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THE LEWISTON TELLER. CARLA. FORKSMAN. Editor and Pro*. LEWISTON, IDAHO. Saving for saving's sake, without any special aim or end to acccmplish. soon begets the vice of avarice, and turns a man into a raiser; but saving for worthy objects and noble designs exalts the character and makes the life a world-wide blessing. Tue strong-minded man often thinks he cannot be upset by trifles; conse quently he may not be as well guard ed against their effect os the inferior man, conscious of his weakness, and therefore more to be trusted when in the neighborhood of trifles. Those who are most exalted above dependence or control are yet con demned to pay so large a tribute of their time to custom, ceremony and popularity, that, according to the Greek proverb no man in the house is more a slave than the master. It is a humiliating truth that there is something in our common human nature—original sin or brute inherit ance—which makes us take a certain enjoyment in other people's troubles We do not really desire that any great catastrophe shall overtake our fellow men, but somehow a good many of us secretly hope that if there is any great catastrophe we may be there—undam aged—to behold it There is a curious strain in human nature which makes most people interested in seeing other people fight Even in drawing rooms, a certain considerable proportion of the conversation deals with the faults and follies and ill-fortunes cf the neighborhood. i With disease working in tho very means of life no man, woman or child will be safe. Tho disinfecting of dwellings where a consumptive person has been should be insisted upon. Rooms in which they have passed much time should be scraped and re plastered, and all clothing worn by them should be thoroughly disinfected. To ensure the accomplishment of these ends, the matter must necessarily be taken up by boards of health and sim ilar bodies. For every individual, however, there is means of defense to which it behooves him to turn his at tention. The same fortifications which prevail against other contagions, steady nerves and a sound stomach, will prevail against this Overwork, worry, dissipation of any kind open door! Of the soundest constitution to the enemy. , The resignation of the stoicism which has enabled men and women to endure what they have deemed inevit able, may bow reasonably be sup planted by a hopeful crusade against consumption, which, if still Insidious, is no longer shrouded in mystery. Now that there is something tangible to fight, war may bo waged with en thusiasm and even with confidence. Not the least of the obstacles to be overcome will he that dull incredulity with which many people refuse to be warned against a familiar evil, or to believe fh redemption from a fate to which generations before them have grimly or piously yielded. Tho dis covery of the presence ot tuberculosis in milk explains another avenue by which the enemy may approach, and which needs to be guarded. This can only he done by the systematic and official inspection ot cattle. There can hardly be a doubt that the foregone conclusion of disease is one of its most powerful alliea or that the terror-stricken child ot a con sumptive father and mother helps on his own destruction by the apprehen sion that creeps over him if he coughs twice in succession. To say that there is nothing in the theory of heredity would be to assume too much; it has not yet been disproved, and only a multitude of almost impossible experi ments involving the separation of families could substantially disprove it But the theory ot contagion is established, and it is no longer to be taken for granted or even readily ad mitted that the descendant of a con sumptive family is more likely to fall a victim to the disease than any other, save in so far as he may be closely as sociated with those afflicted with it The contagion theory explains in a great measure why members of the same family are so liable to bocomo a prey to the disease, for the sister or daughter who cares for a consumptive patient is inevitably exposed, and those who occupy the samo house and are only occasionally visit the sick room are also in a position to become infected, especially if their physical condition is not of the strongest Even young children living in the tainted atmosphere may receive the germs of death into their systems. These facts account for much of the suffering and sorrow that has been so generally regarded either us the in exorable working of nature's laws, or as the mysterious dispensation of Frovideuce. I NEWS IN BRIEF. Henry Hough. Deputy Sheriff of Ar row-smith. McLean County. 