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The PardOned Sharp-ShOOter.

In his history of Company F, First
United States Sharp-shooters, General
Ripley narrates the following touching
incident: SIN one of these rallies there
fell man from another company whose
death as well deserves to be remembered
in song as that of the Sleeping Senti-
nell He had been condemned to death
by the sentence of court-msrtial, and
was in confinement awaiting the execu-
ton of the sentence when the army left
camp at Falmouth at the outset of the
campaign. In some manner he managed
to escape from his guards, and joined his
company on the evening of the second
days fight. OF course it was irregular,
and no precedent for it could possibly be
found in the army regulations, but men
were more valuable on that field than in
the guard-house; perhaps, too, his cap
tain hoped that he might, in the Juror OF
the battle, realize his own expressed wish
that he might meet his fate there, instead
of at the hands of firing party of the
provost guard, and thus, by an honorable
death on the battlefield, efface to some
extent the stain on his character. How
ever it was, a rifle was soon found for him
(rihes without owners were plenty on the
field, and he took his place in the ranks.
During all of that long forenoon's fight
ing he was marked man. All knew his
history, and all watched to see him fall (;
for while others carefully availed them
selves of such shelter as the field afforded,
he alone stood erect and in full view Of
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The Quiet Little Prayer.Circle

Is there one in your church this winter
Just a quiet little gathering of women
who love the Master, and find refreshment
when sitting low at his feet and talking
to each other of his love. Such blessing
comes from these modest, almost hidden
meetings, that if you had ever experienced
their tender, Christening, elevating in
huence, you would be reluctant now to do
without them. "Church work ;" is wearing
a good many women out, the kind of
church work which is often of doubtful
value in the end, viz fairs, festivals, en-
tertainments of every kind. You give
yourself willingly to that style of Chris
tian effort, but sometimes you think you
have no time to spare for the woman 8
prayer-meeting. Prayer and meditation
are too often abridged, if not almost
crowded out in these busy lives of ours
But plant does not thrive without moist.
ure, and he who has promised to be as
the dew unto Israel, comes with especial
closeness, and kindest revelation of him
self, where two or three are assembled to
call upon his Christian Inteligencer
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COLLINS,


a plate of SOLID GOLD IA 2-l0 karats
fine is soldered on each side of plate of
hard nickel composition metal, and the
three are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this plate the various
parts oithe cases-backs, centers, bezels, etc.
are cut and shaped by dies and formers.
The gold is thick enough to admit Of all
kinds of chasing, engraving, and engine
turning. The composition metal gives it
needed strength, stiffness and soiidity, while
the uritten guarantee of the manufacturers
UdrrdRting each case to wear tlCenty years
proves that it contains all the gold that
can possibly be needed. This guarantee
is given from actual results, as many of
these cases have been worn perfectly smooth
by years of use without wearing through
the gold n,,prorr 7, Dec a 1sso
have used one of your James Boss Gold Watch
Cases for seventeen years / bought it secondhand
and know of its having been used before / got it,
but do not know how long. 1t looks good for ten
years longer. Did not suspect 1t was a filled case
until so informed by jeweer short time since
l most cheerfuly recommend your cases to be all
they are represented to be, and more.
O. MCCRANEY, Dep. Col. Int. Rer. Sd Dis. Io,ea
Send cent stamp keystone Watch Case Factories Phlla
dsphla Pa for handsome Illustrated Pamphlet showing how
James Boss and Keystone Watch Cases are made.
(To be- COntinuedl
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Absentees.

