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SCHOOL AND CHDBCH. S« Jte A3S& .«& m, of whom G.m.m are CathoMsm —Just because thefidow's mite wm ( highly praised then allots of • who pride themselves with never put ting more than a penny into the coo trikution-box .—Chicago tribune. —A Manchester boy baa played tru ant uninterruptedly from October, 1882, until the present tune. His parents thought he was attending school and his teacher believed him to be at work, Boston Port. ' ■ —The suit brought by Rev. Edward Jones against the Rev., Miss Anna Oliver in Brookly for #800 be gave the church, now claiming that it was a loan, while she instate that it waa a gift, has been decided m her two*.—Brook lyn (N. Y.) Eagle. —On account of the fact that many of the Jews do not understand the He brew language and therefore do not take interest in the services in that Ian guage, a Rochester (N. Y.) synagogue has decided to adopt the English trans lation of the ritual .—Rochester Express. —A recent return of the Financial Board of Cambridge University puts the incomes of colleges at $1,156,000. Trinity has the largest, over $231,000; Magdalen the smallest, $23,600. Tho colleges contribute $26,000 to the com mon university fund—two and a quarter per cent, about. —At Bacup, in England, recently, S' girl aged seven died from inflammation of the brain, brought on by overwork at school. The medical officer in re porting the case strongly condemned the practice of making young children ido home lessons at night. He said it worried them and made them restless in their sleep .—Chicago Herald. —The Superintendent of the Akron <0.) schools, says: "Education is a difficult and delicate art; it requires an intimate acquaintance with the nature the human mind, and tho best way of operating upon it; it requires a knowl edge of how minds are influenced by moral motives, as well as how both moral and intellectual operations are acted upon by outside influences." s reported that in the town of jNoy#U, where John Calvin, tho great Genevese reformer, was born, the very name of Protestantism bas been almost forgotten, and. that the name of Calvin was unknown. M. Cadot, the Baptist pastor of Channy, has succeeded in opening a small room for the preach ing of the Gospel in that place. M. Cadot says.be found a hearty welcome, and that his meetings were attended by pome of the leading families. The re sult of his visitwill De the founding of a new cnurch. —At a recent meeting of the Science Association of John Hopkins Univer sity Prof. Sylvester bade farewell association, saying that he should leave for Europe before its next meeting. He hoped that steps would be taken to make the valuable and interesting meet ings of the association accessible to the general public, and to print reports of .them in some scientific journal. He thought it desirable also that verbal and impromptu reports be more often made, in addition to the papers read, and "the well-known American bash fulness" thus overcome. so of -It to the PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. —If conscience is what makes cow ards of us all, there ought to be a f reat many brave men these days.— 'hiladelplua C<41. —Counterfeit silver dollars are float ling about the city.—Hartford Times. Those that float are not good, of course. —Philadelphia Record. —"Yes, sir," said Jinkins, "Smithcr is a man who keeps his word; but then ihe has to." "How is thnt?" asked Jones. "Because no one will t^ke it." — Oil Cit a Derrick. i- --"The idea of my being jo, aid us of : iMiss Smith!" exclaimed Mrs. Brown, [indignantly; "tho idea of my being jealous of heyj wheMI think so much of * Jher!" " 'Yesf but $1 lat do'you think#* 'asked Brown .—Boston Post. A indy xvas reproaching Mr. WillJ GamJVarreu at a recent reception for [going into society so little. "You ought to let us lionize,you a little," she said. U 'I never heprd of but one man," re plied the veteran actor, "who was not Spoiled by being lionized." "And who Was he?" "Daniel ."—Chicago Tnbune. —A social calamity: Mr. Jones— "You seem to be in great distress, my friend." Tftnnp— "I, am sir, in dis tress—in great distress. I have just (been married, and I am on my wed fling tour, but from lack of funds 1 lhave'been compelled to leave my wife (behind." A spirit of chivalry prompted ta donation, of course— N. X. Mail. — A country clergyman who recently (preached in an Austin church is an ad mirer of the wrWngs of Charles iDickens, and quotes from his novels almost as often does from the Bible. He surprised Ms .congregation by winding up a gorgeous peroration with: "It is thus you see, nny brethren, as the Scriptures say, "'Barkis is willin,' but the flesh is weak.''—Texas Siftings. —A precocious Child, while Engaged i his thanksgiving Repast, remarked to his Indulgent Mother that he Be lieved he was not as Thankful as Ought to be. ' 'This shocking Condition of affairs," added he, "may, however, be somewhat Remedied," by another Piece of Mince pie and a large Slice of Cheese ."