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THI room PRAYER, ftm rarsl ffNM was dcMi U« KlBf aMfthtwt MOW new (port tobsaiteesi* «3 to Us Jtsur alt* “Wr Ibol RH MW. and main for a* • pmywl" Tb* jatardoOMbbcspaadfietk Art Hood Uw mockln* court Worn hkjmum not wo the bitter tmilo BrilinJ the painted crin ho wore. 0» towed hi* bsrtsrt brat Ms tk* Upon tte monarch’* lilkcn wool: Ills pleading roles •nxo: •‘OLord. . bMNmigMiMi •No pit;. Lord, could change the bear* From rad with *rroc* to white aa wool’ The nod muxt heal the tin; but Lord. Do merciful to me. a fooL * Tb not by guilt the onward eweep Of truth and right. O Lord, weitaji •Tb by our follies that ao long We bold the earth from baareo awer. ’ •Tbeee clamejr feet, (till in the mire, Oo crushing blossom* without end; There bard, well meaning hand* we thruat Among the heart strings or a friend. The ID timed truth we might hare kept— Who knowe how eharp It pierced and ttungf The wot d wo bad not Kenzo to tajr— Who known bow grandly It bad rung? “Our faulte no tenderness ebould ask. The chastening stripee must cleanse them all; Rut for our blunders—O. in shame Before the eyes of heaven wo toll. “Earth bears no balsam for mistakes; lien crown the knave and scourge tbs tool That did hb will; but thou, 0 Lord, Be merciful to me, a fool I" The room was hushed; In silence roeo The King, and nought the gardens cool. And walked apart, and murmured low, “Bo merciful to mo, a fool I” -Edward Rowland BID. A Veil's Flight. Mrs. M. M. Hall, of Clinton, la., who has recently been here visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Wilder, met with a remarkable experience at Roch ester last week. She was the guest of a friend, Mrs. Pago, of thatcitv. whose husband conducts a harness business there. Among other places the ladies visited was Powers’ art gallery and the tower. While at the latter place Mrs. Hall’s veil became detached from her hat and a slight breeze quickly wafted it over the railing and out <![ reach. Down it went toward the M:.:n street walk, 100 feet below. The ladies stood and watched its slow and waver ing descent until it had nearly reached the pavement. Suddenly it struck un- other current of air and was borne upward again. The ladies watched its graceful movements curiously and be came more and more interested as the airy fabric slowly traveled back in al most the same route it had taken in its descont, and their surprise knew no bounds when the veil actually re turned to the tower and settled down fairly and squai-ely on the owner’s head. Mrs. Hall cfdcluros this to be the fact, and those who met tho lady here certainly have no reason to doubt her word.—Caledonia Advertiser. At Rover’* Grave. Tho pet dog of Mrs. Samuel Wilmot died Monday, plunging the household into deep sorrow. Some heartless in dividual had administered a dose of poison. Tho funeral occurred this morning and was attended by the fam ily and a few friends. The casket was lined with whito satin and covered outside with purple velvet. Tho remains looked perfectly natural and peaceful. Tho interment was in tho family’s private lot. Tho members of the family stood weeping around the grave, whilo what remained of Rover was laid at rest. Some of the floral oll'erings were expensive and unique, one being a dog kennel of roses tipped with sprays of dog fennel.—Bridgeport (Conn.) Cor. New York Evening World. A Check tb Civilization. Sexual selection, which has doubtless greatly influenced tho development and advancement of certain races, has been inoperative in China during many centuries, bceauso, under the prevailing usages, tho contracting par ties have, before espousal, no oppor tunity to judge of tho strength, beauty or intelligence of their consorts. Ro mantic love has no part in marriage or its issue. This may bo one of tno causes of China’s arrested civilization, and of tlip astonishing fact that her astute people have invented nothing and discovered nothing during hun dreds of years.—Adelo M. Ficldo in Popular Science Monthly. A Novel Device. A device has been invented which enables the engineer when in his cab, to turn a switch, which can ho closed again from tho rear of the train. It is operated in connection with tho “cen tral throw” switch, and consists in a “shoe,” which is dropped from the forward and rear trucks. This strikes a crank, which is overthrown, and tho ewitch closed or opened, cs tho case may be. A switch left open carelessly may thus bo closed, by the locomotive while at high speed, ora train side tracked quickly in case of danger.