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:'pr E -PITTSBURG ' DISPATCH. SUNDAY, rKEBROABY 18? 18&CU ll T' 5P v IE ENCHANTED PRINCESS. A STORY FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. & rWBITTXX TOE TEX DISPATCH. NE evening when little Otto, tired with play, had climbed upon his knee, he said: "Grandpa, at school to- Av the ehil- fldren -were all talkingabont a beautiful Princess, who lire in a golden cas tle in an en chanted for est Did you ever see her, or hear about her?" "I hare never seen her," was the reply; "bat I have often heard of her, and shall tell yon the story. "In an enchanted forest, whose trees tower to the clouds, stands a castle built of pure gold, and having the doors and windows set with precious stones. In this castle resides the beautiful Princess Bosalind, whom a wicked maeician carried from her home,and keeps as prisoner. Here the beautiful Prin cess must stay, never growing any older, until some one is brave enough to face the horrors of the Black Forest, as it is called, .l toih. ber. The Princess does not waste her time in grieving, but tries to be patient and is always hoping for a deliv erer. When she sings, tho wild animals crowd about the castle and never tire of listening to her sweet songs." After hearing this story, little Otto was silent for some time, and then he cried: "When I am larger I shall be brave enough to ride through the enchanted forest, and shall rescne the Princess Bosalind." From that time the thought of the en chanted Princess was never out of his mind, and he tried in every way io become strong "rWtS Mode on Day and Jfight. and brave that he might rescue her. Be fore Otto wasl5 years old he could ride and also handle his sword as well as the master who taught him. He feared no dancer, and even wished for war, that he might show his bravery. One day when he was riding through the country, and thinking itwas now time for him to go in quest of the en chanted Princess, he saw standing before him an old man in a gray coat, who said: "Do not speak to me or ask me any ques tions, but listen carefully to all that I say to you. I know your thoughts, and that vou wish to release the beantiful Princess Bosalind. She still resides in the golden castle, and hopes for deliverance. Many have tried to rescue her, but none have been successful. If you wish to make the at tempt, do as I tell you. Ton must ride on this road all day and night. When to morrow comes you will find yonrself on the border of the enchanted forest. Here you will discover a narrow path. Turn neither to the right nor the left, but ride directly though the forest, and you will at last reach the golden castle. You will encounter dan gers on the way, but if you are brave and fear not you will" o vercome them. The old man then disappeared, and Otto rubbed his eyes, wondering if he were really awake or only dreaming. "I shall test the old man's advice," he thought, "for I fear nothing, and what joy it would be to re store the Princess to her parents." Think ing such happy thoughts Otto rode on all day, and when night came he did not stop to rest, bnt continued his way till the morn ing dawned. He then stopped before a mighty forest, which, by the ciant trees and dense undergrowth, he knew to be the Black Forest. He discovered the narrow path lying among the dark shades, and was about "to enter, when suddenly irom behind a tree stepped a hideous old woman wearing a red dress and having a black cloth bound around her head. Her eyes were red, and hone like coals of fire, and her long hooked A Hideout Old Woman. nose hnng almost to her thick, swollen lips. "Aha," laughed the old witch, placing herself directly in front of the horse, ard waving her thin arms in a threatenine man ner. "So, my fine young fellow, you think yon will release the Princess Bosalind. Better turn back while there is time. I have seen many brave riders enter this forest, bnt none have ever returned. It would be a pity for you to lose your young life. You can never find the golden castle." "Ontofmy way,.old witch," "cried Otto, "or my steed shall trample you under foot." He spurred lis horse, which plnoged for ward directly on the spot where the old woman stood; but she disappeared, and only her mocking laugh could be heard through the trees. Scarcely had the young rider ad vanced 100 yards when many ferocious beasts darted across his path and growled angrily. From their huge, wide-open mouths hung their large, red tongues, and their great sharp teeth were terrible to be hold. But Otto did not lose courage; grasping his sword firmly, he ran tow ard the foremost monster who was about to spring upon him, and pierced him through. A roll or thnnder followed; then all was quiet, and Otto saw be'ore him only the narrow path leading through the forest. A moment later be heard the old witch's mock ing voice erring: "Ha, ha; a long way yet o the colden castle." Suddenly the path led down a steep descent to the shore of a lake that steamed and bubbled like molten iron. "Ha, ha," sounded the witch's voice from the tree top; for Otto hesitated a moment before, beginning snch a perilous under taking. But now he and his noble horse . plunged boldly in, and instantly the boiling waters became cool and still, and horse and rider swam without difficulty to the other ide. Here instead of thick undergrowth and thorny bushes Otto found beautiful gardens, blocming orchards