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A gaunt young man, with long, dark
hair and a look of yearning after the
unknowable, was standing on Coney
Island beach on Saturday, and BY his
side was a wonlan who he addressed as
My love" He was watching the white
caps far from shore, and she seemed to
be looking at the bathers.
Without removing his gaze from the
wrinkled surface of the distant water. sshe
exclaimed. "0h, that great day when
the bounding sea shall give up its
secrets }"
Yes" the m said, with languid
interest, Il wonder if that dumpv
woman's hair is her own?s =.
A look of extreme sadness came over
his face, like the shadow of an umbrella,
and he involuntariiy drew back a single
step. In so doing he stepped into h hole.
dug by a golden haired little fairy of four
or five summers, and turned a back.som-
ersault.
My love" looked at him reproachl
fully, and said: "Leonidas, { am
ashamed Of YOU"
lie murmured something about the
mischiev0us boys that ''put holes behind
people for them to tumble over" and
then sat down in the sand to take off his
shoes and empty the ballast out of them.
lie had n shoe off and was busting his
instep; just then the largest wave of the
afternoon came up and ob1iterated all
the prints in the sand around him-but
one. His wife had retreated, and the
appealing look that he had cast at her
while the wave was recedine threw i
over all the gay throng on the
beach.
Leonidas, she said in a voice choked
with emotion, "you had better find 4
seat on the sunny side of the next train
and keep it."
Toward shutdown the pair were seen
strolling on the asphalt near Cables.
The warm SUI and drying wind had done
much to repair the mans misfortune
md my love- wa evidently regarding
1im more hopefully, for she was ]telIins
lim that one of the pony carriages was
the Midgets' coach,p and that tbe
lrchin driver was Tom Thumb.
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there has been a great deal of genera,
scandal about the morality of thest
elders, but we could find 10 man VIII,
believed it. Said one gentleman 4"
| don't know of. u single case where they
h3le been guilty OF immoral practices
even among the families Of their saints.
They seem to be bent upon their work Of
PROSECUTING and upon nothing else. TC
this they devote all their energies and
their lives
1t appears that there has been con
siderable trouble at the little station {
Nafnclls. Sonte of the people there,
seems. were determined not to see Chr
tians led asttay and families broken p
by these elders. So they have netr
believed them any encouragement.
Standing was Il Young MAJ of twelg-
three years Of age, hit had great coliige
and ability. If he had lived he valid
have risen to great prominence ilhis
church. He was buried in Salt AXE
City on Sunday with impressive ere
monies.
We learn that the field in G3rgia
will not he abandoned, but will bean
yasscd with greater vigor thaneycr.
Elder Morgan himself is coming OF, and
the blood Of Standing will but2Ncite
these monStrous fanatics to still reater
eXertions.
Efforts are being made to capre the ;
murderers, and if caught thcyNiIl be
prosecuted vigorously. We len that
there were personal reasons that Il many
of the attacking mob to try 81 drive
Standing tout of Narnclls. lie had
endangered the peace and nhgrity Of
many homes Atlanta Constitution.
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" huf tn T'rns FER!

PRAYER. in its simple definition, is the
desire Of the heart offered UP to God,
and, in an evangelical sense, in the name
I of Jesus Christ for no prayer is accept
/ able 10 God unless ofergd an the name
of the great mediator" Hence, desire
is the basis of PRAYER. as we cannot pray
for what we do not desire. Men may
use forms Of speech and well-constructcd
sentences, but if the desire OF the heart
be not expressed in them, they arc not
prayer in the SIGHT of God. We NAV
Judge. therefore,. whether men know
what to pray for, by considering whether
they know what to desire. Certainly
men make continual mistakes in this
matter. They often desire what would
not he good for them. They desire things
pertaining to this life, rathcrthan the life
to come they are more concerned forthe
body than the soul; they put the second
airy ortcrtiary in the place of the primary.
and, if they pray, their PRAYER must be
according to their desirc.-Rev Joseph
Holdich, ID.
