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A Donkey Kills q Stallion.

A remarkable and fatal light between
stallion and donkey occurred on Philip
Hendricks's farm, near Deckertown, in
Sussex County, N. j. Both animals were
powerful and had been enemies for weeks.
The donkey was very dark and strong
and was called the "Knight of Malta. !"
The stallion was valuable horse and was
being trained for the race course. One
day the stallion and donkey were left in
adjoining fields. The stallion soon saw
the opportunity afforded for fight and
tore down the field to broken piece of
fence. The donkey happened to be di-
rectly on the other side and close to the
fence. The stallion jumped straight on
his back, landing with his fore feet across
the donkey's back and his hind feet on
the ground toward the fence. The stallion
fastened his teeth in his enemy's neck,
and at the same time struck the donkey's
side with his fore feet with good deal
of force.
The donkey ducked its head and at
the same time elevated its heels. The
stallion was thrown to the ground, and
quick as flash the donkey turned around
and began fusillade with its heels on its
prostrate enemy. It kicked hard and
with lightning rapidity. The hard heels
of the donkey were driven again and
again into the stallion's body and blood
was soon flowing freely. The horse kept
up constant whining and the donkey
brayed loud and long. In five minutes
the tide of battle turned completely. A
few more of those terrific kicks and the
stallion was rendered helpless. The farm
hands began to fear hestallion would be
killed, so they took rails from the fence
and began beating the donkey. The in
furiated animal then started for them,
when the nearly dead horse made an ef-
fort to rise. The donkey saw it, and be-
fore the men could intercept him, he
rushed up to his fallen foe and turning,
gave the stallion one tremendous kick,
breaking his jaw, and then following it
with another kick in the stomach, tear
ing the flesh open and exposing the intes-
tines. The stallion gave piteous moan
and then a gasp, and rolled over dead.
The donkey will survive.-Nev York
World.
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ing me, my head ached frightfully, but I

ing me. my head achcd frightfully, but I
never stirred.
After what seemed hours of time, the
creeping steps came up the stairs, and
two shadowy forms passed me into the
room. caught at the door, shut it, and
turned the key. One shout I heard in
side and then fell in a dead faint in the
hall. My grandfather came at last with
policemen and found me on my mothers
bed, murmuring deliriously, but with the
key of the door clasped tightly in my
hand.
I was i'll for weeks, but came back,
not only to health, but to happiness. My
grandfather never again spoke harshly to
me, but would tell friends and neighbors
of his "plucky little girl, who was worth
two boys"
He forgave me for stopping his clock
for the first time in his memory, and was
gradually won to a sort of surly good
nature to my mother, and more liberal ex-
penditure in housekeeping. Indeed, it
was soon remarked that "could do any
thing with the old gentleman" and Twas
his favorite until he breathed his last In
my arms, leaving me his fortune, includ-
ing his clock.-NeD York Ledger.
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great In its time, bearing some Nparks OF Us
greatness History describes that f.cture: u
Is nearly faded away. You say. 'Oh, Waat
q pity that so wonderful q pictureby Raphael
should be nearly defacedh After awhile q
man comes up, very unskillfnl in art, and he
proposes to retolch IL. You say: Stand
Off I would rather hive 1t just as it is; you
there comes an nrtist who was the
equal of Raphael. BE says: 81 viii re-
touch that picture and bring ont all it's orig
inalpower.a You have full confidence in his
ability. He touches ii here and there.
Feature after feature comes forth, and when
he Is done with the picture it is complete In
all its original power. Now God inn
pressed His image on our race, but
that image has been defaced for hum
dreds and for thousands Of years, get
ting fainter and fainter. Hero comes
upa divine Raphael. He says: 81 can restore
and On earth. He is the equal Of the One
who made the picture, the image Of the One
who drew the image Of God in our soul. He
touches this sin and it is gone, that trans
gression and it disappears, and all the deface-
ment vanishes, and 'swhere sin abounded
grace doth much more abound"
VIII you have the defacsmsn5 or
will you have the restoraiou2
I am well persuaded that il could by q
touch Of heavenly pathos in two minutes put
before you what has been done to save your
soul, there would be an emotional tide over
whelming. Mamma, said q littlo child to
her mother when she was being put 10 bed at
night ':mamma, what makes your hand
so SCARED and twisted and unlike
other peoples handsr' "Wen,n said the
mother, '.my child, when you were
younger than you are Low, years ago, one
night after I had put you to bed heard 9
cry, shriek upstairs. came up and found
the bed was on fire, and you were on fire,
and ! took hold Of you and tore Of the
burning garments and while was tearing
them off and trying to get you away burned
my hand, and it has been burned and SCARED
ever since, and hardly looks any
more like a hand; but. I got that
my child, in trying to ssye you" O man!
o womanl T wish to-day could show you
the burned hand Of Christ-brned in pluck
ing you out Of the fire, burned in snatching You
away from the fame. Aye, also the burned
foot, and the burned brow, and the burned
heart burned for you. By His stripes yeare
healed W. q. ..F.. . b.. ,r s,E
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LIFE IS ALL RIGHT.

