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VOLUME II.
CLARE, MICHIGAN.. FRIDAY, 'LSJPBJL 23,'1880;
THE MINISTER'S MISTAKE.
Tne sunset was painting aE the forest
paths *nith gold; the mossy boles of the
old frees glowed in the level Eght, as if
they had been carved out of gHttering
bronze, and the scarlet vines along the
stone waE caught new splendor from the
last rays, whEe the sEvery-white fringe
of wEd clematis swung from the dead
thorn bushes, and here and there a bird,
perched high up against the deep, vivid
blue heavens, uttered its shriE, clear
vesper note; and Mr. Caryl, walking
home through the Westbrook woods,
thought what a beautiful world this was
that God had made.
Mr. Caryl was only 24, and had been
in the Westbrook j>arish for three,
months. Not long, but long enough to
discern, by the testimony of his own experience, that there were thorns as well
as roses in a country pastor's life. It
had seemed so beautiful and ideal when
he looked at it through the medium of
his fancy, standing* on the threshold of
the Theological Seminary. It was beautiful still; but the ideaHty had aE gone
out of it.
His mother met him on the door-step
ot the parsonage—a brisk, spectacled
little dame, in a turned black silk, with
friEs of neatly-darned lace, and violet
ribbons iu her cap.
"WeE, Charles," she said, cheerily,
"here's a whole slatefulof caEsfor you."
Mr. Caryl's countenance rather fell.
He had been anticipating an evening by
the wood fire, with the last number of
Blackwood's Magazine.
"CaHs?" he repeated; "what are
they? aad where are they? "
He went iato the Httle parlor as he
spoke—the parlor where the coveted
wood fire was leaping and flashing on
the bright andirons, and a shaded lamp
was already burning on the table among
his pEed-up books and papers—and took
up the Httle slate.
"The Widow Corsett," he read, adding, sotto voce, "that woman again!
She has died once a week regularly ever
since I have been in Westbrook."
" Charles I" mildly reproved his
mother.8
"It's a fact," asserted the young
clergyman. "I don't think x3eople
ought to confound hypochondria and religion in that blindfold sort of way.
She'd a deal better send for the doctor,
and leave off scolding that wretched
adopted daughter'of/hers. I won't go
—that's settled! What! ' Meet Deacon
j>?hp^s4QldjG^^^
viEe Four Corners at 9:30 o'clock to-	
morrow.' Now I wonder why people
can't agree about their own boundary
lines without calling in the clergyman
of the parish as umpire between them."
" Dissension is such a dreadful thing
among your flock, Charles," said his
mother.
"So is scarlet fever or smaE-pox,"
said Mr. Caryl, rather curtly; "but, aE
the same, I don't see how I can be held
responsible for either one or the other.
' Lend the manuscript of your last sermon to old Miss Dadd to read.' But I
haven't any manuscript to read—only
half a dozen memoranda. I preached
entirely extempore last Sundav."
" Couldn't you write it off from memory?" said Mrs. Caryl, piteously. "The
poor old lady seems so anxious. She
said the sermon impressed her so
deeply."
"ReaHy, mother, I think that's a little unreasonable," said the pastor.
" Suppose every old lady in the parish
were to require me to write out atwelve-
page sermon for her especial benefit!
'Give Miss Hitts a Est of hymns for
next Sunday.' Yes, I'E do that—as weE
now as any time. 'Speak to Mrs.
Prune's Sarah.' Mrs. Prune's Sarah?
Who is Mrs. Prune's Sarah ? And what
am I to speak to her about, I'd Hke to
know f demanded the young clergyman,
in a sort of mild desperation.
"Don't you know?" explained Mrs.
Caryl. "It's Mrs. Prune that Hves down
by the saw-mill, in the big white house
with the poplar trees in front of it,'
And it's her step-daughter that's come
home from the third situation, all on
account of her ribbons in her hat, and
her pride in her own pretty face."
"And I am to speak to her, eh?" said
the young pastor.
" Yes; you are to speak to her," said
his mother.
"I shaE do nothing of the sort," fibe-
«lared Mr. Caryl, with some emphasis.
"But you must, Charles!" pleaded
the old lady. " It's in the line of your
regular duty."
