jget of .fun.
... nsm
VlllOU SOUHUKS.
- ft T'lb(t Cat-Th Only
Lm -Gibbon KipUlnH-
iiimcnlt Literary Per
formance, Kta, fcto.
L is the mattor with your faoo."
.vierrui. ,
toskv old cat scratched me,
kobwi.-gcr. "Hut never
i. f ..i.9nl I.a- nr in the irir.
hcn kickol her o r ih3 roof.'
nhl' lauiilieu Merrill, "in"
Villi miirht cad toeing tho
f Ai Yvik Suiu
Tim nniv Hnbst ltntv.
Vcrifr.in Dakota) "I hear you
inir mustard plasters dt me jam,
tesdy for use."
Ir.rist "ICS Sir. VOUIU JOU
irvonrf"'
now; lint if you'll warrant 'cm
i.l hot you can send me about
irds by express to lllizardvilh
('did weather IS coming on nuu
loo hiah for poor folks.''
Hlli'mi I'.xplains.
Nicheo (ferociously) "ITana it.
. I can't see w hy you have adopted
lotie. way of carrying your urn
Your'ri! jabbing everybody,
H front."
k-1 1 .iibon "You can't ten, eh?
t's absolutely neces.sawy. I get
me 111 m:.' tangled 111 tlio skirts nt
w l.ngi.sh troupers if 1 didn't
til in a huri.untal position."
Iliriitt Miernry Performance.
t Author ito frii'lidi '"I SUV.
kill ymi ri nd my lust article in thu
lid (enthusiastically) "Yes, in
bid !".v ; I ro id it through twice ."
tig Author Mlv. then you must
Hind it mtv intciodinir.'"
jiid V ell er no, not so much
tlmt Fred Smith bet mi! 10 that I
I t read It through twice, and 1 but
0 tli.it I could.' l.ije.
IlcrMt loir nn Insult.
linson ".lackon, 1 hear that
b cailed votl a liar last night."
kson (bitter y) "Yes, ho called
fjnir.'
kii.sun And did you resent it?"'
It. son (warmly) "liescnt it, you bet
1 1 tolil him that w is simply a mat
I opinion and tint of tact, 0m11n
II uie a liar and get away with it."
ltei:nril for Appe.irnnco.
i. r.li.icrs "An ai;ent for a now
lar ii'iiriit was hete to-day and 1 told
Ito call again when you were at
I UliiTers "Huh! lJuiglnr alarm!
I is nulling iu this house t steal."
In, hut when thu neighbors hear we
ln.i...l ...... 1 '.. .s.i. 1 1...
gliiictt ii um ii'iiinu n 1111 uuiiiti
In they will think wo have somo-
to steal, my dear." J'.nlit Itjitiu
The IlniiKlity Ilonsewlfo.
to you sco how proudly that woman
K"
do. Is sho a millionaire?"
)h, no. It would bother her bus-
.to raise $.0D in cash."
tut she inn t bo proud of her beauty."
o."
fhen what Is it."
)ho has iniido thirty tumblers of
(thin full, and none of her neighbors
Hindu over fifteen. She has a richt
IU up her nose.' iWon free J 'rets.
t'omloiiril Mix Fault.
1 Man 1 from tho he ad of tho stairs
)Iilyi Mlnsu't that young feller gone
l ira."
Sara "No, papa, he's in a serious
Hilary. Ho forgot to deposit $i:',tiM)
Jiclmnk this afternoon, aud is nervous
Ct cairying it with him so late at
ht."
)ld Man 4 in a softer tone) "Tell him
rait a minute, mid I'll be down. Ho
put it in my safe until morning. And
(I littler tiring up hull a doen hot
of pop from the cellar." AyWi.
A I'm It h I'll I Item I tier.
Irs. St. Jones "What i it this time.
Wards f"
id wards "Mrs. Kcrr-Bribtow'g card,
am. '
trs. St. Jones "Did sho loavo any
IHirn
Idwards "Yes, ma'am; t.ho said as
iv Mio was always tinUing you out."
llrs. St. Jones "1 hoiui vnu renlinil
L . full V. I ilwnnla'"
Edwards "Yes, ma'am; I said as how
Jusii t aware that you d Uono anything
)0 ashamed of, ina'am." 'J'iuu.
l'enco Must Prevail.
tlusband (impatientlv) "Is it possi-
k my dear, that you cannot keep those
lldren tjuict for a moment ("
aVifuiNoothinulvi "Now. .Inlin ilnn'f
! harsh with the poor little innoceut
n. s; it is natural for them to be full
spirit, aud they're doing tho best they
llusband "Well, if I could hsvo a
pmeut's peace 1 would sit down and
i rite th it check for fifty dollars that
u've been bothering me for."
Wife (sternly i Children, go up
lirsut once! and if I hear auother
trd from you to night I'll punish you
verely." Li.
ore IIU WolKht of Years Mhtly.
Tho ktcrn countenanco of the Uld Man
tho Mountain, the great attraction of
1? r'ranconia Notch, in tho White
fountains, is nroduetiva of much morrl.
l,.n ri1. i,1 1
ui. 1 aa 1. rawer Hears 01 several cases
poiut which go to show that if tho
d Man of the Mountain wiirn nnn.nasait
any humor at all, instead of uazinir
Qly toward tho south with an el
usion more indicative of wrath than
ho sorrow attributed to him by tho
nun, we Buoma expect to seeuluiper
jually on the broad grin.
