,THB NIGHT WIND. vr ton ever heard the w.'nd co "TooooT" -III pitiful sound to hear ! j seems to chill you through and through With stnnor and speechless fear. j'i th vole of tho night that broods outside When folks should be asleep. tsJ many and manjr'a th time I'm cried othe darkness that brooded far and wiIe Over the land and deep : Whom do you w.mt. O lonaly night, That you wait the Ion hour through?" 14 ill night would say In Ha ghostly way : "Yoooooooo ! Yoooooooo ! Voooooooo '." gy mother told me long ago (When I wm a Utile tad) That when the wind went walling so, Homebody hod beea bad I iD'l then, when I wm snug In bed, W bit her I bad been sent, Tith the blanket drawn up ronnd my bead, ( J think ot what my mother said And wonder what boy she meant ' An I "Who i been bad to-day? ' I'd astt Of the wind tbat hoarsely blew. Kal that voice would any in It awful way ' "Yoooooooo '. Yoooooooo ! Yoooooooo " Fiat this was tr.ie I must allow You'll not believe it, though ' Ym, though I'm unite model now, I was not always so. And if you doubt whit things I siy, Suppose you make the test i Supposo when you've been bad some day, Anil up to bed nres.nt away, From mother aud the rest Suppose you ask, "Who has been bad'" And tin n you'll h :r what's true Tut the wind will moan lu Its ruefules. tons Yoooooooo ! Yoooooooo Y'00000000 !" -1 11 Reno Fluid. In Chicago record. "TWO OLD FOOLS." CS FRANCIS C. WIM.IAM1. OLOXFJi T5F.E- HE'S hat I .iy on tho piazza-tloor, ami Colonel Bee lo himself, hit long, thin li'K" huugiug from tho hnminot'k. was enjoyiug in- 1 e n 1 1 t his II o n p y Clay while ho debated whether he should go over to see the Mapr now, or wait nu- til it wns cooler He had just deeided j ia lavor 01 watting, when ue heard a trampling from the aide of the Iiouho. For a moment he gave it little at tention. Then the long-drawn bay of a hound came to bis earn. The Colo nel's feet dropped to the floor nnd his head was rained. Another howl from th invisible hound, and he nulled bini. sen 10 uis leei, picneti up uis 11 ai ana turned down the low atone steps ia the direction of the sound. An he came around the corner of the lioune, there was a sadden crunching of tho gravel ou the driveway, a bel low of mingled fear nnd nnger, aud the Colonel wan knocked Oat by a year ling heifer which, snorting its sur prise, trailed across the grass-plot, hotly pursued by the Colonel's houud. Tne Colonel quickly scrambled to hir feet and looked about for the cause of his downfall. He saw tho heifer and the hound. The pursued was j making at top apeed for a gnp iu the ! ntake-and-rider feucv, where tho crushed vails showed that its head and feet had beea at work. As his eye fell upou the brokeu fence, he in dulged iu some highly flavored re marks, And followed them with nil eu oouraging yell to the hound. Inspired by this, the dog promptly bit the heifer in the tluuk, u early tumbling it over in tho gap of the fence and draw ing from it a bawling cry of distress. The Colonel dashed forward to urge ou the hound, but just as he reached the fence, there was it shot from the bushes, aud the hound came scurrying back, its tuil between its legs. At almost tho sume instant a long-legged man emerged from behind a tree-trunk a little way off and ran forward, all the while endeavoring to pour powder aud shot into the barrel of the gun whioh he carried. At the fenoe-gup he confronted Colo nel Buebe. There was a mutual start as the men recognized each other. Then the Colonel recovered himself. "Major Hawkins!" he broke out; "I believe you have shot my hound?" "I have done that very thing! re turned the Major with decision. "Aud let me add, that I shall repeat the per formance every time that brute of yours chases mv cuttle !" The Major aud he were old cronies, and, though both were hot-blooded, ' they bad never had a serious falling-1 out, and the Colonel tried hard to re- j strain his temper. ISut this was the third time that the Major's heifer had j broken down the fence uepuratmg the 1 propcrtica and mode havoc with the Colonel's garden. The latter felt that patience well nigh had ceased to be a virtue, particular low ia view of the Major's threats. "Major Hawkins!" ho began, aud there was significance ia 2is use of the title : "I have no wish to foment any trouble; but most positively I shall not allow that 'sattle' of yours on my place again. Hoe that she is kept off, pleaso 1 As to shooting my dog, that is a matter whioh only an apology from you can