THE SUNSHINE OF RELIGION
BIT. DB. TALUAOG'B SIBMOK
Bdlaolly tha Child of the Moat High
I sheds Glory Into Uiinun Hearts, Drives
Atf end Make a Glad Pathway.
Txt: "rrttHivtir way ofptoatatt j
Proverb ill., 17.
You have all heard of God's only bagotten
ftmv Have yon heard of God's danghtsr?
Hb tas bnm In hMNo, 8hs came down
over tb hill of our world. Hhs had qussmly
tiro. On her brow was mlastial radiance.
Her voice wan mimic. Her nam if Religion.
My teft Intro lucia Iwr. "Mar wy are
war of pleasantness, an 1 all bar piths are
'"'huc what ia relifrlon. The fact la that'
theological tU'ly haa bad a different effect
upon Die from the rff ct sometimes pro
durvd. Kvary year I tear out another leaf
from my theology until I liar only three or
four lwve left in other words, a Very brief
and plain statement of Chrlstain belief.
An aged I'hristian minister said: "Vhn
I w a youn? man, I knew everything;
when I K"t to I tblrty-flva yers of age, in
twy ministry I had rniiy a hiintrsl doctrines
ot rellilon; whan I jot to Iw forty yetr.i of
aii", I h;id only lift doctrines of rail 71011:
ween I K"t to be sixty years of age, I ha I
only ten doctrines or religion, an 1 nose I am
dying at sevunty-tlvs yeara of ai;e,an i there
in unly one thing I know, and that Is that
Christ Jesus came into the world to save
aimier." And so I have noticed In the study
o( Oot'a word and in my contemplation of
the charao.er tf (fod nnl of the eternal
world that It is necessary lor me to drop this
lartof my Ix-lief and that twt of my beliat
nt bein noniwtttinl, wail I dim to the
one (treat ftoo'rino that man is a sinner, and
1'hrist is his Almighty and ihvino Saviour.
Now I take these three or four leaves of
my t'leolojy, and I tin I that, in the llrst
pine, an 1 domiuant above nil otners, is tha
stiastiiiieot re igiou, Wb n I go Into a room
1 have a pision fur throwing open all the
.sliuttr". 1 hat s wiiat I want to do this
morning. We are apt to throw so iiiucii of
tne sepu.cliral Into our rellj on and to clow
til l duittrrs nn I 1 1 (iuil down tin tilings
th.it it I only through bera and there acre
wire thnt the lijhl stream. The religion of
the lysrd J.-su Chr.st. is a religion of joy in
dcserih ible; and unutterable. Wherever I
cun I'm 1 1 boll t me 111 to rm It.
II tin re Hre uny in this homo this morn.
in.; who lire ilispoiod to hoi I 011 t their
nie'.uiirholy and u loo 11, let them now dep.rl
this ei vire jefureth lan-ist and the lir.nt
rsr mid tho most ra H int bum of all tlit
universe comes 111. liod's Hon has le.'t our
world, Imc Hod's imu ;1 r is here. Oive her
room. Hall, princess of heaven! ilm,
dsughlvr of tne liirdtij 1 Almiglitrl Come
In iu I make this hum thy ttiroiiuroom.
In s Ming fortli this idea Mie dominant
tlicsry of religiou is one of sunshine. 1
her lly know where to begin, for tlmre are
so tunny thoughts tn.it rusa upon my soul .
A mother n tier littie cmld ssated on the
II sir in the sunshine an 1 wmi a apojn 111 her
band. Ktio said. "My ilurling, what are
you doing there?" "Oil " remind the child,
".'111 getting a sp mniiil of this sunslniiu."
Would tiol tiiat to-lay I might pre.ent you
with a gleaming chalice of Una glorious,
v -rlnstiug Uonpel sunshine!
Fust ot all, I llu I a great ueal of sunshine
In Christian society.
1 do not know of anything more doleful
Ihsu lli't coinpauioiuiup of the mere tun
makers ot tha worlii ;he Thomas Hoods,
the Charles Lwubr, the Charles Mnltliews
ot the worl! the men whose entire business
it Is to make sport. They make others
laugh, but if you w.ll examine their autobi
ography or biography you u And tint
dowu iu their soul tuei e was a toi-ntio dis
quietude. Laughter is 110 sign of happiuwts.
'J heuiaualclaujhs. The hyena leugas. The
loinaiuom the A lirou lacks lu;n. The
itruukard, danliin tiis Uccauter against tne
If I', lauchs.
Vhere is a terrible reaction from nil sinful
afifisentent and ainful merriment. Huuu
jf on excuane'.'iir" they paiss yoVnot
f iiu- v". uong ago 1 quit mere
ft vorldly society lor toe ressou It was so dull.
so inane and so rtupid. My nature is
voracious of joy. 1 muC have it.
Inlwtys walk 011 tne suuny stda of the
street, nut (or that reason 1 have c rosso!
tver into Christum society. I like their mode
l repartee better; 1 like their style of
amusement better. They live longer.
C 11 i-tinn people, 1 sometimes notice, live on
wheu bv all imti.r.il law they vugut to nave
dieil, I have known persons who have cou-
111111 111 their exiiU-nce wheu the doctor
Mild they ouht to have beeu dead ten year.'.
Kvry day of their existence was a deilance
of the laws of anatomy un I physiology, but
tliuy bad this supernatural vivacity ot the
'ipel iu their uul, nud that kept the 11
anve.
I'ut ten or twelve Christian people in a
room fur Christian conversation, an 1 you
will Iroin S to Id o'clock hear mom resouu l-
U S'eo, see more liri.-ht strokrs of wit. and
lind more thought and i'o.'ound sati.tln.c
4 ion thau in imy un iviy wordly party.
Kow, wiieii 1 sny a "worldly party" I mean
tint to wh cb you ure invite 1, lecaue uu
der all the circiiuiiiunces ot the cisj it is
the I .it tor you to le invite I, and to whicu
you go because under nil circuiinit.tnc js ot
Hid cae it is better that you go, and leaving
the whawls 011 the S'cond floor you go to th-i
jisrior to give forumt salutation to thu hot
an 1 the liotvsy, and then move arouud
spen lin the wiri.u eyeuing in the discus
siou ot the weittiier, an 1 iu apology tor
tivuillng on long trans, and iu effort to keep
the corners of the mouth up tj the sign
of pleasure, and going around with au
idiotic he-:ie about nothing, until tim colli
tiou is w-rved, niiitheu nit-;r the collation
it served going bang a;ain iuto the parlor
to loiuine the weather, and then at the close
going at a very late hour to tha host ami
bokters and aMiirin them tint you bava
lis I a mohtdolighttul evening, au I then msi
iiigilowa oil the front stepj, the ilaiuot tile
Joor the only satistuuliou of tho evening.