,t was in August of tho season gone
hat on aged spinster sat with a
bugor friend gazing steadfastly at the
4 Man's face, studying deeply tho
fcantio rocks which form the mouth,
e and forehead.
l"Aiory," khe said suddenly, grasping
)e other by tho hand "It's tweutv-flva
years sence I was her last, and he don't
r .sj At
look a day niuer man na ata mem
Ain't it wonderful?" HarpCt"Irauer.n
r'l For If la Cake).
cpenklnir of women," the Colonel
said, artcr a long pause: "I was travel
ing In Missouri nnee In my buggy when
1 met a tall, alabsided girl of twenty In
the road. I had taken a drink or two
and felt jolly, and so I hailed her with
Howdy. Sal? Une dayi'
"Howdy, stranger," she promptly ro-
plied.
.... . J IT I 1.1
pay," 1 went od, "i m luumujj i
wife."
"What tort?"
"About your kind."
Want moi"
"If you'll have me."
"it'ecknn I will. Let's drive back and
see dud and mam "
1 was iokma. you know, and to I
told her that I was in a groat hurry and
would return. Three natives whocame
along juxt then stopped to find out what
was the matter, and they set in with tho
girl to take me hack. Tho only way I
could get out of it was to bolt for tho
wooils, leaving tho nore and uusgy no-
hind, and five years lator tho girl was
still driv n them. That little joke of
mine cost mo just ?:V0, to say nothing
of being run through a p itch of wood
live miles wiuo." JJt'irott tre I'rat.
Tho Itlclincss oTtho Soli.
'Twor in seventy-nine when I left
olo Knintuck nn' sipiat on a good lay o'
Inn' up on I'ino I'rik, a leo'.lo ther most
hati'noiuM valley in this ynr county. 1
sot ther houo purty near ther crik, an'
a thinkin' ther 1 rik might git on a
rampago in thaw time, I sot ther houso
on tree-posts, cutcrlong ther crik, 'bcout
two foot up.
"VYnl, then I went tor plantin', nn'
in June, for 11 fac , pertaters 'ml hegin
ter hustle afore we got 'em kivcred in;
an' ther corn, why, ye never hecied sech
a racket! We cudn't sleep o' nights,
ther corn made cch a noise a gittin' up!
ech a crackin', bust in' noi-e! Kv'ry
thin' a-khootin' an' a-wrastlin ter growl
"llowsomever, that's nothin' ter what
I'm going ter tell ye. One day, ter din
ner, 1 says to my wife, 'Maria, why can't
ye hcv ther table sot even .' Are yu tryln'
fer ter spill ev'rythinV andsho says. 'I
ain't dono nothin' ter ther tabic. It's
settin' sipuir' on ther tloor.'
"Wal, fer weeks thet ynr houso kep'
a irittin' more onov'ner, an' last I ays,
'Maria, thet yar north post is a-sinkin'
deown;' rhc went an' looked. ''Taln't
no sech th!n Hen, ther other post is a
lisui' up.' Fer a fac', them posts was a
growin', ' ept' ther north one, what
'twas shady. We cud seo ther sprouts
a-.Hliooliu' out! An' neow ther house
benn ter snap an' crack, an' 'twor a
giitiii'diiiig'ious, 'cos', yer ce, 'twa'n't
goin' even. Ther three posts was a
keepin' tergither, but ther other, beiu'
shinty, wor a-hiiiiin' back.
"Somethin' bed ter be did, nn' Maria,
she's 'beout as cute as ye ll find 'cm,
says: 'lien, we'll hcv ter water thot
north post. I'er'aps it'll ketch up.'
Wa'n't thet an idea.' Wal, wo dono it,
an' ye never see sech a rutin' ' posts.
Km-iile o' a mouth thet north post war
up with ther others, and thon ther houso
went up plumb.
"I tell ye, 'twor a sight, an' afo-e
winter ther hoiine wor up 'beout font
foot, an' ther posts n-puttiu' eout
branches an' a-throwin' o' them reouud
ther houte, kindet embrncin' like'
Thet's a-goin' on five year ago, an' them
pots trees they bo neow hev ben a
growin' over senco; an' yo'll hcv ter
'cuseine, gentlemen, fer I hcv ter start
cariy, fer when I git hum, it takes 'beout
hcl 'n 'our ter climb up ter ther houso.
Itellyo, thar'ssile upthur wuth owuiu'."
Life.
Hlsinarck in tho Field.
The following extract is from Cionoral
V. II. Sheridan's article, "(iravelotto to
Sedan," in Si-ri'iur't .Unij'Uiiie:
"I louiid him wrapped in a shabby old
dressing gown, hard at work. Ho was
established in a very small room, whose
only furnishings consisted of a tablo at
wlrcli ho was writing -a couple of rough
chairs, aud the universal leather-bed,
this time made 011 tho lloor in one corner
of the room. On my remarking upon
the limited character of his quarters, the
Count replied, with great good humor,
that they wero all right and that ho
should get along well enough, liven
tho tramp of his clerks in tho attic and
tne clanking of his orderlies' sabres bo
low d.d not disturb him much ; he said, in
fact, that ho would nave 110 grievance at
all, were it not for a guard of Havarian
soldiers stationed about tho house, for
his Hi.fcty, ho presumed, tho sentinels
from which insisted 011 protecting and
saluting tho Chancellor of tho North
German Confederation in and out of
season, a preceding that led to embar
rassment sometimes, as ho was much
troubled with a severe dyentery. Not
withstanding his trials, however, and In
tho midst of tho correspondence on
which ho was so intently engaged, ho
graciously took time to explain that tho
sudden movement northward from llnr-le-l)ue
was tho result of information
that Marshal MacMahon was endeavoring
to relieve Met, by inarching along tho
Helgian frontier; 'a blundering, ma
noeuvre,' remarked the Chaucelor, 'which
cannot bo accounted for unless it has
been brought about by the political
situation of tho French.' "
Greenland (ilacier.s.