and shad v paths. Now, he thought, certainly I mnst "be near the golden castle. As he rode on admiring the beauties about him, he saw approaching him a group of fair, graceful maidens, who paused before him and sang a song of wel come. "Am I near the colden cartle?" asked J Otto. "Oh, no," they sighed, "it is far, far from here. Do not attempt so dangerous a jour ney." "Stay with us," said one, holding forth a jewelled crown, "here are sweet flowers and rare fruits. Stay with us, and you will be happy." "No, no," cried the boy, "I cannot stay; I am going to the golden castle." At these words the maidens disappeared, and Otto was once more alone in the wild forest "Ha, ha," laughed the old witch, again peering through the trees. But Otto kept steadily on, and at last was rewarded by seeing the golden castle gleaming in the light of the setting sun. Hastily mounting the hill on which it stood be saw before the gate a giant who threatened to strike him if be came a step nearer. Otto heeded not his threats, but drew his sword, at the sight of which the giant fled, and the brave boy entered the caste unharmed. He stood a moment in the large hall wondering where he should find the beantiful Bosalind, when a door opened and the Princess herself ap peared. Otto knew her at once by her won dciul beauty and cried: "Fair Princess, I have come to release you. I have passed through the horrors of the Black Forest,and have resisted the charms of the beautiful gardens." The Princess wept tears of joy, and after thanking her brave deliverer, said: "Take me to my father and mother who still grieve for their lost child. Since yon have passed through the forest the enchanter has no longer any power." They mounted Otto's horse, and were soon speeding over the country, and In a short time the Princess was once more in her father's palace, where she was received with "great rejoicings. Her rescuer was made knight lor his noble and daring deed, and was alwavs known by the title of "Otto the Brave." " Patsib. 1KGLISH IN T0KI0. How b Japanese Youth Strnscled with ihe Idiom of Ibe lnngnnc The translation of Japanese into English and vice versa, unless accomplished by a master of both languages, often results ridiculously. Here is a letter -sent by a Tokio youth to an English resident there, of whom he had asked the privilege of stay ing at his residence to learn English: Deas Sib: I am willingly to have lessons from you, but I am not as I wish. Fori have engaged already. I am staying with a gentleman whom I have asked him to have me on trial. Bnt he is very kind, and he told me that to stav with until I bad place to go. So, if I ask to let me have a time to use and have a lesson, I cannot do so, it is not right For I will spent the time too much if I go to your house and back to my houses. I do not like to be said that I am not honest boy. I would like two bodies to serve you and the other gentleman. This is nonsence desire, and I have laid aside it. Sir, I am sorry I am unable to go to your house to study. I hope I shall take lesson of French by and by very very much. Please excuse me. and believe my motive. Good-bve, Sir. Bespect to your Madam. Yours truly." "S." THEI StW HOW TO TJ8E OATHS'. r Fruitless Effort! to Get Up a Swearing Match la California. New York Tribune. 1 One of the hardest cases I ever knew was old "Buck" "Wright, who lived in a log cabin 20 miles west of Paso Bobles, Cal. He was called "the worst man in all San Luis Obispo county to cuss right out loud when things went wrong." Old Faxon down at Ballard's was called the worst man in all Santa Barbara county to do the same thing. Wright had been a negro-driver down South before the war; Faxon had been a bull-puncher over in Ne vada. Some fellows had heard one of them swear and some had heard the other; but nobody around San Luis had heard both of them. So the boys wanted a match, and put up 5100. First, they tried to get Faxon to climb into a wagon thev had, and goto Paso Bobles to meet Wright Bat he said it was a dry summer, and grass was scarce; he hadn't no call to bnrn up all the cattle tood. Then we told that to Wright and asked him to go with us to Ballard's where Faxon lived, and Wright answered that be couldn't swear worth a cent outside his own county. Bnt folks that had known him since he was a snipe of a boy in Missouri told us he was too modest on that point Then the boys raised the size of the purse, and it was finally agreed to have a match on the county line, but just before the details were settled old Faxon died. When Wright came to the county he took a schooner at San Francisco to sail down the coast, a week's voyage, to Cayncas. The first dav he took seasick, and he swore so badly that the sailors asked the captain to put back or they would have storms, and, sure enough, headwinds began the very next day, and they beat up and down the coast for two weeks. Wright's remarks grew worse every day, till at last the cap tain hauled in at the mouth of the Salinas, and landed him, "bag and baggage," 100 miles north of his port Wright walked the rest of the way. That was where he got the fine toucbesof his swearing in perfection. He came into Paso Bobles barefooted. The schooner? San Luis people say she was nevet heard of afterward. SHE GOT BID OF THE BORE. Scheme or a Damsel Who Sella Clarara In New York's State Hesse. Albany Journal. 