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THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAT MORNING, JULY 30, 18X9. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30. FONDEST, FAIREST. AHHA J. SADLIKR. If thou frown est, fondest, fairest, Am I not sad T If thou smilest, fondest, fairest, , Ami not glad?. . If thoa weepest, fondest, fairest, . Thon klllestjoy. - -If rejoicing, fondest, talrest. Bliss hath no alloy. - If thou loveet, fondest, fairest. Above earth I soar. If thoa hatest, fondest, fairest, Still I must adore. "When thou'rt kind, O fondest, fairest. It is bliss divine. If thou hatest, fondest, fairest. Still I'm thine, all thine. - For, whate'er thy fancy, Still I am thy slave, - Nor can aught nnbind me, ' Save it be the grave. Home Journal. RELIGIOUS NOTES. Physical force, moral force and the police force are what keep the world going. The rises of adversity may possibly be very sweet, and yet no one wishes to find out what they are. Mr. Sankey was announced to sail from England on the 17th of Jnly, "to join Mr. Moody for the autumn and winter campaign in America." "It is a singular fact," observes the Catho lic Mirror, "that many criminals seem to be drawn toward the Catholic church when ail earthly hope has left them." Religion gives you a creed as a kind of ladder up which you may climb to noble life. Too many people, however, put the ladder up and then sit on the ground. - Time goes at its own gait and you can not hasten it by using "the1 spur - of the mo ment." You may ask your friend to "stop a minute," bat neither you nor he has the power to do it Five hundred French-Canadians have gone from Rhode Island on a pilgrimage to tne shrine of St. Anne de Keaupre, on the shore of the St. Lawrence, near Quebec. Are there no saints in New England? A man may have many sorrows and bear them serenely ; he may lose a fortune and become contented with poverty; lie may even look upon his rival in the affections of a wealthy match with a wild despair. The United Presbyterian church of Scot land supports nine missions, located in the West Indies, South Africa, India, China, Japan and Spain and adjacent islands. It has a mission to Jews in Algiers, - which is represented as very successful. It is estimated that over 200,000 colored people have been added to the Methodist church since the war. .They have caused ' more than a thousand churches to be built, .and more than 3,000 colored young men are in their aid schools in tne south. Persecutions of Protestants still continue ' in Spain. Two Protestant missionaries In "Vigo visiting Morgadeores, recently, were set upon by a mob headed by three priests. and almost stoned to death, escaping, with severe wounds, in a carnage. Other mis sionaries have been warned off at other places under threats. ., The Lutheran church 30 years ago had only a few scattered people in this country west of the Ohio. Now it numbers in the .same region 27 synods, 1,702 ministers, 3,001 churches ana db,lso communicants, in the entire country, less than a century ago, - there were only 24 Lutheran ministers. The .present number is 3,150, with 5,600 congre gations and 725,000 communicants. A good colored man once said in a class meeting: "Bredren, when I was a boy I took hatchet and went into de woods. When I iound a tree dat was straight, big and solid. I didn't touch dat tree, but when I found one leaning a little, and hollow inside. I soon bad him down. So, when de debil gets after Christians, he don't touch dem dat'a straight and true, but dem dat lean a little and are hollow inside. ' The isaptist Missionary union has in' creased its total of members in Europe and Asia enormously during the past ecclesias tical year. It reports no less than 80,475 members in its mission stations a clear gain of 13,586 Its greatest gain was In India, -among them the Teloogoos, 15,537. in Bur man it has 20,811 members and in Europe it lias 42,mw members, it employs 141 mis-. sionaries and 964 native preachers. Since 1870, when the Irish Established church (Episcopal) became disestablished. the people ot that communion have raised -over $10,000,000 for church support The salaries of the poorer clergy have been greatly increased, and the church has ex tended its field of operations as never before. So that disestablishment has advanced rather than retarded the progress of the church. No doubt the like results will follow the dis establishment in England. The .Baptist weekly asks: "Mow can a summer vacation be prevented from work ing evil to the religious life?" The practice of being sure that you have enough bait every morning before you start will help mightily. Nothing so tends to demoralize the religions life of the average man as to find as he sits fishing, four miles from the hotel, and at a time when the fish are biting well, that the bait is all out and he must fain return for more. Albany Evening Jour Dai. A German paper publishes a column of Roman Catholic statistics for the world. The grand total is 216.000,000, distributed among the