Shell A ROMANCE
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Wilden.
CHAPTER XII. ( Continued. )
Shell's life has been so very un
eventful during the absence that It
does not take long to recount the few
email Incidents which have broken its
monotony.
"It was so stupid of you to come , "
remarks Ruby , during a brleC pause
In the dialogue going on between Mrs.
Wilden and Shell. "I don't suppose
we shall any. of us be stopping here
more than a few days longer. "
Mrs. Wilden looks surprised.
"How so ? I have no intention of
going home Just yet , Ruby , " she says
n little tartly. "The cottage Is taken
for two months , and since the rent
must be paid , we may as well make the
beat of our bargain. "
"There Is no best about It , " grum
bles Violet.
"No , indeed It is a downright snare
and delusion , " agrees Ruby. "Since
even the Champley brothers couldn't
stand it there can be 110 wonder if we
run away. "
" 1 don't think they grew tired of the
moor , " says Shell honestly.
"If not , why did they leave it ? " de
mands her sister defiantly.
"Can't say , " responds Shell ; then ,
after a pause , she continues "I sup
pose you know that they are going
abroad in a few days. "
"Going abroad ! " repeats Ruby , in a
tone of positive consternation. "No ,
I had no idea of , it ; I understood that
they -were merely going back to
Champley House. "
"They are starting for Switzerland
In two or three days , " says Shtll quiet
ly ; "and I rather fancy they won't be
back till autumn. "
"In that case we may aswell stop
where we are , " observes Ruby , without
her ususal caution.
"My dear Ruby , their movements
cannot in any way affect ours , " says
Mrs. Wilden , looking puzzled and a
trifle shocked.
"No , of course not , " stammers Ru
by , with a momentary flush ; "only I
promised Robert Champley in a way
to look after the children ! and , since
he is going abroad , I should not like
to leave them alone on the moor.
That nurse is a very illiterate person
I doubt if she can write and of
course he will want to hear how they
are getting on. "
"Ahem ! " ejaculates Violet suggest
ively , and then indulges in an amused
r laugh.
x Shell does not laugh , but turns with
impatient siep from the room.
CHAPTER XIII.
"Where are you going. Shell ? " asks
Ruby , glancing up from an elaborate
band of crewel-work , destined to trim
a morning-gown.
"I am going over to Meadowcroft to be
superintend Bob's donkey-ride. I prom
ised him yesterday I would come. "
"What folly ! You know he is never
allowed a donkey-ride unless he has
been particularly good ; and when I ask
Piper if , he has been good enough to
have one , she Invariably answers
No. ' "
Shell gives one of those low rippling fit
laughs of hers , which has in it a mock
ing ring. Mrs.
"Piper does- not care for running poor
after donkeys doubtless she considers I
it infra dig. As she knows that I al then
ways do the running business and leave
her free , I invariably hear that the son
children are deserving of a ride. " j
"Well , it's a bore any way , " grum dren
bles Ruby. "I wanted you to cut out "
my collar and cuffs , as I feel inclined Mrs.
for a good day's work. " till
"That won't take five minutes , "
laughs Shell , stripping off her wash- "
leather gloves and good temperedly
setting to the task.
When , some twenty minutes later , "
she arrives at Meadowcroit Farm , she
finds the children established in a hayfield -
field near the house , and Piper no "
where visible. opines
"Where is Piper ? " asks Shell , sink shake.
ing down in the fragrant hay.
"Busy , " answers , Bob , laconically. Gorse
"Have you been good children good her
enough for a donkey-ride ? " pursues "
Shell , smiling. said
"Don't know , " responds Bob , with
placid indifference "s'pose not. Piper it
boxed my ears this morning. " must
"Well , never mind , " laughs Shell "
"since Piper isn't here we can't ask swers
her you shall have your donkey-ride ever
today , and then you'll be a good boy on
tomorrow. " be
"Don't want a donkey-ride , " responds They
spends Bob stolidly ; "tell us a story days
instead. " and
"Not want a donkey-ride ? Why , "
what sort of a boy do you call your blankly
self ? " demands Shell , turning the gesting
child round to laugh him out of what once
she imagines to be a fit of the sulks ; nurse.
then she becomes aware thatBob's "
generally rosy face is pale and languid arrives
looking that his bright merry eyes "
are dim and misty. "
"Do you feel ill ? " asks Shell , think her
ing that the child must have been al "
lowed to eat something unwholesome. Mrs.
