V . I SLY REYNARD. TDK FOX IS AHRRRY TJKAST ASD nOM) KRKKHOOTER. Restless, Alert and Full of Resource Ills Career U ,ten Short-Lived, but Ills Kxlstence Is a Ilap py-go-Lucky On. OW few people know what interesting chap the fox " said the naturalist in (1 the New York Sun. "They know him only br reputation and that as a chicken-thief, which he is. But he ha lots of points, I tell yon. A merry, sly dog is reynard. All sum mer he lives in luxurious esse, roam ing the wood and sauntering by the pesrly brooks, or baskiDg in the noon- "lit lpyes fish; and going down to tho stream be' JM-'ta tillhe spiesa plump trout. It's all over in a twinkle. A leap, a snap, and off he trots with his juicy morsel. A stupid" crawfislx snoozes by his hole near the water's edge. Reynard drops his tail in tho water ami tickles him with it. The angered crustacean comes out of his hiding place and is seized end crushed, armor and all. When the ripening corn is ready to drop, and the luscious fruits have reached their maturity, and all nature is plethoric with ripening fullness, then Master box is in clover. Timid rabbits prick tin their ears and run, unconscious of danger, along the hillside; the quails skulk noiselessly in the wheat stubble; birds pour forth their notes of praiso and he catches them all. He loves fruits, stealthily stealing into orchids, where apples and plump pears tempt, aud in the vine yard he fairly revels in grapes. His cubs grow fa.t ami saucy. He shows them how to pilter honey, and when the busy bees have laid up a winter etore ho crawls to the hives near the garden fence and jumping up t the email opening licks the sweet drops with pure delight. Out come the stinging, humming honey-makers, and ettlo like a pall on his thick pelt ; but he doubles uii in a twiukling uud roll ing over aud over crushes them by the score and eats them as a relieli. 'Cunuing? No animal beats him. Look at his brainy head. His delicate ears broad below to catch every sound from tho highest note of the shrill warbler to the low crooning of the cricket, or the distant murmur of storm, or the fevered pants of the prancing hounds, and tapering so sharply to a point that they cau shape themselves to every wave of air that makes the tiniest rustle of noise. Note the crafty calculation and foresight of the low, flat brow. What a nose! Now full of resoluto purpose pointing straight forward, and anon turning Tip with concentrated malice aud scorn. The eye, deep set, a regular robber's ye. lckin . ft .K"."r of the timid deer, ."gl.re of .uw v..,. , Jet fv n enables with .j,.,.. humility or glares with murderous rage, flashing tiro and vengeance. En ergy and self-control speak in the thin, -cynical lips, and tho mouth opens from ear to ear. He can leap, crawl, run and swim with the velocity of lightning, aud his wiry body is curried so noisolesHly along that scarce a traco is left. His delicate footfalls echo uo tespouso even among the deud leaves of tho forest. His walk is treacherous, his glance sinister. Seizing a bunch of grain in his mouth, he will swim into the midst of a Hock of ducks and seize the plumpest for a dinner. "He will feign death like a 'possum, ami even the hound's teeth and the flash of gunpowder have failed to arouse him. A farmer surprised oue in a hen-roost, llclieviug that the lox was dea from over-eating the farmer kicked the stiffened body on the floor, picked it up by the tail aud flung it out iu the barnyard. Iu a jiffy the fox gathered up his legs and escaped. "He is voracious, is reynard. When hunger-pressed, aud gaunt ami lean from starvation, he'll not refuse ser pent and toads aud moles ami rats. He has beeu known to attack aud kill young calves and lambs, aud if the sea shore is uear will revel iu oysters and shelltish. A group of rabbits are feed ing iu a clover patch. He 11 crawl aloug, nibbling the juicy flowers until near enough to inaku' a ' grab. He'll s talk s bird with his hind letrs drasurinir be hi ml him, uutil uear enough to make a spring. How farmers dread his iu roads in the poultry yard. Fas tea the yard up tight ami he w ill bur row s wiuding passage into tho grouud beueath aud suddouly appear among the drowsy chickens aud stupid geese, whose shrill aud alarmed cries arouse the farmer from his bed to sally forth rinding all safe. Then the fox will sneak back and pack away the plump est pullet or tho fattest goose. "February is tho month when rey nard goes a-wooiug, aud a wide range he takes, flirting aud toying with any viaeu that chances iu his wsy. It is fully sixty days before mamma clears the brush all out of her burrow and brings forth her young, from three to six at a litter. It will be fully s month bofore the