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j POPULAR SCIENCE.
' Professor Kaitenbach of Gicssen, has
mentioned two instances in which immunity
from contagious disease?imparted
bv au attack of the disorder? lia9
been transferred Lorn parent to oilspring.
Dr. I.ander Urunton said recently that
headaches were usually dependent either
upon the presence of decayed teeth or
of some irregularity in the eyes, more
especially in the focal lengths between
the two.
. From statistics collected in the abattoirs
of Munich and Augsburg, Strauss
'lin* found that not more than one calf in
100,000 is consumptive. The danger of
conveying consumption with vacciuc obtained"
from these animals is therefore
slight.
' According to a German histologist,
there arc in the cerebral mass 300,000,600
nerve cells, each an independent organism
and microscpic brain. Of these
nerve cells he estimates that 5,000,000
die ?very day, and that every 9ixty days
the brain is replaced.
Dr. Ernst Fuchs, author of a prize espay
on blindness and its prevention,states
that short-sightedness, which is increasing
so alarmingly among reading people,
is the cause 01 ten per cent. wi an
Of blindness of one eye, and that the
' Immoderate use of tobacco gives rise to
partial blindness.
In the New Orleans Mcdical Journal
Dr. Matas says that as we approach the
tropics there seems to be a well defined
pyrogenic belt within whose limits remarkable
changes take place in the
iblood. In tropical countries the complexion
of the people is that of convalescing
from fever; but healthy existence
in any pyrogenic region would be out of
the question were our blood constituted
precisely like that of the inhabitants of
cold countries.
After a study of eleven months. Dr.
Hugo Winnacker, of Gottingen, has
found that the vegetation of the stones
of street gutters, consists of green algae
and fungoids. The algae are harmless
Ed even beneficial, for they grow over
e fungoids and at their expense, and
lp to keep them down. Most of the
fungoids appear to be harmless, but
come of them may be dangerous disease
germs, to be freely distributed by the
wind when dry. and, as it is difficult to
jdistinguish their qualities, the growth of
this class of plants should be prevented
a3 far as possible. The character of the
gutter vegetation may be different in different
cities.
According to Professor Tyndall's investigations,
the singular blue color of
[the water of the Lake of Geneva is due
"to the presence of small mineral particles,
probably derived from glacier dust,
ibrought into the lake by drainage from
glacial streams, and of such extreme
minuteness as not to settle even when
the water is allowed to stand for a long
time. Examination also makes apparent
the fact that no't only i8 the light mainly
mAmanf .nf lf-q rpfloH
f^iuu iruui ruo aiov ?
tion from the minute particles, but the
less refrangible elements -which always
accompany the blue are still further abstracted
during the transmissions of the
scattered light by true molecular absorption.
These two causes, scattering
and absorption, are therefore considered
sufficient to account satisfactorily
for the exceptional blueness of both
the Lake of Geneva and the Mediterranean
sea. ....
Cyclones.
A cyclone may be of any diameter,
from 100 to 3,000 miles. The more
-common are between 1,000 and 2,000
miles; and anything less than 1,200
jniliis acro-s is a small one. The path
of a cyclone is the path described by the '
centre. In this country ninety per cent,
move toward some point of east, the
most frequent direction Deing aooui ease
northeast. The velocity is that of the
centre; it may be anything from seventy
miles an Jiour eastward co ten miles an
hour westward. About twenty miles is
a common velocity, but sometimes a cyclone
is stationary. The life of a cyclonc
is measured by the number of days
during which it can be traced on synoptic
charts, the length oi life may be
anything from a few hours to twenty
days. The details of wind, weather,
etc., in the different portions of a cycioue
may be briefly summarized as follows:
The temperature is always
higher in the front than in the
rear, the warm air in the front
having a peculiar close, muggy character,
quite independent of the actual reading
of the thermometer.. The cold air in the
rear, on the contrary, has a peculiarly
exhilarating feelinsr, also quite independ
ent of the" thermometer.* The front is
always very damp, especially the right
front, while the rear is dry to a marked
degree. The wind blows around the
center in the direction contrary to the
motion of the hi?nds of a watch; buta3
the direction is slightly inclined to the
isobars, on the whole the circulation is
an ingoing spiral. The amount of incurvature
is usually greater in the right
front, and at least in the rear; so that
sometimes the passage of the trough is
marked by a sudden shift of wind. The
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1U1CC Ui lac ? 1LU UV|'CUU0 ttiiuvaigumgly
on the gradients; in the center it is a
dead calm, and the steepest gradients
are usually found at some distance from
the center. The direction fiom the center
in which the strongest winds are
found depends on the position of the
surrounding areas of high pressure.?
Nature.
A liig Turtle.
One afternoon recently a two horse ex
press wagon drove up in front of the
San Francisco Ca'l office, containing a
load, covered with canvas, and six Italian
fishermen. Removing the covering
one of the largest turtles ever seen in
Ban Francisco was displayed to the
view. * The monster was alive, and was
tied to the floor of the vehicle with
ropes. It was nine feet long and was
seven and a half feet around the girth.
Its head was larger than that of a man,
while i's flippers looked like huge haras.
Its weight was 1,700 pounds. The turtle
is of the leather-back species. On
the previous Thursday noon, as the fisherman's
smack Catalonia was cruising
outside the Heads., near the whistling
buoy, the turtle was observed floating,
asleep, on the surface of the water. The
six fishermen in the boat immediately
set about its capture. The end of a boatliook
was driven into one of its hind
flippers, while a running noose was fastened
on one of the front ones. The turtle
now awoke, and a desperate fight
immediately ensued. In the melee, before
the turtle was landed on his back
on the deck of the craft, the mast to
."which the end of the rope was fastened
was broken, and one of the fishermen
was knocked over with a left-hander
from the turtle's flipper. A blow from
an ax on the creature's head finally so
,dazed it that it gave up the struggle.
-The turtle was fully alive and vigorous
;by the time it got ashore, and more difficulty
was experienced in getting it into
the express wagon.
I GENERAL GRAM'S LAST DAYS.
