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ndiana Progress, INDIANA, PA. K. M. BIRKUAK, Editor and Proprietor. THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1879.

The Album. My photograph album Certainly, You can look, it you -wish, my dear; To me it is just like a graveyard, Though I go through it once a ear Any new taces No, indeed. No I stopped collecting some years And yet, Jeannette, look -well at the book: It is full of histories strange; The laces are just an index, dear, To stories ol pitiful Drama and poem and tragedy, Which I alone have the power to see. Ah! I thought you-would pause at that face; She was fair as a poet's lay, The sweetest rose ol her English home, Yet she perished far, far away: In the black massacre at Cawnpore She suffered and know no more. Aud that? Ah, yes, 'tis a noble head! Soul sits on the clear, lolty brow; She was my friend in the days gone by, And she is my enemy now.

Mistake, and wrong, and One of life's it pass. This face? Hejwas my lover, Jeannette; And perchance he remembers to-day The passionate wrong that wrecked us both When he sailed in his anger away. Heart-sick and hopeless through weary years, At length I forgot these tears. That handsome fellow He loved me too; And he vowed he would die, my dear, When I told him "No long ago: He married the very next year. That one I liked a little, but he Cared much for my gold, nothing for me.

Brides and bridegrooms together, dear, And most of them parted to-day; Some famous men that are quite forgot, Some beauties faded and gray. Close the book, for 'tis just as I said- Full of pale ghosts from a Hie that's dead. Harpers Weekly. Mrs, Stonghton's Diamond, Greta had seen her household gods fall about her before she was able to put pride into her pocket, where there was plenty of room, and turn aer hand to the only work she understood. It was some five years since she had begun to go out by the day to make and mend carpets, old and new, for the housekeepers of Hampton.

She had plenty of employment now, some money in the bank, and a lover. She looked forward to the time, not so far off, when she should begin upon her own carpets, when the noney in the bank would be drawn out to buy the parlor set and the household pictures and knickknackery perhaps, the wedding gown and bride- cake. She had been working for Mrs. Stoughton for several days, when her troubles began, and had gone home, quite tired out with the conflict over 1 that lady's chamber carpet, which had seen its best days. She had been obliged to rip and match figures and insert patches to deceive the very elect, and at the end Mrs.

Stoughton had told her she would settle the bill when she heard from her husband, who had gone away on business, and taken the key of the money drawer with him by mistake. Greta shrewdly suspected that the drawer was as empty as a drum, but made no demur. She would oblige a neighbor, and never remember it. The following day she was engaged at Dr. Cardamon's, when she heard Fred rush in from school, and shout: "I say, ma, 's supper ready? Give me a hunk of gingerbread, anyhow.

Where's Greta Loring? I want to ask her if she's stole Miss Stoughton's diamond out of her ring! Jack Stoughton says his mother's going; to haul Greta over the coals. I don't believe a word of it, and I want to ask "Hush, Fred, hush!" said Mrs. Dtoughton. "What do you mean? Don't ask Greta any such silly question." "Well, I don't want Jack Stoughton saying things, and I'll just thrash him for it? 1 Diamonds laughed Greta to herself. Who would suspect Mrs.

Stoughton of one?" Then she suddenly remembered having picked a ring off the floor of the chamber where she was sewing at Mrs. gold ring in which a stone of good size had no doubt once sparkled, and she had dropped it on the mantel, and thought no more about it. Was that cavity going to bear false witness against her? What nonsense But that evening, when she returned to her lodgings, she found a note awaiting her, which read: "If Miss Loring can give Mrs. Stoughton any information about the diamond missing from a ring left in the chamber where Miss Loring was at work," it will be gratefully received, and no mortifying disclosures made." Poor Greta slept little that night. How could any one suspect her of such a dreadful thing? Where could the diamond have gone? How could she defend herself except by her word? Ought she not to have been above suspicion, ike Cajsar's wife? What had she done to deserve it? In an angry moment she returned this misjudged reply: "Mrs.

