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ar. - - c. -r't- -; r e? . : sCa-ttVSr , l i . ?u &? I , . ": .- hT". 3 ? Sf.T!f L .Is JhauU h tMtrid W t Of author; ant rilyfr rmWtmUombmt MU CTMMM0'f gee Mth WdMfllttf the writer. WrHnoa!reOMf44of tnepa r Be pattJcuUrty careful to glylay Miwyi mad aatetiio bars the letter as aar tela aaaaleUaet. SOMEWHERE. 'Somewhere The skies are Mae aad aaya are always fair; The gentlest sbowers upoa the trasses beat: -And birds tJac sweetly fa their jrrecn retreat Where shadows iaterUcimr on the bom "Work beauteous patterns as they twine and What though the winds be keen and mountain bare "When we but shiver In the wintry a'r The skies are blue and long days soft and fair. Somewhere. Somewhere. ... ., . "When summer beats oppress us with their Klare, The fnwaet winds are breathing clear and cool. And shadows play upon the unmoved pool "Where moss and lichens deck the sylvan fdadc .And tollers rest contented in the shnde. Ho sultry furnace-hcata with parcbimr stare; Jio dpsert sands, forbidding, barren, bare; No quenchless thirsts to rack the spirit there, Somewhere. Somewhere. When we are 8trurIJnjr with our load of care. . .And troubles weigh us with their burdens down And life Is but a desert bare and brown The happy peoples live in peaceful joy; JCo evil thoughts to dim with earth's ulloy, Or nnguiHh crouching- in Its tiger lair. -Or pain too deep and pillion to spare: Hutull-pcnading iicaco, complete and fair. Somewhere. Fomewhcro They know not terror's grim and ptony stare; JVor griefs that 1mw us to the barren earth, ;Nor ills which petrify or stille mirth; Hut hweet contentment every day and hour. And resignation with Its priceless dower Of calm enjoyments which no tears may fret, And memories poisoned by no vain regret. Punic atlri no cuvles with its trumpet blare. Amhit.'oiiH hurt not with their work and wear; Hut patience governs, and regrets are rare. Somewhere. Fomcwhero Hepose rests like a presence on tho air: And while woKtrugvIe in our cotixtnut grief Orecek In troubled things to find relief They rest In quiet where glad sunbeams play. And gentie sp.rlbt guard them night and day. Thank Cod that though these chains of ill we wear And wearied souls their tribulations hear Wo walk In faith, and wa.t Kiircea.se of caro Where sweetest rest rcwatds each earnest prayer. Somewhere I. Edgir Jones, in Chicago Inter Ocean., CLAIMING HIS SKELETON. A Wolrd Story of the Michigan University. When John Wentworth put his last touches to his work ho stood back and regarded it with admiration. He stood 'with his hands in his pockets and his -cup weli back on his head, and he felt that glow of self-satisfaction which a m:tu feels who has just iinished a long and arduous task. "Well," ho said, as ho turned his head, now this way and then that, "I call that a first-class job, by George!" It was certainly a most complete piece of mechanism, overy joint perfect ly lilted, yet perfection is never alto gether appreciated, and when Mrs. Jones, the landlady, deceived by the si lence into supposing that Wentworth .had gone out, and thinking tho present a good time to fix up tho room, came in. she gave a scream of terror, and on catching her breath, cried: "Laws. Mr. Wentworth, what a start that hoi rid thing did givo me. You1 re not going to keep that in the house, Mr. Wentworth?" Mrs. Jones, let mo present you to our distinguished fellow-lodger, J. W. Stodgcrs. I venture to say that a more complete or a handsomer skeleton can not be found in Ann Arbor, Mrs. Jones, if I did wire him mysolf. John W. will give vou little trouble, Mrs. Jones, and if; wlien wo'ro out, you cive him a little touch up with tho duster, ho will not only appreciate it, but you will also oblige Mr. Smilie and myself, for we are partners in J. W. Stodgers." "Mercy sakes, I'll never come into this room if that skcletou is to be here." "Oh, John W. is harmless. Besides, lie has been in that box hero for some weeks. I've only helped him to collect himself, as it were." At this moment tho lower jaw of tho skull dropped with a click to an angle of forty-live, and Mrs. Jones gave an other little shriek as she looked with Averted gaze at tho sort of dry, bony, .silent, fixed laugh of the skeleton. "That," said Wentworth, with par donable pride, "is a littlo device of my own. That jaw stays in place about half an hour and then drops. By the waj just notice what a lovely set of teeth John W. has. That's the fault I iind with most of our Amorican skele tons. They have poor teeth. It seemed to Smilie and me that this fellow must lave been an Englishman, ho had such good grinders, so we christened him Stodgcrs, an aristocratic name over there, I am told." "It gives me the chills to look at it," .said Mrs. Jones. The fading afternoon light threw deep shadows in the eyeless sockets that gave Mrs. Jones an uneasy feelingthat the skeleton was looking at ler. "That's because you alwars had Lits' to board here instead of Medics. Tou'll get used to John W. He's an unobtrusive cuss. If every body minded his own business with the exclusivcness J. W. does there wouldn't be much trouble in thw world." Wentworth bitterly remembered this remark later on. At this moment young-Smilie came in. "By Jove," said Smilie, in admira tion, you've done that up tiptop. John. Thunder, I call that a triumph." and lie walked around aad took a sideviow of it "That'ewhat I call a deuced good job for a first attempt. Did you over aee anything handsomer, Mrs. Jones?" "Mrs. Jones thinks she has," said "Wentworth. It's awful." shuddered Mrs, Jones. To think that that was alive and -walked around like the rest of us!" " -And thou hast walked about, how strange a story.'" quoted Smilie. -That's so. it's rough on J. W.. isn't it?" ' Mrs. Jones went down stairs and the medical students closed the door. "His jaw droops a little, John," said Sm:lte. "That's all right; shows the action. jeu know." and , Wentworth with a Ti'er toncbed John W. aider the chin, and the wa gleaming rows of teeth . caste together and remained in that Jmed grsn charaetoriitic of aUskele- had placed a narrow thewalLaadoa it John IT, sat with hk shall fastened to the -wall sans to keep him npright, while te lees dangled down and siaywdfgi4r- and iro. when the 'a tT -TV ?f " -r essec uiiuia w a yswwt nw 'lataga Jr4aWsTWaMiftSV"' J " K-&T4nhis"BiJBflailaha4aBaa aac dMm. aad W&tmi0'9jftmrnmBii!t how he tfenlatJon, when then catered with on necessary silence a stranger. "Exciue me, gentlemen," he akL "Beg yonr pardon said Wentworth, "I didn't hear you knock.1' I didn't knock." "Oh!" Take a chair," said Smilie. "I will stay but a few moments," re plied the stranger. Of course neither of the young men knew all the hundreds of students at the University, but they thought the stranger belonged to one of the depart ments, although it seemed odd that he should enter without rapping. "Have a cigar," said Wentworth, pushing the box towards him. "I come on business," said the other, "and do not smoke. That is my skele ton." 4,Oh, excuse mc" cried Wentworth. "I articulated John W. ravi-clf." "Whom?" "John W. Wc call him Stodgcrs. John W. StodgeH." "Oh, you do." "Yes. For convenience, pose that was his name." Don't sup- It certain I v was not How do you know?" "Because I tell you the skeleton is mine." "Show him our receipts for the bo ly, John. You don't un!e stand, I guess, that Wentworth and I bought tiie b?d and have the leccipts. It's not a rtorc skeleton. It is John's upper and my lower aud so we lixed up the boues our selves," "I wish to sec no receipts. You don't appear to understand me. When I was alive that skeleton was the frame work of mv bod." "When vou were alivc'V "Certainly." " "What arc you noxvl You don't mean to pretend that vou palm your self ofT as a "host on us. ' "If you have any doubts about the matter, just throw that ruler at me." Smi'ie at once took the stranirer at his word and the ruler met no oppo sition, but apparently passed through the spcter aud fell clattering to tho lloor. A; that instant the jaw of the skeleton fell with its sudden click, and in the silence that ensued it seemed to regard the spirit with a sort of gleam of recognition. Wentworth walked across the room and picked up the ruler. Coming back he snapped the jaws shut again and sat down. "That's singular, to say the least, John," said Smilie, helplessly. At this moment there was n knock at the door. "Come," shouted Smilie. In the gloom they recognized Tom Fulmer, one of the students. "Excuse me," s&id Tom, seeing a stranger present andpreparingto with draw. "Ko, no, come in, Tom; you're just the man we want to sue." Tom took the chair oh'cred him. "1 don't just know how to introduce you," said Wentworth. "Tom, this is a ah gentleman who chvrus to bo the original possessor of this skeleton." "Ah dispute as to ownership, eh?" "That tendency," answered Went worth. "Ho is, in fact, a well, a ghost." "A what?" "The gentleman has been dead for some time." put in Smilie, the task of explaining having seemingly got be yond Wentworth. "And while alive this was his skeleton." "Oh, come now, Smilie, what are you giving us?" "Fact," sa:d Smilie, "just tossed this ruler through him. Try it" Fulmer hesitated. "It will perhaps convince you quicker than anything else, and don't incon venience me in tho least," said the ap parition. Fulmer tossed the ruler, with the same result as before. He was very short-sighted and he adjusted h.s eye glasses and peered across tho table at the ghost, who t-tood impassively as he had done from the first "I say. Wentworth, just strike a light, will you." Wentworth lit the large lamp that stood on top of the bureau. The ghost appeared an ordinary-looking man, dressed as any man might be. "Fulmer, with corrugated brow, gazed at him while binilie and entworth felt a sort of momentary pride of ownership, as if their possession of the skeleton gave them a kind of proprietorship in the specter. The amiable skeleton, which now shone white in the bright light, seemed to beam in a benevolent way on its former owner. "Sit down," said Fulmer, "I hate to talk to a person standiug." The specter sat down. "Now, what use is this skeleton to you?" began the young lawyer, his pro fessional inst net getting the better of his amazemont "That, if. you will pardon rac, is no one's business but my own. I may say I want it placed where I will know where to find it or I may say that I don't choose to have it remain here, the sub ject of scoffing and contumel." Oh, you're wrong there," said Went worth. "We both have the greatest respect for John W. He is a guide, philosopher and friend as well as in structor." "Just let me handle this case," said Fulmer, with a backward wave of his hand. "Now what shall I call you?" What you please." "Well, we will say the plaintiff! Now. plaintiff, in the first place you would have to prove to tho satisfaction of a jury that this is your skeleton. We deny that it is yours." Of course we do." put in Smilie. "We bought the body and John wired it" "I don't mean that. The defense takes the ground that this particular skeleton is not the bones ot the plain tiff, but the bones of John W. Stodgei deceased. Now it would rest with you to prove