General Iladrau'M Account of Srene<
and Conversation* at the Bcdtide,
From General Adam Iiadeau's accoun
of the last days of General Grant, in thi
Century, we <)?:ote the following: "Oi
Easter Sunday he seemed a little easier
though there was stiil 110 hope. I wen
into his room and found him able to lis
ten and even to utter a few words with
out much eilort. I had been ereatlj
struck by the universal watching of i
nation, almost of a world, at his bedside,
and especially by the sympathy froir
former rivals and political and even per
sonal adversaries; and I recounted tc
' -1 -e
mm HlblUQUL'S Ul li)lo ui^u>unuiuuo lur
getfulncss of old-time enmities. When
1 told him of the utterances of Genera
Rosecrans and Jefferson Davis he replied:
'I ain very glad to hc-ar this. ]
would much rather have tneir good-will
than their ill-will. I would rather have
the good-will of any man than his ill
will.'
"On the 3d of April several newspapers
which had followed General Granl
with a persistent animosity down to the
very beginning of his illness, recalled in
touching and even eloquent words thai
twenty years before he had captured
Richmond on that day. I told this to
my chief, for I had been with him on
that other 3d of April. I said the nation
was looking on now, watching his battle
_ ?j .i,.j v:.
as it aia men, uuu mai uu ?gui mm
disease "was as good a one as that he had
made with the rebels twenty years before.
'Ah,'he answered, 'twenty years
ago I had mere to say. I was in command
then.' 'But even then,' I replied, 'it took a
yearto win; perhapsyou may win still.' He
brightened up at this and told the physicians
the story of General Ingnlls' dog.
Ingalls wa3 the chief quartermaster of
the armies operating against Richmond,
and had been -a classmate with General
Grant at West Point; they were always
on intimate terms. He had a peculiar
dog that often came about the campfire
at headquarters. One day during
the long siege General Grant said, 'Ingalls,
do you mean to take that dog iuto
Richmond?' 'I think I shall,' said -In|
galls; 'he belongs to a long-lived breed.'
"After this Dr. Shrady sat down to
' ?1 1 A^'H mAmnirr
i write iiic uuiicnu ivi mw ?uw>u...d.
" 'What shall I say, general?' he asked.
'How shall I tell them you aro this morning?'
4< 'More comfortable,' replied the general.
"And the doctor wrote a line about
the physical condition of his patient,
and lead it to General Grant, who approved.
I was still greatly impressed
by the public emotion, and I interrupted:
' 'General, -why not say something
about the sympathy of all the world,
something to thank the people?'
"'Yes,' he exclaimed willingly, and
dictated these words: 'I am very much
touched and grateful for the sympathy
and interest manifested in me by my
r-tAr./Qa nnH Kr wllA Vl il PP
many iiicuus, anu uj ?. . ?
not hitherto beeu regarded as friends.'
"Toward the last he stammered and
hesitated, evidently unwilling at this
moment to call nnyone an enemy; and
finally made use of the circumlocution,
'Those who have not hitherto been regarded
as friends. "
"Dr. Shrady wrote out the bulletin,
and read it aloud, when the general
added: "I desire the good-will of all,
whether heretofore friends or not.'
"I urged the doctor to stop just there,
to say nothing about physical details,
but give this Easter message from Genoral
Grant to the world in his own
lon<?uafre. Mrs. Grant, however, wished
the word 'prayerful' to be used before
sympathy, and General Grant consented
to the cliauge.
"Another morning, only a day or two
after his improvement began, he said to
me, evidently with a purpose, that it
was strange how undisturbed a man
could be when so near death. He supposed
he had been as near tho other
world as one could be and survive. His
feeling had been at the time that every
moment might be his last; but he had
> ?/*4 a?a nAn^i'nlo af onnroVinn.
uut ouuvicu uuc |;ai nuiw ui
sion, or fear, or even discomposure. He
evidently wished me to know this, for
we had once or twice in the winter
talked of religious beliefs. 'Yet,' he
said, 'at such a time it hurt, no one to
have lived a good life.' He had been undistuibed?he
repeated this emphatically?but
he believed any one would be
more comfortable at such a moment with
a conscience that could not reproach
him. A good life would certainly contribute
to composure at the end.
"The 9th of April came, the anniversary
of Appomattox, and recovery was
still not assured. One of the sons had a
presentiment that hi9 father would not
survive that day, but it would have been
hard to have General Grant surrender on
the anniversary of his greatest victory.
Then came anothc- jubilee. His birthday
was the 27th of April, and by this
time he was so far restored as to be able
to join the family for a while at dinner.
There were sixty-three lighted candles
on the table to celebrate the sixty-three
years, which a month before no one had
hoped would ever be completed, and the
house was crowded with flowers, the
gifts of thankful friends. By the 1st of
May he was so well that he sent for a
stenographer and began to dictate mat
ter for his book. * * *
"The sceret of this partial recovery is
not far to find. It was after the great
expression of public sympathy that
General Grant began to improve, after
his place in the affections of the people
was restored or resumed that his whole
nature, moral and physical, became inspired
and renovated. Foi this it was
almost worth while to have suffered?to
have the world recognize his sensitiveness,
and to receive himself its appreciation
in return. Few men indeed have
known in advance so nearly ths verdict
of posthumous fame. No death-bed
was ever so illumined by the light of
universal affection and admiration."
Taking Medicine.
Let it be remembered that it is not the
medicine advised by the educated physician
which has done the world so much
injury, but it is the physic which the
people swallow on their own responsibility.
When a narrow-minded persou
gets sick, he "calculates" the saving it
will be to him to give twenty-five ceuts
for a box of pills, instead of "employing
a physician," beside avoiding the discomfort
of "a course of medicine," as it
is callcd. This answers for a while in
many cases, but it is ultimately disastrous,
and health and life are the fearful
forfeit. A gentleman had been a dyspeptic,
and hearing that a preparation of
soda was "good for dyspepsia, "he "tried
it;" it acted "like a charm," and for the
next six months he was so enraptured
with its effects that he considered it a
duty as well as a humanity to recommend
it to every person who seemed to be affected
as he had been. Not long thereafter,
as he was standiug at the gate of
his newly-married daughter, in London,
in a passing call on his way to business,
he dropped down dead. On examination,
the cause was found in several
ounces of soda impacted in the bowels.
?Rall's Journal of Health.
