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Immense Button* ani Walking |
| .Sticks to be Worn by J.ailies.
In London this winter the rage will be
for buttons?that is,for ladies' costumes.
They have been big before, but they will
be immense now; some of them costly
also, for they are beautifully carved in
ivory.
Ladies will also patronize walking
sticks again; costly ones, of course, for
nothing which they favor is cheap.
One of the items of novelties which
iftrtios will uatronize is the newly-dis
covered combination scarf or fichu. The !
scarf passes right round with a tight j
twist on the chcst, comes forward again
over the hips, and then presents two
neatly-centered pockets.?Lnulon Court,
Journal.
The Difference 01 Fashion,
I asked this merchant's wife what difference
she observed between the leading
dry goods stores of New York and
the largest in Paris. She said: "The
main difference is in manufactured
dresses. There is so much artistic learn- j
ing in France and so little relative ma- j
. ? chivery that you never see two persons
dressed exactly alike over there, whereas ;
in America the passion seems to be to
dress exactly alike. They will get in Ihc
United States one dress from France,and
sell fifty just like it. But in France,
when you buy a dre.^s of a particular cut,
adornment or nature, you may be sure
you have the only one. In other words,
they make a dress as if it were an individual
thing. "Wo make a dress as if it
s_-- were a style or fashion.?Gat/t.
The Hail Empress.
^ New developments continue to manifest
themselves in the case of Empress
Cariotta. The empress recently celebrttted
the forty-fifth anniversary of her
x birth, and it was then announced that a
marked mental and physical improvement
bad taken place. Dr. Smith, who
has charge of the unfortunate ;adv, now
reports that he can find no basis for any
hope that the empress will have any permanent
recovery from her malady, lie
K says she has a persistent delusion that
Maximilian is alive, that he is working
out a brilliant destiny, and that he will
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soon be the emperor ci uic worm, out;
spends much of her time in searching for
him in the rooms and gardens of her
chateau at B:>nchant. In her calmer
-? moods she holds receptions. The~e are
limited to the ladies of the Belgian court,
and toward these the empress maintains
an extremely dignified and imperial I
mein. One phase of Carlotta's insanity
is remarkable. She has conceived a vio-,
lent passioif for making frequent pur-1
chases of costly court costumes. She is !
permitted to indulge this passion, and, j
as she buy? with exquisite taste, the cos- j
tumes are subsequently sold, generallywithout
lo=s, and often wiih great profit,
to ladies of high soc'al standing here.
Hints on tlic Care of Children.
Teach children to masticate thoroughly,
slowly, and without smacking the
lips. Also not to make clucking or
gurgliug noises in drinking. Such practices
are unseemly in baby or in grandfather.
As offensive is the trick of lick
ing the fingers after eating. Nurseryeducation
is defective when slovenly
habits cf this sort arc overlooked.
Do not let your baby sleep with an
elderly person or with an invalid. Delicate
children should never be the b;;d- i
fellows of the healthy.
If your baby is oversqueamish as to his
food, regard it as a matter of regret, aud ;
do not encourage it by lavish and fref.
qucnt mention" of the peculiarity. A
child who will not or cannot eat the
wholesome fare that contents others of
his kind is not a hero, but an object of
pity. When he is ashamed of it he will
first conceal the infirmity, then try to
overcome it.
i It is not generally known that stammering
is contagious. Kine children
out of ten will contract the habit to son?
extent by constant intercourse with a
K playfellow thus atllicted. Be on your
guard against the lirst appearance of a
halt or ''hang1' in articulation, and stop
I ihe blunder instantly before the word is
\ uttered. Then insist upon sIoav and
} correct repetition of what tripped up the
> tongue. A few lessons of this sort will
often prevent the evil.
i A little salt used in the preparation of
children's food makes it palatable nnd
wholesome. It is asserted by some writers
> on dietetics that entire abstinence from
it increases the number and growth of
intestinal worms; also that it is needed
to make up for the quantity continually
thrown off by the natural secretions of
thebo3y. Be '.his as it may, young
children should not have porridges,
vegetables, etc., salted up to the standard
of their elders' tastes, nor ought other
condiments?pepper and spices?be
added to give flavor to their simple fare.
The liking for salt may be animal instinct,
but this will hardly be affirmed of
the taste for nutmeg and mustard. * .
After baby is laid in the crib for night
or day nap feel his feet, to be certain
they are warm. If cold, wrap them in
heated flannel. No modern device of
foot muff or liot water bottle is more
effectual than the old woman's appliauce
of a hot flannel petticoat.
Babies will get falls, and trips, and
emphatic sittings down in learning to
walk alone. These are seldom^severe?a
slight bruise, a lit tie fright, and a few
tears cover the damage sustained by the
r-. tyro. The mother may comfort herself
vvhen these mishaps overtake him with
the thought that they helu to make him
bold and stroDg, and are a part of mental,
no less than physical, discipline. Do
not pity him too much. Make light of
tumble and blow, and laugh him out of
his alarm.
The foolish mother who beats the floor
or wall or chair against which her child
has struck and hurt himself is giving
him a practical lesson in revenge which
she need not be surprised to find reacting
upon herself in time. A more sensihble,
by so much as it was a prettier,
practice was that of a bady who was
taught to pat and kiss the "poor" thing
1 that had brought him to grief.
To keep a baby quiet who has passed
the age when everything, goes into the
mouth, touch the tips of thumbs and |
forefingers with ?, urn-water or dissolved
gelatine, and give him a downy feather
to play with" He will spend half an
hour in picking it from one adherent
finger to another, and so back again.
A 3tring of spools, especially if the
v cord be bright-colored, is a more welcome
plaything to a yearling b.sby than
the most expensive toy you can buy, an<\
a three-year-old will thread wooden button-mo'.ds
with a bluut darning-needle
in infinite content while mamma's sewing
goes on.
It is a mistake to suppose that "babies
love to be dirty." They may not enjoy
the process of purification, but they are
more comfortable when clean. It is possi
I bio to train them to ask, in pantomime,
to have soiled hauds washed before they
can say in words that grime and viscidity
are disagreeable.
