Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I LET US SMILE# "The thing that goet the furthest towarc makine life worth while. That costs the least and docs the most L just a pleasant smile. The smile that bubbles from a heart thai loves its fellowmen Will drive away the clouds of gloom anc coax the sun again. >|t'8 full of worth and goodness, too, with manly kindness blent? I It's wortn a minion aouars, ana it uucsu i coot a cent. There is no room for sadness when we se< a cheery smile? It always has the same good look?it'i never out of styleIt nerves us on to try again when failure makes us blue; TThe dimples of encouragement are gooc for me and you. It pays a higher interest, for it is merelj lent? It's worth a million dollars, and it doeen'l cost a cent. A smile comes very easy?you can wrinkk up with cheer A "hundred times before you can squeeze out a soggy tear. It ripnles out, moreover, to the heart strines that will tu??. IB And always leaves an echo that is very | v like a hug. I So, smile away. Folks understand what 3 by a smile is meant, I It<s worth a million dollars, and it doesn't ? cost a cent. t ?Baltimore American. L *????????????????????????? QUEER MISS MABIA. f [. ? [ By J. L. Harbour. J i t-kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk ' ~r O one ever knew the exact kyj \ | cause of the estrangement t_V between Maria Devlin and 6 her distinguished brother, the ' Hon. Horace Devlin. The Devlins had alNvayg been wisely reticent regarding their family affairs. It was understood that there had been a violent quarrel over thet,large estate left by the father of fhe brother and sister, and that they had laever spoken to each other aince the division or tue property, xne estrangement must have been embarrassing to both of them, since they lived In a small town and could not help meeting frequently. The Hon. Horace was much more popular than his sister Maria. Stye . had always been somewhat eccentric, and this eccer tricity had become more marked after her quarrel with her brother. Her father had been a man of very almple tastes, and had lived all his life v In the plain old red house that had been his father's and his grandfather's. It was a great and bitter trial to Maira when her brother, not long after their father's death, tore down the old ; house and built on Its site a very large and pretentious modern mansion. Miss Maria had her father's simple 1 tastes, and her associations of the old nouse were very uear iu uer. ?veii When It was no longer her home. The! ' big. showy mansion was an offencft to her eyes every time she passed it In tnarked and striking contrast to her brother's house was her own. It was &8 much an eyesore to her brother as i ^is house was to Miss Maria. j When the Devlin estate had finally been divided, Miss Maria moved into a tiny old house ouce occupied by her ".father's gardener. It was hardly tenantable, and Miss Maria made few repairs before moving into It. It stood directly across the road from her brother's fine home, and was u decided blemish on the landscape seen from bis spacious front piazza. He had, - through his attorney, made his sister an offer to buy It at a price far more than its value, but the offer had been ?o promptly and so decidedly rejected that it had never been repeated. 1 It was thought that Miss Maria allowed the old house to remain in a .state of neglect, and the premises to be in a state of continual disorder, tor ihe sole purpose of adding to her brother's annoyance and mortification. She also added many irritating traits to her many eccentricities of character, and was nearly always spoken of by the paople of the town as "queer Miss Maria." Her sister-in-law was an extremely fashionable lady, while Maria went at?>ut in the shabbiest and most anti . quatcd of garments. She was far from being scrupulously tidy, and ? seemed to take delight in setting aside < the ordinary conventionalities of life. It was known, however, that she was v .very good and kind to the poor, while her brother was by no means noted for his generosity toward them. ( The Hon. Horace Devlin entertained lnvishlv. wililp his sister npvpr pntpr taincd at all, and did not go into 30icltey. It was regarded as scandalous that Miss Maria should have chosen )to spend the afternoon in her front yard with a man's hat on her head and her skirts pinned up about her waist on the day of her brother's grand lawn party, when he had a carload of guests our from the city. So the breach between the brother and- sister widened until there was no probability that it would ever be ;wrculd