"No-no , " falters Bob , with all a boy's to
reluctance to give in to physical suf "
fering ; "only my head aches rather. " had
With a strange thrill at her heart absence.
Shell turns to Meg. The little girl is "
(
sound asleep on a soft bed ofhay , her you
attitude betokening thorough lassitude sorry
one fat little arm shields her eyes can't
from the light. Removing It gently.
Shell notea that poor Meg is wan as a
white may-blossom oven the slight
movement sends a convulsive shiver
through her little frame.
Shell la not one to waste time over
speculations. Stooping down , she rais
es the sleeping child in her arms , and ,
telling Bob to follow , proceeds to the
farm. At the door she is met by the
farmer's wife , a kind , motherly crea
ture , who takes in at a glance Shell's
sign to be silent.
Mounting to the children's room ,
which Is deserted , ehe undresses Meg
and lays her In her little cot. A few
minutes' persuasion and the promise
of a fairy tale soon Induce Bob to fol
low his sister's example. But Shell
has no need to cudgel her brains for
the promised legend. No sooner does
Bob's head touch the pillow than he ,
too , sinks into a troubled sleep.
Descending to the big flagged kitch
en , Shell holds a hurried consultation
with the farmer's wife , the result of
which is that a boy is despatched for
the nearest doctor.
Whilst she is waiting his arrival , Pi
per turns up explaining that she has
only just been down to the village for
a few stamps ; she looks much taken
aback when she hears of the children's
illness and finds that she cannot pooh-
pooh it. I
1
After two hours' waiting the doctor is
comes. He Is an elderly man , genial ,
reliable and fatherly. Shell and the
mistress of the house accompany him
to the sick-room. When the three
return to the big kitchen there is a
scared look on two at least of the
faces.
"All connection with that part of
the house must be cut off , Mrs. Pom-
fret , and a sheet with Condy's fluid
hung at the end of the passage. I will er.
telegraph at once to Mr. Champley , if
you can furnish me with his address. "
Piper , looking scared and pale , pro
duces the address , and the doctor takes
his departure.
"The doctor is not certain , " answers I
Shell in her low sweet voice"but he
fears small-pox ; it seems there are
some cases in the neighborhood. "
"Small-pox ! " shrieks Piper. "And
am I expected to stop here and lose
my life through nursing children with
small-pox ? I won't do it no , not for
Queen Victoria herself ! "
'Shame upon you , woman ! " cries j c °
Mrs. Pomfret wrathfully. "Do you
into
mean to tell me you would have the
heart to go away and leave them poor
little babies , with their father away
goodness knows where , and their poor
mother lying buried ? I'd nurse 'em
myself , and welcome , only I've got my
own children to think of , and I cari't , ing.
running to and fro to the sick-room
with small-pox hanging about my
clothes' " I las'
'Let who will nurse 'em I won't.1 was
remarks Piper doggedly.
after
"Do you think I would allow you ? "
flashes Shell , her bosom heaving with
five.
suppressed scorn and anger. "Do you
in
imagine for one moment that you are
to be trusted to nurse them ? " age
"You are right there , miss , " agrees
wom
. Pomfret : "for she neglects them _ , _
dears , shameful. As for nursing.
soul
wouldn't trust her with a sick cat ; "
visito
, turning to the nurse , she con
*
tinues loftily "Take your precious per-
, - , _ . , cTjlSO'
out of this as soon as may be
one
though who's to attend to them chil
on
, I don't know. '
"Don't trouble yourself about that , | jaL !
. Pomfret. I will take care of them
with
a proper nurse is found , " says Shell
throu
gently.
kind
"You mustn't miss it's catching-
muster
dreadful catching , " remonstrates Mrs.
or
Pomfret.
he
"Only when people are afraid , " and
laughs Shell. "I don't feel in the least "
"What
nervous about illness. " ( "
"Why
'Cause you haven't seen much , " the
Mrs. Pomfret , with a sage head-
mean
.
