jJALMAGE, rx""77viE'S S'fDA' tlrtl in1 - . ... OrlBi" if All BooksThe l7eo',"", From 0ot, ,s D. C In the grmt con- JlVrittinnity and agnosticism Am taken a decided atnnd, 'mn declares hia unwaver ,,he divine origin of the fecrip- .Matthew vn, 16, Do men 4,ol thorns? !, country. Not in any ooun- 1 ...i. thorn lAceratc h.ir. l!!!iliiil together never yielded u the master of ant and po- on HIIHI" ei-inua. mini wimi, 1) know-that you cannot get ' picifant and healthful and t which if bad. If you find 'L beautiful cluster of grape. it was produced by a good 'ad not from a tangle of (Jan- hj'yiells good fruit, healthfil? iiruiti spienmu iruii, you win accnclucion it i a gocd Bible, 1 trguments of the skeptic JEm he tries to show it ia a bad F vtrboard. other grape of thorns? inn iiflil goud results? Miepticn 'nWnienee declare that th-i Hi- rook. They read the stu y Aiiination of the Cnnniiiiici Ktncient war and of the h' ill and .loshua. and they come a.ion that the Hible is in fa ction and manslaughter and - l.ml hnok will nrnrlore i. n cruel book will produce a . Iriemla who have been in the .iiiinit the Hible a great ninny . mu noticed a tendency to . th-ir part? Have you ever ol them come out mm prucii ihare been reading the story itfrmination of the Canaanitea eiKil UP"" with a disposition usli and maul and pinch and . -knock to jiicces everything I "minis on!" Have your friends n at they become diligent Bi nnd disciples of the Christ of .botfn a tendency toward inns-y-ilerand manslaughter? Has .r observation J ..ken the effect upon your chil .find book? Or, if you do not vvik to be rend in your house b been the effect upon the utner households where the J honored .' liavc they ns a rtiding this cruel book pone i cruel spirit to pull the wings ; to pinion grasshoppers and to xt'; A cruel lioolt ought to ;nie: if they diligently read orW with its principles that produce that eflect. At what motiie that the teachings of tie created cruelty m the heart 'oitieorire I'euboily, of Miss Trace .Niuhtinuiile. of John John Frederick Obcilin, of ,m: Have you noticed in biography of these people that i as tlu'V became friends of xv became enemies to liuinnti- loo nut, on the contrary, no il) the institutions of mcicy shed, or, being estublisheil, wpportcd by the friends of there is the hospital in war ire twenty Christian women, idint up wounds, they are of tcey are kneeling down by ivini for their departing spir it does the iruclly crop out? wn reading the Bible all their mi it every morninp.: thev rty night; they carry it under mi they go into the hospital. Wis go on and most veh- . f that this Bible ia an impure Jl know thut-an impure book "Mire results. No amount of L hire you to allow your child :sc!ea:. hook, wow, it this in jure book, where are the vie - lather read it did it make an? Your mother read it ihna bad woman? Your sis- yiara in heaven died in the gospel ilid it despoil her nu My there are 200,000,01)0 cop It in existence; some say there 'A copies of the Bible. It is zive the accurate statistics. f'.btre are 2(10,000,000 copies of . this one book rcau more iraly books that the world . this book abroad for ages, eeutnries where are the vie- 'me 1000; show ine 500 vie- "pure book; show me 100 Ie r Bible; bIiow raj fifty; show me two: show me one. Two ion copies of an impure book, 1: wtini of tne immiritv. On r vou know very well that it is e nas the most power that witution is most resnccted. jtic go on still further, and ' Bible is a muss of contradie fv put prophet against pro t against evangelist, upos- Piie, ana rliey say it this be n, can thut be true. JMr. a friend of the Bible, said "vered SU0OU different read- ''ripturcs and yet not one im- out. ot au.wou, only the ' you might expect from the hcok cunie down from gener- -lauun, arm was copied by a iiu. Ann yet 1 put betore t todav thnt nil the HiVil f 1 the four- great doctrines ot 'time four great doctrinea? I', patient, just, loving, om--a lout sinner. Two desti : believers, the other for un Jl wlin ii, ,.,. r'i...i "J only those destroyed who ""IVM, Olllv tlliuie whn turn "J10" Christ and come to the -i luain (V ti i . tui Willi lien " M; he iumpa off. Now, 'T iiri.nl .l..( ...., .11 ,.. a ' uviu(a u i . uit amw n...i v .uuinii, iiiVLiiuviru, J", never wrote more huriuo- you win ji,lci in tli8 ,,ev. 7ic word of Uod, the bur- f "meniber also that the au- iiiuie came from different 'Meruit nces htiH frnin lif 'hey hud no communica other, they did not have an was the chief design of the J ttieir writings, got up from coming together, make a T " he opinion of the ;'' of all lands. Js not that '"ble aet ? !! Vchemently charge that - "iM'ieiiiinc book, in a 1 showed you thut there j "ft ween science and reve nt from point to point in hut now let ua have au- .''"latter. Ynn .,.! I nunnnt i !f or xty yeiua exclu- L. . "i science time some ' i have authority in this '''re : n collision between Hatmv Wl,Ui iierbert V i i'ai win. T hey say there 'iW'ei'ii i Ml 1 "-cuc aim icvcin ..j "'"S you names of men J pciicct accord between 'M. . .1 ti,, i ," 1"t,' inucli high- "I'tiuue,! us the Alps and .," tlle Himalayas C'll V11 t"uk ot vour house, 'i'fr , t''1,"'lif. Boss, Isuau ltn We are in lespectu ,Jitn we helieve in the Word . '"pectublo company, 'fr i,4tM, '"fidels have failed to " ' '."hie is a cruel book, that 5J?!mtairo Look; that the Bi- w'!'v,'y boi,k thnt the "tiliu book I might move of Inlidclity, the 'JU "'"''""''V. the defend. , ,"" lake ailviiiitiige