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THE TELEGRAPH AS A cIVlLlZ5R.
indian Oatrages Checked by the Efficiency
of the Government Lines.

indian Oatrares Checked by the Efficiency
of the Government Lines.
In his annual report General Greedy, the
Chief Signal Officer, says that commercial
business over the military telegraph lines
running through mountainous and desert
regions during the past year has largely in
creased, and the receipts now amount to
one-twelfth of the cost OF operating the en-
tire Signal Corps.
General tireelv says these lines have
proyed OF benefit to commerce. opening up
otherwise isolated but important regions
and deterring the Indians from outbreaks.
The Interruptions to communication. which
were in the past frequently caused bv the
shooting down the insulators OF the lines,
were very few last year. The speedy repairs
were due to a large extent to the use OF
bicycles by linemen in the place OF wagons.
Often repairs have been thus made in less
time than would have been consumed IN OBJ
tanning horse and wagon
The corps is still experimenting to find the
most suitable type OF wheel for the work.
A twenty-five TO thirty pound machine,
with pneumatic tires, has been found to give
the best results.
The experiments made abroad to develop
the use Of balloons in warfare are referred
to, and General Greely says that this is
an American luea, originating Will UeueIii
Fitz-John Porter early in the late war. He
concludes that 10 movable balloon has yet
met the requirements, Notwithstanding the
expensive experiments made in Europe. aud
that while the flying machine, thanks to the
work of Maxim and Langley, is near at
hand, the present recourse OF the army must
still be in captive balloons.
Accordingly he has supplied an outfit to
the post at Fort Logan, COL, and will ask
for $4,000 to complete the work.
Metric system In Mexlco.
The metric system has Just gone into effect
In MeYioo
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RELIGIOUS READING,
LIVE TO-DAY.

Live in present thanksgiving. Count thy
sunbeams now. Treasure today the gems
that are strewn upon thy path. The love
that is merely retrospective is very pain
full thing. II thy days Of sorrow at any
time should cloud thy days Of Joy, would
like thee to be able to say, "Well, while
they lasted, I did appreciate them" There
are some who want to feel at death that
their life has been vain show. l would
not have it 80 with thee: O my soul
would like, when death comes, to feel that
I had thoroughly enjoyed life-taken the
honey from the flower as God meant me to
take 1t. 1t shall be q great solace to me at
twilight that have basked with conscious
10y in the heat OF the day. Therefore
shall bask in it now. The cup of gladness
which my Father has given me, shall not
drink it, even unto the dregs? shall thank
Him for every bird that sings. shall praise
Him for every flower that blows. I! shall
bless Him for every stream that MARBLES. !
shall love Him for every heart that loves. !
shall see the sparkling of the cup ere it
passes to the band of my brother. There
shall be no remorse of memory when have
thanked God for today.-George Matheson
D. D.
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RECIPES.

Mixed Pickles-One gallon cucum.
bers, cut small; one gallon green to.
matoes, quartered; half gallon OF
onions, steamed; two heads of caui-
flower, steamed; half dozen green pep
pers. Scald in strong brine; let stand
one OF two days.
Peach Custard-Line the bottom of
pudding dish with pared and halved
free.stone peaches, cavities up. Fill
these with soft sugar. Make rich,
cornstatch custard, stir over the fire
until quite thick and pour over the
peaches. Cover with a thick me.
ringue, which lightly brown. Serve
very cold.
Continental Hotel Wafles-Put into
one quart of siftei flour three tea.
spoonfuls of baking powder, one tea.
spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful OF
sugar, all thoroughly stirred and sifted
together; add O tablespoonful OF
melted butter, six we'll beaten eggs
and pint of sweet milk; cook IN
watfie.i irons heated and we'll CREASED.
Serve hot.
Banana Pie-Beat the yolks OF two
eggs to cream, with one.half cupful
of sugar; add one and half cupiuls
of sweet milk. peel and mash two large
bananas or three small ones; sift them
and add to the other ingredients.
Bake with one crust, and when done
cover with q meringue made of two
whites of eggs and three tablespoon
fuls OF sugar. Serve cold.
Cornstarch Custard-Two table
spoonfuls of cornstarch to one quart
of milk; mix the cornstarch with q
small quantity of the milk and flavor
it; beat up two eggs. Heat remain,
der of the milk to near boiling, then
add the mixed cornstarch, the eggs,
four tablespoonful of sugar, little
butter and a pinch OF salt. Boil two
minutes, stirring it briskly. -.
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VOICE OF GOD.

