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VALUE OF CONSCIENCE.


A. Viewed nom Commercial stand point
That Arc First-class In
vestments.
The following are extracts from an
address before the American Institute
81 Christian Philosophy at a recent
monthly meeting Ia New York City.
Rev. DR.. Deems is the founder and
president Of this institute Mr.. Powell
said: Sustaining aught that develops
conscience, is good economy Of force;
and whatever stiles. or benumbs Il, il
Mt enmity to the best financial and po-
1fticaI interests OF nations and OF indi-
viduals.
The chief manager OF great trunk
railway has interests in his hands which
will be worth millions Of dollars moro
a year to the stockholders II he Is,
than II he is not conscientious. Ex-
pediency In political and In business
affairs is often the antfpode Of that
conscience In things secular, which
Is the sole condition Of real success in
Them. It. has led to stock watering
operations, and Legislative bribery, and
so demoraiized those before worthy OF
trusts tHats-they thereby became the
chief wreckers and robbers. Thebribe-
bought legislators (by this initial train
ing) learned to sell out the next time
TO rival interests. Expodiency inspires
lefection bribery and every man havfng
a hand in the same has helped to plant
chronic disease In the popular con-
science.
This is an age OF corporations fos
transportation and trade, and even for
agriculture. But II corporations have
no conscience" 1t is because individu-
ais who manage them forget that steal-
r ing by corporation is just as much
stealing as If done by any other COM
mon thief, and every rascal engaged In
the villainy is as much to blame as II
he were the only one.
Joseph Cook has said: There is no
more dangerous citizen than a New
Highlander who has lost his con-
science. ~" IT, il more foolhardy than
wisesto sneeringly refer to sturdy Puri-
tan morals BY talking Of mythical blue
Laws"
prevention is better than cure. I"
And influences tending to cultivate con
science in the Individual, and 30 In
community, and State are first-class in
vestments. City and Home and For
eign Missions. Sabbath-schools, Y. M.
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CRABS AS DANCERS.
Ludicrous Performance Enacted by
Male and Female Grab.

A Ludicrous Performance Enacted by q
Male and Female Grab.
Withoutapparent cause he was seen
to rise upon the third and fourth pairs
of legs; his large chele were thrown
above his head with the claws open
and their points touching in the mid
die line; his fifth pair of feet We're held
horizontally behind, and his body per-
pendicular to the fioorof the aquarium,
or at right angles to, the normal posi-
ton. The posture was ludicrous, and,
when in this position he began slowly
to gyrate, his movements and attitude
were the cause OF much merriment
upon the part OF the spectators At
times he balanced on two legs Of one
side, again on two legs of opposite
sides. Now he advances slowly and
majestically, and now. he wheels in
circles in the sand on the floor of
the aquarium, and now for few
moments he stands as il transfixed
in this unnatural position. An cleo
trio light hung, above and to one side
of the water, which suggested the pos
sibility that it might be the exciting
cause. 1t was turned out, and still
the dance went on, and-the joy was
uneonfned AT last from sheer ex-
haustion, he sinks downs 10 the sand in
his usual attitude.
But now the female, who had alrthis
time remained tucked away in the
sand, comes forth and begins to move
about the aqaaniam; soon she comes
near to the male crab, when instantly
he rises to his feet and begins to dance.
Again and again the performance is
repeated, and each time the approach,
OF the female is the signal for the male
to rear high upon his hind feet, and to
reel about the aquarium as if intoxi-
Gated. II. H. Morgan, in Popular
Science Monthly. 49,
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Z liz 80 .illit. 49,
FULL or FUN.