Absentees from all public worship
abound, and the evils resulting are dark
cloud in our bright sky. How shall we
bring in the people? Gather in the chill.
dren. The youths of to-day will be the
masses in 1910; and if we get them for
Christ, we shall soon have the masses.
Children will hear and come if they are
really wanted and sought for. 1t is an
easy thing to win child when you put
your heart to it. 1t is a joyous work. A
little girl in London, living upstairs, took
her rose to the flower show and got the
prize. When asked how she raised such
a fine rose, she said, 81 took it round to
the windows where the sun comes in.'
Keep the children in the sunshine of
Christ's love, and they will follow and
thrive. Seek out the people one by one.
Let each bring one person to the prayer
service and Sunday worship, and the
congregations will be doubled. This is
the leaven that goes through the lump.
Let there be welcome for all at the door
of the church and the door of the pew.
The courtesy of the ushers goes a great
way. The kindness of the pew.owner in
giving the cordial home feeling to the
stranger, clinches the nail on the inside.
eve are glad to see you; you will always
be welcome" is the straw in the golden
tie that binds. Fill your pew every Sun
day, and invite young man alone in the
city to sit with you, and to dine now and
then with you after service. Give invi.
tations to church through the week /;
hand cards to the churchless with notice
of service. Take some mans place who
cannot get away, and serve for him while
he goes to church. If you cannot 60 at
night, fill up your seat, 80 the empty pew
need not stand in judgment against you,
If poor neighbours wife cannot 60 on &C.
count of the children, go of an evening
and take care of her children now and
then 80 she can go. A church member
remembered an old ferryman who had not
attended church for twenty years. He
went and took his place at the ferry, and
sent the ferryman to occupy his seat at
church. In Edinburgh circle of Christian
ladies goes every Sunday afternoon to
poor houses in the city, caring for the
household while the mothers 90 to Gods
house. A sitting for young man or
needy family makes fine present at
Christmas time. Business men, providing
for such persons in their employ as would
not otherwise 60 to church, can exert a
powerful influence on young men away
from home, and lonely, with which the
larger towns swarm. A dry goods mer.
chant in st. Louis, with one hundred and
forty employees, closes his store at five
P. NJ, on Friday, and holds service for an
hour, his pastor preaching. What binders
more from doing this 1t opens the road
to regular church.going and the Christian
life.-Christian Union.
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Taking Care OF Nice Dresses.

There is an old proverb that says lady
is always to be known by her boots and
gloves. Quite as crucial test is the fac
ulty OF taking good care of her costumes,
and one that quite as distinctly marks the
well-bred lady. Any one can buy an ele-
CANT wardrobe if they have money enough,
but to take the requisite care to keep it
fresh and dainty requires something more
than check-book. OF keeping nice
dresses, lady writes: "Each dress
should have its own wrap or cover to keep
it from chatting and fading. Take fine,
firm cotton cloth, something over yard
wide, cut it into squares, then hem and
wash the squares. They should be fine,
take no room and weigh little; firm, to
keep away from dust hemmed, that you
may keep the same side next the silk, and
washed, to do away with the bleaching
chemicals, which are liable to change the
color of the silk. Fold the bottom of the
train back and forth in about eighteen or
twenty three-inch folds, 80 as to fk the
box you have for it. The bottom now
being all together, you will cover it with
a small cloth or towel, to keep the dusty
train from rubbing against the cleaner
parts of the robe; roll the whole dress
loosely to the size and shape of the box,
lay it upon the white cloth, and fold the
corners of the same over the top of the
package and place it in the box. Now
loosen the roll and adjust it to its space,
80 as to favor any delicate or easily
crushed portion of the dress-as Medici
collars, flower garniture, embroidery, etc.,
relieving crowded places, and distribut-
ing the thick to the thin spots. When
you come to use the robe shake it out, and
you will find it in good condition. The
fold of dress or shawl will often work
up between the trays of boxes, and by
motion of cars, wagons, etc, get chafed
into holes to avoid this, pin the cloth
over so it cannot jut over the box. To
pack laces, fold them in blue tissue paper
or soft linen, because white paper contains
bleaching acids and discolors and decays
the ribbon or lace. The same is true of
white shoes and gloves, and especially sill
yer ornaments. The latter, though worn
every evening, retain their purity and
brilliancy for months if kept closely in
blue tissue paper. Shoes and slippers
should never be folded together without
cloth or paper between them, as the sole
of one soils the upper of the other. Put
one in the cloth, turn it over, then add the
other" -Selected.
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ing lie began to pray She had been talk.
ing with God out of woman's breaking
heart, and he made the iron swim. Our
faith needs fresh tonic. Too often our
own hearts sink down as deep as the
young prophets axe-head. The agencies
which we employ are also as powerless in
themselves for spiritual results as was the
rod cast by Elisha into the Jordan. His act
was an appeal to the Omnipotent. Let
every syllable of prayer and every deed Of
love be an appeal to the same mighty arm
and in the same spirit of trust. While
God reigns, iron can be made to swim
Rev. T. L. Cuyler, in Evangelist
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CHAPTER II.

