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Established
Tee receipts of our government from
«sources the past year were $377,000-
Q. expenditures, $273,000,000. The
[jnrplus was $104,000,000.
James McMillan, of Detroit, who
Ljj probably be the next Senator from
Wichig an > ? s wor ^ 115,000,000. He is
& years old and began life poor.
51b3. Saba W. Cates, of Kansas City,
las a fortune estimated at $10,000,000,1
Irbicli all came froin a successful ven
ture in real estate—a bit of land which
L her husband $2,000.
[iMes. Isabella Beecher Hooker, sis-
t of the late Plymouth preacher, says
be hopes to see a woman President of
e United States, and she regards Su-
L g. Anthony “the equal of any man
friog as statesman and politician.”
I The total eclipse of the sun, Janu-
Lr i s attracting interest in scientific
cles, and preparations are being
to make careful observations,
totality in the United States will
e continued to the north west, and
111 be longest continued in California.
(TheFlorida orange crop is estimated
13,000,000 boxes, which is more than
able the product of any previous
Each box holds on an average^
) oranges, which will be ten for ev-
• person in the United States. But
I'ese 450,000,000 Ploridas will not be
ie-half the oranges sold in our
prfcets
BIemixgham, Ala., continues to grow
pidlv, and its present population is
floated at 40,000. Its mining inter
ns are rapidly being developed, and
hi and iron ore are being transported
Irn there to the North by the train-
id daily. There are seven railroads
pteriog in Birmingham, and charters
itedfor others.
Latek returns show thal
I not vote in the recent election, as
[republicans said they would. In
lifornia the Republican majority was
r half what it was in 1884, in Texas
Democratic majority was about
i and in Ohio the Repnblican
jority fell off 12,000. These States
[ as first, second and third
Iber of sheep tl
—
Southern PJg Iron,
The increased manufacture of pig
iron in the South, says the Macon (Ga.)
Telegraph, is met by an increased
demand and a rising appreciation of
its merits. The Scotch pig has hither
to been considered the best for mixing
with the hard iron of Pennsylvania in
the manufacture of high grade castings,
but recently Southern pig iron has
grown into high favor for such uses.
It is endorsed by many experts and
practical moulders as superior to its
foreign rivals. A great increase in its
use has resulted, and the chances are
that it will continue to gain. Reliable
analyses show that Southern pig is ac
tually superior to the Scotch. The
shipments of Southern pig iron to
Philadelphia alone are more than 200,-
000 tons a year, and Southern iron is
used for the very finest castings which
are made in that city. The demand
for Southern iron in the great railroad
shops of the North is growing con
stantly. During the first nine months
of last year we imported from Europe
377,781 tons of pig iron. The impor
tations for the same period this year
were only 139,683 tons. Since the first
of January, 1886, thirty large furnaces
have been built in the South and sev
eral others are in process of construc
tion. In the number of new furnaces
Alabama comes first and Virginia sec
ond.
The growing demand for Southern
pig is attributable to improved meth
ods of manufacture and to the removal
of the long standing prejudice in fa
vor of the Scotch iron. Now that the
merit of Southern iron is recognized,
and its manufacture is being pushed
with great enterprise, the prospect that
it will gain cbmjplete control of the
American market is bright.
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A Winter .of Reflection.
The farmers of che country could do
no better for themselves than to lay out
an extended course, pf tariff reading
for themselves during the long winter
evenings. In the <
political campaign ft
the troth in .the, ria
whenever found,
bably indifferent hrn
The Cleveland PI
this announcement o
gages on £
amo
citement of the
;h its falsehoods,
er, always deep
T evaded a pro-
rms in
Sin Dealer makes
; fact: “The mort-
)hio, it is said,
mure than seven hundred
of dollars, and are gradually
ag, and this, too, in an old,
well-developed, rich farming country.
This condition ^j^gj^has Kqfc
brought about Jj£ any nati
'•^artificial.
j-t ; anf
so—the present ue
sive tariff.”