Oti, young man, come from the country
to tpeiid your days in city life, where are
you going to spend your evenings? Lot me
tell you, while there are lunuy p. does of iu
nix'aiit worldly amusement, it is most wise
for you to throw your bo ty, in in J au 1 ioul
into Christian society. Come to me at the
'iiiHo of live years and tell uie what lias beun
tha result of this advice. Driu with you
the young man whor-'usel to take the ad
vie and who went int sinful amusement.
He will come dissipated, shabby in apparel,
'lid sposed to look tiny one 111 the eye, moral
ciuracU-r eighty-live per cent. off. Vou will
i.'ine with principle settieil, counteiiancs
rank, haliiu good, soul saved and all the
mil iliiiants of buaveu, from the lowest auel
up to the nrchangel and clear past him to
kord Ood Almighty, your coadjutor,
ri '" "ot tt" tt,lTU' f misaiithrooe.
there is no mau in the house to whom the
world is brighter than it is to me. It is not
thsdvicof a il) pe;iti! uy digestion is
t-er.ect; it Is not tiie advice of man who
eninot understand a Joke or who prefers a
unuial; It is not the advice ot a wornout
'inn, but the advice of a man who can sua
this world in all its brightness, an I, consij
wig myself competent in judging what Is
good cheer, I tell the multitudes of young
men in this house this morning that there is
nothing in worldly associations to graud
and so beautiful and so exhilarant as In
christian society.
1 know there is a great deal of talk about
(be sf It denials ot the Christian. I have to
t;l you that where tha Christian has on
Mir denial the man of the world haa a thou
and self denials. Tha Christian is not com
unu.led to turrender anything that ia worth
keeping. But what doe a man deny him
"It who denies himself tha religion of
1 a 1 M ' himself pardon of slu;
ue denies himself peace of conscience; bs de
otee bimself the j0y of th Holy Uhost; b
aeules blmself a comfortable death pUlow;
o ueuies himself tb glorias or haavsn. Do
not talk to me about tha self denial of th
i- !"' Wur there is on in tb
V.brUUau lit there are a thoutaas) la lb
II f of the world. "Her way ars ways of
pleaaantness
Again, I find a great dat of religious sun
shine in Christian and divine- planatlon.
To a greet many peopl life hi an inexplica
ble tangle. Things turn out differently from
what was supposed. Thee is a useless wo
man in perfect health. Thar I aa indus
trious and consecrated wimo a complete
Invalid. Explain that. There It a bad mm
with 130.000 of income. Thar t a good man
with W of Income. Why I that? Thar is
a foe of society who lives on, doing all th
th damage he can, to seventy-five year of
ego, and her is a Christian father, faithful
la every department of life, at tblrtv-flvs
veart taken away by death, hi family left
nelpleas. Explain that. Oh, thar I no
entano that of tener drop from your lips
than thist "I cannot nnlerstaud it. Ican
not understand it."
Well, now, religion 00m es in just at that
point with iu illumination and its explana
tion. There isabusinn man who ha lost
his ent re fortune. The week before he lost
hi fortune there were twenty carriage thst
topped at the door of bis mtnsion. The
we-k after he lost hi fortune all th osr
riages you count on one finger. The wek
before financial trouSle began pmpleall took
oil their hats to him as he pvssl down t'te
street. The week hi financial prospects
were unier discussion people justtouchel
their has witiout anywise l-n ling the rim.
The week tiiat he was pron lunuixl insovlent
people Just j )lt 3d their heads as they piste I.
not ttppint tli-ir hats at all, and the wee
the sheriff so id him out all his frien I were
looking in the stor win lows as they weut
down past him.
Now, while th world (,tas awty fro-n a
man when he is in financial dilrss, th ri
llion ot Curisc co n -s to hun and sav:
"Vou are sick an I your sickness is to b
moral punllc.itiou; you are liereavei; Uo I
wsnte I in iinii w ly to take your family to
hetven. and He must hin somewnere, an I
eo Het-k t ieom mat. was uhmi. beautiful
and wns most re ly to go." I do not ssy
that religion explain everything in this life,
but I do siy it isys d vn c-rtaui principles
winch are gr.iu lly o ns latory. You know
businoHS men often telegraph in ciphers.
The merchant Iu S in Krancisoo telegraphs
to the merchant jn New York certsm infor
mation in I'ipners wiii.m no other man in
that line of buuness can uulerstand, but
the merchant in Kan Francisco has the key
to the cipher, and the merchant in New Yoru
bus tho kov to tiie cipher, an I ou that In
formation transmitted there are enterprises
involving hun Ir Ms of tliousnn Is ot dollars.
Now the providences of life sonetimos
siwm to be a a msless rig nirole, a mysteri
nus cipher, but t hi hasa ky t tht cipher,
au I the Cunstisn a key t that cipher, and,
though bi'iiay hsr lly be alil j tisp.dl out tiie
iiieauini', ho get enough ot the memiug t
u i Icrst 111 1 tli it it is for tin best. Now is
there not suusnins in tli itr Is tliere not
filensure iu limt? Kar biyoil liuhler, it
s neirer the fountain nt r.. ie thai ouster
o;is Hwm i,.trtlon. Hivj you never orie l
for jor? i'nori are tiars whlca are eternsi
rajilure in distlllitlon.
There are hundreds of people In thlshous t
who are walking dny by day iu the sublimo
sntisfartion that all Is or the oest, all things
workm toetner for gool for their soul.
llow a man c tn get alon through this life
without the txplanatiou is tome a mystery.
What! is that child gone forever? Are you
never to get it back? Is your property gone
forever? Is your soul to be bruise I and to
be tried forever? ilave you uo explanation,
no Christian explanation, and yet not a
maniac? Hut wuen you nave the religion o(
Jesus Christ in your toui, it explains every
thing so far as it is bt lor you to un ler-
stand. You loon oil in lite, and your soul
Is full of thanksgiving to liol t mt you ars
so much belter off thau you might be.
A man pissed down the street without
any siiooj aud sti l: "I have no shoes. Isn't
it a hardship that I have no shoes? Other peo
ple bave shoes; no shoes, no shoes, " until ha
saw a man who bad uo feet. Then lie
learned a lesson. You ought to thank Ujd
for what He does, instoad of grumbling tor
what tie does not. Uod arranges all th
weather iu this world tne spiritual
weather, the moral weather as well as th
natural weather. "VV bat kind of weather
win it Ad OJ-iittfP'fsMtwttoua Aja rVrir.-M".
l'be farmer replied, "It will Desuch weainer
as I like." "tVhat do J 04 mean by that,"
asked the other. "Well," said the taruixr,
"it will be sucu weather a pleas is the Lord,
and wnut please tne Lord pleases me."
