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the simple but vivid form in which he
brought the truth home to them. In
these days the best religious literature
of the ages is, as never before, in reach
of the people who sit in the pews. No
minister can hold his own who does
slouchy work in his sermons. He can
not expect his hearers to care much for
his message if he does not care enough
for it himself to put it in the best form
he possibly can.
No more, on the other hand, can peo-
pie who give their minister too much
work to do expect him to do good
work. While the changing times seem
to demand more and more from the
preacher every year in the way of pull
pit preparation, they seem also to
multiply the duties that rob him of
the time and strength that he needs
for such preparation. DR.. Guthrie
himself during the earlier years of
his ministry wrote and preached but
one sermon a week. To write two
sermons week he pronounced, even in
his old age, ga serious task for any
man and an almost impossible task for
raw young man to do we'll" He
quoted his friend and parishioner Hugh
Miller, no mean Judge in such matters,
as expressing wonder how minister
could come forth Sunday after Sunday
with even one good and finished dis
course, and was much of the same
opinion as Robert Hall in his answer to
the question of some one who asked
him how many sermons he thought a
minister might get up each week. If
he is deep thinker and great con-
denser," was Hall IS reply, she may get
up one; if he is an ordinary man. two;
but if he is an ass, sir, he will produce
half a dozenr' Happy is the minister
who has Dr. Guthrie's knack for hard
work and who does not find more hard
work laid on him than he can possibly
do.-Good Company.
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matches and shooting matches, etc., in
the suburbs of London, whether at Hur-
bingham, Ranelagh, Lille Bridge, Or
leans, Lords or Princes, do not appear
in the afternoon drive unless they take
the park on their way, while card-leav-
ing and calls are a heavy tax upon
ladies' time in the season.
Dressing for dinner demands at least
half an hour, and ladies usually return
from party, park or match at Z 80. A
dinner party at home or dinner party
out follows, to be succeeded by one or
two cat homes" or one or two balls, or
by both ball and assembly. The opera
or the play come in during each week
for their share of attention, immedi-
ately after dinner, and the g at home "
or the ball follows. If an {" at home :"
has concluded the evenings amusement,
lady may expect to rest at 80 a. M,
but if a dance, hardly until 3 or 8 80 a.
IA. Thus leisure, as signifying freedom
from business or hurry, vacancy of mind
and convenience of time, is by no means
the every day experience of ladies of
fashion The Queen
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Gems OF Thought.

STRONG in the goodness of his cause,
with his face to the throne of God and
his foot on the rock of truth, a man can
stand against the world.
The man who strives to put some
thing into the world that shall make it
better, not simply seeking to get the
most possible out of it, never has his
head bothered over the question whether
life is worth living. 1t is the greedy
life, and not the generous one, that has
doubt as to the worth of existence
Golden Rule.
WHEN death, the great reconciler,
has come, it is never our tenderness
that we repent of, but our severity.
This we should always bear in mind,
and by keeping bitter words from our
lips, drive them from our hearts. Love
we can never regret, but hate may fill
all our lives with bitterness. Then let
us cultivate love. which is the charity
of Christian goodwill.
THoMAs-A-KEMPrs, who died just one
hundred years before the German Re-
formation, is said to be the author of
this prayer: "Give me a clear under
standing against all error, clean heart
against all impurity, right faith against
all doubtfulness, a firm hope against all
diffidence, fervent charity against all
indifference and negligence, great pa
thence against all disturbance, holy
meditation against every filthy imagin-
alton, continual prayer against the
devils assaults, good occupation against
the tiresomeness and drowsiness of the
heart, and lastly, devout remembrance
of Thy holy passion against the wound
ing of the soul by vices. Assist me, o
my God, with all these. Thy good gifts,
and confirm me in ali Thy holy words.
Amen.'
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The Clerks Who Rise.

