US ' tl S5.U ml mi- I0 welt ill" !. with la ...It . '- ,.,.-.lv ,t ii It.! Illu ri-.' it- us: T I . . ru. . , pip- Ki:'; li. M nth j-.li.-r. i'lll I toll. i.t. Dlie T1 i.i.i:i- i he i" b.o ui . y af fatal"' RELIGIOUS HEADING. LET rocs rkirth vn withi toes. We nwd burn I ntr hoartVtn plve a power In working for Chrint. It In not mi-rtfy wht nun wnk or dcxti, but the eptrlt la which be BKnki nnd ecld, ttiM iy hlra powoi with men. It ts the mnu l hltnl the worl wnicti rivp thorn irronHtthle force, which throw tlim out with pmlivtiw nnwor. It M Ud thnt every word of some of WebMer'a grrnt ppecnoe wi-lRhed pound. Rlrhnrd Sheridan i oeutotnM to nv, "I often go to henr Rowlntiil Hill tecaue lit Mo.n oome rel-nt rrom the honrt." l)r. John M. Mnaon, when iuUpiI for an explnuatlnn of the remarkable nowr of Ir. bnlnvr. rpll.'i, olttr taking time for carful eonMderntlon, "His blood earn.. rpinffa. 11 our words Are to move n"n like an electrlo battery we mint be ontiirmi'd with the love of the Lord Jean. If thnt lov la In our hearts, It will make our worrit mlRhty over the hrarta of others i If wo are oonstrnined by ChrlBt i love, men will tnk kDowlrriire of us that we have been with tlio I.orl. and they will yield to the power of hU truth embodied In our Uvea and preached by our glowing worda. This life will give un speakable joy in our work, and that toy ol the Lord will be our strength In manifesting a trfle Christian character, and In uVolarina by our words and not the glorious gospel ol the blessed God. H. 8. MacArthur, V. D., iD 'QulclyTruttn In Quaint Texts, . , i . ' SILKMCtC la OOLliEV. Thrrs I one aln which Is everywhere un derestimated, and quite too much overlooked In valuation of character. It Is the eln 01 fretting. It Is M common as air, as spoechi so common that, unless it rises above Iti usual monotone, we do not even observe it Watch any ordinary coming together of pec file and fee how many minutes It will be be urc somebody frets i that Is, makes mors 01 loss complaining statement of somethln 01 other, which, most probably, everyone In tb room, or In thecar, or on the street oorner, II may De.Knew Deiore ana wiilnti probably no body can help. Whysny anything about it? II Is cold. It Is not, It Is wet, It Is dry; some body has broken an appointment. 111 cooked meal : stupidity or bad futtb has resulted Id discnmiori. I noro are plenty of things It fret about It Is astonishing how much an noyance may be found lu the course of everj day's living, even lit the simplest. If one only mi a snarp eycxut on Unit side ol things. Kven Holy Writ says we are nroue to troubU iil'!irks to fly upward, ilut even tho sparki null ii y upwnra in tne blackest or smoke, thi're i a blue sky above i and the less tlms they waste on the road the sooner they will rsa.'h it. Fretting is all time wasted until nud Herald of 1'eace. mtficiist f!io mr. ir, etc. fln docs not open pnths for us in advance of .iir coming. Undoes not promUe to help befon' help is needed. He does not remove obstacles out of our way before wo rencb I them. Vet when we nre on the edge of out Ice. I. (I'M s hand Is stretched out. Many people forget this, and nre forever worrying bunt difllcultles which they foresee. In the future. Xhey expect thHt (iod is going to Imkc ti e way pluin and oiieu before I tbctn. miles and miles ahead, whereas Hu ban Iprouil-ed to uo It only step by step n they oiov" on. There is n promlne w liicb rea.l: "When thou imswlli tbroiigh the wo- Iters. I will be with thorn. lou must get to the waters and into their floods lie fore you osd eiium this promise. Many people dread death "Ud lament that they hiive not "dying Israce. Ul course they will not have dying w when they are iu good beulth, iu the iiid.