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Packing GRAPES.

A correspondent of FscEs Magazine de-
scribes the careful manner in which
grapes arc picked and packed at an es-
tablishment in Chautauqua county, N.
y. The work is done by careful girls,
ten in number. The pickers arc not al
lowed to touch the punches with the
hands, but to handle them by the stem.
In packing the cluster is lifted with the
thumb and finger Of one hand, and with
the sharp-pointed grape-scissors in the
other, oil green, imperfect and bruised
berries are deftly and rapidly removed.
The bloom of the grapes is thus perfectly
preserved. Of 10, 900 baskets sold last
season the average weight was ITO
lis. per basket. The packers soon learn
to place in the clusters so as to fill the
baskets even and level. The Concord is
never fit for shipping long distant es
without Deing carefully picked and then
wilted before packing.
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The Deer-Hunting Cheetah.

A cheetah, large species of leopard,
is utilized by man for dear-hunting, just
as hounds are in Europe and America.
The natives catch the cheetahs when
kittens and tame them to hunt game.
They become very tractablc, their natural
intelligence being sharpened by the
training they receive. Every Burmese
gentleman keeps several of these ami
mails They are, on the occasion of a
grand hunt, brought with the sporting
party in handles, hoodwinked and
held in leashes. When herd of deer
is found the handy is driven as near it
as possible on the leeward side, then one
of the cheetahs has his blinkers re-
moved and is "slipped" at the game.
He generally succeeds in killing deer
after sharp run, being followed by all
the hunt. The intelligent animal does
not mangle the body of the deer; he
simply kills by seizing the throat with
his powerful teeth, which soon causes
death. He then waits by the body un-
til the hunt arrives. After the chief
persoraye present has cut the deer's
throat the keepers permit the cheetah to
lap the blood as a reward for his ser
vices in capturing it, and he is then led
back to the handy to be secured. If
there is a second herd OF deer sighted
another cheetah is slipped, with gene
rally the same result. They occasionally,
but not often, fail to run down the
deer, in which case they are recalled by
o whistle from the keepers, which call
they obey with much docility.-San
Francisco Chronicle.
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Reach The Non-Church Goers.

DR.. Josiah Strong. secretary Of the Alli-
auce, and author of that powerful book,
sour Country" makes a practical sugges-
tion concerning operations: :,
"Let the leading Christian men OF each
community meet statedly to study and plan
practical work; such for example as secur-
ing the select on and circulation Of the right
sort of reading, to take the place OF that
which is mis- eading and also canvas sing
definite districts to take account of stock.
We have much unutilized power in our mem
bersbip, idlers in the marketplace whom no
man has hired There are enough to reach
ali those who do not 60 to church. Our ac-
counts of stock should also include the men,
women AMI children who are to De
labored with, and should show de-
nominational preferences. Assign
about ten families to each visitor on an
average, holding preliminary meetings OF
the workers for both stimulus and direction.
The canvass will bring to light many former
church members who have not Joined and DO
not attend any church Such method will
nrobably work better in towns Of not more
than $4,000 inhabitants, though in Phlla-
delphia something similar has been very sue;
cessful. If one in ten Of our members VIII
give a half day once q month to such WORK,
the gospel can be carried into the home OF
every non-church goer twelve times year
If people of culture have the spirit OF Chrlst,
they can be led into such work, and II tney
have not they are not wanted
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aIdouor Makers Confession.

A manufacturer of liquors with an expert
ence of twenty years has declared IN Nc"
York that a man has about as good chaHce
of being struck by lightning as he has 10 oe
served with a pure brandy in that city. rec
tilted whisky, he says, can be used as pase
of an imitation of any style OF prandy.
And here are some more of his CONCESSIONS
which are not altogether revelations SLICE
the same or similar statements nave oeeh
made and published repeatedly: iney nave
Importance. however, which JuSSlneS tner
publication again and again. lhe hquof
manufacturer says:
+ha Genuine article. 1t costs to manufac-
tnra "a a basket. We sell ii for $40 to deal
srs We make the stuff and put it into our
osS,, bottles: make a fac csimile label OF the
esnn;ne article; Spanish corks for the bot
tiss and French straw and bas-
Iets to pack them in. When we
want to initiate genuine imported wine we
buy barrel Of it. Our cooper takes the bar
rel as pattern and makes one by it, Ihey
are new and bright We put them through
O steaming process, and they come OUT olo
and musty and worn just like the genuine
importation. Thirty-two deadly polsons are
used in the manufacture OF wine. MOI one
gallon in fifty sold here ever saw France.
We send thousands Of gallons Of whiskey to
France 10 have them come back something
else. OF all the poisonous liquors in the
world Bourbon whisky is the deadliest.
Strychnine is only one Of the poisons in 1t.
Certain oil is used i'll its manufacture eight
rlrons of which will kill cat in eight min
ntes. and dog in nine minutes The most
temperate men in New York are the whole.
sale dealers They dare not drink the stun
they SELL"
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Miles of Burning Lava.