ever be bridged over. When jthey met they stared at each other in Btony silence. AVenfield. the town in which the Devlins lived, was a small manufacturing place. Most of its inhabitants v .worked in the mills. Many of them , .were thrifty men and women, who - saved as much as they could of their earnings, and deposited them in ihe one savings bank in Wenfleld. The Hon. Horace Devlin was cashier of the Wenfleld savings bank, and /^^b&Ver had there been such wild excite, ment throughout the town ; s on th( morning when a placard appeared or the bank door bearing the two omin '** ' ' ous words: BANK CLOSED. ! Men and women left their work* ant hurried to the bank with easer am anxious faces. Many had in it the sav ings of a lifetime, and they stared a the portentous words with wildly beat ing hearts. There was the most out spoken indignation when the truth be came known. The fact was that ih< Hon. Horace Devlin had brough Bhame and disgrace on an old and hon ?red name, and privation and possibli poverty to many "homes by becominj a defaulter. It was discovered that he had fo: years been speculating with money be longing to the bank, and his defalca lions v. ere sufficient to embarrass It It was feared that Its doors must be . permanently closed, and that the de? posltors would lose all, or at least the 3 most, of their savings. The Hon. Horace Devlin was missing, and no trace ^ of his whereabouts could be found. I A week after the closing of the bank another notice appeared on Its doors. 1 The second notice was as follows: Notice?All creditors of the Wenfleld C > . tr.r.n Hani. n1<o horstlV PPfl 11 OSfOfl tfl kjaf tu^o uaun ai v uv?w^ - ? ^ ? meet, in the town hall on Friday even' ir.g at 8 o'clock. , Many who were not creditors of the bank crowded into the town hall with s the bank depositors on Friday even* I lng. Indeed, the hall was filled to overflowing, and no one seemed to have any definite Idea of what was to be done. When 8 o'clock came no one had yet appeared on the platform, but a s few minutes later a door at the rear opened, and to the amazement of all present. Miss Maria Devlin walked . forward and faced the people. There was an instant hush. One could almost hear the breathing of the spectators. Miss Maria herself seemed calmer than any of them. Her voice ' was perfectly steady when she began to speak. Every word could be heard in all parts of the hall. "My friends," she said, simply, "I nm horp tn makf> renaration for the . wrong douo you by my brother. Hor; acs Devlin. The Devllns have always been honest people. No man ever had a higher or a more deserved reputation for honesty than my father. He owed no man anything, nor do I. I feel that I owe It to my father to make full amends for his son's wrongdoing, and to do all that I can to remove the shame and disgrace he has brought on a good and honorable name. "Now I am here to say that I will pay every dollar due the depositors who ha,d money in the Wenfleld Savings Bank, and?" % "Hooray for Miss Maria!" shouted a wildly excited man in the rear of the hall. "Hooray!" The crowd took up the cry and the hall rang as it had never had before. "Hooray for the Devlin name!" shrieked some one else, when partial order had been restored, "Hooray for old Judge Devlin, as good and honest a man as ever walked the earth! Three cheers for him and his honest daughter, Miss Maria!" Again the hall Resounded with the plaudits of the multitude. When order was finally restored, Miss Maria said quietly: "My lawyer, Mr. Dawson, will tase charge of the matter of making the payments due. That is all I have to say, except to express my deep regret that this shameful thing has happened. Good night." Queer Miss Maria left the hall amid the renewed applause of the great crowd. "She Is her father's daughter, that's what she is!" said Dr. Hale, as the people were going out of the hall. "You couldn't say a better thing about her," said Dawson, the lawyer. From that time forth Miss Maria had a new place in the affections an'd respect of the people of. Wenfield. She was still "queer Miss Maria," but the people knew that her heart was right.?Youth's Companion. Good Memory For a Kind Deed. No good deed is jever forgotten. An Incident is related of a little girl whose mother was a sick widow, and who stopped a young man on the street and begged him to buy her chestnuts. He was poor, but he could not withstand her pitiful look. He handed her ft coin and said:* "I cannot use your chestnuts, but you are welcome to this." She thanked him and then hurried away.1 Twenty years passed. The little girl grew to