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TIE HIGu PRrEsr's DE,iASp.-"I con-
jure thee" says the High Priest. "in the
name Of the living God, tell us whether
thou art the Christ. the Son Of God" But
II this is an honest desire to learn the
truth why ask him. Ask John the Bap-
tie. whom We have regarded rs prophet
and who has confessed that this was
Christ. Ask his works, which no one be-
fore him had ever done, and which testify
that II is the Father, who has sent him.
Ask the witnesses Of his life, and you shall
learn whether imposture has ever been
accompanied by so many proofs Of inno-
cence and holiness. Ask the Scriptures,
you who hold the keys Of knowledge, and
see " Moses and the prophets have not
testified of him. Ask the blind he has en-
lightened. the dead he has raised, the lep.
rous he has healed. the people he has fed,
the sheep Of Israel he has recalled, and
they will tell you that Heaven never be-
fore gave such power to men; ask Heaven
which has so often'opened above his head
to warn you that this was the wcll-bcloved
Son; and II these testimonies are no: suiii-
cient. interogate He'll itself, and You shall
learn from the demons. who obeyed him
by departing from the bodies, that he is
the 'Holy One OF God. ."-lMtSIiioa
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Overtaxing Children in School.

At the recent meeting of the Wiscon-
sin State Medical Society paper was
read by DIR. Waterhouse, of Portage City,
on the subject of Debility in Children, cs.
pecially with reference to the evils Of
overtaxing children in our schools, the
facts and suggestions of which were deem
ed so valuable that a resolution was adopt
cd, requesting its general publication by
the press, for which purpose 1t has been
revised by the author. We copy few
passages -
'In our common schools of the present
day-evcrywhcrc, but moro especially in
cities and the larger villages, where the
best teachers are sought and generally OBJ
tained-every inducement, every incen-
tive that can be devised and brought to
bear to stimulate and encourage study is
faithfully and persistently applied. The
consequence is that many Of our bright
est and best children, of from six to ten
years of age, are performing more study
more mental labor. than most Of the
business men, or more than their teach
ers. am aware that many children are
sluggish in temperament, and will bear
and seem to require urging to get them
to learn; yet, with many Of this class,
it is their rapid growth that takes away
their energy, and even ability to study +;
and, consequently. you must fail to get
them to learn much until they cease to
grow so rapidly; or, If you succeed in
getting study out Of them, you induce
anamia. What else can You expect ?
You cannot get more from the blood
than there is in Il; and since the blood
must supply nourishment to the brain
and the body and all its organs, for their
growth, besides repairing the waste Of all
their exertions, il follows that, whenever
you tax that fluid beyond its income,
disease Is the result.
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SYsPATIn.-He who has had expert
ence Of great and sore trials, and has
borne them well. Is the most cheerful COM
panion to sorrowing heart. Having
sounded the depths Of aflliction, he can
best guide his friend in them. Despond-
ing Christian, in the river of Death. said
to Hopeful. 81 sink in deep waters; the
pillows 90 over my head; all his waves
20 over me-" Hopeful said. "Be Of good
cheer. my brother; / can feel the bottom.
and 1t is good" Having partaken Of the
af.iicti9n and Of the consolation. such an
one can bring smile Of peace and even
Joy to a carcworn soul, when prosperous
friends would only deepen the gloom.
Let the angel Of the Lord encamp around
me TO deliver me, but give me the "Man
of Sorrows" for my friend; I want a
friend who has been stricken. smitten of
God. and afflicted"
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Shaking Hands.

maintain that the shaking Of hands,
rightly administered, is n means Of grace.
You, nv dear sir, are established, and ev-
cry one knows you to be solid man.
There Is man beside You just fighting
his battle, and making his way. You
know him. and nod to him. Take him
by the hand, my dear sir. 1t will do him
good. and If he be cast down a little. rs
men will sometimes be, it may encourage
him. 'Qnr minister shook hands with
me-" What made that hulking fellow
too big to be boy, too raw to be a man.
announce that fact so loudly when Inc
went home? The truth is. for sensible
effect on him Il was more than u sermon.
John Smith has been hard drinker, but
Is trying fairly TO get out of 1t. Going
down the village street, he meets MIR.
