ARIZONA'S WILD CAMELvS.
Descendants of a Herd That 7ero
Imported from Africa.
The camels now running wild in Ari
sona are the descendants of a small
herd originally imported for use in the
state of Nevada, says the Ban Fran
cisco Chronicle. In the early days of
mining on the Cornstock, Ion? before
there were any railroads in the Great
Basin region, it was thought that
camels might be profitably used about
the mines, particularly in packing
across the surrounding1 deserts, and
twelve "ships of the desert" were ac
cordingly purchased and brought to
Virginia City. They were waDted for
ni( in rrac.'inr' Halt iroin
the Hot
Springs salt marsh to the Comstock re- 1
duction works. This salt deposit lies
far out in a desert region, and to reach
it many waterless stretches of sand and
alkali had to be traversed.
The camels were able to cross all the j
deserts in perfect comfort, carrying :
heavy loads of salt and finding means 1
of subsistence in the prickly and bitter j
plants and shrubs everywhere to be .
found in abundance. In short, the !
animals did as good work here in our '
deserts as they are able to do in any j
country in the world, but they were ;
too slow. The camel may be fast :
enough for an Arab, but he is too slow :
for an American.
When the occupation of the camels '
as packers of 6alt was gone they were
6old to some Mexicans, who used them ;
for a time in packing wood down out of
the mountains. The Mexicans took :
them np rocky trails into the rugged
hills and used them the same as they
use a mule un mercif ully. They soon
hilled three of the wretched beasts and .
would have killed the remainder had
not a 1'renchman, who owned a big
ranch crj. the Carson river, below Day- ,
ton, taken pity on the poor, abused
jreatures and bought the whole of
them. This Frenchman had been in
Algeria with the French colony, where
he had developed an aHectior for the
camel probably owed the animal a
debt of gratitude for having saved his .
life on some occasion. lie had no use
for the bea.sts, therefore turned them j
out to roam the desert plains at wilL ;
Tne animals, left to shift for them
Belves, soon waxed fat, and increased
and multiplied. In a few years from I
nii-e the herd had increased to thirty- '
six, old and ycur.g. The Frenchman
then sold the whole lot to be taken
duwn to Arizona to be used in packing .
ore down off a big mountain range. It
w as said there was a good smooth trail,
but the animals found all the rocks and :
6'on became footsore and useless, when :
a.l were turned adrift to shift for them
selves. They have regained the ia
etincts of the original wild state of
their species and are very wary and
nift. They fly into waterless wastes
impenetrable to man when approached,
borne of the old animals, however, oc
casionally appear in the vicinity of the
settlements. Of late it is reported that ;
the cattlemen have been shooting them
for some reason, perhaps because they ,
2o one knows how many camels are
now running at large in the wilds of
the Giia country, but there must be a
great number. One is occasionally
caught. Four years ago one was cap
tured near to Gila Bend that measured
over nine feet in height. It appeared
to be a stray from one of the herds in
that region.
With the herd of camels when it was
owned by the Frenchman on the Car
son river was a huge old bull camel
known as "Old Ileenan." because of his
fighting proclivities. lie was a giant,
and the patriarch of the herd. Lie had
hair on parts of his body that was a
foot or eighteen inches in lengh. The
animals ranged down the valley of the
Carson nearly to old Fort ChurchilL At
Sam Buckland's ranch, a mile above
the fort, several Mexican vaqueros
were employed. These men had seen
the big camel, and looked with envious
eyes upon the long, silken hair that
hung from the hugs frame. They
thought this hair tnipht be spnn into
beautiful riatas, bridle reins and orna
ments for bridles.
One fine Sunday morning in spring
two . : the Mexicans Antonio and Ge
donio equipped themselves with a
lasso and a pair of sheap shears and set
out to catch and shear Old Ileenan. Ge
donio found the big animal easy of ap
proach. The old fellow stood stock
stilL lie was dreamily chewing his
cud with half-closed eyes. The lasso
swished through the air, and in a m o
ment was about the big animal's neck.
