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Giving Thanks.

Why is it that so many persons who
profess 10 be Christians neglect so many
great duties in their everyday lifef
E Why is it that when they gather
around theiretables. filed with so manv
OF the earths choicest blessings, they
forget, or neglect TO. give thanks to Him
from whom all things Gomez Will any
Carstlan who reads the Word OF God
say that prayer and thanksgiving is un.
necessary To the contrary, is it not
a duty demanded of man by God p
Thensho can we, as Christians, afford
to neglect so great du'yf Is It not Ia
homes where prayer and Thanksgiving
is made part OF their everyday duties
that love and friendship rules Supreme I
Does the family devotion to God have
no part in forming the character or the
ties OF love between m ,mbers of the
same family, that nothing, not even
death can separate
Oh, parents! God has blessed YOU
with little ones. Is It not your duty to
train them up in the way they should
goP Set such an example before them
that they will bs lasting, for good. The
Young man, or young woman, who
leaves the paternal roof, well establish.
ed In the ways of the Lord, is richer
man or woman by untold odds, than be
or she vino sets out with their thous
auds, with lack of Christian PRINCIPLES,
Tnen, dear Carisiian parents, let me
beg of You to let ne day pass without
calling your little flock around you and
returning thanks to him through whose
mercy and goodness we receive our ey.
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willingly, she thought, she would go 10
her death.

Willingly, sue tuOugu', Sut WOulu 90 W
her death.
The performances began As the
brothers passed from the simpler feais
to those more astonishing The applauss
grew more and more vehement among
the savages A sensation the like of
this they had never known. Feats OF
activity and strength appeal with irre-
sistible fore. to the wild man. and cre-r
ate a.respect and veneration, where tie
higher qualities of mind would fail ens
tirely. Most eagerly they deyoured the
swift contortions of the sgile acrobats,
as their shapely white limbs flashed id
and out among the fopes now hanging
from the bar or swinging through tbs
air. The vocabulary of Ipdian gutths
rails was exhausted in the vain effort to
| do justice to the performance.
Conscious Of the sensation they cre-
ated, the brothers, during brief inter-
vals Of rest, were busiy employed in de-
vsing some plan TO take advantage of it,
Billy hoped that Lucy and the boy, ere
this, had found propitious moment to
steal unobseryed from the camp: hut 1t.
was impossible to be sure of it. he ex.
pected every minute to hear the shout
which would. follow the announcement
OF her escape. He knew they could not
continue their exertions much longer:
Already they feltflhe strain and fatigue
which must soon be followed by utter
Exhaustion,
"Shal we Gu. and run for it, Billy /
can not keep the mill agoing much lon
GER" whispered Dave.
There was no answer to the Question,
for the next instant the Indians were
upon their feet, scrambling like mad to-,
ward their ponies, and giving vent 10
Iexclamations of fear. Heaven, it seem.
, ed, interposed to rescue the prisoners.
J Lurld balls Of green and red FIRE fell
: flying among the retreating host. Was
it some curious electrical phenomenon,
with special vengeance for their cruel
I tfoes for the flaming balls folio wed them
along. Several times they flashed quite
near the dismayed braves, and succsed-
, ed.in filing their souls with infinite ter-
ror, and the air with agonizing yells. II
J seemed but an instant before the ho0f-
D beats begsn to sound more like echoes
than realities, telling how rapidly the
! discounted red men we're putting grass
b.tween them and haunted camp.
The aoroba themselves were stat.
, tied. and knew not what to make OF il
until woman's laugh was heard, and
, Mrs Lucy sprang into her husbands
, arms. and with woman's inconsistency
exchanged the laugh for sobbing ex-
plantations.
: 81 couldn't leave you Billy-I just
couldn't! And when / happened to
! think of that package of stage bombs
which VIC brought with US .or one ofouf
: acts, knew what to do / found them,
: fortunately, without trouble, and fired
tbera right among the crowd. never
, saw house cleared out SO quick before
did your"
E But it was not the time to discuss the
subject. In the A ght aud frenzy OF the
. red foes retreat they stopped not to
= think of plunder or prisoners, hence
= the coach horses remained to carry the
: whilom csptives to small settlements
wher they arrived the next afternoon:
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Selert Stury.
BY BURGLAR FRIENDS.

