I SUNDAY SCHOOL. IjHE LESSON FOn OCTOBEIl 14. Crooning th Jordon." Joanna lit 5. IT Golden Text 43, a lon Commentary. After Hie Iord bail encouraged Joshua, at in our let lession, the woilai.-K encouragm! li.. i. t.fffimittini otsidieiH and Iit tiravimr tli lircl to be with dim (I, ld-isi. Then follow the record of the two spies sent to Jericho, their reception and protection by Rahah, their promiaa of deliverance to hor anil all l-elonKing or related to her and the true token of tin1 scarlet line to be bouni in her window. Three dnyi (the resurrection period) have pi"d and now they are about to cross the Jordan and enter the land; but re doina 10 tin y are Instructed thnt the ark of the covenant borno by the priests, the Invites, into ko In ndvnnco of the host two thousand cubits, nnil they are not to come near unto it. that they may know the way ly which they mint go; and the mason is BiTi-u in these words: Yo have not passed thl way heretofore." How like tlna ia to any now flop or undertaking we are about to tako, and not only no, is it not true, of entry day of our life thnt we have not passed this way heietolore.and therefore we must stead fastly oo!( upon Him who when He puttetb forth Hi sheep, fcoetli lief ore them! ft. HHivtily yourselves, for to-morrow the Lord will do wonder among you." If we were more separate from nin and unbn lief, we would we more of the wonderful stork of Hot. Inone place Jesus could not domnny mtirhty work Iss-aos. of their un belief; nnil there I no doubt but the unliolief and woridliiiess of t hrislian to day hinder l!is doing wonder anions us. If we cannot rid other of ties hiinlraiicis.we can at least J nitawnv from ourown hearts and live all hat grieve Hiui:and if wo willouly let Him sanctify u to llinielf and H 11 service we nhail as individuals see and know more of the wonder of Hi love end firai-e. tt, "Take up tho ark of the covenant and pa over U'fore the people." To the people lie hod M il: "Nniictuy yourselves," and now these are hi order to the priests, who were Iwnys supposed to be sunctitled, inasmuch s tliev were set npart for the sMcinl s.T.'ic e of the sanctuary All tru believer are prirts mil l (lo I iltov. I.. ft; v., ID) and should ever consider themselves set apart to Mil service. The Ark of the Covenant was the ymlMil of the presence of the Lord; for the. Incorruptible, wool, covered within and without with pure god, speak to us of tho pure Immunity and the divinity of Christ; the propitiatory or mercy sent tells us of Christ, our 1 roi it atum; the table of tho law in the ark remind us of tlm saying con cerning t lirist: "lliy law is within my heart, mid tlii Lord ilwelt nliove th mercy Beat b tnc 11 the eheruliim, from whence He tiliide known III wil1. hell, thercfote, we ecu tiie inest be n 111 the nrk of tho cove nant, we nre reminded thnt we a priests are durst hearer, snd nre so to put on and b -ar aliout everywhere the Lord ,lesus that there hall be seen 111 us not the self life, but His unekicss und love aud gentleness uud patience, 7. "1 nil! lnin to magnify tliee in tho sight of nil Israel." Uod always honors those who honor Hun, and yet the honor is all Hi own and idiows forth Hi glory, for tlii is tlid great end of our existence, to florily ioiI. W hen the apostles, tilled with the spirit. p"ke an. I w on-lit in the name of Jesus, the pe pie wondered, ami took knowl edge of tin 111 t mt they had been with Jesus. Tim poiilMcnce of l'otipluir in .Joseph was liecuusa lie saw that thu Ionl was with Joseph, and this magnifying of Joshua was that nil Israel inilit know that tho sniue Lord who was wilh Moses was now with Joshua. If we sincerely desire above all else that Christ mav be iiKigniHisI in us. He will surely do it and use us for His glory, H. ".stand still in Jordan. ' With their feet ill the miter, they were to stand on the brink of Jordan mid see the wonders of too l.ord. They were to march right into tho river ere tho waters would divide; we are to go right forward, even though it seem int- fossihle, and He will at the right time open he way, not an hour or a duy too soon, but sometimes 11s it seems only when we have gone to the Inst extremity and cannot tako another step, V. "llesr the words of tho Lord your God." What a privilege aud what an honor to be permitted to eak or to hour the words of ti e Lord. As ministers or evangel ists or t uehers we should reiiiemU'r that it is our privilege lirst to hear tho words of the lxrd for our ovn souls and then to speak from o ir hearts in the owur of thu spirit the words of the Lord to others. Tho com mand to Kekiel is the command to us, Hjs'iik with My words uuto them." (Kz. lit., 4.) H). "Tho living (!od is anion-; you." Jore minh calls Hun "thu true Und, tho living Uod und an everlasting kiiiB.'' (Jcr. x., 1(1.) liaritis calls Him "the living Uod and pteiull'iist forever." (I'an. vl.. -Hi.) Jesus