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SUNDAY SCHOOL
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ITlcwoflho LeMotiM fir Pas
Quarter Joldei Text Joan 1-43
Notes.
Tha scene of the series of moons f op the
flrst six monthi of 1W, wasHaid in Kden.
Jtabvlonla, lnoiotamla, llanaan, Kg:yp
ami the Kinaltic peninsula, sbvrinB: a period
ncconinie to th ordinary gtironoloiry of over
twenty-si hnndrwl yrar The sisne of tha
iwirs for tba prwnt uusrtor ia laid In tba
wiMi-rnrw of Hinat attJ I'aran, anl corera
ri(Hlol forty years.
Ual obJ4 In iWWnWna; Isranl Canaan
wss not mm1 to provide them with a land
flowing wlthtjiik and honey: It waa to Bive
them lawK where they might ba a holy
nation, ft tllar people. Tlia elvlnir. waa
not to I all on ens aula. Ood waa ready to
rivs to Ilia people a beautiful county and to
tin thani in every way, but tie required
that they should render Him faithful olia
sliance. He therefor at Mount Hinat en
terad into a solemn covenant or areetneni
vith thcin, In which He pledged them in the
blood of bullocks, that Ua would fulllll
rery promise, and in which they pledgad
II Im by the name sign, faithful obedience
Kx. iv., I-8.
1 he blood of the these animal waa a aym.
tool of the death to which the covenant
breaker would l exposed If be broke the
law or the condition! of the covenant. A
the people rou hi not keep the law. In due
time the ("oil man, representing; Hod mid
man in hi divine anil human nature, dine
ir man who through tha weakness of the
(Inh roiild not keep the law (Honw v., 0,
Till.. H.
Only forty dnv hud expired since thn puis
lie proclamation of the commandment and
tlio riviiii; of thn li-mk of the covenant by
J4in, when tlio people broke tho second
coirmiiiiiiliin nt in worshipping tho golden
calf, and whilo they prolsthly thought they
were worshiping .iciinvau ny mean oi tin
imnue, tenlly broke the first (Kx. xxx.l.,
Such conduct brought God's nner upon
them. Tint covenant was broken, Ry i'.
terms nil the people iltsTvod to dip, and so f
eral thousand of them were put to death by
the Lcvit. tV.x. xxli.. !l. Hod threat
ened to it hdraw entirely from lit peopLA
Jmt through the intercession of hi servant
IIikm he promised lliut lui angel, thu nnjf'd
of the covenant, should stilt go among thoiii
(Kx. xxxii., :M;xxxiii., It).
liod mw tlmt hi people n'-eihil soiim visi
ble hirii of hit pr.wii' c, mid although be had
forbidden that any imago should lie ma In of
bun, be i'oiiile4iriiiil to their need to such
an extent im to protou ttiut a tnlieniiirlo
ahnuld ! built. Although the hrnvenft could
iiiitr nitnn him (I Kings vili.,'.:7, he eun
denceiiiliti to allow them to think that he
would pit'h his tent among them like an
earthly king.
For 'the construction of thia tent he re
ceived the free-will oTeriliR of thoir jew
els and their most precious trinket and po
emion. Ho did m t lovy any tax tixn
tliem, but accepted thM4 things that cameiis
theexprriwiou of their devotion (Kx. xxxv.,
JSO-Ktl.
The tent waa the tabernacle of the divine
King. In the holy of holies, which was hia
audience chamber, was his throne, the mercy
eeet, re-tint upmthe ark of the covenant,
which contained the table of Htona (Kx. xxx-lo-''J;
xxxvl., :4I. which repreaented the
rlghtcoimnesa and judgment which were the
foundation of his throne (Fa. lxxxix., 14,
Hevised Version), and which at the aanio
time was a testimony against the people. In
the holy place were the altar of incense and
the table, of shew-breud, ymlol of praror
and of the source of temporal supply.
""TV- taWnaoio was the court (Ex.
, ' vi?J,i7 V'to which the people might enter
Itu.ntir't.lics4hat Oiy might ba
offerc'.' V the prieaU kUlion Uke altar (her.
t, 8!0.
Immediately around tha tabernacle wura
ncami)ed the tribe of I-evi. incluilimr the
ririestM, as the divine King's tKxiy-guard
(Num. I.. 4T-.r:i), and at a greater distance the
Other tribes (Num. II.,
As the covenant had been broken, the only
terms on which communion could he restored
between liod and bis people, and on which
be could content to dwell among them, was
by means of sacrifice. Over the heads of the
victims thn s-ople confea-ied their sins (coin
rare Lev. I., 4 and xvi.,'Jl), and tha animals
wero hluin in their stead who deserved to dio
as covenant breakers, thus pointing forward
to the Lntnli of Mod who slloiild take away
the tins of the world.
Hut thi-o sncrillces were not complete.
