CHAPTKR I
OKKAT Ntorm had
raged with una- ,
hated fury for three |
day*, but now at
the abutting down i
of twilight the
cloud* were break- j
Ing, and toward (
the *un*#t there
gleamed a alngle
apark of blood-red (
light low down
upon th< we*tern mountain*. The wind
bad .hanged from the ea*l. and the
breeze that'fanned 'he boylah brow of
Ralph Trenho^me a* he paced back and
forth over the ahlngly ahore, waa like
the breath of early June. And It waa
the laat of October. The aea wa» *tlll
high, toaalng In at Interval* remnant*
of the lll-*tarred *hlp that had gone to
pie.. * on Joliet Rock, Juat outalde the
harbor mouth of Portlea.
How unxioun hud been the heart* on
ahore for that wretched »hlp! How
earnextly they had watched It *ln>:(*
early dawn, when It had appeared In the
offing driven about helpleaa, at the
mercy of the wind* and water*, and at
laat dashed upon the cruel rock*. They
had devised vainly among themaelvea.
those hardy flahermen, way* and mean*
. - L . _ s-* - rrtse*
na v# ivcmci iruui hoi .
proud mistress q/ Treuholme House
belter known as High Rock—had come j
out into the storm, as pale and anxious
at the rudest fisherman's wife among
them come out to beg Ihem to do all
that bumaa arm could do; to offer them
gold If th^y'could save but one pool
life; ami those brave, courageous men
had lookeq at her, and at each other,
sorrowfully* und In silence; they knew
by stern experience that no boat could
live an hour In* sea like that. And so
the ship was left to go down unaided.
But Ralph Trenholtue could not be
quiei. With the daring Impulsiveness
of a boy of fourteen, he had thrice |
launched the Sea Foam, his own little ,
boat, to go to the aid of the sufferers,
but as many times had the men of the
coast forced him back. They would
not stand by and see him go to death
for nought. Ralph fought against
Ihem bravely, but was obliged to yield,
and restless, and chafing at. his Inac-j
tlvity, which seemed to him almost
cowardly, he .paced the shore, and
looked out to sea.
There came a great wave. He watched
It rising afar ofT, and saw that It bore
upon Its crest something whiter than
even the foam. He darted down to the
water line, and stood there when It j
came so near that It drenched him
through, but he caught the precious j
freight it bore In his arms, and by the ;
wan ligbi he looked into the face of a
little child—a girl—perhaps six or seven
years old, with pure features, stilled
Into calm repose, and long, curling locks
of pnlr! floating drlntilng down, and
tangled with seaweed. She was dressed
In white, and around her waist was a
scarf of blue tlasue. but the other end
was lost, torn away, probably, from the
support to which she had been bound
by some one who had cared to save her.
Kalph gathered her up with something
like triumph swelling his heart. If
she were only alive he might have the
satisfaction of knowing that he had
saved a life, for If she hail been dashed
In upon the shore, the sharp rocks
would have crushed out from that beau
tiful face every semblance of humanity.
He puts his lips down to hers. There |
was a fain: warmth. He run up the
stecp path leading to High Hock, bear- ]
lug hi* treasure in his arms, aud In to .
hi* mother, who was slttlug before the
great tire that streamed redly up the
chimney.
See what the sea ha* given met" he
cried, putting her down on the sofa " A
real little sea nymph' and as beautiful
a* an angel*"
"Softly, my non. said Mr*. Tren
holm*, with mild dignity. "Hun for
Or Hudson perhaps she ran be re
stored ‘
Halpk was off Instantly, hut when he
returned with the docior. the little girl
did not need hi* aid. she was sitting up,
and looking around her with great,
wondering eyea. and • fluah of scarlet
an either cheek llut when they qua*
tented her »he could give no aattsfac
tory reply |lbe pul her hand la her
forehead »■ • confused sort of wsv.
tnd said she could not remember All
hno»ledge tot the past was blotted out
|i waa aa If It had never been Uhe
had tufget'en her own name db* did
not mu remember thai she had b*eo
an shipboard and when they aaked her
about her parent#, site looked at them
In attch • 4used eort of • wav that Airs
Tree holme saw at o#«e II wae was lea*
Ip pears the matter The mvere sievek
her gitv.-m *yi.riu had revolved from
i* main*-a * » long In >h* waier had
k, Mtogni total oblivion nf the past
Her elf1 hf*41 waa Nne and <umUy hoi
there were no irlnhrt* h» which any
•Itae in her parentage *ould ho obtained
The only thing that might verve te
Identify her waa a minute scarlet uvsi.
lunf hr ten the oheoMee an her arm
a mark that had evidently been pricked
Into her akin with some Indelible sub
■tance.
