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LOVE : IS : EVER : YOUNG.
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i HE bad not the least shame about
L telling nKe- 0n the c"ntrary
O m was rather proud to do so. It
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.waietniiig i iwmvu.. ....
'w ... IU tin. Iiuiko.1
J, , Jay over 48, aud a blooming 48
imt "..
rue. her hair
was illver, hut what
J .lVlg wealth of silver! And It wan
I SPiit t soften wrinkle either. She
r
treii ninuy or invw oiuunn-...-. .
l.giiliiiaie to wear at 48, and uo more.
I "she w .certainly a wonderful
nian for her age, was Mr. Joseph
. . ,
Oiialnt, Indeed, sue apprnrra,
Irlj. on a co
rta In evening, standing In
i ,i,i .oimre tiortleo. with the kuu
Jnlug straight under the tree Into
t fai'c- , ,
f ue bouse at her back waa low and
L It stood endwise to the lazy little
ier that flowed at the foot of the
iwiv slonlng Inwn. On the other
Jc, at the end of a long, shady ove
je was a gate with an old-fashioned
ien arch over It, concealed by
ie.
It was toward this gate that Mr.
Octree looked, leaning forward eng
iy, like a girl, one hand shielding her
j'ei from the level sunbeams. She
tire white think of her daring to
tnr white!' She was watching for
ji,.ph. He had gone down to Stoneton
.July a mile distant for the post at
o'clock. That was two hours ago.
jseph did love dearly to gossip with
old farmers nnd shopkeepers, but
I really ought to remember dinner
aie.
But Joseph had not forgotten his
inner. At this very minute the gate
pued nnd his little gig rolled In, fol
iwed by three enthusiastic dogs a
, Bernard and two red setter.
Jlr. Allestree, after embracing his
1fo as If he bad Just returned from a
aer's Journey, weut In with her to
'liiier, aud Mr. Allestree was but I
111 not describe him; simply he was
rcrythlug that the husband of Mr.
JJestree should have been. Forty-two
ssrs had gone by since their marriage
jd In all that time they had never been
painted a single day.
fPearest," said Mr. Allestree as they
it down, "I owe you an ajwlogy for
ijr tardiness, but It couldn't be helped.
I jot a letter calling nie away ou an
aporttint matter, nnd I had to stop to
(tend to some things In the village. I
nst go Immediately to-morrow."
"(Mi, that I'erley affair," she said,
'slicing over the page. "But, Joseph,
lU't you put It off? Beuietubcr, the
eniiedys are coining In the morning
stay over Sunday."
"I cannot Henrietta. It's got to be
.tended to nt once."
"But, Joseph, yon can't go without
a. You know you never did such a
dug."
"1 am afraid I must do so this time,"
I s replied mournfully.
They sat In silence for some minutes.
': wlce Mrs. Allestree wiped away a sly
t ar with her napkin. At length, brave
ly a-isiitulng a cheerful aspect, she ask
i IS. "How long will you be gone?"
'1 can't possibly reach Loudon, nc-
mpllsb nil I want to and get home
tiu In less than ten days."
"Joseph, It will kill us both."
"Ah. no, 'my dear," he laughed; "It
rjn't unite do that. At least, 1 hope
i rt. It will be very, very hard. But
.link, my love, we were apart for live
og years once ou a time."
"Ah, Joseph," with a sob In her voice,
"that wsb before we had ever lived to
?ther. We only knew each other by
letter, you know."
"And a mighty comfort did we take
out of those same letters. Isn't it
strange that In two and forty years we
. !iould never have had occasion to
write to one another? Not aluoe you
were Henrietta Shower."
fit Is a singular circumstance." she
replied. "Yes, we can write. I)o you
!.aow, Joseph, the thought or It already
consoles me a little. It will be such
a delightful novelty."
It was a good thing for Mrs. Allestree
tliat she expected visitors. But after
'he guests had departed her condition
pitiable. Especially as uo letter
bad come.
ilr. Allestree hnd gone away early on
Ttturday. Now It was Tuesday. She
Id managed to be patient over the
iabbatb, but on Monday morning, when
Jimmy came up from Stoneton empty
Unded. she had refused to believe that 1
had not dropped the letter or that
Se postmaster had not overlooked It
There were only two deliveries In the
tenty-four hours, nnd at the evening
4e same performance was repeated.
Va Tuesday Mrs. Allestree went her
&f to Stoneton and delivered a severe
irture to the postmaster upon the gen
ral Indifference of government olti-
ials, thereby greatly annoying the poor
innu.
i.Mr. Framwell began to dread the
Isours of delivery. Twice a day, what
rer the weather, Mrs. Allestree pre
sented her handsome, anxious fai-e nt
Ue window.
tWhen he handed out the post to ber ,
slid she found not the letter she longed . world, and upon the discovery of the
for, au angry face It was that peered In 1 new orld. Its supply was called uin
him, and a stern allelt well bred t0 furUNh the old world. The pndiis
Wiioe that demanded of him to hunt tnrC rgers of the new worbl made grent
Urough every box, lest perchance be; wt, 0( pearls, and some of the finest
2ta l made some error in distributing. I iPon ar( yPt to be found In the con
The deserted, neglected wife must tent discovered by Columbus. India
tftame somebody, and she would not. tUP flrt country to produce dia
mante her husband. She did not at first ; ....j, t liv finest precious stones, and
fen dream of blaming Joseph.
