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Oh, what has caus'd this great commotion, motiott, motion? motion, the coon • tzjr j=ZL I : -- v through? * It • 1 1 ~ -- ~ • ' . y • ' i .>* i is . the h»il a roll - ing on for Hp - pe • ca - noe and Mor - ton, too, For Tip-pe-cs*noe - 9 9 9 - 9 K • /Tn S7\ IN -- ri * ~----•--r~T"!-----\ A 3i=fe3E f̂fê g and Mor - ton, too; And with them we'll beat Mister /T\ /?\ \ 1 ¥ Cleve, Cleve, Cleve must tike his leave, And with them well beat Mis-ter Cleve. /TV • : t , : .: The ladies, too; God bless their souls, Souls, souls, souls the country through, • Will to a man " Do all they can For Tippecanoe and For Tippecanoe and Morton, too. with them we'll beat Mr. Cleve, sve, Cleve must take his leave, '• > And with them we'll beat Mr. 01<ji|i|», The honest toilers in our mills, Hills, mills, mills the country through, Will join their hands In sturdy bands For Tippecanoe and Morton, ; For Tippecanoe and Morton, too, jtfid with them we'll beat Mr. Cleve, Oeve, Cleve, must take his leave,, Aiid with them we'll beat Mr. Clew. The men who farm and raite the flocks, Flocks, flocks, flocks the country through. Will leave their wool To take a pull For Tippecanoe and Morton, too, For Tippecanoe and Morton, too, .And with them we'll beat Mr. Cleve, Cleve, Cleve must take his leave, And with tbem we'll beat Mr. Cleve. The gallant boys who wore the blue, Blue, blue, and to our flag were true, : i Will all turmout * With cheer and shout, Tippecanoe and Mortoa, tod, For Tippecanoe and Morton, too, And with them we'll wallup old Cleve« Clove, Cleve must take his leave, And with them we'll wallup old Cleve. She Bourbons, rebels, and Mugwumps, - IfVumps, ramps, stumps and all their crew, Will run and hide To escape the tide For Tippecanoe and Morton,tpo* iTor Tippecanoe and Morton, too, And with them we'll beat Mr. Cleve, Cleve, Cleve must take his leave, And with them we'll beat Mr. Cleve. 0 % s OUR LEADERS. Careers of the Republican Can­ didates for Presider^ |ynd _ - ^ Wee President. 3r £ -r .t,. * Osn. Harrison's Record as a Soldier, Senator, and Lsader Among Men. C " Hon. Levi P. Morton's Great Popu- laxity, and How It Was Won. I #• Republican nominee tor President ii da. «cended from an illustrious family, the name of Harrison being historic iu the political life of two continents. The earliest public record of Benjamin Harrison's ancestors is found in -England's famous struggle against the doctrine of the divine right of kings. Major General Harrison was one of Oliver Cromwell's immortal "Ironsides." In that his­ toric contest which culminated in an English protectorate, Harrison -was one of Cromwell's trusted lieutenants, foremost in field and coun­ cil. When Charles I. was tried for his life, Ma­ jor General Harrison's hand signed the warrant for the execution of the king. For this act he forfeited his own life on the restoration of kingiy power. Harrison's execution took place Oct. 13, 16G0, under Charles II.'s warrant. The descendants of this puritan ancestor emi­ grated to America, and next in the distinguished lineal record comes the career of Benjamin Har­ rison of Virginia, the great-grandfather of the present nominee. Benjamin Harrison was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, and later a member of the Colonial Congress. He took an active and patriotic part in the stirring revolutionary period. He was one of the signers of tbe Declaration of Independence, was three times elected Governor of Virginia, and was a member of the convention which ratified the Constitution. OLD TIPPECANOE. Benjamin Harrison's third and youngest son was William Henry Harrison, whose illustrious career as a soldier and statesman carrried him to the White House in 1841 as the ninth Presi­ dent of the United States. President Harrison died within a month of his inauguration. His only son was John Scott Harrison, the father of the present nominee. John Scott received a lib­ eral education and was a member of Congress from December 5, 1853, to March 3, 1857, his poli­ tics being Whig. He was a farmer !>y occupation, living near North Beud, Ohio, where the subject of the present sketch was born August 20, 1833. OUR NOMINEE. Gen. Benjamin Harrison entered Miami Uni­ versity, Oxford, Ohio, at the age of 16, and was graduated two years later. His college reputa­ tion was that of a tireless student, with an in­ tellect matured beyond hie years. In a recent «ketch of Gen. Harrison's career occurs the fol­ lowing tribute to his early habits of study and industry: "Professor David Swing says that Harrison, while at Oxford, though very young, was a studi­ ous Bcholar, and early gave evidence of being . foremost in whatever he might undertake. He "there acquired the habits of study and mental •discipline which have characterized him through life, enabling him to grapple with any subject on «hort notice, to concentrate his intellectual forces, and give his ment al energies that sort of •direct and effective operation that indicates the trained and disciplined mind. The young man's earliest inclination was for the law. Perhaps he inherited that bent or his mental constitution impelled him that way. Certainly no man ever possessed a more distinctively legal mind. On quitting college he commenced the study of law in Cincinnati with the Hon. B. S. Storer, and in 1854 came to Indianapolis to begin the practice. At that time he was just 21 years old, a solid- looking, square-shouldered young man, with an uncommonly large, well-poised head, a rather •erious-lookingface, and quiet, dignified manners ithat indicated reserve