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' ,"a?; ' ^ *: A PRISMATIC COURTSHIP" Woman's Home Companion. The Fueret Bismarck was just leaving the dock at Hoboken. Up and down the gangplank surged a moving throng?stewards laden with hand baggage, trucks piled with steamer trunks, girls in seagoing costumes with their arms filled with roses and faces bright with anticipation, older women with sober countenances, speaking seriously to grown sons and daughters, who were to be left behind, business men, look ing important, and college graduates, still care-free and intoxicated with their newly found liberty. It was a motely crowd, pushing, chatting, laugh ing in the bright June sunshine. Tho orrmor flnnr.dftd for the last time. the stewards rushed aboard, shouting, " All ashore I" and the final messages arose in chorus. Slowly the great ship swung around and the cable loosened. The faces on the dock were gradually lost in a confused sense of - oolor. w We are really off, auntie," said a girl's voice, gayly. "Now, don't cry, for you know you are delighted to go. Uncle Tom will be all right without you. Indeed, I've no doubt he will enjoy himself hugely." She laughed mischievously and put her arms around her portly companion, who sniffed audibly behind her handkerchief. John Towner, who was standing by, glanced at the pair as they disappeared in the cabin. "Pretty girl," he murmured, as he ohose a cigarette. " If she were only Priscllla, now, what a heavenly time we would have!" He sighed pen-, sively. "However, there's no use wasting wishes over that, and I suppose I'd better be getting my seat at the table." I As he took his place in line in the j dining saloon the same pretty girl stood near mm. sne spooa so near, in fact, that as he gave the steward his card her eye fell upon it as it lay on the table. A. look of bewilderment and intense embarrassment crossed her face; she flashed painfully and S* meed involuntarily at him in evident tress. Towner stared back at her in astonishment. In an instant she recovered her composure, drew herself ?np haughtily and turned away. " What in the name of common Bense was the matter with her ?" he muttered, as he sought his stateroom. " I never laid eyes on her before and why should she be so awfully upset on seeing me, or rather, on seeing my name, passes me." He sat down on the edge of his berth to think it over. He was, perhaps, unused to the ways of the world ; still, .He had had four years at college and flattered himself that he knew something of society. But this experience was a new one to him. He felt strangely flattered by the unknown's mysterious knowledge of his name. "She will probably sit near me," he thought, " and I will And out what the trouble is." It was with undue haste that he sought the table at the first sound of the gong, but his eye searched in vain the faces of those near him. Evidently she had given the steward particular instructions to put her seat as far as nnaaihiA from the one labeled " Mr. have avoided. I can't tell you the story ?it's a secret?but it's about the girl r he's engaged to, and1 it's going to be very embarrassing to me." " Dear me, PrisciUa, how 1 do wish you had toid me before!" said her aunt, oomplainingly. " Your habit of reticence is most annoying. I've asked him to change his seat to the one next you at table, and he is going to. Indeed, he rather suggested it. So we will have to see him all the time." . "Never mind, auntie ; it's Nemesis, that's ail," said her niece, with calm despair. That Towner felt the frigidity of the atmosphere as they met at luncheon was inevitable. But with a chee -ful Manlntinn ha ant himuplf tn nvftrmmfl Miss Barton's open dislike. His tact, his gayne&s, his avoidance of all difficult subjects, and, above all, the utter absence of questions from.his conversation, gradually thawed the : chill of the girl's manner, and by the next day she was almost her own bright, easy self once more. A light rain now set in, and Mrs. Hunter was kept in the cabin for several days by fear of rheumatism. Priscilla, however, and Towner sat in their cosy nook on deck, and enjoyed it after youth's reckless fashion. Suddenly the moment came so dreaded by the girl. " Mrs. Hunter tells me you are from Vassar, Miss Barton, and I want to ask you about Miss North. As she is in your class, you must know her, and as your aunt has probably told you, I am engaged to her." ' j "In that case, Mr. Towner, you must know her far better than I," replied l Priscilla, smiling constrainedy. " Miss Barton, please don't think it j queer, but I well tell you a secret. You have been so kind to me, and have such a?well, almost a sisterly way of treating a fellow, if you will ex- < case my saying so, that I know you will ( advise me what to do. Indeed, it seems t a* if my meeting you were really pro- ] videntiaL" 1 " Don't you think, Mr. Towner, that j you would much better not tell me. 1 You see, I am a stranger to you, and J Sobn Towner, Billoxi, Miss./' for he finally discovered her at the extreme limit of the room. He watched her a* well, as he could,' but he caught onJy one furtive glance, and then her eyes remained glued to the table during the mwal. The next day the ship rolled badly, and neither the "unknown fair" nor her aunt appeared. Towner wrote letters and smoked, but the day seemed - interminable. The third morning was bright and sunny and the decks were crowded. "Where shall 1 put your chair?" % said a despairing voice at Towner's elbow. "The steward bas disappeared, and there isn't an empty inch of room." ." Allow me!" he exclaimed, inward' ; iy rejoicing, as he seized the steamer ohairT "There's a nice sheltered place just around thecorner," and he led the way. " Thank yon so mach," said the aunt, sighing, as she dropped heavily into the comfortable Seat as he settled it. 111 still feel the effects of yesterday's illness. Priscilla, dear, cant yon find v | place, too ?{' The girl flushed again and turned abruptly away. * "Thank you, auntie, but I am going for a book, she called back over her shoulder. - . Towner tucked the rug snugly around the elder lady's feet. " Might I bring my chair, too ?" he inquired with becoming meekness. "It is so pleasant here." "By all means," was the gracious reply, and in a moment the two were engaged in conversation. "That's a most charming young man, my dear," said Mrs. Hunter, complacently, as she smoothed her - hair tor luncheon. " His name is Towner, and he is from the South. He has graduated from Cornell, and is going abroad on a business trip. He is engaged to aVassar girl," a Priscilla somebody.11 told him you were at Vas'sar, and must know her, as she is a junior, too." * " Oh, you told him I must know 1" repeated her niece. " Certainly I did. He is anxious' to ^ meet you, and as be is engaged, of Course it is ail right for you to know him. Indeed I told him I hoped we should sec a great deal of him. He is .really delightful, and it's so convenient > *3 have some one to fix your chair and run errands, yon know." Priscilla groaned." " Well, auntie, you've done it this time 1 Mr. Towner 4a *Ko nna man In all tka vn.lrl T baiiIH in a* week we shall separate and pro bably never meet again, and then you would regret having conSded in me. Oh, I am quite sure you would better not!" 44 I know it would seem foolish under other circumstances, Miss Barton, but when I tell you the story you will understand my anxiety ; if you will allow me?" He leaned eagerly forward, and Priscilla dropped her eyeB in confusion. Taking her silence for consent, he began : 44 You, see, it was this way. I'm an only child, and I've seen little of young people. 