Maiden Mass, February |, 1880 Gentlemen
suffered with attacks of sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in the
most terrible and circulating manner.
No medicine or doctor could give me relief or
cure until used Hop Bitters
THE first bottle
Nearly cured me-;
The second made me as well and strong as
when child,
"And have been so to this day"
My husband was an invalid for twenty years
with serious
Kidney, liver and urinary complaint.
Pronounced by Boston's best physicians
Incurable!"
Seven bottles of your Bitters cured him and
know Of the
olives Of eight persons
In my neighborhood that have been saved by
your Bitters,
And many more are using them with grea,
benefit
"They almost
Do miracles!" Mrs. T., d. Slack.
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Rebuke Sin.

Wesley went into coffee-house in Lon
don for some refreshments. There were
several gentlemen at the other end of the
room, and an army officer who swore out
rageously. Wesley saw he could not ad-
dress him reproof without much effort
and difficulty. He asked the waiter to
bring him a glass of water. When it was
brought, he said aloud, " Now carry it to
your officer in the red coat, and ask him
to wash his mouth after his oaths." The
officer rose up in great fury and threat
ened an assault, but the bystanders laid
hold of him, saying very decidedly, "Nay,
colonel, you gave the first offense you see
the gentleman is clergyman, and it is an
affront to swear in his presence" They
restrained the enraged officer aud per-
mitted Mr.. Wesley to depart. Years after,
Wesley was walking in st. James Park.
A gentleman approached, and, after some
quiet conversation, inquired if he had any
recollections of meeting him before. "No,
sir" swell, l am the officer you met
with singing rebuke in the coffee
house. Since that time, sir, thank God,
l have feared an oath and as | have
never forgotten you, l rejoice at seeing
you, and cannot refrain from expressin g
my deep gratitude to you and to God"
Perhaps no vice is so prevalent as profan-
ity ; yet how many cowsrdly professors
tacitly tolerate this sin by silence, or a
bringing smile, while some impious bias
phemer pours his polluted gable in their
ears. Such insult to holy profession
demands an instant, stern and personal
reproof. The early Methodists were an
army of reprovers. Let profane or filthy
talk pass unrebuked, and we virtually ap-
prove it Such piety is sickly and de.
cayed. Failure at this point will neutral.
ize all Christian effort and render it abor.
tive. Open sin may never be tolerated in
our presence. Upl Christian, and do
your duty. Reproof is imperative. Shame
on that professor who will not silence OBJ.
scenity, or vile profanity.-Selected.
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Making q Fiddle Under Difficulties.