ct the lit w'll'u the skeptic goeg "on . a K"lliblo people, n,.: ay, us he often does, ,,7, the improbiibility the Iw. , "ible is mude up of a hu I'tv, one niclowl un liera 1 mew, .. , " iy ,, u another trom some . i i ' tne whole thing U the credulity of the Um ma" r.ne. I mnt rnp:y to thnt riiaVgc. The Bible is irnde up of the (lid Trstrv ment and the New Testament. Let in take the New Testament first. Why do I believe it? Why do tnke it to mv heart? ! is becnne it can be traced bnc': to the divine heart jut ns enxily ns tlint aisle can be traced to that door and that aisle to that door. Jerome and Kusebiin in the first century and Origen in the second century, and other writers in the third and fourth cen turies gave a list of the New Testament writers just exactly corresponding with our list, showing that the same New Tes tament which we have they hart in the fourth centur. and the third century and the second century and the first century. But where did they get the New Testa ment? They got it from Irenaeus. Where did Irenneus get it ? He got it from Poly carp. Where did l'olycarp get it? He got it from St. John, who was the personal as sociate of the Lord Jesus C'irist. Mv grandfather gave a book to mv father, my gave it to me, I give it to tnv child, la there any ditliculty in tracing this linef On communion day I will start the cha lice at that end of the aisle, and the cha lice will pass along to the other end of the aisle. W ill it be difficult to trace the lino of that holy chalice? No difficulty at all. 1 hia one will say. "I gave it to that one," and this one will any, "1 gave it to that one. But it will not be so long a line an this to trace the New Testament. It ia easier to get rt the fact. But you aay: "Although this was handed right down in that way, who knows but they were lying imposters? How can you take their testi mony?" They died for the truth of that book. Men never die for a lie cheerfully and triumphantly. They were not lying impostors, liny died iii triumph for' the truth of thnt New Testament. "Well," says winw one, "now I am ready to believe that the New Testament i'o from the heart of Christ, but how nbout the Old Testament? Whv do vou believe that?" I believe the Old Testament be cause the prophecies foretold events hun dreds and thousands of years abend events which afterward took place. How far can you see ahead? Two thousand years? Can you gee ahead a hundred years? Can you see ahead five minutes? No, no. Human prophecy amounts to nothing. Here these old prophet stood thousands of years back, and they foretold events which came accurately true far on in the future centuries. Suppose X should stand here and say to you, "Twenty-five hundred and sixty year from now, three miles anil a halt from the city of Moscow there will be an advent, and it will be in a certain family, and it will be amid certain sur roundings." It would mnke no impression upon you, because you snow 1 cannot fore see a thousund years or one year or one minute, and 1 cannot tell what is goir. , to transpire in u laud tar away. But that is what thexe old prophets did. on inuRt remember that Tvrc und Babylon and Nineveh were in lull poinp and splendor when these prophecies theso old prophecies, said they would be de stroyed. Those cities had architecture thnt makes the houses of modern cities per fectly insignificant. Yet these old pro phets walked right through those miiMiiti cent streets and said, "This has all got to come down; this is all going to be leveled." Besides that, you must, remember thiu this book has been under lire for centu ries, und alter all the bombardment of tie skeptics of all the centuries they have not knocked out of this Bible a piece as large ua the small end of a sharp needle. Oil, how the old book sticks together! Cnsanetitied geologists try to pull awav the book of Oeuesis. They suv they do not believe it. Jt ennnofbe there was light before the sun shone, it cannot be all this story about Adam and Jive, and they pull at t he book of Ociicsir, and they have been pulling a great while, yet where is tho hook of Genesis? Stunding just where it stood all the time. There is not a man on eurth who bus ever i jed it from his Bi ble. And so the infidels have been trying to pull away the miracles, pulling away at the blasted tig tree, at the turning ot the water into wine, at the raising ot Lazarus from the dead. Cun you show ine a Bible from which one of these lunacies has been eiascj? How niurvelous.'y the oM book sticks to gether! All the striking u, : use cliupters only driving them in deeper until they are clinched on the oilier side with tht rum mem of eternity. And the book is going lo keep right on until the fires of the lust d-y are kindled. Some of them will begin on one side und some on the other siue of the oid book. J hey will not find a bundle of loose manu scripts easily consumed by the lire. hen the fires of i last duy arc kin dled, some will turii on this side, from Genesis toward Revelation, und others will burn on this side, from Kcvelation toward Genesis, und in all their wuy they will not find a single chapter or a single verse out of place. That will be the first tune we cun atlord to do without tho Bible. What will be the use of thj book of Gen esis, descriptive of how the world was made, when the world is destroyed? What will be the use of the prophecies when tiny are all fulfilled? What will be the use of the evangelistic or l'uuune description of Jesus Christ when we s:e Jlim luce to face.' But 1 do not think we will give up the Bible even at that time. 1 think we will want the Bible in heaven. 