THE HOME DOCTOR. jj
? To Remove a IUorc from tlie Eye*
Take a horse-hair and double it, leaving
j. a loop. If the mote can be seen lay the
5 loop over it, close the eye. and the mote
j will come out as the hair is withdrawn.
ff the irritating object cannot be seen,
k raise the lid of the eye as high as possi.
ble and place the loop as far a3 you can, i
. close the eye and roll the ball around a He
j few times, draw out the hair, and the we
x substance which caused so much pain ^
will be sure to come with it. This an,
method is practiced by axmakers and 'W
other workers in steel.?Medical Times, do
wis
Alleged Cure for a Felon. ^
A doctor in the Phrenological Journal tha
i CQl'Q tlinf ftlQ frJnrl tKia /*nrrt fnv o i /lin
. felon in many cases and has never known
[ it to fail:JTake common salt roasted on a g?
[ hot stove until all the chlorine gas is wjj
, thrown off, or it is as dry as you can hid
1 make it. To a teaspoonful, and also a the
teaspoonful of pulverized Castile soap, by
. add a teaspoonful of Venice turpentine;
mix them well into a poultice and apply 8ta
to the felon. If you have ten felons at the
once make as many poultices. Renew raa
this poultice twice a day. In four or
five days your felon will, if not opened
before your poultice is first put on pre- thi;
sent a hole down to the bone, where the stri
pent-up matter was before your poulticc
brought it out. If the felon ha3 been ^
cut open or opened itself, or is about to Sho
take off the finger to the first joint, no seij
matter, put on your poultice; it will *b
stop right there, and in time your finger
will get well even if one of the first fec]
bones is gone. Of course it will not re- ?fsi]
j store the lost bone, but it will get well Ion
! soon. ?American Rural Home. 51?
die:
or1
How to i'sc not Water. the
| One of the simplest and most effectual are
means of relieving pain is by the use of me
,! hot water, externally aud internally, the
. j temperature varying according to the 0f (
, feelings of the patieut. dyi
. j For bruises, sprains, and similar acci- wfr
! j dental hurts, it should be applied imme- ?00'
, diately, as hot as can be borne, by means
i of a cloth dipped in the water and laid ^
i on the wounded part, or by immersion if the
,! convenient, aud the treatment kept up his
I till relief is obtained. If applied at once,
! the use of hot water will generally pre- gCK]
, vent, nearly, if not entirely, the bruised Bei
j ficsh from turning black. pit;
j For pains resulting from indigestion, J1,e
I and known as wind colic, etc.. a CUD of ???
j - - -- -? -i i .U
j hot water taken m sips will often relieve pie
! at once. When thatisinsufficiantaflan- hui
j nel folded in several thicknesses, large
| enough to fully cover the painful place,
should be wrung out of hot water and on
i j laid over the seat of the pain. It should ten
' be as hot as the skin can bear without all
j injury, and be renewed every ten min- dor
utes, or oftener if it feels cool, until tho ^
1 pain is gone. ma
The remedy is simple, efficient, harm- bis
less, and within the reach of every one, a"1
and should be more generally used than
. it is. If used along with common sense ?j?e
it might save many a doctor's bill and trei
many a course of drug treatment as well, con
bra
A Greek Ball. - tho
A ball in a Greek house in Rhodes !s a tbe
! thing forever to be remembered. The Ab
dresses of the ladies would provoke a tail
smile from even the most indifferent be
holder. Round dances are not much ap- I ^
. preciated, but what they really love is a thr
species of romping quadrilles with most flai
complicated figures, through which a
| master of the ceremonies puts you in a cl ?
j vile French. On one occasion this offi- 8nl,
cial insisted on directing us to dance a tho
variety of the lady's chain which he cra
called chaine de chevaliers, and which
my partner naively remarked was excusable
in a place which is everywhere vie
haunted by reminiscences of the Knights lecl
of Rhodes, "When the romp was over
i we conductcd our partners to the smok- ^
ing room, were the chapcroues were iait
sitting smoking cigarettes, and where tho
j the air was dense with the fumes of to- do.
bacco. I noticed the younger ladies did
not venture on the entire control of a
cigarette themselves, but pressed their urx
niirtner tn dn so. with a viuw to cniov- of
ing an occasional pull. Supper was pro- I 1
; vided on the most primitive principles. |
A large dish of tinned lobster salad was ! tal
put on n table, xouud which every one anc
! crowded; tho^ who were not lucky the
enough to secure a knife did not hesi- ^
tate to plunge their fingers into the
| tempting dish. Glasses of wiue circu- olu
lated freely, and after the repast was aft
over the bail degenerated into a scene itT
worthy of a Parisian music hall. No e.
wonder the Turks smiled a little as they bra
watched this scene, and retired as soon as anc
politeness would permit.?Macmillan. onj
i acc
The Mail In China. rily
But ns regards letters, a considerable ^
portion of the 400,000.000 Chinamen do lost
occasionally exchange letters?those who arn
1 *? At 1 Ami
CJiiiduc Yvriiu lur liieiuscivuc* iiiriug scribes
to so. These letters arc coni
signed to firms which have houses in all dov
the large towns, wbere letters are for- cap
warded to distant ports, to be distributed wo
by special agents, who generally col1
lects the postage from the receiver. a
There was certainly something comic in woi
the fact that when China was no longer be <
able to exclude foreigners from Pekin, or 1
our British postal arrangements were no
sooner established thau some of the im- 0r I
perial officers came to ask Sir Frederick ers
Dkiiaa r /tAvfaSn otnfo /I Af?nmonfn hOl*!
iJl UV/O IV/ i VI ?? U1 VVi* UHii OiUbU UUVUIUUU wa
for them between Pekin and Canton. On 'h?j
the death of the Emperor Hienfung, a^.?,
: which occurred just at that time, intlraa- this
tion thereof was sent from hi? country of C
J palare (a distance of GOO li, which is up- 50?^
ward of 200 miles) in twenty-four hours, 8^*
which is the highest speed attainable in tho
China. But the placid Celestials, to this
' whom hurry appears a form of vulgar tree
impatience, and to whom telegraphs are
an abomination, are con'cut that all
ordinary communications should be con- gom
veyed either by slonr paddling poling whi
. boats or else by foot-runners, whose narl
| high-sounding title of "the thousand- bavi
j mile horse" does not quicken their pace
1 bsyond about twelve miles in twenty-four ga?i
hours. Thoy carry a paper lantern and a |iavi
j paper umbrella, and tlietr letter-bag ig ang<
secured on their back by a cloth knotted him
acro33thc chest. ? CassclVs Magazine.
