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i^^,\i!v"iFIDno5"' 1 Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE 00., PA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER !D. 1896. k Weekly local and Family Journal. I'1'?? auVan^ Acton frowned and exchanged glances with the others. A NORTH POLE ROMANCE! THEODORE PARKER ON MARRIAGE. each otrier ana giggiea, out none offered any response. the Academy or Sciences will oe awaited with considerable interest not only by medical men, but perhaps more especially by the general public, for if Dr. Crotte's method proves only half as effectual as he aflirms it does it will be a great boon to humanity.—Paris Cor. London Standard. POLLY'S AWAKENING. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. FORTY WIN FACTS. ance against the United States, $188,417,- 491. Polly ran up to her room and brought down her little writing desk. She sat down and wrote out rapidly an antl-clgarettu pledge; then she called the boys around her. A (Scientific Story of the Twentieth Century. Some Concluatutm Arrived at by Looking "Now, I know you all know bis name," said the superintendent, In patronizing tones. "Just think a moment and tell me. Won't some of you? Let this little man tell me," he said, pointing at the recent comer from the South. 37. For the year ended June 80, 1896, tkm United States exported 1883,006,938 worth of products and imported $779,734,674. Balance in favor of the United States, $103,- 883,964. BY MABY ». BUTTS. It was a beautiful morning at Pole ville Centre, Strawberries were In full bloom, ana lovely white polar bear* could be seen frolicking on the huge blocks of ice along the ocean front. It was high June, and little Trilbean Nan sen, getting to be big now, and grand daughter of the famous explorer, was plucking clover by the roadside and evet and anon casting her pretty eyes sea ward in the fond hope of seeing the sails of her lover's balloon, which wm expected home that very day from th« old world, namely America. Ilacktruril. LESSON II, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER- Polly longed to be helpful. She had dreamed ever since she was a little tot in pinafores of being a missionary Harriet Newell; of going to nurse •a the burning plains of India, like wounded soldiers fighting in a grand caaae, like Florence Nightingale; of leading a great crusade against wrong, seemed little probability that these like Prances Wlllard. But there dreams would be realized. Men and women, and especially young people, do not know that it takes years to marry completely two hearts, even of the most loving and well sorted. Bnt nature allows no sndden change. We slope very gradually from the cradle to the snmmit of life. Marriage is gradual, a fraction of us at a tiuie. A happy wedlock is a long falling in love. 1 know yoang persons think love only belongs to brown hair, andplnmp, round, crimson cheeks. So it does from its beginning, just as Mt Washington begins at the station. But the golden marriage is a part of love which the bridal day knows nothing of. Youth is the tassel end silken flower of love; age is the full corn, ripe, and solid in the ear. Beautiful is the morning of love, with its prophetic crimson, violet, purple, and with its hopea of days that are to come. Beautiful also is the evening of love, with its glad remembrances, and its rainbow aide turned toward heaven as well as earth. Young people marry their opposites in temper and general oharacter, and such a marriage is commonly called a good match. They do it instinctively. The young man does not say "My black eyes require to be wed with blue, and my over-vehemence requires to a little modified with somewhat of dullness and reserve." When opposite! couie together to be wed, they do not know it, bat eaoh thinks the other just like himself. Old people never marry their opposites; they marry their Similars, and from calculation. Each of these two arrangements is very proper. In their long journey these young opposites will fall out of the way a great many times, and both gut away from thtf road; but each will charm the other back again, and by and by they will ba agreed as to the place they will go to, and the road they will go by, and become reconciled. The man will be nobler and larger for being associated with so much humanity unlike himself; and she will be a nobler woman for having manhood beside her that seeks to correct her deficiencies and supply her with what she lacks, if the diversity is not too great, and their be a real piety and love in their hearts to begin with. The old bridegroom having a much shorter journey to make, must associate him self with one like himself. A perfect and complete marriage is perhaps as rare as personal beauty. A real happy marriage of love and jndginent, between a noble man and woman, is one of the things so very handsome that if the sun were, as the Ureek poets fabled, a god, be might stop the world in order to fsaat his eyes witn such a spectacle. NATIONAL SFRieS, OCT. 11 Every One of Them Against Free Coinage of Silver. "I wish you to pay me by signing this pledge," she said. "George will sign first," and she rose, giving her seat to her brother. Text of the Leimon, I King* ill, C-l." The Pipe Trick. "I don't know, sir; I don't live here. I only came up from Missouri the other day," was the frightened reply. Memory Ver«e«, 11, 11—Golden Text, I'n. "The gentlemanly looking young man who has just gone past," said a detective officer, "is one of the cleverest hands In England at the meerschaum pipe trick. He begins work about 10 o'clock in the evening near some railway station from which suburban trains start In his hand he has what looks like a very handsomo and well colored meerschaum pipe, with a fine mouthpiece and solid silver ornamentation.88. When a silver advocate tells yon thai we can get along without Europe, tell hisp that for the first seven months of 18M Europe bought 1600,807,863 worth of oof products, of which $330,611,608 was in grain and $141,966*464 in manufactured products. 89. When a free silver advocate tells yon that the advantage which the mine owner would reap under free coinage is only an "incident," toll him that at today's price of silver the producers' profit on the 481,- 863,041 standard silver dollars coined since '78 would be about $316,000,000—an average of over $0,000,000 a year for twenty-three: years. * cxl, 10—Commentary by the Kev. 1D. M. 8 tearu*. THE LESSONS OF HISTORY. As George had not formed the smoking habit, and was already ashamed that his sister bad seen him with a cigarette in his mouth, he readily wrote his name. H1b example as leader was powerful with the others, and of the four all signed except A1 Carter, who didn't feel sure that be wished to be led round by the nose ' v •» flri. One Thing the Girl Could Do. 6. "In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solanion in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what I shall give thee." David was Dow dead, having reigned 40 years, 7 at Hebron and 33 at Jerusalem (I Kings ii, 10, 11). Solomon was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and magnified him exceedingly. The ark of God was in the tent which David had pitched for it at Jerusalem, but the tabernacle and altar of burnt offering, etc., were still at Gibeon (II Chron. i, 1 4). Thither Solomon and many of the people went to offer burnt offerings, token of whole hearted surrender to God to serve Him only. It was in that night that the Lord appeared to him as here recorded. Hear the Lord saying similar words to us In John xlv, 13, 14. She was engaging a cook, and the very first applicant was a raw Norwegian girl, fresh from the fjords. Fundamental Truths Which All Would Do Well to Memorize. At the age of sixteen she was Just plain Polly Hopkins, with a snub nose and freckles. Not that she was an ugly girl; by no means. She was as fresh and wholesome as a peach that ripened in sunny gardens. Her figure waa good, her teeth were white and even, and ber hair, though It was undeniably red, waa rich and abundant But Polly was dissatisfied with the likeness reflected by her little looking glass. She adored great black flashing eyes, and raven locks, and pallor, and classicaf "ffclrtii Pes. Nobody would ever take her for a heroine, she was sure. She was, in her own estimation, much better fitted to be a milkmaid. "I suppose you understand plain cooking?' remarked the lady of the house. "He loves me, he loves me nit," she murmured musically, pulling the petal* from a frozen sunflower and dropping them in profusion around her pretty bare feet. "In well chosen words he addresses some gentleman walking by and explains that he has had his pocket picked or has forgotten his purse, and he would be greatly obliged if the gentleman would tend him, on the security of his meerschaum pipe, his fare to some station which he unman WORLD'S PRODUCT OF* WHEAT. "Naw, no plain cooking." "Oh, fancy cooking, hen?" "Naw, no fancy cooking." "Heavy sweeping and housework?" "Naw, doan do housework." "Perhaps you are a laundress, then?" "Naw, I doan lander." "Don't yon even know plain sewing?" "I naaver sew."* . talked over the matter of the club with her mother, without detailing ber fears for George. She gained rather a reluctant consent for the meetings, by promising that they should be quiet and orderly, and not exceed two hours in length. In 1804 It Wan a Sixfold Increase Within CHAPTER IL Five Years, and This Explains the AeD 40. When a sUverlto tolls you that the Poleville Centra was the largest vil lage in the great fertile region of the newly discovered oountry. Some wanted to call it Nansentown. some New Norwegia, and some New England No. 8, but by a vote of the House, ft) to 3, it was decided that the new land should be called Polevills Centre. This, they argued, would be more fitting, since it suggested a turning point in the world'; histoiy. coni|iHiiytng Decline In Price—Existing Hard Times Date From 1893, When with the Repeal of the MeKinlejr Tariff government of the United States has never tried to Issue silver dollars on their own aocoant and that a trial of the 16 to 1 principle will prove that a silver dollar is worth af much as a gold dollar, toll him that yon know better. Tell him that the United States government in 1878 issued 86,000,000 trade dollars, which contained 6more grains of pure Bilver than our present standard dollars, and which,nevertheless, may be purchased today at any coin broker's office for fifty-five cents apiece. Why? Because they were not given the benefit of the gold standard—Evening Bulletin. "He explains how ashamed he is to have to ask this and generally pitches a about the pipe being a presentation ona You would bo surprised how often the bait "Well, I declare," exclaimed the distracted lady, "what In Heaven's name can you do?" "Two of the boys have no mothers," said Polly, as a final coup; "fcnd if George"— takes. You see, he is well dressed, and any luan might be left at a station in this way. The pipes, of course, are of the oommonest kind, but splendidly got up for the purpose with paint, highly polished metal and ao on."—Pearson's Weekly. the Government the Story of Stagnation, 6. "David, my father, walked before thee in truth anil in righteousness And in Uprightness of heart with t.hee." Solomon begins his requost by speaking of God's great ineroy or bounty to his father. The mercies of the Lord are a good topic for every morning, for they are now every morning. His compassions fail not. Great is His faithfulness (Lain, ill, 82, 23). He is the Father of Mercies (II Gor. i, 3). Solomon speaks of his father's walk before the Lord and with the Lord. Like Abraham, he walked before God (Gen. xvii. 1). and, like Enoch, Noah and Levi, he walked with God (Gen. v, 24; vi, 9; Mai. li, «)- Rain and Disaster Began. "Aw," was tbe answer, "I can milk a reindeer." 1. The suspension of free silver coinage by the act of 1873 did not demonetise silver. From the foundation of the government up to 1873 less that $150,000,000 in silver of all kinds had been coined, and none of it was in circulation, silver being at a premium over gold. Paper money, hacked by gold; was the circulating medium In 1873. "Yes, I know." said Mrs. Hopkins, "if George were in the place of those boys I would wish somebody to do just what you are doing. We don't always put ourselves in other people's places, more's the pity." But Polly suddenly began to look lesa in the glass and more at ber duty as daughter and sister. She had been to the village circulating library one day, and was returning through the one long street of Bakerville on her way to the little red cottage where the Hopkinses lived. She had "The Wide, Wide World" in her hand, and was reading its first pages with the same interest that girls used to feel forty years ago in the fascinating story. Suddenly she heard her patronymic pronounced by an unfamiliar voice. A Hopelea* Minority. The minister exhorted the score of hearers in his audience one warm evening, and wound up by asking all who wanted to reach a better world to stand up. Everyone in the little audience arose except an old gray-headed farmer who had fallen asleep. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. For ten days and nights did the fail in aid stalk beside the sad, salt sea, throwing her searchlight across the thickly wooded shores of Greenland in to Baffin Bay beyond, and wringing her soft, white hands, which had be come soaked in Arctic fog. No sail ahoy was visible. At the end of the tenth day she went home to eat and help her mother make ice cream for the summer boarders. Signal lantern? were run to the top of the pole and s strolling German band was detailed to scatter along the beach and blow their horns at regular intervals. And the days chased one another onward ir their mad glee, and still no sail was visible. CHAFTBB lit Toj»ic For the Week Beginning Oct. 1L Comment by Krv. K. H. Doyle. Topic.—God or Mammon.—Math, vi, 19-24. (A temperance meeting suggested.) Polly dressed herself In her new blue gown and jacket, put on a jaunty little hat atop of the bronze braids, without looking too long in the mirror, and started out to find her girl friends. She had not walked far before she met them face to face. The contest for rule in the human heart between God on the one side and the world in some fonn or the other is a very old one. It is as old as man himself. Yet it is ever new, for it is engaged in by every newcomer upon the stage of life. MADISON, 1816: "It is eMMXIal that the nation should pome— • currency of equal value, credit and aae wherever it mar circulate."2. Since 1873 more than $900,000,000 In silver coin and silver notes have been Issued, and practically all of It ig In use. "Now," said the preacher, "if there is one here who does not desire his soul's salvation let him stand up, that wc may look upon him with grief and astonishment." 