AT II F.ST. We lay ns elml liwn I" sleep. When frit'ii Hy night is come, m l leave To 'Sol i iin rest Whether im wik" l smile or weep. Or w.ik ii more ih Time's fair shoro, H knowdh lt. O Kathr. bb in love Tliy child I We Isv us down to sleep A sinks til" s in in western skies When tiny Is done .ni l twilight dim Corn's silent on. So fades Hi" world s mi'( luring pri.e Ou i'VM that el 'iii d'"p repos". Till UMlirs tho dawn. Whv (i o ir veils willi wearing cnr"? Why sun I It.- uriv.i. fir aching hiMl S I mi I .,w ' Have we f.itin I hf . , i i,ing fair, Si grin I to l.i. s.i ,,( tli it w Nli .'il l In-1 1 (.. g ' Hoaie otli t Inn I !i isk r;lll t ,t i lfsc.lt s ; -i li he., f 'if l V Ity u- begun N'i w.rk f,,r wlndi mi,i f., wake, lu ui gn-f. f.-r life s.. I.ri-:. i'll'M! t. U. -Hno H,,,m,.k. ping. BARBARA'S WIG. it v ii.-.i.kn I'oiinr.sr i.i:ivr..s. II. M t IMC. ioV l( Hlli.Ws!'" -.nil Audrey Alston, u it li ii yawn. It Wlls pltst cl.'V.'.'l 'clock, mi I break- Isst .i jit ),,,., li.il.' I through. In t he draw ing plum nil I In- I'ini'-Mii. .r ,- . i i li li- i'IU'I iiiim vrr' looped buck to admit I'd rv g,-nni ..f gray iliivlinlit. hii'I 1 t-t . -t tli - u' i: -ilt'iu r, h it. 1 just bmttoht tn n in . .n -t .-r nziilcu nil n flutter w ith I'ln ...iiii-. u:i l ik whole i'iiI.hiv n!' r ; 1 1 . im. I 1i-:u,i!i trees. Two Pel sum cuts frnlick Maine of ' 111 m l Ny.lia,' Italian greyhound iln.i'.l "d behind II Mini n m 1 1 i,i before tie- lii i in its blue ribboned basket. All around lln r. .mil wen- nciit t c-r'. I the guests in wImhm'I ing knot mi. I laugh ing t wos hiuI t hrecs. licniitifiil Piinlitu I'.in -...nliv -nt mi I lie white A vmiuistcr carpet, tensing i scarlet plumed pui rut. Agues Field wits tench ing Mrs. Frank Howard ii new stitch in t'l'.ii'lirt, ninl litllf Kitty F.verdnlc was prnctic niK wil.I waltz, nil liy herself in Hi.) bay window to ili sti'iunming tf Mis Jtclfniil rt Imiijii. Kvci hutly w its tn'i'iipit'tl in it piift way i'xci'pt lintiuirii H.iv.nu.l liurliurii, nliriukiiiK 1'iii'U iiiiniHt tin! Ion i'Ihiiii cnliiuit willi a Imnk in her lap, uhs lurti vt-I v I'h iii4 tin- others, hii.I fiH-liug nit if k wurttl. i in-longed to UUotllcr "If I vti tk hlii)wroL'ki' I ou SDini' for fiKti inlnuil it cuuhlti't nci-hi stian.-r," mIio tlioul t to LtTMi'lf. 'Oh, tUta; lr! Ami I li I no loni' et Iniynew tlrcHH, htnnght from tli iIpm.s uiiukcr. ilou't look lilti- tlicirH? Au-I Mihh Alston lu u In-, 1 in lichiml i.r f, lnt II 1 ll t ulu'U 1 Hlill 'liolllli u It - ilt'i-?' I'ups iiIwhvh lil;iil it, ami Mr. Hilton miiil hi prcffrr. il olil kilhuls. Of I'ourM' it wnsn't lik. Mrs. Jtow.ini's Spiiuinh Ciiviitin:i, t.i Mi.ts lii'll'ar.lrt lllitijl), lint -- hut - - Ami, nliiiost iittkiinvvti to herself, n Jiil tern- ih'tiieheil itself f ri mi her linii lil ick hihlies mill tlioppe.l on tlie li'iil' ( her I U. Juliet lielfor.l lltl!!' her luinjo I'll the Hufii. ''Win-re me till the iii.-ii ?" s'ii.1 she. "i)h, ilhlu't they t.-ll oiiV" Mi.s AlMoll t'prlli-tl her it i'e In ! II lil'l,- ev s very wi.l". "ti.iie .m lil.'iiii'l.'l I 'Ml III il I II, lllii.l letoe limit iiivj. 'I h. v ur.leleil mi enlly hreik Ii .t on tli.- slv lion ui, n.'lli.sh t Inn -s ! -in.1 w.-ie nil' lietoie oiir eyeh wi. l' i.prli 111 the n!..i :i "Men nre nlwnvs thinkiii ; of thern BclVt'S," Mli 1 Mlsti Ce ll.. I I. ' I'.llt, , nurse. W e eoiililu'l h i til ls ill" Miou . ' "HhiiiIi there lire -til, i Hll'l'lle hol se.s ill I 'licit' .1. i-uii'l Aiiilrey. ' Viiil i! w ill lltlVe Millie mist let. i,' , .1 t !.' I in- '!1 tills vi'iy ;i nu S slilMe." ',- 111.'.' I I III p.-.n lv- lien le.l KIM'I. It (-row s ..lily in ii eer- tlllll plltell ol WoOil nil III' Hill, h i M.i,t. linn. ' "Hut wiint ik lone, st-ipi'l. ilienry tlttV We nr.- K'l.ll to llUV;' !" simile. I lieiiiltlf'll r.mlit i. "I uy. A l.liey, ho Is thnt ml I spci'iiii.-n iii (he roriiir? The nirl. I menu, with the lihlt'k eyes nil. I tin' ilress cut III tlie time ni' Muni- Antoinette'.-1 ' Miss I'oiisoiiIi, hil't tlriiwn Iieiuer her llostei-s, li le I lowt-re.) hel' Volee to ii yhisier. Th-it? th, th it's liui leint, II ly !" "An.l who, pniy, is I'.irliiini llsyV" poi'sistetl Miss I'.uisoiiliy, I'yiiij- liiir liiir.i over the top of her liluo iistrieh fun with pretty insolence. "Oh -I -.lou t-know! Mow cm one tell? Her fnther is u literary mini, mi ohl nciiiiuiitillice of I'liele ,l,i, who lives in a liliie iuoiil.l v nl.l house tlown 1V Hillet Hiver utl l she hns never liet'ii iinywhere ill nil her lii'e atul Ullt'le Jo hitppetii'tl to I tt- Inentioniim tmr New Veiir'-i merry imikius, ami the in ii ii iiske.l, up ninl tl.iwu, if hho cunhl come. Saitl sht never ImJ n fliini'i' to niinh' in society or Buy thing -.o whnt conl. I poor I'iu-Ih .lo ilo? Aii'l the next ihiy she urrietl in h miiil splasht'tl, country wiikoi., witli it little lent her trunk, like nu ol I pie turn," A tinkle of hlU'ht-r Holltiilotl in tilt) group