I By the middle of the week her whole '
iod changed. She felt hurt, deeply .
Iiirt. There seemed to be no reason, uo ,
cuse for inch neglect To think that
Oils, their first separation In so many 1
jears, should be unbridged by a word!
J She could not have the consolation of
writing to him, for be bad left no ad-
4rese. there being an uncertainty about
aie very part of Loudon In which that
oublesom Perley was living.
tH waa the way of men. and be. It
m, waa not better than the rest of
4etn. Once out of her sight be forgot
forgot au the love and dally devotion
1 forty-two rears.
I
By. Saturday luorulnu Mm. All.-siroc
was III 111 euough to go to hid. Jim
my had to fetch both post, and, after
delivering In person the ttint one, he
vowed to Molly that lie wi.iiM nt up
proneh Mr. Allestree again while Mr.
Allestree wu away.
All day Sunday Mr. Allestree lay
silent In a dark cliaiulMT. Molly could
not get a word from her. nor would she
eat It wan almost restful to lie o
weak. True. she wa In despair. She
had given up nil fxpectatiiiii of seeing
Joseph again, but, coinimrrd with the
liewlldering tossing of valu eonjeeiure,
her present state wit one of quietude
and pence.
fiut by Monday morning she wa suf
fering tornienta once more. She felt
that If Jimmy returned without cither
Joseph or a letter she would surely die,
and, Indeeil, she nearly died u It wan.
When the wheel Hounded again upon
the gravel. Mm. Alleatree at rp In Is-d.
She was w hiter than her hair. No voice
were heard below. She clutched her
heart and gasped, ltitt prcM-titly a
door openeil and a atop came up the
stairs. It waa the step of Joeph. A
he entered the room she fed tcu-k
among the pillow.
"My dear Henrietta, what' all tin:"
He looked around nlmoxt aivuslngly
upon the two frlghtcucd women, a If
he had caught them In the act of assas
sinating their mistress.
"Didn't Jimmy tell you?" she niur
niurcd. "you kuow Jimmy never tell any
thing. He did any yon wereu't well.
But have you lieen very 111. dear?"
The women had withdrawn, and he
seated himself upon the bed.
"Joseph, you might have sent nie one
little line!".
"Wb what? I don't quite compre
hend. A line?"
"Yea, It wouhm't have hurt you to
write a Hue."
'"Henrietta, I wrote to you every day,
and sometime twice a day."
They atared at each other.
"But I never got a Kolltary letter,"
she said presently. "1 sent to every
delivery went inynelf until 1 became
111. Mr. Km m well ald there wa nolle
Ins from you. It nearly killed me,
Joseph."
"However," he muttered, "they could
not have all miscarried I Henrietta!
I have It! Walt; I'll be back In twenty
minutes," and the getitlemau fairly rim
out of the riHuu.
He laughed all the way downstairs,
ami she heard his ha. ha between hu
shout for Jimmy to bring back the
tmp. In a few minutes they rattled
out of the grounds, and within the time
mentioned they rattled back again.
Mr. Allestree tore breiithlcss up the
stairs, bursting hoy-fashion Into his
wife's room. He cnrrlcl a package of
letters, which he spread out In a circle
on the bed. There were fourteen of
them, nnd every one was addressed to
Miss Henrietta Shower.
T'or a short apace not him; was said,
aud then the two aged lovers began to
laugh, and they laughed until they
cried.
"Joseph," she said, "It's very funny,
very, but It was almost the death of
me. How did you come to do It?"
"Why, Henrietta, love, when I once
got out of your dear, familiar presence
the old days rnme back completely. Yon
were little Retta Shower, and "
Joseph Allestree blushed; he did not
often quote poetry
"And our two and forty year
Seemed a mist that rolled away. "
IVanou' Weekly.
A ma rinents of Dnrnpcnn.
A writer In Cnssell's Magazine tells
what are the hobbles or amusements of
some of Kurope's great men. Mr. Bal
four Indulges In golf, bicycles, and
philosophy, nnd be once played Ham
let. Lord Salisbury studies science
and tries experiments with a test tube.
Mr. Chamberlain rnlse orchid. Mr.
Gladstone, of course, used to chop ire s.
but now reads (ireek when he feels
the need of rest. Prince Blnmarek
drinks beer, smokes and reads I Mi
Bolsgoby. The Prince of Wales Is fund
of liowilng. The Duke of IVvonshlre.
