I fiDGKfOP FUN. novn sKRTOfiKS moai ....hi Malfl-Hnlat Willi Own retrl Got It Just tne name Kto., Eto. Limr through the "ads" of all the ri'nwnit and active girl to the "lady irthe drapers." situttions vacant," through which I , nn that take my fancy lika the egriable maid. try to picture her commencing at ;r her head (of celery) if surmounted n-aMed'maiden hair, to delicate and CnHH4 the use of monkey's-cap to keep t nice mid clean. m1 a llttlo lower and her car (of wheat) illcVthey may be barley, or oats or veil rve. ... , rheoks a little radish, and a turnip none Itn smell', . , mutti a ntnllc of tulips which are l herry rod as well. iw n ,t fail to mention, though it can j m some surprise !l. been mi old M)tato in osom? r .nt hlacKoyes. inlikn Hint mhii old tubers, hem enn i tn iiihik hii i miKii, I'taiitt v hvi not cut out when fixing 4 r a mu ll. jiiht the marrow In her liones U vego jtall, t'X. jnliim are case I ill foxgloves of bright ziim tit i tin", man I her neck, the choicest fuKU she ". .. .,1. I , ,,.l i-i,l. h nn o .1 man with his sage advice ?..r. ... nt h,.r uiiln is tr.iiMK irom out t I I ... 1 1 .... buttercup this Canter- j 1111 T ,. knine i i:- or lo ot, but which she will not iuii: -thyme iierhaps in fuclisio tho secret Mill lll'U out, Imt it in a lloral nnine, can anybody doubt! Yankte Dlade. iloNt With III Own IVtaril. livens hi (lentleman "What on I in tlmt burning, Charles."' i.irlcs- "Khl" irvous Old Hentleman "I say, what les th it terrible odorf" Jinrhs "Why, lather, I am smoking M jour cigar." litf.ar. I fJot It .lust, Tlio Knmn. Slow iibftit the delimiting cashier t were defending!' inquired J cr Jucr of a lawyer. "Did you succeed Jetting a stay of proceedings :' 'iSo, 1 didn't,'- returned tlio lawyer. It tho cashier got a stay of ten years tiu Mate s prisoti. Atit lurk bun i Medical Changes. lltizen Mo elderly physician) "You ft bleed patients as often as you did ten or twenty vcurs ngoC livsi ciiin (lookimr over iackat'o oi ud bills, "No, wo don't bleed 'cm 1; they bleed us!" Life. It AVo ild Hccm So. Why do ductors always writo tholr icnpuons m i.utinr uskcu nitio . lnny. '.My son," replied old Brown, "they 3 that in order to Kivo the druggist a onto to mid a dollar on tho prtscrip for translating it." 1 A Husband Sympathy, My wife nlways comes to mo with I troubles," nam lirown. -.tire right," replied tho minister, a wife should nlways look to her bus ad for sympathy. And how do you Bsolo her: Why," icplied old lirown. "I laugh Mier." .Sun. ItcilucPd to a Hyntcm. Two vagrants called on a kind ladyia it suburbs of .New l ork. ;"'l'o which of you two t-ha'l I givo this kcif ' alio uskoii. First Trunin "liive it tohim.madumc. jthus pu chii-cd tho routo from mo. and m just taking him around to introduce jjn to the customers." Sitinj. I Civint; Her Away. fPnobbeily- "llavo you ever crossod jc ocean, .Miss Flirty.'" 'Miss Flirty .o, Mr. Snobbcrly. I vo adread of tho water. I don't think vcr could bo induced to embark in ip of any kind." "How about a m uitship, sis?" asked ninny, .miss f lirty s younger brother, I.ontr VlHlts. "What's tho mutter. IJarrinuerl You lok dispirited." I "i m troubled with too much mother -law." 'That is bad. old bov. How of tun tecs kIio visit you?" I wico a year." "That isn't, nften llnrt-infrnr ' "No. it isn't oiiIt tlmt she stnva sly : . .. ' aonuis ai a tuno." i im: !Thi Clerk' Diplomacy, f-hoo Dealer Itn elerWi "Willtnm Vhy did you insist upon soiling to that pin Kuiiiiuinaii a pair oi small, sott allocs, fhen lm called for lurgo cowhido Dootsf ' i "Wcll-cr " i "1 insist unon knowinor I "'Ilia fact in I call on 1hiiitTi or imio frequently in tho evenings." Ai r An Awful Day. j voinu rigni in mo Kiicucn, jonnny," aid Mrs. ltrnwn "mill rrnt vm atimini , v. V jvu, .r,l.l. Don t tnsko the least noise, and as soon s you aro through you must cot right "What's the matter, ma," cried little jjohnnj, putting his flngor in his cyo. I "Hush, dour," she replied, "your father has beon putting up the stoves wt MUCIUUUU," I Could Afford Ilk Wfliir Art Klnil I "The young man who accompanied luiumuu mai, evening, j aura," said Miss Carliughouso, "has a fine, intel- tauo, out it seemeu to me tuat m paroou me ins trousers were some Whstbaffiv at the Iiami 'Qulte, likely, Irene," replied Miss .juuot, wiiu some iiuuieur, "j llanklnson i. if T mUtuLa Tint nna the heaviest stockholders of the Dae Iiarmonr tn the Party. t n .T iinilnratAnd that VOU haV had trouble with your servant girL" mm .... . .