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his sentiments in intolerable

expressed his sentiments in intolerable
form:
''Unlucky fellow! Well, at least, he
had put back the weathercockv'
YES" was replied, "but we cannot
leave the corpse up there; it must be
got down."
THAT is true" said the priest; sit
must be brought down, but who will
do it?"
THAT, NJ. lie Cure, is your bust
ness. Get workmen from the CITY, if
you must, at no matter what cost; the
body of Jean Renard must not remain
up there"
Get workmen from the city-that
was very expensive, and the cure hest
tated, but it had to be done. Just then
it was learned in the village that the
priest had pushed his avarice to the
point of trying to get his weathercock
repaired for nothing, and feelings of
aversion for him developed in the
breasts of his parishioners-
A subscription was opened for the
orphans of the tiler, and the same day
hundred francs were paid in; little,
but the people of Grenoui]leville were
not rich. A man had gone to the city,
but they asked two hundred francs, and
the cure found that ridiculously exor-
bitant. So the next day the corpse
being still suspended from the steeple,
funeral ceremonies were held in front
of the great church door, draped for
the occasion; and all Grenouilleville
In ho
Renard.
But to inter the body, it had to be
got down from its lofty perch. The
fellow-citizens of the slater this time
showed great decision. They would
have the body, and, if necessary, would
force the cure himself to go and get it.
When that person left the church, he
found himself confronted by a threat
ening crowd.
mo, NJ. lie Cure. He shall not STAY
up there; it is an outrage
my good friends, am quite of your
opinion; so get him down!'
''You shall 60 yourself, since you re-
fuse to pay some one else $780," and al
ready the most audacious, the anti .cler-
ical faction, pushed the cure backwards
towards the church.
Thoroughly alarmed, he at length
exclaimed:
1T is impossible; 1 do not know how
to climb on roofs. I'll pay! I'll pay!''
"They ask two hundred francs to
come from the city," cried the men on
all Sides
''Oh!-but I'll give them!"
"Stop! stopv' cried voice. '"Ill do
the job for a hundred francs" and a
man forced his way towards the cure,
thro ugh the amazed villagers. -. =.
"Jean Renard! Jean Renard!' burst
from their lips
1t was indeed Jean. He explained in
q few words how he had planned to
trick the cure, who meant to get the
better of him. After his work was fin
ished he came down, entered the bell
tower. and dressed wooden figure in
his clothes; he then remounted and
hing his ef8gy from the steeple.~ Il
But efagy or not, it was q dishonor
to Qrenouilleville, suspended from
their church spire, aud must remain
there ne lcuger.
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But Il misfortune befalls me. d
you think you, for the love Of God,
VII care for and bring up my chill
dren?" ss{ $
Come! come! No more talking. III
give you ten francs -
"Ah. NJ. le Cure, you take advantage
OF my poverty. You know l must earn
4 living, and so you get the better OF
me. In short, ! accept for ten francs
more" 7'< =
The cure, delighted at his success,
spread the good news through the
town. At last the weathercock was
going to be in place once more! q.
1t was December, and the bad wealth
or still persisted. Jean, therefore, was
forced to wait several days before I'M
dertaking his dangerous ascent. AT
length the rain ceased; by night the
clouds had gone, and next morning all
the roofs were covered with frost.
CLEAR weather." said the slater. II
can 60 to work to-day.
All the good folks of Grenouilleville
were assembled in front of the church
in the large square to see Jean Renard
hoist himself to the top of the steeple.
He had in his belt three bottles con-
tanning red, white and blue paint for
the flag, and to his back was attached
the weathercock, Respondent in new
gliding. He entered the church to pass
by window at the base of the spire.
When he appeared, throwing one of
his ropes over the first hook of the
-
sternation from the watching crowd;
but terror became paroxysm when
Jean, near the middle of his ascent, al.
most lost his equilibrium by the break
ing OF an iron eaten by rust. The up
turned faces were pale with emotion,
but the dexterous slater quickly
grasped higher hook.
Nevertheless. he was long in mount
ing. 1t was nearly three clock in the
afternoon when he touched the base of
the cross at the top of the steeple. He
dashed himself fast thereto, feet and
body, and began his first work-the
painting of the flag. In about half an
hour cheers and applause broke from
the crowd; the national colors floated
over the steeple.
The hardest part, though, was vet to
be done: the weathercock had to 20
up. Two feet more to mount; and to
crown the danger it was the cross that
had to be climbed, that is to say, a mere
bar of iron.
In December it is soon night; already
the watchers saw but family outlined
form amid the mists of twilight, and
they began to grow uneasy. How
would poor Jean Renard manage now?
He could no longer see to work, and
now in greater danger than ever.
Suddenly a small light showed in the
darkening night Jean Renard, being
q careful man, had thought to carry
with him a candle. Soon nothing more
could be seen but that tiny light.
cleaning on high like star lost in the
clouds, and the anxious crowd began to
dispense.
Jean continued working.
On the morrow, at dawn, the early
risers of Grenouilleville saw a fright
full sight.
Jean Renard hung, head downwards,
from the top of the steeple, his feet
still held by his ropes.
The unfortunate man had doubtless
lost his balance, and in falling his
work apron had turned backwards,
thus concealing his face. He no longer
moved; dead, probably, some hours
since.
NH
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Jean Renard climbed up and nm.
hooked the supposititious corpse, which
fell upon the square beneath. amidst
general cheers and laughter:
The cure thus got the worst Of tho
bargain; his money, after all, paid for
the weathercock. =
This was not the end of the matter,
however. .e#.%
II gave Jean Renard . first-class fu-
neral SERVICE" thought the cure, land
he shall pay for it.
lie then began suit against the slater,
who, naturally. refused to pay.
Il did not ask you for burial service,
Mons. lie Cure" s~
"None ask that my son, and yet all
finish that way. You were thought
dead" |3 2& 80: = +
But was not, happily; and also, in
that case, it is never the customer who
pays. Carry your bill to my heirs"
ITO your heirs! You have mono
since you are not dead"
''Then why did you bury me?"
but, unhappy man, prayed for tho
salvation of your soul" -
AAAS SsS1 '0sAOA Va NY oOuAs ray 1OT
the salvation of your own, for I am not
sure that have q SOUL"
''Heretic!" muttered the priest.
''The cause is heard" said in his turn
the justice of the peace, who gave
judgment as follows:
'Considcring that Jean Renard
tricked the cure, but that the cure had
first tricked Jean Renard;
''Considering that the trade of q
priest is to pray for the salvation of
souls, as it is that of skaters to set up
weathercocks;
'But, whereas, the slater could no
more have set up weathercock that
had not fallen down. than the cure
could pray for the salvation of soul
that was not in peril;
whereas, finally, Jean Renard af-
firms that he has no soul, and in that
case no use for prayer;
1--WE therefore, reject the suit of the
Cure de Grenouilleville, and do con-
denim him to pay the costs thereof
And all Grenouilleville laughs vet.
The cures money was put to good
use by Jean Renard. He no longer
climbs steeples. He lives by the sea.
side now, from whence he frequently
sends me a basket of fine oysters. So
l owed him this story.-From tho
French of Raphael Lightone, in Over
land Monthly.
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BROKE THE PLEDGE.
Tho Sad Story Of Drunken Fathers
1nhumanity.

