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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
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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.
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Sunday-School Lessons.
Tumi' or.iiTi:i-.
July ." Kcvolt of the Ten
Tribes. ... ...1 ICinr; 12: r.
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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.
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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- --- -
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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
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' - 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
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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
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