111., blew out bis brains. Chari Drown was arrested at Mun de. Ind., for embezzling $75. lie was bound over in the sum of fi3,00;). The French ambassador at the Vati can has been instructed to reassure tlic Pope regarding the policy of France. M. Desehanel of the French Chamber of Deputies go -s to the t'nited States Dec. ly ou u special government mis sion. The Suez Canal company is to con struct u railway between Port Said an 1 Ismalia for'he carriage of passeng.-ri and mails. French chambers of commerce I nva been instructed to make comperalivc reports of export businos be;ore anil since the passage of the McKinley bill. All hrpc> that any of the seven tv-four men buried in the St. Ktiem- mine can be reamed lias been abi.uloned. So fur fifteen bodies have be. n recov ered. John Stanley, the convict who soiled the penitent ,-y wall at Joliet. 111., Nov. 39. lias been captured by the De troit. Mich., police. Frank Miller, who died in Washing ton Friday, confessed to the murder of liis father-in-law, L. Hillings, near Mason City, Iowa, in 1875. He had been acquitted by a jury. . Devil's Lake. N. D., reports the worst blizzard in its history, which lasted four days. Wires were down, trains blockaded and snow was banked fifteen feet high. Tho thermometer ranged from zero to 10 degree) above. T1 c "Lights and Shadows" company which has been playing at Powers' opera-house at Grand Rapids, Mich., for the lust week, is stranded there, their baggage being attached for an unpaid board bill. Manager Clapp and Miss Anna Moreland, who played , * * juvenile parts, have departed for New York, Dr. O. J. Mawney of Mahomnnc, AVis. , is under arrest at Madison charged with perjury. Three children of O. A. De Armon of Aurora, 111., have died of diphtheria within five days. Ed Atterbury, confined in the Shel* by ville, 111 , jail for the murder of his father, is said to be insane. The Atchison (Kan.) Champion, prop erty ofrthe late Col. John A. Martin, is offereil for sale at $25,000. O. B. Hanford, a banker and lumber dealer of Freeport, 111., v.-as struck by a locomotive at Lanark and died. Tho city council of Dubuque. Iowa, contemplates operating it, own electric contemplates operating it, own electric light plant. One thousand dollars can be raved euch month. ; I The fire in the Lake Superior Iron company's hermntite shaft at Islipe ming, Mich., has beep extinguished. The mine will l e rebuilt.. i Samuel Glaister. the Aurora, 111., ' cigar dealer who failed, has been ar rested on the charge of beating Mon treal, Canada, merchants out of $13,000. 1 Thomas Whalen of Chieego, 20 years old, committed suieide in a Boston | hotel. I Six thousand people saw the launch ing of the new I'nited States cruiser Ko. 0 at liultimcrc. A grain lilockaiie is feared on the railroads of Kansas. A snowstorm said to be the worst in years is reported to be raging in Mani toba. It is reported that the feeling in China against foreigners is becoming more bitter. The trial of Lambert N. Goldsmith for the murder of Robert Skillinan is set for Dec. lé at Columbus, Ind. Harry Moore was killed beneath a Wabash train at Decatur, ill. Deleaves a wife whom he married a week ago. Buildings at Muskegon Heights, Mich., were unroofed by a cyclone. The damage is estimated at $12,' ('0. it is said that the establishment o' new Catholic dioceses in the Northwest will be recommended at the Vatican soon. The Rev. Samuel E. Howard of St. l.ouis, Mich . pleailc«! guilty to sending an obscene postal card through the mails. The swine plague is currying off hogs in great numbers in Scott anti adjoin ing counties of Iowa. One farmer at Walnut Grove lost fifty. Wind destroyed property worth 9100, 000 in the Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania. Damage was done in several other places in the State. The match arranged between Jim Hall and Jimmie Carroll before the Pacific elub at San Francisco has been declared off for the present on account of Hull's illness. A verdict for $'>.(>00 was awarded against Morris I>. Cutler in favor of George P. Puffer at Waukesha. Wir-. The claim was for injuries received by the full of a scaffold , of So to to 1 Six linndretl acres of land belonging to W. W. Stud, John Stull, and M. L. Williams was sold at assignee's sale at. Portland, ln«l Creditors bi«l in 1110: land at 93."> per acre. They will hardly receive 3é cents on the tiollar. In the 1'nitcd States court at Winona. Minn.. Frank McArthur was awarded $8,000 damages against the Chicago, Milwaukee St. Paul railway com pany for permanent injuries received in making a •dying" switch at Mazcppa, Minn., last May. Jone« Ulven Half He Claimed. Gai.csbi'ku. 1U.. Dec. 8. —The jury in the shipper«' evse of Jones against the Chicago, Burlington & tjuinry rail road company returned a verdict nfter being out eighteen hours giving the plaintiff 92,900. This is less than one half of what Jones asked ou this lot of claims. Louisiana's Episcopal Bishop Is Dead. New Oiu.kans. Der. '.).