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WEDNESDAY. MAY 9, 183.
Sunday !cliouI Lesson Soles.
Br RET. J. O. SHEBBL'BM.
Marie. Herod acd Peter.-Acte IS: 1-17.
While the grspel was spreading rapidly
throughout the world, and gentile nation
were gladly receiving the word, the old
s,pir;t of opposition began to burst out
sifte-sh in Judea.
This time it seemed to arise, not from
the hostility of the Jewish leaders, but
rather flora the state officials. Before,
the persecutions had always been headed
by the chief priests and rulers of the jews.
Herod now appears as the leader. Bat a
little study shows us that after all the real
genesis of the opposition is now the same.
Hercd, indeed "stretched forth his hands
to Vex;" an expression which signifies
that he began to persecute; but when be
saw that it pleased the Jews, he became
more bold and heartless. The moral
support cf the people he governed was
the chief spur to bis disposition, naturally
cniel. This Herod was grandson to Her
od the great, and the father of Agnppa,
who is mentioned in Acts 26tb. He was
born in Idunau, the ancient land ofMoab,
but was educated, as a Roman, at Rome.
He was a man given to luxury and exces
ses, but witbal much attached to the Jew
ish religion; and is said lo have been
constant in offering the sacrifices required
by the Jewish law. He did much to
introduce the luxuries and vices of the
Uoaian court among the Jews. Having
killed James one of the three chosen
le tiers among the disciples, he proceeded
further to arrest Teter. But as it wonld
Le a defilement to put him to death during
the Passover week, he kept him under
guard until after the Passrver. (It is tain
now -.hit there is no reason for using the
word -En or'1 which we have in our
W-r-ion )
Peter was evidently guarded very close!)
the king being determined to take his life,
but, iu opposition to this determination,
prayer was mule without ceasing to God
for him. Prayer has often rendered
powerless the design of wicked men.
In this ciose confinement, probably
chained to a soldier on either side, ano
with the prospect of death before him ;
Piter sleeps in peace. He has put his case
into God's h inds ; and will not God care
for his own? Tbe matter would soon be
settled. This the disciples knew. When
the fea-t was over there would be no hin
dranee to the execution of Peter. Thai
nijilit would decide whether Peter should
live and serve the church and the world,
or be ciueliy slain. S the night was
spen in prayer. And in tbe presence of
the King Eternal il was known what was
K ni Herod's purpose. Prayer availed
ami in the silence of the night an angel,
swift and string was commissioned to
dehvei tbe king's s rrant.
Xuw what arc chains and bars ard
massive wal'g and gates? God undertakes,
lie who gives the iron its cobesiveness
and the walls their strength and the sol
diets the power to watcb, he can withdraw
his gift at any time. The angel came to
the sleeping Peter and with a blow rpon
his si le ar;used him. As he awoke, he
found his chains were loosed. The hea
venly deliverer, thoughtful for the com
fort t f the one he came to succor, com
m inds Peter to put on his clothing and
ailj ist his sandals. God always gives time
lo do work thoroughly. Iu the light which
came with the angel Peter had no difficul
ty in finding his garments and sandals,
and was soon ready to go forth with his
shining attendant. Peter was yet in a
slate of great mental corfusion. Was all
this real? or was it a dream? They pass
t ie guards unchallenged, and the massive
door of the prison yard opens of its own
accord to let them pass.
After they had passed thronghone street,
to a point where Peter would know the
location, the angel left him. God plans
that his people shall do for themselves
wh it they can do, rather than be depen
dent on angels. When alone Peter reflect
ed. The matter was plain. God had
brought him cut. There he was on a
familiar street, the pavement underneath
him was real, and the sky above him was
the old familiar sky of Judea. Involun
tarily he says to himself. "Now I know of a
surci."
Reflecting a moment, Peter decides to
go the house cf Mary the mother of John.
From other scripture we learn that this
woman was a sister of Barnabus, and thus
quite naturally a leader among the
believers. Peter found many gathered
at this house spending the night in prayer.
He knocked at the outer door, at the end
of the hall that led to the street, in the
eastern house. A maid was sent to inquire
who was seeking entrance, and at once
she recognized the Voice of Peter. He had
without doubt often been a guest theie
before.
In her joy at hearing Peter speak, she
forgot ber office, and ran in to tell the
assimblid company that Peter stood
w.thout seeking admission. At this
annonnommt the practical faitdlcssness
of the company was revealed; none conic
be neve that their prayers had been tbos
answered, and in their positiveness ot
disbc.ief they accused the maid of having
lost her senses, and when reassured that
she had indeed heaid hit voice they de
clared il was bis angel. It is a little diffi.
cu t for us to understand Ibis expression.
They did not mean his ghost, as we some
times say, hut among the Jews there was
a disbelief that tvery person had his own
attendant angel.
At length tney respond to Peter'f con
tinued knocking, an J behold ft is he
indeei-.l
Wih so no difficulty he quieted the
confusion and t.mult cccasiontd by hit
unexpected nppearance, and declared to
ttetii bow Gu4 had T:iltd him and broaahi
him out of pri.'on.
God had now delivered h's servant by
his might, and henceforth P'ter writ t.
exercise care and prudence lest he f.il1
agitin into the hands of bis enemies. St
having sent word of hU deliverance to th
apostles, he bo took himself to a pi ice el
safety. God always delivers those whi
cry unto him, bat be often requires thf-n:
to flee from danger when once delivfred.
Report
Of tbe committee of reference on mat ten
pertaining to the Burlington district qaes
Mr. PreeUIcnt, aoJ Brothe of the Coofi-Tenrc:
Ynar committee, to whom w.i re fen el the
mfiixii ial ol the Irov annn.tl f oulei enee. l-kin.
Ui apoiniaieot ot u Cuiumiasion ou bo .D'jai 'ei ot
ttie i art of iiii- cuoteriMit'c to meet a nice coiim.1
sn n "I lb t conioience, to ci snit-r iUm itu jn-t
m lit 01 iM'QDtJaiy linc, ami tilt rtt lutmo 0it n
by J- -I. voe 'Jr-sinin tutpc?iDlaiM:b coin i.isi-n
tifcili r with ibt: memo- una hum ibe cidrtj t
hml)i'2ton Disfric, have cjreiullv, can-ii-lij- xn'
pra e' lnlly consnfered the atue; bvu 1 -tei e-1 tu
tne repieaeiitutkm ol the laymen ot U-i- liritn.
1 1 tit i ii:t, who have appeal el beloie Un conl'eit nee
to et;tte their views in the case; aol have av nlci
ouroeive! ot eucb a'lliuoDal means of ir-toun ii n
a aie at hand to I.iciliuu ao latelUcai tepuu
concerning the matter.
That Hie resiwrtstbilfty now nnon the Vtjrmr.ni
cortetenee i i?rave ant serious, aol the r.ceo ot a
ntit Uectaica ot tbe tiigtieat iiiiiJOtunce, u ei lent
to hll.