recompense me for, and I trust you will reader we one immediately?" "I will do nothing of the kind! The best thing you can do is to shoot your whelp aud save me the trouble of doing sol" and the Major tapped bin gun suggestively. "Then all I can say,", came slowly 7rom the Colonel's lips, "is that you are no gentleman !" The Major started as if be had beau stung. For the iuntant he did not re- alie- the import of th word. Then dull flash crept into his cheek, usu ally verv sallow, and be said concise ly: "You ore a liar!" The fatal words were spoken. The color leaped into the Colonel's face, and the Major's flush grew deeper - while hi eyes re turned the flash in those of the other. The two faced each other in silence for a moment, l.aru was so taken aiiacs that for the instant the insult of the other could tlud no adequate return in speech. Then the Colonel drew himself up nnd ssid icily : "You can understand that this mean only one thing?" The Major replied with the slightest of bows. "I have a pair of pistols at my house." continued the Colonel. "With your permission I will send for them. The sooner this is settled, the better?" The Major inclined his head atritle, and the other turned aud called : "Israel! Israel!" There was no reply, and again he raised his voice. This time there was an answeriugcr.il and a shuffling of feet, which gradually became more distant. A little later a white-haired old colored man cume into view. "JVyo call, Marse Kunti'l?" he asked, stopping at the edgi of the bushes and scrapiug with one foot while he Angered a batten d straw hat. "Yes." said the Colonel. "Yon know those pistols of mine in my dressing-cane! Fetch theiuto tuo!" "Yo' dewclin pistils?" "Yes. Be iuieW, The colored man looked at the men in turn. He noted the attitude of each aul the look ia their f ;. "Yo" ain't goiu' C fight, Morse?" he ventured anxiously, not moving. "That's none of your busiuess, you rascal !" thundered the Colonel, "do!" An instant the colored man stood, nervously playing with his hat-brim. Then he turned and moved away. The two men did not look at each other. Somehow they disliked to. The Major stood his gun against the fence, aud took a long time to arrange it to his liking. The Colonel stripped the leaves from a twig he broke from a bush. . l'.acli had hi back toward the other. The minute went by. But ot last there was a slow step and Israel came up. He came reluctantly, as if he hoped that time would cuuse them to change their miuils. He looked hopefully at them ; but saw no encouragement. Both the Colonel fna ue "lttJ"r "'' ' i 1 - 1 .1 - It I ... tl color had gone from their cheeks. Israel could not prevent a deep sigh of despair, which the Colonel heard. "Shut up!" he muttered savagely. "Give me those pistols!" "Will the grove suit you?" he asked, turning to ward the Major. "Perfectly!" said the latter and the three took up their way, tho Colonel leading, the Major next and, Israel, at his master's command, bringing up the rear and dragging his feet as though they were weighted. A few minutes of walking, and they came to a small open space surrounded by trees. Tho Colonel halted and faced about. "Will this do?" he asked. "Yes!" said the Major simply. "There is no advsutage iu position, I believe. The sun shines across the glade?" "None!' "But e had better toss for posi tions anyhow," said tho Colonel, and he deftly nipped a com iut the air. The Majorcallod "head ;"und "heads" it was. "I will take the southern end," he said. The Colonel bowed u'.piics ceuce. "I presume you will be satisfied if Israel attends to the loadiug?" the Colonel remarked. "He has done it before !" with the slightest of smiles. "Quite !" returned the Maji. r, ignor ing the last words. "Then, Israel, load those pistols, and do it carefully!" coiiuinui.lt'. I the Colonel. "Do you hear me?" u.s Israel stood gupiug at him with a terror stricken face. "Yes, Marse!" mumbled Israel, picking up the weapons uiechunically. He moved over to a near-by stump, and for a minute sat motionless with the pistols in his lap. The Colonel's thunderous tones brought biiu to movement. He glanced at the two men standing stittlv at some distuuee from each other. Theu sudden' he begun t J load the pistols. The Col onel, seeing him proceeding with, tho task, turned to the Major. "Ten paces?" ho asked. The Mujor nodded, nu the other was irritated more than ever by his sileuce but he went on. "We will put tho pieces under Israel's hat. Then we will draw