Mr. Carvi hesitated, and wrinkled his
brow in sore perplexity.
"Do you think so?" said he.
"I'm sure of it," declared the old lady.
Conscientiousness was one ofthe strong
points of Mr. Caryl's character.  He took
up his hat.
"If it's got to be done," said he, desperately, "the sooner the better."
"But vou will stop for your tea first,
Charles?"" urged Mrs. Caryl. "Hot
corn-bread and strawberry jam."
"I'll stop for nothing!" said Mr. Caryl.
"Don't fret, Httle mother; it won't take
me long to speak to Sarah."
And he disappeared with a laugh.
As it happened, he never before had
been called upon to practice this particular branch of his profession, pleading
with the rebelEous lambs of his flock
who thought more of then- bright eyes
than they did of their hymn-books, and
he turned the matter over in Ms mind as
he walked along the frosty woodland
path, where the young moon cast a fitful, evanescent Hght, and the dead
leaves sent up a faint odor beneath his
feet.
"Speak to Sarah," he muttered to
himself, not without a certain x>ereep-
tion of the ridiculous side of the matter.
"And what am I to sav to her, I won-
jfi?r?"
He knocked softly at the big front
door of the Prime mansion. A shuffling,
untidy girl of 14= or 15 opened it, hiding
behind a shawl aud a fringe of curlpapers.
'' Is Mrs. Prime at home ?" said he.
"No, she ain't," retorted the girl.
Mr. Caryl j>aused. He scarcely knew
what question to ask next.
"Is Sarah at home?" he demanded,
after a little.
"Miss Sarah?"
"WeE, I sivpx>ose it can hardly be
'Mr. Sarah,'" said the young clergyman, half smilingly. "Yes, Miss Sarah,
of course."
"She's at home," said the girl, ungraciously opening the door a Httle wider.
" Came this afternoon. Settin' in the
parlor.    Walk in."
And without further ceremony Caryl
found himself ushered into a semi-dark
aj>artment, where a taE, slender young
beauty of eighteen summers or so sat before the fire, in a plain black dress, with
the simplest of cuffs and coEars, and a
single blue ribbon fastened into the
thick, dark braids of her hah—a x^erson
so entirely different from what he ex-
pected to see that he stopped short in
some j>erplexity.
"Is this—ahem !—Sarah?" he asked.
"lam Sarah Fielding," she resj)ond-
ed.
"I have caEed—to speak to you," said
he, with a desperate raEying of his
verbal forces. '' Perhax)S, Sarah, you may
know who I am ?"
"No, I don't," said the girl, in some
surprise.
"I am Mr. Caryl, the pastor of the
X>arish."
"I am happy to make yoiu* acquaintance," said the girl, putting out one
slim hand in the easiest possible manner.
The pastor hesitated. This was not
what he had looked for at aE.
"Of course—of course," said he.
"But how does it happen, Sarah, that
you are at home again so soon ?"
"Do you mean at Westbrook?"
"Where else should I mean ?" retorted
Mr. Caryl, crustEy—for he felt that if he
once abandoned his tone of authority he
was lost. " Why didn't you stay where
you were ?"
Sarah colored up to the roots of her.
hair. He coidd perceive that, even in
the uncertain rise and faH of the fire-
Hght,
"I do not like the position," said she
in a low voice.
said Mr.
Miss Fielding burst out laughing.
" They are cheerfuEy granted," sfv-
she. "No, don't go away, Mr. Car^t'
holding out her hand as he was turniL'
to depart. " I have learned that yo :
possess at least the virtue of frankness
ShaE we not be friends ?"
And Mr. Caryl looked into the divfy
blue eyes and said, " Yes." . [
He  forgot   aE   about the hot cori-
bread and strawberry jam at home, an;
stayed to tea at Mrs. Prune's, whEe th
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CFroiii tlie Philadelphia Times.] ."•',.-
On June 28, 1879, F, Marion Davis.
U'iaier "in the roEing-mil! of the.Phuar.
