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V' ' THE SOUANTON TRIBUTE- -WEDNESDAY MORNINGr, AUGUST 4, 189T. R i t i Cesar Garcillac's Banknote. ! (From tho Trench of Kmllo Goudenu.) Notwithstanding hlt usual pluck, Cesar Carcllloo, a ycung and promis ing painter, found himself nt his wit's ends; a demand for three months' rent, a broker's summons, and numerous other stamped documents lind been left nt his studio during tho week, and to tc,o thesa ho owned a single hundred franc banknote, which, however, was new, and had to all appearance first seen the light In Cesar's hands. How to meet his various creditors with this tingle note nonplussed him, and lie theer and then decided upon flight as Ills only source. Ills fcnrdn, otherwise his painter's touring outfit, was soon strapped on his broad shoulders, a light suit and a soft felt hat completed his equipment. With a lighter heart than tho situation warrnnted ho departed, not however without giving a farewell look to his old studio, and writing with chalk on the door, "Closed for repairs," and underneath a sarcastic rider to tho effect that "the key could be found under the doormat." Whither to go lie knew not; the Hun's rays were streaming through the trees of the Boulevard dp Cllchy, and a light slimmer breeze was rocking to and fro the cone shaped flowers of tho huge horse chestnut tiees In the Paic Monccau. Unconsciously Cesar drifted towards tho fortifications. There was n cottage in tho Pare of Neuilly where Ccser spent the days of his childhood. He was deeply moved; but with this eentlment rose another, a stronger one, and that was Indignation towards his Uncle Tourtaln, the shrivelled old peasant, whose only faith was gold. Had not this heartless wretch lent a small sum of money at an enormous Interest to Cesar's mother when she once found herself In great need? Had lie not, thanks to numerous moitgages, became possessor of their little house In the Boulevard de Saussale? And on the death of Cesar's parents had the old miser not stipulated that if his nephew wished to remain In the house he must abandon his artistic career and take to some lucrative work? It remained to skillfully approach the old uncle, whose heart may have soft ened, he was now 75 years old, and may be somewhat tired of his wickedness. Cesar, however, feared him. As he ap proached the house his heart beat loud er. What excuse could be given for this visit? How explain his demand for shelter? After all, thought he, If ho could only obtain admission and leave to stay for a week or two until tho storm blew over all would be well; then he thought of the banknote, took it from an Inner pocket and admired Its freshness. It might suffice for the pres ent, but after? Then suddenly ho stopped an Idea darted fim that banknote as a lightning flash from a cloud. "Oh," said he, smiling to himself, "get a fortnight's hospitality at dear uncle's house, and my revenge into tho bargain, suits me well." In answer to his rattle at the gate nn old withered little man, who had been Bmoklng on n bench in the garden, came slowly forward, and as he walked shouted to the young man in broken words, "What do you want?" "It Is I, dear uncle I, Cesar Oar clllac, your nephew." answered the young artist In meek tones. "Ah ah! Come to seek charity, I suppose." "No, uncle, no; I have on the con trary discovered a mervellous handi craft, capable of enriching me and my associates to a degree" "Enrich!" interrupted the miser, his eyes lighting up with greedy flashes. "Enrich, mid how?" "Let me in and I will speak." When they were seated In the little garden the old man .began. "And what may be that handicraft of yours?" Cesar shrugged his (shoulders. "A secret! A secret: And if I have come here it is that P have so much fear someone will find It out that I must work In, hidden from the inquisitive gazo of people by trees like these, and situated in a quiet thoroughfare like this avenue " "You might want to murder me," ro torted his uncle, with mingled feur and surprise. Cesar rose to his feet. "I. am off, uncle. I shall seek a more kindly wel come elsewhere.'' The effect was magi cal. "Sit down, my boy. sit down, and iell me all about It," quickly retorted Ui Wo Tourtaln. "None of It," answered Cesar. "In a fortnight I will show you what I have done not before." "And we share tho profits?" "Yes." The result was beyond Cesar's hopes; ho had succeeded, and how well! The old man had no