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In JS90 the last instance of boiling to death took place in Persia Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Slulleu is Nature's grest remedy -Cures Coughs. Colds, Croup and Consumption,and II throat and lung troubles. At druggists, tex. 50c. and $1.00 per bottie. Wildcat Jumps on Engine. Willie Engineer Ed wnue ana r ireman Harry Ahem were speeding through the Palisade Canyon with a freight train at nig^it they were startled by a large wildcat landing suddenly on their engine. The animal emitted a blood curdling cry as it landed, and when the dust cleared away they saw the angry beast only a few feet t way glaring at them. The two men seized weapons with which to beat off the animal, but It made no show of fight, leaping from the flying train to the ground. It Tolled a dozen feet before It stopped, ."bat apparently it was unhurt as it scampered away immediately.?Winnemucca Correspondent Sacrament Bee A nickle's worth of religon is likely to be all used up before you get to the church door. OPERATION AVOIDED EXPERIENCE OF MISS MERKLEY Che Was Told That an Operation Wae Inevitable How She Escaped It When a physician tel's a woman suffering with ovarian or woinb trouble that an operation is necessary, the very thought of the knife and the operating ??H1? terror to her heart, and our hospitals are full of women coming for ovarian or womb operations. There are cases whore an operation is the only resource, but when one coneiders the great number of cases of ovarian and womb trouble cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after physicians have advised operations, no woman should submit to one without first trvin 8f the Vegetable Compound and writing Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass , for advice, which is free. Miss MargTct Merkley of 275 Third 8treet, Milwaukee, Wis., writes: Dear Mrs. "Pinkham:? "Lorn of strength, extreme nervousness ' shooting pains through the pelvic organs, bearing oovn pains and cramps compelled j die to s?k medical advice. The doctor, after i an examination, said I had ovarian trouble and ulceration and advised an operation. To this I strongly objected and decided to try Lydia E. PirkhanYs Vegetable Com- | pound. "The ulceration quickly healed, all | the i?il symptoms disappeared and I am ance more strong, vigorous and well" Ovarian and womb troubles are steadily on the increase aruoug women. If the monthly periods arc very painful, or too frequent and excessive?if you have pain or swelling low down fti the , left side, bearing down pains, leucorrhoaa. don't neglect yourself : try Lydia , E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. ' I I ? 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Mnemm mate My mone:, in rJiingle* on mail outlay, -v 7 * | I t i HE ALWAYS TC By Ann* B i* not very quick to learn, Nor "promising, ' 'twas said; Be was not of a brilliant turn, Nor one to "go ahead;" Defects?if they must be confessedIn plenty had the youth But t nis one virtue he possessed? He always told the truth. In every way he seemed below The average of boys. In intellect, and "push." and "go/ And all that youth enjoys; But no one ever doubted him. Because they knew, forsooth? Yes, even those who flouted him? He always told the truth. ***** IFor the Ml i-* M /Is * * 7T\ * v * *6!9MQiGiei6iGiQioi6^ irj=j TSl ON DAVID, it strikes me (15j|^|J9J tj,at vou are out a jr^eat w! deal of late. I don, ap_k^7 prove of boys of your age [5)1 [ill being out evenings: it leads 3Bl?***eeSi*e ] 111 to bad eonipany. and bad company leads to all kinds of badness. I hope you don't spend your time at the tavern?" "Son David." a broad-shouldered sixfooter. smiled a little, and coIokhI a great deal at these words, whieh\:ere delivered with a precision and a^lemnity of look and tone that nnrae them doubly impressive. "There's no occasion for any alarm, father: I keep very good company. And as for the tavern. I haven't set foot in it for six months or more." About the usual hour. David laid aside his book, and putting on a clean collar and a linen coat, fresh front the hands of Aunt Betsey, sauntered down toward the village. This had been his custom for several weeks past, and the old deacon shook his head with a perplexed and somewhat troubled air. "I suppose the lad finds