1 had a tutor, and never went to school until I came North to college, and you can imagine it was rather an ordeal to be thrown suddenly among so many men. I kept rather to myself, and didn't meet many fellows. There was one man there, however, who was very good to me ; his name was rial ^ * _ J* isomers. ' Priscilla turned her head still father away and picked nervously at the fringe of her steamer rug, "One day," continued Towner, "he brought;i?e the photograph of a pretty girl. It was one of those soft, rather indistinct pictures, like a composite, you know, only it wasn't one. It had such deep, beautiful eyes, and such a way of seeming to look a fellow right j through that it made a strange impression on me. It was of Hal's cousin, a girl at Vassar, Priscilla North. Weil, before I knew where I was, he got me into a correspondence with her by sending messages first, and then notes. I never wrote to a girl before, but if all girls write as she does, they are a bright set. Why, Miss Barton, her letters fairly scintillated 1 And no two were alike; there was the charm of it. They were 'from grave to gay, from lively to severe,' only all were simply exquisite. No wonder I fell in love with her I Well, to make a long story short, we became engaged, and then, naturally, I wanted to see her. And here the strange part begins. I - can not meet her ! I am never to see her 1" " That is?rather peculiar," murmured Priscilla. "Peculiat. It's unaccountable 1 She says she is forbidden to make acquaintances by her grandfather, with whom she lives, so 1 can't go to the college. At the end of the term she rushes off West?she lives in Wisconsin. And in vacation she travels! And here I am in the ridiculous position of being engaged to a girl I've never seen. Now, Miss Barton, I beg you to tell me all about her. You know her, of course." Towner leaned his head on his hand and cazed earnestly at the girl. She slowly turned her eyes from the horizon and bent them on him with a troubled expression. How handsome he looked with that eager face ; how hie hair curled in little damp rings about his temples! She turned away again. " Mr. Towner," she began after a pause, " 1 can not say that I do not know Mi83 North. I?I would rathei not talk about it," she ended abruptly Towner stared at her. " Why, what can you mean?" he said, incredulously. "Surely you must know her Whal possible reason can there be for youi silence ?" Priscilla still hesitated. Then suddenly turning impetuously to him, she said, with little gasps between hei sentences: "Mr. Towner, you will never, nevei forgive me, but you ought to know the truth, and I suppose I must be the one to tell you. Hal Somers is my cousin. That was a composite photograph, touched up so it looked like ar ordinary one. And there is n^Pris cilia North I I've been dreadfully ashamed of the part I've had in it, though it wae only lending half my name, and copying the letters for the girls, so they would all be in one handwriting. After all, I'm glad of a chance to end it! I don't ask you to forgive me, but I do want to say I'm heartily ashamed and sorry." Towner had turned very white. " I don't understand," he said very slowly at-last. " Sommers is your cous in, but you did not write the letters.' " He knew any number of the girlj at college, but it was in coming to see me he suggested the plan to the others." " How many were in this pleasant arrangement ?" inquired Towner, in s hard tone. "Only three," replied Priscilla, de preoatingly. "You see, Hal suggested that you needed to be educated to i knowledge of women, and from more than one side. Most men know lots ol girls, you see, and you knew none, sc these three said they would form i sort of prism, and you should see the three sides of the ewig-weibliche, you know." " * * - i ' - a - - 3 ft ?u m " l qo Know, inueeu, sam x owner, frimly. "I know more of women than ever dreamed." "It was only a schoolgirl trick," pleaded Prisciila, u and we nevei meant to hurt you. We thought yon really would be amused when yon knew?" " Amused 1" exclaimed the man, 'with an unmirthful laugh. ".You play with a man's best feelings and expect him to be amused! Those girls must be specimens of the (new woman1 i heard defined the other day. ^ne who had forgotton how to be a lady, and not learned to be a gentleman I"1 " I don't wonder you feel so," said Prisciila, humbly, and then there was a long silence. When the gong rang for luncheon Towner rose and helped her to her feet in silence. " Aren't you coming down ?" she inquired, timidly. " Thanks, no; I've food for thought," he replied, lifting his hat formally. The next days were gloomy enough. Towner seldom appeared at meals, and when he did he was taciturn. As Mrs. Hunter talked incessantly she did not notice his silence, but Prisciila felt cowed by it. " Gibraltar tomorrow 1" called some one as they stepped on deck after dinner on their last day. The girl involuntarily glanced at Towner, who stood near, and caught his^yes fixed on her with a softer light than they had ever known. Hap heari felt lighter: she h&d suf fered these past days from remorse. Mrs. Hunter soon went to her stateroom to pack, and Priscilla stood alone near the bow of the boat. The air was soft and summer?like ; the moon shone bright and clear from a deeply purple sky. She turned at the sound of footsteps. Towner stood be?ide her. "Our voyage is over," he said. "Are you going to make any reparation for my wrongs ?" "How can I?" she inquired, faintly. " You have taken away one Pris-, cilia from me; I loved her. I wss engaged to her. The least you can do is to give me another Priscilla in her place." " But you don't know me?" " I know you as well as I knew her," he said firmly. " But you corresponded with her," she faltered. " So I will with you." There was a pause. Towner loosed anxiously at the girl, who again wilfully kept her eyes averted. "But bow can I make amends," she exclaimed, at length, "when there was no other Priscilla at all ?" " You can give me one now," he replied, fondly laying his hand on hers as it rested or the railing. "Perhaps it's my duty," she murmured. "I'm sure it is," he replied, and dssed her. ?John L. Williams, a wealthy banker of Richmond, Vs., is said to be the lonor of the $100,000 recently given for ;he erection of a hospital in that city, [t is to be known as the Charlotte Williams hospital, in memory of a roung daughter of Mr. Williams, who < ras drowned at Old Point Comfort in < .888* U A JOYOUS GOUDEN WEDDING. 