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where the departed sleep. You know that
these catacombs are fifty or sixty feet uuder-
ground, and if one loses the guide or his
torch is extinguished, he never finds the way
out. So let us stay close together and with our
torches, as we wander along small part of
|. these 900 miles of underground passages, see
the inscriptions as they were really chiseled
read by the light of your torch: Here rests
a handmade Of God who out of oil her riches
now possesses but this one house. Thou wilt
remain in eternal repose of happiness. A. D.
3S0." On my side read by the light of the
torch: "Aurelia, our sweetest daugll-
ter; she lived fifteen years and four months,
A. D. 325." On your side you read: Here
hath been laid sweet spirit guileleSs, WI wise
and beautiful Buried II peace . A ddG:Ia d. SSsn
one lie in peace. You will rise A tempor-
ary rest is granted you. Plaucus, her hus-
band, made this" On Your sidc you read:
"Niccphorus, 4 sweet soul, i'll the place of re-
frcshment" On my side l read: '"In Christ,
Alexander is not dead. but lives beyond
the stars, and his dead body rests in this
tomb" On your side you read: 'Hcre, happy,
Irene sleeps in God" ''Valeria sleeps in
peace" "Arethusa sleeps in Cod" "Navira
in peace, q sweet soul who lived sixteen yeors,
soul sweet as honey; this epitaph was made
by her parents"
But let us come out from these catacombs
and eXtinguish our torches, for upon all
these longings and expectations of oil
nations the morning Of resurrection dawns
The trumpet shall sound And the sooner
it sounds the better Oh, how We would
like to get ou: loved ones back again! II
we arc ready to meet our Lord, our sins
all pardoned, what q good thing if this
moment we could hear the resounding
and reverberating blast! Would you not like
to see your father again, your mother again,
your daughter again, your boy again and all
your departed kindred again? Roll on sweet
day of resurrection and reunion. Under the
hoofs of the white steeds that draw thy
chariot we strew Easter flowers. Would
it not be grand if we could all rise to-
gether? You know that the Bible says
we shall not all sleep, but we shall
all be changed. What if we should be among
the favored ones who never have to see death,
and that while in the full life of cur body we
should hear that trumpet sound and these
mortal bodies take on Immortality Oh, how
/ would hasten to two places before the close
of such q day-peaceful Greenwood
and the village cemetery back of Som
erville. And I would cry aloud: The
hour has come, the trumpet has sounded,
the resurrection is here Father and mother,
you were the best of all the group, now lead
the wayr' The earth sinks out Of sight.
Clouds under foot. Other'worlds only mile
stones on the Kings highway. We rise! We
rise! We rise! to be forever with the Lord
and forever with each other. May we all
have part in that first resurrection.
In this dark world Of sin and pain
We only meet to part again;
But when we reach the heavenly shore
We there shall meet to part no more.
The hope that we shall see that day
Should chase our present gricfS away.
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RESULTS OF PROHIBITION IN KANSAS.

RESULTS Ot pROdlb1IlON IN hANSAo'
Governor Martin, of Kansas, in his last
message to the Legislature, says: "Fully nine
tenths of the drinking and drunkenness prev
alent in Kansas eight years ago have been
abolished, and I affirm with earnestness and
emphasis that this State is to-day the most
temperate, orderly, sober community of pee.
pie in the civilized world. The abolition or
the saloons has not only promoted the per
sonaJ happiness and general prosperity OF our
citizens, but it has enormously diminished
crime, filed thousands of homes, where vice
and want and wretchedness once prevailed,
with peace, plenty and contentment, and has
materially increased the trade and business
of those engaged in the sale of useful and
wholesome articles of merchandise. Not
withstanding the fact that the population OF
the State is steadily increasing, the number
of criminals confired in our penitentiary is
steadily decreasing. Many of our jails are
empty, and all show marked falling off in
the number of prisoners confined The dock
cts of our courts are no longer burdened with
long lists of criminal cases. In the capital
district, containing population of nearly
CO,00O not single criminal case was on the
docket when the present term began. The
business of the police courts of our larger
cities has dwindled to one-fourth OF its former
proportions, while in cities of the second and
third class the occupation of police authori-
ties is practically gone"
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ANSWERED PRAYER,

