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Who Osman Digma Is.

Osman Digma's whole relation TO the
revolt and the amalgamation in him oil
religious, political and mercantile as
pirations are hard to comprehend. A
broker and trader, and principally a
slave-trader in Suakim and Jeddah. he
received a financial blow, when, some
six years ago, British cruiser captured
two slave-dhows full of victims, on the
way to Jeddah. Osman Digma's trade
then fell from bad to worse. his house
property in Suakim was all mortgaoed.
and he became hopelessly involved. Be.
ing of no great distinction by birth, his
selection by the Mehdi TO lead a relig.
ious rebellion in these parts is not in
accordance With tho structure of Arab
society and feeling, and is attributed to
the accident that Osman Digma, in one
OF his incurs:ons far south for slaves.
met the Mehdi, who formed a high es.
innate of his ability and Of his influ
ence, acquired through successful trad.
ing.
If this history be Trustworthy, pas.
sions tor other objects than holiness arr
the keynote of Osman Digma's chara-
acter and motives, and it is against al
probability that he will cast his goods
and his position into the broken bal.
ance OF battle. He is no ignorant ia
matte, and he can not himself believe
the myths which he multiplies in order
to control his followers.-Suakim Cor.
London Times.
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he is not being swindled; so he takes
the check or bond for hundred or a
thousand dollars as the case may be,
just rs matter of business; not that he
suspects his elegant friend who is so
sorry to be obliged to trouble him. Be-
sides, 1t feels nice to carry a thousand
dollars in your pocket. Then the
stranger disappears. the check proves
bogus. and the swindled one consoles
himself as best he may. This perhaps
Is the swindle most commonly perpe-
trated in this section of the country. K
behooVes every one who travels to be-
ware OF strangers; some judgment must
OF course be used. but it X better to err
on the side of rudeness than to lay one
self open to the wiles of a confidence
man. Of the numerous swindles which
are In vogue, observation and expert
ence may teach OF their methods, but
1t does seem as if the bogus check swim
die would never want for victims. 1t
might be said that such an experience
is good enough for those who do not
take the trouble to read that blessing to
mankind, the newspaper, and there are
certainly just grounds for that view.
Man Is never too old to learn.-Bur-
tRgton HGUkeye
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Gems OF Thought.

On a sun dial which stands upon
the pier at Brighton is inscribed this
most hopeful line: "'Tis always morn
ing somewhere in the world"
In whatever we plan and under.
take, let us see to IL that we can consist
emily and do habitually ask the Divine
blessing upon it.--Erchange.
kind looks, kind words, kind acts
and warm hand shakes these are sec
ondary means of grace when men are
in trouble, and are lighting their unseen
troubles.
The ideas as well as the children OF
our youth often die before us, and our
minds represent TO us those tombs which
we are approaching, where, though the
brass and the marble remain, vet the
inscript ons are e..aced by time and
finally the imagery molders away
John Locke.
-Ye great men, spend not all your
time in building castles in the air, OF
houses on the sand; but set your hands
and purses to the bull ling of the porch
Of Bethesda. 1t is a shane for a rich
Christian man to be like a Christmas
box that recei, es IL. and nothing can
be got out till it is broken in pieces; or
like unto drowning mans hand that
holds whatsoever It gets.-Dr. John
hall.
You never will be happy uE.2 you
realize that you have no res: onsjbili-
ties outside of your own sphere of duty.
Let others trouble themselves o, er the
in ustice of nature in giving Jupiter
seven moons and the earth but ono
You may thank God that you have
nothing TO do with the moons of Jupiter;
but that you have your own work, and
that you may leave to Him The ordering
of the rest of the universe-S. s. Tunes.
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Religious Reading.
TIE OLD CHURCH.

