tOVES SUFFICIENCY. Vld by the poet, It ii bettor far TO love ma e, nerer to here loved at alL But I I may not chooee, here has nm ,nto my "f ,0T Ho fierce, srroiit, I am helpless Its grasp, con tun t To drift along. hi knew not 'twas Lore' tea I had Rat anil unon. ppy, flrmtol on, with half-cloned eye, Through shad j and mm; t heeded I which war I went, with him M Isiat to irti Idol- It danger ha 1 the unknown sou, If he r .- i . .:.tui . as VJ III ni'ioi Jke to fln l myself In water strange, 0 lanu in ,hing secmo.1 radiant, now. A mighty flood . .. . . Of rare delight pi o'er my startle I soul; iho sky, the waves With elorr shone. las roventcd th) rnptiimui thrill of love, Till then uimnown. now 1 t shadow f 1, let storms arise, ( In hi dc.ir bronst. IMed and s if i. I lie, while shclfrlnj arm 1 old me i rest. nUht way come, it holds no dread for me: !! ten ter kiss llici all my fonrs.nnd lill my happy hoart n.i iti ci mm frank Lrtlie. NTH AXO POINT. lender of men is oflcn a follow her. !le wns only n finished gymnast when fell from tlio trapeze uud broke kit Ik- h ry often the "May I?" of courtship Insweicd ly tlio "lou must' of irmtn- ly. Li teaching a boy drawing Rivohlm the misc and let h in draw 1m own ton lion. n nil the vocabulary of qtinrantino re is no such word us hospitality. i;y . 'lint bread riot in Franco wn pnrtici cd in by loafers. l'iV'urti Chronicle ftwith. jVhcn poverty is abolished, what n hard po every one win iiuvo uoing an ins jn work. too not insult the under man in a fight f remind. n:r him that there is plenty of tin on top. Co wonder thero is deceit about the Jionul g line, when tho baseball player Jars a musk. f the hired girl is frozen to death in ico chest, would it be p:oper to say kt the refnger ate her: ' Sidney makes tlio marc go, ami some- lcs the mure makes the money go, jtnblv ut tlie race. Lite. jTlio hymn sung ut the funeral of tho .Mr. Crowley was: "1 V ns Only a liinimuce Blossom." World. Barber "ilavo you got a private mug, ictun "I have. 1 want you to over it carefully." LotdU Cttuen. urglurs und thievea are getting so d in ( hicago that tho policemen lire ring their silver-plated badges sewed notorious spend tin if t to waiter at a tnuiaut "How much do I owe?" .iter "Tin t more than I can tell." i In Texas ii man rarely cuts un nc "uaintancc, but a stranger from the Kust U to be mighty careful. Jltrjier't :ar. ' .Tho man who fulls out of a balloon Mhli.cs the gravity of tlio situution ba we he has dropped five miles. Harper' mar. (Tho difference between being burned Ut and lired out is that in the former Mo you get the insurance. JJuntcilU Jreeu. i Tom 'To you know, Jack, that food pecker reminds me of my tailor.'1 ck "Why Uocauso ho buret so with jls bill." u man that marries a widow is bound 0 give up Mnoking and chewing. If he gives up her weeds for him, he poind give up tlio weed lor her. at. urtit JIU'liortat. The leaflets brown and scarlet Aro losing all their grip: They Duller from the branches, Ami down tlio hrecvi slip, While the robin nu -k hU kinglet And seoo'.s to Mississipp. Old Man's I)ar!ing (implorincrl "Tell no tno worst, doctor. Jielleve mo, I can and it." Mnurt Doctor (doubtfully) (I don't koow ubnut that. However, ervo yourself, then, madume. Voui .usbuiid will get well," Hijiimje. loo High a Valuation: Customer (to tird fancier) "My wife wants a liarrot. f i hut's tho lowest you will take for that lira:" mm ! un :ier "t lfty dollars. (!r, is rock bottom." Parrot "Coma ff, you've tried to soil mo for twenty 1" I 1 :. r-t.ijc. A cat mnrket ha been started in Paris f liich bus led omo ouo to prophesy a Innpio market report, running thus: rabbies, dull; toms, buoyunf, kittens, pvcly; Angoras, depressed: brindled. cry brisk: l'er.siuns, lu great demand; uri.iiibchiic.ii9, ncavy. JMao lork I'vtt. Impatient Husband "Where in the or lit have you been? I wunt my din- fer." Wifo-"Kxcuso me, John, but I an down to the dewing Society at livo, nd to my surprise it didn't wind up ntiloght. ilusbnnd--"ou mean it as wound up at live und didn't tun jdowu till eight." Sun. ! A new appointed crier In a county court in Australia, wliero there are many Chinese, was ordered by the Judge to jummou a witness to tho stand: "Call for Ah Hong." wot the command. Put Wat puzzled for a moment; ho glanced hyly at the Judge, uud found him at grave ut an undertaker. Then, turning IJ0 thespectuturt, he blandly simpered : P'tjintloiiiin, would any of you favor hit Jlouor with a song" T . i . - Street Curt Decimate the Horses. The iMinerinleniinnf rf X" ... v.L. ptreet railway tompuny oatlinatct the wear and tear on horse at about $.10 a ?car each. J.'uch cur hot on the average Jen horse, to thut horelleth worth $500 - i ...... j ... viti.u war. tn ome of the longer line nt many at 150 :rt ure run, o that the total annual iOllSUlniltilin nt hnrui.u uimil.l I - !n these roa.l t7.V()00. rOPCLAR SCIENCE. - j - ' Tho Lick ObsoTTatory J to hav a rll In i olorado, 6000 foct abovo the toa lcrel. The specific gravity of milk It