Although th ro was the morning and evening
cacrillce, mid such racrith-es us individuals
might oll'cr, there was a ciiiHcioiisna-s of sin
(VIeb, x., 1. -I. The ioiiM.-ionces of tho peo
ple worn troubled: bem-e once iu tho vear
there was a day of utoiieim-nt in which all the
aim of the pi-oplo, in -hiding those of thu high
pnei-t und rulers ot the ieol. wern atoned
lor (Ix'V. xvi., l-l'.i. Asa symbol of the com
Tiluteiieis of the pnrdon a goat was scut into
the wildcriicis to Aa.el iev . xvi., H-IO, 'JO
who rhiiwrein-sente(l Satan, thus sig
nifying that the author of sin received the
biiih of tho coiircgiitum but could not gut
the forgiven sinner.
liuppv in tho Mjnse of pnrdon, they were
ready to celebrato the most jovous festival of
the year, the feast of tabernacle (lev. xx.iii,
H: 14', which was a memorial of what great
thiii.,s (toil had done for bis people, and
which in later timei erhaps became a type
of him who was the fountain of life (John
vii., :7, y.i'i), and the light of the world (John
vlii., I -J).
With sil 'h a people redeemed and sancti
fied, thu symbols of the Lord's preseiioe iu
t he pillar of cloud by day und of tire by night
could nlildn. lheir King was with them,
leading them: when the cloud was lifted tliuy
Journeyed, when it rested they encamped
(Num. ix., l.V'J'i).
Tho way wua therefore prepareil for them
to enter tho promised land. Spies were sunt
to explore it (Num. xiii., IT-'i.'! and bring a
report, for they might nut seek a revelation
from til regarding that which they could
iliseover by their own investigation.
While the (.pies uuiteil in praising the land,
the majority brought back uu unfavorable
report, the influence of which the faith and
anthusiiiHiu of Caleb aud Joshua were not
able to overcome.
Notwithstanding all the miracles that (lod
hod dons, and the promises that He hail made
that thu people should pisuest the land, and
cue encouragement otrerea by i aleo and
Joshua, the people gave way to rebellion aud
(lnbuliuf ; hom e the entire generation except
Moses and Aaron mid I'uleli and Joshua were
- -icluded from the land and were to die iu
the wiMertieiM (Num. xiv., 1-10).
It is not easy to picture the feelings of
j i i i i i ....
tiutiiiieu, iiijk)ivim jeuj u. wiiii Knew iiiey
were never to leave the wilderness,exposed to
the glure or thn sun and it miming sands,
ortuu without wutor. these sufTeriugs cul
tninateil at Kadcsh. where the whole congre.
Kation was iu reliellion against Moses and
Aaron, and where these faithful aervuuU in
a moment of impatience forgot to recognize
Ood and to honor Hun before the im-odIp,
They were therefore shut out from the land
Num. xx., l-lll).
The hint scene in this history Is the death
and burial of Moses. Clod shows His servant
the land of promise from Mount Neho;
juoses dies, and the Angel or the i ovenant
who had so often spoken with Him aud
auuiea mm in all tlis ways, tenderly lays hit
uooy in an uuknown grave (lJeut. xxxiv.,
1-1 J) until the time should come for Him,
with the saints of all ages, toeutur upou th
tieaveuiy i anaan
Sundaij-School IKoriii.
Tlio olJoft woman' club In tho L'nited
f tate is I ho Womati'a I'hj Biological Iu
otltutti oi lioston, t orty-ona years bo
It m organied with th j purpose of
promoting the more perfect health of
women. I ucie ii one surviving charter
mem1 er. a Mrs, llobus, and she Is tjO
years old.
KELIGIOUS READING.
"Vm4r k bna'aw af III Wl.r."
Undr Hit shsliarlnjr wine, as spread
Over each lalthful aervant's head,
They sale shad rest; '
Never ran harm, awake, esleep.
Com to the salnta whom Ood hall keep,
Dlvluely blest.
Nerer the pestilence, by night,
Mevsr destruction's noontide blight,
(Shall here Invade;
Never shall sun, nor moon here smlbs,
Those who of Ood are his delight,
He la their ahsde,
test and repose to them he brings,
WhoahMl abide beneath Hia wings,
No dancer there:
ITe shields against Incoming foe,
He aafely guards from earthly wot a,
For tbem will care.
t'nder III wing, above we soar
Where surging ills dis'urb no more,
We mount, we rise.
Lifted on high, the soul now sings
ttod'a wondrous grace, O, wings, 0,
Beyond the skiea.
vlnga,
The Call's; Ire..rat Prayer.
There waa a well-known German pro-
rets r, the teauty and consistency or wnose
life powerfully attracted all who knew him.
(Jn on occasion bis students remarking upi n
him a a most peculiar man, thought that if
they could only hear bim as he prayed In
private they would know better what
to think of him. Accordingly,
they waited, concealed in a
safe place, until he waa aliout to retire to
bed, when they hesrd him reverently and
m t filially a y as he knelt down: 'Lord,
we are bare once more on the same old terms
ot fellowship and love. Thou art mine and
1 am Thine.' What a sweet, child like
prayer. How many of ua could use it or
anything like It!
Inspirations to Woak Charcfc.