which hud now nutlmretl grouml tint cent i nl whisperer, lut uono of theiii olist'i'vt'il how, lower ami lower Mill, ItsrliurMs hea.l wita drooping ahove her hook. "nlw don't Hi-em to lio ujoyin her golf piirtieiihuly well nt present," murmured Mint) Helford, inalioiounly. "We imiHt (-et her tu hiu iigtiiu for U to-tUy," gigftled TauliU i'oUHouhy. And tUoro wiw h aocund parti!! re prptvwil Im rt of Unhter lichind ritiKe.l h nn il an 1 glint-eninR fnrjn, "Oh. ifnall tr well to UtiKh," Mid Mrs. Frank Howard, shaking her pretty crepe head, "but you girl hail -Her look out what you're about. Mr. Hilton liken that 'riolet-hy-a mossy-stone' wort of thing. Did you ace him hunting over tht ptanontool last innlit when ehu naug that rcmarkalilo etVort?" "Nonsense !" cried all the girls, with one accord. "Orneiouis m !" said Miaa lJelfonl. "Where in alio? When dil Hhe go out? I n 1 ia Howard, you spoke too loud." "No, she ili.lu't," said Audrey Als ton, with a third yawn. "'Tlie girl hns lieen Very ill with typhoid fever or something, her fnther naid, and bIio Iiii to rest herself a good ileal, l'ro!) nl'ly she's gone to lie down," "I'oor thing!" Kitty Kverdale' 1 1 in I ' . I fiee peeped in among the LToup. "Why dtiln't you tell me ho? I would h ive Hiked to her t little." " rnlli"il to her ?" Aulirey ojietii'd will.- lu-r glitler'.ug lilue eyea. "Whnt foi '.' !he hns no ImsinesH here. Hln.''s ipiitc out of her -a hero in a plm'e like this, mi I I can't see how Uncle Jo ever eiiMie to nsk her here. A good, sharp lesson Will do her good. And HS for Mr. Ihltoti, I'm not iu the lenst troiilile l nil. nit him." Miss I'ousuiiliy hhrtiged her alionl- tliT.s. '!,, n'l lie t o d'ire nliotit thnt," sni.l sh". While poor little Hurharn, shut into i her own room, relieved her Kiirehnrgcd j heart liy passionate burst of tears. Yes, Mi.ss Audrey Alston was quite j rinht. She hud nu business in a plnee like Alston (irauge. The little lil' mil w ivil slioiild never Vetiturt tienr lh" j 1 1 1 y I . of radiant birds of ip.irilise imd glittering pnroiutts! ! 1 1 on e,.., I nu I iiidilVerent nil the Indies i ivt"! How little notice they took of h. r. lievon 1 t'u merest reiiuiremeuts , of poht -(.ess ! 1 Kitty liver Inle v.'as tho otily person who tn I fpoken kindly to her -poor IS.irlmru ' Sin- tool; out her white masliu frock tor the evening party, smoothed it folds and pulled out its cherry natiu pull's. How beautiful ho had thought it when her father ordered it down from New York, and yet and yet it did not look like Mm. Frank Howard's dead-white sill, dinner dress, nor Miss Helfor I s tulle gowu, all dotted with yoldeii stnrs! "I wonder if Mr. Hilton likes white V" she said l herself; thou tihe looked up with a blush an scarlet as the satin bows. It was only Mis Alston'a maid, with her liidy'a compliments, mil lunch would be nerved au hour later thau tlsllitl, "Y'es. thank you, I'll remember," Muttered Barbara. And then who grew mora crimson than ever a she aaw thr reflix-tioa of I.. .1 r. "I do believe tt 'M one side !" Kite gasped, putting both handa to her hnir. "I wonder if the girl i ot iced it ? I thiuk not, She would huve looked surprised. " I Hut Hni'lmra Hay had no idea of the cnpiibilitioa of Miss Alston' maid's face. "She's a pretty youug lady enough if she only hud a maid as could ilress her decent," snid Mann to herself, an she tip-toed down the stnirs; "but us sure in I live mil breathe, uhe wears a w ig !" Lnrd nightfall the party of mis- tl. loe hunters arrived, laden witli i i, lossy leaves mid spectral berries, mid j then emu" the fun mid frolic of hull''- ' inn t hem i very w here. The Iwil'l rooms weru full r,f litulit. r when Mrs. Howard elided up to Audrey Vision's side. "Aim, Juliet!" she whispered, "where is your falso 1! niieo How " In tlie soft red kIow of the lireliyht stool Carbarn Hay, her ha.el eyes lifted to Mr. Hilton's f.n-e, ouesolitnry .prin of mistletoe iu her hand, and her lips all smiles. Audrey shot fine glnii"i nt the pair, then b.irst into a hud, mirthless hnii'li. Turn about ii fair piny," she saitl. "My inning will come next." Hnrbiiru looked very lovely in her white gown that night, with oue sprig of mistletoe iu her bosom; but she .shrunk buck frjm the threshold ut the iht of the softly-billowing crowd of exquisitely -dressed girls. More and more she felt that nhe was out of her element lu re. Yet Alaric Hilton uud Kitty F.ver.lule managed to make her forget all thin shy uneasiness iu time. "How nice you look !" aaitl Kitty, smilingly. "Mr. Welles and I are to dance 'Sir Coger tie Coverley' oppo site you two, Mr. Hilton. Oh, won't it be fun'.'" Miss Alston was, however, by no means bo well pleased m dimpled Kitty. Her brow had gloomed over; her eyes commented angry blue light ; mid just at the moment w'heu ISurharu, hand in hand with Alarie Hilton, was llyiug tlown the middle, ihe leaned suddenly forward from the opposite, caught the