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EASTER'S ANSWER.
OES death end ant
Does earth eossplets
the story f
?ts (here no sequ;l to
life' broken tale?
Bounds there no call.
Frauzbt with the
hope of glory.
From ont the gloomy
shadow of the rale?
Lives there no seer
Whose eye has plereed the gloaming.
Aid wrung from it, reluctant, tidings bright!
Can we but fear.
That after weary roaming;
Death has no recompeasct the tomb oat night
The coantless host,
Fcr which death's rates keep swinging;
The loved ones, tor whom other loved ones
weep:
Are these all last?
Aad la affection clinging
To frxnd embraced In an eternal sleep!
If this is all
If when the heart stops throbbing.
Aad all the wheels of being cease to roll
If this Is all.
And life ends with earth's sobbing.
And " dust to dost " was "spoken of the soul"
Tbea most we loathe i
The powers that make knows
The soul's capacity for higher Joy;
Then must we loatho
The heart's affections sown
But for the frosts of winter to destroy.
Not death U life.
And parting it but meeting
Beyond the cloudland shadowing the grave.
No!-death is l:fo
And, as earth 'a years are fleeting.
We grasp the Immortality we crave.
xr
The empty tomb
Blest prophecy of glory
la vanquished by the great aU-conqaeriag Om;
Its scattered gloom
Confirms inspired story;
Time sees the gem of being jut began.
Kev. J. Ilrston Ilumbcrger, In K. Y. Observer.
TOM TOWSLEY.
Ths Story or Bis Thankfulness
Good Easter Lesson.
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The war the hero fights la
Is not the war fer me!
The war my soul delights ia
Must end in victory!
TIs aot a war of flesh an' blood:
I fight fer Heaven; I fight fer Uod;
A kingdom, with my rights ia;
Oh. that'a the war fer me!
"Oh. too-ral. loo-ral. loo-rail
Oh. too-ral. loo-raL. lay!"
LD Tom Towaley
glided from the ring
ing, trumpet-like
words of the song
into the meaningless
eyliables with which
tlie titno was con
tinued. But the de
scent, if it was a de
scent, would not
have brought a shock
to the most sensitive
and pious ear. The
fullness of his heart
spoke in ono r1". In
the cither. The
words were almost
forgotten in listening to the cheery, cour
ageous voice, albeit a little crarked and
Lucky from age and weakness, (hio scarce
ly noticed that he pronounccl "flesh" as if
palled "flush," and that ho made other mis
takes scarcely less serious. With all hi er
rors, the aoug as sung by him that gusty
day had in it the lifting power of a Crora
welliau battle hymn.
Ami yet, apparently, Tom Towsley had
little to render him cheery nnd hnpofttL
Ills truck-patch, on which lie depended for
a tmhsistenco for himself and grand-daughter,
had failed miserably the prcvloiui Hum
mer. The drought had ruined his garden;
thu hot sun had twisted his Tines into the
semblance of sapless strings, nnd the beetles
had devoured hi potatoes, leaf ami branch.
Thu winter that followed was unusually
severe, nnd ho had Fcareely Iwen able, lie
cause of rheumatism and general ill-health,
to provide the necessary food and fucL Aa
for clothing, the coat which now kept ont
the north wind had already seen many win
tors, and iM:csistcd in becoming thrcail-liare
ami shabby, in spite of indefatigable mend
ing and careful brushing.
There was only ono thing that touched
Iiiin. llr could endure poverty, rags and
want Too iron hnil of misfortune could
not scant him. But the sufferings of hi
grandchild struck n chord of woe, some
times, even from 'lis blissfully attuned
heart-strings.
Worst of all. It seemed very likely that
they would not have so much as a shelter
for their heads in the summer that wascom
lug. fie had len unable to pay the rent
for th cottage and truck-aU-h, and had
received notico that if thu amount due was
Hot handed in by the first of May, the place
would ito given to anothor Anil to pay it,
trued, In his present financial distress, an
titter impossibility.
In his momentary despair he had begged
for time, but the landlord would not re
ject. " ray er git out!" wastho harsh command.
1 can't give away good dollars to every
fceggar that aaka me. I'd be paying rent
iurty soon myself If I did !"
It was while returning from this unsuc
cessful visit that the words and tunc of th
quaint old byua fell from bis lips.
Sjieck's laid an egg, gran-pa! Speck'
laid an egg!' cried little Ethel, running to
meet him. "I r it In the aes' so she'd lav
anutherJa."
Tom Towaley stopped short la the midst
r his singing and caught the child to his
lireast
" She hem, eht Well, that'a a beginaia'!
If them two heaa 'ad oa'y git down to btx
tacsa lack they oaght. we o'a'd put a little
tnlto mora onto the table."
Ho kissed the chubby face uplifted to hie,
and carried the child through the gateway
snd oa toward the hoaee.
Hia voice treaahleda tittle aa he aaswered
niilBs9sfslf$ i
BsssfcOsaWyll I bVsbP ri
AMD I CAS HATS THTOC FOB KASTta.'
Br prattle; but his was a tremulous voice
St best, aad the child did aot notice the saae
srartomed quaver. Mingled with the recol
lecseaaf the words of the landlord was the
memory of the request of his dying daugh
ter, who, six rears before, had coaMed
Ethel, her Brat-born, to his care.
'I lesr Kthel to you. father, for I know
that Y will aerer let her suffer while roa
atre!M
"latsver will, as help ffler washssfer
veat iisbiss. a he pressed the tiny girl
fctby to baa heart that desolate, crashing
rsnlsg.
aa I ssr we eggs ter Easaer,
sjsssssMS'. Ethel, eagerly, aa the
H iiptsnir ser as tae ntue porch.
iOh. alssw. sMsmt 1? There n beea' a
ZLZMelceaatrd!"
Twwalayswa
a
for small luxuries. He had even debated
whether It weald be most advisable to cook
them or invest their value In tea He was
a dear lover of "the cup that cheers but not
laebriatea," and had stinted himself in iU
aw the entire winter.
"Come, le's go an' take a peek at the aes'!
