0 prevent enetrating gland, Ig the inside are filled the mznu- illows fail quality of a muslin and sheer ousreason this | more $10 gorse. ; 8 possible this light ely By ite but it is caused by rs. Sim. side out~ warm a nd rub it ach other ntire sur- *W up the ther day, k of mar- n a little er of the with the I by the ts mates ted upon scratched that she prey and le purple 1, noisily n of their alizes hex “when she pencil. — Tel pleas S SARSA- ack of the 5d with my /S : ears ago 1 scarcely e that a liv. r 5 weeks 2 was badly lor than a parila wai ould try it, le I moticed ut hurting hanks to rilla I who know i. JORDAN ner Pills, as ness, hich ‘stain fant, Odor- | for no tin Ln 29 oschee’s ut four- d a cold 1ess and rom fill- of Sab- ysician, saw the edy and d quick er hesi- Rev. W. N.J. ® 9 ot Say » = I WHAT TO WEAR AND HOW THEY : ‘MAKE IT. oot New Designs For Costumes” Pleasing Variety “A Dain'y Bon ~~ anda Guarl's School Hat, Y READERS" ; number of haifa Soren . have written to ask why 1 did not give fashion sketches of hacks 3 as well as fronts. model by those who make their own dresses and who ‘want to see how skirts are now be- ~ ing cut'and draped: A pleasing variety is dis- cermable} in the newest designs for costumes; and-white there are several radical changes tobe noted in the length of skirtand the fashioning of the bodice, it may be safely a-serted that if each woman will wear indi _vidually the. style that suits her best, she will be able to indulge in the pleasing con LA Fd ROUSE Gow. vict'on that hel is dressed § Fi the most per: «| fect taste, ~ This rule applies to all seasons; for there is no more inartistic sight than a woman eostumed according to the latest “mode when this particular style’ does mot suit her figure or complexion. Here is‘a good winter hat for a school girl. it is a dark blue felt. The band, made as deep asthe crown, is dark blue grosgrain niarked with bright red satin spots. In the tae at the front this same ribbon appears tied with a bright red: satin ribbon. The bow andshort ends at the back are of the plain satins. The heavy wire that stiffens the edge of the hat is twisted wi v A DAINTY BOKNET, bright red cord. The hat is not ‘a sailor, being a little narrower at the back than it is in front. Such a hat is prefty to start with. It will match your little girl's blue dress, as a child always has a blue dress, and you can make her new dress a combination of blue and red, a combination always preity and serviceable, The little girls are delightfully pictures. gue in the new cloaks. ‘Look at the one in 1. GIRLS SCHOOL HAT. the picture. ‘In the original itis made of Cashmere. The wadded yoke is of the or- dinary shape,and the pleated folds are sewed on straight beneath it all round. .It is trim- med with fur, and ornamented by large ‘rossttes of ribbon, the long ends of which fall down to the bottom of the cloak. The turned-down collar is trimmed either with feathers or fur. The sleeves are large and puffed, either .wadded. or lined, gathered in at the wrist, and trimmed with fur. The rosettes and ribbons are not absolutely necessary, and their omission goes not i in- jure the general effect.’ The bonnet shown is a dainty one tade of the silvery green that comes only in oats. The sheaf is made wreath shupe, and lies close to the hair. The metallic yet soft swith the huir, as it waves from the face. Through the erownithe hair shows; or, if you prefer, the space can be quite filled by h blue and | threads of the *‘beard”’ of the oats mingling | side of the pretty | here narrow velvet to a knot under the ear. The or are on one side, just the shade of moss-green that looks prettiest in velvet ~ and that best harmonizes with the silvery + greenof the oats. The reverse side of the - elvet i rose satin. The bow under the ear | $f course, shows both shades prettily. Itis all the better if the hair is thasort that will A LITTLE GIRL'S CLOAK. brighten against the silvery green of the oats. =A brilliant yellow will seem a little vivid. Reddish chestnut is charming under this bonnet if you are ‘eareful to get just the right rose color. For a brunette change the rose color for scarlet, and make the blonde feel herself beaten on her own ground. © CHINA'S NAS SACRED LILY. IT SPRINGS FROM A FINGER HOWL FILLED with PEBBLES AND WATER. One of the most interesting of the newet varieties of flowers is the Chinese sacred lity, which need only be laid on the top of a ‘little heap of clean, beautiful pabblesiin a transparent glass dish or finger bowl, half Se filled Siuwater, It shoo ap large, bright | green leaves and strong tems. which are flowers. These make especially good table decorations, as the glass dish may s0 easily dinner; and they are particularly good draw. ing-room plants, as the bow! may be put on the most delicately embroidered cloth with perfect safety. : a COnintentional Souvenirs. 