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THE LOST DAY.
Oh, change from same to same!
Oh, quenched yet burning flame!
Oh, new birth born of dying!
Oh, transient ray!
Oh, sp?ck of day!
Approaching and yet flying?
Pooc fn afamifv
Thou day that came in vain I
A new wave surges in the sea?
The world gro** s young again.
Come in, To-day, come in!
I have confessed my sin
To thee, young promise-bearer!
New Lord of Earth!
I hail thy birth?
The crown awaits the wearer.
Child of the age-s past!
Sire of a mightier line!
On the same deeps our lot is cast!
The world is thine?and mine!
?Charles Mackey.
rvTTTi-n mTTn n a t t a
uviiii inri
BY E. W. THOMSON.
To cross the Niagara river, opposite
the Canadian village of Chippewa, in a
skiff for the first time, is an experience
one docs not lightly forget.
The falls, two miles down stream,
seem much nearer. The great width of
the rher tends to shrink their apparent
distance; the persistent roar of the
cataract, forcing one's voice to strong effort
in speaking, appears to originate
very close by.
Having arrived at Chippewa onk June
evening, by mistake twenty-four hours
s oner than my business required, I determined
to treat myself to a day's trolling,
and with thi^ object, engaged the
help of Charley Pclton, a tine, clear-eyed,
haadsomc, powerful man of about thirty,
who was recommended to me as the best
boatman in the place.
Bright and early next morning we shot
away from his boat-house; under the
Chippewa bridge, down the dirty, sluggish
Chippewa Creek perhaps a third of
a mile, to the junction of its dull gray
water with the clear green Niagara tide.
Here were two channels leading to the
main river round an island that Peltoa
called '-The Hog's-back."
The lower channel was, he said, the
natural mouth of the creek; the upper
channel, or "gap,1'had been cut to accommodate
tu?s and barges which had
once plied regularly between Buffalo and
the tumble-down Canadian hamlet. As
we went out of the gap, I noticed the
strong puH of the current which broke
in "ripples" along the outer edge of the
"Hog's-back."
"It must have been pretty hard for a
tug to take along tow in here," Iremarked.
"You may well say that," he answered.
"This was an exciting point. I've seen"?
T tin u'oc rv/\irwi* f a foil o of Art*
X lUVU^llb iiV ?? tvo ^V/4U^ IV/ <4 Otvi J )
but here the work occupied all his
breath and attention. He took me from
current to eddy, and from eddy to current,
up the Canadian shore a mile or
more, and then shot, by a neat diagonal
easily across to Navy island, from which
the Caroline was cut loose by the Loyalists
in 1S37, tired, and left to drift over
the falls.
During the morning, Pelton showed
me very lair sport, and at noon, when
after having made the round of Navy
islaud, we landed on its foot for lunch,
we were in excellent humor for a confidential
talk. After eating we fell into
a long chat about the dangers of the
river, which he concluded with the following
story:
"Yes," he said, "I've got some cause
to tremble when I look at the cloud of
spray and listen to that roar. For I was
through them r.jprds once!"
"And over the Falls!" I exclaimed, incredulously.
He looked at me a little angrily, and I
feared I had lost the story. But after
some moments he went on again:
"It's not likely I'd 'a' been here to tell,
if I'd gone over, .but 1 was most over,
and I saw him that I loved best in the
world swept away to destruction.
- But I'd better begin at the beginning.
I ain't used to telling the story; I don't
know as I ever did tell it right through,
either, because I never talked about it to
a stranger afore."
Here he paused a while.
"They told you," said he, "I was the
best boatmen round here, did they? Well,
if you had asked them six years ago,
they'd have told you my brother Frank
was. And they'd have told you the truth.
He was six years younger than me, and I
moo nnlu fworitT.fivp thpn V?llt llA W51S far
the best man.
"My! I was fond of the boy?and
proud! You see, I had give him his lessons
in 'most every kind of manliness
that he could do. 1 mind taking him in
swimming when he wasn't more than a
toddling baby, and me not much bigger,
seems now. Rowing! I can't mind when
my hands weren't used to oars, but I
mind well enough teaching him when he
wasn't more than four years oid. What a
brave baby he was?never hanging back,
but always trying to do just what he was
showed! How quick he got (o be handy
all round! And what a kind chap! Say,
I could go right on all day talking about
that little boy!
"One day, toward evening, mo and
*Erank was standing on the bridge of^the
creek, flv-fishing for bass, when up come
the whistle of a tug from the river.
" 'That's the Mixer,' says Frank, lookinor
'Shf's n-nt hunk sn.in.
'Mother'll be glad!'
kiYou see, mother and Sally and Jane
Rolston had went up to Buffalo acouple of
days before, and they was to coine back
with the Mixer's barges, the Mary Starbuck.
of Chippewa. Old man Ilolston
was the skipper of that scow, and his
daughter Kitty done the cooking for him
and his two hands. He'd agreed to give
p his whole cabin to mother and the
iris on the way down, if they liked, and
him and the 'men would go aboard one
of the other barges.
'it s trie iuixer, sure enougn," says j,
*just coining into the gap. But what on
earth is she whistling so lonjj for?'
" 'There must be something wrong! "
says Frank.
"Without another word we dropped
our poles, ran down under the bridge to
where the boats was, and jumped into a
skiff just about the size of that there.
We pulled for the gap, ami pretty soon
we could see the Mixer coming in, seemingly
all right, but still whistling. We
couldn't see what th ?re was behind h *r.
as she hid tho scows som:*, and the front
scows hid them behind.
"As we came racing along, old Captain
Dolby dropped his pull on the whistle,
and run to the Mixer's bow.
"'Quick!' he called. 'Go down the
?1 t>
uiu UliaiiiJUl uuu oa v u .
"Who?' I cried back.
