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BEING USED TO HELP OTHERS.

With many the great controlling idea is,
Glow best can help myself? In what ways
and by what methods can secure the great
est advantages and the most OF them for my
self2'' The idea Of helping others. helping
them over the rough places OF life, helping
them to become better men and women, Is al
together a secondary matter. If indeed it has
the least considerate attention at all. Others
may be helped by them, but 1t ts incidental
and not directly and positively Intentional.
It is from no set and devoted purpose. The
help is the result which flies off from the
main purpose of helping ones own self, re-
gardless Of the good OF any one else. OF
course. no thanks are due to the selfish SEEK
er of personal gain and comfort.
Bishop Brooks truly says: MOT by mere
moods may know whether I am living the
life of God, but only by knowing that God is
using me to help Others" How many there
are who seek to settle the question whether
they be Christians or not, by consulting their
feelings! II they cannot discern any partieu-
lar hostility towards God and do not feel
hateful towards the members OF the church
to which they belong, they conclude that they
must be pretty fair Christians whereas they
may be verify destitute of the life OF God.
The truth is, a personal possession of the life
of God will constrain one to help others, to
help them out Of pure love for their bestgood,
without hope of fee or reward. There will
be a positive yeerning to do this. It will not
necessarily be in the form Of money IN all
cases. nor even in numerous cases. 1t will
not necessarily take the shape Of leaving
ones own duties and neglecting home obli-
cations; but it will manifest itself in q thou
sand little opportunities of free handed as
sistance where neighborly help is needed,
where kind words may be fifty spoken, where
expressions Of timely sympathy may find
sweet lodging place. If God really lives In
US we will show it by living in other lives.
-[Religious Herald.
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curely closed, accidents would be
avoided and security and confidence
would be given to men called to the
service of the cannon. The Krupp
guns now in service do not, however,
possess this safety apparatus.
The German pieces are relatively
light, as are their carriages. Some
say this is a great advantage for the
latter, but it is not an important one
by reason of the powder in use in the
two countries. In Germany, as in
Italy, powder with base of nitro
glycerine is used. From ballastic
point of view this powder gives very
remarkable results, but it has capt.
tai fault-it frees gas Of very
powerful acidity, which produces ero-
sion in the guns, and very often, after
limited number of shots, it renders
the piece useless. The fact will, per-
haps, be denied in German newspapers,
but it is perfectly true. The French
smokeless powder has mono of these
drawbacks and it has nearly all the ad-
vantages of the German powder, 80
that the advantage is altogether with
France.
How about the new material in
Krupp's warehouses? Well, it does
not exist, VOLTA tout. Three thousand
cannon, with their carriages, their
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DRINK AND THE NORWEGIAN"

I'm the British Workman Archdeacon Far
rar has q paper on Drink and the Working
man." In this he sets forth in admirable
manner why workingmen should become
total abstainnrs. treating the difficulties OF
the practice in two parts CD The necessity
IF facing the ridicule OF others and (2) The
pain of giving up a customary indulgence.
Touching the first, he says, Men are never
long derided for doing right. In the long
run they are respected for doing it. Work
iugmen have before them the example OF
great tribunes of the people, like Richard
Golden and John Bright. who were abstain
ers when it was more difficult TO be SO than
it is now. and OF living leaders whom they
trust. whose abilities and energies have
raised them 10 high position. such as Mr..
John Burns. NJ. P, and Mr.. Keir Hgrdie, NJ.
p. and Alderman Ben Tillet, and others OF
their foremost representatives, who are, l
believe, ardent total abstainers. For one man
who would laugh at his mate because he had
taken the pledge or wears the blue rlDpon,
there are hundred who would admire and
Initiate his independence and fathiuihess.
Touching the habit Of Indulgence, he polhls
out among other cogent statements, tnat
there are 20, 200 prisoners in England VINO,
50 far from suffering from total abstinence,
improve in health during their incarceration.