After a few weeks the wonder and
curiosity which this sole survivor of
the wreck had excited died away, and
Mrs. Trenholnie, yielding to the earn
est solicitations of Ralph, decided to
adopt her, and rear her as her own.
Ths child was christened Marina, which
means from the sea, and turned over to
the care of Kate Lane, the nurse, who
still bad the charge of Agues. Mrs.
Trsnholme's little six years’ old daugh
ter.
Marina was a beautiful child you
would seldom see a beauty so faultless
as hers. Kvery day developed some
new charm. Her golden hair grew
more golden, her eyes bluer and deeper,
and her smile rarer and sweeter. Oc
casionally, she would break out Into
snatches of song — old melodies —
strange to all who listened, something
she must have learned In other lands,
and beneath sunnier skies.
The waif had found a good home, all
the neighborhood said. Ho she had.
High Rock was the manor house of the
vicinity, the Trenholmes the wealthiest
old family In that part of the state.
The lands belonging to the estate were
wide and fertile, the old house waa a
romance In Itself, albeit a most stately
one. It was built far out on a great
peak, closely overhanging the sea -a
massive structure of gray stone, with
towers and gable windows, and wide
piazzas.
Mr. Trenholme had held many offices
of public trust, and as a man and a
aenoiar non sroou very nign. tie nau
died suddenly, two years before the
opening of our story, Mrs, Trenholme
had truly and tenderly loved her hus
band, and natures like hers never for
get. Her best consolation she found In
the affection she bore her children; and
Ralph and Agnes were worthy of all
the love she gave them. With very
little of their mother's haughty pride,
they bat) inherited all her beauty and
gentleness, while to Ralph, along with
his father's One Intellect, had descended
hts earnest heart, his strong affections,
and his almost chivalrous yense of hon
or. Ralph was eight years older than
Agnes. At fourteen he was a tall, band
some boy, with a dark, clear com
plexion, brown eyes, and curling chest
nut hair. Agnea waa of the less intense
type, with delicately cut features, dark
ha/.el eyes, a pale complexion, and a
hush of scarlet on her sweet lips.
These were the children with whom
little Marina was thrown. They grew
up together. The girls loved each other
like sisters; Indeed, there was little
chance for them to know the difference.
The children had but few playmates.
The neighborhood was not very select,
and Mrs.Trenholme was very particular.
Lynde Graham, the only child of a poor
fisherman that dwelt at the foot of the
Rock, was with them most frequently.
The proudest mother In the land would
have no objection to Lynde Graham as
a playmate for her children. He was
about Ralph’s age, a darling, noble
souled boy.
And sometimes from Ireton Ix>dge
the stately residence of Judge Ireton
came Imogene, his daughter, to pay
little visits to the Trenholmes. Some
day Imogene Ireion would make hearts
ache; some day she would be absolutely
magnificent In her beauty. Even now
she was queenly. Her complexion was
like the creamy petals of a Illy: her
hair and eyes were black as night, and
:*.t times her cheeks flushed like car
nations, and her voice rang out like
the music of silver bells. Her whole
bearing was like that of one who knows
she was born for conquest. She was
haughty, arrogant and selfish.
At sixteen, Ralph Trenholtne left
home for college. He remained there
four years, returning home only for a
week or two at vacation time, and then
not always seeing Marina and Agues,
who were ai a boarding school for
young misses. After his graduation, be
made the Ruropi an tour, and four years
elapsed before, bronted and bearded, he
again set foot upon his native land.