about 1.0.1:1. Its actual weight it 2.11 pounut pur quart, or tu pounds tho gallon. A 3erman professor says that thirty five flashes of common lightning would keep an incandescent lamp burning for an hour. According to Pasteur and f hamborland, typhoid bacillus is In ninety nino cases out of a hundred communicated through drinking water. ' The (Jastroscopo is an instrument by which the Interior of the stomach may be illuminated, and the condition of the lining membrane determined. It it a delicate and costly instrument. Tho range of 20,000 yards. attained by by elevating one of the newest biTcch londcrt to 4-1 degrees, h is led to the cal culation that the 111-ton gun fired nt thnt elevation would cirry twenty miles. The greater part of our asbestos rome from Canada. 'Iho mineral Is also mined in this country.but that found hero thut far has been shorter in fibre than the Can adian, and is not e ,ual to it for many pur poses, ( 'rudo petroleum is incn asinglv used as substitute for coal on uccouut of die i li nes and e.vo of handling. Tho llout mills and evapoiator weeks at Fcnon, Mich., will bo run with this "fuel oil' hcicafter. The metal balls inside tho round sleigh bells, are placed insido of the snndcoro, which occupies the spneo insido the bell. In casting the sandcoro Is burned away ami the piece of metal is closed in the bell form. Dr. Donnld C. Hood has collected many facts relating to the use of salicylic acid for riicumatmm. Of 'H patients treated with salicylates, 3'M were relieved of their pains within seven days; whereas of ir. patients treated by other mctlmds, only 1 it) were relieved within tho muiio time. A ne-a- discaso has broken out among tlio g ai.o vines of Santa Anna and au (Jabriel' valley of California. it is termed tho ipsmir. anil tho .cau of it no ono knows. Tho vino begin to wither and in a short time die. Tho discaso it infectious and spreads very rapidly. A now uso for wlro is described. It is stated that in various military districts of North nnd South (icrniauv, as well as in Holland, trials havo been made nt wiro soles covered with a substance re sembling India rubber. These soles are said to bo more durable than those made of leather, and to cost only about halt the pr co of leather. A novel electric lailway is undergoing construction in a suburb of St. I'mil, Minu. 'I he railroad is an elevated struc ture, and the cms arc hung below it close to tho street level. They hang from em of wheels taking their power from the tracks, which arc charged withelectricity. A speed of from eight to ten miles au hour is claimed for tho curs. The quantity of ico that sometimes adheres to the branches of tices has been greatly over estimated, according to Mr. C. K. liesscy. In a freezing storm last February a lino box elder, twenty-live feet high, with a rounded top fully twenty-live feet in diameter, vvu brill iantly covered with crystals, whose weight did not exceed 300 poundt. Admiral Luce on toast Defence. Tho following views of Ilear-Ad-miral l.uco, giveu to it lialtiinore ui man, will bo road with interest. In speaking of tho interior waterways running parallel with the Atlantic Coast, near tho shore, he says: "'Iho need of an inland system of canals along tlie coast it undoubted. The strategic naval waterways in a war would be l.oug Island Sound, by hold ing which Jvew ork and Brooklyn could be protected, and tho I'elaware and Chesnpeako liny, commanding the approac hes to Philiidclphiu, liultiin .re, ushiiigtou and Norfolk. It is not s i much necessary to have a largo naval force as it is to have an etliciont one that could be quickly transferred from one point to another. As soon ns the enemy begin to concentrate their fleet nt any ouo point our monitors and gunboats could, at a moment' notice, be sent through tho inland canals, with nothing to molest or disturb thorn, to tho threat ened points. "The Dclawaro and Karitau Canal should bo deepened ho thut big vessels could run through it. The Chesapeake and Delaware i until should also be broadened nnd deepened, and itt ap proaches, which are bad, should bo im proved. The Government and pri ate corporations should work together in im proving those canals. The Krio Canal should be widened and deepened to ac commodate war vessels, so that the lakes would be easy of hcos. Jiy holding tho Welling Cnnul Knglandciin diHpatch her big gun boat! und ironclads into the lakes, where they would work de struction. Thj United States could only send some small gunboats through tho canal and over the railroad." "If I were going to improve the navy," said Admiral l.uco, "I would be gin by improving the merchant inariuo. Ouo may bo said to bo indispensable to the other. I would change the law so thut a foreign built ship could sail under the American Hag. Then I would, as far as practicable, offer bountlet in some form or other for building steamers. Italy, Franco and Kuglaud have em ployed this bounty system successfully, aud I do not see why we cannot do to equally at successfully." A