3 The present custom of souvenirs for dinners, visits, and, in fact, for nearly all occasions, sometimes leads to deplorable mistakes. A writer in Frank Leslie’s<Weekly recalls the oc currence in the hospitable career of a hostess who had reason to regret that the souvenir craze had ever been heard of. Mrs. J. was the happy possesgor of a dozen salt-cellars of re- pousse silver, which were almost the apple of her eye. She was to give a luncheon in honor of a friend from a distant city, and covers were laid for fourteen. In the arrangement of the table the precious salt-cellars were placed for the guests, another kind being supplied for the hostess and her daughter. The cards designating the places were laid npon these empty little ‘dishes, and through some error re- mained there, so that the absence of salt was not discovered. the table one lady took up her card, ‘marking at some length on its beauty, said it was “a lovely souvenir,” and ‘slipped it into her pocket. Her ex- to find it. "Phe "hostess wag petrified with cherished possessions calmly appro- the necessary explanation in the face of the torrent of acknowledgment and compliment. After she received the adieus of the last guest, and had heard the de- pocket held one of her beloved salt. Maid Arcadee, and wept. last of many children. “of brief duration. forgotten her “beautiful souvenir.” ~ Would Mrs. J kindly send it? the perkey little bow on {op and to one side. ‘The bow is of sase colored satin. The tional. souyenir. . .— Jor crowned with great bunches of lovely whita be set in the silver jardiniere just before ‘When the company assembled at saw the empty salt-cellar, and re- ample was promptly followed by the rest of the company with the excep: tion of: one unforuuinate women, who ‘either had no pocket: or was unable grief and despair as she saw her . priated, but;she was unable to offer §. parting rustle of the last gown whose cellars, she sat down like the Little It ‘was soon discovered that the woman without a pocket, had forgot- ten her prize: and Mrs, J——geized upon it with the concentrated afec- tion which a parent bestows on the Her joy was The following morning brought a polite note from the pdcketless woman, saying she had “Mrs. J gent it, but in the bosom of her family expressed the wish that the punishment of Lot's wife had ‘overtaken the woman for looking back on the charms of that; dininten, wATOHED THE BOY BURN, | THE AWFUL DEATH OF a BRADFORD Some WIT NESSED BY A TRAMP, WHO I8 CHARGED WITH CAUSING IT. A tramp, giving his name as Anthony Hanlon or Quinn, took shelter in a small shanty boat on the bank of the Tuna creek, near the Buffalo, Rochester. and Pittsburg Railacad shops, Bradford, used by the small boys in the neighborhood as a play house. A number of boys were playing around and requested the tramp to get out, ‘This en- | 1aged the tramp, who siezed a pail of “crude oil and threw it on John Leggett, aged 14. it is alleged tliat'he then set fire tothe boy’ 8 | clothes. Another story is thatthe oil (was ignited by the fire in the shanty stove. At all events Hanlon made no effortto extin: guish' the flames, but calmly saw the poo: little lad burn before his eyes. He then { stazted up the railroad track but was caught by:some railroad men and delivered to the authorities; though at first his captors wert disposed to lynch him. The clothes were burned off the boy and his body roasted from head to foot. His ears were burned to "a ¢yisp, and his head resem bled a huge piece of cooked meat, After lingering for about four hours death reliev- ed the lad. Great indignation against the tramp prevails. i CROYS AND LIVE STOCK. JOME STATISTICS FURNISHED BY THE STATI BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. ; The annual report of Secretary Edge of ‘the state board of agricultiire, now being printed, gives the following estimates of the crops tor 1:9 Wheat, 1.310.000 acres. 