Bpeck won't kecr. She's a-cacklin' yit; but
I know she won't keer. She seen me put
my nan' In it, gran'pa, an' she never said
nothln'. When she don't lack any thing
she squawks."
Tom Towsley Buffered himself to be
dragged to the chicken house, where he
surveyed and commented on the egg and
on Speck's reliability as a layer to Ethel's
entire satisfaction.
"An' I can have 'em fer Easter, can I,
Tau'pan
"Yes; 1 'low you may!" Towsley replied,
stroking her sunny curls. "I 'low you may.
I iai thought o buyin' somethin' with 'em;
but you kin have 'em. I ain't had any tea
fer a long time, an' this 'baccr I'm naokin'
Is mot' turrible bad. I raised It, ye know,
las' summer. But the froa' got it, an' it's
mos' turrible bad However, it'll do as
well as better. An' as fcr the tea, I've
'bout got uset to doin 'thout, any how.
"I uset to think I c'u'dn't git 'long 'thout
tea. But mebby it's better. It'd be better
yet. prob'ly, if I'd throw away this ole pipe.
But I've smoked it so long it's moust'ous
hard, fer a fac'. If I was younger, now.
an' c u'd git roun' more, it'd bo diTruut.
But ray roomatiztiesmepurtyclosttothe
chimbley-corner when the weather's bad
an' it's been bad a good'eal lately-aa' I
git kind o' lonesome. Jes' lonesome
'nough. I 'low. to make mo sort o' hanker
after the tea an' the 'baccy. Bnt they's
one ining: i Kin Blag yit. 'An' so long s I
kin sing, I don't calc'late that I've got any
cause fer repinin's."
" An' how' 11 1 color 'em, gran'pa?" queried
Ethel, her mind wholly occupied la con
templation of the un'.aid egv.
"'Tis a question!" assented the old sun.
'I plum fergot that air. If we had setae
fady calico. But we alnt .Now I'll toll ye
what Til do! I'm goin' over to. Jones'
wood-lot to-inorrer er tho nex' dsy, to
knock together a little wood fer the cook
stove an' fire-place, an' Til Jes' atop at I go
'long an' dig yer some saasyfras. Haasyfraa
is a most beautiful colorin. N'lghabout aa
good, I 'low. aa fady calico."
Ethel's delight was unbounded, as Towsley
unfolded this ingenious plan, and she ran
hastily off to rehearse the good news to the
lazy tabby cat, that, no doubt, would have
preferred chickens to the most oaaninfly
colored eggs that wero ever Been.
Thus deserted, Towsley strolled out Into
the garden and wandered around the fa
miliar enclosure. It was the commence
ment of the gardening season, albeit the
days were yet raw and chilly some of them
ana Towsley could scarcely raise the ring
ing tune with which he was accustomed to
cheer himself.
"Even a sparrow can not fall to the earth
'thout Hi notico," he whisiered. as he hob-
Dieu tremblingly about "An' air yoa not
of more value than many sparrows? Oh,
ye of little faith!"
Then the Bong rose clear and full, with
only the vibrations incident to s failing
voico:
" Tis not a war of flesh an' blood;
1 flulit fer Heaven; I flgntferOods
A kingdom, with mr rights In:
Oh. thui's the ar for me."
The next day he vMtd tho wood-lot. and
on his return bound the sassafras roots up
with his load of sticks.
'"Twm a good idoe." hecriod, cheerfully,
as he deposited the burden in tho back
yard. "Tho sayfrai '11 do the colorin' an'
also inako the tea I've been wishin' fer tea
tho whole winter, an' never onct thought o'
that sassy fras ! "
"'Twas tho Easter eggs, gran'pa." Ethel
explained, solemnly. "It must 'a' en.'
"I dono but you're right. I dono but
you're right," he assented, rather struck
with the idea "All things work fer good
to them that love Him. Yes; I dono but you
air. We'll leliove so anyhow!"
Ho bustled alwut quite briskly after that,
preparing their simplo nwal; while the tea
pot sang merrily, as the fragrant steam
arose like incense from it
"I've got two eggs, now, gran'pa!" said
Ethel, proudly, as she sat at his side while
he helped her from the ilishea
"What nir you 'low-in to do with em?" he
questioned "Yon can't eat all o' em!"
"I'm a-goln' to roll 'em down tho hill,
gran'pa, an tight "cm with Sissv Tanner.
An' I'll give you one, gran'pa; nn I'll ave
two forever an' ever. Sissy's got four egg.
now. lint I don t kecr. Speck's eggs is the
best an' purticst"
"So they Iks! So thoy be!" Towsley
agreed. "I hope you'll alius bo as well t-at-istied
as you air now. One's own things air
alius the best o' their kind in the wort. It's
hiimaryiatur to think so; an' it's ritrht"
In spite of his cheerfulness Tom Towsley
knew that their stock of provisions was
dreadf ully low. He had made an inventory
that morning before starting to the wood
lot Ten days' fare, of the very scantiest
kind, was all that he could reckon up,
scrape as he might at the echoing tiour
barrel and the almost empty meat-keg.
The next morning, with this knowledge
impressed firmly on his mind, he began a
search for work.
It was not successful; but he continued
It. regardless of his ache and pains and
falling strength.
The only one of the family (if the ex
pression may be allowed) that seemed pros
pering in a business way was Speck. Bar
after day her transparent cackle resounded
from the little chicken-house, where, in an
old. straw-filled keg she had chosen her
nest
At the first note Ethel would bound
through the doorway, and a white, chubby
hand wnutd quickly extract the treasure
from its resting-place. Speck always eyed the
performance askance; bnt she eridently re
garded this spoliation of her nest aa the in
evitable fate of the egg-laying sisterhood.
At any rate, she never changed ito location,
or failed on any day to add aa egg to Ethels
pearly hoard.
The afternoon before Easter Tom Towa
ley returned earlier thaa usual from his
unsuccessful quest He could scarcely mas
ter the cheerfulness and bravery necessary
to eaable Mm to raise the soar wish which
he always heralded his coming. Fer more
thaa a year be had aot once failed la tala
Nor did be fall bow; though there ww a
quaver ta the wards aot wholly da to age.