Stoughton is at liberty to make whatever mortifying disclosures she may choose, but she must excuse Miss Loring from rendering account of a diamond of whose existence 'she was ignorant." This naturally exasperated Mrs. Stoughton, who flattered herself that she had transacted the affair with great delicacy and decorum. She had expected to bring Miss Loring to her feet, with contrite tears and confessions, and here was absolute defiance! Did such a hussy deserve consideration at her hands? And if Mrs. Stoughton was more or less afraid to say her soul was her own before that impecunious other half of. herself, how much more was she afraid to say that her diamond was no longer hers! Accordingly she made haste to put the matter hands of the law and the mouths of the Hampton gossips.

Doubtless Greta would have been lodged in jail at this time ad not Mr. Grafton secretly espoused her cause, while lie undertook the case Mrs. Stoughton had intrusted to him. Mr. Grafton was a wealthy bachelor, somewhat nray, and a good deal bald; he had smiled upon Greta more than once, without receiving any answering smile; perhaps he thought now that everything- arrives to him who can afford to ihni this his opportunity.

housekeeper had once engaged Greta to make carpets at Grafton Place, and he had taken pains to show her over the house and grounds, and had nearly snatched a kiss in the shadow of the lindens, as he put her into his carriage to send er home. Greta had lie ver worked there again; but perhaps she Avas too grateful at finding a friend at her side in such stormy weather to refuse a favor from Mr. Grafton. and perhaps she had forgotten his audacity. Yet in the midst of lier humiliations Greta remembered with a heart-throb that she had a lover to come to her rescue if she chose to call she should not be dependent upon Mr.

Grafton's tender mercies after Stephen Sotherne had been notified of her strait. At the same time, she felt disinclined to break the bad news to him till after all was over. For how could it be possible for an innocent person to suffer? But Greta was not a little stunned one morning on receiving a letter in the handwriting of her "true love," which ran in this wise: "Mr DEAK is some time since I had the pleasure of hearing from you, and it has occurred to me to ask if time and distance were not weakening our hold upon each other; to wonder how long you would continue to love a man whom you saw only once or twice a year, -dnce it seems to me that owing to the bad times our marriage is as indefinitely postponed as the millennium. Now. my dear girl, I do not wish to stand in your light; if you were not engaged to ine, some more eligible partner would seek you, I feel certain.

More-' over, my health is precarious, and the doctors have advised me to try the air of California. It is a prescription more nauseous than drugs, since I must leave you behind me; but I could not, in honor, carry your promise with me for an indefinite space of time for my own selfish satisfaction merely. At the same time, believe me, it is no easy thing for me to say adieu' to the dearest girl in the world. Sincerely, "STEPHEN SOTHERNE." To say that Greta was surprised would be the same as if we should call an earthquake unpleasant." She was thunder-struck, overwhelmed, with enough spirit left to return Mr. Soth- erne's letters and presents by the next mail with out a word.

He has heard all about the diamond, and believes it," she thought. It would be a comfortable arrangement if one could cease to love the instant a lover proves unworthy, but hearts are not fashioned after that manner. When every thought and motive of one's life is woven up with those of another, one cannot unravel the tangled web all at once. "Another such shock will send me to the insane asylum," sighed Greta. But there was another yet in store for her.

Mr. Grafton had taken to dropping in upon her after her day's work. One evening he said: "Miss Greta, what if you should be found guilty of If they should find nie guilty! HOAV can they find an innocent person guilty If I took the diamond, where is it?" Mr. Grafton smiled indulgently. People have been imprisoned, branded, exiled, hanged, and quartered for sins they never "committed.

If you were guilty, you would be more likely to escape; you would have laid your plans." Greta gave an involuntary sob; the tears shone in her eyes. And there is no one to help me," she gasped, thinking aloud, rather than speaking to Mr. Grafton. Yes, yes, there is some one ready to help you, Greta," said that gentleman; I will help you, if you will only give me the right, lie petitioned. You, "Mr.