If you have any trial which seems intol-
erable, pray-pray that it be relieved or
changed. We may pray for anything, not
wrong in itself, with perfect freedom. if we
do not pray selfishly. One disabled from
duty by sickness may pray for health. that
he may do his work or one hemmed in by
internal impediments may pray for utter
ance, that he may serve better the truth
and the right Or. if We have besetting
sin. we may pray to be delivered from it, in
order to serve God and man, and not be our
selves Satans to mislead and destroy. But
the answer to the prayer may be. as it was
to Paul, not the renewal Of the thorn, but
instead. growing insight into its meaning
and value. The voice OF God in our soul may
show US, as We look up to Him. that His
strength is enough to enable US to bear it.
James Freeman Clarke.
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
RICE AS FOOD.

Rice is extremely light and easy OF
digestion, and is free from all acidity.
The only precaution at all necessary
In the use of rice is to have it thor.
oughly boiled, and 1t should. OF course.
be drained and dried on the stove just
before being served, so that each grain
is separate. Rice is very useful food
for elderly people and for children:
As a medicine it may be employed
with great advantage as an astringent,
either as q drink or Is food, either as
rice.milk or rice pudding. As an an
tacid for heartburn OF acidity, q little
whole rice chewed occasionally will
often afford more relief than soda,
magnesia or chalk.
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FOB THE LOVE OF BUTTRRMIIK.

An ingenious housekeeper has hit
upon a novel way of procuring delic-
ious buttermilk without the labor OF
churning. The milk is permitted to
sour and partially skinned 80 as to
allow enough cream to render it rich.
It can be taken from the ice box, pro.
viding you want it cold. and simply
beat it q few moments with an egg
beater lone that turns with handle
is preferably, and you have as fine
buttermilk as can he made under any
process. There are so many invallds
whc crave it. and yet it is often an
impossibility to get it pure and rich.
It is usually diluted with water and
often there are 80 many Jumps of but.
ter floating through it that it is not
very inviting, but by this mode any
one who can get any amount OF milk,
no matter how small. can manufacture
in few moments drink At for kings.
Try it and see how quickly this de-
lightful drink can he had. Atlanta
Constitution.
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h St}ssslfs clot hing: !ile

Ha, ha, ha! This cruise has its conf
cal aspects; it is play instaad OF haro
work. Why, expected to blow yonder
ship out Of water before this. But the
Colonel will come down, vs. per arrange
ment from Boston, and he will be thun-
derstruck to find US side by side."
And very naturally 81. I must say
you will never have better chance 10
get rid Of him."
ITO get rid OF this Denham' en- fre-
nauld?"
7 said to get rid Of him, Captain"
But, confound it, don't want 10 ee'
rid Of him." .,,,
Il thought the Colonel wanted MIN
out Of the way?" ~ ,s
so he does. but don't. HIS loro-
confound my slippery tongue mean
the Colonel, wants him disposed OF, ana
we must make him believe that we nave
earned the money; but Denham, alive
and in our power, is worth more to US
than the richest galleon that, silver
freighted, ever plowed the sea-"
-Ah, but to get him in our power with
out fight; that, in truth, would be an
exploit worthy Of yourself"
'And it shall be done, Frenauld; it
shall be done. Oh, will court the
youth. He is generous, brave, and un-
suspicious. 1 will Halter ard dazzle
him. If he loves wine. as good sailor
should, may be shot if have him not
at sea before six tides have flooded this
bay"
my heart beats faster at the thought" I"
said Fernauld, with unaffected Joy.
Aye, my lad, and it shall leap with
perpetual delight after the crowning ex-
ploit Of our cruise is finished. Now,
caution, prudence, patience, and our
object masked, ike Dutch battery,
with evergreens, roses, and floating
swans; eh, Frenauld?"
That is it, Captain.
Come: we have no time to spare,
The dinner awaits US ashore, and II to-
night the officers of the Wanderer make
no impress on the hearts OF the fair
danes of this island, then have they
forgotten in works of war the ways Of
love, and it will be the first time in all
my experience that ever knew such q
thing to happen"
Capt. Fox was in high spirits, but
Frenauld did not presume on this, for he
we'll knew that the smile could change
in the space of lightning flash to q
!rown, and that the sentence begun in
the softest accents might end in tones
Of thunder.
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PRAYER.