Meanwhile. I.yude (Irahum had
fought a hard battle and come off
conqueror. Men with eyes like his
seldom fall to accomplish what they
undertake with their whole soul*. He
had titled himself for college, taught
to gain the money requisite to defray
hta expenses, and Just as Ralph arrived
home. I.yude Orabaut had come bach
to the Asher's cottage, with the diploma
front Harvard la hta pocket He had
graduated with the very highest (ton
or* and at one# begaa studying medi
cine with Hr Hudson of l*»rileu
i'HAl'TKIt II
_ — mp son, what
do uh of
> hits
• few weeks after
her son's return
Me a as lying on
a lounge i|i awn tg
before g amrtbern
window, where the
tala Hrtwbet sen
poured in ttn gold, hi* h*nd ly
ing in her lap har while Anger*
hidden among hi* > hestndl tuft* M
looked up tat# her *y«e, took her hand
and pressed n slowly lu hin lip*
"I thigh hat mother ihal she to lha
tu-jst beautiful being I ever saw. I
have seen the brunettes of Italy, tti
fair-faced women of Circassia tb«
languid Spaniards, with their eyes ol
fire, and the oriental seraphs of tb«
Turk’s harem, but none like Marina.”
Something like a shadow fell over
the face of Mrs. Trenholme. He fell
the change In her voice, slight though
It was.
"Yes," she said, “Marina Is beautiful,
It were a pity that she has no family—
no name, oven, save what we have
given her. Her parentage must ever, I
suppose, femnln a secret. Indeed, my
son. I blush sometimes to think of It,
but perhaps she was the offspring of
shame, and thus abandoned. You will
remember, perhaps, that no female
bodies were ever washed up from the
wreck of the vessel. And It Is not cus
tomary for children like her to be put
on shipboard without a woman's care."
An angry flush rose to Ralph’s cheek.
He sprang up quickly.
“Never, mother! you wrong her! I
would stake my life that Marina It
nobly born. We may never, In all
probability we never shall, know the
secret of her birth, but If we do, mark
me. we shall find her fully our equal!”
Mrs. Trenholme smiled at his earnest
ness, as she replied:
"To change the conversation, Imo
gens Ireton Is coming here tomorrow
for a visit of Indefinite length. I think
lmog»ne will surprise you. You have
not seen her since you left home, I
think?"
"1 have not, but 1 have no doubt she
has developed wonderfully. Imogen*'
was always magnificent!"
"And now she has no peer. I have
never seen one who would compare with
her. But tomorrow you shall Judge for
yourself."
The conversation closed, and Ralph
thought no more of It, until Itnogene
Ireton burst upon him. He was amazed
iik nun expected to see a very oeaiuuui
woman, hut, Instead, he touched the
hand of a princes*. Three year* older
than Marina, at nineteen xhe waa fully
developed, with a form that would have
driven a sculptor mad with ambition
to rival It, She was rather tall, with
that graceful, high-bred ease of man
ner that came to her so naturally, and
the voice that In her young girlhood had
been so sweet, was now a breath of
mimical Intoxication. Her complexion
was still rarely clear, the cheeks a little
(lushed, the mouth a lln of scarlet, the
hair dark and lustrous'y splendid, and
the eyes!—such eyes are never seen
twice In the world at the same time.
Ralph gazed into their depths, with a
strange feeling of bewilderment. She
fascinated him powerfully, and yet he
felt a sort of coldness creeping round
his heart—an almost Incipient shudder
shook him, as her soft hand fell like a
snowflake Into his.
In the dally Intercourse which fol
lowed, the feeling somewhat wore away,
and though Miss Ireton, at the end of
a fortnight, had not succeeded In cap
turing the heir of Trenholme, It must
he adinlt'ed that she had Interested
him. Toward Hynde Graham, who was
at the Rock almost dally, she was cold
and reserved: she never forgot the dis
tance between Judge Ireton’s heiress
and the son of a poor fisherman. And
yet, despite her coldness, which at
times was almost scorn, before she re
turned home Hynde Graham bad
learned to love her. He kept his un
fortunate secret to himself: he felt that
It would cause him nothing hut paio
and sorrow, should it escape him by
word or deed.