Grafton? What right can I give you? I don't understand." If you were my promised wife my dear Miss Greta, don't turn away your head disdainfully; hear me out. Mr. Stoughton is under some obligation to me; if you were my promised wife. I could write him. There would be no more said about the missing diamond; it would be accounted for in some natural manner.

You would be no longer suspected. No one could suspect the woman whom Thomas Grafton delighted to honor." are very kind. I thank you; but I do not love you, Mr. Grafton." I don't ask you to love me. Of course you don't;" the idea has never, perhaps, entered your head before.

I only beg that you.will marry me. Love will come sooner or later, as I deserve it at your hands. And, my dear Greta, what better can you do? Who will give -you employment, with this blight upon you? How will you earn your daily bread?" "I don't know," returned Greta; "how shall indeed? But, all the same, it would be contemptible to reward your unselfishness by merely marrying you for a home." "Only agree to marry me, and I will not quarrel with the motives," he implored. What could Greta do Her lover had deserted her; her good name was tarnished. Without home, friends or work, was it not the height of folly to refuse such a way of escape? And yet, how could she love him But might not one survive the luxury of loving? Come wealth, ease "and position; vanish all illusions that make life sweet.

She begged a fortnight for consideration: something might turn up to her diamond, for instance. But the fortnight passed, as fortnights will; nothing happened, except that Mr. Grafton, feeling confidence in the woman who hesitates, refurnished his parlor in blue satin and pale gold, fitted up an apartment for his wife's boudoir like a suburb of fairy land, bespoke the parson, the ring and the cateeer. "Do tell!" said one gossip to another; Greta Loring's going to step into clover, and no mistake." "It's a powerful change for her. I hear Mr.

Grafton's always had a hankering for her. He told Mr. Jobson any man could marry any woman lie set his heart upon, if he'd only work hard enough and wait like a spider in his web." I guess he got Greta for the asking, eh?" "I dunno; there was that Sothernt Avho was sweet on her." "I reckon that's blown a young man's pastime. I'm surprised at Tom Grafton, though, with all his airs and frills, with his family tree and his coat of arms, and his ancestors and his money. How does he get over that little affair of Mrs.

Stoughton's diamond? I s'pose he expects folks to visit his wife and ask no questions, once she's a Grafton." "Law! it's the way of the world: a pretty face makes a man forget trespasses and get rid of his judgment. It's no use quarreling with such things at our age. Greta'll make a fine lady, and I menn to pay my respects at Grafton Place directly; I'm just crazy to see the new fixings. I'd just like to see how I'd look in the blue-satin parlor." And all this time Greta had not even consented. It is true, wealth and comfort were alluring.

She had told herself that Providence would provide; and how could she know but this was the very provision made for her? It would be delightful, no doubt, to enioy such an establishment as Grafton Place. Only let her say Yes," and she might wear her velvets and laces with any lady in the laud, drive in her satin-lined carriage, and have servants under her and all that heart couldidesire. Yes, all but self-approval, love and Stephen Sotherne. Still, let her answer and Stephen and love would still be lacking, and hardship, Want and public disapproval be superadded. "The miserable little thief!" thought the exasperated Mrs.

Stoughton. She has played her cards to perfection, cozening that old fellow into marrying her. No doubt he'll rue the day, and serve him right." In the meantime, as Greta had not given him a refusal, Mr. Grafton chose to consider'Tiimself accepted. He consulted her about the wedding journey, about the new servants to be engaged, as if the marriage was a matter of course.

She acquiesced in his suggestions, but she had no choice to make; she was drifting with the stream, not rowing hard against it; she was making believe that she could love him by-and-bye; his attention, his consideration for one so forlorn, his generosity, touched her; that was all. One day Mrs. Stoughton's husband returned home. It would seem ajLifno event could have less effect upon Beta's fortunes. She watched him walking by, and wondered if Mrs.

Stoughton was glad to see him. "Any news in Hampton?" he asked, dinner table. News enough. Mr. Grafton is going to his wife.

