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History Depicted en- Fans.

In this country fan can scarcely
have any more serious definition than
all elegant adjunct TO the toilet of la
dy. But in Japan even the common
est variety may possess deep political
significance, and even in the present
day, according to q London paper,
fans have occasionally TO be suppress.
ed for much the same reason that q
Western newspaper has been confis-
cated-fOr being vehicle invented to
sow ill-feeling and contempt for states
men or officials by means of cartoons
and epigrams.
On examining an ordinary bamboo
fan it must not be supposed that it is a
mere creation of the artists fancy.
Those queer little men and women, to
our eyes the fac-similes of each other,
represent to the Jap well known nis-
torical or romantic characters. Those
impossible looking landscapes on the
reverse side all depict localities around
the capital, famous shrines and pill
grim goals, at once recognizable by
any traveller in the country.
A collector of japanese fans of an
cient date finds himself in possession
of complete history of the times, for
before the newspaper was established
in the land, the fan to large extent
supplied its place. There is no doubt,
as an instance of this, that much of
the ill-feeling displayed in Japan
against foreigners some thirty-six
years ago was due to the extensive cir
culation of fans bearing outrageous
caricatures of Western life and man.
nor.
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RIL %. 1891. VOLUME XXXV. NO. ~.
What are We Here FOR?

REV. c. a. GRISE, PHI. d., A. VI.
This phrase may he called political
slang, but it ia full of suggestive
thought. It is q question which en-
harnesses many life. Every body is,
has been, or will be, herein this life.
| The location is determined. But
many have found themselves practi.
cally useless. Many to-day seem ia
not know what to do. And many OF
the future will also, doubtless find ii
difficult to engage their latent energy.
We cannot help the past, and we
may not be able to take part in the fu-
ture. The practical fact is, we are
here. The practical question is, what
| for? Here we are in the world OF
need, full of vital energy. We possess
faculties and powers, which, If prop
erly used would transform nature so as
to make this life very beneficial. Of
ten, however, our natural faculties
and powers remain idle through the
whole lifetime. Such life is wasted
-droned away.
What is still more sad is the using
gifts and powers to destroy happiness
and to insult the benign Creator, who
has so signally blessed us. Such life
is worse than wasted. 1t ruins soul
and body.
But how admirable when one wakes
to the full consciousness of being re-
sponsible creature, and to the many
opportunities for showing forth the
Glory of God in human life. Such q
consciousness kills prejudice, dethrones
selfshness, destroys sloth, and quick
ems activity. II am here to do good
unto Others" says that man. ut is
my Fathers work, and I must be
about it. The needy, distressed, igno-
rant, dying, have legitimate claim
upon me. I am debtor both to Greek
and Hebrew. What am is the result
of past beneficence under the grace of
God" All past ages have contributed
to the comfort, peace, and intelligence
of the present generation. We must
be grateful. We can only pay our
gratitude by stamping q good impress
upon the present, and moulding the
future to be more appreciative and
thoughtful than we. In view of this
and the still degraded condition of the
natural man, and moral wretchedness
of millions of my fellow creatures,
can 7, as q Christian, for moment
question what am here for? lam to
witness to the truth, to the grace
which saves me, and to declare unceas-
ingly that the arms which encompass
me would all mankind embrace. ]
am here to make the best of life, and
to make life better. I am here to obey
marching orders, and to 60 at the an
gel call to my eternal home, to be for
ever with the Lord.
Dear reader, have you ever thought
what you were here for? Why that
nicely wrought body and strong mind
of yours was ever made? How glad
you are that you are here. But, what
for?-Brandywine Star.
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WHY SHE WROTE IT.-SOme OF
the most stimulating hymns have been
"songs of the time" The whispered
ISLANDERS of gossips begot the hymn,
81 loye to steal awhile away" which
has been the consOler of thousands OF
tired men and women.
Phebe Brown, its author, q wife and
mother living in poverty, used to stroll
away at dusk to q neighbOring grove,
where she could mediate and pray.
The village gosslps put their own
coarse construction upon these eve
ming walks. One of them, q woman
whose bouse adjoined the grove, said
to her, with tone and manner more
irritating than the words:
"Alrs. Brown, why do you come up
ut evening so near our house, and then
60 back without coming in ?"
That evening, Mrs. Brown, grieved
in spirit, sat in the kitchen, rocking
her babe and weeping. Then she laid
the infant in its cradle, and gave eX-
preston to her feelings in nine stan
zas Of verse, which she entitled, "My
Apology for my Twilight Rambles, ad-
dressed to a Lady,"
Several years afterward, she prepar-
ed it as u hymn, suppressing four slan-
zas and altering a few expressions.
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The Nations Drink Bill.
Americans Spend S70O,OO0,O0 =
Year for Intoxicating Li0uOrs.