} delphia Iron. and Steel  Company, rws
■ struck byan iron, blamp weighing about
* Emnrteen pounds, wMch*vms.tb±owjt';."^i.fcit,'
^iC-iiible Xoi'Ce from the shaft "of a revolv-y
';£e~ fiy-T.ii3el.   The clamp was' m[::mer
right Sarah escaped the intended leetuir \ form c" the letter "U," mad© of square
and the wrong Sarah presided in a mof._:; j-iron, ard one pf ,the exterior angles of
gracious and winning manner behind tlv>, thc. rr^/cA the=-cu*rved part of the clamp
cirps and saucers,  and old Mrs. Cs^UK*cruek "M?.. Davis in the forehead, break*
laughed heartily when her son explainer rang loose and partly forcing through1 thei
the curious renconter to her later in thi pkin a crescent-shaped fragment of the
evening. i | frontal bone, measuring three inches in
"But why did she leave her situate:! extreme length and seven-eighths of an
—the wrong Sarah, I mean?" said shi*.'" mc& ia width in the center or widest
"Because the young heir of the hous-'i ^'t, thus producing not only a corn-
made love to her," said Mr. Caryl; "ani. < pound fractuie tor the skull, but cutting
I don't wonder at it. She's the prettie' ,r* through til© longitudinal sinus or large
Httle creature I ever saw in my Hfe." ',' ;? blood-vessel ol the interior* of the top of
"Perhaps, then," said Mrs. Caxyl% the'head/paonitting an extrusion and
doubtfully, "your advice wasn't so venC, lo?s f *>->C'onside.rable portion of the brain
much amiss, after aE."
" Certainly it was," said Mr.   Caryl;;
with spirit. , i
The old lady looked sharply at him.' .
"Charles," said she,   "I do beHeT%
you're struck with her."
"Nonsense!" said Mr,
red.
But just three months later, when the''
moon was at the fuH, and sleighing parties the rage, Mr. Caryl brought Mi1!:'
Fielding home from a singing-school i^-
his new cutter, and told her a secret on"
the way—that he loved her. n
And so the wrong Sarah was the righV
Sarah, after aU.
palacepl lee was erected at St. Petersburg, .wMle :it lasted forming an'eighth*
t'wondei* of the world. Southern winds
dud northern *sims have already melted,
it, ■ Ahd'is it not possible that the icyj
fabric* of "J$ufcsia£ despotism is doomed
tb Hquefaction beneath the fiery breath
of ^revolution? If so, then the transparent and gHttering structure* on the
banks gf the Neva was not a p/ilace, but
Wpropheclr.;. y. _.
sr
ance. Thh form 6? fracture, known
effasemeUt, or "smash," consists not
< uily of a crushhig of the bone itseE, but
elso of a sepaiatingof the neighboring
sutures.'   Beside the injury to the skuE
f"Ahere was "a" loosening of the teeth, aud
Caryl, turnhrg''. sudh* injjuiestof the jaws that the x>atient
t \ was unable to" ox>en his mouth for more
than'three weeks.-.
, Mr. Davis was carried to his home, in
the .vicinity of the mill,  and. Dr. I. G.
'•Young, of Kensington, was immediately
siT'^oned.    On an examination of &he
wv ids they were pronounced ne^li^l*,
€, rily- %tal.   Dr. D. ffi Agpte^, tProfe§s0?
ft of Surg'pry,^ the University of Penn-
J=ra========^^ I sylvani"'.,* waif called in consultation, and
        .      f,s he agreed w!$h. Dr. Young that the le-f
A Professional Fanny Man.     .  \, sions y/^re ©i,jsuch ^.nature"that there
If the fame of Alden has traveled as' 'was-ncd^pe'.xjf saving thercnan's life, but
far as IndianaxioHs, it may interest my^jJthat'while-there was life'there was some-
readers to know something about, thr* thing tei, work for j  and everything;^was
" But you ought to like it,
Uaryj...... j .    ^^
"You are hot aware of aE the circumstances," pleaded Sarah.
"I am quite aware," said Mr. Caryl,
severely, "that vanity is the root of aE
your evEs."
"Vanity?"
The crimson was deeper than ever now
on brow and temx>le as she half rose.
"Yes, vanity!" impressively reiterated the clergyman. "Be sEent, if you
please, young woman, and hear me out.