We rrfer. therefore, to facu as the basis of onr
recomroemJaih n m ibii report an J rcapecilQli')
eutHiiitthe lollowing:
H uekeas It huA been stated in the public
pre, pqiJ in debate upon tbn contVrecce tloi
that tne former union of the BarliQ'oo iiinc'
who the Vermont conference from lsfi" to i: S
li a-troas to that district; while the offi-ial etali
tics enow tbe contrary to Ue tine in relation to the
epmtujl, nuinencnl j daancial con iinoQ iu
&s compared with lgol;
A sit rt utitEJii It it assumed lhat the feeling of
opposition to tbe present union of Burlington dis
trict wah the Verroont conieter.ee U so intense
that the fnture prosperity harmony and Bpimu.ii
good of the chorea is hopelessly jm periled it the
union be continued; whue tbid absumpticn is r
luted by the present condition ol the St. Albans
district, once in a like condition of iiievausdiciin
tent but now in a cordial, loyal and unquestioned
sympathy with tbe Vermont conference;
And WnEREAS It is assumed ihit the people
of the Uuriinton district are afflicted by the
BUDderinfr of tender ties and tbe breaking of
sacred bond of attach meat by this iransfei ; while
sucQ asauuiit)on u utterly without subaunuation,
and all Methcnlietic niatory, obe--vauon a d ex
perience unite to Bbow that neither geographical.
ecclesiastical, social or political lines, bounaa or
carriers, imaginary or reai, m tne cnureu or to me
world have any power lo dirjoiut the Iraiermty ol
our conneclional Metbodiem;
and Wherkas it has been asumed asa'n ind
again, id the public pres, includ n hot only the
secuia' pipe re oi tots siaie uni ai?o toe paijcrs oi
onr own church, oiliciai. serui-oilici.il ;n I non
official. by contnhutois of anonvmous and known
classes wriiers re-iionsibie a;id by writers i r res
pontio e and even b editorial writers la lu.i c
Jiflt periodicals, as wen a by members ot nits
conference on this fl-ior, that the transter of IJ-ir-
Itnirton district to ihia conteience tn wis
e fleeted by a vote of .U to li) in ihe loundai y com- i
mittee ol ninety tire im-tnuers . when the Tict- ot
the ease aie that the request ol lb-: Veitrmnt
conieience fur the traiisier of that distuct was I
CJnvaBseo, debbe'-ated and debattd Ijetore ihe
btUDiary cniniirtee n tbe uenerai I'onferenoe I r
to ilays wuh a lull aittD'ijucc ot tuat commit Ue, I
and Qnjliy cxled bv a vt in favor ot the tran-1
ii so oTerwrelmina thst no one questioned it or
a ked iui a cotitn. hikI that duunv the closing days
f tne bessn n 'f ihat general contertnee, and at
the lat ces-ioo uf the boundary comnoittee a
eeonideiaiioo was gi anted for a half hour unarm c
leuiimg in a leatfit matit.n oi tne transfer, by a
vote of one in ;'jo 1 1 y , and thin the micb qaote'1,
much atlveriiaed ana much misapprehended vote
ol to to 19;
a so heseas It Is statctl in print and in
debate thai the method ued to secure Ibis
irnier wei e "tiue.-tionabk" and ' untatr," and
ae otherwise naujtd as discreditable and d.-zr;iro-1
Ml ; wtiilt? not one at or one xorted induence has ;
been named m specification ot these charge?, and t
no person baa yet been found to state bet'otei
witnesfesor over his signature that be knows u'
io be true 'bat any method, plan or system I
oieraiion was ued for this purpose in any deite
remuvt't tiotn an upright Christian course in lull
accoid w tr open integi ity and 0 d pietv ;
Amd Whekkas Notwitustandin-; ad oi ihr-e
roisappreheQiunts of tbe tiulh. a'l tt e?e grave
imi uutions ol motive, fall this sirane oii.-un kr
uu ing oi the mm K uf 'he issue, and ail t fit
unaccountable ermrs ol ju tgnient and of niroim i
tioo.yet the Vermont cm.ieit nee, as a bo-iy, an-i
us memlrs, as individual minittera cf the Lord
Jesus, have no desire to express, no pbin t"
TtaUlCatC, tiC'i no pur(mft lo iaacnmili.ri in tl.e
union ot UurlmOiD district with ibu cuofetem e,
rut to proinive the common propenty and
efliciency ol Veimoat Mttiiodum as au tvjngel ot
the son ottio 1;
And Whereas We are persuaded th.u it is for
the good oi the church at huge in Veimont, as w- H
in Burlington district as tlsewtiete, tb.it our
Methodism Lea uuit in the state org.tni itmn,
that it may go on to pet lection, as an evangeiiZ'nf
rod ik rice, and that our state -leihodi-m, wnii ii
gitve Elijah- Hedding to the Episcopacy, Wilbm
tla.k tome oainary tmuiety, Martin Kuter to
r isk io toe cause ot christian eiucaiion, L,auan
ecclesiastical history and Mephen oim to our j
annalbot pulnt oratory, wnb many oiheta in.
f imer days and io t ia fj-neratioo, to prat.d 1
actiicreoients ol' triumphant latth in the Ma-iei'i '
wbibiibdi our etate Wtthodism, wuh suti aj
iecoid iil patt uflijlnps, tuay be PUnittlaifd to
it twt ai d tinned iff.ti to tiuiro aud pw,
Vemiint for the K'cpdom of the King oi K'n; !
.r rW'rV XTl I
cimii.able coDstruciion, a lamentable unoiare-'
ou me pait ol ihn.e woo miuie ue pew.i nt
iscue. aul call for coirectioo br tile imblicat oi. ;
ur the i. nth;
and Wukkeas we humbly ileire tfi trc.it
Uie iHOfifciuoa uf the 1 ro? iir.nual toDteiLutt i
witli Uw iod.io cenaiai coat-.:
and WHhKEAS He btiievo iti. i we necii
notbiog lor me vindications ol' our Kilion on
ihe boundary iaae( and tor ihe substun uln-n
"t Ihe ri. nieuusnesa ol our alu iation wuh Ihe
Btl' linjrtoD district, so much 14 we net d 10 bur.
Imbl upoD tne truth and tiulb. brought to the
llbt; uierel'ore,
ijwed. That 8o!mu..'h of th marti! of the TrT
annual i-oulerellre a relates to tba ai t:nttueut ot a
rommisBiou on the part ot this roufertti.'e to inert tue
eommlMiou nauied as !oluted Dy tliat confereuce
be irrauted.
RtM'' i. Thlt In this derision we seek the fullest
eifjeiti.-n ot all trutu beantur uoou tie 1 endiu issue
Ld to afford au opportunity for the relation ot at.y
facta subui.ti4ted by rooipeteni testimony, which
txave come to tbe knowledge of parties iu interest.
Bwtvni. That .1. D. Bemn. P. S Cfraner. H. A.
