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G0p.e GARDEN.

If one should find. on walking out some
morning into his garden. that his friends the
flowers were in the dumps, and on inquir-
ing the cause should ascertain that the vio-
lets had been trying to grow as tall as the
lilies. and the daisies had been envying the
colors OF the roses. while the pinks had been
piqued because they were not as large as
ehrysanthemuns. he would roundiy scold
them for their folly and sagely explain that
each OF them was beautiful and perfect in
it's place. and that il Providence had meant
them to be something different He would
have made them so that Each only as God
wills can work. there is no last nor first"
So is it in the church, Gods aower-gar-
den. 1t has its viOlets and daisies as well as
its lilies and roses. Some are not fitted for
high climbing: hut they heed not mind that.
II all were climbers where would be the
creepers? The endless variety Of beauty
and use is the chief charm of the garden.
Each is good in its way. beautif"I after its
kind. To hc the best we can i'll our own
class, and faithfully i!l the niche. little or
large. to which We are assigned. IS the only
thing we should cJncern ourselves about.
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SEEING GOD.

Sometimes from my hillside home among
he highlands of the Hudson I see fifty
niles away, obscured by haze and overhang-
ing clouds, and partially veiled, perhaps, in
mist or raid, the distant outline Of the Cats
kill range; and then the veil is drawn. aside,
.he turbaned mist is lifted off their fore
heads, and that which before was dim and
:ndistinct stands out against the dark back
ground Of sky in clear. Ineligible outline,
yet leaving all the dress of gray rock and
green tree and foaming cataract, and
dark gloom and fitting sunshine break
ing through the trees, to the magma
ton for at best it is only an outline can
see. so in the Old Testament look upon
the outline OF my God veiled in cloud in
the New Testament the cloud Is lifted, the
mist is cleared away, and through an atmos-
phere like that Of the most perfect October
day look on the same outline, distinct and
beautiful against heavenly background
and still it is but an outline that I see of the
mystery and majesty Of The nature I shall
never know. never be able even to explore,
until stand ia His presence and am invited
to know Him even as am known.-Lymap
Abbott. D. D.
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the Wanderer that impress me as irreg-
ular,. according to my ideas Of the serv-
ice. ] am willing 10 concede, however,
that I am only volunteer sailor, and
so cannot claim to know everything
about the regular SERVICE" said the
captain, rising and glancing about the
room, as if he were expecting some
one.
"One thing we can say, Captain, ="
said Valentine, Captain Fox appears to
be thorough sailor"
There can be no doubt about that"
And he acts as frankly as any man
that ever sailed into these waters.
You are right again.
He is in the same service as our
selves2"
Yes"
so why speculate about his wealth."
Il don't speculate about his wealth,
Valentine, said Captain Denham, who,
when off duty, always callei the lieu
tenant by the name he had used when
they were boys together. But hold
that any stranger who makes himself
conspicuous among us becomes an OBJ
ject Of legitimate inquiry. like Fox,
and don't like him."
Jealousy, Captain. jealousy. laughed
Valentine Dayton. Fox has been pay
ing too much attention to my fair cousin
Lea and it has not escaped your notice.
All, my dear fellow, I fear she is bit
of coeuette; but, depend upon it, she
cares more for one curl OF your hair
than she does for this man and all his
wealth. Les Is dasbing, but she is
steady; she ripple3 over with fun, but
she is not shallow"
See here, Valentine" said Ralph
Denham, with some sternness.
Il hope have not offended you, Cap
tain?"
Not ut all; but Lea Hedges is not
subject for our light or serious conver-
sation. She and I are simply good
friends, and she Is free to receive the
attentions Of Captain Fox, or OF any
other man, without cause Of complaint
on my part.
Ralph Denham!" said Valentine, ris-
ing and laying his hands on the shoul-
ders of his friend and commander, you
and I have never kept our hearts locked
from each other"
Never, Valentine"
when 1 first felt that loved Ellen
Condit, to whom did come and confess
and ask advice?"
ITO me; and I only wish you could
pluck up courage to tell Ellen the same.
am sure she would give you no reason
to regret it," said the captain, trying to
smile.
Perhaps not, but the uncertainty
fills me with fear.
Ard YOU a brave sailOr?"
a fight would follow with the equal
who dared to doubt my courage; but,
between us, would rather attempt to
cut out pirate single-handed than to
tell Ellen how feel toward her. Here
we are steering away from the ques-
tion."
And am glad Of it. for the other
tack is in the teeth of the wind"
mo, Captain, I am sure you love Lea
Hedges, and, 80 far as I can see the
chart of her heart, all it's safe sailing
soundings are in your direction. See,
said Valentine, leading the Captain to
the window, she and Ellen are down
there by the shore, talking to that
cracked old Dinah; let US 80 out and
join them"
Captain Denham put on his hat and
permitted himself to be led out by his
lieutenant.
ITO BE CONTINUED
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POPULAR SCIENCE.