Sir John Ml Hals, Andrew Lang ami
Wllllnrn Black are expert fishermen,
while Mr. Toole find something funny
to do or say almost every hour of the
day. Once be sent a package of choco
late to a little boy who Bat In a stage-
lmx and was disturbing him with his
astonishingly loud Innghter. The atten
dant delivered the pneket. "With Mr.
Toole's compliments, and would the
young gentleman who laughed so
heartily kindly eat these during the
performance?"
' Antiquity of Precious Ktonr.
Hems were not rut until the six
teenth or seventeenth century, being
used In the rough before Hint period.
As early as 2.4'K) years before Christ
precious stones were mil as orna
ments, snd more gems weiv cut dur
ing the Roman empire than d'liing any
other period. Later Venice and deuon
been nie the great gem markets of the
at one time as many as .' men were
employed In the tiolconda mines, it
has always !een a remarkable fact that
the so-railed conservatism of the world
In the matter of diamonds condemns
new diamond fields and their products.
Amsterdam represents alout one-third
i of tbe trail(, diamonds,
TwlH Cot KUmon'Is.
of boron and carlion,
wblcb Is bard enough to cut diamond,
bas been produced In the electric fur
nace by M. Molswn.-New York Sun.
Have you ever noticed tbat all the
men who commit suicide ere married?
A FISHERMAN'S BALKY HORSE,
Tb () Orrraluii an Which lh Hum
foil nil a Master.
"I otiiy knew a fWhcrmsn," mid t!i
upeaker, "who had a hot .11 baUcr
on all sort of occasion; and u'ticii lie
topped llotlil,B ,,, I, ,.;, j ,
Mm until he got nady to g . He mlulu
stop, for liiNiiitiee, going along the liore
with s wagon loud of tut,, mid then the
tlKlicriuno would unhook !,hn nm ,:ii k
tint wag.n away from lilm, o tlmt lie
couldn't kick that to pluv. mid le:iM
him stiiiidlng there like a Mattte ou
the lieaiii. When tin. horse was lend)
to go on nun In. which might lv In an
hour, lu would hook lilm up and mart
on.
"One day the flliermnn came In l'r
a loud of tKli in hi l,at and got i!
horse ami wagon to take the tl-.li
ashore. ,, drove out In the slioal
water ulolighlde the boat, l.i ide I the
t.li Into the wagon, niude evetytl.it'i
snug iilioiird die Imut, and .hen got Into
the wagon to drive ashore . Th" horse
stood fast. The li-lieinian know well
enough w hnt that nieaiit. mid he liniiled
the Umt up iilotu'slde the wagon again,
put bark all the tUh, nn.iioied the bout
safely, ami waded ashore, lonxlnii the
horse mill wagon standing there III tht'
water. The llshenmin said notlil:i.'.
but It was low t lie. nnd be did worn!,',
a little whnt the horse would do w hen
the tide came in.
"There was a barroom mi stio'e not
far nwny, nnd. sitting In this barroom
ft the time were half a dor.en tneu who
nil knew the horse well, and w ho made
bets n to what he would !: whether
he'd stand there and drown, rather tnan
give In. or whether he'd come ashore;
and how long he'd wait before he start
ed, nnd so on.
"Finally the tide set the wagon tillont
and then It took the horse off hi feet.
He edged Inshore a little at that, tllf
he'd found hi feet again, and then he
stood fast once more. But the tide kept
coming nnd it soon had lilm off his feet
a gain; it wns simply something tlmt he
couldn't resist; and after two or three
more trlnls, moving In and halting, he
seemed to realize that fact, for the next
time be floated he kept straight on
wading till he got n shore, mid then he
run away.
"You might have thought that lids
experience would have cured him of
balking, but It didn't; it never had the
slightest effect on lilm. He balkel
after thai Just the same a ever; hut I
have always thought that It must have
been a satisfaction to the tlsheriiinu to
think that the horse hud found a mas
ter once, anyway." New York Sun.
Km in -r of Norway.
The furniture consists of a bare ta
ble; a sort of wooden sleeping box, ."
feet 4 Inches long, tilled with si raw; su
unvarnished wooden chnlr, ami a low
bench tlxed to the wall round two sides
of the room. On It are the gayly paint
ed boxes of the family, each i uhcr
apparently having hi or her private
chest bearing the name, place of abode
mid date of birth of its owner, along
with some more or less barbaric de
sign. On a row of pegs placed not far
from the celling, and extending nearly
around the apartment, hang the Sun
day clothes of the family, a suit to each
peg; the trousers' legs dangling down,
mid, late ou In the dusk, looking us If
some unfortunate people had hung
themselves III a row.
