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THE STORY OF AN OLD BIBLE.

During the war I served on the United
States ship Cherokee and other ships. When
of the coast of Wilmington, just before the
battle, missionary came on board the ship
and gave a number of Bibles to the sailors.
Many did not care for them, but I took one
and kept it for a kind of pocket book, O
place to keep my money in. After the cap
ture OF q prize I had flood many greenbacks
between the leaves of that old Bible. 1t was
q cheap one, with leather cover, which served
avery good purpose, for not many thieves
would look into Bible for Creenbacks; but
somehow that old book remained with me
until the close of the war and has ever since.
Although 1t has been wet with salt water
many times and the covers sewed on with
black thread, 1t is still il my possession
But the most remarkable feature OF that
Bible Is that at the close of the war some OF
Gods full-blooded Christians got after me,
and was soundly converted. Then it was
that found something more precious than
greenbacks in that old Bible. The next day
after my conversion l hunted it up and read
thirty eight chapters without. stopping, amid
tears OF Joy SURPRISING oil. yea, ten thousand
times more than the greenbacks had brought
me. Although we were obliged to eat much
hard-tark down South, with the money
could buy'ssoft tack" as the sailors called 1t !
but when the Lord opened my eyes and soul,
could feed upon the bread Of heaven.
Now do not know who that missionary
was or what church he represented. II did
I would write him. telling him that the cast
ing bread upon the waters proved the bless
ing OF nv soul, indeed Rev. A. A. Wilcox
in Worldwide Missions
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INFLUENCE o. BOOKS,

A Puritan divine named Sibbs wrote b
booklet called "The Bruised Reed" A copy
of this was given by humble layman to O
little boy ut whose fathers house he had been
entertained over night The boy was Rich
ard Baxter, and the book was the means Of
his conversion. Baxter wrote his Gall to the
Unconverted," and among the m1ltitudes led
to it BY Christ was Philip Doddridge. Dod-
bridge wrote TIE "Rise and Progress of Re-
ligioD in the Soul, and "the time would fail
US to tell" its blessed influence. By it Will
berforce was converted. and about his life
and labors volumes could be written. Will
berforce wrote his practical View OF Chris
tianity," and this led not only DR..
Chalmers into the truth, but Leigh
Richmond to Christ. Richmond wrote 1.-The
Dairyman's Daughter" which has been pub
lishcd in hundred languages and over five
million copies have been sold. Carey's com
passion for benighted men was first awakened
by reading Cooks voyage Around the
World" Buchanan's Star Of the East led
Judson to be missionary. and untold has
been the influence of the apostle OF Burma in
heathen lands and mt home. Some one has
said, 1.-The debt Of literature to Christ Is that
OF vegetation to light and so We may say
that all helpful and religious books derive
their potency from the Book of Books. the
Holy Bible. which is able 10 make us wise
unto Salvation-l;er. John Gordon.
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CLEAN THE HAIR BRUSHES.

The comb and brush should be as
strictly kept for individual use as the
tooth brush. For this, exclusiveness
there is excellent reason, as both
brush and comb, particularly tina
first, are deadly disease carriers. A.
hairbrush can communicate diph-
liberia, chicken pox, scarlet fever,
smallpox or any contagious disease,
also scsld head, letter, and under GER
tain conditions blood poisoning. Tha
hairbrush is prolific germ transmit
ter, as the exterior of the human head
is fertile field for bacterial life. Ona
brushing on the head of a diseased
person, or one who has been in q con-
tagious atmosphere, will transmit as
many as 1000 germs to the brush from
the hair, which by general use will be-
conveyed to many others, until the
disease is sown broadcast. Brushes
should be often washed first in water
to which a little ammonia has been
added, then cleansed and disinfected
with mild solution OF carbolic acid.
American Agrlculturist.
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DRINKING HUSBANDS AND FATHERS.

