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The Influence Of Teachers. q.

Consider the influence Of teachers.
Three thousand five hundred years ago
an Egyptian Princess took poor mans
child and taught it. The result Of that
education is not over yet. A thousand
thousand Jews reverence the laws that
child made. The Nation. he formed and
freed lives on. Compare the influence
Of Pharoah's daughter with that Of Pha-
roah himself. He ruled an empire.
Pyramids could rise ut his'bidding. His
skeleton is in some pyramid. Nothing
else remains!. To rule ina single heart,
to form and guide o child $ mind, is
greater than the grandest sway. / say
Il calmly, the teacher is greater than
the King. The King rules without; the
teacher,within. It is the influence that
is deep, compared with the, influence
that is widely spread in glory. glitter
and noise. Whether is il greater to
educate child or to rule d State? Let
it be tried by the test Of Dressing your
fellow.creatures. Here is man pcrched
up on high. dressed in a little brief
authority, with fingers pointing. That
is her' And here is Christ, with chill
dren round Him. HE took them up
IN His arms, put His hands upon them,
and blessed them" W. ". Robertson.
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Religious.
SOMETIME.

The night will round into the morn.
The angry stOrm.wind cease to beat.
The spent bird precn bis wet, tired wing,
Grief ceaseth when the babe is born.
There comes an end to hardest thing
~ Sometime
Sometime, some far time, late bat sweet
I could not keep on with the fight;
lcOuld not face my want, my sin,
The batfied hope, the urgent foe,
The mighty wrong. tho struggling right,
Excepting that surely know
Sometime IT. =.
Sometime, some dear time, shall win.
Icould not hold so sure. SO fast,
The truth which is to me SO true,
The truth which men deride and shun,
Were not sure it shall ut last
Be held as truth by every one
Sometime
Sometime all men shall own it, too.
Sometime the morning bells shall chino,
Sometime be heard the victOr-sOng,
Sometime the hard goal be attained,
The puzzles Shall he clear sometime,
The tears all shed. the gains all gained,
Sometime
All, dear time, tarry not too long!
Susan Coolidge, IN 5. 5. Times.
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" Tranceyoyance."

Soms interesting scientific expert
ments demonstrating the truth ofthe dis
puted phenomena Of clairvoyance have
recently been made by DR.. G.. M. Beard,
of this city. The sensitive" was q
lady, tie wife of = lecturer on mesmer-
ism. first experiment failed, but on
. secold trial the lady, whose eyes were
covered with cotton and closely ban
daged, was able to name accurately
cards drawn at random from pack and
held BY the doctor upon her forehead.
She al read the title.page of q volume
which the doctor took from his pocket.
Other experiments with coarse print
were equally successful, but she was un-
able toread fine print. .'f'i'
DR.. Beard calls the faculty trancevoy-
ance, and thinks that it may be devel-
oped t such q degree that the person
gifted With it can read entire pages, Of
Ordinary print held against the forehead.
The Idly, describing her sensations
when ID the trancevoyant state, says that
an electric light seemed to be thrown
forward from the back of tho brain up.
on herforehead, illuminating it'and en-
ablingher to see it distinctly. A further
study II this curious power of reading
without eyes will no doubt be of great
value 10 the development of the still
rudimatary science of brain and nerve
action Such experiments as thoss Of
DR.. heard are heavy blows at the
Theories of the materialists who claim
that al mental action is . physical phe.
nomenbn depending on the organs Of
sensation. What power is it, will they
tell Us, that reads coarse print when the
eyes ae practically blinded There
must b q faculty Of perception in the
brain quite independent Of the organs
of sigh, which, under certain rare con-
ditions, comes into play. What is it
that sess without the aid Of optic nerve or
retinaP Here is aquestion which opens
= wide and interesting field for specula-
tion.-N. Y. Tribune. ..,s
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| BHEBE.