It Is not for the spiritual health of any be
liever to limit his thoughts, pravers and
sym atlnrs to narrow arms, as of tho pnrili,
or even the country, big s that i. The
Master rolled th" wlndn world iiHn n little
handful of dUciples, new to faith, young til
experience, uic'i, without organization
or mschinnrv. If it bad not bn n s good
thin:; to do, lie would not h ive done it. l-.very
s illtary one of tlnne little churches, and
rvcry bn. lever in them, needs to feel the In
spiration that comet from an outlook
upon tho wide Held needs feel that
it is his work, thl i that i
going on in India, J 'pin and Africa. Terse
are his brethren in thoss fur off lie iN. In
tin se garnered slienves hn has an Interest.
These heroisms and martyrdom touch bis
h-nrt. Ad these and more be intelligently
takes up when he prays, '-Tby kiiigdmii
come." Tho weaker the church the more
the nn-d of thes- inspirstions, tho more ur-
f;ent the necessity of realizing that it bo
ons to grand army, tho host the c iptnin
of our salvation is leading on. It is a lonely,
discouraging businesa, doing picket
duty in a dark night, but one can im
agine Inspiration in it from the very thought
that tbislonnly walk and watch is a needful,
vital element in the grand ctmiisign, and an
integral oart of tomorrow' light and vic
tory, it is dolefully monotonous, this fight
of some of our littlo churches, if their eye
are forever to lie turned In upon themselves.
Lift up your eyes upon tho world's harvest'
field, and catch the inspiration that come
from the shouts of the re.psrs. iHeury A.
Uslson, V.U.
Itavea at Elljah'e Drook.
Th following scene was witnessul a few
years ago in Falestine by Dr. Hubert Morris,
then visiilnc the Holy Land. He says:
"In coming up one d iy from Jericho to
Jerusalem 1 was forcibly rominded of Uod'a
provident care over all bis creatures. As I
waa ascending th steep hill by th side of
the nlace known a W ady Kelt, the same
think that in the Bible ia called 'th brook
C'herith,' and if o It Is the very pot where
K.lijah was concealed wlien Anan song nt his
nt and whnrn i nn raven leu him irom uav
to day. as I got about half way up the hill I
henrd some loud screams tar oown in me
ravine below me, and I knew they csme
from a nest of young raven. Theso young
birds were uttering the cry of hunger. It
wns near noon and 1 Biipiiose tuo Hungry
birds had yet had nothing to eat that
dnv: the old birds had Bono away to
hunt tool lor tneir iittio ones, inn pince
was lonely and desolate, the little birds could
not net out of their nest, and even if they
could have leftthufr neet, they would not
have known what to nut nor whore to find
their food. As 1 looked into the nest and
hoard the cry of those hungry fledgelings,!
wondered whether (lod really heard them.
Could it bo that Mod was so near that lonely
fdace and that ho heard those hungry lilthi
ilnlsf Yes, it was even so. 'For he hearetli
thn young ravons which cry.' Several hour
brforo (od bnd sent the parents of those
young birds ncrosa thn valley of Jordan down
o tho river to procure rooii lor tneir
Hungry children. Those wise black cren-
lures knew where to find tho rigut kina or
'ood. for Ood had taught them, liod used
them as stewards to provide for their little
Mies. They went in haste. Hying over
r.llhn's fountain and over the ruins of Jeri
cho, and ii nn down to tho Jordan where
John baptized t hrist, a distance or aimut
iht miles. As I looked down into that nest
or screaming young ravens i Knew wnnt
they did not know, I knew that (toil hud
given their parents wivinm (instinct), strong
wings and bills, and loving hen its to pro
vide for their hungry children. Th loud
cries were kept up. Would father nnd
mother never cornel I liegnn to be afruld.not
that the old birds had forgotten their duty,
but that somelsMly might have shot them
down at the river, fur a party of drunken
Knglish sailor had that day gone down to
the Jordan and wero ilring their
guns at everything they saw. As I
thought of this I felt sad, for I knew that if
the iirnts were shot the young birds would
have to starve. 1 went down the hillsido
about a hundred steps, and Uncling the
shadow of a great rock, I sat down in it and
took out my pocket Ilible and m nlo up my
in nd to wait and tee whether those young
bird would get anything to eat. Anil
there I read what (iod say aliout providing
for all his creature. 'He feed the fowls of
the air and the beast of the field, and
hall he not much more feed you I'
Just as I got to that passage n shadow passed
before me. I looked up, nnd there were the
old birds coming with fo d lor their hungry
little ones. As soon as they reached the
nest the cries of the young birds censed and
I knew that their mouths were filled. Did
not (iod hear those young rivons which
crleti" Jesus says, Luke l.':'J4, "Connider
the ravens; for they neither sow rorreap:
and Hod feedeth them: how much more are
ye better than the fowl!" American. Mes
senger.
Ilia ltod Noae.
"IwiIIglva f.VMJto themuu who will re
store my noae to its miturul color." tutiA n
well. dressed limn in hearing of a t'bilttdelpuia
1 rvs., reoortur recently. Then as if to give
reiv m ins reiuurK, ne guipea Uown a dig
drink of whisky, and, iiultiug the glass down
on the bar, he took a long and wistful look
into the dim prospective of hia lite when hi
nasal organ was of the tinge it hould lie
now. "i aon't know how it ever unt so rod,"
he continued, after ordering "a little of the
same." At this remark tho bartender
winked Blyly at the nun's companion and
gave a significant glance at the empty glass
Th eighth annual convention of the
Cathollo Totul Abstinence Union was held
iu Boston last week. The membership of the
i nion now numuera h i, ioa, au increase or
'Jb:iO during tha past your.
