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Sabbath Dav SUGGESTIONS.

1T is not so much the being exempt
from faults as the having overcome
them, that is an advantage 10 ms; II be-
ing with the follies of the mind as with
weeds Of n field, which, il destroyed
and consumed upon the place where
they grow, enrich and Improve IL more
than ii none had ever sprung there
SWiH
In all thy actions think God sees
thee; and in all His actions labor io see
Him; that will make thee frnr Him;
the fear of God is the beginning Of
knowledge, and the kunwledge of God
is the perfection of love.-QUarics.
Patience is the ballast of the soul,
that will keep IL from rolling md tum-
bling in the greatest storms aud lac
that will venture out without tAns 10
make him sail even and steady will GER
tainly make shipwreck and drown him
self, first in the cares and sorroWs Of
this world and then in pcrdition.-
Bishop Hopkins.
Peace does not dwell in outward
things, but within the soul; we may
preserve it in the midst of the bttorost
pain, if ours will remain firm and sub
missive. Peace in this life springs from
acduiescence evenin disagreeable things,
not in an exemption from suffering
FeneLOn.
No man is 10 suppose that he is not
a Christian because he is not RubIrct
of preeminent experiences. 10 nay be
n very desirable thing for You 10 have
them: but even if you have them not
YOU may yet be n Christian. He who
does the will of God or seeks 10 do IL;
he who keeps the commandments Of
Christ; he who fulfills the Scripture
saying, "And hereby we do know that
we love Him if we keep His command
ments, he is ChristiaD.--H w.
Bee, her.
The idle man is the devils cushion,
on which he taketh his free ease, who,
as he is incapable Of any good, 80 he is
fitly disposed for all evil motions. The
water soon stinkrth, whereas
the current ever keeps clear and clean
lv, conveying down ell nOisome matter
that might infect il b. The force OF his
stream. Bishop la I.
The ruin OF most men dates from
some vacant hour. There is satricil
poem in which the devil is represented
as fishing for men, and fitting his bait
70 the taste and business Of his rey;
but the idler, he said, gave him no
as he bit the naked hook.
Begin we'll at the very bottom car
ry up fidelity through every part of your
life; and if IL be given TO y6u, besides
this, 10 mount as the flames DO, aud
glow with the higher forms of Christian
experience, be thankful for them like
wise; but do not take one as substi-
tute for the other. Grow mp into
perfect maphcod in Christ Jesus.-A
w. Beecher.
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Lindeman on Gregarine in Chignons.

The British Medical Journal publish
es an article by Dr. Lindeman upon the
parasite bodies (Gregarinida) found in
the false hair and chignons usually
worn by ladies. These grow at the ex-
tremities of the hair, and form little
jumps, visible to the naked eye. Each
of these Jumps represents a colony of
about fifty psorosperms, which are
originally spherical, but become fat
tened and discoid by reciprocal pressure.
Under the influence of heat and mois-
ture these swell, and the granu ar con-
tents are converted into little spheres,
and then into pseudonavicell@, which
are little corpuscles having persistent
external membrane, and inclOsing one
or two unclei. These become free, and
float in the air and penetrate into the
interior of the human organism, reach
ing the circulatory apparatus, and ac-
cording 10 the doctor, reducing various
maladies, not the least of which are
affections of the heart, Bright's disease,
and pulmonary complaints. DIR. Lin
deman remarks, with the exactness of
the mathematician, that in a ballroom
containing fifty ladies forty-fve mil
lions of navicelle are set free, an I he
urges the propriety of abolishing false
hair on this account
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A Good Pig-Pen.

