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SR 18, 1889.
NO. 12.
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THEAJISWERCFTHE OARDENER.
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Ho leant, at sunset, on bU spade,
(Ob, but the child wif jwreet to toe?
The one who Itt the orchard played !)
He called: "JJvo planted you n tree.4
The boy looked attUor'a While.
. Then at the rAdlantwooib below, r
And said, with wonder in' hi* smile: '
"Why don't you put the leaver an, though f"
The Kardeoer, with a reverent air,
LUted hi* eyee,. took off hletiat:
* "The Other Man, the One up there,"
II<? answered, "llo must tee to that."
Samh M. B. llalU, in Bel ford' a Magazine.
IN TWO^HALVES.
TDK STORY OP A DIVIDED BANK NOT*.
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faf corrt?r
7??r heatt'e
hopeful ?;
? TIIR FIRST KALF. ,
? Wet atid dreary. It Is midwinter ; tho
see no ia Kirktington, on tho London and
Northweeteru; the tlmo one-quarter to
eleven; just after the night mail has
flashed through without stopping
bound for Liverpool and the north. Tho
railway officials are collociing nrepara
tory to going of! duty for the night.
"Where1? Hah?'' askod one of the
crowd 'upon tho platform.'
"I saw him in tho hut ^ust
one-quarter to eloven wont
after the
. through.
Can't have come to any haim, surely r'
^> 4<No; he said he'd seen something
:drop from tho trnin, and ho wont down
the line to pick it un."
And Tan luid picked up something.
It was a basket, a common white wicker
basket, with a lid fastened down by a
string; What did it contain? Dirty
clothes? What? -
A baby- <a child half a dozen weeks
old, n&rooro. ?< .
/."Wheio did you come across it?"
asked one. . ;? _
, "i-ying on the line, iustwhero ivfell.
Perhaps it didn't fall,, perhaps it. was
chucked out. What matter? I've got
it, and got to.look after It, that's enough
for me.'V.'
-The little mite's linen was white and
of tine material, but he lay upon an old
shawl and a few bits of dirty flanuel.
All they found was a dilapidated purse,
a common snaplook bag-purse of faded
brown leather. Inside was a brass thim- |
bio, a pdwn-tickot,and tho half of a Bank
of England note of ?100. ' j
J0C, } ?+ * , * * m ?
A new parson ? Harrold TrefTry? had
come lately to Kirklington.
Ue is now paying a round of naroch al
Visits, aocompaniod by aq. old coilMrs
c^m^ who is spending Christ mas ^Kh
"Yon<WvM said Trefffy^pointing .to a
thin thread of Smoke which roB& -l^ax
trees, intft the tjitilUn wintry
air, "yonder (? the house? if, indeed, it
? -?0 grand a^. name-? the hovel,
0?e whoso cm* la the hardest
? Xg V"<IV*|DI>,( anu ue IIM
ife. He is absolutely pr6s~
a probably at his utter in- !
to do his duty by his ihotherles*
liiliiii
'to make a sign, or cry, or laugh, or to ,
take the smallest intermit in oomtnon
affaire. Jack, I believe you'ro the very
man. Ton might get at him through
the children? that marvellous hanky
panky of yours, those surprising tricks;
a child takes to you naturally at once. .
Try arid.make friends with theso. Por
haps when tho father soes them inter
ested atid amusod ho may warm a lijtflo,
speak , perhaps approve, perhaps smiler*
and in tho ond glvo in. Jaok, will yOu
tryT'
Jack Kewblggin was by profession a
conveyancer, but nature had intended
him for a new Houdir., or a wizard of tha
Worth. He was more than half a pro
fessional by tho time he was full grown, i
In addition to the quick eyo and tho
faoilo wrist he had the rarer gifts of the
suave manner and tho face of brass. He
had even studied meimerlsm land clair
voyance, and could upon occasion $ur
prise his audienco cons.dcrably by bis
power. ' *'.? ' ? ' '?
1 hey entered the miserable dwelling
togothor. Tho chlldron ? eight of them
~were all skirmishing over tho tioor, ex
cept one, a child of six or soven, a
bright iSyod', exceedingly beautiful boy,
the lesst^werd not nature's vagaries
well knpwn-<- likely to be born among and
Ve^ng'to such surroundings, who stood
between tho logs pf tho mau himself, who
had his back to the visitors, and wa*
touching low over the Scanty fire.
