I. J V - Ut!: e:i !j n-lf.- .1.1, i.r. i '. V. ' . Uu V ij'.r; tu. ill uuuii.l IAIJ .1 1 i .u'j. it's.. a... .I.t. .... i.riiH. Ultra , cream.. VOllK. ...I ixel.. .Til . i t.'M Uitut .. 1 cut- Blew ' ...lei. u io I were ii"" i ... ruin l.l'vV'-!. I : K riir" - , Ct (Vl'1', iitH'fc .leetcJ "': . folio" 1 , roots'"' ' r-lllltl i .'OKI. tO t! " Ml 111 .IS rasge showers. .niii.vri:mil.T AUK ;.B"l ..,.- HOT ! . rm Until Four lct DBfp "" .r. of Klh mnA rirsca -r Flc tn" -" fallen " fnmit. L rrrt singular r -e..... n ,,. Iwn a the "rain u lulcl snd contradicted by some a, 'lit mcro '" i Lurh occurrences of the crnt.-w k;0tl t"l romniuun ... ..... U Arlclny ' ; which ne g'l " ; of frotf npar louiouse, ami ,ut he himself numerous ,.0. on the cloak of two jfcntlo wfrccstufht In tho shower on ,u" .... .i - Jtlt. ..,,... In tl-biell M"' "-.J - 4 .1.. trnrf linjr arnvcu .. i- -,h. ,tonr. burnt, the road mid 1 . I ,. .tvinhltf-lv full vn""" ., - , . In ome p.scr nppearuu " V! four fe f t deep, and the homo ;;il'ed thousands during the pas '.v.hule through the spot. j.irtrt of no less curious irog country is minted by rr in tho Orerbind Monthly, who i jn tlif year 1H with '." other tourists traveling in hast twenty mile from any - ,,n.l. The day bemir exceed ;;:iv hiilt was mudo for a rest of "mot. when suddenly dense ,i mule it aimeariuice. which .. jn to di-harL' a ropioua rain nrry person in the party wore a ,;-;mir.ed felt hut. which proved a - tcction npainrt the rain, a thry . hreii B'allin the Bull. 1 lie ., i.f the travelers was soon ar ,r avii.'!irtu pelting of omethinjr .' nif.l like hailstoiica upon their vi, Imt which, prently to their proved to be u upecie of di- . than two minute the pras was .live with then little creature rr f one M.e, about a quar m inch l"itir. very lUely and nii- in the best condition. Their ! evidently been broken by the .nriiiL'V nature of tho irrass. Al ii the theory advanced by some ., that in such case the fro? tiuesMtv have arisen from the the writer mivs: "It i not lirob : .(viral hundred thousand, per ;ini!. "f froir hud suddenly been into lite bv tin; rain, or, if they t, in their infantile glee, they ,ive fret eleven niche from tin1 the top of our Lend merely to v thr icaine of leap-frog should i. They came from above, in . with the rain, and this fart wan ar by holding out the hand nn in fall upon it, ai well uj tlud . um our hat run. tte from a number of instr.nci' i Chamber' "Jlook of Dii-," it in that the cases of tish falls, in ry, af least, outnumber those of :i iiiii.,ilei-ablo degree. On tho .p.il. 18'JS, Major McKenzie. of .".otlund, while walking in . farm, saw a great portion of I covered with herring fry in- inches in length, fresh ami About two years later, in the Mav, in Argyleshire, after rv heavy ruin, the inhabitants r.-cd to llnd u large number o, ving strewn over their fields Mtly a Wick newspaper stated einriiing a large quantity of the of tish were found scatterel n in that town. These, it is .e ieas;ints cooked nnd ate, t without misgiving ns to the of some satauio agency hav- "iiceincd in transferring them I0t. i!u most curious lustanee of was related by an English while residing in Calcutta, a ipiautity of live tish descend shower of raiu. "Thu most lie,' that struck me in conncc- lir event," Raid thu otlieer, the hh did not fall helter trywhero, or hero nnd there, ven m might line, uot more t in breadth." iuurkuli!eeveutof thi charac- it, tne most iicn.Mtional was w ''Kentiickv ini'.it Klmw,.r" tilled no ninny jieoplo some rsago. This "flesh full" took t farm of a Mr. Crouch, which hot surrounded by high hills uins in JUtth County, Ky. 't given by Mr. Crouch was y as follows: u eleven mid twelve o'clock I vard, not more than forty Mc "'s'. There was a light wind a the West, but the tiky was uii was bhining brightly. ' )' prelmli, or warning of any exactly uiiiler these circum- Minwer comnieiiccd. The nt le? than onu or more than duration. When tho flesh IU naw u large piecu ittriku elo.e by i,,, w it'iin aiiiitiiiig. ;hcti it struck. I wus im 1 the conviction that it was 1f a warning. The largest aW WlLS tt li.li rr iiu inv K:m.l "I an incli wide. It looked. f t had been torn from tho auiinul. Another piece I'" half round iu ahanu anil f l a half dollar." mter residing in tho neigh- 'eli.. thowoil II ninra nf tliA I it to he bear meat, mid had ''that uncommonly K'culiur to tho flesh of that utcher who was persuaded meat changed id mind any of it and declared "e'liier like fleah. fish nnr d to him like mutton, but 'anew one. Homo of the ' dry, nnd there seeiuod to "'like ilbre runnimr tbroinrh I'-d of tho llesh was eut to otliL-in iu various narts of "'id analyse wero iimdo by -v.n nctentlstd. I'rofcs- or J. L. Smith wu at first Inclined to pronounce it tho dried apnwn of frog, but a it it found under the microscope undoubted characteristic peculiar to the ( flesh of animal this theory was ab.in- ; doned. Perhnp