That reminds must see Grafton directly. Married, eh? Well, he's old enough. Who's the bride elect?" Thatlittle hussy, Greta Loring." "Softly, softly, my dear: it sounds envious." "I envious of that little thief!" Thief What has Greta Grafton's heart? Nobody knew he had one before. Perhaps she has only developed a latent organ in him." Oh, Herbert, I ani so sorry to tell never could make up my mind to write it; but she was at work Greta I haven't paid her my diamond ring was in the same room, there yet, only the diamond's gone. Nobody else had been in the house.

What could I think? Of course she stole it, though she brazens it out as she does." Mr. Stoughton turned ash-color, laid down his fork, and stared at his wife. "And you accused her of stealing the liarnond?" I wrote to her very kindly and considerately. She replied in a high and mighty tone, which was simply insulting. 1 put the case into Mr.

Grafton's hands." "Into Grafton's hands! Well, and what did he say about it?" "Say! Why, he's going to marry her!" "Looks as if you'd win your case," laughed Mr. Stoughton, uneasily. "And so Greta is going to marry the old fox. A pretty kettle of fish! My dear, I really wish you had notified me of your loss." He took up his hat and went out grimly. He had a very disagreeable duty to perform, and he wanted it over with; it had spoiled his dinner, and that was enough.

He knocked at Greta's door. The diamond again," she thought. "After all," he cogitated, "why not let well enough alone? Perhaps she loves the fellow." Greta bore herself like one with good news: a tender color trembled on her cheek, a sort of suppressed joy shone in her eyes. An open letter lay before her, and Mr. Grafton 'sat in her easy-chair.

Mrs. Stoughton, watching from her window, wondered what under the sun Herbert could have to say that would take so long, and hoped lie was giving Greta a piece of his mind, but grew all the more bewildered when he and Mr. Grafton came out together and separated without a word. "I guess her cake is dough," she conjectured. When Greta was left once more alone, she turned to her open letter, written in a strange hand: "What does it mean, my dearest Greta?" it began.

"I sometimes think I'm not quite sane yet, and it's all a fiction of my disturbed brain. Here I was, just picking up from a fever, in a strange city, received all my old letters and keepsakes from my sweetheart, and not a word of explanation. It was like a bombshell. I was out of my head for a month afterward, and small wonder. Greta, I love you; so much love was never meant to be wasted.

The hospital nurse kindly writes this for me, since I can only swear that I am still, and ever will be, your devoted lover, "STEPHEN SOTHERNE." Mr. Stoughton looked very sober when he sat down to his tea table that night. I'm dying to know what Miss Greta had to say lor herself," remarked his wife. The stronger vessel smiled. Your tea, my deaf, resembles the church is neither hot nor cold." "It waited for you long enough to cool.

I wonder you didn't see that you were dc trop at Miss Loring's." "I triink may be Grafton found me de trop. In the mean time, my love, I am hapny to restore your diamond," and he passed a tiny box across the table. "Then she has confessed!" sparkled Mrs. "Youjump at conclusions. Women are fond of such gymnastic exercises, I hear.

No; the confession conies from your humble servant. I am. the culprit, Mrs. Stoughton. It was I who, wanting some ready money for business purposes, abstracted the diamond from your ring, and pawned it to Mr.

Grafton. He advanced a considerable sum upon it, and I never meant you should know it till I had redeemed not then. After all, perfect confidence is the only safe thing between you and me, I find. Now we must go and beg Greta's pardon." And Mr. "The blue satin parlor is a mistake, as well as the boudoir; he will remain a bachelor." does he explain himself?" All's fair in love and war, even forgery, is his creed." "Then Greta will return to her Not if Stephen Sotherne can help it." Harper's Bazar.

Breeches shrink. 01 that TIMELY TOPICS. A Chinese paper gives an account of the cruel treatment to which the coolies are subjected, who are employed in the Dutch islands in the Straits land and plant tobacco. Every man, on his arrival, is tattooed on the cheek, and once arrived they are never released. No letters are allowed to be transmitted; if one is sick no medical attendance is furnished: they are dressed in cocoanut bark, and have for food one pound of rice in the husk daily and a little salt fish.

