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original authors rather than compiled
works. He would have the young
gather up the good of the past and
shun the evil. He would have them
know of the successes and failures
of others and then they might know
how to steer clear of mishaps and
failures.
He recommended student self
government in controlling the col
lege. He believed in putting students
in advanced academical courses up
on their honor in distinction to the
old -time method of tutorial super
vision and professional espionage.
He was a pioneer in this reform which
is largely in our higher institutions
today.
Mr. Jefferson's aim seemed to be to
develop the whole man and woman.
He wanted our nation to excel all
others in intelligence and moral prin-
ciple by taking advantage of their
successes and stunning their fail
ures.
At Monticello the mortality of the
statesman and scholar lie buried in a
cemetery of his own selection at the
departure of his amiable and gifted
wife. 1t is not far from his pavilion,
in the forests where the oaks and
cedars shade it and the birds carol,
and the squirrels sport in honor of
the noble man.
Mr.. Jefferson Levy now owns the
old home which really should be-
long to the nation-and be sacredly
kept in veneration of the man who
wrote the Constitution of our Gov
eminent, called into existence the
University of Virginia, and advanced
SO many original ideas concerning
public and academic education, which
have been in later years quite gener
ally adopted throughout the country.
CHARL EsvILLE. VA.
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women have wrought and are today
all over the world doing divine SER
vice for humanity. Every minister of
Christ should be like these-exam-
pies of heroic devot'on-whose lives
are an inspiration more powerful than
any words they may speak, an ex-
ample without which all words, how
ever eloquent, are dead.
These are the high appeals for
special service. We honor those who
obey; the touch of their garments is
an inspiration; in fearful gratitude
we thank God for them; they hold us
up from the sordidness of life; they
give us glimpses of things divine;
and keep the true meaning Of life be-
fore the world.
But it is not expected, neither is it
demanded, that all who would have
eternal life, or treasures in heaven
must sell their goods and give to the
poor.
Give yourself to the Lord; and
there is no mystery in this, it means,
simply obedience to his call-"Come,
follow me-" Give yourself-this is
the supreme gift, it carries with it all
that you have. Whatever demands
are made for time, money or sacrifice,
approved of your conscience and Of
your heart, you will honor. Have you
a great name, Influential in business,
social or political circles, use it for
the public good. If your name be
not great, but common, and your in
fuence small, yet remember to use it
for all it is worth for the public good.
If you are not rich, and if indeed, you
are poor, work on bravely, do your
best. and SO far as you are known,
let it be known that you stand for all
you are on the side that serves hu-
mainly. Are you so poor that you
need help, do not give up-you can
pray-and who shall say, yea, who
shall know but God, the good of that
prayer.
Give yourself, and so shall you find
yourself, and so shall you find your
brother, and so shall you find God.
The mystery of life! What is it
but the confusions of selfishness, the
bewilderment of pleasure, the aban-
donment of grief that has no hope?
The mystery of of life what is it?
1t is naught when the morning of the
new life cometh, when you have
given yourself to Him who at this
moment is knocking at the door of
your heart.
Behold stran ger at the door
He gently knocks-has knocked before;
Has waited long-is waiting still;
You treat no other friend so ILL.,"
BALTIMORE. Mo.
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THE growing custom in our churches
of having a "roll-call" of the present
membership, in connection with the
annual meeting. has in ii much to COM
mend it to yet more general adoption.
1t is something to have each ones name
called off in the presence of all. 1t does
almost any one good to be reminded that
he is recognized factor in the church
life, member in the one church-family
of whom some distinct service is to be
counted on. and from whom something
definite is to be expected. There is
great deal of moral power in an awak-
ened sense of individuality, and So of &C.
countability. The watchful. responsive,
thoughtful, loving fellowship of the local
church cannot be too sedulously fost-
cred, or be too skillfully cultivated
I The Advance.
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THE TOMB OF KING JOHN.
BY CHRISTIAN BURKE.