Cause of a Cold.
A cold is the product of two factors. had
One is a certain condition of the within, '
the other a certain condition of the with- I. hj
! out. The only soil in which this plant bin'
j can flourish is a certain condition ot the j^y'
' system, the prominent feature of which my
I is a deranged stomach. If the system is ttoi
I prepared, through a certain gross con- md
dition of stomach and liver, it requires one
but a slight exposure to a draught or Afr
dampness to provoke a cold. ?]?s
i The system being ready, a cold is not ,
j infrequently excited by a close, heated ,
I atmosphere, thus, in a sore throat cold,
j the approximate cause is generally an un- thai
j ventilated room and rarely external cold, thai
j Some habits which give tendency to cold 0
j may he mentioned. Among these arc
| hot drinks, the use of warm-water baths, he
J especially hot foot-baths, sleeping in un,{
| close, uuvcntilated rooms, and, more ]
mischievous than al', the eating of ex- j
cessive quantities of rich meats and pas- at t
try.?Dio Lewis. said
pro
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"STORMED AND TAKEN." J
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L'ext: "And Abinielech pot him up to ?
mnt Zalmon, he and nil the peoplo that c
re with him; and Abimelech took an ax ]
liis hand, and cut down a bough from the r
ed, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, (
i said unto the people that were with him,
hnfc va hava opnn TriA fin rrmkfi hftstfi. and
as I have done.' And all the people like- c
se cut down ever/ man his bough, and c
lowed Abimelech, and put them to the t
d, and set the hold on fire upon them; so ?
it all the men o( the tower of Shechem v
d"?Judges ix., 43, 4'.l
Ibimelecli is a name malodorous in Bible
tory, but full of profitable suggestion,
oys are black and uncomely,',but they show ,
ere the rock3 are. The snake's rattle is '
eouf, bcit it gives timely warning. From ,
piazza of my country home I saw night '
night fifteen miles away a light house; ,
i there not for adornment, but tc> let j
riuersknow that it would bo better to
nd off from the dangerous point. And all
i iron bound coast of moral danger is
rked with Saul and Al.ab and Jezebel and
imelech. These people put in Bible history
i only o!i warnings, but sometimes because
re was :in their behavior a flash of some- :
rig worth imitation. God can drive a j
light nail with a very poor hammer. The !
j of Shechem was to bo taken, and Abimeti
and his army wore to do it. I see the c
it of the excited march, and I hear the J3
ut of the captains, and the yell of the be- ^
jers. The swords click on the shields, and ?
> vociferation of the two armies in t
.th struggle i3 horrible to hear. The battle v
>s 011 until toward sundown, when Abime- P
b and his army say to the city of Shechem, j5
trrender," and unable to hold out any b
ger they surrender, and there are pools of J
od and dissevered limbs of wounded sol
il 1?.1- A# mAfkai. 1
rs WllU UUUil UUUU3 uii mo lay ui muvuoi,
wife, or daughter who have come out for 6
last ofices.of kindness and love,and there ?
glazed eyes looking up beggingly for "
rcy that war never shows, awl a groan js
across the city, stopping not because it b
i And no place to rest, so full is the place 7
>ther groans. A city wounded, a city S(
ng, a city dead! Wail for Shechem all y? ^
o know the horrors of a sacked town. In Ji
Icing off I can see but one building stand- 0
and that is the temple of the good Ber- o:
8om j of the soldiers hare fled from the a
T and got up into this temple, and there
y feel quite safe. They sa.y "Abimelech aud ?
army captured the city c.f Shechem, but ?
y will never take thi? temple of Berith; fc'
AiiroolrM iinrlnr tliA r*rr?t\rt/?Hr*n r\t that. Vi
1; all Is well insido the temple." Oh, ^
ith, the ?god, it you have eyes, c.
y them, if you have hands, help tl
m; if you have thunderbolts, strike
those refuges. But how are a
imelech and his army fco take that tem- 01
? By sword? No. By battering rams 0!
led up with hunclred-armed strength Y
tinsfc the crashing; wall? No. Abimelech a
a into the woods, valorous, with an axe, "
1 he cuts down a branch of a tree, puts it "
his shoulder and starts for the 5'
lple of Berith, and tells st
his men to do as he has 01
te, and tbere is a great struggle for the
s, and I hear a crackling and cutting and
nckiug all through the woods, and each
n cuts down a tree branch, puts it upon
shoulder and follows Abimelech. "All
aed now'j" "All armed," is the response. ^
iat a strange army, and with what strange "
lipment Abimelech comes to the foot of
temple of Berith and he throws down the "
a branch. The llrst platoon of soldiers "
le up and they throw down their tree
nches, and the second and the tenth and
twentioth platoons, and they throw down "
ir tree branches. The soldiers look out of al
tower and they say, "Why, those men of w
imelech have lost their senses. They cer- s?
lly cannot expect l:o tane tnis tempie in v-*
,t way." But moan while Abirnelech and 9'
men strike the Hints and with tho spark in
die the brush wool. The Jiro rolls up 8C
ough these tree branches until one arm of ra
ne is thrown over one side of the temple, sc
I another arm of flame is thrown up over
other side the temple, and the red palms
;p mid-sky, and the 1 ising flame and the
jldering smoke soon put to death all "
se who are inside f;ho tower, and crash, ai
sh! go the walls of tho temple of Berith, 0!
I then standing in the ashes and amid the V
ris, Abimelccn and his men, with stout **
gs and swarthy chests, shout "Victory, **
tory 1" or as it is in my text: '"And Abime- M
i got him up to Mount Zalmon, ho aud all z?
people that were with him; and
imeiech took an a t in his hand and cut
vn a bough from tho trees, and took it and
1 it on his shoulder,and said unto the people ^l!
t were with him, what yo havo seen me 61
make haste and do as I have done. And f11
the people likewise cut down every man
bough and followed Abirnelech, and put
m W toe noia, ana sec me uoiu on lire ~
>n then!; so that all the men of the town
Shechem died."