-ti.f life's duties, with death far iu ml-Mtii-e. Why should they have it then 5 lGm.'e for duty is what they need thcn.llvinu lsrnce: then dying grace when they come to lt. vtnen tuelr leet are dnined In tnu brim M J'TiIju, the torrent will sink away, J. H. uin-r. i BTHIV1 TO keep form. , Rarely do those ''outlive their usefulness" ho, not suffering their powers to full from iuii'ti.'e anu luxurious pampering, love re and more the beauty of this beautiful rid; who rejoice in nil new movements to lp mail's progress, Hiding tliem so far ns "iblc: who keep tho iiiiud bright with -li thoughts from .ooil books, the heart irm witn tlie love or ilttlo children ; Who, cultivate iivciy iiiu-ren in iniiiinn Oi;i generally; alnne nil, whose nouls lllled with that cvcr-proi'iit 'li.u-ness of God's love which gives I'im' for this lite nnd trust for tlie next. I'-u.-e of God that riiM til uiii.T-tiiii(l-1! Is tlieir hearts with ntilet euii-liirio to lint. The dying yeur wuiies to a lx-crm-tl'.se, only to usher in a Joyous New. r. lull of larger pi.tsllulitlc. Tun huh .i.ui 119 radiant utter glories hints tlicconi. Jawn. The autumn leaf, bright to the . fulls from tho tree, but onlv bccntice lie.l oil l.y the cnger new life crowding inn. tue uuu already lurmiM, ready to ex. J Iu the tender warmth of the quick. HiK epriugtimo. Kev. 1'. Thome, lu tMiiiu lUyister. ILlVKKn AS linANDS KU0M THE DIMINISH. siiere in u,,t one of us who cannot see t in tho past where we hud almost cono f'-tir Jootsleps had well-nigh 'Bllpped j l lees along the brink of which we wont tik-iiuaii, horrified in tbu morning to itee H'r our footprints hud been to the edge. uvuiy w nave been within a hulr "Ii ol taking some fatal uteri, vleldlnir hue imperious temptutlon. striking a -iim! i.nrgnin with tho devil. How y wo were enuirht lu tlmt eddv! strangely wo were mucked out t eonii.iuiioBsbln! How nmrvelouslv lere saved from that marriage, from that '"ran, irom embarking in that snip, Nog by that train, takinu shares in that 'iouy! There is souietliiug to be explained e. oi men wuicu tney cannot aocouut lliey describe their coubciouBnoss of 'UKuyiiiouHHliitnent.as it has been called, words "luck," "fortune," "chauce;" -ess are mere subterfuges, sop thrown "nee the uppcnls of their common seuso. "'"W better. It U God who girded us. 1 w did not know blm. Kuv. F. U. Toi-nsEt.r in onowtn in- noMXF.ss. Kfowth Is likely to be gradual. There ne of the lower orders of oliints. con. jncreiy of cellular tissue, which reach ' imuurity in short timo. A mush Ms U-en known to grow in a single "jui a mere atom to a plaut six inoiies , i,"!l,;r 'nit It wus ouly a mushroom It iHBttldthttt God s people shall ke the cedars of Lebuuou." The tikes hold wilh U rnnU iir.nn tint I hTV1'8 W,l"1 bih1 tempests, tills the C. H - "Hiruinia ouors, grows on mr i M yars, gnarled and twisted, but it Is id the forest. 8o is ChrUtlau here a little, there a littles but ever 7 niore l0Wllra ttIe MreugtU and full- IBI 1 lUlJ in .T. lnraeter, Unvld J. JJurroll, U4"llie Hpirit of the Age," ,0l' WILI, UTO TUX WILL OF 00D. '"K but th - i t. " ' 1 " h 'I J' "I 1MB UVtU Will Vh.u'."u his true life In God. wrong luuguaga of nu old'vriteri in r"H"1 ,u UH" but self-will. 1 The "h IllUht I in l,.,......l,..l ...I.I. .1.. Will i .-..iiiv.uiu4 nun n.w m ii '""ll" lrit must- bo re. Llv.'"e sl'lrit' hopeless .lis. It ri l Ulil 10 ftOOOIl. pllHll 11.14 Z ..V10 work t Hie iii?Wlilairi8t II H Hi il rlr I. ...... 1 ..I u WM)I Uf fill U.... . L.ii v' niuu iiixu ill" iiiitHC 11 'er, nud ro-lnspired with the i l wn ul"rnal belug. We find m'lw i V.,ow ur"lve, we are our mi m lliui.iUny Lurootn. ... lM Man (In TArIfAls.a1 af sb T W,rMlde Companion. Lady FiJi-Uw would I dot- " TEMPERANCE. mtonrrcL riormts. Blatlstlcs for the year ending on Juna 98 last ahow that In New York Cltr there was Kdd enough beer to fill a.M,4e7M glasses. With a population generally estimated at 1.000.000, to Include dally visitors, this gives an average yearly consumption of more than 1000 glasses, or thre glasses per daf. Including Sunday, ior eyery man, woman and child. 