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A Wonderful Lamp.

The London correspondent of the
Manchester Courier publishes o re-
markable account of q new luminant
which, if all that is said of 1t is true,
will run both gas and electric light
very hard. For its production no ma
chinery is required save that contained
in portable lamp neither larger nor
heavier than is used with COLA oil or
parafin. This lamp, it is declared,
generates it's own gas. The substance
employed is at present o secret, jeal-
lousy guard led by some inventive
Italians. The cost is declared to be at
most one-fifth of that OF ordinary gas,
and the resultant light is nearly as
bright as the electric light, and much
wh1ter. A single lamp floods large
room with light. The apparatus can
be carried Gbout as easily as a candle
stick, and seems both clean and odor-,
less, -
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I'm Sorry.

There Is much that makes me sorry as y
Journey down earth's way,
And I seem to see more pathosin poor humanl
lives each day.
I'm sorry for the strong, brave men who
shield the weak from harm,
But who In their own troubled hour find no,
protecting arm.
I'm sorry for the victors who have earned
success, to stand
As targets for the arrows shot by envious.
failures hand;
And I'm sorry for the generous hearts Whol
freely shared their wine. i
But drink alone the gall OF tears In fortunes
drear decline.
I'm sorry for the souls who build their own
fame's funeral pyre. -
Derided by the scornful throng, like ice
deriding fire; !
And I'm sorry for the conquering ones who
know not sins defeat,
But daily. tread down fierce desire MEATH
scorched and bleeding feet.
I'm sorry for the anguished hearts that preak
with passions strain,
But I'm sorrIer for the poor, starved souls
that never know loves pain, :
Who hunger on through barren years, not
tasting joys they crave;
For sadder far Is such lot than weeping
DER grave.
I'm sorry for the souls that come unwel7
coined into birth;
I'm sorry for the unloved Old who cumoes
up the earth; .-.
I'm sorry for the suffering poor In lifes great
maelstrom hurled
In truth I'm sorry for them all who MAKE
this toiling world.
But underneath whate'or seems cad and IS
not understood.
I know there lies, hid from our aSat,
mighty germ OF good;
And this belief stands close by me, my SER
mon, motto, text
The sorriest things In this life will seem
grandest in the next.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
CHRISTIAN CONFINEMENT.

Christian contentment Is the cheerful
acquiescence Of the soul to the Will OF God
in all conditions and under all weathers. 1t
Is the habit Of the mind, just as faith Is the
habit of healthy Christian and Deneyo-
lence is the habit of philanthropist. Like
faith. it grows by practice, and like talth 1t
is learned from Gods word and Is matured
by experience. The great, 6raYe Apostle
learned it where he learned CHI ist and ne
learned it from Christ, and in pretty Sc
we're and costly school. Like every pre-
cious thing. we must pay the. price for IL:
and like most precious things, 1t Is quite
too rare and the thoroughly contented
people are in the minority. 1t is not every
Young minister who is satisfied to preach
Jesus to a hundred new settlers in frontier
log church, or to few hundreds OF poor
children in the mission school of the slums
yet unless he is willing to be right there
and to do just that thing, his Master VIII
sooner put him down bwer than say,
.tCome up higher" We may overrate this
grace, but it seems to US that genuine con-
tentment, that Is ready to let God have His
own way, to let God put us where He
chooses even though the furnace be hot, Ii
more scarce than it ought to be. He or she
has attained to it who has learned to say,
under dlsappointments the most bitter and
under trials which give the last turn to the
screw ana make C0e UlOOu SLuEl, 1uy
o God, be donen' This style Of contentment
is not reserved for sublime occasions 1t Is
visible in all the little unnumbered events Of
everyday life. 1t Is patient not only under
death strokes, but under petty veXatlons
and wounding words and neglects; 1t does
not worry over hard seats or boring visitors
or stupid servants or q crying child. 1t man
ages to be happy in small house when 1t can
not afford three-story mansion. SO rich is 1t
in Gods promises and the sweet smiles OF the
Master and good title to heaven. that 1t
does not mind wearing coarse coat ana
trudging on foot toward the better country.
It wears tho herb called "heart's ease" IN
its bosom it finds cool spring to drink
of in the lowliest wales of life, and catches
grand outlooks from the summit OF every
steep hill 1t climbs. AS 1t treads along its
patient path it chants John Bunyans quaint
simple song
ssI am content with what I have,
Be it little or much;
And. Lord, contentment still crave,
Because Thou blessest such;
Fullness to me burthen is
As Igo on pilgrimage.
Here little. and hereafter bliss
Is best from age to a9e."
Theodore L. Cuyler, D. D.
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A pausEARp's BODY AFTER DEATH.