My dear WIFE," murniured pater-
familias as he looked at the dress
makers bill. Boston Bulletin.
II wish it would stop raining. " re-
marked a st. Petersburg gentleman the
other day, after weeks storm, and q
detective promptly arrested him for re-
fcrring 70 the Car ~ 1T Harpers
Bazara an
Prot Dcadpill tin case OF ag-
grayated progressive paralysis, Mr..
Sawyer, what course Of treatment
would you adopt" Mr., Sawyer
promptly Ill would make the pa
tent taper of. professor. Lowell
Citizen.
On the witness-stand. - Western
y : essst e The eassh;:= se..sss=
] 81 (hic4 &hootin, at random. = Prisoner
Yes, sill. sWeff..-we'tf xcuze you
from the witness-box (hic) ia moment 7
tArousing hirnseif) Clerk. call RAN
dom. - Epoch.
!. Yes, sir,n said Mrs. De. Porque,
just after her return from trip
abroad, France IS q great country.
The people. in Paris are amazingly
clever. lin what way ~ why, they
all speak French fuently, and several
of them assured me that they had never
taken single lesson. Merchant
Traveller.
Uncle Berkshire-..How much be
that match o., To,oI<x tsTo.x,, 1rJ
lars" Uncle Berkshire--.En that
smaller opepr Jeweler-"F dol
lars" Uncle Berkshire 'sEn the
smallest onepn sJeweler-.. Seventy
five dollars. Uncle Berkshire
Gosh, mister! How much is no
watch Pn-Jeweler's Weekly.
And how are ye failin' ter day,
Mr.. O'Raffertyp" II niver felt 50
poorly in all me life. I'm too poor to
buy the necessaries Of life. II I had
millions it's livery clint av it that I'd
give to be rich man. I'm wild We,
Mr.. O'Rafferty. II owned the whole
wurld I'd be willin'- Ter give il away for
a little piece of land an cabin that /
could call me own. II exas Siftings.
Minks-"Great Scott Old man,
why don't you have 1t pulledp I
wouldn't go round with a face on me
like that Jenks--"Oh bother! I
haven't got the tooth-ache. = Minks--
well, you've got the awfHllest ex-
preston Imexer=saw=eenz aliveaiflan
What's the matter Jenks-1HN Moth
ing. Oh! nothing@I got married this
morning and I'm trying to look uncon.
cerned.n
I'll can only be sister to you,.
George-nothing more. +" I'm afraid
that won'tldo, Miss Clara have five
grown sisters already, and, to tell you
the truth, they are not very favorably
disposed toward you; they think a
match with youwould be the mistake
of my life." I'm that case, George, y
said the girl, drawing herself UP with
naughty grace, you may name the
day. IN. Y. Sun.
-Customer-ssThat-w was splendid In
sect-powder you sold me the other day,
Mr. Gilman. Mr. Gilman with justi-
liable pride) -"Yes, think it's pretty
good--the best in the trade Gus
tnmer-..I'H take another; couple of
pounds Of it, please Mr.. Gilman
Two poundspr Customer
please. gave the quarter Of pound
] bought before to black beetle, and
it made him SO ill that think If keep
up the treatment for about aweek l
may manage to kill him.''-Fun.
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RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT.
PATiENcE.


Tor ~ have need or patience. Heb. fo:s6
Yehase great need, o weary hand
When sunsets gold shall fiood the land
And ma your daily task undone
While evening shadows slowly come,
But rest u here, and rest 10 thine
II shall Be light ~ evening time.
Ye have great need. o watchfut eye.
So often raised 70 One on high,
watching for light 70 rift tho cloud,
While earth 4 wrapped in nights dark
shroud; STR II
Though tears may fall like ccsscless rain.
Thine eye shah brighten $oon again.
We have great need. O weary feet
Whose restless. fevered pulses beat
Ger thorny path and rocky height
In noontidc's heat or staricss night;
7 But on The crystal rivers shore VI
Is peace and rest foreycrmcre. a
Rest IN the Lnrd and whit for Him,
Though days be dark and hope be dim,
Through martyr Ircs with naked feet
II be loyal SIM while heart shAli boat;
For hope and promise both are thine;
1t shall be light nj evening time.
Mrs, II. ". Reed, in Union Signal.
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WISE SAYINGS.

The man is already Of consequences
In the world when II is known that We
can implicitly depend on him. Lord
Lyons. sssssAsz
"A weak mind sinks under prosper
fity, as we'll as under university. A
strong and deep one has two highest
tides, when the moon is at the full and
when there IL no noon Hare. 8
"A retrospect Of my whole Life. from
the earliest period 81 my recollection
down to the present hour, leaves With
me this impression, that / have been,
and am being. guided BY 4 gracious and
mighty Hand, which has made, and isI
making, that possible 70 me which
otherwise TO me had been impossible.
Oh that had at all times unhesitafinf.
" trusted and yielded myself to itsI
guidance!--Rothe.
God be praised that all human
hopes are not necessarily limited To
this short and fleeing day Of life. and
hence forever blasted BY death. There
Is a great and glorious future upon
which Christian hope fastens, and
which cheerR the heart Al We pass
through this vale Of tears The Chris-
tian, even while here, largely lives 10
that future, and draws from II the 4est
inspirations Of action. IN. Y. Inde-
pendent ~
Gods most honored servants h6ye'
known great trials Various kin1s ~
th0rns n the nesb have often 5qe1
their lot But WHOM they long and
pray for their removal they may ok
for that which Is not bo4t 1or them.
Those things which W. judge : HID
rance to usefulness may ~ fhelf -
ilnence upon our own souls - kS1p111
to it They may lead u 10 humidity,
and, emptyine as Of confidence Ii our
selves, cause Us 70 honor God ohrls-
tian Inquirer, !.
Active work IL the church = -
useful 10 those who do s. - for ih616
who are the objects Of II Any
win say that they Who ~ = 6rs11
service are such ~ exer( heu6al1ss ~ /;
managing The b0sincos y ~ 81
xafion and ID rfyIne n III ~
enterprises Weery v114 ~11
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THE POWER oFa.LiTTLEs.
gospel Thss should Bc Studied an.
Taught In school and Home.

