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OF the cross. Oh, I want to stand in eternity
with Him. Toward that harbor steer. 10.
ward that goal run. shall be satlsheo
when awake in His likeness. -.
Oh, broken hearted men and women, now
sweet it will be in that good land to pour all
Of your hardships and bereavements ana
losses into the loving ear Of Christ, and then
have Him explain why it was best for you to
be sick, and why 1t was best for you to be
widowed, and why it was best for you to be
persecuted and why 1t was best for You to be
tried, anG have Him point toan elevation pro-
portionate to your disquietude here. saying:
"You suffered with me on earth. come
up now and be glorifed with Me in
heaven" Some one went into q house
where there had been good deal Of
trouble, and said to the woman there:
'You seem to be lonely" "Yes," she
said, IT am lonely" SHOW many in
the the family, mil ony myself" rs S"a aays SGI
dren.n 'sWhere are they" "Gone.n "All
gone?' GAIL" "An deads' GAIL" Then
and said: "Oh, sir, I have been good mother
to the grave" And so there are hearts
here that arc utterly broken down by the
bereavements Of life point you to-day to
the eternal balm Of heaven. Are there any
here that am missing this morning.? Oh,
you poor waiting maidl your hearts sorrow
poured in NO human ear, lonely and sadl
How glad you will be when Christ shall dis
band oil your SORROWS and crown you
queen unto God and the Lamb forever!
Aged men and women, fed by His love
and warmed by His grace for three-score
years and tenl will not your decrepitude
change for the leap Of a hart when you come
to look face to face upon Him whom having
not seen you love? That will be the Good
Shepherd, not out in the night and
watching to keep Off the wolves,
but with the lamp reclining ON the
sunlit hill. That will be- the captain
Of our salvation, not amid the roar and crash
and boom of blttle, but amid His disbanded
troops keeping victorious festivity. That
will be tho Bridegroom Of the Church coming
from afar, the br de leaning upon His arm,
while He looks down into her face, and says:
Behold, thou art fair, my love! Behold,
thou art fairn
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A New Pickpocket Dodge.

The Eiffel tower has, it seems, slgs
gested to an unprincipled indiyiduiE
who this country can claim as 3 snbjee.S
new trick for putting other people g
money into his own pocket; but nov
that publicity has been given to tho
dodge, it is doubtful whether he viii try;
it on second time. The pickpocket in
question, well dressed, and of melancholy
but most respectable appearance, went
up the tower the other day, taking his
seat on the left beside Ffenchman who
looked as if his pockets might be worth
attention. The Englishman, in 9 SD
tome, inquired Of his ncighbor whether
any one had yet committed suicide from
the top of the tower, and on receiving e
reply in the negative, he muttered that
be would be the first to do so. The k1nd-'
hearted Frenchman took an interest IN
the apparently forlorn and desperate mani
beside him, and, thinking he had dis
covered it was financial difficulties that
had caused him to mediate sef-destrucI
ton, he, in as delicate manner as possis
BILE. offered loan. His offer was, how
ever, rejected, the forlorn one asserting
that he had large sum about him, con-
tanned in the pocketbook which he al:
tempted to thrust into the Frenchnann's g
pocket, telling him to divide the money
among the poor after his death. Finally
the guardians persuaded the melancholy
man to come down from the top OF the
tower and 90 home. The Frenchman1
shortly after he lost sight of his eam-
panion, discovered, of course, that his
purse had gone with him.-Londo" Stand
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A Story About Wild Bill.

Captain Harry Horn Of the Oklahoma
show tells story of Wild Bill, the no.
torious western desperado. Captain
Horn was deputy sheriff under Bill, and
was in the saloon in Deadwood, Dakota,
with him when he was killed. Bill was
playing poker and was looking over 9
hand when his murderer stepped behind
him, deliberately put revolver to his
head, and blew his brains out. Bill was
killed almost instantly, but before he
toppled from his chair dead he managed
to throw his cards down, get both his
pistols out, and cock them. Such mar
vellous quick action almost passes beliet.
t-GhisaQe Nsus. :, --,- ).
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RELIGIOUS READING.
DISTRACTIONS IN PRAYER. .