Speurer. K. llorvan and J- R bartlett be, and they
berebj are appointed cotrtnissionera ou bouaderics
as provided in para-rraph .i of the Discipline, to meet
the said commission from tne Troy conference at surh
place and at such time during the eusomir conference
year as may meet the mutual convenience of both
commissions, to receive whatever information uiou
the pending issue may be available
X. f. FsoiT, Secretary.
Wealth anb llEASXEj'. I tell you
that, in nine case, oat of ten, great
acquired wealth lifts up in monumental
testimony the meanness of its posessor. I
knew two neighbors, old Californians,
who had about equal fortunes. They were
both old settlers, both rich and both much
respected. In that fearful year, 1852,
when the dying and destitute emigrants
literally crawled on hands and knees over
the Sierra trying to reach tbe settlements,
one of these men drove all bis cattle up to
tbe mountains, butchered them, and fed
the starving. He had his Mexicans p.ick
all bis mules with Hour, which at that
lime cost almost its weight in gold, and
push on night and day over the mountains
to meet the strangers there and feed them,
so that they might have strength to reach
his bouse, where they could have shelter
and rest. The oiher man, cold and cau
tious, saw bis opportunity and embraced
it. lie sat at borne and sold all bis wheat
and mules snd meat, and, witb the vast
opporiunitiFs for taming money to
account in that new county, soon became
almost a prince in fortune. But bis gen
erous neighbor diid a beggar in Idaho,
where be bad gone to try and make
another fortune. He literally bad not
money enough to buy a shroud ; and, as
De died among strangers, by tbe roadside,
he was buried without even so much as a
pine board Ccffin I saw his grave there
only last ysar. Some one bad set np a
rough granite stone at tbe bead. And that
was ail No name not even a letter or a
date. Nothing. But that bowlder was
fashioned by iho band of Almighty God.
and in tbe little seams and dots and mo?sy
-cars that cover it, be can read the rubric
that chronicles the secret virtues of this
lone dead man on tbe snowy ruour tiiins ot
Idabo. The children of tbe "prince" are
in Paris. Upheld by bis colossal wealth,
their lives seem to embrace the universal
world. He is my friend. He buys all my
books and reads every line I write. When
be comes to this sketch he will understand
it. And he ought to understand, too, that
all the respect, and admiration, and love
which the new land once, gave these two
men. gathers around and is buried beneath
that mossgrown granite stone; and that I
know, even with all this show of splendor,
that bis heart is as cold and empty as lhat
dead man s band. Joaquin Mt.Ur in California.
A Hero of 1 he Floods
Nowhere throughout the ove Howe
river l-o'.'iotui of the we at did th ilvu-t
ic2 tltioda of 1831 Co mo upon the pfopl
uh tucb caUniitrU4 swiftness, or covh
he cuuntiy to suuli dt-pths, as in tin
v:illey of the fur reaching and snow feO
Misrouri. I-cng and bitterly remembered
v hundreds, whose homes were swept
tway with ecarcH a moment's warning,
will be the icy uveifluw of that calamitous
season.
From all its nnmerous tributaries, from
he trickling ril's of the snowcaipd
'uoaniaina to the bro;d and slofrgish river
liHtte. thebndsof ice, suddenly loosed,
et forth watery torren's to swell the
mightier river till it pouted down to the
Mississippi with a destine ive haste that
t td t.evtr U'tn witnessed before.
M my a tired farmer who went to his
rvt af'er a bard dajN wort, and dreamed
for :t time, pen bance, of growing crop
ind uhundant harvcxt as the result of his
ahors, itrue to litid his farm a watery
wue, thp angry river already at his veiy
door, and his live stock wading and swim
ming distractedly about amid fliating
mnssi-s of icr, brushwood, and the debris
of other inundated farms above. In vain
he sought to snve his hore-, bis cattle, or
his household goods: it was often all he
uonM do to save his wife and little ones.
L'u-in a broad and well cultivated farm
on the Nebraska side of the Missouri,
there lived a f.tmily named Wilson, in a
frume house th;t s oo 1 in a grove oi large
but scatteted trees near the bank of the
gtrearn.
Cultivated fields and well fenctd stock
pastures ex ended back across the inter
vale. The soil was dark and extremely
fertile, the land lyia but little above
i7:it"r mark, on which account the ,
spring ires:nits always citi'ea mi. v iisoo
'considerable uneasiness. The oldest set
tiers thereabouts, however, hid never
known this tract to be entirely covered;
and this, with Mr. Wilson's own experi
ence, had, as the Tears went by, consider,
ably lessened his first misgivings.
Tbprefore the great fl od of 181 found
Mr. Wilson whohy unprepared, and, at
the time of its corning, both ho and his
wif w re absent frtjm home They had
felt a lutle reluctant about leaving home,
as the river was swollen nearly to the
high water mat k, but urgent business
compelled them to ride to the nearest
railroad town, some thirteen miles away,
from which they intended lo return on the
day following.
Mis. WiUon carried her youngest child,
and there renamed at home, Henry, a lad
of fif een, and two little daughters aged
t n at d six year?, with the hired man,
R-i.lo'ph.
Kudo "ph. had relatives living two oi
three miles back from the river, and wtint
the chj es were done at night, he lft the
house, telling Henry that he was gomg
over to see his "folks," and would be back
at ten o'clock.
The hoj and his sisters had been left
alone of an evening before. They were
not afraid, and went to bed by nijeo'clock,
to sleep soundly, as such children will.
When the boy awoke in the morning,
he found the sun erpmg in at his
window, and leap ng "U' of bed, he called
to IiUdolph, :'S h's fa' her was in the habit
of itning. But Ru.iolpU did r.oi anwer.
'Kdrfe mint he up and duing he
chores," thcUiiht Henry; and then, rak
ing a'.rud, to said, 'Vnat a tremendous
roaring the river makes this morning. It
sound us if it was till around os."
Gjcdness! I b'litve it is,M he added
after listt-ning a moment; ami ihtn h
inn to the window to look.
S out or hrta titan his might hiVt
on died at the scene which met bis eyes.
; Evert where was wa er a tuibid, hhick,
lumul'.uous flood dashing up agiinst the
! trubks of ihrt great trees, d Hiding the
j s'ock yard fence completely out of sight
I-og?, hoards, ard great cold looking
'cak'S of white ice, even the bodies ol
toad cattle, were swept funouslv rn.
i ue neuu. on.y tue ueaas ami norns oi
some of their own cattle could ie seen
( re r i .t. a the creatures swam tn
,n e ,,IjU L1'e-- uie trtaturts sara to
ani fro.
fkirc down in frichtened awe from
I,. a . , . , .
opn window, the lad saw that the
. t.vii;', fuiiei ing current had already
f""1 lh" f"nda.ion of tbe hH,r,
wbicti s'ctxl consineiaoly nigber thn the
cuUie yar.ls. nnii th.it tbe doorsteps below
. f
whb undiT w.iter.
as the iliu jier of the situation dawnfd
.... i .1. " i. ji. .. ..m :
" ":c '' " ' l"ul r .
111.il ngun he shouted to Itudolpb; bai
ihere w.n no retpor.se save the ru?h and
roar of the river.
Thin he ran to the room of little
Jei.nle and Iz ih, who had already been
awakened by his shout. Wi h irigbtened
sohs 1 he children clung to their brother,
scai cely daring to look out upon the fear
ful stei.e about them. "Where is Ru
dolph? Where i3 Hudolpb?" they sobbed.
Henry soothed them as best he could,
and leaving them at the head of the
s airway, he went below to see how high
the waier had risen.
To bis increased alarm he found that
the kitchen floor was already covered, and
ihe muddy wa er was pouring in through
the cracks about the door. It was rising
fast, had risen even since he looked
upon it.
Then for a few moments the boy's
courage almost deserted him; he trem
bled violently, and the tears came into
his eyes. " O father! mother! why ain't
yon here?'' he cried out.
Then the crash of a huge ice cake
against the doer aroused him-
Voung as he was, he realied that ihe
house mut foon be swept away if the
water continued lo rise, and almost fiercely
wiping away his tears, be tried to think ot
some tueans by which he might save his
little sisters and himstlf.
