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situated near the coast Of the Medi-
terranean, about thirty miles from
Algiers and was at that period near
the ancient port Of Caesarea (now
CherchelD. 1t stands upon q high
hill in the narrowest part Of the Sahel
range, and thus dominates the sur
rounding territory. Its form is that Of
an enormous cylinder resting upon
square foundation and surmounted by
a cone-shaped part which is built up of
a series Of steps reaching to the sum-
nit. At the base it measures 1877 feet
in diameter, and its present height Is
1O2 feet, but it must have been over
120 feet high originally. This monu-
ment remained an enigma for a long
period. The Arabs called 1t Kbour-
Roumia, or Tomb Of the Christian, on
account of the cross upon the northern
panel, which was still preserved, and
their imagination invented many leg
ends in which were associated buried
treasure, fairies and sorcerers. These
. legends excited the Pacha Salais-Rais
Q552-1556) to try to find the hidden
treasure, and he had the monument
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At the Bottom of the Sea.

A Geposir of q bluish-colored clay
forms a broad fringe around the mar
gin OF the continental masses and
covers the plateau linking Britain with
Greenland. IT. is the finer Getritus OF
the land, borne by the currents into
the ocean. TO what depth it extends
depends Oh circumstances; the zone is
broader when the sea bed sinks
gradually, narrower where it steepens
more quickly. Around the Azores q
volcanic mud is found, while at the
Bermudas the deposit is pounded-up
coral-as might be expected. In a
few places green grains are numerous,
the casts Uf minute organisms-a ma
terial ike our greensands. South OF
the Azores, and in one or two isolated
spots, Is bed formed almost entirely
of small shells of mollusks, called
pteropods. But beyond the limit Of
all these, down to depths Of 25O0
fathoms, the ocean floor is covered
with calcereous mud, composed Of the
relics Of minute living creatures, such
as algae and foraminifera-the So
called globigerina ooze - material
similar to that Of the chalk; and this
passes at yet greater depths into 4
reddish clay, as to the exact origin of
which different opinions have been en-
tertained.-London Standard.
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Waves Furnieh Buoys With Light.

Man has long since succeeded in
pressing the running waters-the rush
ing brook and the majestic stream
into his service, but lie does not yet
avail himself Of the unlimited power
wasted by the mighty. restless sa. He
still fails to gather any transmissib!e
power even from the iEmeasurable
force of the tides.
Lately NJ. Genre, a German engin-
eer, has invented a buoy whose merit
consists in that wave action lights it
electrically. The apparatus needs no
attention for months at time. Even
the lightest waves generate the light,
while the heaviest storms fail to put
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A Sermon on Prayer.

In order to approach our subject inteIGs
gently and profit tably we must have conn
mon agreement in regard to the meaning
of the term prayer. The shorter cate@
chism gives a fair definition. It says:
Prayer is an Offering up of our desire5
unto God for things agreeable to His wilA
in the name Of Christ, with confession Sof
our sins and thankful acknowled edgment Of
His mercies. Now, I think you will agreeI
with me that this definition Of prayer isj
not wholly satisfactory. It has an atsI
much the idea of our needs and our
reaching an empty hand to God in orderi
to be filed. In looking up definitions of
prayer this one especially appealed to mel
as being brief, simple and beautlful:I
Prayer is the converse of the human soul
with Cod.
When the messengers of Martha and}
Mary came to Jesus they simply said:]
Lord, he whom Thou lowest is SICK.
They. did not ask for anything. WhenI
the prophet of Israel was in great distress
tion of the King of Assyria he simply
went up to the temple and spread that
blasphemous letter before the Iords
When the widows of Joppa were II, such
sorrow for the loss of the faithful and be-
loved Dorcas they simply brought the1
beautiful garments prepared by the faith.
full hands of the departed sister and excl
hibited them before Peter; yet all these|
incidents appealed to the heart OF God.
They were prayers that moved heaven toeI
bestow its richest gifts upon those huns
BILE and contrite hearts. It is not neces.l
sary to be within the hallowed walls Oh
some ancient temple in order to offer ac1
ceptable prayer. It is not necessary to1
fall down upon your knees in the, dust mi
order to be heard of God. 1t is not 'neces.]
sary to express your heart IN certain
stereotyped forms of invocation, thanks
giving, petition and intercesslon IN order
to come up to the true ideal of prayer
PRAYER can find expression in these plaeef1
and through these forms and ceremonies
But prayer is not confined to these. Ioud
can pray in any place, in any attitude nna
which the human soul can pour Its exxPes
riences into the ear of God, and IN which
we can listen to His tender, soothing, loyt1
ing voice. PRAYER then is. the converse @
the soul with God. God in your pTessncs|
and YOU in the presence of God, God mi
your fellowship and you in the felowship
of God, God revealing His heart to you1
and you revealing your heart tos Godt
God speaking in loving sovereign voice tCl
YOU and you speaking in appealing and
con6dinc voice to God In considering
the place of such an exercise as that re.
ferred to we are immediately brought
face to face with God.
Prayer has not only human side; but
also a God.side. To the Christian ther4
is no fact in life that is not based upon
a Christian vision or revelation. OF cons
ception of God. Prayer is based upon 81
Christian conception Of God. The mate
rialist, the panthiest, the atheist, tha
deist and fatalist do not believe in prayer,
Their idea of God is incompatible WITH
faith ia the exercise of prayer. Prayer Y
tion of God.-The Rev. Donald g.. Mac,
Leod, Washington, D. C..
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Trees Planted by Blue Jays.