For two day Towaley had practically
fasted. While placing before Ethel the last
acaatr remnant of food, he had kept from
her the knowledge of his abstention by the
harmless fiction that a headache bad de
prived him of aa appetite. That aooa
Ethel had devoured her restricted allow
ance and hungrily called for more. Alas!
there waa ao snore.
WeaVfrora ill-hearth aad lack of food.
Towaley bad made another rata endeavor
to find work. Now ha waa returning to a
hungry grandchild aad aa empty cup
board. And to-morrow would be Easter;
that dar when the whole earth should be
tiled with cheer aad gladness!
He fairly reeled aa be passed lata the
yard; but when Ethel came running to
meet him. he straightened up with a great
effort and carried her la has accustomed
manner.
He dreaded the anaotrneeateat which he
knew woald come.
Gran'pa, Speck's laid another egg! aa
now Tre got a doaea fer to-saorrer. A
whole, big dozen!"
Is'poseoneo'Vm wouldat do far ye.
would it? he asked, trytag- to speak qaite
cheerfully.
She looked ap la affright.
" Why, yoa siat a-goia to sell 'em. graa'-
"Weli,l'low I deso what few do! It'a
Jes' as yoa say. though. Ethel Fact St, I
cant git aay work, bows'erer smca I try;
aa we eas ap tae aaa' atterSUes at
A doaea alga aiat aaaeh; sat they'd git
sass o meat asv a SB '
wholly control her impalaea. Her heart had
been aet on the pleasure to be afforded by
those Easter eggs. She leaned her bead oa
hia heaving breast aad gave way to a flood
of sobs.
"There, there, don't err," he arged.
''We'll not sell 'em if you don't want to. I
kin 'ply to the Board o' Charities, which.
THE FURNITURE TRADE.
Cabiast-Maklag Raaa to RpeeiaHUe eat
LUUs Is HaadXadw
Referring to recent developomcnls ia
cabinet-making a nanufocturer said:
Changes in style, coverings and woods
arc not tho most observable in tho busi-
lacklr. Td hare to do anvhew wbea we'd ' n ess. Jrurmture naturally falls into
eat up the wu'th o' the alga" . classes, such a parlor furniture. bed-
It had beea a matter ef pleasurable pride I room scte, upholstered pieces, nnd the
to Tom Towsley that be lad been able, even like and tho whole business is conse
la his feeble old age. to escape what be could , , . . ,.-,
not but regard as the ignominy of an appeal j quently runniiijr to specialties. Ono
for charity. The contemplation of its pes- factory makes only chairs; another
sibtlirr was humiliatina- aad bitter. Evea ' otilv tabic. One manufacturer makes
the words as he -half whispered them over a speeialtv of bedroom and another of i 'or ffranteti. and never questioned until
E " ; WJd tl ""Elf; ' of parlor furniture. The matter i, even ' "urain-begotteu illness has broken out,
taAatSaS iWwK prirf to lh naaufscturs of the father words, we employ IilneSJ and
Irtt- TlrtiAw thmi? ss-.il Ww r M i. ss-stn n4.rt4 of nn art !!! Mnnv inon irhn nr . U Cilia OS OUr tlniln UOlOOlirc.
wsso. .Vv -, a.. VU v m v r-waw - - ---- --- . ..., -
SANITARY MAXIMS.
Abstract at a Leaflet Issaed ky the Wa
tiuam! Heel t a sciety f Loan.
It is the duty of every householder
to ascertain for himself whether his
own hoti!e be free or not from well
known dangers to health.
This duty, imperative at all times. !i
of surpassing urgency in a houe where
s woman Is about to becomy a mother.
or a surgical operation is about to tn
performed.
As a rule, the soundness of the sani
tary arranirements of a houa i taken
THE AMERCAN LANGUAGE.
Mara ef It Is rctl.t Tl lt tWeom
Obtultl In r.as!anl.
Americane!e is not a mere modern
improvement or corruption which
ever wo like to call it -of the language
hieh is spoken in theeU!and. Ojilto
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
"HrrJ from th lxt i a tfel
ru fur ruttry-kHor, . wr.lj is for
broodrr of tho larfpdomvtianlRVA-.
- A pretty fney In raarkin; Unen U
to bar tho Mrr fvorito Soe,
the contrary Dr. Krvoman. in one of worked in i:h the erabroMorcd tr
hiseavays. has pointed out that while
in some respecto Anjerians arv a grrat
deal "newer than ourolv,. in aoms
other they arc coniderab!y older.
Much that has died out of our joli:ic.
our sociotle. our habit and cutom.
till survives In the State. So It It
with the laneua;M. As otery invrtl
gator knows, much of it 1 not niw Ka-
' g'ish at all. but genuine old rashh
arms as she did so.
Tom Towsley was too greatly over
whelmed to reply, or even question ox re
strain her.
TYA Un ..1 . -. l. 4L. 1.41 a.
had no thought of what she intended to da L "U hethor t or "0.1 thls U for. Pubfc
The silence that followed soon grew n op- be'iefit may lw subject to question. It
preasire that ho went in there to question has certainly gradually been reducing
her. tno co,i 0f mukinj, hut it has al.-o in-
sue was gone, anu UKCA-i-e tae eggs, an .rrtii.(J ,,-f ..V!U xrhi.-l, t.
ItlaL
-(.rop tYu,l sttffer lc from rr.a
a noxKm invt or animal aad itt
proc'ny were U not for t.w htr of
the h-Ost or of the ruhblh hi thn lnen-
ro.
Mcim-njiik and ewn rol mko a
splendid niUon. u the meal or milk
maj bi ud In cicnuim ,;u)r.HUr in
1 the combination If a Unrf r smub'.
of either I UsoJ than Uj tlmal ean
auinxilate It will b.. Joi. -Swineherd.
As farming l in ono toan a coa-
tinuous round of owiof. cn.t.irtin,.
r-ajin. jut a th yer l oer priag.
