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HL0Ok In NY Mouth" !"

A good story comes from the Windy
City regarding q well known San Fran
oiscan. Mrs. DR.. Cool went east as .
delegate to the worlds dental congress
at Chicago. On arriving at her desrt
tination she made an early visit TO thai
fair grounds, and, as usual with 80,
journers in that seductive place, found
upon leaving that she had spent AIN
her ready cash. On her way back TO-
her hotel, therefore, she stopped at q
bank to have acheck cashed. Asusual4 i
the clerk informed her that she would
have to be identified. As DE-. Cool
was stranger in strange land, shot
found herself in dilemma, She pre-
sented her card, but that would not
do, when brilliant idea struck hsr:
Flashing a beam from the diamond
set in her front teeth upon the clerk.
she said: "Please look in my mouth :"
o., "Another one gone crazy" thoughss
the clerk, but he complied with the.
request, looked astonished, smiled and
paid the check, for on the crown IN
the dentists mouth the clerk read thes
inscription, "L. Cool, 1885," Identityi
was thus established beyond ques-;
tion, and Mrs. Cool went on her wsyI
rejoicing. San Francisco Newsletter,
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THE CHIEF GOOD.

Happiness fits beforethe eyes Of mortals, q
beauteous phantom now recedtng, until 1t 1s
lost in the distance; then advancing with ra-
diant brow and wreathed smiles, opening
wide its arms to receive the embrace OF its
fond pursuers, then as suddenly disappear
ing, leaving them wrapped IN darkness and
gloom. Who has not been thus beguiled and
cheated? Ask the sensualist, and he will tell
you that his excesses have debilltated his
BODY and enervated his spirit. Ask the sue
cessful aspirant for power, and he will tell
YOU that his Is life Of splendid misery. Ask
the mere man of wealth, and in the bitterness
of his soul he will tell you that happiness Is
not necessarily the inmate Of palaces, nor Is
she to be found in gold or silver. The schol-
or likewise, whose soul walks abroad through
the universe, collecting from the boundless
fields before him ample stores Of imforma-
ton, will acknowledge that mere discipline and
enlargement Of the intellect i1falf by no
means brings that peace OF mind that surpas-
seth all understanding. And the infide! en-
cased though he seems to be in panoply OF
mail. being closely questioned, will confess
that his unbelief Is the source Of unrest and
fears, which not even the most seductive pull
osophy can quell. Such will be the ackncTl-
edgement Of every CON and daughter Of Ad-
am, whose thoughts and affections have not
passed the boundaries Of this world.
Who will show US any good2 is the eager
inquiry of multitudes whom you may EN-
counter in the streets, and In places OF busl-
ness, and OF the gay and high places Of earth.
Has it been in vain that, in connection with
the advent, life and death Of Gssss, events
the most wonderful and Astounding have
been made to pass before the eyes OF man
kind?-Has 1t been in vain that God has
bowed the Heavens and come down to earth?
Hath Christ died in vain2 Hath He risen
and ascended in vain? Is there no meaning
in these wondrous actions?
Who will show us any good? Is there any
GOOD but in Him2 Is there any guilt-cleans-
ING blood but His2 Is there any holiness but
that is found in HiIn2 Is there any life eter-
nal and blessedp
Who will show US any goods Shallow, sim
full enquirer! Look upward! Whose voice
do you hear, saying, "Come unto Me, and
YOU shall receive rest unto your souls. In
NV presence is fulness OF Joy, and at My right
hand ore pleasures forevermere."
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The new county of Riverside, CAL, has
voted against granting liquor licenses.
The Surgical Instrument Makers Union
REQUIRES that It's members be total absta1ners.
The ". CT. u, Of Hartman, Tenn, has
built q Temperance Temple at q cost OF
$4,000. >
The distilleries Of the United Stutes used
the last fiscal year &C. 1Ss, ,671 bushels Of grain
in liquor making.
The supreme council OF the United Com
mercial Travellers has decided to prohibit In
toxicating liquors at all its benquets..
The applications to the Boston Associated
Charities last year show that twenty-five Der
cent. OF the causes for sickness were tntem-
perance.
Fifty per cent OF the young men OF sWitzer-
land are Ineligible for military service on &C
count Of physical deterioration produced by
excessive drinking.
The five weeks series of temperance
MEETINGS inaucurated by Mr. Moody In Chi
cago have been drawings large audiences and
hundreds signed tho pledge.
Mr.. Victor Burton, of the celebrated brew
ers firm in London, has become teetotailer
and withdrawn from the firm, forfelt1ng
thereby his right In 49,, 900 800. r..
South California W. C. r, u. Is reported
to have done, in the eight months between
its last two conventions. more than double
the work of any preceding full year. -.
The Belgians seem 10 excel oil the rest OF
Europe in their devotion to alcohol. There
are 150. 900 "schnaps" housesin Belgium ana
only 5000 schools that Is to say, there is one
inn or ':estaminet' to every thirty-ntne Bel
gians and only one school to every 1776'
In France the Constitutional, Paris
paper, admitted that the habit OF drunken
ness has increased year by year since the pc
ginning of the century. Men oeSih Win
wine then alcohol is taken. In forty years
the consumption OF alcohol has trlpied ID
France"
A Congress OF Army Chsplains. held re-
Gently in Chicago, declared that the posi- eA,
change system .'docS not meet the aiie9eu
needs OF the army rs regards its drink ae.
partment," and the hope was expressed 'that
the time will soon arrive when It Will De naue
to disappear.
In India, certain regiments with 56lo men
wore placed under observation. Iney Were
divided into free drinkers, moderate drinkers'
and abstainers. 1t was found that the deaths
of the former we're IL per 1000, OF the noa-
crate drinkers % per 1000, and OF the ap-
stainers only II per 1O0O
Miss Jessie Ackerman President OF Aus,
trlIia w C. II. u. offered prize OF gold
medal 70 members OF the Unions throughout
that country who secure twenty-five or more
members, fees paid, during the year ending
April /, 1864. Organizers and pubic Workers
are excluded from the ofer.
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Length Of the English Sentence.