An old-time Arizona woodchopper
says the blue jays have planted thou
sands of the trees now growing all
over Arizona. He says these birds
have q habit Of burying small seed in
the ground with their beakss and that
they frequent pinon trees and bury
large numbers of the small pine nuts in
the ground, many of which sprout and
grow. He was walkin through the
pines with an Eastern gentleman a
short time ago when one of these birds
flew from the tree TO the ground. stuck
his bill into the earth and quickly flew
away. When told what had happened
the Eastern man was skeptical, but the
two went to the spot and, with knife
blade, dug out sound pine nut from a
depth of about an inch and 4 half.
Thus It will be seen that nature has
plans Of her own for forest perpetua.
ton. Indianapolis News.
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANcE.

Effects of fAlcoho1-Testimony Of n Physi
clan Showing the Ravages of Rum OF
the Human System - The Enormoui
Size of the Liver in One Case.
I wish to refer very briefly to two cases
that came under my observation last win
ter while acting in the capacity of autop
sy physician in Alameda.
They were both victims of alcohol, an6
died while taking so-called cure for the
drink habit. They were similar, and so
characteristic of the effects of alcohol or
the organs OF the human body That bring
them to your attention, while at the same
time they show what terrible abuse kino
nature will put up with and still keep tht
wheels revolving and the human machinery
at work.
Case No. was man thirty.nine years
of age, who was brought to the morgue
after sudden death from the effects of 9
prolonged indulgence in liquor. He had
been in good health, apparently, except
that for several years he had drunk to eY'
cess. Upon examination found the stom.
ach and intestines fearfully infamed, and
the kidneys both broken down and soft
ened. The two organs, however, to which
I wish to call your particular attention in
this case are the liver and heart. The
liver, weighed eight pounds and four
ounces, and was almost black in color: Il
filled not only the entire upper part of the
abdominal cavity, completely across to the
spleen, but it had extended upon the right
side nearly to the nipple line, crowdine
the lungs into small space. The. gall
bladder was three times its normal size
and filled with bile. The heart was pushed
two inches to the left of its proper site,
was slightly enlarged, and its muscular
fiber so degenerated that when taken be-
tween the fingers it came apart like a soft,
iecayed sponge.
Case No. 3 had stomach and intes.
tines similar to the first, but IN addition
I found the left kidney perfectly black,
and so degeperated that when SQUEEZED
slightly in the hand it disappe. d as
completely as a bit of the softest mud.
The right kidney had little more consist
ency, but was not firm enough to with
stand any pressure. Tine liver in this case
weighed nine (9) pounds. and extended to
the points mentioned in Case !. The heart
was in slightly better condition than the
first, but still softened and degenerated
to an alarming extent.
What I wish to especially emphasize in
these cases is the enormous size OF the
liver, the almost complete destruction OF
the kidneys, and the disorganized state OF
the muscular fiber of the heart, while the
persons whose most vital organs were in
This deplorable condition were apparent
ly in excellent physical health, and were
daily when sober) attending to their or
dinary duties. How is it possible for men
with their organs practically destroyed to
bear the appearance Of health, and for
years to be in physical condition to labor
steadily and with no sign Of breaking
iown?-Chas. L. Tisdale, N. D., in Pacific
Coast Journal of Homeopathy.
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ReaI Repentance.