If we may do soma little good below
Ity littlo word whose worth we do not know.
lr i-.l i . .. in i A , .... . 1
mw gmu. uur uonrvm win U9 lib last to say
e always spoice kind words along life
way.
TEMPERANCE READING.
The) Tretlmey of Sclcnct,
In A recent editorial in these columns, nn
der the heading "A Common toe,'' w dwelt
upon the tact that the liquor traitta ha
brought itself Into open and direct antagon
ism with all the moral lon of modern,
civilization; that it ia the declared ensiny of
everything that tends to the uplifting and
ennobling of the human race. e cited it aa
significant and encouraging fact that in
nearly all the great assemblies of tne present
year, religious, educational, philanthropic
and political, the evils of Intemperan a have
liecn a suojeot of discussion, and that in
many ot them Arm nnd decided action has
been taken w ith respect to tho suppression ot
the ,a e of strong drink. To all this w may
add that the voice of modern science Is
being raised in stronger and stronger pro.
test against tho use of alcoholic liquors as a
beverage, hcientillo research is bringing
more and more facts to thn light which tnd
to disprove many old ideas and theories in
regard to the ell'ects of stimulant upon the
human system and their general medicinal
value, irom the rams direction, als-i, com'
the most powerful and convincing testimony
as to the relations between the drink habit
and crime and disease. In their own calm
and dispassionate way, with irrefutable facts
and figurta, the scientist are showing how the
liquor traffic Is weakening nnd destroying
the ram, how it la tilling up the hospitals and
asylums, and how it is entaiing wo and
misery upon generations yet unoirn. As
others are able to show that the traffic tends
to industrial paralysis, to the complete de
generacy of mind and morals, soth scientist
an bring for ward evidence to prove that
alcoholic (leverages are the deadly foe of tho
physical living, that they enreeble it energies
aim destroy us ute.
It Is evidence or this character which Dr.
E. H. rnitzkapreacnta In hi article on "The
Increase of tho Alcohol Habit." In the Hen
tembcr ntimlier of the b'or mo. Dr. Hnitzka
Is a well known ami univcisntly respected
authority in thn medical world, tstrticularly
on disesses of tho nervous system, and his
testimony in the case nn ler consideration is
worthy of serious ntt-ntion. "It 1 an In
controverttlile proposition." he ny, "that
tlio increase ot insanity in our lurgn cities
ami industrial communities! due to two fac
tors: the incieowi or paretic dementia nnd
the increase of alcoholic insanity, l-eiiving
out ot consuler.it ion thn tact that alcoholism
Is nn lliiiortiint ci litril utniy (actor ot tilt
former disease, the tlguros showing
the increase or the latter are sut
liiirntly alarming." Dr. Silt.ka then
priN-isils to iiiotn irom l.uiiir, a distin
guished (ierituin statistical), who shows that
wl er - thec(insumtioii or nlcolnmc lieverngns
lias doubled I'rr ctwi'a of tho population,
tho alcoholic insane h.ive in re;is,sl In a simi
lar ratio. A mi responding Increase In thn
suicido rntio is also observed. Thero wore in
l rnine. in l"ls. one hundred nnd forty-two
suicides attributable to thu excessive use of
nli-obol, and in IMH, without any gre.it in
cruise in thn general population, there were
four liunilie.1 ami seventy-one. --1 hernial
prop irt on of the fnsnnn in r ranee who
owed their insanity to alcohol in ImK waa a
littleovi r ten per hundred, in Wermany to.
dnv it is over twelve per hundred.'' And yet
wo have it constantly nsserteit as an argu
ment in fnvor of numerate drinking that thu
Use of wine and Ussr in the two countries
just named is not productive of serious re
sult.
Most alarming are the statement which
Dr. r-pit'ka makes in regard to intemsr-
aine and heredity. in Introducing tins
phase of the subjoct he raise the question
whether th State is not bound in self pro
tection to antagonize a vice which blight
the oflsprinir of mankind, and largely re
cruit the weaker element In the community,
which includes the criminal and pauper
classes, and which, in part. All our asylum
for the insane, tho id. otic and the deaf-mute.
That the drink habit produces the result
here ascribed to it i proven, Dr. HpiUka
adds, by abundant statistic and by observa
tions so numerous that tha counter allegation
of accidental concidence will not stand.
Of seventeen children at drunken parent
observed by Voisin, three were idiots, two
confirmed epileptics, eue suffered from a
ront-w.iital spins! diw,, and the remainder
died in early life with convulsion An
analysis of the alcoholic ha'J;t in th depart
ment of Finisterr. where alcoholism is the
curse of both sexes, showed that It produced
weakniindedn, Idocy, hydrocephalus, epi
lcmy and criminality to an almost Incredible
extent A French physician, (.loynrd, I
authority for the statement that the women
employed in the hospitals in that country in
vanubly recognle tho children of nlcoholio
Jmrentagn by their emaciated, shrunken
accd appearance, and their continual crying.