Oh, tbs sunshine' the sunihin of Chris
tian explanation I Here Is some oue bending
over the grave ot tue dead. Wnit is going
to lie thu consolation? i'ue flowers you
strew upon tae t uu'j? On, not Tb ser
vice read at the gravr? Ou, no. Tue
chief consolation ou that gr.ive is wiiat falls
troni the turoue ot Uo I. tsunshiue, glori
ous sunshine, insurrection sunshiuu.
Again. 1 find a great deal of tas sunshine
of tins tiibie uud ot our reiigiou 111 tue
climacteric joys tuat un to come. A man
who gets u; and goes out from a con
cert right alter the opeiuug voluntary
has been p.uyed, uud before the prima
Ion mi siugs, or berore tue orcu stra
begins, has a better I lea ot that couuu t
than that man has who supposes that the
cmef joys of religion are in mis woriil. We
here nave only tue urst nolo ot tue eteruai
orchestra. V e shall iu tint, world lisvj tue
joy ot discovery. We will us live minutes
catch up witu the ustrouomurs, the Keoio
gists, til') s ,'ieutiits, tue philosophers of ail
ages, wu j so tar surpassed us iu this worl I.
We can alt'or l to udjotiru ustronomy aud
geology and inttiy ot tue scieiices to the next
worldj bi-c.ius we snali there nave butter ap
paratus uud bett-r upjvjrtuuity.
1 must stu ly tho so sciencj. so far as to
help me 111 uiy work, hut Ojvou 1 that X
must uivj iiivself to savui' my own soul
and savin the souls of otuors, knowing that
in uue Hash ot eternity we wnl catou it all.
Ob, what un observatory iu which to study
astronomy heaven wul be, not by powjr ot
telescope, but by supernatural vision; aud
if there be soiiitttuing doubtful lO.WJ.OUJ
miles away, by one utrok ot the wing you
are there, by another stroxe ot the wing
you ore bic again, and all in lets time thau
1 tell you, calcliiui it ail Iu oue liu of
eternity.
And geology! What a place that will h
to study geology, whan the world is being
picked to p eces as easily as a schoolgirl tu
botanical lessons pulls the leaf from tbe
corolla I Wbat a place to stu ly architecture,
amid the thrones and the pnluces and the
csthedrals ?)t. Mark's aud at. i'aul's raos-
uries in oompiirison.
Homutimes you wish you could make tbe
tmr of tbe whole earth, going arouud as
others have gone, but you have not the time;
you have not the means. You will make
that tour yet during one music ii pause in
the eternal antheiu. I say tuuse things for
tbe comfort of those people who are abridged
in their opportunities those people to
whom life I a humdrum, who toil aud work.
and toil and work, and aspire after knowl
edge, but have no time to get it, and say:
"If 1 had the opportunities wuicnoiner peo
ple hive, how I would till my mind and soul
with grand thoughts!" He not discouraged,
uiyfri sd. You ui'eoliig tu tue university
yet. Peath will only matriculate you into
the royal college of the universe.
What a sublime thiug it was that Dr.
Thorn well, ofHoulu Carolina, uttured in bl
last dying uiomenUl As he looked up he
said, "it opens; it expands; It exoands."
Or as Vlr. Toplady, tbe author of "Hock ot
Ages," in his last uioiuent,or during bis last
hours, looked up and said, as though be saw
something supernatural, "Ugh 1 1" and tbsu
as he came on nearer the dying moment,
his countenauc mora luminous, he cried,
"Light I" and at th very moment of bis de
parture lifted both ban Is, something suoer
natural in his countenance a be cried,
"Light T Only another name for sunshine.
besides that we shall have all tb pleasure
of association. W will go right up In tb
front ot Uod without any fright. All our
sin gnu, there will be nothing to be fright,
ened about. Thur our old Christian friend
will troop around us. Just a now on of
your iok friends goes away to Florida, th
land ot flowsrs, or to th south ot Frauoe,
and you do not see him for a loug while, and
afbir a while vou meet biut. and th hollow
I under th eye ar all filled, and tu appstlt
haaetm baet. and th crutci bat bee
thrown away, an I he la to chanted you hard
lv knotr him. You sav. ''Why. I never tew
you look so Will." H aaysi "I couldn't
help but be well. I hsvs been sailing these
river and climbing these mountains, and
that' how I got this elasUclty. 1 never was
an wad."
Oh. my friends, your dipartel love I ones
ar only away for their health In a better
climate, and when you meet tbetn thy will
be so changed yon win hardly know tuem
they will b so very much ohsniel. and
aftT awhile, when you ar assure I that
they ar your mends, your deiarte 1 rlen l
you wiH aay: "Why, where Is that cough?
Where t tnat naraiysisr where is that
pneumonia? Where it that consumption?"
And b will sav: "Oh, I a-n entirely well!
Tbsr ar no sick one in this country. I
hav tmn ranting these hills, ani henoe
this elasticity. 1 have brn hers now twenty
years, and not nnelo- nn have 1 s?9n w
ar all well in this climate."
An I th in I stand at th gate or tin cnlos-
Hal city to se the profession co'iie out, and
1 ee a long profession ot nine cniiitren
with their arms full of flow .rs, and then 1
a nrixsession of kings an I priests moving
In celestial pageantry a loug procession,
but no black tiwseled vehicle, no mourning
group, an I 1 say: "Hue strsnge it is
Whore Is your Uroenwoid? wh"re is ynur
Laurel ttilir where is your Westminster
Abbey?" And they sh ill crv, "I'll ere are
no gr.ives here."
And tlien listen lor t:i 1 toiungnr tne old
belfries of hesvjn, the nl I belfries ot
eternity. I listen to hear th ntvll tor the
dead, but they tll not for tin ilea I. They
only strike up a silvery cnim , tow t t
tower, east g.ite to west gif, ns tiny ring
out, "Thy sliill bung -r n more, n ntuer
thirst any more, n -itlwr shall th 1 u i light
on tbem, nor anv neat, for tu Limo whicn
la In th midst ot tne thron i s mil les i them
to living fountains ot watr, an I Oil shall
wipe away nil tears from the r eyes."
Oi. unglov.t your ban I an i give It to me.
in congratulation 011 tuat s ' u! t feel as if
I would sno'it. 1 will sti mt baloluiahl
I1nr Loril, forgive m that i ever conv
plained about anything. If all tins Is be
fore us, who cares fornnrtliing but (l.xl ami
benven an i et-ruai brotherhood? Take tin
crape eft the d Hirliell. Yiiur love i onus ar
only away for their health in a land am
hrosial. (1m, Liwnll Masoii;com, Isaac
Watts, an I give us your best hymn about
Joy celestial.