Before the great high altar of his God
Lies Norman John,
And century after century the first CLEAN
Of dawn has shone
On that still form and stony brow, that wears
A crown thereon.
The saints and martyrs pour their lfe-blood
forth.
Then pass away
Swift as the glories OF the sunlit West
Pale into gray,
And no man marks their place of sepulchre
Unto this day.
Theirs were the loyal heart the stainless shield.
The faithful hands;
They sleep beneath the unremembering sea
Or desert sands,
In nameless graves, on bygone battlefelds
In alien lands.
And he lies here within these hallowed walls
Mid holy things,
Whom neither chronicler in court or camp
Nor poet sings;
Least honored and least worthy of the line
OF England's Kings.
He who has found no advocate to gid
His furnished fame
His enc remembered act the Charter Great.
Which bears his name
A nations triumph-yet withal, alas,
Her monaIch's shame.
Was it some Heaven-born instinct that this
man,
Not good nor wise,
Chose for himself the very altar foot.
Where now he lies,
Lifting that rigid face in mute appeal
a.
As If. heart-sick with sins sad leprog
And sore distrest
He turned him TO the only refuge left
For souls opprest.
And fed into the outstretched arms Of Love
To find rest?
Here, with his tangled. tortuous web of life,
His part misplayod.
He sought at last for sanctuary within
The Churehs shade.
We judge and marvel loath to leave with God
The soul he made.
Yet unto whom. to whom, Lord, shall we 60,
Save Thee alOnel"
Thus, with strange. pathetic cry of faith
From yon carved stone,
Here in the great cathedral that he loved,
Speaks ills tarred John.
-Blaekwoods Magazine.
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hours day. In regard to his transla-
ton of the odes of Horace, one journal
says: This version of a supreme lyric
poet by veteran statesman immersed
in affairs is ten times as good as Con-
ington's and five times as good as Sir
Theodore Martins"
Benjamin Hill Currier. the Boston
lawyer who died recently was born in
1894, in Newburyport, Mass, where when
he was an infant, his mother held him
up In her arms to see procession head
ed by General Washington pass down
the street. Mr.. Currier claimed an in
innate acquaintance with President
John Adams, and he had fund of remi-
niscence about Webster, Choate and
Writ. For several years be. was assist
ant clerk of the Massachu! .,tts supreme
court.
William Waldorf Astor is said to
have expressed the fear that he is
hated in America. The word is
little too strong. But when a man for
sakes his country and establishes in a
foreign land newspaper in which every
opportunity to assail his country is eag I
erly seized, he cannot expect to be dearly
beloved by the people of his native land.
Hate is not exactly expressive of the
feeling of Americans for Mr.. Astor.
Contempt is better word.
Rev. David Buell. Knickerbocker, D.
d., Episcopal bishop of the diocese of
Indiana, who died on the last day of 1894
at Indianapolis. was the youngest son of
Herman Knickerbocker, widely known
as prince Knickerbocker." He is al
luded to by Washington Irving as "My
Cousin, the Congressman" and when
Mr.. Irving visited Washington he in
troduced him to President Madison as
my cousin, Diedrich Knickerbocker,
the great historian of New York"
Robert Louis Stevenson loved chill
dren and wrote them familiar letters.
In one addressed to Scotch child the
novelist writes: when you grow up and
write stories like me you you will be able
to understand that there is scarcely any
thing more painful for an author than to
hold a pen. He has to do it so often
that his heart sickens and his fingers
ache at sight or touch of it," When
Stevenson was IL he complained to an
acquaintance that the half crown q uaalr
allowed him by his father for pocket
money was small; "but," he added, my
father has little idea what vast depths
of iniquity ] can extract out of half
crown"
Francis H.. once king of Naples,
passed away in the Austrian Tyrol few
weeks ago. 1t is striking comm entary
on rapid forward march of events that
few people of this generation remember
anything about him. For 30 years he
has had no more to do with shaping the
curse OF Naples than had citizen of
the United States, for he belonged to the
old order which passed away when
Garibaldi fought and Cavour planned.l
After his overthrow in 1861, he attempt
ed to organize revolts against New Italy,
but success did not attend him. He be-
came forthwith an anachronism in Ital-
ian history. Francis was born in 1886,
and succeeded his father, Ferdinand H..
as king of Naples in 1858.
