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s,on.vall Jacks,on's Prayer.

The following description OF the way In
which General Stouswall jackson led In
PRAYER is from the pen Of the Rev. T. w.
Jones of Virginia. He says that he received
IT from DR.. w. s. White, the pastor OF JACK
son, in Lexington, Virginia: mot very toaG
pastor preached q sermon ON prayer, In
which it was urged that every male church
member ought, when occasion required, 20
lead In publfc prayer. Tie next day q: faitn-
fnl elder of the church asked Major jackson
what he thought Of the doctrine OF the SER
mon and If he was not convinced that he
ought to lead in public prayer. 1 DO nos
think it my duty he replied, and went on
to assign as his reason that he hesitated In
his speech to such an, extent when e1eited s
that he did not think he could pray 70 odln-
cation in public. tHave You made the mat
ter subject Of secret prayerp persisted the
elder. mo, sir; but will do 30 tonight.
THE elder then advised him also to consu IL
his pastor, and he went at once to DR.: Whites
st1dy and went over with him
the arguments and passages Of
Scriptures By which he sup
norted his position. The next day the elder
saw him walking rapidly by his place o9
business, and fearing that he wished 70 avoio
the subject of their previous conversation ne
called him back and asked: Have you mace
that InaLC0r y VI Poy 49,
cation. major9' yes, sir, and was just ON
NV way to ask DR.. White to call on me 70
lead in prayer at the meeting tonight. ; Soon
after he was called on, and made such q
stammering effort that the pastor felt badiy
for him, and he was greatly mortited.
Several subsequent efforts produced n!t,e
better results, and the pastor began to tnink
that, perhaps, Major jackson was r1gns,
that he really could not pray to edificatlon
and that he was, perhaps, an exception 20
the general rule that male members OF tne
church ought to lead in public prayer.
Accordingly he said to him one Gay:
tMaior. we do not wish to make our
prayer meetings uncomfortable TO you,
and if you prefer it, will not ca Gan
on YOU to lead in prayer again Inc
prompt and emphatic reply was: MY com
fort has nothing in the world to do with 1t.
sir. You, as my pastor, think that it Is my
duty to lead in public prayer. l think 30,
too. and by Gods grace mean to do it !
wish YOU would please be so good as to call
nm me more frequently.' DR.. White says
that. seeing FROM Jackson's reply and
manner that he meant to succeed, he did
call on him moro frequently, and that ne
gradually improved, until he became one OF
the most gifted men in prayer that he had
in his church. It was my privilege to hear
him pray several times In the army, and !
ever heard 'fervent, effectual prayer, II
was offered by this stern soldier"
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RELIGIOUS READING.
ssNone Wiu Miss Thee. !.

"None Will Miss Thee"
Few will miss thee, friend, when thou
For month in dust hath lain.
Skilful hand and anxious brow,
Tongue of wisdom, busy BRAIN
All thou vert shall be forgot,
And thy place shall know thee not
Shadows from the bending trees
Ger thy lowly head may pass,
Sighs fromevery wandering breeze
Stir the long, thick, church-yard grass>v
Wilt thou heed them2 No; thy sleep
Shall be dreamless, calm and deep.
Some sweet bird may sit and sing
On the marble Of thy tomb, x j
Soon to fit on joyous wing 81 "a -
From that place Of death and gloom
On some bough to warble clear;
But these songs thou shalt not hear.
Since so aeeting Is thy name
Talent, beauty, power and wit,
It were we'll that without shame
Thou In Gods great book vert writ,
There In golden words to be
Craven for eternity.
-fChambers' Journal
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TEMPERANCE.
Gould I Have Borne It?