—Chicago Newt. he * he A Natural Klndler. The Hydroceliee gummifera groxvs in ■the Falkland Islands, as well as is Tierra del Fuego, and is known as the -"gum plant, stance it exudes in large quantities; ■this sap is called "balsam," and is used Jby the natives of the countries where it is feund as • poultice for wounds. But ■ita most important property, in their ■ eyes, is tbe ease with which it can be set on fire, even when green and grow ing—a matter of no flight consequence ■in regions where rain falls five days out of every six. In the Falkland Islands, where there are no trees, the -natives often roast their beef over a tire of bon from w cause of a viscous sub a*r-the very bones of die animal vhlch, but the moibent before, the meat itqslf was stripped and they use ithe gum-plant to kindle this fire.— ■Captain Moyne Reid, in St. Hicholas. A Wife's Calculation. SfidEtKE® .. You gmoko Topnoody?" • « .*1 trv to, ftv dear." •■[ heard a lady say to-day her hus band h er you smoked the flve-for a-shilling kind." .-The scoundrel!" said Mr. Topnoody, tndjjmantjy. ..{(„ 1( j her I knew you had better taste than-that" ..(){ course I have, my dear, and Pm glad you defended me. I smoke only t he best and these cost sixpence apiece, wholesale." „ How m#ny do ™, u smoke a day?" 8moke only about a half-dozen; j give a way enough to make it av erage *^ mu$ta as tea a day. There 1 * nothing mean abont me,'my dear, in that sort of thing." "Ten a dhy. said his wife, medi tatively, "'866" days in a year—3,650 cifcars a year at twelve cents apiece amounts to #400. Topnoody, I want a #100 sealskin jacket." "What? You Bhock me! can't afford it. I never wear any $100 clothes." "All the same, I'm going to have it and if I- have to select it I'll get one for $1'25, Topnoody." "But, my dear-" "Don't but me, Topnoody. You may be a goat, 'but' Pm no target." "Good heavens, woman, you'll bank rapt me with your: reckless extrava gance." "You think I'm extravagant, do you?" "Yes, I do; you are extravagant in everything, from your jaw clear around." "Not everything, Topnoody. "Name one thing you ain't extrava gantin and I'll give you a dozen seal skins, If I have to mortgage the house to doit." d cigajjjg, don't jou, Why, 1 u "Will you? Well, I'll tell yon mighty quick. I'm not extravagant in my ad miration of a man named Topnoody, and I -—" Topnoody didn't remain over to hear the conclusion .—Merchant traveller. Bulwcr and the Village Girl. Had Bulwer been less susceptibly emotional, he might have been infinitely happier. His life was wrecked by an ill-considered marriage, which induced the quarrel with his mother, who had judged the circumstances more dispas sionately; and while still a youth at a private school he indulged an attach ment which left indelible impressions on him. He tells in the Autobiography of "the pretty village girl," to whom "I gave a whole romance—never spoken." At the time, apparently, he hardly realized the depth and earnest ness of their mutual attachment. They were separated, and "she was forced into a marriage against which her heart protested.'''' She died, and was laid to rest in a church-yard in Cumberland, and four years later he made a pilgrim age to the grave: "Until I had knelt alone and at night, beneath the stars, at that shrine, I felt that my life could never be exorcised from the ghost that haunted it—that my heart could never again admit the love of woman, nor my mind calmly -participate in the active objects of men." But the phantom was never wholly oxoroised. The story of the village beauty with whom he had trilled on the banks of the Brent was retold in tho Lily of 'Kenelm Chillingly,' and when reading that story before its publication to hia son and his daughter-in-law in his tkcclinipg 'years, he was painfully overcome by his emotion. Till his pri vate papers were examiped after his death, thejt knew nothing of the real cause of that emotion. His s that fhe early attachment had deeply colored the whole of hfs life. The im mediate effect was that he lost both health and spirits, and had recourse in his despondency? to the consolation of religion, found tty My nepVcs ligion reippr rather than soothed me with her mercy. ' ' —London Times. son remarks "BpJ it was long before I e consolation that 1 sought. Wire so shattered that re inc .with her awe Some Instances ef Discipline. In many of the departments at Wash ington much grumbjjng is heard among the,clerks of the rigid enforcement of the rales governing employes. An as sistant chief of a prominent division of tha treasury, who had been in the de partment twenty-five years, xvent into the Corridor the other day to point out the direction of the cash-room to his wife and a lady friend, and upon turning to his work found on it a card directing him to report to the Secretary for disobeying rules in leaving his desk on matters not connected with public business. Not long ago a clerk in an other department was a few minutes behind iu reporting for duty. He was fined seven cents for being tardy, and the fine taken out of his wages at the end of the month. To do this it was necessary for his immediate superior to formally communicate to the disbursing officer of the department, who carefully computed the value of the time lost, and then the Auditor and First Comptroller had to approve the account, ana by the time the red tape performance was endedJhe Government had lost prob ably tne value of one day's time of a clerk in formally passing the fine of seven cents npon the tardy employe and collecting the same .