W? icon- lita hen- Ihan Harral- fita able secretaries, Georgia, nnd O. F. jrland, wcre similarly hen- rferdgn mission beard, located nt nend. reported 87 main stations, lentttatiena, CO inale and 45 female eharies. 29 ordained natives, 40 un- faed male and 11 female helpers, 03 cbefi; S.C18 members, 409 baptisms, i wale and 19 female schools, 6 mixed els, 295 male and 060 female scholars; ibntiens from native churches, !,- T.88. These missions are located in evinces of Shantung, Shanghai, and Canten, in China: in in Italy, in the states of Bahla, and Minns Ocraes, in Brazil; in the i of Coahuila, Zacatecas ana Jalisco, i Mexice: and in Japan. Of the receipts $31,823.91 came from Weman's Mission societies, an in- i of t3.600.03 ever last rear. The 1 has been increasing the forces in field as fast as the liberality of the rches would permit Daring the past nty months 40 new missionaries liave i sent forth. Of this number 11 felTe gene te Mexico, S te Brazil, G te ca, 17 te China nnd 4 nave geno te the new mission in Japan. Uur er's report shows that the beard i received this year 109,174.20. The nce en hand, after nil liabilities are , is 11,022.34. This is $10,150.15 mero was received lest year, and fi!7,- 1.03 mere than the avcrnge annual re- I for the last ten years. home beard, located nt Atlanta, i 871 missionaries, who have per- 1 18.840 weeks of labor, supplying L1M churches and stations. They have 4,477 persens, organized 207 ches and 330 Sunday schools, and It 84 church houses; 270 missionaries : among the native whites, 80 among iforeijm population, including Indians. In the work among the colored poeplo beard assists in the support of 45 f olered missionaries, who are preaching kespcI te theso or their own race, J (whom are in Maryland, 12 in Georgia 1 80 in Texas. r'tJFive white brethrcn have been cm- eyed as theological instructors in la, Flerida, Alabama and juiwub- i, and have taught hundreds of their aers and deacons. c ''Strangely enough the work in Cuba is ) of the home beard, it ought i b known as foreign work. The re- intercst in this island continues bated. Our missionaries number 21. k total membership is mero than 1,700. dally schools have an avcrage at- ac of about 700, and the Sunday i numeer mero than 2,000. About nty young men are preparing for the stry, se that it has become- nocessary organlze a school for their instruction. kA high school for girls is greatly needed ilH a printing press indispensable. I$,The home treasury reports $08,207.70, sC whicli the woman's Bocietles gave ,:ft0,014.85. These figures reprcscnt but ? j tit he of what southern unptists are iSeing for home missions. Te tVem must fcbe added the large sums spent by our Kttte beards. m fOf course the Southern Baptist thce- fSJegical seminary was befere the conven- itien. The financial statement showed flwt in addition te the buildings, library, , tc, the seminary has about $300,000 on en on JTslewment, The trustees have asked for i additional $100,000, of which half has &fcsn secured. Dr. J. A, Broadus op ep IfMled for $10,000 from this meeting, and iu,.bu was given in cesn ana ages. ; A committee was appoinled te confer pwith the brethren of the north In regard !0 the celebration of the centennial of LJilfce modern foreign mkslen mevement TOT Baptists in 1803. The conunittee SOMists of Hen. J. L. M. Curry, H. A. sTapper, D. D., II. II. Harris, D. D., LCterge Cooper, D. D., and Rev. T. P. I JM1. Independent. Fit."' Congregational. p Eizht new Congregational churches r in course of erection in Indiana. vl TtiA annnnl e.itii r9 llin iVmfsrrrt. .. -r """"". v.. .. & ; atonal bcuoei ana Jt'uuitcatien society vVwas held in Bosten lest week. The re- g&pert stated that 031 new Sunday schools l&were organized during the year. The Trecelpts for the year were larger by it-'A fifth 4-tinn r Oia iii-w-pillnn- VMr Rrl Th rntal mwlnta nf ihe American BrVn-ArrntnTinl TTnTYiAMiRKlennrv arvdetv rr r"" . . . , - v' "Wrtne year just closed were fuu.uuu, whlch is $128,000 mere than for the pre- - ceding year, iuu tuui in lunacies niu ,f8,OQ0. A CURIOUS OLD DI3LE. Ki"" 'ii- tier. Father Lambing, of WHltlngi barf, ra., the Poueuer of It. IF S What Is probably tlie eldest copy of Mm Scriptures in the United States is a BVW7 curious Blble in the possession of tithe Rev. Father A. A. Lambing, the erian of Wilkinsburg, Pa. It is a !, Jelte in size, containing about 000 pages frit heavy parchment (sheep), and bears a rked ruemblance te the Cist Bibles ' fltoted by Guttenberg when he invent- printing. The Uibles printed at first f Guttenberg (in 1450 nnd 1455) ure do de 'eribed as "quarto in biro, double cel- s, the initial letters of the chapters jlwtBg executed with the pen in colors." 5 Father Lambinjr's Bible was printed Pfa 1478, and is therofero one of the g-earliest specimens of printing. The let- Patm are in large Gothic style and the l'fcand illuminated work is simply beautl- ijnu. une gin painting, niter tne lapse 'of time, is as clean and pretty and bright l though put en only yesterday. Chem- ' today la said te ttssess no materials will maintain a red color any t of time, and here in this Blble the shes and initial letters in red have Withstood the ravages of time for mere 400 years and are still brilliant. Th monks had seme secret in the mlxt- i of their paints. They became adepts f M the illuminating art. TM text of tlie book is in the Latin fcgte, except that the Acts of the Apes- ) put alter St. Pauls eputle te the . There are mauy contractions sting which are hard te meLe Lalinand Biblical utudents. maple weed, covered en th hegkkin, ever which ubui work hav AH has Bf.i ..fAfinlrv tliia 7S,'U'-e census ofllce. . rfV.W' --M tf -" ' "JuS W)l-atfrcgatiens, 103,921 'iu9n, 81S churches, with lAJfermiAty for 203,803, nnd valued ,1v-W.