Tho elder buds opened in the valley by tho
And the roses had uncurled their silken
l0avGs; s. IliNli .r5if.r ~ n
The harvest days were passing. and the reap
ers ,scythes agieatn,
Till the Jewel 1ields were dotted with the
sheaves.
It was then my IIcbe whispered, in the CLEAN.
ing. 1T the gate
While the daylight bloom was drifting into
"Love, the time is swift approaching the
L summer gr0weth late
Mh s,;h bet II, last red rose shall crown our
kissed her in the darkness, with the stars
alone to see. .-tt. -
And her brown eyes shone like jewels in the
gloom, 00 -
The night breeze tluttered family in the lofty
And lightly Npyeashe roses royal bloom.
vesting was DER,
IEad left my darling Hebe and my home,
Left lllovc and peace behind me-lcft nv
sunny western shore, ..,
foam.
All jealousy is cs1'el truly. cruel as the grave:
changed my heart; .....,.
In blind ndfeckIess haste sought the dan
ger OF the wave
Tore in cruelty her life and mine apart.
Yet when winds were daslling madly into
CULTS the whirling tide,
And the skies were dark with clouds of
1heafdthe Words thai once she whispered at
the fountain side
"Repember, ] will ever pray for you"
They came like birds of promise mid the how.
ling OF the storm. ..y"-
And the misery and doubt of terror's reign
Through the tempest and the torrent in my
heart they nestled warm,
And my trust in Heavens care revived
again. .,l
Summers golden hour, were over and the
-, SYt4SE9Yisned ip pride. :
When again trOd my sunny western shore,
1met my loving Hebe NJ the crystal fountain
And the demon, doubt, was dead forever.
more.
Autumn's cloudy spendor lowered over ma.
tire like a tfream;
Almost perfect were the mellow autumn
caves, tis'&t, D. &C.,. q .t.''
Where the elder blooms had faded glowed the
sumach by the stream
That was dashed with burning. crimson ivy
leayes,a on saiEuA gil4r.2.-8
Rose vines swung about the doorway, and
they hung beside the gate,
But TIE roses, royal fair, had passed away.
Save ote b4d my darling cherished, one sweet
gem that bloSsOmed late,
And that last red rosebud crowned our
\ b1idafdaE y 80 IH.
Hattie Whitney. in Boston Transcript.
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The Fuegians.

The inhabitants of Terra del Fuego
are described by writer who recently
visited that extreme part of South
America as a remarkable race-remark-
able in 70 far as they move in the lowest
grades of civilization. The men are
ugly, the women uglier than the men;
and DO ii are copper-colored, have mat
ted bl.ck hair, and huge shark:like
mouths. Indeed, their mouths must be
larger han those of any other known
race. Considering the struggles they
have fer existence and the humidity of
the atmosphere they live in, they are
more fully tleshed than was anticipated;
but, lile the trees of their forests, they
do not appear long-lived, no old individ-
uals bong seen among them. For some
time the manner of disposing of their
dead remained mystery, but woman
was fond buried in a split in q rock,
from which it is inferred that the dead
are PLACED in splits or caverns in rocks
and covered with stones. Efforts were
made to ascertain where they made
their nnoes, but they were unsuccess-
full. PGtages made of trees were found,
howevtr, over which itwas evident canoes
had been carried, and it was supposed
that tn, canoes were made in the interior
and carried to the seashore. Those who
followM the ship did so in bark canoes,
and aseach successive port was reached
went ,shore, where they erected for
themselves huts of boughs with skins
laid roughly over them. The huts were
too low for person to stand upright in,
and, like those occupied by Esquimaux,
were sami.globular.
In spite Of the GOODNESS of the climate,
the natives remained almost nude, even
duringthe winter months, though occa.
sionall. some threw sealskins over their
should rs. They relied upon coatings
of dirtfor warmth apart from that they
obtaintd by crouching over fires, but
were always shivering with cold outside
their vigwams. So long as they were
supplied from the ship with provisions
and these frequently disagreed with
them-they would not fish, neither
would they work, being in this respect
closelyakin to their congeners, the Aus
tralian aboriginals. Though they have
fires, they seem too indolent to cook
much, and frequently eat their seal
flesh AZ ,,aturel, even when it is decom-
posed. Those on board the vessel were
mild nannered, but given to annexing
article' belonging to the sailors, and on
this account q close watch was kept
upon them. Generally the race are sus-
picious of strangers, and until their con-
fidence in them is thoroughly established
the women are always sent inland.
When heir suspicious are dispelled they
mingle with Europeans freely enough.
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TORPEDO jim.
Il am dying; yes, dying"