5 " 'The Mary Starbuck's broke loose?'"
he roared.
' 'Is mother on board?' we asked.
"Yes. Oh, boys, hurry up!'
"Maybe you can understand how that
boat be.^an to travel. We knowed
mother and Sally was drifting down outside
the 'Hog's-back,' straight for Niagara
Falls!
life
*
"There was a bunch of people standing
together on the Starbuck. When they h
saw us, they separated a little and threw T
up their hands beckoning. Then I saw le
they were four women. I had clean for- si
rf/vf oil l\nf nnrl Qnllv* I V*
an vui* 1111/lxxv. i <iiiv.< Ijmij ,
"Frank turned his head too, and gave ii
a great gasp as he took in the situation, o
AVe could not possibly take more than i li
three of them on the skiff! There would j w
be big risk in taking more than two by j si
the time we could "reach her. To get JI
ashore would need all our strength and ' a;
wind. "VVe stopped rowing a stroke, i
thinking of goingback for a bigger boat, i ei
But what was the use? Before we could b
work back to the. bridge, the Starbuck ! "v\
would be over the falls. Some one had ought
to be saved; so we put in big
strokes again.
"Before we reached the Mary Starbuck,
sho had got into very swift water; j
it was smooth, though, for some distance J,
[ lower. The women were all quiet, ex- > -n
j cept Kitty Rolston; she was crying and p
j laughing and shrieking by turns?hys- j
j terikv. \ tl
" 'I know you'd come, boys,' said ' a,
j mother, trembling, but looking brave ! o
I enough. Slie was a pretty heavy woman. ! tl
Frank helped her down into the stern of
! the skiff. Now the Starbuok had swung n
rAiinrl nrwl \vr> Yi-r>rr? r?ti lir?r dnivn-stpnm SI
j side. ; r<
" 'Quick, Sally!' said T. tl
"But Kitty Rolston j)iishcfl Sally bark. ! a
Jane made no move. She was kneeling tl
down and praying. I guess she saw at w
! the start that they couldn't all be saved. ! 01
{ How well I mind her white face?some- j fa
j tong like an angel's it was then?and her n<
! voice so sweet and steady! j T
"'Oh, Lord, deliver them!' she was I h
saying over and over again. hi
"I held Kitty back. 'Quick, Sally." j n(
I said again. ! P:
j " 'Why not let Kitty in first?' said at
Sally, hanging back. I
" 'We can't take more than two, I told ki
1 I J .
her. i
I |
" {Yes, we can.' savs Frank; 'we can :
; take three, Jane!' " .
" 'Take Kitty,' said Jane. 'I -will stay i ^
| till you come back.' j
" 'We can't come back,' said Frank. | a
" 'Take Kitty,'said Jane again. j eJ
"There wasn't any time to argue. All | re
i this passed in half a minute. Kitty got J a=
| into the skiff; then Sally. The gunwale nc
j was down within three inches of the j
I water then. I didn't think any of us j
! would get ashore. ?
j "'Leave go!' I shouted to Frank. Such ?
i an agony as there was in that boy's face! *
i He held out his arms to Jane. She came
forward swiftly and kissed him.
I " 'The good Lord have thee in His ^
I lioly keeping,' she said. Then he gave Jr
1 an awful groan and I shoved off.
"I tell you, it was a terrible thing to
i leave that girl! Seemed as if we had
j ought all to stay. Seemed, somehow, as
! if we were forsaking her cowardly. But 91
! we had sense enough to know it was all
; right. She dropped down on her knees P(
again and crossed her arms over her
breast and bowed her head. ^
I "I looked at mother. She was clutch;
inir the gun whale and looking dreadfully Is
j white and scared now. Sally held her * '
j arm around Kitty Rolston.
I iit\ i i.i i.i : j _ W
"JJOWI1 wnure \vu we it- t nun uie mpius
seemed to crash and yell and hold up ?
white arms for u?. There was a long, *n
i Smooth fall and rise like a very easy bii- *5(
low setting into the water as we made .
| for shore. It was a terror how close the
j big breakers seemed.
I "Frank pulled the mightiest stroke J*
! then that ever a man pulled. Every time *
he came back his oar* bent like a bow. st'
i but we had made them ourselves and Pl
i could trust them. I guess his eyes w.-re P1
never taken off Jane kneeling there on
j the Mary Starbuck.
"I looked at her pretty often, too, ?5
j when I wasn't looking at the white face ^
; of mother. Mother was praying, too. ?
j 'Oh. Lord God, save and deliver them!'
She had taken the words of Jane's prayer,
and didn't seem, no more than Jane, to
be thinking about her own danger.
"In a litt'e while I seemed to hear a
' veil and looked up the river. There was nc
a skiff with the Piniger boys in it?good
men they were, too. But they were row- a
ing ashore. .
" 'Go out and save her, you cowards!' se
screamed Frank; but they didn't dare to. .
"When we touched the shore there 1"
were twenty or thirty people standing on
the high bank. They gave a tremendous c
cheer and hurried to help out mother and v?
the girls. Kitty Rolston fainted dead f11
away, and mother couldn't stand. I was "J
all of a tremble myself, now that the ?*
danger was over. But it wasn't over.
' I was just stepping ashore when
Frank said, 'Hurry up! shove her out!' ^
" 'What do you mean?' I asked. j*"
" 'I'm going to save Jane,' says he, *e
j wildly.
| "'Save Jane!'says I; 'look where the G
j Starbuck isl'
"She was over the second big pitch, cc
more thau quarter of a mile out. There j
wasn't the ghost of a hope to save Jane. I V
' - T -il | 1
| But the uoy was crazy, 1 suppose, wun i
sorrow for her. j
" 'I can reach her" he cried, 'and run
ashore on some of the islands.' ^
" 'You're crazy!' said I, stepping out,
never thinking he would really try it.
i lie shoved off. I jumped in after him?