There is general consternation at I
years'
Cottage when Shell arrives with
young
news.
hold
"Small-pox ! Are you quite sure he
grand
small-pox ? " cries Ruby , with a Finland
shudder. "How terrible ! But surely "It
can't be small-pox the children
married
have been vaccinated. "
son
"That is the strange point , " an
Shell. "There is no mark what
maids
on Meg's arm a very faint one bride's
Bob's. The doctor says he can't being
sure for another twenty-four hours. the
ought to have been in bed two
ago they do nothing but shiver in-law
shiver and shiver. "
"What is to be done ? " asks Ruby that
; and then , a bright idea sug drain
itself 'We must telegraph at oh ,
to London for an experienced "A
. "
had
"And who is to nurse them till she and
? "
were
"Piper , of course. "
came
"Piper has flown by this time. I left brought
packing her box. " brought
"How disgraceful of her ! However , brought
Pomfret must get some one to see been
them. "
him
"Robert Champley told me that you grand
promised to see to them during his sand
. "
then
"How utterly absurd and unpractical his
are , Shell ! Of. course I am very other
for the darling children ; but I there
possibly risk euch a catastrophe since.
as small-pox no one could expect It.
Had It been anything else" grandlloI
quently "anything less repulsive , I
would have gone to them myself. "
"And they are to be left entirely fo
strangers , with no familiar face be
side them ? " queries Shell in her oven
voice.
don't see any other possible arrangement -
rangement , since you have been foolish
enough to let Piper forsake her post , "
answers Ruby , with a sigh.
"But I see that some other arrangement -
ment is imperative , " says Shell decld-
edly. "It would be too cruel and cow"M
ardly to leave them to strangers. If
you won't go and remain with them till
the nurse arrives I shall. "
( To bo Continued. )
WON'T EAT WOMEN.
Peruvian Cannibal * Regard the Sex as
Unclean Animals.
Down in the darkest Peru , over an
outlying eastern ridge of the Andes ,
toward the very unsettled boundary
lines of Brazil and Bolivia , a flourish
ing race of cannibalistic Indians can
be found. They are so fierce and un
approachable that few missionaries or I
explorers have ever felt.courage enough
to guarantee anything like a close
study of their eccentricities. It was
an Englishwoman who recently
brought home a photograph of one of
the women of a cannibal tribe , and
though full of eagerness to know more
of these people , she was persuaded to
forego investigation. The civilized In
dians regard them with a horror that
only cannibalism can inspire , and only
at long intervals have the white resi
dents of Peru seen or captured any of
the Cascibos , who range the forests
where the precious Peruvian bark is
found , and who fight each other In the
hope of securing prisoners for a can
nibalistic orgie. But there is a queer
code in their savage lav/ . They make
no effort to seize women for their
feasts The very degradation of the sex
in a i way its preservation. The male
ante or Caseibo regards a woman as an
impure being. She is a necessary tor
ment , but by no means a comfort ,
though she accepts her share of duty ,
and a cannibal brave would well-nigh
perish of starvation before ho would
pollute his lips with female flesh. Not
only is a woman thus despised , but
her blood is feared as a poison , from
the taste of which no man could recovI I J
. The cannibal women profess no
such distaste for man's flesh , but are I 1
said town eat it with relish , while in their
own turn t they have evidently taken no
active steps to convince the men
again their ancient error and preju-
dice.- Washington Times. I to
A PEASANT WEDDING. | in
Mrs Alec Tweedie , in her journey-
ings through 1 Finland , appears to have
displayed a happy aptitude for forming
friendly relations with all sorts and
conditions of people. At one peasant
cottage of the poorest sort , where she
stopped to buy a bowl of milk , she fell
conversation with its mistress , a all
very clean and apparently very aged Ing
woman , clad in a short serge skirt , a
loose white chemise and a striped
apron of many colors these simple
garments being all of her own weav
. . Over her head she wore a black in
cashmere kerchief. Her face might
have belonged to a woman of a hun Oh
' or a witch of ancient times , it
so wrinkled and tanned ; her
hands were hard and horny ; and yet ,
half an hour's conversation , we new
discovered she was only about fifty- Alas
