THE AMERICAN.
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TUG HUN.
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'otl Will I'd J- I , It V !' , '
lht Jfl fl.f.l," l,ll I'll' tilltl, tt' II I
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nittiM1taM'!( without nt
tit hi if id H tm nlluto d,t' ham
" 'inif Htnk h silt nily Hit Hi d, ami
I will it J.'ln Hm aklcta; :! ' a-k
J-uii It ji'ii hate niij tsk HU J tm.
Yoli Vlw, ihtnbtlt , Hint iv led
Ititm ,1 In tutu h a Steele kaa bet 'M l
ih U i ti poll il I') lli UiHiIitlnc."
I ii's-tn l my ta'U'i II I'linlttiui'tl only
t.i li . My I'liiiu nilit iilii himI,
HfU't hit llil? Ilitlril llllt simple Ol ill I'll 1 1,
Hint I'M li I hi m' Itlllii things i'0;bt lull
joyously laid t liable wln ll ! tMtt Hie
Vi II, ' (ur," witil she, "Vie Itilike A coin
plote trow of overly ami our elollinaatv
ntiitnot "
Huolt in lili'B illil lint plone mi1 mill J
Ullll her so.
"Tltut w h Ich I less ajfrroabbt In tin1
Biih l inure iinrm ultlii to thooril,"
olio ret.iomlcil, "If wo refuse tn lK'i(iiin'
jhhii' lor 1 1 1 in, how run wo h' llnillli'
will allow im to pui'itiki' nf Hi riches?"
1 itdinlltoil Hull I hail hhiii'Ii lightly,
for the gravo-aotitcnoea which came
fiiun tlio Hps of thin jounjf creature
tiuiilts tun foi l an inferiority tlmt con
victed mo of ulnfuliiCHH, mikI I exclaimed:
"I Jiruy you jmrdon inn, my sister,
find lii'Ip nil!', 1 Iiojki tlmt liy jo-ayer and
IKinitoitiH), I will hi ion bo di'llvi-ri'd from
tho ohalna of thi) llosh.''
"Yes,"Halil Aniiiiiu'liitn, 'thoollleaoy
ofpnunr in irreut, for It In by It only
tlmt wo foeblo creatures of Coil can
hope to obtain 1 1 Ih graci'."
I ri'jfardrd her attentively, as one
who t'l'hlri'J) to bo taught, and hIio con
tinued: ''Without tin) grace of Coil wo lire
w-iiot nhlo to mivo ourselves; without
prayer wo arc unulilo tn obtain this
griiM lU'oordliiii to tho promls i of the
Hnvlour, 'Ask and you ahall receive.' "
Jf I had thou known tho word of Cod
as today, T would huvij I't'iximli'd that
limn Im onlyubht t i pi'iiy nftor having
ri'i'clvrd Kriu'u from hImivo, for tho
)rnyi i of faith conn fioin a gruro al
riaily tvm Ivcd; hut Hiirh ttifjily utlhat
tliini wiw far hoyond nio, and I nlin'ily
itiikfd of A t m 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i lii'i1 opinion upon
tho form and tho bourn of prayer that
I ought tn ndnpt ikrlni; my propara
Hon; I told lo r at the tamo 1 1 mo that I
Wat Kilbji tst to fl'i qilrllt almi IH'i'H of
in I ml whi'ii I wan t inployod with loriK
furmnlaH, and I wn uiixIoiih to know if
them! dlxiraclloiiH iimiulli'd tho morltof
tho jirayoiH.
"yon," nald hIio, "If t hoy tiro volun
tary; but If thoy aro not, your prayi'iH
will not fall to hoholpfol to you and
idoaHlng to (iod,"
'!( I pray In Latin or In Momootbur
lanuak'o that I do not undoi-nUiid, will
Ootl IlNton Ut n y prayomV"
"Vcf (od know nil, uml If you do
not uiiili'MtHiul your wordn, (iod iIooh."
TbU bint Htateimmt of Annuni'lattt'i
citniiot bo "MWHlbly t'ontrHilloti'd, for
(ihI known all tiling an Ho U all iowcr
ful and mi known al! laii(fiia(,'"it, I wan
tlififi out I rely nut lull. d with tbU jiHiiltl
fa I aryumi'til, and I admitted tho pro
found knowlmlifo of my young toucher.