The man turned his head for a mo
mont, gavo aperecoptiblo staie, then an
i ? - ? -rtibie nod, and cyioe more he
explain some of the simple procoasee,
hoping to enchain the man's attention.
?T?W?b.t 1 thought, .ir, or , JM
have given you a job to do. I've been,
ih want of a real conjuror many a long
day, Rod nothing low' 11 do. See "hero,
ho eaid, a? n? took a small carefully
folded pipev from between thWeavei of
the Bible, ''do you see tU'i?Jn' " 5 '
Wit was half a Bank of England note
for^rt?^ ,
^ uHq*? sir, cbuld any conjuror help,
me to the other half?"
"How- did yon come by it?" asked
Jack at onco. ; ? /
"I'll tell you, air, short as I can raako
it. ("Onjuror or no conjui'dr, you've go?
a kindly heart, arid I'm main sure tnat
you'll holp if you can.'' ,
Dan then described how ho had picked
up the basket from the JO: 45 Liverpool
express. ; ???:> .
"Thoro was the linon| I've .kept it.
Seo here*, all marked quito pretty and
proper, with lace fround tho edges, as
though its mother loved to mako the little
one smart."
Jack examined the linen; it-bojre a
monogram and crest. Tho first ho made
out to mean 11. J . M., and the crest was
plainly two, hammers crowed, 'and the
motto, "I strike" ? not a common crost
?and ho never rememborcd to have scon
it before.
"And was that all ?" ,
' "'Cept tho bank note. That was in a
poor old purso with a pawn-tickot and a
thimble. I kept thorn all." ?
. Like a true aetcotivo . ack examined
evory article minutely. The purse bore
the name Hester Corrigan, in rude
Ieltors inside, and tho pawn- ticket was
mado out in the samo name.
TIIK SECOND UA1.F.
When Jnck Newbiggin got bauk to the
parsonage ho found Umt his host had
accepted an inyitation for ihem b^th to
diiio at tho "iiig House," as it was railed,
the country seat of the squiro of tho
parish.
,?yl have beeu fighting your battles all
day," began Mrs . Btillwell, the hostess,
whon soated at din nor next to Jnck.
"Was it necessary? I should havo
i thought myself too insignificant."
I . "They were talking at lunch oT your
wonderful tricks in conjuring, and some
onosaid that tho skill might prove in
convenient? when you played cards, for
instance."
"A charitable imputation; with whom
did it originate?
"Sir Lewis Mallaby."'
"Please point him out to mo."
Ilo was shown a gravo, scowling face
upon the :rlght of tho hostess- ? a face
liko a mask, the surface rough and
I wrinkled, through which the eyes Bhono
? with a baleful light, like corpse-cnndlos
tin a sepulchre. v
Jack lot his companion chatter on. It
was his habit to got all tho information
possible about any company in which ho
foubd him8elf, for his own purpose as a.
,r.aA4 wjjpn ftfrillfteU
tl<mvatid loa hfcr^o ri fid m dne^eSMto
ahothor, making mental not(?s to sorvo
him hereafter. It is thus by careful and
laborious preparation? that many of the
Btrango and seemingly myatoriouo fcata
of the clairvoyant conjuror aro per-'
tWwholo party were assoraWd
in tho drawing room after dinner a
chorus of voices, headed by that of tho
hostess, summoned Jack to his work.
Thero appeared to be only one dissen
tient, Bir Lewis Mallaby, who not only
did not trouble himself to back up the
! invitation, but whon the porformance
was actually begun was at no pains to
conceal his contempt and dssgust.
Tho conjuror made tho conventional
plum pudding in a hat, fired wedding
rings into, quartern loaves, did all manner
of card tri.ks, knifo tricks,' pistol tricks,
and jugglod on conscientiously right
through his repertory. Thero was ncvei1
a smile on Si? Lewis's faco; ho srteerod
unmistakably. Finally, with an ostenta
! tton that savored of rudeness, he took
out his watch, a groat gold repeater,
i looked at it, and unmistakably yawned,
i Jnck hungerod for that watch directly
ho saw it. i'orhaps through it ho might
j.mako its ownor uncomfortable, if only
for a moment. But how to got it ^nto
his hands? Ito asked for a watch ? a
{ dozen were offered. No, none of these
, would do. . It must bo a good watch? a
' ropoator. 1
I Bir, Lewis Mallabys was tho only ono
I in the room, and he.at first distinctly ro
! fused to lend it. JJut so many tarnojt
{ entreaties woro addressed to him, tho
; hostoss leading tho attack, that ho could
| not in common courtojy continue to ro
' ftlso.
