Ligonier Banner., Volume 39, Number 11, Ligonier, Noble County, 9 June 1904 — Page 2

A MAIDEN’S k JOUST WITH § J THE WORLD —————————————————————————— < % By _HOM!?R STOUT i : 5 : ~ " (Copyright, 1904, by Daily Story Pab. Co.) l_F SHE had dreamed the world was .so hard and pitiless she never would have ventured from the shelter of the convent on her Quixotic missicn. And had she dreamed how ‘hopeless her mission was she would not have undertaken it. But then she was only 17 and ‘bad grewn up within the quiet walls, under the eyes of the good sis‘ters, ever -watchful that no taint, of worldliness penetrated the little dominion within their keeping. ~ Accident had thrown into her hands in:'(larmation - reggrding the circumstances of her advent.to the®convent and the relationship between her parents whicj had led to her separation from them. . "1t was only a letter intended for other eyes which had accidentally fallen into her hands. It explained what had puzzled her sorely for many years—why neither ‘of her parents had ever been to see her or had sent for her to come to-them. It told of a blaze of jealous anger on the part of her mother, aroused by some incidents in the husband’s office, and a haughty refusal to explain on his part. It informed her of the separation with agreement on both sides that neither was to see the daughter and. to keep from her the knowledge of their separation. She remembgred as a childish dream her beautiful mamma and her tall and distinguished papa, and —the happy home of her Babyhcod. Oh, how many weary hours she had sobbed away in homesiciiness and heartsickness after she had come toi the cenvent and heard no word from ithe fond parents who had bade her so tearful a farewell. -

The fugitiveletter explained, too, the circumstances which had aroused the mother's suspicion—a pure matter of business with a client,-the nature of which the husband could not in honor divulge at the time. : "At the memory of the affection her parents always had bbl‘n_e each other she burst into tearg that so unreal a thing should have separated them and broken up a family. She pondered a long time. Suddenly a mighty. resolution took form in her mind. : - “I will seek them out and reunite tkem,” she exclaimed, crushing the letter.in her hand.

" Then sHle had hastily made up a package of a few things necessary for a short journey, gotten all the money she dared ask for on the pretense of desiring to make a gift to some charitable purpose,. and quietly slipped away. ? e

‘Her plans were very vague. “She never had been out into the world and all her knowledge of it had been obtained from the very conservative books she had been allowed to read. But she was hrave of heart and her mission loo‘jéd simple.

. The letter .had mentioned the name of a certain-lawyer, Hiram Staple’ton, in the great city mnearby, in whose hands funds had been left for her care. She would go straight to him and, of course, he would—know where her father and mother were. ' He would direct her. The rest would be easy, she was sure. /

The ride to the city in the rushing cars had been a great delight to her. She was bewildered ar}d somewhat frightened at the noise 'and rush and crowds in the city, but clung bravely to the address of Hiram Stapleton. The elevator had startled her and the great office with its clicking typewriters and luxurious somber furnishings, and mysferious private offices and rows of massive books, and clerks and telephoners filled her with awe, but she clungto her plan tenaciously. . When the boy brought HiramgStapleton a card upon which was written “Miria Lansing” he looked * puzzled, then alarmed.

- “Send her inj HE difeeted - So Marian Lansing was ushered into the private office and told the sternfaced old lawyer of her plans and purposes. ;

“My dear. girl,” he exclaimed in alarm, when she had finished. “it is imposcible, worse than-quixotic. You must not think of such a thing. The sisters were very careless to allow ‘you to leave. I shall look into it. A young girl like you to be traveling about the country alone—especially in the -city—it is scandalous. Let me see, how old are vou?’l. b .

“Seventeen,” she replied, with spirit. “Quite old enough to see my mother and father and explain things to them. Where are they? Oh, tell me where they are?” !

“It is impossible,” replied the lawyer again. “The agreement was plain that neither should see you until you were 21. T am charged with your care, too. This is a very unhappy affair. You must return to the convent at-once. I will go with you myself and take this matter up with the. mother superior. Let me see." [There is a train at 4:30. We have just time to catch it. You must not do _such an ‘indiscreet thing again.” : 5 =1

