TiitiitKtroPHKsrs.
ST llAltltlKT I1KKCIIKII HTOWK.
Wheu winds nio raging o'er tho upper
ocenn,
And billows wild contend with angry
roar,
'Tia said, fur down beneath tho wild com
motion. That peace. ul stillness rclsncthovormoro.
Far, far beneath, tho nolso of tempests
diet)).
And silver waves chirno over peacefully;
And no rude storm, how fierce soe'or It
flioth,
Disturbs tho Sabbath of that deeper sea.
So to the heart that knows thy lovo, O
Purest!
There Is a temple, sncrcd evermore;
And all tho bubble of lire's unary voices
Dies in hushed stillness at its peaceful
door.
Far, fnr away, tho roar ot passion dleth, "
And In vint; thoughts rlno calm and peace
fully;
And no ruilo storm, how flerco soe'er it
llielh,
Disturbs the soul that dwolla, O Lord,
in thee!
0 rest of routs! O pence, serene, eternal!
Thou ever livcst, and thou ehnngest never:
And in the secret of thy proonco ihvollotli
rulliiCHH oi joy, lorcvor and lureveri
A BIT OF MBIT
From tho Youth's Companion.
Outside, tlie keen, slmrp winds of a
cold winter day, the pnit cles of snow
and ico uloaminc liko diamonds in the
bright rays of the sun, which possessed
no power to melt thorn. Inside, in
tlio light, clean ward of tho II Hos
pital, warmth and brightness and
comfort; rows of neat white cots on
either side, and nnrfecs in white caps
and aprons flitting to and lro, in
constant attendance upon the suffer
ers lying there.
At tho farther extremity of tho long
ward, whero tho stinshino fell softly
ovor tho white-draped cot, lay a little
girl of eight years, but so small, so
frail and delicate, she seemed scarcely
more than half that age. An accident
on tho stro't, sovoral weeks before,
had seriously injured her, and as no
ono seemed to claim or caro for her,
alio had been brought to tho hospital.
Tho Bkill ot tho ablest physicians
and tho constantcaroof skilled nurses
had, howovor, been able to do little
more than to givo temporary relief
from tho severe pain sho constantly
Buffered, but her gentleness and pa
tience bad won tho hearts of all about
her.
To-day she lay quietly upon her cot,
twisting in and out over her slender
fingers a atrip of bright tinsel paper,
which she now and thon hold in the
sunlight, turning it to and fro to
catch tho lustre upon its shining sur
face. Then, folding it softly, sho tried
to fashion a tiny bow, but tho still,
brittle turner muted in her hands, and
fell in shining bits over t ho wluto cov
erlet. With a patient sigh, she drop
ped her hands and turned wearily up
on her nillow.
Dr. .lay, ono of tho visiting physi
cians, was innkiuu Ins mormn'- tour
of tho hospital, and hud stopped lor
a moment to watch thechild's paMent
endeavors toainuuo her.elf. The case
had been one which bad interested
him deeply. Poor little Maguc! Her
patience and eeiitloness had won his
svmnathies.
"She seems to have a peculiar lovo
for everything bright and pretty," tho
nurse said, in answer to a low-toned
remark from Dr. .lay. "She will
ainnso hersell for hours with soino bit
of paper or string."
"You should petition for a supply of
dolls, was thu doctor s Humorous re
joiner. "I think in this case they
would bo more beneficial than medi
cine." and with a smile and a pleas
ant word to the child, and a few di
rections to tho nurse, ho passed on.
Tho next day in making his morning
round of calls, ho was delayed a few
moments by a passing procession.
His carriage had stopped just in front
of tho windows of a millinery store,
and a pieett of bright.brocaded ribbon
caught his eye. In an instant thoro
rose lieloro him tho pale face of his
little hospital patient and her piece
of tinsel paper, and the next moment
lie had put a five-dollar bill in tho
hands of hi colored coachman as he
took tho reins from him.
"Ktm in there, Jim, and buy nietwo
yards of that flowered ribbon," ho
raid; and live minutes later tho pro-ce.-sion
had passed, and ho was driv
ing down the street with tho package
of ribbon stowed away in his capa
cious pockets. Ho seemed perfectly
indifferent to tho fact that .lint had
returned but two dollars of the live,
ami to tho apparent absurdity of nay
inu three dollars for a gift to a chilil,
who, doubtless, could not have told
the difference between this elegant
fabric and a piece of ten-cent ribbon.
