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SOMETHING FOR ALL.

The Bible is book for the race. It .is-n
book for all times, for all nations, and for
all classes. 1t Is alike for Jews-and Cen
tiles, for the rich anl-the-Pe for the
learned and the unearned. Whoever may
read it with teacbable disposition, will read
it with the conviction that its Author Is by
means of It, speaking to himself. =,
And the Bibleis not only book for all,
but for all in all circumstances. Our circllm-
stances change. They are not two days
precisely the same. In the course OF q year
they may widely differ.
The providences of God bring to pass
great changes regarding us, prosperous or
adverse. But whatever these changes may
he. there is something In the Bible that is
suited to our condition. We there READ OF
those who have been in like circumstances,
aud of their experiences In them; or, we
meet with promises adopted to our case.
they are as well suited to our condition, as
though their Author had foreseen 1t, and
had caused them to be written for our spe.
cial benefit And who can say that 1t was
not indeed so?
Tbere is another interesting fact in regart!
TO the Scriptures, and that is, that it is
common experience with those that are &C.
customed to read them, that oftentimes
when they have been in special need some
special portion of the Word Of God just SUIT
ed TO InClr cOuultlOu has peSH uAoa5no W
their notice. Sometimes it has come In theit
way in their regular course Of reading. The
Scripture. for the day has proved just the
Scripture that they most needed. Or, 1t mas
come to pass in seemingly casual manner.
They have opened the Bible with no definite
passage in view, but the chapter that they
were led to read proved to them word II, in
season-the very word most suited to thelf
condition. The writer vel remembers such
instances in his own experience, and doubt
less also does the reader.
Now, in view of these two facts, viz: that
the Bible is suited to the condition OF all In
ali their needs, and that in times of need
special portions Of it are so often brought to
their notice-we infer two things: First,
that Being who is acquainted with all our
needs must have been the author of this
book, and second, that the Holy Spirit often
brings special portions of 1t to our atten.
tion. Unbelievers may doubt and cayi!, but
it is not In their power to shake the faith OF
the humble child of God in the inspiration
Of His holy Word.-[N. Y. Observer.
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THE FOUNTAIN HEAD.

Beloved in the Lord, you can even now
live upon God himself, ,and there is no living
comparable to 1t. You can get beyond all
the cisterns, and come to the river of the
water of life, even as they do in heaven. To
live by second causes Is very secondary
life; to live on the First Cause Is the first OF
living. exhort you to do this with regard
to the inspired Word. This is day OF
mans opinions, views, judgments, criticisms.
Leave them all, good, bad, and Indifferent,
and come to this Book, which Is the pure
fount of inspiration uudefled. When you
study the Word Of God, live upon 1t as his
Word. I am not going to defend 1t; 1t needs
no defence.
I am not going to argue about its inspira-
tion; if you know the Lord Alright, His
Word Is inspired to you If to no one else:
You know not only that it was inspired
when it was written, but that 1t is inspired
still; and, moreover, its inspiration affects
YOU in a way in which no other writings can
ever touch you; it breathes upon you; 1t
breathes life into you, and makes you to
speak words for God, which prove to be
words from God to other souls. Oh, 1t Is
wonderful, if you read-the Word of God in
little company morning by morning, simply
read it, and pray over 1t, what an effect It
may have upon all who listen! l speak
what do know.-.[Rev. G. Z. spurgeon.
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The Oldest and Best Cat.

A Washington correspondent of the
Hartford Comm Times writes: MRS.
Noah W. Bradley's cat, Israel, aged about
fourteen years, and the oldest and with.
out question the best cat that ever lived.
in the town, is dead. 1t was favorite
in the household and had such kindly
traits and sagacity as to win the hearts of
all. For years every night Israel slept at
the foot of its mistress bed, and always
had a special chair, cushioned, for its
use in the kitchen and sitting-room.
Death was the result of asthma. The re-
mains were placed in a casket with as
much care and tenderness as though they
had been those of child, and they were
literally covered with flowers. A grave
was dugsnear the house and the casket
placed in it, and upon the mound will
soon appear slab of granite displaying
the name, date of death and age of de-
ceased"
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RELIGIOUS READING.
WEAVING.

