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urn mln In the sanity ban:
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r,, utile flower in field of flowers
L little ur In a heaven of star:
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jOiHt little nmir in a year 01 nirari-
ht if it makes or what If it marar
Lt the bar la built of the little frralns;
LAnd the little flower make the meadow
taf!
Jnd the little tr light the heavenly plains
I And the little bourt or earn little nay
live to ua all that life contain.
PITH AND POINT.
A violin A low tavorn. 1
A private affair A musket.
A notable feature The uoso.
A coM water party Tho trog.
A suitable placo for dudes The
knilora.
f Many an arm of tea encircle n waste
rf laud.
Greatest smokers in
town Factory
tliltnneys.
A dinner fit
.litreon wllOiO.
for a bookkeeper A
i It ln't every composer who lina a
Humid to his name.
Tlio old shoe very often finully bo
conies nn atlcy-jjaitor.
Tim man w!io cot clothes is never
afraid of any dyer results.
Aeionnuts are generally "well up" in
balloons, unless they are nick.
The broad highway th it lend s to de
struction is the route of nil evil.
Funny, tit it.' The only way a
loi k can dj business is on tick.
The. complaining witness Tho one
whom the shyster lawyer browbeats.
People who nevorrcud a word of Kant
on 1'hitosophy can tell you all about
Canton i anncl.
The under df2 in tho fight mny be
right; but the top dog it moiu thuu that
he is nil right.
i Hie nutrli tiust is another striking
example of tim necessity of extinguishing
the e moiiopol c.
If you want to hc.ir a talc of hard lurk
nnd destitution just ask a fellow lor tho
money he owes you. m7 v.
The reason that nn undertaker Is rarely
a inclnncholy mini is because he can ul
witysbury himself la his business. Sijt-
The duties of a critic nto npt to ba
edentary. Ho is always n.tting on
Homebody or Homi.thing. JJiirjur't
JJn:ir.
Smith "Wo Shukrspcate a broker';"
Tones "Xo, of course not.'' "Well,
then, how did ho come to furnish to
inutiy stock quotations."
A mull in Xebni ki is in jail for steal
ing sausages. Tin o denco iigiiiiift li ml
is sa d to bo roncimi.e. Xol u liuk is
wutitcd. Vh iui n i i llume.
Mow the ardent busker sioi '
' 'Mid the corn, eueli roti nnd spear,
' Anl he drops tint crimson prices
To impress a maiden's ear.
Sifting.
Stranger- "Well, 'coys, and how did
tho game go to-day?" lioys "We lost."
(htrsnger "What have you got in that
bundle?" lioys " I he umpire."
"Did you ever take tho p'edgc'" asked
a temperance advocatu of a trump.
'Often," said the trump. "Where;"
"At the puwiibiokui's," was the bitter
reply. titin;.
"I hope you npprecirit.; tho fact, sir,
that in marrying my daughter you marry
n large hearted, generous girl." "I do
tdr ( with c tu ition i ; and I hopo idie in
herits those qualities from her father."
Hudo "Can you all sell me ah
n blu'! crnvut to iiiateh my eyes uhl"
Salesman "I don't think an that I
can ; but I can sell you a very soft hat to
match your very soft heud ah! Jaat
&ijtitHJ.
Mr. Clumsy "What do you think ot
my riding." Teacher "Vou haven't got
any talent for riding, but if you insist
on trying to lidc, you ought to practice
la ling oil without getting hurt."
Wexiin Sjtimjs.
"Arc you on friendly terms with tho
defendant:" demanded a lawyer of a
witness in our Circuit Court yesterday.
''Well, 1 ain't thiowing no bouquets ti
him," was the quaint answer. I'hiUJel'
jih in l!iior-l.
He Wns Penniless. Tu lg 'Tri'one-,
the evidence shows that you brutally us.
united the plaiutilf. "Have you any
thing to oiler in extenuation?'' l'risoti'er
"No. sir: my luwycr took ul tho
money I had." Ttme.
Scientists havo demonstrated that
there ismuro actual nutriment in tweuty.
live cents' worth of potato than in
twenty-live cents' worth of sirloin steak
Hut who is going to pay the undoi taker's
bill for tho man who eats aino bounds
of potatoes at a sium-i
A Cat's Luxurious LI To.
Many a human ' being who ho, to
'hust e'1 twelve hours a day for a living
would bo glad to chango places w.th a
blink and white cat who owns a houso
on Clinton avenue. An estimable maiden
lady, who Hatters herself that she is his
mistress, pays tlio taxes on it for him.
His name is Spoke, ho i ten ycurs old
and he we ghs sixteen poinds. The best
room, the coiest lounging chair and tho
wurmo.t corner of the lireside are re
served for him. A bedroom, neatly fur
Dished, affording easy access to the
neigboring roof, is exclusively his. Some
years ago ho accidentally fell off jus
thair and killed a inoii-o. 'ilis mistress
lias ever situ o believed him to bo the
finest jumper and moucr in tho category
of cats, and boasts of hi capabilities on
every possible opportunity. A few days
dnco kiio tiiel to exhibit his jumping
powers to a visitor, but Spoko was
sleepy and would not show olT. Ho was
BulTuiing, she suid, from a toothacho,
and wus not in a good humor. His cut
hip will stroll calmly up to any new
visitor who may enter tho parlor, and
walk irravely round and round him, sig
nifying his approval by a purr an loud
and musical as a circular taw, or his dis
approbation by a spit and an abrupt re
turn to his chair. He hai never been
Known to altor his first opinion, and can
not bo induced to become friendly to any
one ho does not like at (hit sight. Ho
does no work, is well fed, well housed,
and altogether is a porsonae to bo ea
vied ia these huivl Xmm.Urovlilun
Uiiiui.
CUOIOUS FACTX . -
Ond pound of feed will yie!). V
10. 000 asparagus stalks.
The Prussian blue dv was discovorcd
by Die bach at Berlin,' in 1710.
Printing In nise i or embossed letters
was beguu at Paria by Hauy ia l0ti.
Richard Aho Klni, an Fnelish s-irar,
has resigned hi living to wnto novels.