Himself, npis iirin to .I11I111 in Tattoos, says, 'I am the 1 11st and the I js( and the Living One, ulive forevcrniore." (Hov. i., 17, H, V.) It we livel near to liod as Jeremiah or Ianiclor John, our lives would testify that the (iod w hom we serve is a living Uod, a life-giving Uod, ever present and working in and through ui. Kiijali told the proiiheU of riiitil to cry a tmd, pet hajis their Uixl was asleep or on a joiirnev. hen churches do the ktrange things that iiiiiny do in our iluys, it would be well to 11 si; if their Uo 1 is aslueu or iudiilcrent, or nuedillg to lie propitiated, or grown poor, or some such ipiistion touch ing tho ease in hand. "Ho will without fail drive out from lie toro you the C'nnuauites." It is implied hem Unit Ho will do this through them as His servants nnd poMier, they Is-ing ols'dient to Him and He lighting with them and in them against their enemies, .Now we flint they were notolMxIient.iind conscijuontly Jebusites and t tnia inite.H and others were n it com pletely driven out, but I oeame thorns and snares to them. iJudcs i, ii, iiii.l It is written that Jesus shull save His people from thnir sins, but how few will aeklowlodgo that Ho sues thorn from their sins, for they know loo well that they are not wved from thu very common and be Betting sins of an r, iiiipatii'iice, frutfuluess and the like; mid why uotf himplv becausd iustua I of yielding themselves to Him to Isj cleauvl uud kept they, liku Israel, m iko a league with tho enemy instead of taking a ino.t ileleriuiiu d stand against all und every form or sin. 11. "Tho ark of the covenant of the Lord of nil the earth." This is tho llrst time that wo lind this title in full; it reminds us of the words of Slelehi.mlek, "the most high Uod, possessor of heaven and eartU" (Uuii. xiv., !'); and the expression in the prophets, ''the Lord of the wiiolu earth" (Ihii. liv., ft; Mich. Iv, 111; ye. li. iv., U; vi., ft) and the thought that our Redeemer is the Ixrd of all the earth (v. I'l) should makii us very Joy lul iu Him, nnd ready to trust Him under all circum stances, obey Him at nit times ami love Him with the wholu heart, extolliuj Him in every possible way. l'A "Tuko twelve moo out of the tribes of Israel." The reason for choosing these twelve is found in the next chapter: They were to take twelve stom-s from the midst of Jordan, where the priestV feet stood who bore the ark, aud sot them up fur a memorial n the othor side of Jordan, so that they could in day to ooine point their children to tho stone and tell them how thoir father bud come ovor Jordan on dry liind; Joshua also set up twolve stones in the midst of Jor.lun whire the priest had stood. Tlieso two memorials testilled to the mighty nan I pf the Lord, that Israol might fear tho Iird their Uod forever, and that all the eurtb might know the iiuud of tho Lord liv., 1:1 "It shall come to pass." How could Joshua speak so pohitivoly about tlii very unlikely event Why did he uot i-peuk more cautiously and say, we tmt or hope that it will thus come to pass, or we will try and e whut can bo donaf Me believed Uod; he knew Id power; he had not a shadow of a doubt but that it would be just as Uod had told hi in. "As soon as the sole of the feet of the prima shall rest in the waters." Not as they drew nigh, nor before they came into the mrer, rmt miij wnen tneir rest actually stood In the watsir. Who can te I how msny vto toi'tos w lore by being afraid,byholding rtack lwctnnnf difllctlltle. Instead or (tolng rljht forward into the diHlculty in the name of the Lordf U-r. "And It came to tsn11 When Ood Bpraks it innt come to pass; it must always Ii .1n-t a He savs, even as when In the I ginnint Uo-lsatd": "Ict ther be li.'ht,"aud there was lieht, Ho only m-ods to sp ak and It is done, ltloosed ar those who 11. eve, for there shall be performance of the things told us from the lord. 17. "i he priests stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan." The midst of river is not place to look for dry ground. nor ia a wall of Bitch unstable material as wator likely to encourage 0110 to stnnd firm; but the Una whose name is Wonderful was with tnem and was doing wondrously. Fire, air. earth or water are all the same to Him so far as hl or hiudoraoces ar concerned. Lttnon Helptr, IEM PEUANuVi HEADING, Haltr llound the lnnir. Hally round the temperance banner. Wake the echoes with your song. Shake the hills with vour hnwinnas. Pwell the chorus loud and long. Onward st.ll the cnusi is sfs eJing. Boon wili dawn a brighter day. Where Immunity lie bleeding. Temperance soon shall win the sway. Bally round the temperance standard. In the war against this foo. Who will leid tlrj glorious vangunrdf Who will deal the comptering blow! Strike now in ami out of season. Dash aside the poison ImiwI. Save immortal man h s reason, Btriko the letters Irom his