Through tbe kitchen window he saw
the trunk of the great elm beneath which
s'ood the giindstone, only a few feet from
the broad doorstep, a huge tree, four or
live ftet in diameter. The waters were
dashing against its massive trunk; that,
as least, seemed proof against their
utmost stiengtb.
"The old t!ai! The old elm!" he cried
"If we could oily get up among the big
limbs!'' And then he formed his heroic
plan, and proceeded to put it into execu
tion The elm had great out'tretching
branches, one of the largest of which
extended across the kitchen roof, which
was nearly flit and easy of acces from a
window in the second story of tbe house
Henry bad often climbed out there and
mounted the branch, from which he could
ascend nearly to the top of the tree, a
dizzy height, however, which he seldom
attempted.
"Tne flood can't dig the old elm out,"
he thought. "It's stood there to long. '
But lutle Izih and Jennie! be leared
for them. It was as much as he himself
dared to do to climb the tree, and be
teared the little girls would grow dizzy
and fall into the rushing waters beneath.
The brave boy thought of all this, and
solved tbe problem in a manner that
speaks well both for his courage and bis
invention.
Wading through th water on the
kitchen Boor, he reached the woodshed
n I there procured his mother's clothes
line, a!o a coil of larger ropo ind an old
door, besides a number of loose boards
which stood in a coiner. Carrying these
up s airs, where the little girls stood
ctyinft and calling for "papa and mamma,'
he rut them out on tbe kitchen roof.
"S:op crying, girls,'' he exclaimed,
cheerily; "stop crying. Fa and ma will
be here as soon as they can get a boat,
and 1 11 take care of you till they come.
We're going to get up in the b'g elm and
miiI.I us a house np there and lake up
'Cu ils. The water will never take that
lit iree away, and wo can live up tbcro
i 1st Ike squirrels."
Thti 1 nrgetic lad n'iw sped about the
li use to complete his preparations f r
1 heir strange change of abode. Kv n
utile J. n' ie, Ihe yonrgest sUter, caug'
miiHlungof discourage; and both girl
r n about, helping in whatever wi y they
a iuie loaves of bread, a bucket ofiloiigh
nuts, together with dried beef, a smoked
ham and several woolen blanke's w re
laid out on the kitchen roof. Then Henrv
ixiund the c'o' lies line about bis waist and
uiimbed on the great branch, antl hence
up the larue limbs above, to a height
some twenty feet above tbe ru-birg a
ters.
Selecting a spot where two limbs
branched tff parallel with euch nlhrr, he
now lowered one end of his rope to bis
-isieis for the old door anil hoaids
Before climbing up he bad instructed
i hem what to do and how to do i; unJ in
1 very short time the boards, tbe door, und
other coils of tope were I a tiled up one
after, another and securely ia-lencd.
ihe door and boards were then ol'eed
on the parallel branches and lied with the
rope, ana In this manner a small tlor
or platform, six Of eight feet square, was
la d. Urge enough for all three to sit or
lie on.
It did not take long now to draw up the
food and blankets, but there still ren.aiued
for the I .d the harder and more perilous
tack of hoisting op the little girls to his
airy platform.
lie Uao reserved tne longest ana strong
est rope for this purpose, and looping it
L tbe middle over the limb and letting
the two enda fall to the roof, he defended
and tied an end lirmly beneath the arms
cf hotli Izah and Jennie in turn.
To climb back to the old posi'ion was
but the work of a moment. Then came
the real work. Izih was a plump little
girl, and Jennie was still heavier, though
not so old. They were frightened, and
screamed considerably, . but he hauled
them safely on lo the platform.
Meanwhile the wild rushing waters
were steadily rising, and now nearly
reached the kitchen window-sill. Sail
larger cakes of ice were driving ponder
ously along among the trees; occasion
ally one ground against the elm, giving
it a heavy, jarring bump, or struck the
walls of tbe Uouse with a force that made
the timbers crack.
1'be little girls trembled with fear, and
now that the exeiteuii ut of climbing into
'he tiee was over, despair again seized
upon item. In vain Henry tried to q del
their fiars. Great sobs would well uo it.
-pi e of their childish, 1 ti nts tn be brave.
I; was in truth an app .lung situation.
Fiscr poured the ever-rising tl iod; and
now the ice cakes and great drift logs
ere sma-bing in the lower windows
Nothing was left of the stock yards, shed,
and harn; but here abd there some of the
wretched c.ttle still kept their beads
above water; and more disheartening
than untthingelse were tbe poor cieatures
mournful lowiogs. There was uo hope loi
ini ru Their drowning was but a question
o: an hour or two; every thing was going
down beneath the black, rolling current.
And well might the children feel thankfu
it even the great elm withstood the bat
teriog of tiie ponderous ice cakes which
came grinding in among the scattered
trees of the grovo.
Henry's heart almost failed hini It re
q iuedthe best efforts to keep from break ing
completely down, and giving way to his
uiolji und grief, but, mastering these
tem ra at length, he earnestly set to work
in n, nke everything secure. Ue left, to
1 hi hr uiioni io save the bedding and tin
mo t valuable of the household furniture
for he saw that it might be buns
u;on the liiubsof the elm, if only he ha
dar d descend after it in;o the shattered"
and rocking building.
But the creaking and groaning of the
timbers commingling with the lioarsr
gurglings of the water.a ppalled him. The
house seemed on the poiut of being swept
away, and saoly he watched it heave and
sway as each fresh, heavy mass of ice
time plunging against it.
Fearing to trust his little sisters up on
the frail platform unsuppoiled, be tied
them sreurely to the 1 m is above, leaving
the ropes slack enongh to allow of theii
moving about. Once fir a moment he
almost ma le them smile by calling them
his 'little ponies picketed out to grass ' He
tried totell them stories, and kept courage
in their little hearts hy the assurance that
"pa and ma" would soon come and take
them away in a big boat.
Then the hours wore on. The bouse stood
still. Out the waters crept higher, till al
noon the river ran nearly even wi;h the
top of the windows. S'.ill tbe old tree
gave no evidence of yielding and at length
tbe pangs of hunger making themselves
felt, they ate a hearty rural in spi.e of
their strange and almost desperate situa
tion. The afternoon passed. Once they
thought they beard distant shouts; but
the tops of the trees prevented them from
looking ofl' clearly. Night drew on; and
and still the house stood, wonderfully, as
it seemed to Henry.
As night closed darkly in, the little
girls cried themselves to sleep, pillowing
their heads in the lad's lap; and thus
through all that long night, never once
closing his own eyes in sleep, he sat and
bell them.
Not long afiei dark Henry heard a
terrific crash, and indistinctly saw the
bouse melt away amidst tbe mad waters
beneath bim.
When at last tbe day dawned, there
was not a familiar landmark to be seen
save the trees and many of tbe smallest
of these hid been broken down by the
masses of ice. It was a bitter awakening
for little Izih and Jennie; and It was
long before Henry could again accustom
them to the terrible dreariness of their
situation.
Bat help came shortly after daybreak.
Even before the pangs of hunger had
brought them to think of breakfast,
cheery voices were heard shouting from
the river above. The neighbors had
espied them on their platform, through
the leaness Drascnes.