8he propiwod a wa'k In tho garden,
"Madam, " nald nho, "ituK.'cupled with
the nUtcri fur It In tho haw when they
miii-t t'lve an account of tho road Ingn
which they hitvo mado durinu tho day,
hut iho told mo to chivolc mynelf to you
mid we hul I not tin diHturboil,
I Mcci'ptod bor i IT r, but 1 wan nad lo
fmitts wan not to mm my future com
panionn. Hut I thought I ought not to
reveal my thought to Atinunoiata; I
accompanied her to tho garden which
wai tin beautlfut hm I had Imagined. All
our convornatlon tondod to conllim mo
In my vocation and tn Initiate nm Into
my dutlon, ! wan not ablo to keep from
unking mynelf what thorn wan In that
young girl who wan ablo from moment
to moment to gain more and morn an
condaney over im-, 1 attributed thon
that Influoni'a to tho (xtrairdlnary do
groe of hollrionn which Hho iio,tncd to
piH-wnn, Klnci thon I hnvo thought
that Mimo nplrlU wore created to rulo
and otbern to nubinlt, arid thero aro
aomo Intolllgonoon Ut whom all are
curnp'illud to vlold.
Our promenado wan prolonged until
the hour for venporn which wan an
nounced by a clock. Anriunclata con-
dueted mo Into the court of tho ceme
tery and I naw tho nlntcri! jmnn nlowly
and Holomrily tho length of this c lolnte r,
refectory and tins chapel. Kvi-rythliig
in a convent in combined to produce an
effect, an well an each ceremony form a
pieUirtylehtlned to ctiptlvato tho no tine;
It la truly the favorite jiroceduro of
thorw; colibatcn an well aa him whom the
Hcriptimm call "tho old nerpont."
Tho abbenn and thonlnU'ri were all in
their placen when I entered the choir;
I took a wiit that had been annlgned mo
ao far away from tho nlntcrn an not to bo
ablo to recognl,0 them, and an I kept
thin Hitting all tho time of my prepara
tlorTfcffd not a.dvanco-vrry fnnt In my
acquaintanco with my young compan
ions, except the three ilntcra who had
i. n . 'i .1 ni tut' U. j '
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i 'Imp t'lil I pnt lien h I line i'li
''at tiff .tint Milt lit ttuMMtliffiittll. lie
e(iiiit)iunlei tint to pun man J Itotil
iliiilt. lit tn i liHiiitt r and hatn !
l ent t Hie wveli nllettllal putim
ThiHk' t n' ahing n'ter 1lii l, until
Hi Hut ml t.f lifleeii ilaj, IVliewa
lltllit of Hm life I wii nUtut to i nlt-r a
iu lint rveiilng ol toy m i Ivnl. Flimlly
ll ttiilllil tut tliltleilli In ltpri'H Hie aftti"
Hon that Hut aMe. Mnllit r rmula.
and Silet AniHiiieHiia hot d uto. I
Itixe to think that In all thin, then wa
nothing id Hot hi n'i'N, that I him
pleloili d llllel', Mlltnltg ihelti: but lu ll
I Bnked llljnelf wliitl limttvo hail they
In allowing mo all thin ftlTootloti-for I
aked mynt If, Am I not fme to leave at
tho eiel of Hie yvnvf In nplio of every
thing thin noeenfarlly ralwd wiiim ap
preheiiNlon In my mlml; but It ought to
Im remembered that at thin time I wan
completely Ignorant of tho truth; I be
lieved that 1 wan about to enter a atato
of grace and glory into which I could
notcomontid remain In tho wot Id.
I now pann to tho fatal day when I bn-
camo a novlco. A nornon who donlrcH
to hecomo a rellgietiHo cannot booomo a
novice until alio has laid anldo her necu
lar habit; only then can alio enter her
tiovltlale; up to that tlmo tho In only a
poHtulant.
CHAl'TKU 11.
TUB fUOKKHHION.
It wan Sunday; tho hlahop who wan
to perforin tho ceremony had arrived
tho previous evening at Kt. KilTron,itnd
lie appeared with tho lami'dura In tho
chapel at 8 o'clock In tho morning. I
had alept very little during tho night
and had arlaon early, before day, to
pray.
Tim drenn in which I mut-t 11 rat ap
pear comdntcd of a white muflln robe, a
largo bouquet of lloworH and ahead
drenn of bluo gau.o embroidered with
illver. Many hlntcra aMHlnted In my
licensing but no great wan my agitation
that I wan not ablo to dinttngulHh them.