With her heart full of grief and anger, she accompanied him down. the elevator and inte the carriage he summoned. On the way to the depot she récovered her possession and renewed her resolution to reunite her parents. She had made a mistake and fallen into, the hands of the enemy. She must escape and readjust her plans. At thel depot the lawyer went to the tickeh‘ window to purchase the tickets. rAp-1 preciating her opportunify she darted | out of the door and into an electric’ street car -about to start. Looking back she laughed to see Hiram Stapleton rush out of the door of the station and look wildly in every direction. | Realizing her ignorance of the city she resolved to ask a policeman where she. could ‘ safely ‘seek shelter for the night. Realizing also the danger of pursuit, she eﬁtar‘nged; her name and in-‘ vented a story about coming to the city to seek employment. She was-directed ‘ to a very decent place, where lodging was ‘secured for a nominal price and then she figured out a new campaign, She knew the suburh where her parents had formerly lived. Thither she went on the following day and found the old home she remembered. It was fnhabited by istrangers. With the persistence’ of desperation she inquired among I— the R el €S S NTS sek Bey

neighbors, carefully concealing her identitx. What she learned filled her with concern. Gilbert: Lansing, her father, was supposed to he traveiing in the orient. ‘Mrs. Lansing was somewhere in the south, nobody knew exadtly where. : Marian returned to the lodging knuse in despair. She was balked and ail because that horrid ogre of a lawyer refused to help her. Her soul rose in.revolt against him. .Then she thought of the future. A great terror seized her as she thought of returning to the convent. She knew she was disgraced forever in the eyes of the sisters and she knew the many ways . she would be made to feel their displeasure. So she drifted along for a few days, not knowing what to do. Then she realized with a shock that her money was almost exhausted. "She thought of going to Stapleton and throwing herself upon his mercy. But her pride and hatred dismissed the idza at once. No, she would work and earn her own living first. She started out to seek work, in the stores where she saw many girls employed, in offices, in binderies and factories—but she had no skilled lahor to offer and was turned a¥%ay until her hgart was as sore as her feet. The days passed and the bottom of her purse was reached. - Then ecame an icy atmosphere “at. her boarding house and she realized the bitter fact that the world has no use for the person without money. Frightened, desolate and desperate, she staggered out for a final trial.” If she failed—why there was the river as a last resort.

Bt it is always darkest just before dawn’and the tide turned on this darkest day of ger life. She happened into a big insurance office, where extra help was needed to address circulars, and she was engaged temporarily.

The manager noticed her and was impressed by her refined face and manners and after the extra work was out of the way she was transferred to a regular department and put on the pay roll. i i

These were the happiest days she had ever known. Small as her wages were they sufficed for her needs and she: was absolutely independent ~and mistress .of herself. But there is nc rose without a thorn and scon Marian found herself the object of most embarrassing attentions from the manager of the department. As they grew to be intolerable she found rescue from an unexpected quarter. Tom Wilson, a sub-bookkeeper, observed the manager’s attentions one afternoon and followed Marian cut into the hall, where he hailed her. , * “I .beg your pardon,’” said he, “but I can see that you are a country girl and not used to city ways; therefore I take the liberty to say to you that the less you have to do with Hyde the better it will be for you. I say this because i have a sister myself and I would deem it a, particularly friendly act if some fellow would give her a tip in a case like this.” .

Marian flushed searlet. “Thank you, sir,” she s@id. ‘I have tried every way to avoid himj but I cannot.” Her eyes filled with'tears and Tom noticed then that they were uncommon fine eyes. “T’ll see that he does not annoy you further,” he said. j : _ He was as good as his word. One interview with Hyde sufficed and Marian was left in peace. In this way a friendship:began between Wilson .andg Marian, which resulted in something \varm;er. and in the springtime, when Tom told her the old, old story, she was glad to lay her tired head on his broad shoulder and let him assume all the responsibility and care: : And a new nest was built in a quiet little flat and Marian sang all the day long. = 1 : * % @ . . In the meantime, Hiram Stapleton had, narrowly escaped apoplexy. After exhausting all the machinery of the modern detective agency he was finally forced to admit his defeat and reported to his joint clients that their daughter had escaped from the convent and was lost in the great city. Post haste came Gilbert- Lansing from &broad and his wife from the south. Forgetting their differences, they joined hands to find the missing girl. k &k % One evening Tom Wilson burst into his modest flat, blazing with excitement. . : “Look at this,” ‘he exclaimed, pointing to his newspaper. “What does it mean?” : Sure enough there was an advertisement for Marian Lansing signed by her father's name. Then for the first time she told Tom the story of her life, and together they went to the great hotel mentioned in the advertisement. There they found Gilbert Lansing. Marian refused to speak until her mother was also present, whereupon the mother was sent for. Then she told the story of the letter and her quest, ending with a tear-emphasized appead for her parents to forget and forgive —an appeal so eloquent that before it was fairly ended Mrs. Lansing was in her husband’s arms. ' “And who is this young man?”’ asked the latter. i _ “That! .Oh, that is Tom,” replied Marian. : “Tom?” repeated Mr. Lansing, knitting his brows, “Tom who?” L “Tom Wilson, my husband, of course,” replied Marian, flushing, “There isn’t any other - Tom, you geese.” ! 'Some months later Tom Wilson gazed reflectively out of the window of his luxurious office in a great skyscraper and pinched his leg viciously. “guch'!v Yes, I am awake,” said he, “but T'll be jiggered, if it don’t beat the Arabian Nights.- Here I am, a poor devil of a bookkeeper at $BO per month. I get stuck on a dear little copyist and marry her, wondering all the time how I am going to support her. I buy a paper for a penny, and, presto change, my wife finds a long-lost father and I —well I am managing a million-dollar estate for the old man and, incidentally, looking after my wife’s personal fortune of a couple of hundred thousands. And some people say marriage is a failure.” ¥ 7 i _ The Only Objection, The new motor warranted to travel a mile and three-tenths in 15 seconds may be a great thing, but, remarks the Chit cago Daily News, most folks would be afraid that it would land its passengers at the depot platform of the great hereaft&l‘. ] 7:;‘ ,;-".:, B s : x ' Sparrows, it has been observed, will gaze at their plumage in mirrors for ‘hours together if undisturbed. -