servants, and himself installed his nephew in a ruom above his own. No sooner was Cesar alone than ho took a hammer from his barda and began hammering upon a eheet of Iron that was placed before the chimney piece of his room. The metal moaned under his blows, and the noise became deafening; then for a change Cesar caught hold of the table and thumped It repeatedly on the floor. In the room beneath Tourtaln thought to himself. "He works hard, tho lad; but what ca"n it all be?" This went on till evening, and, din ner over, Cesar returned to his room nnd kept up the maddening din until far Into the night. Uncle Tourtaln slept badly. Tho following day ho ven tured a few questions which Cesar mysteriously evaded by putting his lingers up to his lips and uttering a significant chut! He asked for wine, cognac, cigars, and tho miser, condoled by tho hope of untold wealth near at hand, yielded to tho young man's de mands. FOR . SKIN-TORTURED1 BABIES And rest for tired mothers in a warm bath ltb Concern BoAr,andastnsleappllcatlon of CUTiccni (ointment), the great skin euro. Ccrriouru ItEiiiiDiE3 afford Instant relief, nnd point to a speedy euro of torturing, dlv figurlng,lminlllatlng,ttcbtng,burolnK, bleed ing, crusted, scaly skin and scalp humou, with lois of hair, when all else falls. Sold thiour haul tttvorld. roijuDtco iKoCaiib Cor., ; Wop.. iu. J-" Uo t?CmbHn.Toilnrd titbit., f. SKIN SCALP Uit lUIr UrtutlfUd tr cimcuiuboxr. SLEEP - H 4- J Tho days passed by, tho nolso grew louder, being kept up sometimes Into tho small hours of tho morning. The old man wna tired out nearly from want of sleep, but also through worry nt tho disappearance of his win? nnd other precious accumulations. But by tho words fortune, trensurcs, millions, which constantly occurred In Cesar's conversation, the miser hoped. Thus things went on for eight days. On the ninth Tourtaln said: "My boy, I can't hold out any longer. I nm al most dead " "I have succeeded," "What at?" queried Tourtaln, startled. Cesar, taking the banknote from his porket, held It up at a distance. "Well and what about It?" answered the other, puzzled. "t make these," whispered Cesar. "You you ah I" and tho old man stopped short, unable to utter another word. .' Cesar unconsciously assented. "Ueally-and you think they'll go?" Cesar again assented. "Let's havo a look at It then," said the old man. unsuccessfully trying to hide his greed as he engerly stretched out his bony hand toward the note. Cesar rose nnd stcnthlly went to his room; he pressed tho note for a mo ment between damp sheets of paper, which gave It an appearance of having been freshly taken from the press, and roiurning below he handed the speci men to his uncle. Tourtaln flattened It out on the table, examined It for a long time, switched it between his thumb and Index, and tore one of the corners slightly to Anally test it. " 'Pon my soul. It seems good enough!" he said at last. Cesar nodded, and when his uncle rose with the note in his hand ready to leave his room he said: "Eh, uncle, and what about my half?" "Steady, my boy, steady. I must think this over," was all the miser said; then he left his room, and locking himself Into his own apartment he compared Cesar's note with the many old and new ones which he had ac cumulated In true miser fashion. It was a long study. He could find no dis tinction whatever between Cesar's nnd his own notes, and who would find this out must, he decided, be a sharp man. Soon after Tourtaln walked out through the garden, gate, looking quaint enough In his threadbare coat and old-fashioned silk hat. "Is hegolng to charge me with for gery, I wonder?" thought Cesar, as he watched him going. "This would Indeed ry? a farce." But Cesar wa's mistaken. The old man was now wondering how he could best change the note. Ho wandered about Neuilly from tho grocer's shop to the baker's door, and from the wine merchant's up the road, hesitating, timorous, with occasional resolute ges tures, sometimes touching the knob of a door, as If to enter, then releasing It again, ashamed, not actuated by remorse, but fearing lest he should be unable to give satisfactory explana tion, If he were caught. He wandered thus for some time when he suddenly recollected that money for forged notes was returned at hl3 bank. A tram was passing, he stopped it and drove part of the way. Arrived at tho counter he pulled himself together, and put ting two notes before the clerk, he said: "I want these