. Hard work , poor food and life
dark , ill-ventilated , smoky cottages Alas
the peasants fast ; at seventeen the
many a girl begins to look like an old
,
woman. The old , or middle-aged ,
woman was a cheerful and friendly
, and was scon beguiled , by the to
visitor's comments on a woven band been
hanging in sight , into narrating an
episode of family history. It had been
* of the presents given by her son and
his marriage , to his groomsman. prise
had ' married a girl of another vil and
_ asking her hand in accordance of
immemorial Finnish custom ,
through a puhemies , or spokesman , a
of preliminary best man , who The
do all the talking while the suit to
himself sits dumb. Being accepted , they
exchanged rings with his betrothed ing
gave her father the usual kihlarat. filled
. is that ? " the visitor asked. ty
, it is a sort of a deposit given to year
girl's father to show he really that
to marry the girl a cow or what
something of that sort. " A two wrong
' '
engagement , during which the tian
people were earning their house of
equipment , was followed by a man
wedding , celebrated , as usual in
, at the bridegroom's house. bring
is a very expensive thing to get those
, " said the mother , "and my up
had to give many presents to the there
father-in-law , mother-in-law , brides
and groomsmen. To all the only
' maids he gave stockings , that or a
the fashion of our country ; to who
groomsmen he gave shirts ; to his
mother-in-law a dress ; to the father- I
a belt , and to other friends head My
handkerchiefs. In short , she confessed in
the occasion was a very serious and
upon the family resources. "But , any
it was a lovely time , " she added. vine
wedding is a splendid thing. We hope
a feast all one day and the next , young
then the priest came and they with
married. Every one we knew hand
from miles around. Some vine
a can of milk.and some of them Christian
corn brandy , and others and
porridge , and Johansen had time ,
to town , so he brought back with mend
some white bread. Aye , it was a the
feast ! We danced and ate and tell
and made merry for two days.and passes
we all walked with my son and the
bride to that little cottage on the the
side of the wood and left them that
, where they have lived ever along
"
along
I I TAEMAGE'S SEEMON.
| " MAKE ! HOME HAPPY. " LAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
From the Text , John , Ch.tpt. SO , Verio
1O ' as Follow * : "The Dlvclplex Went
Away Again Unto Their Own llotuei"
Modern Alarrlpce.
A church within a church , a republic
yj
within a republic , a world within a
world , is spelled by four letters-
Home ! If things go right there , they
f ° right ) everywhere. The doorsill of
the dwelllnghouse is the foundation of
church and state. A man never gets
higher than his own garret or lower
than his own cellar. Domestic Hie
overarches and undergirdles all other
life. The highest house of congress is
the domestic circle ; the rocking chair
In the nursery is higher than a throne.
George Washington commanded the
forces of the United States , but Mary
Washington commanded George.
Chrysostom's mother made bis pen for
nim- If a man should start out and
run seventy years in a straight line , he
could not get out from under the sha
dow of his own mantelpiece. I there
fore talk to you about a matter of In
finite and eternal moment when i
speak of your home.
As individuals we are fragments.
God makes the race in parts , and then
he gradually puts us together. What
I lack , you make up ; what you lack , I
make up ; our deficits and surpluses
of character being the cog wheels in
the great social mechanism. One per
son has the patience , another has the
courage , another has the placidity , an
other has the enthusiasm ; that which
Is lacking in one is made up by an
other , or made up by all. Buffaloes in I
herds , grouse in broods , quails in
flocks , the human race In circles. God
has most beautifully arranged this. It
Is in this way that he balances society ;
this conservative and that radical
keeping things even. Every ship
must have its mast , cut-water , taffrail ,
ballast. Thank God , then , for Prince
ton and Andover , for the opposites. I
have no more right to blame a man
for being different from me than a
driving wheel has a right to blame the
iron shaft that holds it to the center. If
John Wesley balances Calvin's Insti
tutes. A cold thinker gives to Scot
land < the strong bones of theology ; Dr.