3. Existing hard times date from 1898, •when the enormous purchases of silver by the government caused European holders of American securities (for which they paid gold) to sell them through fear that the United States would go upon a stir ir basis, in which case they would get for their securities fifty-three cents' worth of silver for every dollar in gold invested. The subsequent passage of the "Wilsoo tariff act, which enabled foreign producers to sell their products in thp. United States lower than American manufacturers could afford to make them, extended the depression into commercial and industrial channels. The renewed silver agitation completes the story of stagnation, ruin and disaster. 7. "I am bat a little child. I know not bow to go out or oome In." Acknowledging his Indebtedness to the Lord God ot bis father for his position, ho confesses his helplessness and ignorance. He is hut a child and knows not anything. When Jeremiah long after this was called of God to be His prophet, he also said, "Ah, Lord God, I cannot speak, for I am a child," but the Lord said to him most comforting words, which also He Is saying to you and me If ody we have ears to hear them (Jer. i, 6-9). His father's words, by tbe Spirit, concerning going out and ooming in (Ps. cxi, 8), should have greatly helped him, for they have helped inany. ITS AN OLD STORY. "Good!" called out Clara. "We were just on our way to your house. We are going to Johnstown tomorrow on the 9 o'clock train, and we want you to go wltu us. We will have luncheon together, and no end of fun in the afternoonand get home by supper time." The blood rushed to Polly's cheeks. A week ago she would not have hesitated at the proposal; but her anxiety for George and ber plans for him and his friends bad already worked a change. She knew instantly that a higher self bad awakened in her, antagonistic to such an outing as that planned for the morrow; but she uttered no criticism; only told the girls, as they walked along, of the new club and of her need of their help. The old farmer awoke with a start just as the preacher said "stand up," and sprang to his feet and stared around, only to find all eyes upon him. This aroused his Ire, and be said, addressing the preacher: Two worlds are placed before us in the Scriptures—the present one and the future one, earth and heaven. It is not to be wondered at that the present life so often seems to us the more important one. It is more real to us. We see it before our eyes every day and every hour. The other is distant It is not so real; at least it does not appear so real, and men usually rely much upon appearance when they make a choice. Therefore it is -necessary for the Scriptures to warn us against centering all our affections upon this world. It seems more real, but it soon passes away. The wealth, the pleasure, the honor, the attainments of this life are ours for but a very short time. Then they are gone as if the thief had broken in and stolen theiu. In the world to come it is different. Its pleasures and its treasures are eternal. Therefore we should choose heavenly wealth in preference to earthly possessions. A Few Futo A boat Hard Timet and A great many people seem to think these hard times are something new and that the country has never seen the like before. But these people have not read their ooun try's history carefully or they would know better. They would also learn that neither free silver nor free gold had ever yet cored the poverty and hard times that have always followed Democratic revenue tariffs. Away hack in 1816 we tried a revenue tariff. In speaking of the effect of that tariff Henry Clay said that If he were called upon to name seven years of the most widespread disaster this country had ever seen he would say the seven years following the adoption of tho revenue tariff of 1816. Good Times. "Hopkins?" said another voice. "Yes," was the reply, "George Hopkins. He's a limb, and' no mistake. I shouldn't be at all surprised if be was concerned in that postofflce business.'* "Brother Jones, I don't know whether we be votln' for or agin' the sentiments of my brethren here, but you and me seems to be In a hopeless minority." There was a chestnut tree on the other side of the wall that skirted the street, and somebody was looking for uuts, unaware that the conversation was being overheard. CHAPTER IV. Now, it so happened that in Poleville Centre lived a young doctor who was also a suitor for the fair Trilbena'e hand, but he didn't suit her. He had watched her through all her great sor row, longing yet tearing to offer hei words of love and condolence. Then he was missing for several days. No one skating along the main thoroughfare had seen his familiar figure for Bome lime, and people 1 eared he might have been borne away in the night on a departing ice berg. Not he. The aged but truthful editor of the Kufrle beamed kindly over the tops of his glasses. Pneta Encouraged. 8. "Thy servant Is in the midst of thy people, which thou hast chosen." So also was the Ixjrd in the midst ot His people, for He had chosen them that He mightdwell in their midst, and thus make them a people different from all other people on the earth and separated from all other peo pie. For that reason the tabernacle was built. See Ex. zxv, 8; xxxlli, 16. Tlx future glory of Israel shall be Jehovah in their midst furevermore (Kzek. xxxvil, 28. Zeph. ill, 17). The greatest fact in every gathering of God's people now Is the presence of the Lord In their midst (Math xvll, 20), and not the presence of this or that Important person. PoHy's heart seemed to stop beating for an instant, tben to go plunging on as if it would suffocate her. That postofflce business! Well she knew to what the gossip referred. The postofflce had been robbed not long before of an insignificant sum, tive or ten dollars, and It was currently reported that certain boys were Implicated in the affair. 4. The term "IB to 1" means that sixteen ounces of silver, worth the world over but sixty-five cents an ounce, or $10.56 for sixteen ounces, shall be the equal of one ounce of gold, worth everywhere ISO 87. 5. The silver in a United States standard dollar is now worth about fifty and one-quarter cents in gold "There is something quite nice about your verses. Miss Budley," he said in a gentle voice, "and we are indeed sorry we cannot use them." "1 think,' she said, *:'tbat if you will come, prettily dressed, and chat with the boys, and one of you pour chocolate, it will be just splendidV Tben she went on to tell about the books that she hoped to get, and ended It by saying: "Then," faltered Miss Budley, as fihe once more received back tbe dainty little roll tied with bine ribbon, "you think, do yoa not, Mr. Slott, that If 1 persevere. In time I may be able to write very acceptable poetry?" In 1884 the policy of protection was restored and at once prosperity began to return.In 1887 a revenue tariff was again tried with disastrous results and general bankruptcy.Polly had a staunch and wise friend, one of ber teachers in tbe High School, Miss Weymouth. To ber she went with ber trouble tbe next day. School was over, and Mias Weymouth proposed a walk. CHAPTER V. 6. The metal in a gold dollar, coined or uncoined, is worth everywhere 100 cents in gold. One day be suddenly appeared before the maid who had so many times repulsed him. There is another reason why we should prefer God to Mammon. We cannot serve both. "No man can serve two masters.'' We cannot make two principles the ruling motives of our liVea One will gain the mastery. One must be chief and the other subordinate. "The ohief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." There are other ends. Man must preserve his life, continue his kind, provide, in tbe present and for the future, for those dependent upon bim and fulfill all obligations devolving upon him as a member of society and of the home and the states But these are all subordinate aims. The chief end is to obey God, and He simply warns us against the mistake of making the subordinate aims the chief aim. '"Y-e-s," slowly assented the editor of the Bngle, "in time; or, at least," he hastened to add, as a glad thought burst upon him, "if not In time, Miss Budley, what is the matter with trying eternity?" The people quickly repented of their folly, and in 1842 a protective tariff was again adopted, and it soon brought such prosperity that in 1844 even the Democrats claimed that Polk was a better tariff man than Henry Clay and had inseribed on their banner "Polk, Dallas and the tariff of 1848." Clay was beaten by Polk—the people believed the Democratic promises as they did in 1808—and in 1846 the Democrats gave them "a tariff for revenue only" again, with damaging results, and In 1857 a further reduction of the tariff brought on an era of hard times nearly as bad as we now have. "How jolly It would be If we could subscribe for two or three papers and magazines just for tbe club.1" Trae to tta* geoat. 9. "Give, therefor*, thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad." The request Is worded a little differently In II Chron. 1, 10, "Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and oome in before this people," but the substance of it Is the same, that he may have wisdom to do right before God In the mat ter of the kingdom and In the midst of this people like the dust of the earth In multitude (I Kings lv, 20; II Chron. 1, 0). Great oomfort for each of us in the matter of wisdom Is found iu Jas. i, 6, 6. 7. Up to 1878 the United States government had coined only 8,031,238 standard silver dollars. "Tribena," said he, "your lover it false." Crit Robinson, the wing shot, has the bast trained hunting dog on tbe Coast, a black pointer. At the pigeon shoots, where other dogs go oraxy at the cracking of the guns and the dropping of birds, Robinson's dog lies in tne shade asleep.4 A whistle and the dog is on his feet pointing with every muscle tense and every nerve strained. At a signal the dog retrieves and in another minnte is as sound asleep again as if nothing happened, Ho matter where the dog is he will drop at a blast from Robinson's whistle and lie there immovable tor hours at a time. "We can talk as we go along," she said. "The fresh air will help us to a wise conclusion. One is always a little more sane under tbe open sky, 1 think." "Why," said Maud, "our trip to morrow, If we take it will cost us a dollar and a half apiece; that would make, Including Polly, four dollars and fifty cents apiece to tbe literary fund." So it was decided; and all three went rummaging through tbe book collections at Clara's and Maud's for sftare volumes that could be devoted to tbe service of tbe boys. "Sir!" she aried. 8. Since 1873 the U aited States has coined 431,852,011 stab...ml silver dollars. Nevertheless, the commercial value of the bullion in the standard dollar has decreased from about 11.01 in '73 to about fifty-one cents. This answers Bryan's argument that the increased use of silver' will enhance Its value 9. During the first eight months of *96 the government of the United States coin- "It is true, Trillie. I swear it." "How do you know?" she asked hoarsely. Th« 8Uter-to-You Racket Played. "I am glad yon have waked op," said the teacher, suddenly. 'Tveseen them." "Them? Whof "Did yon propose to young I)ashlelgh last night?" asked Miss Rosebud."Why—er—he and the woman." "Woman? Woman? What woman?""Wake up!" echoed Polly. "Yes," replied Miss Yellowleaf. "What did he say?" "Yea, from your dreams of far-away exploits, of missionaring, and preach ing, and nursing imaginary heroes." "Oh—er—one of the Bowery girls." ''I don't believe it. You are cruelly deceiving me." • "Well, will you believe your own eyes?" "The brutel son to me." lie said be would be a 10. "And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing." It Is possible to pieuse »iod and have tbe joyous consciousness of It. Our Lord Jesus •aid, "I do always those things that please Him" (John vtti, 29), and Paul says In I Them. II, 4, "Not as pleasing man, but God, who trieth our hearts." The secret of it is In yielding fully to God, that He may work In us that which is well pleasing in His sight (Hab. xlll, 21). "Don't you believe It la a noble thing to be a missionary?" Tbe first club meeting was an eventful occasion. No unblacked shoes nor uncombed hair, no soiled bands nor uncared-for nails appeared. There were some honest blushes—always a good sign—when tbe members were presented to the girls who bad come to help entertain them, and more than one resolution made to work hard and save money for new shoes or bats or coats, or whatever was most needed to make tbe young fellows presentable on terms of self respect ed 11,212,412 standard silver dollars—exactly 13,181,174 more than it had coined from the foundation of the government down to '73. NEWSPAPER WAIF& In 1861 the Republicans enacted a protective tariff again which continued with a few changes until 1894. During this long period, despite the losses sustained In the great rebellion, this country was in the enjoyment of such prosperity as the civilised world had never before witnessed. Daring this long period the generation that had had experience with Democratic financial legislation had nearly all died "Oh, yes, by all means; but not necessarily a foreign missionary. Tbe home field has its claims, too; pressing claims, in many Instances." Robinson tslh a good story that illustrates the true scent of the dog. He came down oat of the Mills Building with an attorney one day, when the attorney found he had forgotten hia gloves and proposed to retorn for them. "Yes, I will," she replied, in tones that would have turned cold the blood of an Esquimau. "Aunt Hepsy, won't yon come to Miss Innett's pink tea?" "Law, child, I've tried those fancy kinds, but I like green tea best" Does it pay to serve God instead cf Mammon? God says it does. The experience of men proves that it does. To live for God and tho future instead of foi self and time may seem to some to be a waste of life. But time will prove that he is the one who wastes life, who prefers tho flesh pots of Egypt to the blessing of Canaan. 