WEAVING. &
We are weaving every day, as we pass along
our way,
Intent upon our busy work or just as busy
play,
Beneath the casual gaze of men, the angels
The Robes Robes Of # Resurrection in which we
shall arise. ....s.,., .
When the trumpet's thrilling call upon our
ears shall fall, 49,, -.
And our dust shall tbrob and quiver, and its
vanished life recall,
When each hurrying atom seeks its own,
though distance disa!low,
We shall wear the Resurrection Robes that
we are weaving now. &;
Then the threads we sadly spun, and In
darkness one by one
Wove in the fabric, wishing that the long,
hard task was done, =.
Shall gleam and glimmer as mist Of lovely
rose and blue ..
And the blacker threads of sorrow shall he
made lovely, too.
The glimnering glints of gold from patience
manifold i
Shall make pattern sweet and strange and,
beauteous to behold;
And the white of purity shall shine, the tear
spots fade away,
As we don our Resurrection Robes upon that
last great day - - - 4 4. .
o King of joy and pain, let US not weave in
vain Z
Touch thou the fabric ofour lives and make
them fair amain, a. 't--si :
That, when our task is finished, within the
heavenly place.. s,s-
Clad in our Robes Of Righteousness, we may
behold Thy face.
t -[Susan Coolidge, in S. S. Times.
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SUCCESS.

II to some theme tits thy intent to rise,
Thou must attend how best to tune thy
Tyre;
Else will disdain thy well picked notes in
: spire.
Herein the secret of the triumph lies,
When thou wouldst rear srk of mighty
+: size,
( Advance but slowly as growing fire,
! Scan we'll thy path lest hasty action tire,
Or like a flame thy ardour's impulse dies.
Proceed with hope; believe the goal in view,
Let rot mere failure prey upon thy heart;
Great oaks, remember, from small acorns
grew.
Though it be trivial, we'll perform thy
part;
And, persevering till thy labor's through,
Full crowned success will into being start.
-Edpard <. Cowing,in Detroit Free Press.
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A Big Piece of Masonry.

The greatest piece of solid masonry Of
modern times is now in course of con-
struction in the Bombay presidency.
There being danger that the water sup
ply of the city of Bombay would soon
become insufficient, it was decided to in
close the watershed of the valley. which
drains into the sea south of the city, by
means of a dam. The gigantic struc-
ture, which will be completed IN MsNh
next, is two miles long, 11S feet in height
ard 103 feet wide at it's base. The road
way on the top is to be twenty-four feet in
width, and the stonework will cost
50, 500, 900. The lake of water which
Ills dam will .imprison will be eight
~ miles in area.-Boston Journal.
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A Race Of Dwarfs in British Columbia

Captain J. s. Prescott, who recently
returned here from Victoria, British
Columbia, describes an interesting ex-
perience which he had while north. Tie
was in Victoria at time when. con-
siderable excitement had been caused by
the discovery of ancient human remains
in some mounds. The little hillocks
were dug into and CHASTITY skeletons were
brought to sight BY the shovel and
pickaxes. A number of local scientists,
among whom were Messrs. o. G. Hast.
ings, Cowiiie and Smith, became inter-
ested in the strange revelation of an un.
known race. ..
The discovery was made at a place
called Macaulay's point. A workman
clearing away what he thought was o
natural rise in the ground touched q
hard metallic substance with his pick.
On digging further the object came to
view. It was an iron war weapon shaped
like harpoon, only much shorter and
stouter. Curious characters were etched
in it, and their lines had survived
through centuries. s&-. i.
An investigation followed. One Of
the mounds was excayateds and a fiat
stone was exposed. It had been de-
signed as door to sepulchre, for on
being raised grave walled on all sides
by tightly cemented stones was seen. In
it was a dwarfed body doubled up in
setting posture, custom followed by
the ancient Indian tribes along the entire
Pacific coast. The formation of the
skull was like that of Chinese. The
body, though small, was that of an
adult dwarf. Several other graves were
opened, and the occupants of all OF them
were similar in anatomical construction
and size.
: In many of the graves rough hewn
utensils evidently used fol, cooking were
found, together with arrow-heads known
to have been used by coast tribes extinct
for centuries.
At Cadboro Bay similar mounds were
excavated with like results. San Fran.
cisco Chronicles
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THE TEsTING. 3

