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ENDURANCE. Bov much the heart may brer, and yet not break! ’ Bow mu.>h the flesh may suffer, and not die! loaretiuu much If any pain or aebo Ut eoiii or body VrlPgs oar end more nigh. Booth ohoooes his c on time. tUI that to swum > ■ All evils may ho borne. Wm shrink and shudder at the surgeon’s knife. Sash nerve reoollloß from tbo oroel rteel. IF hose ed»w seoms searohlng for the qulver -1«k llfei Yet to oar s«nie the bitter pangs reveal That will, although tbo trembling flesh bo . horn, This also nan bo borne. Wo see n sorrow rising in our way, And try to Hoe fi\>m the a(i|>ruae!ilng HI: Wo eeeL some small eevapo; wo weep and preyt lint wiieu the blow fulls, then our hearts ar« still; Net that the pain Is of Us sharpnos» shorn, But that it ism ln borne. Wo wind our life About another life; We bold U. lo.s*r, dearer, than our own. Anon it fuln:s and falls la deathly etrlfe. * Lmnluu us stunned and stricken and al»uo; Bat, am wo do not dio with those wo mourn: Ibis also e&n be borne. Behold! we live through all things—famine, thirst, Bereavemimt, paiu; all nrlel and misery, All woe Kud sorrow: Ufoinllleui i.a worst On eon! and bony—but we oanuot die. Vbongn wo do trick, and Used and faint, and worn— Lo. ail thlbga can be borne! —E. A. Alloa In Chicago Standard. LBiouuiit to Time, i nr mauios x. ntmtiu, A Jerry Sanborn wheeled his shining new tnndain uni nf the woodshed and as ref üby propped it against the piazza sailing. Then he strode across the yard, shading bis eyes with bo h sun burned hum s, and peered intently at a snug fsrinhnnse nestling against the Migblxning hlli. ‘•Tilly's got home from Sandport. That’s her pink gown a-Littin’ in and eat of the garden. Now if T can only wheedle her into takin’ a mornin' ride we’ll sea who's master of the situa tion. Two years now she's been put tin’ me off fn that liuw.tchin' way of I her'*, and I’m tired of it. I hnin’t i keen Bj.endin’ my winter evenin’a I seedin' up about Napoleon Bonaparte ! and General Toy lor and all of them j other determined fellers for nr,thin’. ; Pve hean altogether too meaehin’. It's j high time I put my foot down and made Tilly oome to reason, and I’m a-goin* to do it]*’ • t Jer. y set his jaws grimly, sprang astride the saddle, whirled rapidly down the winding road and soon pre sented himself, cap in hand, at the . door of the Morgan homestead. Tilly herself appeared promptly,her comely taee alive with dimples and her bright blue eyes dancing with mirth. -i. '“foot » run over to show yon this new machine o’ mine,” announced Jerry, with a sidewise wave of the '*l saw you coming up the hill,” responded Tilly demurely. “Ton looked for all the world like a big, long-legged grasshopper,”—with an irrepressible giggle. ■ “I only wish you dsrst try it a bit and see what an easy rnnuin’ concern it is,” punned Jerry, a snddan Hush mantling his broad forehead and los ing itself in his curly looks. “But,of course, 'twould he risky, considerin’ you ain't need to it,” he added apo logetically. * "Humph! There’s never been a eolt on the place that I couldn’t bridle and ride, and ’tisu’t likely I’m afraid us a newfangled contrivance like that,” replied Tilly loftily. “Well, I s’pose yon might try it, .bat I warn you it’s dangerous busi ness,” hesitated Jerry. “Ton have to take in sail a hit,” with a critical glance at her newly starched gingham. Tilly darted upstair* and toon ap peared in a trim walking skirt, with a jaunty Tam O'Sbanter pinned seeorely to her shining brown braids. After a fey preliminary failures, she was securely seated and the tandem glided smO'Ahly along the shady coun try road. Tilly sat erect, firmly g asp hfg tho handle bars with her plump fingers, sud thoroughly enjoyed the novel experience. • “Pshaw! This is as easy as riding eld Bonn to plow. Now I’m going home to finish my ironing.” . “No, you're not,Tilly Morgan. You won’t go home until you have given a plain answer to the question 1 have been askin', off and on, for two yearn ««* mors,” annonnoed Jerry perernp toaily, while hie heart thumped heavily against his ribs and. the roar of the Atlantic seemed surging in his ears. “Steady there!” as Tilly gave an in dignant bounce that threatened to eapeise the'wheel. “Jeremiah Sanborn,l’ll never speak to von again! There’s Unole Moses and Annt Dabby and Dan out in their docryard. I*ll calf for help as true as -I live if you don’t stop this minnts,” eoolded TUly. “They can’t catoh up.” replied ?