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1 ho Shadow of the Workiiigman.
llili"il j on ewiftl; flying; bom!
In o Muciom mi-ht it Henna bIoiir;
W. li ;i-..i-e'iil litii K mi'l ,iwrifil I none,
I' i ...wily lawn i's li in- il.i-.ui;.
To i!i 1 dt: t lantl-t it plowr. its witv.
And to Ilia mnuy wealth tlali hiinf;;
lis tldiiu;a from thealwnt li.oitne
Are welcome as Il.e t-inilin;; n,r ng.
You ice it cleave tho n 81 Iras wave,
Anil know tiM ooian'a iii-a 't will span;
Uut, cast o'er all, canyon I i l.ol.l a
The fcliuiiow ol the woikinj;iiiuii!
Eee, on llio locomotive rnnli
Willi licuiliiiirt iccil u'n iron roar.
Like living, hie tilling nitiii.-iri , whom
finine unseen pottm iiniuu I punt,
Tln.Myli oit-m, towns, ai.il tlnuly tli-lU,
O'er KKillli'in' alrt-iimi)Hiiil uoihIIiiiiiI lmli h,
ll f icii.l i mi mi wiili cliiiij anil nun j
Ay, 'ih-hIIi in ' ml tins' liMimy tli I'ln',
Willi cute il f lickly liens uliin.t
IMpi'ins of ivc jt nilm uiiil linn;
Hill o'tr ihi li tl i tin" view ilu-t m il
The aim-low of I liu Hoiliii'jjiiniii?
C'oino. (j-izf ii'on tin's iiiijm j
Tim (jure i.l' wlii.li in i I ii, ,n iUi-11-j
Kimctl liy tin- Mnki ik i last my,
As ui.i:y ciniin- Until -unl lu ll;
C'on.e vii w it;;inii 'ly-in:i.-,ni walls,
Iln illitra, licl- iimI hh li.i mm,
Wlrcli uie mi in ml . . -i t u i.i ..to,
Without one i iv in iiHM'i tin- i-.v.
Ooi llil II. ii II II toil SHI- 1 1 ill t ;;l irj
As niiin I i! z ( In i s eon Ii hi,
C.ni yen n. I i., in mi ii,. I.
Tli i-liifiitw ifl lliu milking i ?
(iitrPik ill.- It, I'l,, IIHiilNl.iill III.,1 t,
Ami ll i ic li. !,.il. ih,. :.ln.iiii scene
1 1 , I l -1 . Ii l:ml t in iny main,
'l l e I l i'iin I. I.i-,, tin- i,,i-i,.iM - pcini,
l. i. Ii I r ml ul liu- n i-,i i i limv,
Ail tin :;' I ii.il, I,m-v, ii.,.iiI ii;..,
I i'ir i, m i- Hi,-;; ,i,iiiy iiilN im iii aeon,
Win r- mi ii .! ii vcli mm' wnr lie
tin, I, m.I, n... :,!1 i u-.li'n ,,,. ..,i
li'.'l' r r li I'll mt ii iil ii Hmii. ,'aii;
Anil Mil ii', in Ii ,i, ii ln I' in, M i,
l i r li.nl., nl liu- liuiki. -in hi.
My IliJc oa a Star-Eouto.
a 1 1,1 i: Mil ii ii.
1 wislii .l in pi fniiili'i-ii miles imrtli.
ii' I. Pivijim I mil l pi tlirec siiles
i ' Mjiiiii'.'. I l.e (rip, iiinl ijiiliii,' al
i! t:., wi-iiM Like IVniii I l.n'i lni li ii.
In. in I. Jit ii'i l i. Ii i. in.
"I'"f ll'1' :i' -iiiiiinil.it i'lii nf twn
Miiiill iest-uilii i ,i Miip-, ii iiior alliiir,
ruii.s ilii t- ," ;ti, mini- lm(.
'I he I l i hline-.s i f ii Miinliier limril
i'ljr. Hie lnllv i-nii'l, the i-li.-iniii views,
the trees, v i 1 I Mower, iiinl sinuiii;;
hil'.ls Wtle il ileliijlit, t ell ill thought
ill lit I Mliil itt "in e:
"The h-t;ii,'e."
While lilc;lf:i, tin;,', the n mnrii
lii', the chili i, line in itml said in it
l"'.v voiit-:
"Tin t-t;i;,'e is here, ;iin vmir tninli
U nil, hut lililsh Volir I'le.iklilM, the
driver will :iit."
I went oiitMKin, hut no M.ipi w;is
tu he Hi-en, iiinl I ioKeilif it hild pine
fur et her .,1M IIL'lT-i.
"This is il," mii-l my in-ire liiuhiiir
tliiin Miiiiin-; lnt.
.uei iiniitln r iii'ieli si-i iit vehiele
niiiy J iitMiM-e. tine mh'I, i.lil, white
hol-e, illl i-.i-eis W.lpili, the hii -li seilt
tl' w 1 1 i - -1 1 hiid Ihi ii l.il.i'ii mi! to make
liiolll l'"l' in V (I'linli, iilel the iii'liiip:i
df illl I'm ins .(tut Me, fur the ill'iwr
,oViil to he iiii express liiiSselip-r
iiinl iiiiivir.iil eriiiiiil hoy n( the luriii
t rs iil.iii-r tin- route. I hesiliited. My
trunk iis i n, iiihl the iiioriiin; ,-iir
rriij;iiiiil. .o, with In Ii, I elimheil mi
the wheel, iillil pit hnl into the Wilson,
illlil tnnli pns( ssinii ol the one seilt, lllnl
plilllt- d HIV leet Upon what seeineil illl
( l:.-I.V l!, lull whieh pfoveil to hitvt"
the honor el' lieinjj Hie I 'niteil Stutes
D ili , iilel to eolititin t wo pneliiip's ( one
nl whieh, .'is I pit tuit with the rrsl
V.I i!e the mail W.li I'liilli'eil, I l-iiw
i-niiliiin. il ex.'ietly two postal cards and
Inn.- new spapers;.