Guthrie clothes them with a throb
bing heart and warm flesh. The difficulty
ficult is that we are not satisfied with
just the work that God has given us
do The water wheel wants to come
Inside the mill and grind the grist , and " '
the hopper wants to go out and dabble
the water. Our usefulness and the
welfare of society depend upon our To
staying : in just the place that God has
us , or intended we should occupy.
The institution of marriage has been
defamed in our day. Socialism and
polygamy , and the most damnable of
things , free-lovism , has been tryCU01C
to turn this earth into a Turkish the
harem. While the pulpits have been I the
comparatively silent , novels thsir
cheapness only equaled by their nastiness -
ness are trying to educate this nation of
regard to holy marriage , which she
makes or breaks for time and eternity. and
, this is not a mere question of resi
dence or wardrobe ! It is a question
charged with gigantic joy or sorrow , no
with heaven or hell. Alas for this
dispensation of George Sands !
for this mingling of the night
shade with the marriage garlands ! diles
for the venom of adders spit into the
tankards ! Alas for the white
frosts of eternal death that kill the day
orange blossoms ! The gospel of Jesus crawl
Christ is to assert what is right and ges
assail what is wrong. Attempt has I
made to take the marriage insti moth
tution , which was intended for the had
happiness and elevation of the race , grief
make it a mere commercial enter the
; an exchange of houses and lands had
equipage ; a business partnership only
two stuffed up with the stories of child
romance and knight-errantry , and un taken
faithfulness and feminine angelhood. a
two after a while have roused up
find that , instead of the paradise her
dreamed of. they have got noth twist
but a Van Amburgh's menagerie , when
with tigers vnd wild cats. Eigh if
thousand divorces in Paris in one coiling
preceded the worst revolution No
France ever saw. And I tell you came
you know as well as I do , that neigh
notions on the subject of Chris they
marriage are the cause at this day the
more moral outrage before God and God
than any other cause. to
There are some things that I want to unive
before you. I know there are most
of you who have had homes set is a
for a great many years ; and , then , ed
are those here who have just God
established their home. They have never
been in that home a few months will
few years. Then , there are those socket
will , after a while , set up for the
themselves a home , and it is right that vultures
should speak out upon these themes. ever
first counsel to you is , have God Oh ,
your new home , if it be a new home ; go ba
let him who was a guest at Beth flower
be in your household ; let the di grow
blessing drop upon your every house
and plan and expectation. Those of a
people who begin with God end I
heaven. Have on your right pathy
the engagement rings of the di Intosl
affection. If one of you be a elegant
, let that one take the Bible standing
read a few verses in the evening inenct
and then kneel down and com scholars
yourselves to him who setteth wife
solitary in families. I want to in eve
you that the destroying angel ested
by without touching or entering shop
doorpost sprinkled with blood of right
everlasting covenant. Why is it thing
In some families they never get transa
, and in others they always get wife
well ? I have watched such cases the wi
and have come to a conclusion. In the
first instance , nothing seemed to go
pleasantly , and after a while there
came a devastation , domestic disaster ,
or estrangement. Why ? They start
ed wrong. In the other case , although
there were hardships and trials and
some things that had to be explained ,
still . things went on pleasantly until
the . . very . last. Why ? They started
right.
My second advice to you in your i
home is , to exercise to the very last
possibility of your nature the law or
forbearance. Prayers in the housevexat
bold will not make up for everything.or
Some of the best people in the world
are the t hardest to get along with.
There are people who stand up in
prayer meetings and pray like angels ,
who at ; home are uncompromising and
cranl . You may not have everything
just as you want it. Sometimes it
will be 1 the duty of the husband and
sometimes ; of the wife to yield ; but
both stand ; punctiliously on your rights
and you will have a Waterloo , with no
Blucher coming up at nightfall to de
cide the 1 conflict.
