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A WISH.
'WauU would I ask for then, wish for tbee.
nweetT " '- " . .
43Uea that are peaceful and calm?
ama that are atormless and winds that are
soft
Aa the low breath of a psalm?
as I love thee, I ask not that life
Be from all bitterness free;
Something of sunshine and something of
strifo.
Dear one. is better for thee.
Yet would I ask for thne out of my love
More of its minshine than storm.
With Just s'.oug'h of life's shadow and strife
To keep lliy heart tender and warm.
Taith to look upward In gladness or gloom.
Hope 'mid the direst defeat:
Strength in alL sorrow, and patience tn pain.
These would I ask for thee, sweet.
These and yet more would 1 ask for thee,
sweet:
Grace to be faithful and strong;
Meekness to bear all thy crosses and care.
Courage to battle with wrong.
May the good angels who watch o'er the good
Guide thy dear feet as they roam,
And in the land that is better than this
Give thee forever a homel
Boston Woman's Journal.
THE OLD BASS VIOL
In the gloomy garret of the tavern at
-ber-Abels berg, among other dusty,
nty and worm eaten reminders of the
J8t, lay an old brown bass viol. No one
-knew whence it came: the year of its
birth was u mystery.
In past years the bass viol had occa
sionally given a sign of life. If a bat
fluttered by or a mouse ran over the
tarings it would begin to chatter, like a
talkative woman, to tell stories of the
. past and to sing songs of the bright days
t its youth. Later it would only grum
"3le a little when the wind shook the
"roof, but when the mice gnawed off all
-the strings it lay silent and uncomplain
ing in mold and dust. Immediately be
"Meath this deserted garret .was the danc
ing hall. There the pipes piped and the
fiddles squeaked till all the dogs in town
howled in anguish and the ears of the
dancers were pierced through and
through by the sharp, shrill tones. And
ao one knew how near lay the means of
softening this discord with a good deep
'teas note!
Now, the roguish little redtails love to 1
luild in old lumber, and so it happened .
that a musical couple chose oar silent
forsaken bass viol for a home. This cir-'
-crunatance drew the attention of mine
boat's little Friedel an enthusiastic or
nithologist to the old instrument, and
ne day, amid clouds of dust and angry '
remonstrances from the redtails, the boy
polled the old ruin from its resting place
and .dragged it down the. attic stairs.
The Abelsbergers regarded the bass viol
as a gift from heaven. The joiner came
and repaired the broken case, the school -laaster
with his great spectacles came
and put in - new strings, and lo! at - the
cxt yearly fair, amid the tones of the
pipes, sounded the deep voice of the ven
erable instrument, as , a worthy accom
paniment to devout hymns of praise to
the patron saint.
It was a new awakened life, and there
mms great rejoicing in Ober-Abelsberg.
As is the usual custom at these fairs,
he way lay from the church directly to-
tbe tavern- and up to the dancing hall,
-and of coarse the bass viol went along
too. If his reverence finds its possible
to drink wine ' from - the chalice in the
morning and from the tankard in the
afternoon, it cannot be too difficult for
uch a venerable bass viol to play hymns
in the morning . and waltzes and quad
rilles in the. afternoon. And. as in the
church it had breathed out its soul in
-devotion, so in the tavern the strings
aent forth such gay and joyous tones that
: 'S.he pastor himself could scarce refrain
from- joining in the dance. So it went
on for several years, the bass viol serving
in church choir and dancing hall until
at one very jolly wedding the bride, dizzy
from the wild dance, sank down upon
the old instrument and crushed in its
"back. Then it was laid aside for a year
or two, until the Abelsbergers, missing
the bass tones, brought out their old
friend and patched it up again, and again
there was great rejoicing. ... .
Now there came a time which farsee-
ing men called great and full of promise,
V; but which nevertheless turned many a
quiet village into Bedlam. In such,, a
place in ordinary times one could find
plenty of good, honest workmen, a few
cross officials, a fat priest or two, and
perhaps occasionally a thin sexton or
pious sister of charity, but now there
were onlv "liberals" or 'clericals." No
other distinctions were made, and if, for
instance, the "liberals" had been mascu
line and the "clericals" feminine, tue
t'm- matter might have been easily settled;
but it was war between friend and
friend, between father and son, between
..husband and wife, between priest and
burgomaster, and between church and
tavern. .