1 really think the tiles of the lust day will not consume the last copy, for when you and I get our dead children out of the dust we wunt to sli3W them just the passuges, just the promises, which comforted us here in the dark duy of interment, and we will wunt to talk over with Christians who have had trials and struggles, and we will want to show them the promise that especially re Ireshed us. 1 think we shall have the Bi ble in heaven. Oh, 1 want to hear David with his own voice rend, "The Lord is my Bhepherd;" 1 want to hear I'aul with his own voice lead, "Thanks be unto God that giveth us the victory;" I want to hear the archangel play I'aul's march of the resurrection with the same tr.impet with which he awoke the dead! O blessed book, good enough for earth, god enough for heaven. Dear old book book besputtered with the blood of martvrs who died for its de fense, book sprinkled all over with tho teurs of those who by it were comforted!' l'ut it in the hands of your children on their birthday; put it on the table in the sitting room wnen you begin to keep bouse; put it tinder vour head when you die. Jkar old book! 1 press it to my heart ; 1 press it to niv lips. "V here shall I go?' said a dying Hindoo to the Jirahmitio priett to whom he had given money to pray for his salvation. "Where ahull 1 go after I die?" The Bruhmitic priest said, "Vou will first of all go into a lioly quadruped." "But," said the dying Hindoo, "where shull 1 go then?" "Then you ahull go into u singing bird." "But," said the dving Hindoo, "where then shall 1 go?" "'Then," said the Bruh mitic, "you will go into a beautiful flow er." The dying Hindoo threw up hia arm in an agony of solicitation as he said, "But where shall 1 go lust of all?" Thank God this Bible tells the Hindoo, tells you, tells me. not where I shull go to-day, not whero 1 shull go to-morrow, not where 1 shall go next j-eur, but where 1 shall go last of ull! rollilo and I.onir Life. T.nrtv Gcorglana Grey, who lust cele brated her 100th birthday, attributes the wonderful preservation of her fac ulties, says an English exchange, to the calm which Bile has always been careful to practice. She considers agi tation the great consumer of health. To a young kinsman of hers who vis ited her the other day she expressed her earnest hope that ho would not enter upon a career of politics. "It Is bo agitating, my dear," she said. "Why, If my poor brother had kept clear of polities I firmly believe he would have been olive today." The brother referred to was the famous third Earl Grey, who was long a prom inent member of Whig cabinets. Bacreit Fire of India. The sacred fires of India have not all been extinguished. The most an cient which etlll exists was conse crated twelve centuries ago In com memoration of the voyage made by the Parsees when they emigrated from Persia to .India. The fire la fed five times ev py two hours with sandal wood 'ty other fragrant materia) a. j combine with very dry fuel. THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR JULY I. Bnujectt Jems Walking- on tha Matt, at., Oolden Teiti Matt. slv 33 Meinorr Verse, 3A-!T Com mentary on the Day's Lttsson. 22. "And straightway." The time had come for instant action. "Jesus constrained." Commanded. The disciples seemed un willing to go and leave Him alone. By the exercise of direct authority He compelled them to embark. "Unto the other gide." Toward Capernum and Bethsuida. John 6: 10, 17; Mark 8: 4.r. "While He gent the multitude away." The multitude would not leave while the disciple were present. 23. "Apart to pray." He was conscious that a solemn and awful crisis of Hi day on '"r.t,n wn" con,. and by communing with Hi heavenly Father He would nerve Hia soul for the tern work of the morrow, and the bitter conflict of many coming week. There on the desolate hill top, in that night of storm, He could gain strength and peace and happiness unspeak able. "Evening wn come." About six o clock. From verge 25 we gee that He must have remained in the mountain, alone with His (iod, far into the night. . 24. "In the midst of the sea." The ship in the sea is n striking emblem of Hi r lurch in the world. Not infrequently do the wave and the winds of strong perse cutions come against the church. The ship is safe in the sea so long ns the sea does not get into the ship; and so the church is in the world a mighty power tor good, but when the world get in the church it begin to sink. 25. "In the fourth watch." The Jew bad four watches, or periods of the night. The lirst watch was from six to nine o clock; the second, (rom nine to twelve; the third, from twelve to three; nnd the fourth, from three to ix in the morning. It wa therefore between the hour of three and six in the morning tunt Jesus niieared to them. 'They had toiled nearly all night. "Jesu went unto them." He will always go to Hi disciple when they are in trouble, and are laboring against the waves. "Walking on the sea." He thus show Hi unlimited power. Here are three miracles in one. First, though nt a distance He knew the distress ,nf His disciples. Second, He found them out on the lake and probably in the midst of darkness. Third, He wulked upon the water. 