sharp-nosed cubs begin to play and gambol about the doorway of their home. Perhaps it will lie at the root of au old tree, beneath a ledge of rocks or in the hollow of a dead treo truuk or a burrow with several en trances in the sand or loam. Tell-tale chicken bones and feathers and fur strewn about the entrance speak of many a hen-roost robbed ot of foolish rabbits and overconfident grouse that have furnished food for the ever-hungry cubs. The mother fox faithfully feeds her young and bol tly steals to support them. Hhe knows.as all sports men know, that the hounds will not follow her while she has m f-mily de pending upon her. MA merry, never-say-die life docs the fox lea, indeed I It way h a short one, for trap 'anil snares are many, hunters are many and the seen of the hound is keen. Hnl reynard rollicks soil royster tnd plays the bold freebooter amid it all." Bridal Couples I'ndoubtfdlT. A good story is told by one of the clerks of a hotel near the Treasury on a bride and groom who were here a few days ago from a Western State. The clerks at this hotel havp ac quired a National reputation for their ability to "spot" bridal parties immedi ately ou their arrival. It appears trt make no difference how calm and com posed the groom may endeavor to ap pear, or how indifferent and absolutely at home the bride seems, the clerks have some means of ascertaining that the couple has not beeu traveling iu double harness very loug. When the bride and groom referred to arrived at this hotel the -if.her day the clerk ou duty happened n notieei that the gen tleman paid tho ctbmau ;who brought them from the deptd twr fares. The lady, of course, stopped in the parlor, while the gentleman wslked up to the desk in tho office and nervously tyrote his name ou the register. The clerk waited a few seconds to see whether the guest rod nii.v addition to make ou the book, and then inquired politely: Haven't yon forgotten something?" "How's hnt?" said the1 man, bin face flushing anil his head drnping low ou his breast. ' "Are yon traveling rt!no now?" questioned the clerk, stiiilin squill catitlv at the eiiibnrranHc.l guest. "N'o, of course n.t," stammered tn man as he prabr tin' pen again. "How very stupiiPof mje!" And he added the' words "and I wife" ti Ins signature n the regnter.l ''Yon see," continued the guest, "this is the rirst time I ever wrote that. and I am not used to it yet." I "Oh, you'll eate'.i on 'si these little things before long," repljed the clerk, as ho assigned the eoitplejt the bridal apartments, "and then Jj'i'i'll winder how you ever managed tj live singly so long." In another uptown h"el a groom recently became very ii ligtiai.t be cause the clerk insinuated he was a newly msrricd man. "How did yon know I lja l just been married?" thundered the angry guest, who thought lie tun I sncoessiuiiy cou ccaled tho fact from everybody. "Oh, I didn't know it," replied the clerk, calmly, "but the chambermaid said she swept up a quart of rice oft the floor of your room this morning, and I noticed a lot of white ribbon tied to your trunk wlictil the porter carried it up to your roon' yesterday." Tho guest had uothii'g further to say on tho subject. Wasltiugtou I'ost. 1 i-sj A Wnntlerlul Artificial Hand. Willard A. Lucas, tho Si'n of a great woolen manufacturer I l'oquetan- n I B1 1 1 i Ik I 1t,lil .....L i aumin8L'iMuMi is really outoou .u . ' si . ., w ib automatical -ivouners oi tue con tury. loung Laicas lost nis hand in his father's mills, and Luc-a. Sr.. who grieved exceedingly over the results of tho accident, wrote or went in per son to every known manufscturer of artificial limbs la this country mid Europe, vainly seeking a false hand for his son. Artificial hands could have been procured from any of them, but what was wanted was uot to be found, viz., a hind that would perform all the functions of a real flesh and blood member. Finally the i elder Lucas, who i known as a ram mechanical genius, took it upon him self to make his sou a hand not a mere "dunimv," but one that would be useful for the manifold purposes to w hich such members are put. The result is a surprise to every maker of artificial limbs in tho world. The au tomaton is of aluminum aud much re sembles the steel gauntlets worn by the knights of the Middle Ages. The lingers are all perfect aud lifelike, tho joints iu each bending as readily hi those iu a natural hand, making it possible for the young man to perform every kind of labor. An expert report on this wonderful piece of mechanism reads as follows : "With it he can grasp and handily use all kinds of tools, pick uii things from tho ground, drive, handle a gun iu fact, use it quickly and skillfully at anv kind of