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TEMPERANCE.
Cold Water Ballad.

You may como from tho East, you may
come from the West,
You may bring every wine from each coun-
try the hest;
They are nothing to me if only can have
A glass Of cold water my thirsting to lave.
You may come from the South, YOU may
come from the North,
You may bring all tho drink that those coun-
tries bring forth;
Yet I'll laugh them to scorl, while with firm
To my glass of cold water DIPPED fresh from
the spring.
An old lady comes with her hot cup of tea,
Bnd she says: THAT is just the best beverage
for me-"
And her lips seem to smile and her eyes
glimmer bright,
For she's sure that she's taking the drink
that's Just right.
r{et some others there are, who'll firmly in
sist
Iha9 tits coffee that all should place first on
tie list,
But their coffee is mud, and their tea just as
bad,
VIII ;le the glass of clear water my spirit
makes glad.
There is wine that's as red as the ruby, 1
But cold water resembles the diamonds
glow.
So we'll drink to your health, from its pure,
sparkling cup,
And the strife Tor its glory we'll never give
--En,ma Ho1c1rd, IL, the Pioneer.
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The Obligation of the Church.

Joseph Cook, in the Missionary Review Of
the World has the following relating to the
obligation that is laid upon the Church to
give the Gospel to the nations of the earth:
ter death, therefore believe in sending the
Gospel to all men before deathl Like pillar
of fire should we be guided by thaG definite
declara, ion that we shall he judged accord
Ing to the deeds done in the body We
know nothing about another opportunity for
men III an intermediate state, therefore will
we send dictionaries to them in our present
state Over all the world it is true of every
man and woman, that to be happy therc
rlust be salvation from shat sin which is
true, alas, OF everyone. If possess Christ
who alone can snve from sin, and from the
inevitable, invariable consequences Of sin,
NV RESPONSIBILITIES toward other mon is
simply immeasurable. Science teaches this.
Nature prompts it. Common sense ratifies
it. Three hundred millions of women hold
the Buddhist belief, as it is held by them,
that they will reappear on earth after death
as bugs and all manner of vermin;
unless, indeed, they are extraordinarily
good, in which case they will be born again,
this time as men. The money We give 10
send the Gospel to those, our yearly con-
tributions to MISSIONS will not pay the
liquor bills of the United States for two
days: will not pay for tho spirits drunk in
Inc BRUSH Island during Two days. FRO
teslants give ten millions of dollars annually
to erungel:Ze the heatnen. VIII It is ten mill
lions in comparison to what we could do!
Some one has said th t this nineteenth cen.
tury will seem to those coming after US an
amusing century, and nothing will amuse
our posterlty more than our absurd conceit
that we are doing great things for the world.
1t is because we have so slight q conception
of the visible needs of the heather. Out of
sixty.three millions Of Benoal. ten millions
10 utterly depend upon tho current harvest
that for it to fail is for them to perish; thir-
lean millions more do not know. except
Will. the mangoes are ripe, what it is he
wear round, to have full stomach. In China
sixty dollars year is wealth beyond
the reach of myriads. In India many mill
lion of men has to support life. ench man on
less than $l5 n year; mutitudes OF widows
supporting existence on dollar month.
The American Board is in the lead of every
other missionary association, for they re-
uuire mission churches to be self-sustaining
Iaying it down as law that every convert
should give q tenth Of his income to the
Lord. in which they differ from other boards
There is not now one ordained missionary for
a million heathen; surely there should be ono
for every fifty thousand. Remember that
the populaton Of the world is increasing at
n more rapid rate than the increase OF mis-.
sionury effort 1t ought TO be the law OF
every ChIistian in the world: For every
five dollars expcnd upon myself VIII give
one dollar to ths spread OF the Gospel"
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Sunday Morning Temperance Work.