You have a certain amount of personal
attractions, which appears to have
turned your head. Bemember that
beauty is but skin deej). CaE to mind
frequently the ancient adage that
'handsome is as handsome does.' After
aE you are neither Mary Queen of Scots,
or Cleox>atra. Now take my advice,
Sarah—"
"But I have not asked for it I" she
cried out, in choked accents.
"No matter whether you have or not,"
said Mr. Caryl, calmly. "It is my business to volunteer good counsel, and
yours to receive it. I repeat, Sarah,
take my advice, and go back to your last
place. Apologize humbly for your shortcomings; teE the woman of the House
that you wiE strive to amend your eon-
duct for the future, and endeavor to deserve her apj>roval. Put away your siEy
ribbons, bows and brooches"—with a
stem glance at the x300r Httle agate
breastpin that gHstened at the giiTs
throat—" and leave the vain accessories
of dress to your betters, always remembering that the ornament of a meek and
quiet spirit—"
But just at this point the young clergyman's oration, was abruxDtly checked by
the entrance of Mrs. Prame herself,
shawled and bonneted, and breathing
fast from the haste she had made. In
one hand she held a x^odigious brown
cotton umbrella; with the other she
dragged forward the untidy damsel of
the shawl and curl-papers.
" Here she is, Mr. Caryl, here she is !"
bawled Mrs. Prune, who did not jiossess
that most exceEent thing in a woman,
"a low and gentle voiee." *"A lazy,
good-for-nothing, stuck-up, vain minx,
as needn't siapx>ose as I'm going to do for
j her no longer ! You needn't hang back,
Sarah; it aM't no good ! Here she is,
' Mr. Caryl- here's Sarah!"
The young j)astor stared in amaze-
ment.
"Is that Sarah?" said he.
■"That's Sarah," panted Mrs. Prune.
"And who is this?" he demanded,
turning to the slim, dark-eyed giti with
the blue ribbon and agate brooch.
" That's my niece, SaHy Fielding, as
has been governess of a family up in
Maine for three years," said Mrs. Prune.
"And she's down here on a visit no^r—
come this very afternoon. Hain't you
been introduced yet? Mr. Caryl, my
niece, SalHe.    Sally, this 'ere's—"
But before she could finish the word*
of her formal introthsctiou the clergyman had made a nervous
hat
" I—I have beeu the victim of a mis-
understanding," stammered he. " This
voting person told me that she was
Sarah."
" So she is," said Mrs. Prune. "^But
she ain't the Sarah as is to be spoken to."
" I beg a thousand ax)ologies," said
Mr. Caryl, feeling the cold sweat drip
! from every x>ore-
press. Alden has now been writing theT^U'd day
"sixth column editorial" in the Times?.gt'Sti.tiqa, ws
for eight years. He.is paid $4,000 a-]|i?iaf>'f. Afo,r£ fe*
year, and expected to furnish nothing biit^'^l^Bfentrf ?" '"
this one article of about a column" ittf^^dgath-i: ^
lensrth.    He can do his work when flBcll^qG^ *~&Q esmv
by
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'- MMiftmy «jf Two IfotaMe Pictures,
Two historical pictures have just bfeen
purchased" by the Government. They
are one of • Daniel" Webster, the other of
Lord Ashburton, Alexander- Baring, of
&©firm;0f Baring'Bros., London. The
history oi the portraits is of interests, in
1842, Mr. Webster, being then* Secretary
of State, had to consider and adjust our-
relations with Great Britain. This originated the celebrated Ashburton treaty.
In it Lord Ashburton,' who came to the
United States in the man-of-war.War-
spite for the purpose, and Mr. Webster
virtuaHy removed differences between
the two countries which momentarily
threatened warv The result was the settlement of the northeastern bpundary,
the 4frica£ slave-trade, and the extradition of erimiUals. At the conclusion of
tiie treaty, the two statesmen determined
to" exchange portraits, and in this way
commemorate the occasion. In 1845,
Healy, the artist, went to England and
painted two Jiartraits of Lord Ashburton.
One of them the British Ambassador retained; the" other he sent to Webster.
In 1847, Healy returned to .America,' aud
jn the course of two .years produced
.(kypies of Webster, one of which" was. retained by tha latter.'- -The other was senix5
to Lord A&hhufton.    The paintings at
that tiin'e/tfost $1,'500 each.   They were
^greatly prized* by Webster, who desired
that they should remain in his family.