continents as follows: Europe, i,,uw; America, 3i,muuu: Asia, ,l(i . -000; Africa, 1,695,000; Australia, 650,1)00 Of the countries, France leads with a Catho lie population of 36.405,000; Austria-Hun gary comes next with 28,357,000; Italy third. with z,y4-',uuu: Spain fourth, with 16.912, 000, and Germany fifth, with 15.950.000. The United States is credited with 8,000,000, about 2,000,000 more than is claimed by American Catholics. Brazil has 10.800,000; British America, 2,100,000. Professor Scheni, of this country, gives the total of Catholic population at 209,000,000, some 7,000,000 less than the German statistician. . He gives the total Protestant population at 113,700,000, and that of the Eastern churches at 88,000,000. From this it appears that the ' Roman Catholics still . outnumber all other . Christians combined. The Workings of a Great Firm. Saturday Seriew. The greatness of the house of Rothschild is only partially due to the capital at its com mand. Lake most other kinds of greatness. commercial greatness depends on the posses sion ol special personal qualities, if or a family to be commercially great it is neces- sary mat many oi its meniDers should nave these qualities. The founder of the house of Rothschilds left no fewer than five sons, each stationed in a great capital, all working to- eether, and all brimrinir to the manazeinent rv. 1' .."..,. , 3 of business more or less of the same shrewd ness, coolness, and indefatigable activity. , If it is hard to make money, it is still harder to keep it. The fate of nfost great commercial ' houses is either to .be ruined by the improvi dence of those who succeed . to the family Tights of control, or to disappear by sinking into the prudent security of accumulated capital invested beyond the reach of com--mercial vicissitudes. The eminence pf the Rothschilds is due to there being so many of Ahem, and to the unusual circumstance that throughout the family there ran the same turn for assiduity in business. ' Kich men are not, as a rule, fond of taking trouble, and the life of a man ' who really manages a great business is one of incessant trouble. No man perhaps is so rich that he does not wish to be richer; and to many men the mere con sciousness of holding so commanding a posi tion as that enjoyed by the Kothscnilds is in itself a powerful attraction. . But nothing will induce men of great wealth, whatever may be their commercial or-political influence,, to go on, year after year, with the incessant fatigue of attending to a vast business, except the desire to gratify a native taste for doing business well and to obey the traditions of their "families. Al though for many years crippled by . illness, ISaron Lionel was as punctual and as eager in attendance on Dusiness as it he had been a young clerk striving to be singled out for promotion. If the business of the Roths childs fis described roughly, it may be said to be that of ha vine large sums of money ready for great operations. It is these great opera tions which attract the notice and awaken the admiratation or envy of the public. But the real work of such a hrm consists, not in making these operations, but in being ready for them. To know what operations to un dertake, and when to undertake them, it is necessary to be perpetually acquiring every kind of inforhiation'td be inside the politics of nations, to watch all the ebbs and flows ot the tide of money. Then the funds which are to be some day employed in great things must be meantime employed in little things. Capital must not only not stand idle, but must be made to increase; and yet it must be so used as to be as much as possible at command, and not locked up so as to be useless when "want ed. To co in and out of temporary invest ments so that the handling of the money brings a fair average of profit requires much delicacy of manipulation, and a wearing con centration of mind on the minutiie of busi- . The Rothschilds are great in the world of commerce because they have a real de light in business, in the tedious, task' of .ac quiring and piecing together information, and in the dextrous manipulation of temporary investments. TRAVELING BOCKS. A "Wonderful Phenomenon That is to Be Seen iri"Nova Scotia. Lord Danraren in ths Nineteenth Century. A strange scene, for example, which came within mv observation last year, completely puzzled me at the time and lias done so ever since. 