v ' IT In tn, Wf At 1 1 la Tl A i A' T w rt U t 1 'a i If J f IBll ii A WlflTKH I.OVE-ONO. The ital fed In. .lli in falling uo. Tbry are I ni s.il lo m ; Not chill, I ) m'. Mm winds that blow, lluwwi hill they Ik ! 0 hi oddving llski-n (hut aped away, With mini ' 1 Ji y drllt dowu, Through in ri,il, lacing branches gay, Or dead I'-ar.-n. erlsp nri'1 brown. INo bloom it )! fie whitening hill, No urix'ii leaf n the tree ; The mute it i.ml music s Mill it is n I ' me. For song, ritli mv hoirt"i muffled might, KiVi in nviio. blow lor blow : Mv love's warm lrnt In un and whit", Anil Iter ihitn the Know. KoImt? Il'iiri i Wilson, In the Cent 'ire. STORY OF A NUGGET. NOTKI) won lorn financier wears on his watch chain tiny nugget of gold, net a Ii o ii t with itniitll, Imt cxeced ingly lino, lin iiihihIm, and if you slmuM chance to strike t ti ik money King wlion Ii.- in in ouo ot in ruro roniir.uniiul ive moods, ho w ill toll yon, if you khU, tin following story of how from the nettle ilatigcr, ho plucked, imt only the flower of aafcty, hut of fortiino, Hit well "It wns when the gold fovor in Cali fornia was t its height thnt I hoI.I out nil 1 hil l lit hone niul wont to join the throngs MreainiiiK to th" now l'.l Ior mlo. It wan what you might cull a groundhog ruse with mo, for if I lii not xtriko it noli 1 wiw ruinoil, its I lied nothing in tlio world exoont tho little pile took witli mo to tho min ing country f foil in with u follow railing himself IVter Sharp, and sharp ho was, too. I afterward learned thnt ho wan ii fugitive from justice in Kng Intnl. thnt heaven alone known what Iiih roul iihiiiii was, as ho luiil as tnnnv hI inses hh ii I ' i n r I lnm spots. Itnt he wan a good judge of grouud whore gold would ho likely Ii i I Ion, mid win above U a Tory iiiiiiihiiil;, agreeable rum pan ion, so I wan vcrvghul on the whole of bin company. We (leeidod to make for tho extreme o.inier of the gold bearing region, it it t to do our own prospecting, (hut if wo found the precious iiiotul uouo could liouetit bv it hut ourselves. "Shnrji witii pretty nearly lroke and I hud to pay for lioth our outfits, but I did not mind thin, iih Iiih knowledge " "colony, which, while limited inex , could lo .lo(i. iulod on ho fur unit wi. i, lUiii't Mm. Well, we kept on s'dgtng nwity Iroiu the overs armed districts toward th north, until we 'uiiM find a Hpol vvUereShiirp mw in it inns of tlio tliui'T we wero "fu-r. . ,, I tllllv i - miicshoiI a what wo wanted mid at last volun teered to go back with us. Sharp took to (he mini, who gave lus name ii.n Har old, but I did not somehow fancy him from the first, .tud my instinct wan not nt fault. Tlio f.-llow- was nu escaped 'ouvijt from the Ivist, and had been put in for lite for the murder of his father-in-law to iccnro t lust relative's money. Hut Sharp caught so eagerly at hia ollVr to go with us that thowholc thing wita nettled before I could have taken iny companion to one side to have remonstrated. We journeyed on for several days, at last reaching a lit tle dip between two uroat, almost per -)icndiculiir rocks, where Sharp said a river hail once trickled down from the iiioun tuuiH, wishing down ore with it. "lie wan right an to thnt, though we found far less thin we had hoped for, mid after mouth or six weeks I lit re wo had exhausted the resources of the place. We "a.-h had about it flioii .nn I dollars iu nuggets and nearly hk m i.'h iu dint Harold then pro posed our going down to Sacramento to bmli it, io we net out. Hut not having noticed the way wo came, on going buck, we lost our beiiriugH for a day, i'.ml ut lust cimo upon a shaft like a big well cut square, down into the earth about th'.'ei) hundred feet or inor '. " 'Thnt place waa sunk by miners,' said Sharp, txiimiiKtig thj sides cure In I ly. "Jut Harold laughed and nsked, 'Wlrtt mii'crs' Hold war only found in this State in 'I'.l. ai:J thar warn't ' no minim,' cinna here before then, for t liar w.irn't much '.Hid-'- Injuns about. ' '"All the hiime. thin shaft was cut by human beings,' persisted Sharp, 'leiol: hi re, man, here you can sen where thn pickaxe, or whatever the fellow ha 1, slipped. Sure' you're alive, somebody that knew a thing or two about mining wiu unco at work hero, thoiifh 1 can't say how long ago. Maybe they were nt it when old I'ol'tmiius lauded in this country.' ''ilai'old lure seemed to give in, uud leaiiin ; over th tides of the well like t'liu..; mi 1 iu it vrt of specula tive tone, 'Won 'i f if th're'n any gold i!o..ti tli. re tV What do you say I i one n' iih goin' ilo-vu to see'' " Vc both HM'iift' l nnd Sh irp vo'.un t cere I to be the o:ie, but Harold topped him. 'No. lM inU here had bi t ter go; he's the lightest and mo and jiio, Shurp, i.iu lower audhniil himtip.' "So ropi s were untied iroin about the I ; ;;!'