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Bright Thoughts of Great Minds.

HE that is down need fear no fall.-Banyan
(Pilgrim's Progress).
WHAT makes all doctrines plain and clear2
About two hundred pounds year.
And that which was proved true before,
Prove false again? Two hundred more.
Butler (Hudibras).
AND so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe,
And then from hour to hour we rot and rot.
shakespeare (As You Like It).
READING maketh a full man, conference a
ready man, and writing an exact man.-Bacon.
THE body of all true religion consists in obe-
dience to the will of the Sovereign of the
World, in confidence in His declarations, and
in imitation Of His perfections.-Burke.
THE Cross
There, and there only Though the deist rave
And atheist, if earth bears so base slave)
There, and there only, is the power to save.
Cooper.
LIFE and religion are one, or neither is any
thing.-Geor0e Macdonald.
PIETY, like wisdom, consists in the discovery
of the rules under which we are actually
placed, and In the faith fully obeying tn hem.-
Froude.
AN eminent historical scholar has observed
that the Roman Emperor, Caligula, established
valuable prizes In rhetoric but condemned the
unsuccessful competitors to wipe out their
tongues. This regulation happily for modern
orators. has been allowed to become absolute,
1t being found that the lapse of a short time
performs the operation with equal success.
A GENTLEMAN in New England has given
100000, and Japanese gentlemen have SUBJ
scribed about $4,000, to found Christian uni
versity in Japan. according to plan proposed
by the Rev. Joseph Neesima, of the American
Board. The collegiate Institution which Mr..
Neesima has been building up for some years
contains more than 800 students.
A RELIGIOUS life is struggle. and not
hymn-Msne. De StdeL.
HE who every morning plans the transactions
of the day, and follows out a plan, carries a
thread which will guide him through the laby-
rinth of the busiest life. The orderly arrange
ment of his time is like ray of light which
darts itself through all his affairs. He lives
much in little space-more in few years than
others do in many. He can live to God and his
own soul, and at the same time attend to all
lawful interests of the present world.--Hugh
Blair.
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till ali the mendicants in Sorrento assembled
daily at his door to receive each his granu The
rumor of such unexampled munificence could
not be confined within the city walls; new can
didates TOR the pitsance focked in from the
neighborhood. To prevent jostling, their bene-
ception of the accustomed largess, and on the
day OF his departure from Sorrento tney
paraded in this way to the number OF So-as
tattered corps probably as has been mustered
In Christendom since the days Of Faistans
regiment; for all beggars, the NeopolItan are
known for their transcendcnt. not to say
transparent raggedness. There is no part Oh
the Christian world where the art of begging
is carried to greater perfection than in the two
Sicllies. All sorts of grievous hurts ana
shocking diseases are ski1lfully counterfeited;
real deformity or mutilatfon is q revenue, ana
an incurable disease an income for life.
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A NEW ANTIDOTE FOR MORPHINE.
Picrotoxin VIII Probably Prove Useful
Drug to the Medical Profession,

PicrOroxin VIII Probably Prove Useful
Drug to the Medical Profession.
According to a Klausenberg scientist.
Prof. Bokai, picrotoxin is the best antidote
to morphine. The effect of morphine is. of
course, to paralyze the action of the respira-
tory center; picrotoxin, on the contrary.
when given In small doses, increases such
action. Thus the two drugs act in directly
opposite way. An overdose of morphine
produces paralysis of the respiratory organs;
picrotoxin prevents such paralysis; therefore
picrotoxin is likely to be of great use in
cases OF poisoning from morphine. Dimi-
mutton of the pressure of the blood ensues
upon an overdose of morphine; but picro
toxin counteracts such effects by stimulat-
ing the vaso-constrictor center of the med
ulla. These two agents again have an en-
tirely opposite effect upon the cerebral hem
ispheres.
Up till now the only antidote to NOR
phlne known has been atropine, but it can
not be administered in large doses, and it is
therefore necessary to discover some other
antidote if possible. Prof. Bokai considers
that picrotoxin may be useful as substitute
for preparations of nux vomica. He even
considers that its use will be eficacious
in the prevention of asphyxia from chloro-
form.
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Christian Converts In India.

