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THE FOUNDERED r WBATIIFRI T I HF.JHBY AX AI.H It all -atO. ;c*yrlht, law. r tka Aatbcn.) The doctor wai in the highest of pints and kept np a three cornered fire f clnilf with Dolly snd Gnthrie; Hans, laoghmg and jigging bis feet about like a monkey, pointed to a patch of fwieTT that looked almost "Unfa- rian ' everybody, in fact, was ID high flee except Cain Laven-ha. whose large, lain face expressed nothing bnt etolid Indifference Under fonr eager oars ths koat i-|''l rapidly over the smooth lagoon nil) Dolly, who had got the tiller. ante -ml. "Way enough I" and rtn her skillfully np alongside a natural jetty f mml And then out they all scram- bled ajjon tbe bard ground and proceed- ed rtraightway to make fools of them- seh-- always that is, with tbe ex- ception "t 'am Laversba. H . worthy umn, disembarked from tni* bis first sea trip without demon- stration and. going tip to a patch of sea Boa*, i-lowly fettled hiiiicelf down tin re- Mi and directed bis gaze heavily toward tbe to. s of bis boots. He did not look M if bis mind was particularly busy, but perhaps we wrong bim: perhaps he Wai ihiuking of "/ti.-an Pierre." As for the rest of the Enreka's peo- le. they shouted and larked about Without censing until tbe land rialia enttled away to their holes ainl the grsy fowl flapped off to shelter with angry screams of protifit. Pr*biitly Gnthrie. whose eyes never satined to stniy far away from M>-< Colepepper. burst into a roar of langh- ter "Oh. Dolly I" be gasped, holding bis eldm w.-nkly. "Don't!" "Why. what am I doina; thafa so vary funny V at-ked the girl "Yui re rolling in your gait like a Drily durk' Ami look at Dr. Tringt Be'* Mwuying like an inverted pen- Aol'tmt" > IJ" said tbe doctor with an ejnnwil sinila "Well. I gnetw. young sn. that if we'd* got a pier gla for yon i-> fee yonriM If in you'd find that yon ate 'l"ing mnch the same yonrwlf. enlT iii.ijU' a trille worse We've all E.air M-a roll cm. yon nee. Now. if n (lien u i' ' p and walk I rhoiildn't l>" >nrpn-. d to *. ... inui lurch over bodily at the tirst attempt. " \Vnli a qnieksii/n to tbn others Dolly all. d to the f. inner He got np lowly. and then the uictor's prophecy was Tarii'i-l U> the letter The whole party broke oul into nhrieks of laughter, nnd v-n tlii i-'ibj. d ef th.ir mil th allowed a thill Millie to till ker over bis hum col- red .- "1 hm lie oat down again atoll-! aiel i;>iv up the attempt at lo- eom< ti"H But I'M plain Colepenper was a bit of martinet iu his way. and an ther was wnirk to I"- done uii tin- morrow bs reei uy called all bunds to return to the keie'h. A "-i night's reat was sore- ly if i -b-il by e\ iv mm after tbe heavy toll of Ihedny. mul the captnin declared that tin-re Innl t'cn enough of skylark- ing f..r the pr.-wiil In this lie was rlht. tor by tl>. lime they hu<l got tbe Znr.-u.t Hiingg"! d.'wn and hud bad the .'ill bunds found them Ml - s -.MO de.-ully lire.l to IJIDVH n limb male" miller the impulse, of ne<-ex-i!y "What Mlmiit HII iincbor wHtcli. Cole- pepj.i ;' ini|iiiTi-<l tbe doctor, us be Utn-'i b:iek froiii the table ai-'iiin-t the bniik '.hind him und produced tobacco box HII 1 cigitrtle papers. "An rpgurds weather. " replied tbs saptain. "I'd gnaranlee the ketch to fide -miKly where file is till her plating ttlllllH d to bll- f I ulll sheer oli) a^H. Yoll |ii. w -t w Jieili.T \M IB likely to be i*tm 'i--<l from .-l,<ire. " Tie i m i 'irtln on the islund. " snid fcs d...-t.,r. "iiii'l I cboiild nay a tol.-r- bly large company of ghosts if its aosTii.-ter hasn't Iwen nailly miiligned. Bat. h.irring thesi- uml land cmbs und oiiio seagull*. 1 don't think Iheie'smiy ne !.- to Kiianl ngiunht With i.-^.-inl to tbe ghost". Doily tlu-r might like hello, the voting woman'* gone to Bleep, uml i>ln> II be Iiuilding over inlo the iiiiiMtnrd ilii.cilv (iulhne. jut uili;.' MiiuiCnlep. i per's elbow slightly. I I .v. bully, as y.mr im diral I fii.iu'nl recominenil bed or will ue mining a puir of They bnd come here as to the one safext jihice iu tint wlmlii of tln.-tt iwua foi i heir purpose, but they wer in the event not fati-d to go away without pawing U.roii-n-h a great peril. In which their intirprise it-elf would come wnbin a little of being wrecked in tbe case cf home ut least of the i even life would have to be fought for n --.nnst f(M-s whom they as yet little ei (,. i I- d to III" et 1'ip.T - ray was a long narrow islet of hurst-show slmpe. nowhere uttiiining a height of more tlnm SO or flu feet above neu level Its surface wa gr n for the inoHt part, covered with coarse igruhs. sea tnoaa or Hcrnb. and here und tin r.- bearing a few wind distorted co- coaniit trees. In tbw windings of ita *\t, !< there were many caves, some ihal- l.iu .itnl others stretching for unknown distances in toward the centers of tbe I In one of these it was that Cain Lavcrxba met with an adventure. But of that more later Into most of tbene cave* the sea wavhi d freely But Home of them were) dry. and if their echoes had been pho- nographic tbe tales which they run hi t,:l would surely be tales of fafciuntion. and at any rate they would not lack the) w.iid thrill which horror gives to ito- n - of bloodshed and treachery. ( uviiig to tbe intricacy of the channel which led np to the Ming anchorage be- fore the cay. the old sea robbers of ths days gone by knew that the heavier government craft could no more reach them there than they could have navi- gated the gorge to Caracas or ths iwamps which led to Panama. Goata might have worked their way in. cer- tainly, bnt a boat einedition U a peri* >ns tiling, and a man-of-war cnptain would not have sent bis boaU to attack H bdvily armed schooner or brig, which could warp her broadside in any direc- tion and blow them out of the water from whichever point they came. So. in all the history of iniquity in which massive tome, if It ever came to be written. Piper's cay would orrnpy many pages there in no rerun! ' f inva- sion by ves-el or ini-li who repr. -. n'. .1 the laws of nation*. The very exist- ence of the place was little known to the [oiwers of order in the, days of its great'-nt activity, fur cbnrts were, in tbone rough and ready times, far fr.'in being th.