10. In August, '96, the' government of the United States coined 2,650,000 standard silver dollars. The seigniorage on these, or, more plainly speaking, the difference between their bullion and face value, is $822,U27. This, under free coinage, would be the mine owners' profit You mean there is work for me to do at bome," said Polly. Tben she told Miss We/mouth all she bad heard. "Then come at once to my laboratory."On the way he explained to her how he had been at work upon a wonderful machine, and that at last it was completed."No, I'll send the dog," said Robinson.She—"Isn't the rule, 'When in doubt, play trumps'T" He—"The usual rule Is. 'when In doubt, uk what are trumps.'" 11. "And God said uuto him, Because thou hast naked this thing and hast nut askud for thvself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself." Our Lord Jesus never sought anything merely for Himself. It does ine good to quote His words, "1 seek not mine own will;" "1 seek not mine own glory" (John v, 80; viii, 50). and to remember that'' Kven Christ ploaseu not Himself' (Rom. xv. 3). I have also been helped by Jeremiah's words to Ba ruch, his Bcribe: "Soekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not," (.lor xlv, 5). I believe tho best and most joy ous life is to let God Himself be our por tion (Lain. Hi, 24) and live tobeachanno; of blessing to others. "Be oontent if Got thou hast; paving Him, thy need is past.' 18. "Bohffld, I have done according to thy words. Lo, I have given thee a wist and au understanding heart." Inasmuch as Israel was as the saud which is by the «-a 1j multitude God gave Solomon wis dom and understanding as the sand thai is on the seashore (I Kings lv, 20, 29). or wisdom for every case that might possibly come before him. In verses 16 to 28 of this chapter there is an illustration of this wisdom, and the people saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment. "George needs a sister," said the lady, looking intently in Polly's anxious face. "But how will be know my gloves!" asked the doubtful attorney. 11. From the foundation of the government up to '73 the coinage value of all the silver produced in tho United States was (164,130,000. off and a raw generation, Ignorant of the baleful effects of Democratic tariffs, had oome upon the stage and in 1892 concluded to try the quality of Democratic promises. The results we are now experiencing and none of us enjoys them. We are in a bad plight and want to get out of it by the shortest road. That road is not by free silver, however. There is a well tested and proven method of counteracting the effects of Democratic revenue tariffs that has never failed, and that is a prompt return to a good protective tariff. Sound, honest money is also essential to prosperity, but we have it now and only need to stick to It and add a little good Republican protection and we will soon be on the road to prosperity again. Cast your ballots for McKtnhy, sound money and protection and good times will come again for a long, long stay.—Bedford Inquirer. "Tell me. Miss Weymouth, what can I do?" Miss Weymouth, who bad come to spend the evening with Mrs. Hopkins, peeped in when the affair was in full swing. "It is called the naw triple X ray long distance telescope," he said, "and now look. Look, Trillia, right through the body of your Mother Earth at New England. Find the streets of Boston, and tell me what you see." "Just let him smell of your hand." "Queer how everybody resents hot weather." Yea, and when a fine day Domes along they all strut as If they had made It"—Chicago Record. Biblo Readings.—Gen. xix, 15-26; Ex. xvi, 1-15; Dent vi, 4, 6; Math, v, 10; Lnke xii, 18-20; Luke xvii, 81-87; Math, vi, 88, 84; Mark xii, 29, 80; Acts iv, 10-12; xvii, 22-25; Rom. i, 20-25; viii, 0; II Cor. vi, 16-18; CoL iii, 17; I John ii, 15-17. The dog was given the scent and despatched up the stairs, lu a few minute* he returned with a ribbon the attorney's typewriter had been wearing around her waist.—Ban Francisco Post. 12. From 1873 to '95 the coining value of all the silver produced in the United States was $1,214,751,000. "Fascinate him. Make home bright, so beautiful that It will eclipse every other place. Has he any special tastes?" "I shall never forget that picture," she said, "those bright, winning girls giving all their attention, exerting all their charms to help and strengthen boys who bad already begun to drift sluwly downward." Watts—I wonder If the water Is fit to drink yet? 13. The foregoing figures show that during the twenty-two years from '78 to '96 the silver produced in the United States exceeded twelve times over the product of the United States for tho eighty-one years from 1792 to 187U. This explains why silver has declined in value. It likewise crushes the Bryan theory that nothing has been done for silver. "He likes chess, but ifs the pokiest game, I think; I never have patience to pUy it; and be used to be always fussing with his flute till 1 made bo much fun of him he gave It up. He likes animals, too; he would bring home every miserable cur that happened to follow him, if I would let him. He seems to have a taste for misery in general. You should see the gamins he used to pick np and make friends of! Oh, 1 fear his tastes are not very high." She took the tube in her hand, while be stood by the throttle. One long, lingering look and she dropped the eye piece and shuddered. Bii Theory. Lowfer—I notice you have put an orchestra in your restaurant. Did you do it on the theory that music aids digestion?*"Potts—Guess It is. An eel camc through our pipe this morning, and it teemed to be in good health. Endemvor I'rinon Work. This noble tribute to tho value of the Christian Endeavor society in prisons, says The Golden Rule, is from Mr. C. L. Curry, warden of the Western Kentucky Branch prison at Eddyville: "Since the organization of the prison society some six months ago my punishment reports, I am glad to say, have been greatly reduced. The general discipline of the prison is greatly improved, and a decided improvement is noticeable in almost every phase of the prisoners' lives. Many of the convicts in this prison are, in my belief, living upright Christian lives, and all the result of the good influences of the Christian Endeavor society. The entire population of the prison is permitted to attend the Sunday services, and out of a total of 600 prisoners I have seen 800 in attendance at one time. This is remarkable when you tako into consideration the fact that all our prisoners are given the liberty of the yard on Sunday, and the attendance is purely voluntary. The presence of one guard is all that is necessary in the chapel to maintain the best of order." "How things grow!" said Polly, rather obscurely, as the last boy departed, book in band. "One would think our club had been organised for months." "The villain I' she muttered, "and that woman has a past; 1 know it!" "Yes," said the Doctor, "but it is a long way." "I was so disappointed I was out the other day when you called, Miss Perclval." Mr. Eatonhous—No. The music sets the boarders' teeth on edge, and they bite the toughest steak witu the greatest ease.—Cincinnati Enquirer. 14. In 1873 the total amount of money in the United States was 1787,606,393, or about $18 for oaoh inhabitant. "Rottegun Edison,'* she cried, spring ing up, "I am yours I" "So was I. I felt sore I'd find you, because as I turned the corner I saw you go In." "It is like putting a seed in the earth. Aa soon as It is in we may be sure that many an unseen force will come to its aid," said Miss Weymouth, who had come Into the club room unobserved.Then he folded her to his bosom and woald have wept for joy but for the danger of the formation of icicles on hia face. Klv«U. Lnlu—You should get him to sign the pledge before you marry him. fiabs—Why, he doesn't drink I Lulu—No, but he may be tempted later on.—Pick-Me- Up. 15. In 1896 the total amount of money in the United States is $2,200,109,00(1, or about $25 for each inhabitant. Johnny had arrived at Ms eighth birthday, and thought that It would be real nice to write a letter to his papa and this Is the way he began: "My Dear Papa—Whenever I am tempted to do wrong I think of you and say, 'Get thee behind me, Sa/tau." —Household Words. "Well, you must try to get hold of him through his tastes, and then refine them if they need refining. So far, you have not told me anything very terrible. I should think him a kind-hearted boy who is so lonesome and strange at borne that he has gone outside to seek for companionship." 16. Ou Aug. 1, '9:1, the actual amount of money in circulation was $1,514,903,142, or £21.10 for eac h inhabitant. "I might have known it," she fondly murmured, "for was not the last petal on that sunflower nitf' East and West Think Alike. ▲ film of soap bubble is the 2,500,- 000 of an inch in thickness, and that Is absolutely dense when compared with the average campaign hand shake. 13. "And I have also given thoe that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor." Here is our Lord's "exceeding abundantly." If we are willing to live '•unto Him" and "for His pleasure," there wil. be no need to ask anything for our selves. "If any man serve Me, him will My Father honor," is always true. If as believers in Christ wo would only accept as true our standing in Him and live to honor Him and glorify Him, wo would never need to ask anything for ourselves, but would daily And the promise rrue "My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ .Tosus' (Phil- iv, ly). We are not of those who imagine that the— emphatic eastern verdicts are going to solidify the west for Bryan. The American people think pretty much alike east and west, the best of 'em.—Springfield Republican. THE POWER OF IMAGINATION. 17. On Aug. I, '96, there was, including silver notes, a total silver circulation of 1537,268,561. Dear reader, I will not pain or shock you with the details of the awful scene which our heroine was able to witness by the means of the doctor's wonderfnl instrument Suffice to say, she saw distinctly the sidewalks of Boston, and on the Bowery, once known as Commonwealth avenue, she beheld her wayward lover waltzing to hand organ mn iic with a horrid looking female, clad in more horrid looking bloomers and a sweater. The other members of the crew were there also, grouped about in QnstatutMque postures, but as our story deals entirely with life at the Pole, we shall be obliged to* leave the unruly Captain and his followers in the midst of their twentieth century hilarity. CHATTER THK LAST. It la N«CfhDra More Wonderfully Dis- played Than In Music. 18. Under the act of July 14, 1890 (the Sherman bill) there was purchased 188,- 674,682 ounces, or 5,600 tons, of silver, at a cost of $155,931,1*12. and treasury notes to that amount were issued on that account —the silver cost from $1.21 an ounce to 68 cents, the average being about 90 cents. If the silver were sold today the government would lose about $13,000,000. If coined into standard dollars the silver would produce nearly $218,000,000. The power of Imagination is amusingly illustrated in the story told of an old lady who had never heard the celebrated violinist Paganinl play, and one day obtained permission to attend a rehearsal of one of his concerts. Mists Bell—Mary, remember I am at home to none but Mr. Vere Brownkins this afternoon. "Oh! Miss Weymouthr exclaimed the convicted would-be missionary. GLEAMS OF SUNLIGHT. The Kadic— rroooiiloa. Down the vista of the ages Baints and sinners, fools and sages. Marching onward, alow and solemn. Go in never ending oolnmn, . Here the honest, here the knave. With a rhythmio step sublime. Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. "There are many such boys, more's the pity," said the teacher, with a little regretful sigh. "Their mothers are sick, or busy, or ao tired that tbey have no strength left for the boys; and sisters are occupied with new gowns and hats, with their friends, their studies, the last novel, or"— Mary (half an hour later)—I've told four gentlemen callers that you were at home to none except Mr. Vere Brownkins, miss, and they all went away very angry indeed, miss.—Tid- Bits. Truth is a mighty weapon when wielded by the weakest arm. It so happened that Paganinl did not take his violin with him to the rehearsal that day, but borrowed one from a member of tho orchestra, and instead of playing as usual, simply kept up a kind of pizzicato accompanimentSome sort of charity will swallow the egg and give away the shell. To the grave. Prosperity is no Just adversity is the only true balance to weigh friends. Like the rolling of a river, Ooing on and on forever, Never routing, never staying. Never for an instant straying. Peer «d peasant, lord and slavey Equals soon to tad mingle . in the grave. 14. "And if thou wilt walk in My ways, then I will leugthou thy days." Length of days upon the land given them by God was a special promise to Israel In oonuoc tion with obedieuce (Kx. n, 12), Again in Ps. xci, 10, we road concerning him who trusts In God, "With long life will 1 satisfy him and show him My salvation." Tho believer In Christ who has thus become a part of His body rejoices that Christ is ids life, and that because Christ lives he shall live also; whether in the mortal body or absent from the body, or lu an immortal body, ho Is willing to leave wholly to the will of God. 19. The silver product of the world from 1781 to 1893. in coining value, was $6,030,- 821,000. First Tramp—"Do you know, dte free silver business makes me feel good?" Second Tramp—"How does it?" First Tramp—"Well, if a dollar's guiug to be worth only fifty cents, it's a great consolation ter feel that yer got rid of yer money while It 'u'd bring what it was worth."— Puck The reason that he who is striving for wealth or renown for his own personal good or aggrandizement i9 never satisfied is because there is a want In his nature that is never met and never will bo until he opens his purse or seeks to bless others. That man alone is truly blessed and happy who seeks to gain that ho may bestow on others. And finally the great lesson taught us is that God Himself only lives aifd labors to save und bless all His creatures, and that His happiness nnd the perfection of His purpose will not bo attained until every criature will be saved from sin, misery and death.—Conversation. Never -Satinfled. "Longing to teach Indian children," broke in Polly, her defenses quite annihilated.From the walks of humble life have risen those who are the light* and landmarks of mankind. After the rehearsal the old lady went up to Mr. Cooke, the musical director, and said in a burst of enthusiasm, "Oh, dearl Mr. Cooke, what a wonderful man he is! I declare 1 never knew what music was capable of till this morning." 