But on the 29th of August,,1862,-Fletcher
Webster; the .'last surviving offspring of
Daniel Webstet, fell* as Colonel 'of the
\ Twelfth Massachusetts Yolunt^^-, at the
battle fought near Bull Bun. ...-"> left a
widow and one* daughter, who are now
the only Hying* repress .stives of the
prect statesman. ' The ^sided ai Marsh-
Jh7 "1 TizAfi it v-vs des!cn*; jll hy filv; a>ou£ \
QU-
e&T-mxtj. SEsa^U'L.
Infer darkest Isear of * trouble \
When the'g&y 'is a^piifled o'etf, ",*• '
And the deepest "waves of anguisZj _.
Beat Toad upon the phore^,'      -"•'>.,
Oh, -what wotild-t>e <5nr e'6la<Jg ,    '
: c^hen to eiar£h,*.*with gripf,' we'dB-JJOfCs
If we potiid not see bo surely   9    '-    "
T2:4 rent within the cloud?
rf-       ' • *     T-
When our.fxieiid -we loved so deaily i
Proves'iis false as traitors old;. ■  /
When all jotf;seems hut a mockery,* *>
And that proves-dross which Ve fb   ''
Before Tp pause ttf fret or murmur \ \\
At adverse billows surging loud4    v ,'
We shbuld cast our eyes to heaven    *>-'
And see the* rent -within the cloud.   :
■«
Fof 'tis always there, my readers,r        -<Vv
Though a film may it o'ercast; .,
Yet one-transient glfeun of sunlight
Mates the whole seem bright at lest,'
■> Showing through the frowning darktieEK"
The silver linipg.of the cloud; * )■
Therefore never* pine" nor languish,    * v ■
There's a, rent within the clout!.      fi   -.-
Camdeit, Ohio. .'       ' .,       \l
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Cbew ditties—Boat-sqjtgs..
The great American dessei-fy-rBie,
Physicians are pi'bverifeH? sz
minded, and therea&on is Oht.zCz - -
are often rapped t$> ia theh" ^ z    -
That is an ihfellgent CSibir;""*    ..
Poultry Committee .who -d&A r. _
rfiosters were rusty when- they- coin
What is the difference- between half g.
glass of water and a ba'okeu engagcidenC;??
One is not .fiEed fuE and the o$her ife rtzl:
fulfilled.- "*',:/   /■''*"
"The courfc:*orders you "to conalti«l§«r
said a'Judge to-a tedious lawyeiv-V JAo'z;
SveE^ouivHqjjo]:;- then L contil''~''jz It-cL
tHe cou^frsDaE listen/to'ihe;"' ' '
Bebtha—MMciruha, Jdhixpirf z,' ■
fully naughty. /THels^beenJ*"'^r '; '
new dollv with; aE-his m;7 ..- ugc"*. -
floor I" ''Johnny^^ Ai ;£*..-     "*  .
bang it herself t'ot'f     A'-rjA"   .''    ^^\
"WeE, -what  o*',     i:   JiirT,
doEy?"      •       *    \ --/
Teacher—"*Nowy-^       "•   ■Izl r
plural of mouse?"   Jk        --'^1.- .
'm,"   Teacher—"Why5.-._   <;»:"--,
piised,  'The :3lux'al •;:" ;*i      - :--. .*-!-
low, fe
fhuuia
length.    He can do his work when ^d]^'-i^
where he chooses, select his owni^^^gg* g   -j f~
and treat it in his own wTay.    He "^leancd^o0 '*'
funny every day in the year, at ikJtaE .>{£•1:"
of $12 a day.    When one consi|g '"■    ''*  °"
strain of  keeping up and for^
every day in the .year,  the pa^r     ,r
.^cdi^^iriend o£ jaiine whofeM^^Xj^' ^
weE before he devoted HunseE to Vjts | '^'"Bram
specialty teEs me that the change which'1     Notwithstanding the great danger im
------ -  '        ■>■       ■   — ■"Tj..  Davis for   so
painful.    Years ago he was a genial, j months, he has en*
; laughing feEow,  good   hearted   and   a j physical powers.    His mental character
I favorite with everybody.    To-day it
Don't" £m
"Np'm.92-
sis --th©   pl?u
that
ar*"
TectA.
