: HELEN LAKEMAN
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Tho Story of a Young Girl's Strug
gle With Advorslty.
BY JOHN K. MDSICK,
Mrmon or "The Bankeii of IlEDroBD,"
"Walteh Duow.nhei.d," Etc
.Copyright, lSie, by A. X Ktllogg Xtvcipaper Co,
little Aniosr
"I don't know, I guess he'll be
taken care of."
i. At this moment Clarence entered the
room. He had just come in at noon
from plowing. This was on Monday,
the day after Mothers Tartrtim's aiid
Grundy's issue of information. Clar
ence had not been to church and had
only been told an hour ago by Henry
Stuckley, who was riding down the lane
and called him to come to the fence and
rest. The honest face of the boy was
reil with anger.
"Father," ho gasped, "have you
heard about Helen?"
"What about her?" demanded the
father, gruffly.
"She's been arrested for stcalin'."
"Well, what of it?"
"It's a lie! that's all." thundered
Clarence, in a voice full of fury.
THAT'S MX."
"Have you gone crazy?" asked his
father, in amazement.
"No, I've not; but who evcrsays that
Helen Lakeman stole that bracelet is a
liar! I don't care who thev are."
,rcn, .nmgc Arnold swore sliO-dlil,"
said the father, triumphantly.
"Then Judge Arnold swore to a pos
itive falsehood."
"That's a grave accusation, sir; what
object has Judge Arnold?"
"A big one, and he's set up a job in
the matter, as sure as 1 live; tho old
thief."
"Clareneo, behave yourself," said the
father. "Have some respect for your
mother and myself, if you have none
lor yourself. I would like to know
what object Arnold could have."
"His girl is half dead after Warren,
and Helen had cut her out; now, if
they can blight her naino so that War
ren will not have her, that freckled
face, red-headed Hal Arnold may have
a show."
"Oh, hush! you simpleton."
"I am no simpleton at all, father. I
know more about this than you. I'll
provo it yet, before it's over with. The
last thing brother Warren said to me
was to see that Helen was not imposed
upon, for his sake, lie foresaw the
persecutions that were coming on that
poor girl's head, and tried to prepare
against them. First, Mrs. Arnold went
traipsing all over the country with a
pack of lies and caused you to dis
charge her, then when the poor girl
was driven froin shelter, with her crip
pled brother, a rain-storm raging and a
dark night coming on, she set her trap
to catcli her. Helen stopped at tho
house for shelter, and tho next day was
arrested."
"You aro making a fool of yourself,
Clarence," said Mr. Stuart.
"Well, I'll make a bigger fool out o'
myself than I ever have."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean I'm goin' to see Holer, out
in this. Old King James Arnold will
tied before long that tho girl ho thought
so friendless has two friends I am
one, and brother Warren the other."
Mr. Stuart was completely dum
founded at Clarence's announcement..
"Helen is in jail for lack of bonds; if
it was Tom Scuttle for wife beatin' you
would be ready to go on his bond, but
1 will go on Helen's hond."
Ciarcnco turned and walked away.
In the hall ho met his sister Hose, hor
eyes red with weeping.
"Oil, brother, I am so glad you aro
going to help poor Helen. Do go at
once let mo go with you."
"You shall. I'm going to take my
own horse and buggy, an' go to New
ton this evening."
"1 will see mother."
"Get ready if yo'u aro goin', mother
or no mother," cried Clarence, in
whose heart tho spirit of rebellion was
powerful.
Tho resolution of Roso becamo as
strong as her brother's, though out of
a 6CHS0 of duty sho notified her mother.
"Do go, Rose," Mrs. Stuart said,
much to tho girl's astonishment; "tell
Helen I believe her guiltless, and I
want her to forgive inc."
Fifteen minutes later Ciarcnco and
his sister wero in tho fanner's open
buggy rattling dowu tho hill toward
Newton.
CHAPTER XV.
MR STYLUS AND Mil. LAYMATf.