..- i . -
to color em with the sassyfraa." ostensibly cabinet-makers are nothing whenever gas from sewers or the O.d provincial form, old local word.
Her tears flowed afresh, but she endeav- more than fr.ime-m-ikers or fini-hers. ' ariiiJm from a leaking drain, n ce--- ! old dialectical pocuUariticN which
"d to Wm W7, 1JPP,n? from hto , The bulk of the furniture now used is l or a fou1 "-' make their way havt tWae olM:eto or men. rul-
tuiiehine-made. and the men who make into a bo"4' the inmates are in im- , kari-ms with us. have kept ftot
it :iro in nowisn ..ihinf.t-m:ik.iv. In th minent dan-'er of an outbreak of . fresh u in tho Nw Kngland StaV.
old sense, but machine tenders. i typhoid fever, diphtheria, or other i and then-x- haro pread over the ro-itl- summfr. fall and winter, and ywt xb,i
febrile ailments classed together under J nent tospT.-vl in time over t?r world, over aw two osvon alt -r ife .!
the term zymotic." not to speak of A good deai of what we regard a Van-' tKating of th olI that wigiit u b
minor iilnes and depressed vitality, tha ', kee rulgarlsm 1 good, honest Angltw ' Nvn tho nj' We raut iu4y er
connection of which with sewer ga is t Suxou Ui;it a mirrunt tn coivora- i work If e aro gvlnc to rw-vV u(.o
IlOW Illliv i'-L:iriI!ll.l S.iv.r im. n. tion nllli luk,!. fM- ..,r,?, ,.. .f, .. , V,.. !
for tvnturit lHjforf tho of It-
AMA IS -kcehf 4 ,. J 1 f M.,A ja kK a V ft .a SB.S k k a . I
"" ..". "" "".merlv wore little known. Factory work lerH a nmiMi mo-1 rapidly at night, .nayuower.gnw riymouth nvk. I-ho - R,e w,rk of indoclnj: armer v
r is larirelv machine work, and machine "" "u .umiuaresiwi. , injuj'. i. jwm o; mo .ow r.n- dtcard ctmmoo .nck. and i?rs4o up
work is far more likelv to ov er.ide or ami l9 oen perhaps most potent in glander is aca-eli: yaXnl. "Full twenty I iv the mm o( unrobe! malc ha bwa
imperfect in make and finish tlmu that contamlnaMii; the meat, the nuU. and year he a of ag. I irur,. . , in pnc'--'or ha.f a eatry or t.
which Is turned off bv baud. On aU "e unmcinj water, una in loiuing . nauoer. omcrnlng the "yongo and tet tha farm ar fUleU lth
I; I '
r-rr, i
Vjsw iffp
our best jowls machine work is minim-
i the inmate.
i .juyre" of th.' Canterbury pilgrimage. Rion Uvk. It l aattufacUry U. pr-
applt
rmund of a!t H"rk in thin !!
&?
,
nd
Ih1. The cheap stuff is tfitnplr thrown ' A n"U!" ,n wultn t'',,un na -" "'-' mgiow woimi namiy nato u.xi gro.le farmer that laey hae im
tog-ether, with search- the intervention ftnU atv otXiin l,i!insr with throat, ( the phrase differently. Mmtiariy uoh j prmed. hoeer. and tVy do aot n
of manual labor. Thus manv of the , ""-'" "r ""' prowioiy " -peart aui -nrasn anu i ort to the inferior kind
I .r.i. it. .!:... I ..1I..,. l .. ..I t, . 1
smaller concerns which to nil appear- ""' '" k --'- mem -puna. wnien lrkU-kc4 ftlh
"nn,... turn nut work- wi.h whl.-h mn." scamrHM urain worlc 19 one of the struco u a specially ra.y of the Maw.
....WW. ...... W.-- --..-- ... --..... ..... ... . . . ... .. tf .,-..-..
chines havo little to do are In reality " '" """'" u-w " '3 "" '" "s" -V in m wmmoa fn-hon in otld water brwuht toaNwl
nothinjr but linL-hers for the big fnc. uuiIdinB: it is also one of the I -peech of the common people m north- T;Uo two Url a lcm onton. a,4
tories." j most common and one of the motdim-ern and eastern Fu.gland In tho work. , haU a aJrn Hulw. ,,,., thm aU
"Have not tho patent room-saving j cult to det,?cl n,i n"vly found , of that eminent philologist Sun j Slick j tt.i ,hco Mu aU totfvlhpr h lbrt
devices iu furniture cut into the regit- , eXce,n b-v tho lIlnt",, lt P1 uc,y' "no ,n.v n,,a lw - jn-rk m a liking tin. m .lilt bUek
lar trade?" If -vou w a0"' to bu.v 'tM a ; ': "-mKed '-that i. made a butt of ,,,,,..,., .ja -acr to U;rolv . ,,,,4
"Yes lar-'elv. c-peciallv in city ' hoU!''-' be il now or ll oUI- tnk'5 'an I "J,:,it " In SmoU,'tt nJ r leldlng and f baka fur lwo hsfHr
trade. Living in smaU quarters for tho ! fore vou. coran1 .vouf jarl to others of our laa.enturynovoU.t,. An, . Two n9 ot
- -.m. ... .. . . . v a. k. . i a innriiun i . e4, --. -..... -
J gxHHi soup stoek thirty largo prn-
HE TOOK RHSL CPO HIS KMX
tha center of the kitchen table, and on lt
tear still gleamed like a pearL
Then Tom Towsley knew that Ethel had
taken the eggs, reserving this one, and hur
ried with them out into the town.
He went to the gate with the intention ef
seen. Then he returned to his seat in
the chimney corner, with a strange pain at
his heart.