^armer in "Wilson bounty, Texas,
krimented last season by planting
bn in rows of different width. Most
I was planted the usual width, but
planted five acres with the rows
t feet apart, and the latter did not
L growing the entire year, the cot-
Enally meeting “ * h e “iddles He , their condition in the
[the cotton planted in row g aQ outgo and income. Let them
[apart made twice as much to . tke reason why
fas that planted the usual width. dear market
I people of sSlS City are [ and sell in a cheap one. It was
The Lights and Shadows of an Editor’s
Life.
An editor’s life iB fall of-lights and
shadows. They follow each other in
rapid succession—the only difference
being that the shadows hover around
him longer than the lights. By shad
ows we mean his experiences with those
of the public who are selfish, exacting
and unappreciative; and by lights, the
sunbeams that come in the shape of
words of commendation of his journal
istic efforts to please from an appreci
ative few of the aforesaid public.
To elucidate the shadow part of an
editor’s life we here give a few of his
experiences.
The editor meets a man who is not a
subscriber to his paper and asks him to
take it. He refuses, for the reason that
his next-door neighbor takes it and he
gets to read it every week. This is one
shadow, one tantalizing experience.
There is another shadow that the edi
tor encounters, and it is a very disagree-
ble shadow. It is the “genuB homo”
specimen who does not believe in news
papers—has no use for them—says they
are no good—have no influence—do not
.help or hurt any one by anything they
may say. And yet this man, if the ed
itor says anything good about him,
doe's not appreciate or acknowledge it;
bnt if he touches upon his weaknesses,
lo! the scene changes, and this creature,
who has no use for newspapers, says
jtheyhave no influence, gets fighting
mad and abases the editor on the street
corners like a pickpocket.
..There is still another shadow that
beclouds the editor’s life and discour
ages him in his journalistic efforts to
"build up his town and section; and this
shadow is a mildewing one to the pros
perity of any community. It is the bu
siness man who does not support his
local paper by advertising in and giv
ing it his job printing; and yet has the
cheek to tell the editor that his new
goods have come and to please give
him a good send off in the next issue
of his paper.
And here is another shadow, and it
is an irritating shadow. A man says
to the editor, “I am now prepared to
receive boarders—have gone’ to great
expense in getting ready, and if yon
can help ine through the colnmns of
your paper I will be obliged.” Now, it
seemingly never occurred to this man
that a newspaper is supposed to derive
some little revenue by the giving of
just such information to the public,
which he did not propose to pay for.
Here is another experience
i&S
qnai'Sfftl <Jppi
Such remarks as the above were cur
rent during the campaign, and they
can well be repeated now, because they
were not made on the scare principle,
but in-sober truth as the honest belief
of those who uttered them. Let the
the
A New Flora.—The luxuriant vege
tation of Krakatoa was totally destroy
ed by the eruption in 1883, not a living
germ being left. Three years later the
island was visited by Dr. M. Frenb,
who now reports having found six spe
cies of microscopic algae, which coated
the rock and seemed to have formed
the soil on which * eleven species of
ferns had taken root. A common grass
of Java was growing, and there were
quite a number of such species of flow
ering'plants as first appear on coral
islands. Seeds or fruit of several coral
island trees were found • on the shore.
Krakatoa is ten miles from the island
of Sibesie, containing the nearest ter
restrial vegetation, twenty miles from
Sumatra, and twenty one from Java.
Intellectual Influence or tb&'Ncss;.;
—Aprosexie is the name Dr. Guy, of
Amsterdam, chooses for inattentive
ness, and he quite singularly finds that
the nose is one cause of it. A dull boy
became quick to learn after certain tu
mors had been taken from the nose;
and a man who had been troubled
with vertigo and buzzing in the ears
for twelve years fonnd mental labor easy
after a like operation. In a third case
a medical student was similarly reliev
ed. Dr. Guye supposes that these
nasal troubles affect the brain by pre
venting the cerebral lymph from circu
lating freely.
