THlD PUBLIC LEDGER.
SAFE.
And so beside the silent sea
I wait tho muffled oar;
No harm from him can come to me
On ocean or on sshore.
I know not where his islands lift
Their frond ed palms in air;
I only know I cannot drift
Beyond his love and care.
O brothers! if my faith is vain.
If hopes like these bet ray,
Tray for me that my fvrl may ain
The sure and safer way.
Whit tier.
BETSY'S SLIPPERS.
I was traveling- in Ireland with some
friends. AV were in the southeastern
part of the island and were traversing
Connemara, the poorest part of that
poor country. It anything t-an give a
horrible impression of drought and
miser y it certainly is Connemara.
A profound dolor seems to rest upon
that corner of the earth. Low plains
destitute of verdure extend at the right
to a chain of mountains, which are bare,
as though they had been ra vaged hy fire.
These immense spaces are without a vil
lage, often without even a single dwell
ing. The few which we pass at long inter
vals consist only of four stone walls
piled up without cement, and with a
black roof. From the back of these
dreary cabins issues a thin thread of
blue smoke.
In front of them one sees, children
from five to twelve years old with naked
feet, sun scorched skins and lagged
clothing. They utter uncouth sounds
in a language which is partly Irish,
partly English. They usually run after
the carriage for several miles. 'With a
supplicating hand they extend to you
some sort of rude merchandise; it may
be roughly hewn wooden shoes; it may
be woolen stockings; it may be a little
bunch of flowers plucked from the
mountain side. They run shouting,
hurrying, hustling each other.
"Penny, please! penny, please!" they
repeat over and over. A penny is finally
cast to them.
Immediately there is brawling, strug
gling and fist pounding. The conqueror
deserts the ranks of our followers, but
the others still pursue the carriage.
One by one the small flock drop away.
First the youngest become exhausted
and stop. At last there are only three
then two then only one, who in his
turn rolls in the dust raised by the
wheels, uttering a last "Penny, please!"
with labored and xanting breath.
About 11 o'clock we arrived at
Ougterard, near Lake Comb. This
lake is said to contain as many islands
and also as many inhabitants as there
are days in the year. Here we took
breakfast.
For a long time a little girl of about
twelve followed our carriage. She alone
had persisted of five or six children, the
rest of whom had dropped away as we
passed along. Tall and slender for her
age, she had a charming face of the
true Irish type of beauty. Her com
plexion was darkly browned and she had
large blue eyes. Her long run had put
roses into her cheeks; her parted lips
showed her brilliant teeth. A ragged
brown linen waist and skirt composed
her costume. Her naked feet, which
were remarkably small and pretty,
seemed to fly through the dust. Poor
little one! Our hearts ached to look at
her!
Suddenly she uttered a cry, extended
her arms and fell forward. We stopped
the carriage, but fortunately nothing
serious had befallen her. A projecting
stone had slightly cut her foot, which
bled a little. We asked her who she
was and from whence she came. She
called herself Betsy and said that she
lived at Ougterard. We told her to
climb into the carriage and we would
carry her to her home. She looked at
us in bewilderment, as though she could
not understand what we were saying.
We repeated our offer. She blushed
with pleasure and gave us a look which,
although full of inquiry and wonder,
was yet most grateful. She seemed to
be overjoyed at riding in a carriage. It
was her first experience of that kind.
Ten minutes later we were in Oug
terard, a poor village of forty houses.
We gave two shillings to the child as a
parting present. She looked at it as
though she could not believe her eyes.
It occurred to me that the wound in her
foot might be inflamed by a walk in the
dust. I therefore entered a shoemaker's
shop, the only one the place afforded,
and bought a pair of slippers for the
poor child.
Betsy watched this operation in pro
found perplexity. When I extended the
slippers toward her, saying they were
for her, she was dumfounded, intox
icated, dazzled. She dared not take
them.
Finally, as I firmly insisted that the
slippers were for her and Iter alone, she
seized them and fled with a bound of
joy, and without even saying " Thank
"Little savage I" thought I; "she does
not even know how to thank anybody."
I rejoined my companions, who were
already seated around the hotel dining
table, and we had soon finished our
breakfast and were about to climb into
our carriage, when I felt a little hand
within mine which sought to detain me.
"Come, sirl" she said, "come!"
"And where do you wish to lead me?"
"To our house. It is very near."
I followed her. My companions were
not a little puzzled. She led me to the
feottom of a narrow street. There we
paused -before a humble cottage. She
pushed the door open and we entered.