20. The silver product of the world for tho year 1895, in coining value, was $226,- 0(»D,000. When Polly reached home she found George In possession of the sitting room, surrounded by a group of boys whom she did not altogether approve, the whole party smoking cigarettes. She was greatly annoyed, but she wisely bid her feelings, and began at once playing the part of the smiling, courteous hostess. Ignoring the uncombed head*, and unbrusbed shoes, the soiled linen, and not overcleau bands and faces, she got out the photographs that her Uncle George had sent her from Germany and" Italy, and before she knew It had entered upon a very interesting lecture about cathedrals, bridges, towers, ruins, etc. Then came her album of famous men and women, and the boys listened and looked till dull eyes brightened, and heavy brows took on a new look of gentleness and Intelligence. The cigarettes disappeared one by one, hats and caps were doffed, and many a shame-faced glance was cast on hands and feet unfit for the surroundings and for tne young lady's compuny. Doty cannot, nor can pleasure, for a msntsnt break the measur They are marching on to doom, They are moving to the tomb. learning is wealth to the poor, an honor to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. A word of kindness Is seldom spoken in vain. It is a seed which, even when dropped by chance, spring* up a flower. 21. Tho silver product of the United Stutes in '95, in coining value, was $72,- 051,000. This ia True. "Papa, what is a 'walk in lifef " All the coward*, all the brave. Boon to level all distinction In the grave. "It is that procession, my boy, in which everybody has to run like mad, or get lefL"—Chicago Record. A iNUnt* Ke minder. 22. In round figures, the United Statos produces one-third of all the silver annually produced In the world. "Indeed, madam, he Is truly a mar vellous man," assented Mr. Cooke, with a smile: "but this morning you are indebted rather to your imagination than your cars for the delight you have had, for Pagaciui has not really played at all. lie hag not even touched a bow." Chollie—How do you account for this ■nit shwinking so? Tailor—Too much due on it, I 'speot Indianapolis Journal. Since the morning of creation, Without break or termination. Ever on the line is moving. All the loved and all the loving, All that mothers ever gave. On to silanoe and to D1 amber In the grave. 23. These are the silver standard countries,and th« amounts of money they have in proportion to each inhabitant: Russia, $8.40; Mexico, $5.11; India, (3.38; Japan, fO.(12; China. 12.OK; Ontral America, $3.60; South American States, $17.22. No advanced nations have the silver standard. If a man be gracious to strangers II shows he Is a citizen of the world, and that bis heart is no island cut off from the other lands, but a continent thnt Joins them. PrvfeuiauL "Wyndley is a soldier by profession, lid you say!" "Yes. He has been aver since the war."—Indianapolis Journal. 15. ' Ami Solomon awoke, and, behold, it, wus a drtuun." But it was none the loss a reality, for Hod h|Doku to His servants in dreams and visions of the night (Job xxxiii, 14, 16). Some think that if Got! would oome to thom in a vision or a dream they would believe mow readily, and some think that if one rose from the dead they would believe, but it. in written that if we believe not Moses and the prophets we would not believe even one riiwn from the dead (Luke xvl, 81). Always Liked ft. Mrs. Footlites—1 see the Barnstorm is to play at the Mohawk next week in repertory. Bar* ao bribe the bond can weaken: Here no substitute la taken; Each one for himself, no other, Boo nor father—no, nor brother. Never be cast down by trifles. If • spider breaks bis web twenty times, twenty times will he mend it Make up your mind to do a thing and yor will do it "Well," said the old lady, after a moment's astounded silence, recovering herself, "then all I can say is, he's even more remarkable than I thought he was! For if he can affect me in such a manner without playing, what should I do, how should I feel, when be really did play!"—Youth's Companion.Humility. The champions of the American hen ;laiin that she adds $188,000,000 a year to the wealth of the country, but that inly pays for part of the damage sho ioes in the garden bads. The Urmt Aatrleu lien. Mrs. Noitall—I always liked that play. What part does he take?—Judge. Humility is a grace of God, It is not a natural growth. Self conceit is of the devil. We aio warned against it as dangerous to the soul. "Pride goeth iK'fore destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. " He that is lifted up with pride is in danger of "the condemnation of the devil. " It lies at the root of all rebellion against Cod, and it leads to the contempt of the rights of others and disxegurd of just obligations to them. But wisdom is with the lowly.—Christian Instructor. 24. These are the leading gold standard countries, and the amounts of money they have in proportion to each inhabitant: United States, $21.10; Great Britain. $20.78; Franco, $35.78; Germany, $17.59; Belgium, Love the purest cannot save. Each alone the roll most answer At the grave. She—So Mua Deeoliette won a husband atlaatT He—Yes; won by a neck.—Buffalo Times. In the Buatjr Km*. If Women Had Control. The Illiteracy of BdmU. If all the men were women and all the women men. If the sighing of prisoners in 8! berla did not enter the ear at the tsar on bis coronation day, It is possible that tbwo may yet come to his nrfnd the thought that twenty millions of his subjects are too illiterate to have read the simplest account of the splendid ceremonial by which be was declared the embodiment of authority and tbe arbiter of good or ill to his people. REVOLUTIONARY RELICa 1*7.82; Italy, $10.17; Spain, $lfl.55; Netherlands, $25 67; Denmark,$11; Greece, $19; Switzerland, $15.44; Austria - Hungary, $10.68. How very, very different would life seem to us then. XmiMmi of the Hot righting Aronnd New Treatment of Consumption. Mew Tork Constantly Found. The shadows of the mind are like thoee of the body. In the morning of life they all, lie behind us; at noon we trample them under our feet; and in the evening they stretch long, broad and deepening before us. After the heartrending disappointments which followed the cruel demonstration of the Ineflieikcv of the method proposed by a great tierinan doctor for the cure of consumption every one must feel most desirous to avoid raising hopes which may, after all, prove futile. Nevertheless the fact that the Academy of Sciences in Paris lias ap|Dointeda special committee to study the method for the treatment of consumption now practiced here by I)r. Crotte makes ft desirable fcodraw attention to the subject. This commission is composed of M. Chuuve.au, one of the most illustrious of French physiologists; M. d'Arsotival, an eminent biologist and a great electrician, and Professor Bouchard, who Is regarded as ono of the' glories of French medicine. Imagine girls with flowing beards and men with trailing gowns. The hubby made unhappy by wifie's savage , frowns When she denied his plea for cash and sullenly declared That be might wear hls'present clothes, by gum, for all she cared. Workman excavating cellars along (he Boulevard from Seventy second street northward still throw up Revolutionary relics by the score. The field has bees a rich one for the curiosity h outers, and numbers of them hover about whenever a new foundation is dag oat The relics include pistols, guns and canteens, buttons, fragments of decayed cloth, and occasionally *» skull or a shattered bone. It Happened Uetore He tame. 25. The public debt of the United States In 1873 was $2,105,402,000, or about $50 for each inhabitant. A small youth out in Kenwood has come to think his native State does not amount to much. Some time last year bis family moved from St. Joseph, Mo., to Chicago, and took up residence within the fashionable district of Kenwood. The younger sou of the family is a lad about 0 years old, and a few days ago the whole Rabbatli school Which the youth attends was being questioned by the superintendent upon the lesson of the day. This little l»y has an unusually bright and interesting face, and as his class was seated directly in front of the superintendent he was naturally attracted to him. 20. The public debt of the United States in '96 Is $955,2117,253, or about $16 for each Inhabitant When the entertainment was over the bavn «hnw«i very plainly, though Mfuicnuat uuv,uu tuij, tut" 11 pUiUSUrC and gratitude. Then a bright idea flashed through Polly's brain. One of tlie Mysteries. Imagine women trading with distant foreign lands. Tumblers that have been used for milk should never be put into hot water until they have first been rinsed in cold water. The beat drivt s the milk in and gives a cloudy appearance to the glass which uannot be removed. Why any man should glory in his ignorance i f a thing (hut deeply interests the puL-lic mind is one of the mysteries we cannot understand. — American 27. In 1870 wages averaged $300 for the year the country over. The men attending smoker*, with sewing in their hands, The women sneering mildly, intending to denoteThe pitying contempt they had for men who wished to vote. Hoax—What is Cbisler going to call that statue of his representing a yonng man in tearsf A pproprUktaly Named. 28. In 1890 wages averaged $484. "How would you like to form yourselves Into a club, and meet here once a week, for the present, at least?" , Friend 29. In 1870 commodities were considerably higher thnn they nre today, and living was consequently more expensive. A business man on Park Bow has a collection of brass buttons unearthed in this locality. On each is the figure in relief of a Continental soldier with cocked bat and murket If it were not historically known what British regiments were encamped west of Central Park, it could be made out from the buttons that have been found where they bivouacked. These give the number of each regiment Rather Worse. "That would be Jolly I" was the sense of tbe meeting. Joax—He calls it "Cnwsed in Love." Hoax—Oh, I see. Chisler cut him out—Philadelphia Record. Tlie Intelligent WltneM. Thought makes- the are,ess of melancholy rather worse than better.—Selected.30. In 1870 the woalth of the nation averaged for each inhabitant $780. And then imagine women complaining through the town How men, to get employment, would cut the wages down. A lawyer had been questioning the witness for some time, and at last got him down to personalities. "We will have some illustrated papers, and make scrap books." said Polly, "and If you like, I will get some books of travel out of the library, and we can take turns reading."31. In 1890 the wealth of the nation averaged for each inhabitant $1,036. —Frank Putnam in Chicago Times-Herald. Ha Could Muter One. "Did I understand you to say, sir, that the defendant made certain remarks alKHit me?" The Academy of Sciences was led to investigate the matter by Dr. Crotte'a assertion that by his treatment ho had within the last few months succeeded in curing or at least in greatly improving the condition of 600 outof 800 patients who had followed his treatment. His patients arc said to lie almost exclusively persons who h;id l**u pronounced incurable by hospital doctors. They ore men, women and children belonging to the jworer classes of society and consequently living under unfavorable hygienic conditions, whom he treuts gratuitously. His method comprises the use of electricity and of antiseptics. How the ItooeH Grow. Oenlna. "Don't you think, Harry, you could induce one or two boys to come to Sunday school?" The lesson was of Moses and how the Bed Sea had separated and permitted him to lead his hosts through the divided waters to safety. When the superintendent had finished relating the story he concluded to see how much his youthful listeners bad taken in. Bow do the roses prow? 32. In 1870 the acreage of improved farms in the United States was 188,000,000. Some men disdain it, this transmuting power, Yet genius, like a holy beralU, beam Its deathless glory to the world Cuid wears Bravely its laurel and its itaasion flower. Talent is still a rich yet common dower. Marking the many from the lew, and fares With not too eager heart nor with despairs That sear the soul and make it thrill and If yon would know. Trust when days are dark and drear: When ho|De fuiletb, do not. fear; Bear the wintry time of year, 33. In 1890 the acreage of improved farms in the United States was 857,000,000. "I kin bring one along," he replied, "De udder fellers in our alley kin lick me."—Household Words. "1 said so, sir." Jln» Albright remarked, his face getting red as he spoke, that "It would be a good deal of trouble for Miss Polly." "Ah! Well, now sir, from what you kuow of me, do you believe thueo remarks to be strictly true?" For ho 34. The world's product of wheat In 1891 was 433,000,000 bushels. Other Iragments tell of the presence of Highland troops. Tbe ground just east of Mount Ijpm has been rich in mementos. Near here Mad Anthony Wayne took part in a skirmish in which tbe British got the victory and he got away with their cattle. The rosea grow JTeminine Comment. "No, sir." Bow do the 'owl urowf If you would know, Believe the trial is not in vain When the prumr's hand brings pain; Loss oft me;tnx the blossoms' gain, For so The roses grovr. 35. The world's product of wheat In 1894 was 2.645,000,000 bushels—a sixfold increase within five years. This explain! the accompanying decline in price. "But I wish you to pay me," she "George says there's bound to be bolting in the convention." "Who was it, children7" he questioned, "that led the Israelites into the promised land?" "Very well. Now will you be good enough to state to the court what he did say?" cower. Genius is martyrdom and grief to them Who feel its tireless and despotic will. With cruel rage or subtle stratagem It bids them dream or sing or die or kill. It bids them live—live aa no others live. Quickest to love, to suffer, to forgive. E- Montgomery In Can tun. At this Master George looked rather indignant, as if there was something Mercenary about the business. Ted "Yes, (1 suppose that's to hold the planks iu the platform."—Chicago Re cord. With the usual timidity of children about "speaking out in meeting," none of tlDoni rt»iDlifd. 'J'he liovs looked at 36. For the year ended June 30, 1878, thC United States exported $1(22,479,923 worth of oroducts and imuorted 1626.596.077. Bal- "Yes, sir. He said he thought you were a truthful and honest ■num." _ The result of the inquiry instituted by —Golden Rate.