Boilers Exploded by Gas.—After
prolonged official investigation, the
most extensive and complete destruc
tion of steam boilers on record has been
attributed to the sudden ignition of
coal gas, mixed with air, that had ac
cumulated in the flues. The explosion
occurred July 25,1887, in Upper Silesia,
Germany. Twenty-two boilers, each
with more than 1,000 square feet of
heating surface, were instantly blown
to pieces, buildings covering half an
acre were destryed, and three men were
killed.
Future Science.—“What would one
not give,” asks Lubbock, “for a science
primer of the next century ? for, to
paraphrase a well-known saying, even
the boy at the plough will then know
more of science than the wisest of phi
losophers do now.”
A Mechanical Novelty.—The re
markable Manuesmaun process of mak
ing seamless tubes is described by Mr.
F. Siemens as consisting in passing the
red-hot bar of solid metal or glass be-
in revolving conoidal rolls. These
are so arranged that the
SKIS?IcUon* of/grea. I that turned the election in
1 P-lace ” It would be a structure favor of the party that proposes to P
Stay in the shade all the ice np . condition of thinge under which
nalacee ever constructed, {he fanner has besn growing p
L ianart of the etructnre could and poorer. By all mean, let the farm-
Fthe finest Specimens of root fit er make a winter’s study of the tariff
found in the quarries, chiseled, j and its relations to himself, and l
1 7nd artistically arranged, while ca i m of his fireside review his Novem-
.terior fittings would be crystal- b er’s vote, and the cause tnat led h | and anon
work from the lake on a grand to cast it.
varying-
,.or, and this one would make the most I velocities of revolution with which the
profound stoic smile a grim smile. different parts of the bar are brought
It is that specimen of humanity called j nto con t a ct cause the formation of a
business man who, never having paid bollow through the bar’s centre. Tubes
a cent to the support of the local press, a f OQ t j n diameter, with a shell only a
says: “Yon gave Mr. B. a big puff in q Qar t er c f an inch thick, may be pro-
your last issue, and why don’t yon do diiced in this way, and great strength
me the same way?” When it is remem- j s claimed for them. Tubes with seal-
bered that Mr. B. is one of the editor’s 0( j en d 8 ma y be made, the hollow cen-
most liberal advertisers, the cheekiness fcre be ing a vacuum.
of this request is amusing. Talk about Homes of Alu Ages.—An interest-
the cheek of a drummer, or of a newspa- . Qg {eatur0 Q f the Paris Exhibition will
per reporter, or of a book agent, or of a L a gropp of forty-nine structures in
lightning rod man. Why, these are t0!ld0d to give a history of the human
unknown quantities when compared to dwellillg The different types of shel-
the cheeky assurance of this man. terB represen t e d will include those of
lights. the prehistoric period—under rocks, in
Now for the lights—t]ae sunbeams— caves, on water and on land; and from
that cheer and make glad the heart of i a ter times those of eafly hjstoric eivii-
the editor. They are few, but they ever i za tion, of Aryan civilization, of Ro-
L 3 anon fall across his checkered path- | ma n civilization in the East and m the
way.
How Wooden SdooIs Are Made.
Birch wood is preferred. The birch
is first sawed into sticks f° u ? or _ v ®
feet long and geven-eighths of an inch
Here is one: A sunny-faced man en
ters the editor’s sanctum, gives him a
hearty hand-shake, and says: “Your
paper this week is excellent—best num
ber yon have ever issued—indeed, the
West, and of rude civilizations discon
nected from the general progress of
humanity—the Chinese, Japanese, Es
kimo, African* Aztec, etc. The interim
ors, the costumes of the occupants and
the surroundings, will be those of the
different epochs studied.
The Electric Age.—Prof. Elisha
St.
