap docs a heap. IIo's
mightv nimble with his bauds, if he
can't turn over without help. We chil-
i, n gathers straw mid broom corn for
him, and he makes hnts aud littlo bas
ts and brooms, and the doctor, he takes
and sells 'em for pap, and that money
buys db clothes and shoes and sometimes
piece of bncn. Then the old oow
we call her Beauty she gives ns milk,
and me and Old Spot makes tho bread.
Oh, wo is all duin tol'ble well. Then
pap helps us with our books, and I can
reud rrint and plain writin, and Lncy
and Sullio, they knows their lotters and
can spell little bitsof Words. Hut when
I know (iumgh aud pap says od will
provide a way forme to know all I want
to know I'll learn 'em all about tho
mountains and tho stars, aud the big
World that is over yondi r across the
mountains. But I must go und turn pap
aud help the children with tho dinner."
Aud sho bounded op the bill like a
deer.
"Tell your father I will corae in a
few moments to see him," bo called
ut to her.
Sho turned as she entered the cabin
, nmj no(iL.d j,fcr head.
""H uii mil kcanly furniture
of I'm ifkt j rimitivo kind. There were
two d.sir, K.rh landing wide opeu, and
Un- bed of th-j invalid was wheeled in
tho middle c.f tho ro.nn. in order that ho
xiv-.'.u catch the gentlo brccza which
came io n frtwhingly dowu the inonii
tain side. Over the fireplace on rough
shelf w ro a few well worn books and a
broken jar. filled with the white aud
crimson b!ooiin ut tho mountain ivy
and whilo und bluo violets, gathered
that morningoii tho banks of the mean
dering creek.
Aud that old man was bright and
cheerful!
All means that wcro in his roach bad
been used to restore him to vitality, bnt
hope had fled, and bo knew that ho
would never again riso up aud walk
Life, even to him, bad not lost ull its
joy and beauty. I'pou Ma he rested for
almost ull aid, for tho younger sisters
were too small to render much assist
ance. Into her mind and soul ho in
stilled a lovo fur tho beautiful, discern
ible iu so many varied forms in tho
wild mountain scenery urouud their pic
turesque though humble homo. Like
the sunflower which grows so luxuri
antly iu this southern clime, bis bed
was always whet ltd urouud so that ha
could sco tho morning sunlight us it
streamed in through thu d.ior facing tho
east, und ogain, when the sun went
down behind tlio mountain in tho west,
ho loved for tbo Inst rays to fall iu ull
their golden glory upon bis bond. Often
when tho mooii was flooding moun
tain and stream aud valley with mel
low light he would ask Ida to wheel
his bed near tho opeu door, and then,
with In r hand iu his, they would look
dowu the beautiful vulhy uud see the
winding streamlet, with its banks lined
with flowering ivy and luurel, looking
like ghostly sentinel keeping silent
watch over their mountain hoinn Aud
they thanked Uod for it all.
I'aptuiu Hall bad done what ho could
with his imperfect education to give Ida
some knowledge of books, us tho well
tliunilied volumes on tho shelf testified.
Whilo her language was rudo and im
perfect aud hVr information very lim
ited, yet aspirations bad becu kindled
iu the heart of this child of the forest
which she herself scarcely knew. Her
life of toil, so bard for one of ber sex
and tender years, was sweetened by
thoso longings which had begun to
spring iu her soul. Sho drew inspiration
from ull the objects around her the
grand old mountains, thu thickly wood
ed forests, tho cooing dove and tlio frisk
ing squirrel, tho bubbling spring uud
tho running brook.
Mr. Slade had fastened bis horso to
tho vchiclo uud was ready to depart as
Ida came down to tho ford of thu brook,
and whistling for tho ox was preparing
to return to her plowing on the hillside.
"Ida," hesaid, "how would you like
to go to school and learn"
"(Jo to school!" sho interrupted. Her
blue eyes kindled as she continued,
"Ask mo if I liko to drink out of this
spring when I am ntliirst, or to eat
bread and honey when I ain a hungry.
Go to school! But"
"Bnt what?"
"What's tho oso of talk in, mister?
Are yon n schoolkoepor?"
"Yes. I am teaching school across the
mouutains, down in tho lliuwasseo val
ley. If yon would liko to go"
" 'Tuiu't no nso to talk about it"
and her voice had a ring of sadness in
it "I can't leave pap und Old Spot."
