TORMFORCEJAITl
llV. 9B. TALMAQE TELLS HOW
Bel f WiiI!tDiI PA(t
gy t flam w mj 01 ooniDiro nf
Xvsrythlng 'i'hat it bacrsd.
i - -it hot la an S f .,. i - 1 .
ii mot distinguished general of th
w lien ne was nun mm ia reason fn
..-.. hein " nreeni on n cieorsieii finr in
en'iiyn wss tbnt on that day I ha I sailed
-the Holy ijiinii. "nny mo you My thnt'
' . . M ..IIU..... i -
i "win" -'-. . iniiiinii i ri'-ii'i . rn-
I, Htnlil't trie squalor no I commonplace
n- rn;rsiin-. nn i nil inun will 1
..ker In hr.stianitv, Tor that la on en tin
ill. Br" Keunrai inisju igej I tie
't r"nt to tin Holy Land for the on-? pur
a.nf having my faith strength-null, un I
...i tr-s the result wnten cam- of II. In uli
.. '...irnvfin . In nil our run lln in nil mm
.,ti.cis. Ill nil oil nlnns. mivmunlnHnn
lt,rt!iiiii the depletion or our faith should
,,,ur duet .usire. it 1.1 easy cuou.il to
ir cir run 1 ucs:roy 1. 1 cvi giv yo I it
1 nF itk n.ii ti rs.T inn. :a.i,i inH. ui
i' ' . i ' 1
,-,t!i -.'otoc1- ntteni tne lectures of thoM
-I. t iniwir 1(1 ipiiviui . iriv.t 11111
....1 hnliit. nnd votir fnitli K ill I. n
.nui'.-Mv gone tit-t you will laugh nt thu
lsi tint you ever hut anv.
iryiii ward to ruin your fnitli, you run ilo
t nior- easily tn-iu you candoiinvtiilng flit".
Ut-r h-dlev.ng the ISIMe nil my lifi 1 .-an se
.n'niii vr.iv ly which, in s.x weeks. I cm 1,1
. u,t ;i y von and p -n tin t heart 11 11 1 hci.j
,nt ,.itir nit urn 111 lit" bo-iit.-,r pren'of the
..--ipiur nnd the eh . art I nil I now holil
vr!. 1 "" ' easy 10 nnnm'i noon nil I
,rover all respct for the ISIhln I prove by I
is fr-.et that o TTinv liave i!on it. Thi'v I
rr not pirtii'iil.ir'y lininy nor lui.l -.i:il
:.! d win. Mil iiimv ro thoroughly :i.hh n-
Muni' 1 mi" "Tiiir'i in tiif-ir mini nifu iriiy :
nvr no niori noil tnr.i inn ihiiim ik tru", or 1
:.A CnriMlrin'ty ii:no;itit to niiytliiiitt. timn
i;-t hiv.i Hi thtrutbnftlii"Ar.ililiin Xkliti' 1
KntiT! ilnimuit V or th" rxiMfli'-n of Dun!
on T.rtfK "n-liiilmllm. Thi-v hvn ili'xirov.i.l
:'h-.r hiith mo thoroughly lh::t tin y iirvor will
1 Muni of It.
i":rtv ri viv.iln of riHirio:i m:iv iv. .n nv..
V-riiy, th towi.'. tlin inilu'litiorlum I wln-r- '
thi-y livi-, ti 11 I they will fml nothing Imt a !
-li.'iit or rirn!ii ilmiit. Tlmn iir ht-I
.in- In tli in hoiii to-iliiv who if) ji-.ir ui;o '
:i;i th"lr t;i'th. nni thny will n.' t r.- i
I'. I In" til;!" lui.l iln.-p tiin, lixll of
I'll luititfn ov.-r thir hn i'l. :im I I t it) tin-I
limnuT of thnt lill. nil I 1 Mtrlkn It thrw.
tl With nil try might, tin I it mouikI.
ir.v : won ! wou 1 I'ut my with, mul tun wIhii i
0: rtin-it of you, ( th'i pr,iyrr xirrsnnl liy I
inr uivMji.fH 01 jhu iirist 111 tn) wor lH of
B.vt'-" "t.orl. iuiTna.io our faith."
' lift mo'iH of iicnoiiii'lishing thin U to
itii-ly thn I'jiil i iiHi.lf. ( do n,,t U'lii-vn th'-m
l an InM'li'l now BliVH w'.io hat rM. thn
j:.'il.' thnuu'li. ll.it !uio Iti.p'irt int h iIo.'u
tndit niM'iln to hn rns i tit li twi -h through
i.i irl'T that it mny ! thoroughly iinH-T-tuoil.
nn.l r'.'ivl In i-ourw. I now oip'r 110 )
p w.ir.l to 1 1 1 1 v Inili'ml who Iiiih r vi l thu lil'iln
l.'iron ill twli' t nn 1 ma.l it iui-ourxn. lint I
rn!in't tiikti mii'li 11 m:i!i own wot. I for it,
lurlhiT'l no foim.lat.oii lor Intnjnty ex-
!H HIIiIm till t flu, l-,i,t, kult.. ...
- ! - . ,11, H-j.-'-l- .,I
unar.-n ot truth how 0 in 1 .vivit lili trutli
luln"H? !o I mint linvn nnothT witn-3 In the or,i
b.'orn I k'ive thn ri-w.ml. I n.mt luivn thn
t'niiniony of aomii on- who I1111 nnn him
roil it till through twine. JntM")H llnh in
thisilihln for incohnrnncii' tin. I iintr nlli
tlnni nn J nlmurilltinfi. nn-1 if you (In l thnlr
Jillilnyou will not) intnrlllinatioim n thn hoo!c
of Jou.ih n:i 1 tonio of tbo fhnptnrs of that
.lufortuniitn prophet nnttrly worn out by mmh
un. mnA iii rvtjfa f II .,lul ..a f LK.U
y . 7.BU' M IV 111 ln
you will II ml dim with finder nmrkn. but thn
pK' which rontnin thi Ten Commniid-nn-ut.
iinj tU I'salmii of David. nl tanr-
ir.onoii the mount, 11 ml thu hook of John tu
tiiuui'llst, will not bnvu n hIiikI" I'-ml pen ;ll
folio In t ho nmo;lu. nor nny lliitrnr nmrks
tiowinu frequent pnruHnl.
Thn lather of ouu of tlm I'r.rililBiiH of the
folte.l HtHtes WHU H pronouncml IliM.lel. I
kor It when muuy yniir no I nvvptn. lil
Inril rtlnn to spnni thn nliftit In bin liotii".