Travellers tell us of tree in tropical coun-;;
tries the inner parts of which are sometimes
eaten out by ants, while the bark and leaves
remain apparently as fresh as ever; and 1t Is
not till the tornado comes and sweeps It
down that its weakness Is discovered. But
the storm did not make the,t tree weakj It
only revealed how weak it. was, and its
inss cts through long course Of time. In
like manner, If we let our characters be
honeycombed by constant neglect OF com.
mon duty, or by daily indulgence in secret
sin, or by habitual yielding to some tempta-
ton, we cannot expect anything else than
ruin when the testing hour shall come
[W. n, Taylor. - ;
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THERE is o growing tendency among
chemists to regard the elements as
varying arrangements produced al
successive stages in the process OF cool
ing--of one original form of atom. Evi,
dence in favor of the hypothesis is
claimed in the fact that some elements
seem not to have formed in the sun,
while yet more are absent from still
hotter stars.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-07

In Moscow may be seen in the streets
.ny day beggar who was few years
ago one of the richest men in the city.
His father left him. 81, 800, 900, but he
gambled it all away. He cared literally
for nothing but gambling, and if ne
had the money again he would risk it
once more in the same way.
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FAITH NOT DEPENDENT UPON KNOWLEDGE.

FAITH NOT DEPENDENT UPON KNOWLEDGE.
Prof.: c. J. Little, L., D., in Zion's
Herald, sets forth the truth that it Is not
necessary to know all mysteries in order to
be Christian. He says: z s.
Heaven isnot exclusively for theologians.
Theology has, in my Judgment. the same re-
lation to simple, saving credo in Jesum
Christum that science of optics has to light
and sight. Thank God! thousands can see
who have never heard of sHuyghens and
Helmholtz, and to whom Dleoni Is an utter
stranger. Most of US would 60 stark blind
If seeing depended upon our individual mas
terry of the secrets Of quirering nerve and
trembling sunbeam.
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NApoLEoN's HAPpIEsr DAY.

When Napoleon was in the height of his
prosperity, and surrounded by brilliant
the empire, he was asked what day be con-
sidered to have been the happiest Of his lie.
When all expected that he would name the
occasion of some glorious victory, or some
great political triumph, or some great au-
gust celebration. or some signal recognition
Of his.genius and power, he answered with
out moments hesitation, "The happiest day
Of my life was the day Of my First commu-
nion.n At reply 30 unforeseen there was
general silence, when he added, as II to
himself, 81 was then an innocent child
GCOmpanion.
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Chief Simon Pokagon, who was edu.
Gated to be a Catholic priest, has just
sent six more remnants of his once pow.
erful Pottawatomie tribe to Kansas
Indian college. He says his people in
Michigan will be entirely annihilated in
half century.
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JUDGE Cbald-headed)-H half what
the witnesses testify against you is true
your countenance must be as black as
your hair. Prisoner If mans con-
science is regulated by his hair, then
your Honor hasn't got any conscience
at all. .-...
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-07

A GIGANTIC pendulum has been sus.
pended from the center of the second
platform of the Eiffel Tower. II con"
sists of a bronze wire $50 feet long,
with steel globe weighing about l9S
pounds at the end. Its object is to ex-
hibit the rotation of the earth BY the
Foucault method.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-01-07