Rev J. Hudson Taylor, founder of the
China inland mission, told the following at
the recent conference at Northfield:
81 have had all sorts OF experiences III oil
sorts of circumstances, and when l have
come to God and pleaded His own promises
in His own Word, have never been disap..
D; inted. I have been in circumstances OF
great difficulty, and have been led to ask Him
for remarkable help was nearly wrecked
when was going out to China for the first
time. Our vessel was becalmed, and gradu-
ally drifting upon the coast of New Guinea.
We could see the savages OH the shore. They
had kindled fire, and were evi-
IDENTIFY expecting O good suppsi
that night. When 1 was q medical STU
dent some of the other students used to jeer
at me because I was going among the
missionary Well, it did lcok that night as
if sorrebody was going to have piece of hot
missionary. The captain said to me, We
can't do anything else bat let down the long
boat They had tried 10 run the head OF
the vessel around from the shore, but in
vain. We had been becalmed for several
weeks, with never breeze, or any sign OF
one In few minutes we would be among
the coral reefs. We would be at the mercy
of those savages, and they didn't look as if
they had much mercy.
'N Gill; SalQ, lneTc is one tHlliS VIC
haven't done yet. Let the Christians on
board pray about it, There was black
man on board, steward, who was very
sweet Christian man, and the captain was
Christian, and myself. proposed that we
should retire to our cabins, and i'll the name
of our Lord Jesus Christ ask our Father and
His Father for q breeze immediately. They
agreed went to my cabin, and told the
Lord that was just on my way to China:
that He had sent ME, and that couldn't get
there if was shipwle ked and killed: and
then I was going on to ask Him for breeze.
but I felt 50 confident about it that l
couldn't ask Him. So l went up on deck There
was the second officer, the chief mate-a very
gcdless man. I went up to him and said, IT
| were you I would let down the mainsail.'
Said he: What do you want me to let down
the mainsail for? I said: we have been
praying for breeze, and it is coming direct
", and the sooner we are ready for it the
better With an oath lie said he would
rather see breeze than hear OF one. AS he
was speaking I instinctivcly looked up and
noticed that one of the sails was quiverlng
with the coming breeze. Said J.: Don You
see the corners of the royals are already
shaking? My dear fellow, there is good
breeze coming, and we had better be ready
and soon the sailors were tramping over the
deck. Before the sails were set the wind was
down upon us. The captain came up to see
what was the matter. He saw that our
prayers had been answered, ard we didn't
forget 10 praise God for 81 signal deliver
ance from the perils to which we were eX-
posed We have been pcnnileSs in the inter-
Tor of China, but we simply turn to this look
and draw a check, and it is always honorcd.'
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SAVE THE DOYS.

The walls of saloon arc generally lined
with pictures of Yankee Sullivan, Tom
Hyer, John Norrissey, John L. Sullivan,
Jake Kilrain, and other pugiistic notables;
und as often decorated with pictures that no
boy would be willing to point out to his Sis
ter.
Almost all the riots that this country has
been cursed with have been bred and nursed
in the saloons.
A barroom is no place for boys. 1t is the
most frequented gate way to the Lane that
leads to hell. -
The good people of America ought to
arise, as one man, and try to save the boys
from this bighting curse.
The worst boy that treads this soil is too
good to be allowed to fall into any of these
trapdoors to the pit.
Save him, if possible, for his own sake; for
his mothers sake for the sake of his coun-
try; and, if not for these reasons, for his Re
deemer's sake, so that his blood-bought soul
may live hereafter with Him who redeemed
it.
Save the boys! Let all the voting popula'
ton of America respond "Amen"-The
ITOicp
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4 BOGUS KING,
How Californian Governs One Of tho
; Aleutian Islands. /