Itllllon Dollars (Jo Up In Smoke. A. llurnor, Sr., ot l.atonton, Ga., smokes a pipe every day that tradition lays is over UO years old. On an average twelve poundt of tobacco are now an nually consumed in this pipe. Assuming that this amouut has been about the average of consumption slnco tho day of its initiation, 2100 poundt of the weed have been burned in this bowl. The cott of this tobacco yearly can safely be put down at Now, if the first $Vi thus pent hud been put out on compound interest kt tho rato of ten per cent, it would have grown into the snug little lumot l,75.Viaa,200. MlanU Contti tutivn, Tlio proverb says that the good die young, liut if thut's to, what a hard lot of tinners these old folkt mutt be! J tstnUht ilU (Ua.) Nine. RELIGIOUS HEADING. Ilolh Rldos-Whlch Is Yonrs? "W'htt a tedious prTer meeting. " said John Brent to his wife at hitirpnKl einht onu leeent 'I'tiurmlsy evening. "I'm glnd to kp( bncK lo m own llitle chrpriil flrvnnle. Tiio nimUter'n remark were as long hi tlie moral law. Deacon PmiI went over the ssme ground, with a few prosy varintinn. Mr. Langdon stammered and hlundred till ic we n relief when ba eat down. Mrs. Child said the same thing she hn Mid for the lest twenty Ave year; et lenrt I 'ipposeshedld, I couldn't hwr It all. Mrs. Hrown uttered a few prim, stilt words. Just M though she thought she must. The young church mem bers kept up a rontinuil silence. Theng were the sntne old clrnggy ones, sung helter skelter, anywhero. without any soul ormii e to them. The pans- were the moet fr qunnt part of the meeting nnd I believe on my soul they were the moot Impr. s-lve. If we are to have a jrayer-nioetlnK, why not have onel I don t like so much talk." "Now, John," said Mm. Brent, "how dif ferently we look et things! I thought It was one of the best prayer meetings we ever at tended. The min ster n talk was just what I needed. 1 had lieen worried all the week, nnd what he told u atmut trusting in Uod in little things fitted my enso. 1 wa sorry when he closed hi Hihle and said, 'The meeting Is oiien for others.' "Pencon l'aul'4 remarks on the same mi! Ject intoiesteil meextvedingly, fc.r I knew ho Find tnnny trials nnd could fenk from ex perlenee. As to Urothor Ivingilnn, lis seeme.1 so much In enrmrt that 1 ill. I not notii-e whether he blundered or Hot. I wms think-, ing of my own shortcoming. "The songs were old. to lie mire, 1 nt for tht very reason they touched my heart. I never enjoyed sitting 'He lenileth me' us 1 did tonight. I'ei hai I heliel to mnko it, 'druggy,' hut tho musio wo In my soul lor all that. A to the young peoiilo I never saw them so attentivo nnir quiet. Mirny of them related verse which eemed to mo. very fliting. One of them told mo after church that ho hid decided this night to be ei mo a Christian. (In, It ha uvea a good niuoling to mo!" ;J,Uon l'.ulo. Light r.renlilng. "LI'te n inichty nrmv. Moved tho Church of fJod: I Ih ot hem, we nie trending i Where tlio saints huvo trod; I AVe nro not divided, ' All oiei l odv wn. One In hojw, in doctrine, One in charity." Tlie midnight has pased! Tlie dawning I at bund. 1 he long uuilisturled Milliliter of the Church is It. kit, i. Signals have sounded that hnve railed ilreuners to Iwcoine work ers. All through tho e mm there is a stir of lite! Wo havo hoard a Chaplain tell of having bivouacked with his luigado Uon nn oen Held, each soldier wrnpsl in his blanket, but with nothing over him but the cold, cloudy sky. Kui ly tho next morning he oro-e, nnd nil over tlio Held were little mounds like new m ido graves, each covered with a dr iferv of M wy enow, which had fallen two or three im-he d'p during the n ght, nml cowred every nloepiiig soldier, n II in tho winding sho.a of death. Directly, while he was gaxing upon the strange ss;e taelo, hero Hil l there it man wnu d stir, rise, shako himseir, and stand fort.i. la rtioinniitary nuiiiz ineiit, at thn sijhl It wns like a res urrectii u se n, nml failed n t tu mnko Its impression upon tho hehoMne, Ho tho Churches Iiiivk lien canminir. ! shimtiering ninid tlio inMs of woi MIuichs that hnvn wil! niu-li (llled tliem to tlio henrt, I nnd tlio world has soon more, siiow-covorod I graves than licncon Dr. ! j Hut. now thank (!il' tho day oomnth. ; An uliirin Iihs sounded all along tho line. : Tio sl.sp.'is bestir llieinxdviHl Nntionul t 'iimp-Mm tings, lliher-li'o Literature, Ho linesi Conventions, I'nion KHngelistie ef forts, and Co.iM'cration meutiiiKs, are beat ing ii leveillo to which miiltitudi-s nro re sponding in a resm reetlou lifo of devotion Olid tireless enerey. . AJiler -Jiir is -nvirhlng onl WOI rO join the nggres ive cnmpniKn that will by nnd hv turn to a trluniiihul urocession in honor of tho King of Kinuf Awuko arouse thyell NoI'imiiii for drvnmers in a world that is to l ;.'.nqiiercd for Kiiimaiiuel. One prayer lor help; ouo nl'-emliraciug gift to noil; oii'i ni lul HipiOrlnllon or tuo spirit nnd tho lifo of vour (' .plain, and llirht biuuks to thee.