1 was in JNova bcotia in the hill when one day my Indian told me that in a lake close by all the rocks were moving out of the water a circumstance which I thought not a little strange. However, I went to look at the unheard-of spectacle, and sure enough there were the rocks apparently all moving out of the water on dry land. The lake is of consideiablo extent but shal low and full of great masses of rock. Many of these masses appear to have traveled right out of the lake and are now high and dry, some 15 vards above the margin ot the wa ter. Thev have ploughed deep and regular ly defined channels for themselves. You may see them of all sizes, from blocks of, say, roughly speaking, six or eight feet in diame ter, down to stones which a man could lilt. Moreover you find them in various stages of progress, some a 100 yards or more Irom shore and apparently just beginning to move; others half-way to their destination, and others again, as I have said, high and dry -1 ' 1 ' X -1, it - 1 - ' uuove tne water; xn an cases mere m a uis tinct groove or furrow which the rock has clearly ploughed for itself. I noticed one particularly good specimen, an enormous block which lay some yards above high-wa ter mark. 1 he earth and stones were heap ed up in front of it to a height of three or four feet. There was a deep furrow, the ex act breadth of the block, leading down di rectly from it into the hike, and extending till it was hidden from my sight by the depth of the water. Loose stones and peb bles were piled upon each side ot this groove in a regular, clearly defined line. I thought at first that from some cause or other the small er stones, pebbles and sand had been dragg ed down from above, and consequently had piled themssives up in front or all the large rocks too heavy to be removed, and had left a vacant space or lurrow behind, the rocks. But it that had been the case the drift of moving material would of course have join ed together again in the space of a few yards behind the fixed rocks. On the contrary, these grooves or furrows remained the same width throughout their entire length and have, I think, undoubtedly been caused by the rock forcing its way up through the loose shingles and stones which compose the bed of the lake. What power has set these rocks in motion it is difficult to decide. The action of ice is the only thing that might ex plain it; but how ice could exert itself in that special manner, and why, if ice is the cause ot it, it does not manifest that tendency in every lake in every part of the world, I do not pretend to comprehend. JU.v attention having been once directed to this, I noticed it in various other lakes. Un- fortunatelv my Indian only mentioned it to me a day or two before I left the woods. . 1 had not time, therefore, to make any inves tigation into the subject. ,-! Only Christians. I John Wesley was once troubled in regard to the disposition ' of the various sects, and the chances ot each in reference to future happiness or punishment. A. dream one night transported him in its uncertain wan derings to the gates of helL "Are there any Roman Uatholics here asked thoughtful Wesley. " l es, was the reply. , "Any Presbyterians?" "Yes," was again the answer. "Anv nonrrrwationalists?" ' i j ..0--a "Yes." "Any Methodists," by way of a clincher, asked the pious Wesley. , vies, was answered to his great indigna tion. 1 In the mystic way of dreams, a sudden transition, and he stood at the gates bf Heaven. Improving his opportunity, he again inquired: "Are there any Roman (Jathohes here "No," was replied. v ' "Any Presbyterians?" ' " . "No.'V V ". r "Any Congregationalists?" "No." "Any Methodists?'! : ' "No." " "Well then," he asked, lost in wonder, "who are they inside? . "Christians!" was the jubilant answer. I . . Western Emigration emigration to the West so far this season has been unprecedently large. The Land I Office statistics show as high as 1,200 entries of public lands in six days, equivalent to the takins un of 192 000 acres. - The entries 1 .. -t-. - . : . , . were made mostly under the homestead law and the timber culture act. Under the lat- ter a settler has to plant not less than 2,700 trees on each acre, and at the time of making final proof, there must be growing at least 675 living trees on each acre By this pro cess Dakota, which was nearly all waste land, is being rapidly improved and settled. - A wrong done us may be forgiycnr but how we may forgive those whom we have injur ed is a grave problem. Sunday Afternoon. THE FATE OF A LETTER. How a Bobber of the Mail wai Detected The Importance of Remembering: the Hour of Putting; a Letter Into the Mail. . . -1 - ' Philadelphia Keeord.j - "I'm just making my report to the depart ment at Washington concerning the fate of a registered letter," remarked Special Agent Barrett, of the Philadelphia postoffice, yes terday, as he sat at his desk buried in a pile of officifri documents. , "Sometimes parties who complain o having a letter lost think there is too much of that quantity known as 'red tape' to be disposed of in our endeavor to hunt a missing letter, but we must have all the information although sometimes we trace out our case on a very meager start.'' "Here is a good illustration. In a little town, about 12 miles out of the city I will give you my reasons for not stating any names when I am done with thestory there lives an old gentleman who has two sons living in a town out in Kansas. One of them has recent! v purchased some property out there in which the father is also interested, intending soon to go out there himself. About two months ago the father wanted to send $50 to his son to pay the interest coming aue on