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THE MIDDLETJURGII TOST.
T. II. HA TITER, Editob add rFOn.
MinDi.Kiu na, 1A.. jvxk in. im.
There is nut a State Constitution that
remains a it wo 100 year no.
Missouri has adopted the Australian
ballot, ton. Thi it the sixth State in
the procession.
Say the Chicairo Tinn: "All session
of flip t'liiteil State Semite, executive
ml other, ought to be held with ojku
doors."
The New York Sun note a new won,
salesmanship, which, it says, must now
take its place with statesmanship, seaman
ship iiml penmanship.
Cue hundred ami twenty-five tons ol
powder which tin1 French Government
snored away in inagninc live, years ai;o
1m been found to have lost thirty-tliicc
per cent, of its explosive force.
MORE THAN PLEASURE.
DK CABEFUL OI-' VOUIl COMPANY.
This Lift) Is Intended for Something
Hotter Uin Mere Sport.
A romfinninn of fooltilmll h de-
Mi., !.
A tjin liic (Canada) paper says that the
Volume of t iniv'ration from that province
to tho United Statrs thin year will reach
over 1IMI,0(M, ami it want to know it
sotm thing can't lie ) th to alTcrt it.
The Turk ili Government is Imil lim; a
spci i.-il palate for Ktnpi'Mr William, of
lii'rmany, wln n In- iit Constant inople
in the fall. There arc already dozens ol
palaeu standing vacant and the treasury
lias long been empty, Imt that docs not
matter in Turkey.
Aland eighteen ami a half million per
sons, it is estimated, pursue the scheme
of study laid down liy the International
Sunday-school Lesson Committee. That
i-otnmittee recently met at Saratoga, X.
V., for its nineteenth yearly session and
mapped out the work for l'.tl.
The liquidator of the Panama ('anal
(Vmpiny has made nn unsuccessful
attempt to borrow 1, (Mil), (Mid in London
for the expenses of a survey and the
maintenance of the canal-works. His
failure implies that within a few weeks
the machinery tiloti: the canal will lie
abandone d d; rust and ruin.
The New York ,Vi7 nwl Arc.. thinks
that when the peat Sioux reservation of
11,(UH),IHMI acres in the Northwest is
thrown open for settlement, as it is soon
likely to be, there wilt be u rush to secure
the coveted fertile lands, which will be
apt to make the most famous ru-h to
Oklahoma stem a very trifling thing.
A woman's directory is to be pub
lished iu Chicago soon, ivin' the names
and addresses of 11(1, (Mill Chicago women
who belong to various religious, bene
volent ami political organiat ions. The
book was compiled for the purpose of
estimating thu number of women iu
Chicago who were interested in work not
purely personal and to encourage them to
u greater unity of effort.
Mr. Gladstone's ancestors, it appears,
were pirates. In ltltJS a company of ad
venturers sent out the (ieorgc, of lihis
piw, fully eipiippi d in a privateer, to
prey on the llutcli mercantile marine,
ami "llalliert Gladstone merchant in
Edinburgh," was one of the co-adventurer.
From this geiitleinan-buecnneer,
the Knglish liberal statesman isdescended,
o state the Chicago l,ri!t.
Robert I Porter, Superintendent of
the Census; Dr. J. S. Hillings and Dr.
Oallatidet recently had a conference with
regard to the classification of deaf mutes.
An injustice, hurtful to their feelings,
had been done in the last census by pub
lishing the statistics relating to the deaf
anl dumb in the scciil volume treating
of the insane, pauper and criminal
classes. Mr. Porter said the fact rela
tive to deaf mute and the prison and
pauper statistic would lu printed
separately.
Tkxt
rii'i." I'mvoi hs xi
"May It plea therourt." said a convicted
criminal, when asked if ha had anything; to
say before sentence of (tenth was pasaod iiion
li i tit, "may It please tiio court bal com
pany has lieon my ruin. I received
the Mewing of good parents, and, in re
turn, promised to avoid all evil asKoclnv
tiotn. Hal I kept my promts I should have
tieon saved this shame, and lioon free
from tli" load nf guilt that hangs round mo
like a vulture, threatening to drag mo to jus
ties fur crimes yet unrovealod. 1, who once
moved in Iim first circles of society, and havo
tsv-n tho guest of (list inguished public mull,
am lost, ami all through had company."
This In but one of the thousand proof that
the companion of fools shall bo destroyed.
It la tho invariable rule. There is a well man
in the wants of a hospital, where there are
a hundred ssplo sick with ship fever, and
ho will not he wt apt to take tho diseaao a n
pisst man would ! apt to Imj smitten with
moral distemper, if shut up with iniquitous
companions.
In olden times prisoners were herded b
tether in the mine cell, Imt each one Icarnod
Jn vice of all the culprits, so that, instead of
ticing reformist bv ineiirceratioii, the (toy of
Ills-ration turned Ilium out Usm society
lots, not men.
We may, iu our places of business, lo com-
M-lleil to talk to ninl mingle with txvl men;
nit he who ili'lilierately chiswi'S to associate
himself with vicious pisipln is eti(;agel in
carrying on a courtship witha Deliliih.whoso
shears will clip olt tho lock of hi
streiiKth, and he will be tripped Into
perdition. Sin is catching, n lnfl-
tious, is eplil ie. I will let you look over
the milliiins of piop now iiiliubitiiig the
earth, ami I chiilleiiije you t) show mo a good
man who. after one year, has made choice and
consorted with the wicked. A thousand dol
lars reward for one mu-h instance. 1 cans not
how strong your character may lie. Associate
with K"mllers, veil will iiecomn a gainolcr.