The need of something to cheer and
exhilarate in the dreary days and nights
was painfully apparent, and gave rise to
unheard-of attempts to supply the de-
mand. The ingenuity of the Yankee
soldier was generally equal to any such
emergency, but prcpably was not more
strikingly displayed than in the manu-
facture of fiddle. 1t was at Brandy
Station, Virginia, in the winter of 1861,
that George M. Colt, Company c, Second
Vermont Volunteers, proposed to make
the cheer-giving instrument, and, with a
Ratchet, jack-knife, file and piece of
Junk bottle, as his only tools, he cut
piece of maple from stump that grew
on the bank of the Rappahannock river,
and set to work. The back and sides of the
fiddle are made of one piece-s regular
"dug-out." The top is of hemlock taken
from box which brought some goodies
from their friends in ".Varmount." The
bow is of maple. The keys were made
| from the horns of some confederate cattle
that fell into our hands and were de-
voured by our carnivorous soldiers, so that
the poor brutes contributed to our mental
| as we'll as physical welfare. The hairs
were pulled from the tail of the colonel's
horse, who was fond of music and never
raised foot in resistance. 1t is said he
even signifed his willingness to furnish
enough of his hoofs for glue, but that was
found elsewhere, and the instrument was
completed, and, in the hands of modern
Paganini, who rose for the occasion, gave
forth its soul-stirring strains. 1t conjured
up "stag Dances" serenaded headquar-
tiers, and was admired and cherished by
the officers aud men of the Screen
Mountain Boys" The rest must be left to
Imagination, as far as its army record is
concerned. Suffice it to say, it was
honorably discharged" and has been
the hero of several occasions since the
war, receiving the first premium at the
Vermont state fair. Rude as is its origin, its
tone is remarkably sweet end expressive,
especially in the rendering of A" Old John
Brown" and other airs that were off
springs of the war, which seem to revive
in its music the memory of the exciting
scenes of its early MISUNDERSTANDING.
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Ihe Nireside.
PASSING.

star fell out of the sky one night,
Leaving behind II a track Of light;
wake Of gold that was lost to view
As It melted in the expanse of blue.
Gllmmering, shimmerng, far away
The starry feet at their anchors lay;
And the sky was not one whit less bright
For the star that dropped from Its place that night
soul passed out on Its way toward heaven
As soon az the word Of release was given
And the trail Of the meteor swept around
The lovely form of the homeward- bound.
Glmmering, shimmering, there on high,
The stars grew dim as one passed them by;
And the earth was never again 80 bright;
For soul had slipped from its place that night.
-Josephine Pollard.
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Religiuns sMisrellanw.
THE WARNING OF JERUSALEM.

The following poem was written by Rev. "
Cochrane, Antrim, N. H., in 1858, before tn
ar of the rebellion. 1t was suggested by tn
lowing passage of Scripture; I" will fee
o flock of slaughter. '-ZEoHARIAH, XII: 7.
Israel then had waned and faltered,
Stunned the truths their fathers gave;
Moses law and Gods had altered,
Punched the poor and bound the slave.
Mingled with the Gentle nations,
Other laws and rites were sought;
Ease and wealth were strong temptations
Israel resisted mott
Heavens own Chief from light and glory
Then4n mercy came to them.
Warned Of judgments great and CORY,
wept DER dear Jerusaleml
But those warnings fell like water
Wasted on the barren sod
al will feed the flock of slaughter"
Spoke at length the Avenger-Godl
Loi and soon the scourge swept DER them
Sword and spear came like a food
Walls and temple fell before theml
And the city ran with blood
Many voice had long besought her,
But she spurned them all rs one;
God did " feed the flock Of sIaughter,"-
And the avenging work pdS done!
Here again where man has wandered,
Where the bondman tills the ground,
Where Gods richest light ia squandered,-
Here again the warnings sound
Hearken, thou Columbas daughter,
Mistress of the western wave,-
81 will feed the flock of slaughter"
al will free the weary slavel"
Wake and hear, then, mighty nation,
shun thy great, thy crying sin,
Ere the time of desolatioD,
Ere the day of wrath begin
Or twill come like floods of water
Ger thee desoate and slain
God piI feed the flock of slaughterl"
Heaven piI break the bondman's chain
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WHEN 60 out of doors in the summer
night, and see how high the stars are,
am persuaded that there is time enough
here or somewhere, for all that | must do
and the good world manifests very little
mpatience.-Emerson
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81 WOULD rather be right than be
president" said Henry Clay; and Presi'
dent Arthur, since ascertaining the tone
of the press on his attitude on the Mormon
question, murmurs, as he contemplates
himself in his looking-glass, 1t is nice
to be BOTH
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Nor merely the enmity of men did Je.
sus have to endure. His heavenly Father
put him to severe trial also by often
concealing from him his presence and love
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HIS OPINION.
In Clear Sentences an Authority adds his
own to the Popular Judgment.