There Is uo carpet, no wallpaper, no
lath or plaster. All Is good, honest
wood; nbove, below ami all nroiiu l;
no varnish, no polish, no stain, no paint
not even on the furniture. No twopenny-halfpenny
one-Inch weather
boarding, or half-Inch match-boards, as
we use !.i Kuglatid, but great solid
planks and boards which will stand the
wear and tenr of centuries. On the
windows mi l doors nlone Is a little
pnliit-a kind of white enamel. In a
corner of the room stands a very old
kettledrum, nnd how nnd why such nn
Instrument of warfare has n place In
this peaceful dwelling is for the time
beyond my comprehension. There are
two big windows, in one of which n
pane of glass is wanting, mid Slvert
tells me that tl.e family are greatly con
cerne.l therent; on my account he It
understood, for much ventilation l
deemed an evil thing out here. An oval
rusty tea tray Is leaning against the
wall. It fit the window, so far as
tops and side are concerned, leavitut
ample room for fresh air nt the cor
ners, so the matter Is soon settle.!. -Chambers'
Journal.
l catln Them at Th-ir Own (J-miic.
Among certain of tin natives of Puna- i
ma nnd other Central Ainerleirn tow ns j
there Is n sport culled bull tensing. The ,
ntilmal Is turned loose into the street or !
led by n rope, and Is then tormented by j
Ihi.se who have hired It from the butch-
er. It I thought a special compliment j
to a young woman to hire a bull on her i
birthday nnd give It a thorough tens- 1
Ing. A North American once w itnessed j
this pleasiMit in. nt I nie. and determined
to tench the cowards a lesson. He
brought n bear with lilm from Califor
nia, and let It loose In the street one
day. When tne people complained, he
merely remarked that he didn't see why
ho shouldn't keep his child's birthday
In his own way, nnd so the bear chased
the folk to much better purpose than
the wretched tormented bull hud any
chance of doing.
ATler le'.h.
The burlnl customs of the Q.ialnniill
Indians are Interesting. After death
the Indian Is dressed In his best nnd,
with blanket about him, Laid In his
favorite ennoe and taken a little dis
tance up the river to some chosen spot
near the bank, where tbe whole Is de
.....i...rl not nt reach of high water. The
Isrnf Is roofed over with s closed frame
work, entirely protecting tne tiy from
imnl mid the weather. To the side
of the little house thus made snd front
fnfe the river are attnehed plates or
on,s of white ware or tin. Bits of look
ing-glass, or orteu wiioie one in cin-ni
frame, occupy the post of honor.
Bright bits of cloth or other showy
ornaments are also conspicuously dis
played. These bauble are supposed
to propltate any evil spirits tbat may
chance to come that way.
Culiati Forrata.
The fact is not generally known that
Cuba possesses some of the densest
and iiet Impenetrable forests In the
world. They contain a great deal of
bard woM. Including mahogany and
etsiuy The entire area of tbe forests
of Cubs is estimated at 12.W.0fi0 seres.
Teople pretend to bats sin, but they
all 1ot It
iiKi.idiors commix.
ITEMS Of INTEREST TO ALL DE
NOMINATIONS. I'rai'lU'Ml IWnrtlt lu Maiikhiil I
Prat'ticul Krllttlnn-Arcriit (ha Op
portunities of I. He No I hurvh Too
Grand o 1 y plfjr the iirratnraa of GiU
Practical Hatlulnn,
OWAIrUK It Is
pilictluil hclicui
to the world's ac
tive work that men
are after; nnd he
Willi ItUlkl-M t w o
ears of com gmw
w h e r e oulj olio
grew l.foie, or lie
who can u 1 1 II 1
souie vast reserve
.f motive power
now kioiug to w asle,
I the wuii tlie
world rank high.
the deoverer who
utip golden reward. So when it
comes to religion. Not thai creisl
which lavishes tlescrlptlou of the hcati-tl.-s
ti n. I delight of the life that Is after
this; Hot the one which envt theories
tiHu thcorii". mid siib-th"iiie to prop
and supin tbeni, touching the salva
tion of Infant or of uunpproaiiiahlc
pagan. Is likely to retain most atten
tion lu these imsr days; but the one
which deals with the problem right
close to us. problem not "up In heav
en," problem not "lieyoml the sen, but
very high unto us," In our mouth cacti
day, lu our lourt nil the time.
Ailrire to Younj Man.
Never Indulge lu the notion that you
have any alM.ltile right to choose the
sphere or the circumstance In which
you are to put forth your power of
soelal aHlon, but let your daily wisdom
of life Im In making a g'ssl use of the
opiMirtuulltitt given you.
We live lu a real and a solid and
truthful world, lu such a world only
truth, lu the long run, can hope to pros
per. Thercforv avoid lies, mere show
'and sham and hollow suvertlclallty t
all kind, w bleb I at Ix-st a pnlntiil lie.
Let whatever you ore, and whatever
you do, grow out of a firm root of truth
nd strong soil of reality.
The nobility of life I work. We live
In a working world. The Idle and lazy
man docs not count In the plan of cam
paign. "My father worketu hitherto
and I work." It that text he enough.
! Avoid miscellaneous reading. Head
nothing that you do not pare to remem
ber, and rcmeuibcr nothing yon do not
mean to use.
