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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

GOVERNOR RUSSELL, Of Massachusetts
rides bicycle.
GENERAL ALE-JANDRo RODRIGUEZ ARR,
Governor-General Of Cuba, Is dead.
GENERAL MELL1NET, aged ninety-fve, still
holds q commission in the French army, be-
ing stationed at Nantes.
GENERAL EDWARD JARDINE, hero of many
battles and the New York draft riots, died at
New York hotel few days since.
COLONEL C. c. JONES, JR., historian OF
Georgia, died few Gays ago o: Bright'a
disease at Augusta. he was sixty-two years
old.
COLONEL JAMES CLAY, Of Bourbon County,
Kentucky. owns more blue grass land than
any man in the world, being assessed on
1895 acres.
The decadence of the popularity of the
bull fight in Spain is largely responsible for
the Duke of Veragus's threatened bankrupt
cy. He raises fighting bulls.
Major ELIJAH w. HALFoRD, who was Pri-
vate Secretary to President Harrison has been
stationed at the Department OF the Platte
headquarters, Omaha, Neb., as assistant pay
master.
A ROYAL parsonage has been added to the
list of operatic singers by the debut in France
OF the Princess Ahmadee, who Is said to be a
descendant Of the house OF Delhi. Unlike
the rest OF her immediate family, this Indian
aristocrat is Christian.
THE inventor of the now important art OF
lithography. Alyis Senefelder, was born in
Prague in It'll. He died, almost unknown,
at Munich in 1884, having benefited little by
his discovery. A monument has at last been
erected to him at Berlin.
FINDING that Cluny Castle would be too
small to accommodate his summer guests in
Scotland Andrew Carnegie has rented Craig.
-dhu House. two miles distant. This Is the
place which John Morley once described as
nn ideal Highland residence.
TIE Corean Minister and his wife arc
members Of the Presbyterian Church. Mr..
and Mrs. Ye deter mined to identify them
selves with Christianity shortly after the
death OF their first child. Except on state
occasions they wear American clothes.
Two or three years ago, against the advice
OF all her friends, the wife OF Senator Stew
art, of Nevada, bought q silver mine in
Mexico. Then she went for trip around
the world, and recently returned to find her
self the owner OF bonanza that almost
equals anything Nevada ever knew. She ts
now building large villa near Washington.
The late Senator Stanford always wore 8
little butterfly necktie, one OF the kind that
is fastened on short ended bow and fastens
to the collar button with a rubber loop. For
many years that was the only cravat in the
Senator's possession. He parted with 1t only
when it was completely worn out and his
wife made him get another. The portrait by
Melssonier. which cost 9l5, 900, has him wear
ing this tie.
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his knees and said, ';Ah, il you knew where
I was going to take YOU, you would shake
worse than that y
There is only one question for you to ask
and for me to ask. What does God want me
work. Where Is the anvil? Where is the
prayer meeting2 Where is the pulpit2 And
finding out what God wants us to do go
ahead and do it-all the energies of our body,
mind and soul enlisted in the undertaking.
Oh, my brethren, we have but little time in
which to fight for God. You will be dead
soon.
Put in the Christian cause every energy
that God gives you. What thy hand findeth
to do, do it with oil thy might, for there is
neither wisdom nor device in the grave
whittier we are all fastening" Oh. is it not
high time that we wake out Of sleep? Church
of God lift up your head at the coming vic
tory! The Philistines will go down. and the
Israelites will go up. We are on the winning
side. Hear that-on the winning side
I think Just now the Kings horses are be-
ing hooked up to the chariot, and when He
does ride down the sky there will be such a
hosanna among His friends and such wall
ing among His enemies as will make the earth
tremble and the heavens sing. see now the
plumes Of the Lords cavalrymen tossing in
the air. Tho arohangel before the throne has
already FURNISHED his trumpet, and then he
will put its golden lips to his own, and he
will blow the long, loud blast that will make
all Nations free. Clap your hands, all ye
% ,opleI Hark! I hear the falling thrones
and the dashing down OF demolished in
iquities.
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A Day in Bed.

