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BABY THE FIRST. Tb v way '" .kr biril on lh wtn. And th pruaer aivustom tan quill To tHlciilinl si rain. Hut 1 nun to maintain That there' one thing which pasaMwlrkiU, It km never li nun By t.-rrvmnat Uweuo. It aa wwr ly tn rvhoaraed Howr turffably rtriail And how niu.-tt liloltamt la the homMd i baby tho Srall Mot for Vt of rld Upon IVIioiu rollod, , Vol for pearl to h 5rmamwt ptlJ. Not for ruU.w k1"vs Or tht rea Kohmnor Would Ih moth.-r relinquish ht child. Hha wuuld bravw tiro high lira i a DkI.)u iynv fha wonld patli-ntl.v hunirer and Mural If her a-iortrle tirava lYiuld by any mmn aw From one pans her bal-y tlw ttrtl Oh. lh.it dar HtU thins I ib? qnava or tha king Of too huwh.IJ In which II had birth. Kor tho tuhr' mrong lova fcimyily rank It abova Ewry crvaturv or object on earth. Yea, ahe fondly contrive T brhow that it 'hirua U of earthly dWMM the wonti. Ami Ita tiniest aelie Will tn.luee hor to wake All the night lude baby the firstl Rabtva aeoonil and third Hare no reason to "gird" At the motherly tn-atraent I hey gel. RahKM four, live and aix. Thcv am inuoh tnduliiwl chick. Each In turn i called "Ma tckl pot," But the habes who succeed Kumlvr one would indeed rick a crow i:U mamma, tf they durst, luld they guem how much loaa U The love she portseMsr For them tiun for baby the first! Judy. ! A MOUNTAIN' (JIIiL. "Whoa!" The command was unnecessary, for both horse ami driver were williug to stop and rost nuder the shade of the oaks and poplars that hot July noon. From early morn, when tbo dew was ou the grass, until now, when the sun was overhead, Mr. George Slade had driven his faithful horse over the wild, rough mountain roads of the Bine Ridge, and the place was too inviting for him to pass by. Mr. Slade was a schoolteacher, and his academy, as it was called, stood un der the shadow of Mount Lopateka, one of the tallest peaks of the Blue Ridge. He was, at the time of which we speak, returning to his home from the nearest railroad town, 30 miles away. Some years ago, warned by ap proaching disease, he had left his native home in Massachusetts for a warmer clima Attracted by the wild mountain scenery and the balmy air, which seem ed to banish his pulmonary troubles, he had made his home among these hardy .and hospitable mountaiueera. He had Again entered upon bis old occupation, which he had followed in his early man hood in bis Xew England home.aud was now at the head or a nounsning scoooi in this secluded country. His habits -were simple, and his slender income was sufficient to satisfy bis wants. He was alone in the world, and he bad long ago decided to make his permanent home here among the mountains. It was not long before he became attached to these bardy mountaineers, and be readily ac commodated himself to the primitive style of living. Although a man of northern birth and one who had worn the blue, he gave full credit to those who bad worn the gray for honesty of purpose. In return he stood high in the esteem of all who knew him. His work in the schoolroom was making its im press on the community, and the chil dren were devotedly attached to the pa tient, white haired old man. It was but seldom that he went out in the busy world which lay beyond the mountains encircling the lovely valley where he had made his honia On this occasion he was returning to his home by a route which was new to him, and the pictur esque beauty of this Switzerland of the south had never before made such deep impression upon him. A lovelier spot to spend the noonday hour could not have been found. Hard by was a bold spring, gushing out from the foot of the mountain at the head of a valley which sloped gently northward toward the Tennessee. The little stream formed by the spring went dashing down the hillside, winding its way among the bowlders, now flowing smoothly along over ita pebbly bed, then turning with swift current around