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1arnea Brainard Taylor.

He was q graduate Of Princeton and only
twenty eight when he died, yet he did work
that any man might envy. BE got hold os
the idea that there was something In this
doctrine Of the enduement Of the Spirit
Studying this subject, be became perfectly
sure that the Holy Ghost might come upon
him as upon the original disciples. so 10
prayed, and his prayers were answered
Whenever he went out he stirred all with
W lom he come in contact. Sinners used 70
fall before his preaching as grass before the
scythe. It was spontaneous He could not
help speaking to men and his words were
mighty. There Is one very beautiful Incl
dent in his life. One day he was out driving
and he drew his horse up to watering
trough. 1t so happened that another young
man was doing the same thing. While the
horses heads met in the trough, he turned to
the young man and said II nOPe. you lo7e
the Lord. If you don't ! want to commend
him to you, as your best friend. Seek hiii
with all your heart" Phat was all; they
turned and went their ways. But what was
the RESULT The young man thus spoken TO
was converted, was educated for the minis.
try and went as a missionary to Africa.
Said this missionary afterwards: "Over
and over again wished ! knew who that
man was who spoke to me at the watering
trough. But I never knew till some one sent
to me in Africa box Of books Iopened
them saw little black-covered book, opened
it, turned to the title page, and there saw
portrait-a beautiful face. 'Ah,' said that
Is the man, That is the man who preached
the gospel to mo at the watering. trough; TO
him owe my salvation" And that OF now
many more on the dark continent. :. Whist
we want today is to.be filled with the Spirit
We are filled with so many other things
pride, selfishness, ambition and vain glory.
NAV the Lord enable US to empty our hearts
and have them filled as by mighty rush
ing wind.-Dr A. J. Gordon, -
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The Talking Dog.

Credulity has not often been exempll.
fed more funnily, Paris correspondent
saws, than in case which has just come
off in police court. The keeper of a
public house told long story of how a
customer came into his place one day
and asked for book. his dog taking q
seat beside his master and asking in
strange voice for ia piece of meat fol
himself. The other customer, astounded
at hearing a dog talk. recommended
bonifacc to buy the animal and to re-.
christen his place "Thc Talking Dog. y
The complainant took the advice, and
offered four hundred francs for the dog,
who, on hearing the bargain, cried out 10
his master: 80 you sell me, do you3
Then shall not talk any more" The
animal kept his word, and boniface could
not get another syllable out Of him. AT
last it dawned upon him that he had
been made fool of, and, happening tc
meet the vender in the garb of an aero
bat at fair, he gave him in custody.
When the poor player" was brought ur
he confessed that he was ventrl!oIulst'
but protested that he did not o!lcr tc
sell his dog. On the contrary, the land,
lord insisted on buying it, and, without
any incitemcnt to do so, went up quickly
in his bids from two hundred francs to
four hundred frances, throwing in the
refrcshment which had been given to
man aud beast. The case was dismissed
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Finest Dissecting.RoOm In the World.

The College of Physicians and Sur
geons has the finest dissecting- room IN
the country, if rot in the world, says
New York correspondent. 1t has forty
tables. These are of modern design and
simple in construction, consisting OF an
iron frame supported by four iron legs,
upon which rests slab of slate weigh
ING two hundred pounds. An inch from
the margin of this slab is a groove halt
an inch in depth, intended to convey the
drippings into an iron receptacle last
ened to the head of the table. Five
students are assigned to each "cadaver,", "
so that with the forty tablestwo hundred
men are enabled to work at once. FIVE
hours day devoted to subject will en-
able group Of students to dissect II
completely within one week.
Each student is assigned to work on
specified portion of the 'cadaver" by a
demonst'ator of anatomy, and is re-
uuired to dissect an entire body during
the first wear of his course. If he has
failed to pass satisfactory examination
he is again sub, ,ected to similar task,
until his knowledge of anatomy Is
proved. s.,
Strange as it may seem, some students
ACQUIRE fanatital fondness for this
branch of their study, and are never SO
happy as when in the dissecting-room::
Clad in a loose gown of calico, scalpel
in hand, they seem to be in their element,
laughing and iesting merrily as they
divide tendon after tendon, and separate
muscle after muscle, in their investiga-
tious of the deep and intricate structure
of the human frame.
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Arab Children and Their Games.