theuil Are yon agreed?" He clipped oil his words as he con tinued, "Israel will couut. Ou the 'three,' wo will fire?" , This time the Major vouchsafed I agreement in words. A minute more aud Israel cume for ward slowly with the pistols, one in either hand. At the Colonel's order, he laid them 011 a fallen tree-trunk and placed his hat over them. The Major drew one; his oppouciit took the other. The two men took position back to back, aud theu moved away tivo paces and wheeled ubout so a to fuce each other. "Israel, "said theColonel a b:'t husk ily, "Couut one, two, three, and, if I am killed, see that 1 am decently buried I" The Major winced perceptibly at this last order; but the next instant was as calm and his face as impassive aa ever. Both men raised their pistol arms, and, strange to say, there was at least a momentary tremor of the hands and a nervous twitching of the lips as they looked into each other's eyes. "Ooe I" counted Israel. The pistols steadied sad came into line with the breast of the nieu. ' "Two!" Israel pronounced the word distinctly, so that it cut sharply on the sense of hearing. An instant's pause, then: "Three l The pistols cracked together, and a cloud of blue smoke curtained the mn and then drifted lazily before the slitrht draft of air. The Colonel, as erect a ever, qnick ly bent to one aide and peered past the smoke at hi opponent. His eyea fell upon the Major, apparently nn touched also. For a moment neither spoke ; but there was a flash of joy in the face of each, as quickly succeeded by one of seeming mortification. Tho Major stepped forward. "That was an inexcusable miss of yoni-F, Colonel Beebel" he exclaimed. "So worse than yours. Major Haw kins!" retorted the Colonel. "Ten paces and a good light. Yon should have hit to a certainty !" "The trigger of this confounded pis tol pulled too hard 1" explained the Major, with haste. "And Israel startled me by jumpiutj just as we fired," returned the Colonel. The Colonel thought he heard a smothered laugh at this. He turned like a rliuth upon Israel, a sudden sus picion coming to him. "Israel !" he fairly shouted 5 "what was the matter with the loading of those pistols? There was something wrong! Confers it, you rascal!" "Oh. Marse Kunn'l, don't be killing d's po' inun; but I didn't put no balls in dose pistils: 1 uiuii 1 want ue Major nnd yo' a killin' each oder!" "I've a good miud to horsewhip yon within an inch of your life!" begau the Colonel. "But you won't!" broke ia tho Major. Then the Colonel looked nt the Major, and tho Major at the Colonel. A smile appeared ou the former's lips, and the latter returned it. A moment more, and the Colonel extended his hand impulsively. The Major ad vanced and grasped it firmly. They stood there, holding each other's hands for an instant, aud then the Maior observed slowlv ami em- phaticallv, as if he were stating an in disputable fact which ho had just dis covered : "Beebe. I think we are a couple of old fools!" "I otiite auree with von. Hawkins!" returned the Colonel quite as posi lively, and. ss if by one impulse, tho two locked arms and walked of!. Israel stood watching them for 1 minute. Then he picked up the pis tols, and remarked sagely, but with just the slightest of quivers iu his voice: "A coupl' o' ole fools I" Ro mance. Ail Engineer's Jumps lor Idle. "Did vou ever junip from your cab while the train was going at full speed?" I asked of a locomotive eu gitieer the other day. "Yes. three' or four times," bo an swered. "What's the sensation?" "That's according to how you land. One night three year ago the train despatcher got two of us headed for each other on a single track at a gait of forty miles an hour. The first tiling I saw was the headlight of the other locomotive rounding a curve thirtr rods awav. I shut 'er off, threw over the lever nnd set the air-brakes, 11 nd theu made a jump. I'd no time to pick for u spot, and as I jumped I realized that I d have a bail time of it, as I knew every foot of the ground. It was on a level covered with a thistle patch. There was a strip of them forty rods long growing up like corn stalks. I expect thev broke mv full somewhat, but I don't know that I ever hit tho ground, until I fetched up for good. It seemed to mo that I just swept through t hut patch about knee- hiizh from tho ground, and when there were 110 more thistles to knock down 1 lauded 'kerchug !' uguiust atiold stumi and uprooted it. 1 broke a leg and an arm, but tluit wusu t the worst of it