i i rek ISLE OF BFATJTY. SICIIiY, liAJID OF HISTORIC VEX" DETTA AND KKCKNT ItlOT. Ilie'atlve Rebel Against Heavy Tax ation otne of the Kanied Isl and's Itlcties of Nature and Art. NE of the most in- K tereating island of the world in Sicily. Jt in noted for its people of volcanie teniperatue n t, ft tretl hk for it fa- 7l 'mL MonMonnt Etna, ' Va-ew"" an1 it in recorded i' of tlio native Sicil ian that be would leave n feast to at teril a tight, so belligerent are li in in stinct. Hut thin time, Bay the De troit Free 1'ress, it is uot the tradi tional vendetta that ia bursting into act iuii, lint the revolt of an over-taxed people against oppreNHiou. They ean not pay their tax, which is ho heavy tiuit there ia nothing left for their liv ing expenses. While the Italian resi- CATACOMB1" dent in other part of the country does not afliliate with the lloiunn-lireek-Xoriiian-Italiau of Sicily, he docs sympathize with a revolt against injustice, and an outbreak of local war upou the island in usually followed by similar uprisings in other parts of the kingdom. It is a volcanie example emanating from the most beautiful utnl fruitful country in the world, of which historians record thrilling deeds of valor, and poets sing in his toric measure. There Archimedes discovered spe cilie gravity, and his tomb is idiowu in Syracuse to students, who, like him, cry Eureka ! llouinu aud Vene tian end Greek colonics may still be traced there, lie who would have a souvenir of Sicily has only to look at the street fruit seller ou the nearest comer, who will mve -- tue Sicilian tongue, aud Bell him nlftlioaes tlmt urm lutnlv ,.l.i..t ...1 ivr. " . .t. . ....... ' - ".V .,;"."" .u. """"""I wuiuu riipMll'3 UKIl me w rm with fruit. Naturally harmless citi zens, these people in a country they Imve adopted, but where a at range language is spoken, and still volcanic in the nature they inherited from fiery ancestors ; ready to leveuge with the knife the half understood badinage of the stranger, but quiet and attentive to their own business if unmolested. Within a stone's throw of Detroit is a Sicilian citin of a higher caste, who semis the daily papers eagerly for news of his country which ho left within t;"?T- -sir? TUB CAHA DKOI.l INC, I.F.HI Ill'T Ol' three years. He speaks with lliiency of the reason why revolt is imminent lu Sicily. "A uierehaut there cannot sell a ijiiapt of wine from the cks in his Cellar without paying toll on every jpiart he owus, in order to preveut leisure. The laud is taxed first, then ill it produces is taxed, and there is tiothiug left. If a mau kills a sheep be must pay a tax on the mutton. Everything, everywhere is taxed, and the people cannot stand it," Mr. (I'euic, the young Sicilian, said de jectedly. Hut he grew enthusiastic over the natural beauty of the country, the climate, where it is always sum mer, aud iusisted that the school sys tem was better there thau iu America, since the industrial professions are taught iu the free schools, and there are three tine universities iu Sicily, from which achtdars are graduated every year. He admitted that the Siciliaus had beeu iu the habit of poiuting back to a splendid past of eight centuries, but that now, with Government railroads, submariue tele graphs aud other modern improve ments, they had grown ambitious for the future. But that hot blood which led to the historic tragedy of the Sicilian Vespers has uot yet grown cool. At the time of the ruasaaore, known historically aa the Sicilian Vespers, which occurred iu 1282, when the I'reucu were routed with a terrible bloodshed, every foreigner who could I not pronounce the word "eiceri" to the liking of the Silician was put to death. Thin test was compared to the biblical shibboleth instituted by Tetdha on the slaughter of the Israel ites. Charleo, of Anjou, had tyranni cally enslaved the Sicilian, and caused the death by beheading of the hered itary King of Napier-, son and heir of Conrad IX. He was but youth of