A post mortem examination of nearly
seventy persons who had died from excess
sive use Of ardent spirits showed the follow
ing facts: =
/. Congestion Of the scalp and Of the mem
brane of the brain, with much Serious
(watery) effusion. The substance OF the
brain white and firm I, as fit had lain In alco-
hol for one o. two hours.
Q. The lungs not always, but frequently
congested or in1amed.
8. The heart fabby, enlarged, dilated and
loaded with fat outside; the blood In 1t o; q
cherry-red color, and with no tendency to
coagulate.
4. The stomach perfectly white, and thick
ened in some cases; in others having patches
OF chronic Inflammation. In the worst cases
large portion OF the stomach covered with.
that species Of inflammation which causes
the blood to be poured from the minute
veins.
s. The liver enlarged-in old drunkards
weighing from six to twelve pounds.
6. The omentum-a sort OF apron which
Immediately covers the abdomen in 'front.'
loaded with gray, slushy fat.
z. The kidneys enlarged, fabby and mil.
trated in numerous spots with whitish mat
ter.
g. The small intestines filed with bile. and
coated with a tenacious mucus.
g. The blood in very fluid condition, hav.
ing but little Hbrine, but much albumen and
fat.
10. The whole body, except.the brain, de-
composing very rapidly.
Is II any wonder that drunkard has
woes?-Temperance Companion, Eng.
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PROPHET OF Ill.

Foreboding is the prophet Of i'll; Hope of
good. Foreboding cries, awe shall certainly
weapon that is formed against US shall pros
per- Foreboding cries, "Who shall roll
away the stone?' Hope sings merrily,
''The Lord shall SO before US, and make the
crooked places straight" Foreboding, born
Of unbelief, cries, ''The people are great aud
tall, and the cities walled up to heaven !"
Hope already portions out the land and
chooses its inheritance. But Chris
tian hope is Infinitely better and more
reliable than that of the worldling. In or
dinary hope there is always the element OF
uncertainty it may be doomed to disillusion
and disappointment; things may not turn
out as we expect and 80. being the charac-
teristlc of youth. 1t dies down as the years
advance. But Christian hope is based on
the promise of God, and therefore it cannot
disappoint; nay, it Is the anchor OF the
aged soul. becoming brighter and more en-
during as the years pass by, because HE is
faithful that promised. d."-Rev. F. B. Meyer.
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Fish That Climb Falls.

sFish can and do manage do pass up
stream over falls fifty feet in height"
observed an investigator OF the sub
ject. 'There are hundreds OF we'll
authenticated instances of this IN the
Columbia River, in Oregon. where
salmon, which is o salt water fish, is
found above the falls in the fresh
water. There is 40 other way for them
to get up the river except to use the
falls as q kind of a ladder. and they
have been seen while making the as
cent. By this do not mean abrupt
falls, but the kind Of falls generally
seen on the Western rivers. The Great
Falls of the Potomac are an illustra-
tion. Though there is an artificial
fishway there now, millions OF fish
managed to get into the upper Potomac
during their spawning season before
the fishway was constructed. Wash
ington Star.
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TILLMAN's DAUGHTER KILLED.
A Lightning Bolt Strikes Her and CleI
gy1nan With Her.

Miss Addie Tillman, the eldest child Of
Senator B. R. Tillnan, Of South Carolina,
and her escort, the Rev. Robert A. Lee, pas
tor Of the Episcopal Church at IorkviIle, 8.
G., were killed by the same bolt Of lightning
at Brevard, N. c.
They were in horseback party and had
started of to ascend Rich Mountain, six
miles from Brevard. When nearly at the
summit thunderstorm overlook the party.
All except Miss Tlllman. Mr.. Lee and Mr..
McNeely rode on 10 house some distance
ahead. These three stopped for Mr.. McNeely
to exchange horses with Miss Tillman, be-
cause hers was afraid OF the thunder.
The rain came up and they sought shelter
under some bushes near which was o large
oak tree. The tree was struck by lightning.
which instantly killed Miss Tillman. MIR.
Lee and their horses. Mr.. McNeely, though
q short distance away, was unhurt. Miss
Tillman was twenty years old, and would
have made her debut In Washington society
next winter.
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GIRLS FIGHT THE ARMY WORM.
Teach DespairinG Farm T a Lesson and
Save His Crop.