.; and knitted into one long leugtli, uud nttiichod t j my wrist. An I stopped to tho opening Harold caught mo : "You will bo heavy enough w It bout that extra fifty pounds, uud kick oil' your boots, too.' "So, with tho jest that I thought I might trust tho money with them, I put oft' (ho belt and boots and, with only my knife iu the baud of my trousers, waa dropped over. I had gotten within seven or eight feet of tho bottom when the ropo U at once prlel kdiI 1 fell headlong into A pool of dirtr water and mud. " 'What did you do that for?' I heard Hhnrp rry, and Harold answered Homothing, which I did not hear, hat Hharp Hhouted again, quite angrily, 'I'm going to kill and rob him iti no tch way.' "Then Harold talked awhile, Imt it ill I could hoar nothing, though I could imagine the argument that waa going on above. 1 wai actually on trial for my life. Would Hharp be firm in Iiih friendship for me, trne to bin man hood? Hut even it I naked inynelf thin iuentioii with a beating heart there win nIod from Bbove a pintol ahot, and I felt a nharp uting in my nhoulder, jmit below tho collar bone. Another and another came, ono aplintering the rock over my head mid the other burying itself in the mini in the bot tom. I could mnk) out a ledge pro jecting a few feet out from tho per pendicular wall, and under thin I ran for nhcltiT from the murdcrum rain I that wan falling down that old abaft. Hero I was safe, and after novcral more whotit there wat Hilonce and the two villinun must have gone on, thinking I lay dead there whore no mau might bury me and whore only a whitened k leton might bo found in future year for Homo ono to marvel over for u moment and then to leave. . "It hud boon late in the afternoon when I doHoonded, but wan already d irk an could be down there, and even if 1 had anything with which to have kindled it light, every match I had had boon dohtroyod by the, water into which I had fallen. I walked round and round my prinon, longing in vain for the torch, Bt loaHt, that Hhatp and the other rancul wore to Lave lowered after me, but leaving my Htarting poiut, 1 felt my way about until 1 came buck to it, and oaleulatod that the abaft was five by five feet. Hut I could diHoover no outlet, wave that far above my head. Then I reeon noiterod to Hee what wan iu the pit beNidon water, mud and me. tin one Hide away from the little pool I came. aorosH a heap of bonea of varioua aui iiiiiIk, iih near an I could judge, and bundling these I (Uncovered nometliing that Hdit the delicious intoxication of hope once more thrilling through my voiiiM. and thin wan while many of t bene bouert were brittle with age and had long boon bare, there were othera that Htill had fragments of HchIi hang ing to them iu a way an if Homo ani mal had eaten a meal here. '"Ilellectiou came then wbinpertng that theno creature to which theno bouen holougod might have fallen over into tho pit, and the latest coiner de voured all the remains that he found and ho Hiibtaiued life for a few laya. Mut 1 could not reliuipiiah my hope ho noon and tried to believe that thene wero Higus of houio animal making thin its don and that thin animal mitnt have Home exit. Repeating thin to myaolf I fell asleep at lnt, woru o't with tho fatigue and r int of the t V. -UK of some animal in mv face, but 1 could . . , ..,..i..i'iu: - I I not mane out wnat lum nuiuiat was, t i . . il . rf..il uiougil mere whs i 'iu moun iuuhiiik tli.wn the shaft nt me, like a mild beneficent eye. 1 lay fpiito still, not during to move a munch, but presently the cold, damp nose of the unseen in spector of my body tickled me iuto a sneeze. There was a low growl and sharp teeth seized my wounded shoulder in such a way as to cause ine the intensest agony, 1 ut I controlled myself, and presently the teeth lot go and tho creature, whatever it was, walked away uud 1 could benr it crunching the bones between its powerful jaws. "I meant, if possible, to loarn which way it went on leaving the bottom of the pit, but ou tins occasion I was din appointed, for after awhile the Bound of its tearing and gnaw ing wan over, and though 1 ran at once to tho spot where I thought it was, the nnimal was gone. All next day I waitod for its coming with impatience that you must have known something of my po sition to appreciate, and growing hun gry myself wan glad to eat a bit of tho uncooked flesh it had left, aud which was it piece of mountain sheep. It was Home time beforo I could prevail on myself to touch the witter at tho lowest part of the pit, but thirst, keen nnd parching, at lust overcame my objec tion, and I drank long and deeply. "It was again near uight when my visitor came again, and this time I marked the npot whoro it seemed to enter, and moved toward it, but tho sharp eyes of tho nnimal noted my ac tion, and with a growl of fury attaked me ho suddenly that I hud only tinio to catch up tho nearest object which happened to bo a thigh bono of some largo beast, an I thin X brought down wi'.h a terrible thwack upon the bead of the aggressor. It fell back for an instant, when I plucked out my knife and stuck it to tho hilt iu which I hoped wan tho creature's neck, but which proved to bo its