...s DISTRACTIONS IN PRAYER.
cannot pray; yet, Lord! Thou knowest
The pain 1t Is to me
To have my vainly struggling thoughts
Thus torn away from Thee.
Prayer Yves not meant for luxury
Or selfish pastinie sweet;
'Tis the PROSTATE creatures place
At his Creators feet. g
Had !, dear Lord, no pleasure found
But in the thought Of Thee,
Prayer would have come unsought and been
A truer liberty.
Yet Thou art oft most present, Lord
In weak, distracted prayer; ~
The sinner out Of heart with self =
Most often finds Thee there. &
For prayer that humbles sets tho soul
From all illusions free,
And teaches it how utterly, ::
Dear Lord, it hangs on Thee.
The heart that on self-sacrifce ~
Is covetously bent,
Will bless Thy chastsning hand that makes
Its prayer its punishment.
My Saviour, why srould complain
And why fear aught but sin?
Distractions are but outward things,
Thy peace dwells far within.
These surface troubles come and go
Like rufflings Of the sea;
The deeper depth is out Of reach
To all, my God, but The,.
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Pencils Made Of Paper.

One of the difficulties which have
stood in the way Of the substitution OF
paper pulp for wood in the manufacture
of pencils has been the toughness of the
paper covering, and its consequent re-
sistance to the action of a knife. BY q
new process the molecular cohesion OF
the paper, it is claimed, is modified in
such manner that it can be cut as read.
ily as cedar wood. After the completion
of the process the pencils are gradually
dried at increasing temperature during u
period of six days, and they are then
plunged into vessel OF molten para!-
fine wax, which has the effect OF modl-
flying the texture of the paper pulp In
the manner described. :
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TO-DAY.

Tired fathers, weary mothers when is
your happy day coming? Long since you
expected it to dawn. 1t is not here yet, nor
will it ever be 50 long as you do not deter
mine that it shall be to-day. This failure to
take comfort as you pass along. life's path
way, but ever looking forward for all enjoy
ment Of good, is throwing away the real
sweets Of lifs You may as well attempt to
store up Summer sunshine to warm In WIN
ter, or bottle moonshine for cloudy nights.
The real and only true way is to find in the
present all the good God gives us.
our whole lives may be filed with joy If We
are only willing to learn that in all good
work there is profit, in all sorrow are somo
rays of sunshine, and in all care some COM
pensation. Make the most Of today and
your future will grow brighter and brighter
as you step into it. Let the old saying that
'.Alan never is, but always to be, blessed" DO
proven false by your finding in the present
all the fullness Of blessing it really possesses.
Selected.
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THROW YOUR Rags OVERHEARD.

When CAPTAIN Mulrell of the steamship
Missouri found the Danish steamer Danmark
with her seven hundred passengers lying
helpless In mid ocean, he was obliged to-
come to some decision as ownat he would
do in the case. His cargo filled the vessel
and he was under obligations to carry 1t
across tho Atlantic, but hundreds OF human
beings we're in danger and in O little while
must sink in the engulfng waves. He must
ch, ose between landing the cargo and saving
the men; between steering straight for his
port, or turning aside to the Azores where
he could land the imperiled passengers
he did not take long to decide, he took the
responsibility, and overheard went the bales
of rags etc., to mako room for living men
and women and children. And then, while
the owners wero wondering why the Mis-
souri, did not arrive, he was steamlng Tor
the Azores, where he might place in safety
the hundreds whom he could not undertake
to carry across the Atlantic for lack OF pro-
vision.
he has his reward III the love and affection
of the rescued in the approval of his em-
ployers in the praise OF millions IN all lands,
In oyations and testimonials from persons
known and unknown and finally In the
honor of knighthood from the king Of Dem
mark. He sacrificed rags that he might save
lives and thus won honor and fame and
reputation that few men would achieve in
lifetime Of ambitious toll. g..
There are multitudes today who are as
busily employed as was the captain OF the
Missouri. They have their work to do their
voyage planned, their cargo on board; they
suppose their duty is settled and their course
is fixed But souls are perishing; men and
women are suffering and dying, signals OF
distress are seen; and the cry from Mace
donia, and from every other quarter Is,
s'Come over and holp u.s."
Shall we excuse ourselyes?. Shall we plead
our duties, our obligations, our occupatonsf
Shall we cling to our earthly possessions,
while souls for whom Christ died are DRIFT
ing belplessly on times waves? Or shall we
with prompt vigorous and decisive action
seek to rescue the perishing and save the
lost?
What shall be said Of the man who counts
his millions saved, while souls around him
have cone down in unfathomed depths!
What advantage can there be in the possess
ion of wealth, honor, fame, If with 1t there
shall be the haunting memories OF duties un-
done of opportunities neglected, Of souls
who might have been rescued, but who have
sunk in darkness and death?
o, Christian, hesitate no longer. Decide
for God and for eternity; throw over the
racs and be content to let earth S cargo per-
ish il YOU can bring souls home in safety 10
the Kingdom of our God.-The Christian.
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rEMpERANcE NEwf AND NOTES.