. When baby screams passionately for a
Coveted plaything do not give it to him
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comprehend that the surest way not to
get what he wants is to cry for it. A
little firmness iu this respect will spare
the mother much trouble, the child
more.?Babyhood.
Fniltion IVotrs.
Real ostrich feathers are used on round
hats.
The fancy for colored woolen laces
continues.
Embroidered bison and shoodah robe3
arc novelties.
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Combination suits are more fashion
able thau ever.
When flowers are worn they must be
! placed in the bolt.
j Lar^e hats in Louis XV. or Gains
borough shapes will be worn during the
winter.
Jerseys are again imported, and are
cut with as many seams as a tailor
basque.
I Light preserves the color of the hair,
though lonir exposure to direct s'/nlighl
I fades it.
Natty little round biscuit-sized purses
now dcpsnd from a chain to coutain gold
or silver.
I Small Japanese buttons, fiat,diamondshaped,
oval or round, are used on the
new jerseys.
j The old English hollow-ware, in form
of coils and knots, has been revived in
gcll jewelry.
otnnnc f:iiarmnier>K rrnrnnts find
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I moon stones are largely employed in
silver jewelry.
I .A favorite fancy is a small lcuot of
! ribbon the color of the dress set on the
side of the hi^li, close collar.
Several new veiling nets are shown,
among others aline silk, fabric, so worn
that it looks like a succession of tiny
stars.
i Natty, light jackets, apparently mold
cd by steam to the figure and braided in
military style quite around, arc not so
new, but still effective.
Tinsel is a prominent feature in all
fabrics prepared for bonnets; gold i3 not !
as much seen as it has been; copper, sil- |
, ver and lead being foremost.
Bonnets of daik blue velvet with the
' crowns covered with embroidered gauzt
in lizard green, and trimmed with birds,
; ornameuts and fancy pins,have appeared.
.Many costumes are trimmed with
bands of etarmine, embroidered in tent
stitch with wool of delicate tints. These
! form the vest, collar, culls, skirt panela
and other accessories.
| The cloth or tailor-made button is not
used on the new coats, but large, fancy
Huffnnq nf nnnnnr .ind old silver are
fashionable, with silk crochet or fancy
hCrn buttons for less expensive wraps.
A model in cloth of dark heather
- shades has revers of darker velvet, forming
an open coat, or when closed a !
double-breasted one, with 4oose front |
and ti?>ht-fitting back, at once easy and j
stylish.
Heavy, woolen canvas goods in fine or |
large meshes, come plain, in stripes, J
forming plaids for underskirts and trim- i
mings, or plain, with dots and geometri- ]
cal iigures raised upon the canva3;
surface. I
Great discretion must be used by j
wearers of horizontal stripes. They are j
becoming to very tall and slender figures !
but when adopted by ladies of medium j
or low stature arc apt to give too rotund
an appearance.
' Among tasteful trimmings the following
deserves mention: Velvet ribbons,
: black or corded, about an inch and a
I quarter wide, are used, and are edged on j
| each^lde with gold soutache. * Tlie rib
| boil is set on in perpendicular or diagonal 1
line3 with the end of each hanging loose ;
and cut in an arrow head or two points. 1
The new round hats follow closely the !
styles that prevailed during the summer;;
the crowns high to exaggeration, and
square or round in shape, tlie brim
straight and in most cases very narrow, j
The English walking hat with pretty J
I modifications have appeared, and will
be even more popular with slender-faced
ladies than before.
Short jacket bodices are quite the success
of the season; the shape of the
jacket does not vary much; it must always
be perfectly well cut, extremely
tight fitting, even to under the arms,
with a very short basque, aud fastened |
in front or at the side; in front it opens
over a plain vest or else over a full
plastron of faille or surah, either white,
starch-blue, creanr, sulphur-yellow,,
or poppy-red.
A Wonderful Plague of Rats.
Ahmednugger, in Bombay, is a place
famous in the wars between the Nizam
and'the llahrattas, and also as the scene
of the death of Aurungzeb, the last oi
the great mogul rulers. Ahmednugger
is a district very irregular in shape lying
on the northwest frontier of the Hyderabad
state, and having to its southwest
4he district of Poonah. It ha3 an area !
of 0,00b square miles, and a population
of 751,228. This district is subject to
visitations of famine and other calamities,
of -which the most striking and
singular is the plague of rats. Generally
j the rain fall in Juno suffices by filling
j the holes and fissures in destroying them
i in large numbers, and- in preventing a
j plague. But when the rain is late or
i does not come then the number of rats
j is always excessive. In the last sixty
years three have been known as rat
years. These were 1820, 1833 and 18T0.
On the last occasion fields of grain were
eaten up in a few hours as if by a flight
of locusts.
A reward of one rupee, reduced at a
later period to half a rupee, was offered
for every hundred dead rats, and it was
estimated that not fewer than 1,70S,000
rats were killed and oaid for. Although
| the people were the sufferers, popular
I superstition does not seem to have apj
proved of this slaughter, for reports
I were spread that the rats were the spirits
J of those who died in the famine of 187G7,
and the people refused at last to participate
in the efforts made for their extermination.?London
Times.
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Russian "Bound-Plowing.w
The village of Minussinsk, in Russia, S
has been troubled by the pest among its
cows, and the conscript fathers of the
community held a meeting to decide upon
the best means of putting a stop to the
calamity. It was agreed that resort
should be had to the old Slavonic cus-1
hf.nm c\f rmmrl.nlAwnuf A l?nceion rvor*nr I
g'ves an account of the process. Seven 1
virgin3, two old women and a young
bachelor of good character are elected.
At midnight a procession of the peasants
is formed, led by the two old women
carrying pictures of saints. In the rear
of the procession the seven maidens arc |
harnessed to a plow, which is guarded by
the young man. Alight furrow is plowed [
around the village; and therefore, according
to the belief of the local agriculturists,
a barrier is provided against the ,
evil spirit. He has no power to pass j
over the mystic furrow.
