Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 31, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 April 1889 — Page 2

AFTER THI GALE. Ytif AtUutle Cwt HrewH wild WretM whiI MuHjr I Are Khhwh tw Un I.tt tk4 KhuII f Ike Kroant (lair, -A I'artlal Mr at the t'aHltl4 The l'iMel KUte.l with Water, Baltimokk, Md., April J. The American's special from Norfolk, Va Hays: The terrible gala is at au end, The weather to-night is bright ami crisp, but Virginia Ileaeh is strewu with wrecks, and many lives have been lost. The fourmasted schooner Berrymau K. Pools, o Providence, for Baltimore, is ashore nei. SSatack station. The crow were rescued. Jbs schooner Knnim F. Hart, from Jiasan for ItostoB, is ashore live miles smith

f Cn-ie Henry. The crew Here rescued by the Zatack Life-saving station with the breeches buoy. Am unknown aehoouer with loth twists if one in ashore "three miles south of Zatack. Of her crew of five there in said to be only oue stir vivor. The tdeamshtp William Lawrence reports that the schooner Andrew Johnson, of italtiiuor, for Kio, is ashore at York river. Au unknown steamer is ashore off Old Point. The steamer Chatham, from Itostoa, iwssed two miles northwest from Cup Henry .Lkjht-bouse the Ijoohi of a schooner moored to wreckage. An unknown schooner is on Vv'illoughby Point, wiUi the sea breaking over her. The fcchootier Northampton, in Cherrystone creok, with i -crew of four isn, was blown out into the bay S.tMtrduy uluht and all on board lost. Schooner W. P. Davis is beached oa wTany Island, and the sebojner Charles H. Sanuicksou is ashore at Oceau View. The schooners Kva Osborne and James , S. Watson are ashore at Peg Point. The ' schooners Emily N. Burton and the Hisin .Sim were thrown up high aud dry near West Norfolk. The schooner God- : frey is breaking up in Nansemond river, ; aud the Carrie May is ahore at Western . Branch. Au unknown schooner, with ; masts only visible, is sunk oft Ocean View. Two unknown vessels are ashore j south of Saiilhtield creek. The long wharf at Seawell's Point is outirely swept ' sway. An unknown schooner is ashore !' between Pigs' Point and Crany Island. : The Old Dominion steamer Guyaudotta ' reports that wheu twenty miles off the Virginia capes she attempted to secure :he crew of four men lashed to the rig ring of an unknown schooner, but was unsuccessful. The men were so exhaust ed that they could not help themselves, and must have perished soon afterwards, f Jhe schooners James Bavce and Charles H.Brigs werebttllydamaged at Lamlwr'j Point The schooner Fairwood Suffolk, of Salisbury, Md., is ashore in Nausemond river, and the schooners John W. Coviugoa and Hester A. Waters foundered in Hampton Koads. The crews floated wwhore oa wreckag. Two unknown schoeaers are ashore iu York river. The schooner Petrel is sunk off Hampton. Many buildings at Ocean View were oiowE uowa and the roof of the Princess Anno UH1 was blown off. The steam tug Idtv is ashore at Portsmouth, and the wcaooaor Uatchful ushore at Pillner's roinu Tlie front of the Naval Hospital grounds arc scnonsiy wasae.l and damaged. 'Hovcral local bridges in Portsmouth were carried Tay.The Western Branch bridge U gone, iirge portions of the trestle work of the Seaboard & Hoanoke railroad and Atlantic & Danville railroad bridges throughout the county have been washed away. The Christian Church ia Berkeley was blown to phves, and many houses were unroofed and otherwise injured. The schooners Annie P. Clark, Hubert Healy and Mary A. Irving are ashoro above Berkeley Flats. The schooner Anna is sunk off the flats. The total damage in this city and vicinity will aggrejgat two million dollars. All the wharves along the Nansemond river have been washed away. The store of W, Williamson, at Sleepy Hill, was demolished and Clerk Wood, ward drowned. Captain Elijah J. Berche n4 two sons, of Portsmouth, are reported drowned from their vesel. The steamer Georgia, which left Norfolk on Friday night, pnt into the Rappahunnock for safely, but returned here late last night, with her joiner work badly strained and rth vessel is otherwise injured. There was a panic among her passengers oa -ijtrday night. Ttin Sinking or the lVnrola. Washi.voto.v, April O.The Secretary of ttke Navy yesterday afternoon received tha following telegram from Commandant Brown, at Norfolk, Va., concerning tho sinking of the Peusacola at her dock: A very