Then, as the patriarch felt the rope
tighten about his throat, the fun be
gan. Alongside the giant beast the Mexi
can looked a mere pigmy. When Old
Ileennn realized that the small two
legged creature was actually trying to
gather him in his little eyes turned
green with rage. Hissing like a red
hot locomotive he charged Gedonio.
The little Mexican held to the rope for
a time, hoping to choke the camel
down, but found the animal apparent
ly able to subsist as long without
wind as without water. Besides,
Ileenan made for him so r3pidiy that
ho could get no pull on the old fellow.
At last. Gedonio was so hard pressed
that ho was obliged to drop the lasso
and take to his heels.
By this time Old Ileenan was wild
with rage. The Mexican tried to dodge
the irate be tat among the bunches of
grass wood, but these being only two
or three feet high, afforded poor cover.
He then struck for the river, intending
to ciimb one of the cottonwoods on its
banks, but Ileenan was too close upoc
his heels. There was no time for
climbing, and he was obliged to plunge
into the river. Not being abie to swim,
Gedonio was constrained to halt when
the water came up to his chin. Ileenan
charged down to the water's dge and
there stood on guard. Though the old
fellow would not enter the water yet
he made Gedonio very unhappy by spit
ting showers of acrid saliva into his
face and ryes.
Meanwhile Antonio, who had wit
nessed hla partner's inglorious retreat
and almost F-plii his windpipe in laugh
ing iiCr"aL,tc:Cme uneary. He begau
,-.t .
to fear that Gedonio was either
drowned or killed, as he could see
neither man nor camel after they
had plunged down over the bank of
the river. Leading1 the mustang's he
ventured near the bank of the stream
and shouted: "Gedonio! Gedonio! mio
amigor
Gedonio heard and shouted lustily for
Antonio to come to his relief, lie in
structed Antonio to tie the two mus
tangs fast tog-ether and leave them,
then slip quietly down the bank, get
hold of the trailing end of the lasso and
tie it to a tree.
All went well until Antonio waa
about to pass the end of the lasso
round the tree. It would not reach by
a foot or two. and he hauled upon it.
Instantly fleenan wheeled about and
went lor Antonio open-mouthed. Up
the bank went Antonio, wivh the big
camel close at his heels. lie tried to
reach the horses to mount and ride off,
but at Eight of the camel the mustangs
gave a snort of terror and dashed away
up the river. Ileenan's attention being
attracted to the horses he gave chase
to them, much to the relief of Antonio,
who had pluDged head first into a big
bunch of sagebrush to conceal himself
from the enemy, though his hiding was
merely that of the ostrich.
I'resently the two men got together
and went in search of their horses.
Ilalf a mile up the river they found
both animals drowned In a deep hole,
with Old Ileenan upon the bank look
ing down at them. It was only after
infinite trouble that the two Mexicans
were able to recover their saddles and
bridles. As they sneaked home to
iSuckland's that evening they were
sadder and wiser men. They "went
for wool and came back shorn" even
their shears were lost.
The pair told all manner of lies to
account for the drowning of their
horses, but as it happened the French
man who owned the camels had climbed
a tree to watch the Mexicans, not
knowing what they were after, and
had leen an amused witness of the
whole affair. When the true story
reached ths ranch there were a thou
sand jokes among the men about the
fun to be had in "shearing the bull
camel in the rutting season.
When the camels were first taken
down to Arizona to be used in packing
ore one of them was shot and killed by
u German miner. The man who did
the deed suffered about as much dis
tress of mind as did the sailor who
killed the albatross. The German was
working for a mining company at a
place about three miles from where
were located the men who were trying
to use the "ships of the desert as
"prairie schooners" in carrying ore
down out of the mountains. The man
did not know there was such an
animal on the American continent
probably in all his life had never seen
a camel.
