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" I L "OJi! bid the mo good-by kindly," girl, "tor 1 Jim going TUB TIME FOR FRIENDSHIP. moaned away. "What's that for?1' asked Sickly, harshly. "J was ill after I went back to my place last night, and they sent for si doctor, and and 1 haven't felt well ever since I slipped oil' the ladder when wo were cleaning the paint." "Goon," said Sidd, beginning to divine the reason of those lits of ir ritability that had often surprised her. "The doctor says I have strained the muscles of my side, and must have a long rest, and so I am no use here and must make room for some one else." "And you've no friends in Loudon. I've heard you say so. Where' 11 you go?" "The doctor has given me a letter for a hospital. Oh, Siddy! says a kind word to lighten my troubles, for they seem more than I can bear!" The strong arms of Siddy were thrown round her, and there was si lence, till, ashamed of her own emo tion, the elder woman began making up the lire and putting on the kettle. "1 can not stay," cried Liz. "I shall lose the train, and they will not keep mo at the hotel another night." "We'll not ask them. You'll bide here. You'll have Ned's room, and I'm going to nurse you well again." So Liz, her heart heavy, her limbs aching, submitted to be put to bed, and there wept herself into resignation. "When Ned wrote oh! surely he would write, ami tell them where he was she could let him know how penitent she was; and though unequal to hard work, she was clever with her needle, and could Jincl plenty who would be "willing to employ her. Joel was away longer than usual, and at the end of the week he came home sulky. To lose good chances as he had done all through being short handed had exasperated him, and lie growled at lus wile, abused uie miss ing Ned, and looked so black at the guest that she was fain to keep out of his way. Siddy had much to cope with while his ill humor lasted, but she bore with it as the richly deserved punishment of her hasty advice. In oilier respects the world went smoothly. The doctor called on Liz and predicted her speedy recovery. But nothing would lift the load that lay on Siddy's heart, and as she went home down the clilV side with her empty basket she felt weak and spirit less, for the sight of Lizzie's pale face and the sound of the heavv sighs the girl breathed as she sat in the old arm chair with her sewing, were continual reproaches to her hostess. Meohanieallv the sorrowing woman looked toward the pretty land-locked bay lying below the roeky ledge on which she was resting. The smack of old Aaron Jonc., who had sailed away far beyond where the other fish ermen cast their nets, had just come tu an anchor, and, borne shoreward by the flowing tide, came the smack's boat with the first installment of jinny treasures. One of the rowers, catching sight of Siddy. greeted her with a lusty cheer. She recognized him in a moment. It was Ned! The report of his having enlisted was a false one, invented by a lialf-tipsy idler. Jle had sailed in the Wonder, because in treaty with the owner for a share in his ventures and the opportunity of talking over and clenching the bargain was too good to be missed. How Siddy laughed and cried in her joy no one ever knew. She kept out ' of sight till the lovers met and were reconciled, and her iirst words to Nod were a reproach for not wiping his boots clean. "If you two'll be said by me," she told the young couple, "you'll get married as soon as you can. And that's the last bit of advice I ever mean to give." But whether Siddy will keep this re solve remains to bo s-con.--GussclVs Magazine. A novel plan for raising money hns lieon adopted in u Presbyterian Sunday school in Genesee county, New York. Each member of the school is required on the Sunday next fol lowing his or her birthday to place in the con tribution box 1 cent for every year of age rolled up. Huntington, Pa., had a gomilno English May day, with a dance on the grooii arou no May pole. iUr. needier Says It is When a ?iun Has Made a Mistake and Cites Umnt and Colliding. Among the visitors at Plymouth Church Suuday morning were Chang, the Chinese giant, and Sig. Keinenyi, the violinist. The latter, Mr. Heeeher aunouneed, would give a farewell per formance at the close of the service 'to which," said he, "those who wish to tarry, arc all'eetionately invited to stay, and those who do not, are all'ee tionately bidden to go. The text of the sermon was "ISut if any man bo overtaken in a fault ve that are spiritual restore such an one in a spirit ol meekness. Consider thyself lest thou also be tempted." "The law of Christ," said Mr. ttccchcr, "is the law of universal love, and that law requires every man to be interested in every man. ' It requires us to bo in sympathy with men not only when tliey are doing right but when they are doing wrong. Faults run from a very higii pitch to a very low one and I suppose all are included in this exhortation of the apostle. No man ever lived, except one, and no man ever will live but will stumble and fall sometimes; and there is not a man who lives that does not commit faults every dav of his life. Every body, therefore, is dependant upon the good-will and charity of his neighbor, and the command is to return that Mr. Heeeher arose in evident anger and said : "I am surprised at any such de monstration, I could not bo more sur prised if one of my