work. j Like a uatitral hand, the artificial oue I consists of a palm that is provided with a fastening bv which it isattsched to a coi'K 'stump, the joints working by a rstchet, so that tho fingers may be bent forward at au angle and held there. The hand may be ouly partly closed or tightly shut, an I ouly oue linger or all, as the wearer desires, may be closed at once and instantly by strikiug them against the body or other object. To release the grasp it is ouly necessary to touch a spriug at the back of the hand. The iuveution is as nearly a perfect substitute for a natural hand as could bo devised, and is the only thing of the kiud kuowu iu tho world." St. Louis lb-public. Hcrnta! feasant rrovcrlM. Tho wisdom of the Bengal peasant cultivators rinds expression iu proverbs, of which a collection has been mado by a Babu in the Agricultural depart ment of that province. His apprecia tion of tho outwardly revered Brahmin betrays itself incidentally iu the maxim. "Bain aud inundation disap pear when south winds blow, like the Brahmin as soon as hu has received his fee." Other Bengal rural aphorisms are : "Have tho laud which receives the w sailings of the village, aud the bullock which walks fast, aud marry the girl whose mother is good." "He whi works iu the field himself w-tli the laborers gets the full profit; he who, being unable to work himself, super vises the workings of tho laborers, gets half the profit; ha who orders the laborers from his house d. es not get J euough to sat.' Londoc Ksws. The Weight of the Earth. One of the problems that rqta of science occasionally undertake ti solve over again for the sake of getting tearer to the exact truth is that of th den ity and mass of the earth. The density of a body is the quan tity of matter that s given volume of it contains, while its mass is the total quantity of matter that the whole body contains. In s popularHienao the mass of a body is measured by its weight. Water is taken as the standard of comparison in estimating the density of the earth. It has been knoyi, in s general way, for a hundred yea , that the earth's mean or average de sity is between Ave and six times t iat of water; in other words that th' earth weigh Ave or six times as mui It as a globe of water of the same siz. would weigh, provided that tho water 'in such a globe had tho same average density that water has at tho surface of tho earth. ; The matter composing tho ar!h is denser in the interior than at tho sur face. If that wero not so it wi.ul l only be necessary to tako a cubic foot from the surface of the globe, and weigh it against a cubic foot f water in order to ascertain tho density of tho earth. As it is, the earth's density can only be learned by roundabout meth ods; by noting, for instance, tho dif ference iu the attraction of gravitation at the surface aud at tho bottom of a mine. r.eccntly a method of measuring tho mass and density of the earth has been put into practice in France. This (n sists iu changing the level of a small lake which can be raised or lowered by artificial means and noting the effect upon the height of a column of mer cury. The results of these experiments have given for the earth's menu density A.41 times the density of witter. Tho latest previous estimate, mado by Messrs. Corun aud Raille, ave 5.5(3. It has been customary to sfieak of the earth as weighing six sextillions of tons. Its weight according to tho re cent determination is 5, 757, 000.000, 000,000,000,000, -or five sextillions, seven hundred and fifty-seven quiutil lions of tons. A very weighty aud sub stantial globe accordiug to our ideas, notwithstanding the fact that the sun could swallow it in one of its "spots' with hardly a wiukl Youth's Cotn pnuiou. Foretold Their le;itlis. Seaman John Pascal ha t received a letter from Alitak, Alaska, giving au account of the suicide of Francis James, an able seaman who shipped ou tho Merom when she lef here about six months ago for tho (jiothern can neries. Francis James tilled himself by blowing his brains Cjjt with a re volver. "Perhaps you reraemlr," said Faa cal, "that a young mat1! named Law renee fell overboard froi. the Merom when the bark was sailinir through the Oolden Gate. i. r :r Uhe su vol .;K of iraueis Junius urnuml t my'uiiud a very strange coincidence a happen ing which occurred the night before the Merom sailed. Lawrence, this young fellow James and myself, were taking a drink together iu tho Bow head saloon. While we were standing at the bar an elderly man approached us aud offered to tell our fortunes, provided wo would furnish him with a lew dimes with which to procure a uight's lodging. "We agreed to his proposition, and ho started iu by saying that Lawreueo would die before the month was out. 