I somehow I couldn't bear to have the boy w
! go alone.
"Looking away over the trampling 1
breakers, I could now and again see the
I Mary Starbuck tossed and tumbled and
: flung. Sometimes she would se?m to
: leave the water entirely, and then again e'
j she would sink out of sight. How she j
i lived so long I cannot tell. Always '
Jane kuelt, I could sec that. I wonder j3;
; thnt she could keep her senses amid the Q]
i indescribable shrieking and roaring of ,
I the appalling flood. q
"We were right above Coopers Island, |
' not two hundred yards distant. There | ,
was a third and a mightier plunge just '
before us. Down we went, down, down, j <
till I thought we would never stop fall- ',l
ing. then we struck, and the boat was j .j
dashed to pieces. j ^
"The next instant I was struggling to j
keep my head free from the white, foamy ! e,
I en\st> of short waves. I got a "limpse ' u
of Frank a few feet- distant. Even in ai
thnt furious rush, he seemed to be strik- jj
ing out for the Mary Starbuck. But the
torrent bore him along like a chip. ; ^
"In less time thin it takes to tell it. ! ai
we were at the divide of the current close c;
to the end of Cooper's Island. By some i<
extraordinary luck we both struck j rr
straight through where it forked, and | 01
foumi ourselves in shallow water. I ; C
Miul WflSS.'LVI'd. ;i
I "But Frank! Of course he was crazy! j ii
ITe ran along the outer shore of the ii
. island, stumbling over rocks and fallen w
| true trunks, all tlif1 time keeping his eyes 1 c
fixed on the Marv Starhuck, which was ! fj
! now plunging up and down, a couple of i<
' hundred yards below him. All the time
he kept calling, 'Jane! Jane!'
j "I followed as I could. I
! "Of course Jane could not have heard ' ^
| him above the terrible turmoil of the ' q
l'iver, but in a little while she looked up, I
,; saw him, and started to her feet. He had ! 1
j at that moment stopped at the foot of : (
.1 the island. Suddenly she stretched out I
' her arm toward him.
"He looked once at the roarers before
im and again at her reaching1 arms,
'hen without further hesitation, he
:aped away out into the current and
track out toward the tremendous waves
etween him and the girl. Jane at that
istant threw up her arms with a gesture
f unspeakable horror, and fell down
ke dead on <he deck. Next moment a
ilder wave overwhelmed the craft and
iie fell to pieces like a thing of shingles,
looked then for Frank. He had disDneared.
"I never saw him again, nor a trace of
ither of them. Their bodies could never
e found, though we had the river
atehed below the falls for many a day."
-Youth''8 Companion.
Bad Vessels Sent to Sea.
An old sailor asserted to a JJew York
fail and Express reporter that unsea'orthy
vessels were still allowed to deart
on ocean voyages, and added:
"There are several shipping men in
lis city who had until about six months
go been earning a livelihood by buying
Id and rotten vessels. The majority of
lese were built twenty to twenty-five
ears aso, and beinir construct'd of wood
nturally are not like]}' to keep fresh for
ich a long time. The manner in which
?tten ships are bought is something of
lis pattern. After making a fortune in
vessel, and being told by the captain at
le end of a voyage that the cr.ift's skin
as always covered with water, the
kvnc* who has had her built looks around
>r a purchaser, for his conscience will
:>t permit him to send her to sea again,
hen this vulture steps in. The craft
is seen two or three decadcs of service,
3 says to the owner, and as she's leaky
:> more than $4,000 or ?5,000, can be
lid for her. Finally he raises the
nount a little and secures the vessel.
"His profits in transactions of this
ind is great, for he does not expend a
)llar to have the ship repaired. He
its a freight of say 2s. Gd. on barrel oil
_ T7-* * a. - A.
me Liuica jvinguorn or continent,
ow the ship carries, we will say, 7,000 j
irrels. That means 18,750 shillings, or
>out $4,500 in all. Supposing even the
:penses of the ship are $2,000, you can
adily see that it requires only two voy- i
jes to repay the vulture. The ship is j
)t at all tit to go to sea, but still they i
anage to get seaman to sail on her.
)metimes they succeed in bringing her
her destination, but invariably in a
iort time she is missing. What gain
> the vultures get? Why, they are
ter the insurance, and they generally
it it.' They are willing to pay from fifen
to twenty per cent, interest because
.ey know eventually the premium i?
eirs.
"I cannot say where our surveyors are
1 the time, but I think they are lax in
ieir duties. I will tell you the story of !
le craft that was sent to sea unfit, and L |
iow that if the man who sent her hap- j
ms to see my statement his conscience '
ill be smote, though he has no feeling. 1
en have suffered death for less cause
an this man is guilty of. Twenty lives ,
ere sacrificed through his devilish work,
can mention his name, and that of the
jp if I want to, but for various reasons
ill not. She was an American bark and
as purchased down East. After comg
here she was chartered to load
jrosene at Bayonne, N. J., for Lon- i
>n. She made water as if she was a
ive from the moment of reaching !
ivonne. As is customary on American '
i-isels no sailors are taken on board until
e craft is ready for sea. Well, the
evedore's men had to keep that vessel's
imps going night and d iy in order to
event sinking alongside the wharf. Her
aster was a downeaster of about fortye
years of age. He had just married a
>ung lady and was going to take her on
Le voyage. She objected to going when
ie went aboard, and I really think she
id some presentment of whit would
ippen if she did. She begged her husind
to give up the command of the ves1
and remain with lie;- ashore. I think
> would have followed her advice had
>t the owner laughed her fears down. I
"After the bark h id completed loading, :
crew was shipped, but no sooner did
ey look about than they left. Then a
cond crew of sailors were employed,
it they also did not care to help workg
pumps throughout the passage, and
ey left. Before going, the captain, in
>pes of retaining them, displayed a sur- |
;yor's certificate. All the crew smiled,
id remarked that a $10 note would buy
indreds of them. Finally a crew was
)tained, and they carried the vessel over
e bar of Sandy Hook. That bark never
ached London and she never will,
here are plenty of ships that I know .
