The Oregon scout., May 18, 1888, Image 7

HELEN LAKEMAN;
OB,
The Story of a Young Girl's Strug
gle With Adversity.
BY JOHN B. MUSICK.
Author of "Tiik hanker of HEDronD,"
"Walter urownfield," Etc
ICopyright, i$S6, by A. -V. Ktllogg Xewtpaper Co.
to ascertain tno anuress irom tut
father.
'Til back the letter and forward it,
don't ye fear," lie said to Helen.
"There is one thing I am very
anxious about," said Helen.
"What is it?" Clarence asked.
"My brother, you know lie is so frail
and so young. I want to know that he
is comfortable, and then, bo my trials
ever so great, 1 can endure- them cheer
fully." "Whore is Amos?" Ilosc asked.
"I left 1dm at Mr. Arnold's. They
would not let hint conic with me, and
said thev would take tho best of care
of him."
"That ain't no fit place for him," said
Clarence. "I'm goin' to find another
place for him. When is your trial?"
"Next Monday."
"All right. I'll bo back then if not
jtcforc."
"Don't forget poor little - Amos. 1
can get along very well if lie is only
comfortalHe I fear he was taking fever
when I left, having been in the rain
the night before. He had a severe
cold."
"He'll be all right; don't give your
rtfif any trouble."
Vain was Clarence's boast. Helen's
arrest, her innocence and the coming
preliminary examination so engrossed
his mind that little Amos was forgotten
almost before they left Newton.
" I'll find out his address and bring
it to ye, Helen,"" said Clarence when lie
became convinced that he could not
find the slip of paper upon which it
-was written. " I'll address tho letter
myself and" send it oil'."
The vehicle containing the brother
and sister rattled away from the village
just as tho sun was setting. The road
to Sandy Fork neighborhood lay
through a wooded portion of tho coun
try, and the mystic shadows of gigantic
trees hastened approaching night.
From these dark depths ono might al
most expect to see some Robin Hood,
or forest outlaw appear. Clarence had
no fears, but Hose shuddered. The
dark forests she had always feared, and
when the horse shied to one side of the
road she felt a flutter at her heart and
with terror clung to tho arm of her
strong brother.
" Oh Clarence, Clarence, what is
that?" she cried.
" Where, what?"
"There on tho right, don't von soo a
horrid tiling standing at tho road'
side?"
Clarence looked, and through the
-gathering twilight he behold a tall,
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disheveled hair, and eyes which seemed
to be burning coals.
"Oh, Heavens ! help me !" groaned
it the girl, burying her face in her hands,
as tho tall, haggard form stepped out
in tho road and, raising ono horny hand,
pointed her linger at tho occupants oi
the vehicle, and said :
"Hush don't tell any one. I got
away from the Injins. They wanted to
scalp me, but I got awav. If you tell
them, they'll be on my track again."
"Ho quiet, Rose," said Clarence, who
understood now what it was, "it's only
crazy Jane she's got away front tho
poor-house keeper."
"But oh, brother, slio looks so awful,
I'm afraid of her."
The wandering mind of tho lunatic
seemed only to catch at a part of what
Hose said :
"Yes, yes, I'm afraid, too. Don't toll
them I'm here, and I can escapo 'em.
They kill and scalp people. Thoy cut
off half my head, and put on half a
sheep's head. I'm a woman half tho
time and a sheep half tho time."
"Poor woman!" sighed Hose, her
pity overcoming her fear.
" They feed mo on grass when I'm a
sheep," said crazy Jane, "and I don't
get enough when I'm a woman. Thoy
bent mo, too. Hut I know them. -Their
chief is Hill Jones and his chief is Jim
Arnold."
Tho brother and sister started, very
naturally, at hearing the namo of a man
mentioned whoso bad qualities thoy
had been discussing. Crazy Jano now
seemed to become ntoro excited, and
continued:
"There's times when I'm human and
I hear 'em. They bring little children
there and niako 'em lambs, that thoy
may have lamb stew. I heard 'em and
I wasn't a sheep then. I saw tho tears
tricklo down its cheeks, then thoy said
.i i.i i .i i i j i
1 1 1 ey wouui uavu iiiu l.uiii n.L'(i .sure.