('Ian with hurtful-, and you will becomo a
burglar, (io nmong the unclean, and you
will Ihmshiip uin'I'iin. Not appreciating thu
truth of my text, many a young man has
Ixs'ii doHtroyeil, lie w ake up some morning
in tho great city, ami knows no out) except
the persons into whosuemploy lie has entered.
As he goes into the store all tho clerks
mark him, measure him ami discus him.
The upright young men of tho store wish him
well, but perhaps wait for a formal introduc
tion, ami oven then havo son id deli
cacy about inviting him into their associa
tions. Hut the bad young men of the
store at the llrst opportunity approach
and olfer tlieir services. They iatron
Izm liiui. They profesn to know alfalxnit tho
town. They w ill take him anywhere timt he
wisiies to go it no win pay the excnscs.
Kor if a good young man ami a bad young
man go to some place where they ought not,
the rihxI young man has invariably to pay
tho charges. At the moment the ticket is
to be paid for, or the champagne settled for,
the bad young man feels around in hi
pocket and says; "1 havo forgotbm
my pocket Imok." In forty-eight hour
after the young mnn has entered the store the
Ixid fellows of the estiilili.shment slap him on
the shoulder familiarly, and, at his stupidity
in taking certain allusions, wiv: "My youn '
friend, you will have to bedrokonin;" ami
they immediately prod-cd to break him in.
Young man. in theniinieof (est, 1 warn you to
beware how you let a bad man talk fam
iliarly with you. If such an one slap you on
theshuulder'familiurly, turu round and give
bim a withering lisik, until tho wretch
crouches in your prudence. There is nn mon
strosity of wicki-dncos that can stand una
bashtsf under the glance of purity and honor.
Kirst, I warn yuu to shun tho ikeptic tho
young man w ho puta his fingers in his vest
and laughs at your old fashioned religion,
ami turns over to some mystery of tie Hibl'i
and says: "Kxplaiu that, my pious friend;
explain that." And who says: "Nolssly
shall scare me; 1 inn not afraid of the
future; I usisl to believe ill Midi
things, and :o do niv father and
mother, but I have got over it." Yes. he
has got over it ; an I if you sit in hi com
panv a little longer, vou'will get over it tsi.
Without presenting one argument against
the Christian religion, kucIi men will, by tlieir
Jisrs, and wolfs, and caricatures, destroy
your re.-peet for that religion which wii
the strength of your father in his
declining years imd the pillow of
your old mother when she lay
a-iiyiiig, Alasl a time will come when that
blustering young inlldcl will have to die, and
then Ins ilminoiid rnij; ill Hash no plciilor
in thu eyes of Ikutli, as he stands over tho
couch, waiting for his soul.
Again, I urge you to shun the companion
ship of i.llers. There are men hanging around
very store and olllee, and simp, w ho have
nothing to do, or act as if they had not. They
are apt lo come iu w hen the llrm are away,
and wih to engage you in conversation
while you are ingaisl in your
regular employment. i'olitely suggest
to Hiieh persons that you have no time to give
them during business hours. Nothing would
pleaso thiau so well as to havo you re
nounce vour occupation and associate with
thorn. Much of the time they lounge around
tho club rooms or th doom of engins
houses, or after the dining hour stand upoa
the stejMi of n fashionable hotel or ait
elegant ruktauraiit w ishiu to give you the
uiea mat tnat is rne place where they ilhio.
Hut they do not dine there. They are sink
ing down lower and lower, day by day.
Neither bv ilay nor by night have anything
to do with the idlers. Itefore you admit
a man into your acquaintance ask him
(Hilitely: "What do you do for a liv
ing!1" It he says: "Nothing; I am a gentle
man," look out for him. He may have a very
soft hand and very faultless apparel, ami
have a high sounding family name, but his
touch is death, llcforo you know it you will
in his presence lie ashamed of your work
dress. llusineHs will Is-comc to you drudgery,
and after awhilo you will lose your ploce.
a i nana Dreat, arm go to my (laity axeMs
with as conscientious purpoee as I go to Ui
lord's Hupper; and all persons of aangnina
temperament must hava amusement ami re
ernation. Ood would not hava nuide us
with the rafNtcity to laugh if Ha bad not in
tended ns somotimns to indulge it Uod hath
hung in sky, and set In wave, and printed on
gross many a roundelay; but ha who chooses
pleasure seeking for his life work does not nn
ierstand for what Uod mado htm. Our
amusement are intended to help
s in some earnest mission. The
diumlor cloud hath an edge
xcpiisituly purploil, but, with voice that
Jars tho eartli, it declarm: "I go to water
the green fields,'' Tho wild flowers under the
fence are gay, but they says "We stand
here to make a beautiful edge for the wheat
Held, and to refresh tho husbandmen in
their nooning." The stream sparkles
and foams, and frolics, and says: "I (to to
baptise the moss. I lava thu spot on the
trout. I slncke ' rhirstof the bird. I turn
the wheel of tho mill. 1 rock in my crystal
cradle muekshaw and water lily." And so,
white tho world plays, it works. Look out for
the man who always plays and never works.
You will do well to avoid tliooewhisw regu
lar business it Is to play ball, skate or go
a-bontinifc All these soorta ara mini in
their places. I never derived to much ad
vautago from any ministerial association a
from a ministerial cluli that wen tout to play
lm.ll every Haturday afternoon in tho out
skirts of I'hiladclphia. These reaction
nre grnnd to givo us muscle ami
spirit for our regular toil. I be.
hevo in muscular Christianity. A man i
often not so near Uod with a weak stomach
as when ho has a strong digestion. Hut shun
those who make It their life occupation to
Ssrt. Thero are young men whisw indiisty
and usefulness have fallen overboard from
the yacht on tho Hudson or the Hchiiylklll.