it rather dull here," he mused: "the house is lonely." And, as he recalled tin; light of a certain bright eve and a sunnv smile. what he had thought of doing "for the sake of David" seemed a not unpleasant thing to do for his own. "I think I'll go and consult Parson Duulow," thought the deacon, who. like the generality of mankind, having fully made up his mind on the subject, determined to seek advice, not for the purpose of gaining any additional light, but to strengthen and confirm his own opinions. The worthy deacon bestowed quite as much time upon his toilet before leaving the house as did "Sou David." And if a glimpse of the sprinkling of gray in the hair that he brushed so carefully away from his temples made him somewhat doubtful as to the result of his mission, it was but for a moment. Ought not any woman to be proud of the honor of becoming Mrs. Deacon Quimby, wite of one of the most wealthy and influential citizens of the place, even though his hair might be a little frosty and his form not so erect as when he departed on the selfsame errand thirty years before. In the weekly prayer meetings, of which he took the lead, the deacon often called himself "the chief of sinners." "an unprofitable servant." and the like, confessing and bewailing the depravity 01 ins iiean. nuu imt- a great many other self-styled "miserable sinners," he hud a tolerably good opinion of himself after all. making the above confession with an air that seemed to say: "If I. Deacon Quimhy. a pillar of the church, and a shining example to you all. can say this, what must be the condition of the majority of those around me?" He found Parson Dunlow in his study, hard at work upon his next Sunday's discourse. But he was used to interruptions, and had a sincere liking for the worthy deacon, who was his right-hand man in every good work: so, laying down his pen. he shook him warmly by the hand and bade him be seated. _.But somehow the deacon found it difficult to get out what he came to say?the words seemed to stick in his throat. But at last he managed to stammer: "I?I have called, parson, to?to see you about my son. David, whose conduct has occasioned me a great deal of uneasiness of late." "You surprise me. Brother Quimby: I consider him to be an unusually steady and exemplary young man." "He has been, parson, very steady Indeed?at home every evening, -busy with his book or paper. But now he's out most every night, and sometimes don't return until quite late." A faint smile flickered around Parson Dunlow's mouth, but ? was unobserved by the deacon, who resumed: "The fact is, the boy * wants ft mother." "He wants a wife, you mean." was the parson's inward comment, but lie said nothing, for he hadn't tilled his sacred office a quarter of a century without learning that some things arc better thought than spoken. "It is a very important step." resumed Deacon Quiinby, after waiting vainly for the parson to speak, "and? and as I think of taking to myselt another companion for?for the sake ol David, I thought I would come and? and consult you about it." Here tlv deacoin wiped the perspira tion from his forehead, betraying sc j much hesitancy and embarrassment as J to quite astonish the good parson, who I to reassure him, said briskly: I "To be sure, Brother Quimby. And r ! very good idea it is, too, for yourself j and, no doubt, for your son. David | And I shall be very glad to assist yo\ j in the matter. There are many verj worthy ladies in the church and viciu ity, so that you cannot fail to be suited There's the Widow Bean; her sons ar< now men grown and quite off Jie: bauds. A most excellent and worthy woman is the Widow Bean." But the deacon did not seem to re ceive his suggestion with much favor he shifted one leg uneasily over th other. "As you say, parson, the Widow Beai isn most excellent and worthy woman but?but the leadings of Providenc d6U't seem to be in that direction." "Well, then there is Miss Mary Am Pease, a member of the church fo Sk \ V >LD Tiii: TRUTH. f. Woodruff. "Uncouth" and "awkward," how it hurt When on his ears it fell! Who could the fact not controvert, Was sensitive as well. ' But one there was who sympathized, Who knew right well the youth? His mother this great comfort prized? He always told the truth. A slow but steady plodder, he, Along the path of life;. In business ever seemed to be Behind-hand in the strife; But then he won his fellows' trust, They honored him in sooth? The man unlearned, but noble, just, Who always told the truth. ?Ram's Horn. Sake of David. 