The Indian Witness says: At the present time
there are, in round numbers, about half
million Protestant Christians in India. One
half Of these are comparatively recent converts,
and it is too soon to expect them to exert
very perceptible influence on their neighbors,
but even allowing this, the little body Of
Christians forms a most important factor in the
body polite of the empire. 1t will not be long
till the half million become million, and many
of our readers will live to see the day when
there will be ten million Protestant Christians
in India. When that day comes these ten
million Indians will be the leaders of Indian
India Is to-day. They will be bolGer innovators
than any men in India now, and they will be
recognized by all classes as the natural leaders
of the Indian neonle.
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nodding and shaking their heads with
sleep. Only the king was awake, but al
though he noticed that nobody was taking
any particular notice of him, he never muir
INJURED. 81 am about to die" he solllo-
quized, land those who used to watch my
very eyes and lips for the smallest COM
mand are now asleep because they have
realized that my power is waning. A king
is very powerful, but Death is his master.
Suddenly Odrick seemed TO hear the
noise of futtering dress or happlng
wing. He looked up and there he beheld
the iorm and features of 8 most beautiful
lady. For a moment the king was speech
less; then he lifted his h and to pull the Dell
and wake his servants, but before he accom-
plished his object the apparition lald her
hand on his arm and stopped him. Then
she said:
"odrick, my king" she commenced,
don't you remember me? Don't you re-
call the day of Burrowmale the battle with
King Foxtall, and Lilial, the fairy, who
saved your life and lead your armies to VIC
tory over your enemies. Alasl but it was
ever 60 with the rich and the great. They
accept the aid of the poor and lowly, but
gratitude is not in them"
''Hold on, Lilial," the dying man ex-
claimed; ''you do me an injustice. Why,
even now, just before you came in, re-
membered you and also recalled the oath
] swore to you on the day you saved my
life. You are here, and am ready to re-
new the compact"
Il am glad to hear you say so, oh! odrick,
my king. Let us proceed, then"
'Over there, in the right hand corner of
the room, just near the door, is Wolmar, my
private secretary and trusty servant Go
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TOADS AS MEDIcIEE.
Once Considered Indispensable and still
Used In China.

Once Considered Indispensable and still
Used In China.
Youths Companion.l
Toads and frogs were considered as in
dispensable to the outfit Of an old-time
medical practitioner, and are still so re-
garded in Oriental countries. In Sir
Walter Raleigh's day an ointment Of toad's
fat was supposed to give immense muscular
strength, if applied to the body at the con-
junction of certain favorable planets. The
surprising Jumping abilities of the animal
no doubt suggested the thought that some
of its power would enter the limbs of an
athlete rubbed with its fat; but it is hard to
account thus for Josselyn's assertion that
the fat of the American pond frog is good
for burns, sealdings and the reduction Of
Inflammation so as to leave no scar.
Brickell, the earliest naturalist to visit
North Carolina, recorded that "these ani-
mails, baked and beat to powder, are taken
with orrice root to cure the tympany and
many disorders"
In the era of Sir Thomas Browne, say
1850, q cubic inch of dried toad. worn round
the neck, was believed to be an infallibie
antidote against many malaCpies, bodily and
mental; and powdered 'oad swallowed in
spoonfuls, formed an irres1sti ble love-philter.
In this notion we perhaps got a hint of the
very ancient origin of the supposed medical
efficacy of the toad, for it is a nocturnal
animal, and hence sacred to the powers Of
darkness, and in particular to Hecate, who
through her relations with the the moon,
was highly influential In loFe affairs.
If evil-disposed persons sought the aid of
these nocturnal servants of Witcheraft, what
more natural than that a timOrous mortal
should protect himself with the same?
But we need not go so far back. To-day
in China, the daily medicines include dried
toads and frogs, put down as ''tonic and
sudoriic." You may buy the articles to-
day in New York or San Francisco; and I
have read OF an enterprising coolie In Cali
fornia who had caught and sent to China
several thousand "horned toads''-which, by
the way, are not toads, but lizards, though that
doesn't signify-where they were converted
into high-priced prescriptions
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Cash Return. From Missions.