- complete ina[M of tbe seas that they are now, and the hnccain r wax not a person to enlighten the hv- drogrnpher's ignorance K r atnibairily The longer tbe cuy remained unkuu n. the lunger would tie the sea robber's reign. It was only when his luirn wets 1 that it became possible to chase him off the seas. -The deeds of tbe old time sea rover. " remarked ths doctor, "were deeds of darkness, of which small authentic rec- a Onthris glovea' Dolly aron-'.t apparently was atjffloiently .. U) uiiilrrstniirl this remiirk. be .; .ve lilt* nnd. i:;iudiiate a sidelong |lm. niul l.|iilie.l a little, uml then, ieinin. !,- tlianl,in(< the doctor for his bint. . iq |ie,l awuy to the little state- room tx'hiilfl the companion, where she bad ner ijuurter*. 'She's earned her calk." observad ksr : III.T If ever girl did." assented Dr. Tring "She's worked like a Union to 4ay and nev4T shown the white feather UCH. though she might well havs don* 1*1. for we've couia through some pretty tight places, I may remind yon. Col-pepp-r, yuu might to be prund of your daughter lleie's her health I" Tha two sipped their grog to the toast, snd then the doctor, at Untbrie'l rsqnnat, became auecdotiti on tbs sub- Ja-i of ths Uland at wbluh they had ar- rived "Colcpeirper, V>' <>'"l'it to In proud o> t/oiir ajMajMsT." ord has come down to UR We know where and how be, found bis fr. -h be, i . we are shown tlin spot* where he ciireeneil bis broad brinm-d M-hixmpr to clear uwiiy the lung trailing plants which clung to her und di n,l, ned her peeil ; we have legends of elm*! s. of fn- rioiis battles, of biirbnroiis .-Mentions wh*reapivoi"l '-Mting wac n-u, il out from n gangway und ciipiiv s wero ca- jole,! into iimrcliintc along it till their ,t made it lip them i \erl oanl to thexhiirks; but if ths men themselves no clear picture has mirvived They lived nn ths Hia deserts in leil nl. ily If they grew rich uml nliinifd to eivilisatioB, they dived iuto the crowd, and no man knew them. " Who the c.rigiinil Piper wan the doc- tor could not tell, bnt hs opined that it was reasonable to judge him ft mnn of H e dim-ennui nt, for the Hinnll i j let mimed lifter linn was nn ideal jilnce for the purpose fur which he no doiil.t used it On the sea sidn it was effectually de- fended by tho n-i f fortresses against wlnrh old Neptune's artillery was al- ways cannoniuling, and fnunmiy attack cf heavy draft"! vecsels. manned by king's men who did not know the channel, it was iibnolutelv safe. Bnt for the pirnte veHHel- MiemselveH, wbennncc they had been brought by tliir piloti through the nni/.m of the reef*, tbe un- cbdnige iii-nle was perfect. And there wvre many other obvloni advantages in tbn place, toot sloping bench for heaving down upon. spring of good water where ths casks could be flllml, dry oaves whers balky plunder ooald bs itvwtd and sea wash** oaves it< n\t"o !iid'len recesses sprriB ronld i , Mindly cachet! until the tiuie came {' r a ri-tnrn to Europe and respectabili- ty, for. though the cult of treasure hm .1 r-t sny otherwise, the probability -t these ill got guins were not ac- cumulated only to be forgotten. lint, though Dr. Tring knew of the xii-ti-nce of all those varions charms in i.land. he did not remember tha exact ]>,'-iti,>ns where they were to be found, ami of the whereaboufs of tbe spring, wbii-li the stale of their water disk- remlereil the most important ire of all to the crew of the Eureka In- haii no recollection And so on the i.i ni^' after their arrival CaptainCole- pepper announced that he would give Dolly mid the nndergnuluat* a roving ei mi MI i,.n to explore, while tbe others kiii-i, d themselves in repairing the iin-.i, hes which tbs tornado bad made iu their cruft Tbe young man made no secret of the h.-iiisfurtion with which bs heard tbiH decision, bnt Dolly did not seem to be quite, so sure of the advantages of tbe nlan. She rememlwrcd the episode which bad occurred during tbe pti.rm of a day or two ago, and as she had not y i mads np her mind n[)n the prob- lem winch that incident bad set her to solve she was doubtful about the wis- d,<m nf spending a whole day just now iu Outline's company I w. ixl.r what we shall find," said tbe young UIHD to her as they stood on . together after treuktast "I'm prepared for anything. o long as it's .'itic. Piper's ciiy looks as if it on^ht to bristle with romance, doesn't itT Tbe girl kept silence for a moment, and then, without nu-ing her eyes, an- swered quietly. "I don't think I shall go.' "Polly I" cried her companion in as- toni-liment "Why i-v. r in, I?" Well, yon nee." began Miss Col*> re.piMr hesitatingly, "thers are res- Ml" "Do yon mean you'd rather not spend a whole day with me?" be asked blnntly -No. Alan; not that Bnt" "Well, what?" iri-t".