Fields of ice, sometimes havsr an
area of one hundred square miles,' are
dctache I, and a freo exit afforded for
tho iiupr.aoned icebergs. Iceberg and
fluid ice are borne to tho southward by
tho cold current that follows the bend of
tho land from Labrador to Florida. Field
ice is formed on tho sea surface during
the Arctic winter, but bergs have their
origin far inland, and are the growth of
years. Orcunland glaciers glide gradually
down thoir gentle slopes into tho sea,
and tho upward pressure of tho water
breaks oil their suouU to form tho ice
bergs of tho North Atlantic. Homo
hardy Norwegians 11 ro about to cross
(reeuland, nnd intend tomakoa special
study of the movement of tho coast
glaciers and this sotting atlout of bergs.
Anciont glaciers have written their story
on tho mountains of Creat lirltuin, und
bergs wero formod a little way off tho
west coast of Ireland during the glacial
epoch. Scientific A merman.
Of the twenty-two Presidents of tho
United States fourteen have had no
niiddlo name.
RELIGIOUS HEADING.
liOt Her Do W hat Sho Cn.
hir 1I0 what slio van lor liuuianlty'l
Let
Whatever the form tbnt her service may
take,
Whether lilh In the councils of Church or
of Bute,
Or down where tho outcast and suffering
wntt;
In the love circled homo, bo it cottngo or
ball,
In tho school, where tho soeJ In the soft
ground tuny fall;
In the Afr.rnn jungle, far over the sea.
Or here in the land that tho Lord bss mads
free.
Lot her do what she enn, for tha world's
plnudiiiK wail
Rises up on the brerzi, Is abrnnd on the gale:
If her nenrt for the good of her lellows bo
stirred,
Restrain not. hor efforts, In ld or In word.
Let her walk in your fellowship, brother and
friend.
Wherever your stops for humanity trend;
Turn not Irom th proffer of service aside.
Lot your stiength to her wisdom aud luvo be
allied.
Lot her glrillo the world with her ribbons of
love.
And lift the Wtilto Cross all its plague-spots
nlHivo;
Let her sent ter Christ s hnven from shorg
unto i-horn.
Till wroti und oppression shall vex us no
mi1 e.
"She hnl u done what sho could," said the
Saviour to men
Who sen lud ut tho burvicoslicrcndored him
then:
"She hut h tlono what she could," be it snid
of us all
When thu ciii'tuin of s.lenco shall over Ut
fail.
(.Union Piunnl.
What Snitle Old.
A ladv t f kisiiuii mid prMTty. nntmn,
aiMHit Ik r iii'lulilKii s. proviilcii reiiyems mr
iivs for them. Mio whs wry tli-ni enil I
cm n lv henr ut all. hi one ncrn-mii one nl
her preachers mnnni'd to ninki her under.
HI mi. I him; Mini tit the close of tin irmer
ntion, nsle.l, I ut what p 11 1 tin you tnke III
ttm work! '(Ill," sho leplied, "I miilli!
them 111, nnd Mniln them i,ut:" Very nmn
the i roiichermw the result ot her eeneri us,
loviiii; sympnlliy in n luultitiiiln of bioiid
sliouldertd, hnld lUtivl tui'ti. who euleied
the iliiii of worrhip, di lihleil t i eel 11
smile from her ns she used toslnml in thu
iliMirwnv to receive them. Why did not the
workitig classes attend the house of (ludi
They would, in greater liuinleis, If elf
ilenvins. ( hi ist lovmg Cliri-timis would
smile tneiu in, nnd smiln IIkiii out. 1'1'hs
Christian, I,)iidon.
The Lord's Prayer as it Model.
All the . ravels riNsaited in the ISiMo nra
short. Should they put be so in tho pinvr
meeting! Would it not bo well for Chris,
turns to tali" tlio lau d's prayer as a tnodcll
Tho eoiileiciiee room Is no plac for long
prayers 'I hcv should he confined to tli
closet. Home inine-lei's never prny over six
or e ght ininu'es dm ui their Kabbiitli ser
vice, whilst i.lliciH xli'in I their players o
twenty lnlt.ule-, I1I1.I w havo s. .met im. s
heard 11 prayer t lial was half nn hour h ug.
K'HId men are not iiwnre how innch timu
th"V ciiisumo in their public .le
vel i in. Hut. this is no ijMiii
fortliein. Three 111 1 111 it -. 11 ro long cuoiigli
jH-rliaps for 11 I'onierei prayer. 'J wo
minutes woul l I o beller'linn ten and c.tv
better set inflict ion to tlio he.ners. No one 11
pleased to liteii to olio w ho exteti. Is his de
votions. Long prayers seldom "go 111 a
right bun to (iod,'' whiNta few sinccio mid
earnest words reach his ear and muni n
blessing. Header, when you next pray in
public ho sure mid know thnt you do not
coiisumo over tlvo niiiiulos-llUilijjlou
Herald.
