The  next  morulug  Max  took  his  wity  to  the  cot- 
I  tage,  where  he  found  Makuakkt  in  the  garden 
watering  herflowers— “  a  rose  in  roses,'*— bUwlilng 
brlghtl5'  under  her  shady  hat  as  she  caught  sight 
of  him.  “Good  morning,  Count,  i  sujipose  you 
have  beaten  Cjiptaln  UKATncoTE  in  getting  out  so 
early.  He  is  generally  lazy  In  the  inonilng.'' 
“  I  left  the  Captain  at  breakfast,  l  wasanxioiLS 
to  begin  at  once,  you  see.'*  and  he  showed  the 
books  he  lunl  brought. 
“How  delightful  I  I  have  always  wished  to 
read  ‘  Wallenstein.’  But  won’t  you  come  In  and 
sec  papa  while  I  gel  rid  of  my  gaidenlng  appara¬ 
tus?"  And  slie  took  up  her  sratciing  pota.sshe 
spoke. 
“Allow  me,”  said  .Max;  “tliat  Is  much  too 
heavy  for  j  ou." 
“How  weak  you  must  think  me,”  she  said, 
laughing.  “  Pray  go  to  papa;  I  don’t  need  lussl.st- 
ancei  1  assui'c  you.” 
-Max  obeyed,  and  Makoaket  was  soon  on  tier 
way  upstairs  to  her  room,  whereshe  threw’  oil  her 
liaL  “HaUdul,  unbecoming  thlngl”  she  said,  as 
she  proceeded  to  arrange  the  braids  of  her  lovely 
chestnut  hair.  She  would  not  change  hor  dress; 
ltwa.stiuite  fresh  and  neat,  and  the  pl.aln  brown  i 
Holland  showc-d  off  the  uuUlnes  ot  the  young.  ’ 
round  fom,  ;is  well  as  If  It  h.’id  been  made  of  silk. 
She  ilesecnded  to  the  study  with  a  fluttering  of 
the  pulses,  widen  .she  lold  hcraclf  was  very  fool¬ 
ish.  Wliat  WHS  this  stranger  to  her’/  He  had 
Uaud.some  eyes,  \o  be  sort 
ANGEL  WHISPEBS 
1  LOVE  the  long,  long-  hours  of  narht. 
For  as  I  ew  oetlj'  rest. 
And  tlre&Q]  of  all  tilings  fair  and  bright. 
An  angel  Is  my  jruesi. 
Her  voice  is  soft,  and  full  of  love. 
And  dlls  jDc  with  such  peace 
That  often  as  1  hear,  I  wish 
The  night  nurht  never  cease  I 
Little  thouKhta  of  heaven. 
Little  dreams  of  love, 
Little  drojis  of  frlnduesa. 
From  th<!  world  above  I 
She  tells  me  of  her  wondrous  home 
Where  wlndinp  Btreamleta  flow, 
Where  all  is  briKlit  with  living  light. 
And  flowem  of  l)«int3'  grow ! 
There  little  aiigtl.children  Jive, 
Forever  free  from  sin. 
For  til  rough  those  heavenlj-  gates  of  pearl 
Ho  harm  can  entej-  in  ! 
lattlc  outs  of  God, 
Pint  and  sweet  and  fair. 
Plucked  so  8oon  from  earth— 
Bloom  In  beautj-  there ! 
There’s  sirtuething  else  the  angel  tsUa 
For  me  to  learn,  luamuia. 
The  waj'  to  llnd  those  mauRiona  blest— 
The  jjatli  that  leads  So  far. 
Is  right  ainidst  our  daily  life— 
A  stiaigbt  end  narrow  wsy. 
And  though  It  seems  so  dim,  so  dark. 
It  leaits  to  endless  day  ! 