- McCosh says that he has known young men nt Princeton te decline te be come Presbyterian ministers in conso censo conse quenco of their unwillingness te accept the confession. They would seem te have been men with n conscience. The English Presbyterian church has new in China twenty ordained Kuropean missionaries, ten medical and sixteen lady missionaries, the number of com municants in connection with the church being 8,572. The cause of Prcsbylerianisiu U look ing np in the Adirondack. Under the missionary labors of Jlev. It. d. Mc Carthy thore are new eight preaching places. An edifice costing $5,000 Is going up at Saranac Lalie te be dedicated in July, and n committee of the presbytery expects seen te organlze ti church there. Thrce ether church buildings nre le be erected In the nelghboiheod this full or next npring. FIELIGIOU3 ULtNING3. Old Zion chinch of New Yerk city hns been Feld, It h calil, te the Beeth church (Dutch lleferincd) for $.500,000. The Seuth church traced Its llnea-je back te the Dutch church of the Hev. nverurdtiH Bogardus of 1033, the first Christian church built tuen Manhattuii Inland. The receipt! of the beard of foreign missions of the Reformed church for the year juat closed wcre about $117,000, nn excess of nearly $2-1,000 ever the previous year. The debt of the beard has been reduced from $03,500 te $10,500. A Students' Missionary union has been formed in England. It is te band to gether the students who feel railed te foreign missionary weik, and te mjeIc te increase their niimber. Each member higns the follewing: "Students' Mlhslon Mlhslen nry union declaration. It is my earnest hepe, if Oed permit, te cngage in feielgn mission work. Here nm I; bend me." Dr. Heward Tayler, son of the Rev. J. Hudsen Tayler, i becrutary. The Rev. Hiram Bingham, of the Ynle college claaa of 1853, has completed the translation of the Bible Inte the Ian Ian guage of the Gilbert (Pacific) Island In and near Cesarcn (Western Tiukey Mission A. B. C. V. M.) Societios of Christian Endeavor are doing the fiamu work among the mlasleiiary churches that Is dene by slinilar roeletlcs In the United States. The number of ministers trained In Rev. C. II. Spurgeon's Pastors' college aud sent out te labor In the ministry has new reached 828. Of these C73 are utill living and preaching in various parts of the world. A leading .Tapanese nowspaper, The Hochl Shlmbun, declares that Christian ity Is slowly but steadily making prog preg less in Japan, never retregiading for an instant. The tuture of Buddhism, it says, is indeed in peril. A leir l'luuri'K. Ill the year 180, by the most rcllable estimate, the Protestant population of Europe, the United States nnd the Brit ish colenios numbered 87,700,000, the Reman Catholic population 80,100,000, and that of the Greek church 40,000,000. In 1890 the Pretestaut population In the 6ame area had increased te 131,000,000 nearly fourfold; the Reman Catholic population steed nt 103,000,000, nnd that of the Oreek church at 83,000,000. Add ing te tho'je Reman Catholics theso in Mexico, Brazil, Peru and the sinaller Seuth American states, their total uuin uuin bers throughout the world nre set down, in 18S0, at 205,000,000; while, with 0,000, 000 Abygsiinians, Xesterlaus, Copts, etc., in Asia and Africa, the threo Christalu sects of the world aggregated hi that year respectively: Protestants of nil de nominations, 137,000,000; Reman Catho lics of all sects, 205,000,000; Greek church, with many divcnities, 89,000, 000. These facts mid this comment ceme from n "Ceutuiy of Christian Pregress," by the Rev. James Johnsten, P. R. S., of Bolten, England, which has passed te a second edition. Dr. l!euri!inau Vlem. A few years age a bishop of the Epis copal church said te the Rev. Dr. Oeorge Dana Beard m an, the eminent Baptist clergyman of Philadelphia: "Beanlman, you will never become content till you beceme an Episcopalian." "On the con trary," replied Dr. Beardman, "I am centent where I am a minister nt Beard aud Arch. This makes me nn archbishop, you see, while you nre only a bishop." The ether day Dr. Beardman thu9 ex pressed his conception of church unity: "I have an ideal church in my mind. First, the deer of this church I would make Baptism; becend, the Lord's table for the Lord's people; third, the doctrinal statement I would make is: 'Ged se loved the world that he gave his only be bo be getten 6en, that whosoever bolieveth In him might net perish but have everlast ing life;' fourth, my policy, Presbyterian; my activity and real, Methodist; my liturgy, Episcepalinn; my offerings, the abolition of pew rents. At times I would have Quaker silence. Ne longer the recognition of similarities, but of di versities." New Yerk Tribune. Mwanca u a Chrlttlun. The latest Ititelllgence from the Uganda (African equatorial) missions is te the effect that the deposed natlve monarch, Mwanga, has