that this was your skeleton, and as people are not in the hab t of having a private mark on their skele tons, I flatter myself we would have you right at the beginning of the case." "You are a very young lawyer," re plied the ghost, with a sort of a posi mortem sneer. "If you examine the teeth of that skeleton you will find the one on the left lower side next the back filled w.th silver, and. if necessarv, I can te'l your inte ligent jury the sort of cap that is under the silver to cover the nerve that once was there." All the young men looked at J. W., who. as if enjoying the point made bv its other self, suddenly clicked down its jaw and beamed on Fulmer with its silent laugh. Wentworth took up the lamp and looked at the lower jaw. "Yes, Fulmer.'" he said,' "that's so." "Well, we'll waive that point we'll waive that point" said the young law yer, with ill-aftected airiness, "I think Tan might as well." said tfceoet W "But tha real nun of she case would bain this: 'Can a man once dead lay claim to any part of tha ntwmrty he waed'waik. aura? I doVtiacolkct any parallel caseta waarsaxacdv. hot I 1WT" knowledge tha Michigan." this modestly, "and I think all the tendencies of law would be against you. When a man is dead there is no Question but that his next of kin have the right to cremate, to embalm or to bury his body. They might sell it. Iimag'.ne.althoughthat is rarely done in first-class society. ' Now the point I would make before a jury would be ." " I have no wish to disenss law with you. I have demanded the skeleton and I propose to have it whether you arc willing or not." "Just write that down, boys," said Fulmer. "He hints at burgla'ry." " See here," said Wentworth, " you are not the man we dissected. I be lieve you re a fraud." "Do 3'ou?" returned the ghost. "I'll convince you in order to save my self further trouble. I can take any one's form; For instince. that of a riling lawyer." And with that the ligure before them was an exact coun terpart of young Fulmer. The nest instant the ghost was himself again. "By jove." said Smilie, "what a splendid 1 ghtning change artist he ,ould make." "Fav." said Fulmer. "what would j you take for a night at the big .hallr Vou could personate the head of the Uiiivcrsit' aud sing 1 want to be an Angel' with splendid effec." " I am in no mood for chaff," said the pecter, severely. " Finally, will you give up niy skeleton?" "Letiiiiu have his old bones," said Smilie. "Icertamlv will not," cried Went worth. "Why, Smilie, I had to drill one hundred and fifty holes in that skeleton. Aro, sir! J. W. Stodgcrs re mains here." ''llaiinhut is good," said Fulmer. "Well, Mr. 'Wentwoth, when you get tired of the fight just give that skeleton a decent burial." With that the ghost was gone. "So long." cried Smilie. What It's are ou going to do, Wentworth? you and the ghost, it seems." Do? Wl.kcep J. W., of course." Next day there was au astouuding charge against Wentworth. A pas senger coming up from Detroit by the early train had been met on the road from the station by a student exactly answering Wentworth's description, who demanded money at the point of a pistol, aud the passenger would un doubtedly have been robbed if two oth ers coming along had not frightened the culprit, who escaped. Nothing bul Smilie's solemn oath that Wentworth was asleep at the time it was Saturday morning saved Wentworth. On Sun day all Ann Arbor was scandalized as it came from church by seeing Went worth staggering along the strt-et in a slate of beastly intoxicat:on. The pro fessors hauled him over the coals, and it was in va n that he protested ho had spent the da) worthily, trying to catch fish up the river. He went home mad and, as J. W. grinned at him as he came in. he .seized the ruler and smashed in tiie trap-door jaw. The ruler did not pass through the bony part of J. W., as it did through its spectral counterpart. Next day Wentworth was too ill to attend class. Smilie left him aud wend ed his way to college. He had just taken his seat while the Professor was jottiug down names preparatory to a "quiz ' when an unearthly yell at tracted all eyes to the top tier of seats that descended one by one down to the operating table. There stood Went worth on the back of the highest seat. 'One, two, three, look out for me," he shouted, aud with that he ran swift ly down the backs of the scats, jump ing over the students' heads, hopping ligitly on.the "subject" that lay cov ered up on the revolving plank, then sprang among the lady students who scatt red screaming, and thence up to the top of the opposite tier. "Now for a jump across the arena. Never before attempted by any one out side of this circus." "Catch him," shouted somebody. "He's insane." At that Wentworth went for the nar row stairway, Smilie and another after him. He beat them easily across the campus and entered the door of his boarding place. When the two students burst into the room they found Wentworth sitting dolefully looking at the damaged front of Stodgcrs, and he swore he had not been out that morning. Next day he got notice of dismissal from the University. As he sat by his window stubbornly refusing to be conquered by a ghost, and yet aware that per taps some peo ple would not believe the whole story if he told it, he saw his double on the opposite side of the street. "By George!" he cried. "I'll have it out with h m. If the see us both they'll believe my story. He seied the ruler and started out. The ghost looKed behind him, aud then it too had a ruler in its hand. Nearing the post-oflice the ghost came sudden ly up to a group of men. hit out right and left with the club, struck a police man across the face, and tied towards Wentworth. The crowd pursued. As it came to Wentworth it vanished into thin air, and the next instant Went worth was in the hands of the outraged constable. From the lock-up the dejected young man wrote to Smilie : For my sake, buy a cemetery lot and bury John W. Stodj-ers, chargitiir tiie cost to rae. Your. Wentworth. That ended the fight Wentworth. 