According to DR.. Sherman, liter
ary critic, the average length of the
English sentence has been gradually
contracting since the time of Eliza
beth. Sir Thomas More, Lyly, sgd
ney, Spenser, and others employed
from forty to sixty words to their sen
tence Bacon, however, being an ex-
ception with only twenty-five. Ma
caulay, Emerson, and others use only
from twenty to thirty words to a SEN
tence. Macaulay's average is twenty"
three. Matthew Arnold's is thirty
seven, which is nearly that Of Addison
New York Dispatch. rza.
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Two Terrible Men-O'-War.I

The English Government has pro-
vided for the construction OF two pow4
erful Hrst-class cruisers. tobe fsAmS6
the Powerful and Terrible They win
be larger and more powerful than Anyt
cruisers heretofore constructed. Thd
principal dimensions are -as follows:lf
Length, 500; feet: breadth, ssyentH
feet; displacement at q mean draugkif
Of twenty seven feet, IA, 600 tons. The
vessels are to be constructed lof steel
throughout, but as they are intended
to keep the sea for heightened periods
they will be sheathed and coppered. ].
The proposed continuous sea speed mi
smooth water Is twenty knots, but oni
the eight hours natural drsught triall
the expected speed is twenty 1.-TWO knota
an hour. For the protection OF thsl
vital parts Of the ship, which includSE
the engines, boilers, magazines, etc.,t
they will be covered by strong, tur-i
tle-baok deck of steel, having . maxi-t
mum thickness Of four inches amid-f
ships, reduced toward the extremities.
Between this and the main decksk
for the whole length Of the engine andf
boiler space, these vessels will be subj
divided into numerous coal bunkerx
At the normal displacement andf
drsught of the ship about 1900 tons Of
coal will be carried, but provisions
will be made for a bunker capacity Of
5000 tons. The vessels will be pro-
PEELED by twin-in preference to triple
screws; their efficiency within tha.
limits of the proposed power and
draught having been established by
previous experience in our largest
cruisers, as well as in the large twins
screw vessels of the mercantile marine-
The armament of the vessels will come
prise two 8, Pinch breech loading gums
mounted at bow and stern as chaserss
twelve six-inch, eighteen twelve
Founders, twelve three-pounder quick
firing guns, and several machine
guns. The 9.2-inch and six-inch guns
will have srmored protection, and the.
twelve FOUNDER guns will be fitted
with strong shields, revolving with ths-
guns. Special study has been: given
to the protection of the guns and their
crews, and the transport of ammuni-
ton from the magazines to the gums
New York Sun.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
CONVERSATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