iat should never be allowed to
avu |;vi i
eneral Hancock's Slips of Memory. '
An intimate friend of General Han>ck
in speaking of the dead general's
^rsonal peculiarities, said to a New
ork Tribune reporter:
;<In most things the general was tlie
?ul of exactness, but in money matters
j was laughably thoughtless. He would
equently come over to the city without
cent in his pocket. On discovering his
onevless condition a look of helpless
irprise would come over his face, and
tttlrirwr liiu in t.hnf. nf>r-iilisir manner
"""u9 ? ? I
jiml with him when he'was puzzled, he
ouldsav: 'Well, I declare! I haven't
jt a cent. Will you lend me some
,oney!' Of course the pocketbook of
,'cryone was open to the general, but he j
ould only accept a quarter or at most a
ilf a dollar and go off up-town as hapy
as a schoolboy. lie always gave the
iosc change, in liis pockets to beggars or
-gan grinders and was lucky if he saved
lough to get himself down-town again,
ne day he climbed up the stairs of the
wenty-third street elevated station and
sgan to fumble i n his pockets for
loncy. Five cents was all he could find,
id after winking at the nickel foramoicut
he returned to the street and took
le Broadway horse car for Bowling
rcen.
"In regard to letters and papers, howler,
the general was wonderfully exact,
ic always kept every letter he received
id had them answered and carefully
led away. His daily mail was enor'
" "'1 a Knnrrrinrr lpffpr frnm fill 1111
iuur?j auu ?. ......
nown person was as promptly answered
ad as carefully preserved as one from a
abinet minister. lie was most punctil>us
about returning salutes. No one, no
latter who he was, ever saluted the gen- j
ral without, getting a salute in return.
>n pleasant days he was fond of walking
bout Governor's Island and personally
lspecting the work going on there. If i
1 his walk he mot a party of strangers
:ho saluted him, he would respond by
miffn/iualir lifHnrr his hat. and would
requently ad J, 'Glad to see you on the
jlaud.'" (
The Editor's Answer.
'he editor sat in his sanctum,
When the bore, with his modest request,
Jam? to ask for the g fu of a stickful,
Written up as the editor's best.
'he editor looked at him calmly;
His voice it wai low. not ^ru.F;
Do you take Ine, iny frfrn I, for on engine i
With nothing toi.o bat tj pu F?"
? Tid-Bits. !
~ THE SHAKERS. j
i
DESCRIPTION OP A SETTLEMENT j
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Many More Women than Men?Silent
While They Eat?Separate Staircases
for the Sexes?
Their Songs.
"When I visited the Canterbury settlement
in New Hampshire a little over a
year ago," said a lady to a New York
Star reporter, "I found three families,
who live and are governed separately.
They worship in one church in summer,
but in winter, for convenience, occupy
halls in their separate buildings. The
family I visited was the first, or 'church
family.' My daughter was with me.
"W.e arrived in the evening at the
society's office. A cheerful looking s
wuiiitLU, vvxiu wu itiicrwuiii iuuiiiuu. wua ^
Sister Elizabeth, opened the door wide t
to our rather timid knock. She wel- ?
corned us kindly to a sitting room and t
bade us be at home. Her costume was t
like that of all of tlie women. A gray i
pongee gown, cut with a plain round I t
waist, loosely fitted her figure. The c
full skirt was plaited in small uniform kilt t
plaits. A large white handkerchief was i
folded about her neck and across her , r
breast in some wonderfully pretty way, j t
which I could never afterward imitate, j r
A close little cap of lace, like a milliner's | j
bonnet frame, covered her blonde hair, ]
which was combed straight back and i
fastened in a flat knot behind. The r
shaker costume, though ugly in itself, 1
made Sister Elizabeth look very sweet, c
It just suited her quiet eyes, her gentle, : i
smiling mouth and reposed manner. i c
"Tne Shaker women wear a hoop of s
some contrivance which extends the skirt j
with a straight, gradual slooe from waist. s
to hem. It gives them a stately look, j
The women, with rare exceptions, are j
thin and pa!e, with a sober and sometimes t
severe countenance. We saw no plump, t
happy faces. Even the children look old i
and staid, and speak with a something ! j
which sets them apart from one's a
sympathy. j \
"I spoke of the women first, because 6
they interested me mobt, and besides j8
they outnumber the men as five to one. | 1
They are remarkably refined and intel- J c
lectual for their class. The men, with | c
the exception of the elders and a few *
others, are inferior to the sisters in all E
respects. They are, however, extremely c
kind and courteous to the women. The a
sisters look after their wants with mother- I
ly care, each of t!ie elder sisters having *
charge of the clothes and general well 13
being of one or two brothers. I
"The Shaker settlement is very prosperous
in a worldly sense. There are various
htiildinflra helnno-inor t.n t.hr> snrintv
D~ O- O ? J ' I
homes, a school-house, a workshop lor > c
the men, and also one for the women
and another for the children. The.e is i
a printing office, an infimary presided t
over by an elder sister, and containing a
full equipment of drugs and medicines.