There are men whose business fell through
tho tee of the skating pond, nnd ha never
mnco lieen heard ot. J nero is a isuiuiy in
the gliding of ala(, in the song of skaUit
in the soaring of a wdl struck ball, nnd I
never see one lly but I iiivohintarily throw
tin hit hands to catch it; and. so tar from
laying nn injunction iikui ball playing, or
niiy other innooent sisirt, I claim them alt
as belonging of right to thrwe of us who toil
in the grand industries of church and state.
Hut the life business of pleasure seeking al
wavs makes ill the end a criminal or a sot.
(ieorge lirummell wa smiUsl uon by all
r.nglanil, ami hi mo was givivn to pleasure.
Ho damped with rsfressiM, and swung a
round ot mirth, and wealth and niiplauso.
until exlmustivi of purse, and warn eat ti
Isslv, and Imnkruptof reputation, and ruined
of soul, he lieggeil a biscuit from a grocer
and declared that lie thought a dog's life wa
better than a man's.
Nuch men will crowd around your dik or
countor or work lxncb or seek to decoy you
oir. iney win want you to ureaK out inuio
midst of yoer busy day to take a ride with
tiieni u I ouey island or to ucntrai i arx.
They will tell you of some peoplo you must
si of sunn excursion that you must take;
of si iino Sabbath Hay that you ought to dis
honor, lhey will tell you of exipusito wine
(lint you must take; ol cosily opera tnat you
must hear: or womtorrul uuueer tnat you
must sec: but Is-foreyou accept their convoy
or their (simiianionship remmnberthot while
at the end of a u'ful life you may bo abloto
lisik hack to kMKltiivwos done, to lionorahlo
work aiismiplish(sl, to sverty helst,toa
gissl name earned, to Christian in-
Ihinnoe exertisl, to a Saviour's cause
advaneeil these pleasure scjkem on
their death Ihs have nothing lsttor to ns
view than a torn playbill, a tiekot for thu
races, nn empty tankard ami the cast out
rinds of n carousal; nnd as in tho delirium of
their awful death they clutch the goblet and
prss it to their lips, tho dregs of tho cup
falling iihiii their tongue will liegln to his
iiml niiiiiil with tho adders ot on eternal
poison.
Itather than enter the ismipouionslilp of
such, ucivpt the invitation to a better feast.
Thu promisjM ot (jiod nre the fruits. Tho
harps of heaven are tho music. Clusters
from the vineyards of Uod have been
pressed into the tankards. The ns and
daughters of the Iord Almighty are
the guest. While, standing at thu banquet,
to 1111 the cups and divide tho cluster and
comma. id thu hariis and welcome the guests,
is a daughter of Uod on whoso brow are the
blosxomsof piru liso, and in whose check i
the Mush of celestial summer. Her namo i
iteligio i.
II ,T wats are iv.v of iilpiu.tntnesa,
And all licr paths are in-i-e.
The Vtiea (N. Y.) HeraU relates
liow a wediliiiR trip wa interfered
with. A dapper young gentleman in a
ukull cap jumped off a drawing-room
car and went into tho candy store at
tho station and asked for two boxe of
caramel. While they w oro being mado
ready he noticed tho new toy, "Hut in
the Meal," and picked one v.p. He be
came very much interested iu the game
and ehiiHed the "ruts" around and
around for nearly ten minute. "There
I've got it," he oxcluimcd, but whilo he
hal been absorbed tho train had moved
off. He wa iu utter consternation.
It transpired that ho was recently mar
ried and was on hi wedding trip. The
groom was horrified to tind that his
liride was on her w ay to Albany w ith
Li hat, overcoat, and belonging. Mat
ters vera straightened out by means
of the telegraph.
A sbayiQcr matcu took place la the
first week of this month between two
prominent English barbers for 121 a
side. The winner shaved hi 12 meu it)
3 minute 40 suconds, and then shaved
lo blindfolded iu 2 minutes 10 second.
and afterward your resiectubiUty, and
hist of all vonr soul. Idleness i next door to
villainy. Thieves, gamblers, burglars, shop
lifters and assassins arc made from tho class
who have nothing to do. When the police go W
hunt up and arrest a culprit they seldom go
to look iu among busy clerks or in the busy
carriage factory, but they go among the
groups of idlers. The play is going on at the
theatre, when kuddenly there is n scullle in
the top gullury. hut is it? A poliiimian
has coiuo in, and, leaning over, ho tapissl en
the shoulder of a young mau, saying: "I
want you, sir.'1 He tins not worked during
the day, but somehow has raked together a
hliilliugor two to get into the top gallery, He
is nil idler. The man on his right hand is au
Idler and the man on his left hand is an idler.
Shrink tstck from idleness in yourself and
in other if you would maintain a right posi
tion. Uoodold Ashhu! Uroeu, at more than
eigliiy years of age, was found busy writing,
and some young man said to him: "Why do
rou keep busy 1 It i time for you to rest."
Ie answered: "1 keep busy to keuu out of
mischief." Ho man is strong enough to be
idle.
A young man came to a man of ninety
yours of age and said to him: "How have
you made out to live so long aud be so weliT''
The old man took the youngster to an or
chard, and, pointing to some large trees full
of apples, said: "1 planted the) tree wheu
I wa a boy, and do you wouder that now
I am permitted to gather tho fruit of
thumr " We gather In old age what we plant
in our youth. How to the w nul. ami we reap
tke whirlwind. Vlant in early life thu right
kind of a Christian character and you will
eat luscious fruit in old age, aud gather those
burvest apple iu eternity.
Again: 1 urge you to avoid tho per
petual pleasure seel e. I lcl ievo in re
Sreutiuu and amusement. 1 Uued it a much
Dr. Talmugc on the Johnstown Flood.