If fthc little Arabs arc heathen, says a
writer in st. Nicho'as, they are at
least picturesque. In their cotored cloth
ing, with their dusky skins, their Dfack
eyes, and their 1.-the, active bodies, they
are ve:y picturesque. But, it must be
confessed, they appear bestat distance;
for soap is not 80 fashionable among
them as might justly: be expected from
the people of country which manu-
facturcs the most cleansing soap IN the
world. In watching the children at play
one soon notices that the girls 90 not
alwavs have good time. Arab boys
arc not trained to be gentlemanly and
courteous to their sisters, altough they
treat their elders with delightful de-
ference aud respect. Little girls in the
Fast are never welcome. When baby
is born, if it be girl "the threshold
mourns forty days" So, in taking a
glimpse at the amusements of the Arab
children, we must be prepared to find
that they are chiefly boys games, In
which the girls seldom participate.
A little boy in America asked aperson
who had lived in Syria if the boys there
ever played base ball; and on learning
that they did not, he said: "Wcil, they
can't have much FUN there" 1t Ii very
natural for the children of any country
to imagine that the children in other
countries amuse themselves in the same
ways. And the number of games that
ere iii reality universal among children
in al countries is really remarkable. For
example, the Arab childen often play
blind.man's. buff they call it ghum'
naida) and biz zowaia or puss
in-thc. corner, and game like .button,
button, who has got the button9" (Which
they play with pebble and oval howah
or leapfrog, aud gilleh or marbles.
But there arc other games of which
you probably have never heard-such
as kurd murboot, shooha joora, taia,
ya-taia, khatim, and the greatest and
most exciting of all games-the ma,
tional game, it might perhaps be called
.iereed.
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The "Hishbinders" OF San Francisco

Writing from San Francisco about
Chinese criminals, a correspondent says;
Among the hatchet-mcn will be found
the desperate criminals who have fled
from Canton or Hong Kong to escape
Imprisonment or decapitation, and who
live here by organized robbery and
tribute. How potent is the system may
be Judged from the fact that several Chi
nese Interpreters in the Federal and
Criminal Courts in this city have resigned
lucrative positions because they declared
that if they remained death would be the
result. Their only offence had been the
honest translation of evidence which
served to convict some highbinders. In
one case an interpreter waited until he
had been shot at twice before he con.
cluded to give up his office. The judge
offered him police body guard, but he
sadly confessed that no protection would
save him from the bullets of his enemy.
The favorite weapons of the highbind-
er are tie pistol aud the knife. Nearly
evcry Chinese servant who goes down to
Chinatown at night, after his days work
is over, to gambling at tan or dominoes is
'hcelcd" with pistol, while most of the
highbinders are vcritable walking arse.
nails. They select revolvers OF heavy
calibre, and many of them are no mean
sho;s, although, as rule, many shots
arc fired in their melees in proportion to
the execution done. The two-edgcd
knife, worn in sheath, is the weapon
best adapted for q close encounter, and
many of these murClerous weapons are
innocently concealed in sheath which
looks like closed fan. Others are worn
in leather sheath with brass mountlngs.
A police officer and liquor seller in
Chinatown have been killed with this
weapon within three years. One blow in
each case was sufficient, for the terrible
weapon with its razor-like edge penetrat-
ed the heart and evidently caused instant
death. In both cases the murder was
done by unknown highbinders who cs-
caped. The Chinese also use large
sword and small iron bar covered with
flannel or leather, when they anticipate
hand-to-hand encounter. They are
partial to coats of mail, usually made OF
Quilted cloth, with layers of paper be-
tween, which will turn an ordinary bull
let or knife blow. One highbinder had
a coat made of fine steel bands set in
leather, but when he came to don his
armor he found it so heavy that he could
not run. Hence he was forced to discard
what cost him several hundred dollars,
and the armor was a(terward captured In
q police raid. The property clerks room
at police headquarters in this city is full
of specimens OF curious Chinese weapons
as we'll as opium layouts and other ap'
naraf,Is Of vice.
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The Miser and the Bill.