The most disastrous of all the erup.
tions which have taken place in Iceland
during the human period, occurred IN
juno, 1888 at Skaptar. The lava IN IN
some places was 900 feet deep and zoo
feet wide, which flowed like great
river toward the sea. One stream actually
reached the ocean. 1t was in full &C:
tivity for ten weeks, and continued
gradually diminishing for six months
more. The lava was over two years IN
cooling. One of the lava streams was
fifty miles long, twelve to fifteen miles
wide and GOO feet deep. Most of the
country for 100 miles from the crater IN
every direction was covered by lava,
pumice, sand or ashes. The eJected
matter is estimated to have beee greater
than the entire bulk of Mont Blanc
4lobe- Democrat.
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"ortIs of Wisdl0m.

Prosperity Is great teacher; adversely Is
a greater. Possession pampers the mind;
privation trains and strengthens 1t.
Temperance and labor are the two best
physicians of man; labor sharpens the ap-
petite, and temperance prevents him from
indulging to excess.
AItis only in that freshness Of our youth
that the choice is possible which gives unity
to life, and makes the memory temple
where all relics and all votiye offerings,
worship and joy, are an unbroken history,
sanctifed by one religion.
We all love pleasure and abhor sorrow.
No one will choose cloudy sky and a rough
path; but these evils have their good parts,
and those who really long for peace and hap
piness will try to find out and extract them,
instead of hurrying along resentfully or with
forced gayety.
Our habitual life Is like wall hung with
pictures, which has been shone on by the
suns of many years; take one Of the pictures
away and it leaves definite blank space to
which our eyes can never turn without sem
sation Of discomfort. Nay, the Involuntary
loss Of any familiar object almost always
brings q chill as if from an evil omen; it
seems to be the first finger shadow OF ap-
preaching death.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
Marah.

Marahs
The hand Of TIE Lord is gone out against
me.-Ruth /: 13
The hand of God against thee7 No;
Oh, say not, Christian this is 80.
To stay thy doubts when winds are rough,
The past survey, tits sure enough;
'Tis He who led thee all along,
'Tis He who filed thy mouth with song,
His kindness CLEANS in all thy way;
The hand Of God against thee2 Nay.
Because the hour is dark with gloom,
Is that fair reason to assume
That He in anger turns away
From thee He loved but yesterjay7
The treasure thou mayst not obtain
Doth He withhold for greater gain;
His love is Just as strong in woe
AS when the fount Of joy doth flow.
If thou couldst only understand,
Against thee never Is His hand;
The winds and storms, He gives them Sforcs
To drive thee homeward in their course;
If sun and mildness blend all day
They might becalm thee on thy way;
Thy vessel tossed upon the tide,
Has still a pilot, port and guide.
His chastisements are sure no sign
That He's forgot His love divine;
Thine eyes with sorrow He makes dim,
That thou mayst grope thy way to Him;
In all His dealings thou mayst trace
His love, His mercy and His grace;
If thou canst only understand,
Against thee never is His hand.
Hanna D. Walker.
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The SIGHT Of God.