heavy northeast gale set ia about midnight Saturday. Water rose suddenly and was nixht-r than ever known. Was a foot above eoplna of dry dock. Pensaeola lifted from blocks. Hilel with water throuRh old and new Ktajcton valve openings, and settled dla mally ..to the blocks. Water is over gundeck cttwjinifs. Diver rep-jrls no injury to bottom. Have plugged holes. Kxpeet to pump ship dry. readfuU blocks and dock again, dale vcoBti&MCs. Siinpsoa dock is flooded. fffee Peasacota was being made ready to relieve the Richmond, now in Brazil, which has been ordered to Samoa, NINE GOOD INNINGS. i The Itniif!irt to the Ololm-Trottlnr Rase Itnlli-isHt DelmoRico', Now York. Nkw York, April 9. The banquet at Dclmonico's last night to Mr. A. G. Spalding and his party of American base-ball players, who have made a tour of tho -world, was a brilllaut success. One of the features of the occasion was a witty speech by Mark Twain. I. H. Twltchell, a graduate of Yale, said a prayer, and tho T9 guests then sat down to the sine innings, or courses, of good things. At tho speakers' tables were Mayors 'Ckapln of Brooklyn and Cleveland of Jersey City; Chauncey M. Depew, Daniel .Dougherty, Judge H. E. Rowland, Eras tus Wlraaa, Mark Twain and others. Heated among the players at other tables were Judge Gildersleavc, J. J. O'Donohue, DIgby Bell, De Wolf Hopper, Surveyor Beattle, Herman Oelrich, Theodore Roosevelt, Paul Dana, Colonel McCaull -md many other guests. Wt-I.easue President Mills presided. "Letters of regret were received from Governors Hill of New York, Ureeu of New Jer-7 and Buckley ot Connecticut; Mayor Grunt aud others. All tho speeches were In a happy and congratulatory vela. Widow anil KxncHtnr. Nkw YottK, April . Ia the Stewart 'will case yesterday Thomas Hope, formerly head of a department in the Stewart store, testified that by order of Mr. Libby, an inventory of the stock was takea on one hour after Mr. Stewart died. Mrs. :Hewart was always accompanied by Judge Hilton when she visited the store after Mr. Stewart's death. When she bought goods she was charged retail prices. On one occasion she bought soma tapastry carpet and antique laca curtains. She was charged fcW per yard for the oarpet and $175 per pair for tha curtains. Judge Hilton at the same time la-ought some of the carpet aad was charged eost priee, fll per yard.

EXPERIMENT STATIONS. Ttsf First ItorHtMPMt I'uMMied Hotter M Hthrltr t ihi Jiew Rsnrtitary t Awrv rultHrr-AKrlrul t ursl Kxpi-rimxHt Station lit SHtsJuct rrfU'rUwf. Washixoton, April 10, Tn Urst doHwent published under the authority ui Governor Husk, Secretary of Agriculture, is Bulletin No, 1 about th agricultural exiHtrimettt stations of the Department of Agriculture. This pamphlet, advance copies of which were furnlshsd to th press last night, contains a great deal of information relating to the history and prospects of the agricultural exKriment stations which are now eonduetin sd-

entire aud practical experiments 011 soils, ! manures, tillage, crop-, stock-feeding, dairying, horticulture, etc., in the different State,--. Huch institutions for scientific investigation iu behalf of agriculture have been long in operation iu KurojHf. The first one in this country was be. gun in Connecticut in the chemical laboratory of Weslyau University fourteen years ago. Other States followed the example, aud In 1S7, Congress cspoused the enterprise and appropriated 15,000 per annum to each State and Territory for the purpose. The enterprise has eulisted in its support the liest universities and colleges, and the ablest investigators of the country, as well as a great army of practical farmers, to whom it has already brought substantial benegts. All the States and oue Territory (D.ikota) now have agricultural experiment stations. Several .States have twu; Louisiana has three. Tin total number now in operation is forty-six, or, counting branch stations, nearly sixty. They employ more than three hundred uud seventy scientists and agriculturists, and receivothis year f.W:.0O0 from the National Government, aud about 41i,'W from the States and other sources. This is oue of the moot important of the Government dentine enterprise, and, although so young, is the largest of the sort yet undertaken by any Nation. An especially favorable fonture is the cordial relations betwee.1 the station? and the Department of Agriculture at Washington, which