1 The coy damsel who sells cigars in the cor ridor between the Senate and Assembly chambers is up to snufl. One young man an noyed her by his attentions. The other day be hung about the cigar case. Four other young men came along, greeted the bore and stopped. Taking advantage of the situa tion, the young woman drove her hand in one of the boxes of cigars and said, as she proffered a handful: "Did you say im ported cigars?" The bore footed the hill, $1 25, and now simply nods as he passes the stand. " Ban Toward the JForcmott. A VISIT TO PANAMA. Young America From itae North is Making Many Innovations. BELICS OP TWO CENTURIES AGO. Water Still Peddled About the Citj on the Backs of Donkeys. TBADITI05 OF SAN DOMLSGO'S BELLS icorbxsfoitdexcz or thx oisrATCH.1 Pasama, Colombia, January 6. More tban anywhere else in the two conti nents, this section shows how hard and fast the young America of the North is treading on the heels of the older America of the South. "New" Panama, as it is called, was founded in 1673, within two years after the destruction of the old town, and still shows abundant evidences of its Castilian origin. There are ancient casas of Moorish architecture, as sedate, drowsy and heavily picturesque as any in Grenada or old Cas tile; central courts inclosed within their enormously thick walls, iron-barred case ments, with folding doors of solid wood in lien of windows and awning-shaded corri dors and verandas; while sandwiched be tween them are Young American hotels, stores, saloons, barber shops and boarding houses, flaunting gandy signs in red and gold inscribed "Free Lunch Every Day," "Ten Cents a Shave," "Boston Baked Beans and Clam Chowder," etc. For 200 years the, sleepy old place had never in inn, not until the California gold fever of '47-'49 brought thousands of travel ers this way and then they sprang up by the score. Now the number, of hotels is re duced to two or three of the better class and as many more of in Tenor grade, ranging in price Irom 53 to 53 60 per diem. Though surrounded on three sides by the sea, Panama is walled like a feudal city, be cause the experience of its founders with the buccaneers had been so disastrous that they neglected no means of defense for the new Capitat The wall, which Is now partially J . - ...... . .. destroved and overgrown bv bushes, was Originally Irom 20 to 40 feet high, with moat and bastions on its land face, battlements and towers at frequent intervals and mounted with many pieces of cannon. The builders, who had lately lost all at the hands of pirates, spent so much money in the con struction of this wall that at last the Spanish Sing wrote to inquire whether the walls of his expensive colony were being made of silver or of gold. TIPS AUD DOWHS OF THE CITY. The Indian word Panama signifies "plenty of fish" and had been bestowed upon the locality long before the arrival ot the Spaniards. For more than two centnries, until the comparatively recent period of the overthrow of the Spanish domination, this was one of the most opulent cities in the New World, the key to the Pacific and the great distributing center between Europe and the rich countries of Southern America. When the treasure-galleons came sailing into its harbor from Lima and Valparaiso, laden with the wealth of con quered nations, to be sent on mule-back across the Isthmus to Porto Bello, where the fleet waited to convey it to Spain, its streets were crowded with wealthy merchant Castillian grandees, gor geously uniformed officers of the army and airy of "New Spain;" while balls, hull- fights, gaming and excesses of all kinds were the order of the hour. Be-, the liovernment, the nower and chlv- fore the year 1756 the town was twice almost totally destroyed by fire, and from that year to 1867 its population seldom exceeded 5, 000. The vast floating population that swept through during the feverish days of '49 could hardly be counted to Panama's credit. With the completion of the Isth mian railway a second era of permanent prosperity began; and now its population may be safely reckoned at 25,000. Lice all Spanish-American cities, its cen tral feature is an extensive plaza, with fountain and flowers, surrounded by the most important edifices of church and State. Straight through the middle of it runs La Calle delas Monjas, or "Street of theNuni," which sacrilegious Yankees now call Main street The "Palace" ot the Bishop faces Panama's plaza; and beyond the flowers and the fountain, is the great Cathedral whose twin towers are said to be the tallest on the continent, so tall that they indicate to ves sels far out at sea the entrance to the bay and port A MAGNIFICENT HOUSE OF WOESHIF. This famous sanctuary is almost a fac simile of the grand cathedral in the City of Mexico, being built of stone and stuccoed adobe, at least 200 feet long by 160 feet deep, with floor of square red bricks, and roof supported by four rows of massive col umns. Inside there are the usual altars and shrines, pictures, confessionals, burn ing candles, et cetera; but outside there is a marked difference, its towers being set with innumerable round plaques of glass that glitter in the sunshine like so many kohinoors, while standing along its facade, each in its niche, is a row of colossal saints, all painted dark green. There are half a dozen or more other churches, of course all Botnan Catholic, and most of them ante-dating the present century. The theater, an enormous struc ture, occupies an old convent