18,- 375,000 bushels; corn, 1,320,000 acres, 42,750, 000 bushels; oats, 1,215,000 ‘acres, 29,750.000 bushels; potatoes; 142,000 acres, + 11,750,000 bushels; hay, 2,500,000 acres, 2, 950,000 tans. The estimated total value of the five crops is $82,500,000. . The estimated number and | value of live stock on, farms are given (as “follows: Horses, 6.0, 000, worth $50,750,000; cows, 940,000. worth $26, 500,000; cattle, 850,- 00, worth $19; 750,000; sheep, 750,000, worth $2,500,000; hogs, 1,175,000, worth $3,250 000. The estimated value of live stock is $100: 000,000. 1 is estimated that during the year 1891 the farmers of "the State 148,000 tons of commercial fertilizers, which they paid $5,100,003. MONONGAHELA CITY'S CENTENNIAL. ‘Monongahela City was crowded with vis itors Wednesday. The occasion was the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the town. Just one = hundred years ago Joseph Parkison held an auction sale on a plan of lots which he had laid out. The sale was not very successful, but it gave Wil- liamsport, as Monongahela City was then called a boom. Thetown was founded.and ever since has been making rapid strides forward. Monongahela City has been call. ed by three different Hames during the various stages of its progress, First it was Parkinson's landing; then, when the town was laid ont Joseph Parkinson clianged its name to Williamsport, in honor of his son; and later it was given the name it.now "bears. for ... BANK ROBBERS PLEAD, GUILTY, : The four young men who tried to. rob the. Keystone National Bank, of Erie, on Octo ber 3, and shot Cashier Kepler, pleaded “guilty, “John Courtney = and C. W. Hawley | pleaded = guilty to entering with intent to rob, aggra- vated assault and battery and assault and battery sith intent to murder. C.W.Smith and D. T. Evans pleaded guilty to entering with intent to rob and earrying concealed, weapons. All have been remanded ° for sentence. Smith and Evans are from Uti: ea ‘N.Y. the others claim to be from New York City. FATAL CROSSING ACCIDENT. Mrs. Stout, aged 70 years, and Mrs. Cole 45 years were struck by a fast express on the Central railroad of New Jersey at Beth- lebem Junction. Mrs. Stout was instantly killed and Mrs. Cole so: seriously injured she cannot recover: A CHILD FATALLY BURNED. A little d-year-old child of | James Fitz gerald, of Jeannette, was perhaps fatally burned by setting fire to its. clothing, while playing with matches. The clothes were en- tirely burned from its body, STATE TAX VALUATION. State Treasurer Morrison is sending out his preceipts for the personal property tax for 1892. The total valuation of the State is $501,107,558 31, and increase of over $15, 000,000/a8 compared with 1891, THe tax is 4 mills, or $2,364.080.23. Three-fourths is returned to the counties. ‘A FATAL LOGSLIDE. “The first fatal logslide of the season oécur- red at Driftwood the other day. ‘Andrwe McKibben, a native of New Branswick, was . instantly killed, and John Johnson; of the same place, badly hurt.’ The accident was caused by logs jumping the slide. Ar J ohhstown; the payment of the annu- ity to flood orphans was made Monday, when $20,325 i distributed. Each orphan under 168 y ars of age was paid $75. ‘Ar Bethlehem, Annie Romig was nearly burned to death by" her clothing caching fira from a range. Ly striking a cow on ‘the track a B. & 0. freight train of 35 cars ‘was wrecked near Uniontown. Twelve cars were demolished and two brakemen painfully hurt, Jupar Hazex, of Butler, has given an or: der for the removal of ‘“Farmer’’ Adams, who tried to wreck ‘a train at Enon; from Dixmont insane asylum to the Lawrence county jail, as he bélieves Adams is sane. Racnen Hives, alittle girl living at Dun- bar, Fayette county, was struck by a: train and probably fatally injured. Tax M. E. church of Brid dgeport. Fayette county, was partly dest "Tux last case’ of smal has been dis- charged from the ew Ea pest house. : He had borrowed: sh Tita 80 preyed upon. purchased | OLDE oa li dd FIRST GUN AT GETTYSBURG. Ce ei THR CANNONEER THINKS IT USELESS CONTRO- VERSY. AND WANTS TO KNOW WHO FIRED THE LAST SHOT. + ARLE gl 1 SEE by the papers that the boys are still keeping up the © “old quarrel’as to “which of Wads. ~oworth’s Brigades —thelronBrigade = ‘or Cutler’a—got in action first at Gettysburg the dW) morning of July > 21,1868, wo Perhaps the SX boys of hoth brigades would accept me or the > *old man: (Capt. - ER Stewart) as