Helen Lakeman was a truly convert oJ
Christian. Ileing nntuntJly ut .. relig
ious turn of mind, and I - ir? Chris
tian paronts, sho early embraced re
ligion and becamo a member of tho
church. Tho nogloot sho had rocoived,
her many trials and persecutions, would
liavo mado any other than?i true Chris
tian a hater of mankind. To tho disgrace
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" IT 3 A MKl
of church members (not churches) bo,
it said, most of her persecutions came
from them. Her parents wero Presby
terians, and sho a member of that
church. Her strong faith in ChrVt,
and sweet temper, saved her from bit
terly reproaching her persecutors, and
the blessed promises in tho Bible wero
ever a consolation to her.
She found Mrs. Bridges, the jailer's
wife, a very kind woman.
uno not
altogether incredulous as to what
every body said, and yet not ready to
believe as men jailors, that every per
in accused is a criminal. Sho had
heard Helen's story before she camo to'
tho jail, and declared to herself ;
"I pity the poor child, who was strug
gling for her little brother, and she is
more to be pitied than blamed, even if
sho took t.ie bracelet."
She greeted the downcast girl kindly
on her cntranco to tho house, giving
Helen tho first real sympathy she had
received since her misfortune. Taking
both small hands in her own, and gazing
into the sweet face and largo blf.oeyes,
Mrs. Bridges said :
"There is some miako here, Jack; I
know there is. This noor child never
did a wrong in her life."
Helen burst into tears, clasped her
arms about tho neck of tho jailer s wife
and fell sobbing on her bosom. It was
so sweet after receivingsueh cold, cruel
treatment, to find one warm, sympa
thetic heart on which she could rely.
Mrs. Bridges consoled her, kissed away
her tears, and told her to trust in tho
Lord and sho would come triumphantly
out of all her troubles in tho end.
Helen took her plaeo as ono of tho
jailer's family, ami Mrs Bridges kept
her constantly at her side. When tho
prisoner took down tho family Bible,
and opening at Deuteronomy, fourth
chapter, thirtieth and thirty-first
verses, she felt that the hand of God
had surely directed hor to tho blessed
promise contained in tlipso two verses.
"When thou art in tribulation, and
all these things aro come upon thee,
even in the latter days, if thou turn to
the Lord thy God and shall be obedient
unto His voice (for tho Lord thy God
is a merciful God); Ho will not forsake
thee, nor forget tho covenant of thy
fathers, which he swore unto them."
Helen closed the Bible, and clasping
her hands remained for a moment in
silent prayer. How light and joyous
her heart at that moment. A true
Christian can not bo downcast and sad,
for if death sweeps away every earthly
friend, they know they aro only gone
to a better land. I f clouds of darkness,
sorrow and suffering surround them,
they know that thero is a Heaven where
clouds, darkness, sorrow and suffering
never come. Helen was happy at that
moment. Her tears were dried and a
sweet smilo was upon her face. If sho
wero sent to tho penitentiary slip would
go cheerfully and pray God to have
mercy on the false witnesses who had
worked her ruin. Sho could forgive
even the Arnolds. Sho could pray God
to forgive them, and bless them with I
happiness. Do you doubt this, road (.A1 I
T 1 1 .1 m I
ii you uo, you Know nothing ot a
truly converted Christian heart. There
was no bitterness in Helen's soul. She
was Christ-like.
It wus on Monday when Mr. Styles,
tho prosecuting attorney, camo to see
her. Mr. Styles was a man who al
ways went into a caso to win, regard
less of tho right or wrong lie might do.
Here was a young girl, to be sure, one
who had many temptations, no doubt,
but who had violated tho law. Ho de
termined to prosccuto nor. Ot course,
youth and beauty would be in her fa
vor. Then ho would not insist on a
long sentence. Two years for a brace
let would do, but in order to obtain
clemency from Mr. Styles sho must
plead guilty.
Helen sat in silence and listened to
the shrewd lawyer. Ho began then a
series of questions, which would have
entangled any ono less innocent than
herself. Sho answered him in a straight
forward manner, giving him a history
of her life.
"Now, Helen," said the lawyer, be
coming exasperated, "jou aro very
shrowd, tho shrewdest, in fact, I ever
met; but it will avail you nothing. Wo
have tho proof solid against you.
Come, now, is it not better to confess
up and get only two years, than go to
trial and get ten?"
Mr. Styles,
said Helen, "I will not I
confess to a falsehood, though vou sen
tenco mo to penal servitude for life."