crisp, curly mat of black hair from the girl's brow, and rlung it up into the mistletoe tuuglea ubove, crying gaily : "A masquerade ! u masquerade !" There was a sudden pamie, a breath less hush. I'oor ISarbar stood alill one see oud, clasping both huuds to her head ; then ahe Hew, like a frightened bird, to the covert of the hall, and van- ishel nmong the palunt and rubber treca. The ilaueo was broken up, with tuauy an exclamation. "Whnt a uhame!" cried Kitty F.ver dale. "How could you do audi a thing, Audrey Alston, wheu you knew very well that she only wore tlie tuiu-j beouiue she had a fever and lot ull her hnir? Hut, o i, I m glad she looked so pretty, with the soft black rings and tendrils growing cut be low.' And where's Alaric'.'' Yes, where was Alaric' In an instant Audrey felt that sb.4 had overshot the tnnrk iu her foolish jealousy, for Mr. Hiltou had followed Carbarn to the shadowy retreat, uud stood clone at her side. "Anil 1 don't know how it hap pened, I'm sure," said Kitty, the next dny. "but they're engaged. And only think of such a little, timid thing win ning the prenx chevalier at the Orange the man that Audrey had destined for herself!" "They are to be married imme diately," said Mrs. Frank Ifonurtl, "and start for liurope. At leant, so I uu lerataud." "Yos," thundered Uuele Jo, glaring at his niece with savage, liiht-grny eyes, "and here you've been Blnl of fended old Hay, the man of all other that I can't nltonl to quarrel with! Ildn't you know ho was the richest miiti iii the county, for all he lived so plainly V and that lowed him no end of money? Ami now you've got to givo up the Orange ninl go somewhere to economize, and discarge your maiJ ami sell your pony carriages, ami all that sort of thing! I hope you're suited, miss?" "Audrey," said Miss lVmsotiby. gravely, "what a goose you were tu pull oil' C i r barn's wig !"' "Atul how pretty she did look with out it!" cried Kitty, clapping liei bauds. Saturday Night. At Hull Most. Men on the wharf were looking through their long glasses at the ves s"l coming in, writes W. Freut. in Ooiiahoe's Magazine Two of them spoke almost nt the same time. ' It is the Jessie Huberts," thel siiiii. A little boy, who hud been looking too, stmtedoti a run up the wharf. He never stopped running till he broke, breathless, into a little house, low and weather-beaten anil banked with sea weed, under the brow of the hill. "Mother ! mother !" he cried ; "hci coining! tJic'a coming! the Jessie' most in." The youug woman miking bread threw a faded shawl over her head atul shoulders. She wiped her hands ou her apron and started with the boy. A little crowd was already on the wharf folk drawn together by the common bond of dnily bread, won from the deep waters, and the dearer tiesol husbands, lovers, brothers aud father! ou board. Two of the owners were there. They saw their vessel back from th crafty sea and the stealthy fog. All her white sails were spread aud drawing. The suu of the cleui winter morning shone on her clean decks. Ice in the rigging gleamed like diamonds. She was deep in the w ater, an earnest of hundreds perhaps thou sands ot barrels of fish iu the hold. "I ho they've got a pnvl 'sri this .lllie, hHubtWltfUU-gulllb. .... .c got to pay something on our mortgage next week. 1 ain't had any new elo'u for a year." The vessel fast crow biitsrer: and while those on the wharf watched, idie came about. Then the light left every j face. No one stud a word- no out made a cry or a groan. The men j pressed nearer the edge of the wharf, j aud the wouieb, white faced and sliiid- , di-riug, shrank back uud drew together. ; I'very eye was fixed on the ve.sst I'ii tnniii mast, where the Stars mid Strmet j Hew at half mast. The topsail had I hidden tin ll.lg until tlie vessel cnliK i about. I There tin v stood, waiting till the : Jessie had been luaiie fast. Tile woman from the little bouse, pale and treiii- ; bliiig, held her boy by the hai.d. To her caine t lie captnui with uncovered i head. Ills blue eyes were wet will i water that, though salt, was not of '.lit sen. He tried to speak, but failed. Tin' woman hid her face in In r hind.. Tin i captain took the boy by the hand, im i ' put his arm about the woman's waist, j aud led them home. ; I lie Slum re IIiiiiiiiicI. The "shower bouquet" is the most recent novelty in tli way of floral in ventions, and is made by several ol the lending llorists along upper Crtmd way, whence the idea will doubtless spread to the smaller dealers ill Clll flowers. The 'MioAer effect" is m: cured by hanging a tlo.en or more very narrow silk ribbons of white i silver from one side of the ordinary loosely built huueh of roses or othe'l blooms, ami tyiug to the ribbons UUinber of other rosea which hang aiutiug them with their stems ninl leaves at irregular intervals and in sufhcieiit profusion to give tic im pression that the muiu bunch had "spilled over" because of its wealth ol