20. H. B." of Fort Myers Fla, writes in
tho National temperance Adrocatc: For
some J ears past 1 have made it 3 rule To
carry with me, while travelling by rail, q
quantity of temperance papers, to hand to
PASSENGERS and TO throw to idle luen at coun'
try STATIONS. But the best opportunity fol
distribI Iuting leaflets, in town or city, is early
Sunday morning. There is a large class
of p9ople who have no church to GO
to- and who cannot dress well enough to go
if they'll had q church. You will find them at
the livb bry stables. or sitting on the steps OF
saloons, or wandering aimleSsly along the
streets, glad to take and read anything that
may h$ given them. Here in this little but
beautid dul town l gave out on last Sunday
morning fifty copies Of "a Woman's Cry"
by Elia aabeth Cleveland: and every one was
rejoicef to have something to read from the
Presidents sister. Talmage's sermons OH
temper, ,ance are always acceptable. The
Wa ert Lin and the Youths Temperance
Banne}, for children, should never be for.
gotten And while you are listening to your
ministe eF preaching his Sunday morning ser.
mon, yfu will have tile satisfaction Of know.
ing that, through these instrulncntalitcs.
you aIb preaching to scores Of immortal
souls, nhany OF whom never attend church.
Don't steDd boy ont with them, but 60 your
self: and you will he learning grand lessons
while y lou are distributing words OF truth to
others. Lay in a supply. 1t will cost but
few CENTS, and give an hours timo to this
work NEXT Sunday morning, and you will
over bel thankful for the experience.
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He Signed the Pied Ge.

An intoxicated man staggered into Justice
O'Nd dals Office yesterday. He had, from all
appearances, bean ont in the rain and snow
for several hours and was soaking wet.
81 want to take the pledge" he muttered.
"What for." asked the justice.
"TP keep sober, of course he answered.
~ ou had better go home," said Thc. justice,
''andl come bicl; when you are sobcr."
Then / won't sign the pledge" sid the
drunken man. Il only sign it when I am
drunk. l am drunk now, and know it, and
il kign the pledge l won't take another
drink own house now, and if take the
pledGb to-day III keep it, but if don't away
will do the house"
"HIw long do you want to take the pledge
forn hskei the justice.
'O9e year." he replied.
Thd justice then made out the pledge. The
drunken man signed it, and swore that he
would not touch another drop for year.
After the man had gone the just ce explained
that this was not the first time that the man
had tai ken the pledge. lie always takes it
when he is intoxicated. He usually takes
the pledge homo to his wife, and when he is
showIl the pledge tho next morning he is
sober enough to understand it, and is man
enough to keep it 'shington Star.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

In shoal water you know how deep it
IS.
The present is the golden moment of
life.
Be content with such things as you
have.
Only very mean men always take the
half cent.
Beautiful bubbles are but glittering
emptiness.
The best physicians are DR.. Diet, Dr..
Quiet and Lr. Merrymau.
Who boils his pot with chips makes
his broth smell of smoke.
Women are extremists-they are either
better or worse then men.
A lady and her maid acting in accord
will outwit dozen sprites.
There is no torture that a woman will
not suffer to enhance her beauty.
Woman is charming creature, whe
changes her heart as easily as her gloves.
Life is series of surprises, and would
not be worth taking or keeping if it
were not.
the sun, rising and declining, makes
long shadows, and at midday, when he
is his highest, none at all.
Conviction is in itself a power. The
man who is sure of what he says, gives
assurance to those who hear him.
There may be times when silence is
gold, and speech silver; but there are
times, also, when silence is death and
speech is life.
If good people would but make good.
ness agreeable, and smile Instead of
frowning in their virtue, many would
they gain to the good cause.
a nobleness and elevation of mind,
together with frmness of constitution,
gives luster and dignity to the aspect,
and makes the soul, as it were, shine
through the body
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Asbestos Manufacture.