some steep decliv ity, soon to reappear as it fell foaming and sparkling in the sunshine over a rocky ledge and again stretching out like a band of silvered ribbon until it was lost in the distance, around, on al most every side, the everlasting moun tains, reaching up to the cloudless sky, clothed at this season of the year in greenest verdure, with their wooded crests and the deep blue ether back grounds appearing like the gently roll ing waves of the sea. Nestled among the jutting cliffs at the mountain base stood a humble log cabin, and across the road in the little field on the hillside in the growing corn could be seen an ox harnessed to a plow and toiling up the incline, and behind the plow, holding on with all her Btrength to the handle, was a half grown girl. The attention of Mr. Slade, who had unharnessed his horse and was preparing to lead the ani mal to the ford of the little brook below the spring, was attracted. He saw her, as the ox reached the end of the row, stop, and shading her eyes with one hand look up at the sun. , As if satisfied that the noontide had come, she quickly released the little spot ted ox from his trappings. The ox need ed no word of command, but turned and made his way rapidly down the slope to the brook to quench bis thirst. The girl followed and reached the stream as soon as the ox had stuck his head to the running water. She stood for several moments with her bare feet in the clear, cold water; then, throwing back her homespun bonnet until it rested on her shoulders, she stooped down and washed her hands, and then dipping up the wa ter in her open palms bathed her face, rosy with the beat, and brushed back ker tangled bair. Bor toiUt was OnUh- d. What a picture! Bunding in the running brook, under the blossoming branches of bonding mountain ivy, with Its white and crini on flowers touching her hair, now re leased from its homespun covering whore the sunlight and shadow mot and mingled, her chocks n,jtow ' " morning' toil. nd hor ,,,a other above, uiruod toward the hum ble homo on tho hillside, she was in deed a child or nature true typo or the mountain girl. "Good morning, "'i". MuX yit Slade, who had approached unpeiwivod by the girl, who bad boon busy with her ablutions. The girl, startled by the sound of a hnmm voico, sprang from tho brook and prepare! for flight iu the directum of the cabin, but seeing tho kindly f- of the old gentleman "he Hopped and ac knowledged hi auluUtion with a nod. "Do vou live hcrv?" ked .Mr. Slade, "Ye' she replied, pointing toward tho cabin. , , , "Now," said Mr. Slade as his horso came up from tho brook after satisfying bis thirst, "ran I not B t a cool drink from the spritis?" l( "Oh, yes! I've got a gourd there, replied the girl as kIiu led tho way to the spring. .... Taking a large gourd which nnng on a brokeu bough of poplar tree over shadowing the spring, she dipped it brimming full of tho no cold water to the thirstv traveler. "Ah, that a drink fit for a king, said the gentleman after ho had almost drained the contents of the gourd. "That s w hat pap says, nam m maid. "There hain't no colder water iu tho Blue Ridge," she continued, filling tho gourd again and putting it to her lips. "Who is pup?" asked Mr. Shulo, "Pap! Why he is my father. " "I know that, but I iuteuded to ask his name. " "John Hale. Howsouiever, people as knows him calls him Cap'n Hale, 'cause, you see, he w;n in the big war." "What's your name, my child?" "Ida." "Where's your mother, Ida?" "Mother's gone to heaven more 'an two year ago; leastways ? he said she was goin there, and I believe it. See," she said softly, pointing to a mouud on the billsitle near tho cottage. "And have you no brothers?" "Nary one, only two little sisters, Lucy and Sallie. " "Where is your father? Why is he not plowing instead of you?" "See here, mister, pap aiu't able to nlnw nor do nothin else. He can't walls nor set up. He's got what they calls