But I'm a sheep now, and must hunt
tho green pasture" Then bleating in
imitation of a sheep the insane creaturo
ran away.
Rose breathed moro freely when
sho had disappeared in tho dark
woods. At the top of tho noxt hill
they met Kill Jones and his brutal
hired man hunting for tho escaped lu
natic. Clarence directed thorn as best
he could where crazy Jane had gone,
and then drove homo. IIo was not on
tood terms with thokeoporof tho poor
house, so exchanged as few words as
possible.
When thev reached homo Roso
found her mother anxiously awaiting
their return. Sho judged from 'the
look of anxiety upon hor mothor's
face that there had boon a stormy
afternoon at homo. Tho fnthor was
not to be seen, and sho thought host to
ask nothing about him at present.
"Come in, Rose," said Mrs. Stuart,
leading tho way to her sitting-room.
jo wonts were spoken until tno wraps
of the girl had been removed, and then
tho mother anxiotnjy said:
"Did vott see her?"
"Yes."
"Where?"
"At the jail."
"Oh, Rose, have they reallv got her
in jail?"
"Yes, mother, though she is permit
ten to stay wttn tne lanitly ot tnc
Mrs. Stuart was silent. Her largo
eyes were fixed on tho carpet. She
wanted to ask something more, but al
most feared to. At last she said, in a
tone of desperation:
"Rose, how does she bear it?"
" With Christian resignation and
fortitude, mother. Oh, mother, I
never saw a more angelic picture of
Christian faith titan that girl's face.
Front the Bible sho gathers hope and
happiness, even in tho darkest hour.
She admits that tho bracelet was found
in her possession, but says sho can not
account for it. She expects imprison
ment, and yet sho says there is such a
world of consolation in tho Scriptures
that sho is willing to forgivo those who
wore first in her persecutions."
Mrs. Stuart sat long gazing upon tho
carpet. Tho lighted lamp shone
hrii4tt in the room, and an expression
O"- ' 1
of pain could be seen upon the good J
woman s lace. &no was nuuiiliateu.
There was a great struggle going on in
her breast, and she w t ,i..;.i.i
" Poor girl," she sighed. " Do you
think sho is innocent?"
" Yes, 'mother, 1 know it."
" How do you know it?" asked tho
father, grttflly, as ho entered the apart
ment, " how do you know any tiling
about it, I would like to know?"
" No one with such perfect resigna
tion, such supreme confidence in God's
goodness, could lie a thief. Thieves
and criminals don't read the Bible."
"now do vou know it?"
" Yes, thoy do, yes, thoy do," said
Mr. Stuart, with a frown upon his
face. " They always do that to make
ninnies think they are too pious to do
a bad act. 1 have very obedient chil
dren to be hanging around jail-birds
against my wishes; very obedient, in
deed." Roso, knowing it was useless to try
to got on friendly terms with her
father, arose, retired to hdr room, and,
after offering a prayer for the poor
girl, went to bed.
OIIAPTEK XVII.
TnE sufferings in the poor-house.
Tho unfortunate beings who arc sent
to tho poor-houso deserve tho pity of tho
entire human family. They are always
treated to the plainest, coarsest food
and wearing apparel, and frequently
not enough of that. Tho poor-houso is
usually lot. out by contract to tho low
est bidder, and the contractor who
takes it as a job tries to mako tho most
out of his job. Poor-house contractors
aro not always humano men. They
often abuso their helpless victims, and
as thoy get so much per head for every
mombor, it is to their interest to havo
many, and feed thorn as cheaply as
possible
In tho caso of Bill Jones' contract,
liko matt' others, it was, what is some
times called, a political job. Bill fur
nished Arnold's man for collector of
revenue all tho votes in his school
district, and Arnold, who had elected
tho county justice, just as ono or two
men sometimes do elect every oilicer in
their county, had Bill appointed poor7
houso keeper. Wo fear tho county
justices did not look to tho interests of
thoso unfortunates who depend on them
for tho little comfort thoy require in
this world. Thoy did not study the
physiognomy of those brutal features,
or consider tho suffering ho might
cause But thoy rather considered
whether thoy would gain tho most
votes by appointing him or tho benev-olent-looking
man recommended by
his pastor as a suitable person. Preach
ers are not usually good electioneers, and
consequently their recommendations
aro hardly over considered in tho dis
tribution of public patronage.