—Detroit Post and Tribune. re —A Bostonian fell from a bridge. The tide was running swiftly out and he was swept rapidly toxvard mid ocean. He had gone bottomward twice before some stalwart oarsmen succeeded in pulling him into their boat. There were no signs of life, but after an hour or so of the customary manipulations he was brought to con sciousness. Without referring in any manner to his narrow escape, he pulled but some bank notes from an inside pocket. With a look of despair he ex claimed: "O, my God, my God, my money is spoiled." Not until one of his friends had demonstrated to him be yond* doubt that his bills would' not shrink in value on account of soaking did the terrified man recover calmness. —Boston Aif. Fright In a Street Car. Uncle Txm Podgers bought for his pet!nit-b» a couple of rqjjber dolis that emit a tiny'squeak bjSjpressuro. and started afor home oiv * hob-tail car. Suspended by a strap, with one hand, and holding tbe little pheitage in the othor, he accidently squeezed the dolls, and forth came a squeak which seemed to startle a lady comfortably seated in a fur-lined cloak, who looked right uud left, evidently a trifle alarmed. Uncle Tom is as mischievous as he was fifty years ago, and presently there another squeak, when the lady again looked inquiringly and intensely at, her neighbors. A gentleman at her side deserted the car jijst then and Un ele'Toin dropped into the vacant seat. With tbe package in the voluminous folds of the fur-lined cloak there was soon another,#queak and the lady cried out! was "O! there's a mouse in the car!" "I thought 1 heard something," said a portly gentleman wearing a bald head and a diamond pin. "I did hear something," said a posi tive lady in a camel's hair sack. "So did I," came forth timidly from under a tangled jungle of blonde bangs, surmounted with the plunderof several ostriches. "Me, also. I haave meesclf to hear some ting," added an old Frenchman over a big basket between his legs. Uncle Tom leaned forward to look for the mouse, and the package spm|how got under his leg. There was another squeak. "He's under the seat," shrieked the fur-lined lady as she jumped to her feet. Instantly the starboard side was de nuded of passengers. Ladies held their skirts closely around their ankles and gentlemen stamped to insure the invio lability of their pantaloons. Larboard side people bowed forward to catch pos sible glimpses of the mouse under the opposite seat. Suddenly the car lurched heavily as she "broached to" rounding Crosby Street point. Cargo shifted immedi ately. Starboard watched strangely mixed up with the larboard. Boots anil gaiters knocking each other in the hold, shins and knees twisted together fur ther aloft. A seal-skin muff flics from its gaskets and carries away a Derby hat. Small child loses her reckoning and lands in tho Frenchman's basket. Episcopalian's mutter ejaculations that are not "prayers to be used at sea." "Sacree," shouted the Frenchman. "O, my," cries the fur-lined lady. "It's outrageous," declares the posi tive camel's hair, "Its tone from the bottom of the breakfast, and a voice like a gentle brooklet murmurs from the jungle of tangled bangs: "Its just too awful for anything!" Sharp boy down on the ttoorcalls out: "I see him! I see him!" "Take my cane," says a tall pair of in a silk hat and brown kids. rolls up a deep r man's e. specs Each rigorous drive of tho cane was followed by a corresponding squeak, until the last terrible stroke—when all was still I The sharp boy reached cautiously under the seat and pulled out the butt of a cigar, terribly lacer ated. "What the deuce's the matter?" asks a smart, dapper young gentleman who had just boarded the car. "They say there's a mouse under the seat," gravely replied Uncle Tom, as he pinched the dolls near his coat-tails. "He's behind those boxes; I heard him!" says the 9mart youth. Umbrellas and canes joined in a rataplan on the wooden boxes that cover the car-wheels. A rosy-cheeked German girl pulled the strap. There was a merry twinkle in her eye as she looked at Uncle Tom. It was his turn to be alarmed. Had she discovered the mouse? Disclosure meant lynching in that excited com munity! He made for the door. "I think dot mouze, dotvas you!" said the rosy maiden, as they reached tlio sidewalk. Uncle Tom showed the mouse, and explained. Snelaughed so heartily that the policeman on the corner thought the couple had just heard of the aeath of their mother-in law. her They walked the next block merrily together, and Uncle Tom believes that he has cemented a life-long friendship with that German girl,—if he ever chances to meet her again.