TEmFEhANCh NEWL AMI NOTGS.
In Para, Brazil, license to sell liquor costs
IS; license to keep school costs $40.
Sir John Gorst states that there are nine
seen breweries In India, brewing 1880, 282
gallons.
In 1888 there were 1884, ,5S7 retail liquor
dealers Of all kinds, paying the special liquor
tax in the United States.
A prominent firm Of glass makers in Phila.
delphin, not hong ago, refused a large order
for bottles from liquor house.
Where twelve men made beer in the Wal
ruff brewery, Lawrence, Kan, ono hundred
persons are now busy making shoes.
The champions of the saloon are now turn
ing to Kansas to try and secure resubmis-
non Of the constitutional amendment.
Cardinal Manning, at eighty-two, at re
cont meeting in London Of the depositors of
the Southeastern and Metropolitan Rail
ways Savings Bank made an impressive plea
Or temperance on the part Of railway men.
A National Temperance Congress, under
League, will be held in Birmingham, Eng,
in October next, commencing with large
number Of sermons on Sunday, October 20.
Absolute prohibition still prevails in Okla
homa. The beneficence Of the law Is unques-
toned. A mon at Guthrie voiced the general
sentiment when he said: "Prohibition is our
salvation; without it there would be mur-
der svery day"
The Boston Record quietly remarks that
sullivan, lying beastly drunk in the back
room of aChicago whisky saloon on Sunday,
and everybody who bought drink taken In
TO see the exhibition, is a suggestive com
mentary on the claim that prize fghtingis
manly art"
A leading worker makes the following
torcible comparisons: "Can you imagine q
beautiful church with an elegant wine and
tobacco room attached And yet knew
man who said his body was the temple OF the
Holy Ghost, who makes tobacco store-room
Of his cheek"
It appears that the liquor bills of the
Chicago Insane Asylum amount to between
5000 and $4,000 year, much of tho liquor
being consumed by the attendants ard en-
ployes Of tho institution. That must be
very good asylum for insane patients TO be
kept away from.
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POPULAR SCIENCE.
The diamond is carbon crystalized.

rs'rJt sssgk II
The diamond is carbon crystalized. f
Extensive experiments are about TO by.
begun for the precipitation Of sewage b5i
electricity. - !: !.
A big piece of ice In q, tub of wassr,s;
will lower the temperature Of your TOOTH.
fifteen degrees. sF
In using fire hose pipe there is loss cG
ten to, twenty five pounds pressure to-
every hundred feetof hose. q
Rooms occupied by consumptiyeE
should be thoroughly cleaned, foor,s
walls and ceilings, at least once 9 week.
At the new shooting grounds II Brusl
sells electricity has been introduced toi
record the results Of shots at the differ
ent ranges. .s;s
DR.. Gradenigo, of the University of
Padua, has successfully uansplanted the
cornea from the eye Of barn fowl intos' &
the human eye. &.
Lime has of late been used TO draw
frost out of the ground. It is wet slight-
ly and covered over with blankets and
other non-conducting materials. X
New York now manufactures an inis
tation ofeyery mineral water Of any merit,
and these are bottled, labeled, and sent
out as though coming from the different
springs. rs IS IS
Wheatstone concluded that electricity
travelled at the rate Of z2s8, 600 miles per-
b.. - . y Il z kx--@f
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sWhat," (said one to Roman conqueror)
what can be added to triumphal process
sion like thiss' Continuance" was the re-
ply The glory Of man is as the flower
of grass; the grass withereth, the flower
fadeth, but the word Of the Lord endureth
forever"
Wcnderful, the book divine,
Sent in mercy from above,
To reveal to fallen man
The divine unbounded love.
Wonderful in truth and Light
Wonderful in cl, ansing power
Wonderful in grace and strength
1t affords in every hour
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WHAT ALCOHOL WILL DO FOR YOU.