Any newspaper reporter, or at least
any attached to dsily journal, will tell
you that there are certain seasons Of the
year when people refuse to commit sni-
eide, when there are no victims Of MUIR
der, when railroad trains refuse to smash
and burglars aud thieves insist on re-
naming inactive. No reporter is re-
quired 10 furnish just certain amount
of matter each day, hut most reporters
are ambitious to furnish all they can, and
so when these dull times come the jour-
nalist takes longer tramps, writes OF mat.
ters which would be overlooked in good
times and does his best to keep up The
show of local news.
Years ago, when | was member Of
the local staff OF a New Orleans daily,
we bad summer of il. Accidents were
hardly known; few new buildings were
gcing up, and we had to "draw out" on
things to make even half show.
We finally started the interviewing bu.
siness. One of the boys gave the expe-
renee OF gambler, another the adven-
ture of river pilot, and in time we bad
worked up everybody but the burglars
1t was left to me TO hunt up some one
who would enlighten me on the myste-
ries of midnight visits in search of 'swag'
and "suear" l believed could find
man, or half dozen of them. l had in
my minds eye a saloon near the river
where a suspicious crowd was always
congregated, and knew that two fell.
lows known as "Big Sam and "Awful
Dave" had just come out of State prison
and were hanging round the place.
Were 10 enter the saloon, day or
night, inquire for one of those worthless,
order the drinks, end then frankly tell
| him who wss and that l wanted him TO
give me the foundation for general ar.
| ticle, why, of course, he would d. it. So
I argued and when the time came around
that such sketch would "help out,
made my arrangements.
went down to the saloon one Friday
afternoon and had the luck to find both
men in. After beating around the sub
| ject for a spell l came directly to the
point. did not ask them to criminate
themselves in any way, bat to furnish me
an insight into their mode of "putting
up" and executing their "jobs."
"Well,. now, you've got US" replied
Dave. Eve couldn't begin to tell you
It all depends on what you mean to do
You might 60 into house by the hal
door one time, by the window another
and neyt time you might not 60 in a
all We 90 accordin' to circumstances
Circumstances often knock all plans or
the heat"
i wanted to get them to talking on tht
subject, and did not much care wha
they said, as calculated to put mv im
/. agination 10 work and give in some al
ventures which would he considereC
"tall," even by old professionals
i learned from the men What articles con
''stituted.a burglar 5 "kit." What they cosl
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CHURCH NEWS.
DOings of Preachers and People
Throughout ChristendOm.


There are no services at the grave in
Scotland.
There were twenty-four stormy Sum-
days last year.
Mormon missionaries are making
many converts in Ohio.
"LHss choir music and more congrc-
ga'ional singirg!" cries Western re
ligious newspaper.
The Methoiists are ahead OF all 9th
er denominations in the work of adyanc-
ing female education in Japan.
The Rev. Joseph Cook thinks the
qu,lity Of our mo teru christianity is
not inferi ,r to that of the ancient form
Lady Georgisna Fullerton, who has
written 30 many succ.ssful Roman
Catholic stories, is q sister of Earl
Granville.
Fifty years ago there was scarcely a
cathedral in Englani not out of repair.
Now there is scarcely one not in perfect
order. , SIS }z
"On wha. were given the command.
ments to Moses2" the Sunday School
teacher asked. "On two msrble-top ta-
bles." the intelligent small boy ans wer-
ed. .f p. ~ aa. -
Part OF the religion Of the Hindoos
is to bs kini to animals. They carry
thus into such practical operation thlt
they erect hospitals for sick anil hons-
less brutes.
An aneclote is told of an old WON an /,
who, when her pastor sail to her, ;" H cav
en- has not de.ertea you in yonr old
age" replied. "No, sir; | have very
great appetite still,
A Chicago Methodist has been ex-
PEELED for delivering rnllk to his custom
ers on Slu'lsY morning. Yet the very
people WHO called lo1raest for his expul-
sion buy milk on Sunday morning.
When Lord Chesterfield was asked
what religion he professed, he said :
"'Fhe religion to which all wise men be-
long" "Ani what may that be 2"
askei his cuyioas friend. "N1 wise man
| ever tells, he answered. er
At the recent m ,etia. of the Amsri.
can B ,ard. when men of wealth were
pledging their thousands to meet the
Increasing needs of the boasd, vener-
able man arose in the au uiience AM said
"he had no money to give, and so he
couldn't doable on that, and he had no
more ciildsn to give, for he hal al.
ready given them all; but ho would
double his prayers.
A story is told Of king who prom
ise | yeuny preacher a rich living if be
woull preach an ex;empDraleous ser
mon on text that he would find on his
desk after he entered the pulpit. Tue
preacher informed His Majesty that he
would dSs the bsst be could, AMI, find
ing blank sheet of paper on the desk,
he took it up and said: "My friends
there is nothing here; from nothing
God created the universe He then
preached AZ eloquent sermon on the
creation, and won the living.
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SONG OF THE MYSTIC.
BY FAITH BR RYAN.