The interior consisted of a single room.
It was without a floor and contained
scarcely any furniture. It was dimly
lighted hy the feeble rays which entered
through a paper covered window, near
which sat an old woman spinning. She
was Betsy's grandmother. At our en
trance three little black pigs scampered
under her bench grunting. - In the cor
ner stood the lowly bed of the grand
mother: at its side the little cot of the
child. Just above her pillow Betsy
showed me a kind of rough staging lean
ing against the wali. Upon the middle
board covered with a very white linen
cloth, beneath an image of St. Patrick,
and between two bunches of white
flowers, I perceived the little slippers!
The pour child looked at her shrine of
beauty wiih admiration and even with
religious awe, as upon a precious relic.
""But you should put the slippers on
your feet. They are for 3011 to wear,"
said I. I could not help laughing to see
them set up as sacred objects of devo
tion. She appeared astonished, almost an
gry. "Oh, never!" she said earnest.
The' are too beautiful!"
We slipped some money into the
pocket of the old grandma and bade
adieu to Betsy; but she could not bear
to leave us yet, and followed us quite to
the carriage, and looked after it with
eyes lull of tears as long as it could be
seen.
A month later we passed through the
same place on our return trip and made
a halt there as before. We did not see
Betsy. Before quitting that country, to
which I never expected to return, I
wished to see her again, if only, for a
minute.
I sought out and knocked at the door
of the poor little cabin.
No one opened it.
I lifted the rude latch and entered.
A sad spectacle presented itself to my
eyes. Around the little bed of Bets-,
lighted by three smoking candles, some
old women were kneeling and reciting
prayers in a monotonous voice. Upon
in 3 entrance the chant stopped and one
of the old women arose and came to me.
It was the grandmother. She recog
nized me immediately, and two large
tears ran over her wrinkled cheeks.
"Betsy," murmured I; "where is
Betsy V" "
In a few broken words she explained
to me that Betsy had taken a fever and
had just died.
I approached the cot. The pale face
of the child wore a peaceful expression.
Her long black hair lay over her shoul
ders in heavy curls, but her beautiful
bright eyes were- shut. Clasped in her
thin, blue veined hands and pressed
closely to her heart were the image of
St. Patrick and the two little slippers.
During all the time she had been sick,
the old dame told me, she had held them
in her hands. I begged the old woman
to bury them with her.
A tear came tomv eves. I leaned over
the poor Irisffi child and imprinted a kiss
upon her forehead. Translated from the
French of Jacques Norman d by Harriet
L. 13. Potter for Romance.
Ureatl Made tf Peanuts.
The imperial German health authori
ties have been engaged in experiments,
the object of which was to ascertain
whether a healthful bread could be made
of a mixture of lye flour and peanuts.
Incidentally it was discovered that the
refuse left after the oil has been ex
tracted from peanuts contains 50 per
cent, of albuminous matter. Such being
the case, bread made with an admixture
of peanuts or peanut refuse would cer
tainly be highly nutritious, inasmuch as
the nutritive element of any kind of
bread is mainly albuminous.
Wheat and rye flours have only about
11 or 12 per cent, of albuminous matter
in them. When oil has been extracted
by pressure or otherwise from a vegeta
ble substance, the residue is called "oil
cake." All oilcakes are largely albumi
nous. Flaxseed oilcake contains more
than 40 per cent, of such elements, and
the oilcake of cotton seed is about the
same. It is generally supposed that pea
nuts are very indigestible. Another
question involved is whether they could
be grown more cheaply than wheat,
which would seem to be very doubtful.
Perhaps, however, peanut bread is to
be looked forward to as a luxury of the
future. Washington Star.
Js'iiteraek Night.
All Hallow Even, or Halloween, the
evening before All Saints' Day, the 1st
of November, has yet another title in the
north of Emi-land nam el v. NYiterark
j , ,
Night, the derivation of which is ob-1
vious enough. Impartially weighed
against the others, it is perhaps the very
best time of the whole year for discov
ering just what sort of husband or wife
one is to be blessed withal.
Of old time, to go back to the usual
source of such things, the Romans had
a feast of Pomona at this time, and it
was then that the stores laid up in the
summer for use in the winter were
opened. The appropriateness of the use
of nuts and apples at this time thus be
comes apparent. But when a festival
flourishing in the British isles has fires
connected with it, look sharp for a
Druidical origin and it will not usually
be necessary to look far. Now Hallow
een has fires connected with it and a
Druidical connection, if not actual ori
gin, seems highly probable. New York
Tribune.