the" jmxit renonable ! explanation i that of l'rofeiior Peter, of i Lexington, Ky., who believed the fall of fleh to be nimply the result of a kind of poit prandial disgorging by a flock of buzzard who had been feasting them selves more, abundantly than wisely on tho carcass of a sheep. Glube-Vmwcrat. Point for HnshaniR Do not jest with your wife upon subject iu which there is danger of wounding her feelings. Rctnomlior that she treasures every word you titter. though you never think of It Again, say the Dometti Monthly. Do not speak of some virtue In another man's wifo to re mind your own of a fault. Do not re- pronch your wifo with personal defects, for, if she has sensibility, you inflict a wound difficult to heal. Do not treat your wifo with inattention in company. Do not upbraid her In the presence of a third person, nor entertain her with praising tho beauty and accomplishment of other women. Do not be stern and silent in your house, and remarkable for sociability elsewhere. Kcmember that your wife ha a much need of recreation a yourself, and devote n portion, nt least, of your leisure hours to such so ciety and amusement as sho may join. Uy so doing you will secure her smile and increase her affection. Do not, being too exact In pecuniary mutters, make your wife, feel her dependence upon bounty. It tend to lessen her dignity of character and doe not increase her esteem for you. If she is a sensible woman she should be acquainted with your business and know your income, that she may regulate her household ex penses accordingly. Do not withhold this knowledge in order to cover your own extravagance. Women have a keen perception. JbJ sure she will discover your selfishness, sail, though no word is spoken, from that moment her respect i lessened and her confidence diminished, pride wounded, anil a thousand, perhaps unjust, suspicions created. From that moment is your domestic comfort on thu wane. i.. I! . I .1- I! "" .1 i&. CiilUW'l in! 1 ,JM- ..., tin ' .10 II. ill f. 1 1 Spirit Tor a Watch. "Thi watch of mine won't go. I want you to have it fixed up for me," said a gentleman recently to a jeweler, at the same time handing to him a hand some gold watch. "What have you been doing to thi watch?" a reporter for the New York Mail find Krprrn heard the jeweler ask. "Well, I was out rowing, and some how or other I managed to diop tho watch overboard. I've tried every way to mnke it go myself but have nut suc ceeded." "If ever you drop your watch into the water ngnin," said tho jeweler, "open the cases and drop it into a cup of alcohol or whiskey or brandy hs quickly as you can. This will prevent the watch from rusting and tho watch can afterward be ee.sily repaired. Sometimes watches ore ruined forever simply because after they have been dropped into tho water pre caution has not been taken to prevent them from rusting. Your watch has rusted n little, but 1 havo no doubt we will be able to lix it up." Ilereillty or Myopia. The question of the heredity of short sightedness has been carefully sudied by I). Motuis in Sill) cases occurring in the young, lie concludes that the hereditary influence is manifest, thu families infill out of the .'MO cases being atUictcd with thu same disease. Hereditary myopia is far more serious than thu acquired form, from which it is distinguished by its earlier appearance, more rapid develop ments, greater severity and by being more frequently followed by other com plication. Myopia is usually transmitted from the father to the daughter, and from the mother to thu son. l!ud )fy. gicnic surroundings lire uniting the causes that favor its transmission, uud if care in not taken by those iu charge of tho edu cation of the young, acquired myopis will be transmitted to the children. Money of the Mormoiin. : If you go into the principal office rtf fhe Tithing House, ssy a Salt Laks City etter to the Uhibt Ikmnrmt, you will sea a tnl! young man handling what look like money. He i behind a counter, nml the counter is protected by a high rail ing. The man glances through the window, then look down at the bill, and goes on thumbing them like a bank teller. He goes to and from a big safe carrying bundles dono up just as bill are, with little bands of brown piier pinned almut them. Sometimes the young man doesn't stop to count, but takes tho amount on the brown slip as correct and passes out tho bundle. This is Mormon money. It i a tithing script. It is used to facilitate tho handling of the grain and hay nnd live stock and produce which como in. If you pick up one of these bills you will find it very much like a bank note in its appearance. In one upper corner i thu number of the bill. In the lower left-hand corner is the in hoc signo of Mormonism, n beo hive. The face of. thi1 bill reads: "(Jciieral Tithing Storehouse. t!oid only for Merchandise nnd Produce nt the (leticral Tithing Stotchouse, Salt Lake City, I'tah." Knch note bears the signature of