is charged by Congress with the duty of suiMsrvising and aiding the stations in their workl The office of esperimeht stations acting with the Association of Agricultural Colleger j and Experiment Stations, is able to aecompllsh much iu this Hue. There Is Ums esiablished a direct connection wtweea the National Department and the people of the couutry, which must result lu great good. The bulletin contains an introduction by Secretary Uusk, who considers It a high tribute to the wisdom ami intelligence of the people that they have so rapidly appreciated tho usefulness of thus 'calling the highest science to the aid of the arts and industries of life." THE WORST IN YEARS. KviilcHre ArniHiiiIrttliiK Tliut tin Itrrdit Storm on tlin AtUntic Ciuist Vn llio Wirst In Many YMr The uintM.r of VciwrU I.ot ami D.iiiri'ccil Almost Ifnprtrrilpn'ril, Baltimore, JId.. April 10. Reports of J disasters from Saturday's storm continue to como iu from Cans Heurv. and kIiow that it was the worst in ten years. It is hard to state exactly the number of lives lost or the number of vessels adiore or sunk, but it is ejtimated that between fifty and seventy-five vessels were damaged by the hurricane near the cape-t. The large list telegraphed by the United Press last night has been Increased in number, and much fear is expressed among shipping mti that some of the vessels caught in the gale will never l heard from. The arrivals in this jsirt yesterday wore only three oce.n steam3rs, and one of them hue been due three Jays. The details of the storm arc coming in very slowly. The steamship Caspian, from Glasgow, reports that on Monday morning she sighted a Iwtrk sixty miles southwest of Cape Henry. Her foremast, maintop mast and jib-boom were gone. It Biay have been the hark' Albatross, which broke adrift on Saturday, and whoso crew were landed at Port Royal on Monday by the steamer State of Texas, The Caspian also reiwrts a schooner ashore at False Cap , and another ten miles below. The steamer Westmoreland reports that ia the Rappulmnnock river a number tt wharves have Iwei washed away, and the low lands along tho river covered with water. The wharves are .seriously damaged at Tappahannock, Wares. Bowlers, Iti-rt, Wnlervlew, Urhntla and Burnham. The New York Silloated Company' warehouse at Lyon's Creek, in th Patuxtent, hail one end torn away by the gale. Tho schooners Emma Jane, Captain Pryor, and Eva T. Barnes are ashore at Battle Creek, in the Patuxtent. At tho lazaretto, the schooner May Queen had her rigging entirely demolished, her foremast gone and her bowsprit broken by a collision with a, large three-wasted schooner, "which was blown into the May Queen. SAMOAN MATTERS. The Statu IJuo to lie Irerrviil at Sittnti 1'rndlHg the Ilrsult or the Iterlln Conference. WAimNnTox, April 10. Stato Department officials were very reticent wheu asked about tin truth or falsity of the report that an agreement had been reached between Germany aud the United Status that no war vessels ara to be sent to Simoa until after the result of tho Berlin conference i announced. Thoro is little doubt, however, that both government arc already committed to such an agreement. It is understood that the proposition to leavo Samoau waters unguarded by Germany and the United States, and just ai they wore after the typhoon had wrecked aud disabled the vessels of both governmouts, came originally from Prince RUmarck, and that he was promptly met half-way by our Government, and tho proposition was accepted. This will leavo matters in statu quo, and the British Government alone to pollco thojo waters and look out for Anu'i'lctu and Germ-m Interests until tho Berlin conference sallies Samoau affairs on tv new lmsis. I.iiimIoh IIhs Another Sen Hllon. Losno.v, April 10.A short time ago Mr. Goldsmith Hunt, a relative of Lady Scott, engaged room's for himself and his; mistress, a noted sotibrette actress named Marie de Uraham, in a house ou Mansfield road. The couple appeared to l on the best of terms with ban another until Monday, when they quarreled, the dispute ending lu Hunt's shooting the woman uud himself deud. The affair has created a tremendous sensation, but the police are trying to hush it up ou account of the prominence of the families with which Hunt was connected. Hunt was wealthy aud accomplished, aud married to a sharming woman, but for sereral years hi has been very dissolute.