soul. Hnlly rojind the temsrance banner. On tho lullto let it wave. Young and old, w ith loud hosannns. Cheer the hearts ve toil to save. Wives and children join your praises. Fill lia nlr with irlnd retrain. As the tlalfodils and ilaisie breathe their O. ll .Coofc.ia "lUtttlr Ax of Temperance." Dr. It. AV. Rlolinrdsott on Alcoliol. In lscl, and for a year or two before, I had been making some original researches into the properties of a rare chemical sultamss nauusl uitntrt of amyL Ihen 1 went 011 to impure into the mithvl series, and mi step by step continued, reporting every year until, in tSisi, 1 began with the alcohols. It was at one time supposed that there was only 0110 of these, but there are now known to bo Sev ern!. Mow, the first great fact that startled me when examining into tho alcohol was thnt they titHpictionubly lowered tho tem perature of the body. I did not then know thnt any one else hail noticed this Isjloro 1110; but I know uow that two or three others lr. JohiiHavy (Mother of Sir Humphrey), lr. Hue, tho Arctic explorer, and l'r. I.ees, of Leeds, h d ail severally siisicctel this fact: but they hud not proved it by experi mental re-earch. Mv great point was a do ini!tratioii by scieiitillo instruments Ly the ierfcct thermometers now made. That was the llrst step tho startling fact that alcohol lowers tvmparature. Now for the second. This cum f ion the study of Bu t sthetic. In wat lung the action of alco hol,! found there were .iiist the same four de grees or ui ages us in the action of nnnstlieties, vi., simple excitement without InsciiH.liility; excitement with commencing insensibility; inseiisi'iibty absolute; and lastly, denth-liko insensibility. I came, therefore, to the eon- clu-ion that alcohol doc not act alter tho manner of a IihhI Imt of a rlic mical s.ilislnne,, like nil tin fsthetic. This, then, was t ut second step. This was followed up by tracing the changes nud the molilculinii which take place in the body from the continued u-e of alcohol. I reache I thnt th'i third stp or third conclusion, viz , th.it alcohol is a pi olilie cause of death an 1 of great harm to tile mt rnal organs of the hodv: it is, 111 fact, in its ordinary use, a slow Miisou. I can no more accept the alcohols ns foo Is than I t un chloroform, or ether, or methvial. That they proditco a temporary exeitemeut is true; but as thoir gener d action is ipiickly to reduce animal heat, I cannot see bow they can supply unimul force. 1 see clearly how they reduce uuiuial power, und can nhnw n reason for using them in order to stop phvsi. cal pain or to stupefy mental pain; but that they givo strength i. e., that they supply material for construction of lino tissue, or throw force into tissues supplied by other material must be un error as solemn as it is widespread. The true character of the alcohols is that they are agreeable tomporary shrouds. The suvugn, with the mansions of liissoul unfurnished, buries his restless energy under their shadow. Tho civilized man, overburdened w ith mental labor or with en grossing cure, seeks thu Fame shade: but it is shade, after all, in which, in exact propor tion as ho seeks it, the seeker retires from perfect uulurui life, Cmx.iell'i Majazinx A Iloa for Moral B:ianjIoii. In Cutia ia, as in the I'nited States, great and increasing attention is being given to tho legislative uud political aspects of tho teni-tM-ruiice reform. The Coima C':en, of Toronto, is moved to say: "We pleud with our friends to not lose, sight ot tho great importance of the mora! suasion side of tho teiiiHrnuee reform. Law is very good, but law is only tho crystulie.l form of public: seiitimunt, without which legislation enn never be attained, and with out which legislation would be comparatively worthless even if att.tiue.l. " I he extent of I he out and out totally ab staining section of uny community is tho fair measure of as sound tomporuuee aud prohi bition seiitiiuout. Teniperanco News! and Nute IOuisvillo, Ky., has six saloon to each church. Temperance Instruction is given to every gra lu of tho public schools of Hannibal, Mo. A d termlncd warfare against Sabbath ilesoenitioii is being wugod by tho W. U. T. U. of Itochcstor, N. V. Tho Church of Ireland Tempernnco Society comprises oue hundred local ossociutious with over '.'t.ouO memlwrs. John Heynolds, of Clinton, Iowa, has been committed to jail for keeping his saloon open al ter having boon ordered to close it. Loulsvlllo iKy.) Youik Woman's Christian Temperance I'nion is inuking iirriiiigemeiiU to open a ladies' gymnasium this winter. In resp mse to tho request sent out some weeks since, liberal donutious of Ixsiks aud other Ltoruture have Ihvii received for the temp rain e re ulinij room lately opetiod la bitka, Alaska. Judgo Ney, of Iowa, decides that a man cannot lawfully manufacture cider for use iu his own fam.ly, and has instruct! the