Quite good deal of attention in Bos-
ton is devoted to the manufacture of as
bestos. The stuff, as everyone knows,
is mineral fibre, but concerning its
nature and the uses to which it is put
very little seems to be comprehended.
A piece of cloth made of it closely re.
sembles, both to sight and touch, coarse
cotton toweling. 1t may be used for
the same purposes, aud, when dirty,
thrown into the fire. Rake it out after
little while, and it is found intact, but
cleaned as perfectly as though subjected
to the steam laundry process.
The ancients. 25uU years ago, were we'll
acquainted with asbestos and its prop
critics. They thought it was vegetable,
but knew that it would not burn. So
they wrapped their corpses in cloths
woven in its tiax-like strands, in order
to keep the ashes of their relatives aud
friends from miugling with the charred
remains of the funeral pyres. They
used 1t also for lamp wicks and for nap
kins.
In fact, however, asbestos is form
of very hard rock, called hornblende,.
and is found in strata of a fbrous con-
sistency, read ly divisible into silky
strands resembling fax. Hence it is
commonly known as "earth.fax." Re-
Gently vast deposits of it have been
found in the Canadian provinces, whereas
in former times it was chiefly imported
from Savoy and the Tyrol. The variety
of uses to which it has been applied by
modern ingenuity is surprising. Clothes
for firemen and gloves whercwith to han
die rcd.hot iron are made of it. Roofing
material, boiler felting and paper stock
are other products largely manufactured
from the same material. Besides, it is
employed in the mixing of fireproof
paints for stage scenery and other pur'
poses.
Sometimes this mineral is found in
thin sheets of interlaced fibres, known,
in vulgar parlancc as mountain
leather" When the natural fabric is
developed in thick sheets it is called
.'nountain cork" In any shape the
material is indestructible by fire at the
ordinary temperature of flame. AS mat
ter of fact, however, there is, nothing
in nature that will not burn if oply the
thermometer is high enough. Did you
ever see O lecturer on the problems"ot =,
chemistry direct the lighted Jet from AZ
oxy-hydrogen blowpipc upon piece OF
iron or zinc2 If so, you will have OBJ
served how the metal is consumed. under
such conditions, like so much tinder. In
like manner the hardest rocks are disin.
tegrated by the action of heat. Asbestos
cloth is a very pretty goods, but it is not
altogether incombu,tible. e.-i'icayuae.
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Tricks of IaDidlries.

The old.time trick by which lapidarie',
at Brighton, England. grew rich by
practising on the Ignorance and credu-
lIty OF the public, was last summer re-
vived by lapidarlcs at Narragansctt Pier.
Brighton lapidaries cnt water-worn bits
of bottle-glass into what became known
as "Brighton emeralds," but the more
cntcrprising lapidalies at Narragansett
ier cut ordinary pebbles into moon
stones, yellow quartz and topaz, and
have even been known to convert an
ordinary white stone into clear, yellow
gem. Mr.. George +. Kunz, the we'll.
known mineralog!st, said lately that he
had seen a number Of stones from
Narragausett Pier, and that moonstones
of the kind shown to him were never
Ceylon moonstones, and were cut in
Ceylon, and were much less than the
price charged by the Narragansctt
lapidary, even for cutting. The yellow
Saxon topaz, which visitors at Narra-
gansett believed they had picked up ON
the beach, were stones never found in
nature, but topaz artifcially colored by
heat. The glass gems were not bottle.
glass, like the "Brjghton emcralds, but
ordinary imitation gems, such as are
imported in wholesale quantities by
manufacturers of pinchbeck jewelry in
Providence and elsewhere.
A gentleman at Narragansett offered
the lapidary a considerable sum to be
allowed to see him cut pebble into n
moonstone, but the man said that he
had already run too much risk by allow
ing people at the peril of their lives to
watch him. The lapidary's wheel is
ordinarily too simple IN instrument to
work such dire destruction, but the
dangerous conditions referred to may be
due 10 climatic influences at Narragan-
sctt Pier.-Meto York Tribune.
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ing. remember when my teeth chartered
and my knees knocked together when heard
anybody talk about death; but have come
to think that the grave will be the softest
bed ever slept in and the bottom of my
feet will not be wet with the passage Of the
Jordan. "Them that sleep in jesus will God
bring with Him.
was reading of Robert Southey who said
he wished he could die far away from his
friends-like dog, crawling into a corner
and dying unobserved. These were his
words Be it ours to die on a couch sur
rounded by loved ones, so that they with us
NAV hear the glad, sweet. jubiiant announce
elent: The Kings wagons are coming"
darki hear them now. Are they coming
for you or me.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
The Great Hereafter.

