fEOK. TAEJLYGH tar bbookly mvixFs sun- lAV SEMI ON. subject ! "Home religion." flit: "AV.'ticn lit thin rum hrmn otfl Ui'h"' fii' thinqn (f'mt Art'i itime Hn'o j."M.ks vill., 3!. After n flr' and shipwrecking ntsht ffm.t nnil Hi disciple are cllmhfiiir up th liv shelvlnir of the. iMMch. Iloir plemint K ilo stand on solid irmitnd aftr Imvinit J,D ,.,! no Ions on the Mllovra ! While tl! 1is'lplf, nro cbnirrntulatlnir each other 0, their marine, wenpe out from n dark, dn cavern on the U.idarenA hill there In jcaiethuiit swiftly and terribly ndvnneln,f. In It mi sppnrntlon? It In a tniiniai' who has lofcnn nway from hi keeper, perhaps n t,w r.ir on hl person and fragment of out hnsMs which h has wrenched off In ffrrlil' paroxysm. With wild yll nnd Noeiluuf wounds of his owu laoeratiou he n, down hill. ta . k to the l)Ont, ye fWhermcp. n I rut j ... I. atut and eonttA fiailnntlon ' lltir ' phi !-' - i - J-- .i.i C!iri"t "tand His irround no doth dl"iple. ,nl m tl'H flyln fury, with ptmohlni; teeth I nl HpHfr-tl f)M. dnsbe nt Christ. Christ I wyn: "Hands off! t)nnt MvM, Himi I poor sufferer." And the ilemouiiie drop ' IwrmleM. exhiiutcl, worshipful. "Awnv. Tr devils !" com iimnd" I Christ, and thu 'JOrn i f.id which hml been tormen'lnir the poor nun are transferred to th li'MOswiii, which ! go to "n with their nediiri. eiiriro, I T'lC restored demon lllc ait ilnvn tit fhetat's fort mi l want to stnv there. 4 ;i rir av to him practically : ''Do not Mop. Von have ml-"i"n to execute. Wash off the ft It ti ;in I the wounds In tlm son, Smooth vourdi thvcJ lock. Put on decent nppnrel and go straight to your desolnted houi" and tell your wife and children that you will no more nffiih'lit them and no more ilo them harm ; Hint you nrn restored to mason, nnd that I. lh. omnipotent Son of Ood, am i-ntitlwl hr. afl-T to tlm worship of vonr rutin hoii--holil. I!'turn to thine own liou and nhow bow groat thlnir (io 1 hath don unto thw." Yi. thn liono. tlin hoinw iMttio i; r-tt plav whnr our nlij;toiu ifralllndt mi;hl to l unHntrnlM. In tli" ou!ld world w may wcrn to liavf rollcion wIumi hav it no', l.ut the homo t"!t whi'tlinr our million tri-nuino or a sham. What i;.iiks n happy L'mi'.' Well. on would sny n liouso with Brent wl l' lialin. nud nntlered deer hinds, nn I parlor with HcMilpture, nnd lrir-:i-tira' mi l iliniim hall with eay rbair, nnd ploutv of liirltt. and eni;rivinH of gum on the wall, and alerplntr iipannifiits 'nmniodioii ;.n l adorned. No. In such rt pla.-B i that hi ;'" wret.-h-lne ha norm-timeM dwelt, wliiln some of you lool; hai-k to your father's home, wIhto they rend their llll.le l.ytlie lliflit ol n tallow eandle. There were no oar pets ou the lloor av tho nnute from the rait whh-h your mother eut nlitht l.v lilulif. you helping wind them Into a hall, unci then sent to the weaver, who l.roueht them to ehnpi un'ler his klow shuttle. Not a luxury In all the bonne. Hut you eunoot think of If this nioroin without tearful and eratelul 1 emotiou. Von and I have found out that it I is not r-litapstry,or gorgeous architecture, or rare art that makes n nappy home. ! The six wise men of (iruve ir.ive pr.s(rip- lions for a happy hom". holon says a hap- , py home Is a plaee whi're a man's estate was i Molten without Injustice, kept without dis- r.uietude and spent without repentaui-e. j Chllo says that it happy home initio pin- , where a mnu rules iw a uinnarWi a kiugdom. : Dias says that a happy homeis a plae.i whern ' a man doe voluntary what by Inw he Iseom- pnllod to do abroad, lint you uud I iindor a I grander Huht xlve a better prescription I linppy home is tho plaoe where the klu In-xs ! oftiie gospel of I tie Hon of tljl has full ! wir r. I V 'le I speak t'uls morning there U knook- ! t.. r i . . i i .iiK m )vui ii vui uiMir, ii iiu on dw aireeuy ndmltteJ, out) whose loeks im wet with the dews ot the nUlit. who womu take your I uniioren into his arms nul would throw upon your nursery, aud your sleeping apartments, nnd your drawing room, and your entire bouse n Meaning that will make you rieh while you live ami Ijo au luhentanee to your rtilldreu after you have done the last lav's work for their support nnd made for them j the lust prayer. Jt is the Illustrious One who i Hitid to the man of my text, "Iteturn to thine j cwn house aud shew how creatinines (iod j hath douo unto thee." Now, In the tlrxt plaeo, we waut rollj;.ou in uur ilomesne duties. j Evorf housekeeper neeils preat graee, I f j Martha had had more religion, nha would not nave rushea wit Ii su'!i had teuiper to ecold Jlary in the preseure of Christ. Jt Is tio small thiug to keep order ami secure rlenuliness and mend hrenkagi-s and achieve economy aud outrol all the affairs of the houauhuld advantiigeuusly. Kxpenses wilt run up, store bills will come in twice mm large as you think they ought to be. furniture will wear out, carpets will unravel, uud the niar tym of the tire are very few in comnarisou With the martyrs of housekeeping. 1 Vet there are hundreds of people In this; church this momiug who iu their homes ura I muaagiug all these affairs with a composure, au airouues, an tngeuiilly and u laithrul ness which ihey never could have rn-hed but for the grace ot our practical Christian ity. The exasperations which wear out others have been to you spiritual develop ment and sauctillcatiou. Employment which seemed to relate onlv to an hour have ou tlieia all the grandeurs of eternal hintorv. I Vou Beed the religion of t'linnt in the dis- clpllue of your children. The rod which iu other homes may be the lirst means uiod iu I yours will be the lust. There will be no ban! epithets "you ku ive. you villinu, you Kcoumtrel, I'll thrasn the lite out of you ; ' you are the worst child I ever knew." Alii that kind of cliiiH'isnineut makes thieves, ! pickpo .