-ItM Wra. II. "vms ai an. Mr. O. "thl thon I was misin formed." . tt ! nnthtnir. I waf going to have a reception, but she had ansnjed for one hertclf tnat night." Mrs. it. "And sne gave ners up. Mrs. II. "No, 1 gave tip mine, so wi are still the lest oi irienas." notion Courier. So Va For m Foot IXnlrt, A lkam In 1ilm-arl was one dav I ( LSX I I . . . . . . given a two foot rulo to measure a piece of iron plato. Not licing accustomed to tlio uso oi tne rnie ne reiurneu .-, wnsting a Rood deal of time. "neil, JllKO, asauu in bujfviiwi, "what is tho si e of tie plate?" mvi-.h xtlLr. vitb hn amlla l VII, , V I ' 1 1 V. . ...inw, ...... whic h accompanies duty performed, It's the length of your rule ami two thumbs .. it tX.im tSnnai nf lirlrlr And tho mil, rl I l II IUII vw - breadth of my hand and arm, from here to tuero, Dar a uugor. iimmi fxmin. Two Way or Hclllnjr Oooda. "What tlo von irit fer them crah apple," asked an old lndy of the grocer's bov. Tin vcrv sorry, inarm, rcpnuu " boy, "but I'll have to charge you a dol lar a niciMiro for 'cm." 'Huh! that's too much," and sua turned to go. ('..,. I nnrlliinir fur ton. madam ( . . j inquired tho pr'pr.ctor, approaching. 'I was nkiu' the prtio o' them crab npp'es," she said. "Will, I'm very glad to inform you. madum, that, seeing you're an old cus tnmnr. t i nn make them crab ntiplcS to you nt only one dollar a measure. "All tight. 1 guess you Kiu scnu mo two meaiucs. "'''. Couldn't Afford to lie Cheated A I'nbiml Mum oneo had occasion to borrow a horse of i x-Oovcrnor David i Dunn, the famous I'oland lawyer, having tn ri,l. 1,'i'i'rnl m le to si'U SUVCrill DI O- ! pie. Ho made the trip, returned, drove tn tlw, (iiivurnnr'ii linnsn. found no one nt homo, put tho horso in tho stablo and then went to tlio store, wnero ne lounn the Covcrnor talking with soino friends "I put the hoiso in your stable aud fed him." "All right." "Now, what's the bill?" Where d d you gn." "1 went lirt to I canon Smith's.1 "IIow far do you call that" 'Three miles." "I know bi tter. It's thrco and a half." "Well, call it so. Thon 1 wont over to my brothers " "How many miles (iocs mat, niaKCl ' "Stivcn." "It's all of eight." Tliis eviiiiiinntion continued until the entire route had been covered, when tho in in who borrowcii mo norso saui: "Now, (iovcrnor, what is tho bill? Toll mo, and if I've got money enough I'll pay it now." Mho bill.'" said tlio tiovernor. "1 don't want anything. When you want thn linrun tnkn him I didn't care how far you went, but when you undertook to tell me I couldn't afford to bo cheated in tho miles." Leirialon (Me.) Journal. Stories of Foxes. At a recent fox hunt in England the fox ran into a church wkcro afternoon services were being held and hid him self in tho pulpit, where ho remained until dusk. His baillod pursuers came to the church door, but could go no far ther, and had to givo up the chuae, much to their mortification. Tho Karl of fouthesk, while hunting in Saskatchewan nut long ago, had mi expericuco with a fox which shows tho remarkable instincts which that animal sometimes possesses. 'the Karl says: After chasing him a number of miles. on a sudden lie made an active spring and disappeared headforemost into tho snow. Down we leaped to secure him. Behold a (Tiping Icidgcr hole! liy what instinct could the fox discover tho exact position of that hole ', No diircrcnco on the smooth, shining surface was visiblo to us, yet the fox, in ull his fear and. peril, could light exactly upon tlio en- tram e of this concealed mid apparently long unfrequented burrow." A Hondout ( N. V.) fox cause 1 a big eastern ico lirm considerable trouble 1 tat winter. Tho manager of tho company had had soma did.culty in procuiing ex perienced nice to cut ico for his com pany. He therefore put on a gang of .'00 1 green hands. One ultoruoon toward the last of the season, and at a time when every moment counted, a fox ran ncross tlio ico. Instantly his entire force ran after tho fox. while the dis tracted manager yelled after them in vain. Twenty minutes afterward they returned and found him figuring out how nun h ho had lost by their absence Ho had figured out that tho fox had cost It i in :, and he promptly deducted it out of their wages. Curiosities of Appetite. In tho desire for change in articles of food, some strange things have bceu swallowed. (Such, for instance, as Cleo patra's famous pearl solution, which she quailed to prove her regard for Maro Antony; tho similar draught which fir Richmond Whittington hud prepared for an entertainment he gave to King Henry V.; tho diamoud which Sir Thomus tiroshain had dissolved in wine, and drank to tho health of tjuecn Elizabeth, when she opened the royal exchange; and the love pledges of their own blood which tho young uailants of former days used to drink. The claims of such arti cles as foods are, however, shadowy, and, if they may be admitted, so ought the penknife, tho ounce of