20. "Saw Him." At Inst, in their worst extremity, they saw a gleam in the dark ness, nnd an awful figure, and a fluttering robe, nnd One drew near them, treading upon the ridges of the sea, but seemed as if He meant to pass them bv; nnd they cried out in terror at the sight, thinking that it wag a phantom. "Cried out." Lit tle thing will frighten us in a storm. When without are lightings, within are fears. Even the approuche of deliverance are sometimes the occasions of trouble. 27. "Straightway." Christ is anxious to nllny our liars now. instantly, ns He did theirs. "It is I." Nothing but the voice they knew s well could, under such cir cumstances, have piven them comfort and courage. Those who are grievously tossed wikh difficulties and temptations require a similar manifestation of His goodness. When Christ Kroclnims Himself in the soul, nil sorrow and fear and sin are ut an end. 2S. "If it be Thou." Or. "since it is Thou." There was no doubt expressed here. Peter knew it was Jesus. "Bid Me come." Peter s fault lay in the words "bid me," which betray an ambit ions and over-confident desire to outdo and outdare the other disciples. Thut Peter' faith was sincere is seen (1) from the fact that in dependence upon Jesus he left the bout, and (2) when he v.'as sinking he culled on Him for aid. 29. "Come." Sometimes the answer is come in order thut we may know our weakness and have out pride of wisdom brought low. The Lord knew that Pe ter's faith would fail him, but He said, Come, if thou desirest to make the experi ment. "Walked on the waters." He walked on the water, but be wa upheld by the divine power of Jesu Christ, not by the water. 30. "The wind boisterous." Po long a l'eter kept his eye on his Lord he could tied the boisterous waves in perfect safe 1v; but as soon as lie began to look at their blackness, and consider the depths beneath him, "he was afraid." Hi faith failed, his courage staggered, and, in the hurry of hi thoughts, ho was seized with n sudden terror. "Begini.;ng to sink." Jt was not the violence of 'the wind or the raging billow which endanKpred his life, but his littleness of fuith. Chris tians ure upheld, as they are saved, by faith, l'eter cast oway his confidence, which we are exhorted not to do. Heli. 10:35. When we "draw back" the Lord has no pleasure in us. and we begin to sink. "Lord, save me." This prayer was a model in many respects. 1. It was di rect. 2. It recognized the divinity of Jesus. Peter ' would have had no confi dence in Christ' ability had he not known lie was more than a mere man. 3. It was personal. 4. It was short. If Peter had prayed as many people do to-day he would have been many fathom under water before he came to the point of ask ing to be saved. S. It was earnest and came from the heart; he was going down; in another moment he would have per ished. Prevailing prayer is born of ne cessity. 31. "Immediately." Christ will never permit a goul to ink that i earnestly calling for help. "Hia hand." His hand is a strong hand, a sure support. "Little faith." This wa a gentle rebuke. Faith may be true and yet weak. Peter had faith enough to bring him upon the water, but not enough to carry him through the billows. We should not consider so much the danger to which we are exposed a the power of Christ by which we are upheld. The test may be great, but God' grace will be sufficient in every case. "Doubt." Whv? what reason had you for doubting? Had I not told you to come? and did you not make the first part of the journey in safety? and was I not right here by your side to preserve you? Wherefore didst thou doubt? 32. "The wind ceased." This was another miracle. All they needed was C'hriBt on board. The storm was over and imme diately they were "at the land wdiither they went. This wag still another mira cle. When Christ comes into the soul He bring peace and a calm with Him. 33. "They that were in tlie shin." The sailor who were present sa well a the disciple. "Came ajid worshipped." They were deeply impressed with the many manifestation of His divinity. The day, and night, too, had been full of proofs that He was the Son of God. The day be fore He had miraauloualy fed the multi tude, and had healed their sick; and now one miracle follows another in such quick succession that they cannot restrain them selves, but, in a "rapture of wonder, de votion and reverence," they fall ot Hi feet and openly declare, "ihou art the Son of God." wOf a truth." The fact is established beyond any possibility of there being a mistake. Not Hupersiitions. Even ancient superstitions are not respected by the modern woman of fashion. She has herself photographed in her wedding dress before she Is mar ried, has her trousseau marked with her new Initials instead of her maiden name, and otherwise tiles In the face of traditions which, to her grandmoth er, were sacred becauso of their very antiquity, sayu the Pittsburg Dispatch. At the present moment tho most fa vored gem for mounting as a charm Is the opal, tho stone banned for years as an omen of bad fortune to the wear er. Now you find opals In the rough, as well as polished, being mounted In almost every style for wear on neclt chains or on bangles. South African Market Hquurcs. Of any 8outh African town the most picturesque spot is tho crowded mar ket square. All such squares aro alike to a traveler, says Harper's Weekly, with their low, corrugated-Iron houses lining their sides with the postofllco or government building at the upper end with the square Itself a foot deep with reddish dust or villainous mud, according to the weather. POPULAR SCIENCE. A young Danish engineer litis con structed a phonogrnpli which will tnke