" Old Rlazo can preach liko blue
blazes," they thought, " but ho didn't
help us to our office, and ho can't do
any work to re-elect us."
Bill Jones and a gallon of cheap
whisky would carry moro votes on
election day than nil tho sermons Old
Blazo might preach in six months, so
thoy gave tho poor-house, at Arnold's
suggestion, to Bui Jones, whom wo
find tho proprietor when little Amos
Lakoman is entered, by order of Ar
nold, a pan nor. Tho little tallow sat
for a long time in his hard chair, after
his piteous call for his sister. Ho was
silont now. Thoso wretched creatures
had snarled at him liko wolves when
they heard him, and it seomed as if
thoy had olaws with which to tear out
his eyes. Ho could only groan nnd
sob, while his Hushed cheeks dried up
tho tears before thoy fell. Ho dared
mako nd outcry, though his houd was
so dizzy and his sldo pained him so
much that ho could scarcely maintain
himself ju his hard soat. Ho saw other
croaturos around in tho yard who wore
equally as wretched, dirty and helpless
as those in his room. Kill Jones, With
a largo whip more like a slavc-ilriver
than a poor-house keeper, was beating
an old man because he could not hoo
in tho garden.
"You lazy dog," he thundered, "d'ye
think we're goin' to keep ye here like a
lord, and ye do nothin'?"
"Oh, don't, don't!" cried tho old
man, trying to escape the keuu lash of
the whip ; "I'll report ve, if vo don't
quit."
"Report mo, ye rascal," crack, crack,
crack came the whip about his body
and almost bare legs. Tho pauper
could only scream with pain. Ho
backed up in a fence corner and then
crouched down, buried his face in his
hands and arms, while the keen lash
was laid upon his almost b:re shoulders.
J
"you'll nuroiiT ok me, will ye?"
"You'll report on mo, will ye? This
is for reportin' on me." Crack, crack,
crack, came tho whip, tearing up tho
spare lleslt and clothing.
"Does anybody else want to report?
he said, looking around.
Tho old man had fallen upon tho
ground, and lav there begging tho
brute to snare his life. Having satisfied
himself, the brutal keeper desisted.
the poor-house stood oil tno main
road, and was completely isolated from
anv other farm. There were never anv
visitors, and consequently no danger oi
a witness to Bill s brutality.
Supper was announced at last, by tho
ringing of an old cow-bell, and little
Amos saw tho wretched creatures,
whom ho had held in such fear, run
ning out of the house into a long, low
shed where there was a long table Tho
table was made of rough oak boards ou
which wore rudo dishes, biwls and
plates of wood, pewter, tin, and earth
enware, all of tho cheapest and coars
est kind. Around this rudo table,
which was greasy and devoid of cover
ing of anv kind, wore hard, backless
benches for tho paupers to sit upon.
"Ain't you goin' to support" saiu a
woman, with an idiotic giggle, as sho
noered in at tho door, putting iter dis
torted face almost against tho torrifiod
child. Ono side of hor face was drawn,
and ono oyo almost closed from tho
effect of epileptic tits, which produced
partial paralysis and idiocy.
"Where is supper?" asked Amos.
"Over there; an' if you don't go soon
thoy 11 not bo any lett. xnoy eat a
race," said tho simple woman, gig-
"Who aro you?" Amos asked.
"They calls mo foolish Nancy ; I
ain't so foolish as thoy think. It s
beeauso I larf ; but I larf when I can't
help it. Thero's nothin' hero to make
any ono larf, an' 1 guess I's got to do
larfin' for all tho others."
Sho paused, because sho was giggling
in a most hysterical manner. Aftor a
fow moments, sho said :
"Yo'd bettor come now an' got
suthin' to eat, cos' thoy don't wait bore
on any body," and again sho foil to
giggling, until her distorted faco was
almost dark.
Amos looked at that low, open shod,
which answered for a dining-room, and
saw thoso wretched croaturos tltoro
struggling, lighting and snatching at
tho food, moro liko hungry dogs than
human beings, and felt that ho did not
caro to be among them. But at this
moment Bill Jones, passing tho door,
said :
"Why don't you go to supper?"
Feeling sure ho would displease the
cruol man to refuse, tho child said:
"I'll go, sir, I'll go."