tin tucks and innumerable sixiiencus, which tho typical boy, from time immemorial, has shown a predilection for swallowing. One of the earliest aristocratic rocruits to the stage, iietterton's successor, liar ton Uooth, "a relation of the Earl of War rington, and not far remote from the title," had such an unappeasable appe tite that his wife hud ofteu to "order the tublo to be removed, for fear of over churgiug bis stomach." He had pro previously been a devotee of liacclius, and from one extreme fell into the other. That food has an effect on tho mind and actions was believed in by Mossop, who always ordered his dinner to suit tho character he was about to play. For Zanga, in the ilovonge," sausages; for Barbaroiao, veal cutlets; and for Kith ard, port, UeiUUman'e Magaiine, RELIGIOUS BEADING. Interpretation. Tit lamp famed low, the hour was Iste, iniiiiiriiuini nninini! (rait, Yrt with an anxious brow she sste, ) And questioned keenly rf th day Just cioel, that had been toiled away In work that wouU not brook delay. 'Ihadfiotman"hel(hiHl, "tose It slip my Rrap, and yet ih-re be No separata duty done for Theel "This little trustful sleeper hers, n ho clous me with love so ilosr IIow could I keep my conscience clear "If reerennt to the word I ssld That d iy beside the dying bed, I fulled to win the nui sling bread? "So. working with such full accord, As finds therein Its own reward, I've loft no margin for my Lord." Just then the golden head was stirred, As In Its nest a crooning bird; And then her voice she deemed kho heard I ''Oh, sister! such a dream I had I Ro sweet and strange, It m ilo mo Rind: I thought tlmt you were silting sad, "Heenuto the King of all the land Had sunt thn p. op In His command, To bring liim, each, a gift in linmL "Ai d In my drenm I saw you there, And heard you nv, 'No hands can bear A gilt, Unit are so 111 led with care,' " 'What cireT tho King said; end ho smiled To bear you answer, wading wild, 'lonly toil to feed a child:' ''And then with mich n look Ilivino CTwas that awaked inn Itnshinet, He whispered, 'lint tlio child is Jlinol' " She sprang to clasp, wild firms out-thrown, Tlio Utile ilreniner: nil was hum Andhushod; tho dream had been tier own! The Word of Cod. Nothing must Is- t-ken from tho Word of (led, nothing added to It. Tliero is sciicelv a greater cruno than folso preaching mid teaching. I t tho leaders of tlisl's host l.lnililv twiint ..nt tli.i t...ll. Tl... I ..... J I -..,.-, i.- ,i, i in- iiitii vi lull ago Is not speculation, but declaration of things revealed by tlmxi who have been on I. d ......... .rn.lt l. II.. I 1 I t lltl. , ui-iiiiiiib inn, iiiivu iiciicm ins ciory. tl, I l-nnitlua I - . t. . . I .. I .. ..' . ..... - ...,-..,- .. ,,t-i..k,t tiling ini'll. The ienplo would know what tiod'has said, not what men linaginn or mess. How about Olir K.llller 111 II,. nvnnl U'lu.t nn. Ilia jKses of grneol What nro thn conditions of uiessingr incsnare thn liuriuug qii"tioti of iiurnu' nnii oi nn ai;o, i nr. l. J' i wilcuvli, In Monday Club pennon. The Centritl Cross. In the pa'aco of Justice at Komo thnjr takn you KonietiiiKH into a chamber with strange ly painteii ireseoeson tlm ceiling ami nroiunl tlie wallsnnd iqvon tho Hour in all kinds of protoftquo forms. You cannot reduce tlu in to harmony, you caiitn t mako out tho per siective; it is a bewildering inn.n of eonfu sion. !ut thero isoiio spot upon tho tlisir or innt room, nun one only, Htiiuiling upon which, every line falls Into harmony; the perspective is perfect, tho picture Hashes out iih)ii you, In-tinct with iiieniiing in every lino and Imncl. Yi u can see at that Iioint. mid that only, tho design of tho artist that pamteii it. 1 hclievt) that this world is lust a liewllder- Irg a mnzo hsiked at at every point except one. i iook ones upon mo records or History 1 endeavor to gn.e into thn future of this world s career: wherovor I turn 1 am on. posed by tho mysteries that hem mo in and crush mo down, until l tnko my stand at the foot of the Cross. Then darkness and dis cord Income bulit and harmony. the mvstorv is tolved; tho nijfht that shuts me in liecomos rsmnnt with tlio lilvlna light and glory. At me loot or mo i ross, art, mmoiico, literature, History become at once to mo a Divine, a glorious ami a blessed thiiur. And so I claim for my Lord His rightful dominion over nil the works of His hands. Wo will gather oil the beauties of ni t, nil thn treasures of music, all that is brightest and best in this world, and we will lay them down at His feet; for, "Worthy Is tho Lamb that Whs lain to receive might, and majesty, mid riches, and power, n ml honor, and glory." ins is Hie sceptre, ill is tlio right, Ills tins universal world. True