'the BToat or a tanstrb's so. No young man who thinks he has lo eon lend with peculiar drawbacks or hardships should fall to read In the newspapers the obituary recitals of what was done and sur mounted by Louis I'asteur, the tanner's son, in the seventy-two yoara be lived in the. world and blessed it by his beneficent la bors. The youth who fails to find Interpol and incitement In the details of rasteur't life has a very sluggish and lnapprociativa mind Philadelphia Record. THE PM TRAFFIC. Against the Institution built anon this poison, against the social customs which flourish In Its hotbed of corruptlcn, I hurl the eurso of the livlnn find. I will not mm. promise. I know the Ood of righteousness nnd of truth will dam it at last in hell. I arraign It therefore, and Impeach It, and In dict It, in the nnme of all the butchered dead of the past, and the desolation of the present. I refuse to strike hands with Its friends in any 'compromise short of ultimate doath. Hev. T. K. Dixon. WHISKY AWOHO THE IKPtAITS. Tho reports of tho United states Attorney. General show thnt whisky Is the same sun in the Indian Territory as In more civilized communities. Tho courts of the Territory re mostly occupied by illicit liquor selling cases or trouble caused hv the over-indulgence of "flre-wat"r" by the redskins. It If estimated that ninety per cent, of the time ol the courts and appropriations for the admin istration of Justice In the Indisn country Is monopolized by reason of the salo of whisk) In the Territory. THE Nt-MIIEtt OF l.ltfXK VRn I stated two years ago that there were ap proximately on million six hundred thou sand persons who usm spirits to cxees In the uniten ntaTMH. m- excess I meant all per- aous who drank to Intoxication continuously or at long intervals. These figures wero reached from a study of tho statistics of per eons arrested for intoxication in the lower courts, also the general opinions of persons with a wide acquaintance among business men. who assert that less than two per cent, of nil drinking men come under legal notice. ut course, wide difTeronces of opinion will prevail until some accurate statistics are made. Two attempts to mako a oensus of drinking men in K astern towns revealed many diftlnultlee, and the intensely morbid desire to conceal tho drinking customs of people. Both of these censuses Indicated one drinking man to every eight persons, and produced a strong conviction that this was a very low proportion. There are many reasons for believing thnt the estimate of a million six hundred thousand persons who use spirits to excess in tlilseouutry Is a mini mum rather than a maximum statement. Quarterly Journal of Inebriety. THE ENEMY OF THE HOME. Intemperance is the deadliest enemy of the home. Its llrst action Is to take the man away from his dear ones. If a busy man, he commonly leaves homo early In the morn ing, soelhg little of wife and children la the hurry bek departure. Perhaps he- does not ret'-" at noon, or If he doe, it is only for a hah 'lunch. If be is to have any happy social life with wife and children, it must be in the evenjng. If that time is given to- the saloon lie becomes a stranger to his family. Ho docs not know his wife's enros andhory, nor even tho fulr.es.-, of her love; becnueo suu has no opportunity for Its free expression. Tho few brief moments of oonverwulon are air lost wholly given to tho crowding neces sities of life. Then, to a woman who Is com pelled for tho most port to live a secluded botno life, it U disappointing to the lnt de greeit is even huait-breaklug to have the one to whom she has glven.her love ami her life leave her in the little tiuie they mlirht be together for other society which ho prefers to hers. And such society! It Is not to be woudereii at it she is not cheeriul and hope ful, and If she finds It hard to show muoli tender affectlou in tho face of such netrlect. It