More than 4000 person po ished by
the hurricane which dcv:alud iiarba
does October 10, 17tfi
Klchard Co-nr de l.lnn, like the onl
mal from wh.ch his heart was named,
died by arrow from an archer.
Tlio baton tted by conductors of con
certs is said to havo been introduced
Into England by Spolir in 1 -!(.
William H. Uurnhciser, of llsrrisbu-g,
lenn., has lived in bed twenty-nine
year j in consequence of a spinal injury.
George II., of Kngland, died of rup
ture of "tho heart, which the periodicals
of that day termed a visitation o( God.
Tho oldest and largest troo in tho
world is a chemut near tho font of .Mount
F.tna. Tho circumference of the main
trunk is 'Hi feet.
At tho reformatory prison for women
in Mietbuno, .Vns., a smglo chrysanthe
mum may be seen upon which there aio
lui.l liinls. Tho piatit is of ihe present
tcason's growth.
It Is estimated that there are 3,000.000
men in Amcr.ca who get shaved three
timu a weuK. That mean an expendi
ture of th rty cents a week, or if-i-i.uu a
year, for cu' h man, or for tf,UO(i,i)0!,
l-,i00,00ti annually.
Tho ancient language of A'a Minor
wa Phrygian, or Semitic, of which
Chaldean, Syria", Hi brew, 1'hinician
and Arabic wcie d nlects. licyond the
rivets, towatds the Indu, dialects of tho
Sanscrit and cit.i appc.ir.
The old style of tingcr-ilngs, with a
setting containing a small com pass, is
now being brought into use by electrical
engineers. HcmI near a line wiro tho
movement of tho compass chows ut once
whether u cuncnt is passing.
An owl killed itself and a whole green
house fil l of costiv plants one night by
fulling into the sto'vep pc, thus shutting
;f the draft and cans ng the escape iu
tho room of coal gas, w iiich is fatal to
vegetation a well as to animal lilt.
The ox ii truly a beast of burden,
strong and enduring, but tho ox of a
Swis pays. in is noi the same looking
nn mal that wu h ive. No wooden yoke
b w its head and shoulder, lt is liar-nesM-d
xcry much hko a horse, and
ni l ually appears a lively, high-sieppiug
uiiimal.
A novel contest that will take plaeo
shortly in New York is a counting match
between two rapid money changers.
One has bet the other J0o tli it he, cau
beat him counting, piece by piece, $10,.
OOii in silver coin iu all denominations.
The wager has been uc epteil, und tho
mat. h will take piacu ut Cooper I'uion.
Tho pair of trousers which J. W.
H iggauee, of Gallatin, Tenn., wears
on htato Tensions were mad'i for h in
by his mother iu lMlo. She githurod
the cotton on hor own farm, spun it into
yurn, dyed it oud wove it. Tho trousers
seem in as good condition as if they had
been in ado only last year, und .Mr. lirig
gunce is proud of them.
And now they any that Tom Hood first
planned the phonograph, as witness this,
Iroin his "Comic Annual" for IS. til: "In
th s century of inventions, when a sell'
acting draw ing-paper has been discov
ered lor copying visible ob ects, who
knows but that n future Xicpce, or
Haguerre, or llersehel, or Fox TaHot,
may tiud out, some sort of Ilosweliish
writing paper to repeat whatever it
hcaisi"
Emperor William' New Crown.
During some of tho leisure moments
which tho F.mperor of Gciniuuv lias hud
at his disposal ho has been overturn, ing
th.! crown and regalia of his house, and
has ordcre I the imperial ciown, xvhieh
ho wears as German F.mperor, to 1m con
siderably nl ere 1 iu shape. Xor is tho
imperial banner or the imper ii! mantle
of State considero 1 altogether siitislac
tory iu their present form, and t hose two
ate to bo changed in scleral details.
I list, and not lcut, tho Kaiser also
found fault wi h tho imperial throno
wh ch it was lately his privilego to
mount mid thiJ, too, is to be apprecia
bly chiuiL'o.l in appearance, to tho no
Miiull perturbation ot the more ennserva
rivcof his .Majesty's subjects, who nre go
ing about prophesying all kinds of e il
things which arc to befall him and his
house if he dares to carry out the pro
posud ulioriitions. lint, despite all the
croaking, the Fmperor means to have
his way, and so far us the crown goes, nt
any rate, it is necessary for his own per
sonal comfort tha' he should do so. For
not only did ho find his head "uneasy"
when ho had to wear tho "crown," but
to keep the impi rial diadem on his brows
for any length of time involved pottivd
torture. 'I he fact was discovered when
he put it on to be painted in full impe
rial rig, and tho otders given for a t.ia
deiu that shall really tit his imperial
head ure said to havo been delivered in
tho most peremptory manner by his
Ma'csty. And surely Kaistr Wilhelm is
right. I conain'.y do not sco why an
l.iii I eror shoul I not be mens ure. I for his
rrowu just as ho is for his tunic or Ids
boots. Ho is not expected to wear his
ancestor's hats without alteration, and I
do not kuow why ho should be culled on
to don their di.vlems cither, or nt any
rate not until these diadems havo been
duly let in or let out, as tho state of tho
case muy require. O'rajihi;
Tho P. Ingest Mini In the World.
A letter to tho Davenport (Iowa)
Tribune says: "Iowa does not only stand
at the head of tho list as a corn Stuto,
but stands at tho heud, also, for largo
men. 1 wus one of tho two largest men
on a train lust week, ami tho two of us
weighed just two pounds over a half
ton. 1 weighed 210 pounds, and tho
other fellow weighed just 7tJ pounds.
His uume wax J. if. Cruig. Ho is (I feet
4. 'inches long, und was born in Iowa
City thirty-two ycurs ago. lie is said
to be tho largest man In tho world at tho
present time. Ho is well proportioned,
full of fun, and a playful as a kitten.
Ho told me that when he went to church
he rut $1 in tho collection basket and
took a whole scat for himself. He lias
weighed 833 pounds, but use tobacco
now to keep his weight down below SOU.
rOPl'LAR SCIENCE.
Floctrlclty move 288,000 miles per
second.