" hero is the ilricrV" 1 ii lied.
" In n he I'i'iiiul out he w as to have
:i lady pasM -up r he went in to empty
iind rin-e li s mouth out," wiistlieiur
( H IT.
lie t'iime, nut at the elliovts, patched
i'l the hiiccs, with cst and linen
i potted with toliiteeo juice. 1 turned
my head away, us sitting down hes-iih'
me, In- took up the tit lis and said;
;'lantr, u'liiiitr. K'liiiijr!"
This i fl ri pi iited word id-me hroke
mil- hih-nce, until out ol' the villilpi lie
htipl'id itt il stone troiip!i, lieiu-iitli
mine tree-i, to water his horse. On a
1 pi.njli ii roliin wiis swiiyinp, and
Win lililijr his Mvi't-tcst notes, endiiif,' in
a Ioiir twitter. The driver, who was
stiindin .it his horse's head, took some
( l illnl'S from his ioeket ,'iud held them
out. The rol'in llt'w down and ate
them from his liitud. With it tlt-iir,
Miuinth voice, the lrier ipmleil Words
worth's "1 lion nit ill" Iiinl llint niii i ievet lu st,
'i'lie )iioii- liul uiili m-inli!l biiuibt,
Tlit- I inl, vvlio lit hi-urn niiinu or ntlii-r,
All nu n li" know lin t- full lin n biollit r."
lie n;ittered morn triimhs on the
ktoiio, liiickh-d the t heck rein, mounted
the scat with:
"tinod-liy, my little friend, lie here
to-morrow, n'liinjr, ff'liiii";!"
Tho ilelie.ili! act, the enltnreil Miicn
linnle me look at him. His fa e was
t h iin and clean shaven; his fi at arcs
regular and refined; his oyos large,
clear and very deep IiIiip; his hair a
hrown Rray; his hands small and, had
(Ik nulls hcen elran, would have heen
Intiiilsoin".
"Who can he he'" I said to myself;
lj him I said:
That hird seems to know you."
"He is alw ays waiting for the male,"
he sail I.
"And always pet something, I
fancy."
"Always. I rarely have a passenger
and so talk to the birds and squirrels,
g'lang, g'lang: I regret 1 haven't a
hetter hnr.se -g'lang as my constant
urging must annoy you, g'lang,
g'hm.-:"
"Von do not whip him."
"eer. lint I often think Siincho
i '.iii.i- If -iiii int-, lik t!i j Wander
ing .lew, is still o:i e;n th.
"And this is her"
"This is he without ;i doiilit!"
.lust then h dro e through il piece
of woodland full of nui-ic. II i-aid;
"Mow truly .Mary Ilowiit voices
one'.s feelings in lu-r p-icm:
't 'nun- yi- into I' e .innnii-i no, it,! I'nt. nn
llliil lid I'll c:in
tell lull tlin hilits el' 1 1- iiy inn in . v
I !!.' "
I l ived to In ar hilll tillli. Hit
I. in ,u;ie w :n pure, his anecdotes r-
"'" 1 ""i.i i"'i M'"", u"
it.itl..., - we,,- frc.pie.il, hut hiicf I
I"""'-
"Who ran he he!" 1 a ked myself
ii'.'.ii n ;tii I again. At farmhouses he
stopped to give packages, Ir-nii it
lii'-lnh d scythe sliiith to it gold hv.
ht. And whenever ii good woman
ran out and called, he took her wishes
in a note hook, w ilh all the coiii trsy
and I., ai i-ig of a tli.iioiiglil.ri d piith
iiiiin. I tdok the liheity to glance at !"'
hook. The writing and spelling
showed him to he a
tiou.
man oi euui
nn. .en so many slops pn-ic...
your imiliiug time?" inked.
"Oh, llo! I it'll 11.1 ohliged to In
id
until IJ m.. and I started two
hours earlier than the old driver did."
"In order to oblige the farmers
along the route?" I asked.
"In pail; hut Tope says, 'Sell love
and .social are the .same.' I love the
morning ;nr, I l..ve to speak a word to
the go,,, I people, to break the dead
i. ion, . ten v of their work-dav li es bv a
bit of stirring new
Truly.thcse hours
on the loiiil are the ph a-antest of my
lile."
"Von are never lonely?"
"Never! Willi (mil and nature can
one I e lonely ? "
- gemc-mii'i, ii ti a line pa..- hi
blood hor.-es passed up. and they e- ,'
eh.'ingi.l crdiiil greetings. The diivcr ,
"A woman, w ho had worked in the
family of t hat gentleman's fat Iter for
in.iiiy yciirs, lie took care of the last
ten years. She had become helple-is
and in il. I blind, so w hen she died
last mouth she aiis pal mourning
for. After she was mad-- ready I'm'
burial and laid in the pari")-, a well
dress, d stranger called to see her. lie
,hiu told she was dead. II" said he
hitd not been east for thirl v vc.irs. and
VV t.ldd like to see her. He stood it few'
liiiiiutes looking upon her, and then I
bent down and kissed tlmt cold.brow 11,
wrinkled forehead, and left two groat j
tear drops on it, ami w ith a clinking
nice said:
"My mother's dearest friend!"