Is not surprising If she Ihuls little encour agement to adorn her home or beautify her person, or give tho little tmiches that make children winsome, for one who will hurry hwii) from it all as soon as hu can get through eating. Still, all this, hard as It is, might been durable if the mini at Inst caiiie home, ilut who comes botncV Is it the man who walked into her girlish dreams, who was careful lu dress, gentle and noble iu uiuntier for her dear sake' No, a foul, imbruto I l.eing.froin whom she would have lied with a shriek if he had suddenly appeared at her littler' house. The man from whom every decent man has shr'k away on the street as he came homo ivtuoumu Mils wife id to love and cherish. When we think of the untitle ruhlo disgust a sober man who Is only a man fuels for a drunkard; how he loathes tho Hushed face, the fu-tld breath, tho incoherent speech, and all tho soil and coarseness of intoxication, and then think ol putting that being beside a woman with all the delicacy of fueling of her sex, in the privacy of the home, It Is a wonder that every wife who has this to bear does not straightway bucouio a mauiuc Bucred Heart llovicw. bishop fallows' "home salom. The saloon has found another enemy In Chicago. Kolieving that a most excellent method of tluliting that institution could lie found in substituting something better to take its place, the Ut. itcv. Samuel Fallows, of the Kuforme.l F.piscoiml Church, on Feb ruary 21 Inst, opened what he calls a "Homo Salon" in the enemy's stronghold. In a basement at 1SS Washlugton street, Chicago, in the midst of a row of exceed ingly dingy buur saloons, and surrounded by nearly a thousand more of similar charac ter, bus boon established this llrst experi ment. It aims to reproduce all the regula tion features of tho grog-shop with the sin gle important exception of the iutoxlcating Honor. There is a long, highly polished bar of the regular pattern, backed by mirrors and an array of cut glass. At one cud Is a refriger ator with rows of bottles visible within. Ilack of the bar hang the portraits o the enerublo Keal Dow and Miss Frances . Wlllurd. Iu connection with the bar Is that peculiar Chicago institution, the cnfotlra, which is a lunch counter, whorofrom the oustomei helps himself. The bill of fure consists of roast beef, roost porkpork and leausk baked whlteflsh, eodllsh cakes, C frankfurter snii sauges and beef sandwiches. A plate of any one costs ten cents. For 11 ft ecu cunts one can have chlckeu or lobster salad. The cus tomer helps himself to these, and the neces sary knife, fork, spoon, condiments, bread and butter. ' With this lunch the customer obtains free any one of a long list of temperance drinks, the chief of which Is "bishop's beer." This pot luveutiou of Jlishop Fallows has nil the anpearauoe and nearly the taste of lager, but It does not ooutaiu a drop of alcohol. One of the most responsible firms of Chi ougo manufactures it under contract, guar anteeing its purity lu every particular. It contains the best elemouts of the mult and bops. It is estimated that 800 people dally pa trouiae this "HonieHnlou." One strong evi dence of its value is that the liquor interest has done its best to injure the movement. But the salon is prosperous, and others will be opened soon which can be made to pay a handsome dividend on tUo capital luvwted. IIouUletlQ Review. SADBAT1I SCHOOL INTERS ATlOXAtj LR9SON DfcCESIDKR 8. FOR Lesson Text: "David. nt Uollatfi," I Samuel xvlt., US-fit Uolilen Texti I Samuel xvll., 47 Commentary. 89. "And Paul armed Pavld with Ms ar mor. In the Intervening verses since last leeson we see David refreshing Hnul with h1 harp, greatly loved by him, having become nis armor nearer fehnptor xvl., SI, 23). Hit irerwaru returned to teed Ms father's sheep at Bethlehem (xvll., IS). TheK. V.snvsthut he went to nnd fro between Haul and Bethle hem. But now the rtrmles of Israel and of the Philistines nre face to face, and the hosts ff Israel are defied by tho giant. Oollnth, of Oath. David, having cmne from home to see now hie brethren fared and observing how the Ood ff Israel wn being dishonored, of fered te fight nnd conquer the giant. Haul, hearing his story of trust In tho Lord (verses II to 7), cccpts hts offer and riotbee him with his armor. 