-kets, murderers an 1 the outlaws o. ! Hoolety. Thut p ir -ut wlio In auger strikes uis I'uitii across tliu liad deservus the pent teutiury. And yet this work of discHilim must be attended to. Go I s grace uau di rect us. Alas, for ttima wilo come to the work with llerce passion ami recklcsiies ol conseiueuces ! iietwei-u severity aud laxa tiveiieais there h no choh.'e. lioth ruinous and both destructive. Hut there is a health ful medium wiitoii tuegrace ol (io I wiilsiiow to us. Then we nead tho religion of C'hirAt to help us insetting a good example. Cowper aid of the oak : 'Time was wnen settled ou thy leaf a fly could shake thee Ut the root. Time lias beeu when tempest oould not." Jit other words your children are very mpresl l)le Just now. They are alert ; they are gath ering impressions you huvd uo idea ot, Have you not been surprised sometimes, months or years after some couvers itlou whiali you supposed was too profound or iu tricute for them to understaud some ques tion of the child demoubtratuU the fact that tie know all about It .' Vour children are apt to think tbut what you do is right. They have uo Idea of truth or righteousness but yourself, Tiiiugs whiou you do knowiug at tlie time to be wrong they take to bo right. They reason this way i ''Father always dots right. Father did this. Therefore this i right." That U good logic, but bad premises. No one ever get over having bad u bad example set him. Your conduct tuore thau your teaching makes Impression. Your laugh, your frown, your dress, your walk, your greet ings, your gooilhys. your comings, your golugs, your habits at the table, the tones of your voice, are makiug an Im pression which will last a million years after you aro dead, and the sun will be extin guished, and the mountains will crumble, and the world will die, nnd eternity will roll on In perpetual cycles, but there will be no diminution of the force ot your conduct upon the young eyes that saw ft or the young ears that heard It. Now I would not have by this the Idea given to you that you must be In cold reserve In the presence ot your children. You are not emperor. You are companion with them. As far as you can. vou must walk with them. slcale with them, fly kile with them, play Mil with them, show them you are Interested In all that Interests them. Rpensiopus, the nephew anil successor of Plato Id the academy, had picture of Jo' nnd ttladnes hung all around the achoolroom. Yon must not give your children the ImnrwIoB tht wheuthey come to you Ihey ar playful rip ples striking against a rock. Von must hare them understand that you were a hov once yourself, that you kuow a hoy's hilarities, a ioy'a temptations, n hoy's ambition yea, that you are a lov yet. Yon may de-ivt Ihem and try to give them tne Idea that you are some distant Mtpernatur.il effulgence, and yon may shove them off hy your rigor ous behavior, but the time will come when they will find out the deception, and they will have for you utter rontempt. Aristotle saiil that a boy should begin to sludv at seventeen year of.ig". IJefo -ethat his time should be given to recreation. I cannot adopt that theory, li.it this suggests a truth Io the right dire'-tion. Childhood U too brief, and we huve not enough sympathy with Its sportfutnee". We want divine grace to help us In tho adjustment of alt these matters. llesidc that, how hm your children ever to become Christians If you yourself are not a Christian? I have noticed that howev.r j worldly nnd sinful parents may he they want I their children good. When young people ! have presented themselves 'or a Imisslon In- to our memhershlp, I hnve said to them, i "Are yon r father nnd mother willing you shall come','" And they b.ive said, "Oil, ves j they ar. delighted to Have us come. They have not been In church for ten or fifteen j yenrs. but they will he here nert fvjdmth to e me h-iptled. " I have noticed that pa-1 rents, however worldly, want ttieir chlldreu good. I Ho It was demonstrate 1 in n police cou in C.in idii. where a mother, her little child In her arms, sat by i table on which her own handcuffs lay, nnd tfr little hahe took tip the handcuff nnd pinve l with them and had great glee. Khe knew not the sorrow oi the hour. And then when the mother wis sent to prison the mother cried out ' do 1, let uot this balm go into the jail ! Is there not som mother hen who will lake this child? It Is good enough for heaven. It Is pur". I am bad. I urn wicked. N ther" not some ono who will tae this child'.' I canmt have It tainted with the prison." Then a brazen cre itur" ruiic l up and sild. "Yes. I'll take l'i child " "No. no." slid the mother, "not you. not you. Is there not some good mother hern w no will take this hlldV" An I then when tne officer of the law In mercy nnd pity took thechild to carry It away to tin I u home lor It the mother !: sied It lovingly goo ll.v and said : "(loo l hy. my darling. It is bLMter yjj should never s"e me again." However worldly and sinful people nre. they want their children good. How are yon i going to liavo them go i I .' liny them a few goo 1 hook",' Tea-h them a few excellent catechisms'? Icing them to church? That le nil very well, but of little llnal result uniess you do It with the grace of clod in your heart. Do you no! realize that your children are started for eternity? Are Ihey on the right road? Those little forms that aro now bright and be iiitiinl when they have scattered ill the dust, there will be nn