Prayer. Tlio whole spirit of Christianity Is ono of self renunciation, subjection to Ood, absorp tion in him. Its consent endeavor is to rid us more and more and more completely of everyiniiig mat noes not Harmonize witn him; to putoir tho old man entirely and put on the now: that it limy no longer Ihj wo that livo but Christ that livuth in us; to ninke him nil in nil. Its whole heart is expressed in theso words uttered by its founder at tho liegluning of his ministry, "Thy will bo done on earth ns it is in liuuvon," ami reiter ated nt its close, "Not my will, but thine bo I none! ' tin njecr ion to tlio rather, complete, absolute; union with Hun in thoiiglitami feel I ing nnd will; to work His works, tc livo His I hie, this Is the innnriuoHt, dmiM.Kt nnd most is riiiiinently abiding, longing nnd dosiro of ; fvory true Christian. It is tho ultnnato ! aim of all his life, even if not over present I In his coiisciousuosJ. It must bo tho really ' contral purose and ruling motlvo of nil his j prayer. Not that Uod should clmngo or modify His Ilivino ways to suit man; but ' that Ho might instruct, guido and direct ' man move wholly aud fully to ndapt him- elf in all his way and boiug to Uod. True i humility and unselfish dovo'.ion know no other prayer. it is true, (hero nv-y ofton, and ofton does, Slu ing from tho lips iho cry of pain and w- iinon mat mo cup or sintering te removed. I Hut it is only tho writhing of the human I nature strained in the elfort of adjustment to tno oivino; it is tno uisconlant groan rung from thn harpstring as tho Master turns th key t) bring is, into fuller tuno and harmony. The next moment his hand sweeping over it is answered by a strain of heavenly melody n it rings out clear mid strong. "Neverthe less, not ai 1 will, but as thou wilt!" The heart is itself again. Its susrflciid emotion is gone. Its own abiding sentiment and perpetual prayer is again uttered, and oneo more it is satislled. Tho cup is bold t ) tho quivoring lips. Kut the human has been conformed more fully to it. The quivering ot the liis is from eager ness row, and not with terror, tho heart throbs with gladness, In joyful strength, and not with tho weak ness of foar. With a mighty cry of triumph the bitter cup is druinod. The man is dead. Ood lives alone. Captivity has been led captive. All things have ix on put under bis feet fJ. Max Hark, in "The Uuity of the Truth." town' Prohibition Law Nustalned. '1 he good hums came from Washington on Monday that the U, H. (Supreme Court had sustained tho constitutionality of the proliilution Inw of Iowa. The point at isiuu was the right to manufacture intoxicating liquors solely lor exportation to other Ktatet, despite tho ritute luw, and it was pleaded that the prohibitory feature, in so fur as tho manu facture tor exportation is concerned, wus in conuici wan tne constitutional provisions giving luiigress tue sole rignt to rvguiule in terstate commerce, Tlio court hold that the htate luw prohibiting both the tiiuuufaeture and the sale, except for mechanical, modi, cinal, culinary and sacramental purses, is not in conllict with the interstate commerce provisions, and the decision of the Iowa court u suauuiiou. ieu) iurK uuierver. The New York Court of Appeals holds that PUbliu intoxication, under tlm uLiitntu IihuhII the elements of a crime, being otreiisive to .... i.ii . .i i . . . . . fiumiu uucuiity, anu uangerous to tne good vtuor rwi OTBii-ueuig ot suciety. Rome of tho richest men In England owe ail their wealth to beer. And some of the poorest men there owe all their poverty to TEMPERANCE. The Comlna Power. We are Templar boys, we are Templar glrle. Our numtmra fnat are trnllltiff. We are doing our batt, and will te'.l you wny We're oppoeod to drink, and as Templars try To stop the liquor soiling. Yon may say we're small, and we can't do mucn To helu this reformation. If the little we do we do risht well. In the time to coins you will find it tell io inu credit ot tne nation. You wilt find, we think, in the boys and lliris, A source of heln and nower: Men and women so strong, they will grap the foe And by vote declare that tho curse must bo. it ueu iiiiiw me irjrillK Hour. T. IU Thomptun, la Jomperanee Manner. Two PU-tti res. They are both instantaneous pictures sen- pictures, sketched by that woudorful lustra inent, the eye, on I hung in that invlncilils picture gallery "the halls of memory." He tneen them A sad history intervenes. Tin first IS a liner sketch, ilone In life roseate morning. It is a lieuiiliftil home, amid green lawns, shoiln trees, and Hardens nud con- eervatory aro filled wit h clio tt-st dowers. Hut its chiel charm is tne gemal, eiiergellc.l lins tiail luuitei', w tn h s Im.vv of beautilul chil dren. Thn larg.t mntttit.'icturics iicriws th way are tlio fountains nf Ms wealth, and lie has nttiiined the hiuliet li 'ti r t in the g ft ot the citn'eiis of Ins native Mate, yet Ilex or lor gets that by indus' ry, t'coi.oniy, mt gnly. mid the lili s-in ot tio'd, liero-c liom pnverty to his fii dable p'.s.ti 'Ih" Inula linp,y children are e ireful y tmiued in iln was of wis loin, while thi y i-i ioy a I tne advantage! which nl nn lant wenllli nlVoiits. The second pil lule Is taken h n the lenjtliemug slia iots pro laini that lif. s evening is nppro.tcliiiu. Wo stand ill the s ime spot, aim are looking upon tlie original of the pntiii-e ilr.iwn so ninny yens no. 