One would imagine that the venerable
bass viol, as common property of both
parties, might be a point of neutrality;
"an contraire," as the more cultured put
it, it became a very bone of contention.
. The schoolmaster did not play in the
choir now, so the new choirmaster
who not only served the clerical banner,
but even carried that banner himself
sent to the tavern for the bass vioL
- But the innkeeper commenced to grum
ble "the bass viol belonged to the lib
erals; the joiner mended it ana the join
er was liberal; the schoolmaster put in
the strings, and the schoolmaster was
- liberal now; -it -was found in. the tavern,
bo the tavern was its home, and the tav
ern was liberal.- So the bass, viol, bow
:.. ' and all, was liberaL" J '-
Next Sunday the pastor had no text
;' from Holy Writ to expound; the bass
"viol was . his subject, i , He began cheer
V fully: . h f: i. r i v ' ' ;
- "Years ago. when the bass viol was.
discovered, if was looked upon as a gift
.from heaven, therefore it was clerical.
Its voice was first heard in the church,
. and the schoolmaster who . first played
it in church and tavern was clerical at
that time, and if the bride who st on
the bass viol and broke its back, was not
forgotten, he would call to mind thai
that bride was now the wife of the sex
ton, and if he, the pastor, finally assert
ed that the instrument was originally
made for the church, no one in town
j could prove the contrary, so the bt-
viol was clerical and belonged to toe
cieru-ais. , , ..
A very clear argument, but "unfortu
nately there was not a liberal in the
church. The liberals sat in the tavern
and sang drinking songs to the accom
paniment of the bass vioL
One : evening, however, the chaplain
thought to himself , "Actions speak londT
than words." and to prove the truth of
this saying he stole into the tavern under
cover of darkness and took away the
bass viol. ' ' ,
The affair became animated at onee.
The literals went to the district conrtJ
and entered a complaint against the
pastor, accusing him of appropriation of
the projierty of others.
"Nonsense!" answered the court. "A
whole community in arms about an old
bass viol! Go settle it among your
selves." And the liberals took the bass
viol back to the tavern.
Then the clericals went to the dean
and protested against this invasion of
their territory. The dean advised them
to go to the bishop, but in the meantime
to take back the bass viol. Then the in
strument again disappeared from the
tavern.
This time the liberals went to the
county court. "Don't be silly," was the
answer; "break up the old thing."
"But it is not the bass viol we care
about!" said the Abelsbergers; "it is a
question of right of honor!"
But the court would not hear them,
and so they stormed the rectory and car
ried away the bass vioL
Now the clericals were furious and
went to the bishop. "My dear friends,"
said the bishop, "you must be firm. If
they have the bass viol they will take the
organ; if they get the organ they will
take the choir, and before you know it
they will take the church from over your
heads. 1 am sorry that I can do nothing
for you, but1 you must stand manfully
for your rights." .
"Stand manfully for your rights."
That meant taking the bass viol out of
kthe tavern and hiding it in the rectory.
When this was discovered the liber
als, in all th smartness of black coats
and white cravats, appealed to the su
preme court. But their story had gone
before them and they were not even ad
mitted. So they resorted to deep strat
egy, bribed the keeper of the rectory
cows, who in turn bribed the cook, and
got from her the key of the storeroom.
The next day as the pastor and chaplain,
sunk in prayerful revery, wandered past
the tavern, mingled with the sounds ot
ungodly mirth within they heard the well
known voice of the bass viol. ,
Then they held a grand party meeting
and prayed to the Holy Ghost for wis
dom, and when they had thus prayed for
wisdom they held consultation and de
cided unanimously to send a deputation
to the holy father, and the head of the
.chnreh himself should confirm their
right to the bass viol. -
The liberals held a grand party meet
ing also, and strengthened themselves
with the noble juice of the barley, and
thus strengthened they held consultation
and the decision was, "If they go to the
pope we will go to the emperor!"
So the two deputations set forth, the
one -toward Rome, the other toward
.Vienna. The poor old bass viol stood in a
quiet corner of the tavern, and was sad
at heart over all the . silly quarrel of
which it was the innocent cause; a quar
rel which divided the household against
itself and threatened the prosperity of
the community. It often sighed for the
quiet days in the deserted garret,' the
peaceful little birds who made their
home in its broken case.