He began to climb down from the
hard chair, and with much dilliculty
found his crutches.
"Yo'll not git nothin' to cat, of yo're
goin' to bo that slow," ohuokled Bill,
whoso grammar was as bad as his
morals.
Tho woman who had called horsolf
sintplo Nancy was waiting for him, hor
faco distorted with a giggle
"Come," sho said, "come with me
Yo shall bo my boy, I lied a little boy
liko you once"
Disgusting ns this poor creature was,
Amos found that sho was a beam of
Minshino in that place of horror. His
infantile mind could distinguish in hor
less selfishness than was in many
others. Her mind, dwarfed nnd clouded
as it was, had yet somo faint gleams of
humanity, and ho accepted hor proffered
friendship. As lie hobbled along on
his crutches, at her side, lie asked:
r "Is sister hero?"
"Yes, yasj I'm your sister," tho
woman nnswored, with a giggle "I'm
your sister and mother both."
"But my sister Helen, is sho hero?"
Tho woman seemed puzzled. She j
roileeted in hor stupificd way, and then,
with a gigglo which boomed to decide
the matter, said:
"Oil, yes yes, yes, I am your sister
Holon."
When tho tablo was reached tlicro
was nothing ou it ho could eat. Ho
had watched his fathor'H pigs cat swill
far more wholesome and palaUblo than
THE CHLOROFORMER.
How Ho Solrct UN i:nuilrlnu Victim
nml Operate Upon Illm.
As a class tho ehloroforinors belong
to the highest order of tho swell moll
They practice in railway carriages, on
steamboats, in hotels. Essentially cos
mopolite, traveling takes up a large
par. of their existence. They talk like
a hand-book, are especially familiar
with the watering-places wherein aris
tocracy and finance are wont to con
gregate. The railway time tables they
have by heart. Tito clilorofornter is
Tory often a professional waif, what
the French call un fruit sec a. man,
that is, who. having followed tho course
of a school of medicine, lias not fol
lowed up the profession, though he
knows how to employ drugs and what
their effects are. Man of tho world,
clever, of bright, pleasant manner, ho
geiuially has tho gift of starting some
engrossing conversation. He speaks
several languages, and knows whore
and how to throw in tho name of somo
titled personage now and then.
Let tib see hint at work in n train.
He lias no need tltoro to bring all his
accomplishments into play; the tvoro
elementary one will suilice First lie
must mark down his ' pocket-book."
He lies in wait at one of tho railway
booking offices Paris, Lyon. Medi
terranean, for instance. It is a long
journey. Ho watches the pocket
books "opening. Ho selects tho best
filled, and takes similar ticket to that
which the owner of tho pocket-book
aks for. He carries with him a trav
eling bag stocked with provisions, a
good bottlo of wine superfine cigars,
a pack of cards every tiling, in short,
required by so experienced and luxuri
ous e traveler as himself. Ho takes a
seat in tho saino compartment as the
pocket-book, and cleverly draws him
tnto conversation. After traveling
about a third of tho distance lie again
expiates on tho discomforts of railroad
restaurants tho jostling, tho tedium,
the waiting to bo served, tho .leant
time left tho traveler. With engaging
courtesy ho invites his companion
to share his luncheon. Ho ex
plains that ho was to havo gono
to Switzerland with a friend.
At the eleventh hour a telegiani
reached hint with apologies from
his friend for being unable to como.
Tho dispatch is pooping out of a
pocket as the chlorofornier ndds:
"That is how it happens that 1 have
these two silver mugs witlt me and all
this set-oil'." If tho offer is declined,
after lunching himself ho unaffectedly
oilers a cigar doctored as tho wine
had been. They chat. Time llios,
nnd the monotonous roar of tho train,
added to the smoke oi tho cigar, over
comes the victim with a sense of tor
por. Tho chlorofornier now opons his
tiny phial and holds it during a fow
seconds under tho sleeping man's nos
trils. At tho same tinto ho applies a
very thin leaf of parchment to his
mouth. This piece of parchment is
shaped liko tho nether portion of a
carnival mask, and is called a "sull'o-:-ntor."
Tho man's sloop is now com
plete. He is un cadaver.