«ny ooofiy, gradually ' increasing epMd. Despite bar valiant threat, Tilly sailed by the open mouthed trio prllh doming eheafct anddowncast eyes, ■ There was a long rihraoe, while the along. The • •* - . ■ ’ '** ' *\ crimson forehead. The sun was mounting higher, the road was np gisdt , and Til y was no ligbtWeighi “Jerry,” she faltered at length coaiinglv, “please take me home. “lon know the condition. Beckon . we’ll reach Centreville by noon at the rate we’re spinning,’’vouchsafed Jerry un: omt romisingly. Another prolonged silence. “Jerrv!” “Well?” “Whst do you want me to say?” “I want yod to naius ihe day when yon will come and be mistress of the liiti* home I’ve had ready and waitin’ for yon for a year and a half;” rtid Jerry, sienly. Ti» .y glanced about her unesvily. For in the distance she oould nea tue glittering obnrch spires of Centreville. “This is too rhlicnlouH, Jerry.” “Wei?” “Will June 15 suit yon?" ‘Terffl.dly. Disnonnt and rest in i the shade for a few minutes,and I will tare von home at once.” Tilly meekly sen ed herself on a gras-y rojk beneath ahu 'h oak- and covertly wat'hed Jerry from beneath her lung lashes. He was apparently engrossed in flecking every possinle grain of dust from the shining spokes of the tends a,bat his eyes shone with a triumphant tight. Ihe long run home was performed in dignified silence. Tilly sprung lightly to her feet, “a think you’re just ns ra-meso as you cun is Je>ry Sanborn,” (ho rol/txl ns she flew into the house and slammed tho'door. 8a r e y inside, she hurried to the parlor and peeped through the blind. Jerry, with erect head and (boulders squared, was spoed ng down the‘hill, bis long kgs performing most extra ordinary gyrations. “My, Wasn't he masterful, though! That's ail I ever bad against J erry, he was too tamo. 11 I said A, be had to say B, and so on through the whole alphabet. Now I'll get dinner ont of tbs way and begin hemming my table linen.” And with a song on her lips Tilly whisked on a fresh apron, vigorous y stirring the fire aid da:ted down the ce lar stairs after the potatoes. Wheelman. THE POLICE BOLL OF HONOR. Tit* Hero,* of a Month Drowning end Uuhmwuv Hones the Frlnel|ial Source. Hon. Theodore ltoosevelt writes for the October Century an article entitled “The 801 l of Honor of the New York Police.” Mr. Rommvelt says: Perhaps the best way to convey an idea of why we awarded medals is to give a list of the men thus rewarded for two months. In October, 1895, we, on the Ist of tho month, awarded a medal to a patrolman for peculiar gallantry in stopping a runaway horse under circumstance* which made the aet one of great danger to himself, and which doubtless resulted in saving the lives of thoBC in the vehicle. The pat- 1 rolman thus rewarded was also later made a roundsman, and put in oharge of the bicycle squad, our attention having been first called to bim by this set. On the same day wo gave honor able mention, but without a certificate or medal, to three other officern; one had also stopped a runaway horse; an other had resoaed a man from drown ing, and the third had arrested an in sane man armed with a revolver, un der circumstances which went to show that the officer’s coolness and presence of mind saved both himself and the onlookers from death or injury at the hands of the armed maniac. On the Bth of the mouth we gave a medal to an officer who had rescued a boy from drowning by plunging into the water between the wharf and the steamer from which the boy fell, at the immin ent risk of being crashed to death be tween the two, a fate from which he and the resoned boy were saved purely by hie pluck and his skill as a swim mer. Honorable mention was mads of two, other officers—one for rescuing a hoy from drowning and one for stop ping a runaway horse. On the 15th yet another officer received honorable mention for saving a man from drown ing; and on the 2!2nd a sergeant and two patrolmen were commended for the coolness and skill they displayed in stopping a prize fight and arresting both the participant# artd .the specta tors, though they were an uncommon ly tough crowd, and showed immediate fight. ■ Unique FanMimeiit for rrtsonur*. A new and unique mode of punish ing prisoners at the city jail who break ths rules of the- institution was an nounced recently at a meeting of the board of visitors of the jail. The prisoner is compelled to eland erect on a barrel in the jail yard, in sight of the other prisoners, for one hour for the violation of any role. The time is lengthened for the second offence. The board considers its more humane and at the same time more effective manner of punishing .offenders than keeping them in their * cells with bell and chain to their feet, with simply bread and water for nourishment. The plan so far has worked satisfac torily, and has been the means of im proving thd discipline el the place.— Baltimore American. .