womanhood and became the wife of a banker. Passing tne norary one evening sue saw a man with her husband whom she recognized as the man who years before had been kind to her. When he had gone she inquired his errand. "He came to see if I would give him a vacant position in the bank." "Will you?" f "I don't know." * "I wish you would." she said, and then told him the story of her poverty and the man's generosity. The man sat that night beside hl9 sick wife's bed. when a liveried servant brought him a note. "We shall not starve," he exclaimed: , "I have the positiou." He opened the note and found inclosed a $250 check, with the words: "In grateful remembrance of the little silver piece a kind stranger gave the little chestnut girl twenty years ago."?The Christian Herald. Good Eflfact of Ctiriogity. Near the town of Baku, in the Russian Caucasus, are several tracts of land whereon no cattle would feed, although they were covered with unusuallv rich herbage. The superstl tious peasantry declared that an evil spirit bad bewitched the meadows In question. Ry and by there happened along a practical, matter-of-fact Englishman. who started to investigate the phenomenon. He quickly discovered that, although the grass was undoubtedly rich and succulent, it tasted strongly of paraffin, a substance the | llavor of which is intensely repugnant to nearly all animals, but especially so to cattle. Such was the origin of the discovery of the Baku petroleum de! pos'ts?deposits which have already yielded millions of pounds' worth of j oil, and which show no signs of be; coming exhausted.?Chicago Record. Photographing bj Light of Venas. Photographing objects solely by the light from the planet Venus has beeD 1 successfully accomplished. The ex' periments were conducted within the dome of the Smith Observatory, at r Geneva. N. Y., so that all outside light was excluded except that which came from Venus through the open shuttei of the dome. The time was the darki est hour of the night, after the planet t had risen and before the approach ol " dawn. The plates were remarkably - clear.?Chicago News. T Undue Influence, r He hadn't thought he would propose, - but fate Is so absurd; her doughnuta - pleased him?facts disclose?and so he said the word.?Indianapolis Journal. 1 T \ I THE REALM New York City.?The Eton jacket I its many forms is the undoubted fa^ orite of the hour. The stylish Ma Manton model illustrated has man DOUBLE BREASTED ETON. advantages and includes the latest fea tures while, withal, it is simple in tin sxtreme. As shown it is worn opei with the fronts rolled back to forn pointed revers, and the Kaiser colls, apens at the throat, but when desiroi It can be buttoned up close, as showi In the sketch, and made to mean genu Ine warmth. The model is made fron black cheviot with self-faced revers and collar finished on the inside witl relvet and rows of narrow gold braid and is closed by means of bandsomi smoked pearl buttons. The fronts are cut with single darts but fit snugly to the figure. Tne baci Is seamless and finished in a roundec bat-like extension below the waist, anc Is joined to the fronts by wide under arm gores that extend well back tv form side backs and give a slender tapering effect to the figure. Th< sleeves are two-seamed, snug, withoui being tight, and are cut in modifiec bell shape, so allowing the jacket tc be slipped on and off with ease. A GIRL'S BLO the neck is the military collar, known as the Kaiser, with pointed ends thai can be hooked over close or left free, as preferred. To cut this jacket for a woman ol medium size four yards of material twenty-one inches wide, two yards for ty-four inches wide, or one and five eighth yard fifty inches wide will be required. Girl's Blouse Costume. The blouse in combination with fl gored skirt makes a simple costuinc much worn and much liked by little girls. The tasteful model illustrated lu the large drawing Is made from dark red serge, with bands of black velvet edged with narrow gilt braid and a shield and collar of gilt-embroidered red panne. The skirt is cut in three pieces, tin gored front and circular sides, and is joined to a body lining that is snuq and closes at the centre back. The shield portion is faced into the lininy and the standing collar is seamed to the neck, so that all closes together. The blouse is separate, with shoulder and under-arm seams, and opens at tbe front, where it is provided with burtons and buttonholes. Both back ami fronts are plain across the shoulder?, but slightly full at the waist, where the blouse pouches over the belt. Tht right side