succeeded in re-establishing himself as king, It is staled that he has proclaimed himself a Cnristinu, and that the power of the Arabs is com pletely overthrown.Cliristlau men, either Protestants or Reman Catholics, being new iu authority. Mwanga'a Christian ity Is doubtless, as says The Missionary Review of the World, altogether of the nominal sort, yet he has liad convincing evidence of the 6elfi3hness and wicked ness of the Arabs and of the faithfulness of the Christians, and it is but reason able that he should trust the latter rather than the former. If Mwanga's professed zeal for Christianity be sincere, and if it continue, he might, as the re instated ruler of the finest of Central African aboriginal races, assist in the suppression of slavery and promote the advance of civilization south nnd west across vast areas in 'The Darkest Africa." Christian Union. The Utile Thine The little worries that e inwt each day May lie ai atuinbllng Uucfcfc ct cu cur ay; Or we may make ihem stepJn:r (loses te te Keartr each day, O Lord, our Oed, te ttwl CuriuUe at Werk. pWUI . "UrTifUtln, !) Effectually nd DreUIvs Tet r" liaractcr. ibj'ftre times when the most ad- cd Christian doubts wlicthcr he haj made any attainment at all in the Chris tian life; nnd jierhapa it is the most ad vanced Christian who is most Uable te doubts of tliat sort. A child may fancy that he has made great strides in knowl edge and nttalument; but te the greatest of philosophers the utmost outreach of human effort seems like a gathering of pebbles en the shoreof h limitless ocean. In the Christian llfe the beglnncr feels that the breaking up of seme bad liablt, or the prosenco of seme new and worthi er principle, Is the token of large pro pre pro grew), whlle the advanced Christien who has ceme te see in seme moasure what the unreserved consecration of llfe means must sometlmcs doubt whether he ban fairly begun the course that is set bofero him. It is all very well te rldl rldl ciile mich doubts as morbid fancies; Bomctlmes they nre be; sometimes, no doubt, it is sickness of the body that brings sickness of mind; but unions one wcre prepared te deny all reality, te the cxjKsrionce of saintly men nnd women who nre neither morbid nor fanciful, ene must confess that such doubts de at times vex true saints of Ged. When the doubt docs assail such a ene It Is never dissipated by a conviction of Ills own soundness of religious belief. The knowlcdge of Ged's truth then op- lears in the light of n responsibility nevcr at all as a merlt. Neither docs he take comfort In his own most meritori ous conduct. In the self searchlngs of an nwakoued conscience geed deeds al ways leek small. Some mero searching test Is necessary. A plain nnd dcctslve test of Christian character which may safely be applied en all occasions is most precious, and such n test Is given by St. Jehn in this short sentence: "We knew that we have passed from death unto llfe, because we leve the brethrenl" Se long as pne knows that he loves his fellow Christians as brethren aud because they are brethrcn, co long he knows that, howevor small his progress in the Christian llfe, he has advanced se far as te have passed from death unto llfe! With that ossurance he can well afford te be patient wllh himself and net despair because of his shortcomings. The leve of Christ being in him, he has the best nnsurance that the hand of Christ 1b lead ing him in ways that he himself does net yet knew and te an end of perfectness that he himself canuet forcsee. This os es os Hurance will fester no vain spirit of self solf self satisfactien; rather it will stlmulate the spirit of endeavor; the strengthened soul will press forward "towards the mark for the prize of its high calling of Ged In Christ Jesus;" nnd ever as it presses for ward it will strive nfter gieater fullness of that leve for the brethren which Is the unfailing ovidence of Its own spiritual llfe. The Churchman. Who I ItlKllt? Some few months nge Dean Hart, of Denver, made ft suggestion te me. "The lowest Ntrntum of the masses," says he, "will net readily frequent nplace which is incongruous te their habitual surround ings. I remember twenty years nge we had an admirable city missionary work ing in the dense population of Deptferd. I often used te preach for him. He held his services In the upper story of a saw mill; the plnce used te be packed. Se rigorous was tlie work that we persuaded Bishop Tait (and it was no easy matter te de he) te ordain him, for 'literates' or 'illiterates' were rnre in theso days. We all helped him te build a church. Here was the same man, the Bnme place and the same peeple; but 1 never saw 200 of them in the new church. It was tee light, tee clean, tee grand, tee uulike their habitual surroundings; they felt un comfortable nnd they would net ceme. If we want that class of 'the masses' we must study their taste, net our own, nnd build accordingly. Witness that bijou of a chinch, Calvary chapel, in New Yerk, iu the midst of a thick population and but half filled." If the dean is right we ought te previde the ma&ses with church buildings which would at ence suggest a theatre nnd a beer hall. But is he right? I hlieuld lilre te have seme ex ex eort answer the question. New Yerk Tribune, RELIGIOUS GLEANINGS. The general assembly of the Free Church of Scotland has, by n vete of 