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DEMOCRACY IS PERPLEXED.

An Independent Paper’s View of the Dilemma in Which Opposition Finds Itself.

It is stated in Washington dispatches that - leading democratic politicians have been holding conferences in that city and outlining plarf_svfor the coming campaign. They are said to be very hopeful and confident. The reorganizers are in the saddle ifh . the pivotal states,'and the danger of ‘a Bryan and Hearst bolt is a;pparently eliminated. Republican digcord in Illinois and Wisconsin has brought them cheer and encouragement, and in their ‘'mind’s eye they already see themselves in control of the house of representatives. Only 16 .or 17 congressional districts need to be captured, and that should be a holiday task. Without stopping to analyze this view, says the Chiéag’o Post, one may ask on what issues these leaders propose to make their campaign. Weall know that “conservatism” is to be the watchword, but “mum” and conservatism are two very different things. As Mr. Cockran admonishes his fellow . partisans, the democrats cannot expect “to sneak into power.” The New York platform will not do. Here is an inter€sting hint: “Democratic* leaders.”” says a Washington dispatch, “will attack the record of the president and attorney general in failing to prosecute trusts and -men, connected with them that were declared by the supreme court in the Northern Securities decision to be violating the law.”. % So? But how will this “issue” be received by the conservative and business elements of the ‘country? 1t amounts to an indictment of the administration for refusing to run amuck among the corporations. Such an indictment is safe enough in South Carolina, but how will it strike voters in New Yotk and Indiana?

Ex-Gov. Pattison, of Pennsylvania, one of the quiet reorganizers, is quoted as saying: ‘I believe that the .conservative sentiment of the country today is -with the democratic party, and if the democratic party can satisfy that sentiment by its action at the national convention, it will receive the approval of the people of the country at the polls next November.” Will an attack on the administration’s record in relation to trusts, mergers and combinations in theoretical and metaphysical restraint of trade ‘satisfy” the conservative Sentiment? Would that be “sticking close to the precepts of the founders of the government?” Mr. Pattison advises rigid adherence to Jeffersonian principles; do those principles demand that the governmert shall run amuck among: -the - corporations destroying all that even remotely or indirectly tend to restrain trade and competition? . ‘

The perplexed democrats are indeed between the devil and the deep sea. They have to harmonize “conservatism” with,the implied promise to run amuck. A superman might accomplish that feat, but the ordinary mortal—never. .

POLITICAL PARAGRAPHS.

- It was through the aid of readymade money that Hearst became a selfmade candidate.—Nashville American. I=The democrats might have some kind of fighting chance if they were but half as full of life as of hope.— Judge. ’ = The conung presidential campaign will be. fpught on two issues—ihe tariff and Roosevelt. The republican party will gladly accept the fight on both.— Philadelphia Press. ; ‘I No, President Roosevelt is not going to offer to jmediate between Russian and Japan, or between Messrs. Cleveland and Bryan, at the present stage of hostilities.—Milwaukee Sentinel. L i Mr. Cleveland is a respectable old gentleman, who in his younger days performed more or less arduous political duties.. The feeling that the domestic peace and quiet now enjoyed by him should not be disturbed by any sort of enticement is very strong in this state.—lndianapolis Sentinel (Dem.), Democrats Are Getting Anxious. The time seems to have come for Hon. Alton B. Parker to have something to say for himself. His silence can no longer conduce to harmony, for Mr. Bryan has already declared war upon him and will be roused to new fury by Mr. Cleveland’s explicit declaration. The people have heard Mr. Cleveland’s indorsement, and will give it due weight, but it cannot be final with them. They wish to hear from Judge Parker himself, for in such a case one word from the man himself is worth.a hundred from his friends, howsoever trustworthy and respected they may be.—Chicago Inter Ocean.