— N. Y. World, Lime-Kiln Club Mottoes. The following mottoes and greetings are printed on cloth and hung on the walls of Paradise Hall: "Credit am an enemy to entice you to buy what you doan' want." "Dar am no danger of do well cavin' in if you keep on top." "If life had no sorrows we should grow tired of bearin' each odder laugh." "Gray hairs should respect demselves if dev xvant to be respected by "While color has nuffin' pertickler to do wid treein' de coon, doan much for a yaller dog " judges the character of a pusson by his clothes am buyin' a mule by de sound of his bray." "De pusson who has no temptations am one of de biggost sin ners in de crowd." "Kind words cos' nuffin! Dat's de reason so many of ns am willin' to throw away sich a heap of 'em." "While honesty am de best policy, doan' be too fast to express your candid opinyun of your naybur." "Bumps on a man's head may express his traits of character, but you kin find out all you want to know about him by goin' on one excursion inhis company." "What we do to-day am dun fur to morrer. What we intend to do to morrer won't buy meat fur dinner."— Detroit Free Press. odders." .' pay too "He who —Railroads have been the bane of villages along the Ohio. A writer in the Cleveland Herald says: "The river is no longer the great avenue of trade, and as the steamboat disappears before the railroad these once thriving towns fall into decay. They retain their status as towns ana villages; they are marked on the maps; tho old settlers remain from force of babit, but no new comers settle; they are good towns to away from. —A Brooklyn man lately advertised, in the same paper, for a female copyist at a salary of »even dollars a week and a servant girl at twelve dollars a month. To the last advertisement he received just one application for the place; for the other he received—554. —Brooklyn Eagle. move Pork-Backing. The trade in fresh pork meats has greatly increased within the past few years and this gives to farmers in the vicinity of business centers a ready market for all those parts of the animal which are not salted or otherwise cured. Tenderloins, ribs, chines and hocks are sold fresh, as a rule, although ribs and chines may be cured in the same as bams, and sometimes the hocks are corned. The season for curing meats for family use is now at hand and a few suggestions on the subject may be wel to readers who are inexperienced. Do not slaughter hogs in mild, damp weather or during extremely cold weather. A dry, frosty day is best for this work. ' After the hogs are killed and dressed have the cari asses where they will cool through previous to being cut up (and packed. Remember that the animal heat must be dissipated or the meat will spoil. In the endeavor to cool and dry carcasses, avoid exposing them to an atmosphere so cold as to cause the outside to become frozen be fore the animal heat has all escaped. Freezing the outer surface of the dressed meat surrounds the interior of the flesh with a wall through which the animal heat still remaining in and around the bones cannot escape, and the result will be souring and speedy decay at the centre of the hams, shoulders and the like, which outwardly appear in good condition. man ner come pickled pork the usual plan farmers who cure meat for home For among use is to cut tbe mi.ddles crosswise into pieces about five inches wide, taking out the backbone and ribs, which loaves the meat in convenient condition to cut in suitable pieces when required fornse. New barrels or tubs are preferable, but old ones may be employed repeatedly if clean and sweet. Avoid using, how ever, old pork barrels for beef and the beef tub for packing pork. Salting with and without lime are both satisfactory methods when prop erly accomplished, but the preference is generally given to the latter, as the brine or pickle insures immunity from insects during the pickeling process. When the pickle is ready for packing sprinkle the bottom of the barrel liber ally with coarse salt of good quality, Pack the pieces on their edges, forming a ring around the inside of the barrel, with '"the skin outxxqxrd; fill the ring in the same way until a complete layer is gained, then press or pound it down gently if necessary. Next apply a gen erous* layer of salt, follow this with a layer of meat placed according to direc tions given for the first one, and so on until the barrel 'is filled, taking care that the last layer of meat u xtell covered with salt. If the weather is cool the meat may stand several