Gould I have borne itl Ioften thlnk
II one Of my kings had laid his crown
At the feet Of the mighty monster down;
II one Of my darlings had sold his soul
For the pottage mess in drunkard's BOWL
thank Thee, dear Father, do not know;
thank Thee Thou hast not tried me so.
Could I have borne it,. To see the light
OF the demon flash from the blue eyes Sc
bright,
Telling that reason and will had flown
And wine and wildness sat on their throne
While the sweet, pure look had gone from the
And bass brutality sat in its place, ~.-
I thank Thee, dear Father, do not know,
thank Thee Thou hast not tried me so. p
Could have borne it !? and lived long years
With sorrow for meat, and drink Of tears,
While the heart was dying o, hunger and
pain,
As it loved and longed and hoped in vain. =.
Q! the dead that live on this bright, glad
While tie sunshine sweet DER graves doth
thank Thee, dear Father, I do not know,
thank Thee Thon hast not tried me SO.
II the plants have loved, my own dear boys,
My care and my pride, my dearest joys,
If on them had fallen this dew Of death,
And they never had wakened at mornings
breath,
Would the Spring for me have brought its
flowers,
Or the roses have bloomed in the summer
bowers ,....,. II. o.
I thank Thee, dear Father, do not know;
I Il f1aaf fhn,1 t,oc t,off vioI mo
How many must bear ita the very air
Is full of smoke Of dwellings fair,
And the sound Of signing on every breeze,
While thousands are p antiDg their willow
II the fire that lives in the fruit Of the vine
Had scorched and blackened this home OF
How could have borne do not know
thank Thee Thou hast not tried me so.
How many must bear it2 the mighty woe
That Is making graves DER the hillside grow,
That is tying Grape folds on cottage door,
And stilling the music on palace floor,
That is toppling the tallest towers down
Where the hands the hopes Of men doth
II it had come and called for my dead
And laid them to sleep in hopeless bedl
o! 1t Is better to praise than pray,
To be thankful than weep on this bright,
glad day. '
Help me to remember those who bear
An aching heart under garments fair
Help me to remember the tempted and tried:
Ever; good angels, be by their side
Help me to remember those who know, =
And thank Thee Thou hast not tried me so.
.. .., -Mdrv E. Dustin. In Eudnoelist.
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a Beautifal Inoident.


The noble missionary Mofat tells heauti-
full story. Hesays: l.Ins one OF my early
journeys came with my companions, to o.
heathen village on the banks Of the Orange
river We had travelled far, and were
hungry, thirsty and fatlgued; but the people
Of the village rather roughly directed ust 70
halt at distance We asked fofs water but
they would not supply it. ] offered the three
or four buttons left on my Jacket for. little
milk; but was refused. We had the propecs
Of another hungry night, at distancs FROM
water, though within sight Of the river:
When twilight grew on, q womanappro
from the height beyond which the village
Law. She bore on her head q bundle OF wood
and had vessel Of milk In her hand The
latter, without opening her lips, she handed
to Us, laid down the wood, and returned 70
the village A second time she approached
with cooking vessel on her head and leg OF
mutton in one hand and wster' IN sne 3snss. ,s
She sat down without saying WORD, pre-
pared the fire, and put on the meat We
asked her again and again who she
was.- She remained silent until we at
fectionately entreated her TO give q reason
for such unlooked-for kindness to strangers.
Then the tears stole down her sable cheelm,
and she replied:. Il love Him whose you
are, and surely it Is my duty to give You 9 I
cup Of cold water, IN Bis ma ne. Ny heart
Is full, therefore can't SPEAK tne 3oy Iees
On learning little OF her history, and that
she was solitary light burning In a dark:
place, asked her how she kept up the hght
Of God IN her soul In the entire absonce Of
the com munion of santa She drew from
her bosom copy Of the Dutch New Tests
ment,; which she had received from M.
Helm when in his school some years before;
This' said she, Is the fountain whencet
drink; this the oil that makes my lamp
burn looked on the precious rehc prlns-
ed by the British and Foreign Bible Society,
and the reader may conceive my JOY while
we mingled our prayers and sympathies to-
gether at the throne Of the Heavenly
Fathern =. =
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a Conylaci!nE Arrsmeat.

DR.. Vincent says that he never danounces
people for playing Ct t sar asa sn dsnsing s ana
but relative wrong. But heleayes the adop..
tion Of these amusements to the Judgment Of
the young people In this way: l draw 9
picture of Rev. DR.. John Hall, Bishop Mat
thew Simpson and D. L. Moody sitting down
together and shutting cards for an evening,
dancing themselves red with half-dressed
women, or going to the theatre. They all
ways seem shocked at the mere mention OF
such conduct by such Christians But ! ask
them IL they don't want as good place IN
tell them that, If they can approve OF these
amusements IN church leaders, then Of
course they may ask the leaders to approve
the same in them; otherwise, not Its 9
good putting Of the issue y. y.
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aTne Mo.t WIonhsr-fal IL q 4 Tniss:.r