ar- biter on this point. The bastery did not get on the ground until both brig- ades, were tighting for all they were worth, but we certainly had opportun- ity. to sce all there was to be seen about the position, and from 10:30 a m. until 2 o'clock p.m. we witnessed their battle almost like one would look at a grand panorama. . After 2:30 in the afternoon we had so much busi ness of our own to attend to that we, could not follow their movements, but we were fully conversant with them duting“ the foreroon. The: fact that most of our men were from the Iron Brigade did not prevent us from ap- preciating in the highest degree the grandeur of Cutler's brigade: and I venture to say that, though we had but two or three fen in our ranks from that brigade, as against 60 or 70 from the TronBrigade,Cutler’s men took as much interest in our “Old Brass Thrashing Machine’ (us they used to call us) as any one did, and we always felt quite as well fixed when Cutler's brigade was backing usin’ battle: as we did when the Iron brigade itself was behind us. So, there can be no partiality on ont part. Now. to get back to the main point, it is a matter of history, easily acces sible in the official records, that Cut- ler's Brigade, the 76th N. ¥. in front, had the head of column of Wadsworth's Division, and thereby of the First Corps, when we started tor Gettysburg from otir bivouac at Marsh Creek that July morning. The distance was about five and a half miles, and the infantry of Cutler's and the Iron Brigades covered it in about 50 or 060 minutes—certainly within an hour. They marcneil very “rapidly; faster, in fact, than the guns did, because when we got there, about 10 o’clock, both brigades were fighting like h——1, and were to all intents and purposesstanding off Heth’s whole divison, about 8,000 strong. tion, or firing the first musket, I think that the 76th N.Y. is entitled to claini the credit of it, though the 56 Pa. was close at hand: and the late Capt. Ira N. Burritt, for many years editor of the “Sunday Herald’ of Washington, has often endeavored to demonstrate to me that hisregiment (56th Pa.) fired the first gun there. If you will visit the field you will see that Cutler's Brigude. kept on up the Emmitsburg rond till they came to the lane leading west from that road past the north side of the Lutheran Seminary, when they left obliqued out along that lane, and where it termina: ted in the narrow pasture just south of the Cashtown road and east of Wil- loughby's Creek they struck the lead- ing men of Heth's Division; the result of which was, doubtless, the most des- perate and bloody collision ever expe: rienced by two formations of troops anywhere on earth. Even after we got there, which was at least two hours after the first onset, we could see those troops over on the other ridge in our front firing into each other's besoms at ranges "of not more than 30 or 40 yaras. But the Iron Brigade left the Em. mitsburg road at a point considerably south of the end of this lane which 1 liqued and got into action south and west of the Seminary about the same time that Cutler's Brigade struck the enemy in the pasture. It must be borne in mind, when speaking of, the action of the Tron Brigade there, that the 2nd and 7th Wis; 19th Ind, and 24th Mich. went into action together A regular brigade formation of regi- mental front extended, while the 6th Wis. obligued to its right until it be- came entirely detached from the rest of the brigade and went clear up to the railroad cut, where it struck the advance of Archer's rebel brigade, which, with the help of the 14th Brooklyn, it captured or destroyed. After that the 6th Wis. came down the “railroad to our position about 2 a’clock P. m;; and with the aid of Big Dick Coulter's 11th Pa., of Robinson’s Di- vision, supported us to the end of the first day, and were the last of Jour in- fantry to leave the field. I have taken some pains to locate these positions, because my mother's cousin, Capt. Ambrose Baldwin, com- *manding ‘consolidated Co. I-K of the 20th N. Y., was killed there avout 11 o'clock in ‘the morning; and 1 have hunted out the spot where he fell. Col. Rube Dawes, Adj't Ned Brooks, and others of the 6th Wis.. claim that they got in first at the outer tailroad cut. where they captured Archer. Col, Lucius Fairchild. Capt, Bill Homes, and others of the 2nd Wis., and Gen. “Bill Dudley, of the 19th Ind., declared