sitteen, but he died a patriot and ft tnartyr, and hia death and martyrdom have been embalmed in song. Palermo, the capital city, the Gol den Shell, ia open on one side to the , and on the other three sides it has orange and lemon groves, and no gra cious is the climate that eveu in mid winter the air ia fragrant with the breath of lilies and roses blooming nuhotised. There is always a pictur esque division of light and shade, the nun nhining in a blue sky one moment, the next obscured by masse of copper colored clouds that break into specks of gold and ailver, or roll themselves up into dense masses, moving seaward, or up to the mountains with liiaguifl cent effects of color. The cathedral of Palermo retains the Nurinan towers of the twelfth century, AT TAr.PRMO. to which Las been added an unsightly Neapolitan dome. In it are found the magnificent sarcophagi in which, near ly u century ago, the remains of Em peror Frederick were discovered, clad in royal splendor. They had been buried there for .r0l) years, and the skull cap he wore is on exhibition in the sacristy. It was really an Arabio crown covered with uncut gems, and embroidered with pearls. Another church of great antiquity is of ancient Eastern origin. It resem bles, eveu in its ruins, St. Mark's, of Venice, with its large central dome, aud four smaller ones, aud it i.s histor ical that the bell of this church rung the alarm when the massacre of the Sicilian Vespers was enacted in 1282. Archbishop's palace is another "th century memorial. many rare treasures, among tuem .lit . ' roue rm. a remark" yiece. o. ieut sculnture. the wor of Greek H,'.'s. A Hue collection of Sicilian coius.0f interest to the numismatist, is seen tmix; aud a brouze group from Pompeii.'' I The eataoiubs aro very repulsive 1o the Amerieukor European tourist at first, the exp.V'd dead giving one ft horrible seme of the emptiness of all worldly fame or pleasure. The bodies are stood up in rows, dressed as in life, and holding out a card, with- age and date of death, (ilass eyes being sub stituted for real ones obliterated by 1IKFIOR AT FOOT OF MOl'NT K.TSA. decay, make the scene more Lorrible. J'he friends of the deceased ijted to dress them at intervals iu fresh clothes, until the authorities interfered uu sanitary grounds, and that practice is uo longer permitted. Syracuse is so rich in historic lore, and traditions of the past, that to visit it is almost equal to a course iu the classics. The tomb of Archimedes js not its greatest attraction. It bia a remarkable cathedral, formerly an open air temple where Plato pondexed his new philosophy, and Cieero foruu lated his theories of wisdom. Ther, also, is the ''Ear of Dionysius," aca-e with au entrance resembling a hutuai ear. At this horrible aud grotesque slit, the tyrant was accustomed to si aud listen, hoping to discover the poli tical secrets of his prisoners chained within. Marble and granite pillars, Greek theatres and Homan amphitheatres Mid the premises of the fair Arethusa, now turned iuto a fountain for washr womeu, make scenes of interest for the tourist which are not soou forgotten The favorite speculation for a Sicil ian outside of the lotteries is the sulphur mine. Fortuues are made and lost in sulphur. Burning lakes of sul phur give oue uuused to the Sicilian product a fair idea of the infernal re gion. The people themselves call a sulphur mine purgatorio. But the thoughtful tourist remembers that it is this sulpUutous atmosphere that has preserved the antninitiea of Ortok and noinau itn. 1 Ia spite of the assurances we IiavA from the authorities that brigandage is no lunger a profession in Sicilv, A HU'iUAX t.CTTIOA. travelers find eternal vigilance neces sary iu making a pilgrimage among the mountains iu the vicinity of Pa lermo or Monreale. The organized band of robbers with their picturesque eutourage and their ransom money may Hot exist an they once did, but robbers are plenty, only less violence accompanies their