BY FATHER RYAN.
I walk down the valley Of silence,
Down the dim, voiceless valley-alone!
And hear not the fall Of footstep
Around me-save Gods and my ownl
And the hush of my heart is as holy
As hovers where angels have flown.
Long ago was weary Of voices.
Whose music my heart could not win;
Long ago was weary OF n Rises,
That tretted nay soul with their din;
Long age was weary Of places,
Whers net with the human aud sin.
II walked through the world with tbs worldly;
craved what the world never gave,
And said: "In the world. each Ideal,
That shines like a star on life's wave,
Is wrecked on the shores Of the real,
And sleeps like dream in grave"
And still did pine for the perfect,
And still found the false with the true;
I sought mid the human of heaven.
And caught mere glimpse Of its blue,
And wept when the clouds Of the mortal
Yelled even that glimpse frou my view.
And tsiled on, hesrt-tired Of tbs human!
And moansd 'mid thu masses Of men,
Pill knslt long ago at an altar - s.
And heard voice call me; sinos then
walk down the valley tf silence.
That lies far beyond human kea.
% ysu ask nae What found in the valleyf
'Tis my thrysting place with the Divine;
And Ifell at the feet Of the Holy,
And about ms, a voice said, abe mins!"
And then rose from the depths of my spirit
An echo, "My heart shall be Thinel"
Do you ask how live in the vslleyi
Iweep, and dream, and pray;
Bat my tears are as sweet as the dew drops
That fall on the roses in May,
And my prayer, like perfume frsm censor,
Assembled to God night and day.
In the hush Of the valley Of silsuos,
Idream all the songs that sing:
And the music floats down the din valley
Till each finds awsrd for a wing,
That to nen, like the dove of the deluse,
A message of peace they may bring.
But far on the deep there are billows
That never shall break en- the beach,
And have heard songs in the silence
That never shall float into speech;
And have heard dreams in the valley
Too lofty for language to reach.
Aud have seen thoughts in he valley,
All. mel how my spirit was stirred!
And they wear hsly wells on their faces
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They pass through the valley, like virgins,
Too pure for the touch of a word.
De you ask nae the place of the valley,
Ye hearts that are narrowed by oarei
It lieth afar, between mountains,
And God and his angels are there,
And one is the dark mound Of sorrow,
And enc the bright mountain Of prayer.
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I,rembled 50 that came near falling.