On account of the unhealthiness of the climate nearly half die the first year, and the total number of deaths since the trade began is more than 10,000. Such a rigorous watch is kept upon them that no one has ever been known to escape. The grave can have no terrors for an eccentric individual out in Illinois. He scoffs at the comforts of a patent spring mattress, with the accompanying pillows, bolsters, sheets and snowy lids, and even deems the Indian luxury of a blanket and a fire effeminate and unworthy of man. In his back yard there is a shallow trench, in which he lays himself each night at bedtime, and a faithful man servant shovels earth over him till nothing but his head is left uncovered.

He has no fear of fire or burglars, but sleeps serene and happy in his couch of earth. If he should wake up and find himself dead some morning, he would be both dead and buried. It is hardly necessary to say that he is not a married man. The recent marriages of several wealthy girls to coachmen and others out of their set," leads the Philadelphia Times to remark that New York fathers with good-looking daughters are instituting a reform in the matter of employing and using coachmen. Information from the intelligence offices is to the effect that deeply-colored, ugly and aged drivers are in great demand, and their services command a better price than those of young and better appearing men.

When the employment of the latter kind has been found unavoidable, the most thorough inquires are made into their social habits and possible latent qualities. The absolute determination of so many young women to marry somebody, little regarding whom, has set matrimony forth in new shapes and made the position of a father a hard one to bear, as a general thing." It has been stated that desperadoes in the West have been known to kill men in order to test the quality of a new weapon! This became known through confessions made at the gallows. Recklessness in the use of all fiiearnis is the characteristic of most outlaws, who nevertheless understand their weapon perfectly. A sheriff of one of the counties in New Mexico was killed not long ago. The desperado who did the killing owned a beautiful revolver.

He was mortally wounded, but was standing on his knees facing the sheriff. The latter bade him turn the weapon around and hand the breach to him. The wounded ruffian did so, holding on to the tip of the barrel. As the sheriff bent over to receive the pistol, the wounded man, with the rapidity ol lightning, threw it back, seized the handle and pulled the trigger on the sheriff, whose heart Avas pierced by the ball. Thomas Moran, an English laborer, was arrested for not a Aveek toAvard the support of his six children in the Avorkhouse.

His Avite is in an insane asylum. He said that about a fortnight after the children entered the AA orkhouse he Avas laid up ten Aveeks through an accident. When he got better the frost set in, and he could obtain no Avork for thirteen Aveeks. Through his long illness he got into debt; but he had paid the guardians as much as he could. An entry in the police took showed that Moran Avas carried to the infirmary on a stretcher in September.

NotAvithstanding this, the magistrate sentenced the defendant to a month's hard labor. The defendant burst out crying, exclaiming, "For God's sake, gentlemen, give me a chance! I was never in prison; if you send me, I'll lose my Avork; if you give me time I'll pay all." He Avas, however, removed beloAV, still appealing bitterly for mercy. The London Times has sensibility enough to call this a hard case." If any one should be required to express in brief terms the immediate motiA of Peru in causing the three-sided Avar be- tAveen Chili on the one hand and Peru and Bolivia on the other, it might be done Very fairly in this Avay: the irnrne diate cause of the war is the effort of Peru to get up a corner in fertilizers, guano and nitrate of soda. Behind this, as a contributory cause, Avas the great earthquake Avave a year or so ago, Avhich SAvept destruction along the coast of Peru, crippling her fertilizer Avqrks and shipping depots. Further back is Peru's heavy public debt, mostly due to England, Avhich debt and interest is secured on her guano and other trade in fertilizers, Avhich trade and her ability to pay her obligations on her bonds were embarrassed by her losses and by competition springing up among Chilians domiciled on Bolivian territory, and by Chili- ans on their own territory, in Avhich nitrate and guano beds are IIOAV being Avorked.

beyond all this are the treaties and other relics of an old dispute betAveen Chili and Bolivia about a piece of sea-coast territory lying between the tAvo countries. Occasionally the newspapers contain accounts of the exhumation of bodies that give Avhat is called unmistakable evidence of having foeen buried alive. Speaking of this matter, a city paper opposes the belief AA hich prevails in the minds of many that persons are frequently buried Avhile the spark of life has not yet left the body. It says that "Avh'ile such tilings have happened, add may still happen, they-are of the rarest occurrence. WinsloAV, the celebrated anatomist, is said to have had tAvo narrow escapes from burial alive, and to have published in consequence, a treatise on the signs of death.