A Michigan correspondent of the
Rural Home thus tells how he built
his pig-pen: The main building is Is
by 20, two stories high, with cellar Z
feet deep underneath. The first story
is 7 feet in the clear, the upper one 6
feet to the plates. The upper story is
designed for holding corn and other
feed; the lower for cooking, mixing,
feeding and also storing. The pens are
on two sides of this building, and on
one end. The other end has a wide
door forentrance, aud also large windows
for light. The pens have lean-to roofs,
and are seven feet high In front and
four in the rear, There are two on each
side and two ON the end, six in all.
The floor of the cellar is cemented on
gravel, and that of the pen is plank
laid in morter on gravel, foundation.
Under the siIls of the pen there is g
wall going two and one half feet into
the ground and laid in morter. This
is to prevent the rats working under.
The sides of the pens are plank and the
roof shingled There are swing parti-
tions over the troughs, SO the pigs can be
shut away when putting ntheir feed. 1
intend to use cellars for storing potatoes
and roots, for winter and spring use, to
cook with meal. There is drive or
tub-well going down through the cell
lar,
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BY HoRsLEY BROS. & FIGUERs.

As soon as they were gone, / again
examined the marks, and found they
were a combination of letters and fig
ures arranged like this:
S-1225-D
copied them upon paper, and then,
taking the knife with me, went to nv
Office down town, to study out, if pos
sible, the cipher / had discovered. I
had no doubt that it was made by Cecil.
probably after he had been stabbed !:
and was convinced that the cause of
its being in cipher was that no one
would be apt to notice it enough to
obliterate it. But by what means could
obtain kew was now the puzzle.
Acting according to suggestion of
Lansing, I went to the public library,
and for a week rummaged its shelves
for any work that mentioned cipher
writing. l continued bringing home
books until my den looked more like a
reading-room than a detectives Office,
while in their midst sat Lansing, search
ing every page, and occasionally jot-
ting down something in book by his
side.
One day I entered with my arms full
of books, and noticed look akin to
triumph on his face as his pencil flew
over the paper. In answer to my in
quiry he handed me a slip of paper
upon which he had copied table CIV
ing the relative number of each letter
that is used in common English words.
I looked it over and waited for him to
speak. In a moment he looked up and
said:
g You see that table gives Sc the
prominence over all others; call 'e'
one. Then see 't is second best call
t. two. Then run your eyes up to the
fifth in Importance, and we have sd
and Il Take last number five, and
the figures, with the addition of the two
letters that were expressed, read, set
trd.' So you see have translated the
cipher in one way.
/ admitted that il was very ingen-
ious translation, and was very much en-
couraged by it, although the word
" settled" might not have any special
relation to the case in hand. But 1
did not doubt that it was nearer the
true rendering than any we had reached
yet, and it convinced me that the fig
ures were to be changed, in some way,
to letters, before the cryptogram could
be entirely solved.
About week after this, Lansing was
called out of the city by the sickness of
his mother. As parted with him at
the depot, told him to keep up his
courage, and to write out his defense,
while would attend to the remainder
During all this time the opposing
counsel were striving in every possible
manner to make an adamantine chain
of evidence that should Immediately
condemn the prisoner beyond any
shadow of doubt.
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CHAPTER II.

In this way nearly three weeks had
passed since the murder, when I re-
ceived telegram from Lansing, inform
ing me of his return to the city. All
this time 1 had been shut up in my
office, working, it must be confessed,
with little hope of success.
The day that expected Lansing's
return I went to the place where the
body had been found, and examined
carefully the marks on the wall, but /
could find no other than the ones I had
seen before, so concluded that those
were the only ones. As / stood looking
at them, however, 1 saw what seemed
to be piece of stone lying on the floor
of the cellar. As a detective sees a
clue in everything, I picked it up and
found, to my surprise, that it was a
piece of putty, AS soon as discovered
this 1 searched the whole wall to find
where the piece came from, and at last
l discovered that some marks near the
others were filed with putty. Iscraped
the putty away and the whole cryptic
gram appeared as follows:
S T-l225-D
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Carrier-Pigeons in the Franco German
War