'You will meet with a very unexpected death, ho declared ; 'you will die by drowning, aud vour body will never be recovered. Aud as to you,' he con tinued, looking at James, '1 predict that you will never return to Hnn Francisco. You will meet with mis fortune while iu Alaska and will Is come very despondent. I am not cer tain whether you will tako your own life or will die in a tight to death with oue of your shipmates, but it looks to mo as if you are going to resort t self-destruction.' . i .... "ion may tuiuk i am telling yon what is uot true, said Pascal, "but all this occurred as sure as I am talk ing to you. , a.r . . Lawrence leu overboard, as you know, and here is a letter from Alaska saying thav James committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. 1 havo uo further particulars, but surely it is a strange case, and I am anxious to hear what mot'e led to the latter takiug his life." San Trancisco Call. Trading Posts in the Far Jforthwest. The trading posts of the company are strange, quaint looking places, built accordiug to a general type. A trading post is invariably square in closed by immense trees or pickets, oue eud sunk deep in the ground and placed close together; a platform about the height of an ordinary mar is carried aloug the sides of tho square, so as to enable anyone on tho iusido to pe9p over without being in danger from arrow or bullet. The entrance is closed by two massive gates, au iuuer aud outer, and all the houses of the chief traders aud employes, tho trading house, furroom and stores are within the square. The trade room is cleverly contrived so as to prevent a sudden rush of In dians, the approach from outside the pickets beiug through a narrow pas sage, ouly of suflicieut wi Ith to admit oue Indian at a time, uud beut at an acute ang'e near the window where the trader stands. Ii the passage were straight the trader could easily be shot. At the four angles are bastions, ictagonal iu shape, pierced with em irasures, to lead tho Indiana to be ieve in the existence of cannon Jhicago Times. The registrar of the Paris Morme baa the unique distinction of havitg vritten 800 popular songs and ballads. KEYSTONE STATE COLLIHGS. PAID THK PENALTY. tSMAMl! r. TtKKIS HASOKD rOS TBI MfBDSB Of I.ITTI.R AI.SXS TVRIOIIT. IfARKtsni'itu. Benjamin V. Tsnnlf wis hanged here for tbe murder of little Agnes Cooper Vrlht. Tsniitf,' crime was a revolting one. His victim was Agnen Cooper Wright, a school girt of 0 years, whom lie a..aultd and then choked to death Sept. 1!), ls'KJ. A week later Tennis was arrested. On his way to Jail tie mads a coTfa.lon. Two weeks after th crime was committed he pleaded guilty to tbe charge of murder and the evidence was taken to establish the degree of lits crime! The court decided lis wns guilty of murder In th lirst tlrgrcs aud sentenced him to death. f I rcKfRALor nrx. i.ii i.y. i y-rii Ciic.vk The remains of ticii. Lilly wi i borne to tbe family vault In tli t'i per (such Chunk Cemetery on Tuesday afternooi. ltusiiics was suspended as s Tribute to the (jeocral's memory. Til will of (iencrsl William Lilly, th deceased cotigrevniiait at Inrga, wa admit ted to probate nt M such ( bunk. There are no publio bequests. Hi estate valued at J.lsi,is.". it divided among :t relatives, nifc and nephews, (ieuernl billy was a widower and left uo children. A !oni' has been posted at the Allsntt Iron works Sharon, thnt laborers' wiigi-s will b fl.l.'i a day and all other tniiovrs i) per cent, lower than present prices. The reduction of in per cent includes only t lit) employe working by the day. Mr. Farto'Ku x Dim Kit, the a'd widow, of the lots Dr. Dibler, id Apollo,' was burn ed to death Sunday nteht, presumably from dress taking lire troni a grate. She was i the at the time. The inuc was burned th'B- i AvinS. f'sATTT. a f:irmei in Mt. Pleasant t nship, Washington county, met with an sinful death. Ho was leading a horse which r H. away. He became entangled in the bar u.i and was dragged to death. H'ocso Thomas Itmlgers, who murdered hi father and attempted to kill his mother and sister on January 14 last. -:is sentenced at Chester, by Judge Clayion, to l years Imprisonment. Arrta an Idleness nf two weeks, tho Kd gar Thompson steel works, llraddoek, re sumed operations in nil depart incuts ot, Monday morning, to thu luini'si of hijo idle men. AtrXAMirR W. LrihkmuMii, me of tho most widely known bankers in Pennsyl vania, died at his home in Last Mam h Chunk Wednesday evening, age li'lyears. FiiKpr.RicK Sthi t a saloonkeeper of 1'iiti burg died yesterday from injuries recuived two months ago by a folding bed dosing on htm. Hi lungs were injured. Thomas IIahkxvu.i.k was found In tho road near Krie, murdered, lie was a wit ness In acaso in which the defotidaut hud threatened his life. Ciiaiii.ks (ioririos was drowned in the Ju niata river and his death tmpellcda brother aud a sister to attempt suicide, but they were prevented. ' Mns. Miciiari. Wr.iNr.n. of Monaco, tried to revive a tire with kerosene. Shu was I., tied to death and two of her children 'ijy burned. (on4 VViarlon J. M. Slick' large flour mill rplaca b trued to the ground. 