force. He had reason to look a little serious. He was now a married man, among strangers, with nothing but his per­ sonal efforts to djpend upon, and his profession­ al position yet t"> make. He inherited nothing from his father but his education. He was poor and unknown, and as yet he lacked opportunity to show what was in him. That was not" ing in coming, and with it came the demonst tion. One of liia earliest employments was by the. «m- ocratic Governor at that time, Joseph A. Wright dn a legislative investigation, where he displayed great ability. This led to other employments and he was soon recognized as a rising young lawyer. From that time to the present lie has continued to be a very busy lawyer. Gen. Har­ rison is pre-eminently a lawyer. His sometime partner, the Hon. w. P. Fiahback, says: "He possesses all the qualities of a great lawyer in rare combination. He prepares a case with •consummate skill; his written pleadings are anoJels of clearness and brevity; he ia peerless in Indiana as an examiner of witnesses ; he dis­ cusses a legal question in a written brief or in oral argument with convincing logic, and as an Advocate it may be said o- him that v heu ha has finished an address to a jury nothing remain ? to be said on that side of the case. I have often heard able lawyers in Indiana and elsewhere say that he was the hardest man to iollow they hid over met. No lawyer who ever met Gen. Harri­ son in a legal encounter has afterward planed a •mall estimate upon his ability." , HK DRIFTS INTO POLITIC!. "Tb^young lawyer drifted iiMmtably intopoli- «Mk The Bepoblican party was than j tut being \ !*"• organized, and the great Issues that were to mark its political alignment were formulating. All young men of generous impulses were at­ tracted to it. Harrison was a Republican by- instinct and education. His splendid oratorical powers brought him into great demand, and he soon became known as one of the best of the , young Republican speakers in the State. He i was not afraid of anybody on the stump. In : the memorable Lincoln campaign of I860 he and i the late Mr. Hendricks happened to have ap- i pointments to speak in the same town on the same day. It was arranged that they should di­ vide time, and Mr. Hendricks expected to amuse himself by devouring the white-haired young man who thus unexpectedly became his prey. ; He did not do it. The resirlt 'of the meet ins was ; a surprise to both sides. Democrats admitted ithat Mr. He dricks had mat his match and Re- : publi austhoug the was i odly worstei. The chairman of the 11109 in*' af erward mid: 'I have heud a good maty political de ate8 in my day, I ut 1 i.ever heard a man skin nn op; onent as q ic ly at Ben Harrison did Hendricks that day.' Dur ng ihe t ext, four •ears Mr. Harrison devoted himself c os 1 to the practice of law, making political speeches in the ci y or local campai 11s whe 1 colled u on. In 1860 he was nominated for r porter of ths Supreme Court a position that be desired because it was in the line of his pr fossion and would brii:g a needed increase of income. This was the memorable cami ai'-'ii in which Lincoln was ele ted. From the beginning to the end of it Harr son's pluuii wave J in the thickest of the fight, and his voice was not the least potent among those of the many eloquent orators of that day. He wa. elected." HIS WAR RECORD. When the war broke out Gov. Morton requested Harrison to recruit a regiment. He did so with enthusiasm, was made its Colonel, and soon be­ came distinguished for military services. Col. Harrison's regiment saw active service in Ken­ tucky and Tennessee during the next eighteeen months, and in January, 18»>4, was formally as­ signed to the First Brigade (Ward's) of the Third Division of the Twentieth Army Corps, remain­ ing in this organization until the close of the war. Harrison won his highest honors during the Atlanta campaign. At Besaca, on May 10, 18«4, his regiment led the assault, capturing the enemy's lines and four guns. "Our Colonel WM right with as, too," says Moses MeLain, who was wounded iu that charge. "He coma rig'jt up behind us when we captured the four guns there-»-the only guns, I believe, that were take a in the Atlanta cam­ paign. We had to withstand amurdeious cross- fira, and as the gunners <iischar^ei t'.ieir pieces we fell to the giounl and allowed the snot to pass over us. Th-m we rushed up, scaled the works, and took possession of the guns. The boys tell a story of the General wnich I guess is true. They say that when he went into the works Harrison was with us, and that he grabbed a retet gunner by the hair of his beard and yanked him out, exclaiming: "Come cut of here, you blank blank rebel.' If this story is true it is the only time I'evar heard of the Gen­ eral uttering an oath, but that be had strength enough to pull a lusty gunner over the works I do uot doubt. In his youth Gen. Harrison was an a* hlete, and he was then only 30. Though a mere boy in appearance and Blight of frame, he had square shoulders and a powerful arm. He was an odd-looking figure at that time, slender, with a big ton -white head, short neck, and short legs. He used to ride a large horse, too, and I can remember hearing him laughed at a good deal. But he had the re­ spect and confidence of all. He was exceedingly tenacious of his rights ; or, rather, of the rights of his command. He insisted on having for his boys the bast camping ploca and the best of the supplies and accoutennents. He was young and inexperienced, and knew little of the arts of war, but he had learned what his rights were, and in hie quiet way