acts than formerly. I Messins, with its lava pavements, is clean and handsome. Its villas are palaces overlooking the sea. There is a tower ol Norman architecture, a Capuciu monastery, and a g od hotel. There are many English residents. It is said of the Messina co.. that they are very devout, and have al ways the word "Eetterio" for one ol their names, or the femiuiue "Ei t tenia." The custom is traced to a traditional letter written to them by the hand of the Madonna when she took them under her special protcc tioli. How beautiful the coast of Itily is at this point may be learned from the ecstatic language of a traveler who iuvokis the magician's pen of joy, where the consonants dance and the vowels sing to describe it ! Iu Catania there is a subterranean street kept iu good repair and through which people ran walk iu companies. The destruction of Sicilian towns by earthquakes and volcanoes is promi nently brought to mind by the pres ence of imposing ruins. And there is always Mount Etna looming iu the distance with a per petual threat of calamity. It is a tradition iu Sicily that if Etna growls Vesuvius roars. Stromboli rumbles and liipaii threaten. These volcanoes are all in touch when one complains. The Sicilians themselves are most in teresting. The men are handsome, and the women in their early vouth are very attractive. Hut they are tram meled by superstition and idolatry. They do uot trouble their heads about revolutions or the higher education of woman, but tako life as if it were a draught of pleasure if rich, aud work aud pray if ponr. Paris costumes, rich equipages, as well a the quaint native letliga aud a great display of wealth ure to be seen iu all large Siciliau cities but to the tourist they are less inter sting than the Siciliau peasant, w hose heroic, blood has never been tillered to a stagnant quality by contact with luxury. The throes of revolution are always tliere, whether dormant, like the lire of titeir oes, . g out . dy has bt successively 'y Carthaginiaus, Uo'.naus, ks, Saracens, Normaiis, lians.Austriaus -.ud Span ish. . under Netj.olitan Gov ernment in . -t several different periods the people of Sicily have risen in revolt during the present century. Garibaldi was their leader iu IStitt, and afterward when they were unuexed to the uew kingdom of Italy under Victor Emanuel. There are more than 2, moo,. ()(() of population, and every man is u soldier or a tighter. Love of Sicily is a Siciliau virtue. About the Color ol Flame. You have often noticed the many tinted bars ami bauds that rise in tin shape of "forked tougius of llauie." from wood burning iu the grate, but, ten chances to one, you never thought to figure tin the cause. To bring the matter quietly to the point, it may be said that the many colors are the re sult of combust ion among the dilVcr ent elements of the wood. The light blue is from the hydrogen and the white from carbon. The violet is from manganese, the red from mag nesia and the yellow from soda. St. Louis Hepublic. Ili hle'h Kress. This dress is of thick satin in ivory white. A series of very finely crimp.-1 r utiles of the material finishes tK' lower edge of the skirt, which has a medium-length train, and is cut with bell-shaped gores all around. The close-Htting body is finished with a searf-ahaped fold of the goods, edged with crimped rutlles. The elbow sleeves are extremely full and also finished with ruffles ; the high oollur is edged with orange-blossoms, and sprays of the same tiuish the surplice, end of the scarf-shaped waist-trimming and hold the tulle vail iu place, Mew York Ledger. adP"J ill m m m TRUMPST7 CALLS. Cam's norm mn m Warains Ifirta fct tfco tlnrrimj. Nl.ESS vou kill your doubts they will aonn day kill you. The Iom i Christian rcids bis Idt.lc tho iimr bis hoart stir n ks M If 1 mm 1 nr. li o 1 T Ghot cMtinot till n tn :k it who is al ready fu.I lit 111- lr I Impossible to tr.ivcl far with the nun wh i t ides u botdiy. ItK.Koiii: the devil