im mortal spirit living on in a mighty theatreof iwtioii. Hint your faithfulness or your neglect uow Is deciding that destiny. There is contention already among minis tering spirits of salv.it ion and tnlleu angels as to who shall have the mastery of that Im mortal spirit. Vour children are soon go ing out iu the world. The temptations of life will rus'l upon them. The most rigid resolution will bend 111 tlm blast of evil. What will be the result? It will require all the restraints of the gospi,!, all the streugth of a father's prayer, all the influence of a Christian mother's cximple to keep them. Vou say it is too early to bring them. Toi enrly to bring them to (iod? Do you know how early children were taken to the nu"ient passover? The rule was just as soon ns they could lake hold of tho lather hand nn I walk up Mount Morinh they should be tnkea to the passover. Your children are not too young to come to God. While yo'i re and think of them perhaps thlr lorms now so bright and beautiful vanish from you, and their disembodied spirit n-s. nnd you see it alter the life of virtue or crime Is pat. and the judgment 1 gone, and eternity is h-rj. A Christian minister said tint in the first year of his pastorate he tried to persuade a young mechanic of the importance ot family worship. Konio time pxsso j, and the m chauic came to the pastor's study aud said : "Do you remember that girl? That was my own child. She died this morulug very sud denly. Khe has gone to (Sod, I have no doubt, but If so she has told Him what 1 tell you now that child never heard a prayer in "her lather's house, never liearj a prayer from her father's lips. oil. if I onlv had her buck again one day to do my duty ! ' It will be a tremeudous thing nt the last day if oum shall say ot us- "I never hear! my father pray. 1 never heard my mother prayer." Again, I remark, we want religion Iu nil our home sorrows. There are ltl.ll'IO ques tlous that couiu up iu the bi-!-t regmated household that must be settled, perhaps the Hither has one favorite in tho family, the mother another favorite la the family, and there are mauy ipiestious that Hee l delicate treatment. Tyranny and nr'oitr.irr decision have no nlace In n household. If the par 'tits love (iod, there will be a spirit of soli icrillce and a spirit of forgiven"', aud a k adnnss which will throw Its charm ovr the entire house, hold. Christ will come into that household and will say : "Hus'iands. love your wives and he Dot bitter against them. Wives, see that you rwver.'UiMyour hus'iands. Children, obey your parents Iu tne Lord. Servants, be obedient to your m isters." And the fam ily will be like a gar leu on a summer morn ing :he grass plot, and the flowers, and the vines, and the arch of honeysuckle standing In the sunlight glittering with dew. Hut then there will be sorrow that will come to the household. There are but lew families til it escape the stroke of financial misfortune. Piniiueiat misfortune comes to a house wnere there is no religion. Tuey kick against divine adotmeuts, th y curs (io t for the iucoaiing calamity, they with draw from the world because they cannot hold as hlg'i a position in society as tVty oncs did, and they fi- c . an I they scowl, nnd they sorrow, and they die. During the past few year there have bneu tens of thoiismds of meu destroyed by their liuiuciiil dis tresses. lint misfortune corn's to the Christian household. If rnllgiou has f'lll sway iu that home, they stoop gracefully, Tuv say. "This is rigid." The father says : "Perhaps money was getting to be my idol. Perhaps (iod is golug to make me a bettor Christian by putting me through the furnace of tribu lation. Ileside that, why should I fret any how? He who owueth the cattle ou a thou sand hills and out of whose bauds alt the fowls of heaven peck their food Is my Father. He cloth 'th the lilies ol the Held. He will clothe me. If He take cam of the raven, and the hawk, and the vulture, oiVt certainly He will take care of me, His child." Sorer trouble come sickness nn 1 death. Loved oues sleep the last sleep. A child Is buried out of sight. You say: "Alus, for this bitter day ! (iod has dealt very severely with me. 1 can uever look up. U God. I cannot bear It." Christ conies in, nnd He Hivs i "Hush, O troubled soul ! It ts well with thechild. I will strengthen thee In nil thy troubles. My grace is sufficient. When thou posset ti through the waters, I will be with thee." Vhl tbraudi the d'ep waters I rati the logo The rlvr uf sorrow sue I out overdo sr. Ir'or I will ! wild tlie lay troubles I bless, And saaultfy Io lbs (by deeput UUtme. Hut there are hundreds of families repre sented her this morning where religion has been a great comfort. There are In your homes the pictures ot your derartd and things that have uo wonderful velueot them selves, but you keep them preciously aud carefully because bauds uow still onus touched them. A futher has gous out of this household, a mother has goue out ot this, a daughter lust after her graduttlou day, a son lust ha was entering on the duties ol life. And toother homes trouble will come. 1 saylt not that you may he forsbodlng. not that yon may do the unwise thing of taking trouble bv tne forelock, but that you may he ready. We mut go one hy one. There will lie partings In all our households. We mint say farewell. We mut die. And yet there nre triumphant strains (hat drown these tremulous accents, iher are anthems that whelm the dirge. Heaven is full ot the shout of delivered captives, and to the great wide Held of human sorrow there come now the reaper angels with keeu sickle to harvsst the sheaves of