/! A Washington special says: Avery pretty
little story, which promises to develop an In
teresting trial, comes to Washington from
Alaska It Is to the effect that about three
years ago O man named Mcpherson sailed
rom San Francisco, and eventually landed
on one Of the Aleutian Islands, of the coast
Of Alaska. i
sMr. McPherson's entire outfit consisted Oh
o suit Of clothes, an American flag, togetheli
with, a paper purporting to have been signed
by Attorney General Garland, appointing
him United States Commissioner. As soon
as he landed on the Island he raised the AmeriS
can flag with great deal Of ceremony, tooE
command Of 600 natives and compelled them
to address him as King Mcpherson. Each
season he exacted heavy tribute x
Things went along very smoothly until a
few months ago, when reports states that he
had some difficulty with three Of his subjects:
and, fearing that there might be a mutiny.I
he determined to dispose Of all these who did
not bow to his authority. :.
E::He arrested three recalcitrant Aleuts, tried
them by court martial, and sentenced them
to be hanged. he carried out the SENTENCE
Somehow or other, report Of McPherson's
rule reached the Treasury Department. and a
special agent was sent to his island to investt
gate the matter.
The agent recently reported the facts to-
Secretary Window substantially as they arel
given above Now it is said that a revennei
cutter will be sent to the island for the pdr-
pose Of arresting Mcpherson. It Is the in-jl
tention Of the authorities to bring him to SAM
Taucisco and try him for murder.
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Washington's Nearest Living Relative.

The nearest living relative of General
George Washington is Captain George
Washington Ball, of Alexandria, Va. This
gentleman is a granddaughter of the first
President, and has an interesting family.
Captain Balls wife was Mary Randolph, 6
grandniece of John Randolph, of Roam
oke, and cousin of President Harrison.
They have three daughters Mary Ran:
dolph, Landon and Mamie FairfaX-and
two sons, Mason Ball, Paymaster, and
Randolph Ball, Surgeon United States
Navy. Miss Landon Ball is the beauty OF
the family, and both the gentlemen in
their naval uniforms make fine appear
ance. The father, Captain George W.
Ball, OWLS q great many heirlooms, both
of the Washington and Ball families, i'll
Guiding tables, portraits, etc. 1t will be
remembered that Washington's mother
was Mary Ball. ~ \. Sun.
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A Hot Salt Water Well.

A hot water artcsian well, at Alma,
Mich, is interesting. A we'll has just been
sunk at the Sanitarium in that city, and hot
saline water was struck ut depth of 2s76
feet below the surface. The water had Il
temperature of 156 degrees when brought
to the surface. The we'll has 220 feet of
S-inch pipe, and inside this is $50 feet of
6inch and 1880 feet of 4-inch pipe, the
latter ending in the solid rock. The well
has cost SO, 900, and will be continued in
the hopes of striking gas Or oil.-Scientifc
american,
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Admiral Kimberly Under Fire.

A correspondent of the New York Sun
tells this story of Admiral Kimberly, the
commander of the United States naval
forces at Samoa:
Admiral Kimberly was in 1862 Lieu.
tenant Kimberly and the executive officer
of the Hartford, in which Admiral Far,
ragut ran the enemy's batteries at Grand
Gulf, on the Mississippi River, under 9
terrible fire, which disabled part of his
fleet. Lieutenant Eaton, of the Signal
Corps of the army, had just before this
been ordered aboard the Hartford, that
communication between the feet and army
might be carried on, when, as was the re.
suit, the Hartford should place the
enemy's stronghold between the land and
the naval forces. Eaton's professional
zeal and skill were only equaled by his
sense of humor, and within few years ]
have heard him relate how, when the
ship drew up under fire and he7 Owl
batteries got to work, Lieutenant Kim.
berly on the gun deck fought the ship,
while Admiral Farragut walked one side
of the quarterback and the Captain of the
ship the other, and poor Eaton made him.
self as small as possible at the extreme
stern and wished the war were over. But
the Captain, one of the old school, look
ing down on the gun deck as he finished
one of his quarterback perambulations,
saw, to his horror, that a sailor, one Of
the fighting guns crews, panic-stricker
for the moment, had deserted his gun,
and was leaning helplessly against the
mast.
''Mr. Kimberly! 3Ir. Kimberley" ex.
claimed the Captain in high pitched
voice which penetrated above the roar oi
the artillery, ''pray, what is that person
doing there2" And be pointed a'terrible
finger at the sailor.
No sooner did Kimberly's eyes light
on the object of the Captains inquiry
than he sprang furiously on the man,
seized him by the collar and rushed him
with violent shake to his proper position
at the gun. Then, turning and facing
the quarterback, he touched his cap with
all possible ceremony and reported:
"sir, the person you alluded to has re.
turned to his duty"
"The whole affair."" said Lieuentant
Eaton, "seemed so perfectly ludicrous.
under the circumstances, that uncon.
sciously laughed aloud, but was at once
recalled to propriety by the martinez
Captain, who now turned on me.
"'Pray, who are you, sir9 Don't you
know you ought not to be here3'
"'Sir,' I replied, Il have been Of that
same opinion for the past fifteen minutes,
and, if you will kindly point out any
place to which I can retire, I shall be
only too happy
81 don't know what would have be-
come of me, under the indignation of the
Captain, had not Admiral Farragut him
self at that instant laughed aloud on the
quarterback, and the Captain, paying de-
ference to this moral support from SO
exalted q station, left me to myself"
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The Nayy's Novel Ram.