MANY clerks continue in subordinate
positions all their lives, because they
are of no special value TO their en-
ployers. If clerk wishes to rise, he
must make his services so valuable to
the house that they can't afford to do
without them. 1t is not enough, in
order to acquire this special value, to
be handy and willing He must also
gain such knowledge of the business
as to be master of all its details.
Sir Joshua Walmsley, rich merchant
of Liverpool, began as a clerk on sala-
ry of forty pounds year. His employ
ers were grain merchants, and the
young man, determined TO rise, set
about acquiring a knowledge of grain.
The man who had charge of the ware
houses of the firm prided himself on
knowing grain better than any one in
Liverpool. Finding the clerk anxious
to learn, the old warehouseman was
willing to teach him. Twice a week,
before breakfast, and long before office
hours, they would go together to the
stores and ships. "Old Peter" as he
was called, would show his pupil SAM
Piles of various kinds of grain. At first,
the number bewildered the youth. But
perseverance enabled him in time to
master all the mysteries of grain, such
as quality, weight, condition and origin.
Old Peter would take a handful of all
sorts of grain, English, Irish, Scotch,
American, European, and spreading
them on table, ask his pupil to tell all
the characteristics of each sample. No
one knew of these early lessons, and
the employers wondered at their clerks
knowledge of the business. Customers
soon found out that the youth knew
more about grain than any one in the
establishment. and consulted him. One
day the firms " traveller and salesman
resigned. 1t was the best position in
their employ, and they at once pro-
NOTED young Walmsley to it. His SUI
perior knowledge of the business justi-
fed their jumping him over the heads
of the other clerks. The rise, though
a great one, found the youth abundant
ly able to meet its responsibilities. He
h ad so trained himself that his employ
ers recognized his value. When the
term of his clerkship expired, several
offers of partnership were made him,
one of which he accepted. He rose to
wealth and honor, because he made
himself valuable to his employers. =
Youths Companion.
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Census-Takers' Stories.

ONE hundred and sixty-eight men,
visiting all the residences in St. Louis,
could scarcely avoid coming across
many curious and interesting facts and
hearing numerous amusing adventures.
The enumeration for Carondelet dis
trict says he came across a woman of 80
years of age who said that she and her
parents were all born in that place. He
found one family consisting of father and
mother and five sons, and each member
of the family was born in different
State. The most amusing case was that
of an old French woman, who somehow
imbibed the notion that the object of
the census was to provide means for
finding people who were lost. She
had three sons somewhere in the coun-
try, but did not know where, and hoped
the census-taker would send on their
names to headquarters and have the
lists overhauled that they might be
found.
wOMEN's AGES.
One census-taker said he had great
deal of trouble to get some women
to report any thing near their real ages
They had an idea that the lists would be
published, names, ages and all. One
woman gave her age as so years and
that of her husband at 45. There were
several children, and after taking the
younger ones he came to the eldest,
whose age she gave as n years. elbow
is that?" inquired he, 'were you only
nine years old when that child was
born?" The woman laughed, and said
he had caught her nicely that time. She
admitted that she was nineteen years
old at the birth of the child, which made
her forty years old now.
MISTAKEN FOR PEDDLERs.
One of the difficulties encountered by
the enumerators arose from the fire.
quency with which they were taken for
picture peddlers, which the large, fiat
book carried by them gave some color
to. 1t was no unusual thing for them
on entering house to be greeted by the
wife with the exclamation " We don't
want to buy no pictures here"
"But, madam, am not selling pict-
ures."
Well, we don't want to buy moth
ing"
Madam, have nothing to sell. 1
am census-taker."
"Wen, we don't want no census
nuther, SO you can just git"
After long explanation the woman
comprehends what is wanted, and gives
the desired information.
They are also frequently taken for as
SCISSORS or tax agents, and one suburban
enumerator says that several times when
he was seen to enter one house the in
mates of the neighboring ones either
ran away or locked themselves in and
refused to appear on any summons.-St.
Louis Republican.
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The Emperor of Austria the other
day visited public school for girls in
Prague. Entering one of the junior
class-rooms, he found the children en-
gagged in their French lessons. "Let
the children translate something" said
the Emperor. "What is the French
for Long Live the Emperor =" asked
the obsequious schoolmaster of a little
girl of ten. The girl stepped forward
and wrote ON the blackboard in bold
hand and with perfect photography,
give rEmpereurp' "Now, give me
the plural of that sentence" asked
the Emperor. Without a moments
hesitation the child turned again to the
board and added, set L Emperatricer'
A hearty laugh and an Imperial kiss
were the most suitable reward for this
youthful esprit.
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Extra Care of Calves.