Hold a mouthful Of spirits-whisky, for
instance-in your mouth for five minutes,
and you will find it burns severely; inspect
the mouth and you will find it infamed.
Hold it ten or fifteen minutes, and you will
find that various parts Of the interior Of the
mouth have become blistered; then tie
r. kndkerchief over the eyes and taste, for in
stance, water, vinegar, milk or cream, and
you will find that you are incapable Of dis
cree proves to q certainty that alcohol Is not
only violent irritant, but also a narcotic.
Can you believe that the still more tender
AMI Important internal organs of the body
can be less injurfously affected than the
mouth?-Dr. McColIocI. -.
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Great Britain's Largest Tree.

Great Britain's largest tree is the Cow
th=pe oak, in Yorkshire, believed to be
some 1900 years old. In the seventeenth
century, before some of its projections
were covered by heaping up of the
earth, it was seventy-eight feet in circum.
ference at the ground, and its branches
oyershadowed half an acre. It is now a
ruin, with hollow in its trunk in which
at least forty people may stand.-TTenton
(N. J) american. .-..
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TEMPERANCE.
THE LTTTLES.

THE LTTTLES.
A little fame
Will scent a room
A little candle
Light the gloom
One little CLEAN
OF sunshine, stream
Through bars, and gid
The prison-tomb!
A little hand
VIII comfort bring -,
A little tongue ...... ... ..
Annoy q king
A little wine ,..-
XII thoughts divine 90.
A little balm
AIlay sting!
A little staff ..
VIII ease the way -..
A little joy
Change night to day
A little song
Drown thoughts of wrong
a little forethought ..
Save the hay!
A little pledge ....
Will bless O life
A little reason
Danish strife
A little pen stroke
Brand a name
A little love
Save name and famcl
a little smile
Is like q gray
A little kind word
Makes it May
A little cheer
Will dry q tear
A little prayer .
Give peace alway!
!. Kidder, IL, Temperance Bonner
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A MOST DANGEROUS ILLUS IN.

One of the most dangerous illusions of the
present era, industriously fostered by the
brewers and their allies, is that beer Is a
harmless wholesome beverage Professor
Draper, in the Medical NcDs, referring to
gout, says: Gas the most pronounced pecu-
liarity Of the victims Of the equity diathesis ia
the prompt reaction which they present to
wine and beer, it follows that the exclusion
of these beverages as articles of diet must be
be insisted upon" He adds: 'This is often
q difficult injunction to enforce. There is so
strong a popular and professional prejudice
in favor Of fermented liquors as articles Of
diet that one can hardly prohibit the use Of
them under any circumstances without be-
ing regarded as a crank. In spite, however,
of the generally received opinion that ardent
spirits are responsible for all the physical
evils Of intemperance I have long been in.
clincd to believe that the fermented prepara,
tions Of alcohol are equally if not more pro-
ductive Of functional arrangements and even
of structural LESSONS" We commend Pro-
fessor Draper's testimony concerning fer
mented liquors, the result Of extended pro-
fessional experience and observation, to the
thoughtful consideration of the apologiste
for or advocates Of beer-drinking g.-National
TEMPERANCE Advocate.
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THE MOST VITAL QUESTION.

There is to-day in the English-speaking
countries no such tremendous, far-reaching
vital question as that Of drunkenness. In its
implications and effects it overshndows all
else. 1t is impossible to examine any sub
jects connected with the progress, the civili-
zation, the physical well-being, the religious
condition Of the masses, without encounter
Of all social and political mischief. It
paralyzes benefcent energies in every di-
rection. It neutralizes educational agencies.
1t silences the voice Of religion. - ..'.
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NOT FAST ENOUGH.