—The lti.-Ke • John N. Gullaher, Protestant Episcopal Bishop i>i the Dio-etc of I ou s an i. died at <11:40 o'clo U !as' tight of Bright!* «äiscesc. • JAPANESE FLOWER SHOW People Who II »V j Exquisits T.ote is Arratisemmit end Color«. In Lafeadio Hearn's paper in the Atlantic. ••The Chief City of the Province of the Gods," ho describes a Japanese flower show. He writes: Often in the streets at night, espe cially on the nights of sacred festivals (inatsurl). one's attention will bo at tracted to somo small booth by the spectacle of an admiring and perfectly silent crowd pressing before it. As soon as one can get a chance to look one finds there is nothing to look at but a few vases containing sprays of flowers. or, perhaps. some light, gracious branches freshly cut from a blossoming tree. It is simply a little flower show, or, more correct ly, a free exhibition of master skill in the arrangement of flowers. For the Japanese do not brutally chop oft flower heads to work them up in'.o meaningless masses of color, as we barbarians do—they love nature too j well for that; they know how much i the natural charm of the flower depends upon its s 'ttiug and mount ing. its relation to lenf and stem, and they select a single graceful branch or spray just as nature made it. At first you will not, as a western stranger, comprehend such an exhibi tion at all; you are yet a savage in such matters compared with the com monest coolies about you. But even while you are still wondering at popu lar interest in this simple little show the charm of it will begin to grow upon you. will become a revelation to you; and despite your occidental idea of self-superiority you will feel hum blod by the discovery that all flower displays you have ever seen abroad were only monstrosities in comparison with the exquisite natural beauty oi those few simple sprays. You will also observe bow much the white or pale blue screen behind the flowere DtUv UUH 3 BVIvvU HCIIIUU lUv Ulln LI E I onhaneos the effect by lamp or lantern light. For th? screeij has beeu ar ; rau{ r 0( i w uh the Special purpose o! I I . ! j , j j showing the exquisiteness of plant shadows, and the sharp silhouettes of sprays and blossoms cast thereon are beautiful beyond the imagining of any western decorative artist. Fair Warning From a Burglar. Robert D. White, of Georgetown, Del., lately received a letter from a party calling himself a professional burglar, signifying his intention of entering the attorney's house six months from date and carrying off what valuables he can safely take. He says his intentions are merely bur glary. and that no arson, murder or other crimes will be attempted. The burglar coolly admits In his lengthy hi* lonfFt hir i butglar coolly admits lus len^tliy j epistle that it is not customary with him to notify hi* subscribers of his notions. He says he knows that if ho is caught it may bo three years, to stand one hour in the pillory and receive twenty lashes, as did John Cumnrns, the Baltimore burglar. The writer continues: "I saw John Cummins vvipped at New Castle yesterday with twenty lashes. It is a , rnlM . institution nnrl T Dîin 1 \oiy baibaious institution, nnu 1 can defy such a barbarism and likewise 1 ■ your law. 1 want to make a daring burglary in this state, and show you you are powerless to arrest a burglar of first class. I urn leaving Wilming ton for the West and will return by the line of Delmar and Georgetown. So I select your city as the first place to operate. I will show the people of Delaware that there is no danger of arrest as long as the noliç j of Paris, London, Chicago and Baltimore could not arrest m3. I m *an to ke?p my word, and my stake is a big one. I confess I have not the least ambition to the pillory or whipping post. If you can puli me in I agree to receive ten lashes more. I will walk to tho pillory and whipping post barefooted, but I would advise you not to antici pate such a pleasure."—Baltimore American. Rudd I n 2 Long«Hcad?dr.<«Vi "Johnny." said the new minister to the 6-year-old youngster seated upon hifi knp« **if I irive vou two nice hi nis Knee. n i gi'o you vwo nice, oig peaches what will you do with them!*" j •Eat. 