he insisted upon having them, and invariably succeeded. After the charge at Resaca, Gen. Hooker rode up to the young C.donel and said to him, in his Hookerish style: 'By , Ben Harrison, I'll make you a Brigadier for this day's work.' " HOOKEK KEPT HIS WOOD. Gen. Hooker kept his word, for shortly after­ ward tbe following letter was forwarded to the Secretary of War: "HEADQUABTKHS NORTHERN DEPARTMENT. ( CINCINNATI, O., Oct. 31, 18M. j" "Hon K. M. Stanton, Seo etary of War: "I desire to call the attention of the depart­ ment to the claims of Col. Benjamin Harrison of the 70th Indiana Volr.nte TS, for promotion to the rank cf brigadier g neral volunteers. "Col. Harrison first joined me in commanl of a brigade of Waid's division in Lookout Valley preparatory to eutering upon what is called ihe campaign of Allan a. My attention was first at­ tracted to ti-is younu oflicor by the superior ex­ cellence of bis brigade in di iciplin ; and ina . ruc­ tion, the result of nis labor, skill and devotion. With more foresight than 1 have witnessed in any officer of his experience, he seemed to act upon the principle that success depended upon the thorough preparation in discipline and esprit of his command for conflict more than on any influence that could be exerted in the field itself, and when collision came his command vindicated his wisdom as much as his valor. In all the achievements of.the Twentieth Corps in that campaign Col. Harrison bore a conspicuous )>art. At Resaca and Peach Tree Creek the con­ duct of himself and command was especially distinguished. CoL Harrison is an officer of su- penor abilities and of great professional and parsonal worth. It gives me great pleasure to commend him favorably to the Honorable Secre­ tary, with the assurance that his preferment will be a just recognition of his services and martial accomplishments. Very respectfully, your obedient Bervant, JOSEPH HOOKER, "Major-General Commanding." Col. Harrison was soon afterward brevetted a Brigadier General. Later on, for his gallantry at Peach Tree Creek, where he led his command through the enemy and back again, he was made I a Brigadier in full eoauumaiua. 1 During UM rtimm O*. S6e*tiw 1m U» J Held the Democratic Supreme Court declared th4 office of Supreme Court Reporter vacant, and an­ other person was elected to the position. From the time of leaving Indiana with his regiment until the fall of 1854, after the capture of Atlam- ta, Gen. Harrison had taken no leave of absence but having been nominated by the State Conven­ tion of that year for the office from which he had been ousted, he took a thirty-day leave of ab­ sence, and, under orders from the War Dep art- mint, reported to Gov. Morton for duty. During that thirty days' leave he again made a brilliant canvass of the State and was elected for another term. Then he rejoined the army, was in the sirga and battle of Nashville, served until tha surrender of Johnston, and watt with his com­ mand at the final grand review of the Union forces at Washington at tbe close of the war. SKETCH OF LEVI P. MORTON. A Self-Mads Man and Formidable Candi­ date--His Characteristics. Levi P. Morton was born in Shoreham, Vt., in 1824. He is a lineal descendant of George Mor­ ton, who came to this country from England in 16-23. Young Morton attended school in his native village, and afterward spent some time as a clerk in a small store at Concord, N. H. When 21 years of aged he opened a store for himself in Boston, and in 184i^ became a member of the dry- foods firm of Beebe, Morton & Co., in that city. 'ive years later he went to New York and estab­ lished the dry-goods firm of Morton & GrinnelL The house failed, and settled with its creditor* ai 50 cents on the dollar. In 1853, after his bank hail prospered greatly, he invited his creditors to dinner, aud when the guests sat down at the table each one found beneath his plate e, certified check for his claim and accrued interest. He es­ tablished later the banking firm of Morton, Ross, & Co., in London , and his connection with that bank assisted in the funding of the limited State* debt. Tho New York bank has since been very con­ spicuous in Wall street, one of its most notable transactions being the sale of (50,000,000 of New York Central stock to an English syn­ dicate. Having accumulated a large fortune, Mr. Mor­ ton took on active interest in politics, and in 1078 was elected to Congress, where he was soon known as one of the most industrious and popu- U 1 m«mil>er8. Since that time he has met many and marked successes, and, as is the lot of statesmen and politicians, several bitter disatt* pointments. In 1880, when James A. Garfield was nominated for the Presidency, Mr. Morton'* name was prominently mentioned in connection with the vice Presidency, bat hs decllhed M make the race. REFUSED A CABINET OFFICE. President Garfield, upon his election, offered him a Cabinet office--the Secretaryship of the Navy. This position he also refused, acting, it is Baid, upon the advice of Roscoe Conkling. He was afterward appointed Minister to France, which appointment he held until the inaugura­ tion of President Cleveland. After his return from France he was ambitions to represent New York in the Senate, and his defeat last winter was one of the most bitter of his numerous dis­ appointments. When not actively engaged in politics or en­ grossed in the cares of business, Mr. Morton leads a qifiet and contented life. His wife is a beautiful and vivacious woman, considerably his junior. She is his second wife and the mother of all his children. He is a prominent member of numerous