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AI-t'IFlCrAI, STONK.
ClrNlsO MAM IMITATK THE
ffH'KSSK OK N ATl'KK.
K ItApplf xirowlng Indastry Slaba
Canoe Marie Larger Than On
1 Quarried lieantifnl
?rolucti of the Art.
TU, manufacture of artificial
ftone is one of tl most ini
pirtaiit and ranhlly growing;
tf the industries of the United
Stated.
Over a erge part of thin country no
natr.i'al atmea for Iniildiuff purposes
iro foui'ud. An area almost destitute
of consolitfjited rook ia the great plain
forming tne festera edge of the
United Ftsjtea, from northern New
Jersey no at sward to Florida, extend
ing mound lie gulf coast, and stretch
ing as far nf the Miseissippt Valler an
Cairo, 111. I There n practically no
material of the aort to be bad in the
southern cotton Wit. .
Fortunately, in nearly every portiou
of Hi in recti, ti, natnre haa provided
abundant Mi ft' which ran lie formed
into atone ly irtinVe. Howrver, arti
ficial dtoue is itisej not only in tiat.-f.?a
devoid of the natural product. Jt ia
manufactured extensively iu the very
ticMKkhorhood of great ijuarries. In
Vermont the ilt-tnis of the innrlile
tistries ia ground up aud made into a
cheap nrndt of marble. In Illinois
aud Indiana, where there ia plenty of
limestone, sandstone ia produced arti
ficially in immense quantities.
The kind of artificial atonemost uni
versally used ia "Portland rement"--a
mixture nf clay, lime and silica.
Silica it obtained by dissolving fliut,
which may be combined in liquid form
with soda, making what is called "sili
cate of soda. " This ailicate, poured
over Hand, cements the part idea to
RetUer and form artificial atone. Such
mixtures of silica art? the groat ce
menting materials of nature. The
beda of sandstoue and conglomerate
now ijusrried were once loose sand and
pebble which have been solidified by
eilicate.
Now, the clay, lime and silica, which
compose Portland cement are pre
pared and mixed in a dry state. When
moisture ia added, the silica ia dis
solved and glues the particles of lime
and cbiy together in a solid mas. The
valuo of the Portland cement mauu
factured in the United States anuually
ia $.", 500.000, and aa milch again is im
ported, though there ia no reason why
all of it consumed in this country
ahould not be made litre, the raw ma
terials required beiug eadily available
in unlimited quautitte .
(rockery, chiuawarl and all clay
products are art itioim atones. The
methods employed iu waking them are
merely workshop imitations of tbe pro
cesses adopted iu tbe lrtAoratory of na
ture. In every cate ti p ordinary rock
materials of the earth.! are taken and
mingled in definite pn liortiona, as the
(Ireat Designer has m ed them, sili
cates being added for tementiug and
solidifying the particle Hornet inies
the results are accompli died by means
of moisture, as with PoaLland cement,
and in other instances li heat, as with
crockery and bricks. All artificial
atom products may bej divided iuto
these two classes, just as the rocks of
the globe have been formed by water
or by fire, beiug classified accordingly
as "sedimentary" or "igueons. "
Perhaps the moht successful appli
cation of this interesting art is the
product ion of "granolithic", pavement.
The imitation stone so called is equal
to the natural iu all ways, and in some
respects is more useful. Jt esn be made
iu larger slabs than cau be quarried,
ami they are of teu formed with grooves,
so as to expand and contract without
breaking, whereas those cut out of
rock are soon cracked by cLangcs in
temperature. The counterfeit may
easily be shaped iuto elaborate pat
terns for cornices or what not, thu
saving much expense for costly carving.
Other forms of artificial btoua aro
manufactured out of gypsum, famil
iarly known as plaster-of-paris, of
which vast bedw uuderlie great areas
in Texas, New Mexico, Kansas and
Colorado. In the miuiug of th?se val
uable deposits only a beginning has
been mads. From this source was ob
tained the stuff resembling marble,
called "staff," of which the buildings
of Chicago Imposition were construct
ed. The most common use of gypsum
ia for wall-plaster, which is an artifi
cial stone. But for this purpose it ia
not employed here uearly as extensive
ly as in countries inhabited by the
Latin races, where beautiful effects
are obtained with it iu the shape of
"stucco," molded to imitate cut and
carved stone aud laid over brick. One
reason for this fact is that thu climate
of t'je United States is not suitable,
the stucco not ruduring moisture aud
extremes of temperature aa well a ar
tificial atones of siliciotia composition.
Iu MexvTithe use of artificial tdoue
is very general. Under that bead may
even be iucluded the crude adobe, or
burned brick, employed for building,
which is simply mud bound together
with straw. Nearly every "plaza" in
that country is adorued with large and
massive fountains and benches of lime
aud sand. Home of them are two cen
turies old.
Artificial stone has been used almost
ever siuco tbe birth of architecture,
the earliest forms of it being mortar
and sun-dried brick. Mortar, you
see, is really an artificial stone a
mixture of sand, clay and lime, which
"sets" aolidly. Extending over wide
area on the great plains of the West,
iu Kansas and Texas, is a geological
formation which resembles1 in all re
apacts a -mortar bed on a gigantic
scale. It ia composed of sand, clay
aud lime, mingled by the hand of na
ture. In that regiou it is. known as
the "mortar beds." Here then ia yet
another illustration or. imitation.
roan of processes employed by tha
Creator.
Iu some nf the ruins of ancient
Greece and Rome the mortars have
proved more enduring than the natural
stones which they cemented. It ia
largely owing to their excellent quality
that many interesting atrurtnrea nf
antiquity have been preserved to this
day. Those artificial stones which are
produced by the fusion of particles
under the actiou of heat, aa brick and
chinaware, are among tbe most endur
ing of all known substances, being but
slightly susceptible to attacks by
chemical agents of air or water. Tbe
inscriptions which the meu of Baby
lon, more than ttOOO years ago, wrote
with a stylus on clay tablets, which
were afterward baked, are perfectly
legible to-day. Oo through cemetery
aud you will rind that the lettering on
tombstouea only 100 years old is usu
ally indecipherable.