1 * yg. | By Gmc: Terrj ; many years, and an ornament to her t sex and profession. Now that her : brother is married again, rhe is quite j at liberty, and .Mil make you a very ; desirable helpmate." "True, yery true, parson; I have the J highest resjiect for Sister Pease. Hutbut the leadings fof Providence don't seem to be in that direction, either." The good parson looked puzzled, but, honestly desirous of assisting his visitor. he'made another effort. "Brother Jones has a number of | daughters, and either of the two eldest I would be " "Yes. yes. parson,"' interrupted tbe deacon, rather impatiently. "I know that very well. But I think that?that, for the sake of David. I had better marry some one younger and more lively, and who would consequently ; be more of a?sort of companion for him." A sudden light broke in upon Parson Dunlow's mind. "Perhaps you have some one already in view. Brother Quimby?" "Well, yes, parson. I have sought Divine light, and the leadings of Providence seem to be in the direction of your family: in short, toward your daughter, Miss Emma, whose staid and discreet behavior, I am happy to say. would do honor to more mature years." It was not the first time, in Parson Dunlow's pastoral experience, that he had known people to mistake the leading of their own hearts for "the leadings of Providence," but if ho had any suspicion that this might be the case with the worthy deacon, he prudently kept it to himself. Sg. without evincing anything of the dismay and consternation at his heart, he said: "I cannot fail to realize. Brother Quimby, the high compliment of suclg a desire. But you remember the wordJI of Rebekah's parents under like cir cumstances: 'We will call the damsel and inquire at her mouth.' I don't know that we can do better than follow their example. "Willie." he added. going to the window. "run and tell Emma that father wants to see her In his study." "She's dot company," said the little fellow; "and is doing to dire me a new ball If I'll stay out in the yard." "No matter." said his father, smiling; "you shall not lose the new ball. So run along." Miss Emma, though very pleasantly engaged, dutifully obeyed her father's summons. She blushed as her eyes fell upon the deacon, to whom she dropped a pretty, deferential courtesy. "My daughter." said the parson, gravely, "Deacon Quimby informs me that, for the sake of David, he has concluded to take to himself another wife, and that his choice has fallen upon you. I have ever left such matters to you, but you cannot fail to realize the value of such an offer, and I trust you will give it the consideration it demands." Km ma opened her brown eyes widely at this announcement, and then the long lashes fell over thpm, and iay quivering upon the rosy cheeks. But, unexpected* as was the position in which she found herself placed, her woman's wit did not desert her. "I should be very happy to become Deacon Quimby' wife, papa," she said, demurely, "if I had not already promised, for the sake of David, to do ray best to be a daughter to him." Deacon Quimby was so accustomed to consider his son as a mere boy that it was some minmes before his mind took In the sense of these words. "Do you mean to say. Miss Emma," he said, at last, regarding the blushing girl with a bewildered air. "that you are going to marry my son?" "With your permission, sir," responded Emma, with a smile and glance that would have softened a far harder heart than the deacon's. "I have alfrndy obtained that of my father." Deacon Quimby turned his eyes upon j Mr. Dunlow, who bad been a quiet but Interested/listener to this. 'Why. David is nothing but a boy, ' parson!" "lie is a year older than you were when you married, deacon," was the smiling response. True; so he was. "I dare say it does not seem poss. : hie," continued the parson. "I can hardly bring myself to realize that It ' * n.m elnon m V littlP IS eigllieen ,?cnio af.u miivv girl, here, was laid in my arms; but so it is." As ibe good deacon looked at the blooming maiden, and remembered how 1 often he bad held her, a smiling babe 5 in his arms, the conviction was sud> denly forced ujpon him that that he had been makingold fool of himself. 