Much has been written on the remunerative
effects of missionary enterprises. The most
profitable efforts made in reference to the
American Indians are not the efforts to conquer
them in war, not the efforts to support them in
idleness and barbarism. but the efforts to Chris
tianize them. The Rocky Mountain Chrtstton
Advocate says: while the Dakota Indians
were savages it cost the Government 81, ,848, 900
to take care of them seven years. The cost
after their conversion for the same length of
time was Sl20000, difference of 81, 728, 900 in
favor of Christianity" The Gospel subdues
the savage instincts. overcomes the vices, stim-
ulates industry, awakens thought, implants
virtuous principles and reforms society by re-
neWing the heart.
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A CURE FOR LEPROSY.
It Was Tried by Father Damien, but Not II
Time.

1t was Tried Dy rather Damien, but Not Ia
Time.
A cure for leprosy has been found, says
Mr. Clifford, the last European to visit
Father Damien. 1t is gurjun oil, the
produce of fir tree which grows plentEfully
in the Andaman Islands 1t was discovered
by DR.. Dougall, and Mr.. Clifford was "as-
sured BY Sir Donald Stewart, who was then
Governor of the the islands, and who has
sent me the official medical report, that
every single case in the place was
cured by it. The lepers were con-
victs, and it was therefore impossible to en-
force four hours day Of rubbing the oint-
ment all over their bodies, and the taking of
two small doses internally. In some of the
cases the disease was of many years stand
ing, and the state to which it had reduced
its victims was indescribably dreadful, yet
after eight months the sufferers were able to
run and to use heavy pickax, and every
symptom of leprosy had disappeared"
Father Damien tried it, but too late.
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Protestauts in Spaiu,

The Protestant church of Spain numbers at
present liz chapels and schoolhouses, Ill pa
rochial schools, with 81 male and 78 female
teachers, .545 boys and 2095 girls. There are 80
Sunday schools, with lS3 helpers and .23l schol-
ars. The churches are ministered unto by %
pastors and 30 evangelists. The number of reg
ular attendants of divine service is 9,l64; of
communicants. 3442 Pastor F. Fliedner re-
ports steady progress on all sides.
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Mormon stnri.ticr.

At the closing of the Mormon Conference,
April 8, George O. Cannon read the statistics
of the church. which are: Twelve apostles, 70
patriarchs, 7l9 high priests, IL S05 elders, 2069
priests, 1892 teachers, IL $40 deacons 81 800 fam
lilies. 1l5. .915 officers and members and 4930z
children under 8 years of age, a total Mormon
population of 1891. The number of marriages
for the six months ending April 8, 1883, was
$50; births, 3754; new members, 4S8; excommu-
nications 1I3
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A Child of Christianity.

The truth is that philanthropy is the child of
Christianity. The religion of Jesus is the only
one which makes brotherly love its central and
characteristic duty. The splendid polytheisms
of antiquity were, without exception, based
upon some other principle--art, patriotism,
passion of human sympathy was ignored; or if
it existed it was exemplitied only by an indi-
vidual here and there. II do not recollecU IN
all classical history" remarks Edward Everett,
a competent authority, "a single individual
portrayed to us as philanthropist in the
modern acceptation of the term"
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602-NUMERICAL.

602-NUMERICAL.
Take care, dear child, and shun complete;
To6 Z. s, g. 10, II,
Is to be anything but sweet,
Or well behaved, even.
Il 13 IA, 15 boys
And also girls, know
Will try whole with each others toys,
Tno' taught to not do so.
Ills. II, 1873
To feed the little chicks
They seem to think their task to
To poke the hen with stickA
They Is, 8, l. 5 up strife,
Where'er they chance to be-
They 4 2, 9 the Joy of life
Which those have who agree, AL
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603-ANAGRAMMA

603-ANAGRAAIMATICA ENIGMA,
The 1.28456ZS9 are often seen passing
through the country.
The 2, g. 9: 1, 5. 8, Z, 4 is subjecting to ones
will. control or authority
The ., !, 4. i, 5, 2, 6, 8. was a noted French
theologian who hourished about Is centuries
ago.
Thes, 8. s. 1, 6, 6,23,7,4 is stretching long
line or causing to flow
The 5, 8, 2, 4 2, G. s, l. are individuals belong
ing to a circular group.
The 2. 81 SS4, !, s, 9 are large monkeys or
balloons.
The 2, g. 5, 4 81. l, g. 8 furnishes with a bor-
der. Gan old-fashioned word)
The ., z 3, 6. o, 4, i, Z, is the name of man
of whom you may have heard.
ARTIBUS LAURENTIUs
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A Successful Struggle.
Sommer7ille Journal