| Outhrie. he diil not seem to be inclined to finish her m-iitence. "Oh, cun't yon seel I mean of conns that we were silly tbe other niyht ID lie- -tiirm and" Yo:k think I might be tempted to be wliHt yon call sillv iigiiinV The girl nodded ami blnahed. "Ami if I were y,ni w, mid be angry ?' "Ye*. Alan. 1 Iliiuk 1 should. You see, we'ie l,,,th v. iv \,,nng." "Uinv-h! I'm 21 and you're 17 both old enough tn know our own minds. I sbnnld think V "Now. Alan, yon know we're noil At lea-t i h.T i |1" wonld say not." she correct,,! In i>elf. "Ard in any ca-e I d,,n I ch e that there >h,,ill<! benny iinreuf that sort of thing just nuw " "All right. Dolly; we'll let it -tnnl at Hi it -fi.r the i'i ' i.lOiithrie. And Ibi'n with Home hesitation !i- :nhl eil "I wonMn ' -'! iiuythin- the ollnr night if I hadn't thought we were i .!y great ,ian:cr iiud that 1 might n I ever have .-ninther rh-in, -of of telling yonwell, of telliir that I |.,V,M! yon. you know! Yon be- h-i; 1 1 .Ily. doa'l you?' "Y- -. " Kaiil the girl. "You - t the time. and. of c.mrse. I ! M v.d ymi Then you'll trust yourself with me I Y, s ' "'1 hank yon. D'lly." said the yenns man. and tiieii be uddi'd eiirm -tly "I'll tick to our bargain fcr the [ire>, nt "f Ctnirsi 1 ; bul, mind. 1 don't n -an to Hive you up for nil that Wh.n \v , \, gi.t all the Spain-li dolhirii on bui.nl friim the S-inta Catanna. I shall to ('n|itaiii ,,lt pi pp-r if you will l.t we." "When we have got the Spanish dol- lars on board'" said the girl tin vmi-ly "V-i-ywill. I'll iigrec In timl We may Ixith of LS i,e u gixnl deal when Unit day i ,,mi s (iiiiline Iiiiiglied "I've a belter ! lief in our luck thnii that. Dolly.' he. "Anyway it's a h-irgam Aud uow we'd i , -tt< r Htart. hailu'l w--V They tumbleil ii, to tbe bont. which bnd hem left h in ; in the water l,,ng- Hide since the night in-fore Tom .Idly reweil them ashore, and then returned with Ibe Ixmt to the Enrekn. "Where do yon want to go?' asked Qnthrie. "Not having the gnideb(<kof Pip, r s cay. rant cuy pr> ci-i-ly. " lati-jhed the girl. "Wheni would you SHUL: Let's walk straight aheail and see where it leads UH ' Tbe bush up yojider is terribly thick. 1 nli, ill Iw torn In rilil unsl" '.I'.ve. yes co >nil would. 1 might pel haps iimiiage to clear it a bit for > u if I went lirst lint there's no need tor ns to go that way Hi all unless you likn. We may juut as well ke, p along the thora If w " K " n I D K euongb. ws 4ball come round again at tbe oilier -i,!e, n, I If we K p t tircil<)f it. we can always tako a be.- line across country for th Km eka What d'y-iu say to that T" "All right, that 11 do nicely Besides, we shall stand the bent chance that way if finding ths place where th* fresh, water rani into ths sea, and then ws nn track it np ts tbs spring. Let's >ff Mt ones before It gets hotter." Tbsy started along ths whits, blind Ing beach. Ths little wavelets swiihed tad wbifpered *t tbeir fsst, np find drawing lia-'l: i- r,n tlieir hand- fub of coral Hhinglo iu a rliylbm nt ' erasing <IT,,rt The eand flies, winch tiie d,,-t.,ir hail pn-lii-U-U. were Hi, re in swaniiH. thuiigli hr- ,-stimate of their si/ci! proved to b>-. l,.i : ' a little hit exa-c- rated Th. re_.i.) nif,s.|iut i-s. tmi. b niiig away Rke a n. -mi. -nt of drnmiie *. bnt tbe larger M \\, re cjnieti-r and HO more insnli- , us in th.ir attack, and. as in addilion to all thin. tb snn's heat was like the draft from a blast furnace, the walk not aiiite the piruir rumble which, tin v h.el "Xpi cteil it to bt- Th for-'sbore wa~. fur the roost part, wide enough to form a pathway, bnt IK i a-i,,n:illy some iiitcropof r>,ck rose I., i.. -sit and run sheer down into the- i ,-. . r These barriers nrceHsitatod scram- bles winch, under such a sun as nnw blitzed down upon them, proved Rome- what trying. Indeed, as the obstacles increased in frequency, the two ei|:l ,r- i i -i Iwgan to consider that the shore route was not worth following after all. So they decided that if after rros.tinic one rocky wall Ihe P"' h dl<1 ni<t to improve they wonld strike iuluml at OIH-W uud try their inck among the, t.aliu scrub and scattered rocoaunt trees I.n.k here. Dolly." said Guthrie, as they r.adie.l the ffxit of a new obstruc- tion, a projectin^ridRe of black, shinr rocn. from whose baked surface tbw ln.it n- visibly through the sir in shimni' ring, tremulous waves, "1 tell ycu that if tbe road's no i farther on there's no need for yon to claw up this beii-tly wall I'll go filBt ainl prospect and let you know l),,ih n.niliii and sat down with a of relief np'in s bov y,.ing man i-et dl al .ft. using bain!-- an-1 Uii , > ludi.-i riininately sud - I r, tty bard put to it to get aloiiK w. bo: a. After five minute* climbing, ha gained the sharp, overhanging ti).- and straddled it He was glad enongh to nit there for a space, to regain bis wind, for the ascent had been prelly ktilT work. Fruin bis vantage point he conli trace the sea brink ahead of them It luppcd the edge of honeycomb, il dill: a- far round as he could follnw it Tnere was no more furcshore The lain 1 abruptly in a chuos of luuible* rocks. "No uss going on. Dolly." be antj; out. "and no nse yonr scrambling n[ lure Walk np tbe rise to that pain tree with the twisted stem, and I'l climb along tbs ridge and join you there." (To bs continued.) SOLDIERS' WIVES' LEAGUE. Cnlldrfn ..I Hi' noinl :ntlna;*ot The sqnipment of the second con- it with the varions comforts, an i ,ui far as possible, with ihe Inx- nries of life, if being undertaken by the Soldier*' Wives' League. While Canada's sons are absent, aiding ths Mother Country to procure equal rights for all, this League haa under- taken to look after their wives and families, who but for this aid might in many cases be in waot. The Mon- treal Branch of the League, which MI* umler its i-are the families of all those who have enlisted, in the Mon- treal company, met in the Vicloris Rifles' Armory lately. Col. Butlei occupied the chnir, owing to the ill- n.