shoulder. Thou, unable to withdraw my blado nt onco, I again struck with my bone, aud stunned the animal for a moment. When it arose again I could bear it crawling away, and reaching out seized it by tho tail ; it turned on mo with a snarl and caught my band iu its teeth, aud I felt upon my flesh tho warm drip of blood that told mo that tho creature wan wounded, perhaps badly. As I ma le no move, it soon dropped my hand and wentou whining piteously, and, guided by this and by putting out my lingers with aa light a touch aa I could upon its sleek akin, I followed it the few feet that lay bo twecu it and the walL Iu a moment it was gone, aud I was at a loss to know where. Dut I knew the exit must bo within a very abort distanco of mo, ao I lay for a second recruiting my strength, aud after a minute or two, felt a oold breath of air in my faoe. "This came aa if down a funnel in the earth and followiug it I soon had mv faoe at tha opening. Where the animal eould to. I could follow, to I prepared to go tip the channel. It waa quite narrow at first, hut widened out presently and I guessed that I wan in Another shaft of the old mine. AN ter crawling on for a half hour, my progress being impeded by roeka aud debrm that bad fallen into the place, I naw ahead of mo the faint glimmer of day and in another ten minutes wan hi the open air. "I waa afraid to go on at oneo to Hacrnmento, for I might run into mv rascally companions if ther had halted on the road, when I thought that they would kill me to keep mo from telling of their crime. So for tho next day or two I lingered about the apot, living on the wil 1 berries and nuoh muall game an I could etinnare After Home trouble I found a bit of Hint, with which and tho Hteel of mv knife I kindled a fire, and beside the line thin was to me in cooking my food I ma In me several torches w ith which I pto posed to explore the old mine. Thin I did pntty thoroughly, to find that the vein of metnl it bad once contained bad been very nearly worked out, and wan about to close my investigation and proceed on my journey when a Hiiddeu rainstorm oamo up. Tho water fairly poured down the old abaft washing its sides clean, carrying with it also a quantity of dirt. 'T wan amusing inynelf after thin fall of rain looking over into the tun nel to hoc the effoot of. the deluge, when my eye caught night of this little nugget I wear here on my charm. I picked it out nnd rubbed it clean, wlie.i I could have leaped with joy, for if things wero an thin piece of metal indicated there wan a rich vein of gold running almost parallel with the otic that had been removed from tho mine and which had never been discovered by the ancient miners. I could Hcnrcely wait to begin my search, bo i eager wan I. 1'ut I bad no pick-ax, ' Sharp and Harold having taken even j that, ho I had to i in proviso one of a brunch of a tree with a pick of one of bouen that were in tho bottom of the main shaft. But luckily the noil wan sof.'l from the recent rain, and I bad no difficulty in digging out several very lino iiuggctit, ono of which I after ward Hold for SJDOO in Han Francisco. "I stayed there for threo weeks, working nlono and bringing in all nearly SiO,OOii w rth of metal from the mine, which I buried m soon an found. I now naw that in order to go deeper in tho thing I would have to havrt assistance, and with some of tho smaller nuggets I net out oueo more for Sacramento, traveling mostly by night, for those wore wild timen, anil the roughest element on earth was abroad iu those mountains. Hut ut last I got to the city, ami tho first man I saw wan Harold, standing in the door of a saloon. He staggered back, aud then watching me closely, stepped for ward once more and llrod at me. The ball panned through my hat, and as I drew v pistol to tire his frieadn hii '-d him him hacV nee au anaayer I know to be an honest mau, nnd showing him my specimens, told him my story. Ho pronounced the nuggets tine ouch aud said I would have no difficulty iu making up a com pany i. work the mine, if it wan found to be all that I churned for it. lint bo told me that union I meant to settle with Harold aud Sharp myself, there was little hope of bringing them to justice, as they wore well known there and hud friends by tho hcom of their own sort, whereas I was a stranger. ' However, I had tin! thing taken out out of my hands, for no doubt in dread of me, tho two left town that night. Two weeks later Sharp's body j was found a few miles out 'with bin throat cut lrom car to ear aud with ull his pockets turned out, so that he met his death ut the bauds of bin partner iu crime. Of Harold nothing waa hoard for some yearn, until one day, while riding with a party through tho mountains, we came upon a body fairly riddled with bullets uud suspended by it rope from n tree, where tho scoun drel had siilVered death at tho hands of some lynching band, nnd met only then w ith bin just rewards. I Hold my mine for nearly ilOO.ilOl), beside tho uuggets 1 had