within whose quiet cloisters, during 200 years, black-robed nuns lived in privation and prayer. Verily, this is an age of contrasts I Three years ago it was opened for its pres ent use by Sara Bernhardt in a series ot her inimitable performances. The educational institutions of the city comprise several schools conducted by the nuns; the Colejio Esperanxa (Hope College) for girls, directed and taught by teachers from the United States; the Colejio del Istbmo for boys; and two or three private schools of lower grade. The most import ant newspapers published in Panama are the Gaeeta Oficial, the government organ; the&ar and Herald, issued daily in Span ish, French and English, with two weekly editions; and the Chronista, a Spanish sheet Unfortunately for Panama, there is no system of public waterworks, though an aqueduct has long been talked of. The in-, habitants are still supplied in the same manner as were their ancestors generations ago, by carriers going from house to house. THE BUSINESS OF TVATEB CAEEIEB descends from father to son and yields a comfortable living, the only capital re quired being a donkey and two wooden kegs. When fully equipped, the donkey has a keg of water slungon each side of him, with a nosegay or bunch of fresh grass stuck in the top of each keg, while the owner sits aft, so near the tail that one marvels how the poor little beast can keep its footing un der pressure so unevenly distributed. The pleasure-loving Panamaiaus are not without their recreations and amusements. One of (he finest military bands in the tiro Americas plays in the Plaza Major two evenings of every week, and on Sunday af ternoons, when all the people turn out to hear. It is the lashion among all classes to promenade upon the ramparts near the sun set hour, especially on that part called the Espisnade, where the old wall has been widened into a boulevard. And right here is the best place to study Panamaian life, both high and low. There are officers in uni forms of scarlet and gold, and soldiers in blue jackets and white trousers; priests iu flowing robes and shovel bats, and bare footed, gray-cowled friars of the stern order of San Francisco. There are ladies or high degree, their faces partially concealed by mantillas ot rich lace, and graceful senor itas, of whom one notices nothing but their beautirul eyes, incomparably large, black and liquid, and half-naked Indian women, each with a mahogsny-hued baby slung at Tier back, as a tourist carries his satchel. There are easy-going .Englishmen and Frenchmen gesticulating like lunatics; ag gressive, quick-footed Americans; stolid Germans placidly smoking their pipes, and plentv of the always well-dressed and courtly descendants of the conquerors. NO ONE LIVES TO BE GBAY. The hospitals are good. The most elegant was bnilt by the"" canal people in their "flush" times for ?5,00DWO. And people need hospitals here. "There are no gray beads here," the people say. No one lives long enough to become gray. The tales of death among foreigners to this climate are innumerable and often most pathetic. Following a street that leads out of the plaza and past the cathedral one may .find an interesting relic of the past, known as El Postiga de los Monjas, "the Gate of the Monks," an antique archway, quaintly carved and crowned by a watch-tower, which leads through the moss-grown ram parts to the beach. Following the path of the monks ot old, we find ourselves on a wide expanse of coral reef, which, if the tide be out, is alive with shrimps, cuttle fish, hermit crabs, and other forms of deep sea life, and strewn with kelp, marine ferns and mosses, and shells of curious forms and colors. Another antiquity that should by by no means be neglected is the ruined church of San Domingo. It was built soon after the founding of the city, and in its day was one of the finest sanctuaries in the New World, possessing an extraordinary store of jeweled vestments, altar service, lampsand images of gold and silver; bnt more tban a century ago it was nearly destroyed in one of the numerous conflagrations. There is an interesting tradition concerning its bells, which rnnsas follows: The church itself was built by the Queen of Spain and the ladies of her court, each contributing to the pious work what money she could afford. When the time came for casting bells for it there was noth ing left to pay for the metal they should contain. So the zealous Qneen invited, not only her court but people of all classes, to come and witness the casting and contribute thereto. On the appointed day they came in crowds, high and low, rich and poor. When all was'ready the Queen threw hand Alls of gold into the great crucible, and the ladies and gentlemen of her court did the same, and then the poor followed with do nations or silver and copper, greater in quantity bnt less in value. THE QUEEN'S GOLDEN ORNAMENTS. Thus the amount of metal rapidly in creased, cut still there was not enough. Then the Queen threw in the golden orna ments she wore; her ladies did the same; umim yuu nwAbi , nuiv vsau nub duuiwi the gallant conrtiers cut the silver buttons from their jackets and the buckles from their shoes, and the officers wrenched the jeweled handles from1 their swords. The excitement grew intense. Bings, bracelets and valuables of all sorts, some of them precious relics and family heirlooms, all went into the crucible, together with but tons of brass and iron, and