One Sunday Hans came tearing into
camp about ten times as wild-eyed us
usual "Povs," cried he, "I shoot a
helick."
"A what?" asked one of the men.
"A hel-ack helik," cried Hans.
"Mine Gott, the biggest hclak in all
on a.
"lie means he has shot a monster
elk," said some one.
"Yas, a helk," said Hans. "So wohr
mir Gott helfe, es ist de biggest in de
mountains."
"Big horns like this?" queried an old
miner, drawing his neck down into his
chest and spreading his arms abroad.
"No bom at all," said Han. "She
was a frau helak; she woi de grand
mudder of all de helick."
As Hans was able to show blood on
his knife, gun and hands, the men con
cluded he had at last really killed a
beast of some kind. Horses were
caught up and two men sent with
Hans to bring in the meat, of which he
said there was "more as a vagon load."
Hans insisted upon all handa taking
guns,as he said he had seen a large herd
of the elk justacross a little valley from
w here he had downed his victim. As
the party rode along with him to find
his game, Hans honestly owned that
he had never before seen an elk. He
had heard so much about the elk, how
ever, tha:
inaL
he thought he knew the ani
Presently Hans put spurs to his mus
tang and proudly dashed to the spot
where lay the dead camel Dismount
ing, he threw his beloved "jager"
across his game, then as the others
came up laid a finger on his lips, lie
pointed in the direction of some low
hills. He wanted no noise made. He
was in just the right humor to creep
over the hills and slaughter the whole
herd. In his anxiety to make Bure of
his victim, Hans had nearly sawed the
head off the poor camel with his knife.
When his companions came up they
were for some moments at a loss as to
what kind of a huge creature Hans had
slain. I'resently one of them, Tom
Alchorn. the well-known Comstock
millwright (now dead), cried out: By.
the holy poker, it's a cameL He has
killed one of the camels that belong
over at the other camp. Here is a nice
mess. I've no doubt the animal is
worth all of one thousand dollars."
" Wort a tousand dollar?" cried Hans.
"Gott in Himmel! If we c-ould kill
cem all it is more as twenf tousand
dollar in our pocket."
It was long before llan could be
made to understand that the "'boot was
on the other foot;" thct the owners of
the camel would demand one thousand
dollars for it.
"Ach. der toufel!" cried nans, with
rueful face. "Potz wetter. Das kameel,
das kameel. Is it den one kameel I haf
killed?"
"Yes, a camel, said Alchorn, "and
the men who own the camel will be
after you."
"Bonner wetter!" grooned Hans.
When they got back to the mine and
tohl of linns' latest exploit with his old
"jager," the whole camp was in a roar.
Every man who looked at Hans burst
into a horse laugh, and wherever he
went he heard the cry: "Hi! hero comes
the man that killed the cameL
For about a week Hans endured the
gibes and jeers of the camp, then he
came up missing and his old "jager
with him. The men had ma-ia tha
camp too hot for him. V
.rill in uiBl n? mwwn r?TlfvrPTfT -n
COXEYISM AND M 'KIN LEY ISM.
The Protection Policy Carried
to Ita
Logical Conclusion.
The secretary of the American pro
tective tariff league writes to the World
protesting against the league's being
held responsible in any wise for the
Coxeyite "armies." Jt is probable that
we were mistaken in naming the league
as the specific source from which the
Coxeyites were receiving aid. Never
theless, a week ago there were unmis
takable signs that the protectionists
were lending the movement aid and en
couragement of a substantial character;
just as there are signs now that they
dropped it when public attention was
called to the earmarks of partisan ma
nipulation. And in spite of protests and disclaim
ers nothing is more obvious than that
McKinleyism and Coxeyism stand in
the relationship of cause and effect.
For twenty years the protectionists
have taught by speeches in congress
and on the stump and through their
party press that when anything goes
wrong with business, or even with any
particular industry, congress should be
called upon to set things right. Their
doctrine, put forward on all occasions,
has been and is that laws make pros
perity or bring disaster, and that the
remedy for industrial disasters is more
laws or changed laws.