laps over the left in double breasted style, the rounded points be Ing decorated with gold buttons, and the neck is finished with a deep col '.ar that is round at the back am' square at the front. The sleeves art two-seamed and finished with turn over flare cuffs. v To cut this costume for a girl ol eight years of age five yards of ma terial twenty-seven inches wide, twr and three-eighth yards forty-foui inches wide, or two yards fifty lnche< wide, with three-eighth yard eightc-r inches wide for shield and collar, wil, be required. Love Locks a la Mode. Cute little ringlets are beginning to annear in the forehead of the youn; demoiselle. They are not curls bui little twists of soft hair, making a hall circle or three-quarter circle. Infinite pains are taken to make a "love lock' stay in place. One is enough for tlu forehead. Sometimes you see two, on. coming forward from each side. Nevc-i attempt to cultivate more than two foi if. mm??mmmm?? y?z OF FASHION. | n fear your forehead will be mistaken ' for a belated example of that terrible y coiffure effect known as "scrambled y hair." One soft little twist of a lov<i "* lock looks better than two. White Velvet Rose*. There is plenty of foliage added to the bunch of white velvet roses which are placed at the.left side of the corsage on the bodice of an evening gown. The roses are very soft and delicate looking, rather prettier than gauzepetalled roses, for a change. Being whitp tliov nre available for wearlny with a toilette of any or of no color. Black, white, carnation-colored panne or yellow panne satin, or pale-pink chiffon gowns can each or all of them be enhanced by wearing the corsage spray of white velvet roses. Orchid With Dew Drops. Some of the newer ^ornaments for dinner dress are expensive r.s jewelry, although they belong to the province of millinery. A pretty aigrette is an orchid petaled with silken gauze, and - plentifully besprinkled with tiny dew> l> drops of "Rhine" crystal or strass diai monds. A few aerial "aigrette" tips i also sprinkled with dewdrops complete r this beautiful and novel decoration for 1 the coiffure. It is mounted upon a i shell hairpin. ?>innBA With T.>AI<r1nn Stork. 1 ?? , The blouse made from the ready i lucked silk, mousseline. cashmere or . other fancy material is much in rogue, i and has the great merit of requiring the minimum of labor. The smart May Manton model Illustrated is designed c to meet just such a ueed and includes 1 the fashionable Aiglon stock and the 1 deep girdle, both of which features are . found in the best imported models. As > shown the foundation is taffeta is bis, cult color, the flaring portion of the ; stock velvet in the same shade, the t collar white Liberty, and the tie ot 1 black velvet. The gindle is of the same ) material as the waist, and is held by t handsome gold buttons, while tiny USE COSTUME. | i ones are used in the Baring portion of : the stock. All-over lace, net and all , the list of similar materials are suitable, or any soft woolen stuff can be I tucked before cutting, if preferred. I The foundation for the blouse is a ^J KO r*rol 1 hnn^il IlllUU ULilllg LliUL guuuiu ug ii tu ?v?v.., but the waist proper includes shoulder 1 and under-arm seams only. Both lining and outside material close at the centre front, but separately, and ihe opening In the waist is rendered int visible by tucks. The girdle Is fitted . to the figure and held in place by t short bones, and the blouse drops I slightly over the top. The sleeves are i cut with broad upper and narrow un: der portions, and are finished with cirI cular cuffs that flare becomingly over . the hands. The Aiglou stock includt-s the plain portion that fits the throat, i the flaring sides and the tie. and is flu; ished separately from the waist. 1! blouse with l'aiglon- otocs. uesirea, tne i>iaiu pomuu uui^ i-uu uu used, or the stock can bo made of a > contrasting color and worn with vailC ous waists. t To cut this blouse for a woman of f medium size four and one-eighth yards i of material eighteen inches wide, or ' two and a half yards thirty-two Inches wide, with a quarter of a yard oi bias ! velvet and a quarter of a jurd of silk for flaring portion cl' stock and tie, will be required. w INDIAN HEAP. ( Uncle Sam'i Proving Ground In CharlM County, Maryland, Most people have heard of Indian ' Head, but very few appear to know very much about It or even Its location. That It Is a tract of land owned i by the Federal Government somewhere In Maryland, where Uncle Sam fires off his big guns and smashes armor plate, is the very general and mystical