"A crv of nuguish has rung across the
land." Thus llcv. T. DeWitt Talmage sHko
to live thousand eoplo at night, in his ser
mon usn the disaster nt Johnstown, 1'enn.
The text from the WM I'salm was this: ' The
IIimxIs, O l.ord, have lifted up their voice."
" The rivers of America, Ih'. Talmage,
said, "are her pride ami her wealth. The
glory of New ork Is it Hudson, l'emisyl
vam'a has her Susquehanna, her Al
legluuiy, her Moiionghela, nnd lisut,
yet mightiest in the history of the world'
desolation, her foncmaugh. Yes. in
these latter duvs 'the Hoodn havo lifted Up
their voice.' Ill in, 7 tHu.nuU souls were
ilrown.il at the mouth of the (lunge. Ocean'
wriith is imeurlssl. Where is tho ille il
Havre t Where is the l'resklout f Where is
the Atlantic t Where is the City of llostonf
"Uist Thursday night tho dam broke alove
the city of Johnstown and away went
homesteads, factories, churches ami
asylum of morcv. Ten thousand iterisheit.
lliiildings were piled iu debris fifty feet high.
and of them were made a holocaust.
Wool Woe! Woe! In that place the
voices of iMiace. industry, friendship, good'
neighborhood have given way to thu voice
of despair, agony and desolation. The
Hoods havo lifted un tlieir voice. What does
it tell us of r Thu luercihwsness of natural
forces, the emptiness of a natural religion
There are those who tell us they want only the
religion of sunshine, art, bluo sky and beau
tiful grass. Thu lxsk of nature must txs
their issik. ICt 1110 ask such persons what
they make out of thu floods in l'eunsylvaniar
Those pitiless waters whelmed lather,
mother, son and daughter, with a lit
tle feeling as though they had been
muskrals. They sundered families as piti
IkshIv iu thev would the uliuiks of a raft,
Aud over all that scene of misery Intake bold
to say thero was not one tear save those of
human anguish, l'eople tell us the rain is tho
tears of nature, the wind in the branches her
sii:h of NVmiMtthv. but that is poetry. Thu
clouils smile, but they never weep: they de
stroy, but never save. I he wliul in ryelono
furv sweep to death whole cities, but it never
igh. Natural forces cut, bruise, burn, de
stroy, but never pity.
"Natural religiou I not enough ror me, U
the people In the valley of the Coneuiauh
Inel prayed to the clouds to save thuir chil
dren, what would have been the answer?
(Inly the tlash of falling water, the roaring
of the Hoods, the crash of failing timtters.
I know but one religion which says: ur
take away a life I'll ifive a better
one: I'll make an explanation, if not in
this world, iu the 0110 to come.' It is not an
emeritus religion. The faith that inspired the
inartvr. burned with molten lead, torn apart
by horses that is the faith which,! undertake
to say, f tivnight sustaining hundred of
misery-stricken souls in the valley ot ths
Couomaumi.
"Our advantage may In the end prove to
be a disaster. Tho prosperities of men be
come their overthrow. The greater the run
of nrosneritv the better, but there or men
in thi land graping in their selfishness anil
pride. They pray heaven and earth and belt.
'Give I Giver Ihoy gulp down such credi
tors as cannot nav: thev swallow
the result of market fluctuations, of
corners in wheat, of mortfairaa which nooi
men cannot meet. They swallow, swallow.
till thev become rivers of damnation rolling
through the land. Yon red-mouthed river
of Pennsylvania, go back into your channels
You river of greed, erase your impetuous
onrushing.
"Calamities, Iain persuaded, do not mean
always God's displeasure. I have been in th
valley of ths Couoniaugh. I know the peo
plo of Johnstown. There I none kindlier,
none more hospitable, more Christian, Meu
try to hurl the judgment of (lod. I don'
Is. Hove in that kind of argument. ThUlliblu
says, whom Ood loveth IT chosteneth. He is
going to pour a blessing through thoae valleys
wider and deeper than the torrent of disaster.
MiKlorwmes come la Dent, lit lel4 rortunea
crowns and sceptre wore at the feet of Wal
ter Bcott, but one disaster after another rell
upon him. One day he asked his daughter
for his pen, and that wizard hand which
gave to the world 'Uuy Mannering,' 'Ivan
hoe.' Maid of Terth,' 'Kenllworth,' could not
write his name. The multiplication of disas
ter mean the multiplication of comforts.
"If thi world I all. it's the deadest failure
In the universe and life is not worth living.
lict u be practical In our sympathies.
If you cannot go to th relief meeting
to be held at the Turk Theatre, then give
a your conscience dictate. I shall be at
that meeting and hope you all will be.
Think lovingly of your followmen and
women who Uvnight, wtiile you are shel
tered In comfortable homes, nre huddling in
the bushes on the mountains of Pennsylvania.
Uod have merry on them I The time is fixed
for all our detm'rture. I am glad we do not
know it. All I want is to lie right with Uod
And right with man. Then let the sea mar.
Ind tho fulness thereof. Let the floods clap
Ihclr hands.'
TEMPERANCE.
LITTLE BEER.
Ourgle, gurgle, little tser,
In your meek and lowly sphere, '
Many a thirsty nock you wet,
I'rowtiltig many a vain regret,
In your song there's lot of cheer,
Little beer!
Ourgle, gurgle, little beer.
I'lace my name on record here,
That of all the liquid known.
From temperate to lntett:)crate tone,
Standest thou without a peer,
Little beer!
Ourgle. gurgle, little lieer,
I do love thee. Yen. 1 fear
My affections too intense,
Chng around this-, deep and dense,
Loved not wisely, but too dear,
Little" beer!