In what does this differ from Coxey
ism? The Coxeyites are in distress.
They claim to be willing to work but
unable to obtain work, and to repre
sent millions who are suffering priva
tion by reason of this condition of
things. They follow the teachings they
have heard for years and turn to Wash
ington for help. They ask congress to
pass laws which they claim will bring
relief.
Even their plan of presenting "a pe
tition in boots" is borrowed from the
McKinleyites. How many times dur
ing the last dozen or twenty years have
the capitol and Washington swarmed
with people who had gone there to ask
congress to pass laws or to levy taxes
for their special benefit? How long is
it since the protectionist spellbinders
and newspapers were shrieking in
chorus because the democrats of house
and senate refused to give ''hearings"
to bands of people from all parts of the
country who insisted upon telling con
gress what kind of laws and taxes they
wanted for their own benefit?
Does the fact that the MeKinleyites
had the money (or had it put up for
them) to go to Washington in passen
ger coaches give them any rights not
possessed by the Coxeyites, who for
lack of money must walit or steal rides
on freight trains?
The plain truth is that Coxeyism is
simply McKinleyism reduced to an ab
surdity by being carried to its logical
conclusion. And though a burlesque
in its present phase it will have one
good effect. We shall hear less here
after of congress and congress-made
laws as the remedy for industrial
troubles and trade depression. We shall
see an end made of those "petitions in
boots" which the palace car Coxeyites
have been thrusting upon congress year
in and 3-ear out. We shall see the honest
American doctrine of self help put in
practice more and more.
Blindly and unconscipusly, with but
a nebulous idea of what he is doing,
the grotesque Coxey is a great reformer.
His absurd "arm" will be turned into
a circus sideshow at twenty-five cents
admission and then melt away into the
police station, almshouses aud casual
freight trains. But be has taught a
lesson that will not be forgotten. He
has opened our eyes to the extent to
which our social structure has been
undermined. He has set men to think
ing, and as the first and surest result
of that thinking a halt will be called
upon that form of state socialism
known as McKinlevism. N. Y. World.
M'KINLEYISM IN OHIO.
An Indication That Tariff Reform la .Still
In Demand.
It is natural, perhaps, that the repub
lican press should endeavor to belittle
the democratic victory in the congress
ional election in McKinley's old dis
trict in Ohio, but the very effort they
make in that behalf shows that they
appreciate the full significance of the
victory. They may well do so. There
has been a good deal of chatter in the
organs of the party about "reaction in
public sentiment" concerning the Mc
Kinley tariff and a good deal of exulta
tion over republican victories here and
there, but it is worthy of note that this
election is the first that has been held
since the revolution in in which
the McKinley issue was fairly and
squarely raised.
The followers of McKinley realized
this and made extraordinary efforts to
carry the district which he himself car
ried in the gubernatorial election by a
majority cf nearly six hundred They
had in their favor the hard times, the
dissatisfaction so widespread over the
delay in passing the tariff reform meas
ure, the help of the American Protect
ive association and the customary "off
year'" indifference. But with all these
advantages they were beaten by sub
stantially the same majority which the
democratic candidate had in .No
wonder the republican organs are
whistling to keep their courage up,
for so long as the country clings to
tariff reform when tariff reform is in
issue the carrying of a few municipal
or even state elections for the g. o. p.
on other issues will be of small avaiL
The value of the election to the dem
ocracy is in the indication it affords
that the alleged "reaction" lias not re
acted and that the people have not j-et
abandoned their hope of tariff reform
or their intention to secure it. Detroit
Free Press.
If ex-Iresident Harrison is so vi
olently opposed to gerrymanders he
should give a little attention and advice
to the repub.ican members of the Ohio
legislature. These statesmen are now
considering a bill to gerrymander the
judicial districts of Ohio so that it will
take 31,700 democratic votes to elect a
democratic judge, while G.500 votes will
elevate a republican to the bench. X.