Help me, ia: her OF my spirit, to live as one
of thy children. Let not the world have
do ninion over me, however intimate my
contact with it may be. May l have the
vision OF heavenly things 50 constantly be-
fore my gaze that all unconsciously the
spiritual shall take possession Of my life.
and the divine influence shall permeate all
my doing. Creator ofall help me to interpret
ali that is. and, mindful of thy grace in Christ
Jesus, may live as in world Of spirit, be-
coming more and more partaker Of the
divine nature. Let not the world dictate
my life to me. but rather be thou the arbiter
Of my lot, o Father ever blessed. May the
impulses of my soul rather than the imperi-.
GUS world incite to all my activity and
grant to me, in the name Of thy son, Jesus
Christ, and for his sake, that peace OF God
which passeth all understanding, because
my soul is learning to do thy will. Amen.
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OUR PATH.


Away down in the darkness. in the heart
OF the great steamer, the engineer stands.
He never sees how the vessel moves. He
does not know where she is going. 1t is not
his duty to know. 1t is his only to answer
every signal, to start his engine, to quicken
or slow its motion, to reserve 1t, just as he
is directed by the one whose part it is to
see. He has nothing whatever to do with
the vessels course. He sees not an inch Of
the sea. 1t is not our part to guide our life in
this world, amid its tangled affairs. 1t is ours
just to do our duty, our Masters bidding.
Christ's hand is on the helm. He sees all
the future. He pilots US. Let US learn to
thank God that We cannot know the future,
that we need not know it. Christ knows it,
and it is better to go on in the dark with
Him. letting Him lead, than to so alone In
the light and choose our own PATH. R
Miller, D. D.
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CHAPTER Nv.

After the boat had been gone few
seconds, Captain Fox named the officers
he expected to accompany him ashore
that night. and then told them to report
at once in his cabin.
Gentlemen, he said, when the Off.
GERS were gathered about the table, from
which Don, the cabin boy, had removed
the fiagons and glasses, this is nigh
to test each mans power OF self-con'
troll. I shall expect you all to drink, OF
to seem to do SO; but the man who be-
comes drunken must take the conse
Iquences. cannot forget that at Meri.
da, Cartagena and Para, some OF you
80 far forgot yourselves as to get druns
and bring on lights with the natives,
who drove you to your boats, ana VINO
In their just anger, would have selzeo
our ship had l not turned the guns on
them. We cannot avail ourselves o!
such remedy here. Each man must
appear to be what the people believe US,
ioiicers and gentlemen IN the service or
England. At one o'clock shall expect
YOU to be on board; in the meantime re-
member-sealed lips and open orders.
Captain Fox waved his right hand,
and the officers, Frenauld excepted,
withdrew.
.Ha, Frenauld," said the Captain
when he and his chief executive once?
had the cabin to themselves; as OF olo
our good luck follows. By the spirit OF
Blake, sir! things could not have hap
pened better.
4 am glad for your sake" replied
Frenauld.
Aye, aye, my lad. and for your own
sake, too. Zounds! Lieutenant, are We
not to be sharers in the great prize"
Yes, Captain; but you will not act
without seeing his lordship?"
do not say 'lordship;' say Col. Ora
ham, Why. man, II these provinclals
knew there was live lord among them
they would eat him W with adulation.
Remember, We must speak OF Col. Gra-
ham Of the guards; Graham who. under
Churchill, led the decisive charge on
the French at the battle Of Walcourt
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To attempt to lead the spiritual life with
out devotion is even greater mistake than
to 60 apart from our duties in order to lead
it. Our flying on Gods errands will be an
unhallowed flight if we do not first secretly
adore Him in our hearts. A prayerless day
of hard work consecrated by no holy medi-
tation-oh. what q dull. plodding. tramp
ing day it is! How do We spend money in
such day for that which is not bread and
our labor for that which satisfieth not. How
does God in such Il day deal with us MS with
the Egyptians Of old. taking OF the chariot
wheels from our work so that We drive it
heavly.-Edwarn VI. Goulburn.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