During thin time everything had been
prepared In tho choir, In thin part of
tho church two doom opened ono to
thn navo and tho other to tho high
altar, The apeetatorn wero ublo to neo
all thitt pitMHed, and tho mor.1 beautiful
and graeloun of the mum are alwayn
placed before them, A place In tho
chill r before tint high altar hud been
renerved, and there wero placed two
euHhlotin ono for mo and tho other for
thonuperior, Near the altar wan tho
tlirono of tho binhop,
I cannot recount all tho forum of tho
ceremony tho number of roboa that
tho binhop put on, one ufter tho other,
tint chantn of tho prlentn, tho profound
luclinatiotin which wero renewed each
tlmo that tho crona wan elevated before
the altar, tho compact crowd that p ren
net! outitiilo tho choir to noo tho bril
liant marriage. I could not nay how
often tho organ filled thochurch with
ltn majentlo Houndn and then let them
die away In murmur that wero almost
lm;erecptblo, I content mynelf with
doxerlblng tho rolo that I played my
nelf on thinnolemn occasion,
A clock having announced that all
wanreailv, wo guthon d In tho ante
choir, where each nlntor covered her
w If wltli a long black drapery, called
the mantle of thochurch, and took In
her hand a lighted candle. Then, when
tho Hiipurior had given the Hlgnal, we
formed In lino, two by two, tho young
cnl. in front; the abbonn cloned the pro
cewtlon, holding by tho hand tho vic
tim who wan to lie offered on tho altar
of nupemtltlon. We defiled before tho
two doom, and no were noon by all tho
npectatorn.
When tho Hlntern hud taken their
plitecH, tho ttblKin led mo to tho neat
which had been prepared for mo in
night of tho cntlro company, and Heated
hernelf by my aide. Then after tho
hymn, "() (UmloM Dominn, Elcdm
biiptr tiiibra," tho binhop ciianted
many praycrn. Ho alood near tho altar
In all tho tomp of hln rolam of purple
and gold, bin hand renting i'pyo a mag
nificent glittering croHHund Ha mitre
encrunted with glltUfrlng aUmei upon
bin venerable head, A pi lent preached
tho nermon In which that I wan about to
do wan exalted In a manner to excite
ntlll more tho artificial enthunlusm
which, though not unmixed with Home
apprehennlon, hud nunUined mo during
tho fifteen dayn preceding. Tho Her
mon ended, they gave to tho binhop the
oontumo that I wan to wear) bo blenned
It and gave It to tho nuperior, I knelt
and tho binhop linked me many quea
tlonn roHjH-'Cting tho motives in taking
tho veil. Tho quentiotiH and answer
wero thono ordered by tho church, and
never wan a mora deceitful formula
ever repeated.
It wan then that a lady, sealed near
tho altar, took my hand in the capacity
of god-mothor and placed It in that of
tho binhop. They had dcnlrod Mmo.
Veranl to fill thin office, but an aho wan
p-..it.. .... ..ii.Mn
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lit sit Hoi M Mo " 1" " T
l'"t iiiiil'-i'l lite l-"- nit tli'tntf the
(t.,l, m it't. ,1 lmp I llii.tihl t l m I s?
Ill .i tutu li Inn, sinl tl tiel l I
titixtl 1 1. .ii )th. !,, ft lite tttiilltd
l,,tt ktihrv Mj witpHit't I tiS'l e
t piH in it niii .ti li t a itiir it si nut
lug I bml tm if tvtlilmi ilrewl soil
en it ta wail nut lof It-t Isltif iitf Ui
InaKe bet npp tniiii. In order Ionium
Injr I'stitnsl nullii'tity I wenl etil In !
llm joli sinl l uin In (k'tve orilern tike the
rltli f of a tu liuili tr iiiiititi Itte ib ) sH
inetil, In unli t I tiiitnt fully niptfs tnv
il1pttim w oh in-siipf Lir t lion b dev. I
ir illicit liiilil tit lite lew sinl lindetiiM.k
lo alio I I tu bow II wit iloiie. 1 lie Jitong
man limki'il hi i: " iili disgust niiil liti k
refill, e up' hi Hie M'n h.