Standing alone on the country side,
Calmly disdaIning its walls to hide
Under the garb OF vine or tree,
Year after year 1t frowned at me.
Twas a barren church, devoid OF q spire,
With 10 ~ ga lery for the choir.
VINO sang. with many an odd iniiexion,
Hymns from very old collection.
Many time have sat as q child.
A An dig is Ss ass. until ~ my ears Hers w
Through the stately old fugue-tunes march
ing round.
There was the pulpit square and high.
A massive relic or days COMO by,
With iamask hanginRs that once were green,
AND fadeo curtain OF red moreen.
Pews that never were built to please
Modern saints. with their love OF ease,
The children could hardly be seen ut all.
! fear that the church was old and poor.
That Its ere ID and is congregation bore
Marks or a time. they say. was not
Up 10 the standard OF modern thought"
They bad fixed ideas about Heaven and hell.
The a. OF the world they knew quite well;
Troublesome doubts of Adams fall
Never came into their minds at all.
They talked of election and GoIs DEGREES.
AS II they could solve W tn perfect case
All tho questions tina had their birth
In the complex condition OF mRa on Garth.
Perhaps the sermons were somewhat dry,
And favored with stern theology;
But the pre- achers words were like Heaven 8
dews
To those who sat In the old square pews.
And know that the barren service there
Filled many a soul with the breath of prayer.
And into the life of Heaven led
Many a soul that had been dead
For churchs measure of helpfullness,
Its lIeaven-sealed power to cheer and bless
Does not lie In faultless creed,
Or a service from impcr lection freed.
Far into Heaven It's towers may rise,
Every niche being a new surprise,
Chancel aud organ and w ndow and roof
OF the artists delicate skill be proof;
Creeds be chanted with exquisite grace,
Nestments in harmony with the place,
And yet the soul in its shame or grief
In the church's shadow ind small relief.
All no! A church may be poor and plain,
bishops and priests ignore its claim,
Many flaw in its creed appear,
And yet the presence OF God be thcre.
For he who kneeleth in earnest prayer.
At any altar. anywhere,
In sackcloth, or silk. or prestly dress,
Is u child whom the Father loves tn bless
Arthur w. Eaton fn chicago Inter Dream.
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Disturbances at the North Pole.

Congress has pra ideally decided to
send out an expedition to relieve
Lieutenant Greedy and his party, and
bring them back to their own country.
Old sea captains say that in all proba-
bility an expedition could now reach
the North Pole. There have already
been disturbances In that region of q
very u unusual character. Icebergs rare
~ MAXI their appearance in the North
Atlantic before June or July in May
they are very rare; but this year they
made their appearance early in Feb
ruary, and vessels were DESTROYED by
them off the banks of Newfoundland
during that month. The recent heavy
fog and rainy weather have been attrib-
uted to the presence of these icebergs
in mid-ocean ut this unusual seas n of
the year. The earthquake volcanic
eruption last summer at Java may have
had its analogue somewhere in the
frigid zone. breaking up the huge fields
of ice, driving the bergs far out at sea-
Volcanic eruptions and no sprin 8 If
water are as liable to make their ap-
pearance in the frig d "a in the torrid
zone. There Is abundant evidence of
continuous volcan c action as far north
as Iceland. Should these guesses Of the
sea captains prove true. perhaps the
road may be opened this summer to
some pc. mt nearer the Pole than has ever
been reached. 1t IL curious fat that we
know more about the folar region Of
the planet Mars than we do about that
of our own earth. With very ordinary
modern TELESCOPE the amateur astron-
omer can distinctly Bee the extent OF the
ice ocean which su rounds the poles of
Mars. But we will never be atle to ex-
plain our poles fully until some motor
u invented which VIII enable us 20 nav.
gate the Air,-j}emorssf's Aonthly,
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Church Music.

Over twenty years ago, when DR..
Henry Smith, 8 Professor in Lane Sem
mary. was temporarily supplying the
pulpit OF the Lane Seminary Church. IL
was my good fortune to sing In the
choir, and hence the following circum-
stance was strongly impressed upon my
mind: One Thanksgiving Day, after
going through the usual routine of the
church service. instead of the sermon
the Doctor said he desired to read lee
ture on hurch Music. We soon learned
that he disliked music taken from op-
eras, or any other source, 1t contained
"tfills, shakes, runs or tremolos." All
can imagine the scathing which such Sc
lections as the following, which he re-
cited, would receive from his mastcrly
hand:
1.-The tenor begins: oh for a pi'-
The soprano sings, oh for a pi-' The
base and to follow suit. and after
chasing around singly for awhile. in
grand chorus, altogether sing: oh for
pious heart' "
As another example, he gave: leone
down sal-come down sal-sal- SAL
sal-Come down salva-salva-salva-
Come down salvation from on hight
AS another specimen: oh for q
man---Oh for mana mana man
"a man--Oh for a mansion in the
skies!' -
The choir had already executed two
difficult selections of music, reserving
the most intricate piece for the last but
when the time came. our leader, Mr..
C., whispered: "We'll sing old
Hundred, which we did in the good
old-fashioned style, which DR.. Smith
thou yht suitable for church music; and
for long tine after such lecture, we
sang only the style of music he liked,
and it might not be amiss if some OF the
church choirs in these days followed our
example. -Baptist Weekly.
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UNDER THE ECsSET 1EArEs.