Never desire to appear clever and
make a parade of your talents before
- men. Be honest, loving, kindly, and
' sympathetic In all ynu say end do.
Cleverness will flow from you naturally
If you have It: and applause will come
to you unsought from tlnvse who know
what to applaud, but the applause of
fools Is to le shunned. Prof. J. Stuart
Blackle.
Too I.atK
"Thank you, air, you have made my
life Journey very gay, but you must
go no farther."
"You are quite mistaken, niadnm, we
cannot part company now. I sin your
compaulon for eternity."
Clearer VUlon Nenlrrt.
Rome who have been taught from
above to desire greatly the manifesta
tions of Ood, and who wrestle earnest
ly, perhaps passionately. In prayer that
their I)rd would be pleased to draw
nigh to them and give them vision of
bis excellence, would find It to their In
expressible advantage to cease from
t pursuit of extraordinary manifes
tations, and by faith anil purity of
heart school themselve Into the ability
to discern a present Ood, and to abide
In blissful Intercourse with lilm In
whom they llvo and move and bnve
their being. Let them understand that
what they need la not the accomplish
ment of some change out of themselves
nhe bringing near of something tlmt
Is afar but a purging of their mental
1 vUlon, the removal of a film thirt yet
, too much beclouds tbe eye of their soul.
Oeorge Iloweii.
Judge Not.
Judge not; the workings of hi brain
And of bis hesrt thou mnt not see;
What looks to thy dim rye s tsln,
la Ood't pure light may only i
A scar, brought from mune well-won field
Wbers thou wouldst only faint sou yield.
Tbe look, the sir, that fret thy lght,
! May be a token, that below
The soul bas closed In deadly fight
With aome Infernal fiery fis-,
j Wboae glance would scorch thy smiling
I grace,
And cat tbe ahuddcriuf on thy face.
The fall thou dareat to deple
May b the sngel'a larkenid band
Has suffered It, that he may ue
And take firmer, aurer stand;
Or, trailing less to earthly thing,
May henceforth lesrn to ue bis wlnga.
And Judge nnne lot; but wait and e,
With hopeful pity, not diadaln;
The depth of tbe abjM may I
The Dieaatire of the bight of pain
And lot and glory that may raise
Thla aonl to O.xl In after dai.
Adelaide Autie Procter.
After F.lghty Year.
A representative of the Christian
Commonwealth recently Interviewed
tne venerable I r. Newman Hall, who
bad Just celebrated bis eightieth blrtb
dsy. At the end of the conversation
Dr. Hall wns asked to tell what, look
ing back on bis long life, wa bis upper
most thought. This wss bis response:
Tbe longer I live the more I am con
vinced from my own experience, with
ut finding fault with anybody else,
' ' I.. in
rrr.Krr.7r'eS:;.'ionR boys and girls
religion, and of It Inestimable worth,
supporting oti.' In trial, satisfying the;
highest longing of the heart, and meet
ing the great problems of the future
by the iMilsclousiiess of the loe of liod
ill the soul now. I have never regretted
that I gave myself up to the Christian
ministry, for there I no Hilt!on In the '
wmi. I, whatever It might btitia of:
wealth or dignity or the satisfaction of j
worldly ambition, that I would ex
change for the privilege of being a
preacher of the gospel. I have often
been Invited to become n clergyman of i
the Chiirvh of Kiiglnnd. but for no ad- i
vantage whatsoever would I give up!
tne glorious freedom of preaching pv- j
cry where and enjoying fellowship with ,
-til who believe lu the Lord Jcmis
Christ."
The Cramlrur of a Church.
We should never think of complain
ing of the grandeur of a church. It
cannot be too grand, too stately or
too costly. At best, It will but faintly
express the glory of Him whose house:
It I built to be, and almost n feebly '
the depth of gratitude which men
ongnt to entertain toward lilm to
w hose honor they have built It. Let '
the light sift down through lofty "ag
ate window" In all the splendor of
gold shadow of pictured saint and 1
angel; let the roof rise high with cost
ly stones, ribbed and isiveted with
soaring branch aud bursting flower.
Let the walls glow with the costliest ;
adornment of art and skill; let the
whole glorious house be dtin with fur- '
reaching shadow and bright w ith the
splendid lights, dim with violet and
origin wiin tne crimson; lei it speaa
of awe snd mystery and v.tstness. and
of light and beauty nnd brightness,
tio. I,et It be the best we can give..
and the noblest we can do, and we
shall have only done what enlightened
Christian Judgmeut will Justify. - i
Bishop Thompson.
dire lilm the Heat Part.
Would our friends love us very much
If we only went to them when we were
ad? They want us most when we
are Joyous, and so does Jesn. I-t us
give 1 1 1 in. then, the best part of our
natures and we will be rewarded.
Chnrrh anil llrriiv.