1 With something liko a growl ho took
his wateh off the chain and handod it to
U.ack Nowbiggin.
| A curious, old fashionod watch it was,
which would have gla<Jdenod tho heart
! of a watch collector? all jeweled and
j onamoled, adorned With crest and in
scription ? an heirloom, which had
J nrooabty boon in tho MaUaby family
for years, Jack looked it over curiously,
meditatively ; then, suddenly ra. sing his
eves, ho starod intently into f-ir Lewis
Mallabj's faoo and almost as quickly
dropped them again.
'This Is far too Valuable," ho said
courteously, "too much of a treasure, to
l>o risked in any con luring trick. An
ordinary rftOdorn watch L might, replace,
but uota work of art like this."
And he handed it back to Bir Lewis,
who received It with ill conce ded satis
faction. Howaiasmueh pleased, proh
ibit, at Jack's oppression of possible
failure in tho proposed trick as at the
"But do yon?" asked several of tho
bystander*, aU .of whom were growing
did, and proauoed it? an ordinary
morocco leather puree and pockekbook,
"Whatdoefe this pooketbook contain?"
"Evidence."
>Bridence of whatt"
"Of fncts that must, sooner or later,
coma to light."
"What ridiculous nonsense! I give
you my wotd this pocketbobk contains ,
nothing? absolutely^ nothing? but' a
Bank of England no$e for ?100.*' . i
4,8tAy." said Jack Nowbiogin, facing
him .abruptly, and speaking In a voice of
thundCr^, *']V is not so? you know it?
it is enly the half!" , '
- And as he spoko'be took the pocket
book from' the hands pf Jhe really stupe
fled Baronet aod exhibited for inspec
tion?the half of a Bank of Ehgl&ud noto
for ?100..
There was much applause at this harm
less and successfql denouement of what
threatened at one stage* to lead to alter
cation, perhaps to a quarrel, .But Jack
Nowbiggin was not satisfied.
"As you have darcd-.me to-do my
worst," >aid he,- "listen now to what i
havo to say. Not only did I know that
was only tho half of a pote, but I know
whore the other half is' to be found."
"So much the better for me," said tho
Baronet, with an effort to appoar humor
6us.
. "That other half was given to? shall I
say, 8ir Lewis?"
Sir Lewis nodded indifferently. *
"It was given to one Hester liorrigan,
an old nurso, six years ago."
"Siloncel Fay no mor^," criod Sir
Lewis in horror. ' - >Jl?'
fcir Lewis li^d b?en a yotjng^r son;
tho eldest inherited the family title, but
died early, leaving his window to givo
him a posthumous heir, the titlo remaining
in abeyanco until time showed whether
tho infant was ajtoyjtr a.gi{i,'. Jt proved
to bo a boy, whoreupon Lewis Mallaby,
who had tho first Information of the fact,
put-' into execution a nefarious project
wh ch ho had carefully concocted in ad
vanro. A girl was obtained in a found
ling hospital and substituted by Lady
Mallaby's nurso, who was in Lewis's
1>ay for tho newly- borft son and
?eir. This son and heir *was
handed ovor to another accomplico, Hcs
tor Corrigan, who was bribed with ?100,
half down, in tho shape of a half-note,
the other half to be paid when she an
nounced her safe arrival in Texas with
the stolen child< ? it occurred to Mrs.
Corrtgan in her transit between l ondon
and Livorpool that though ?H)0 would
bo acceptable hor arrival, the child
would be only an encumbrance. She
therefore throw the basket containing
him out of 'tlie window, forgetting that
T/Cwis Mallaby. which first aroused!: Jack's
*Hpiclous, 11 Ibe same tfrest-rtwo
yfi-nmors crowed, with the motto "I
Strike"? which was marked upon*' the
ljnea of the child that ?4n fclockltt
fafafced Unati KirKlHitr^p ' '' 1 1111
initial or the name Alalia by ooindded.
With the monogram H. L; M. ' S'rom
tBose facts and . What ho had been told by
Mrs. Stillwell^Iaok rapidlvdrew his con
clusions, and mado a bold shot, *thich
hit tho mark, as wo have seen.
LowL M allaby's confession, combined/
with that of Mrs. Corrigan, who wai
found by the police, soon reinstated tWfj
rightful heir, and Dan Blockitt, in after
years had no reason to regrot tno gonelr
osity which had prompted him to give
tho little foundling tho shelter of his rude
home. ? Loudon Tid'Diti .