Hut if any one bad dared to hint
that ho had committed a piece of fol
ly, ho would simply havo shruirgel his
shoulders indifferently. Dr. Jay's
kindnesses were never done by halves.
"There, Maggie, you can make a
bow out of that to suit you," ho said,
Eleasautly, as, an hour later, hestond
y the little one's cot, and unrolling
tho ribbon, let it fall in lovely shim
mering waves over tho white cover
lid Tho child's largo dark eyes oponod
wide in surprise and dol'ght; there was
a quick indrawing of tho breath, a
clasping of the thin white hands in an
oxtasy of rapture too deep for words.
At last sho stretched out her hands,
touched lightly tho shining folds, drew
them softly through her llneem, and
laid them agaiiiHt her cheek with lov
ing tenderness, as If the ribbon had
been some animate creature.
It was indeed a lovely piece of uooiIh;
a soft, lustrous background of bright,
delicate blue, over which was careless
ly Btrown half-opened moss-rosus and
buds, tho deep pink of tho llowerj and
eoft shaded ureeu of tho loaves lorm-
ing a lovely contrast to the lustrous
blue of the groundwork.
Oldereyes than Maggie's, and those
moro accustomed to luxuries, might
have dilated in delight at sight of so
beautiful a gift.
"And it is mine for true?" she
said, at last, as if such great good for
ttino could net possibly bo hers.
"Yes. all your own, to do just as
you choose with."
"Oh! oh!" was all tho delighted
child could say, but there was such a
world of lovo and gratitude in the
depths of the soft, dark eyes, that
Dr. Jay turned away with suspicious
ly wet eye lashes.
"You havo mado a heaven for littlo
Maggie," tho head nurse said, upon
his next call. "1 never sawsnch pleas
uro as tho chiid takes with that bit of
ribbon. She has certainly made a
hundred different combinations of
bows and dolls and all sorts of fancy
fixingsoutof it. Sheisaquecn, a fairy
princess, and every thins; else by turns.
Once I offered to cut it for her, that
she inicht make bows more convenient
ly. Yon should havo seen her. She
hugged it up to her, and looked at mo
with such Heightened, pleading eyes,
onj would certainly have thought it
was some living creature I was goini:
to harm. There, just look at her!
isn't sho n picture?"
She certainly was a most lovely pict
ure, as the doctor came up to tho lit
tlo bed. Tho dark eyes were bright
with happiness, and tho pale cheeks
Hushed a delicato pink, rivaling tho
roses on her beautiful gift. 1'ain and
sorrow were all forgotten in tho do
light of her now possession.
Sho had evidently exercised all her
taste and skill in arranging her beiov
cd ribbon to tho best advantage, in
anticipation of the doctor's visit. It
was looped and bowed and festooned
in a most graceful manner about her
head and form, for, all unknown to
herself, Maggie had inherited all tho
tasto and skill of the loving, gentle
little French mother who. deserted by
the ono who should havo been her pro
tector, had died broken-hearted at the
birth of her child.
"If she could but sco how pretty sho
looks!" tho nurso said, softly.
The next day when, from the capa
cious pockets of his overcoat, Dr. Jay
brought forth a small hand-mirror,
and held it before tho oyes of tho do
lighted child, her cup of happiness was
overflowing.
Kverv night tho beloved gift was
carefully smoothed and folded in
tissue paper. With ono bunch of roses
turned on the outside of tho pack
age, and with a tender pressure of it
against her cheek, and a loving good
night kiss, Maggio would fall asleep,
her hand resting lovingiy upon its
soft, lustrous folds. At her first wak
ing moments it was unrolled, and the
delight of manifold manipulations re
commenced, with over fresh delight.
Hut there camo a day when even
tho possession of her heart 's treasure
could not overcome the terrible pain
which racked her slight frame.
For days sho had been glowing worse,
and tho physicians saw no hope save
in an operation-'dillicult and danger
ous, 0110 which it unsuccessful must
result fatally.