Ho notes that they are the first to succumii
to epidemic and endomic diseases. Many
other facts of thn samo character ore sub
mitted by Pr. r-pitzkn, showing the foarful
ri-snlts or intemperance mion tuo young.
The article closes w ith the following sigliili
emit sentence: "With the present rate of
increase of inebriety and resulting alcoholic
iiiMnili t v nnd degeneracy, the rai-es which nre
the bearers of modern civilization win largely
one their degradation und extinction to it
and its inseparable concomitants. Au
1 urli Ubiercti:
literal I-'toittliiff Hells.
Tlio Loudon Lnwrl. an eminent nedicnl
siithoritv, in diM-iissin tho iiucslion of ships
or invalids in which tliey may be proti-cted
against many ot tho niiiioyaiicrs to winch
they are subjected on ordinary vessels, says:
line of tho gieate-.t miviintuges whidi
may be reasonably exH'cted Irom thn insti
tution of invalid ships is the judicious order
ing ot shipboard lifo in the interests of th:.
sick. We have no ib-sire to establish unv
'iintanicul staiid'ird, und m lul y rmilie
that nt sea, where iiiiiu-einc nt b conies al
most the only serious liii-ine.s of lite, uniisiial
dilliculties mayoi'. ur; but intlm interests of
the sick, if for no other reason, we feel
hound to protest ugiiinstlho drunkenness and
gambling which make soiiui ship literal
Hunting hells. Mleiiess is the parent or eve. y
evil, mid on shiphourd it not infreoiiciitly
produces somo of its worst fruits. Apart
irom morals, such practices have the very
grave indirect disadvantage of inducing un
wholesome excitement, late and irregular
hours, und a general feeling of uuresU If
the evil is sometimes great, the euro is easy.
the remedy rests with the cuptain, who rules
with unimestioued authority, and can make
his ship .ititlifully retlect hisown personality,
home invalid ships owe their popularity
mainly to the reputation which their cap
tains have acquired, not only for sound sea
niunship but for thn cnn&oity to uiaintuiu
propriety and discipline.
An Amusing Incident.
Kov. Duniol li. Turiicy, of Lincoln,
111., tho woll-kuovn "I'rohibitioiiiHt,
wiih lecturing tlio other evening to a
rut her noisy crowd, somo of w hom oo
ciisioiuilly interrupted hiia. 1'iuully
lie Haul;
"Aow, giintlomen, bow many of you
would like a good bluckgiiurd Htory ?
AH iu favor will raiao tueir bunda.
A majority of tho doxlor paws prca-
cut went up in an instutit, und thero
was au expectant hush of eager atill
ncss. Turney went on with liiH origi
mil Bubjcct. At litbt a chap who bad
wi aried of prohibition logic, and
wanted Hoincthing ho could better up
preeiuto, iiicautioutily broke out with:
"Kuv, whero's that Btory V
"My dear ir," was Turney's wither
ing reply, "I did not proposo to toll
any micu Htory, Uf courso not.
merely wiHbed to know bow uiuny
bluckifuarUa were here.
A iin dropping could liavo been
heard after tliiit. And tho victim ro-
murks, iu confidence :
"I don't soo why they call that Tur
ney tho Abe Lincoln of tho 1'rohiliH.
for ho never told ono blamed story thu
night I heard him speak." Chicago
Liiuuer.
BUDGET OF FUN.
nUMO'TOr fRF.TCHRl PIUIM
VA.KIOU3 HO 1 UC tit
Ode) to the Mnsijulto-An Apprecia
tive Iilnteiirr tin W'n Very
Oteen The Omrteri of
Wll, Ktc, Kto.
Tie presented hi bill.
And I could not evade It;
In valley, on hill.
He presented his bill.
With stinging ill-will;
And wiih Mood, sir, I paid It
lie presented his bill,
And I could not evade it.
An Appreciative Listener.
Mi Ilolsouln (who is not n tliorouch
musician) "What a beautiful pijee tlio
orchestra is playing now!"
1'rofessor SneiilliiTgcr "Dot! Vy,
dot ms "Chonny geteher-goon !"
Miss llolsoulo "I th nk thnso old
German melodies are perfectly entranc
ing" Timr.
He Waa Very Oreen.
Walking in tho wild wood. Fhe
(rocfuishlyj "Aufrnstus, what tree um
Hike."
Augustus "You are like tho whito
birch, darliiijr the fairest of trees, tlio
emblem of purity. And now, sweet,
what tree am 1 like?"
Mio (duniiirclv) "Tho evergreen."-
Burlington Frte lr.
The tVinetery of Wit.
She (in thehitinorist'ss.iiictiini) "Thi'.
enormoiM s raii-bonk of clippini;, Mr.
.lokeiu why lmvo yon lubelu it 'Thn
thestn.it Hurr'f"
lokciii Hwiiiisp I open it in order to
find out wlt.it not to write.
It it ,. t. n iii.,
Jt.J.;
How Itocnni-IlK Tlicsp 'Milf,::.'
tiittl 1 liny "ny, pit ! tenchcr said to
day, 'study h.ird, boys, time tlics.'"
Father " cry (rue, my mui.''
Small Hoy "Well, nnd ii little while
after In) mid, 'time leaves loot prints.'