1 FIFTY-SIX YEARS OF BLINDNESS S His Sight was Restored and He Saw His Wile and Children for the First 1 Time. A singular story is that connected with the golden wedding which tcok place in Angelica, New York, a few ] days ago. For the first time in his t fifty years of wedded life the patriar- ^ chal father looked on the faces of many i of his children and children's children gathered about him. Four days before e Edwin O. Osgood's sight was restored r to him after fifty-six years of total g blindness, and he saw for the first time i his wife and sons and daughters. Tne t skill of the surgeon's knife restored to \ the aged man the sight of his youth, j which came to him as the most glorious } gift of his long life. > j " For years I prayed for this great g Grift " aairi Oafrood. " and I can hardly i e> "*i ?? ?o > _ realize thot it has come to me at last. ] Oh, it is a golden sunset of a life of joy and happiness." Osgood's faithful wife and overjoyed children made a happy company at the simple country home of the old , couple. Neighbors and friends came ] from miles around to offer their bless- , ings and congratulations. i Of the many strange events that have happened to mankind, probably none j was more thankfully received than that which fell to the lot ef Edwin O. Osgood. He was born in Wells, Bradford County, Pa., seventy-three years ago, and his early life was the same as that of the average country boy until , he reached his seventeenth year, when a cataract formed over both eyes, and in three months he was completely blind. Medical science in western Penn ensylvania in the early ferties was not what it is today, and the local doctors gave no hope that he ever would recover his sight. Led by a small dog, Osgood started out as a peddler, carrying a pack of fancv goods and cheap jewelry. His faculty for handling money and detecting counterfeit coins became so acute that he never met with a loss. While traveling over the country, disposing of his wares, he met the woman who now is his wife and married her, eleven children being the result of this union. Mrs. Osgood is four years his junior. After marriage Mr. and Mrs. Osgood started in thb drug business in Bradford, Pa., which men was known as Littletown. Osgood remained in the drug business for fifteen years, much of which time he was alone in the store. Knowing the exact location of ' each drug, he had no difficulty in mixing any prescription asked for, and in " * " * - ? ? ? - - ? ? J m 1 f tbe entire ume as was cvuuwwu trmu . the pharmacy, no mistakes could be attriouted to his lack of sight. While in ttie. drug business Osgood purchased a number of houses and several acres of land in what now is -the city of Bradford. So, when oil was struck and the price of land doubled each year, the Osgoods found themselves possessed of wealth. Selling out the drug business,> they moved to Angelica, where Mr. Osgood, assisted by his wife, embarked in the furniture and undertaking business. In these years several unsuccessful attempts had been made to restore Mr. Osgood's sigh;, and an elder brother, afflicted in a like manner, regained full possession of his sight through an operation performed in Elmira. At a family reunion held ten years ago the entire family was present, consisting of Osgood's wife and eleven children. Thirteen sat down to dinner, and one of the children, somewhat superstitions, remarked upon the number seated at the table. His fears were laughed at by those assembled, but before the year had passed they had occasion to recall the incident, as Arthur, the youngest son, was drowned while in swimming the following July. Nine years ago Mr. Osgood retired from active business, spending much of his time since under the care of eye specialists. An Elmira physician finally made the successful attempt. By slitting the eye both ways and removing the lens Osgood was enabled to see for the first time in more than half a century. The doctor first held up his hand before Osgood's eyes, after removing the bandages. Osgood recognized it immediately. Later a knife was held before his eyes and he also recognized this. The bandages were then readjusted and Osgood returned to a dark room, where he was kept until his eyes healed thoroughly. When Osgood finally was taken from the dark room, once more restored fully to sight, his wife and family agreed among themselves not to speak, as he always had recognized them by their voices. A large party of neighbors also assembled, expecting their neighbor to recognize them and give them a cordial greeting When Osgood came out into the light, of course, he did not know one in the party. Plain John Murphy, a lifelong friend and near neighbor, said, "JHrotner usgooa is migniy maependent now he has regained his eyesight." 1 Osgood had no sooner heard this than he advanced to Murphy and, shaking | him by the hand, said, " 1 had an idea that was you, John, but never having 1 seen you I had to wait until you spoke.7' , Other neighbors then spoke up and he recognised them immediately by their voices. He was overcome with joy 1 when his wife and children spoke to him and he was able to see them for the first time. Later in the day he surprised his family, as well as himself, by picking up the large family Bible and reading two verses from it. It was thought that the letters he had learned as a youth of sixteen would be forgotten, but such was not the case, and now he reads the magazines and such news* papers as are printed in large type. Before he was allowed to see his family the doctor asked him what he would do if upon seeing his wife for the first time, be found her to be colored. Without hesitation the old man replied: "I will clothe her in silks for the rest of her life and stick by her just as she has stuck by me during the fifty years of our married life." When asked what opinion he had ( formed in his own mind of his wife's 1 looks before he recovered his sight, he ; said: "I made up my mind I was \ going to like her looks, no matter what they were, and her face is my ideal of i beauty in women." , Perhaps the greatest surprise to the , old man was the manner in which both , men and women dressed and wore ] their hair being so entirely different j from the style in vogue fifty-six years ] ago. At first he thought he was being j treated to a big masquerade party. Charlotte, his only granddaughter j living at home, was much offended \ when the grandpa she had known for j so many years and had always been on \ such intimate terms with, asked her, t " Whose little girl are you ?" r Mr. Osgood had pictures in his mind , of all of his family, but upon seeing c them the pictures he had drawn to i himself were shattered completely, and it has taken him four days to become familiar with each one by sight * Despite his fifty-six years of sight- d less existence, Mr. Osgood has pros* a pered in life. Today he owns twelve * rods of land on Main street, Bradford, ? that is bringing in handsome returns, ^ He also owns a farm and four houses 8j in Angelica, besides a snug sum de* 8i posited in the County Savings bank. a Most of his children are married and t] have families of their own. ti Mr. and Mrs. Osgood have twenty- h three grandchildren and three great- t< grandchildren. Forty members of the p; family were present at the old home- j( stead attending the golden wedding, tc Invitations were issued to seventy, but w it was impossible for all to attend. hi ?The President's program for Cuba y( contemplates the retirement of Gen- ?