Within twenty minutes Ethel returned.
carrying in the basket a little paiier of meal
and a square of meat; both of them scarcely
purpose of saving rent has made the , wsuu uiamiununw. ouno eauitary
nrrniiceuir riw wmi no ic care ami
nnxietv than you would exercise in
folding-bed and various combination
pieces of furniture very popular.
ihesc. 01 course, are nmiio by out u
few manufacturers, who thus have a
very good thing in the s-ale of their
goods. Relatively to the gros number
of our population I don't think the sale
of bedroom sets compares now with
what it was a few years ago, before the
folding-bed camo into vogue, l'eople
now xi"u their fitting-rooms and even
parlors as sleeping apartments, a thing
utterly unknown formerly. To make
thinira harmonize, combination niece-.
load for the bright and active six-year-old. nr .. ... ,. O,.,lron,n fl,Pt,i,llrrt
1 here, gran pa! she exclaimed, a little . l .
111 uis-'iitse. uiu itscit. tins ?nri 111
testing the soundness of a horse before
I you purchase it.
11 you are ouiunng a house or can
American will 11 o ick or ina.l'
put as their forefather would haxe.
dooe in place where we should em
ploy -111" and
gU t-llk. two tnSirsJnvmfuU iif but-
i ter onn of amir.
M,1.U V- f
"". tf. I,,. ..
We owe our cousins acertain amount i ,... ..
m 1 . ... paragu ain!
w. ....... ,,.,.., ,,.. ir- iOtlllili; Willi CUU- ' . j
1
.ppef
.
ind
alt U
07 Win aeaus of utn a.
hiW until tendr. mh
thrugh a if. and put Into
owp it-tUrt. a.J.l the btU'.or
and fiour. 'ct lxtt Sowly fur die tula-
. Itfrt. tkt.r 9t.i. fl.rt ..... .. .. ..t.t
house or a damp place in a wall near ,Jft1 bv ;!'t and much . h MMiniir, ,JmtU f
it l letter to plow in the tnanur
an the xj1 ( tn
put, and to scatter pHotliatT In th
n.lil..H S. I.. -.t.l .. .... 1 t I lill'llj.iniil to..M,... a.l.t I ...u .. u . .1. .
nuiioiu 11 111 an uiu uur, ei no urain ; -viiii nmuuiu,j ui.m; u um .
be under anv part of your houo. nignu-conveulent wordi which hal
If there is a smell of drains in vour ' 'M,5'','tiw dnpjed otit and In-on r-
le uxpnslvn subtilu!. Whethnri
thrill of exultation in her voice. "The
groe'ry man said he give me big measure.
I reckon it's enough to do a monlli.'
She iiaxtoi! into tho 1 .lichen.
"An' hero's the egg I saved, grandpa!
Vou can color it with sassvfrus, an' we'll
'niagine it's a whole dozen, caut we!
thing, fif course. d(es not obtain among
people wlu own their homes and are
not limited in spac-. but in a place like
Chicago, where the influx of people is
t-o great ami regular, there is bound to
which a wate-pipo or a soil-pipe runs. I
or a dump place in thecullaror kitchen "" ",,,hI w much obliged to them for ,MtAttM IM, ' lh
floor near a drain or 11 tuuk. let no time ,or lh" -H!d: :1"1 '"jJ hic" -y nvo , ,w, u Wtl Ut JMl.P
.- . . .1 ..1 .1 1 .. ' lrl!l ix"fore dnipplng th oo.l. Timro
current circulation i mom Qti.-ilotiu-, , . . .
1.1 . l . .. 1 1 .. .. i I not anr danger of the phoipha'e in
Thus aroused, Towsley put the iron kettle , be 11 largo percentage of people who
on tho stovo, placed water in lt. a sufficient
quantity of sassafras root, and. at the proper
time, tho vgg. He moved about silently
though, as if a great calamity impended, or
had alicadr bef alien him.
Then, while tho coloring process weuton,
he took Ethel upon his knee and poured
out his heart to her, as if he were only an
other child.
It was a touching scene, and there were
witnesses to it- unwitting, unintentional
witnesnet.
The landlord had come quietly into the
little yard with a gentleman whom ho waa
showing over the place with a view to ita '
sale.
The words of Ethel and Tom Towsley
came to them through the half-open win
dow, aud were of such a character that they
wero forced into quictuess.
When Towsley had ended what might be
termed a ersoiial confession of his straits
and circumstances, his votco srrew more
cheer: ul. aud ho told his little grand
child the meaning of Easter, nnd Low
tho cfm is held as a symbol of the resurrec
tion, since from it. apparently a dead mans,
there spring a new life.
The gentleman. whoo name was Silver
ton, was a business man, immersed in the
cares and detractions of trade. Yet he was,
at that time, in a succptiMe mood.
A few months before ho had lost his own
rosy-cheeked daughter, and his heart was
sore and bitter Tho loss had tended to
harden rather than soften him.
The faith of this siinple-miudod man In
the good pro idences of God came to him
a a revelation, and tho tears crept into his
eyes aa be listened.
"Come away!" ho said, tugging at th
landlord's coat "Let us not disturb them."
Easter morning dawned brightly aad
luminously. The spring had lately ad
vanced with rapid strides, and the rising
sun was greeted by the songs of birds and
the incense of flowers.
As tho glad bells rang out joyous'y Ethel
hurried on her clothing, with a few as
sisting hitches here and there from hei
grandfather, then took up her solltars
Easter egg and ran out upon the porch.
The sight that greeted her drew shouts ol
rapture from her lips, and brought Tos
Towsley tumbling from the room taper.
Ilousbasta.
There, in a dainty, parti -colored tjasket,
were a dozen Easter fgf. reflecting all tat
hues of the rainbow. Aad there were othei
things, too. of a Share euastaattal character.
A bag of flour sal one ef meal, togetaet
with meat aa pcSatoee aad other aeeea
amriea almost without number.
lt seemed too good to be true, and Ethel
had to pat and caress taste wonderful egg
again aad again to assure herself that aM
was aot dreaming.
Praise God for Hia wonderful goodneaf!'
cried Towaley. his heart overflowing wlti
thankfulness aad delight
'AwJen! responded a Seep voice, east
Mr. Sllvertoa slipped froa aroaad the cer-
have to tako rooms, and with all renters
tho patent furniture is more popular
than tho old-time style.