89i "I cannot go with these, for I have not nmvml hnn " r--..ui . n . . ..,,,. tjvr-i.viiiiuK usw nniurni strength er human helps la apt to prove a hindrance in the Lord's work. II It wasto be a test between flesh and flesh, arnsnr nnd a-rmor, Haul, who was head and shoulders above the people, should havss gone forth to meet (kdlath. David Is- but a shophered youth and If Ood will work through, nira It must be opart from human devices, 40. "And he took his staff In his-hnnd and ehose him live smooth stones out of the brook." Being a shepherd, he went forth as such in hi true character. Hose, -rent from keeping sheep to conquer Pharaoh. Our Lord Jesus Christ Is the good and great and chief Hhopherd who will yet humble all His foes. The sling and stones rnvfd had proved, and he may have bad skill like the 7ii0 left handed Bonjiimltoa of Jtidg.. xx., 18. But the Lord wossurely with him. 41, 4-. "When the Philistine looked aliout itnd saw David, he disdained him." They drew nigh to each other, the mighty man of flesh with his armor hearer before him. and tho ruddy youth of fair countenance with no armor and no visible companion. The mnny thousands of Israel and of tho riilllitlnes looked on In wonder, but there were unseen hosts looking on, too, nud the Lord Himself wns there, but not with tht l'hlllstlne. 4:1, 44. "The Philistine curse,! Bavld hs his gods," The flesh disdains the spirit and mocks as when Ishmaol mocked Isaac. But tho carnal mind knows not the Lord. Consider these two upon whom both earth nnd heaven were now Intently gazing. The I'lilllstine, nlno feet six Inches high, with armor weighing over two hundred pounds, a spenr with a stuff like a weaver's beam and a head weighing about twenty pounds, nnd an attendant to boar his shield; ltavld, a youth In a shepherd's dress,, alone, with but his staff nnd sling. The I'lilllstine strong in his own might nnd cursing as he came; David In reliance upon tho Lord nnd with a prayerful heart. 45. "I oooio to thee. In tho nnme of the Lord of Hosts, the (io. 1 of the armies of Is rael, whom thou hast defied." Oolinth rep. reseuted himself, but David represented God. As truly as Jesus Christ represented the Father when He was hers ou earth in a mortnl body, and the Father spoke through Htm, and wrought through Him, so we lifl David nnd Moses and Joshua and Gideon and the apostles may and should represent the Lord Jesusj and '.he- Fathor In our mortal bodies. K whole-hearted yielding to Him, nnd relying upon Htm, with no aim but to honor Hlra will demonstrate (Jor. xxxlli..3). 40. "That all tho earth may know thnt there Is a. Ood la Ieraol." Keeking nothing tor himself, but only to magnify Jehovah and lift His na-meoutof the reproach renting upon It Dnvld went forth with his heart stayodlupon Him who- had delivered him from the lion and the bear. Coul.l our fchurcUeegst rid of the ambition to mturnlfy themselves and their denominations, ami live only ty magnify tho Lord, they would soon see His power on their behalf (II Chrun. xvl.,. in. 47. "Tho battle to tho Lord's." Bee also II Chrou. xx.. IX It is not sword or spear, but tho Lord who shall work. "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, wutli the Lonl of Hosts'' (Z'H-h. I v., 0). Consider the passage through the Bed Hea, and the Jordan, ad well ns the deliverance from F.gypt. Consider the walls of Jericho also, and let us, like Moses and Joshua, put oil our shoes and keep them off, lust wo hinder the Lord of Hosts by thinking that tho work Is oursund by making suggestions, to Him ns to bow things ought to bu done. Oh, to keep '.our hnnds ofT and stop attempting to steady the ark. Wo must also studiously avoid all the "new cart" business. 