a mort gage, and so he went to the postoffice, in closed the sum in a registered letter, took his receipt for it and went home happy, thinking 1 presume, that that matter was attended to. The . letter was inclosed in what we call "a - jacket - or an ex- traenvelopo supplied by the Government, was put into a pouch containing nothing but registered letters, and having a peculiar lock, indeed so peculiar tnat mere are out six postoffices in the United States that have a key that will unlock it. ' One of these offic- is at St. Louis, to which place tne letter was first sent, and from there forwarded to its destination in Kansas. The arrival of the mail in one of those little Western towns is an event with them, and when it is about time for it to arrive the good country people congregate in the postoffice to ascertain if anybody from the Eat has remembered them. The son was expecting this letter. and of .courso was in the office when the postmaster opened his mail. "Here's a let ter for you Mr. Smith, and hero's one for you Mr. Jones, and another lor jur. Brown, said the postmaster, and finally coming in con tact with the registered letter, announced the fact to the waiting son. congratulating him on its contents. The son attempted to tear open the letter, but could not, because the letter and envelope were stuck together Guess the old gentleman didn't mean the money should jump ont for want of mucil age" remarked the son, as he drew his knife from his pocket ahd began to cut off the covering. It was fearfully glued together, but at last he got at enough ot it to read: "Inclosed please una oo, but he failed to find a cent. The letter had been rifled. Who did it? Certainly not the post master at that end of the line, tor he took the letter from the pouch and delivered it direct ly to the person to whom it was addressed An investigation showed that tne letter nnd been immediately forwarded from St. Louis to its destination, and the proper receipts given for-it whenever it passed from the hands ot one agent to another, it could not have been between this city and St. Louis, for no one had a key to the pouch, and no one could have picked the lock. So the mat ter was narrowed dowry to the postotnee here aTidtherri-fronv'whilitwa4juaill. The date of its receipt by the postal agent from the country office was on the envelope, and tne time oi us sinning iur ui. jjimiis. Such was the condition of affairs when Special Agent Barrett received tho papers from Washington and entered upon nis in vestigation of the case. ' Not desiring to be seen in the town where the letter was mailed, fearing it would arouse suspicion if the party was located there, .Sir. Barrett addressed a letter to tho writer requesting him to come to Philadelphia, and the" writer came. . "When did you mail tnat letter f was tne first inquiry, On the 30th of May," responded' tho writer. "And at what hour?" continued tho ques tioner. A little before 4 o'clock," was the re sponse. Sure ot tnat r asked tne special agent. Yes; I could swear to it," was the positive reply. . ; - " V hat kind ot a man is tne postmaster out there?" "Oh, there never was an honester man lived; he didn't hve anything to do with it," "No. I dont believe he did," was the as suring response of the interlocutor; but toll me who is in tne omce wun mm: "Well, ho has a brother-in-law there, who attends to the office in his absence." "Yes; now can vou tell mo what kind of a character he bears?" "Well. I can't sav much about him." re sponded the writer of the letter, hesitatingly; "l vo heard some, tilings, out J. uon i Know anything myself, about his having come there from tho South, ana tnat 8 an l can ten you, except I heard, now I come to think of it, that he was once in a store somewhere in Jersey; I can't tell where now, but I can find out and let you Know, added tne man, not knowing what possible good could be gained by the information, but hoping that it might be alter ail vaiuaoie. The place at which tne orotner-m-iaw oi tne postmaster naa wkeu in jersey was ascertained and the information imparted to Mr. Barrett. : The next step taken by tho special agent was, using his own language "to eo lor tne postal agent Dy asHing mm to explain how it was that a letter received bv him at 6 o'clock one day did not reach the office in Philadelphia until the next evening. The agent declared that no such state of fact existed. 