The doctor estimated the number of thistle-points sticking into my body nt one Pillion. My wife ami I have l u picking 'em out eversince they got me home, aud we've only finished ouo side of me. "Landing in a mud puddle would bo a sou thing, 1 suggesteu. "I've been there," ho replied, with a fleeting smile. "While I was running freight they built a side track to 1 gravel-pit at a certain point, in ex cavating nt tho main line they dug 1 hole about twenty feet long by ten wide uud four deep. As a rule this bole was alwitvsfull of water, and as it was ou mv Hide of the engine and id wavs came under my eye, I got to thinking what a snap I'd have if I hud to make a jump right here. "There was a 'little station just mile above this hole, ami it was a sharp up crade. One day, while we were huuiiiiug aloug to make the ota tion. a dozen cars broke loose from a freight side-tracking at that stutioti and down thev came. By the- time i had whistled for brakes aud reversed mv euuiue, it was time to jump, and, bless mv soul! if I wasn't just where I wanted to be right nt the pond. waited to pusa tho mile-post nnd then shut mv eye and took a heacler, leel iuu sorrv at the same instant for my liromnu, who'd got to jump among tho stumps. Well. I struck. "Iu the water?" I asked, as be paused aud worked a finger iu his ear. "Oh, no! There had been a loug spell of hot, dry weather, and every pint of water had evaporated out of that pond. The mud was left bebinu though. There was three feet of it waiting to catch some unfortunate, and it caught me. I weut head first to the bottom. Theu I rolled over and floundered around for five minutes, aud oould never have pulled myself out unassisted. I didn't break any bones. but uirh !" Detroit I ree Press. Naval salutes to the flag are st old as the time of Alfred the Great. . CHOKKI'BY MASKED MI. rstc assrsi irotsm.t tssat a TO-tias-' et.sstArr. .Catt. Birthfleatew Crewtey, s farmer 0 yssr old, llvinc ieur miles east of Rrie, was choked le Insensibility by three mtiked men. Because lis refused to reveal the hiding plsrt of money supposed to be in his pot wision. His daughter. Mrs. Carey, was llrst brutally treated, but tb robbers left ber in a barred room while they poured oil on Crowley, tbrra'ening to burn him .alive and continued to search the house. Mr. Carey Jumped from a second story window to the ground, sustaining serious pinal injuries, but reached (be house of neighbors to give the alarm. The houso of Mrs. John Crowley, nearby; was rsnsa ked and no one being there, the furniture ruin ed wltb an ax. but the thieves secured only !..") In cash. Three suspecis arrested by the F.rie police have been released. Bin FIRM AT IWItKI'.ti. 4KVIRAI. Sl'StXKlS HOI'srs irTIMYIt AD W.OIIO PAMtUR DON K. Parr a Fire started In Clint Kldet s bil liard ball and before It was subdued it had destroyed T. J. Hlair's stationery store, Mrs. Wilkin's millinery store, Inirbln Mobley s gents furnishing store. Kmtit s burlier bop, the posloiBoe and Mrs. White s res- laursnt. Tho proietty owners sustaining losses sie: Henry Itohem. Mrs, Wilkins, Mrs. lealherston. Mrs. KUicr, Henry Murk. Mrs. Wallrobinsteln and Mr. K M. I'arker. The los is about f.lO.iXH with I'.'.i'ol in surance. . rim mim.I'iiia 11 Nk. PHinori.riiiA Tbo weekly suiemnnt nt the bsnk lu this city fur the p.iit week show an Increase in I tie reserve of 11-1,0 ; due from other banks an inornate ot llor, 000: due to oilier banks a docresae of $V2.- 000. The deposits increase f ltt.ix).): thecr dilation Incresse, l.'H 00) and the lo:im und discounts allow a dccreaiu of t'.'T.mM. - AWARKKII li'.'-'X) DAM.ViM. ItrsvuR The casj of Lawrence llilwortb et al. vi. the I'ittaburg .v i.uke l .ne Kail road Compsuy resulted in a verdict for the plaintiff for '.VJ.V) When the company changed Its roidbed it shut off the water supply of the plHintills. who were operating the psper mill factory at Heavir rails. DOiiS lirsTSOYIN'l SMKCP. Iloi.i.iittvssi r.i Ulair county farmers are troubled by the onslaughts ma.ln upon their stock by roaming dogs. Farmer!!. U Walker, of Duncansville Inst 'J-'. sheep laughters I by a pack of dogs. At Hszelton while Albert Sponeburg, lf ami rliilil were drivimr across the 1 enn ylvania track, they were struck by a truigbt enzine.Mrs. Sponeburg win instantly killed . . . . . V 1 1 II.7I..I.....I ''!... ..1. i t.l ana llie uusosuii "suit iniuru. iuvu.i escaped without a scratch THair hunters discovered a band ot rounierleilersin a cave in the