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JEFFERSON'S HOME AND THE UNI
VERSITY HE FOUNDED.
BY REV. s. H. M'ooLLEsTER, D. D.

A small stream leaps down the
steep, craggy sides of the Blue Ridge
mountains. It falls over precipices
and at length widens and deepens
and slowly wends its way on and on
between intervals and through mead
ows and loses itself in the James riv-
er, Virginia.
Now midway of its course lands
gently slope down to its brink.
Hereabouts in 1743 was born a
fair boy. AS he waxed in years
he displayed marked ability. The
seal of great promise was stamp
ed upon his brow. In colonial times
he was sent to William & Mary
College where he graduated in due
time with honors. Then he studied
law. But education did not wean him
of his intense love for home. His
education had brought him to high
er appreciation of what father and
mother had done for him. 1t would
seem he craved a home in sight of the
spot where he first saw the light. Now
across the Rivanna river and above
it's valley was lofty hill in plain
sight of the old homestead. Many
a time, no doubt he had looked
across to it and felt that he would
delight to dwell upon its brow. Now
in imagination let us transfer our
selves to its summit. All! tits grand,
it is beautiful for situationl The fair
est skies bend over it. The outlook
and downlook can scarcely be sur
passed. Its climate is moderately
gentle the year round. Heavy woods
skirt its sides and the stars and clouds
brood it every night.
Here it was that young THOMAS
JEFFERSON, aspiring in thought and
bound to render the world better for
having lived in it, came and caused
the summit to be cut down and level
ed off so as to afford a surface of
many acres. He spared the trees
around the rim, and on the most ia
vorable spot he erected a pavilion af-
ter Italian and Grecian style. Its
portico in front and rear must have
been copied from some structure in
Paris or Rome. 1t was made of stone
and brick. He had many lodges con-
nected with it by underground pas
sages where his servants lived, and
some rods away, was his office where
he used to study and plan and write
Near this was his raised platform
where he could stand, or sit, and
drink in some of the fairest pictures
ever painted by the Greatest Artist.
The whole combination was on the
grandest scale.
All these revealed the noblest char
acter. Real genius is sure to blossom
and bear fruit. The acts of a man
tell us what he is. Through the
paintings of Raphael and the sculp-
lures of Phideas we come to know
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n OTED MEN AND WOMEN
MIN NEAPoLIs. MINI.

Judge Charles Gayarre, the historian
of Louisiana, is 81 years old. Although
infirm in health, his mind remains I'M
clouded.
Probably the oldest bicycle rider in
New York is Mrs. Margaret Ploster of
Schenectady, N. Y, who is ninety three
years of age.
Miss Frances E. Wizards mother
said to her when she first began her So
cial reform work: BE quiet, my dear; we
are not born to reign but to wrestle."
Miss Frances Willard is the third
woman upon whom the degree of LII D.
has been conferred, the other two being
-Archdeacon Farrar has been ap-
pointed one of the Queens private chap.
lains in place of the late Canon Prothero
The official title is deputy clerk of the
closet in ordinary to Her Majesty.
IS. Kurino, japanese minister TO the
United States, is very popular man in
Washington, and. if gertlemanly char
acteristics, politeness and courtesy are
vouchers to society, he deserves to be
SO.
DR.. Mary p. Eddy was the first wo-
man to receive diploma from the I'm
perial Academy of Medicine in Constan-
tinople, early this year, opening the way
for a new era of woman's medical SER
vices throughout the empire.
Miss Morrison, the San Francisco
girl who was recently graduated from
the medical department of the Univer-
sity of California with the highest hon
ors of the class, had the pleasure of re-
ceiving ringing applause from the men
she had defeated when her success was
announced.