1 - "Here's a registered letter, mailed before 4 o'clock on the 30th of May which was Friday, and did not reach Philadelphia nn- . -1 f j. a IT tl,DtO' innniMil Mr. Barrett. ' "Nothing of tho kind." replied the train agent; "I received that letter on my down trio on Saturday morning and brought it up with me on Saturday evening," headded with emphasis. "' ' ' "; "From whom did you receive it?" "From the assistant ' postmaster al He rave it to me himself, and I receipted to him for it on Saturday morning. More than this, I often get letters that were put into the office on the day before on my down trip, because he says he don t want to take the trouble of bringing them to the cars in the evening," was the emphatic explanation of the train agent. I . . -ri. .1 A ..l. ,1 I Armea wiwi iubbo utuie u.u wier information as he had gained from the slight clew that the brother-in-law "had worked somewhere in Jersey," the special agent paid the postmaster of tho country omce a visit. in a uttie time ne was ciosewu wnu mm iu a private room, much to the discomfiture of of the young brother-in-law, who remarked just as the door was being closed in his face, which was livid with fear: "Remember how it was about that check." ' "What check? "What- doos he mean?" inquired Mr. Barrett of the postmaster; to 1 which the latter replied: "Oh! that's an old matter that has nothing whatever to do with this case." - - w "Yes; but why should he have made that rcuiark now? What is the necessity to re member about any check? How does he know what I want of vou?" were the inouir- ies with which the postmaster was plied. .''Sow, I must tell you," contined Mr.TJar rett, "that I very much fear that you are' in for the payment of $50 that were mailed in a registered letter from this office."-. "Oh! it couldn't have been lost here, for I put the letter in an official envelope and lock ed it np in my desk, and " - - "Your brother-in-law has a key to that desk?" inquired Mr. Barrett, interrupting the speaker. ' l es, I believe he has, acknowledged the postmaster. "And now I tell vou he is a thief, contin ued the special agent. . "Jir. uarrctt, he Is my brother-in-law, in terposed the postmaster. "Yes; I know ho is, and I'm sorry for you and I m sorry for his sister. Now, do you know anything about him? IJo you know where ho came from when he came to you?" were questions put in rapid succession bv the interviewer. The postmaster only knew that his broth er-in-law came to his house from South Caro lina; that he had worked in New Jersey and was subsequently in Philadelphia, and from there went South. Yes," explained Mr. Barrett, "he did go to South Carolina frpm Philadelphia. His stay in 1 mladetphia was exceedingly brief, lie had robbed his employer in Gloucester, where he had been working, of SslS in cash; he then hired a livery team and went to Philadelphia, and left the team 'at a stable, and the owners got it hack again a week afterward only bv advertising for it. Then the officers of the law got on his trail and followed him to South Carolina, where an old uncle sold his little farm, all the property he owned, to raise the money to refund it to H's nephew's employer and keep the rascal out of prison. Then he camo up hero to live with you. The dav that letter was mailed at this office you left it about 5 o'clock in tho afternoon, and after supper went to your lodge, and did not see tho inside of the office again un til the next day After delivering a lecture to the country omcial on his neglect ot duty m lulling to put the letter on the cars the day it was mailed at his office, instead of leaving it there over night for the dishonest relative to rob at his leisure, Special Agent Barrett left him, the postmaster promising to call on Mr. Barrett Yesterday. . "Instead of waiting" until Friday," said Mr. Barrett, "he called on me yesterday, and planked down the S50; and, although he. is a Presbyterian elder, ho actually said 'damn me.' Yes, sir, he said, 'damn me, if get hold of that rascally brother-in-law of mine 111 shoot him." ne found out that the thief had bousrht a sewing-machine in this city with $35 of the stolen money, and I told him where he had bought it, "So you see the date and hour of mailing a letter forms an important item in tracing it up, if anv information is wanted concern ing it." Lincoln's Homely Phrases, Noah Brooks, in Midanmmar Holiday Scribner. In his letter declining an invitation to at tend the Illinois Republican convention, in 18G3, Lincoln made use of two or three striking figures. Reviewing the military events of the past year, which had been fa vorable to the cause of the Union he said: j "The father of waters again goes unvcxed to the sea." And, referring to the iact that Southern Unionists and ex-slaves had done something to help on the good work, he said: "On the spot, their part of the history is dotted down in black and white." There was something in tho phrase "dotted down in black and white" which mightily tickled the popular fancy. At the time, however, criticism was provoked by this odd figure employed by tho president: "Nor must Uncle" Sam's" web-feet be forgotten. At all the watery margins they have been present not only on the deep sea, the broad bay, the rapid river, but also up the narrow, muddy bayous, and whorever the ground Was a little damn, thev have been and made their tracks." Lincoln was amused by the dis- cussion in the newspapers to which the use of the phrase "Uncle Sam's web-feet" gave rise. He explained that tho remarkable feats performed by the gun-boats, in making their way through sloughs and bayous, heretofore considered unnavigable, remind ed him ofthestealthy passage fo a