par' lysis, "i told you as how pap was iu the war. Well, over yonder at Chicka mauga, where there was a big fight, the Yankees shot pap two times, and they almost killed him. I hate Yankees, don't you?" Mr. Slade was silent. She continued her story: "After awhile pap mended and got so he could walk around some with a crutch and work a little bit Ma has told me as how afore the war she and pap had a plenty to live on, but when he come home from Chiekamauga it was all gone. Pap is a mighty good man, and he done the best ho could, and after awhile when we children was big enough we helped him, and ma, she al ways helped him. One day just before ma was tuck down sick pup was comin down the mountain, and he fell and hurt bisself in the hips where the Yankees shot him. Poor pap, he-mannf(ed to kinder crawl home, and we all put him to bed, and he is in bed yet and can't turn hisself without help. Poor papl" and the blue eyes grew moist, and there was a choking in her throat. After a short pause she continued her story: "Ma tended him the best she could, and she sold one of the steers the mate to Old Spot, out there and she tuck the money, and she went and hired a doctor who lives way over yon der across the mountain on the other side of the Hiawassee river to come and see pap. We all prayed while ma was gone that pap might live and git well, and the good Lord, be heard us chil dren, and pap did live, and he was a sight better when ma and the doctor come. The doctor, he looked at pap, and he 'xamined him close, and he held down his head and studied and studied. Finally he looked up and said as how pap might live a long time, but he would never get up and be around any more. He said ho would do all he could, but he nor nary other doctor was able to cure pap poor pap! But that doctor wouldn't tech ma's money not a cent of it. He's an other one as is goin to heaven when he's dead and buried. Then ma, she tried to keep up, but she got weaker and weaker, and one day when the snow was on the ground, nigh on to two year ago, she come down to the spring, but she was so weak she couldn't git back up the hill. We children heard her call, and we come a-runnin, and we found her a sittin over there on that rock as white as the snow around. We chil dren got her back to the house. The same doctor, he come, and be give ma physio, but but ma never got up any more, and when the snow was all gone, and the poplar leaves was all out, and the mountain ivy was abloom, she said she was a-goin to heaven, and she's there now." She was silont Her simple story had been told. There was something in Mr. Slade'g throat which prevented him from speak ing, but seeing the girl about to leave he asked, "Who makes a living for you all?" "Me and Old Spot," was the quick reply. "Can your father do nothing?" "Oh, yes, pap does a heap. He's mighty nimble with his hands, if he can't turn over without help. We chil dren gathers straw and broom corn for him, and be makes hats and little bas kets and brooms, and the doctor, he takes and sells 'em for pap, and that money buys us clothes and shoes and sometimes a piece of bao-ni. Thu lh old oow w call hor Beauty she glvos u milk, and m ud Old Spol make the broad. Oh, we U all doln tol'ble woll. Thou pap help n with our book, ami I can read print and plain wrltin, and Lucy and Srtllio, they knows their letters and can "poll little bits of word. Hut when I know enough and pap says God will provide a way for ui to know all I waul to know I'll loam Vm all about tho mountain, and the stars, and the bl world that is over yonder aorosa tho mountain. H" I must ! turn pap and help thochildrou with tho dinner." Aud she bournled up tho hill like door. "Tell your father I will come in few monieuts to see him," he railed ut to l r. Sho turned as she outer! tho cabin door ami nodded her head. Half nu hour afterward' Mr. Slade wa seatiul in tho humhlo homo of the mountain girl. Her story wa