liiirei Hill mountains, near tireenslmrsj, ine ouu tert'etlers cot awav. but the hunters conns -ted their tools. A bunt lor the counter feiters Is being made. Hr .Vb.ile . Mrs. Wil 11'. of Wee" IJerry.'wm j. k.'" tueir house was set 011 lire ana iimio)u by one of their live little children iips-tung a U m p. Neighbors rescued the children. (iroioR Kmc. Kit, a wealthy farmer living near l'leant I'miy. was swindled out of .'),(( 10 by the farm buying ami tin box game by two unknown buncoers. A iiisrtsK that is puzzling the vetorinnry surgeons baa broken out among the horses In the vicinity of Mt. rieanatu and many animate have died. ' Mn it ski. Mn i.Kii. employed in the mines near Avotuuure, was iimaiitlv killed by 11 tall of alate Me was about ."0 years old and unmarried. Thr 1 .700 raise. I a year ai;o by employes to help slart the Wiiberow inin plain at New l ast lo will be returned with e; cent interest Mm I1aisini.su was fatally eruilie.l bv a fall of limestone near Md 'lellutnltown while mining under the face of tlio stone. Emma Hi now. a domestic employed at thn Kroiner llniise.Seoltilulc.fell from a second story window aud was fatally injured. J. M. ltr iwitii, n New York jewelry salesman, ws-t robbed of 1 1,000 worth ot diamonds at I Tie Mulunluy. SuiPMKirs of anthracite coal through T'hilsdelpliit up to (Intu ehow an iucrcao of !', i:t:l tons oves last year. Bi'Roi.ars robbed the hardware store ot 8. W. Uurtz st tireonsliurg Sunday niht ol a lot of valuable hoo.Ii At Meadow Lands Sunday night Mrs. John Kdwsrds drove a burglar trom the bouse with a hot poker. Dwin (I. Ponomi k, Associate Judge ot Adams county died suddenly Sunday iiiglit. lis was 4 j years old. Raitii I! Honrs of ''niontown.aged l.'l.has died of lockjaw, induced by a blow with a stone on the jaw. (iroii'-K Shici.ton, aged bi.of Connellsville. was killed by the accidental discharge i t biagun. Titc soldiers' home ut Krie has its full quota of inmates, 4u0, ut present, At Iunhar l.'iO coke ovens were tired. When MiiMMiliiiun unit Hindoo Klht. The odd feature In these riots U heir liiiiiieilluio cause. This Is al ways reported to bo "cow killlntr," but Mussulmans kill oxen all tho year round for food und so do the Kuropcans. Tho grievance is not that, but a display of the old fccling of ascendancy on the part f tho Mm sulmans, who, on the day of their festival, kill 11 cow close to a teniplo In token of high rcllgdous detlaiice. Then the Hindoos who do not in nd about tho killing during tli" rci of the year, turn out armed, and there Is u buttle royal, which, Lut for tho Kngllsh, would In twenty-four hours, develop Into a rclifious war. Tho English, however, tell tho polho to Are Impartially 011 loth foots, aud the police, though they are ttieui , vivos Mussulmans un l Hindoos, do with delight, and there Is peace and goxl feeling for tho ensuiug year. If this Is not a state of affairs to puzzle Englishmen there Is no such state; but Irishmen would under stand It at once. The armed police In Ireland In a "religious" row plays Just the part It plays In India, only, being English in discipline and arm ament, It takes fewer lives. The Spectator. RELIGIOUS READING. rotrimo Lost ry rRsvr.R. We know hot tho secret blstorv of tbs world's mightleet tranwtlons and Its proud est monuments 1 hut from the little Unit wo know, we ean afllnn that the ne u who hsv prtisixtred beet sre the inn who lisv tski'U time to prav. It wss to prsvr Hist tlennr IV. of Fran-'o ascrlte. eron, and (Oi- tsvnsoweal his vletort", 'fie' fallifr of the modern fine nrt was wont. In'fore he Ix-ifnn any new composition, to Invoke bis lnpirs tlou ; who III oilier dsvs titiiuht AIioIIhIi, nnd the (l.il.ith of F.ntclNti literHtnrx felt thst he bad studied nil wsfully when he hail prayed earnestly. And what Mlebsel Anuelo nnd Milton and Johnson found so hoiieftil to their iniKlily genius rsiinot hinder im. Vou hnvn rsd In our own lilitory of t tint lnro, wlm, when an overwhelming fop-e Whs in full iirsuit, nnd nil til followers werv urging ilm to rspld flight, eooly 'dl'inoiiliteil ill nrdr to repair 11 tlsw In bis horse s hnrnem. nile busle.l with tne lirokt 3 luickh'. Ill" dlHtnnt cloud xwept down in nearer thunder; but JuM ns (lie prancing hoofs mid fiwr spears were readv to diedi down on him, tli llsw wss nicniP'il.the elimp ss ImO'ii".!, me Meed wss liioiinteil, Hll.l liken ownoplng laleoii he lis. I viinNhed from their view. The broken buckle would have left 111 its ou the 1 1 I . t s din mounted nn. I Inulorloti prisoner. Tli-' timely delay ent him snMy bivk to his Im '. ralng comrade. There l in dully lid' the same luckless precipitancy mid the snni proMliiblK delay. The man who. from nis prayerles wilklliK. Iiotin.