Y. World
McKinleyism and Coxeyism are
but twin offsprings of thirty years of
republican legislation, -N;. Y. World.
TOBBfTTl! T ItrtwtH;
TO REFORM THE TARIFF.
lll-Advised Methods for Securing Delrtt
Legislation.
Because the democracy, undertaking
the work of tariff reform, has no, acted
as quickly or done all that was ex
pected of it, it would be footish in the
extreme for those who voted for its
candidates to go over to the party that
is absolutely opposed to tariff reform.
When, thirty-three years ago, the re
publican party gained control of the
national government, it went into of
fice pledged to the enforcement of the
principles promulgated in the declara
tion of independence and embodied in
the federal constitution, that "all men
are created equal and are endowed by
their Creator with certain inalienable
rights, among which are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness." This
and other pledges made of the party
an anti-slavery organization, and yet
it will be remembered that, in spite of
the war which the slave-owners waged
against the government, there were
not a few anti-slavery men in our north
ern states, and particularly in New
England, who believed that the
republican party was not fulfilling its
pledges, and who did not hesitate to de
nounce what they termed its weak
subserviency to the slave power. In
fact, there were in the early days of
the war leaders in the party who were
held up to condemnation, in the same
way that Hill, Gorman and others are
held up to-day, as traitors to the purty's
cause. But if, to rebuke this delay in
the accomplishment of a great reform,
these anti-slavery men had enlisted in
the confederate army or had by aid and
advice done what they could to 6ecure
the maintenance of the great crime of
negro slavery, they would have been
acting in no way different from those
who would reform the tariff, but who,
because this reform has been delayed,
feel justified in voting for the support
ers of McKinleyism.
The true way is rather to defeat
those in the democratic party who have
proved recreant to their trust, than de
feat the principle which the democratic
party has pledged itself to embody in
our laws. Undoubtedly the action of
the Minnesota democrats, the Iroquois
club of Chicago and other like organi
zations has been of value in making it
apparent at Washington that betrayals
of trust in this matter cannot be cov
ered by fulsome professions of general
political allegiance, and, no doubt, if
the state committees and democratic
clubs generally were to adopt a similar
course the result would be advanta
geous. Boston Herald (Ind).
NAPOLEON M'KINLEY.
I
Indications That the Tinsel Emperor's
Waterloo I at Hand.
It has become fashionable in politics,
finance and trade to hail any man who
is phenomenally successful as a Napo
leon. The man who accepts the title
should not forget that the history of
Napoleon which does not include Wa
terloo is not complete.
It looks now as if the young Napo
leon McKinley might reach his Water
loo sooner thau even his opponents pre
dicted. His administration of affairs
in Ohio is overcast. He has failed to
meet the expectations of his Iriends.
There are ugly rumors, and what re
cently were surmises only have now be
come facts. There are irregularities and
shortages and scandals in his adminis
tration, scarce three years old There
are accusations and crimination and re
crimination. There are attempted ex
planations which only confound.
And in the midst of the confusion
Gov. McKinley seeks to divert atten
tion by going hither and yon, mounted
in his old armor, and rallying wherever
he can his party followers to follow his
plume, and his eyes turn to the white
house. Meanwhile he leaves his own
capital behind, about which there is an
uglier growth, and around which there
are mere scandals than were ever be
fore known in the history of Ohio.
If some of those who are fond of
calling the governor a Napoleon would
read the history of the Corsician em
peror, they might find some similarity
between sections of the latter's history
and the governor of Ohio as he appears
to-day. When Napoleon realized the
unrest of his own capital he sought to
divert it by invading another. Gov.
McKinley knows what he has brought
upon Ohio, and he turns toward the
administration at Washington and
rails at it and tells the people what
would be the difference if he were pres
ident Chicago Herald.
POINIONS AND POINTERS.