Atnrel-whlsiiiere  low, 
Through  the  silent  night, 
Make  its  darkest  hours 
Bright  with  heavenly  light  1 
"  lecture  sysuun  ”  has  always  been,  can  mend  all 
this.  If  Uicy  corisldci-  It  woilh  the  pains,  ('ertalnly, 
the  coming  Into  conlaci  with  a  thoroughly  util' 
Ized  man  of  bialnij  Is  a  very  sllmulaMng  experi¬ 
ence.  The  privilege  of  doing  so  should  not  be 
lightly  relinquished ;  and,  whenever  a  course  or 
lectures  Is  well  comluctea,  it  ought.  lo  meet  with 
a  generous  palj-ohage  from  all  wljo  imve  young 
poeple  on  theli'  liands  to  be  enlcrialncd  and  Im¬ 
proved. 
But  even  the  locinre,  desirable  as  It  Is,  ts  not 
neces.sary.  In  a  city  like  New  Vork  there  ought 
to  be  live  humlred  clubs  of  young  people  e-SUib- 
Uhhed  this  very  winuu'  for  the  purjiose  of  social 
and  Intellectual  nmusiemcnis  with  culture  In  view 
as  the  gie-ul  uJUmale  ejid.  'Ihe  exeroUes  may 
take  a  gTe.at  m.iny  toims  which  It  Is  not  ueces-sary 
for  us  even  to  suggest.  Books  may  be  read,  orlg- 
Infil  pajiera  may  be  pri’sentcrt.  niu.sleaJ  rehearsals 
may  form  a  part  of  the  enTerLUnment,  products  or 
url  may  be  e.vhlblied,  there  may  be  dramatic  and 
conversational  practice,  and  practice  In  French 
and  Gennan.  There  Is  no  limit  to  the  variety  of 
exercises  that  may  be  prolllably  entered  upon,  i 
and  they  Inui  cerUilnly 
exprf-ssod  admiration  of  her,  anti— but  she  did  not 
go  any  further  In  lien*olUo<iuy. 
Turning  the  handle  of  the  <loor,  she  went  Into 
the  study,  wlierc  the  I  'ouut  and  her  father  were 
deep'in  Kuropean  imlltles.  M  a.x  talked  well,  and 
hks  maiiher  was  a  Judicious  inkMuro  of  I'Yeueb 
vivacity  and  (ierinan  retleenee,  which  clnArmed 
.Major  TKKiiKitNK  so  mueh  that  he  seeaiiHl  inclined 
to  monopolize  ihe  young  man  entirely,  max 
turned  to  Maugaket,  however,  as  she  enU'ied, 
and  rose  U>  hand  her  a  clmlr,  when  tlie  Major  re¬ 
membered  for  what  j)urpo.He  tlie  fount  imd  motle 
such  an  curly  visit. 
“Well,  youiig  people,”  he  said,  “so  you  are 
going  to  reudUcnnaii but  where  Is  (’apt,  Hkatu- 
coTK  ?  Is  he  not  going  to  Join  you 
Max  reddened.  'I  he  tact  was  he  had  never  told 
Bektik  of  lils  Intention  lo  visit  the  cottage  .so 
early, 
“He  will  come  to  lunehnon,  papa,  of  course; 
he  always  does  when  he’s  ut  home.” 
“Very  well;  1  will  smoke  a  elgann  the  garden.' 
And hecarrhidoJI  a  camp-siooland  litseopy  of  the 
’I'Unes,  never  Hiinkitig,  good,  ea-ny  soul,  or  the  im- 
propilety  of  leaving  those  two  together  to  study 
Gi'rmau  or  any Milng  else  they  chose  in  the  ijleus-  | 
ant  library,  with  Uie  perfiuno  of  Uu- llowers  and  I 
A  CHicAOOcorrespondentwrltes:— It  will  hardly 
be  believed  tliat  when  Dwight  L.  Moody,  many 
years  ago,  began  w  speak  in  religious  ineeUngs 
here,  he  made  such  pixir  work  with  syntax  that 
some  one  suggested  to  him  that  he  keep  silent 
lest  bis  blunders  should  annoy  the  other  uileud- 
uuts.  But  Moody  kepi  on  talking,  doing  his  work 
for  awhile  largely  In  by-places,  among  the  poorer 
class.  v\  hen  I  lliist  knew  him,  twelve  years  ago, 
he  had  u  mUsion  whofil  In  the  North  Market  Hall! 