Prof. Francis G.. Peabody, of Har-i
ward, in lecture on the temperance
question before the Lowell Institute,
of Boston, the other day, said in sub.
stance
There are two aspects of the liquor;
question, the economic and the moral.
There are at present IN the liquor traf-;
fic throughout the country some 200,-
200 persons-l63, 900 in the retail and,
the rest wholesale. These figures rep
resent only the dealers. The number
of persons employed is upward of l..
1000. The worst of these horrible
figures is that they mean the with
drawal of just so many persons from
the right kind of employments. In.
their present occupations they con-
tribute little or nothing to the coun-
try.
AS to the amount of liquor consum-
ed in 1856, $337, ,0OO,0 was spent for
spirits, 1904 100000 beer, Sl6,000,OO0
for imported wines, and S34, 100000
for domestic wines-a frishtful total of
about 500, 10000 This Is one twelfth
of the amount spent for food, clothing
and necessaries of life. y
In the same year there was receiy-,
ed as wages $947, ,OO0, 900, and the liquor
bill consumed two thirds of it.
Again, it costs $3.50, 900, 900 for church
es, and the drink bill would buy all
the churches in six months.
Behind all this is the great impor-,
tance of the moral aspect. That drink
is injurious to the person 999 cases out
of n00 oooc u,ithnpf rroof Tho
Legislation fails of its aims. The solu-
tion Of the problem, though still faF'
off, perhaps is in each Individual rec.
that he himself is an impor-
tant factor in his community as an ex-
ample, and adopting for himself the
teaching: "If meat make my broth
er to offend, I will eat no meat, lest I
make my brother to offend. New
York Commercial Advertiser.
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Wasting our Money.

1t costs about one hundred thousand
dollars each to bury dead congressman
and senators. The past congress paid
out over one half million of the peo-
ple's money to bury the members and
senators who died.
Under the constitution they have
just as much right to appropriate mon
ey to bury dead citizens as dead con-
gressmen. But you have never heard
those statesmen who are so qnick to
say the ownership of railways by the
government and the sub treasury are
unconstitutional, say word about
these appropriations for funeral ex-
penses being unconstitutional. These
same statesmen could have saved half
million year to the people in the
last twenty years if they had been as
quick to yell ''paternalism" and "un-
constitutional" in funerals as they
are in sub treasury matters.-The Al
lance Nindicator.
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Girls Away From Home.