Mr. Styles went away scratching his
head and declaring she was tho shrewd
est and most hardened criminal ho had
over seen. Wise, indeed, ho must have
been to bo unablo to distinguish be
tween uuiutimidated innocence and tho
brazen defiance of crime?
Ho was scarcely gone ero a light
yehiclo rattled up to tho door of tho
Jail, and to her surprise, Helen saw
Ciarcnco and Rosa Sturat jump out.
Rosa, tears streaming dmwix her cheeks,
burst into tho room whoro Helen was,
and clasped her in her arms.
"Oh, Helen, Ilolon, my dear sister
for you should bo my sister how you
have suffered."
"Darling Rosa, tho Lord has been
very good to me. Ho has always given
mo strength beyond my trials."
'OH, HELEN! JIKI.K.N'! HOW
YOU HAVE
SUFFERED.
"Ad aiurel still." cried tho rouch
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., . ,
Clarence, entering and taking Helen's
hand. "It seems to mo that a great,
rough fellow like me ought not to
touch a bein' too good for this earth.
Now, hero liev 1 been, ever since I heard
about you. a cussin' ami swearin' and
ready to go over to old Arnold's and
lick him. and here vou aro forgiviu
every bodv, and jest lookin' happv.
"Wo mav suffer and still be haimv.
Clarence." said Helen, with a smilo
upon her face. "There is no need of
any one's being without happines
Oh, there is so much here," and sho
laid her hand reverently on tho Bible,
Rosa kissed her again and again, tie
flaring she never would desert her
while Clarence was dumfounded; his
earnest zeal wanted to "punch some
body's head, but Helen forbade that
He must do something, though it was
difficult to tell what that was
"I'll go on her bond," he said, tak
ing up his hat and hastening round to
the magistrate. Here his hopes wero
dashed to tho ground upon being in
formed that a minor could not bo ac
cepted as bail for the prisoner. But
tho girl wai innocent; sho was an
angel, he knew her to bo an angel
The magistrate smiled and said ho
had seen a good manv, and all Wero
angels at first. Some never acknowl
edged to it, and sho might be ono of
the kind; but there could really be no
mistake about it. She was an uiilor
tunate girl, had his sympathy, too, but
ho guessed she was guilty.
Clarence left in despair and went to
consult a lawyer. Mr. John Layman
had the reputation of being a fair law
yer, and he would employ him.
"Good morning, Clarence," said
Mr. Layman, stroking his long, black
whiskers, on the entrance of the young
fanner.
"1 came, Mr. Layman, to get vou to
attend to a ease," said Clarence, sitting
in a chair near tho lawver. Mr. Lavmuu
laid aside a newspaper he was
and, thrusting his hands in his pockets
was all attention.
"You have heard of Helen Lakeman',
arrest. 1 want vou to defend her
Tho lawyer was soon employed, Clar
enco agreeing to pav his fee. Tho two
set out at once for the jail, where Mr
Lavinan was introduced to his fair cli
cut.
Helen then proceeded to tell all sho
knew of the unfortunate affair. Tho
gold bracelet was found in her carpet
bag, but how it got there she dill not
know. Tho lawyer listened to her
story and then put her through a most
rigid cross-examination.
" How did the bracelet get in
possession?" ho filially asked.
your
"I kin tell ye," said Clarence, quick
ly. " Ye see brother Warren and Helen
hero were to be married. Well, they
told lies about Helen and mother dis
charged her, and then tho Arnold's set
up this job on her so that Warren
would marry that red-headed, freckled
face Hal Arnold."
Helen tried to stop tho impulsive
youth, but there was no stopping him.
He was determined to tell all. The
lawyer smiled, and said ho hardly
thought they wero that bad. Ho mado
some notes in his books and left, prom
ising to call the next day,
" Have you written to Warren about
this?" Roso asked.
"No," said Helen, " I could not."
" e must wnto to him now. Wo
will write together, and toll him all."
Helen was at last persuaded to join tho
sister in sending tho letter. It was
written full of tender .truthfulness and
scaled.
"I his will bring him here," said
Rose. " Now, Clarence, what is tho
number of the street?"