■-‘T'- “ There era font mUHonaire* In Eng land te one in Franoe. CIVILIZED CANNIBALS. «—KiiimAiii • «mue IntwTeatluH Hurt* About Che Battaks of tn« Island of Sunatra. Sumatra is one of the largest islands in the world, and has a population of 8,000,000. Respecting some of the tribes of the interior hardly anything is known, inasmuch as the island hod been crossed by whits men only two or three times. The immediate neigh bors of the Aoheeuese are the Battaks, a most interesting race of cannibals, who ore quite civilised in their way, having a written language of their own. They know how to make fire arms, even boring their gun barrels. Also they carve gun stocks in correct style, and are aoquainted with the art of making powder. They find their own sulphur and saltpetre, using pieces of bamboo for cartridge case* and bits of coral for bullets. They ero excellent agriculturist#, and raise cat* e. In addition they are clever go d and silver smiths, making filigree work and weaving gold thread. 'ibe Battaks only oat prisoners of war or bad criminal*. Formerly the habit of cannibalism among them was universal, mid human flesh need to be , sold in ihe country in open raiuket, some chiefs eating it daily as a matter of liking. It is considered the great est possible insult to m foe or puaish- I me»t to a person guilty of a grievous 1 crime to eat him. .Besides the ques tion of economy is considered. At a feast it tv os cheaper to slaughter six 1 slave* a* 100 guilder# than to kill six , Luflalou# at loti guilds, h. Whi i a j diHliugniKhed person died two indivi | dials customarily went through a*lot I of buffooneries at the graveside, after i which they were killed and laid in the | excavation, the coffin being placed on , top of them. Cannibalism is more or | leas mixed up with the religion of ! these people, who have their wizards | and witch doctors io practice incanta ! tiona. The Battaks build houses of planks and strong beams, placing them on piles for the advantage thus given in’ defending them. Mauy of their villages me on almost inaccessible pin nacles in the hil!s,f»v«rite spots being little plateaus formed by tbe broaden ing of a mountain range. Commonly they are surrounded by palisades,with | watch towers. Much art and jmlnstry isputiatothe carving and painting |of the -woodwork of the houses. An ontbuilding nerves as a sleeping place and council hours, rice being s ored in'the upper pari No light in kept at night fur fear at attracting ghost*,but in emergency candles of resin are used. Communal houses serve as sleep ing places for the unmarried men, sometimes 100 of them together. Here ere bung up the heads of slain enemies and other trophies. Nearly all of the highest peak* in Sumatra are volcanoes, and most of these are active. In the immediate neighborhood of these mighty chim neys, which bnrl ont masses of ashes and stone, are the fertile lowlands, with a dense population. The des truction of 40,QU0 human lives by the eruption of Bninbawa in 1815, and the washing away of 16,000 people by “tidal wave#,” following the eruption ■of Krakato in 1889 are not solitary instances.---New York Bnn. The Largest Crane. Absolutely tbe greatest mechanical giant in the world is now lifting stone on a new sea wall on the north coast of Scotland. Not even the monster cranes used for lifting the government al great guns can compare with this Titan, a# it is called. It is capable of lifting 100 tons, and it could pick up a modern locomotive with as much ease as the Same locomotive draws a train of cars. It eonbl lift the cubic con tents of 100 carloads and strew them over a wide section of the landscape. Its daily work is the placing in posi tion of fifty-ton Mocks of granite, of i which the now sea wall at Peterhead | ia being built. | The length of its arms, reaching ont from the central point -of tuipport, is exactly 100 feet, end it can set a sixty ton block in the sea 100 feet deep and 72 feet from tho outer edge of the ma sonry wall. This longonn is bal anced by n shorter weight arm that carries the engine house, with the machinery for moving the Titan for ward or backward on a railroad set into the finished masonry, and to ran out or in on the long arm a traveling car from which are suspended the four-sheared blocks through which is received tbe cable that lifts the greet pieces of stone. The Titan -itself weighs 700 tons, and is built of steel. Tbe long arm swings about on a turn table, just as a bridge ewings over a river. The wall wluoh it builds and then travels over as it slowly advenoes into the sea is nearly 50 foet wide.