The winter passed quietly. There was
an occasional pleasure party, but they
were by no means frequent, and It was
not until summer came that the real
round of pleasuring, which was des
tined to break the calm of the Rock for
the season, began.
ITO no I Q.M IH EIU
THii WATCH ADJUSTER.
tin !« » .Han Whtwe llullnilff Work R«
qttlriMi V<Mrge Ki|M rinnp itml Miirti skill.
Perhaps the most highly skilled and
best paid men In the watchmaking
business are the watch adjusters. One
adjuster tn a great factory used to re
ceive $10,000 a year. The adjuster's
work is one of the Important elements
of coat in the making of a tine watch,
and a $10,000 adjuster should he com
petent to perfect any watch,whatever
Its delicacy and coat, it is the business
of the adjuster to take a new watch and
carefully go over all Its parts, fitting
them together so that the watch muy
la- regulated to keep time accurately to
the fraction of a minute a month. Keg
ul.it mg U a very different process from
adjusting stid much simpler. A wat. li
that cannot be regulated so as to keep
accurate time may need the hand of the
adjuster, and If It Is valuable
the owner wilt be advised to
have it adjusted. There ars
watch adjusters In New York working
oil their own account and earning very
com fort a hie Incomes Tn the adjuster
every watch that cornea under hit
hands gets to hsva a character of tta
own He knows every wheel and screw
and spindle that help to constitute tin
watch, knows Its con*.Holton
a physicia n knows that of an old p«
i tleat, lie ms say what th« walsh needi
after an accident, an.l con advise as tu
whether It Is worth adjusting Na new
t watch can be depended upon until it
has passed through the hands of ttv<
adjuster, for however admirable the la
dividual part* of the works their per
feet tvs I hi. e la to he obtain I ual| t<
tu.lv sludv and eipertment aa It la thi
bust a e ta of the a.tjra 4t»r ui wtt ke Thi
adjustor la a tighty skilled me. ban
: with wide knew ledge of kls business
i and Ike utmost deftueao It* tie prooenv
i tlOM
..- nr- ..
Above Mannheim the Ithioe ts to t>
made nw tgabte os for as dtraoborj
As a .anal wilt be liu.bgs*i*, Import
ant cbangst must be made vtv the rtv«
bed
THE HUMMING TOP.
Trrinnlnted (mm the (urman <>t Theobald
Cross by tllnnrh* Willis Howard.
Count Grier Mug, the inigbtient min
ister of the realm, bad breathed hi»
last. Hie final momenta on eartli Imd
left him looking somewhat pale and
1 worn, but had m no respect diminish
ed hin pride and aristocratic elegance
of bearing. Attired in a gold em
broidered coat, auch aa men of Ida din
! tinctlon are apt to wear wlien lying in
1 luneral atatn, he atarted off on the di
rect road to heaven.
Marching along at a brink pace, be
pre ently overtook and panned a little
group, consisting of three moat
wretched benign, a white-haired, pal
sieJ old paiqier woman, ayoutli,from
wiione neck Mtill dangled the halter
which he bad brought with him from
the cloning aeeneof Ida lile drama, and
a poor little hump backed connump
tive boy, 5 or 0 yearn old, who, from
tune to time, glanced lovingly at a
toy clasped clone in Ida hand.
Count Geierllug arrived at the gatea
of heaven and politely add waned Ht.
Peter:
“Pardon me.” lie began, "I would
merely leg to inquire —”
lint the ,'ormer auontle and present
keeper of the celestial gates interrupt
ed him Hternly:
“li'n not your turn. The three be
hind there, whom you panned on the
rond. come first.”
“Hefoie me? I am Count (ieierllug,
the Prime Minister. I have (lie title
of Excellency, am knight ol hummer
Jjl.li mwI.,1 u i.tAiiilineu /»# 1/ ai t * f fl I afl
, learned societies- arid——”
**I ’j» here we recognize neither knight
' nor scholar."
“Vet your reverence wan a kind of
knight yourself, and wielded a dash
ing blade in the allair with Male him,"
Peter silently regarded the smiling
speaker.
“And your reverence was also a
quasi scholar- or author—or
"On earth I was only a poor fisher
| man.”