prayers to the Al mighty should be applauded." Keinenyi closed by playing the na tional hymn of Hungary, Ins native land, and no further attempts wore made at applause. New York. World good-will towards every man that you wish them to restore to you; and it is a part of the grander law, 'Thou shall love the Lord thy God and thy neigh bor as thyself;1 and as to who is your neighbor the man that has fallen into trouble, whether you know him or not. No preaching. When a man has com mitted a fault, that is no time to preach to him; he wants balm and quiet. "Wo are tolerant of faults whose consequences don't ell'ect us, and we are severe when they do. Mv line, says one man, 'is speculation, air, man that breaks up my line and puts me in peril of bankruptcy I will be severe with him.1 Tell that man that Maple- son has had trouble with his directors, and he says, 'What do I care? They may eat each other up for all 1 care", but any man that meddles with money matters of the street I'm tliar.' (Laughter.) hut that is not carrying out the spirit of Christianity. Jt is mean, and there is nothing more in fidel than meanness; even the devil, 1 think, looks on meanness with scorn. If there be one thing that is mean it is obsequeousness towards those who are wealthy and powerful. The next morning you learn that they have come down. 'Gone down, has he?" you say, 'Are you sure? Well, now. 1 tell you L knew how it would be months ago. I told my partner when that thine- first came out that I knew that lirm would never get along.1 Ah, these miserable parasites, these miser ab'e worms: and yet if you go fishing for such in the street you won't have any trouble in filling your basket. "I think (Jen. Grant the mosr mag nanimous man we have ever had. When Conkling expurgated himself from the United States senate the step taken was vevy much against (Jen. Grant's judgment, as was well known; and yet he attempted in every way to befriend Mr. Conkling, and carried this to such an extent that evervbody thought he was on Conkling's side; and when he was asked why he did this his reply was characteristic of him, and is worthy to be written in letters of gold. He said, 'When is the time to show a man's friendship, except it bo when he has made a mistake?1 (Applause.) It is not a time to leave a man when he has blundered and made a mistake; stand by a man in adversity, if you don't stand by him at any other time nor anywhere else. A friendship that is good for anything is that which takes a friend and all his faults. The man that won't take my faiflts shan't take me. What is Christianity? Not church membership, not a creed, not a histori cal belief in the Lord .Jesus Christ; it is the spirit of Christ, the spirit of for giving love. A man may be a minister or a theologian or an eminent church man, but if a man has not the spirit of Christ he is none of his." At the conclusion of the sermon Mr. Beecher invited Keinenyi to the pulpit, but the artist declined, and took his position on the pulpit stairs. Ho played a beautiful piece of sacred music, which was enthusiastically applapded. Suggestions to Independent Voters. In an article on "The Use and Abuse of Parties," in the June Century, the Rev. Dr. Washington Gladden in con clusion says of parties: What, then, is the duly of intelligent and patriotic men respecting them? To this ques tion various answers are given. "1. Keep out of political life. It is hopelessly corrupt. You can do noth ing to purify it. Let it alone. "This is the argument of despair, lightly urged by many frivolous and faithless souls, but not to bo enter tained by any patriot. "2. Vote always, but belong to no party. Join the unorganized mob of Independents; take your place on what Mr. Charles Francis' Adams, Jr., calls l.lin p.milor nf llw l.tltintr-hnni'il' ntwl put your votes in every election where they will do the most good voting al ways for the best men, or, at any rate, against the worst rascals. "This is a comfortable way of doing political duty; the practical diOicult is in determining which rascal is the woi-o. Both ale sometimes so bad that it is hard to choose. "3. Maintain a loose relation to one party or the other, but take no part in the primary meetings, and bolt when they oiler you bad candidates or bad measures. The theory is that in this temi-attached condition you will in iluence somewhat the nominations; that thepartv managers will bo think ing of vou when thev make up the ticket. "This, too, is apt to leave the voter simply a choice of too evils. The gen tlemen left by you in charge of the primary meetings are not sure to think of you," and if the' do, they console themselves with the retlection that the other fellows will probably nominate a worse man than theirs. "t. Join one party or the other. (Jo into the caucuses, if you can get in. 