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GnosNight rhaurht.


"GiYe Us something to think about
before we so TO sleep, mamma dear"
pleaded Charlie.
" Well" said mamma, turning away
from the window, where she had been
watching the sky, "tRke this every
cloud has q silver lining"
That's beautiful" said little Harry,
Z" but I don't quite know what it means"
"Pil leave you TO think over IL, and if
you can tell me by bed time tomorrow
Whist it means, we viii have nice little
talk about it then. Now, one sweet kiss
and good night"
"Do you think the clouds are really
lined with silver, Charlie 20 asked little
Harry, after mamma had gone down.
" No, of course not, they would be too
heavy, you know. But Pm sure they
look like it sometimes. Didn't you ever
notice how 1t seems as though the wind
blew a corner, as black as our coats,
snd showed the lining all white or
golden Y'
q Yes, often, p said Harry" 81 guess
God puts the dark side down on purpose
because the lining is too bright for Us to
look at like Moses, you know, when he
came down from the mountains" I"
1t must be because the other part is
nearer Heaven said Charlie, thought
.ully.
AZ wonder Il the clouds are not the
floor Of Heaven, Charlie" and Harry
raised his curly head from the pillow,
" you know it is all paved with gold ?'
" Yes, but | guess the clouds mamma
meant, must be sorrow or trouble, be-
bause you know how often, when papa
was sick, aud after baby died, she sang
Be still sad h cart. and cease repining!
Behind the clouds, is the still shining.
Aud she told me what it meant, that
no matter how much sorrow we have,
it Is for the best, for God sends it in love.u
"Oh!" and with long sigh of disap-
pointment the curly head sank back, and
there was silence. Presently an eager
little voice burst out:
Charlie, Charlie, are you asleep?
pve found out about the clouds. It's the
brightness of Jesus love bursting
through
Little reader, was Harry right Kollng
Reaper.
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MASONIC


The Door Of the Heart
Iyie the Door carefully. Brothers ef skill.
Ntgilant workers in Valley a1d Hill;
" Cowans ana caves troopers ever alert.
lyle the Door carefully. Door OF the II earl
CHORUS Carefully. carefully,
lyle The Door carefully
TYie the Door ear fully,
Dor or tue Heart.
Guard IL from envy ioRss let them not In,
Malice aud whisnsrings creatures Of SIN
Bid all unrighteousness sterrIfy depart,
Brothers In holiness Tglag the Hearf.s
CHORUs.-HOiily, holly,
lyle the Door holly,
lyle the Door holiIy,
DSOr OF the Heart.
But should the Angels OF mercy draw nigh,
Messengers sent from the MasserOn high
-hou they come knocking with mystical art
JOyfully open the Door of tue Heart.
CHOAUs.-jOyfuuy, Joyfuuy, ~
Ope the iO1r tOyfully,
op9 ths Door tOyfulIF,
Door Of tine Heart
Are thev not present, th 1se Angels, To- night.
Laden with riches ana parking with lighr9
Oh TO enlaJ all the bliss theY mpdrt,
LIT us In graf1tu fe open the II sart.
CHORUS Gratefully, thankfully,
Ope the ID JOr than kfully,
Ope the Door thankfully
Door or the Heart
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Some years ago, in New Brighton
Pa, at a conference meeting, the breth-
rem and sisters were ssked to name the
number of persons each could accommO-
date with food and lodging. One could
accommodate two, another four, etc.
Que lady arose, saying, II have but one
bed, and that I will share with any
brother who viii promise to behave him.
self"
Here is very Frenchy story. A
worldly cure was offered a seat in the box
of certain French Senator, to witness .
representation of La Belle Helene" !"
he replied to the offer: II is impossi-
BILE for me to 60. The ecclesiastical rules
prevent me. Bntif M. lie Senateur wishes
me to confess him, might get an idea
Of the piees In that wsy.H ~
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Take Him win You.