telephone messages. It Is much ' u I ,..,) I T -,11.. .. . . I. i-imi'i" IIJIIU iiiu .uinuu iMlluiUKllipil, nnd Instead of a wax roller has a steel linnd from which tho message enn be Wiped oft nfter It hns been delivered. Tho prnctlcnlilllty of using electric light for the forcing of vegetation Is niulutnlnert by n writer in Science, who cln I ma to have boon quite sue cessfnl In applying It for raising lil ies. He finds Hint the arc light should not lie used until the lily-buds aro an Inch long, nnd thnt It should then be passed through glass to screen out the ultra-violet rnys. In his experi ments ft dark brown burn appeared on the plants under the naked light. The light was continued nightly for four months anil the plants were taller nnd earlier In blossoming, but less ro bust and with slforter-llved flowers than those grown in the dark. Those who speculate upon the In habitants of other planets usually for get how slight n change of p escnt conditions on earth would suf'.lee to extinguish the forms of life wc know. Mr. Lowell has suggested tbnt the "ennuis' tf Mars may be the stupen dous works of beings nkln to the hu man race, but nil English nsiroiionier IMilnts out that the force of gravity Is i.nly about n tenth ns great ns on earth, nnd that ns a consequence of this mutt be a failure to retain the lighter gnsscs and probably even wa ter. In a waterless world, under an ntniosphere of nitrogen, argon nnd carbonic neld, life must be very differ ent from anything we can imagine. The snml dunes of the Gascony const are stated by 1. LeMung to occupy n belt four or five miles wide nnd l.'O long, in which area they frequently rise to n height of 125 feet, nnd In one case reach IMS) feet. The shifting sand' has been that along the shore. Bar ren of vegetation, this has lieou blown nbout by every wind and has burled fields, forests nnd villages, nnd hns caused disastrous Inundations by blocking the mouths of the streams. The evil hns been flnnlly remedied b long experiment nnd nearly a century of systematic work. A gently sloping half artificial dyke runs nlong the liench, next to which Is n strip n quar ter of a mile or more wide, which has been covered with stunted firs nnd bushes, and behind this is a great art whole effectually checking the sand lllclal forest of firs und oaks, thu iuvaslou. New Zealand Is distinguished for its flightless birds. The Taknhe, which was first raptured In 181!), nnd of which the fourth and best specimen wns taken two years ago, has now been described by Sir W. L. Bullor as a handsome bird of the rail family, nbout as large as n goose, blue-breasted, having n heavy gait, nnd with a very noticeable benk in the form of n large cqul-lutcral triangle of pink horn, one angle being directed for ward. Its most remarkable character istic is that it is absolutely unable to use Its wings for flying. The first two specimens obtained of this flight less rail nre In the British Museum, the third wns purchnsed by the Dres den Museum for $500, and as much ns $1500 has been offered Jur this fourth specimen. The mystery of the "wabbling" of the earth's axis may be explained, In the opinion of Dr. J. Huliu, a German astronomer, by assuming thnt the ro tation of our planet is Erected by ehnnges In the magnetic influence of the sun. He publishes a comparison of innervations on sun-spots nnd on the irregular motions of the . north pole, which appears to show n coinci dence between the two phenomena. During a maxluaini of sun-spots the magnetic influence of the suu seems to be grentest, nnd after the pnssnge of such a maximum the disturbance of the earth's axis diminishes. The fact thnt the earth's poles of magnet ism do not correspond In loctt'iou with Its geogrnphlcnl poles mny, Doctor Hnlm suggests. Indicate how the sun's disturbing action is applied. When the magnetism of our globe is most powerfully excited then the strain along its magnetic axis may cause a distortion of the figure of the earth, which becomes less as the strain diminishes. Dickens's London. As we jog along, or walk by turns, we come to Buckingham street, and looking up at Alfred Jingle's lodgings snys n grateful word of Mr. Plckwb-k, says Kato Douglas Wlggin In the At lantic. We tell each other that much of whnt we know of Loudon and Eng land, when we come to It, seems to hnve been learned from Dickens. Deny him the right to sit among tho elect. If you will; talk of his tendency to farce and caricature; call his hu mor low comedy, nnd his pathos ba thosthough you shall say none of these things in my presence unchal lenged; but the fact remulns thnt every child, in America at leust, knows nioreof England its almshouses, debt ors' prisons nud law courts, Its vil lages nnd villagers. Its bendlcs and cheap-jacks aud ostlers and conch men nud Boots, Its streets and limes. Its lodgings nud Inns and landladies nnd roast beef and plum pudding, its ways, manners aud customs knows more of these things nud a thousand others from Dickens's novels than from nil the histories, geographies, biographies nud essnys In the Inn gunge. Where is there nnother novel ist who has so peopled n great city with bis Imaginary characters that there Is hardly room for the living population, ns ouo walks along tho streets? An I ue of Veracity. The head of the household wns Into getting home. Ho wns very late. It was long past midnight. Indeed, tho little clock on tho hall mantel had Just struck 3 o'clock whop ho came walk ing In. He hnd been out with tho