According to a recent census Greenland
contains a population of 10,000.
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FLYING THROUGH AIR.
An Unsolved Problem ?Flyiiig' Ma?
chinos* an'I Air -Ships.
People not familiar with the subject of
aerial navigation would be surprised to
know how much thought and ingenuity
has been given to this matter in all past
ages, and how it has continued to the
present day to absorb the interest or inventors.
It was only a few years
ago that a man with a flying machine
made an experiment from the roof of the
patent office. He wanted to demonstrate
to a skeptical examiner that his invention
was practicable, and he made it a
condition that if the machine did not
fly to Pennsylvania avenue that he
would censider the experiment a failure.
After Iiehaci gatnerca up me iragmeuts
of his machine from the front steps of
ihe building, where it had fallea like a
stone, he expressed surprise that the machine
had acted in that way, and said it
was owing to a defect which he would
soon remedy. He went back to England
to get workmen to assist him, and
the examiner is still waitiug for him to
return and make the second attempt.
Another less sanguine inventor a few
years ago committed suicide in this city
upon his application for a patent being
rejected.
The tiles of the patent office furnish
much valuable and curious information
about these inventions, and if any one
doubts thataerial navigation is not a live,
practical question of the day, lie had
better go to the patent ollice and ask a
few questions, fie will find, as Mr.
Oscar AVoodward, who was formerly examiner
in charge of this branch, told a
Stay reporter, that the applications for
patents or improvements in patents
already granted for aerial navigation I
averaged two each month. The number
of patents already granted is very great.
"We no longer issue patents .for devices
to enable men to fly through the
air," said Mr. Woodward, "because tlie
thing is impossible, and the office some
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ents for impractical inventions. The
whole idea about a man's boing able to
propel himself through the air is founded
on a misconception of the strength of a
man as compared to his size. A ily is
stronger than a man, and birds are much
stronger. The various dcvices for sustaining
a man's weight in the air are, of
course, practical, but when it comes to
manipulating any kind of wings or propellor3
against the currents of the air he
is unable to do it because of lack of
strength. The inventive genius of man
is, in these days, not so much occupied
with this feature of aerial navigation as
it is with the air ships, which are pro
posed to plow t&rougn tne ocean 01
the air much as the steamships plow
across the bosom of the deep. The idea
in these airships is the evolution of the
balloon. It has taken u great many
years to work out a system of ajr navigation
from the fir*t rnude balloon of the
French experimenter. Montgolfier, in
17S4, to the inventions of the present
day.
As every one knows," continued Mr.
"Woodward, "the difficulty with the
balloon is the impossibility of controling
it in the currents of the air. There is no
difficulty in sustaining the balloon in the
air, but the trouble lies in managing it.
Very much like a balky horse, you may
harness him to a carriage and drive him
some distance, but at any moment you i
are liable to lose control of him. To j
correct this defect in the balloon there
has been and there is to-day a great deal
of time and money spent on inventions
of virious sorts. For instance, here is
a drawing of a patent already issued
which does away with mere mechanical
devices, as indeed all the more reccnt
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inventions UO, IIUU auuantuico ju \ uumuw.
As you see, here is a gas spncc, oval in
shape instead of rounded, as offering less
resistance to the air than the rounded
surface of the balloon. Beneath thi3
gas space is a place for a small engine
and boiler, which are used to work the
propeller, which are at each end. The
gas space is light enough to carry up into
Qie air 'the weight of the engine and
boiler, and then the propellers are employed
to advance the vessel in any direction.
There is also a steering apparatus.
As I have said, a great many
patents have been issued, but none of
these great ships have been made, because
of their cost. Some of the inventions
provide for the lower portion of
the gas space to be hollow, and fitted
up with accommodations for passengers,
TT-i'Vi iic liirl nn nufsuln. nrnmpnafie."
"What do these cranks expect to accomplish?"
asked the listener.
"1'ou must not call them cranks," was
the reply, "fot that does them an injustice.
Several of the recent patentees arc
not only mon of ability but men of
wealth. They believe that air ship navigation
is a feasible project, but they do
not seem inclined to risk their own
money. Of course, I do not pretend to
say whether thi3 idea is capable of being
put into practical shape or not. It is
enough to say that scientific men are of
the opinion that the idea that promises
the best results is that which is suggested
by the movement of bodies in the air.
For instance, you throw a piece of slate
or shingle in the air. You will find that it
sails along with its edge to the wind,
now going up a3 if sliding up hill cn the
air and then going down in the same
way, uutil finally eravitation brings it to
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haustcd. A bird flics in tlac same manner.
New inventors propose to construct
a flat surface of s'llc or some light
substance, which is stretched upon a
frame. An e::gino is suspended from it,
which works propellers on tlie top of
this flat surface. In motion this arrangement
is made to imitate the piccc of
shingle and dips obliquely when gcing
up and down so as to slide along on the
air, as it were. The propellers keep it
in motion, and there are al.-o arrangements
at the end to steer the affair.
"The air ships of modern times." continued
Mr. Woodward, ' are of great
length, and with their engines and other
apparatus cost a great deal of money.
The inventors are iiopeini ot Deiug nuie
to enlisi the interest of capitalists. They
are confident of being able some clay of
reaching a practicaf solution of the
pioblem of aerial navigation."?Washington
Star.
Mechanism of the Bee.
An investigator into the mysteries of
animal life asserts that a bee's working
tools comprise a variety equal to that of
the average mechanic, lie says that the
feet of the common working bee exhibit
the combination of a basket, a brush and
a pair of pincers. The brush, the hairs
of which are arranged in symmetrical
rows, is oniy to be seen with the micro
scope. "With this brush of fair}'delicacy
the bee brushes its velvet robe to remove
the pollen dust with ivhich it becomes
loaded while sucking up the nectar.