One of the most beautiful products
of Italian iudustry is called "scagliu
ola." and it is a perfect imitation of
brecciated marble a tteeuliar marble
tilled with angular fragments. The
counterfeit is molded like clay into
slabs, cornices or architectural orna
ments. A moaie may be termed an
artificial "breccia" the word, mean
ing broken bits, beiug applied to any
stone so composed. l!ut nowadays
the manufacture of artificial mosaic is
pursued on a great scale. Marble or
other stone is cut iuto little cubical or
diamond-shaped chunks, and these aro
placed on euds close together all over
a big sheet of paper, to which they are
attached with glue. Then the (taper
holding the little blocks is turned up
side down upon a bed of soft cement.
There they are held fust, aud tlm
cement having hardened the paper aud
all inequalities are removed by holy
stoning. Washington Star.
The Tinkers of Mexico.
The City of Mexico Two KeptiMica
ssys: At one of the money changing
otlices close to the Iturbide Hotel
there might have been seen, about
noon yesterday, four picturesque-looking
individuals, apparently of A astro
Hungarian nationality, and known to
the average Kiilish-apeakitig people
s Kypt'e and to the Mexicaus as
"tnrcos." Their hair was as long as
a woman's, very black and glossy and
done up iu a kuot at the back of their
heads. The besrds of such as bad
beards were also loug aud unkempt,
and the clean-shaved men of the party
seemed to run to velveteen jackets
with enormous mother-of-pearl but
tous, gaudy neckerchiefs and high
boots. Ou the floor of the exchange
shop, in their midst, was a cloth with
several hundred dollars in silver in it,
which they were exchanging for gold.
These men are coppersmiths ami
tinkers by trade. They travolon foot
throughout this Republic, choosing by
preference the sugar districts, and
makiug their living by patching boil
ers, fixiug stills, and generally repair
ing metal utensils nf all kinds. They
live ruiaerably, their expenses averag
ing twenty-five cents a day. and they
will take only silver in payment of
their service, having uo 'confidence in
notes. This fact, combined with the
loneliness aud savagery of much of the
country through which they travel, aud
the other fact that they carry all their
money about them, makes them a fa
vorite prey of the evil-disposed native,
ami not a few of them disappear iu
consequence.
A pair of these itinerant copper
smiths will pass the night at some out
lyiug hamlet or "rancheria." They am
credited with having money about
them, whether they have it or mt. and
tbey are "turcos," anyhow. Accord
ingly, when they start out in the gry
dawn next morning a brace of the
ne'er-do-wells of the place may happen
to ride out after them, their lariats
hangiug suspiciously ready at their
saddle-hows. Home deep-cut canyon
or lonely hollow is reached, the swish
of a pair of "reatas" is heard and be
fore our "turcos"' know where they
are they are beiug jerked across coun
try, each with the noose of a stout hair
rope cutting savagely iuto his neck;
j aud the next thing they know they
"don t know anything.
Those of them who do not come to
such, or the like, untimely euds. re
pair to the large cities at intervals of
six months and there change their sil
ver for gold, paying good price and
generally sweeping the market of tbe
yellow metal. When they have
amassed a thousand dollars or so they
go home across the water, aud, it is
! to bo hoped, live happy ever after
! wards.
A Physician's Dilemma.
A physician of Ocosta, Wash., while
botanizing iu the woods near that
place recently, stumbletl across a big
black bear, which got annoyed at his
presence aud chased him. Tlio rail
road was a few yards away, and the
doctor took to the track and sprinted
along it a few yards ahead of tbe
beast, until a long trestle was reached,
when the bear baited and squatted
dowu to watch the doctor hop along
the ties. When he was a third of the
w ay across a freight train appeared at
the further end. Out ou a trestle with
a bear waiting for him at one end and
a freight train coining for him from
the other, tbe doctor felt that the sit
uation was embarrassing. He dropped
to a supporting beam, hung from it
while the train passed overhead, and
then continued his way across the
trestle aud home by another route.
New York Sun.
The navigable river mileage of
Europe, Asia and America is 1(1,734
miles. Tbe United States have the
greatest river mileage, 47,353.
Reports come from Jamestown,
North Dakota, that wolves were never
so plentiful iu that country since its
aettlomeut aa at present.
KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS.
THE Til UPON MIXES.
atorcsiNo trc rsMoca AMiiatmi cot.-
l.lSIS.
I'otisviLi.t The work of reopening the
abandoned coal operations on Thuroti tract
was ben in Tuesday by the Ited Ash Coal
Company, which it composed of fkrinloa
ami Wilketbarre capitalists, at the head of
which li Senator Morgan It. Williams. It
is exactly forty. six years sine the machin
ery wm removed and the work abandoned
after lire bad burned its way from the sur
face to the bottom of the G M ,Ltot slope,
which cared in. ,
Tbe first loaded car wai hoisted irom ti.a
lope, which Is down sixty feet. Thousand
of tons of the best quality of coat remain
in the mine, which was only partially
worked, by fully developing the operations
the comrany expects to have one of the
largest producing collieries In the lower
anthracite coal field
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a THArrirtt' MYstrntoespKirii.
I.KiQMm For some years pt Iavld
Seeger. 70 yests of site and a great trapper
has lived alone at a wild siwit in the moun
tains lour miles from l.'gonier He was
found dead in his cabin Wednesday and
there are enough mysterious feature! to
warrant a tliomt'uli ii.vr-.t!g:itiott. '1 lie an.
notincemenl ir It's ilrsth will be im, ns
to a multttttile of s-portMiten in western
Pennsylvania.
It P I tl t V TIIK W HOI r rMii v.