Prior  to  that  time  lie  someUrruvs  held  mecUngs  in 
an  old  slianty  vMiicU  had  bK*ii  used  as  a  dilnklng 
saloon,  and  had  becxnne  so  rlck(-lt.v  that  It  was 
abandoned  for  such  a  puii)Os<\  Mr.  Reynolds,  an 
lUluols  layman,  who  always  ha.s  “  a  mind  to  work  ” 
for  Chi*Ist.,  thus  Uetaitibes  Mr.  Alovitly  us  he  lirst 
way  to  the  headfiuartci’s  and  met  him  In  that  shanty  : 
ved  the  thrifty  old  autocrat  of  “  ^  went  there  u  little  hite,  and  the  Jlrst  thing  I 
1  In  tJiat  Interview  candor  con-  ^'W'  was  a  man  Ktundlug  up,  with  a  few  tallow 
tkuowhilge  that  although  she  '  candles  around  him,  holding  a  iieg-ro  iKiy,  and  try- 
hlsgre.iine-saniliii.^igiiincence,  Ingtoi'cnd  to  liUn  the  story  of  the  Prodigal  Son, 
ol  been  told  her.  So  it  is  with  great  many  ot  the  word.s  he  could  not  make 
of  BulTalo,  In  referenee  lo  this  wnd  had  to  skip, 
SPEECH  OF  A  MISSISSIPPI  EDITOR. 
Venetian  blinds.  Aiid  tims  began  ilic  story  of 
these  two  livt-s,  us  togeWier  tlii’y  btmt  over  t  he 
same  page  and  reml  the  sad.  sweet  laloof  lovr^l 
death.  tUesun-y  oi  Max  I’lccuLOiii.M  and  TukTTa. 
and  ever  and  anon  .vukg.ium'.s  sufi.  eyes  would 
nil  with  U-ais  at  the  irujclimg  record  of  the  pil.eous 
struggle  her  ween  love  and  duly  wlUeli  lent  ihe 
heari«  of  ilie  Implers  lovers.  Whnt  wouder  ihai 
in  reading  of  one  Max  she  Ihouglit  of  the  real, 
living  Max  whose  dark  eyes  met  hers  whenever 
she  raised  them  from  ihe  book.  Ali!  these  were 
daiigiTouh  nioiia-iik's  lor  .Max,  tvlio,  although  he 
knew  that  he  wa.s  la.v  log  up  a  store  of  fiiiiin!  mis¬ 
ery  for  blmself.  .s.u  there  lii  ;■  Iraueeof  deUgld, 
wakthlug  ihP  bright.,  Iieui,  head,  the  rich  wave.s 
of  ehesinut  hair,  and  the  long  e.velushes,  wliieh 
tlii'inv  a  shadow  on  the  r.di-,  louial  oheeu,  And  so 
the  .sweet  summer  Id.vl  hegaii  -to  end  how  > 
"  O,  mo7-iiin’  hoi>c.  O,  uioniin'  life. 
G,  liehlAomc  d-aj-s  and  laa>.'. 
When  honeyed  hoiiee  iirouiul  their  hearts. 
Like  Hiuiiuer  hlussouis,  eiiraUK.” 
It'oiicUtMon  next  week. 