the meaner trinkets of the poor. And thus the bells of San Domingo were made. It is said that their tone was of the purest, that they were held in great reverence, both by the priests and by the people, And whenever they were rnng everybody crossed himself and said a prayer. Among the notable institutions of Panama the great lottery scheme of Messrs. Dnque Brothers must not be forgotten. It was es tablished iu 1883, under a "concession" from the Government, and is patronized by all classes. At the beginning the drawings were monthly, the grand prize being $500. The success of the enterprise was so extraor dinary that soon the prize was placed at $10,000, and drawings appointed lor every Snnday. Tickets to the amount of $50,000 are sold (at $1 each), the sellers receiving 6 per cent for their services and the remaining $20,000 being divided between the Govern ment and the Duque brothers. Mr. J. Gabriel Dnque, the elder of the firm, a very handsome, well-educated gen- tleman, probably in the early forties, has lately been appointed Consul General for Nicaragua and Colombia. He was born in &ne uuueuouues, oi ojjauisa parentage, x think, and has soent much of his lite in Philadelphia. He says that when the lot tery ve'nture began to flourish he invested his gains in Panama real estate, while his brother converted his into United States bonds. "And now," he adds, with s smile, "my brother is living like a lord in Los Angeles, Cal., while I lead a dog's life here." BOTNS OF A GRAND CITY. Old Panama is six miles away. Here it was that Pizarro equipped his murderous expedition, ara where he and bis fellow rascals, Almagro and Zuque, desecrated the sacrament by th infernal compact they en tered into. The place where the conquest of an empire was planned, then the bright est jewel in the Castilian crtAvn, is now a dismal heap of ruins in the midst of a pesti lential swamp, inhabited only by snakes, iguanas and alligators. The watch-tower of San Jerome was built only six years before the city's destruction, in the form of a hollow square, 100 feet high. Now it is so wound around by woven vines that it can never fall, while trees and bushes grow on its summit, whose sturdy roots, running down ward, nave completely filled the entire inner space. Fannie B. Wabd. A DOG ACTOR'S DELIRIUM. Be Drank so Much Whisky Be Saw Rata Instead of Snnkea. The unartlculating actor has a greatmany poor jokes played on him by his sordid managers and unscrupulous fellow profes sionals. W. W. Kelly, the American mana ger of Grace Hawthorne and the Princess Theater in London, derives much pleasure from the relation of this anecdote about the dog that played the dog's part in the "Still Alarm" in London: The canine player soon became such a favorite that his fellows taught him to drink mountain dew. Not being accus tomed to whisky as a beverage, having only recently gone on the stage, the poor dog fell into the habit of delirium tremens, and tha first thing he saw above all things was a rail The natural antipathy of the dog to rats, even imaginary rats, was so excited and exaggerated by thewhisky that the company was soon minus one of its best members. The dog ran himself to death trying to catch the rodents which existed nowhere save in his own fevered imagina tion. THE FIEES FltOZE DP. A Traveler in Wlnnlpec Telia a Little Cold Wenther Story. New York Morning Journal. J I shall never forget one cold night that I spent in Winnipeg In 1888. After traveling all one day I stopped at a comfortable-looking hotel. I told the landlord I was not ac ccstomed to such cool weather and I wanted the warmest room he could give me. He gave me one with two stoves and an open grate, a rousingiire in each. I retired early, slept soundly for about two hours between two feather beds and a quantity of extra coverings. I woke up shivering. Although my bed was between the stoves and opposite the grate, I could feel no heat from either. Each fire looked as bright and cheerful as when I retired. I put my hands out toward the stoves, but the air could not have been colder in an Ice house. I ventured out of bed to investigate. The stoves were cold, also the grate the mystery was solved; lwent back to bed. The fires were all frozen. I remained between the feather beds until after the sun had made his appearance and chased Jack Frost away. The fires then being thawed out, began burning again without being rekindled. Not a SnHcIent Oneness PhiladelpbisrBecord.J , "Now we are one," said the bride, as they were leaving the ehnrcb. "Yes," said the practical groom, "but it requires two railroad tickets to take us to Washington, just the same." Bla FlroJSseape. Philadelphia Heeord.3 "Here goes my fire escape," said a Mint employe, holding an envelope. "What is it?" asked his compsnioB. ,'My resignation." SUNDAY THOUGHTS -ON- MORALSMAIERS BY A OLEBGYMAN. iwnrrrziir ros tux dispatch. 