One happy DIV, "a man and u maid
Together ~Hlktd wi him riuic-
The sumnortifuo wHs last
The rusapt lCitCs, aud nut az brown,
HAD un tie ground been showcrcd down
IA autumn chilling b ast.
the south Wi1d sang among the trees
1hc dead leaves ia trrt,,i la ~ brrczr.
Tho bluc-bir,i, wurh..pg low.
prepared O. takc hts yearly Hight
I9 lands whorc summer stan was bright
beyond the fall of snoS.
And ioyfully this man AMI mald
while through the ru-tiinE leaves they
strHiC Cd
Talked ot the coming years
Huildinx castle m tn AIR.
And pcoplinf u with fuuCios fair,
lea 'inH nO room for fears.
Ard 'playfuily To her he suld:
Whom neat thc leaves shall fall and
when Just one year has flown
We " walk again here. us tO-tlny:
ana Then my darling. come what may.
ou % bc my wifc-my own"
The seasons pass-the year has flown.
Alat' " man goes forth alone
A0ng pathway th Cklf strOwn
WIN leaves, wttLCrDl and dead.
tie trusfct them hsueuth his feet
AM thinNs, like them. his hOpos So sweet
Have ialcd all, aud He'd.
Tho buc-bir,ls sing above him sim.
Aud through the lcnfcss trees M will
The nth wind signs and gricvca,
Mhilc ne alone waGdrrs tO wCcp
NhCr cvcrnOrc che lies uSlecp
Under the russell leaves.
Juno L.. Leu, 10 Dem0Tcs''s Monthly
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Fun for the BOYS.

AT the conclusion of the mornin
services at the Cathedral Sunday, in
Cleveland, gentleman faultlessly at
tired in broadcloth and wearing care
fully-bruShed silk hat emerged from the
church, and. crossing the street 10
where a number OF newsboys and boot
blocks were assembled. employed one
% the young arabs to black his boots.
When the job was accomplished he
reached in his pocket and threw the
boy quarter. A newsboy, noticing the
gentleman's generosity. ran up and
asked him to buy a paper.
''HOw much do you want for the
wi DE bundle?" asked the stranger.
favoring the young merchant with q
patronizing smile, and div ne his hand
down into his pocket. The boy hest
taIed, and shifted uneasily from one
foot to the other. Here" said the
gent -man, pulling out a handful of
small silver coins. take this and give
me your papers" The exchange was
quickly made, and the man started
down the street with the papers under
his arm. He had gone but few steps,
however, when he returned and gave
the papers back TO the boy. BY this
time quite a crowd of street urchins
had gathered around the two fortunate
objects OF the gentleman's generosity.
and were regarding him with wide-opep
eyes.
al was a bootblack once MYSELF.
boys said he, as he beamed down
beneticently upOn the ragged coated
Juveniles, land l know what hard
time you have to get along 1 was o
bootblack in New York when l was =
boy. and got my first start while hand
ling the brush. Now I'm rich and |
like to help the poor boys along. Wait
here moment" With that he went
into a neighboring cigar store and had
several large bills changed into dimes
and quarters. Returning with his peck
cts bullying with their loads of coin, he
squared himself before the crowd, which
had by this time augmented by the ar
rival of more newsbOys and bootblacks,
and exclaimed Now, | want to give
you all a chance, so stand off a short
distance and when l throw the money
out why grab for it The boys did as
directed, and the benevolent individual
tossed handful of coin, quarters and
dimes, in and about them. Instantly
there was a frantic scramble for the
money in which several toughs of the
spring bottom -pants-and-s va
riety Joined, and in fact gathered up a
good share of the free lucre. The per.
formance was repeated again and again
until about fifty dollars worth of change
was exhausted. Then, with a parting
smile, in which generosity and good
nature mingled. he turned and disap-
peared down the street. One of the
boys collected enough of the coin to ag-
gregate five dollars, and the others
gathered in smaller amounts, ranging
from four dollars down. The hOoliums
did not leave the field to the bows after
the first distribut on, but remained and
took part in all the subsequent scram-
bic. the gentleman making no obiec-
ton. The muniticent individual was a
rich New Yorker and was stopping. al
one of the principal hotels. - GereIand
Hsr0II
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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
For disinfecting purposes use ca