with equal vigor that they were the first to strike the enemy, when they wiped out the 26th N. C. regiment at, As to the moment of going into ac. have spoken of] and they also left ob. the fence just this side ofthe creek, this brief but awful combat was that one entire company of the 26th N. C. was completely destroyed by the Iron Brigade at that fence, not one man in it ever afterward reporting for duty, while the 26th N. C., as a whole, was made to suffer the greatest aggregate loss of any regiment in any battle of any war! ‘The truth of history, though slow, is probably sure, and for that reason some day the human race will learn that the fight made by the old First Corps the first day of Gettysburg was she grandest exhibition of soldiery manhood ever recorded. Cambronne at Waterloo said,'“T'he Old Guard dies; it does not surrender!” The First Corps at Gettysburg neither died nor surrendered. Sizty-five out of every 100 me, died or were crippled but the other ‘85 in every hundred were on hand as if they had never ex- perienced any trouble. Under such circumstances. and with suck a history, why should the veter- ans of the First Corps dispnte about the firing of the first gun? It wasn’t the first gun of Gettysburg that told the tale; it was the lust gun! J.et us yield to the claim of the 76th N. Y. as to the first gun, and proceed to inquire who fired the last one. —BugLL, in National Tribune. SLOW GROWTH OF THE OAK. Sixty Years Old Before Good Seed Is FPreo- + duced —Activity of the Roots. The extreme limit of the age of the oak is not exactly known, says the ‘Ohio State Journal, but sound and living specimens are at least 1,000 years old. The tree thrives best in a deep, tenacious leam with rocks in it. Stagnant water is one of its aversions. It grows better on a comparatively poor sandy soil than on rich ground imperfectly drained. The trunk, at first inclined to be ir- regular in shape, straightens at ma- turity into a grand cylindrical shaft. The oak does not produce good seed until it is more than sixty years old. The dcorn is the fruit of the oak; the seed germ is a very smal} object at the pointed end of the acorn, with the future root upper- most. The acorn drops, and its con- tents doubtless undergo important molecular and cheniical changes while it lies under its winter cover- ing of leaves or snow. In the mild warmth of spring the acorn swells, the little root elongates, emerges from the end of the shell, and no matter what the position of the acorn turns downward. 'The root penetrates the soil two or three inches before the stalk begins to show itself, and grows upward. The “meat” of the acorn nourishes both root and stalk, and two years may pass before its store of food is entire. ly exhausted. At the end of a year the young oak has a root twelve to eighteen inches long, with numerous shorter rootlets, the stalk being from six: to eight inches high. In this stage it differs from the sapling, and again the sapling differs from the tree. To watch these transforma- tions under the lens is a fascinating occupation. 1f an oak could be suspended in the air with all its roots and rootlets per- fect and,unobscured, the sight would be considered wonderful. The activity of the roots represents a great deal of power. They bore into the soil, and flatten themselves to penetrate a crack in a rock. Invariably the tips turn away from the light. The growing point of a tiny outer root is back of the tip a small distance. The tip is driven in by the force behind it, and searches tha soil for the easiest points of entrance. When the tips are de- stroyed by obstructions, cold, heat, or other causes, a new growth starts in varying directions. The first roots thicken, and become girders to sup port the tree, no longer feeding it di- rectly, but serving as conduits for the moisture and nourishments gath- ered by the outer rootlets, which are constaantly boring their way inte fresh territory. These absorb water charged with soluble earth, salts, sul- phates of lime, magnesia and potash, ete, which passes through the larger roots, stems, and branches to. the leaves, the laboratory of new growth. An oak tree may have 700,000 leaves, and from June to October evaporate 226 times its own weight of water. Taking account of “the new wood growth, “we obtain some idea of the enormous gain of matter and energy from the outside universe which goes on each summer.” Qak