Just txilon ri'tlnnir nt ntjfht hn snl.l in n
Jwosu way, "I sujiposH you nr.t noi-uxtoinnd
to r. ii'l thn Uiblo iM'foro Klni to lm,l. tin. I
hern It my Dibit from whlrh to mail." Hn
thnu told mu what portion hn would llkuto
lir.o tut! ri'ii'l, MUii hu only n-k-.l furthoat
portlouii ou wliloli bo foil Id eislly lio faen-
You know you onn timk" fun n'ooiit nnv
tliinif. I HiippoHn you oouldt iknth-i l:mt if'l
tTyuur fiithiT or mother ever wrotunn i llml
o:iiftmn In tho Kra!n:imr or thn hpnlllu
or th: troinor of the peninnnhip iil-out
wliii'h to In diirinivoly critl.'al. '1'ho internal
eridi-ni-e of thu truthfultiiim ot thn Dlnln is ho
miclity thnt no ouu timn out of thn l.cmi.nun,.
CiWot tlin world's pri'.ciit population or tho
v.wt'T millions of tho past ever rend thn
llililn in pourM. und rend it pr.iyeriully mid
earnfiiily, but wns led to lielicvt it.
John Murrny.the fatnou book publinhnr
ol KdliilitirKh, nnd tho lutlinutn friend ot
Hunt hey, tlolnrldjfe, Walter rlnott, Ciiniiini;
mu 1 Wnslilnton Irvlait, bounlit of Moore,
Iti" poet, tbu "Memoirs of Lord Dyron'und
they wero to bo published itft'T Dvmii's
tli'iith. Hut they wero not lit to lie pub
bsimd. although Murray had p ill for thum
ilO.UtH). That was u boIoimii roii"lavn when
flijht of tU promiuunt literary people of
tluisrf times nasumbled in Alliemarln Mreet
nltiT Dyron's iloath to dci l lo what shouliltin
clouu with th 'MemoirO which were
chnrund und surfhiirK'td with dnrumntlons
uud ludeliciieles. Thu "Moinoirs" were rend
iiu l pondered, and thu division eifiiu that
they must be burned, and not until thu l:it
word of thoM "Memoirs" wont to us ties did
tun lltnrury company separate.
lint suppose, now, all the best opirlts of
all aucs were utixenibled to decide the fate of
the Uible, which is the last will nnd testa
uieut of our Unaveuly Father, and theu
memoirs of our Lord Jestu, what would bo
the verdict? Hhall they bum, or shnil they
live? The iinaulinoiiH verdict of all Is. "Let
1 beat live, though nil else burn." Then put
t'ik'i'tlier on the other hand all thednbauchees
nuil profligates und ussnsslus of the hms,
hiiI thnlr uuinimous verdict concerning thn
Dible would be, "Let it burn."
Mind you, I do not say that all infidels are
Immortal, but I do say that ull the soriipe
Krnces and scoundrels of the universe, iiren
with llmm about the ltihln. Let me vote with
thixB who believe in thu Holy Hcripture. Men
bel inve other tblurs with half tbu evidence
'-Hired to ImiIIuvh the Dible. The dis
tiniiilshiil Aimer Kuenlaml rejected the
n'riture and then put all his money into an
enterprise for the recovery of that hocus
pociis "Captalu Kidd's treasures," Kneeluiid's
luitu for dolnit so beluic fouudnd on a man's
stutuninnt that be could tell where those
treasures were burled from the looks of a
Kias 01 water dipped from tbu Hudson
liiver.
The internal evidence of the authenticity
of the HuripturiM is so exact and so vivid that
no mini, honest and sauu, can thoroughly
uud continuously a ad prayerfully read thorn
without entcrluK their diaulploshlp. Ho I
put that internal evidence paramount. How
are you iud to believe In a letter you re
ceived from husband or wife or child or
friend? You know the handwriting. You
know the style. You recognize) the senti
ment. When the letter oomes, you do not
summon tba postmaster who stamped It, and
the post muster who received It, and the lot
tnr carrier wbo brought It to your door to
prove that it la a genuine letter. Tho Internal
evidence settles It, and by the sama prooesa
you uan torever settle the faot that the Bible
is the handwriting and oommuoloatlon ot
tbs Infinite Uod.
Furthermore, as I have already Intimated,
we may Increase our faith by the testimony
of others. 1'erhaps we ot lessor brain may
have been overooms by suporstltlon or
cajoled into an aooepunoo ot a hollow pre-
nti'Mlnto in ronrtroon and summon wH
nrssen. nnd you shall bm tbs Jury, nn i I now
Impannl ,,, foP,hl,f pllrno,i and ? IrMI Pirt
and irliim.viJ.. 1 ""e,uinv
would! lnnT2i7rr n;h'T,'rM" 1
tk-nel ,i V. V"" .m,'.nl'"f ot
ThPnr; .It ,Iml,jM Pr)"
.7h ""u""r","', fonf IdIhIM,,,!!,.
- ""- rc TWO In or titklna an -..1. i .
riJnrh.n.""' '.h:r "h' h"l'nt un the
right hand tow irl heaven. Now. as In this
,,,"'h- "- that Is on trial, w . will
not as the witness to put the ho to his
irVo"10'!1'1 ,mP'rthst the sindltv
wc i' i Jl"!! J ,h" "" " -tl-1. an I th.,t
won,.! bn hns-iring theqnMlon. H ) I shall ask
Eiill'T" ' "ft hl" h"n l "'-
in nmrmatlon.
Ralmon 1'
ChrMn. pSii.f Intl,.r nt h
r!T 71"rt 1f.,n" ,:nl ' " appoints I
i .7?. -7ln- wi" '"' witness
stand, -chief Justice chas-. upon vour
oath, plense state what you hs.T..,,,r about
inn book no-nmonlv ealletl tlm Dlhlo " The
witness roolles "Ther ca-n.. a time In mv
Urn When I dou itnd thi divinli r,t .1 .,.i
I ll . I r . . . . ' '
.'.iin... ."LT. "L1, "V '"wr" n J" If'. I
I
In the courtriom. taklrnr evidence inr
, ii.r. . ?. ' w,,"""rvannnt
nga nst. It w is a long an 1 serious and pro
found study, and using the same principles
of evidnn In this Mlglom matter ns I al
ways do in sei-ulnr matters I have co-ne to
thn decslonth itthe DH.le is a sup-rnatural
boot, that tt has conn lnvnOot.nnlth.it
the only ifety for thn hum.-ni r is to Jot.
low ttstea-hliir.." "Jnlg.. tVit will do.
Jto back a.iln to your pillow of dint on tit t
vmiit ui inn itnio.
Next I put n non tan w.tn ss s'n a !.'.
dent o the I'llito I Hint in .TnSii iliiii,,..