There are hardly lOOeVcfrlc motor at
work In Great Britain, while in America
there are 0000.
Perfect physiological development of
the Infant is absolutely defender t upon
mother's milk.
Gneisses and schists are tho oldest
minerals known to us, and are, therefore,
to bo regarded as the foundation stones
of tho earth's crust.
Tho Khrtric L'rrine prophesies that
the day will come when s lightning rod
on a house will be regarded in the sumo
1 ght as u horseshoe over a man's door.
Professor Ayrton define inertia, from
tho r.H'opean standpoint, as "re (stance
to mnt inn," and, from tho Amciicnn
sU'id point, a "resistance to standing
still."
A hospital for anima's I one of Lon
don's tew humane institutions, mid iho
number of horses, dos, ea s, and other
unimais presented lor ined ul und mir
g cnl treatui'M't hat alrealy necessitated
extension of space.
Professor Pickering of tho Harvard
College Observatory, nnkei the rather
broad gue tlmt t he so-called "canals"
of Murs arc ureas of vegetation, pos bly
immen e cultivated tracts It is cis.cr
to guess than to deinonstrut '.
A recent lecture by Professor llonney,
on too "f mind at ion Stones ot the I urlh's
Cru-t,'' before the Ilr.tish Aoi iation,
was illustrated bv tent sect ion of roek,
fo thin as to be pirtit ly tiau-paielit,
which were pro I'cinl on the lien.
"Weighty thouglrs" will no longer
bo mere tiguienls of the liiiaginat :i. An
Italian lias invented a balance upn.i which
even dicams or the effect of a si ght
sound during sh ep tin ns blood c ouh
to the brain to pioducu a meiisinatile im
pi ession.
A metallurgist gives ns a reason why
steel will not weld as readily as wrought
iron that it is le t part.uby oini.o-eil of
cinder, as seems to U the cae with
wrought iron, which ii'-ist-. iu tomiing a
fusible alloy with ill'1 scale of oxabit oil
formed on the nn la e of the iron in the
furna o.
Thero ore only three salaiiinn lers in
this countiy, but even three have been
n large enough number to prove the
fid-ity of the old be iff, that sulumamlu
live in the tire. They I ke to lie wlieie
it is warm, but t'ney cannot live in the
lire. Their diet cou-.i-.ts of worms and
jelly li-li.
Dr. ( harcot, the great French phy
sician, says tha' ch 'dte.i under sixteiii
cannot have their brains ovriwo ked
No forcing, he u-M':l. will get out of
tlieni ino.-c cciclilal wo k thin the Ira u
w ill accomplish w ith'Uit fatigue. It s
not till after the age f sixteen or eigh
teen that surmeiiage becomes posiole.
The following is given ns an oiiicient
liii.xtuie lor clc itiing old brass: lino
ounce of camphor gum. two numc of
alcohol, two ounce-, ol ip lit - of amnion in,
four ounces of spir ts of turpentine, one
pound of st ir candies, one pound ' f
tallow und one pound of tripod. To
Mldx Hist dissolve the camphor iu tin
jleohol, then melt the i: grcdieuts un 1
Jn.x together thoroughly.
Tho scientist I.euwcnhock nys: "I
have often compared the size of tho
thread spun by lull-grown spideis with
a hair ol my beurd. For tins purpose I
pluceil.the (li t kest part of the tlue.nl lie
fo:e the microscope, and from the mu.t
ncetirutc judgment I could form, more
than a bundled of su h threads plaecd
side by side could 1 1 t c iml the diameter
of one such hair. 1', then, we Mipposu
such a hair to bo ofa round form, t bil
lows that lii.uini ol tiie tlnead- spun by
the full-grown spider, when tuKen to
gether, will not be equal ill Mtb-tiini e to
the si of u singlu h nr.
Persian Poor .Tlmi's PurjilNe.
When we enter Persia we are in tho
poor man's paradise-a country where
existence is pos-uhlc upon lour pel, ci- per
day, where meat costs one pern e n pound
and bread a quarter as much in oidmary
limes; where a fowl may be pun ba-ed
for twelve cents, a partridge or a wild
duck for four cents; where a serviceable
pony may be h id (or a '.' " note, and a
valuable thoroughbred for flu.i; whim
a servant can bo hired for a month
and his rations, and you enn fee 1 a hor-o
upon six cents a day. In mst of the
citie a largo housi. ran be fnted for
from sJoO to l'io a year, and all the
ncce-sarie of life are to be ha I at tho
very cheapest iaie. The very mules
upon winch we are to man h to the capi
tal, each of which will curry a load of
'J 0 pounds, are hired ut tic ru e of
eighteen cents per day, mid jet fionithis
Filial I sum the muleteer, if he be for
tunate, will obtain a good prolit.
The bea-ts are fat, there is plentiful
herbage for tlio l'rt uve stages, and U
handful of hurley und eight pounds of
cut straw is all that the mules will get
dui ing the othei six days' journey, and
each day the niu'o will march their
twenty to twenty live m.ies mid go
ir.errily along under their three li indred
pouud load, for Ihe pack saddle cannot
weiLih le-sthuu twenty to thirty pounds,
while tint load itself is seldom less than
'.'mi, mid they will steadily maintain
their paco ut ii n average of four miles un
hour, sine iu the c ise of mountainous
pus.se. storms, swamps and the numer
ous contretemps incidental tu lutsttru
travel. Ncto Yvrk Umjiiir,
An Opium 1 n.
I went ono evening to see tlio opium
places iu HiatiL'hui.Ciiinu. Tho entiiiuco
in the largest one is through a court in
which innumerable, little tables are
placed, wilh all orts of wares for mile,
as pipes, opium jars, tops, handle1', etc.
Tho building is of large extent, the "top
bidi" is the more expenuive, und tho
unall upuitmctts hejo arc luxurious,
separated by curved screens, in which
plates of cut gla-s ure inserted ; the small
rooms aro furnished with ebony und mar
blc,cmhroidci'cd cushions and everything
one could desiro.
lietweou tho two largo chairs, with
stools for tlio feet, a table is placed on
which to place tho pipe una smoking
articles. Theso rooms are all built about
open wells and look down to the floor
below. Over ll'.'OO worth of opium is
moked here in a night, so the sie of tho
p'.uce may bo imagined. I was surprised
to lind it lighted by electricity, but tha
smoke was so dense as to make the in
candescent lamps look pule. JJwton
2'raiucrijjt.