A French mother has hit upon 3 plan
to preserve the health and beauty OF
her daughter, and has given it to her
friends, with the strength Of her en-
dorsement as to it's efficacy. She de-
clares that ''the young lady went to o
party six days week, but on Sundays
stayed in bed, rising only for five
o'clock Lea and retiring again at an
early hour. The results of this system
we're very happy. When the time
came for going to tho seaside, she WAS
the only one Of her companions who
did not pced it's benefits. She was like
a country girl, as fresh as rose. '
This experiment, by the way, has been
tried elsewhere, but not in tie TN
Christian Gallo manner, and has been
found efficacious; two sisters, with
a.duous household duties, made a
practice of spending one day each
week-.say Tuesday or Thursday-in
bed, with the result that they were
never i'll, and for that matter, never
tired, never requiring vacation or u
change. New York Dispatch.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

More people die of alcoholism in Stock
holm than in any other city in the world.
The scorpion is total abstainer. If 4
drop OF whisky be placed on ones back it
will Immediately sting itself to death.
1t is noteworthy that in 4 long obituary
list Of foreign brewers, given in the Brewers
Journal OF the 1st ult., nearly all whose ages
were given were in the forties or younger.
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, the well-&nown
statistician. re-, eltly stated that facts show
that for every dollar tke people receiva
from the saloon they pay ont twenty-one.
A correspondent Of the Christian World.
who has made q study Of the subject. says
there are $1,000 b-eweries in the world
and that Germany heads the list with 26.240.
The production Of WHISKY in the State o.
kpntncSy fo- the seasol ending June 50,
1892, was q. 500 gallons. Up 20 April
:}G 1899, sne production was 33,5lS.2lJ
gallons.
It is said that We pay twice as much :cr
drink as 70: thc support Of the Government.
seven times rs Ili'n fo- the S:io)n rs :of
education fifteen times as much tor the
,lram5hUp rs 1or religion "ith ali rs MIS-
sions.
Whca Edwin Booth made his first Sua""ss
in Boston. more than thirty years ago. VIE
lam Warren. zen tnen veferaB. silli 70
him Eiw,D. remember, nov. with you IL
is either lame and fortune. or Bottle ol
brandy: the choice rests with yourself The
same may he said to-day - any young in2a
OF ability an1 ene-yy.
The Temperance Increment. says the
Glasgow Herald, -; spreading rapidly
among railroad man. Already l0.OOJ white
luttOns stamped with initias siSniiyiiS tho
Railroad Temperance Association have been
distributed among engineers and rrainmen,
and tn, demand ior then, has BEEN 80 grea.
nat 60. .0Co more have been oriereL"
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CSGLkSD'S DRCEKARDs,

The British Parliament Las tefore il tho
report of COMMITTEES recommending much
more drastic method.of dealing with drunk
ards than British law now permits. This
committee was appointed under the Sails
bury Government and has among it menu
bers several eminent physicians and the
Superintendent OF the Broadmore Criminal
Lunatis Asylum Under an act passed in
1879 there were established some retreats or
reformatories for the treatment and cure OF
drunkards who chose to go TO them yoiun-
tarily. This committee finds that consid-
cradle part ofthe drunkards who enter these
reformatories are cured and that more
would be If they remained longer therefore,
they recommend that Parliament give maSis-
trates the power to send these diassmanlacs
to these retreats for period not exceeding
two years.
This commitment may be made oa petition
OF the relatives of the inebriate or at the
discretion OF the magistrate. and it subjects
the drunkard to 4 rigorous discipline and
close confinement il necessary. drunk
ard may still be admitted 10 these re-
treats on his own petition. but once in ne
must stay there until discharged - cured.
He may select his own retreat, whether sen
fenced or voluntarily going there. and such
property as he has would be liable for his AMI
his family's maintenance during his con1ne-
ment. The poorer clusses are to be provided
for out OF the public treasury or in public
asylums
The sem-crimInal class Of habitual drunk
ards with whom the police haze to deal are
TO be subject to an indeterminate sentence,
which shall not be less than year, upon
their third conviction for drunkenness or
being proved guilty Of i'll treatment or neg.
lect OF their families. 1t is Also proposed
to glvethe police In the large towns and citie:
the power to arrest without warrant all
persons found drunk on the public streets or
in public places and lock them up Until they
can be tried before magistrate.
These lest suggestions OF the committee are
regarded as bold and almost revolutionary,
for the right OF the Briton 10 be drunk on tine
streets has been regarded as an inalienable
one. Public sentiment is said. however. 10
approve the recommendations Of this COM
mittee, which are largely based On the iegis-
lation IN force in several Of our States. and
they are likely tc be enacted By the Com.
mons, and probably BY the Lords o.-New
York Advertiser.
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Riding in the Ferris Wheel.