— Houston Post Tbs Climate ml Mriiro. The great advantage of a tropical country aa a place to live In, day In and day out, la the freedom from die care* Incident to a cold climato. Then? Is no fin to bo tended, oo thick garments to bo worn, no putting on of overshoes, no shivering nt night under Insufficient clothing. The cold Is not cold to a trav eler fresh from tho north and hi good health. Tho Invalid will feel the relative cold of tropical nights In winter just docs a resident not very healthy, whoso blood has been thinned by the action of tho climato enduring over a series of years. Tho climate, either on the table lands or in tho lower and warmer coun try, docs not prevent out of door lifo at season. In fact, one of necessity much outdoor air. It Is a rare day tho coldest weeks of tho short tabfo land wintor when windows are closed half a day. At nightfall tho doors and windows are closed to keep out tho chill, but tho cold will rarely register below 02 degs. F. Tho most disagreeable thing about household lifo in New England during tho winter Is tho overheating of rooms. Tho temptation Is to make them over hot. People oven get to enjoy a dry heat of 80 degs. But the dabger comes when you go out of doors into tho keen and eager air. In Mexican houses thero is little difference at any timo between the air in doors and that of out of doors. In summer the house is cooler than the street into which tho clear and dazzling trbpical sun is pouring its rays, but there is no such contrast of indoor and out door temperature os ono finds in tho north in the winter months. Hero we have to be careful on leaving a lamp lighted room in tho evening and going out of doors not to catch cold in the eyes, for it is a peculiarity of the tropics that the eyes oro especially sensi tive to sudden changes from light to darkness. I knew of a lawyer who one evening sat in his study at homo writing with a bright light at his elbow. He worked a few hours, and suddenly went out into tho cool darkness of tho corri dor of tlio patio, or courtyard. He was struck blind, and hopelessly. I have heard that similar risks arc characteristic of tho Cuban climate. Most Mexicans on wintcrevcnings, when emerging from tho theatre or a house, put a handkerchief to their nostrils so as to take io tho cooler air Glowly, and many men light a cigar or cigarette to 'warm tho air passing into tho lungs. Ono learns to respect tneso customs after having had iiis eyes ache for a week as tho result of running out of a lighted room into the courtyard, or after having got a severe head cold from a similar imprudence.— City of Mexico Cor. Bos ton Herald. AU About Alphabets. Will my youngest American readers— my very youngest—please give me their attention? Ah, hero you arc! Well, my little ones, as' you very soon are to begin to learn your letters, if, indeed, you are not already learning them, it may interest you to know that tho babies of other countries, ns well ns baby Americans, AN OLD CHURCH. r the Old Swedish MmUi Envied la IMS. Tho most interacting feature of Wil mington ii the old Bwcdos church, standing on tho outskirts of the city, near tbo Christina, just above the rocks when in old days Minuit planted his fort I am of opinion that ire have no are expected to know tlieir alphabets at a very early ago; and Borne of them, be cause there are more letters in tlieir alphabets, liavo even a harder timo than you do. Somo again have less to learn. For instance, as a sprightly and learned correspondent informs this pupil, the Sandwich Island alphabet has only 13 letters; the Burmese, 19; tho Italian, 20; the Bengalese, 21; tho Hebrew, Syriac, Chaldee, Samaritan and Latin, 22 each; tho French, 20; tho Greek, 24; tho Ger man and Dutch, 28 each; tho Spanish and Slavonic, 27 each. But, on the other hand, the Arabic has 28; tho Persian and Coptic, 80; tiio Georgian, 83; tho Arme nian, 88; tho Russian, 41; tho Muscovite, 48; tho Sanskrit and Japanese, 50; the Etliiopic arid Tartaric, 202. If this information bewilders you, my People Who Rat Quinine. You would be astonished at tho number of peonlo who liavo acquired tho quinine liubit, They are far moro numerous than the opium eaters and carry tlieir pills in their pocket all tho time. They imagine the existence, of somo physical wrong and take quiuino as regularly as they cat, in tho belief that it is a euro all Tho facts aro it stimulates tho stomach, but not to any pcrccptiblo degree, yet hundreds aro overy day getting from it tho somo satisfaction they would from u drink of whisky.