-es otT Intotlic hiitt e4of thedliv. however good hl Intents mid (.rent III diligence, W only iriillopttiK on it Meed liarnesed with s broken hie kle, and iniixt not msrvel if. In lil hottest hii't.- or lllo-t Illl7.llrdoo leap. Il" be left lllrfb irlnlK til th dust : and though it may occhhoii some little delay beforehand, hi" neighbor W wiser w ho sets all in order bef.ito the iimr.Ni be gin' Hamilton. I'll SUIIS II Ml S IIKMMIIllUNi l:. Mv grandfather had been dead more Hum twenlv years, lie was one of the esrlv set tlers lu that part of Vermont : a devoted man. who walked III tli :iiiiikIiim ills ami or.ll nances of the Lord blameless, of eours. then, he was regular In llie observance of family worship, and having no ambition to be original III this service, lie witecmiieiit to prav oftentimes lis 1 hrtst .lid thrice "using the same words. If is oravcrs were remembered iu that most of his children became hopefully pious. I hey nre reniemlH-rcd in aiioiti Sense, Jsot loug since, I heard one of liis children reH-at from beginning t.. end, the form 01 prayer which he gvnurnlly n-e,i at exciting worship, an I which he could not have heard, except very oeeasl mally for more than nftv vears. How tenacious of religious laltiieiice Is a child' memory! 1 An incidental beneilt of family worship tills, but a ery important one.) And every time that prayer pusses through the mind that remembers it. Is It not, as it were, offered again Where can a Christian raise sneh a memorial of his plelv. as In the memory of a child : and who would not, when he dies, have some such prayeis to remain, not merely it memorial of himself, but also as a golden vlnt full of odors be fore the throne Heaven s a l..'He. place and condition, but l lin ks the blessedness which is peri ei" ed on earth lu fervent prayer. It does not admit of doing good to others by menus of praver. Is II not therefore, desirable that every Christian when called hence, should leave behind some one who will piny in his Stead. Will it Hot heighten heaven's lilessedlies to know that prayers offered on earth, are still had In reinembran u Karth. as well as in Ilea yen' - from the I'lirliaa and II rder. TIIK YofN.I. lint then the great illttlciiliy with ninny the young, even favorably i.Ti pressed wall r fpeet t.t It'll,''""' K that If they must hwoouvi decidedly pious, iney iiiiiot" abandon mauy sweet -iijoviiieiits. and noibimeneB n life of uninterrupted self-denial. Vlt Is supposed that religion ts dull. uiMocial, a destroyer of human Joy. a morose intruder ,un bio ( pleasure." Hut Ir. this really the 111. of re ligion' True, indeed, it condemns Intemper ance, and nr .falilly, ami impurity, and s.-iin-dill and sellhihuess, and ex 'ess of every kind, but it lavs no ley hand on thef run joys of life. There Is no sour.s- of innocent enjoyment and os'reation wh.eh religion condemns. I iod made us for society, and he would not retain the llowof friendly feeling, lie gave us eolistttutlons, every organ of which he de signed to be nu lii-truuietit of pleasure, and he would Hot deny us any reaeoiiable means of preserving their healthful exercise. He Implanted in the mind a taste for the beautiful and sublime, ami he would not shut our eyes on tho objects lilted to it w it Ik "it tlnste emotions. lie endowed lis with high Intellectual powers, and he would le t shut our eyes 011 1 1st- objects titled to nwiikeii these emotions, ll endowed us with high 1 1 1 1 ! !'. 1 1 11 1 powets, and he would md deprive us nf the means ol t lo ir etiltivntioii. loll 11 1 nay one source ot eiijoymeut i. coming our nature and .1. -Iiiiv. and lie-n point me. If yon can, to the coiiimaud ot t I which forbids you having recourse to it. ('. how grossly they misrei. resent the religion ol the llible, who speak of it as a gloomv thing! What can there be ill the belief nf the gospel, nuit the love ofiioil, ami the hope of heaven, to make the mind unhappy.