taken from it by my self, and which wero worth at least $50,000 more. It proved to bo a com paratively stuall vein that I had dis covered, but very rich whilo it lusted, and made tho modest fortuuo of evory one of the stock company to which I sold it. Those mountains are rich iu just such stories, but I think few can equal the true ouo I have given you." Philadelphia Times. A Military Use ot Aluminum, Tho German wur department has or dered that the cooking utensils and other metallic vessels furnished to the Holdiera shall be made of aluminum. Tho reason giveu fer tho order is that tho physical standard of tho men is much lower than it was before the new army law went iuto oQ'ect, and many of the men now mustered into the ser- vico are not able to carry the heavy loads with which tho troops aro bur dened ou tho march. Aluminum ves sels aro much lighter thau the iron ones hitherto used. l or tuo same reason experiments have been ordered to determine whether au aluminum hel met can be devised which will give aa much protection as the brasa ones now woru by the troops. New Orleans ricayuno. Lnrd OU Iu the Navy. Tboso ships of tho United States Navy that do not use tho electrio light are still lighted with lard oil, which thickens to the consistency of stiff mo lassos in cold weather, and has other inconvenient habits. They powers that be have always pronounced any otber oil unsafe for moving slaps. There was a time when the man who should have invented a better oil and persuaded the Navy Department that it was aa safe as lard oil would hart made a fortune. Globe-Democrat. REV. 1)B. TALMAGR ttlK IlROOKfiY DIVIXK'9 8UX 1AY SKHMOX. Subject: "Kiihlrn Surpassed." Trxr ; " W'im in PWVe than rW," rrovrrtm vlil., II. You hnvs all noen thn fireclout stona com monly eallo.l thn ruhy. It in of deep red "olor. Thn Illlilo maltfl much of it. It lwd In the Hrst row of the high prieat's bn-antplare. Under another nam ft Wood In thn wall of hveu. .fnremlah compares the ni.lily i-heek of the Nazuritn to the rohy. Eroklel points ft out in the tonus of thn kltw; of 'l yre. Konr times does Solomon use It as a Fytnlml .y whlh to extol wisdom or rsllg-; on. niwaxs selling its value as better than ruiiiMt. The world does not agroo a to how th precious stones were formed. The ancients thought that amber w is made of drops of perspiration of the giiitdesn Oe. The tbun ilerstone wns supposed to havndropped from a stormeloiid. The emeriti. I wan said to have been made of the firefly. The lapis lazuli wns thought to have been born of the cry of an Indian giant. And modern min eralogists snv that the precious stone were made, of gasen nnd lliiiil. To me the ruby seems like a spark from tho anvil of the set ting sun. The home of the genuine ruby In Burmab, an t sixty miles from Its capital, where lives and reigns the ruler, railed "Lord of the Rubles. ' lndor a careful Governmental guard are thene valuable mines of ruby kepK lUrely has any foreigner visited them. When a why of lnrgn value w.ts discovered. It waa brought forth with elaborate ceremony, a pro.'.nnion was formed, and, with all ban nered pomp, military guard and prlnoely at. tnndsuts, the gem was brought to the k lair's paliuM Of great value Is the why. much more so thnn diamond, as lapidaries and jewelers will toll you. An expert on this subject writes. "A ruby of perfect color weli-hlns five carats In worth at the nreaent H.r t.n times ns mueh as a diamond of equal weight." It was a disaster when Charles the Hold lost the ruby be wan wearing at the battle of Oraii'lnon. It was a great affluenoe when Kiidolph II of Austria inherited a wby from his sister, tho queen dowitffor. It wns t lion h to have had much to do with the victory of Henry V. as he wore It into the battle of agiQi-ourt. It in the nrldo of the Ilusslan court to own the largest ruby of the world, presented by in io ine uussian empress. Won' drous why : It ban eleotria chnmoterUtln and there are llghtulngs compressed In its aourne nix sl.led prism. What shall I eall Iti" It is frozen tire! It Is petrified blood! In all tho world there is only one thing more Tituiania, nmi mytext makes the comparison. 'Wisdom In better thnn rubies." , imt It is Impossible to comt-nre two thlnva together uiile there are some points of sim ilarity as well as of difference. I am glad there is nothing larking hero. The wby is morn beautiful in the night nnd under the lamplight than ly ilav. It Is nreferrn.1 f.e evening adornmeut. How the rnhiea irlno nnd burn aud flash as the lights lift the dark. nee ! Catherine of Arngon had on her flngur wby that fairly lanterned the night. hlr John Mamleville. the eelnhmtn.! elerof 400 years ago, said thnt the Emperor of China had a ruby that made the night as bright as day, The prolvtblllty is that Solo mca, under some of the lamps that illumined his oedHr palao.i by night, notloed tlfe pecu liar glow of the rubv an it looked In tha hn of a sword, or hung in some fold of the np. holstery.orbenutllled the