On one of the islands of the Maine
coast there lived several years ago man
noted for his miscrly disposition. How
ever that may be, he became quite
wealthy. One winter, during the session
of the Legislature, this person. had o.
casion to visit Augusta. He stepped into
a restaurant for dinner and a waiter
spread before him the printed bill of
fare. The eyes of the novice opened
wide as he quickly added the figures at
the right of the page, indicating prices
then. springing to his feet. he indig.
nantly cried: "What! all this to pay, and
l hain't cat mouthful yet9' The out
come we arc not told, but on subse-
oucnt visit the gentleman carrieda pail
of victuals With him from home.-Len-
istols Journal.
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TEMPERANCE.
The RumselIer's Prey.

Tue rumseller stands at his counter and deals
Out his thief Of the brain, and through it he
From his victims the strength Of their reason
and will;
And while. they can staggor, hs sells to them
still,
So long as their money drops into his till.
With the coil Of serpent his victims he
holds,
And tighter and tighter he fastens the folds
OF pitiless passion that crushes the bones;
And he hard ms his heart at the sound Of
their groans,
Because there's hint Of hard cash in the
tones
He thinks Of the wife who is sad and forlorn.
He knows that her garments are faded and
worn;
He thinks Of the children that blush to be
seen,
He knows they are wretched because he is
But, oh, he is fatter because they are lean.
He thinks OF the scaldlng hot tears they have
shed,
He knows they have reason to wish they
were dead;
Because, by the DEVILS most deadly device,
The husband and father is held in wise,
That he may have pleasure wnile they pay
the price.
He knows that his traffic makes paupers and
thieves,
Yet the price of their ruin he coolly receives;
Then turns them adrift for his neighbors to
feed,
And to carry the cost of each criminal deed,
Until all feel the grip OF his terrible greed
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The Consumption OF Raisins.

The United States is the largest con.
suming country of raisins in the world,
and reliable authorities estimate the con-
sumption at about 1000, 900 boxes of
about twenty pounds each, which, at al
average of 81 per box, shows an cxpendi-
turc of $4,000, 900 per annum for one
article in the dried f:uit line. The
amount referred to represents say i, ,O0O,-
900 boxes Valencia, 7j0,C0 boxes
California, 100000 boxes Malaga and
100, 900 boxes Smyrna. The crop OF the
world for the present season Il estimated
in round numbers at $500, 900 boxes,
about as follows: Valencia, 5000, 600
boxes; Malaga, 600, 900; California, $780,
900, and Smyrna, 1000, 900. The ship:
mcnts of Valencia raisins to the United
States to date are 100000 boxes
B,voklga Eagle.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

We cannot expect perfection in any
one, but we may demand consistency Of
every one.
Think not thy own shadow Longer
than that of Others, nor delight to take
the altitude OF thyself.
Wickedness may. prosper for while
but, in the long run, he who sets al
knaves at work will pay tn m.
Friendship improves happiness and
abatcs misery by the doubling OF our JOY
and the dividing of our griefs.
The wise prove, and the foolish con-
fess, by their conduct that life OF en-
ployment is the only life worth living
Earnestness is the best gift of mental
power, and deficiency of heart is the
cause of many man never becoming
great.
Certain Thoughts are prayers. There
are moments when, whatever be the at
titude of the body, the soul is on Its
knees.
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye
that never blanchcs, tue thought that
never wanders, are the harbingers o,
victory.
More is felt than Is perceived, and more
is perceived than can be interpreted, and
love Climbs higher with it lambent flame
than art csr pile the fagots.
Do to-day's duty, fight tu-days tciIp
tation and do not weaken and distract
yourself by looking forward to things
which you cannot see, and could not un'
ders and if you saw them.
1t is not good to be angry even with
those who may seem with malicious in
tent to asSail our most cherished bclleis.
A few burning weeds may produce smoke
enough to hide the stars, but the stars
are shining all the same. 1t is not wise
to vex and weary ourselves by angry de-
nunciations of the smoke which will soon
pass off without our labor.
The human mind is 80 constituted that
whenever it sees an event it is obliged to
infer cause; also when it sees adapta-
ton, it infers design. 1t is not necessary
to know the end proposed, or who were
the agents. We do not know who oullt
Stonchenge, or some of the pyramids,
or what they were built for; but no one
doubts that they were the result OIL
design.
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A Duty for Americans.