Tlio robber then proceeds with his
operations in security. Ho sets to
work and finds tho pocket-book or note
book, takes the money out, carefully
leaving ono or two bank notes. Ho
then restores tho poekot-book to its
place, taking caro not to touch the
man's purse, his loose pockot-tuonoy or
his watch. At tho next station or
junction ho loaves tho carnage His
luggage consists of his traveling bag,
and whatever other effects ho may havo
hear no distinctive mark.
Why, it may be asked, should not
the chlorofornier tako all ho cnu find?
Tho answer is easy. It is part of his
policy never to put his victim in
straits, and tho monoy ho loaves him
is left for ono or two roasons. First,
if tho traveler on rocovcring his senses,
docs not examino ids pockot-book, ho
will attributo tho departure of his com
panion to somo incident or otlior,
whereby tho chlorofornier gains time
And if tho victim docs not miss Ids
notes till somo time aftor, ho may be
lieve ho has lost them himself some
how. Moreover, a man who is in no
want of cash is more likely to tako
time before iio calls in tho police
Mcanwhilo the thief is making his
pscapo good. That is tho first reason;
tho second is a graver one The per
son robbed may n'over wako again; in
which caso tho authorities called upon
to ascertain tho cause of death will
find no external wound, and the do
ceased will appear to bo in possession
of his papers, monoy and jewelry. St.
awes' Gazette.
A Narrow Escape.
It was at a wedding. Tho guests
filed slowly through tho room where
tho presents woro displayed; and ouch
gazed in wonder and admiration at
the ono that lay abnvo them all.
"How good of him!" was oehood.
"Oh! father, how could you?" said
tho brido as sho saw it, and fell blush
ing on his nock.
"Nevermind," ho said, in choked
accents, "you deserve it."
Three hours later whon all was still
and tho room deserted, ho stolo in in
his slippers, drawing short, quick
breaths as ho approached tho wonder
causing gift. Then ho clutched it,
crumpled it in his eager, nervous
grasp, and threw it in the stove
"Saved!" ho gasped. "Saved from
beggary and mini" and ho wont back
to bed.
It was an order for a ton of coal. -N.
Y. Sun.
-The Horrmitusburg Mission re
ports that in the course of last year
232 Zulus were baptized under its aus
pices. Thcotal number of Zulu Chris
tians U now supposed to bo 1,629.
AMONG THE ESQUIMAUX.
Social CiKtoiiM of it Qunlnt, llnrntlett
nml I.ovnbln 1'rnplr.
Tholr social customs are full of In
terest and individuality. Their way
of eating, for instance is decidedly po
cullar. Cutting a long strip of gory
greasy meat front the mass before him
tho Esquimau gourmand takes ono
cud of it in his mouth, and then pull
ing on tho otlior end until it is strained
tight, with a quick slash of the knife
past his mouth and noso severs a
mouthful and swallows it without mast
ication, repenting the operation rapidly
until tho limit of Ids storage capacity
is reached. A civilized spectator
watching an Esquimau family at din
ner can not fail to ho struck with tho
wisdom of providoneo in giving tlieso
pooplo such short noses, as, woro the.
features any longer, thoj- would in
fallibly sutler early abbreviation.
In the matter of amusement tho
Esquimaux aro not badly oiT. Thoy
havo a form of cup-and-ball, tho ball
being a block of ivory piercod with
holes at different angles, into ono of
which tho playera strive to insert an
ivory peg as tho block falls, tho posi
tion of tho hole determining tho valtto
of tho stroke. Another game closely
resembles dominoes, and contains
pieces running as high as "double
thirties," but soqtionces are not rogtt
larly carried out, the breaks in thorn
seeming to bo without system. They
havo a game exactly liko solitaire, with
tho exception that ivory pegs lake tho
place of tho glass balls. Tito special
amusement of tho women is a species
of "cat's cradle," which has boon
brought to such perfection that thoy
develop front twenty to thirty different
figures in it. Indeed, they are ox
tromoly clever in performing tricks
with string, winding and twisting a
piece in and out among tho fingers, and
then disentangling it by a singlo pull
on ono ond.