It's compensation equals its authority,
adaptation and efficiency. AS the reward OF
sesv,ce and suffering in its behalf, what can
equsl its largeness of consolation, and glory2
When Abraham left country, kindred, and
his fathers house, went out not knowing
whittier, pilgrim and stranger-now IN
horror Of great darkness, now amid more
than mortal conflicts and victories on Mount
Moriah %! in his song Jehovah Jireh,
in his name, the father Of the faithful, the
friend of God, had he no reward, no satisfy
ing recompense2 What mortal sun ever set
with brighter disc than his. at the cave of
Mach-pelah! ever rose more resplendently IN
the brighter effulgence OF him whose day
be saw afar off! What an immortal gain
er was Moses when he relinquished the
throne of the Pharaohs and all the treasures
of Egypt for the reproach OF Christ, and pre-
ferred suffering with the people OF C6d to
the pleasures Of sin. What an ascrption OF
blessings did Job send heayenward from the
new-nlade graves of all his earthly interests
and hopes.
Hear the prophet sing Of barron fg-trees,
fruitless vines blasted olives, sterile fields, Of
perished focks and herds, till death by
famine seemed the coming convoy OF God,
his passport to the feast above, with chorus
of Joy and rejoicing in the God Of his saliva
ton. Behold Paul, taking joyfully the spoil
ing OF his SO0dS, not counting DIS lie Qeat
unto himself, that he might fill up that which
was behind OF the sufferings of Christ, for his
body's sake the church, and lis 1t strange
be should exclaim in the heat of the conflict
with the combined forces of earth and hell.
II am filled with comfort, am exceedingly
joyful in all our tribulation!"
Say, now, has the gospel any reward TOR
service and suffering, that answers to the
hundred-fold more promised by Christ, amid
prosecutions, with loss of houses, lands and
friends and withal, eternal life In reyersion?
The aspirants for the Cross of Christ are the
heirs ofkhis crown, "an exceeding and eternal
weight Of glory" What visions Of opened
heavens like Stephens, have cheered the
prisoner for Christ in his dungeon, the mar
tyr at the stake, the exile for the word OF
God and testimony of Jesus? What sweet
ness unearthly, soul-ravishing, had Brain
ards self-sacriticing tolls and tears among
the Indians! Martyr alone in Persia, soi-
tary witness for God, told Of joys he never
knew amid the aboundings Of Christian priW-
leges at home. Joys, the fruits of his suffer-
ings for Christ, have been multiplying, ever
since his spirit ascended to the bosom OF his
Saviour from Tocat. Were Judson back
from heaven, his body called up from his
coral sepulchre. could you tempt his stay
from his beloved Burmah with the offer OF
throne2-Rev G. s. Porter.
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Brine shriinps of the Great Salt Lake.

It Is commonly supposed that nothing in
the way OF animal life exists in the great
Salt Lake, Utah, because the water contains
nearly twenty per cent. OF solids, with a
trife less than sixteen per cent. OF actual
salt. Nevertheless, certain little crustaeeans
called "brine shrimps" are found there In
such numbers as often to tint the water over
wide areas. They are met with only on tne
surface most Of them are females, and they
are very prolific. They feed on the chrysa-
lids of u small fly, the ephydra Srac1lis.
These chrysalids sometimes collect on the
shores in such quantities thst their decompo-
sition renders the air offensive ior miles.
THE larvae of the Insects live In the water.
The brine shrimps may be captured in great
quantities by means of q tow net with a ilns
mesh. Washed with fresh water and cooked
they are said to be very palatable. me iasE
report Of tho Governor OF Utan suggests t'l"'
j. NIGHT he nrof,table to can them for mar
ket, inasmuch rs they make up IN numbers
for what they lack in size.
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A Mysterious Mounla;n Llgat.