ton true. Thoro, stretched on a lowly bed, lay the poor paralytic, dead from hi arum down, with hi mw white hair whitened not so uiueli by tho fnvsts of timo a-t by the agony of MiftYring brushed snux.thl.v back from hi brow. It yw the abode of poverty. Thorn was but ono Mini ami but scanty furniture ut tho most primitive kind. There wore two doors, both standing wiilo open, and tho bod of tho invalid was wheeled In tho middle of tho room, in order that ho might catch the gentle breoaa which came so refreshingly down tho moun tain side. Over tho fireplace ou a rough shelf were a few well worn books and a broken jar, filled with tho white and crimson blossoms of the mountain ivy and white and blue violets, gathered ttiat'imirmiigon the banns or we mean dering crook. And that old man was bright and cheerful ! All means that were in his reach had bovu used to restoro him to vitality, but hopo had tied, and ho knew that ho would 'never again rio up and walk Life, even to him, had not l ist nil its joy and beauty. Upon Ida ho rested for almost all aid', for the younger sisters were too Fiua'.l to render much inst ance. Into htr mind and soul ho in stilled a love for tho beautiful, discern ible in so ninuy varied forms iu the wild mountain scenery uround their pie turesipie though hniublo homo. Like the sunflower which grows so luxuri antly iu .this southern clime, his bed was always wheeled around so that ho could see the. morning sunlight as it streamed in through the door faeiug the east, and again, when the sun went down behind the monntniu in tho west, bo loved for the last rays to fall iu all their golden glory npou his head. Often whou tho moou was flooding moun tain and stream and valley with mel low light he would ask Ida to wheel bis bed near the open door, and then, with her hand in his, they would look down the beautiful valley and see the winding streamlet, with its banks liuod with flowering ivy and laurel, looking like ghostly sentinels keeping silent watch over their mountain home. And they thanked God fofit all. Captain Hall had done what he could with his Imperfect education to give Ida some knowledge of books, as tho woll thumbed volumes on the shelf testified. While her language was rude and im perfect and her information very lim ited, yet aspirations hud been kindled in the heart of this child of the forest which she herself scarcely know. Her life of toil, so hard for ono of her sex and tender years, was sweetened by those longings which had begun to spring in her soul. Sho drew inspiration from all the objects around her tho grand old mountuius, tbo thickly wood ed forests, the cooing dove aud the frisk ing squirrel, the bubbling spring aud the running brook. Mr. Slarle had fastened his horse to the vehicle and was ready to depart as Ida came down to the ford of tho brook, and whistling for the ox was preparing to return to her plowing on tho hillside. "Ida," he said, "how would you liko to go to school and learn" "Go to school !" she interrupted. Hor blue eyes kindled as she continned, "Ask me if I like to drink out of this spring when I am athirtit, or to cat bread and honey when I urn a-hungry. Go to school ! But" "But what?" "What's the use of talkin, mister? Are yoo a schoolkoeper?" "Yes. I am teaching school across ths mountains, down in the Hiawassee val ley. If you would like to go" " 'Tain't no use to talk about it" and hor voice had a ring of sadness iu it "I can't leave pap and Old Spot. " Mr. Slade bade goodby to the moun tain girl, but his mind was made up. Providence was opening the way. The first opportunity after his return home he paid a visit to Dr. Baker, the kind hearted physician who had be friended the Hales in their sickness and distress. Of his scanty means scanty forafamily of 12 he had given literal ly to the stricken family. His profes sional services aud the needed medicines were never charged for, and under the righteous pretense