Christ at the counting desk, as you
meet that trembling debtor whom you
are about to deliver over TO the dogs Of
the law, to say to you, Forgive seventy
times seven.
Christ at the pen, to indite that ar
ticle, to turn that brilliant sentiment to
his glory. Christ at the fireside, to give
example to childhood of the walk and
conversation that belts you. Christ at
the polls, 20 tell you TO love your cOun-
trv, to accord to your neighbor the love
you would that be should have for you.
Christ 10 the pulpit instead of self, the
sophistry OF your own sermon, or the de-
dnctions of your own rhetoric. Christ in
the pew, 10 practice what you hear, and
to take all to yourself.
Christ On Monday morning, giving
light and love to your own countenance,
and causing your face to shine in glad
ness.
Christ at the bedside, TO point the suf.
ferer to Him who suffered for all.
Christ at the masthead, TO bear his
life and teachings, when out of sight of
men. unto all chimes and nations.
Christ in the dungeon, to justify, So
lace, and save from crime, and restore to
citizenship again. Christ with the lost
one, as she struggles with the demon of
poverty, and the wiles OF her seducer.
Christ with the statesman, to bid him,
in the fear of God, do all things, know
ing all govern ment is from him.
Christ at the cradle, to bend the plant
twig, and give it purpose and beauty for
ever.
Christ everywhere-no matter where.
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On Censure.

"For my part" says Rev. John New
ton, " if my pocket was full OF stones, l
have no right TO throw one az the great
est bsokslider upon earth. have either
done as bad or worse than he; or 1 GER
tainIy should If the Lord had left me a
little to myself, for am made of just the
same materials; if there be any differ
enee, it is wholly of grace"
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Mechanical Powers.
THE LEvER-WHEEL AND AXLE-IN-
CLINED PLANE-SCREW-

THE LEvER-wHEEL AND AXLE-IN-
CLINED PLANE-sCREw-
From London Judy
The first is the lever, which Is a kind
Of bar thus, the English bar is power
ful lever to lift people up. Sometimes, by
little pressure, i5 has been known to
raise them TO the peerage; but, on the
other hand, the bar Of the Old Bailey
has a directly opposite tendency. A
ticket-Of-leaver is the most efficient lever
for feloniOus operations. Any bar can be
used for lifting; the crOwbar is the kind
generally opted for shoplifting. II you
wish to know more on this subject, with
which watch making Is connected, study
Levers works.
The wheel and axle is a mechanical
power that usually does its work weel
and exIe-lently. TheIe are various kinds
of wheels; but hy-wheel is necessary
to all machinery, so that London csb pro-
prietors can make a good thing of it by
disposing of their old ones. The Wheel
of Life has a comic turn, and revoives,
probably, on q pivot Of mirth, which
must of course be very different from the
center of gravity.
The Inclined Plane. The best defni-
ton of this power is plain lady (Of un-
certain sge), who is inclined for matri-
mony; but in this case the drawing, or
attractive power, is generally rather de-
ficient.
A disinclined plane is a plane that's
out of order, and won't work. The car
penter who attempted to smooth plank
with Salisbury Plain was plainly an
idiot.
The screw is the most powerful Of all
the mechanical forces. A screw loose is
universally acknowledged to be q terri
BILE misfortune, and fatal to the success
fol working of all social, mental, and po-
litical conditions.
A ships screw, or propeller, is essential
to the very motion of the vessel in fact,
a ship's screw propels her.
The formation of a screw proper is that
Of cylinder wrapped round with spi-
raj coil, such ss-Dear me how can
make myself understood? Well, imag-
inc the monument turned inside out,
and the stairs on the exterior; that will
give good idea of it.
The wedge is the last mechanical pow
er, and the insertion of the thin edge of
it is well known to produce great changes
in every kind of social machinery.
There's no wedge like sharp one for
rail-splitting, or cleaving logs. (Sse
Wedgewood.)
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Nightly conversations via an Unseen

From the Meridian miss. Gazette.
There is a veritabie CHEST at Green
wood, Miss. The spirit of man named
Clarke, VINO was murdered at the front
door of = house i3 tbat place about H.
teen years sgO, has returned to earth and
holds nightly conversations with youog
Mr.. WaddingtOn. In q letter to the
Yszoo Banner, 3 passenger on the Plain
CITY says: ION last Friday night,
while the Plain City was tied at Green
wood, her Captain, Milt Dent, and her
clerk, Mr.. Hardy, together with Mr..
John Johnson, and other passengers,
heard q long and detailed conversation
between Mr.. WaddingtOn and the ghost
or spirit of Mr.. Clarke. The editor Of
the Yazoo Bonner says the facts are so
well attested that he cannot discredit
them. and that half Of the marvellous
pranks of the mysterious visitor have not
bsen told. The ghost predicts the tri-
umphant election OF Seymour and Blair.
It rattles and shakes the above men,
toned front door fsriously, in the pres
ence of crowds OF curious citizens, who
search in vain to discover any human or
other agency. The Banner promises
further developments
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A correspondent Of tae Boston DGVeger,
writing from Beirut, Syria, June %, says:
Among the Americans who have visited
Syria during the past season, whose
travels here will probably bear fruit on
their return, are Mr.. Church, the Ameri-
can artist, whose Niagara and
" Heart Of the Andes have already
made him famous ia America and on the
Continent, and DR.. Robert Morris, the
delegate of the FFeemasOns, of the West,
who wished to trace out the traditions of
Masonry in the land Of Hiram, King OF
Tyre, and OF Solomon, the great MasOns
Of antiquity. DR.. Morris has succeeded
in the object OF his mission, and left
s. ria last week on his h0meWard voyage
carrying the results OF ais labOrs with
him, in the shape of several tuns of wood
and stone, and Of antiquities, which he
has gathered up with great industry and
zeal at Tyre, at Gebail, Damascus, Jeru-
salem, and from ali places of interest
throughout the land. With these tro-
phies he will delight ais Masonic 5reth-
ren all over the land, So he tells them Of
the traces of the great craftsmen-S)lO-
mon and Hiram-which he discovered
in various places OF sgriptural interest.
The worthy Doctor did much by his
honest zeal and unaffected enthusiasm
to stir up an interest ia FresmasOnry,
and it is to be hoped that be will be able
TO stir up an interest at home in the nu-
merous lodges of his worldwide order in
the Holy land, and to infuse something
of his own Christian spirit into society
which processes to do 50 much for hu-
manity.
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Verdict of a Jury of Bow.