Ht-NriNunox Three msskd robbers en
tered the residence of John Homing of
Iloruingsford. M'ttlin e unity, and alter
breaking all thn ilo trs held up Mr. Iloruitu
and his f imily at the point of tueir revol
vers and inmitelled him to open up his sf
and give tip ff 10 in cull. The thieves then
prepared themselves some supper and after
Mnishing their meal gvhered up the family
iWcr ami dccimpe I
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trinrM i or .i sii i:s.
tlAi-tusHCR', Secretary Edge of the tta'.e
hoard ttl'.igrirulture ws informed that sev
eral Iresh cases of g! itt lers Ins broken out
.tmoiij hortos in Wilkesliarre. Thirteen
horses in that city atTecte.1 with the disease
were recently killed and cremated in the
hope of stopping its sptead
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inrtN ni-.r rtl'Nn Mt) iiito.
I.fRtMni Iron ore. said to assay .V) pr
cent of Irou per ton: was discovered Jou the
large tract of land of William t". freeman,
in South Lebanon township, three miles
east of the famous I erriwall ore hills.
. . . .
Josmmi (i w.i.ow v. a farmer of near Eav
e'te it r, whs thrown from his buggv in a
runaway. His leet aught in the gearing
and his bodv was dragged for two miles
and bruised into u jelly. He was ku vein
old.
WiitM'i Hn.nrsnd Allen Stephenson,
g'ansbloweM. fought with knives at Itelle
vernnn. as a remit of a drunken nuarrei.
Iloih sutler from a di.eu or more bad
wounds. They will likely die.
Martim (ViKMtsos, a voting women lie
Inn near Huntington, went to the World's
1'air five weeks ago. The last heard of her
was t wo weeks' ago and it is f sared she hat
met with foul play.
Tut fish commission at Hsrrlsbnr !w
given Mtticethat next mouth A.um rainbow
trout frv. all hatched a vsar sjo will he sent
to uhlo I'yle to stock tbe Youghioi,heny.
At New ('sstle. a ft-yenr-old daughter nf
James W. Clark was probably fatally burn
ed bv her clothing ratchmu lire, wliilu she
was burning a pile of ruhb jli.
l.t'THfR JoNfs, of Scrauton, while suf
fering from a stroke of simplex y feil
against a fence picket and smtsined injur
ies Irom which he died.
Mt-s, IloiiKiir Cook, of ftradford. shot her
eif twice in the b'eust niilt a revolver tie-ctu-e
her husband cime home intoxicated.
Hie will rohubly die
Two youn metr. both well dressed, sup
posed to be from Newark. X .1.. were in
stantly killed bv the Pacific expreis near
Aituoiin on Sunday.
;.w Casti r merchants will not give un
employed workmen reduction in prices
lor goods stid the milliiicu may stun a
general store.
M tKMt men held up Isa ic Stickles, a
peddler, not far tioui lireeit'burg, knocked
I in se,ieleM and rubbed lien of two silver
watches.
I'mon rows. The I.eith works of the H.
C. Krick Coke Company 1,'ad .no oen.
This plant hat been idle since May for re
pairs.
T'Hr diphtheria epidemic nt Mahouitu
town is iiicrtteaniu' to an alarming extent.
I lie schools bare beeu c oeJ on account of
it.
Tiir Irwin plate glass company has suf
ficient orders ahead to keep its plant run
ning tor tbres months.
At fireensburg John Hamilton was sen
tenced to seven years iu the penitentiary lor
burse stealing.
Plyssfs ItANOKKnf Itrandsr's Mil's tin tier
coumy. choked to deuth ou corned beef
Friduy.
Eat nk CoiKi.tr. 13 year old, was killed
by an Erie railroad tram near Oreentille.
Stiiikimi Wilkeibarre weavers are going
to work at reduced wages.
Wales' .siost Popular Itatigrucr.
Of the three daughters of the
Prince of Wales by far the cleverest
and the one itosscssod of the lamest
amount of savolr faire is 1'iince-s
Victoria (now :.',) who lius lotiir been
her mother's right hand and who
carries on half her correspondence
and hup'ie! by quickest and shrewd
est tact her mother's want of hear
ing. She Is hearty, jolly, merry, and
full of aplomb, and there is no douM
that If bIio and her younger sister
wcro suddenly thrown on their own
resources the two young ladies would
soon make their way In the world,
the elder of the two leading. The
Duchess of Fife, on tho contrary is of
sentimental and dreamy character
ant more fond ot novel reading than
'jt tho practical work of housekeeping.
All three of the Wulcs girls aro very
like the typo of tho royal house ol
liuelph, especially their eves and foro
heads, and the two youngest are very
similar In character aud disposition
lso. The Duchess of Kit cares noth
ing for display and state, and would
be quite con ten o to ho frco from the
stlquette of a court,.
When the dealers put down the
prices on peaches the women put
tueni uo. Boston Globe.
RELIGIOUS READING.
Tne bhavkm.t acpsr.
In many (lerruaa homes It la the custom f it
the youngest ehl.d at table to ask th hless
lugou tbe food. And the words which thn
little child Is taught to sav are such as the
youngest child can understand, and yet such
as the most nxerleni'ed Christian ina gladly
make his owns "Conn. ,ord .testis, mid lie
our gneHt, and bless the f'jod thou hast pro
tided for us."
If this Is a beautiful prsyer nf blivsimr for
everyday. It Is eswinllv appropriate, for
Thauksgtvlng I)av. It Is It'v no means a low
view of the t'entlnl of Thsnkstlist makes this
dloaer-table Us wutntl lent lire and crowning
lllteres. The. boiilitirullv spresd table. Is a
typeof Ood's bountiful proMslmi for all his
creatumsi the gHtliMiiiig of all nietnls'r of
the fsmilv, from near S'jd far, arouud the
boanl Is a Iteaiitllnl prophe, v of the reunion
of loynd ones iu the Item en I v mansions : the
father of the family at tl:- head of tint table
dlspeuslng the food to his children I- it re
minder that all we have of pleasure ud com
fort eouins front the Heavenly father's hsuds;
and tint stranger at the hoard .surely it Is for
this (lint lonely lilies lire (HMinttted to l
among us, that every houseli.ild festival may
enlarge, the. elrcW c,r I ive to embrace otie.su. -it
aTii-eiitativeof Him who td-ittliled
Himself with strangers: Him who had no
boiuc of Hlsown on earth; Hun whom i
woulil gladly weleomn as our ttuest wre It'
n the flesh on farth to-dnt.