heaven. Kslntu wilt to the en.) eitnri fe'elr wl I fhe a iihnl 1 boss He pun'hssed r r Ills h't. Go home this day and ask the blessing on your noonday menl. To-night sot up the family altar. Do not wait until you become a Christian yourself. This day unite Christ to your household, for the llll.ln distinctly stys that God will pour out His fury upon the families that call not upon His name. Open the lllble and read a chapter ; that will make you s'rong. Kneel down and offer the first prayer in your household. It may be a broken petition ! It mnv he nnlv "(Jod lie merciful to m. a sinner." Hut (io I will stoop, and spirits wiil listen, nu 1 angels will chant. "Heboid, he prays!" Do uot retire Irom this house this morning until you have resolved upon tli matter. You will be gone. I will lie gone. Many years will ps. and perhaps your younger children may forget almost everything about you. hut forty years from now In some Sab hath twilight your daughter will he sitting with the family llilile on her lap reading to her children when she will s'.op, and peculiar solemnity will come to her face, and a tear will start, nnd the children will say, "Mother, what makes you cry?" And she will say, "Nothing, onlv I was thinking that this Is tne vcr. lllble out ol which mv lather and mother used to read at morning and evening prayer." All other things niiout you they ninv for get, but train them up lor God and heaveu. They will not forget that. When a queen died, her three sons brought an oft'ering to the grave. One son brought gold, another brought silver, but the third sou came an I stood over the grave an I opened one of Ins eius and l"t the blood drop up m his mother's tomb, aud all who saw It sal I it was the greatest demonstration of iifTee'ion. v friends, what Is the gran teat gili we cm briu.' to the "cptilehers of a Christian ancestry? If Is u life all consecrate I to the Go t who made us and the Christ who r.'deeme us. I cannot but blleve there nre hundreds ol parents Iu tills bouse Wild have resolve I to do their whole duty and that at this moment they are passing into a better life, and having seen the grnco of the gopcl In this place to-day you are now fully ready to return to your own house and snow wnat great things Gad has doue unto you. Toon m tmri-nts niiv In csvpnsnt lit All I hsv llnMr ttiMvcii In view, Th t si' ii 'I lniiir tl I Hi ' tee Their chll'tinti iiaptiv im.. Mav the Lord Ood of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, the Go I of our fathers, be our God aud the God of our children lorevcr. The Iuiliuii us a Fighter. "TIip Indian iatiu1 most vicious fighter oucnrt b."aiil Major liarlintir.late press lutotitul thu Wnrlil'd Fair, tint a fni tr.cr )laitiinau. ''You reml iu the Hc-cnmiN of the South African war whore a hun dred or two EugJiHlitucii K" whip 5000 or 10,(M)(Hliick meu. Tln.ro is uo uncivilized pcoplo on earth, uo raoo which ia utterly ignorant of wliut we rail the science of war, that cau fur a minute compart) with the Indians as warriors. No frontier general would think uf leading Ins troops against a lioly of Indians where the odds were preatlr against him. Why? Because the lnnian ia naturally a lighter aud a marksman, and because ho has Leen (iiick to learn what the white armies have tanght him iu warfare. 'Take that light iu winch Sitting Hull was killed. That was a skirtuiah, it's true, but it illustrates my point. ! There were just nix teen men ou each hide. Tho battle lasted uot over live minutes, uud idlit men were killed on I inch hide. Those Indian scouts rodo ' straight through the camp of Sitting ' I'.ull, aud engaged the old demon him self aud lift ecu of hie picked warriors iu a battle iu which no man kuew he ; hud more thuu an even chance of tur i viviug. j ''I've aeon tueut. They love to light. Their ambition is to win glory in light ing. Their traditions urge them on to ! light. H'b their only really aristocratic burtiueax. They are physically well , qualified to tight ; they know how, and j you can bet they do tight when they get at it." YVutdiingtou Post. i PnstofUce Supplies. All the supplies required by the 0.",- 000 pobtolliccH in this country are i furnished from Washington. These postulIiueH require six tons of station ' ery every working day. They con ; stiiue 'J.",(M)0 pounds of jute wrapping I twine every week. Thie twine comes ; iu bulls and, according to contract, . each ball liaa four inches of string stiekiug out of its middle. thus em ployes are iudnced to fctart unwrap piug from that eud. Formerly they were an apt uh uot to begin with the wrong extremity, winding up with a I tiLnrrli kit tliiif a iiinttcp jif i.mdi linll ou au average wua wasted. Tho (iS.OOO postoDiceH use up 100 reams of mauilla paper bluulis every day. One of the; in put on tho out Hide of every package of letters ncnt out from pobtotlieti, bearing the natuo of the mending pnstollicc, tho date, etc. Half a million lead pencils ur consumed annually iu I'ucle Sum's postal nervice, as well us 7'JO') quarts of mucilage, 150:) quarts of ink, 10, 000 pounds of rubber bands aud lli, 000 gross of pens. Thu pens ulotio cost $5000 every twelvemonth. Fot makiug postmarks '28,000 iukpadauud iHI.OOO pounds of stamping ink per annum are required. Six million cards are lined every year for regis tered letter receipts. Weighing scales for mail are au expense to the Gov ernment of 8JO0O every year, 200 a week being ueeded to replace thoso which are woru out, broken or burued up with, poHtofliccH. Now York Ad vertiser. renusjlvaula's t inil It 'source. According to an estimate just made by W. W. Kuley, of the bureau of anthracite coal statistics, the uumiued coal in Pennsylvania aggregates 4,681, 000,000 tons, all of which ia located iu an area of '213,000 acres. According to these figuros, if the yearly average were to continue at 44,000,000 tons for say 107 years, the fields will have become entirely eztiuct. Wasbiugtou Star. TEMPERANCE. ATSOI.rTltt.t RSCMSAOT. f "r r.enjnmin Ulchan'son. In nn address on "Athletic !,!