Alter ii moment the driver turned!
to me ami said:
"in. you suppose those menus Knew , hawser, ami bandy lively omnpli
oitch other when they met?" monts with theih-ck hands of the
"I urn sure they did." I said.
"It is a ipiostion I often ponder.
My wife died when she ha I just passed
into full and beautiful wiinianhoiiil.
She hild ton, hid her thirl iet'i year, iind
I Wits hut it hit It oltler, in the vigor
of my manhood. She is now in the
freshno-'; i f her woimi'd.ood with the
eternal freshness of iiiavcn. If, as
Milton has it, 'Fin 111 II -lowts' deep a
lower deep Still opens,' so, from the
highest hight a higher . bight must i
rise; and she, who was purity itself ! esting gossip about the ownership of ' ercl hooks, it is not a body of div initv
must he purer now. And we grow . the Podges I.011 -o, near Ih" White , or dogmatic religion, but it is a liturgv.
like those w ilh whom w e mingle, and 1 louse. Henry Clay used to own the a collection of pi avers, hymns, in vuca
she, so lovely hero, has ben for I'd on which it stands, lie was es- i lions and thanksgiv ings to nianv dei
twi iity-sovon veins Ih - companion of i pccially devote I to his Ashland farm lies. It is a m enial of Worship, to bo
angels! How glorious she must be! j and the livc-tock upon it. One day recited by the priests in public, and
Will she o-!:i she know inn there?" I old ( 'ommoilore .loin. Kotlgers oil. no nail privaMy by the laity. The
Almost 111 v first ipiest 011 on reach- I home from tho Mediteriiineaii with his liinlde N, s. h is a later book of the
ing my friend vv its:
"Who is that driver?"
"I have not the honor of his
acquaintance!" she laughingly an
swered. "I have!" 1 said.
So soon as the post -wagon drove on,
I still tnl for the post-ollice.
"Will you please tell me who that
driver is? "
The postmaster gave his name and
said he was mice an editor of -
naming one of the best papers in one
of our largest cities.
"lie is a man of elegant culture,"
1 Haiti,
"Ile Is that. I don't know of any
hody that can touch it niittch to him.
lie has been through college and heen
to Dnrnpe, and h is heen a- pi iiiite I
with a g'nid many ilistingui.-li 1
men."
"What hat hronght lilui to this?"
"Drink." .I-.. -'' ;. $uifirl.
Scenes in Holl.iiul.
When we finany got through th4
various 1 . i, t and iiniedimerits into flu?
canal itscil, ,ve soon saw that the artis
tic proinifp of tho land would need
much careful looking after if one w ould
have a moderate f iiliillment thereof.
It is hut fair to say that the canal was
evidently never intended to charm or
amuse to any intense ih-gree, hut t In
simple anil solid iiii l dir,"'t. It is no
small, iiieiiu runne'l of a waterway,
hilt a go.idly Wide il'ld ie-p tiling
thitt a ship cm g--l iihout in coiu
I'ortiilily. If one inii-.t eoiiie down to
ligures, I will venture to say tli i I
fancy it is some hundred and odd mill-.-,
in length. Siillicient for th" day, hw
I'lir, w;i. Il.e fact th:i! it. would t.i'.e
us t-i Alliiuaar, an 1 that id mg its
riish-friiig d hank ; were pjlnivs p:; s
ing evt'i- hefoi'.- in of I'i.n sleepy il
higiM and skirts of town.-, fat farin
steiids, juicy pastures. Meek cows, and
losy-cheelii'd milkmaids with siccus
rolled aliow rlhow -so tightlv that tin-
, lustv arm hclov, would l.e more thai.
j i( , .( , a, nali,,...
! There were tie- t.:imin-r nold-rs and
I he jiiiinty w iiidmills in rich pi'orusioli
and variety, an I :ill the familiar oli-
jeets of it pleasant I Hitch l i'ids.-ilpe.
On the forward ih-ek of the I oat wasa
i.'oodlv pile of market l.ail.ett and
, lioM-s, and mo'inliug to tie- top of lli
heap, we M'l.'.li-d a soft liasl.ct :'-r-t
, iiiidiiug sure that it didn't contain
! cl'''s its a i it ii ii t of iiuta-.ro and a
I skel.-hing s.-..t. i.nd then w e 'remai In d
;,.,. .. ,.,..,. Ils !ls ,......
did to the oceii'i, that il might "roll mi."
! Not thill we li 1 1 uii'hilv Miuiiaiit or I
; t, ,.;,,;,, lls
nous
for th.it.
The furl her ie.it!t one goes in Hol
land, the lllore one's illl- litioll is called
to the rapid increase of swirling orna
ment as a feat m e of doiiicsl ic and i ie
architect inc. l'.-n on tin- hitter
class of farm houses, and more notably
on the inoiv pretentious cnuntrv
, vlMas sKil.,;1;, ,..,.,, ,.,.
; -l.i. .n.-.l in 'i.m t fantastie shapes of
......... .,,,,) k,.,.,,ii .,,i n, 1.1,, ,i i,,,.
!,,,.,,:,,,. ,.;,,,,,, i:..,.. ..........i.
iiboiit the gables is fiiilher cldiiiiiccd
by st, tilling tllccts of jiiiiiliii;' and
gilding. We toiicheil at a few of the
little docks and lauding pl,i'"s along
the waterway, and note I many delight-
fillly li:iilit bit.