Mexico'has 130.ton locomotive.
Ornithologists have determined that
there are 5000 species of birds.
1t is said that an earthquake occurs
somewhere in the earth every hour.
The honey bee has three simple or
single eyes arranged in triangle
between the two large or compound
eyes.
A large proportion of the marine
creatures found at a great depth in the
colder parts of the ocean are of a red
collar.
Bats are most curiously constructed,
the hearts action being aided by the
rhythmic contractions of the veine of
the wings.
The astronomers have lately discov-
cred timber on Mars, and have re.
iterated their statement that the canals
are double.
An error of thousandth part of
second in an astronomical calculation
would mean a difference of two hun.
dred billionlmiles in the distance OF
star.
The latest scheme to fight the gypsy
moth in Massachusetts is to spray the
foliage with a chemical preparation
which afflicts the insect with an incur.
able dyspepsia.
A ton of the water of the Dead Sea,
when evaporated, yields 1877 pounds OF
salt; ton of the water of the Atlantic
Ocean eighty-one pounds a ton of the
water of the Pacific eighty-one pounds.
One of the latest uses of mica, &C.
cording to the Canadian Druggist, is
that of an ingenious Australian, who
has invented and introduced a mica
cartridge for sporting and military
guns.
A French physicist, NJ. Chassevant,
has found tina by adding alcohol to the
water the generation of acetylene gas
from calcium carbide can be regulated
much better than by using water
alone.
Nine. Audiffred, Of Paris, has given
to the French Academy of Medicine q
sum of about $3.50, 200, the interes of
which-about S4800-will be awarded,
without regard to nationality, for the
discovery of cure for tuberculosis.
A French scientist, NJ. G. L. Pesce,
has come to the conclusion that the
north pole will never be reached by
the ordinary means usually adopted
by arctic explorers. From q special
study of the subject-it is not stated
where the studies were made, at Paris
or at the equator-he has arrived at
the conclusion that it may be reached
by submarine boat.
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tainment-fgures that took no part il
the dancing-were Cncas and his sister
Untilla, or The Princess" as she was
generally called.
Untilla was strikingly graceful girl,
with a lighter complexion than her
brother, for the carmine Of youthful
health shone through her rounded
cheeks. Under the glow Of the colored
lamps, she looked more radiant than the
white girls, who might be called the
daughters of the sum-" while she was
the daughter of night, the more brilliant
for she darkness that surrounded her.
Nor was Untilla neglected by the offl-
GERS. Though she did not dance, she
promenaded with many Of them, talking
freely, and even gayly, in her simple,
unaffected way.
Untilla's love for Captain Ralph Den
ham was an old story in the settlements,
topic on which the gossipers were al
ways sure to fall back when all others
were exhausted.
She at first could see no wrong in her
preference, and it was only when she
began to feel that her love was not re-
turned that she drew back and took on
that reserve which distinguishes her
of better name, call "stoical."
Tonight, Ralph Denham gave more
food to the gossips; he promenaded
with Untilla again and again, only
yielding her arm to some other when
courtesy required. 1t was he who took
her to supper; and when the time for
departure came, all too soon, it was Ralph
Denham who took the princess home in
his own cutter, and rowed her for six
miles to the little cove on whose south
ern shore was the dwelling OF herself
and brother.
Untilla bade Ralph goodnight and
hurried to the light that marked their
abode; and Captain Denham was about
to order the boat from the beach, when
the well-known form of Dinah sprang
rom theshadows into the moonlight, and
called out:
Ralph Denham, Ralph Denham, have
Keer.
Have care Of what, Dinah?" asked
Ralph, who, since his first knowledge Of
the old woman, had always treated her
with Difference, and when, as a boy,
other youths showed disposition to
annoy her, he would become her cham
pion, and still his companions by
shame, or, failing in that, by force.
Have keer of de wolff" croaked the
old woman.
"Of what wolf, Dinahp"
"Of de wolf ez comes in de skin Of de
sheep"
rs there such one here?"
"One, Cap'n Ralph2 Ha, ha, ha! Wy.
dar's hull pack Of 'em, en- don't you 60
and tink it's on'y flock. Keep watch
ez you does wen dar's danjah on de
great deep. De wolves is wife en- red.
l ken ear 'em 'owlin' away fab off. But
dey'll come higher en- higher; en- dey
won't owl dey'll be gettin' ready foh
to spring, en- to fasten dar wife teet in
yer wite skin. Have keer, have keer,"
and repeating this, the old woman
sprang into the shadows from which she
had come.
Rather an indefinite warning"
laughed Ralph Denham, as he took the
tiller and guided the boat from the cove
into the bay, where his ship was swung
at anchor.
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RELIGIOUS READING,
SPIRITUAL LIFE.