the Presiding Hishup. On the back i denomination again ami n vignette of the new temple nt Salt Luke City. The buck also bears the wording: "Thi note i not current except in the merchiiniliM' nnd produce department of thu IJciicnd Tithing Storehouse." The engraving is well executed nnd the iirintini! is well done. The bills vary in color. There nre greenback for one department of the Tithing lbmse, brownlmcks for another, nnd so on. Hy using this scrip the Church is nble to crvit n market for considerable quantities of the tithing. This scrip is given out in dispensing charity. It is used in paying for work on the temple so far as the workmen can make ue of it. Kmployees of thi Tit h in! House receive their salaries or .allow ances partly in scrip. In numerous way the .Mormon iimncy gets into circulation. Not "Stuck l'p." Xinonir the ol'icer in the Northern army of the Civil War no oik; was gruffer, braver or more beloved by his men than (ienernl Stannard, who commanded a Vermont I'limlc. He was always m raged by any attempt of the men whom be commanded to steal, or "forage," n as they called it, on private property. A private named Hicks, on the march to (iettysburg, remarked, chuckling, to a companion, that there was "nothing 'stuck iii' about old Stannard. He wu not ashamed to converse sociably w ith a private!" "Has he been talking to von? What did he say ?" "Told me if I didn't yet out of them cherry trees, he'd kill me!" Another instance of Stannard' kci.u watchfulness is given by one of his soi iliers. On the march to Frederick, tUe (ieueral knew that an attack was to be Hindu on tho regiment in a few minute. Thu men wero famishing witl- thirst, uud coming to a well wished to stop and till their ciintettir.-'StAiiuilr V cf4 a 'fitliu-J over it uud foibndu them to break ranks. A certain Lieiiteuant llrown, who had n wounded comrade, disobeyed the order, unci going to the well, at the risk of his life, brought his friend some water. Jeneral Stannard put him under arrest i.ud took his sword from him. When the regiment reached Cctty burg, llrown forseeing a lierce conllii t, asked the (ieueral to sudor him to carry his sword for the day, to be returned at right. It had, however, b" n sent with the baggage to the rear, llrown pro cured a tomahawk and carried it into thu battle, and did such igood service that (ieueral Stannard at night, though badly wounded, sent for him, gave him his own sword, and told him he richly deserved to carry it. 'tUh Cuiii'mif ion. SUNDAY SCHOOL The Fly Won't Walk Downward. Put a fly on tho window uud up he goes toward the top ; ho can't be mailt to walk downward. A gentleman bil upon uu idea. Why not use that habit ugainst them? Forthwith his mudn a window screen divided in half. The upper half lapped over tho lower, with nil inch of space between. A soon af a fly would light on the screen l-.e would proceed to travel upward, aud would thu wulk straight out of doors. Oi, reaching tho tip of the lower half lie would bo outside. Not being ublu tc wulk down, ho could not return to the room. Jty this means u room can be quickly cleared of llics, which uhvuy seek thu lifbt. J'iatymie. Tho Prollt in Diamonds. "Thu biggest profits iu the jewelry business are in diamonds," remarked i well-know n dealer in precious stones to t friend the other day. "In no othei branch of thu trado uru prices kept id snch an inflated figure. No jeweler wili tell u man outsidu the trade the true value of n stone, lie may appraise it at u cer tain figure, with a guarantee to buy i) back at that price uuy time less u small per cunt. They can afford to do that, for the diamond loses nothing by agu, and the chances are that the owner of tli stone will uot want to part with it." Cincinnati inquirer. A Smart Goose. To call a stupid person a goose is a great injustice to the.goose, for they have been kuown to show themselves very sen Bible, to wit: One goose that warn't bit of a goose, as thu saying goes. Thii smart goose was quitu a pet of the writer, and was very fond of feeding on soaked bread. However, it did not disdain dry crust, which it would pick up uud carry to a water trough uud soak thor oughly before utteuiptiug to cut it. IHcaiuiuK (ihastlj Curiosities. KuMl a hair dealer "If you know wnere I can get any Indian scalps I shall be obliged to you for the information. Indian scalps, like buffalo heads, are be coming mighty scarce. You never can account for people's tastes. Now, about the last thing in thu world that some want is an ludiuii scalp, and yet there are people who want just that sort of a curiosity. I hud an Indian belt not long ago which had uino sculp hung to.it, and I sold it to a man for T'.'IS. 1 have a bunch of hair here it isn't a sculp, as there is no skin attached to it, just a handful, as it were. It is worth $5. Indians are not scalping as much us they used to, nnd that is why scalps nre high. Iu fact, everything which Indians used to