blossoms. The effect is rich Slid ex. ceedinely pretty, and the dealer who first hit upon the idea or fetched it from abroad has taken niuiiy orderr for the bouqueti so desigued. - Nt :v York Mail and Kxpress. Two Full M .Mns iii One Moiilii. Au o.ld little antrououiical faci in connection with the year thut is just closing, aud oue which has not been noticed, pt'iliaps, by one person iu each 10,0011 of th entire population of the country, is this: Two month of the year, .lauiiury and April, each had two full moons. July, 1 81)0, wm equally as well provided for, but noin of thti'months .f 1H:U nor 1W exhibit this lunar peculiarity. lu looking up home rofen ncca on the question 1 ilmi that the year l.Vil had two in. m t h-, Isuuury aud Mnrph, eneh hviu ,' ty, full iiiootn. 1 would like to as,, it any of the readers of "Notes for th, t'urious" kuow the rule for Hading tilt months with two full moons, uud i: any of the year of luo leru times buy. had two such months other thau '. Ujjc cited.- Jit. Louia Ueiublio. ItEV. DR. TAJLMAOE. THE BROOKI.VN DIVIXFS SUN DAY .SKUMON. Subject i Festivity.' Tti "rnir. fir nil thinj ore now re-a'i.i. I.IIKe Xlv., 17. It was on ol His mot e-r!tln? Ilmoii la F.nifllsh history when (Jin-en Kllzalmth vistsl Lord I.sle.-sifir at K-nlltvorta I'astle. The moment of hi?r nrrlval was ronMtlsrml so Im portant Hist all tint eloeks of the rattle were topfisil. no that th hsmls mttht point lo mat ont moment aa helnn ths most siitnln- emit of all. Klio itr.H'te.l tothe (tnte with lloiitinir Islands sn, I torehns. ami ths thiimler or "nnurin, nu t fireworks Hint set the nlnht i al'le, and a itreat hurst of music that llfletl j the wtiolo s-enw Into perfect enennntment. ! 'I ii'Mi she was Inlro lu.'e.l in a illnini hall the Itixurl'stnf whleb asionish'vlthe worlJ. Four hnn Ire. I err,iiils wsite.t unon the unest. I 'Hie oiiiertainni-iit ".t MMMdvi -n lav. I.oisl l,.,'i'ster in.i -In that Krest sapper lu Kenll- Worth asile. c'ur.l.iiiil v,)l.-v out r!nlne,l His T-'reneh phi' assn ,irs at II i.ii'tf'ii rourt. The Imt ; eoo' s in nil tn- I. in. I .r. .-ir-1 for ths l.su- in-t. I'ln vi'Viirs went out ami trnvi-leil all Iii' kim;ttii over t,, lin l io,ls forth" tnlile. I Tlie Inn.' enine. 'I lie i(ist wern kefit ilur ; In-,' tie- tliiv liuiiliiiK' in tlie Kind's park so that th-ir ,. 'tlt-s nil lit he ken. and tlisn 111 til" ev.'imu', to ths soiiod of the trunipet- i t r. they were lie m In i- Into a hall buu,' with sk nu I i''.ih of K,,,, an I there were tiiMes a-liiler with i iii"nal pints and laitnu with the rr.-t of meats and nMu-li wllu tin i',istl,. wui-s. rii,. when the sivond course i I the f-nst ea'iie if w;ts found Hist His urti- ''e" f t ha I I e.., lasjifintel Into Hie lisie or men. l.iriN .'net liejsf. nil roup thin, -In vr. nil' I joust liu parties ritlinc airnliis eiieh o;h,.r wiili Ian es. Lords and prin" ntid eiiil.,i-.ri.!,,r. out of cups llllel to the j hrnn. ill in1, tie. health fits' of the Ktnic of I'm; an I mi l n-xi of the him- ot r'raaes. ' I'ar.liiial WoltH'y pr 'pnril that greit siipuar In H i'ii,,.a r.mrt. lint I lime to i. you of a rjiiiiler entsr. I iiiiiii. iit. My l.or.l. the Ktnif is ths hail- , ipi"ter. Amrels are Ihe entihearers. All the I ieeii.. are the uu,.t. t h. hnllsof trnal '"'' '"' ' w ith li'lii nu, I pavo.l witli jny mi I enrtnliie I willi iinr.-i.luig ln' iiilv, n re l be I an ii"i n.' ,ia,.,.. 'I h,. h.iraioules of eer- , tiny .ire t'ie iniisi,'. !,t eh.iliees of heaven nr.- iii,. ,i.,t,.s. an. I f am one of the servants , cumin out with l.olh hnn Is II II, ',1 with invi tation., s.-aiterin iiietii everywhere, anj, eh.Ui.it lo- yourselves you ini'ht l,r-tak the seal of tic mv.t itimi ninl read t lis words w ',Mn in i ., ink of hl.w.l l y the tremulous hnn. I ol a ilyniK Christ, "Coi'iie uow, for all llnius an- reailt ." I'nir.t leive I.MHti irnnd entertainments . where was a taking on" ths wiqh ifnveout, or the servants were r-l,lli,itis. or the light tailel. Cut i ,vh cona all around shout this suhjeet mi l looked nl llie rmiemptlou whieli Christ has iroviik'tl, anil 1 corns here t" t"ll oii It is eoinplete, anil I swing 0eii i the tloor of the f.-nst. idling you that "all 1 thi'iu's lire now ready." , lu the ilr, ,Lie... i have to announce, thai . tlie .or, .lesiis ciinsi Himself is rendy. Car itiniil WoUey eauiM into the Inast after the ' llrst course. H.'eaiiie in txioli.,1 anil annrra.! and the gu.'sis nross and ehnurea him. But Christ I'iniiN in nt the very hegiunlng of ths 'east -aye. II Iihs I n waiting Wi years for ids u..si. .. m i.,.n tati Jiug on His itinigl,-! feet, li t has had His sore hand on liis i.iitietiir...l i.e. r lh. has lieen pressing Ili lacerated temples waiting, wnitiug. Jt Is woiid-rrul tint He has not heen impstfeiit 1 mid thai II " has not said. "Shut the door and let the laggard stay out," but Ha tint been waiting. N hniiipieier ever waited for his gueMf so rallently as Christ has walled for u. To prove how willing He Is to receive u I gather all the tear Hist rolled down H ekeek In iv",r,iiiHv - your sorrows Ills l.row. uud Ills bat'le. and H.s hands aud fee.. In tryiug lo purchase your rederrption i I git her all ihe groans that He uttere.1 in mlduight chill, and In moiiiitsln hnugnr, uud in iles Tt loneliness, aud twlsl them luto oue cry .liter, ngoiilxiug, oysrwhelming. I gather nil Hie piius that shot from spear nn, I spike and cross, jolting Into omu nam; r"inors,., K,, crindiiig. e-eriiciatlng. 