of soiling the baskets snd mats made by the feeble fingers of the old paralytic many a dime and quarter found their way over the moun tain to the little cabin by the spring. "Never have I seen a mortal being bear his sufferings more patiently than Captain Hale, He's always as cheerful as a crickot, no matter if there isn't a crumb of bread nor a scrap of meat in the house," said Dr. Baker in explain ing the situation of the family to Mr. Slade. "As to Ida," he added, "she's as bright and as pretty as a picture. If she bad the chance of a good education, pro fessor, she would be a queen among wo men, or my name is not Billy Baker." "I intend to give her the chance," said Mr. Slade, with decision. It was soon arranged. One of Dr. Baker's tenants was to go over and take care of the little farm and the helpless family, while Ida was to be taken into Mr. Slade's school and given the best opportunities of obtaining a finished Vacation. Hood Mr.. lk '-'"" ,d lo fll hor up with wardrobe lib h weld .twr for present Tou day after his flint visit Mr. Wh was again drinking from Iho gourd which linn n the hrokeii twig by U ido of tlw mountain spring. A Macanio aoMMtlm re. follow ing Old f pot from tho oorntloM, sho m'i '''"Howdy Mr. Hlade?" sh" Joyfully claimed. "What you come for'" "r'or you." , , .,, "Former What for. Mr. Kinder "To cany you back with m to sohoot." "lint I can't gv I can I loavo pap mid Old Spot and tho children." Her lipmiulvurtwl, and tho tears caiuo. "Yon, you tun. "sum mr. ronoo, a mail has come with mo for tho pur lose of renting the farm. Ilo will lv uml take care of Old Spot and your fa ther and tho children." Hor whole face slmno with Joy, "A kind friend," ho continued, "hiw provided n pair of shoes, a dress or two and somo oilier thinus lor you In t'1"' trunk In tho waeon." 'Thank God!" "Will vou go?" "Yes, If pap I willin." "lie is not only willing, but wiiiou. I must toll you. however, U foro you mako up your mind that I am a Yankee." "The Lord has forgiven you for that. "But I w as a soldier ut I hli kuimiu ga." "Tho Lord will forgiva you for that, too, if ho will foij;ivo mo fr hut in of Vtinl:,tos what shot mid cr I ii n led 1 imp. I'vo done asked him to forBivo ui 'all." j "Then you'll noon bo ready?' "Yes. And Mr. Slado I cMi'ttoll it ' but 1 want to say thanky. 1 am only a poor mountain girl, but if tho good Lord lets mo live 1 will thank you, and I'll work toy tinkers to llio lme to pay you back every cent you sieiid for mo. " la mi hour iho had kissed her father, her sisters and the truth must bo told Old fcpot. goodliy, and was gone. Tour year had passed by four years of hard study mid inmseerated devotion to duty en tho part of Ida Hale. Nino mouths of each year hud been P"iit at tho school prosiilml over by Professor Sluda and tho vacations back at the humble cottago by tho spring, helping with her own bund to till thu little farm and gather tho harvest. Pap mid Old Spot uml the girls w.ro ulwuy ob jects of lu r love and her cute. The wa ter i;f tho spring was jut as cold, the musio of tlio running brook just m sweet, tho white and crimson blossoms of tho mountain ivy just us lovely and the towering pt'ul-sof the mountains just as grand us tho day wo first saw her plowing on tho mountain sldo and buthiug her rosy fucu in tho eooliug waters of thu crock, where tho sunlight played hido aud seek aiming tho blos soms. But tixlay sh is to receive her di ploma. Clad la her simple whito dress, she stands upon tho stage, uml iu a voieo rich iu melody, jet softened by pathos, sho tells of her struggle and her aspira tions, and nil eyes grow moist uml all hearts bent in sympathy with tho bare foot mountain girl who was already a queeu nmuiig women. S. U. Bradwell iu Atlanta Constitution. king and Hawk. Kichard I when iu tho Holy Land amused himself with hawking ou tho plaiu cf bharou und is said to huvo presented some of these birds to tho sul tan. Later