make are becoming scarcer uud more valuable. "Tuko tho common Indian basket that used to sell for V'A a dozen, now youcua't get ono for that, money. There uro tmn reasons for this. Ono is that travelers buy them first hands us curiosities and pay tho Indians just what they usk. Another reason is that sinco the (overii nient has got to taking such interest in Indians, taking care of them, the Indi ans are lazier than ever, and make less than formerly." Chicago Trilmnt. Paid With Hen ns. A singular circumstance recently on currud ut liiddeford, Me., which remind one of the days when peoplo harteicd iu bead and wampum. Two mun, ouo a small, slender person and tho other of proportions iu tho neighborhood of 300 pounds, wero employed by ono of the women in that locality to dig a gravo on her family lot. They worked rapidly, aud ere they were aware, tho excavation was so large aud deep that the fut man was unable to get out of the hole. A machine was constructed, and after quite a struggle the big man was once more on top. In payment for their services the woman a short time after gave each of the two men live quarts of gray beaus enough to keep thum out of the ground for quite a while if it cauio to tho worst. The Bhnh of Persia becume infatuated with cape coats while in England and hud a large number made of ull color aud from various kind of mntcrial.w RELIGIOUS READING. NIK IjESSOM KOIl DECKMBKIl 1. ' Dedication of tho Temple," I. Itlnjjs till., B Oil Unlilen lexl: Hel. II.. 2i M. "And U was so, that when Solomon had mads an end of prayins all this prayer aad supplication unto thu Lord." Dvtwren thlat lesson and thi one w have pnmHl over all th most Interesting and instructive account of the buildiiiK of the most wonder fill etlitlo that bvpt Mission this earth; ami also the remarkable prayer of Solomon at it dedication; the Imwon aiwiioied us for to-day being the word of Solomon' Mi-wing upon the peopls after he had finished hi prayer. Tha throne on which Solomon sat at Jerusa lem is called the Throne of Jehovah (I (,'hron. xxis., 33; xivlil., S; Ilfhron. U., Hi. Jerusa lem shall yet be tho throne nf Jehovali and the capital of the whole earth (Jer. 111., 17). The aito of the Temple In Jerusalem was Mount Morlah, where Abraham received Iaanback from the dead on' the third day (IlC'hron. ill., 1) (ten. nil., -J. 4: Heli. xi., I'.n. Israel's resurrection on the third day will he thebevlnmiift of the restoration of Acta iii . JtMJl; Hos. vi.,a; viil., 14; Es-k.. xxxvii., 1J- The Temple was to bo exeemlint;lv magnifl ral, of fame and clm-y throughout' all coun tries (l Chron. xxii., Ai. The ir..ld and silver alone (brass and Iron Mug without weight.) amounted to 1,1'Aooo talents, which at 114 pounds ier talent would In. lU.Vii, tons, worth over four and a half Mlhonsof dol. lars (I Chron. xiil., 14; xix., 4, 7). t nn room In the Imililin, the Holy of Holies, was covered with six hiimlrisl talents, or more than thlrtv-four ton of roM, worth over filli-'ii million of dollar ill Chron. iil., 8). The hihorors were l.Vl.ooo strainers, or Umti!, found in Israel (I Ki. v., :Hs; II Chron. ii.. 17, is. who lirouirht from tho mountain and quarries the wood and stotm for the house, 'lliere was lieitiii r hammer, nor ax, nor any 01 iron n aril In tint houso whllo it wa in building (I Ki. vl., 7). Ilelievcr arc living stone Jl lt. ii., ft, U. V'.), this world i the quarry and Uod I hy the event of our daily life preparing n here for our resiss-tivo place in His tcmplo made fit for (leaven by Hi .oft, tit for nui place in Hi kingdom bv our training and service here. Notts 111 l'ij pniver thut the housM Is callisl by tho liiuuit of t'lui Iinl !od of Israel, that lie, i kid to hear for lli.ainr sake, that all tifjopln of the earth may know and fear Hi Niime, Notion tho eipht time repent! "Hear Thnu in Heav en," and the four time ''lbviveu Thy dwel ling place;" aUo the seven fold nature, of the prayer, for tho trespasser, the ilc'eabsl, tlm drought smitten, the plagua smill -o. tha stranger, thosn going hi war and those in captivity. He prayed before the altar ef Jehovah; Jeu I both altar and sacritlee, wa can come to (Jod only in His Name and trust ing bi His merit, lie knreUI on his knrs- with hi hands spread opto Heaven; in favor of the position of kneeling in prayer see Ezra lx.,fi; 1's. xcv., ; lan. vl., Hi; Lu. xxii., 4t; Acta If., 40; xxi., 6; hut that position ii not essential; see Moses sitting, Hannah and Ne hemiah standing, Heekiuh, while sick, pray in his lied, Jonah from tho tish' belly, the thief from the cross. A pomtent heart is everything, tiosition of body is ms-oiulnrv, though Unei'lmg is most scriptural nnd most lining when ixissitfle. Thut Ood heard and answered this prayer, II Chron. vii., p.". ftft. "He stoisl and blessed all the congrega tion of Israel witti a loud voiiv." When lu vid brought the Ark to the tent whieh he. hadpitchtst for It In Jerusalem, h" ntVored