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THE TWO PATHS.

When COL Fremont in his exploring ex-
pedition, had left the dales of the Columbia
and turned southwark into that great in
ternal basin that stretches far to the Sierra
Nevada, he passed over some smiling land
scapes, but soon found himself in the midst
Of interminable marshes and salt lakes, en-
velor ed in thick, foggy and murky atmos-
phere that made darkness at noon. To gain
some idea of the country ahead, he ordered
ono of his men to climb tie rugged slope
that hemmed him in on either side.
In this valley the sol was soft and miry.,-
the waters were bracki. h-the atmosphere
was cold, damp dark and disagreeabls, but
soon, from the mountains side came rolling
down the joyful shout that the man was
bathing in blazing sunshine. Alas! these
bright rays never penetrated that dark sea
that rolled its murSy folds around the same
mountains base.
Just so thought it is with the Christian
in pilgrimage to the Holy city. There are
two paths which Christians walk on earth.
The one is through these. low
grounds salt marshes and impure
atmosphere which the new born
soul can never breathe; the other is on the
high mountain Of God love, where all is
brightness and bathed in the radiance Of the
star of Bethlehem; Down in this valley
lions in the way" testers, news-carriers,
fatterers bacll-bi:ers, liars, sins of all hues
and degrees, and all the rest Of the devil
crew continually rushing against the Christ
ians white robes and soiling them. But the
mountain path is indeed the path of the
righteous" lit up by the star Of Bethlehem,
growing brighter and brighter unto the
perfect day" For Fremont says when he
had also gone up this mountain he could see
all the country around him far away down
to the coast chain. So the Christian on the
mount of Gods love can see all these dark
waters rolling beneath him, but they cannot
come nigh him. The explorer said that then
nil around him was illuminated with bright
light; so the Christian dwells in the light OF
his Saviours face On that hill side, also, it
was warm, for the rays fell perpendiculariiy
upon it. So the Christian bathes Ill
the warm ocean of a Saviour's love.
And tie higher the bold man assembled,
the pur-r grew the atmosphere. the
higher The Christian walks, the further
he is above that stencil of sin. Higher still
in the regions of perpetual snow, there
reigned profound stiffness, and God seemed
to fill all around; so the higher the Christian
ascends the nearer to God his dwelling, and
the closer his communion with his Saviour,
the more peaceful and quiet his pious march,
until he lands where "the weary are at rest,
and the wicked ccase from troubling -
Pres CuSkcG.
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RELIGIOUS READING.

TEE HYMNS THAT MOTHER SUNG.
Through the changing scenes OF life,
The shadowed vale OF smile and tears,
Where all is lost within the mist
That hides the bygone years,
Some strains there are that linger still;
And many hearts, no longer young,
Are thrilled with joy again to hear I,
TIE hymns that mother sung.
We seem to hear again her voice,
So long remembered, clear and sweet,
As when, in days Of long ago,
We sat at mothers feet
And gazing upward on the wall,
Where dearest fathers picture hung.
We thought he smiled, for he, too loved
The hymns that mother sung. .
On many snowy, wintry nights,
When all without was cold and drear,
We've clustered close around her chair,
In happiness anC! cheer: - .I..
No more for us the glowing fire,
No mere the cricket's chirping tongue;
And nevermore on earth:well hear
The hymns that mother sung.
To them we owe our happy homes.
Praise be to God who reigns above,
For keeping ever bright and clear
The lessons learned in love.
Outliviag sorrows, bearing hope,
The dear old songs have always clung,
And never can the heart forget
The hymns that mother sung.
-Ne,oarAc Journal
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REST OF SOUL.