),,(,, f,j- j,i,nisiii r
f color, in well iis
liiiiiU'lers and i mi -
cuts, bii'-k-gr. Hinds of cottages rich
with downy, elvct-siirl'a I tiles and
mottled In irk. spln-dic I w ith mo: s and
stain and lichen, taking every tint th.it
ii fat humid air Knows so well how to
paint - if it has plenty of time. The
window frame; would be iiainted it
da.limr while, tlieeiiilains.il spotless
.lin.lii- ll... vlinii..!-- -ii, I .1 i ,,f
brilliant gicca, the -iw sheds and out.
lion es id shiny I l.i I pitch, and often
the trees would have about six feet of
thel.,vv.-r trunk piiinl.-.l a "forget-.no-
..of (cheap sort of, blue. Lots of
Mowers, pleutv of Miixeii-haircd chfldrou
all, ,i,e eye. girls, lots of dildiS and
j,,.,. ;,i.y inimbcr of oats.
M'e noticed the prevalence of female,
Inbnr in a "loimMiore" sort of wav
l.bout the various landings. It woiud
be a strapping rosv th with sleeves
! wall tiiekc.1 up wlio would deftly oatoh
steamer. Tin v hiinilled the lim.ter
freight to and fro, ki. kin- about the ! "' ' I'1 the"I'itchas,",.r liuddhist
tubs of butter, and "shy ing" the bound- s,'I'il,t,"v. huiguage, found
ing bullet i "I elastic Dutch cheese in tV.vi""-
line manly st.vl,-. They gave them- ' 'i.d-Av.-ta (i. e., the text or
solves curium, "se;i-dog" kind of airs, so'l''"1, with ;i zoml, orcomuicn
too, that lent them it certain charm of ; ''"-v 1 is "f
their own. Il,ni ,'s M:ii:ii,r, j cient I'arsoes or lire-worshipers. It is
' supposed to have I it written in lice-
llem-.v Clay's lii iil IMate Sale. tri;i or eastern Persia, I'J-MI t t 1
The Washington correspondent of years before Christ, bv Zoroaster or
t he liostoit .h , lis r has some inter- ,
naval vessel In il of live slock which
he had picked up abroad. 'I he cargo
included one line Amlalusia:i ja-kass.
Clay wanted it for his farm. All his
oilers were rejected, until one day the
commodore said, in joke: "Vou ran
have him for your lot t ppo-ite the
White House." Jlune," was ('lav's
reply, ;iu I the animal was shipped off
to Kentucky. The commodore built
the now historic house, which Secretary
Scwiitil occupied during the war-
Here Pay ne endeavored to assassinate
li i 111 on the night when President Lin-
coin was shot. The lot is now vttfuud
at 110,000,
SACKED HOOKS.
The Hlli'r a ituovru lo I he Anrlrnta.
The follow ing bri. f sketch of the sa-
ered books of the World is from a Bible
; cl;ns lesson by Prof. II. A. Ford, in a
' Now York mission Sunday school:
j Certain religious iu-tincts, at the
, consciousness of a Supreme lleing, of
a life beyond the grave, of future re
I Winds and punishments, of a sen,- of
! sin and the. need of -a. ilice, are coin-
' inoii to humanity, s.t ,-iIs-, wlicr.-er i
a nati'in Im s h i I a ii r.ii are, iisnli-
! gioii ha; n-ii.iliy ll -d upo'i : ;t i I
book ;---thoe ii the a . i , ;i,.i of il writ- j
t'-u revi-iii'ion. I-;, ry great religion i
llili its llibl-. I
! The best known of MioMf books, save I
' the Jewish and the Christian, is the
j Koran ,. Mohammed. Tl,,, tillo of
this means "The I.Yadiug," from the I
i Arabic verb I'.-r "to r.-iid." Ollu-r
j names are Al Kil.tb, or the I I.; A
Moshiif, the veliime; Al Hhikr. tie- ad
monition , r r--miii.lt r; ami Al I'oihan,
or the siilviiiioi. The HI sina. or i
chapters of th.- Koran w-re professedly j
given to Mohammed iluring t le-1 w .-nty- I
t l.n-e years of his residence id Mecca
ami Medina, l.v the angel Cabriel in
human form, as an inspiration from
Ah ah, or the Almighty. They were
written iip-Hi Laves, bits of leather or
paper, sh 'Uldei-b,idei of multoii and
w hate or el-- w as ill hand, and throw n
loosely into ;i I, ,-;, f-(,in w liit-li thev
were taken ii tear iilter the prophet's
death ami pn logelher with e-jnal
lo.- ei ;.s iiinl tli sie-'ard to connection
of topics, in -I . i ini-.s. The chapters
boar sin-h titles a-, Tin- Cow, The J-'i-r
The Star. The Towels, The ( 'oime.il.-d
Flo nl. ami (hi l.ke, giving some hint !
"I' ' . lit --lit i. Fa.-h begins thus: '-In i
Ihc llil f C...I, the iiii -I t-i fi 1 1, the j
eoliipii -.-i.-iiiile," ;eid a note is made of j
lli" r' el.ii ion a( ciih.-r Mecca or!