Mr. Slade bade g'todhy to tho moun
tain girl, but his mind was mado up.
Providence was opening tho way.
Tho first opportunity after his return
homo bo paid a visit to Dr. Baker, tho
kind hearted physician who had be
friended tho Hales in their sickness and
distress. Of his scanty means scanty
for a family of 13 he had given liberal
ly to tho stricken family. His profes
sional services and tho needed medicines
wcro never charged for, and under tho
righteous pretense of soiling tho baskets
and mats mado by the feeble f.agers of
the old paralytic many a dime and
quarter found their way over the moun
tain to tho littlo cabin by the spring.
"Never havo I seen a mortal being
bear his sufferings more patiently than
Captain Hale, He's always as cheerful
as a cricket, no mutter if there isn't a
crumb of bread nor a scrap of meat in
tho house, " said Dr. Baker iu explain
ing tho situation of tho family to Mr.
Slade,
"As to Ida," bo added, "sho' as
bright and as pretty as a picture. If she
had tho chuncoof a good education, pro
fessor, sho would be a queeii among wo
men, or my name is nut Billy linker. "
"I intend to give her thochauco,"
said Mr. Sludo, with decision.
It was sis in arranged. One of Dr.
Baker's tenants was to go over and take
care of thu littlo farm and tho helpless
family, whilo Ida was to be tukm into
Mr. Sludo s school and given the best
opportunities of obtaining a finished
education. Good Mrs. Baker volunteer
ed to fit her up with a wardrobe which
would answer for present emergenciea.
Ten days after bis first visit Mr. blade
was ngaiu drinking irom me gourii
which hung on the broken twig by the
side of tho mountain spring.
As Ida cauio across tho brook, follow
ing Old Spot from thucorulleld, sho met
him.
"Howdy, Mr. Slade?" sho joyfully ex
claimed. "What you como for?"
"For you."
"For me? What for, Mr. Slade?"
"To enrry you back with mo to
chool."
"But I can't go. I can't leave pap
and Old Spot nnd tho children. "
Her lipsquivered, and the tears oame.
"Y'es, you can, "said Mr. Slade, "for
a man has come with mo for tho pur
pose of renting the farm. Ho will stay
aud take care of Old Spot aud your fa
ther uud the children. "
Her whole face shone with joy.
"A kind friend," ho continued, "has
provided a pair of shoes, a dress or two
and some other things for you iu thut
trunk i;i the wagon."
"Thank Jisl!"
"Will you go?"
"Yes, if pap is willin."
"He is not only willing, but anxious.
I must tell you, however, lief ore you
mako up your mind that I am a
Yankee."
"The Lord bus forgiven you for that. "
"But I was a soldier at Chickamau
ga." "The Lor 1 will forgive you for that,
too, if ho will fotgive me fibbatin of
you Yankees what shot and crippled
pap. I've done asked bim.to forgive us
all."
"Then yon'll soon U ready?"
"Ye. And Mr. Slado I can'ttoll it
bnt I want to say thauky. I am only j
a poor mountain girl, but if the good
Lord leu luo livuiwill ihuuk you, uud
I'll work my fiug. to thu bono to pay
you back every cent you spend for we."
In an hour sho hud kissed her father,
ber sisters and tho truth mti-t bo told
Old t'p .t, gi.cdl y, and v. a g ,.ie.
.
Four years had passed by four years
of hard study und consecrated devotion
to duly ou tho part of Ida Haiti. Nine
mouths of each year had been spent at
the school priviidod over by Professor
Sludo uud thu vacations lack ut tlio
humble cottage by the spring, helping
with her own hands to till the little
farm and gather the harvest. Pap mid
Old Spot und tho girls were always ob
jects of her lovo uud her catc. The wa
ter of tho spring was just as cold, the
ninsio of tlio running brook just ns
sweet, tho white und crimson blossoms
of tho mountain ivy just us lovely uud
the toweriug pt ul: i of the mountains just
as grand us tho day wo first saw
her plowing on the mountain side
uud bathing her rosy face in tho cooling
waters of thu creek, whero tho sunlight
played bido aud seek among thu blos
som s.