Christ is the Rose Of Sharon and the
lilly of the Valley" Believers are the bees
that swarm about the rose, signing, rejoic-
ing, Eungering, and enjoying; fitting
around it, either with tho wings Of prayer
or the pinions of delight; and there is no
end to the humming about this flower, both
day and night in the true church. From 1T
we derive cur honey every day-forgivess
ness, peace, courage, AMI strength; and its
fullness is inexha1stible. Many Christians
are, indeed, only working bees; day after
day they swarm and hutter about the rose,
and never properly attain to rest But how
great is their folly?
Observe on a summers evening how other
bees act, and then go and do likewise.
Wearied by the heat and labor Of the day,
they slumber peacefully in the calyx Of the
flowers. The latter inclose them with their
tender petals, and the gentle whispers OF the
evening zepayr rock Jne reposlng and we'll
secured insect On its balmy couch. Hoy
sweet the rest! So do thou also slumber in
the calyx of the Rose of Sharon. Forget
thyself in thinking of Jesus. Be He thy all,
and His promises and merits the covering
over thee, and the pillow beneath thy head.
Oh, then, what does it matter If the tempest
howls without. and croaking night-birds
f1utter around thee? Soft is thy couch, and
the banner over thee is Love.-Klunma-
che7'S "Elisha." .....
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IT SEEMS BUT YESTERDAY.

Hseems but yesterday that May
Hipped lightly past, nor paused to stay
A moment longer than 'twould take
To set her signet near and far,
In field and lane-the daisies star;
To set the grasses all ashake;
To kiss the world into blush
OF brier-roses, pink and flush,
For summers sake.
Hoeems but yesterday that June
Came piping sweet medley tune.
Whereto the robin and the thrush
lent each his thrilling throat, the while
Tho locust there beside the stile,
Deep-hid in tangled weed and brush,
Spun out the seasons skein Of heat,
With now ''whirr" Of shuttle fleet,
And now hush.
It seems. but yesterday, and yet
To-day I found my garden set
In silver. and the roisterer wind
Made bold to pluck me by the gown,
What time I wandered up and down
The path, to see if left behind
Was one last rose that might press
Against my withered cheek, and less
Feel time unkind.
7Txiie H. L Lippnaann, in Atlantic Monthly
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aeoyHnNMENr SHAME WATER"

An article in the Century Magazine, on
.sThe Temperance Question in India, is writ
ten by one who is fully acquainted with the
subject He tells us that intoxicating liquors
in India are designated by the natives, toy
ernment Shame Water" Hindoo ana MO-
hammedan rulers discouraged their manuIac-
t1re and use. The English Government took
the manufacture into their hands, made
itself the barkeeper to the Indian Empire,
and obtained revenue from the sale OF M
todcants among people whose social Gus
toms are in favor of temperance. This Is an
Indictment that ought to be read with shame
The writer adds: "The proof is overwhein1-
ing that the temperate Hindoos are becoming
native movements to arrest it, butn at home
we have no power to do this, ought not every
pulpit in the land to hear occasionally q CON
fession of our guilt in this matter LONDON
Christian - ~ - - 9.
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A GOOD BARGAIN.

Alta temperance meeting where several re-
lated their experiences, humorous Irish.
man who spoke was acknowledged to be the:
chief speaker. He had on a pair OF fine
new boots. Said he: "a week after Isigned
the pledge Imet an old friend, and he says,
Them's fine pair of boots you have on
They are says !, and by the same token
twas the saloon-keepr who gave them to
me- ~ 20 a
/" That was generous Of him, sayshe.
SIT was says I but / made q bargain
with him. He was to keep his drink and /
was to keep my money. My money bought
me these fine boots. I got the best OF the
bargain, and Pm going to stick to it y.
Boys, will you do the same! VII you
keep your money, and invest in something
else than drink?-.Ihe Banner. Sc
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CONSISTENT.