Sommer71lle JOURNAL
Charlie stayed pretty late last night,
didn't he, Lip" asked sister Kate the next
morning.
YES" said Lii, sleepily. "we we're try
ing the pigs in clover puzzle till nearly IL
o'clock
''And did you get the 1igs ia the pen,
Lip" asked Kate, eagerly.
''No, we didn't; but 1 got my finger in his
solitaire diamond ring
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Burling gton Free Press.I
Doetor-Your blood is del icient in quality.
Mr.. Jones. What you Need is more IRON
in your system.
Mr.. Jones-That can't bte, Doctor. have
stepped on at least % tack with my bare
feet since hOuse CLEANING bhoan
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605-TRANsFoRMATIoNs.

was burning brightly. brightly,
Lighting up the room.
My head was changed, and all at once
Was radiance changed to gloom,
For mist and murky atmosphere
Will not enhance taper's cheer.
Again my head was changed, and now
Behold me meath the pines.
The canvass tapping in the air,
The stalwart forms recumbent there.
While bright the watch-fire shines!
JOE AMORY.
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604-CuRTAuMENT.

To Washington was no friend
You've guessed my name, 1 apprehend-
And yet hope you'll not forget
Two ladies owe me great debt
Threel Think how they would need forego
Much finery had they now to sew
As did their forebears, still by hand,
If my brains they could not command.
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Some Grand Philautrophists.


Father Damien's ministry among the lepers.
suggests the kindred work of other holy souls
in allied fields. In 1775 the Able de PEpee first
taught the deaf and dnmb to speak with their
fingers and hear with their eyes, In Germany
and some other countries of Europe where
language is more phonetic than in France or
England, the dumb are taught to articulate-
actually to utter ineligible words, which they
mutually understand by the motion of the lips.
Wonderful as is the thought it is nevertheless
proved that there is a language of the muscles
as truly as Of the voice.
A little later, Valentine Hauy, of Paris, ac-
cording to Mr.. Horace Mann. became ac-
quainted with the Baroness Won Paradis,
blind German lady who visited the French cap
ltal as an organist, and performed with eclat.
About the same time an event took place at the
annual fair of st. Ovid which reused his COM
passion. An inn keeper had collected ten blind
persons. attired them in the most absurd man.
ner, with asses ears, peacocks' feathers and
spectacles without glasses, to perform at a bur-
lesque concert. What was designed for wan
ton amusement only kindled Hauy's benevo-
lence. He resolved to do for the blind through
the sense of touch what the Able de pEpee
had done for deaf mutes by the medium of
sight. Accordingly, he founded an institution
for their instruction In Paris in 17S4-the beau
tiful and prolific mother of those hundreds of
similar schools now scattered up and down
Christendom.
A Christian physician, Esquirol, was the first
man to make any impression upon the public
in favor of more humane treatment of the
insane. In 1893 he founded. also in Paris the
first insane asylum-moved to it by discovering
in one place wretched huddle of 20 of these
sufferers Danacled, Gagged like wild beasts,
nesting in their own filth, deserted by friends
and all human kind, and agUnized by malady
whose very nature excluded consolation; SO
goaded into hostility to their race that the
mere sight of their keeper threw them into par
oxysms of rage. Esqufrol went in among them,
quieted their ferocity, and taught the world
how to treat insanity. In this country, the late
Dorothea Dix took up his work. and by her
own efforts established 10 of these insane asy-
lums.
Is Christianity fable? How account, then.
for Howard and Mrs. Fry and Lord Shaftes-
bury and Oberlin-who plunged into the Alpine
fastneSses where the gospel and the school
master were never heard of, and beginning
with spade and mattock, introduced comfort
and purity, and led the people forth on their
way to everlasting life?
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WORDS WORTH MONEY.
Husbands Estimate of the Cash Vnlue of
His Wife's Talk.
Paris Figaro.1