Happy Hottentots.
Th* Hottentots in the Jardin iVA^cli
matation continuo to attract tho at*
tontion of Paris!ans, but the poor croa
turos have beon shivering in the cold
woather which has prevailed lately.
They have bcoil broutfM to Paiis by a
German, who relates that ho got them to
start for Europe almost by forco. flerr
Thoge, the energetfib person in question,
first negotiated with "Mother Elizabeth,"
tho most intelligent member of the
troupe, who is herself on view in the
Bois do Boulogne. Tho natives wero
onticed to tho railway carriages, into
, which they woro unceremoniously
packed. .Whon they arrived at tho
wharves at Cape Town thoy were so
dazed that they allowed themselves to
bo carried liko children on board tho
steamboats. The Hottontots, however,
have lltto to complain of in Paris ex
cent the bad wetithor.
The mon received as pay flO per
month and tho womon ft. Oft Hupday
thoy oro woll "largrtssed" by tho crowds
of visitors who tiock to tho garden to
visit thom. and "Mother Elizabeth,"
who takes care to puthernolf in evidence
and to show that sho i? tho most im
port unf. personage in tho troupe, frtakej
fifty francs or $ i!i at least on such Occa
sions. "Mother Elizabeth," ImwovCr.has
a formidable rival in "..acob," the head
man of tho flottentot troupe, who
mighty hunter and has slain aliort. The
chief orders tho minor Hottontots about,
and ovory ovonlng designates the cook
for tho following day, tho functionary of j
the kitcheu having to rlso at six o'olook
in order to chop wood, light rires and
make soup, which is composed of coffee
and salt. When thoy aro at homo in
Africa, Herr Thego's troupe aro not par
ticular as to what, thoy eat. They re
main jn a stato of uttor. laziness until:
they are hungry ; then they go ott tht>
trad and cat anything thoy can got, from
a buffalo or cat to a toad, Porcupines
form their daintiest dish, and lizards,
bats, owls and even worms are not do
spised. "Mother Elizabeth," thi Ven
erable HOftontot dame, has two flngors
out off, to show that she has been' twice
married, ~ Ornphic. '
A Man With Owl'H Ryep.
John a Donley, oho of the best known
of the aqueduct inspectors, is, strange
to say, almost Mind during daylight; at
n:ght? however, hie oj?*gpt I* >o good
that he has been apposed a night In- ?
spector on tho masonry WOjrk, and, It U
said, dan pick out a weak spot quicker
than any one engaged in the same work.
It is said that ho htt followed under/
ground work *o Ion| that the pupils of
Sis eyes are now m*re lik<uh<& of the
owl thari those of Hun.
The. mother of 81 1 WHHcott Was ?
small, pia'H woman. t-HJJJF. f . ?
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BUlfop jOF FUN.
HIJMOROm SKKTCH'S PROM
r . - VARIOUS 80VUCES.
- s." ' 'l
Romance ol a Phonograph? A a rent
Similarity ? Why no Was So
Eftrneat-tueory nitd Prao
.i
ttoe, |Etc., Ettyv
He loved a blushing mai.
Bat hit soul wasfull o
V
riV
Bat hit soul wasTull ol
80 he spoke Into a phonc_. ,
The words he'd have h?r
Her father moved the lever,
jAnd before the diy was d'
That phonograph way guar
By a bull-dog and a gun.
? Judge.
A Great Similarity? ,
"Whenever I seo Parkins I think of
the trade winds," said Ismythe.
"Why so?" queried Bjones.
"Ohf<ho is always blowing about his
business."
Why Ifo Was 80 Earnest.
Maud ? "Are you really engaged to
Mr. Hawkins, Ethel?"
"Ethel ? "Yes, 1 hardly Know whethor
I lovo him or not,. but ho was so earnest
that somehow I could not refuse him."
Maud? "Vo3, I know. When I re
fused him last summer he told me ho was
going to marry somebody or burst beforo
Christina?. " ? Terre Haute Krpreu.
Theory and Practice.
"What is the half of twenty-fivo?"
asked the teacher.
Little Johnnie scratched his head and
didn't answer.
"Well, I'll mako it plainer." Bho^ said.
"If jour father bought one cigar that
eold two for a quarter, how much would
the denier < hargo him?"
"i' ifteen couts," returned little John
nie. ? New York Sun.
A Wlso 8ugffC8tlon.