That Thutiksgiviug feast is 1,1 -ss.d in ."1
at Wbii'b the prceel'- of the Heavenly ImM
U earnestly de-.lt 'd mid realized. It i'ii
un diminution of Unto, cut miHli to r'alire
th leuilgn pr- sent of Him who hi ssed little
children, -Hid hallowed a marring" f"iist bv it
helpfulness ot Ills own, unit lonnd congenial
rewt In the home of two siwi.ms and their
brother. The thought of Hull us close at
hsinl kolls closer Hie bond tlia' binds l ing
sepnrstt slstors an, I bp!!iets to ou t another
and to thn home Slid parents from w ho't' they
lists gone otit only to teiuru at times like
this. 1'amlly fellowship Iw. ouie- the more
dear Ullil close as It I. eulied tin' all nie
ouh In him.
Ami If Hie pres iit.'" of the L rd .1 'sm as
Onesl, tto 1ms renll.-'d thottgu iim. en, is n
blessing u happy muled lioiM"ho!,s at
Thanksgiving tide, what is it to those for
whom no such gnthei mt-s er to be until
thn final gathering in the I'ailiet s house;
What ts it for bereaved parents, and loindt
Women, and uirssloua -ics far iiwav on tbe
frontier, and those w hom .o.-it , or Hie de
mandant duly have em ,,IT lioai I irnily ties!
Ah, they who In their . n i lit-- can sav.
"Come, Lord Jesus, an. I be onr jruest." h,i
a solace In thn midst of teiii", a blessed coui.
paulonshlp Iu most rUI.I isolation, a t'l.n
Uo bereavamciit nil tuL.t a was from them.
There art times wh"it in Iu ntelst of
friends, with the siiits of jov an. I gladness
all altout one, the heart Is i:niiHeraM loiielv ;
there are sad u nine, that will Intrude,
there are longings for those who ate gone,
there are he.tna.'hcs for those not gone but
wayward and estranged. Ah. for such then,
ts no Thanksg lug joy ex.-cpt as the Suvl"
comes iuto the empty room and sheds l is
peacit upon the a lung heart. Then hi-
preelotiHiiess Ihvoiiics ,.( hnndfd-fold ill
iml the Joy of his pr .!). . atoii 's for the
bitter sadneMs felt even In the mi. 1,1 of ov.
Ho let all. the happt. the light .bearte.1', the
thankful, the anxiois, the mourning, the
distressed, make tin, their I liauksgiMng
prayer, 'Come Lord Jesus aud bo our
guest!"- Auevii-au Sles-ae.
t::: i nt.si i ihnssoivino.
Thanksgiving as most p,..,pM know, 'is a
purely American (e-tunl, having It 'origin in
the eirliest colonial days, and in til" very
l.ua i nf rigid, el udfast' New l'.itglaud. In
lic.oltie ri'grlm l alliers and their devoted
lilt e elan luued on Hie roek ast of Mas
sachusetts, and in ISiO the town of riynioiith
i-elnhrated the hiKeuteiiuiiil of thai historic
fact. A grnd state dmuer was given umii
the occasion, and a esdi guest took his
jnllHAA be wns ,iirpns.-d to find le-slde t
plats live raius oi ran-bed corn, no more,
no eI H. This wss aa appropriate, and
touching r iiiiii.I.t oi those lierole men
and women who .In-. I l.imiue mid
slaughter for Hi"ir principle,, who
llrst won plenty irom the i.nciiltiwt'ed -oil,
and et who weie oit-u in , need ol a :no.
te of breud.
'1 lie traditional story run, llius: During
til.' siiuiiner lollotving the ar rtt al of II, e !
iiitslx, all t!ie supply ol foo.l brought from
OMT the seu WSS ehllu,te, ; the llrst lll el
plant id iu tlm New World was still t ir li..ni
iIm. and the leader one day awol.e to the
grim laci thai there i-inuiue. but one pint ,t
corn In all til-,.,tieiheiit, A sorry oinlool,
was this, and well might tli-v evciaun. like
tho d's.. I, s of old, -Whiit is Unit among
wlllimni' I, III I" enough, trills : Willi" the
days ot miracles were ,,nn nee .ut ' Ifct-
I'Vltr, llolll III- sesetl Ilttl) hot.
nestled near tin shore, the peopl ,
were summoned together, and the sk ti lei
stock ol provisions i utf art bill', divided among
them ! ye l,ern.ils I enig lie Miat'of ca.'h mall
woman and lull ; whil" wi'h what ,a I heait
Ihey must lnic I'atcn Ihisfn.gal ucal. know
lug not wlteie a bit was to hhim fiom ou the
moriow. Nor did it conic; and tlir r foul
mouths pa-scil ,iwav le'loro they iigaiii tasted
either colllul l.te.i.l. biting I'oi. 'i d to live oil
shell-llsh, berrie,, i. iint-ntit-. ueoru,, and
oilier cd lcs the wild.s air r 1.
t an you uot iinagiue, then, how auviously
they walche.l the ripeiiing of t It--cio,
is'.' ' And nt I 'tiglli, Iu d'l'i season,
Ihey were gallieied 111, nil an. 'lent
tepurt telling ii, that the corn yielded well
and the I arley was iiidl'.letently good, bit!
tho peas wei" it latitire, owing to droughi
uud late sowing," Hnn-1 s.unlled, however,
was the little colony, iiu. o. Ilr.idlord sent
out four skilled sporisiiiiin iu ipict of fo,vls
that they might aiier a speeial manlier"
rejolue together. Venison, w,, birds, wild
turkeys, and other gaiu.i went brought
hack by these hunter,, , there iu ilie
wilderness the tlrsf ' hail!., 'iyiii,' turkey
was roasted and eaten, while .,r three
whole days the hardy I'untans feasted
aud made merry, entertaining as their
guests King Massavs nt aud uin-tv In liau
warriors.