--Ill, v. S. II. I'lalt, A. M. Kest With it l'urposo. Back from woodland, moor and l ike, from son si. me ami (roin lauds across the sea, come hou-ands und tens of thousands of Iho summer tourists. Hack to renewtd con secration wo hop-, hack to work for O.sl nml their fellow men with increased zenl. Many who ure homeward hound huvo Hient tho summer koiinou seeking pleasiiro simply lor picusuie Him.i, ror tiiom nie Is ono con titiii'sl i onnd of excitement, without which it would ho mere existence. Their' is a buttei lly liio. Hut luanv others havo a tnoro exalUt.1 view of lifo. Ihey realizi lliolr ro- S onsii ilitv to (lis), and huvo sought t re cruit health end strength that they might tno Keller serve inoir day nml generation. Christian minister:) mid Christian lay work ers havo g it tiered health mid help, iilivsienl nn I mental, nyo nnd spiritual, too, it is to ho Iiom.i, as iney elitniied tlio mountain crag, plutigisl into t li Inllow, itnilo I tint traekh'ss ds p, or Hiietrato. tlio eipnilly puthlet for est. Wlule communing with nature, they havo held holy lollowsliip with naturo'a (iod. His win ks havo spoken to them of his loud ness nnd his glory. Whether returning to tho great metropoli tan city, Iho largo inland town, or Iho rus tic villago, these friends will Hud much wi rk uwailliig tliem. Hiu und Salan have taken no vacation. There nro struvinir ones to sock out, weary ones to cheer, sick ones to visit, tasks many to lie lM.rfoi ined. How do bghlful to come back to these with fre-h pui pose uud renewed energy I We do well to take every proper meiisiiro for tho restora tion nnd tho preservation of health. Tlio Saviour, who well knew the weariness await ing tho Ini-y woi ker, bado his disciple ms'k rest n while. M'o ilo well to gel nway ut times from tho daily scenes of lifo, nnd breathe other nir, nnd witness other sights, and make new friendships, or revive old ones. All this is right, provided thut through it all thero runs the desire nml tho design to serve (lisl Is'ller. Thero is no piety in a sickly constitution or a weak und ailing body. Uod may glorify himsulf In tho pa tience nud resignation. of the suiruriug ouch, but if we can l.y any means lay hold of health mid strength wo nulit to uuike them ouis, for tho work to Imj done is merit nml Leeds the Ileal ti.'st toil of tho heulthy lis wi ll as tho holy. Surely wo may bo Isith these. Spirit, soul nml lusty may Ikj in vig orous health. We may pi-iissr in Hi. mall, ami bring them to tho alter of our (iod with txceediug Joy. The health he bestow may well Ut devoted to the tusks ho assign. IN. Y. Otiserver, When tho ore In the fnble was asking Ju piter thnt it might be fashioned into a sw i 11 was asking to be made acquninUsl w A tho furnace and the forgo, the sifting stream and the shattering hammer-stroke. It was needful for the lllo to bite, ami the brazier to hum; it would have to lie melted uud ro nielted before it could bo tempered into deli cate splendor and strength, and made moet forservlo in battle. This is tho ordeal through which must pass thnt which I des tined to lie "a polished shaft" in the bauds of our King. Dr. Charles Stanford. Christ in us, that we may never despair when we are beset by ditlleultius; we in Hun, that when we have attained something may reach forward to greater victories. ICauou Westcott. There Is a marked difference between tht W. C T. Union in China and Jautn. Ths olllcersand workers in the former ure Ameri can missionaries, while In the latter, ths native women take full control profile, lecture, write and publish leaflets, and C-irry on the enterprise successfully. TRMPERANCK HEADING. Who I 1'hy JVHuhhnr T Ihr lie uhls.rf It Is he whom ihoil II isl power to aid nml t.l Wh iso ach n hea t or lain vx brow Thy soothing band may press. Thy neichlxir' 'tis the fainting poor Wlnmeeyo with want Is dim. Whom hunger Minis from door to door) to thou and succor him. Thy ne gtiborl 'tis that drunken man. Whoso year are nt, the brim, ltont low with overty and pain; U i thou and reecuo him. Thy neighbor! 'tlshls wife, beroft 'M every earthly gem; This wife and children helpless loft; Oj thou and shelter them. Where e'er thou meefst a human form '.eath drunkenness lienl down, UnnenilH r 'tis thy neighbor wormv l tiy brother, or my son. 1'a not, oh pas r.ot heedln Iks. erhaM thou canst redisun, Hitmelf and his from misery; Oo reason, plead with him. O.W.C'eofc, in "liaitl-A.re of 'i'cmieranv. A riitld a Work. A few months ncn a cosy llttlo chnpol was deilienieil ns tho 'I bird Lutheran Church of an Ohio city. ery happy were tlio two older churches to wrlcouio iho young sister, and very wonderful did the blovnn areni. Kivo yeai-s Is fore thero wns onlv ouo Lu theran Church in the town, nud It s-mod like only yesterday that the parent church had bidden " iislss'd'' to a llttlo compnnv as they lot t to form the s.eud church. Anil now there are tim e. Howliisl b is ti.tssed them mi l muitiplie I their numbers! Ami to think that it has all, under (okI, come nlsaitl yn little live venr old mnideu coax ing her