TIE excavations of the Greek Arch
biological Society on the Acropolis Of
Mycene have been rewarded by the
discovery of some sixty different OBJ
jects of antiquity, among which are
bronze swords and knives, several
hatchets. a razor, round mirror and
some oo1d ornaments,
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SARA BERNHARDR has dresses enough
to fill forty-eight large trunks. Hsara
should get lost in them it would be Like
looking for needle in q haystack TO
find bar. .---.s -..--...
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.fCharles Pearsall ute thirty soft boiled
Nggs each morning and afternoon for six
consecutive days, in restaurant in New
York City, ending on April S, 1884.
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a MAINE girl, finding it inconvenient
to carry chewing gum with her, estsb-
,ished stations in various parts OF the
town, where she sticks her quids. One
Is in dry-goods store, onein the church
choir, one in her own dining-room, ono
at school, and so on.
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A French attorney was writing out o
brief. He was in splendid health.
only forty years old, and was writing
rapidly, when all at once he stopped,
and from that moment could not tell
his own name. Memory went out from
him like q fash of lightning.
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- (lorh Ike you, over on
81, an puts him in the IRE
e. )lienty of fun with him."
stop the play now, right ycre," said
eom Rawlins, the HT range boss, who
was sitting close at hand. "You> all
spring trouble round yere an I'll be in
it. Whatever's the matter with all you
people anyway? You're like passel Of
sore head dogs for more'n week now.
You're shorely too many for me to sabe
en- cl'ar gives you up"
The boys started some grumbiug reply,
but the cook called them to supper just
tN6nsand, one animalism becoming over
skadgwedby another, they forget their
saneerand vague animosities in thoughts
soEsupMying their hunger. Toward the
5siastSf She repast, Rawllns arose and
aglhgto another room began overlook
ngseme entries in the ranch books.
~ The pretty girl did not eat at the
s:stshch table. She had little banquets in
hersuwn room. Just then she was in
hsrfcom and. began singing in a low
tenor some tender little love song that
seemed born of a sigh and a tear. The
boys at supper heard her, and their re-
sentiment of each others existence began
again to fame in their breasts and burn
deeply in their eyes. None of these sav-
ages was in the least degree in love with
the pretty girl, either. They might have
become so, all or any of them.
The singing went on in cooling, soft,
way that did not bring you the words
only the music.
"What says about my saddle while
back, means" said Moore, finally, turn.
ing dark looks on Watkins.
"Sec yere!" said Watkins in an ex.
asperated tone-he was as vicious as
-Moore-'if you're p'intin' out for war
: Jig with me, don't fool round none for
eGasons, but jest let 'er roll. Come a.
~, an don't bother none with cere-
ls,t have to have no reasons
na are. Anyone's
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Whether it was by refraction of tlie suns
rays or by the stopping of the whole plan
etary system do not know and do not
care. 1 leave it to the Christian scientists
and the inidel scientists to settle that ques-
tion. while tell you have seen the same
thing. "What!" say you, mot the sun
standing stil?" Yes. The same miracle is
performed nowadays. The wicked do not
live out half their day, and the sun sets at
noon. But let man start out in battle for
God and truth and against sin, and the day
OF his usefulness is prolonged and ndprolonged
and prolonged.
He T is iio 70 years % old. Washington went
down the Potomac, and at Mount Vernon
closed his days. wellington died peace
fully at Apsley House. Now. where shall
Joshua rest? Why, he is to have his great
est battle now. After hundred and ten
years he has to meet king who has more
subjects tnan all the present population OF
the earth, his throne pyramid Of skulls,
his parterre the grave yards and the ceme-
hearse-the King of Terrors. But il this is
Joshua's battl4 is going to be Joshua's
greatest victory. Be gathers his friends
around him and gives his yaledictory, and
it is full Of reinniscence. Young men tell
what they are going to do; old men tell
what they have done. And US you have
heard a grandfather or great-grand father,
seated by tho evening fire, tell Of Monmouth
or Yorktown, and then lit the crutch or
staff as though it were a musket. to fight
failed" And then he turns to his family,
as o dying parent will. and says: Choose
now whom you will serve, the God OF Israel;
or the God of the Amorites. As Tor me and
nv house We will serve the Lord" A dying
parent cannot be reckless thoughtless IN
reaard to his children. Consent to part with
them forever at the door of the tomb we
cannot. By the cradle in which their in.
fancy was rocked. by the bosom on which
they first lay, by the blood of the covenant,
by Che God OF Joshua it shall not be-. We
viii not pert. we cannot part. Jehovah
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| to something else.
N,Yyshe said at last. "Tell him it's
oil right, Rawlins.
The pretty girl thought him very
! noble. - .>s.a-.'
Watkins was out in five weeks and
couldsgo about the ranch. One night
Rawlins thought he heard pony in the
yard and arose to remedy the matter
As he stepped out couple passed him
in the moonlight. 1t was Watkins and
the pretty girl. TIE caitiff's arm was
round her.-Kuasas City Times.
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stone TO base
The seven priests with the rule musical
instruments pass all around the city walls on
the first day, and failure. Not so much as
piece Of plaster broke loose from the we'll;
not so much as loosenei rock, not so much
as a piece Of mortar lost from its place.
''There." say the unbelieving 1sraslites,
didn't tell you so? Why, those ministers
arefoolS. The idea Of going around the city
with those musical instruments, and expect
been spoiled; B. thinks because he has over
thrown and destroyed the spring freshet
he can overthrow the stone wall.
Why, it is not philosophic. Don't
you see there is no relation
between the blowing Of these musical instru-
ments and the knocking down of the wall?
It isn't philosophy" And I suppose there
were many wiseacres who stood with then
brows knitted and with the forefnger Of ths
right hand to the forefnger Of the left hand
arguing it all out and showing that it was
not possible that such a cause could produce
such an effect. And suppose that night in
the encampment there was plenty Of philos-
ophy and caricature, and If Joshua had been
nominated for any high military position he
would not have got many votes.
Joshua's stock was down. The second day
the priests blowing the musical Instruments
80 around the city. and failure Third day,
anda failure; fourth day, and failure; fifth
day, and failure; sixth day, and failure.
The seventh day comes, the climacteric day.
Joshua is up early in the morning and ex'
amines the troops, walks all around about.
looks at the city wall. The priests start to
make the circuit Of the city. They go all
around once, all around twice, three times,
four times, five times, six times, seven times,
and failure.
There Is only one more thing to do, and
that is to utter a great shout. see the
Israelitish army Strengthening themselves
up, filling their lungs for vociferation such
as was never heard before and never heard
after. Joshua feels that the hour has come,
and he cries to his host, "Shout, for the Lord
hath given you the citym All the people
begin to cry, "Down, jericho! down, Jeri.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-01
A Brave Mother.