What is tin ns of oi'piii i one h tv.n
any longer? I. -t it bejin now, an I whoso
ever batn a hnr;t I t her t int n it, an 1 who
soever bath a trumoet l.t hi 11 ulow it, nud
whosoever batu un orgn let hi, 11 give us a
full diapason. They craw I down the air,
spirits bleu!, moving in civsl -t le of tri
umph. Their cannot wheMs wiurl In th
iSnlib.tth su ilight, Cher 0:11 . tl-slt. ar
mies of (od' itait until ir,i reidy to
join the battalion of p msur ts that, never
die.
Oh, nit friends. It w mid tik i a tr.non as
long as eternity to tell the jovs that are
coming to us i just sot open the sin-tuny
door. Come in, all ye disciples ot tlw
world who have foun I the world a mockery.
Come in, all y s disciples of tho dauc, au I
see the b mn ling feet of tnis hetvenly gl.i I
uess. Co ue in, ye disciples of worldly
amusement, and S'e the ttage where kings
are the actors, and burning worl Is til j f'nt
lights, an I thrones tin spwiuculur.
Arise, ye ilea I in sin, for th s is the morn
ing ot resurrec'l on. The Joys of heaven
submerge our soul. 1 pull out tho trumpet
stop. In thy preteuc ! there is a fullness of
joy; atthyri.;nt baud tuere are pleasures
fore verm ore.
Bl 'sssil srs t'n s tints helaveil of tied;
Ws-hed sre (lis r r t In .lesiis's h iixl;
brighter thin snje . I: thT shine.
Their i;luries splsutlld Slid million.'.
My so il hiiticiiistrs tlitt day.
Would triicii her wing tnusnsr swsy
To su the ou. the pel in to bftsr.
And boe tus chlet ot stnnvrs there.
Ob, the sun.shiiie, t'n glorious suushine,
the everlasting sunshine!
Trade That I: fleet the Tertli.
- QuicksiVver tniuur ibJlow thu mosl
unhealthy trade in the world. Tho fuinci
of the mercury produce constant saliva
tion and tho sjstctu become icriiieUeii
with the metal, thu teeth of thu unfortu
nate men drop out, they lose their appu
tite, become e undated, mid. as a rule,
seldom Ihm Uinirer tlinu two years
Chloride of lime, employed by bleachers
frequently destroy jtho enamel and ien
tine of tUo teeth. Hut phosphorus, usei:
o largely in the manufaeturu of iucifet
matches, atlect a very lure numiicr ol
person, women, irl ami childrct
reiitly prepondernting. 1'voplo wht
work in soda factories arc nllected by
the teeth becoming soft and trausliicent;
they break oil close to the gums. Doctct
Hossc, of Leipsie, stutcs tlml linkers are
likely to sutler from cariom teeth on ac
count of tho tloiir enleriiii; thu tnoiitli
iluriu work, collectiu 011 and arouud
the teeth, wliere it uccoiuposvH and neu
erstcs an acid destructive to the ileiitiuu.
Yankee Illinie.
Il.iiial ou Leurd aud Ifntt tl Ductora.
Maltliow Kobiusou ( Lord Kokeby), 11
prominent but eecoutrii: Ktiolislimuu ol
tho last century, hucmuu fuiuotts for hit
lotto beard aud his pronounced hatred ol
medical practitioners. In regard to the
former it is said that upon one occasion
when gob)"; to an election he stopped at
an inn where the country people, who had
assembled from miles around, look him
fur a Turk, and through Uiia mistakeo
idea almost worried "me Lord" to death.
His dislike for pliysicinus w.a carried
to tuch an extreme that he left a codicil
to hi will which was to the ellcct thai
a favorite nephew was to bo disinherited
should he (the nephew) iu the last illness
of tbe lord let hi sympathies cause him
to lend for u doctor. This having beun
made kuowu to the nephew wheu hit
uucle, the lord, was iu good health, it it
needless to add lie allowed that purson'i
spirit to take its tlight without calliinf it
auy of the turgical Irut'jruity. St. Louii
Republic.
The I't'culiur Heath of a Workman.
Jaiuct IJordley, of Chester, lost his
life iu a st ran 00 manner at the Wellman
Iron aud Steel Works. The compauy
has an appliance tor loading coal into
Cuts through chutes. liorlley was ou
top of a 4U0-tou pile of coal, aud when
the chutu was opened he was sucked into
the chute uud seventy tous of coal cov
ered him over. Twenty men worked for
au hour to more the coal pile, but when
llord ley's body was recovered lile wui
extinct. Philadelphia Time.
The Age of Turtles.
The age of turtles, like the ago ol
tome excellent wamou, will never bt
known. In many parts of the country
boys cut their initials on tho shell of tbe
tortoise, with the date, and then watch
for them in later years. At llatboro, la
Pennsylvania, one was found with L.
W., 18b3, cut on the shell. Mr. Levi
Walton, wbo cut the lettering, is still
living, but the slow going turtle will
probably outdo hlra in the race of life.
Mcehans's Monthly,
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON TOR SUNDAY, FEB. S.
"Dedicating the Tempi." Esra ri., U
83. QoldnTxti Psalm oxill.,
1. Commentary.
14. "And thseMers of th Jews builds',
nd thev prospered through tae nronhesv
Ing of iiacgal the oropht and Zmharlali,
the son of iddo." Our last lesson in this
took was In the thirl chanter, where we
rend of th laying of tha foundation of thi
Iord't house and ef the Jor of th peopK
Then follows an are mnt of how the adver
saries binder t the work a id cuised tt so
cease (iv., 4, fl. 24). In charder v., 1, we are
introdueeil to the two pror.tt4 nimel in
tbis tint verse of our los-on, and In th
rest of chnptcr v. an I the next chapter
down to this v re we .ire tol I of tlvi !
cess of the work. Observe the necret ol
their stirrer in cliaid-T v., 3. ''Theeyanf
their Uod was upon th" elders of tho Ji.i."
Compr.re this witli tb encour-;in t worl
of Hag. li., 4, "1: "Bn strong, lietront, be
strong and work, for I am with von, mti
the Iird of Most. My Spirit ramniiietb
among vou. Kearronot."
l.V "iAmltbis bouse wts flnlshA 1. ' TI1.1
Oad ot l-riel lia I command! it nn i I n I
moved upon the hesris of thesj kings ti
assirt His people In th work. (I'reviou,
vere. Iat cIbut.) "M.i ilo'-th according to
ills will in tho nroiy it liravju an I nmon(
the iiilmli. tints of the e'irio, an I iviim to
stay ills linnd, or sny unto Mini, What
di-ssth 1 bou"' iDiin. iv., .".oi'' Anv x-rvint
of such a Master had no occasion ever to
fear or be niM'.iurnge I, lor the wont is II i,
and He cannot Inil (ls:i. xlli., 4; M-it'.i. xvi.,
Isi. t)urinroof rest is to ieoi. nli r t i;ic
"we are Islvners togeth-r with (.lo I" tl Cor.
lil.. Hi, but He is tne eintil iver.
