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The Date Of Conversion.

An aged widow, whose only son Is on mis-
sionary ground, recently gave me some ac-
count of her religious experiences. She said
that she did not publicly profess Christ until
abe had arrived at middle life, although she
now thinks that she became Christian when
about ten or twelve years Of age. One Sab
bath she was left at home all alone. She
spent part Of the day in reading those pre-
cious tracts, 1.-THE Dairyman's Daughter"
and 1.-THE Shepherd of Salisbury Plain Her
feelings were deeply moved; and although
she did not then, nor for years after, indulge
hope she now thinks that she then exercised
penitence for sin and faith in Christ
Many persons, who give good evidence or
2iety, are in doubt as to their being Chris
tians because they can f1x on no time when
they became such. But this is not essential.
Children doubtless often begin the Christian
life without any deep religious experience.
Like the willows by the water courses, they
readily yield to the gracious influences OF the
Spirit. Many of the best Christians are un-
able to fix the date OF their conversion.
They were probably converted at q very
early age And this probably will be the
case more and more as millennial times draw
near. Children will then be nurtured under
more holy influences, and will sweetly yield
their hearts to Christ in their tender years.
It will become their experience, as they grow
up, that they love God and the Saviour and
the Bible. and all holy and heavenly things.
and by their fruits they will abundantly
show that they are born Of God.EAmerican
Messenger.
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Z" "AIways Put God First."

Henry Scott Holland in "Murray's Maya
zine" quotes an expression Of Jenny Lind In
her dying days, which may we'll be the
motive power Of the life OF any child Of God:
It was her intense conviction that her art
was a gift Of God, to be dedicated to His SER
vice. This belief WIS continually on her
lips. Il have always put God first" she
said during her last days. It was, this which
kindled all her enthusiasm for Mile. Jano-
tha, in whom she found kindred mind
Janotha, who said to her: "What is this
world Of which people speakl do not know
what the world is. play for Jesus Christ!"'
She. went to look on the face OF dead
friend; and must tell you her own words:
1t was not her own look that was In her
face. It was the look Of another, that had
passed into hers. 1t was the shadow OF
Christ that had come upon her. She had
seen Christ I put down my candle and said:
Let me see this thing. Let me stop here al
ways. Let me sit and look. Where are my
childrena Let them come and see. Here Is
a woman who has seen Christi
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Utilizing the Suns Heat Rays.

One of the most interesting and prac-
tical methods of utilizing the heat of the
sun is that recently invented by Pro-
fessor Morte, of Salem, Mass. The ar
raneement consists of y shallow box, the
bottom of which is of corrugated iron,
and the top of glass. This is placed
outside the building, in such position
that the sun shines directly upon it.
The heat.rays of the sun pass through
the glass and are absorbed by the iron,
heating it to high temperature, and by
a system of ventilation current OF air is
passed through the apparatus and into
the room to be heated. By this means
the air has been heated on sunny days to
about ninety degrees. Fahrenheit, by
passing over the iron.
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Fishermen In History,

Caius Marius, when he fled from the
court of Hiempsul of Numidia, elected
his escape by the assistance Of fishermen.
sending as message to his enemies tho
following: "Go say TO the Roman Gey-
crnor that thou hast seen the exile Ma
rius sitting on the ruins of Carthage. 9
When the great Pompey was ovcrthr0wn
on the plains of Pharsalia,, he found
shelter and rest in the hut Of fisher
man. The unfortunate Mary of Scot
land suffered decisive defeat from her
rebel mobiles. She crossed the Firth OF
Solway in q fishing bark, and was sale
from her own subjects. Charles tho
Second, after the fatal termination or
the battle of Worcester, fled for his life,
aud was glad TO accept the humble hos
pitality Of the fisherman, Tattcrsal, who
betrayed not his great trust. At the
bnttlc of Cullodeu, which was the death
blow to the hopes of Prince Charles Ed.
ward, lie fed, trusting neither noble nor
knight, but sought aud found conceal !
mcnt aud succor among the humble hut
devoted fishermen, who had ever been
loyal to the Stuarts. Massanicl!o, the
young fisherman of Naples, led his
countrymen in revolt agaiIst Spanish
rule. and rose to supreme power alnld
the greatest Of the land.
In the colonization of Massachusetts,,
when both men and money were required
for the public defence. fishermen were
exempted from the performance Of mill
tary dntics and the payment OF taxes;
Scorning to screen themselves behind
special privileges, the fishermen of
Marblehead, Salem, Beverly, Ncwbury-
port and numerous other fishing places
Of note, rallied to the defence OF the
flag, and in all the wars known to the
country have borne their full share:
Marblchead sent nearly every able bodied
man to the camp or continental vessels
of war. No other town in the United
States suffered in population and prop
crty, in proportion to size, as she did.
The close OF the contest showed within
the borders OF the town ass widows and
96G iatherless children.
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The Church for America.

