THE MINISTER/SWI FE (NICUIIID.) It was not the reputation of the Rev. Silas Ormsby that drew so large an at tendance at the little church on the next Sabbath. Curiosity led most ot those who wore bonnets and crinoline thither, and It was gratified to the ut most, for In his very first prayer the old gentleman uttered a devout and earnest supplication for the pastor of tbs congregation, who at that very mo meat, perhapa, took unto himself the solemn obligation of married Ilfs. Might llesven give him strength, and bless him and his young and pious wife, etc. It was a prayer worth list ening to, but tbs ladles of Appleblow hesrd nothing sfter the word wife. They were lost In astonishment; and hurried out of church, sfter the bene diction, with Indecent haste, to discuss the affair by tbelr own firesides. And on Monday, when It was known by all that black Betty, the charwoman of the place, was engaged to scrub nnd scour the parsonage; that an Ingrain carpet had been sent down from New York for the parlor floor, and that a tea-set had arrived In a box, marked "ibis side up, with care," the certainty of the as tonishing fact became established, and Appleblow Joined In denouncing Mr. Kedlaw as a despicable flirt. "And," said the plump mamma of the nine scraggy Misses Fish, "of all men, a minister should blush to earn such a reputation. Nobody would believe the attention he has paid my girls. I couldn't tell which one of 'em he want ed, he was so particular to all of 'em." Other mammas said much the same, And during the afternoon a procession of "help" might have been seen on the road leading to the cottage, carrying white paper parcels containing princi pally small volumes “Practical Pi ety," "Baxter’s Saint’s Rest,"tracts and hymn-books, presents from Walter Kedlaw to the sisters of his flock, now returned with Inulgnatlon. The ex citement lasted all the week, and was still strong on the next Sabbath when the minister walked up the church aisle with a beautiful girl upon bis arm, and the Appleblow girls looked -__ m it— a them could resort to the usual course of declaring her "not the least good looking.” They were decorous and prudent In Appleblow, and all the forms of cour tesy were gone through with. The new minister's wife was Invited out to tea, was called upon by the ladles of her flock, and was favored with n donation party; neverthless, there was little cor dial feeling In Appleblow. The ladles did not take kindly to their pastor's wife and soon the clouds began to gather. At first, In secret whispers, Mrs. Redlaw's bonnet was too gay, she was frivolous, not a good housekeeper, not sealous In good works. By-and-by louder, more serious fault-finding, not only with the minister's wife, but with the minister himself. The women began It; the men were talked over by their wives; finally the first step was taken. ’Squire florae and his family gave up their pew, and found themselves more edified by the Baptist clergyman In the next village; others followed their example. The fault-finding and slander reached the parsonage Itself and little Rosa Red law, with her head upon her husband’s shoulder, sobbed: "What shall I do, Walter? I meant to help you, and to make them all like me, and you see how It Is.” And the young clergyman soothed his weaplng wife and bade her have good cheer, for matters would mend, and all would be right again. He was mistaken; matters did not mend; they grew worse and worse; and, a year from the date of his marriage, came to a climax. A bevy of trustees waited upon him In his study, and bemoaned their wrongs. They paid a large sal ary; they expected the pastor to do his part, and he lost them money -abso lutely had emptied the church, in • IC'HU UI iiiilUR Ike iwjnmcw, Ilia nito ahould have been Instructed In her duty. She had made heraelf generally UUtllkcd; If the minister's wife wan not popular, It was a very unpleasant thing. Could be explain? Of coume the vlatt ended aa they ex pected; there was but one conaumma «lon possible; Appleblow knew. In a day or so, that their pastor was about to leave the place forever. The wluter had