1 The rather embarrassing silence thai followed was pleasantly broken bj David's cheery voice and pleasanl 1 ^sraile. "You seem to have quite a familj party," h^^tid, pushing open the door "So th^Rs where you spend youi ? evenings^Rung man?" said his father r shaking^? finger at him, with an ail of mod^^pleasure. "Ah, I see verj plaiuj^jtt I shall never be able t< " keep^Rouit home, unless I can per suade^^ks Emma to come and llv? e with me^^B'hat say you, my dear?" "That I will come very willingly,* a returned theismiling and blushing girl "for the sa?p of David."?New Yori j e Weekly. ^ I i During 1904 400 national banks wen j r organised with capital of 124,504,300. j ?? ^HOUSEHOLD jgra,^ AFFAIRS * EFFACING WEATHER STAINS. It is quite easy to remove the ugly green marks caused by damp on stone, tile and brick floors and steps, all that is necessary being a good scrubbing with water in which a small quantity of chloride of lime has been dissolved. SILVER CLEANER. Dissolve one ounce of powdered borax in half a pint of boiling water. When cold. pour it on four ounces of precipitated chalk, and bent until smooth. Add thirty drops of ammonia and one gill of alcohol and bottle. Shake well before using. FOR A WALNUT STAIN. To make walnut stain for floors, take i?ne quart of water, one and a half mnces of washing soda, two and a half ounces of vandyke brown and a quarter of an ounce of bicarbonate of potash. Boil foo- ten minutes and apply with a brush. This stain may be used either hot or cold. TO MAKE STARCH. A good old-time housewife offers the following rule for starch: Mix one tablespoonful of starch with four tablespftmfuls of cold water and pour on t? three quarts of boiling water. Boil for twenty minutes. Then add one 'teaspoouful of salt and a piece of paralfine wax half the size of a nutmeg. Stir until the wax is dissolved, then cool and strain through cheesecloth. To add lustre, soak the articles in this preparation for six hours. A PILLOW HINT. Pillows wear out, just like anything elsp, says a housekeeping authority, even though one may change the tick covering from time to time: the feathers become impregnated with dust and dirt and lose the life that is in all good feathers at first. Then, too, years ago feathers were not prepared, nor pillows made according to the scientific methods that now obtain. A pair of feather pillows bought to-day of a reliable firm, are not at all like the feather pillows of our grandmother's day, as one soon finds, and it would be wise for many a housewife to go through her bed chambers and place new pillows on every bed. renovating the feathers in the old pillows, perhaps, but using them for filling sofa pillows, for which purpose they do very well, but not for affording comfortable rest and sleep at night. DON'T PROCRASTINATE. To the woman who would be up with her work. I say, don't leave your dishes unwashed, and don't leave your washing until the last of the week. I know women who most always do this, and it seems their whole household interior is a drag. It seems to me so much better, says a writer In the Florida Agriculturist, to have the washing and ironing done the first of the week; it makes the week longer, seemingly, for other work, and oh, the horrors of ironing on a Saturday, when one always has baking and scrubbing and general cleaning up to do. I once knew a woman who alway? left her breakfast dishes unwashed un Ill 811P liliu Binnvu a uic iv gci umuvi. Then her dinner dishes were left likewise nntil supper and her supper dishes till the next morning. It seems to me if I were to begin the day's work with a pile of dirty dishes, well dried and stuck, everything would go wrong all day. Recently a lady told me she had not washed a dish for a whole day, and early th< next morning her husband told her he was suddenly called away on business and that she had to go with him. J Imagine going away to spend several j days, which they did, without enough time given her to wash those dishes. Scarcely anything will tempt me tc leave my dishes. I have seen such kitchens, and I think I know whereol I speak when I say the woman whe leaves her dishes unwashed is gen or-''y behind with her work. fit recipes- f riquante.Tomato Soup?The base of this is mulligatawny soup. Drain