'I he lim n is green nml velvet liki- as b.'f.T.', tho trees iiiot- l.eitili iful, nil I Hie III iti-.,ni bun Nome nnd web pieservcd, I, in fie con servatorv is filled wuli fai ining liuttlfiiietifs inxtead of rare exotics, and the gai d"ti It h vegeialiles nist ad of I'orters. And h lu re i tiles, ul oi the lioine- III ileligh' f nl Inmilv so wed litiowu tliroiiL;ii nil tain st-tiour "1 lit father has gone to 'Ihehou-e of maliv man sions,' tlie daughters occupy Iio-im-h oi their own. nml earn for tin so i who have all fallen viclim.to 'tae mocker.' " "Not all those line bny, so wo I trained, and w ith such a fa'.rcr.' Not (ion-moc II. s sons'" "Yea: every one. Only on islivin :. nn 1 he is not a sui' 'ess. No in.it ( r lio.v well bovs are trained, they cannot ventur abroad bat temptations nn et them at every lm u. 'l i e failures of rich men s sous are largely in nv cess of the suci estes, nud one ennuot won ler. The marvel is that any es -ajc." A pall tiling over the sec-m I pi.'turo. tlio remaimliir of "temples of liisC' proi tu e, and destroyed, of glorioas po-.,il,ili mmsIo I, and only a tarnished life reei rd reiiiuimiig of thosi who might, who sliniM hae "walkoil with tin I," as did the honored father. The world Is full of such pictures. And who is responsible.' Mre, .'icimuii f, i,i National AUtuaite. Tcmpcrnnco News nnd Notes. Albany has ViM placns where liquor is sold ono to every ninety inhabitants. An Iowa man is arrested mil llnolflili ami costs for treating a friend to u drink of whisky. Futher Cleary, of Wisconsin, last year de livered I M nddrcsses and lectures in I chalf of tho Catholic Total Abstinence I'nioii. and adiiiini.ttered the pledge to over lUJ.OJU per sons, M. Kmiledi) Ijwelye, tho distinguished po litical economist, says tm-re is a "cabaret'' for every ten families in Kelgiuin.nnd within the liutt fourtis-n years the consumption of drink has doubled. The Woman's Christian Tempoi nnco I'nion of New HauiMliirearo making arrangements to open a homo for inteuiperuui women. Tint hinte legislature has grunted the sunt of (.Vmo to sturt the work. "I'll do better next time,'' said a man who hadbis-n drunk when it was necessary lor him to Ists iher. " III, no!" said hi employ, or; "you will not do nt all. .Sumo ono elso will l doing in your p!u-." Novcn drunken men, taking with them a keg of U'cr, recently, at night, crowded into a little skid', at Louisville, Ky. Soon u cry for help wus liear I, and four of the men were pullisl u.shoro by rescuers. Tlio other tliten were drowned. Thompson, Dakota, is in an excited con II- tion. A iiuiiiIht of nomeii, impatient at tlut law's powerli'Ksness toclo-.e the salnons, took the matter in tlieir own hands, gutted tho tilfendiiig rum shops an I pom e I the lepmr on the ground. A io,-ii of the women w, ro nrreste i and carne I to iran I l-'orks, wear ing w Into budges mi i hinging teinperaiicu songs. (okhI ndvi'-o i,nvs-if von take it. At Minneapolis lust lull, Mrs. Clotcliin-I, at it re' eptiou, ui'-t a young liiatl ho h i I lieeii her s.-hisdmate. '1 lie i u-toiii.-irv s iiulatioiis over, slu-Mild, "I hope you have given up ilrilikilit;.'' lint he hadn't, si linn ; Ins head. I lo it at once, she Mild, "do it ut once." I lit took the adlo,, at lea-t ho mi d,- lule,, anil has saved i n ingli already in tlie deal to buy back his suit respect mid two good inside lots. t'linoio to cn I lio I'arnile. Tho annual parade of tlio li pior dealers took place the other day. A great many UK 11 who wit.ne-si l their para lo last year were not on hand to see tins one, ho cuuso they are in their graves. It wnsii pity to lose ttii-iii, ton, for many of them weio among the best customers that tho liquor deuleis had. And it is inevitable thai- a multitude of patrons who applauded tho parade the other day won t Ihj utile to repeat tlio iHTformaiico next year, l,ecaiiMi llu-y will 1st dead wip-d out by tit ink. Wo should think that these rellectious, which liuimpeiieliiililu htutisiii's fully justify, would moderate the joy and salislacimii of the