set In an unhealthy •winter, warm and moist, Instead of void and braving, Rumors of prevail ing III health apveatl over Appleblow. and the minister packing hla book* In hla study, came to hear of them They grew louder. Whole famlllea of chil dren sickened and lay low, and a die* I try arose "It la the amnltpox!" One day Waller Itedlaw left hla home to perform the burial service over the graves of threw children of on» family The to st thvlr mother called him to the bedside of her husband, to ass him also die And with these death*, tbs horror* of that time, never to ha forgotten hr nny who davit th»r* thrn began In earn**! Men. women, and children ilrUvsi with the htalheuue p**Ulen llorrwt •dial tb»«*« yet unamltteo. and they Red Apptshlow t» tine a great taaar hoax’, and Walter It* Raw **td to ht* young wife "Ut as go ttulvhly. d«at one. before tho mourge tails up >u wr household ' Hut nho, aa *b« *p*he. l*h her seat, and knelt before him resting her head upon hie hreset «a he Mill sat before their evening Rfe. In e child Ithe fash tun, nil her own, an* as he sheltered bee upon hie besom oh leper* I My husband do not bid *»» go. lor I must •ley bete end do ell I van eeteh wi n them aures ibeat, strive is . umfort th« bereaved I should Indeed b* ell they think of me, If I, their pa dor's wife, fled at such an hour.” Tho man listened at first unconvinc ed. "Wo owe them nothing,” he said; "they have used us shamefully. Re member, I am actually their pastor no lonier." But his wife gently pleaded; pleaded to stay midst the danger, to aid him In tho duties which would fall to him amidst tho tick and dying; and, touch ing his heart and soul by her sweet Christian spirit, brought him at last to say: "You shall have It as you choose, Rosa; we will stay amidst this hard.heathened-hearted people in their hour of trial; but, Ood sparing us, we will leave them when it Is over, and go elsewhere." And Rosa Redlaw rejoiced and thanked him. Rut hye-and-hye a natural womanly dread came Into her heart, and she looked at him with tears In her dark eyes. "Walter," she whis pered, blushing as she spoke, “iron have often railed me beautiful. Hhould I lose that Itenuty, could you love me still? Hhould this pestilence, falling upon me, scar and mar my face, would 1 he as dear to you? Hpenk truly; darling." Hut he had no need to speak, for she read the constancy and purity of his love In the one long look he gave her, and sobbed upon his shoulder -"Nay, then, 1 shall have no fear." At dawn the two went forth upon their mission. In their selfish horror, kinsfolk fled from each other. Hlsters shrunk from those who hud been nursed at tho same breast, children deserted their parents, friends grew brutal to oach other; but those two young creatures never swerved from their appointed task; like ministering angels, they went from house to house, aiding the over tasked physician, supporting the moth er's failing courage, coming to the lonely and deserted In their greatest need. Sometimes they were together, hut more frequently apart, there was so much to do. When they could, they met at. night In the old parsonage; but often dying couches or sick beds, where lives bung In the balance, kept them separated for several days. But their hearts and prayers followed each other always. II was a trying tune, inu tin y wrre very brave and fatthful. Home of those who hail been most cruel to Rosa Reil law were her patients now, and lay helpliw* tis Infant* while she fanned the flickering flame of life within their bosoms. « When, save for her, no friend had watched beside the couch of loath some disease; when In the death-room, pestilence-haunted, she sat all night and watched; when her own hands robed the dead Infant for Its last sleep, and It was known to all what mission she had taken upon herself, wonder filled the village, and In a lit tle while there arose to Heav en so many prayer* for Rosa Red law and her husband that, had the Mohammedan belief been true, they need have had no dread of the “burn ing path," It must have been paved so thickly. And In time, though that day was slow In coming, the