Do men know what they should pray
for? We ask in rcolv. 'Do men know
what they should live for?' They GER
tainIy live for what they desire, and they
desire what they live for. Their mode
Of living is the exponent of their desires,
If a man lives ONLY to be the weaIthicst
man on change, or to have the largest
amount in the bank: or if \ lady pines
for the most maonifcerf w9rdroba1 hrousa
establishment, and equipare, these are
the things they desire and live for. and
if thew 1rav, these are what thew nray
for. True, they would NOT venture to
mt them into words before Cod Int if
thew do not pray far What tbev desire
md live for thas;r nI,,,-ors aro mocI-o1,
so. if \ man desires a sanrti6ed shirt he
will live for Il
If If he the nroyinco If tr1o ]cn1tnre to
avoid scandal and ~oss;n and evil re-
MORT how murh more is 4 tha nort of
the +rIa Cbristian ~ avoid ali borsb
Indictment and to iud@o no ono anite 90
severely as bimseIf Haw Tho nracionS
hours are wasted in idIo toll in scvnre
cens1re and criticism If others in idle
;gnobIo goss;n tn C1Ir;sEsn should Lo3
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How bare the garden borders lie
Beneath a c%hangcful, dapplcd skyI
The snow has passed away;
But sudden gusts Of sleet and rain
Beat hard against the window fatiai
This February day.
Yet in the pauses Of the storm
The mellow sunshine hickers warm
On messy g~arden-wavs;
The thrush we fed the wiiitcr long
| Pours forth az intervals his song
OF love and frightening days.
The plot of f~reshening grassy sward,
In all its length is thicklr starred
With daisies geld and white,
That Skyward lift, in fearless grace,
Through II and shower each smiling face
With cquablc delight,
They crave not cultures cunning care,
But blossoms brightly everywhere,
With springs first breeze and beam;
Coeval with the thrushcs' song,
They bloom the sunny summer long,
BY meadow, lawn and stream,
We tread them down with hastv feet,
To pull some fairer blossom, sweet
With coveted perfume;
But from the pressure rough and rude
They gayly spring, afresh cndued
With honest, hopeful bloom.
They mind US in their silent way,
OF love that blesSes every day
Our pathway on the earth
OF love that wakes while calm we sleep,
OF love that aches whene'er We weep,
Yet counted little worth.
OF love we trample down To reach
y lighter love, that will but teach
Our hearts a dreadful care;
OF love that springs, as daisies do.
Forever strong, forever new,
In rapture or despair.
They mind us in their humble guise
OF homely duties that arise
In every human life;
We tread these lowly duties down,
And grasp at shadowy flowers to crown
A vain ideal strife.
Yet in each path, like daisies set,
Those humber duties still are met;
God guide our feeble will!
That when our wild ambitions fade,
We. turning humbly to the shade.
May find our daisies still.
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Rough ON Chattanooga.

A Memphis refugee come through on
the Memphis and Charleston railroad the
other evening, and was stopped at Wan
hatchle, the quarantine station for Chat
tanooga, where he was met by the quar-
antlne officers of that ~enterprisine VII
lagea After he had been thoroughly in.
spected, the refugee remarked:
zee befea mister do you live in Chat
Yes" said the officer,
Well, do you propose to stop me in
don't stop Aa' W"
We'll" remarked the refugee ep,,
glad Of that. / would as soon have ~ !
pei OF the yellow fever as to ston in
that burg. ] want to 60 through fbera
the rate q twenty miles an hour. with
the car windows down, and T will boid
my nose then. a man NAV survive a.
attack Of yellow fever, but an bour - -
Chattanooga is certain death.
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Venezuela produces > ., wv
pounds OF coffee annually.
4 Joint stock milk association in New
York, delivers daily 5000 quarts.
In 1873 the honey crop of California
was estimated at 30, 600 pounds.