In the Naval bill, which was approved
March 2, 1889, provision was made for
the construction of one ram for harbor
defence of the latest improved type, to be
of the highest practicable speed. For this
purpose an appropriation Of S4OO, 600 was
made.
The dimensions of the ship, as planned
BY the board of officers, are as follows
Length, 205 feet; breadth, 80 feet;
breadth over sponsors, Sc feet; depth,
1s feet; light draught, II feet, fighting
draught, l3 feet; displacement 1900
tons. '-~ 49,. .>.-
An idea Of this new craft may best be
conveyed by her appearance, which is
cigar-shaped, and when in the water the
exposed surface is what is familiarly
known as "turtle- back" The body of
the craft is entirely of iron, with double
skin, divided into compartments by nine
watertight bulkheads. The sheathing OF
oak is carried about three feet below the
line and entirely over the top of the YES
sci. This oak affords backing for plate
armor three inches thick from the apex
of the sponsor to two feet above the load
line, and thence decreasing to one and
one-half inches at the crown of the deck.
A novel and valuable feature of the snout
of the ram is that the apex, where the
main force of the blow will be felt in
lamming, is removable, so that new one
can be easily substituted in case 1t be
twisted off by the collision.
Another novel feature of the ram is her
pilot house, which, being the only ex-
posed point likely to be injured by shot,
is rendered impregnable by being built
up of concentric rings Of crucible steel
twenty inches in thickness. To give the
ram handiness she will be fitted with twin
screws 14S feet in diameter. The yes.
sci will be able to reverse instantly and
90 astcrn as fast as she can go ahead.
The calculated speed of the ram is thir'
teen knots, but speed of fourteen knots
is thought entirely practicable.-Pittsbu'y
Dispdtch. -...----- - .>---@.''
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TEMPERANCE.
LOOK NOT UPON TIE WINE.

LOOK NOT UPON THE WINE.
Look not upon the wine when it
Isred within the cup
Stay not for pleasure when she fills
Her tempting beaker up
Though clear its depths and rich its glow,
Aspel of madness turks below.
They say tits pleasant on the lip,
And merry on the brain;
They say it stirs the sluggish blood
And dulls the tooth of pain.
Aye; but within its glowing deeps I
A singing serpent, unseen, sleeps.
Its rosy lights will turn to fire,
Its GOODNESS change to thirst;
And by its mirth, within the brain
A sleepless worm is nursed.
There's not a bubble at the brim
That does not carry food for him.
Then dash the brimming cup aside,
And spill its purple wine;
Take not its madness to thy lip,
Let not its curse be thine.
IT'S red and rich, but grief and woe
Are hid those rosy depths below.
~. +. TYillis.
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ONE of the last of Mrs. Clevelands
graceful acts and kind deeds before
leaving the White House was her dona-
ton to the Garfield Hospital of a large
collection of miscellaneous books, maga'
zines ard illustrated periodicals for the
use of the Patients of that institution
and the frightening of the dreary hours
of the sick and suffering.
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his suite of apartments, which was situa,
ted on the fourth floor. The baby, in
the gayety and excitement of the sport,
made a sudden spring, escaped from his
fathers clasp, and fell headlong to the
pavement of the court. The wretched
parent gave one glance at the lifeless little
form lying on the cruel stones below, and
then turned from the window, took o
loaded pistol from its case, and blew his
brains out.-PailQt7elphia Telegraph.
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Mrs HARRISON denies that any dis

Mrs. HARRISON denies that any dis
elimination has been made at the White
House against colored domestics. She
explains that the work of the laun-
dresses did not suit her, and she re-
placed them by better workwomen.
This change placed two white women
in the service, but there has been no
raid on the other colored servants.
Most of them remain in their old places.
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A WIFE MURDERER'S END:
John H. Swift Hanged at Hartford
His Sisters Unavailing Efforts.