09J te 237, rojected n motion In favor of prosecuting Professer Bmce, of Glasgow, for heresy. The ballet was taken imild great oxciteuicut mid the nuneuucciueut nt the result was recelved with cheers. In the May Missionary Roview of the World the McAll missions In France nre declared te be mero successful tlian ever In their ndmirnble adaptation te meet that reaction toward religieus be lief i)t present se marked e feat ure in French thought. Of tho5,OOOyeungporsoiLSlnAmoricnn schools, collcges nud seminaries, who within four years past have signed n declaration that they nre "willing and desirous, Oed permitting, te be foreign missionaries," 250 have nlready geno abroad en thuir sacred errand. The Rev. Dr. R. S. Sterrs feels obliged te decllne the invitation te preach the sermon nt the International Congroga Cengroga Congrega tioual council in Louden in July, 1891. The Rev. Jehn J. Ferbes, missionary of the A. B. C. F. M died nt Kusale, Micronesia, Oct. 29, 16S9, aged 30 years. He went out te his statieu (Ponape) only last year. The numlicr of Inmates iu the IIouse of Mercy at Washington nt the time of Its fifth annual report was seventeen, and the receipts for the year nre stated at $11,477.39. Australia Methodism proposes te cuter Nw Guinea with missions. The Buddhist Rny is a monthly paper published at Santa Cruz, Cal. first of the kind ever Issued from n ChrUtiau city tu prometo the interests of the Budd hist faith. It Is being circulated tn Ja pan. Fer the first seven months of the cur rent financial year the cdvance in re ceipts by the A. B. C. F. M. from dona tions is about $30,500, and from legacies about $9,500 a total advance ns com pared with last year at this time of ever $123,000. During the pabt f.va mouths, In the s-ime soclety, thirty-nine candi dates have been appointed te missionary fields of labor 3istcen men nud twenty three women, of whom nlne go te Japan. rri'klijtcrluu Mlciieiia. The following is a biimmary view of the feieign misbieus of the Presbyterian church for the year ending May 1, 1890; Missions Indian tribes: Senecas, Dako Dake tas, Ncz Perccs, Mexico, Guatemala Seuth America: United States of Colum bia, Brazil, Chili; Africa: Liberia, Ga Ga Ga toen und Carisge; India: Lodiana, Fur rakbabad, Kelapur; Slam: Laes; China: Cauton, Central, Shautung, Pekin, Chi Chi nesa and JantnaM In tha UnlUd Si&tai fen. srsia: Eastern West minister American, 209; lined, 101; licensed, 193; lay lennriee American, male, 41, fe- iale, 830; natlve, 013; churches, C20; communicants. 23.055; number added, 2,714; contributions, $11,557; numlicref schools, 563; scholars, 20,848; Ribbath school scholars, 23,035; students for the ministry, 100. The total receipts of the beard during the year have been 701, OC0.44, distributed as fellows! Frem churches, $291,719.80; from Weman's beards,$280,285.61 ; from Sabbath schools, $30,002.50; from legacies, $112,877.08; from miscellaneous sources, $73,120.83. Independent. "Xntleiintltlca." In the second chapter of his book the Rev. Mr. Johnsten considers the same subject the incrcofie in adherents of the thrce great Christian forces under the head of "Nationalities." Ills conclu sions are that net only nre tlie Protestant powers increasing most rapidly in num bers, but that the Increase is in a still greater ratio in wealth and in all the elements of power. Probably theso con clusions will command acccptance mero quickly than theso of his first chapter, simply because the intelligent public is mero familiar with facts en which they are based. He puts the whole matter here Inte very compact form when he says: "The accumulation of wealth In England aud America is Immeasurably greater than that in the rest of the world. The French nccumulate by sav ing in small sums; the Saxons by pro ducing wealth through the power of steam nnd the spread of commerce." Christian Union. Prutpulant Klcnput. The mission started in Paris in 1871 by the Rev. Dr. It. W. MacAll, an English Protestant preacher, has since hprend all ever France. It Is known ns the "Mis sion Pepulaii e Evangcllque de France," and has twonty-nine mission halls In Paris nnd 103 in the rest of France. In his eighteen years of work Dr. MacAll bus net received a peuny of salary. The Bishop of Arkansas recently bap tized n gentleman by triune Immoreien, the candidate kneeling nud being dipped face foremost. A Baptist minister see ing the ceremony said he had learned something, nud hereafter would baptlze candidates! face foremost, nnd would build a baptistry in such a way that the minister could remain outslde of It. Christ Church hospital, Philadelphia, oweh Its origin te tlie will of Jehn Kearely in 1709. Its receipts last year were $17,017.83. An attempt is making te endow the excellent Institution, and It ought nt ence te have In possession nt least $100,000, se that the whele building can be opened nnd kept full. The pecend annual report of the Epis copal City Mission beciuty, Bosten, ac knowledges the receipt for eighteen months of $20,030.09. The funds nnd nbsets of the society nre $90,2G0.20. It has three chnrches under lis charge, nnd minister te hospitals bcamcu, emi grants and priselu, and ninkes use of women as visitors among the peer and of theological students. The paribhieners of Christ church, Les Angeles, Cal., are te have quarterly meetings te receive