Clarence felt in his pockets and with
a look of dismay, said:
" I'm blest if I ain't lost it."
chapter xvr.
nOSK 8TUAUT AND I1EH MOTH ICR.
Roso seemed far more vexed than
Helen at the loss of Warren's address,
Clarence still fumbled in his pockets,
and growled savagely as only a great
awkward boy can.
" Brother Warren gavo it to mo be
foro ho left," said Clarence, thrusting
his thumb first in Ids vest-pocket then
tho other, whilo his faeo was contorted
as only a puzzled face can be. " I had
on these very clothes when ho gavo it
to me. I WHS t(l tr'ivn it. tn vmi Union
and you wero to writo to him; but I
forgot it. He's written to vou. I know
said he would." All tho time Clar
ence was speaking in theso short jorky
phrases, ho was rumaging his pockets,
" but somebody's been getting your let
ters, I knowo'd you'd novor get ono o'
them, and toJd him so."
Ciarcnco had to give it up; tho ad
dress could not bo found, but ho would
take tho letter homo with him and try
It is estimated that in tho United
States alono during tho year 1837 thero
were manufactured and sold about half
a million gallons of writing ink and
about four thousand tons of printing
ink. Of course a considerable quantity
of this was exported, and somo ink oi
European manufacture was also im
ported. But tho importation of this
article is constantly decreasing as tho
excellence of tho homo manufactures
improvo and the markot is supplied by
them at a cheaper rate.
Scionco lias donionstratod that
sugar is contained in nearly overy vege
table and animal product, tho constitu
ent elements of which aro known. The
sweetness of tho different varieties oi
sugar varios, cano sugar- being five
times sweotor than beet sugar, heel
sugar sovcral times as sweet as grape
sugar, and so on. But ndiv a sweot
substauco has boon discovered in coal
oil tar which is said to bo threo hundred
times sweeter than cano sugar. Thi
new substauco is called saccharide, and
ono drop of it will sweeten threo quart!
of water.
RIDING A BUFFALO.
How n Western Hunter AVmi Knino and
Fllty-Uollnr Hut.
In Novombor, 1S82. north of tho
Yollow?tono river betweon Dry Fork
and Rod Water streams, tho buffaloes
wnv vory plontiful, nnd tho slaughter
of thorn was prosocuted with unre
lenting rljror. That was the section
where V.e Smith, Doc Yahl. "Mis
souri Jim," Jim Blako. Goorgo Brown
and many othors followed tho buffalo
like an avenging Nemesis, and, sad to
sav, never lot up, until this noblo
game was wiped out. At that time
young man named Chas. W. Rick
ueiter Known as dick hock, was
Acknowledged tho quickest buffalo
skinner on t ho range; ho could easilv
ikin forly-Iivo buffaloes in one day.
well-proportioned six-footer, and the
host hor-M-man I ever saw. H
claimod that ho could ride and
"stick" any thing that wore hnir, tin
less it was a grizzly toar. it was
seldom that ho spoke of his prowess
unless bantcrod by somo of his com
panions. At thattinio ho was hunting
M a iributarv of Drr Fork, closo to
Vic S nith's camp. O lo evening In
camp tho subject of breaking horses
lid wi'd animals to rido c;nno up. and
Dick offered to hot fifty dollars that ho
could ride a buffalo. Ill money was
quickly covered and Sam Bieknell
chosen refcreo and stake-holdtir. Tho
conditions woro that ho should ride a
buffalo half an hour, barring ac
c'd mi s. Mteh as tho buffalo falling
down or running under limbs of trees
that skirted tho small streams. Tho
next morning one of tho parfy rode
over to Smith's camp and acquainted
him with tho facts of tho wagor, and
required Ids assislaneo in securing tho
animal on which Rock was lo ride,
Vic acquiesced, ami soon all hands
rodo out in search of the game. Thev
approached within about two hundr
yards of about a dozen buffaloes,
and all hands stopped, with tho ex
ception of Vie. who crawled on hands
and knees within ono hundred 3-anls
anil, sclceling a lino fat cow, took
careful aim and accomplished what
was intended that is, shot her through
the muscles of tho neck and knocked
her down, a feat that is called "croas
lug. ' At tho crack of the riflo Rock
on his horse sped like tho wind to
the f.ilien cow and, quickly dismount
ing. S rang upon tho brute's back, who
had a r tidy recovered consciousness,
and away thoy wont full lilt aftor tho
balance of tho herd, which were about
a quarter of a milo distant. His largo
spurs, which ho had sunk (loop in tho
c w s sidoH, served to enable, him in
retaining h's soat, whilo it sorved also
to irritate tho brulo; sho bellowed and
bucked in a frightful manner whilo
It ok app'icd tho "quirt." They soon
wero among tho herd of buffalo, and
remarkable as It may appear tho
other buffaloos did not seem fright
ened at coming in contact with man.