grand jury to indict if they tlud such a thing has boon done. Not long sin e Key. George R Fullor, of EmmiitUburg, Iowa was prosecuting witness against a saloon keeper. His right to enter complaint was denied by thu tlefenso on the ground thut being an itinerant under episcopal authority he was not a citiu-n. The State Hu- Jiremo Court, to which the case was taken, iHcido that "all ministers under thu episco pal polity are citizens," and therefore proper persons to pros.cuto whuro they choose to Uo so. At a recent sitting of the French Acailemy of Medicine the subject of alcoholism, und the best methods of combating it, was under consideration, and after one tnumtssr, M. Hosbouvrie, had demand!, as one precau tionary expedient. Hi at "only glasses of minimum size'' should bo used in drink-shops, it is gratifying to noto that M. I-nuceraux declared that the best means to gut rid of "the plague of alcoholism," is "to drive from all classes of society the prejudice which con sists iu believing that wines aud alcoholic Uipiors are nucessnry to nutrition that they givo strength, aud that it is imHssible to do without them." Light is spreading even in France I The Maori foot ball players who will soon vUit Kiiglund, are bound by a written con-tra'-t with their conductor net to take strong drink under any circumatauces during thuir visit to that country. KELIGI0U3 JlEADIliCk Tho Milts f ttt 3ow, ITsrk! How the mills are grinding, How the buy buns go round, With a low and harmoniu humming, Whr tho hni vest srat 1 is qr.,uud. Bee! how the muff is wmn wed, How the niillstoi e's wond rous might 9mls forth on the flisnr I efore u The wheat In its robs of white, 80 the powers of the Fat aro grinding, With a motion anil plan ublime, Our mortal acts and motives. In the wonderful mills of tlmn. The nulls ot the gods are grinding Steadily, surely and slow The whetit and the chaff dividing To the place where each should go. And the hapless chsfT Is winnowed; Hut lives that are live I a' li:ht,' Like the grain on the 11 sir b iforo US. Come forth all pure and w hite. 60 the rolling hours are grinding, And the pitiless year go round, With a slow and solemn motion W here the mortal grain is ground. The Divine Hytens tf Bavins- Trattx Amid all tho mutations which eighteen centuries h ive witnessed, the divine srstetn of saving truth rcve.ilcd in thu Now Testa ment has proved to be entirely immutable. Not a line has Issm added, not a syllable taken away , Tho waves of time which havs swept away empire ami systems of philoi phy, dish in vain arainst tho adamant of thu gospel. Uod, who I its author, is un changeable; H Is the sanid yesterday, tod as and forever. Hishnllness, which al.horretfi sin, Is a pirt of himself; so Is his justice, which punishes sin; and so Is hi love, which pardons and saves every sinner who t pent and believes on hi Hon Jesu Christ. To all these attribute this gip d I essential: while they l.ve, it must live. Light Is com ptS'l of the sevon d liferent t-olori blended together, and In like manner the different attribute of Uod, when blended harmon iously, prodneo the light which beams frotv Calvury. lUr, Cuylor. nl as st Italty Help, The sound of piano, flute, violin, or banjo Is essentially a cheerful homo sound, indicat ing tho absence of illness or tilllictiori. In Reason of bereavement the vohm of tuusio I hushed. Whether or not tho daughter shall ever pi y so ski lfully that her jm-i formancn can satisfy artistic critics, it i worth while for her to praetleo if alio piny well enough only to I ilea so her father or mother Tim hnu"hi'ld group in the evening, with Kiln at tho piano and the big brother bv her side. singing and turning her lenves, the younger ones Joining in the chorus, pnpa supplying a deep Ims like tho nimble of n wave, is pleas ant to the eve ss to the ear. Music is a dally help over b ird place, a sweetener of toil, a soothing ii lltienee when there ate signs of rough weather in the tlom slie sky. On the Salibitn evening, wbeii the lift Jo ones are allowed to sit up a half hour later than on o.h r d .vs. how charming it is to sing over the dear hvniti familiar to u through many nnd varied cxpcricnces.linkfd in thought with tunes of oilier days nnd with ineini ries of dear ties win so voices now Jrin in the chorus U'slde the ciystal so 1. These homo con-ert on H ihlmth evening tiro full of tender swietness and do much to hal low tiio homo nnd iii-ko tlm Lome life blessed. IChristiun Intelligencer. Mirrors, We nre mirrors. Wo can not help being relli c or. Wo rclh-ct in our characters every iiifliinco that touches our lives. I am introduced to you. Yi 11 si eak 0110 sutiteucu 1 know that you are an lviglishman or an American or a Spaniard. You tiro a combi nation of relied ions. We become like those with whom we nssis-iute. Two boys in a uni versity in Kn ;lnnd r omed to-ethor