I,trembled so that came near falling.
i must escape them, but how? had
almost determined to slam door against l
Sam as we passed through the house and
then scream out, when, as we passed
down the hall, we encountered Dave
He conversed with Sam for moment,
and then we all passed along into the
dining-room. They were after hessil:
yer plate. Dave walked right up to- othe
door of the closet, which was at the
head of the stairs leading down to the
rooms Of the servants. The key had
been forgotten and was in the lock. As
be carefully swung back the door We
saw the plate glisten, and Dave passed
me the lantern. fc5 c s'ses
Sam crept 10 The table, removed the
cloth, and then spread 1t on the Hoor.-
Dave passed intosthe closet, which was
mot over thteefeet etsquare, and he passed
out one thing after another until only an
Iice-pitcher remained. He seemed to
have doubts OF its purity, and begun
cutting at it with his knife Sam watch
ed him for moment, and then passed
In to satisfy his curiosity. 1 was beside
the door, and Sans hand rested on the
casing. Now was my chance. Like a
dart of lightning grasped the door,
swung it shut on Sans fingers, and as
be drew them out / turned the key,
braced my shoulder against the door,
and sung out: "Robbersl thieves! po-
lice !" as loud as could.
1t seemed an hour tn me before any
one moved, though it was not three Sec
onds before a man-servant leaped out
Of bed. Sam and Dave had no show
With both in the closet, there was no
room for a rush at the door. They
kicked until splitting panel, and fred
through, hoping to kill me. Within six
ty seconds two men servants and the
master of the house were in the dining.
room, one of the men having shotgun
81 am, of the Daily y-!" hur-
riedlv explained to them s'I have gol
twn burglars in here! Come quckw
Fortunately the men understood me
Alright, and offered me no violence :
While the master informed the prisoners
that he would give them dose OF buck
shot through the door if they made any
further demonstration. one Of the men
alarmed the neighbors and afterward the
police, and in about half an hour nv
friends were invited to walk out and &C
cept the handouts. A more savage pair
never saw. Dave shot at one OF the
officers and was in turn badly wounded,
and Sam had his nose broken by blow
from a baton. They swore the most
fearful vengeance on me, promising to
roast me alive. But went on the wit
ness stani, saw them leave for the peni
Tertiary for twenty years each, and then
I made resolution to let the interview
ing business alone in the future.-"M
Quad," in Detroit Free Press.
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Senator Warner Muller. OF New York

Senator Warner Muller, OF New York,
has paper in the last number Of the In.
dependent op "The FIure of Civil Ser
vice Reform" in which he declares that
the passage of the recent Civil Service
Bill, "marks the beginning of new era
in American politics.
THAT hutter is all right" said a
boardiug-house keeper; lit is firkin
butter' and tastes little of the wood
that's ALL" "If that's the case," re.
pled the boarder, who is contractor
~ should like to get some of that wooc
/ to make railroad bridges out Of"
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A79 A WBRK, sig day at home easily
y 1 Amade, Costly Outfit free, Address
Tnus & Co. Augusta, Maine. achzs, SzT,
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-24
chambers Journal

A)l0lilcIl GA Will Ills 1cbllOlCSUlCks
Etiquette is the code of rules by which
great people keep lesser ones in proper re-
spect. Prince Bismarck when boy was re-
buked by his father for speaking of the King
as Fritz" Learn to speak reverently of
his Majesty" said the old Squire of Varzin,
"and you will grow accustomed TO think of
him with veneration." Young Bismarck
laid the advice TO heart, and to this day the
great Chancellor always lowers his tone and
assumes grave, worshpful look when he
alludes to the Kaiser. II message is
brought to him from the Emperor by word
of mouth or In writing he stands up to re-
ceive it. When wedding takes place at
the Prussian Court, it is the practice for all
the State dignitaries TO form candle-pro-
cession-that is to say, that ministers, cham
berlains, high stewards, take each silver
candlestick with a lighted taper In their
hands, and conduct the bride and BRIDE
groom round the ballroom, where guests
are assembled, and thence into the throne
room, where the pair do homage to the SOW
ereign. At the frs. royal wedding which
occurred after the Chancellor had been pro-
NOTED to the dignity of Prince and Highness,
Bismarck failed to appear in the candle pre-
cession, and court gossps quickly concluded
that he now thought himself too great a man
to take part in a semi mental ceremony. The
truth was, however, that the Chancellor had
been seized with sudden attack of govt;
at the next wedding he was careful TO silence
all carpers by carrying his candle bravely
like other ministers.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-24

Mongol Kindness.