Ourgle, pirgle, little Isvr,
htream of amlsT, bright and clear;
Io you mind the days that I
Tried to drink tho brewery dryf
Oft you got me on my car,
Llttlo licvr!
Ourgle, gurgle, little lieer,
Ah ! How many a bitter tear
Hiwirkle in thy 'shining foam
loiiy a desolated homo
Many a sorrow, dark anil drear,
Little beer I
Ourgle, gurgle, little tieer.
You may think it rather queer,
Hut I feel that 1 must shun
You. or give tho job un, ono.
No more schooners will I steer,
Little beer I
M. M. Fulsom, in Atlanta Constitution.
A WHITECUAMtl. VICTIM.
In his speech at the rresbyterian Synod the
ther evening the Kev. John MacNelll created
julto a sensation by telling the following tale:
He was speaking of temperance, and said that
last Sunday, when he preached a temperance
icrmon nt t ho Tabernacle, he received a letter
that had been written bv a lady on the danger
5f the use at communion of fermented wme.
I'he ladv iu her letter told a sad story of an
Inherited passion for drink. There were four
r nveot tnem several nromers ana iwosue
ters tho children of intemperate parent.
Her sister had unfortuuutely inherited the
rraviug, and before she was fourteen bad
taken to drink. The others became converted
uid did all in their power to cure their sister.
but it was of no use. The sister at length muf
fled couifortablv and children wero born.
Hut the craving for drink grew greater and
f renter, and lit length shewn sent to a home
or Inebriates, where she stayed a year. Khe
left apixircntly, said the sister, a changed
woman. Kixm after, however, her husband
raught a severe colli, and tefore going ont
.me morning drank a glass of hot whisky
taking care, however, not to do so in the pres
ence of his wife. Then, as was hi custom,
tiefore leaving he kissed his wife. At once
the fumes of alcohol passed into her, and in au
ur she was a drunken nml roaring woman.
Shu went from worse to worse, and at last left
er hiisliuiid and her children, one of them a
rinnlo tlirouzli her drunkenness. The hus
band diisl two years ago, a white-haired and
broken-hearted man, though only forty-live
ears old. "ihs! 1 add, said the sister In her
letter, "what IsH-amo of her? Her story is
that of Annie Chapman, one of tho recent
W hitechiiH'l victims, lliatwasuiy sister;'
i.onilua I'atl MallOiUftU:
SUNDAY SCHOOL
ernJKcT Fon hjxday, juxe m
"Jcsua Crucified." Mark 15: 2t-30
Uoldcn lextt rhll. 2:8. Com
m ntarjr.
RELIGI0UJ
SABBATH COMViTn.
Do w sometimes find it rUflj. .
draw ourselves from worldly if "
our thoughts upon eternal Int!?1!
wii circuniHiniicv vnere Is no
relief than to select some porti'!?')
Bcrlpture, making this the thsmLl .
rtXANCIAI. FOI.I.V.
Commenting upon the numerous purchase
of breweries bv the Knglish syndicate th
Koston Trttwlrr suvs: "One after anotho
of the givnt American breweries ispassin;
under the control of Kuglish capital. Thi
profits of this immense business will II nd Iti
wav hereafter into tho iss-ket of foreigl
millionaires. The police aud uiu;mt an
criminal and charitable tax upon our com
munity, coming from the lieer tralllc, wii
come out of the pockets of the patient ant
long-sullering American cmiecii." vi
venture the prediction that eventually tin
Knglish and other capitalist who place then
monev in these now tempting lirowerv stocia
will rind themselves minus their anticipate
dividends. lirowerv investments now il
Kansas, Iowa and Maine would be most un
promising other routes are uoiiiul, ut 111
very distuut date, to follow iu the same path
wav. Intelligent citizens, in larger numbers
will bv unit by see the financial folly fo
theuinelves of continuing to pay enormous
beer protlts. .Vnfioiiuf AUrueats.
KtO At.donil. wox.
Two young men. Tim Sullivan, eighteet
yearsolil. and Tom Curry, nineteen years ft
age, tuid a tight with King Alcohol In Chicaga
With fatal result. 1 ouug Sullivan brothel
Is a saliHin keeper, who engaged the hoys ti
move a whisky Istrrcl into the cellar. Thel
found a bucketful of liquor iu the barrel ani
Immediately iiriK-etsleit to make theinselvej
tumfortatile. They emptied the bucket be
tween them, and were soon in a paralyses'
Itate of drunkenness.
This guve way to a stupor and later on ti
ranvulsious. '1 no two tioya were found son
time later lying Insensible us the ground, an
'.heir features in a horribly distorted shape
Sullivan died two hours after taking the llrsl
Irink. Curry was iu such a critical condltios
lliut hi death wa exectod atauy time.
w. c. t. it. Bi.Ll.rnx.
A National German- A merieau Prohibition
League has been established in Chicago.
Canon Wilborforce calls Infidelity, Impure
ity and lnlemperaucu thu "Trinity of Evil
The first official act of a womau Mayor ol
Kansas is rejsirUsl to have been fining a mas
' fo ror a plum drunk, ihi the same day tut
"made two gingham aprons, st a hen aud re
turned five calls."
Han Francisco, with itsoiiecrimlnal to every
twenty-three citizens, one llauor saloon to
very sixteen voters, four thousand grog
ihojHi, and ten thousand women of ill repute,
a sorry advertiuoiuet of the wine and l.u,uoi
OUsinesM.
It we take the product of all of the m
ehanieal industries of the country, the liipioj
Industry included (.:;u,ftTtt,lUl), we find
lhat nearly one-fifth (CM7,U.Vi,7un, goi to thi
aborer a wage, while taking the liquor lu
lustry alone, we find that only about ono
tenth of it product goes to the laborer as
ir age.