CASTER'S ANSWER. OKS Oeath eml all? lfcte earth ixwuplete the story? I, there He sequel to life's broken tale? StHtadt there mo mil, Fraught with the hope of glory, Frem eut the gloomy shadows of the vale? Live there no seer Vhoe eye ha jtred thi Rleamlag, Aad w runic from It, relueuat, IM. bright? Cub we I ut four, That after weary resm'tvf, Death hat so reeem)eat;? the tewb tHatHlght? Tha cutle8 ht, Pur whieh titrtth's Rates keep wInkIr; The loved oue, tor whom ether leved ohsi weeps Are these all lest? Ar.il u affeet'on cIUkIrk To fr ends eRihrsitMl la ua eternal step? If thl U slllt when the heart Mop throbbing, And all the whls of beln oease te rollIt this U all, AsU lite ends with earth's sebMns. And " Uust to dust " was " tkea ef the leel," Then in a st we loathe The power that wake kaewa The soul' eajKioity (or hltfJiKr Joy; Tlten must we loathe The heart's affections sows Bat for the frosts of winter to Uestrey. No:-ileath I life, Ami psrtlag U but meeting Heyoml the c!omllanl hhattowini; the grave. No!-leath M fe And, as earth'6 years are neetlag, We grsp the Immortality we cruve. The empty tombBlest prophecy of glory Is vnnipi shea ly the Kreut'sll-coaquerlag One! Its Mattered gloom Connrms iHspiri'vl story: Tme sees the gem of betnvr Jt bejfun. Hev. J. lh'itoii lloraberger, in N. V, Observer. TOM TOWSLBY. The Story of Hia lhankfuluessGood Easter Lesson. The war the hero fichts ia Is not 'the war fir me ! The war my soul delights la Must cnu In victory! 'TIs not a war of Mesh an Knod; I fight ferlloaven; 1 tlsjht ferOod; A kingdom, with my richts in; Oh, that's the war fer tne! "Oh, too-ral, Joo-ral, loo-raU Oh. too-ral, loo-ral, lay!" LD Tom Towsloy j glided from tho ring ing, t r u m p et-llko words of the song into tho mcauimrlcss syllables with which the tune was continued. Put the descent, if it was a dcscout, would not have brought a shock to the most sensitive and pious car. The fullness of his heart spoke in oue as In the other. T h c words were almost forgottea In li.-tening to the cheery, courmreous voice, albeit a Httlo cracked and husky from ago and wcakntwi. One scarceIt noticed that he pronounced "flesh" as if spelled "lhih,"and that he wade other mistakes fcarccly less serious. WfcJi all his errors, the t oop as Kting by him that gusty day had lit It tin lifting puwet of nCroinweiliaii Iwttle ywu, And yet, apparently, Tom Towstej had little to render him olirery and hopeful Ills truck-patch, on which he dr-wnded for a mihtdf-tt'iiee forMnlf and gnmd-dausrli-ter, had failed miwrrably the previous kihhmer. The drought hwd ruined Irisgaiden; tbe hot sun had twfiKed his vines Into the ceinblancc of sapless ft iws aud the beetles had devoured his jKitai. , leaf ami? branch. Tho winter tlwt folSwwod was unusually Hjvere, and he hail scarcely been able; Fccanje of rheumatism and general Ill-health, to provide the necessary food and fuel. A for clothing, the cost which now kept out the north wind had already seen many winters, and persisted in becmniug thread-barc and shabby, In spite of indefatigable inewlr lg and careful brushing. There was only one thfag that touohmi Itiia Jit could endure poverty, rags- and. want. The iron hall of misfortune could not scare him. Hut the sufferings of his grandchild htruck a chord of woe, Mimotinuss. even from his blissfully attuned heart-strings, Worst of all. It seemed very likely that they would not have so much as a shelter for their heads in the summer that was coining, He lwd been unable to pay the rent for tho cottflgtf and truck-pateh, and had received notice that If the amount duo was Hot lwndcd in by tho first of May, the place would be given to another And to pay it, peemetl, in his present financial distress, an tatter impossibility. In his momentary despair ho had begged for time, but the landlord would not relent "Pay er git out!" was tho harsh command. "1 can't give away good dollars to every beggar that asks me. I'd be imylug rent purty soon myself If I did!" It was while returning from this unsuccosffnl visit that the words and: tunc of the quaint old hymn fell from his lqis. 'Bpeck's laid an egg, gran' pa! Speck's laid an egg!" cried little Ethel, running to meet hint "I lef it in the nes' so she'd lay anuthor'n." Tom Towsloy stopped short in the mltiet of his Hinging and caught tho eltlld to hia breast. "8ho has, hl Well, that's a Heginnln!, If them two hcnH 'ud ony git down to blzBess lack they ought, we c'u'd put a little: Bilto more onto the table.' Ho kissed the chubby face uplifted to hia, and carried the child through the gateway and on toward the house. His voice trembled a little a he answered her prattle; but his was r. tremulous voice at liest, and the child did not not h;o tho unaccustomed quaver, Mingled with tlte recollection of tho words of tho landlord was tho memory of the request of