Medio i. N'i I e ,ly is the Cod of the
Christ i.ins ice... ,ii.-e,l, but id-o ,1. su-, '
but not as the Son ,.f Cod, and A bra- j
ham, .la.-,,!, and Mary and the Old i
Te t.l'iiem V.. r;li: -s. Tin-sttl" of tie- j
Koran is of lingular elegance and :
beauty, erne. I ;'u!:iig il (he cla-sie of
Arabic .p. -is h. js c,,. ,.N ,i,
Mi sh in lailhiind likew is,- of civil gov- j
eminent in a. I the Mo-loui countries.
Copies o' it are greatly revered and are
s lime, w riil.-n in -r..M aa.l jewels.
It is le ver liel'l b, tie- In lii-vers below
the j.il'dle or t-nieli. .1 williollt prev ious
puri.ie;it;,,i. Nill.ing is more hateful
t-i the Mil seliuaii than t i see a copy in
tin- hands of a giaour or iiilidcl.
A much more am i- iit coll. i lion of
writing; is the Vc.l i-. the oldest books .
in Il.e Hindoo lilcraiiire, and dating
far back of the tin f Christ. The '
oldi-M hymn of the ,, ,s book, the I
Jlig-Ycila, is thoiighi t dale from ;
Ii. ('. -Mi hi. The 1'panir.hads, or treat- j
i sos nf theology, arc Inter, and ureal-
mod tie-only part of the Vedas now
road. The four i -ions of the l'llas
t-oi.tiii in iill Iiijii huiins, w hich every-i
liiiihim li'iel h-iirii bv heart. Thev '
alv ,r' ,1''1 ''.v J"',ws
W hi-h fol'li. (lie text
f lii'iihiuin-
1 ism. They were written in twelve
bunks ten to nine centuries before
ChriM. The mythol'.gy of tho Hin-
' ' -scompHso,, niiiinn in two great .
V'"'.' I"""'s. and the
I -Lili.-it .1 i;irat n. containing respectively
.M,iiiiiainl ljo.i'i'ii liu, s, ami together
lilling oightieit 'g - ninnies. These
1,11 'M'tusiv ciy rtaii as ine
"ered books. ,f India, vv ill. the I'uranas,
: sun,..,. . uaia tcr om uiiicn lau-ruaie.
' IM... k.-!.... t..-. .-l'1... 1.. . . ..I iiv 1
"' -"..s.i-is . .-n;.su as ( --o, ks ) is ii
' oiu'ral tt-ru f.r u)t 1 1-.-iiitb.-ul.itive rc-
ligiousiiuu 1cg.11 vv-ti'i's 01 I lie minions.
The liuddliisl ,s;i, -rod books are also
' " '"""' "ul 1 Il;,M" ,,,r
Zarathustia
I'nlike most other sa-
same ivligi m. and details the Parsoe
doctrine from texts now lost.
The religion of Confucius, the prin
cipal faith of China, is taught in the
live iind four books of the Kings
"King." in Chinese, means dimply a
Wi b of cloth, ,.r the warp that holds j
thii iid- of cloth in their place. The i
live Kings 10 iilain history, poetry and 1
'the rites of religion. Tiny seem t
' hav e boon in existence before Confii-
t ics, win s l ist years were devoted to J
itstdiling. His own teachings are 1
otherw ise embodied in the four Kings, j
' which were promulgated after his
death. The last 1 f those. Includes tho I
works of Meneius, another ChiiK-so re-
former. Taoism, or the religion
founded by Lao-tze, in the siime age
with Confucius, rests upon (he bookH
ailed Tsi- hto, or "Old Teacher," and
the Tav-te king, which specially repre.
scuts the notions of the illustrious
Lao-tze. It is an inl -res' ing f.t'-t that
the Ta. I'ing rebels of Y I. nl-
thoii'-di not professing to be ,b-w or
Christians, took our liible for t'o ir
book, and elai mi i that if their inoir
: -ti -ii
tut. j.,,- t,
l.-d ll Wolll'l I." .'.lib
wri'in-js f Confii.-
and l.;m-1e.
Tin- ;::ev-.i li-rv pti in
t W l S.TTnl b inks, ill Ih e
t .lining hymn - in prai v
h:il I'oily-la-..-,.
con.
-f tin- '.'.-ds,
instruclioiis in moral, religion.. itcs,
the odiiciilioli nl pii-.'-ls ami I' Lit' d
mailers.
The Crook iind lioiimii nn t h.-b.-rv
bill HO Sill el b.I'll.S, .lilies, I Cltlllll Ml.
el ic;d w. rks may be la' t ii f..r such.
The two Fdd.H set forth the m;,tho.
ogy of the Nois. or iiie ieiit
ea.nini r. litti '. I liey oi i-jiiiii'.-1 I"
leel.lll I, (he iio-tie or el Ii I' I'M In ,
pri.-ing thirty-seven p-liions poem
i religious and In
oiiiigcr or pro .
s li'.psis of t he
hi. -lory, iin-l the'
l-la giving :i "'Ul
in t h d. -'v.
. term "Fdda" ite-.r. ;
unit le r." !ol Ii l ic -.- .
, long al'I'-r ( I.ri-l.
I 'liiisi, :l i.i.i l -. lull I
rund-diit-
.11.
f ll
of sii.-r.-d or S'-mi-,-i--re I cli-i-a. 'e,
j known to the world. e, --pt the li!i
ol th" .Jew.: and thai of the ( bri. t
lam
Cllllolllti.il Inn.