It was a strange sight, and one that
would have inspired less rcsoluto hearts
to attempt their rescue. The young,
anxious faces anxiously looked out over
the dreary waters, and watched with hope
and delight the eSorts making to sare
t.foi. It was an hour that they would
never forget.
Cold and hungry, bot safe and happy,
the gallant boy and his little charges were
taken aboard a boat manned by tbe faithful
Rudolph and several other young men,
who bad worked with energy, bat in vain,
on account of the floating ice, to reach
them the day before.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were delayed
longer than tbey had expected; and not
reluming till evening of that dav. thev
f'T , UL"8. u USD8ei V.waitu '
u.o cu.r.reu uw uo Pi mi alter
I' "'" ' lu" uou" a ,
According to tha Chicago lltrald:
Ill
wu not manv vears azo lhat the h.t
American dictionary defined the familiar
word boil" as "a circumscribed subcuta
neons, inflamaiion characterized by
pointed pustular and snpperating in a
central core; a pernnotus." What was
simple and familiar was made ludicrously
complex. In the Imperial!" tbe same
word is disposed of satisfactorily as "an
Inflamed and painful suppnrallng tumor-',
I Large Akciiks Tun Seienliiii Ameri.
CoVJ.says that the. largest arcn of masonry
in the wi rid. an arch which forms pirt of
one of the mot important engineering
achievements of reeent years, is that ol
ihe acquednct by which Hie oily of Wash
is supplied with water. This b is a span
of 220 feci, i. 110 Irgli and twenly feet
wide, and forms an arc of a circle having
a radius of 13 1,245 leet. When the center
-it ff ilding wus removed, the arch (unlike
otter works of the klnrl) did not settle,
the kev-one h iving b-en set in winter
and the eer.vr s'mc'k in summer. The
other noinb V iinsourT arches of the world
are the Cheeu r arch across the river Dee.
at Chester, Kngiaud, with a spin of 200
feet; Ihe famous center inch of the new
London bridge over the Thames with a
span f 152 feet; Pont-y-Prrdd over the
Tail, in Wales, 140 feet; the hridtfn across
the Sjine. a' Neuilly, France, with five
spans eac'i l2j feet ; the nino span of the
Waterloo bridge, Lmdon, etch 1 20 feet
and the celi l.rated marble Rialto bridge
in Venice, with a !tin of ninety-eight aud
a Hull Icet.
Let no evergreen plant sutT.r for wmt
at water. Carnations, callus. ea roses
ano-Uer plants that are full (J vitior (
growth and blooming, require a ileal ol
wa;tr, and jf they are pot bound, libations
ot weak manure water will help them
consideiably. Use water of about the
same temperature us that of the room in
which tbey aie growing, and s a.. witer in
preference to well or hard water. If any
ot your plants are sickly, keep tlieui
somewhat dry and inactive.
If insec s attack your plants wa-h oil
iho H.tie posts. Fumigating wuh tobicco
smoke will kill aphides, but so fr a-
window plants are concerned, fuiu'gition,
no matter bow ooen 1' 13 ailvwetl, i.
almost impracticable. Dip the tops ol
your planis in warm water, sty ut a tt m
perature ot one hundred and t ventv 01
one hundred and twentv-tive degrees, n
little more or less, according to liie totigh
ness of the plant operated on; then with
sponge vou can easily remote anv
depredators that still S'ick to llieir prey.
Scales, thrips and spiders have to be
sashed ofl and mealy bugs brushed off.
A Choice Between- Time axd Err.u-
siiy. An ulai nj'ng increase of dyspe) si
ia both sexes is no'iced bv phvsieitns
Americans, and especial y New Yorkers.
eat too fast. llirv gu p down th'-ii
breukfis', swallow their lunch wiihout
haif misu'cating it, and are always in
hurry at dinner. And yet men wondei
why they feel so dull ami stopid, and
women marvel that they are Hi and have
such unhealthy color. A Weil known
Wall street bioknr, who lunches at Del-
munico s. t 0 opens tn3 watoh and pi .ces
it near bi p an-. He ... si ting at a suit
ble, with a mutton chop, fled po'aloes.
bread and bdtier and a glass of ale befon
mm. Make haste orou will be late,"
lid a ftiend. "I am not trtipg to ea1
is'." lie replied, stuppiug and leaning
back, as lh,ugh giail 10 lose a lea
lec.n 's; "1 ittu striving to do It slowly.
My best reconl for a lunch of this size is
ix minuies. I was proud of it. I could
pop out of my ollice, tjil up, and be back
it my rtesk inside ot a q 1 iner ol au hour.
easy: but jut as I ban gi t myselt traineo
lown 10 that point, my doctor said 1 had
aot to throw away my reputation for
celerily or get measured for a coffin
iuu see. this hurried way ot eating
ought on indigestion, and he ordered
c to sitend halt an hour every dav over
uv lunch. I sat down here at 12:20, ard
mustn't get up till 1.50. A ere&t
waste cf time, isn't il? but It is a choice
r me between time and eternitv, and 1
1111 not ready for the lat'.et jast yet."
.cM J OIK Jfal.
Tti Amuse the Children. Here is
something wirch will giie employment to
bo childien oti divs sometimes dreadej
by quite loving mothers when the schools
are out and the house is full of noise and
frolics. Get some plaster liris and water.
and provide some moulds ; these may be
borrowed horn the kitchen pudding
moulds. Mane-mange moulds, scalloped
cake tins and even plain but prettily
shaded bowls, will any and all answer
every purpose. Now set the children at
wotk; let them mix ire pli'teranu water.
nd flu the moulds. If any of the articles
they make aie of such size and shape thai
they can be hung on the will, provide
some loop of ribbon or of braid, and wher
the mould is about half lull of plaster lay
tbe end of ihe loop in and then pour more
plaster over it. When tbe plaster has
hardened the loop will be bound to be
securely fastened io, anil capable of .'us
taining the weight of the article. When
the plain bowl is used, or a deep plate, the
article moulded will resemble a plaque
and can be deeoru'ed by pasting some
bright pictures or paint some designs
on it, and, by the way, I know of nothing
that will so happily ocenpv the some
times tedious hours of a child's life when
he seems to have exhausted bis resources,
than tbe emp'oyment of a ia nt brush and
a few tubes of paint. It may also be mide
to conduce to his education in the niaiter
of color, and for I would furnish him
with a bottle of oil he may learn to be
neat, to use his oil and paints without
soiling his hands or clothes or dropping
anything on the carpet. It is conceded
that it is a mother's duty to bring up l.er
daughter to be a good wife, and so it
ought lo be eonreded lhat her son should
have seme of the training which will
prove of estimable benefit to him as ahns
band, and one of the most wished for
virmes is that of neatness. This we may
surely teach our boys.
Eating at NionT. Popularly, it is
thought injurious, but unless dinner or
supper have been late, or the stomach
disordered, it is harmless and beneficial,
if one is hungry. Invalids and the delicate
should always eat at bed time. This
seems heretical, but it is not. Animals
after eating instinctively sleep. Human
beings become drowsy alter a full meal.
Why ? Because blood is soliciied toward
the stomach to supply the ju ces needed in
digestion. Hence the brain receives less
blood than during fasting, betames pile,
and the power grows dormant. Sleep
therefore ensues. This is physiological.