£
aL
2.00
m
resextative Stone, of Kentucky
troduced a joint resolution pro
ig an amendment to the Constitu « t j , -p,-_ nn ir now
providing that the President and to three inches square, ^cording to the paper is always good.
h P ”f ITa^°tWou g W aoA|
. ■ ^ . . ,, i hlocks. and | ^ tho soction in which it is published. I bag made a greater advance in the
It is, and no mistake! Here’s $2 to pay j agt t wen t y years than in all the 6,000
fur another year’s subscription, and $15 historic years preceding. More is dis-
more to pay for a club of ten new sub- covere 4 in oqe day now tfean in a thous-
acribers Will send in another and ^ y0ars Q f th‘ e middle ages. W e
, D v a - , bigger list soon.” This is the kind of find all sorts of work for electricity to
, .. Z y a Jone' a second. A small *|[ th0 sorfc of sun beam, that makes do , w © make it carry our messages
the spool machine, simply j tl f 0 be a rt of the editor jump for very I dr i ve our engine, ring our door bell
boyfe blocks in a spont, and J thankfulness within him and go out m J and gcare th0 burglar; we take it
paragraph v/x j j.uvj ^ , . i_*i n
forbids the holding of any local fche blocks are dried in a hot-air m ^
[ate elections, except for members A t th© time they are sawed a hole
[ongress, on the day set apart for bored through them. n 0
[ioction of President and Yice-Pres- little block agains s arp
It The electors shall be chosen on j s b a ped by a pattern makes t e p
rst Tuesday in November.
: nn the i ^ ii. fl blocks m a thanKluineaB ***“* ~— » auupwio dud r • ,
D South- out defective stock. The ma- greafc adm iration and love for the man medicia0j light our gas with it, see by
throw s ^ Tmt cannot do the who u ttered the cheering words of com- ^ hear f,. om j tj talk with it, and now
sorting The spools are revolved rap- j menda tion and left so much hard cash | w0 ar0 beginning to teach it to write.
I is Gen. Harrison’s intention.
[ana people say, to^give two
aen places in his cabinet. It is
[cted that there will be an addition . sortiug. calves
[ace created by the passage of the idly j n drums and polish •
establishing the department of- For some purposes they are y J
culture, and this will probably go I j ow? red, or black. They are Qn
(Southerner. Among the men from j hun dreds of shapes and^ sizes.
[iathe selection might be made,
est v iigiutu i iwA-'i-r i
Of Kentucky, who made so good a gang ed and is anpposea
ass for governor against Gen. | mttc h thread.—Golden Days,
“er; Alf Taylor, of Tennessee;
fenafcr Henderson, of Missouri, and
ator Maii-me, of Virginia.
RE,
to prove the sjnperity of those words. I q ne Year Clocks.—An important
Here is another light, and it is a very improvem8n t j 4 clocks has been shown
bright one—it makes the editor f ® el the British Association for the Advance-
good from the crown of his head to the menfc of Science> by Mr. W. H. Doug-
goes on a spool of thread, I soles of his feet. A large-hearted mer- I ss T he new feature is the torsion
V ,, . n » nrrfl onon-l A H nr “200 vards,” these words dp c hant steps into the editor’s office pen dulum, which, with lever and es-
•idmg to the Washington cor P jaraB or M d has been live pa8 hfngmerch'ant-and8ays,‘!Kere ^ y b © applied tq ordinary
■ ^Ne^^^^teffiilihespool has been gfve me the best nim* ^ by ita^slow rate of vibration
. ^ , * j o 1 „^a ; a crirmosed to contain so | g c0 yon can for the money, and makes practicable the conversion of an
von think you have earned the amount eigllfc _ day clock into one requiring
let’ me know, an4 J F7 11 . tan 5„ | winding only once a year.
Photog^phic Progress.—Among re
cent camera achievements is a portrait
copy taken by the light of a Cuban
fire-fly in £birty seconds, and a photo
graph of the'aurora borealis. To ob-
|wmC u- „ nhn - - . nnrnose 1 ta ^ a b ad been deciared an
blossoms are scat- lagt vote are Vermont and Massachur the pe^paper sponge for the purpos ^ lmp0Bsibility .
while we watch| s0tts . ] of embracing him. - ■ —.