Another article, hollowed like a spoon, (
receives all the gleanings which the insect
carries to the hive. Finally, by opening i
them, one upon another, by means of a
hinge, these two pieces become a pair of
pincers, which render important service |
in the construction of the combs.?Scientific
American. . i
I. TALMAGFS Sill
"Windows Toward Jerusalem."
Text: "His windows being open in h
chamber toward Jerusalem." Daniel vl, 1'
The scoundrely princes of Persia urged o
by jealousy against Daniel have got a la1
passed by which whosoever prays to Go
shall be put under the paw ana tooth of th
lions lashing themselves in rage of hung?
up and down th& stone cage, or putting thei
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the earth trembles. But this leonine three
did not hinder the devotions of Daniel, th
coeur-do-lion of the a^es. His enemies migl
as well have passed a law forbidding the su
to draw water, or a breeze to sweep over
gardt n of magnolia, or to abolish God Hin
self. They could not scare Daniel with the re
hot furnace and they cannot scare him wit
the lions. As soon as Daniel heard aboi
the enactment he leaves his office of secretar
of state, with its upholstery of crimson an
cold, and descends the white marble steps c
the public building, and goes to his ow
hous?? There he opens the window, throw
back toe shutters, pulls aside the curtain an
prays. No doubt people gathered in tb
Btreet before and under the window, and said
"Just look at that man defying the law; L
ought to be arrested." The constat
ulary rush to police headquarters wit
the news that Daniel is on his knet
before the open window. "You are m
prisoner," said the officer of the law, beavil
dropping his hand on the shoulder of knee
ing Daniel. As the constables aro, openin
the door to the lions' cavern to force in thei
prisoner, they see the glaring eyes of the wil
beasts, but Daniel becomes the first great lio
tamer. The wild beasts lick his hands, an
fawn at his feet, and that night he has ih
shaggy mane of a wild beast for a pillow
while up in the palace Darius, the King, i
sleepless because he has on him the paws an
tooth of a lion which he cannot tame, thelio
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it would bo for an art.'st! Darius, the King
in the dusk of early morn, not waiting fc
footman ox chariot, but hastening to the dei
all flushed and in dishabille, to see what ha
become of his prime minister. "No sound i
the cave," says Darius, the King, "the nior
stors must have devoured him, and they ar
sleeping soundly now after their horrid meal
the bones of tho poor man strewn over tb
floor of the cavern." But Darius, the Kinj
puts his mouth to the crevice in the cave an
with trembling voice he says, "Daniel!
Daniel makes no answer, for he is yet in i r<
found slumber, but a lion more easily avval
ened was up and with hot breat
blown through the crevice seems ai
grily to demand, "why this interruption'
and another lion pulls its shaggy mane froi
under the head of the prophet, and Danie
awakened, comes forth to report himself a
unhurt and well. But my text' stands me s
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tiie window open towara uti ubuiem. i?uj uj
Daniel have his window open toward Jerust
1cm? Oh, that was his native land. All h:
Babylonish successors could not make hii
forget it. Although he had been brougl
away from it when he was a young ma
eighteen vears of age, and though ho live
to eighty-fivo and never re-visited his nativ
land, still ho could not forget it, and wliet
ever he wanted to arouse the deepest emotior
of his soul and tho grandest aspirations of hi
nature, he opened the window toward Jeri
salem. Oh, there are hundreds' of people i
this house this morning, who can understan
that without anv exposition. This is gettin
to bo a land of foreigners. They arc in a
occupations and professions. They sit in a
our churches. It may bo twenty or thirt
years ago sincc'you got out your naturalize
tion papers, and you may havo bee
thoroughly Americanized, bub your syti
pat hies go out toward your native land, an
your window is open toward Jerusalen
There your father and mother are burled. J
may have been a very humble home in whic
you wcro born, but your memory often pla]
ubout it, and you hope soino day to go ar
see it. Tho hill, tho brook, the house, tl
sacred place, tho door from whic
you started out with parental b'essin;
to mako your own way in tl
world. How yon have longa;l to s<
th i familiar place, and in some awful crisis <
lifo you have wished you could just catch 01
glimpse of the old wrinkled lace that be:
over you as you lay on the gentle lcp twent
or thirty or fifty years ago. Yoa may hai
risen to great prosperity in this iasid, ai:
J ike Daniel you may be grfat, and yon ma
have now many windows to your housa?tl
bay window, the skylight window, the coi
servatory window, the windows on all side
but there is one window you keep open t
ward Jerusalem. When the foreign steam*
touches our wharf you seo tho long line <
sailors coming down the plank with shoulder*
mail bags bringing letters from homeenough
letters you would think to make up
correspondence of a year, and yet the see:
is repeated again and again every week. An
in ail tho postoflices o? the land the peop
will gather and many will find that postollh
window the window open toward Jerusalon
Messages saying: "When are you comir
home to see us: Brother has gone into tl
army. Sister is dead. Father and mothi
are getting very feeble now. Life is to us
great struggle hero. Do you advise us 1
come to you, or will you come to us? A
join in love, hoping that we shall meet agaii
if not in this world, then in a bettor. Gooi
bye!" Yes, amid an tno cities ana on ci
slopes of the Pacific, and amid tl
Sierras, and amid tho flowerir
prairies of the West, and in the ranches <
Texas, and on the banks of the lagoon, th
moment there are multitudes standing, (
sitting, or kneeling with their window opc
toward Jerusalem. Some of them pla}red c
the heather of the Scotch highlands. Son
of them were driven out by Irish famin
Some of them drilled in early years in tl
German army. Some of them hunted tl
chamois among llie Alpine nrecipices. Smr
of them are in the streets of Lyons, or Ma
seilles, or Paris?saw Victor Hugo and Gan
betta. Some of them plucked tne ripe clu
ters from Italian vineyards. Some of the:
lifted their face in the glow of tha midnigl
sun of morning. It is no dishonor to 01
conntrv that thnv still love their native lan<
Miscreants would they be, if while throug
some of the open windows they take in tr
free air of America and tho sunshino of a
atmosphere which no kingly despot ev(
breathed on?miscreants would they be :
they do not have one window open towar
their native Jerusalem. No wonder that soiri
of the Swiss when far away from homo the
hear their national air sung, under tL
malady of home-sickness, fall dow
with death. Ah! yo who are fa
away from homo, forget not the old folks ?
home. Write often to them. If you hay
a surplus of means and they have a deficil
make practical contribution," and rejoice tha
America has ties of consanguinity with n
the world as no other nation has, and tha
O-od has ordained it for tho evangelization o
all lands?thrilling, melting, gospelizing the
ory, that while all the world has its door ope
toward us our windows are open to war <
them.