'em." said Johnny. ••But how about your little brother j Tnmmv 1 Are vou willinir to «rive him ' 1 onirtij . Ate you wiiunjr to Dim some of them?'' ••Oh, yos; I will Rive him the stones," replied the generous Johnny. ••What will he do with the stones? He can't eat them." ••No." said Johnny, -but he can plant 'em, and they will grow into a tree, and when he gets a J)i" man he will have lots of poaches." ••Yes. but why not give him the other part and keep the s ones your self and then yoa wonld bo the one te have the nico, big trees fall of peaches, some time?" ••Yes, I wonld liko to do that way," said Johnny. "Only you sea I am two years older than Tommy-, and I might not he alive when the trees -begin to i to bear." No tliarlljr •* All.'" Tho Jewish Messenger, of New Tork City, in referring to Jewish im migration to the United States, says. • If Baron Hirsch would establish places of refuge iu Europe, where the Jewish refugees might be prepared for a new life and new homes, he would be rendering the best service. To transport poverty-stricken thousands who are unable to «-ope with new con ditions is no charity, and yet that seems to be the highest ambition of European committees." Hwlaa Inscriptions. In a hotel not one hundred miles from the top of the Kigi the following announcement gives satisfaction: "Mis ters and venerable voysgors are ailvor tised that when the sun him rise a horn will be blowed." That announce ment sufficiently prepares tho visitor for the following entry in the wine list: "In this hotel the wines leave the traveler nothing to hope for." TABERNACLE PULPJT. DR. TALMACE ON OUR ROYAL BLOOD. * There I* a Fountain Filled with Blood Drawn From Immanuel*» Vein».'* "Fach One Ut'soiubled tho Children of a King." Zebah and Zalmonna had been off to hnt»ie. and when they came hack they were asked what kind of people they had seen They answered, that the j eople hail a royal appearance; "each one resembled the children of a kinp." I stand to-day before many who have this appearance. Indeed, they are the sons and uauKhters of th** Lord Almighty. Though now *n exile, they shall yet < oine to their thrones *1 here are family nan t-s that -stand for wealth, or patri otism. or intelligence. The name of Washing ton means patriotism, although some of the blood of that race has become very thin in the lust iteration. The fumlly of the Medici stood as the representative of letters. T he family of the Rothschilds is significant of wealth, th*' loss of forty million» of dollars in IMS putting j à h 'tJ?, T l y fr as° they n 'luvc lt ioaneu ibis's!" i ol dollars.' Naples imwo.ijuu. Austria «1.000.00 0, and England •JOO.IJUO.OOO: and thn n th«' counting room desk everything from the Irish sea to the Danube. They open their hand and there is war: they shut it. and there is peace. The house of Hapsburg in Austria, the house of Stuart in England, the house of Bourbon iu France, were families of imperial authority. But I come to Drench of a family more poten tial, more rich, and more extensive—the royal nouse of Jesus, of whom the whole family in heaven and on earth is named. We are blood relations by the relationship of the cross; all of us are the children of a King. First. I speak of our family name. When wc see a descendant of some one greatly cele brated in the last century we look at him with profound interest. To have had conquerors, G ings. or Princes in the ancestral line give lustre to tnc family name. In our line was a King and a Conqueror. The Star in the East with baton of light woke up the eternal orches tra that made music at his birth. From thence he started forth to conquer all nations, not by trampling them down, but by lifting them up. Sv John saw' him on a white horse. When he returns, he will not bring the nations chained to his wheel, or in iron cages, but I hear the stroke of the hoof of the snow-white cavalcade that bring them to the gates in triumph. Our family name takes lustre from the star that heralded him. and the spear that pierced him, and the crown that was given him. it gathers fragrance from the frankincense brought to his cradle, and the lilies that flung , their sweetness into his sermons, and the box of alabaster that broke at his feet. The com forter at Bethany. The resurrector at The supernatural oculist at Bflhsaida. The saviour of one world, and the chief joy of an other. The storm his frown. The sunlight his smile. The spring morning his breath. The earthquake the stamp of his foot. The thunder the whisper of his voice. The ocean a drop on the tip of his linger. Heaven a sparkle on the bosom of his love. Eternity the twinkling of his eye. The universe the flying dust of his chariot-wheels. Able to heal a heart-break, or bush a tempest, or drown a world, or flood im men8ity with his glory. What other family * ' *" illustrious name could ever boast of such an personage? .Henceforth, swing out the coat of arms Great families wear their coat of arms on the dress, or on the door of the coach, or on the j helmet when they go out to battle, or on flags and ensigns. The heraldic sign Is sometimes a lion, or a dragon, or an eagle. Our coat of arms worn right over the heart hereafter ."hall be a cross, u lamb standing under it, and a dove flying over It. Grandest of all escutcheons! Most significant of all family "coats of arms.