—Interview iu Chicago Times. poor little letter learners, don’t mind it. It will keep. Ono of tlieso days you will he big and aide to play tag, and, later on, baseball in these languages. Then, a few letters, more or loss, in any ono of them, will be a matter of small consequence to you. Even now, 1 dare say, after what \ have told you, you'd bo able to play with the letter blocks of any country. In truth, if I were you, I think I should pre fer a box of Ethiopic or Tartaric letter blocks to lx>gin with.—St. Nicholas. Sunday in Part*. Every year Parisian tradespeople are becoming les3 disposed to Sunday shop keeping, and there aro even fewer arti sans to bo seen at work than was formerly tho case, says a correspondent. The in habitants of tiio proverbially lively city liavo not, of course, adopted tho strict Sabbatarianism of their British neigh bors, and it is oven doubtful if many of them patronize tho metropolitan churches on Sunday mornings. Their great ob ject seems to bo to extract as much ra tional amusement as possiblo out of tho ono day in tho week when they aro not tied down to their eternal desks, ledgers and counters. . Dissipation there may bo in somo cases, and there is much un godly revelry carried on during Sunday evenings in second class cafes, low danc ing saloons and absintho recking resorts of tho “Assommoir” type; but tho re- spectablo portion of tho community takes its holiday in a decent fashion, and en joys itself in a manner at which only the sourest disciple of Calvin or tho most melancholy minded follower of Mo- lancthon could cavil. Serious, steady and respectable Parisians walk leisurely in tiio Claimps Elysecson Sundays, when tho‘weather permits, or attend morning performances in tho theatres or tiio after noon concerts. Then they go homo to dinner and liavo a family reunion, or wind up by a quiet gamo of cards or draughts in u favorite cafe.—Boston Herald. A Knowing Dog. A citizen of Lynchburg, Va., has a Newfoundland dog which is noted for his intelligence. Ho saw a youth gather ing apples in his master's orchard, and, thinking he was an intruder, took him gently by tiio coat slccvo and led him to nis mistress, who told him that sho had hired tho boy to gather tho apples, where upon tho dog immediately released his captive. church quite so interesting, as regards i ago, origin and architecture. It is i probably tho oldest which remains ex- j yC n!?, 0 K Striking • LI it lit. In tho days before the invention of friction matches tho difficulty of pro curing (Ire was so great that all pains were taken to prevent tho fire on tho hearth from going out 41) winter long it was kept by covering tho coal anabrands with ashes at night This was ono of tiio domestic cares of our forefathers, and Uomor alludes to Uio as common in his day, 3.000 re could not bo kept with com- Ohsamss AS IfateM SNMOSSSnteaM l«t Uw meridian rim Ilk* la Twttt tfc* fnmi raplli* art hit prims e*S That b* hid ttaMSl leanml to tore too nt TriUSnkklMriMM; I to uw cm wUl g* If jrouxo wasi II WVr* two together; V'-t m* w*. an* culmrl. and them thing* i M- r-nHti.iil» of • dmtin 'u thedataiulrontettenion'thd 1 f°* in *•» summer, and there would j va* »< <u«u. *t*M **t warm, and Mm. * bo times iu the winter when the hearth wideplaoe of graves, a little back from I wou,d bocomo coltL T1,on 8ome ‘• 0 “ 1b west gable. Tho building stands in s' Christina creek andla mile west of tho **“ 1 Delaware. The church is bnUt of gray | ? "® w flre must be kindled in tho stone, sixty feet long, thirty feet wido j n0 mw' , H . and twenty feet high. The walls are' *“*?. “tier process was usually ac- six feet thfek at the baso arid three feet *7E““. 