z:
' the last"eight years have made Si hini is j pending over Mr.  Davis for   so many i Ji~-iZ" '   "i     ''• ■*     1   t»^ ■
-  - -      --   J - .,!—,-,-,.  i....   -^j-eXy recovered his i an*y ™ne "eseen "7"visitors to V,'ashing-
is
almost imx)ossible to talk to him for ten
, ni in utes without being offended or dis-
! x>leased at the. man's utter incax>aci1y to
\ talk seriously of anything.    He has so
! much the habit of seeing only the ab-
; surd and ridiculous in everything' that,
i uo matter how grave,   a matter may be
' distorted in Ji±s eyes.     He holds up a
clown's mirror in nature.    One of the
consequences of continuing this style of
writing through years is that his admir-
; ers are constantly in need of stronger
: doses.    What might have ax>x>eared very
' funny to them live years ago would be
| tame to-day; therefore Alden's articles
grow more and more extravagant and
blasx>hemous.    His x>lau is to take any
absurd story which he   finds
istics, although maferiaEy cJianged, are
i considered by the x>hysicians wonder-
I fuEy good when the facts of the case are
I taken into consideration. Tlie remarka-
' ble featiues of this case can better be
| understood when the fact is considered
j that, out of nine similar cases reported in
| the" "Medical aud Surgical History oi
\ the Late War," aE proved fatal, antl
I there is but one weE-autheuticated case
ax>proaching this hi apparent hopeless-
. ness which resulted in the recovery oi
. the patient—Tbeing that of Dr. Harlow,
; referred to the seeond volume of "Gross
Surgery," in which the xi^tient ax>x>ar-
. ently regained his  accustomed meutal
and x>hysical condition, and Hved twelve
the Secretary Of State, wher^
' me be seen by visitors:
Chicago Daily News.
. fan at
ton.
      years after having had a tanrping-iron,
     floating 'weighing thirteen j)ounds, prox^eEed by
ai-ound in the newspapers and embeEish : a prematurely-exploded blast from the
it in Ms own way, never hesitating to  base to the top of the skull, completely
shock the feeHugs of many good jjcoxle
if he can raise a laugh; so far does lie
go, sometimes, that it is a matter of surprise in journalistic circles here that the
editor of the Times allows so many readers to be offended.—Xew York- letter.
through the anterior end of the brain.
Mr. Davis has preserved the fragment
loosened from his skidl, and frequently
carries it about with him hi his jacket.
(Rough's Bxise.
Most lecturers who have been introduced to then* audiences have suffered
from the Hgh eulogiums x>assed upon
them beforehand by their misjudging
introducers. The natural effeet is to
arouse exx>ectatioii that cannot be met,
and to produce marked disax>x>ointmei!t
John B. Gough relates how he once
managed, before a London assembly, to
avoid such a result    His introducer hsd
Bussian Nihilism.
A Nilulist being asked what his doe
trines consisted of—what the grand aim I Castle,
of his organization reaEy was, rej>Hed
truly and consistently: "To capture
church aud state, Kings and God—to
hoot at and spurn them; that is our doctrine."
■ Eeinains of Gothic Architecture.
A most  interesting   discovery  of   a
beautiful vestige of Gothic architecture,
hi exceEent preservation, has been made
beneath the house at the southeast corner of LeadenhaH, aud directly opx>osite
Aldgate x^ump, in London.    The arches
and vaults in the basement have hitherto beeu used as a storehouse for wood
aud other materials,  but the extreme
beauty of the architecture, particularly
the sculpture and graining, led to an investigation.    After the most diHgeut re-
j search, it was ascertained to be the re-
! mains   of   a   chapel   dedicated   to   St.