Never be ashamed to apologize when
you have i done wrong in domestic af
fairs Let that be a law of your
household. The best thing I ever
heart of my grandfather , whom I nev
er saw , was this , " that once having
unrighteously rebuked one of his chil
dren , he himself having lost his patience
tlenci , and , perhaps , having been mis
informed ; of the child's doings , found
out his mistake , and in the evening ot
the same day gathered all his family
together and said , "Now , I have one
explanation to make , and one thing
to say. Thomas , this morning I rebuked
buket you very unfairly. I am very
sorry for it. I rebuked you in the
presence of the whole family , and now
ask your forgiveness in their pres
ence. " ' It must have taken some
courage to do that. It was right , was
it not ? Never be ashamed to apolo
gize for 1 domestic inaccuracy. Find out
the points ; what are the weak points ,
if I may call them so , of your companion
panic , and then stand aloof from
them Do not carry the fire of your
tempi too near the gunpowder , if
the wife be easily fretted by disorder
in the household , let the husband be
careful where he throws his slippers.
the husband come home from the
store with his patience exhausted , do
not let the wife unnecessarily cross his
tempi , but both stand up for your
right ! , and I will promise the ever
lasting sound of the war-whoop. Your
life will be spent in making-tip and
marriage will be to you an unmitigated
curse Cowper said :
"The kindest and the happiest pair it
Will find occasion to forbear ; or
And something , every day they live ,
pity , and perhaps forgive. "
I advise , also , that you make your
chief pleasure circle around about that
home It is unfortunate when it is
otherwise. ' If the husband spent the
most of his nights away from home , of
choice , and not of necessity , he is not
head of the household ; he is only give
cashier. If the wife throw the
cares of the household into the ser it.
vant's lap , and then spend five nights
the week at the opera or theater , of
may clothe her children with satin give
laces and ribbons that would con
found a French milliner , but they are
orphans. It is sad when a child has
one to say its prayers to because as
mother ' has gone off to the evening by
entertainment ! In India they bring arm
children and throw them to the croco
, and it seems very cruel ; but that
jaws of social dissipation are swal Oh
lowing down more little children to other
than all the monsters that ever mit
crawled upon the banks of the Gan- picion
!
easier
have seen the sorrow of a godless to
mother < on the death of a child she hell
neglected. It was not so much you
that she felt from the fact that ever.
child was dead as the fact that she
neglected it. She said , "If I had
watched over and cared for tae
, I know God would not have If
it. " The tears came not : it was
dry , blistering tempest a scorching "
simoo of the desert. When she wrung
hands it seemed as if she would touch
her fingers from their sockets ; kered
she seized her hair , it seemed as repa"
she had , in wild terror , grasped a out
serpent with her right hand. the
tears ! Comrades of the little one mean
in and wept over the coffin ; 5t'
neighbors came in and the moment eral
the still face for'
saw of the child
shower ) broke. No tears for her. when
gives i tears as the summer rain of
the < parched soul ; but in all the isfactl
universe : the driest and hottest , the clock
scorching and consuming thing about
mother's heart if she has neglect- how
her child , when once it is dead. do
may ; forgive her , but she will it .
forgive herself. The memory with
sink the eyes deeper into the clock-
, and pinch the face , and whiten try
hair , and eat up the heart with have
that will not be satisfied , for- less
plunging deeper their iron beaks.a clo
you wanderers from your home , know
back to your duty ! The brightest grasps
in all the earth are those which being
in the garden of a Christian so tll
household , clambering over the porch for
Christian < home. yards
advise you also to cultivate sym- Jt flie
of occupation. Sir James Mea cha
, one of the most eminent and time
men that ever lived , while would
! at the very height of his em tinker
, said to a great company of spring
, "My wife made me. " The flight
ought to be the advising partner lor
every firm. She ought to be inter a $20
in all the losses and gains of er
and i store. . , She ought to have a damage
she has a right to know every hand
, If a man goes into a business
transaction that he dare not tell his
of , you may depend that he is on A
way either to bankruptcy or moral to
ruin. There may be some things
which he does not wish to trouble hla
wife with ; but if he dare not tell her ,
he is on the road to discomfiture. On
the other hand , the husband ought to
be sympathetic with the -wife's occu
pation. It Is not easy thing to keep
house. Many a woman who could
have endured martyrdom as well as
Margaret , the Scotch girl , has actually
been worn out by house management.