* oral Brooke as military governor and i " the substitution of a civil government >ce 311/1/ ARP DEFINES HONESTY. SOME MEN ARE AS BAD AS ANANIAS. lypocrlsy, Deceit and Exaggeration Are Not Confined to Horse Swappers. 44 Honesty is the best policy,'' said 3en Franklin, and Richard Whatley, he great theologian, added, 44 But he vho acts on that principle is not an lonest man." The truth is, that real, genuine honesty is not a policy at all, for policy equires thought, plan and generally iome dissimulation. It comes from the lead, the brain; whereas honesty is a noral principle that comes from the leart, and takes no time for thought. Policy is a cold, hard word ; hont>sty a varm, genial, neighborly one. The joets like it next best to love?Hearns - - ' ' - - * v a J i. 1> jays, " li s guia to ne iiunest aau true, md Pope says " A.n honest man's the noblest work of God." The best definition of the word is, " free from deceit, just in speech and action, fair in dealing and worthy to be trusted." 1 was ruminating about this because 3k clever country boy from whom I buy my lightwood brought me a load today and the top layers and all that was in sight were rich in rosin and clean and attractive. He wanted a dollar and a half, and I told him it was too much ; but he pleaded like a lawyer, and said he had hauled it ten miles, and that kind of pine was getting awful ecarce ; that he could have sold it down town, but he knew that I liked rich, clean Bplit pice, and so he brought it to me. He is a good-looking, hard-working boy, and so I bought it and stood by while he threw it off. The top was all right, but that out of sight was black knots or half-rotten pieces, and disgusted me. " Look here, Felton," said I, " do you know of a boy who would put his best pine in the bottom of the wagon, or who would even mix it about half and half?" "No, sir, I don't," said he; " we havent got any of that sort in the piney woods." " Don't you know," said I, " that I wouldent have given you yofcr price if I had seen intc the bottom of your wagon ?" He smiled complacently and replied : " That'll just the reason we put the best on top: we cculdent get more'n half price if we dident, and you know, major, we gel mighty little for a hard day's work, any how." " But, Feiton, that way of doinf is cheating, and they say that cheat ing never thrives. 1 should think yoi would feel ashamed to throw your loac off right here before me." "Well, now major, to tell you the truth, I was it hopes you would go in the house before I throwed it off; but everybody has te put the best on top," and he smiled al over his face. What kind of a boy if that ? Well, he is a little better thai the average of boys, or of men either as to that, for he smiles at you while he deceives you. Heard a blind phre nologist tell a man once that his bum} of covetousness was so large he woul< steal if he had a fair chance?that is if he found a man asleep with his pock othAnir under his Dillow he would taki it, bu at the same time he had sym pathy so largely developed that h< would kiss his sleeping victim befori be left him. I like that boy for hii good nature, and had rather he woul< cheat me than a boy who wouldent owi up to anything, and go off and brag ho? he got me. Yes, everybody puts thi best on top, and everybody tries to ge the advantage in a trade?not every body, but the ezoeptions are very few A man can tell a lie by concealing th< truth?when I was a lad I heard ol( Dr. Nathan Hoyt, of Athens, preach i sermon in our town, and have not for gotten how he looked straight at mi and said: 11 Little boy, you can tell ( lie by winking your eye.' My wife says Bhe was in a store oni day when a country woman cameb and asked the merchant if he couh match that scrap of gingham whicl she showed him. He said no, but hi had something very like it, and pret tier, and he finally sold it to her. Afte: she left, my wife remarked that shi might have matched it at the nez door, for she noticed the identical good in the window as she passed. " Yes, knew it," said the merchant, " but i wasent my business to tell her ; I mus sell my own goods if 1 can." That wa the kind of honesty that was policy, bu it wasent fair or neighborly?it wasen doing as you would be done by. Thi trading world is very busy concealing the truth. I bought a fine sow from i neighbor once, and she eat up a dozer chickens the day I got her. When asked him why he dident tell me tha she was a chicken eater, he smiled anc said he thought 1 would find it out sooi enough. A merchant may know tha a certain piece of prints will lade whei washed, bat he does not tell it. Yoi can hardly find a real linen bosom shir nowadays, but they are all sold fo; linen. These are not frauds of mucl consequence, but they illustrate thi scripture, which saith 11A lie sticketl close in the joints between buyer am and seller," and "It is naught?it ii naught?saith the buyer, but he goetl his way and rejoiceth." That was in i horse trade, I reckon. Hypocrisy, deceit, ezaggeration ar< not confined to traders; professiona men and politicians use all these U rroin thoir enrift. Yea. and even somi preachers will make up a pathetic story to move their hearers to tears or to give a sensational effect to the sermon. Then, there are the white liec that the women have to tell every day " Oh, I am so glad to see you ; yon art looking so well; your little girl is i dear little thing, and as pretty as s pink; do sit longer; won t yon take dinner with us ?" Sometimes she if not glad, nor is the little girl pretty, nor does she want the visitor to sit longer or stay to dinner. But these are social deceptions and keep up good will. What an awful thing it would be for a lady to tell her visitor that she had stayed about long enough, and had better go. Not long ago a lady of our town told two boys who came to see her boys that they had better go home, for they had stayed long enough, and it raised a rumpus that is not yet allayed. But the most numerous and provoking of all deceivers are the advertisers of patent medicines. Everybody knows that nine-tenths of their nostrums are humbugs and their certificates of wonderful cures are either made up or paid for, and yet the sick or the diseased will strain their credulity and take Another chance to be restored. That's All right if there is no harm in the medicine, but we do get very tired looking st the conspicuous heads and faces of doctors and patients in the lewspapers. Ordinary lying that has 10 malice in it is not a cardinal sin. It 