his dying daughter, who, nix years before, had conttded Ethel, her tlrst-born, to his oare. "I leavu Ethel to you, father, for I know that you will never let her suitor while yoa livot" "I never will, so help nl" was his ferTcnt response, as ho pressed the tiny girl baby to his heart that desolate, crushing evening. "An' can I have the eggs for Eastor, 'gran'-m?" questioned Ethel, oagerly, as the ohl man deposited her en tho llttlo porch. "Oh, please, mayn't If There'll be Jos' a dozen f 'oaase T counted!" Towslcy lmd been thinking tlrnt tho eggs Would furnish a welcome addition to their meager fare, cither cooked or exchanged for small luxuries. He had even deluded whether It would b mort advlsahlu to cook them or Invest their value In tea. He was a dear lover of "tho cup that cheers but not Incbi iates," and had stinted himself in Its ae the entire winter. "Come, le'a iro an1 take a peek at the nos' ! Bpeck won't kcer, She's a-cackllu ylt but 1 kaww im won't keer. ma mien we put

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Kran'jm, an' she never saM ho don't laok any thlag Tom Towshty suffered hlmwtlf to Ih dragged Ut the chicken hoiiM, where he surveyed aud comiiieHWd on tho egg and tHi SjM'ck's reliability as a layer to JUkel's entire hatisfactlou. " Ah' 1 can hava 'em fer Kastar, oan I, grau'i?" Yos; 1 'low you may!" Towsley replied, stroking her sunny ourls, 'I Mow you may, I hoi thought o' bnyln' fomethln' with 'oni; hut you kin havo Vm. I ain't hatl any tea fer a long time, an this 'baccy I'm smokln' ts mo' turrtble Imd. 1 raised it, ye know, las' summer. But Uie fros' got it, hu" It's mos' turriblu bad However, it'll tin as well as better. An' as for tho tea, I've 'boot got UMt to doln' 'thout, huv how. "1 UMt to think 1 uVdu't git'long ''hout tea But mubhy It's bettor, lt'd Ihi hotter yet, prob ly, l( I'd throw away this ole pljio. Hut I've smoked It so long It's moiiHt'ons hard, fer a fso If I whs younger, now, an' o u d xit roun' more, lt'd bo dtt"rtmt. Hut my roomatlz ties me purty dost to the chimhlcy-corncr when tho weather's batl an' It's been bad n trood 'cal lutcly- an' I git kind o' lonesome, Jos' lonesomn 'nougli, I 'low, to make me sort o' hanker after thu tea an' tint 'baccy. But they' one thing: I kin ing yit. An' mi long's I kiu Hug, I don't oalu'luto that I've got any cause fer rcplnln's." " An' how'll I color 'cm, gran'pa V queried r.tnoi, iier mimt wnoiiv occupied in con temitlatlon of tho un iildt'ggs. "'TIs h queMiou!" aweutod tho old man ' liium 'ergot mat :nr. it , we nau koiuo fady calico, lint wo nlnt. Sow I'll toll y what I'll do! I'm goln over to Jones' wood-lot to-mortcr cr the nex' day, to kiux'k together a llttlo wood fur the wok stovo an' tiro-place, an I'll jus' itop as I go 'long an dig ycr cnno satyfras. SassyfrnH Is a tmiNt beautiful coloiln'. Xighnbout as good, 1 'low, as fadv calico." Ethel's delight was unbounded, as Towsloy unfolded this ingenious plan, aud hhu ran hastily off to rehearse thu good news to tho lajsv tabby cat, that, no doubt, would have preferred chickens to the most cunningly colored eggs that were ever seen, Thus deserted, Towsley strolled out int? the garden and wandered around the fa miliar enclosure. MIt was tho commence incut of the gardening season, albeit tho days were yet raw and vN'ly-iomc of them aim lowMcvconni scarce ij fauc tuo ring. ing tune with which ho was accustomed to cheer himself. "Even a sjmrrow can not fall to the earth 'thout Ills notice," ho whispered, as ho hobblou tremblingly about. "An' alt you not of more value than many sparrows? Oh, yu if little faith!" Then tho song rose clear aud full, with Oill.v th vibrations incident to a falling voioo : " Tis not a war of fleh an' Mood! I tUtil fer Heaven; I ftght fer God; A kingdom, with my rlxhts In; Oh. that's the war fer m The next day ho visited tho wood-hit, and on his return bound the sassafras roots up with his load of if icks. "'Twas a srood klea," he cried, cheerfully, as ho deposited tho burden in the lck yard. "Tho ssssyfras "11 do the cofmln' an also make the tea I've been wlshln' fer ten the whole winter, aii never onci thought o' tliat sassyfras!" "'Twas tha Eastor nnrs, gran'iia," Ethel explained, solemnly. "It must 'a' beea," i dotK) but you're right I dono but you're right," he astrted, rather truck with tlie Idea. "All thAsgs work fer good to them tliat love Him. Ten; Idonobutyuu air. We'll lilleve so am-fowl' " He bulled alnnit quite orifkly nfter thafw preparing their simple nieaf ; while the teapot sang merrily, as the fragrant f.taHiu arose like income from it, "I've got two eggs, now. fran'-ia!" said Ethel, proudly, as sh sat at his side while he hoIiH'd hcrl'mtu tho (lishex "What air you Towln to do with 'em?" he questioned. "Yoa can't eat alF o' cm 1" "I'm a-goln' to roll 'win down the hill, gran'ia, an' light 