* In every battle I must have it blazing on my flag—the dove, the cross, the lamb: and when I lag— t ____________________ i wrap me in that good old Christian flag, . j that the family coat of arms shall be right over , Ashamed of Jesus:—that dear Friend, On whom my hopes of life depend: No! when l blush be this my shame— That 1 no more revere his name. Next I speak of tjie trouble come to .... - .. family sorrows If to one member of the family, all feel it. It is the custom, after the body is lowered into the grave, for all the relatives to tome to the verge of the grave and look down that the family coat of arms shall be right over , my breast, that all the world may see that 1 S ÂÂÂtSÆ which taketh away the sin of the world intoit. First those nearest the departed come, those next of kin, until they have all looked ■ * • --- j _________ w _ a8 the heir looms of our royal family. 1 he morning breaks from the Ku*t j The mists travel uphill alove hill, mountain into the grave. So, when trouble and grief go down through the heart of one member of the family, they go down through them all. The sadness of one is the sadness of all. A company or persons join hands around un electric battery: th' 1 two persons at the ends of the line touch the battery, and all the circle feels the shock. Thus, by reason of th«? filial, maternal, and paternal relations of life, we stand so close together that , when trouble sets its battery, all feel the thrill j of distress. In the great Christian family, the ; sorrow of one ought to be the sorrow of all. Is one persecuted? All are persecuted. Dot's one i suffer loss? Wo all suffer loss. Is one bo- 1 reared? Wc are all bereaved. Their streaming eyes together flow For human guilt and mortal woe. If you rejoice at another's misfortune, vou ! are not one of the sheep, but one of the gouts: and the vulture of sin hath alighted on your , soul, and not the Dove of th«» Spirit. Next I notice the family property. After a man of large estate dies, the relatives assemble to hear th«* will read. So much of his property is willed to his sons, and so much to his daugh ters, and so much to benevolent societies. < iur ; Lord Jesus hath died, and we are asseml led %i-day to hear the will read He says: "My . pen je I give unto you." Through his apostle l;'e says: "All are yours." What: everything? Yes. everything' This world and the next, in! distinguished families there are old pictures hanging on the wall. They are called the - heir- ; loom* of the estate. They are very old. and j have come down from generation to generation. ' So I look down upon all the beauties of the if ! I I ; 1 : i ! ! , , ! i : j i I i ' • ! I above mountain, until sky lost. The forests are fullof chirp, and buzz, and song. Tree s leaf j and bird s> «Ing flutter with pïjdnesV.'Vom'y' ' nin , l<el ''\ in 'he " n<l teak uvainst the hark, »ml squirrels rhutterlnR on the rail, and the squirrels chut ter tint on the raB. and the rail or the huwk out ot a clear skv, make vou feel triad. The sun. which kindles conflagra tions amont; the mstU-s of cloud, and sets minaret and dome aflame stoops to paint the lily white, anil the huitcr-cup yellow, and the forget-me-not lit tie Whnt can resist the sun- Light for the voyage over the deep' Light tor the shepherd guard for the poor ght for the down ing the flocks ntieidi Light who have no lamps tohur*' uigl Cast »nd the lowly ' Light for aching eye« Mid burning brain »ml wasteil captive! Light for the smooth l>t«w of ch Do hood, ami foe the dim vision of tlie odog«-n»rian ! Light few Queen's coronet,nndforscwlnggiri sneedie: Let there be light' Whose morning is this? My morn ing. Voor morning Our father pave us the r leture »nd hong it on t he sky in loops of Are l is the heh-loom of our family. Ami so the night It Is the full tnoon The mists from »here to shore gleam likcshattcrcdmirrors: and I the ocean, iindor ber glance, comes up with i .. ------up with FT -ut taies. panting upon the beach XniiFlttiB as )t were, learn and tire. The puor man tilesses kind for throwing such u •cheap lie«'through the broken window-rane Into hts cabin, and to the s.ek H seems a light from the other »höre which bounds this great deep of human pain and woe If the sun seem like » song lull and poured Trom tanzen Instru ments that hit heaven and earth with great harmonies, the tnocn Is plaintive and mild,stand ing beneath'the throne of God. sending up her nott.Mweci voice of praise, while tne stars listen, and the sea No mother ever more sweetly guarded the slok-cradle than nil night long this pale Watcher of the skv bends over •he weary, heartsick, slumbering earth Whose Is this black framed, black tasseled picture of the olght- It la the heir loom of .»ur fatnilv Orrs. the grandeur of the spring, the crystal« of the snow, the coral ot the beach, the odors of the garden, the harmonies of the air You cannot see a large estate (none