The snloops say, "You furnish the b
We do the rest"
OF the working men who have won t
way to the British House CT Commons,
one vas not an abstainer.
There is no excuse for the man who
ouents the saloons. He goes there OF
own choice. he Is not forced.
Proyerty and drunkenness act and reac
each other. Both cause ignorance and
ease, parents Of all vice and uahappIre>
The Earl OF Carlisle has-yiven a pract
illustration of his belief In the drink ev1
destroying tie contents Of his famous i
cellar.
Absinthe drinking is said to be on CHI
crease in England, ana society hos
recently organized to work for special
lation against the insidious liquor.
The devil might have thought out
more effectual plan than the running Of
rooms for destroying souls, but the bar
Is doing SO much for him that he ha
put any new plan in motion.
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TEMPERANCE
.vvn, "a poox AT rHE rop.

THERE 1s ROOM At TIE Tor.
There is always room at the top, dear boys;
So leave the crowd and climb;
Don't gaze at the ladder and measure it's
length, -.
As you grasp each roEnd you will gain new
strength,
And mount to the top In time.
There is room to grow great II you're wise,
dear boys,
Room for brain and soul to expand;
In the duties that wait each to CLAIM ffs
hour,
There's a setting Of gold for each gem OF
power,
The finest In all the land.
Would you climb to the top, don't tarry,
boys, a.5
Where the wine glows ruby red.
There the Turing paths are dangerous ways,
There a maelstrom swallows LIES golden
days, ,-.
There Evil bis snare has spread.
Mrs. NJ T. Bailey. =
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DEBAsED MANHOOD

Goes reeling in and out Of our 100000
saloons. Debased manhood graduates from
the Sunday-school and the church pews into
the houses of i'll fame. Debased manhood
drinks, chews. smoke and spits away an al
most even 81, ,OO0, ,000, 900 every year In these
United States. and then turns and rsges and
ewears over the hard times. Debased man
hood whips its wives, cuts the throats OF Its
children and fills the land with dread and
for beer and money on Election Day, and
necessitstes the invention OF cast-iron man
In the form Of Myers voting machine to do
it's balloting for It In the Interest Of purer
elections. Shame ON America when her sons,
descended from the sires Of seventy-six. can
only be made honest by machinery. -Elmira
IN. " Facts.
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wonAs's CRUSADE IN ST. LOUIS.

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
of ST. Louis has entered upon q crusade
against the wine rooms which are connected
with many of the saloons in the down town
district OF the city. These vile resorts, which
are conducted, Il would seem, in utter dis.
regard Of the law prohibiting the sale OF
liauor to minors, which are seductive traps
for the thwary. and the starting points for
those who are taking their first steps IN thu
downward course, are running scores OF boT
and girls.
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we4r TIE L1ouon TRAFFIC. DOES.

The liquor traffic takes directly md lndt-
rectly $4,000. .0O0. 900 from legitimate indus
tries and cuts the amount OF wages which 20
into the peoples pockets almost In four and
reduces the number OF those employed By
such capital by about seventY-eight per cent.
In addition to all this, 1t crowds the labor
market by forcing woman and child labor
upon it and demoralizes It by the ruinous
competition which drinking men everywhere
bring to sober labor.
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GREAT CAUSE OF SOCIAL EVIL.

Here is Archbishop 1reIand's arraignmd
OF the drink evil: 1.-The great cause Of socl
crime Is drink. The great cause Of porel
is drink. When I hear OF family brol
up and ask the cause-drink. IT 20 to
sallows and ask its victim the cause,
answer--drink. Then ask myself in "
derment, why do not men put a stop to
thint2'
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rIcrs sraAnaza THAN Y1cr1os.

With rumseller on each side Of hin, ] once
had grocer who owed me for goods, and
the bill was overdue three months. He
wanted more goods. Il called for settle
ment or reasons for not settling. BE replied:
.'stop right here till u o'clock and I'll show
you.h From the factory gate, directly In
front of that grocer's, the operatives came
from the factory at II O'Clock. The line
parted-each had q tin pail-and part went
to one rum shop and part to the other:
Then they came our with pots Of beer and
united again at the grocer's counter, bought
their bread, had It charged and went home,
The rumseliers got cash for their beer. SO
times were hard with the grocer, collections
slow and margins small, and the rumseLer
had patent on his rum business. and, as,
this was in Massachusetts, the law guaran-
teed to him possible 1000 customers. NY
grocer looked forward to better times aisoi
and he moved from that place to one where
there were no saloons near, aud ultimately
settled with me. Facts drawn from real LIE
are stranger than fiction. But the strange
thing about this episode Is that this same ex-
perience is borne by merchants and men Of
business all over the land, and still the mer-
chant and man Of business continues to.
sharpen the sword that cuts him.-Adomf
In Pilot. 5
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Gould TRUST HIN.