"Of course the main support of the
colony and its income is from the farm, i
which is large and under a high state of t
cultivation. It is well stocked with a
horses and cattle, but they do not raise a
either. Pigs there arc none, and pork is i
prohibited as unclean food. Some of the ( a
horses ure fine stock, j c
"The house in which we were enter- i
tained belonged to the first family. It a
was large and square. The halls and c
staircases were on opposite sides of the I ^
house, one for the men and the other for | 1
the women. The floors were of dark r
wood, stained and polished. The doors 8
and casings were stained a peculiar yel-; f
low throughout. Nothing poor or mean t
was used in either the furniture or dec-' i
orations. Everything was simple. In ! I
our room large, handsome rugs of soft j 1
wool, made bv the Shakers, lay upon the i c
rru?? ?l.l?.1 CJ T_ ! 1
aiuui. JLIIUJ ic^uiuicu ojiiyrua IU . i
opposite corners were two white beds, I
and in another corner was a little cast- ' 1
iron wood-burning stove, plain and f
smooth. In it a fire crackled cheerfully, j t
These stoves are in every room. The j }
curtains in all the houses were most' c
dainty and novel. They were of white f
linen, suspended by brass rings on a
bright brass rod. When the curtains i ^
were down each side looked like a half- i
open fan. c
"A tall, old-fashioned clock stood at 1
the head of each staircase. The clocks fi
are as old as the house itself?one hun- y
dred years. Meals are served to guests ?
in a room ana at a taDie Dy inemseives.
This hardly seemed hospitable, but Sis- 1
ter Elizabeth explained that the Shakers ?
always ate in perfect silence. The *
brothers and sisters sit on opposite sides a
of the table. r
"The children are well advanced in 3
reading, arithmetic and particularly in
mnsic and singing. Even the smaller
children read music readily. The proficiency
in music is owing to the fact that a
the teachers themselves have obtained ^
the best possible instruction. The whole j
family, at times, when the farm work is r
light, drill in singing for two half hours a
/I n 11 t? All a 1 n n? on/l if i'a a
uttiij. xi.ii oiu^, auu 10 10 iuiuaii\auiu
how many fine voices there are. Their c
religions hymns and anthems have been
written entirely by Shakers, and are
therefore peculiar. Most of the hymns
are choral, and ore sung with great
spirit. Like the Moravian sacred songs,
there is much repetition of words and
music.
"The Shakers show wonderful physical
strength when they sing. They sit and
sing, march and sing, and they kneel
and sing endless verses, the last note always
as clear and strong as the first.
There is a ring of triumph and victory
about the hymns, though many are tender
and sweet. Singing is indeed worship with
the Shaker. We attended a Sunday service.
In closing, they united in a hymn,
repeating one verse many times; then,
kneeling, still singing, they repeated it
yet again. At last, closing their eyes as
in nraver. thev sanir it for the last time !
1 ? ' y CD
very softly. These were the words: s
"Watching and praying I find you,
Oh, my beloved, my own! ?
Trusting a Father's rich promise, (
I will not leave you alone? j
I will not leave you alone. j
Though through the desert I lead, ,
Or apart in the mountain ye pray 1
For strength in the hour of need, (
I never will answer ye nay?
I never will answer ye nay.
" I shall never forget the looks of exaltation
in the pale faces of the women, (
or the strange feeling of awe that came <
over, me as I held my breath to catch the c
last faint lines of the hymn. j
"The service, which had consisted of i
a short scripture reading, a brief address ?
by the minister, Elder Henry, and re- c
marks by several members, w;is mostly (
composed of singing. Elder Henry c
Biinn, the minister, had a frank and i
open face, and was the spiritual head of t
the family. He was very agreeable and <
cultivated, and an entertaining conversa- (
rionalist. The women attended services ?
bare-he: ded, except for the little lace
cap, leaving their bonnets outsi le. They
marchcl in, and all remained standing i
through '.li i tirst part of the service. f
After th ; seimon they marched about in. 1
a sort c. .igure, singing and waving, or i
'shaking' their hands, with upturned
palms. There was nothing indecorous or
mdignified about the movement. Their
"ervor seemed like true exaltation of p
spirit and found full expression in their
lincfinor and in their faces."
O O
Newspaper Advertising.
I should jud^e that the people of this ro
country expend at least thirty times as cc
uuch money in newspaper advertising as ti<
:hey did thirty years auo. The vast in- ar
urease of population and newspapers ex- m
plains a considerable part of this, but it m
nostly comes from the more general and co
:reer use made of the advertising col- ^
imns by the general public. All classes fr
lave come more and more to believe that c|
;he newspaper is the most impersonal, jn
self-respecting, and effective way of get;ing
before the public with what any one ca
ivants to say to it. of
Thirty years ago a man who should i0
;pend $2,000 a year in the newspapers bi
vould attract attention as a large adver;iser;
now there are houses expending an
ilmost as much monthly, right along fr,
,hrough the year, without attracting at- th
ention. Mr. Robert Bonner, whose <<indertakings
in all directions have been
iliaracteiized by breadth, boldness, pre- se
;ision, and succe-s, was the first to make
;he public familiar with large advertis- ue
ng applied in the most original w.
nannerj to build up the circulaion
of his Ledger to a point ac]
lever attained before or since by any s|j
/VMnnul 1 n 4-Ui.i AAIIM A l + . i
UUlllill 111 tlll-5 ^UUUMJ. XllbliUU^Il ^Tll I
Bonner's largest newspaper advertising W(
vas done twenty-five years ago (for he | on
ap.dly made his paper successful, and, ;
laving accomplished his purpose, cut faiown
his expenses in that channel), still wj
10 one has come up to the "splendid aulacity"
of an o.der for an insertion of an
idvertisement to c> st over ^.GO,000. And J
ret in pecuniary matters he is a very exict
and careful man. in<
It agrees with my experience that news- wl
laper advertising is profitable. As I look bo
jack over the considerable number of inj
hose wnose advertising I have done I do G<
lot le. all a single one who judiciously, an
lerseveringly, and freely pushel good W
irticles, of whatever kind, in the news- th
lapers, and did not make at least a fair Ai
uccess, while a great many have gained dj
imnln fortunes T will not mention qk
tames in support of this statement, as I ha
:ouid easily do, but the list is a large
?ne. Indeed, it has been my observation ca
hat it is easier for large advertisers to dr
aake money than to keep it. Often it fai
umes in so fast that the head gets turned it
,nd lavish personal expenditures and un- in
jrofitable investments swallow up the mi
ortunes which, had they been longer in th
aaking, would likely have been more pe
>ermanent.?J. H. Bates. isl
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The Pigs and the Weather.
wi
Of pigs, I have heard it said, very fre- UE
luently? ep
"When swine carry sticks, ha
The clouds will play tricks"
>ut that?