- ile. . I.c! U ..HT IN A loo. At oil" Ol the services lit til" I III, HI .M1--I0II Hull Toronto, the following stnrv wits rt Intel, which came with power and sweetuc-s to my own heart, and contains n thought (hat if reall.etl, would enable every Christian to rest lu pence, even when surrounded by dark ness or perplexity, and tiniii.1" to clearly nn lerstaad I bid s dealings with tin-lit ; the saker said : Some vais ago, when npt. Initton was eomuianiier of the S. S. Siirinit illll, we Illid entered llie river St. Lawrence in our hoiin-waid voyage, when suddenly a heavy fog arose, which hi. I the shop' nnd all 'jhjeets from view ; the ship, which was go ing at full spec I utiuiicd 011 her . our-. without relaxing iu the least : the pa-senger-le.-ame rather frightened, and considered it "Xtrellicly reckless ou the p,i;tof Ihecaplaill j ilunllv one of tli. ui went and r.-n ..n United with the first unite, Idling ilm of the fears of the passenger-, lb' listened, ail. I then replied with a smile, "th, do not allow them o be frightened, they need let he the least uneasy ; the fog inly exleiidsa certain height, and the cap alii "Is up abov ' the fog,' mid it is he that s running the vessel,' When this was re lorted to the pa wager-, the change on their 'ouuteiianeeM, from fear an. I iincu-liie's c pilot satisfaction, was wonderful. Oh, what lieeran.l comfort it would bring to 0111 learts 011 our voyage of life, If, when stir minded by the mists of doubt or sorrow, and limbic to see our way, we could always re nember that our Captain 'is up aisive the og,' that he is "Hiding our way, ami will ring us at last, II we only wait and trust ilm iu safety to the 'haven where we would .'" I Selected. My (iod. I have never tluiuked thee for my thorn, I linvo thanked thee a thousand limes for my roses, but not mice for my thorn. I have 1 11 looking lorwanl to a world whero I shall get coinHiisHtiou for my ro..s, but I have never thought of my cross us Itself a present glory. Thou divine love whose human "heart has heeu trtectod through sufferiiiKs, tench. 1110 the glory of my cross, teach nm the value of my thorn. Show me that I have climbs.! to thee, the path id pain. Show me that my tears have made mv rainbow, Iteveal to m that my strength was the product of that hour when I wrestled until the breaking of tlm day. Then shall 1 kuow that my thorn was blessed by thee.then diull I know that my cross was a gift from thee, and I shull raise a monumeut to the hour of my sorrow, aud the words which I hall write upon It will ls these: "It wss total for we to bav beea alHietsd. liter. Or. Uaorge Matheson. TEMPERANCE. wnT Hr. tor dons: to-pat7 ' I saw a farmer when Mie day was done. inn setting sou had sought its crimaosi Issl. And the mild slurs came forward one by on i wis me siiiniy uirmer and I sal.l : What have you done to-day? O farmer, say'.-" 'Oh, I've sown the wheat In yonoer field. And pruned my orchard to Increase the yield. And turned the furrow for .1 patch of com This have I dons slnco early morn." I saw the blacksmith In his smithy door. When the day had vanished and the Wnat irrew red. And all the weary noise nnd strife were o'er I I saw the kindly blacksmith, and I s-Ud "What have yon done to-day' ' blacksmith, say'' "Oh, I have mode two plowshare all complete. And nailed the shoes on tunny a horse's f.s't. And oh. mv friend, I cannot tell yon, hair." The mini of unisolo answered with s laugh. I saw r miller when the day was gone, And all the sunlight from the bills hat nisi. And tender shadows had crept across tho lawn ; I saw the dusty miller, and I said "What have you done to-day? ) miller gray .'" 'Oh, I have watched 111 v mill from morn till night . Il l you ever see flour so snowy and while.' And many are tlm mouths to-day !' fed," The merry miller laughed a" this he said. I s-iw another when (he night drew nigh. And tunic I e.-ii-li daily toiler from his tusk ; When gold and crimson cloudlets decked tho sliV i A drink seller and of him I asked 'What have you done to-day? lirlnli seller, say" lint th. drink seller turned with drooping; head. And not a single word In answer said. What had he done His work, ho knew full well. W.h daily plunging souls iu deepest boll ! Tns oni.riiv noTTi.r. A poor, un.l-T-eire.l boy named Tim, alt ling by a botllo, and looking In, said. "I wonder If them can be a pair of shoes In it?" He wanted to go to 11 Sunday-school picnlo, l.ii hu hint no shoes. Ills mother had mended his clothe, but said his shoes were 40 bad he must go twin-foot. Then ho took a brick ami broke the bottle, tut t liens were no shoes In It, nnd he was fright-Mt'-il. for It was his father's bottle. Tim sat down again and sobbed so hard th.v he did u. t hear a step beside him, until a vol.t said 1 "Well I what's all this'.'" Il.t sprang up iu greut alarm; it was his father. "Who broke my bottle'" hn asked. "I did," said Tlm, eatchinghis breath, half In terror and half hetwntn bis gobs. 