The unusual spectacle of q company OF wo-
man recruits fighting desperately to defend Il
neighbor's property against the ravaSes "l
an invading army Of thousands was wit
messed at Woodvae, y. T.. when dozen
young women assembled on the little farm
of William Miles TO fight the army worms,
which were threatening the speedy dc$tru:-
ton Of the farmers crops.
When Miles discovered that the insects had
appeared in large numbers on the outskirts
of his corn field he threw himself upon a
couch, declaring that fate was against him
and that he would make no further attempts
to succeed.
May Sherman, neighbor's daughter, who
heard the farmer remarks, hastily left the
house and in short time hal summoned
together dozen of her girl friends. They
marched to Miles's corn field. and, by max
ing excavations in the ground. burning
straw on the surface OF the soil and in vari-
Gus other me, hods, succeeded in disposinG Of
the legion of destroycrs, and for time, at
least. saving the farmers crop.
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MYSTERY OF SUFFERING.

Mystery Of suffering! Out OF its darkness
there shines a light, for is it not true that
out of suffering there came atonement and
salvation? Is it not true that out Of suffer-
ing there came power which TRANSPORTED
and glorifled the ministry of Paul? B ;aten
with stripes, with bleeding back, at Philippi !;
fighting with beasts at Ephesus; stoned at
Lystra dragged out Of the city and left for
dead. o, sufferer, surely thou wilt abandon
this thy course Of life Abandon it? With
flashing eye he exclaims Abandon 1t for
these light Affections? Never The love
of Christ constraineth me. This one thing
do, press toward the mark for the prize. y
George Douglass, D. D.
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pRoErH1r1oS 121 YEARS OLD.

The first Continental Congress met In
Philadelphia, September 5, 1774, and adopt
ed the following:
"Resolved, That 1t be recommended to the
several Legislatures Of the United States to
Immediately pass laws the most efectual for
putting An Immediate stop to the pernicious
practice OF distilling grain. by which the
most extensive evils are likely to be derived,
II not quickly prevented. As a result OF this
measure. in 1776 Virginia prohibited the dis
lass The grain was unfit for -four Maryland
prohibited grain distilling In 177s, and Penn
sylyania In 1779."
Thus we see that prohibition is not new
tangled notion of modern fanatics. but ante
dated the Declaration OF independence.
The founders OF the republic did not believe
In freedom 10 manufacture and sell alcoholic
poisons. That was not the kind Of freedom
that they sought In this new world-The
Tenplar.
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HEAVY RAINS IN PENNSYLVANIA
Damage Estimated at 100000 Done In
Pittsburg and Vicinity.

The almost unprecedented rainstorm
which was general throughout Western
Pennsylvania did not, so far as has been re
ported, cause loss Of life. There were nu-
merous narrow escapes from death, and the
damage to property will be great. Between
the hours Of 7.40 and 10 o'clock p. m, L75
inches of rain fell. In twenty minutes OF
this time one inch fell, breaking the record,
excepting the memorable cloudburst In
1874, when 176 people were swept away.
In Allegheny the damaged is estimated at
from s250,0OO to 100000. A number Of
houses located on the hillside overlooking
the city were swept from their foundations
and their occupants terrorized. Streets were
torn up or covered with landslides, while
bursting sewers In several localities added to
the destruction.
Estimates place the damage In Pittsburg
and Allegheny at about 100000.
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Waiting.

Golden Summer and glowing wood
And shining leaves o'erhead,
Mazes of verdure and blossom
And fair green moss to tread.
.a 4e>S
Who should be gayer than P-but mo-
wait and my heart Ia sore, -"
Listen and wait for bird to sing
That sang in the wood before. :
What though the rich air quiver,
The waters sparkle along,
What though the cushat Is cooling,
Lam waiting for that one song:
Waiting and listening and longing,
Summer Is shining In vain,
Waiting and listening and longing
For the song Of that bird again.
But know that II one bright presence
Adown the pathway drew near,
That bird on the instant were singing,
The whole Of my world were here.
II. P. Johnson. In Chambers's journal.
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nnnSKrSNEss IN AUSTRIA.