Tho Sad Story Of Drunken Fathers
1nhumanity.
'1ts broken, Miss Lewis. Take it
back"
A small brown hand held up pledge
card wrapped in a bit Of paper, and
such tone of misery, shame and de-
spair rang in the words that fastened
to say, consolingly: ''Never mind,
Flash; l will get you another card if
you will promise to lie more careful
But it is broken, the pledge is
broken. I've been Drinking
drinking, Flash?" 1 cried, holly;
for this boy, rough, dirty, ignorant as
he was, had place very near my
heart, and I hoped much for him.
Flash was one of the boys that had
been brought into our little West side
mission, and, though small and thin
from want OF proper food, was bright,
cheerful aud so quick as to have
earned for himself the name of
''F]ash" among his street comrades.
AS he stood leaning against the
door in hopeless way l looked down
at him and saw two great red welts
all along his neck and running down
under his ragged collar. There were
marks, too, ON his hands. and a tanele
of brown hair partly hid a dark line
across his forehead.
"Tell me about it, Flash" l sad,
gently enough now.
Its nothing" said he, hesitatingly;
only / did mean to keep my word.
You know that Billy and live with
father down the alley there, and how
father drinks and beats us when he
feels like it.
'Sometimes he brings the stuff home
and tries to make us drink, but we
never have since we promised till last
night. We heard him cursing as he
came up the stairs, and I'd just time to
hide Billy before he came in. He had
big bottle full of something, and
made me bring cup, and said that l
should drink. But wouldn't if he had
killed me, and he knew it, 1 guess, for
he began asking for Billy, and said he
wouldn't be such an obstinate fool. II
was hoping he wouldn't find him, but
he did. was afraid then. Bi1ly's only
six, but he's as brave as ZION.
Father dragged him along by. the
collar, and told him that he'd got some
thing good for him in the bottle
Billy told him that he knew what it
was, and he'd never drink it.
1T would have made your flesh creep
to have heard him 60 on then. Dilly's
face grew white, and his eyes got just
like stars. but he wouldn't drink.
Father choked him then till he was all
limp, and beat him and beat him till
! couldn't stand it, and gave up If he'd
let Billy of. He made me drink ever
90 many times He and l drank all
there was in tho bottle, and pretty soon
be went to sleep on the hoor; but my
head didn't swim even :.
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FACTS AND FINDINGS.