"My dear, why do you chango couks
bo often?"
"Uecauso you are always complaining
of the food."
"Well, I won't kick any more Just
hang on to one individual and give my
stomach a chance to got acclimated."
A I/ltorary Butcher.
Visitor ? "What a boautiful library you
have! I really envy yQU."
Retired But her ? "Yes; and just look
at the binding of them books."
Visitor ? "I seo; they are all bound in
calf."
Ketired Butcher? "Just so, and I killed
all thom calves mysolf what .furnished
the leather." ? Ttxaa
Expensive.
? "I'm not feolingvery well*
^ jhos ^and 1,1 eel all
iowO to buftlness in
# '
.ill vuo |H090UUU ill VUQBQ Wit*
losses, that you-, will love, cherish and
prnteot this woman until death do you
part." "I
- Prisonor (badly frightened) ? "Wha
what> that., ycr honor?"
Magistrate (rousing himself) ? "Oh, I
beg pardon 1 It's ten dollars or thirty
days.
; -Trimmtn# Ills Sails.
Giiii ? "Do you carry two watches,
Jack, or is that double chain a bluff?''
Jack-? "iNo bluff, bus; I carry a Water
bury in one pocket and a Jurgcnscn in
the other."
Gus? "What's that for?"
Jack? "When a man to whom I owo
monoy asks mo the time I consult my
Watorbury, but when a Stranger or a
lady wants tho *ame information it's the
.lurgensen that gives it, and don't you
forget it.? JCjjoch.
A Man of Tnventivo 0?nlu%.
Carpenter ? ''You 6ay you want a
bureau made on anew plan ?"
Citlzonr~"Yo8, sir. 1 want it? made
with legs so that I can get my head and
shoulders under it." .
Carpenter? "Of routso, I will fill your
ordor, but you might sntlsfy my curiosity
as to why you want a bureau made in
that way." *\
Citizeo? Woll, I "want to be able to
And my collar button when I want it
without moving the bureau."? Union
Ovutitr.
? A Flfcht. >
Blobson? "Had a little tea fight at our
house last night."
Dumpsey ? ^Indeed 1"
"Yes: my wife salt! there ought to bo
two t'a in better, and I said there ought
to bo only one."
" Your wife wfa right."
, "Eh I Right T a 'or heaven's sako,
don't tell hof, or she'll never let up on
me. I'rti president of the Burlington
Business Men's Literary Club."- v/ur
lingtbn fa* Pre*.
liOolts JR In ok for tl?? Witness*
"Yes, sir, "said tho wit ne*s, "he fell
out of the sixth story window, Thoro
were el* of us In tho room at tho time ;
thfare wasriodunrfel; wo weroatl frlonds,
and there had beeiitto drinking. He was
sitting lb tho open window talking, and
suddenly lost his balance and fell out."
" What was^ie talking about*" asked
a juryman. v
"Ho was felling some smart things
h}? six y*ar old 1)oy>aid."
And very piomptly the coroner held
all five of (hem to await the result of tho
wounded man's injuries.
v; viwi ftlfttit,
"That Mrs. Ostentatious is outside,
sir.'4 said the clerk, entering ike private
Office* "She *ant# to open an aoconnt
with ii,.* . .
> ^Cmphf ' returned the tatto*, begin
nlhfc to meditate. "Do you kmufcany
"s,;1:,
ntnt in ?oola\ olrnles." ?? ?
"H$w often did she return that Itit
dres# to to altered!"
? 'fifteen times, sir.*
"That's all right, (Jtlggf. Credit her
with aU/ihe ne3J'^|/?.
Kv.?r ?ijvyP*" , ' * ?
Different
She had been rending of tho latest kid
napping outrago.
"George, <!e.\r, '' the asked her lover,
"how much aro vou worth t" - *
"About 000, love."
"George, suppose these horrid kid-*1
nappers should steal ? e, would you give
that $o0:)0 to get ino hack?"
"Willingly, darling, willingly. Aye,
if it were ijiillions instead of^thouMinds
I would g>vo it up jji^plU fTirtojipur, "
ho answjrfcd, a* he fomed hor in hit lov
ioBombrace. , _
Tbey arojwirried now and tho ?C?^00
stilfcgoeV'lJut with this diflereuce, tlmt^
George now wants to givo it to the kid-\
nappers. ? S'jtiuy.