The sinking sensation In s'eeplessness is
a call for food. Wakefulness often is
merely a symitom of hunger. Gratily
the desire and you fall asleep. The feeble
will be stronger ai dawn if tbey eat on
suing to bed. Fourteen hours lie between
upper and break! 1st. By that time Ihe
fuel of tbe bodv has become expended.
Consequently, the morning toilet lattgues
many. Let such eat at bed time, and take
a glass of warm milk or beef lea before
rising. Increased vigor will result. "But
tliA afnTn.ich tniut ret ' True pf wh.m
hungry we must eat.
Does the infant's
stomach rest as long as ihe
adult's? The
i.,tu.r e,u e,s often
treieiy because his
fowl requires
mora lime for digestion.
Seldom can one remain awake nntil 10:30
or 11 without hunger. Satisfy it and
slep will be souniler.
During tbe night give wakeful children
food ; sleep will lollow. The sick should
j invariably eat during the night. This -9
1 ,u,lJcr!,tlve- At night, the delicate and
children may take slowly, warm milk.
beef tea, or oat meal gruel. igorous
adults may also eat bread and milk, cold 1
:beef- mutton, chicken ard bread, raw;
oysters, all, of course, in moderation. Do
not eat if not hungry. Eat if you are.
i A "on Fhynaan. j
hpanish .Muleleers.
The harness is ropo s'rortg 11ml wel
fit'ed for its ue. The Mules are gtneial
ly harnessed two abreast though once or
twice we hid Hires in the flrst rnnk
with twia rnle.; I nn leaders are directed
by a postilion.; b; does not monnt till
they aie at the, fu 1 run. It is a point ol
pride to run at their side and tn spiihg np
when the mule is in full mo'T n. The
"chief mute," as I called him, sat on a
llmrotlgh brace, beneath my seat, which
was properly bis, nt ihe side of ihe driver
But be was not there a great deal. lit! va
ried his somewh it crumped attitude i ;,
running by the sido of the carriage nnd 01
the mule. He hail a long whip Willi
which he touched any one whom he or
th' driver thought negl'gpnt. The driv
ing. Indeed wns conducted in a sort ot
cau'-us, in which rnv adnuiuhte friend 01
the right. Up dtiver proper, this chiei
mate, whose iflL-ial n unc I ilid not know
and tbe postilion held iqcd pari
although the rat.k of cirh was firmly
maintained. I mean that there was a
running conver-ation, ail the way, as to
thesuecess and piospics ol the journey
and as to the condition nnd perfoimanci
of the mules. Ol our seat wo kept a
store of MaeAdam s'ones, wiih whicl
from time to time the diiverblt the head
or haunch, a- be chose, of a mule who
needed reminding. One driver preferred
stones as big as a peach, another had
litlle ones not bigger th in a nut.
All thcstarl'siuokcd allthetimclheycoald
pare. Si soon as we started from a post
house. tbe drivir handed me the ribbons,
and I drove for a few minutes. This was
to give him a chance to make bis cigarette.
Ue had the tobacco, all reaoy, in one
pocket anil the paper in anotfer. When
ihe cigarette was made, 1 would furnish
my match box, he would take iff bis hat
and wilb an ingeuntty which I have never
seen rivalled an) where else, he would
light the cigarette while o were in full
motion. The chief-mate would then
climb up frmu his lair below, where he
had been making his cigarette, and take
a light for it. Tfce passengers on ihe
seat above cs, did likewise, and we were
thus ready for the rest of the stage, having
occupied perhaps half or a quarter of th
line in preparation. When our end ol
the team was we I smoking, tha postilion
would jump oil the leader, run b ick and
get a light, run torward and uii.uut again
while the D.ulcJ Were at their reoiilu
pace. Not but what I have seen a positil
ion strike a runon ani 1'gnt a
cigar under the cover of his hat
bile he was in saddle t.nd 'n full motion.
Indeed one delight ot tlos chaiming da
was the feeling that at 1 i-t in my lif) 1
siw two daily "duties peri' ctly done, that
of the postilion and that ot the cmchtuan.
The amount of conversation neceessary
would st agger the belief of liici'tira read
ers. I do not remember that the mules
had separate names, hut we t ildres-ed to
Uicm a running tire of pleas-, reques s,
-uggestions, exhortations, encoun gcu-e it.',
warnings and possible animations
ihotigh of this last I am n't sure both in
Anealaleusian nnd, od.tly enough, ii,
Arabic Any language that they would
understand would answer, so it kept lliem
to their work. To say ihe truth I never
saw creatures who needed prodding less.
Thej kept on, pressed hard on the collar,
at a relentless pace, as eager to be at Ihe
post-house as we were to have them.
But, on the part of ot;r caucus as I caded
it, of three, although they all did this
thing every day of their lives, there was
lhat sort of eagerness which ytu s?e in
children going to a circus for the first
lime, as if, on that particu ar day, the
doors would be closi d earlier than usual;
as if we might find tbe bridjro down nt
Jean! or as if we were all bridegrooms
going to be married. And this was ac
companied by good nature almost ludi
crous. I do not remember !o have heard
an angry word sroken all that day.
Tbete was but one occasion, almost
critical, in Wuich a vicioti mare w is
brought out us one of the leaders. The
creature refused 10 star: so obstinately
that then bole team was once and again
ia confusion one mule was overthrown
and I confess I thought another horse
would have to be fubsutu ed for her. But
the whole council, which included the
grooms and the keeper or tbo post-house
may be a dezen personsmanaged tbe mad
creature without the slightest show of hot
temper. Yoa niylit have thought ste
was a trout who would not one, so quel
were they in their treatment of her, yet
o determined. When she did start the
postilion ran by her side a mile before
the wild creature would give him any
chance to get on. All which he took more
quietly than a boatman would lake a
breeze of wind. It helped ihe carriage
along and that was enough for hiiu.
When he was ready and she was ready he
took his place on ber back, as if nothing
had happened.
We are so determined to associato wilb
Spain the ideas of bandits, contrabandists,
guerillas and pronunclatiamentos, and
with Anda'asia the memories of Gitaoos
and Gatanas, of Moors and sarabauds and
jaleos, that I for one. was wholly unpre
pared to nnd these simple, rather grave
people, in tbe management of mules and
horses and diligences. Tbe postilions
hid a little more of the air of the opeia
lhan these qaiet Yankee-like men' who
held the places of captain and mate.
What they are called in their own lan
guage unfortunately I do not know. But
the whole enterprise gave to me a good
deal the idea of a well-constrncted cruise
for fi-h. in which under their auspices we
weie going on shares.
I have not yet mentioned the duties ol
the chief mate, and I find it difficult to de
scribe them. But it is quite certain that
here were duties, and that we should not
have palled through to Jean, had be not
been there to discharge them. Where a
driver of a street car stops the car, and
goes forward to adjust the harness,
the chief mate did it without stop
ping, while all parlies were on the
trot or run. In any exigency where
whipping was thought ntcessary by the
caucus which directed, he ran to the
guilty male, and inflicted chastisement, all
still rushing on at this pre ordained pace
of nine miles an hour. It is difficult for
me. in writing this afterward, to imagine
that a man can smoke while running a
mile at tht pace but the tmpresiion is
strong on me that evrybody smoked all
the time. It was nothing to have him
disappear. It was not lhat the wheel bad
passed over bim, so that be was left a
lifeless trunk on the road. It was only
lhat he bad let tbe coach pass him that
be might ran forward on tbe other side
outside the cU-leader, and give to him a
li. f Li- :J l-i ,u.. -
OK Ul Ults uiiuu. 11 ueu iuu uecessatji
chastisement bad been inflicted, then he
I would again let the coach pass him and
j reappear on his nest on the thoroughbrace.
lMiulrid LttUr io Boston Commercial
Bulletin.