Such aro somo of the manners and
customs of tho quaint, harmless, and
drspito their dirt lovable peoplo,
whoso homo is among tho dreary re
gions to the north and south of Hud
son's Straits. Thoy havo many ad
mirable traits of character. Thoy aro
wonderfully patient and enduring in
times of trial and suffering; honest
and intelligent to an unlooked-for do
greo; perfectly fearless in tho chase,
yot so peace-loving in thoir disposi
tion that quarrels aro almost un
known; hospitable, docile, keenly ap
preciative of kindness, and roady to
shnro their Inst bito with their wliito
visitors; willing to work when oppor
tunity oilers, and content with small
remuneration. So many good points
havo thoy. indeed, that tho sad cer
tainty of their gradual extermination
is rondered all tho sadder thereby.
Tho most careful ostimalo of tholr
numbers in tho Hudson's Straits re
gion at present is one thousand live
hundred, but this, of course, is only
an approximation, as their own sys
tem of counting, which gonorally
runs " ono-two-throo a groat many,"
reiulors any thing liko an accurate
census impossible Each year finds
their food supply diminishing, thanks
mainly to tho enterprise of tho whal
ers and sealers. As tho number of tho
seals decrease, the number of tho
Esquimaux must decroaso also, and the
ond, though it may bo long dolaycd,
seems inevitable J. Macdonald Ox
lay, in American Magazine.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
WI17 Thcmi of tho Unltuil Stntoi Are In
ferior in Kverjr Jlonpect.
It is not only jobbory in municipal
and Stato architecture which inakos
our public buildings inforior as a class
to thoso built by privato enterprise It
is not only bocauso tho architect of tho
United States Government is cliangod
from tinto to timo that tho works for
which that Govern mont is responsible
aro so often discreditable. Tho wholo
system by moans of which tho Govern
ment manages such matters is a bad
ono bad notmoroly in tho sense that it
is not always well administered, but In
tho sonso that it can not bo so admin
istered as to result in nn average of
works which would rightly represent
tho standing of American architecture
to-day. Until tho system is radically
changed until tho architectural busi
ness of tho United States Government
is put upon Mich a. basis that it will
tonipt tlio hands of our very host arch
itects, and will permit that many of
them shall join in devoting to it a por
tion of thoir time until this good day
comes, American citizens may feel suro
of being as well sorvod (if thoy wish)
as any individuals in tho world, but the
American people must bo content with
a worso service than any other Nation
accepts. It must bo satisfied to put it
self on record as too blind or too in
different to soo and appreciate and se
cure a quality of work which yoar by
ye.tr oxcltos an ever-growing admira
tion among our foreign visitors. It
must submit to perpetuate the sins of
a past gonoration of architects whon it
might bo giving immonso nssistanco to
tho virtues of the gonoration which is
now at work and of thoso others which
uro to follow in Its stops, if wo may
trust our English critics, with still
groator freedom of effort and power
and skill. Ccnturu.
Sonator Ingnlls is popularly bo
llovcd to bo more or less of a crank
and a man with a good deal of vinegar
in his composition; but the fact that
after thirty years in publlo llfo and
fifteen years in tho Sonato ho is com
paratively a poor man speaks woll foi
Ids honesty. Since tho burning of hit
homo tho Sonator and his daughter
havo begun writing for tho newspa
pers, the proceeds going into a sinking
fund for a now housa
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Despair not; God can help the.
Presume not; God can ltumblo thee
Philadelphia has about seven hun
dred churches, and when full can not
accommodate one-quarter of tho popu
lation. If good peoplo would but maka
goodness agreeable, and smile instead
of frowning in thoir virtue, how many
would they gain to tho good cause!
'Jishcr.
A society hiu ben formed that '
devoting itself c.x-;lu?lvoly to tlio relict
of the suffering f --bo 135.000 leper
said to be in IncMa and for proclaiming
tlio Gospel to tlcni.
The lato Hov. . II. Wilbur. D. l..
in his will drviso-l $10,000 to tho ffa
sionary Society V tlio Methodist Epis
copal church. 810,000 to tho Ch irch
Extension Society and $10,00f 'o tho
Freedmen's Aid Society.
In tho election of lord "tctor of
Glasgow University tho -Sto was
equally divided between Lord Lyttoa.
and Lord Rosoberry. Lord Lytton re
ceived tho casting vote of tho chancel
lor of tho university, and was elected.