^earn first the folly of adhering to any w
le of tactics in anything wo have to do for
i and the world. Look over all the Orienweapons?the
battle axe and the javelin c:
I the harbegeous; but with which one of
m could Abirnelec-h aud his army have 'r
sught such execution as they did by this w
itagem? It was not easy to take that
ce. I have seen a house where in the Rev- ?
tionary war a husband and wifo, hour * '
er hour, kept back a whole regiment; and E
ras no easy thing for Abimelech and his
a to take that temple when it was so thor- "
,'hly armed. Yot Abimelech takes the tree 'r
acn and his men take the tree branches.
1 what stoel could not have done, what
r kind of earthly warfare could not-have
omplished?such styles as we are ordinafamiliar
with?this stratagem acconi- J*
hed. Was there anything else that could "
e done the work so well? Abimelech ?c
not one man in all of his iE
ly. Oh, fathers and mothers, brethren !*
i sisters in Jesus Christ, let us say that any p
Id of religious attack which succeeds is
it, is just, is proper; anything that brings
..J l thnf. l>olns hi
HI Ultf ItJJIlpIO Ul Dill, auj vuiuq Uw.r^ .
tu re this world for God. The trouble is -
want to keep on the old-style coat of mail, Cl
we come on with glittering spear to at- ?
!c the enemy, not knowing that they have J},
tousand spears where we have ten. If this C
'Id is ever to bo brought to God it; will not ?;
japtured by the sharp sabre of sarcasm, "
>y tho glittering lances of rhetoric, or by
powdery explosion of indignation, or by 8'
sapping or mining of learned disquisition, n
>y the snarpsl looting of wit, or byhowitz- J
hurling shells five miles, or cavalry "
ses gaily caparisoned pawing the air with k
r front feet. The world will never be
3ii for G.id in that way. It will not be 81
U'id into the kingdom, but it will be done 81
way: Let every man go into tho forest "
tod's truth aiid cut a tree branch?let the y
00 Christian ministers in America to-day e
nto the forest of God's truth and cut from 4
ee a branch?let every congregation do Sl
same, and thun let us march on, and all ?
kindled by tlie tires of holy zeal, the for- 6
s of sin shall become a bonfire of victory T
em apocalyptic joy sha'l illumine the 5
cens, and, in other words, if this world is ^
io better for God, it will have to be by t
e other mode of attack than that d
ch some people approve oft If the ordi- *
r style of prayer does not succeed, let us ?
3 some other style of prayer. If ordinary
:oh music dooB not succeed, let us have a
c woods chorus. If a prayer meeting at ^
CIOCK at IllgHlf UUU3 liuu auwuoou, i?w uj ,
3 it as early In the morning as when the
si found wmstling Jacob too much for ?
. If a sermon with the authorized three J*
Is does not succeed, let us have a sermon ?|
1 twonty heads, or no head at all. If we
not take the world for God in any other r:
let us take it by Christian stratagem. I ,
often heard people sing,
'Thero is a fountain filled with blood." f
id. hoard ib artistically sung by four si
s pcrch-' I o.i their Su-- Hy roost in the si
ary, and I t'e It not one 'imster emotion in I
soul, :;avl I a id not o:io tear coursingdorvn m
cheek. I thought of Jenny Lind and I w
ight of Sontig and I thought of Nils son, y
I thought o! all the other warblors; but
night in Philadelphia I went down to an
ican Methodist meeting-house, and at the ,,
0 of tho sen .ion a black woman rose in
audienco an I sang w
'There is a ) ountain filled with blood," ^
till tho aud: ence joined in it, and wo were g<
ted three cr four miles nearer heaven ai
1 1 have eve r been since. The fact was hi
; then for the first I understood the boau- lii
f that hymn. Tho real, the sacrificial, w
agonizing, the redemptive blood; audi V
rd the crim son plash a3 we all went down 111
er tho waves: k
For sinners plunged beneath that flood, ^
h03Q all thei f guilty stains."
wa3 talkins; with old Dr. Tyng once, just ^
he close of his active ministry, ancl he 3a
1 to me: "I have heard a great many ways y<
posed by w.rich this world is to be brought
a God. I wish they would invent something
ind take it very soon, for I am very certain
he way we are going is not the right way,
>r it would have been done long before this."
)ur religion is not casuistry, it is not a
yllogism, it is not polemics which is the
cienca of squabble. It is blood rod fact, it
s warm-hearted ministration, it is running,
eapiiig, flying good news. Let every man
to into the forest or God's truth and take a
jranch and wear it, let him take a branch
ind kindle it. I do not care how the temple
>f sin is brought down. If the temple of
Serith is going to be demolished, it does not
nake any difference to me which way it is
leniolished.
My subject also impresses me with the
lower- of exampla If Abimolech had sat
lown on the grass and told the people to go
>ut and throw tree branches all around about
he temple of Berith, not one of them would
lave gone; but Abimolech took his ax and
le hewed down a tree branch, and with
\.bimelech's arm it was put on Abimelech's
houlder, and he marched out to the temple
>{ Berith, and the people followed all armed
w ftiA coma afrnncrn wnnrtrl flll rroinff to the
lame place. How natural that is! Do you
enow why Garibaldi and Stonewall Jackson
.vere the most majestic leaders of the century?