THERE is no labor, food or care which
makes a better return than extra atten-
ton to calves. Too often they are UNI
provided with pasture, but are in a
close lot or tied up, and have only linn
tied rations of milk twice day, without
oats, meal or flaxseed. Healthy and
thrifty animals with well rounded bod
les, their happy looks and actions repay
tenfold for their additional food and
care. Besides, there is no wisdom in
starving calf all summer, freezing it
all winter, and then complain because
the poor thing is not able to make re-
spectacle shadow.
Calves can be made to be worth 1926
at year old, by the aid of three dollars
extra food, or they can be worth only
five dollars by neglect. On the one
hand the owner ought to be deprived of
sweet sleep at nights for his cruelty to
such kind and innocent calves, and on
the other ought to be and will be happy
in viewing so noble and contented speci-
mems of his tender care, and his neigh
bors will rejoice that the owner is able
to pay his debts. There is too little oil
meal or flaxseed fed to calves. 1t is
needed by them in their rapid develop
ment for bone or muscle. If farmers
would raise and keep it for their own
use, there is no cheaper or better
food for calves, colts, horses, COWS
and even hogs. In winter especi-
ally, as more than 40 per cent of it is
heat and fat-producing food, it should
be more generally used. The oilmeal
is only the bran of the faxseed, with all
of the oil extracted which the most
powerful iron presses can accomplish,
leaving but little of the real virtues of
the fiaxseed in it. The seed is sold by
farmers to the mills for 1-2 cents per
pound, and then the refuse is sold by
the mills at $30per ton, or 1-2 cents
per pound, when one pound of faxseed
is worth three of the meal. Farmers
could mix one bushel of fiaxseed to four
of oats or corn and get them ground at
feed mills, and they would have Just
what they want and their stock need.
When the time comes that farmers are
independent enough to have their own
haxseed, without being mortgaged to
oil mills, then it will be possible for any
one to buy haxseed if he does not raise
it. There are no farmers but should use
some every year, while others should
use largely.
But we are pleading now for present
care of calves. If there is neither flax
seed nor oilmeal to be had, wheat mid
dlings and corn meal are good substi-
tute. But stop that calf's bawling, re-
lieve your own conscience, and repen-
ish your depleted finances. TO2yn St1fe
Register.
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How London Society Ladies Regulate
the Duties of the Day.

IT is not given to every lady to be an
early riser. The highest lady in the
land, her Majesty, sets good example
in this respect, rising at both in win
ter and summer, while the occupations
of each hour of the day are arranged
with due appreciation of the value of
time; hence she is able to undertake
the heavy task of conscientiously read
ing over all papers and documents SUBJ
mitted for her signature, which she
never appends without careful perusal
Of each, besides which she personally
enters into wide correspondence, and,
in addition to the hours devoted to
official duties and to the hours given to
walking, driving, paying and receiving
visits, portion of each day is set apart
for reading of varied character.
The generality of ladies usually rise
between and 9, and breakfast at 9 80
Or 10. Immediately after breakfast Or
ders are given for the day, the nursery
and school-room are visited, notes and
letters written and answered, invita-
tons given and accepted; people are
seen on business, whether for charitable
objects or for domestic and household
purposes, including modistes, boot
makers, etc.
The hours between 10 and II are
passed by other ladies who have not the
same responsibilities in any particular
pursuit which they have elected to fol-
low. Not long is given by most ladies
to their toilet in dressing for riding,
walking or driving, and at - 80 they
are usually ready for either of these
amusements.
1t is in the morning, from ~ to 2,
that visits are paid to relations and in
innate friends, and it is in these hours
before luncheon that shopping of any
real Importance is done. The afternoon
hours are passed in various ways. La
dies who ride in the morning do little
shopping before paying calls, as do
others when too much engaged at home
in the morning to admit of their going
out for this purpose. Ladies who have
young children usually go with them in
the afternoon to their several classes for
dancing, riding or French, and occa-
sionally the children are taken by their
Enothers to morning performances from
3 to 5, or the children are taken for a
drive around the park before it is crowd
ed; or mother gives an hour to her
children before going out driving. Other
ladies, who have no children, or who,
if they have, give but little of their time
to them, either constantly 60 out to
luncheon themselves, or give luncheon
parties at home, which fill up their time
close to the hour for driving. Dressing
for driving is with some ladies accom-
plished in very expeditions manner,
and they are fully equipped in ten min
utes and ready within five minutes Of
the hour at which they have ordered
their carriage. With others dressing
for driving is a very elaborate affair,
and their carriage is kept waiting by
them for perhaps an hour while the
finishing touches are being put to their
,coiffures.
Those ladies who have q round of 5
O'Clock teas and garden parties in OF
out of London, or who patronize polo
matches, lawn-tennis matches, cricket
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FOREIGN GOSSIP.