Kacrillce and bloesud tho pplo in the nuum of the Lord of Host, ill Knm. vl., 17,- is.) Holomon, having now brought up thu Ark, the tabernacle uud all tho lioiv Vessel (v., 4) fair tbn aa-.na thing. There "is nothing on earth that can be eomparwl to tho blessing of tha Lord. M. ' i.lewed be tha Lord that hath given uiiio Hi epi liael " He iiad given rent on every side, so that there was neither adversary nor evil ors-nrrent. (Chap, v., 4.) ltest. and peace shall bn among tho blessings of His Kingdom when it come. "There liutli not faik-d ono word of nil His good promise, which He pi nsid by the hand of Mose His servant." Ho wil l Joshun iu his faivw.,11 word (Josh, xxiil., I I); but the special promise hum referred to is iu l)eut. xii., 10, 11, t.ito lie. Holy (Spirit, by Mose, seems to refer to this very place and building. 07. "The Lord our Ood be with us. let him not leave us, nor forsake us." Moses prayed: "If Thy presence go not with im, carry us not up hence.'. And the Lord suid : "My pruseni-e shall go with this", and I will give thee rest." This word of the Lord: "I will bo with you." or ."I am with von," is cue or the grandest and most comprehensive words in Kci ipturo. "Let. Him not leave us nor forsake us." AV hen l'avitl gave Solomon the plans of the temple which he had received troin I iod Hun self, he said to him : "Tho Lord Uod, even iny Ood, will be with thee; Ho will not fail thee nor forsake thee until thou hast tinished oil the work for the service of tho house of the Iird." (I Chron. xxviii., in, 'Jil.i Solomon had proved the truth uud blessed ness of this promise, and now he deeired it continuance. 68. "That He may Incline our heart unto Him, to walk in all Hi ways." This wa just whut Uod ilosn-ed from them, aud what lie would lie delighted to grant them, an un divided and obedient heart; they could not a.slt anything more in accord with Hi will. fi'J. "It these my words be nigb unto the Lord our (it si day and night, that He munition the rause of His servant, and the cause of His people Israel." Moven time In hi prayer had he pleaded for "Thy people Israel," and had also said: "Kor they be Thy people and Thine inheritance," and now lie indicate hi reliance ujMjn Uod to maintain bin and their cause. 60. "That all the eoplo of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and thut there is none else." Israel was redeemed and given the goisl land, that they might make Jehovah a uauie in the earth (II Ham. vu., "Ji their obedience to Him would draw forth His power on their Iwhalf, and thus lis would lie glorified in them. This, I loo's uaruest desire, shall bo fulfilled in Israel's restoration at the return of their Messiah (!. xxv.,8, l; xi., flf . "Let your heart, thereforo, bo perfect with tho Lord our Uod." The wont "er feet" here signifies "whole" or "full," as in Josh, viil., 31; Huth ii., Ii, where it is so translated. Kolonion liow urgoa tho people to have what his father had prayed that he might have (I Chron. uix., V.I). tii, tl'l. "And the King, and all Israel with him, oirered sacrifice before tho Lord." And the Lord accepted the bacritlco by sending fire to consume it, a It is written in II Chrou. vii., 1; "Now when Kolonion had made an end of praying, the Are came down from heaven unit consumed the burnt offer, ing and the sacrifices: and the glory of tin Lord filled the house." Thu also was tin sacriiice accepted at the dedication of tin Tabernacle, aud in the case of Gideon and Elijah (Lev. ix., !44, Judge vl., Ill; I Kings xviii., iJM) ; and no doubt iu the same way wai the Lord's acceptance of Abel's offering and rejection of Cain' olferlng manifest at tin Garden of Kden when the lire from the sword .onsumeu the on bun did uot touoh tht other. "So the King and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord." And lit took possession of It by tilling it with Iiii glory. Wa read of a time when the glory left the bouse because of their sins (Ezek. ix., 8; x., 4, 18; xl., at), and of a time jrot futurt when the glory shall return to duiart n niore (Esek. xhli., 1-7). When Jesus, th brightness of God's glory, cams to it H found it a den of thieves, and twioe H cleansed it; but He too was driven away by their sin, and all is desolate till His return. Lmiion Helper. EX-Mayoh Hkwitt, of Now York, ha bought an inhabited islnii'l, called by its fifty or sixty people 1'iuui isluiel. It is ouo of the small islands iu tuo Sound Iwtweun Long Isl and ami the Connecticut shore. It wus solii Luiler foreclosure for 115. (XXI. tx riilinn. fJive m" tin ilay. dear Iird," I cried, "Some blesstd station near Thy sidu' "Some work In verv deed for thee, That I may know Thy need of me." and down aud towu. Thus pleading, prsylng. tin I wandered, searching fiold 1 nietit on task, the very best, Kluiling still my eager quest. And morn to noonday brightened; night llrcw slowly toward the lading height, Till I, low kneeling at the throne With empty