on, while passing through Dalmatia, he carried off a falcon which he saw in ono of the villuges, and ho re fused to give it up. Ho was attacked so furiously by the justly incensed villagers that it was with tho utmost difficulty that he managed to make his eseapo. King John used to send both to Ire land und to Norway for his hawks. We aro told by Froissnrt that when Edward III invaded Franco ho hud HO falcons, and every day either hunted or wont to the river tor tho purpose of hawking. Henry VII imported goshawks from France, giving 4 for a single bird a much gruuter sum in those days than ut present. Uemy VHI while huwkiug ut Hitchin was leaping a dike when tho polo broke, and the king was immersed head first into the mud und would have perished in ull probability had not his falconer dragged him out. Elizabeth and James I were much in terested in tho sport. The latter sover eign indeed expended considerable sums ou its inuiiitenauce. Aubrey, Jn his "Miscellanies," says: "When 1 was a freshman at Oxford, I was wont to go to Christ Church toseet'harle 1 ut sup per, where I once hoard him say that us he was hawking iu Scotland ho rode in to tho quarry, und there found the covey of partridges falling upon thn hawk, ami I remember his expression further, 'And I will sweur upon the book 'tis true. ' " Chambers' Journal. A Centenarian Who Hlnga. Thero are a number of lyric singers in Kuglund who retain the mellow charm of their voices at an advanced age. But a singer, and a good one ut that, at the age of loa years is some thing remarkable. Mr. William Peplow of Wellington, England, who was bom iu J 792, has lately assisted ut a concert given by his great granddaughter, r very distinguished pianist. Ho render ed several songs with a strong and sym pathetic bass voice iu an excellent man ner aud was cheered by his audience. He also accompanied a singer on the piano and conducted several choruses with vim aud brilliuucy. Kurely this Is versatility enough for a centenarian. Meucsstrcl. I'nfortuiiaU-ljr rut. "Uncle, "said tho impocunious neph ew, "you ought to go and see tho new play. You would just dio laughing. " Tho old man merely glared. In a few moments later thero could be heard tho sound of a scratching pen as ho altered his will for the forty-fourth time. Cin cinnati Tribuue. niUHCHliAWMAKKHS GENERAL tPISCOPAL CONVtNTION SOON TO WUT AT MINNEAPOLIS. O.los to th. Va. rwlh ' Ih. t ...!. -r Will ,.! Mr .t.r.lHl Than ' Ul.hou Wt.ll.oli'' '". Mii.i.eii'l" Hud M. IMnl do " ' whys woik ill harmony, hot ' l"l,r' Mis'sltluit there I" i.ei nH-lco opouti..ll between llm two eliiea In making remiy for Iho inteitulniuciil "f tho. who .hall altend tho next g. ueiul convent on of the KplMtipal church, whii li wilt gin t Mmiuapolison Get. I and con tinue three weeks. This general convention U tbr loglnl tivo bo.lv of Iho elimvl. ft " nx countrr.' Iu mooting, wide" once in lhm year, " '" h highest hnpnititnci'. Puiimt coming M -salons n.alter having refeienco to lh biwid ul missions, to the vsilotw idu.-a- r4. insiioi' wiiifi'i K tiouul institution of tho church and to many other F.plopul oigan'MUoii. and rlitei prises Will be mnnd U! - "d " I1 ri'i-ni,iltves of all thee tH' iH ill l' 111 utn-iidaiu-.'. Among !!' r-prc nta live wlUN'tlirt Ji'V. William l-u.gt. .1.1. ), o, , i-hii-f seen tary i f iho l ar.l of foreign mission ; the Kev. .1 Kunl r, D. H. . assistant a.srilaiy; Mi Julia M. Emery, Mi-rotuiy if tho woiiu-n's auxiliary "to tlm luMird of mlioti, and many others, who, while not i-uliib-d to wilts in the ii.nventton. w ill lirvi-rthe-less have m mil to do with shaping H work in d liferent direction. The sessions i f the convention will be held in tii'lliM-maiio elnnvh, tiie "ldl Episcopal hoiiM.of worship m .liuuei lis. mid the ltev. II. It Whipple, 1 1 , bishop. if the di.-w, will l o chief ht. of course, bis coudjtitor. the Kinlit Hi'V. N. M. Hilbeit. 