41, 4:. "David hasted and run toward the army to meet tho I'lilllstine." The crisis is on; all eyes are upon these two men. What an exciting moment! A stone Is quickly in David's sling, swiftly it llles around his head ami Is ou its wuy with unerring ni.-n to Its destination. It strikes the giant on the forehead, sinks Into his head, and tie falls upon his face to tho ground. David Is vie. tor no; the Lord of Hosts Is the victor, and little David is the happy vessel used by God, because hts aim was to magnify Jehovah . 60. "So David prevailed over the' I'lillls tine with a sllug aud with a stone. God chooses weak things and things which are not to bring to naucbt things which are, that no flesh may glory lu Ills presence. Whon Nehetnlah llnlshed tho wall with the aid of the merchants and goldsmiths and apothecaries and women, it is written that "uis enemies perceived that tho work was wrought of Ood" (Noh. vi.. 10). Had the workmen been well skilled lu the art ol building stone walls then they would have had the credit. Had David been a mighty man and warrior he might have hail the credit, but now It Is clearly of God, and Is rael ii rebuked for her lack of fulth In Him. CI. Hlain by the stone from David's sling, David now takes the giant's own sword and cuts off his heud aud brings it in his hand to Haul. The rhlllstlaes lice, Israel pursues, and there is a great victory, for tho Lord hath done tt. Let us become, skilful lu using the stones Irom the brock, the precious things from the word of God, for nothing will bring down the giants of pride and blasphemy like the word of Ood glvea forth In Ills name. Lesson H'Uoor. A Modest I'fillosoplicr. Jofiin Stinirt Mill wns an unuswtiinlnjj philosopher. lie strove to clvu his wife tho rrodlt of Ills works, nnd lie was never pretentious lu claiming prwi'ilciico ninong men. Miss Colibe, In Ikt "Life," nduti's this anecdote of Mr. Mills' moiU'Hty: She was talking to lilm ono day about the illflli'ulfy of (lulng nioutal work disturbed by tlio music of etrwt bands, aud irsranopd tho rase of a gentleman who wiu thrown into a frcu ty by tlii'lr noise. "It does not Interfere with my work," said Mr. Mills. Miss Coblto remarked that Herbert Spencer was much annoyed by uucb disturbance. "Ah, yes, of course," rejoined the modest man. "Writing Siu-neer'a worka one must have quiet." lie was ho unconscious of the free dom from disturbance required to write his own "System of Loirlc" u"d "l'ollt leal Kconomy" hat bo would allow, while writing, his eat to lie on bis table or on bis neck. Ills gentleness aud Ills absorption lu bis theme protected blm. , 'That man la a trnagr'rto Ltirsclt wbo reads do booki - T0RDB OF WISDOM. When Come. clouds are heary blessings Loss of sinceritjr is loss of vital power. Tin pitifal to conrt a smile when roa should win a soul. Without poesy nnd art tho spirit grows weary and woodou in this earth ly clirao. Midnight is Iho tioem of thought, when wisdom mounts its renith with the stars. To bo without sympathy is to ho alone in tho world, without friends or eoantry, homo or kindred.. We need to oulti rnto every influence which tends to aasi.it ' ns in the cou tomplation of the beautiful and true. We have two lessons to teach nn noray who- despises ns to Tnltio himsolf less highly and us moro wor thily. Very often the world never knows that a girl is accomplished until it is so announced in writing up her wed ding. Correction does much, bnt enconr agomont does moro. Encouragement after censuro is- as tho sua after a shower. Thou shalt know by cxporionco how salt is tho taste of another's broad, nnd how sad a path it is to clitnb- and do soon d another's stairs. Sentiment is a divino quality im planted in our nnttiro for the purpose