TAMMANY WANTS THE CITY.

In Order to Hold His Grip on Gotham McClellan Will Sacrifice ; Parker and Hill.

It is one of the commonest of popular beliefs in' 'this country that Tammany cares little or nothing about the fate of the nation so long as it controls the big city. Tammany was never a heavy feeder at the federal trough when the demdcracy was in power, and it does not look forward at present with any degree of enthusiasm to the prospect of the election of Judge Parker to the presidency. In fact, it is concerned in the national political game only ‘to the degree that the issue of mext November’s voting for president affects = Tammany's own prospects, for carrying the city again in 1905. This was clearly proved by a perhaps unguarded outburst of feeling on the‘vart of one of the members of the Tammany executive committee, who was interviewed in New York by a reporter for the Tribune as to the politica: effect of the crusade which Commissioner McAdoo is now conducting against the race gamblers in New York. He admitted that the closing of the poolrooms by the police would cut down the Tiger's vote, but he took a philosophical view of the case in terms of its—to him—beneficial result of putting Tammany in shape for the mayoralty race: o “When the votes are counted next November we can lay it all to Hillism. That will kill off Hill, and the democrats who vote against the ticket next fall will get over: their mad by another year, when we want to reelect McClellan. It is better to let the voters punish us this fall and have it\over with them, than put it off until the defection *would lose us control of the city.” o Tammany, says the Washington Star, has never wept a single tear over the defeat of a democratic candidate for the presidency.. Its people go to the national conventions and march under the banner of this candidate or that, and shout for favorites, but the boss%s never lose sight of the great stake, the control of the city. And when it is understood that Tammany’s leaders have made up their mind that Hill spells Parker and that Hill means to accomplish the smashing of the Tammany power in the state, the Parker outlook, between the reprisals of the race gamblers against Tammany and Tammany’s bitterness toward Hill, is by mo means brilliant.

AGAINST THEIR OWN LAND.

Democratic Press and Politicians §olidly Arrayed to Fight a Most Ignoble Fight.

The.chairman of the Ohio democratic state convention spoke of ‘‘the president of the United States disrupting the republic of Colombia in the interest of the Panama canal grafters.” That chairman would be angered if he were told that he is not an American, that he has not one spark of patriotic fire, and that an isthmian canal interests him only because he believes he can find in it material for an attack on the policies of a republican administration. . The democrats of California and of Wisconsin announced that they were for the canal, but were against the Panama treaty and everything which went to make the canal possible. : Theytdenounced the American administration and sympathized with the Colombian, government. They -put themselves on record as against their country and for a foreign country. ] The democrats of Tennessee array themselves against the policy and welfare of their own country. They say they “favor the prompt construction of the trans-isthmian canal, but—" there is always a but—‘but we condemn the course of the administration in deliberately pursuing a lawless, revolutionary and dishonorable course in that matter.” It is the same old story. Will the democratic national:convention try to make a political issue out of that non-political dream of the centuries—an isthmian canal? : - Will it tell the voters that it isin favor of that great work, and in the same breath denounce the administration because it has made the canal a certainty, and call upon the voters to defeat it because of the good it has wrought? American politics should stop at the shore line. For our necessary political excitement let us quarrel among ourselves at home, but let us face the rest of the world undivided. Let us keep our family quarrels strictly in-the family, says the Chicago Tribune. : If the democratic party publiely repines during the ¢oming campaign at the definite progress made toward ‘an -interoceanic canal, the democratic party will be overwhelmingly beaten in No.vember. = American voters cannot be persuaded by an anti-American eloquence, . ; .