— Lob Angeles (Oai.) Times. Breaking Upon* Breaking Down. “A men may be all broken up,” . aeid Mr. Billtqps, “and yet not be broken down at all Grief breaks us up, but we get over that, white e break down may mean a collapse, with recovery doubtful or difficult In cold olimntes where ice forms in win ter the riven break up in the spring; and they ere ail 'in a turmoil then, but when summar comas, they flow along placidly. So it is with us. We may be all broken up end get over it, but n break down is quite another nutter. —New York Bun. rEMPERANCE” TOPICS. NOTES OF INTEREST TO THS ANTI-LIQUOR LEAGUERS. Tha Drenken Old Colonel—-Daw So Boaaino a Skttkfnt VoUowar of CkiW —Awrnl am of a Drank* ia Mm In n Maw Work V.Uag*. Who Mhhm of Ufa. Creams with gyves of sleep. And last tho harwwt twenty noma. Reap, bind, and take the pathway home -June* Buck It cun. Tfc« Drenkoa Old Colonel. A gentleman engaged in mission work telle the following story of the conquering power of love: One night when the meeting was over he saw, still sitting on one of the scats, an old nun, who was the despair of every ml Ml on worker, end who for years had lived mainly by beyg’ng sod Im position. He bad formerly been a member of a fine family, and a colonel at cavalry, but ia the army be had learned to drink. He bad sunk so low that the elotbaa upon him were scarce ly more than rage, and be would stead upon the streets begging until he would have enough to got more liquor. He would come to the mission and cecm very penitent, in order that he might impose upon the generosity of tbe people. And after he had been helped again and again, the patience of this gentleman gavo way, and this eight he came to him very roughly and ordered him to leave the room. “Colonel," he said, “I am out of pa tience with you; you are a miserable fraud, and yon know It, and ( want you to get right ont of here end never come back;" and taking hold of him he put him out into the darkness. A* be turned back into the room the thought came to him that be had not been manifesting the spirit of Je sua, and he went back to the door and looked to me if he could see the col onel; but the old man had gone ont of sight. He went upstair* with a sore heart, realizing that he had been un true to hla Master. He was not able to pray at the fam ily altar that night, and eagerly wait ed for the next evening, that he might aee the colonel and ask hla forgive* ness for the rude way in which be had treated him. But neither the next evening nor the next, nor tor three weeks did he see the eolonel again. And all this time his own heart had been growing very heavy, and hla one prayer had been that God would send the old man back to tbe mission. At the end of the three weeks he at tended a meeting of earnest Christian workers in that city and told them how be felt, and asked them If they would not pray with him that God would let the colonel come back under hla influence again.. They spent a Ihrge portion of the hoar In Joining in this prayer, and when my friend went bock to his minion that afternoon there sat the coloneL He went up to him, and said: “Oh, colonel, I am rest glad to see you. I cannot tell you how glad 1 am! 1 would rather see yon than any one else on earth." “Why,” said the eolonel, “you don’t mean that! Yon don’t mean that!” “Yea,” he snid, “I do. and 1 am go ing to treat you just the best I know how." So he led the old man Into another room, and took off hla clothes and bathed htm with hie own hands. And he said that upon hla body there was not a spot where yon could pnt your hand that was not covered with sores or vermin. And then he clothed him in aaft raiment and took him to the barber to get his beard shaved off end his hair cut. And when the old colon el saw himself In the mirror he said: “Who la that man?" and could scarce ly believe that he waa the same per son. That night he came and knelt at the mercy seat in the mission and rose up *, new man, and him since been a faithful follower of Christ Wmeored Hie Brother. Plattsburg, N. Y„ Telegram: Wed nesday afternoon Patrick Conway shot and killed hla defenceless brother James In cold blood. Margaret Con way, an aged widow, has llvpd ter some time with her eon Patrick In a small house la a lonely section Band Hill, about eight miles' from Platts burg. In tbe township of Beekman iown. Her aon jamas has lived with ala wife and child at the house of his !athar-in-law, W. J. Goss, & quarter of i mile further on. Patrick went home frank Wednesday afternoon about 4 o’clock. James wee sitting ia the kitchen talking with hla mothar. who was flatting supper ready; Patrick waa In an ugly humor, and at ones commenced to foully abase hie mother. Being vile end uncalled for language. KM years a grackme Heaven given To make a man conscious that he lives. Than twenty years of ardor sweet. And hope* that dance with wing ed feet. Another score to strive and weep And bind youth's ’ James expostulated with him, tat tttti only made tho drunken mail —*«ra iln/ -■■u m 0 ——- upm uwwpwnwwssr MNMnsnr see* *a u» V WW—! loot end