Repentance is not merely little twinge
of remorse over some wrong thing.
not simply a-gush of tears at the recollec,
ton of some wickedness. It is not mere
shame at being found out in some mean. me
the the revolution of the whole life. Sina
wept over must be forsaken forever. Re.
pentance is a change Of heart, turning
Of the face just the other way. It is well
for us to make diligent quest to be sure
that we always abandon the wrong-doins
which we depiore, that we quit the evn
course which we regret. that we turn
away from the sin which we confess. q
good many people get only, haif, the gos'
bel. They talk great deal about beneT. y.
inr. but very little about repentlng., =
needs to be remembered that faith wnicb
does not lead to a genuine repentance \ =
not faith which saves.-The Rev. y. n
Miller 4
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Metaphor His Long Suit.

When it comes to making pictur-
esque metaphor, Senator Tillman is
not far in the rear. In facr. lie can
take advantage Of the moment and
flash out as fine bit Of smile as any
man on the floor. He showed his abi.
ity a few days ago in his speech in an
swer to Senator Hale's conciliatory ef-
fort in behalf of the Subsidy bill. Mr..
Hale finally lost his temper and said
one or two rather unkind things in
his effort, at one time limiting that if
Mr.. Tilman wanted time to illuminate
against the bill he might have il.
"Fulminate:" snapped out Mr.. Till.
man. Docs the gentleman from
Maine take me for box Of matches,
or gun cap? Perhaps it is flash Of
lightning, and if it is, let me tell him
that l want plenty OF lime to grow
some forks. 1 don't want to spend all
my time making common sheet light
g."-Washington Times.
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of many small and very successful
racing craft, and of the ninety-footer
Independence" Unlike her prede-
cessors, the new schooner is to be con-
structed throughout Of steel. There
are three complete decks, which will
be of steel plating, the upper deck,
forecastle and poop-deck being wood
covered. A collision bulkhead will be
worked in at a suitable distance from
the stem.
The lower masts throughout the ves-
sci will be built Of steel, with Tapped
edges, flush butts, and stiffening an
giles extending inside for the full
length. The masts are all 135 feet in
length from the mast step to the top
of the upper band, and they have a
uniform diameter throughout of thir-
ty-two inches. The top masts will be
of Oregon pine. They will be fifty
eight feet in length over all, tapering
from eighteen inches in diameter to
ten inches, except the foremast, which
will be sixty-four feet in length and
twenty inches at its point Of greatest
diameter. The booms Of the first five
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After the Boys.

During Major Hilton's meetings at Gin
cinnati he related a story of boy in Chi
.apo, nine years of age, who came to
school drunk, and being taken in the arms
of an officer, his head pillowed on his
breast, he coaxed the little one to tell
him where he got the. vile stuff: After
thinking a moment he got up and telt IN
his pocket, which was filed with old nails,
bits of string, top, ETC., but he could not
see the thing he wanted; he looked on the
floor, and there he saw what he had
dronned, a bright picture. card, on the
edge of which were small squares, ana
some of these were punched. "What IS
this?" the officer asked. My beer card;
each boy gets card and each hole IS
drink, and the boy that gets the most
holes in a month gets prize. lhere
are three prizes, a pistol, story OF three
lewis and whisky cocktail,
One of the Cincinnati teachers felt i'm.
pressed to relate the story to a class or
ifty-fve boys. The eager eyes, the dis
:ressed looks will not be forgotten. Then
,hey opened their hearts to her how. men
n Cincinnati "play pool" and the winner
receives brass checks for drinks, and gives
them to the boys at the baseball groun1sdi
on Sunday. "Can get some OF them!
;aid she. "Yes'm." "Well, bring. me
;ome." During the rest OF the week IN
The press of school duties the matter was
forgotten by the busy teacher, but not
When school was called on Monday
morning the first question was, "Wl!l you
Jake the checks now, Miss r." and lmme-
diately four brass checks were handed to
ner, each bearing the name OF the saloon
keeper and fire cents.
This is the way the mep push the saloon
business. A man who is mean enough TO
sell rum is as rule mean enough to 20
almost anything.-W. L. Hastings.
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.r,,t.r Prom the Late President.