I have studied the laws of heredity prac-
tically, and with hundl eds Of living illustra-
tions, for twenty-five years, and l have
reached a firm conviction that no man Is
worthy to become husband or father who
is not always sober and clean. By sober
mean man who is not familiar with the red
cup; by clean, one whose body is pure and
healthful
We are at present developing race Of
drunkards. Statistics show that, leaving
out the children, there is one drunkard to
every forty-two persons. This means that
nearly one-half the adult people In the
United States drink something else than
water.
Ihave sufficient evidence to encourage me
in my belief that any man who tipples can
not be good father; not that the greatest
wrong Is to himself, but because of the
wrong done his children. l find that nine
out Of every ten men who drink had drink
ing fathers or drinking family before them.
The father says: 'Oh. 1 only drink little,
you know; 1t never affects mel But the
father. never knows what terrible effects OF
Just drinking "a little" may be revealed in
his offspring; what awful influence 1t may
have upon the. mind and habits of his
child.
You cannot enervate the mind and body
and have strength and intellect remain. II
you are father, as you SOW strength and
intellect in yourself, so shall you resp
strength and intellect in your children. St
drunkenness and licentiousness go hand in
hand, five are generating Il drunken race,
then we are producing at the same time ar
unclean race Let thinking men and women
consider these cruel, hard facts; and, above
all, let the wives bring all their loving in
fuence to bear upon their husbands to re-
strain their husbands from drinking
Anthony Comstock, in Our Gospel Letter.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
REPENTANCE.

God now commandeth all men everywhere
to repent. l lay this command across your
path you cannot proceed one step farther in
n sinful course without trelding it under
foot.-You are urged to the performance of
this duty by regard to your own interest.
You are urged to 1t by all the blessed angels,
who are waiting with desire to rejoice In
your own conversion. Above all you are
most wonderfully urged to it by the blessed
Redeemer whom you are under the strongest
possible obligations to love and obey. He
has done and suffered much for you. For
you he has toiled, bled and died.
For you he cheerfully endured the scofs
and cruelties of men the rage and malice oil
devils and the overwhelming weight OF his
Fathers wrath. In return for all this he asks
of you one small favor. He merely requests
you to repent and be happy. II you comply
with this request, he will see OF the travail of
his soul and be satisfied. D, then, be per-
suaded to give JOY to God, to his SON. and
to the blessed angels to make this day fes-
tival in heaven, by repenting. Ever now, your
heavenly Fatheris waiting for your return, and
the eredeemer stands ready with expanded arms
to receive you. Even now the white robes
and the ring are provided, and the fatted calf
Is made ready to feast returning prodigals.
Even now, angels and archangels IRE ready
to pour forth their most joyful songs to cele-
brate your return. Will you then, by per
sistng in impenitence, seal up their lips?
Will you say, Thore shall be no joy in heaven
this day. on your account2 God shall not
be glorifled, Christ shall not be gratifed. an
gels shall not rejoice, if we can prevent iti
II there be any of us, whose feelings and
conduct is such, this is the language,
1 solemnly but reluctantly declare unto
you. in the name OF Jehovah that God
and his Son shall be glorif1ed. and there
shall be Joy over YOU in heaven. notwith-
standing all your endeavors to prevent it.
Never shall any Of his creatures rob God Of
his glory; and, II you will not consent that
his grace shall be glorified in your salvation.
he will be compelled to glolify his justice. in
your everlasting destruction. II you will
not allow the inhabitants of heaven to rejoice
in your repentance their love of justice. truth
and holiness will constrain them to rejoice
in your condemnation.
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THE SUNSHINE OF RELIGION.

Our Lord when on earth was not friend
only for dark days. Ht could stand by the
grave OF Lazarus and weep with the sorrow-
ing sisters but could as we'll be present at
the wedding at Cana OF Galilee, an honored
and welcome guest. In our deep realization
of the solemn mission of our Lord to this
sinful world, we are too apt to forget that He
came as an image and expression and en-
bodiment OF the God OF Love. The morose
reformer Is hot likely to be hidden to feasts
where his presence is only gloomy shadow,
and his countenance Us threatening cloud.
We may be sure that even in His holy purity
this was not the impression made by Him
whose ''compassions are new every morn
ing" There was sunshine about Him, or
the mothers would not have thronged around
Him with their little ones, the despised suf-
ferers would not have looked trustfully to
Him for help, the outcast sinner would not
have turned to Him for pardon. We seem to
fancy that God made our eyes for tears,
and that from some other power
came their glad twinkle OF mer-
riment, or. their expression of innocent
Joy, in the midst of social converse. Who
wreathed the mouth with smiles that answer
to smiles2 Who made the dimples to come
and 90 i'll the baby's face? Who'lit the glad,
loving light in its eyes, as it begin. to be
aware of tho tender care OF lis mother? Why
will we not remember that Joy is as much
the gift of God as sorrow, and to BIZ as freely
accepted in His presence? We will hold fast
to the heathen idea of the Most High. and
think we must "cut ourselves before Him, y
and rob ourselves OF light and hope. to be
His acceptable worshippers. In the begin
ming Of His earthly ministry our Lord gave
an open protest against this conception OF
the Friend of Sinners, while at the same time
khns lad hNn
ing of the institution that sets men in fam
lilies. Later, He was not slow to express
plainly His sense OF the permanence OF the
marriage tie. Our Saviour sanctifled the
mutual duties aud the sacred joys OF home
Katchman.
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ster diamond is of bluish-white cast
and practically perfect, it's only blem-
ish being tiny spot in the centre,
invisible to the naked eye.
Why the President of the Transvasl
Republic has sent it to the Pope is not
made clear. 1t is not made clear, says
the New York World, that he has
made present to His Holiness of a
stone valued at 81, 900, 900. Probably
his object was to get free ADVERTISE
ment for his little republic and the
big diamond found there.
The jewelers. Circular prints pic
ture OF the diamond, showing its act
ual size. This was received from a
correspondent in South Africa. The
Circular presumes that the diamond
referred to is the one known as the
Jagersfontein Excelsior.
It was picked up by native while
he was loading a truck. Although o
white overseer was standing near him
he managed to hide it and keep it on
his person for some time. It turned
out, however, that he did not wish to
steal it, for he delivered it personally
to the manager. As reward he re-
ceived $3.50 and horse and saddle.
The exact weight of the diamond is
9713 carats, or about seven and one
quarter ounces avoirdupois. It there
fore weighs uncut nearly half pound.
A diamond of fair size for q ring
weighs one carat.
IN its present condition it measures
three inches in length, one and half
inches in thickness, two and half
inches at it's greatest breadth and one
and q third inches at its least breadth.
1t is of beautiful blush color and is
shaped like the broken off end of an
icicle.
The flaw in it is believed to be more
serious than is sta ted in the cable de-
spatch. 1t is a black spot near the
middle. 1t could be cut in two, how
ever, so as to leave out the blemish.
1t would then make two of the largest
diamonds in existence. Atthe time of
it's discovery it was valued at 81, ,0O0,-
000.
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WHAT DRINKING DOES.

No other evil existing among us threatens
80 boldly the peace. prosperity, happiness and
moral and religious welfare Of our people as
the evil OF excessive drinking. No other
social evil dlsturbs the family relation and
renders the domestic life of men. women and
children so inhuman and hopeless as the evil
of excessive and habitual indulgence in
strong drink. Intemperance units husband
and wife for the duties of parentage the
most sacred and solemn in the entire cata-
logue OF human obligations. 1t destroys
the sense Of decency and honor. silences con-
science and deadens the best instincts of the
human heart. There is no bright side
to the picture OF strong drink in the home.
This hideous and brutalizing vice cannot be
condemned too severely. and those who have
experienced much suffering from its in
fiuence may be pardoned if they are unspar-
ing against every effort that tends to widen
the way for the spread OF ha5itual drinking
among us.-Archbishop Ireland.
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Repparcd Herself for Oh. .rity.

The Duchess Of Santonna, who died
recently in the deepest poverty at Ma
drid, spent a fortune in charity, her
gifts for half 4 century back being
of the most generous description. On
one occasion, hearing that a noble
Spanish lady was about to sell her
Jewels to pay debt, the Duchess sent
her q check for 100000. She died in
want, and none of those to whom she
had given abundantly thought enough
of her to see that her days were ended
In comfort-Montreal Gazette.
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A CHAPTER ON PASTRY.

IN making pastry mix it quickly,
avoid unnecessary handling, and bake
Immediately; unless it gets into the
oven at once it will be tough, and
heavy. Never use the hands to mix
pastry, if you want it short and faky.
Use, instead, broad-bladed knife.
It is better, when making pies, to-
use half and half, or one-third lard
and thirds butter, but puff paste
should be made of butter alone. Use
good. sweet butter. and if possible
use home rendered leaf lard. AL
ways sift the -four before using, add
the salt and thoroughly chop tho
shortening in the -four. Use enough
ice.cold water to hold all together,
handling as little as possible. Pinch
off enough dough for one crust; roll
lightly and roll from you. Use only
-four enough on the rolling-pin and
board to keep the dough from stick
ing. Never grease the pie tin, but
dust slightly with -four.
Pies should be baked in q moderate
ly hot oven to light brown. Have
the greater heat on the bottom, that
the under crust may be we'll baked. A
pie that is properly baked will slip
from the tin with careful handling,
and if placed on wire frame where
the air can pass under it, will cool
without becoming moist. If the pie
is inclined to stick to the pie-tin, give
the tin few careful "Aopa" when you
first take it from the oven.. ,..-,.
In making juicy pie, pin an inch
wide strip OF white cloth around the
edge of the pie. This will prevent the
juice from cooking over the tige.-
New England Homestead.
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RECIPES.

Crullers-Three eggs, six table,
spoonfuls white sugar. butter size of
small egg, one-half teaspoonful OF
saleratus dissolved in two tablespoon
fuls OF milk, -four to thicken.
Vanilla Wafers-One cup of sugar,
two-thirds cup butter, four table,
spoonfuls milk, one tablespoonful
vanills, one egg, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls cream of tartar, two-thirds
teaspoonful of soda, -four enough to
roll out well; roll very thin.
Dressing for Cabbage and Lettuce
Four tablespoonfuls vinegar, one
tablespoonful salt, one tablespoonful
mustard, one tablespoonful sugar. Put
into dish of boiling water and add
piece of butter size of an egg. Beat
one egg and stir into this, which
makes it thick; add cream to thin it g.
little and pinch of cayenne pepper.
Sponge Cake-One cup of sngar
mot heaping). one cup -four, the graf
ed rind and juice OF one lemon, three
fresh eggs beaten we'll; beat whites
and yolks separately fifteen or twenty
minutes. After stirring in the -four
put into oven as soon as possible. One
small loaf, bake in deep pan, and
break the cake instead of cutting.
Minnehaha Cake-One cup, sugar,
one-half cup butter, yolks of two eggs
and whole of one, two cups flour, one
half cup milk, one teaspoon cream
tartar, one-half teaspoon soda. This
makes three layers. Filling: Boil one
cup sugar with little cold water until
it will crack when dropped into cold
water, then remove from the stove
and stir into the white of one egg
beaten to stiff froth, then stir in one
cup of raisins chopped and stoned.
Jellied Oranges - Four large
oranges, juice OF two lemons. Cut the
oranges into halves aud be careful'not
to break the peel when you remove
the Juice. Soak one.third box of gel
atine in cold water for an hour, odd
the Juice of the lemons and oranges.
One cup sugar, one-half pint boiling
water, strain and pour in the peels,
which should be put in SO that they
may be upright. . A platter is good for
this purpose. Serve with whipped
cream on top when it is ready for the
table. e.--New neland Homestead.
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AN oLD-TIME LIQUOR BILL.

For the benefit OF those who sometimes as
sert that no progress is made in the temper
ance reform, we clip the following excerpt
from the Bostonian. In speaking of the ex-
penses Of funerals, the author says:
The bill for liquor consumed was some
times greater than the cost Of the burial it.
self. As a sample Of the proportion this
item bore to the general expenses, I quote
the funeral bill Of a man who was drowned
in 1878:
By pint of liquor for those who dived for
him, l shilling
BY quart for those who brought him home,
2shillings
By two quarts OF wine and one gallon Of cider
for the jury, S shillings.
BY eight gallons and three quarts of wine for
the funeral, FL. Is shillings.
By one barrel Of cider for friends. 16shillings.
By one coffin, 12 shillings.
BY one wynding sheet. 18 shillings.
By which it appears that the liquor bill at
the funeral was just about double the other
expenses.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The Supreme Court Of Indiana has deci'lcd
that no woman in that State can hold saloon
license legally.
The liquor traffic is to-day the heaviest clos
upon the progress, and the deepest disgrace
of the nineteenth c"atury.-New York r.
bune.
The Pueblo Indians are sail to bc the only
tribe that have resisted the traders efforts to
Introduce .'iira-water' and gambling in their
communities.
What real estate agent, ii hc wants to still
a house, will say: 1T is llnely located within
one hundred feet Of three cn-n"- saloons?
And if not. why not?
The total wages paid Ia working people III
the United States in 1880 was S2, 2S3, 2l6 .529
1t would take every dollar af it to pay the
direct and indirect cost OF the liquor trafi"
for the same year
Ohio has 10, 1S5 saloons, the revenue from
which is 81, ,2S5. .905.34 This money was dis
tributed as follows: To the State general
revenue, $3.50. .24S. 40: local police funds. S3l4-
753.75; municipal general revenue, S4O6, OLA:
poor fund. 1926. .SS9.34.
In Scotland there are lunaticS OF one kind
or another, III increase Of one hundred and
sixteen per cent. since 1885, while the popu-
lations shows an increase OF thirty-seven per
cent. The per cent. Of drink lunatics' Is
larger than that of any other kind.
1t Is authoratively stated that England has
$4,000 bsrmaids.
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SALT FOR sor1RD CARPETS.

For soiled carpets at the time OF
spring cleaning salt is wonderful re-
storer of faded color; the coarsest
kind is the best and should be spread
without stint. Let it lie on the car
pet for few hours, then brush it of
with hard broom the result is most
satisfactory. A pinch Of salt dropped
in the receiver of lamp where kero-
.sene is burned gives the light won-
derful brilliancy.
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TELEGRAPH POLE acorns. . m G.
BORED BY THE timest the oak trees
wooDPEcKER. are thirty miles
away from the birds place of storage,
so that the storing and collecting of
each acorn requires fight of sixty
miles.
In times of famine all this good
work shows to advantage, for not only
birds but many kinds of beasts feed
upon the acorns which the woodpeck-
ers have so carefully boarded. IT 1T
were not for the industry OF the wood
peckers, they would have to die OF
,tarvation. -Scientiic American.
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The Boring W0Odpecker.

The drawing shows part of cedar
telegraph pole from near Phoenix,
Oregon, which has been bored full OF
holes by woodpeckers for the purpose
of storing away acorns for their
winters supply. The birds generally
use large pine trees for this purpose,
but they have discovered that occasion
ally telegraph pole serves their pur-
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HOW THE DRUNKARD BEGAN.

A man was once sitting in a saloon. He
had an old battered hat on his head. short
black pipe in his mouth, a. dirty shirt and
ragged clothes and downtrodden shoes on.
But he had not always been like that; he had
seen better days once. AS. he looked out Of
the saloon door he saw two tidy, clean little
children come for their fathers beer. As soon
as they were outside the door the little girl
took drink from the jug, while her little
Brother waited patiently for his turn. The
poor drunkard looked at them very sadly.
and then he said, with sigh, "Ah. that's how
began, and can't leave it off now.'-Irish
World.
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.HE FILLED THE uUlLISE FULL.

Christ came. not 20 lestroy. but to develop
the old economy. He filled the old outline
full The rude sketch became the express
imugc nf Cod. The root. on; Of the dry
ground, luacume Il fruitful olive. The dead
enrd, uwarfed branches wrrr cut OF ans! cast
away. that nrw scion night be Cngraftcd
upun the ancient stock Now the Gehties
constitute. the great quantity Of the tree Of
life. It. spirit snd genius il Hrbraic--North-
western: ConSrt.atunal!St.
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PICTURES SENT BY WIRE.
Tests That Show This Process to Be Near
Ing Perfection.

Ing Perfection.
". W. Lowd. train dispatcher of the North:
ern Pacific Railroad, has given successful
exhibition Of his invention for transmitting
pictures by telegraph. The test was made at
Duluth in the presence of number OF rail-
road officials.
A rough drawing was made Of house.
Owing to an errori in arranging the mechan-
ism the first attempt was only partly success
full, but at repetition the house was accu-
rately reproduced at the other end of the
wire. The second picture sent over the
wire, distance Of only a few hundred feet,
was that Of boy, and the reproduction was
exact.
Later developments showed that the finest
details can be transmitted, even to the shad-
ing of the features Of the person, smile or
scowl. cut was sent over the wire. show
ing the collision of the Elbe and the Crathie.
Mr.. Lowd now has his dev.ce in tho Patent
Office, and until the PATENTS secured he does
not intend to explain the methods Of his i,
yention.