The Old Rag is long jagged spur OIL
the Blue Ridge that skirts the counties
of Madison and Green, Virginia, writes
correspondent of the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat, and loses its name after
reaching further south. It is one OIL
the features Of the splendid country
through which it ssses-grands
gloomy and peculiar, it's rugged sides
clear cut against the sky and looking
forbidding in its towering majesty.t
Here was the scene of the "Gold Bug
of Poe, one of the weirdest and most
thrilling stories, in which the great
writer indulges in the mysteries OF the
stars and divination. 4 Z
The eastern side of the Old Rag over-s
looks long stretch of country and is$
seen great way of. About three
fourths the way up the side Of thig
mountain is a phenomenon that has for
many years attracted the attention OF
the people for miles around, caused
much speculation, and yet to this dsy
remains the mystery of the "Old Rag. -
This is bright beautiful Light whioh
burns and glows on the side Of the Rag.f
Not every night, but only when ths
atmosphere is favorable then the fseya
of the Rag" may be seen, dazzling and
scintillating, as If it were some I'M
mense diamond set in the rocks Of thet
everlasting hills. So far, Investigations
has not solved the mystery, though st
irregular periods some enthusiast un-
dertakes to investigate, but gives upt
the problem in short time. Persons
have camped on the mountain for days,i
seeing the light then as from below;
but 80 precipitous are the sides, andso1
impossible from the huge powders and
rocks that lie all around, that nothing
definite has been learned. Others,
more scientific and enterprising, have
spent days in locating the great dis
mond, by establishing line OF stationE
and signals, but the light still shines
the mystery of the ridge. II can bs
no artificial light, for no one lives with
in several miles, and to make such q
light night after night for so many
years would be simply impossible.
Then, too, it is too sparkling. ecintil-f
lating and opalescent for art to make
and whatever it is, one thing is sure,
and that is that it is the work OF nsff
ture. The light on q favorable nightf
is seen thirty miles away, and at thstf
distance still preserves the pecuhak
shooting, darting features which are
seen to much better advantage from
the immediate vicinity. 81 5sg
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Buckwheat is of Siberian origin.
The1e are now 200 different kinds OF
perfume known in the trade.
The first idea of a pneumatic tube
WAS due to Dennis Pepin in 1867.
The Greek warriors wore long hair
and hairpins in the days of the Persian
wars.
The charity organization in London
called the Blue Coat School once had
coinage of its own.
The experiment is being tried by
several manufacturers of wool pulp IN
Bangor, Me-, of shipping the pulp to
Europe.
IL China all arrangements for a we'd
ding are made by a go-between, who
also does the courting and makes the
proposal.
A mint proof in gold of, the first
copper cent issued by the United
States is in the possession of W. l..
Boyd, of Baltimore.
A piece of ancient wooden water
pipe, which was unesrthed recently In
New Britain, Conn, is claimed to be
nearly two centuries old.
The total number Of capital letters
in the whole Bible is LOG, 900, OF small
capitals 6897, and of lower case 3, 452,-
593; grand total of letters, including
one AE, 1865, 481.
The shell coins used by the Indians
were manufactured in such enormous
quantities by the Dutch at New York
that the value of the currency was
greatly deprecated.
Branford, Conn, has a curiosity in
the person of man who can see like
an owl. In the daytime his vision is
poor, but in the night he has no diff
Guilty in distinguishing objects. 1t is
said that prior to his birth his mother
became frightened by an owl.
When Dandy, Colonel Huling's fine
horse, died OF the Pennsylvania State
Camp the mastiff which had been his
companion pined and sorrowed, and
had to be removed from the corpse by
force. Then he transferred his attec-
tions to another horse, Dude.
Authentic documents show that, at
the time of his death, few weeks ago,
Petro Errilo, of Guanajuato, Mexico,
was 1873 years of age. He leaves over
400 living descendants, and among
them son oighty-6ve years old, who
recently broke his arm while trying to
ride bicycle.
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: EunopE's BIG BEza CONSTRUCTION.