two notes changed, please perhaps one of them Isn't quite right." The clerk examined the note which Cesar had pressed between the sheets of paper; tho dampness had not quite disappeared. Uncle Tourtaln stood holding his breath, watching every movement of the ma. before him, until the latter counted 10 louls on the counter. At dinner time the uncle Mid to his nephew: "How do you manage that your notes pass so well?" "That's because I make them good," replied Cesar, undaunted. "In how many days?" "Eight." "This Is too MM," said Tourtaln, "and brings us Wiiy GO francs each a week. Suppose you Aade thousand franc bank notes! Isfcmy boy, that would mean 500 frac-!iplece!" "If I make only lntndred-franc notes It Is because I have no models to make thousand-franc ones." The old man, whose voice had grown very thick, mumbled that, If necessary, ho might lend one for the purpose. Cesar kept perfectly cool, but he could notj, help being amazed at his uncle's credulity, and resolving to try how far he could go, he added, "But to engrave my plate I need four models, one nt the top, one at he bottom, and one on each side. You see, uncle, tills Is the only way to bring out good stuff; you know yourself how easily they are found out, and there would be an end of us." "Then you want four thousand-franc notes four!" "To our unbounded wealth! Long live the bank! We'll bust her, uncle we'll bust her! But let us hurry up; whero are tho notes?" retorter Cesar. Tourtaln rose from the table, and with unsteady moves made his way to his room, and soon returned clutching to his breast four thousand-franc notes. One by one he handed them to his nephew until only one remained. "Can't you do with three?" he said. "No; certainly not," answered Cesar, authoritatively. "Woll here they are." And the old man lifting his glass with trembling hand, said, In almost Inaudible ac cents, "To our our millions!" Ho dropped Into tho chair, and resting his head on one arm across tho table, ho fell asleep, "Parbleau!" thought Cesar, "hero are 4,000 francs, which look very much like Ill-gotten gain, but they are after all only legitimate restitution." On the edge of the table he pinned a receipt, then strapping his barda on his should ers ho went out Into tho night and was seen no more, leaving his uncle to dream of forged notesand Ill-gotten millions. The day following, Tourtaln, sober again, feared to lodgo a com plaint, as ho felt himself an accomplice to tho forgery of his nephew. UISCOVEHY OF JIANUSCUII'TS. Some ot tho Jloro Important Docu ments Unearthed in tho Ilnst. Tho present century has seen the dis covery of many manuscripts, of the greatest Importance, and this not mere ly In the provinces ot theology and classical learning, but also In that of mediaeval history. Every one knows how Constantino Tlschendorfs lucky arrival In the monastery of St. Cather Ino on Mount Slnal caved what Is per haps tho oldest manuscript of the Creole New Tea lament from destruction by flro; and how, only two years ago, from the samo treasure house of an tiquity, Mm Lewis recovered a Btlll earlier Syrian palimpsest of tho samo work, concealed undor tho "superstruc ture" of a comparatively modern mar tyrology. Most people, too, whether Biblical scholars or not. know some thing of tho romance attending the discovery of tho long loft "Dlatessar on" of Tatlan In tho library at tho Vatican; nnd how the sands of Egypt have, hardly ten years ago, yielded up tho apocryphal Cloipel of St. Peter. In matters classic,)!, too, It Is much the same. Thousands of people who aa not, In any sense of the word, clas sical scholars, havo heard how the ruins of Egyptian cities have given us fragments of the "Iliad" In a handwrit ing some two or thro centuries before Christ, and large portions of the long lost poems of Herondas. Yet hardly any one, save a professed mcdlacvallst here and there, knows of tho romance attending the discovery of mediaeval documents; how the history of the tenth century has had to be ulmost rewritten owln? to the discovery of tho "autograph" of the work of the tenth century historian, Blchor: or how a Prague servant Just succeeded In sav ing the priceless contemporary record of Frederick Barbarossa's crusado from tho scissors of a county-town apothecary. To come to English matters, how many Englishmen know of the late discovery of the long-historical French poem dealing with tjhe life of tha great Earl Marshal, the hero of Mag na Charta7 