Dr.. Phillips Brooks, with that breadth OF
view and large Christian charity so charac-
teristic of him, came out more decidedly than
ever, at the recent Episcopal Congress at
Louisville, against the assumption by his
sect of the title, "The American Church. "
From his brave speech we quote:
The American Church is the great total
body of Christianity in America, in many
divisions, under many names, broken, dis
cordant, 6isjointed, often quarrelsome and
disgracefully jealous, part Of part, yet as a
whole bearing perpetual testimony to the
people of America Of the authority and love
of God, Of the redemption Of Christ, and Of
the sacred possibilities Of man. If our
church does especial work in cur
country, it must be by the especial and pc
culiar way in which she Is able to bear that
witness; not by any fiction OF an apostolic
succession in her ministry, which gives to
them alone right to bear such witness
There is no such peculiar privilege Of COM
mission belonging to her, or to any other
body. The only right Of any body lies In
the earnest will and in the manifest power.
The right to preach the gospel to America
lies in the earnest faith that the gospel Is the
only salvation Of the people, first as men,
and then as Americans; whoever brings
that faith has the right to preach; whoever
does not bring it has no right, be the fancied
regularity Of his commission what it may!
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A Manners D lemma.

There is a story going the rounds
about the late J. c. Enge, director of
kroll's Opera House, Berlin. He asked
two of his stars, Nachbaur and Reich
mann, into his sanctum, and invited
them to mention their conditions for a
new engagement. "Well," said Mach
baur, ''you know my terms. Half the
gross receipts" Il also," said Reich
mann; ~ cannot take less than half the
gtoss." "Gentlemeu," gravely replied
]. c. Engel, "supposiny / accept, will
you, occasionally, let me haze a free
ticket? 1 should like to be able to enter
my own theatre"
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RELIGIOUS READING.

To-Day.
Thy yesterday is dead,
Unborn is thy tomorrow;
Why look before with dreadl
Why gaze behind with sorrows
Unchanged the past must stand,
- Deaf to thy prayers and tears,
And, hidden in Gods hand,
Rest all thy future years.
Today is thine today!
But ah, its hours, how brief!
For time makes no delay
For doubt or fear or grief,
Speed, speed thy laggard feetl
Follow thy Kings behestl
So shall thy past be sweet,
Thy future glad and blest.
-TChristian Weekly.
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EOreIVeness.