Iliickbone.
One thing which Christians, as well ni
others, need at tho present day is backbone.
Hot a backbone like n ramrod, that cannot
yield or loud, but a well-iirtlcillated spinal
column, which is strong enough to hold a
man upright.- nnd keep him from being
crushed In neitli the burdens that press upon
him. These ero days cf onsv-g ing piety;
nnd men are too olteii rn'ed by compromise
rather than by conx-ieiice.
Hiys Mr. Spurgeon: "link has given place
to willow. lOvery lni.lv has grown limp, tint
of tho generality of limpness has roiiio nn
ndmiration for it. A mini cannot spenk a
plain word without b' ing nccu-ml of bitter
ness and if ho denounces error, he is narrow
minded; for all must join thu universal ml
miration society or bo placed under ban
and bo howled down."
Now, in such 11 condition of things as this,
theto is special call, not. for ni iibborniuss
and crustiness, but for a gentle, patient, 1111
yiclding consciousness and llrmuess. winch
anchors the soul to the everlasting ris k, mid
causes the heart to rest on Him who is tho
wnv, the truth and tho life, nnd who wi!l
never leave nor forsake us. (Christian.
What Sin Will lo.
There was but one crack In tho lantern,
and the w nd has found it out nnd blown out
tho caui'.le. How great u mischief one no
gunrdod 1 olnt of character may cause us!
Line stiark blew up the uingnino nnd shook
tho whol . country for miles around. Duo
leak sank the vessel nnd drowned nil on
board. One wound may kill f.ho body,
Ono sin destroys tho soul.
It little matters how carefully tho rest of
tho lantern is protected, tho one poiut which
is damaged Is quilo suttleiiuit to admit the
wind, nod s i it little matters how zealous
a man inny be in a thousand things, if ho tol
erates onu darling sin. Katun will Had out
the Haw and destroy nil of his hopes. The
strength of a chain is measured, not by tho
strongest, but by ils weakest links, for if ti.o
weakest snaps what is tho use of therestl
Kntiin is a eli so observer, and knows exactly
where our wenk points arc; we havo need of
very much watchfulness, and we havo great
cause to bless our merciful Lord who prayed
for us that our faith fail not. Kdhor our
pride or our sloth, our ignorance, our anger,
or our lust would prove our ruin, unless
grace interposed; any one of our senses or
faculties might admit tho foe, yea, our
virtues und graces might I the gate of en
trance, to our enemies. ( Jesus, if thou hast
in. toed bought 1110 with thy blood, bo pleased
to keep mo by thy power even unto the end.
LSpuigeon,
The London "Times" records the
duath of Mr. Paul Isaac llershon, at the
age of 71 years. He wag a native of Gal
icia, of Hebrew origin, and becamo at
an early period of his life a convert to
tho Christian faith. As a missionary ho
was an active promoter of the objects of
tho London Society for promoting Chris
tianity among the Jows in Kngland and
thu Fast. He became In succession Di
rector of the Houso of industry for Jows,
at Jerusalem, and of tho modern farm at
Jaffa, w hich Institutions were established
with a view to encourage useful indus
tries among the Jews and native Syrians.
In the year 1850 he retired from work in
the mission field In order to devote him
(elf to literary efforts. For nearly fif
teen years he pursued his researches in
the Talmud and Midrashim with great
perseverance.
It Is estimated that there are 3,000,000
men in America who get shaved threo
times a week. That means an expendU
tore of DO cents a week, or 15 (10 a year
for each rasn, or for the 8,000,000, $15,
liOO, 000 annually.
ATemperanre Temple Projected by
(II W. V. X. V.
One of the many plans of work elaborated
by the National Women's Christian Temper-
ance Cnlon In Its recent Convention In the
Metropolitan Opera House has to do with the
building of a temple to temperance. The re
markable women of thin lemnrknbie organl
cation are not one wit mora Ideal in tueir
character than they aro practical, and
though they have been a thousand times over
aceueed of trying to force an Ideal life upon
mankind. It must tie admitted thnt they are
practical In their mean and m theds.
It is so in the matter of this temple. Poms
of the women have tor many years longed
that there mluht lie some material monument
to commemorate the society's work. Hut
they did not see the way clear to pny for a
monument, and so the desire remained a
dream. Then some of the practical women
took up the dream and began to make it a
reality. 1 hey have not got the temple built
yet, but they have the ground, and they are
getting the money to pay for the stone and
mortar. 1 no structure win siann on j e ir
born street, Chicago, fronting the Post iHlce
and the Custom House, and it's goin to Im
handsome even among Chicago's handsome
buildings.
The scheme'wns first thought of in a prae.
tical way by Matilda Ik Came, one ot tho
foremost W. C. T. IT. workers in Illinois.
Blie has been busy for five yenrs thinking
over the problem of getting the money. The
Central l.nion of ChicnKO took hold of the
plan, and was incorporated, so that it inlulit
hold property. Then the National I'nioii
took It up, and now the building of tho Tem
perance Temple is under their direction, ind
the national hody will lie the owner. There
was dtftlculty about getting a sight which
would be central and yet within the society's
means. Finally the rinht pot was found.