TEMPERANCE READING
M!alnnarr Iljrmn.
Frnm the h h rocky mountain
- To tlie Atlantic htran.l.
Where many purlins; fountain
t low through our votithful land;
From many a northern river,
To many a southern plain,
They rail us to deliver
Our race Iroin Haechus' chain.
What though our care he easua,
Our sorrow doth lemi l.
Tho' many a trte he please,
lie cause action vile;
In vain with lavish kindness
The temirsnce light is strewn;
Tho diunkar.l in his Mindm-m
lions down to J uks or Stolid
Oh, re whose souls are lighted
With wisdom iroin on nigh;
Oh, to these men I rnightt-d,
TI e xus nous dram deny,
restructlon! Oh. ile'trnetion,
'ihe awful sound pro Inini,
lill all, in every station,
Miall shun the monster's fnue,
Oh, let the dreadful story
He spread from hiIh to poln,
Till iiihii lins et-asisl toli.ry
In worshiping the I owl.
Ti.l o'er our ransomed n iturn,
lull lepeiniMsi umg s.nin,
I!es ct lor our I 'rruior
Anil Christian friendship reign.
O.H'. Cook, in Mn(t A.n lor a ? .iterance.
Home Inniieoce
Whnt a depth of meaning iu th" very
WorU homo iiilhieiiiist And yet. urn all
arent, ini'ther esjs-eiBl.y, strivim; tliir
est to make lioue tlio bi llit. simn v spo
tli'-V lilikihtf I sm those sr.eet, gentle III
I'll nees true women inav ami can to iiiukt
their horn, s ntti.ietive.'
Ue tenr not. In a inn 'Ot it v of enres th
World nn I its ul n ifluii;; pli u-nri-s; re, eivim;
BUil I. turning ra Is. nit, ti ling parties, or
ptepiinni; fur the n- thine, na I oilier up.
parentlv iimoi'eii'. ways of pism tiluit
ainoii'j the wenlihy. etu-ios-. the w li.i:.. tnunl,
w hlle their hiiite s e'l-cant timiigu Ilievinu V
Jm-, are so inrely m el bi l(lit mi l t;eli ul
by the S'vi-i-t Miotherlv pr.'in-ci tlmt
th'V ereato to I:,., vain,' a rep-Hint
atmosphere. The Inhy nn, I tile on. u.
lett III the iniiwry to In amused l,y the
tiiirs-. whi ii tlio.i a Mile o.der sn'in'.t s
wand-r mink-sly nlmiit hetweeii mirsei-v mid
piiior. bhrary, mid llie.rowii riainis, s.-e,iii.
lor some n : : ii -. iii.-tit eonip.iiiMiiNliii, ,
Sli. s tliiur own. Tli 'sceis who urn tlms le;t
ludeH.n li'lltlv to e mi an I K l lis tl.ev p e isn,
in I,. urn to wfU tie. . lul and other plaem
Of resort, t.i pus a sm-vil e imi inj
Can wn woud r Unit fi-o:n tin, first s!.-p in
the wroii ihre timi, ns.iv troin ho. no m th
ev, ninif, others iinn kly lol .' , tdass ol
Wiiie for uikkI fellowslup, ur gum,, ol cards
to p.is tuner. n indu umi in. 'I h.-ucum,. lite
hours mi l a craving (or stimulatiis: a desire
"to try one's lu k ' ul milium a hn!,. some
th ii.' nt car ls, tnr.i i,, and the slept
lo iiwar.is, niter tins, are oiteut.miM s:arl
I.iil' V rapul.
1'utiii lu'nil tin evils whn-h issiil tint
Voiui wekmi; pi H-llleuuny Iroin I,, 'lie' III
tein . r.oien is Ihe ur. at. s'.ii,', i I, a I, ihroii :h
a weakened nil I dele he I mm, I to nlmo,t
nnvstip l il. ia.1 it mi. in i i'li mil oi.r
dike. To stem tins evil we l,. seadllV
nnilpeisisteiitivwiirkiiiitiltti.cie.it f,. to
man.. in, I is laid ii., it, power lor ev il
lessen.. I, And wlier.' em this l. nioreef.
It- til.illy done than around the he h i Ii st i
of Inane.' Ah' that mothers w.,u. nil lea, i'e
tlmt It istn.. mveet. i;i'litle, home in 'll...ei
whn li mav save their sons iroin rdni ai
Kven though t ii temptat s o; ill., world
may, iu niter years, oraw v.air love I s
into its M.nf ul oi lex, n wor i, a un i-e lo .l of
Inter. Mt nn I pity iroin a stranger, will nomn
tlllli-H vivnilv reeull the past -molle r. Iiolii ',
ml love, nnd tliev are nave I. I el not vour
sons then ofoi th without any of I lies-sweet,
Imllowed iis-oi iaiii.iis. Hut" now, in their
Imle lioisl, their vnrly youth, do nil you ran
to instill riht uriueiples into their plastic
in lids. And let not tin . prin -itiV, Ve en
forced nn nmtiins for their worldly (food, or
iu stern, har-h teni-hint;. hue upon line an t
preeept ii,on pr-e pt; for instead of thus
wmuiiig the oheilien. e of v i hielren you
may diogtiMt or weirv thein Pv on r. ie.ite.