c;in le chained the saloon door must be shut A tun .viinry for the preu-her often means iisuiali llilile f"i hit church Ante-rooms to t-oth Heaven and hell can be found In every great cltv. A it i; I v At. is in a good condition when taking up a collection helps it Tiik man who lives only lor him seir Is eiu-ag d in Very small busi ness. EnVK lias not pnncd that it is love until It has shed its last drop or blood . Tiinti: Is more lire iu om- grain of wheat than there is In a busiiel of dull. Tiik only gl lug that has;:nv mean ing Iu the sight, or God is giving that C 'Sl US solin tllltlg. Vol will tni-s It if vou undertake to iiie.isuie a man's religion by the length of bis face. Tiik devil stands '.c best chance between an attractive saloon and an uuat Gael ive home Tin-: man who will steal i hlckens is often found biding hen ml a Input-rite In the church. Tin: glory oT love Is 1 1 1 :t t it. de lights In do.ng for lotlung what I ot hers will not, do for pay j 1 1-never takes mudi talk imiu a I theater going pmtessor I i kill a i prayer meeting stone dead. Tiik road to Heaven is vety steep i to the man who is trying to get then- without doing any giving. Tiik pastor who t rics to cam lu whole chinch on bis h. oil ier-w .. soon bit very lame lu the Lack. Tiik mar. who howls at tie- passing of the hat lu clmr li will j.iv a lig hotel bill witti a smile on Iin t.e e. Tiik onlv reas)ti ome teopie tire c-itisidcred rel vioiis Is becmse they make a go id deal of tui" .(l chinch. Wiik.n a man s;us atueii i ght it always means that li is villing to be put down lor hi- li ire o; tin- ex pense. A iikkat many people know God with their hoatts who don't know anything about theology Willi their heads. . one den in or 'r i u a ' le to be thrown nit i I iiik der that tiililioua f ot b kept out. Onk of the times when i w ,inati has no iiteicv on a man U whin he coines to her store to buy a ho:. net tor Ins wite. 1 TiiK.tiK is no u-e in praying for ' God to oncn the windows o! Ib aveti I until yo.i hrna all the uilics into the stoit'llOllse. i Tin Simla !' I ailure. Such an event as the failure of th! Atchison. Topcka, and Santa le Ilailway Couniany, occurring In for mer times would have precipitated a panic In the midst of prosperity, or would have increased vastly the ter rors of an existing panic. The fail ure of .lay Cooke and the half-Mulsh-ed Northern INn-itlc I'ailway in HT.'I created the panic of that year. The Interests involved in that cntastro idle were not one-tenth us extensive, or Important, as those of the Santa le. Vet this occurrence did not u fleet the money or stock market to the extent of one half of one per cent, on the total volume of business. The loss on securities fell so lightly and were so widely distributed that the ii-stilt amounted to but little more than a ripple along the hore of the business world. j The disaster to the santa IV is the result of nothing but misdirected en terprise and i riors in management. In ll the stock of the anta Ee hold at l."H. 1'roiii 1 sstj ti jsss the stock was but a point or two below par. Tho plan oi extension then be gan. Tho line to Chicago was built aud the limuetw terminal property on State street, was acn tilled. The Chicago cxtensiou never pild, but cnUMttd loss of business to the main line. The business of the main line, which had ben divided at tho Missouri Hlver among several roads, kept them ull In a friendly pplrit and the Santa l'c received their com bined transcontinental tratllc. When It built a rival lino t Chicago It lost all the Chicago and eastern tratllc of other lines. I'rai tit-ally the same result followed the acquisition of all Its extension'! aud subsidiary lines. Each step of enterprise excited the hostility of rival lines whoe terri tory was invaded. Tho main lino lost traffic and the branches did not do a self-suppoi ttug business-. Kvery attempt to compter other worlds im paired the value of lis own world as a source of profit In the bankruptcy