ilriiukeii fnilier to go to riiiiidny selnsil With her! It hnpNMied In thlswl-o: About forty years niio, In a little mountain tow n mini liastern State, a boy was led atrav by evil companion-. nud l nrmsl to drink uud smoke, and to become a dissipated youth. His pa ri'lite moved nt Inst to I Muo, und for a while ho Is'irnn to grow steadier, and married n I rave littlu wonia'i. but, alas' evil inllii enco ngnui galmsl their hold upon Inm. and ho Iss'inne n ilrunkeii sot, given up to all kinds of evil and sin. t ne day when he linppen sl to b. moder ately sob -r, Ins llttlo live year-old da ii;liter came in, und elimls-d upon his hip. l u 'ing her nrnis around bis neck, she exelainn.i; "My dear llttlo driiiikeu daddv :" It seemed ns tlioimh a kmfo had cut into his very soul. With a questioning look he turned to his wife. "No, I did not tell her; she bns beard it somewhere else." w as tier answer, it startled and roiis., him: for, wretch us ho was, he love.) tlio nino ellt little child. h run. -is Murphy camo to the town toon after; nml one day 1 tt:e Nell camo ilaneiug up to her papa, with a iloui or so little blue teiiij-. ranee I a lues pinned all over her hat. Her father declared nttcrttnrd that every one went through h in like nn arrow. A few days titter, a fellow-drinker, w ho had nlrea.lv Miguel tie pledge, came nml asked him to siu it nlso. Ho ngns'il to do so if some others would; mid ns a result, nearly thirty i f the lowest men in the town Were rescued from the power of strong drink. A little tune pa-S'l, and .Sell Mai I'd to the Lutheran Sun. Inv school; and very soon cnnio tho pleiubn luilo vo:eo; "I n pa, won't Von go to Sun lay-school wlntli me next Sunday (' ilo Con id not le-ist the lilt In one, ami went w ith her. Tlieswis't s.ninn .l. asi-t him, and ho went ngain. Alter his second visit, ho hunted up an old associate, now a sots-r man, nnd hailed him with: "Say, Johnson, it you'll go to Sunday-school, I will'.'' Johnson Inughed mid s-olTeil a litt'e, but finally agreed to try it. Ho, too, was pleased: mid they, after a while, got a doen more rough men like themselves, mid lorme.J a Hible class. They discilssoil the Ii ssons, often with ridicule und unbelief; nnd by nnd by the Holy (Spirit lsgan to work in the midst, nnd some of tliem were converted, among tliem little Noll's pnpa. Tho class begau to grow to twenty-tive, llfty.seveiity tlve, ono hundred, one hundred mid titty! all men, and all interested in tho lesson study. in tho meantime all this wns having it in fluence with Iho school proMT, and its num. tier increase 1 trom four hundred to nine hundred in u very short tune. The church also cnught i iitliusiasni, nnd ut last grew so in numbers that it divided uud formed tho second church and now u third. Humanly Ss'aking, this has couio from tho see l sown by a little girl. All this hiipH'iiod nbout ten years ngo. Nell's father is nn honored an I respected business man, nnd his elegant homo sis-aks of his prossii ity. Ho is mi earnest Christian worker, a itevobsl tomjK'ranco man, and nu active prohibitionist. Is it not wonderful! With Christ multiply ing siwer, a very tiny ell'ort may beconio mighty in it inlliieneo. "Ho vo steadfast nnd unmovnble, always abounding in tho woik of tho Lord; foras much as ye know that your labor is not la Tain in the Lord." .Sua.. 17 Hclwol I'mu i. lemperaiico Ncv anil Notes. Thero is in Kust Pelht. N. Y., a toiniH-rnnce school with about '.0 pupils. One hundred and sixty tlvo drunkards die every day. That was Horace Urocloy's estimnt.i twenty years ago. Ton of the Haptist Assis-iatUuis of renu sylvania (teclared last year for prohibition by constitutional amendment. Ono of the special feature of tho Interna tional Temperance Convention to lie held in Melbourne, Australia, is nil exhibition of ti inis ranee joiiruuiistio literature from all ... ... .1... linns ui tuo Mrs. Iavitt, who is now in Ceylon, write there tins lecii much more teiiiMirauce work I done iu that country than 111 most places in j India. Hands or lloio are common ana thero are some total uUtuicnco societies of adult men. The s)titioil being prepared by the tem perance women of i.iigiaiid, for presentation to the yuecn, asking thut the bar room be ciosod on Sunduy, uln-mly weighs several hundred iuu.s, uud contains uo.irly a luilU ion signatures. In I8VJ ns many as U, Hot soldiers in ths Ilritish army were tluu"i for ili-unkemieiM, about half of H10111 IsMiig lined mora than once. In addition, Hl'.l ireu were punished by court murtinl for Isdng drunk ou duty, aud 177- for simple drunkenness. "TliesaliMmkeeper is alcohol'ssoldior; ho it America's danger and disgrace. Do not, 1 pray you, go olf into the regions of the ab stract, and dream of the Mssiblo saloon koeor the law ubidmg citizen, engaged in licit bartering, honest and honorable, in hit dealings with his customers. Study him in actual lifo." Hit'iop Ireland. J lie tourth week or ftovemner Is set apart by the Hight Worthy Urand Lodge of (iood Templars as Missionary Woek throughout