It was about this time that a band of
gypsies came into the village to beg and
steal and make music for those who
would be merry. Among them was one
old fellow with more wrinkles in his
face than, you could count, but with coal
black hair and beard. He took the bass
viol from its lonely corner and played.
The Abelsbergers listened in astonish
ment, for they heard for the first time of
what a bass viol was capable.
The wisest .nodded their heads and re
market! sagely, "There is good ground,
for the bass viol war of Abelsberg."
The wild music fired 'their blood, and
before they knew it men and women,
liberal and clerical, were dancing to
gether in wildest confusion. The old
gypsy's thin fingers pressed the strings,
and in. his hand the bow drew forth
weird, bewitching strains that none
could resist. Great were the drinkinpr
and dancing that night.
The gypsy band has disappeared, and
whatever may have been the decision of
pope and emperor, the bass viol has not
been seen in Ober-Abelsberg since that
memorable night. Translated from the
German of P; S. Rosegger by Grace Isa
bel Colborn for Short Stories. .
Different Views of It.
A man walked along Wisconsin street
very jauntily, head erect and stepping
out boldly. Of a sudden he fell. It was
no fault of his, but the water into which
he soused and splashed was no less foul
on that account. A sweet faced, mother
ly woman saw him and gave involuntary
voice to her ready sympathy in the little
exclamation: . ( . r
i'Poor fellow!"; $ : ' ? '
'' The man arose and pursued his course.
Two blocks-farther on he met a friend
going in his direction." - The two stepped
and conversed together : earnestly, prob
ably upon business matters of import
ance. As they stood so, a young girl
slipped on the crossing, and 'spite of
much enthusiastic clutching at the at
mosphere, went down in jl heap. At
which-our male pedestrian feelingly re
marked: . . .
"If her shoes had been big enough for
her IH bet that never would .have hap
pened." Milwaukee Sentinel. (' ? i
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A- Tender Conscience. -' f j
. Crossing Sweeper Please gimme two
cents, fer th' clean -crossing.
Amused Pedestrian Why two cents?
"You see, sir, I didn't clean, th' cross
ing myself, but J licked the. boy wot did,
an took his broom."
"You did, eh?"
' Yes, sit. But 1 want ter do the square
thing by im, an' if yll gimme two cent!
I'll give him one." Good News.
QUALITIES OF THE JAPANESE.
Sir Kdwin Arnold's EntnaaiastI- Opin
ions of Japanese People.
As. for the people, I am and always '
shall be of good St. Francis Xavier'a
feeling, 'This nation is the delight of
my soul." Never have I passed days
more happy, tranquil or restorative than
among Japanese of all classes in the ci
ties, towns and villages of Japan. Pos
sibly that is because I have had no busi
ness relations with my kind and pleasant
Niponese friends, and have never talked
very much metaphysics; but it seems
certainly an easy way to keep on the
right side of folks to let philosophy and
theology alone.
Moreover it is, no doubt, necessary for
such experiences to go a little behind'
that sort of Japan which you find on the
Hatobas of Yokohama or Kobe, in the
Yoshiwaras of those and the other open
ports. At very little distance from the
surface, which we civilizing westerners
have done our best to spoil, will be still
discovered the old, changeless, high
tempered, generous, simple and sweet
mannered Japan of old. . '
I frankly confess it has entirely charm
ed me; and therefore what I Bay of this
Japanese ' nation, . and ' their manners
and customs, must be received with the
proper caution attaching to the language
of a friend, and even a lover. But where
else in the world does there exist such a
conspiracy to be agreeable such a wide
spread compact to render the difficult af
fairs of life as smooth and - graceful as
circumstances admit; such fair decrees
of fine behavior fixed and accepted for
all; such universal restraint of ' the
coarser impulses of speech and act.
such, pretty picturesqueness of daily
existence; such lively love of nature as
the embellisher of that existence; such
sincere delight in . beautiful artistic
things; such frank enjoyment ot the en
joyable; such tenderness to ' little chil
dren; such reverence for parents and old
persons; such widespread refinement of
taste and habits; such courtesy to strang
ers; such willingness to please and to be
pleased. Sir Edwin Arnold in Scribner's.
Crabs 'Are -Fighters.
Crabs particularly are fighting ani
mals; in fact, they will fight anything.