Brown. who is '.boss" at'thc works above"
Mr.. Brown shakes hands with "Mr.
Smith," in sight of the entire village
Does that do Smith any good? tell you
II is as good to him rs one of Mr.. Coughs
admirable lectures. II says rs plainly rs
II Mr.. Brown had written it: "Alr. Smith
YOU have only to take care of yourself
and YOU will be n respectable man in spite
of all" That makes Smith stronger: and
when he goes to church next Sabbath,
and looks Mt Mr.. Brown. he will find II
easier to believe Gods most loving word
Their sins and their iniquitics will re-
member no more" So "shake hands and
be friends"-at market, on the street. and
above all. at church. presume the Apos-
tie meant something when he said:"Grcei
all the brethren with holy kiss" Some
quit church for want Of this means oi
grace. Everybody looks rs If just return
cd from the North Pole, and there had not
been time to thaw, and the deacon who
runs the church" Qf anything so lifeless
can be said to be rum, had been in CON-
mand of the party. l suspect the boys
sometimes say: "Well, guess l ought to
be good, but II ever do, 1t won't be long
with the deacon They wait, poor boys,
till some one comes along tcith heart
getting no good in the meantime-whose
genial. life-likc ways make them "feel
kind o. good" and they catch the inspira-
ton ..and run with gladness in the way of
Gods commandments" DIR. John Hall.
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.uisceilasse0sss.
Colonel Crickley's Horse.

have never been able to ascertain the
origin of the quarrel between the Crick-
leys and the brakes. They had lived
within mile of each other for five years,
and from the first of their acquaintance
there had been n mutual feeling Of dislike
between the two families. Then some
misunderstanding about the boundary o
their respective farms revealed the laten
flame, and Col. Cricklcy having followed
n fat buck all one afternoon, and wounded
him. came up to him and found old Drake
and his sons cutting him up! This Incl
dent added fuel to the fire, and from thai
time there was nothing the two families
did not do to annoy each other.
One evening Mr.. Drake the elder was
returning home with his "pocket full Of
rocks" from Chicago, whittier he. had
been to dispose OF load Of grain. Sam
Barstow was with him on the wagon, and
Ms they approached the grove which in
tervened between them and Mr.. brakes
house, he observed to his companion
"what beautiful mark Crickley's ole
Roam is over yonder!"
.IIang itr muttered Drake, $50 1t is,
The horse was standing under some
trees about twelve rods from the road.
Involuntarily Drake stopped his team
he glanced furtively around, then with
queer smile the old hunter took up hi
rifle from the bottom of the wagon, anC
raising II to his shoulder, drew n sight or
the Coloners horse.
"Beautifulw he muttcred, lowering hi
rifle with the air of man resisting pow
erful temptation. IL could drop old Roar
so casym
"Shoot," suggested Sam Barstow, wh'
loved fun in any shape.
mo. no. 'twouldnt do" said the ole
hunter. glancing around him again.
II won't tell" said sam.
"wal. won't shoot this, any way, tel
or no tell. The horse Is too nigh. IL h
was fifty rods of instead of twelve, 81
there'd be a bare possibility Of mistakini
him for deer. I'd let fly. As it is, IL
give the Colonel five dollars for shot"
At that moment the Colonel himsel
stepped from behind big oak, no
half dozen PAGES distant, and befor
Drake.
"Well, why don't You shoot3"
The old hunter stammered in some con
flsion-"That you, Colonel3 IL wa
tempted to, and, rs l said, III give "V'
for one pull"
"Say an 'X' and it's bargainw
Drake felt Of his rifle, and looked at oil,
Roam.
"IIow much Is the hoss worth'" he nut
tered in Sans ear.
about fifty."
"Gad. Colonel, III do Il! Here's You
.X.'n
The Colonel pockc,cd the money, nut
tering-
Hanged If 1 thought you would tax,
me upm
With high glec, the old hunter put .
fresh cap on his rifle, and stood up in hi,
wagon close sight on old Roam. San
Barstow chuckled. The Colonel put hi.
hand before his face and chuckled too.
Crack. went the rifle. The hunter tor,
Gut n horrid oath. which l will not repeat
sam was astonished. The Colonel laugh
ell. Old Roam never stirred
Drake stared at his rifle with lool
black rs Othello's. Whats the matter
with you, hcy' Fts' time You ever sarv'
cd me quite such trick. I swar!"