A gospel That should 30 Studied and
Taught In school and Home.
Jesus preached the gospel Of lii
tie things in the parable Of the mus
tard seed" and or the sslittle leaven."
It is enforced BY the object lesson Of
Elijah's cloud, mo larger than mans
hand. = Il Is illustrated in the history
Of the Christian Church, whose apos-
ties were humble fishermen OF Galilee. It
is taught with great plainness by James
in his discourse concerning the tongue,
that .little member" 1t Is one that
the teachers OF the present day can not
afford to forget.
Little things are often signs. and as
such they have large meaning. In
days when men were required to show
which side they are on, small flag
win indicate loyalty as truly as large
one. The sign over the door Of store
is a little thing, but it informs us Of
the nature Of the goods kept for sale.
II was little thing for Adam to eat
the apple from the .sthe tree of the
knowledge Of good and evil but it
tested his obedience. So single word
may reveal the character Of . man; q
single action may proclaim the princi-
Piles which govern his entire life +
A mans character Is built Of little
things, just as his life ismade up OF min
utes. It was not the battle Of Waterloo
which made the Duke OF wellington
a 80 NJ A. -
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AN AFRICAN NERO.
The Young Despot of Uganda aud HI
Il Missionary Victims.
THE FROG AND THE LAME,

The Young Despot OF Uganda aud His
~ Missionary Victims.
If the report which comes from Fan
zibar is true, Mwanga, the young des-
pot Of Uganda, who in two years has
earned q reputation Tor cruelty and
bloodshed not exceled even by that of
the deposed King Thebaw Of Burmah,
has been violently removed from the
seat of power his, ancestors have held
for seventeen generations, and his
brother now reignsA. in his place.
Whether this news BODIES good or i'll to
the four or five white missionaries of
England and France now in Uganda
can not yet be. told.
This young man, only twenty-three
years old, has had much to do with
shaping some events in which the
whole world has been deeply inter-
ested. If he had not, for the first
time since Spoke discovered the
greatest OF African lakes, closed
the route north from Victoria
Nyanza to Lake Albert against all
white men. Enin Pasha would never
have lacked ammunition, and there
would have been no Stanley relief ex-
petition. i II was the narrowing stories
OF Mwanga's great slaveraids, inwhich
he has employed thousands of his SOL
diers for the purpose Of supplying his
Arab friends with all the poor bonds
men they desired, that gave an Inn
petus to the anti-slavery agitation
which has produced the blockade of
the East African coast, and is the talk
Of every capital in Europe.
Mwanga has been described blythe
white men at his court as q frivolous,
weak, cowardly boy, easily led by his
favorites, extremely passionates and
capable, under the influence of fear or
anger. OF almost unheard-of cruelty. He
sigpalized his accession TO power by the
atroeious murder OF Bishop Hanning-
ton, and 1t was his hope to destroy
In week all the converts the mission
aries had made in six successful years
of labor. The heroism and fortitude
with which scores of native Christians,
many OF them mere children. met death
at the stakes is hardl Y surpassed In the
annals Of martyrdom. Not one OF them
recanted, even when told that their
lives would be spared II they abjured
the Christian faith. eCan you readp ;
was the question the King usually
asked the converts when they were
brought before him. s.Yes. replied
all who had been taught in the native
schools an have ne readers In
Uganda the King would shout, as he
hurried them of 10 be chained to trees
and burned. Ina single day seventy
men thus met their fate. and the head
executioner told the King he had never
seen men die So bravely, The blood
thirsty King merely laughed and re-
marked that God did not seem able to
rescue the Christians from his power.
IN. Y. Sun.
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when Beniamin Franklin