The girl who is going away from
home quite by herself, and who will
have to travel several days and nights
on the cars, who will be at q strange
hotel by herself, wants little advice
about what to do. Her number may
he many, so prefer to tell her in this
little paragraph: In buying her tick.
ct for the trip she also buys ticket
for her sleeper, and the railway of1lcl-
al will arrange that if she does not get
the entire section the other berth is al
so occupied by lady. When she
wishes to 60 to bed, the porter, at her
request, will arrange the berth for her,
and then out of the small satchel that
she has provided she will take the
dark flannel or delaine dressing
gown in which she intends to sleep,
and 20 to the toilet-room and put this
on. Her clothes are hung by the
berth, and while she is advised to re-
move her dress, skirt, and corsets and
her shoes, it will be wiser to retain
some of her underwear and stockings.
not only because of the draft, but be-
cause of the facility of getting into
things next morning. Get uplearly
and 20 to the toilet-room, but do not
monOpoliZe it for hours.
When you reach strange city get
into the stage that belongs to the hotel
to which you wish to go, get out at
the ladies' entrance, go into the recep-
ton room and say that you wish
some one sent from the Office to you.
Tell whoever comes exactly what
kind of room you want, and ask the
price of it. Give him your name to
register, and remember, while you are
alone in a public house, it is not wise
to dress in any except a quiet way.
No trouble about ordering your meals
should be experienced, as the bill-of-
fare shows exactly what is served and
and you can take your choice.
AS to clipping" you will certainly
give small tip to the porter who
straps and locks your trunks for you,
and to any bell-boy in the hotel who
shows you some special SER
vice. If you are only there for Il few
hours it is not necessary for you to tip
the waiter, nor the chambermaid, un-
less she also should do some act of
kindness for you, such -as brushing
your gown, getting the piece Of soap
that you have forgotten, or putting a
stitch in ripped frock. Although 1t
is not pleasant to he alone, still l 90
firmly believe that a wcll-bred girl,
with q clear head and an understand
ing mind, can 60, without any trou,
BILE, from California to New York and
receive nothing but courteous atten-
ton.
The don'ts are these:
Don't dress loudly.
Don't make any acquaintances on
the car or in hotels.
Don't sit alone in public parlors.
Better by far stay in your own room
and read than make yourself All OBJ
iect of comment.
Make up your mind to be courteous
and polite, but reserved, and all men
will be like Chevalier Bayards to you,
and all women will give you what you
demand-respect.-Ruth Ashmore, in
Ladies' Home Journal.
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The Closed Door.

I remember it 80 we'll it was one
morning many years ago, when was
very little child. I had been DISC
bedient at breakfast time, and papa
had said to me gravely and sadly,
"Carrie you must get off your chair,
and 20 and stand outside the door for
five minutes"
I got down, choked back the sob
that rose in my throat, and without
venturing to look into papa's face, l
went outside the door and it was shut
against me.
The moments seemed very long and
silent. I remember we'll how my tears
dropped down on the mat; l was 80
grieved and ashamed. The five min
utes were not nearly over, but the
handle of the door was partly turned,
and Johnnie's curly head peeped out.
Both arms were around my neck in
a minute, and he said, "Carrie, 60 in,
I'll be naughty instead of you'll and
before had time to cay word he lad
pushed me in and shut the door.
There | stood with my eyes on the
floor, and feeling 80 red and uncom
Portable, not knowing whether |
might go up to the table, but papa
took me by the hand, and led NE to the
table, and kissed me and put me in
my chair and I knew that 1 was for
given just as much as if had borne
all the punishment; but oh, how /
wished that Johnnie might come in:
When the five minutes were up he
was called in, and then father took us
both-me, the poor little naughty
child, and Johnnie the loving brother
and folded us both in his arms, and
I sobbed it all out-the repentance,
and love and gratefulness-while We
were held close to that loving heart.
And now that I look back to that
little scene, it seems very typical
one. For the years went by and l
found myself outside another door,
separated from the Father, sin having
come between my soul and God, till !
saw one who loved ME come and take
my place, and 1 was forgiven for
Christ's sake; and knew the fullness
and freshness of that forgiveness, for
my Father drew me close to his divine
heart of love, and there with the Lord
Jesus, my sin bearer, 1 found "joy un-
speakable and full of glory."-Month-
ly Record.
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How to Remember.