“And yet." continued the Count,
with a profound bow, "your rever
ence’s Kpistli s are even more celebrat
ed than t lie worid-renowned letter of
Mine, de Hevigne.”
Again Peter surveyed the flatterer
in utter silence, but with so penetrat
ing a ga/- t iiat tbe false courtier eyes
j drooped beneath it,
I In (l.e meantime, the three pilgrims
tiii'J arrived.
No sooner did 8ailit Peter sec the
boy'* innocent face and crippled body
than lie Maid kindly:
“Hun in, little one. This is the right
place for you.”
The apostle then turned to a thick
book upon which in golden letters,
stood "Ledger."
“What i* your name?” he asked the
old woman.
“Brigitte Hicgniaierin, ilyou please,
holy Haint Peter," site replied, with a
courtesy.
“Precisely- Brigitte Fteginaierin,” j
i replied Saint Peter, pouring over Ids !
ledger. Then, in a crumbling tone, he j
continued "Debit: ‘Ha* a bitter j
bad tongue of her own.' While, cliarg- '
ed toiler credit: ‘Hhe is wretchedly
poor. ' "
"Poor!" 11 led the oldcrone, weeping j
and dinging up tier arms; "God is my
witness tliai is true; and the holy
Haint Peter himself knows that pov
erty is a gnawing pain.”
"Well, well,"said the apostle gently; 1
“go in. granny—on in. In there there
is no more poverty or pain.”
The young man with a halter |
around his neck stepped forward.
“Your name?” demanded 8t. Peter.
“Veit K ratzern.”
moie a "Old Bracelet, read me
apostle, with a frown.
•'it. in: A purge full of money.
“Item: The contents ol the contri
bution box ol St. James’ Church.”
St. Peter scowled fiercely at the 1
youth, who shook like a leaf in the '
Blast.
“Credited: ‘He did it all at the ill*
! stigution and entreaty of his sweet
heart.’ Ifni! Did you love the wom
an so very much?”
“Ah!” faltered the hoy, "1 con'd
never tell you how much! I” —
“Knouuli!” broke in St Peter.
“Don't ta'k tome about it. Be off,
will you? out ot my sight.”
“\\ hat! In there?” and the thief
pointed toward the gates,
“Well—yes. Only make haste or I |
may repent my weakness."
Three the brielly opened portals the
fair forms and pitiful faces of t wo
shining angels were revealed. One of
! them tenderly wi|ted the team from
I poor old Brigitte's eyes, while the nth
I ci , murmuring mild and compassion
I ale words, removed Die ro|>e i'oiu
i Veil Krai/era's neck.
' .Now we arc ready for you.” re
marked muni peler lo the Count,
tuin ng over hat after leaf of the ledg
! cr, and suddenly exclaiming ill a bur
I rilled tpne
"Thai look* promising, indeed' Col
; limit alter column of dclnt Items while
| nothing stands to lo your credit ah
soldi el V nothing!”
Thw f ount began pompously
“I lisix advanced the commerce,
otnnttfacturia and agriculture ot my
native land I have protected and
in mooted tile aria and silence* I
have built churches ami sctnojls ami
asylums and hospital* and pom j
Ionises and--'
"I'rxtSi tool " i r!«e| Saint Peter,
angrily “All that i* dixigvl ts*t
*nou*h. not In yout »iwdU tmi a.'unrst .
I mi, las anw it was dune Irom ambi<
ihoi amt >» iirhiHss ami ostentation
amt hyjaa'tUy,'*
■ V|y lift's e#t work,' continued the
> tomit, *• tit more prurutry, “how I
i mad* mv lathcfiaml g«*ac and glon .
ous IwyiHul ah land* on cattb I do ,
not mist to mention, tor I pi,»■ -me j
an lame ba« long a,*,* • o n>l Imre !
pint tame.” retorted aatnt l*e|er, I
• till no teasing indignation, ha* noil
v*> he | it*, but the groan* ot dying!
/unite" have non* to »*• Irom JfcaM j
,41 lie it,id*, ami from desolate horn** |
-he denpair vd nn»ib»r* acd b»rd*« j
and I let^M'r* wretch. I1 to Wave |
nothing belter than thie to urge, you
ire e lout man!”