of such great roads as the Northern Pacific, the Union l'acltl3, the Erie, the Santa Fo and other systems profound, lessons are to be learned In tho i-clence ot lallroad management, and especially In the morals of railroad llnancler log. With good business principles and honesty as a basis of manage ment every ono of these railroads ihould be solvent and paying good dividends on ita stock. iA0? u tcir. TEMPERANCE VSfc OSt.T AT. Tlis only way Intern prrnn rn lpiiA-,1 ! for a growing l.oily of men im.l wvnn t? praetlo ahsoluto total abslinone. In vliw of ten swfiil extent ot ths i-iirsc. (toil's iop! rannot ito l.-sittinii throw tlislr liiftuoncu ami worils anlnt tho evil in evi-ry way pns sltili. Total nt-stlii-ii- is not a tioiilm th-Miis In New Vorlc, Ixit tlm nlils shoul.l thtiinirr It. At present they rarely souad a protest -Nw York Atvrtiser. at a asd nsrn trrnr. On day when the Irsson was the IsUs railed Ab and UeT MewMirV a Mill l.ny, remarkatil tor hi corre-'t Irssoti, wiisieiitt uaprcpnreil. How is this, John?" ald ths ti-si-lnr. VI thought It was no use," s:il.l John. Ao use! ' said the tahnr. "No, sir It's alo a:nl brrr mcasur," 'ii 1 John. 'I know It Is." mid ths toie-hsr. w-il, sir." siihl tho llltln hoy. "rathKranit I i!ilnk It Is no ussto lonrn almirt ths n'- and t'oor. as wt uinau never 1J buv, sell vt drink it." rarrarrris t r.xo:t.!r. Now noil then thorn l xoms new )rents I In a at tacts that ludl'-sts a Martinis In roasa la drunkenness. Th llsitislr.ir tleneral of f!rt Hritatu reports that In l't ovsr 4."C0 Intsnts wers billed hy ilriuikmi mothers who overlaid their children r otherwise killed them. Tim Increase ot this d-sth-rsts a-'cords with the riort-d tn iTtn lu eonMimptioii of Mleoholii' llipiors in that country, whleti Is now running nt ahout J.l'Oe.n io a year. In t-'rmt-w the in errnisx Is even gronter. The nuioiint enn nimed per capita In ts.'o was e.pml to nun nnd a half litres; In ISttj, two and a lei" lltr.-iln ls'.U. four aud a half litres. and wines, whieh are the prMVailin drink. 1 1 . In-en repla-'ed by liramty, gin au I uiwuitlis. Suuduy-Scbool World. waT tiik txu-rons sv. Tinefor Chanes (1. Ihvi. of Clii -u-o. In i paper res I before til" Nat loi.al 't'e-npi-r.iu Convention, and print- I in tiie .l.nirnal of tho Amerleim Me,.-al An" iatlen, npeakmt; of the National T-.iiin'raii.'o l.-spitat of ITiIi-iiko, says : Tun lisi p.-in 'iples ti;ei nrhi.-ii this In 4tilulli.il rest may l,e formulated as loilew- : t. Alcohol Is a poison. 2. When taken Into tin- vti'rn. it ' not nsimilnled, but pu-mesthe reini I ol tie- eir- 'iilatiou. and is llnallv llirowu "11 tlireii.;ii the orituns of exeretleii, uii'-liaii'-1. H. While pasing throintli the bo ly it dis. turliS tho various pliysiol.-gieal pro.- s-s, and In this way lays the I.eui.lat mn f. r Ulsense. 4. It does not stimulate or strengthen. I ut It depreea and weakens. !. As it Is uot asfiuiilut-d, It rniiunt I n a food. ti. As It disturbs e-r-rv physir.iigleitl pr ress, it cannot boa medicine 7. Tliere Is no disease nffli.-tini; the bmlvx that cannot be nioro suei-i sfully treat.-.' without than with tho tisv of nt.-. .toil. Hpenkitig of the sueeexH wliieh has a'ten 1 ed thn trealiie-pit of sure'ul mi I m - Ileal i-ase wllhuut ulcoholk- or K'nnent.- I drnik, lie says : 'the lesson already tiniuht Ins boon suf fleienlly -onvili.-iu to Impress the mo.t skeptb-iil Hint aleohol Is uot only utiti - sary as an active medical ai:"-nt. i- .t tlia. oi a majority of case, it is mi actual bin I- in i titlui recovery of the patient. Hiois tut surely, every year, this unvit tiutli is l-iu:-Inipn i I ou tlii- minds ol thu ue-Jual pro- fesSIOU." t.ovrt t.trr. an n tNDr.rKKDi-.Mcr. A weit-ljiiown writer snvs: 1 sa'.v In the rtirefullv-prepared Htiitlstieii of Insurance so. -latle tliut total sll nieu.