bund iiiudo weary moan: "Thou hmlst not any room for me! No work was mine, deur Christ, forThtel" Then sinlilen on mv blurring sight Swept majesty and love and light. The Master stood before me there In conscious answer to my prayer. Ho touched mind eye, In shame I niusnisi, In shame my weak complaining hushed! For, l.! si) tiny, the swift hours through. Thu work, Christ given, for mu to do. In mine own hoiwo had slighted boon, And 1, convicted so of sin. Could only lift in v look to His, The grace of pardon usk for this That I wandered far ami wide. Instead of watching at His side; That I had yet to learn how sweet The koine tusks ut the Mailer's fret. Miiiiiiitt K. .Vie5fVr TEMPERANCE. Ttir. rowKii or i-ojsvictioji. Thi I the greatest need nf the world. Ibis this siwer departed? Has it, in any serious decree, diminished in its praciieal ellis is.' We should not answer tlnsu nrnl kindred question with undue haste. Our I present liehl of Christian labor nmv be en ; compassed iihout with peculiar difficulties, sm li as reipiire patient loiiiiunanee in well- doing iu an cMraorilinary sense. Time I limy bo requisite in order to break tin cru-l ol setiline iiinl indi llerenee t lint has 1 nune iimiii the souls that we Would save. I Marked exhibitions of this divine power may seem 10 a weary worker to ne wanting In a community, when in reality it i pres ent. I'nder such circumstances let us never give w ay to discouragement. We rejoice, however, w hen there come to cur notice some wonderful change sud denly wrought inn depraved heart by the Holy Spirit. Without doubt, could we know bow widely nnd elleetually lie is working among men. innumerable instances of this kind would rehukuuur unbelief. iNsriitun nv Tiir oi.oity or .iruov n. The l!ev. William Tennent of the Presby terian church, after preaching one Sabbath morning, walked into the '. Is to spend the Intermifsion. He wus relleelmg on the Infinite wisdom of God as tnanilesti d in all bis works, ami particularly in the wonderl'11! method of salvation through the death nnd soil. ringsof His lirlovnl Sun. This subject suddenly opened upon his mind with such a IIoimI of light that bis views on the glory and the infinite liuij'tv of Jehovah were so great as to overwhelm him; and be fell almost liiVli- to the ground. When be bad rcinl a little, all be could do was to raise a fervent praver that Goil would withdraw bimsell from him, or he must perish umh r a view of His in. citable glory. Overstaying hi time, yoiii of the elders went in search of him, and found him prostrate on the ground, utialile to rise, ami incapable of informing I hem of the cause. '1 bey, raised him up. and after a time took him totlie church. Ho remained silent for a ronsiih rulile time, earnestly sup I'! Inning Almlghiv (Iod to bide Himself from him, that be might be enabled to ad drcss His ieoic. Hu then spokj to then? as a tiiuu iiiHiur.sl Willi II ? Shall the gla.l. tender story of the coming of the royal I'al'C to find and red -em 1 1 is lilt le ones of eni'lh he brought before our children at the coming Christ mas lime.' Or shall we cell brute the advent id' merry Simla Clans or Kiiss Kringle.' The iuc.lioii ought not to be a difficult one lor a company of christian teachers to decide. And yet it will be discussed not presented iu ju-t this form indeed and in far too many cases Kriss Kringle. or S nils Clans, will curry thetl.iv' 1'iactiial Imi-i-lies ven will rule. "We must havens, goo 1 an entertainment usour neiglibois, or the 'o !e won't come, nnd the thing must bo made to pay." but suppose the iiietioii of dollar and cents be dropped, uud thu matter bo up pronehe I fnuu the other-world point of view, will not some of the recitations and coloiiiics and "broom drills" and spectacu lar elieets he dispensed with.' A beautiful young prl wa found by a midnight missionary in n wreli -bed dance bouse. Terrified at her own rapid descent, she was glad to listen to a friendly voice. "What led you from church uud Sunday school and sweet home, life to tho stage,'" a ked bel friend. "I learned to love the stage when A Sun day school girl. They always called upon me to take part In the Sunday school enter tainments,'1 wu the unexeeled reply. A little girl of live years, who has recited Iu public many times already, wus heard to refuse to appear on ono Sunday-school is ea sioii. "Ho votl think I am going to speak before such 11 small audience'.'" said the lit tle maid, indignuntlv. I it mutter of small import or not to nour ish pride, love of dress uud display, ami vain self-satisfaction ii. young hearts' Would that .Sunday-school 'committee on enter tainments woulil "think upon these things:" HuHilaij ieftuul Juui nul. A writer tells nf going down with n pnrt into a coal mine. "On the side of the gang way grew a plant which w as perfect ly w Into. Tho visitors were astonished that there, w here the coal ilust w as continually Hying, this little plant