We see the flower work out its complete
destiny from the tiny bud OF the springtime
to the rich, full rose of June, and we know
that that flower has realized every latent
force and potential being that we're intended
for it. We see the harvests coming up out
81 the darkness and mystery Of the earth,
first the blade. then the ear, then the full
corn in the ear" and as we look across the
fields mellowing in the autumn sun, we feel.
indeed we know. that that corn has met all
OF the conditions that centered in its life,
and that nothing more was possible to 1t.
We see the tree gradually putting on
strength and beauty. slowly travelling
from the stage Of the sapling and reach
ing that of the full-grown tree, until at
length 1t comes to the fulness Of life
and as we look at it so vigorous and 30
graceful, we know that it has attained its
zenith, and realized every possibility which
originally was invested in it. And the same
Is true OF the entire brute creation. Ne plus
ultra can be said Of every beast, whether of
the Jungle. prairie or farm. But this cannot
be said of man. He has in him certain forces
and qualities which have never yet been
reached. He has in him elements Of power
which so far have not had any chance for
Development. Some Of the very highest at
tributes in the whole range Of his endow-
ment are unknown even to himself, and
sufficient for his real growth and attain
ment. So far he has been concerned mainly
about food and raiment and shelter. He
has been absorbed in making home for
himself and his children. He has hardly
had time to think Of the blue skies and the
sounding seas and the opening flowers.
And so all Of the poetry of his nature has
been stihed, the music Of his soul has
been repressed, the JOY and affluence Of his
inner being have been restrained, and he
has been compelled to dig in the earth and
toll in the mill and slave in the store, and
hence has had no chance to get at himself
or to know Of what spirit he was made.
There must be another life. Here we are
limited, restrained, hindered; we'are inter-
fered with in q hundred, yea, thousand
ways, and anything less than Immortality
will not meet the demands and conditions Of
our spiritual and intellectual life.-Rev. ].
Wesley Johnston, D. D., in "The Greed and
The Prayer"
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4. PRAYER.

0 Lord God. strong and mighty. we would
draw near 70 thee. ronfr>"ing our weakness,
tgsrccting tEce to make us strong. we
w.mid be struE:; il toIiy.that we Lay do our
WORK In ilr WEI. ;:mG cheerfUliy. We would
OIL. ln strrag in heart. full Of courage.
fnerless -! ,ia..cr holding pain and danger
cheap when they lie H. the way Gf dnty. We
would l." strong in love. maze Is warm
hearted. true friends. loving oar neighbors
rs ourselves aid loving thee with all
our heart and soul and strength.
We would be s;rong in faith, ever trusting
in the victory Of good over evil, strong
over hope. uGaaGnteI hy seeming defeat,
eve !oonine hrvoid the mists and clouds OF
liile irto Tie cira- shining Of The e:erna! life
strong III ra;icEce. bearing our burdens,
suffering DIR pains quietly and without re-
nrnach toward nan or rebellion against
thee. Hear oar prayer, o Lord who art our
s,reasth and ctr Redeemer, for Christs
sake. Amcn.
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WIVES WANTED.
A Chance for Many Hundreds Of Young
Women to Find Good Husbands.