" I ,iH-nnl Hie neiiiiis by pln fully Ittrn
ti,g I lie strt iml lai I he dug, lih h w as ty
ing III Hie simile In keep utol. i then ls-
linn to play water ou r llu lawn lit n hi I
eutlltu iinaiie r, ami soon iHt nme st all
niirlieil In Hie work that I did lint notice
tliat I wns gi ttmg water all over my ahum
and the lower part of my piiiiltilnoiis. My
Hon said limbing, but he must have kepi
up a lively thinking. As the fi cling grew
on me, I Istmiiio poaaeaaed with a lit I re
to wet evei .tilling tn eight, and tn twist
tug Hie hnae while walking nround I bain
ed a coupling over which I was standing
and was deluged w ith spray, ThU brought
me hark to my senses, mid reali.lng that
I bad rendered my dress suit unlit to wear
that evening I made an exclamation that
would not look well in print. My wife and
a lady friend w ho was going with us w ere
Htumiing behind me, having Just emerged
front Hm house. They heard my profani
ty, and my wife, who Is a devout church
member, said, 'Why, James, I am aston
ished at your using such awful language.'
Him start hid me, mid tn my confusion I
dropped the confounded hose. There was
a kink In it, and as suon as it struck t he
ground it begun tn twist and squirm
around like a snake. The water flew tu
nil direct ions, but most of it seemed to
strike nie or the ladies. My son nnd Hie
dog howled their delight tu a shrill duet,
ami the neighbors joined in Hie chorus. J
wns soaking wet, so whs my wife and her
friend. We llnally made our escape Into
the bouse, but you ought to have seen tin.
Wo looked like we had passed through u
flood. My wife was so mud that she could
not speak for severul minutes, and she
only gave me a contemptuous look, and
with her friend retired to change her dress,
I went nut and kicked the dog. My son
and J held a short but very satisfactory
Interview, We didn't go to the party. I
came down town, and the clock In the
steeple was striking 8 before I started for
home, so you can guess the rest. I man
aged to Hiuare myself w ith my wife liy
getting her a new drenn. When the lawn
needs sprinkling now, my Hon does tt, nnd
I give him SiB cents for doing the Job."
Omaha line.
Coin I aaiuxl by IVIvste Minis.
The const tuition of the United Plates
provides that no state shall coin money,
but It seems that individuals might have
done so till about the time of the late civil
war. Of course It has always been ngalt'.st
the law to counterfeit or Imitate the coin
age of the United Kind's, and so, necessa
rily, a coin isaiied by a private mint would
have to be so tllst inctivo in shape or mark
ings lis to show that It was not Intended
to pass as federal money, Kor this reason
the 150 gold coins or tokens Issued by sev
eral private mints In t'ullfiirnla during I ho
flush times of tho fifties were octagonal In
shape.
Hold coins went also issued by the Mor
mons of Utah lit about thesame time, and
the same thing had been done by parties
In (icorgla and North Carolina.
I'rolmhly the latest of these private
mints was the one established In Denver
In the early sixties. It Is said that, tho
coinage of this establishment being
brought, to the attention of Hecretary
('base, that eminent llmuiclcr wan much
astonished to 11 ml a respectable firm of
bankers engaged In making and uttering
money and was still further surprised
when (he attorney general of the United
Wales deehili'd they had therlght to do no.
This Incident caused the passage of m
law absolutely prohibiting Individuals
from Issuing or circulating anything In
tended In any manner to serve as money,
Washington Htnr,
1 1 urn and flunkey.
Heveral municipal councilors of a lurgn
gwablan town bad been indulging their
humorous faculties at the ex'smse of an
hnucst fellow burgess who was noted for
Lis rough and ready manners, and It seem
ed as though they intended at all luiards
to maka him the but t of their wit and ridi
cule for the rest of the evening. This was
mora than our worthy oltl.en could stand.
He therefore emptied bis glass and took
bis departure, not, however, without giv
ing tli councilors a riddle to solve.
"Well, now, gentlemen, as you make
yourselves out to ba the cleverest people in
the world, Just tell ms the difference be
tween a horns and a donkey,"
The elty fathers thought the matter over
at oiislderabla length. One replied!
"A horse has short ears, a donkey long
ones."
Other answers followed from His rest,
"All wrong," said the problem maker.
When prensed for the correct answer, lie
replied!
"A horse has never yet found Its way
into thecouncll rhnmbrr, but good night,
gentlemen I"
Ho Haying, he left the company of his
bashed tormentors Iiknlan.elger.
PRESCIENCE.