should be so clean. A miner who was with them took 11 handful of Mack ilust and threw it on the plant, but not it particle of it adhered. There w as a wonder ful enamel on the plant to which not the I! nest ss-ck could cling. Living t here, amid clouds of dust, nothing could stain its snowy whiteness. This is a picture of what every Christian should be. I'nlioly influences bri atho iucess ntly about 11 and upon us. Hut it is our mission to be pure amid nil this vileness, liuilelileit, uuspotted from tho world, if (iod can uiuko a little plant so wondroiisly, surely Ho can hy Ilia grace so transform our hcait and life' that sin shall not cling to us. Ho who can keep the plant stainless and white a snow amid clouds of dust can guard us iu pui.tv in thi world of sin." There is something in the nature and on the surface of I his singular plant which throws oil' or repel every contaminating substance which upproucbes. So, too, may we rca.l moral pollution, if we are in a proper stule of grace. Holiness is tho recoil of tho soul from sin. Such is the stuto of heart which wo lived in this world of siuful- lies. VII.WAl'KBK'B "SOUVENIRS." It Is generally assumsed by Milwaukeeltes that everyone visiting their city has lieen drawn there by a love of lteer. Accordingly, on the recent arrival of the South and Cen tral American excursionists, the Milwaukee Hecentiou Committee boarded the train tear ing their distinguished guests and presented tbeiu with souvenir in the sha of small bottles containing lager beer. The next step, of course, was to hustle the travelers to the breweries themselves, (surely no one will maintain that the dignity of the Itepublio was not fully sustained by the beer-loving Milwaukee City Fathers ! lit iioneer. ins xvr.ia WAt.tr. The rumseller took hi evening walk, l'ast the home where hi victim dwell: Where pale, weak womn, of sulTei ing tik And children, of hunger tell. He hummed a gay air a he passed them by. Nor thought of their hung.T or cold; For little rared he for mis. rv erv, If it filled hi pis kets W illi Kod! (,nr-(r 11. Coo.-. Tltlt P-KKH I.KI.l SIOM. The claim that Is-er i a healthv drink I ;he greatest of delusions. It bioat and mnke tut. the drinker while ait'ipltig tho strength of both bislv and mind, fcveti leer rlrinkers are fast Uniting thi nut. The Mil waukee Srntnirl reK.rts Theodore Kooseve It, former member of the New York legislature, s saying: iio you know," nid Mr. Know-volt, hold ing up his glass and hsiking through the ani-her-hued Inpiid. "that there t not a thought In a hogshead of Is-er; that there i not an Idea in a whole brewerv? I mean," cotiliu- I insl the New York tsihtician, "that nothing of merit wa ever written under the inspira tion of lager beer. It tuptle without in vigorating, and Its elTect upon the brain Is tn stagnate thought. Ho not imagine that I am a temperance orator. I am sitnplv comiariug Mimuiants. Some of the brightest of literary effort have Ix en made w hile under the influ ence of spirituous liquor, taken by the Hir, overworked author lo avoid a isiniplnte physical and mental collapse. I shall nait to see if any man cau write anything who has a drop of lieer in lus system." JUtnfnrt'n II inr mill Spirit Vreiior.w hlelt is gissl authority iu this case, sMaking of the discrimination of the (iovernmeiit in fa vor of beer, says: "If we were getting n Is'tter beer there would be room for some toleration of thi governmental favoritism; but, unhappily, the ipiulit v "f American U-er is steuililv ie teriorst ing. and alremiv there are thoii-aml of w ell informed ieop,. w Iio sTiipuloiisv re fuse to touch it 011 iiis ount of its injurious effect s.' Again it ny: "It Is notorious that our brewers s- ldom iliink their own Iit or the product o any oilier brewery. At tin- places which they tteipieiit nml at which they take their ni' iils, or nt public picnics nnd siimmer llighls' testivills Wliich are lillellil.sl l,y blew sis, it is gem rally iiotu isl liint Hies,- men iliink anytliiiig but. Is-er. If Ii.st is healthy, W llV do our brewers refuse lo ill ink let-r:-" The Krirntilie .iiiifln'ini -iiim "It is our ol-sei vatioii that beer drinking 111 tins c.iiii. try produces the ery lowest km I of ncla i- ety, el Iv nilied lo ci iiiiiiihI liisauill , 'i'lie most iliingei 011, class of i nitial's in ,iiir Inr,;,, Cities ale I eel'.il'inkel s. I lit 'I let till II V, II stupor amounting almost to pt.iIvms arrests the reason, i-liaiigme, ell tie higher lacultie into a mere iinimiihsm, seuiuil, s-'lllsh, slug gish, vand only wnh pal : .ins ol linger, senseless and brutiil." M'iMni'isr nanur. -The standing nrinies of nil Kiirope are sU liuileil 11I -.'s in hi, 000. in, heli, il- the rn..ivu. J nnd Ih-ir eo., at. ',, 1,1 mo. mm iiimuallv. Till I 1 llile.l Stales eould ns-unie III" support ol ; that liemeielous 11 11 1 111 11 1. tit . i-iiv tlieentir , liulitai-v lull of nil l-jir.eie out of our cask I outlay or honor, and still have flno.omi 1101 . to soare if 1I1,. i.ui- out Inv was stopped I t an we n:l..id to lei it goon:-' It would l 1 , yet truer c,,ni"ii i,n to liken thes.