Or, more remarkable still, the recovery of the history of Itlchard Coeur-dc-Loon'9 Crusade, as told in the verses of his own chaplain and follower, Ambrose, the priest? Blackwood's Magazine. Till: HOUSE WAS l'LAYTUL. lint the Tenderfoot Did .Not Like Him Any Hotter for Being So. From tho Detroit Freo Press. "Ho ain't vicious, stranger, and ain't got a single mean trait." So spoke the owner of the mustang to the tenderfoot who was sojourning In the hills of southwestern Missouri. "You Just get on and try him, and If you don't like him don't buy him. He may be a bit spry and playful, but that's 'cause he's been In tho stable over a week." The tenderfoot sprang to the saddle and what happened thereafter he only dimly remembered. The horse reared; tln'-nTie came down on all fours, with his legs as stiff as a sawhorse. Having repeated this operation half a dozen times, he sprang forward and covered a good section of the country at a 2.01 gait, with no running mate either. He reared, leaped, plunged and finally made bis way back to the starting point, made as if to roll over and then dived for the stable door, leaving the horseman dazed, dumb and limp In a bush near the roadside. The owner helped the would-be purchaser to his feet, straightened him out and jammed his battered hat on his head. "What kind kind of a horse do you call that?" grasped the tenderfoot. "She! He's all right. Been In the stable a week, that's all. Feels a bit playful. But he has a. right nice gait. AVhat do you think of that single foot of hla'n?" - HOW HE COT IT. From the Chicago Post. "I wonder how ho got such a good Job," ho said. "Why, don't you know?" she returned. "When he applied for it ho told them that his marrlago the following week de pended upon his getting something to do at once." "And they gave It to him?" "They did." "How ready people nro to help a man to get into trouble, aren't they?" She didn't answer. She didn't feel that sho could answer without exhibiting a temper that she usually tried to keep in concealment. IIUOWX. It was pretty to seo how she gazed that day As he leoVher, a bride, from tho church away; There was trust In her smiling and hope in her eyes, For she truly believed she had won a prize. There was no telling, then, she would softly say, What wonderful things he would do somo day. His genuls would certainly win renown. Fame had nothing to give too good for Brown. Tho years rolled on nnd tho loving llprit Still shono in her eyes as she watched each night. He hadn't done much In the way of art Tho career upon which she had set her heart. But politics yet his aid would claim And ho'd find his sphcro and would hear his name Echoed In country houso and town. Tho world would clamor In pralso cf Brown. Age hovered noar; It was hut to find Her old ambitions left far behind. But she clasped his hand as he plodded en Believing that fortune must surely dawn. That wealth, which may come in a single day, Wn,ld jet turn Toners and Joy their way. And then, their own burdens of care laid dowr, Tho grateful poor should remember Biown. Her disappointments could never dim The lovlnp faith that she had In him. And she tenderly speali3 In the same old way Of the wonderful things he will do some day. She thinks that his virtues were far too great For this thoughtless world, to appreciate, world, to appreciate, That tho sweetC3t harp and tho bright est crown Aro being reserved, as his due, for Brown Washington Star. r m IS Wholesome When shortened with (01T0LENE ITie cottoleno trade marks are "OMolmt" oat tUir't Unit in cAton jW.-inl wrrtili on every Wi THE N. K. rAir3ANK COMPANY, utia.-o, Nci Urk, I'WUi'.cli'bU, rittilrur jglllllSp n SisffijflSsfN n IN MEMORY OF COL. R. A. OAKFORD Flag Given by Ills Widow to Veterans' Union. Union PR0SENTAA10N i BY II. E. PAINE Ills Itcmnrks Contained n Vary Com prehensive History oT One of Scrnu ton's Lnmcntcd Soldlcrs-Olortully Wounded nt tho Head of Ills Com mand on Anlictnm Battlefield. Recollections of tho late Colonel It. A. Oakford were beflttlngly delivered by H. E. Paine at last Thursdnv night's meeting of the Union Veterans' union. The occasion was the presentation of a Hag by Mrs. Oakford in memory of her husband. She was unable to lc pres ent and delegated Mr. Paine to make the presentation. Mr. Paine spoko extemporaneously and said in part: Colonel, Comrades nnd Ladles: I havo nt this time n very pleasing task to per form, none other than tho presenting to this