Along th new wind drifted mow,
C'si ven In ilonis aud luinarst,
An anilM'fiii In beauty, glow
Itlcb tones of blue and vlolat.
And then snollvs Jswsl burns
Anil jiirkl tu tbs liquid light
And suddenly to tunjnoias turns
Upon the chill iinbroksn wblt.
Hero la a cryatal flaming arena,
Wind pollahml m tu light it throws,
And bright amid the lively sheen
FlaaU beryl, chrysopraas and rose.
Within my nuulnf dream these glints
Hint gum my snowy gsrdsnwsy
With colors tins are subtle bints
Of balmy blisnnt tt come and May.
It. K. Munklttrtck In Harper's Wsskiy,
I'noriuu.s am ri;rs
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rtminln tsit t tiiMi.Nt i f mi j.i UiiiM l i
nu, S'tiitl I t Hi. ttii'tte uml In
, l.li.'ll. l imnl.in linn. Hist li
jitfiiit with a tr-w tet'l ittrifpuvt-tt., itt
Hliliii bin Inltiil tt It "tbn
i f Hip unil'l aiiil nil t li w oieli r Hml Wttol'l
ls,"' In llil riiel In mi ii in), ml id-ill j
nklii l'i HiMiitt el tli lli litT' .rtti,i-u, wlin
e llii ir trt MtM-tnbliitl lion in tliit fnculty
efpslttt niirttl inn tlp)ntpt ttnt fHily
nm)i Iuib'Ij in n 'ntlen lit ti iiltnluii-s
nf iliu iiiikiiiitt ii future, .iit ili-wrlpiiti Iv
In renins t lull lilt riititeiiitrry m ltinli
Tlieso ninl oilier pnHliiniif rnimrlty tn
tnt'il nf (e iiliis In i.i;iii lo itilteretil, h
rltwln of Hun' biiM'i'tv new HitL'tfi-niiit Ilit ut
wlven to tlieiitlilfiil intuits wil limit mini
Is'r. Ili-ite., as Mr, Hell reientUs, lninp.il
HK' In litt tti tl tn llit-Mt ituvs fur ronipnrtmt
Hut pnipliis ii s of Hie Uhl Ti-tilniiipnt w itli
IIih plnyn of Miiikisiivuv, "'t'liey may iml
niik W illi rtoieity Hut mono Imit niul
ili'tien tit their voices, imr ii nl alwnyn lo
tli nnni win inu'tits uml rmot lotm, Never
thi'lesn tin y nuinet lines nppniiu li oiut all
ot her very closely, niut ttielr meiitittin often
rutin tu parallel linen," With n cnmlnr
rarely iiiaiiifeslt'd liy ono of bin rloth, tha
reverend canny 1st frniikly aibnlts tlmt Ihu
lilhlu In no tourer reKarded by tint major
ity of intelligent pernotm an "a book of
thcoloi'lffil iloutniis, n nyntiiunt In boily of
ilivlnity.a mere supplier of texts for preach
ers and profiisnom. It is now felt to bo a
book dealing with tho passion of life, ap
pealing to thn hearts of life In all men,"
Tliesit are characteristica which Itpoasessen
In roininou w llli Sliakeapearu'n works.
Mr, Hell is not the only introspective
thinker who has recognized the existence
of these nnd ether allinities between
Slmki'speiiru and tint prophets, or who bus
haard now ami nun In noma "of tho in
tenser notes of Hm Hebrew harp Hounding
tluouKh thn Hluikespeiirean drama." lie
has, however, as fur as wo know, taken
the I nit hit Ivi! in instituting Inmietllnlit uml
dlstinctlvH comparisons between Dibllcal
and theatrical heroes, his assortment of
whom would, in moro Hum one cast), ap
pear at first Hlxht to bo characterized liy a
strango Incongruity. For instance, ho links
tiiKi'tiier Kit tin) prophet and Hum lot tho
Diiiih, as well as Snnl ami Mncheth, Jon
athan and Horatio, King David and Har
ry of Monmouth.
How Hamlet and Ell resnmblo ono an
other in not immediately manifest to tho
avmagit Intelligence, while, as Mr, Hell
admits, the main points of unllkeuess be
tween them am prominent and outstand
ing fmough. "I'll I was at: oncu high priest
and Judgo in a confusing period of He
brew history. Whim we moke his auqmtlnt
n nee, im in already gray and old, dwelling
In Hhlloh, where ha perforins his fiflli'lnl
fund Ions, We sua that thn failure of bin
pnwnrn addn to thn dlllleulty and pa thon
of Ids position and perhaps serves to make
the more apparent to us his characteristic
weakness of nature."