-- uf Hn ',,'r,lon, there being also on the platform iirs. Minden Cole, w.retarv; anil Mrs. Bnsteed, treas- urer. A full discussion of the require- ments of the soldiers themselves whils _,n their long voyage, wa-s enlered into, and it was decided to solicit /hs assistance of tbs press in making known the articles deemed most essen- tial. The list was as follows : Books, magazines of every description, game* (checkers, dominoes, cards, etc.,) notepaper and envelopes, indelible pencils, pipes, pouches, tobacco, cig- arettes, matches, bandana handker- chiefs, applet), packages of chocolate, meat tablets, lime juice tablets, socki (woolen), sweaters and cardigan. These hitter articles are considered very important, as winter in South Afri' .1 ilfouf Mar It was slated at the meeting that a Monlreal gentleman who desired hit name kept in the background had promised to supply the whole contin- geni with all ths tobacco it would need while at sea. Th* .lii.lk'-'a rll.lll. Some years ago Justice of th* react? r.-:i<,ley of Missouri was personally In- ed In a la \\Miit. bviug a party thereto. It was necessary for blui to I an ntllilavit. ami he <|,-piv, .u.-il tbe Idea of milking It before nnoiber Justice or a notary und depriving hirn- a-lf of a fee. So he tilled out Ills affi- davit, kwurt- to It before bimself. slgn- p<l It as Jnsii.-e nnd as w.lness iiiel awaited de\i lo| ins. He was mire thill he would wiu and thus be able to tax the costs up to the other vide. \Vheu the rase came up before Judge K< lley, the ntltdnvii was offered In evl- d, n, -e and promptly objected to. tbs r, a on being given that a Jiullce could nut \vc.ir bimself. -Let me tbwsffldavlt." said Judgs Kcll-y. It was hnnde<l up to the Judge, who scanned It carefully for a few uio- Uleius and then a-i,,'d: Mr. Heasley. will you kindly tell me ho you iippe;ire,l t.fore yourself when ynu swore yourself aud Ideutitied your own signalun-V" "That wa- \ ery easy, your honor," replied Men ry "I borrowed a look- Ing glass and went Uiroiigji tbe formali- ties before It." lleaslo was somewhat .1 when Judge Kell.-y sustained ibe ob- jection. Aa Amlol MlBhltp. Two passengers on au Atlantic liner, ne so American and tbe other an Kug- llshmtin. dl<l not exehnnge the farewell courtesies wbeu the steamer reached her pier usual between voyagers who bare occupied adjoining null-rooms and hobnobbed Muring an ocean voy- age. A plausible explanation waa vouchsafed by the American. 1 inrlng the v,, \aire tbe Englishman persisted In fian mixing with tbe American In a must obtrusive and an- noying manlier Wltbln two days of Huston tbe Knglishman oue morning bunted up the American and found him In apparenl despondency. Razing sea- ward from the hurricane deck. "roufoumled blue this morning, old chap. What's the matter?" And the Britisher slapped his companion on tbe back. "Mailer enough," growled ib* Amer lean. "Ship's lost; captain don't know wblch way to steer. Forgot to wind the compass last night." Ths Englishman listened with mouth agape, then rushed off to tell bis friends of the consequenllnl mishap Evident ly the gullible Britisher was "pushed along" for some time until bs found everybody (tuylnit him. A Gordon Highlander, wounded in the right slioulilor by a Manser bullet >aiil all ho Mt was ; sen-tit ion o: numbness in the nrm ; others upoks o I -eling only a sharp pick when ths bu'let passeu tluough arm or ley. Encllah Walnouln Nlava>r CBT, W . T. The culture of the English walnut, a fruit usually considered too tender for onr climate, came to my notios during the past rammer. In Niagara I'ounty. New York, oos of our best fruit growing regions, an orchard of Knglish walnut trees is an intention and minimal feature). This group of tearing trees and ihe many young trees on the same farm came from a handfnl of nuts brought from Phila- delphia in 1878. The owner of ths farm was one of ths throng of pil- grims to the Centennial Exposition. Durinir his stay in the city hs observ- ed an EuglUh walnut tree in the yard of his boarding place. It must havs been oue of the occasional trees cher- ished for their novelty Ths enter- prising farmer was mnch interested in a tree he had never before seen, and carried home with him some of ths nnts. These he planted on reach- ing home, and ths seedlings grew and thrived nnlil hs has a number of lumdgoms trees In bearing and a young orchard of ths second gener- ation. The trees are spreading and massive in appearance, and the dense, dark preen foliage is not troubled by cater- pillars or other insect pests. In thii exemption ths raisers of ths nut wonld have a great advantage over ths chestnut cultivator whose crop il Mire to be more or less imperfect. Kvery one knows the quality of ths nut. It is universally liked. Ths one obstacle to its common cultivation has been its rappoaed lack of hard- ness, bnt these trees raised from na- ive grown, not imported, nuts havs ihown excellent resistance to cold. Last winter the temperature fell to 18 legrees below zero in Niagara county, and some peach trees aud grape vines on this very farm were killed, while every Knglish walnnt tree passed through the winter safely. The Eng- lish walnnt differs from its relatives, the black