the order. Kach lodge Is urged to bold an open meeting aud to do all in it power to advance the Tutortwu of the organization. The l4Koy of Idquor. Tho evil of strong drink would be of com paratively smuil magnitude if only those ad dicted to iu use were involved in the de plorable eouseouencrs. The editor of the A'oi t liweitern Lancet, in a suggestive article on "Ihe Medical Asioct of Inebriety," says: "'1 he i' lose relationship of insanity, epilepsy, anil inebriety in strongly shown by tho re markable manner in which, through hered ity, one form of disease may pass into another, a where drunkenness in una gen eration is followed by epilepsy or insanity in the succeeding generation ' It is this in evitable nerve or brain deterioration on tlio part of tbo.eof a previous geuerutiou who indulged in ulcohollo leverages, and became parents, winch undoubtedly would, if care ful investigation should be made, account for the presence therein of many at the pre nttiino of those by whom our insane asy lums and hospitals are overcrowdetl. The drink Mvil Involves not onlv those immedi ately connected with the drinker hero and , now, Lut leaves a fearful legacy of suffering j and incompetency to future ueuuratiouv ' SUNDAY SCHOOL. TMRtiF.ssoN rem Novi;ini:it 4. Defeat nt A I," Josluia O; 1 lli-OoM. 11 Text, Isaiah n:l; O. Notes. Tho promise of tio I nro generally con ditioned upon obedience an.l separation from tin nn our part. "There slial not any m m I e able to k'aml Issfore then nil the davs of thy life," was tho promisi to JohiM rl , , but the conditions were faith mi l ols lienco on his part if., -U). Complete victory had lioen tno result, as in reliance iisin t. '10 Lord, scpnrntion and olswbeneo to Hun, thy dim passo the walls of .lerieho, and the sunn sin-ces would hnve attended them at Ai hid they teen humlile, eliedient mid ep-irati from sin; nnd d d nttend them when they fllllllied the con litions ivini, ' This is tho victory that overcouieth tho world, even our fnith" (I John v.. A); nml alwavs when wo are overcome, either by tlio world, tho Itesh, or tho devil, iiisten I of being overcoiilers, it must bo Is-causMif tlio l ick of humility, or faith, or Sep tra' 1011 fioni sin. I. "Tlio chiiiiroii of Israel comttiit'.cd a tnspa-s in tho accursed t!nn" Tim citv nnd nil ill it. had been uceur-ed. or devoted to Utter destruction 1 v i. . 17. margin, compared with v., I. where "uf, er'y destroye I' is tho name wor.l.nn l h.s nls 1 I Sam. x v.. V!l ; Zach. Xiv., 11), and the s-op,. had ln forbaldetl to tnko for tlienis. lv. nnvihinof tho ac cursed or devnied c.t v. How- f-nrfu' 1 tlio sin of disobedience, and I o.v f.ir 10 iclibu th ' eir.ts of sin. una mm -s, covet 1 and tnkes that which ho had been for nddeii to touch (v., Vli.nn I the re. nil is Unit. I'.o w I10.0 nation suffers bee iuse of a hmeu m .v through his sm. The lirt vere of our e.on is nn epitomo of our whole lewon mil is OlS'lled lip to lis lis we proceed. i. "Ai nnd bethel." These ii.iiiiim enrrv cs bnek some live hundred vein s to the time when Alir.uii first entered the laud nml having pitcho I hi tout between H-thel ami Ai. be bmlde I mi a I ir unto tie Lord ill.ei. xil , M; xiii, II . tiavinir Ai it he h 'ati of ni'ii-n Is'hind him. nn I l(, ;iiel itho lioiise of (iod) before him. On Mich historic groiui I it would havo Isvni woi I to have reiir-mliered tho (iod of Hethul nud humbled themselves before Him. II. "Ut not nil tho jwviplo go up; for they are but few." Slieli wns tlie advice of tint men sent to view the country, but. they had not the nun I of liol, for h s comuiau I was; "Take nil tho op. ot war with thee'' iviil., 1. It was wrctcho I self contl leie e, forget fulness of (i sl, nud 1 1 ikiiiir li.'ht. of dillicul ties. It, w ill not do to make to 1 much nor too little or tlioeiieniv; wo most not Im, anx ious nor dm 'onrngo I, neither should wo bo Cindes or boastful; but having 011 the whole armor of (l.il, wo m i-t ever ls watchful, nu t esoe. lally w hen the occasion scorns a llttlo one. 4. "'1 hoy fled before the meii of AI " This wns not n.-eordmg to tlio pro iu-n Unit oiw should ciiai 11 tliousan I nml two pot ten thousand to Ibyht ili.-ut. xxxil , :;0i. but tlio fault was tin ii'owii: tlioy wore iinuiindf il of their Hock, mid pulTod up bv tlie victory nt ler.cho, us if their arm had done it. 'I liey bad been warned that, if thuv fufiel to ols.y tho Lord Ho would cans- them to be amitt Ml before their enemies i)at xxvin, l.i, ."n, and now it has 1 10 true. "The heart of th po .plo inelte 1. nnd hocnmn as water.'' A'nl t it was not a vory great defeat: they had only iost. t'orty six men. and Iher.i was an aiiuv of over (1 sl,( ki ready for war. Wlivwas this ti-eui- bling of heart nnd this treat nu I s iiin ;ly uncaPe I for feirf It was all through failing to we the Lord mi l hear His voice. Ii. "Jo-hua rent li s clothes and fe'l t the eni th up hi his face beloro the nrk." 