THIRTEEN engineers, fremen and
freight brakemen on the Cincinnati,
Wabash & Michigan road were recent
ly discharged at Wabash, Ind, for
smuggling beer into the cabs and ca.
booses, and drinking it while on duty.
The enforcement of the recent order
of the Lake Shore & Michigan South
ern railroad, prohibiting railroad men
from frcquentiug saloons, has had the
effect to close one saloon in Elkhart,
Ind, where the Lake Shore shops are
located, and others complain of a
greatly reduced custom.
MAKE men see and feel that a saloon
is more positive evil to neighbor-
hood than a shanty filed with small
pox patients, and fire will be kindled
which will purge the country of it's
greatest crime and misery bree Ter,
whose colossal shadow envelops Chris
tendon and carries a thrill of misery,
pulsation of vice, throb of degrade
ton wherever it falls.-Arena.
No WORK for temperance is more
fruitful of the best results than that
which secures scientific temperance in
struction in the schools. Those who
are early made to realize the mischief
wrought in body and mind by the use
of intoxicants are almost certain to be
total abstainers and intelligent work.
ers in the cause of temperance. The
first tabulated report of this depart
ment of the Massachusetts, w. c. +. U
has been issued. 1t evidences the
faithful n&0,.<c sno1o IN %lo
present temperance education law, and
to awaken and keep alive public inter-
est in the subject. There ought to be
great army of volunteers for so im.
portant work. The welfare of our
own children and of our common.
wealth depends on it.
The saloon business in Sioux City,
H., has assumed new phase since the
Law and Order league began prosecu
ting the saloon men. The cases are
taken before the justice of the peace,
and fifty-dollar fine assessed by the
justice. With this decision as evidence,
the cases are taken to the dis trict
court and Injunction secured against
the property. The law requires that
the property and building shall be
described. Nearly all the saloons are
in small, frame, veneered buildings.
As soon as such a motion for injunc-
ton is made, the saloon men move the
buildings to other lots, so that the in.
junction is rendered worthless. The
saloon men move frequently, and thus
the business is becoming migratory
one, conducted in buildings on wheels.
Union Signal.
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Women Know y Lie.

A wise man will not tell his wife any
lies; not even little white ones. If he
must lie, he will be safer and wiser if
he lies to some one less likely to un-
cover his duplicity. A wife is a regular
ferret in matter of this kind. 1t is
wonderful what clever intuition women
have in this direction. It is dumfound.
ing to men who are not always abso-
lutely truthful. The best of husbands
often feel that there are things they
won't ''bother wife with"-little com.
plications in their business affairs or
little extravaganza expenditures in tho
way of . hotel dinner or some other
little harmless affair Of which they
would just . little rather not speak.
But they'd better tell the truth and the
whole truth. It is always best in the
end, as men find out the 6ldea they
grow.-The Housewife;
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.PHANTASM.