:Hss summer winds is snifin' round the
bloomin' locus trees,
tAnd the clover in the pastur' is big day for
the bees,
tAnd they been a-swiggin' honey, above
board and on the sly,
NIL they stutter in their buzzin and stagger
as the fly.
Hneys been heap of rain, but the suns out
to-day,
And the clouds of the wet spell is all cleared
away,
And the woods is all the greener, and the
grass is greener still;
M may rain again to-morry, but I don't
think it will.
Some say the crops is ruined, and the corn's
drownded out
And propha-sy the wheat will be failure,
without doubt;
BIT the kind Providence that has never
failed US yet,
VIII be on hand onc't more at the leventh
hour, Ibet!
Does the medder-lark complain, as he swims
high and dry,
Through the waves of the wind and the blue
Of the sky?
Does the quail set up and whistle in disap-
pinted way,
tEr hang his head in silence and sorrow oil
the day?
is the chipmuck's health failure' Does he
walk, or does he run?
Don't the buzzards ooze around up thare,
just like they've allus done7
Is there anything the matter with the roos-
ter's lungs or voices
Crt c mortal be complainin' when dumb ami
mails rejoice?
Then let us, one and all, be contented with
our lot;
The June is hare this morning and the sun is
shining hot.
Oh, let us fill our hearts with the glory Of
the day,
And Danish ev'ry doubt and care and sorrow
far awayl
Whatever be our station, with Providence
for guide,
Such fne circumstances ort to make us salts
fed;
For the world is full Of roses, and the roses
full Of dew,
And the dew is full of heavenly love that
drips for me and you.
-James Wstcon,b Riley.
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BEGIN AT ONCE.

Begin at once to do whatever your MastI
commands. Begin to practice religion,
child never would learn to walk by q hGndrI
talks about the law Of gravitation; 1t mu|
use its own fsat even at the risk OF many
tumble. Wal; not for more feeling. or mo!
pungent convictions or for anything th,
you read Of in other peoples experience
These are all Gnal es and hindrancea iH th{
keep you from doing at once the very dfII
act that will please Christ bal
you never opened your lips
an unconverted friend, eithel.
avow your own feelings or to do that fried
some good? Then try it; you will strengthd
yourself, and may bring an unexpect1
blessing to him or her. In short You nu3
begin to obey q new Master; to servea ne1
Saviour; to strike out a new Line OF Hyin|
and rely ON God's almighty help to do
When you give y,urself to Christ In III
whole-heartei and practical fashion. He:wj
give you a thousandfold richer gift In 8
tu,n. Yes He will give you Himsel
When you possess Christ you have eyer
thing. ss.s.S e. "a
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A AsUBsr,rrrrU1rIosARY sAcnrYTcR (

The sacrifice Of our Lord waS, ip the hie|
est sense, substitutionary. The penalty a
sin is death; and Jesus died. All throu2
the old law there is no atonemens except D
the death of victim. Indeed, this iWhs|
God hath said from the beginning, event
the garden. Still Is this the sentence Of t1
law, s'The soul that sinneth it shall die]
Sin necessitates death. The Lord Jesu1
Christ did not come to earth to make q y
Cancellation by the holiness Of his life or b
the earnestnes5 of his teaching, but by h]
death. The text saith, by his own; bloc
he entered inn BE must die in the room
and place, and stead Of guilty men, betor
he could enter heaven on their behalf Jus
as the calves and the bullocks In the typ
were slain, and their blood poured out q
fore God, so must Jesus be slain In the sin
ner's place. Oh, beloved, let us cling toth
great truth Of the vicarious sacrifice, whic|
Is the chief teaching of this sacred Bool
Take this away, and I do not pee anythinl
left in the Bible at all which can be calle
good news. The very soul Of the doctrines
Christ Is atonement by his death &c. q
Spurgeon. ~ p
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RELIGIOUS READING
titpE,A,crr. MsJIILs