Mr.. Ferdinand Schumacher, a leading mill
owner of Akron, Ohio, has pledged $1,000 to
the building fund Of the Chicago Temper
ance m Temple. His total abstinence prins;i- p;l
ples are well known, having been severely
tested few years ago when his oatmeal
mills were entirely destroyed by fire, tne loss
amounting to almost million dollars, tnere
being no Insurance. After the fire it was
found that the oats were uninJured except oy
piled up wet. The distillery men made a
most favorable offer to Mr.. Schumacher to
purchase the injured oats, but he promptly
refused, saying: mo no money you can !, Of
fer could tempt me to sell one ounce OF tnat
which you will take and turn into a poison
with which to ruin my fellow men," and sne
oats rotted where they lay.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

A W.C.T.U. of Welsh women Is to be
started in New York city. Us
The Swedish Government has appropr1a-
ted $4,000 year for the promotion OF temp
erance.
It would be easier to steal a horse in To.
peka, to-day, than to purchase glass OF
whisky to drink.
The VIC. T. q. of Astoria, Oregon, Is
having a number Of fine drinking fountains
erected in the public streets -
A New York brewer places the average
number Of glasses of beer consumed by ms
employees during one day, at seventy five
apiece, each glass holding half pint.
Mr.. Spurgeon, in his new book entitled:
"Salt Cellars" tersely remarks that grape
juice kills more than grape-shot;" He
also advises each married man to keep MS
wife's husband out Of the public house
The Catholic Total Abstinence Society, at
its recent annual meeting, agreed to estao,
lish, in connection with the great Cathedal
University at Washington, D. c., a Father
Mathew Professorship Of temperance, In
which will be taught the scientific facts con-
cerning the use of stimulants and narcotics
A jury in New York State has awarded
an only child $4,000 against Hudson River
steamboat company, under the Civil Service
Damage Act, for the death of her father.
deckhand, who became insbriated at the
steamboat bar and fell Off into the river and
was drowned. The court has refused to set
the verdict aside, and steamboats, in the
State are warned that they keep open bars
at their peril.
A temperance society OF mora than loo
members was recently organized among the
men in the military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kansas, by Mrs Julia A. Chase, an
eot;ya xporlar among soldiers and sailors. who
On ttfs occasion delivered an address Of such
DO power YER that seventy:ave men who had never
signed the pledge before unhesitatingly gave
their names and affirmed their purpose 10
lead sober lives.
An Australian writer says that in spite OF
every effort the drink bill of that country Is
alarmingly increasing, and that crime - socia saia
evils, insanity and suicide are keeping ghastly
pace with it. He adds that great injury
done by American kilograms that publish IN
every nook and corner the defeats OF fIo-
hibition, but never even mention its victories,
thus spreading the impression that Sne
struggle Is hopeless. .--
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SENSIBLE .sNrEHra1sE.

New Britain, Conn, has Young Won1ans
Christian Temperance Union whose sensible
enterprise deserves wide emulation. Or
ganized about year ago, It mmediately be-
ployed in the factories Of the place, hoping
to Keep them from spending their earnings
on the street by arousing an interest IN useful
Studies. From the small nucleus Of one room
and twenty or thirty girls the work has
grown rapidly. until now a tenement OF seven
rooms is required to accommodate the large
number Of regular attendants The rooms
are open four evenings in the week and Two
hours on Sunday. There are classes in dress
making. penmanship and singing, and read
ing matter is supplied by circulating
library. ~ a
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LOOKING UP TO JESUS.

Take good look at JESUS as often as you
can. You expect soon to behold Him in open
vision, but they who look most to Him here
will see most glory in Him htreafter. In
heaven some will see far deeper into Christ
than others. The deeper you SEQ into His
grace now, the deeper will you see into His
glory then, for glory is measured by grace.
Linger at the place Of secret prayer. II
to Jesus for Him to give you prayer. Look
to HIM for your prayer and your faith. AZ
ter you have opened all your heart 10 Him,
take time to linger for His answer; to listen
to marching orders; and should he choose not
to speak, trust Him just the same, and take
time to adore Him. Go away from your
closet with the clear image Of Jesus hanging
in your mind--Dr. G.. D. Watson.
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'TEfFERAN'G''l|E!!!l.'
NOTHING AND SOMETHING