trite savinifs I-i'Ik I and drive them from Vou
and Irom tli-ir luanes t.i lui.l pleasmv els,,
where. .No, indeed! rather let vour teaehiiejs bo
f;enl I v Olid lev. in, y imparled. .Make hone,
iriuht and eh -erv. set l....,r,. ti.ein a (;i,o,l
example join-sell nn I then le i I t.n , ii to tin ui
a liinh standard to aim ut. that u mav en
liohle thmr lives and make of t hem ti u men
lonl worthve li.-ns. In-tof all, pii.e-mmd.. I,
i'(iriul Christians. Teen may we Impn to
so-a belter e list of m, n an on ; us; lii.'ii l,, t
ter tilted lor our pul.l CI es and ;.la i s of
tru-',. 'II t.si. a e,r,.inr liiriist wiil In
cive.i to the drinking snloons and uaniliiiiu
halls, or hells, us they am soinetmies nmrt
strouclv nnini'il. And sui-elv home of tii,-.i
ileus of ini nt it v mav well be eonipainl to
'i'ophet a plaee for lost sollls
And so we would lu.iiu Ihs; mothers to
niaku IniiiiK bright and nttrii' tive to th ir
rluldreu. I 'oa t leave tne lit II n ten
much to their lllirs -s or coverness -h; he with
them as uiiieh ns ioss,h!e yoin-se ves w lulu
young nil I oil In of loi iiiin str ing un-prii-sions
of lioiiin und iii.ii her love. It mav
re.pl rn self deina! on your part in uivniy up
some social pleasures, l ilt, iu al ter years vmi
will Imi more tlin.t repaid I y Ilin sweet ei iu
auii,iiship of your s .ns nnd duuhftcs; w ho,
aeeordiiig to Scripture, will r.se up and cull
you blosi'd..i';ijeMiii'i! .Idru at:
V.trcrt I vc Temperance Work.
Tl eiiiost ell'eetie tempetani t work sthal
Weleh sets the cop e totll'llklll' most deeply
nn, I sir, in 'iy i,u t lie siih.e, t, and '. he I e.t uny
to nci oiiipiisli tins i bjiet Is bv ti e ill-llll,ii-tiou
of literal ure that I rings the tilith home
to the eople. inn speeilie eMiinp.e ol tie
evil ell'ei'ts of strong dunk in a eomuiumty is
worth morn nt this dm than u volume i f
(.eliernliiitions i n the sill eet. I'nfi rlunalely
there are Vi i v fi w roiiunniiit ies in this i nun
try win in it is miessary to (40 out side lor
il iislriil oiis i f ti.u wus und w .series that
foilmv kliung uruik.
Tcmpcrnncc NeuH nnd otrs,
A tj'tn 1 x ro lien society lately formed in St.
retersliiuv, is said lo In gamiiij; aliout IMJ
IIH'IiiIm-i-h eaeu wee!;.
Mrs. r'limi Alldo, the w ife of the Japanese,
Consul (ieneial nt ilonoluiii, devotes h. r
time largely to temperance.
Tho I 'nited Kingdom liatlway T pi-rnneo
Union has a lueMiliersiiip ot l 'i,.'i;. a most
cuiufortnig fact for ruiiwuy travelers.
The Southern Star says: nA eouiit wn
mndo of the eases bontei in llm staliou
house for the Hist three months of s.s;, nd
for the the sa no mouths of isss. Ihirnij
tins year, or since the saloons have o.i, , in
Atlanta thero has I ecu one thoiisuud onu
hundred and thirty-two more eases hooked
thuu during thn samu pi-nod of last year
under 1 rohilulion.
There urn more than s'n 1 saloons ami only
five churches und chapels wnhiii a short
d island of l astle lliiriien, I vi rvone of thn
so-called iminigr.iut iHiard.ng houses is a
saloon kept by tim v..rst men ol' the city. A
sum of :." a year is mnl by tlm keepers of
each of these places lo thn l 'oiiimissioiiers of
Jinmigratioli tor the privilege of soliciting
ciisloiiiirs among tha iiuiiiicrants. Tlio
lei'ui,ts lor llii.'so licenses umoiiut to over
trinot) iinniially.
According to th Pev. Dr. Mute), more, of
Philadelphia, "I lie moral ell'eet of Knbsli
oceuput on in Kgvpt si ems to bo an inert asu
of drmkini; 111 the towns und tho cities. Put
tlio lu itlsh iulliieiieu is lavor.ible nnd lielptul
to the mission work, esiecially iu laeihtaiiug
the building of I'hureiies. ' it Is eminently
proper that British inllueiieo should bu lav
orablo to mission work, but what u sad com
ment on Christum Jliiglninl is tho stutomeut
vonceriiinir the iuereukeof driukuu;.
Tho sis Powers contiguous to the North
feu (treat liritain, Krumv, llelgium, llol
and, Oermnny and Uenmurk have entered
11 lo an a'reoment whorohy tho sale of sp.r
tuou Ii piors to llshormen and other persous
iu boaiU iisUiug vea.els is prohibited,
SUNDAY SCHOOL.4
LESSOM Poll DKCKMUI'-tl 9.
''Israel L'nder JuiIko." Jutlgea II,
1 llia-Uolden Teit, Ileb. Ill, l'J.
tiplanatory Note.
In studying: tho history of Israel It Is necm.
ary to keep in mind that the lord Hod had
chosen them to lie a special people unto Him
eir. ahove all peop e upon the face of the
earth; an holy rwop'e unto thn lord their
t oil, that lie niiKht dwell nmone; them, and
that Ihey might mannify Hi name before
the nation lie only asked of them a cheer
ful ami whole hearted olmlieiice ami submi
ton promWtiR on Hi part that they should
be m.ile to enjoy the Kreatest imsmiMo tnm
ixiral prosiH-rlty and be the head of all na
tion, no one lieinn able to stand before them.