pestilence began to abate, and health came to Appleblow again, with the sharp frosts and keen cold air of the Christmas time. On Christmas day Joy-bells were rung from the steeples In Appleblow, to tell the people that the rod was lifted. But l>efore night sad news ran through the village. She who had watched with them, who had been so tender and so fatthful. who had pass ed through those fearful scenes when the pestilence was at Its worst, as though sbo wore a charmed life, was smitten, now that she was no longer needed. The shutter* of the parsonage were closed, the windows darkened, silence as of death relgneil throughout Its rooms, for the angel of the houso lay trembling on the margin of the grave. Another pastor preached thla Sabbath In Appleblow, and all knew well why he was there. Walter Redlaw watched beaide his darling's bed, and never left It day or night. Penitential tear* fell In Appleblow that Sabbath; prayers went up to Heaven for the pastor's fair young wife, and the angels heard them, and heard also thoae of the young huahand. and bore them through the gate* of Heaven, and gang thorn to oelratlal mu •Ic at the foot of the Throne, telling how good ahe waa, and how true, and ho III for heaven that U were a mercy to leaa perfect mortale to let her atay on earth. And the Moat High llalened The death ang-t'a wing* Hung their shadow on the portal of the parsonage, hut did not pa»a It; and, pale and feeble, but with life etlll atrong In Iter young breast, for she clung to her husband with all a womans earnestness, and loved earth for hla sake. Hus* Had law lay at leal free from the homing le ver, certain te live so the old do tor said, with tear* In hie gray eyes Hut iu ahe sure of her aoft. child (the beauty, of har pearly shin, of her gulden hair, of her bright blue eyaa? tlud atone nuld tell. Hut Walter, bending over ber, thought <-f the prom tee he had male her on the day whan ahe entered on her lash of peril and self denial. »n l knew, knowing how dear the was t« him. that no chant* in hla darling's beauty could »h*n* his love And Into the darkened room health came, bringing balm, and lb« > •*« shone In ngnln. and the sift air breath ed through th* lattice, aad the birds •nag th thalr golden cage* and «ha housemaid In her hitcher*, where she made datgty amarr tor the von*also | cent, and tgere came a Iktbbath at last • hen Mean woe nell enough lo go lu church with har husband Apple blow knew II, end th» ebureh • M full, no t out up»n the gras# tg tha church-yard groups were gathered, girls and boys, young married couples, | old foks who had seen their grand children grow to be men and womei and die. And, walling In the morning sunlight of a pleasant winter day they aaw their pastor coming along th« frost-hardened road with his wife upon his arm. They came nearer, and they aaw how frail her form had grown; but still her veil was down, and they could not see her face until standing amongst them, she put It hack, and then—yae, breaths were held, and all eyea riveted upon thoee features; and there was a bush, unbroken, until a child's voice, clear as dropping sliver, arose upon tha air: "Oh, rnotbsr, look; the lady Is just as beautiful as ever." And then, though It was Hunday, and In New Kngland, and beside a church,a cheer arose upon the air, and men toased their caps on high, and women sobbed; she sobbed also, beautiful Ilona Kedlaw, thanking God for nil his love, and thanking Him also, as a woman must, that He had not taken from her the charms In which her husband took such tender pride, and of which, for his sake more than for her own, she was also just s little proud, though she had laid that pride aside, knowing well her danger, when ahe went forth upon her mis sion. They never spoke against the min ister's wife after that. In Appleblow. Amongst them she lived and moved as might some Jovlng queen, and dwelt In the old parsonage, beautified as the temple of some saint, might have been, until her youth changed to maturity and her maturity to age; and there you may see her yet, and her Intahund also, though his hair, like hers, la of