III. "And the chilli ni ol Ur.i-t. th
pre sts and the l.oviti... an I the re-t of tns
children ul the raptivnv, ken the dedn-t-tion
of this lions, of Oil with j y." I'll
tempiot nished ininnt the preK'iii-'o. (Jo 1 111
their midst, un I con-iU"ntly peicj nnl
pros;rity mi l v r,orv over 'all ri. iii"s.
"lii-t Ihimi make Me n -inii-tu irv, that. 1 may
dwell among them" 1K1. xxv., S ,voie ti ol'i
words to Moses when ho w iscominand.' I t t
build the tabernacle. "1 have ballowei this
house which thou bnt built t.i put. My 111014
there forever, and Mine eves mi I .Mine h . n l
shall be tin re pertietundy" il Kni(;s lx.. .Il,
were tiod's wrr ls to .ol .111011 on t u d.i lira
tion of I he tempi,', an I had lemel only
walked with Cod 111 humility an 1 oli Iiciiim
shew. til. 1 have con'miiel load nnon- all
Natioiis, li'riiu-eol I he prrs nee of the Lord,
until this tiny. The Ini lditig of this temple
of ,ei ulilinbel Indirstrs another op Tlu.uty
to have it so, and they ere lull ot joy.
17. "And for a sin olTeriiig for all Israel,
twelve he goals, according to the nu ii'ier of
the f rites of Israel." Hullorks, nuns .ml
Umbs were the burnt off -ring, wnrli nl.o
liii'iu le i nn accompanying me.it otr.-rin-,
but the goat was the Mn (iff -ring. M.e the
full Ktatement repeate I at la-t right ti nes
in .Num. xx. x. 'I he .in iff ring, lypifym;
Christ bi'tirm-o ir sins in ilisowu no If 01
the tre., was to be offered llrst, lor b ;or.
we can worship Hod i.rdo ii-irtliin.- pleism;
in Mis .iglit we must obtain tim Ioriiveu.is
of sins through the merits 01 His on., re it.
sacrillce iA-y. xvn., 11; Met., u., U. U
Acts X il., os, ifiii. lue l.iu nt oir,.i .n; also
typings tue sanie iir.-ui shitiII C.irisi,
but rather that aspect ol it 111 which we s-e
Him as an offering uu I sa. ritic to 1I0 1 lor
a sweet smelling tavor (Kpn. v,, '.'i. Ths
meat offering is suggeativs of Unholy an I
spotliss lite, llenig lorgiven bv Mis lilo.il,
we are to present our bodies a living sucri-Bi-e,
that lleni'iy live ills lite 111 u. (In th i
phriise ' All Israei" sess ili luou. xtx. 1
itoin. xi.. 'Jil; V.a -k. xxxvii., '.' J.
I". "And they set the pi o sts In their li
visions and the L vites in their courses for
the service nt Oo I wiurn I. at J nisui.i n a
it ia written In the tio. ot Moses." Tne l,e
vites we -e a cilt tor the Lord to do the sen
I Vice lor the tuuernaela uu 1 temple. The?
wxr.,ajwdUjvw;itis &nn- .'.V.o. lU
lluu, to untiister unto Mini nud offsr son i
rice (.Num. xvul., ; H chron. xxix.. III.
i he priistts' lips snould k"e;i knowiel,.e, n i l
the iwople shoul I M)I,K the law at Ins moiit li
for tie is the inesseiir of the Liri of llo.u
(Mill. li. 11,
IV. "Ami the children of the rviptivity
kept the pasMiver iiion the foiirteeiifi day
of the llrt month." "ily faith Moses kepi
the .aovr and the (.priiiKling of bloA
lest lie that destroy..! too lirstiHim should
touch them" tlleb. xi., 'jn,. ,Mtt ",s f
tbe transHrtatiou" tvo,o !. miirgiui did
well to romeiniier the dclivvranr 1 from
r.gypt, but there is now drawing iun.u
liveianc- troiu ttiiuia aud Iro ,1 all .Nations
that shall lar outdo thu deliver tuci at th.i
institution ol the pawov.T (J.t. xtiii., ."i-i.
i hen sliail we un icrstand the words of the
lAiid Jesus III relMi enoe t.j Hi. lt pa-sovur,
1 will not any more e.u tnr if until it bs
fiillllled 111 the king loin ot tlol (Luke xxu
! . ''
' "rVr the priests and the I.ivitos w.T '
purified together, nil ot thmu were pure."
Ibere was 11 ceremonial puriticttioii nei-.,.
ury to the keeping ot the pasover, uu I in
the days of H. . kish we road that III -y kepi
it oil the iHx'ond niuad ot tue. llrst inoiilu
bee 11 mi the priests wero not Mitllou.iitiy
janctilled ( Chron. xsx., a, J; ctuinnr
Ulll. IX., Ill, U). It we would en ..v Const,
our 1'avsovrr, who lias ueeu Mtrrillre.l ti r us,
weniust cleause ourselves fro. 11 all lllthiiioss
of tbe Ursli and spsrit, p-rl.-tiiig Inline,, in
Ji,e".rot l' (-'or- v - 7; " C ,r- v"- ''
si. "All such as hud seiiarale.l thi'iiiMt.VK
onto them from the tlithiness of tbe heathen
9t the Ian I to reek th'i Lord Ho I of Israel
lid eat." It would se mi that many of those
.ulio bad lieen living In the laud when they
iaw tbetemple hull h"l un I the worship of
the true O nl established j unil thum-.elvo
to Israel. Ho shall it be in the days thut are
;oming,whHii men ol ail laiigusges shall say
to tiie Jews. We will go with vou, for Uod
is with vou (eh. viu., 'j:.. Si it is now,
whim Christ is s mi in us uu I not self, pimple
will be drawn away from tho follies uud
fllthinesit of this present evil worl its the re
alities of a life of lailh 111 the Sou of i i l,
and tiod will be glorlflel iu us ('Jul. I., Ui).
UJ. "And kept the font of unluavenei
oread seven dnvs with joy, for thu I, ir.l hail
mu le them Joyful mi I turned thu heart of
the king of Assyria unto tho 11." When Hs
giveth ipiietiies, who th n ran make trou
ble (Job xsxiv., Jlli It 11. id be with us, who
can lie against us il'oin. viii., Ill ? The
king's heart is in tho ban Is ot the I, ir.l, al
the rivers of wuter; H itui u. tli it whither
soever He wnl (I'rov. xki., 1. If, us Hit
HMipe, we nre only willing and olie lient, Mt
will make 11, e:it tiie gixi i of the land and
drink of the rivor of li s pleasure llsa. I..