for eight years. Toward the end of thnt time these 1 w liovs wero so much alike that it be came remm kablo. They had reflected and reflected until oils was the imago of the other. If you called on one an t lound tho other one instead, you might talk to him on the sania Mihjccts mid expect to receive the sime answers that you would from the other. I once knew a girl who was growing so saintly that every ono wondered. No one guessed her secret. She became very ill and a dear friend of hers obtained permission to open a lockot w hich she wore const mtly about her neck. Thero she snw engraved on the inside of the lockot the dun to tho secret: " Whom having not seen wo love," If we reflect tho glory of Ciit isl wo shall bo cli uuel from glory to glory tint is fr 111 character to character. How this is I cannot tell. Hud I'iiiiI written in those times ho would probably have used tho photogrui h instead of the mirror as a symtioi. I cannot tell how tho shadow which up-nr on the plate is fast ened thero. No one can. And I can not tell how character is changed. We reflect Christ for a time, and then wexru changed again and then again, and so on from glory to glory. First the blade, then the ear. ami then tho full corn in the cur, and after that it doth not yet appear what w shall 1st. J).i you not see tho infinite possibilities of tlnsf Wo tire to go on nnd on. We aro to be Uod' reflectors in this world. li'rof. 1L iJium uioud iu Cbriidiuu Mirror. A Monkey's) Tempornnco I.csMon. Iu my youth, says it writer to tin evhangn, I had u friend who had it monkey. We al ways took him out on our chestnut p irlios. Ho shook all our chestnuts for us. I me day my fi'ieiid stnpM I at a tav. rn, and gav.t.luck about half a glass of whiskey, ,iuek took the glass and drank its contents, th eilect of which 1-001 1 set him skipping, hopping und dun 'ing. .lack wus drum,. We Hgris'd to coine 1 1 thu tavern next day, and suo if .luck would drink again. I rulicd iii the iiioruin j at my friend's but ill-tend of being us usual on Ins box. Jack was not to be seen. We looked inside, und there he was, crouched tip ill U heap. "Come,'' said his master. Jack came out 011 three legs, applying his fore-paw to his head. Jack hud the licuiluche. Ho was sick and con Id 11 1 go. So wo put it off thrisi days. Wu then met nga.n nt tho tavern and provided a glass for luck. Hut where wus lief Skulking behind chairs. "Come here. Jack," i-uid his muster, holding the glass out to him. Jack rel rented, and ns tho door ocned ho slipped out aud in a moment was on the top of the house. His muster culled him down. Jack refused tools')'. My friend got a whip and shook it at him. The monkey coiitiniusl 011 Hie ridgepole. His master got a gun und Iioiutud it at him. Jack slipied over to the nick of the building. Ho then got two guns nnd had one pointed 011 each side of the house, when the monkey jumped unii the chimney and got down in one of the Hues nnd hell on by his four-paws. My friend kept thut monkey twelve years ufterwnrds, but never asked iiiiu ugaiit to tuko whisky. Tho Real Despota. At a liquor dealers' banquet at DjIiiiotiI. co's one evening last week, ouu of tho after dinner sM3ukers is reported us saying thut the world was too much governed and "not least by its own dear domestic. duHxts, by its homes and firesides." The siteakur, of courso, omitted to say how much the world wus gov ernixi by those other dosixita, the ruin botll nnd the Leer keg, W ben it comes to a choice of governments wo are inclined to tho belief tl at the world will prefer the "dear domes tic despots" to the grog-shops every time. Thero are many, ut least, who taliuve thut it would Is) well to give the "dear doiucstio despots" a fair cuunco for a while. Mew I'urti Oliservtr, Mrs. I.ucy A. Elklns, widow of a well known Chicago artist, Henry A. Elkiu'i, has received a verdict of 1500H in bercose nguinst William Cudney and otliors. The suit was brought under the Dramshop act to recover IJ.'i.uuu, Mrs, F.lkins claiming thut despite her repeated protests defendants sold her I husbauil linuor, thereby hastening bis deulu, ICPCLAR SCIENCE. JCnttral put I bo ng used for a great Variety of urpou. ' A Fpnnish astronomer thinks he hat coa it snow In tho moon. It is retj Injuiiotis to cat colorjno on tigirto brighten tho ryes. M. I'nblnnn, French scientist, clnimt to have discovered organs of siu'ht in the vegetable growth called pnndorina. James Wallnck, an Australian en pi nccr, is at work upon a stenmship which he says will niuko sixty miles ao hour. Kn gland tlnims Iho largest electric light in tho world, it Is in tho light house at M. Catherine's, uud its cu:ieity is UO,0U0candlo power. Porno people aro inquiring why M. Pasteur, tho originator of innociilutinn for rabies, doc not devote his attention to studying yellow fever germs. A lato invention of Tlioniu A. F.dlson is an