Hut the only wny by which the society could
;et control of the land was on a crpctual
ease without revaluation. This was fortun
ate, for it wns much better for thoir purpose
than to own it in fee simple. The rental is
faYOOU a vear. The plot is considered one of
the'most valuable In Chicago. Its r.e.irness I
to the l ost OMico and Custom House assures
it the advantage of being in a central loca
tion for miinv ytars. liesidos, the lot fronts
mi tinea si reels.
All tl.ee facts nnd a grent ninny moro were
related nt one of the business sessions of the
MetroKililnn I sTn House. 'I ho telling of
them awoke tremendous interest, and a little
whili after Mslcr Curse had told how the
dream was now evoiv.ng into a real thing
there wero seen ill iblfereiit parts of the big
npern house audience small boxes, so covered
W ith paper nnd so kIuih d that thev presented
Isitli a picture nnd a model if the new tem
ple. Those were mite lioxi s, nnd in the top
of each was n slit thiongh which coin could
lie ilt'ops'il. Twenty live thousand of these
little liutii boxes have been made, nnd they
nro to be sent to the lll.ixsl loial unions of
the W. C. T. I'. nil over the land, so that
sti ny is'iiuies mnv I gathered for th" temple
fun. 1.
Some of the boxes were filled during tho
Convention, t Mio came from one of the
tables where some of the nowspnicr people
went sitting. An impulsivn iiowennper
woman with n laughing faco and a big
heart, mndn her comraue' I oth men nnd
women hip 111. She had Ih-cii eating cinuiy
during the si ssiiiii, nnd she got up this con
tribution for the temple as a peiinuce lor her
sweet tooth frivolity. 'I he box had 111. '2
in it 111 a ntl'y from the newspaper group,
and was the lirsl one sent to the platform.
I resident Willard put it on the I 'rusado
Hlble on her ile.k ill full view of the Con
vention, nnd tiien Htinleil down on the news
paper people with a wish that they would Imi
ns wen iucshciI witn ipiici us iney wero wuu
good intention.
Lcsides the money thnt will come from
these boxes, it is est mint. . I thnt each union
in th . various towns nnd villages will con
tribute ns 11 hody. 'Den gifts lr.au iii.lt
viduals are being made, mi l theru nro more
to come.
The temple will cost f'O.l.Oi 0 to build. Tho
style of architecture chosen is the Into gotlne
of France, nt a point just before it began to
take 011 the iiioiicrn fnitmes of the renais
sance. The architect who deigned the build
ing thinks thnt tho stvlu of the temple is pe
ruliarly adapted tothepiiiKiwi for which it
is intended. 'Il11sstylec11l1111nnte.ini history
at a point when feudal l '.uros. was taking oil
forms more essentially modern; wh-u tho
loin nnd turbulent media vul iieriod wns
crystallizing into wcll-undcrstood nnd stable
forms. "Any one,'' ho says, "who is fami
liar with tho stylo in Franco will recall many
charming examples, as in the I'alace of Jus
tice nt ltouen; the house nt Jacipies ('o ur,
nt Hourges, nuil many other examples w ill
nt once occur to the art student. The c. u
liar charm of this style, in its I est examples,
is that it is typical (if the life which liit be
gan to miimfcst itself in the exterior of the
houses nnd in decorative charms which indi
cated thnt its occupant wns not a I raid to let
his neighbors know that lie was a man of
w eal th and con. lit ion. 'I ho house, in other
words, which previously eonlined its decora
tion mainly to tho inside, now l.cgmi to
bloom outward like a llower "
Ah designed, the building is intended to be
two stones ot dark slone. jir.il nbiv of red
granite. 'I he other ten stories lire to Is. con
structed of dark gray brick and terra cotta,
of such color as will carry out in tone tho
dignity which so largo 11 budding should
pusses. Tin. elir, diluent of the in II'- is very
largely concentrated about, tun maul en
trance, whero it is int. 11 led to carve 1I1.1
coals of nrins of all 1 lie various Stale or
cumatioiis belonging to tlm .National I 11I011,
and the lliilal.be ilevices relating thereto. Ill
the largo tympana above the outer and inner
cnti'iineo through the mini door n 11 v the.
p n 'in I coats of arms of the National I'niou,
mi l tho Illume of thu buil ling, are to lie
wrought in glass mosaics, which will bo
equally brilliant by night or .lav.
rashing lliroiign tins genera! naliwav iiiero
is 11 large lot iinda at the cud, w hu h opens in
to tho Memorial Hall proper, to be know n as
Willard Hall. This rotunda is to be ile or
ated by a large foiminiu iu the middle, in
the design of which the gush of water is to
ls the chief clement, ns iu the iici of the
fountains nt Versailles. 'I Ins central
feature is intended to be typical of tlio itP
jioo of the entire bull. ling.
Williard Hull, which is entered from this
central room, is Intended to le so arranged
that memorial tablets and scriptural inserin
t ions, bronzes, und glass can bo fns.lv us. .;
also statuary, so that iu time the hall may
become in every sense significant of the juir
poses of tho Woman's Christian Temperance
I'niou, of the triumphs of its heroes und the
death of its martyrs. hitsido of the building
two largo fountains adorn the two corners on
the main front. Whatever enrichment there
is upon tho front is intended to 1st wrought
by hand, and various kinds of (lowers are
employed, w hich nro to be emlileiuat ic of tha
flowers adopted by tho (Intercut Stuto organ
ization. The tower itself Is so largo an I important
ns to dominate the entire building, mid also
tlio entire city, mid thu temper. uico women
ho that the Madonna an t Child, which
forms tho final, will indicate to ull observers
that tho temple is not merely a commercial
structure, but has for its object something
liiffher: tho jirotortiou of the home.