IT'S sweet to think, when struggling
Tho goal of life to win,
That jusO beyond the shores of time
The better years begin.
When through the nameless ages
cast my longing eyes,
Before me, like Il boundless sea,
The Great Hereafter lies.
Along its brimming bosom
Perpetual summer smiles,
And gathers like golden robe
Around the emerald isles.
There, in the blue, long di tance,
By lulling bree2es famed,
seem to see the llo~ ering groves
OF the old Eeulah land;
And far beyond the islands,
That gem the waves serene,
The image OF the clvu,ilesS shore
OF holy heaven is seen.
Unto the Great Hereafter
Aforeiims dim and dark
] freely H. w and gladly give
OF lfe the wandering bark.
And in the far-Cff haven,
When >hadowy seas are passs1,
Bv angel hands its quivering sails
Shall all DO furled at last.
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Syndicates Flourish in Philadelphia.

The words syndicate and Philadelphia
are slowly but surely becoming synony.
nous. The Philadelphia mind turns
naturally to the syndicate idea, and it is
a fact which seems to escape comment
that Philadelphia capital is at present
running some of the biggest enterprises
in New York city. There seem, to be u
boundless amount of ready cash in the
Quaker City. They run to railroads
mainly, though they occasionally wake
up and bet money, as they did on Har.
rison. They have tremendous interests
in New York street railroads, are build
ing the Poughkeepsie bridge aud lot
of connecting lines, own the entire sys-
tenn of cable cars in Chicago, and have
strong hold in Boston, Washington and
Baltimore. The odd thing about it all,
according to financial men, is that,
though the Philadrlphians have great
reputation for nsertatism and caution,
they come up like shot when a syndi-
cate scheme that promises great profits
ia placed before them st. Louis Star
SoyinQs.
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Temperance News and Notes.
Salooil motto-We vote as we prey.

Of 3IO.0D0 railway employees in Great
Britain,l $500 are total ahstainers
Since lit started twenty-threa years ago,
the Nat jonal Temperance Society has paid
out $40, p0D to women for writing temperance
literatute.
Dr.. lbonnet says that bordeaux, where
many ptrsons drink one and n half litres O!
wine with each meal, has greater numbe!
of apoH!ex!es than any other city of the
world.
A trading establishment in the Congo re-
Gently sent an order to England for con-
signmcnE of rum. And very appropriately
it was afldcd in postscript "Send more
handcul4s."
According to Internal Revenue Commits.
sioner Miller, the pcope OF these United
States cd dnsumed during, the past year over
seventy millions of gallons OF whisky and
"a, $50 PIP LGrres Of beer.
An eidht.year.old son of Patrick Bray OF
Montclaiir, 4. j., found bottle containing q
half pint of whisky and drank nearly all OF
it. In fcw hours he was seized with convul-
sions andl died next day in great agony.
An inmate of the State Prison at Still.
wa,er Mimi, atfirmS IN recent number OF
the P,.istbn Mirror that Ten nights in bar
room arb apt to be followed by ten years i'll
q prson:I and is apparently able to prove the
truth of his assertion from actual experience.
II is sthted on the authority CT those best
nosted iIiu such matters that tho champion.
shin of tIte baseball League, which was this
year piydn to the New York club. would not
have beeh won by them had not their captain.
at the be1-inning of The season. taken a Total
abstinent9c pledge, which he has since faith
fully kept.
One of the rules OF Cornell Lnlverslt{
roads as follows: students found guilty of
intoxicatAor, gambling, or gross immortality,
or of onyiint Interference with the personal lib
ertv of any student, will be removed from
tbe IJniykrsity." PreSid Mt Adams has given
notice that tho rule will be promptly and
ilnpartlalFy enforced.
The Ref. Charles Goss, OF chicago. sala III
n recent sermon: "(jnc single saloon III
town Of IL 40 people is more to be dreaded
than all the thieves and gamblers in tho
Stote III five years it will broak up twenty
families darlss at least thrcc suicides and re-
sultin at least fifty infractions OF tho law. Inc
tears can,fot be counted nor the hcart-acheS
numb .rrdl God alono knows tfem."
rnemlbor of the medical staff in the Lon
don hospital being recently sSheu nJ
porter OF the fuI HaiI uoErae no" ni'.y
of the casds treated in the institution are at
tributableI to intemperance repIeu:
youId lie difficult 10 estimate the number,
bnt is Enthusiastically great. We sometimes
find cvrn Icbldren with drunkards livers.
due to thaI habit OF giving infants gin to
cootha ,hchn while teething Drink is with
10 n so"yck of nluc! trouble If tho public
housns we're shut we should have to close
boIT oar wards. or rather we should be arle
to rake;icft as MANY rnticnts:'
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Peculiar Way of Catching Quail.