"Tho Most Wonnerful Vn1ng. -
retula sn.a from Visit shes so R s1g o1
esked, "Tell us what was the mo6 wonderful
thing you saw, replied, "I saw the Crest
Father meaning the President OF tho
United States, ".and that was wonderful ?
Then after some length Of silence, the
ronze-faced forestman, with sadness in his,
eye and pathos in his voice, answered farther,,
"When / was In the great churches and
heard the great organ, and al the palefacee
stood up, and said, The Lord is In hts holy
temple. Let all the earth keep silence 4
Thought The palefaces have had this reli-
zion all these four hundred years end did
notgive 1t to rs; and now It q late That
Is the most wonderful thing saw. And.
his people said, "That is indeed, most won
derfull Now It Is late II Is indeed noon -
How. often these last lingering words
seem to possess US like a human inspiration,
impelling Us to more eonsecrated service for
the blessed Master In Indian mission work.
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IUNzo KAwAMoTo, of Kobe
is one of the students in
department of the UniX
sylvania. he has ig
first year, and pro-
years longer.
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pressed into IL tne aSonleS OF eIernlGJ.
There has some one come here to-day whom
Won have not observed. He did not come
through the front door; he did not come
down any Of these aisles; yet l know he IS
here, He is from the East, the far East. He
comes with blistered foot, and with broken
heart, and checks red not with health. but
with blood from the temples. take hold OF
his coat and say: "It does not seem to fit
thee" 9 No." he says, ut is not mine; It Is
For my vesture did they cast lots" And l
say to Him: ''Thine eyes are red as though
from loss Of sleep" He says: "Yes, the Son
of man had not where to lay His head I"
And touch the log on His back and say:
ssWhy earliest Thou this?" "Ah" He says,
"that is cross carry for thee and for the
sins Of the whole world. That is cross.
Fall into line, march on with Me IN this pro
cession, take your smaller crosses ana yoai
lighter burdens, and join me in this march to
heaven" And we join that procession with
our smaller crosses and our lighter burdens
and Christ looks back and He sees some are
halting because they cannot endure the
shame, OF bear the burden, and with a volcs
which has in it majesty and omnipotence,
He cries until all the earth trembles: WHO
soever doth not bear his cross, and come after
Me- cannot be My disciple"
Ol my brethren, my sisters-for l DO not
speak professionally, speak as q brother
would speak to q brother or sister-.my
brother, can you not bear cross il at last
YOU can wear a crown9 Come, now, let US
divide off. Who is on the Lords side! Who
is ready to turn his back upon the Lamb OF
God that taketh away the sin OF the worlds
A Roman emperor said to Greek archl-
tect: "You build me a coliseum, grand
coliseum, and if it suits me will crown you
in the presence Of all the people, and Will
make q great day Of festival on your &C
count" The Greek architect did his work,
did it magnifcently, planned the building,
looked after its construction. The building
was done. The day for opening arrived. In
the coliseum were the emperor and the great
architect. The emperor arose amid the piaud-
its of vast assembly and said: I'VE have
gathered here to-day to open this coliseum
and to honor the Greek architect. 1t is
a great day for the Roman empire.
Let this building be prosperous, and let
honor be put upon the Greek architect.
Oh, we must have festival to-day. Bring
out those Christians and let us have them
put to death at the mouth Of the lions" The
Christians were put into the center OF the
amphitheatre It was to be great ce.ebra-
ton in their destruction. Then the lions,
hungry and three-fourths starved, were let
out from their dens in the side Of the amphl-
theatre, and they came forth with mighty
sprine to destroy and repd the Christians,
and all the galleries shouted: "Huzza, huzzal
Long live the emperorn Then the Greek
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unnar Rertna OF sIeepera.