--S<e>------
TORPEDO jim.
II am dying; yes, dying"
Away up on the Bing CHAM lands, in the
great northern oil field of Pennsylvania,
3 man lay dying. The flare Of a huge
gas,jet came struggling through the
wide crack of the rude hemlock board
shanty and fell on the form of a man
upon whose features the hanfllol trouble
and sorrow kalaet heavy traces. He
was alone, save the writer of this, and as
the hours dragged slowly along he grew
uneasy, as Il be feared and dreaded the
end which was inevitable. With an Of
fort he reused. himself. nor / 80
"What time is itp" he asked.
"Nine O'clock" ..4
"Big Jack won't be home till half
past twelve, and before that time l will
be locating wild cat wells in another
world" .....- ...
"Shalp + 90 for himP'' + = co 81"
"No, oh, no! Don't leave me.
couldn't watch out the last tour and run
the last bit yalppes N i want to,tell Big
Jack ssiRe1hhS But you will do just as
we'll. Can you keep secret?"
"Yes."
SWELL it'a a strange story; I've got to
tell, and 1wantf Somebddy to know it
before" s:s5 -. gt ,4l'sai,u
He paused long time for breath.
The cahAorH shanty's In which he lay
was situated in a sheltered spot among
clps>er % 9ag pine9, and WIS the
meaoecuphd Ithb lcsbihl t*o sdrillers,
sso tho $El;.ss;Y4 I'll e: s sa:s e. ::
night, busy with the test-well half a mile
swS1l tsyd satlsfs iswde' en}a' visit to
Bradford for provision supplies and the
fifth one lay in sEude bunk above the
gas stove, tossing from side to side and
waiting for the 'ssilept summons, 1t
was Torpedo jim; tA1 moonliehter.
What his real name was no one knew /;
he went under the dime. novel name of
Torpedo. jim .i9ome, men called him
Jim Barton, but whether or not that
was really his pi)4eEhk Of is friends
and acquaintance could tell. Jim had
been sich jpn three dgs, S0a theihesd
driller, Big Jack Sanford, said, and as
I stood BY the side Of His bunk and
watched the pain-c ontorted face wished
I might hit the veil hanging over this
mans life and 10 learn the romance and
tragedy lying deeply hidden beneath the
blue shirt and heavy coat. As stood
atohalsvgtelaly IL sssafeed up ID 3
sMy God, ia Soa hear tha.tpn i he al.
mo: .iiSSasl' isiAigi whit ii.
Np"
"A woman's 4StsGifn.. ANY Have heard
Il before more than once. Go outside
ard listen.''
CuriQqsly wondering what the, man
could 6ak / jplde1 "a door a5d steb-
!ssd .s|.p All =: .n by
the pines and the flare Of the burning
gas. Away of down the valley At tho
test.well I could hear the put, pun Of
the laboring engine q It swung the pom
derous drilling to9l,pp, and down, and
the ring Of the heavy hammer q the
tool-dresssr pounded the bit into proper
shape. No other. sound broke the still
ness Of the niGht. and the little cabin
! under the pine wasas silent o. the grave.
Into thA ~ ~ Anain and hv tia invalid, q
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International Sunday. School Lessons.