Huring tie- Ceiil-'uniiil . ihil.,li..n the
I'liiloil Slates buildiii:.' wa- the -cone
of :ili imiuMng bluiider w hi'-li. le .vv , , or.
taught on-- lady t h le e. . jiy ,.
oautioii. 'I'he gov e-'iii,i n! Iia-lilres-.nl
11 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 -r i, w I. ii :.i,ii ii. .. ai'M d
iind paia't I .1 to re- "inble - Idier- a:i l
sailors in ih-- v.nioii- unif.-rin . i f t In
anity i. : 1 I ll.l'. l. So I. fe like Wi lithe-'
"dinmnio " that biiii'lro.ls
pil'ise.l to ii-ln.i:o lie -in, and . 1 . n . 1 1 r
' .-tilers the I. ..lie.. ",i list ,-ee tl.il' oiie
; there!" s.iid one ! the ladio;. U'hi,
1 should iiliui --I think it alive!" iind
! she poke I the 10 -e of the supposed
1 dummy." Imagine .t-i- toiii,r-ia.
j lion when il d'-iii'i-i ilely I i;rii- I around
1 and walked liilly away. She had mis-
taken 1111 : rmy i ili 'i-r (or a "il'iinuiy."
, In mao'iim-iy hall w a- oxhibii.-1 .1
! machine f..r v .-lit ila' ing mines. i
! sent 11 ji-i'.'. 1 1 1 ul eiirretil of air through
ii pipe -i inches in diameter. A iiiov
1 able 110I0, l'u:.ii. I -.liiipetl, enabled the
bov-opcr.iior to turn the curreiil in
! iiu.v dii'i- iion. A Mag w:is hung up a!
; il ill-:. III. e of lit Ict-ll feel from He
, lllil'llilie. So ili'ol.g was tin- ill II il.l
1 of ;iir when iliroelod ag.iili-t the Mag,
: that it would hang out at luht angles
j from the pole as if blow 11 by a gale.
1 lie liiisi l, oils boy, m t colilolil to
blow the Mag. soim times sent a breeze
among the special irs. A niiin vvithii
broiid-bi ioiiied hat iiinl long brown
hair was leaning ou r the railing ami
peering at the lu.'ichi-ie. The buy
sent ii current against the Mag and
then tinned the hl.iM. which acci
dentally ioll lull upon the uiifoit 1111. il,
stranger. The result was an unlook-
o,-o,-catastrophe; the hat and brown
liM.Ks , jhi . .... ,
1 head iis smooth and round as a
pumpkin. The man ran after his
truant hat ami wig; the boy dropped
tint liozle and lied, thinking, doubt
less, that a severe penalty awaited
him for l.aviig scalped a man with
a L,rust of w iinl.
Tiiralrii'id Tricks,
Curious as it may seem, it is not
generally known by the theater audi
once that the 'perilous leaps," "(errilie
Scaling of precipices," and other similar
feats whit h fall to the lot of the helo
and lieroii f the play, are in almost
ev ery case pel formed bv a liunniiv."
JI111-. it is not the pinna donna who,
! iis "Aiiiii.ii" in -La Soiiii.iinbulii,"
I walks in her sleep across :t t ii-nibhiig
1 bri. lye at the back of the stage, nor in
I 'The h'om am ' of :i poor Voting Man''
! is it the lea hug man who lakes it Mi.
1
lllg leap Irol.i a tower, but ill eil'-h ease
a carefully drcs-cd "dummy." whose
hones are li.-t particularly precious.
They tell this story of a "Muzepp.i"
performance 111 the old days, which
show s how this theatrical ti ick some
times results: A cel. 'hinted star w :s
playing the piooe and had it circ.is
rider ma lo up to look like him to do
the riding, of course the andit-ucc
siipp. se.l the rider to be the star. In
those days the runs up the mountain
wore elaborately arranged, iind the
Might of the wil l horse w as a stai'llui"
incident. One night the horse fell
w dh the rid-r, ,-r;ishing Iroin tho Mies
to t he stage. The curtain was rung
bivn, ;t.t.l presently the star was led
bcfoie it, staggering as though badly
injured, and said that, in spite of the
fall, he would endeavor to lini.-h the
play. And he did so, amid frantic
applause. Tne r wretch of a rider
bv m "' hospital for four weeks.
:"'ll' "'citrleHH.
,.iih May, around Cape Flattery
ami down the coa-t from Tatoush to
i;ia's Harbor live various tribes of
Indians, who, as himtirs and lishers,
.,r-as hardy and fearless as any race
,,f aboriginal men in the known world.
. While the writer was at (Juillute, the
Jmiian village forty miles below Cape
Fliillery, last fall, it whale was sighted
,,f the b. iieh. ami four canoes at once
stail"d towanl him. Soon we were
upon the monger, who, lolling lazily
along, paid no li' i-d to the d- li-tra-
1 iolis of his pUII.V il -Sitililllts, but In- was
rudely ,-iwiik ii.-d. The foremost canoe
darted forward, -tri-l "tliud!" went the
harpoon into his Lr-.n 1 b:ek, buried
neiirly to the shaft. The c:i'io.- was
stopped and suddenly bio f.. d, a al le.lie
too soon, lor. w it'i a sudden and t.-r-i
j lit- sma-.li oi Ins lliikes on the w at.-r,
barely luis-ili'.' the ne;ire.-t fill , he
i-.'iuided. A numb r of -"-il I. in bl.i I-
h-rs, lilst to tie- hill pooi. lilie. were
t l.row ii over, ;i:i I
ll ill ill t III II
as it ciiiiie up mad
line up, liiil.lo l:el w Mil il line t'
the l'.'1'.-llli,-! eau-ie. I 'pt llllle the lie. 11
st.r. an I w ii !i it f. ai I 'd lun-h all lour
.swcretlrag.od thi'meMi tin- wab-r
I at ii fi-iirful rale as he slaib d for the
I iit ii fearful 1:1!