1- !, t'i"K nest on tho list in that tegard. Hut n a miitier i f furl nil the Epin-opul rli-rgyuii.il and coniinuiiii imls of tho Twin Cities will vio with ono mint hi-r in i-xt.-udiug th hospitalities, so that thoao lu ulloud litii-e will doubt less carry uwuy with them tho pleasautest roini-mbranee of li.-irai days' siuy. Coiiiinitii e room r liingclioM-ii for thn executive work thut will have to I. done In order to crowd tho legislation of three year Into thre wo'ks,si-inl telephonic and teli-grnpliic facilities are bring provided, mid u dally lunch has been urraiiged for at thn West hotel, which will l general bemlipiar. lor, und where rooms have ulremly U-n engaged by many of tho imt eminent dignitaries if the church who will I In attendance. Among these, in addition to the bislioui from ull tho diocese In tlm Utiitixl States, will lw hv. Morgan Dix, rector cf Trinity church, New York, who ha l'ii chiiiriiiaii of many sueeiwfvo convention, and who, it i expected, will preside this year. J. Pierpont Morgan, the banker who head ed the gold und bond syndicate which negotiated the lust l ulled Mate loan, is also exirted to lie present as u luy delegate. But it i doubtful whether nuy of thf visitors will bn as interitiiig a figure in Bishop Whipple himself. This venera ble ecclesiastic is known wln-rever there urn Episeopul clergymen of either the Amerii'iin or the Kuglish church, und whenever he is spoken of reference is niadn to his wonderful work a a nils intiury when a young num. This work was performed uniting tho savage In dians and s'lhnp hardly less suvagn whites who peopled Minnesota iu lis pioneer days, and it is liecanso of its effw-tivu'ess that tho Episcopal church has a stronger hold iimhi the Indian, of Minnesota than upon those of any other part of the Union. At the celehrul ion of the thirty-fifth anniversary of hi con. serration as a bishop two of the several Indians who aro now Episcopal rectors in Minnesota were present und boro tes timony to the bishop's early services. One of these Indians is tho Kev. John 1IKV. MOIUJAN I'lX. Johnson, whose native inie e is Einmo gahbah. Ho is a chief id the Chip'wa .rilie und a typo of tho red mini that, is fast passing away. At, the celebration mentioned, which tik pluce last year, Emmegalibah told, in a forcible half hour S)Hch, many interesting stories of the triuls and even dangers which tb bishop was called upon to pass through at the beginning of his work. Bishop Whipple believes that the Indians have dfimrslly l"n tiiUuutlurMmj t," I "Tlio IildUn," said the tUh,i t I ent Inlorvicw, "Is tlm lmliJ?' mo, Tho Moot have a bad "'Nil), now. but fr I'd yearn It wn tiw, that lliey bad never IuUii w ."j whito man. If their fornirt fjlry, 1 'IiiM liu chriugid In "iimlly, u JJI . ...i. ,il I an ii . When llllii'P Whipple Wenl ., y IicmiIu, lio aottld at Fuilhuult, ul,,. still live. 'I Id wiw In iH.'ill, and thtn Wore thi'll SI pul'lahe W ith li-as 1) roiiimoniciinl In ll illirei, Iho first thieo yours of hi. amw? traveled V?,ftHluitloi lit Ihodln-I hi dutiiw. sliM-plug In front inr hro, mid wilier' hut ami priv Mi.g risiiui., cabins and log n-hiaiU,' When tho Indian tlptomt luKm liniKsiierod tho whiten, tho hl'luai, n ltt Million! danger In lilnoelf, vuiln) y. cctio of iiunago mid Ismiul tf u, wounds i f I iio Injured. He plldo f tho f.'l thai Hot una l',rtMis, Indian Joined In tho bhssly Wurkuf lb awful year, ulnl mid thut It wmlotfc friendly wanting of tlnsai t'liriiiuu diau that Iho iniiuiinlly of many wen. spau-d win duo. Ho say Ilia iu-iiwiin theoiitcoiim of a l-iiKmin D.'ltliHi und ilileiinir, msl tbstf cui.i.lcr lii.iliy or bU iltoly bind, ninolig tho brave!, truest tiit-ntrtH met. Their favolilo liuiin-a f, nro "The Mt.i'ght Tongue" ml tb "Father Who Ncvet Ldw." W'liiu, civil war v.w In progr.ns, t!i tlijxa bold oil.c oil liillli Held mid In Ua camps of tu-m-rnl McClclUu mid (i oral M ade At Faribault, which I lullt-auait of St I'nlil. liixlii'p Whipple )on ijju futile'. d i.h-i illO'Cll llttilt!tioi hick ll.iwown linn ll llll'IO lii-oi i.tMQ.Of wmlh i f lopi-tty. 