How is
Mr. Harrison
this? Some weeks ago
was telling the young
men of California not to seek office, but
to let the office seek them. Perhaps
different conditions prevail in Indiana.
Kansas Citv Star.
The protected sheep of Wyoming
are now sheared by steam. The hu
man sheep who were promised the
same protection, and given it about as
effectively, are sull sheared by the old,
smarting, extortionate methods of
heavy-handed monopoly. Kansas City
Times.
There is a republican chorus to
the effect that as congress is sure to
pass a tariff bill of some sort, the
sooner it is done the better. As an ad
mission that the sooner the McKinley
law is repealed the better for the coun
try, it brings the republicans up to
where the democrats have been for
over three years. St. I-ouis Republic
Republican protection organs
which a few months afro were proclaim
ing that the troubles of the country
w-ere due solely to uncertainty about
the tariff are now insisting that indefi
nite delay in acting upon the tariff bill
can do no harm, and are demanding
that the republicans in the senate do
all they can to prolong that delay.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
When the McKinley act was
passed with its fixe cents a dozen duty
on eggs, the farmer was told by repub
lican campaign speakers that he would
now receive a greater price than ever
before for the eggs he brought to
market and that the price would be
maintained. Instead of the five cents
tariff keeping up the price of eggs the
price is lower to-day than it was at any
time before the McKinley bill became
a law. Owego Gazette.
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
THEREIN ABIDE WITH GOD.
Let every one. whatev'er Ills calling be.
Therein abide with God. So wrote of old
Saint Paul to them at Corinth, and to me
With loving lips to-night that truth was told.
I had grown weary with my strifes and cares,
And murmured at the service of the day.
Wherein I had forgotten, unawares.
That thus I still might honor or obey.
Abide with God: Would I might ne'er forest
That evermore I may with Him abide:
What matters how or when the stamp is set.
Or what the furnace where the gold is tried.
So that the metal has the sterling ring.
So that the likeness of the King Is shown
God's coinage still, that to the soul will bring
Such wealth as merchant princes have not
known.
In market-places where the race is swift.
And competition on temptation waits:
In quiet homes where unseen currents drift
A thousand petty cares through open gates
Let each and all. wnate'er the calling be.
Therein abide with God: from break of day
nil set of sun they shall His purpose see.
And serve Him in His own appointed way.
So let me see and serve. anJ thus abide:
Not simply patient, or at best content:
Not with eye-service, wherein, love denied.
In rounds of duty solemn days are spent
Give me. O Lord, a joy that Is divine.
Touch Thou my lips w:th constant themes Of
praise.
Since, having Thee, all things I need are mine,
Whate'er my lot. wnate'er my length of days,
Anson D. F. Randolph, in N. Y. Evangelist.
THE LIGHT AND THE SUN.
Spiritual and Keligioun Significance of tha
Radiance About Ls.
Beautiful as are some of the descrip
tions of the dawn in Homer and superb
as are the lines in which Virgil pictures
the rise of Aurora from her saffron
couch, no literature makes so much ol
the light and the sun as the literature
of the inspired writers. From the hour
when the fiat of the Almighty speaks
effulgence into being, to the completed
and unclouded radiance of the new
Heaven and the new earth, the light
and the sun are favorite similes and
metaphors by which to express the Di
vine beneficence and glory. All the
phenomena of the heavenly bodies,
from the rise of the morning star to
the dying down of the day and the
shining out of Orion and "the sweet
influences of the Pleiades." were fa
miliar to a people living simple lives,
and lives beneath the open sky.
And to the writers of the Bible light i
in all of its manifestations was Divine. I
Whether seen in the golden brightness
of the moon, or the silvery radiance of
the niht, or in the yet more beautiful i
and mysterious movement of the elec
tric waves across the northern horizon,
light always impresses a spiritual na
ture with a sense of the Divine near
ness. A single drop of dew, or the in
numerable jewels that compose the
rainbow, alike reveal something of
Him from beneath Whose throne crys
tal streams flow out, and over Whose
mercy-seat the bow of promise shines.