clubs, and his society is much sought after. He seldom goes out, however, gen­ erally choosing to spend his evenings at home with his family. At widely separated intervals he gives a dinner or a reception to some of his friends. *His immense business interests seem to give B#n but little care, and 110 matter when approached, or by whom, he is always the same calm and dignified gentleman. He takeB a great interest in his banking house, and is always on duty during business hours. He has a beautiful residence at the corner of Eighteenth street and Fifth avenue, which he occupies during the win­ ter months. He has in his house a splendid col­ lection of paintings and curios, which he secured while abroad, nna in which he manifests great delight. His love for plants and flowers is some- thin? remarkable, and his conservatory is well stocked with many specimens of exotics. I11 uddition to his home in New York, Mr. Mor­ ton owns a house in Washington and several fin* es ates in Saratoga and Newport. A CH A IT ABLE MAN, His wealth is estimated at Beveral millions. Unlike the majority of rich men, he is exceed­ ingly charitable, and there is scarcely a worthy institution in New York toward the support of which he docs not freely contribute. Grace Church house, a handsome white marble struc­ ture on Fourth avenue, was built by him in memory of his first wife. It is, perhaps, the mo^t perfect child's nursery in the city, and to it hunched s of i>oor women flock daily to leave their children to be cared for until nightfall. All of the little ones are fed, and those who axe needy are supplied with clothing. The whole expense of the institution is borne by its found­ er, and thousands of dollars are annually ex­ pended by him in its support. In the manner of dress Mr. Morton always displn- s the best of taste. His clothes are cut to a perfect fit and according to the latest fashion. His ties, scarf-pins and hats are chosen with the greatest care, and his patent leather boots show off his slender feet to the best ad­ vantage. Asa speaker, Mr. Morton is not elo­ quent, but his speeches are notable for the amount of sound sense which they contain. Hia political views are not based upon theory, but upon sound business principles, and are sure to carry weight with business men. He never con­ ducts a campaign himself, but leaves it to hia managers, who are invariably well chosen. Mr. Morton's honor is unquestioned, and his • CARL DI.NOER. ' M* OOM Down to Sm the SargtMtat A fain. [Detroi-. Free Press.] "Ob, it's you, eh?" queried Sergt. Bendall yesterday as lie looked up from his work at the d< sk and saw Mr. Dun- der before hiai. "I believe she vlias me, Sergeant, und I like to htf some remarks mit you." "Some fresli trouble, I suppose." "Vhell, I haf some experiences, per­ haps. Last winter, vhen I lvaf some ponea ache, der doctor gavS' t lftias to get aome medical flannel.*' > /'Medicated, you mean." "Mfebbe she vhas. Vhas it all right?" "Certainly. Medicated flannel is sup­ posed to be a good thing." Vliell, dis week a man comes to my place and likes to sell me some medi­ cated flv-screens." "What?" " Vhas she all right!" v * Who ever heard df stteh a'thirigT* * Vhell, dot vhas it. If you medicate 80me flannels vhy doan* you medicate some fly-screens ? He says it vhas to be on awful bad year for shiils und fever, und if I have some medicated flv-screens nothing can come in. As soon' as dose shills und fevers! strike dot screen it •has all oop mit ner." *' And you bought some ?" ,, ,^1 buys ten."| "Mr. bmjderi you don't know enough to pound sand!" I doan'! Show me some sand und I pound his head off! Do you belief to be seek ?" "Well, go on--what else?" "I haf a fire-escape put on my saloon. Mebbe you find some fault mit dot." "On your saloon! A.t what point!" " On der back door. He vhas made of iiitre, und holds half a bushel." ^ ~ " On the back door; holds half a bushel! Explain!" "I can oxplain in two seconds. I haf a man put oop a fire-escape so dot I •hall escape a fire dot burns me oudt." "How will you escape'?" "Doan' I tell you dot I half no fire if he vhas oop dere. He doan' let a fire preak oudt--he makes me escape a fire." "And you paid for it?" "I paid four dollars, of course. Peo­ ples doan' work for nothing." "Well, I declare! It's a wonder some one don't offer to buy you for a cucumber !n "Dere you vhas again. Eafrybodv yells for fire-escape, und shust as* soon as I get one you make fun of me! Mebbe you like my place to burn oop, und I vhas ruined ?" "Well, well! But go on. Two swin­ dlers a week are nothing for you. What else?" Vhas Sheneral Shackson dead?" "Was he! Well, I should remark! Oen. Jackson has been dead as a door­ nail these fifty years past." "Has he? Dot does me good. Dot vhas one time I vhas all right, und doan' get sh win died." "What do you mean?" "Vhell, a nice mans comes in my place two days ago. Vhas I Carl Dun- der. I vhas. All right. Say, Mr. Dunder, I vhas on to a scheme dot makes us rich. I like you to work her among der Shermans, und I take der Yankees. It" vhas called Sheneral Shackson's Disoovery, but he died be­ fore he do much aboudt him. It vhas how to get der sand out of sand-stone." "Great Scots!" "Heu vhas he great Scots! Don't you like to get the sand oudt if he vhas in dere ?" "What for; can't ^ou get sand almost anywherj*? Isnt it as cheap as dirt?" "I doan' think of dot. Yhell, py golly!" "And you bought the secret ?" "Yhell, we go in partnership, you see. I gif him $25, und he goes py Chicago to get some machinery. He vhas to do all der work, und I vhas to sell der sand und be the