But Daniel kept his window open towar
Jerusalem because it was the capital of sacrei
influences. There smoked the sacrifices
There was tho ark of the covenant. Ther
was the holy of holies. There was the tern
pie and on the day of its dedication it wa
declared that whosoever shall pray with hi
window open toward that temple he shall b
answered. Oh, my friends, the trouble is w<
are apt to open the windows on the other side
Windows toward the world instead of win
'.lows toward God. Windows toward Babylon.
Windows toward Corinth. Window!
toward Sodom. Windows toward the flat:
instead of windows toward the hills. Wor
shipers of the world instead of worshipers ol
God. What does the world say? What does
the world think* What does the worl.l do
Ah! sad mistake for anyone who makes this
world his god. As I might illustrate by
something I saw a few weeks ago iy Nurem
berg, Germany: A figure of the Virgin
in iron and wood. In olden times prisoners
were brought there and lite arms of this in:
ago were spread abroad a* thcu-h to receiv<
them, but then, once enlolded, u.ey were cu'
with the spikes and the lanoots, and then the
arms opened and dropped them ISO feet intc
the caverns beneath. And this world is e
cruel god, and it spreads out its arms to its
devotees, and aftor a whilo it closes in or
the.n with tortures and then lets them droj
forever down. The greatest honor in older
times that could bo given a man was to mal:<
him a Roman emperor, and yet out of sixty
three Roman emperors only six of them diei
peacefully in their beds. The names of th?
crowns of some nations indicate tho domin
ions of the world. Jn somo lands you find
pieces of money that are called the sovere
cign, the half sovereign, the crown, the hnlt
crown, tho Napoleanfthe halt' Napolean, tin
Frederick, the double Frederick, tho ducat
the Isabeliian?all of them meaning dominion
rather than usefulnesss, and both are apt
to open our windows toward the exchange,
and to open our windows toward the salon
of fashion, and to open our windows toward
the god of this world, and, alas I for th*
mistake.1 Tho yard in olden times had iti
' I
length fixed by tb9 arm, the length the
, arm of Henry I.. and the trouble is trifch us
that we measure things by the perishable
standard, and the human arm that in the
1 great crises of life can give us no rescue. Oh,
that we might close up some of the windows
toward the world, and, like Daniel, open our
windows toward Jerusalem.
*3 But mark you, Daniel at the window is not
u standing looking out; he is kneeling and lookn
inor niih Thft ninat r?f r?Virvfrn<rrnnh? on'vn 11a
J the position of those who are sitting orstand1(1
ing. I do not remember now but one picture
10 of one kneeling and that is of David Living)r
stone, who for God and civilization sacrificed
f. his own life, dying in Central Africa. One
Y ' morning, Majwara, his servant, came in and
Lt saw a candle stuck in the top of a box, and
10 Livingstone with his face in his hands against
lt the pillow, kneeling, and he went oil, the
n servant not desiring to disturb the devotion.
a He came back an hour or two after and still
found him kneeling. He put his hand on him
and said: "Dr. Livingstofie, it is time for you
to rise?" Dr. Livingstone made no answer.
lt He touched him again and said: "Dr. LivJ
ingstone, it is time for you to rise from your
^ knees." Ah I the Lord had taken him. He
>f died on his knees. But Daniel found that a
n man can see further when oil his knees than on
tip-toe. Jerusalem was about 550 statute miles
d from Babylon. Between the two cities shifted
[e the sands of the desert, but Daniel on his
L: knees saw clear across the desert, saw that
16 city, saw beyond it, saw earth, saw heaven,
saw time, saw eternity. Oh,, my hearers,
k would you see your way clear ifcrough your
)S sins to pardon, clear through your trouble to
y comfort, and clear through your temptation
y to rescue, and clear through" dire sickness to
l" immortal health, and clear through night and
S day, and clear through things torestrial to
j things celestial, you must take Daniel's
11 posture. No caps of bono on the joints of the
" fingers, but caps of bone on the knees because
^ the God of the body is the God of the soul,
0 and He makes provision for long continued
T> and earnest and oft ropeated supplication?
* the physical structure joining the spiritual
a necessity in commanding us to pray and
n pray and pray. In olden times the Earl of
Westmoreland said there was no need he
'? should pray for himself because he had
'r enough pious tenants to pray for him; but
' though we had the prayers ot all ChristenLS
dom they would amount to nothing unless we
11 prayed for ourselves. Ah, are we having
l" our windows kept open toward Jerusa,e
lem? Are our supplications going up
toward the Lord who made us and the
0 Lord who redeemed us? Oh, men and
'? women bounded on one side by Nebucliad~
nezzar's red hot furnaces, and on the other
side by devouring lions, learn the lesson of
courage and of deliverance by that Babyloac"
ish window open toward the southwest.
" " But," you say, " that is the direction of the
desert." Yes, but beyond tho desart'is a God
and a Christ and a Jerusalem and a heaven.