walnnt anil the bntternnt, in bearing every year. It commences to bear at eight or ten years, and from that time on yields from one to twenty bnshels, according to circum- stances. There seems to be no reason why it should not prove a profitable crop, us the demand for the nut is constant at a fair price. Even for those, who do not care to go largely into raising the nut, a few trees of this, the thin shelleil walnnt, wonld prove a desirable addition to the boms grounds. The tree is a large hand- some ornament to any dooryard, and tho nut would be enjoyed at the table or with popcorn during the long win- ter evenhigs. American Agricultur- ist. Til* Gallerr Amuwerr* Mrtb. Of the Dubllo gallery boys a famons baritone. In his reminiscences, tells some good stories one of "Faust,'' i* which he played Valentine. After tbe duel Martha, who rushed tn at tbe bead of tbe crowd, raised Val- entine's bead and held him In her arms during the tirst parl of tbe seen* and cried out In evident alarm: "Ob. hut sball I do?" There was a deathlike stillness hi tb* bouse, wblch was Interrupted by s> voles from tbs gallery calling exit: "Unbutton bis weskltl" I GIFT OF EVIL TONGUES Dr. Talmage Portrays Two Kinds of Busy bodies. HOW WE CAN TALK OF OTHERS. aBM Paiatpl* irrni Iw kto Httppy Only > Tlklai| -I llaa> ! mllaul Oilixri Wa> .ohoulal I .U. ll u> vuliit In- i.i ilia) AiT^Ira ol Our NMlMjhbur*' . Jan. 21. la this Ucourve Ur. Talum^e uliows h,\v \\ houJd interesi OLUs.-lvch in lh a(- of other* (or their boix-tit. but for Lhrir ilu-uiugc. U-.\i, 1 IVter, iv., 15, "A bui body iu oli.cr tuea'i matters." Human nature Is the b.une in all ages. In the second century of the world'e e\i.,u/ine people h.:d the wuiia character is tica as pcu|>ii> in the nineteenth century, the mil;. ence being that they hmi tli,.- clurac- teristica for a longer inn.- It waa 50O yeiirs of ^oo.lii, ss or ."Od M-.irs of meanness instead of go. Dieunncsa for 40 or 50 year*. W.-ll, Mmon lvi-r, who waa a keen VT of wh.it waa K"'"R on around hirn. one ij.iy caught sijfht of a umn \%h ir-t.' ''haracteristics wore severe in- B|--riiin an<l M.itunt of the s lielonuiiiK to people lor \vnom '.silnlity anil \\ith the hand oner lirir.Mii.-il and hani- in-<! -lun>; t.ic-kli- drew tins |p.,r rm f'T all s.i'^f,|ui-nt II^BH. A in nil;er men's niatt'-rs " t Uind . ,-n a trmihle tinker in evi-r' since .vorM stood. Appoint i"i; hini- w-lf to the work of exploration nd he L'.M-S forth .y re- I. He .nJi-rill'li-M lili'l ..,,1 orcur- > th.it lint for liiui would tin- pul M- fii-ls that i hi- ^, >:,! oiiL'ht ' f 'I out into 1 ilili-ii. I' h " c ->"- "f it into the sr. thiil to be a no hi i- a< ... irt w j tn It'll h.- tniisl. not li-t it slop. Hi- rs it to his n.-ijrhbors. and thi-.v . in turn, whisper it to their s until tht- wh.il.- to-.vn la a- : "U. You can no morn cutrh it or put It down than you r.m a malnria It is in the air and i-n the wmir and afloat Takon by Itsi-lf it i-eais of littl* importanc-" but after a hundred pi-oi-li- have h.imlloi It and earh h;is iriven it an n<li|ii mnnl tv< a story In si'e and share murvrloua. First, notice that surh A missi most unilcsfrahle, ' , ;i ri- (""e all the time we can Ret to tnke Can- of our own affairs To oiirM-lves through tin- trpnrh- <rous atrulrn of this life we all the time keep ur Me wheel of our own Whilo. us I sh:'ll we all !. of kindness to others hKh ; our worldly callintr whlrh ho looked after or if 'vi'l be- '.iltiro. Who mice-, d ." anv- withot.t -a ujion that ono thi'm? All I who try to do in < -<. po . either as to ' h or fort line Tin-- in 1 il t hey 10 cents on the dollar, or 'l"ir body inTo 1)1.- >. x . \\ ,. cnii not mnnajre the nffai-s of nthi-rsand otir own a we are ini|inriru t'n\\ pri-rar- lous is the business of another mer- chant and finilim- out how many notes he hns unpaiil and how aoon he will probably lip wound up or make an assignment or hear the sheriff's har : the counter our own affairs are netting mixed up and t- ..[. \\h'i criti- nsini; o'lr ni-i^lihr fi-r h:s pour crops we are n-'u I < ! in^r the fertilization of our own lields or allowing the v. ..... Is to choke our nun i-nrn. \\liile w are trying to extract the mo'e from our neiKhlior's e> - we tall under the 1 it of lh b.-iii:i in our own eye If lioil h.ul Hl\i'!l iis Whole Weeks and months and da;, s, xs Hh nothinu to do but L.M uiiMMire and acrutinm- f > h.-rs. there might be some ev such em- jiln;. uient, but 1 do i,..( know anyone who has such a surplim of lime and energy and qu a that he can alTord much o: laM M It t > sit aa a coroner upon the dead failure* of others. 1 can imagine that an as- tronomical crank eoul I (,i-t so ab- sorbed in examining ihe spots on the sun aa to neglect clearini; the spots off his own charurt.-r. A M ry suc- ceasful iti.in was us>ved how he had accumulutod such vast, fortune. He n-pli-il. "I have accumulated about oni-t'alf of my pro; iiding . to my bu.--.Me>* and Lhtf oLher half. by li.-t,Ung other poojiie s alone." KM: thermorc, we are incapacitated for the siper\i--al oi ntlnv-s because wo cannot all si '. , of Uie affair rapre'ii-iuleil. 