Canon Balnbrldge, of Westminster
Abbey, Kngland, preached In the
Church of St. John the F.vaugellst,
Boston, Sunday.
Tbe Kev. Or. Parker, who succeeded
Spurgeon, say the dissenter cannot
consistently accept a penny of the
school tax In Kngland.
For several month the Episcopali
an of Kentucky have been discussing
the advisability of declaring women
eligible as vestrymen of parishes.
The Iter. William Cull.tn Hick, a
widely known revivalist of Kentucky,
can repeat from memory every word n
the Itlble except the Book of Psalm.
Bishop Joyce, of the Methodist
Church, will soon start on an episcopal
tour In foreign lands Dint will occupy
two years. He expects to travel ,'0,i
miles.
M. Francis de Pressense, son of the
liest known Protestant pastor and poli
tician In France, Is about to be re
ceived Into the Itoman Catholic
Church.
Olio of the busiest person at the
Synod of the F.ngllsh Presbyterian
Church wa the Itev. John Watson,
better known oiltsldo of Scotland It
"Ian Maclnren."
Howard t'nlverslty of Washington
has conferred the degree of I. I. upon
Prof. Isaac Clark of Washington, and
the Ilev. It. I). W. Mallory of Lenox,
Mass., and the degree of LU I. upon
the Iter. Dr. John Julian of Shetlleld,
F.ngland.
It ha been proposed lo erect a new
church at Taunton, Kngland, a a
memorial of Archdeacon Oeiiison. The
scheme Is estimated to cost about
ti i,i SMI, mid already the movement ha
gained the support of several Influen
tial people, Including Mr. Olndstone.
The Pope, whose skill In Latin verse
Is well known, has Just written nil
elegiac poem on the Month of Mary,
lu which lie eloquently sings the prais
es of the Virgin and describe some
of her Intervention at crltlnil moment
In the history of Christendom, notably
at the battle of Lepntlto.
Prince Nlklta of Mdutetiegro ha
sanctioned the building of u ltomau
Catholic Church at Cettlnje, ami will
himself supply the greater pari of the
money niH.(le(l. The church will be
for about l.V) Albanians, Turk, and
Austrian who reside In the town, as
no Montenegrin Is a Catholic
Prof. Franx von I-nbach. the cele
brated portrait painter and friend of
Prince Bismarck, by birth the son of n
simple peasant of Schrobeiihntiseii. ami
tbe husband of a niece of Field Mar
shal Count Mollke, ha formally de
clared to the priest of hi parish his
Intention to renounce the Catholic faith
an act which ha created ipiite a
sensation In church circle at Munich.
The Congregiitlotinllst note the fact
that Prof, (ieorge Adam Smith of the
Free Church College, Clnsgow, Scot
laud, whom It describes n 'Shim of the
lending scholars of Christendom, and
one of the greatest preacher of Ureal
Britain," preached Sunday In the Old
South Church, Boston, and not a pa
per In Boston bud a Hue about him
or his sermon.
Ill Praise.
Even men of great genius are often
susceptible to approbation, snd an
amusing story Is told of the musician j
Von Bulow, who was not wholly with j
out his weakness.
He once played for the Puke of Edlu ;
burgh, and during the choice Interprc- !
tatlon made such violent gesticulation j
that the Puke was greatly amused.
When the composition wa ended, the !
listener said:
"I have heard Thnllterg," at which 1
Von Bulow made a deep Ikiw, "and 1
have heard Buhcnstclii," again tbe uiu i
slclan iKiwed "and I have heard I
Llw.t," at whose name Von Bulow I
doubled himself completely, "but I
must say," continued the Puke, "that
none of them perspired so freely ss j
have you."
Trouble Haretr Averted. J
Hogan-You pMik like nn spe .
Orogan-Fwat's HiotJ !
"Ol says ye look lolke so aie." j
"Ob! Ol fought ye wss goln to say 01
lukod lolke an A. P. A."- Indiana polls
Journal '
THIS IS 1 HEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.
Uualat Kajlou aud Cut Dotnss of tba
Lltlla Polka Kvery slim, Gathered
aud Printed Uer for All Other Lit
tle Our to Head.
Where la HhtJ
I'rUky a a Iniuhkiu,
Busy as a !,
Tbnt' the kind of little firl
People like to nee.
Mo hut s violet,
A a rosebud vcet,
Tbnt'a the kind of Utile girl
' People bke to meet
Happy a robin,
Hemic a a dors.
That's the kind of little
F.veryone w III love.
girl
The Poor Hire!
All liNhnian once went hunting, and
saw a reilblrd nnd shot at It. He ran
under the tree to get hi bird and
found a frog, and said: "Faith, and
ye wa a puny bird till I shot all the
fen t her off ye."
He Waa Cnrte Wilt.
. Willie and hi big sister Llr.r.le didn't
' get along together very well. Willie
was only 7 ami his sister 17. but he re
'. setiteil her "bossing."
j One day Willie' mamma had some
thing to tell lilm, a piece of new from
the household of hi still older sister,
! who had been married a year before.