Bou- chut, Michel Levy and other physicians have also expressed their views on the subject; but all testimony procurable establishes the fact that burial alive hardly ever takes place in these times. In corroboration of this, many German cities have in their cemeteries mortuary houses, in AA'hich the dead are kept some days before final interment, the bell-pull being so arranged that the slightest motion of the body would sound an alarm. So far these precautions have been superfluous. In more than forty years not one supposed corpse has proved to be anything During the seige of Paris there was nobody more popular, and afterAvard there Avas nobody more unpopular than Sergeant Hoff. He with Ms own hand slew twenty-seA'en Germans during the first six weeks of the seige.

His gallantry was rewarded by praise lavished in his regimental order of the day and in a general order of day, and the Legion of Honor was bestoAved on him. The'Min- ister of War told him it was very important that a dispatch should reach Marshal Bazaine and him to undertake the mission. It was perilous. He staked his head on success. It Avas easier for him than for many was an Alsacianand spoke German well.

He said to the Minister ol War: "I accept the mission, but Ire- fuse the money." Howl after howl of indignation went up when it was found Sergeant Hoff had disappeared. It Avas saijdithathehad always been a Prussian spy and was now a traitor The government gave" the key-note to these hoAvls to save Hoff life if he were discovered as he passed through the enemy's lines. He safely reached Bazaine. The war over he Avas made keeper of Vendome Column. The keeper of the Triumphal Arch died the other day, and Sergeant Hoff, to the delight of the Parisians, has been appointed to the vacant place.

A New York paper has an article in regard to the proposed plan of General Fremont, Governor of Arizona, to extend the Gulf of California by tapping the northern end and letting it run into and fill up the great Colorado Desert. It seems that the sediment carried doAvn for ages by the great river Colorado at last collected at Avhat was then its mouth, in sufficient quantity to dam off the northern arm of the Gulf of California from any connection with the ocean. The water in this unfed reservoir then slowlv evaporated, leaving a dry basin 130 miles by thirty, and this, together with the surrounding slopes, soon became a "bladeless desolation," Avhile the river turning soutlrward found entrance to the gulf many miles below. Between this arid Avaste and the present head of the gulf lies some thirty miles soft earth, just lifted above sea-level, and through this Governor Fremont proposes to cut his It is a highway of commerce that is now contemplated, but originally the main object aimed at by pouring the desert full of water.Ayas to restore the natural harmonies which had been disturbed by the drying up of the sea. Human remains prove that the desert was lately fertile, and an old Spanish map is mentioned Avhich places the boundaries of the gulf far beyond their present positions.

Mr. McCorniick, Commissioner-General from the United States to the Paris Exposition, is engaged in dispatching the diplomas and medals recently received from Paris to the fortunate exhibitors. The latter are of gold, those silver and bronze not having yet arrived. They are about two inches broad, weigh three ounces, and are worth On the obverse side is the medallion of a female, the head of the republic of France, inscribed "Republique Francaise." On the reverse are the. figure of fame, Avith the legend, "Exposition Universelle International de 1878." A youth beside the figure holds a tablet, upon engraved the name of the exhibitor.

There are 140 of these, and Avith each goes a diploma. The latter are helio- types eighteen by twenty inches. The upper sections contains an allegory of Peace and Fame clasping the hand of an artisan at the foot of a throne. The lower portion is inscribed, "Exposition Uni- verselle de 1878. Le Jury Internationale des Recompenses de cerne tine Medille D'or," Avith the name of exhibitor, group, etc.