'J'hls was the first Harvest Koine fesilva-.
held ou the "bleak New Kiigl.iud shore," el
well may loyal Amen. '1111, remember tin- Utile
gathering of "red men" mid pole lac at
I'lymotith, when thev cluster al t the
1 hauksgiviug board and keep the u.itloual
November feast.- 11 It" Ariciiitnri,i.
UVK I'llAVtlts.
After a prayer iiioi-tiug. al which a female
had la-en among those who ,p.,k aloud iu
prayer, a persi n slightingly l,s,tryed, -A, for
that woman, she eould " prav all nighl."
Jes. replied u devom friend, -aud I do not
Otlhl that she In,, ,,11..,, .1 ... ' 1 ..;
a ttrst-ralH reply, ut huw f,.,v ,, (t
been spoken Vet thos, who are much In
prayer alone nru th.se who i.rav to purpose
a thn assembly. Vou can f the other soil,
however ready their utterance. Ir i, parrol y J
too glib to bo earnest, 'oo prole,s,,iial to
"!7'IV Tn'-klnd of praying 1, u ,i,t
Wlilcu does not wet you, u ilre which does
hot warm you. You could .sleep from Our
l ather to Allien" under such a perfor
mance. Yet It Is very g I ami proper. There
u uothlug tlm matter with It. except that it Is
dead led as the woman's child, which
ne tUerof ihmwo inothitrscared to ow n. In
Boloinan s court. Oh, for more IMng child-reu.-we
mean true, crying, struggling
prayors. TIibs ,,ati only coiui from those
who la private wrestle ami wep and pitnall.
An ocaMioual break dowu is .rv refresh
n t 0 otm"rye heart too full to express
Itae. f with the tongue is most aroustng to tint
soul. Oh. that soma of our br.'lliren would
pr eould break dowu ! They ure too far goue
Ui roiitlne to be able to rise 'into the uatural,
ttjuch less Iuto the spiritual. Whila such 111a
ruiuss press like a nightmare ou our prayer
meetUiga. thlugs eanuot 11 li Improvn. OU !
torileUverance' -ltev. C. H. Huuiuaou.
Taa Kara Sea la remarkably free of Ins,
and Or. Hansen's expedition has a Una pros
yeot of reaching the North 1'ule.
TEMPEPi.VNCB.
TSTTB ts e.S 'V.1.
Ti-o-iglt we were but two or throe.
Sure ,,' triumph we should ls.
We our prontls! land shall see,
Though the wav seem lonrf
r.verv I ear I ess word we speak
Makes sin s strongholds bsu I .ml crak
Wickedness Is always weak.
t it irtt'h Is youug an I ttronrf.
Msrtsr o
Tt Is rrd l.v those
i nr xravet.
in a pos,tion to know
t lint It la ol uo use to 1i1sgu.se the terrible fact
thst Intemp-rsnert Is more Ireotient among
women tlinu it has ever I "Mi In-fore, more
general and more ruinous, to the poiut of
phvslcsl and men'al mortality.
It makes tiss'.iudiler to hearths fa !s In ths
ease, to listen evr 11 to th" suppositions con.
cernilttf its esusee, one stitutosit ion betn that
suddenly s"'ilire,l wealltt. giving p ope the j
opportunity of go'ug througli In-at a great I
pace, makes It necessary that they should re. j
sort to whip and spins to maintain th ' gait
that is, thai having money ihey inns' and will j
spend It fan', snd si tiding it f ist engenders j
pleasures to wnose enjoyment the strength is
not eiptsl without th" h-lp of tae exciting and
stimulating drink. Another cms is said M
j be the presScnt nl"!"1 or both religions
! anil uioi-al s'tititnent. the disdain for every
; rhing that cannot I " s.-.-n or l"lt, the reign j
; o 1 pure r .Ken and realise . tit" cusloiu of
I ronsideritig Hint if r.n wants a thing ens
shoiibl have It, and litat tlt-re ,ho,t I be ni
restr tuit noon otf s de-it -s fti-ilierthau ths
ability to gratify t li -nt. A third cans" is
gi en as t It gireit-, it being statel litat
1 ttiiiny ntoi'e young . n l ntl'ldle- iged woireti
: than we have d. nme.l of ui s. i. lived a
'sti y or a 'aslilon the in- r tins vile lit
tle anl -le, aad it, u,s er -ales tlnrs:. an t the
i thirst win. -It only neig drink slakes. T'it"rn
are install 'es. too, wlter., the drea Iftll evil
1 has been brought ai out by th prescription
1 of . Ins. .1:111-. th" in aiid thus linvingtho
j lot1. it established Im'oi. being aware ol what
, done. I lilt th s ,ii,t.tt ""s .11 s lew ill coin-part-.
u to the number "t Ih whi-di result
i iron t It" niip.irent ly unto '"til :;lass ta,eti nt
i table or e'sewiiere. 'I It" last" one.' formed,
it may be indulged with all th" ot her tastes,
al table ,.f .111 the shopping 'our or in tho
pr'ibce i III rest tut tut ,.r in th" prna-y
o, t i" 1 ..itdo. r, where trouble .r dcpr.'ssiou
, o,' any .ei aos's the sttuoilattt to be re
I sorted to ty.tlt a hop t'i'it .1' t'vnpof.irc es
' bllar it.oa tv.ll ti l er lb" g! -0111.