1 fl ' nt “ lld a,wl - at the windows. There ora five of the latter, lurge, and arched in the stylo of tho old Norman, os are tho three heavy doors. Thero aro inscriptions on all four sides in iron letters set into tho walls, the main inscription being qn £ho west gablo. Within the church is as quaint and old as when Dutch Peter, the battlo scarred sexton, hauled live coals from the old cannon stove upon the brick floor to warm it The old cedar roof, fir pews and quaint pulpit, with its high sounding board, are very inter esting specimens indeed of early church furniture. The inscriptions recall the very in teresting circumstances under which the church was built After the cap ture by tho Dutch (1655). the Swedes were very much scattered, and found it extremely difficult to secure pastors. They were of the Lutheran faith of the pure Augsburg confession and se cured now and then a minister from tho churches at New York, their last one from this source being the Rev. Jacobus Fabritius, called in 1677, who became blind and incapacitated in 1682. They made frequent but vain appeals to the home cnurch to send them “two ministers, with Bibles, catechisms and other goodly books to protect them from the false teachers and strange sects, ” by whom they were surrounded. At last, in 1693, they ap pealed to Charles XI, of Sweden, an appeal very interesting to us from a statement it contains that there were then 188 Swedish families, comprising 942 persons, living on tho Delaware. Charles was much interested by tho letters, but the death of his queen, Ulrica Klcanora, soon after, arid press ing affairs of state delayed the Ameri can matter for some time. In 1696 it revived. Andrew Rudman, candidate, was selected as missionary to America, and he in turn chose two other godly men, Erie Bjork and Josias Aurran, ns companions and co-work ers. The king gave for their outfit $1,300 “copper mint,” and 500 copies of Luther's catechism, with Bibles, pastils and church books, each bearing tho king’s name in gilt letters. As tho three were about to depart ho granted them a personal interview, at which ho gavo them $100 “silver mynt” addi tional for their voyage, and informed them that he had ordered tho Swedish ambassador, in London to procure pass ports and scWthcni safely on their way. “Go now,” ho concluded, “in tho name of tho Lord to the place to which I send you. God bo with you and make you indeed successful!” Fur nished with a safo conduct from Eng land they camo safely to Maryland, thcnco they traveled overland to Wil mington and Philadelphia, Rudman taking tho parish at Wicaeoa, near the latter place, and Bjork that of Crano Hook, near Wilmington. Tho neoplo of Wimington thought that a cnurch should be reared in tlieir village; tlioso at Crano Hook opposed any change; at last, ns a eompromi.se, it was agreed to place it on the banks of the Chris tina, so that tho pcoplo from tho out lying districts could come in boats in summer and sleighs in winter, and also for the protection afforded by the fort. John Stalcop, a church wnrdcu, gavo the land. They began building on May 28, 1698. Tne edifice was con secrated us Trinity church, on Trinity Sunday, 1699. Tho occasion was made a day of great rejoicing. Governor Markham was invited, but was unablo to bo present The feast was spread in the houso of John Stalcop. All sorts of meat and drink, wo oro told, were contributed—wheat malt bread, flour, hops, wine, butter, sugar, raisins, ggs, veal, mutton, venison, chickens, turkeys, turnips, etc. Tho congrega tion ate the dinner together, “rejoicing and praising God.” For years after tho anniversary was observed. Com munions and baptismal services were long celebrated with tho chalice and plate scut over by tho copper work ers of Sweden to Pastor Bjork, and tho Bible long used was that given by Queen Anno in 1712.—Wtimington (Del.) Cor. Now York Post Chamois In tho Alp*. Wonderful talcs aro told of tho amazing leaps which tho startled chamois will make. From twenty to thirty feet are affirmed by tho hunters to bo not on uncommon jump down ward^ the animal manning to^break onally, and striking its feet several times against tho sido of tho precipice before landing at tho bottom, often on a spot a few feet square. Ilcnco, to kill any number, even in tho best stocked districts, it is necessary to hunt tho animal by surrounding an area where they are known to ha feeding by a circle of heaters. As tho cor don gradually tightens, tho alarmed chamois, seeing danger to windwunl, fly iu tho opposite direction, whore tiio sportsmen are posted on tho chnuco of getting u passing shot—London Blau- Most readers have no doubt soon spark of tiro struck out from a horse’s shoo hitting a stone in tho road, or from the shoes of a sleigh runnor grinding over rocks. To obtain flro by this method a piece of steel, such as a file or rasp, was struck with a flint, or a bit of whito quartz from a granite ledge, and tho spark was caught in tinder—charred cotton rags. Tho old flint lock mus ket, with a few grains