OCOilll.
Four or live
rale, w hen hi ;
llilldlllosl Cillloe
p:e.t tl th-l-
iies was run at this
ee slii .:eiici, and tie
as hiiulc I Ciiut mil ly
Hid ilic-tier hail II
1 was ib-xtoi'oii ly p. mil. I, and this
. canoe ;i .-limed the I'l .'it phi. e in Il.e
1 pr-.i-i ....ion; with the olh' i s bringing up
tin- rear. Another w ild nidi, but
.-boiler than thelir -t. mid a p p. titioii of
j th.- pel I', nuance, tint 1 1 i'l" re w 1 re half
I a do. 011 Inn po-.ii s aai i - d .111 I double as
i many s. al-km l.la.hh idiot ing iioiiiel
' the e.lliia-le. III. 01 .1-1, p -Venting h's
I sin1 ing or soiiudiii". Finally, iilt. r
! hours of ii prolon-, d light for hi, lift
i against his rclentl. s- f-.t ;, l!u- c up !
! ; i :i e w iis given v :' li t lie 'it n o, ii ii:,,d
; plunge and he w.. ours. ' h.-.-e li-,11 .
of pa.ldliitr and :i ii.t-.lv lolh- -ut II on
1 iind the whale sunk In tn-.t' li tin- water
: was th.- hard t.r- before the whaler.
; belt. If the prize c-illld be I c.e,e. illld
l.'iirly call.-d tle-ir ..vv 11; but gallantly
' they bin kh d t-i it. hoeplll r time to
( their Work with il high-keye I, nioiioto-
iioiis ohanl, iind an o.-oiisional o;ir pion .
1 '
j ing, blooil-curdlin'.r veil injoi-ti-il into it.
j th.it was calculated to raise a casual
1 spectator's hair on end.
On the bo.icli the entile remaining
population of the village were await,
ing around huge bonfires the return of
tie- hunters, but by n means in silence,
for the yelling, whooping, singing,
crouching, dam ing. tbi -kv. half naked
figures, a, 1 hey plunged in and out the
ruddy blu.c of the hug,- drift-wood
files, reminded 1 ic of descriptions of
infernal region . I he canoes are .-al'c-ly
beached, tho whale hauled up as far
;i; strong hands can drag him, and left
till the outgoing title exposes his full
proportion 011 the beach, when knife
and axe ami saw do I in ir w .,1 k till of
the hu"e animal 1 1 . 1 1 1 - itt 1 . loll but a
few well-stripped horn.,, on ami .nor
which the Village i,,gs et.. .Illl light
ami -nail t II tin- incoming to1 wis
tiit iii vv ilh i. layer ! sand.
The t ineas, 1, i.,-, among all t 011-eerm-d
in the eaplnre then and there
alike, except thai the holi". pi. it, ex.
tending entirely , 1 to I t he am niul and
including (he tioi'-al 1 n. is tie- property
of him whoso lin k., harp.. -li was the
lii'sl to strike tin- whale. For many
days, leiisls, song, and - mall poUaohe.
cclebratc their hicky fapt 11 1 .-. and the
v kdtige linaily iis-umi's its normal , omli-
tloll.
Simple Cure for Dyspepsia.
gdll le II. 1.1 W ho l.s ill business in
".'s city ha- cure. I himself of a 1 hn.n
i,i "nl ugly lo nn of dy -pt p-ia m a
v .-y siiu ly way. lie was given up
1 . i;.-, but he f nally al'.imloi.eil alike
'. le. lor. ami th,. ,h nn, ..ml ies.,it, .
. . a in t In " ol treatment which most
I It r-and ino.l p. i -,,n-. w mild laugh
1' it- "an old w ..man's r.-ni -dy." It
was simply the swallowing of a ti-a-.
ipfid of hot water before breakfast
cv.-r iii.riiiii-r. lie took the wali-i-fi.
nn theeook'steakotllo.aiitl so hot that
he could only t .ike it by the spoonful.
For id. nil Ihiee weeks this morning
ties' was I'epoatitl the dyspepsia all
the w Idle decreasing. At the cud of
that time he could eat, he says, any
In iikliisl or diaiier t hat an, wi ll per
son eoiild cut had gained in weight
iind has over sii.ee been hearty and
well. His wi ighl now isthiity or for
ty pounds greater than during the
dyspepsia siilieiiiig. iind for several
y( ars he ha , had 110 trouble with his
stomach nidi ss it wa-soiue teuipoi.i
I V Hit ell 1 1111 11 e due I o a late supper
or dining 1 ut. and hi such a case a sin.
glc trial of his ;int i-brciikfast remedy
was sure t 1 sit all things right. 11
obtained this i li;i from a Ccrnian doc
tor, and i.l turn leeolilliieniled it to
otlieis, iind in evciy case according to 1
this gentleman's account, a cure was
elicited. I In 1 If nfil 1 mi runt,
The Story (if Life.
S.y. wll V i I.l- ? 'Ji- to he l.'.l";
li. l,,-.- lul-i- In ll..: liht
Willi il !i.o. iv.iil, lis il Ilic lie. ill
i'oii t-.l I ii t l-tutly nn ...n ii'-1 1 ni;lil;
'J'l BI-l-J", III -I' t-, mid nc i i.iii'i
Willi runny mult s l elni t it un l Hi"1'
An I lln-ii n tin; infiinl kmhv
'Jo let ii I eiliin, s'iilcly liny,
j; ,;.-v il. -'i!i- l.i- lillle urn s.