Adams, president Adams, what h ivn von to i
s iv about tlm ll,! Oiri.tlnnitvr Thn
President r plli4 ( bBV . for mnnv vars I
nm le If a pritlc, to n.i I throu -Ii the lii'de
oiicn a yeur. My custom l to r .vl four or
live chanters every morning Itnmedl itelv
after nrniiii ffo-n my he I. f; employs n miii I
an hou-of my time and seems to me th i I
most siiitahln mann-r of lieginriitu; tli-d iy
In wnat IU!;t r w rgar I the I'.IMe' '
whi ther with reference to rcvelnti.ni. to hl'- I
lory or to morality. It is nn Invalu de nni
in-.niiiunicf,;!,,,. ,,r ktiowle l..and virtue. "
Next f put upon thn witnst tan I Mr
I lie Newto-i. the author of the 1'ri tfl pin" 1
nn I th greati-st nntiiril pliilmotiher lii
world hns ever ecn. "Sir Nrm. wit it have
yn.i to iv i-(ia."rnln th' lli ile''1 The
plillosopher's reply .. -Wn nc mm: the '
Henpiurcs of (,o to tr. the m.i.t siilillinn
philfS'iphy."
Next I put .ijnn th w.ln t m I the en
e'aaiitm.'iit or letter.. Sir Walter heott. nn I I
wneii i asx lil-n wn it hnthliiKs ii,' th"
nla
nun nil. cr 'III Knli OIW.lt to t ake am, in I
ot.ier books hn retlles. "i'.ier.ils but one j "Lord, liiernnsenur laith" JiiiCi In Chr.
boo;, nnd that Isthe !ii,e. ns our p T-ton tl ranso n Ir.nn pres-nt guilt
ext I put iiiioii the stand Cm mot famoas and etTii il e itastro;ih : fa th In th o ninii i.
ge.ili.gist of all time. Hugh Miller, nn c,i,.r ! tent llo'v (thnst i laithln the Itil.le. ihetrii -st
or Dr. t.uthrleK I'res'iyterlnn church In K I- volume cv t dlctat -d n written or print, I
In nirxli. un I Kara lay nn I K pler. an I tn I or r.-i 1 1 fa.tli in ii lverst provid'Mi m. bar
all tetl y to the same thine. Tncy all siv tno iiz..,) fo- our bent w Mtnr'i faith I'l a
th I.ililn is fr vn (ioj. nnd that the miK-MlfM i jtidgm. -nt day that will set all things ri!it
iiill i' iiee for good that ever to.ielied on- ' w.'ilc'i have mr nse ueen wrong.
-ii.iiinj. ;
"Chaneeliur keiit. wiiat do you thln'j of
the Dible.''' Answer: "No other book ever
n (dressed Itself Ho nuthordativelv nn I so
path. Ileal Iy to t'ae jit. lament an I moral s-us i
of rii i ti V i ii I ."
"K Imund lltirs-e, what d yoathin'j of tho
Dllil..!'" Answer: "I have read th" Dible
morning, noon and night, an I havn evr
slime bei-ii the happier an I t.ui bi'tter man
.'or su.'h readme."
Next I pat upon the st.m I William I'. Cilnd- !
stone, inn nea.l or thn huglm!) government,
and I hear him saying what he said to iiih In
J.inuarv of lSX). when In reply to his tele
gram, "I'raycomnto Hawar den to-morrow."
1 visited him. Then nn I there I usked him
ns t whttjier lathe passage of years his fslth
In the Ho')-Kttrlplures nnil Clirlstliiully was
on the lucreaso or d-ris, nn I h turunl
upon ma with an em phis is and euthuslasm
suhs, no oae who bus not rnjtversnd .with
htm can fully appreciate und expretwe I by
volie ami gesture and illumined counteuan -u
Ilia ever In, Teas ng faith in (o I andthe Jlililu
nnd Christiunit.v ns thn only boon of ou?
ruined world. "That Is all. Mr. tlladh'one,
we will take of your timn now, for, from thn
reports of waul is going on in Knginn 1 Just
now, I think von lira very busy."
The sulphumus graves of Ho lorn nni
Gomorrah have benu I l.-ntilled. Tile r'
mains of tho tower of liatiel have Imen
found. Assyrian do .'intents liftnd fro'n the
sand n u 1 Dehistun inscription hundreds of
feet high up on tlm roeii !io mi I re-echo
the truth of iSililn history. The signs of the
time indle.ito that almost ev ry fimt of tho
Dible Iroai lid to lid will Mud Its corrobora
tion in ancient city disentombed, or aicient
wall cleared tnvn the dust of ages, or iin.'.eut
document unrolled by arcbn'olugist.
Defore thn world rolls ou us rur into the
twentieth century us It lias alr.-a ly rolled
Into thn uiiietenuth an Inlldel will bn a mini
who does not Imlleve Ills own senses, nn I tin
volumes now critical an 1 tlenuueiatory of
the Diblp, If not entirely devastated by thn
hook-worms, will bn ta.eti ilowu fro'u thu
shelf a curiosities of l-'uoraii.'e or Idiocy.
All sut ss to thn pickaxes and crowbars uiid
powder blasting oi those apostles of itr.-lin- -ioglcal
explor.itioii. I like the ringing ilc
tlanee of the old Huguenots to thoass'iilants
of Christianity : "Pound away, you rein-Is!
Your hammers break, but the anvil of tiol's
word stands,"
How wonderful thn obi book bail 's to
gether. Jt is a liur.irv m i.ie up of liti booss
an I written by at least :l'J authors. It Is a
suiieriiatur.il thing that tney h.iv sttmc to
gct'icr. Take the writings of any other ;I9
iiiithnrs. or any 10 authors, oruny Suiithors,
and put them together, und how long would
they stay together'.' Dooks of 'Mleguut ex
tracts" compiled from uiiiuy authors un
proverbially short lived. 1 never knew onn
such book which, to use thu publisher's
phrase, "had life in It" for llvo yaars.
Why is it that thu Dible. mad') un of thn
writiugs of ut least 3'J uuthurs, has kept to
gether for a long lino of ceuturicH when the
natural tundnncv would liuve Ix-cu to fly
apart like loose sheets oi paper when a trust
ot wind blow upon them? It is because (iod
stuck them togntlmr and keeps them to
gether. Dut for thnt Joshua would have
waii lered off in one direction, mi 1 Paul into
another, and Kzeklel into another, and Ha
bukkuk Into another, uud tho 3'J uuthors in
to ll'J dlructions.
I' ut the writings of Hhakpspeare nml Ten
nyson nnd Lotigfullow, or iiuypnrt ofthom,
togilmr. How long would they stay to
gftllcry No book bindery could keep them
together, Dut tho cuuuon of the Hcrlpturo
is loa ltxi now with thu same urn munition
with which prophet aud apostle loaded it.
Driug me all the Diblns of the eurth into
one pile, and blindfold me so thnt I cannot tell
tbu difference between day aud night, aud
put luto mv band nny one of all that Alpine
uiouutnin of sacred books, aud put my finger
on tho last page of Genesis nnd bit me know
it, and I can tell you what U) on the next page
namely, the first chupler of Exodus j or
while thus blindfolded put my linger on the
last chapter of Matthew and lot ute know it.
and I will tell you what Is on thn next page
namely, the first chapter of Mark. In the
pile of 600,000,000 Dibles there will bo no
exoeptlou. In other wor.U, the book gives
me couUdonoe by Its supernatural adhesion
of writing to writing .