When Benjamin Franklin was
twenty-one he formed the famous
Leather Apron Club. 70 which no one
was admitted until he laid his hand on
his heart and solennly repeated: =
love mankind; I think no man should
be harmed because Of This opinions;
love truth--wiIl seek II diligently, and,
when found. msI<e 4 knownto Others"
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So he did, aud ton minutes later we
brought up at the station. From the
odor and talk believed the officer was
tight AS soon as we got in whore
could see him plainly said to the cap
tain:
Captain, take q good look at this
ofiieer.ss4Is he drunk or soberp'
why. Bill, you blamed fool, you
can't see straightrn roared the captain.
They wouldn't move on!. shouted
the patrolman.
But why should we, captainp There
were only two OF US, and but few were
passing. He said we were suspicious
characters. Here are our cards
f Weeot an apology and the officer
WAS relieved from duty. Next day we
went to headquarters to file charges,
but No. TAB had resigned.
On a certain railroad running out Of
Detroit the company retained an old
palace car until 1t was a little better
than cattle car. Had the fare been
to match there could have been no
growing, but they were charging extra
fare for seat in that car. Erode In
that car four times and then kicked to
the conductor I y
II don't run this railroad" was his
reply.
We'll, somebody does, and I'll find
himsout." i went to the line superin-
tendent and he sent me to, the division
superintendent of partor-car com
Have you been insids the .Asterisk'
latelyps Iasked.
No. r. g:sssE
DO you know that i Is old, dirty
and entirely out Of repairpn
mo. sir.
s.Hasn't any one kickedp'
Mot that / know of.
-.-=--' But have heard fifty complaints. -
he conductor has made o-repert'
to that effect
He promised to investigate, and he
did investigate. He found the car
with twelve people in it and every one
was kicking. He found the train con.
ductor ready to. affirm that The old cal
zeughtzte be dumped into tlhe1river.% He
found bed-bugs in the seat, dust allow
and aloft, and almost every seat need.
ing repairs. The car conductor, who
reasoned as many public officials do,
They will growl anyhow, and let
them take it out in g growing" got the
bounce, a new car was put on for the
very next trip. and the superintendent
was pleased to say to me:
I'm glad you kicked-thrice glad.
Do it again whenever you see imposi-
ton"
And within a week he was person
ally told by over twenty travellers that
they had determined to take another
route if the old ear remained. "a
thousand people had been imposed pr
and swindled and yet none dared
claim his rights! Not one even dared
ask for justice or a hearing! One gen
tie kick brought a new car and COM
fort to hundreds. The kicker may be
crank, but the man who lets the
public walk over him without protest
is to be more pited.
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AMERICAN EABLE S.