The Commercial Traveler' Union gave a
banquet hi Cincinnati last month at which no
wines or liquors of any kind were served. The
n ftem Jnireler expresses great approval.
uid says: "There was no failing under the
wine, no maudlin toaut, but a lolly crowd ot
jolly travelers who had a g(xi time aud went
io bed sober and with clear beail."
Kaon March 4 up to recent date the Harrl-
oummiHrauou hail made U500 appoint
ments, including 7000 postmasters, 1500
runway man servioe employes. 1A0 miscella-
cuua apiKmiimunt and ."U0 tlepartiiieut
i. "And they compel one Kimon, a Cyre
ninn who pamvl by, to liear Hi
cross. " .Both Matthew and Luke also relate
this incident, while John soy that "He,
bearing His croso, went forth" fxlx., 17). It
would appear that J mis Himself liore His
own cross as they started forth for Calvary,
lint either on account of Hi giving evidence
of fainting under it, or on account of Hi
moving too slowly for them tiecause of weak
ness through suffering, they lay hold upon
this man and compel him to bear It after
Jomis (Lu. xxlil., Urt). Consider His condi
tion physically, after the agony and bloody
sweat of Uothseman, and the long night of
buffeting and mocking; after His Iwtck had
been plowed by the merciless scourging; and
was it not a wonder that He could stand at
all, much loss walk or bear His cross?
!M. "And they bring Him Into the place,
Golgotha." Matthew and John each give
the samo name and the same significance to
it, "the place of a skull." while Luke call it
Calvary, which is the Greek equivalent for
the Chaldee Golgotha, and signifies the name.
John xix , SO, say that it wa nigh Ut the
city, and llcv. si., B, identifies it with the
cit'v.
"And they gave Him to drink whin
mingled with myrrh, hut He received it not."
Matthew say that it was vinegar mingled
with gall, and that when Ho had tasted He
would not drink. As the vinegar was a sour
kind of light wine, the usual beverage of the
ltomanno(iliers,nnd the wOrdgoll is used to de
note anvthing bitter, therefore both account
Iierfectly agree, and there was a fulfillment
of that which wa written: "They gave Mo
also gall for My meat, and in My thirst they
gave Me vinegnr to drink." (f'. Ixix , Ut.)
ttt. "And when they hail crucified Him."
Who can tell the agony contained in that
sentencef The following description is from
Mimpriss' "Gospel Treasury:' After the
criminal had carried the cross to the place ot
execution a holo wa dug in the earth to re
ceive the foot of it. The ensvt wa laid on
Ae ground, tho person condemned to suffer
was stripped and was distended on it, and tho
soldiers fastened the hands and feet. After
they had fixed the nails deeply lu tho wood
they elevated the cross with the agonizing
sufferer on it, and in order to fix it more
llrmly in the earth they let it fall violently
into tho holo which they had dug to roceivo
it. The crucified person wa then suffered to
hang, commonly, till pain, exhaustion, thirst
and hunger ended his life. It wa the imsit
Ignominious and painful punishment known.
1!5. "And it was the third hour; and they
crucified Him." That would be acconbng to
our tinio nhout 0 a. ni. He was tho true sacri
fice, the fulfillment of all the morning and
eveulng and other sacrifices that ever had
been olferud ; one drop of His blood is more
than all the blood that had ever lss-n shod by
sacrifice; His is the only blood that can make
atonement, that can take away sin,
20. "And the siiiK-rscriptioii of ni ac
cusation was written over, The King of tho
Jews." Thu was proclaimed to all the world
the truth yet to Do made manliest to all
nations, that tho despised nnd crucified
Nazarcno is indcedthe King of tho Jews, who
an au immortal mau shall sit on Duvid
throne and reign over the House of Jacob
and at the same time bo King over all the
earth,
27. "And with Him thev crucify two
thieves; the one oil His right hand, and the
other oil His left. Jesus 111 tho midst, ns It
Ho were the greatest criminal of the three;
how every iMjssihlo indignity both in life and
death was heaped uixm Him a if the devil
could not do eiiotu:)i to incite men to muni
fest tils and their hatred of this Holy and
spotless lJinili of (iod.
US. "And tho scripture wa fulfilled which
saith: And He was uumlicrcd with the trans
gressors." (Isa. liil., 11. lu thouvesof men
an evil doer, nnilapiwrcutlvsutrcringiuisuch.
while iu reality He was suffering for trans
greiwors, hearing their sins, "(lod hath mode
Him to be sin for us, w ho knew no sin. that
we might ls muilu the righteousness of God
in llim. Ill (or. v., '.'I.)
au. "And thev that passed bv railed 011
Him." They use the words of some of the
false w itnesses, a ierverionof some of Jesus'
words, and thus even in Hi sore distress tuey
revile Him: such is their conduct that, it
seems as if hell itself w as lot Icsiso upon Him,
Mid was it not even so
;k). "Save thyself, and come down from the
rrosw." Matthew adds: "If thou Iw the Hon
of God." He is mid save Himself hnd Ho 1!
sins I it, for all the soldiers in the world could
not take Him, nor all tin nails ever mado
hold Him on the cross, unless He was willing
to Is' taken and held; but Ho chose not to
save Himself iu order thut He might save
us.
al. "Likewise also the chief priests, mock
ttur. said amolin themselves with thesci iUis,
He saved others; Himsell llu cannot save.
Perhaps they did not think what they wero
saying when they confessed that "He saved
others." " )li. how mnuv Ho hail saved from
suffering, diseuseaud death, and from eternal
death; and He is still saving and will save
antil tho earth is filled with Ilisiclorv
Si. "Let Christ, the King of Israel, dcscciiu
now from Oie cri. that we may see and be
lieve." No, you shall not I gratified, for it
is unbelief aud hatred that usks it; but the
time will 001110 when this same JokUS shall
descend from heaven iu power and great
ghsry, and then shall Israel weep and mourn
as they look uis.u Hint whom they nave
icrced and see that it is Jusus.