And Drake loaded the piece with great
wrath and indignation.
People said you'd lost your knack o'
shooting" observed the Colonel. in cut
ting tone Of satire.
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Snare Lines.

Opening perS0rmanees-0ys.ermeu's hN0r'.
Moving for new trial-courting second
wife.
He who assais q drunken man Is Ike one
Who clubs house when the owner Is away
COINS ar, supplied at all the railway stations
In Hiudostan! Such thOushtfalness does not
obtain here.
Tia swallows are flying high, which means
tha. winter viii set In early-Or late, We forget
which.
A guest at Saratoga mistook large silver
handled dinner knife for his pocket handkerchief
A policeman pointed out the error.
Why ha flirting wife like the 'Pokes on .
wheeli Because she rcyolyes between the hub
and the felloes.
A youthful Sabbath School listener wanted to
visit the queer place where the Dead Sea- He
couldn't ses how they did II.
A Philadeiphia paper represents the catfish in
the Schuylkill as swimming about with tin cups
in their mouths. begging for drink.
A bachelor. in commenting upon the large
amount which Queen Victoria saves annually
from her salary. remarked that "thers was q
widow worth going for.
A pretty girl says: ''If il was wrong for
Adam to live single when there was not wo-
man on earth, how guilty are old bachelors,
with the world full Of pretty girls Sure
enough!
A tipsy Irishm,n. as funeral procession was
passing By, was asked who was dead. 81 can't
exactly say. sir" said he; "but I presume 1t is
the jntleman in the coffin"
A man recently advertised in the Utica, n. T.,
papers for young ladies' "willing to leave the
city," and received responses from nearly every
girl in the place. That's complimentary to
Utica, including her young men.
A card was hung out Of a dirty little oyster
shop in sandu.ky City. Ohio, while the State
Sabbath School Convention was in session in
ths, place, which read "Oisters in every stile,
cooked 10 order. Friends Of the reiemer will
please to csul."
A writer in the Orange County IN. ~
Chronicle has reached bottom on spiritual rap
pingsp He says they proceed from subderange-
ment and hyperehervescence Of small eonical
grsndular bodies situated heterogcneously in the
rotundum Of the inferior aeephaloeySs which.
by coming in unconscious contact with the ether
iration Of the Eve superior processes Of the DOR
sal yertebre. also results in 'tippings by giving
rise to spontaneous combustions with certain alb
normal evscuatious Of multituiinous sehinorhyn-
Gus 6ieornis, situated in various abdominal orr
fees That Is just what We always supposed.
but couldn't express 1t
Mark Twain assumed his editorial position on
the Buffalo Express with the following oharac-
teristic address to its readerss-"I am simply
going to do my plain. unpretending duty, when
cannot get out Of It. shall work diligently
and honestly and faithfully at all times upon all
occasions when privation and want shall compel
me TO do it, shall not make use Of slang or
vulgsrity upon any occasion or under any cir
cumstances, and shall never use profanity except
in discussing house rent and taxes. Indeed,
upon second thought, win not even use II thsn,
for Il is unchristian, inelegsnt and degrading
though, to speak truly, do not see how house
rent and taxes are going to be discussed wOrtha
cent without it,
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"Give a negro watermelon and an
umbrella and he is a happy man." is an
old Southern adagc. 1t vas curiously IL
lustrated the other day. Old Uncle Tony,
who is very religious, was seated in his
door gazing Mt the starry skies, when Mas
John came along and remarked, "Well,
Unclc Tony, the end Of the world hasn't
come yct."-"No. Mas John. an was
Just thinking how good dc Lord Is to us
poor niggers, to put 1t of till artcr water
melon season."
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the mind. I found. too. that the imagin-
alton threatened to influence the passions,
and tha, IL I meant to be virtuous must
dismis, my musings. The conflict was a
hard one; / resolved. prayed. resisted
sought refuge in occupation, and ut length
triumphed. Ibeg you to avail yourself
of nv experience.-Chdnning.
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"who said so' It's a lien Numbered

Drake. II can shoot"
"a horse ut ten rods! ha! ha"
Drake was livid.