-e, as nn ludlsput-a'-lo fact, conle'nfes to loncevilv. Thee I .,n .t oi sirenjjtb, chat mnn. the giastest athletee In thn world, from Sam son eown-vurd, wlioso drluk was only ths ervstnl lirook. had achieved willinut ah-ohol feats far more ml','htv thau they e.uild pos silily have achieved with it ; nnd n far as in Irtllnctu il ex-rtioiisnro eonci-rned. groat writ ers. thoiusli they li-ive not always said witu Pin !sr t!iat water Is t.nt. havo yet emistaiit-h- drawn fr m lemperan-- a lar Lett -r UKpi r.ition ihtiu they i-onld possibly have pro iluced -iienilertlly Irom the fuin-s of wine. 'I lu-a I foand tliat a great number of our iient eur.imnt physicians had declared mot positively tuat in hniulredsand tlousan-U of uses al-'ohol was the fruitful source ot dis ease, fv.-nto tlio.e who took It ill quantities I'onveutiiinally deemed moderate; and. on Hie oilier halid, other physicians who w re oprmsM.I to total nliat Ineiic't- as a ifen-ral rule st ill eouUhsed that ths vouiu-and the heult tiy, nil who int well aud all who sleep well, c.u do without it ttml are better without it. All these proofs and many ot bets convince I no that it was not uecess try lor ni" to con tinue to touch any torni of alcohol; audi nave it up ths more readily became the aban donment of It was oum eluinetit In Ihut cry lietellul simplification Of life which gets rid of ull arlillclal want nnd which Is peculiarly ilemrablein uu iie of luxury likn this. Tem perance puis wood on thn lire, moat In tint barrul, flour In thn tub, money In tho pur-. contentment in ths housa and clothes on the children." Ilellttvtng that iibstineue.i would lend to simplicity of life, to health, to stn n,-tli of bo Iv. to clearness of mind, to b n-tli of days, tor me, nt nuy rate. It hoeutiio d- sir.ible o giva up alcohol altogether ; an t I di I so, wit It -rt -ct gla-lness. and without ever liav iii sufieioJ lu cons':uvU'.'u eu a siii.ls day. Ti:tirrRNcr n:ws and Norr. There is no crime that iuteuiperan does cot commit. 'The Meion savs ; '-You furnUh the boys. We do the test. ' If there were no mo lerate drinkers there Would be no drunkard. The mini who makes a busiuct of driuk lug will sjou drink lor a business. 'Tin iinehnnzeabla ds're-of (ioil U, "No urutiUur I eliull inherit ths kingdom otlioJ.' Tlie suloon-kuoper sells wlilskv to buy homes. Utber lui'U sail liouxes to buy whisky. Tho parent who neglect to tench their boys soun I tomperaaoe priuclples faelp the barkeeper. Omaha ha a Oospt-1 Prohibition Associa tion, whose object is to uuila all tha Christian peoplo ugaiuat th iuloou. 'The man who can drink whisky for a who! lifttliiid without being hurt by it Is very upt to nt be of uuioli account for anything An euthusiastlo reception was given re cently In London to the forty-two tnetotal Mayors of lluglani and Walas. lLiliteeu wars preoeut. From January I. 18. to January I, Wl, tbi-ra were l.UlH.OUt gallous of rum sloppud from Host on to Africa, la 1SDI tin trad was u I most doubled. Tempernnoa women cf Norway as'.ts l th fmhlbi authorities a shoit tftne ago to mk t unlawmt for womsn or eirlt to serve in public houses. Th request has beeu grauted. aud at presant au alshouta keeper cannot employ any other woman than tils owo wif. The poisonous breath ol alcohol passe over the home i It is tha paaipi of deal h. Alcohol' hellUu work goes beyond th drunkard's horn. Tbare is physbial and mural contagion, other homes are smitten, snd alooliol lift un Its cptr witblu tnair uolosure. ArohbUhop Ireland. Hir Beniamtu Rlohardson, In aa addre on 'athletic Ilia." say that ahstiaaaoa (rout al coholic, flubi la absolutely nacastarv. "Al loan as you ar In ooursa of training don't touoh th hurtful tbtaif. It will undsriutn alt th qualities oa which you depend lor buoom, will Injur your prolsloa. your d ollon, your preaoa ot mlud and your ea-Auranos." S.VBBATII SCHOOL IX I MI?N A I IOXAI, l.l.MN MAIM II II. l-'Olt I.rsson l'es;: ",tncol nt t .n.. ill . U)-2 (iol Irxt: lien. xlll., 15 - t'oiiiineiitiiry. Jiel," A 11 "An I Jiicob wenl o'lt from llei-rs'ietia. Old went toward llaiaii." S n.