frosted silver. And hia grandson fills the pul pit, for Appleblow loves the race of Rertlaw, and will not part with them. Africa 1m the greatest place ta the world for the new woman and the old maid. For the former It haa Its charms that would put the Bols *le Boulogne In a total eclipse, and for the old maldM It Is a tropical paradise, where young, unmarried men, bloom In wild, tangled luxury the year around. Mrs. May French Sheldon, the African explorer, writer and lecturer, is neither a new woman nor aud old maid, and yet she had sixty proposals of marriage In one day from sixty separate and distinct chiefs, each of whom was more stalwart and ardent than the oth"rs, and Mrs. French Hhel don was compelled to give each separ ately the marble heart. And as for the new woman, why, the African ex ploror says they can give our brand newest bloomer-rigged specie* any number of cards and spades and then discount them. Bcbe Bwana, tbe woman muster, or the white queen man, as the merry sultans and dusky chiefs called Mrs. French Hheldon, has penetrated farther Into the mysterious heart of that dark continent than any other white woman haa ever done, and tho other day she told a reporter a number of Interesting experiences which she had among the many tribes she visited. Tbe sixty offers of marriage were made one afternoon after she had form ally received the sultan of one of the Interior districts In her tent--which tent, by the way, Mrs. French Hheldon always arranged as near like a boudoir In a well-appointed private house aa was possible. Hhe was the first white woman who had ever Invaded that district and the sultan appreciated the honor and In his poor weak way tried to give a sort of torchlight procession and strawberry festival In her honor. Ills resources, however, were extreme ly limited, and after be had sacrificed a double portion of goats and bad salaamed before her until he was threatened with curvature of the spine he felt that something was still lack iiifi uiki liiai inn " u#i nwi utui (Highly enjoying herself. Suddenly a happy thought struck him. Whenever u straggling white man had wandered In to his preserves It had been his cus tom to unload sixty or eighty wives upon blm and then dismiss him with a sultanlc "Mess you, my ehlldren.” Why not reverse the ceremony wltb the wnmun master? he urgued to hit secretary of state for war. The secre tary thought it was a capital Idea and the chiefs of all the tribes or ussrinbly districts were ordered before his ma jesty and ordered to propose to the llele llwana at once. Ureal Tula Ware*. Those who see the rise and fall of the titles In our Atlantle harbors eel ilom think of the wonderful career of the moon raised oceuli wares which cause the tidal ttux and reflux Hitch ' billows not only cross the ses, hut flow from ocean to ocean. and In this way complicated ntovt limits see set going. Thus, a» Mr Vuuahan Cornish has re lenity reminded Kngllsh reader* once 1 in every twelve hour* the moon raise* a Hue billow In the southern Indian Ocean When till* billow passes the ) Cape o’ Hood Hope, at noon, its sUcee* »< IB already horn. Slid hr the time the Hut bitiow hag rcat bed the Alorea ' Island*, at midnight, the second la tminding the (Vpa and a thtid ho* tain* IMO evluleltv e tu lk« suuthrtn mean llv I it * ! .K k III Ih* ttlortllnil follow tag II* pa sea | u of the t'i|i* the : tide billow ranches tha KttglHh Chan n«l and Ikif* tha shallow water dr lavs II tu* mmh that II due* trot atfivt at tha Htralts of IWvar until Id a. a* < ll*t# th« narrowing Channel muses tha i tide to >(*• very high and almost puts an ahd tu tha wave. In the mcautliu* l another burnth of the billow runs around tha wrrt*t* aide of tha Mrtttah island*. rounds the north point of Pent* land, and m*v*a slowly down the ***t• ; ern toaat of KngUnd, until It Mnal'f tt *w# up tha thsmaa and Up# the »tart« *f Imudon THE WEASEL AND j I THE WELL. Jj The tale* found In Rabbinical litera ture are all Illustrative of some re ligion* id ax and are prefaced by name general proposition oppressive of this principle. What follow* I* typical: "The