Itf; IV xxxvi., hi. It is ths ple tsure of tha
Lord 1 1 have us lull of joy iJonn xvi., 31;
xvii., 1,'b, hut it 111 vis be His joy, an I thut
was to do tno will of OoJ.La.ssou llelour.
Fair Buildings Damaged.
Hundreds ol feet of the annex roof of the
Manufacturers' Building at the World
Fair, Chicago, caved In Saturday. The acci
dent wus due to the weight of snow nud lee.
The duiiiHgo is up in tho thousands. The
sudden thuw wus the cause. The other build
ings at the Fair are being watched with
anxiety, Thu Agricultural Uuilding was also
damaged.
1'eouliur Coasting Ai'eidont
At Huston, Mass , William Teiiney, a boy
f 11 years, ran again t a lioise while coast
ing. The animal fell on the hid and crush
ed him to death. The body was horribly
' mangled.
Tiikkh Is a wonderful grapevine av
Caillac, a town in tsuutheru France. Al
though the plunt is only ten eur, from the
tutting it has yielded as many a 1,24)7
bunches of line fruit iu a single year.
TEMPERANCE.
TRRfR YftAftvi nr pitoninirior.
Notwithstanding the eff jrU of toe loj lot
dealers to t le eontray. drutuennea has ueea
almost wip1 nut man v a former mo ler tte
drinker has quit the habit, an I above nil, a
host of young men have started on a rober
and Industrious career, under three years
influence of prohibition. The drink bill of
the two Dakotat dropped off seventy per
cent, the very first year and baa been grow,
ing materially let ever tinc, and no one
has b-sn the poorer thereby but the saloon
keep.ps, brewers and distillers. Dakota
Farmer.
Tint jrrrrrrs op Ai.rouoi.tj sitviitlirs.
Alcohol belli;; Hit product of til dec un.
positionof crio'-JiiKv, com, mill, apples,
or other st.neiiv suostar.es. Is therefor the
enemy of lif , th'very asiies of death, writes
W. J. iemoiv.r, IVesi leut oi thi National
Ahtl NilisaiiiM league.
.Scientists azree in placing nlcnhol among
the moss irritinf, virulent nnl deallv
("loons to nimiial life. A small ii'iin'ity
taken pure wnl purs.ll.e tin nervo enters,
and kid instantly .
The oi'dinnry rff.n't of alcohol In b irritnt
rnd teir:-!! tin miii'us mmir ines of th- iu.
tesilnes. and paralyti tim nerves. Wii-n
takni into th sy,tem, either in the form l
whirky, ban Iv, b.'T, cirlisl-, or in liht,
wines, err, us p iisoiio-.h rlTvts, wniln so
I'xhilnr.itiiig ns to be v.-ry fasfinatin , are
d.'ieierloos to all the nerv.t tissues an 1 IPmts
tf the lto.lv, tiiat a general derail grtineut of
all thu viliil organs inevitably follows.
'lli. iffi'.s nt nlroliol cuitaiiiel in
tlir-e liivei II nds it 4 way to th lims
and nrleries wn.rli are c imierte I witli h art,
nn. I they b".Mine mure or less rongeste I mid
parniyi l i.y th poison, mid ini'ioalile ol
rigbtir pci f.'i-min their or. Inriry fnii 'iion-;
mid tins Inn mug i.r corr.Mling elf.-et r 1:11
nieiu'es with the smalle,t iiiantity ol a!r ill 11
takrn in t!:e -v-tein, '1 leo ,'tore ther.i Is 11 ;
Mich thin as ".no If ral ioi.' 111 the u-eol
ni.M:o.ic lieverage-; till ' i sin in til "ii 1
always aetive ill lU deadly mission, and ;ooi
on nli turou.'ii tn body.
I he resmt on the heart midbrain is es
pei-iauy noiire'iiiir. as tin'se organs ,vr v.'i v j
sensitive, mi l ar t i retard 1 10 tneir op r 1.
tioiiH that ili,ea-'. au I ile.itn woul I r.i'.i I.y
1 iiMi were there 110:, in initiir a yenlro',u
iimoiint ot active r. ruperation str'ig;lm ; t J
Count 11,'! Hid elli.iiiiale lo p ns 11.
AI11I10I, li.'i.ig a loreiji, p n, i'ioin i.l.w
liient, even wli"ii greatly diluted, as in lei'T-,
which rout 1111, iroin tlvo to eight p.rcit.
if it, does not .'l-sinui i:e like lo 1 ', l.ul tax M
nature wdn rxun exertion to 1 xpel the in
tru.fer, wnich is issrtly rj (, I tiir.uigu th
lungs or Preath and mostly thionoi the
poris of the skill and tin 01 4I1 tho ki'lii 'i s,
w hich are more or less mil 1111,1 1, 011 1 tiier.
fore obstruct il Iv con i-.tiou Knoagh of
tho poison will Iiii -.t in th Hystnu ton
Cinvatc any diseasn to wlnrii tli drinker i
liable, and hasten a tut il termination.
Tills snecitle a.'.ion or rlrihol, whil i pro
iluriug a grnernl disturbance and injury to
nil tho vital 01 gnus i espetvully trim ul'tlie
brain, vlnrn is compoie I of nuinerous mi
nute cells, of a gray, tatty substance, sur
loun lisl l.v a bmpi.i llin.t. A'e 1 10I lias 11
strong uiniuiy for water; and when t iki 11
in the sto.naeh, being very volatile, a por
tion of it gos immediately towards t III
I. nun, mil disturbs t'm ilnely nrranged
lierve-lileTs so us 10 imjiair tneir niiilitv to
nourish tins fatty subdniirr, and in tins w ay
It renders thu In am incapatile of c nitiuii 111s
logical tiiought or action, an I tho man is
said to bo moro or less "driiii!.-,'' whirli Is
another way of siyiuf that tue man's
brnin is ioisonni, or parche J with mil I'nni i
lion nud rongetioii .
This iill'ect ran lie leitel by putting n
drop of ulcohol 011 the toil ;ue; the smartnu.
stmiiiiig seiisution proves that it is paivlnil
by the nlrohoi's ragerin hs t adsorb or get
al the wat-r in toe tongue, and this li rit it
ingeffiH't is tho nun 011 all the organs of
the body, besides pro lucing a craving
thirst.
A cuntluui.us ust of alcoholic beverage
pvoduy results that ar Irremedialde.