A teetotaler once called upon some Govern
ment officials with the expectation OF making
large contracts for goods. They Immediately
invited him to drink. He declined. They
insisted that he must drink. Then he re-
fused. Thereupon one Of the half drunken
fools tried TO force him, declaring that he
would buy no goods OF him Il he DID not
goods Of me-" and walked away. The next
morning, the fiery madness having bean
slept OH. the officers made most unexpectedly
Isrre contracts because they had found, to
their surprise, man true as stsel-a man
that could be trusted.
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A mans world is what his heart makes 1t
to he. When his heart changes the world
changes. When faith has come in and re-
newed his heart he henceforth walks in
new world. \ new aspect comes over the
face of all things. Faith reveals to him new
and important truths concerning everything
so that he can no longer take step in just
the mood that he formerly did. nor look
upon single individual as he once did
George Bowen.
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Last of n Famous DerelIct.

One of the famous derelicts, the lumber
schooner Alma Cummings, which the Hydro
graphic Office estimates to have dflfted up,
wards of 5000 miles since she was abandoned
at sea, February IL, 1895, has finally gone
ashore on one of the islands of the San Blas
coast.
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"Say, what have got to do today
Not What have to enjoy or suffer? bat
what have to do!" Don't try to bc happy
but try to work. Work for God. and happ-
uess will come.--AnOn.
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Novel Election Bribery Law.

A novel provision of the Indiana election
bribery law is that he who accepts bribe
for voting or for neglecting to vote may re-
cover, in an action at law, $500 from the
briber.
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A THRILLING STORY By .. 3. aouen

THRrILIsa STORY By :. .. aouah
A minister Of the gospel told ne one OF the
most thrilling incidents ever heard IN my
life. member Of his congregation came
home for the first time In bis life intoxicated,
and his boy met him upon the doorstep,
clapping his hands, e1claiming:
HPapa's come home!"
he seized the boy by the shoulder, swung
him around, staggered and fell In the hall
The minister said to me:
II could give you his name, II necessary.
I spent the night in the house. I went out,
barred my brow that the night air might fall
upon 1t and cool It. walked down the hill.
There was his child-dead! There was bis
wife In strong commissions, and he asleep" Z
A man but thirty years Of age asleep with
a dead child In the house, having blue marx
upon the temple where the corner OF the mar.
bic steps had come in contact with the head
as he swung him around, and wife upon
the brink Of the grave!
"Mr. Cough" said my friend, II cursed
the drink. he had told me must remain
till he awoke, and did. When he awoke be,
passed his hand over his face and exclaimed:
What is the matter? Were am II Where
is my boyT
"'You cannot see him.
"'Stand out Of the way! 1win see my
isTo prevent confusion took him to the
child's bed, and as turned down the sneee
and showed him the corpse he uttered Wild
shrek; oh, my childr"
That minister said further to me: Zone
year after he wns brought from lunatic
asylum to lie side by side with his wife In
one grave, and attended the funeral.
The minister Of the gospel who told me
that fact is to-day Q drunken hostler IN
stable tn Boston. :.
Now tell me what rum won't do! It will
debase, degrade, imbrute and damn every
thing that Is noble, bright, glorious and God
like in human being. There is nothing
that drink will not do that Is vile, dastardly.
cowardly, sneakish or hellish: we are
united, comrades, are We not, to night tns
monster, rum, till the day Of our death2--
Charleston Messenger. .r,tS
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Prayer is key to open the gate of heaven
and let grace out. and prayer is u lock to
fastcn our hearts and keep grace in
Adams,
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A Uniaue Conference.

An international conference is to be held
in Europe with the object If fixing uniYer-
Sal standard for screws and bolts.ssA. ssA..-.--.