Because they went ahead and said: "Men,
'ollow!" A father goes on the right road, his
:hildren go on the right road. A father goes
>n the wrong road, his children go on the
vrong road. In the galleries of Europe you
>ften find before the work of one of the old
nasters two or three artists making copies,
ind these copies of the great picture they are
joing to take to distant lands. And I have
x> tell you, raythearers, that your life ^and
:haracter are a masterpiece, and it is being
opied, and it will bloom or blast in all the
omes over which you have any influence
ing after you are gone, and be a Gorgon or a
ladonna. Look at what you do, my
irother, look at what you say, eternity
rill, hear the echo. The best sermon ever
reached is a holy life. The best music ever
hanted is a consistent walk. Let all the way
etween Zalmon and Shechem be filled with
he tossing branches. Where Abimeloch go
ho troops go. Abraham begat Isaac, and
saac begat Jacob. The father good, it was
asy onough for the son and the grandson
o be good. Azariali begat Jacob, and Jacob
egat Jeraboam. The father bad. it was easy
nougn ror the son ana tne granason to De
ad. Start for heaven yourself, and take
our family with you; take your business as>ciates
with you; take your social friends
rith you. With one branch of the tree of
fe as a baton, marshal all you can reach,
h, the infinite, the semi-omnipotent power
f good or bad example. I saw on the beach
wrecker's machine, a great cylinder, holes
irough it where poles were thrust, and then
le wreckers would shoot out the rope among
lose who were in the offing suffering while
! ! A- ?t: 1
snip 1YS5 going b J JJIOUUS, (UIU man nuu
ery strcng leverage these wrcckers would
iy hold of these poles thrust through the
plinder, and the rope would wind around
ie cylinder, and those who were suffering in
io offing were brought safe to land. And
b your foot there is an influence
! tromondou3 leverage reaching far
ut into the billowy future, and
our children, your grandchildren,
nd all the generations that are to follow
ill take hold of it with stout grip and will
:el the far reaching pull after you have been
Dne so long that the visitors to your tombone
cannot decipher whether it was in 1885
1785 Or 1085 that you died.
My subject also impresses me with the adintage
of concerted action. If Abimolech
id-just cut down a tree branch and shouljred
it, and gone out all alone he would not
ive accomplished anything; or if ten or fif
ten men uau cut uuwu uw uiuutuos auu i
louldered them and marched out, they I
ould not have accomplished anything; but
was all the host doing the same thing. Oh,
le power of concerted action. That is what
0 want in the church of God to-day. Why,
all the churches should stand shoulder to
loulder in this great battle for God and
gainst iniquity, in twenty-Ave years the
hole earth would be ransomed. But it
?ms that there are a thousand men in the
lurch of God doing nothing where there is
le enthusiastic Christian. Twenty drones
1 the hive to one busy bee. Twenty sailors
mud asleep in the ship's hammocks to four
len on the stormy deck. Fifty thousand
>ldiers in the reserve corps to one thousand
stive combatants. Oh, we want to get our
oat over on the golden sands of heaven,
ut we sit with our arirn folded at
10 prow or at the stern while others
:e blistered in the heat and pulling until the
lr-locks groan and the blades bend until
ley snap. Oh, you sleepy-headed Christians
i all parts of the church of God, wake up!
re you the servants of the Lord Jesus Christ?
y idea of a Christian is a man on fire with
al for God, and if your pulses beat sixty
mes a minute when you are talking on orinary
themes and thinking on ordinary
lemes, if when you speak and think on rejious
things your pulses do not rise to sevlty
and seventy-five and eighty times a
inute while thinking of Christ and heavon
is because you do not know the one and
ive not much chance of getting to the other,
uppose in an army, in the morning roll-call,
it of a thousand men in a regiment only a
undred answered, what an excitement that
oiild make in camp. What would the colnel
say? What would the majors, the captins,
the adjutants say? And suppose word
lme by way of excuse that theso men had
rerslept themselves. 01* it was a damp mornig
and they were afraid of getting their feet
et, or they were cooking their rations? Oh.
iy friends, thi'3 is the morning of the day of
o:l Almighty's battle. Do you not hear
ie troops? Do you not hear all the trumets
of heaven, and all the drums of hell?
niich side are you on? If on
ie right side do you belong to the cavalry
oop, or the artillery service, or to garrison
lty'i In other words, iu what Sunday school
3 you teach? In what prayer meeting do
3U exhort? In what penitentiary do you
lis day declare the eternal iiDorcy ot me i
ospel? In what almshouse do you announce |
le riches of heaven? What broken bones of
irrow are you tryiag to heal ? Doing nothig,
then keep it to yourself, do not let the
orld And it out lest they call your religion a
ilse face. Do not lot the story get into the
Dok of God's judgment. Do not let the anouncement
of your cowardice and treason be
eard among the martyrs before the throne,
ist, forgetting the sanctity of the place they
irse your betrayal of the cause for which
ley agonized and died Forward, the whole
ne! May God Almighty arouse us all to
hristian work. I really believe that 500
\rnest Christians could take all Brooklyn for
k>d in two years. Oh, I would like to day
mt you should lift haud toward heaven
wearing new allegiance to the Lord who
ladeusand the Lord who redeemed us. I
rould be ashamed to die now and go into
eaven without having brought more into the
ingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ. How raplly
the years Ret away. Did you ever see
ummer that had such nimble feet? The years
*- cf wia <if locomotion. Thev
IT5IH tU gaiU iiv?? uw; ?v w- ?
ave a speed electric. If this afternoon, in !
our homes, you take a sleep- and you are I
ntitled to it, for the Sabbath Mas made for
lie body as well as for the soul?after you
leep. when you are rising, lay out your plans
or this year, the year which begins in
eptember, the church year. Husbands and
rives, talk this subject over. Brothers and
isters, lay out your plans for the future,
'here is such a thing as claustral piety, and
here i3 such a thing as iDsular piety,"but it
oes not amount to much. There is the great
emple of sin. Here are the tree branches
bat are to be brought Let the ministers of
iligion and all their congregation now go .
>rth in the strength of the Lord God and it
ill need no torch, no match, no coal of ours,
at as in Elijah's time fire will fall from
saven, and the temples of iniquity will be
)nsumed,and the cause of God will triumph,
ee the triumph now. Huzza! the day is
irs! Learn also from this subject the dangi r
! false1 refuges. "Ah!" those men in the
imple of Berith said, "we are safe now; they
>ok Shechem; they can't take this tower;
il's well. Oh, thou god Berith, protect
5." It was a false refuge,
he flames kindled, the temple was conlmed,
the walls fell, and great was the deletion
of those inside them. And you and
are all tempted to soek false retugea If the
lirror this morning told you that your cheek
as comely, if your friends tell you that ]
our manners are elegant, if Satan tells you
ou are all right and yet you are an unparoneci
man, let me break the delusion and
:11 you you are not all right. Well, you say:
E would like to jbe under a better man;
here is the refuge to which I may floe?
here is the influeneo tbat can mane me a
3tterinan?" And here is a. man trying to
jt into the tower of good works. The walls
re covered with pictures of the sufferings
3 has alleviated, the schools he has estaoshed,
the colleges ho lias endowed, the good
orks he h as done. All tho walls pictured,
ery beautiful. Says the man: "I have done
mch good; I have been performing so many
indnesses I know the Lord will let me off.