The Minnesota raiit Dad commissioners
have issued an order relative to the CLOSING
of the upper herths in sleeping cars, con.
corning which "a notice VAS sent out ia.
railroad companies some time ago. The
order is as follows:
Whereas, the custom prevails upon Ger
tain railroads upon which sleeping cars are
RIM and operated within the State OF Min
nesota, of lowering the upper berths Of
such sleeping cars and fastening them
down, to the discomfort and inconyeniencs
OF the occupants Of the lower berths, not
wi~thstanding the fact that the upperberths
are not required for use; now, therotore,i it ID
ordered and determined that, on and alter
the first day OF January next, each b
berth in any sleeping car, run or operated
uuon any railroad within this state, shall.
be and remain closed whenever the berth
beneath the same shall be occupied by q
passenger, until such upper berth shall be-
needed for actual occupancy by some 9TH
err passenger present and requiring the
same; provided that the bed in the p
berth shall be made ready Tor occupancy
and such berth then elevated and elosed
until needed for actual occupancy, az ie
shall be lowered and fastened down at tho
oution OF the taker of the lower berth.
And provided also, that a copy of this or.
der, plainly printed in the English Ian.
guage, shall be kept posted in each end OF
each and every such car, and in a place
convenient to be read by persons entering
or leaving the same.
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The death is announced in London oil
Sir Robert Montgomery, X. I. b., former
" chief commissioners Of Dude and l%teuten-
ant governor Of the Punlauh. Se was
born ia Londonderry in 1909. -
Lord Lytton has handed his credentials
to President Garnet @s British
dor. In his speech he expressed pleasure
Mt returning to France, where he had al
ready served in the diplomatic corps.
The Prussian and German apartments
OF Justice have commissioned Judge ASH
croft to study and report upon the Anerl-
can PENAL system, with the view OF making
it the basis OF a new system in Germany.
The So 900 deposited for Kilrain by his
hacker, K. X. Fox, in the recent mterna'
tional prize fight with Jem Smith, was
presented to Kil~ain at the London sport
ing Life office by Referee and Stakeholder
Atkinson.
Three girls under thirteen years OF age,
inmates OF the Good Shepherd convent at
Cork, have sworn out infOrmations before
the mayor, charging a retired military OF,
ticer, who holds an important government
position, with criminal assault.
The pope, in receiving sixty delegates
from the former pontificial army, express
ed sorrow at being deprived ofhis army; but
this att1lctlOn, ne sald, was sOlVeneu oJ
the hope that the day was near when he
would again be enabled to have his devot-
ed soldiers around him
NJ. Mayer. director OF the ex- GauIois, and
Nj. de WOestyne, formerly correspondeLt
for a New York paper, fought a duel with
swords in Paris. Mayer disarmcd' de
Woestyne in the second bout. In the
fourth and last bout Mayer was slightly
wounded in the arm.
An order has been issued at Dublin, sign
ed by Commissioners Lytton and Wrench,
prescribing reductions OF judicial rents
throughout practically the whole OF Ire
land, ranging from 6 to % per cent, the
average being IA per cent. The aggregate
reduction is estimated at 1000, 600.
The reduction is permanent and applies to
arrears since 1881.
A desperate fight between Catholics and
Orangemen occurred recently in the vii
lage Of Killybearn, near Crookstown.
Stones, bricks, revolvers, etc, were freely
used. The house Of q priest was com
pletely wrecked, and the windows OF other
houses were smashed. The Orangemen
were reinforced, and the struggle was be-
coming serious when the police stopped
the fight.
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crImlnalc Calendar.

Deputy SheriH Byrne disappeared from
his home in Milwaukee three months ago,
n nothing has been heard from him
since. Short in his accounts.
At Chicago Albert Nathan, secretary Of
the "A, @. Knbler company. manufacturers
Of sausage castings, was placed under heavy
bonds on u charge Of embezziing So, 1000 81
the company's funds.
Charles O. Carpenter, chief OF the night
police OF WATERFOWL, Oak, has been sus.
pended, charged with carrying keys to sa-
looms and selling liquor after the places
had been closed for the night.
Frank Fuller, who killed Archbishop
Seghers on the Yukon river, in Alaska,
last December, has been found guilty Of
m~anslaughter, and sentenced to McNeilrs
$1,000.
AT Rector Ark. an ARRAY occurred in
which a. M. Boyee, marshal oil Rector. was
killed and w. III. Ioveioy mortasIy wound
ed. A man named Davis was also reported
killed. The trouble grew out Of an old
feud.
Tommy Warren, the Ieather-weight
champion pngilist who fsred so badly at
the hands Of Weir, the Belfast Spider. y
in q fight at Minnea polls lately, was ar
rested at Chicago. Tor the larceny oil a
watch. The complainant was Mrs. Kate
Gilmer. Her watch was found upon Tar.
rem, but he claimed that it had been given
him by a friend to hand to q third party.
Warren was incarcerated several hours Be.
fore anybody could be found who would
60 on his bond.
At st. Francis. Ark. William Herrie. 4
wealthy planter, has Tor some time past
been ~ieslous 81 the attention paid to his
vile by William Matthewsou. aud he for
bade him 70 come to his house. This was
aiaregnrded BY M~atthewson, who called
ard invited Mrs. Herrig tos.take x drive
with him. While the woman wns getting
ready her husband shot and killed Mat.
theNson and then forced Ills vile to drive
20 M~atthewsnns house With the dead
hody On her ~return 4Ferrig shot and
killed her.
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RESUME OF the NEWS.
weahlngton News ltenns.