1 The world-wide prominence of the work ingman's question is at once attested and emphasized by the recent course of Kaiser Wilhelm in calling an International Con ference on industrial matters, and in Invok ing remedial legislation in the immediate interest of German laborers. It becomes more and more plain that we are upon the eve of stupendous social changes. The doctrine of the Golden Bule is going through the world. The principle of the Declara tion of Independence is bound to revolu tionize society. Kings are at a discount in both Americas; they will soon be relegated to museums of history in Europe. They will only survive as bric-a-brac. Not only so. Monopolists are doomed. The firm of Grab, Hoard & Co., is near bankruptcy. Bone and skin, two millers thin. Would starve us all, or near It; Bnt De it Known to tjkln and Bone That Flesh and Blood won't bear It Thoughts on Denomlnntlonnllsm. The subject of denominationalism is being discussed in the religious journals. Denomi nationalism is all right, provided it be kept within the limits of charity. A generons rivalry does no harm the rivalry of faith and good works. Moreover, each denomi nation sets forth in a distinctive way some more or less essential features of the truth. No one has it all, bnt each types some phase which is needful to the symmetry of truth. It is only by correlating and dove tailing together the representative denomi nations that we get the whole truth. Truth is a wheel, of which the respective denomi nations are the spokes. One spoke doesn't make a wheel it takes all. But the trouble is that the various spokes are apt to forget their mutual dependence, and to set upon each one as being the entire wheeL No Fashionable God. We find the following lines in the Mer chant Traveller. They contain more truth than poetry: A fashionable woman In a fashionable pew; A fashionable bonnet Ot a fashionable hue; A fashionable mantle And a fashionable-cown; A fashionable Christian In a fashionable town; A fashionable prayer book And a fashionable choir; A fashionable chapel With a fashionable spire; A fashionable preacher With a fashionable speech; A fashionable sermon With a fashionable reach; A fashionable welcome At the fashionable door; A fashionable penny For the fashionable poor; A fashionable heaven And a fashionable hell; A fashionable Bible For this fashionable belle; A fashionable kneeling And a fashionable nod; A fashionable everything; Bnt no fashionable God. Brenklns a Boy's Will. Mr. Moody tells of a little nephew whom he watched one day while he and his mother were passing through one of those crucial moments which decide a child'scharacter as obedient or disobedient The little fellow had taken a Bible from the table and thrown it on the floor. His mother said: "Go, and pick up nncle's Bible." He said he didn't want to. "I did not ask you whether yon wanted to or not; go and pick it up!" "I won't I" "Why, Charley," said his mother, "who taught you that naughty word? I never heard you speak so before. If you don't go and pick np nncle's Bible I shall punish you." . Still he declared he wouldn't do it, and she repeated her threat of punishment, add ing that he should have to pick it up, too. He then declared that he couldn't, looking at it as if he would like to, but really some how thought he could not; even getting down on the floor, and, with both his arms around the book, seeming to try, but still persisted that he "couldn't." Again the mother repeated sternly and inexorably hr threat of punishment, and Llhat he would "have to pick it up, too." At last she broke the bov's will, and the minute that was done he picked up that book as easily as possible. "I felt very much interested," was Mr. Moody's comment, "for I knew that if she didn't break his will he would break her heart" Do Not Worry. About the hardest of achievements is to live without fret and worry in the mfdst of uncertainty. A business man doesn't know how this vital venture is going to turn out A housewife is placed in such circumstances that her position to-morrow is utterly un forseeahie. What shall be done? Let to morrow, alonel Attend to the nearest duties. Above all, don't chafe. You will need all your vitality, perhaps, and all your courage, to meet those dreaded contingencies. Bnt nothing wastes vitality, nothing depletes courage like apprehension. Provide, if you can; If you can't go on calmly in the round of present occupation. Tackle to morrow when it becomes to-day. Don't cross the bridge till you come to it This is what unrist meant when he said: "Take, there fore, no (unbelieving) thought for the mor row, for the morrow will be anxious (re vised edition) for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof." Bells! on and the Press. It is a good sign of the times, says the British Weekly, that religious associations are increasingly making use of the press. At a recent meeting of the Welsh Congrega tional Union it was agreed to furnish re ports to the English press, and an author ized reporter was chosen. What conserva tive Great Britain is slowly doing nimble America has done long done. Ourchurches and preachers know the value of printer's ink, and hall the great dallies as their most powerful allies. Hypocrisy in relig ion and corruption iu politics tear the press more than they dread the devil. The press is a day ot judgment left at the door every morning. The Pope is a great reader ot newspapers. He devotes three or four hours each day to them. He wants to understand for himself the drift of the times. The man who guides either church or state nowadays must call the press into his cabinet Upright Men In Downright Earnest. "We need, nowadays," exclaims Spur geon, the great English preacher, "upright men in downright earnest who say what they mean, and mean what they say. Cheat ing in trade, cheating in religion, cheating in talk, must not be put up with any longer. Old Father Honesty is the man for our money. None of