ll's well." But here comes the Gospel ansuncement,
"by the deeds of the law shall i
a flesh living bo justified." Get out of
lat tower of good works; it cannot
ive you. All around about the tower came
>ur unpardoned sins and they thrust their
akeleton hands through the window, at
they b9at at the door. Get out of the tow
of good works. Do what good you cau, b
have no idea that any good you can do in t]
world is going to win for you Heaven. "E
cept a man be born again be cannot see tl
kingdom of God." Well, here is a man ge
ting into another tower; it is the tower of i
difference. He says: "If any damage com
to my soul it is far off; all's well for a got
while hero in tha tower of Indifference." Bi
meanwhile death and calamity andsorro
come all around more inexorable than Abir
elech and his army, and the toivhe3 of jud
ment are kindling, the torches of the la
judgment, and every tree is a torch, ai
every forest is a torch, and every mounta:
is a torch, and every sea is a torch, and tl
Alps and the Pyramids and the Himalay
are a live coal growing redder and redd
under the breath of the Lord God omnip
tent; and what will become of "the refuge
lies?" "Oh." says some one, "it is a mei
thing to drive us ont of this tower
refuge," and so it would be if I could not t<
you of a refuge to which the righteous ri
and are saved. Here it is, the refuge of t!
Gospel Its gates swin^ wide open and f
WHO will may cumu. nub cm: ara, mi, an
whatever your history, whatever surroun
iugs, though you have gone through all tl
sins that offend the law of the land, thouj
you have gone through all the sins that <
fend the GrospeL Pardon now. Mercy noi
Wide open door now. The refuge of the Gc
pi. Here is a Gibralter that has nev
been taken. Here is a wall that no Satan
assault can scale. Here is a bulwark th
the judgment earthquake cannot budg
Get into it Outside of it no safety. Insi<
of it everlasting safety. You have not a su
plus minute to waste. Quick, quick, get in
it "God is a refuge and underneath are t
everlasting arms." That is one of the mo
magnificent passages in the Bible: "Tl
eternal God is the refuge, and underneath a
the everlasting arms.'*
Great God, are things so uncertain in tl
world that if I put my right foot down t
haid it breaks tnrougli into the grave)
this world that goes so many thousand mil
an hour around the sun, making tenjf old mo
speed toward the judgment day? Overcor
with the thought in tho confusion, 1 cry o
this way and that, "Oh, time, oh, eternit
oh, tho dead, oh, the judgment day, oh, God
Catching at that last apostrophe I feel thai
have something to ho!a on to. "The etern
God is thy refuge, and underneath are t
avma " Xa arhauat^l wit.h n
failuro to gain Heaven by good works,
come and throw my body, my mind and n
soul on the eternal promise just as a wroi
child throws himself in the lap of hismothc
just as a wounded soldier throws hinuelf or
hospital pillow, just as a pursued man thro'
himself into a tower. "The eternal God
thy refuge, and underneath are the everlai
lng arms." Oh, for a flow of tears with whi
to express the joy of that eternal rescue.
TEMPERANCE TOPICS,
Wlil?ky Pocty.
Little drops of water,
Little grains of corn,
Make the festive whisky
And the morning horn.
And the little cocktails,
Humble though they be,
Make swelled heads and fill the
Pen?i- ten?tia?ry.
?National Temperance Advocate,
The Srron;eit Drink.
Water is the strongest drink. Itcfrivt
mills; it is the drink of liotis and horse
and Sampson never drank anything els<
Let young men be teetotalers if only fc
economy's sake. The beer money wi
soon buy a horse. If what goes into tb
mash-tub went into the kneading-troug
families would be better fed and betti
taught. If what is spent la waste wci
only saved against a rainy day, wor
houses would never be built. The ma
who spends his money with the publica
and thinks the landlord's bow aud '-Ho
do ye do, my good fellow?" means tru
respect, i3 a poor simpleton. "We d
not light fires for the herring's comfor
but to roust him. Men do not keep poi
houses for laborers' good; if they d<
they certainly miss their aim. Whj
then, should people drink "for the goo
of the house!" If I spend my mone
for the good of any house, let
be ray own, and not the landlord's. ]
is a bad well.into which you must pi
water; and the beer house is a bad frien
because it takes your all and leaves yo
nothiug but headaches. He who call
those his friends who let him sit an
drink by the hour together, is ignorar
?very ignorant. Why, red lions an
tigers and eagles and vultures are all cret
tures of prey, and why do so many pt
themselves within the power of the
jaws and talons? Such as flrink and liv
riotously and wonder why their faces ar
60 blotchy and their pockets so ban
would leave off wondering if they ha
two grains of wisdom. They might t
well ask an elm treo for pears as look t
loose habits for health and wealth. Thos
who go to the public house for happ
ncss, climb the tree to find fish.? Spu\
aeon.
A Claim Itefuted.
Professor George E. Foster, a membc
of the Canadian parliament, in a recei
speech, made a most conclusive reply t
the fcolish claim which we so often hea
that the dram shop "helps businesl" E
showed, first, that it always decreasi
the demand for legitimate articles c
trade by absorbing the wages; seconc
that it decreases the purchasing capacit
of the -people by causing idle habit!
"sprees," and rascality, and, therefore
diminishing the earning power; third
that it cripples their productive power c
every industry by demoralizing laboi
fourth, that it greatly burdens busines
with taxes for the support of the pooi
the police, tlie criminals, etc. Professc
Foster says that the mildest view to b
taken of the saloon-keeper, from an ecc
nomic standpoint, is that he is an able
bodied pauper, since he produces noti
inor valuable in return for the suppoi
that society guarantees him.
Tcmpcrnncc Note*.
Mr. Goschen, or England, once Char
cellor of the Exchequer, said in ?a n
cent address, "We drink now only tc
glasses of spirits for every thirteen thj
wc drank in the greatest drinking yea
which was 1875.'!
A royal commission is about to inquir
into the depression of trade in Gret
Britain. Will it embrace also the enoi
nous drink bill?