-i-th-' Inst Int. on Isnae bas Imm-ii t. lb - I'hlbstlnes, anil, benvj forbt blen to go I pt, ho HOjouruml it tler.ir. where li.-toll into li father's sin coiiiv-riniK his wife. II-atterivar I made bts borne al lleemtii-l-a in the rxtreue soutlt, where liis fat her ltv -It wln-n called upon to offer up hl only son. Then lollow He-story of lb-- deception pi.i.-ii un iii as." hy li--l ekah nn I .la i. wth T'.sta' eouseipii-nt hatred of .laeoi., roiiitni iu Jacob's leaving lecio- to go t i bi iiiolliof t eop e at ttarin, In I'.i l.iiiar re. -vieic 'rt-n hat soinnruol ! on liH wi to I ana in till Terah died. I II. n lhe tlghti-il ii . ii n certain p ace I find tarried ther-all night. I -au-" thn "on was set, nlld h-loo'; of lii- of i,n jpla -ennd put tlietn t -r li s pillows an I lav down ill tiiat placet., sleep." If we consider Jacob Irom this on apart fnci Ills nature I and conduct as u stnlul lean. flieriare h-v- j 'f li t lllllgs III Ills till , ,f sit, restive ot fietf, In Hi - history of the I. or I .icsiis. lb-gn-n I 'orth to olitain a wile , i-rs-'.' . for whom lie I labors pal ient y a long tieic cliapo-r xxxi., IU, II'. Int It s-etns 4lcnt to hue t aiise of Ibis ci-'at lo- to her iiv. '.Hi. Christ I loved tlie church nut gate llm.sel' (or it : i I'.pli. v., 'J."m. I'.li .- r seeUing a bnd" for I the son at home with his father is suggi-M-' th- ot th- present wr's of th-spirit in gain ing out tlie elnir.'ll. s Xoi se .l.i-oli in Ills louelllle . with the -tones for III j pillows veil e.tn't help tlilllk llg of llltn wllo I iia I not vvliel-to lay Ills pea l l.u'e It.. ;s i, ; I-.- " nd he ilrea in-.l. a,i i b. liold a la I lei i set up on t!.e earth, an I the top of II reached to heaven. A nd behol I t tie aagels . H id 1 lS,-elillllg and d-s I'C. lin,- ,i II." ',y OM1- paring John I. , M. the l.iibl-r is sin;esivi o' tbesonoi M.in.who lieeienin niaii rea..i,t,t I down to wh-re we w-tc, and being (iod r-aehes up to heaven, tho iingcU Is-ing niiii 1 i-ering "p'rils unto the heirs .if sa vatioti. It will l.n lolly seen iu the hereafter of the in 1 1 l--ii l:tt kingiloin. 11. "And l.ehold il'e f.or.l -t I above it nnd said. I am the l.or l Iml ol Abraham, ; thv on her an I the i;-o l-ui . the land I whereon thou lies-, to th will I give if and to 1 1 1 v seed." N it lee 111 lhis'ie- all I Hie ! last three beholds, behold II I I I b T. behold the angi Is. I eliol I Hi- I, or I. II " And thy see I stiall be a th- ibid of ! th-earth, and tho i shun spread ahr i. to th- west and to ti ast an I to the north and , to the eolith; an t in the- and in thv m..u shall all the tamili-s of tlie earth l -bless- I." Abrum was proim tisl as I as tinai-Toii- as tun dust oi Hi - enrlh and as the -tars of ' heaven i vili.. pi , v.. ."i . Th-latt-r was re-pe.it-,1 to Isaac utvt, i '. uud n iw th i ! turner is continued to .1 a. oi.. IV "And behold 1 am with the- nnd will k-ep thee in all p'ae.-s bit h-r t Imu guest i an I will tiring th again into this land, 'or 1 w ill Hot leave the- until I b.iv- done that whi-h I have spok-n to thee of." tl-re is a ! fourth I -hoi I uud Ms.-.ocinie, wll'i what ei-eius to me t In- most c iiii -'h-nsive a r line- ill the l.lble, ' I ,rn we h lliee," 'mn- Josh, i., i. , ; , lg. VI., Hi ; pare l)x. III.. 1. .ler. I., S. I'j ; s,. .11., 1" 4 : Math, xxviii.. JO. -i i jiromise ol tiod's presence mi l gracious purpose in tli unwi Hliiii"hs and crook,- Hag. i.. I I ; li.. . nslder well this and loving earn liglit of Jacob's lie'ss and ms If ur soul Is not co-ntoi I I mid strengthen''! i 1 is vmir tiod, the th- lift that tills ( same yi-st-rday, to-day nn I longer. lii. "Aud Jacob nwaVeil mil of bis sleep, nnd he said, Surely the l ord Is m ihls place, '' " ' " 'lis pHru.-i -nip with ' iracticcj upon .uiii would n tend . eoc ' li (lod. but to Is- ab'iie a:. I iiu ay fro... iiuu oniet tines enusisi deep thought, mil II is possible that ero Ja -oti slept lie Pad turned to liod well tru- peniieiici- an I mh-ssiun, I and that thii vibloii was th'.' .nn vr to hit i pinyem. 