high esteem In which the faith ful are held by God may be learned from nn adventure with a weasel at a well." Then we find the story. A beautiful maiden of noble birth was sent to n distant town to imrform a mission for her father. The road led Hut Ills tomtit Mutt I nmr Sol through mi uninhabited district anil inado her solitary progress nil the more lonely. Nervous mul tlrisl she wus tortured by extreme thirst, when, lo, behold, u well whs found by the nmd side, booking down Into It sin- situ the refreshing water so cool and dark, but there wiih no bucket or eup ill Ini ml. On closer Inspection she found the steps cut In the side of the well by those who lllld digged It, nnd III’ most desperate by this time, she hast ened to lower herself step by step until at last she could drink her Dll. Now that, her thirst was (jiienehed she lost the energy with which her extreme need had nerved ham! and foot and dared not attempt to climb out again. All Unit she could do was to cling frantically to a .lulling rock and shriek for help. Then between weeping and walling, as she glanced upward she saw the face of a band tome young man wlm regarded her with a look 'twist ad m I ration and fear, He had I wen passing by mid, hearing the sound of her lamentation*, had sought the cause. Imt now lie feared that this was Iml the device of some demon, for Iho well was very dee > and the maiden extremely beautiful. Finally in- made her swear that she was indeed a liurnmi ! being, and when she bad related the ! caiue- of her dilemma, the young man said that lie would help her out oil condition that she marry him. Forced i to consent, and not. altogether uiiwll j llngly, the maid was soon rescued from her perilous sltuallon and sloisl by the side of her rescuer. The youth was so deeply moved by her comeliness as revealed In tin- full glare of the mm— that lie Insisted that she should go with him to be married at once. j The maiden replied to Ills entreaties j by asking: "To what nation do yen I belong?" He rejoined: "I uni an Israelite, of i lierrd from any further I in putt unity. The young man, bawcrtt, a .led gulte differently. He had hardly notched home before, In the nui) of business, | he forgot both his sweetheart and his oath, and lie fore very long he married •ome other woman. Avenging fate did not long permit this utter Cslthln—nsas to go u n fiu nl idles I, 'lhe first child of this marriage, a strong, handsome boy. was found slain by a weasel when only three nionlha old. A second son en joyed life but a little longer, when he inet an untimely death by nelng drown ed In a well. The unhappy mother, saddened hr the untoward death of her belored chil dren sougiit lii vain for any of her own alna that might have brought down a curse upon her head. At last she begged her husband to tell her the story of all Ills career previous to their marriage. Conacli-uec-strlcken, the af flicted husband could not wlthstuud her searching questions and finally revealed the whole secret of his broken vows. To her this accounted for nil of their misfortunes, which now nppeurcd to he only u Just punishment for his tinfnlih fulness. She immediately sought n di vorce from him. begging him as soon us lie was released, to seek Ills former love uud by tin- fiilllllliig of his vows propitiate angry fate. The repentant man gladly agreed to do as she wished and liasteiied to the town In which the faithful maiden lived. Once there, he Inquired on ev ery hand, and was told of her stead fastness uud great nlfllctlon. Hi- lost no time In seeking her parents, to whom he related all Ills misfortunes, vowing to repair Ids former wrong at any cost. Ib- then repealed these as surmiees In tip* presetu-e of witnesses. s . .. _I. .1..,1_I..... ..t Ill* . Here, at hint, wax her rexciier ami lover! Mu Dial explanation* ami eonfesxlonx fol lowed, and all of tin' xad experience* of thoxe year* were told to loving ear*. Tin* nialili'n and Die youth, no longer young in year*, lint rejuvenated Hy love'* linpplncxx, were *pcedlly mar rlcd. Blt'x*cil Hy a happy family and ever InereiiMitig proxperfty they found full