electrical meter by which tho Mow of electricity enn bo measured with ns much enso a gns now is by it gas meter. The cilitor of tho li'm UtrnUtruj, tier man, estimates tlm population of tho world to bo 1,4:11,0 i(),tmi. M. I,t vusetir, French, puts it nt 1, l:l,(H0,ooo,ii dilTer enceof 4i',bOO,OiiO. Tobacco, bcinir n nnrcotic. tint limit v benumbs tho nerve. When the nerves are thus beiiutnucd people do not see n distinctly, anil this defectivene of vidott tends to inereasu nnd become permanent. French physicians nre reporting great success with the prompt internal "so of antiseptics in enc f typhoid fever. After disinfection of tho intestines, ac cording to this method, thu ili-cmc runs a short rotiise. Dr. Vouchor's plnn of implanting 11niur.1l teeth in pluci- f thoso lost has proven less successful th in was hoped. as tho root gradually undergo absorption, cutlMtig tlm teeth to looson and fall out alter a year or two. A curious fact revealed bv the phono graph is that people generally lo not ' know their own voire. Ihe husband will reeognio his wiftr's voico in it I i honogtiiin, and the wile will rccooiiio ' the husbind's, but neither will recogni.o their own speech. The Iirik.ilian pottery tree contains sit large nu amount of silica that the bark is much used lor pottcry-miiking-. 'I ho n-lir of the lurk are mixed with t iny j in varying proportion, prodm in ,' 11 1 superior mid very durable ware. Iho1 flesh bark cuts likei-oft grind -tone. , Professor 1'ickeriiig, of the Harvard! College tdi-erv.itory, regards the so railed ' canals of .Mats as urea of vegetation posiby :niMien-c cultivatcil tracts. Tho ' I canals are usually some to 1 el tni(s 1 broud by iiHMl to .iiMMi miles lng. und most of t lie 11 appear iu parallel pniis. 1 At thu Council of I'.lcctririu'i, 1111 im snyist st itcd that nil nltiTiiating current ! is more likely to destroy lilr 1 1 1.1 .1 a' direct current of double or triple tho strength. The niiuilicr of volts by which 1 the alternating current is ii-u illy hums- ; urt 1 is no rriter. on in ri.'anl to its dangcroiisness. ! A specimen of volcanic usli colle ted 1 recently on the roast of lU'umlor, South Amcricu, t in miles from Coinpaxi, has been iinulycd. The ah fell m July, ls., ami foritiiid a deposit to tho depth of several inches. The iutcicst ing featuio in tiio roinpo-ition of the material was the presence of 11 small amount of silver, probably as silver chloride; the result of several experiments t-howrd that silver was prc-iout to the extent of one part in S 1,0110 of nsh. This is believed to bo thu lirst instance, in which silver has been identified in material ejected from a volcano. Tricks or the Cure Wallers. "The other night when dining rather liberally ut one of tho uptown hotels," said u man about town to a New orlc Telnirum reporter, "I remarked 11 diss crepuncy as between the account pre sen 1 cd and thu eluitigo returned fiom tho bill I gave the waiter. "it was only fifty cents .dutrt, but 1 railed the waller's nlte.itioil to the fact, lit) n'cmed astonished and counted tho change twice, then lifting the bill of items irom the plate w here it rested w ith 1 lie change, his features were spread with a Nitislied smile as two quarters of a dollar appeared thereunder. Hi hilari ty di-appcarcd, though, when I told hint that I had --pent time ami money cnoii'.,'li in I'aiis to know that I rick well, ninl id way rewarded tiiem there, us I propo-cd to ilo with him, by oiuiting his accus tomed feo ." "What is thu trick;" tjueried the porter. 'Iioti't you seo that by hiding two or three eo us tinder the list in that way when returning tho chango to a rurcle-s man, who does not count his rhanoe, lie would receive his tip and the hidden coin also, but when serving a more '-aio-ful person, lnv elf for instance, uud a recount was called for, tho missing coin could bo found aud no suspicion of dis honesty attach to tho waiter, unless a fellow got tired of having th sunn! old chestnut plaved too often. There aro other tricks besido that for capturing tho careless," said tht! tourist. ''One that is practised in France, where gold louis and half louis tire the most common coins in circulation, is when the waiter re ceives a louis he putt it betwuen ids teeth or seems solo do. You seo tho gold right thero in phi n sight all tho time, but he gives you chango for u hulf louis only. "You immediately call his nttentioit to thu fact und remark tlut it was a louis you gave him. 'Hut 110 sir' ho says, 'see there,' and takes the coin from be tween his teeth and behold it is only a half louis. You uro puzzled, for you were confident thut it came from the lit tlo spring i use that a half louis wouhl not lit, nnd cannot account for it until you learn that lie has had thu hulf limit waiting in his mouth for just such un occasion. Tho only safo v;ay, therefore, is the moment you see your louis going toward his mouth, let the buttle begin, and tell him to let it remain on the tublo until tho c hango is given. That is not all, for iu the supper rooms at the various cafes in Paris tho number of tiio room is placed right over tho column of figures nnd added in with tho total amount. 