Then are a thousand martyrs of the
kitchen , it is very annoying , after the
vexations of the day around the stove
or the register or the table , or In the
nursery or parlor , to have the husband -
band say , "You know nothing about
trouble ; you ought to be In the store
half an hour. " Sympathy of occupation -
tion ! If the husband's work cover him
with the soot of the furnace , or the
odors of leather or soap factories , let
not the wife be easily disgusted at the
begrimed hands of unsavory aroma.
Your gains are one , your interests are
one , your losses are one ; lay hold of
the work of life with both hands. Four
hands to fight the battles ; four eyes to
watch for the danger ; four shoulders.
on which to carry the trials. It Is a
very sad thing when the painter has-
a wife who does not like pictures. It
Is a very sad thing for a pianist when
she has a husband who does not like
music. It is a very sad thing when a
wife is not suited unless her husband
has what is called a "genteel busi
ness. " So far as I understand a "gen
teel business , " it is something to which
a man goes at ten o'clock in the morn
ing , and from which he comes homo
at two or three o'clock in the after
noon , and gets a large amount of
money for doing nothing. That Is , I
believe , a "genteel business ; " and there
has been many a wife who has made
the mistake of not being satisfied until
the husband has given up the tanning
of the hides , or the turning of the
banisters , or the building of the walls ,
and put himself in circles where ho
has nothing to do but smoke cigars
and drink wine , and get himself into
habits that upset him , going down in
the maelstrom , taking his wife and
children with him. There are a good
many trains running from earth to
destruction. They start all hours of
the day , and all hours of the night.
There are the freight trains ; they go
very slowly and very heavily ; and
there are the accommodation trains go
ing on toward destruction , and they
stoy very often and let a man get out
when he wants to. But genteel idle
ness is an express train ; Satan is the
stoker , and death is the engineer ; and
though one may come out in front of
, and swing the red flag of "danger , "
the lantern of God's Word , it makes
just one shot into perdition , coming
down the embankment with a shout ,
and a wail and a shriek crash , crash !
There are two classes of people sure of
destruction ; first , those who have
nothing to do : secondly , those who
have something to do , but who are too
lazy or too proud to do it.
I have one more word of advice to
to those who would have a happy
home , and that is , let love preside in
When your behavior in the do
mestic circle becomes a mere matter
calculation ; when the caress you
is merely the result of deliberate
study of the position you occupy , hap
piness lies stark dead on the hearth
stone. When the husband's position
head of the household is maintained
loudness of voice , by strength of
, by fire of temper , the republic of
domestic bliss has become a despotism
neither God nor man will abide.
, ye who promised to love each
at the altar ! how dare you com
perjury ? Let no shadow of sus
come on your affection. It is
to kill that flower than it is
make it live again. The blast from
that puts out that light , leaves
in the blackness of darkness for
.
DON'T TINKER THE CLOCK.
You Do Yon Will Probably Ruin the
Timepiece.
"Watch repairers have a horror of
touching a clock that has been tin
by amateurs , " explained a watch
repairer , "and they would rather get
of j such a job if they can do so , for
loss ( of one of the smallest parts
: considerable work to reproduce
and much more work than the gen
customer expects or wants to pay
They try to get out of such a job
they can , for in nine cases out
ten the result is not entirely sat
isfactory. People who have a good
, unless they know something
the way clocks are made and
they * should be taken apart , will
the ' wise thing to let it alone when
gets out of order. Experimenting
it often means the ruin of the
- It is absolutely dangerous to
to unwind a mainspring , as men
discovered for themselves , un
the ! proper tools are at hand.'Now ,
clock ( repairer has a contrivance
: as a spring controller , which
the spring and holds it while
taken out or put into the clock ,
that there is no danger. The spring
an eight-hour clock is often two
long , and when suddenly let free
flies out with nearly the force of
charge of shot from a gun. Some
ago ! a friend of mine thought ho
tinker with his clock. He did
it , and in taking out the main
it got away from him. In Its
it took off a So lamp from a par
table and crushed in the glass of
mantel mirror , besides doing ot.1-
damage. The $4 clock cost him in
exactly ? 25 , besides cutting his
seriously. "
Extent of a Single Tree.
single banyan tree has been known
shelter 7.000 men at one time.