Af'6',.,. liUl1 attack- ou the brain and
ii... , iii. ,11 ."1S a c.lioii.ii cilane
takes plauo 111 the victim of alcohol, which
uiauifiwU itself in all t.ie man's actions mid
character.
lie geni r illy becom s niorosian I stupi I,
woli a tendency to paroxys m of violsnc,
and sometiiiies i Initio hilarity. Ills will
power is iti;gi,h or nearly gone, and ho is
(eft to be rout rolled almost entirely by bis
animal pulsions, which uie close y ullie to
criminal insanity. Ilesi ies, an ever-incress-Ing
longing is engendered tor more of thu
llery li.iu.l Ui grainy the cravings of an .11
Mitialilu npH.tite, and other symptoms lol
low, such us a disease I tatty degeneration, a
bloaUhl liu ,y, a slug;i,li action of the liver
and kidneys, uccouipanib I by a rod or lu
ll lined skin, and sometimes liy offeusiv
trtiptions which can be plainly traced to al
coholic iioisoiimg.
Many ot tne.i indications an I symntims
of a poisoned, disease I bo ly would horrify
drum, is were tliey sulllciently arous.ni, or
were they anxious or ivilltug to li..i,.ve t'm
(acts as they develop theuiMilves in their rx
perii'iire, or could ihoy realise that they
trail, nut to their poi-t rdy a hereditary tauit
that is too hori ii.i" tocuiiteiiijdate. Hat tiie
truth comes to their impaire I brains throu - .
to many Insidioiu problems of prejudice,
habit uu 1 aiipulite. and tlisr at so eulicul
ti v the pleasiiratil ex 'itin; semui nu tint
they Hud dillli'iilty in tr.ii'in tho pownious
rllii'ts direrllv to tint amount of iili-.ih.il
they ron-u ne, and so am ron-uiutly cheut
ing au 1 11 ittenn : thems 'lves Into a r nivie
tion thut thev can us th 'so poisonou, I. v.
erages with iiipiuiity. H"ii"o tun
poor victims of tile iholi,- poisoniue,
prompte I bv au Imu rioiii thir,', ;;o on .111 1
on, until llually chron n oel.r.n 11 or do nen
ll.i takes pessis,i 111 of the I.r. nil, or ."iin
itself, through soaieor Itiiarv or etiraordm
ary dlsea-e bioiiht o lor u.'tiv.'lv d veon- 1
by nlc oholie poisoning, closes th c 'ins This
Isespm'ially true when they nre atl n'ko I ly
cholera or other infectious ili-co-.-. The
certain victims are always those wlioiu ,y
tems are iinini' 'imted with alcohol.
Kveu wheu taken ns a medicine, ale iliolie
(leverages trispiently pro luce results lar
worse than tho disease. K.Ueudve h ispit il
practice, both in this c nmiry 1111 1 Kurope,
lias proved the gr.nt beuelits of 1111 entire
exclusion of this poison ns a remedy, other
ugents I cing us'.l, whicn ure ijint ii as elll
oir'd, but m t (ollovv I liy th i eiiMlyzing or
stupeljr nig ell 'els of alcohol 1 cuiTJsive poi
son. Alcohol, (11 its action on iiniiiial matter, i
Kiiuewhat analogous to arsenic, mol'pliine,
or ntryeluiiiie; it lends to siirp n I deisy in
dead matter, and iu live bo lus it purulv.
or liillames w itii ronestioti, in this )
showing that It is the active i iiuiuy of nl
life, or death iu disguise.
We put snakes mil other nniiiinl , an 1
sometimos ilea I men, into iil vihol, to pre
vent ailimalrulo nr microbes in the dead
bobes from generating or living nn t lie
starchy substances coiit'iiuoi iu theur; so all
lii'tual lifu in the Isi lies is suspended. Hut
ci rtuiu ilisinte,;ruliou and death iu its nio,t
iirtive form is 1 ro.luoud by the corrosion ot
alcohol In living b elies, nnl in this way it
i .roves itself to be an acrid, ilea lly puis in tc
luman life.
More than SDK) years ago the results of
alcohol 011 the body were compaivd to the
bite of a sorpout and ths stinging ot an
addei and alcohol has not changed its
nature since. At the present time alcoholic
boverage are certainly the most injurious,
dectptive and dangerous oleuivnts ot death
and destruction that exist, and the annuls ol
criminal courts prove thut it is au agra
vuted public nuisance generally.
Yot these beverage nre so fascinating,
nn I the poison iu them to insidious, that th
whole human rue has been delu lid and
cheated for thousands of year', auJ mors
injury tie resulted from their use than hat
been occasioned by all thu wort of war.
famine and pcattleuce combined; aud now
that science, experience and uu enlightened
reason bar so largely dissipated tuub de
lusive cobweut of appetite, preju iica and
passion, the poisonou alooholio iieversget
should b banished from society with alt tb
inuiiigent energy that an Injured aud out'
ragtd people caji demands
HAWAII'S QUEEN DETHRONED.
Tho Islands In th Car of a Provisional
Committee and Want Annexation to'th
U11HJ States.
The reign of tieen I.iliilokslanl. of
Hawaii, is at an end. TliesiennuT Claudine,
which nrnveil at San Francisco on Sunday
''ought the news of a revolution at th
04 ;la!, Honolulu. The royal rule ho been
uverthrown, a provisional government
established and a commission, headed by
Mr. Thurston, arrived on the Claudine to
petition the (ioverment of the i'nited States
to annex the Hawaiian Islands.
n January l i tbe ijuecn ake. that the
Ministry siitn the new ronstilution. prrfiar
rd bv tiie lor il congress, t lis Mill Kiilaiana,
wli'i h was in substance the old coisiiintioti,
lilt ler which the suverrigli bud alinost abso
lire powers in rule. Tbe Minister refused,
iis'aled to the free liolder.s of the islniids
nud g une.l tiie si,H,rt of the latter. A
Public Safety oiuinitlre was formeil and a
proclamation of independence from sover
riyn rnlr issue I
U oodslied wrii'd have tindoubtedly fol
lowed I he rrvolntioti bad not the Fluted
States man-id ar Huston been In the bar-bo-
A large il. tarlunriit of nrined marines
and sailors of the Host, m wrre lauded and
held ready lor euie genry at the I'nited
States c ou-uhite I lie presence id Ibis iirin
rd lorre kept the turbulent spirit of tbe na
tives in llbl'5 ntK'e.
Tin-1 1'irrii and lirr Minis'ers Mirrrn.lrrr.l
nli ptilnir propei ty to tbr I'rovision.il rum
Inittce 1111. 1 Her Majes'y thru retired to Ler
paisce. n here Hie 1 oininUtre fiirni-hcd her
an nt hied guard
I oiiitnis-ioiier Thurston said to ,l.iv th it
lie l i'lievrs t lie r nite I Stales I oivernmriit
will take toe Islands If she don't l.e thinks
a republic w ill be forincl nud the rotrctioi
(t tins country asked.
The wiir-lup Molinati left for Honolulu
today. 1111. 1 will smut he lollowi"lby the
cru.srrs i:.in er iml Ad iins l'be M uiterey
is a so In ing litt. d for s. i.