The statement that there is nothing
new under the sun appears to be dis
countenanced by the Ferris wheel at
the Worlds Fair, which, apparently.
produces sensation entirely new. 1t
he's motion that has been felt, az q
reporter graphically says, neither on
land nor sea. And the added sensar.
ton of being lifted $50 feet into the
air, in safety and comfort, certainly Is
not old. The Ferris wheel appears to
be tremendous triumph OF engineer,
ing ingenuity, as much 80, according
to the Omaha World-Herald as the
Eiffsl tower. It is by such arrange
ments that engineering ability must
exploit itself at the Exposition. But
it has not been engineering alone which
this has called attention to. There has
been demonstrated every day since
that astonishing structure has been In
process of construction the courage OF
men who work for wages-the per-
sonal, physical courage of them. Look
ing up any time in the air, among the
delicate, intricate, countless bars and
shafts, irons and braces Of that famous
construction, one could see the figures OF
men, small in the height, walking
carefully to and fro along those beams.
No tight rope walkers ever risked his
life so.. No vaulter in the circus re-
quires more precision, more clearness
of head or more determination and
self-control. This magnificent CONTROL
of nerve and exhibition of courage has
been a daily entertainment at the FAIR
since it's opening. And one may well
be glad that it is over with and that ii
there is further risk of life on the Fer
ris wheel that it will be incurred by
those who do it voluntarily, and not
by those who must it in the earning
Of their daily bread. Probably the
Ferris wheel is not dangerous any
more than anything is that takes q
man $50 feet above ground. 1t will be
perfectly safe as long as nothing
breaks, saI! it goes without saying
that g-eat precaution has been exer-
cised aad that the builders have felt
their responsibility. And the expert
euce will be new one-no gainsaying
thai
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A Long-LiYed Toad.

Among sll the stories that are told
of toads,, none is more remarkable,
perhaps, than that related of q toad,
which lived for more than thirty
years in hole beneath the doorsteP
of French farmhouse. How old il
was when first noticed no one COULD
say, but it had probably lived q long
time before familiarity with the sight
of man emboldened it to rest tram,
quilly on the doorstep over which per-;
sons were constantly passing. h
The step became the batrachian's
"hunting ground" where, with little
trouble, it might capture the ants
which persisted in crossing and re-
crossing the step. The toad "hunting
for the supper came to be regarded
as one of the sights of the neighbor-
hood, and certainly the skilful manner
in which it used its wonderfully formed
tongue entitled it to be ranked as an
expert. -
For one thing, it showed wonderful
skill in Judging distances; the tongue
was never darted out until the insect
came within u certain range. D, The ac-.
curacy of the creatures aim was am
other matter of surprise. The insects
were generally in motion when the
tongue WAS darted out against them,
and the arrow never failed to hit.
The toad was 80 tame that it might
Justly be called ''domesticated. tt
would remain quietly in one hand and
take its food from the other, provided
leaf were placed on the hand which
held it. Without this precaution tina
warmth of the human hand was eyi-
IDENTITY annoying. Few things seemed
to please it more than. to be placed on
table in the evening when the lamp
was lighted It would look around
with the greatest confidence, in it's
cleaning eyes, and when. insects were
placed on the table it snapped them
up even with greater rapidity than il
its daily huntings. In this way tho
toad lived for thirty-six years, the Pct
of the neighborhood.
It might have lived many years
more had not tame but spiteful raven
pecked out one OF its eyes. The bird
brought upon himself universal hatred
for this assault, but sympathy was no
profit to the poor toad He could NO
longer measure distances accurately
nor aim with certainty, and he died IN
ABOUT year after his. injury, appar-
emily from starvation.-New York
JournaI. '..ts
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