coiii|ien*atloii for all of the *or row* which they had endured, and tliut ■wc<'ten I of love reward*, true and tin ■ hanging love! - J’hlladclphla lni|tilrei. Ulrrnk) llulter Streaky butter I* a great annoyance to all Hiitlermaker* and Die eatme of It lx not alway* clear. Many claim that ii conic* from un iini*i|unI working In of Du- *alt. nth >rx that It lx from churn* lug at too high a temperattire. In our experience both of tlu'Hc have xomc thing to do with It. lint by far the uioxt common cauxe lx churning at too high a temperature mid then over working in order to get out Die butter* milk. If the cream lx churned at ax low a temperature ax possible, the buttermilk waxli.'d out, not worked out, and tlie xalt worked In Juki enough to incorporate it with the butter the chance* of having xfoaky butter are greatly lexxencd. Illui-ln'ra Lord Slieftlcld liax lately added an other InlcrcMlIng relic to the betero gi neon* collection of eurloKltle* which ornament the wall* of lilx cricket pavil ion at Sheffield Park. During hlx re cent vlxlt to Belgium he purchased the richly ornamented pipe Blucber car ried with him during tho Waterloo II.'tr ui n.t Mu* Her Hr*rttrr nttillu.fr I ilm (iitt*ih faiull) Imrn It* ilm m»# *•# A "I. i«h>. am »l ttui fniiilb ." wil l »!**•. **kimI ii Mutt Ul tvri titil) l» unlwH-wiitiiki! 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(>;|*\ wit 1 h ha* 11 m Uwuul II* way j lul l l1 114*1**', )nil mil faint.I I* *' * Hhr Nt tt»ui*i' I kluitl think ul yuw win a y*>w at* ip w lit* uh. *haU ifW Mu lit; il. t« U«n>, ib- h it*, r »•<« ail. !••••>*', ib». I* #*t'f I kluill ih tub t f ».ul Wmi't lH»l Ini UK••' I* .* i*i I tal k. lll»l, t%" Ml Mu*t* A ba tu tlMt ll uib»«f ** llikitt, t tlurulK, *, |t<* lab. < HI* MM '*1 H« Ufa m nibs t* II s»rw A* tVrhr run With tin R(S. Here la a trick that will create na end of fun when ladled eggs ara aervetl; Puncture I lie shell of a raw egg with a pin, and. through the hole thua made, extract the contents. When th* shell bns become thoroughly dry, pour fine sand through Ihe pin hole until the egg Is about one fourth full, Then anal up tlis hole with white wax, and your Imitation egg will be ft* natural In appearance us h teal one. When the eggs ire aerred contrive In aomc way to have the filled one passed to yon. Then tell your com panion* that you can. make your egg otter your slight **t wish, standing on the edge of a knife, the rim of it glass or wherever you will. Of cotmc, no one will lielleve you, bat you can prove you are right. The only secret la to tap the egg gently every time you change Its posit * n ao that the sand will settle hi the Isiito.n ami keep the egg upright in just • he iiosltlon you wish. Now let me tell you how to make the disobedient egg, with which you may have even more fun than with the obe dlent one. Mak*’ the hole large enough to allow you to Introduce half an ounce of Mm* allot, together wllh a little powdered scaling wax. Tbl* done, seal up the hole neatly with white wax, ami then warm tht egg gently over the fir*-. This will give you a fixed center of gravity In the n* thus present. "Ids it truth anti no He! nml s> will tell you the sages of our own country who understand necro mancy, fur they also mu perform It. » "The True Story of Marco |Ni|a,“ by Noah llrooks Iu St Nl.luda* Mel Tms Volushle Irlft.l, Not long Mg-> two tUlglishliielt list, etlng Hi Hwed* tt lost their luggage, Mttd. not masking tin- language worn at l heir wit s end to * vpistil matter* Two young men tlmtlly came to (he tt* in*, politely asking in l.tigUsh if they tout*! he of any asaieittnee, amt pioitilsed to tiuili risk ' the motiry of lie* 1-n*t got.d* N«yt day the missing •uggwge *st*s* i,t itiusl, amt Mt* Ktigllsh iim’H met at lin itriway *ts. log ilo-ir fneeds of the «kyy taetor* (i, . f,,^ lishmctt, mitttially wetc pttdusie tu limit thank* ami tsltnl th.< i.\.,»u*o •t an »o| i.i utyo. •!, ot. an ^ »»*tol <*n» of the young to i* "| ant I‘Time tt** «i M So. 4* S its.I heller go to b*J*l b><» Ib W't If )<* afe going M Iu in the mottling. 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