1 lie tire started ; defective hue. Loss tvM; Insured "lorO.oof. ' Voixntarv manslaughter was th verdict In the case ot bonis Salvadorc, on trial at Washington, lor tho murder of benjamin Succol. Tiir. farmers of Susquehanna county aro excited over an alleged disiovery of oil. S's'ubira agents are said to be leasing laud there, Apam Solon oged 47 years was struck and Instantly killed by a runaway ear on the plane at Primrose colliery, near Maiianoy City. Paniki, Kvans.s liveryman of (lrenslurg was taken with a lit of coughing. A blood Vessel burst and ho died a few minutes later. In the breach of promise chso of Myrtlu Clifford sgsinst John '. iay of Onterville Judge Driggs awardod thu plaintilT H i)). Tiir. Cheat Creek coal company' mines near Johnstown, will resume at once if diggers a ill accept wao reductions. Washington county farmers are alarmed over the appearance of a disease supposed to be tuberculosis among their cattle. At Landon a fl year old child of Jacob foinnhs was burned to death iu a tire that destroy Isix dwellings. KnwAitii Cpv, Krie. crazed by morphine, killed two of his children, Wslior and Her tha, and committed suicide. Jtt tt'i i.a R John McCIune's mother died at Ureecsburg. fhe grieved to death over her on, waywardness. Mr.vr.ns A l'o.' shovel works at oVavet Falls was started. Kmployes accepted re duced wage rales. While hunting near Meadville, Krnest Winan.1 accidemly thottJ. D.Baily, blowing off his head. Tvciioirt fever prevails among the prison ers of the Huntingdon reformatory. Damsi. Srwras of Mt. kicked to death hy a horse. l'leassnt was Th tlrest HlufT Coles Works at Dunbar will be tired ueit week. Tat (ilendale rolling null, uear Heading, resumed operations. PENNSYLVANIA'S FINANCE.?. HI DISHl'HSKMKNTS foil L tST YPAR KXCXEn THE Hgt rilT llTO.im A PKi.HKASIC IK BANK STIN K HKVKM KJ. HARniNHty'so. The receipts at the Stats Treasury for the last fiscal year ending Vovember 31, 18U3. were t.l.2."2.727.s). Amons the revenues was an item of about II, 300,000 collected by the Attorney tieneral 'rom corporations who had unsuccessful! y ippealed from tbe seltlenn'iiu of the Audi or (ieneral. The disbursements were 13.423 otil.77. which includes nearly the in tire f3,0uu,iiiK) school appropriation. I lis Treasury receipts I'ur tha year ended No- ember 30, lst2, were ID Is.i.VI.UH. Tha increase of .'.303.UtjS.si m revenues was the result of the operations of tlm lioy trlaw which Increases Ilia tax ou corpora tion stock from 3 mills to S mills, and that on personal property from 3 to 4 mills. The increase of the corporation tax amounted '.o fl,.114,s4.H7 anil that on personal prop erty tax l.L"l.(il7 03. The increase ot the bank stock tax from 0 mill to a mill in one class and from 3 mills to 4 mills In another class, did not augment the revenues from that source, as had been expected, For tbe year ended November 30, Wi, this tn was .Ktt.tm.7u. while tu past year it reached ouly t:M,t:i.19. Th toreisn insurance companies operat ing la this State, increased their business largely, sccording to their payment Into th State Treasury of lax on gross premium th amount having been increaied from 42l,H72.GO in to tm.WlSfJ In 1SU3. rii wholesale Honor license fees iacrMa from 4XtS.txM.tfb to tm,lii:lU SABBATH SCHOOL IJITEttJf ATIOXAti l,F.MN DKCKMIlKi: 17. von Lesson Text! "The (ilorlfled Pavl our," Her. I., i-2o-io1deu Text: IMill. II., J -Commentary. 0. "I, John, who also am ymirbrother and companion Iu trliuilstlon and In the kingdom sn patience of .fesiis Christ, was In thn tslo that Is called I'atmoa, for the word of (io I and for the testimony of Jesus Christ." !e. voutly grateful nr the privilege of two les sons In this most wonderful book nf all th t'iR. fall not ti notice Its nauis In Vers- I, "Thu Itevelatlon n.' Jiwh Christ,'1 an I re member that a revelation it x,, nngira mystery, but a mystery unfolded. Consl ler also hi verse 3 i he special blessing upon all srho read or hear the words of till book. Ol.scrvn that John was In banlshnp'nt lor .Jcsils's sake Ix-eausn of the word of (tod, and tf you believe all that word to-day and am faithful tn tisttmonv you will lln 1 yourself exiled by many. You will, bowevr, have )isd company ; only bo patient and wait for the kingdom. 