command this beautiful silk banner, a gift from Mrs. Frances Oakford, of our city. I regret that the generous donor is prevented from being with us upon this auspicious occasion, but 1 can assure you that although slio is absent in body, sho is present In spirit. Sho has always taken a deep interest In every soldlcr-organlza-tlon and especially In tho welfare of this command. The patriotic Amerlcnn blood which flows through her veins Is tho pro duct of half a dozen preceding genera tions. Her ancestors, the Slocums, have been associated with tha Wyoming nnd Lackawanna valleys from tho very be ginning, nnd this most gifted woman would be false to her ancestry If sho was anything but patriotic. In her, this com mand will havo a steadfast friend as long as It proves Itself worthy of her friend ship. But, colonel nnd comrades, It Is fitting that I should say something of him who went at tho call of his country and did not return. I regret to say that many n hero who gave his Ilfo that tho nation might live has had scant tribute paid to his memory, while he who returned to enjoy tho fruits of his victory has In some cases received superfluous laudn tlon. In the few moments allotted to me I can mention hut very few of tho mnny good things that could be said to tho memory of Colonel Oakford. HIS BUSINESS LIFE. B. A. Oakford was born In the city of Philadelphia in the year 1120, and was killed at tho bend of his regiment on tho bloody Held of Antlctam, Sept. 17, 1SC2, thus being 42 years old at tho tlmo of his death. Colonel Oakford was blessed with a liberal education. He was a graduates of Lafayette college. Soon after complet ing his studies, being somewhat impaired in health, he decldod to follow nn actlvo business career In preference to a profes sion. He accepted of an offer from ono of the leading bulncts men of tho Wyo ming valley nnd In 1812 settled at Wyo ming. Here he becamo acquainted with his future wife, Miss Frances Slocum, daughter of Lnyton Slocum, who In tho ripeness of her years is yet with us and is the generous donor of this beautiful banner. In the jear 1852 Mr. Onkford re moved with his family to Scranton, ho having been appointed to a responslblo position with tho Lackawanna' Iron and Coal company. Permit me to say that he, with his fam ily, were tho first hoarders at tho old Forest House, they obtaining their meals there before tho building was sufficiently completed to furnish them with rooms. From this time until the breaking out of the war, Mr. Oakford was constantly In tho employ of either the Lackawanna Iron and Coal company or the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Itallroad com pany. I wish to relate an Incident that hap pened shortly beforo the breaking out of the war. It was lato in the fall of I860, or early In tho winter of 1SG1, that he was required to make an extended business trip through tho south. This trip took him as far as the stato of Texas. He re turned homo fully impressed with tho fact that war was Imminent, and he de clared that wo of tho north had not ono moment to spare In order to prepare for It. Ho was laughed at for his fears and was assured that tho people of the south would never take up arms against the government and actually make war upon the old flag. Ho replied that they had already taken up arms, that the wholo south from the Potomac to tho Bio Grande waB ono vast military camp, that they were thoroughly In earnest, In fact that they were war-crazy and that noth lnwiut tho most abject abasement on the paJB of tho north could prevent tho im penfilng calamity, nnd as this was an net tho north would never consent to do, then tho only thing was war, and that very quickly, too. Mr. Oakford was a wise prophet; with in two or three short months Fort Sum ter was fired upon and war was upon us. HIS FIBST COMMAND. At tho first call of President Lincoln for volunteers he offered his services and was made colonel of the Fifteenth Penn sylvania. This wns a three-month regi ment. Colonel Oakford was In actlvo command of this regiment during Its en tire period of service. On looking up the history of tho command, I find that It was at the front nnd was actively en gaged in the operations along tho Poto mnc In the neighborhood of Martlnsburg and Harper's Ferry, and returned homo nt the expiration of their term of service, which w ,s about tho middle of August, 1SG1. For a period of Just one year Colonel Oakford remained hero In