mornui* You must take several walks arouud it. Xhe family property of this royal nouse of Jesus is ■o great lhat we must take several walks to get any idea of its extent Let the first walk bo around this earth. All these valleys, the har vests that wave In them, and the cattle that pasture them—all these mountains, and the precious things hidden beneath them, and the crown of glacier they east at the feet.of the Alpine hurricane—all these lakes, these Is lands, these continents, are ours. In the second walk, go among the street-lamps of heaven, and see stretching off on every side a wilderness of worlds. For us they shine For us thev sang at a Saviour's nativity For us they will wheel into line, and with their flaming torches add to the splendor of our triumph on the day tor which all other days were made In the third walk, go around thé Eternal City ' As we come near ». hark to the tush of Itsil chariots, and the wedding-pcai of its cm«™ towers. The bell cf heaven has struck lu 1 Is high noon. \V< look off upon the chaplet which never fade the eyes that never weep th* temples that uever close .he loved one it never can to canter* s until vc can no *ong< r ryes, and exclaim r eiir heard, neither Yj irt of man. the thine rod for them tnat lov hav * nerer all» } ...... un that never : razr, and wc hide j Eye hath not seen, re entered into the ' hich liod hiilhpre , .. ,,mivp u) rrtreot. und hold fust u M wr hr swrpt oft und drowned in the rmo Hons ot gludncns, und thanksgiving, and * r Whidihlnk you of the family property'' H - «» i i. r<«ii 'in honor to marri into a family ïïerfmrre « preùt weuith. The Lord, tho bridegroom of'earth upd Leuven, offers you hi* ÄS??. h ^Ä,riV.yhwe.my Mr one. ami J i ,id on« tavuiB put on th.v hand iTsiv ne ritw ôf hhi love, you will be endowed with nil the wealth of earth, und all the honors ° f Almos"everv fanulv looks hack to a home stead*- some country »lace wht re you crew u». —' hoineMeud is of interest to you. 1 tell you or the old homestead of etcr house are many mar.slot mansions, think of park, nine miles in circuit servatorv, lh.it astonish« • lerits of art. that cent Ouintrev, Conova, anti Kings anti the queers ' stately halls, or. flying ov him ted the grouse But of D ukrs.ttmi Brin to tlu* fam , lim - as tiÄSS . In m.v Finite tVh.cn wc talk of atsvvorth, anil its inference, mid Its con* s the world: Its g.il icn the triumphs of Thorw uldsen • of the vho hate walked it* or the heather, have all the dwelling places and Queens.arc as noth nsionthat I- already await ing our arrival. ' '1 lie hand of the Lord Jtsus lifted the pillars, unit swung the doors, and plante» the parks Anales walk there, amt the good of all apes The poorest man in the house is a millionaire, and the lowliest a King,and the tamest word he speaks is an anthem, and the shortest life an eternity. It took a Paxton to build for Ohatsworth a covering for the wonderful flower. Victor» Kepia. live feet in diameter. But our lily of the valley shall need no shelter from the blast, arid in the open gardens of God shall put forth its full bloom, and all heaven shull come to look at it. and its aromu shall be as though the cher ubim had swung before the throne a thousand censers. 1 have not seen It yet. I am in a for eign land. But mv father is watting for mo to .. - » -•----and slsti come home. 1 have brothers i « rs there. . ----- ------ ----- --------- .. . . Samuel Rutherford, and John Milton, and the _______ o „ f _____ and, although you may be forty-five years of acre, act as though vou were sixteen! \et me what a fine place it is. _ _ to me whether 1 am rich or poor, or whether tne world hates me or loves me. or whether I go by land or by sea. if onl y I may lift my eyes at last on the family mansion. It is not a frail house, built in a month, soon to crumble, but an old mansion which is as firm as the day it was built. Its walls are grown with the ivy of many ages, and the urns at the gate-way are a bloom with the century plants of eternity. The Queen of Sheba hath walked its halls, and Esther and Marie Antoinette, and Lady Hunt ington and Cecil, and Jeremy Taylor, and from the hospital-these last two perhaps out shining all the Kings and Queens of eternity. A family mansion means reunion. Some of your families are very much scattered. The children married, and went off to St. Louis, or Chicago, or Charleston; but perhaps once a year you come together at the old place. How you wake up the old piano that has been silent for years: (Father and mother do not play on it.) How vou bring out the old relics, and rummage the garret, and open old scrap-books, and shout, and laugh, and cry, and talk over old times age, act as though you were sixteen it is good-bye at the car-window, and at the steamboat wharf. But how win wv ate at the reunion