timber is not the heavizst, toughest, nor most beatiful, but it ccmbines more good qualities than any other kind. Its fruit is valuable food, and its bark useful in certain industries. for 650 years in London bridge came up in sound condition, and there are specimens from the Tower of London which date from the time of William Rufus. To produce a good oak grove requires from 140 to 200 years. It ‘seems a long time to an American, but. forestry is a perpetual branch of economics when once established. in-Breeding. Experiments made demonstrate that in-breeding of swine has done more than its share to spread the hog cholera; debility rendering the aol mals inéapable of withstanding the attacks of the disease, 2s well ag causing them to be more susceptible to it. A breeder who used boas of different breeds every season, such as Berkshire, Poland China, and Essex, found that the diseaserarely appeared and the animals more quickly re covered. Brass. Yellow brass may be made to keep its color without appearing varnished by means of a thin varnish of white shellac or a coating of collodion. It will retain its color for a long time’ without a protective coating of any kind if the finish is sufficiently fine. | (Willoughbys), Aungutar fe feature of : A light film of gold is the best possi: .ble coating for fps brass-work, An oak pile submerged: SUNDAY SOHOOL. LESSON FOR SUNDAY. NOV. 27, ‘Aspostles Turning to the G ntiles, Acts xiii, 4452, xiv. 17, Golden Tex , Acts xiii, 47-Commentary. 44. **And the next Sibhth day cama al- most the waole city together to hear the word of God” The apostles had, no doubt, spoken to many in private tnrough the week, and thes? who had heard tne preceding Sab- bath had not heen quist about the wondrous resurrection story, and the consequent great redemption so ful.y ani fresiv proclaimed. It hecame the talk of the town, and an im- mense copgregation assembled, not to hesr the w.sdom nor the oratorvo. tie apostles, but to. hear the word of God. 45. Suca manifssc worsiaz of thy Holy Spirit coull not but provoks the alversary “to envy and blispae ny. Compare Acts v., = +83: vir., 54. If none of tha Tslisions people k against or a community ars stirred to the preaching iv 1s an es A that they are atl wonderfully in symoabtay with Christ, or thas the vroaching laczs sait (IE Tim. iii, 15; Col. iv, oh. 46 “To tae Jew first! was the princip'e Ae upon in ail apostolic praacaing (Rom. , 16), then to the Gentiles. Mau has the Tower of receiving or putting frou him this great gift of everlasting life waich Gud bas provided at such intinite cost, but if any ose | Judges himself unwortuy of life, itis equal ty judging himself worthy of death (John Bik: - 36: Rom. ii.; 4, 5). . Pauls commission was to bsar the — ot the Lord not only before the chil- * dren nf lsrae., buc befora the Gentiles (Acts ix., 15),and he quotes from Isa. xhx., 6, con- cerning Israer’s Messiah, called the Ser vagt of the Lord. “I will also give thes for a light to the Gentiles, thay taou mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth.” While the mystery of tae caurch is nos ra vealed in the Od Testament (Epo. 1i., & 6), the callinz of th> Gentile Nations after israel shall have been converted is an ol repeated fac:; and vet Paul sams togataer from this passage sometainz conc roiag his Hr mission to the Gentiles. Be The Gentiles eave heed to the message, ana ‘by recaving the word of the Lord they glorified it and were made glad, and as maosy as were ordained to eternal life believed. Not all are now given to Christ, but all who are given shall come (John vi, 37), and wno- soever will may come (Rev. xxii, 17), sure thét none will be cast oat. This is tow tim of salvation for the elect church, after which shall come the saivation of Tsruel, and thea ot all Nations (Acts xv., 14-17.) ny 49. “And the Word of ‘the Lord was : lished throughout the region.” Tais is the work of the church and of every individual wember of it, to proclaim everywhere a full and ires redemption through the death and resurrection of Jesus that all may hear, that so from all theelect church may be gath Her song indicates that she is to bs made up or beieYors from all parts of the earth Rov. v. + 2 bo. How little these honorable woman ‘and chiet men thought that by this conduct they were declaring themselves against and His Christ, When the seventy ware sent out Jesus said, "He that