I hev nail postponed it Irom week
to week, hoping for farorablo results
without it. Hut ono morning Dr. Jay
found Maggio lying so white and ex
hausted from pain and sleeplessness,
ho saw clearly that thoro was no
alternative.
Sho seemed unconscious of his pres
ence, oven when ho pressed tho thin
white hand as ho felt her pulse. The
nallid, pain-marked face, th
ump, wasted little form, appealed
most pathetically to his kind heart,
and bending over her ho pressed a
kiss of fatherly tenderness on the
white forehead. Her large dark eyes
suddenly unclosed, the warm blood
Hushed the pale cheeks, and a smile of
tender, loving delight Hashed over her
face.
"Is tho pain so hard to bear, dear
child?" he asked. sympathetically.
"It is better now," was her low re-
iiy.
Ah, how little Dr. Jay suspected, as
tho dark eyes followed him with such
worshipful tenderness, that his kiss
was tho first caress the poor child had
ever known! Kicks and culls and
drunken oaths had often been show
ered upon her, but a father's kiss, a
mother's tender caress, poor Maggie-
worse than orphaned had never
known.
"There must bo an operation with
out delay," was Dr. Jay's decision,
after a brief consultation with the
house physicians. "To-morrow at
eleven at the verv latest. Sho cannot
live over forty-eight hours in her pres.
cut condition. "
Then to tho head nurse whom ho
had summoned, "You will please tell
her, Mrs. Hatch, sufficient to havo
her understand the necessity of the
operation. She seems unusually in
telligent, and it will save her Irom
fright and nervousness, ami she needs
everything possible in her favor. Do
not tell her until an hour netore tho
operation; let her sleep to-night if she
can under the opiate, without know
ing it."
bo at ten o clock next morning tho
nurse, in the most tender manner
possible, explained to tho child, so
ar as sho thought necessary, tho
operation she was about to under
go, concluding with,
" e hope to niako you strong and
well again,"
"Will thov hurt mo verv much?''
Maggio asked, her lip quivering not
withstanding her brave efforts at self-
control.
Not very much, and vou will know
nothing about it; they will givo vou
something to put you to sle until it
is all over.
"Who will do it?"
"Dr. Jay."
"Oh, it'H all right then!" with a glad
sniilo of loving confidence; "he will
save mo for sure, it anybody can, and
i Know no won. i hurt mo.
When tho hour arrived, without a
murmur of dread oi shrinking on her
part, tho little frail, emaciated form
was laid upon the operating table,
her hand tightly clasping tho bulocd
ribbon even in that druad hour.
fclie glaue.Hl from ono to another of
the grave facea of nursua and physj.
Jinns who stood around, looking in
vain for Dr. Jay, who, delayed by pa
tients, had but inst arrived, bhecn.ll
ed his name softly, and hastening to
i a . t -t i i -.t.
ner sine, no neiit over ner wini a kiiiu
ly, reassuring smile. The thin, wasted
little hands were eagerly outstretched
to him, and the face lighted up with a
smile of loving tenderness as sho said,
softly
"I'm not afraid if you do it you'll
save mo if you can, I know but
if I should die" sho hesitated, stop
ped, looking up appealingly into tho
kind face above her.
"What is it, dear?" ho asked read
surmgly.
"Would you mind would you caro
if I" her voice sank lower and low
er, as sho hesitated, her eyes
still wearing that appealing look
"would you lot mo kiss you just
once before I go to sleep? I might
not wake up, you know, and you've
been so good to inc. bull lower al
most a whisper, "no ono ever kissed
mo before vou did!"
Did Dr. Jay think of his own petted
darling at home his only child to
whom life had been one long caress?
and did he feel tho contrast between
her and this poor homeless little waif,
to whom caresses were unknown lux
uries?
Perhaps so. There certainly wero
tears in the kind eyes as ho tendi-rly
raised the frail littlo form in his arms
and pressed her to his breast.
The slender, childish arms wero
clasped about his neck, and her lips
met his with a tender, clinging Uiss.
For a moment her cheek nestled fond
ly against his, then touching her lips
1! i 1.1. I .1 ..! 1.
iignuy lo ins ioi eiiea(i,snu biwik avitiy
back upon her pillow.