Do we not sometimes occupy so low plane
of spiritual living that view Of God is abso-
lutely impossiblel We look intellectually
unto the hills "whence cometh our help"
but all in vain. How are we to make the DIS
covery Of God2 for it can not be that we are
destined always to live without this sight
Jesus has shown us how God may be seen.
"Blessed," he says, "are the pure IN heart,
for they shall see God" He does not make
reasoning about God a. condition Of seeing.
He does not tell US that 1t depends upon some
great work on our part, nor upon
any remarkable strength Of intellect.
but upon one single attainment-heart
purity. How important that this power, to
See shall not be impaired. If the smallest
dust of human passion or prejudice is per-
mitted to remain how quickly will the inter-
ior eye grow dim. Anything that tends to
evil.the love Of the world, the pride of life,
sinful anxiety about temporal things the
Irritating particles Of envy or ill-will, self,
ease and sloth, all these will bring the soul
into a moral eclipse. Happy indeed is every
one who really enjoys this experience. Let
all such remember that tits only retained by
humble trust in the merits of Christ and a
corresponding life of obedience to His will
[Selected.
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Where and How Hammocks are Made.

There are not many changes in the
style or structure of the hammock this
year. Woven Mexican grass, so called,
is still the favoritc material. The grass
does not grow in Mexico, however. 1t
is found only in the Central American
States, chiefly in the vicinity of Yuca.
tan. Nearly all the laborcrs in that
province are engaged just now in cutting
the grass, bleaching it and weaving it
into hammocks. They are the only peo-
ple in the world who can make q thor
oughly comfortable hammock. With
them the construction of this article of
summer comfort is an art. They arrange
the strands so as to secure the greatest
amount of comfort to the human body,
and they alone know how to cultivate
the grass used.
Nearly all the better class of ham
mocks come from Yucatan. The natives
not only weave them, but use some sort
of vegetable matter in co!oring them.
They are sold to commission merchants
for 81 to $5 dozen. The merchants
afterward retail them for three or four
times as much.
A Yucatanian who works very hard IN
making hammocks, clears about fifty
cents day. The profits of the mer-
chants can be easily calculated from these
figures. But fifty cents day is consld-
cred good wages for Yucatan man, for
he lives on vegetables and sleeps in ham
mocks of his own construction.
The highest-priccd hammocks in the
market to. day cost about $6. They are
made of the finest kind of grass and are
gorgeously colored. The lowest priced
cost seventy-fve cents. These are made
of cotton and are manufactured in this
country. Linen hammocks cost from
$2to IS.
Most of the cheap hammocks are manu-
factured by the sailors at Snug Harbor,
Staten Island. These veterans OF the
sea have great deal of time at their dis
posal, and as they are dexterous with
their fingers they manage to turn out
many thousands of hammocks every
summer. The work not only employs
their idle fingers but gives them au op'
portunity to earn little extra money
for pipes and cigars.-Nea0 York Com
a,,erciaL Advertiser.
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Fashion Notes.

Black lace toilets are as popular as
ever.
Red is the color of the passing mo-
ment.
Rubies are among the most stylish
jewels.
The drawn null hats are very pretty
for young girls.
Both high and low dress collars are
fashionably worn.
Striped cashmeres are decidedly popu'
lar for morning wrappers.
Black and gold is seen in some elegant
combinations on bonnets and hats this
season.
Bandanna dresses are for the seaside
skirts of the Bandanna silk and the over.
dress Is of plain fabric.
No heavy trimmings of any sort are
used. Velvets and plushes have no place
on this seasons bonnets.
A pleasing hat for a young lady is
trimmed with o mass of dotted white
tulle and heliotrope blossoms.
The fashionable parasol is almost in
variably striped. Some very pretty ones
are covered with expensive lace.
Roman sash ribbons are used in trim.
ming hats for young girls, this season,
with full bow made on the side.
Velvet cuffs, collars, revers and sashes
of velvet are used in the cotton satteens
and gingham costumes this season.
Shocked or tucked blouses of light
surah OF China silk and of wash fabrics
are popular and pretty for house wear.
Gowns of Turkey red cotton, trimmed
with ficelle gray or ecru laces, make
pretty country suits for morning wear.
Lace nets in all sorts of colors, dotted
with gold and silver, are very stylish for
bonnets, and have a very light, cool
effect.
Some light summer dresses have elbow
sleeves edged with embroidery, and in
tended to be worn with very long
, sleeves.
The stylish blossom for polonaise has
the ends falling from the hips on the
sides, thus necessitating separate front
and back draperies.
Street costumes in dark-colorcd ma
terials are frequently geen with vests of
creamy cashmere or yelling. The vest
is shirred at neck and waist, and is laid
in full plaits between.
A lovely summer festival gown for a
lady, no longer young but still with pre-.
tensions to beauty, is of black Chantilly
lace over white satin, with a acorsage bou-
quet of white jonquils.
Oatmeal cloth trimmed with velveteen
or corduroy or corderine makes pretty
mountain, seaside or travelling suit. 1t
should be made in severely plain style
with no ribbon or lace thereon.
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A Tear Handkerchief.