1 t,,ke that .ui.. drop o sw-at on His brow, aud un der the g.op,. i;,i,s ihnt drop eiilarrfvs until I see in it la!;, is ,,f sor-mv nud nu ocuau of agony, i hut being siaiuling before vnii non. elli.-i'lnl 'd and gashed and your love with a p:ii,.s lu which every word Is li Ileal t I, l ea!, and -verv wnla, tyrt'l'ii. I.,w,.u, you think Helriftes'i' Aliaswrns pr'p, r e I a feast for 1S.1.I..V. but this ,.,it is , .rail eternity. Lords amij v prin-es u.th invited t , tli.it. 'Yu and I and! ..... ... nxiiiare IIIMI,', to tills. 1'hrlst IH ready. .,:i know that the bauqu-rtois of Helen till,., use. I lo wrap themselves lu r.!.(S 1'F'p ire. I ,.r i li- occasion, so my Lord Je.u, Ictt'i wr.q,p, Himself in all that is beautiliil. S-'e how lair II.' is! His eve, His brow. His cheek, so rademt Hint the stars have no rilii.ti, .y e,imp:,ie, wiiii it. His lae reduci ng all inn joys of the redeemed, Ilia lend having lie ,. uiii pot cut surgery wllu wineli He opened bliud M.ytM iiii. I st ralght i'U'iJ 'rooked In,,!,,, ,! hoist... I the pillars of Heaven and swum the twelve gatus. which are thetwflvn pearls. T here are uot enough cups In heavou to dip up tins ocean of beauty. 'There sre not ladders enough lo sciIm this height of love, there are not enough cymbals lo elup, or harps lo thrum, or trumpets to peal form the praises of this one altogether fair, oil thou Dower of etermiv. thv braalh is t,i lerluui of heaven! (Hi. blissful ilavbreak let all people cl.q, thejr bauds lu thy rall' neo! Chorus: Come, men uml saints nud eherubmi and Meruplilm mil nrebuugel -all heights, ull depths, all luniieinities. Choru Jloll Ilmi through the heavensin achariotof universal acclaim, over bridges of hotaunss under nr In-. ,,f corouat lou, aloug by ihe great towers ebjining wil li eternal juoilec ChoriM: ( nn. Him who hath lovud us and washed us lro:n our sins ir.Hisown blooJ.to Him be glory, w .rid without CJJ'" I huve n word of live letters, but no sheet white enough on which to write It and no pen good enough with which to lusorlbj it dive me HicUirtM leaf from t ha heavenly record-. givniiiH thepiiueii with which the angel pvords ins victory -aud men, with my baud strung to supernal i)rtt ecstasy and my peu dipped ,. jKUl ,,,,,, wo.nul, j W ,. w1r,,".U "", '" ;'l'ls of love. J-l.-S l -H. t is this one, infinitely rair. to whom you are luvilod. Christ Is waiting lor you, waiting as a banquster wa.ts for the delayed guest -the meats smoking, the beakers brimming, the iniustrela with fingers on the stiff strlug, waiting for the clash of the hoofs ut tho gateway. Waiting fur you as a mother waits for her on who went off ten years ago, dragging tier blending heart ulong with him. Waiting! Oh. give mo a comparison intenss enough, hot enough, Importuuale enough to express niy uiwiuiug-souiethlng high as heaven aud deep as bull and long useiernity I Not hop ing that you cnu help me with such a com parison, 1 will say, "Ha Is waiting as only Ihe all sympathetic Christ cau wait lor the cooiiug back of a loit soul." 1W Hi knrr and klw the Sou, Count ami wt-U-oinv, ,uurr, vuiu. Awtn, the Holy Hpirit is ready. Why Is U that so many sermons drop dead that Chr.ls tluu songs do not get their wing under the people that so often prayer goes no higher Hiau a burner's "hollor" It is oecausethnre Is a liuk wanting (be work of tbe Holy Hpirit. Tales thut spirit give grappling books to a sermon and lift the prayer and wuittbe song, everything U a dead failure, lhat spirit Is willing to coins at our eall Aud I .tad you to eternal life, or ready to obme wlih the same power with which heuuhoVsed Haul ou the Ijuninsciis turnpike, and bVik dowu I.ydla la her flue store, and lifted) the 31)00 from uilduight Into mlduoon aV the 1'eulecost. With that power tbe spirit ot Ooi uow beats ut tho gats ol your soul. llavo you not uo'U-e-l what homuly - I gn I Meant Instnimentslltv the spirit of Ood employs for man's eonvnrsion'.- Thers wns a maa on a Hudson River boat to whom a tra.'t wss offsrsd. With Indigna tion he tops it up and threw It overboard. But one fragment lodged on his post sleeve, and he saw on It the word "eternity," and he found no peace until be wss prepared for lhat gntst future. Do you know what pas sags It wss thst caused Martin l.uthsrto see the truth! "The Jusf shall live by faith." Do you know there is one -just one pas sage thst brought Augustine from a life of dissipstlon? "Put ye on lbs i.onl Jesus Tniist sad make no provision for ths flesh to fulfill the lusts thereof." It was just one passage thst ponvertett Ifedlev Vicars. Ihe if real soldier, to Chrli-t. "The blood of Jesus Christ eleanseth from all sin." IK yon know thst the Holy Spirit used one passage of H.