'em with Sny Tanner. An' I'll gvo you one, gran'pa; an' I'll save two forever an' ever. Sissy's irott four evrus, now. But I don't ke-tr. SpeckVrK is tho best an' puniest," "So they be! So they le'" Towsloy acitd. "I hope you'll alius bo tvr well satfrfied as you air now, One's own thing air auu the liefo o' their kind In tho woiT, It's human natur ty think so; an' It's righr.' In spite of his cheerfulness Tom Towsley knew that their stock of provision was dnwlf ully low. He haoJ made an htviTitorj tlwt morning before starting to the woodfoe Ton days' faro, of the very wnntfnst klird, was all that ho could reckon up, scrape as he might at the echoing tfoureorrel and the almost empty meatdcug: The next morning, with this knowledge hnprcfWMl tiftnly ou his mind, ho begmi a scarefc for Work. It was not successful: but ho. contliwtcd It, regardless of his aches and pains ad falltn if strength. The only one of tho family (it tho exprnssfnn may lie allowed! thatsnemnd insperlnsg In a business way was Speck. Day ! after 5y hcrtraniarout cackle rebounded 'frnnrche llttlo chlckon-bonn', where, in an old, straw-tilled keg she lwd chosen hVr licet. At tho first note Ethel would' hound thronrh tho doorway, and a white, chubby hand would quickly extract tho treasure from ft resting-place. Sjieck always eyed tho performance askance; but she evldentlyregardett this spoliation of her nest as tho inevitable fato or tho egg-laying sisterhood. At any rate, flho never changed Its location, or fafied on any day to add hr egg to Ether pearly hoanL Tim afternoon iwrore i-.nster iom' J owtev returned earlier than usual from his unsuccessful quest Ho could scarcely muster Use cheerfulness and bravery nocesMtry t enable him to raise the song with which ha always heralded his coming, ror morn than n year ho had not once faded' in this. Xbr did ho fall now; though there was a qwaver lu the wonts not wholly1 due-ferage. For two days Towsley had' pract&nllr insted. While placing before-Ethel the-last scanty remnants of food, he had kept from fter the knowledge or bin almtcntlon ny tho harmless Action that a headache had deprived him of an appetite. That; noon Ethel had devoured her restricted allowance and hungrily called Itjr more Alas! there was no more. Weak from HI. health and lack ft food, Towsley had matin anothev vnln oiHfoavor to find work, Now he was returning to a hungry grandchild and n empty cupboard. And to-morrow would lie Easter' that day when the whole earth should be tilled with cheer and gkdnerss! Ho fairly reeled a ho psNKod into tho yard; but when Ethel camo running Ui meet him, ho straightened up with a groat effort and carried her in his accustomed manner, He dreaded tho announcement which ho know would come. "Gran'ps, Speck's laid another egg! an' bow I've got a dozen fer to-morrer. A whole, big dozen!" " I Kpose one o' 'cm wouldn't do fer yo, would It?" he asked, trying to speak quite cheerfully. She looked up In affright "Why, you ain't a-goln' to Hill 'em, gran' pa?" "Well, Plow I dono what fne dot It's jea' as you hay, thouvh. KttmL Pact te, I

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aa' we oat up the kta' bit ' vltttes at ntMm. A doaen aigs ain't muuh; but they'd git a dust o' meal an' a bit o' Imoon 'itoiigh atehbe to lat a day er two." Ills ohln quivered as be made the pitiful confession anil a big tear rolled down each furrowed cheek. Ethel waa only a ohlld and could not wholly control her Impulses, Her heait had been set on the pleHsuro to be afforded by those Easter eggs. She leaned her head un his heaving breast and gave way to a flood of hiIk "There, there, don't cry," he urged "We'll not stll 'em If you don't want to. I kin 'ply to the Hoard o' Charities, which, laekly, I'd have to do anyhow when wo'd eat up tho wu'th o' tlie algs." It hatl been a mutter of pleasurable pride to Tom Towsloy that be had been nblo, even In his feeble old ago, to escape what hu could not but regard as t he Ignominy of an appeal for ohnrlty, Tho contemplation of its pu. nihility was humiliating and bitter. Even the words as he half whispered them ove Ethel's sunny head wounded htm xoroly. "Xo, grau'pa, wo won't ast anybody to he'p us I'll Hell the eggs. They'll bring a lot. I know they will On'y 1 did j want to color 'em with tho Kassvfras." Her tears flowed afresh, but she endeavoretl to wipe them away, slipping from bin arms as die did po, Tom 'Towsley was too greatly overwhelmed to reply, or oveu question or rostraln her. Ho heard horiwas Into the kltejien; but had no thought of what slut Intended to do, Tho i-Hcnce that followed foon grew mi oppressive that ho went in there to question her. She was gone, aud likewise the eggs, all hut one. It rented in painful loneliness on the center of thu kitchen table, and ou it n tear still g coned like a pearl. Thou Tom Towsley knew that Ethel had taken the eggs, re.ervlng this oue, uud hurried with thorn out into the town. Ho went to the gato with the Intention ol calling her bock, but shu was not to be ecoit Then he returned to his seat In the chimney corner, with a strange pain at his heart. Within twenty minutes Ethel returned, carrying hi the be.sket a UUls paper of ineal and a square of meat; both of them scaroolv a load for tho bright aud active slx-ycar-ohL "'i here, gran'pa!" sin exclaimed, n llttlo thrill of exultation In her voice. "Tho groe'ry man said he give ine big measure. 