There is another noticeable change
in the furniture business, that, how
ever, nffects tho retailers more than
thu manufacturers, and that i the plan
so popular of late of selling on install-
bo lost in laying bare the nines
drains until the cauo Im detected.
If a rat nppears through the Jloor of
your kitchen or cellar and a strong
current of air blows from the rat-hole
when chimneys are acting and the
windows and doors of the house are
shut, feel sure that something is wrong
with the drain.
If you are tenant, and your landlord
refutes to remedy tho evil, do it nt
your own cot rather than nllow your
family to be ill.
A landlord may reasonably look for
interest on the money which he spends
for the benefit of his tenant, but he Is
committing little short of manslaughter.
if by refusing to rectify in hi projM-rty.
btit- 1-nr t)i A riia.-i(-n 11 f f)i.. ,...t I...-
- " .-.....-. .. . ..... .
I . . . I j-MHH, HII- 1-,1. rfin MU II I M"
v - --,-n , , it
cenous of linguist.
feuat of
scrap.'
language ami ololeu the
The slang of the Chicago or
I at the rnt of ton In the
farmer nun half
iw-ri
and not
that
'-many
I inriuer o one na
..... . - . . &. - a
I-... L... .1 , . ! fi t 11 1 "" u-n in-Mr-r loai illuuni
...1......... .. t ir .t 1 . I Ihe protltnhlo nrnmnt to . wilt .Ia-
trlbution on half the Arvitn and two t . . . .
or three of the non Arnu tongue. All
t . . ---
ments. Manv dealers wh continue to no "n--- "' wn poeKei at tlie expense
do busine-s iu the old way are unwill
ing to own that the monthly payment
plan affects their business. It docs
not with wealthy and wll-to-lo peo
ple, but the great multitude of working
people are gravitating toward the pay
ment stores. They are ublu to pay a
of tho health and lives of hi tenants.
CHINESE LADIES' FEET.
A Night TTsll ralralalait to DUg-ait Inlvl
llr"t Pnrls;r.
The small feet of Chinese women is
one of the first sights in China that
little more for the irivile"o of unviuir I "" tlie loroigner. In Iienuin nnd
this wav. and the experience of men In Nort China all of the Chii
cp
that kind of business ha shown that
tho risks are really very light. Cer
tainly the greater risks nsunted by
store-keepers are not out of keeping
with the larger profits they make on
what thy sell. It is also undoubtedly
true that many people in moderate cir
cumstances buy much more than they
would wore they obliged to pay cash
for their goods." Chicago News.
inese women
compreat their feet, nnd thoy hobble
nlsjut the street with rane. noting
their heavy forms on the stump of the
natural foot- There i n woman hero
in Canton whoo foot is so small that
the part which go-s into the hoo is
not bigger around than a trade dollnr.
and the compressed foot in horrible de
formity . I had one photographed and
the sight fills mo with disgust. Tho
leg from the knee to tho foot I like a
pipe stern. The beauty of the ballet
girl's calf is miring and the skin
seems to be wrapped around the shin.
It is crackled and rough and the foot
itelf seem to lie broken in two in the
middle. The instep was doubled over
tion the heel and tho four small toea
wero wranncd around under th. !. nt
-1... (. m . 1 mm - 1 -m-
iiiKr nigni .run. rrrm or jt.-"i in i no i. t. ti v.:.. -fc t a .t
jok. but an hoBe,t an-l r-stlets yanunz after I he fooL Thv bl-' tovnnd a rl ,f lh,
Truth, w th a bl T. I wonder toairtime If thl j four were all that went into tho shoe,
hair turaintr bumi is oalyfo.r.u la thnllin and tho Chine; ladle, in realltv. walk
stoit-:! wouM like aa auihoriutire tateu:tnt , ,i,..: ... t,. . . ... 1
.nnn th- .n... n t'''r t""- They have the heel set
! about in the middle of th .hi.- Ii!,
the French heel, nnd we get French
tint eletueut's that go to maliii up the
cosmopolitan population of lh union
haxe contributed something to the
medley. Then Is n little French, a
good deal of Patch." a fair quantity j
of .Spanish, a sprinkling of Svndlimv- j
inn. Italian, a hint at Chinese, and
mwiliif... .-...r-.. .,,. . .....,0.1.. ' ''". 1 ln1orMtlng A fomiga rl-
-. assists "t VHII" j
dash of the tongtie of the r-d man. It "" 3,M,rH tM: lM " rJ r
is altogether a atrnngo nmnlLinn. this 'M,t ',t', " M'1 '" ""''J Ml-" UY
American language not unlike the
emmllv rotunrkabtn mix tun' out of
which in dl our. the American tie... then .proad O.or th f'lt ftd ruWH.!
pie i ti le evolved. Hut at present
lxth
eiid -ry iiiin h Mjnn th oharater of
the boII. and mtMng nl Jej-md
UH)n the composition of the (orttltier.
'Hie ,aMi for jKitUng asj fr
I near at hand, and a tlmv hoold al
rnt 1 tri-Ued awayclAn. a di-frlj-tlon
of the prtVM of ciaiitng Meh
gnrmnt la ltlr. the eHatry f
iwi eoniani iirnng. a
hand can lear tlie hU
Ioh a la
itn fitfwr U
Into it. Alter thi
the tur 1 truaa4
I
th.- people aud the language are "'', Tpr-V c,,an hrn,h- or t,"'"'r'
e mw of making, and ll I ' t11 ,Wtt!,r' tUI tt xh" rS'M,r '
A RIDE OF TERROR.
The Story Conner rl with a llootler Poll
tlrian'a tVHIte Hair.
In a late number of your paper your
correspondent Ilurdette asks:
Say. speakin of Science with a Mr S. will
some learned axdic.il man tell a fUow on
thtn! Dl over ai.y'x.ty" hair turn whit in
in the J
pretty certain that they will exhibit
wore remarkable development till be
fore the manufto'ture 1 completed.
london Tdegrnph.
-
MIS JAPANESE MAJESTY.
Hear lh Sllkailti --nU III Time an4
-ll f III. Holier.