..
The Paris Temps publishes some interest
ing particulars with regard to the quantity
OF beer which is now brewed In Europe, the
figures, which may be taken as approx
mately correct, representing the average for
the last FIVE or six years. The total quantity
brewed is 10000, 900 gallons, Germany
coming first with q production Of I, OIL ,066,-
105 gallons, of which GA, ,752, sos gallons are
brewed in North Germany, 81, ,830, ,306 gal
Ions In Bavaria, 70, ,953, $50 gallons In Wurtem-
berg, Sc, ,445,94Q gallons In Baden, and IT.
083, ,305 gallons in Alsaoe-Lorrsine. Great
Britain comes next with q total OF 874, ,192,-
275 gallons while Austria Hungary Is third
with q total Of sos, ,SS9, ,675 gallons. These
are the only countries In which the produc-
tion reaches 100, 900 900 gallons ;but relatively
to their population, Denmark, with 48,t89.-
600 gallons brewed, and Norway with 49,
304, 999, have much larger production than
most OF the others. But Russia, with tts
vast area and large population, produces
only 65, ,ss2.-W. O. T. o. Bulletin. o..
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A New Poison.

A few days ago New York woman
discovered reddish mold like sub
stance over the surface OF a loaf of
bread, which she bought, and on cut
ting the loaf found reddish streaks'
running through it. She concluded
that she would not eat it, and took it
to the health department. A chemist,
was sent to analyze it, and reported
that the mold was due to fungual
growth in the flour. This fungus, hei
said, had certain poisonous proper-i
ties, but he did not think that eatingi
the bread would endanger life. Stepsl
were at once taken to stop the sale of
bread made from the deteriorated -four!
and to prevent further use OF the
-four. .-Picayune.
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TEMPERANCE INCREASING.

Miss Frances E. Willard furnishes the In
dependent with an outline Of the growth Of
temperance principles which she thinks is
likely to be realized In this last decade Of
the nineteenth century or by the end OF the
first decade Of the twentieth at farthest.
First she believes that the true nature of
stimulants and narcotics will be taught In
all our schools, and increased attention be
given to temperance topics In Sunday
schools. The Worlds Women's Christian
Temperance Union will fully justify its name
by spreading from the thirty countries where
1t now exists all over the world. Disdlleries
and brsweries will not be allowed to exhibit
their products at fairs.
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THE CHILDREN OF pRuNKARDs.

n. Oh. Fere, the French savant, has re-
Gently shown that II the eggs of q fowl are
exposed, while Matching, to the vspor Of
alcohol for twenty-four to forty-eight hours,
not only is the Matching enormously de-
lsyed but the chick, when hatched, Is found
to be monstrosity. This, 1t Is thought,
throws light upon the tendency to the pro-
duction Of human monstrosities from parents
who are victims of the alcohol habit. es It is
we'll known that children OF drunkards are
usually misformed In body as well as tns
tellectually deficient.
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VIII Remain Unkempt and Unshaven.

From motives OF economy n number OF the
moro prominent young men OF Middletown.
Conn, have decided to remain unkempt and
unsharen during the coming winter. The
member vino breaks his vow will have to pay
for dinner for the others. The majority OF
tho members OF the club have adopted the
Vaudyks as the most appropriate style OF
beard.
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Russia,s New Imperial Yacht.

The Russian Government has just ordered
a new yacht for the exclusive use OF the lin
perial family in the North Sea. Both rs re-
CARDS fittings and and size it will eclipse every
other ship OF the kind. The new ship is to
be 1000 tons burden, with engines OF 6oo
horse power, capable OF giving q speed OF
twenty knots an hour whenever required.
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. Rio Find Of Photographic Plates.

Between 5000 and 6OOo old Photographic
bel ,npine to former Washington photoS-
rapher, Alexander Gardner, have just been
found. There are negatives Of Lincoln and
all the statesmen of his day and hundreds OF
officers and soldiers Of the Potomac and Cum
berland armies.
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The Victoria Railway bridge over the st.
Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, contains
5000, 900 cubic feet OF masonry work and
10, 500 tons Of iron.