Carrier-pigeons were ef great service
TO the French during the late siege OF
Paris by the German army. This bad
been fOreseen by the German com
manders and in order 70 prevent the
importation of these Invaluable mes
sengers from Belgium, where they are
raised and trained in almost incredible
numbers, they were very early in the
struggle declared contraband of war.
But in this matter at least the French
had been provident and long before q
German soldier had crossed the Rhine
the military authorities had collected
twenty-five Thousand pigeons, which
we're distributed among the command
ers of the various cities and fortresses
most exposed to the danger of a siege,
to be used as a means of communica-
ton. A depot was established at Bor-
deaux for the reception of new pigeon
recruits. After the fatal lines were
drawn aronnd Metz and Paris, and all
telegraphic communication with the
world outside had been severed, news
and orders were sent and received daily
by the pigeon post. The missives haG
TO be written on the smallest scraps OF
thin paper, in order not TO impede the
pigeons flight, and the camera and
microscope were called into Tequisition
to crowd the greatest amount of news
into the smallest compass. A whole
side of the London Ti7nes was on sew
eral occasions photographed on thin
piece of paper less than FIVE inches
square. This microscopic newspaper,
embracing news from all parts of the
world, was at first read by means of q
powerful microscope /; afterward IT was
thrown upon a white wall by means Of
a magic lantern in a darkened room,
where it was read by thousands OF
people.
The German commanders tried many
expedients to break up the pigeon post,
without success. AS a last resort they
brought to camp a large number OF
trained hawks, which made sad havoc
among the serial messengers. This was
roundly by the French news
papers and orators, but surely without
reason. n.-Hdrper's Magazine.
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flesh to stone, from stone to adament-
unmoved by Sovereigns infinite wrath
or Savior's priceless love-unmoved,
and therefore lost Oh, now may hell
swallow up our sons and daughters in
its depths in that agony of which no
due conception has ever crossed the
human breast; in that fire whose smoke
ascends forever and ever, because its
flames know no quenching!
& o, God as soul after soul Joins the
great caravan of humanity in its march
toward Thy judgment bar, inspire those
whom thou hast called to the office of
parents with all needful wisdom, grace
and fidelity. And take then our off
spring under the shadow of thy wings :.
guide them by thy counsel here, and
receive them to thy glory hereafter.
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y is far spent" .
Tarry with me, o, my Saviour
For the day is passing by;
See, the shade Of evening gather,
And the night is drawing nigh;
larry with me-tarry with me
Pass me not unLeeded by!
Many friends were gathered round me,
In the bright days of the past;
But the grave has closed above them,
And linger here the last
am lonely: tarry with me
Til this dreary night is past.
DiTnmed for me is earthly beauty;
Yet the spirits eve would fain
Rest upon thy lovely features:
Shall 1 seek, dear Lord, in vain?
larry with me, o, my Saviouri
Let me see thy smile again.
Dull my ear to earth-born music;
Speak thou, Lord, in words of cheer!
Feeble, tottering my footstep,
Sinks my heart with sudden fear:
Cast thine arms, dear Lord, around me-
Let me feel thy presence near.
Faithful memory paints before me
Every deed and every thought Of sin;
Open thou the blood-flled fountain,-
Cleanse my guilty soul within;
Tarry, thou forgiving Saviouri
Wash me wholly from my sin.
6.
Deeper, deeper grow The shadows;
Paler now the glowing west;
Swift the night of death advances
Shall it be night of rest?
larry with me, o, my Saviour!
Lay my head upon thy breast.
Z.
Feeble, trembling, painting, dying,
Lord cast myself on thee:
Tarry with me through the darkness
While sleep, still watch by me,
Till the morning. awake me,
Dearest Lord to dwell with thee.
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Stabbed
a. Firstone.