"When they lie in the mud, f?
No fears of a flood." lai
The first of these couplets is of twofold P1
nterest. I have watched them for years, an
o see what purport this carrying of ut
ticks and bunches of grass might have, Pa
jid have only learned that it has notn- "
ng whatever to do with the weather, or
it leas-t with coming rain-storms. The rei
bought of summer is so far a convenence
as to throw light upon this habit, A
is it did upon the uneasy cows. Pigs
:arry sticks as frequently then as during m
vet weather, or just proceeding a shower. ^
furthermore, these gathered twigs are
lot brought together as though to make w
i nest, but are scattered out in a per- ca
ectly aimless manner. For some cause, m
he animal is uneasy, and takes this cur- j1(
ous method of relieving itself. The pro^abilities
are that it is a survival of some
labit common to swine in their feral con- jn
lition, just a- we see a dog turn about w
lalf a Jo'.en time* before lying down. w
In an interesting paper on local weather Cl
ore, read by Mr. Amos W. Butler be- se
ore the American association for the ad- ti
rancement of science, during the Philadel- U1
)hia meeting of 1884, the author has an>ther
version of this saying: "When hogs h,
lather up sticks and carry them about, ^
ixpcct cold weather." This is wholly at jE
variance with what I have observed, for 0]
nemoranda rccord this almost wholly b,
luring the hot weather, and this must
lecessarily be the rule with New Jersey ft
iwine, or the local weather prophets to
vould not have coined the verse as 1 have
jiven it. ca
As to the couplet, it is about as near gc
neaningless as any saying can well be. m
Jome rustic rhymer, a century ago. may ^
lave added it as a piece of fun, but it has ai
ituck most persistently. As it stands
"? ' V?na ofnrt/l fnr nn!ff> r>n?? hundred I
rears.?Popular Science Monthly. n(
Pies and Civilizat on. ro
Henry Ward Beecher is credited with k(
i remark to the effect that pie is the a*
jreat sign of civilization. "Where there 01
s no civilization," he says, "there is no ^
)ie; but where you find civilization there ^
ilso you will surely find pie. "
"This is undoubtedly true," said a
gentleman who ought to know, he being '
:onnected with one of the largest pic
jakeries in the city. "At any rate, in
Chicago, one of the world's greatest cencrs
of civilization, you find pie in unimited
quantities." c*
"Last year we made and sold 1,583,- CI
142 pies of all kinds, and now can turn al
mt, if neees ary, 12,000 per day. Apple ar
)ie is the favorite, closely followe 1 in the cf
cason by whortleberry and in the winter ^
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)y mince. isruuucirjr jnu is umu ?
liing in winter, and pumpkin, squash w
ind custard are in great demand. With *
he exception of apple pies, which arc lD
,rood all the year round, the people denand
as complete a change of pie as
hey do of clothing.
"The pie business is a great institu- g<
ion. We have eighteen wagons out all ni
lay long, and our barn contains forty- m
ive horses. Orders are taken by our hi
alesmen from thoir customers for the w
lext day's supply, and the pios are, so to tu
ipeak, cooked to order, so that no stale ci
i 1 ?mt,ln,r U
)nes are leic on our uuuus. hu hu|jhm
Lbout thirty-five men and girls in our m
"actory, twenty-five of whom boa I'd in a ni
iou.se we have erected for that purpose "
>n the premises."?Chicago Herald. th
it
A Blade of Grass. g<
o
"Gather," says liuskin, ''a single blade d<
)f grass, and examine for a moment, m
juietly, its narrow, sword-shaped strip a
>f fluted green. Think of it well, and
ludge whether, of all the gorgeous flow- w
;rs that beam in summer air, and of all d<
itrong and goodly trees pleasant to the S<
:yes or good lor food, there be any by fi
3od more highly graced, by man more m
leeply loved, than that narrow point of d:
'eeble green. Consider what we owe to hi
;he meadow gras-<, to the covering of the ni
rround bv that glorious enamel, by the bi
jompanics of tliose soft and countless it
md peaceful spears.d;
Learned men tell us that in Latin the fc
crord editor means "to eat." In United tl
States it meaus to scrateh around like tl
alazes to get something to eat.?Dans- sr
rilte Breeze. J at
WOMAN'S WOIILDT"
LEAS ANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Diamonds in Her Teeth.
While waiting in a dentist's anteom
for my turn to be tortured, I !
uldn't help overhearing the conversa3n
between a girl in the operating chair
id the man who was improving ner
outh. The talk indicated that diaonds
were somehow being used; and of '
mrse my curiosity was aroused. Pretty
on she came, out. "While standing in
ont of a mirror, putting on her hat and {
oak, she smiled inspectively at herself, j
a manner critical of her teeth, and the 1
ish of something inside her red lips 1
.uglit my eyes. It was not the gleam
the pearl into which the poet lias so
ng transformed beauty's tooth, but a
ighter glint, like that of a diamond.
She was a "hifalutin" creature in dress
id manners and clearly capable of any ! t
eak of embellishment; but I was nevereless
astonished when the dentist said: | ]
iTcs, it was a diamond that you saw. I:
tve set four in her teeth, the gold filling '
rving as the metal with which to im- 1
id the gems in the cavities. No, I
iver heard of such a thing before. It 1
is her own original device- "What for?