a cupful of juice from a can of tomatoes, strain through cheeseloth. put over the j fire and boil fast ten minutes. Skim add a tablespoonful of butter rolled ir j browned flour, and when the soup | has boiled stir this into it. After this ?1%>P in a \hard-boiled egg or egg balls, and sliced lemon. Green Corn Cakes?Drain and chop the corn fine. Beat three eggs very j light, add a pint of milk, a little salt, a teaspoonful of melted butter, a tea-1 spoonful of sugar, and when all art j thoroughly mixed, three tablespoonfuls; of sifted flour, or just enough to hold J the corn together. Bake on a griddle | as you would buckwheat cakes and j serve as a vegetaDie. Green Pea Pancakes?Drain a can o 1 peas, lay in slightly salted Ice water foi half an hour. Pour off the water and boil soft. Rub through a colander, and while hot, work in pepper, salt and twc ; teaspoonfuls of butter. Let them gel cold. When ready to cook them, stii' in, gradually, two beaten eggs, a pini j of milk and a very little flour?jusl enough to bind the mixture. Cook as you would griddle cakes. Cinnamon Cakes?Make a firm paste of six ounces of butter, a pound of flue, i dry flour, three-quarters of a pound oi sifted sugar and a dessertspoonful ol pounded cinnamon. Add three eggs. 01 flo if needed, beat, roll, but not very tb . and cut out the cakes with a tit eu.. t. Bake them in a very gentle ovc : fifteen or twenty minutes, or ever lon .^r should they not be done aL through. . Men will not wipe dishes becaust they claim it is a woman's work. Lei them turifr to the Bible, to II. King] xxi, 13: "I will wipe Jerusalem as i man wipefh a dish, wiping it and turn I lng it upside down." { ' l i THE/ SUNDAY SCH001 INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENT! \ FOR APRIL 9. Subject :\ The lUliins of Laznrnf, Johi xf., 3^-45?Golden Text, John xl., 25. Memofj Vereea. 33-30?^Commentar on theU>?y'a LeMon, I. The meeting of Jesus and Mar] (v. 32). 3jL "When Mary was come.' Martha flrsVheard that Jesus was coin ing, and, wnbout notifying Mary, shi went to meet Jesus Just outside tin village. She greeted Him with thost words of sorrowful despair?"Lord, 1 Thou hadst been here my brother hat not died." But even then there was i dawn of hope In her heart, from hei experience of the power of Jesus Jesus replied with the assurance tha He was "the resurrection and the life.' and prepared her for the great worl He was about to do. "If Thou hads been here." These words express th< very essence of soul torture at sucl tiroes. In onr affliction we contlnuallj echo the if of these sisters, saying t< ourselves, if we had not done this, oi if we had not done that, or if it hat not been for our blunder, or that of oui friends, or that of our physician, oui l>eIoved would not have died. But reac verse 4 of this chapter. II. Christ's compassion (vs. 33-37) 33. "Groaned in the spirit." This is t strange term and is better rendered bj the margin of the Revised Versioti"was moved with indignation in tin spirit." Jesus was indignant at the hypocritical and sentimental lamenta tious of His enemies, the Jews, ming ling with the heartfelt sorrow of Hii loving friend Mary. These self-right eous Jews, now weeping and groinin; in professional sorrow with Mary wert men who would soon be plotting t< kill, r.ot only Jesus, but the restorer Lazarus (compare chap. 12:10). "Wat troubled." "Troubled Himself."Marg.. It. V. Probably the meaning it that He allowed His deep emotion tc become evident to bystanders. 34 "Where?laid him." A question ad dressed to and answered by the sisters 35. "Jesus wept." Here the blessed Jesus shows Himself to be truly man; and a man, too, who, notwithstanding His amazing dignity and excellence, did not feel it beneath Him to sympathize with the distressed and to weep with those who wept. After this example of our Lord shall we say that it Is weakness, folly and sin tc weep ror ine jobs oi relative*: on. "IIow He loved him." A spontaneous testimony from those Jews of the tenderness of the Son of God. 37. "Could not this man." The miracle of the blind man was referred to because it was of recent occurrence, and in the immediate neighborhood, while the two previous miracles of raising the dead (Luke 7:11-17; 8:41-50) were performed in distant Galilee, about one year and a half before. Several leading commentators think that these Jews were unbelieving and now refer to the healing of the blind man in a deriding manner, suggesting that if He could have done that, then He could have kept Lazarus alive, and real love would have prompted Him to do it if H? bad power. III. Words of comfort (vs. 38-40). 