boys, nnd his wife reproached hi in, "Why, it's early yet. It's not late." Just then the bedroom flock sounded one, two three. Tho wifo looked at him with grim rebuke. He caught her eyo and Jerked out this reply; "Well, now, if you wnnt to believe that blamed dollur-nnd-a-luilf clock be fore your dear huubaud, I liavo noth ing to say." -s-Mi . - - "CNCLISH AS SHE IS MURDERED." Violent Assault on Oar Lang-iinge bjr Chicago alilermen. "Chlcngoese" Is the name a witty Aldermnn recently applied to the Jar gon often benrd in the Council cham ber when city father wax eloquent. While the Council has been trims formed from what It used to be la that a far greater iierecntngo of cultured business men are Included In its mem bership, there nre yet severnl Alder men of the "Old School," whose fear ful nud wonderful grammar nnd pro nunciation furnish nmusement to the galleries. Here nre a few samples se lected at random from the debate of recent evenings: "I ain't n-golu' to stand fer deprlv in' the police of no necesslturles of life." "All men in nccordnnce to our doc trine Is fre." "My gentlemen to the left Is all nils tnken, every one of them." "I don't believe thnt Aid. Powers hns never brought anything Into this Council only in good faith and I won't." "I vote 'No on that 'Aye.'" "Mr. Mayor Is cramming his heel down the 'people's throat that they don't wnnt nnd they will spurn him with their foot. "This advice that Is being attempted to give tn-iiluli t Is a Joiinh." "You're a Jay and n cucumber If you sny I'm n lamb In wolf's clothes." "Taxes Is Increased to the extent of $1.!hio,ooo than It has been." "The press has been hollerln'! Let her yell; they can't corrupt me." "The whole city will advocate what I done." "Me nnd my colleague what repre sents my ward will ' stand together like a man." "You say the police nre dead-beats. Gentlemen, I don't blame them. I'd do It myself." "Stick, fellers; I won't never ask you to do not bin' for me again." "That ward of hls'n may be O. IC, and I'm not saying it ain't, but my wnni Is the banner of the constella tion." "Goiitlemen.our brave firemen braves the terror of the night nnd risks his life to save Innocent women. Gentle men, our policemen is wnylald and slugged by thieves nnd robbers nt nil times he runs-the risk of, nnd yet, gentlemen, he don't get ns much ns we. Gentlemen, I sny, gentlemen, Is wages half what the men are entitled tor" All the above gems were noted nt the time they were spoken, and the exact language Is given. Few even oc casioned n smile nt the time. Chi cago News. A Groose Cock Fight. I had ncurly lost hope of bugging a chicken nud hnd turned n shoulder to the breeze, snys Maurice Thompson In the Atlantic, when something whis tled, or chirped, close biliind me. At the same time wings fluttered, nnd upon turning, I saw n cock grouse not more than six feet from me. When he struck the ground he erected all of his feathers and looked nt me wildly. I hud twisted myself nud was turned but half around. I saw tlint he wns going to fly I must shoot Instantly or not nt nil. It wns nn awkward situation. Then n new feature was ndded. Flying like n bullet came nn other cock and struck the first, where upon the two fought like savages, tumbling on the grass, striking with their wings, pecking, kicking, chntter Ing. Evidently they were bent upon killing each other if possible. I let drive nn nrrow nt them nnd missed. Shot again and knocked one over. The other flew away In crazy haste. On my wny bnck to enmp I passed through n scrub-oak grove on n low, sandy ridge lying nt right nngles to the river, nnd In the midst of It found n pond literally swarming with ducks of different species. They must have sought the sheltered place to avoid the chill nnd worry of the wind. It wns deep wnter and the birds kept well out from 'shore, so I did not shoot, ns every arrow would have bceu lost. Gold In the Philippines. Gold Is found at nn endless number of p-lnts In the Philippines, almost every stii.vu which cuts the older rocks carrying s-inie dust, nnd aurifer ous quarz-velus hNo are known at severnl points in Luzon and In Minda nao. I have been able to ob.'Mlu no In formation warranting the bellei that there Is uuy highly Important gold Held in the nrehlpelngo. The natives ure extremely skilful with the pan, and have been exploiting the gravels for centuries. They also understand "salting" n mine. I do not believe they have left any great prizes In the way of pincers, and, to some extent, they have also worked the quarts!. I cinsider the gold resources of the Philippines comparable with those of the Curollnns and Georgia, rather than with those of Colorado and California. The resources of Mindanao nre not so unknown as many suppose. Competent experts made examinations, years ago. I in each of the auriferous provinces. Mlsnmis and Surlgao, and neither of them reported encouraging results. Great caution should be exercised In seeking to develop gold milling In the Philippine Islands. George F. Beck er, In Serlbuer's. Modern War Is Not Ficturesqn. A charge, such as the Boers make, is robbed of nil story-book picturesque lies und glamor. The glitter of sword und bayonet, the smoke und flame, the bright uniforms, the inspiring cheers tho precision of serried ranks, the gallantly carried battle flags to be presently planted on the earthworks of the enemy, nre nil lacking. They belong to the war of the past. In their stead a crouching, creeping line of dirt-covered men, sliullled by the