Even the stoutest ship sometimes shifts its
oargo, and that Is what made our peril the
greater In the ship Greece of the National
line wben-the cyclone strut Jt us off the ooost
of Newfoundland, and the oargo of Iron had
shifted as the ship swung from larboard to
starboard, and from starboard to larboard.
But, thanks be to God, this Did Bible ship,
though tt has beau In thousands ot years of
tempest, bas kept Us Mtrgo of gold and p re
do ti stones oompaot and sure, and In all the
oenturles nothing about It bas shifted. There
they stand, shoulder to shoulder, avid and
Bolomon and Isaiah and Jeremiah and Ese
klel and Daniel and Hose and Joel and
Amoa nnd Obadlah and Jonah and Mlcah and
Nahum and Habbakkuk and Zephanlah and
Haggai and Zeoharlah and Hal&cbl and Mat
thew nnd Mark and Luk aud John and I'aul j
aal P.lsr. nil Ihsr. an I w!l"i n fertrtnlr w
Ivlntthif until the heavens an I th- earth
the creation tt whlc'i Is rtes?rite I in thn fir
hook of the Dlblf, shall h.v oollnpd, nn
the white horse ol tho conqueror. dnecrtW
In the Inst book nf the lllhln, shilt niw tw
in tns mst boo or the nib , shilt Pw tm
'" Ii nnlvnr.,1 .leTiolltlon. Dy thlr.
The dls-u.,lon Is al.ronl i J who wrol.
the lilhle elle'l tht lVnt-
tench, wh-thnr Mosns or Hilklah. or Ej!M oi
.'amiiel, or. Jeremiah, or another rroupoJ
ancients. None of thnra wrote It.' Ilo'
wrote tha ntateti"h, an t In this dny o
tenoraphr and typewriting thit naght not
to be a illfllcnlt thing to un lerstnnd. Th
great merchants and liiwyers. an I litor
nnd business men of our towns nn I cltlm
ll'tat" nearlv all their letters t they onii
slifn them after thev am dictated. Tht
urophet an I evtngllst an I npostM wnru
lehovah's stnnoxr iphnrs or typewriter.
They put down only what Oo.l 1lctat-d h
sign'td It afterward. He has been writing hi
nsr.'it upon It nil through the viciMsltult'S ol
centuries.
Hut I come to th heitM o bit su'it""!
when I nt the wsy to rn-enforce our titltb l
to DrtV for It. Mo the illa.ilulM In invlnl
K-t their a'.oin lln t faith. "Lor I. In-re w.
o tr uith." Komn one si
suggests. "Do foil
reiiv think that priver amounts to any
thlngV" I might as well ns' you. Is t mr a
line of tnlngrip'ilc poles fro n "New Y'or : In
Washin rtoii, is thnr. a lino of tulngranlil
wires fr.Ti Mincheeter to Lon Ion, Irom
Cologne to II -rim? ll the p si;n wli.i hav.
sent and r velvet mn,ntei on tho lln
know of their exlsteu 'e. Ho there ir lull'
lotis'if souls wan hnvben In euiisfant eon.
nunlcitlon with th't c iplt ii of th nnlv rse,
with the throne of the A'mlg'.itv, with th
rr -at (i. I If ims ilf, for years an I yjars an 1
years.
There h is nn. pe-n a dav when s tnpli'-'.
lions did not (1 is'i up mill bles.'n.-
did not fl-isti ilowu. Will so-nn lgni.
riaius. who his uev r r"eyj I a tehc-ra n o
"nt on. ci ii" an I tell in ih.i. th 'r l in
su'h thing as tnlegrnhi no n ntnilc itl in .'
Will some one who has ii'"-.r offered npr.iv.-t
ttiaf w is heard an I aniw.ir. I wn ' an t t'll
us that then Is n ithlng In pr.iyer' It in iv
nut coai i ns w. ex'iect it, hut ns sun as a'i
lion wt priyer go is un.) tit -rlful unswjr w.ll
collie down.
Iurin the bli-n ird o. foar ,i- tv, yar
n.'o. you know thu m my of tlvi t-ltripi
Wires wer. pMs!rt"t, aril I telsr ip'm.1 I i
t'lilc ago by way of 1.1 v -rp inl. nn I th' nn .v.T
a'ternwhil" eim-i roun I by another wide
eir -uit. an I so thn priyer .veolTer in:.v conn
back In a way w ivve'r imagined, un I If w.'
Hk M ll.l.' our f.ilt'l Increase I, iiltho.l t' It
n iy come by u widely tiirTereiit pro -isi- than
that w.ilch w exneet.i l, our poii: Irii will
surely lie iiu jaii'tite.l.
Oh. init it in ev.-rv tiriv.'r v til evr in ui
bet ire"ii vmip lie- I .,r . h .... I . ..in ..
iHTenfioiirialtli.ii.it liv u trnA at.
ditioii, I. it by an iiilliiit.id'i of r ' 'iijier itinn.
I Let us do as wn saw It do-ie In the couutrv
! wiilln wn Were yet III oar t- . lit tun old
; t.'irmhous niter a long droaxii;. mil tn
w-ll had Iceii driel. nnd the nttiu moaned
with thirst nt tho bars, and the meadow
' hroo' had ccasa I ft run. and tin grass
wifhnmd. nnd the corn w is stiriv iln 1 up.
nn I one day there was a growl of thun ler,
mil then a eoiisTcgatlosi of clou Is on Hi i
Hli'' nn i ,n"" B stirtling II isli. un I then a
drenching rain, mil fith-r mil mother pir
I barmls under every spout nt the eorii'Ts ol
! tj.-t tl II, I . M Ml,. I M.tt l.sllu n .1 I 1,(1 -..... .... I
tu' 111 1 pans an I pitchers to eaten ns
much as timy could of tho shower. For In
many of our souls there has been a long
drought of confidence an J In many no faith
nt ull. Let us set out all our afTnotlons, all
onr hopes, all our pontumplatlous, all our
prayers, to est -h a mighty slinwur. "Lord,
lucres oul tilVt'u. s
I like the way that the minister's widow
lit In Ellsha's lime, wnen, after the lamlly
Isdng very un iirt un ite, her two sons wern
about to ne sold for debt, ami she had noth
ing in the hoiis i but it pot of oil, and at
Klisha's dir. -Hon she borrowed from hei
neighbors all thn vessels she could burton,
ami then began to pour out the oil Into t host
vessels an I kept ou pouring until they wero
fill full, und she became an oil merchant wit'i
morn itss -ls tuau liabilities, aud when shi
cried, "Itnng me yet a vessel," the nnswet
came, ' There Is not ft vessel more." Ho let
us takn what oil of faith wn have an I use it
until the supply shall be inira"ii!ously multi
plied. Draig ou your empty vessels, nu I by
thenowar of thn Lord Got of Kllsha III
s'l'ill Im tilled until they can hold no morn ol
jubilant, nil inspiring anil triuininaut faith.