1 iaweler I And here comes another light, elec ^ London World has received the
“No, young man,” said thejew , , q briUianc y s illuminating the astonishing informat ion that “the con-
“I’m sorry, but I can t wholeoffice. ’Tis a bevy of prettygirls, haa d- s haking which Mrs. Cleve
vertisement. You see, I’m troubled | ^. ling and pha t t ^ing Uk© blackbirds. I ^n .
Their compliments in regard the pa
per and its publications in behalf of
benevolent purposes, is sweet to the ed-
The prohibition vote cast at the late Kke gam for aDofc her run in your excel-
alectionis estimated on full returns, L t pap0r- j believe in advertising-
official and otherwise, at 288,§08 ioi b ^ st ; n yestment a business man ever
this world we have but brief I G ^ n . Fiak as against W26 i| ^ ’ When this b ? g-to8#ed ^“
■pses of the best and brightest U oha fpur ye ars ago. The States n I leaves tke edltor is so ful ^ ^ J
gs. Sunset splendors linger but a | which there was a ggj? 6 1 he feels like ^^ fVlA nnr p 0se
P 6 while; spring
' by the winds while W®
unfolding; and autumn leaves
| tt fade and fall and dissolve into
^tmold; the dull landscape glows
I a time with supernal splendor, giv
vertisement.
a. | smm
ir ® are other and higher uses than to j quiet. ew^
slant
land has pnjlergoue has permanently
enlarged her right hand to such an ex
tent that she is obliged to wear on it a
larger than the
, r °be the branches with autumnal
r 3 - They live and die to serve God
| foe mysterious economy of life. It
With human destiny; our noblest
devements seem to perish in a day,
- no life of faithful service can be
- m th e consummation of God’s plan.
An editor of 3fi Iowa paper being as pleasant aa the
asked “Do dogs pay?" says that a good | aaents.
SSy do not; that they take the paper
Sr several years and then have jne
postmaster send it back marked r
fused,” “gone.west,” etc—Ex.
illMHi
t purposes, gizeg
itor’s ear, a veritable spnbsam ? almost s fit8 her left hand.
hard cash compli- ^ 1
- When you are constipated, with loss
These are gome of the lights ancl appetite, headache, take one of D .
abadows of' an ' editor’s life. Bnt let f ^McLean’s Little Liver andLKid
sbadowB giTe MBt g| nsj , Pi ltats._ They
them come and go-
his occupation.
THE ROMANCE OF A PICTURE.
From The Family Story Paper.
“Why, Reina, what’s the matter?”
And dignified Miss Borden looked
wonderingly at the young girl who un
ceremoniously invaded her apartment,
who had rushed in with the flutter of
azure draperies and golden hair, and
who now stood leaning against the
door she had closed behind her, flash
ed and panting.
“ ’Sh! not a word, the danger is not
yet over,” said Reina, in a warning
whisper.
She inclined her head and in the
subsequent lull there was heard the
sound of retreating footsteps.
“Free at last,” she exclaimed, dra
matically, falling into the nearest chair.
“Will you kindly explain this intru-
’ sfon ?” asked Miss Borden, with an ex-
iSt'e'ssrori of m ock -.severity.
“In two words—Harvey Wheeler!”
“What, yon were running away from
him ?”
“Yes, just as be was on the point of
proposing,” said Reina, laughingly.
“Aggie, seriously, this is getting to be
—well, tedious; he is so persistant I
cannot escape him. I have had him at
my heels for a month and he will not
take a hint.”
“Such gentle ones as yours are—I
scarcely wonder. You have a bewitch
ing little way with yon, Reina, you
cannot be severe.”
“That is just it—I want him to un
derstand, but I cannot rebuff him.
Can he not see that he is not wanted—
as a lover?”
“Not while you treat him so well—
as a friend.”
“And hi3 confidence in his own pow
ers does not wane,” laughed Reina.