Tho KmjM'ror of Japan 1 rich. .Ho
I allowed -',.". for hi frxiMshold
r-
nioi4Hl. 'jlie fur thu resume lt nat
ural luatnt and appiais aa If .
POULTHV OISCASCS.
ii-
TMert lla lit .li ail th
Mm.l,l t. I lie Seni.llM.
Ha it oter iM-urri t lb rntvdnr
of lhl JKHxr. or rn-.r.- xinJ-ulatly U
the who am in th j-lVry IhIm.
that frnap joi! a nainlr f for
f s 1 t &. h . t
department, nnd hi privato fortune I djlng nnv 1 lelM with oooi- r.
Inigeaud increHu.g. Ho thoroughly j tu,nf J hare no dowbt a grt my
fssrewa!
tws."
i)aivre4aeBafsae flhs
That was aa Easter that Mr. JHlvertoa.
Tom Towsley aad Ethel will leas reweia
ber; forfttaarked the hegianlacof anew
life for each.
The place was purchases, aad Test Tswa
ley and Ethel still live ia tha UtUe cottage,
happy aad ceateated.
"I felt that I ought to aid them!" saM
Mr. SUvertea. feeUagly. I caa aerer pay
them, though, for the chaage they wrought,
Threagh thesa. aad amy aagel tfawghter,
God spoke to amy aeaL It was truly a reear
rectloa fer ame. A aew life! For tf any
mman be la Christ he is a aew creature. OiS
things have psaeed away; all talags hare
become aew.' Jema JL Wsrrsos.
Easter Kas rattle.
Have yoa ever attended as
partv No? Thea ye-c are aeaonasJstnl
with one of the amest delifhtfal ef aectal
enjoyments peculiar to tate eeaeoa. Far a
party of young people the hosts m luears.
Bared a large basketral of heanttfarJr
dyed aad deeerated awjra. from watch eeea
one preaeat draws Ta ossjsle ave aa
satted fer the evsaiag. threagh th eer
repoBdeaca of th cfB. Not sattl SKtS
iuVhtartaslMleaS.wIkeBaiach 1.
tercet aad aaiaweameat 1
the amottos aad Say ashvraal
withia.
Qs,i utlaltL anuisshi sas he
hy aa anaaa isassA sf n sssi j U
C VBstl BbsSSBbV SSiHL SPawSafi VaHvSSBf BBVS 9BW
aima the subject.
Now. 1 am not a "learned medical
man." but I think 1 can answer Ilur
dette's question. Some years ago I waa
in Indianapolis. Ind.. on business, and
made there the acquaintance of a very
pleasant and intelligent gentleman
who was a member of the Senate of
Indiana. Mr. John Coburn. He had not
reached middle life. With a fresh,
ruddy complexion and healthy look
and vigorous step and bearing of early
manhood, he had aa abundance of white
hair oa his head that indicated a man
of at least fourscore years. I could aot
understand how so youthful a man in
personal appearance should have such
reaurksbly white hair. Curiosity led
me, after a rery agreeable and social
acquaintance of several days to ask:
Why is it, Mr. Coburn. that as young
a mas as you are should hare so whito
s head of hair?" He answered at ones:
, Mr. B.. there is a terrible' story con
nected with my white hair.' And he told
it to me as follows: A few years ago I
was in tho cattle business, shipping
thesa by carloads to the East- One night
I had a train of several carloads, and
had stopped on a side track to let a
passenger train pass, and on getting
oa to a car in the dark mr foot slipped.
sad for some miles I was supported by
one foot from falling on to the track,
where I must have been immediately
crashed to death. My strength was ex
hausted. I thought I must die. I could
not hold on any longer. The train was
topped. I waa discovered and rescued
alive. My hair when I attempted to
get oa the car was black as night.
When I was rescued it was white a
sow. My owe hair almost stood os
end. like the fretful quills of a pors
piss, wbea Mr. Coburn waa telling sss
sf his escape from death os that peril
mm sight's ride. I think Mr. Coburs
it yt liviag is Indiaaa. as I bar sees
sis sasse occasionally is political raat-
Briggs. is Brookljs
heels and rouge from China. The com
pression of tho feet is said to date hark
to an empress who had a club foot and
who made the other ladies of the court
bind up their feet until it became the
fashionable thing. Another explana
tion is that it was adopted to keep
Chinese women from gadding, aad if
o, it succeeds- AU Chinese women,
except the Manchus or Tartars, aow
bind their feet and it is a verr low
peasant who has feet of the natural
shape. The pressing is with bandagss.
which are put oa the foot when the
child is five years old. They are
wrapped so tightly that the toes are
forced into the flesh, that the instep Is
understand btiine matter, and
keep hlmelf well informed a to hi
investment, home of thee nn in
tho pultllc lands nnd nwl. and they
are. of course, mntinged by jrpe nj
pointd bv him. The hon-)iiilil de
partment ha Ui do with si! matters re
lating to the Imperial palare. and the
Mikado. It precrll the ceremonies
and attend to matter connected with
the life of the Kmperor anil Kmpns
it ha a board of charn'wrlain. a
board of cerrmonlr-. a department .
whirs' ,mke care of the Kmperor's
hore. nnd one which ha charge of
the lmerlal sepulchre. It contain S
bureau of nln physIcUn. I'rioc '
Iwakura Is grand master of tho im
pelal kitchen and the cooking
Hi Majesty Is a rrrj studlmu man.
He rles earlv and b
or eight o'clock.
i ..-. i .I-.. i . . i
"'"'"" " """ w"'n u" "" ran S oa discover.
foreign to', ana be adopt the choa I . ...
sticks at his Japane dinner. He J . , .. ,,
. .. . i. . . I has gleu th dl
tjls a, m uuie miii iu ui;n rnajrs.
He varies his meals, sometime taking
fiirelgn food and sometimes! Japan.