III CIeHf SbHttHCHs Nh aUtHerIty AUUb his
own to the Popular Judgment.
1871 West Tenth Street. !
NEW YORK, August IL, 1880. !
Aessrs. Sea6urv & Johnson IL am slow to pin my
faith to any new curative agent. BENSON's CAP
CINE POROUS PLASTER has won my good opinion
find 1t exceptionally clearly plaster to and rapid
IN It's action. Many tests of its qualities in my own
family and among my patients, have convinced me that
there Ia other single article valuable for popular
use helpful in Of Lame Back, Local Kheu-
matsm Neuralgia Congestion OF the Bronchial Tubes
and Lungs and Lumbago. You may feel free TO my
name. Very truly yours,
ii. ii. KANE, NJ. D.,
Physician-in Chief OF the De Quincy Home
Price OF the CAPCINE twenty Ave cents.
Seabury a Johnson Chemists, New York.
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lT is said that Jay Gould is preparing
his tomb, as death is something he can
neither bear nor bull. II is our impress
sion that he will have to bear it.
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THE MAGNEToN APPLIANCE CO.,
2lS STATE STREET, CHICAGO, Ii

NoTE.-Send one dollar in postage stamps or cur
rency lin letter risk, with size of shoe usually
worn, and try a pair of Magnetic Insoes. and be
convinced OF the power residing in other Magnetic
Appliances. Positively no cold feet when they are
worn, or money refunded.
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THE MAGNEToN APPLIANCE CO.'S
M agnetic Kidney Belt
FOR MEN Is

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When any debility of the GENERAT1vE ORGANS
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nature from whatever cause the continuous stream of
Magnetism permeatlng through the parts must restore
them to a healthy action. There is no mistake about
this appliance.
To THE LADIES' L you are afflicted Ct, with Lame na Back
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For all forms of Female Difficulties 1t ia unsurpassed
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Price of either Belt with Magnetic Insoes $40 sent
by express G. o. D., and examination allowed, by
mail receipt of price. In ordering, send measure OF
waist and size of shoe. Remittance can be made In
currency sent in letter at our risk.
The Msgneton Garments are adapted to all ages and
the underclothng mot next to the body
like the many Gavanic and Electric Humbngs adver-
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They hold their POWER FOREVER, and are worn al
all seasons of the year.
Send stamp for the New Departure in Medical
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Sold by all druggists. CUTIoURA, SO cents; REsoLvEsr
81; soar, rs cents. POTTER DRUG AND CHEMICAL Co.
Boston, Mass.
Send for How to Cure Skin Diseases"
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H. E. Carpenter, Henderson, n. Y, cured Of
Psoriasis Leprosy twenty years. standing by Gu
TIoURA REMEDIEs The most wonderful cure record.
and his friends thought ne de. Cure sworn to be-
fore justice of the peace and Hendersons prom-
nent citizens.
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Cbas. Houghton, Esq. lawyer, 20 State street,
Boston. reports of Salt Rheum under his observa
ton for ten years which covered the patients body and
limbs, and TO which all known methods of treatment
had been applied without benefit, which completely
cured solely by the CUTlcURA REMEDIES leaving clean
and healthy skin
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DISEASE Gu r. ID
Without Medicine.

A Valuable Discovery for Supplying Magnetism TO
the Human System. Electricity and Mag
netism Utilized as Never Before
for Heating the Sick.
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lPIMPLES TO SGA0EULA

Cuticura Resolvent. the new Blood Purifier Din
retic and Aperen expes disease from the blood
and Precipitation, and thus the cause CuTf-
CURA the great Skin Cure, instantly allays Itching and
Inflammation clears the Skin and Scalp heals Ulcers
and Sores, restores the Complexion. CuTIcuRA SOAP
exquisite Skin Beauther and Toilet Requisite, ia in
dispens able in treating skn Diseases and for rough
chapped greasy skin, backheads blotches and baby
humors. CUTICURA REMEDIES the only infallible
blood purifiers and skin Deautihers.
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Mrs. +. d. Slack.