but, on tho contrary, emlonvored to
unseat him by hooking viciously at
his legs. Ibo balance of tho boys
soon separated Rock ami his animal
from tho lost cf tho herd and ran
them In a circlo until time was callod,
when a half-brood Baptisto shot tho
buffalo and Rock laid down on tho
ground for about twenty minutos to
search for his lost wind that had boon
pumped out of him by tho terriblo
bucking mil jolting that ho had re
coived. His legs woro badly hruiaod
from tho horns of the herd. But there
after his ability to rido wa3 novor
questioned and tho palm was at
corded him as tho "boss buffalo
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The first edition of ono of Longfiillow's
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An uncut copy of a first edition or
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It is surprising to soo how dingy
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ISut now llio coveted prlvso is an-
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book-fuiiclor to know whoreiu that
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tan.
Tho Supremo Court of Pannsyl-
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r' onions regardless of tho Inoonvou-
iongo tho odor of cooking giro to thu
neighbors.
HONEST CARL DUNDER.
Smp Unirr Thine Which tho Old Gentlo
tunit Cmi't Comprehend.
Maypo it vhas peoauso I vims an oldl
Dutclunans dot I can't make sometingt
oitdt, but 1 liko to know how sho vhas.
If 1 haf somo snow on dcr sidewalk
in front of my house a policemans
conies along and says: "Now, you got
dot snow right oil or I take sooeh law
on you as vhill inako your heart acho
Doan' vou know it vhas dangerous und
against dor law? You'd better lcok
sharp, oldt mans, or I haf you vhere
some dogs doan t bite you!
If somo pody haf a vacant lot next to
me, and dor snow on dot sidewalk vha
so high as my shoulder, nopody cleans
him off. Some day vhen I vhas looking
at her a policoinnns crawl through dot
snow und says. "I liko to know who
owns dot lot. I tells him it vhas
merchant on Woodward avenue, mid
dot. snow doan' get off before next
Shulj. "Oh! it vhas a morohant, oh!
Vhell, dot snow vhas all right.
doan' hurt somepody at all, und it vhas
fun to wado through it. I go in tier
house und sot down und try to make it
all oudt, but 1 can t do it.
Ono day my poy Shako shtands oudt
door und blows a horn toot! toot! toot
Ho doan' toot more as life times vhen
a policeman comes along und savs
"Slitop dot noise or 1 gif you somo
collur! Dor idea of blowing dot horn
und making all tier peoples go crazv
Doan' you know ho vhas agin dor law
to make sooeh a nuisance?" Dot scare
Shako so badt hu hides dowu cellar all
day. but in two hours more asli four men
mit wagons conies around t my place
and blow toot! toot! toot! until I vitas
almost deaf. 1 go oudt and ask dot
policemans to shtop hor, but lie savs
"Doan' you knowsometings, oldt mans
Dot vhas according to law, und 1 can
shtop luiu.
I goes oop by dcr Brush farm und
buvs mo a lot mit feeftv feet front.
Maypo 1 build mo a house some day
Vhen tax-time comes I goes over by
dor city hall to pay my taxes. "All
right, Mr. Dunder," says dor man mit
tier tax-book, "vour tax vhas seoxt-
seven dollar." It seems liko it vhas
ompossible, but 1 haf to pav her.
vhas going avhav, vhen a man comes
in und says lie owns four hoonored
feet next to me, und how mooch vhas
dcr taxes? "Thirty-life dollar, und
you hill please forgif mo tlot she vhas
so high!" Because I haf a lot my
taxes vhas seoxty-sovon dollar. Bo
cause ho haf a piece his taxes vhas
situs), half! I go homo und think
aboudt him, und I talk with my wife,
but we can t make hor oudt.