The Archdeacon begins by saying that In his
series of Diapers he is addressing 10 working
men. he wishes ''to state why it seems 10 me
that they would be acting most wisely, anu
In such way as TO help the amelloration OF
their class, and to increase their chances OF
individual happiness, If, at once and without
hesitation, in present circumstances, they
formed the resolution to be total ABSTAIN
! ers.''
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tried props, brakes and anchors, but
without perfect satisfaction. The prob
lem is difficult, as system of attach
ment is necessary that will serve both
in the sand or among the rocks, in
mud as we'll as on dry land. OF course
the apparatus of attachment must be
made 30 that il caE be easily de-
tached from the soil, for when the linn
bers are rushed forward to take the
guns away not q minute must be lost,
for they may be needed elsewhere very
quickly. The piece should not be too
firmly fixed to the soil, for if the men
wished to change its position by for
ward movement good deal OF time
would be lost in disengaging it. The
ideal gun carriage has not yet been
found, neither in Germany nor in
France, but the problom OF the piece
itself may be considered as solved, at
least in this country.
The French and German Armies
have about 1000 pieces Of field artil-
lery, and you can understand what
time it would take to construct new
material and what the expense would
be. Then, too, as is customary, q
transformation of material is generally
had at first. It would, perhaps, be
possible to improve the French mate
rial without either transforming or
changing it. This would be arrived at
by the addition of the mechanism that
is being sought for, spade, anchor or
brake. A complete change of material
will impose itself in given time when
the solution is found. It is fer this
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DOING ONE THING AT A TIME.

never could have done what have done
without the habits OF punctual1ty, order and
diligence-withou the determination to con-
centrate myself on one subject at time, no
matter how quickly its successor should come
upon it's heels, which then formed. Heaven
knows write this in no spirit OF self-pralse.
The man who reviews his own life as do
mine in going on here, from page to page,
had need to have been good man indeed II
he would be spared the sharp consciousness
of many talents neglected, many opportun1-
ties wasted, many erratic and perverted feel
ings constantly at war within the breast, and
defeating him. do not hold one natural
gift. dare say, that have not abused.
NV meaning simply is that whatever lhaye
tried to do in my life have tried with all my
heart to do we'll: that whatever l have de-
voted myself to have devoted myself 10
completely; that in great aims and small, l
have always been thoroughly in earnest. l
have never believed it possible that any nat
ural or improved ability can obtain immunity
from the companionship OF the steady, plain,
hard-working qualities and hope to gam III lts
end. There Is no such thing as such 1uInIi-
ment on this earth.
Some happy talent and some fortunate oP-
portunity may form the two sides OF the. lad
der on which some men mount Dut tne
round of that ladder must be made OF stun
to stand wear and tear; and there is no SUD-
stitute for thorough-going, ardent talent ana
sincere earnestpess. Never to put one hand
to anything on which could not throw my
whole self, and never affect depreciation OF
INV work. whatever it was. now find to have
been my golden rules.-Charies Dickens.
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TEMPERANCE
her ePRING HAT.

papa. can you please give me fifty cents
for my spring hat2 Most all the academy
girls have theirs"
No, May, can't spare the money
The above request was persuGslvely made
by a sixteen-year-old maiden as she was pre-
pairing for school one fine spring morning.
The refusal came from the parent in curt,
indifferent tone. The disappointed girl went
to school. The father started for his place
of business. On his way thither he met a
friend, and, being hail-fellow-well-met, in
yited him into a saloon for drink. AZ
usual, there were others there, and the man
that could not spare his daughter fifty cents
for hat treated the crowd. When about to
leave he laid half dollar on the counter
which Just paid for the drinks.
Just then the saloon-keepers daughter
entered. and on going behind the bar, said
Papa want fifty cents for my spring
hat?"
"All right" said the dealer, and taking
up the half-dollar from the counter handed
it over to the girl, who departed smiling.
Mays father seemed dazed, walked out
alone and said to himself Il had to bring
my fifty cents here for the rumselers daugh-
ter to Luy hat with, after refusing it to my
own daughter. III never drink another
drop And he kept his pledge.