There is an aged woman living in Wash
inrton who has an autograph letter from
Pres;dert Mckinley, which she keeps
among her most valued possessions. She
received it soon after his first election; It
came in reply to one from her, IN when
she expressed her sympathy for the newly
elected PSsdeH wSR IN be se ras ssas eaed Tss
- carry, She wrote merely to express the
homo that he would be guided by provi-
derce in his counsels and be given wisdom
and strength for his duties. In his re-
sponse. Mr.. Mckinley said that it was al.
most the first letter he had received eC-
pressing unsciGsh thought for him, and he
fe,t profoundly touched by it. -.
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Autho,- Of < he Rou5e on lhs Norsh,"' etc
ebert Bonner's Sons.

much as we do very soon-this after
noon, most likely"
Uncle George, we shall lose the
train" said Nell, in a quavering voice.
Then the policeman glanced from
George Claris to the trunk behind;
and. as the dog-cart drove off. he
whispered some words to the man
nearest to him, which sent him run
ming at q good pace in the direction of
Stroan.
Uncle and niece had scarcely got on
the platform of the little station when
the local police superintendent dashed
through the doorway after them.
"Ah, Mr. Claris, I'm just in time,
see," he sang out cheerily. as he
touched his hat olitely to Nell. "Golng
up to London for holiday:'
mot me. Can't afford holidays" re
piled Claris, rather surlily. I'm see
ing my niece off, that's ALL"
well, I'm sorry to have to stop the
lady's trip, but we shall want ber as
a witness at the inquest that's to be
held this afternoon. Very sorry, Miss, "
he went on to Nell, "but it's only put
ting off the pleasure for few days"
But Nell looked as much over.
whelmed as if the summons had been
death warrant. She made no an
swer, but stood silently, fearless but
terror-struck, in front of the two men
staring at the approaching train, with
her lips parted and a wild look in her
eyes.
Her uncle reused her with a rough
shake of the arm.
whats come to the girl? Don't
look like that" said he in her ear.
"Folks'll think that you had hand in
it yourself if you 60 into court with
that facet;
To his surprise and chagrin she took
him at his word.
Twill they say that, uncle? Will they
dare to say that" she asked, with
such breathless earnestness that he
stepped back with frown on his hon
est red face.
"Bless the girl! You give me quite
turn with your whisperings and your
scared face" said he, testify. Come
along back tome, and for goodness
sake don't let them think as you want
ed to get away. The Lord only knows
what people say at these times if you
don't keep your wits about you, and
answer questions like a. reasonable
creature"
Nell said nothing. But the innkeep-
er's heart sank within him as he drove
her home, and perceived tnat his once
light-hearted and merry little niece
was trembling like leaf the whole
way.
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GODS MESSAGE TO NAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE1
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poem: Unto the Hour-The Logical Plac<i
Of Prayer in the Divine Plan-lt 10 theI
Converse of the Human Soul With God
Tho Human Side Of supplication.
God broke our years to hours and dayAl
that r:sj -s - -
Hour by hour,
And day by day..
Just going on little way,
We might be able all along
To keep quite strong.
Should all the weight of Life
Be laid across our shoulders, and the fIol
ture rife
With woe and struggle, meet US face to|
At just one place,
We could not 60; IS.
Our feet would stop, and so
God lays little on us every day,
And never, I believe, on all the way i
Will burdens bear so deep,
Or pathways lie so steep,
But we can 60, if by Gods power,
We only bear the burden of the houri1
George Kringley
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All of One Piece.

Our religious life is all of one piece
we ourht not to delude ourselves WITH
the notion that we are serving God when
we We are at the same time dealing unfairly
with our fellow.men, or indulging in looss
and scornful utterances concerning them. EN-
These The two things are not consistent with
each other. II we desire to show that we
are\ sincere Christians we must do 1t ~
upright character and meek and gsntie
attitude toward all men.-Nashville Chris
tian Advocate.
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A saloonkeeper's Price List.