- liipiot employes to all invading armv of ."s si.iss! in-n. If thev w.-re to turn their attention tr. I burglary, and em-ii s,.l lsoo , year, anil out of I'li'i'v ten kill Ins man every year which would he iiiiiisiiiiIIv prosM-rius and unusually murderous burglary still they , would not Is- us lUstruclive as now. Kor tiiis leaves out all the until is-t cost, and w 1 eiiimol eoiint less than noon I deaths from ; inli-mpenince every year, man v currying the , est 1 1 on I to pM. mm. I Hem-.-, no far hum counting the support of these liinr employe as a deduction from ; the total drink cost, it is an nddisl item -the supjMirt of half a million iion-priMlueer. , Tlieir work iu any pnsluetive industry, at a reasonable average f,,r i gi eles of skill em ploved. would Ik :.s.i,iSi. Thev would add nt least that much to the national wealth, which is now a dead loss, and must be car ' Hid to the llel.it side. j t.lvfoil LMSklN.. in rc.wrs. I Ale , holism an, I clime go hand in hand in , jl her conn: ri..s ns will n our own. The re port of the lust InteinatioiiHl Congress for the Suppression of Alcoholism, which was held 111 I'aris ii-om July '.".'III ! ugist 1st, ss!i, HlHrins that criminality and mental I sls iration follow a 111,11 li parallel with tlm eonsiiiiiption of uli-oholie beerages. It n)- 1 pears that, during the last tiff y years the eonsuinption of alcohol iu l-'nince has trebled, the liumlier of Iiiiim 1 1.-. has ipiadi upled, and that crime and suicid" are sie,i,iy i,M the Increase. It was stated that, the number of ' crimes and 0IV1 nees au'aiust morals is exactly In ratio with the eonsuinption of uleohof. The one obvious levnui wliich the IVencli 1 (M'tiple, and nil others, must nisds Irani is the wisdom and duty of abstinence. IVmjiev unee .-till ocufe. l-Uol'llSKII I.Vrl.KN STMNAI. I'ONVKVTIOM". Kor some time among the temperance men III this city there has been much lalk of an International Temperance Convention, to Ut held here in s;rj iliii nig the World' Kuir. We are glad to see that the nt imitit Vrii firniiirr . IWriieiie is urging tiie project. Ity all means have the leaders Irom all over the world isime together and ci impure method and exchange ideas. It will do good. Tho Nut 11, mil Temperance SiH'ioty is the origani tut 1011 tnfiish the proje't to' success. I,et it take the lead, and w e w ill all give a helping band. Voice. "el. I'M saloons." "Slum saloons'" Are there any other, pray? Is the shop where a job is linisliisl worse than any oilier w here it. is bemm or passed along Is it the lust slep in a flight of stairs an worse in character Ihaii those above it? f n thief in broad cloth any lessa thief than in lags? I.i-t us away wiili these distinctions. They ere all slum saloons. Jmi Itntvn., TKUI,KIIANI'KKVVA AMI NOTKS. Five thousand children 11 r nneeted with Jie Yol k (Kug.l Maud of 1 ( . Tha Church of K.nglumi has just ismpellel ll its clergy w ho hold brewery stock to soil it out. Heer must bo pretty bad for loys, when a Imiv only live years old had to be ' treated iu a flerliu hospital for delirium tremens. Thu greatest treasure of a nation is man hood. Anything that destroys that is an immeasurable curse. And Unit is the suof the lupior curse. The W. C, T. IT., of Mont real, Canada, re ports Iiksi children in that, city under the in iliieiiee of spis ial temperance teaching in loyal legions and bands of hope. Mr. II. W. Ilichardsoii says: "Not one of the triiusniilted wrongs, physical or mental. Is mole certainly passed on to those yet un born 1 1 iuii the wrongs which uro indicted by alcohol." Mrs. Mary C. Ix-avitt, of Itoston, who I 011 a temperance advocating tour around the world, lias lately Ix-en the giut of John bright sister, Mrs. Ijuens, iu london. Mrs. Iavitt has traveled 7t,a aj miles since she set out in 1HH4. The Hev. Hr. Iiriiuer hareturuel to Chi cago after a considerable tour in Kuropv. "In I guidon," he says, "what struck I ue as most iiiisirtaut was that there are no jmu saliMinsoii Sunday, ens'pting for alsiau hour iu the middle of the day aud au hour at uight." Recent statistical roHrt of the causes nf Insanity, observed iu the insane hospitals and asylums of Kngland during the ten years from 1477 to 1SH7, show that 1;I,'h) cases of insanity among men arise from intemper ance, whereas the entire niimlmr of cases due to all kinds of mental trouble was only 15, .VM. John Roach, an old campaigner who drawa a pension from the llritish Government. Isiaated iu a Tnuawaiida (N. Y.I saloou that be could leut the world drinking whisky. On a wager Roach drank a quart of rye iu just two and one-half minutes. He called for a pint mora, but before it was measured ha dl'upiHxl dead 4 rtr 1 " ii--1 . , II -' t ' ' . .
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