"Look yere Colonel, ] can't stand that'
he began.
"Never mind, the horse con," sneered
the Col. "I'll risk YOU"
Grinding his teeth Drake produced an
other ten dollar bill.
"Hcre!" he growlcd. 'Tm bound to
have another shot, any way"
"Crack away" cried the Colonel, pock-
cting the note.
Drake did crack away-with deadly aim
too-but the horse did not mind the bull
let in the least. To the rage and unutter-
able astonishment of the hunter, old Roam
looked him in the face rs II he rather
liked the fun.
Drake" cried Sam, "you are drunk! a
horse at dozen rodS-oh, my eyes"
"Just shut your mouth or I'll shoot you!
Numbered the excited Drake. 'The bull
lets was hollow, III swear. The man lies
who says can't shoot! Last week l cut
of a goose's head at fifty rods, and kin do
1t agin. BY the Lord Harry! Colonel,you
cariaugh, but I'll bet now thirty dollars
that kin bring down old Roam at one
shot"
The wager was readily accepted. The
stakes were placed in Sans hands. Flat
ed with the idea Of winning back his two
tens and making an X into the bargain
Drake carefully selected n perfect ball
and buckskin patch, and beaded his
rifle.
A minute later Drake was driving
through the grove, the most enraged, the
most desperate Of men. His rifle, limo,
cent victim of his ire, lay with broken
stock on the bottom Of the wagon. Sam
Barstow was too scared to laugh. Mean
while the Colonel was rolling convulsed
with mirth, and old Roam was standing
undisturbed under the tree.
When Drake reached home, his two
sons discovering his ill-humor and the
mutilated condition of his rifle stock, has
tened to arouse his spirits with piece oi
news which they were sure would make
him dance with joy.
Clear QUIT" growled the angry old
man. 81 don't want to hear any news
get away or I'll knock one of you down.
"But, father, it's such trick!"
"Blast you and your tricks"
"Played Off on the old Colonel"
"On the Colonel" cried the old man,
beginning to be interested. cad, If you
have played the Colonel trick, let's hear
it."
"well father, led and I, this afternoon,
went out for deer"
..Hang the deer-come to the trick"
Couldn't find any deer, but thought
we must shoot something; so Jed banged
away at the Colonel's old Roan-shot him
dead"
"Shot old ROAM" Numbered the old
man. "By the Lord Harry, Jed did you
shoot the Colonel's hosp"
81 didn't do anything else"
.Dcvil.. dcvilm groaned the old hunter,
"And them" pursued Jack. confident
the joke part of the story must please his
father. "Jim and propped the horse NJ
and tied his head back with cord, and
left him standing under the tree, exactly
ms If he was alive. Ha, ha, fancy the Col.
onel going to catch him! no, no, no! was
not that joke"
Old brakes head fell upon his breast.
He felt his empty pocket book, and looked
ut his rifle. Then, in rueful tone, he
whispered to his boys
"Ycs, boys, it's joke! ButifyouSver
tell of it-or il YOU do, Sam Barstow-
I'll skin You alive! BY the Lord Harry,
boys, I've been shooting at that dead hoss
half an hour Mt ten dollars shot,"
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Do anything innocent rather than give
yourself to reverie. I can speak on this
point from experience, At one period Of
my life i was n dreamer and castle
builder. Visions Of the distant future
took the place Of present duty and activi-
ty. Ispent hours in reverie. I suppose
I was seduced in part by physical debil-
ity. But the body suffered rs much rs
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Sunday Reasftsss.


Arc VIC sowing seeds OF klndness'
They shall blossom bright ere long.
Are We sowing seeds OF discord'
They shall ripen into wrong.
Are we sowing seeds Of honor'
They shall bring forth golden grain.
Are We sowing seeds Of fAlsehood'
We shall yet reap bitter pain.
Whatsoe'er our sowing be,
Roaping, we its fruits must see.
We can never bc too careful
What tho seed our hands shall SOW,
Love nom love Il sure 10 ripen,
Hate from hate Is sure 10 growi
Seeds OF good or III We scatter
Hecdlossly along our way,
But q glad or gricvous ffuitaSo
Waits US at the harvest day.
whatsoe'er our sowing be,
Reaping. We it, fruits must see.
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