water-fowl. The pleasantry concerning light-draught steamers going where "the ground is a little damp" is familiar to everybody. T will he a long time octore our people will forsret Lincoln's homely simile of "elder squirts charged with roso-water," as applied to the conservative programme for prosecut ing the war. This was used in a letter ad dressed to Cuthbert Bullitt, of 2s ew Orleans, in which letter he also said that tho conser vatives were like complaining passengers oa ship " The mutineers must go untouched. lest one of these sacred passengers should receive an accidental wound. His imagi nation was powertully stimulated by any reference to the history of the llepublic. His address at Uettysburg, now one ot tno great historical speeches of the world, suggests, rather than expressess, a crowd oi images. To Lincoln's mind, apparently' American history was ' filled with noble and pathetic figures. In some of the loftier Bights ot his eloquence may bo. found traces of a strong poetic fancy an imagination fired -by love of country, and inspired Dy tne contempla tion of the stirring events that havo marked its history. No more striking example of this can be found anywnere man in tne memorable words which closed Lis first in- ausrural address: "Tho mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every livinir heart and .hearthstone, all -over this broad hind, will yet swell the chorus of the Uniou,when again touched, as surely they will be. by the better angels of our na ture." ; . . - - ,ri i "Think a Minute First. ' Harper's M.gaxlae.l Apropos of the sayings of the little one; I am reminded of an incident which touched me very much at one time, and may find a responsive chord in the hearts of some who are parents. I was sitting on my porch on a pleasant summer morning, when up runs lit tle five-vear-old Bell, intent on a visit to a nlavmate across the way. rapa," sho asks, "mav I eo over and play with Carrie awhile?'' and then, as she seemed to discern a dissent in my face, she put her nttie rose- hurl Ims to mine, and ouickiv auuuu "Please don't sav no think a minute first. Was there ever a more -charming protest ainiinst a hastv and inconsiderate answer? Of course, the "little eirl had her wish. Wo are, perhaps, all too ready, thoughtlessly, to deny many of the requests of the little nn thinu-a that seem trifling to us, but are everything to them. And when their little appeals come, before letting the "no" rise too quickly to tneir lips, le ua The wifi nf Mr. Jacob Schuler, of South Australia, lately gave birth to flyo children and this is said to be not a very good year for children in that country either. PLAHTS XXD FLOWERS. Th Alt of Boaqaet Making. It seems an easy thing to make a bouquet as one looks over the garden and sees the beautiful flowers. But after all it is a diffi cult matter and one sometimes forgets that flowers have their affinities and preferences, as well as the human race. Above all give them room and not crowd them. When flowers are massed heavily together all lose their beauty. I saw an arrangement o flowers yesterday where two lovelv day lilicf that would have been beautiful if groupes alone In a slender vase with a few ferns or green spires, but whose effect was ruined by being put in the center of a mass of lark spurs and common garden flowers. I lie common flowers only looked the more com mon in contrast with the lilies, and the lilies looked as though caught in very coarse com pany. Flowers almost have souls to me, and it seems as if they had feelings that ought to be refpneted. For vases and bouquets of any sort there should be plenty of white for the foundation, Where stem less flowers are used, like a tube rose or a single geranium, stems can be made by putting the ends inside of straws and then wiring it in; when arranged in the bouquet the straw can not be seen, but the flowers can be kept fresh by absorbing the water. A pretty arrangement is is to take a spike of scarlet gladiolus, with its brilliant color ing, arrange it with leathery grasses and gleams of white feverfew here and there and you will have a lovelv spot of coloring tor some dark corner. Again, petunias and morning glories are difficult to combine with any flower, but give them a wide mouthed" vase and a few leaves and they are positively graceful. All lilies . I think are prettiest if no other flowers are mixed with them For small vases a very good way is to clip them off and put tkem in carelessly as they come, then thev will look natural; too much arrangement often spoils tho looks of a vase of flowers, t or either hand or vase bouquets do not put too many colors together. 