SECOND cUARTRR-1SSl.
jun. H. The Walk to Emmaus. Luke a: 1872
Jun. l9-Review of the Lessons. ..,..,-
Jun. 26--GoI5sl for the World. Luke "a: 44-53
THIRD QUARTER. 30
July 3-lsracl in Egypt ...... Exodus 1: LA
July IO-Thc Coming Delivercr. Exodus 2: sis
July 1.-THE Call OF Moses -. Exodus 3: ia
July 24-MOscs and Aaron. EXod. 4:27-3l; 5: l. 1
July 3l-MOses and the Magicians. .Exod. I: 8-l7
Aug. THE Passover. ........ Exodus IL: LA
Aug. 14-The Red Sea. ....... Exodus l4:l9-27
Aug. 2l-The Mamma. ......... Exodus 16: l. s
Aug. 2S-The Commandments. Exodus 20: LII
Sept. 4-The Commandments. Exodus 2O:l2.2l
Sept. ll-ldolatry Punished. >. Exodus ~ 1856
Sept. l8-Review Of the Lessons
Sept. 2j-Temperance ....:....... l Cor. 9:22-27
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them for the same reason. But there
was another reason why they should be
welcomed, and one equally important,
which was that it would etfectually do
away with the habit Of illiterate minis
tiers explaining the Scriptures, many of
whom in their explanations and igno-
rance gave words'G ,naahing; never in
tended, and, too often, perverted a
grand truth. He did not think now
that they would have the presumption
to undertake explanations, and this was
an incalculable, gain. Then again, the
sacred regard shown for the truth in
the revision, he thought, was thor
ough vindication of the re2iseis and
their work. He could foresee, howev-
er, how some might ask, '.HoW do you
know that we now have the TRUTH"
But the answer to this was the demand
of Professionalism for an intelligent faith,
and he thought none but the super
stitious and ignorant advance such q
question. tIa,, sd 9segaal&4e sl ~,
Referring to the King James re-
vision, the speaker characterized it rs
a remarkable work for that period. and
said that, while the revisers had had
some guide in tho Greek manuscripts,
they were not Greek scholars such az
we have to-day. In the new revision
there had been an accumulation of
these manuscripts, numbering in all
about l,760, and going back 10 the
fourth century,. These manuscripts
had been an unfailing source of inforA
nation in the work, and that there
were 80 many of them in favor of the
new revision. for in their multiplicity
they were all found to agree in the
statement Of all fundamental facts. To
illustrate, he said he had fifty pieces Of
coin which had passed to him from
former generations. He believed they
were genuine, and, if confronted by q
doubter who pronounced them spuri-
Gus, he would hold to their genuineness;
but upon being induced to submit
them to the best known scientific tests
If he should find one of them to be
spurious, he would feel the better salts
fed Of the character of the other forty
nine pieces. So il had been with tho
New Testament, and while the revision
pointed out not to exceed a dozen pas.
sages which had been translated wrong,
the test the other passages had been
pus to the better satisfied him that they
were the words Of God in all their
simplicity and beauty. Language was
. fixed thing, and tie student could 20
90 far and no farther. 90 there was no
danger of future trapslations differing
from the new version materially, es,
pecially since the Greek pronoun and
verb were now understood, which has
been . great obstacle in former re.
visions, and since the interpretations
heretofore had been attempts to i'm
prove the language without affecting
the purity Of the Word. M 5.ssa
Another source'of information to the
revisers were the additional versions
and trsnslations from tongue to tongue,
which. by comparison, had been = great
source Of help; md still another had
been the writings and quotations from
the Fathers, which in themselves con-
tanned the very gist and all Of the ele-
mentary truths Of the Scriptures. From
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CnuU Oh the W2lKlug.U08m anu tn0 E0ttl6
OF the cable against the derrick. The
silence became absolutely painful, until
at last the melancholy face Of the dying
man was raised again. 7,el
"Stra1ger, come nearer; I'm going
fast and I must tell you the rest. After
had killed that man / hid the body. In
. clump Of brush and searched him to
learn who he was. I never found out,
Ear be had on'his oily clothes and there
was nothing In his pockets only this, q
littlepiece Of paper, and on tits written:
what IL lifsa IT'S but . vapor; soon
| ii vanishes away True, isn't ita At
last I have found it 20. Well, after
r. hid that man in the brush heap ]
wandered around tho country and
couldn't eat or sleep. II WAS glorious
weather at that time; everything
wae ~ dry - . bone; and the next
day a. / stood before that brush.pils, BY
some power Of attraction that made me
70 there, ! saw great column Of black
smoke rise up near Rev City. knew
It va an oil fire, and know It would
sweep . large ara Of country and lesve
nbtAing but ashes and the casing in the
d Wells. The ground was sprinkled
wisA loil Ill over III 11ld and the
leayes wore q snlanmahla %
powder. Wal, IsHlA6Ae1 10 Raw City
iire grow larger. ala larger, and ~
at once became dsnd inoarnate md
set Tie leaves and oll-e1akad brush on
Gro around tho biz pile thAt Ed
the body a tie unfortunate panper I
had kilied. 1nstantly the wAois plaee
was d hlasing man 81 ~ are sspread
8 fa1i ~ 10 run 1os ~ llis. Uld
yoa eger g a on frel Yesf Ands1M
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the dead and aching hearts and broken
signs Joined With the moaning pines in
chanting = requiem for one to whom
fate had been 3 bitter enemy Down
past the well to . lightning blasted giant
pine tree, and ct is foot WIS . newly.
made grave, the last loving labor that
noble hearted Jack could do for his
dead friend. And then, q We lowered
the blue-eyed man into bis last resting.
place, the sun burst through . cloud
and fell full upon rs and cast . halo 81
golden glory about the scene, and when
I'll was done tho driller raised his arms
and said, slowly and solemnly:
Peace TO his dust and ashes through
time and eternity. Amen" m
Poor JimP Yes, poor Jim; for away
out in the Bingham forest, under the
world Of snow, sleeps the blue-eyed man
who win always bs. In the great army Of
those who die unknown to home and
friends and who Win to the end OF time
DO among the missing. And in hss
comfortable Philadelphis homo the pa.
tient, loving mother waits and watches
for her boy, the boy who viii gladden.
the old, tried heart and brighten the Old
home never again on this earth, and BY
and By che viii put away the veil.
~ 1fhls and gold.bowed spectaolel
I'd IL dawn 10 sleep the sleep thai
rS0&An III VF60On. haals al Woun6a And
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Some Opinions on the New Version.