, . "a. y . = - a
A mercy counted is trouble rnbbedl
out. -'''''' .''' - 7-''- '.'. .'..'..
A lazy mans clock always runs too
fast.
Small fish will nibble at any kind Of
bait.
No vice has any more ugly face than
self conceit.
Many people think nothing can bel
wrong that pays well. q
The man who lives lie, does itwithl
sword over his head.
Only those can sing in the dark
who have light in the heart.
The favorite employment of 9 CON-
ceited man is to brag himself.
A wise man can see more with ons
eye than fool can with two, !=.
The fish that get away are the ones
that always look the biggest. }
Some people are always resolving TO
do good who never go and do it.
Don't 90 security for the man who
lets his gate swing on one hinge. +
Look your troubles squarsly in the
fsce, and they will soon scatter and
run. z Z.
Wherever you find doubt you may
be sure there is some kind OF q sin
sticking 20 it. Ss,5 Eli.
Some men are always asleep when
golden opportunity knocks at tha
door of their house.
People are not made rich by any
thing the world can give, nor poor by
anything it can take away.-Rams
Horn 49,. 3 81
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RELIGIOUS READING,
r. GOD BEAUTIFUL?

How great is his beauty?"-ZEcu. iy. II.
Mother" said little Fanny to her mamma.
as she was sitting in her lap one evening,
SIS God beautifully
:'Yes my child" replied the mother, "God
our father is very beautiful"
How does he look?" replied Fanny.
The mother drew back the curtain and
told little Fanny to look out at the sky.
eyes" she said. ''those bright colored
clouds, and those Others that look like beds
of roses. and that shining white one-how
beautiful and bright they ull lie together,
and above them is great dark purple one
with silver edges. LIZ it not very beautifully
''Yes, mother"
'iAnd what makes them beautiful2"
81 do not know"
1T Is the brightness of the gun which you
can not see, because he is sunk down in the
sky: YOU do not see the sun. but you see how
beautiful he makes the clouds, and you know
that he is brighter than they are. So you
can not see God, but you see great many
bright and lovely things that he hos made,
and you know that he is more bright and
lovely than any Of them" Then Fannys
mothers took fair white lily from the vase
and bade her look at the leaves see how they
are all made Of little bright shining grains.
YES" said Fanny, ''they look like little
white grains Of snow, and how sweet 1t is.
Still mother, you do not tell me how he
looksT"
.:Do you remember, Fanny, how beautiful
you thought the moon was the other night
when you saw her looking into your win
dow?"
.:Oh yes, mamma. but does God look like
the moon!"
''No, my child, God is far more beautiful
than the moon"
docs he look like the blue sky when it is
full of stars. mother?"
mo. dear child, God is more beautiful than
the clear sky and the stars"
"Oh, mother saw q rainbow the other
day, it was the most beautiful thing | ever
saw. Does God look like the rainbow?"
mo, my dear child, God is far more beauti-
full than the, rainbow. thousand times more
beautiful"
Mother. our garden is full of flowers, are
there any Of them as beautiful as God Is
Oh mother. some Of our flowers are very
beautiful"
mo. my child, God is moro beautiful than
all the flowers you ever saw.
Mother, want to see Cod" said little
Fanny; twill anybody ever see him"
See here" replied her mother, opening the
Testament. what our dear Saviour says
BLESSED are the pure in heart, for they
shall see Cod"
Mother. am pure in hearth
NO replied her mother. 'you are not and
am not"
''And shall we never see God, then, mother,
cant we grow to be pure2"
Dear child" said her mother, "our kind
Saviour left his heavenly home and came to
live in our world, to make US pure in heart,
that we might see God and all those who love
and trust In him are made pure, so that they
can see him."
"How does he make us Dure?"
by loving us, and teaching us to love him,
till we learn to love oil that he loves, and to
hate all that he hates, and then when we die
he takes us to his own beautiful home, and
there we are never tempted to sin any more. "
''Oh Jesus" said the little girl earnestly,
"love me too, and make me pure in heart"
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TEMPERANCE" UNIVERSITY.