81 will blot out your t-ansgressions," blot
them out as if they had never been; forget
them utterly. How many Of US forgive in
that way? sometimes think We might
learn lesson in this way OF forgiving
from the Indian. With him to forgive, is to
forget the offence. No matter what the
difference or trouble has been. If the parties
can be brought to ''shake hands, the trouble
is at an end, the past forgotten and never
again alluded to.
While I was teacher among the Miamis, a
circumstance occurred that was told me by
ne who witnessed and was deeply affected
by the scene. There had been bitter quarrel
between Bogus Charley, the chief OF
the Modocs. and Shaknasty Jim, :, SO
bitter that pistols were handled
and blood threatened. A Sabbath day
came, when missionary talked to the
gathered band in the schoolhouse, and these
two became much affected. One, who knew
of the trouble, rose and feelingly urged
them, then and there, to be reconciled;;
There was perfect silence for time, and
then the tall form Of Bogus Charley rose,
and, after some words in Indian, Shaknasty
stood up, and as the two strode towarts
each other and grasped hands with penitent
faces, there were few dry eyes among the
on-lookers Ageneral hand-shaking followed,
and the voice of prayer went up TO Him
who said: Forgive as ye would be for
given"
had a somewhat similar experience in
the boarding school at Genoa, Neb. The
large boys had difficulty that ended in a
fight, and one had his head so battered he was
out of the school-room for week. Hatred
was so strong between the two factions, that
it threatened the peace OF the school. We
were startled one day, by finding that one
party had pistol or two, and had warned
the other party to keep hands of. They
were wild and net yet used to control, and 1t
became serious question with the teachers,
how to handle the matter. 1t was deter
mined by two OF US to try what we could do
quietly, and Miss w. set to work with the
leader of one party, while I took the two
who headed the other. We took
them to our rooms and talked earnestly,
but it was more than week before
we brought them to say they wore willing to
he friends. The night I was to take. nv
two to meet the other In the school-room,
Stephen drew back, and I watched, tremb-
lingly, the hard struggle that went on. His
dark face paled with the inward fight, and
when at last I said, Stephen, will you go
with us now, he shook his head and l
thought all was over. Outside my door,
however, he halted, irresolute for minute,
then his good angel conquered, and he
turned and followed US down. How glad
we were to see those three dusky faced fell
lows shake hands, no one but God knows.
never can forget their three faces at our
next prayer-meeting, they were radiant
The hand-shake completely blotted out the
trouble. never knew Of even reference
to it afterward. 1t was the "forgive as we
would be forgiven. NJ. G. in New York
Observer.
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Largest Schooner AflOat.

A schooner building at Wa'doboro,
Me-, is expected to be the largest vessel
of its kind afoat. 1t is of the center
board pattern, and will carry five masts.
Her length OF keel is 90 feet, her
breadth is 80 feet, depth of hold twenty
one feet, and her measurement will be
1900 tons. Her masts will be OF Oregon
pine, and her foremasts, mainmast,
mizzenmast, spankermast and jigger will
be each 1l5 feet in length. She will
have two full decks running the entire
length of the vessel and nine matches.
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The Life Labors Of Seth Green.

Fishermen everywhere, whether they
fish for pleasure or for business, will feel
a personal loss in the death of Seth Green,
the original fish culturist Of the world,
and the one in whom, in spite of his
seventy .one years, lay the greatest prom:
ise of the development of the science Of
artificial fish propagation. From his
toyhood he was lover of the woods and
streams, and in 1885, by observation of
the natural methods of propagation in
the Salmon River, in this State, got his
first idea that fish might be raised arti-
ficially. He continued studying fish life
until 1864, when, on q small piece of
land that he bought near Rochester he
put his theories into practice, and sue
ceeded in producing fry from twenty-five
per cent. of the eggs that he experiment
ed upon. Salmon were Matched first, and
then trout. Afterward, whitetsh carp,
bass, sturgeon, grayllng, herring, perch,
muskalonge, and number Of other food
fishes were successfully raised at Mr..
Green's hatchery. In 1867, at the re-
quest of the State of Massachusetts, he
went to Holyoke, and in two weeks. had
produced $1,000, 900 young shad from
spawn. Since then he has aided in
stocking nearly all the large rivers on
the Atlantic coast with this fish. New
York made him Fish Commissioner in
1873, and soon afterward superintendent
State Fisheries, place that he held till
his death. Not only many of the States,
but number of European Governments
have had medals struck in his honor, and
nearly every fish or game protective or
similar society in the country has made
him an honorary member. He was pas
sionately fond of fishing as q sport and
was very succe sful. He had record
of eighty-fve feet in fly casting, and is
said to have once thrown 100 feet.-New
York Sun
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JAY GOULD was reading the "Quick
or the Dead" for recreation. He was
asked if il entertained him. He said
"Tolerably. 1t is curious study OF q
morbid mental condition in q woman.
The features which I suppose have
popularized it are disagreeahle. 1
don't know when I have read novel
before. My doctor told me to try fc-
ton, and let thoughtful books alone.
So I am obeying."
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An Inhuman Episode.