In tins uiii'iie decoration ot th" finish of
tho top of the building, nc..s the trout,
there are niches for eight colossal busts in
stone. These need not lu-cessnrily bo
chiselled out at present, for tho women say
they can wait for a while in the temperance
reform to decide who are the eight greatest
ceielirilics worthy to stand guardian over
their cause.
Tho building is to be entirely (Ire ,roof.
Its halls, staircases and wainscoting are to be
of white marble. It will, when entirely
occupied, counting the rental ut a very low
figure, bring in a revenue of P.i,riiill a year,
and iu ton yearj. it is anticipated, it will
bring in a rental of i,'.'n).oim at least. A
strong elTort is being made to havo the
corner stone laid on May I next. Frances
Klinboth Willard, Matilda Ii, Carse, Helen
L. Hood and Fsther 1'ugh are the principal
women directing the scheme. Among the trus
tees are Senator Colquitt, Senator Llair,
Melville C, Stone, editor of tho Chicago.
kw; Frederick Schumacher, of Akron,
Ohio, and Norman li. Koum, of Chicago.
.Vim l urk San.
The chief of an Australian tribe doliverel
the following temperance lecture in ono line:
"One drink Is too much; two ara not half
euougk."
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON FOIl NOVKMtlKIl 23.
Ieort Tost: "The Covenant lie)
newr-d," .loh. slv, H-J.H
Coliten Test: ilosli. xlw,
Uii Commentary.
1 K.IU. l ... T.. l
longenjoyeit rest from all her enemies, round
ai.out; josima wns over an hundred yean
old an 1 knew that he wns soon to go tht
wny of all the earth; mi he rails all Israo
together at Hhechein, rehearses to them thi
lord's dealings, nnd urges them to feirnnt
servo him In sincerity nnd truth, saying
unto them: If It seem evil unto you tnserrt
the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will '
serve; hut ns for in" and my house, we will
serve the Lord." The people answered ill thl
orils immediately pre'liiig our lesson, (
saying: -We will servo thu 1ord, for Ho ii
ourUod."
l'.i. "Ye cannot serve the T.c-rd." Joshua'
would havothem nuiieiiilx r that it is no llhl ;
matter to servo the Lord, he had known
them ever since they loit L'vpt, he knew how j
often they tind imnle proiiues nnd I rokeii 1
them, and ho doubtless rememlieio I the time
when they said "all that the Lord luith unid
will we do nnd I hi ohcdieiit," then ho and
Moses ast-ciiihsl the mount and nt the end of
forty ilavs returmsl to Und them diincui
and singing nioiin In pilili n cnlf, ili-liln rntelv
breaking the commands tiiev liad soMileinnlv
IiromiMvl to kisp. iKx. xxiv, ssxil.l Ho
mew them and tneir s us nil tlm forty years
that Mnses wns leader an I Ii.' Musi-s' min'ister,
nnd he had now knouii tliem mnny yens
under his own len lership. nnd lie knew well
Just how lull. Il tlieir Wi.rd was Hoith,
"He Is 1111 hoi v I tod. lie is a je iloas Ood."
Not only wns Joshua well nci'iuiiiiiUsl with
tho weakness mi l sinliilncs 01 Israel, hut
'"' wn!" VI"nmted w,th t!.e holm. -s and
jeniou-y 01 itoii, an. l lie leat'eii or tne 00110-
titioiicos if Israel i.hould again transgress.
They wero chosen that they might be an
holy nation. 11 p 111 :ar trei.ure unto Hun
above all eople .Ki. xi , .1, le; and many
times were 1 hey exhorted in the-e word-:
"Ye shall be hoiv, lor I the Lord your Hod
am hoi v" (Lev. iv, J; xx . I, ur.; xi..
iCc.i Ho would a so have them to love Hun
Willi nil tho heart and .ul l.e.-nu-o of ll.s
p,reat love to Iheni, and 111 order that lie
mi). lit show through them tlm wealth of His
hue and power, ttms winning other nations
()eut. vi., ft; vii..i. Si. Sure y it w ,,s i ,, ,n .
able that 111 return for sii h love as I c l,nd
shown to t Iii-iii, thev .should give linn ,.
whole heart, and tie re is ti tiling strange 111
the I act that He exp. ct. d it.
','0. "If ye for-ai.e the Lord." Often had
they done it 1111 I had Issui spared only by
the inter. 'es-i. hi .if Mn-." t vt.c ot I'lir'-t- at..!