In Austria drunkards are treated under
the curstel law that applies to persons men
tally afflicted and to spendthrifts, their al
fairs being placed In charge OF an admins
traitor. A person suffering from excessive
indulgence in drink may be brought Iud1c-
iallv under the law. But IL Galtc1a, Cra-
cow and Bukowina there are special laws 1or
the punishment of persons drunk In puonc
places. while persons convicted CT drunken
ness three times In one year are prohibited
from visiting public houses. 4 bill has been
introduced in the Austrian Reichsrath pro-
yiding for the erection OF public asylums for
drunkards. who may be detained for two
years on complaint Of their relatives or OF
the public authorities. Times.
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THE GREATEST WEAPON.

In a recent speech before the English
Army Temperance Association. Lord Wolse-
ley made this striking statement: "There
are vet some battles to be fought. some great
enemies to be encountered by the Uniteo
kingdom, hut the most pressing enemy at
present IS drink. II kills more than all our
newest weapons of warfare, and not only de.
stroys the body, but the mind and soul also.
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, ,.r,ye ,:o,ored MANS Fate,

, A colored man met horrible death at
Paducah, Ky., recently. His house was in
flames, and he rushed up stairs, and gather
ing his wife in his arms, carried her down
stairs. AS quick as possible he ran up to
rescue the daughter, but failed to fina her,
she having jumped out OF a second story
window. As he turned to 60 back down the
stairway hs was mot by flames, and in an in
stant he was surrounded, with every avenue
of escape cut off. He was cremated before
the eyes uf his wife and daughter.
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The Turn Of the Tide.

1t the turning OF the tide,
When the beach Is white and Wide,
Seaward seems vast, smooth lake;
Or monstrous. sleeping snake;
Hear the oceans broken speech,
Sound Of waves that beat the beach,
Thinking crystal cymbals they,
Dashed to surf and blown to spray
TO our feet the ripples glide.
At the turning Of the tide.
At the turning OF the tide. ~
Gone the beach once smooth and W1des
Lo! lake of boiling froth;
See yon snake awake and wroth,
As its shape the ocean molds,
Drawing inland fearful folds!
Oceans murmur turns to roar,
Mounting waves that storm the shore
With hungry tigers rage,
Leap along the sea-wall cage;
Bafied, torn and tossed on high,
Fall on Us as mist from sky.
What could land and sea divide,
Save the turning Of the tide?
Hunter MacCulloch, in Popular Monthly
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Three Girls Drowned.

While bathing at Lake Minetonka, sum-
mer resort near Minneapolis, Minn., Florence
Hills, aged seventeen, and Birdie Mills, aged
fourteen, daughters Of F. B. Mills, and Helen
Cheney, aged thirteen, daughter OF William
Cheney, were drowned. The accident was
due to their getting into channel dredsed
some years ago to accommodate steamboat
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Fire Losses Indicate ProSperity.

The loss by fire in this country and Canada
in June was :S,500,0GO below the loss in that
month of last year and 81, 800, go below that
of June. 1894. For the first half OF this year
the losses were less than in the same period
of 1895 to the extent of S2,4OO,O00, but they
are nearly the same amount greater than in
1894. These figures must be taken to be
favorable. as losses by fire often increase
heavily during business depression.
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REFUSED TO TREAT AND WAS ELECTED.

II was elected to my present oflce," said
r. G. Arnold. Of Winston, Ala, at the Ma
tlonal, who Is now serving his second term
as Alderman, "because would not buy
jug of liquor. The contest was very close
one, but + thought my election was assured;
when two nights before the voting was to be
done a delegation came to me and wanted
money with which to buye couple OF gallons
OF whisky. I refused to give 1t and the next
day my friends told me that my opponent
had furnished four gallons and thirty men
who had been relied upon to support me had
gone on picnic and had agreed to vote fori
the other man. This knew would defeat
me, and after carefully polling my strength,
comparatively easy matter in community
where every voter IS known, I concluded.
that the liquor had settled IT against me.
Election day came and not o man who went
on the picnic returned The polls closed
and was elected by ten votes. We sfbse-
quently learned that the crowd had got drunk
and been arrested, keeping them away from
town. Had I given the liquor my friends
would have gone and those OF my opponent
rem ained at home. Washington Star.
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THE SAME LIGHT.