The Count grew atilt paler, and bad
not a word to nay foi himrelf.
At thie moment the little boy, lin
geiing on the threehold of heaven, call
ed out:
“Mr. Peter' Mr. I'eter!”
“Are yon Mtill there, my little man?”
ref timed the apoetle. “Why do you
not enter?”
InMead of replying to the queetion,
the little fellow eaid:
“Mr. I'eter, do you eee tide hum
ming top.” Hiiint I'eter returned indul
gently, "Pray, how came it here?”
“My mother laid it in my grave
with me,” anewered the child eerioue
ly. He t hen picked up hie top, re
wound the»tring,and extending tne ton
temptingly toward the apoetle, eaia:
"Mr. Peter, if you will let the Count t
go in there with me I will let you epin
my top."
"I)o you know the Count, child?" |
"Of rourm-. It waethe Cpurn that ;
gave me the top.”
“Ah! Tell me how that happened,
deal bo*.”
"Once I wiim eittirig at tliedoor, eat
ing my bread, and when I bad liiiieliod
I began to cry. ,I lint ttien tbe Count
came driving along in a beautiful blue
and gold coach, with four grey home*, i
And the carnage «top|*ed and the
Count Maid:
“ 'Are you hungry, little boy?’
” ‘No,’ Maid I ‘I have jue* had my
bread.’
"And the Count Maid, "i’iien why
are you crying?"
"And t in n I -aid, ‘I am mo lonely.
Father and mot tier go otf to work
i-arly in tin morning, and don’t come ‘
home till late at night, and the chil
dren won’t play with mchecauMe I am
-o hIow.’ Then the Count Maid that
he would bring me Momething to play j
with. And in a little while be came '
I i < . 1 , t A I .... _J.. Il
i/iM h w it ii um iwjt, r*ii»i wn tutt'ir iv
-niii, the Count nmi 1 together; after
that I never cried any more."
Habit Peter made no reply hut bur
ied Ins head in his ledger, muttering:
"I knew he’s rattier old toayish in
his accounts, our old bookkeeper,
(Jahriel—still, we have always been
able to rely upon him—ah, I was sure :
of It!" he exclaimed joyfully; "here it
is on the very last credit page:
"Gave a clay laborer’s crippled child
a toy—commonly called a humming- i
top -and with great kindness and ,
gentleness showed the boy how to
spin it."
With almost youthful eagerness
Habit Peter seized his red pencil ami
drew a broad line through the whole
ionu hst of sins and offenses, and the
next moment the Count, c lasping the
['hild's hand, entered the kingdom of
heaven.—New York independent.
A Gander-Pulling in Florida.
There was a gander-pulling here re
cently. Perhaps some of your read- '
ers do not know what a gander pull
ing means. Well, I will try to describe
it. A large gander is procured and a
’ram sack is tnrown over its body, j
neck and wings let loose. Mr. Gander
is hung, head down, to a pole, which
is placed across a fence, so that a
man on horseback can reach and
Lake hold of the gander’s neck. Now
mines the laugh. Any person wishing
.0 get the gander pays 25 cents for
Lhree rides. He starts his horse a few
'oils away ut a high speed, and when
le passes 1 lie gamier lie catches him
>y the neck and pulls his head oil, 1. e.,
I he can. Home friend of the uander
ias ureasecl his neck well with lard,
ind it seems that no one can hold on
;o it. We had extra scenes at this
1)10w. First, the horse that John
[lavis rode stumbled, tlucw Davis
/ V Mil 11% l»<4| »»V • ••
mult. 'I’llin created a great deal of
itiort. The second scene was C. II.
Pulton riding a mule. When he pass
ji the gander he caught him by thu
ieck wit h both hands, hut he could
lot pull his head oil. lie hung on for
lear life. His mule left him, and he
bund himself sitting on the ground. I
[ think everybody laughed until they
:ried. The poor old gander was tak
lown and sent home as well us usual, |
rotti all appearances.—DeLand (Fla.) |
N'ews.
im a - mm --
A Singular Experience.