Her Ijahi Request. '
"It's a'l over, Lil. Carl refused me
,tht? morning. 'Ftop on jour way down
town aud get mo a two-ounoo bottlo of
laudanum. It's wy last request."
"Don't take it6o to heart, dear. You'll
get ovor it in time."
"I never shall ? nover! I tell you 1
won't live another day. And say! stop
into Mis9 Criinmins's on your way back
and seo if that dove colored opera cloak
of mino ib (hushed. She promised to
have it doj&'bv Thursday, so I could
wear it to tho opora with Harry Jenkyns.
He'd be so disappointed if I couldn't
go." ? judge.
Within the (iaips.
Plcndor Youth ? "I am very anxious,
a'r, to enter tho noble profession of
journalism, 1 1 o become master of the
givat questions and miirhty truths ol
civ.lization, to mold public opinion in
tho right "
A bio Editor ? "Certainly; I under
stand your feelings perfectly, and 1 am
ever ready to extend a helping hand to
aspiring youth. I will give you a trial
at once. Did you notice my editorial
this morning denouncing the brutal
sport of prize fighting and referring tc
Jako Slugger as a low down, cowardly
blot on the face of humanity?''
"Ye', sir."
"Well, wc are short |of reporters to
day, and I wi>h you would interview
Slugger and see what he thinks about
it. " ? Ph Had. Iph vi Jic'trJ.
"Why Didn't Sho Say So.
"Oh, Mr. Bixby; wait a moment,
you ; "
"Oh, I ain't got timo to wait. Itt
tiino for my car now, t^nd "
"Hut, I only "
"I shan't have time to go gallivanting
around doing errands for you to day,
Mrs. Bixby. "Hanged if I "
"But James, I simply wanted "
"Oh, I know ? you simply, want ?
spool #of number yfi thread and a card ol
pearl, buttons, and a basket of grapes,
and a yard of elastic, and forty- niu?
other things; and "
"James, I Ju>t wanted "
>'- *f'l tell you ils time for my car, and )
shall bo too busy to get anything, to-day,
? "Well for heaven's sake say it quick,
then/aod let- me -go,^ ftioftt see why
; ?J simply wanted to toll you that your
collar "was unbuttoned and that youi
necktie had slipped hali-wav round."
"Well, why the dcuco didn't you saj
so, instead of keeping me here all daj
and there goes my car!" ? Time.
Tho Enervating Sirocco.
Most of tho hot winds of the Old
World are modified forms of tho simoon.
Tho sirocco originate-* in tho Sahara and
travels norihward to the Mediterranean
and Southern Europe, but it is not sc
dendly as its prototype. Itbrings witb
it great quantities of the desert sand, aud
the air becomes so dense at times that
the sun is obscured aa if by a London fog.
WJiilo it remain# on the African main
land it is characterized by a very marked
dryness, as there are no extensive water
surfaces to supply it \ylth molsturo. Aa .
soon, ho wo for, as it is launched over the
Mediterranean it Logins to tako up copi
ous draughts', so that whor. it reaches
Malta, Sicily, and tho southern shorosof
Europe as a wind . from between south
east and southwest, it has undorgono a
change from a hot dry wind to a hot
damp wind. Tho result of this altera
tion is that it becOmos most enervating
to* the human constitution. Indeed,
while it prevails, from ono to sevoral
days at a timo, life is scarcely worth liv
ing, so doprOJsing and burdensome is the
wind, it is "tha plumhcun Autter of
Horace. Unman energy is rjuito dissi
pated under its fatiguing influonce, and
with a temperature ranging between
ninoty-flve degreed and ono hundred
aud ton degrees tho streots of the town
a floated by it aro deserted. According
to tho Italians a stupid book is put
down as " ora scritto in tempo dol
soirocco. " To tho Sicilians tho oppres
sive wind is a perfect plnguo, for,
although naturally indolent, they cannot
stand tho further loss of energy induced
by it. During its prevalence iron rusts,
clothes Hpo.l with mildew, meat turns
putrid, grapes and green Itiaves wither,
wino will not fu?o, and j aint will not dry.
Sicily exper ouccs tho sirocco about a
do/on times a yfear, but it is not so fre
quontly mot with in other parts of Ku
ropo. There is no mistaking .tho origin
of the wind, as tho roddifth sand is Htill
present wlion it arrives on tho northern
shores of tho Mediterranean and catmos a
m sty atniosphoio. In Turkey tho sirocco
is known ai tho Sainiol, or flumyel, n
name identical in moaning with simoon.