conception of the place. Outside of the proving ground and smokeless powder factory features, thorn Q pn anma In torpst I n f tilings worth knowing about Indian j Head itself?that is, the town of Indian Head, if it may be so called. The fact is there Is no incorporated town ^ of that name, but there are several clusters of houses twenty-flve miles down the Potomac River from Washington, on the Maryland shore, situated in Charles County, so designated, i No one has ever been accused of calling the place a town, fpr It is not dignified with a town hall or even a E church. It has the distinction, though, of fostering four saloons. The dwellings number about thirty, nearly all of which are lighted by electricity, furnished with bathrooms and water, and supplied with the usual modern appliances found In city rrU/iiw\ Id a?a ma r*r a P otv V? ??l aIi 1IUU9C0. 1UCIC iO uuc 1U TT U1 OlA UUV1* ij houses standing alone. A strong imagination might fancy them lifted up bodily from some city and deposited here in splendid Isolation. Another curious thing about Indian Head is a line of trolley cars. These are for the C exclusive use of the Government, however. There are no railroad facilities for reaching Baltimore or Washington, the nearest railway station being La Platta, the county seat of Charles j? County, fifteen miles away. The only f means of transportation is by river a steamers, and these facilities are not b very ample. [' Indian Head has a special reputation fi for malaria and the concomitant mos- a quito, some of which linger here even at this time of the year, and in con- a sequence quinine is a staple drug in * the community. Over 300 Government employes I make their homes In and around In- t dlan Head. Society is divided into 1 , _ , ^ . a several classes, ine navai omcers, 01 course, having an exclusive society of 3 their own. There are practically no a private enterprises there. The recent explosion has left things c In quite -a dilapidated condition. Every h house In the vicinity suffered morfe or ? less. Large sections of plaster were t shaken down and window sashes and u doors carried away. As a conse- J quence the houses are all open to the weather. A large contract for glass Is on, and the prospects appear good for getting the houses patched up be- r fore the very cold weather sets in.? ? Baltimore Sun. ^ c * ' c No Library For Architects. ' "The architects of New York City," t remarked one of them, "are hand!- ? capped in one respect, as are the mem- ? bers of no other professional class. In c this entire metropolis there is no such 0 thing as a working reference library t on architectural subjects; no public ? library, I mean, nor any similar collec- p tlon, outside of those obtained and r uvviiuu uj luuiviuuaio. iuui ia>T,yci, j desiring to refer to a rare book, has s several places to turn to and can carry t out almost any course of Investigation c right here In town. What with clubs ? and other organizations, he is well sup- p plied. Even physicians and the clergy are fairly well off. But where can an architect find any reference book be; yond those of the most popular or rudl- j mentary sort? He must buy his own. t My partner and I have this year pui j$1100 into a library for our office, and g there Is hardly anything to show for ti It. A small bookcase against one nar- t row wallspace is not calculated to im- ? press' either client^ or clerks with our n stored-up learning. And when our n draughtsmen take out a book of valu- ? able plates and throw It around tho j work tables there's no telling how L much of the book will ever get put d hnr>b In Kr> rmr S1100 1q flg cnml ? *" l""vv' "* " "* 13 a as lost in advance. If we had $11,000 t to spend, we might get a library th;;t t would make a good show for an a^chl- J tectural office, considered as furniture merely. But it would melt away as the books were put into rough-andready use. The New York architects n need not only the books for a public a or semi-public library, they need a n house for it, too. and the surroundings a and special care to make the' collec- a tion permanently serviceable."?New j] York Sun. d ti Oldest Yacht Still In Service. c D The Royal George, Queen Victoria's n first yacht, is still in the land, or tho s< sea, of the living. She lies at Ports- * mouth, a depot ship for the crews of j. royal yachts when they are uuder repair or refitting. She Is the oldest yacht in the world. The last state occasion on which she was used was iu n August. 1S42, when her majesty made [j her first visit to Scotland, accompanied o by the Prince Consort. The Queen j*j was so much impressed by the p?