lipof someoballce, while he was thinking at the same time of the excellency of our holy religion as chiefly seen in the night of trouble, and he cries our " Wisdom is better than rubles." ' Oh, yes, It Is a good thing to have reugk' while the so" of rerity rides high an n 1r ln in worldly favor. Yet you can at sneh time hardly tell how much of it Is natural exuber ance and how much of it Is the graoe of God. Hut b-t the sun set, nnd the shadows ava lanche the plain, aud the thick darkness of ilckucss or poverty or persecution or mental exhaustion rill the soul and fill the house tud llll tho world ; then you sit down by the lamp of Hod's word, and under its light the ron-olatlons of the gospel come out ; the lieiice of Ood whiah pnssotb all understand ug appears. You never fully appreciiited :huir power until in thmli'ep night oftrouble :ho Pivine I.ainii revealed their cxqulsite jesi. pearls and amethysts for the day, but rubles for the uiglit. All of the books of thn bible attempt in otne way the nsstingomcut of misfortune, df tho 150 psalms of Iinvld at least ninety tllu In to trouble. There are slghiugn In (very wind, aud tears la every brook, and panxft iu every heart. It was originally pro- ion id to call the rrcsideut s residence at Washington "The Palace ' or "the Execu- ve Mansion, but after It was destroyed in he wur of ISM and rebuilt in waa painted white to cover up the marks of the smoke nd lire thut bad blackened the stonewalls. Hence it wns called "The White House." Moot of things now white with attractiveness were ouee blnck with disaster. What the world most needs Is the consolat ory, and here it comes, our holy religion. wilU both bands full of anodynes and suda- Ives mid balsams, an In Iianlel s time to stop iioutlis- It'ouine ; as In Hhadraoh s time to ool blii nt furnaces ; aa In Er.eklel's time to rousl captivity i as in 8t. John's time to nnrol! an apocalypse over rocky desolations. tr Us sootluug voice ns it declares: 'Weopiug may endure for a bight, but Joy oricll'. in tlio morning." "ine monisms ball depart nnd the hills be removed, but My loving kiudue&a shall not depart from ou. 'Whom the Lord lovetn He ohas- timoth." "They shall hunger no more, ueltber thirst any more, neither shall the un light on them, nor any heat, for the .amb which Is In the midst of the throne hall lead them to living fountains ot water, in I fled shall wipe away all tears from their tye." The most wholesome thing on eartn is rouble, if met tu Christian spirit. To make Caul want be whs It took ship wreck, and whipping ou the bsre back, and iieulteutiary, snd pursuit of wild mobs, and the sword of Ici Hiiitatlon. To make David what he was It took all thnt Ahlthophel and Haul and Ab- nloiii aud (loliutli and all the Fhlllstlne hosts could do against him. It took Itobert Chambers's malformation ot feet to make blm the literary conuueror. It was bereuvement that brought William Kaworth, of Wesley's time, from wickedness to an evangelism that won many thousands for heaven. The world would never nave known what beroio stuff Ridley was made of hud not the tires been kindled around bis feet, aud not liking this slow work he oriod i "I ciiniiot burn. Let the lire come to me, jaiiuot burn." Thank Ood that there are gems that unfold their best glories under the lanmliirhi ! Tbunk Ood for the rubv. Moreover. 1 am sure Holomon was riant in laying thnt religion or wisdom Is better than rubies, from the fact that a thing is worth what It will fetch. Itcllglon will fetcn solid happiness, ami the ruby will uot. In all vour observation did You ever And a person thoroughly felicitated by an Incrustment of towels' As you know more of yourself tnan any oue else, are you happier now with worldly adornments and successes than be fore you wou them? Does the picture that cost you hundreds or thousands of dollsrs on your wall briug you as much satisfaction as the engraving that at the expense ot 15 was hung upon the wall when you first began to keep house? Do all the cutlery and rare plata that glit ter ou your extension dttilug table, surround, ed by flattering guests, contatu more of rea bliss than the plain ware ot your first table, at which sat only two? Does a wardrobe crowded with costly nttire give you mors satisfaction than your flrnt clothes closet with iu four or Bve pegs? Did not the plain rlmi set on the third flutter ot the left hand on the day of your betrothal glva mors glad ness than tns ruoy ttuu is now eninrouea ess the third flogs of your right haady If la this journey of II fe we have learned anything, we have loarned that this world, neither with Its emoluments nor gains, can ntlsfy the sonl. Why. here come as many witnesses m I wish to eall to the stand to testify that borore high heaven and the world. In companionship with Jesus Christ and a good hope of heaven, they feel a joy that all the resource of their vocabulary fall to express. Hornet I me It evidences Itself In ejscolatlons ot bosanna isomotlme in doiol ogy