1 regret to say, is not the first student who came to grief by letting spirits get the better of him. Luke Sharp, in De troit Free Press. A Wonderful Fish. A correspondent of the San Franeiscc zanfncr writes from Lake View, Ore. A wonderful fish is becoming nu merous in Goose Lake. It has the power to fill itself with air until it be comes very much like a round bill. Of evenings about sundown they may be seen playing on the surface of the water. Tuey will swell up by taking in the air. and the wind will blow them over tho lake. They reflect all the col ors of the rainbow, and when sporting over the lake are a grand sight. A hunter several weeks ago saw a crane swallow one of these tish when in its normal condition, but before the cran had got more than fifty feet up above tbe lake the fish had taken in enough air to explode the crane, which, at the sonnd of a report like that of a gun, flew all to atoms, and the fish came lightly down on the water, no worse o for the short ride in the air. The fish is a great curiosity, never having found, I believe, in other waters." Inst stab-sent is authentic. The A postal card was dropped in the) Titnsvule post-office a few days ago, signed "Mother," andaddreaee-i vDtnr Frank." &tturgk Pott. Napkins axe nsnde rrwn the hark of the paper nmlnecxj inEncope. BEU6I0US READING. SELF-SUFFICIENCY. I see a man. with tottering- tcps And words of b!aincmjr. Go from a wretched, ruined home fc To deeds of infamjr. JL man once proud In treaured wealth. Once grand in mental poucr. Once lorinir. happv in tbe home Which be dteru this hour; A man once looked ujon by men Aj one to emulate. Whoe influence honored social ties, And reached to halt of state: And now I ceh.m wnmlcr forth Self-exiled from it nil. And down thrmmh dr edi of vice and shame With headlong haste to fall. I pre h'm strike the very depth Ot viiilt an J niifery. And ttrusirie wah th.it fearful death w hlcb only outeat- die. Why. why this woeful end of life. M bleh M.fmed o well bejran.' Why Miou'a mj f.urly r-tartcd ruco lie with sucn failure run? ' TlIs is the man who made not Ocl Mis Mretiiih" and refmrc mi re. Who in h'. know'eduo and his wealth Trusted to LeM-cure. The man who --aid within his heart: (od i-hall not W m. (Jod, I am sutliciint in m'lf.' HohoM the way he trod: C. -V. KrjnutiU. - - Sunday-School Lessons. Tumi' or.iiTi:i-. July ." Kcvolt of the Ten Tribes. ... ...1 ICinr; 12: r. -i; July 12 Idolatry K-taU sdied-l Kli'-w 12; r.:t July IV Omn and Alutb ..1 Knurs Id: "VTA July : r.ltjuh theT-hb.te 1 Kin-s 17: M; Aur. - IMjah-Mi-et u.iiah 1 hins 1"; 1-1 Aut?. I' Thci'rophcKor H.i.il I Kii' l!: 1U-2W Auk. It5 : The 2'iophet ol the I-ord j KinTSlvSMft Au;r. -i Klljnh at Hoieb I Kim.-' Vi: 1-lS Ausr.Sa The Story or Xu!oth 1 Knir-.21: -l" hept. o Klijah 1'ran-dnt d : mturs 2: ll.' Sept. in Tito Shmutci tosSon.." K.iw. 4.1.-X Sept. -J Xitnmau the Sr an H KIn 5: MS Sept. . Heview. bervjc.-o:'on;j.l')fmury. 'temperance, or other Lesson selected bv the school. AN INFIDFL- EXPERIMENT. The Natural and Inevitable JCcult ot an Attempt to l.il Wholly Without Cod. Five years ago there was founded in Barton County, INIo.. by a party of atheists, a town called by tho name Liberal. Jt is said to be the only com munity of equal size in the United States which does not recogni.o (lod or religion. There is not a church within its limits, nor a minister, nor a profess ing Christian. Christians who come into town on business are commonly surrounded and assailed for their religi ous belief in the most abusive manner The whole atmo-phere of the place is densely atheistic. If there could be a community from which Co 1 was utter ly shut out, this town of Liberal would be such. The founders gav out distinctly that tho town was established as an experi mentor rather, as they looked upon it, as a demonstration of what arm could do for It niself without the so called "superstitions" of religion. They proposed to show the world that Chris tianity was nothinir but a fable; that people could live and prosper without it; that churches, and m nisters. and Sabbath-days, an! religious observ ances of every kind were all a hum bug, a kind of fetish-worship, that man ought to free himself from, if he would attain to his highest earthly welfare and happiness. What, then, has been the result of the venture? Nine-tenths of those now liv ing in the town would leave it if they could sell their property. There, is not a store in the town which carries $10, 000 worth of stock; there is not a fac tory or manufacturing establishment of Lany kind in the place, and, worst of all. there is not even a school-house, rub lie schools and inlidel nn et'ngs have been held in tented buildings, except those which were held in the "Universal Mental Libertv Hall," the naming title of a "buildin B J"J J ir " irc i correspondent of tiie St. Louis (Uobe-J)nnocrat, "about the size of a smoke-house, which it closely resembles." There is not in the town a budding that could not be built for ??$. 'XU not half a do. en that cost .:?,000, and a great niaj ir t o them co-a less than .1. 