Now, pa, how rim 'time' leave foul prints
if it lli. s:" ......
Durlicil Wir us a Toilet Article.
Woniiin (to tiAinpi "Wliy don't ye
buy your food 'stead o' begging iff"
Tramp "Madam, I'm too poor to buy
even loom picks.
Woman "That sc
What d'yo do
for tooth-picks?"
I ramp "1 lnive to uso
buibcd wire
fences.'' Xte J'ri Sun.
A t'orrect Dii'tiiin.
Jones "What's tho matter with vour
fuco. tharlevf"
tharlcy "I've just been liavcd."
.lone "Well, the man who hacked
you in that way must be one of the big
gest fools on earth."
t barley (earnestly) "lie Is, .lone
He is; 1 huvcd myself."- I.fe.
Mr. l'oaeyboy'a I'liilesireil Hclntlon
hIiIi. Miks Travis "Mr. I'oseyboy. niuy I
ask how many sister you have:"
I'oseyboy "r leven."
Mis Travis "(ioodness grarlnu. Mr.
PoseyboyI It can't lie possible ." !
I'oseyboy "Why, yes, .Miss Travis! '
There's my own sister and ten other :
girls who have promised to bo sisters to
mo." Uurlinijton Frte l'rrut.
Too .Much Shortening.
Mis lturnl ( wntrhing the prnmenndcrs)
"Who is that curious littlo man al
most n dwarf;"
Mrs. Metropole (shocked i "Why, my
dear, that's Hubert llih ife. lie's thu
very upper crust."
Miss I iiral "He isf Then they put
in n great deal too much shortening. "
Tliey If ill Met Itoforo.
lie nit the health resort, tenderly I "I
think I have met yuii before, Miss Smith ;
you fin e is very familiar."
She ( coldly I "lcs, sir; and tlioso
goods thai you w arranted would wash 1
tried to give awav fo mv maid."
And then the silence became ho wide
nnd solemn that you could hear lln iii
pumping gas into thu uiiuciul spting.
l.i te.
She (Turned t be Ol ber 'hock.
Wiggles "Arabella, darling, may
Wf you
Arabella 'ies, sweetest, but kiss mo
on the left check, please."
Wiggles (doing him 'And may I ask,
dearest, why the left check:"
I.ituc mother (poking lis head
through thn dnnri 'Hecmisu .lack
W n lcs lias been Kissing ber right check
all tlio afternoon and it's tired."
Tho engagement is not yet unuoiinccd.
Hn IHil Not It now the Hopes.
Foreman "Here, Charlie, three of thu
men are going to work over time to
night, und I want you to run out and
get it little lunch for thein."
Charlie uit Hindi counter, a few minutes
later) "I want six ham sandwiches, six
piece of mincu pie, and a doen cream
tarts."
Horrified Old (icntloinai; (who is un
familiar witli lunch counter methods)
"Ifeiilly. my dear young friend, are you
sure you ueid ijuito us much as tliutf"
Jlarjier'i Jiumr.
Ilonchty ia tho Heat roller.
"And so you have brought my beauti
ful AlphotiHO homo, have you, like an
honest man, instead of keeping him
yourself, as you might easily have done f"
said tho delighted lady, us she fondled
tho poodle. "Were you not tempted to
keep the darling crcuturof"
".No, mum," replied tho incorruptible
mat), as he pocketed tho .i reward. "It
weren't no temptation. I couldn't have
told his hide for two bits at this season
of the year, mum," Chiwyj Trilmite.
An American l-'ablo.
A hen who hud hatched out a quantity
of ducklings, relates a cynical modern
.l.'sop, wits somewhat surprised one day
to see- them take to wutor una sail away
Tlio moro sho
unreasonable
out of her jurisdiction.
thought of tins the moro
such conduct appeared and tho moro in
dignant she becume. Sho resolved that
it must cease forthwith. So sho soou
afterward convened her brood and con
ducted them to the margin of a hot
pool, having a business connection with
a boiling spring. nicy uraigntway
launched themselves for a cruiso re -
turning Immediately to the land s i(
they hii'l forgotten lheir ship pspa s.
Jloral: Wlioti callow outh exhibits an
eccentric tendency give it to hint led
hot.
Ft ah tied In (be) Dark.
"Martha," asked a wild ryej man,
emerging Irom a dark And lonely clo-et
with a hurried trend, nn ill-dissembled
air of composure thinly cloaking a stnto
of chaotic anxiety, "what is in that higli
shouldered, square, block bnttlo with a
short neck, on tho third flu II (" "Ker
oscuo lin ment for giandpa's rheuma
tism," replied thn good wife. ''Why?"
"till, r.otliinir,'' ho answered, rarelcssly,
a, ono wlmhiid just swallowed nn earth
itinkc in the dark. "Nothing; it wasn't
Inbeleil, and I thought it might bn some
thing dangerous." 'I lieys iid no more,
but in A down town drug store n man of
sorrrowful countenance, i-nt a long time
that night eating raw itiinino out of a
snticer with a spoon, trying to get a
strange, lorcign looking taste out of his
mouth, which, ho said, hud crept in
thero unawares, Uurlattt,
Our Ma stern Houndnrle.