'I'lui was a new experience to him 11s the lender of Israel, nnd to humble himself heforo Uod wns tho right thing to do; liut w ho can toll what the result micht have Ikh-h if Joshua ami tho older of Israel had done this hoioro setting out to attack AH Where was tho man with the drawn sword, tho captain of tho Ixird's host, nil this timef Had ho ma. In a mlsfnko, or failed them, or la-en defeated I No, Ho was s.niply lott out, and they had gone without him. nnd He had let tlieui do it. Ho diss not take command when Ho 1 not wanted, nor does lie give w isdom where it is not u-kod. Wo forget Hun, we run without Him. He lets us iro our own way that wo may learn our folly uud I0011110 more humble mi l trustful. 7. "Alas! O ljrd tiol, wherefore hast thou!" In this and the next two verse wo hnve Joshua's prayer. Ho be.-nis a little hastily ami impatiently, for tiisl hal not brought them over .Ionian to de-troy them or to doliver them to tlio Amoritos; but rather to deliver tho Amorites unto them and give tin-in all that umsl land. Wo are apt to say that Uod has brought ns into this or that tr.nl, when wo havo brought it upon ourselves by disolNslleneo or by failing to follow Him. "Wisdom's ways uro ways of pleasantness, and all her paths nro cace. l iio pal Ii of the just is nst lio shining light, t int shineth more nnd more unto tho H-rfect dnv" il'iov. ui., 17; iv., IM ; so if wo tin. I nur se. ves in dark and troubl-d ways wo may le sure the 1 loud Shepherd has not led us U.cro; mid yet if wo tin I ourselves in such places mid humbly look up lo linn, lie will lead ut out into tho light. "Hl.ord, what shall I snv when Israel turnetli their backs before their i neiniesi" There is more of a right sp rit in this utter ance, and would to I iod that wo were mora troubled than we s.em to be when Christians nro overcome instead of being overcoinein. Whut shall wo say when both the world, tho llesli and the devil si-cm to p-t nu I keep the victory over so many professing Christians; when those w ho naiuo the name of ( hrc t turn their backs upon Die r iver meetiuis nnd prefer the theatre or the entertainment, turn tiiei backs uhiii the Hibleaud prefer a novel or iiiag.i.ino; when they are overcome by the follies n'l vanities of this heap of ruins, this present evil world, an I are mora in lovo with it than with the house of ;.d' It. "What w lit Thou do unto Thy great linnief" Joshua suggests the posiluliiy of their iimno a a nation lsing cut olf from tlio earth mid identifying tlieui witli Him, ho asks this question. Uod has chosen Israel to make Him a name. (I Chmn. xvii, '.'I.) Tlie Vueen of Shct.a camo to Solomon because she heard of his fame cniiceruini; tho name of the Lord. Il Kings x. l.l So we should ro ineiuU r that we ure clio-en to bear His name, uud in all tilings glorify Him. 10-11. "Hot thee up; Israel hath sinned." There is a time to pray nnd a tune to act. a time to confess sin, and a tune to rise and search out mid put nway sin. Joshua knew not the causes of Israel's failure, he Went iu humiliation nn I prayer to Him who is per foct in knowledge, ami now that Ho 1 has ro ven'ed the matter to him.it is time for him to rise mid put awuv tho sin from Israel. If wo ure conscious of failure in our Chri.-tinn life, and humbly and sincerely wait usn Und to know the cau-o of our failure, He will surely show us, provided he sees that we mean to be honest itu Him und put the sin away. IS. This then was the cause of Israel's fnil uroand they could not stand before their enemies, much loss subdue them, nor would the Lord bo with them any more except th ucciirsvd thing be taken away and the ac cursed person bo destroyed. So tho tribes are brought before him. probably by their hea I, and the lot fall upon Judub,' thorn of th families rf Jinlnb the Zarhites nro taken; of the Zorhltes, Zab.li ii taken; and of the household of Znbdl, Achnn is taken. Oh, A huu, whv did you sinf Having sinned why did you not couio and confess it without waiting to be found out Wore you not sure that your sin would find you out) (Num. xxxii., '.'.Ii Hid you not know thnt "he that covereth hi sins shall not proser, but whoso confoMsetb aud forsukotb them stall have morevf" il'rov. xxvinl. Why did you do itt For the sake of a little gold and s Ivor and a goodly liabyionisli pai iiiciit, Tell me, dear reader, have you proliu-d by the full of Arlmii. 