The Pull Mall Gazette says: "Tho attsn-
tion of the Womans Christian Temperance
Union of the United States should be turned
without delay to the statement made by
Lord Onslow i'll tho House Of Lords. Lord
Onslow said the attempt to establish an in.
ternational compact prohibiting the sale OF
strong drink to the South Sea Islanders had
broken down. owing to the refusal OF the
United States Government to enter into the
agreement. Our Government, therefore; re,
luctantIy abandoned the attempt, but held
themselves ready to renew it the moment the
American Government showed disposition
to remove its intsrdiction on a Maine Law
for the Pacific. Clearly this is q case in
which all the temperance people in the States
should be set to work at once to bring the
Government at Washington to due sense
of the enormity of its attitude in the South
ern Seas"
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RELIGIOUS READING.
One Of Th % Days.


One Of these days it will all be over,
Sorrow and laughter, and loss and gain,
Meetings and partings OF friend and lover
Joy that was ever so edged with pain.
One Of these days will our hands be- folded,
One Of these days will tho work be DONE
Finished the patterns our lives have moulded,
Ended our labors beneath the sun.
One Of these days will the beart-acae leavs
Us, 81.
Ona these days will the burden drop;
Never again shall a hope deceive US,
Never again will our progress stop;
Freed from the blight Of the vain endeavor,
Winged with the health Of immortal life,
One Of these days we shall quit forever
And that IS yexing III earthly strife.
One Of these days we shall know the reason,
HAPPY, Of much that perplexes now;
One Of these days, in the Lords good season.
Light Of his peace shall adora the brow. ..
Blessed, though out Of tribulation
Lifted to dwell IN His son-bright smtle, ..
Happy to share in the greatest salvation,
Well may we tarry little while. .o.'..
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ViCeory..

"In the world We shall have tribulatiou,
hut be of good cheer: have overcome the
world These were the last words OF our
Lords last discourse; and ever after we tee!
their power in the actions, the bearing, ana
the words Of His servants. They wreste
against the world and principalities and pow
ers, but as men who are on the conquer1ng ade,
and who know that their Lord has already
overcome these enemies, and triumpnea over
tmore than conquerors through Him that
loved them," and they record their
conviction that "whatsover Is born,
oi and tHa sSs is 0SeHSe~e the Victory that over:
cometh the world, even ltheirl faith" In
the Apocalypse this spirit is still more dis
tinctly felt; for there the virtual victory be,
comes visible victory, both for the LORD
and his people. Every promise IN the seven
epistles is addressed to. "him that over
cometh;" and the. last epistle unites the
victory of the servant with the victory Of tho
Lord: ITO him that tovercometh will grant
to sit with ma on my throne; even as also
oyercame and am set down with my Father
on His throne.n When the prophetic
visions are to. commence, the opening
Of the book is represented a.
tho result of victory. The first vision repre-.
sents one who goes forth conquering ana 70
conquer; and then, through all the changes
Of the conflict, we have the anticipatlons ana
presages Of final victory. we are toia iSa OF
those "who overcome by the blood OF the
Iamb:n we hear their shout Of triumph, and
see the palms in their hands; until in tue LAST
crisis the conuuering armies OF Heaven
sw.cp into sight, following the victor VINO
has ION His vesture and on His thigh name
written, Kirg Of kings, and Lord Of lords. |. ;.
1From Bernards Progress of Doctrine. "
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Temperance News and Notes.