Nowhere will you find less cruelty than In
Mongolia. Not only do their cattle and
hocks receive expressions of sympathy In
suffering, and such alienation of pain a.
their owner knows how to give, but even
the meanest creatures, insects and reptiles
included, are treated with consideration.
One of the best proofs Of the habitual kind
ness of the Mongol is the tameness Of the
birds on the plateau. Crows perch them
selves on the top Of loaded camels, and de-
liberatelv steal Chinamen's rusks and Mon
gops mutton, before the very eyes Of the vo-
ciferating owners; hawks swoop down in
the market-place at Urga and snatch eata-
bles from the hands Of the unwary, who sim
ply accuse the thief of patricide and pass on !;
and swallows, year after year, build their
nests and rear their young inside the very
tents of the MongoIs. a Mongolan's pity
seems to flow out freely toward the suffering
of all creatures, even the meanest and most
vexatious. My bad-headed camel-driver
was nearly driven to distraction one evening
by cloud Of mosquitoes, which kept how
ering over and alightipg on his shining pate.
During the night there came a touch of
frost, and, when we rose in the morning
not an insect was on the wing. Looking at
them as they chung benumbed to the sides
of the tent, he remarked, "The mosquitoes
are frozenw and then added, in tone of
sincere sympathy, the Mongol phrase ex-
pressve of pity, "Hodrhe hodrhei" There
was no sarcasm or hypocrisy about 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-24
Luther,.s Four Hundred Years.

Berlin Dispgtch to the London Standard.
Everywhere arrangements are being made
for worthy celebration of the four hun
dredth return of Martin Luthers birthday,
especially in the so-called "Luther towns
Erfurt is making special preparations for a
grand festival. Duiing the week from the
4th to the 18th of November the four paro-
chial societies and the church musical soci-
cites connected with them will direct a se-
ries of public musical f6tes, in the course Of
which the performance of Meinardu's orato-
rio, Luther in Worms, and another ora
terio, Luther in Erfurt,n are projected.
But the greatest sensation win be caused by
an Introductory festival, which has been
fixed for the beginning of August A histor-
ical procession is to be got up to represent
the Erfurt University authorities and the
Town Council aud citizens of Erfurt meeting
Luther on his way to Worms. Luther start
ed on the 9th of April, 1921, from Weimar,
on his way to Erfurt. An imperial herald
rode in front, and in the same carriage with
Luther were some of his confidential friends
On coming TO the boundaries of the toxn
Luther was enthusiastically received by the
Rector and Professors of the University and
by an immense crowd of the students and
inhabitants of Erfurt. The procession then
advanced slowly, accompanied by 40 horse
men, through dense crowd, toward the
town. All the streets, towers, roofs and
walls were covered with people. The pro.
cession proceeded to the Convent of the Au-
gustines, where Luther took up his residence
with Lange, friend of his, in the we'll
known rooms that had witnessed his strug-
giles after truth and peace of mind. This
splendid reception of Luthner in Erfurt is to
be represented By an imposing procession.
Forty-fve students, natives of Erfurt, study
ing at various German universities, have is
sued an enthusiastic appeal to the Proses-
tant students of the whole Of Germany to
take part in this procession. A committee
has been formed at Erfurt, under the Presi-
dency of Herr Ober-Regierungsrath Won Tet-
tau, to make the necessary preparations. and
1t is hoped that the artists Of Weimar, Ores
den, and Berlin viii assist in the prelimin-
airy ARRANGEMENTS. a meeting was held a
few days ago, TO which the committee OF the
various guilds and other societies were in
vited. This meeting was numerously attend
ed, and Prof Weissenborn gave detailed
historical account If the event, the nature
OF the costumes being also explained from
an artistic point Of view. 1t was unani-
mously decided TO spare no effort to make
the procession magnificent, artistic and
popular success.
The Portland daily press., 1883-05-24

A CASE of some interest to the medical
profession has just been settled in the police
court at Dover, n. III. DR.. o. G. Gage, an
Eclectic physician, was prosecuted for prac-
Using without license from a New Hamp-
shire medical society. 1t appeared in evi
dence that he had a Diploma from the New
York Eclectic Medical College, had practiced
medicine outside of New Hampshire four
teen years and been settled at Concord since
1881. He had applied to the New Hamp-
shire Eclectic Medical Society for license,
but the censors had refused it on the ground
that he had violated the rules of the Society
by advertising his business. The Court or
dered his discharge, which settles as far as
police justice can settle it, that physicians
otherwise qualified, cannot be excluded from
practising in New Hampshire simply be-
cause they advertise.