“Harvey is a nice boy and a marvel at
tennis, but he will insist on being sen
timental—he really fancies he would
like to marry me. Now I’m not the
kind of a woman he should choose, and
he—I would as soon think of marrying
a good-natured schoolboy.”
You will probably have hard work
convincing him of all that,” said Miss
Borden, dryly.
‘I know it—meanwhile I must be
persecuted; but things are coming to a
crisis. I rushed away on the preflxt
of sending a letter by the stags that
W’as about to start; half way to my
room I saw him coming down the hall.
I thought he caught sight of my dress,
but I turned and fled; be purs*ied^and
had it not been for this shelter— Well,
I believe I would-have thrown myself
from the balcony.”
“Oh, Reina, Reina, you are incorrigi
ble.”
“Now help me out of this, I cannot
avert this awful confession—he will not
be repulsed. If I could but make him
believe that I was bound to another!”
“It would bo an effectual damper up^
on his ardor,” said Miss Borden.
“Yes, would it not—you must help
me. If I had some one’s picture, now,
I would fasten it in my locket and pro
duce it at the critical moment. Let
me see, I have a few smgll portraits,
but I would not dare to use them—the
originals might hear of it you know.
If I had a fancy picture, or ”
She leaned her pretty chin upon her
hand reflectively and looked at her
friend.
Miss Borden returned the glance
thoughtfully, and then a gleam came
into her gray eyes.
“I have an old photograph,” she
said. “It belonged to my grandmoth
er—an old suitor of hers, I'believe, I
kept it because I admired the face—a
noble countenance. The style of hair
is modern, and when the picture is cat
to fit the locket it will pass for a young
Tnaii of the present day. I have it here
in i^y box of relios.”
' siie rose and brought to Reina a
small photograph; it was that of a
rarely haudsome man, young and deb
onair. The features were regular and
noble, the firm lips unconcealed by any
hirsute growth, the eyes large and rath
er melancholy; from the expansive
brow waved a thick mass of jetty hai?,
” “Why, ifc ie very handsome!” cried
Reina. “A noble face; in truth I could
love a ‘man with a countenance like
that if bis nature did but agree. What
intellect! what soul!—ah, this will be a
fine lover i—poor Harvey Wheeler will
shrink into his tiny boots.”
She took her locket from its chain
and fitted therein the photograph.
“That face has charmed me,” she
said. “To think that the eoid earth
has hid it from sight these many years!
Do you know who,he was, Aggie?”
“His name was Arnold Thurman; he
died while young. Grandmother
thought of marrying him at one time.V
She could not have chosen better,
with all respect to your grandfather, - ’
said Reina. “Arnold Thurman I shall
remember—ah, I feel braver now; I can
meet the foe without- flinching.’?
And lightly trolliDg a Spanish lover
song, she went out, appearing on the
lawn a moment later, to bo accosted
by her persistant suitor.
“I am sorry I was detained,” she
said sweetly. “Let us have a game
tennis.??
So for awhile the danger was avert
ed, but at sunset Reina found herself
alone, with,Wheeler in the garden, and
he was looking unutterable things with
those blue eyes of bis, and drawing
dangerously close. /
“Miss Reina, I m us t speak to you u>
boyish face flushing slightly under her
calm gaze. “I tried to tell yon this
morning—I—I love you.”
Reina’s lashes fell.
“I’m very sorry,” she said, softly.
“I cannot ”
“Oh, do not say you cannot return
it,” he protested. “You may not love
me now, but you will—I will win your
affections. Be my wife, Reina.”
“Oh, we are so uncongenial, I—I do
not think it would be best even if I—
“Why, we aiways agree,” cried Har
vey. “No, Reina, I will not be refused;
you shall give me a trial. Only the
knowledge that another had already
won your heart would quench this fire.”
He beat upon his breast, and drew
nearer to embrace her; but with a cov
ert smile at his theatric ardor, Reina
drew away and raised her dark eyes re
gretfully.