He i fond of meets and has a wll
traiaed Japan cock to rv iim
for hisa. It I cisstotsarr for hlra to eat
fowl In thi entry di yrtj frtw
the above iliutn.n have. In aoveral
lntancc In the I!, ymr ut i, ftsnad
UfimltsVale erldoee f lh dtA
In vral fowl pu re h ,- 1 at th
grterj for table -i
Vry frpently bavi I board farm
er onm plain 'f heir chliendrupplng
off. and they can not acvont for It.
only they up'0 they hav U
eholera." .Might njt a w4J pr.
iimn it was tubfrilU At trnt
ltVrature i wmviwbat limlu4 osavlasj
tui-ert-ulimi; althcroh writr hav
from t.m to lime. In Ue pt, gtv
drsvription of lawilsv'.l c of h
dlae. It was Upoi!n for seava
I time to tH whlhr le d I was
j genula iMbrr?oloU tr tHrt. H-jt sfie
rrry stoaiofi. man. i lhm jjj,,. w dly,..r4 b, K.b.
rM,MU rTr ! s pathotogut. . chwj,
He u the snlf. g by. lh gesulaMss of Us, !.
-4
rltrln Kogisd. who
v. ia fowl null a
Ml of stoly, says "A fsrtr bavlag
lft a laryw usassr of fowls ta a stort
tisa. rsv)ute! him to sawSi Jnt the
rsMis. gittag hits fmrmllnn v
the resjalolog fowls is as ww hs smar
m. ..it t. Ll it .- -.
with the Empr-aa. and be usually f ", 7 V aTT' . . "
slone. Aftr lakfast U our hi gs j di' ff "? 1 " ! lw
j to hi. study, and at nla. o'clock fcer "T'ZTJrJl'l:
wrBiri
la this tira Is had
forced up so that the heel and the big (.. .,-k UtW.Mnriii. '
toe forms a perfect bow. and so that , ,3,, u, report to him. His audiaoe I th agftaassWraf fowjsfrwa rHhr
the ftesh often break at the instep. . Uh lhra otu.n antil ,,,,,. p i-aliryafde ihrwghwt Ke U,f. i
and the bone sometime protrude, o'clock. He then rlure to hU owa foya4 Ul iUm to ' -.
This binding is kept up through life.
scd swelling takes place whesever thi
bandages arc removed. The woman
must be in continual pais, and in tho
winter these compressed feet are liable
to freere. Ir. Mary Nile, of the hos
pital here,
cae of a
Canton.
Vld me yesterday of
roman In th'
tho
room and takes his luach. This uaaily
coasUtof fih. tcas, brr-ad aad wis.
He is a good eater aad llkrs gce-l
wl&ea. .
After leach th Emtmror sswad '
It . too. that tU 4lsrs
tmry ssch froei sart kswa frme t4
tnhrcaleU. ta that th ImmUm fmKHiUr
to Js dlss (trslAr dVets) rm
jSKstj fejvl la la sJisstry caaal
;
ome tio la re-Jl8g th aww.p,, ' ii rj-r-ra. whh a-.
aad Uynkm. All of thj Jadisg Jar- oml etciossssrly ei.
country near .- r-w.--r--r cms lo iii .!. J Writor whf Ul tat, th-
Hcr feet became frosa and f --a k- .be. rlcl . .-... ,'t di har t-ra trcSf irr tfc an.
S - -e - - -mi- vm - s.4 v i VS
sloughed off She came into Canton oa . public opialos. Maay of th aejr- 4 rri ?rs,t la biri iev
the stump wii ber feet ia her haad. pr--r ar sarkrd aad la tL -u rjr ' " &" '! & cJUai-4 UW
aad tv for'j-a tsin at J.- v -- - ar wala 1 Ht o?i.Um
I - ---, T 9 w w " g "," "" "- W I
EaJd for 1 XCAi w wrJT,r '- 'sfrtarm
vrk. Lfe- f"1 ?roa6 4Tr C in .
brought them to the hospital.
asked
again
the doctors to sew thm on
A cast of on of these fet
m proiaiomt article are trva slated tar I
I j hfai. Articlre la tb Tor. Lfe-
now shown at this hosnltaL which '"- t h-j . . . iem. tit -& . . r t , li
- - wia Kaii Jtrt pseji, WSica SSVe S f ''- -.- j
larger thaa any ia America, and which, i brUc 3?0a Ja;ws. bJ, mm. J ' -Vwt drr- C. sssf
since its foundation a tall ccstary ago. . Ln --a v-aA to kiss m. e -j P Sare) tA umrlnf & thaf
- - -- e- m vsaa r-, - -
i
term. James A.
JsSffl.
A tosagrssfc sfMrsssr U Missav
sssslsf sss Ufwstssl s word csssMss;
wshlss. which saay he asssd by itossf
SJg awafSSS SS S yJSSJTSsSr.
has treated a million of paJ3ta.-F.
G. Carpester, la CJetelaad Leader.
m m
llave yots a dsssb waltr in th.
Isouse" asked the gaewt. sirrely by
way cf taakJc; talk. whi he waid
for his change- -WeiL" rrp'ld ikm
Tiers, abstractedly psttisg th firer Is
his rest fsocket aad takiag the ehassT
fross the drawer; -they heia't aay sf
Tts get much sssi. bet wass it essus
t isbU I rsckss tsst iMUssrsl is sss
sassysM wasH; ss kassws sass sSskaaM
tss
b tv sssrs'silj foad of the iiiatrad
"Hra isapera. Atimr rrmdl&g U
lak hi exercisM aad diaarr co-ax i
thesveaiag. Soatis& th Csa
j dlaec with hisa. aad at tissw to litil
rVis. who Im ttvt 3bir t the Lhmx
has a seat at the tahi. fttth hsv.
fsewerer. th4r ijswsts es4ahtiV
rswato. TsJ ilmr as avrrssi ia Isht
SseSto sWJs sssi wish all ta
i !' ilsiiato-lrssrsa.
1 ec acaa sir saia JU fas;s,riai
growth of th asvafliL
Th ntilrr fvrtaT v - -J f
ssiat. if dvm arai 5- iUu4
to this dlsiuass ta radsvsss sr t &W
wsrld. k wCl staad a gwad JWej
awlag tao'Tsderf la th T f n t a i
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