Mrs. Yates, of New Zealand, the
only lady Mayor in the British domin-
ions, is to go on prolonged lecturing
tour at the close of her term of office,
few months hence, She is said to be an
excellent platform speaker, and during
the last ten years has taken prominent
part in the agitation that resulted in the
recent legislation of woman suffrage in
New Zealand,
Gen. Daniel e. Sickles can view
piece of his own frame when he goes to
the Army Medical Museum in Washing
ton, for on exhibition there is a large
bone splintered about midway where the
bullet struck, marked mo 1,335" The
tag says: major General ID. e. S., Uni
ted States Volunteers, Gettysburg, July
2, contributed by the subject"
Charles Nude, the founder of the
famous British circulating library which
bears his name, began business for him
self in very modest way by opening. in
1874. at the age of %, small newspaper
and stationery shop in Southampton
row. where he lent out books at penny
volume. From this small beginning
grew the greatest private circulating
library in the world.
Mrs. Julla w ara howe uoe5 not look
her sge-75 years. She has the pres
ence, the demeanor, the expression, the
voice and the step of 90. She has
handsome face; is in vigorous health;
gives heed to the art of dress; she is far
more lively than are most women at her
time of life. Yet she has been writing
poetry for nearly sixty years the poetry
of beauty, and of nature, and of the
emotions and of freedom.
The London papers. even those that
are antagonistic to him. praise Mr.. Glad
stone for his untiring industry and live
ly old age. They marvel at the enthus-
iasm which leads him to read twelve
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General Lew Wallace in his lecture
ON "Ben-Hur" recounts some facts in
connection with the writing of that ia
nous novel. At tho time no wrote the
story General Wallace had never visited
the Holy Land, and under the circum-
stances his accurate pictures arc little
short Of marvellous. All the information
he had was obtained from personal &C
quaintances who had travelled through
Palestine and from reading the writings
of other authors A large map was be-
fore him as he wrote, and he constantly
had to draw ON his imagination, but in
this respect he was always fortunate
and mover made a blunder in his descrip-
tions. In fact, the Palestine of Ben
Hur" is generally regarded as authori-
tative, and General Wallace relates with
keen relish how a younger author wrote
a story, tho scene of which was laid in
the Holy Land, and stole all his descrip-
tions bodily from "Ben-Hur." General
Wallace says that his hardest task in
writing the book was to find a hero.
His favorite passage in the story is the
scene Of Ben-Hur'i house, where he de-
soribes the miracles of Christ. General
Wallace believes that more art is dis
played in this passage than even in the
famous chariot race, which is generally
regarded as the strongest passage Of the
book.
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but she soon collected herself and con
tinued: II did not think then IL would
DO so hard. Tho heart always hopes
oven against hope. But for all that, "
and here the old woman drew herself
up and looked at rs like a queen, Il
have never regretted that l babe him
70. Then camo dreadful days, but the
most dreadful Of al was when we rcnd
that the Germans had betrayed the land,
and that they had given up u land,
with all our dead, to tho Danesl Then
1 called on the Lord and said: % Lord,
my God, how is that possible? Why let.
test thou the wicked triumph and allow
est the just to porish?'
"And / was told that the Germans
wero sorry for what they had done, but
that they could not help it. But that,
gentlemen, / could never understand
We should mover do wrong nor allow
wrong to be done And therefore, |
thought, it cannot always remain SO.
Our good Lord knows his own good
time, and in his own good time he will
come and deliver us. And l prayed ev-
cry evening that Jul gracious Lord
would permit me tc see that day when
the land should be free and our doar
dead should sleep no moro in Danish
soil. And as 1 had no other son against
that day 1 saved every year what l
could save. and on every Christmas eve
1 placed it before me Oh a table, where,
in former years, / had always placed q
small present for my John, and l said
in my heart, The war will come again,
and the land win be free, and thou
shalt sleep in q free grave, my only
son, my Johnp
"And now, gentlemen, the poor old
woman has been told that tho day has
come, and that her prayer has been
heard, and that the wal will begin
again, and that is why she has brought
her monoy-the money she saved for
her son. Good morning, gentlemenl'
Brit before she had left the room an
old gentleman said, loud enough for
her to hear: Poor bodyl l hope she
may not be deceived.