most callous iiqiioi' dciiler on pai itdo. What a melancholy procession it would be could ull the victims of lienor in New York fodow behind the line of cuinages w hich convey the dealers. It would shock the whole com iniimty like nuii.iiiiliiig the spectral victims of u plague. '1 hi re would Ui miles of it., if tho drinkers nlono turned out, but with the blighted women nnd chiidieu of drunkards added tho kHvtuclo would 1st something awl ul to contemplate .Y,i ic l urk ll'idit's.s. Idquor's Work In Africa, Labouchcre wriu-s to the New York Warll tlmt among the transactions of tho recent church cougressat Manchester which has not received as much attention us it deserved was a Mtsr by tho ilev. Uruut Mills on the liquor trulliciiinong African uutives. Among other interesting lucts continued ill this puper it apiears thul tho total oxoorts of spirits to Africa by the lcudlng exponents of civiliza tion during auiouutod to tl.tiH.Uotl gal lons. Thisipiuntity was divided among the dillerent nations in the following proportions; (ermuiiy, 6,481,-10.1 gallons; the l inteti (states, 7-17,0:10 gallons, Great Uritain.li.'N.liMl gallons, and l'orlugal, 01U gullous. Uoriuuuy, thorefore, stands laeile priueops in the work of exterminating tho negro and princeps nt quality as well us quantity, I should buy for ull the Ueriuun liquor is exported from Hamburg aud lln-mi-n, and we uli know what that implies. The gin and rum are said to be occusionully used by printers for tur pentine. Jt it recorded that a gorillu, which hud been procured at tho tiuboon Kivor, died on the way, und in order lo preserve the Inxly properly thut it wus plueed ui a cask of trade rum, but thut when tlie cask was os.-ned ut i.lverMMd it wus found thut the buir and skin ot the gorilla bud been burned as if by vitriol and thut the botly wus iu a terrible stale ot putrefaction. There are 173.0.10 saloons in the United Status, and Jtll.ouo public schools; how many more saloous than schools I SUNDAY SCHOOL, LK8SON FOH NOVKMIIKH 18 Ijcssort Tests "Helping One An other," Josh, xtl., 4;i lf and xxll.,l-t Uol.lon Text: Gal. 2 Coiinnontary. "And the Lord gave unto Israel all the land which he aware to give unto their fathers." If the ten spies who discouraged the people and all the thousands who crihod In the wilderness could ri-e from the r graves and see their brethren ami children in actual rxswnssion f tho good land which they hnd refused to poes.M I ecu use of tho giants nml walled rit es, and Caleb imssessinirnndeiiiov Ing thn very center Mid stronghold of ths giants, they would surely lt gieatly sur priseil, and porhnis nshame.l of their tinho lief, which had shut them out from this in heritance, and If thevsln old ask thedwellert thert'in how they overcame i lie dillli lip li s, what answer ci-uid U given but siniplv this "( lur (IkI fought for us, and we relied UoH Him nnd nl eed Hun.!' 4i. "The lir - gave them rest, Affording to all that He swine unto their fathers.' It Is as dilllcu't for many ( hr stums to learn to rest, not in idleness I nl in activity, as it is for some swimmers to learn to limit- but as finely as the latter HmU that the nat 'r does Is ar him on itibi.som when he ipnellv r-ts upon it, so surely dos the Christj in Und thuf ' we who have believed do enter into rcM" i lleli. v ill when in cnhlldcinv we commit ourselves and all our alia rs to the love and faithfulness of our covenant kiepliu losl. Not onlv so, but we also olilain victory over all elieuill", All I Iom nil dolll ts nud 'e il-s, and overcome I e-etiim; miis. The l.ord di-i-s th s for us in t s mplv for our sukes, II at wo may en oy this lest, but that we, naturally retles iiioitn inny, by this victory of faith, sh -'W forth tliKorv of Hod nnd mako II lo n nnme, thus winning s-op:e In linn. t . "I In re faded not ntljil olnnv gout thing; nil came I i pass.'' 'I he sumo glorious fact isxtal.-d in ch. x x iii. . II; I Ki. vui., 5; and no true l eMever shall ever lsnl. e to say that nuy on tiling has failed of all that (iod has promised; all the fai ures are on our side; we fad lo believe Hun, trust Him, rely upon Hun, commit all tlntm to Him, obey Him, follow Hun fully, wuik with Mini, thus we hinder Hun from showing Ilia power on our Is half, and dishonor His Holy Name. t h. xxii., 1. "Ye have kept all tlmt Moses, t lie ervant of the Lord, commanded Von, and have otcyed inv voice :n all that 1 cotiiuiaiidisl yon." When tlicM Iwo trils-s and a hall asked M scs !or their mheritaiesi on th" fit--t ot Jordan, b was ulnnd they lie ant to en o iinuiediiile'., tl'f'r ' i -, m and thus discourage nnd cans,- di-cunteiit unions the other trdxs; bu' when tiny lssui-i "l him tliev would only I uild cities fur their