AS showing the force OF maternal
love among the lower animals, there
arc few more pathetic incidents than
the following, which comes from Aus
tralia:
The owner OF a country station was
sitting one evening on tho balcony
outsid e his house, when he was sur
prlsed to notice kangaroo lingering
about, alternately approaching and
retiring from the house, as though
halfin doubt and fear what to do. At
length she approached the water
pals. and, taking young one from
her pouch. held it to the water to
drink.
While her baby was satisfying its
thirst the mother was quivering all
over with excitement, for she was
but few feet from the balcony. where
one OF her great zoos was sitting,
watching her. The little orc having
finished drinking, it was replaced in
the pouch, and the old kangaroo
started of at Il rapid pace.
When the natural timidity of the
kangaroo is taken into account it viii
be recognized what astonishing bray.
cry this aftectionate mother betrayed
1t is pleasing ending to the stor,
that the eyewitness was so affected
by the scene that from that time for
ward he could never shoot a kan.
CARGO.
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PASSES FOR PLEAsANTRv.

Gigantic Lady Ito policeman)-''Sir,
can you not see me across the streetW
Policeman: ''See yex across de strate IL
lit Sure, mum, can see you mile on"
Outing.
Poet: ''You always tell me that my
poems are too long, SO have brought one
of two lines only. What do you think OF
itl'' Editor: '.Same as usual-it's too
long. '-Munsey's Weekly.
Frank: II think that the man who
marries for money Is most contemplate"
May: Perhaps; but he's not half -
idiotic a. the man who marries without
money ."-Smith Gray & Co.'S Monthly.
Old Cashly; Young man, whom you
married my daughter never supposed
that you were going to 1.-Two ON met"
Young Dudley: ''Well, sir, why didn't
you give her enough at the start to bs In
dependent Judge.
Bjenks: ~ want you to come up to
my house. doctor. right away" DIR.
Bolus: Who's sicki" Bjenks: 'Oh,
Mrs. Bjenks and the baby are both ailing.
thought you might as well kill two birds
with one stone. "-S0merville Journal