There are 225 silver medals, 200 bronze and about 200 certificates of merit, Avhich is the lowest prize given. Mr. R. R. Hitt, secretary of the American Legation at Paris, says that the principal officers of the French government are very enthusiastic over the character and conduct of the American department of the Exposition.

ITEMS OF INTEREST. The Mormon Creed. The Mormons, it seems to me, have no religion. They, however, have a creed and believe in it. They have a system of theology, too, but such a conglomerate affair is it that it defies description.

It is Avorthy of mention only as a curiosity. It teaches primarily that there are many gods, and that eminent saints become gods in heaven. They rise one above another in power and glory to infinity. Joseph Smith is now the god of this generation. Above him is Jesus of Nazareth, hose superior god is Adam.

Above Adam is Jehovali, and above Jehovah is Elohini. These all have many Avives and they all rule over their descendants, who are constantly increasing in number and dominion. The glory of a saint Avhen he becomes a god depends in some decree upon the number of Avives and children Avhich he has. Hence it is that polygamy is taught and enforced as a duty. Wives are sealed to saints here on earth to increase their dominion in heaven.

The gods are in the form of men, and are the fathers of the souls of men in this world. The ten commandments are the rule of life, together with a revelation given to Joseph Smith in 1863. This revelation is called "A Word of Wisdom," and is regarded simply as counsel not as law. According to the Mormon creed infant sprinkling is condemned. At eight years of age'children are immersed.

Baptism for the dead is practiced, a living person being baptized, for one or more dead persons. Some of the great men of the nation and of the Avorld are by proxy members of the church of Latter-Day Saints, as Washington, Franklin, etc. There have been many dispensations of religious truth, but the greatest of all is that made through the Prophet Joseph. This dispensation Avill culminate in the settlement of the saints in Jackson county, Missouri, whence they Avere expelled. Here will all the saints be gathered in due time, and all others be cut off.

All preaching, so far as doctrine is concerned, is ringing a change on these points. The people knoAV then- articles of faith by heart and are not allowed to forget them. Neither can a Gentile, though a fool, fail to learn, what the saints believe. It is an eclectic theology that they hold, made up of contributions from every creed. It is a compound of Christianity, philosophy and mythology in about equal Ihe form of church government is that of the Methodist Church, although the leaders.

Avere originally Congregationahsts in the matter of church order and Baptists by This conglomerate theology is diametrically opposed to the doctrines of the Bible, (1) in being purely materialistic, (2) in teaching the eternity of matter, (3) in declaring the pre-exlstence and transmission of souls, (4) in preaching a plurality o'fgods, and (5) in advocating the doctrine of a plurality of wives or celestial Sunday Afternoon. Done with the dead pig. The diamond shirt front. HOAV many feet are there in a school yard A modiste is not modest in hei charges. Nothing is- more shocking than an electric battery.

When a doctor lances a carbuncle doesn't he cut a SAvell?" Fifteen farmhouses near Parma, Italy, have been destroyed by a landslip. What's the use of going hungry in this land of agents? man can get board. A joke is not so durable as a church bell. After it has been -tolled a feAV times it is worn out. The raindrops that fall Avhen the brightness is gone are the tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.

A Sioux (Iowa) boy goes tc school on a donkey with his dinner basket hung on the ear of the quadruped. There is nothing more likely to estrange two friends than a small debt. I and may some clay be separated by an O. Theannualimportationof oranges and lemons in the United States is over 200,000,000, amounting in value to about The Baltimore papers report a quie but very general revival of religion in that city, Avhich is largely credited to the labors of Mr. Moody.

Two Italian journalists fought a duel with pistols, near Naples, and exchanged twenty-eight shots at a distance of fifteen paces Avithout doing any damage. There are 127 normal schools in Ans- tria and Hungary; 115 in Italy; 41 in Russia; 41 in England; 33 in Belgium; 31 in Spain; 86 in France, and 32 in Switzerland. You may sneak of chills and fever and damp air, and the great danger of taking cold, but it never has the least effect on the couple who are bentjon enjoying an evening ramble. A Hindoo has reduced laziness a fine art. He says: It is better to Avalk thar to run, better to stand than to walk, better to sit than to stand, and better to doAvn than to sit." In digging a cellar at St.