I in , are iier.lo.is trues ail th rutin-
I flllc;s , 1, ble rapid. All I ,-t I', e, ii'-rva-
Ir.iiniug I .! great stre, 1, trier windi we
. It v " in. .asioiis a il 'gen . rat t ui f th" ir-rvcs,
' 1111 I tl"1 s.yi t -! and essies' rcnir " th ui Is
the stinitilam Kit .v,ug lit.,, kime-ing Iliac
.. org go-, a: e ba'il" t sit -It I, generation,
it eco'r s .loii'.U imp etatit t hut t hey sliouid
' be shell -r 'il 'o HI'' ' ol I pu'ilte op,tlio
wlii' h 'tin . ncis" I', a' any r.i'e. Iillb ull for
llle.li lo begin tile or ll'.ltlg ll.ll'lt in it S nlosl
1 insidious and delicate tlrst appror-hes. I'or
, It I, t 1 lie rt"iib.ir . Itl It It is I It t It" b"gl 11
mug Inc daiig-r li . I lr-v n ut" of tlrua
ktroy wlril is I. "Inn t lli"in, .yn tt heredity
.'r-cii un .in.ori una' ancestor may gi e thetn
i a TiChI flip (' "ii st trte.t. I'. it n i her I tt y
; can start ,u ' it th" wav H thev refuse to
i lake the ilrs- sip, and in ike it thus inipossi
i bl t i a o'lire th" List -..r app 'tt'". Tint llrst
i gi.i uiav be hanrles, e 'epi in It, relation
i to lit" la, but there 1- ,111 in. tedtl'ly short
' .cii.'i- nl ti it". 1,1 alas b.c.y tinny instances,
' b'"!W"en In- llr-u i'"W .Ir.uKS and death troni
i - en n "r.ou, lis"as" ol t lie ner es, whom
! other nam" Is p 'r.,iiy l"lll'o.lu Ueiuoui.
' ('..ti p : ., IS.i
ur v:i t ri ..irti '' tt.
Or. Tli ni, t in! line wa an itid,ra!ig tMe
preacher against inle np r"iice. all I w is the
originator of ragg I s 'hools wltl.-'i be vi'to.
a National le it are
"I was llrst e, h toll te'Upersn
nieelmg in llelfast, ",o ,'or:ii a high opinion
of the calls" oi ti'llip 'rall '" by the he.V. itlg ot
nn Irisliiu itl. It is now soaie ta-eutv-two
years r.io. I ha I lelt Oaisgli oa a bller,
ilt cr M.-isWtU tiny, yifh a lasting rain. nn..
had to travel across it cold country to ('o iks
ton. Well, by the lone we had got oyer half
th" ro id we readied a small Inu lul w hich
w wen', m sailors i;i stresi of westlr r run
inlothe tlrst tiHyen. Its till- tini" we were
s tl.tiig wit h water o. iside. ail l as ,"")'
we- ii .t days of t-.i ati.l to ist. bii , f
drln , lug, " tlioiign' the i.s' v: c t
".lk oiiis 'ivi's with W.llsnt inside
t '.'oriliiiglv. we i-ii-iied nit" tne inn, fu
ller '.I warm water-, and got our tumbler of
to Idy li lt of liiil. bless .i the cur dtlvei .
we called bun ill I'" wis nit very t.ei;
i loth", I -,n I 'd. It t it li-r h"lo;ig"d ci that
re,i ! t the or of nt ragged school in
T.'linbiirgli. lie w is s ,',itig v. 't ami we
efn r ! Iiim ;: go i I ma r o' to I I ,' We
thought thai 'vii it was s.i'i " I.', - tli" n"
wis s iu ' for 'lie gande" l.u' III e.i" ilrcei
I was not such a gait I r as w , tic geese, too.
! I Ii'l'. He would not t ,t" It. 'Win.' we
i is , e.i 'tvnat ..bje.'tio t hay you .' f, il l he
I ' Please, y , 1 1 r reverence I ni tl" 'lotaler, and
I 1 ou t t a,',' a dr,,p of c
Well, thai ,tu'k I v thru'. -111 I It
w uit to in , heart . .111 I. bi an I lie -mi," than
I'lllk. Iho.lgll. It w ! niv hen. I. Here
'.v. 1, n.lititii ll". iiir ulli vatcl. line. Incite. I en
nci'i. and I said. 'Il lit il man ciin d'-uv him
self tills llldulgeli , tvnv should if I:' I
r 'meinbere I t hat . an I I ha ." "M r r eiietu
ber'lttt i the honor of I'ela.il. I hate
cfteii told th story ne I though' ; th- e
amnio set by that poor li'islrnin for our
people to follow I . Uriel home 111" re
iiidiibr.iu e ,11' 1: with in" ! Ildinbiirgh.
Tint circiitisti 1 . ai cig 'villi the . en,.,
,11 which I was . vl" I 1 1 latioi' d ib Ij:
j e.tr, made ny a ;: !.!;. '
1 1 ,; , ot oh y.
I If a m.m hud eyes, hands and feet, that he
j 'ould give to those who v. ante I t li "11 ; 11 he
I dmuld eitn.-r li k the. 11 i p in a elte,i, or
:il",i-o hiiusi'if witli sou," u"edlt',- mid
:lileiiloiis ue of them, instead of giving
lli'Mii to In- brellireu who tv re blind uud
mite, should we not justly r igui" bi n 11,
in Inhuman wretch If' be should ruilcr
.house to amuse himself with lurnulilng Ins
House tvl'h these thing, (linn lo entitle him
io an ciorual reward bv git ng .'."ii lo tli..s,,
dint wanted !''', nud lin 11 -l .. tuiglil we
'jot justly reckon him mud ' Now money
Jus yery inii 'h the tiatiiie ol no and
is-l ; if WS lock it Up III ch"-ts or
lt ll-1" It in needless expense 11 poll olll',eh es
while the ill, I rt ssed wnlil it for I li"r 111 -
nil V US",; If we coll, iitne It in the ridiculous
ruatn'nts of appiircl. while oilier, are starv
ng in nakeilnesH, we at" not Im from lift
rueliyof him that ehoos,, rather lo lulorti
hi, house with hand, mid etc, than to gi ,
litem to those that tviuit llt'tni. Il we choose
lo indulge ourscltes iu such enjoyments lis
have no real use iu llieui. mid -ali-.lv no real
want, rather than lo obtain an eternal re.
ward by disposing of our money well, " ate
','ullty or his miiilncs, tiuil cnooses to lock
up eyes mid bund, rallicr than lo make him.