days in this condition, but, as a rule, it is safer to at once add the brine, which should be made strong enough to float an egg. Let the scum rise to the top and skim it oft' before applying the brine. Cover the meat entirely, and if in open package weight it down to keep it from rising above the pickle. Sup ply enough salt so there will be some not dissolved in the barrel when the meat shall have been used up. The brine extracts blood and othei juices from the meat which rise to tho surface, and in bone meats it some times decomposes these and contami nates the contents of the cask. To avoid annoyance in this direction, farm ers, especially at the South, where it if more liable to occur, are advised to oc casionally draw off the brine, boil it and skim oft the impurities. Then, after the brine is quite cold, pour it over the meat again. When barrels containing pickled pork are headed up it is best to lay them on their sides and turn them over occasionally. Bacon, as it is commonly termed, if the same portion of the hog that is used for pickled pork, though differently treated. For tho pork barrel there is no danger of too much salt, but as the best bacon is that presenting alternate strips of lean and fat, too much sail makes the lean part stringy and tough. Dry salting is often resorted to in making side bacon. In dry salting, whether in barrels, boxes or piles, with out the additton of water to form a brine, it is of tho utmost importance that no chance be afforded for flies tc deposit eggs contact with had access to the pork it cannot be used until at once put into brine. A simple way in which to dry-salt any portion oi the hog's carcass is to spread a layer oi half an inch or more of salt on a plat form floor or the bottom of a large box or cask, then a layer of meat, on this a liberal application of salt, and so on until all is packed and the top well covered with salt. or maggots or to come in the meat. If flies have The smoked breakfast bacon, so fa vorably known in the Eastern States, is a choice article made from thin bris pieces and mildly cured.—AT. Y. ket Wor Women Excluded from the Italian Bar. A judgment has been given in an Interesting case before the Court of Appeal at Turin. Miss Lydia Poet, who has obtained a doctor's degree in law, was refused admittance to the roll of anvocates for reasons among which the following are the most interesting and amusing: "The Italian law has made no disposition expressly consenting to the exercise of the profession of advocate for women, and it has always regarded that profession as exclusively appertaining to men. The admission of xvomen would be extraordinary ami oontrary to custom, and is besides ex pressly forbidden by an article of mon law (article quoted). It would be a displeasing sight to see a woman pleading amid the tumult of a public court, and even sometimes obliged tc treat ex-professo questions that common decency forbids even men to discuss in the presence of honest women. The sight of the toga worn over the strange and whimsical dress which fashion often imposes upon women would imperil the gravity of the Judges. Every time balance of justice leaned to the side of a prisoner defended by a pretty female ailvo cate the Judges would be exposed to suspicion and calumny." The Court of A III! com the also held that that was neither the time nor the place to discuss the equality of women and their right to exercise all professions and offices hitherto occupied exclusively by men .—London Daily News. For Young Readers. the old clock. • What does the old clock ear, mamma'/'' And Edith climbed tho stair. And stood with face upturned and grave, And to»sed-back, golden hair. •' Tick, look. Tick, took, All night and day. Hut, after all. dear mamma. What does the old clock say I " We do not know, little Edith. Even mamma can't Bay XVImt the old clock on Is telling us every day. Only a iwrt of Its meaning To even mamma Is clear, But the tick, took, tick, took, Hus one message for your ear. the landing "It says: 'Bee-little Edith, Time marches steadily by: Don't waste a minute of it For a cross word The tick, took, Tick, took. Is only Its marching tune. Hours slip by, days slip by. And years from Juno to Juno. a cry. " Fill them with joy. little Edith; Fill them with work and play. Never mope, never fret. And waste the time away; Jiut let tick, tock, Tick, t<»ek. A merry march tune bo, And inarch to it a merry round Of happy industry. * 'Merry play, happy work. Through days short and lom?. Will show the meaning, as you march. Of the old dock's ?oug. Tick, took, Tick, tock, All day and nUht, That is what tho old clock says. If wo hear it right.' " —Jane Andrews, in Golden Days, A BRAVE CRIPPLE. " He knows that no feller'll hit him 'cause he's so small an' he's only got one leg, so he does jest what he pleases. I do hate cripples, 'cause they think they can do jest about as they want to." " But Amos didn't