Iheir history dunn thn forty vears that
JUnsda led them is found in thn bonk of Kx.
oiMis . Iviiieus, .Niunlxmniui Deuteronomy,
. n'1T",j"',t Iskii stud vou; th-ir history
under the leadership of .loslnm. ns recorded
Iu the hook f Joshua, and now wo eomo to
thoir history under tho .IihIkisi for nbout V)
yar, o rocorded in this hook. (Acts xnl.,
.iV: ".T,.,n r,hi,,'r,n of Israel did evil In tho
iffht of tho Ixir.l, nnd svrrel Han Inn." At
least Rvveii tun" do wo find tins stttement
roneerniiu their doinn eyil in this Umk, nnd
a reason is rIth In the pro"wdinn verse, that
a generation had armeii which knewunt tlio
I onl. nor yet thn world which He had ilouo
for l.raol. ,,y certainly knew of the Lord
and lind heard of Ilia mighty works; His
tnliermicle was in thoir midst, and His priests
Were nin.iiiK them, but Htm they know tint:
they knew of Hun. bt they triisUnl not in
Hun; they turned their back iiih.ii the only
iv.ii- nn, tr.to Co l, and serve I Pa ihm. tho
Idol )fis of the l'h enieians an I (" .iiannih s
Jhe hrst mention of Hint, which sunillns
lord or Hiss..sa.,r, i, fonml in Num. xxu,. tl,
ami the record nf Israel's sin nt llnal peor,
nn, Ihe death of twenty four tlioii-nnl l.y thn
pliiKUn l.eenus . ,,f that hiii is found m NUni.
xxv.- tlier. fore they were isiimnnuileil to
sinitii nnd utterly d-sfrov the idolntrons
Hple, ninke no lenitun w ith them. .i-.troy
their nltnrs, 1 nt down their proves nnd burn
their eraven Images; but they disoUyed
tod. an I d it mil drive nut Ihe nto aters, thus
"tlevnu; lo. and causing themselves much
sorrow ilieut. vn., 1-.'.; Judges il.. l -.',i.
''-' "They forscsik thn lord (hs of their
fnthcrs." Some of Joshua's parting words
wi re: "If yo for-nke tin lord ami servo
Miniiee s,,,. then will He turn nud do you
Imi t and eou-miie you" i.losli xxiv., "11) lait
these words a iv now forp.lten or unhealed;
nnd noise stiil, the Lord who brought them
out of the Und of Kuvpt, and mad., them n
nation an I eave them tins e, o I Inn, I, is f,.r
Ki'ltin and foi ,.k,.n. lni:ratiti,e, disolss.
clienee and rebellion was thus mnn fe-t on
their part towards the in leseribable love
and lonu sullerinK of the Lord I hid of Israel.
Instwid of living in the suu-hine of His love,
and the joy nnd strength of ills prescii -e,
tli.v turn iiwav from their deliverer ami pro-tei-tur.
nii,l 1, .111 hnnds w ,t'i Ids and their
nn in e, 'i hey ore a sjn'ul nation, n sis, of
evil di i fors.'.kiii the I .or. I an I provoker-
Holv t Israel to aiu'cr: thev foriikn
the Ion, ,t 11, ,,f hvmu' wnt.us, and hew them
out bioken e sterns that 11111 hold no water
(Ih.-i. i. I; .ler. 11. I ).
II. "Ih.y foi-s,Hik th. lonl, mil serve I
1 mil nnd Ashtaroth '' These were the male
nnd female -li iiiMI. ts of the nat.ons beforn
nieiil loned. and their worship wns associated
w it ti the most cruel and nls the mo.t iiupuni
prm tics, ihe verv et reiue oposiie of that
reiinind bv the pure an, I holy ami loving
Cod of Israel.
II. "Ti e auger of the l ord was not ncnin-t
Israel." In the account ol thissiii written tu
I s. cvi :;i lii, it is said the wrnth of the
1 old kindled iiKninst li s ssople. msoinueh
that I'eiibhorrel His own inherit, line, mi l
He ;ave them into the hand of the heathen ''
In 1 " r. xii,. eoiuvriiing a lutT sin it is
written: "J Imvo uivrn Ihe dearly U'love.l of
my soul into the I nnds of her rnemies." It
wn Iseniiso of His ki eat love lor them tlmt
He thus i h isteinsi tie-in for tlieir sins, us it
iswicteii: "Vou only have 1 know 11 of all
tlie families of the earth; therefore, I will
punish you lor all your iniquities.'1 Amos
in.. 'A
I . "The lut ti . 1 of the I.ord was against
thein for evil, . . . and they were t'1'eaily
distressed.'' The way of the irausres.or is
hnrdilrov. xin., I n, but thev were there
deeii:i., of the Lord and Ins hand was upon
thein for evil only to make thein see 1 he c il
of their wavs nnd te.ni from it, that He
imlit do them eocsl. Ills cry I" tl 1 in all
the. r sin is ever the same: "Ih-turu, thou
bacl,shilin' Israel, sail!) the lord, and I will
not cause mine onc'r to fall upon vou. f .r 1
inn nieieii'ul; tin 11. 1 1 backslidn k children. for
1 11111 inarriel unto you." ,,ler. 111, I II.)
If Ihey had onlv oh -Ved the I old Mild walke I
in His ways, lbs hiiud would always hae
l,ei II tll "II them for C.O
t'i. Neii rihe ess, tim lord raised up
jUil.-S SV It 11 h deliver.ll tliOtll." Nev, I Iheless.
lie ri'iranleii their attli, t on whn lie heard
their 1 TV; nnd Ho rem mib -r. , lor them His
rovetiai't 'I's. evi.,41 Tu. I in not our hearts
lav: "I I, foolish peope, whv prove and
lurn aw ny from such love; whv not ithide 111
inch a fi n n l; why not constantly rejoice in
nidi powi rr" Then a voice whispers: " I hoii
li t tho intin; Israel's sin is just thine own,
Mil the same t hi I of Israel' regards today
Hie CIV or the oft errillU, oft reM'llt inn one,
mil ileliv-is those who call upiii Hun, sudi
is call upon 1 1 1111 in truth. Why not ubida
ver in (lis love?
1.'. "Tinned ipiiekly out of the wav."
Altliounh He heard their cry und raised thein
Dp judges who delivered them, thev so ,11 tell
iway into sin as bad as ever, and 'would 1 1 t
henrken to the judges; their In arts sieimd
fully set in them to do evil. love H'-onusl
lost upon thein, mid past, warnin 'S sismiei:
liileriy in vain; they were full ofsell nn.)
s 11, nnd it nppeared to l. useless to d
Mivthm for them; yet It . loved t hem ami
for His name's sake lor;; ivj them nut'
retined them many a time.
Is. "'The Lord was w.in th, jude." If it
, r,' not s 1 thn jtide 11111I I have don
lo! h n;. 'Ih.i Lord was with Mos.-s. mn1
Joshua, mi l Unviu, and tlio kuus who did
I ii-'lit in ilis silit, 1111 1 the prophets who
spoko iu His mum An I thesamn l.ords iy
toustodav: "lo, I mn with you alway."