From the Gorham (N. H.) Mouataiimar.
Miss Hattie Edmonds, of Dutton, has
passed through a singular experience.
Over a a year ago she had several teeth
extracted hy a dentist while under the
influence of chloroform, and immedi
ately afterward she was .seized with a
liad cough and urn luallv wasted and
look her !>ed, ah it was supposed in eon*
lumption (Several physicians exam
ined her case, one of whom attributed
iier illness to an uleor in the throat, and
gave her a remedy. The medicine re
tailed in a aevi re oaroxyara of cough
ing, during winch she threw out a tooth
that had lieeu lodged in her throat
while she was chloroformed, mid had
remained, nearly coat tug her her life.
Nha is now raindlv recovering. Wa
think that, while saying her evening
prayers, she ought to say the word* of
the lilt 1 • g<rl who, after liar tug a tooth
extracted, lied Mil expression: " For
go u us our debts as we forgive our den*
tisU."
■w^P • ^■P»
Paper a Protaction Agdlnm
Cold.
Hihh III* New \ utk Thee*.
It is a well known foci that paper ta
a great pm .< >on ag.* ;-'1 tin* cold. I
Hull hoi ier mi, . *• and woodsmen
preserve tan* *h>«**of wrapping pa j
r and n< »-pa|« i to put lietween j
i lie , oxer lug i-mkele alien there tsati |
iiisnlhi nin x oi lad coveting in Ilia In*
Irl* or i anil.*, AM excellent prwtew- ,
lion oitl ol iloora fur ilie cliswt alien
•earing III* drew* suit, with the log. j
>ni yrsi • »j«i»ing a pint uni that ta
i,h n-1 Xhx wx.il cv\ ervd hy * he Ia*htonn
|, * hub - til mat and xeel, te a I* w lotde
til paper oii-h meaih the overcoat
Many imnUlfM in drtx u-g pot a lew
ill pais ! a. I os« Hull rhsel un
der i«ath the nver.-oat a* w l| a* at
the l ei, and had • d-vittal prolerttoo
against live void an-.l* that pre*atl at
thM sea*-oi 11w pwj* i ia haw a wail
M ixtutpieiely tool m Hng l he we a rev
Arresting h Dummy.
When a Ism gels *<’ nie.-tn that he
will plav a joke on a poor policeman,
he should he shul up in the ealahoose,
and kept in durance vile till he repents.
A voting mall, ihe other evening,
stuffed an old slid of clothes with a
small lieer keg and some straw, and
left the figure on the hack steps of
Kelsenheld's store. In the evening
watchman Drake came around trying
the back doors, when he discovered
the straw man sleeping off a drunken
stupor on the step*. He told the fol
low to get up. ’Hie stuffed individual
failed to answer. Drake shouted to
hitn but still there was no reply. The
officer then punched the mnu in the
rib* with his cane. The hard stomach
of the drunkard aroused Drake’s sus
picion, and he soon discovered the
joke. The had young man here ap
peared from behind a box, and the
policeman gave him a cigar to smoke
Drake then started away. He met
policeman l^oug and Walker on a cor
nor. He told them there was a drunk
en man on the hack steps of Kelson
held'* store, and requested them to go
around and jug hirn. He excused
himself from assisting in the job, bv
saying he had not yet made hi*
rounds.
The iwo officers went to the loculi tv
at the back of the store. They told
the man to get up. He never moved.
They asked him what lie was doing
there. No answer. Walker pul out
his cane and j£ivc the man a punch in
the rih*. I lie cud of hi* cane entered
the bung-hole of the keg, and Walker'*
hair stood on end, a* he thought he
had mu Ihe fellow through. Long
stooped down, and taking the dummy
l>V the arm asked him if he was hurt.
Thu officer noticed, by the dun light,
that the straw was protruding from
flu* lutls* in 11m s'sisit iiinl In* fnriii'tl to
Walker will told him they were sold
Just then a low, harsh ehuckle was
heard behind the boxes, and the young
ui in stepped out to receive h's cigars
The two policemen then went and X
found officer John Kelley. I'h it In
dividual, with visions of an arrest in
hi' mind, hastened to the locality of
the dummy.