For disinfecting purposes use car
bolic acid with water, not with lime.
Never mix wood ashes with any
other manure. One destroys the other.
IN. Y. Herald.
-Stewed Potatoes: Peel and slice
very thin six good sized potatoes; put
over them just enough water to cover
them, boil until soft and nearly dry;
season with salt. pepper, butter and
parsley.-The Household.
1t is an old plan for causing the eve
to recognize the lamb, to shut the Two
up together. and sprinkle bran and salt
on the lamb. The mother will lick the
bran and salt, and soon own her lamb.
and will not be made wild by being
caught and forced.
Garden peppers are of great value
to fowls. especially during the win er
and spring. They are excellent to mix
with chopped meat, potatoes and roots,
or to add to dough made of Indian
meal. They are easily raised. and at
least bushel should be harvested for
each hundred of fowls. Chicago Times.
"A rich gravy for fowl can be made
in this way: Cut small one pound of
gravy beef, slice two onions and put
them In stew-pan with quart of
water, some whole black pepper, a
small carrot and a bunch of sweet herbs.
Simmer till red .ced TO one pint /;
strain the gravy and pour into another
stew-pan upon two ounces of butter
Drowned with two tablespoonfuls OF
flour; stir and boil up. Boston Globe.
The editor of the Atlanta ConStitu-
ton writes: when good tea is secured
you should use one full teaspoonful for
each person and one for the pot; boil
the water in a clean kettle. and when
it boils put the required quantity of tea
in the teapot and pour on the boiling
water, allowing it to stand about fifteen
minutes. Then pour into n fine China
teapot TO serve at the table. Never
make the tea in anything but china
or brown stone pot"
Milk Soup: Take four potatoes, two
onions, four pints boiling water, one
pint of milk, two ounces OF butter, two
large table-s1oonfuls sage or crushed
lapiOca. If sagu is used soak one hour
in little water. Put onions, potatoes,
butter, salt and pepper in stew-pot
with the water. Boil about one hour
or till soft enough to rub through a
sieve. Wash stew-pan and return TO
the fire. Add the milk. When boiling,
sprinkle in sage and boil fifteen min
utes or till sage is clear.-Erchangc.
Peter Henderson. one of the best
authorities upon market gardening.
highly recommends the white plume
celery, the stalks, inner leaves, and
heart of which are naturally white,
which fact makes unnecessary the cost
ly work OF banking the celery to bleach
it. In appearance the white plume is
very ornamental. as the inner leaves
are disposed something like an ostrich
feather or plume, which suggested its
name. 1t is said to be crisp, solid and
of fine flavor, but not as long keeping
as the old green sorts, its tenderness
and crispness causing it to rot sooner.
CHICAGO Tribune.
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Brutal Soldiers I'm TOnquin.

More disagreeable to notice than this
unwholcsome tippling is the conduct OF
the soldiers towards the tOwnspeople.
The Anamese have gained sufficient
confidence TO come back to their houses,
or TO come back and build new houses
where the old ones have been swept
away, but they have no love for their
conquerors. 1t is no great wonder.
The first thing one sees in one of the
comparatively narrow cross streets is a
huge Turco staggering down the mid
die OF the way, twirling vicious-look-
ing stick. The women scuttle indoors:
the men squeeze themselves rs near the
walls as they can; the children salaam
reverentially, and can hardly get cut
the usual bon jour capitaine" for ter
ror. A little further on we come upon
a couple of marine fusileers, one
of whom takes umbrage at the
animated tone in which an old
woman is conducting bargain.
With kick Of his foot he scatters
her tray and little pile of cash over the
length and breadth of the street. and
his companions laugh boisterously at
the poor creatures misery. Ever the
officers. as they stroll along. relieve
their ennui by playful cuts of the cane
on the buttocks of passers-by. The
Anamese is cringing, pitifUl crature at
the best of times, but he has still a lit
tie self-respect. and ne scowls as much
rs he dares under such treatment. II
is not wonderful, therefore. that when
he finds solitary European he proceeds
to wreak his vengeance upon him and
wipes out soors of long pent-up grew
ances. The Tonquinese is very diiler-
ent man from the timid inhabitants OF
Cochin China, aud will require many
years and n strong military occupation
before the country is brought to any
thing like peaeeable state. Cor. Lon
d0n Times.
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QUEER.