We did not either of us shout "eure-
kap' or anything else. But 1 looked
at Lansing, who was trembling like a
leaf, and said, "You ought to have
been a detective"
Having written out the cipher accord
ing to his translation, and being con-
vinced that I had been outwitted, or
something of that soft, by lawyer, 1
leaned back in my chair, and can't
tell why, but l burst out in a hearty
laugh, which Lansing soon joined.
After my risible powers were exhaust
ed, rang the bell for the errand-boy,
and sent note like this to Denning:
"Come up to my den this forenoon,
and bring some handy instrument for
the detection of foreign substances,
such as pieces of stone in blood"
After sending this l prevailed upon
Lansing to go with me to luncheon. In
an hour we returned and found Den
ming, with large microscope and sever
al small walls. | Immediately went to
my desk, took out Roger Lyons knife,
and handed it to him, asking him to see
If there were any pieces of stone in the
blood stains which still showed ON the
knife. He knew my meaning in an in
stant. And taking a vial he carefully
rinsed portion of the stains with its
contents, letting a liquid run upon a
glass side, which he had placed in the
suns rays.
Impatiently he watched and waited
for the evaporation of the liquid. 1t
was soon all gone, when he placed the
slide in the microscope and turned the
powerful sun-glass upon it. On look
ing into the lens, minute particles of
stone, some stained with blood, were
plainly visible, thus proving that the
knife had been used to cut the stone of
the cellar after the blood had stained it.
"This is the result you wanted to
reach, is it not ?" asked Denning, as
he looked me in the face.
Yes, l answered.
Then, taking piece of paper, wrote
for moment, anG then handed him
what l had written, with request that
he would sign it, which he did. 1t was
an affidavit certifying that, according to
the best medical knowledge the de-
ceased must have lived some time after
the fatal blow was received and that,
from minute particles of stone which
adhered to the blade, it must have been
used by some one, probably the de-
ceased, to cut stone with after the
blood stains were on It.
Here, then, was the evidence to prove
the innocence of the prisoner. could
not resist the temptation TO reveal it to
DR.. Denniny, and happier trio could
hardly be found than were assembled
in that little down town Office.
The trial was to commence in about
week, and, of course, we were impa-
tient for the time to pass.
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How Glover Improves the Soil.

Prof. Voelcker thus explains the ac-
ton of clover in increasing the fertility
of soils: All who are practically ac-
quainted with the subject must have
seen that the best crops of wheat are
produced by being preceded by crops of
clover grown for seed. / have came to
the conclusion that the very best pre-
paration, the very best manure, is a
good crop of clover. A vast amount of,
mineral manure brought within reach of
the corn crop, which otherwise would
remain in lookup condition in the
soil. The clover plants take nitrogen
from the atmosphere, and manufacture
it into their own substance, which, on
decomposition of the clover roots and
leaves, produces abundance of ammonia
In reality the growing of clover is
equivalent, to graf extent, to manur-
ing with Peruvian guano and in this
paper of mine I show that you obtain
large quantity of manure than in the
largest dose of Peruvian guano which a
farmer would ever think of applying.
1t is only by carefully investigating sub
iects like the one under consideration
that positive proofs are given, showing
the correctness of intelligent observers
in the field.
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Faith in the Worlds Progress.

If a man believe in God, il is almost
necessary that he believe also IN the
improvements of time. II "a good God
is ruling the world for His own high
and blessed ends, il must follow That
these ends are brought nearer hv every
rising and setting sun, and that every
age is an advance upon its predecessor.
II may not be seen To be so by very many
there are backward eddies in the most
headlong stream but, on the whole,
every age is an improvement on the age
il succeeds, and our own day is, after
all, the best day the world has yet seen.
To n man who wants 10 do good service
i'm his own time, we think this faith very
essential. One must, 10 work well,
rave some faith in his works success.
He can work TO little purpose who la
bors under the burden of this despair.
that the new days are always the worst
days, and that the worlds golden age
lies behind him. There is more 0f en-
couragement in the hopeful, and, We
b lieve, the more reasonable and Chris
tan faith, that we are but in the dark
ness ourselves, but in the darkness
which is only so in comparison with the
coming day but our darkness is the
brightness OF lhe uPNu 10 lht ulkhk
that lies behind, and that still before
us the eastern splendOrs wait behind
the hills. Better than the fathers will
be, let us trust, in the good government
of God. the children; old evil dies, If
new evil comes, and the old evil is the
worst That II exists in memory only
softens its dark outlines, while the new
evil is present and seen in all its hide
business. We have a right TO make our
own all the hope and courage that faith
confers. We have the right 10 do our
daily work, hard and fruitless M u ma
seem too often, under the help of that
high trust. We have the right 20
strengthen with il our own hands and
he hands of our fellow-workcrs. We
have no right, and are half traitors and
towards TO preach despair of our own
day, and mourn for the DAYS of the
past-days which bad their own sore
evils, which true men met, but which
we have for often, with the faithful
toilers who, by conquering those evils,
made our own better days possible
Huqh Miiie- Tim psOD.
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AT last the day arrived. The court
room was crowded, and many of the
detective force were present. After
some other business, our case was called
up. The Judge asked
g Guilty, or not guilty?" a L1A
Lansing, in behalf of the prisoner,
broke the silence with the words
" Not guilty" and added, !" I would
accuse Albert Firstone of the crime
charged upon my clientp'
/ sat next to the criminal when the
announcement was made, and as the
eyes of the court were turned upon
him, his self-possession left him. And
when Lansing asked that he should be
taken into custody, the poor fellow fell
over in a fit, and was taken out by
DOIiceman
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THRoUeH TIE PASS.