<r- ^ formances of a steamer which passed n il- 1 -t.i. i.1. - X 1 il.A It uie ruyai yaciu mui out? it?iL iuc jai;ui ?* and came back in the steamer. Twelve ^ months later her majesty had a steam ti yacht of her on n. the original Victoria e; and Albert. It was on this vessel that a ihe Queen made her first visit to Ireland in August 1S49.?London Ex- q press. h G VI The Woodpeckcr. sj Woodpeckers which were iong con- Sl sidered fair game for the gunner are now recognizcd almost everywhere'us useful birds. The flicker is so fond tl of ants that it will alii^it on an ant hill, thrust in us uiu ro Drmg out tnu inmates, and tlien gorge Itself on the i agitated nnta as they swarm from the opening. The sapsucker was consid ered an injurious bird for many years, o? but Frank Boiles showed that its tap- fjf ping trees ordinarily produced no seri- \>o ous injury; indeed, it is now claimed that the bird's eye formation in the wood of the maple, which increases its value, is the work of these birds, n Woodpeckers are deserving all that they can ask at the hands of farm- to ers. The downy woodpecker feeds up on the wooly aphis, often seen on our pc apple trees.?New England Farmer. pa * '-J-fr-T'-:.- i. . '*?4 . ' ' ' . " * ' '-"v; ; 1 i SOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. 'RECNANT THOUCHT3 FROVI THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS. :ii? Golden Yeari-Jeim Christ and So* oltil Progress?1 lie Grace of Receiving ? A Prayer for Guidance ? Joy Too Deop for Word*?Must be Spoken. Love, do you remember )ur childhood's happy springtime, in the days of long ago, How we picked the golden blossoms, all along the wayside growing, Till your pinafore and basket both were filled to overflowing, Lnd we said "we'd love each other long as dandelions blow?" Love, do you remember ?hat perfect summer evening, and the light on sea and land, When the roses, golden-hearted in the sunset's dying glory, Beut above us, as I whispered in your ear the old, old story, Lnd your answer was a rosebud softly laid within my hand? Love, do you remember low hand in hand we journeyed when the summer days were bright, Till Jill fhpir lilnnm VinH furled, and the I golden rod was shining? Still we trod our autumn pathway hand in hand, without repining, for we knew through lengthened shadows we were faring toward the light. Love, we will remember The winter day is coming when our wayfaring shall cease: With our golden sheaves all garnered for the Master's reappearing, Bfay the Lord of faithful pilgrims, when our journey's end we're nearing, Jraut us entrance in together to the Beulah land of peace. ?Selected. Jena* Christ and Social Progress. Christ with majestic form hath tepped from city to city and continent o continent. Standing in the uiarketilace, cities have put away their vices nd crimes; harems have become tomes; while he looks, the king hath ?ut away his cruelty and become a ather. Looking toward the legislative tall, the jurist hath softened his heart nd become gentle aud humane. Standug at the door of the prison and lazarlouse, men have put away falsehood nd squalor and comforted those for rhom Christ hath died. He hath ouched marriage and it hath becom<Ta acrainent; he hath touched the book nd it hath become wise; he hath oucuea Hie IUWS UUU luejr ua<c UCWUH . list; lje bath touched art and music :nd they have become high and pure; le hath touched wealth and made riches plendid; he hath touched the library nd lent it refinement; he hath touched loquence and made it high and exited; he hath touched religion and nade it full of love and sympathy; he lath touched the cradle and the babe lath become Oiod's child;" he hath ouched the grave and it hath become he door into life immortal. His love is' iniversal, his truth is everlasting, and tis kingdom shall have no end!?Newell Jwight Hiliis, D. D. The Grace of Receiving. There is a rare blessedness in gracious eceiving. Indeed, there is a receiving hat gives as much as the giver. If the liver gives love, so, too, can the reeiver. If the giver gives what costs noney, the receiver may give what costs ife?gratitude and words of joy. If the ,iver stretches forth kindly hands, so, oo, may the receiver; and what matter vhether the palms are turned upward r downward? . . . Even if the gift legius life heavily handicapped with the >ride or the selfishness or the boorishietw of the giver, it need not lose hope, irovided it finds, the right sort* of reeiver. Whatever is lacking to the gift he receiver may supply, and make it erfectr It may be graceless; let