When DR.. Nathaniel Prentice taught
q public school in R0xbury he was very
much favOrite; but bis patience at
times would get very much exhausted
by the infrsctiOus of the school rules by
the scholars. On one occasion, In rather
a wrathy way, he threatened to punish
with six blows OF heavy ferule the first
boy detected in whispering, and appoint
ed some as detsctOrs. Shortly after one
of the detectors shouted:
master, John Z4igler Is Whispering. .
John was called up and asked II it was
fact. John, by the way, was a favor
ite, both with his teacher and school
mates
"Yes," answered John, "I was not
aware of what was about; was intent
on working out g sum, and requested the
boy who sat next, to hand me the arith-
metic that contained the rule which l
wished to see."
The Doctor regretted his hasty threat,
but told John that he could not suffer
him to whisper or escape the punish
meDt, and contiued:
/" wish could avoid it, but cannot,
without forfeiture OF my word. [ wilI,j
be continued, "leave it to any three
scholars you may choose to say whether
or not shall omit the punishment"
John said that he agreed to that, and
Immediately called out G. s., T. D. and
d. 2. d. The Doctor told them to return
verdict, which they soon did, latter
consultation as follows:
1.-The masters word must be kept in
violata-John must receive the threat
eued six blows Of the ferule; but it must
be inf cted on voluntary proxies-and
we, the RrbitrRtCFs, will share the num-
ishment by receiving each of us two of
the biOWsU
John, who had listened to the verdict,
stepped up to the Doctor, and with out
stretched hands exclaimed:
Master, here is my hand; they shan't
be struck blow will receive the pun
ishment.n so
The Doctor, under pretence of wipiDg
his face, shielded his eyes, and telling the
boys TO go to their seats, he said he would
think OF it. believe he did think OF it
to mis- dying day; but the punish ment
was never inflicted. AfidclEeses Journal.
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1t is, perhaps, not yet known to what
a height of charm and excellence gifted
woman can elevate herself, If she Is
allowed to mature, and If she herself will
have the patience to wait her complete
development to enter Into complete life.
They are married too young, they are
mothers before they have ceased to De
children, They are educated, besides, in
a wav to proIong this infancy through all
their life; accordingly, they have lost all
real power and all legitimate business IN
society.
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Little women.

George Augustus Sala celebrates little
particularly in the Bel5ravia; describ.
ing the Garibaldisn army of 1896:
We had but few, it is true; but their
courage and devotion We're tremendous,
Tney were full o! pluck and Hgo." They
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nurke.. 60 q : Iesrfeet VIC.