A novel educational movement has been
begun at Hartman, Tenn. Under the lead
ership of DR.. J. F. Spence, late Chancellor oi
Grant University, at Athens and Chatta.
nooga, in that State, and with the co-opera-
tion Of other we'll known educators, the
american Temperance University" has been
chartered
A site and building materials have been do.
mated to the value Of 95O,000 several thou
sand dollars have been subscribed towards
the support Of the school the first year and
the new university will open its doors on the
10Th Of September next.
1t is believed that the various temperance
organizations OF the South and North will
give to this new non-sectarian. non-sectional
institution their support. and that its growth
will mean great things for the promotion OF
education, morality and fraternity in the
land.
Temporary buildings have been secured for
use until the first permanent university hall
shall be complete, some time next year, and
DR.. Spence and his conductors look to the
erection there, at an early day, Of a magnif-
cent group OF college ediices dedicated to
science, literature, liberal art, law, medicine,
technology, etc, with temperance the cor
ner-stone Of each and all comprising one
grand university that shall be well equipped
and literally endowed.
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ARE YOU A WONDER?

The sweet singer of Israel-the man so gin
gularly exalted by Providence and distinguish
ed by grace forsaking his palace, fleeing from
the city, ascending Mt. Olivet, weeping rs he
went, patiently receiving the curses Of Shim-
ei-says of himself. (Ps. Xxi, T." Il am az
wonder unto many
The prophets and pious men OF old were
"men wondered at" Men beheld their pa
tience under Affections, their perseverance
amid difficulties, their zeal In seasons OF de-
clension. their constancy and fortitude under
persecution, their blamelessness in life, and
their holy Joy in death, and wondered at
them.
John the Baptist was wondered at-the
Lord of life and glory in his walks OF humil-
iaion and suffering, and reproach and death.
was wondered at-the disciple OF Gamaliel.
condescending to unite with the followers Of
the Nazarene. and deYoting his talents to the
PRONUNCIATION of the doctrines Of ono who
suffered an ignominous death in Jerusalem
was often wondered at
Such was Henry Martyr, and Harriet New
ell, in modern times have been wondered at.
ANY one, indeed, who cordially embraces
the doctrine Of the Cross, consecrating his
time, talent and influence to the upbuilding
of q kingdom (which cometh not with OBJ
ssrvation," is wonder unto many.
many who are among the professed follow
ers OF Jesus, however, are not subjects OF
wonder. Their conversation differs little
engaged in the pursuit OF worldly aggrandize-
ment Us any; they are AZ much devoted to
vain pleasure as ever-their lives resemble
that Of the multitude around them.
Fellow disciple! Do men plainly discern 9
distinction between the life which you now
live, and that before you became Christian?
And has the distinction become 80 marked
that yon are wondered at2 Are you living
in the midst Of unconverted friends, exposed
daily to annoyances and hindrances, and is
your meek and quiet spirit. your holy, steady,
christian life wondered at?
If those who endeavor to live Sodly in
Christ Jesus, are q wonder unto many now,
it is ouly for u season; q day is coming when
fools for Christ's sake will be accounted the
only wise persons in the world. Rejoice, then.
though your name be cast out rs evil; for
yours is the kingdom Of Heaven.
If the eye OF an impeuitent friend rests on
these lines, permit me to say that the language
of ihe Psalmist may be employed by you--
swell does it become you to say, 1 am won-
der unto many" The angels wonder ut you :;
all holy beings wonder ut you; your pious
friends wonder at you. They wonder that
that YOU devote your time and your talents to
the acquisition of that which cannot profit;
they wonder to see you living without God,
without hope without prayer. without par
don, without Christ. without Heaven. Con-
tinuing in your present course, you will new
or cease to be wonder. The devoted Christ
ian, it is true. may be wonder, but only for
Il few days. He Is not wonder in Heaven.
Would you not rather, if the choice be such
be a wonder for awhile here, and be among
the wise. .'who shall shine rs the armament,
and the stars for ever and ever.-[New York
Presbyterian,
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The Water Clock.

The principle of the water clock was
discovered, according to ancientrecords
o. the Chinese Empire, by q Chinese
nearly 5000 years ago. The inventors
name was Hwang Ii. His apparatus
consisted of two copper vessels, one
above the other. The upper vessel had
hole in the bottom through which
the water percolated ints the lower
vessel, in which there was a float, the
gradual rise of which,iniicated periods
OF time.