Joshua trembles lor Hum, knowing t,t '
"Ihe Lord their 01.I is 11 coiiMiming I, re, I
even u jealous Ho I" 1 1 Miet. iv. , -Jli .Sm llltt
be cotisiiiiied, and il the sinner clings to Ins
mis he w ill lie coiiMinie I also, but it willing I
to bo cleansed Irom sin 1111 1 Ihi bolv unto Inn j
Lord, then Hod will coiiMiino the sin und
Save the sinner, j
'.'I. "Nay, but wo will s..fvo the Lord.1' I
This is their ell-Mo..; .'.i-liu 1 had most ileci
d dly t iken his stun I .v.. I e. and had made
it plain to II em ti.it 1 .od would lci e no half
work, and that 1 hey could not orp h.hI mid
worship idols could thev serve Hod ill j
tlieir own strength, and n.ov they have vol- j
iiuini iiv iai,eii 1 i.eir si in 1 w.tii li.mlos.'rie
I the Lord, nnd their
aidll. t M ot es t lleln to :
h ive been 1 inc. re, lor "I rae served the .
Lord nil the ilavs id .loshua, mi l all the .lavs 1
of tho elders Hi it out inc. .lo-hiia' v. :.; '
Judges ii., .1. lie W01.1. id .loshin, ,u ', '
words of the i op,. in this tlieir decision urn
noble words, mi I while it is a solemn step 1.) 1
lake it is lar more sol. inn no! to ;,, it.
L' t all who have not jet s ud 111 their hearts: '
"I will s. rve thu I or.'l,' icincuib. t thai they :
nro v.rtuailv saung: "Iwul not serve the '
Lord," or. in other words, tln v are choosing '
Satan inliii rthaii I l.i 1st, this' woi l. rallu r,
than tho world to come, Hell ratlu r II11111
Heaven. j
Hi. "Wit msses against yourselves." We i
cannot serve tho L. r l without taulng a 1
stand against self. 'Ihe world, the flesh and
the devil nie the enemies of Hod and His
jieoile, and this trinit y of evil Is ever seeking
to ensiilire tho child ol Hod.
Hi. "I'ut nwav tlm strange eo.ls, and In
cline your henrls unto the Lord iiisl of Is
rael." H is heart work that the I ord re
quires, nnd wo tie.. I 10 be constantly re
minded that while men look on the outward
npis-nrancc and ,,udge I v what they see. tha
Lord looketh on t lie heart ; He si ari het Ii all
hearts, mid iiiiderstandeth all the imagina
tions of the thoughts. He is a Hoi of knowl
edge, mi. I by 1 1 1 ii: actions are weighed.
l. "The I ord our Und will wo servo, and
His voice w ill we obey.1' If the nation hail
talked this way and meant It when the spies
ret 111 lied from their baty davs' visit through
ti e laud they would have saved tin ni-elves
thirty eight veils' wandering 111 the wild' r
111 ss, an. I Ihe hundreds ol th. 11 nuds who loll
there ini-ht h ive 1 utered the ood land. Let
I 'hr.st inns to day make the hiiiuage of this
erse heartily their own, and they will hud
d.'ivu ol htuicll her i feulli ,lj..,it at
'.'1 1. and I e such w itnc si s unto the Lord that '
many shad thr.u:li tin III lie won to II1111 I
"."so Johna made a covenant." Liter-'
ally "cut n covinaut " -ii r the verb hero:
translated "male,' wlin not used iu con-
ti ct on with 11 1 in enat.t . is trans'ated "cut'' .
or cut oil . ' bol U us. s ol the w .ud are found
iu dir. xxviv, s, the w.i.s o thi. cove
nant wli eh thev I. ad made I el. .re lue when !
t hev cut the ' all m I w a i n ami as. d bet w is n :
the 1 arts thet 1 ol,' nnd tins 1 an u s us back i
to the lirsl use ol the express. on iu tlio (
liible, in Hin xv. IS: Willi Abraham '
divided 1 1 e animals iu I he midst and w atched ,
by the cnrcassis till tie sun went down, I
keeping the bads nwav, nn I thi n saw u .
smoking furnace and a burning lamp pass
betweiell the pie es. If wo have ma le 11 cove. .
D tilt Wbll l.isl by sai'lillce ll's. 1, let, lis bo ,
careful to kisji diligently Ills statutes and !
ad ordinances, so that cre'llo come iu de
vouring tiro we may be safely gathered unto
Him: let 110 furnace trial dismsy us. n..r bird
of jirey light upon our sacrifices, but, witlii
our hearts lived ii.oii Jesus, let Us walk in tho
light, t' : 1 i I In ul unto Him.
"This stoiio shall bo a witnins.'' I
'I he ht. inn reminds us of .la oh's pillars nt
Ilithel mid Mipah iHcii. xxvui., W: xxxv.,
II; xxxi., I.'u, und also I he twelve i-lones of
Moses iKx. xxiv., b and of .liisiuia i.losh. iv.,
X, '.Mi but whenever wo read of a stone of
witness or memorial we must surely think of
Him who is olti 11 called a stone. Sliecliem
tells us of Abram's llrst resting jilac.i and
altar iu the laud of Cm nua 11 (Hell. X II. ,
und the oak ill She.-hcin leimii ls us tnut hero
.la.oH lairiisi tho strange gods of his
household Hen. xxxv., Ii; what an appro
jinato p'uco to put away their slrangu
goils nnd n-uew their covenant, a place nmdn
sacrisl bv such memories of A brum und
Jacob. That Hod recognizes Inanimate na
ture as u witness to our actions and words
sis'tus evident from such words us these:
Hear, O heavens, nnd give ear, o earth:"
"Tho stone shall cry out of tho wall, and tho
beam out of the timber shall miswer it.'' Tho
Saviour's own testimony is: "Hy thy words
thou sbult be justilled, nnd by' thy words
thou iduilt Iki condemned" (Matt, xii., Ili'l.