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Any one passing through the Mar
rows may notice on the wharf at Fort
Hamilton a small wooden building, in
side of which the self-registering
gauge is kept, and over which the
tidal indicator is displayed. The lat
ter appears as q large semi-circle, with
it's diameter resting on the roof of the
tide house. The outer circular edge
of the semi circle is divided into
spaces by means of heavy black lines,
which can readily be seen from the
deck of vessel passing ct any point in
the Narrows. These divisions are
numbered by figures in black, so large
that they can easily be read by the aid
of an ordinary marine glass from the
greatest distance possible for passing
vessels. These figures indicate the
height of the tide in feet, and the
shorter division lines show half-feet.
A pointer turning about the centre Of
the circle sweeps along the inner edge
Of the graduations, as the hand OF
clock moves over the dial, only that
in this case it moves toward the right,
or clockwise, when the tide is rising
and toward the left when it is falling.
At any moment tho pointer indicates
the depth of water above or below the
plane of reference used in construct
ing the charts issued by the survey.
which is that of mean low water. At
extreme low water the surface Of the
sea is lower than this plane, and the
indicator shows this by pointing on the
left of the zero line--toward the
minus sign shown near the left edge OF
the semi-circle.
The rise or fall of the tide is so slow
that it is impossible, of course, to
know whether it is rising or falling by
simply looking at the pointer, but an
arrowhead in the centre of the disk IS
made to point up as long as the tide is
rising and down when it is falling.
Thus, by looking at the indicator, the
navigator can tell the exact stage OF
the tide and whether it is ebb or flood.
The index pointer is moved by means
OF Il cord or wire passing over large
wheel to the axis Of which the pointer
is fixed. One end Of the cord Is
fastened to float, which moves up
and down with the rise and fall OF tho
tide. To the other end a counterpoise
is fastened, so that, as will be easlly
understood, the wheel moves In one
direction while the tide is falling, and
in the other when it is rising. To pre-
vent the disturbance of the float by
waves due to wind or passing vessels,
it is confined in long box, to which
the water is admitted through few
small openings. In this way, while
any general change in the level OF the
sea affects the float, short waves and
momentary distur Dances do not New
York Tribune.
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that they are working in all the arsen.
ais and manufactures of the State as
well as in private factories. In Ger
many the old material is still in SER
vice, but recently it has been made a
little better. The ordinance experts
have succeeded in obviating the fire.
quent erosions produced in the breech
by adapting q metallic bourlet car
fridge similar to that OF a musket.
This bourlet forms o fastening and
checks the escape of gas. Meanwhile,
they are searching everywhere for the
gun-carriage of the future, one that
will absorb the recoil. Krupp in Ger
many and Canet in France appears to
be on the point of finding the solution
80 long sought.
The second question is rather com.
plex. What cannon will be suitable?
Constructors are not tacticians, but
they will satisfy the latter if they are
told exactly what is wanted. There
are two schools-the old, which is
partisan to the defensive, and the new,
imbued with the principles of Napol-
con, which exalt the offensive. This
latter theory seems to be more suited
to the French character. If the de-
fensive be adopted they would need
heavy and powerful fixed cannon; if
on the contrary they should take the
offensive, light pieces would be neces-
sary, and it appears that calibers OF
six or eight centimeters are preferable.
Herr Krupp tried before the EN-
peror two rapid firing pieces of six
centimeters. Constructed of nickel
steel, these cannon were all closed
with wedges, but they were of a new
model. There is an automatic ex-
tractor for the metallic socket and a
safety apparatus. believe that the
Germans were satisfied with the trial
of these two guns. The carriage, con-
structed to avoid the recoil, is double ;
a small carriage supports the piece,
and it in turn is supported by large
carriage mounted on wheels. They
are held together by pole bolt, which
permits the cannon to have a certain
displacement. The large carriage if
armed with sort of spade which holds
it to the soil and its two wheels have
automatic restraints with friction and
q lever which stop the movement Of
wheels.
This is the exact situation. The
French are looking on TRANQUILITY, for
they feel that their Forges and Chan:
tiers, their Creusot, their Saint-Cha-
mond, their Barriquand and their
other establishments will work with
out ceasing and will find something as
good as Germany can evolve.