Tho reports of tho Reformed
Episcopal Church for last yoar
aro: Baptisms, 1)07; confirmations,
91G; received otherwise, 519; prcsont
number of communicant, 8,129; con
tributions for all purposes, $155,
801.51; church buildings, 87; value of
church property, less incumbrances,
$ 1, 077, 758. Public Opinion.
Tho following collections for mis
sions were made by tho Methodist
Episcopal Church for twelve months
ending October 31, 1S87: For tho
Paront Missionary Society, $1,015,000;
Woman's Foreign Missionary Socioty,
$195,000; Woman's Homo Missionary
Society, $8!i,000; Bishop Taylor's,
transit fund, $03,000; total, $1,886,000.
Public Opinion.
Tho colored pooplo of Philadelphia
havo asserted thoir rights in a manner
worth commendation. A school con
taining three hundred and twonty-six
pupils, all of tiiom colorod, lias sovon
teachers, who aro all white Tho col
ored population of tho ward, fooling
that the principal of tlio school should
bo ot their race, havo demanded that a
colored man should bo appointed.
Chicago Times.
Next year Bologna will havo a
grand jubilee bocauso tho university
so ronowned of old was born about
eight hundrod y oars ago. Tho yoar 1088
is a rcspoctablo date Tltoro will bo a
historical assembly, at which papers
on Italian and foreign universities will
bo read. But thoro will also bo at
exposition, industrial, musical and
artistic. Tho musical section will b
international in scope
Tno world is, perhaps, wiser and
better to-day than at any provious
period since the lime of Noah's flood
lias moro wise, good, nnd great men,
moro learning, moro pioty, moro con
sistency, and moro peoplo who really
try to "do justly, lovo mercy, and
walk humbly with God" than over
before So lot all tako courage and
do what they can to maintain tho
right St. Louis Christian Advocate.
A littlo fivo-yoar-old who had boon,
to Sunday-school for tho first timo como
homo pulled out witlt importanco over
what ho had learnod. "Mamma,"
said he, "do you know about Lot's
wifoP" "A little," sho said, "but toll
1110 what 3011 know." So tho littlo
fellow told his story very earnestly,
becoming positively dramatic when ha
ronched tho climax and said, "And tha
angel of tho Lord said unto Lot's wifor
skato for your llfo and don't you look
back, but she did look back and turned
n somersault." Harper's Bazar.
ABOUT WHITE LEAD.
Description of tli Mflthoili Employed la
Iti Miiiiii'ur.turv.
White load is tlio carbon ato of load.
Tho mothod of combining tho carbon
with load is as follows: Tho pig lead
is molted nnd run into molds, forming
what aro called buckles, which ore
shaped liko a stovo grato and woiga
about a pound each. Iron pots ara
then tnkon, which aro half filled with,
vinegar, and just nbovo tho lovol of tho
vinegar aro projections on tlio sido of
tlio vessels, upon which the buckles of
load aro placed, not allowing them to
touch tho liquid. Tho pots aro thoa
stacked up in great numbers in a
framework which is roofod in and pro
vided with double walls. Thoy ara
placed upon layers, with boards and
tan between each, and piled up to tha
height of the building, nnd beneath,
them tho floor is podded with tan
bark, and so aro tho spaces between,
tho double walls. Tho wholo is then
tightly shut in, and tho contents of
tho pots aro left to tho nilent action of
chemical laws. The tan generates
heat and makes an oxido of the lead,
while tlio carbonic acid which tho de
composition of tho tan evolves com
bines with the oxido and gradually re
duces the metal to a beautiful soft and
snow-white substance This result is
accomplished aftor an interval of tea
to fourteen weeks. This carbonate is
then taken to long, revolving soroomv
through the meshes of which it drops
Into bins, any uncorrodod particles of
metal oolng soparated by tho screens
and returned to the caldrons. Tho
sifted load is then washed to deprive it
of any fruo nold, stain or impurities,
and is then ground in wator, botween
hoavy burr-stone mlllf, Into a pulpy
mass. This is then gathered sud
pumped upon drying-pans iu tho kiln-
house, and gives tho dry white lead of
commerce. Tldi dry load Is kneaded
with llnsood oil, in tho proportion ot
about eight pounds of oil to ono hun
dred of load. Tho mixture Is thea
fr-m,t,fl fttin In mllla nml lifiolrml Inw
hipmout CAicayo Inter Uctan,