000. The two hotels of the place are spoken of as "cheap dons of tho lowest character." One of them is vacant, ami the other is soon to be closed. Nor have the social features of this intidel paradise been more grat fying than its material features. One of the inducements held forth by the founders was that, with the absence of all relig ious fcocts, both those quarrels which arise from difference of belief and from the necessary opposition between Chris tianity and th world, social harmony and good feelings would prevail, an I men would live together in peace anil prosperity. Hut instead of this ideal harmony the town has known nothing but quarrels and dissensions since the day it was founded And as to the virt ties of s-ocety under the removal of all religious restraint. Lilieral is a sad ex ample of what unaidvd human nature is able to do in emancipating itself from the dominion of sin. Liquor is sold with out stint, and drunkenness is a pre vailing crime. Swearing Is a common form of speech. Girls and boys swear in the street, in the play-ground and at home. Fully half the women are said to habitually use profane language. Lack of reverence for parents and obedience to them is the rule. Husbands and wives separate whenever they choose, and the most gross forms of social immorality pre vail. Slander and vituperation are in everybody's mouths. This town of Lib eral'lias important material advantages. It is situated in the midst of an unusually fertile country, underlaid with rich de posits of coal. A large amount of capital was invested at the start in developing the resources of the rcg"on and provid ing facilities for immigration- There is nothing whatever to account for the ut ter failure of the community except the atheistic principles upon wn'ch it was founded. The significance of the ex periment.is heightened by the bravado with which it was announced to the world. It is a lesson which the social istic, free-thinking Southwest will do well to ponder. Neither towns nor States can prosper withont the restraints of religion and the recognition of Divine Providence, authority and law. Bur lington (VL) Free frest. m m WALKING BY FAITH. Ieiltecy of Thoj Who lrofr t Ij eis the PriBC pH of Faith T1m Chri tiaa Zectrlii. Agnostics object te Christianity bc-j cause it is a system of faith in that which is nrystcrions and nnknowabk. They profess to heEeve only as far as &xr krmnv anH nhr for knowiedre on lojrical demonstration and evidence that addresses it to the aenses. They i deny tbe validity of faith as a growd of rational conviction, and look npon thone who walk by faith and not by sight m deluded fanatics and enthua aets wjtose ddnsioa is quite harnrieaa. and:n eonte respnets even beneficent nam haljaML "Ckrietian faith," they say, "is a very cheerful and cotnfotv ing thing to have a pleasant dream which helps tbe dreamer over many hard places in life, and is a solace in death." They nevertheless regard it as a delusionand thoo who have fall en into it as the victim of a sort of ro Id lunacy, to be treated with a friendly pity and toleration. Mich as wo extend" to weak-minded hobbyists and monomaniacs. It is worth while to inquiro who are the more consistent and rational thoo who acknowledge the utilitv and relia bility of faith, or those who profess to ! accept nothing on its testimony, and I claim to bo agnostics, know-nothing- I concerning overythimr that docs not f come within the range of sene-iereet- tiou and logical demonstration. In thu fir.f ltr,. flit.; tirnfi.imt ,f tt ,r... universally reduced to practice, would i result in the dedruetion of all faith, be- lief and bvhci mg. aud make the word- themselvo um le-s. The- man who says he In-lieves only what ho Kuou. and under tands is guilty of a solecism. Knowledge exclude-"faith; ami if we are to accept nothing but what wo know to lo true, there would be no need of faith. In point of fact, however, this pro-fe--ed di-tn;st of faith is never coined into practice. The agnostic who says he does not bihee anything that "is niytoritns, incomprehensible, or un ki.own to him, is either dec.ed or try ing to. deceive. He Indievcs a multi tude of tr.iths whic't he can not prove or comprehend. He U as dependent upon fa th as he is t-pon reason. He can not advance a s'ngle stop without faith. The primary tn ths :ind tir-d pr.neiples which science and phtlosophv illume as the bases of their re-earcli are matters of faith. What U the chaotic dust with which eudulion starts but a postulate of faith? Indeed, the whole svsteni is as yet more a matter of faith, or credulity, t.ian of demonstra tion. In practical atfairs. men are forced to believe what the; do not understand, aud to act upon fa th alone in t-.e most important concerns of life. Tin-re are nnstenes m nature, in every blade of grass, in the smallest insect, in the body a id in the oul of man, as great as tho.o in religion; ami it is neither consistent nor rational to lie lie ve the former ami refuse to believe the latter. Mystery is no bar to faith; it is ui the reaim ot mMen that faith is needed. Faith stops onlv at the manifestly irrational and impossible. A doctrine or fact of revelation maybe mysterious aud incomprehensible to human reason, and yet not be irrational or impossible. It is the office of Christian faith to convince men of truths that are above human reason The ground of this faith is the testimony of God's word, and the conviction it produces maybe just as rel.able and rational as that produced by demonstration. Wo may be as firmly convinced on the testimony of instructors and text-books of a fact of science or mathematics beforu as after yve have demonstrated iL The only quest.on is as to the validity of the