Here is the handbill of prices recently
;ssued bv a Missouri saloonkeeper. The
bill displays a skull and cross bones and
this n list Of prices is given: Hobo corn
whisky. seventy cents per gallon; Ken
lucky Lightning. seventy cents; Oscar
Fresh. ninety cents: Oregon County Bust
head. sixty cents: Moonshine, fifty cents;
pure Tarantula Juice, forty cents; Goro-
ner's Pride. thirty cents: Undertaker,s
Friend, thirty cents; Persimmon Brandy,
iftv cents: Gooseberry Brandy, titty
.cnts; pure Extract Juniper Berries, TWEEN.
:y-ive cents; Embalming Fluid, twenty
Here is a dealer VINO is sufficiently
frank. He understands human nature
md knows that it is always seeking peril.
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Cost nf Intemperance.

One of our most enlightened, cities re-
oorts 26.OOO arrests for drunkenness
year, and 5000 imprisonments: The fines
collected amounted to less than S25,OoO,
while the cost of maintaining the prison
TO the taxpayers, therefore, was more
than slOo, 600 If some one proposed to
appropriate that amount for establishing
! library or other public institution the
matter would have a great deal of consid..
Grafton. lest the city might be guilty OF
extravaganza.
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Misspent Minutes.

new record against US in heaven. Sure
# # we thought thus we should dism,iist
them with Better reports and not suffer
them to fly away empty or laden wlt9
dangerous Intelligence. How happy is II
when they carry up not only the message
but the fruits OF good and stay with the
Ancient OF Days to speak for US before
His glorious throne.-John Milton.
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Insist Upon Sobriety.

The railroads of the United States en-
oloy almost a million men in various, ca
paH ppac;ties. Not from any sentimental or
even moral motive, but strictly upon the
formance of duty-the employers OF this
great army of men insist upon sobriety
smong their employees. Not less, proba-
bly,. than half Of the whole number are
working under rules that positively forbid
them to frequent the places where lntox1c !.
,ating drinks are sold, and almost a halt
are absolutely required to be total abstain
ers.
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have been we'll developed. But they
are not, being the one thing in which
japan has not advanced. They are,
indeed, woefully inefficient.
Hand engines that can be carried by
two men and buckets comprise the
whole outfit. Valuables are not kept
in the dwellings. In every village there
is a massive tower, with iron doors
and window shutters, and in this
building the inhabitants store what
ever they possess Of value to save 1t
from loss by fre.-New York Herald.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! SEyEN.MASTED STEEL SCHOONER

The development of the multi-masted
merchant schooner, which has ad-
vanced with such rapid strides during
the past few years, Is one OF the most
remarkable features in the shipbuIld'
ing industry Of the Atlantic Coast.
The latest Of these giant schooners is
the great seven-masted vessel shown
in the accompanying illustration. 1t
has been built from designs by b. b.
CTowinshield, Of Boston, the designer
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THE FIRST sEvEN-MAsTE STEEL SCHOONER

masts will be forty-five feet in length
bv fourteen inches in diameter, the
spanker boom being seyenty-fve fee
in length by eighteen inches in diam
eter. The total sail area Of the love-
sails and topsails will be 4O,617 square
feet. The total cost Of the vessel de-
liyered will be about S250,0OO.
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Doing Good.

The great means of doing good, though
we cannot tell why or how, only because
God SO directed it, is by example; WeI
are to be ourselves what We would have
others to be. And this not, only whe9|
others know it, but in all places; for J
believe that even what we do In secretl
affects others.-Mary Lyon.
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A Debit Balance.

The man who enlarges his business byl
contracting his religion s~ells his income
by starving his soul, will find the balaneel
sheet to be wofully against him at the
final reckonirg.-Rev. James B. Nxo1
Methodist Protestant, Pittsburg.
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/ Burial Monuments
'. Of Nurth Africa.

IN North Africa are found two
great burial tumuli o. mausole-
ums, which date even before the
4 Roman occupation, and were, no
doubt, built by the native kings Of
Mauretania and Numidia. The first
Of these, shown in the engraving, is