1'eople are icenerally not >o much to blatiu: as we sup- It is n- do wrong, but there may be alleviations. Thcru may have an . -n i -onj unction of circum-stances which would have flung any one of us. The world gives only onr side of the transaction and that is iiiw.i.vs the worst side That defaulter at the bank who loan- ed money ! ought not to have loaned did if for the advantage of another, not for his own. That young man who p-nlc-iM-d from his employer did so because his mother waa dying for the lack of uieiiicme That young wuman wlu> went wrong did not get enough wane* to kip her from utarvinii to death, iloht people who make moral shipwr.cn would do right in aome exigency, but they havo not the couraga to say so. letter die than do the least wron*. but moderate your anathema against the wrongdoer by the circumstances which may yet develop Da econo- mical of your curses when all the community is hounding some man or woman. Wait, consider, pause and hope that, which is charged is a base fabrication. I>o not be like n (ury Tho h>ill render verdict against tha defendant without allowing him to present his side of the case. furthermore, we make ourselves a dis;. M.st int; spectacle when we be- con..; busybodiea. What a di.itpnli-.il enterprise thoso undertake who are ever looking for the moral lapse or the downfall of others! Aa the hu- man race la a moat imperfect race, all auch hunters find plenty of i^une. There have Ij.-en sewing societies in churches which tore to pieces more reputations than they made ji-.rijn-nt.-i for the poor. With their < and sly hints and depreciation of motives they punctured more good names than they had needles. Uith their scissors tJ>a cut chur.iciem bias, and buckst itched every evil re- port they got hold of. Meeting of board of directors have som- ruined good business men by i: ations against them. The bud \\ - ,x may not have ben done so m ich by words, for they would be but by a tuinkle of the eye or a sbrug of the shoulder or a sat accentuation of a word. "Yes, ha is all i,p : when he ia s< "Have yi -iJ into that laan'a his tor \ '.' ' you know \\nat bu- ... this?" :\ a that the ajiple be laid on Hie table un'il some invea- tlpations uow tjoing on are consuui- atecl." It is easy enough suspicion . ..T cloun, but what ad .1 man is tho one Who star , .1 it ' Tin-re is not an honest uiun in Washington or New York or any other city who cannot be da: by such mfernalisui In a vi where 1 on-Je lived a steauiboat > d.i., cuuie to the wharf An enemy of the stiatnl.out corn; an\ asked one day, "1 v. under If that steamboat la safe?" Th man who heard the , t ues- lioo soon said to his neighbor, "There is souiw aunpicion abo'.t the Sitfety of in.it steamboat." And the next one who got hold of il said. re l an impression aboard that there will soon be an accident on that steamer." Soon all that com- mun, to say, "That si'- is vor\ unsafe." and as a c,, ..sequence we nil took, the stage ralhur than ur lives on the river. While I believe enough In human depravity to be orthodox, I tell you that the most of people whm I know are doing the best they <an Faults? Oh. yes. All people ex- cept you and I have faults. But they are ferry about it, repentant on Recount M.' r and a.-e ti me, to d-i r Al'oui all the married JM-O- pl" I kno\v ,.f are marri--d t ri best, .si.i- i-d. \.-.iriy all the 's v..:'h v. ii.un I am acipailniol are doing the best they can f->r th.-ir children. All the clerks '.u s I know, are honest, and all tali- are fiillillmg as well as they can. Tha nio-t of thoso who havo failed in bu- so far as I know, have failed hom-M- ly. All [ e.i[.le make mistakes sa v IhiiiKS tl'.it afterwards 'I'--, are I lor, uml i iSN ;<|iiirtunity of utter- <-; td and doing the rtht thll when i hey Say their pra\ers ut u,i-l:t th,-se d,-fr.,-i s are sure to bo mentioned sme'.vhero lietween the name of ihe Lord lor Ui' so mercy they plead anil the si'i-Mi that .-l.is.-s the au|-|' i. ul i, n it has not been my obsi i". a'ion." Well. I ain you. my brother, my sister \\ ,- ;in awful crowd you must have t; .t iM'o 1 Or. aa is tn,)n- pi-Mi-alilf. \ oil are one of the ch,. my text sketches You ha\e not I een hiiming for partridges and i|iinil but for vultures You have I een mien the worlds faults You have i.een down in the nitr-M.-s when you ought to havo l.oen on i he uplands I have caught you at You are "a busybody in oi her men's matters." How is If that you can always find two opinions about any one nnd those two opinions exactly opi" I will tell you the reason. It is i.se there are two sides to diameter the best side and the worst side. A well disposal man chiefly s"eks the best side: dKj... , chiully the worst I!e ours the desire to see the best side, for it is healthier for us n d.> timl stirs admiration, which is an elevated state, while Ihe desire to find tho Worai aids ks*jfM one in a sjiirit of dis(|Uietude aid disgust, and mean suspicion, ami that is a jm down of our own nature, a disfigure- ment of our own character. I am afmld the Imperfections of others will kill us yet If one be cynical about the charact- er of others and chiefly observant of defects and glad to find something wrong in character, the fact is opt to be demonstrated In his looks. How- ever regular his features and thteii.-h constructed according to the laws of Knspar Lavnter, his visage Is sour. He may smile, but it ia a sour smile. There is a sneer In the In- flation of the nostril. There Is a mean curvature to the lip. There Is a bad lo.