(." says that abstinence from alcoholic fluid Is absolutely neecesary. "As long n you nre in course of training don't touch the Inirtiul thing. It will undermine nil the qualities on which you depend for Mieces, will injure your precision, jour de cision, your presence of mind, aud your endurance" w. c. t. r. The Outtoog says "The W. C. T. t. has won a name which has gone to the ends of the earth, a synonym for w lint soever Is pure, nnd has translated Its high principles Into the languages of the world. The W. C. T. I', has developed a rounded, earnest woman hood, and brought to worthy fame some of the best known women of to-day, while Its leader easily Mauds pre-eminent in the place she holds and the work she has done for ht-r eounti y uud her time." f rit s or Moiirrvrr tntMUii. The late George V. Child was a strong temperance tnau. nnd w.i especially opposed to moderate drinking, (in this subject he la reported to have said "I citMiot lay toogreata Mresson the mat ter of strict temperance. Iirinking beer, wine or spirits l a useless an. I dangerous habit. It does no goo I, mid If the Imhit Is continued it l.s almost sure to lead to de struction mid death. Taste not. Touch not. Handle not, You should have courage to say No If you are asked io drink. Iu look ing back over my life I can recall many of the best mid most promising of my com panions who were ruined by the habit of drinking, not one of whom ever imagined that he would be wrecked in mln I and body, and eventually till a drunkard's grave. There is no safety iu moderate drinking : every one who tiHU'hc it at till is iu danger." A r.imuo or Titr timi:. Three rases ery similar have come to pub lic notice latclv in New York City. Taken ns isolated facts they are sal enough, but as straws showing which wiytho wind of cus tom blows they are of startling stgnllcaii"c. In each of these cases th" chief llgure was a woman of ducat ton nn I culture, moving In refined classes of societv and cimrmlng a large circle of admiring friend. The ilrst w;is taken Irom n Imlel In nn un-ri'iis.-loiis condition, suffering from the el fctsofa prolonged debauch, to liollevuo Hospital, where sho died without regaining COIISCIOUSIII'S-. The second w.is the wife of nn nrtlst. In ' tho police court lie told f bis long suffering 1 In In r repeated yielding to the alcoholic j crnviug. and broke down as ho related his devoted attempts t reform her. The third was found dead in her room. Al- j coholism was the cause. These three Iso lated cases, happening almost slmiiltnne- I otisly, indicate a ilcplorable state of affairs, j and speak more than a volume would of ex- isting customs which are becoming thu fash- . Ion ol the tlaics. I-.tchunge. TOttTtlANI K TI..U'llsjfl. Archbishop Thompson, of Knghind. when n member ol the Lords Committee ou Iu temperance said : " There is hardly an organ of tho body which does not suffer from habitual drink ing. All the witnesses seem t ngreethnt tho brain and nervous system aro Impaired : that the gouty habit Is Induced, which affects, now the llmlis. now the kidneys, and other great organs of the lei.ly ; that the stomach is Intlamisl by drinking. Carried somewhat further, that the liver assumes a scirrhous character, and that the kliliieyssuffcr n simi lar change ; that all the tissues degenerate, nnd become tho seat of various ailments, such as brlght's illsc'isn of tho kidneys and fatty dee,. deration of the heart : that the power of the brain nu J of the iniisi-l.si is sen sibly impaired, whilst the patient believes he la using, in strong drink. he verv lsl su" port whether for mental or hi . ..n -.'in I that with these structural .d functional cliang-e. and, r.s a coiisinucnco of them, grows up the fatal craving for stimulants which seems to deprive the patient of the control of the will, and lo drive htm over the lute which divides the sane aud responsible from the insane. "Hiicli being the opinion of the great au thorities in the medical profession, and such Is'iug the popular practice, it Is very much to lie wished that the education of tho public on this subject could be carried somewhat further. "A large number of persons, whatever tho Weight that they attach to higher motives, desire to regulate their food uud hnbtts ac cording lo tho fib's of Ood sense. They do not Intend to court disease In their drink or to Imtdhoa po's'-n. quick or slow. If tliey could bo convince 1 i hut the draught from which they expect warmth will chill them iu the next stage ; If they could know that the exhilaration of the moment left the exhilar ated organ with a permanent loss, that the stimulants which enabled them to ilnah otl tlie poem or cs- iy iu a night would deruugu for liiture uights the most dcln-ate organ, and unlit It for other efforts In the future , if they were aware that the use of alcohol as n fo.nl was sure to be foi'owcd, in a gr-.iter or less degree, according to the resisting power, iy Impairment ot the chief organs ot the body, whilst other foods, quite a benetlclal for the combustion by w inch tho bodily boat is sustained, lire not liable to the same charge, it may well be supposed they would modify their system of diet in conformity with their new know ledge as, Indeed, many well-in-formed