38. "Again groaning." Because of the unbelief of the Jews. We never And Him in as much grief over His own sufferings as over the sins of men. "Cometh to the grave." Lazarus was, as became bis station, not laid in a cemetery, but in his own private tomb in a cave. 39. "Take ye away the stone." That which could be done by human hand she orders to be done. He would have the bystanders see that Lazarus was actually dead. "He sinketh." Seeming to forget what Jesus had said to her when she met Him, Martha now thinks only of the condition ol her brother's body and objects. Th? idea of an immediate resurrection doei not seem to have occurred to her. 40. "If thou wouldst believe." So we see that if these sisters had not possessed hearts of faith, a willingness to believe and obey Christ, this miracle could not lmve taken place. 14* + H lUm o a tho rncnprttoflnr XI 1UIIU iiUiUO AXUU UO luc 4VOUikW?*V*. and the life, then why doubt when He is near? "Glory of God." Such a revelation of God's power as shall disclose His glory. IV. Lazarus raised to life (vs. 41-45), 41. "Took away the stone." Martba'i faith must have rallied and she gave way to Jesus' request. They had &c coniplished all in their power wher the stone was removed. Jesus now began His part. "Lifted up His eyes.' Au outwjn-d expression of the eleva tiati *jz VTiS uniiu ana lb" sUovt then who stood by from whence He de'lvec His power. He lifted up His eyes at looking beyoud the grave and over looking the difficulties that arose thence. 42. "Thou hast sent Me." Not t< destroy men's lives, but to save them Moses, to show that God s-mt him made the earth open and swallow met up (Num. 10:29, 30), for the law was i dispensation of terror; but Chris proves His mission by raising to lift one that was dead. 43. "Loud'voice.' He did not whisper nor mutter as die the magicians. It was the type of tha voice like the sound of many water! (Rev. 1:15), at which all who are ii their graves shall come forth (Join 5:28; 1 Thess. 4:10). He that wept a: a man now spoke as a God. "Lazarus.1 He calls him by name as we call thosi by their names whom we would waki out of sleep. This intimates that tin same individual person that died shal rise again at ..ie last day. 44. "Boun< hand and foot." Probably each liral was separately bound, as was th< Egyptian custom. "Loose him." H< was a healthy, strong man and n< longer needed the bandages and wind ing sheet. 45. "Many believed." Tb< miracle was convincing. The Strength of Michael Angelo. Michael Angelo relied almost ei tirely upon form?the form of the flj ure and of the draperies, write Charles H. Caffln in St. Nicholas. H told Pope Julian II., when the latte requested him to paint the ceiling c the Sistine chapel at Rome, that h was not a painter, but a sculptor; ye after he had shut himself up for for years?from 1508 to 1512?and th scaffold was removed, a result ha been achieved which is without para lei in the world. Very wonderful ! the work which Michael Angel spread over this vast area of 10,OC square feet. The fact that there ai 343 principal figures, many of colo sal size, besides a great number < others introduced for decorative e feet, and that the creator of this va; scheme was only 33 when he bega his work?all this is marvelous, prod gious, and yet not so marvelous i j the variety of expression in the fi ures of which Jeremiah is only or figure, in a small side arch. It la better to lire, one verse of t Bible than to be able to preach abc them all. v _ _ i j CHRISTiENDEIIVOII NOTES 5 APRIL NINTH. What Does Christ's Life Show us About the Father??John 14:6-24. | ^ Bible Hints. God is willing that men should dl , come to Him in any way they can; : hi but they eannot come except through \ la ? Christ. | th e Many a man saw Christ in the flesh in > that did not really see Him; and we, ! n r If we see Him in the spirit, see Him I tc 1 as really as any man ever saw Him. w i Christ is not jealous of His dis- ! hi r ciples. He wants us to surpass His ! is . i earthly works; He will be disappoint- tl