'Ihiyiiieallii ul it iii-. a n-li' I f r KitUiMti military rb.d, nii.l they Inns nu.' l'ariliiill faiuou the w ot Id over. Tin bishop 1 a n.it. o cf N-w York, ami m nw lnt fai fr..iu til year of a. Hall a l.irgo until with a t-h mi cut f 4 CoUHiiuiiiliiiM Mpl'rul;ce. Hnlsansai i .-.ii.m si'i uki-i, mhI wlietii-m ll a known that bo l to deliver an Mms tho people II. k to li' ar him. Hp Was iiiu.lo nevi r.il visit to Entiliuiil. bi ho bus ls u tho recipient of iiuiliy lna or. and ..nio year uu lie was luvttnl loib-livertlio utiivoisliy w.rnioii al ( bridge. Eiighnid. Tin invitation, whirk wiut aiieplcd. v llhap III" hixbnt In, ii, .r i v.-1 U-i.i. d uii an Ann was clergy mini by Iho English. It should lw said in memory of wis of thn iiobh-.l worker w hoever wiKrwl thowrvleoof tho church thai. mtsau might I in tl.o ratremoly ilillktiU rr- lmm$ onk or tine ruiiiAt t ti ii't. m 'ii tnm ruinnlaiii-e. Bishop Whipple' wy ks Ihi.ii op..inil for him prior lo hi tt H In Minueota, Bishop K -r was la tho field l.foro Bishop Whipple, win were tho Hev. Mr. Umr. who .-atil it Fort duelling in I H3U, tlm Itov. J. LM Hrw'k, tho Hov. isolon W. Mutiny. framed tho constitution of Iho dii. and other. , To return to iho convention ltlf. Owing to the rapid growth of Iho church much nniro work will havs to bed" during this year's olon than has b" lui'oiuplishod by nuy previous eonvan tioii. Sunn IN.'IO thn jiiultlon erf U Uniied State hu Increaia d ultoutflv fuld, but tho coiuiiiuuirnnis 'if clinn-h aro now I I times a nnmorool a then. Among tho most Important things to bo considered nro the rM""t" preforri'd from thediu-iwsof t ulifirnl and Minnesota for a division In "fl case, mid while then 's littlo rliiot that these roiuet will lm gruntwl. since thn d anils urn nliiiot oiiuni- iiniiis, much legislation thereon will I ni-iary. Another mutter tocomebe fore thn convention, which will o" tlotibteillv rxcito grout Interest, Is ths promised revision of thn const itntioB und canon i if thu church. A coiuiuitw has long been ut work Upon this " ji:t, mid its ri-jsirt I nlroudy In th bund of tho in"mlTS of the roiiventiiio mid many ol her. It is a piiisTuffV feeding brilliancy und , nullity, p tlo.ro Is mi no.,. .unit, do wire ill Winl" it dcslr (piurters to sen it laid aside. ThosS up mo lis adoption say it f n large H swcr of Iho bishop morn than is w". i uml that for severul other retisons it not dcsirubln. At this timo it i inip ibln to predict whut will be done w'1" it, but it is certain that it will ldt0 serious and ititer'-stiiig debate. Tlm giineral convention of tho Epl10" pal church is nlwuys a most Impress'' lKly. It is divided iuto two houses, on of which is composed of thobishojissna culled the house of bishops and the oth er of laymen und lesser clergymrO, termed tho hoim) of delegates. A luwto puss must have a majority of b""1 house, thus insuring delilierate acth und preventing ill advised decisim The sucrotury of tho honso of bisht'I ' tholtev. IVr. Hurt and the secretary of tho house uf deputies is the Kev. Vr. Hiitchins. Tho Epiw-opul church i America has ulxmt 8,000 parishes and mission and a clergy list of 4,1109. H Is proxscl to extend its inissionsry work in umny directions, and three years ago a number of new missionary blshoi were appointor!. Doubt 1" their reports on missionary work will Btuotig tho moot imK)rtant dirnnients proHi'tited during the convention's set sious. M. I. Dwrraa. uf tho wild iiihii III llio.WorM, iu m iignlsen tho Ureal Hplrlt, l.w ! fiituio life, bn'- a piisalotmta luv fI children mid will I t di-nlh ( 7 tribe. In Hit yours' rM'rlfiiewll. J (Hun I never know una ; anil lin liiuoiii rver anno snvthm,. - a iim tool) r .or" Ml iam nine i upi" .! hMll till' ,HlUI dU Jiou imu( Sit ind 11 Iret mil our iir Ml -o oat W Tu til 4s bU Kt do