NOTHING AND SOMETHING
sits nothing to me, . the beauty said
with careless toss Of her pretty head;
t.The man is weak II be can't refrain
From the cup you say is fraught with pam.
It was something to her in after years
When her eyes were drenched with burning
tears, u.
And she watched in lonely grief and dread
And started to hear staggering tread
'Its nothing to me-" the mother said.
"I have no fears that my boy viii tread
The downward path OF sin and shame,
And crush my heart and darken my name,"
II was something to her when her only SON
From the path Of life was early won,
And madly cast in the flowing bowl
A ruined body and a shipwrecked soul.
!! ats snothinc to me, the merchant said 81
As over the ledger he bent his head;
"Tm busy to-day with the tare and tret,
And have no time to fume and fret"
It was something to him when over the wire z
A message came from funeral pyre-
A drunken conductor had wrecked train,
And his wife and child we're among the slain. z
sits nothing to me" the young man cried; u
In his eye was fash Of scorn and pride
II heed not the dreadful things you tell; "a
can rule myself, I know full well. -. .s se
Twas something to him when in prison hel lay
The victim of drink-life ebbins away, s;Sfs,
As he thought of his wretched child and wife, 4
And the mournful wreck, OF his wasted life.
Is it nothing tous to idly sleep
While the cohorts Of death their vigils keep,
Alluring the young and thoughtless in-s Il.
And grind in our midst a grist Of sin?
It is something-yes, al, for us to stand,
And clasp by faith our Saviour's hand % 81
To learn to labor, live and fight
On the side Of God and changeiess right.
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The sole income of the President OF
the United from the public treasury is
his salary of $50, 900 year.
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my uedF JOhoE. NdpOlCOu Woidooh
sounds very we'll"
"But the Cesar and that abominable
Jehosophat2"
"Give them the go by. Follow the
example of men of rank abroad. There
isn't king, nor royal prince, nor the
head of noble house that hasn't from
three to thirty names given him at his
baptism, but he never uses but one.
There is no law here that forces you
to use more than one of yours. Drop the
Cesar and Jehosophat, at least the Je-
hosophat, and with the bravery inherent
to the name itself, march to matrimony
as Napoleon Marabon."
N. G. j., as N. G. J. no more, took
comfort and my advice. I was the
grooms best man when Miss Edith
Keteltas became Mrs. Napoleon Marathon,
and the gratitude of my friend seems to
know no bounds. He not only gave his
willingness, but he never rested till I re-
moved to New York, where he promoted
my fortune in various ways. I am al
ways an honored guest at his table, and
d very SouuS SeuIlelnau Ill NeW loIh
bears the name of Gabriel Bclfort Mara
bon.
But secret will leak out. I am sure
never breathed it to any one; am
equally sure that Napoleon never did, un-
less it might have been muttered in
sleep; but Mrs. Marathon knows all about
it. Yesterday they had good-natured
dispute, to which I was an amused lis
tener. Marabon's logic was too o'much
for his wife, who took refuge in retort.
Looking quizzically she raised her fore
finger, and to her husbands great aston
ishment, said: "Now, you Jehosophat!"
-Neu York Mercury.
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history? The Zulu war. Down with the
sword and up with the treaty.
We in this country might better have set
tied our sectional difficulties by arbitration
than by the thrust of the sword. Philan-
thropy said to the North: PAY down a GER
slaves, and let all those born after a certain
time be born free" Philanthropy at the same
time said to the South: you sell the slaves,
and get rid of this great national contest and
trouble" The North replied: II won't pay
a cent" The South replied: 81 won't sell"
War! War! A million dead men, and na-
tional debt which might have ground this ma
tion to powder.
Why did we not let " illiam 81. Seward, of
New York, and Alexander II. Stevens, OF
Georgia, go out and spend a few days under
the trees on the banks of the Potomac and
talk the matter over, and settle it. as settle
it they could. rather than the North pay in
cost Of war, four billion seven hundred mil
lion dollars, and the South pay four billion
seven hundred and fifty million dollars, the
destroying angel leaving the first born dead
in so many houses all the way from the PEN
obscot to the Alabama. Ye aged men,
whose sons fell in the strife do you not think
that would have been better? Oh, yes! we
have come to believe, I think, in this coun-
try, that arbitration is better than battle.
may C6 uliSCdhcu, puO L hOpC oAiho e-iS
last war between Christian nations is ended.
Barbarians may mix their war paint.
and Afghan ana Zulu hurl poisoned arrows,
but I think Christian nations have
gradually learned that war is disaster
to victor as well as vanquished, and that
almost anything bought by blood is
bought at too dear a price. l wish to
God this nation might be a model OF
willingness for arbitration. No ne.H OF
killing another Indian. No need OF
sacrificing any more brave General Clusters:
Stop exasperating the red man, and there will
be no more arrows shot out from the reserva-
ton. A General Of the United States army;
in high repute throughout this land, end
who, perhaps, has been in more Indian wars
than any other officer, and who has been
wounded again and again in behalf OF our
Government in battle against the Indians,
told me that oil the wars that had ever oc:
CURED between Indians and white men had
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-11-29
Young Men and the Churches.