A Chance for Many Hundreds Of Young
Women to Find Good Husbands.
The mining camps Of Trail Creek and
Boundary Creek, British Columbia, where
there are ten men 20 one woman, want wives.
Steady work with good pay, with the fact
that British Columbia laws frown severely on
gambling and drinking, have made the
miners prosperous.
The question of getting wives was raised
recently as u joke, but the outcome has been
to thoroughly advertise the fact that large
number OF marriageable girls can find good
husbands by emigrating to the mining dis
tricts Of British Columbia.
J. G.. Devlin, prominent miner, who went
recently to Toronto and Montreal to sell
mining property, discussed the matter and
got the newspapers to discussing It.. He
told the Canadians that II they would send
1900 nice girls out to Rossland alone every
one would get good husband. Reports
chow that already the girls are taking upthe
matter seriously. The miners are willing,
and the first lot of would-oe wives will oe
arranged for next spring.
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THE MILITARY ACADEMY FLo oUalsHTNc
Colonel Ernst Reports Good Progress but
Bad Sanitary Conditions.

The United States Military Academy at
West Point Is in a fourishing condition. &C
cordipe to the annual report to the War De-
partment Of Colonel Ernst. the superin'
tendent, who says 1t is passing through an
era Of Improvement, so far as its equipment
and outward physical condition are con-
cerned, due to the greater hberallty Of Con,
cress In recent years. The curriculum, both
theoretical and practical, Is the result o.
many years experience, and has proved #
self we'll adapted to the objects OF the ins1tu
tion. The professors and officers ara ac
complished and devoted TO their work, and
deserve we'll OF the Government. The num-
Der OF cadets this year, 3S2. including one
foreigner receiving instructions by special
authority Of Congress, Is the largest ever
belonging to the academy at one time.
The Recommendation is renewed that Sena
tors be allowed to appoint two cadets al
large from each State, thereby increasing
the number of cadets The health OF the
command during the year was far from
sat;sfact-ry. There wern epi!emcs o. In
huenza. There were several cases OF appen'
dIcitis and other serious diseases. Only on
cadet died.
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American Wool in England.

United States Consul Meeker at Bradford,
England, reports to the State Department
that over 1,0O0, 900 pounds of American wool
was sold in England early in the autumn at
an average price of nine cents per pound,
and that these sales would have continued
except for the advance in freight rates and
sitter prices at home; 80 that there are still
large amounts held for sale in England wait
ing higher prices. British merchants. Mr..
Meeker says. strongly advise American Wool
buyers to educate the growers, SO that they
may bring their wool to market In better
condition.
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GREAT MEETING OF POSTAL MEN,

Postmaster-General Wilson Arranging Tor
the Entertainment Of Visitors.
Postmaster-General Wilson has requested
the Secretary Of State to invite ali the 2oun-
tics of the world TO send representatives to
the meeting OF the universal postal delegates
in Washington City next May.
The Postmaster-Genera will ask Congress
TO mako suitable appropriations for the en-
tertainment Of visitors who will include many
of the highest postal officers in the world.
The amount will be in the neighborhood OF
500, 900. The conventions are held every
six years. About 100 delegates are e1'
ppctp6
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Let us take short views. Let us not climb
the high wall till We get to it. or fight the
battle iii it opens. or shed tears over sor-
rows that NAY never come, or lose the joys
and Dressings tha. we have by the sinful
fear tina, Goti viii take them away from us.
We nccG all CIR strength and ail the grace
G. ID car give Us Cor today s burdens and to-
dwvs battle T":Eurrow belongs to our
Heavenly Fail T"-odore Cuyler. D. D.
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CATTLE IN DANGER.
Insects Causing Ravages In the Herds in
Australia.