"Will vou hold inv hand please,
whilo I go to sleep?" she asked, plead
ingly.
Dr. Jay clasped tho frail littlo hand
in his broad wirni palm, and with
her beloved ribbon held in tho other
hand, Maggio fell asleep.
At tho end of half an hour it was
over, and Maggio slowly unclosed
her eve..
Then glancing down as if searching
for something, her hps moved laintly.
"What is it, dear?1' Dr. Jay asked,
bending near her hps.
"Mv ribbon." came faintly to his
ear.
Picking it up from the floor whero
it had fallen, ho laid it in her out
stretched hand. Feeblv sho raised it
to her cheek, her lips, then th hand
fell, with a slight, tender p'-essuro on
that of Dr. Jav. Tho eves met his
with a world of tender, lo vingdevotion,
thon their light laded, and littlo Mag
gio was sato from pain and sorrow.
Jknnik 1 Ak.volu.
A Scotch Minister and his IJeadlc.
From tho Chicago N'cus.
The late Dr. M. was removing on a
"call" from ono parish to another, and
was making tho rounds bidding tho
"tearful farewell" to his parishioners.
"Well," said he to ono old lady, "it
breaks my heart to leave you all, but
I havo given the matter prayerful con
sideration, and I feel that it is a call
from tho Lord." "K'n, doctor, a ca
frao tho Lord is it? I'm thinkin', tho',
doctor, gin tho Lord hadna ca'd yo ta
bigger stipend lie wud line ca'd a lang
time alore ye d hear Mini.
Tho same minister had a wonderful
"beadlo" by the name of Dawson. Ho
was a great character one of the few
good specimens remaining. One day
the doctor remarked that when
ho preached Dawson invariably set
tied himself down to a comforta
ble nap, hut that whenever a stran
ger occupied tho pulpit Daw
son was wide awake and most atten
tive tho whole time. Tho doctor ac
cordingly taxed him with this. "Wee!,
uoctor, said Dawson "ye see, lean
trust you, but a stranger ncedo tae bo
weel Hatched for his fundamentals.
It was a brotherof Dawson who was
being examined as a witness before a
commit tee of the presbytery which
was "sitting" on a brother for drunk
enness. "Did you over," Dawson was
asked, "seo the Ilev. Mr. Carmichael
the worse of drink?"
"Nn, I eanna say that I ever seo'd
mint no waur o drink, out mony a
timo hao I been him mucklc the better
o't!"
"Did you ever seo him helplessly
drunk:
"Mo seo him helplessly drunk!
Ma conscience! Aforo ho over cam to
bo that I was site blip fou' mysol that
l couldna seo onything!
A Hoy Well DcsuribiMl.
Tho teacher in ono of thoPawtncket
schools had a lesson in language, giv
ing for tho subject tho word "Hoy,"
tho scholars to write out what they
could about tho subject, and tlm
without assistance and without any
timo for preparation. Following is a
specimen of the "composition" writ
ten by a small boy, ten years of age.
Ho appears to havo a proper appre
ciation of his subject:
A boy is a small biped, not very large,
but thov are large enough to lie into
mischief. In summer most of the boys
steal all tht fruit they can. and chew
tobacco and smoke it. and fight, and
swear, and curse, and tell lies, and are
lazy, and saucy, and sulky, and mean,
and wild, and giduy, and proud. In
school they whisper and play and do
not liko to study when leather is not
looking, and most of them come in
with dirtv hands and faces, and they
dirty up tho yard and building, and
, run away. The boys play ball, polo,
shimiey, racing, Hying kites, horse,
I switch, bull iii-tho-ring, hide and-go-
seek, ttu chasing, trapping, jumping,
running, swimming. At homo some
boys sauce their mother, and dont
want to do any errands for their
mother. 1 have seen some boys ask
their mother for a cent, and it they
will not give them one they wiil begin
to try, and if they get one they will bo
gin to laugh ami sing and junto. In
waiter they will bo crying for slotls.
boy asked mo for a match to smoke a
pipe, and 1 told him thu his match
was on tho stiaf o farm. Hoys are al
ways into mischief.
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