1 suppose if tho room were not nuiiiberud they would add in the date; anything, iu faet, to niuko the umouut bigger." There is madness in tho loyal family of Germany. 'I he mother of tho present I'l.-upiess is iu the madhouse uow, HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. S" l-'ood for ! tiered Pta. , To mako foo,l for singing birds, knoitd together tlireo pounds 01 split pea, ground or besten to flour, ono nnd a half pounds of fine crumbs of bread, tho siiiii j quantity of coirsi! sugar, the raw yolks of six egg and six ounces of fiesh but ter, l'ut ! nVsvut a third of tho mixture nt a time In a frying pan over a gentle fire, and utit it until a little browned, but not burnud. When tho other two parts aro done ar.d all cold, ndd to tho whole aix ounces of maw seed and six pounds of bruised hemp sect), separated from tho husks. Mix together, anil it will be found x client food for thrushes, robin, larks, linnets, canaries, finches and most other singing birds, preserving lhe.ni iu both song and feather. Clieeso Hi rows- Thorc are various recipes for making cheese straws, but an Kngl sli authority on culinary matters claim that tho follow ing is the genuine original way of mak ing this now fashionable ib I cacy : Take two ounces of best pastry flour and mix with it a little peppct and silt, together with just a dust of cayenne. Hub in two ounces of butter ns for pic crust, and when these are thoroughly in corporated add two ounces ol grated cheese (I'arinesati preferable, but liny dry, strong sort will do, 1 Work the mix ture to a smooth pu:o w ith tht! olk of nn egg. Miould there not be su I rb nt moisture in tht! J oik of one egg, use part of another, or a very 1 it t Iu lemon-mice, but on no account adi! water, which has a tendency to mike the crust tougn. Work the paste till it is smooth and still, and roll it out till ilbnilt olie-eiuhtll of nu loch thick. Then rut into straw about live in he long and one iU:irtci ol an inch wide. Ye r York W orld. To Wash Ilia ok els. l'ut a p. nt of household ammonia in the bottom of your tub, having had the b'ankets well beaten to remove ullrting. ing dust before ymi get the tubs mil. Then lay the blanket lightly mi over the iiiiimoiiin, and pour upon it a stitlit ieut fjilantity of warm wafer to cover the blanket entirely. Then with a sticlv or tht! hand. Iltip the blanket iiliixit in the solution, pressing all the water that will come tun of it against the side of the tub, without wringing as you remove it to the rinse w iter. oil w ill be ama.ed to see the di-solvcd I rt tuning nut through the fibres, ns no w.i-hingor rub bing w ith soap suds w ill bring it (.ii. binsu in the same wui', in the miiiio moderately waiin water mot boding watcn, and by simply pu-hing the blankets about in flic tub. I le-s t In on-h the wringer and hang out to dry in a Wiiuly place not in tin; stilt. As the blanket hangs there diving, a little water will colic, 1 iu the four corners, which it is rather an iiiniisemeiit to lepiece uit to help the drj ing prices. It you do ii"t care to put aiudiier blanket in the lirst auiiuoui itid water, which must be done promptly, as the amiiiou.a evaporate 1,(111 kly, iliv.dt! the ,uatitity, taking half a pint for each one of thu two tubs, ai.d wu li two blankets at nine. The evaporating ammonia, icleascd by the warmth of the water, can only escape tlliotioh the blanket which is lahlo.rr it ill the tub before iho wan e is applied. I lenco ymi get lie- nine of t very drop of il. In ot 1 111:11 y c c.iiiiii:: w.ili ammonia, for 1 aint. In asses, silver, etc., mix it with cold water first, nnd then add n little, Willlll water to the pail. I.nlji r. Ma iiiialiiiles i' runs innt mo too ripe lor prccrvc or canning may be used to make mar lnalil li S, wliirh will be found delirious. 1 lily very ripe fruit is g 1 for mar malade. It should lie cut ill pieces Hlld put in a preserve kettle with a layer of Migar at the bet loin. For marmalades made of peaches, pears, grapes, ipiimes, p no apples or plums, three-ipiartiM's of a pound of sugar should be allowed to a pound and tjiiarliT of lipe fruit. No water should be added if the fruit is juicy, us it shoiiM be, fuio is necessary in order to present the iiiatiii:i!aie Irom burning while conking, liferent Iruifs rcijuire a di.lcre .t length of time in b uling, b it whenever the Iruit begins to look- 1 lean and th ck it Is done, and may bo taken up and put iu jnrs nt ouco. (Juim o .Marmalade. - I'rel the ipiiure weigh uud put in a Very little water, I'.nil tender, work and add thrcc-iiiiur t i s of a pound of sugar t i ouch pound and a ipiartei' of flu t, boil u'euiL one lour, stilling, an I pour int glasses ot Miiall idly molds, rover with wavi paper and turn out on 11 plate w hen heeded. I'caeli Mariuiila lc. - Prcl and tpiai tet leu iiomiilsof so;t icaehcs, put in a ket tle with tell hounds nf sugar, boil aud Mi. until thick aud clear. I'liim .Marmalade.