But tslay sho is to receive her di
ploma. Clad in In r simplo white dress,
ho stands upon tho stage, and in a voico
rich iu melody, yet solicited by pathos,
sliu tells of her struggles uud her aspira
tions, and all eyes grow moist mid all
hearts, beat iu sympathy with tho bare
foot iixui ii ( .i i ti girl who was ulri ady a
queen uuioiig women. S. 1. Bradwell
iu Atlauta Constitution.
klugt and IIhwIm.
Iiicbard I when in tho Holy Land
amused himself with hawking nu tho
plain if Sliurou and is said to havo
presented some uf these birds to tlmsul-
tun. Later on, wlu. 41 ., I r ough
Dalinatia, ho carried otT a falcon which
ho saw iu ono of thu villages, and he re
fused to givo it up. Ho was attacked so
furiously by tho justly incensed villagers
that it was with the utmost difficulty
that be managed to mako his escape.
King John used to send both to Ire
land uud to Norway for his hawks. Wo
urn told by Froissart that when LMward
HI invaded France ho had iiO fulcous,
and every day either hunted or went
to tho river for tho purpose of hawking.
Henry VII imported goshawks from
France, giving i'4 for a single bird u
much greater sum in those days than ut
present. Henry VIII whilo hawking ut
Hi tcli in was leaping a tliko when thu
pole broke, und the king was Immersed
head first iuto thu mud and would havo
perished in ull probability hud not bis
falconer dragged him out.
Elizabeth uud James 1 were much in
terested iu tho sport The latter sover
eign indeed expended considerable sums
on its maintenance. Aubrey, iu his
"Miscollunies, " says: "When 1 was a
freshman at Oxford, I was wont to go
to Christ Church to see Charles I at sup
per, where I once heard him say that us
lio was hawking in Scotland ho rode in
to the quarry, und thero found tho covey
of partridges fulling upon the huwk, and
1 remember his expression further, 'And
I will swear upon the book 'tis true. ' "
Cbumbcrs' Journal.
Trullrr nd llonra.
Tun remarkable extent to which elec
tricity lias already supplanted the old
fashioned nnsles of locomotion in tho
cities of tho United Stales is revealed in
a tablo of recent statistics published by
Tho Street Kuilway Journal. Of the Uitl
American road enumerated there are
10,3(13 miles of electric track, only 1,914
miles of horse railroad und ti:t'J miles of
cable lino. These lignros show how al
most completely tho trolley bus routed
the horso in the past threo years, so to
define the trolley's real period of eon
quest. In imto there were 2, 3.11 miles of
street lines, ulsuit tlireo-rourtlisor WHICH
were oH'rated by horse
However, in nil, the street car lines
have never employed over 100,000
horses. The dropping of these equine
servants from the rouds of the principal
cities of tho Union and the cessation of
the yeurly purcluise of stis-'k etm scarce
ly therefore have beu tho chief feature
iu the rejsirted great recent decrease in
horse values. The farmers und horse
breeders of the country are said to have
lost about 424,000,0O0 iu such values iu
three years' time. The fact is that tho
supply of horses in America bus increas
ed per capita to the population of the
United States, aside from ull questions
of rise or full in demand. The Stutes
possess today nearly us many horses us
ull KuroH3 outside of Russia. In Janu
ary, 18112, tho farms and randies of tho
Union held 15,fi00,000 horses, valued at
$1,000,000,000. In Junuury, ISII.'i, there
wore, it is asserted, 15,8113,318 horses,
worth only $:i7u,730,obO. Philadelphia
Record.
GEMS OF THOUGHT.
The weak have remedies; the
wise
havo joys. Young.
When the stomach if satisfied, tho
food is bitter. Swedish.
Wit is tho gisl of moments, but gnu
ins is the god of uges. Bruyere.
Moro water glidnth by the mill thau
wots the miller of. Shukespeiire.
A room bung with pictures is a room
hung with thoughts. Sir Jisihua Reyn
olds. Tho sum of (lie wholo is this: Wulk
and be happy ; walk and be beullhy.
Dickens.
It is but a step from companionship
to shivery when one assiwiutes with
vice. llosea llullou.
Slf will is so urdent uud active that
it will break a world to pieces to make
a stool to sit upon. Cecil
The true epic of our times is dot arms
anil the man, bnt tool und the niun
an infinitely wider kind of epic Cur
ly le.