It Is supposed to have Somo connection
with cattlo dheaso in the south of i'.us
sin. On the Spanish Mediterranean
coast the wind draws more to tho east,
and is known locally as the solano, a
damp wind, ftofletlmos accompanied by
rain, causing feverishness, dizziness, Hrnl
restlessness, and people are s 6 "dono^ip'
under it* debilitating inliuoflco that' We
must "ask no favor during tho solano."
Accbrding to tllfc Spaniards opty a pig
and an Englishman are Insonslfclo Uf this
wretched breeze.-*- OornhlU Af(?ffmin?..
? ? ? i t ? ?
A Gigantic Iron llortie.
A giant Mklrrtotlvft is being construct
cd in Boston?*: Jt lS for use on the Atch
ison Nosd, apu has two cabs, one ovei
the boiler for the engineer, and the othei
la the usual place fofjthfe firemen. The
drivlngL wheels are of paper, with steel
tiro*. Economy in fuel is accomplished
by a pump, which utilise, the exhaust
steam to heat water, ^atfU pi a large com
eighty mile* an hour, with te^^^^^
RELIGIOUS READING.
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Striving.
Them is no rest without the to'1,
The patient, strong endeavor:
'TIs ho who wins dmdca tbo spolj^
Tho coward takes It, uever.
Wo cannot ull the prlz?s talttq
Wo cannot nil bo thriving; m
Wo can our evil self forsake?
Wo always can bo strlvlDg.
To dare is better than to doubt^
For doubt is always grievingf
'Tis faith that finds tho riddles
Tho prleo is for belioving.
To do 1* t>ottor than to dream;
^ Life has enough of sleepors; '~W
To be Is lettwr than to seem? ^ '
Tho bowers nro tho renpor^L^#
? [Rov. Henrywurton.
A Common Chg4ktlnn Thought.
Christ. ans remembering their sainted kin
dred dead, and hoping that t\ oy also are re
membered by them, may [and do look for
ward to tho time of thoir own doparturo
from cnrih, when the present buspension of
inlnreoe.'sn ttetween them will come to an
end, and will uh?n win I relations sundered
by denth will l?u .ib'i>l;r-d. not in the
form and with nil tho I'ircunistHnve.s mark
ing them in this wor d, but in a sen?o that
will involve mutual r cognition nud reunion
in a better world, and lx> a source of heaven*
ly pleasure. This is a common Christian
thought, affording delightful anticipation in
Mils earthly sevne, ntul Komewhat mitigat
tng the griefs of bereavement; und though
vjt a miller of direct and positive reve
.ation, it is not without n rational
p'obnliiliiy in its favor. It is.n much hotter
thought t hun the horrid creed of tho skepti
cal materialist, who sees nothing in doatli
but an absolute extinction of our conscious
being. Tho instincts of our naturo welcome
tho thought, and are <iuito willing to regard
it as true, ovon without a positive and ex
plicit revolution afllrming Its truth. Bid to
ufTection ami sad to ho|>e, would it be if
ftarth's farewell was llual. God Ixj praised
that bettor pi ssibilities nnd I o'tor probablll
ties are within tho roach of our faith and
oo n i mend themselves to our aweptanc*.?
l.l nd?pendont.
National Knt litis! asm.
Ono cannot contemplate without deep In
terest the enthusiasm of a great nation, nnd
it is well worth whilo'to study tho progress
of a general election canvass in tho United
States. Quo subject absorbs tho attention
of tho entiie land. Everywhere there are
clubs, meetings, processions badges and ban
ners. Tho-best of speakers nro secured at
tho cost of millions of dollars to ouch great
part j', tho papers are full of political nutters,
tno quostions at issuo nro hotly debated . in
every circle, and money is given with a
lavish hand for campaign expenses. No
doubt there is much evil mingled with all
this: large amounts of money nro wasted*
and a frightful bum is spoilt in purchasing
votes nnd influence. Tho zeal of many id
Iiromoted by desire for ofilco more than by
ove of tho country. Yet on the other hand
the Interest of the mass of voters is truly
patriotic; large sacrifices of time and meant*
nro inailo from nobly unselfish motives, and
tho univorsal and oager discussion of Im
portant questions of public j>o)icy does much
to instruct our people and iiiu;ea*e their pa
triotism.