Va rying; chances of the light out of all semblance of order; brown, bare, suu scorched, bowlder-flecked ridges, dot tedherenndthere with stunted bushes, hazy with heat and alive with pro jectiles; the keeu rattle of rlflo fire, punctuated by the stuttering ot mii chine guns, mid broken into full per iods by the reverberating roar of heavy artillery, now und ngnln seem ing to dlo only to break out nfresh, and nil this for hour after hour, each passing moment claiming a victim to sprawl In agony on the superheated rocks. Such Is modern war, as typi fied In South Africa to-day. Thomas i Mlllurd, In Serlbuer's Singhalese CI I lilren. The Singhalese 'children are said to b more beautiful than those of any other race on the four continents, and some of the little girls, even of the very lowest caste, are Irresistibly pretty as they run before you In the streets to beg; they cry out In the sweetest and most plaintive of voices, touching the stomachs to signify hun ger In a way that would be awkward and vulgar In any other being, but In them It Is so winsome that, before you know It, you sacrifice a rupee to the bad cause of encouraging them In beg gingknowing quite well that all they want Is a, good opportunity to pick your pocket for more. Outing. Mtinter, Germany, bag a high school which bag been In existence l.'.OO years. Medical llnok tree. "Know Thyself," a book for men only, sent Free, postpaid, gealed, to any male reader mentioning thlg papers Sc. for poet age. The Keienee of Life, or Helf-Pieger-vntion. the Gold Medal Prize Treatise, the best Medical Book of tbl or any age, 870 pr- with engravings on 4 prescription. Only 25c, paper oovers. Library Edition, full'gilt, l,00. Address The l'eaoody Sled loal Institute, No. 4 Ilulfluch St., llonton, Mass., the oldett and tot in tills country. Write lo-dsy for these books: key to health. London has 13.5C4 po. Icemen, or nineteen the square mile, bixty per tent, of them are on nig tit duty. Aie You t slnic Allen Foot Kate? It Is the cnly ure for Swollen, Smarting', Tiled. Aehiii,', Hot, t-weating Feet, Corns und liunh ns. Ask for Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to lie shaken into the shoe, t uns while you walk. At nil Urupglsts and Khoe Mores, 25c. Sample gent FHEK. Address Allen H. Olmsted, IiCltoy, N. Y. The government of Greece Is now more literal with mining concussions, and an a result mines are being worked la the pro vinces ol Attica, Thessaly, Mllo and Boeotia. Dyeing Is as Mm pie as washing when yon nse t ciNAM Fapli.es Uvig, Hold by all druggists. Tho aging of tln.ber, which formerly re quired long gtornce, Is now completed by electricity In a few hour. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take I.iiatiti Bnoso Qpikinb Tai.rr. All drurs;lt refund tbe m..npy II It tail to cure. E. W. Uaovs'g gif uaiurg u on each box. Sao. It Is estimated that the number of Ger mans nnd their descendants in tbe United Btntes Is fllteen million. If you want "good digestion to wait up ou your appetite" you shou d alwayg chew a bur of Adams' Pepsin i uttl Fruttl. In 1S70 there wero 9,000 tihakerg In the United States. At present they do not num ber more than 1.UI0. Under British rule the cotion crop of Egypt has doubled, and now uniouut to over 51MJ, 1)011,0011 pounds a year. I am sure l'lso's Cure for Consumption saved my life three years ago. Mas. Thos. llon dins, -Maple St., Norwich, N. Y.Feb. 17, 1'JOO. The catalogue of the Paris Exhibition will contain the uumeg of nearly 90,000 exhibitors of all nations. F ITS permanently cured. No nts or nervou i nes niter first day' use ot 111'. Kline's (ireat NerveHestorer atrial bottle and treatise Tree Int. It. 11. K link, Ltd., KU A rcn M., f lilla., l'a. A slriprd waistcoat worn by ltobert Burns wag gold in London the other day for C10. 7B. B. Walthall Ai Co.. ilrugglst. Horse Cave. Ky., says: "Hull's Catarrh UinV cures everyone that takes It." fold by 1 )fU)Xglsts,7oc London newsboys aro now probillted from yelling forth the contents Of their wares. Mrs. Window's Soothlni: Syrup for children ttbliit-,nittenj UleKiinis, rcilmiUKt illinium v llc.li. Slit) ft psin. cures wind colic. c. n uuttle. Buenos Ay res bos twenty excellent mar kets in the city. TlncJe Snm usps the best of everything. Uncle. Sum ums Carter's Ink. He know g. In Kansas it is proposed to Hart n maga zine which shall bo contributed to only by residents of Kansas. Tne Urit I'tesci Iptlon for bills and Kt-fer 1 a bottle of Onovt's Tastsi. Cbii.i. Tonio. It U simply iron anil quinine lu a taatologs turm. 2o cuts do pay. I'llc 60a Fiirrfu, N. J'., with u population of less than 11. Ouo, lis., ks secret societies. ' TO WOMEN WHO DOUBT." Every Suffering- Woman fibonld Beai tht Letter and be Convinced that Ljdla E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound Doe Cure Female Weakness. "I have been troubled with female weakness ; in Its worst form for about ten years. I had leucorrhcea and was no weak that I could not do my housework. I also had fall ing o the womb and inflaJamation of the womb tnd ovaries and at menstrual periods I Mi ffered ter ribly. At times my back wou Id ache very hard. 4 could vt not lift anything or do any licuvy work; was linkable to stand on vay feet. My husband spent hundreds of dollars fer doctors but tlicy (lid ine no good. After a time 1 concluded to ti-y your medicine and I can truly bay it does all that you claim for it to nr.. Ten bonk " Lydla E. TMnkham's Vegetable rl'iu.pauml and seven pack ages of Sanative Wash have made a new woman of me. i have had no womb troub le since taking the fifth bottle. 