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Title | Pittston Gazette |
Masthead | Pittston Gazette, Volume 47 Number 5, October 09, 1896 |
Volume | 47 |
Issue | 5 |
Subject | Pittston Gazette newspaper |
Description | The collection contains the archive of the Pittston Gazette, a northeastern Pennsylvania newspaper published from 1850 through 1965. This archive spans 1850-1907 and is significant to genealogists and historians focused on northeastern Pennsylvania. |
Publisher | Pittston Gazette |
Physical Description | microfilm |
Date | 1896-10-09 |
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Full Text | i^^,\i!v"iFIDno5"' 1 Oldest Newspaper in the Wyoming Valley. PITTSTON, LUZERNE 00., PA., FRIDAY. OCTOBER !D. 1896. k Weekly local and Family Journal. I'1'?? auVan^ Acton frowned and exchanged glances with the others. A NORTH POLE ROMANCE! THEODORE PARKER ON MARRIAGE. each otrier ana giggiea, out none offered any response. the Academy or Sciences will oe awaited with considerable interest not only by medical men, but perhaps more especially by the general public, for if Dr. Crotte's method proves only half as effectual as he aflirms it does it will be a great boon to humanity.—Paris Cor. London Standard. POLLY'S AWAKENING. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. FORTY WIN FACTS. ance against the United States, $188,417,- 491. Polly ran up to her room and brought down her little writing desk. She sat down and wrote out rapidly an antl-clgarettu pledge; then she called the boys around her. A (Scientific Story of the Twentieth Century. Some Concluatutm Arrived at by Looking "Now, I know you all know bis name," said the superintendent, In patronizing tones. "Just think a moment and tell me. Won't some of you? Let this little man tell me," he said, pointing at the recent comer from the South. 37. For the year ended June 80, 1896, tkm United States exported 1883,006,938 worth of products and imported $779,734,674. Balance in favor of the United States, $103,- 883,964. BY MABY ». BUTTS. It was a beautiful morning at Pole ville Centre, Strawberries were In full bloom, ana lovely white polar bear* could be seen frolicking on the huge blocks of ice along the ocean front. It was high June, and little Trilbean Nan sen, getting to be big now, and grand daughter of the famous explorer, was plucking clover by the roadside and evet and anon casting her pretty eyes sea ward in the fond hope of seeing the sails of her lover's balloon, which wm expected home that very day from th« old world, namely America. Ilacktruril. LESSON II, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER- Polly longed to be helpful. She had dreamed ever since she was a little tot in pinafores of being a missionary Harriet Newell; of going to nurse •a the burning plains of India, like wounded soldiers fighting in a grand caaae, like Florence Nightingale; of leading a great crusade against wrong, seemed little probability that these like Prances Wlllard. But there dreams would be realized. Men and women, and especially young people, do not know that it takes years to marry completely two hearts, even of the most loving and well sorted. Bnt nature allows no sndden change. We slope very gradually from the cradle to the snmmit of life. Marriage is gradual, a fraction of us at a tiuie. A happy wedlock is a long falling in love. 1 know yoang persons think love only belongs to brown hair, andplnmp, round, crimson cheeks. So it does from its beginning, just as Mt Washington begins at the station. But the golden marriage is a part of love which the bridal day knows nothing of. Youth is the tassel end silken flower of love; age is the full corn, ripe, and solid in the ear. Beautiful is the morning of love, with its prophetic crimson, violet, purple, and with its hopea of days that are to come. Beautiful also is the evening of love, with its glad remembrances, and its rainbow aide turned toward heaven as well as earth. Young people marry their opposites in temper and general oharacter, and such a marriage is commonly called a good match. They do it instinctively. The young man does not say "My black eyes require to be wed with blue, and my over-vehemence requires to a little modified with somewhat of dullness and reserve." When opposite! couie together to be wed, they do not know it, bat eaoh thinks the other just like himself. Old people never marry their opposites; they marry their Similars, and from calculation. Each of these two arrangements is very proper. In their long journey these young opposites will fall out of the way a great many times, and both gut away from thtf road; but each will charm the other back again, and by and by they will ba agreed as to the place they will go to, and the road they will go by, and become reconciled. The man will be nobler and larger for being associated with so much humanity unlike himself; and she will be a nobler woman for having manhood beside her that seeks to correct her deficiencies and supply her with what she lacks, if the diversity is not too great, and their be a real piety and love in their hearts to begin with. The old bridegroom having a much shorter journey to make, must associate him self with one like himself. A perfect and complete marriage is perhaps as rare as personal beauty. A real happy marriage of love and jndginent, between a noble man and woman, is one of the things so very handsome that if the sun were, as the Ureek poets fabled, a god, be might stop the world in order to fsaat his eyes witn such a spectacle. NATIONAL SFRieS, OCT. 11 Every One of Them Against Free Coinage of Silver. "I wish you to pay me by signing this pledge," she said. "George will sign first," and she rose, giving her seat to her brother. Text of the Leimon, I King* ill, C-l." The Pipe Trick. "I don't know, sir; I don't live here. I only came up from Missouri the other day," was the frightened reply. Memory Ver«e«, 11, 11—Golden Text, I'n. "The gentlemanly looking young man who has just gone past," said a detective officer, "is one of the cleverest hands In England at the meerschaum pipe trick. He begins work about 10 o'clock in the evening near some railway station from which suburban trains start In his hand he has what looks like a very handsomo and well colored meerschaum pipe, with a fine mouthpiece and solid silver ornamentation.88. When a silver advocate tells yon thai we can get along without Europe, tell hisp that for the first seven months of 18M Europe bought 1600,807,863 worth of oof products, of which $330,611,608 was in grain and $141,966*464 in manufactured products. 89. When a free silver advocate tells yon that the advantage which the mine owner would reap under free coinage is only an "incident," toll him that at today's price of silver the producers' profit on the 481,- 863,041 standard silver dollars coined since '78 would be about $316,000,000—an average of over $0,000,000 a year for twenty-three: years. * cxl, 10—Commentary by the Kev. 1D. M. 8 tearu*. THE LESSONS OF HISTORY. As George had not formed the smoking habit, and was already ashamed that his sister bad seen him with a cigarette in his mouth, he readily wrote his name. H1b example as leader was powerful with the others, and of the four all signed except A1 Carter, who didn't feel sure that be wished to be led round by the nose ' v •» flri. One Thing the Girl Could Do. 6. "In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solanion in a dream by night, and God said, Ask what I shall give thee." David was Dow dead, having reigned 40 years, 7 at Hebron and 33 at Jerusalem (I Kings ii, 10, 11). Solomon was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and magnified him exceedingly. The ark of God was in the tent which David had pitched for it at Jerusalem, but the tabernacle and altar of burnt offering, etc., were still at Gibeon (II Chron. i, 1 4). Thither Solomon and many of the people went to offer burnt offerings, token of whole hearted surrender to God to serve Him only. It was in that night that the Lord appeared to him as here recorded. Hear the Lord saying similar words to us In John xlv, 13, 14. She was engaging a cook, and the very first applicant was a raw Norwegian girl, fresh from the fjords. Fundamental Truths Which All Would Do Well to Memorize. At the age of sixteen she was Just plain Polly Hopkins, with a snub nose and freckles. Not that she was an ugly girl; by no means. She was as fresh and wholesome as a peach that ripened in sunny gardens. Her figure waa good, her teeth were white and even, and ber hair, though It was undeniably red, waa rich and abundant But Polly was dissatisfied with the likeness reflected by her little looking glass. She adored great black flashing eyes, and raven locks, and pallor, and classicaf "ffclrtii Pes. Nobody would ever take her for a heroine, she was sure. She was, in her own estimation, much better fitted to be a milkmaid. "I suppose you understand plain cooking?' remarked the lady of the house. "He loves me, he loves me nit," she murmured musically, pulling the petal* from a frozen sunflower and dropping them in profusion around her pretty bare feet. "In well chosen words he addresses some gentleman walking by and explains that he has had his pocket picked or has forgotten his purse, and he would be greatly obliged if the gentleman would tend him, on the security of his meerschaum pipe, his fare to some station which he unman WORLD'S PRODUCT OF* WHEAT. "Naw, no plain cooking." "Oh, fancy cooking, hen?" "Naw, no fancy cooking." "Heavy sweeping and housework?" "Naw, doan do housework." "Perhaps you are a laundress, then?" "Naw, I doan lander." "Don't yon even know plain sewing?" "I naaver sew."* . talked over the matter of the club with her mother, without detailing ber fears for George. She gained rather a reluctant consent for the meetings, by promising that they should be quiet and orderly, and not exceed two hours in length. In 1804 It Wan a Sixfold Increase Within CHAPTER IL Five Years, and This Explains the AeD 40. When a sUverlto tolls you that the Poleville Centra was the largest vil lage in the great fertile region of the newly discovered oountry. Some wanted to call it Nansentown. some New Norwegia, and some New England No. 8, but by a vote of the House, ft) to 3, it was decided that the new land should be called Polevills Centre. This, they argued, would be more fitting, since it suggested a turning point in the world'; histoiy. coni|iHiiytng Decline In Price—Existing Hard Times Date From 1893, When with the Repeal of the MeKinlejr Tariff government of the United States has never tried to Issue silver dollars on their own aocoant and that a trial of the 16 to 1 principle will prove that a silver dollar is worth af much as a gold dollar, toll him that yon know better. Tell him that the United States government in 1878 issued 86,000,000 trade dollars, which contained 6more grains of pure Bilver than our present standard dollars, and which,nevertheless, may be purchased today at any coin broker's office for fifty-five cents apiece. Why? Because they were not given the benefit of the gold standard—Evening Bulletin. "He explains how ashamed he is to have to ask this and generally pitches a about the pipe being a presentation ona You would bo surprised how often the bait "Well, I declare," exclaimed the distracted lady, "what In Heaven's name can you do?" "Two of the boys have no mothers," said Polly, as a final coup; "fcnd if George"— takes. You see, he is well dressed, and any luan might be left at a station in this way. The pipes, of course, are of the oommonest kind, but splendidly got up for the purpose with paint, highly polished metal and ao on."—Pearson's Weekly. the Government the Story of Stagnation, 6. "David, my father, walked before thee in truth anil in righteousness And in Uprightness of heart with t.hee." Solomon begins his requost by speaking of God's great ineroy or bounty to his father. The mercies of the Lord are a good topic for every morning, for they are now every morning. His compassions fail not. Great is His faithfulness (Lain, ill, 82, 23). He is the Father of Mercies (II Gor. i, 3). Solomon speaks of his father's walk before the Lord and with the Lord. Like Abraham, he walked before God (Gen. xvii. 1). and, like Enoch, Noah and Levi, he walked with God (Gen. v, 24; vi, 9; Mai. li, «)- Rain and Disaster Began. "Aw," was tbe answer, "I can milk a reindeer." 1. The suspension of free silver coinage by the act of 1873 did not demonetise silver. From the foundation of the government up to 1873 less that $150,000,000 in silver of all kinds had been coined, and none of it was in circulation, silver being at a premium over gold. Paper money, hacked by gold; was the circulating medium In 1873. "Yes, I know." said Mrs. Hopkins, "if George were in the place of those boys I would wish somebody to do just what you are doing. We don't always put ourselves in other people's places, more's the pity." But Polly suddenly began to look lesa in the glass and more at ber duty as daughter and sister. She had been to the village circulating library one day, and was returning through the one long street of Bakerville on her way to the little red cottage where the Hopkinses lived. She had "The Wide, Wide World" in her hand, and was reading its first pages with the same interest that girls used to feel forty years ago in the fascinating story. Suddenly she heard her patronymic pronounced by an unfamiliar voice. A Hopelea* Minority. The minister exhorted the score of hearers in his audience one warm evening, and wound up by asking all who wanted to reach a better world to stand up. Everyone in the little audience arose except an old gray-headed farmer who had fallen asleep. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. For ten days and nights did the fail in aid stalk beside the sad, salt sea, throwing her searchlight across the thickly wooded shores of Greenland in to Baffin Bay beyond, and wringing her soft, white hands, which had be come soaked in Arctic fog. No sail ahoy was visible. At the end of the tenth day she went home to eat and help her mother make ice cream for the summer boarders. Signal lantern? were run to the top of the pole and s strolling German band was detailed to scatter along the beach and blow their horns at regular intervals. And the days chased one another onward ir their mad glee, and still no sail was visible. CHAFTBB lit Toj»ic For the Week Beginning Oct. 1L Comment by Krv. K. H. Doyle. Topic.—God or Mammon.