His Wife's Talk.
Paris Figaro.1
The wife ofa telegraph operator having
treated her husband to an interminable scene
of reproaches and complaints, during which
he has remained absolutely quiet, asks him,
infurated at his silence:
"Well, sir, what have you to say in an
swer?'
And he, after moments reflection: "Just
this, that il had had to telegraph all that to
Bordeaux, the message would have cost you
426 francs and so centimes."
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606-TRIPLE ACRoST1

tOUo-TRIPLE ACROST1C.
Initials-Secret.
Centrals-A wearing off.
Finals-Remedied, set right
Across-l. Lower in degree. q The daughter
of brother or sister. g. Having the time of
happening noted. 4. A wandering from the
truth. s. A poem. g. Greatly dislikes T.
Otherwise. s. A band or tie. g. One who
gives JENNIE.
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THE APRIL SOLVING.

Prize winners: l. Allan Parker, Allegheny,
Pa. 2. j. Bosch, Salem, o.
Roll of honor: I. Burnett, Ruth Jones, S. M.
W., May Emmett, B. L. D., Eddie Byrue, Master
Fitz. Martin L.. L. M D., Justus Mohrs, Ester,
DR.. p, Rufus Peakes. NJ. g. B., Amos Ruskin'
Solon. 1. l. L. Try, S. F. Morton.
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maximum speed?"
THE HIGHEST KNOWN.

'I cannot give you the exact figure for
the reason that no statistics are published
on this question of maximum speed, but I
should say IS miles an hour, or possibly
over. This is not done every day in the
week. I believe the highest regular speed
on the guide is "a miles an hour. but 60
miles an hour is often reached by engineers
who are behind time, and sometimes even
70. In my opinion, it would not be possible
to travel at 100 miles an hour with COM
fort and safety, that is, under present con-
ditions We should require to have dif-
ferent style of car altogether, and then the
tracks and curves would also require to be
built on an entirely different plan for such
tremendous speed, Now 80 miles an hour
is as much as care for, and what 100 miles
might be don't know. Some folks not
afflicted with nerves." continued the editor
loosely, might enjoy it, but 1 would
rather be excused. Then could the engineer
preserve his presence of mind at such a
speed? Perhaps he could. but it is ques-
tfon. I met an engineer once who had
driven train at so miles an hour, and when
he got it up to that speed his knees began
to shake together, and be gave every indica-
tion Of intense nervousness.
Then there is more danger, Of course, in
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599-TRANsPoSIrIoN.

" Peter ". Mace was a vagabond tramp;
He was idle and wretched, a drunkard, a
scamp:
But now he is sober. respected-who can
Tell me what was it that made him man?
A i.
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607-ENIGMA,

NY greater parts a sheep,
And feminine my gender;
The last of me is just
The last remains of splendor.
NV whole's a kind of pitcher
OF slender shape and fine;
1t now is used for water,
But once was made for wine.
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ANSWERS.

590-Westport Southport. Eastpcrt, Bridge
port, Bellport, LoganspOrt, Newburyport, Fair
port. Newport, Wllliamsport, Lockport, Rock
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601-CHARADE.

Der lakes surface smooth and fair,
I saw tt0o high in the air,
And in the lake not far from me,
The one of it seemed to see.
While one-eyed men are very plenty,
The tUo-eyed are scarce one in twenty
II tIDo tlDos should unite,
A one-ta0o we should have in sight.
NELsoNIAN,
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GOETHE BURGLARS CIPHER.

GOETHE BURGLARS CIPHER.
Ezhortin0 his Dal to get his courage up to 'ths
sticking point"
w UU XSF NRG
&c UH ONE NME
SA W BOZ MNS
nm 435 CUR 14S
The orthography inclnes more to Pittman
than Webster. Can any Of my young ones de-
cipher it W. WIEsoN.
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What. the Thrift on Hhala,s

London TeIegraph.1
A gigantic whale that has been exhibited
for some time in Berlin was tly trans-
ported to Vienna, but on reaching; the Aus
trian frontier the custom authorities refused
for long time to pass the monster of the
deep, on the ground that "sucIl q thing
was not registered on the custom tariff The
Austrians seem to have prejudice against
whales, for this one does not seem to have
had friendly reception from. the populace
In Vienna either.