-rlpture to snveJenuthsn Kdwarda? "Now. unto the King, eferual. Immortal, invisible, the only wls (lo1. our Hsviour, be glory." (Ins year ago on Thanksgiving May I read fer iny text, "oh. give thanks unto the .or,l, for 'lis Is cood. lor His mercy en lurth forever." And there is a young ninn in Ihe house to whoso heart ths Holy Hpirit took Hint teTt tor his eternal redemption. I might speak of uiv own ease. I will tell you I wn (rough! tottie pnce ot the gospel through the Syro-l'liTiiS-inu wonisn"s cry to Christ. "i:veu the dogs eat of the crumbs that tall rrom the Master's table." Ho you know that the holy spirit almost always us.st liis.gnlll-'siit menu-.' Klo,tient sermons never save anybody. Philosophical sermons never save auyho ly. M 'taelivsicyl sermons never save nnvbo.ly. ;ut Hie minister comes some K.i'ibatli to bis pulpit worn out with engagements ami the Jang ling of a 'renzied doorbell. lie has only n a text and twj or three Ideas, but he an'ys : 'O Lord, help ni". Here area good many people I may ii"vr me.-t again. I hav.) not irni 'h to sav. Speak Thou Hirou rh my poor Hps." An.l before the service is done" lucre are teartul eyes aud a solemniiy like ih judgment. The great 1'rench orator, when theibn l King lay before him. look,. I up an I cried, "(lo-l only Is great!" mil the triumph of Ills eloquence lias been told by the his torians. Hut t have not heard that one soul wss saved by the oratorical flourish. Worldly critics may think that the early preaching of Thomas Chalmers was a masterpiece. Ilut Thomas Chalmers s:iy- let lever began to preach until h came out of the sickroom, white ami emu. late I. ami tol l men the simple story of .lesus. In the grcit dav of eterintv it will be found that the ino-t souls have bi-eu brought to Christ ted by the IIossiimis and .Massillons and It i ir lalo'.les. but by humble men. who. In the strength ot (io ! and le'lie ing iu the ctr'ial spirit, in vited mm to Jesus. There were wise salves, ther ' were excel lent ointments, I suppose, iu tlie tllll" of Christ for blind and inflamed eyes lint J, was turned His ha 'k upon them an I put the Hp of His linger to His tongue, and with the spittle that adhered to Hi linger II ani-iliit-el the eye of the blind man, mil dayligiit poured luto his blinded soul. So it is now lhat the spirit of (iod takes that humble pntyer meeting talk, which seems t ) be the very unllvsof Christian uilnen nndanoints the eyes of the bliu 1 an I pours the sunlight of pardon and pvice upou the soul. Ob, my friend. 1 wish we could fel it more and more that It any good is done it is by the power of (bids omnipotent spirit. I do not know what hymn may bring you to Jesus. I do not know what words ofthe Henp: ure lesson f read may save your soul. Perhaps the spirit of llod may hurl the very te-.t Into your heart. "Come, for ull things are now reudv. ' Again, tbe church is ready. U mau. If I poubl take thti curtain off these Christian hearts, t could show you a great many anxie ties for your redemption. You think that old man Is asleep because bis head is tlown and his eyes are shut. No ; be is praying lor your redumption ami hoping thst tlie worls spoken may strike your heart, lto you know the air Is lull of prayer.- Ilo you know that prayer is going up Iroin Fulton street prayer meutlug ninl fro.ii l'riday evening prayer meet lug, aud golug up every hour of t tie day lor tha r ' ption of ople? And if Christian church, bow quickly it would fly open 1 Hundredsot people would say : "Give lhat man room at Ihe sacrament, bring the silver l-owl for his baptism, (jive him the right bund or Christian fellowship. Urlng him into all Christian associations.'' Oh, you wanderer on the cold mountains, eouio into Hid warm sheepfol.l. I let tlown the bars nud bid you come in. With tlie shepherd crook I point you the way. Hun dreds of Christian haii'ls beckon you into the ehur.'ii of (io.l. A great many people do not like the church, and say It is a great mass of hypocrites, but It Is a glorious i cnurcii with all Its Imperfections. Christ Ismght It, and hoisted the pillars, mi l swung Us gutes, and lilted lis arches, and cur tained it with upholstery crimson with cru- llixioh csruage. Come into it. VtVsrc ii mir.lMi ttii, sr.aml. l'h.Kn slid iiis.l.- ,l,.ir .