Tho night Is gloomed with many . cloud:
waning moon. behind them.
Gives each the semblance OF . shroud
Loose-wraPped round shapes-an evil crowd
That, grfsly' hued and frownins. proved
Have slipped the chains should bind Thorn
They wander lone, they gather where
Arc Wild and hurried meetings;
Their garments Wavcr IN mid air.
ana curses oft-but never prayer
Distort their lips, while fierce despair
Oershadows all their greetings
Their breath is like . waiting breezo
Through shuddering ether gliding,
1t cleavcs unto the shrinking trees.
That quake as though some fell disease
Came rushing forth, their limbs to seize.
From dens where it had hiding.
In the still village, down below,
The good folk rest in slumber:
Unmtndful Of the plotting foe,
Msrshaled above to work them Woe
A sinister and gloomy show
OF demons, i'll to number.
Now, to the heart OF windy space
The quiet hamlet dark ming
The weird assemblage flock apace;
Shape unto shape, and face to face,
And there. just DER tho sleeping place,
Hang ominously, heark'ning.
In silence, deep as Of the dead,
The somber cohorts listen;
While one heet messenger 10 sped
Away, upon some erraud dread,
And. meath the htful moonbeams red.
by times his garments glisten-
The messenger flies forward fast,
And waits the silent column;
The slow-paced moments glimmer past
Wake! slumberers, and gaze aghast:
Seek safety, ere tho die is cast,
From doom so sad and solemn
All, harmless terror Of tho sky,
OF fancy's own creating!
In peace the village we'll may lie
While vaporous phantoms, up ON high,
Though the vast void float wildly by
placid morn awaiting.
Joseph NJ. Pratt, In Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican.
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often. led him hard life.
Jean worked with a will from morn
ing to night. He was full of courage
and strength, and yet in spite of all the
hours he spent on the roof in company
with love-lorn cats, he barely managed
to exc out living:
1.-The two youngsters, their mother
and me-" said he, that makes four,
and four stomachs to fill is not a small
affair. 1t means: TO work, Jean!''
And work he did, poor man, and vet
never knew what it meant to have a
few spare coins laid by in a corner of a
drawer.
The winter of 1870 to 1880. cruelty
rigorous, as will be remembered, taxed
the slater rudely. No work to be had.
To warm his blood he was obliged
from time to time to whip his arms
back and forth; but work also would
have kept his blood in circulation and,
in addition, would have brought in
coin for dinners and breakfasts.
Often at this time Jean Renard
looked up at the high steeple of the old
church of Grenouilleville. In many
places the ruined states had fallen
away piece by piece. What lot of
work there was to be done on that
spire.
OF course it was dangerous work.
Jean knew THAT, but he knew his
trade, too.
Long ago. also, the weathercock that
perched on the summit of this spire had
been blown down during storm. The
cure had often been asked by his peo-
pie to reinstate this weathercock in
his high station, and had always re-
piled that he asked nothing better, if
he could manage to do so without it
costing him anSthing.
Jean Renard had an inspiration:
suppose propose to the cure to put
back the weathercock for nothing, if
he will give me the work that is to be
done on the steeple.''
But the cure was q miSer, and he re-
piled that it made no difference to him
if the steeple was leaky, as he did not
sleep there.
Repair as much as you want to-"
said he to Jean, but I will not give
you cent"
The slater found this too little, and
gave up the affair, keeping, however, q
grudge against the cure.
At about this epoch the mayor of
GrenOuilleville was revoked The new
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u picked Billy up and carried him
away and hid him. can take caro OF
Billy and he needn't drink; bnt prom.
ised mother I'd stick by father, and 90
I must stay there. I won't drink II I
can help It, but my pledge is broken. :"
Az Flash stood twirling his old cap
In his bruised hands, looking hopeless
" ont ct his future, an intense desire
sprang up in my heart to blot out OF
existence both alcohol and the saloon,
the cause Of 30 much sin and suffering.
IN. Y. Witness. - ~.
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Papa In Glover.