Miss llartseti was not a particularly
apt scholar, nnd her recitations wero sel
dom satisfactory. Mio was sure to
stumble, und oftentimes nt (he most
simple questions. In tho geography
lesson, ono day, she was asked :
"How lire tin l'nited Mutes bounded
on the east?''
Miss llnrtscn hesitated. In another
moment the iUCtion would lmvc passed
to the ticvt, when a schnolmiito in the.
form behind whispered:
"Tho Atlantic i can."
Miss llartseti In ightc ncil dp, mid in
ptoiul l oiilidciico nnsw cred, in Iter best
voice :
"The I .it ti ' I o' tioslien."
The surpr sci "w hat ,'" of the ten-licr
nnd the incminetit of the scholars i niised
Mis llnrtscn t stis ect that she had
ma Ic it uiistaUe: but she didn't iinp'ovc
Dial Icrs by explaining :
"Well, that's what Mi-s Sharply told
me, iitiyway." -( 'In '; 1 Tr.lim.i:
I'l-etlv Mini-p I egerilciiiilln.
A few months mih e it man called in n
I'.rit isli tavern and iiskeil the company
if they would like to w itne-s a con iiiring
(tick. As the man looked cold nnd
hungry the landlord gave chiih-ii', and
stated that lie knew a few ti icks himself.
The man placed three hats mi the table,
then asked the landlord for three piece
of bread. W hen these were given to
him he said he could not proceed tilt ho
got three pieces of cheese When tin so
were brought he placed one piece of
bread und cliee-e in each hat. Now for
the trick. The man rolled up his shirt
sleeves, unbuttoned his collar, und
stated that he would eat the three pieces
of lucail aud cheese, then bring all un
der one hat. When he had eaten two
pieces he declared he rotild not proceed
unless he had a dr uk. A pint of milk
was now brought linn, and the other
piece soon disappeared.
"Now, gentlemen, which hut must I
bring it under f"
, A hat was pointed to, and the fellow
ipiicklv placed the hut upon his head
and left the astonished men.
Anacondas .Make Themselves nt Home.
Two immense anacondas were recently
discovered on thu barkuntino I'.iiiina H.
Smith, while discharging n cargo of
phosphate rock at South i.'iiiiuIcii, N. .1.
I nch moatiuc over thirtien feet, and
they are said to be not only thu largest
but the finest specimens ever seen. It is
not known how the snakes camu on
board, but they are supposed to have
reached the vessel's rigging from densu
overhanging tropical foliage whilo she
was lying in the harbor of rum, Hr.iil,
which is com eilcil to lie the home of the,
anaconda und tli? boa constrictor. The
serpents have thus far shown no attempt
to interfere with the crew or those work
ing on the vessel, and often remain in a
comatose state lor a week at u time.
Whi-u they become hungry plenty of food
Iiiih to be ipiickly procured, a live chicken
or a stray cat being esteemed the great
est luxury by them.
Thu must remarkable occui fence has
been the Hllddcu disappciiinuce of the
army !' r;tt s w hich had ni'ilt iplied iu the
vessel's hold for several j ears past.
Several times during the passage thu
snakes were given the liberty to investi
gate the del ween decks and lower hold
in search of the rodents, and on each oc
casion they were so liberally tewarded
that they wen- unable to move. Their
htomachs ha 1 been stn tched to the full
est tension. Many visitors, among th' in
persons interested in science, hive visited
tin: essi.'l to see thu curiosities. -I'lnii-iltljJiii
A'iv.ri.
(icron i in o'.s Sen Ipiir.'-kni IV.
Since Colonel Lucas has displayed so
many curious and Indiun relics in his
show window.-, others have searched
around their possessions of pioneer clays
und brought foith relics, some of them
enual iu histor.cal juiciest to tho relics
of tho Colonel. One iu particular is in-tcre-ding,
it consisting of a scalping
knife, now the property of Mr. ltriiun-
hart, and sa d to have I ti the identical
knife with which thu famous Apadiu
chief, Victoria, and the eipialiy fatuous
( icroiiimo, removed tho locks of the un
happy paleface who happened to fall iu
their respective ways. The knife is about
fourteen incho; long, brass-trimmed and
steel blade, with curved iron-wood
handle. There ure still marks of blood
upon the blade. The knife was taken
from (icroiiimo in ls.,nt tho time of his
caidure, by a scout, who presented it to
Mr. P.rnuuhart. Mr. Sidney I'. Waito
described the knife before it had been
shown him, and snys that it is the sumo
knife he aw in the possession of Vic
toria twenty-thrco years ago. It lias an
interesting history, and if the gory old
blade could only speak what a tide of
woe aud bloodthirsty desolation it would
pour forth. The kmfu is prized very
highly by Mr. Hruunhart, who says ho
would not pari with it for anything.
.SVi JltTiutrdino Lai.) Imlvjt.
A Hague of Felines,
Queensland, in tho South Sens, is be
ing overrun by thousands of peculiar
cat s. It is sumiotod thev are following
tho plaguo of rats which recently passed
! through there. Tho noteworthy fit 't is
that tuo cats, which are or ordinary
sio nnd of tho domestic species, aro all
pretty near of the same color, namely,
sandy, which proves that they have re
verted to the original stock. 1 ney aro
in vory poor condition, showing that
tneir migrauou m uuo to mu scan ur oi
1 their habitual food. rhUutUlihia '1
Sir Walter Raleigh anil the Qnr r n.