—Math, vi, 19-24. (A temperance meeting suggested.) Polly dressed herself In her new blue gown and jacket, put on a jaunty little hat atop of the bronze braids, without looking too long in the mirror, and started out to find her girl friends. She had not walked far before she met them face to face. The contest for rule in the human heart between God on the one side and the world in some fonn or the other is a very old one. It is as old as man himself. Yet it is ever new, for it is engaged in by every newcomer upon the stage of life. MADISON, 1816: "It is eMMXIal that the nation should pome— • currency of equal value, credit and aae wherever it mar circulate."2. Since 1873 more than $900,000,000 In silver coin and silver notes have been Issued, and practically all of It ig In use. "Now," said the preacher, "if there is one here who does not desire his soul's salvation let him stand up, that wc may look upon him with grief and astonishment." 3. Existing hard times date from 1898, •when the enormous purchases of silver by the government caused European holders of American securities (for which they paid gold) to sell them through fear that the United States would go upon a stir ir basis, in which case they would get for their securities fifty-three cents' worth of silver for every dollar in gold invested. The subsequent passage of the "Wilsoo tariff act, which enabled foreign producers to sell their products in thp. United States lower than American manufacturers could afford to make them, extended the depression into commercial and industrial channels. The renewed silver agitation completes the story of stagnation, ruin and disaster. 7. "I am bat a little child. I know not bow to go out or oome In." Acknowledging his Indebtedness to the Lord God ot bis father for his position, ho confesses his helplessness and ignorance. He is hut a child and knows not anything. When Jeremiah long after this was called of God to be His prophet, he also said, "Ah, Lord God, I cannot speak, for I am a child," but the Lord said to him most comforting words, which also He Is saying to you and me If ody we have ears to hear them (Jer. i, 6-9). His father's words, by tbe Spirit, concerning going out and ooming in (Ps. cxi, 8), should have greatly helped him, for they have helped inany. ITS AN OLD STORY. "Good!" called out Clara. "We were just on our way to your house. We are going to Johnstown tomorrow on the 9 o'clock train, and we want you to go wltu us. We will have luncheon together, and no end of fun in the afternoonand get home by supper time." The blood rushed to Polly's cheeks. A week ago she would not have hesitated at the proposal; but her anxiety for George and ber plans for him and his friends bad already worked a change. She knew instantly that a higher self bad awakened in her, antagonistic to such an outing as that planned for the morrow; but she uttered no criticism; only told the girls, as they walked along, of the new club and of her need of their help. The old farmer awoke with a start just as the preacher said "stand up," and sprang to his feet and stared around, only to find all eyes upon him. This aroused his Ire, and be said, addressing the preacher: Two worlds are placed before us in the Scriptures—the present one and the future one, earth and heaven. It is not to be wondered at that the present life so often seems to us the more important one. It is more real to us. We see it before our eyes every day and every hour. The other is distant It is not so real; at least it does not appear so real, and men usually rely much upon appearance when they make a choice. Therefore it is -necessary for the Scriptures to warn us against centering all our affections upon this world. It seems more real, but it soon passes away. The wealth, the pleasure, the honor, the attainments of this life are ours for but a very short time. Then they are gone as if the thief had broken in and stolen theiu. In the world to come it is different. Its pleasures and its treasures are eternal. Therefore we should choose heavenly wealth in preference to earthly possessions. A Few Futo A boat Hard Timet and A great many people seem to think these hard times are something new and that the country has never seen the like before. But these people have not read their ooun try's history carefully or they would know better. They would also learn that neither free silver nor free gold had ever yet cored the poverty and hard times that have always followed Democratic revenue tariffs. Away hack in 1816 we tried a revenue tariff. In speaking of the effect of that tariff Henry Clay said that If he were called upon to name seven years of the most widespread disaster this country had ever seen he would say the seven years following the adoption of tho revenue tariff of 1816. Good Times. "Hopkins?" said another voice. "Yes," was the reply, "George Hopkins. He's a limb, and' no mistake. I shouldn't be at all surprised if be was concerned in that postofflce business.'* "Brother Jones, I don't know whether we be votln' for or agin' the sentiments of my brethren here, but you and me seems to be In a hopeless minority." There was a chestnut tree on the other side of the wall that skirted the street, and somebody was looking for uuts, unaware that the conversation was being overheard. CHAPTER IV. Now, it so happened that in Poleville Centre lived a young doctor who was also a suitor for the fair Trilbena'e hand, but he didn't suit her. He had watched her through all her great sor row, longing yet tearing to offer hei words of love and condolence. Then he was missing for several days. No one skating along the main thoroughfare had seen his familiar figure for Bome lime, and people 1 eared he might have been borne away in the night on a departing ice berg. Not he. The aged but truthful editor of the Kufrle beamed kindly over the tops of his glasses. Pneta Encouraged. 8. "Thy servant Is in the midst of thy people, which thou hast chosen." So also was the Ixjrd in the midst ot His people, for He had chosen them that He mightdwell in their midst, and thus make them a people different from all other people on the earth and separated from all other peo pie. For that reason the tabernacle was built. See Ex. zxv, 8; xxxlli, 16. Tlx future glory of Israel shall be Jehovah in their midst furevermore (Kzek. xxxvil, 28. Zeph. ill, 17). The greatest fact in every gathering of God's people now Is the presence of the Lord In their midst (Math xvll, 20), and not the presence of this or that Important person. PoHy's heart seemed to stop beating for an instant, tben to go plunging on as if it would suffocate her. That postofflce business! Well she knew to what the gossip referred. The postofflce had been robbed not long before of an insignificant sum, tive or ten dollars, and It was currently reported that certain boys were Implicated in the affair. 4. The term "IB to 1" means that sixteen ounces of silver, worth the world over but sixty-five cents an ounce, or $10.56 for sixteen ounces, shall be the equal of one ounce of gold, worth everywhere ISO 87. 5. The silver in a United States standard dollar is now worth about fifty and one-quarter cents in gold "There is something quite nice about your verses. Miss Budley," he said in a gentle voice, "and we are indeed sorry we cannot use them." "1 think,' she said, *:'tbat if you will come, prettily dressed, and chat with the boys, and one of you pour chocolate, it will be just splendidV Tben she went on to tell about the books that she hoped to get, and ended It by saying: "Then," faltered Miss Budley, as fihe once more received back tbe dainty little roll tied with bine ribbon, "you think, do yoa not, Mr. Slott, that If 1 persevere. In time I may be able to write very acceptable poetry?" In 1884 the policy of protection was restored and at once prosperity began to return.In 1887 a revenue tariff was again tried with disastrous results and general bankruptcy.Polly had a staunch and wise friend, one of ber teachers in tbe High School, Miss Weymouth. To ber she went with ber trouble tbe next day. School was over, and Mias Weymouth proposed a walk. CHAPTER V. 6. The metal in a gold dollar, coined or uncoined, is worth everywhere 100 cents in gold. One day be suddenly appeared before the maid who had so many times repulsed him. There is another reason why we should prefer God to Mammon. We cannot serve both. "No man can serve two masters.'' We cannot make two principles the ruling motives of our liVea One will gain the mastery. One must be chief and the other subordinate. "The ohief end of man is to glorify God and to enjoy Him forever." There are other ends. Man must preserve his life, continue his kind, provide, in tbe present and for the future, for those dependent upon bim and fulfill all obligations devolving upon him as a member of society and of the home and the states But these are all subordinate aims. The chief end is to obey God, and He simply warns us against the mistake of making the subordinate aims the chief aim. '"Y-e-s," slowly assented the editor of the Bngle, "in time; or, at least," he hastened to add, as a glad thought burst upon him, "if not In time, Miss Budley, what is the matter with trying eternity?" The people quickly repented of their folly, and in 1842 a protective tariff was again adopted, and it soon brought such prosperity that in 1844 even the Democrats claimed that Polk was a better tariff man than Henry Clay and had inseribed on their banner "Polk, Dallas and the tariff of 1848." Clay was beaten by Polk—the people believed the Democratic promises as they did in 1808—and in 1846 the Democrats gave them "a tariff for revenue only" again, with damaging results, and In 1857 a further reduction of the tariff brought on an era of hard times nearly as bad as we now have. "How jolly It would be If we could subscribe for two or three papers and magazines just for tbe club.1" Trae to tta* geoat. 9. "Give, therefor*, thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad." The request Is worded a little differently In II Chron. 1, 10, "Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and oome in before this people," but the substance of it Is the same, that he may have wisdom to do right before God In the mat ter of the kingdom and In the midst of this people like the dust of the earth In multitude (I Kings lv, 20; II Chron. 1, 0). Great oomfort for each of us in the matter of wisdom Is found iu Jas. i, 6, 6. 7. Up to 1878 the United States government had coined only 8,031,238 standard silver dollars. "Tribena," said he, "your lover it false." Crit Robinson, the wing shot, has the bast trained hunting dog on tbe Coast, a black pointer. At the pigeon shoots, where other dogs go oraxy at the cracking of the guns and the dropping of birds, Robinson's dog lies in tne shade asleep.4 A whistle and the dog is on his feet pointing with every muscle tense and every nerve strained. At a signal the dog retrieves and in another minnte is as sound asleep again as if nothing happened, Ho matter where the dog is he will drop at a blast from Robinson's whistle and lie there immovable tor hours at a time. "We can talk as we go along," she said. "The fresh air will help us to a wise conclusion. One is always a little more sane under tbe open sky, 1 think." "Why," said Maud, "our trip to morrow, If we take it will cost us a dollar and a half apiece; that would make, Including Polly, four dollars and fifty cents apiece to tbe literary fund." So it was decided; and all three went rummaging through tbe book collections at Clara's and Maud's for sftare volumes that could be devoted to tbe service of tbe boys. "Sir!" she aried. 8. Since 1873 the U aited States has coined 431,852,011 stab...ml silver dollars. Nevertheless, the commercial value of the bullion in the standard dollar has decreased from about 11.01 in '73 to about fifty-one cents. This answers Bryan's argument that the increased use of silver' will enhance Its value 9. During the first eight months of *96 the government of the United States coin- "It is true, Trillie. I swear it." "How do you know?" she asked hoarsely. Th« 8Uter-to-You Racket Played. "I am glad yon have waked op," said the teacher, suddenly. 'Tveseen them." "Them? Whof "Did yon propose to young I)ashlelgh last night?" asked Miss Rosebud."Why—er—he and the woman." "Woman? Woman? What woman?""Wake up!" echoed Polly. "Yes," replied Miss Yellowleaf. "What did he say?" "Yea, from your dreams of far-away exploits, of missionaring, and preach ing, and nursing imaginary heroes." "Oh—er—one of the Bowery girls." ''I don't believe it. You are cruelly deceiving me." • "Well, will you believe your own eyes?" "The brutel son to me." lie said be would be a 10. "And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing." It Is possible to pieuse »iod and have tbe joyous consciousness of It. Our Lord Jesus •aid, "I do always those things that please Him" (John vtti, 29), and Paul says In I Them. II, 4, "Not as pleasing man, but God, who trieth our hearts." The secret of it is In yielding fully to God, that He may work In us that which is well pleasing in His sight (Hab. xlll, 21). "Don't you believe It la a noble thing to be a missionary?" Tbe first club meeting was an eventful occasion. No unblacked shoes nor uncombed hair, no soiled bands nor uncared-for nails appeared. There were some honest blushes—always a good sign—when tbe members were presented to the girls who bad come to help entertain them, and more than one resolution made to work hard and save money for new shoes or bats or coats, or whatever was most needed to make tbe young fellows presentable on terms of self respect ed 11,212,412 standard silver dollars—exactly 13,181,174 more than it had coined from the foundation of the government down to '73. NEWSPAPER WAIF& In 1861 the Republicans enacted a protective tariff again which continued with a few changes until 1894. During this long period, despite the losses sustained In the great rebellion, this country was in the enjoyment of such prosperity as the civilised world had never before witnessed. Daring this long period the generation that had had experience with Democratic financial legislation had nearly all died "Oh, yes, by all means; but not necessarily a foreign missionary. Tbe home field has its claims, too; pressing claims, in many Instances." Robinson tslh a good story that illustrates the true scent of the dog. He came down oat of the Mills Building with an attorney one day, when the attorney found he had forgotten hia gloves and proposed to retorn for them. "Yes, I will," she replied, in tones that would have turned cold the blood of an Esquimau. "Aunt Hepsy, won't yon come to Miss Innett's pink tea?" "Law, child, I've tried those fancy kinds, but I like green tea best" Does it pay to serve God instead cf Mammon? God says it does. The experience of men proves that it does. To live for God and tho future instead of foi self and time may seem to some to be a waste of life. But time will prove that he is the one who wastes life, who prefers tho flesh pots of Egypt to the blessing of Canaan. 