mean to hit the marbles; his crutch slipped on that smooth stone, an' he couldn't help him self." " I don't believe anything of the kind. I was lookin' right at him when he come along, an' I could see him try to 4o it." Fred Barlow was making an exhibi tion of his temper such as was not at all creditable to him. With several of his most intimate friends he has been en gaged in a game of marbles in the school-house yard, hoping to be able to conclude it before the study bell should ring. It was just when ho was almost certain of victory that Amos Patten, a poor little fellow who had lost his leg ttvo years before by being thrown in front of a mowing machine, passed by, stumbling just in front of the collec tion of agates, marbles and alleys, and dispersing them in ever)' direction with his crutch. Even while Fred spoke he lifted his hand as if to strike Amos, and as the cripple shrank away from him as if in feai of the blow, the angry boy added: " You're a regular sneak and a coward, that's what you are, Am. Patten, an' I've a good mind to hit you anyway, jest so's to let yeu seo that you can't do what you want to, If 1 was such a sneak as you are, I'd hide myself »o's the other fellers couldn't see me. It is impossible to say what other hard words Fred might have spoken, for just then he felt a tiny hand thrust into his, and he turned to greet his little sister Alice, whom lie thought was the most wonderful and lovable child in the world. She was the only one who could check his temper, which was almost un governable because he had never at tempted to restrain it, and on this occa sion he contented himself by making one more threatening gesture towards Amos, after which lie walked into the school house with his sister. "I'll serve him out to-night," ho whispered to .Willis Rich as lie passed him in the ante-room. " He's always trying t i show off smart, an' even if lie is a cripple I believe I'll give him a les son that lie won't forget." As Fred thus decided that he would punish Amos for what was undoubtedly an accident, he walked to his seat with on assumption of manly dignity about him which would have caused him a certain feeling of shame if lie could have seen it as others did. To his mind, whipping another boy, evon though that one could not defend himself, was a very manly tiling to do, and instead of being thoroughly kshamed of his dis play of temper he xvas inclined to look upon it as something to be proud of. Even if Amos could not join his schoolmates ii) their sports, he could outstrip them in their studies, and dur ing that forenoon Fred felt several times that he had fresh cause of com plaint against him, as Amos answered, very readily, questions in the classes that he himself failed even to under stand. "I'll fix him," Fred muttered, as he went back to his desk, after having failed signally in his natural history lesson and Amos had been openly com plimented by the teacher. "Pll teach him as soon as I get him out in tho yard, an' then I guess he himself so awful smart." Then Fred sat looking down at the floor in a very sulky mood, resolved that he would pay no attention to his studies until he had "fixed" Amos, his desire for revenge growing stronger and stronger each momont, until a thin curl of what appeared to be blue dust at tracted his attention. It was so small that he would hardly lidve noticed it if he had not been gazing intently at the floor, and, even while he was trying to decide what it was, he heard a thrill cry from the street below. "Fire I Fire I" rang out on the air, and in an instant the socne in the school room was completely changed.' There had been more than one of these blue rings, such as Fred had seen, creeping up through the cracks of the floor, and the instant the dread alarm had been given from the outside, every one knew that tho school-house was on tire beneath him. Then came such a scone as has been too often described in the daily papers; tho studious pupils became terrified be yond control, with but the single thought of seeking safety by flight, and without giving need to the injuries caused by their mad rush. The larger pupils, frantic with fear, ran madly in the direction of the door, trampling on the smaller and weaker ones, while in creasing each moment, could be heard the roaring of the flames below that had gained such headway before they were discovered. •* won't think Already could the heat be f e ]ti the thin floor, and, as tie fij through the wall at the back room, the rush became until the teachers were anything to stay It seemed to F more f| powerlwi d. red as if he directly from his feet by the Dt^l those around him, and, dimly that little Alice was somewiienTjl maddened throng, he was earrk| J wards the door, unablo jo flo an „J towards saving her, even had calm enough to think of rtscut ,*1 Half an hour passed—thirty t o J minutes, during which it wouidqj been impossible for Fred to l We j what lie did or said, and thenthetj were under control. AU this tjjuJ work of rescuing the tiny ones who9 been trampled down, half sufloesJj bruised by tlieii; stronger sctiookZJ had been carried on. No one bwj were allowed to enter the hir9 building, and Fred stood ascloseljJ door as possible, xraiting until in«tJ see Alice, but hoping almost i°|3 hope, that she had escaped belong more terrible rush had been made, 3 throat was dry, his tongue parched I that it was impossible for him toiuj while his eyes burned and smartsdj unshed tears. 