Tho roisinn If sheen has boep on the
Increase for Some vcars in Kentmckv.
rrropo nromiscs to ho for all +imo to
c,n" a nroftgLir market for onr s]nrnIns
annlns
"it- 49,, o.h c.l
iono i ann,,nIIv S0 o0o 000 noUnJs
If rica
rro :; u pu1
l'e "c'?'Sg III moo Tne't ~ Ells'"1u
IlllS year Is ''0'0'0 le'S 'Hal 1leIe WIS
mere never ll!+ octll S1tu u promising
prospects io' c0''o'' III -Nor'le'l IeA"S'
Us III present
The direct losses to sheep owners by
ule TaE3gtS u uoE feath %i'o00'Vo an
ntaIiy III WOOL anu mutton,
The annual crop Of tobacco Of the
United States Is about 100000 600
pounds, two-thlrds OF which : exported.
~Hvrrouiy uhUut 500, 600 mem
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A South Carolina Judge on Lynch Law.

A recent case of lvnching in Spartan,
burg, S. c., was thus referred to by
Judge Aldrich in his charge to the grand
jury:
II am not one to excuse lynch law,
nor will you. 1t is always dangerous,
and generally wrong, for the people to
pass a temple OF JUSTICE and lntlict sum
mary punishment. But sometimes hui
man natur will and must assert its dig
nifty and defend the chastity Of womaii.
Outraged humanity viii not and cannot
wait for the slow and uncertain process
of the laws delay. 1t too often happens
that by ingenious use of the Instrument
~talities that hedge around the accused,
he escapes the just punishment of his
| crimes. 1t sometimes occurs that even
when juries are brought to the point of
| conviction, the appeal tribunals, on some
! technical bubble, not affecting the h1er-
its of the case in the slightest degree,
| balk Justice and send the culprit back
for a new trial. Hence, society becomes
impatient, and now and then manifest
this impotence by taking the law in its
own hands. | say this is always dam
gerous. 1t is manifestlyg wrong when
done in secret, when the. self-constituted
avengers of the law band themselves to-
gcther in oath-bOund societies and admin
lister what they call justice, but is simple
vengeance, not in the light of day, but
in the darkness of night, concealing their
persons in frightful DISCUSSES. We had
enough of that in the ku-klux reign, con-
demned by good men everywhere, and
which | trust will never be again enacted
in this State. But when dishonor stalks
to our hearths, law ceases and murder
takes the angelshape of Justice And so
it was when Moore paid the penalty of
his double crime, rape and murder.
Every father, husband and brother was
aroused to frenzy by the brutal outrage
on that poor, innocent, unprotected girl.
Instantly, with no masks on their faces,
but openly in the broad light of day,
Gods sun shining in their eyes, fathers,
husbands and brothers brought this cruel
monster to the very spot where he had
rayished her, and there, while her desc
Grated person was mantled in the blush
of shame, murdered her in cold blood!
there they erected a gibbet, and dealt
out t. him swift justice, 1t wasnot law,
but vie will dare to call it murder ?"
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be XoullldS. gently plhy, a lit little . , TThiF9
horse would ii ont link after link
Of wonderful effort. Ih5 sneed
was something marvellous. The horses
shot past any given point like a bolt
OF lIghtniGg; AS they came into the
home stretch, Matte HuntGf closed the
cap between herself and Tom, and i!
looked for all the world as though the
little blind geIding would lose his place
after all, But no; Toms driver told
him he mus quicken his pace a little,
and the little prodigy, realizing THAI
everything was as stake, sprung int 1t
that carried him under the wire III the
hitherto unheard of time of 2:l2i.
Hhefi the result was announced, the
enthusiasm can better he imagined than
described. All felt they had seen an
event which might possibly never Dt
duplicated in the racing arena. Groups
of men gathered together discussing the
feat with smiling faces and quIckIT ~throh-
bing hearts. If a vision of glory had
Suddenly burst upon the multitude from
the sky, they coU!d not have been more
astonishcd and delighted.