8 not forbidden in the ten commandnents. Ananias was not suddenly punshed for lying unto men, but he had ied unto God. He sought to defraud he Lord's treasury?and there is many t church member doing the same thing iow. They make no sacrifice. They withhold a part and lie unto their own onsciences. The poor widow's mite s still a bigger thing than a rich man's arge donation. I wonder what kind of a world we rould have if everybody was good. I on't mean religious, but kind and just nd honest. Our courts and prisons rould be abolished. Just think of it. Jut it cannot be. Original sin and toll depravity and moral turpitude are bill in the way. The mystery of evil bill hangs over us. John Stuart Mill nd Herbert Spencer and other great linkers say that the Creator made le very best world and the best inabitants that He could out of the mairial that He had, but that it is imroving as the centuries roll on. And Dbn Piske says that evil is necessary > teach us what good is. That if there as no crime or pain or grief we would sve no joy or happiness and would not aow what it was. Plato said 2,000 jars ago that we had to limit Goa's nnipotence or His goodness, one or ; Le other, and many learned and sinire men, like Calvin and Edwards, have tried to reconcile predestination with free agency, but it is all incomprehensible to me and I have to fall back and entrench myself on those injunctions which say " Deal justly?love mercy and obey the Lord thy God," and the later one which says, " Thou shait love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and thy neighbor as thyself," and then accept David's faith which saith, "Though He slay me yet will I tru9t in Him." I'm not going, to strain my mind over perplexing problems that have never been solved. Mr. Fiske is a beautiful writer, but if evil was coated as a contrast so that we might know what good is then how can we enjoy heaven where there is no evil, no crime or grief or affliction. One thing I do know, that this is a beautiful world and this life is a happy one to those who choose to make it so. President Dabney of the University of Tennessee, saidjna re cent speecn at Jduntsvme: " nmgiana is about to perpetuate a great crime against the Boers in expelling them from their own domain. But this is progress and is inevitable. It is the law of nature and the law of nature is the law of God." That sounds like a strange doctrine to those who believe that God is love. The Savior said, " Offenses must needs come, but woe unto them by whom they come." Then what peril are those rulers in who have the power to oppress and use it to carry out a selfish policy. After all it is safest to be an humble, honest citizen and have no policy. Bill Arp. THE REVOLT AGAINST HANNA. The Majority of Ohio Voters Have1 Condemned McKinley's Policy? j Next Year the State Will Vote for j Bryan. The returns from the election in j Ohio show that Judge Nash, the Republican candidate for Governor secured his election by means of the candidacy of Mayor Jones, of Toledo, the independent" Golden Rule " man, and they also show that Jones is a factor in Ohio politics of no mean ability. It is declared on all sides that but for the candidacy of Jones fully three-fourths of his vote would have been cast for John R. McLean, the Democratic candidate, which would undoubtedly have elected him over Nash. Jones received about 100,000 votes. This vote represented the element in Ohio politics dissatisfied with Hanna and Republican rule. The 100,000 men who voted for Jones were opposed to continuing Mark Hanna as boss of Ohio, and the most conservative estimates are to the 1 effect that bad Jones withdrawn from 3 the race fully three-fourths of his supi porters would never have voted for , Nash, thereby giving McLean 75,000 > more votes than he received. This . would have elected him over Nash by ) a small majority. I The Democrats are charging the defeat of McLean to Jones, and the later 1 returns and calculations show that the 3 alleged endorsement of the McKinley . administration in Ohio by the election 3 of Nash is a doubtful honor. The com3 bined Jones and McLean vote is larger 9 than the vote for Nash, which undoubtI edly makes a protest against the policy 1 of the administration, and how the Re? r publicans can get any satisfaction out 3 of this result is hard to see. They t claim that the election of Nash is a . bquare victory and endorsement of the . President's Philippine policy, and 3 Mark Hanna's defense of the trusts, but 1 this is not borne out by the returns. In 3 Hanna's own district, Cleveland and . Cuyahoga County, be was overwhelm3 ingly defeated by Jones and McLean, i the former carrying the county by 14,000, in the face of the fact that Han3 na made speeches in every ward and a appealed to the voters to sustain the I administration and Republican rule, i Instead they voted for Jones and Mc3 Lean, leaving the McKinley candidate r far behind. r The fact is that while Judge Nash 3 has been elected and will be Governor, t he is not the choice of the majority of a Ohio, and by their votes they have reI pudiated the Republican party and t administered a stinging blew to Mct Kinleyismtand* Hannaism by casting a b majority vote against them in favor of t Jones and McLean. The result shows t that the people wanted a change, but 3 they differed between McLean and I Jones as to who was the beat man to % put at the helm of State. The feeling i of the Jones and Mcl<ean followers is r hitter airainat Hanna and McKlniev. and the election of Nash represents the minority in Ohio. It is a case of the minority electing the Governor. Jn other words, the opposition to the McKinleyi administration and Hannaism in the State consists of the majority of the voters, yet by their division and difference as to candidates the majority loses control of the State. The question has been asked how the opposition vote would go in a presidential election, and this problem will give food for thought in Ohio and throughout the country for the next several months. With the same issues before the people in a national campaign how would the Jones vote go?to Bryan, say, or McKinley ? It is true that the Jones followers are even more b.tter against Hanna rule than the Democrats. They represent a revolution in Ohio politics which, with all his power and the power of the adminis tration, Hanna cannot subdue. Jones' 100,COO followers, or at least threefourths of them, are in open revoit against the policy of Banna and the administration as shown by their frenzy in voting for Jones when they knew he could not be elected, thus throwing away their vote to administer a rebuke to the Republicans. It is asserted that the greater part of this vote will go to Bryan nextyearif he is the Democratic nominee, because the Jones men want a change, being disgusted with the rule of Hanna. * The followers of McLean and the leading Democrats are taking this view of the situation and they are asserting that it wiil be an easy thing to carry the State next year against McKinley and Hanna by simply combin ing the Democratic and Jones independent vote. The Hero Married.?Admiral Dewey again surprised the public by getting married sooner than the public expected. Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred M. Hszen were married quietly at the rectory of St. Paul's Catholic church, in V. street, N. W., Washington at 10 o'clock, Thursday morning. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. James P. Mackin, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev. Joseph H. Foley, assistant pastor, and the Rev. Sidney Hurlbut. The ceremony was of the simplest character, according to the rites of the Catholic church, and the only witnesses besides the officiating clergymen, were Mrs. Washington McLean and Mrs. Ludlow, wife of General Ludlow, mother and sister respectively of the bride, and Lieutenant Caldwell, Admial Dewey's secretary. Great crowds were waiting outside " the MuLean mansion expecting the Admiral and Mrs. Hazen to appear for 1 a drive. It was while the expeciant crowd was congregated at the McLean mansion that the ceremony was per- \ formed. t m i ^ < ?An American company has leased j the San Juan battlefield, near Santiago, j Cuba, and will build a roadhouse on e the site of the destroyed fort, introduc- e ing other features to make the place . an attractive resort. The owners had { intended to fill in the trenches, hut the promoters of the new enterprise will * leavethe se intact. j ?Mrs. Margaret E. Sangster, wu n for over ten years has been the editor * of Harper's Bazar, has resigned that ? position and joined the editorial corps 8 of The Ladies' Home Journal, in which ti magazine she will hereafter conduct a h prominent department * * b BULBS FOB YOUHG2MEN. The Advice of Experienced Men to Those Who are Starting in Lilo. St Louis Republic. Men who become successful in the latter years of their life sometimes give out the set of guiding rules to which they attribute their success. Tho following rules are said to have been formulated by Andrew Carnegie for his own guidance: 1. Never enter a barroom, not let the contents of a barroom enter you. 2. Do not use tobacco. 3. Concentrate. Having entered upon a certain line of work, continue and combine upon that line. 4. Do not shirk.; rather go about your task. Do not let any young man think he has performed his full duty when he has performed the work assigned him. A man will never rise if he acts thus. Promotion comes from exceptional work. A man must learn where his employer's interests lie and push for these. The young man who does this is the young man whom capital wants for a partner and son-in-law. He is the vrmnor man whn. hv and hv. rwinhp.R the head of the firm' 5. Save a little always. Whatever be your wages, lay by something from them. 6. Never speculate. Never buy stocks or grain on margin. 7. Never indorse. When you enter on business for yourself, never Indorse for others. It is dishonest. All your resurces and all your credit are the sacred property of the men who have trusted you. If you wish to help another, give him all the cash you can spare. Never indorse: it Is dishonest. Another set of rules lor young men to follow are laid down by a man who built up an immense business, the ramifications of which extended all over the United State. They will bear persual and are as follows: Keep good company or none. Never be idle. If your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend to the cultivation of your mind. Always speak the truth. Make few promises. Live up to your engagements. Keep your own secrets, if you have any. When you speak to a person, look him in the face. Good company and good converse tioa are the very sinews of virtue. Good character is above all tbi else. Your character cannot be essentially injured except by your own acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let your life be so that none will believe him. Drink no kind of intoxicating liquors. Ever live (misfortune excepted) with In your income. When you retire to bedf think over what you have been doing during the day. Make no haste to be rich, if you would prosper.' Small and steady gains give competency, with tranquility of mind. Never play at any game of chance. Avoid temptation, through fear you may not withstand it. Earn money before you spend It Never run into debt unless you see a way to get out again. Never borrow if you can possibly avoid it. Do not marry until you are able to support a wife. Never speak evil of any one. Be just before you are generous. Keep yourself innocent if you would be happy. Save when you are young to spend when you are old. Read over the above maxims at least once a week. BOB BURDRTTE'S RELIGION. He Marries a Rich Presbyterian Woman and Quits the Baptists. Bob Burdette is swinging 'round the circle on his lecturing tour again, accompanied by Mrs. Burdette. Well and good. There is quite a romantic little story about the marriage of the funny widower to his present wife. She was a very rich California lady, one of the pillars, financially of the fashionable Presbyterian church in the town in whioh she lived. Bob, who has always been very much of a Baptist and something of a Baptist preacher, met her and was fascinated with her, at the very time when the pulpit of her church was vacant. He proposed to her and was accepted and at the same time the fashionable Presby. --1 -1- l_ 4V. kerittii uuurvu 11 tuo iau; wiwu prvpoaed to him and was accepted. What did it matter that he was a Baptist ? He switched his Baptist train front the beautiful, broad-guage river road track to the narrow guage, no stop-overallowed, Presbyterian track, with seemingly no regret or hesitation. Bob used to think the little narrow-guage Presbyterian cars were dingy and unadorned and an poetic, but then the presence of the rich madam aboard made such a difference, don't yon know ? Bob lectured at Spartanburg, S. C., last Saturday night, and preached in the Baptist church there Sunday morning. He " backed back " upon a river road side- track again long enough for one sermon. (No doubt Bob's heart is in the Baptist church, but his pocketbook is In the Presbyterian.) "Sunday afternoon," the Carolina Spartan says, referring not to a metaphorical but a real train, " he was compelled to leave on the vestibule to reach his next appointment in Chattanooga." Preaohing on " following Christ "? that was his subject?Sunday morning and then (taking a train Sunday afternoon ? Leaving the Baptist pulpit for the Presbyterian, when the swap included as " boot " a wealthy dame! Bob's religion is a nice, oomfortable and elastic one. He is a born lecturer and humorist, but somehow or other we feel impelled to oite to him the immortal message of Clerk Wimblsh, of the North Carolina penitentiary under fusion rule, to the drunken penitentiary chaplain, Rev. Dr. Babb: " Let up on preaching awhile.,'?Pittsburg I Poet. ?The Ladies' Home Journal says j that soon after Gen. Robert E. Lee went to Lexington, Va., the presidency of an insurance company was offered to him, at a salary of $10,000 