persons have already begun to do. The young would llnd, mi exp.Tiineut, that they were able, with advantage, to dlspcimt) with alcohol altogether ; lite old and middle uged would draw much closer the limit ol wholesome drinking which ttielr time of life might seem to require, and those who have tho charge of childrell would take the benellt ol the opinion of tlm modie-il witnesses tbut children who have not known tlie use of al cohol, for good or f ir evil, would do well to keep clear o( it altogether, ns uuedle.ss at the btau." TF.MPKIUNCK NKWK NorK. fix hundred medical men of Holland havi signed a declaration against the use ot lu toxlcv. lug drluks even Iu moderate quanti ties. Archbishop Ireland speaking of the sover eignty of the saloon in politics, says, 'i'lmy bavo made mniihoo I suffrage lu many places ii mcaulngloss word." The Tennessee Ilaptist Convention resolve 1 that "every child o God should do what ho can to secure legal prohibitum of the trufll i Iu Intoxicating liquors." What Is alcohol A poison a briln poi son a soul poison.! poison o! Virtue, of morals and religion the cause of more sin than all other causes combined. 1).-. Will iam Held. A temperance society has been organized In St. Petersburg, Russia, which includes a brother of tho reigning Czar, u high digni tary of the Greek Church, and the Minister of nil the depart nieuts of Government. The renewal of the licens.) of a London fuibllcnn was opposed because, being deaf, ih could not hear when bud language whs used lu his house. lie explained that his wife could listen tor tho swearing while ha served, au J tins plea secured the rouew.il of bis license. Evangelist. The late General Mollicet, of tho French Army, who has just died at the age of ninety live years, had throughout his life abstained from stimulants of all kinds, nu l was in the habit ot saying that he did uot oven know the taste of wine. To the last bo was a healthy, vigorous old soldier. Dr. liode, of Holdoshelm, declares that the manufacture ot iutoxloatlug liquors in Ger many robs the eouutry yearly of 4,600,000 aures It plunges 82,000 Into suuh poverty that they must be supported by the Btatn or by friends ; it semis 4.50 into compulsory eoofluemeut In labor ooloulos It has robbed J, 000 of their reason, and It has raised au army of criminals, 1311,000 strong. Outlook, SABBATH SCHOOL INTKUXATIONAIj LRSSOX FOK AIMtlli U'i. Lesson Test: "Joseph lluler In I'dOiif," Gen. sll , :ttt 4K-iolleu Trat: I Samuel II., IM Commentary. "'. "And Tharaoh said unto Ids servants, fan we find such a one as ihl. a man in whom the Spirit of God Is?" Very varied and full of trial had Imcn thetenvenrs or HUM of Joeth's life since his brethren sold him to the Mldianltes. and several ot them had been passed in prison through the lying of a wicked woman. As we sini him now he has Just been brought from the prison to in-lerp-it. If h can. to I'miraoh his double dream. Disclaiming all power to do so of himself (vro lrt). but giving the glory to (iod, he, bv the Spirit, Interprets and ap plies thn dream : hence Irom riinr.ioh bhc words of Ihis verse. If. And riiarmh said unto Joseph, for .".stii it 'll as Go I hath shewed then all this, there Is none so discreet and wise as thou art." Joseph had suggested I hat officer be appointed who during the years of plenty should make provision for the vear of fam ine to follow, perhaps without a thought that he who had Jilt been brought Irom prison might be of any service, but Go I s set lime to favor Joseph had come. The dreams of long ago ere on the wnv to fulflllm-Mit. " Therefore will the Lord wait thv I!" mav he gracious, blessed nre all they that wait for lllm. ' 40. I'hou shalt be over my hohsn, an I ac cording unto thy word shall all my pco;i. !e ru'ed ; only In the throne will I he greater than thou." Truth Is surely str inger than Helton. I-'rom n prison to a throne In an hour : from Ignominy and disgrace to nil but the supreme position In tin land. Promo tion rometh neither irom the east nor from the wes?. nor Irom the south, hut (I . s the Judge, lie putteth down one and s ttctli ii. another ( Ps. Ix xv.. fi, 7 . II" bringeth low nnd liiteth up (I S im II., 7. There Is n goo I storv Of from a prison to a throne In II Kings xxv., 27 :)0. but that was simply de lixeiatice, not rulersiiip. 41 "And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Sc. I lme set thee over ad t lie land of Kgvpt. " Joseph put it a llt'le differently nn I n.ore correctly when lie said, "liod hath ma e me lord of all Kgypt" (chapter xlv.. in. Happy nre those wiio rcconiz-. Ills han I lu nil the events of life. We may sec the visible in strumentality, or look back of It all and orly Go. I. Musi s endured as seeing llmi Who IS luvisllile ( Hel. xi.1, tJ. "An I Pharaoh took off bis rmg from hi hand, and put it upon Joseph's Ii md, and arraye him In ve-iures of nnc hici. and put n gold chain about his nm-k.' s-i did tne King to Mordecat t lt. viil., I.'n in I PeNhiuunr to liautel i Dan. v., '.!.. Thes iiil that is redeemed by the blood of .1. s,i cm tru y s.iy, "Me brought me up also ,.u: o tin horrible pit, out of the mlrv clay, nu I s .; my feet iition a rock and established my e-,,. ings;" "He hath clothed nie with the gar ments of salvation : He hath covered mo with tho robe of righteousness ;" "ll hath mad" mo a king and a pric-it unto God, and I shall reign on tho earth " t.Ps. xl., 'i , Is.i. Ixi.. 10; Lev. v.. 10). 