10. In August, '96, the' government of the United States coined 2,650,000 standard silver dollars. The seigniorage on these, or, more plainly speaking, the difference between their bullion and face value, is $822,U27. This, under free coinage, would be the mine owners' profit You mean there is work for me to do at bome," said Polly. Tben she told Miss We/mouth all she bad heard. "Then come at once to my laboratory."On the way he explained to her how he had been at work upon a wonderful machine, and that at last it was completed."No, I'll send the dog," said Robinson.She—"Isn't the rule, 'When in doubt, play trumps'T" He—"The usual rule Is. 'when In doubt, uk what are trumps.'" 11. "And God said uuto him, Because thou hast naked this thing and hast nut askud for thvself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself." Our Lord Jesus never sought anything merely for Himself. It does ine good to quote His words, "1 seek not mine own will;" "1 seek not mine own glory" (John v, 80; viii, 50). and to remember that'' Kven Christ ploaseu not Himself' (Rom. xv. 3). I have also been helped by Jeremiah's words to Ba ruch, his Bcribe: "Soekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not," (.lor xlv, 5). I believe tho best and most joy ous life is to let God Himself be our por tion (Lain. Hi, 24) and live tobeachanno; of blessing to others. "Be oontent if Got thou hast; paving Him, thy need is past.' 18. "Bohffld, I have done according to thy words. Lo, I have given thee a wist and au understanding heart." Inasmuch as Israel was as the saud which is by the «-a 1j multitude God gave Solomon wis dom and understanding as the sand thai is on the seashore (I Kings lv, 20, 29). or wisdom for every case that might possibly come before him. In verses 16 to 28 of this chapter there is an illustration of this wisdom, and the people saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment. "George needs a sister," said the lady, looking intently in Polly's anxious face. "But how will be know my gloves!" asked the doubtful attorney. 11. From the foundation of the government up to '73 the coinage value of all the silver produced in tho United States was (164,130,000. off and a raw generation, Ignorant of the baleful effects of Democratic tariffs, had oome upon the stage and in 1892 concluded to try the quality of Democratic promises. The results we are now experiencing and none of us enjoys them. We are in a bad plight and want to get out of it by the shortest road. That road is not by free silver, however. There is a well tested and proven method of counteracting the effects of Democratic revenue tariffs that has never failed, and that is a prompt return to a good protective tariff. Sound, honest money is also essential to prosperity, but we have it now and only need to stick to It and add a little good Republican protection and we will soon be on the road to prosperity again. Cast your ballots for McKtnhy, sound money and protection and good times will come again for a long, long stay.—Bedford Inquirer. "Tell me. Miss Weymouth, what can I do?" Miss Weymouth, who bad come to spend the evening with Mrs. Hopkins, peeped in when the affair was in full swing. "It is called the naw triple X ray long distance telescope," he said, "and now look. Look, Trillia, right through the body of your Mother Earth at New England. Find the streets of Boston, and tell me what you see." "Just let him smell of your hand." "Queer how everybody resents hot weather." Yea, and when a fine day Domes along they all strut as If they had made It"—Chicago Record. Biblo Readings.—Gen. xix, 15-26; Ex. xvi, 1-15; Dent vi, 4, 6; Math, v, 10; Lnke xii, 18-20; Luke xvii, 81-87; Math, vi, 88, 84; Mark xii, 29, 80; Acts iv, 10-12; xvii, 22-25; Rom. i, 20-25; viii, 0; II Cor. vi, 16-18; CoL iii, 17; I John ii, 15-17. The dog was given the scent and despatched up the stairs, lu a few minute* he returned with a ribbon the attorney's typewriter had been wearing around her waist.—Ban Francisco Post. 12. From 1873 to '95 the coining value of all the silver produced in the United States was $1,214,751,000. "Fascinate him. Make home bright, so beautiful that It will eclipse every other place. Has he any special tastes?" "I shall never forget that picture," she said, "those bright, winning girls giving all their attention, exerting all their charms to help and strengthen boys who bad already begun to drift sluwly downward." Watts—I wonder If the water Is fit to drink yet? 13. The foregoing figures show that during the twenty-two years from '78 to '96 the silver produced in the United States exceeded twelve times over the product of the United States for tho eighty-one years from 1792 to 187U. This explains why silver has declined in value. It likewise crushes the Bryan theory that nothing has been done for silver. "He likes chess, but ifs the pokiest game, I think; I never have patience to pUy it; and be used to be always fussing with his flute till 1 made bo much fun of him he gave It up. He likes animals, too; he would bring home every miserable cur that happened to follow him, if I would let him. He seems to have a taste for misery in general. You should see the gamins he used to pick np and make friends of! Oh, 1 fear his tastes are not very high." She took the tube in her hand, while be stood by the throttle. One long, lingering look and she dropped the eye piece and shuddered. Bii Theory. Lowfer—I notice you have put an orchestra in your restaurant. Did you do it on the theory that music aids digestion?*"Potts—Guess It is. An eel camc through our pipe this morning, and it teemed to be in good health. Endemvor I'rinon Work. This noble tribute to tho value of the Christian Endeavor society in prisons, says The Golden Rule, is from Mr. C. L. Curry, warden of the Western Kentucky Branch prison at Eddyville: "Since the organization of the prison society some six months ago my punishment reports, I am glad to say, have been greatly reduced. The general discipline of the prison is greatly improved, and a decided improvement is noticeable in almost every phase of the prisoners' lives. Many of the convicts in this prison are, in my belief, living upright Christian lives, and all the result of the good influences of the Christian Endeavor society. The entire population of the prison is permitted to attend the Sunday services, and out of a total of 600 prisoners I have seen 800 in attendance at one time. This is remarkable when you tako into consideration the fact that all our prisoners are given the liberty of the yard on Sunday, and the attendance is purely voluntary. The presence of one guard is all that is necessary in the chapel to maintain the best of order." "How things grow!" said Polly, rather obscurely, as the last boy departed, book in band. "One would think our club had been organised for months." "The villain I' she muttered, "and that woman has a past; 1 know it!" "Yes," said the Doctor, "but it is a long way." "I was so disappointed I was out the other day when you called, Miss Perclval." Mr. Eatonhous—No. The music sets the boarders' teeth on edge, and they bite the toughest steak witu the greatest ease.—Cincinnati Enquirer. 14. In 1873 the total amount of money in the United States was 1787,606,393, or about $18 for oaoh inhabitant. "Rottegun Edison,'* she cried, spring ing up, "I am yours I" "So was I. I felt sore I'd find you, because as I turned the corner I saw you go In." "It is like putting a seed in the earth. Aa soon as It is in we may be sure that many an unseen force will come to its aid," said Miss Weymouth, who had come Into the club room unobserved.Then he folded her to his bosom and woald have wept for joy but for the danger of the formation of icicles on hia face. Klv«U. Lnlu—You should get him to sign the pledge before you marry him. fiabs—Why, he doesn't drink I Lulu—No, but he may be tempted later on.—Pick-Me- Up. 15. In 1896 the total amount of money in the United States is $2,200,109,00(1, or about $25 for each inhabitant. Johnny had arrived at Ms eighth birthday, and thought that It would be real nice to write a letter to his papa and this Is the way he began: "My Dear Papa—Whenever I am tempted to do wrong I think of you and say, 'Get thee behind me, Sa/tau." —Household Words. "Well, you must try to get hold of him through his tastes, and then refine them if they need refining. So far, you have not told me anything very terrible. I should think him a kind-hearted boy who is so lonesome and strange at borne that he has gone outside to seek for companionship." 16. Ou Aug. 1, '9:1, the actual amount of money in circulation was $1,514,903,142, or £21.10 for eac h inhabitant. "I might have known it," she fondly murmured, "for was not the last petal on that sunflower nitf' East and West Think Alike. ▲ film of soap bubble is the 2,500,- 000 of an inch in thickness, and that Is absolutely dense when compared with the average campaign hand shake. 13. "And I have also given thoe that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honor." Here is our Lord's "exceeding abundantly." If we are willing to live '•unto Him" and "for His pleasure," there wil. be no need to ask anything for our selves. "If any man serve Me, him will My Father honor," is always true. If as believers in Christ wo would only accept as true our standing in Him and live to honor Him and glorify Him, wo would never need to ask anything for ourselves, but would daily And the promise rrue "My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ .Tosus' (Phil- iv, ly). We are not of those who imagine that the— emphatic eastern verdicts are going to solidify the west for Bryan. The American people think pretty much alike east and west, the best of 'em.—Springfield Republican. THE POWER OF IMAGINATION. 17. On Aug. I, '96, there was, including silver notes, a total silver circulation of 1537,268,561. Dear reader, I will not pain or shock you with the details of the awful scene which our heroine was able to witness by the means of the doctor's wonderfnl instrument Suffice to say, she saw distinctly the sidewalks of Boston, and on the Bowery, once known as Commonwealth avenue, she beheld her wayward lover waltzing to hand organ mn iic with a horrid looking female, clad in more horrid looking bloomers and a sweater. The other members of the crew were there also, grouped about in QnstatutMque postures, but as our story deals entirely with life at the Pole, we shall be obliged to* leave the unruly Captain and his followers in the midst of their twentieth century hilarity. CHATTER THK LAST. It la N«CfhDra More Wonderfully Dis- played Than In Music. 18. Under the act of July 14, 1890 (the Sherman bill) there was purchased 188,- 674,682 ounces, or 5,600 tons, of silver, at a cost of $155,931,1*12. and treasury notes to that amount were issued on that account —the silver cost from $1.21 an ounce to 68 cents, the average being about 90 cents. If the silver were sold today the government would lose about $13,000,000. If coined into standard dollars the silver would produce nearly $218,000,000. The power of Imagination is amusingly illustrated in the story told of an old lady who had never heard the celebrated violinist Paganinl play, and one day obtained permission to attend a rehearsal of one of his concerts. Mists Bell—Mary, remember I am at home to none but Mr. Vere Brownkins this afternoon. "Oh! Miss Weymouthr exclaimed the convicted would-be missionary. GLEAMS OF SUNLIGHT. The Kadic— rroooiiloa. Down the vista of the ages Baints and sinners, fools and sages. Marching onward, alow and solemn. Go in never ending oolnmn, . Here the honest, here the knave. With a rhythmio step sublime. Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. "There are many such boys, more's the pity," said the teacher, with a little regretful sigh. "Their mothers are sick, or busy, or ao tired that tbey have no strength left for the boys; and sisters are occupied with new gowns and hats, with their friends, their studies, the last novel, or"— Mary (half an hour later)—I've told four gentlemen callers that you were at home to none except Mr. Vere Brownkins, miss, and they all went away very angry indeed, miss.—Tid- Bits. Truth is a mighty weapon when wielded by the weakest arm. It so happened that Paganinl did not take his violin with him to the rehearsal that day, but borrowed one from a member of tho orchestra, and instead of playing as usual, simply kept up a kind of pizzicato accompanimentSome sort of charity will swallow the egg and give away the shell. To the grave. Prosperity is no Just adversity is the only true balance to weigh friends. Like the rolling of a river, Ooing on and on forever, Never routing, never staying. Never for an instant straying. Peer «d peasant, lord and slavey Equals soon to tad mingle . in the grave. 14. "And if thou wilt walk in My ways, then I will leugthou thy days." Length of days upon the land given them by God was a special promise to Israel In oonuoc tion with obedieuce (Kx. n, 12), Again in Ps. xci, 10, we road concerning him who trusts In God, "With long life will 1 satisfy him and show him My salvation." Tho believer In Christ who has thus become a part of His body rejoices that Christ is ids life, and that because Christ lives he shall live also; whether in the mortal body or absent from the body, or lu an immortal body, ho Is willing to leave wholly to the will of God. 19. The silver product of the world from 1781 to 1893. in coining value, was $6,030,- 821,000. First Tramp—"Do you know, dte free silver business makes me feel good?" Second Tramp—"How does it?" First Tramp—"Well, if a dollar's guiug to be worth only fifty cents, it's a great consolation ter feel that yer got rid of yer money while It 'u'd bring what it was worth."— Puck The reason that he who is striving for wealth or renown for his own personal good or aggrandizement i9 never satisfied is because there is a want In his nature that is never met and never will bo until he opens his purse or seeks to bless others. That man alone is truly blessed and happy who seeks to gain that ho may bestow on others. And finally the great lesson taught us is that God Himself only lives aifd labors to save und bless all His creatures, and that His happiness nnd the perfection of His purpose will not bo attained until every criature will be saved from sin, misery and death.—Conversation. Never -Satinfled. "Longing to teach Indian children," broke in Polly, her defenses quite annihilated.From the walks of humble life have risen those who are the light* and landmarks of mankind. After the rehearsal the old lady went up to Mr. Cooke, the musical director, and said in a burst of enthusiasm, "Oh, dearl Mr. Cooke, what a wonderful man he is! I declare 1 never knew what music was capable of till this morning." 