After it was all over Tom was closely
hlarEctcd and his legs bound tightly i'll
red flannel, soakcd in stimuIants. He
showed that he had paced for all that
was in him. He was breathing heavily,
and there was a sort of sad expression to
those sighticss eyc-balls which seemed to
say. Why did you push me 50 hard?'
Matte Hunter on the contrary, who is
only seven years old, appeared to be less
fatigued than her successful rival, and
apparently nom the worse for takingthe
second place in racing records, with Il
score Of 2;13 to her credit. From Toms
groom we learn that the blind horse has
been pacing more or less for the last
eight or nine years, but has only shown
his marvellous speed within the last two
years. He thought it very possible that
Tom would pace atuiIC in 2:10 before the
season was over. But until this is done,
Chicago beats the world in the matter of
speed Chicago Journal.
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pounds small green tomatoes pare the
rinds very thin, 50 ms not to get any OF
the white part, and squeeze outthejuice;
first boil the tomatoes gently until they
begin to ret tender, in sufficient water
to V them well, then add the lemon,
4 few peach leaves and powdered ginger
tied in thin muslin bags; boil together
until the tomatoes arc tender; take them
carefully out strain the liquor and put
to it i pounds white sugar for each
pound Of tomatoes; put the tomatoes
into the syrup and boil gently until they
appear to he done. In the course Of IL
week pour the syrup from the tomatoes,
heat it scaidjng hot, and pour it yer
them, They resemble West India sweet
mpltS.
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TALKING ABOUT GERMS.
Interview with u Member of the Ma.
tiOnaE Board of Health.

AHA NatA VI EEkfzhAEhs
DIR. Robert Mitchell, of the Nationa.
Board Of Health, who is located at Mem,
phIs, was in the city yesterday on a hv,
ing trip, and was met by a Courier.
Journal reporter in the morning. The
doctor came to the city on an engine,
as the other trains have stopped run.
ming.
He says there are about $4,000 people
left in the city, and that Of these only
about 5000 or 1000 are liable to take
the disease. The remainder have had
the fever, and have no fear Of it 1T all.
How many people are in the camps ~
asked the reporter.
There are in the ~neighborhood Of a
thousand persons in, camps, which
are situated OF high ground exposed to
good, fresh country air.
Does Il quarantine quarantine p
Yes; | think it is now as effective as
a quarantine can be made. Along the
route there are two breaks, where bag
gage is allowed to lie and be acted upon
by good AIR, which is agreed on all hands
to be the best ~disinfectant. The other
disinfectants, with the help of air, e n
der it well-nigh impossible for yellow fe-
yer to be transmitted now from Mem
phis to LOUISVILLE, Cincinnati and North
ern cities.n
IL suppose it took some work to get
Hings in such apple-pie order p
Indeed it did. The raw recruits
were under fire all the time, so to speak.
Those who had mad training in sanitary
measures soon fell into line, and now We
know Just what to do and when to do it.
It has been my endeavor to make the
guarantees just as operative as possible.
| have been working to keep the plague
confined where it isl
How do you get provisions ?"
Two trains run South, and take on
board such provisions as are left at GER
tain stations for us. If it were not for
these, we would starye.'
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Where, in spite Of his evil deeds it is
deemed desirable to save the life of the
miscreant, General Hutchinson's plan
may prove ettectual Attach a strong
spiked collar to the extremity of a small
fve-foot ash pole, the other end of which
is tied tosa strong old ram. The spiked
collar is to be occupied by the dog. The
hohi TINS strange companion, or, more
likely still, to attack him, will possibly
20 worry and punish the dog as to give
him a distaste ever afterward for any-
thing o q wQally nature, In a leading
article OF this general subject a British
Journal, Land and Water, offers two bits
OF advice for the benefit of farmers: One
Is not to permit the carcass of a sheep.
dead from any cause, to remain in the
field for days together, to be torn bv
every passing cur, and thus develop a
liking for mutton with the wool on; and
the other is to let each owner of a dog
confne him at night.