“That is just what I was about to
tell you, Harvey—there is another. I
have worn his photograph—see, here
it is.”
And drawing out her loeket, she dis
played the countenance within. As
she expected, the sight of his success
ful rival’s picture cooled Harvey’s
fervor.
He stared at the minatore, and a
strange expression fell over his blonde
features.
‘His picture!” he muttered. “Is he
the man who his won you ?”
“What do yon mean?” cried Reina.
“What is his name?”
“Arnold Thurman.”
“Ah, it is so then! Well, I wish you
both jov; he is a man whose love might
well make a woman proud. I never
guessed he was my rival.”
And with a crestfallen air Harvey
turned and walked away. Reina star
ed-after him with dilated eyes.
‘What could he mean ?” she thought.
“Why, he has gone mad, certainly; he
did not know what he. was saying.
What can he know of a dead-and-gone
snitor of Aggie’s grandmother. Dis
appointment must have turned his
brain. I am almost frightened.”
She thought she would see Harvey
again and question him, but he had
taken an immediate departure, and she
could only ponder upon his mysterious
words, while she still wore the picture
that had charmed her so, the handsome
face of Arnold Thurman, who had lived
and died many years ago, yet who
sometimes seemed to her to be an ac
tual reality.
it was bis picture, not mine, yon wore.
Poor Harvey!”
. But Harvey never knew the differ
ence; for when a year later he met
Reina, she was in fact the wife of Ar
nold Thurman, and the old picture was
the dearest of her treasured souvenirs.
WISE SAYINGS.
mer gnests at Radway met to enjoy one
last merry-making ere they parted for
the coming winter season.
Reina had been a belle among them
and at last, weary of adulation and hon
ors, she withdrew to a sscluded nook,
where, reposing on a mossy knoll, sho
looked like a wood nymph in her pale
pink garments, with her golden hair
still adorned by the garland some ad
mirer had woven for her, and her face
fair end radiant in the cool shadows.
She clasped her arms above her head
and closed her eyes.
A subtile influence made her start,
and her frightened gaze fell upon the
figure of a man, who had quietly ap
proached, and who now doffed his hat
One glance at the face and she paled,
while a strange chill crept her.
Surely sfie w$s dreaming, or in the
l^qd of spirits, for this intruder was
the prototype of the man whose pho
tograph she wore.
The same resolute month and chin,
the same deep, violet-hued eyes, with
their melancholy expression, the same
high brow and WBYtug hair.
•:Whq are, you?” she faltered.
“I am Arnold Thurman,” he roplied,
in low, melodious tones.
Any one who desires to serve God
need not be a day without work to do
and plenty of it.
There is time enough for everything
in the cofirse of the day, if you do but
one thing at once.
Beware of all doctrines, deeds and
pleasures that tend to lead away from
a holy and usoful life.
Personalities are cheap; they are
the poverty of our intellectual re
sources, and they rarely end in honor
or charity.
Men who cover themselves with
glory on the field of human slaughter
will find themselves thinly clad in the
judgement, day.
There is no readier way for a man
to bring his own worth into question
than by endeavoring to detract from
the worth of other [men.
We are hanging up pictures every
day about the chamber walls of our
hearts that we shall have to look at
when we sit in shadows.
Sios of commission are the usual
punishment for sins of omission. He
that leaves a duty may well fear that
he will be left to commit a crime.
Cautiously avoid talking of the do
mestic affairs either of yourselves or of
other people. Yours are nothing to
them but tedions gossips—theirs are
ncthiug to yon.
If not turned in time, we must be
what we once chose to be. And if we
do not desire to be forever what we
are to-day, let us see to it that we be
to day what we wish to be forever.
The Country Vote Being Corrupted.
From the New York Times.
No single feature of the recent cam
paign has excited more comment than
the extent of purchasable and purchas
ed votes in the rural districts. Hereto
fore it has been generally assumed that
in the country, where voters were well
known to each other, the disgrace and
venality would be a sufficient protec
tion against it; but this year, for one
reason and another, bribery has been
more extended, and in some districts
public opinion has almost ceased to.