"Willie." said mamma. "(!o.l left a
, little baby at sister Mary's house last
night. You're an uncle now, my ly.
How do ymi like that?"
"Well." said Willie, after weighing
the mailer over carefully a minute.
"I'll Just terl von (hi. If I am I ncle
Will, Llr.xlc ain't goln' to bos me no
, more."-New York World.
1 Make the Itnll Knit Into the Hand. '
I Here Is a ipialnt old puzzle that you
' may be interested lu solving. l.ook
closely at the hand snd the cross and
i the ball. At the ordinary distance
I from the eye (seven or eight Indictd
' the bnll Is about an Inch from the In
! dex linger. If the paper la approach-
t
e to Ibe face with the nose opposite
the dagger the ball will appear to movo
toward the hand and to rest ou the
top of the Index linger. By then mov
ing the paper slightly the effect may
be produced of the bull's rolling along
the top of the linger and then of being
clasped by the hand. The Illusion Is
more pronounced If the drawing I en
larged to three or four time the wise
shown.
Cnta Adopt Two U"er Children,
A story comes from tne far West of
I two lonesome old cat that brought
up and cared for four frisky young
coyotes. The coyotes were only 2 or 3
day old when captured about three
week ago. The old cats had lost their
families of kitten, and the coyotes
j were placed with them. They at onco
made friends with the little howlers,
, and fondled them as they would their
; own offspring, and the coyotes seemed
j satisfied with their foster-mothers. At
first, not being pleased with the bed
fixed for them In Hie barn, the rats
carried their adopted kittens to the
I bouse several time. They defend
' their unnatural family upon the sp
! proach of a dog with nil the fuss and
j fury characteristic of the eat tribe.
It Is a question, though, whether or
not the savage animals will return the
affection of their foster-mothers when
they grow a little older.
Wine at Parllea.
Sometime the girl wonder what
they will do when they go Into society
where wine Is offered. Some will Im
brave aud say. "No, I thank you,"
very quietly ami In a ladylike way, or
what I better, they will turn down
their glaase at tlrt ami have It under.
Ntood. That It what Mr. Cleveland,
the President' wife st Washington,
does. We suppose she would like to
give her dinner panic without wine,
too, as Mr. President Hayes did when
she wa mistres at the White House.
One of the cabinet ladles. Secretary
Carlisle's wife, doe that now. Not
long slms' he gave a dinner party to
President and Mr. Cleveland, and
there wn no wine nor liquor on ihe
table. There were two glae In each
plate, one for Potomac water and the
oilier for Apolllnnrl wafer. The good
lime I coming when people will no
longer put thl fateful poison alcohol
on their tables In nny shape, and you
girl will be glad lo help It along.
The I.ot Hon,
There are a great many touching
Might In a greal city, but none much
more so than to watch a lost dog. At
first there Is a look of startled surprise
on hi face when he loses the went,
quickly followed by a glim sort of
humor, a though pretending hi bewil
derment I but a Joke. He circle round
and round, and hi face grow thin aud
his eyes almost human In their anxious
pleading. He start off In one direction
ure that he ha found the trail; be Is
bnlllisl, turned back. He look In the
Dice of all w ho pn a If questioning
to know his way. He think he recog
nize hi muster and I off like s flash,
only to return more niixloii and eager
thnn Ix-fore. He gives himself uo rest,
but double snd pursue nnd turn
back, until all hope Is dead In hi faith
ful canine breal, and be starts off with
a long lope down the street. Then It Is
that some demoniac tsiy or some detest
able man fling a stone at him or kick
lilm as he file by, and the cry Is raised,
"Mud dog! Kill hlnir So the great host
of Idlers In ambush, who wait the op
portunity for mischief ss lees await
the blossom of the buckwheat, are turn
ed loose upon hi track and bis doom
Is sealed. From lost dog to a huuled
and dead cur Is an easy transition.
Chicago Herald.
Fh Considered tbe Lily.
At teachers' convection In Detro.l
Utaly a ladr, speaking about tbe la-
fluence of beautiful objects npon the
character and conducj of young pu
pil, tolu a pretty story received by
her from an eye-wit nest, and thus re
ported by the News-Tribune. The oc
currence took place in New York.
"Into school made up chiefly of
children from the slum the teacher
one day carried a beautiful callu Illy.
Of cotire, the children gathered about
tbe pure, waxy blossom lu great de
light.
"One of them wa a little girl, a waif
of the streets, who had uo care be
stowed upon her, a wa evinced by
the .liny, ragged condition she wa
always lu. Not only wa her cloth
ing dreadfully soiled, but her face and
bund sim' m ed totally tinncqtiuluted
with soap and water.
"A this little one drew uear tbe
lovely flower, lut suddenly turned
and nn away down the talr aud
out of the building lu a few minute
he returned with her hand washed
perfectly clean, and pushed her way
up to the flower, wnere she stood and
admired It with Intense satisfaction.