Wife-How in the world Gun you at.
ford to buy those expensive cigars?
Husband-1 don't buy 'em.
"Dear me! You don't mean to say
any friend Of yours Is rich enough to
give you such cigura, do you?'
We'll, no. not exactly. That young
man who has got so s1nitten with our
daughter-''
Huh! No more than she is with
him."
"Well, he's an agent or something for
q big firm Of cigar importers. and gen.
orally has his pockets full Of their best
sanplea- Well, cttsr we 70 to bed, and
the lights are turned down. he takes
them out Of his pockets and puts EN-
on the mantel.p:ecs-to kesp en- from
getting crushed, 1'auppose. Then when
It comes to leaving, between tho desire
to skip ont without making any noise
at such q late hour, and the paiu Of say.
ing goodnight to our daughter. he for.
gsts oil about them. l tell you. Mariah.
our daughter has besn Z pretty heavy
expense, but she's sort o paying for
herself now. ~. Y. Weekly
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Syrup
FOrThrOat andIungS

TOT l. uIOdI ana Lungs
II have been i'll for
Hemorrhage "about five years,
"have had the best
rive Years. medical advice,
"and I took the first
"dose in some doubt. This result
led in a few hours easy sleep. There
twas no further hemorrhage tillnext
day, when I had a slight attack
(which stopped almost Immediate
"ly. BY the third day all trace of
blood had disappeared and I had
recovered much strength. The
fourth day I sat up in bed and ate
"my dinner, the first solid food for
1.-TWO months. Since that time I
"have gradually gotten better and
am now able to move about the
"house. My death was daily ex-
"pected and my recovery has been
"a great surprise to my friends and
the doctor. There can be no doubt
"about the effect of German Syrup,
"as I had an attack just previous to
"its use. The only relief was after
" the first DOSE" J.R. LoUGHHEAD,
Adelaide, Australia. q
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HoroloGy on tho Sound.
,A~nn- ~ Ck4-1~-x1 ~ wy

Stranger (Al Stamford, Ct)-Will you
oblige me With the time, sir?
Native-Certn'ly. produces q clam
from his vest-pocket) It's jest three.
Stranger-How can you tell by that?
Native-1 dug him at four o'clock
yesterday, au' they begin ter change
like in Jest thirty-fve hours-Judge
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house places o "Crescent'' on everything
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GENUINE CURES.
The Folly Of Seeking Consolation ID
e. F"f { ! DRINK, r

The Folly Of Seeking Consolation ID
T. s''17 { Drink. ,-.l
Attempts to drown the sense of mis-
fortune in strong drink arc the clima1
OF human folly. Intoxication eventual
~ aggravates and intensifies every
evil which it is invoked to alleviate.
It has been thus. from tho day when
man first put an enemy in his mouth
to steal away his brains," and thus il
will be to the end Of time. No sane
and sober man denies the fact Even
the habitual drunkard, in his brief III.
tervals of reason. shudderingly admits
it. Yet thousands of intellectual be.
ings-many of them richly endowed
with mental gifts-.seek consolation
from the bottle in the hour OF
affliction. though revelation, his
tory, observation and instinct alike
teach them that, of all the broken
reeds upon which weakness ever
leaned, the false excitement caused BY
liquor is the most treacherous- 1t is
passing strange!-one of those anon.
allies to which, philosophy furnishes no
clew, and for which we can only &C.
count by supposing that a power indie:
pendent of themselves, against whose
influence mere reason is no sure pro-
lection, betrays men into ruin.
These are only two genuine salves
for sorrow-prayer and work. Trust
in God and keep doing are the best
recipe for every human care. There
are no wounds of the spirit which it
will not heal. Strength, fortitude,
patience, resignation are as sure to be
vouchsafed to the unfortunates who
earnestly pray for them, and at the
same time are diligent in the perform
ance of their temporal tasks, as the
harvest is to follow the planting of the
seed. Duty is balsamic. Peace is the
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B! tho fitness of things electrical appeals
ought to be brought before the circuit
court-Baltimore American.
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EAN R;ENARD
was a poor tiler
o t Grenouille-
vile, who had
a wife and two
children. Jean
was no advo-
cate of polyga-
my. He found
one wife quite
enough, for La
Louise, as she
w as c a l l 9 d
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magistrate in
augurated his
rule by asking
the cure to re-
paint the flag,
covered with
ru S t, w h ich
rrown e d the
steeple.
But, NJ. lie
NJ aire," OBJ
ected tn G
cure, ''you do
u