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The Wooden Legged Man and the
Ir0eOeile,


Here is d story from a "little Johnny
OF the Pacific coast that almost rivals
the Jumping Frog of an older yarn
spinner:
Ii was a cote | rather be q sheep, cos
gotes Is MIXED, but Sleeps is shingIed.
But Billy he says let him be a crackv
die, with fritefe teeth, and notches on
his back, like a saw.
Mister Jonnice, which has got a wuden
leg, he says there's die which was a she.
n 1t was in a pond. Mr.. Jonnice he
set on the edge of The pond a watchin the
dlle swim, but the keeper he said. the
Keeper did: Better look out for yure
legs, sir, this ere die is powerle fond Of
legs, and he don't git menny here, bore
fellow P0'o
So Mister Jonnice he tuke of his wuden
leg and hid it, and wen the keeper he cum
round agin Mister Jonnice he said.
lou was right about that die"
The keeper he looked and he was a
stonish, and he said, "Shant l run for a
docktor 2"
Then Mister Jonnice he thot A vile.
and bime by he said, "No, I don't think
| wude, for a vile yet, emmy how. Oils
is use to over eatin t~heirselfs."
HE keeper he sed. "You are the
coolest man, wots left of you,w which T
have ever saw"
Mister Jonniee he said, wei. have
all ways went on the principle its no nse
eryin for yure leg off, but Ide be mighty
pliged to you for a drink of whiskv.8
When the keeper had brot it Mister
1o9nlce had put on his wuden leg aqin.
wa a standin up lookin at the die
the keeper he was a stonisher than
eYer, partickler wen Mister Jonnice sed
ne had ben standin there a and had
lever seen him before.
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Padding.

Or, Harris, secretary of the prison as
soeiGtio1 of New York, was visited yes
terday and asked for his views ON
the paddle as an instrument Of re-
iorm IN Sing Sing prison. "The paddle"
said the doctor, dwas introduced AZ a
substitute for the lash. 1t is n theory
among a certain class of prison officials
thai the paddle is less dangerous, because
it draws less blood than the cat Iii
SAID that the lash demoralizes the keeper
who uEes it, and often when he draws
blood freely his passions are heated until
he becomes frenzied and loses s~elf-control
OF himself, Hence he hurts himself and
brutaily lacerates his prisoner. 1t has
been decided by the wise and thoughtful
men who favor the paddle that the lash
IS dangerous. Unless YOU have seen that
instrument you can have no idea Of It's
monstrous capacity for nfictinc torture
on q human being. 1t is from two and a
haIf to three feet long, shaped like n
canoe paddle. OR it may be likened Ia q
ooy baseball bat shaved fiat and thin
until II Is as flexible as an Indian bow.
Its blade is perforated with TWENTY-FIVE
ar thirty holes, which with each stroke /
allow the flesh to enter. The swift mo
ton made in lifting it to repeat the /
causes it to cut and lacerate the
PUPPY flesh in d horrible manner. In
some eases these paddles are made If
and hard sole leather. but the
Gather Is g cruel az The wood. Both of
shese instruments are used like Il club.
n Ilinton prison, continued the doctor.
stise victim S iashed down toa whipping
aiaH nith his face to the floor. 81 that
ssinot move nor betray the agony
Fiftea c0nVnlses his face.
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B0ilinE pNtmtRCs.

When potatoes are quite young put
them IN boiling water, and boil for live
minutes then pour off all the water, nut
on the I'D closely, and place the saucepan
at a slow heat until the potafoes ara
cooked through, the steam finishing the
cooking. When old, put them in plenty
OF cold water; when it boils put IN a lit
tie salt, and let the water boil until the
potatoes are half ready; pour f fall the
water, put on the lid closely, and keep
them by the side of the fire until tender
enough to run q fork through them,
then put on the fire for a few minutes to
dry. -
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SCIENCE AND INDUSRY.