fromlhe vestry re ports of the condition of "the parish. It is a geed example te ether parishes, for oxperience proves that interest in affairs will net keep itself nhve from Easter te Easier. NOTES AND NEWS CATMCRED FROM ALL QUARTERS. The Ciiuibcrluiid I'rcshj teri an Church nnd Its I'elnU nf Illsimit from the IWst IWst i.iiuster Confiisslen The Keiliitxl Stiiinl urd or I'a I 111 Mmle In 11133. Tlie Cumberland Presbyterinn church was organized in 1810. The thrce minis ters who were the founders were ex pelled from ihe Presbyterian church of that day because of their rejection of the doctrines of election nnd reprobation ns taught In the Westminster Confession of Fnlth. In 1813 the church had se increased ns te form thrce presbyteries. These pres byteries met iu tlmt year and constitut ed n synod, which nt ence formulated nnd published a brief statement of their points of dissent from the Westminster confession. They nre ns follews: That thore nre no otenial reprobates. That Christ died net for a part only but for all mankind. That nil Infants dying in infancy are saved through Christ and the sanctifica sanctifica tien of the Spirit. That the Spirit of Ged operates en the world, or as ce-extcusivcly as ChrUt has mnde atonement, in such ft manner us te leave nil men inexcusable. In 1811 n Confession of Faith was adopted, which is ni'iinly the Westmin ster confession, with the doctrines of predestination, unconditional election, reprobation and limited atonement elim inated therefrem. This remained the btandnrd of faith of the church until 1881, when n commit tee wes appointed te form nn entirely new creed, whicli in 1883 was adopted by the nlmebt unanimous vote of its general assembly. A few extracts from this last coufessien nre here given t OS THE DECREE or OOD. Ged, for the manifestation of hU story and coedueu, by tlie meJt wise aud holy ceuu&U u( 111 j own w 111, f rculy and unchangably erdalued or determined hat he himself would de, what he would roqulre hU lntelUtent creatures, te de, and what should be the award), ivtpectitcly, of lha obedkut uud the disobedient. Theunh ull dirlne decree may uet be revelled temeu, jet It 1 certain that Genistas decreed nothing ceutnu-y te lit revealed will or rltten word. en divine ixflvi.vce. Ged the Father having set forth his son, Jcaui Christ, n a propttlitlen for the ulns of the world, does most cracleutJy veuchxafe manifestation of the holy Buirlt with the tame Intent te ewry man This call of the holy Spirit U 1'urely of Ged' free craee alone, and net becaiue of huintu merit, and 1 antecedent te all dealre, purpose and in tention en the rt of the sinner te coma te Christ; te that wlilla It 1 pouihle for aUtobe tared w It ti it none can be saved without it. This call I net irreultuble but is effectual In theso only who. In jcultnce and faith, freely sut render themselve wholly te Christ, the only uame whereby men can be saved. ON THE iiUXTIOS Or INFANT. All persoes uj in: in infancy, nnd all irsens who have never had the faculty of reason, are 10 generated and saved. Churchmnu. The Mthedit SWtcrluieil. The movement in the direction of a Methedist sisterhood is rapidly taking a tuuglble form. A private conference of leading Wesleyans has been held, at wliich a council of ndvice was formed. Dr. Stephenson, of the Children's home, has received 300 from Mr. Mewburn te start with, and n house is te be taken near Victeria Park capable of accom modating ten or twelve sisters, who will be bound by no vows, but who are ex pected te eiid a considerable number of ears in the work. The sUters ure te duvete themselves te ministering te the Hcki.oer, ovaugellstiu Uitatieu uud te moral aud spiritual education in con nection with orphanages nud industrial schools. Tlie cost Is estimated at 500 per annum. At the ether end of Londen Mrs. Price Hughes 1m received offers of personal service from many mero ladies than the two houses new iu occupation can nccommedato. An appeal is made te Methodist ladies te previde the funds for another house, Churchman. SATUKDAV, JTOTq'ai. Mill CHILDREN'S DRESS. AS OBSERVED BY OLIVE HARPER IN NEW YORK'S ERYANT PARK. The) Are C'lnil T.entdjr suit with R Banl for Health "Tim Itlrti May Da Curelcmi, lint tlie 1'oer Mult Kerp Up Aiiraranri," One Kji. (RlK-clal CorrMpenilenci-.J Nnw YenK, June 10. Bryant park, In New Yerk, Is the fashionable playground for the millionaires' children, where the prettiest and newest gowns for small folks are displayed. True, few notlce them except the nurses of the uncon scious little rivals nnd chnnce visitors, but they are there nil the snme. Yesterday 1 Fpent n geed hour listen ing te the happy llttle voices ns the pretty dancers "Rung Around a Resy" nnd played "Llttle Sally Wntera." What did they wear? these llttle ones, whose parents can dress them in Belld geld or cover them from hend te feet in ene dazzling crust of jewels If they w Ish? Their parents buy them slm- "itINO Aueuxn a ueiv, ple gowns, se that they can play and run nnd get their sweet, rese leaf faces hinut ly If they wish and their dimpled hands begrimed with dust and healthy perspira tion, If they like te de se. And It "is better for them, If it Is well te be rosy with perfect health, te have geed appe tites and sweet, Round sleep. One brown haired little ghl had en a dark green dotted India ilk, made half