Iniui'.ies and folds for' their sleep, an I that tl ey themselves would pass oe- ai iui-d with the other tril'es, nud not leturn to their homes nnt l n l the children of Israel had inherited every m in his inheritance. tie u Mohca was content t l t them h notes tlio laud on the east i f .Ionian. i.Nuni, xxxd I So (o.ism ol them prepared for war, t asied through the Jordull with the oth r tribes. I.lotli. iv, P.', !:i. I Now that they have faith fully kept their promise during tnese Vein s of lighting mid subduing. Joshua n about to dismiss till-Ill to their lionie-l Willi his I, less ing, mi l he lltst coinmeiids their ohe iiein-e to Moses and to himself. !t. "Ye have not left Volir blethrell these many days unto this day." l ivery delay on the pnrt of their brethren to go up ipiickly nnd possess the land must have I n a great trial to them, ns their hearts would naturally lotiif to return to their homes and to their families; thus tlieir patience was m.-iinfesied. and their liuth in Hod that tho tune of their rest ami return would come. 'I heso triU's, waiting for ile-ir own rest an I assisting their brethren to ol tain theirs, is n picture of zeal for the welfme of others worthy i f our imi tation, and is surely recorded lor thut pur pose, I. "Now return yo unto the land of your possession." I,et tlicsw who have la-en for A long tuno sepurated Irom homo ami friends and then is-mutted to return, describe thn feelings ot those obedient ones now release I from their promise, that they might return to their families; let some one w ho was a sol dier from one to four years iu our great civil war, and is now n teacher in some Sun day, school, tell his scholars how he lelt w hen pi-runt tisl to set his laco homeward. In tlio rase of I lies,. -In, isiii the joy w-,.ii!i lie nt least two (old; there would be Hie . joy of going home, and a's, the joy of couseii-us obeiliencn to I nud II s ser Mints. Ti. "lake diligent heel tn do, to love, tn walk, to keep, to cleave unto, and to serve " lb-re are topn s for n series of seven most in structive llible leadings. Let me suggest A few texts on tho lir-ttwo: Take l,c,s lleb. id., I.'; II. let. i., IU; Mk. iv , Jl; l.u. vid., IV Josh, xxii . ft; II. dir. xix., ll; I. Cor. id., in. 'lo do Ksck. xxxiii., :,I.:.'J, Malt, vii. , '.'I; Lu. viii, '-'1. Jus. i., '.'.'; Matl. vl., I; Col. in.. '.'1: I. John m , is. 'thus you may with great prolit search out th" others and ii-ai t hcui n tuns permit, i Uiserie thai the l ord llimell is the center of each pre ifpt, Joshua would have them ever M Him before them to love, walk with, cleavt mil ci, serve nnd obey. All these precepts ma for us who are r, deemed I y the Moo I of thn Lamb; the unsaved have only one thing that thevi an do, or that l.od ivoiur. s t, thi ol, and that is, to I elieve on ti.e lord b sus I lirisi. or in otl er words to i, v,- iluo as their i avioiir i.'olill i , I'.'i. but lciii;saved by I lius ci ci iving 1 1 nn th I " are icauv things lo do that w-may the In Iter know and en jov 1 1 in. and c in mi ii. I II in to ol her-. li,i. "Mo Jielmu bh s i d the in." As the rep-re-entatiie of Hod he blessed Hem, thn "nvnl the King blessed Hie people in tlo nnuienf the Lord of Ho t i .' Mam. vl, l'i; thus .Mi is s tlm man ot liod ble se, ihe , lul ill on of Israel beloro his de illi lieul. x xni, Ii: and when ,1, sus was parted Ir-'iu the disciples nl His as eii.iou it was while lb' blessed tlieiil. Tin' I .ev lien w ere chocu troui anion.; tint children of Israel that tiny liughl I ear the Ark of li e Lord, sl.in l bo fore the loid. minister onto lin.i, aud bles in His name 1 1 nt x,s,','i; and if we will bike the position f a l.eyiie. N,parat"d unto the Lord, liuding ill him our portion, our in heritaiiee, we sliall not only bi' bli'-,sed our selves, but made u blessing to ot hers in Hit name. "Iteturn with much riehm unto your tents." Ilesnles the conscious i.ppn.val ol (bsl in their hearts, they return l.omo witli much temporal riches; cat lie silver, gold, brass, iron and raiment: they have hot lost anything by helping their brethren, and serving the Lord witli much self denial. Hod ill not allow thusu w ho sen e Hun to do It unrewarded. . ''l hey depart si from Shiloh logo unto the land of their possession." That is equal to saying that they started on tlieir journey from the place of tho Tabernacle, from the presence of tho Lord. I J t us always go forth on our journeys from the presence of linn who has taught us to acknowledge Him in all our ways, und we cannot fail to prossr, for His blessing shall go with us. While ti e laud was being subdued the headquarters of tho Ark ami 'laiiernuclo were at nilgai; but in eh. xvni., 1, wo liu 1 them removed to