The American Grocer gives the fol-
lowing advice, which every young
man will do we'll to remember:
A successful business man says there
were two things which be learned
when he was eighteen, which were
ever afterwards Of great use to him !;
namely Never to lose anything, and
never to forget anything"
An old lawyer sent him with an i'm
portant paper, with certain instruc-
tons what to do with it. "But," in
quired the young man, suppose I lose
it; what shall I do then ?"
"You must not lose it,"
II don't mean to-" said the young
man, "but suppose I should happen
to?"
"But say you must not happen to.
I shall make no provision for such an
occurrence you must not lose it J!
This put new train of thought in
to the young mans mind, and he
found that if he was determined to do
thing, he could do it. He made
such provision against every contin-
gency that he never lost anything.
He found this equally true about for
getting. If certain matter of impor-
tance was to be remembered, he pin-
ned it down on his mind, fastened it
there, and made it stay. He used to
say: "When man tells me that he
forgot to do something, tell him he
might have said: T do not care
enough about your business to take
the trouble to think about it again. I"
once had an intelligent young man
in my employment who deemed it suf-
ficient excuse for neglecting any i'm
portant task to say, II forgot it." /
told him that would not answer. If
he was sufficiently interested, he
would be careful to remember. 1t was
because he did not care that he forgot
it. I drilled him With this truth. He
worked for me three years, and during
the last of the three he was utterly
changed in this respect. He did not
forget q thing. His forgetting, he
found, was a lazy, careless habit of the
mind, which he cured.
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How TO MAKE FARM LAND PAY

How TO MAKE FARM LAND PAY.
I'm Great Britain l5l,3 1872 farmers cul.
tivate farms of more than five and
less than twenty acres. Compare
lively few of these "holdings," as the
farms are called, are owned by the
farmer, for i'm the 400, ,442 holdings OF
less than fifty acres in the whole
country, only So, ,740 are owned by the
occupiers. When we remember that
these farmers pay q rental of from
twenty to thirty-five dollars per acre
for this land it seems incredible that
they can live and support their fami'
lies.
1t must be remembered, too, that
much of this land has been under cul-
tivatlon for over one thousand years.
Much more of it was bog and waste
land four hundred years ago. 1t is an
axiom with the English that the far
mer makes his soil. This is the Sc
cret of his ability to live under such
circumstances. The American farmer
grows poor OH many acres because it
might be maxim with us that the
farmer wastes his soil. Western
Stockman and Cultivator,
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Drank too Much WhiSkey.

Bernard Mckee, of Philadelphia,
died last week from the effects of too
much whiskcy.
Mckee boasted in the hearing of q
number of companions, who were
drinking in the club room, of the
quantity of whiskey he was capable
Ct consuming. One of the party, who
held goose egg shell in his hand, Of
fered to wager that McMee could not
drain it of whiskey three times. The
wager was accepted and quart Of IL
quor procured. After Mckee had full
filled the terms of the bet he became
stupified and was laid on the floor.
Next morning when the club house
was opened Mckee was found dead on
The floor. His knees we're drawn up
close to his chin and his arms were
twisted behind his back as though he
had died in terrible agony.
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A HOMEMADE FERNERY.-Wep pu;
in first layer, an inch deep, of coarse
ly pounded charcoal. This was cover
ed with potsherds, s,-common red clay
flower pots, broken into bits. Over
this we spread three inches of leaf
mold, brought from the woods. On
the top of the mellow earth, we laid
MOSES, also procured in our forest
rambles. In the velvet pile of this
carpet, we stuck abundance of par.
fridge vines, q clump Of grey-eyed
lichen fast to a bit of bark, and
dwarf ferns, including maiden hair,
and fine root of pitcher plant.
Scraping aside the pine needles,
where we had found arbutus, we light.
ed upon a cluster of leaves, spotted
with brown, and jagged as if squirrels
had gnawed them. We uprooted the
plants carefully, and transferred them
to corner. Other roots went in
wooly-leaved incognitas, with a baby
pine, and streamer of wild lycopodi-
um. From the garden, we selected q
stocky begonia for the central figure OF
the parterre, ribbon grass, English ivy,
and tradescantia, "a variety with sill
very-streaked leaves. Deep in the
soil, we buried half Il dozen hyacinth
bulbs, with mass Of violet roots, and
Il dozen crocuses.-EXchange.
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Two or Three.
MARGARET E. sANGsTER.