41. "And he made him to i l.lc in t he sec ond chariot which lie had.mid they cri". be tore him, liow the knee, and he made him ruler over all the land of l-'.gypt." Joseph's humiliation, although wholly undeserved, could not I- said to be voluntary ; but Jesij. humbled Ilin self anil became obedient mil' the death of the cro-s. wherefore (iod hath highly exalte.) Him and given Him a name which Is above every name, that at the nauieol Jesus every knee should howd'htl. II., K 111). If we hnve the mind of Chrif we will cheer fully humble ourselves unto the death of 8;'ll for Mistake. 44. "And Ph -esoe e-'o Joseph'. I am ad ,11 up ols hund or toot lu all I'm muu ol Lgypt.' tit Jesus it Is written that all tiling" were created by Him and for II on, and that in II im we live mid move and have our being Col. I., Ill ; Acts xvll.. '.'in. It Is to be fesri'd tn.it ol some ot us it ndi.'ht be said, "1'lie God In whose blind thy breath Is, and whose are all Ihv ways, bust thou not glorilled.'" i Uau. v., 'i'D. If. as His re deemed, we would only al low the fact to grasp us that w-e arc to sit wilh Ilimon II. s throne (H'v (il. , 'i . we would walk more worthy of our high calling. 4V "Vint Pharaoh called Joseph's n,,m apliiiath-pa.iiieah. and be gave him to wife Asciiath, tne daughter of Potiplicrah, pre'-l of (n. And Joseph w'ent out over all th" land of Kgypt." T-iu uiiirgiu eavs that tin new name of Joseph menus "ll.-vealei- ,, Se.-r ts," I ut lu Young's concordance it n said to mean "Savior ol tne World." Ii tii r" suggestive of Him who Is the only Saviour, nu l who docs nothing without re-Vieiluii- His secret unto If is mm v. mts the pro phets (Amios. ill., "i. That he should r eclve nu I'.gyt'tinu wile during the perio ! of his brethren's hatred nil I rejection ii siig gi stive of the fact th.-t when Israel shall again see Jesus they will Hud that oiirmg tim lime of His r'jec'.lon He ims taken to Himself a l.rldi which will be largely G !! tile. 4ii. "And Joseph was thirty years ol When he stood before Pharaoh, king ol Kgvpt. Aud Junp'.i went cut from tin presence of Pharaou and went throughout all the land of Mgypt." Jesns wis about thirty years old when He began His publl i work i Luke ill., 'J.l. Iiauiel nul bis f,-ien.l ut u probably much younger uga are sud to have stood before the king iD.m. I.. I'M. Hut neither Jesus nor Daniel nor Joseph. Htood before mini a mil "Ii a they- nto i I - -fore God. They were like Klljah, who said, "The Lord God of Israel llveth. before wiio:n I stan I ' (I Kiugs xvil , 1). Wnen we leim to Miind more iuthe presence of Ood, we will be better iiialnled to stall I before men. 47. "And iu the seven plenteous years tin earth brought torth by luindiuls." "What God is about to do He showeth unto Pharaoh," were the words of Joseph tH he interpreted the dreams ( vers i 'JS). So wa see iu these years of prosperity the bun 1 of the Lord for good. It was Ills blessing upon Israel's land whtcii lu tlielxth year ma le it hnug forth fruit lor three year ( L;iv. xxv., 121). The blessing of the Lor I it m ikctii rich, and toll addctll notulni thereto i, t'.-ov. ... 2J, It, V.). 4a. "And he gathered up till the fori I of the seven years, which were lu the laud of 'Kgypt, and laid up the foo l in the cities ; the lood of the Held whi -h was round about every city laid he up lu the same.'' lu pros perity he prepared lor adversity. Willie W" sing "The Lord Is my shepherd. I shall not want," we are not autbori.nd to be either cureless or Improvident. Our Lord ill I not cotnmcud tho unjust steward, but lleili-mvn u practical lesson irom his forethought i Luke xvl.,8, !l). Consider In verses 51, hi, the very suggestive names Joseph gave to hie chil dren. Com :ure the "Go uuto Joseph. What hiksalth to you do," with Mary's words to t'sthe servants (verse Hi uud John 11., 6. . Lensou Helper. Contempt of iipt. Paul Hull tolls a story uf h .Indue in Southern Illinois who lined a", at torney for ci ntcnipt o' our', end 7as met with this wltherine; -e-jlonder: "Jf yo t tine mo a sum adc luuto to the contempt 1 feel for your bhiDkety-tilank: court It would bankrupt the KotctiHchlldi to pay 10 I or lent, of It." This U u ifreat sen tenre worthy to take rank with l)lraoH'8 cliaractC'ilatton of (.lad titono b3 't stiitesmuB, "Intoxicated by tho exuberance of bla own verbosity," or Db..y's other Mug at tho Grand OU Man when ho spoko of hit utter uuces as "tho hare-brain chatter of Urcsponslblo frivolity." KEYSTONE STATE CDLLINGS OCU NATIONAL (ifALIl. AoJlTsMr lltMIHI, OHI.KNt AMI I'lllsfMTS S) .ni oi iuotsu hi rou r. Adjul.int (icneral (ire-nlas! ha present! hi niiiiiuil report to (lovernor l'attls.ci. Tint iiiimiImt of men enrolled l: l'i imsylvanl i subject to mllltir y duty Is T'.Hl.Cil. There tire M.iipj mcinbcrs of the N.iflon.il (luard, nit increase, n compiin'd with the previous year, of 'Jill. The tlrd brigade eontaln WJ coil.lllsone. iilllcct nn. I J.."i;l enlisted men the Sec.nd. '2.HI coinml-sloiii'd oiiieer nn l '2.'.':ll enlist, d men, mid the Third, v7 com- llll-sl. .lied otllcer lllld 'J. 4. IT enll'ted lllOll Th" only l-piuiy iiiu-tercd out was Com- pllllV I'. I lgbteelitll regiment. 1 iic e.t of the regimental en nmpmenb la-t y.'tr was i 7. u i. I J. id which j I .Xi.'jn7. It; was paid to troops, ? 'j,.".ii:l.:l2 for subsist. el , s,ii'm.7.- f t tiaii-portatloii uud ft, III I. ml b r ti -r-" hire. lie nverage nl'.eud n:i"c a- ','l.s nu I the iivev.ige ei.-t per man, r-'l lb. 'I Ii" ndjnlnllf g 'liernl 'i Hie ti'HV ivpilp menl liiMii-bcd tli" Snt,"bril liuiir.l "mak't tbcin th" I" -t nnd te.'-i t'n roughly " piippisl r. ( s in tl,,. I ' 1 1 i t I M.i!.-." Ther- b.-ii l,e,.i cp,-n led for th" I iiiipMient of tllf ii i. n il (inn- ! :l i,."nT.."o. l ie iiiiexpend eii loi in ii ( lb" n propri.