i sometimes in tears. A converted na tive of India in a letter said : ' How I long for ray bed. not that I msy sleep -I lie awake often and long bur to bold sweet commu nion with wiy Ood." If so mighty Is worldly joy that Julius If. bearing his armies were triumphant, ox plred. and If Talva. hearing that the Roman seoaie nan uncree I nira an honor, expired, and tf Dlonyslun nnd Hophoele. overcome of joy, expired, ami If a shipwrecked pur ser, waiting on the const of (iuinei iu want and starvation at the sight ot a vessel bringing relief, fell dead from shock of de light. Is It any surprise to you that the jovn of pardon and heaven rolling over the soul should sometimes be almost too much for the Christian to endure and live' An aged aunt said to me : -De Witt, three time have fainted dead awav under ton irrnat Christian joy. It wis iu nil turon canvs at the holy communion.' An eminent Christian man while in prayer aid i "Stop. Lord ; I cannot bear any more of this gladuee. If Is too mueh for mortal Withhold ! withhold ' We have heard of poor workmen or workwomen getting :t let ter suddenly telling them thnt a fortune hud been left them, and how they wore almot beeide themselves with glee, taking the first ship to claim the estate. Hut. ob. what It is to wake op out of the stupor of a sinful lib', and through pardoning grace find that nil our earthly existence will he divinely man aged for our beet welfare, and that then all heaven will roll In upon the siul ! compared with that a spring morning Is stupid, aud an August sunset is inane, and urornuasnn piuareii splendor, and a dia mond has no flash, nnd a pearl no light, and a bery no aquamarine, snd a why no ruddi ness. My gracious Lord ! My glorious wui my precious t. unei ! lion over on us a iowdiiiows of that npture. And now i asx you, as ralr minded men and womeu, accustomed to make comparisons, is not suoh a joy as that worth more than anything no" can Dave in a jeweie casket ' Was not Holomon right when be said, "Wis lorn 1 bet ter man rubles-' There is also something In the deijp enr mlne of the ruhy thnt suggest the sacrlflce on which our whole system of religion do. pends. While the emerald suggests the meadows, and the sannhirn the nkl. ,,n,i the opal the sa. the wby suggests the blood of sacrtftoe. The most emphatic and start ling of all colors has the ruoy. Holomon. the author of mytext, knew all about the sacrl flce of lamb and dove on the altars of the temple, and he knew the meaning of sacri ficial blood, nnd what other precious stone could be so well use to symlsjlijie it an the ruby? Bed, Intensely red. roil an the blood of the greatest martyr of all time Jesus of th centurion ! Drive the story or the cruci fixion out of tho Illlile and thedontrliie of the atonement out of our rellglou, nnd there would be nothing of Christianity loft for our worship or our admiration. Why should It lie hard to adopt the Bible theory that our redemption was purchased by blood' What great hridge ever sprong Its arches, what temple ever reared its towers, what Nation ever achieved its Independence what mighty good was over done without sacrifice of life The great wonder of tho world, the bridge that unitesthesetwocttles, cost the life of the first architect. Ask the shipyards of Glasgow and New York how many carpenters went down under accldnntn before the steamer wan launched , nsk the three great transcontinuntal railroads bow many in their construction wore buriod un der crumbling embankment or crushed un der timbers or destroyed by the powdet blast. Tabulate thsstatutinnnfhntv man v feave been martyrs to th cran ot c' ' a. Tell us how man- n.ae mttxt breut ami Uie lu t,. eiTon. 9 support their households. Tell us how lany men in England, lu France, in Ger many, in Italy, in the I'nlted Htates, bavo died lor their country. Y'lcarlous suffer lug is as old as the world, but the most thrilling, tha most startling, the most stupendous sacrlflce ot nil tlmo and eternity was on a bluff hack of Jerusalem wheu oue being took upon Himself the Bins, the agouien, the per dition of a great multitude that no man can number between l'i o'clock ot a darkened noon and 3 o'clock In the afternoon, purchas ing the ransom of a ruined world. Dive In all the seus, explore ull the mines, crowbar all the mountains, view all the crowned jewols of all the emperors, and find me any gem that can so overwhelmingly ; symbolize that martyrdom an toe ruby. I Mark you, there are mnny gems thut are I somewhat like the ruby, ho is the cornelian. I so la the garnet, so Is thn spinel, so Is the I balaa, so the gems brought from among the gravels of Ceylon aud New Houth males, but there is ouly one genuine ruby, and that conips from the mine of llurmuh. And there Is oflly one Christ, and lie eouvs front heaven. One Itedeomer, one Ilansom, oue Hon lot God, ouly "one name giveu under heaven among men by whicli we can be ssved." Tea thousand times 10,0(M beautiful Imita tions, of that ruby, but ouly one