She is handsome, bGt il is not 4 beauty
arising from the features, from complex
ion or shape. She has all three ia
high degree, but it is not by these she
touches the hssrt-it il al that sWesG-
ness Of temper, bsnevaleace, innocence
and sensibiiiry which face can express,
that forms her beauty. She has q fscs
that just aEOuses your attention st first
sight; il grows upon you at every mo-
ment. and you wonder il did not more
than raise stgen bOp 81 first. Her eyes
have a mild light, but they awe when
she plsases, they command, ike q good
man cut Of Office, not by authority, but
by virtue. Her stature Is not tall she is
not made % be the admiration Of every
one, bnt the b sppiBess OF One. She has
the irmDess that does not exclude deli
C8cy-sll Of the s0ftDess that dOes not
imply weakness. Her vOics is soft, low
music, not formed % rule in public ss-
ssmblies, but 10 charm those who can
istiUgdish . company from q crowd ; it
has its advantage, yCu must come close
70 hear IL. To describe her body, de-
scTibes her miGd-Ons is the transcript of
the other Her understanding is not
shown il the VeFisty OF matter il eXerts
upon, but the goodness of the choice she
makes. Herpoliteness flows rather from
q natural disposition to Oolige, than any
rules on that subject, and, therefore,
never fails 10 strike those who under
stand good breeding and those who do
not.
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Mile. Schneider vas rather uDplsas-
anlly treated By her French landlord in
London, II. Daguerrean, at whose hotel
she stopped during her recent s9jJurn in
the British metropolis. Alter one OF the
representations Of the Grand Duchess Of
Gorelstein was over, Nile. Schneider
gave champagne sCpp-r wsich soon
assumed an eEC5sdiugiy gay chsEse5er
When the guests hsd left Nile. Soh1ei-
der, one or two hours after midnight, s
waiter knocked at her door an said
O. n. Daguerrean wishes to see you, Mad
emoiseiie." q" FiIyes s,3tTer," =" replied the
diva Of the sabre ds agR pere. N. DU
ggsrFsau came in anu said: Mile
Schneider, l regret exceedingly that I
can not keep you any longer 81 my house.
Il hiss always borne En excellent reputa-
tiol, which it would lose 10 case 1 should
tolerate IN it q repetition Of such drink
ing scenes as have just taken place ia
your rooms. BY p9rter Win tomorrow
morning, convey your trunks to any
palce you msy dssigaste." rBe, actress,
It is said responded by throwing tun-
bier 8t tine landlord.
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FOR wOmRX.OE
Kumsn Lumer-somnin omnla.

Hume1 Lumeu-Somnia BFEinia-
It was night, and the season OF Sleeps quiet
with bis phantom court round him, Of pleasure
Orpain,
And nov a pale speeter brings terrible hours.
That midnight. he came In ~ loveliest dress,
The sleeper with what he most lsnged for 10
How he smiled as he stood with the flowers In
rasn "a "a oF , ot ID sairAst an d sfo,y ed 11s our
face.
Ny owa Ioye!- 7 thought as your form bent
Il had co ne WITH Its oaarms to caFess and to
love
Thas miles hsd been passed, and the magic Of
Had brideei over distance aud ume-as tt
The vision was perfs,t, gazet IN your eyer
NOt a word could speak, they were broken
5shs stsw5 sS-ia rom the heart IN rs talness of
A. the rossbud-so Ike you, bent down for
kiss.
4 bsu=b III your cheeks a. our eager lips met,
T,lat sof5 GLOW n amp -ess! ttHnS 10 here yet,
-rfus ana ten ier as ever. your beautiful eyes
Why mast they lade cus Ike the stars AZ sun
rises
Taguah the day llas nov come ana no visions
reuagtn,
sweet feelings within me re -al you sgain,
Tuas hcGr must s-Ol c0me-aud approach, too,
with speed!
When desrest-not dresming-I--l D meet you in
Col F.. ~ AiezanoIer.
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Elasticity is another property pos
sessed by mechanical bodies, and is
shared in common by iDdia-rubber, bank
rupts' lockets and lawyers consciences.
Two bodies meeting {" Comm
through the rye" for instance), frequent
ly strike each other, especially IL both
are young and tolerably good looking -
in which case ask, as scientific per-
son, need body cry ?'
Bodies have the power of communi-
eating motion to each other thus,
body of police will set in very rapid mo-
ton a crowd principally consisting Of
pickpockets. You can test this in any
Iow-cality-the lower the better-in Lon
don.
"A body of directors, with power to
add to their number, may be defined as
an elastic body. This power is exhibited
in equal degrees by Baron Munchauseu
and Judy's feline companion; both have
the power of stretching their tales to an
alarming extent
Consult duty, not events. We have
nothing to do but to mind our duty. Oh
how quiet, as well as holy, would our
lives be, had we learned that single les.
son, to be careful for nothing, but TO do
our duty, and to leave all consequences
to God.
The principal mechanical qualities of
atoms ara attraction, repsstsion and ineT-
tia Mechanical attraction is that which
draws mechanic to public house, re-
pulsion turns him out when he has had
too much, and inertia is too frequently
the state in which he lies In the gutter
outside.
Goldsmith says: True eloquence
does not consist, as the rhetorioians ss.
sure US, In saying great things in q cub
lime style, but in simple style, for there
is, properly speaking, no such thing as
sublime style-the sublimity lies only in
the things; and when they are not so,
the language may be turgid, affected
metaphorical, but not affecting.
The Psssumpsic river is spoken of as
"liquid corkscrew." 1t is most
crooked stream of water, and is fully en-
titled to the name given it by some
unknown local genius. The stream is
not large one, but it furnishes motive
power to innumerable mills and manu-
factories, and is therefore regarded with
very kindly feelings by the Inhabitants.
The railway is obliged to cross 1t about
thirty times in the space of twenty-five
miles, and in one section of seven miles
there are eleven bridges, averaging
thlrty-fvs feet In lsngth.
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Ve'y Like Grown Folks.