10. "I was in tb Spirit of the Lord's day and heard liehln I me a great voice as of a trumpet." In h Spirit, led by tlm xplrit, taught by the Xplrit. Illlo.l with the Spirit, am sum" ot tin) privileges of every child of (tod, ami only by the Spirit can we knnnr (iod or His word. Compare Acts vlll., T. still.. !l. 4; xvl., ft, 7 i K.r.. tI.. 1,21. The Lord's day may refer to the first day of th" week, or it may mean that .t.iliu w is bv the Snint carried forward tin I e iusd to behold i th" events of the ilny nf tlm Lord often r.iciit toned In the Old Testament. , 11. Saying. I am Alpha and (Jmeira. tlm I first and the last, and what Thou se.-t wrlt'i In a book and send it unto the seven churches whb-h are In Asia." I'll" voiee, then, was I the vnleerd the Lord Himself, who thusi'aiim to His dear servant exiled for His sake. H i I Is A an l Z and all Iwtween : there is nothing ' that letters can spell which He will not be to i Ilia people. As to "llr-t mid Iii.sC' eompari! verse 17 and see 1st. tli.. 4 : xMv..l.i Nlvitl., I 1.' : liev. ii, 1:1. and let Him be llrst sod last ; with you In nil things. I, "urn also from the verse that what we see and hear of (iod Is to I be passed on to others ( I'. iek. HI., 10, 11 ; Lev. j x.. io, in. 1?. "And I turned to aee tlm voice that spoke with tne. And Mug turned I saw seven golden camllestlcks." If John had not heeded the voice and turned t. aee, he had mlss.vl tills great sluht. It was only when j the Lord saw that Moses turned aside to ce I that (iod culled unto III m out of the midst ol i the hush (Kx. III.. 4). I doubt not that w I Would son nnd hiNir more of ( Iod tf we were i more raily to heed His tdlchtcM call and sno Ills bund In every event. The seven candle, etleks are explained in verse 20. l.'l. "And In tho mldH of the seven candle sticks one like unto the Son of Mall, elothed with a garment down to thn foot and clrt nlHiut the pai'S with a golden girdle." Tlm i.hras i "In the midst" Is very suggi-stlve of llltn who Is always In the midst when wn timet in name ( Math, xvlll., 20) and who was In the mldu ou Calvary for us. He is mir HU'h 1'riest. as indicated by the garment, and Is still the girded one on our behalf, fur Ho I'vereareth for us nnd tnaketh tutcrce-.sioti for us. It. "His head and bis hairs were while like wool, as white ns snow, and his eyes were as a Itameof lire." His hea l Is su ; gestlve of tho Internal purify of nil His thoughts, or perhaps flint He is thn Ancient of Days ( Ihii. vii.. 10. whose goings forth havo been from of old from everlasting! MP", v.. 21. As to His eyes, see also chapters II., is ; xit , 12. and remember Hint all thiin; are naked and open to the eyes of Him w.tli whom we have to do I Hob. fv., 13). 13. "Aud His feet like unto line brass, us If they burned In a furnace, and His voice as the sound ot many waters." Comparo ssto If Is ft lsu,Jt.. ; Uv I.. 7 j they may sug gest HIsJu.Im.. ,. Jrhtoously, nnd 'aim) i'ns rlghtHoua goings. As to Ills voice like many waters, compare K.ek, I,, 21, xlill., 2. uud llev. xvil., fi ; tlm Idea seems to be et forth 111 these V-TSC'I MS tin) Voei; jf a llOSt of peo ple. K. "And Wo had in His right hand sey.n stars, and o.u of His mouth went a sharp tw ed'e. .sword, and Him countenance was as tlie.Jiin slim. .in in His strength" Tlm stars nr ' explained In xerse jii. but whether pastor irteae!n r or humble believer we urn 111 His hiin I Iro-n will m ii i power can plue'i us i.lohn x., 27, '.-si. He aii holds us as bgnts in lbs tun I to shine for Him Phil, it., 1". Iii). No' only is Ills word a sharp swor but lie will iinik ir months a sharp sword (lleb. Iv., 12:1st. xhx..2i. Ills ountcnancM reminds us o! th transfiguration, mid sug csts the eon.iug ej,,rv. , j 4(i. xvn.. 2 ; xili., IJ. 17 "And when I saw Hun I foil at His feet as ilei I, an I lie Inld His right hand up on iii'', savin. unt tne rear not ; I am tne llrst and the hv,'' Over sixiv years Icfore J i!iii had leiine I ii'i i His bosom an t h i I aU s en Hun tr i isflgure I, but this is to i inu'h for him. It reminds us o( Is i. vl., IS; 1 in. i.. s : Jo i xhl., ii. lint although He has been ovur si:y ye irs glornled ll is tho very sauio .lesiis, and s graciously laving Ills loving li-ia Is upon His s.-rv mt lie utt -rs t'ic old familiar "Kcur nut." see in. w i . is:i.. xli.. ID. I I : Joel .. 2:)i. x., !., l'.i : I. tino v.. 10 ; Mark v., etc. s. "lam lh that luothaud was deal, an I I eiiold I am allV'i forevermore, auier, and have tlm keys of he an I of death." With morn light than Jo'i had we can .iy. "My !'. 