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tsPEAcEE, BIZ sTIII. : :, - y g
Dark was the night-the foaming deep
Ragged madly round; he rose fr IN sleep
The Man; the God; the tempests Lord
He spake, obedient, trembling, awed
Low sank The proud waves crestet head;
Far the affrighted storm feed fled.
We sail on Gfe's tsmpestuous sea!
o Thou whose voice wild Cali ee
Heard 'bove the storm-biast speak the: :wo
Which oft since then the saints have hear,
May we, when tempests battle skill
Hear the commanding, Peace be stn.8 4
Speak, and the sky OF sorrows night
Is radiant with celestial light;
Speak! and the widest waves obey,
And gently bear US on our way;
speak! and temp atoms fiercest blast
Is harmless all It's fury past.
Sneak and the very wind Of death
Shall wa&-a more than welcome breath
To fairer realms than heart conceiyes
Or thread of happiest fancy weayes;
To worlds where evil never trod;
Bright as the diadem Of God. ~
!. Arthur Viae HaM'
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Students Who Rise at 2:50 A. NJ.

How happy are the Mussulman students
at the University of PEI. True, they
have to rise at 2:30 A. NJ. in summer and
at 5 A.. M. in winter and their labors are
not over until $50 P. NJ; they have but
one holiday in the week, and on that
they are expected to practice total
abstinence both from studies and from
food. But in revenge they have no
examinations. Each professor knows
how to distinguish those of his hearers
whose qualities render them worthy of q
diploma, which diploma Is shighly valued,
and gives those who possess it veritable
prestige in the Mussulman world.-RecH
Francaise. ....
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reBpERAEcE NEWS AND NOTES.

TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.
The, beer garden'is the primary school Of
intemperancs.
In Chicago, says leading brewer, eighty
six per cent Of the saloons are controlled by
the breweries.
The beer bill of Chicago last year was $8,-
100000. No wonder that in Chicago there are
complaints Of poverty.
In Kansas there is but one pauper to every
1865 of the population. This shows thatpro-
hibition prohibits pauperism.
or the setenty-five criminals in the prison
at Stockton, Cal, all but ono acknowledged
strong drink as the cause of thei' SHINING.
The membership Of the West Washington
Territory w. G. T. u. has increased more
than forty per cent. during the last season.
A leading worker has said: "Great issues
make great men; but when the sea Of pollti-
cal issues gets shallow, little fishes only can
SWIM"
What you want is not to shut your ports,
but to shut the doors Of the saloon; and then
you may open your ports rs wide as you
please.
1t was stated in the House Of Lords recent
Iy that the merchants of England ship every
year to the west coast Of Africa 20, ,O0O tons
Of rum and gin.
The Salvation Army recently caused to be
presented, in the House Of Commons, petit
tion in favor Of Sunday closing, signed by
about 100000 persons.
DR.. V. D. Wallace, ono of the most active
W. C. T.U. workers in Massachusetts,, shares
with her husband large medical practice In
Ncedham and Boston.
It is better to walk through mud to church
than that our pavements, every brick of
which represents some loyal wife'S or Or
phan's tears, sacrifices, and agonies, be made
by saloon money.
A prominent physician states that out OF
623 moderate and immoderato drinkers with
whom he has conversed, 16l acquired the de-
sire for wine and other alcoholic poisons by
their use in articles Of diet.
There are 150 900 public houses in Belgium,
or ono for every forty Of the population, and
the annual consumption of spirits is about
nine litres per head. The Government pro-
poses heavy duty on all additional public
houses.
The new Earl Of Carlisle is strong teeto-
taller, and so is Lady Carlisle. Since he has
had the management Of the estates as one of
the trustees he has closed all the public-houses
on the property. The cellar at Castle Howard
contained some Of the best home-brewed ale
in England, and the brew-houses were fam
GUS everywhere; but they have been entirely
destroyed and the vats emptied.
During the famine in Ireland, in 1879, Brit
ish and foreign charity, public and private
contributed %, 3O5, 900 for the relief Of the
starving population. The very same year
there went into the tills Of the saloon keepers
in Ireland $40, s75, 600, paid in mainly by the
poor working people. Is it any wonder that
there was starvation2 II there had been no
liquor saloons there would probably have
been no suffering for bread.
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DON'T DRINK.