Light in its nature, diffusion and ad
justment forms one of the mof.t
fascinating studies of the scientist;
and no one uncorrupted by a false
philosophy could fail to see in so glori
ous an exhibition of nature the product
of a power, intelligence and wisdom,
far exceeding that of man.
We were reading lately a letter writ
ten by a man long blind to one just ap
palled and stunned by the sudden loss
of sight. It humbled and shamed us,
for there was running all through it a
strain of love and trust which seemed,
as indeed it was. a spiritual miracle.
Of all the looses to which life is sub
ject nothing seems comparable to loss
of sight. What can we conceive more
dreadful than for the mind to be shut
in upon itself? Light is synonymous
with life because light reveals to life
that world of beauty about it in which
it finds its joys. More dreadful than
to be an eyeless fish in a Mammoth
cave must it be to be a sightless man
in a universe of light and radiance.
"Thou hast prepared the light and
the sun," says the I 'sal mist; and "we
are not of the darkness" but "children
of the light," savs Paul.
God has in sundry times and places
spoken to us by the mouths of holy
prophets since the world began. There
has been one not unworthy to be called
The Light of Asia, but only One Who
could be fitly termed The Light of the
; World. Only Jesus Christ surpasses
j the natural sun in universality, con-
stancy and beneficence. In our Heaven
! of heavens, bright above the soul,
1 burns with undiminished fervor the
i source of the soul's light and heat.
If men tumble spiritually now, it is,
as Job says, a "stumbling at noonday
as though it were night." God has not
called us to the existence of troglodites
in a gloomy cave of doubt. We are
not made to le dwellers in some cavern
of despair, far from the cheerful rays
that refresh and animate the soul. A
man may close his eyes, but the day
still shines.
We recall while riding, a morning of
the years gone by, in which for the
first time aud for one brief hour we
dwelt in a world that was all light
light without a shadow. We had
reached the snow line of the Bel Alp
the night before, after the last ray of
day had long since gone out. We knew
little or nothing of our place or our
surroundings. But a light tap upon
the door in the early hour waked us to
see the sun rise. It is years ago. but
the very remembrance of it makes the
breast swell with emotion. It was, so
far as the eye could see, a new world
in which we waked. Below us a cur
tain of clouds shut out all the cities
that were homes of men; and the
clouds themselves were pure silver
without one spot of dross. But above
them rose a scene that could be com
pared to nothing except that which
John saw, when he saw the city whose
inhabitants walk in white, and in
whoe center stands the "great white
throne." A dozen peaks against the
effulgent blue: Leone, Rosa, the Aeg
pischorn and Simplon and their titanic
peers; each glittering as an icicle and
majestic as the battlements of Heaven:
glacier, snow-field, mount and sky, one
unspotted world of light without a
shadow; a creation fresh from the
touch of God, and before sin had put a
stain upon its purity. Was it to be
wondered at that, silent, we stood,
while from the eyes dropped happy
rtV.yV, a 1 '
tears; and like Coleridere in the Valley
of Chamounix, the world
"still present to the bodily sense
Didst vanish from our thought; entranced la
prayer
We worshiped the Invisible alone."
Ch icago Interior.
"WELL ENOUGH."
An Old and Popular Adage Which Aadly
Needs Revision.
The old injunction, "Let well enough
alone," brings comfort to lazy people
and to those who do not care to origi
nate ideas. This saying is a foe to de
velopment, and an insurmountable ob
stacle to progress. It is like a stone
wall beyond which a man, while he
stands upon the ground, can not see.
There may be apples of gold in the or
chard beyond; there may be diamonds
in the sand over there; there may be
music in the valley, and sunshine, such
as he knows nothing of on the moun
tain peaks; there may be limitless op
portunity to do good beyond the walL
But the shriveled berries are good
enough fruit for him, and the dull lead
"will do" in place of diamonds: his
own husky voice is melody, and he
himself is "the poor" to whom charity
is first to be administered.