Florida ships 5000 head cattle t,
Cuba monthly.
Tho AIo,+, lc.\ ion FAIRY ovno,
Inv Sona+or I"nos r. Eot,S '' nrndnno
* : ,ornyls Of ;,.o daiI,, ''''
on of ~ ohavinr nm" f,"t t5fbo ~r, ~ ,
=. wicked inI,rn5I rnn,,rf,. hat ba2ran,, ~,
he a bir botn ont tbnra sn,awbero
c.. 1 ~ ~,
Hl' 5!e:liF 1mliohlPSoh' l EiiSiI7l' sur
S,~n, al. 'I'' hH'pPrH'IS,'o l"o-'''eaI
y'IioS.ilc'i' anu Io'F-IftI races an"
ance."
The value Of the cratic taken from
the quarries at Dix I4nd, Me, by the
L. :. government for the erection OF
public buildings, With Il few wears, i,
stated by the Superintendent to be So
. 1000.
Paper is made by ne japanese from
blue rags. The w;er in which these
rags were boiled vs. formerly run of
INTO the streams wit poisonous results
now 1t IS saved al indigo extracted
from it.
Road Iocomotlve4lrc said to be com
ing generally into Re in France lately 4
12-ton locomotive portable cnginc) was
harnessed to a piet Of artillery weighing
43 tons, which it Fought from Eincen-
mes to the Point dAustcrIitz.
We are now cohr 10 have silks which
will not be silks and the French hayn
| already baptizedthe newcomer az siriI,-
sole. Il is a proass for c~oatinr fbnr If
, fax or cotton with Ii0uiied sir piy;no
it all the appearance Of actual silk at a
nominal cost.
g,
n ON daIa objected ny ihe Mares
ioi"I eNIRGeuiGo. III I9i2-03, tFoleS>or
IIieS, OF GPSati' Ih'efS IiiaU lc"eiiS may
tAiS1 at the cry Pole II lheFe Is lanQ
.iele 9cCasioaLy iIec from slo" ana
ice lie has 10 DeIIet IN the existence OF
80 0le" Poi'i''"'
According@ the London Truth Canon
Beadon attrihlted his long life to the
fact that he bad never entered on any
BRAIN work, Nen OF the slightest sort,
for some hours after a meal that during
the last fort years of his life he had
taken no mdicine, and that he always
rose at a very early hour.
Mr.. J. NJ Clark, of Howell, Mich,
has latalv milf q lot Of cars for q nrairio3
road, vithan arrangement for disconnect-
ing the gearing and ruaning bv wind
when it is favorable. After A trial of
severalweks the cars have been pro-
nouncel perfectly satisfactory. In an
ordinary, almost every dav breeze, they
can run fifteen miles an hour under sail.
Vanilla is q nIant ndigonons 70 Flor;.
da. TIE "cractarsn ro+Ber - u; W 49,
quantities and sell II 3o narcbonts ST. ~
send it 1orth to mix with tobaccn IN % +ho
manufa,tnrp of cinars and 70 he arn,'nS
up for smoking with stems and ofbsr ~
fuse. 1 is worth now q cents a pound.
Before he reduction of the tobacco tax
it sold FIR t cents.
The 4 Tonis cotton oxoborao Mill
offer AZ p5 in ~nrer;1n,s for al; (; VIZ
the stane at the St IN',iS fa;. go :
October Of this amount S5z5 i civ SS,
in FIVE premiums IN oonb 81 +bo 93L,eI
ofMissonri 4rtonsos :" md ~ T ol,ee
Three hundred dollars aa"b l. s'+ 80 49, :,
three praninmsto Miss;ss;nn; 2 Te5nn ,oa
md the Indian territory & s,roonlS+aLo
n TO nv state mr. torr;+orr ~ 300 :;
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