te-tim ny. The Hiblo is self-evidencing and sufficient authority for all the truths it reeals. aud the conviction produced by faith in its testimony is :is ati-faetory as that resulting" from logical proof or sensible evidence- If there be any odds, it is in favor ol Scripture testimony; for human reason is fallible, and he evideneu of the tenses is sometimes tic cptivc. Moreover, faith in (.'bristianity leads to an experience of its trut t. All the doetr'nes demonstrated by Christian ex per enc-uero at lirst only objec's of faith. .lu-til cation, regeneration, adop tion and the other be. etits of the atone ment offered to the fnith of believers are all verilicat'ons of that faith. Thus "thing-; hoped for and not seen." but beluvcd to be true on the nuthoritv of God's wor become things known, real ized. po.es--e 1, and the assurance of faith is crowned by the assurance of ex perience ami conseiousno-s, ami. so. of certitu le. He yvho walks by faith is not a mere culhti-ias'ic dreamer of a pleasant dream, or one yvho Iiojm-m and believe in vain, but the rich an 1 happy j o-sessor of the precious heritagu of faith. His btlicf in Ci'risthn-t.' re-ts upon experiences of its comforting, sav ' l'ou t,r which are a part of his every day lie. ami ire to him the highcti dem onstration of the truth of that which he b'dievcs. -V. Ill Christian Advocate. Peace and Happiness. How diflercht is peace from happi nevs. Happiness is the result of har mony between our wants as creature, and the worltl yvithout; eaco is the harmony between us as spiritual Iwings and the Father of our spirits. The one is changeable as the object or circum iwic's on which it for the moment r li s; the other is as unchangeable a. the fod on whom it eternally ret. Wc mav tuts at once tHses real happines? and real peace, yet either may exist yvithout the oth-'f. Nay, more, happi ness may be. de-troyed by God in order that the'higher blessing of K"tce mav be possessed but never will He take away peace to giro happine-.. Happi ness wit out peace is temporal, peace along with happiness is eternal.--ZJr. Sonnan McLeod. CHOICE SELECTIONS. We can learn nothing of tho Gos pel except by feeling its tilh. There are some sciences that may be learned by the head, but the science of Christ crucified can only be learned by the heart. C If. bptirgeon. Let not tmworthiness scare the chiMrcn of God. Parents Joe their children ami do them good, not le-cau-e they see thai they are more worthy than others, but because they are their own. heighten. The soul that can not entirely trust God. whether man be pleaded or dis p!eaed. can never long b true to Him. for while you are eyeing man you are losing God. and .-tabbing religion at th very bcarL Manlu. Every solitary kind action that is done, the' world over, is working brisk ly in its own sphere to restore the bal ance between rijrbt aad wrong. Kind ness has converted aorc inners than citfcer eaL eloquence or learning; and thse three never converted eny one. unless they were kind a!s t. The con tinual sen"-e waich a kind heart ha ol i's'own nee;! f k.nIness J:eep it hun b'c. 1'eriiaiH an act of kindnes never die, bnt extends the invisible ufxlula L'ons of it jnduence orer the breath of centnriesv '. 1!'. Vr. By Christianity a moral motive power suppiUrd which Is far better than any fact or enactment in keeping societv t2esher; and tnat a. the charuv that is not easily provoke!, tie fe' ''; ? TlZZZl I.O 1!C BIWta mmvm . w iwuii weil-being in thu world it adds the lefcier hope, the nobler aspiration, the, better purpose, that bind the Chri tiaa man to an eadleM fntnm. IthelM him m he a better citiaen of the wend. in teaching hint that he ha n thin in Heaven.-Juaep Mmritk HOME-GROWN CONDIMENTS. tlow tlMT"M M" -" mm lrtljr Irrt. The table Afar of farmer rolgHt tm greatly improved with very small ex pense and littleVouble by raising vari ous condiments . the garden. Theses vegetable rclUhes sharpen ths appetite and d.gestion. and ttwart a desirable flavor to tnanv artic!e-xf fool of the f frwi of thtt .... . .. . tate of which we are likcl4o tire after , ... , -, n , . continued u jc Of the value U. celery reference has often t ecn made. It coasutuption has rapidly increased it cities during the pajjp-'5r:r, but It is not AMierallv raUcd bv fanner oa thev are verv enilv rsLid. Anions' the-e, the common rauih. No ganlcn j pro.luct i- mote en Iv raided, or i J ervotl with les trouble, whi e none !r - gvmraly nIiheL The Ust rad- l-hes are ortHluced bv plant nir thu seed ui sou wi:u coniaiiis coh ierai-ie sanu. ., . . - " . . . . . amiwnin na in matte ncn uy tne itpi:ra ion oz yveii-roifeu manre. me quicker they are grown tho in rv er"p anil tender thev will b Ver ir'Od rudishe m-ty be raised by dropping Lie f see! a low iiicno-s ao.irt in ,he row- ...i w. .w.. .....i .. ...i! -i.i.. ... I1'-IU MU IUT1I ll, HUHT " l'J("tlFH' us Slower-. ar. sown lUtl h sel irer- m. nates n a very fi-w day, and tho that ate slow in nmk ng t...Mr a.p. - ar - anee. Thev thu, enable the ganleuer to wor the sod In-, ween the r -wh :ind to vounsr plants mark Uie row, ui uiauu t I: :eep it free irotu gras a d yveeu-. Kaihe will be of a ie to null oeforo ine otner plants win w ot any eonsiier- able si.. Their product on will b without co-it of land or laKr. A few rad sh seedi should be ptaa'cd eyery week from the time the t.r-t Itavas the ground till the middle of u miner, l'.y adopting th.. course a consUtut Mipply can be scrured. Any tlat are not wanted for tho table should be pttl 'tl tip before thev become of ven large -i.e. as their pri-senco in the gardett not dcstrnble. It is onhnardy cheaper to buy radidi seed than to raise iL Thu earliest home-grown relish that can 1 obtained Is i orsc-indbh In eat ing, on .