> advertise herself. She is a prosperous 1
iventuress, already ill-known, and de-|
ous of greater notoriety. She brought ! j
n inmnnrlo iinrl thr>V nrfi nmh.lblv i
)rth $300 or $400 together, as very big
es could not be used. I suppose the
amond-mouthed woman will become
mous in her way, and so the investment i
11 prove satisfactory."?Pittsburg Post.
How Sealskin Sacques are Made.
Tke process of manufacture is interestThe
raw skin goes to London* ,
lere it is dyed and dressed. This la- J
r consists of two dyeings, with a pluck- (
5 of stiff and gray hairs in between.
)od dyeing is performed with a comb J
d brush, and requires great patience. 1
omen arc the best workers at this, as
eir touch is more delicate than a man's, i
i entire day is necessary to properly ?
re a skin. The process of dipping the
in into the dye works harm to the (
,irs and materially injures the skin. t
Only about 700 of every 1,000 skins
n be used for dressing. When the j
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6S3t/U UtilU {ftI I i V CO blic iuuuu- |
cturerers stretches it and nails
to a , board, with the fur
ward, and a search for imperfections is i
ade. These can only be discovered on
e skin side, and it takes a keen and exrienced
eye to find most of the blem- (
les. They are generally shown in mi- (
ite inperceptible discolorings of the 1
in, which, if not immediately cut out,
ill extend and rot the fur above them <
itil the hairs drop out. When discov- '
ed these spots are cut out and skillful j
nds are set to work to sew up the insion.
Often a cut six inches long has
be made to get rid of a spot not much j
rger than a nail's head. To bring the (
eces together again, without patching
d without visible seam, requires the
most delicacy. After this is done a .
' 1 - -I-?- J
per pattern is piacea on mu sk.hi auu .
is cut accordingly. Then the skin is
lished and lined, and the garment is
ady.?New York Sta/r.
Lwkwardncss of Men "in Society." '
It is very curious how very few of the
en in "society" know what to do with
eir hands. To nine men out of ten the |
esent custom of leaving both hat and !
alking-stick in the hall while making a
,11 is a matter of positive misery, and
akes it decidedly a case of "abandon .
>pe, all ye who enter here." What a
iference between men and women in I
ds respect! Watch a man enter a drawg-room
when making an afternoon call '
ithout his hat. After shaking hands
ith his hostess and exchanging a few <
irsory remaks, and maybe being pre- '
nted to some people, his hands instinc- 1
vely seeK his pockets and stay there 1
iiil he is absolutely obliged to take 1
icm out, while a look of boredom and
ilplessness comes over his face. Mark i
le same man enter the room with his hat
i his hand; it is only an inanimate
jject?a thing of card-board and silk;
it it makes a world of difference to its
ivner's comfort and presence ot mina at
lat unhappy moment; it is something
> handle, something to rely on, and
conversation fails him he
in anyhow smooth it and have
mething to occupy his hands. At a
usicalc he can look inside, and for the
musandth time read the maker's name
id feel happy, as it saves him from gazg
at the chandelier, while his aricular
nse is being assailed by what he does
)t understand.
A woman, on the contrary, will enter a
iom without even a muff, chat with her
)stess, and eventually sit down with an
-home air, which at all events gives the
l-looker the impression of perfect ease,
ben, at a ball, not one man out of a
tousand can walk across the room when
- i " 1. 11. A
lc floor is empty, ana want naiuruu.y ?uu
iconsciously. Into his pockets his
inds fro before half the distance has
3en traversed, and the man is happy
ice again and drops the attempt at
swagger" which he had assumed. Until
tely fashion allowed men a sheet-anlor
at balls, by permittingthem to carry
ush hats, the moral support of which
lowed them to be at all events natural
id seem at ease. "Why cannot they
irry thein now? It gave them a disngue
air, which at present is sadly lackg.
"W>men have lheir fans and can toy
ith them. Why not a.low the male sex
small something to relieve their feelgs?New
York Hour.
He Was a Gentleman.
The other day as a young lady and
jntleman were walking down tlie aveie,
says the Washington Herald, they
ct a young man who politely raised his
it in recognition of the gentleman as he
as walking with a lacly. i ne iauy
irning to her escort asked rather extedly:
"Why, do you know that man?"
Why, certainly; he is a young gentlean
of an excellent family here. His
line is Mr. Blank." "Well," said she,
I am glad to learn he is a gentleman, for
icre is so much more satisfaction, and
is so much nicer to be followed by a
mtlcman than it is by a loafer. Why,
) you know, he followed me the other
orning for several hours. I was out on
shopping expedition, and as soon as I
ime out of one store there he would be
aiting and looking in the window next
3or, and so on until I got down to
jventh street. By that time I was
irious, and I felt the blood come into
T7 Mioniro anrl orlared at him: but it
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idn't seem to make any impression, for
2 looked at me with an expression as .
uch as to say, 'I know you are mad,
it I'm for finding out where you live if
takes all day.' Well, it was a bracing
iv, and I started on a health-walk up
le street and down another, but he'd
illow me just as faithfully as I've seen
ic little English pug doggies follow
leir mistresses?some of the West End
iciety belles. I must have walked him
ound for two or three miles, when
' 1
?? ?.
finally I happened to meet a friend, whl
joined me, and then, of couree, he wenf
off in another direction. If ever there ii
a go-as-you-please walking match gottei
up here I should like to enter him as first 'j
choice. I'm sure he'd win; he seems U
have such hard endurance. Hut I'm sc
glad he is a 'gentleman."' Her escort
tries to make her understand that perhaps
it was her remarkable beauty ol
form and features that made him for the
time being forget himself, but she did
not feel inclined to excuse him on thai
account. She said she might forgiv#
him. as he was "a gentleman of a tiret \
family." The young lady in question
was considered the prettiest woman at
Cape May last summer, and she displayed )
threat artistic taste in the selection Of her
bathing costume. She was written up
by several enthusiastic correspondents as
"The Beautiful Nymph of the Sea,"
"Queen of the Wave," etc.