treasurer." "Well, you'll never treasurer any on that $25. It's a wonder he didn't strike vou for fiftv." " "He did." , "And why didn't he get it* I doan' happen to haf him. See how sharp I vhas! I safe twenty-five dollar in one lump. I like to see you do pet- ter." "You had better hire a small boy to stay in your place and keep sharpers off. You don't know grass." "I doan'! You pring me some straw und I will show vou! Sergeant?" "Well!" "Look at my eye! I safe twenty-five dollar und you call me a fool! Now look oudt! Keep your eye py dot tele­ phone ! I vhas going home. Pooty soon some feller comes along und wants to know if dot vhas Gratiot avenue. He vhas a shwindler. I take him by der neck.und preak him in two flfe times, und if dot telephone rings it vhas me und I like dot corpse carried avhay. Good day, sir!" Cedking Utensils in Mexico. The cooking stove of the Mexicans was a model of cheapness and simplicity, says a letter to the Pittsburgh Dixpateh. It consisted Of an earthen jar or pot, in which was placed charcoal, their uni­ versal fuel. Upon this was placed the pot, or jar, they cooked in, of either iron or earthenware, containing the articles to be cooked. Fresh meat can be kept in its nafural state in that climate only for a very short time--salt having no ef­ fect upon it. It is therefore cut into Btrips and dried, or "jerked," as we term it, in the sun. Thus prepared it will keep for an indefinite length of time. In its appearance it is similar to our dried beef, but to an American taste is rather insipid, or, to speak more clearly, leathery. The meat in sufficient quan­ tity is placed in the pot, as is also the the vegetables desired. To this is added the native chile pepper, the extreme pungency of which to the uncultivated taste takes away the breath, our best cayenne pepper being as mild as lemon­ ade in comparison. But it seems mild enough to these children of the sun, and they relish it highly. Each family, and I speak of the poorer classes, have their mill by which is pre­ pared the meal--corn--of which their bread is made, when required, and this is a pattern of that described in biblical history. It consists of a slab of stone, about two feet square, made smooth on one side ar.d slightly concave from outer edge to center. This is elevated upon stout stone pegs to an angle of al>out forty-five degrees. A piece of hard, fine, grained stone about the length and size of an ordinary rolling-pin in modern use, thick in the middle and tapering to the end, furnishes the "upper mill­ stone," as it were. The com to be con­ verted into meal is first soaked in water. The earthen jet containing this is placed alongside of the mill, the female who supplies the motive power rolls up her sleeves, if she is so incumbered, kneels down in front of the slab, and taking a handful of corn out of the jar throws it with a deft hand across the surface of the slab, *ofl then, with a graceful up and down movement reduces Uw&h tfyfi-fitcrae rojling-pin to a parte. When this is ground fine enough it is taken between the kand and made into thin cakes known as tortillas, and these are cooked upon a piece of sheet-iron placed upon the iire. This apparatus, we learned, was the same in general re­ spects as that used by the Aztecs. WheSt is raised to some extent, and they have mills for preparing it, but the one I have described is the mill of the poor. The goatskin, pitched inside, also de­ scribed in the Bible, we found in fre­ quent use as receptacles of water, Liilk, and the fiery mescal, acquardiente, and that most potent of all Mexican intoxi­ cants, pulque. The filled goatskin is slung over the shoulder with a broad strap, and the end of one of the fore­ legs, tied with a thong, is used as a spigot to draw off the contents. It takes one some time to get accustomed to the pitchy taste of the contents of these primitive vessels, yet it was rather a novel experience to take a drink out of one of them. 1 As Others See Us. "This*" said the returned missionary to the Poor Heathen whom he had brought over, "is a church." And the Poor Heathen greatly ad­ mired the chnrch. By and by he asked: "Who is the fat man with the big watch seal, who looks at the church as though he thought some of putting on a $50 bay window and raising the rent $500 a year?" "That is a trustee," said the returned missionary. "He does most of the praying, I sup­ pose ?" said the Poor Heathen, who, in his blindness, knows very little about the way we do these tilings. "No," said the returned missionary, "he doesn't believe in praving; he is a Bob Ingersoll man and believes that no­ body doesn't know nothing, and that they know that he knows that they know he knows they don't. He is not a member of the church, but he is a good, clearheaded business man, good manager, strong on real estate deals and so he's a trustee. Doesn't take much of a Christian to be a trustee, ex­ cept in the country. In town a church only wants a good business man for trustee." "And who is the man who stands in the door and glares at the people as they pass in and tries to keep them out ?" asked the Poof Heathen. o "That is the sexton," replied the mis­ sionary. "He doesn't believe in opening the church for religious services at all. He says the church was built to have swell weddings in, and that for preaching and prayer meetings and other sideshows of that nature the trustees should hire a hall." "Who is the very young man who pushes people out of the way that he may have room to pass in, and stoops very low as he enters the twenty-foot door, and sits directly under the steeple, lest lie should strike