1 (mulct, on the other band, is young,
cultured, possessed of rant powers of ru
(Iwtloii, the more purely intellectual of all
Hhakespearetn characters,
"Huwldii is the Interval between K1I,
the gray bearded Hebrew, and Jlamlet,
the youthful Dane, so marked are their
contrasts, that no connection seems possi
ble between them, ami yet there Is it com
mon ground on which they meet and touch
each other In spite of all their points of
disagreement."
This common ground, according to Mr,
Dell, consists In a like lullrmlly of charac
ter and reveals "the action of the selfsame
mural law." In cither case tho burden of
responsl hi lily seems more than each of
them can benr.
"Ml and Hamlet dot ti discern what re
quires tu be done, alike urn warned by the
voice of admonition nnd hear the call of
duty, lint they both break down on the
field of action. They fall in forthright di
rectness ami steadfastness of will, III
promptlt udeaud vigor of conduct. Hence,
Instead of bringing order out of disorder
and harmony out of discord, they make
confusion worse confounded and become
Involved at length In the toils of wide
spreiidlng, Irremediable disaster," Like
Jlamlet, Kli had not perseverance and eon
slsteticy of purpose, He betrayed a tenden
cy to let things drift and to "unpack his
heart with words,"
The prophet and tho prince resembled
one another in being "failures as practi
cal men," Thry knew well enough what
they ought to have done, but knowledge
with them did not becom changed Into
moral determination. "They missed their
mark by not doing the right thing at the
right time." l-'rom the abovn It may be
gathered that Hamlet'n likeness to KM, as
defined by Mr, Itell, in relative rather than
positive, a parity of wcaknesn, not of
strength; of defects, not of qualltleH.
Hani and Macbeth certainly appear to re
semble one another mors closely tn story an
well an In character than KM and Jlamlet,
The elected king of Israel anil the Hcottlsh
usurper, as young men, were honorable
and Valiant, kindly and generous. They
stood high In public estimation until they
began "to yield to strange suggestions
to think and act for themselves alone, for
getful of the duties they owed toothers,
neglectful of the responsibilities that be
longed to their personal or ofllelal position,
There lay the fatal flaw In Haul and Mao
belli alike.
"They were tempted to use their high
office ami place, lint as means of render
ing large service to ot hers, but for the
cuds of self aggrandizement ami denpotlu
rule. They seem intended to suggest, as
existing originally In themselves, possi
bilities and promises of good which never
got a fair chance to come tn real fruition,
Haul, an described in tho Jtlbllcal narra
tive, Macbeth us dnunitt l.od by hhake
spesfe, alike transgressed the true law of
life and character, but found to their sor
row that their neglect of tt did not cause
it to neglect or forget them, It tracked
them through nil the turnings and wind
ings of their course to the dark and dread
ful end. "London Telegraph.
Motuwlgneur was formerly n royal title.
Now It Is applied to a bishop with erubas
ladnriul powers. As a distinctive appel
lation it was applied to the Grand Dau
phin, son of Louis XIV.
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Ihri ati-iontly be tt.ik a ali f.s.srit
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jron:"
1 lie ttsrlier w ho bad stisvnl Hie senator
nmv estne fi.r ant ami tn a partite loite
I nt tfcfi-tl. "Ituii ii atsirit," wtt be to
Hie laty, "mid have the insn nt Iheiltnil
rtsnn ihair i-xnnttitn Ihnratk Itieretsn
mistake S'unew tient. I'h nse alt ibixvu, ai n
Hlnr tie'll le back In a tnliutte," And,
sine einmgli, Imek be tlid come Hint tiring
lug the seiialor's lint with him too. The
bitter luul pii keil niiiitlnT niitti 'n lint from
the rni k tiimself and hadn't noticed the
mistake,
"It Ismy mlstnke," snld bt,w Ith sgrnee
fill inclination of the body, ami tiii-tilng to
Hie bid whom be luul but a moment be
fore threatened, "and I humbly Is'g ynut
pardon!"
ltnt the colored lad was more embnr
rn4ied under Hie polite apology of the
South C'lriillnbui than he had been under
the threat of unjust punishment. Nov
York Herald.