of powder and somo tinder in tho pan, was looked upon by our grandmothers os a do mestic utensil. Sometimes, on a clear day, a burning gloss—n lens for col lecting at ono point the rays of tho sun—was used. The method of producing flro by rubbing together two dry sticks is known to most boys, but it has not been often adopted by civilized people. It belongs to tho ruder conditions of life. In Thibet Capt. William Gill found practiced a moro scientific method than.any of these. Tho natives strike a light by compressed air. Tho ap paratus used consists of a wooden cylinder, two and a half inches long by three-quarters of an inch diameter. This is closed at oiie end, tho boso be ing about tho sizo of a quill pen; on airtight piston fits into this with a large, flat knob at tho top. Tho other end of tho piston is slightly hollowed out and a very small piece of tinder is placed in tho cup thus formed. To uso this tho 'cylinder is held in ono bond, tho piston inserted and pushed about half way down. A very sharp blow is then given with the palm of tho hand on tho top of the knob. The hand must at tho samo timo close on tho knob and instantly withdraw the piston, when tho tinder will bo found alight. It requires skill to uso tho apparatus ns well as science to in vent it.—Youth’s Companion. An Improved Flro Escapo* A portablo flro escapo, constructed with three systems of lazy tones con nected together and arranged to bo elovated and lowered by a screw mounted in the platform of a truck, hasebeen patented by Mr. Louis P. Santy, of Clements, Kan. Tho plat form on which tho tongs oro mounted has screws at its corners, whereby tho escapo may bo held upright or tipped against tho walls of a building. The tongs are united by a series of trian gles, a set of lazy tongs beingarranged at each corner of tho triangle, each set bracing the others. A screw for ele vating the system is mounted in the center of tho platform, a triangular HiMiiiW O'*’ tO'iuiinnti' |Mll*r* *11 allirill. mu'll dn«;ui I h'i Mpium sale: Lrt ■mn«r«t!i* ln-fm'i* H In hm lut** V.V tm-'inl m t)li*t!;t!t Wi- loved. *71**1) llio There 1 * notmtlyut blame: inr ivii.i.-i i,uni i*ii iirtny water were. I i t s\ i u f'iii|iiy ulr - All r un ,w i .iii uk ii l*h*> told tals, Ain I ri.nit'll nii.i'n nr mint' iiiiiaot orail. ur ivMltiiilun wak* It wa»- II lit- tw III mill lie a inhlAke. -Clara D llauleao In Tha Oonnotacur. The Old Ox Team. An ox team on the streets of St. Paul is said to be quite an unusual sight, but th* resident of Minneapolis who cares to bo reminded of his old Now England farm days with the sight of a yoke of oxen doing yeoman service in front of a wagon needs but to go down in the vicinity of tho citjr market or over to the city hay yar! on Lyndalo avenue and he will bo pi*tty sure to find one thereon almost nay pleasant day. Tho farmers who drive norned steers into the metropolis are usually of the regulation down east pattern, typical Yankees, who are slow in abandoning the customs of their early days. Many of the farmers and gardeners about tho shores of Minnetonka ore old settlers from way back. For years after their ad vent in tho territory of Minnesota the ox team was tho old stand by in all the various details of farm labor, and for many a year was even tho favorite mode of locomotion. Those old farm- era in Inter days have become gar deners as well, and cither out of defer- - encotoold traditions or because they- find him profitable, they still continue to make uso of the patient ox, and are not to be deterred by any metropolitan customs or hifaluun notions from hauling their produce into the city be hind their faithful ox teams.—St. Paul Pioneer Press. Elghty-tiro and Still Bu Every Tooth. Mr. Alfred Daniel, of Douglas coun ty, father of Mrs. J. C. Nelms, of Newton county, is 82 years old, was never sick a day in his life, was never in bed at sun up, never lost a tooth, has been to six log rollings this year, lifts moro than most men, often in dulges in coon and 'possum hunting, has been a deacon in tho Primitive Baptist church for fifty-eight y ears, was never drunk in his life, and an oath has never escaped his lips. He is the father of twenty-six children, fif teen now living, has seventy grand children and a number of great-grand children. Mrs. Nelms, his daughter, has officiated at over 1,000 births, and has never lost mother or child in a singlo case.