A Massachusetts, paper prints an
account of a remarkable scene at Hevere
Beach on recent Sunday. A man was
in danger of drowning in the surf, ana
while efforts were being made to launch
the life-boat, the sunday pleasure seekers
stood by, laughed and applalded: Inc
band struck up 1.-The Girl | eft Behlno
Me-" and every delay and blunder ln-
creased the merriment. The efforts to
save the man were unavalling, and his
dead body was brought ashore. .-NS'o
York Sun.
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TEMPERANCE.
The Moral Hero.


BY JOEL SwARTZ, D. D.
The patriot and soldier whose heart does moi
quail
In the fierce battle-line where thousand!
must bleed,
But fearlessly meets the thick leaden hail.
Is crowned by the world as hero indeed
Yet is he not braver who follows the right,
Because it is right, tho dying unknown,
And combats the wrong with courage and
II cheered by the crowd or marching alone
A hero is he, and loyal of soul.
Who welcomes the fray when conscience
Rejoicing to answer the call of the roll,
Where danger is thickest and error with.
stands.
So far Is he oft in advance Of his age
That his greatness seems dwarfed to the
ranks in the rear,
And not till they coms to his loftier stage
Do his wisdom and faith and courage ap-
pear.
Oft cursed Is he, hence, reviled and opposed,
But gently he bears detraction and wrong,
And still presses on till his mission is closed,
In sorrow most joyful, in weakness made
strong
The warrior in battle with daring Is fired
BY numbers and noise in his rush to the
fray;
The hero of conscience by duty inspired
Will march, tho alone, where she points
the way.
No trumpet, no cannon is needed to fire,
The embers Of force in his languishing
frame,
The fair form Of virtue alone can inspire
The love Of his heart to passionate
flame.
The sword of the hero who conquers by
might
May carve for its wearer a bright crimson
name,
And high on the pillars of honor may write
The proud march Of valor to the summit Of
fame.
Yet rust shall corrupt the warriors bright
sword
And times envious tooth his marble con-
sumo,
And erasing the record, leave only this
wore, -
Forgotten" as all that remains Of his
tomb.
While truths stainless weapons, immortal
and bright,
Shall hang IN the halls Of the hero above,
For the battles he fought were struggles for
right,
And the triumphs he won were conquests
New York Observer.
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Temperance News and Notes.


Seventy members Of the Canadian Parlia
ment are professed prohibitionists.
Kentucky has 4l22 retail liquor. dealers
Louisville six saloons to each church.
Maxwell. who was recently hanged at St
Louis, was, it Is said, hard drinker.
Topeka, Kansas, has more churches than
any other city of its size; and not one saloon
Four Trenton, N. j., liquor sellers were re-
Gently sentenced to six months in the county
jail.
A temperance society with eighteen mem
bers was lately organized at Klnklang
China.
The city of Pasadena, CAL, has not sa
loon, not policeman, and Its jail mas nc
occupants.
DR.. Richardson says he can no more ae'
cept the alcohols as foods that he can chloro'
form or ether.
At Eau Claire, Wis, recently man
signed the pledge for the first time on his one
hundredth birthday.
President Culver announces that at the
Alabama State Fair this year, whisky shall
not be sold on the grounds.
The liquor sellers Of Palestine are obliged
to pay for License one-fourth OF the amount
Of their house or shop rent
A railway disaster on the Mexico Central
Railway, resulting in thirteen deaths, is now
said to have been caused by drink.
DIR. Norman Kerr says: "Among the inc
briates admitted to the Dalrymple Home nine
per cent of the whole number drank nothing
but beer.
Sir Andrew Clark says that more than
three-fourths of the disorders, in what we
| call fashionable life, arise from the use OF
alcohol"
Eight conductors and trainmen of the Long
Island railroad were recently discharged, be
cause they entered saloons and drank during
hours of duty.
The recent banquet of the Commercial
Travellers Convention, held in Minneapolis,
attended by six hundred and fifty guests,
was served without wine.
New York State has 500, ,000, 900 invested in
prisons. asylums. hospitals and aims houses.
| New York city alone has 0,OO0 dram shops
| to help provide the inmates
Father Cleary, Of Wisconsin, last year de.
| liyered l74 addresses and lectures In behalf OF
the Catholic Total Abstinence Union, and
administered the pledge to over lou, QUO per-
sons.
NJ. Emile de Lavelye, the distinguished po-
litical economist, says there is a "carbaree'
| for every ten families in Belgium, and with
| in the last fourteen years the consumption Of
] drink has doubled. ----------.
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The Court of Appeals of New York State
holds that public intoxication, under the
statute, has all the elements Of a crime, be-
ing offensive to public decency. and danger
Gus to the good order and weli-beng OF So
cisty
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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of New Hampshire are making arrange
ments to open home for lntemperate wo,
men. The State Legislature has granted
the sum of $1,000 to start the work.
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The Keely Brewing Company, Of Chicago.
propose to punish Iowa and Kansas for their
prohibitory legislature, by refusing to buy
barley grown in either Of those States.
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No More Rum Rations in Indi a.