"And they thut wero crucified witli UU11
reviled llim." Ho also says Matthew, Imt
Luke save that ono of tho malefactors railed
011 Him; it would seem that at first both did,
Imt afterward one repeuted, aud Luke tells
fully the story of his conversion, confession
and assurance of salvation. What a trophy
f rcdceuiinir. croce this man was and what a
refreshing to Chr st at this time.
Xi. "And win tao sixtn nour was come
there wa darkness over tho whole land uutll
tlie ninth hour." That is from IU to 3 r. M
Tite mocking ha neasod, this la no natural
darkness, ami a solemn stillness Is upon all.
study. It is not best to w. sew
of feeling before beglnnlnz UiTi!,
vpen me uioie ar, any pg rtiiwr
rverj wii- -uuinin wil,(n
depmit of trutn. More than .T
that the divine Word posse, J'
cere soul a self -revealing enervi '
Interpretation, a well on . t
the conscience. Divine revrUt 00 ? I6 '
ly superior to all human comDoihi.
particular. i"i fc.
It wa on a Bsblmth mom:,,, fc )
week of unusual distrsctlon thauri I
man sought to free himself f- V
care, lie realized the hnporUivJT.
aside these burdens before
public services ot Ood'i houi 11 U
himself utterly at the merer l T ,r
.um.v. rri. . . ID'S.,.,
""OiliJ liimiKin. 1 nn pint thut ,
all mart of trade Woiil.l .
He knew very well that to ,,M V'S
this clamor from without iiMlm-ri 1
tng nours 01 vne auutiata would mr tJ
evwi privilege of the entire dsy. i;MJ
wiiiiiim mty iiuu uui li-llglol ftnti a J
rhlertv from a convietl n of ihitr k. 1
hi llihle, as was his habit, Ix-fo're stt J
church. His eye rests (n tMlw WlJl
I py tne ioru s meic.es that an
lecauso ill ronifBimiM J
Miew every inorinng; pr,,,"
le-s. Th Lord is my irt,,,n VI
; therefore will I hoj.jn
:-!!7. "And at the uiuth hour Jesus cried
with a loud vokia, e e e and gave up the
clioMt.-' After utturimr these wonts of verse
IHu which are fouudin I's. xxii.. 1. He added
later "I thirst." "It is finished." "Father.
into Thy hands I commend My spirit." The
seven sayings frotu the cross are found
luthe prolmlJe order in which they were ut
ts-ed, in tho following passages: Luke xxiii.,
M, ;; John xix., 'J7; Matt. xxviL, 40; John
xix.. J. :J: Luke xxiii.. 46; and direct our
thought to Hi love for sinners, reception of
liiu-jit. care for our need, the depth ot Hi
KUlferini:. Hi thirst for soul, completed
ntouemeut, triumph of faith; but a little do
we uuderstand or uppreciute these erica a
did they who thought that He called for
Kluis.
:M. "And the veil of tho temple wa rent
in twuiu from the ton to tho bottom."
Here we are taught that the veU wa a sym
bol or llis IxHly, in wincu mo glory ot 111s
Is'ing was comwaled during His life of huuiili
nt ion, but now that Ho has completed the
work of atonement the way 1 open for all
without any sacrifice except that which Ho
bus offervdonce for all, even Himself.
:tfl. "Truly tills man wa the Hon of Uod."
Matthew savs that in addition to ths rending
of the veiL which would be seen only by the
priest officiating, there were other signs which
must have been known to all, for "the earth
did quake, and the rocks rent, and the graves
were opened." (Matt, xxvli., 51, 62.) Whether
it wa the eries or Jesus all or tnem or omy
tli last one or whether It was the cries and
the acooinnanvimr slims, which led thi sol
dier to make Una confession, we con only
hosj that the light of th glory of Uod in the
loco or jesus Lurist reany uawneu in ui sow,
and thut his confeesiuu meant allegiance to
Uiui. J-tvn lltlittr.
The naners report that the Pullman Com
pauy tixik out liKMI liquor licenses in oue week
for as many Pullman car. Yet Mr. l'ullmun
will have no salisms iu hi model town, know
ing, so well their pernicious uifiueuoe.
sumed, Iss-ouse
1 hev are
faithfulne-
mv soul
t ... 1 1- .. 1 ....... ti 1 .
jir 1 it hi.ni unof 1 ii'-iii 1 11 'i( v,ai(
to the soul that feoketh Hum. p
that a man should b .th ln.in .n,i . r
wa t for the falvstion of fl,,. I, ri . v
11 is sit niioti was ai r tnl l.vtuj.
, .1.. .1. . - . ' rs
nil mei'my 01 inese hts p w.
before thecompiis loii of hi n, , '
I . . .1- 1
IH-gaii 9 uini i upon iiiin in (..J
11 llll a n'lli' ni Kn'ni iiiileMT. iIm.K. .
! ......... , , '.
porsilil that tne Woi iiiiv spirit li ti,)
forth d splaisp the dev otioinl. i,HV,n
t'irough th. living Word tl. k, mS
in vine tilings.