his head when he stands up?" "That," said the returned missionary, "is the new Superintendent of the Sun- day-school. They are all that way at first. By and by, when he has forgot­ ten every line of his beautiful speech when there are distinguished strangers present, when 1* has started the wrong tune to an entirely strange hymn and corrected ldmself by striking the right tune on a key so high that the chimes of Normandy couldn't ring second bass to it; when he has flunked, fair, square, and upright, on the first ten questions in his question box, he will know less by a ton than he does now, and be a good, useful, earnest, and humble Super­ intendent. He's only young and new, like an August persimmon." "Here comes the owner of the church," the Poor Heathen said. "He looks as though he had decided to make pemmi can of the sexton and trustee, and not hold any service to-day." "No, that is not exactly the owner of the church," the returned missionary said; "that is the leader of the cjioir." "Who is that meek, timid little man who is trying to creep in without let­ ting the sexton see him, and who has just taken off his hat to the leader of the choir?" "Oh, that is only the pastor of the church," the returned missionary re­ plied. "Will you go inside?" And the Poor Heathen said he would, because he rather guessed from their looks, the sexton and the leader of the choir had made up their minds to settle that morning which of the two should take the church and run it.--Bob Bur- dette. - ' Deep Strategy. A little boy dropped his drumstick fato a well. In vain he entreated papa, mamma, the gardner, the footman, the coachman, the cook, the housemaids to go down into the well to recover the drumstick. In this distress a brilliant expedient occurred to Master Tommy. He secretly carried off all the plate from the sideboard and threw it down into the well. Great was the consternation when the plate was missed, and an act­ ive search for the robbers took place. In the midst of alarm and confusion Master Tommy runs in out of breath with the news that he had found the plate. "Where?" was the cry. "Down the well," replied Tommy. "I see it quite plain shining at the bot­ tom--spoons, ladles, bread-baskets, salvers, and all." The family hurried to the well, at the bottom of which, sure enough, the plate was seen. A ladder was pro­ duced, a servant deslbnded, and the {>late was brought up. Just before the ast article was fished up Master Tommy whispered to the servant: "John, I will thank you to bring up my drumstick when you go down for the soup-ladle." f The Hope of Ihe Future. j In the development of two principles, self-restraint and self-control iu the in­ dividual, and a broader humaneness, a more generous sympathy pervading so* ciety, lies the hope of the future. Whether socialism or communism is to be the final and distant destiny of so­ ciety, or whether it is to go on forever under the influence of the individual agency, we need not be over-anxious to know.* It will develop according to the law of its inherent tendencies, modified by the ideas and influences of the pres­ ent and of new generations. Man, the individual, dies. If he lives only to himself, he soon passes pway, and noth­ ing of him remains upon earth. If with high ideals and pure sympathies he lives for society, by so much he pours his being into an urn that will never be broken. Society is immortal.--Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, in the "Open Court" FOBTT trains now run hotfrly on Brooklyn Bridge, carrying 20,000 pa»- •eng«B. i • • • • • - • . . . • » ' ' 1 i- '.»* >% ' ft . ' y.-:! A DYNAMITE FACTWtT. kife&t • Villlgn IV here the Vmptel^Mn to Trwwi on [St. Jamea Gazette.] The factory lies in the heart of a great expanse of sandy plain of the south­ west coast of Scotland. On approach­ ing it the visitor is hailed by the mounted jfuardthat patrols the environ­ ment of the factory; and he will have to show very satisfactory credentials be­ fore he is allowed to go further. On the way to the manager's house a village is passed where live, the whole of tha operatives employed in the manufacture of nitro-glycerine. It is merely a street of small tenements standing on the threshold of the palisades, which en­ close M. Nobel's houses. Some distance' from the manager's house is the shed where the practical process of making nitro-glycerine is seen at a glance. Be­ fore the visitor gets there, however, he is divested of his watch, chain, money, keys, and every particle of metal he may have about him. This seemingly excessive precaution is perfectly neces­ sary, for the fall of even a penny on a floor containing a grain of the explosive might be attended with disaster. Felt shoes have to be worn. In the first shed reached there is a large tank in which are two parts of oil of vitrol and one part of the fuming nitric acid. A cistern above the tarok contains glycerine, and when this is introduced into the acid the compound known as nitro­ glycerine is at once formed. The opera­ tion is, however, an extremely delicate one. The tank is in charge of a work­ man upon whom the sole responsibility of an explosion rests. If too much glycerine is introduced into the acids at one time, the temperature of the mix­ ture may rise above 77 degrees Fahren­ heit, and a spontaneous explosion will at once follow; so that the operative's eyes are never off the thermometer-- his own hope of safety lies in keeping down the temperature of the mixture to some seven or eight degrees below its explosive heat. He is aided somewhat by ice and cold water, which are out­ side the vat; but