^ Keep your windows open toward that blessed
]? place. Brussels lace is most exquisite. It is
valuable, I believe, above all other lace, it is
l!j so delicate. It is very expensive, belns worth
d 400 francs a pound. Do you know how that
Brussels lace is made? The spinning is in a
1S dark room, tho only light coming through a
" small aperture, and that light falling directIy
on the pattern. And the finest specimen
^ of Christian grace and Christian experience
d T linvA otop soon is in t.liA liv^s nf t.hnsft whrwft
0 windows have been darkened by bereavel"
ment and misfortune, save one window, and
13 through that one window prayer goes on
LS interlacing with divine workmanship, makl"
ing a pattern fit to deck a throne, a celestial
" embroidery that angels admire and God ap^
proves. Bui there h another Jerusalem toS
ward which you and I will do well to keep
our windows open. The exiled evangelist of
Ephesu3 one day caught a glimpse of it
y as the surf ot the lcarian sea foamod
x~ and plashed on the boulders at his feet, and
n in his vision he thought of a wedding day,
the sister and the maid of the bride preparing
" tho garlands for her hair and arranging the
jewels for her neck just before she puts the
^ betrothed hnnd,iuto|tlio hand of the aflianced,
and he cried out: ' "And I John saw the
fs holy city, Jerusalem, coming down from God
lt* out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned
50 for her husband." Have your window open
;1j toward the bridal Jerusalem? That place is
?? not a mere annex of earth, it is not a deso10
late outpost, but as Jerusalem was tho eapifol
TiiflnU nm1 oc "RoKtrlrvn Time tlin r?or??hnl
" - l/Ul \JL IJ UUilll, UUU. ua UUUJlV/li liuo vu^uui
3" of Babylonish monarchy, and as Loudon is
,0 the capital of Great Britain, and as Washington
is the capitol of our own republic, the
;y new Jerusalem is the capitol of the universe.
*? There the kin? lives, and the royal family of
d tho redeemed have their palaces, and there is
y the congress of all nations and tho parliament
10 of all worlds; and as Daniel sometimes
:1" thought of his friends in Jerusalem?his kins;
drod, perhaps father and mother and brothers
?* and sisters still living?and ho was homesick
to see them?he belonged to the royal family,
^ Daniel himself having imperial blood in his
;d veins ? so wo sometimes think of
? those who have gona into tho other Jorasaa
lem and wo are homesick to see them. Thoy
10 are princes and princesses, and they liavo
d royal blood in their veins. Oh, we do well to
i keep our windows open toward that Jerusa-0
I lem. It makes ono heavenly-minded to think
much of hoaven. The air that sweeps through
'g that open window comes oft' gardens that
never wither, under sides that never clourl,
in a springtide that never terminates. All
a other' heavens aro dead failures compared
to with this heaven. Homer's heaven was an
11 Elysium, as he called it, and the flowers
a, breathed there perpetually. This Elysium
i- was at tho end of the world, or it was under
iQ tho world, or then it never rained there, or
10 it never snowed there, or it was under the
iff government of Ehadamanthus, the justest of
?f men. The hoaven of Hesiod was what ho
is called tho Islands of Ih i Blest, and there the
>r flowers bloomed three times a year, and the
?n air wa3 purple with beauty, and they had
n games and horse races and music perpetually.
ie The heaven of tho Scandinavian was the hall
a ! aP WolUolIrt wtf.li liic renr\ flrlin rrivinff nor.
VI II UUiUlXU, ??uu liW fc>^M r~ie
po'.ual wine suppers to tho heroes and heroines
ie come up from earth. The Mohammedan
10 heaven introduced its inhabitants over
r- the bridge Al-Sirat?a bridge, it is said,
thin as air and sharper than a sword,
? and the inhabitants once entered, then
m they were turned into a riot of
it everlasting sensuality. The heaven of the
ir American aborigines is eternal hunting
i- grounds, the partridges and tho deer and the
h wild duck more than plentiful, and the
ie hounds are never off the scent, and the gun
n never misses fire. But travelers have gone
all around the world but they have never
if found Homer's Elysium. Voyagers have swept
d the sea in every direction and havo not found
ie Hesiod's Islands of the Blest. __ The Moham- i
y medan heaven of eternal sensuality and the ,
to aboriginal heavon of eternal hunting 1
n grounds do not satisfy a vast multitude. But
ir here rolls in tho Bible heaven. No more sea;
it that is no more wide separation. No more
e night; that is no more insomnia. No more
tears; that is no more heart break. No more
t pain; that is banishment of bittor draught
U and lanccfc and neuralgias and consumption',
t Music all in tho major key because celef
brativo and jubilant. All colors on the wall
>- except gloomy black. A rainbow; that means
n no more storm. Vials full of odors; that
i means pure regalement of th?/ ^en?o<
Twelve manner of fruits: that means delid
cious and everlasting variety. Trumpet and
3 harp and grand march and amen and halles.
lujah all in the same orchestra. Choral meefce
ing and solo. Overture mooting antipbony.
i- Strophe meeting dithyramb. Rolling together
s into tho crand ocean of doxology. All that
s for you and for me if we will let Christ with
b ono wounded hand rub out our siu and with
a tho other wounded band open tho shining
i. portal. Ah! keep your window open toward.
- that Jerusalem. Tbiuk about it. Talk about
it. Pray about it. Sing about it. Dream
3 about it. A curious man took the furlongs
* of the Biblo and he made a calculation of the
- sizo of heaven, and he said there will be 100
f rooms sixteen feet square for every ascended
i spirit though the world should last a hundred
? million years. I have no interest in the calcula5
tion because all the rooms of all ttye palaces are
to bo ours, for they aro family rooms and even
the throne room will not be denied us, and
i you may run qd the steps of tho throne, and
5 put 3rour hand on the side of the throne,
i and sit down by the King according
) to the promise: "To him that overb
j cometh will 1 grant to sit with me in
3 i my uirone. ' dud, my lriouuj j uu mu ucvua
) outer that place except as a conqueror. If
i ; you are going to let sin ravage and ransack
? your soul, and if you are going to surrender
i to the powers of darkness, that shall never be
J your home. 3Iany years ago, the Turks and
i the Christians had a great battle and the
3 Christians were defeated, and with Stephen,
- their commander, they flod toward a fortress
1 where the mother of the comman-ior wa3
3 staying. When the mother saw her so t and
- his army Hying in disgraceful retrtat she orl
dercd tho gates of the fortress closed against
them, and the gates were closed, and then the
' mother stood on the battlement and cried to
3 I her son: "You cannot enter here except as a
i conqueror." Then the commander rallied his
scattered troops and resumed battle and won
> the day?20,000 scattering like flying chatT,
200,000. Ah! my friends, defeated in this
i battle with sin and death and hell there is no
1" joy, no reward, no triumph for you. Only
3 shame and everlasting contempt. But fcr
i *
" - > " i>MiT'iirVVidilrti
those who have gained the victory through
oar Lord Jesus Christ the gates of the new
Jerusalem are hoisted, and you will have
abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom
of our Lord toward which you ao well
day and night to keep your windows open!