in the old family mansion of graven? it is u good while since you parted at o tears in heaver S that: **G the door of the grave. There will be Grace, and Mary, and Martha, and Charlie, and Lizzie, and all the darlings of your household- not pale.and sick, and gasping for breath, as when you saw them last, but their eyes bright with the lustre of heaven, and their cheek roseate with the Hush of celestial summer. What clasping of hands' What embracings! What coming together of lip to lip! What tear» of joy! You say: "i thought there were no * * i." There must be. for the bible od shall wipe them away:" and S uvs that: **G '''' od shall wipe them away:" and if there were no tears there, how could he wipe them away? They cannot be tears of grief or t«*ars of disappointment. They must be tear» of gladness. Christ will come and say: "What! child of heaven, is it too much for thee? Dost thou break down under the gladnessbf this re union? Then 1 will help thee.' And, with hi» one arm around us and the other arm around our loved one, he shall bold us up in the eternal jubilee. • While I speak some of you, with broken hearts, can hardly hold your peace. You feel as if you would speak out and say : "O blessed day : sp«*ed on. Toward thee I pres» with blistered feet over the desert way. My eyes fail for their weeping. 1 faint from listening for feet that will not come, and the.sound of voices that will not speak. Speed on. O day of reunion! And then, Lord Jesus, be not angry with me after I have just once kissed thy blessed feet, I turn around to gather up fhe loiig-lost treasures of my heart. O: be not angry w ith me. One look at thee wer« heaven. But all these reunions are heaven en circling heaven, heaven overtopping heaven, heaven commingling with heaven!" 1 was at Mount Yerr.on. and went into the dining-room in which our first President enter tained the prominent men of this and other lands. It was a very interesting spot. But oh! the hanqueting-hall of the mansion of which I speak! Spread the table, spread it wide: for* a great multitude are to sit at it. From the Tree by the River gather the twelve manner of fruits for that table, Take? the clusters from the heavenly vineyards and press them into th«? golden tankards for that labl*'. On baskets carry in the Bread of which, if man «*at. he shall never hunger. Take all the shot-torn flags of earthly conquest, and entwine them among the arches. Let David come with his harp, and Gabriel with his trumpet, and Miriam with the timbrel; for the prodigals are at horn»', and the captives are free, and the Father hath invited th«? mighty of hraveu and the redeemed of earth to come and dine! MOUNTAIN BLOWN TO BITS. It Exp I ort oil With ■> Loud Knits, and tTi ter Flowe I Oat lu » Flood. Vicente Loaiza. an agent of a sewing machine company whose headquar ters are in Toluca, a correspondent from the City of Mexico to the Phila delphia Telegraph says, came to that city recently and told a most remark* ablo story. He says that he had occa sion to visit a town twenty.five leagues south of Toluca and a small mountain or high hill between the towns of Tenancingo and Tecualoya, without warning exploded with a most terrlfio report, and immediately an immense volume of wuter commenced to flow from the newly-formed crater, and in undated much of the surrounding country. The Indians fled to the hills and the church balls in the surround* I ing villages were rung violently. „.„I* ' general panic ensued. The water soon found its level and poured through a gorge 150 feet deep, and continued so to flow until the next day. when Mr. Loaiza left. The in habitants were so frightened that they would not approach the stream. Lotw iza did not take the temperature of the water, but supposes it wits hot as he saw vapor rising from it on a warm day. The volume of the water was so great that it carried away two high bridges which crossed the ravine far above water mark. The crater formed by the explosion was quite large, and rock and earth w/ét-e scattered far sad wide. Loaiza is not a scientific man. he if Inte lligent and is one of tho J ' J *" i 'lul salesmen of the com* Ich he is regarded so a »liable man. SralaFralt liaising, from fruit culture in are seen from the follo'v culture in Fresno county |160 to 400 per acre, wal ♦200 to $400. apricots, Kd prunes averago per in the vicinity of Itiversido ts per acre on oranges have ïh as fi, 20 X } j ' A tTonna'i Spirit V*«ltor an Portended. , . i i ; | j j The circumstances I nm about t„ itï wlT 3 ii ul i y Ä? ea ™ »go J; rise before me us as then. When, after the concluded, my husbaud and I the almost universal fureur re: Poshly anti vividly Peace of 7l Wa , to France. There, howeve - 'er our w u ,. derings ceased for a time; f, n - , . we arrived at tho pictures nm o'.t. '* n of D-. we were agreeably suS" to find some old friends there * W Our house was in a central siu.an, ns regarded those of our frie; U |, Uon My husband was fond of society l am still. 