I  tUoughl  If  the  Lord  could 
ever  use  such  an  InKtrumem  as  that  for  Ills  honor 
and  glory  It  will  astonish  me,  Aftm’  tlnii  meeting 
was  over  .VI r.  Moody  .said  to  me.  •  Reynolds,  J  have 
got  only  one  lalent;  I  have  no  ediicaUon,  but  I 
love  the  Lord  desns  f.'hrlsi.  and  I  want  todo some¬ 
thing  tor  Him,  tmd  I  want  you  to  pray  for  jiio.’  l 
have  never  ceased,  from  that  d.ay  to  this,  morning 
and  night,  to  pray  fortiiat  devoted  Christian  sol¬ 
dier."  Who  can  fell  how  mueh  the  spiritual 
growth  and  suecess  of  Bro.  .VIoody  owe  to  the 
prayers  of  such  men  as  Bro.  I{ey^lOlds  ? 
t’hlcago  has  several  other  laymen  who  are  suc- 
ces.sful  as  preachers,  among  whom  may  be  men¬ 
tioned  B.  K.  .lucobs,  C:.  B.  Blackall  and  J.  W.  Dean. 
'riK*  first  two  are  known  the  country  over  as  great 
.Sunday  school  workers. 
GROWING  OLD 
WINTER  AMUSEMENTS. 
tereni.  members  or  the  clnti  may  he  ciilled  uiKin  (n 
give  variety  lo  the  Intcfesl  of  the  Oi’CAHlon.  This 
Is  entirely  pruetleable  every  wlicie.  It  is  more 
pi'Oiiiable  than  amateur  theatricals,  and  less  ex¬ 
haustive  of  time  and  eneiify.  It  can  he  united 
with  almost  any  lltA'^raty  ohjix’t,  'I'he  “.shakiv 
ape.are  i  'luh”  Is  iiotlilng  hut  a  reading  club,  (U^ 
voted  to  the  st  udy  ot  a  single  author;  and  .Shake- 
.speare  may  well  engage  u  club  for  a  single  wlu- 
li.T.  .Much  a  eluh  vvoulU  ciilrlvaU*  the  juT  of  good 
reading,  which  Igone  of  the  best  and  mo.sr  useful 
ot  accompll.sbments.  It  would  cultivate  thoughi, 
linaglmitlon,  ixst-h  In  brief,  the  whole  tendency 
of  the  reading  club  is  toward  culture,  the  one 
llilng.  riotwllhslandlng  .all  our  (Hlucatloiial  ad- 
v;itd  ages,  the  most  deplorably  Lackliij:  In  the  aver¬ 
age  Amerlean  m.an  niid  woman. 
I'lieiv  wima  lliiie  when  tlie  popular  lecture  was 
!t  source  not  only  ot  amu-semeni  but  ot  cull  urn - 
When  It  stimulated  thought,  deieloped  hpallhy 
opinion,  conveyed  InstrucUou  and  elevated  t-he 
tn.ste.  The  giilden  days  when  .vjumner.  Kverett 
!in(l  Holmes,  Stan-,  King  and  J'rol.  Mitehell,  Rlshop 
Huntington,  Clark,  Beecher  and  Chapin,  Emerson, 
.'tiNOEKiTY  —  Give  Us  Sincere  friends,  or  none, 
Tills  hollow  glitter  of  smiles  and  words— oompll- 
uieiits  that  mean  nothing — protestations  of  aCfec- 
tlon  as  solid  :is  Uio  froi  h  from  champagne- Invlta- 
llonsthat  are  but  pretty  sentences,  uttered  be¬ 
cause  such  Ihlng.^;  are  ciiatoinary— are  all  wortli- 
le.se.  There  is  no  need  of  them. 
Take  care  that  all  is  done  In  a  sweet  and  easy 
way ;  make  no  toll  or  task  out  of  the  service  or 
God.  Do  all  freely  and  cheerfully  without  violent 
effort. 
To  know’  liow  to  keep  a  tidy  liouse  and  well- 
aired  apartments ;  to  know  liow  to  select  the  best 
kind  of  food ;  to  know  how  to  prepare  them  in  the 
best  manner— these  are  the  first  things— and  every 
daughter  should  learn  them  before  marriage. 
The  love  ot  man  Is  good  while  it  lasteth 
love  of  God  Is  better,  being  everlasting. 