"It would si-ciu," continued Mis
Collin, "(hat when the child saw the
Illy In It white purity, he suddenly
realized that she was not lit lo come
Into Its atmosphere, and the little thing
fled away to make herself suitable for
uch companionship. IHd not thl
have an elevating, Mining effect ou
the child? Let us gather all the beau
ty we can Into the schoolroom."
WORKING IT BACKWARD.
Remarkable Thince r-tiown l7 the
KlneliMCope Vv hen Keveranl.
"Impossibilities made possible by
means of the modern Invention In the
electrical field" furnished the theme of
a lecture given recently by Prof. tJ.
Quoroult lu the Purl Academy of Sci
ence. Ptirlng some of his experiments
! hit upon the Idea to turn around
photographic record and also the se
ries of picture seen through the klueto
scope, respectively the klnematograph.
Having photographed a plant at regu
lar Interval and shown In the klneto
cope the growth, the development of
the stein, leaves, bud, flower aud
fruit, the same consequence of photo
graphic pictures reversed wn present
ed to the eye of the astonished acade
micians, who wondered at the fruit
turning Into flowers, flowers Into bud,
bud drawing bnck tulo theluselve and
disappearing, the leave closing, get
ting smaller and disappearing, the
stem getting shorter nnd shorter, until
the earth closes over It
The most incredible tu.ugs are devel
oped before the eyes of the spectator,
If a most ordinary series of such pic
litres la reversed. A drinker takes up
nd empty glass and replaces It full
upou the table; a smoker sees tbe
stump of a cigar flylngat him from
the floor, takes It to bis mouth aud sec
the smoke originate In the room, draw
It Into his mouth and Into bis cigar,
which Is gradually lengthened and
Anally replaced In the pocket A wres
tler, who has probably throwu away
his garments. Is recovered with them
by their, so to speak, walking up ou
him to their places, while be himself
performs motions of which we can un
derstand nothing, because we uever
saw these most extraordinary motions
performed backward; a man, for In
stance, sealed at a tabu tie fore an emp
ty plate, work hard taking bite after
bite from hi mouth, until the chicken
Is whole again on the dish Itcfore lilm,
and the side dishes are also returned
full to their respective place. In order
to fully enjoy au exhibition of the kin
etoscope, such an exhibition should be
completed by arranging alongside of
each other the same ccne In regular
order In one niachlue and reversed lu
another. It would he advisable, bow
ever, to Inform the spectators prevhuu
to their looking at such a reversed s
rles of pictures, for otherwise the)
might think themselves the victim of
a dream, a hallucination, or something
worse. St. Louis tilotie-lM-uiocrat.
Coyolr Hecovered Their Popple.
An amusing Incident occurred the
other day on the Lemon farm, near
(iarfleld, Wash. Burt Lemon snd an
employe of the farm were plowing?,
when they came aero three young
coyote pup which hnd Hot yet opetu d
their eye. While they were examin
ing them the old one appeared an t
approached to within fifty yards. Mr.
Lemon weut to the bouse for a gnsi
and a sack, nnd plm-ed the young one
In the sack, w hich wa lied up and left
lu the Held until time to go In from
work.
The old coyote kept a respectful lis
times from the rifle, but hovered
around. Several turn of the fleld were
made with the plow, and, finally, when
the men came lu sight of where they
had left the sack containing the young
coyotes, they saw one of the old one
with the sack, puppies Hnd all, streak
ing It over the hill, and that wa the
last seen of them.-Spokane Spokes
man llevlew.
Deplorable Ignorance.
Cien. John McNeil, who was a broth
er-ln law of President Pierce, aud major-general
of the New Hampshire mi
litia at one time, I said to have been
considerably Incensed when he met any
one who appeared to he Ignorant of
the wound and honors be had won
on the fleld of battle.
Paring the war with Oreat Britain he
wa shot hlle mounted on his faithful
hore. rei-elrlng a severe wound In
the knee, which caused lilm to walk
stiffly for the rest of his life.
"How did you hurt your knee, gen
era I?" asked a young man whom the
old offlcercharacterlw.il a a "whlpper
snaper" one day, from a rerlnln lack
of respectfulness In his air aud man
ner. "Pld you have a fall?"
"Ye. lr." norted the general, indig
nantly. "I fell off a borsc! Yon never
read the history of your country, did
you, sir?"
And In New York.
Wade There goes a man who bas
served twetity years as a policeman.
Butcher Where ha he served?
Wade Fifteen on Ihe force and fire
In Sing Sing-New York World.
Definition of Fame.
Teacher-Whal Is fame. Willie?
WllUe-It'a the thing that makes ev
ery tsxty want to look at yer.-Boxbury
Oszcit.
It Is easy to be gallant to strangers,
because one doeeu't have to keep It up.
Politeness Is such a strain tbat every
one U glad when a guest goes home.