ruby. Christ bad xto descendant. Christ bad no counter partJ In the lifted up grandeur and glory and love and sympathy of His character lie is the) Incomparable, the Inllnlte One ! "The only (wise God. our Saviour." bet all hearts, all homes, all times, all eternities, bow low befojre Him . Let ills banner be lifted In all our souls! In olden times Scotland was disturbed by freebooters and pirates. To ml the seas and I ports of these desperadoes the hero William wauace ntieu out a meronaut ves sels, Ibut filled It with armed men and put out rosea. The pirates, with their flag in sert' 'ed of a death's head, thinking they woil'd get an easy prize, bore down upon the cottih merchantman, wheu the urine,! menof Wallace boarded lue cratt of tlio Dlrabas and put them in chains and then salleU for port under the Huotch flag fly lug. And to our souls, assailed oi sin aud ucatn and nell, through Christ are rescued, and the bllack flag of sin Is torn down, aud the srripvd flag of the cross is hoisted, blessed be Gcd for any sign, for any signal, for any preci ouastoue that brings to mind the price paid lor such a rescue. Ill te the coral, tor it seems the solidified foam ot breakers, and I like the jasper, for it g ttbers seventeen colors iuto its bosoi a, and I like the Jet, for it compresses the si uidows of many midnights, and I like the cl irj'soprase because Its purple is illu mire i with a small heaven of stars, and I like t ha chrysolite for its waves ot color whiol t seem on tire, lint this morning noth ing Impresses roe as lbs ruby, for it de- nl. UIUIM lotsJ it typines, it suggests "ine nioo t or Jesus Christ that elmins'th from all sin. With' mt theshed tins ot blood there is uo reml aiou." Yea, Holomou was right wheu iu my text he said, "Wisdom is better than rublr i." To "ring out a contrast that will illustrate mytetxt, I put before you two Inst earthly set-null, tueoneibiua room witn ruoies. but ob religion, and the other lu a room with religion, but no rubles. You enter the first room, where en affluent and worldly man li about to quit this life. There la a ruby on the mantel, possibly among the vases. There Is a ruby iu the headdress of the qJeeuly wlte. Ou fllie finger of the dying man there Is a roby. 1 The presence of these rubles implies op tleroeof a.l kinds. The pictures ou tho walls re heirlooms or the trophies ot Eu rope,; nU ravel. The curtains are from foreign looms) I The rugs are from Damascus or CalroAi The sofus are stuffed with ease and quletuc e. The rocking chairs roll back ward af Id forward on lullabies. The pillows are exulsltely embroidered. All the ap pointment ot the room are a peroration to a suooesslul commercial or professional life. But thf man has no rellglou, never bas had and net Ur proteased to have. Titers is not a Dlblel lr one reiicious book In the room. . T 4 wart lac aua tola that his artklv earner la ended, and nothing opens hm-.. ! Where he will land stepping off frotn tha-iH in a mystery, or whether bs will land at ! for it may be annihilation. He has prayer to offer, and he does not know hnmt pray. No hope of meeting again In anil, state ot existence. He hi through with vl life and In sum of no other. The rnh i the mantel and the rnhy on the wanted ? ger of the departing one any nothing of "Ji rnnnming niooa wnicn tney no mlehrn, tvnlfv. Ho far as Blvinir solace np tion to s departing spirit, tbey are a failure. Midnight of utter hoiteiwauZ j .n .. ...... i ""n innlli, mi m r t m.4.I ,. . - ...... .. ...... . IIIVrU.,v p-doii. to buy one of these exiptieite. jm.ii-i she stopped at a jeweler's show wi. ! 1Bi Un hiw aI thum In... . . Iln ... . a L . . " nd nrt rnhlM UKa haw! - " " v.. m . un iiuimk IQ1 V'tita- Hhe ha t keen taste to appreciate thon out sne never owned one of them. Hh- not Jealous or unhappy because other-, h ruble while she had none. Hut she h.l , ii-iii tinnfliunT, nun inn. w.n ran grs.-Q q Ood that had comforted her nlong ths w, amid bereavements and temptations in ip-. neeutlons ant nicknnss and privations ni trials of all sorts. Now she is goiu out of the reom In bright, not with pM-ires xiiHiii-n, hoi wiin upnowiory, noc with nnvot the gemn of mountain or of sue, but ther-a a strung nnd vivid glow in the ro-jin. the light of the clnndnller or star or n. day sun. but something thnt outshine nil them. It must be th presence of naturals. Krom her Illumined face I tliink 'lie mur near ewei voices, j en, sMo A y near sweet volivm volcen or ilepirpxl D. nreii. voices epotoiir and prophetic nD() evangelic, but all of them overpowcre.) br the volceof Christ, nnylng. "Come. yebliMwl of My Father, inherit the kingdom." Krom her Illumined face, I think she tnusi hear rapturous muni". Yen. she does hr rapturous music, now soft aa solijs, n inuiuierouf as orciientrns now a nmnili 1 I .. . . t. - l a a a . ' un:" niuBf, now ilia uuuijojii nnii lorty SD1 inur inousitii'i in concert, r rom her illu. mined face, I think she must breathe r.tlol. ence. tea, she does inhale aroma from off tho gardens whose flowers never wither nmi from tho blossoms of orchards, every tree of which bears twelve mnnner of fruit. Prom her illumined face, I think she mu-t se a glorious sight. Yea, she sees tho wall that has juspnr at the tHtne and nmothyst nt tbs top and blood rod rubles between. Goodbr. sweet soul ! Why should you longer stay? Your work all doue, your burdens all carried, your team all wept : Forward Into tha light! I'p into the joy! Out Into tbs grandeurs: And after you have saluted Christ and your kindred, search out him ot the palaces of l.elianon cedar nnd tell hia tn at you have fouod to be gloriously tru what thousands of yearn ago he nnnerted In this morning's text, "Wisdom Is better than rubies." In those burnished pala-es of our Godmiy we ail meet, ror I couress to you that my chlet desire for heaven is not the radiance or. to take the suggestion of the text, not ths rubeseence of the scene. My one idea ot Heaven is the place to meet old friends. God. our best friend, nnd our earthly friends al ready transported. Aye, to meet the million-. wnom 1 have never seen, but to whom I have administered iu the gospel week by week by Journalism on both sides ot the sei, and throughout Christendom, and throiigti many lands yet semlhsrbnric. For the last twenty-three years ovorr blast ot Injustice against me him multiplied my readers ull the world over, an ? tho present malignancy printed and uttered IsM-niie our onuroii in iu nuani'lul struggle niter hnviuL- two great ntru-turen destroyed by fire nnd we compsiieu to Dunn tnroc large churches I say the present outrageous iuiuntlca in some quarters will multiply my audience In an isu is ii i cun Keep lu good humor and not fight back. A gent lemon tripped me on thn shoulder summer ueiore lust on a strait of Edinburgh. iscotiano, ana said, "i live In tho Khetlund 4 N'-h Hcotlnnd. and I read your ser- n to an audience of neigh ter lives iu Cape Toww, noma Airlce. buu u, reaos t a ewrif Bau- (with to an audience of Ills neighbors. And I hear and now suy to the forty millions of the earth to whose eyes these worts wr come, that one of my dearest anticipate Is to meet them la heaven. Ah, thut wil better than rubies. Coming up from different continents, tr diff.irent hemispheres, from opposite S'lt. of the earth, to greet eiteti ether in holy lovn in the presence of the glorious Christ who made it possible lor us to get there. Our sins all pardouod, our sorrows nil buulshol, never to weep, never to part, never to die! I tell you that will be better than rubles. Others may have the crowns, ami the thronrs, and thn septers s give us our old friends back ug:iin, Christ, "the friend who stiokcth closer than n brother," and all the kindred who have got up lrom our bereft households, nnd all our frieudn whom we have never yet seeu. and you rauy have all the rubles, lor that will bn ''better than rubies." Instead of the dying kiss when they looked so pale and wan and sick, it would bo the kiss of welcome on Hps jubilant with soug, while standing on floors paved with what ex qulsltunnns, under ceilings hung with what glory, bounded by walls faciug us with what splendor, amid gladness rolling over us with wltnt doxology far twtter. iiitlultoly butter, everlastingly better than rubies ! All About the Eyes. Don't allow a cold wiud to strike the eyes. Don't have colored nhndea on the lamps ; use white or ground glass. Don't go directly from a warm room into a cold, raw atmosphere. Don't open the eyes under water in bathing, especially in salt water. Don t let any strong light, line mat from electricity, shine directly iuto the eyoa. Don't strain the eyes by reading, newiug or auy like occupation, with au imperfect light. Dou't bathe the eyes with cold water ; that which is as warm as can bo borne is better. Dou't sleep opposite a window in such manuer that a strong light will striko tho eyes on awakening. Dou't, above all, have the children sleep so tlat the morning sun shall shine in their faces to arouse them. Don't expect to got another pair of eyes when these have been destroyed by neglect or ill use, but give them fair treatment nnd they will serve faithfully to tho end. New York Ad; veitiser. Cooking by Steam. Cooking dishes are uow made in England in which, iu tho boiling pro cess, the meat does not come in con tact with the water or steam, ino edible is contained iu a jacket, whiub in turn is immersed iu tho outside kettle containing the boiling water. It is claimed that by this the nutritious qualities of meat are preserved, noth ing passing oft in yapor. There is moisture enough in tho meat to pre vent it burning aud all the flavor U retained, while, again, the fiber re tains a tenderness not found in auy other method. Hardware. One Maine teacher aays: "I can teach lay pupils mora physiology i halt vx hoar with a cat and a jack knifs than with all the textbooks thst vt bars is ths schools." . if 7
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