The postofice department has decided
to put railway mail service on the Mani
toba Central branch OF the Manitoba road
from Great Falls to Helena, beginning Ian.
Ii, 1888. 1t will be a single daily service
each way.
The public buildings bill already intro
duced in the senate calls for thirty'siX new
buildings Mt q cost OF IS, 500, 900. To this
is to be added money for enlargement oil
buildings, etc, the grand total asked by
senator's amounting to $40, 241, 900.
The following pensions have been grant
cd: Wisconsin: D, McMillOn. Eau Claire;
]. Graham, Packwadkeei Diary, Sylvan;
f. Kahle, Viroqua; J. Powell, Barahoo;
w, Wallace, Rock Falls; A. jackson, PlOv-
err. Minnesota: Father of H. Grant, Gar
den City; j. Schulthies@, Ninoua.
The proposed right OF way across the
Red Lake Indian reservation in Northern
Minnesota, which q bill, to be introduced
by Mr.. Nelson, proposes to grant to the
Duluth, Rainy Lake & Southwestern rail-
road, will be the first railway invasion OF
that country which has yet been proposed.
1t is not likely TO be the last.
A dispatch comes from Canada stating
that at the recent conference between Supt.
Bell. of the foreign mail service OF the Uni
ted States postofice department, and Mr..
Mcclellan, the representative OF the Cana
dian postofEice department, an arrange
ment was reached by which a parcel postal
treaty between the United States and
Canada will probably be concluded. The
Canadian newspaper which is responsible
for this dispatch is greatly in error. The
fact is that the demands OF the Canadian
postotIice officials were OF such aCharacter
that the representative OF our pOstOttice
department would not for a moment rec.
ommend to the postmaster general that
a parcel post treaty upon any such basis
should be concluded. 49, ,
Persons holding close relations to the
administration claim to know hat the
fisheries commission will make short work
when it reassembies next month. Mr..
Chamberlain and Sir Charles Topper will
come back from ottawa empowered to &C
cept the proposition made by our repre-
s~entatiYes during the conference to refer to
arbitration the two main questions at is
sue, namely: Whether Canada shall give
our fishing vessels the commercial rights
which we accord to their fishing vessels,
and whether the three-mile limit shall fol.
low the indentation of the shore. 1t is be.
lieved by Secretary Bayard and the other
American negotiators that the question
would certainly be decided in our favor by
any arbitrators that might beselected.
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Personal News Notes.

The dispatch from San Francisco, stat.
ing that the inventor Of the Babcock fire
extinguisher had died there was incorrect.
The will OF the late William Hilton oil
Boston deyises $500, 600 each to his wife
and daughter. and $3.50, 900 to colleges,
religious societies, etc. ~ Z .#ah S. = ~s'
w. w. Coreoran sent $1,000 as a Christ
mas gift to the Confederate home at Char
lesion, S. C. It will be used for the per-
manent endowment of q Corcoran schoI-
arship in the Confederate home school.
Mrs. Eunice Bosworth Taylor, wife OF
Gcn$-ees-2a E.B3 TAI sol "a Chic, died of
apopleXy at Providence hospital, where
she had been removed on being found UNI
conscious in the street. There were no per.
sons at her bedside when she died save the
hospital attendants, and her identity was
nnkaown for several hours after her demise.
Count Carlos Vetter, consul from Venez-
uels to Stuttgart, Germany, has arrived
IN Chicago, and had a conference with
Mayor Roche. The count is the father Of
Sig. Vetter-Riyas, who was arrested Nov.
6 on suspicion OF being an anarchist, and
who, as ne claims. was sent to the Bride
well for three weeks, without the usual
formaltty OF a trial, and without being per.
mitted to say a word in his own defense.
The count assured the mayor that his son
was not in the least sense to be associated
with revolutionary agitators. He stated
that he did not intend to ~relinquish the
suit commenced by his son, but would see
to IL that it was pressed to q successful
conclusion.