'Why did you" Tlm looked up. The voice dlj not sound to terrible as he had i'xps-ted. Tho truth was his father had la'eti touched nt the sight of the forlorn llgure, so very small aud so orrowful, which hil l bent over the broken bottle. Why," hesai.l. "I was looking for a pair of new shotsi : I want a pair of shorts awful bad to wear to the picnic -all tuooiher chaps wear shoes." "How came you lo think you'd (ltd shoo n, a bottle" tho lather asked. 'Why mother suld so 1 I asked v new siting nUu BUn ervtu uiey na ml .or tlm ..1 goas tutu it, too- swats an.. .01 md ,road and meals sad thing 1 and I !. ..''ht if I broke it I d lln I em ull, and tnere ain't i thing iii it !" And Tlm sut down again nod cried harder Minn ever. His father seated himself on a box in the disor derly yard and remained quiet for so long a lime that Tun at last looked cautiously up. "I'm real sorry I broke your bottle, fathor; I'll never do it again." No. 1 guess you won't," he said, laying hand on the rough little head as he went away, leaving Tim overcome, with astonish ment that lather had not been niigry with him. Two days afterward, on the very even ing before the picnic, lie handed I nn u par cel, telling him to open it. "New shoes ! new shoes !" ho shouted. ''(, father, did you get u new buttle' And wero they in it ' "No, my boy, there isn't going to be a new bottle. Your mother as right -tho thtugn nil went into the bottle, but you see gutting; I hem out is no easy matter, so, (iod helping liie, I aiu going to keep tlieui out aft 01 turn." niaiui.ino gt-Ksnoy. Kveryl.o.lv- knows that a largo proportion ol .-rime 1 statisticians claim llir.-e-loiirihH) i-i the direct result of alcoholism. lint now comes a si Ientille writer in an esteemed eon temporary and asks the startling tpiestion "Will our dcscfii.lant.s be criminals'" Ho shows that the pathological iditiotis eou- tlu -iv.i of crime arc produced or aggravated by the habitual use ot li.piors. Iinnking degenerates nerve tissue, and iu particular of the delicate -drm-tiiiM (,f tin. brain, llenee there Is a relation of cause .-md effect be tween drinking mid epilepsy, ami insanity, and morbid nervous con litems generally which are hereditary It c.inii'it be said that crime is the expres sion of lisei.se thai would destroy moral re sponsibility, lint il is certainly true tluit morbid uervous conditions intensify this difficulty of self-control, and ro-cufon-e temptation. St. Louis Itepuhli.;. Ti'MrrasM : m:vsami noiks. Whoever lakes a stand against ruui takes a Stand against tin' devil. What Is alcohol .- A poison -a brain poison a soul poison -a poison of virtue, of morals and religion lli.'wiu.-.'.il m.irn sin than all other causes combined. - !r. Win. lieid, I). 1). Iu th" manufacturing town of Hassbroolr. Ireland, and iu a district containing sixty two sipiare miles in County Tyrone, there has Is'cu prohibition fur uioru thau thirty years. It costs t n head lo run this (iovernmonr. The annual cost of spirits, wine nnd bis-rto consumers is now l- per heud. or threw times the expenses of (he National (iovcru aicHt. I'.lwar.l Atkinson. II is said MU,000 persons die prematurely lu Oront Ilrltaln every yonr by the direct litUu eui'o of Intoxicating drinks, from destitu tion, accident, violence or disease, and that 4(),0U0 are killed annually by tho direct la lluunee of inteuiperaneo. Workmen must stand up against the evil of Intemperance. The manufacture, of Intoxi cating ll'iuor reprcscuts but little of prodiio tive labor, and Its consumption doisi uothlnK but clog the wheels of commerce und pro gress. Komovelbe curse of tlrlnk uud the workmnu and all the people are ruised to a , higher level lu which all men are llnukoo and workers. Jolm Jurrelt. . Allitle stir und nil Is over! Heboid yoo brine old oak lu the meadow-1 of what good ly stature ! how strong und lusting ! how la- iilsMiiisshlo to tlm landscape! Hew It down and how empty the sk) ! "let In a few days, tbo eye growing accustomed to the changed tts:t of til" Held, the 011K is uot niisstsi tits li.ndscune Is us perfect as liefore. Thus the proud 0111 of tho world passetu ; the tilth gup that his lute presence ild uhMwlh forev er t aud his naiiKi lieeometti a memory. IMr (lo.) 1 sud U this all ut life? IJ. 1. 'i'rosr-l-rldg 1. J I:: "MMWIfct,, S JU-
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