TEMPEEANCE. TOPICS.
Two Fortunes.
"Be not among wine bibbers: among riotous
eaters of flesh. For the drunkard and the
glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness
shall clothe a man with rags." Prov.
xxiii., 20-21.
I'll toll you two lortunes, my line utile ma,
For you to accept or refuse;
The one of them good, the other "one bad;
Now hear them, and say which you choose.
I see by my gifts, within reach of my hand,
A fortune right fair to behold;
A house and a hundred good acres of land,
With the harvest-fields yellow as gold.
1 see a great orchard, with bough3 hanging
down,
With apples, green, russet and red;
I see droves of cattle, soma white and soma
brown,
But all of them sleek and well fed
I see droves of swallows about the barn door,
I See the fanning mill whirling so fast";
I see them threshing the wheat on the floor?
And now the bright picture has passed.
I see rising dismally up in the place
Of the beautiful house and the land,
A man with a fire-red nose on his faceL
And a little brown jug in his hand
. Oh, if you beheld him, my lad, you would
wish
That he were less wretched to see;
For his boot-too? they gape like the mouth of
a fish,
And his trousers are out at the knees.
In walking he staggers, now this way, now
that,
And his eyes they stand out like a bug's;
And he wears an old coat, and a battered-in
hat,
And I think that the fault is the jug's.
For the text says the drunkard shall come to
be poor,
And that drowsiness clotbcs men with rags,
And he doesn't look much like a man, I am
sure,
"VVho has honest hard cash in his bags.
Now which will you have? To be thrifty and
snug,
And to be right'side up with your dish;
Or go with your eyes like the eyes of a bug,
And your shoes like the mouth of a fish?
?Alice Cary.
" *>
There Was- Liquor In Kim,
George Bennett, who was hanged at
Toronto, Canada, for the murder of
Editor Brown, of the Toronto Globe,
made the following speech from the galiows:
"Gentlemen, I am going to die, and I
am innocent of crime. By no words
that I can possibly say can I clear my.
self, and I cannot say any more than that
Iain innocent, as the act was beyond iny
control. The act by which the Hon.
George Brown met his death was done
in an excited moment. I suppose he
could not foresee the consequence. He
thought I was ?oing to use the revolver
when I drew it from my pocket,
and he grasped at it, and it caused the
act which caused his death. His hand
must have struck the trigger, as the
shot was .fired simultaneously with his
catching ir. 1 am going to ineut my
God now, and it would be a foolish thing
for me to die with a lie on my lips,
What I say l;e,.r you may accept as a
fact. I would not likely speak false
when I am about to die. I am possessed
of spirit enough to have acknowledged
the crime if I did it. The blood does
not trickle in my veins that would let me
do such an act. I am not false at heart
or a coward. It would have been a
shameful thing to have done such an act,
as Mr. Brown did not deserve it. He
wo a most, nnnular man throuffhout
the world, and deserved it, and lie went
to his death through an oversight on my
part. I went t3 him for a very simple
rcastn,and not to commit crime. I could
not control the event. There was liquor
in me, and the accident occurred, and
was fatal."
Significant Statistic*.
Mr. Kelson, the most distinguished of
English actuaries, after long and careful
investigations and comparisons, ascertained
by actual experience the following
astounding facts:
Between the ages of fifteen and twenty,
where ten total abstainers die, eighteen
moderate drinkers die.1
Between the ages of twenty and thirty,
where ten total abstainers die, thirtyone
moderate drinkers die.
Between the ages of thirty and forty,
where ten total abstainers die, forty
muuciuiu uuu^cio uic.
Or, expressing the fact in another
form, he says:
A total abstainer twenty years old hnfl
| the chance of living forty-four years
longer, or until sixty-four years old.
A moderate drinker ha3 the chance of
living fifteen and one half years longer,
or until thirty-five years old.
A total abstainer thirty years old has
the chance of living thirty-six and onehalf
years lonirer, or until sixty-six
and one-half years old.
A total abstainer forty years old has
the chance of living twenty-eight and
one-fourth years longer, or until sixtyeight
and one-halt years old.
A moderate drinker forty years old
has the chance of living eleven and twothirds
years longer, or until fifty-one
and one-half years old.
[The word "chance" in this article
means probability. [?Ed. Witness.
Temperance Noie?,
"Our children cry for bread," wtis the
motto displayed at the Chicago Socialist
picnic, at which three hundred kegs of
beer were consumed.
The chemist of the Brooklyn Health
department condemns as injurious the
practice of putting bicarbonate of soda
in fn mnVn it foam wlien drawn.
Thirty glasses of beer will contain from
130 to 200 grains of bicarbonate of soda.
The streets of Philadelphia are decorated
with 0,000 "slaughter-houses"
(liquor saloons,) nearly every square in
the city being tipped off with one at
each of its four corners. Beside, notorious
gambling holes are open ri^ht
under the nose of our worthy mayor,
and are well-known by his policemen. '
as well as a fearful number of those ,
avenues to the pit where lost woman
lives in shame and dies in misery and 1
des^uir, ?XV. LrczJU l.<
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H
1 '
SONG. ; , A
If Fate mete out full measure ^ ' l
Of dole for our love's gain, . ' [ . 7
Be yours, dear, all the pleasure^ \
Be mine, love, all the pain.
If Fate for aye disposes r
To pierce what be adorns, - ' ?
Be yours, dear, all the roses,
Be mine, love, all the thorns.