-.m,,!, A I ii i . sf M.t iii.:...,i I.,- i:r,i..,. t'lll . if Hie uurlil . v. II I . .1,-rn-s. Again, the angels ol Col nr rea lv. A great many Christians think tint the talk about ungt'is is fauciiul. ton say it is u very good subject for theological studciils who have Just begun to sermonize, bin for elder men It is Improper. There is no more proof in that lllblo that there Is u (i id than there are uugeis. Why. tin not tliey swarm iilmut Jacob's ladder' Arc we not told tli.it they conducted l.axarus upward : that they stand before the throne, their fuc. eov.ire I up with their wings, while they cry, "Holy, holy is the Lord (io A'lmii;jiy.''' 1,1 ot l.' ivid see thousands and thou.sunds.- Hid not one uugel slav I.'i.oiIK n:en iu Seiins- enerib s army And shall l hey not be thd i I cniet Harvester at the judguiout There Is it Hue ot loving, holy, inlirhtv ' reach frtnn here to tlie very gate, and wheu I au audleu",. is nsseniblcl for Christian wor- l hlii the. air is full of thein. If eaeii one of you has a guar Ii. iu nugel. how many eel iv mmiv us!. id. tials there are here ! 'i'uey crowd Ihe pla 'e, Ihey Lover, they Itlt about, they rejoice, book, that spirit is just eieue from the throu"! A moment ago it stood Isdorc Christ and hourd tho tloxology of tho glorified. Look! bright, immortal, what news from the golden city! Hpeak. spirit blest! The ristpnuss comes melting ou the air, "Come, for all things are now ready!" A u go Is ready to tmar the tidiugs, augels ready to drop the bene licHou. angels ready to kindle the Joy. They have stood in glory they know nil about Ii. T bey have felt the Joy that Is felt where there are no tears aud no graves ; Immortal health, but no Invalid Ism songi, but no groaus i weihuug bells, but no funeral torches eyes that nsver weep, hands that never bllste-, heads that never faint, hearts that uever breuk, friendships that are never weakens,!. Heady, all of them ! Il tu ly, throne, prln olpnlitles and powers! Heady, seruphimuiid eberubim! Heady, Michael the Archangel ! Again, your kin Jro I in glory are all ready for your coming. I pronounce moileru spiritualism a fraud and a sham. If John Milton and lleorge Whltnfleld have no belter business than to crawl uu lor a table and rat He the leaves, they bad bettor stuv at home in glory. While I believe that modern spir itualism Is bad because of Its mentul aud domestic, ravages, eomuiou sense, enlight ened hy the word of UoJ, teaches us that our friends to glory sympathise with our re demption. 'The llible says plainly there la joy lu heaven among the unguis of Hod over oue sinner that repenteth, and If angels rejoice and koow of It shall uot our Iricods stand ing among them know it y Home of these spirits iu glory tolled for your redumption. When they cams to die, their elite! grief was that you were not a Christian. They said, "Meet me lu heaven," uud put their bauds out from the cover and said. "Uoodby," Now, suppose you should cross over from a sinful life to a holy lire. Huppose you should be born luto the kingdom. Huppose you should now say i "farewell, 0 deceitful world I Got Ibeo gone, mv slut fie upon all the follies I U Christ, help me or I per ish t I taka my promise. I believe Thy word. I enter Thy service, " buppose you should say and do this? Wbv. the angel sent to rou wonld shout Upward,' 'lis Is coming! and the angel poising higher In the air would shout It upward, "He Is coming !" and it would run all up the line of light from wing to wing and from trumpet to trumpet until It reached the gate, and then It would flash to "ths house ol many mansions, ' and It would find out your kindred there, and before your tsars of rt petenanee bad beon wiped from the obnek and before you had rtnlshsJ your first pravnr your kindred In glory would know of ft, and another heaven would be added lotbnlr toy, and they would cry t "My prnvers are answered i another loved one asved. Give me a harp with which to strike tbe joy. Saved ! Kaved ! Haved '" If I have shown you that "all things are ready." that Christ is ready, thnt tbe Holy Hplrtt Is ready, that ths church Is ready, that the angels in glory are ready, lhat your glorified hundred are ready. then with all the eoneenfrntd emplnsis of niv soul I ask you If vou are ready? You see ray subject throws the whole responsibility upon yourself. If you do not g-t into the King's l l atniuet it Is Isvaiiss you do n t accept the Invitation. You hsvu ths most I'uport ,in.ve i Invitation. Two sr ns stretehe dowu from the cross soaknl In blood from elbow to finger tip. two lips quivering in mortal an- i gulsh. two pyea bna:ntng with infinite love, saying. "I ouie, conic, tor ull tulns ar5 ujw ready." 1 told you thnt when lbs Qan mme fa K-nilworth Cas'le th-y stopne t all the clocks, that the linger of tim-s Might lie polmel to that happy moment of h t nrrlvtl. Oh. if the King would come to the castle of year soul, you might well afford lo snip all the clocks, that the ban l mignt forever point to tills moment as He ore most bri'it. most blessed, most treineii Ions. Now. I wisli ( could go around from fir "I" to circle and In vite every one of you. affording to ths Invi tation of my IfXt.'snyilig. "Coaie!" 