One of the unpleasant features of re-
lgious life is the lack of young men in
the churches. The evil is not small
one, and there are indications that it is
growing larger. 1t has certainly in
creased in the last thirty years. Can the
evil be removed or, at least, reduced?
We are confident that some things can
be done to improve the situation. For
one thing, the distinct recognition of the
fact that there are too few young men in
the church should tend to better the
record. Systematic efforts to win young
men ought to be undertaken all along
the line. The church wants them and
must get them. Many ways to go about
the enlistment of such soldiers of the
cross Will be found, some best fitted to
one and others to another locality or de-
nomination. One of these is that young
men will not go very heartily into any
enterprise when they can only sit still,
look on and listen. Young men have to
be enlisted as active workers. Old men
may be taken in as parlor boarders, but
a young man must be set at work, or he
will soon grow listless. Besides, young
men can best win young men, and 1t Is
in such work that the value Of youthful
members is always highest. The princi-
pie has, however, another important APP
plication. The officiary of too many
churches has no young blood in it. Give
the young brethren share in the man.
ent.-Chautauduan.
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The Question of Dearonesses-

The Third Presbyterian church of Los
Angeles, Cal, has thrown considerable
light, of late, on the solution Of the
much discussed question of deaconesses.
Three deacons were recently elected
They are to receive and disburse funds
for the poor, visit the sick, and welcome
strangers who attend the shurch- They
are also empowered to choose three la
dies of the congregation to cooperate
with them in these good works These
ladies viii be entitled to vote at the
monthly meetings Of the board, and viii
give systematic aid In the care Of the
sick and poor, as well as in kindly atten-
tons to strangers In this way, although
they are net formally chosen by the
church, not ordained as deaconesses,
they are selected by church officers for
certain term, and are invested with the
duties and responsibilities of that Office.
This plan originated, we believe, with
the pastor, the Rev ". c. Stevens, and
it is one that win doubtless bear much
good fruit At all events, the deaconate,
with the addition of this new feature, is
likely to become more attractive, as well
as more Observation-Disclosures at Work
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4 Serious Accident to a Boy.
The Brodhead independent.


\ little before 9 o'clock, Wedn es-
day morning, Fred Rehberg, a pupil
in the fifth room of our public school,
while playing with other boys on the
railroad grounds near the school
house, ran in front Of the outgoing
passenger train, and before it could
be stopped, the wheels of the loco
motive and baggage car passed over
his left arm. He was at once taken to
the depot and thence to DR.. TONNES
office, where the physicians made him
as comfortable as possible. He was
then removed to his fathers, south of
the track, and in the afternoon his
arm was amputated two or three
inches from the shoulder. DR.. Ben
nett performed the operation, assisted
by doctors Towne and Newzum, and
the patient is in fair way to recover.
No blame is attached to the railroad
employees, and the boy himself was
no more careless than have been null
titudes of other. 1t is proabble that
in the excitement of his play he rushed
upon or near the track without think
ing of the approaching train. 1t is a
pity that our school house is located SO
near the railroad, but as it is there,
the only thing to be done is to take
all possible care to guard against ac-
cidents.