<k in the eye. The devil of sarcasm and malevolence and suspi- cion has taken possession of him, and you see it as plainly as though from tho hair line of the forehead to the lowest point in the round of his chin it were written: "Mine! Mine! I, tbe demon of the pit, have soured his visage with my curse. Look at him! He chose a diet of carrion. He gloated over the misdeeds of others,. It took all my Infernal engineery to make him what he Is 'a busy hm ly In other men's matters.' " The slanderer almost always at- tempts to escape the scandal he ia responsible for. When in 1741 John Wesley was preaching at Hnstol and showing what reason he had to trust in the Captain of His Salvation, a hearer cried out: "Who was your cap- Utin when you hanged yourself I know the man who saw yeu when you were cut down." John Weslev asked the audience to make room and let the slanderer cnme to ihe front, but when the way WHS open the slan- derer, instead of coming forward. fled the room. The author or distributer of slanders never wants to face bis work. On the day of Pentecost there were people endowed with what waa call- ed the "gift of tongues." and they spnkn for God In many Inn images). But there are people in our time who seem to have the gift of evil tongues, and there ia no end to their iniquitous gabble. Kvery city, village and neighborhood of the earth haa had driven through It these scavenger cart*. When anything in said to you defamatory of the charcater of othera imitate Joseph John Gurney of Eng- land, who. when a bad report waa brought to him concerning anybody, aaked: "Dost thou know any good ,- to tell us concerning Since there is no (rood to relate, would it not be kinder to l<e silent ' evil? Charity n-joiceth not m inlc|uity." Hut there is a worthy and Christ- ian way of looking a 1 road upon others, not for the purpose of bring- ing them to disadvantage or udver- tl.e.r weaknesses or putting In . t. primer" or "paragon" typa) their fnulities. but to Oder help, sym- . and rescue. That la Christ like, and he who does so wins the a plause of the high heavens. Juat look abroad for the people who have mini* great mistakes and put a big plaster of condolence on their lacera- tions. Such people are never sym- pathized with, although they need an ty of solace. Domestic mis>- .akes. Social mistakes. Eccles cal mistakes. Political mistakes. The world has for such only jocosity and gesture of deploratlon. Ther-- ia an unoccupied field for you, my brother. No one haa been there. Take your .nes and go there and ask them wl.ere they are hurt and ap- ply divine medicament. Hear it: The more you go busy- ing yourselves in other men's mat- ters the belter if you have design of Search r.it ths quar- thnt you may settle them: tbe fallen, that you may lift them: the at you may assmu--- them Arm \ourself with two bottles of di- -. the one a tonic and the other an at sthei ic. ruid ipuet, the tenner to ac- .in's mutters nn-d look- ing after in ' ' . There ars .en and women who jour help and need it right u do not sit down and cry. i nuke no appeal for help, hut within . of where you sit in church n ten minutes' walk of your hi une there are people in enough trouble to make them shriek out with if they had not resolved upon M||. Go forth to be a busybody In other men's mailers, so far as you can helping theui out, and help them on. The world is full of instances of those who spend their life in such ulieviations, but there is one in- ii that overtops and eclipses all He had lived in a palace. Radiant ones waited upon him. He was charioted along streets yellow wit.n gold, niul stopped at gates glis- tening \\itb pearls, and hosannaed by immortals corneled and in snowy white. Centuries gave him not a pain. The sun that rose on him never set. Ills dominions could not be enlarged, for they had no bound- aries, and uncontested was his reign. all that luster and renown and environment of splendors he turned his buck and put down his crown at the foot of his throne, and on a bleak December night trod his way down to a stone house In Bethlehem of our world. Wrapped In what plain shawl, and pursued with what enemies on swift camels, and howled at with what. brigands, and thrust with what sharp lances, and hidden in wha*. sepulchral crypt, until the sub- f centuries have tried In vain to tell the story by sculptured cross, and painted canvas, and resounding ilovnioL: les. and douied cathedral, and redeemed nations. could r\ot sea a woman doubled up with rheumatism but he touched her, and inflamed muscles relaxed, and she stood straight up. He could not meet a funeral of a young man but he broke up the procession and gave him back to his widuvved mo- ther. With spittle on the tip of his flnger he turned tha miilnight of total blindness into the midnoon of perfect sight. that Dwight L,. Moody, the gremt evangelist, said to me at 1'lai-uleld, N.J., and he repeated the message for me to others, was, "Never be tempt- ed under any circumstances to give up your weekly publication of ser- mons throughout the world." That- solemn charge I will heed as long aa 1 have strength to give them and the newspaper types desire to Uke them. VVHLRE SHE FALLS DOWN. She't IiMKli-r In uoirtv. vp**akf>r nd a wit, la rijiu- i< u* <4UMdrai.u .uu ibt hlgjter mut.k-a She the cutwt adrpt mort*la *>v*r mw. Witii \\.\- 'IK. >lukt >(. .if . i onan Lkiyl*. iiain.utf aud frit-. Ami ). xifwa ttM vurld rl(til ! tte ii*l s>trifr. But with all tier wealth uf ulucy. ttotm T/MXJSJ to sever tunwd a Mocking 1 can plar all aralra chromatic, plain and pl>, idiomatic A piano'a juat * tlcttm to h*r touch Anil a narp'i a pleading poor ttuof wbe* tremble* on ita nmin tnni{. And ahe buira ita i inn^ Irame with rluti'h. And the lu-iKlibon the; arc praline, mi to a*c* utlii-r tin-)- arc liraying ThtiiKH -iir n,-vr ht-anl aa mal,lro or aa wife. But over all llwir pra>iu. pipiuf rolca* they a*a earing. "8b never Oarud a atockln* l. Hnmrr. Rortot. Catvar. not out of thai) can ,-aae bar IB thniiifht he icave the world aoma time ago; Lai in. V mil inn. i.r.rk anil Ruauan, French umt Spanihh. Duli-ti and I'ruaalao. All cuine mji|jiiitf fruui her lipa In aeornta low. Bulra of order and liiaurdcr. wcaJla al peril*. rac-nlary lore, Point* of phvt;r* In rouplea niahlof dl-lv*; Aa abe <it> a ..