‘‘Young moo. arusc yourscluf,’' he
said in a grull’ voice.
The young man lay there, ail un
heeding of what was said unto him.
“Loom! coom! wake kup ttior.
W'hol is yoor name an’ whor are yoo
frown?”’
No answer. t
“Will yoo stir yourrcluf. sor. Yoo
are dronk, tnon.”
The individual addressed did not
deign to reply.
“We woll see if yoo will coom,”
quoth Kelley, and he took the figure
by the arm and gave ft a jerk, it
rolled off the steps and lit with a dull
thud on the ground below.
The young man behind the boxes
ied out mid said:
h, ha! i saw you do that You
have killed the fellow.
“Not by a doui sight,” eried Kelley
in consternation. “The dhrunken
brute drew a razor on me fund."
When the officer descended the
steps, and saw the old suit of clothes
with the beer keg and straw protrud
ing, be said to the young man:
"Don’t ye tell a soel of this. I’ll
make it all roight wid ye the next
Loirne 1 coom arouend.” Aurora
Made. v
Faith Healing a Fact.
There can be no question that faith
liealing is a fact I tie brain is not
simply the organ of the mind, it is
lino tiie chief center, or series of cen
ters, of the nervours system by which
the whole body is energized, mi l its
iiomponeut parts with their several
functions are governed and regulated
Micro is no miracle in healing by faith
whereas it would be a miracle if the
organism, being constitute! as it is.
mid the laws of life such as tliev are.
faith liealing did not under favorable
conditions occur. The fallacy of those
who proclaim faith healing as a religi
ous function lies in Die tael that they
misunderstand and misinterpret Dieir
uwn forinulit.
It it* the faith that heals, not (he
hypothecated source, or object, of
faith outside the subject of faith. The
whole urocoss is self-contained. Noth
ing is done for the believer; his aet of
believing is the motor force of his cure.
We all remember the old trick of mak
ing a man ill by persistently telling
Idm he is ill untill he believes it. Tito
contrary of this is making a man well
by Inducing him to believe himself to
be so. The number of the "miracles"
performed will lie the precise number
nf the persons who are capable of being
thrown into a slate of mind and body
iu which "faith" denominates the or
ganic statu. Pathologists will limit
Life area of this process to flu* province
uf functional disease; hut we are no'
suit- that they arc justified by seior^f
lilie fa U iu making tills limitation '
ft must not bo forgotten that function
goo* before organism m development,
ami that there are large cla svs of
liases in which flic disabilities of a
diseased organ tor u fair p* t'lonimnco
id its fuuutious are mainly due to >
wautoi power or irregularity inioou
And it is a tact iu pathology lli.it it
the futivltou of an organ be maml lined
ur restored, much id ttio destructive
metamorphosis due to proliferation o;
imiiiieotlve tissue, tally iieposit, nr
men certain form* of atropine change
IU which the nuetel of ee||-|tfe arc
ratte r denuded tliau destroyed, nun
be arrested a ad to *olue extent, repair
sd. the lbs nrduslru uilum is a
very potent luciur in auidmrutmn ot
iltsease, tf only it l>e niiowe>t tair pt *
Aii eternise of "la<th" a* a iiiic so
|>eiids the O|teraltoil of adverse ill tin
vines, and appeils strongly Ibrougli
the consciousness to tin Inner ami nit
deriving I acuity ol vitai Imcm It. ,»*
are men intractable casua iu aw ry
toaclne which might tie "v m*d In
adh." It is *1 il it* o th«s • |m i. |m r
sons should be IwMiehted by nMt.,a
means, it matters tittle What, old ||^
they can he "tiualed he ta th wv*o<fgtit
to tie veil glad, and thank) d, |.-o tor
the m »'a ,. n sa il ot till* 1 a lev, bo
mg weak tomdetl Hum «*■!*»», 10 ike
d uf oth>*r weak turn te t folk to
thi- i advantage this is a Mind lend
lug id the Id tel in which they do am
fall intu the dttah. I.nl, hy a tvaeo
s oobmstioa ul vir- mo •tsi» <«, actually
escape danger and gain « 'v*| «
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