"It n-p-nto I the l.or l." This expression,
often used in refer, nee 1, (I.hI, nud lirst
foilll I III I ,'ell. vi., ll, re'ei ', to I ' i.I'h visihln
pro e hint as it nppear ' 1.. That (l id
should ver change His iniu '. or lbs pur
pose, or be sorry for iiiiyili.n; Ho dims, i
siuiliy imiiotsible, "I imi ihe lord: I cli.ue4i)
not." "I io I is no: u man. 1W.1t He shoul, I b",
nor the sou of mini, that lie should r, pent'
"Tlie stienthof Ni a" I will not lie nor re
pent.'' (.Mal. iii.,ii; Num. xxdi., 1'.'; 1 Sam.
xv , 'JO. Thn best explanation I haeever
heard nf thest ;pp ireiitly conllictuu st it
mentsis ns fo"iws: Wh-11 a man is con
vinced that he is in the si'nn; and desires to
:lo 1 iht. ho chniin f, H mind, nn l i
Illicitly his line ot n tioii, and thus inaiiif, sts
res-nt nice; (iod who sees the end from t lut
Is'Cimiiui;, nnd knows ad limits tlmt lie
vir int'-uded to do. nil i do 'S omy what lie
llW.IVS knnw He Would do, or be coillsi ,'d
o lo by inin's sm 11 iiesi, coiuns to a place in
the line of events w li-m, a cor lin to our
vi"W of things, .Me makes 11 new depart ure,
luii tii'ts Ha is sa.i li ruieiii, w hile H i is
only doinu what He alwavs know Ho wo.ill
have to do ust sttluiL po.nt.
I'.l. "1 lii-v cu-ct not troui their own do
ln's, uor from ihiewstubliorn w ivs." Man's
ways r not Uod j wart, neither 1110 his do
ins ill 11 a iir "1 of Ton i t'il, lol' tln carnal
mind is eumitv against floil nnd ihss not
chuoso to 1st subject to I lot. Ihe man who
fcilliiiuts clieeriiillv to U10 will nud the way
of the Lord lira evident ly received n spirit
which s not 11 iturnl to him; but. not nil who
profess to 1st born nunin, nud perhaps it
would I safe to say that not all who are m
tleoil horn uua n, are found denying w,'f and
I'lieeitiilly uceeitin tho will of imdiniill
things. Many a Christina has evident I v not
i 'eased from ins own doings und his stubborn
way.
. "The nneer of t'io lord," We had tha
tame oppression in vers l M, and it is found
cam 111 tb a book in chapters iih, 8; x., 7.
It is difficult form to think of an?er without
in. although wo are told in 0110 place to bu
tiKry and sin not (Kph. iv,. aii); however
(UHicultlhttt may be fur us, wu ctuuot tUiakt
of any sin in connection with the fortT
nf er or wrath, for He I of purer eye than
to liehold evil and cannot look upon iniquity.
(Heb. I., l:l. A rlKhteousindiKnntinna'sainst
base Ingratitude an I rehellion and lifthtel
love wi l in some measure describe the anger
or wrath of tlio lord; hut there I much In it
that if induscrihablo, and only the great day
of HI wrath wh it I eomo will fully show
what it means; may wo all be hid in tha
day,
M-iSl. ''That! may prove Israel." IWausw
they transgressed His covenant and would
not hearken to Hi vniee.therefore the Idola
trous nation were left or surTererl margin of
. il I) in the land to prove Israel (chap. iiL, 1,
4. Thus tho wilderness Journeying wero to
prove them, to know whether they would
love Him with all the heart or not (I lent vlil.,
'J, III; xiil., ,'h; thu He tempted or trim! or
proved Abraham In the lustier of Isaac (t)etu
xtll., Il, and thus also Ho tried or proved
Heekinh in the matter of the atnlm-sador
from Mahylon ill. dir. xxxii..:ill. Anoftro-s-ntod
lesson of S-riptiiro Is, that (Iod want
a trie. I people who will lovn and serve Him
wilh all the heart, walking with Him a
Knneh did, nnd following Hhn fully liko
Joshua and Caleb; strong in faith, rejoicing
to do His will, IneditntuiK Upon Ills Word
day nnd night, nnd separate from the idola
trous world. As Israel was chosen to make
(Iod a nnme, so believers to day, called out. of
tim world to form tho church, which is tho
ldy of I'hrist, nro to b-nr const nnl I v tho
nnmo of Him who called I hem to Himself
lAets it , l.", ltl), and for His lianm's s ikit
(III John 1, U. V., "for the ako of the
name"), go forth ns His witnesses. Iho
ordinary Christina life is much the until" a
the history of Israel in tlie book of Judge,
just a constant dinloyin, then weeping
nnd repent in, 'hen forgivenex an I r st an I
joy, soon followed bv more disolMslience and
the ninin nrcle oer and over naln. Thn
remedy is to cense from self, lay aside every
weiglit and the sins which do so 1 ilsilv Isnet
lis -not try to, but simply do it and run
with t alienee, looking unto Jesus . nus
llrlptr.
RELIGIOUS READING.
Mrlvlng.
Them Is no rest without fho toil,
The patient, s'rong iiil-avor;
l'l- he who wins divides the spoil,
The coward lakes it, never.
VVo cnnnot nil the pri s take;
We cannot nil be thriving;
AVe can our evil self ,rsnk.
u iilwnvs can Isi si t iv ing.
To dare is I etler than to doubt,
for doubt is alwnvs gnev 11;;
'Tis f nth th it liu. Is the riddies out,
The prn n is for In he V 111,4.
To do j. better linn lo ilre'im;
I. lie has enough of s, eH.'s;
To be Is I (tier I ho II to seem
The sowers are the re .p as.
-1 1 lev. Henry lltirton.