Australia.
Australian advices state that millions o.
insects are killing cattle by the thousands IN
Queensland, and S25, 900 has been offered foI
q remedy that will overcome the plague. 30.
serious has the situation become, owing to
the great mortality among cattle and the I'm.
minent danger of the plague invading the
neighboring colony of New South Wales,
that a commission Of inquiry wns appointed
in Sydney to consider the matter, experts
being invited to give evidence and make
suggestions. After considering the mass OF
evidence laid before them the members pro-
nounced the disease responsible for such
ravages among stock in the northern parts
of Australia as being in every respect identi'
col with the old and well.known Texas fever,
for which, up to date, no cure has ever been
discovered
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Child Plays with Bear Cubs.

Helma Oerhli, flve-year-old girl, wan
dered away from her home in Williamsport,
Penn. Later her parents grew alarmed at
her absence and party OF neighbors began
q search. The child was discovered IN
small clearing romping with two bear cubs
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English Wheat Acreage.

The London Times agricultural returns
show that 278,076 acres have been added to
the British wheat area this year. Nererthe-
less the area is yet only 1,734, ,11S acres, the
smallest on record except in 1895.
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German Carp a Nuisance.

The Maryland rivers are overrun with Ger
man carp, and the authorities have decided
to take energetic measures to get rid of the
nuisance
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Russian Thlstles Spread Far.

A Western farmers society sprinklei some
Russian thistles with powder to see how far
The wind would carry them, and some Of the
marked ones were found 800 miles ffop
where thew grew
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OUR GREAT INLAND SEAS.
A Majority of Our Vessels Ply on tho
Great Lakes.

A majority OF the large steam vessels CT the
United States nre plying the waters of the
lakes. Through the st. Mary's Falls cana. 4.
between Lakes Superior and Huron. passed
last year total of II 1856 vessels. as against
1884 through the Suez canal; and the total
tonnage Of vessels passing through the Suez
canal In the twelve months of 1895 was but
$3.50, 900, in round numbers, against le, SOO,-
QUO passing through the 1900" canal in
the eight months of the same year during
which it was open for navigation.
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theirs. When our voices get cracked let US not
snarl at those who can warble. When our
knees are stiffened, let US have patience with
those who go feet as the deer. Because our
leaf Is fading do not let US despise the un-
frosted. Autumn must not envy the spring.
Old men must be patient with boys. DR..
Guthrie stood up in Scotland and said:
"You need not think am old because my
hair is white. / never was 80 young as l am
now." look back to my childhood days
and remember when in winter nights in the
sitting room the children played the blithest
and the gayest of all the company were
father and mother. Although reaching
fourscore years OF age, they never got old.
Again. as with theleaves. we fade and fall
amid myriads Of others. One cannot count
thenumber of plumes which these frosts are
plucking from the hills. They will streW all
the streams, they will drift into the caverns,
they will soften the wild beasts lair end I'LL
the eagles eyrie
All the aisles OF the forest will be covered
with their carpet and the steps OF the hills
glow with a wealth of color and shape
that will defy the looms OF Administer. What
urn could hold the ashes OF all these Gead
leaves? Who could count the hosts that burn
on this funeral pyre of the mountains?
So We die in concert. The clock that strikes
the hour of our going will sound the going
OF many thousands. Keeping step with the
feet of those who carry US out will be the
tramp OF hundreds doing the same errand.
Between so and 70 people every daylie down
in Greenwood. That place has over 200, 900
of the dead. said to the man ut the gate:
"Then. If there are so many here, you must
have the largest cemetery" He said there
were Two Roman Catholic cemeteries In the
city, each of which had more than this. We
are all dying. London and Pckin are not the
great cities Of the world. The grave is the
great city. 1t hath mightier population,
longer streets, brighter lights, thicker dark
nesses.
Cesur is there and all his subjects. Nero
is there and all his victims. City OF kings
and paupers! 1t has swallowed up in its inn
migratons Thebes and Tyre and Babylon
and will swallow all our cities. Yet city OF
silence. No voice. No hoof. No wheel.
No clash. No shifting Of hammer. No clack
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