PRINCE BISMARCK has entirely giver
up smoking, the doctors having pro
bounced tobacco an impeachment to 8
cure of his nerves.
THE Marquis of Butte has been Sc
pleased with his visit to Jerusalem that
he has bought house near the Mount
of Olives, which he will fit up as an oc-
casional residence.
AMONG the foreigners visiting Paris is
the Princess of Austria, eldest daughter
of Queen Isabella of Spain. She arrived
with her suite, and took up her abode
at the Hotel Baselewski, formerly the res
idence of her mother.
IT is said that more than three millions
of women in England and Wales are
earning living-or trying to earn one
in the various trades and industries.
But their wages are so low that six years
ago society-the Women's Protection
and Provident League-was organized
to raise them.
THE ladies of the Court of st. James,
during the season of official mourning
for the late Empress of Russia, were or
dered to wear for several days black
dresses, white gloves, black or white
shoes, feathers, and fans, pearls, dia-
monds, or plain gold or silver orna-
ments, and afterward black dresses,
with colored ribbons, flowers, feathers
and ornaments, or gray or white dress
es, with black ribbons, flowers, feathers
and ornaments.
THE group of trees near the statue of
Achilles, at Hyde Park Corner, Lon
don, is the gathering place of fashion.
Here Mrs. Langtry, Mrs. CORVALLIS
West, and Mrs. Wheeler, the beauties
most in vogue, are wont to repose be-
meath the shade and assemble round
them groups of their male admirers and
female gossips, until each little narrow
space between the trees becomes as gay
and animated with the f1uttering and
chattering of visitors as the most bril-
liant salon in St. James's.
THE Gaulois says that on the eve of
the late duel between Rochefort and
Koechlin the former went to the play,
and enjoyed it like child, while the
latter was equally light-hearted among
his friends. When they met on the field
next morning, Rochefort was very nerv-
Gus, and seemed in haste to have the af-
fair ended; he gnawed his moustache,
twirled his imperial, and he could not
stand still. M. Koechlin, on the other
hand, was cold, impossible, and abso-
iutely correct both in dress and in de-
meanor. After two minutes of fighting,
Rochefort was wounded in the stomach,
which shows how important it is to keep
cool. .,... ...
DURING the recent military review in
Berlin the Emperor William, during
pause in the maneuvers, discovered
standing beside the Greek Envoy the
little daughter of the Queen of Greece,
who was gazing with all a child's eager
ness and delight at the grand scene be-
fore her. The Emperor quickly rode
up to the spot, and, bending down from
his horse, asked after her mamma, who
was staying incognito in Berlin, and
whether she was enjoying herself. The
little lady, who is only five years old,
answered in German, and quite brisk
conversation then followed in that Ian
guage between her and the aged mon
arch.
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Religious.
HELP.