ANSI N. Hits oi HAWAII.
IIKIII I II ir Till' I I I l l ,1111, 'Sill. TIKI
I III ', IM'.,
A ili'patch from U i.iin,;toti says I'n
less th roiiulrv lakes rnutt n'tiou in the
in titer nf aiiiietin,: the 1 1 0 v ' 1 1 11 ,.m Is.
as thr provisional gov eminent ot I haf coun
try n-ks. I.reat Hrd.i.ti will be apt to .i-sert
II protect, irnle over I lie isl.itids, on the ple:
that ltrin-.li intereils must lie gi:i:'dei Ihn
step, it is generally entire. led, would lie but
11 series ., acts 1 1 1 1st won! I rtcntuallv result
in ltr it I'.rit.iin taking al'-oluie possesion
I lie rontiol id lliese 1, lands by llngland
would give her a straggling I'liinniaiid over
tiie 1'iicit'ic 01 ran. I1111.lt1li0n.it would ;il
ov 1 ire it I'.ritain to i'. uuplrtr t lie chai 11 w t li
which lor year, she im- been endeavoring tu
surround the I'nite.l Stati-s.
Tbe 11 1 1 adian I'm 1 lie rail mail on t lie iiortli
the rereutly tniprovrd fortification nt Hail
fax. tin' cable to thr Hiirmuil.is mid (be es
t.ib isliuiriit 111 (lio,e i,l 111, 1, of an nicrrased
gatrisou. llie liritisb c ,1. 01 u s in I lie t'arri
he.ui c.i. rid the Hntisli aciiii,l ions in
lniitie:i and ciieuel.i are all ads l.reiit
Itrilaiu which have not been observed III
tins country without concern l'..,e.,ioii
of the ll.ie.ci 1:1 group uuind cntuplete the
(ir 11 it'. I ci rele
The i-lan I-are as important to the t'nits'd
States, Ir.'in .1 t rugei ic tl point of view, as
they are to 1 ireat Itrnaui Tin v would b
Valuable as a su.ply depot tor ships nf war,
ami uNo ..r the cruising iniumercii vessels
uu tbe Pacific
As the war w ith Mexico resulted from th
annexation "f Tex a, there is some talk that
neat llrilam won. d Hot look calmly nil
hilr the I niie l States look Hawaii under
its pri.lecl mg w ing Tins view nl the rase
W lis 1 nll,.ere. III (lie F xeetltlVi M'ssioll of
the Sen ite Saturday uud will be all iinpor
nut fa' tor in reaching a loiii'ln-ioii.
BU8INESS HAS IMl'HOVED.
A Perceptible Increnso at Many Points
R. (i. I':n .V I'o'sllV.'; .' iVir.i 7"nio
tays: 'I here lias been some niciease 111' tue
distribution of prodi.cis during the past
week uud the lriii.su I ,.r imuiiifurt uri-J
goods is distinctly larger, so that business
has perceptibly improved at many oiiit.
Vet tbe utilgo of gold, er. peeled to exceed
f.l.iksl.insl this week, reiluci-s Treasury resiT'
ves, cause increased nervousness about the
future and renders men more reluctant to
engage in the new under takings.
Wheat is a fraction lower in price, with
moderate sales, uud the We-tem receipts ill
four days have liii'ii over '.'.immiin) bushels
in spite of bad weather, while Atlantic ex
ports base been only ll'.il,ii'l bushels, t'oru
is 'Jl r higher and pork products a shade
higher, Iml nats ic lower, l ollceis Jc high
er, witli 1110 I 'rate sales, nnd oil Jc lower,
l oilon has not changed in price, though
s.ilrs have leeii .iilr large, and the receipts
this week thus lar have been liU-H) bales
and experts ol.mio bales siuallcr than last
year.
The dry go.,., trad.- in n'l its branches is
strong mi l br.ilibv. Sa.rs of wool at lloslon
lor t In- ye. ir Ibus iar are more than per
rent, greater than lust y. nr. Willi prices
growing stronger. Ti e boot and slu r trade
is remarkably lieallliy anil sliipnirnl.s hi av
irr than u year ego. I'hr iron nnd steel in
dustry during the pied week ha, brcii (acilig
rernr.1 breaking prices, tliniigh the demand
and sab s lire large. Thr businr.,s 111 tinish
e I products is very heavy, but lor many
aiiids thepriies arc the loivct ever known.
Siructuriii iron works liav. lar more business
tlinu usual.
There is still an excess of merchandise !'
ports over imports fur . limitary, llioiigli ex-
I.nrts Iroin Sew 01 k 111 lour weeks have
11 ii.msi,ishi less limn for the same
weeks lust year, while :u imports there is 11 II
llicrea-e id'aboiit l.o m.'"' u. The i xci .-sof
s xports la-t Jiinu.irv w a, over ..V.iiisi.ishi.
ibe liiisiiirss lauuirs i.ccuiriiig through
out the count rv il 11 nig the last seven day
number lor the I nitct Slates '.Vio, and lor
1 'aiiadii in. or a t .t.il of S''i its romp.'irisl
w 1 1 11 tot.ds .t ;t ;j i.i.t week ami .1 t'i the week
previous to the I. i t. I'm the 1 orrespoii liiig
week of la-t year tbe figures wrre L"i7, rep-re-rnt.ug
J..!' failures tu tlir I'm ted Slates
and 41 tu tue I .minion of 1 'una Li.
. .
Tripl'its.-Grovor, Kranees and Huth.
Marih.i .1 inviers, wife of a welt-to-do farm
erliving near Atliol, M.I., gave birth to
triplets a boy and two gnls, The happy
father. ;u the rc-tacy uf Ins Joy and patriot
ism, has named them Urover, Frances anJ
Ituth.
s-. .
A j-ynii oi.n Arkuiisas negm boy is e.
citing iitople by reading correctly books in
all liinguugcs. He run turn to any ihs gnut
ed i hiiptrr or vrrse of the llible and read
It as reudily us itnv practiced iliviuu.
A OK NT I. KM A N Wlinse SlllsTlurlt.V of
it'itiiiu'h 1 r 1 1 1 I ti to isliarp ami ain
ful I iiniiiiitii'iui' the lack of sujierlur
;ty cliiiraclcrl.ltut hU organs ot
thulium, lias iimlortaki fi to fast fur
llfty days. At the r-tart ho wcihoil
I .'10 iiotiiuls, ami lie lias horn losing
rjesh ut tho rate nf two ami one-half
ikiu mis per day. Kvi n nn amateur
irlthinetlclati can lljf urc out that at
ihe end of less than llfty days a llht
ind airy cornso will have been dedl
tated to tho cause of science. But
X) what extent rcIciico will profit la
lot a problem that any amateur can
rrapplo with exoufldonco.