Wiuit a frightful time we had a .few day,
ago down iii tho cou't of Long Nlan I. when
I have been stopping. That urdiaugel o
lempest which, with Its awful winge, swepi
the Atlantic const from Florida to Newfound
Ian I did not spare oar regloji. . A few milct
uw.iv, nt Soiithii'iiptou. I slv the Isidies ol
four men whom the storm had slain nnd thi
sea had ciet up. As 1 mood thi re among tie
dea 1 bodli I said to niyn.tlf, nnd I said aloud
"Thn men represent homes. What will
mother mi l father and wife uud children sn
when they know this.'"
Homo of thn victims were unknown. Only
t tu first name of two of them was loiiu lout
Charley and Willium. I won lered then and
I wonder now If timy will remain uuknown
ami If some kindred faraway may be walling
for thnlr coming nnd never hear of the rough
way of their going. 1 siw also one of thn
thrne who hu I come In ulivu, but morn ilea I
thun alive. The ship hail he omo helple.
six tulles out, nu I as one wave swept the
deck uud went down ou thn furu n-es till
they hissed mid went out tho cry was. "Ob,
my Ood, we am lost!' Then tile crew put
ou llfo preservers, oue of tlm sailors saving
to the other, "We will meet again on thn
shore, uud, if not, wull, we must nil go soma
time,"
Of thu twenty-three men wbo put on tba
life preservers, only three llvei to reach thn
beach. Dut what a scene It was us thn good
and kind people of Southampton, Iod ou by
Ir. Thomas, thegroat ami good surgeon of
New York, stood watching the sailors strug
gling In tho breakers. "Are you still alive'.'"
shouted I)r. Thomas to one of thnin out in
f he breakers, and he signaled yes mid then
yrent Into unconsciousness. Who should do
tho most for tho poor fellows uud how tit
resus -Itate them wero the questions that ruu
up and down the bench at Southampton.
How the men uud women ou the shore stood
wringing their hands, impatiently waiting
for the sufferers to come within reim.li, und
then they were lifted up ami carried Indoors
aud wuitud on with as much kindness uu 1
wrapped as warmly as though they had been
the princes of the earth. "Are they nllve."
"Are they breathing?" "Do you think thev
will live? ' "Whut can wo do for them.'''
were the rapid mid Intense questions usked,
and so muufi money was seut for the cloth
ing and equipment ol thu unfortunates that
Dr. Thomas hud to inakea proclamation that
no more money was nee lod. In other wonts,
all thnt day It was resuscitation.
And this is the appronriute word for us
this morning as we stand aud look off upon
this awful sea ot doubt and unbelief on which
hundreds are this moment being wrecked.
Borne of them were luunched by t'briatlnu
Jiarentuge on smooth seas and with promise
or prosperous voyage, but a Voltaire cyclone
struck them on one side, and a Tout I'uiuu
oyolona struck them on the other side, uud a
bad hablf cyclone struck them on all sides,
and they-hava foundured far awuy from shore,
faraway from Ood, aud they have gonudowu
or are washed ashore with no spiritual UU
left In them.
But, thank God. there are many here to
day with enough faith left to en-ourag.) us
In the effort at their reauseJtatiou. All ban is
to the beach I With a ooulldon.w in Go 1 1 tat
takes no denial, lot us lay bold o.' lb tui I
Fetch them out of the breakers ! Dring gos
pel warnUh and gospel stimulus and gop l
Ufa to their treotslng souls! i:MK.'tat:-j i!
Desuse.it at lon I
TKMPERANCK
rtisrr ot oprosTcxrTtss.
i ,f !" r.po-.rt,h;,! m,,n ,n noffalo. S. r.
S rnMM nlld a l.quoe ,,-oj,, t,, V,
T a1,!; nni lh" " l "w
ate. wthIOsnl2i Kid .rnlr,
wjll It plenty of opportunities for Mm ti
lisnd over some of tnose pe,., to the wl l
o? U OThy" "I " victims, from whld
" nr?vUCh "'"" How to wash th.
UJgvr bulldlns.-ai.jdU (l.uu.
frtfrTT as a t'Ab'si or ciwn.
J.0TI Chief JustlcHalo wss perh ip thi
first to call attention , inbrWf
tlon. In 11.0 he Is reported ns siyingt "I
the murders and mnnslnuihter. the bun
glarles i nnd roblterlcs, the riots and tumults,
ynd other enor nltli-s committed dnrlag tht
last twenty yenrs, were divided Into flvi
parts four of them would be found to huvt
toen tao Isau-) sad product of dnuklu-;."
T;tnrF ftLAc urors.
The rr'.M Sclcntlfla Ttimp-.r.in"" Tustrt)-.
v nM n1. , t;" "'"nlon al exhibit nt ths
World s Fair has c.r-e. b.an't spot, cverlm,
:h.) Htites of IndUm. New Jersey, Tmnes.
e, Oeorgl t and Hoath Carolln .. All tht
others, ites nnd the territories ifvide bv
their puallcsciioos. in tnmper-.n 'o pr.nei
nlistnsuonsit,.m,fiT truth. This legia.
:lonln thn inter sis of tn npcrin i i nd i vi
:lou has e.e-n s.-umd within littln moreth tn
S tJeeide un ier thn leadership ..f Mr. Marv
H. Hunt, National Huni;riLUudciit oi su-'j
"on .or tao W. C. T. t..
rr.lNKI.X.I US ncr AH StKAIIKRS.
TUe eons.i t: pt, ou of intoxicants ..ul.ftsrl
turgre.it o -...in M-.t imrs, thmua n l sup
posed to b-ns exttns;vn us for tierlv, nnd
:nerj aro e.-rtaini) inaiivabMalniii.' vo'vagers,
itlll nssuai.-s l.ir priiortio:i. l.i'n Pita
nii'-nlier of the Leisure Hoar Mr. v. J ; , ,r.
Ion writes of "dur Floating Hop-Is.-' n nr
Icln giv.n. many Interesting tails con
."rnlug such maiiilllecnt modern sti-a iu rs
is the Muji-stlf, Caiiip.iiii.i nnd others. In
tpeaking of the t teisivn Mipplies of food
tntl drink provided by th.se great steamers.
Be g.ves.uimm other Items, t ic av-r.ig . per
vi ssel p.-r year of about ll.'tv thousaul b..:
ties of imht, twenty thousand bottles or mi'i
fral wat-rs, tl r--e thous m I bottb-sof spirits
in. inn mo is in, I l.oill.-so: Will .. Ill vi"W
thn many p i.scagcrs who do n t drink
Intoxicants nt ull on siiipboirj. mativ of
:hos i Wuo do drin!. In th light of Mr. Gor
Jon'a fl'ur.'S. must bn necoiintel hard
Irinkcrs. The use of lutoxic.tiiis is il"dor
tblennd thtigt rous In thuextrum..-. Natiuaal
roaiporiiu ;c Ado -ate.
nr.nMA!T's Atronot, qrvsnot.