1 Then in the arms of the two n*,y saw two figurfes, one of whom he U was his sister, because of the dfegJ wore, and he ran wildly forward, kJ ing, even as he did so, that he couklJ aid her if she had been in the band building uncared for ail that time A In tho stretchers, hastily pmjJ for the little sufferers, Alice waspfij and then Fred saw that she was <3 locked in the embrace of another, bleeding form told that he had sbijj her at the expense of his owalj her head had been covered by a U jacket, and in a moment after itwiiit moved she revived from the sum showing that she at least had eUwj uninjured. - 1 And this other, this boy who laj cared for her without thought of kii self, was none other than little Aim Patten, sneak and coward, as Fred 5 called him. Heedless of himself,$ poor cripple had prbtected the tkl with his own body, receiving the fcj from the feet of his terrified sphod mates, until the life had been crmbi from his deformed frame, and hela proven that he did not deserve the a Diets Fred had so cruelly applied him. Brave among the bravest, ink given his life for hers; but his rewto as his soul went out, from the poor lid mangled body to his Father in Hem was sufficient. Is it necessary to speak of Freu'u morseP Is it necessary to say that j mound in the village church-yard i often watered bv the tears of tbe l who, when it was too late, would hi suffered anything if, by so doing, could have unsaid the cruel words? The remembrance of that mound,i of him whose body sleeps beneathl sod, has ever been sufficient to tei Fred that " he who ruleth his spirt hotter than he who taketh a city;" l when his anger rises within bin. thinks of brave little Amos, and II gives the "soft answer" that "tun away wrath."—James Oils, in Con; gationalist. _ A California Woman Lawyer'* James Ross was caljcd, in Judgel ley's court, to answer a charge of larceny. His attorney, Mrs. Lain Force Gordon, was not in the court-i and his Honor manifested his annoj awyer Budd. explaining that Gordon's mother was ill, asked adjournment until one p. m. The Court (witli acerbity)—Thtc must go on. If she wants to praci law she must do as other attorneys Mr. Budd—As I have said, I am ways willing to extend courtesia brother—and sister—attorneys [a lighted titter among the liiVyersT,! I don't want to try this .case, u I court wishes, I will impanel the ji and telegraph Mrs. Gordon to be k at half-past one o'clock. The Court (breaking into a smile) Just as like as not she wouldn't-beh then. In military matters, Mr. Bin there is such a thing as a draft I may telegraph her, and if she M here at the proper time I shall draft j as her substitute. After the jury had been irapawl the trial was adjourned to half past o o'clock. At that hour the Judgd, jm lawyers, clerk and reporters sat waiti foriMrs. Gordon. Within twenty* onds she swept in, breathless, in * ft trimmed satin cloak and a Gains!* ongh hat, with an immense brim » imposing feather. Both she remou ana then breathleesly she shook b* her curls, and said sne didn't wnntl to go on until an important * . then missing, had been foul His Honor, with more directness » politeness, said that she should harei Mrs Gordon i L for trial tended to business, torted that her mother's dangerou* ness bad detained her, and she « not to be expected to compel the tendance of witnesses. "Tho trial must go on, Court, curtly. _ , "I note an exception," exclaimed lady lawyer. "Take your exception," gr° w '™ Honor. And the trial went on.—* ton (Cal.) Mail. said I —At a Fiftli avenue church ImG* day a tramp was present. A repor* says: "His expression seemed to W cate that he thought it incumW him to apologize for being even in such an inconspicuous He was apparently the only rcallv' up man in the whole church. " c , over a register and an observer heard to remark that perhaps W, jeot in visiting the church xvas as ® to get warm as to obtain spiritual solution." Well might Hood wra* the "rarity of Christian charity *3 quickly an unfavorable j made if a poor wayfarer eaten church .—Baptist Weekly. —Orderly Ruckraan,from Fort worth, tried to oomrait suicide reewj because his xrife left him in hispe'"J She was of Mormon birth, and M . walked seven hundred miles Lake City to see her .—Denver ■?' VJ —A negro convict in Adams, -'"J sentenced for life, drew eight 011 % dollars peusion money the other J) d lq the war.— SI. Loud'S SO a woun