'fake your pluck and your independ nenco along with vou. Tell the gen tlemon in charge that you are inter ested in the success of the party, and that you want to help keep it inashape in which it will deserve to succeed. (Jive them distinctly to understand that while vou ask nothing for vour self, you intend to take a hand in shap ing the party policy and in making the nominations; and that you will be guided in all this by a supreme regard for national interests rather than per sonal interests. If, in spite of your protests, they make bad nominations, bolt the nominations, and return to the charge the next time, taking with you as many as you can of your well-intentioned neighbors. If you preserve your temper, and use reason, and keep standing up for men and things that are honest ami of good report, porad venture they will listen to you at length, and you may succeed in lifting up the standards and in purifying party management. "This last method appears to 1110 by far the wisest one." valuable lesson that it is measureably as wrong to steal a million as it is U steal a loaf of bread or a set of spoons Our speculators need the moral lesson brought home to them that, when properly viewed, it is as infamous to rob depositors and to ruin investors as it is to break into one's neighbor's house and take his pocket-book. They do not possess a clear idea of these things. And how can they when all the reformatory inlluenees and agencies of society are so constantly directed to the awakening and saving of mere llower-girls and murderers? Certainly, bank presidents, great fin anciers and eminent stock-gamblers are worth saving, and there is some thing shameful 111 the way our reform ers have overlooked them. New York World. Grant & Hoggs. The downfall of Grant & Ward, of New York, recalls to some old citizens of vigorous memories the collapse of Grant & Hoggs, of St. Louis. That latter business catastrophe came after the failure in farming. Grant, after throwing up his commission in the army, while serving in Oregon, came on to St. Louis, and there was an un derstanding between his father and his wife's father that he was to be set up as a farmer. Dent agreed to furnish the farm and old Mr. (J rant was (o stock it. Later on ex-Capt. Grant found himself settled in a log house on the (Jravois road. The stock, consist ing of a lot of potatoes, came along later in the season. Thev were 1111 loaded, left on the levee, and froze. This was the start in life (J rant got. as a farmer. Left to his own develop ment of agi ieultural tables, he took to hauling in wood and selling I T it. It Kefonu the Hank Presidents. The proposition to start a society for the reformation of bank presidents is made by the Newark livvniug News, and it is a move in the right direction. The whole tendency of modern phi 1 mthropy has been to expend itself on the unimportant and insignificant, es peeially ,in its reformatory measures. If some portion of the organized force employed to keep llower-girls from selliugviolets on Sunday morn ing were directed to the plucking of an occasional hea financier as a brand from the burning, we might be said to be getting our philanthropy to work at the roots of a national evif, in stead of expending it in picking oil' here and there an occasional bud of impropriety. A great'deal might be done if the stream of current honesty and intelli gence could be directed into the neg lected domain of Wall street. Our bank presidents neod to bo wrestled with atlbctionatoly and patiently. They have got to bo taught the very was when the farming experiment had proven a failure and Grant had been refused the ippoinlment of surveyor, for which he made application to the county court, that he moved to the city and went into the real estate and brokerage business. The firm was Grant & Hoggs. The junior partner was a relative of Gov. Hoggs and also connected with the Dent family. They opened an olliee on Pine, just above second, and some property was put into their hands. Capt. Frank McGarrahan and other old real estate men remember the lirm from attempts at transactions with them and from the utter lack of ideas on business mat ters which Grant showed. 1'hil Fer guson, who was then publishing a paper, tells of going to see Grant about the purchase of a job olliee which had been put 111 the firm's hands to sell. He found the senior partner not at the olliee, but after a search, and when ho did so it was with no satisfaction. Al though they had the property and it was for sale, Grant was unable to pi'C; sent the terms 01 the condition ol the stuil'so that the printer could form any conclusion as to what he was try ing to buy or what he was expected to pay for it. In short, the senior part ner was without business sense. In a few weeks the real-estate and broker age firm of Grant & Hoggs was classed with the past, and the senior went to Galena to join his father in the tan tery. SI. Louis (ilobe-J)cmocral. ! " Heel Growing in Fnglund. Farmers in Fnglaud are taking ta beet growing. In Norfolk they have undertaken to grow this season at least 1)00 acres of sugar beet from selected seed, and on the faith of this an asso--ciation has been formed, which, long before the beet is ready, will havo 100,000 worth of plant on the ground ready to make sugar as fast as the roots come in. The farmer will got$5 a ton for the white beet delivered at the works, and as he can grow from lifteen to twenty tons to the acre, Iig will, after allowing for heavy manur ing and all costs of land, labor, sood and lransnrt, be able to reckon, even in an indillerent season, upon a return of at least $13 an ixovc Hoslon Journal. Twenty-live years ago the ice con sumed in Texas was carried from Hos ton in sailing vessels, and the people of the interior of the state seldom saw any of it. Now there are ice factories at'Dcnison, Fort Worth, Waco, Austin, San Antonio, Houston, Pallas, and in fact in nearly all tho largo towns, and tho cooling luxury is cheap and common. 1