Br. Vilhelin Do le, nf Heniis lorf, nenr
Dresden, has In thi Christ Helm Welt, rnn
:ludet a series of nine lengtiiv nrtl des in
which, at tlm hands of an overwhelming
sbundnncn ofnniclul statistics, bn demon-Mrat-os
that Germany most emphat!"ally lias
an alcohol tiii.tion to Im solved, it tsdouM
!ul whether ever before tho terrible fa-ts In
Ihe case have been mnrshnlled ns the writer
has done tlmm hern. In concluding hn gives
In a summary outllno some of Ids results,
tie says :
The preparation (of nlcnholln Intoxicants)
robs us vnarby ynarof sixteen million doublo
hundr.'dweg!its of grain, twenty million
double hundredweights of potatoes, twenty
oven million double huti Iredwnlghts of coal,
wd many other useful articles. It ro'ts us.
In other words, of tho harvest of 1.779.IMNI
"hectares'' of land, whoso rye value would
be 310.000.0(H) mnrks t It robs every IntiaLi
'jint of Co',, pounds of bread cn ih year. It
robs us of thn working power of onn mnu
jut of every sixteen i on Its bnttleflnlils wo
flud each year O.'US wounded (lunatics, mur
lerers, etc.,) ami 'JJJ dad. Tlie drink bill
ue rear roblte! us of a.ooO.tVXi.OOO marks,
Vl-nU-ate-pVT M,nfyi,nno marks to foreign
rs ; it makes each year 3J.0O0 paupers to bn
supported by the State and by charity i takes
1X1(1 German men each year luto the involun
tary Imprisonment of the working colonii-s.
uitl nntflcss numbers of men, women anil
ntilldren Into other charitable institutions.
At lowest estimate fully l,3:l.l,0Jil Germul)
men are shortening thnlr lives through these
Intoxicants t 1C00 become sulciili s each yeur
from the sunn cause, l.'IOl nn Injured bv ne
cideuts, 30,003 lost their mill, Is, uud l.iii.OUO
become trnusrnssors of thn luw. Is inure, a
German alcohol quest tou?
Tttr rri-si: or iMTrMi-nti-vrr.
Tn passing nl.uur on of the utrei-ts of our
rlty to-day, says ti letter to tlm New York
Morning Journal, I saw a man trying to
steady himself ngnlnst a lump-post ; his
head, swaying from sldn to sltle, hung until
his chin rested upon his breast ; be emitted
unintelligible sounds, bis clothing was
covered with thn lllth ill which bo bad
(.rovelled. nnd on near approach to him onn
was greeted with a sickening odor.
His condition was brought about by that
which tho Government permits to be vetnlnd
und reap!" a proilt from its sale alcohol.
I ask you, Mr. K.lltor. If th. highwayman
who throttles you and tak.-e uwav your
purse is not less harmful to society than the
man wbo dispenses intoxicants or the Gov.
erument that permits the sale of them? In
the onn push yo-.i los but your property, in
the other the inau Jos-s not only property,
but good chnra-ter, self-respect and ull els.
that honorable men bold dear. Nor is this
nil, Think of tlm misery entailed on the
family of thn drunkard, thn trmistnUsloii to
the offspring of a desire, a thirst, for the
damning liquid that if the cause ot their de
gradation ; so that the :riiiikr.r. Is not only
a curse in the present, but bis baneful in
llucui't reuches, through his children, tu the
fuiurn.
HhouNl we. Mr. IMitor. not endeavor to
root out the cause of this evil. It is our
duty to do so. As a simple nnd nfTectivii
means to this phi, 1 propose that every
woman, girl, muu uud boy rentier of the
Journal who abhors drunkenness and desires
to see It corrected refuse to enter a house or
stor whero alcoholic stimulants nni lis
pensad or sold thut they cut the acquaint
ance of thosn who render theiimulvcs ob
noxious by the driult. curse, and, further,
Hint thoy refuse to liva over n saloon.
No format organisation is necessary. Let
e.vdi person simply resolve to do iik sugg'-sted
und bo faithful nu I persistent, mi l the be
illamonded rum-seller nnd his drivelling vic
tim, If not altogether driven out, will cer
falnly not bo so obtrusive.
tKMPEItANCf NKWS AND NOTTS,
According to a recent statement, there nro
In Hwedcn ulom 1)00,(1 0 tot il ubstuimrs.
In 1893 the elty of Now York paid for its
school bill 4,0lM).0i). for Its amusement
bill t7.03u,00J mid fur its drink, bill frtiO.ooo,
000. A law In Denmark provides that nil
drunken persons shall bn t;ui-u to their
homes In carriages at thn p.vtictise of the pub
lican wbo supplied (hum with liquor.
In tho Argentine Itepublle, instead of fin
ing a drunkard, they sentence him to sweep
the streets for eight ilnvs : and a similar
punishment exists lu Ht. l'ctcrebtirg.
' In the recent report of the Massachusetts
Btnts Douid of Charities it is stated that the
proportion of crime traceable to lutompur
anus must lie set dowu, us heretofore, at uot
less than four-lift lis.
Temperance la at once a principle, n mo
tive, aud a practice. Its principle is purity,
for the sake of thu highest uses of life. Its
motive Is abstinence for the sake ot gooc.
Its practice is chastity for the sake of the
noblest Ideal nds of being.
Tha diseases ot wine drinkers, ssys Dr.
William A. Alcott, ore upt to be more acute
and to tend more rspldy to putridity than
those of persons who drink nothing but
water. Bolt Is with tboso who use animal
food compared with those who use diet
exclusively vegetable and well soleoted.
IiatSEHOLD JIATi'M.
rr.aMAt con-i rAttr..
TX'ftJ two raft's wit limit aopttrnlfniTt
ftilil ft quarter of a lenspoonful of salt
and a quarter ol a fit), of prnnulntetl
corn meal. Thin nannM lie nbotit th
riinsistonr' of tnolnssos. I'nt a tablo
stiiitinfiil of luitter inti) a frying-pan,
w hen mclteil ami hot turn in thin corn
cake. Flatten it nnn-l, as you would
a uritl.ll.t ruke, ami half an inch thick.
I'rv oti otto side, turn nnd fry ott tho
other. This yon will rcognizo i
(trrninn farinn enke, nnd we make ttan
of corn tnent insteail of fur in a. C'tit
thin cake into ttice, throw them inti)
the wit) tureen nnil totir ov.-r tho hot
is. nt i. uhit'li mny l clrar soiiji, jmri'tj
f lieans, or nny liyht cronm tsotto.