20. The silver product of the world for tho year 1895, in coining value, was $226,- 0(»D,000. When Polly reached home she found George In possession of the sitting room, surrounded by a group of boys whom she did not altogether approve, the whole party smoking cigarettes. She was greatly annoyed, but she wisely bid her feelings, and began at once playing the part of the smiling, courteous hostess. Ignoring the uncombed head*, and unbrusbed shoes, the soiled linen, and not overcleau bands and faces, she got out the photographs that her Uncle George had sent her from Germany and" Italy, and before she knew It had entered upon a very interesting lecture about cathedrals, bridges, towers, ruins, etc. Then came her album of famous men and women, and the boys listened and looked till dull eyes brightened, and heavy brows took on a new look of gentleness and Intelligence. The cigarettes disappeared one by one, hats and caps were doffed, and many a shame-faced glance was cast on hands and feet unfit for the surroundings and for tne young lady's compuny. Doty cannot, nor can pleasure, for a msntsnt break the measur They are marching on to doom, They are moving to the tomb. learning is wealth to the poor, an honor to the rich, an aid to the young, and a support and comfort to the aged. A word of kindness Is seldom spoken in vain. It is a seed which, even when dropped by chance, spring* up a flower. 21. Tho silver product of the United Stutes in '95, in coining value, was $72,- 051,000. This ia True. "Papa, what is a 'walk in lifef " All the coward*, all the brave. Boon to level all distinction In the grave. "It is that procession, my boy, in which everybody has to run like mad, or get lefL"—Chicago Record. A iNUnt* Ke minder. 22. In round figures, the United Statos produces one-third of all the silver annually produced In the world. "Indeed, madam, he Is truly a mar vellous man," assented Mr. Cooke, with a smile: "but this morning you are indebted rather to your imagination than your cars for the delight you have had, for Pagaciui has not really played at all. lie hag not even touched a bow." Chollie—How do you account for this ■nit shwinking so? Tailor—Too much due on it, I 'speot Indianapolis Journal. Since the morning of creation, Without break or termination. Ever on the line is moving. All the loved and all the loving, All that mothers ever gave. On to silanoe and to D1 amber In the grave. 23. These are the silver standard countries,and th« amounts of money they have in proportion to each inhabitant: Russia, $8.40; Mexico, $5.11; India, (3.38; Japan, fO.(12; China. 12.OK; Ontral America, $3.60; South American States, $17.22. No advanced nations have the silver standard. If a man be gracious to strangers II shows he Is a citizen of the world, and that bis heart is no island cut off from the other lands, but a continent thnt Joins them. PrvfeuiauL "Wyndley is a soldier by profession, lid you say!" "Yes. He has been aver since the war."—Indianapolis Journal. 15. ' Ami Solomon awoke, and, behold, it, wus a drtuun." But it was none the loss a reality, for Hod h|Doku to His servants in dreams and visions of the night (Job xxxiii, 14, 16). Some think that if Got! would oome to thom in a vision or a dream they would believe mow readily, and some think that if one rose from the dead they would believe, but it. in written that if we believe not Moses and the prophets we would not believe even one riiwn from the dead (Luke xvl, 81). Always Liked ft. Mrs. Footlites—1 see the Barnstorm is to play at the Mohawk next week in repertory. Bar* ao bribe the bond can weaken: Here no substitute la taken; Each one for himself, no other, Boo nor father—no, nor brother. Never be cast down by trifles. If • spider breaks bis web twenty times, twenty times will he mend it Make up your mind to do a thing and yor will do it "Well," said the old lady, after a moment's astounded silence, recovering herself, "then all I can say is, he's even more remarkable than I thought he was! For if he can affect me in such a manner without playing, what should I do, how should I feel, when be really did play!"—Youth's Companion.Humility. The champions of the American hen ;laiin that she adds $188,000,000 a year to the wealth of the country, but that inly pays for part of the damage sho ioes in the garden bads. The Urmt Aatrleu lien. Mrs. Noitall—I always liked that play. What part does he take?—Judge. Humility is a grace of God, It is not a natural growth. Self conceit is of the devil. We aio warned against it as dangerous to the soul. "Pride goeth iK'fore destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall. " He that is lifted up with pride is in danger of "the condemnation of the devil. " It lies at the root of all rebellion against Cod, and it leads to the contempt of the rights of others and disxegurd of just obligations to them. But wisdom is with the lowly.—Christian Instructor. 24. These are the leading gold standard countries, and the amounts of money they have in proportion to each inhabitant: United States, $21.10; Great Britain. $20.78; Franco, $35.78; Germany, $17.59; Belgium, Love the purest cannot save. Each alone the roll most answer At the grave. She—So Mua Deeoliette won a husband atlaatT He—Yes; won by a neck.—Buffalo Times. In the Buatjr Km*. If Women Had Control. The Illiteracy of BdmU. If all the men were women and all the women men. If the sighing of prisoners in 8! berla did not enter the ear at the tsar on bis coronation day, It is possible that tbwo may yet come to his nrfnd the thought that twenty millions of his subjects are too illiterate to have read the simplest account of the splendid ceremonial by which be was declared the embodiment of authority and tbe arbiter of good or ill to his people. REVOLUTIONARY RELICa 1*7.82; Italy, $10.17; Spain, $lfl.55; Netherlands, $25 67; Denmark,$11; Greece, $19; Switzerland, $15.44; Austria - Hungary, $10.68. How very, very different would life seem to us then. XmiMmi of the Hot righting Aronnd New Treatment of Consumption. Mew Tork Constantly Found. The shadows of the mind are like thoee of the body. In the morning of life they all, lie behind us; at noon we trample them under our feet; and in the evening they stretch long, broad and deepening before us. After the heartrending disappointments which followed the cruel demonstration of the Ineflieikcv of the method proposed by a great tierinan doctor for the cure of consumption every one must feel most desirous to avoid raising hopes which may, after all, prove futile. Nevertheless the fact that the Academy of Sciences in Paris lias ap|Dointeda special committee to study the method for the treatment of consumption now practiced here by I)r. Crotte makes ft desirable fcodraw attention to the subject. This commission is composed of M. Chuuve.au, one of the most illustrious of French physiologists; M. d'Arsotival, an eminent biologist and a great electrician, and Professor Bouchard, who Is regarded as ono of the' glories of French medicine. Imagine girls with flowing beards and men with trailing gowns. The hubby made unhappy by wifie's savage , frowns When she denied his plea for cash and sullenly declared That be might wear hls'present clothes, by gum, for all she cared. Workman excavating cellars along (he Boulevard from Seventy second street northward still throw up Revolutionary relics by the score. The field has bees a rich one for the curiosity h outers, and numbers of them hover about whenever a new foundation is dag oat The relics include pistols, guns and canteens, buttons, fragments of decayed cloth, and occasionally *» skull or a shattered bone. It Happened Uetore He tame. 25. The public debt of the United States In 1873 was $2,105,402,000, or about $50 for each inhabitant. A small youth out in Kenwood has come to think his native State does not amount to much. Some time last year bis family moved from St. Joseph, Mo., to Chicago, and took up residence within the fashionable district of Kenwood. The younger sou of the family is a lad about 0 years old, and a few days ago the whole Rabbatli school Which the youth attends was being questioned by the superintendent upon the lesson of the day. This little l»y has an unusually bright and interesting face, and as his class was seated directly in front of the superintendent he was naturally attracted to him. 20. The public debt of the United States in '96 Is $955,2117,253, or about $16 for each Inhabitant When the entertainment was over the bavn «hnw«i very plainly, though Mfuicnuat uuv,uu tuij, tut" 11 pUiUSUrC and gratitude. Then a bright idea flashed through Polly's brain. One of tlie Mysteries. Imagine women trading with distant foreign lands. Tumblers that have been used for milk should never be put into hot water until they have first been rinsed in cold water. The beat drivt s the milk in and gives a cloudy appearance to the glass which uannot be removed. Why any man should glory in his ignorance i f a thing (hut deeply interests the puL-lic mind is one of the mysteries we cannot understand. — American 27. In 1870 wages averaged $300 for the year the country over. The men attending smoker*, with sewing in their hands, The women sneering mildly, intending to denoteThe pitying contempt they had for men who wished to vote. Hoax—What is Cbisler going to call that statue of his representing a yonng man in tearsf A pproprUktaly Named. 28. In 1890 wages averaged $484. "How would you like to form yourselves Into a club, and meet here once a week, for the present, at least?" , Friend 29. In 1870 commodities were considerably higher thnn they nre today, and living was consequently more expensive. A business man on Park Bow has a collection of brass buttons unearthed in this locality. On each is the figure in relief of a Continental soldier with cocked bat and murket If it were not historically known what British regiments were encamped west of Central Park, it could be made out from the buttons that have been found where they bivouacked. These give the number of each regiment Rather Worse. "That would be Jolly I" was the sense of tbe meeting. Joax—He calls it "Cnwsed in Love." Hoax—Oh, I see. Chisler cut him out—Philadelphia Record. Tlie Intelligent WltneM. Thought makes- the are,ess of melancholy rather worse than better.—Selected.30. In 1870 the woalth of the nation averaged for each inhabitant $780. And then imagine women complaining through the town How men, to get employment, would cut the wages down. A lawyer had been questioning the witness for some time, and at last got him down to personalities. "We will have some illustrated papers, and make scrap books." said Polly, "and If you like, I will get some books of travel out of the library, and we can take turns reading."31. In 1890 the wealth of the nation averaged for each inhabitant $1,036. —Frank Putnam in Chicago Times-Herald. Ha Could Muter One. "Did I understand you to say, sir, that the defendant made certain remarks alKHit me?" The Academy of Sciences was led to investigate the matter by Dr. Crotte'a assertion that by his treatment ho had within the last few months succeeded in curing or at least in greatly improving the condition of 600 outof 800 patients who had followed his treatment. His patients arc said to lie almost exclusively persons who h;id l**u pronounced incurable by hospital doctors. They ore men, women and children belonging to the jworer classes of society and consequently living under unfavorable hygienic conditions, whom he treuts gratuitously. His method comprises the use of electricity and of antiseptics. How the ItooeH Grow. Oenlna. "Don't you think, Harry, you could induce one or two boys to come to Sunday school?" The lesson was of Moses and how the Bed Sea had separated and permitted him to lead his hosts through the divided waters to safety. When the superintendent had finished relating the story he concluded to see how much his youthful listeners bad taken in. Bow do the roses prow? 32. In 1870 the acreage of improved farms in the United States was 188,000,000. Some men disdain it, this transmuting power, Yet genius, like a holy beralU, beam Its deathless glory to the world Cuid wears Bravely its laurel and its itaasion flower. Talent is still a rich yet common dower. Marking the many from the lew, and fares With not too eager heart nor with despairs That sear the soul and make it thrill and If yon would know. Trust when days are dark and drear: When ho|De fuiletb, do not. fear; Bear the wintry time of year, 33. In 1890 the acreage of improved farms in the United States was 857,000,000. "I kin bring one along," he replied, "De udder fellers in our alley kin lick me."—Household Words. "1 said so, sir." Jln» Albright remarked, his face getting red as he spoke, that "It would be a good deal of trouble for Miss Polly." "Ah! Well, now sir, from what you kuow of me, do you believe thueo remarks to be strictly true?" For ho 34. The world's product of wheat In 1891 was 433,000,000 bushels. Other Iragments tell of the presence of Highland troops. Tbe ground just east of Mount Ijpm has been rich in mementos. Near here Mad Anthony Wayne took part in a skirmish in which tbe British got the victory and he got away with their cattle. The rosea grow JTeminine Comment. "No, sir." Bow do the 'owl urowf If you would know, Believe the trial is not in vain When the prumr's hand brings pain; Loss oft me;tnx the blossoms' gain, For so The roses grovr. 35. The world's product of wheat In 1894 was 2.645,000,000 bushels—a sixfold increase within five years. This explain! the accompanying decline in price. "But I wish you to pay me," she "George says there's bound to be bolting in the convention." "Who was it, children7" he questioned, "that led the Israelites into the promised land?" "Very well. Now will you be good enough to state to the court what he did say?" cower. Genius is martyrdom and grief to them Who feel its tireless and despotic will. With cruel rage or subtle stratagem It bids them dream or sing or die or kill. It bids them live—live aa no others live. Quickest to love, to suffer, to forgive. E- Montgomery In Can tun. At this Master George looked rather indignant, as if there was something Mercenary about the business. Ted "Yes, (1 suppose that's to hold the planks iu the platform."—Chicago Re cord. With the usual timidity of children about "speaking out in meeting," none of tlDoni rt»iDlifd. 'J'he liovs looked at 36. For the year ended June 30, 1878, thC United States exported $1(22,479,923 worth of oroducts and imuorted 1626.596.077. Bal- "Yes, sir. He said he thought you were a truthful and honest ■num." _ The result of the inquiry instituted by —Golden Rate. |
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