A C'oiniiioii ( hi-lsflnii ei,t,
Christ ans iciii' IiiIn rin tl.,.;r smiit, kim
die I de id. nnd In 1 ing that tl ev al-o ate re
111, nil,. re, by tie in, m iv nn I , look for
ward t tlie i.e... .1 their own ii. ,.irtute
II. in carih, ' l..'n 1:,.. pr i,t -u-pe:i-i .11 of
llltercot',1 se I , I v, I,,, 'III i ill c.,li.. to an
end, nud wiil wli-ii s, i , rdat ions -undereil
by ile.ith w ill i ih.ished. not in thn
torin nnd win .,.1 ;i,e en ciinistan, vs mail.
lug thein in f - , 1 .1. but 111 a sense that
wid involve 11.11 ii d r c -ml. on and reunion
ill a belter w e 1,1, toi l l. a sour f heaven-
IV pleasure. Th. I . u coliimoll Christian
thought. III!.'! lo,.; il.-i; -t I 111 llllt icipatloll ill
this em till , s,' tie, nn, I loini v.hit mitigat
ing the g; 1. fs ol I n iv iih nt ; and though
not n 111 itfer ,, dne.-t nud posit ivo reve
lation, it. 1, not without a rational
ptnhni din) ir 1'- inv ,r It i- a mn"h l ett T
ihought than 1 1 h ,rri I ci e, of the skepti
cnl lunternili t, nothing 111 ilealh
but an iib'olule I'XUuc, . onseiou
Is iiik. Tho instincts 01
the thought, and are ','...
if ns true, even without a positive nnd
plied revolution iillii-miug its truth. Sid tu
iilf.-cf mil nnd sad to hope, would it I10 if
ai ih's farewell wns I nal. Ifod be praised
Hint belter p. s-ibilu ies ami be'lcr probabili
ties are within the I'eaell of our fllltll 1111 I
eoinm iid thems..vcs lo our licet ptance.
llndcj eliilent.
due Sin.
Mr. Sptirg.s,. n ,,-, i il.es th . eifeets on onj
sin. in tin. ol ,,v in.- , r iplnc manner:
"Thele w.is but one er .c;; ju the I intern,
nud the wind h is found it out nil I blow n out
the e indie. How great u mischief un
guarded oint of character mav cniis.i us
I 'lie spat k bl'uv up t he innga uie and si k
tlie whol counlrv lor miles around, tin,,
leak sank the vessel and drowned all on
board. I hie wound may kill the binly. duo
Kill destroys the soul.
"It little mutters how earefullv the resl nf
Ihe I intern is protected, tlie one p out which
is damaged is ipnte snlllcieiit to adiiiit Hut
win, I, nnd so it little matters how b us thn
III 111 luav be in a t l,,lMin, tilings, if
lie tolerates one darling sun; Sa
tan will lind out th" flaw and destroy all of
Ins hos. Tin strength of n't ham is
lii"iisure.l, not by Iho st.,iiges,
but by i's weakest links, for if tin
w ake t simps what is tho u-e of the re a'
Satan is a cli se observer, mi l I, mors t x.ic: ly
where i ur weak points are; we h ive tie.il of
very much w tchfuliiess, and we hnv .. grest,
cause to bless our in. re, till lord w ho pravi d
for its that our filth tall not. Klhcrotir
pride or our sloth, our ignorant , our anger,
or our hist wou d prove our iinii. unless
grace int, rp i f I ; miv one of our senses or
laeilltles might lellinl ti e f t', yi ii, our
virtues and gracis miht be the giite f on
trane to our ciiemi's. ii.le-n,. n ih.,11 hast
indeed I ought me Willi thy bloud, be plcscl
to ke p nn.. i i th) p...ver even unto the i n U
The Sluil In Snclely.
Tlio Shut In society, mention t which has
I roll so otten made i l paper an I periodical,
is doing a good work among invalids, for to
Like one's i!n u.'hts Ir-,in one's own sulTer
ingsj, und become iiit 'itstisl in the wellanl
ol another is oiiu of tho surest vv ivs of l
commg li'ii pv. Mrs. J. M. i. C nl.l.ii t
4'onvi nt, N. J , is preside' t of this nssoci
tloli, mid Mrs. M u v I, liickei.soii istheet
tor of the llp-n Window, a twenty-pr
inolithlv miu'iiine. thet rgaliof the assi
tiou. Now, while the sympathy of otln
vnlids is verv grateful, it se. m. to mn t
good, full I iter fn mi a healthy crso
goes nbout the woi Id, un I is nine to
its act ivit Ies, lilll-t bo mole ehis i in
Wt'lcome to a shut iu, I low one healt I
on ran cl eer i cl eonifort a whole Imu
ol invalids! What u Held is open to v.
ot menus ami lei ure, if they will oulv
about them. Indeed one has hardlv to
so plelitlliilly tin these cases nppear, n hi
snil to our sympathies. Kicii women
oiigiug for careers wheiein to l
tii.guisli themselves, ami not onlv I
the sake of distinguishing themselves, but i.
many casts to lunke themselves useful t,,
their fellow beings. Money is nll-powmful.
mid the rich vvm m has a wider sphere of
lisefului ss t hail she con d eiij v w ithout thn
ncc. in mn imi nt of money. I Mi, the l.les.
ings to u sick loom that money cm supply.
A yiaing gul who dclightid ill innl.1114
pii er tlovveis, nnd who was happy 111 a ben 11
lifui liouie, lintigiiit'd how 11 children's hospl
lul might be bi'ighteiied by uaiurnl looking
bunches of these bright things, nnd uecor.l
iugly niHiie 11 iiunils'r of boxi s ct them, i
Kent to the liospitnl t Ihi put up nbout tins
room. And so Ih "lea'e inmitii, 'ruble wavs.
in which thn rich may sweet ai mid brighten
the lives of the p, or, nnd especially the suf
fering, among both of w Inch jm-i hm s a nuiK
Ur ol tho Shut Ins muy be reckoned.
At tho rsorninu M. r. Convention In
Indiana, loo miuisUirs, representing l.'.ll.si
liieinl ers, passed, without 0110 d sseuting
voieo a resolution giving uiiiualillodenduru
ineiit ot prohibition.
Thero are 17.5,0 O saltions In tho Uultetl
Btuu-s, and PH. 000 public schools; bow man
uiorw uloous than chuol
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