A man living near Davis Il Cowelrs
lime kilns has been catching quail in a
peculiar way. For three weeks he has
been spreading grain in the road nea,
his place, where quail abound. On the
dav the law was out he put wheat in the
place as usual, but had previously soaked
the water in whisky. Watching the
place he saw the quail come out, eat,
get drunk. and in short time lie down,
stupefed. lie then went to them and
gathered about one hundred int a sack
that he Carried with him. A few that
were not fully drunk were easily caught
by his. dog. He has practised the same
method since successfully. .--SantG Crua
fGl.) SaJ.
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Wounds given to honor never heal--Cor
neil.
II you cannot be great, be willing to serv'
God in things that arc small.
There is by God S grace an immeosurabi'
distance Letween late and too late.
Th3se men whose brains are few tu'
active, are the most successful in business
What a heaven earth would be could WI
always appreciate all we have as keenly o.
WE do when on the point Of loving it'll
Alexander Innes Shand.
Frames and feelings have an inherent ten
dency 10 subside into flatness, dullnesS stale
aess. Tnere ia only one unfailiug sourc. oil
unfaliling freshness - Christ Himself.
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Mr.. M4 oRRELI, who is to marry one
of the Nil sses Drexel. of Philadelphia,
who has An income OF 100000 O year,
will abjuFe Professionalism and join the
Catholic Church before the ceremony,
Miss DrAxel being devout Catholic.
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Growth of American Cities.

Presidential elections always call out
a full vote, and the vote cast in the lead
ing cities of the country can be taken as
an indication the relative growth of
those cities, says the Philadelphia Record.
New York, with its 2;0,1y votes for
President, leads all her sister cities,
with Philadelphia and her eos, TAT votes
q good second. These figures indicate
a population of over |, sou, 00O people for
New York, and shows that Philadel-
phia has passed her 1000, 900 mark.
Brooklyn and Chicago are pressing this
city, but they are nearly $50, QUO behind
us. Boston shows the smallest percent
age of increase of any of the cities. The
following table gives the total number
of votes cast in each of eleven leading
cities for President at the recent election:
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Shocking Results Of Inebriety.

Fully lu0O infants are suiTocated in bed by
theiI parents every year in London. The
great majority of these deaths occur on Sat
urday night, when the parents are too drunk
TO k,t low or care whether they are lying on
theilE children or not Yet, because it is so
conn fhon, little or nothing is said about it!
We Iuppose it will be said that the publicans
must live, or be compensated il this is to be
put d stop to.-Gtusgo" Re5O'mer.
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WH1LH wedding party was waiting
for sqNire to perform the ceremony
at Alpha |rotta, Georgia, the groom e1'
cused hE Emself and fed. The bride
proposed to the groomsman on the
SPOT, and they were married within on
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Pho:osraphing Flying Cannon Balls.

The well-known photographer, An
schuetz, of LISA, has for some years
been experimenting with photographs of
the flight of cannon balls from the mo-
ment OF their projection to their striking
the target or object aimed at. Last
month, on the trying grounds of the
Gruson works, near buckau, he has
demonstrated the perfection Of his
studies. lie succeeded in obtaining re-
markablc and highly interesting results.
Ills plates were submitted to the ex--
pert, Professor D. koenig, of the Berlin
University, who was perfectly able to
make thcrcfrom the desired practical
calculations. He established the fact
that the pro. .ectile thus photographed
had velocity of 400 metres second,
and the duration of the light thrown on
the Photographic plate did not exceed
the teu-thousandth part Of q second.
Meet difficulties with untlinshing per-
severance, and they will disappear at
least; though you should fall in the
struggle, you will be honored; but shrink
from The task, aud you will be despised.
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The following table contains the popu-
lation of ca h city in 1850 and the ap.
parent population at present, based upon
the vote cast on Tuesday, November 6:
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No. of population

The following shows the population IN
1880 in proportion to the vote of each
city in that year: