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A PATHETIC APPEAL.

A pathetic appeal has been made to Mass
nchuseils by Prince Monolu Massaquai, tho
future King OF Vel, Liberia. TO not send any
more rum 10 bs country. He made the long
Journey for this purpose. aud be II said 10
the disgrace ot tho United States, he returns
feeling his object has failed, for the rum
traders power at Boston proved stronger
than tho philanthropists. Pacific Ensign.
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TEMPERANCE.
THE nurx or coon wonxmxv.

business man writes 10 the Temperance
Cause "During the last fortv.two wears Of
my experience in shops and manu- act orles, I
WIN say that tho improper use OF intoxi-
eating liquors has been the ruin OF more fine
mechanics and good workmen, and has given
me more trouble in the management OF busl-
meas, than any other cause"
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DECEMBER wheat sold down to fifty-two and
one-quarter cents In New York, the lowest
price In the history OF the market.
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WHAT IN AHEAD or ruR MODERATE pnrvKEa.

WHAT IN AHEAD or THR MODERATE DRfNREa.
The moderate drinker would do we'll TO
road the article on "lnsbrioty" by DIR. T.,
Arnold In the North American Review. Ho
does not hesitate TO call the mo lsrtto drink
or drunkard. He says that tho imms Iinte
effect OF moderate amount OF alcohol IL a
feeling OF increased vigor. Iieas are in
creasod In quickness, but loss in concentrt-
ton. The system soon demands the stimn-
lants more frequently. Abstinence n fol-
lowed by suffering. Ths hand loss4 its
steadlness, the brain its clcirnrsi. Insom.
MIA adds TO the drain on tbs nervous forces.
AMI the patient instinrtiyaly resorts, for 70.
ltef, TO tho poison which Is the direct cause
oil his condition. In tims these symptom.
become intensified and evidences OF chronic
degeneration manifest themselves Scarcely
an organ In the boly Is exempt Ii strikes
nt the root OF the vital functions, retarIing
the work OF the stomach and the liver, The
patient Is liable To cutarrh, AMI can lidnt,
for Bright'- disease. and tlnally npoplrxy.
Here IL faithful history OF tho mo oiprtto
drlnker put In the COLI language OF mcii.
cal sciencc but 1t will be conllrned by every
observant, feeling soul
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THE "rRxArfxa" CUSTOM.

Headers ofthe able addresses deIIyered NJ
the League OF tho Cross meeting in this CITY
on Sunday will have notice that the ie,oue
speakers, in common with tho majority OF
discriminating temperance advocates else-
whore, have determined upon the ,preotIny
habit as the place In which TO nut the on
terinR wedge OF the temperance reform. All
the speakers Mt the league meeting seem 10
hold In common the view that, however tho
liquor habit may be combntei in Individual
cases. its most dangerous outgroyth IL tho
practice of treating" And this Is tho prac.
tice which offers the best field OF effort for
the re'ormers who wish TO overcome ntem-
perance.
NO observer Of the liquor evil In its vnrl-
Gus phases can doubt for moment the con.
eral correctness OF this decision. The treat
ing custom Il responsible for two OF tho
worst OF the attendant evils OF drink. II
obhges thoss who follow Il TO drink moro
than they want or would take, but for tho
sake OF appearing TO be soclable. And IL chi.
tivates the taste for liquor among youn-
men who would have nothing TO do with n
were they not asked and urged 10 do so.
man who enters saloon alone IL generally
content with rs much alcoholic stimuIant as
VIII appease his thirst and give him n mod
erato cxhilaration. Let him be accompanied
ny one or two others and tha scnselsss Gus
tom OF ottreatinR demands tho purchase and
consumption by each drlnker OF ns many
drinks Us there are members OF the party
multiplied, OF course, by the number on tlmps
that any individual member may take II into
his head to ''treat."
The drink habit IL bad enough In itself,
but this foolish semblance OF good follow.
snip ms vastly Increased It's disasterl II
tho temperance advocates OF this country
can do away with the treating they will have
sensibly diminished the baneful results OF
liquor, even though they do rot strike at the
root OF the matter or establish principle. -
Chicago Record.
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NOW SHE WEARS SOCKS.

'he Latest Fad In fr,nce-Long stockings
Given AWAY.
The latest danger which woman's
relentless foe threatens her is the
SOCK. In Paris, according TO a high
fashioned authority who has recentlv
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heart going ont to the little grave
under the folded drifts. Shutting her.
self up from outside interest and occu-
patton, daily she tore open her grief
afresh, day by day she sat and looked
not beyond the grave, but into it,
shrinking from every child face as II it
were n blow, and to all remonstrances
OF husband and friends made answer:
you can't enter into my sorrow; you
don't know what / feel"
But at last the winter was past. The
crocus were budding on the lawn, and
the Easter lilies in the sunny bay-win-
dow were enclosing their white flow
ers. Spring had come and Easter was
ut hand. And looking ut the lilies
Helen DENLY could but remember how
only a year before Ray had watched
their unfolding; and with what eager
ness Easter morning he had carried the
great sheaf of snowy, fragrant bells
for his class table in the Sunday school.
Ray had always loved Easter. From
the first time, when hardly more than
baby she had taken him to its serv-
ice, the music, the flowers, the whole
atmosphere Of the day had appealed to
his sensitive responsive nature. That
last Easter he had said to her:
Mamma, how beautiful it ISL And
in the quiet afternoon, as holding him
in her arms she had read to him the
wonderful story of the first Easter. he
had looked up in her face with bright,
brown eyes, eyes that she now felt
were already touched with light not
of this world, and exclaimed: What
it must have been to have seen the
risen Christ; and to think that some
day we too shall see Him!"
And now the lilies wero in bloom
again; the morrow would usher in the
gladness of another Easter; and Ray
was in his grave, and the spring grasses
were slowing springing over the low
mound above which heart and faith
found it SO hard to rise. Her tears
were falling fast, but they did not dim
the vision Of the face that q year be-
fore had smiled ut her over the flowers
TINT later were to cheer the sick room
of little classmate. For Ray with all
the luxury and fondness that had been
lavished on him was q sympathetic,
generous little fellow, always ready to
share his own good times and abun-
dance with those less fortunate. And
especially dear to tho frail, delicate
child, touched it may be with some
faint intuition that this earth life was
not to be his for long had been the cir
Gle OF his own who had made up his
class in the Sunday school,
Mrs DENLY recalled it now. and also
with pang that in oil these months
she had hardly given thought to
these boys that her own had loved SO
we'll, and who had returned his atfec-
ton and gricved for his loss nay,
more. that she had Stunned the sight
Of every one of them, for were not they
spared while Ray was taken? How
had it Jared with them, she wondered.
And with the question came the re-
membrnnce that Miss Davis, the teach
or, while calling on her but few
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INSECT PAPER.HANGERs.
4 Bee That Makes Bright Hangings for
Its Fine Chamber.

4 Bee That Makes Bright Hangings for
Its Fine Chamber.
A small bee, with = long Latin
name, "Anthropho-a arRentata," is o
very fastidious little animal with re-
gard to her dwelling place. This
insect bores vertical hole into the
ground and lines its sides with
pieces Of flower petals, especially
those of the poppy, which make a very
bright hanging for such tiny cham
Der. Before harvesting time sets in In
the summer this little insects CON-
Portable nest can be found in any of
the paths that lead through the fields.
A grass blade pushed down into the
hole brings to light narrow red pass
age way several inches long, and moist
with drops Of honey Of q somewhat
sour taste.
An observant person wandering
through the corn and wheat fields will
come across many peoples from which
tiny pieces seem to have been cut as
accurately as If done with pair OF
scissors. These pieces are all oval,
half an inch long and little less than
half an inch wide. These little pieces
the bee carries to its little house ,crawls
in first and drags them in after, then
smoothing them out and FASTING them
to the sides. It takes through enough
such pieces to reach around the wall,
and they are put on double. Three or
four are piled up at the bottom to
make snug little bed. The bee Sc
lects the petals Of the poppy because
they are thinner and finer than those
Of other wild flowers, and can be more
easily handled by this small paper
hanger. The honey furnishes the
necessary food for the young bees.
Sometimes ants discover the tiny stor-
age-house and carry off its sweets.
The next day, however, the entrance
to the hole is tightly closed, and no
one could find 1t again, unless he had
marked the spot. In closing up Its
abode, the bee pushes down the top
leaves, thus stripping the upper walls
Of their tapestry hanging. If the hole
has been closed up on June 90 the
maggot changes into q chrysalis on
July /. 1t is not yet known when the
bee develops, nor how it works itself
out of this place, but it Is supposed
that 1t does SO by gnawing through
the top leaves and pushing the earth
upward until 1t reaches the surface
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
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HELPS FOR DRAWING.
How to Make . Compass. Flat Ruler and
Square Mt Home.

How to Make . Compass. Flat Ruler and
Square at Home.
II you have to make q geometrical
drawing, and you have neither COM
pass, fat ruler, nor square, you will be
somewhat embarrassed, will you not?
Well, here is method Of supplying,
by common objects always at hand,
the three instruments that are want
ing.
The square ruler Of the schoolboy IL
never straight enough to replace the
fat ruler of the draughtsman. A sheet
Of strong paper will furnish much
better ruler. According to the geomet-
rical theorem, straight line Is q line
whose direction 10 not changed be-
tween any two Of its points. Now we
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PATTI AS A CHILD.
How She Mcant to Get . Beautiful Wax
Doll from London.

How She Meant to Get Beautiful Wax
Doll from London.
One day / was sitting ON our front
stoop with my big wax doll in my arms.
was only allowed to have her to play
with when l had been very good In
deed, and she was the biggest, most
beautiful doll In the neighborhood, or
that I had ever seen, even in shop win
dows. AS l sat there Adelina came
towards me with her doll In her arms.
She stopped and said: "Show me your
dolly?" held her up and expatiated
upon her beauties. I confess now that
felt q keen and wicked satisfaction
that her doll had only plaster head,
and knew, from sod experience, that
1t was the kind that got grimy and
had to be washed off with sweet oil
occasionally, and very often had o
cracked head, and that she was alto
gether OF IN inferior class from my
dolly. "She's pretty, isn't she?" said
Adelina. "She's beautiful" l said,
hugging my treasure, for she was my
very own child to me- Glow much did
she cost?" said Adelinn ~ don't know"
l said; "a lady sent her to me from Lon
don. Sec, her eyes open and shut" and
gave vigorous yanls to the long wire
which was concealed under her petit
coats. "Show me how her eyes go?"
Adelinn said, And after opening and
shutting those very inexpensive black
eyes several times, she handed her back
to me and said: u shall have one like
her tonight" My own eyes opened
wide at this, and said; "How will you
get herr" ooh. II Max don't give her
to me quick, I'll scream."-Ladies'
Home Journal.
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Gently she closed the volume and
laid it down. And this was tho GLORY
everlasting" into which Ray had en-
tered; tenderness beyond q mothers,
freedom forever from death and sorrow
and suffering. and radiant and eternal
the presence Of Christ Himself 1t was
the flash OF sudden revelation, and
with IL came the thought, the questions:
II this were SO, ought she, dared she
indulge in grief SO passionate and un-
reconciled? A heart question whose
answer required strength above her
own and o struggle that left her spent
and weary when ut last as she rose
from her knees the chime OF the clock
told that new day, another Easter
day, had been ushcred in.
The next morning when Mrs. DENNY
entered the brealkfast-room her hus-
band looked up with q start of sur
prise. In place of the unrelieved black
of heavy mourning she wore dress Of
creamy white. with a cluster of the
white stately Easter lilies in her hand.
You know" she said, meeting his ques-
tioning look with a smile-a smile that
held the peace won only through tears
nnd heartbreak-''this is Rays first
Easter in Heaven, SO am wearing his
favorite dress to show my gladness in
the joy that he must feel to-day. And"
with lips that despite her efforts would
tremble, these flowers are for his Sum
day-school, and l have just sent his
velocipede' some of his books and
clothes to Sammy Sloan. I knew you
would approve, and l felt that Ray
would wish It,"
Dear Hclen," said Mr.. DENLY, II
know what this has cost you, but It
will bring blessing"
Eyes, Henry" she hid her fearful
face against his shoulder, sit has al
ready. l sec now that my sorrow has
made me blindly selfish to the world
Rays grave filed all my vision; that he
was dead was all that could realize,
and 80 lost sight of tho Easter truth
that hope never to forget again, that
the grave is but sign of the resurrec-
ton, and that it is through death that
in Christ shall all be made alive'"-
Ella Thomas, in Christian at Work.
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The passengers in the Great Western
express few days ago had marvellous
escape. Timber telling was in progress
near Brimscombe, and the trunk of q
tree fifty feet long slid down from the
embankment. and as the express came
up projected over the line. The train,
which was going sixty miles an hour,
cut through portion of the trunk Ave
feet, six inches in circumference and
shattered the remainder. The shock
was felt by the passengers, and on
stopping at Stroud the engine guards
and steam pipe were found to be dam
aged. The officials were of opinion
that had the brake been applied or the
train been going ut less speed, it would
have been wrecked.-London Daily
TELEGRAPH,
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little bearers, Rays Sunday school
class, from her heart throbbing In
fierce rebellion rose the cry that her
lips almost uttered: 1.-THE children OF
other mothers are spared; why should
mine be taken?"
For Helen DENLY was passing under
the shadow OF her first grief A bright
girlhood, happy marriage had been
hers. From her childhood friends and
wealth had softencd LIES friction,
lessened its care, made possible the
qualification of its tastes and desires.
To these o great, browning JOY had
come In her child. From the first hour
when she held him in her arms her
whole existence had merged In his;
her every hope and plan and ambition
had been of his future. That he could
be taken from her she had not believed
till the last breath had futtered out
from the little body. But God had been
cruel, the stroke had fallen. Ray had
gone, gone beyond her sight, her touch,
her cafe.
Always unconsciously selfish, in a
grief as new to her rs 1t was to the
first mother OF earth, Mrs. DENLY felt
it impossible that ever anyone had
suffered as she did. And though q
church member from early girlhood,
and believing herself truly Christian
woman, the thought of submitting to
Gods will, much less Of accepting 1t,
was far from her mind. So the autumn
and winter passed, and still she kept
Rays hat on the rack where he had
hung 1t, his velocipede in the hall
where he had last left 1t, and his pic
tured face looking down on her from
ont funeral wreath. With the rains
OF autumn she wept thinking OF her
darling. SO loved and sheltered, lying
chill and alone under the beating skies.
Thvougt the storms Of winter she sat
81 >sr hSasido and shuddered, her
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know that II we fold sheet Of paper
on perfectly plane table, the line OF
the folded part will not be changed be-
tween either OF Its parts, but will be q
perfectly straight line.
The square is also an instrument In.
dispensable to the draughtsman.
We can also make this of sheet Of
strong paper, by folding 1t first in
two, and then In four, taking care to
make the two parts Of the first fold
coincide exactly with the others. The
second fold will be perpendicular to
the first, because 1t forms with the first
fold two adjacent equal angles, con-
sequently two right angles, and the
angle which has its summit at the
meeting point Of the two folds will
form the right angle of our square.
Now will show you how TO impro-
wise pair Of compasses. Take .
penknife with two blades, the larger
the better. The point Of one of the
blades will be the sticking-point Of tbs
compasses We stick it at the center
of the circle Tor of the arc OF the cir
cle) which we are about to trace. Now
fasten firmly the end Of the other blade
in piece Of pencil, whose length will
vary according to the size Of the knife.
This will be the tracing point Now
we may cause the opening Of the blades
to vary according to the radius Of the
circumference which we wish to trace;
and we should hold the instrument
lightly by the end Of the handle near
est the tracing point, as shown In our
illustra ton. La Nature,
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She met him ut the door with q smile
and hug that brought pleasant re-
minder OF his counting days When he
was out Of his wraps she jollied him
thus: Henry, why is it that you never
entered politics? You are thoroughly
magnetic, have beautiful command
Of language, charming address and q
wonderful ability to adapt yourself to
circumstances. You had just as we'll
be in the enjoyment of both fame and
fortune. No longer hide your light
under bushel, dear, but shine as ma
ture and cultivation meant you TO-"
"Now for the BILL" he said, and knew
just what he was talking about, for she
flushed guiltily as he conned the items
of forty-dollar Easter hat.-Detroit
Free Press,
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WHY OLD wooLLy DIED.
Killed by Having to Listsn to Daily Dim
Museum Lectures.

Killed by Having to Listen to Daily Dime
Museum Lectures.
He was just an ordinary, everyday
colt, and an ordinary, everyday young
horse. His master had neither time
nor inclination to give much attention
to the horses toilet. Nevertheless, q
strange thing happened. His hair, day
after day and month after month, grew
more and more curly until finally "Old
Woolly" became one Of the features Of
the town.
"I'll give you two hundred dollars
for your horse" said . stranger one
day.
"You can have him." was the reply,
as that was about twice his real value.
The stranger was from dime mu-
scum, and Old Woolly's hard work was
over. The rest suited him we'll enough,
but amid the din of street noises and
the footing Of band, Old Woolly
listened daily to talk like this:
Here, gentlemen, is most marvel
GUS freak Of nature. Our agents dis
covered him In the mines of Siberia.
Working underground, Old Blofsky,
famous among the miners Of that &c
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gion, was deprived of the light Of day
for years. By some curious process,
which has puzzled the most distin-
guished veterinary surgeons Of both
continents, his hair began to curl The
hair became woolly in its texture en-
tirely by natural processes. Gentle.
men, he Is the only one Of his kind"
Poor Old Woolly had to endure this
day after day. He lost his spirits and
began to grow ILL., The hot, sitting air
Of the museum aggravated his illness,
until one day, as the Snowman was de-
livering his speech to the gaping crowd,
Old Woolly quietly lay down and
breathed his last.-Youth's Companion.
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weeks before, had remarked that she
was on her way to see Sammy Sloan,
whose back had been SO injured by an
accidental fall that 1t might be
months before he would be able
to walk without crutches, or come
the distance from his home to
Sunday school, And to Mrs Denby's
careless comment that she should
think he could use velocipede she had
answered that no doubt he could, but
that was something his widowed
mother, on whose slender resources the
necessary expense Of his illness had
been heavy drain, was unable to af-
ford. And the thought came to her,
had Miss Davis noticed the unused We
locipcde In her hall? But no, no, she
could not give that, she could never see
another using what Rays touch had
made sacred. II she had thought of 1t
before, she might have bought him one
and sent it us an Easter gift for Ray.
But now it was Easter eve, and so late
that all the household save herself
were asleep. And in the lonely still
ness of the room, whose center OF
beauty and fragrance was the clustered
lilies, the grief of Helen Denby's hear
rose into whelming flood. How could
she bear it-how could she? Pacing
restlessly up and down, her eye rested
on the Bible out of which she SO often
read to Ray, With u yearning for
something Of comfort, OF strength, she
opened its familiar pages.
"And God shall wipe away all tears
from their eyes; and there shall be no
more death, neither sorrow nor crying,
neither shall there be any more pain,
for the former things have passed
away
"And the city had no need Of tho
sun, neither of the moon, 70 shine in
it; for the glory of God did tighten 1t,
and the Lamb is the light thereof.
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No Dissenting Voice,

"4'm a sort of April fool" said the
man with the wart on his nose.
"Born the first day of April?" casu
ally inquired the man with the gray
spot in his mustache.
mo Married"
IL don't know whether that made
you an April fool or not" said the man
In the macintosh, lighting q cigar.
"but whoever picked you up for val
liable package that day got badly April
fooled"
And there was o most unanimous
and approving silence all around the
board.-Chfcago Tribune.
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
I'll DO WHAT / CAN.

Imay not set tho world on fire,
Nor start grand "combirc;'
Nor be triple millionaire
Or own diamond mine
1never may DO president
Or any famous man:
But there ID work for all to do
And I'll do what can.
II Washington had said: "Dcar mot
There's nothing can do;
Tho country's bound to 60 to smash.
And precious quickly tool"
Most likely we should still have been
Oppressed by Britain's clan;
But Washington did what he could,
And Ill do what con
Ben Franklin did not loaf around,
From morn TIL set Of sun.
And grumblo that some other man
Had wealth when he had none.
While yet the stars wero In the sky
Ills daily task began:
10 did whatever he could do,
And I'll do what con.
We may not all be Cicercs,
And charm admiring throngs,
Nor write immortal treattses,
Or sing immortal songs;
But each Gun I'LL some little groove,
In natures wondrous plan,
And help the world to turn around,
So III do what I can.
Helen w. Clark, in Golden Days.