. "it is good to be, zealously atfocted in it
good thing," and^ we Und niiic^j^v.^jpprove
genoral enthusiasm in ndVAhcJtfgr 'Christ'fl
kingdom in tho eurth; a similar lively ap
proclatlon of the urgency of thai oause, as
Keen nn that wortci for or
time and money to seenro its tril. ?
the children of light wcr? as wlso in their*
generation as the Child ron of this world, how ?
6wi(t would bo tho pro^rta^ of the cause in
which all the hopes of mankind em
barked I? fArnurican Massonger.
Tho Shut In Soctoly.
AitoHlmt In Bocioty, mention of wbiob hw
been so often made in paper and poriodloal,
is doing a good work among invalids, for to
tnko ono's thoughts from one'a Own suffer
ings, and bccome interested In. (ho welfare
of another is one of the surest wjjys of be
coming happy Mrs. J. M. D. Couklln of
Convent. N. J., is prosldoit of this associa
tion, ana Mrs. Mnrv L. DickeriHon is the edi
tor of tho Opon "Window, a twenty-pago
monthly magazine, the organ of the associa
tion. Now, while tho sympathy of other in
valids is very grateful, it sot-ma to mo that a
good, full letter from n healthy person who
goes about tho world, and is ulivo to all of
its activities, must be moie r.-lioertng and
welcome to a shut In. How 0110 tiealtuy par
son can choor and comfort a whole houso full
of inviillrisi What a field is open to women
of means an<l lei lire, if they will only look
about (hem. Indeed one has hardly to look,
eo plentifully do these eases appear, and ap
peal to ortr sympathies. ? Rich women are
longing for careers wherein to dis
til. guish themselves, and not only for
tho sake of distinguishing themselves, but in
many cases to make themselves useful to
their fellow lielugs. Monoy is all-powerful,
and tho rich woman has a wider sphere of .
usefulness than she could enjoy witnmitt tho
accompani mt- nb of money. On, the hi***
lugs to a sick room that money can supply.
A young girl who delighted in making
pimer (lowers, and nbo was happy In a beau
tiful home, imagined how a children's hospi
tal might ho brightened by natural looking
bunches of those bright things, ar.r* accorcf
uigly iniwle n number of boxen ol ItiehT, and
sent to tho hospital to bo put up about tho
room. And po there are innumerable ways
in which the rloh may *weeton and brighten
tho lives of tho poor, and especially tho suf
fering. among both of which perhaps a num- ,
ber o( the Shut Irts may bo reckoned.
I lie ICmporor mid (ho
A story Is told* of a certain Indian mon
arch, many yoavs ago, ? who took n groat in
terest In hii people, but who made very
strlet laws, and severely punished (hoso of
his subjects who broke (hem, Ho Wal fond
of going about In all partn cf (he country
d rouged in rough clothes Hko ? to
seo whether his peoplo wero well 6r HPti onteo,
and how his laws wero observed. Although
ho was very Kind, th'elo wero many persons
who hated him bittorjy and thought him un
just nifd cruel.
On ono occasion, an ho was walking
through tho city, there wasn terrible up
roar? men, women and children running
in all directions, and screaming as if well
nigh frightened to death. Aj* enormous
elephant had broken Icoko in ft fltofrago
from ono* of tho grout banfaars, and WM
t-'ai ing through tiie streets, destroying nil
before it.
*A j>oor, little, half-starved child had
slipped, and fallen in tho oloohont'H traok;
and in Another moment would have been
] oruslicd to death. Hut a man, dressed nn a
HMborer, nprnng out in front of tne furious
Wftst, caught up tho child and leaped Imok
| just In time to escape tho charge of the el?v
, pliant As the man jumped back, Ills turban
{ * fell oft and every one saw that he who had
risked his life to save a little child was none
other than the emperor himself.
But we read in tho Scriptures of tha King
of kings, who lieoame rwor that poverty
stricken rel>el? might be tpftde rloh (2 Cor. *
vlil, 9). And the Havlouf not only risked
j his life to rescue poor, perishing man, but
. deliberately offered himself afeacriflce for
' sins; Iwovin? a sulmtitute for (he sinner, and
"hare our sins in his own body oil the tree"
(I Pet. 11, 24).
I Have yon, nay friend, received the TxMrd
' Jesus Christ as your Saviour? "As many *?
I rfceived Him, to them gavo lie power to b*?
come the sous of God, even to th?m thae tfc
' HeVe on his name" (John I. 12). ' He that
belleveth on th* Son hath everlasting Ufeiv"'
And he that believeth not th > Hon shall not
* life: but tho wrath of God abMeth on
Eim (John HI, M),