A slight answer to un intricate and
useless question is a fit cover to such a
dish. A cabbage leaf is gmsl enoagh tc
cover a dish i.f niushnsjius Jeremy
Tuvlor.
A Llnrly lluua.
During tho heavy rain and hail storm
which prevailed here nt midnight Sun
day night a two story farmhouse three
miles east of tow u was blown DO fis t
from its foundation. Thu building, hav
ing mado two complete ri volutions,
landed ou its side lutact. The family,
consisting of Mont Mattux, his wife
ud three children, wero in bed at the
time of the uccideut, and all escaped in
jury except Mrs. Mattox, whose arm
was dislocated. BreckenriCge (Ma)
Dispatch
The people of the United State ore
on an average 12,000,000 postage
stamps of all kinds each and every day
of the year, or a total of about 4,380,
000,000 per auunnx
cmmniLAWMAKEKS
GENERAL EPISCOPAL CONVENTION
SOON TO MEET AT MINNEAPOLIS.
Owln. in tha Vast (Irowth of lh Cburrh,
III ouTrntlon Work Will lie (Irratrr
and Mur lUvrrelflrd Thau :rr lUfor.
III. hup Whipple' Work.
Minneapolis and St. Paul do not al
ways wutk iu harmony, bnt it is nnder
Mood that there is perfect iii-opctiitiuii
letweeu I lie two cities in making ready
for the entertainment of those who
shall attend the next general convention
of the Kpiscnptil church, which will be
gin Ht Minm nHilis on Oct. 1 und con
tinue three weeks.
This general convention is the legisla
tive IsKly of the church for the entire
country. Its meetings, which mo hold
once in three years, are therefore of the
highest importance. During the coming
scsMon matters having refotence to the
board uf missions, to the various tluc-
BISHOP WIIIITI I.
tional institutions of the church and to
many other F.piscopul oigaiiizations ami
eiitei prises w ill Is1 passed ukhi, mid ri p
resTiitutives of ull these interests will be
in attendance. Among those representa
tives willls'the Rev. William Langford,
1). D. , chief secretary of the board of
foreign missions; the Rev. J. Kiinhcr,
D. D. , assistant secretary ; Miss Julia
M. Kmery, secretary of the women's
auxiliary to the board of missions, and
many ol Iters, who, while imt entitled to
seats in the convention, w ill neverthe
less have much to do with shaping its
work in different directions.
The sessions of the convention will be
held in ietliseinano church, the oldest
F.piscopul house of Worship iu Minneapo
lis, and tho Rev. II. II. Whipple, 1). 1).,
bishop of the diocese, will be chief host,
of course, his coadjutor, the Right Rev,
N. M. Uillieit. 1). D., Iving next on the
list iu that reguid. But u a mutter of
fact nil tho Kpiscnpal clergymen and
communicants of the Twin Cities will
vie w ith nun another iu extending tho
hospitalities, so that those in utteml
aiiee will doubtless carry away with
them tho pleUKinitest remembrances of
their 21 days' stay. CommitUensimsare
being chosen for the executive wotk that
will have to be done in order to crowd
the legislation of three years into three
wocks.spccitil telephonic und telegraphic
facilities ure being provided, and u daily
lunch has been arranged for nt the West
hotel, which will bo general hcndqmir
ters, and w hero rsms have nlroudy been
engaged by many of tho most eminent
dignitaries of the church who will 19 iu
attendance.
Among these, in addition to the
bishops from ull tho dioeiv-c in the
Uuited States, will 1st Rev. Morgan
Dix, rector of Trinity church, Now
York, who hits been chairman of many
successive conventions, uud who, it is
expected, will preside this year. J.
PicrHiut Morgan, the bunker who head
ed the gold and bond syndicates which
negotiated the hist United States loan,
is also cxpi-ctcd to be present us a lay
delegate.