Household Xows,
T PRRRKttvr. f'lTitotn.
rnre the ci trims and rut thetn ftito
slices nlmttt nil inch and u half thick,
thi n into etrijis the mime thickness,
leaving; llieiii the full Iciiirth of tho
fruit; take out nil th" s is with n
f'iin1 i ktiiff, tiu-ti w.'i;;l, mid to rae',i
ioillit1 of Oitrntl iltt ft Jnilttl.l of wh'til
sit:,'iir; tim'si' ii svrop ; to ten jHiutulu
juit a jiint of water iiimI simmer kciiIIv
lot' t .v.'tity iiiiimt. s ; thru juit in the
ritroti ii ii t lx.it nii lioiir. or until "ti-il.-:-.
Pe-rir.-i' takin.; oil put in two
li'inutt", hlii'c.l t In ii - tavils taken out -nu
1 two tui'i.'.'s of rout i;i:i,"r. )o not
l.'t thetii l.uil Imi-r r.'.tcr lctnuii nn.l
jTin'er nrr n.l letl ; tin nut stir whilo
loi it ti-;. Tip nluiv.' is wry tin" if
carcfiillv ina If. )ctr.iit Ir.' Ti-.-.s ..
a if nt s vi K."t.
A delii ions HW.iot Jiicl.li' is in i.le o
wnteriiii'luii rind In- i -r. mr i n j; ii a Inr
im til.' salt nil, I nlit n Imtlis nlr rnii
I'rriieil, Jirei'i-.rly ns fur I'leserviti-;,
I'm'!; i:i jnrs nnd envr witii Imilm ;
i-j'ifi'd vino ;ar, iimh, u iih, of strong
Mtir-iir nnd ii i. i t :i . 1 an, I half of
Itrow ii Miliar to rviiy ts.i poitn Is of
fruit. S;i-.".' to lasie witli stick riiina
luuti, luiii't- nnd wiiii't- -.-in-i-r rout.
Iloil these sjiici-s Willi the vioi-grr and
Mi'ur. le t tiie I'ru-i st itpl in this
lvciity-fnnr hours, then I r f)i ;v
nor to ii (mil a.'ui'i; y nv r tin
Iruit nnd i-rji.-at this the third time;
rover rliis-.h. 'l ip. picUl,. is rivuly fur
iplt-nt mi, Th 'V urc jt.-i-l'i-ct I y ill
lii'inm W !i. u -, .-II ma le, i-ris.i ua I i)
r:rh t'olo.-. -. v. Y.-r;. ' si.!.
r;.'n 'nbAi'i; i'i'iMi:;,i,
I'oscrv.' one uill nt mil't from n.
quart, nnd i!illh' rei-i linde-.' on the
lire in n il.iui.lr li.iii. r. thrro
'.itltlrspoiiiifiils of rnni-d ir.'ii w ith tho
t'ol.l milk. Unit t .v . t-;;;ts with half
n cii'iful of ptiv. tli-n-tl hitu" a :i I half u
ti'Uhpoolitlll ot Milt. A ldtllii to tiio
I'oriistarrli mid milk, nu I t-lir into t't
loilit-r milk, Lcatlli'.r Hell fnl' a
luiiiuti'. Sliiv. tine two ot'.nei's nf
i-lioroliite, ti:nl ir.t it in, u em ill in it
with four talili.'.spoiiu,''iils of Hitj.;ar und
two of boiling; wiitcr. Mir ovrr a hot
liro until riiiniiui miA iasy ; e'J.
In-lit into tho hot tt 1.1 i ii Cook tin
piidilintr in ull t mi niiiiuti4, noniitin
irom thr tu:ir the r;;ys un.l rnllihturi'll
lire lldtl.'tl. STVr I'ulil with powdered
tutr.r iitufV r.'iitn. Thi-. pitddiu ran
In' ponied v.hil.i hot int. i little nips
whirl) hiivo ln-rli rinsed in rnld untrr.
At werviiu; timr turn u:t mi a ilat ilisii
milking n cirri. , nnil till the crntiv of
tip' tlisli with whipped i li iitii lluviiti'd
with Miliar and unillu. 'J'hr i ;;s mny
lie ouiittt'il, in uh.i'h rnsr lis,- mio
innr.' tiilil.'sp.ooiifnl i.f rtti;istu'.:'!l.
lalitntl Cult ivatnr.
Ii- t -ii:r t.i in vi ).
Core n;iilrs In fnri- parini; nnd the:-.
is less duiiL,'. r of thrir lii'. niiii::,'.
lirerti t,-a will revive rilsty Mack
laci- uud lviidri' it us p.ond us new.
Till- 1 1 Hp- of t lie 1 1 ill II i iliipfiiM'S u hell
tin- instrument is i,i h.' I l:um t li- Mull
id t 111- I'onlll.
Th.t wiiito ,f tin , with n littlo
water an. I :.ULjar, is -no I fn;-children
with irrituhli" Momn.'h-..
A quin t of milk, in wh it'll the juicj
of three Maiitlaliu i .IM ii'ts has lu-i-n
npn-e:'.rtl, is said in lie a rclffhliin
lotion for the rotii.iliAi.iii.
If u mirror in- plari tl w hi rr Mini iht,
n- a very htroii lii't fulls directly
1. 1 till It, tile quirlotilvi V will lie liul, if
to dissolve, lenviti; iliirl. nn tho
4 h'.ss.
If t."i I'D p;rm!!id 1 i Ui rolV.-e, or
crushed illlliirtliiit. lv liefnrr hut Wilier
is poured upon il, it will yield iienrly
th. ulile tlm itni iiin. of it . c.hihit'iilin
qil'ili! ies.
A (,'otid Wilterprn il' Jiuprr for cover
111' jars use, I in pr.-.ervin'f mny lot
Hindu Ii v I r u-sli i iiir over tli paper w ith
lioiletl linseed oil uud .suspend ill;; it
ovi r iv lim. until dry.
Altt'l' thu juice IS npircxed from
l.'UPIIIH, tho peels nr.- Useful fof fill i-
1 ' i 1 1 .r lirass. Iip t!p-m in rnmiiiiiii
talt, rub tho brass thoroughly, tin n
brush with dry biithhriek.
A littlt) kerosene oil r;ihbed briskly '
ov. r tin spots on tin rk clnthinv', i!l !
brighten tlp urments und remove tlm
stains iilnnist like m-igic. The kernseno I
will evaporate quickly r.nd leue no
idaiii.
One of the simplest methods to re
movi) fruit nt i i ns 1 r. i:u linen or eauiliriti
is to place tlu; stain 'd part over u bowl
un I coutiiiiie ioiirinvf boiling wnl.-r
tliroair.li until the stain tlisajip. ar-. If
this lu) ilnllii Hooli ill t,-r the article is
st si lied, tlltli! will be no trouble ill
most fuses. Tib' wutrr i.tust br boiling
hot.
To r.tbiovo tho odor of oiiiniia fro:n
kettles and sam-epans, put miiiih wood
ashes into tho utensil, add boiling wa
ter uuillct it stand for u shotit time on
tht) buck part of the i.tove. If yon
have uo wood ushes use potash or soda
with water, then wash it iu hot suds.