- I'. iil ripe plums in n ve-; little water, run through u ndau iler, a id h ill a pound 01 sugar to 11 I 111 in 1 of th pulp, and boil until C1..11 Ulld illick. (iiaiigi! .Marinalaile. Tnke ten pounds of sour oranges, wash and peel, put I he peelings in u kett le with a little waiet and boil several hours, rut tin; onuiges mid siiiieeu out all the jure and pulp. When the peel is teiuler, diaiu from the w ater and pound very line. l'ut the whole, with seven pounds of loaf migar, in a preserve kettle uud boil one hour. When it jellies, put in small glasses and cover Willi paper. I.einon Marmalade. Tnko largo, per fect lemons, and extract the s ed. lioil the peel until very soft, mash, add the juice and pulp with a pound of sugar to a pound of lemon, lioil until thick, put in glasses and cover. Cuuru r.Juurnal, An (Mil Warrant (Just I p by the Sen A peculiar case is about to interest tho Washington lreasury Department olli cers. 'Ihirty years ago Samuel ii. lluiley. who at tho time was Assistant Keeper of Ihe Mniitauk (Long Island) 1. ig.it, lost the warrant issued by the Uovernor for his salary for the quarter. A ilil gent earth was made for it, but without suc cess. The supposition wus thut the w ind had blown it out to sea. It wus found the other day by William Henry Cook, of lii idgchaiiipton, under peculiar circumstances. 1 'or the purpose of letting oyster spawn cling to tiiem Mr. Cook was throwing into Mucox bay a number of rusty old cans. Ono would not sink, and an examination revealed tlm fact that it was sealed up. When opened it was found to contain thu order which Mr, Hailey hud lost over a tpiurter of a century before. JVi.it) Yvrh Hun. laser fall Sail. Fx? fi m. llliB 'i(ir. Japanese I'lillosopliy, "Wo nro gel ling to know n good denl of tho liiVHteritiiiM empire of ,ta pa 11. There bus appealed in i'nris a Irnn-dn-tiiMinf 11 Japanese Manual ol I'liilosn phy, a little In tik that is used in nil the hcIioiiIh of .lapau, and is made as familiar to 11 .Inpauese youth as tho caterliistit is to the bnvs and pills of this cniiiitfv, It is. iu fact, a kind of .lapiin so "' hole liiit v nf Man." 'I ho following Hctilotici'H may serve tut spect linns: lb nv 11 and I'.arth nre the f.illu rand lind her of all things. Man is t he most lii'iiiii iiblo 1 rent nre : he is mure part ie lilarlv the niiii nf Heaven utid llarfh. TliiTi'fiitv he might always tn Worship lleuvcil nnd I'.arth, and to ncklmw ledgn by all nn ans 1 he intinito blessings of ileavi ti ami I'.arth. A idiild without filial piety will never prosper: imii-li li si man. the son of Heaven and i'.arth, if he docs not obey tin in, 1 11 order tn arrive at perfcol imi, wo slimild di vide mirsi-lves alt. 'get her ti mil' lui .iness, like the eat watcliiug thu 11 11 ui se, or tin' In 11 hatching lu r eggs. True Kii'iw ledge is t lint v. hich is ae iilifi d iu ord- r tn gnvi in ourselves, led in order tn kimwn by the world. J-'. very i-i fling we eMiiuiiie the faults nf the day in order tn iri'i ct them In iiiiu'inw ; every day mir work prn grcs.sc.s; in a iiiniil Ii tin re will be tho work nf thirty days: 1 very year will have lltll) complete days; in this man lier we advance in v irl 110 nnd kimw 1 edge, uud wo have di lights not to bo llcHClilli'll. Of nil precious things, imno is inoro precimis lor men than time. I in 11.1t re d even while taking 1 front h. After death wo tdiull rest. A Witty Violinist. Yon Ihilow doesn't allow greedy hosts and hostesses to uso his services gratis to entertain their guests. He always makes it a proviso before entering a strango hoiiM! that he shall not be asked to play. It is related of the celebrated violinist Krust that upon being asked to dinner nnd invited to bring his violin with him, hi! replied: "Thanks, my violin doesn't dine." A Deserved Kebuke. "Why, Hollo, I'sn 'sprisnl. Don't ycf know it'swerry w icked ter kill rhirklins: What yer s'pose is gwiucii ter bei 01119 of yer?'' l.ij'r. Sli'aineii llcliitions. Ilrown (to li'obinson) "Why, I thniight you knew I iiiiulcy, that gentle man i iiist bowed to " llobiiisou -"I'vo known him for years; but he never speaks to niu now as wo pass by." llrown "Had a quarrel."' Ihibinson "So, ho owes 1110 a little borrowed money." .'j-uc'i. (Jueer Fancies. Tea' her "What does s-e-e spell J' ll.iy "Duiuio." Teacher -"Why, what do I do withl my eyesf" Hoy ",Si,uitit." Tunny J'ttip'e. liasehull l'liruso lllustruted. rim. 'v.-,. ' - n mm vfOks X" ; . r'- m niwn
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