Our only safety is a constant looking unto
Jesus und 1111 implicit reliance on linn.-.
Lflf.oa llrtp'r.
The wife of Colonel G. W. Alexander,
of Tyrone, Pa., puichasod some links of
sausage a few davs ago and placed them
on a plate that covered a crock of pick
les in tho eel nr. She went down in tho
cellar to gut the sausauo to fry for sup
per. Sho had no light, but could see
the plate and tho coil of sausage, as sho
supposed, by tho dim light that the cel
lar window gave. Hho reached downto
pick up the sausages when ahe was star
tled to seo them uncoil and disappear.
Sho called for her servant to come down
with a light. V hen tho light arrived
Mrs. Alexander discovered a snake about
three fcot long aud very "chunky'' crawU
inu on tho cellar lloor. S e killed it. It
was only a common garter f n ikn, but it
had tho link of suusage insido of it.
Tallest Chnrch Spires In America,
The twin spires of 6t. Patrick's
I Cathedral ate the tallest in America and
rank among the talln.t in the world.
I They measured in the architect's plan
1 C'.'tl feet, but there has been a certain
' amount of gain over this in construction
: which makes them about ltd!) feet from
the curb. 'I he only tower over a build
ing in this country higher than this is,
It is believed, the uncompleted ono on
the public buildings iu 1'hiladclphia,
which will bo O."i0 feet high when
it is
done. There are a number of higher
spires over Kuropcan cathedrals, among
them those at Vienna, t'ologne.t hartiers.
Antwerp and Salisbury, Tr.nity spire
in this city is 2-U feet high.
Pt. Patrick's spires, w ith the whole
cathedral, were planned by nnd built
under tho supervision of James Lcnw ick
of this city. Tho cathedral was first
projected by Archbishop Hughes about
1 s.Vu. In lfCid Mr. l.'enwU k drew the
first plans. These were reduced In slo
and otherwise changed by Archbishop
Hughes, nnd in IH'iM Mr. Hcnwick drew
the final plans. Tho corner stono was
laid on August loth, l'ix thirty years,
ono month and nineteen days befoio the
topmost stono was set in thu last of tho
steeples. The cathedral was dedicated
nearly ten years ago, but thu spires
wero then only to a level with tho roof
of tho building. They were left in that
condition until the fall of in.-,, when
the work was resumed. It has been
continued ever since, except whin tho
weather prevented.
The spires arc of vhito niarblo
throughout, OM'ept that a copper tod
through the centre holds the extreme up
per pieces composing the liiiial in pi ice.
The spin s ate octagonal 111 form, mounted
on octagonal lantern towers that riso
from Ihe level ol the roof. Their design
is very elaborate, and it has been carried
out with exquisite workmanship that is
almost wasted at the great heights at
which it is jilit cd.
Thu accompany ing picture gives their
general nppenrnnce, but the liner por
tion of the work cannot be tcprodiiocil
on such a small "cale. There is but ono
accurate picture of the spires as they will
appear when 1 omplcled. The Sm'
picture is as oood a rcpiodm tiou of that
as 1 a i be 111:1. le upon so small a scale by
photography.
F.xact figures ns to 1 1 in actual rost ol
tho cathedral up to this time are hard
to obtain, on account of the manner iu
which the wot k has been dono and tho
long time over which it has extended.
It was begun under a contract, but the
xvnr interrupted tho work and it was re
sutiicd by days' work, and that rystcui
continued until its dedication. Then
the work of completing the spires wos
ngniti given out on a contract. Threo
years ngo, before the spires wero begun,
it wassaid that si.'- had been ex
pended, and it was ("lim ited that siHMI,
tiiui more would be ic.iiircil. Mr. Hcn
wick Kiti I that he believes that the total
cost lunb.cn between imui.H'M) and
is'.'.oiiii.iKlil, ami lie thinks the h'pJuT
figure would not be an cxag'.:er itcd olio
forsui h a work. ,V. in York Sun.
I The ll 'cliiie or Hie Nose.
Among thu many startling disclosures.
I with which scientific investigation hue
. made us fainiliar.ono of thu most ext r.iv
I agiint is the discovery according U
; llli II tlio nose is sum in no igi nun injr
losing its power to discharge its tradi
tional function in the cn-c of the civilicd
peoples. When the sense of smell
vanishes altogether as, it is atlinncd,
will infallibly bo the case one day tho
organ itself is bound to follow its ex
umplo sooner or later. It is, no doubt,
h I act that the olfactory sense is much
keener in the savage than in the civilicd
man, and it is reasonable to concludu
that tho more we progress in civilization
tlio duller the sense will grow, and as
nuturo never preserves listless organs,
when the nose loses its power of smelling
thu nose, "must go." ."eea ho t.
Strength In 11 11 Infirmity.
Edith (at her writing desk) "Denr,
dear me! where is the dictionary? It
. . , . . - 1 . . 1 .. 1 .. . 1 ..
seems as if I would never learn to spell !"
Mabel "I should think you would bo
glad of that. Just think how splendid
ly you're tilted to write dialect stories!'
Jud'Jf.
Is Marriage, a
Failure
ill
,TxiVsiisVlrC---.
1 wpy
Portrait of a lady who thinks it. is.-,
ViiCdUn iViM".