01-are von dishonoring the name of Christ and provin? a hiudrumss rather than a blessing in your homo or church or Sunday sohool, becausayou havenn innr.liuato desira for goodly raiment, 01- that silver and gold, th lov ot which is tho root ot all cvill Love not the world: be content with tmeh thtngfl as y have; if riches increase, not not your heart iiMm them: seek first the kingdom of Uod and II I riglitoniisnem; lay lip for your self treasure iu heaven. jn Htloen, How to Skin n Illl'if. Tlio tiecessnry tools to work with area sharp pen knilo or scalpel (figure I), a pair of small forceps (licjuru '.'), a pnir ol scissors (flgnio II), a button book (figure 4 1, a narrow spoon, a spool of thread, IT li V Fin. 1. Fie. 0. I'm. !. I'm. 4. needle nml n bottle of nr-cnical compo. sition, for which tlie recipe will be jjiven further on. A fair specimen brinej olv ta ncd, take some cotton wadd no ami jiliiK up the throat ntnf nostrils so as to prevent uny How of blood from .smllitiej the fcutliers. I like a board , lay the binl on its back ami part the leathers from the 111- seltiotl of the lie k tolhtl tail. Cut tbeoiitcr skill the entire Ictiejth, takinej cat)' Hot to penetrate tlio flesh too deeply, or tliroucli the inner incin- 1' .. biuiio which covers thn intestines. The skin can then 1 isdy sepuratcil from the I'csh, by .iis nt; tho buyers or sonic blunt in triimcnt between the skin ami I lie body. I'.y Inyin liohl of one Ice and pusliiuo; it foiwanl inn will be aide to brinir the bare kneii tliroii!'U the opening you have made. S ith tlie m'issois cut it olf nt the oint; pull the shank still udliciine to the Ico; till the skin is lurtn il back ns far us it w ill p, icmove all llcsb nml sinew from the bone ami wrap a p cce of cotloti wnliliiiir around it, dip it iu the arsenical coni osil oii jiiul then pull llielc,' I v t hn claw buck to its proper pi.. re. After liavmir done this to both leers, skin cuio fully around the buck, cut t itiv; oil Ilia tail, lcavinej it ailhei imr to the skin wnli that into which the feathers "row, that )s, tin) rump or ". ope'.s nose." Serve the wiiiif. hones the same ns the lc;s, 1 ut. tinji them oil' (lose to the body; next turn the skin insiilo out, down to tho back of the skull, iu which make 11 cut of tin- form shown iu 1'ijHire 0; with tho kn.fe this is tinned back like a 1 1 11 1 -lioor, and then with the spoon clean out the bruins inside well w ith the arsenical rompcsitioii and lill it with cotton wiui il.titf. 'I ho next operation !h tr"tl inij nt tho eyes. 'I bis is done by euttiii"; caul imisly liiit l the lidii appear, beinc; careful not to cut the eye itsc f, and with a pa r of forceps, which will be found ncnetaHy useful, pull cai h from its socket. Wipo out the socket very can-fully, wash thoroughly with the arsenical com)osi tioii, und lill it with cotton. Cut oil the neck clo-o to the skull, wash the stump ami whole of Ihe inside of the sku'l with tin; composition, ami the skinning is done. AIISKMI-Al, CllMf.lSITIKN. Arseiiiato of potash. . ..'J 1 Ira li.no hulphnte of nlumiici. " I'liwdereil clUllph T "J " Whit-' sn ip, p.iw-lered.. I ' j oimeo. Spirits of wine ii oun. es. iisseliee of t h.V'in. . . . . drops. The 11rscni.ro of potash, sulph ite ol alumina und soap ure put into a lure. mouth bottle, uud the spirits ol' wint) poured 01: tin in ut the heat of twenty live degrees; cork und let stand twenty lour hours, thou mid the essence ol tli) inc. Shake well bcfoie it is used. I )u n use us u be eiaye ! .l:nii A 11 i ulfvSiit. It. ink nml Divisions of Kullroinl Work. Saya Harry ('. Kayiiuniil, Iho initial rail ay iasscii,'i.r ui.rciit of St. I.uiiis; "Tin cinpluvcs of tho railroads ure u world williin themselves, bavinn griefs, ntiiliitiniis, hopes, mid rewards that uro familiar, utul yd they tin divided into little worlds of their own. Fur instance, u voting inuii entering tlio clerical de partment lives to become a chief dork, un audit. ir, tn;iHurr, or other fiscal of ficer. The locomotive fireman bccouice in linn an engineer. The freight brake man expects tu In conio a freight con ductor, und tin freight conductor looks forward to the l. iy v, lion he will run 11 passenger train. The passenger brake nuin readily becomes u freight conduc tor. The ciigiiici r some day to be muster nu ehaiiic. Tlio passenger con ductor in:iy In c. .1110 a master d trans j inflation. Tin kw itclimaii (bvclop) liitu a yardiuast' r, uud then erhii)is u division stipcriidctidciit. The lines are broadly drawn, 'j ho instance of tni ti rising l'roin tlio l'lukcs to the Mipcrin tendency und presidency of tho loud, ns did A. A. Tulmugc, ure so few ua to bo uotuble," St. Lull i.i tllubc-DanO' trut. How Women Should (iet Off Cars. Woman, lovely woman, will willfully persist in getting oil" street curs back ward before they Mop, despite conduct ors' cautions. A young woman fell tint on Niugura street a day or two ugo be cause she jumped oil' w hile tho ear wan moving, nnd that same night tho writer saw un elderly woman saved from u like futo on a Main street cur by the conduct or'a seizing her just as she was about to leap. Of oour.si' tho innocent creature think that if 11 muti can jump oil a mov ing cur with impunity they can. liut no man can get oil' nt right tingles with 11 car, putting down first t' o foot oil the- ''do toward the horses, 1 it limit spilling himself promiscuously ou the puvclliolit. If women won't wuit till tho cor atop, they should remember theso simple rules: (1) Fneo the sumo way tho cur is going. ('2 Full akirts clour of tho ear. ,:!),' ' tho outside foot well forward and bi 'ho body back. (4) Hold ou w ith Isith Hand until the driv er Mops tho horses. (5) Step off.- W 1
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