Three little girls, sged from four to six,
went calling !" at Springfield, Mass, a
few days ago. Ringing an imaginary
door bell at the foot OF q tree, which they
played was the residences OF one of the
ladies on their " list," and supposing
themselves to have been admitted by that
individual, the eldest of the callers did
up the conversation after this fashion /:
y, how do you do +? o yes, it is beau
tifGl day! HoW's Hattie? It's very
lonesome down at our house, and I'd like
to have Hattie come aud stay with me
Ny husband has TO go to his work at
threezO'olock every morning /; and, be-
sides, he's taken q freak to sleep alone
lately, and bumor him In it. And the
nights are getting cool now, you know,
and ia like to have Hattie come and
stay all night. There! see my bus
band coming, and I'll have to say good
afternoon. Now, il you don't return
THIS call soon, l shall be very unhappy.
" dear he's almost home, and the house
Is ali locked up and everything y and
the lady tripped away to meet the four
year gentleman who had lately been in
duiging that reprehensible "freak.n
How Can Boys and Girls dc Coed 10 An
iInaIs7
There is probably no one of you boys
and girls who read this who may not, il
you viii, do some kindness to animals.
Every month after you have read this
little paper yourselves let your play
mates read it, and you will thus be teach-
Ing them to love the beautiful creatures
God has given US, and loving them, to
love him who made them.
When you see boys robbing birds
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Paris Caprice, 3 very spicy Paris jour
usl, pays its respects 70 the New York
Revolution, sud presents 70 its conside-
ration hs.f column Of sphorisms on
woman by some Of the best French
thinkers. AmORg them is one by Proud
hon. the famous political economist
4" EmsECipaied women, they make me
shuddeF; tell your friend that good wO-
men should, above al things, take pains
TO make good soup, and mend the stock
iugs Of their husbands" Alfred de Wig
nv expressed EbJut the same idea Ia q
somewhat seraphic style: Ny ideal
woman must be good, sweet and useful"
Alfred de MUsset wrote to AiBhOnse
Kari: d" All I ask OF 3 woman is to be
beautiful Paris Caprice says: Our
ideal woman must $50 be good, sweet
aad ussfui. As for emancipsted women,
We Insist that any member OF the fair
sex who occupies herself with political
economy should be shot.n
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TEle Dear Creatures 40 suissF Sc.
IssOn GnzIsn used to say that French
woman Will love her husband II be IS
either witty or chivairous; . German
woman, if he Is constant and faithful ;
Dutch woman if he does not disturb her
ease and comfort too much a Spanish
woman, II he wreak5 vengeance on those
who incur his dispiessuns an italian
woman, if be IS Jiresny and pOetical;
Dsuish woman, Il he thinks that her
ustive country Is the brightest and hap
piest on earth; a Russian woman, if ne
iespises su WestsrDers Is miserable
bsrosrisns; sn English woman, If he
succeeds in ingrstiatiBg himself Riththe
court and the aristOcTsey; an American
woman, if-he has plenty Of money.
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A Masonic Congress. embracing repre-
sehtatives of the craft from al parts Of
the world, has been convOked far the 18th
OF september, at Havre, France There
are i've questions set down for discussion
at this meeting:
l. Masonry st the present time Does
it maintain itself On q levsl with sOeial
and humanitarian progress?
2 On the iDfiuenee Of Masonry on the
general progress OF sentiments, ideas and
manners. How this influences should be
exercised at present? -ls.. .r
3. The fundamental principles of Ma
sOnry being universal, Wha5a measures
should be taken in order that regular Ma
sons may make themselves known in
workshops, with all the rites and all the
obediences?
4. How can Freemasons react on our
epoch against the idea Of war, which is
the negative of human fraternity?
). In what measure aud in what man
ner is it proper to practice proselytism
against the prOfsne2