Rev. A. Pearson, Vicar of ST.. Margaret's,
recently presided over an enthusiastic gospel
temperance meeting at Brighton. In .ad-.
dressing the assembly he said that the tenn
peranco cause was not progressing fast
enough, that England's drink bill had been
reduced from 145 millions to 125 millions in
twenty years-a million year-nnd at this
rate it would take 125 years to complete the
work. If a fire brigade was called to fire
it would be of no use to march to the tune of
the "Dead March in Saup and then try to
extinguish the fire with watering can.
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about death. There is nothing beautiful
about It. When we stand by the white and
rigid features Of those whom we love, and
they give no answering pressure OF the hand
and no returning kss of the lip, we do not
want anybody poetzing around about us:
Death Is Ioath someness, and midnight, and
the wringing of the heart until the tendrils
snap and curl in the torture, unless Christ
shall be with us. confess to you an
infinite fear, consuming horror Of death.
unless Christ shall be with me. I would
rather 20 down into cave Of wild beasts or
q Jungle of reptiles than into tho grave, un-
less Christ goss with me. Will you tell me
that am to be carried out from my bright
home and put away in the darkness! !
cannot bear darkness: At the hrst
coming Of the evening I must have the
eas liehted and the further on in life get
the more I like to have my friends round
about me.
And am I to be put of for thousands Of
years in dark place with no one to speah
to? When the holidays come and the gifts
are distributed, shall I add no Joy to the
"Merry Christmas" or tho Happy New
Yearr' All, do not point down to the hole
in the ground, the grave, and call it beautt,,
full placs. Unless there be some supernatural
illumination I shwtlder back from it. My
whole nature revclts at it. But now this
glorious lamp is lifted above the grave, and
all the darkness is gone, and the way sclear.
I look into it now without single shudder.
Now my anxiety is not about deat th; my an1.
iety is that may live Alright, for I know that
if my life is consistent when l come to the
last hour, and this voice is Silent,
and these eyes arc closed and these hands,
with which beg for your eternal salvation
to-day, are folded over the still heart, that
then I shall only begin to live. What power
is there in anything to chill mo in the last
hour if Christ wraps around me tho skirt OF
His own garment? What darkness can foil
upon my eyelids then amid the heavenly
daybreak? o DsatE, will not fear thee
then. Back to thy cavern Of darkness, thou
robber of all the earth. Fly! tho1 despoiler
of families. With this battle ak l hew thee
in twain from helmet to sandal, the voice Of
Christ sounding all over the earth and
through the heavens: "O Death, I will be
thy plague. . Grave, I will be thy destruc-
Gon.n
To be saved is to wake up in the presence
Of Christ. You know when Jesus was upon
earth how happy He made every house BE
went into, and when He brings US up to His
house in Heaven, how great shall be our glee.
His voice has more music in it than is to be
heard in all the oratories Of eternity.
Talk not about banks dashed with efores-
cence Jesus is the chief bloom Of heaven.
We shall see the very face that beamed SYM
pathy in Bethany, and take the very hand
that dropped its blood from the short beam
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everything He did, in His very look. When
these sick ones were brought out, did He say:
do not bring Ne these sores; do not trouble
Ne with these leprosies" No, no; there was
q kind look, there was gentle word, there
was a healing touch. They could not keep
away from Elm. a
In addition to this softnass Of character,
there was fiery momentum How the kings
Of the earth turned pale. Here is q plain
man with few sailors at his back, coming
of the sea Of Galilee, going up to the palace
Of the CAESARS, making that palace quake to
the foundations, and utte-:ng O word OF
mercy and kindness which throbs through eli
the earth, and through all the heavens, and
through oil ages. Oh, BE was a loving Christ.
But it was not eHeminacy or insipidity of
character; it was accompanied with majesty,
infinite and omnipotent. Lest the world
should not realize His earnestness, this Christ
mounts the cross.
You say: "If Christ has to die, why not
let him take some deadly potion and lie on
couch in some bright and beautiful home? Ii
He must die, let Him expire amid all kindly
intentions" No, the world must hear I'll the
hammers on the heads Of the spikes. The
world must listen to the death rattle OF the
sufferer. The world must feel HIS warm
blood dropping on each cheek, whilc it looks
M into the face of His anguish. And so the
cross must be lifted and hole dug
on the top of Calvary. 1t must be dug three
feet deep, and then the cross is laid on the
ground, and the sufferer is stretched upon it,
and the nails are pounded through nerve and
muscle and bone, through the right hand,
through the left hand, and then they shake
His right hand to see if it's fast, and they
heave up the wood, half dozen shoulders
the cross in the mouth Of the hole,
md they plunge it in, all the weight
Of His body coming down for the
6rst time on the spikes; and while
some hold the cross upright, others throw in
che dirt and trample it down, and trample it
hard. Oh, plant that tree well and
thoroughly, for 1t Is to bear fruit such as no
other tree ever bore. Why did Christ
endure it? He could have taken those rocks