'deeiner I iv -t'l" i Job six. 2i. lie is my life i fill. tl. .21 :(!. III.. I : I'llil. I. 21). V lite that r.O power can tou -h and not ever, the destroyer destroy. Not even dentil and hades can claim a body or a spirit without Ills permission, and the time Is coming when death must surrender every body nnd hades very spirit at His command (chapter xx., 13). ID. "Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are. and tlm things which shall be hereafter." Ilerelstli threefold division of the book, if I under Maud it : Chapter I., the things which thou bast seen ; chapters II., ill., th" tMngs which are : chapters iv.. to xxil., the things which shall he hereafter. Notice chapter iv., 1, tho last clause. Nothing is received merely for ourselves. is to be written or spoken for the beneilt of others. 20. "The seven Htars are tlm angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest ara seven churches. " This coullrins His words iu Math. v.. 14. "Yenre tbe light of the world.'' and takes us buck to the caudlcftlekM of the tabernacle and tem ple, but especially to the peculiar self up plylr.g or constantly supplied candlestick of Zech. Iv., with its two olive trees, suggestive of Christ, our I'rleat and Klsg, and Its won derful central thought, "Net by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, aalth the Lord of Hosts." Itoth individually and collectively we shall shine for Christ only as we rejoice Iu Him as our Priest and acknowledge Him as our King, believing that Ho la ever iu our ruldit, Lesson Helper. New York City's Wealth. The wealth of New York City, as u corporation, amounts to tho enormous sum of .m!),0m),0 ;o. It is thus dUtrlb utod: Central I'urk, -H0,iiimi,ii(X)j titty other parks, .'si,(SX),0(Hl; Croton aiuo dua,(Xj,fHM),iss); )tiblio murkots, JD, oOO.iaX); city lots not In publio uso, ts,ixx),(XX); docks and piers, $.li),ixx), (XX); police stations and land, 5,XX), (XX); schools, Hia,(XI0,lxXJ; tiro depart miut, $.,iXX),(XX); courts, prisons, and Wands, $Ji),()00,(XX); water lots, 13,000, 000; armorlos, $3,0 X),XJO. Since 1S71 tho city's pronsrty has more than doubled In valuation, being theali77.OOO.00d. TRKA3URR IO it on earth, UeaTco draws later. TEMPERANCE. a- ob SaBLtTcoarf. 0b. narleyeorn. John Barleycora, Vou make a fellow pose Most picturesque while you adorn ' With sunset tints bis nose, Tint while he mourn for bis last dims You keep In spirit all tbe time! Ob. Bnrleyenrn, John IWIeyeorn, Vmi r..n,rl l.,v .,,.1 1,11m But your delights are In a born 4 And mostly go amiss i )tn Of all deceivers you stand first, The blackest, blandest and the worst 1, Oh, Barleycorn. John Barleycorn, i The matter 1'vo revolved, And I doelnre, this blessed morn, r. Our partnership dissolved: , You are n fraud I've proved It so, ' , And that Is all I want to know. M. M. Tolsom, in Atlanta Journal, I w ASP JCSTICS. fllnee the rights of latsir, the claims a? humanity, our homes, our Industries, nnd all our moral, material, and religious inter, eets nro demanding lininixliaf e relief from this criminal business, our contention for taw and justice, nnd our moral and political' warfare on this terihlo crime of liquor sell lug, must bo based on a conviction of Its rnicl and crushing efTivis on enterprise, Its depressing efTeiia on lalsr ami capital, an t a lull realization of Its Injurious, Immoral, erlme-produciug tendency generally. Donit crest's., I wxTrn tisritn or wntssr. The Pittsburg Iiispatch ipnti an eminent physician, Ir. II. II. Ii.ilton, as recommend ing, on tlm ground of health, the methodi cal use of "cold water" ns a beverage, and as saying that It will prove tho means ot nugmeiiting tlm chance of longevity . that It Is ot n soundly physiological origin, and Is well supsrted by experience. ir. l'alton says that solid and dry as Dm human liody appears, water constitute more than one fourth its bulk, nnd all the functions of life are reallv curried on In a water lath, and al though the sense of thirst may be trusted to call for it draught of water when required, the fluid can he Imbibed advantageously for many reasons biwldin merely satisfying; thirst, lie maintains that the habit of drink ing water In moderate ipiantltles between nuvils contributes to health, and iudlcnise the fact that those who visit health nworlts for the purpose of Imbibing tho warers of mineral nprlngs, might protlt by staying nt borne nn I drinking more water an I leas whisky. If Iir. Dalton ts right, then' Is cer tainly no nissl of rosorting to nhndiolln beverages of any kind. National Touiperauce Advocate. ' IINl'SAMi F. S TXArntNil I Vo boy rxpects to become a dmnkanf when lie begins to drink. In fancied secur ity youth of generation nfter generation have embarked In tlm current of tippling only to be drawn Info the rapids of appetite and fin ally plunged over the awful abyss of drank entieas. To prevent this and thus save tbo childhood of to-day and the Nation of to morrow for an intelligent sobriety. Is tho llrst obje.