The Indian correspondent Of the B 1tish
WeekLu writes: There is great news for
the friends of temperance. The issue OF rum
is to be discontinued in the army in India.
Henceforward raw spirits will not be issuel
to any troops arriving in India after this
date. The canteen will be an institution of
the past. Refreshment ooms supplying non
intoxicants, with side bar at which beer
may be had, are to be instituted within the
lines of every regiment in India. A reading
room is to be attached. The change is due
to His Excellency Sir Frederick Roberts, the
Commander-in-C Chief The step is long one
in the right direction, AMI year or two ago
would not have been dreamt of.
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The March OF the Corn.

Farmer Grey's little Molly had been sent
to the corn field for roasting ears" for din
ner. She had prudently husked the ears In
the field, and was now homeward bound
with her apron full Of corn: Molly was sing
ing as blthely as the robin swaying on q
cornstalk near her. But she was child full
Of whims and fair fancIes. and she stopped
singing and looked over the LANDSCAPE The
great 'ten-acre field" planted with corn lay
on the gentle slope Of hill, and reached even
to the green and shadowy val ey. Through
the valley ran deep strong, stream.
all marching down-hill to the valley. And
SO it is! Some of it will march into the
house; I think see it. It will be put into
fritters or succotash, and it will be boiled and
canned. 1t will march down there ripe, and
it will be turned into mush and pudding and
nice crisp corn-cake with loads Of butter on
it. Oh, my! And then winter evenings all
of us will have such fun popping some OF It
and making popcorn balls. Good corn! l
housem
Lower down the valley lay the mill, a
great. dark old mill, the wheel, turned by
the roaring river, rising and falling with
plash.
down to the mill Will you be afraid Of the
great mill.stones2 You will be ground into
u6dl, JOu VIII 10 PuS INV oS&S eA'o SeA SsSJ
you will be sent east north, west. south!
You will help feed the world! Will you not
be glad, corn, when you make thin people
fat, weak people strong, hungry people con.
tent? You will die to do good, 0 corn! when
you have marched down to the mill. You
will have done the errand God sent you to
don
But farther down the valley were tall
chimneys, great brick walls, high fences. with
wide gates out of which rumbled vans under
clouds of black smoke and dense steam.
10 corn!' said Molly, ''you will march
down to the distillery. You will die to do
evil and not to do good. You will be what
God never meant you TO bel You will drive
men and women crazy with evil drink; you
will fill them with disease, you will make
them poor You will rob little children Of
homes, food, clothes, books, joy. You will
give them fears, tears pain. You will kill
thousands, corn, instead Of feeding thou
sands. o beautiful corn! is it not terrible
that, after all these lovely summer days, you
must carry your beauty and your wealth
down to the distillery to ruin the land! You
will be ground and scalded and decayed and
distilled, until out Of good has come evil and
out Of life death; and you will have come to
a very bad end, D my beautiful corn!"-
Youths Temperance Banner.