17. "And h- was nf.-aid nn I said. How dreadful In Ibis pla ! This Is n, i iher i but thn hot.se of liod, and t his is t h" gate ol 1 heaven." liver since Alain simied and I eaid.'l wn at raid' 'i lien. ill., in '.sin has mail i man atraid nt the presence of th- Lord And ; yet led t love .III I lovill II s w ii "11 c W-ril j lead ill sins, and Christ died lor sinners. IVn cannot hav peace in the presence ol i (i.nl apiiil from th- forgiveness ,, s.ns. Iml this also - has provideil in .1 -sua Cnrlut v.cH mil. .1-. '; : !!( b. I . ii. 7 i. I s. "And J.iciibrose up eurlv iu the mo n lug nn I look the Htouc that Ik- put for io ' pillows and set it up lor a pillar and puuro.1 ; oil upon the top of it." A sens- of the pres- i u I lb- I. old is now upon linn, and lie n nvved mid suliibi-'l and grateful. It should be always so with the Iclievr. with Joj ' n lib-d joy in the Lord au t Ihe jov of the Lor I, serving th- l.ord wit li gladness. The stone that was prostrate, but now upright , ii ii 1 an in nut oil . may .t and lor Jacob hl'nself. I'.'. "An I h" called the nam-ol that place I- I ln-1. but the name of that city was called ! I. ii, at tli- Hist." N ear t his place was one ol Abiaiu llrt tertiiig places mi Canaan i chap ter vil., S . and later Cod appeared to Jacob I as "the (but of I'.cih-I" (chapter xxxi., l;t). j Hut Jeroboam ilellled it when he h-re s-i up Oil- of Ills gi.eil-U I'lllves 1 1 Kings xil.. '2'J. : I-'. very tpot in our pilgrimage mav Is- to us a i I'x-tbel ii v ' will not ib-tlb-K by nuy Idoi. 'je. '.'!. "And .l.ieoli iwc n vow, .syiiig, Ii l.il I - with mi) an I will keip nn- in tin way 111 at I go au I will give in- or-id to oat an t r liMi'-nt to put on. so i hat I eu'iu- again lo li. V hitler's hoiis in pea-, th-u sluill thn Lord b- my llo I." iu view oi tin- ucst gra cious an I uneo:i litioiial assiiranc-s of verse 1.1. it i- surely loo bud to In ar Jacob come ill with bis gr- it big "if. ' an I yet bow many of us leave cut all tin- "its, ' an ) wli-n 'lo t n s a Hung boldly d'.arc, "I believe (iod, that it shall be e- en as it was told to me." or gratelully say, '-li-it unto nm iic. or lin lo uiv words' (-ts xvvii.. 'J.I: Luke! . asi And this stmi which I hav- -t lor a pillar shall be (iod s hoiis - and of all I hat Thou !iull giv m- I wTI siir-ly give thu entli unto Thee." Yet th' r arc CiiriMi.ms ivltliout number who iicer yet began to give (iod a tenth nut tire tlicru'i r-- morn lie-in than -rooked, s 'In-iiiiug Jacob. If wo ire children of lio I'by tultli lu Clinst Jeeiis, : In-li we are Abraham h e-ed ('Hal. Id., U'J), nut Abram gave .Melchisedee titlnn of all. L-t us fheraior- cheerfully give our M-l--hTii'tei- tulles of all as the very least wo ihould do, an 1 then pile high the ro will oiTerings on top of th it. Let no on-irv to escape by saving. "All I have is His." Well, the Lor i grunt It to be so, but show up thn tenth anyhow ns a little evidence that you ar- all His. Itua 1 1'tov. Ii., -I, JO ; xUb, 7. Lcs ju U .'lp -r musk corn thitj. The to-vn of WVstllel.l. X. Y.. eelebrstu.l Its lt)0!b snnlversary Ihe other day, au 1 as a part of tha et'ir.-lei-s of thn lestive ooeasiou, a great baui-l-t was projected. Wheu the ministem of tin lowu heard this they up pointed a committee to look alter the public morals on the occasion, and the cumu llo (misled Ihut there should be no wine at th banquet. Tlie management demurred at r.rt, but when the throat was made that none of the miulsleia would honor the occasion wltlillwir pruseu-e el, nor allow th membeM ot their chur-he lo, If they could help it, thi managers gav in. Ho the uanout-t was held without wine, and tha toasts on ihe occasion. wr druali lu cold watsr. I'lcayuae. - J r rattier destroys tlie poet's II lus on to hear a good-natured ni l soul, returned from abroad, expatiate ing upon tho oicturesiue qualities of tlm -tiraado L'uu.illlo of Venice."
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