Thry Made Onnil nonila.
There Is one amusing Incident of A. . I.
Gatnhlll's early llfo when ho was driving
stHgo In Tetiiiessue, and which was char
arterlstin of the man, that will bear rela
tion. There had been a damaging storm,
and many of Hie roads on his etage route
were badly broken up ami In some places
carried away. On one of his trips he readi
ed a bad spot tu a corduroy road, and his
leaders can ui to a dead halt. The stage
was late, and the passengers wero anxious
to get through, .lack put his whip In the
socket and calmly took tn the situation.
"Jack! Jackl" the passengers called to
htm Impatlowtly, "whatnra you going to
do? How an we to get through?"
"Hold your Jaw," replied the irritated
driver, "and get out yero, a couple of you
fellows, and take the lenders' beads,"
Jack descended from his sent nnd looked
In viiln for any meaiiH to 1111 the break,
Suddenly a bright Idea struck him, lid
was loaded down with public documents
a ton or more and wlthuut more ado lie
sei.ed this freiglitaml threw hag after bag
Into the chasm till he made a passable
roadway, and lbs horses and at age went
led over safely.
"I don't know," he used to remark,
when telling of this Incident, "how the
constituents of the congressmen got along
without their documents, hut I do know
that the HtulT made t he best piece of road
on the corduroy for Home time. They were
well distributed, too, after awhile, for
when the water rose higher hiiiiiii of the
documents Honied down the creek, nnd the
voters who lived in tho bottoms had frnn
reading for (pilte awhile, It wasn't as dry
either as such documents usually are,"
Jack used to add, wit h a chuckle, "The
creek attended to that." Kan Francisco
Call.
llelnrinliiliig the Age of a Tree.
"I have been called upon In court fre
quently to pass upon the age of a tree, In
order to decide as to the date of aland
survey," Hitld J)r, J. T, Hothrock, tho
stale forester, the other day, "I cannot
nay that the rings of a tree are a rerlnlu
Indication of Its age, although the com
mon belief Is that a tree makes a Hug ev
ery year. I remember a very Important
case In New Jersey where a great ileal de
pended mi ileti'i'tiilnlug the exact year of a
survey. Our side based Its case upon the
fact tlmt n section of a tree that had been
chipped at the (lino of the survey showed
It had nfterwnrd grown a certain number
of rings. To show the fallacy of such nn
argument, 1 produced a section of anoth
er tree chipped during the same survey,
which, when cut In half, had more tings
upon one shin than upon the other, 1 ask
ed why one-half should he taken any more
than the other to determine the age of the
tree. It had t il her only made a half ring
or a ring and a half some one year. Trees
may make no rings some years, while In
others t hey may make two, I have known
of cases In the tropics where they have
made three or four rings annually,"
t'lttsburg Dispatch,
Trademarks,
Trademarks are understood to ba near
ly as old as the industry of the human
race. Ancient llabylou had property sym
bols, and the Chinese claim to have had
trademarks 1 ,000 years before Christ.
U u ten burg, the inventor of printing, had
a lawsuit about a trademark and won It,
As early as 1HU0 the Kugllsh parliament
authorized trademarks, and the laws of
the United Wales have also protected
them. Extraordinary means have been
required at all times to guard against the
fraudulent use of marks of manufacturers.
If there wero no means of Identifying the
trademark, the best goods at once lose
their value. This was discovered very
early, nnd It Is deemed probable Hint the
iiiccennors of Tubal Cain were the first to
use distinctive marks on their mnnufno
tures. This Is nbout an near an tt In pon
lible to nrrlvo at data llrooklyti JOigle,
Two C'litimileneeB.
"T.et'H go lip on thin side of the street,"
laid one man to another at Woodward av
enue and Jelferson.
"No," was tlie reply. "I owe a bill at
I place Just above here, and I can't com
fortably go along the side of a street where
I owe anything."
"Whewl" exclnlmed the first, man, "If
I felt that way I'd have to tako to tho
fields beyond the city limits." Detroit
Free Press.
CiU'iiintier Honey,
In Florida the cucumber is regarded as
in excellent (tee plant. It Is said bees fa
tor It, nnd that the honey prepared from
encumber flowers ts of first class quality,
Cucumber pollen ts also snld to be a fa
vorite with the hnueybee. Meehan's
Montblt.
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Si d ni l1. I-titles ami lit lltintt.