The same light which showed You the
heaven that you were made for has always
showed you the rock that you were chained
to as the same word Of Jesus which showed
the young nobleman the treasures in heaven
broIght back before his mind the treasures
on earth. from which h9 could not tear him
self away. This makes the sa,redness and
awfulneis Of life when we come to know it.
that we are never so near our highest as
when we are most sensible OF the
danger Of our lowest, aal the danger OF the
lowest Is never 50 real to us as when the
splendor Of the highest stands wide open.-
Phillips Brooks.
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LINCOLN MEETS BRYAN.

The Democratic Presidential Candidate
Welcomed to Nebraska.
Amid an uproar Of booming cannon, peal
ing church bells, screaming steam whistles,
and the shouts Of 10000 people, William J.
Bryan, the Democratic nominee for Presi-
dent, entered Lincoln, the capital city OF
Nebraska It was an ovation the like OF
which the people Of that part OF the country
never before witnessed. Halt the popula-
tion of the city, men, women and children,
was at the depot. 1t was q non-parttsan re-
ception, for both Democrats and Republic
cans participated In 1t. The Mayor, City
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There are two ways in which the value of
a lifetime may be measured. 1t can be
measured by years or byevsnt5. A man may
live to be eighty years old and yet find at
the end that his life was hardly worth living.
4 Mozart NAV da ut thirty-llva and measure
his life by the birth Of great compositions.
each an event in the musical history Of the
world Years do not count. 4 man lives
by eyeats.-CharlcS Barnard.
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BosroS's YEARLY DRINK BILL.

According to the article which he con-
tributes to the Forum. Doctor Francis G..
Peabody, OF Harvard University. calculates
that Boston's drink-bil for year is more
than six millions Of dollars. larger sum
than the aggregate expenses Of the public
Schools the fire, police and park depart
ments.
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Jury BIumes the Railroad Hands

The Coroner's Jury, which has been IN
yestigating the wreck in which twcnty-seven
lives were lost at Logan, Iowa, has returned
a verdict holding Engineer Montgomery and
Conductor Reed of the excursion train
guilty OF criminal negligence. Warrants
we're issued. They nro in Jail at Boone.
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Richest Mnn In New Hampshire.

Tho tragic death Of Austin Corbin at his
country seat at Newport leaves the Hon.
Charles L. Tilton, OF Tilton, the weaithiest
man residing within the New Hampshire
borders. Mr.. TIlto1 is reputed to have at
least Sl2,0o0,O00.
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Personal acquaintance with Christ is
living thing. like tree tina: uses every hour
for growth. 1t thrivcs in sunshine. it is re-
freshed by -ain--sven the. storm drives it to
fasten its grip morA firmly in the earth for
its support. So. troubled heart. in all eX-
periencc. say. This comes that l may make
closer acquaintance with my Lord.
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Army Worm Devastating New jersey.
The army worm is doing great amount
of damage to various kinds OF vegetables IN
and about the farming districts Of Egg Har-
Dor CITY, n j.
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No Eay State Sunday Excursions.

Tho Massachusetts, Railroad Commission
ors have denied the right of various railroad
and steamboat companies to run Sunday e1-
cursionS.
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If VIC lopk down. then our shoulders
stoop. If our tnD,,htS look down. our
character bends. 1t is only wh'n we hold
our heads ur that the body become, erect.
II il only when our thoughts <" up that our
life h,.Iumes erect. Alexander Mckenzie,
ID ID
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Mills Begin to Grind.

Mills Begin to Grind.
The mills along the Big Caney, Kansas,
have begun to grind on the wheat crop o.
1886. ... ---..--. -.
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H.. who seeks GpI i. n. s"rkS anything
bcsi,i.s t.,l will nnt ia'I hi'n hlt iIr wa
snrks COD aiua' ii III" truth VIII lhi mn
and all Tia: COL raa SiEa with iI!in-Jchn
VnutEr.