-alt-pork, ham. bacon, or anv kintl of cold meat, it is the bet rel h that can le obLttml. The horse-nuii-h that is generally found In f.irm-hou-e-i is of very poor quality. It I nii.se d in soil in one corner of the gar den or field, yvhere it is allowed to irrow for years without cultivation. The roots become old. loujrh and yel low. '1 hev have not tho pungency d some roots that have been qtiicWly grown i.i good soil. To have a gotd article some roots should l planted !u good sod and cultivated during the summer to produce roots for U'-e the next season. In diggiiiir up root, for us this spring the small roots that are commonly cut oil from the main one should bo saved for planting TIiomj of the sio of pipe stems an-jwvr yry well for the purpose. '1 Iicm- small cut- or rootleLs can bo cut In- piece from four to six inches In length and et out in rows that will admit of t:rriug the. so 1 betweem them. Thee Li should staml at leat six inihe apart iu the ros. A long, pointed stick in con venient for making the hole for hold ing the i-ets, which nhotild be inserted so that the tops are two or three Inrhe below the Minace f the g oun 1 I hey will throw up branches and leavr in a thort tune, when the plants should be tended like other vegetable The plant makes its main erowth" in the fall, but the sio of tiie roots will de pend on the care given to them dunnir I ,.. r .. ii. ..:.i i.. ...t 1 Mr4. 14V.a- tho (iitintli'f of lh U l- i .uvuuiii oi iuc i.uv iiMuucii u wiur -...-.... -- . -- --- - -. I . ... . . .... ! ,-l.. U.,.,.,4 . .i,- Xm .till tivtn- fK ? vaung ami blanching it. i hero are '"' '" . , t, , " , . , , . , ,ii old and vorv fible. tl . r il many plant vJrj desirabl a, MSsfaes awn rtIv MM9al -:h N,..r t- that farmers ne-Icct to rulUvaie. Uiougb imt;u, Hnrdfv anv or llur miivr the summer, dust before the ground ) make m much ftu- II it wtwenty freees in the fall a suilicient numb, r j dollar gtdtl piece. Ke i aim. IteU'c-a,"" of tie roots ean be du ' and stored for use before the frost Jeayes the sod In th. spring. They" can be kept covered witn earth in the cellar or in the Itu that are used for other v.get dile. . Kocifs send iu this manner wdl I , quite tender, while and verv pungent, j Trii-y are vastly superior to old root i winch grow in sou. The common gardeit-cres. or pepper grass, make. an excellent salad lor uo dtirmjr the early part of the sumuirr. Tho seed germinates in a few day, antl the leaves are siitliclntly Iag to ue before tiicre are any otle r garden vog taljies Water-cress U far stipjrlor to garden-cress, antl iti cultivation I re-ommendod ti all persons who hare spriugs or running xtreams on their farms. Seeds can bj obtained of all exlcu.d'.e dealers, and a l'tl of It once established will remain proluetivu an indefinite time. The jned should be - - . sown on the margin of the stream. fnm which the gra4 ha lxen remoreiL The plant- reqti.re eontant mouture. anl the water should be vary cold. The plants are verv prodtu live of leaie. which can be piutked even week dur nz the row.njr eaon. Wnter-cn- is a relisli which ! djirable during the J entire year. It iorm a LKuiuttxui taoje ornatnenL and I a useful for thb pur pose as parsley. The leave are more tender antl Jo. pungent than those of irarucn-crevi. Watcr-cre w now in gool leman! , . . . . ' iu all citie. and many who have good bed of it derive con Merabto income from teem. When gathered for market it is Urd up in bunchc of a lxe that can be clasped In tbe hand, and put In cheap btkets or crates- Water crr in not only a desirable rrlih Ut ue with meat, but with plain bread and butter It requires so add tSon but salL Considering the eae wiLh which It caa be grown, the permanency of the plaa tatioa, iu contfaoed prohJctivrc throughout the year, and iu many Ioint of excellence, it rmam trasge that it lot not rcce.Te more atir-aLoa. Krcrr kitchen gardea hou d contain a varifty of sweet herb. The Ht hou!d coroprj; g- weet arjora, wu raer aavoy and thyme. Thcjt are all deIrable 'tor jcaaosiag prk. which U tie meatch;efly ued by farmera. All thee piaatA are rated froas eed which can te obtainfcl from aay dealer. The eed should be wwn in row frow twelve to fifteen inche apart. A the herb are chietly m during Ih wia ter. the ieaTr. with a portoa of the stalka. should le gathered befre the appearance of froL dried ifi the ahade, and carefully packed in paper hg-- Chlcaj T,wu. m m The Caterer fortes ih foHow!njr di- i reexion ior raaa:g irawoerry cna; Take a pfat of fresh hulkl trawleT tie. cover then thickly with pnlrefited ugar and wh them with a apoon. Extract the Jake front Uh?n throtigh a hair sieve. Sow dissolve an onnce aad a half of gelaUan in n pot el frah milk, addiag to it pint ef rich wh.pped cream and the jnice of tk bcrrie. Ponr the whole lata n damp mold and place on thciee tUl ate. whmt the cream u randy to A enTnehle hit nf kwledfe h mmt hent sriaitbomw asm tm rmtom nmwhonca, mmi PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Vktor Hugo leaves n fcrtone etti mated atSV-OJ.O". The wldowr of th I.ito PmMont iVirrioit ha one of the finest hoiuc a ' Nvc York. It U on Fifth aveuw an cost fooo.uoa .V. J. Sun. Mr. nutVrfonj H. H.-v hx. at her own eipenc pnrhaed find eiutpxei a itousa in a sotuafni tjt. . .. . j ... i. .-..... !..... . mw,ir -7., . . crvtcc. UecUnd UmUr. m& of r,,iJndcI hK b;jU. ,verai ,)t Ci4tAgr f u workingntfln at Point Hr-e-p. rtd m , m.ynag'. hrr own bwrK without, masculine help. - tluUut nrlutjcd In te tu"aganc U Jid U. an 1 its protiU are ahr to bi SSoV-VJ a ?vr. ijotlon HtitUtrt. t-ui, it r..t,l(m U.n.iltn V iS vJlllam Lrarfai nnd Jane li l': i. , ,i- ?;.l.