The first effect of alcohol on the system is to
accelerate the action of the heart and raise
the temperature of the body about one degree
and a half. 1t Is this effect which makes II
valuable in cases Of fainting or collapse.
The secondary effect is, however, to iower
the temperature, which sometimes s tais li twS 3
ninety-eighf ri degrees, and the warmth Of tie
body cannot be restored as quickly as 1t 4
lost. For this reason drunkards are more
likely to suffer from exposure to cold than
temperate people, and tho .stupor Of saccaol
is apt to pass into the sleep OF death -The
Hospital. q.
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THE ANSWER DELAYED.

There are certain experiences common tel
oil saints. One of these is the temptaHon1
that comes because prayer for right things
does notimmediately inherit the promise.
There are seasons when the reason for delay
seems to us very plain; there are other times
when we are constrained to say: " LORD
hast Thou forgotten to be graciousr But
in all prayer we are to remember thas we
are suppliants only through grace; that 10
approach God and ask of Him Is in any sense
great privilege. A just view Of prayer,
that act by which we fall in helpfulness be-
fore God. will prove to us that we are not at
liberty to make any demands upon Him.
"Just as Thou wilt o Lord" is the proper
attitude Of the suppliant bending low at His
feet E,tire submission to his way Is q
mark Of prevailing faith. And such falth
is not so much concerned whether God choose
to delay or not. ~
faith has taken its stand upon Gols word,
and the name Of Jesus, and has yielded itself
to the leading of the Spirit to seek Gods
will and honor alone in its prayer, 1t need
not be discouraged by delay. Itknows fron
Scripture that { power Of believing prayer
is Simply irresistible; real faith can never b
dsappoipted. It knows that just as water,
to exercise the irresistible power it can have
must be gathered up and accumulated until
tue stream can come ooWn In LUZ iotcei
there must be often heap,ng up OF prayer
until God sees rat tho measure Is full ana
the answer com ,s It knows that just as
soon as the plowma, has to take his ten
thousand steps and SOW his ten thousand
seeds each one part OF the. preparation
for the firal harvest there Is need-be
for oft-repeated, persevering prayer, al
working cut some desired blessing. Q
Lord. do t.ach me how real the labor OF
prayer is. / know how here on earth when
have failed in an undertaking can often
succeed by renewed and more continuous
effort by giving more time aud thought.
Show me how, by giving myself more en-
tirely to prayer, to live in prayer, may OBJ
tain what I ask. And, above all . my
blessed Teacher, author and perfector OF
faith, let my whole life by Thy grace be one
of faith in Thee, in whom my prayer gains
acceptance, in whom have the assurance
of the answer, in whom the answer will be
mine."-N. Y. Christian Advocate.
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It is very sweet sometimes when sorrow Is
intense and darkness, just to pillow our head
upon the Saviour's bosom in subdued, silent
trust. There is comfort ever in imply rest
ing in the Everlasting arms" But the rlce-
EST of Gods comfort comes from his word.
To neglect the Bible, when seeking Divine
comic. ting, is really closing our ears to the
consolation he sends
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TEMPERANCE.