t >d if we do not. ol ' When our minds are confused by si J the doctrine of the Trinity, we may ol 1 think of the Comforter as "Another"; G - when we wish to get close to the Holy N 1 3Dirit. we may think of Him as | T r Christ Himself. ti . Suggestions. ^ I To doubt God's love is to deny r Christ's life. i w * As it Is impossible to think of I Christ's holding Himself aloof from w men. so it has become impossible to w think of a distant God. 1 Christ did not emphasize God's power, not because God is not pow- H [ erful, but because His power con? [ stantly discloses and emphasizes it* y self. Ijj Illustrations. fr ; If a man makes an approach toliis F; - house, whoever even tries to find an* H : other entrance can have only an evil w t motive. So with those that refuse in to come to God by way of Christ. I Christ Himself said that the Father ? was greater than He. If you look w at the sun's image in a mirror, you gl 1 do not see all of the sun's brightness, th * but all of i^ you can endure. p< Christ was the great ocean of fl< God's love flowing into the little bay : of our humanity: the same great tide F . that pulses rn the ocean enters tho of I bay. ? ' Christ is a pencil of light entering H ! a closely darkened room. Place the 1? , telescope of faith in the path of the . light, and you can see all of the sun It is possible to see from the earth. Fi ? Questions. ^ Am I studying Christ's life with the ^ ; eager desire to know more of God? y. Am I getting closer to God every ^ day of my life? oi | Am I permitting any barrier to ^ come between myself and Christ? jn Selections. ae Nearer to Thee, O Christ * ' Nearer to Thee! Till we hi Thy dear face God's glory see!?Lucy Larcom. ; because Thy love hath sought me All mine is Thine, and Thine is mine, w I * ?G. G. Ros8etti. Brother in Joy and pain, b Bone of my bone was He; i ti Now?intimacy closer still? He dwells Himself in me. ' ? ! is i River Postman. ! n i It is probable that London has the at distinction of being the only port j where the ships lying at anchor are m privileged to have their letters deliv- , si ered to them by river postmen, it be* J ing customary at other ports for sail* j Jf ors to apply personally for their let- |'' ters unless the ship is in dock. The a Thames is divided into two postal districts, each under the control of a J* river postman, who delivers letters m and parcels every morning in a craft 4, which resembles a fisher boat more than anything else. Of these districts ]c the first extends from the Custom 4, House to Lfmehouse and the second, ui from Limehouse to Blackwall. The J< river postmen start on their rounds punctually at 8 o'clock every morning, tl and, needless to say, there is only one cr delivery a day. The mail bag may *a include as many as five hundred let- u ters, but this number is largely increased about Christmas time. As he F1 . glides from ship to ship, the postman | J 1 calls out, "Ahoy there!" and hands up j n ' the letters attached to a boathook to the waiting crew. It only takes from p I four to five hours to deliver the mall, ej so that the postman does not waste e; . much time. In foggy weather, how- JJ i ever, it takes considerably longer, ow1 ing to the difficulties of finding the gt < .various ships, and of steering between pi * the large vessels as they lie at an- ci chor.?New York Herald. 01 la ? . An English physician declares that | the eating of flesh meat makes a man i Immoral. There is no question but t the paying for it makes him profane, r - declares the Washington Post. ; j" Jgpgjpp : REVIEWER J J The more Magazines th t, | Indispensable is The Re p 3 * Indispensable," "The one trutfaztn 3 "tvorld under a field-glass," "An cdu S current literature."? these are some of tl . B people who read the Review of Reviews. 