-iti ii of el.i.l,i'.it , s...o,ii .0 ;,n, Th" ii isi'in - i 1 1 ii i i - 7 ."' marl,. 'iien, an liicre.i v r la-t e.ir ,,( ,i 7, ;n a per e.'litn.:" . ( lie v. ii 'd" g'l.ird "t 1.1 .. Tii" mriicer d s i,ii i-!i a - I ir thi.i v .u i- I.I'm, .vi In. i".i ( I.!-' vear o 1:11. i ..'iier il i !. iibin I iiU . t mi. Ii.-. up in th" tlliMll bllttalloil-, ll'.d r r- il! I li.Cllt-i til-' f 1 't till! tin- I'll t -.'! I dm- I., air.'a ly I ii a-ui'c. id i,i..ii.:!i in. .ii- t I. mi I a v. sd. A M.sri i;h i'i:hiM;i:. III. si t.i i . t.s i . e. s i ii i i ;i - .ii ! i ! i.i : Ml ' l-.l -.1 I" l ' i . (ill! I ..i.r:m. -.ln I M - i ! v elder id tic- "i- ci ."'ti let' " r u:bt I i l-'-l l'i" .-el;, he r..-'. I a I j peter Mat tern :,:i-l !,;. !, I .! i l- n I 1 i-ii tin head with ;i .'.- I . ii --. i'1'i r prison er t!:cn p. .i..-. i.; .. ". i . .ei . ,n I . .-.it hill in -i t 1 1 ' ; : .,: a. i . I '.- M M .IcaliJ in-;. -I ! . l -t t-a-lv - rc :. -. ''Ut W.i- le-lt'T ib.HP by M it; .-in - p. ;n i.-n"ii. Matl"rc an I b!-'.';i ; i.ii. e- !b"ii '".:. til" pri.- ill l,. - ' "a " 1. i-oitl, P.-ei .ami rush- I Ii .'i !!i" b.n'.l. eg. I lc- 'icii wbo e-M-apisi .-:. ." r 1 -.t'eti.. cl.aigcil with Hie lend "I htf ' 1 1 II eat- I'd b. T -.-.'lllgl! 'Ii-e'l li'T'iiau ' b i ,'."''. I Willi ' n r. il .-rv; .1 dm Ki'llj mi I II ii r I ii-. i iiirg.'d Willi f.bbcry ! t-l I'.eU'.r. .l.-bii l"i !ill. Mii.e Wright .an I I ted fluid) -i r r 1 1 Undit. M. Ii uial.; an I f lullli - m-i "-;i't..re. a t :.'i b"ill later. Tliere WT" r .".o prl-"c--s iu th Jllli. !le of them ci l,e sM'lker- end all could have left th ' Jul', b I did 1. .1 i inbiaee tli opportiinit v. AN tMVI.M-l I nilil il I IT. f.lloi UTV V II I I . I .-! i.; .e' s oil til" T'obf Tiilb y lumber em l!ic ..pnu; p'a " till iiuioiint at I'i.iiimi.iiii.' ,. e: . A.i ei : ,i-'i liiiary limoiint "f I'lilii Mill I e I' d. N plicc S'I foot ha i b "ii tlx .1. Tin-, fci ii-v Ivanla !l .'i ''i:n;i.i-'l I'l'Ti ot th Ailooiia 'ii-til"l pl.i""d over i;,liiii s'nall l-oiit i.i s-i i-,v nu I I.'imi "r r ins m l'ii".-iday. 'I'll"-" .-'ii'irns are .splendid li .bing ground. sud miiuv ll-h are caught v-avlv iu theso water- nn I it wiil only l-c a u,,i'tcr of a l -w sears until tl.e -trciini- vvid b" Idled with nbiiiidaie f large trout. T'aeic .a! o w-'M ii nun r of e.-iii-oilb"-" n.-h h"iit ovr tint 1'etin-ylv lid i and Noi'W 'stem r.iilroal t i ( o i! . r and l-'ordlui'ii t b" plit I in vari- uus rlrcir.ns lu the i. iiuty ol I i i . - -- towns At Leaver 1'nll ' " ' ' Wll I' ill'ie . if w at duiu-'i c eiiled la III" elll ', ''all.U II ) til" -te.-, an I wild" no:. ...l.v .v.i- w.,i-!u:i,- helr eil himself to ii,,. im,, I-. A I' Sugar llun. Ilv mile fr .tti li'- idford. .bum .Martin, a lumberman, while un-'tting n bra!." mi an All"gb"ii . m:d K n.-.i- train, l"ll Irom ii e at. 1 b" w ii.'.-l- pn--"d ocr las lllbbl ". killing I : i I II ib-t.lhtU. T'n I'nV'-l'e county .-. .in:iii--ii .icrs havi ie.-l I' d let I . . lil.V bo.intv b,- i,, s"ul.s oil tl'" gro'.ui d that Hi" bl.v l"i.-llbg tbcri't'l is il"l'.-'tiv". II." lav.- Will !il,"l e este, it lit. Si. VI v v niiig iin-li id Mi-cd.i', -l.-i'ioii near .1 . 1 1 1 : t w 1 1 belli I I i . 1 1 t l i l'i -an I the ni-inalll- f II l.'tlili ol tic gi- :b I' "! of May ..I. ss,.. .1. ;i s S i oi a. 70 yeiii-s ..Id, w.i - ! icni'l .) dent h a' i -a -Held.' A lii.-lit" ;,. i,u llilll a- Ii I IV -l"i'pill'f ell i lounge. N i ill Ills I o. I - tl I' d With !"igl; , i silver eertillcati - on the M iitgoin. rj i.iiuty na tional b.aiik. IIkmiv Lit i , a l.-i'-i ! i.'- ir ii' ., Indiana county, kill. n iii. tut : uuii e-.i.iiug hits l.jru lloor. I V I si young men ,i, is. i. i n, -..i near .l'.liu-t.'WIi loiind bui'leil iu tne -.m l the ro. mal.'i-"f a vidim of the gr.-al II "-1 ol May :;i. lss.i. John Swi.i a, 70 years old, was burned t ) dentil al I "iirilel'l.' A lighted inn. (ell ou him as lc lay -i" plug on a lounge. Nonius row i- t! I" 1 with bogus Nllver ci'rtill.'at.-s ou tic M"iitg'.:iiery eoi.uty na tional haul.. Hi Miv I. i t n f.r b r :i"ar tirip, Indiana, county, killed llij in i- wi.iie eieauiiig Ilia bum Hour. - I'iK'li Hiiiii'ii 'I'riiiiii' il Islaml. Cipt. John Ihiss, ill fie:ikiiiK of sotiici him: leceiitly ptib'islied in re jard lo th" imdeHlrability of tho l iiiied .la!'.'.s owning islands ho far away as I lie Hawaiian Islands, nay lh.it it doe nut appear to be K''ner ally I.iii.wii that the I nlted Mates) owns scveiity-tivii i. and in the North and Mdiih I a-t n-. They arc m arly all within t welw i! "n es of t lie tnj tu tor, in -rt Ii or Mbitli. and are princi pally ".nati'i is1. u. ds u' Miiall size, which have I ecu taken posM-ssion of by Aiiiei lr.iti-. Tne A mei iciin coasts i n lt laws apply to thetii, and f'-iciti vessels are restricted rrmn carrying I he ifuano f'oiu lliciiilu th" liiiied MatiT'. Many of these il;in Is i:ra fiiither from tlm ro it. than the Ha waiian Islands, so ('apt. IIo-m thinks there could be no oojoi-tioti t tho I'niled Stiites owiiliiif tho latter also, l'ortland Orcconlau. A Uriel' (Viihim. Thero was an encrneltc landlady, i widow, In a larg-e boarditi;-hoiisi) la Ne llanipshlre, and bur brother, who was a widower, Joined her In the business enterprise. It so happened their llrst Kiiout? were, a young widow and In-r father, whi had recently burled his second wife. Tho "Associated ChurltltV sent out an ugent to Investigate U casu of distress in that nelnhborho id, and It chanced this was thu llrst house alio hit upon. "Of whom doc your family coo' Mst'r" uhe Inquired of the mistress, "All remnants!" wan tho prompt reply.
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