your painting and gild ing, give us the real thing. There would be a great fall in sheepskins if all the wolves were stripped; but stripped they ought to be, the rascals! Let each one of us begin to mend the world by putting off every bit of sham that we may have had about us. Off withHhe trumpery finery of pretense. Show the smbek-frock, or the fustian jacket, and' the clump boots, and don't be ashamed." Roraaa Catholic Progress. Hoffman's Catholic Directory for 1890 tabulates the following interesting fao ts There are in the united States 85 dioceses, including 4 vicarates-apostolic. Of these 12 are archepiscooal and 73 episcopal sees. I There are 8,463 priests, 7,420 churches, 2,718 stations, i.ojy cnapeis, z,ziu orpnan asy Iqbu, with 22,761 orphans; 30 theological seminaries, with 1,631 students; 125 colleges and 632 seminaries; 3,207 parochial schools, with 654,838 pupils. The total (estimated) Roman Catholio population ot the Republic is 8,301,367. A Christian Housewife. "I wonder who lived last In this house," said a gentleman to his better half as they took a survey in company of the bouse they had just moved into. "I don't know," replied she; "but the lady, whoever she was, must have been a Christian." "What makes you think so?" asked he. "Why,",was the reply, "she left no rub bish in the cellar!" Not a bad guess; for that housewife evi dently practiced the Golden Bule. An Episcopal Joke. Here is an Episcopal joke, whichjs also 8 good lesson, in elocution. The Bishop of Peterborough, in addressing a number of candidates for ordination, said: "You will do well not to gesticulate much. I shall never forget a raw-boned Iri h curate I once had, with hands like legs of mutton. lean see him still working up to a, peroration or leaning over the pulpit, with outstretched palms, as he exclaimed: 'Paws, me breth ren, paws!" " Two Centnrlea Old. The oldest newspaper in Great Britain is Berrow't Worcester Journal, which was founded in 1690, but is not yet foundered. Indeed it has just celebrated its bi-centen-ary. Among the agents who sold it in 1779 was Robert Raikes, who, in less than two years from that date, established his famous Sunday school. A connection with the press makes one alert Geras From Different Aatbora. Whatevbu's lost, It first was won Eliza B. Browning. Knowledge bloweth up, but love buflSeth up. Bacon. Death and lore are the two wings that bear man from earth to heaven. Michael Angela. Of nothing you can, in the long run. and with much lost labor, make only nothing Carlylt. We are nearer neighbors to ourselves than whiteness to snow or weight to stones. Uon taigne. One sole God; one sole ruler His law; one sole interpreter of that law Humanity. Matzini. EVEBYTHTNa is twice as large, measured on a 3-year-old's 3-foot scale as on a SO-year-old's 6-foot scale. O. W. Holme. ' Lite Is short, and time Is swift Roses fade, and shadows shift. Elliot. Thxbe is doubtless a great dead of bad preaching; but it is not denied that. In nine cases out of ten, if the preaching Is bad, the listening is worse. E. B. PeU. Denunciation ot sin and the promise of pardon; the flame which consumes and the light which consoles Is not this the whole of the covenant? Lange. Oh woman! whose form and whose soul Are the spell and the light of each path we pursue; Whether sun'd In the tropics or chilled at the pole, . If woman be there, there Is happiness too. Thomat Moore, on leaving Philadephia. ELECTE1CITI FK0M THE TURD. Mental Actlrlly Found to Produce Currents of Varying Intensity. Newcastle, Zng., Chronicle. HerrTarchenoffhas lately been demons trating what has often been theoretically advanced that mental excitation is capable of promoting electricity in the human frame and in Pfluger's Archive be gives an ac count of his experimenbi and observations. Various persons of different habits and tem peraments were operated upon, the method adopted being the application to the hands, fingers, feet, toes, nose, and ear of nnpolar izable clay-electrodes connected with a deli cate galvanometer. Compensation for cur rents that occurred during rest having been allowed for in each case the effects of mental stimulation were carefully noted. Some of the results were curious. When the-electrodes were on hand or arm a slight voluntary movement such as the contraction of a toe, or the convergence of the eyes, gave a strong current; while in the case ot a person in tense expectation the current was very irregular. Mental effort produced currents varying with its amount. For instance, the multiplication of small figures caused scarcely any perceptible de flection of the galvanometer, while, on the other hand, intricate calculations produced an exceedingly strong one. Bodily sensa tions also produced currents. Light tick ling produced a gradually increasing strong deflection, and, while the application of hot water to the skin had a like effect, the im mersion of the hand in cold water, or the pain from the prick of a needle, yielded onlv feeble currents. Skin-currents also occurred from merely imaginary sensations. For instance, if a person vividly imagines himself to be suffer ing from intense heat, there is a strong cur rent from the skin, which diminishes very sensibly when the idea ot cold is substituted for heat. In all the experiments it appears that with equal nerve excitation the strength of the skin currents depended on the degree to which the part of the skin