Car Oats at Brooks & Co'a. jan27-4t. -
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR.
Topic In ids name. Acts xv, 26: Cob iii.
15-17.
The name of the Lord Jesus Christ is
dear to all who have put their trust in
him, not that there is anything in the
name, but that it stands for one in
whom there is so much. The Scripture
contains many injunctions concerning
his name, two of which are contained in
our lessons.
1. Be willing to make sacrifices for
his name (Acts xv, 26). In speaking of
Paul and Silas the Christians of Jeru
salem describe them as "men that have
hazarded their lives for the name of our
Lord Jesus Christ." Paul and Silas had
not died, but in preaching Christ had
actually run a risk of their lives. Life
is the greatest sacrifice any one could
make, and it would naturelly embrace
all other sacrifices. In the days of the
apostles, and even often since, men have
actually sacrificed home, country, life
all things for the sake of their Saviour.
And all martyrs are not dead yet. There
are still those who sacrifice much for
Christ. Sometimes it is almost as hard
to do some things we do today for our
Saviour as it was in other days for
men to suffer death for him, and
are there not many among Chris
tian people who today would haz
ard even life for him if occasion de
manded it? Let us give foamier Chris
tians their due praise, but not at the ex?
pense of true followers today. But ru6t
only great sacrifices for Christ please
him. He sees the smallest deed done
for his name. If we forego pleasure or
amusement, perform an unpleasant taskr
control our appetites and tempers for
his sake, he is equally pleased. The
spirit of willingness to sacrifice for
Christ is also a. test of true Christianity.
Thus the Christians recommended Paul
and Silas. Our religion is certainly sin
cere when we give upanueli that is dear
to us for it.
2. Do all in his name. Col. iiir 17,
"Whatsoever ye-do in word or deed, do
all in the nanse of the- Lord Jesus.''
This, is the nmHe.al imTe li?iflf down Vv
the apostle for the Colossian Christians. I
It is applicable to all. Christians. It is
the sum and essence of Christian ethics..
It states what sh-ouM be the motive
power for the Christian's every act,. It
means that we should do all things
small and great, temporal and spirit
ual -according to Iris command,iri com
pliance' with his authority, by strength
derived from him, with an eye -single to
his glory, and depending upon his merit
for the reception of good and pardon of
what is amiss. It means that Christian
ity is to be carried into everyday life;,
that it is to be effective on week days as
well as on the Sabbath, in the home audi
social circle as well as in the church;.
and applicable to personal business as
well as to business connected with the
spiritual welfare of men directly. Ihis
makes it. a very comprehensive rule. It
includes words as well as deeds- No
word is to be spoken, no act performed
upon which we cannot ask God's bless
ing in the name of Christ. This makes
it a very valuable test of Christian
action. If in doubt as to a business or
amusement, it can be decided by an
honest answer to this question; Can I d:
it in his name?
Bible References Isa. ix,G; Math. i,21;
John xiv, 14; Rom. i, 8; I Cor. x, 31;
II Cor. xi, 23-33; I Thess. v, 18; Heb. vi,
9-12; xiii, 15; I Pet. iv, 10, 11; Rev. ii,
12. 13.
Her Rule of Xife.
Mrs. Little was a woman greatly re
spected in the little neighborhood where
she lived. Her friends and neighbors
often spoke of her knowledge of Bible
teachings, and few were the occasions
when she did not remind them of her
attainments by some apt quotation.
"How is it, Mrs. Little," asked a neigh
bor one day, "that you can always re
member some suitable quotation for
everything that happens?"
"Oh, I don't know," responded the
good woman with a pleased smile, "un
less 'tis because I alwajs act on what I
say. Now, whenever I see folks provoked
I jest associate it with 'Let not the sun
go down upon your wrath.'
"I've always acted on that myself. I
made it a rule when I was young never
to let tho sun go down when I was mad.
And so it is with other things, and I
s'pose that's one reason I remember."
Youth's Companion.
AVliat "AViiikeih" Are For.
One of the employments of electricity
just now is to make "winkers," to hang
from high places. They are incandescent
lights, hoisted on a flagpole or run out
from a window, and the current is inter
rupted and turned on again by clock
work mechanism. A man sees the light,
then he notices that it is gone. While
wondering what has become of it it re
appears. This is supposed to rouse
his interest to such an extent that he
will ask somebody what it is for, and
the man who displays the light will then
get an advertisement if he has luck.
New York Sun. 1
His Spirit.
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Who wore the plaited thorn with bleeding
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