A beautiful and peculiar system still
prevails in some parts of the Tyrol of
Switzerland. When girl is going to
be married, before she leaves her home
to 90 to the church her mother gives her
a handkerchief, which is called the stear
handkerchief. 1t is made Of newly
spun linen and has never been used. 1t
is with this that she dries her tears
when she leaves her fathers house and
when she stands at the altar. After the
marriage is over and the bride has gone
with her husband to their new home,
she folds up the handkerchief and places
it unwashed in the linen closet, where
it remains untouched. Up to now it has
done only half its duty. Children are
born. grow up, marry, and 60 away to
their new homes, each daughter receiv-
ing a tear handkerchief from the mother.
Her own still remains where it was
placed in the. linen closet the day Of her
marriage. Generations come and 60.
The once young, rosy bride has become
q wrinkled old woman. She may have
outllved her husband and all her chill
dren. All her old friends may have
died off, and yet that last present she re-
ceived from her mother has not fulfilled
its object. 1t comes at last, though
at last the weary eye-lids close for their
long sleep, and the tired, wrinkled
hands are folded over the pulseless
heart. Aud then the tear-handkerchief
is taken from its long-rcsting place and
spread over the placid features of the
dead.-PhiLadelphia Press.
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WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS
A Dressmaker's Tuck.

A smart dressmaker not only learns to
found bust, but she can so deftly pad
the sleeves that when the wrist is seen
it seems only the slender termination OF
a plump arm. The gown of thin girl
in New York, one who has the reputa-
ton of being a singularly good figure,
suggests a quilt heavily wadded more
than anything else. Back, hips, sleeves
and bust are all the result of clever work
manship. And it is 80 clever that tailor
made gowns are defantly worn by this
girl, and the most critical clubmen find
no flaw in the outlines of her figure
Philadelphia Times.
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Try to be Young.

Don't grow old and rusty and cross, afraid
of nonsense and fun. Tolerate the follies
and crudities Of youth. Gray hairs you can.
not escape but you need not grow old in
feeling unless you choose And so long as
your age is only on the outside you will win
confidence from the young and find your life
all the brighter for contact with theirs. But
you have too many great thoughts, too many
weighty anxieties and duties, too much to do
to make this trifing possible, you say. The
very reason, my friend, why you should cul-
tivate fun, nonsense, lightness Of heart-be-
cause you need them so much, because you
are "weary with thinking" Then do try to
be young, even if you have to be fool ,sh ir
80 doing. One cannot be wise all the time
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Knitting.

The art of knitting is more modern
than the kindred art of netting, though
still 80 ancient that no one knows just
where or when it had its origin. Anti
quarians are divided in their opinions ON
this point, some believing it to have
originated in scotland and thence intro
duced into France, while others affirm
that this work is Spanish in origin. 1t
is probable, however, that we moderns
have received our knowledge of the art
from the Spaniards, and they in turn
from the Arabs, the clever people to
whom the world owes so many lnven-
tions.
1t was first known in England during
the reign of Henry VIII, who wore wool
en- hose, according to history, and later
had some silk ones sent him from Spain.
In rare collection of the acts of Edward
vi, is one which, among other articles
of wearing apparel, are specified "knitte
hose. knitte peticoats, knitte gloves and
knitte sleeves" In 1861 Queen Eliza
beth was greatly pleased, it is said, with
gift OF a pair of black silk stockings,
and declared that hereafter she would
wear no other kind. Meanwhile, the
art must have been making great
advances in other lands, for in
in 1927 the French knitters
formed themselves into q corporation
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TEMPERANCE.
Arm for the Battle.