Womax as ax Investor If the ass
umption Is true that women are supposed
to poetess no inventive or mechanical gen
ius, the article npon "Women as an
Inventor" in the current number of the
AbriA clmcTt'ctin lieview will seem a rather
startling refutation. The writes, Mrs.
i.,n,l. .loarlwn (J-icrn -riK., tc nmon
the inveDtiuus of pottery, spinning, lace
mnkjn2 and sk weaving. The origin of
the straw Industry of the United States and
u,e cotton gin belong, she claims, to
womeDi thelatier being conceived by Mrs.
GreeDOj widow of General Greene, of
Revolutionary memory, who entrusted its
construction to Eil Whitney. Many other
important inventions are mentioned, such
is a spinning machine, a rolntic tfntl n e
'or smel'ing ere, n fun escape, t, tinel
'ewler. writing in hiiic. sig', il ticket,
method of deadt nenipg soon I on eb-vateil
railroad, -a'cbel bottom baits, lug fo dirg
amebic, etc. Many fruits of '.1 man's in
ventive genius which w.iuM leu bn tight
her wm'iIj and renown hi' to t ut ritted
hy others on account of lega' it. e: f rtinte
A mariicd wi man is umbo peculiar cli ad
vantages. Ii such a worn in would be
successful In obtaining a pa'ent. "she
woaid hold no right, or title or power over
.hts woi k of her own bnin. She would
sos no legai right to contract, or tj
ense t.nv m to u-o her invention.
N'ci le r. 'Iiotild her right Le infrirgi.nl,
' lid ie s i" the effindt r.
It is to woman s credit, therefore, 'hat 1
e has attained ihe ri-u!ts sreeitt."!, fir
.er di-coitr.igement h ive been manv. In
ue article, ihus brii fly summariztd, the
tuth r has empv'iisiz 'd llie 111 e of com-
0 ite freedom for whip n in order that sbef
uay 1 each the nece-siny develooment of
he inven ive f:u ulii. s is as mcis-aryto
t e free icm in which to exercise them
led ilat lower can only be cultivated nv
iduca ion. Women, however quick to see
1 new way of working, can never form
beir ideas into a praeticle invention with
out knowledge or mechanics, land ibe
female st nilent in mechanical pursuits i
seen. What use is it lor a woman to car
ry the germ of a pttent in hei head wiih
out the power of developing the genu?
What honor can the woman claim who
helplessly must summon the man to her
assistance in forming fcer ilea? If Mrs
Greene had been able 10 ter!ei t iln idea
of the cotton gin, she wotiM to day hive
possessed ihecieili' of the invention. Tba r
is no use for superficial m quiremen s in
the mechanic arts. To bo known as a
successful inventor woman mint work
from a foundation of knowledge. With
'his foundation there mav be reason for
supposing that she will invent skillfnilv
and hold the Ipjuor courageously. Boston
Jjurn t'..
Am-ccr'.im. the Ventc- of the north.
his 30) 00) inhabi'an's. Lis laid out in
the shape of an open fan. of wh;eh the
handle is her seaport, and is built on 100
or moi e little island, connected bv over
300 bridges The canals ruu fir tn'o the
avenues of the city, and are mostlv bur
dered ny rows of "trees, on eili.er side of
which is a paved passage for e irri- .
and a nairow sidewalk lor pedistpn.s
Oa Ihcsti ear.ti 3 the DjicIi sniper's
Il Ming Lorneste id, wit!, its cabin ba it on
the deck where his famrv a-ter.d to iheii
hnu-ehold duties, steambna's and smid1
sai.iog vis-i U are seen sa'lino; :ij it WL.re
through the city. Taesigmis novel and
b cm ifu on the tuistocai tie a venue t, hei e
th- canals are kept c ean. and where. 1
imagine, these vessels never unload cr sc i
ibeir goods. But on o her canals espee
ially on the outskirts, their boarders arc
converted in'o regular market places aa.i
are not so attractive. The narrow slice
away from the canals are so verv ttarro
that two carriages can sc trce'y p tss 1 ai I
other, and pedestiians have no li 1
trouble to avoid being run over. To tin
permanent danger, another arising from
the unprotected banks cf the 'canal-,
where myriads of children seem to .le-l-gh.
in plat ing, I attribute the unusual nunio. 1
of hunchbacks and maimed people s er,
here. Serious accidents must occur erei v
day. Amsterdam has some verv fin"
buildings, buv I would by no means call .t
a monumental city. The houses are built
on piles driven in the water, and 1 ley are
of brick, from five to seven s-orios high,
painted in dark colors, generally n.iuost
black and the roofs are slantling and cov
ered with tiles. In the bus'ne-s p.. i t and
fir ou', the houses are old fashioned badlv
finished, nnd have very large rooms and
high ceilings In the new part, the build
ings have a more cheerful appearance, and
must he more comfortable, as thev have
neatly all the modern improvi ments.
For.A'pi Correiponitn-: fan t'rannieo
Aroiiiut.
Labelling a Boston- Dlde. A prom
imiu member of the band of guilded
voutl.s of which this city is so justly piond
is in a high state of excitement, and ttith
difficulty held back hy his friends from
inak'ng a personal assault upon his jew
eler, who, he conceives, has been "putting
u.i a job" on him. The facts, as gained
during his lucid intervals, are these; He
is much addicted to attending the dra
maiic performances which our in this
city, his specially being in steadily
observing the female chorus in ccmic
opera, and the sylphes of the corps de
ballet in their ingenious gyrations. It
struck him that it would be a good notion
to wear a scarf pin suggestive of his love
for the lyric stage, and accordingly inter
viewed his jeweler npon this momentous
subject. The artificer in precious metals
was prompt to meet the demands of the
occasion, and in due time presented his
customer with a neat design, consisting of
a bar of music delicately fashioned in
gold, with the treble clef in black enamel,
and two notes in diamonds reposing be
tween the third and fourth lines from the
bottom. The customer, whose only knowh
edge of music was as it suggested the
accompanying incident of female singers,
highly approved this work of art, pur
chase! it, and stuck it in his scarf and
went down to the mn Inec. After the
perlormance he displayed his new posses
sion to the ladies, who admired it much.
At last he showed it to the prettiest and
brightest one of all, who immediately
exclaimed, "How very neat and appropri
ate!" "Do you think so?" icquired the
delighted youth. "Certainly, I do. and
those beautiful diamond notes; they fit you
so well. Do, do that makes dodo, you
see. How ingenious and how very truel '
and she tripped away, amid iha loud
Lugtuer of all the assembly. And.
although the jeweler swears by the golden
calf that he is quite innocent in tbe mat
ter, be has thus far failed to make his
customer believe it. BoUn Journal.
liLMAJI Sl'XSUIXE IX TUB WHITE
HoiTsE. A dainty little girl of eight or
nine years, with dangerous big blue eves,
appeared in the library of the White House
the other day when it was full of great
men of one scrt and another, and quietli
waited her turn to speak with the tail
gentleman with gray whiskers and hah,
and the sober face and courteous manni-i
down by the bow window in the south end
of Uie room. By and by her opportunitj
came. She tripped forward modestly
and bravely, and with a "Good morning.