Wen- In- I nl t-.in-t' .iiih of lli jo)'!
1 o 1 1 , ill -Inn I, loiin I wo to ten,
A inc: iv, ii Iv t-liil I and lliun
A-i I lin n in ct. it nn. I titinsers tlu.I,
To l.-i.l n t-i - .y H t- ll.-t-nl.ij-ue,
Am I l.l.-. k il, nil i.lilliinl.ili I'd.
Wall iiniili unl nil-ill if nil n.ii
A li'i.tni nit I,, li, I I it it-1 fen,
Ami , i,.liiie l.'ilic. Il.t inn! tlii-ii?
Ati'l Mien, iiii-ii-ii-t-1 in .-lictiili mid 'Vt
'J o l.e, nn. mi, ii v.nitli tall ;t-' a.
A lifin in Ii,. ninth, i 's it i--,
A lining A - I , in III- on u.
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I ;h ill.., ut y . .111- l:-.:i pi'o-lueill'r I'c-
1 .1-! 1 'our .-I ! la tiiop. d ill in-el. ;IT
.'. ,i'i tie- !.. lit pin i'tlil I'lnelit le l is
1 ., r;.tlii:i ol th.-il . j n.ilit .
A i 't ! 1 i e,.u'o -. i .v 1 1 - . .1 ; ri 1 woman
i- 1 .1 il;.-:- -I 'lil'- n oil I-. all iiv ing
And tiie 1 . w I ! iit a unlit .11 y college i
! . be -'.li'li il.'d le ill- he,- I olm' sot -i
I In- .-Id I.i ly ni-.iiit oray .
"Why ilo y .-ii .airy your pockitbook
iii y.-ur I. aad ? " ii do d a Philadelphia
1111
1 am
Vi'llllg Wile. "Oil,
I reply, "il is s., light 1 .-mi
jhl jump 1. ut ol my .ook-
VV ,1- the
.it 1 .11-1 I'
it.
Ti.e -t mws i r, mi I'..-11.1. l-.i- is that
tie- iii t g "V o: nun nt l.e toil just live
hiiniit The inhiib t.nits are now
1 lain, ring b r a II I, oil .- every hour;
I ul m.i iv lil.ei'.d- think this too long
it t ol lll to be . o . tel.t VV it ll perfect
in i-loio, iin I a -ep toward do-pot isin.
It 1- li'-inid thai thee i- twice tie
profit oil In tl . thitt tilt-re is oil ,-ow.s,
and ll'- ju -I a ; 1 asy to kt op pal' hillg II
picket b ,u e in. i-i. I ;i hen-yard and
light your m i :hl. .is vv 1m ovv 11 gardens,
a- il 1 - to lix up pasture u alls and Inict
ov or t In- .oii'it iy loi-liiiy annuals and
sol lie for lie- . I, image they have done.
d. ball. bit l.lo I', the noted piaiii-t,
II e l to pi ide Ion . 1 ll 011 the particle
w iii h pi e. 1 di 1 1 his mi 1 no, and paradci I
it on ov . i t ot o i i..n . -io you know,"
I ice -aid to iin a. 'pi.iiiitimcc, "that
t he 10 I . id 1 of my family dates from
t lo- t TU a h 'J One of my aiii estors ;tc
eoi.ip.niied the Fmp.-i-or FarbarosM) "
"O.i the piaiio'.-'' a-kt-tl tl I her.
Presort Iittr Fewer of Soil.
ll is well known tlia in soil where
lime abounds, dead bodies are 1'iissiliz.cil
in ;t few years, or ov en .1 few months,
alter burial. In sod where there is no
lime, there are soim-timcs other ele
ments ihi h t'lloii preserve the fea
tures of it buried body llliehiil.gotl fiii
lii. Iliv year.. Tie- philosophic Hamlet,
inn ing by an old gi av e over the fact
t hat man 1 111 11s into dill, and dust into
tot Ii, et I nn :
- I'li-'l ell .1- .1- . .to 1,1 llliil Illl nr, I 111 ,'lny
Mi. Ic -I, i' .1 li'.Ir Iii kt'i . Hie uinil unity
Unl vv h.ii vv -mid hav o boon his mus
ings ll he h id stood b -si, I the disill
toii'cd b ..iv of his lat h.-r and seen brovv
ami I "i ni iippt ;n ing ,1- 11.1t 11 nil iis vv hen
he gave "the world ils-.ll liltlee of a
man?" Vet this might hav e boon, for
there arc numerous eases 011 record
where bo !i. s disinterred for removal
niter y, ill's of interment, have been
lolllid t" be us well preserved lisif they
hiid been only a lew days dead. Con
11.il Wa-hingtou's features were tptite
pel I', ot when his holy vv :is taken opto
be put in the saieiiphiigus, where they
now repose. I'he same was true of
(ten iiii Wayne, when his body was re.
moved foity years after death; and of
1,'ol.ert limns, Iwcnty-oi.c years after
burial, lint it set ins almost iucredible
that the body of John Hampden, who
wa : disinterred Jo.' years after death,
s'id.M have been in ii similar state of
preservation. Put l,nl Nugent re
cords the fa-d. His word is not to he
.jUestiollfd. Possibly t he most remark
ii'ile f.i.-t of illl these eases is that the
bodies 01 iimblcl to a heap of dust soon,
titer exposure.
ft