low nt the neck und with short sleeves. There was no imeless trimmings en It. Nothing but n plain band and a belt without ends of surah. IJlnek stockings encased the plump little legs, nnd her hat was a great black btraw, lle.ible nnd trimmed with tufts of green feathers. Anether, n trifle larger, may be 10 years old, had n white flannel dress with yoke, belt and sleove caps of delicate plaid silk In pink, blue and while. Anether llttle girl said they called this ene Fourth of July, as. she wero the national colors. With tins she had a large white leghorn hat trimmed with daisies and surnh, like the trimming en her little gown, An An other one wero a chocolate colored cash cash incre ever n gnimpe .of figured Iudia silk, nud the had a sash of the same held in the back with two mother-ef-peail buckles. One pretty little girl, daik, with ink black wavy hair and beautiful eyes, and with even white teeth and a rich bloom en lips and cheeks, was very unhappy be caueo she was dressed up iu n splendid blue nnd white plaid surah with n vest of white surah nnd velvet trimmings and n grand enough hat for the Queen of Timbuctoo, nnd she had tight little gloves nnd tight little beets nud brace lets nud n fine locket and chain. I found af urviird that she was the daughter of n tailor, who delighted in seeing her in the fluent nrray; but peer little heart! she cast longing glances at the group who were phi) lug "Little Sally Waters" iu all the joyous abandon that loeso, comfortable and net tee fine garments allow. In that group the big sister was dressed for victory en the tenuis grenud. She wero a white polka dot Annuel in pink and white with nn old rese Fash held by nn enormous ulide, an 1 Mie wero a clese cap en her chestnut cuita. One of the little ouch had n blouse suit of striped daik blue nnd white gingham, trimmed with bands of white tape. Anether had a pretty little striped gingham in apple gjeen and gray, worn ever a white gnimpe, the dress trimmed with flat bands of gray and white bro cade. I lie ether ene wero u pink cham bray, made quite plain, high in the neck, nud ever it u very dainty little white npren shined at the waist with drawing striugs, which nllew it te be ironed ens- "i.itti.i: SAij.ir. w.iTr.us." ily. Gingham hats made with reeds were worn with these sensible little gowns. I was telling the result of my observations te "a mother of thiee,"and fche said scernfully: 'Oh, rich peeple can dress as they like, but peer ones nuist keep up ap pearances," and 1 thought it was hard that the chihlien couldn't be let alene in their happy ignorance of this worldly wisdom nnd dressed in a way te innks them both happy and healthy, but thou the millennium hasn't get here yet Oi.ivk IlAnrcn. The lleeieasi. In IMite.itlen. Prcbident Beene, of Indiana univer sity, in a history of education, says that of the 0,500 students nt present in theo logical seminaries less than one-fourth nre graduates of colleges. The propor tion of partially educated men Is In creasing. Many can reniesnbcr when the decided majority of IV 1I.1 'ical stu dents consisted of cell-; graduates. Less than twenty j cars the number had fallen te one-third. The Turgum re cently expressed !U regret that se large n part of the men 111 the Theological seminary nt New Brunswick had net taken n cellege ceurse. Perhaps ncccs slty compels many te e'lerU'ii tlie coure of study. If se it is desirable that it be removed as far as possible. A minister lias need of a thorough education. Christian Intelligeucer. lllshup Tajler'i MUdani. Bishop William Tayler's Methodist Episcopal missions in Beuth America ure warmly indorsed by the Methodist Gospel iu All Lands for May. There nre ihe btutiens iu Chill and two in Brazil. During the last ten years about IliO.QOO in, geld hu been invetd hi M H lfcOO. trai tuing colleges,, scnoeis ana cnurcnes and furnishing them. During these ten years ever twenty missionaries have been constantly at work, nnd thcre nre new twenty-eight or twcnty-nlne in the field. All have had self support, and seme of the stations have had $20,000 surplus ever self support, oil of which has been invested in the work. RELIGI0U3 GLEANINGS. Nearly 201 churches nnd 0,000 conver sions ere reported by the missionaries of the American Sunday Scheel union as the results of their cfleita in planting union Sunday schools In the past two yenrs. Since 1821 the society has started 85,800 Sunday schools, with a member ship when btartcd of 4,155,897. In Seuth Carolina, as early as 1702, n Soclety for the Relief of Widows nnd Children of the Clergy was formed, nnd it is believed te be the first ene formed in this country, or perlmps in the world. It is notable that it was net necessary then te say the widows of "deceased clergymen," for it was net understood iu theso days hew they could be widows of clergymen who wcre net deceased. In the Bevcn Baptist theological semi naries of this country there are C58 stu dents. At Centerville, O., 1C8 accessions have been made te the Methedist church since conference. AN INGENIOUSLY MADE CLOCK. It Xcver Stepa nnd Never Need Wind ing Up. m S0 i&iMlQQlUM&VW XMr'r't iirO:li JIR. KRAFT'S NOVEL TIMWinCE. F. T. Kraft, a German resident of Bioeklyu, whlle walking down Broad way, New Yerk, ene day seme six years age, saw In the window of n jeweler's stere a clock of peculiar