1 weight more than I have in years ; enn d o ull my own housework, Bleep well, h :ive a good appetite and now feel thnt life is worth living. 1 owe all to Lyditt 12. 1'inkhara's Vegeta ble Compoun 1 I feel thut it has saved my life and v onld not be without it for anything. 1 am always glad to recom mend your nu diclne to all my sex, for I know If they follow your directions, they will cured." Mns. Annib Thompson, tVi-uth Hot Springs, Ark. IB, m n "7 A Woman's Reason. A lady who was Tery much fatigued with the responsibilities of her home and family, yielded to the Insistence of a friend and went away from home for a rest of three days, but at the end of that time, being still earnestly so licited to stay, she telegraphed home: "Is every one well?" Her husband promptly replied: "Yes. WhyT" She was In a household where late hours were tbe rule, so she sat up till mid night, and then went to a telegraph station near-by, and sent this truly feminine message: "Because." It was "collect" and It reached the gentleman at two a. m., and acted as a restraint upon future telegraphic witticisms on his part. Youths' Companion. Bis; Trad In r rose a Meat. New Zealand's frozen meat trade with Great Britain now equals about 18,000 sheep a day, or some 6,600,000 carcasses per annnam. TV - V-ZAR Look in your mirror today. Take a last look jt your gray hair. It sure ly may be the last if you want it so ; you needn'tkeep your gray hair a week longer than you wish. There's no guesswork about this; it's sure every time. l o re-i store color to gray hair use L I After using it for two or three weeks notice how much younger you ap pear, ten years younger at least. Ayer's Hair Vigor also cures dandruff, prevents falling of the hair, makes hair grow, and is a splen did hair dressing. It cannot help but do these things, for it's a hair-food, when the hair is well fed, it cannot help but grow. It makes the scalp fiealt'iy and this cures the disease that causes dandruff. (1 .00 a bottle. All druggists. " My hair was coming out badly, brt Ayer's Hulr Vlpor stopped tha fi.lliiijf anil lias made my lwlr very thick mid much darker than lie fore, t think there Is mulling liko It for the hair." C'oitA M. l.KA, April !5, 1M0. Yarrow, I. T. Wrlto I ha Doctor. If vou do not obtain sll ttie benefits you itenlre from Hie me ot tho Vigor, write the doctor stiout It. Aihlreia, Un. J. C. AYfcli, Lowell, Hui, y V T "T T T T Chickens FARM PI nil mi flUUUV if too aiv the asxr. Ton cannot do Uiis UQloet you aadentaaS thorn nd know how to eater to their requirements Ml you caaoot spend years and riuHars learning by es perlenee, so ypa must baytise kaowteea aoqata ail by otlien. We offer Uita to yen lor only eeala. YOU WANT THEM TO PAY THEIR OWN WAY evea If you merely aasa them aa a tflveraloa. la or der to handle Fowls Jndleieualy, yvw must know aoniethlng about tan. To meet ItiM want wear elllag a ooo glTtac ah experteno Anlw 9 Re at arsaoMoe! poultry raiser tec I HI OBt twenty-ave yean. It waa writer by man wko put all his mind, aad One, and money to anting a no oses of Chicken lelrlD no as a pastime, ant a a B Malum ana If you will proflt ky his twenty-tr years' work, you eon snre many Ob tea annually, ana make your Fowl earn doHara for you. Tbe Stint to, that yon muet bo nhta lo detect tronbie la Poultry Vara aa sooa aa It appears, and kuonr Sow to remedy ft. Thai book will taneb you. It tells bow to detect aad core dlaeaaei to food for ems and also for fatteamf g which fowki lo earn lor breeding pnrnoeesi aad everything. Indeed, you should know on this nbyeo to make a) proaianU, eat postpaid lor twenty-Bye ounl la Manna. Book Publishing Mow 134 iJostan T If. T. OUy. WILLS PILLS BIGGEST OFFER EVER MADE. r'or only IO Onto we will wind to any P. O. 'l. drefes, lu days treatment ot the best luetlli'ltle oa earth, and ut you un the tri-k how to make .!on ey niiht at vuur hunie. Adilrt-sa all order to '1'ba It. II. V Ills Merilrlno t'niiipnny, It3 Kllau. brlh HI., llnrrelown, lid. Hraneb Ouiceai ItfU llllllnuu. Ave.t Waakllln-lou. I. C. Ill lUTCrt An active, reliable man to "ell Iras. t"f AH I tll'Voffers. spires, eitrscts and basing I o powder toomiftumeri lu this town1 anil vlrl lly. Addreae, U1IAND UNION '1 K A CO., houlhweet for- per Kutaw ana Islington Burets, naminore, jpu. nHADCV"' DISCOTBItT: gtem I 1 rC J J I qmek relief and ouraa wonft 7TL Boo. ol totiaoniali aud 10 days' treataeii area. Dr. . UBIia'IgOMg. a. Atleate, a. II .V U KB. hJ Beat tuuvh byrup. Taaus Good. TJas Pl U In time. Kolil by drusvlui. Llf tfJINCH ESTER ' " NEW RIVAL " j , l-AUIUKr LUAUtU SiiUIGUN SHELLS No bhnk r wwder shell on the market compare with tha ' NEW PJVAL" In unl. foroilty and .frunu ahoutlog qualities, hure lire and waUrprool. (let the gVnuin. WINCHEST.Ui'REPEATIH9 ARMS CO. New Haien, Conn. JUiJT THE BOOK YOU WAfJTSi OONOENIED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE M l aad. will be pog.pald. fer aO ,,. po.,, Wh,a JJ LiS AN ENCYCLOPEDIA ISH-FOR 50c.SS ttmMthag.U .Um of FIFTY CENTSi.Wch . , a AUdyrt thU baolTwW Brora nf tnaainnlabla k.iu t k ... .i . , . . WUI ,, , , " V . " . " nan own BeCMOIM, WB.I1 to toIbbm will alao fc faufid ot treat Tain to thoae who eaaaoi readily oosmaad tag kaowleOa. Uor Bavo aoa tklred. nnnv bnoi laume una,w ... . . . "" "r w-r. rvVa...r..nM i kwonara at. n. y. Clt. J :
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