- -iiy i-liairniao, (till, Jut a Ti.-ry fair Ibougti alia uvcr darned Ufa. Ok. alu'i el rone. oa all rrfonna. yulitlcm ajaj aural atonna, And on all my uwnrrahlp th'i rrnt Water, telrphunra and lliftu. 'let-trie oar* thai run And iiMprotrmrnta ID the borough a*d cha Wonder liu\e aha know* It all. on thla faj um lull. And ia nuw th* bnrhtrat Mar In all Huh Ufa, Worn w:r:i u, b a auupi* ttung aa a naeula. wttt a at ring. Ibe can't Kara to darn on* atutkina; In bar Ufa. *. J. DoaleaiT la Di.er U, public**. H *-! llor "I am glad tbere are a few honest people left. Two yean ago I ent boj around tlie corner to buy a postal card. I bare o<-\er seen tbe buy te this day." "Too don't call that boy honest T "Tea, lr. Tills morning 1 rei->lvid a pont.ll with thin aa the back: 'Dear Sir Her* la your postal. I started la business with tbe pcniiT ynu e:iv m anil hnvf proipered. Thank*.' " C1U- cago Newa, STIR IS KENMORR Durham Brown's Letter Pub- lished Last Week Cause of Comment. One of Many Burn Case* In Kennioro Uwl.r. K.iliirt Pill, well kuown thr I uaii iin'iiiM ( orrolM>rullon of liruwn'i i Eenmore. Jan. 15. No little mem ban been canned here by the publication of a letter signed by Dur- ham Brown, in the papers latit week. Mr. Brown is one of the most expert boxuiakers in the country, his .-'leeae boxes, while models of good workman- ship, being turned out in remarkably quick time. He ban the reputation of Ix-ini/ able to drive one and a quar- ter inch nails at the rate of live hun- dred in eighteen minutes, anil keep it np steai lily. Mr. Brown is an enthusiast about Dodd'n Kidney Pills. He cannot s ay enough in their favor. And be means every wonl of it, Hiu brother alas) thoroughly believes in DrxId'K Ki'lnsy Pills, having seen how they uflWrad Durham. Durham Brown's letter. as published hist week, is corroborat- ed by iiib brother and all who know him. Many other people in K, timore know from personal experience the value of Uodd'g Kuluey 1'illa. Whether for the two formerly incur- able and fatal maladies. Fr'ght'i :- and Diabetes, or for any of . of Kl'tnev I ii-ense HheniiKitiHlil. H.-:irr lJiea>e. I 'ropiiy, Urinary and Blai!,!er ( 'mn,., units, r'enmio Troubles. Hlood P'.- v Pills BTB eor-'dfred infallible .the nioiUciiiH that e\,-r <-nred Disease or Diabetes, and .i-nple hure havs a wonderful faith m them. The pimples aavu disappeared. Miller*! Compound Iron Pills did it. How ta rirun Rni. They should be held in a straight POM! ion on the knifoboard and moved backward and forward in aa direct a line as possible, which will prevent the scratches so often seen on them, Do not put too mnch powder on th* board, aa that is liable to scratch the blades. The hoard should W in a sloping position, one side slightly higher than ths other. Tbe ivory handles should be just dipped i -i"t left in warm water and washed with i 'aiinel. and then wiped i uml dry. Blades and handles ,1 Is- wa>heil M-pnr bony . i with a pieosj ' of Ii: . in oil and then well ilneil. K'.;> a set of cloths of a HI,' texture for nse for the mly. I knnw MIXARP'S MNIMITNT w<ll enri Jull.N 1>. 1> i I1LL1EH. Krajicli V.llaw. I know MIN'AKD'S LINTMFNT wMI enr* Cn.Mii. J- t iAM. Cap* Inia I know MTNARD'S LIXIMKNT Is the best MI t-ur.U. JOSlir-H A. SNOW. Norway, Ma. Blckle's Anti-C-ni<iimpt. tnaa ' at th - i list for .' : tbe throat ami him;*. It n :.igts in hr-- i i i v - won uM s* of the .- roil, 4 re- recent casrs :; ;n.t . . It. is prt> imn-,1 live pnacip.es or rirtues uf -i--. -ml herbs. de- 1 ni'iiii for all pulmonary . Shipping Triiat In Kncland. The r-onsnl of the United States at Birmingham report* as an unusual event in Circat Britain the beginning of an inqnirv by the board of trails of that city into flip shipping trust. which is said to be injurious to Brit- ish industry. My wife Is having the bent of health now. Millcr'iCoinpoiind Iron Pill* did it. Two A Ilk*. She It mnst be great to have a tal- ent like Prof Swamper's. They say he can till a house to overflowing at anv time. ke Um. So can a plumber. A dose of Miller's Worm Powder* ocoar ilonally will ki-ep the ,-hiMreu healthy. Hill Sad Condition. "My shoe* ars always a tonrce of pain."" "Why ir that?" "New shoes hurt my feet and eld shoes hurt my self-rei>ecf. " linard's Liniment Cures Dtstempr. un..r<.Htlnn In Inriln. s 111 India run that if a w* man stricken with leprosy suffers her- self to be buried alive the ilineuse will not dnwend to her ohildron. Tuwf) was in the northwest provinces ia ludia the wife of a gardener on wlinm the loathsome malady had fallen. Children were born to her. Ths dis- ease frrew worse. She importuned her husband to bury her alfve. He, at last, yielding to her prayers, nun. monexl his son. Thn two ilng the grave, and four neighbors assisted at the sopulchro. So the woman died. These facts were invest iffnttHl in a magistrate's court ami were proved. HI* Cunt nun?. Mark Tw:i,n. meet .'! ''harl.-s Cuta. rle. a prominent K:'tis|i lawyer :n VW enoa. asked him If he smoked. "Some* times, when I am In bad company, 1 * wns tbe reply. After a pause en me a second ques> lion: "You're a lawyer, aren't you, Ur. Uuthrit'V" "I am. Mr. Clemens." "Ah. then. Mr lint' rip, you roust bs) a very heavy smoker!' /utw ML&v/<rw <x*ts ^frj* J 'i