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Lesson in the International Series for June 12, 1904—Christ Crucified. ) THE LESSON TEXT. : ; (Mark 15:22-39.) e GOLDEN TEXT.—Christ died for our fin: according to the Scriptures.—l Cor. 5:3. : " OUTLINE OF SCRIPTURE SECT'ION. Jesus’ CrucifixXion.....ce.e.....Matt. 27:32-58 Jesus’ Crucifixion.............. Mark 15:21-41 Jesus’ Crucifi®i0n...............Luke 23:26-49 TlME.—Friday, April 7, A. D. 30. PLACE.—A :hill just outside the city of Jerusalem, called Golgotha (Calvary). NOTES AND COMMENTS. “They bring Him unto the place Golgotha:” It was the common place of execution. The exact spot is not known, nor is the location of ‘Gethsemane, though both are pointed out to-day. It is possible, however, that the location just outside the city wall on the north is correct. “The place of a skull:” So called because of its resemblance to a skull. Our word ‘calvary is from the Latin calvaria, skull. “Wine- mingled with myrrh:” Sometimes suppcesed to have been a drink prepared to deaden the pain of the sufferer, but neither the priests nor the executioners seem. to have been anxious to spare Him pain. ‘Compare Mait. 27:34, where He tastes it and ‘then rejects it. It had simply been arother attempt to torture Him in His intense thirst by .offering Him something which looked like refreshing drink but was not. “They crucify Him:” By nailing Him'to the cross while it lay upon the ground and then raising it and dropping it into the socket prepared for it. Crucifixion was then what hanging is to-day, the most disgraceful death a man could die, and at the same time the most painful. The suffering of the victim grew steadily worse till death came not from a mortal wound but from the maddening pain and from hunger and thirst. The last hours of execution were the worst, and these, owing to His early death, Jesus was mercifully spared. “It was the third hour:” Nine o’clockiin the morning. . “The superscription ‘of His accusation:” It was common toput a placard above the head of a crucified man stating his erime. Pilate could not resist the temptation to make the placard read so as to hurt the pride of the Jews all he could. On this point read John 19:19-22.

In studying this section compare the attitude of the crowd, even of the idle passers-by, with their ridicule and sneers, with that of the dying man upon the cross.” Jesus spoke seven times during the ordeal. Study His spirit from those utterances. The first word from the cross was: “Father, forgive them: for they know not what they ¢o” (Luke 23:34); the second: “Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise” (Luke 23:43); the third: “Woman, behold, thy son! . . . Behold, thy mother!” (John 19:27).

“When the sgixth hour was come:” Twelve o’clock, high noon. - “There was darkness over the whole land till the ninth hour:” Luke's expression, ‘the sun’s light failing” cannot mean an eclipse, since an eclipse at Passover time, that is, at full moon, is an impossibility. The vconjecture -that dense clouds hid the sun is common and is as suitable: as any other. Whatever the cause, the evangelists saw in it a token of nature’s awe at the death of the Son of God.”—Prof. Rush.Rhees. ‘At the ninth hour:” Three o’clock in the afternoon. The fourth word from the cross was: “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” The words of Ps. 22:1. It was altogether natural that Jesus Who had lived in the atmosphere of the Hebrew scriptures all His life should express the feeling of desolation and lcneliness which swept over His soul in the words of the precious Psalm. It was only a feeling, however—a truly human cry, and Jesus did not for a moment believe that God had forsaken Him. The fifth word was: “Ithirst” (John19:28); “The sole expression of bodily suffering.” The sixth: “It is finished” (John 19:30), and the last: “Father, into. Thy hands I commend My spirit” (Luke 23:46). He knows that the Father has not forsaken Him. And so, with His thought still for others in the very hour of His death, Jesus finished His mission and attained rest. The spectacle of His death impresses us almost more than His life with His divinity, and we instinctively worship. ‘“The veil of the temple was rent in two:” The great curtain, 20 feet long and 30 broad, between the Holy place and the Holy of Holies. “The old mystery surrounding Israel’s God had vanished; the age of typeshadpassed; the Holy of Holies was opened to every believer.” On the words of the centurion, read the R. V. margin which is undoubtedly correct.

LITTLE SPURS. A false prophet always wants a full profit. If you are a lite lighthouse you do not need a whistle. . ;

Whatever Christ can do in one man, He can do in the race. - ;

~God puts up fences to keep the enemy out, as we!l as to keep the saints

A selfish church has no more chance of God’s blessing than a selfish man. The worm that works in the trunk is always advertised somewhere on the branches. ;

The man who identifies himself with the dollar sign for many years is apt t 2 become crooked. : 7

SOME RECENT INVENTIONS. An Austrian inventor has applied for a patentfor self-lighting cigars and cigarettes. These are tipped with a chemical mixture, and on being struck against anything ignite like mdtches. A machine has been invented which is -capable of splitting wood two feet long and 18 inches thick. It is run by a three-horse power gag;oline engine, and consists of a huge knife which works through the knottiest wood at the rate of 60 strokes a minute. M. Heit, a French inventor, has devised a new type of compass, which is of an-automatic nature. The direction of the compass by this arrangement is automatically registered minute by minute by minute, so that by consulting the chart the ship’s officers can ascertain ‘the route traversed at any time during the passage. The compass card instead of having at its center an agate resting ‘on a fixed steel point, is fixed on a steel pivot which rests on a fixed agate. The latter is immersed in a drop of mercury, which serves to conduct the current of electricity that makes the registering of the movements of the apparatus possible. :

SAFE AND CHEAP LIGHTS.