Sometimes on Soonday 1 hitch oop
dor pony und take tier oldt wonuuis
und Shako out to Springwells to see
niv brooder-in-law. Dot pony vhas
blind in ono eye und ho haf two ring
bones und two spavins, und ho vhas
so lst.y tlot his goes jog! jog! jog! all
tier time. Wo vhas coining homo
when a policemans rushes oudt at us
und says: "Now vou look oudt! Dor
worry next time you vhas driving so
fast I take vou in tier Recorder's court
und mako your lino fife dollar!"
shtop to shpeak mit him a few words
und somebody nut two horses und a
can'iago und a silver harness conies
along liko lightning and almost runs
my wheol off. I look at tlot police
imins, but he doan' see nothings.
One dnv moro ash a dozen fellers mit
enrts ami wagons conies arouudt my
place und calls "Rags! rags! rags!"
until my head aches. By und by I goos
oudt m front of my placo und calls
"Beer! beer! been und shnst so quook
as somo woasles I vhas arrested und
fined tree dollar, und dor Shudgo says
to me: "Mr. Dunder, I vhas astonished
mit you! If you doan' know better
ash tlot I put you in somo asylum mit
dor fools! Doau' let dot happen
again!"
Vlioll, liko I said in dor shtart. I
can't mako hor all oudt, und if somo
pody can toll mo 1 vhas mooch obliged
und feel tickled alloafor. Detroit Free
Ire3s.
Tho Leap of a Rabbit.
I have, on numerous occasions, fired
at tho animals when thoy havo beon
running, and at tho samo time beyond
tho range of my fowling piece; such a
shot almost invariable has tho eflect oi
so alarming the game as to mako it run
at its very best rate of speed, ami, upon
coming up witii the tracks thoy havo
left on tho snow at such times, I havo
been surprised at tho distaiico thoy can
clear at cneli individual leap. Under
theso conditions I ouco measured the
opticus cleared by an old Moxican hare,
and found the first twoequalled twelve
feet apieco, whilo tho third effort was
rather moro than thirteen feet, and I
havo novor known this species to ex
ceed this, although I have tosled not a
few of t hum. Of courso tho rabbit can
not compete witii such magnificent
gymnastics as this; it will, however,
when thus frightened, mako leaps of
fully six feet; ami on ono occasion I
measured ono on tho dead-level prairie
which was rather moro than 'seven
feet. At their common rate of going,
the haro rarely clears moro than four
feet at a single leap, whilo tho rabbit is
satisfied with rather moro than two
feet. Nature.
An Allegheny woman, who took to
icr bed twonty-ouo years ago, becauso
sho thought sho was ill, declaring that
she was suffering from a complication
of diseases, was persuaded to ariso and
walk about tho room tho othor day.
I ho novel expeiieuco seemed so pleas
ant to hor that sho has decided to
loavo her bed for good.
Thoro Is a remaikablo caso of
horedily In San Francisco. Tho
daughter of a policeman thero fre
quently sleeps twelve days nt'u stretch.
JJinneaj.olia Tribune.
GENIUS IS INDUSTRY.
bncceln I.I To Duo to Hard Work, I'ntlenoc
mill llc-rch.
Thero is no respect of classes with
genius. It outers tho cottago of tho
poor and tho mansion of tho rich.
Unliko what wo call talents, it is in
herited by no one; liko virtue, it is a
possession of tho individual and not
of tho family.
Dr. Smilos, in his "Lifo nnd Labor,"
prints a list of eighty-one names of il
lustrom scientific men, philosophers,
poets, novelists, dramntisis, historians,
reformers, statesmen and gcnorals.
Twenty-sovon uames belong to tho
nristocratic class, twenty-seven to tho
middle-class and twenty-seven to tho
working class from which fact it seems
to bo true that groat men como from all
ranks and classes.
A great goal. is resembles Mclchizc
dek, in that, intellectually, ho is "with
out fathor, without mother," without
genealogy. Ho Is his own ancestors
and posterity, for ho begins, nnd ends
with himself.