a year. He was at that time receiving only $3,000 as president of the Washington and Lee University. " We do not want you MM** AAMAMI aai<) i?u UIOWUO150 oiij uuvioo, vrouuiatf oaiu the agent; we simply wish the use of your name?that will abundantly compensate us." "Excuse me, sir," was the prompt and decided rejoinder;411 can not consent to receive pay for services I do not render." Nearly every mail brought him similar propositions, and just a short while cefnre his death a large and wealthy corporation in New York city offered him $50,000 per annum to become its president. But he refused all such offers and quietly pursued his chosen path of duty. ?A rumor having gone abroad over fche country that Mrs. Stonewall Jack- 1 jon, widow of the distinguished Confed- 1 3rate general, is absolutely penniless, < In want and hopelessly ill and blind, 4 Mrs. Jackson has said to a represents- I i?e of the Associated Press that these \ itatements are very much exaggerat- j )d. It is true that she is not in comjetency, but has always been above 1 rant. Her health is somewhat im)roved and she is not blind, though till suffering from a painful disease, acial neuralgia. Appeals having been * aade all over the South for her relief, Irs. Jackson is anxious that the true (ate of the case should be known, as he is unwilling to accept any donaIons except|those offered as testiznon- 0 lis of love and admiration for her hus and* t ;? --- y d ZEBROIDS. ? Hybrids Which May Supplant? - Males?Cross Betvreen Ze- * bra and Horse. ? The Brazilian minister at Washington has famished to the bnrean of animal industry some interesting facta a boot what he calls "zebroids"?1 e., crosses between the zebra and the horse ?which are being bred by Baron de Parana on his plantation in the state of Bio Janeiro. It appears that the object of these experiments is to produce a larger and handsomer hybrid than the mule, and one which, as proved by results already obtained, is 'a more valuable animal. The baron declares that the zebroid will prove of great economic importance, and that it will be, in fact, the mule of the twentieth century, supplanting the humble but cantankerous offspring of the ass and the mare. The baron imported his zebras from Africa expressly for this purpose, and he says of the hybrids produced that they are very sprightly, though at the same time gentle and docile, and have extraordinary mnacnlar strength. Their -*r XSBBOZD THESE MONTHS OLD. size, shape, pace and disposition depend upon the dam, and so they may be bred at will for the saddle or for heavy or light draft It is only necessary to select mares possessing the qualities desired. Thus crossing with mares of the heavy Percherons or SufFolks gives zebroids that are large and very strong, while mating with Arabs and Normans produces small and slender zebroids, tractable and suitable for work that requires quickness. The hybrids are softer mouthed than mules, they never kick, and, though when first handled they have an inclination to bite, they give this up when they find that there is no Intention to hurt them. The baron's stud of zebras is derived from the Transvaal, where at the present time these striped relatives at the horse are being employed to a consider* able extent as beasts of burden and especially for coach teams. Frequently they are driven four-in-hand in the two wheeled Cape carts. They may be purchased in Pretoria or Johannesburg for , $50 to $150 each. - - ) Fattemln* Boas BartjrThe most common mistake of fanners in feeding hogs, though much lees frequently made than it used to tob Is to starve or half starve the ahimals through the early summer and only to* gin to feed heavily w!:en corahusklng begins, says the Boston Cultivator. The soft nubbins are always given first, and the pig's stomach, unused to such heavy j food, is unable to digest it, with the result that it ferments in the stomach, and this causes add to rise in the mouth, making it sore as soon as the > corn is hard fd* the pig to chew.: It is often said that allowing pigs to r run in orchards and pick up sour apples is what makes their teeth sera It is true that a pig which has sore mouth and aching teeth has also generally an , add mouth, but the sourness comes i from fermentation in the stomach, not from something sour originally put into it If the apples are cooked and dry corn is ground into meal and mixed 1 with them, there will be no sore mouth. The small potatoes, refuse beete and other roots, if cooked, and also pumpkins, make an excellent base with which , to feed any kinds of pains. The grain j may be cooked with the roots, and, thus softened, it will digest nearly as well as if dried and ground. But it - 4 * a most be remembered in reeding cooxea grain or meal that the grain swells so j that it has lees balk than grain or meal that has not been cooked. The hogs fill themselres with it. and as it digests more quickly than uncooked food they require to be fed more frequently. Tke Great iacrlots Hoc. The tables of exports published ty the treasury department indicate a marked increase in the exports of hog products for last month. The exports of bacon amounted to over 54,000,000 pounds, of hams to nearly 22,*000,000 pounds and of pork to over 10,000,000 pounds. The export of lard alone showed a slight decrease in comparison with the same period of hurt year. This exhibit is the more gratifying from the fact that the agitation of the agrarian element - in Europe, particularly in France and Germany, is mainly directed against the American hog. While this partisan agitation is not In the interest either of the German or French people, as it deprives them of cheap hog products, it has had the support of the governments. That in spite of it the export tables continue to show steady growth most be pot down to the credit of the invincible American hog.?Denver Post Artestaa Wan InrlrtOM. Tha great James river valley of South Dakota is one of the largest artesian well sections of the world. In southern California the wells are more certain sources of water supply many of the irrigation Salt lAke City has an extensive artesian well field, where six inch pipes am innk within a few yards of each other, and a large canal Is supplied from this source. In central Washington the wells are used for general Irrigation. The water la held In reservoirs and j aold at a specified rate for inch or co- , blc foot flow. It hastens germination '< of seeds because of Increasing both ' temperature and moisture and assists j trees and Tines in finny vigorous ] growth in early spring, when most , needed to withstand the ravages of ( pests and dangers of disease. A writer j tn Farm and Fireside, who cites these ) Instances of artesian well irrigation, advises as follows: In ?tnirfng wells for artesian water one must notice the sontonr of the country and ascertain g whether the watershed win justify ^ the supposition that water can be oh- t alned. Bnt in most mountainous see- T Ions the underflow is abundant and 0 pressure great. v g reoaa Trees MUi ProttalW, g Mr. Kirkpatrick recommends top o: grafting of pecan trees growing in pes- p ure lands and along the creek bet* * oms with the large paper shell rarie- ai las. There are hundreds of young trees > to 10 years old that by top grafting light be converted into valuable sot J ?z aariag trees, say* Farm and Batch. / ti iC- \ "RAZORBACK" HAM8. A Great American Product and Bew It Vu Named. 