Invention of a Device Which Absolutely Prevents the Explosion : of Ordinary Lamps.

In Great Britain an invention which, it is claimed, gives a‘(fs'olute safety to oil lamps is being applied to practical uses. The device consists of a circular metal box, the size varying according to the candle powder required. In the box is a deposit of salt, over which is a layer of cotton waste specially prepared. Running through the cotton packing is an asbestos wick, woven by hand, and which is practically indestructible, and requires only occasional attention. By immersing the box in petroleum or parafiin, the cotton waste absorbs the requisite quantity of oil in a few minutes through small lateral interstices. ‘That accomplished and the nietal being dried externally,theapplicationofalighttothe asbestos wick produces a bright; steady white light, the candle power being in proportion to the size of the box, the consumrption of oil being leks and, accordingly, the cost being correspondingly cheaper-than if the light were obtained frem an ordinary lamp. Moreover, it is claimed absolute safety is assured. The asbestine lamp may be inverted, may exhaust itself, may be thrown down or whirled about. but there is no.danger, it isaverred, as there is no free oil or 'oil gas that can be ignited, and consequently there can be no fire or explosion. The patent is said to be applicable to every species of lamp, from the modest night light necessary in the nursery through the entire gamut of domestic illumination, to the draw-ing-room lamp. In the industrial world it could be utilized in every direction, especially where a bright, steady light is essential, such as engine headlights and lights on. ships. . : " The Great Northern and several Scottish -and Irish railways are engaged in testing the capabilities of the new process with a view to its adoption in railway work. Every description of lamp —the bicycle lamp, the motor lamp, the carriage lamp, lamps for comestic purposes, lamps in mines—can, it is declared, be fitted with the asbestine patent, and oil of any flash point ean be used with pérfec‘t safety and with the additional advantage of considerable economy. Theproblem of the safety lamp Would,appear to have been solved.

LABRADOR A VAST SOLITUPE

According to All Accounts It Is the . Most Lonesome Region on the Entire Globe.

The coast of Labrador is the edge of 1 vast solitude of rocky hills, split and blasted by the frosts and beaten by the waves of the Atlantic for unknown ages. A grand headland, yellow, brown and black in its nakedness, is ever in sight, one to the north of you and one to the: south. Here and there upon them are strips and patches of pale green mosses, lean grasses and. dwarf shrubbery. There are no forests except in Homilton inlet. ' Occasionally miles of precipices front the sea in which fancy may roughly shape all the structures of human art. Movre frequent than headlands and perpendicular sea fronts, says the Boston Transcript, are the sea slopes, often bald and tame, and then the perfection of all that is picturesque and rough. Iu the interior the blue hills and stony vales that wind up from among them from the sea have a summerlike and pleasant air. One finds himself peopling. these regions and dotting tneir hills, valleys and wild shores with human habitatious, but a second thought, and a mournful one it is, tells that no men toil in the fields away there, no women keep the home off there, no children playby the brooks or shout around the country schoolhouse, no bees come home to the hive, no smoke curls from the farmhouse chimney, no orchard blooms, no bleating sheep flock the mountain side with whiteness, and no heifer lows inthe twilight- X There is nobody there, there never was but a miserable and scattered few, and there never will be. Itisa greatand terrible wilderness, thousands of miles in extent and lonesome to the very wild animals and birds. Left to the still visitation of the light-from the sun, moon and stars and the auroral fires, it is only fit to look upon and then be given over to its primeval solitariness. But for the living things of its waters, the cod, salmon and seal, which bring thousands of fishermen to its water and traders to its bleak shores, Labrador would be as desolate as Greenland. The time is now coming when with good steamship accommodations the invalid and tourist from the states will be found spending the brief but lovely summer here, notwithstanding its ruggedness and desolation.

Birds Easily Poisoned.

Birds seem to have no discrimination whatever in regard to poisons, probably because they have almost no sense of .smell and swallow their food without masticating it. They are terrified to paralysis by the appearance of a poison snake (unless the terror be due to dread of the appearance of the serpent rather than to an inherited knowledge cof its venomous power); but such intelligent birds as rooks will pick up and eat poisoned grain, and crows and ravens readily eat poisoned eggs or meat. Chickens will eat the poisonous seeds of laburnum and die from its effects. Whether birds such as tits and greenfinches ever do so dces not seem to be known. But wild birds are frequently found dying in gardens, though apparently they have been in good-health a few hours before, and their death’ may be probably due to the consumption of poisonous seeeds.—London Spectator. . Totally Unfit for Publication. He—What did your father say when you told him I wanted to marry you? She—Oh, George, can you ask me to repeat such language? Besides, I didn’t wait to hear it all.—Philadelphia Ledger. ; ; Too Serious to Be Overlooked. 4] }&disc_h'arged Wiggins this morning.” - ; "'D%::larged Wiggins! Why, he’s the best vant we ever had.” - -“I can’t help that. He neglected to boil the water in which he washed the dog.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. ‘ . Natural Belief. : . An undertaker in this city recently submitted a bill which footed up $l,975.36. Based on this rather unusual amount, there is reason to believe that; he took his man all the way to heaven. —Philadelphis Telegraph. =