"lf loreter blessed by giving llli'lll to t lloso
'.hut w.inl t lmni.- I ' ' ' all to Christ inns.
ai.c'i.im. ix rur: aromext,
Vi'lr'i one tells you to put toads, lizarjs,
Sll iki,, i t '.. Ill buttles lllled With III. ollol Si)
us 10 pr "servo Ih" llesli from dissulviug uuil
keep 11 fresit Tot' a term oi years, another out
I. -II. ton 11 put :i. ohol iu your slomueti
it uer" a good meal of fresh meat lias gone,
tortile purpose if dissolving t and "aiding
digestion." The mini who takes alcohol to
help digest his foo I must ilrt throw off the
alcohol bsforu his sbcmieu ciu cuuitueu.e
ill" Oj) 'I'.ttluj.
riTTr.n an n nr.stiRi.va Wol'.PS.
HI the Worlil'('ouwreson Africa, recently
held in Chicago, 1111 African Prince, Massoml,
road a paper In i-icelhtnt lluglisli which wns
well received. In one passage, the young
colored mail he is not oyer three and twenty
raising his hands to the skies wished tj
Ood that Africa had never seeti the white
man or heard of Christianity, hee.iusa of the
etirse brought to bis land by the rum Ira HI".
What must ho the sit un o,' every wliils maa
who rein!? Ilioau h.tte,- .in I Jcspairiuy words.
SABBATH SCHOOL
IMI KI.N AVION Al. I.Ksaox
M K.MISfi-.K J.
KOII
Lesson Tev : I'lis Christian Home,''
Col. III., CJ.'i.. tlold-n Telt
l'salm c1.. J -- Com
nieiilary.
1?. Put nn thvrMlor" as the elect tT 0k1(
holy .'III. I beloved, bowe's of mercies, kind
ness, humbleness of mind, meekness, loo
suffering." Ileesns" of the fullness that
dwells In Christ and I.e. 'a use nil this is our
we ought to manifest It In our Uvea In the
potter aud gr ie-s of the Holy Spirit VI. v.
2it. 'J'l We are th" elect or chosen of (bet
to be holy In ou- lives b uiuse we hate bene
made holy 111 Christ 1 I ph. I.. 1 1.
I I. "f'orbenritiL' one another and forgiv
ing one another, if snv msn have a iptarrnl
against snv ven as Christ forgave you, mi
also do y.,." A mil eomnient iry upon this Is
loiind In Math, xvilt., 'Jt t.'i Tn-ti If any one
should st ,,lloy can I sttai'i to It '.' ' the
Nliswer bt. ".My grace is suffleient 'or theej"
I II Cor. xil . !)t. We are His l.od.t , He thn
head 1 chapter i.. It, and if the i.odv is U
lieslth sll the tiiem'irs are 1111 ler pTfeo
control 01 the 1 1 sad.
II. 'Will 11I1 .. all Hies things put on
elianly ior lovei, which Is the bond of per
fcetncss." 'the best eonoiietitiirtes oil this
verse are t Cor. mi . and I John iv. Tint
spirit througli pet.-rssts, "hove all fhirg
being ferteni in your b'teanioitg yourselves,
for leys ,.,n .r Mil S UlU'tilUle of Mltis ' 1 1 I'm.
It.. SI. S l-., l 1, ,ve , I ,lot Iv , S. 0),
II II" dwell-, Iu us. 'Vs love cannot but Im
nt littlest, lor II" is .us , 1 t uit , and light must
shine,
l.i. " tld let tbe p 1 e o," ( lo, rule in ynur
hari to the which !,. t e ai" ealle I in one
bo.lt.. in. I be ye tliatlklilt." Christ Hllllsslll
Is the p ace of Uo, I. and H" wdl deligiulully
rule in our beans if we -.sr 1 1 1 only ," Hint It
Isotirparl I 1 viei.l ourselves 'unto Hon us
those that ar" alive tr.cn lit" deal y lloui.
v... 11'.
I'i ' Let the wor t o'l'liri-t dwell in you
richly Iu all wis torn, tea ng an I admonish
ing on" an h"e In ps'tlms and In inns and
spirit I'll songs, suiifing with grace tn votir
hearts to the Lord." It is our busiti'sss to
cat the word of ti.vl. and eat plenty of It
and eat it cotttinuaby i .ler. xt-.. i : Jul,
xxili.. I.': l..ek. In . I 1 1 ; iid simply read
It. but lliclltate llpou if , 's. I., Ji, illgisst 11,
make it on.- own.
IT. "Xnd witateyerte ,o in word or dead,
do all in the nam" the ,,rd . lesns, giving
thanks to Cod mil the Pat tier by Hint," or
11s In I Car. x., el, 'Whether therslore y.t
cut or ill , nk, or wli ttsoeter ye do do ,11 to
til" g.OJ'V of liod. Mils S t II" "S "11 " tll.l
III" stmpli'itf of th - I hnstian ll'e imr
bodies became III, alioil" or mansion 1 I i'iii
vit., J. JI', lor it is 1 he same word in each
terse. and s'lfelv it Is right to refer aU tttnurs
lolhe Ilea I of the lion,,, an I let II 11 -..,m
III II .s own house,
s. "Wite, sitleii.t yourselves unto votir
own liu,b'in.ls. as it Is th m th , Lord." I'ltr
reason is given III Kpli. v., X. 'JI. that tho
litis' snd is the bead o the wife as Christ is
tit" in-1 I of the hu" di. an I 111 that eluiptet
the inalogt is relerr-1 back to Adam and
live, la I pet. nl.. I. wives are exhort 1 1 to
submission 11 older that they nniy win their
husband-. and In Tit. 1 it.. I. .t. thiit the w. .rrl
of Col i.e not hl'isjhemi.