Mr. President," told her name and proffi-r-ed
her request. She wss a neice of Gen
eral Winfield Scott Hancock, and she
wanted a sweet flower from tbe execu ive
conservatory for the Easter decoration of
a little Episcopal church, she smiled
archly as she lold her errand, as though
she was quite sure of a favorable response.
Tha president's tired face brigniened
with smiles as he turned from the tire
some politicians to the sweet little face
before him. It was like a cooling z "phyr
from the Chesapeake on a hot summer's
day. He told her honestly that he was
glad to see her, and then gave her carte
blanche in the conservatory, and dismiss
ed ber with a word or two about his own
little girl, who docs so much to lighten up
his life in ibe While House. Her hand
some uncle could not have done more for
her had he been standing in Arthur's
place. Washington tetter in tli PhUaM.
phia Bceord.
ucmjjcraiw.
The national W. C
mono ' u'm ultra).''
l". V Ins for i s
'dis Frances E.
.t B iton, Mas ,
tided ti iir in the
Wiilard. th j p' .-si'l'-rc
Match o h, I -t :f x
west und has rtt.-l .-e l 'J
'ifornia, having
St. Louis. Mo.,
stopped on her way at
Trinidad, Col., Tuscon aLd Tombstone,
Arizona, Same Found A! briquet que. New
Mexico, arriving in Ljs -elo , March
2-sth. Her pnva e secit.a.j, M Anne
Gordon, accompanied her
At Los Angi.-i. a dc'eg.ith.n of euiper-
aiioe peop e fio.n San rtunc.sci met ihem
and at a 1 trge public rutepj n, held the
fo'lowing Saturday even ng, they were
welcomed by the iu tynr i f the ci y.
M ji Wiilard is meeting villi gratifying
success in her wnk in California and
after the ixptrati-in of ihe rive weeks
ailo'ted for that s ate will lake the s earner
for the Siudwic-li Islands, wheie she will
plant a division of the whi e ribb n aiiuy.
Returning she will visit Portland, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah
territories and M mm. hi.
Miss Luc a Knubiiil is 111 king a lour in
the south, preseu'ir.g Sunday school tern
peral ce.
Mis. J. I.lien Foster, who has been
q iile sick and unable to till engage ents
lor the pa--t month, is uiuoli belter and is
it present in Philadelphia.
);. Jcnn e Trout of Toronto, a member
of the W. C. T. V. of C mada, h .s dom.ted
$10.01)0 to thit citv 10 establish a medical
school fi r women. Mrs Or. Tront is the
wife of Mr. K Iward Tront of the Monetary
limet.
The prohibitory cons. i' aft oua! amend
ment was defeated in the Connecticut
legislature, April 1 ltd, by a vote of 12$
yeas to M nays, IGo votes being necessaty
to submit it lo the peoj le.
The Ohio legislature ln -u emitted a
prohibitory cousti ation to th" people of
that state.
"The Dominion Al-i.rn.-e" have cffired
to the thtological stu liir- in the pn vineu
of iie!iee. a prize of 30 fir ibe best
essty on "The use of alcoholic drinks in
ii-la'i'n to religii n and morals," and a
second pilz; of 2o for the second l est.
EJotts art being made in Itindolph,
Vt., to siib-iiiu e lespeclable restaurants
'"or sOu.e o! the di iLking saioons.
A young iru.ies' C. T. L". his been
" '.iniz d at Bine.
Ihe W. C. T. U. of Ciitttendi-n county
-nl hold n institute at Bunington on the
22J and 3J of May. Each anion in the
e iqnty is invited to send five delegates.
Delegates from the different chuiches in
the county and all visitors will be gladly
welcomed.
The W.
have he'd
C. T. V. i t Jericho Corners
tw3 entertainments, the pro-
ceeds from which will be devoted to the
purchase of books to he placed in the
public school as the beginning of a public
library.
Underbill F.a s' union are slowly but
surely gaining ground; an addition of
fjur new members a: a late drawing room
meeting.
lijrlingt'in Ins two active lodges of
Good Templars The reform club holds
Sunday afternoon meetings which are will
attended. On April 17ib, Ecv. Merrilt
Hulburd, retiring pastor of tl.e Methodist
chutch. Rev. L B. Speare, pastor of the
Congregational church in Middlebury,
and Mr. E Bowman of Mess., gave brief
addresses to a large and interested audi
ence. The ci'y of Burlington, on the other
hand, can boast of forty-nine (19) shops
licensed by ihe United States government
to sell liq'toi.
The executive committee meeting of Ihe
W. C. T. U.of Vermont held at St. Albins.
April 28 h, was attended by thirteen
ladies from d fferent parts of the rate.
Important bu-iness wns trans ii.-ted. Tbe
Prize? Essay Plan" w is tin ini niously
.adopted and a department cf hygiene
established, Mrs. E G. Green being ap
pointed in superintendent.
New England's Stkenctb ix the
Senate Since the death of Sumner and
Wilson and the resignation of Blaine, it
has been customary to comment on th
declining power and ability of New Eng
land's delegation in the United Slates
Senate, and the opinion h?s often been
expressed that the rsce of great men
which so long gave the six little states
east of tbe Hudson a prominence in tbe
councils of the nation wholly dispropor
tionate lo their siz; and population, has
perished at last. Possibly that Is true to a
certain degree, but it is a great mistake to
snpp se that New England no longer
retains its old superioritv in the Senate.
Six of the twelve men who represent that
lection are, in every pariicular save mere
voting power, more than equal to the
whole delegation from the late slave
states, and in the entire Senate not more
than a dcz?nCpeers of Edmonds, Frye.
H iwley, Aldr'cb, Hoar nnd Hale can be
found, whether the comparison be made
on fame, ability or influence. Compare
the standing and reputation of Maine's
senators with those who speak for tbe
great state of New York, or place little
Vermont's Edmunds and Morrill beside
Wisconsin's Cameron and Siwyer, or
Tennessee's Harris and J.tckson, and it
will be seen that Yankee brains have not
yet lost ibeir brightness.
Nowhere is this more readily admitted
than in the Senate itself. The late presid
ing officer was, it is true, from another
-ection, but bis selection was duesimply
o the even balance of the two gres't
paities and bis political neutrality. No
sooner did this anomalous state of affairs
-nd, and a new election take place, than a
New Englandcr was made Mr. Davis'
successor, and it is well understood tbat
when the Senate meets next December,
Mr. Edmunds will, in turn, give place to
Senator Anthony of Rhode Island. In
view of the deep seated geographical
prejudice which manifests itself in all
pans of our political system, it is a re
markable tribute to individual merit tbat
so high honors should be repeatedly paid
to representatives of the smallest and
numerically the weakest of sections. As
long as the Senate continues to so plainly
acknowledge the strengh of New England's
statesman, loyal Yankees can afford to
laugh at doleful prophecies of the decline
and ruin of her intellectual powers.
Clevttand Ltader.
Tbe mosquito is a public sieger dn
vi M but never gives satisfaction.