despiseth yom despiseth Me, and. ‘he that despiseth Me de~ spiseth Him. that sent Me” (Luke x., 16. But this rough wind would work God’s'g] by scattering yet more the precious =r **Surely the wrath of man shall praisa Thee” Ps. Ixxvi., 10) Sl. “But they shook off the dust of their {feet against them, and came unto Iconjum.” | Compares chapter xviii, 6, and see their in- structions in Mark vi. i: Luke ix., 5. It is our privilege to prociaim the glad tidings, to make known the love of God, to offerte all ;n His name eternal life, eternal redemp-~ tion; and while expecting that some will re~ ceive it; quistly leave results to God. 3%. And the disciples wera filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost.” All that we are called upon to bear tor the sake of Christ and His truth should ‘be borne cheariully, for He has taught us to be excseding glad, and leap for joy, under such, circunistances (Math. v., 10-12; Lake vi, 23, 23;, ears told that “For toe joy sat betors Him, He endured the cross” (Heb. xii,, 2; anditis written that the wortniest ot Hev. xi, were sustained by the joys before them, Sea es+ pecially verses10, 16, 2); 23, Consider also Rom. viii, 18; L Pat. vs, 12 % Chapter xiv, 1. Having passe i on > Iccniam, we find them as usnal first among the Jews, and $0 Speaking voat a rear mik- titude of both Jews and Gentiles beliaved. The key to this must be found in the last verse; they were tilled with the Holy Spirit. ‘Why may not suca promises as these ba true of us and in us in these days? 2. Again the enemy is stirred and it is manitest that the devil is losing some of his subjects. It should give us great encourage- ment when the Word preacaed provokes tne adversary; while, on the other sand, if the waters ave not disturbed Wa nave reason to fear that there is no healing power presaot. 3 They abode here a long time, ths Lord blessing His Word and gr: anting taem power to do signs and wonuers, according to Mark Xvi, 20, and Heb, ii. 3 ‘One has said shat when we yield ourseives tully to God wiit yield Himseit fully to us, and this shiuld cause us to inquire véry earsiully as to whether we are yeu withholding aught, from Him ana thus .osing tine enjoyment of His tutlness. 4. A aiviaed city, some believed ani some believed not (chapwer xxviii, 24). Abel be= lieved and Caio velievad not (Heh. xi. 4; £ Jobn iia. 12). Soin bas bast and wii pe till the kingdom come and God's will is done on earth as in heaven. 5 Jesus taught His followers to expect Sylering and even death for His sake (Math, .. 28; John xvi., 2). And by His spirit He uphe them to ®ake pleasurs even in theses things. Seschapters vi; 41; xg., 24; II Cor inthians xii, 13. Being made awars of the coming stofm they fled to other cities, not because they feared death, but because Jesus had taught them “When they persecute you in this oitF, flee ye into another” (Math. x. 23). All law ‘ful means to preserve life are not inconsis- tent with readiness to lay down our life when Ha calls us to it. Many times they sought to take His life, but could not till His hour game and then He gave Jr. up. - . ‘And there they preached the Gospel. They aiso lived Hing Badr for Paul could ’ 2 to the Thessalonians, "and doubtless to all others, ‘‘Ye are witnesses, and Gol also, how holily and justly and unoblamably we behaved ourselves among you that believe.” tI Thess. ii., 10). Like Jesus, they first did and then taught (Acts i, 1; Mark vi., 30). If the church would give herself to living . and hing tne pel, instead of : smusing and entertaining the people, fo the Great Head of t! BaCharen would delight to show Himself strong on her hehalf (IE Uhron. xvi, 9) and so hasten her comple bon.— Lesson Helper. The Volcano of Stombeli. Mr. Sala, in hisgossip in the Sun- day Times of London, tells how the volcano of ‘Stromboli came to be = known to English sailormen as ‘Old’ Booty.” The legénd is that one Capt. Booty. a master mariner trading to the Mediterranean in the seventeenth century, ‘became so notorious fer drinking and swearing that he was seized upon by the flend and carried off to the interlot of. Stromboli, from whicn he has continned ever since to utter profane language ‘by means of tongues of fire and pufls of smoke. LL Otp DocToR—*"No, sir. I never dave a ‘patient die on my hands never.” Young Doctor—*“How do you manage it?” Old Do \
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