IShiloh, ami there they continued for about throe hundred yeurs. until tlio time of Sam uel. (ISam.lv.) Shiloh siguilies peace, and iu Heliosis xlix., I", where it is first usisl, it refers to Israel 'i Messiah, who is tho I'l ince of Peace. Ixit us abide in Him. l.i ason lleljter. Down in Mary lanu tne otner uay wnsn Dr. Fulton married Miss Wblto tlio ring used was made of u gold button that was oa tho wedding nown of the bride groom's mother, aud a inarvclously tat tered shoo was sent by an old darkoy along with tbo information that it was one of tbo last pair that "mnrstcr," the bride's father, bought for him in slavery times, and so bo wanted it Hung aftet young mistross to insure bor good luck. Ice wss artificially manufactured by the use ot chemical mixtures as early am 1783. The Ink-Stand II at. For ladies of literary proclivities. Flifjctnle JUnfttrr. Mnglcnl Illusions. j OMI'. 1 1 'iisitif illnaione can no proiiin cii ry ino . IllH 111 CIH'IIIK-.IISI. lV Uwi'tlitifr n picco of f'mo l"af Hiiitur willi plios 1'lioricil cllicr, ami iliMwiiq; it into n Lnsin nf water, 111'1 Miirfaco nf tlio watt r w ill Loci 'tint luminous in tlio dark, nml lv j;. ntlv llow iti( tiputi it p!i'ispliiri'M'0!it tllhllllllt ens will I) H f'irtiii 1, w liii'li illuniin nip the air alo tlnl 11 it il to a coimiili r.ildu ilislniico. In winter tlio Water must lm reliilercil Miitiil warm. If tlio filiospliori.cil other lie applied to tlio nun I or other warm nlijecls it rcndeM t lii-m luminous in tlio il.uk. Fix three pins iu the tablo nml lay t piece nf hp iiiov lipmi tliotu; tlii-li plneo It lieap nf lliuir nf slilpliur below I Inv pi i nf iimiiev, it 1 1 umdlier abovo it anil K' l tiro ti tlietn. lieu tlio llainit is exiled ymi will find Ilia; ll tliiil plate nf iiudal lias liceoin" Jetaclieil from tin- coin, tl him puking two nut nf nm'. I lissnlvi' cauiplinr in spirits nf Mine, nml deposit the vessel t-ont aiuiiif; tint nidation in u eloa clnset w ln ro t lie apir itanf w iiie will evaporate. If ntiv nno (Mitcrsi the room witli a candle, the air will inflame, Pinkie;; nn ell'eet lift Lli' llt and Mini, 1-n as li;rlit 1 1 i ll -r. but there i.s) lio iluiq;er W liatevel' fr nil tliis Mllikliliej I'flect. A pretty trick it perfnnneil in tliisi liuiiitier: Take a pin, dip it into (.'lyeerino and iniirk nil ymir arm any iiuinbor wliatevir say, lii-id and let tlio marksi r. main. Vmi must have a confederate, mnl, nn joininp; a com- Mil) V. Hlle;gest Hint Home nlie w rite HiitnO number down. Your cnnfedenito will quickly respond, writing tlio llcuro nlreiuly nn your arm mi a pioeo nf pu ller. Lot linn oxliibit itlhroiigliont tlie crowd, and burn it on a plato. After t" lliuej tlio company that you proimo to malio tlio idetitieiil llj,'iires appear nil your linn, rub t ho iihIio'i nf (lie paper nn tlio H'l wliero you had iireviously put tlio (,'lvcerino, and von will have Hut putnliei'.s nf ymir cniiiedcrato markeil down nn your urtu iu vory bold h tt- la. lleiiltli In Mght Afr. Dr. Huberts, nf Fair Haven, In- ievea that fivsli uir, ch in! I v duriiie; the ui;;lit, is n noet'ssity in (he treat ment nf elndi ra inf. ml uin. I'ur.n;: tlio warm weather lately it has imb been utieoiuliioll tn see u lailiy can ia-i i-Kiililiiiiiig a little mi I Ii fi r and wheelcil liy il (levuted parent nil HI-111 lmiej n,t Fair Haven IL-iehts. A r-pm'ti r elililus In have seen, nil Mnmliiv e eti ih;.; id' I Ilia Week, mi nllo nl' tile public: t. piar, s, lm h ss than siw lutliers hlletcll' il Upon the benches last llsl- i uliilo hii'i'l-e them nil tint sidiwullw were the lit 1 1 e.il"iai.ris with tip ii equ.iily uiieniiscioiis biirdi'iis. Hart 'urd Tiiiiis. What The Young Mini Meant. "Ainanthy," said the "old lady from thn head of the stairs; "What does that young feller mean by slayin' bo latc'C'J 'Lxcuse mo ono moment, Mr. Hor rino," said Ainanthy, und she closed tlio parlor door softly and whispered hoursoly up the stairs: "1 think ho means business, ma; you get to bed." h'wh. Tho Itrillsli Hoy. 'I'njnycd vour parlv, Hobby?" "li', awfully!" "Well, what littlo girls did you rtanco with?" "( ill, I didn't dance. I had threu fights down stairs with Willie llichard son, und I licked him cvtry tiiuo." 'J'i'iitt. Jftiiinlea (ilnixer Ulhhlcrs. Tho tiumhcr of ".liimaien ginger drunkards" in Ccorgia is said by an At lanta newspaper to bo increasinc at aa alarming ruto. A conlirmud drinker takes four ounces, or thirty-two tea spoonfuls, of the fiery tin id at a time, and the effects aro much worsu than thosu of whisky. A Wuvsldo Conversation. Mns. IIknsj. "Why, Mr. Webb, yoo don't look well:" Mu, Wk.iiii. "I hnvo a very bad or throat went out in tlio tain thu othci day and got ut tcvi wet," W. WaW W fill