abusive. He upset the eapJ per table, smashing ell the diaheg, ax* . then attempted in eject the brothM from the house. James refused to mi 1 and when Patrick tried to put him oHk the two brothers clinched, and Patrick was thrown to the floor. This fat* rioted him greatly, and he ruabefl tat* an adjoining room, and securing hto 44-calibre revolver from a bureau drawer, loaded It and returned to the kitchen, threatening to shoot hto brother James unless he left the hnua James, who was standing at the open * door, refused to leave hla mothew I alone under the clrcums’ancas, and 1 dared Patrick to touch him. There , npon they clinched again and Patrick pushed James out of ths bouse and , into the front cordon, where he delih ! eratsly shot him, the heavy ball crasb ’ lag through the left am and down too to the abdomen. Meantime the fren ! tie mother rushed from the house and j down the road to the home of her ate ' ter, a short distance away. James picked himself np and struggled along as far as.the Goss house, where he tel In tbe road, his cries, however, at tracting the attention of tb« family who came to his assistance and car ried him into the house, yrbere he died in greet agony just twenty hears la ter. Dr. Lyon of Plattsbnrg and DC. Vaughan of Morrisonvllls were called and did what they could for (he j wounded man. Coroner Gilliland was i c-atleJ and ton™ Mx Ante-nvwtote sratemout yesterday morning. James Conway was about 3G years of eg*, and leaves a wife and child. The mur derer, Patrick Conway, shortly alter committing the crime, went to the home of his aunt and bogged for more liquor, bat he was refused admittance. He obtained liquor somewhere, how ever, and was seen drunk in thevieto- Ity during the night and next morn ing. The officers were not notified at the crime until yesterday morning and Sheriff Vaughan and a policeman at once went to the scene of the crime. Houses and barns In the vicinity and the woods were fhornughty searched, but up to late last night no trace of tbe murderer had beta found. — ■> Tampereae* Notre. When Queen Victoria nwnflif vy throne there were not more * hundred abstainers among tbe minis ter# of the various religious denomin ations in tbe United g* bishops sad only about s dozen mem bers of ths medical profession. ' Todw there are, according to returns just ta sked, two arch bishops, fourteen bish op* of English dioceses, many ttymsHl clergymen of every denomination, and eighteen hundred physicians who ora total abstainers. ' Moreover, one In-every three in the army so a *ftr totaUer. The use of intoxicating liquors' brings no benefit whatever to i»V who uses it, but bow much money is ooa stantly spent for It by the worktag maa! I know the need be bta foe these dollars, and yet in the country at large the amount spent yearly is simply appalling. How many would be in comfortable circumstances bet for this money spent la drink! Par better indeed did they bam the —««■ The saloonkeeper Is the hardest f -*■- muster. The moment people u** pledge they learn tbe value of money, and afterward learn to work for thread selves, end not the saloonkeeper.— Archbishop Ireland. Without doubt men who drink no spirits hold out better and do their work better than thorn who drink. Annies made of men of tlu former class march better, hold up in nßrr der fatigue, enjoy better health, can bear exposure better, sad riffisngnsnl ly are free from drunkenness little from disease and crime, it Car eens the power of resistance In expo sure to great cold, and becomes dan gerous to use it It may excite Cora time, but is always followed by great depression. This has been clearly demonstrated In Arctic explorations. In exposure to great heat tbe evidence Is equally conclusive against its unA The array of testimony is Indlaputmbta. —Medical Brief. It is night now, and here la boom. Gathered under the quiet roof elders and children He alike at rest In the midst of n great peace and calm tks start look out from the heaven*. The silence is peopled with the peat aqi* rowful remarase for sing and short coming*—memortea of passionate joys and griefs rise out of thslr gr&ras,botb now allke calm end sad. Kyee, a* f shut mine, look at me, that have long caaaad to ffilaa The town and the fair landscape Bleep under the f »«gn*t wreathed In the autumn aifta. Twink ling among the housee a light tajqggi watch here and there. In what may bn t rick chamber cur two. Tbe dock tolls sweetly In the silent sir. Hem . Is night and rest. An awful senna if thanks makes tbe heart swell, «nd tfet heed bow to I pass to my.roem through the deeping house, end feel er though a hashed blessing iwem npon B,~» Thackeray. Kansas has MB.MO children of etaefi .ego, i ‘•
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