i Michael, and is designated by old his-
j torians as "next Aldgate."   It ax>pears
' to be  of very great antiquity, having
J been buEt by Norman, prior to St. Kath-
. erine, of the Holy Trinity, in the reign
' of Henry .1. and his Queen Mathilda, of
| Boulogne, about the year  1108, and is
now nearly 780 years old.    The chax>el
consists of x>iHars and arches. Its length
from north to south is 48 feet, aud its
breadth from east to west 16 feet.    The
walls are constructed-with oblong blocks
of chalk, similar to those of Bochester
The arches are of stone, tiie
keys of which are beautifuEy sculptured
with knots and other devices, and exhibit at a glance  the  skiEful masonry of
our ancestors.     The chapel has been
filled with soE and rubbish nearly to the
capital of the piEars.    From the ground
to the crown of the arches is 10 feet, and,
aEowing  the shafts   to be buried   16
feet, gives a height of 20_ feet to the iu-
The iron hinges
|     Bussian Nihilism is uo new thing; it
' was rife among ike schools aud universi-
| ties of that country twenty years ago,
aud attracted the attention of the Gov-
j eminent aud poHce long before its dar- i terior of the building.
XU-oiiounced. him the greatest orator wl.o j ing outbreaks iu 1878 aud 1879, not fail- j and csisements are still attached to the
had ever Hved, and ended a long axd ' ing5 as WeE, to excite the curiosity of | waHs, from which circumstance it is eon-
fxdsome eulogy by teEing the peox>le :o '. Em-ope aud the world generaEy. From \ jectured that the structure originaEy
prepare themselves for such a burst.Df . 1815 to 1863, influential men labored for   stood on the surface, but that iu subse-
the xn'opagatiou of Nihilism, which was ; queut years   the   ground   outside was
then, aud is now, but another word for \ raised gradually7 until at last the xeHc of
eloquence as they had never Hstened to.
•Gough, knowing ihat She best efforf; ie
had ever made would, uuder such cir-
.cumstauces, faE sar short of anticipation,
; -determined to j>ractice a ruse, and tie
ruse was to affect- stuj)idity.    He opened
■by stammering and  hesitating, begin-
Bussiau radicalism recognized iu Germany as Socialism, and in France as
Communism. Some of these early
propagandists ended then- career in Siberia, but their discix>les became only
ming his sentences and leaving them un-   the more fierce, daring and determined;
finished, until, as he said, the woist
speaker in England could not have doae
wtorse. He soon overheard those on tlie
Xilstform whispezlmg their disapprolar
ticai aud censure, one man saying: "0,
this wiH never do here. you. know. It
may be aE very weE in America, yju
kno-sr; but in England, you know, it is
quite a different thiug." He stiE continued iu his dull, disconnected way -until he had seen that he had a background
past ages was conrpletely buried. At the
southern extremity there is au apx>ear-
auce of au arched x>assage in the direction of St. Katherine's docks, the site of
which the priory of St. Katherine's
formerly occupied.
The Communists' Five Francs.
At the French mint are shown now
sx>ecimens of a coiu  which will be the
blue ribbons  of   numismatists   of   the
future. These are five-franc xueces struck
and are obeyed by men I during the reign of the Commune.    At
first sight they have aE the ax>pearance
how fierce aud how daring the two at-
tenrpts at wholesale murder aud destruction whieh have so latety taken
place—the oue at Moscow, the other at
St. Petersburg—may testify. The fanatics devoted to the cause of destruction command
for liis verbal pictures.    Then he grid- i
of action, the mute executors of orders
tliey never question or discuss, being
bound by oaths aud fearful .penalties
which make of them the veriest dux>es
and slaves. Never did novelist or play-
j wright invent more thrilling deeds than
of coins of Hke value under the  eurprre;
but'there is a difference, aud it thus  oc-
etuTed:   When the  Communists began
to run short of cash they wanted to coiu
uaEy adopted his nataaral manner, and, i wright invent more thrilling deeds than j some uew-fashioned money, but were bias  sentence after sentence   rolled   out j these banded ruffians actually put iuto   formed that no workmen competent for
vivid aud resonant from his Hpsr his in- \ form and practice. " J the task could possibly be got.    Conse-
dience grew enthusiastic, and fairly j Vera Sassuliteh, of whom we hear so ' queutly they v.vre compelled to go on
roared with ax>X3lause. He had ne^er | much, hi ouly oue among the thousands using Napoieon's dies. CameEnat. how-
been more raxsturously greeted than he ' of these female x>roselytes, women as he-   ev.-r, who was thou Master of the "Mint,
roie at heart aud as determined as : bethought him of a slight innovation.