T6mperanC6 NeWH HHu Noeo'
DR.. A. T. Schodeld, Of London, compares
the moderate drinking of stimulants to sail
ing on the outer circle of whirlpool, a some
what exciting, but not a wise proceeding.
Prohibition sentiment is very strong in
Colorado. Peublo the second city in tho
State, has an anti-saloon government, ana
many smaller towns have local option in full
force.
Among the inscription at the base OF the
drinking fountain at Stratford on Avon. pre-
sented by George w. Childs. Of Philadelphia,
in honor Of the Queens Jubilee, is the follow
ing from Shakespeare: Honest water
which ne'er left man in tho mire. "-1Fmon Of
Athens.
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Prevailing Prayer.


The value of prayer cannot be overesh-
mated. That we are invited to make our
wants known, and that the ear OF our
heavenly Father Is open to our cry, Is be:
yond question. Nevertheless, it cannot De
denied. that in every circumstance IN uIe
the Lord knows infinitely better than we 90
whether it will be for our best interest that
our prayers should be answered., or not. to
saw that we can see clearly enough, ana that
we know as well, or better than the Lord,
is to display conceit, ignorance, and pre-
sumption. No man has infinite wisdom, or
infinite. knowledge. but the Lord has both.
Hence it is both wise and prudent that every
PRAYER for temporal things should terminate
with the phrase, Nevertheless, not my Will
but Thine be done"
1t cannot be denied, this spirit Will
strangely modify our prayers. and VIII u1
terly destroy the erroneous and absurd idea,
that the Lord will give us anything we ask
for on the simple condition that we believe
He will No intelligent Christian could re-
Acct upon this idea for one moment and then
desire that it should be realized IN MS e3-
perielce 1t would be preSumptuously tax
ing his case out Of the hands OF his
infinitely loving Father, and choosing
to shape his own destiny. he coulo
not wish to direct the Lord and instruct hlm
what He should do, but, on the contrary
would himself be directed by the Lord. He
who expects the Lord to wait his bidding,
reyerses the order Of the divine governments.
In that case poor worm Of the earth takes
the reins Of government, and makes ser
want of the Creator.
In every prayer for any conceivable
earthly object, the idea should be prominent
that infinite wisdom alone can determine
whether the thing asked for is really de-
sirable. or not, and it is the part Of wisdom
in man to leave the decision, IN every case,
to Him who alone knows all things.
No human being can know whether for
him wealth is more desirable than poverty;
or health is better than sickness. II the
providence Of God leads either to the furnace
of fire, or to the den Of lions, or to honors
and enoluments; wherever 1t leads Is the
best place in the world for man to be, and
It would not be wise in God to change thar
which Is not best, at the dictation q
soetatisn f His w,sGem sressursss s any sgo one
to ask the Lord to do 1t. Even super.
fetal Investigation will be sufficient 10 satsty
any unpreiudiced mind that 1t Woulo %
neither right, nor reasonable, nor Scrlpturat
for the Lord to give US anything we ask Of
him simply because we believe He will, and
the sooner the idea is discarded the better IL
will he for us all. Such an idea Is subvey.
Give of Good government. It makes the
lord of heaven and earth subject to tha
whims and caprices Of poor, ignorant, fallen
men, and it Is as unreasonable as 1t Is un-
scriptural.
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Quill toothpicks came from France.
The largest factory in the world is near
Paris, where there is an annual product
of 90, 900, 900 quills. The factory was
started to make quill pens, but when
these went out of use it was turned into
a toothpick mill. Wooden toothpicks
are made principally ip Michigan, Wis
consin, Indiana and Ohio.
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4 temperance movement has been in
aueurated in Hartford, Conn, which promises
to effect great reduction in the number OF
drinking places in that city. The manufac-
turers and workingmen have united in peti-
tioning the County Commissioners against
licensing the liquor dealers in thevicinity OF
the factories Fully $500, 900 capital and two
hundred workingmsn are Interested IN the
moveuslk
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Queen Christina has signed decree regulat;;
ing the manufacture and importation OF
alcohols into Spain, and prohi6iting Sne
manufacture and sale Of impure alcohols for
drinking purposes.
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Tho longer live, the more highly do estt-
mate the Christian Sabbath, and the more
grateful feel towards those who impress 10
importance op the community. y.IWeosM