1 would like to take ev -ry on ot you by Hie hand and say. "Co'ne '" oi l maa. wiio hits lseii wandering sixty or seventy years, thy sun has almost gone tlown. T.irough tho dust of the evfiiili! stretchout your withered baud lo Christ. II will tot east th.w . IT, otdnmn. l)h, that ui" tear of repent-mea might tri.-kle tlown thy wrinkled chk '. Af ter Christ has fe I tne all thy lif.i long, do you not think you can a'T rdt speak oun word in His prills '.- Come, tiios" of ui w'.m are Tarthesf nwiy Imin (bid. Uninkarl, Christ esn put out Ihe lire of thy thirst. He can break thnt shuekle. II-1 can re-t.ire thv blastml home, (io lo .Jesus. Ilbertiii"! ( hrist saw th wherct'-.i wrt last eight. II" knows ol thy sin. '. : , lliou w.lt bnngtiiv nolluted soul to i f i in tins moment lb' will throw ovm It the mantle ot His pardon an 1 lov... M"r.y or thee, oh. thou chief of sinn-rs! H-irlot, thy feet foul with hell mid thy laughter ths horror of tin street! o i. Mary Magdnlena, look to .lesus! M-'rcy lor t lief, poor lost w.iif or the street ! tsli-rigiit-ous nviii. tiiou must Im bom sen in. or thou canst tut see the kingdom of Ctod ' Ho you think you , Mil g.t into fin feast with those ia,' Why, tin- King's servant would tear them olT au-l leave you naked at the gate. You must bo boru 'agnn. The lav is far spent. Ths cliffs begin to slide their long shadows across the plain. Do you kuow the feast hns already begunthe feast to which vou were invited aud the King sits with His hand ou t he door ot the bail iiletiiig room, and He begins to swing It sunt' It is halfway abut. It is tbree roarthsshut. it is euly just njar. Hoou It will be shut. "Come, tor all tilings are now re-idy." Have I nupsKil oue mau? Who has uot lelt himself called this ho- r! Then I call him uow. This Is the hour of thy redemption. -Vt'hlll' Ootl IIIVl', how IlifSI llcil.IV: How nwrr-t Ihr h ,.)el . , htnilini; illuJ. Ceine, nailifi-, lissU. oh, htisM n s . W lii r et a Ntr.l,iuius Oo.t fouu 1. Interest ini Ordaancp Experiments. The Armstrong Company, of Eng land, has ahowti Home very interest ing experiments with 'he latest jrd ""s. ''- "ich gti fi'e'' 'our V. . "ol gun three Hmes in .-i y aeuo. torpedo was driven aatisfaetoriJy with cordite aa a powder. There was a search light which would keep ita beam upon an object no matter how violently the vessel lolled. A ton inch thirtv-ton gun, when it wan lired. opened the breech n("w by tho recoil and wound up u s)i'.ng, which when released, would close the breech j iignui. At i-IiHMiehl howitzer anchored itself after the first discharge by driv I ing u spiide-shaped plate into the j ground, after which, iU recoil was met I by a jacket which surrounds it. A j quick-tiring tidd gun, which unchors I itself in a similar manner, tired llvo , rnitinls of acrapnel iu fifty-three aoo- i olltls. A liflceli-poutlder JUOIlU'aiU ! howitzer coul 1 be taken to nieces ho that no part of it would weigh more than 'JOH poll mis. It was screwed to gether iu rive minutes. A six-inch gun, with light portable disappearing mountings for a siege traiu, could be taken apart so that no portion weighed more tliaii three toils, ten hours being required to luouut it. A aix-iuch naval gun tired live rounds iu aivty-uiue oo- "'ds, each time at a dilferent rnugo ninl turret. A i.L.tu r Ur,..;ul u...l i ,i..:.i i ' i -a t","'u t'lln "rH ut 100 yurds range without a Hiuele penctrution. whila thn nhitu hitherto i,s..1 i. .. .... a every idiot, tint tiatliiig gtm 1b" t cutting it ia two. Chicago Herald. j Horace t.reclpy and Ills llride. "When Horace (Jreeley was flrat I married aud brought hie wife home on i a visit a aiigai party was given in their I b.. n. r ... m f...... All " m-w;..,Fwi iuf IU1U1. Ull the guests had arrived, ami we were looking out, watching for the belated bride aud groom. At laat we saw something appearing iu the distauoo. As this aunie object came nearer, we discovered it wan the old white horse of the (Sreoleys, blowly picking hia way through tho mud. On his back sat the bride iu a brilliant yellow frock, with u green velvet belt, and behind her, w rapped iu his famous white over coat, sat the already fatuous editor. It was the fuuuiest sight I ever aaw, and set ns off in fits of laughing. Ire member," concluded toy informaut, laughing again at her ' recollection, "that I nimply luy down and rolled upon the floor in a spasm of mirth." Mr. Greeley came home every year, aud after a day or two on the farm, would start to walk miles aud eall on people. He was uever known to knock at a farmhouse door. Ho matter whether he knew the inmates or not, he would push open the door, walk right iu, ait (low a by the fireplace aud fall to discussiug crops and other topics dear to tho farmer' heart. Kverybody was glad to welcome this gentle, brusijiio intruder. Tress aud i'riuter. The Luge guns of modern navies can only be tired about seventy-five timea before they are woru out a . .1
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