Charlotte Corday. To obtain a greater ! On oue side of the five-lranc x>ieces of
influence over such women the leaders j Nax>oleon are three emblems, one of
have instituted   a   system of  Platonic j wliich is a bee, representing the sign of
Then, I;suppose, Miss S^rongmindL,.
you and Mr. Sparrow are soon to b&
man and wife?" "No, sh; woman and
husband."
A famous Judge came late to court
One day in busy season;
Whereat his clerk, in great surprise,
Inquired of him the reason.
" A child was born," his Honor said,
" And I'm the happy sire."
" An infant Judge ?"   " Oh, no," said he,
" As yet he's but a crier."
When a cluld in a smaE" Bavarian
lage was being catechised by a priest^
and asked how many things are necessary iu a service of baptism, he promptly   replied:    "Three,   father."     "Ah,
you stupid," repHed the holy mau, "37
thought everybody knew that two were
absolutely necessary; first,  water, and.
secoud,   the   Bible.    Now,   young  sir,
won't you teE me what are the three ?'*"
The boy looked up with a bland smile,
aud answered:    " My father, the three-
are, first, wrater; second, the Bible; and.
third, a baby."
Solving the (Jem Puzzle.
Mr. Piute went home from the
"lodge" the other night and tackled
the *' fifteen " puzzle. He wrestled with
the tMrty blocks—at least he thought
there were thirty of them, he being in.
splendid condition to "see double"—
aud in about au hoiu' and a haE had the*
thing solved to his own satisfaction-
Then he got x>en, paper aud ink and afc-
tenrpted to write out the solution, as1
foEows: "Shove 4 down, push 1 over,
carom on the 14, swing the right bower.,
drag out 6, keex> the 16 in the king row,,
keuo on the black, deal again, run the 5
from first base, move 3 to the southwest
of 15, white to x^J and mate in twelve
moves, P to I B4, QB to K, move 1%
14, 15 a Httle northeasterly, B to Kt5ch,.
then set 'em up ou the other aHey, throw:
double 6s, roquet the 9, take the 7 ou
the fly, lead king, then B to B7, rake in.
the pot, aud mo—mov—move—" BSs-
wife becoming alarmed at his long absence .came down stairs at 2 a. m. ancl.
found him under the table. But he had.
" done it."—Xorristoum Herald.
4~—
grasp for his '■ was then and there. "Those who heird
him declared that they had never known
a man to change so after he had oace
warmed up.
j marriages
among
the   faithful.    Bride
A gentleman -wishing to send 50 cents i and bridegroom separate
to an Iowa City x^'ty, bored a hole I depart on their revolutionary mission,
through a silver half-dollar, through I hoxung to meet again in the glare of in-
wiiich he x>assed a string aud tied it to a j cendiary torches and amid the ringing
tag containing the address and a stamp. ; shouts of victory. Not long since, at a
[t arrived snf-?ly.
the Director of the Mint. CameEnat reat the altar to * x»laeed the bee by a trident. About
1,200,000 francs of these coins were
struck, but had hardly been comx>leted
when the troops entered Paris, and nearly
all these coins were disx>atched to be
vast eost of toil and suffering, a huge j melted and recast.
Overheated Rooms.
The great tendency in winter is tea
J keex> rooms too warm. The foundation!
of x>ueumouia, x>leurisy, and pulmonary
cousuurption is frequently laid in overheated, El-ventilated ax^artments. The
inmates become accustomed to breathing hot, close air, the system is toneel
down and relaxed, and a sHght exx>osure
to cold aud wet results in serious illness.
A uniform heat of seventy degrees is adequate, from a sanitary x>oint of view, Sa
any weather. If that temperature is no#
sufficient to give warmth, it is an indication that the x>erson does uot take sufficient exercise, aud the cure for it is more
miles than flannel. In the coldest-
weather, when the ground is Hke stone
under the feet, when there is uo dripv
from the eaves, and when snow Ees on
roofs, rooms should be ventilated. Pure.-
air should be admitted through open
doors and windows, so that the oxygen
consumed by flame and by respiration
may be replaced, and the effete and poisonous matter thrown off by tiie body
thoroughly driven away. ~
The popular tie 'em table—The altar-
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