the compound is oc­ casionally erratic and will gain heat, notwithstanding all precautions. For such a case the only alternative is to move a lever, which lowers one side of the tank, and allow the whole of the contents to run through a sluice into a pound, when it is about an even chance whether it will explode ere it leaves the shed or wait until it reaches the open. The second step is to wash the newly formed chemical combination in water which very slightly absorbs it. It is then put into "Winchester quarts," and conveyed with the utmost care into wooden huts or dugouts. As an instance of the susceptibility of nitro-glycerine to concussion, it is related that a man was once seen to slip in the act of de­ positing a bottle in a hut. He merely tripped, in the ordinary sense of the word, but there was an instant explosion and hardly a fragment of the poor fel-1 low was' gathered for decent burial. Passing on through other sheds we see the mixture of the nitro-glycerine with a peculiar foraminiferous earth, the new substance being dynamite. This is then earned to a long shed, where it is pressed into cartridges by machinery, the operatives being young women. Not the least curious of the many curiosities at these works are the ponds into which the washing water is run. Tradition has it that the detonative property of the water was not discovered" until an angler one day attempted to seduce the fish with a May fly. At his first cast, the pond blew up and he found himself some hundreds of yards away, happily unhurt. To obviate a similar danger now Sunday is reserved exclusively for cleaning the works in every department, and among other things for deliberately blowing up the ponds. False Notions About Eating. It has been an old-wives' notion from way back that jjrtain kinds of food must be avoided baBMe they tend to produce certain kinilf^Brldisease. This notion has been foscejfiby alleged physicians who publish Ififlath journals, and are al­ ways laving aown rules about living which, if any one undertook to follow literally and scrupulously, would make life a burden from the cradle to the grave. Some years ago Dr. Dio Lewis, who was regarded as somewhat of a health expert, announced that tomatoes were unhealthy, were the cause of can­ cer, loosened and destroyed the teeth, etc. For generations boys and girls had been warned not to eat so much butter or their faces would break out with "butter sores." It is an old-time tradi­ tion that buckwheat cakes are produc­ tive of skin diseases, and the Scotch are said to be cursed with the itch because they eat so much oatmeal. Dr. James C. White, professor of dermatology in Harvard University, in a recent ufticlef on cutaneous disease pricks some of these annoying tradition bubbles. He says that uncooked butter is perfectly harmeless food so far as the skin is con­ cerned, and it is difficult to conceive how any one could have thought other­ wise, unless; possibly, the use of bad butter in food otherwise indigestible may have disturbed the stomach and' produced impure blood. Buckwheat cakes do not produce cutaneous diseases, unless improperly cooked and eaten hot with too much syrup, they upset the digestion. Oatmeal is perfectly harm­ less food, and the idea that tomatoes Cause cancer is ridiculous. Dr. White says that the eating of fruits, nuts, and fish may lead to irritation of the skin in Certain individuals, but this arises from j some cause peculiar to the individual. The notion that certain kinds of food are detrimental to the complexion is a false one. A good digestion and a healthy appetite will take care of the skin, and it mittens little what one eats, if the stomach is allowed to do its work properly and furnish good materials for pure blood.--Springfield Union, , \ The Long Lost Hair. Daintily long, with faint shades of gold gleaming through the glossy brown, and just enough of the spirit that animated the clustering curls among which it nestled but one short year ago to make it coil and cling like tendrils of love to heart and life. ; One short year!' So short and yet so long! Tenderly unclasping the dainty tribute from the vest button round which it clung like memory to hopes of long ago, all the witchery of that night swept past like pictures of tho former life to drowning souls. The love clasp to the dreamy music of the parting waltz; the long, delicious ride homeward through fragrant gloom of June; the magnetic haud clasp; the words of love then spoken; the restful pillowing of curls as "one face shining out like a star" touched with lips of love the old, old story. •The night hath a thousand eyes. The day but one. ' Tet the light of a whole life die* When love is done." Aye, for him the light of a whole fib had died; for her, life's revel had i™* - , t ^ . f • memory; for her th« dhhftpi Hfe. While she trod - the aisles of glory he life's dark vista, where wrote in the dust of hopes < one word, "Dead!" Note--You see, while he West, she married a widower tirithtlO,- 000 a year and tha /way shA^pauiai • down the shining aisles of "our church1* « in shimmering robes of Worth, filled j the others with worldly worship. He ? Oh, yea, he's tobogganing down flirtation's sMppery slide with another one--straight-haired this time, 7Sud| is life.tii-l>e£rVtf< Free Press. ' - ' j ' i ' ' The 0W Doxologf. v ^ Good Bishop Ken ministered to . * Charles II. when that dissolute monarch ; was dying, and "applied himself to tha A awakening of the King's conscience," albeit with no great success; but the holy bishop did not fail when he sioto .. the morning and evening hymns, sod ; " appended to them the doxology whieh fH Americans sing in moments of Special i gladness as their Te Deu m. - i In April, 1865, a great crowd assent- .JJ bled in Wall street, attracted by the : rumors that Lee had surrendered hw army to Grant. Every boy knew what p that surrender ,'meant, and when the telegraphic announcement that it had r been consummated was read to the crowd, the pent-up feelings of the throng, thankful for the dawning of peace, found their only adequate ex­ pression in the grand song,-- "Praise God, from whom all blessings flow.