At the prayer-meeting at the Fourth
Presbyterian Church last evening. Rev.
Herrick johnson, the pastor, according
to announcement, selected as the sub.
jec of a short discourse "the Revision
of the New Testament"
The revision, he said, was no new
thing, but was about as old as the new
covenant. The second century had
given the world revision. and follow
ing this had been revision after revis-
ion, each of which differed somewhat,
for. they. had been translated from Diff
fercnt tongues. The latest revision,
therefore, he proceeded to say, should
not startle US, for we were not the wor-
shippers of any particular text or form,
but of the truth. There might he some
thing startling to some at first, but there
was not to him. The law of associa-
ton, and the sacredness of the associa-
tons, tended to hold US to the old re-
vision of the Bible, and the fact that our
mothers and fathers had taught US from
and familiarized US with certain texts
made its very phraseology dear to us.
1t would startle some, no doubt, to miss
certain phrase from its pages, but the
revisers in their wisdom had kept the
law of association in view, and had pre-.
served all of the old associations that it
was possible to do without sacrificing
the truth. They had retained, for in:
stance, "Our Father which art in
Heaven" and other innocent archa.
isms, for the sake of association. While
the word switch" had given way to
"who' in common usage, it was we'll
enough that the language was left un.
changed, for it did no harm so long as
it did not pervert the truth.
From this the speaker went on to re.
fer to some of the changes made by
the revisers, such as the word "quick"
in connection with Gods name, which
had been changed to Giving" and the
text "Take no thought of the NOR
row." which had been changed to "Be
not anxious for the morrow" These
and similar changes did not destroy
the truth, but their tendency was TO-
ward simplifying it. Literally inter.
preted, such words and texts had con.
veyed a meaning different from what
had been intended, and it had been
necessary to explain them to children.
but with the changes these explana'
tions were done away with, and for
this reason he welcomed them, and he
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The learned doctor says. Keep som
kind of a tonic medicine always in the hous e.
and if anyone feels unwell, make free Use
of it. But first be sure it is both harmless
as well as mertorious. Put no trust i'll alco-
holic prepa ations their use will lead to in
temperance neither be partial to any reme-
dy that produces u severe cathartic effect,
for proslrntion Of the nervous system aid
digestive organs is sure to follow. The
inildest and best medicine ever invented for
strengthening every part of the body and
restoring impaired or lost organic functions
to their normal condition, and one which is
having m unparalleled and rapidly increas-
ing sale in the Eastern States. is Browns
Iron Bitters. Any druggist will procure it for
you if You request him to do 80. especially
when he finds you cannot be persuaded to
take some substitute. 1t does not contain
alcohol, AMI is the only preparation of Iron
that cures headache and does not blacken
the teeth. 1t is sure reviver. true
strengthen, and the very best medicine ever
invented for permanently strengthening the
pulmonary. urinary and digestive organs.
and preventing consumption, kidney dis
eases and chronic dyspepsia, often curing
these diseases when all other remedies have
tai.ed for it is truly natures best assistant"
--GaZotte.
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70 Cotton Shippers.

Houston il the most accessible
market. Your Cotton gets there
quicker and at less freight j.; yo"r
money gets to you quicker ; Cotton
is handled more rapidly and more
economically at Houston than at
any place else. It's dumped from
the cars into the press, sGring dray-
age ; it. is rolled from, the press a.
to the cars If shipped East by rail
into the barges Vshipped by sea,
{ for rail and Water transportation
compete for freight here, and here
IN lie the peculiar advantages Of
this market.) 1 shat endeator to
please my patrons By prompt and
buxincss-hke treatment, a'M gee
them the benefit Of these obrious
atlrantagcS.