Paul, the workmen unearthed a solid silver chalice and salver of fine workmanship, and they are thought to be part of a communion service taken from Father Hennepin in 1680. Small boy (entering I Ayani a pennyworth of canary seed." Shopkeeper (Avhy knows the it foi your mother?" Small boy it's for the bird." The Chinese have a curious ruoc'e punishment not unlike the old-fashionec practice ol placing criminals in th( stocks. They fasten a heavy yoke aboui a convict's neck and make him wear ii night and day, and parade him about public squares and streets of the city bj the police. Says the Iowa City Press: The cultivation of Avolves is profitable. Yoi don't catch a scalp-hunter killing an olc wolf.

He makes the acquaintance that old one, finds its burrow, and in tin spring, Avhen it has a litter of tweivt whelps, kills ten of them, and saves i pair for seed. Turks are not altogether incapable of good Avork is shown by Ahmec Vefyk Pasha, who has in two month; drained some thousands of acres SAvamp in the beautiful plains of Broussa He is now employing a vast mini ber of the unfortunate Mussulman re fugees in planting and soAving this land Paul Morphy, the once noted player, in his insanity imagines himsel a great lawyer with an. abundance clients. The great case that absorb; nearly his whole attention is an imagin ary one against parties who had ehargi of an estate left him by his IL utterly repudiates chess, and denies eve: having known anything about it. One of the new industries of Germany reported by Dr.

Stutzer to be "noAV a flourishing condition," is the manu facture of artificial clover seed. Frag ments of gravel are sifted until particle of a suitable size are obtained, and th' substitute for the seed is then shaken uj with some coloring substance until i acquires the desired' hue. An ordinar pocket-microscope is quite sufficient hoAvever, to expose the cheat. In the government of Cherson, Russia in the bed of a river, a peasant found ai egg of unusual size. It is equal to fort: hen's eggs, whearas the ostrich e.2g^ i equal to only tAventy-four.

It is of yellowish color, and being found betweei the clay and gypsum layers, is supposet to belong to the tertiary formation. Tin purchaser of this egg offered it to th' Imperial Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg, for 10,000 roubles. Th. academy fasled to buy it. on account lack of means, but asked permission tc take a mold from it.

The British Mu seurn has now bought this unique egg to the grief of the Russian students natural sciences They make quick work in turning ou for fires in Chicago. The men sleep 01 the floor directly over their Avagon, beds arranged in a circle about tAvo doors opening directly over the seats When an alarm is struck, the same cur rent that strikes the alarm draws covers from the beds, opens the trap and loAvers three leadinj to the driver's seat and the other two the body of the vehicle. The men turn ble down the stairways a-nd take thei places. MeanAvhile the iiorses sprini into place, are hitched, the -driver seize the reins, and the wagon starts. Fron the moment the gong is struck til the wagon is under motion but fou and one-half seconds are consumed.

A plan by which young persons resid ing in the neighborhood of great cities or anywhere else, for that matter, Avher the mulberry tree Avill grow, can, witl easy, clean and pleasant work, mak from ten-to twenty-five dollars durin: the summer, ought to meet Avith larg- There is market for th cocoons "at- about seventy-five cents pe pound, ami the eggs of the worms cai be procured Avithout trouble. Placet near to a stove, the worms appear fron the eggs in a few days, and soon begii to feeil. The AA'orms arejiardy, but pure air, and must be kept dry ant Avarm. Cocoons raised near German tOAvn were "shipped to'Italy, whence i was reported that they were excellon in quality, and reeled off The children can do most of the work which lasts about six weeks in May ant June. The care and trimming of th trees should be attended to by a man but the little ones can carry in th leaves and feed the worms.

The mul berry tree groAVS rapidly, and is read; immediately the leaves appear..