~ ¥ 1 ' =2 WO, - A 0) 222 59 UBB2 D ) Y e, (0 P RS ‘*g T AT X A 7 AR AN | X WMo 08le ‘4. e g - Pe ![ :“ /—f " : ~ o Tt ; V| P ; NIDDY NODDY. ,g' . . '"Nodding, nodding, lower, lowe.rj : . Droops a bonny head; - { Winking, winking, slower, slowgr, -Drgwsy. eyelids spread . 3 _Curtains white o’er eyes of blue T Slumber-laden, peeping thrqughs > Golden fringes sweeping ever [ - Cheeks as pink and sweet as clover; ‘ While in dreamy accents sjow Drawls a wee voice, faint-and Zat': . “Light-my-candle-please, somgbody; I'm-so-wriggley-in-my knees, An’-my-head’s so niddy-rocd ) s I can’t-hold-it. Hurry-please, | T ’Cause-it might-roll off-you knos, An’ I-wouldn’'t-want. to-go. Up-to bed-without-my head, - "Thout my-head-go to-bed * "Thout-my-head—oh, ne! : 3 No! No! No!” ) Niddy-noddy! Niddy-noddy! ) Light her candle, quick, somebofiy? . . Such a dire calamity i . Threatens now this maiden wee Hurry! Skurry! or to bed . . She must go withouther head! o Oh! Oh! Oh! _ o —Marian Phelps, in Chicago Adgvance. e N THE STORY OF A CAMEL. T T When Animal Found That Plan of Revenge Had Miscarried It . 5 . | ) - Tried to Kill Itself. .~ A valuable. and high—bre? camel working in an oil well in" Afriea ‘was severely beaten by its driver. -The man noticed that the animal \i'as sulky for some days after, so he kég‘ft a sharp eye upon him, feelixz.g sureﬁthat the beating would not go un’ave_njged. The camel,ain his turn, knew his master was watching him, so he, playing 'possum, as it were, was quiet and obedient, and the driver [soon forgot all about it. At night the man sleption a raised platform in the mill, vh’iié the camel was stabled in a. corper, and after several weeks had' elapsed the driver woke up suddenly o night, and by the bright moonlight{was able to see quite clearly everything in_the mill. He saw the camel geti up, look. cautiously around, and steal!softly to a bundle of old clothes that were thrown carelessly- on the gr'ciund, andlooked exactly like a sleepihg figure, The animal suddenly threw }ts_elf violently upon the clothes, rolled upan them with all its weight, and began to tear and bite them with its - strong teeth. Thinking itself- avenged at last, the camel was quietly returning to-the corner, when its master saﬁ‘lxp ~and spoliee to him:. At the sound of his voice, and instantly perceiying . the mistake, the animal was so/ mortified at his failure, and the discovery of his scheme, that it made a wild-effort to dash its brains eut against the wall, and would. have done so had' it not been . for the “ interference . of the driver.—Cincinnati Enquirer. bsiecir oy O [ T ) F 7 Very Expensive, , " He—You are very dear to me, love. She—Then what did you de beiore you married me?” o ) “Saved money.”—Yonkers'Statesman.

JACK’S FIVE-DOLLAR RIDE

LD CHARLIE knew | a -thing O or two. ~ When = Jack Myérs climbed into- Dr. Allen’s buggy and called: ‘“Get up,” Charlie knew that it was not his master who was jerking unkindly at the .lines. -Charlie also knew the shortest way home, and he remembered that the doctor’s drives often lasted all day.| Had he felt as frisky as he once did, and especially had hg.known that Jack Myers, the boy who was always playing tricks, was now trying ome of them on the doctor and his good horse, there is no telling what might have happened. Of course, the other boys were some-. what to blame. They had all seen the doctor tie his horse to the gate and pass up the long walk by the evergreen hedge to the big house, almost hidden by the trees. - Jack had remarked what