1 reckon it s enough to do a month" She darted Into the kitchen. "An1 here's the ogg I paved, grandpn! You can color It with sassyfras, an' we'll 'innglno it's a whole dozen, can't we? " Thus aroused, Towslov put the iron kettle on tho fctoru. placed water in it, a siiillulent quantity of sassafras root, and, at tho proper time, the egg, He moved about Mlontly though, as If a great calamity impended, or had already befallen hint Then, while tho colorlntr process went on, he took Ethel upon his knee mid poured out his heart to her, as if ho were only an other child. It was a touching scene, anil there wore witnesses to it -unwitting, unintentional witnesses. The landlord had come quietly Into the little yard with a gentleman whom he was showing over tlie plate with a view to it sale. The words of Ethel nntl Tom Towsley cumo to them through the hulf-bpeii window, and were of such a character that they were forced into quietness When Towsley had ended what might be termed a peminal confession of his straits and sdreunistances, his voice grew more cheerful, and he told his little grandchild the meaning of Eastor, and low he took mtm,. vos hih xsek. the egg is held iw a symbol of tlie resurrection, Hnc from It, apparently a dead maw, thoro springs a new life. Thu gentleman, whom- aaiw was Nivorton, was a business num, imtuerHCii in tho cares ami distractions of trade. Yet ho was, at that time, in asuscepttblo mood. A few mouths before ho hatl lost bis own rosy-cheeked daughter and his heart was sore aim outer. '4 no iem nan tcnucu to harden rather than soften hint The faith of this (linple-uiindud man iu the good providences eC God came to him as a revelation, and the1 tears crept into his eyes as ho listened. "Como away!" lie aaftl, togging at tun landlord's coat. "Let us not disturb them." Easter morning thiwnml brightly and lumlnouslv. The Hpiin-g had lately ad vanced with rapltl steidos, and the rising sun was greeted by the songs of birds and the inconso of flowers. As the triad bells ranir oatkwous v Ethel hurried on her clothing, with a few asHinting hitches here and there from hor grandfather, then took up Iter solitary Easter egg anil ran eut upon the porch. Tho sight that greeted her drew shouts of rapturu from her Ibis, and brought Tom Towsloy tumhllni;, from the room in perIleus haste. There, In a dainty, partrf-colored basket. were a dozen Easter eggs, reflecting all tho hues of the rainbow. And there worn other things, tot), of a more sulxtantlal character. A bag of Hour and one of meal, together with meat an3 potatoo-s mid other neces saries almost without number, It seemed too good to bo true, and Ethel had to pnt ami caress those wonderful eggs again ami again to aMHiru hornolf that situ was not dreaming. " Praise God for His wonderful sroodness!'' cried Towsfciy, his heart overflowing "with tliaukfultic.se and denght 'Amen!' responded a deep voice, and Mr. SflvoiHtoH slipped from around the cor ner. That ras an Easter that Mr, Silvorton, Tom Towsloy aud lithol will long romcinbur; forit marked tho beginning or a new llfo for each Tho place was purchased, anil Tom Tows loy and Ethel still live In tha llttlo cottago, happy aud uoatoHtciL lfelt that I ought to nld thorn!" said Mr, Silvorton, reellngly. ' 1 can never iwy them, though, for tho change they wrought. Through them, and my angel daughter, Gotl spoke to my soul It was truly a rosur. reotlon for ine, A mw llfel 'I'or If any man bo lu Christ he Is a new creature, Old things have jmssed away; all things havi bflcn-ae new,' M John H, Wmxisuk,

THK GHINCSC WALC