THE world is full of labor,
1t tolls in WEAKNESS;
You cannot bear its burden,
But you can make it less.
A little child is trying
To lift heavy load;
Go help the helpless toiler
Along the weary road.
A poor old, friendless woman
Is tottering on alone;
Her trembling strength has failed her.
Go offer her your own.
Though little be the action,
Its heart the Lord shall see,
And His shall be the witness:
aye did it unto Me-"
Charles r. Richardson, in the Cross.
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THE Bangor Commercial refers to an
esteemed contemporary as "a Hima-
layan Liar" This strikes us as quite a
lofty flight of igurative newspaper
compliment, and we commend it favor
ably to the notice of Mr.. Kearney and
the poets. Perhaps a neat addition
might be made by abiding also to the
person as an Amazonian horse-thief.-
N Y AdrertiSer
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SUNDAY morning Brown told his wife that
he did not feel able to go to church, but that
she might take the children and go, while he
would see if he couldn't walk off the deathly
feelings that came over him. The programme
was carried out, and Brown came home feel
ing very much better; but now his wife is
anxious to know why he had four angle
worms in his coat pocket. Some women
make themselves disagreeable by being so in
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Globe.
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portage (Wis.) State Register

An incident like the following is always
worthy of record: During cavalry charge
under Gen'l Fitzpatrick, in North Carolina in
our late civil war, Mr.. G. A. Setback was
thrown from his horse and received severe
sprain of the left wrist. He used various lin
iments for sixteen years, without effect, and
was cured by single bottle of st. Jacobs Oil
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Some years ago DR.. K. V. Pierce, of the
Worlds D.spensary and Invaids Hotel, o
Buffalo, n. Y, and London, was sent for to ex
anime terrible disease of the knee Joint
resulting in liberation and extensive slough
ing OF the bone and tissues. The mans life
had been despaired of by the previous at
tendants Amputaton of the thigh wa;
promptly decided upon and skilfuIly per
formed by DIR. Pierce, and as after treatment
to purify the blood and prevent recurrence
of the malady, the Doctors Golden Medical
Discovery Was freely prescribed. The mans
system was thoroughly purified and strength
ened, he rapidly gained his health, the stump
healing nicely, and he is to-day happy man.
This case was among the first in which this
wonderful blood-puritier was tested 1t has
since manifested its wonderful power over
the worst scrofulous and other blood diseases.
Taken for time it so purifes and strength
ems the system as to strongly fortify it against
the encroachments of diseases. Sold by
druggists
MIDDLEvILLE, Mich, Feb 18th, 1879.
Hon. X. V. PIERCE;
Dear Sri would say that | have sold your
medicines for seven years. The Golden Med
zeal Discovery is the best cough remedy |
have ever used, and in every case where
have recommended it it has cured. | have
used it in my family for my children. 1t
cures their colds and coughs in a day or two.
Ny wife has used it several times Wien down
sick. 1t invariably gives immediate relief.
It's sale increases daily.
j. B. HESTER, Druggist.
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[St. Paul and Minneapolis Pioneer Press.l
Cheap at any Price.

With this In view, Mr. L. Nippoldt, Wood
bury, Mimi, writes: If it should cost five dol
lars bottle, l would still buy the Hamburg
Drops. 1t cured me, and no price is too high.
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"A Detroit boy found a railroad sig
nal torpedo, and, placing it on his
knee, he hammered it with brick un-
til it exploded, blowing away his leg.
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WELL, Father Brown, how did you like
the sermon Yesterday" asked young
preasher. "Ye see, parson," was the re-
ply, / haven't fair chance at them SER
mons of yours. Pm an old man now and
have to set pretty well back by the stove: and
there's old Miss Smithie, Widow Taft N Ry-
lan's darters N Nabby Brit N all the rest set
ting in front of me with their mouths wide
open swallerin' down all the best of the SER
mon, N what gets down to me is putty poor
stuff, parson, putty poor stuff"
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ANDY SMITH is Chicago burglar who pays
his entire attention to drug stores. If he robs
them at their selling price, one or two breaks
VIII suffice to make him millonaire.-Bos.
ton Post.
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TECHNoLoGIsT-Some friends and Yourself
wish to know the quickest way of becoming
practical miners. Well, take your friends
money and your own and invest it in mining
stocks; in few weeks you may find your.
selves minus.-BoSton Commercial Bulletin.
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THE following composition has been
turned out by an American scholar
aged nine years: "a boy without ia
Their is norphan, without a mother, a
double norphan, but is oftenest without
grandfather or a grandmother and
then he is norphanist."