4 TEMPERANCE CAMPAIGNING SKETCH.
The white mists from the wood arise,
Like the thin smoke Of sacri1co,
From Indian affairs in the shade
Where once the red maa bowed and prayed
The soft green mass invites the knees Z
To bend in worship, and the trees !?
Lift their stout arms in list'ning air,
And leafy lips seem whispering prayer.
Beneath this roof Of braided boughs
We may renew our sacred vows;
For here we see, like fro divine, .s
The burning bush and tlle flaming vine,
This is the temple Of the Lord,
Here nature sings In sweet accord
Her happy hymn Of grateful thanks,
From shady groves and grassy banks.
As vapors rise toward the sun,
As brooklets to the ocean run, ~
As plants spring upward from the sod
Our thoughts here turn to heaven and God.
The rocks are altars by the brook,
And psalms are writ IL natures book;
The towering pine, q tapering spire,
The radiant birds our ringing choir.
Red blossoms are the fragrant urns
And censor cups, where incense burns;
God is our trust, and He will bless
Our worship in the wilderness.
George W. Bungoy, in National Advocate,
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THE TRAFFIC. In STRONG DRINK.

nave lOatnlnS. nave GnorOuSn QS-
gust for the gew-gaws of rum-bought wealth.
When I get into the horsecars and smell the
foul stencil Of liquor; when I go into the
streets and find the same, see behind me
that brownstone mansion on our neck, built
of rum, and behind that again see the pallid
faces shivering forms, and 1uttering rags Of
O numberless host. And I would have had
one Of the daughters Of the ovner Of that
mansion stand by at the door and watch her
fathers victims as they march into the docks
Of the police court every day. would take
another child, and the police should lead her
through all the dark alleys and passages
where broken-hearted mothers, and children
without parents or food, attest to the manner
in which her parent made his money. The
rum-seller is the root Of the evil and until it
is made crime to sell Intoxicating bever.
ages intemperance will continue to exist
Wendell Phillips. .st - '..a
ADVANCE OF TOTAL ABSTINENCE PRINCIPLES.
A total abstinence journal called La
Feuille de Temperance has been established
in France. In q recent issue Professor G..
Bunge who is considered an authority upon
alcoholic subjects, referring. to the advance
Of total abstinence principles, says that when
once established thcy suffer no arrest by OBJ
stacles, but are continually progessant. He
reviews the prohibition movement In
America, and says that in England there arc
100000 total abstainers; in Norway,
100000: in Sweden &C, 900; in Denmark 80
900. He continues: 1.-THE society of the
Blue Cross at ten years of age, counts 5000
members, and the movement gains from day
to day. They have established the fact that
where the principle Of tctal abstinence is
once accepted the movement stops for no OBJ
stacles; it continually progresses, until at
last it secures strong majority in the Gov
ernment and attains its end-tho prevention
by law Of the sale of alcoholic beverages"
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sense thing for you and for me to dos What
we do think will depend npon three great
facts. The first fact that sin has ruined US.
It has blasted body, mind and soul.
We want no Bible to prove that we are
sinners. Any man who Is not willing
to acknowledge himself an imperfect
and sinful being is simply q fool and not TO
be argued with. We all feel that sin has dis
organized our entire nature. That Is one
fact Another fact is that Christ came to
reconstruct. to restore, to revise. to correct,
to redeem. That is second fact. The
third fact is that the only time we are sure
Christ will pardon us Is the pres
emit. Now, what is the common sense thing
for ma to do in view of these three facts?
You will all agree with me to quit SIN, take
Christ and take Him now. Suppose some
business man in whose skill you had perfect
confidence should tell you that tomorrow
Monday morning between II and II O'CLOCK
Won could by certain financial trans
action make five thousand dollars, but
that on Tuesday perhaps you might
mako it, but there would not be any posi-
tiyeness about it, and on Wednesday there
would not be so much, and Thursday less,
Friday less, and so on, less and IeSs-wnen
common sense would dictate: Immediately; !;
Twill attend to that matter between II and
1s o'clock tomorrow (Mondoyl morn
ing, for then can surely &C
accomplish it, but on Tuesday l
may not, and on Wednesday there is less
prospect. I will attend to it tomorrow"
Now let us bring our common sense In this
matter Of religion Herr s are ss,d the hopes
morrow me may get them and we may not.
Next day we may and we may not. The
prospsct less and less and less and less.
The only sure time now.now: would
not talk to you in this way il did not know
that Christ was able to save all the people.
and save thousands as easily as save one. !
would not go into a hospital and tear or s tns
no balm to apply. I would not have
the face to tell a man he Is a sinner unless
I had at the same time the authority
Of saving be may be saved. Suppose in
Venice there Is a Raphael, faded picture,