bearing the electrodes was furnished with sweat glands, and Herr Tarchenoff considers that the course of nearly every kind of nerve activity is accompanied by increased action of the skin glands. BDSSIANS SETTLED CALIFORNIA. General Sherman Learned They Were There Before the Gold Fexer. New York Herald. J "It Is not generally known," said Gen eral Sherman the other day, "that the Rus sians were the first settlers of California, but it is nevertheless a fact When I visited Sebastopol I met a young artillery officer of the Russian army who made the statement and gave me a number of fads to substan tiate it. I Inquired where he learned to speak English. "In California," he replied, and when questioned stated that he was born there, years before the gold fever or Mexican War. His father was at the time of the meeting a well-to-do merchant of Monterey. He said further that the Russian's had settled on the present site of San Francisco 20 years before the gold fever. At the time they were en gaged in hunting furs in Alaska, and the San Francisco village was a snpply depot for the Arctic hunters. When I asked him how he had wandered so far away from home, he replied that every year the Rus sian Government takes one son of Russians who serve their Government in foreign countries and either educates them for a profession or places them in the army. That is how he explained the matter, and I assure you that for a time it rather surprised me." EMKESOiN' ON NEWBP APERS. Advice to the College Student as to What to Read In There. The following is from "Emerson's Talks with a College Boy" in the February Cen tury: "Newspapers have done much to abbre viate expression, and" so to improve style. They are to occupy during your genera tion a large share of attention." (This was said nearly a quarter of a century ago. It was as if he saw ahead the blanket edi tions.) "And the most studious and en gaged man can neglect them only at his cost Bu have little to do with them. Learn how to get their best, too, without their getting yours. Do not read them when the mind is creative. And do not read them thoroughly, column by column. Remember they are made for everybody, and don't try to get what isn't meant for you. The genuine news is what you want and practice quick searches for it Give yourself only so many minutes for the paper. Then you will learn to avoid the premature, reports, ana anticipations, ana tae stun put in lor people who have nothing to think." THE FIRESIDE SPHINX A CoMOu of MniatiCul Ms for Hone CracME Addreu communication! for thit department to E.R. CHASBOinur. LewUlon. Maine. 923 THE SATLOB'S GUIDE. Edith Estes. 924 "weite me dowx ah ass." Yonr citizen's an ass- Erter of his right. And so we have a class To gnard him day and night; 'T!s with these we have to do. So we'll pass them In review. First comes the greater as pirant in the ranks; He, others to surpass. Benonnced his youthful pranks. See the difference in pluck. And the fickle goddess Luck. You're then the greatest ass- Allant ever floored; The fiend by which, alas! The well-bred man Is bored. Yet, in meditative mood. He can prove that God Is good. The third's the greatest ass istance in a light; He mingles In the mass. And turns it into flight; Bnt ambitions after Tame. Which consnnies.hlm In its flame. Then comes the greatest ass Ass In ever seen; He, partial to a glass. The toper's can tell In, When the blend the shape-assumed Of a being banned and doomed. The fifth's a very ass- Idious artisan: Of glossy hair he has Made Lucy a sedan. When be tackles mountain ash He can turn it into cash. The last's a solemn as- Trologer of eld, Who in each plant that was A starry orb beneld; Bnt the gormandizing beast! Of a fast he made a feast W. Wmsoir. 925 EKIOHX'S SPBINO. .SK V. H E I U W O P N E O 8 N N L 1 E A E I N 8 E I 0 T n s"y"t i E L I IF 0" E G w" "t" B X T O E B 0 a"IS L W A T0 B 8 E A I H Y P O D 8 8 By following the movements ot a knight In chess spell out a poetical couplet. H.C.BUBGEE. 926-DECAPITATION. To whole is to stay, or remain; And good for the second is plain; A measure is three. As you clearly can see, ' So no further I need to explain. BiTTXit Sweet. 927 HALT SQTJABE. 1. A variety of trap-rock. 2. Ornaments (obs.). 3. A coloring matter. 4. A city of Texas. 5. A tnmor on the eyelid, ft. Certain measures. 7. Metallic earth. 8. New England (abbr.). 9. A letter. Minnie Binges. 929 CHAEADE. An CTer-True Tale. One Monday morn four hunters gay, With dogs and Malt, too. Went forth to slaughter, kill aod slay The tale I'll tell to yon. They sought the forests, bleak and drear. They tramped the meadows bare. They climbed o'er hill with right good cheer, They flrtt game! Where, oh where? Each thicKet whereso'er they went, Each brush-heap In the wood. They searched and beat with good intent Tbey found none where they should. They wandered on for many a mile. They turned and wandered back. Each face had lost Its cheerful smile, And Brown was almost black. McKIsson's face showed signs of pain, Clayt Goss was still and sad. While Crnbaugh tried, but all In vain, To show that be was glad. In silence sought tbey then the mount. And nearly home they came Before oh, wondrous to recount They found the long-socght game. Poor little squirrel! 'twas on a tree. When it was seen by all; Fonr cruel lasts gave stern decree "That little squirrel mnst fall." 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