of ennoblintr and lionutifvinir tiio con. dition of our existence. Let us, thon, bo whnt wo on?, nnd speak what wo think in all things, Keop ourselves loyal to truth and tho sacred professions of friendship. The very bondngo that wo- enrsr, and seok in fretful mood to break and burst, may keep us in tho orbit tbat is traood by an overruling Providence for our good. It has been well said thnt m man ever sank under tho burden ol tho ilfiT. It is when to-morrow a bunion is added to to-day's that tho weight is moro than ho can bear. Remarkable Compression ol Wood. There is but ono mino in tho world thnt hits ever shown through tho nat ural action of its drift how thorough ly nnttiro can compress wood, and that mino is tho old Consolidated in the Comstock lodo, "dim Fair's pot,. and tlio mino that holds tbo record for quartz ore. In half a dozen olllees iu this city thero aro small slabs,. UK) inches, that havo for nomo time ptuiled workers in wood. Every timo o man who knows anything about wood comes into ono of these olllees ho i shown ono of these slabs, and oeked to say what kind of wood it is. As a rule ho stutters and stammers aud hesitates and is lost. It has tho principal iiroticrtiea of so many different kinds of wood that ho docs not know just wliat forest should -be blamed for its birth. As a fact it is Hiorra Nevada pine, and its compression is duo to tho fact that sev eral million tons of surpurlluouH earth bavo boon pressing upon it, although not for auy very long timo,. but with so great a force that pieces of wood Bivuaiccn incncs sqttnro navo ticeu compressed into four iuelios in width and the libers so closely urowded to gether that when fpolmhod it seems much moro liko stone than wood. All tho hitdory of the Comstock lode, governed aud regulated as it al ways has hecu by men iti S:m Francis co, ii peculiar ; but of all tho stories iu tho mines ou this lode, there is nono moro peculiar than the "creep ing clay" nud the comproH'-oil timbers. From 1S71 to 1877 the Itig Uonnnzn was worked down to a llilil-foot level, but at 1100 feet they stopped fora while nud concluded to drift oil' to tho e iM. This brought them to a position where a largo proportion of a hide of a motiu taiu was pressing upon the quartz bed. Thero was a body of ore, shaped like a watermelon, and ia size equal to about four I'uluco Hotels. It was this oro that made the fortuues of so many men, aud to get it out required par ticularly skillful engineering. There was a wall ruuuing down at nn angle of about forty-live degrees, nnd this wall marked tho limits of the loose earth w hich contained this watermelon of ore, aud this same looso earth wus continually moving. Imtuudintely sur rounding tho lump of oro was clay, and this clay so moved, in the natural process of nature's action, that by the miners it was called "creeping clay" sud watched continually. Ho irresist ible was its foroo that uothiug could stand against it. -New York Lodger. Uird rrelcrcuccs in Fowl, Experiments have shown that hirdt avoid tho bright-colored caterpillars, as a rule. And this seems almost to havo become a second nature, for a jackdaw, which had been raised iu captivity, and had had no experience in judging the ediblo qualities of cat erpillars, was observed to regard tho brilliant caterpillar of tho tlguro-of-eight-moth with suspicion and aver sion, although it eagerly devoured dull, plain caterpillars placed within its reach. When it was drivou by hunger to attaok the other it tlmtlly rofusod to eat it, giving plain evi dences that thero was something dis tasteful about tho proy. Philadelphia Press. Fatness, Leanness and Longevity. In some countries fat men livo long er than their more tueager brethren, but in warm latitudes tbo falter cho man the shorter his lifo. In the far north a fat man's chanoe of life is bet ter than a thin one's. 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