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Robert Glendenning held out his hand
as he spoke, and seeing that genuine
tears were floating in his eyes Ethel laid
hers in it without hesitation.
STOPPING over the little white hand he
pressed his lips upon it, then hurriedly
left the room and she saw his face no
more.
That night the whole family left the
Hall. and the grand old mansion was
closed waiting for the arrival, or orders,
of Sir Fitzroy Glendenning.
The residence of this gentleman was
unknown, but it was believed that he
went to America, therefore every effort
was to be made by the proper ones to
discover his retreat, in order to make
known to him the honors that awaited
his acceptance.
Yet, while this resolve andduty was to
be Immediately put in force, many hearts
rebelled against his return, and the
present aspect Of affairs certainly did not
denote esteem or affection.
All united in feeling that, although &C
Quilted by law of any knowledge OF his
unhappy brothers fate, circumstances
still looked very dark where he was con-
cerned.
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French have permitted themselves to
be outdone, and that it is necessary to
very quickly adopt a new material, 80
as not to remain inferior to the Ger
mans.
As a matter of fact, in field artillery
France is not inferior to any other
country. The French ordnance in
vented by Colonel de Bange dates
from 1876, and is more recent than
the Krupp weapon which is still in use.
It is superior, also, in the closing OF
the breach; for the German pieces are
provided with wedge system of clos
ing which does not furnish hermeti-
cal fastening, and presents a consid-
erable surface at the side of the piece,
as much for blows as for dirt which
can thus accumulate in the mechanism.
Finally, the wedge, after an explosion,
permits gGs to escape, which INJURIES
the cannon. 1t WAS shown that any
number OF pieces were thus put out OF
service in 1S70-7l.
In France fastening invented by
General Freville de Beaulieu is used.
This, closing, is gas-tight and has not
the Inconvenience of the German sys-
tenn. There is room, however, to per-
feet it still more by adding q safety
apparatus. 1t may happen that in
moments of precipitation the breech
is not completely closed when the gun
is fred The result is accidents such
as those which have been too frequent
recently. With safety apparatus
which would prevent the shot from
being fred unless the breech was Sc
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thoroughly disciplined, and possess
ING the means of destruction the muir.
dering power of which increases from
day to day.
Now, whether war brings glory OF
booty, it is bad sort of industry.
To be great and strong, so as to be
ones own master and able to defend
ones self, is not enough nowadays.
1t is necessary to be in condition tc
attack with a certainty of winning, sc
as to carry off money and provinces.
During the ten years that followed
the peace of Frankfort, and while the
French Army was being reconstructed,
France was periodically threatened
with invasion, and this was because
she was feeble, unarmed and suffering
still from her bleeding wounds, But
from the day when it was certain the
Republic could fight with equal arms
Germany let her severely alone, ant
went to work to increase her OWL
peace force, so that her war budget
which sixteen years ago was only $52,
900, 600, is to-day $l20, 900, 600, and
as she induced Austria and Italy to be
her allies, they, too, had to increase
their budgets. Now the cost to the
Triple Alliance of keeping up it,
forces is 1882, 900, 900 annually. That
of France is $120,000,000 for the
Army and SIS, 900, 900 for the Navy
b-t the rebuilding of and keeping up
the Army and Navy of France has cost
$4,000, 600, 900 in the past twenty-five
years, and when we add to this enor.
nous sum the cost to other countries,
what tribute do we find paid to the
minotaurus of modern wars!
A good deal has been published
lately about the field artillery or these
European armies. 1t has been said
for instance, that Germany has &C
tually in store 5000 cannon with Gals
SONS and necessary ammunition, sc
that in case Of sudden war they could
bring out these 5000 pieces immedi
ately. The conclusion is that the
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RELIGIOUS READING.
THE REsT-DAY.


This is the first gift of God to the human
race. Shall We esteem it slight thing and
take no pains to preserve our inheritance? II
we inherit house and land or money, or
any tangible possession. we are not likely to
let our neighbors encroach upon 1t, or to give
it over to them for an inadequate sum. Yet
this is what we do wnen we permit our Sum
day rest here to be given over whLly to ac-
tivity.