1 must own. though toonid to enter into its spirit as form«, a Our house was always open J ' friends, but wo were specially °" r sco them of nr evening. ?tad to Of nil our ixMi'.uintances tho »ersoa 1 win mostly drawn to was ;t ^ r , Norris, a very proity young w light-hearted and always choerfia All tho mo.it severe critic eou'd blame her for was. perhaps, an oxtretn.- Une of amusement. She was inv coiq. (n , guest. Her husband was in t.h • :i, . nv and, at the time I speak of. «a« ij? tered in Ireland. Mrs. Norris* was anxious to give hor four children» better education than their liiaiteü means could procure in England. Captain Norris had only'just left 1) to join his regiment, and had expr«,^ his wish I would "look after" his and assist her with advice or in :lny way that might be necessary. * Of all the Norris children Louis» was her father's favorite, hut h«r mother almost disliked her. I used to think Mrs. Norris was se vere to Louisa because she feared Iw being spoiled by her fathor'-t in dulgence. I afterward found that the mother's harshness caused the father's favor. One evening our small circle had as eembled as usual at my house, and dispersed about lOo'clock, Mrs. Norris being the first to leave. When mv husband and I were alone, wo chatted over the little incidents und gossip of the evening. At last I took my can die and went to my room, à front one. I had undressed, when I heard a noise at the window like hail rat tling against it Knowing that the night had been very fine, I drew back the curtain in surprise, and saw Mrs. Norris standing on tho path. The servants hail long gone to bed, so I hurriedly threw my dressing wrapper around me and ran down stairs. When 1 had opened the hul!-door, before I had time to ask a qu st.on, Mrs. Norris exclaimed: ••Oh! I fear something dreadful has hnppened to Charles!" ••Why do you think so?" I said; ••have you heard anything of him?" ••No!" she answered; "1 have not heard of or from him lately; ye', as you know, I was not uneasy about him. and was quite happy and cheerful with you this evening. I left you early to go to my children; they were ail asleep: I went to bed directly, but yt about ten minutes aft 'r. by the light of the night lamp: I saw my ltu«band standing by my bedside; he had a fear ful gash in his throat, from which the blood was pouring. He spoke to ma und said: •• 'Farewell! Be kind to poor I.oa!' '•In a moment he disappeared. When I could collect my thoughts I dressed and came to you, my dear friend, to tell you that I fear some thing dreadful has happened to my husband, and 1 must go to him Will you look after my children till my re turn?" Traveling in those days was n most disagreeable process. I. tlmrefore. tried to persuade Mrs. Norris t lia. she had only dreamed ol her husban I I saw it was useless try ing 1 1 d» Bunde her, so I now hurr.-tDy circs»«! and helped her preparations for de parture. promising to lie a mother to her children in her absence. She traveled post to tho nearest port, thence sailed to England, and proceeded immediately to her hus band's quarters in Ireland. She was the only inside passenger by the coach, and to beguile her s»d thoughts bought a newspaper at the first town where they stopped to change horses. At the next stoppage the guard found my poor friend sense less. She had found in the paper an account Of the death of Capt. Norris by suicide at the very moment she had seen hu apparation. When Mrs. Norris returned to her children, and had in sonio degree re covered from this awful shock. »»<■ spoke with calmness of what she «m« her "last interview" with her hus' band.— N. Y. News. marriage Fair». The marriage fair, the institution o which dates from time imm mon»' is still held annually in Brittany In pursuance of the singular custom. the marriageable girls with ado*! from that and neighboring vi . dressed in their best finery. clim . the parapet of the bridge, on they sit in rows. One shows » waist; another allows a pretty and ankle to peep out from under dress; a third bares a shapely while a fourth exhibits a *" rM ' long hair. The eager youths advance along the footway 0 bridge and examine tho eligib'9 f this one curling an incipient tache, that one throwing thick locks, and others, again ing to show off their upright be • When roe of them fancies " ne hiJ girls ha Jteps up to her and off hand to help her to alight parapet If he is to her to * takes the proffered hand. jemP. ^ and negotiations at once iwgin- ^ the parents standing by. « n * ^ inquiries turn out satisfactory ^ •idea the young eouplcs » tr * - is other's open hand, and too concluded. —Sat. Evening I üa -