Scranton, at tending to his business affairs. Ho was elected a Justice of tho peace of tho then borough of Scranton, an offlco which ho held at tho time of his death. He gave llbeially of his time and money for every object that advanced the union cause, nnd never shirked any duty incumbent upon him as a loyal citizen. When, In the month of July, JS02. Presi dent Lincoln called for 300,000 more volun teers Colonel Oakford realized that tho tlmo had como for him to again tako his place nt tho front. Governor Curtain of fered him the colonelcy of the One hun dred and Thirty-second regiment. The offer was promptly accepted, and he as sumed tho task of organizing and equip ping the regiment. Tho companies wcro from Lackawanna, Wyoming, Bradford, Montour and Carbon countlej. The regi ment was mustered into the service at Old Camp Curtain, on Aug. 17, und im mediately left for Washington. At this tlmo tho Army of the Potomac was In a whirl of excitement. General Pope had fought the second bsttlo of Bull Itun, and had lost. His forces were fall ing back to Washington. McClellan's army was being hastily brought back from tho James, and Leo's victorious le gions were headed for the north side of tho Potomac. Without tlmo for drill or op portunity to lecrn tho duties of a soldier. Colonel Oakford's regiment wns assigned Its place In tho Army of tho Potomac, and waB expected to perform the same efficient service ,as was re quired of the veteran regiments. How well they performed their part was owing very largely to tho soldiery qualities of Col onel Oakford. I will pass over tho tlmo which intervened between tho regiment leaving Wellington and until It was In line along Antletam Creek, In front of Shnrpsburg, Md,, on the evening of Sept. 18, where it had Its first taste of battlo and drove the enemy back from their front for a short dlstnnco before dark ness stopped tho conflict. About 3 o'clock on the following morn ing tho regiment became hotly engagud with tho enemy In their front. Thero was no skirmishing, but the battle broko in all Its fury, and rolled from left to right, and right to left. Colonel Oakford dls mounted from his horse and with cool ness directed and encouraged his men to do their duty. Unmindful of hls.qwn safety, and striving only to do his duty as a fcoMler, lie becamtt a mark for n wcll-almcd mlttlc, and lived but a few momenta after being struck, and then at tho aire Cf 42 -went out the life ot a devoted soldier of his country. His remnlns were brought homo and Interred ut Wyoming. HIQHEIt IIONOBS AWAITED HIM. Colonel Oakford possessed all tho quali fications of a soldier, nnd had his life been spared wo can safely predict that higher honors awaited him. Abovo oil cleo ho gave all ho had, yea, even life Itself, that this nation should not perish. My comrades, I would like to say moto about tho gallant soldier, after whom our command is named, but tlmo forbids, I could not well say less. And now, colonel and comrades, on behalf of the generous donor, I present you this banner. It Is Inscribed with the name of him, after whom our command Is named. I trust that no ofllcer or comrade of this com mand will over do nn net that will bring disgrace, upon this organization nor dis honor tho name of him. after whom our command Is """d, or that will bring a blush of shan the face of her, who is' the generous lonor of this beautiful gift. Colonel, I tntruft this banner Into your keeping. Colonel S. W. Roberts, In accepting the banner, made some very appro priate remarks, and expressed tho high regard he had always entertained for Colonel Oakford , In tho Item with reference to this matter printed Saturday it was stated that a flag was also presented by Com rade Hlnkley. The flag In question was given by Comrade W. T. Kcndell, of this city, who served during the war ns a member of tho One Hundred and Fourth Pennsylvnnla Volunteers. Ho was color bearer of that reclment for two years and six months. THE LITCIiriELD STOVE. Story of How Stoves Wcro Introduced Into n Connecticut Town. William H. Coleman In the Evangelist. The story of the Litchfield stove and Its recent discovery Is of much histori cal Interest. The tale has often been told perhaps never better than In your Issue of December 10. The earliest version I know of was given by S. G. Goodrich ("Peter Parley") in his "Rec ollections of a Lifetime," published in 1856. Mr. Goodrich was born in Rldge flcld. Conn., In 1793, and his recollec