"Ah, " said the old woman, turning
back, II know what you mean. l have
been told all is not right yet, but have
faith, men. The wicked cannot prevail
against the just. Man cannot prevail
against the Lord. Hold to. that, gentle.
men. Hold fast together, gentlemen
This very day begin to save up again. -
Bless hor, good old soull Andif Odin
were still looking out Of his window in
the sky, as Of yoro, when he granted
victory to tho women of the Lomhards,
might he not say even now:
When women are heroes,
What must the men DO lilfc2
Theirs Is tho victory.
M need OF me.
Exchange.
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Mr.. Joseph Upton was a bachelor Of
exceedingly methodical habits, Prim
and neat in appearance, he never affect
cd any new fashions, but always looked
exactly the same day after day-pepper
and salt colored trousers, with black
cutaway coat. No one had eve seen
him in q different attire. Not even when
he was supposed to be indulging in a
holiday did he oondescend to a more
comfortable looking costume. He was
50 much the creature of routine that it
would have been no comfort to have
been in any other garments than those
he usually wore. He was short, his fig
ure had a slight idea of developing into
rotundity, but evidently it was only q
half formed idea, for no remained com
paratively thin. He had amid, ordina-
ny looking face, which no tried to make
severe by c%ultivating his rather thick
eyebrows we'll over his eyes, but if you
took the trouble to look underneath them
and behind the gold trimmed glasses
you would have discovered that his eyes
were Of dull grayish hue, the reverse
Of what no desired to make them APP
pear. Still tho littlo irritable, narrow
lines about tho mouth and chin prevent
ed his face from wearing that beneyo-
lent look which would have made chill
dren know he was thoir friend. He was
Just tho man who held children and
dogs at arms length, which showed q
certain warp in the little mans charao-
ter. London Society.
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A GERMAN HEROINE.

[Tho following tale was taken from a
local Holstein newspaper and translat-
ed by the eminent scholar, Max Muller,
who says Of il that IL came to him in a
heap Of other papers, fly sheets, pam.
phlets and books, but it shone like a di-
almond in a heap of rubbish, and, Max
Muller adds, ''as the tale Of The Old
Woman Of Sloswick.H olstein' it may
help to give TO many who have been
unjust 70 tho inhabitants Of tho duohies
some truer idea of the stuff there Is in
that strong and stanoh and sterling race
TO which England owes its language, its
best blood and its hOnored name. ,"
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/ had my heddus roll on. Aunt Storer
said it ought to made less. Aunt Dem
ing said it ought not to DO made at all.
Il makes my head itch and ache and
burn like anything. mamma. This ia
nous roll Is not made wholly Of a red
COW tail, but is a mixture Of that and
horsehair very coarse) and q little hui
man hair Of yellow hue. that, ] suppose,
was taken out Of the back part Of an old
wig. Nothing renders a young person
more amiablo than virtue and modosty
without the help Of false hair, red COW
tail and D. (tho barber). DIARY Of
Anna Green Winslow" Alice Mono
Earle.
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the sErreR PART.

There's a rrry old church on q wind swept Nil
Where three bent ycw trees over.
The gypsy roscs grow there Htill.
Aud the thyme aud So. johns gold flower,
Tho ralo blue violcts that love the chalk
Cling light round the lichon stone,
And stariings chatter and gray owls talk
In the beifry o. nights alone.
It's a thousand leagues and a thousand years
From tho brick built. gas lit town
To the church where tho wild thyme hears
The bees and tho breeze Of the down.
The town a crowded and hard and rough.
Let those fight In It's press who viii,
But tho little churchynrd Is quiet enough,
And there's ROOM IN the churchyard still.
Pail Mall Budget
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