construction. The owner, who refused te levcal the principle of its mechanism, told him that the timepicce was unique, nnd had been made in Lnglaud tweuty-five years age. ilr. Kraft went home resolved en weiking out the problem for himself. The result of his determination is n tiraeplece supported by four polished columns. Beneath It stands n small brass platform balanced en two pivots. A groevo cut into the surface of the brass runs zigzag fiem one end te the ether. In this runs incessantly a steel bull the bize of n tifle bullet. When the ball has geno from ene end of the platform te the ether it ntnke3 a steel wire. The platform tilts up, the ball rolls back, and the process is repeat ed at the opposite extremity. Mr. Kraft explained the principle of his clock the ether day ns follews: "The two wires which the ball btrikes against nt the end of pach trip me fastened abeve te a long red. Frem the upper side of this red runs n ntrip of bleel, which rests against ene of four pins en an escapement wheel In the works. When the ball strikes the wire it releases this wheel, which makes a quarter revolution te the next pin. On the same axis is a cog wheel whose teeth fit Inte theso of nnethcr of half the cir cumference. The smaller wheel makes a half revolution while the ether is mak ing n quarter. Te the axia of this wheel is fastened n led, which is attached at its ether end te the platform, which is pulled up or down ncceullng te the wire which the ball strikes. It take3 the ball just fie seconds te make the trip, n half second for each section of the groove. The platform acts ns n pendulum, with a five set eud swing." Tim Nrlulilinin' Club, Wahliliitnn. Professer Powell, of the geological survey, whose descriptions of the Grand tnnyen of the Coler.ido are among the finest pieces of m ient.fic writing in the world, is an enthusiastic member of "The Neighbors." l'roie-.Bers Jtewle-i-hall and Loring, Statiitieinn Dedge and ether government specialists are fre quent gu.fr Is. Gen. Qrejly, of the weather bureau, tall nud dignified, is often nt the club. One of Gen. Grcely'a peculiarities ii his unwillingness te talk efhia Arctic experienee:t. All attempts te draw him out en thii f.i-ciuiting Gub ject nre politely and skillfully parried. Profesfer Elliett, the Siiiilliseninn em em peoye, who has told the weild l.caily nil it knows of the interior of Alaska, nn cuthuMiiitic traveler and btndcnt of na ture, is ene of the reinmktble men te be seen in "The NeighbeM" gatlierings. Old Admiral Perter, who will deubtlesa keep en writing till the breath leaves his body, is another member. The old ad miral is growing very infirm, but he still tuni3 out nn nstenbhlng quantity of manuscript. He dlsdaiue the u-e of stenegniphera nnd typcwi Iters mid has no paiieuce wit'i steel pe.is. The geed old goeso quill la t'ie only Implement that can reuso hia iiibpirutien. Donl Cently Willi the swumu-li. If It prnxes refractory, lnllil ilUelplIne Is tlie IliliK te fet It rl','lil. Net nil the museum draughts nnd boluses ever iiiented enn de hnll ns much in leinedy It disorder as 11 few wine KlnvslilU my, tlnee n day-of Hosteller' bleiniieh Ultters, which will nlterd Itfpeedy re lief, and eventual hanUh c ery d spepllc nnd bilious symptom. Hick headaclie, nervous ness, snllewness or the complexion, fur upon the tongue, vertigo, and these many indescriba ble, and dlnigrceable kensntlens caused by Indi gestion, nre tee ellen perpetuntcd by injudicious dosing. An Immediate nbindnnment of 6iich random and III nil vised experiments should be the tlrst slop In the ilirecllnn of a cure; the next step Hie ua of Ihls st.1nd.1rd tonic nlleru tle. which ha reeeled the lilliekt medical iinulun and wen uiiprecvlentcJ pepiilnrlly. Jewte.'l " I nnd the doctors nnd the Rages liinedllleredln nil cllinesaud ages. Hut 1 have found no illllerence of opinion nineng the reunite sJges who lme uwl Hr, lMerciKnverllB l'rescrlplleu ns a reined) Ter Iho weultnessesnnd iillmeiils iwcullar In llielr sex. "riiMirlte l'reserlptlen' Is n nesltlxe cure rer the mrvst ce-npllialcd nnd obstinate oaseterprol.ipsim, e.tl; back," feiuale Me.ik Me.ik lles,"llllteerlen, rctroxerslen, bearlnglewu sensiitlnns, chronic congestion, lulUminatlen and ulceration, Intlnuimiillen, pain und ten dcrnfsB. The enlj reinedv for uih innlndlcs eldundera guarantee Particulars en bottle rapper. Alldruig!t. K.S.Vw One Tliminiul liollm-e. I will ferii.il the abeM- nuieunt if I f.ill le prnc th il Klemplc xlen Is the best inedielne In exlhtence for Dcps.i, Iudigitlniinr Hlllou, Hllleu, ness. It Isn certain euro, and fiords Imincdl ate roller, Incjises or Kidney and I.lcr Coin plaint, Nervous Debility and Consunipllen. Kloruplexlen builds up thn uenk hystein nud cures where ether lemcdlcs fall. Ak your druggist for It nud get well. Valuable book "Thing Werth Knewing," nHn, minple book ent Iree; all charges prep lid. Address, I'ref. Krinkllu Hart, r Wurren street, N. V. I 'or salt) by Uee. W. Hull, Iancaster 111. nprl7-lydAw Held It totlie J.tulit. The mini who tells you cenrtdentially Just what 111 cuie) our cold Is prescribing Kemp's Ualsum this year. In the preparation of this remarkable medicine for coughs nnd colds no expent-e Is wret toceinbtne enlv the let nnd purest Ingredlenu. HeM a bettle of Kemp's llalsam te the light nnd leek through It J no ne lle the bright, clear leek ; then compare with ether rai4ei, I'riceaacnuntii, (ij p -lA.. II S S ' rnticlcvB' (Tiulbr. TKKNHYLVAN1A KAII.UOAI'HH. Lin eUH-cl rreiu Nev. IU, LSaj. rive at PlilIaUili.UlH fellow! 