1 can see now a home, a cheery place, where the husband was glad to come and rest from his business cares; w here children had full lib erty in the library, conservatory and in fact every part of the house: where the birds sang" the dogs frolicked and it seemed never a cloud could enter there. It never has, that I know of, though many years have pass ed since my pleasant visit there. In every room in tho house were dainty bouquets; on the brackets; tables and in every place where one could bo put. 1 he first lily ot the valley 1 ever pos. sessed was given me here, and one of my first lessons in tht beauty of flowers was taught in this happv home. She had but few flowers, but her vases were small, fragile and nearly all of transparent glass. They were filled with ferns, beautiful feathery ones, mosses and vines from the woods; the flowers were not rare, but it was in the exquisite arrange ment wherein was held the charm. Heaven bless her for the glimpses of loving home life she used to give this orphan child, and for laving many a foundation of human love in my heart, that has since blossomed a hundred fold If I had a cardan I should have an old- fashioned flower-bed all by itself; it should not be crowded out by its more showy neighbors, either. In one corner, back from all the rest, I should have a few holly-hocks and sun flowers. How many times in my childhood days have I carried sunflowers for umbrellas, and caught the buzzing, restless bumble-bee in tho holly-hocks! the dolls that I have made and dressed out of the holly-hock blossoms! If I had no children of my own, I should initiate tho neighbors' into these mysteries of of flower lore, and give tbcm some ot the d ream life and fairy land that naturally comes to every child s heart, it not repressed, lhc wisteria, with its purple bells, is one of the most beautitul ot climbers, and with a spray of its blossoms,, a beautiful bouquet can be arranged. A single moss-rose bud in a tiny vase: can anything be more beautitul : A few drooping" heads of wheat look beautiful with wild roses: as both often grow in the same field, they seem made for each other, In front of a fireplace or hearth, ferns can be arranged beautifully; and if ferns are taken up with the dirt on, they will grow in a deep dish, if only kept filled with water. From my scat at my desk, I see a plate of ferns, An.l t.Ar .ton ln.tl ll 1 Tl ttanlf " TA I Fl iW , H. t It O . , " . . wind sways them, mcy nave oeen growing two weeks in only a vegetable dish filled with water and moss and kept very damp. In one of mv schools on the desk 1 had a plate of moss, ferns and violets. 1 kept them wet and thev throve all summer, putting forth new fronds, leaves and blo&souis. One of tVin lnrirn vaura or irs that is vcrv old-fasb- loned is "just the stylo now to set in iront 01 a fireplace or grate. This, nlled with large and bright flowers like peonies, tulips or pop- I pies, can be made very effective, or on the corners of a porch, in the hall, and if put in tne oara corners - win uveii anu uml;"'k-"' them up. Elder blossoms are very beautiful in bouquets, and if it were only an imported bush instead of growing wild in our country. it would be in great demand by florists. On my window sill I have a fuchria that is so full of blossom it drops down and rests on the sill for support. Yesterday, thinking it would break, I tied it up, but 1 so missed its graceful, lovely droop I untied it again. By the side of it a cinnamon pink that fills the with fragrance: these with sweet- scented geraniums, holiotropeand mignonette comprise my list of flowers. I have only hardy plants that 1 know will live witnout much care, for every time ono withers and dies I feel that it is through my neglect, and now endeavor to only buy strong plants.. How Deeply Does the Earth Quake? Sacramento (Cat ) Union. i The recent earthnuake at Tireinia City was not noticed at all in tho mining depths, but only by people on the surface. The famous earthquake of some years ago, which shook down chimmcys, fire-walls, cracked brick buildinirs and did other damage, was merely noticed by some of the miners work ing in the upper levels, out it aia no ua-iuigw, not even, snaking down loose stones and earth. Tho station men in the various shafts felt it the strongest, and the deepest point where it' was noticed was by the station-tender at the 900-foot level of the imperial em pire shaft 900 feet below the surface. He said it felt like a sudden faint throb or pulsa tion of he air, as though a blast had been let off somewhere at a distance above, below or in some indefinite direction. In some of the mines the shock was not noticed at all, even by the station men. Commenting on this peculiar fact at the time, the Gold Hill News remarked that the earthquake seemed to be an electrical disturbance, proceeding from the atmosphere and not from tho depths of the earth. It is in the nature of men and things that education, no less than religion, must be per sonal! v experienced to be of lartrest benefit. Sunday Afternoon. Manner is one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man. bunday. After noon. Parents can not be too careful in guarding the health of their babies. Only a good and reliable medicine should be given to them. Dr. Ball's Baby Syrup is Known not to con tain anything Injurious. . . . Mmc uut to taw 7 Bltr Ko. I Va w Ntaumrr Nw V-v DR. 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