2ARaAREZ J. RRRsTos
IJust before his death, Cant. Matthew F ar.rrv
: - me wish which, almost in his very words
"Home-bear me home, at last,p he said.
rn. Ana not ieS yeS,a me where my dead are lying;
ana moorniul wintry winds sro sighing
Wait till the royal march of Spring
0arpets the mountain fastness over
III chatter1ng birds are on the wing
ana Dazzlng bees are IN the clover
Wait till the laurel bursts its buds.
A2ont the hchen'd rocks and foods
VI sunshine III the shady Places
6hen, when the sky, the air, the grass
,oNeet Nature all is glad and tender
Ahen, bear me through the Gosken-Pass,
AIlo Its dash Of May-day splendor."
- teiH we bear him Human heart
10 Natures own drew never nearer;
ana never stopped she to impart
her lore to one who held it dearer.
The stars had secrets for him: Seas
Revealed the depths their waves were
sreening:
The winds gave up their nasteries,-
The nds! hows confessed their meaning.
OF Ocean-paths, the tangled clew
He taught the nations TO unravel;
And showed the track, where safely through,
The hghtIing-footed thought might travel
VII.
And yet unspoiled by all the store
OF Natures grandsr revelations,
WhO bowed more lovingly before
The lowliest Of her fair creations
No sage Of al the sages past,
Ambered in Piutarch's limpid story
Upon his living age has cast
A rad suce touched with truer glory.
Z.
His noble living, for the ends
God set him. duty underlying
Each thought, word, action. .)-naught tran
scends
In lustre, save his noble dying.
III.
Do homage, sky, and air, and grsssI
All things he cherished sweet and tender
As through our gorgeous AOuntain-Pass
We bear him in the sunset slender!
: MAGNIFICENT mountain gorge between Lexing-
on, Va, (~here Capt. Maury expired,) and the Cen
raj Railroad.
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Il first one.

CThe letters and figures in italics had
been concealed by putty.)
1 took another copy and went back
to my retreat, leaving orders for no one
to be admitted to the cellar.
Here, nov, was another mystery and
from the revelation which l had just
received, WAS astonished into the be-
lief that Albert Firstone had some
thing to do with the crime. But yet
the cipher was still a mystery.
While was studying these new de-
velopments, Lansing came in. grasp
ed his hand with pressure that made
him vince, as 1 showed him tEe other
letters l had found. He looked at
them moment, and then, springing
from his chair, fairly shouted:
"F'irstone is the murderer, and his
name is e key to the cipher 70
And he showed me that the word
" Firstone" in my copy was separated
into two words, and that the line read 4:
"A first one." BY this key the figure
read, ga b b e." and the cipher, with
the addition of the part deciphered,
read:
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How can hard-working poor man
contemplate with any equanimity the
spectacle of Mr.. Beecher spouting away
fOrS1, 200 an hour-$20 minute?