If the man who is willing to "let
well enough alone" were to move hia
lazy bones and climb the wall he would
find beyond it those things which are
so much better than the surroundings,
and opportunities to which he had been
accustomed would not appear "well
enough" because not the best.
When the limit of accomplishment
has been reached a man may say "let
well enough alone." Then "well
enough" means his best. Having done
all he can, one may rest in his assur
ance that God will take care of the re
sult. Young Men's Era.
I n ion In God.
The only real and lasting basis of
fellowship among men is in the fellow
ship with God. They seem to come to
gether more easily on the material and
intellectual side through their interest
in trade, or science, or politics, or art,
or literature. At the same time, the
sectarian disputes over theological doc
trines seem to show that it is in the
Divine relation that unity is impossi
ble. But all union among men that is
not in God is surface work, and re
mains such until it is made in some
way a part of the universal human
fellowship, which man has the right to
in God. When the day of truest sanity
comes, men will "bring their glory"
into the Heavenly society in this way,
and recognize all other phases of social
life as part of the one perfect fellow
ship in God. S. S. Times.
GEMS OF THOUG HT.
No one is useless in this world who
lighten the burden of it for another.
Dickens.
The one thing a man doesn't like
to do is often just the thing which
stands most in his way. White.
Moods must be mastered. The mood
of to-day makes the moodiness of to
morrow. Chicago Interior.
Nevr does a man portray his own
character more vividly than in his
manner of portraying another. Bich
ter. The wages of sin is death, no mat
ter how high may be the station or so
cial position of those who engage in it.
Ham's Horn.
Indifference in religion is more fa
tal than skepticism. There is no pulse
in indifference; skepticism may have
warm blood. Beecher.
If Faith, Hope and Charity are the
three Christian graces. Jealousy, Envy
and Covetousness are the three dis
graces. Young Men's Era.
Our safety is in havinglofty ideals,
and in constant labor to secure their
realization. Let the getting of money
le a man's ideal, and he will of neces
sity crow toward the dust. Joseph
Parker.
James Russell Lowell, in one of his
recently-published letters, speaking of
the new substitutes proposed for the
God of revelation, remarked that "the
protoplasm fetich is a poor substitution
for the Rock of Ages."
The Son of man came not to be
ministered unto, but to minister. It is
the great example; it is the law of the
highest life. He who would be great
must serve. He rises highest who does
most to lift others. Chicago Standard.
We should accustom ourselves to
self-denial and patient waiting; for the
blessings that God reserves for His peo
ple are like fruit which will be whole
some wheu it has time to ripen, but
will certainly be noxious if greedily
and prematurely gathered. Scott.
One of the best things ever said by
the patriot Kossuth, whose body has
been laid to rest in his native Hungary,
in answer to inquiries about his finan
cial condition: "My hands are empty,
but they are clean." What a life of
honesty , and integrity these noble
words represent! Infinitely better
such a legacy than an inheritance of
millions of dollars. Pacific
In earthly life we can be sure only
of birth, existence and death. If birth
be viewed as the earthly introduction
to opportunities of immortal growth
and eternal service; if existence be
used as a gymnasium for character;
then death will be the new birth into
a higher life of unceasing activities
and unfolding usefulness. Chicago In
terior. It is not what we do, but what we
are, that talks, effects and proves the
religion of Jesus Christ. We may from
specific causes be brought to the level
of a noble deed, but to be fragrant for
the Master, with a radiating glory in
our very presence that fountain of
life, truth, generous nobility must be
within, and we will do because we are.
Ram's Horn.
The true measure of a man's life is
not the space he occupies in the pub
lic attention while he is living, but the
abiding results of his life. Fire-worka
are brilliant and beautiful, but in a
moment they fade into darkness. To
morrow will be the same as"" though
they had not been. "The men that
leave most are the greatest." United
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