But it is doubtful whether any of the
visitors will bo us interesting a figure us
Bishop Whipple himself. This venera
ble ecclesiastic is known w herever there
are F.piscopul clergymen of either the
American or tho Kuglish church, and
whenever he Is spoken of reference is
made to bis wonderful work us a mis
sionary when o young man. This work
wus performed mining tho savage In
dians und s'rhiiis hardly less savage
whites who peopled Minm sotu iu its
pioneer days, uud it is because of its
effectivuiess thut the Kpiscnpal church
bus a stronger hold upon the Indians of
Minnesota than iihiu those of any otlirr
part of the Union, At dm celebration of
the thirty-fifth anniversary of his con
secration ns a bishop two of the several
Indians who ure now Episcopal rectors
in Minnesota were present und bore tes
timony to the bishop's early services.
One of these Indians is the Rev. Joba
i:kv. Mono as iiv.
Johnson, whose native nan e is Hmmn
guhbub. He is a chief of the Chippewa
trilie and l tvxi of the red man that is
fust passing awny. At the celebration
mentioned, which tk place last year,
Kinmeiialiliali told, iu a forcible half
hour spiech, many interesting stories of
the trials und even dangers which the
bishop wus called Usm to puss through
at tl.o Winning of bis work. Bishop
Whipple believes that the Indians have
generally lvn misunderstood by the
whites.
The Indian," said (he bishop ina
recent interview, "is the noblest tyjsj
of the wild mull in the world. He rec-
ogoi- the (ireut Spirit, believes iu a
future life, li it a passionate, love for bit
children und will meet death for hit
tnt. In 30 yi-urs' experiwn-e with lu
dians I never knew one to tell me a lie, '
and no Indian ever stole anything from I
1 l ... : I
me. 1 nn rioux nave m uwi rt-uuiawou j
now, but lor 20 yeurs it w tutor boast sound or a scraiciung oeu u ue altered
that they bad never taken the life of bi will for tho forty-fourth time. Ciu
white man. If their former friendship ciunati Tribune.
ll as Ixvu changisl to enmity. It is our
fault."
When Bishop Whipple went to Min
nesota, be settled at Fatihuult, where he
till lives. This was in 1S..V.I, and there
were then 21 parishes with less tliauUuO
ronimiiiiiiMiits in the diocese. During
the first three years of his service be
traveled 2J.H00 miles in the discharge of
bis duties, sleeping in frontier taverns
nnd settlers' huts and preaching iu bar
rooms, cabins und log schoollmuscs.
When the Indians uprose in 18(1 2 und
massacred the w hites, the bishop, nt Im
minent danger to himself, visited tho
scene of carnage and bound up the
wounds cf the injured. Ho iieuks with
pridii cf the fact that not one Christian
Indian joined in the bloody work of that
awful year, uud adds that it was to the
friendly warnings of these Christian In
dians that the Immunity of many who
wete spared wii due. Ho says the mas
sacre was the outcome of a long set ies of
neglivt und dishonesty, und that he
considers many of his dusky friends
among the bravest, truest men he ever
met. Their fawrito names fur him
nro "The Straight Tongue" uud the
"Father Who Never Lies." While the
civil war was in progress, the bishop
held soi vice ou hiittlcliclds ami In the
camps of General MeClelhiu und Gen
eral Meade.
At Faribault, w hich is (10 miles south
of SI. Paul, Bishop Whipple years ago
founded educational institutions which
now own much 11:010 than ijil.niHl.OOO
worth of property. They me a theologic
al institute, u kchiNil fi.r gills uud a
military school, nnd they have mado
Faribault famous the world over. The
bishop is a native of New York, uud is
now not far from 70 ycursof nge. He is
a largo until with clean cut I. we und
conimumliiig apis'iiriiuce. He is a most
eloquent speaker, and w in never It Ii
known that he is to deliver nu address
the people thick to bear him. IIo lias
made several visits to Kmiluuil, where
he has lice 11 tho recipient if many hon
ors, uud some years ago he was invited
to deliver tho university senium nt Cam
bridge, Knglaml. This invitation, which
wus mvepted, was pel hap the highest
honor evei bestowed upon uu American
clergyman by tho Kuglish.
It should lie said Iu memory of some
of tho noblest workers whoever entered
tho service of the church thiu, us fur us
might bo iu the extremely difficult oir-
u 1 r ib 1 1 u u n 1 1 1
7,JL . .B-r' '-i il
ONK Or TDK rAlttllAI'l.TSCHOOL lll ll.lHSUS.
cniiistauces, Bishop Whipple's way had
Is en opened for him prior to hi sett ling
in Minnesota. Bishop Kemper was' Iu
the field beforo Bishop Whipple, und so
wero the Rev. Mr. Gear, who located at
Fort Snelling in 1 8:111, the Rev. J, Lloyd
Breok, the Rov. Solon V. Manny, who
framed thn constitution of the riiocoe,
und others.