* The Rev. Samuel W. Duffield, in his "English Hymns," tells an anecdote of the singular use of the old doxology, ' which illustrates how natural it is for " Americans congregated in masses to ex­ press their feelings of joy by singing this sublime ascription of praise. On the evening of Wednesday, Octo­ ber 15, 1884, a great crowd of men filled the street in front of the Republican headquarters in New York waiting for the news of the important election in ' Ohio, and cheering whenever a favor­ able bulletin was displayed. "We won't go home till morning," was started, and sung by a thousand voices, as the crowd waited, long past • midnight. But at last the final bulletin for the night was given out; it was favorable, and the crowd cheered again. Then, before the applause had subsided, the stereoptieon threw upon the great white screen the words: "Praise God, fronj, whom all blessings flow. Good night." A deep-voiced man in the throng "pitched" the old doxology, and a mighty volume of song swelled upward. ( Then the lights went out and the happy watchers departed. The same author tells the stoir <4 a little girl who was taken by her finther to the top of Mount Washington. Where they stood, above the clouds, all was calm and sunshine, but below a thua- • derstorm flashed and rumbled. Thefe v eyes could rest upon nothing but the ; blue of the sky above, and a few rocks and mosses beneath their feet. & "Well, Lucy," said the disappointed father, gazing at the clouds which hid the view, "there's nothing to be seen here, is there?" "O papa!" she exclaimed* "lite tbe doxology. All around says: "•Praise God, from whom all blessinc* floj&h V?,, Praise Him all creatures bate below 1 " ' r --Youth's Companion. '«; • Tree Dwellings. A study of the various habitatio-- f which do service as the home of roan, is at once most curious and interesting. We find them made of almost every conceivable material--of snow and ice, of mud and sod, of the skins of animals, ^ and of the leaves, bark, and twigs of trees, as well as of the many other ma­ terials commonly considered suitable for building purposes. Quite as vaxifd are the sites selected for dwellings; the oaves of the earth, the cliffs of the roeks» the almost inaccessible mountain-side, the lowland swamps, and even lakes sometimes form the site of a pile village. In thinly populated districts of Southern and Central Africa, where wild beasts abound, the natives dwell in huts which resemble gigantic bee-hives. These huts are firmly fixed among the large branches of the boabab, an im­ mense tree--sometimes more than one hundred feet in circumference--which rises like a dwarf tower from twenty to thirty feet, and then throws out branches like a minature forest. One such tree furnishes ample room for several houses, and it is said that thirty families have been found to occupy a single tree. In many instances, natives who till the soil at any great distance from their tribe, build these huts for nightly ac­ commodation. The natives of New Guinea are said to build their houses in high trees, sometimes upon the narrowest and most inaccessible ridges of the mountains. To these dwellings bamboo ladders were the only means of access. To give these ladders strength, and to render the as­ cent and descent easier, vines were cultivated to clamber up them. The Waraus, a tribe of Indians, living upon the banks of the Orinoco, also sometimes build their huts in the tree tops. The Indian searches through the forest until he finds a tree which suits his fancy, then proceeds to fashion a hut among its branches. When the annual floods come he uses it as a raft, and floats away to some locality which pleases him better. Tree houses certainly offer some ad- : vantages from a sanitary point of view. The dwellers in them are sure of an abundance of good air. "Swinging in the tree-tops," they may enjoy Ma atmosphere unpolluted by ground air, a damp basement, or an unclean -- E. E. K., in Good Health. ' • •y'M ? : t- Such Prayers Were Out of Order. A minister visiting a Congressman's family in the West End conducted fam­ ily prayers the first morning alter his arrival, at which the Congressman was not present, and the small boy of the house interviewed him at breakfast,. "What was that'you prayed for?*he inquired, abruptly. "Why, Johnnie," expostulated the mother, "you must--* "Oh, let him go on," said the min­ ister, with a smile;"Ilove to hear these innocent little prattlers. You want to know, my child, what I prayed for ?" "Yes, sir," responded the bov. politely. *Well, I asked the Lord for wisdom, fpr guidance, for protection--'" "That's it," said the boy, interrupt­ ing him; "that's it. You prayed lor protection?" "Yes, my boy," replied the astonished minister. , ' "Well, you can't do it any more in this house. My pa is a free-trader, and if he gets on to your racket he'll raise a row with you sure." Explanations followed whieh removed the limit from the minister's petttaoaa. - \*AX if-' • ; < - .\s: • . • • . .'v . „•• • **:• - i _ n. «.. ^. ...f - - ' " .0i l l : - i .iAS