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a fine joke it would be to borrow the horse and buggy, take a“ride and be back again before the doctor came out. “You dare not do it!” -exclaimed the boys. ; , Now, Jack was not what you would call a hero, but he was a meddlesome, tricky boy. _ e “Well,” he shouted, “I'm going to have some fun, anyway.”. And as none of the other boys would join him, he unhitched the horse and jumped in. - No ‘sooner did old Charlie feel the strange hand On the lines than he wheeled short around and -headed for home. ; : 5 - “Get up!” cried Jack, as he grinned at his playmates. And Charlie. did “get up.” He almost forgot that he was no longer a colt: Faster. and faster he went, until- Jack thought it was time to slow down and turn around. ’ : Hee Charlie thought otherwise. - He had the bit well in his mouth, ard had his mind fully set upon going home. It was four good miles, and all Jack’s tugging and sawing at the lines, all his cries of “Whoa!” might as well have been saved. Not.until he could reach

THE KING'S STRIPED PONY. Beautiful Zebra, Presented to Edward by Emperor Menelik, Makes - Gentle Saddle Horse. * - Zebras for carriage horses and for riding” purposes may soon be a common sight, for a recent experiment at the.London Zoo has demonstrated that these beautifully striped animals can be easily tamed. After spending four hours in breaking in a zebra Capt. H§orace Hayes is able toride iq handily. His first pupil was “Jennie,]” a nine-year-old zebra presented to King Edward by Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia. When first led into the paﬁocljc she was A =] . & \‘\; s )::.'f""‘?_ - T “,,\\{g\"\%\.\\ . _.:rk-‘e -y ~ e ~\;\“)‘;\\\‘l Q N Tl )I - "\\‘% 1 ?E _‘-_~—-—- -—'-“—-, (X T\ ] ) . o { Lol KING EDWARD'S ZTEBRA. fidgety and nervous. In order to sooth ‘her'Capt. Hayes stroked her gently with a long rod. She stood quite still during this proceeding, seeming not to resent it in the least. ‘But when a {man approached her with a halter she plunged and reared, raced madly round and round the paddock. ©Presently she quieted down and the trainer got. near enough to slip a noose around her right leg. She tried to kick it loose, but in doing so got her left leg entgngled in it. She was thrownforward on her front legs in a kneeling position, and then with a-gentle push sent rolling on her side, Her four legs were then bound with ropes until sh® was utterly helpless. For an hour shé was left in this plight; then the ropes were removed from her fee® and she-got upa meek and submissivy ereature. | She stood stiil while a bit was placed in ‘her mouth and a saddle strapped to her-back. Capt. Hayes climbed into the saddle and Jennie consented to be ridden. She makes an excellent saddle horse, intelligent, fast and thoroughly to be relied upon. ) oL ‘ Faithful Dog Xills himself. Yardmaster Turner, of the Evansvills & Terre Haute railroad, was recently attacked by a highwayman and is unable to report for duty. His dog, which had been in the habit of spending the day with him at the yard office, was manifestly worried by his abgencé, and later in. the day, when he jumped into a vat of boiling pitch, the railroad men were convinced that he committed suicide. ‘ ' Electric Lights in Egypt. Nearly every city in the interior of Egypt is now lighted by electricity.

his head over his own barnyard gatas did Charlie halt., A At first neither Mike, the gopd-natured hired man. nor the doctots. wife could believe what Jack ‘told thém., when he stammered out a kind of confession. When finally Mike did get the truth through his head, he reached for the buggy whip, and would certainly have settled part of the account then ang there had not Jack been exteedingly spry in taking the hint. : _ Long before the boy had walked the tedious four miles back, he had fully made up his mind to tell his father, and also the doctor, the whole stary. Anocther thing he had resolved was that he would never again play a mean and meddlesome trick. . . He was nearly home when he met the doctor with a horse, buggy and*

driver from the livery stable The boys had told the doctor that Jack had gone to take a little drive. Nat= urally, the doctor’s humor was not a pleasant one. Jack tried to explain that he was only fooling, and had not meant to carry the joke so far. “Well, young man, I shall call upon your father to settle-the account,” said the doctor, sternly, as he drove away. . Early next morning Jac.. walked the four miles again to Dr. Allen’s office. He made the best apology he could, and then handed the doctor ten. dollars in silver, of his own saving. “Your. fooling cost me exactly half of that,” said Dr. Allen, “and since you are doing all you can to correct the wrong, I shall be satisfied with just what I paid.” 2 Jack thanked him, and then walkedthe four miles home again. ~ %o it comes out 1n the end that old Charlie is the hero of this story. He had a fine four-mile run that reminded him of his coltish days, besides getting back early to the stable.r And Jack—well, Jack paid very dear for his whistle, as Poor Richard says; but the lesson he learned made him a»cmlfcr'm‘~ boy.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. = |