I regard the sale or a \
the ballot reform comes before the Leg
islature again, as it is sure to do this
winter. There.is a disposition to make
the secret ballot requisite only in the
cities; but such a law would accom
plish only a half reform. In, propor
tion to the population the secret ballot
is even more necessary in the coantry
districts than in the cities. As a rem
edy for machine diction it is most de
sirable in the cities, but as a check on
bribery it is indispensable in all parts
cf the State.
Two Jamaica Fruits.
The lime is one cf the commonest
articles of domestic use among the na
tives of Jaa&ma. They use it a great
deal in cooking, in carries, with fish
and oysters, and as an adjunct to tur
tle soap, also squeezed in the flat, tank
water to disguise the taste. A cut lime
is often put on each washstand to take
off stains, and to rub the nails with, as
strong acid shrinks back the skin at
the base of them, and is supposed to
prevent hang-pails. The granadilla
grows on a vine of a coarse passion
flower. The fruit weighs about eight
pounds, and is the size of a muskmelon.
from him.
“Go away—it is impossible! Am I
mad? You cannot be Or—or are
you his Bpirit?”
‘.<4 no spirit, and I’m sorry I
frightened you so. There is no cause
for fear, Miss Dupont”
But you know my name, and you
—only the seeds are eaten. They are
With a little scream Reina shrank j covered with a glutinous, sub-acid pulp
Arnold Thurman iq the flesh.” He
stepped nearer with a mischievous light
in his eyes. “You should not fail to
recognize me, since you wear my pic
ture.”
tasting a little like catawba grapes. It
is served in glasses, with a little sherry
qnd sugar. The rind when stewed
with sugar and made into pie?, is a
good imitation of green apple. The
flower is a dall, purplish red- A wild
variety grows iq the forest called
“Swdbt Calqhash,” which is only used
fatten pigs.—New York Observer.
Representative Oates, of Alabama,
ha3 introduced a bill in congress which,
if it becomes a law, will go far towards
relieving the United States of a very
Reina gave a gasp qqd caught at her j undesirable class of immigrants. It
locket. She realized now that it was provides that no alien shall be admitted
a living man who confronted her, and j into the United States who is an idiot.
ox
and will cure you.
on' a serious matter,” he began, ^is
i
no specter, but she could not under
stand his words.
•I wear Arnold Thqrman’s picture,
but not yours,’-? she said. “See, it is an
old-fashioned minatore, it was painted
years ago.
The young man looked at the incas
ed portrait, and then laughed heartily.
“My grandfather,” he said. "I bear
his name, aqd they say I am his living
image. Miss Dnpont, allow me to ex
plain.”
Then he told her how he had me!
Harvey Wheeler, whoso acquaintance
he had made several months before,
how through him he had heard of Re;-
na^-for the disappointed lover believed
that it was to the living Arnold Thur
man she was betrothed—how out of
cir'iosity, he had come to Radway on
the day of the festival, and met her by
. chance in this shady retreat,
i “And yon thought I was my grand-
t father’s ghost," he said, gayly. And
insane or pauper, who has been legally
convicted of any crime involving moral
turpitude, who is a polygamist, an
archist or socialist, who is affected
with any contagions or lothsome dis-*
ease, or who is qnder contract to per
form labor in the United States. It
makes it a misdemeanor punished by
a flue of $1,DDD or imprisonment for
three years for any alien forbidden to
enter the United States to come into
this country, and make3 the same pro
visions with regard to those who assist
proscribed classes of immigrants to
come here. A tax of twenty-live dol
lars is levied upon each immigrant,
which is made lien upon tho property
of the transportation company bring
ing such immigrant. The bill provides
the machinery for carrying its provis
ions into effect,
If you spit up phlegm, and are
troubled with a hacking cough, use
Dr. J. H. McLean’s Tar Wine Lung
Balm. 8m
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