I'l. "Husbands, love vo ir wives and be not
biitcr against them." In Kph. v . 'J.V 2H. tni
.tu ilogt is ".is Chris' loved III" church anil
give Himself for It, " and It Is sud that hm
ill it low-Ill his wi'e loyeth himself. Where
1 here is tins love on th , part of the husband,
love will ordinarily be returned, and suhnils
1 sion will l e:uy all round, fine has said:
Unit woman was taken tro-n man's sld" to Ih
011 1111 e.pi.iUiv w.lli hut., trotn near his heart
hi be love I by him. from under his arm lob
prote,ded by him, but not ft on his he'
his fee '., ,-"i oter him re i,e tra
il jo.ir parents In nil
thi . . w CI pleasing unto the
Lo r- r.luig to ih,, law. 11 stubborn
,fch'!llio,is son was tube stoned I I lent
mi., 's i 1. u'ri in Pro,. xv , 7. a leinl.lo
thing is v, rit'eti of tne ,.yttiat moekoth at
la'bei nad despiseth nuCher. Tit" tilth entn
tiiiiiiiui"tit s i n, in, th,, plain leaching on
In, po.ut I s. x., IJ . nud the great iIIuh
1 rat ton 1, J...;, Hcr-eir, who, v. .tile about
li s I'atber's b . i'l'.-. WHs snbjec; to IflH
pare i's until II v is thirty vmis of ago
I.
l.u,
I'.. I'' 1 1 .
"''stiiers. .r tft ton ehillrui to
lest they 1'itd.s Ig"'l. Ill Kph .
tiicr 1, Ui a I liuon, "nut bring llioin
the iiim' .ire mi l admonition of thn
I.
Ulr.
ti..
up 01
Lord.
Wenr to Muni, o,' our Pal tier 111
beat. 111 .'in I II. s I, iv to .;. 111 I thus lovingly
le t! w.tii o 1 . -1 1 1 . 1 1 - mi. Wuetl II" chastens
It is 01 lo .e. a, u iti iiug" -. nud Im- our pro H
1 hat W" may l. pa'iikets wf His holiness
i.H -b. tn.. il. 1 1 .
J'J "il. "tin all tiling, voir master tic-
or hit z I" .he flc-'i, l..i 11 ot wctt et e service.
,s men i'1 "i--r-, , it ii. , iigleiiess of heart.
lending 1 1 n. ' Peter
lion to milst'M'S 1, t I''
and u'. at e, but a!,., 1
II. , I , 'I III, I, 11 lo --I
til Clir.sriaus. lo one
"s.-r, all's ot Ca.vs-.
J I. " 'l I V. I. It- 1 . a."
a l'ls t lint t his s.ibtnc
no' only to the good
o Hi" 101 ward 1 I Pie.
sin 01 r-adi, s 11 1 so to
f .;ir highest titles is
. .1 . il heartily,
lll 'ii. ' Pteil ,M
ve are told that
Is to II" ,
lo .:. vl at
Wil l' s.ie-.er
1!" 1' with
co.tcl snv
I .111 I 11 .1 .tut
ade ' ! lie s .'I. 'V.
I - ll lll l tlu l"t II t
, 1 igh: I'. -i. 1
o W" .11' to
, 111'. Jesus
io r 'lutein
,11
"I'noig Ml, si .-v
lo th" In'
Wlli 'll p.e.i
I 1 pr-.en;
a cent t'c
her. "I ,1" 'I'wats tlio.s things
'I on .bum fit:, , v"1 '. We ire
a - l-i. lies ,. hv.iig -1 rolee, lioiy,
uut j ti'.-l. thtc j licit' pr-.
j What is lil.lt g.l.td .'III I tl ' cepta 'l.' IU I p r:'eC
I will of liod liom. .it.. I. "J . I. 't our motto
j be, ' I in. 1 Hon xv 1 1 1 lo.ed us and w ish" I 114
' Irom our sin, in IL, own iilood ' 1 llet. '.. 51.
J'. 'Kii'.'.v.ng that "'the Lord snail re
ceive I he r wiir I of th" inheritance, lor ye
serve the Lord Cur.,'. ' I iie ipi-stioti of
' service brings up til" tpi.'-lioti of wag-ss.
Saltation, lorgu ncs, ol ,111,, liie eternal, is
j the gift id liod un I i, out, in Christ when y.
. receive linn t lloui. v i. ,'J I : loltti I., I'J . Then
j we begin to serve tin ! mid t" wait lor His
1 Son Irom h"aicii 1 I The,,. 1., !(. Ill ; I'ltus il..
i II I I . 'i'hoiigli lllilieiietets .shall not . oine
into judgment ior tlieir sins i.loiin v., 'Jt t
lsa. Xllll. , 'J.'l 1, we must lippe.tr belor" the
judgment seat of Christ to hate our nemo
examined, uud then shall every one I eeiyo
his own reward accor ling to In, ow n l.ibor
t Itom. Xiv.. Ill ; II Cor. t.. 10 : I Cor. III., S).
All that has been done unto lliiu shall stand,
while all else shall prove worthless.
J.'i. "Hut h" that doeth wrongsltall receive
for the wrong w tiled he linili none, and there
Is no respect of persons. " A cnroliil mail
ing of 1 Cor. III., tl-l'i, wiil show the possi
bility of a Christians works proving lobe
only wood, hay and Hiubhle and consequeut
ly burned up lii ths day of the trial, leaving
such a Christian saved as by tire, .lestiswlll
prove a righteous judge -there is no unright
eousness In Hun. He shall uot judge alter
the sight of His eves, neither reprove after
the hearing of Mis ears, but with righteous
ness shall He judge (.13. si., a, s.) -Lesson
Helper.
T1WloU' ' t'lTMl S Wont,
Slrnn urui ; is the oc .-ukiouof many trage
dies mid of untold I .in 11 1 11 y Among ths re
cent incidents of tenement house Ills ia
)iri, I'.lyu. tviticli caused .or a tiuisgreat et
ch 'incut among tlm tenants, was the shock
ugly brutal conduct of a husband who bast .
iieeii uriukiiig. and who in his frenzy snfoiNl
his wife in. I held her upon a hot rouge, burr ing
her learlully but finally made good h
escape when lie heard her neighbors couilug
to hey rescue. There bus been a good deal
of discussion latter!) of the problem "U mar
riagnit failure.'" It would seem lo be some
thing trorss than ,) lailure In such a case aa
tins. Alas, how many homes have beau
broken up bv the drlnli Ueul Auterlcau
Teuipjr.iu.'a Altooals.
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