All kettles ia w hich onions, cabbage or
turnips have bceu cooked (should l.u
wabht'd iu this way.
CTRIOW VXCTS.
Texas, linn a town named ,,Jonft1l.,
Oranges are prown in ever contl
ncnt of the worht.
Thcro are thrro hnrvrsts a year ia
nonie jtnrta of India.
Peaches, railed IVrninn applea, were)
known in Europe before the Christian
rr.
Macaroni ia one of the things thowe)
who are fighting obesity should es
chew. Two pontofficps in North Carolina
an respectively named "Joy" and
"Worry. "
The first illustrated Bible over tnh
linhed was tho Nurombur I'.iblc,
printed in 147(1.
Hy n nurirnl operation nt Kochea
tcr, X. V., a tinker has br.'ti substituted
for n nose ttpnti Fred Darory.
June is the favorite mouth for atti
ritlea, ntpl Tuestlays nnd Thursday
thi favorite) days of th week.
Tin "tuirs nn down my aching
brow,'' is nu nllegatioii on n total)
tttonc i:i a Han Francisro crmrtrry.
tirasshopprr soup, of which Stanley
wrote ns a luxury in Africa, has been
cxperimeulrd with in Paris with suc
cess. liti'.l p"!ts were us.-, I A. D. ft.VI ;
eircl pens were invented by Vis, o.'
l'.iigl'iriil, l", nnd improve 1 by Oil
lt.t. 1SJJ.
tluttii-piT.'h) vas tntro lured inf.i
T'lirope from Milai in I.HJJ. Tlm
it 1 1 ti ti .il cmiM'imiit ioa in i .v amounts tn
4, oiMi.d in (inun Is.
Tiie Mayor nf Slirplp-r.lstowu, West
VirKinia, r.'f.-ntly liip-l himself for
letting his cow run n. Inr je ia viola
tion of ii t.i.vn ordiii.uirr.
Il.irt" br. it i is still ni'ilt in nnmi)
parts of Sweden, tip. Tyrol nnd Switx-
rhind. Whrti the tlri.t-r rearhrs nu
1 ii tt he bays for hi horse n broad, lint
cuke or K 'ulii' n.' oatmeal.
Two net! oilers, de-ld, but with fttr
in tine coTplitioii, came ashore on tlm
be-i -h bctwei'ii Nnrlh Cove nnd West
port, Wushiligtoti, tht' other day. Tho)
b!;ins art) worth -?! I or more upirre.
One HpcriiiiiMi of tho bo-i'n'i tr.'n
exiiiuine I by Hu n'mldt jifoVt'tl to bo
.M.' l years old. Th" iTre.i' naturalist,
in speaking of it, said: "It was tin
ilmtiitetl y th-. oldest organic moult
I. lent on our pl-nr-t."
A I n "v ua 1 h i owl vrr. ihiopcl in
th ' M'.ine '.in. by ii fancier from Or
lando. Flu , t i t!ie Nnrih the other
day. Fp'in tl: urrnnl of the box nt
its d stiii it mu it was fntiipl that thn
owl b 1 i.i'.illy ih-droyed iti tr.iv.din
Cttm'.eilll.ill.
Whil.- a 1'ia'i was Nwimtniti"; ncross
the river, a: Clarion, Fean., rccntly,
''he cam" u "ir bein drowned by all
imrip tr-' .'"I win liter itself iirmitnl his
leg's. Alt -r c.insideriible troubli! ho
killed the eel, which measured ovet
three feet ill length."
The obk'st tuau und womua ia IVnn
tvlvania, ami probably iu tho United
Motes, tLvo:v,'. 4 - "- --te jfT..j
rc Mary McDonald, aged ami
John (tib-on. r?.')''! both inaiatea
.if the Home fiii ,. ged nnd 1 till r tu
Julort'd I'er.snas ia l'hiludelphia.
ii)tii"lic Tea ( nltiiir.
About tea years n-rii the then Com-nissinip-r
of A'.'rieultiire, nailer tin
tiivetiou of Cmi'ress.expeaded il amitll
tpiir.ijirirititiu made for the purpose ol
isi-i-ftaiuili whether the tell leuf Could
lie k'roaa ia nay part of tho I'liited
Htutes ia Mich quantities us would
aarrant the be torinvc of the industry
for ciimnp'tviul pitrptMcs. Th" result
1 th" esperiiiient, which wns malt, iu
jii" of th-. Southern Stiles, demon-drat-"
I that th.-soil was too dry, the
wrujje temp -ratiire too low, tin. I that
it would require much irrigation and
:utliiy of much money nnd care tn
arry oat th" project. It was iirrord
Itiul V ubu'idoued by the iovcrilllielit
a a failure. The trial was so thorough
that tin- department has since -s-pea
led tintiiin ia farther experi
ments. Nut l uiv; sin.-e I lortor (MiurlcH
I'. Shejiard wrote toe -Secret iry Ibisk
r.'ijut stiii"; his co-operiitioa ia further
-'pcrimriitiii with th" produ 'tioa of
ri'il. ( )li the doctor's I'equest Si-cre-tary
llusl. wrote the Secretary ofSt.it.)
to request the Failed States Consuls)
it tin- wiriuits t -i ports to send sam
ples of tip- s -d ot the tea thrown there.
The se:'d was tnrwurded to lhictor
Sheiai'i!, which net ion raded whatever
pi'raniary interest the department hud
ia tile experiment.
J)orior Slit-purd selected Filiehnrst,
H. C, win-re he established all experi
mental station at his own expense mi I
bena thj propu ,'atio'i of tin? iduat.
He hn inado a t.-p.irt to the Secretary
oT Agriculture, which will be incur
pnratc.l in tho ii 1 1 ii 1 1 iti r port of tho
tlepal't liii lit mi the progress of till
plant. Wiiil" he has had more siuves
Ihuti did tho department iu rnwiii..
the leaf, un I is quite hopeful nf In Iter
results, it is plain that tlm condition
lire such that us ua industry tea grow
ing in the Fliitod States can never bn
profitably conducted m competition
with China, India an I .Japan. Wash
ington Star.
The ('urea nl the Antilles.
.Tainaii'ii has perhaps made greater
strides in the way of pro-tress than
nny of Faylimd'a smuller colonies during-
thn p ist t elity-lh years, und
has nouiti right now tn call herself
"tlie tjttoen of the Antilles. " Among;
tho evidences of improvement may bo
cited tho hotels which have sprung tij
ia th. island, for tho buililiar of ouu
of which I20,(l;).l was expended. Then
tho Americans arc lnyiii"; liars of rail
vvuy through the best part of tho
island, nud tie fruit cultivation in
now ns productive ns that of tnigir,
while tho price of laud has risen elior
Piously. Curly le's shade would lie
astonished to hear that the oiu'o thrift
less natives huvt) miiiiagrd tu put by.
nortr.7 32,5')0,00i) in thuir auviuja
Lanka. Loudou World.
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