John II. Swift has been hanged at Hart
ford, Conn, for the murder of his wife. The
execution was very quiet one, and the con-
demned man died quietly. The dead mans
crime was committed on July Z, 1887, when
he shot his wife, who had refused to live with
him on account of his dissolute habits. Pub
Lie attention has been attracted to Swifts
case by the gallant fight made for his life BY
his sister, q young school teacher. Through
her efforts a resolution WIS passed by the
Legislature committing the sentence to life
imprisonment, but Governor Bulkeley vetoed
it, Undaunted, the brave girl again went to
work and succeeded in having the resolution
passed over the Governors veto by the SEN
ate. III the House she failed, however, and
sentence was carried out.
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An American engineer who passed
year in Switzerland says that every IN
habitant who owns Il house III the
country seeks to locate it in the best
possible place to he struck by an
avalanche. It i; their eye for the PIC
turesQue. :
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WHAT MIST DO To BE LOST?

What must do to be lost? "Neglect so
great salvation" 1t is not necessary to do
anything. We are lost already. Jesus Of
fers to save us; but if we reject His offer
we remain as we were. "How shall we es-
cape if we neglect 50 great salvation?' Es-
cape is impossible if we neglect the only
means of safety. If a deadly serpent bites
you, and you refuse the only remedy, you
die. If you are drowning, and will not seize
he life-buoy thrown to you, you sink. Neg
lect is ruin: Jesus alone can save the soul.
Neither is there salvation in any other. o
sinner, your damnation is sure if you neglect
Jesus. If he that despised Moses law died
without mercy of how much sorer
punishment shall he be thought
worthy who hath trodden under
foot the Son Of Gcd? Dost thou think God
will not execute His threatenings, or that
thou canst escape His piercing eye, OF. that
the rocks will cover thee? Vain hopes.
There is no escape but to come to Jesus, and
simple neglect is certain perdtion. Because
Icalled, but ye refused. ..then shall they
call, but will not answer; they shall seek
me, but shall not find me-" o sinner, escape
this awful threatening! Jesus now stands
with open arms. He entrea;s you to be
saved. Come with all your sins and sorrowsl
Come just as you are! Come at once! He
will in no wise cast out. Come to Jesus.
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DRUNKENNESS MADE A CRIME.

The Minnesota House fell in very grace
fully with Senator Shcrlfer's proposition to
make drunkenness q crime. There was no
discussion and the roll call resulted i'll 81 yeas
and nays. The Governors signature will
scribed, are for the first offcnse, fine of not
less $40 nor more than 80 or Imprisonment
for not less than ten days nor more than forty
days: for the second oifense, fine of not less
than $50 nor more than $50 or imprisonment
for not less thirty days nor more than sixty;
for the third and later oiTenses imprison-
ment for not less than sixty nor more than
ninety days.
A Comanche Indian clergyman is reported
MS saving: 'sWhat VIC need is the Bible taught
in q plain manner, instead of the whisky
flask" .-...--. .. -..-.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
GOOD FOR EVIL.

When on fragrant sandal tree
The woodlands axe descend-,
And she who bloomed so beauteou1y
Beneath the weapon bends,
Zen on the edge that wrought her death,
Dying she breathes her sweetest breath,
AS if to token in her fall,
Peace to her foes and love to all
How hardly man this lesson learns:
To smile and bless the hand that spurns
To see the blow, to feel the pain,
And render only love again!
One had it. but He came from Heaven,
Reviled rejected and betrayed,
No curse He breathed, no plant he made,
But when in deaths dark pang He sighed,
Prayed for His murderers, and died.
It is said that Mr.. Spurgeon is in the habit
of testing the abilities of the more promising
of the students of his college by obliging
them to go up into the pulpit with a sealed
envelope in their hands containing the text
of their address. On one of the occasions a
student on opening the paper found TINS SUP,
your own personal qualific ltions and CALL"
And he delivered himself in the following
way: my brethren, the subj ct on
which I have to address you to:
day is comparison between Zacchaus and
my own qualifications. Well, the first thing
that we read about Zacch9us was that he
was small of stature. and I never felt so
small as do now. In the second place we
read that he climbed up into tree, which
is very much my position now. Thirdly, we
read that Zacchnus made haste to come
down, in which l joyfully follow his exam.
ple.n