tions of early times run back to tho be ginning of the century and even before. Perhaps your readers may like to see his version of tho stove story: "One thing strikes me now with won der, and that Is the general indiffer ence, In those days, to the Intensity of winter. No doubt the climate was then more severe; but be that ns It may people seemed to suffer less from It than at the present day. Nobody thought of staying at home from church because of the extremity of the weather. Let me tell you n story, by the way, upon the meet ing houses of those days. They were of wood, and slenderly built, of course admitting somewhat freely the blast ot the seasons. In the severe winter days we only mitigated the temperature by foot stoves', but these were deemed ef feminate luxuries, suited to women and children. What would have been thought of Den. Olmstead and Granther Baldwin had they yielded to the weak ness of a foot stove! Tho age of comfortable meeting houses and churches, In country towns, was subsequent to this, some 20 or 30 years. All Improvement Is gradual, and frequently advances only by conflict with prejudice and victory over oppo sition. In a certain county town with in my knowledge, the introduction of stoves Into the meeting house, about the year 18R0, threatened to overturn society. The Incident may be worth detailing, for trifles often throw lisht upon Important subjects. In this case, tne metropolis, which we call II , had adopted stoves In the churches", and naturally enough some people of the neighboring town of E set about introducing this custom into th meeting house In their own village. Now, the two maMer spirits of society the Demon of Progress and the Angel of Conservatism somehow or other had got Into the place, nnd as soon as this reform was suggested they began to wrestle with the people, until at last the church and society wer? divided Into two violent factions the stove party and the anti-stove party. At the head of tho first was Mrs. Dea K and at the head of the latter was Mrs. Dea P. The battle raged portentously, very much like tho renowned tempest In a teapct. Society was. Indeed, lashed Into a foam. The minister, between the contending factions, scarcely dared to say his soul was his own. He could scarcely find a text from Genesis to Jude that might not commit him on one aide or th9 other. The strife, of course, ran into politics, and the rep resentative to the assembly got In by a happy knack at dodging the ques tion In such wise as to be claimed by both parties. "Finally the progressionists prevailed the stovo party triumphed, and the stoves wero accordingly Installed. Great was tho humiliation of the anti stoveltes, nevertheless they concluded to be submissive to the dispensation of Providence. On tho Sabbath succeed ing the Installation of the stoves, Mrs. Dea P., Instead of staying away, did as she ought, and went to church. As she moved up tho broad aisle It was re marked that she looked pale, but calm, as a martyr should conscious of In Jury, yet struggling to forgive. Nev ertheless, when the minister named hU text Romans, 11:20 and spoke of heap ing coal3 of fire on the head, sho slid from tho seat and subsided gently upon tho floor. Tho train of Ideas suggest ed was, in fact, too much for her heated brain and shattered nerves. There was a rush to her pew and the fainting lady waa taken out. When she came to the air sho slightly revived. " 'Pray, what Is the matter?' said Mrs. Dea K who bent over her, hald ing asmelllng bottle to her nose. " 'Oh, it Is tho heat of those awful stoves,' said Mrs. Dea. P. " 'No, no, my dear.' said Mrs. Dea IC. 'that can't be; It's p. warm day, you know, and there's no fire In them. " 'No flro In tho stoves?' said Mrs. Dea P. " 'Not a particle,' said Mrs. Dea K, " 'Well, I feel better now,' said the poor lady; and so, bidding her friends good-bye, sho went home In a manner suited to tho occasloln." THE tfllONG HOY. At a country school not a hundred miles from Weatherly ono of tha directors Is a clergyman. Ho sent word that he, with tho other directors, would visit tho school last Friday. Tho teacher, a young girl, wns desirous of making a good impres sion, so she drilled tho children carefully as to Just what to say on tho occasion of tho visit. Tho first boy was asked, "Who raado you?" His reply was to ba "God " Tho second boy was to bo asked, "Who was tho first man?" 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