While Fate shall deem it fitter - ^
That sweet and bitter meet,
Be mine, dear, all the bitter, j
Be yours, love, all the sweet. - |
?A. L.jCarUctn.
? :
RELIGIOUS READING.
.
God's Caret J.
Fearest thou at times thy father
Hath forgot?
Though the clouds around thee gather,
Doubt him not. - 3
Always hath the daylight broken,
Alwas hath the comfoi t spoken;
Bettpr hath He been for years
Than thy fears.
. ~ "... ' ;<
1 - **".
Therefore whatsoe'er betidoth,
Night or day,
Know his love, for Ho provideth , v
Good alway.
Crown ot sorrow* gladly take; '
Grateful, wear, it for His sake,
Sweetly bending to His wi.1, . : -
Lying still. , * '
i r%. .
To His own the Savioor giveth,
Daily strength;
To each troubled sonUhat livcth,
Peace at length.
Weakest lambs have largest shard
Of the tender Shepherd's care , 7^
Ask hiui not, then, "when" or "how,'* \
Only bow.
?From, the German.
-
Missions, the Strength of the Church*
The prosecution of the work ol
missions is not less needed for the
health and growth of the Church at ;
home, than for the spread of light and - j
life abroad. Great as is the destitu ~ - ^
tioji of these perishing millions, th? . >
peril of our own decline and decay is
not less imminent if this mission and
commission be neglected and dia? honored.
If the heathen need tc
have the light and life of God, we
need not less to give it.
Our Lord's last command was sig- nificantly
coupled with a last promise;
and only so far as that command is '
obeyed is that promise enjoyed. -The ' , ' witness
of history is loud and clear.
In every age Christ's presence with 3 -^
His people bas been in exact proportion
to their missionary activity.
The apostolic age was the golden age
of the Church; it was the missionary ;
era, when common disciples scattered
abroad went everywhere preaching the
Word. The dark ages of putrefaction. .
and petrifaction came rapidly, when ~ :j
the Church drew herself like a snail
into her shell, and her shell was like
her little world. The great refcrma-TTT/Mil,!
UntrA 1\AAn ^aIIaWO/1 Ktf a ' *v
uuu wuuiu uavc ucdu iviiutivu *~*j u
great relapse, but that the spirit ol
missions revived; and if another
golden age is before us, it is because
the era of universal missions is dawning.
Dr. Duff thundered this apostolic
warning: "The church that is not
evangelistic will soon cease to be.evangelical,"
a sentiment so true both
to the Bible and history, that it rings
like the clarion of inspiration. Dr. .
John Hall said that the "true gauge
of a church's life and vitality is found
in what she i3 doing outside of herself."
Nothing is needed by such
weak churches so much as that unsel-V
fish passion for souls that reacts upon vi
ourselves.
The church needs,'first of all, a
fuller knowledge of the facts. The
prevailing ignorance as to the condition
of the mission field, and especially as
to the marvellous triumphs of the
Gospel among the heathen, is not only
i 1.-1.1
HlIUb'Ill/HUlt*, UUl/ uuipauiu UUU OUULUCfuL
The opening of doors, great and
effectual, in every part of the world
during these last fifty years, and the
repeated and signal seal of God's
blessing on modem missions, present
the nearest reproduction oi tne age of
miracles since apostolic times.
Of these great facts wehavenorfyM
to be ignorant; tor facts ax* th % fingers
of Qod. No truly earnest disciple can
keep himself constantly apprised of
the facts?can keep his own information
abreast of the onward movement
of God's evangelizing hosts?without
finding his heart thrilling with mingled
joy and expectation. Does he know
what has been done in the Hawaiian
Islands, the fiji group, and Madagasr
cart1 Does ho follotf the marvels of"
the last two decades in India, China,
and Japan ? Doe3 he realize tkat If
the ratio of convwts in the "Celestial
Empire" shall continue thirty years
longer at the rate of progress since
Robert Morrison first landed at Canton
in 1807, there will be more than
125,000,000 church members in that
empire in 1913? And China is the
Gibraltar of heathenism! Who among
all that treat foreign missions with
indifference can tell what Johnson
saw at Sierra Leone within seven years, ~
? ii -ii j l \r * '
wnat i'Owea witnessed hi j.>auumaga
within the same tiuie, or Duncan i#
Colombia? what Lindiey saw among
the Zulus, Clough among the Telugus,
Jessup in Syria, Scuilder in Inia, and
McAll in Belleville? No; the bulk of
Christian disciples are as ignorant of
God's campaign amid the tottering
walls of heathendom and Popedom as
though this war of the ages were in
progress on another planet.
We must meet this disease of -ITITe
body ecclesiastic with heroic treatment.
This ignorace is a mere negative de-..
feet?a lack of knowledge, and yet- it
is doing the most positive and terrible
damage.
Perhaps, after all, the deeper difficulty,
underlying all else, is the lack
of prayer. Zeal for missions means
passion for souls, which is the very
a.a.1 U/mf a# Knrtrf /\f Pkwiof Aa/1
uiuuu ucai ui tiic ucaib ui VLiiiou \jruu
will not touch our hearts with that
Celestial coal which sets the whole
wjieel of nature aglow with a Divine
ardor and fervor, except in answer to
prayer; and believing prayer is not
resorted to, to any extent. .We preach,
appeal for gifts, solicit subscribers for
our missionary journals, multiply and
magnify the attractions at our monthly
concerts, send out missionaries from
our congregations as living links between
us and the pagan millions, and
try to make the printed page a iirma?-?-?nn
f r?P cfn frif fir of nnn nnf Knf
LUCUL V} L OU(lL 1 J Ativ/ia UHlu V(?UUV'U vuu
cl?t7.:d'o even dull eVes>: but we do not
!>r?>v.: L):c-thren, are there iota "hunLire.l
and twenty" who will carry before
the Lord until a new Pentecost comes
to the Church, and a new cry is heard
from the disciples: "What shall we do
to save lost souls?"?Pierson, in For:ign
Missionary. t