Fa si lion Notes. .
Mikado sateen is in all colors with Japanese
ue desitrns. . v.
1 ^ rag
Sateens have foulard patterns, stripes,
prisms and spots.
Crepe de chine, in evening colors, is
richly embroidered.
Ginffhams with tufted spots arc show*
in all leading colors. , '
Fenora nets, with floral designs, hav# ,.<
louncing to correspond.
Wool canvas has colored embroidery ii ':%
loral and conventional designs.
Persian embroidery is cut out and is ^ >y
''applied" on woolen costumes.
Chintz renaissance has lace designs reicmbiing
Turkish embroidery.
Large checks for skirts and boys' kilts
lave solid colored bodices and waists.
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Cashmere laces, with tinsel effects are
iscd for fronts, flounces and draperies.
Zephyrs with dainty broken checks T
ind small plaids ai* designed for chilIren's
wear.
Zephyrs with "end and end" white '
grounds have threads of all colors runling
through them.
Leghorn and Tuscan are both to be
ivorn, but the Mary Stuart shape has '
luperseded the Olivia. .
French percales are shown in beautiful
lesigns and colorings. They are in plain - 'j
md coral stripes and set figures.
American ginghams and zeyphrs are
eproductions of foreign styles, the tar:an
colors be ing admirably copied.
Cloth of gold or silver on colored < Xi:'
ground, the "samite" of "ages long gone
jy," is made up in evening mantles. ':i
Ginghams in blue, tan, brown ecru and
;rcam, richly embroidered, form entire
Iresses with vest, collar and cuffs of velvet.
i.x?
Mountain cheviots, soft and heavy, are
3xeellent for mountain and seaside wear.
rhey are in stripes and checks and cheviot
effects.
The newest feature this coming spring
will be robings and panels of tapestry
beading, in which the colors melt into m
each other. ?
i. st.
Bonnets will have either no strings, or '''
short ones studded with fancy pins, some ,
with flat coin heads, some with small -A7,
bullet heads.
French nainsooks have stripes of open
work with design of blue coral. This is
used for the skirts of dresses, the bodices
and draperies being of plain stripes.
An ivy-green velvet bonnet has a full
crown. It is simply trimmed with a bow*
of salmon-colored velvet ribbon. The /
strings are of pearl-edged faille francaise
ribbon of the same color as the bonnet.
A bonnet with a soft cap crown is of t j*
plum gray velveb, studded with lead '
beads. The brim is of plain velvet
puffed. It is trimmed with loops of velvet,
surmounted by a heron's aigrette and
bas a bridle and bow of bias velvet.
Scotch zephyrs of soft finish and delicate
coloring have Romin stripes, plaids
and checks. The plaids, by reason of
the repeated stripes, are in brighter col- '
ors. The large plaids are made up alone
or as skirts with bodices of plain color.
The modes, of hairdressing are suffi"
j t _ rm ' iJtci
ciently varied to suit every styie. me
coiffure may be high or lowva'ccording to ?
fancy. Basket plaits arranged like the
old-time heavy chatelaine braids and 't
light curls and well-arranged puffs all
come in for a general share of favor. In
spite of this latitude it is astonishing that.
women whose h lir grows very badly will
draw it up to the top of the head. The '
view of the back is anything but edifying.
A costume of deep brown velvet has
two panels of brocade on the left side,
between which are three full plaits of
velvet. The skirt is gathered full at the
back, falling in heavy folds. The bodice
has a plastron of the brocade and the
sleeves are trimmed with it. The visite
is of velvet, cut short in the back and ,
with long, square fronts. It is bordered
with sable and is fringed with sable
tails. The bonnet is of goldin brown
suede leather and is trimmed with velvet
and sable.
?
Sour Milk.
People wonder why milk gets sour.
They cannot account for it. It has been
determined by scientific men that it is
owing to the presence of foreign substances.
These are the reasons why
cream spoils so quickly: Milk would
keep sweet and cream also, if the milk
could be absolutely protected from the
air in which float the germs which spoil
it. Some of these are vegetable and
some animal. The last start the souring
or acidity, and then decay begins, as
it does with the development of the
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iormer. um iimn iuu ivuu?u u? v? ...
genus bacillus. These bacilli are not
active in a cold atmosphere or when it
is heated, and they may be killed by
heating the milk up to 158 degrees.
This will not prevent more getting into
the milk, nor will it destroy the spores.
Milk should be kept, to obtain the beet
conditions, in a separate room and with
everything as clean as possible. Dirt,
sourness and smells breed the enemies of
milk and butter.
In Borneo.
The ancient capital of Borneo, the
town of Bruui, is situate 1 on a river with
muddy banks, about twelve miles from
the sea. The houses arc poor and small;
they are built on piles and thatched with
* 11 J 2.^
palm leaves. Tiic .sultan, aueguu 10 ue
more than a hundred years old. has recently
manried a girl of fifteen, who is his
one hundred and sixteenth wife. His territory
has been the seat of several recent
insurrections, which he has been powerless
to suppress; and it is only a question
of whether the authorities of Sarawak or
those of the North Borneo company shall
take possession of the iebellious districts.
More than twenty British subjects of
Sarawak were recently killed by
the rebels on the Trusail river not far
from Bruni.
There is fin association in Paris whose
object is to help drunkards home at
night. If the patient is too far gone to
give his address, the club cares tor him
till he can.
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