Arm for the battle Of glory;
Strike for the cause Of Truth;
Fathers with locks so hoary,
Sons in the vigor Of youth,
Mothers and sisters and daughters,
With prayers and blessings come!
Deathl deathl wherever he lurketh
To the serpent whose name Is Rumi
Death! deathi to the crested serpentl
War! warI on the curse ofruml
From mountain to valley the watchword
Repeat, while our heroes come.
Follow the trail Of the monster
Trail him through forest and glen,
Hunt him wherever he hideth-
Stab him to death in his den!
Hath he not murdered our mothers
Brought their gray locks to the tomb2
Hath be not murdered our brothers,
Yet in their manhood's bloomiA
Hath be not coiled on our hearthstones,
Kissing with Upas breathe
Then on to the warfare, brothers! "
Nor cease till he writhes in death!
-TemDeronce Advocate.
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Sins Blotted Out,

s'I connot think what becomes Of all the
sins God forgives, mother" said q little fell
low one day, as he took his favorite seat on
his mammals knee.
"Why, Charlie, can you tell me where are
all the figures you wrote on your slate yes
day7"
"I washed them all out, mother"
"And where are they then2"
"Why, they are nowhere; they are gone"
said Charlie
'Just 80 it Is with our sins, If we believe In
the Lord Jesus Christ; they are gone
far as the east is from the west, so far hath
He removed our transgressions from u.s."
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Women of Worldwide Fame.

The Circassian beauty is young wo-
man with dark, piercing eyes and kinky
hair, standing out straight around her
head like an electrified mop. Such 2
beauty may do very we'll for side-show,
but she would soon drop down to the
ordinary were she to bang her hair IN
front and do it up in pug behind.
Cleopatra's loveliness undoubtedly
made great impression upon both Marc
Anthony and Caesar, but if the Queen of
Egypt was like the rest of her race, as
shown On tablets, tomb and monolith,
she was a 1.-the, brown creature, with
Sits for eyes, decidedly pendulous nose
and thick turned-out lips.
According to Flaxman's designs-and
he was a most conscientious student
Helen of Troy had long nose, ending
in a good deal of tip and running
down in straight line from her fore.
head. Yet by Mcnelaus and Paris,
and, indeed, by the entire Tro. AN and
Greek nations, she was considered one
of the handsomest women of the age.
Queen Elizabeth had red hair-not the
gorgeous Titan red, but an out an out
carroty red; Catherine, of Russia, had
green eyes; Lady Jane Grey had a
long, thin neck, while Lucretia Borgia
had scarcely any neck at all. Even such
an expert as burly King Harry seemed to
have no fixed standard. Look, for in
stance, at his various choices. Anne
Boleyn was asimpering girl, while Cath
arine Parr was mature, strongly feat
ured woman, and both Jane Seymour
and Katharine of Aragon appear to have
been ladies of commonplace appearance.
-Roselev.
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In En- glands COfoHics'

A resolution has been adopted oy 1ne hts tsa
Goverument sm m to suppress the sale of intoxi-
@uJe oonts amonp native races in the Colonies. 1t
Ga's as siso resolved to implore the aid of for
eian GaI GOV governments to the same end. Speak.
s ins Of these resolutions the London Spectator
saSs: S " There is no question of liberty in
vcIved for all evidence shows that dark men
donot drink to be exhilarated, but to be rid
of consciousness, and that alcohol Is 10 them
as direct poison as opium or hemp: its SAFE
ought to be prohibited throughout Alilsa
il:cis distillat:on could be put down."-New
York OGsp1rtr.
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eyes, 1t H All True"

A farmer who had recently listened to an
exposition Of the text from Isaiah "The
OK knoweth his owner, and the ass his mas
ter's crib; but Israel doth not know, My
people doth not consider" was giving. food
to his stock, when one Of his oxen, evidently
grateful for his care, fell to licking his bare
arm. Instantly, with this simple incident,
the Holy Spirit flashed conviction on the
farmers mind. He burst into tears, and
exclaimed: "Yes, it is all true. How won
derful is Gods Wordl This poor dumb brute
is really more grateful to me than am to
God, and yet am iu debt to him for every
thing. What a sinner I am" The lesson
had found its way to his heart, and wrought
there efectually to lead him to Christ.
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The public school, the church and the hoIss
ara the conservators and generators OF lnSei-
ligence and virtue. Whatever neutrahZss ~
destroys their influences is hostle 70 ous iofl"
Of government .-. --::.--..-- .-I
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The rate of mortality among the In
dams increases about ten per cent.
year.