- ...t ui.! s ,t.-i t tJ ,MV l.li. ......J. - . ..w- --- - !' ! n.. i .cryfj,. f Slatw Mr hn-l m' v- ; b ,ho um etvurr of t.tu iu is iiiu Mr cvivhiii " .?. " i Int. died nc yy Jlam IL Nwru. w. .' 'Kissed away at AtUmni thirteen n us ao. CJj,ao ottriMM. -When tb !aW Mr. FreHnghti. i was a verv vountr mutt Ua ltul an am lxtkm to iwcomo an netor. and. 1 1 ...... .l....u.t ,IM l.i ! t4 tl....l.. f .1. f f . 1 WHVmWI . 114 I'W I,M -t. .. wotiul win Iimu tU'Hfeton a. an x- ; ronenl flof U , 1 roI a1,1 l . T llaoa u" th dmtna. he Urok ,iv onunratioJ and v to on the inu. A. 1'. UrLt ' ..... ,,.., ' - venmcr. w wiRWii-in writer, whoe d mth h nu ucl f.oin ! I otidon. yvai the author ,f "What Are . the Wiltl WaVw baMUX?" widrlv ih ii l.ir twenvv-nye v.rjt go, ant! ik w,th out admirer- now It w is; P-mMetl tn a chapter In "Domboy anl Sin." tnI brought ihtMvriier conddernblo, tuojev. t'Aieoo Inter (ietm. Prof. Day, of Vale, in speakhig f the work of the revisers of the Hlt-le. uow couuluded. reeeully oiI " utt can not umlerst nd the immeuo com fort it Is to by rellev.d altera lo ig twelve vear of secrecy, from the ' e slty of declining to answer UieqtiesLou-i of tnanv of my lest friend in reg.irl t. the rendering of particular parage. uWortf 1L Colonel William Kent, of Coneonl. N. II.. ninety twro er of age. nnd a brother of the late tlovernor F-dwatil Kent, of Maine. U of the opin-ott. s.y - the Concord VoV and I'tilriot. tha hn Is the only porion now living who heard Daniel VeUstr' Hrst publie atl-dr'-i matle in CouemI July I. LSwt.ra the tdtl North Church, thou the only church hi town. HUMOROUS. A man in New Metlei caught tho bronchitis riding a jotty He llrnt caught the bronco I fytcayo Current - "What pain a father tuorethnn tho crv of bU Infant chdd? ivLtim one VVo tlon't know unles it i the cry tif hi infant twin. Somttmcn Jferatd -- Kmi anything In y our jutrso' nuked Mr. Kail of his wife, ns they .it tltiwti in tbe street car. "Ye, dear, bung." (die replied, nweetly. and Mr Kail paid the fare- Merchant 'Iravr er. - "It is really wonderful to see how yvell the men keep tep." He "Itab. that I nothing hen l wa a oldicr 1 iimmI to keep step better than all tho rest put togethr. La Vtdttta. - "Kuil for the doctor, quick' Help! help! Dot babv ha nyvnltowrd a uci. tjxelalmed Mr. Sdiautnburi You tephed Mte. 'J eras btjltif;. The fol owing pa..ige lHtwr' bench and bar occurred in a crt.n court the other dav nl the end of a h.ngthened wiangle" My Lonl: "Weil. jr ,r um u not know how i COnduei vounnif a. a getitloman. I mn ,lro i ,... ,-!, .,. iUnwli .-- ,. .-,. ,.,. .-,...-..- can "TIi at in tut. my Lord -Thu celebrated S'jrtiora Hon-lInkl yva m the middle of her olo )u the IJotHtoti Opera Ho.e. yvnui litile dohiiny I lAJ-letop, referring to the i rector of the orehetra. akil: "U hy ttosthat man hit nl the woman vitu hi Leb?" "He U not hitting at h r. keep quiet." "Well, then, what doe fthe holier for" Kx"hunje. The Kgg of Columbu. Who was t olurnbu?" ak'l a learher o his cla. in on of the publie cbiHS of Atutln. "ColuinbtM wa a bird replied a little girl. Tho wholo cli lattghl voclferoolr, ami the teacher asked the little tjlrl what ho infant h 7 fi. ucli a Ilh' awrr. Mir esipiaio shedding bitter tar4. that he had rail In the IKik of an older tter a p!-cc ut pO'try alxiut the tz of ( olutnbo. antl only b nl lay egg he ."upjw4ii Colo tnliti wm aiu aort of a bud. Teua tufting. Johnny 'who I pending the fr- mn at tne mitn ) .iy mother ay nhc'd like to look like rott. Mr. $m ttu 4J , . - , , r - i." cxireraeiy pia-a. out not entirely aware of it)LJk me. mr tlrar? I take that a a compliment, indeed, from o xcry pretty a Udy a your matoma. Vou re quite aure It L Johany. that he mraatr Johnay (accepting aao:hr crullr) Oh. "yet'w. Hki tJd that If ht could have your health awi strength the bcbeYed hed lief look t jon do. harper s JUisur. Fnet-OfTice ftemancea. Oa oae oceaVoa jrr at! rmi It 'look ing person callid and expre.i a trr that he had iaclyed two UUr ht wrong eavek;-M. and that all kU pro pect in life tSependd hU hatg hit letter bck aad correctiag the nt.nLake. i a a muck a thry reveal! plxtt which he had aiiojed lo ere tw mercanubs boaaes ia the m JJae A hnttne. whoe bstereu cbwikett x rttrj poiitL A imUt blunder occurred la a wv,$T9 delteiie afjor. when a yoeag ir m xtl ureat to havg her le- re-tter-wrd, M he had accepted th wrojf oKer ot marrisgre. Tfc local potma. ter wm nsnMc in rmUl her rae4e treaties, nnd ShtM prevestrU n fltn catjutrephe. Uml a whole rcmasea migat he written on the tallowing Inc3 dt; A yonjr Lidy who had U en gaged Uiaisr-wroR-iyooagmaaBlaJst-rrer wm ialormi a few dav before tin, on the marrfcise wm ed for thaJhe Irm ww meolTeni. K&t a memcai wa wa he lost, ami n lector wm written and! po;ed. brtMklnic Umcmraysmeat. when within tw hoara k wa4 dieTretl that the report w entkelr umkum44. TW repsMt enntmnen: 'Ths djrhe?. wish hr nnrmite, rmhed to th pmu omen, ami no word can drrin in ese-the ay wd. ttotNr.th wring ing ha4. the nnitod atretVt t4 In hnvnthe tntei hntor tw ', nine! alt wan ram. The d an tmtfiiin,- SU miM . V'iia; s. v .-15. " " ZJ .., - A , .- - - .4 - sfesv-r . .msi't,Lri3raKaS . -W f- -rf-v - ' . . "Tt. t?? " -rj-'J . : .'' -r$- 4jt' " " f 4t?tr ?- -i X:-. -5. 24- V T- t "-"--.'- .' 'J- . J'f. .?-L": .T.'.. .-. - T C-M -ri i 3-- rTrTf" :Sir-s ?' "w j.,. " - -H 3yA ja-3 -r 'tT " -. - i.-w , -, E ' m-:.rfc-saati iii i ifl ijHyy,"! l - Var1?.sX