1 IS I more necessary i? the Kevicw ot Ke views, dccc '? Q is in all the moA important monthlies of tl 0 3 periodical literature that nowadays people sc 'e 9 with it is to read the Review of Reviews. Er s- 9 ing section, it has more original matter and illu Df J the most timely and important articles printed ,f. fl Probably the moA useful section of all is Dr ^ ' rees of the World,** where public events and i n pj c-phrrrd in every issue. Many a subscriber . fij werth more than the price of Use magazine. **y I depicting current history in caricature, is am 18 I Reviews covers five continents, and yet 6" I Men in public life, the members of Congre 16 I captains or induftry who must keep 44 up witl B women all over America, have decided that it h? ^^^^TO^REVIEWOFREVIl tut fl 13 Aator Place, "N v J A s APRIL NINTH. Does Christ's About the Father??John 14. $^HI| This chapter was a part of that last iscourse of Jesus the night be/ops Is crucifixion. We have here fne * st utterances of the Master. While ! lere is somewhat of disconnection i the themes of the chapter, there ins through it all this plan: to glre i the disciples a series of truths ' hich would be a comfort to them in Is absence. The various relations exting between Jesus as the Son and te Father form the special thought ' our lesson. He has alread^^ >oken of "my Father's houses," anfl|^ the fact that if they believed iJ^H od they should believe also in him^^H ow, in answer to the query of flj homas as to the way, he declareq^.^1 tat he is the Way, the Trnth, and fflPfl le Life. Jesus is the Way to the Ww ather, he is the Truth that reveal* |Rq tat Father, and he is the Life which IB >mes from the Father. Mm A study of the verses of our lessotoHfl ill reveal many Interesting relatinn^^Bfl hich Jesus declared exist betwe^RER le Fetner and himself. / . Jesus is the Way to the .fatl^^Hfl e says, 'If ye had known me^HBtf? iould have known the FathflRKr*' hat is, a knowledge of J^sus is^BF^j aowledge of God. He is the bridge J om man to God. He reveals the I ather. He is an incarnation of God. I e was the "Word." The Use of a I ord is to interpret an idea. Jesus /B iterprets the Father. jfl Jesus Gorifies the Father. He vsaid!^^E SVhatsoever you ask in my name |^^R ill do. that the Father may b^HR orifled in the Son." The gift le Holy Spirit, and the adminstrativ^^H >wer of Christ in the Church glorf^^R s God. Jesus is Intercessor with the^^R ather. He stands at the right haad^^R ' God as our advocate. He prayd^^R le Father, and the Father give* tbq^^R oly Spirit. We must not seporat*^H| our minds the persons of the God-^H ad, yet there is a sense in which ?8us stands between us and God ths^H ather as intercessor. Jesus's Love a Guarantee of the^H ather's. The manifestation of love to te soul of man is a manifestation of ^Hj le love of the Father, as well as of ^R te Son and Holy Ghost. The life 9 ' Christ, then, shows the Father as 1 dvp. answering prayer and manifest- .f g himself to men. It reveals God ? i just, and yet the justifler of hla J| ho believes in Jesus Christ. PERSONAL GOSSIP. Dnvid Rankin, of Tarkio. Mo.. fs R ortli $1,000,000, all made by fanning. R D. L. Bingham has been appointed II- iR rarian of Manchester, Mass., for bisr^B venty-fourth year. 9 Sir Walter Parratt. "master of the jRj ling's musick.' at the British Court. R i sixty-four years old. W The founder of popular Paris restau mts. M. Pettau Duval, died recently W t his splendid estate at Pontlery. B John W. Hntcbiuson, last of the fa- "R ions band of singiug Abolitionists, is jRI ill livinsr at his home in Lynn. Mass. HI CJarenee H. Mackay, bead of the bis - (l| tfegraph and cable system eAtflb- B sbed by his father, is an enthusiast B bout all sports. flj Herman Flacksmann, a poor rag' JH Icker, of Hanorer, inherited 910,000 ora an American ancle. When the yB loney was paid over to him he B ropped dead. jfl Colonel John Sobleski, of Los Ange- JH s. cm., is said to be the only direct ascendant in the male line of the last itive king save one of Poland, King BP )bn Sobleski. John Holllngsbead, n famous LondoQ^^H lentre manager, who died recently. i^HU edited with the discovery of the co^^H borative genius of W. S. Gilbert an^^B te late Sir Arthur Sullivan. Colonel Lorenzo Alexis De Cltt^^BI ont, chief of staftT to President C^^Hl era. of Guatemala, and military db^^H tor of that country, was ticket-take^H| i Denver about a year ago. Henry M. Dellinger, of Washington^^H . C., hale and hearty at the age of ghty-tbree, fitted up the telfgraph tperiment station at Washington for B| orse, the inventor of the telegraph. SI Ayad A. Ubazuli, an Egyptian, en- Pfl iged in the work of the medical de- B irtment of the University of Clnnnati. has applied to the publishers H ! "Ben Hur" for permission t trans- H te the work into Arabic. 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