Mate HMHdrM MIUw wf MswmMvh Msimms. ry itrwtHr. I have just returnad from a trip to the Chinese wall, and I havo ue-sa aotigh to say there ia no doubt of ita existence and greatness. IIuit 1,7(HJ years before America was dtsooverod. when our anceetors, half-naked and altojrothor savage, wandered throitjfhoitt Fratu-o, (Jot'inany and Kngland, whun Homo was In tho height of her HopuhUuau form of govornmont, and wlum thu Uotntin omplro had not yut boguti to be, tluwo massive towers still crown thu parapets, and the 1,61)0 miles of wall HtlU stand. It is a two days' ride by donkey from Pokin. and one goos through tho northorn otlfo of tho (jreat plain of Chiim and meets it in tho front chain ol mountains which depurate China from Mongolia and Manchuria. Muuohurlii and Mongolia Ho diructly north of Clitim. Tltoy are both subjoct to and irovoriii.'d by China, and they equal h, ,sizu about ono-half the whole territory of tho United States. Above thorn lies Siberia, and Huith of their westoni edge is Thibet and Hi, which are also Cliineso countries as to government. All are snarsolv settled. nntl Alongolln tVo people, to while its whole trreutor titan tho has less titan tho square inllo, population is not city of Now York. Manchuria has 12.000,000 people, ittul both countries are far more savage than tho Chinese, and tho Mongolians live largely iu tents. Tho trade of all thoao people, however, comes north from J'ekin and passes over tho mountains aud through the great wall nt tho gato which I visited Tho wall was built originally to keep thorn out, but they havo swarmed through iu hordes again and again, and it is a Mnnchurian emperor that now sits upon tho Chinese throne. What a wonderful structure It is! As I stood upon its ramparts I could seo It climbing the mountains and going down tho valleys as far as my eyes could roach. It did not diminish in strength, nor sizo at tho various points I visited, and its masonry would havo been good work" for tho American builders of to-day. It is about twen-ty-flvo feet high, and at tho top it ia bo wido that two carriages could drive abreast along it and tho hubs of one would not touch those of the othon Its exterior walls are of blue brick of such a size that they look like massive stones, and theso aro filled iu with earth and paved with brick at tho top. The grass and tho moss havo now grown over the top of this great wall. No archers now guard it, and it stands amid the snowy mountains a monument of tlie alinond-uyed men who thus, 2,000 years ago, sought to protect their home and those of their descendants for all timo to come. F. G. Carpenter, in llostott Herald. Dancing at Eighty-Five. Tho Island of Nantucket is cT the track of tho modern world. The poDple and their customs are very unlike those in any other part of tho world the "off-island part," us the Kantucketers are wont to call it. Old-fashioned eustemt and habits prevail. They know butlittlo about the new-fangied manners and methods of modern social life. They follow tho beaten paths of a century ago, live simple, thrifty, laborious lives, and furnish llttlo business fer the doctors. They thrive financially and physically. A visitor at au evening gathering on the Inland, not long since, tells how one lady, aged ninety-one, presided at the piano, and another, aged cigltty-ive, danced. "And you may take my word, for it," adds the visitor, " that tho dancing was surc-onough dancing, If ono might judgo from the lady's snapping eyes, nervous speech and decisive character." Locality and climate would aeem to havo comparatively llttlo effect ou health aud lougerlty if people lived simply, as nature dictates, and wheu ailing built up with nature's simplo remedies, like Warner's Log Cabin Barsaparllla, instead of pulling down tho system by using poisonous mineral drug. People who hasten to tho physician ovary timo tiny have a headache, or exerienefl any of ttho minor evidences of nature's sure revolt against disobedience of her laws, will not. bo found dancing at eighty-live. Tho mineral poisons of tho apothecary lead to early physical decay. Tho hng-ltved, rugged Nantucketers, who on jay life's pleasures when octogenarians, lllustrato what tho "ofr-Wiintl" portion of the world may experience if they live by nature's, law uud use old! fashioned logcabin remedies of roots nntl herbs for the ordinary ills that flesh is heir to. A Burlington boy ef tho undor-tho-tiofa. variety pintwtJ his Sister's beau's alcove to her sash, and then told his-ftither there wn a man in tho parlor who wished to &)eak to him. There was no end of fvn for about two tninutotfwand It all tAwnci out for tho boat, tooi Tho young wan proposed on tho spot, and the very next night ho brought tho bad boy a jaek-kuifo and two oranges. Burlington Freo Press. ii i ' A young lady ef a Quaker family was aigagetl to a gentleman who was in the habit of stay lag rather later than hor father thought necessary. When tho old geatloman grow impatient at his stny ho wettld call to his daughter from tip-tduira in tho following manner: "LHiy, aro tha shutters shut?" "Yos, father." Lney, Is tho Uro covorod up?" "Yea. father." "Lucy, see that tho cat is put out!" Philadelphia frcHs. ' 4 fln,i rftnuoti win- the wnltz ha usurped tho place of the square dntica is that thu mental effort requisite to keep tho run of tho figurea la too much for tho dudes. They can waltz, how ever, without thinking of any thlnu i particular. Sprlngilald Union. It Is Iwtter to give than to receive: especially In a personal encouuttar. Merchant TraveUr.