To return to the convention itself,
Owing to the rapid growth of tho church
much more work will have to lie done
during this year's session than bus becu
accomplished by any previous conven
tion. Since 1830 tho popuhitlou cf the
Uuited Slates has increased about five
fold, but the commmiicuiits of tho
church ure now 13 times us imiiieroui
ns then. Among the most Important
things to bo considered ure the requests
preferred from the dioceses of Culifornia
nnd Minnesota for a division iu each
cose, and while there 's little doubt
that theso request will bo grunted,
siuco the demands urn almost unani
mous, much legislation thereon will be
necessary. Another mutter to como be
foro the convention, which will un
doubtedly excite great interest, is the
proposed revision of the constitution
and cuuoii of the church. A committee
has long been ut work ujiou (his sub
ject, and its nqsirt is ulreudy in the
hands of tho member of the convention
und many 01 hers. It i a paMr of ex
ceeding brilliancy and nbility, but
thero is an uppaicnt desire in some
quarters to see it laid aside. Those who
op 1 hum) it udoptiou suy it enlarge the
power of thu bishops more than is well,
und that for several other reasons it Is
not desirable. At this time it Is Impos
sible to predict what will be done with
it, but it is certain that it will lead to
serious and interesting debit! 0.
The general convention of the Kplsoo
aul church is ulwuys a most impressive
In sly. It is divided iuto two houses, one
of which 1 composed of tho bishops und
called the bouse of blsliojis and the oth
er of laymen and lesser clergymen,
termed tho house of delegates. A law to
pus must have a majority of both
house, thn insuring deliberate action
uud preventing ill udvined decision.
The secretary of the house of bishop la
tho Rev. Dr. Hart and the secretary of
the hoiiso of deputies i the Rev. Dr.
Hutchins. Thu Kpiscopul church In
America has ubout 0,000 parishes aud
missions and a clergy list of 4,300. It
i proposed to extend It missionary
work iu many direct loin, and three
yours ago a number of new missionary
bishop were appointed. Doubtless their
report on missionary work will be
uuioiig the most important documents
presented during the convention' ses
sions. M. L Dutkb,
A f'enUnarlaa Who King.
Thero are u iiumls-r of lyrto singer
in Kngluiid who retain tho luullow
charm of their voioe ut an advanced
ago. But a singer, aud a good one at
that, nt tho ug of 102 years i some
thing roinurkulilu. Mr. William Poplow
cf Wellington, Kiigiiiud, who was born
in 1702, has lutely assisted at a concert
given by hi great granddaughter, r
very distinguished pianist IIo render
ed leverul songs witli a strung and aym
puthetio buss voice in an excellent man
ner and wo cheered by hi audience.
Ho also accompanied a linger on the
piano and conducted several churusce
with vim aud brilliancy. Surely till is
versatility enough for a centensriau.
McUUktrol.
t'nfortunaUlj Pat.
"Uncle, "auid thu iuipocunioo neph
ew, "yon ought to go aud ee the new
play. You would just die luughiug. "
The old mall merely glared. Iu a few
1. I.i. . ,1 I.I k-l 1.1.
momenta jauir mciv wuiu w ucaru 1110
I! r'A
u a ifT
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FOIt LITTLE FOLKS.
Tha II aa4 I ha Klltoaa,
The following interesting itory of a
dog and ioino kitten ia told by a writer
In Chatterbox:
"Some years ngo we had a large dog
named Lion, and wo hud, at the same
time, two young kitten whose mother
bad been killed when they wore about
fortnight old, and w ho. In conieqaence
of this accident, we were rearing by
means of a bottle, some worm milk and
a soft India rubbur tabs. Now, these kit
tens slept In the kitchen with Lion, and
to protect them from him (for he wa
nut particularly fond of cats) they were
placed iu front of the fire in large
flower (sit half full of hay and covered
over with n kitchen towel It happened,
however, that till cloth had a amall
bolo in it, through which the dog peep,
ed one night to find out what was un
til meat Ii When he saw tliu two help
less kittens, his rough heart was touch
ed with pity, and instead of biting or
in any way hurting them ha lifted them
out, though how he managed to do ao
without hurting them I am sure I can't
any and placed ilieui beside him on hi
rug uud spent hi wakeful moment be
fore the morning iu licking them. This
alteutiou was doubtlessly well meant,
but wheu thu servants entered the room
they found tho kittuu nearly half
drowned and in a miserable eoudition.