Had weather held London in it
strong grin, and as her Majesty's state
chair had been sent to tho chair shop
to have a new set of springs put in, it
became necessary for tlio (uoen to walk
to Parliament, to leave her regular
morning order for tho state executioner.
Tho gallant lialeigh, who wns nt that
lime occupying thn exalted station of
Ksenrt Extraordinary and (Inld-Stick
in-Waiting to the (ueen, in nceordum e
with the duties of his ollicc, ollercd hia
arm to Elizabeth, and tho twain, pre
ceded by six truinMders, and followed
by three pieces of artillery an I a thous
and small buys, set out in the potirit'.g
rain. As umbrella had imt b.-oti in
vented at that period, Ihth'igh shel
ler.il himself from tho torrent beneath
llm water-proof rulT her Majesty wort
about her neck, while l'linln tli Win
granted tho solo satisfaction fur tho
Hiiakitig hIio received by ordering tho
clerk of the weather to tho block. Tho
journey passed without incident worthy
of note until the pirty reached the eor
tier opposite the Parliament buildings,
where it was found that a mud-puddlo
of extraordinary dimensions it ptiddlo
worthy of the I'.li.itbethan age -had
gathered unto itself the larger part of
the street.
"ly my haliilom," quoth tho (Juecn,
"but this puddle hath extraordinary
depth! Methinks 'twere well that wo
return, and defer the executions until
the morrow, "
"Not so, my liegesH," said Huleigh,
turning to one of his retainers nnd
seizing his cloak; "'twere better far
that my friend here should sucrtlicc his
1. 1. bit to thy necessity. Never tdiall it
be said that while it ilah igh htmu! Iv,
the (.blecll of l .lltdatid was balked of
her determination nr wet her utiUles in
pursuit of her ambition !"
Saving which, tho courtier threw his
r t.titii r'H cloak lipnii (he Mil face of tho
puddle, and her M ijcty, stepping
li'jhtly upon it, n in lii d the dlnrsido
without welting her feet. 1 diuln-1 h
in ver fnrgiil I; deioh's irallaiit rv ; Imt ni
l.ir I ho retainer u ho lout his li.ilut. In
likow ise lust his luad for saying in thn
(Queens hearing that, "since Hah ijli
had sn many bad liubil , hn thmi' lit it
hard that he should lose hi to demon
strate w hilt it tail. .1 la. ole eniirlier lia
leigh colli I be win II lie tried."
The (nick or (he llcud .
It is a singular but certain fuel that rt
llv when iIimu lied can be broil;:ht back
to life. The method is Very simple,
but ritpiir-'s particular and strict at
tention. If our ivadi r doubt wi would
advise them to study th" follow i'.ig
recipe carefully and try it :
W hen the fly is deitil lake it from tho
water nnd roll it in table salt until it is
completely covered. Allow it to re
main thus f r uIh nit thi or fntii' min
utes, Kciiinvi- the salt by blowing it.
I )o not attempt to rub nr pick it olF,
or you may send the poor harmless ily
into eternity forever. When the salt is
oil', take the fly in t he palm of one hand,
cover it. with the oilier, and shako it as
the bovM do pennies when playing
heads und tails. Place the ily on tho
table nnd ho will either walk r Ily,
iiwuy, or perhaps craw l up the wall to
the ceiling und into the pn tty purlor
or the coning spider, unless it has
1 n infori ' ',y oliie,' iii'ouaititaiierK
that by so i ( it is pa..-.,
ley of tho shadow of death. At.
livening Star.
Measured.
Ono of tho most valuable lessons to bo
learned, iu any course of education, U'
that of exact coiifot itiity to rule. Tho
half educated person is apt to be u slov
enly one-, he nels on the supposition that
work imperfectly done will "do well
enough."
A laborer in n ship jar4 was one day
given a two-foot rule, in ni" isuic a piece)
of iron plate. Not being accustomed ti
the use of the nile, he returned it after
wasting a good ileal of time.
"Well. Mike," asked his superior,
oll'ner, ' what is the sic of the plutcf
"Well," rep ied Mike, with II HllilOj
which ticcomoanics duty performed,
"it's the length of your rule and two
thumbs mi", with this piece of bil k,
und the bieadth of my hand and linn,
from In ; to there, bar a linger."
The N.iine Man.
here, my liMlc I'd ly
"t 01111'
said
A
rs
jent cmuu to a voungter o
seven vi"
of age, will e silting III the par '
a large company was iissemb
you know nn f" "cssir. I th
"Who am I then? Let me hear
are the man tint kissed sister
last u:ght in tho cniiservutury."
1 .1.
OH
' i not
A Header or t'liiiraeler.
Mendicant "Please help u pci
r I
man .
Kind did Lady "lllindr Wl,
me, yes; there s a ilinie lor voti.
Mendicant " I liauk ye,
ma am,
com in'
I kuowed
ye was a
" Ipoclt.
the luinril I si u
kind hearted
boinaii,
Curiosity Punished.
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