4 4 One of the best and apparently sot the least appreciated of the many Important food products which America sends to England and France is the celebrated 'Smithfleld' or 'rasorbaok* ham, for about 86,000 of such hams ass annually shipped to tboee two countries from this city," said a leading exporter of provisions in New York to a writes for the Washington Star. "In England, where the domestic hams have a tendency to be fat and coarse, our Smithfleld hams have among connoisseurs a very high reputation for leanness and great delicacy of flavor, both of which qualities are not thought to be exoelled by even the famous West phalian hams of Germany. As the .British consumer is willing to pay a fancy prioe for the product, some of our choicest "raxorbacks' are exported to John Bull's markets. "The name 'razorback* is derived from a small town on Pagan creek; near Norfolk, Va., where some hundred years ago the hama were first cured by a man named Todd of Smithfleld. The which produces the Smithfleld ham is a semi wild hog that is found in the mountains of Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee. The hog peculiar to these regions is long nosed, alahsided and has nnnsnally long legs. It is not a prepossessing animal, but when properly fed it supplies a ham that is unexcelled anywhere in the world. "Much of the fine flavor which ia characteristic of these hams is largely due to the care that is exercised by the farmers in feeding the hogs. Id summer the young <rasorbackt is allowed to run wild in the woods, and his meat thereby gains a gamy flavor by &H, when he la turned into a Add from. which crops have been gathered in order to fatten. In the district, which produces the most Smithfleld hams there are large quantities of sweet potatoes and peanuts grown. "Both these foods fatten the animal with astonishing rapidity, but the fat is still soft So the next step is to pen the hog np and give him com and ^ plenty of clear water. With this diet the animal's flesh hardens quickly to the desired extent; and he is then ready ! to kill The curing is done with Liverpool salt and saltpeter, after which the hams are washed clean and slowly smoked for 40 days over green hickory or red oak wood. Many farmers raise the hogs, bat few care them. They on sold to skillful carers, who supply the market" __ AitMtlM lire Mode. A very elaborate series of statistics -s with regard to the number of Hve stock in the Argentine Republic has just been issued, says the London Live Stock Journal, which it may be of interest to recapitulate. As regards oattfe the latest returns gave the total at 21,702,048. as agaiast 21,961,007 in 1888 (the date of the last census), so that there would appear to have been a dacrease in numbers, though against this has to be set the fact that the average weight of the cattle is nearly double what it was ten years ago. Bones an estimated at 4,446,869, aa against 4,284,082 in 1888, and of these 4,016,297 were draft hones, 414,986 of native breeds and 16,677 thoroughbreds? With its 4,600,000 horses the Argentine Republic comes next to Rnsria and the United States, and has 111 hones to every 100 inhabitants. The total for sheep is 74,879,662, as against 66,706,097 in 1888, and the Argentine is only exceeded by Australia with its 99,000,000, having 1,869 head for 100 inhabitant* The number of animals of other kinds and of poultry is as under: vm: ml itwt JBOlflf.......... tSJS StSI Goats ltta,SQ0 pics. /. 69i,T6i $mjm Oitiichw..................... 82,4flT Poultry 9,111.80 Mak... iz,msu visum It may be added that the total head of horses, cattle, sheep, pin mules i ? lM? nnafo 1amit ailiU 11ft MS uv.w7/0 ouu qvuaw * -and their value at ?76,000,000. L1t? Mock ud Ikm PlKi. > The way oat for a farmer who it heavily Id debt, says The American Cultivator, is while still con tinning Ms ordinary farm methods to malm as ~ ' many inexpensive improvements in these as he canand thus make crept pay a Utile better than they have. ijtC * Meanwhile he should nee strategy, as military men would call it looking around until he found some branch of farming which interested him and which is adapted to his farm and local* ity. This be should make a specialty,' beginning in asmaU way at flat until he can thoroughly learn the hnafnmr When he finds it pays well, then he can extend^ this specialty and perhaps in a * ^ single year make more clear profit from \ that than he had done before In 80-yeaa of ordinary farming. There . esoorea and even hundreds of these specfaHtaa in farming by which men have either lifted themselves out of debtor have made farming profitable. Soma mat- ~ have done it by growing the ohofoast stock. This requires more capital than any other method, but it also makes tha most rapid gains. A herd of chorea stock can usually be doubled in valne la three years, or if a debt were incurred to boy the stock, the debt xa/^rl be paid and the original stock-be still on band at the dose of the third year.1 There is risk in this if valuable antineit ^ die or if they are so neglected and III eared for that their value deteriorates^ But' to the extent of grading Up hlfl own stock by crossing with pure bred males this method of making stooh more valnable is within the seaqn of #* jS6. ery fanner, however poor. When he hat \ a calf growing up into a better oow titan was ever on the farm before, tha farmer in debt can see the day of hit deliverance every year drawing nwaar.' j ' i . , tot mm* Water. 3 Grazing animate seem to neadsalft more than carnivorous animate, tad especially seem to need it when their food has a large proportion of woodjj fiber, more than they do when having a succulent food, like green gam loots and ensilage. Bat with salt they need water. Sheep drink bat little atstim** yet in winto. feeding apon dry hay,' _ they drink very often. The water should be pare and clean. Stagnant water Is rften one of the caosea that bring on jtomach worms, which kill many lambg ind, if not fatal to older sheep, will-' ~ ceep them weak and in poor ouuditfian.' Preparing Trees For Wtetea t the north begin to prepare treea nd shrnba for wlntar at least by the ut of October. At the south tills hould not be delayed longer than Noember. To protect from the ravages g f rabbits, mice, eta, clear the ground round the stalk of all rubbiah, either y hoeing or mowing off close to the . A round. Appiy protection to to* doay || f the tree. This can be done by wrap- 1 tag with paper, rags, corottefti, -'M areen wire or wood reneering. 00 y J iTlflM American Agricultnrlat j Balslfy may be left out all wtsta^tt - jl eexlng la not severe, but it la em? # m dezed better te dig and otace. ;M ^seB