Tho Adams family, tho Bayard
family, tho Brookenridgo family nnd
tho Beechor family aro illustrations of
tho fact that great talent may dcscontl
to tho third and fourth generations;
but from thoso four illustrious Ameri
can families there has risen but ono
genius Henry Ward Becclier. Six of
tho loading representative statesmen oi
the formative period of the Republic
Hamilton, Sam Adams, Jefferson, Clay
and Webster have no "genealogy."
It is hard totlolino the word genius,
by which we express tlto subtle, elasivo
something that makes a man .groat.
Tho word itself, coming from tho Latin,
emphasizes man's belief in tho super
natural origin of tho something which
dies with him. For tho genius of tho
Latins was a guardian deity, which was
born and which died with tho porson
whoso actions it directed.
Ruskin says that genius is tho power
of penetrating into "tho root and deep
places of tho subject." This definition
recalls Newton's explanation of his
achievements in scionco "always
thinking of it" meaning his ability to
concentrate his intellect on tho subject
of his search. But then Newton, it
may bo observed, was a very modest
man. Ho was more. Ho was uncon
scious of his great mind, nnd illustrated
tho remark of tho physiologist who said
"No man was over a great man who
wanted to bo one."
But John Dalton, tho great chemist
who developed tho atomic theory, held
with Newton that his genius was
nothing but tho power of patient in
dustry laboring continuously at a sub
ject uiltil ho saw through it. Wo com
mend his words, when complimented at
a public meeting, on his discoveries:
"If 1 have succeeded better than ninny
it hns beon chiefly, nay, I may say al
most solely, from unwearied assiduity.
It is not so much from any superior
genius that one man possesses over an
other, but more from attention to study
nnd perseverance in the objects boforo
them, that some men riso to greater
eminence than others. This it is, in
my opinion, that makes ono man suc
ceed better than another."
Dalton's "unwearied assiduity" im
pelled him to obsorvo nnd compare un
til his death, in his soventy-eiglith year.
On the last night of his earthly lifo,
ho wrote the day's record in Ids book
of meteorological observations, ol
which he had made moro than two hun
dred thousand during half a century.
Ono can not promise himself, and
keep his word, that he will bo a gouius,
but he can ho industrious, and ho can
train his mind to concentrate itself.
If it pleases God to take any of my
children, 1 hope it will bo Isaac," said
a father. Isaac was a vory dull boy.
But when tho "dull boy" dlod at iht
enrly ago of forty-seven, ho was known
ns tho groat Dr. Isaac Barrow. Ha
had filled tho Greek and tho mathe
matical chairs at Cambridge had writ
ten soveral books on geometry and
mathematics, and composed a series of
sermons, which aro still read becauso
thoy aro storehouses of thought, and
enforce lessons of industry, godliness.
prnyorfultioss and truthfulness. lie,
too. ascribed his success to his indus
try, anil not to his natural parte.
m ,
Treatment of Horses.
A horse should bo treated just aa
you would a man or boy. My carriage
horses fared bettor at tho hands of an
old Englishman who know nothing
about a horse than any other driver X
over had. When this man usketl ma
how ho should treat them ho was told
to treat them jus,t as he tlitl hlmsolt
only n little better. He was methodical
in his ways, and ho always fed tho
horses boforo ho fed himself. In warm
weathor ho watered them whonovor Ira
got tho chance, and in winter thrca
times a day. Inasmuch ns tho horses
could not scratch thomsolvcs, ho gave
them n good brushing every morning,
ami it is my rule in driving a horse
thnt whonovor I feel that I want a
drink myself I nlso feel that tho horsa
may bo suffering in tho samo direction.
Senator Palmer.
Dr. Murray, of tho Royal Society
of Edinburgh, estimates tho mean
height of tho land of tho globe to b
between 1,000 and 2,100 feet tho
lntter limit being probably tho mora
nearly correct. Humboldt's estimate
of tho moan height of tho contlnonU
was 1,000 feet.
Merchant (on collecting tour)-
"Mr. Brown, can you toll mo why my
errand hero this morning is ilka n well
baked loaf of broad P" Brown 'No,
can not. Why Is UP" Merchant
"Becauso It's dun Brown," Browa
mid tho hill.
An Abel discourse A. sormou e
tho first murder.