Wo live 111 a tlmo when th (Vie-
often sorely tried. lim ,,, ,l( '
finance, question relating to r.vil '
in. right men (hi 01 i'( iii..Yi!i-' r,-At
evils, will likely invade les li .iir . t.
tion. 'o ordinnry nn-ms will ,
mssl siiM-rnatural nssistiinei".
binding him toenrth cannot ln ln k-r t
as the eternal principles of riglitennv,,
nveai(si; ami ineii ma ill luers mv.n-J
imrceptioliH. but in the pom-rful nni
of truth in hi soul. 77i CAnjlnl
vocaic.
rns isrinATiox or cmttt
Ilalf tho battle of life c ii-t In feJ
op a cneeriui spu iu i ne:i 111 iKs,,
mmiw ami 11m cioun, mien n, r,x
loniled with (leadening 1 11 in. nil rt
come a driiiK'ery, and life h s Imri-i A
diltlctilty. u natever lsiiouo 1. c-r,
under compulsion, witha si-htUtit-J
be avoided, aim a ri-elmg i f .i. nu-n
mournful a kind of congra'iilM m
called a pleasure thut it is nt ltortid
And even 11 because there is J, i-
enough to drive it nlon, un.l lav n
cumstance to make it irnnvo;.
will nITord but little Kitivtn
the spirit will lie 1 1-1 w:il I
liodings, and tho mind I c full if in
cie of coming evil. If miv t.vl
well done, it must t e anud Im iir d
hopo. W ith this experieiic", ii..ir.vvr
hard the task may li , or how unrvi
there will ls energy given to i nil
facility of ski I ami tacttlmr, un is.
iterances nre invinciPie, win carry it tx-t
to agix (lend. Our religious orkv(nJ
lairsand fails, not because wo are nut
in it perhii)wo exMml unn.r.virrti
on It Put because 11 is done una nr
Iloiie is want lug. Ihero it ni
Binsni no w ring and e-giT ftuiJ
and vision of Inevitable imt
nietit. Hut if the heart is briirhtit l
able to go cheerfully through BiifirrH
and also bear it disappointment. r)t
Its tribulation, ami not ohit t-
know, that God makes all 1 liir.gs w ct
eether for good to those who low ma .
imt possible not for all of 11 iHM
Missis are mnuv. ami we an- iiv..n
into dull ones Is'tinies; l.ut it ought u i
part of our Clirl-t an elfort to dr.nH
tli: cloud, It possible, aim 111n111.it;'
tiful and iiipli'iii li;lit. CmVJ i-
Krlau.
Have you ever done anything ft -
that has scarred your heart or joiirw
"iteor through sorrow, wronz aw s-j
In thy breast the dew ot y.'iiin.
On thy liii tho sniiio of trutli."
W are '.niiL'ht. ami we ter hbH
th ng alsait us that never g
cua 'o at (ill.
We may n well attempt to l nn; pi
out of pain as to unite niiiing-riv'"'-
.1 ' ... . I I llrJ.U
lue enjoy mem 111 nuppun
The most valuable, pure. u fu.u..
I.ln i.f nil tnetiils. is tried cold; ' 1
faith, among ull tho Chrisiiuu virt-
JiicAsiiii.
Iti not enoiii-'i in this worll t w
null on.rlit tn do we II. lb'-
nes, therefore, bee une aunty,
tudo Is one ot the graces.
Thn.n whn live iii the love nf (Tr-si
never be melancholy, for tin y lw A
and sources of joy of which utUM
nothing. Mr, wits. 1
"If a man keen mv saving, be!-'
see death;" when we come ' 'l'-;.
w ill so really seo Jesus minx"
shall not see death. K It. fWT
God has lent us the earth fr v.
1 a great eutuiL It l-h'ngs
... u.i.. m ... n,,iu nrtor us. s
II. " , 1 J U I VJ . ' ...... . ,
nmiiea are alreadv w ritten in toe
creation, nstous; and we hsvs no M
anything that we do or m gl'it W J
las liiiliiuKMaiiirV f tPIIII ItU'fL U
lUl lll III Hum-' nsmti j I -
them nf In. Mollis wll ch it WU IU W t
to beuueath. John lluskin.
Indisputably tho ladieverf m J
have a great advantage over n "J
this simple reason, that if trim, ir
have their reward hereafter; sua '
no hereafter, they can Imt !
.!..! 1.. 1.1-u( ri.,.l ...,ii liuvinjw 1
sistance ( f an exalted hop; ,uri
without subsequent diMi'li"lu"'
Huron.
It is not merely bv convorfinf! I
subjis-t, that you promiif hti.""
uor by ws-kuiJt directly 10 ei- -thut
u really influence iiherv-
I.,.. fl,..r ,1.. ir.Mi.l-ll ltU
tail thoughtful. less for ithi'
urreriiigs or Ulsaps:lii" " ,
mdured, by adv nt'g-sof
I. ....... I., I. l,v n.lh. p'U'
principles of duty, by the I'riiw1'
guileless iimoo lice, w in ee very w
Ut roLuke to vice. Utan (ii'"i-
. ...n.VijivKl!tt'
He. En u u
- .T n All.in nastorot
Fntce. Brookl'yu (M. E.) Chunk, ? j
recent evening ai , " ji
Church, in that city. Biieskint01 "
beer, be said : . , rtfcM
in 10011 me tuiiiuu wv- -
was passed with the
Deranoa bveucotirau
ulare of more ardent
I 1 . .l .1 . .1... .....rinlT
leu uuuwu wimrn-
of that act was ons of m p.
It was not many years tiu"
was compelled to repeal the"
drinkiua: had become sneX'T'V-
look among th statistics "i!
classes we will find that tlwn 1
male batjituol drunkarus, Jw.,itt1
,.1.1 sinnUsiii; i
pier; me ariuaers pr.m
IsfMI' YliaiV Wklikltllllsa i:i IRW.Uvv m- , j 1
there are used 27,000,000 bibj J
j .i. is 1 i.. rtoiir. WtW. I
500,000 iMu rel. The uii'n'Y w
if strung out in rows of doliw
make iVi belt for the gl.
uix.
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ilK tb uSii
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