I have seen a crab, in conflict with a lob
ster, catch the latter over the fore part
of the head, where the shell is hardest,
and crush it in by one effort. And it
rather bears out my idea that the claws
of these creatures are particularly weap
ons of war; that the moment one of
them receives severe injury in a claw it
drops it off by voluntary amputation,
severing its connection with the body at
the shoulder by an act of its own will.?
It seems to me probable that if. the claw
were necessary for feeding nature would
rather seek to cure an injury to it than
let the animal discard it altogether. 7
The species of crab which is most con
spicuously a fighter is the hermit crab.
Its first idea of independent life is to eat
a harmless whelk and occupy its shell;
its next notien is to give battle to every
crab of the same persuasion as itself that
it comes across. Altogether hermit crabs'
are undoubtedly the most quarrelsome
creatures in existence. Interview in
Washington Star.
Education In the Argentine.
There are two universities, one at
Buenos Ayres and one at Cordoba, which
together counted 993 students in 1889,
and delivered 234 diplomas, -including 81
doctors of law, 85 doctors of medicine,
and 11 civil engineers. ' In the whole
republic there are sixteen national col
leges, with a teaching corps of 464 pro
fessors and an . attendance in 1889 of
2,599 pupils. In the capital and the
provinces there are thirty-five normal
schools,, with 12,024 pupils of both sexes,
who become professors and teachers,
chiefly for the primary schools. ,.
In Buenos Ayres in 1889 there were
285 primary schools, directed by 1,571
teachers and attended by 54,509 children.
In the provinces there were 2,719 pri
mary schools, -with a teaching staff of
4,532 and an attendance of 205,186. To
resume, the results obtained were 3,042
primary schools, 6,103 teachers, 259,695
pupils, 2,373 primary schoolhouses in the
whole republic. Of ' these schoolhouses
485 are the property of the nation or of
the provinces and 1,888 private prop
erty. Theodore Child, in Harper's.
Adfanee'of Pnblle Sentiment.
As an incident of the woman's suffrage
movement, it is impossible to pass -over
the election of Lady Sandhurst Miss
Jane Cobden and Miss Cons as members
of the London county council. - As hos
tile suits are now pending for heavy pen
alties against the ladies to test their
right to sit and vote, it would be -unbecoming
here to do more than wish them
success in their brave fight. Their pres
ence at the council board, their useful
work on its committees, has already so
justified their election that even if the
law be . interpreted hostilely against
them there is little doubt that public
opinion would compel early legislative
action in favor of the right they claim.
Charles Bradlaugh in Boston Tran
script. ' ' - ,
A Verse of Scripture.
. At one of the Teachers' institutes held
a few years ago in Maine, a rule was in
force that whoever entered the morning
session late should pause at the door and
recite a passage of Scripture, a quotation
from some poet, or other expression of
an idea, for the edification of those pres
ent at the 'session. There was present
at the session a plain little old maid,
who was continually. Baying and: doing
inappropriate things. It seemed to come
natural to her. r She was late one morn
ing,, was this "unappropriated blessing,"
and pausing on the threshold she electri
fied those within by remarking suavely,
"I love those that love me, and those that
seek me early shall find me." Lewiston
Joumali i' ": -
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A Beverly Girl's Queer Ring. ' '
- Miss Minnie Kennedy has been utiliz
ing an iron washer for the finger ring,
and the consequence is that the .flesh has
grown around it in such a way as to re
quire the, senrices rf a surgeon to re
tnotca ifc--Be-eriy (Mass.) Times.
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THE DALLES.
The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on the Middle Colunibia, and
is a thriving, prosperous city;
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri
cultural an i grazing country, its trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of oyer fwc
hundred miles. . . r
THE LARGEST WOOL. MARKET.
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
of the the pascades furnishes pasture for thousands
of sheep, the -wool from which finds market here.
The Dalles is the largest original -wool shipping
point in America, about ' 5,000,000 pounds being
shipped last year; - 1
' - ; ITS PRODUCTS. : , : : ; : .
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yielding this year a! revenue of $1,500,000 -which can
and .will.be more than doubled in the near future.-
The products of the beautiful Klickital. valley find
market here, and the .country "south and east has this
year filled the warehouses,' and all available storage'
places to overflowing with .their products. T ;
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It is the richest city of its size on the coast, and its
money is scattered over and is being., used develop,
more farming country -than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon. - i - ' " - j ' " l
Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
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