1t makes little difference, so far as the act-
ual loss to ourselves is concerned, whether
we lose our Sunday rest by doing paid labor
or whether we allow it to be encroached upon
by social demands of whatever nature; the
loss OF all that might have been ours through
rest is the same. Yet there Is OF course
difference in the character Of the loss and IN
its effect upon ourselves. There are many
lnstances-to the shame of our Christian civ
ilization be it spoken-where there seems
hardly any choice. The laboring man must
labor on Sunday or lose his job. Thirty
years ago the president Of an impor-
tant railway, in answer to peti-
ton from the pastors and people Of q
certain terminal town that trains should not
be sent out on Sunday. made the reply, "God
made rivers to run on Sunday, and why not
railroads?" The audacious and senseless re-
mark caused disgust amLng many who were
not thrilled with horror at its impiety. But
oo years AEfe pdSSeQ ana Ill rdllrOaCS run
on Sunday, and Sunday work has become
matter so much Of course that very great
number Of people seem to be forced to per-
form it, however much against their will.
If these Sunday workers were to take ae-
count OF all they lose by their Sunday work
they might be willing to run considerable risk
of being out Of work rather than continue in
it. If they are ill-plid for their weekday
services, and most Of ghem think they are, how
much less adequate is the pay for Sunday
work, which not only takes their labor,
but robs them of their privileges. 1t is
no small thing for man to give up bis
weekly opportunity Of becoming acquainted
with his children and influencing them
as a father should do; no small thing
to lose the time from the rest which
bis body needs. and the refreshment
through reading anG pleasant conversation
that his mind requires. But greatest of all is
the loss of time for worship, for study Of the
Bible, for all that lifts man above the tread
mill of life and brings him into touch with
the highest things.
When we lose our Sunday rest voluntarily
and wantonly through mere idleness, lying
late in bed, spending the time in sauntering
and social visiting, how great is the lossl
And how senseless are we If we thus wan
tonly and for no return squander our precious
heritage. -[American Messenger. .
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A New Tide Indicator.

The United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey established some
months ago q tidal indicator on the
edge of the wharf at Fort Hamilton,
which, when once understood, is likely
to be of much value to the vessels OF
all kinds passing in or out of the har'
Dor.
AS far as is known it is the first OF
it's kind ever constructed, and for that
reason it was thought we'll to allow it
to run for some months before making
public announcement of its existence,
in order that it's continued operation
might be assured. A small model OF
it exhibited at the Worlds Fair by the
Coast Survey attracted much attention
from those interested i'll tidal matters.
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caissons and their ammunition could
not be constructed without the whole
world knowing it. For such work
thousands of men would be employed
for several years, and the fact would
be known at Essen and in the neigh
borhood and consequently in Ger
many. From there the news would
spread throughout Europe. 1t would
require hundreds of millions to pay
for such new outfit, and such sum
could not be spent without having it,
and to have it vote of Parliament is
necessary. Up to the present moment
the German Reichstag has voted moth
ing. If this material existed it would
be distributed to the different army
corps, In the event of war there
would be no time to teach the men to
handle these guns, and not only would
they be useless, but even dangerous
for those who were obliged to use
without understanding them.
Like France, Germany is really seek
ing a new cannon. For long while what
is called the "quick-fring" cannon
has been known. By rapid firing is
meant theoretical firing of twelve to
fifteen shots q minute; but in practice
this quickness is never obtained. By
means of changes in the metallic socket
containing the cartridge, the projec-
tile and the printing, the proiectile is
placed in the breech by one movement,
the powder box is closed and by means
of blow the shot is fred. Then the
breech is re-opened, the socket is
thrown back automatically, a new
cartridge is put in, and so on.
In the Navy these quick firing can
non can be used practically, because
they can be mounted on fixed car
riagee, with springs and brakes which
permit the guns to recoil at the firing
and then automatically take them back
to place again. For field service this
system has not yet been practically ap'
piled, because the gun carriage can
not be fixed. The artillerists have