—Covington (Go.) Enter prise. ■ . • «■ - First Cine Ever Known. Mr. Charles G. Baker, of Oil City, is tho name of a pleasant gentleman who is now making a short visit to this city, plato being attached at its corners to To sco him walk you would bo led to tho lowermost set of lazy tongs, and having nt its center an internally screw threaded boss in which tho screw works, being operated by hoveled gears and crank shafts extending to tho ends of tho truck. By turning tho cranks tho threo sets of toy tongs will bo rapidly elovated and by reversing tho motion as rapidly lowered. At the top of tho lazy tongs is a platform or cago on which persons may stop from tho window of a building, ana bo lowered to tho ground by turning tho cranks, or they may descend by u rope ladder suspended from an aper ture in tho center of tho cage.—Scien tific American. A Waistcoat with a History. Baron Minaldi, tho tonsorioi hospo- dar of tho Astor houso, .created some thing of a sensation by appearing at his place of business tho other day decked out in a camel’s hair waistcoat of startling and uniquo pattern. This garment was sent to Baron Minaldi from Sicily somo fifteen years ago. It was worn liy ono of his ancestors, tho fourth Baron Giuseppe Minaldi, of Palermo, and was constructed more than eighty years ago. ^Tho fabric cqmo originally from Kashgar, in Central Asia, and it is in as good state today as it was the day it was stitched together by a bronzed tailor under the shadow of Mount Etna. At his family dinner, over which Baron M. presided in tho evening, tho waistcoat was braced with ono pound of chicken fricasseed, two pounds of turkey and roast pig and three pounds of maca roni. Not a button gavo way. They could sew in Sicily in tho early part of this century.—New York World. To I'm the Rfaees Plant. A Belfast machinist has discovered a process by which tho fibers of tho plaut rhcea can bo readily separated think that one of his knees had been slightly injured, but tho truth of tho matter is that both of Mr. Baker’s lower limbs aro artificial. His one limb was amputated a short distance below tho kneo and tho other about four inches bolow tho hip joint Ho can. easily ascend or descend a pair of stairs. This is tho first coso over known in which a man could walk with artificial limbs when one leg was amputated above tho kneo joint His appearance is changed but little and his misfor tune would nover bo noticed.—Pitts- burg Dispatch. An Old aibubock. Goodo Price camo up from Leesburg yesterday morning and told The Re publican about the boss turtle catch for tho season. A negro living on his plantation in Leo was fishing for suck ers in Kinchafooneo creek Friday ovoning, when all at once ho felt some thing jicavy tugging away at his hook. Ho drew his lino in slowly toward tho bank, and was surprised to seo that an immenso turtle Had swallowed tho bait. Ho was drawn slowly to the bank, when a hoo was thrust under him and ho was drawn out of the water and killed His turtleship.was . as largo as tho top of an ordinary sized ; trunk and weighed 187 pounds.-Amor- icus (Go.) Republican. <V»uU«ra of Woman'* Horn A woman’s hair may grow to the length of six feet Mmo. Hess, of Paris, refused 6,000 francs for her “cranial covering,” which was about; that measurement Four hundred hairs, of average thickness would cover an inch of space. Tho blondo belle has about 140.000 filaments to comb and brush, while tho red haired beauty has to bo satisfied with 88,000; the brown haired damsel may liavo 109,000, tha m „ „ black haired but 102;000. Fow ladies from tlieir woody and gummy cover-, consider that thoy carry somo forty or reducing a fiber ut a low fifty miles of hair on their lUg, thus piuMU^II.M '• M«v. — - H _ . - | , prico which will admit of being used j Imp haired tnav for tho manufacture of rope, cordngo I seventy miles of and woven goods. Rhcca is a plant! niomiug. grown very widoly in southern and eastern Asia, and ono capable of culti* ration in tho temperate parts of Eu rope and America. It U tiio strongest vegetable ll!x»r that lias yet been ais- covared, nt’.d is. besides, tho smoothest uud most I ustiuus.—Cincinnati Com mercial. ly even have to clren of threads of gold every „ A German experimentalist bus proved tlmt a i ponu four ounces stretching aider tbs process soa contracting again. But uto hair tho* heavily weighted must be dark brown* for blondo unir breaks down note two and a half ounces. —Home JoutS ■m ; € ' r ' £#- j % y i ■ r 1 ‘M Jg*. 1 A In hip '?* ■ «