Three Tales That Are Quite rs Instructive
~ They Arc Entertaining.
TIE TRAyELER. AND rHE, MOSQUITO.
A commercial Traveller awoxe from
. sound Slumber to find a Mosquito
Buzzing about his Head in the Dark
ness. He at once Arose, lighted the
gas. and. selling the Bolster from the
Bed, he struck vigorously a. the littIe
Insect. exclaiming:
as..Ah! sou Pest, but Ill have your
Lifei's
You are very Inconsistent man,
upon my word!'' replied the Mosquito,
from his perch on the Ceiling.
ssHowp" ~
why, you have beenFB Bitten intwen-
" places by the Bugs, and you pay
Them no Heed.
81 but every Man has a Right To
choose what Nuisance be will put up
With Take thai, you Rascalr'
MoRAI.: II u Citizen chooses to Ex-
cuse the Piano Pounding on the right,
and Poison the Barking Dog on the
Left, no one can gainsay him.
THE FROG AND THE LAMB,
A Lamb Who lay down beside Pond
for Rest and Sleep, found 1t impossible
to close his Eyes on account of the
Croaking OF Frog. Out Of Patience
at last with the Interruption, he sprang
up and demanded:
In Heavens name, why do you keep
that Noise geing'"
"It's the only Noise lean make, was
the Humble Reply.
Yes. But why do you. make 1t at
allp"
ssIf kept Quiet, Who Would know
that was on earthp"
MORAL: Men OF Blab are excused
on the same grounds.
THE THIEF AND THE DEFAULTER.
A Thief who had been Arrested for
Stealing an 0vercoat had hardly been
Locked up when Defaulter In the
Amount OF S., 900 was brought in.
'.Ah! but we are in Sad Luckt' sa-
-futed the Thief.' "Aliow mo to say
THAT Feel for you.
Sir! want none of your Sympar
thy replied the Defaulter. II don't
even want your Acquaintance. y - 80 :
But we are both Thieves.
fare wep / beg to Differ. You ran
of, with another mans property and
was Pursued BY 3 Patrolman.Iabo Dor
=rowed money from the Bankss funds
to- Speculate in Wheat and was I'M
fortunate enough to lose every dollar.
A Detective kindly asked me to ride
over in his carriage
But we both Appropriated what be-
longed to another without, Consent,
persisted the thief.
.sWhile that is True, it makes a
Difference whether we wanted it to
buy Wheat or Whisky. Please keep
your Distance.
MORAL: The Thief went up Hnd the
Defaulter's friends settled the case by
-Refunding forty cents on the dollar. ~
Detroit Free Press.
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People who 10 though the strsssa
Of Alexandrla y sipxing pr whisa1 ne
"a Tor disorder]y oonduck
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ought toe exposed but / don't want
fuss Aey'll call me crank if !
kick. .
Not one single person dared raise his
voice against the neglect and IMPOSE
tion, and Twas al. alone when walked
down to the agent and asked:
Do you know that the water-cooler
is as dry as u bonep'' =zsss.s= -. i
II amt hired to fill it. y he replied.
do you know that the waiting-room
hasn't been swept and busted for a
weekpn
'sIt's. not my business.
sis Iii any body's business to look
out for III Convenience Of passengers
HEREOF q
Il dune
"Well, will make it my business to
find OUT
took tbS names OF half dozen of
my fe11ow-trave1ers, wrote directly to
the superintendent OF the road that
night, and Two weeks later, as stopped
off for another change, hardly knew
the place here were seats for fifty;
there was lock, lot of fresh time
tables a waier cooler full to the brim,
with new cup, and station agent
was busting around and cheerfully
answering all inquiries. ID
Whats become of the other manpa
] asked. =.
'.Got the bounce last week."
What was the troublepnf 80
"Oh, he let things run down, =
- How long had things been as they
were two weeks agopn - ezs==s=7
All of two years. /" 3,
,.sDid4some one complain P"
tYes. A crank came along and
made an awful kick, and the superin-
etendent stirred,l the whole ine.--
I While roing around Philadelphia,
! came upo menagerie on exhibition
In store- iaere were signs out read
ing that had boa-constrfctor
twenty -two thong. an African giant
eight foe. hiIh. and various other
things 1lligal uded to see the snake
AMI flse q ept5-two; feet OF
sdpcnt az 4i.ht ut of giant. making
thirty fee sine ruriosity, is cheap
q ten Ger his a three feet for
cent W. got III failed to find
the two titles, and made, In
Quifies q the.anhn with the Deep bass
voice and the watoh-chain. u
Sorry 10 say that the giant is sick
and the snake gdt away last week, /" he
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Excuse me, but this Is the first time
We have seen or heard you. We
haven't been here FIVE minutes
Don't talk back to met I've had an
eye on you! You are two suspicious
fellowsr' .,..s
81 Then 4 is Jour 6asiuess to arrest
k.SoI .willp, -
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The whole is movementin the right
direction. The more widely the sports
in the above enumeration. and others
like them, flourish amongst US, the
better will it be for our country at her
most vital point. Boston journal Of
Health. -~g~. ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-26
Amnsements.


ACApEMY-2a and S:l6-The Old Homestead ,
AMERICAN INsTITUTE-l0 a. m. to 10 p. m--inaa'H"'
Exhibition - w..
AMprRG THEATRE-2-The Family Physcian-s-Vioe
Admiral - ~,
krJou THEATRE-2 and s-The Howard Ahense"n
BROADWAY THEATRE-2-Much Ado ABOUT ->o'"'"e-o
Reheleu.
rAsINo-2 and s-The Drum. Major.
DALY's TIIEATRE-2 and sl5-Tho Great ohAno"n,
DocKsTADER's THEATRE-2l5a and sio-M'ns"eis'
EDEN MUSEE-wax Tablcaus
eRANp OPERA HoUsE-2and s-Held BY the Enemy
HARLEM OPERA house, and s;lo-Mankinu'
rycryIM THEATRE aud sl5-our Fiat
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUsE-S-Concert
rInIsoN SQUARE THEATRE-2and s;So-Bootles Baby.
WV PARK THEATBE-2 and s-Mckennas fhrlation'
NEw POLO GRoUNDS-2l5-Bsseoa
NIRIos GARDEN and s-Roger La Honte
pALMFRs THEATRE-2-samson.
eRoCToR's 23D.sT THEATRE and al5-shenandoah
rrANoARp THEATRE-2 and s:i5-The Seven Agcs-
STAR THEATRE and S-The Rivals.
TONY PASTORS THEATRE-s-variety.
Union SQUARE THEATRE and S-vaudeville.
krH AVENUE THEATRE-2 and S-The Ironmaster
Hath STREET THEATRE and 8-Fascination.
tTH.AvE AND l9rH-sr.-Gettysburg.