know a woman who hath bounteOus share
OF this words wealth. and who is young and
gay,
with not a care save 10 bedeck herself
In nneat silks and autius every day.
for her n spread the daintest OF fare:
tn her commands the deftest servants walt:
No sounds OF childish rompinRs vex her ear
when. TO receive her friends, she sits In
state.
Goes she abroad. n carriage satin-lined
Bears her where or she chooses that II
And yet 10 neither friend nor kan gives she
Aught to enhance their pleasure or their
good
Moths may destroy. and want 81 sunshine fade,
she parts with nothing from her boarded
ON poverty she looks with scornful gaze.
And nc'or 70 beggar l. unbarrcd her door.
Queer.
Isn't IL. dear?
know another very poor IL she.
And though rot Old, her brow IL marked with
care:
Eight children custer round her. and tits hard
To mud them food 10 eat ana clothes 20 wear
Sometimes the meal she serNcs IA scnnt indeed I:
Always her hours ct sleep and rest are few (:
She hath mo- help bat lite. willing hands. .
That though love guides them can but little
do.
And yet lfpo irrr ri nd seek her that friend
With outstrctChcd hand aud briRhtsome
smile 4 met
While with the best the cottage can AFFORD
w kindly haste the humble board u get.
And from bee door no hDgrur turns away
WtthOul some hCip, u but hit OF bread:
And oven homeless dogs about 10 thronR
In simple trust that tacra they may DO fed.
Queer,
Isn't 10. dcar2
--Iffpr.s UC,kg
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A Hard Time Of II.

None but extreme evolution'sts con.
tend now for the gradual evolution Of
man from the lower ANIMALS. The only
plausible opin on held at present among
those who derive man from lower
form of life regards the transition as q
change which took place per scLHns,
aud this is, IN fact, equivalent to a crea-
ton, and comedies the whole point.
We shall get along alter awhile. We
Like to see an honest confess. on of err
ror.
The evolutionists and the anthropolo-
g'sts are having rather hard time Of
it now. The sciences do not pan OUT
as we'll as were expected. At the last
years meeting of the American Asso-
citation Prof. Dawson struck the evolu-
tion.sts some very hard blows. land re-
Gently DR.. Carruthers. of the British
Museum. the great authority in Fossil
Botsny, has been saying that his science
does not bear them out A number OF
scientific men of great repute are TAX
ing ground so In favor of the recent
date OF tue glacial age, and by conse-
queace In favor Of the non antiquity of
man. DIR. Schliemann comes a ong with
his Trojan discoveries and upsets ut ono
bro,sdside all the Tine theories of the
Danish psychologists on the one hand,
and all the destructive histor cal criti-
cism of the German pro. essors on the
other. These German critics followed
by Grote, had reduced the story of
Troy to q 80 ar myth. and Agamemnon.
Achilles and Hector to certain persona
fled powers of nature. They had un-
settled our faith in all ancient history,
and To- the fabric which they reared
has sud lehly vanished into smoke and
air ut the touch of DIR Scaliemann's
spade! This Is the moro interest ng
from the fact that the same school are
now trying to prove that Moses was
pretty much myth" and the Old
Testament book gotten up In large
measure alter the exile, just as they
previously proved to Their own salts
iactioh that the poems of Homer were
moth ng but national ballads gotten to-
gether and edited by a coteric Of Greek
scholars at comparatively late date.
The Independent would do well to draw
out also from this maze into which il
has wandered. Robertson Smith will
not fare any better than the German
reconstructors of profane history
Central Presbyterian.
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Sunday.SchO0l Lessons.
Sc OSD QUARTER.

Sc OND QUARTER
April 21-Pauls Preaching Il Cor. 1: I7:3l
April 81 Abstinence for the
sake OF Others. ;.............l Cor. 6: 1 IL
May 4-Christan Love Il Cor IL: l-I3
May I1-Niciory over Death L Cor Ia: DD-6S
May ls-Thc Uproar ut Ephesus.Acts 10: % Al
e. -: 1-2
May 25-Ltberal Giving g Cor. 8: lis
June Christ an Liberty Gal. 4: l-l6
June classification by Faith Rom. 3: 1881
June l5-The Biessedness of Be-
levers -. ....................R Rom. s: $50
June 22-Obedience to Law =. Rom. 10: lilo
June 29-Review; or Missionary, Temperance
or other Lesson selected by the school
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"A line of railway cars. to be drawn
by oamels, viii constitute one of the
peculiar features Of travel and trans
festadoh n Central AAiA
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"A Portland (Me.) man claims the
power Of reading any letter placed OF
biz head without seeing u