"From that time master Lion consid
ered that the kitten were hi own par
ticular proertT, and he would seldom
allow 0110 of them to como within bi
reach without giving It lick that
knocked it off it leg.' Ho would also
follow them about tho house and inffor
them to play with bin tail iu that Im
pertinent manner thut ta peculiar to kit
tens, and as he was too large and for
midable to be allowed much liberty be
mast have felt greatly enlivened by their
company and could never have regret
ted tho action that first Introduced them
to hi notion but the kitten regretted
thut action, for It must havo frightened
them greatly, and thu person who had
to moud tho kitchen towola must have
rogrotted It also, I think."
Willow Whl.tlr.
I venture to say that there are many
city boy who never even heard of
willow whistle, bnt where I lived wheu
I wa a boy the boy nsed to think it
wan great fun to make them. 1 suppose
I have made hundred of them. Yon
make them in the spring wheu the sap
runs, for then tho bark come off easily.
You tako a willow brunch aa big aa
your finger, or larger or smaller, and cul
out a length of it an Inch or two or three
long. Theu yon bevel oft about half of
one end of it for the mouth end, and
you cut In the top nick for the whistla
Then you run the knlfo edge in a ring
around through tho burk just below the
whistla nick. Then If tho wood I jost
in tho right condition yoa cun turn the
burk lotmo on thn wood. If it sticks, be
careful or you will break It Sometime
if you Iny It ou your knee and tap tt
gently with the back of the knife the
bark will atart When yoa have taken
off the bnrk, yon cut the whistle nick In
tho wood doepor, making a cavity there,
bnt yoa do not eulargo the opening ia
tha baric You cut off from the wood,
from the whlstlo'a nick to the mouth
end, a little slab or (trip to make an
opening to blow through. Then yoa put
back the bark and blow, wondering juat
bow much noise yoa will make and In
what key, and it la aafo to any that it la
great pleusuro the first blow ou the
first whistle.
It ii a fuinillar fuot to boy who have
uiaila thorn that tone vary with the aiie
of the wood and alio with the else of
the opouiuga By enlurglng oue or both
opening, or by hollowing out more
the cavity under the whistle openiug,
the tone of the same whistla may be ma
terially ohangod. Now York Hun.
A I'ropor I'laoa fur IU
'Tommy, " aaid Mr Figg sternly, "I
knug a motto iu your room to the effect
that little boy abould be aeen aud not
beard "
.'Yea, lr."
"I find thai It baa disappeared, "
"Ye, lr."
"What did yoa do with it?"
"I I took II dowa lo the deef and
dumb orphan asylum. " ludiuuapoll
Journal.
Tho Fapor Dual,
Two boy are placed back to book
with ball made ot tuft paper In tlieir
hand. Two other boy are their ea
oudi, to pick np their bulla They walk
way from each other about eight feet,
turn round and throw their ball at each
other until one ia bit The aoooud pick
ap the ball whenever thoy fall and r
plooe the duulUta, '
Ilia frohlom.
Haul tha thuughtful William Hinltba "Thvr'
unwilling un ntj mind.
Although I'm pondrrad lung and wall, do an
swer can I Bud.
And this is Ilia tufuraiatloo thai I would Ilka
to know
Whara do tha Naw Yror euma troia, and
whar dura tha Old Vear iur"
Now York World. ,
ODDS AND ENDS.
Exceiitiiin fete day muale ia never
keord ou the afreets ot Purls.
More thuu 1.000 Deotile earn a living
lo Pari by fortune telling, aud their
total earnings are estimated at 400,000.
In Russia if man marries an hulrcjt
ha acta no chance to own her money.
There I no marringe acttlumcut She
control her property throughout life.
The stovepipe hut appeared during
the wur between king und parliament
in England and has icurcely changed
it form from thut time to the present