the eceiver add graciousness. It may be lumsy; let the receiver add courtesy, t may even be selfish; let the receiver hame it with love. The chances are hat the minds of most of us are so ocuoied. this merry Christmas season, nth plans for giving, that we shall fau o plan for receiving. Let hs be prelared also for that. A Prayer for Guidance. Lord Jesus, when thou coraest I could have a ready place for thee, -et not my heart be like the inn where1 here was not a corner for thine enterainment, but rather like the simple learts of the shepherds, to whom was ;iven the angels' song of praise and the irst vision of thine infancy. Come as hou wilt, a child with cfaim of want, a leighbor asking help or patience, a irother in the family of God?sick, or laked, or hungry, or in distress, and let ae not be blind or careless or unloving !how me thy call in every human need, by coining in the changes of my life, '"or if thou hadst not come, 0 blessed ..ord, then were my soul in anguish of istress and want. Then the abundnce of ail lesser gifts, the coming of 11 other guests, could bring no cheer, ind thine be praise for weakness of hine infancy, for glory of thy strength, he marvel of thy cross, the triumph of hy risen power! Amen. Joy Too Deep for Wordg. In the inn of Bethelehcrn there were lany going to uud fro, and much hurry nd disquietude, while caravans were nlading or making ,up their complelent of passengers and the divan preruited a spectacle of manjr costumes i nil resounded with wrangling and arter and merriment. But in . a stable ard by there was a tender joy too eep for words and a stillness of adovaion which seemed to shut out the outer rorld; for Mary had brought forth her rstborn Son and laid him in the langer. and her heart and that of Joeph were full to overflowing, and ngels were gazing down from above on tie mystery of the holy incarnation, -lidward M. CJoulburu. Must be Spoken. "We cannot but speak the things 1 rliich we have seen and heard," is a rinciple that applies far more widely lan to the work of a Christian church. r to any activity that is put iu force tc oread the name of Jesus Christ. For lere is a universal impulse which rings it about that whatever, in the <' ature of profound conviction, of il- ' ruinating-truth, especially as affecting | loral and spiritual matters, is granted > any man, knocks at the inner side of le door of his lips, and demands ar sit and free air and utterance.?Alex uder Maclaren, D. D. This is the sum and substance of out ' hristian faith and Christian life! We 1 elieve that the free grace and mercy of < fod has come to the help of poor man. i ainly struggling to free himself from u and evil; and this great and alljfflcient divine Help is Jesus Curist -Theodore Christ!ieb. ^ Do not imagine that you have got ' lese things because you know how to 1 et them. As well try to feed upon a l jokery book.?Drummond. State of New Hampshire'* Industries. The annual report of Lysander H. Car- ( 11, Commissioner of Labor for New * ampshire, lias been issued. A tabulation 1 1300 establishments, distributed among s ty industries, gives capital invested $SC,- t 2,'291, with an annual product of $103,- ? 0.340. The employes aggregate 74.000. r le total wages received were $26,144,340. fas an Eight-Dollar Continental Note. ,T. G. Packard, an editor of Cedar Falls, ? wa, is in possession of an $8 note issued Philadelphia in 1775 by the Continental 1 jvernment in accordance with an act of 8 ingress of May 10 of that year. It is S yable in Spanish gold or silver. ; - ^ 7,. . \ *.; :r ' ?r; A .. r _ .* ^ .-v; V 'I 1 I wmmm?mmmmmmm STORK'S AWFUL fit t ^ Heavy Loss of Life Around the ' British Coasts. 1 MOST SFVFRF GALE IN. if EARS Many Vegsela Dashed to Piece* in Teiv ' ? . rifle Seas?Thirty-three Go Down With \ One Ship ? A Crew. jJwept, From the Wreck in Sight of Shore at. Holyhead?Much Property Damaged. London (By Cable).? A great gala prevailed along the English and Irish coast)? Friday and caused an unprecedented Interruption of the telegraph service. The chief disaster reported is the * wrecking of the four-masted ship . ' Primrose Hill, outward bouhd from Liverpool, which went ashore near Holyhead. A terrific sea was running, which prevented the lifeboats from approaching the stranded vessel. When sbe struck three of her masts went overboard, and her -hull 'broke In two. Tiie roremast was ien. aiauuiuK, but in a few minutes this, too, went over the side. Meanwhile the crew had huddled together oq the poop deck. In a short time a huge sea boarded the after part of the wreck and all hands were . washed overboard. Thirty-three were drowned. The solitary survivor was thrown by the sea on/to the rocks, where he was mutilated before he ? x was rescued. , The British ship Pegasus, Captain Bailey, from San Francisco, went x ashore at Lavernook Point in tbe ' Bristol Channel. She was subsequently floated and towed in to Cardiff. ' Four of her crew of thirty-three were lost. Other wrecks occurred/ on the west ft :oast. The wind blew xrtfti hurricane force. In South Wales a freight train was lifted from the rails by the stornj. In other places it required three engines to enable trains to make head* way against the gale. Fishing boats have been cast up on the western coast like driftwood. Seventy barges were adrift in the Thames. . ' j A steeple was blown down in Wal: worth. Surrey. The Channel steamer service was abandoned. The storm was probably the moat furious that has prevailed in Great Britain in twenty years. ? S MUHSFS ACCUSED OF INWAWANITY. " '?#! \ ? Held Accoaatable For Death ofj^ Patien in a New Vork Hospital. New York City (Special).?Jesse R. Davis, Edward 0. Dean and Gllnton L. Marshall, three nurses connected with the Mills* Training School for Nurses, were held accountable for the' death of Louis Hllllard oh December . 12 while an inmate of the Insane pavilion in Bellevue Hospital, by a juty before Coroner Edward T. Fitzpatrick. It was determined by the jury that Hilllard's death was caused by asphyxiation and fractured ribs, as the result of the treatment he had received at the hands of the three nurses who had charge of the patient. Davis, ' ' Dean and Marshall were admitted to bail in the sum of $5000 each by the Coroner, although Assistant ..DistrictAttorney John P. Mclntyre protested against their release. Davis, Dean and Marshall will have their cases submitted to the Grand .Turv. At the inauest the testimony showed that the treatment of Hilllard had been severe ana unnecessarily brutal. I TWO CIRLS BURNED BY BONFIRES h A Boy in Each Case Charged With Posh* lng Them In?One Dead. Hackensack, N. J. (Special).?Rosie ? Cholovoiski, aged seven, died a few minutes after being burned by a bon- t , fire. Several children were playing round the fire near St Mary's Church * and were jumping over the outer edge ^ when Rosie's clothes caught fire. She ran through the street shrieking until . she fell. It is charged that she waB ? pushed into the fire by Frank Wenzel, , a boy of twelve, and that she declared he did it The boy denies pushing her. He was arrested, but paroled in care of his father. At about the same time and within a short distance of this accident Mamie Nobila, nine years old, daughter of Nicholas Nobila, was similarly burned. A lad named John Eckert, son Of Adam Eckert, was arrested on a charge of pushing her into a bonfire, and he is in Jail. The So.ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has taken the matter up, and will prosecute four other boys. BROUCHT THE CAT BACK TO LIFE. Electricity Used to Kill and Then to Bevivc the Animal Two Hoars Later. . St. Joseph, Mo. (Special).?At an experiment in a telephone office in this city N. Schellinger, an electrician, of Chicago, apparently killed a cat by electricity, and two hours after the heart had ceased to beat reversed the current and the fthock restored the heart beats, faintly at first, but growing in strength until finally the cat was released and was as playful and frisky as it had ever been. To all intents and purposes the cat was dead a few seconds after the first current was turned on and remained so for two hours. Bay A<<J Candy Until It Kilted Him. Eight-year-old Charles Williams, of Pittston, Penn., died of eatiug Chri&tnas candy on which he had been feast Ing since unristmas evening, it is oeileved the candy was poisoned by the :oloring matter. The Coroner will inrestigate the case. Succesflor to Murdered Auditor. President McKinlc.v has selected Frederick Rittman, of Cleveland, Ohio, :o succeed Auditor Morris, who was cllled by Samuel MacDonald, at iVashington. New Hordes Tor the President. President McKiniey has purchased )f J. M. Johnston, of Fairlawn, Ohio, * i pair of thoroughbred coach horses 'or his private carriage. They were .hipped to the President at Washingon. They are dark bays, sixteen and i half hands high, and weigh 1250 )ounds eacii. . Incendiarism In Barbados. .. : Mail advices from Barbados report . ... nai mceuujarijsra js rampant tner&. thirteen canefields and buildings were mrned within a week. The planter# ire alarmed and are securing police >roteetinn. \ -J . . . jwm -v -rX /:. .... / / v...... ; - a&tt