-t sought tiy what are called tho temperance education laws already enacted by the National congress for schools under federal control atid by thirty-six out of forty four Stales that constitute the Cnlted Statee. In these schools are tho overwhelming ma jorities of the future, the lnw-uiaing power of to-niorroiv. I Kvery year's experience and I'bservatlon strengthens tlm faith In tlm prophecy tbnt ten yeers from the day when physiological, temperance is its thoroughly '.niii'ht ' tJ' schools as gco -raphy and aritlur cohol ipiostiou will be settle! aright 111 tins liepuhllc by po geuce with eorrosiioiidlug habit,,,!!. ueeu, must no tne neart oi inn n who could dolllierntoly wlthhol warning science, has against -rtld ami other narcotics from tho vl tli ii l-et-cajo.. .. ;. on- Titinsr ToHrrnx. The hunger cure was nt ouetlinna popular punlliniri,t in Siberia. Hut i latest punishment Inflicted is the eating oi fcaltiHl hcrriiius. This is regarded as isptsMally useful In the ease of prisoners wno reniHo io uiscioee sis'rets or to betray their accomplice. Those who have e. periencisl it say that the continual eating of very salty herrings is tlm worst form of torture imaginable ; thumliecrcws and iron collars are mild inconveniences compared to if. The victim iHnhiit lip lit it well-heated, small cell and nothing Is given to him to eat but salted herrings : no water, and not oven any bread. The thirst thus Induced causee tlm most maddening agonica ; au I it Is almost Invariably found that when the prisoner Is brought before tbo Kxnmiiilng Commission be Is ready to give all the Infor mation reipilred of Ii I in. The sight of thu llrst drink of water that is given to him generally brings on an attack of giddiniwt and fever, and for a short time he leu1 bis mind were giving away. Tlm. dr making .saloonkeepers of North.-n know how Io make a man thli men who go about seeking t to t a natural thirst on theni ; others ii.., thirst that makes Inpior tanto gi . may have the thirst thrust upol ill they are looking forlt. Tliey nu... of hrddd dry salt fish, which 3 thmat dry ; and parche.l cofT., ri)il to a parcii'l throat . salted po),,sl corn, su 'h as was sold by World s Fair (lends where, Irinking water was sold ;dry crackers, saltcl almonds, pickled ami puckering olives, throat-drying cloves, drioil :uid nailed pretzels, r'reo things in drinking places are not furnished to quench a customer's thirst -such as rlp i pca 'hea, lemons, juicy pear", . nicked tee ami rlpu ornugoH they are t.xi expensive and thu thirst of a cus tomer is too valuable to be killod lor uotli-ing.- ricavuiie. TtiirtcBAsrK srws sn wotks. " Madame Antoinetio Sterling, tbe cele bratel vocalist, is a rigid teetotaler. Out of k'.io criminals convicted In Canada on ring i ue W v,,iiri lt w reported that but J:)2 were total abslaluers. Most of the Canadian provinces, Hweden, Natal iu South Africa, and Finland, have scientille temperance iustrui-tlon law. Kch ntillc temperance tevt-books have been tranHlatisi Into the Swedish, Finnish, Nor wegian, Japanese and Chlimao languages. The applications to the Iloston Assoehtted Charities last year show that twenty-two per cent, of the causes of illness were lutoinner once. A Congregational Temperance Association has been formed In Ireland, with the Itev. Newman Hull, a nephew uf Dr. Newman Hall, as secretary. The Army Temperance Association, of In dia, bad In August a roll of XI. Mid members, nil of whom, except I ho uouorary mombors, are total abstainers. The British Woman's Temporaneo Assorts Hon will make an effort during the next few weeks to obtain a largely aigued petitlou from women of tho Iirect Veto. Frauds Murphy, tho temperance agitator, -.- - ..... ... ....... -i ,u ula nrura, at Decatur, III,, ami other towns Ui the uelghborhood. He Is assisted by bis wife ami son. ltlchitrd Cobdiin said "Every day' x- rierlence ten Is more and more to oontlrm me n my opinion that lbs temperance cause Ilea at the foundation of all social and polities! reform." Cardinal Msnslng said "Prevention of In temperance ia not only better than cure, but iireveutiou is a duty, and euro is a lame, baiting attempt to undo an evil which we have willfully permitted. The halt measure uaod to ooatrol ths drluk trnfflo In India having proved a lailars, anil for the organludoB of s 1'rohlbUlon Leswrus has bsea Issued by a number vt rais sloaarles and doctors. i r:Js IV XT pyssjjsu MtSsanSiSSI
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