In a recent Winthrop temperance mec
ing a gentleman made the following sij
nificant statement: In a ncighboriu
town twenty-seven men banded togethi
to oppose in every possible way tt
Washingtonian movement. Of thesi
eleven filled a drunkard's grave; scve
were lost at sea; four, while intoxicatec
drove into in arm of one of the lakes i
this vicinity and were drowned; tw
committed suicide; two were hanged i
the South, and one went to sea and nev<
was heard from.?Leioiston (Me.) Join
nal, , .
ld MORNING SONO.
er , * - ;J^?a .>j
^ Turn thy face to me, my love,
x. I come from oat the morning;
be Give thy hand to me, my love,
I'm dewy from the dawning.
es Touch my lips with thine, my love,
^ I've tasted air at daybreak;
w Gaze into my eyes, my love, ....
n- At the sky's waking they wake.
st Oh, golden wave upon thy brow,
?<* Oh, color of thy smiling;
3? Oh, glance of eyes that like the stars
as Lead through the world's beguiling!
er ?Har-per's Weekly.
8 RELIGIOUS READING.
in "In My Name."
Il0
ltl Christ grants us a great privilege ia
? the use of his name with the Father.
d- Our own names with him are worth?
less. We are moral bankrupts, with>f
out credit to the value of a farthing.
We have nothing of our own that we
}* can present to God. But, in out
iic needy condition, Christ permits us to
at make use of his available name; and
A 1 *1*T1_ _ A. - f -1 11 1_ 4L ~
~ ne says, -wnatsoever yo anaii aaa. wio
lp Father in my name, he will give it :;i
to you. Christ is very dear to God. He
he is his only-botten Son, In whom he is
j* well pleased. And surely the Father
re will not deny him when he comes
asking in his own name. Not even a ;J
kind earthly parent will deny his child
jfl that comes seeking those things that
es are proper for him to bestow. If in
w his power he will cheerfully grant
them. And God the Father says to ;|
y. his Son, "Ask of me,- and I shall giva \
i' thee the heathen for thine inheritance,
'a] and the uttermost parts. of the earth
ho for thy possession." He will not deny
him anything that it is "possible" for
* him to give.
- And if we come to God in the name
it, of his Son, asking for something '
ia which, all things considered, it would
B be best for us to receive, he will readi- 3?|
it- ly grant it. Coming in the name of J
c* Christ, It will bo as though Christ , 1
himself came, and our petition will be
just as acceptauio nitu avauduio am j g
though presented by Christ himself. \
It will be as though a man, having
large deposits in a bank, were to give
me a draft upon it, bearing upon its
face his own name.
Too little do Christians realize and |j
prize and improve their privilege in
this regard. Were they to avail themselves
of it as.they-might, rich would :va|
be the blessings that .they would receive.
They that should thus seek thb - iifSj
Lord would Ond that they did not 'sS
want for any good thing.?Messenger.
53 Called to a Kingdom.
" Saul had never dreamed that he was
>r called to a kingdom. He had been oc11
cupied seeking his father's asses; but
[e a throne and a crown had never enh
tered his mind. It was a new revelation
to him. He had been living in- J
finitely below the level of his vocation
re and destiny. The world must have
k seemed a new world to him when he
a learned that he was going to be a king,
a There was once a young prince, heir
w to the throne of ltussia, who was
giving himself to every form of dissipation.
lie took up his residence in
0 Paris, and entered heartily into all its
gayeties. One evening as he was
t- seated with a number of young pro
)i fligates like himself, drinking, gam*
7j bling and making merry, a message
was privately conveyed to him that his M
father was dead. Pushing away from
J him the dice and the wine-cup, he rose 7
it up and said, "I am emperor," and
It forthwith announced that his must
it henceforth be a different kind of life,
d Young men, I have to tell you Cou
night of a kingdom to which you are ^
called. To you the Lord Jesus says:
^ "1 appoint unto you a kingdom, as my 3
d Father hath appointed unto me." To
>t no meaner rank are you to aspire than
d that of "king6 and priests unto God." *
L Hut when tbo day came that Saul
lt was to be actually made king, the "N
youth was "not to be found." He
had hid himself among the stuff.
? Saul, concealed araiu me uagguge,
0 perhaps Iho commissariat /or that
},. large assembly of people; hidden, tall i*
d fellow as he was, amid the heap of $
ls boxes and baskets of all kinds?is he
0 not a picture of many a young man ...J
whom God is calling?to a kingdom,
[e but who ls chin-deep in business, so -va
i- absorded in worldly matters that he +$
r- cannot attend to the affairs of hia
soul ??J. fhain Davidson.
Fruyer A? a Tonic. '...J
You have hoped that, as an answer ^
1 to your prayer for strength, strength %
0 would be given, and this was a just J
r, and right hope; but, oh! so much more . 3
[e than this is your portion: to know that ^
>3 prayer itself is the spiritual tonic, and
jf that the very continuance in that ear- -s
. nest communion with God is the
1 thing that will enrich your life, renetf =
v tiff w/\it tin t.n a van.
J your CUOl^;, auu ut? ^vu M . ___
}? tage-ground in respect to your tempta- ]
tions, by toning up the very spirit and
1, temper of your mind. So that your -H
,f struggle is no more the base, half- J
.. yielding struggle it was, but a sublime ;|
' conquest, accomplished through the J
13 power of this Divine Presence in J
r> which you are abiding. We have sp.o- I
t ken of friendship; it is a noble illua* I
? t ration. You have been very weak in i
spirit, very impoverished, and making J
(m miserable work with life. This friend I
came suddenly in upon you, perhaps 4
for a few moments ouiy, uuw unguu, .
-t earnest, pure?radiating a life power I
that changed you, that warmed you, J
purified you, toned you, and lifted you I
to victory. This is like prayer in its I
l" fullest sense. You are praying, indeed,
3" most earnestly for a special thing; but
now you have learned that the special ^
it thing is not the only blessing. There
rf is one much nearer, even the act of
praying for it. Prayer is not crying
out to a distant God, but holy continu0
ance in the immediate presence of the
Divine Friend. Prayer Is drinking
> from the fountain of strength, eating
of the manna of life.
t- "We kneel, how weak! wo rise, how full of
power!"
What you need, what I need, is far
* more of this kind of prayer. In prayer
we close our eyes through involuntary
lc reverence, that we may not be dis3>
traded by surrounding objects; but
:n often we have closed also the eyes of
1 soul, and asked blindly, as if the thing
we asked wore the only blessing, and
the act nothing?nothing but the
0 means. But when we pray aright the
n soul's eyes are open, and fastened oa
'i the face of God, and our hands
folded in his, and prayer
ionship.?Charles