CI MR III
"utm nf llii Ki'Viiliiiii.n .I'ntvettw Vtll. vs.
Sli .tiii mn ll Inn, , m ' 'nltaln"- the unit,
ol 1 in n( tlie l.awmtr tlie t lilvi r"'.
t'l ST IV.
Tlie advent satin nf tlie "felials." It tin-lix-ka
llu- intt'tloiia Mliilieliolil nf I lit . 1 1 1 u -itiiv,
I'linlihttit u In nuik. a prni-llcal
"Kcvlalun" of III" llllile. ''t' ft rr
tttft H pmfvt.jutt t it kail fifrm tlmt ht fo'mrr
frofitt tn ftirmrr gtl. Tlie llllile Ihu "I'sletlt
tUltce" of Science, l-.thlcs, Hi llnloli, the III
ven I ion" of the I'attliiri'liul Atfi'.
IM.ATS V.
The lliinlcn of ruvpl ilalnli t'li. XtXl. Ihu
I'lniis nf tlie Areliilcct for tlie lliiililliiii of
the lirent I'yrainlil- llliislriiteil by Ilia
III ituii1. Hie luiKKHgea Hlnl cIihiiiIhth of (tin
an me nIiiiwik Iiow illnieilomi coiiforin to the
"t'alialii." Meaning: of Kpypt. A lilnt, "liy
so in imy Pyramids were built. The HIncov
i rem of tin1 Tliire (irent, l.sws of the I ' i I
vcisi'. How to li'ii rn the "t nliiibi" unit tiuikn
It, Interesting and InMrucllve. The t'lilmlu"
iiuiNt be known to uiiih r-tiinil the llllile in
nil its MeiinlnKS, Science. Kthk'snnd I'ellKlon.
11, ATR VI,
The Hung nf Joshua, after he coiiuiuinded
the Sun and Moon lo "stimil mill." Tlie tltnn
thereof mid its mi'iinlnit. t'erliiln parts of
"I'aiilniK." i'KniM'li" nun "Jaalier" com pared
to determine their relative awe, and their
related origin.
PI.ATR VII,
Tlie process of adopting and adapting llllile
literature, In Nation Itulldlnu, from the
lircut, Model tlie I nlverwe. The .lews did
not write the llllile, anil why. The dispersion
of the A ut hois ot the 11 1 hie. nod the probable
time, nnd why. I'rolcliinilsin iimi lioman
Ism. wlio and how di lined, nnd wiien and
where.
IM.ATH VI II.
The Abstract of i he ( 'alalia" as shown In
the "Paulina," "Proverbs," -"Job, " "I cm 1 tl ll,"
Kccleslastes" and "Hong of Solomon." I'orni
of t he "Cabala" ami their meaning. 'Ikt
lUblt 'paragraphs" art "Cabala" divitwns, "the
Ciihiila" reveals the hidden truths of which
ll Is I be symbol." Kx ample of tlie ('iilmlii,"
sivlng verses 1 to 5, Isaiah, (h, X VI also tho
ii u in her and lines showing "Cabala.
fl.ATK IX.
Authiiis and Insniiv. The Patriarchs
thn meniilng thereof. Positive evidence that
the Hlhle mis written In Itrllaln. Tlie Tem
ples. n.l, "A hury ll nd Nloneheiige," hiillr, to
dcmonstralii the living laws of the I'nl
vi ti"," the Heavens, in il the CoiiHlclliitlona
thereof, exhibited mi tlie plains at htone
henge, In calling your kindly attention to tho
contents of tlie "Hlhle ("abala" as con
Ht riti't i'il liy the Hinds of llrlliiin, permit me
tlie pleiiHiirn to say : I 1
Tills In mi wise conlllcts with the Word or
r'irst 'Cabala" const iiii'ted by and as given
In I hn "Wisdom of hiiioiiinni this "key" of
Holouiiin seems to luive lieen made for tint
purpose nf preserving an Ordtr o thi Honkt of
tin lUblt. Tills "Cabala" of Solomon, I sup
pose Is t he "Cabala" so often referred to- In
later Jewish ami other literature down to
the present, time; It of Itself presupposes the
existence of a "I'ahaln" Iheu existing In the
IJtei-atiire, and Its construction strongly In
timates that, the ktinwleilge of tlin form of
the pievlous or oldest, 'Cabala" hud been
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Thn "figure Cabala,"
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