There were only two or three Of US
Who came TO the place OF prayer,
Came in the teeth OF a driving storm,
But for that we did not care, -
Since after our hymns Of praise had risen, ss
And our earnest prayers were said,
The Master Himself was present there
And gave us the living bread.
We knew His look in our leaders face,
SO rapt, and glad, and free;
We felt his touch when our heads were bow
ed, aa2ts
We heard His "Come to Me!'
Nobody saw Him lift the latch,
And none unbarred the door; -
But peace" was His token 10 every heart ~
Add how could We ask for more? s11
Each of us felt the load of sin 4
From the weary shoulder fall; ffs,I,
Each OF US dropped the load Of care,
And over our spirit blessed calm
Swept IN from the Jasper Sea,
And strength was ours for toll and strife 20
In the days that were thence to be. ,sS3a
It was only handful gathered In
To the little place Of prayer,
Outside were struggle and pain and sin, -
But the Lord Himself was there;
He came to redeem the pledge He gave l5
Wherever His loved ones be, t2
To stand Himself in the midst Of them,
Though they count but two or three.
And forth we Jared in the bitter rain,
And our hearts had grown so warm, E
It seemed like the pelting Of summer flowers,
And not like the crash Of q storm.
tpe ti%s Of the desaest
AS we thought how Jesus Himself had come.
The Conoregationalta.
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The Russian method of stopping n
runaway horse is said to be very effect.
i've, and is not particularly cruel.
They place a cord with a running
knot around the horses neck near the
neck-strap. TO this slipnoOse is ut.
tachcd pair of reins, which may be
thrown over the dashboard ready to be
seizedat once. When the horse starts,
the extra rens are taken up, and the
cord is tightened around the horses
throat. The most furious horse thus
choked stops instantly, ami will not
kick or tull
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Hypnotlzing Drunkards.
A Cure Said to Have Been Thus E6ec.
ted on Senator Fairs Sons.


A dispatch from San Francisco to
the New York World says. Senator
Jas. Fair, the father of Mrs. Berman
O'lerichs and perhaps the richest man
on the Pacific coast, has two sons.
James, Jr. and Charles, who have
been to put 1t mildly, very wild
boys.
When James jr., came out two
months ago from the German Hospit-
al, where he had been seriously i'll on
account of excessive drinking, some
friends TALKED to him of DIR. Brown
the hypnotist, who was said to have
performed wonders with an opium
taker, and after great deal Of persua-
sion he was induced to pay the hypno-
tist q visit. .r aj
Brown knew his man, and he exer-
cised his will power upon the palate of
the heir apparent to millions. He
was kept under hoypnotic influence
for several hours, and when he was
brought back to conscious state he
was told by the leader to go and drink
no more. 80
The admOnition was unnecessary.
He could not drink, He made q vigor-
ous effort but failed. The liquor acted
on him as an emetic.
That was six weeks ago and he has
not tasted drop since. Before this
he had to be put to bed five nights out:
Of seven. s
Young Fair then took his younger.
brother Charles to Brown and be, too,
was put under the spell. In this case
it also worked like charm and he de-
veloped an intense dislike for liquor.
He told the World representative that.
so sick Of liquor is he that the swing.
ing doors of saloon fairly nauseate
him.
There is no happier man on the,
coast than Senator Fair.
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A cheerful wife makes i happy
home, because the emotion is "onta-
gious, and almost unconsciously the
is happy in response, be-
cause every member of the family is
cheerful 10y the genial influence of the
wife and mother,
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A Summary Pun.

Tom Hood, once Icing asked to
make pun on man named Winter,
promptly responded:
",rhere comes Mr.. Winter,
Collector Of taxes;
| advise you to pay him
Whatever he axes.
And | aIvise You to do IL
Without any flummery,
For though his names Winter,
His proceedings are summary
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1t is essential to health that the air
Of the kitchen should be as pure as
that Of tho parlor, because food pre-
pared in foul air partakes Of the foul
noSS
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A good many people think that
there ought to be more fasting and
praying, but they want somebody else
10 do it.
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The Illinois House of Representa-
tives passed Il bill making it unlawful
to hurt or kill prairie chickens, quail,
or phcaSants, for Il term of five
years.
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Not manure but we'll fertilized earth
should be placed next to the roots Of
trees.