'lA-ar Left. I-llllVsli. I-T. n. tu u.'a a, a 6A( it. in Ml r. it $&' n. t lll.rvl it. h. lltW It, n i V1 p. In rtie p. m t- W p. m , miMTWAlll). P.icltle Kxprensl News KEprrset- -. Way l'neniert..... MnlltmlnvhiMUlert Ne.2MnllTrftliit.! NtKKnm I'.xpre).... HaiinvirAccein...., Vvt I.lntf Frr-tlerlck Aet-jitti tlillmldLli'a, iip. in t' it. m. 4: Ma. in. 7-UD a. III. via Celmnlil.1 s.iU a. m via Celumbin ll:Kin. ti,, vlaCelumliiti until, in. vlaMUJtiy. Kll p. m, l-ll p. m. V2J p. hi. I'.'J) p. in. 1UUcnMer Areem....... incHsitrAccrm.. IlarrlHliiirkT Acreni.... Ci.lutnlil.i Arnini JlurrWuirtt Kxprtba.J Mlfm KiprPM-f 2iit p. in dl'O p. Ill 7.21 p. lit I'M li. tu. 11:11) p. in. ""U,'"W1 fllMX.MM ,w ll.H, 1.1... 1 ,-.. .'..m p. m, Ar.CelAW I:ve liiirm.Kr. i-J) . in. 4M a. in, li'J) n, m t:l0 a, m. H:Vn. m. ue a. m. UM a. m. 12 W v- tn. S: p. i.i. Si (i. in. 4: lip. m. 6:l.i p. tn. 8:10 p. in. 12l p. in. Arrive rim 4rJt a. tn. r.M a. in, x-Ala. m lauiaiKlcr A'ree' '"'"1 II 1.1. l.. :. """"" ."...-jiirv r-xpreM Jdimnstpr Aecem Columbia Areo,a , Allrtllllf, Ktii.ii.., IOtIO a. ni. vlaMUIiiy, 11:11 a. in, Semlinre KxpreMi..,.. I'hlla lelplila Atcenui RtiDilay Mnll Dty Kxpreuf.... II trrMiun; Aecein isiip. tn. .1.15 p. ni mi, p. m &.IS p. ru S J n. m ainn xmint. . .. Frederick Accem... lu-.M p. m. JTIiemily trnlhH vrhlrli run amly. On Hunday the Mali train wial runs by way el vi'-uiiiin wiiii i V ft9- epnra. Pawonger J. a. 1UU1I, Uencrnl atuungcr. CHAt, Agei t. LK11ANON A 1j. UAII.HU Al). ANCAKTKIl JOINT LINK Arrnnsrnient of PnnsenccrTnilnii en and .ifmr HONDA r, May II, 18U0. NOHTUWA1U). I Hnnday. thrive A.M. P.M. r. M.A. M. P. M. King Street, Ijuie,. 7.-IW 12:-0 5C S-U' 8.M linniiter 7.-07 I2:0 eStl 8-ls i-ni Cnluinliln 12.13 SMS 8-05 3:55 Mnnhiln 7:'3 l-M 6-01 K:4& i: Cornwall 7:K) 1:48 b:2S :17 6.01 Arrive at Lebanon S:11 1:M 6:10 9:12 6:1 1 HOOTHWAHD. l"HVe A. M. P. M. P. M. A. M. r. . Ix'banen 7:13 12 X 7:15 7:55 8:4 Ce;mvnll 7-27 12:11 7.20,8:10 .U0 M.t-rhelm' 7:58 1:18 7:&t' R:40 4.H0 LanawUT. , BJ7 t:W 8:18,9-12 5-02 Arrive nl KlngHtreet, Lnnc, Srtl 1:5.1 8 25 0:20 5:10 Celumbin U.22 2M Itt.AI t:IO A. M. WILSON, Hupt. It. A C Railroad. "plIILADKLrillA A UBAUINU HAILHO V I) HEADING A COLU1I1IIA DIVISION. On Hint huh Suuiliiy, May 11, IN-li, Intin. Iejiu LniK.'iBlcr (ICInxstrei t), ii.h ioIIewk : Ker Heading und Intermediate point, wpvi. days, 7:10 h. iu., 12:40, S:is p. m.; Hnnday, 8-0fi. ra.. 3 55 p. m. 1-or l'lillitdplphln, week !vn, 7.10 n. m., 1-40 TIS p. ni.: Suiul'i s, X-Yi p. m. Ker New Yerk via l'lilladclplilu, wrek daj , 7:11a. in., I2:, S-ISp. in. Ker .New Yerk- via Alleulewn, week daw. 12 40 p. in. I'er AllcnUiwn, nitk (Ihjr, 7:41 it. m.,'l:ts in.; Humbly, 3.55 p. in. Ker retlsvllle, week days 7.41u, in., ;l:K p. hi. Hunday, 3:5. p. m. Ker Lrlmnen, week day. 7.-00 n. in., I2.1j, ",i p. m.; Huiidny, 8.05 n. in, X:'5 p. in. Ter H.irrlsburir, week dnjs, 7.00 a. iu., 12.13. 5-2". p. m. ; Kmidny, H-05 a. ni. Ker Quarry vllle, week day. 920 a. m., It5. 7:5T), 8.00 p. tn. ; Hundny, 5:10 p. in. TKAINS KOli LANOAHTKIt, I ,ive Headline, reek diiyn, 7:2U, II:Via. in, 5 5r p. in. ; Kuii'tny. 7:2) u. in.; 8:10 p. in. Inve l'lilladclphl.i, ueek dnyx, 1:1", lunl in., 4:00 p. in. jiC.ive rx-w inra via I'liiiaucipuin, wreRiitk In ve New erlt via Allentewu, wetk daye 4-00 a. ni., 1 (lip. tu. Leave AUeulnffn, week day, 5 47 a.m.; 4 '5 p.m. Lnave 1'nttJsvlIle, Treek day, 5.50 a. m., 4S p.m. Iave Ibanen, week day, 7:12 n. m 12. K1 7:15 p. m. : bnmlny, 7:55 a. in.. !l 15 p. in, Jnve llarrlsburg, reuk day, 6 25 a. ra.; Hun day, 8.50 a, ra. Ixjive tiunrryvllle, week iluya, 6:10, 11 5.1 a. in., 3:00 ; Hunday, 7:10 n. m. ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION. Leave. I'lilladelpliln, Chestnut street wbart, ami Hen th street wliarf. Ker Atlnutle City, week day, exprew 9-00 a. m. und 4-dO p. 111.5 Accommodation, 7:10 a. in. nnd 1:M p. m.5 Sunilay, Kxprr", BOO a. in., Acconiuiediitlou, 8.-00 a. m., 4:.1u p.m. ltctiirnliiB leave Atlantic City, depot cornet Atlantic and Arkansas Avciuu-n. week da)'. Kxpres 7: SI 11. 111. nnd 4 p. 111. Acceirf. medallnu.S'Uia. in. nud i:'M p. in. Hundaya Kxprei.ii, 4 p. in. Accommodation, 7:80 a. ra. anil 4: Hi p. in. Detailed tlinelnblea can be obtained altlcke efflee. A.A.MCLEOD, CO. HANCOCK. Vli-e Pnw. A flen'l M 'cr. Oeu'l 1'aAs'r Aru $nmv N .TKW LAMPS ANIJAHT (JOOIW. Ca.ll a.ncL See -THE- FINE NEW LAMPS AND HRT COODS ON HKCONI) FLOOR tTohiiL.Arneld'sBiiildiiig, N0RTII QDEEN STREET. d8-tfll 1DLUMIIINO.UAH KITTING, Ac. Jehn P. Schaum & Sen. PLUMBING, GAS FITTING AND ROOFING. 26 SOUTH QUEEN ST., LANUAisTKK I'A Kliinaumvc. H iail A MAUTIN. China, Glass, AND- QUEENSWARE AT- China Hall. V are new opening our Sprint; Importation of Quecnsware mid will lie prepartd le supply our customers with the ery bet grade of warn at Lewest Prices. llouetlres receive especial atteulleu. HIGH & MARTIN, 15 East Kine; Slreet. yhotertvnplto. Ev VKIIY I'KItj-ON IS ANXIOUS TO HAVB THi:ilt PICTURE. Among the Daisies 1$ the Latest. Kljle of PHOTOGRAPHS MADE, " Call and tee them, nt ROTE'S, 50 N. Queen St., LANCASTER, PA., an7-flpia Next te Pet tefflee tl i ,v