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r THi ANGLES. Cheerily in the morning bright Cometh the angler down the meadow, fioaily Cashed in the morning light? 8eeking the pool that lies in shadow. Drenched in the cool and sparkling dew He neara the gurgling, splas! ing rill; Ha part8 the brushwood?peeping through? And drawing back, like a rock is still. fcjfThen?daintily falls the fairy At, 8oftly kissing the dimpling eddy; .Lazily floats it, light and dry, To where a trout is -waiting ready. Lo! now he .ake3 tbe gaudy lure With plunge, and gr!m heroic str.ngth. He fights, but cannot 1 >ng endureBoth iluck and strength are gone at length. Then?jaerrily goes the angler on. Casting around the downy feather; Ardently mounts the golden sun, Making a noon of glowing weather. Btill trout on trout doth follow fast, The creel fills a- the day wears on, And fuller yet, until at last There is 'no room for even one. Then?rosily flushed, in sunset-light Tramps he homeward through the mea/iowu, Fitfully lit by glow-worms bright. Glancing amid the evening shadows. Bland Teoce sits calmlv in his heart, His dear-loved home he hails with joy, And hastens in, glad to impart A sweet content without alloy. Lost Lina; -OB,<rnn nimmrm irn rrnn nmnnm Tins uiriffi m IMS &wui. A Tale of Two Continents. BY MHS. NINA LAWS ON. CHAPTER HI?[Continued.] ! The two went to -work, and in a few minutes had released the poor sufferers from their perilous - position. They were leaving the detestable, f sickening place when Johnny's quick 'ear caught a faint moaning at a distant [corner. "Hark! "Williams; I hear a moan. "Who can it be ? This way with your lantern, quick; perhaps it may be my father, or?or maybe it is that poor beautiful girl!" Williams quickly glanced at John'a pale, anxious face, and what he saw there told him all. In a damp, dark corner lay the almost lifeless form of Mr. Jones. "Great heavens I he is dead! My poor mother, my poor mother; what ill u do ?" Then he raised his father in his strong arms and gently pressed his ear to the almost silent heart. "Thank God! He is not dead. Ah, but nearly so from the loss of blood." The two then carried the almost lifeleas body out in the fresh air, and gently laid it on the soft velvety moss. During this time the rest of the party had found and lighted the lamp that liad been extinguished when Johnny V They had searched the room long B and thoroughly, and -were about to give up in despair of finding any secret door H -when one of the party discovered a 9 spring knob resembling one of thenaila H-of the floor. M It -was tightly pressed, when to their H .great surprise a trap door flew open H and they then plainly saw how the B other thief had so easily escaped, m A pair of steep, narrow steps, led 9 down into a dark damp room. ga "We must go down, boys, for he is H-oertainly hiding somewhere near here." M*Tliey were soon searching the floor and ^u^alls of the lower room. one is here, you see, and it seems ^ almost impossible to find a secret mB "But there is one somewhere, and it Bmust be found." |jjf After another long and close search ^Bone of the party found a small, round, 11 . . _ _ A 3*/r l ? xl A. Iyeuow stone, ainerem irom me rest. i He pressed it once, twice, three times; then a door opened in front of him &? gently as a leaf falling in the air. "Ah! What means all this, boys? Are we entering an enchanted region, or is it all one horrible dream ?" "I don't know anything abont enchanted regions, but this does seem rcrj strange. Let us go in and see what we can find." I As the door swung open a bright light flashed in their eyes and a sweetscented, warm air fanned their cheeks. After crossing a short corridor thai peparated the two rooms they entered pne of grandeur and beauty, fit for a ting in the glory of his reign. The room was not large, but roomy, and brilliantly lighted by candles placed , in gold candlesticks that were set with j Rio rr? r>r\/l a i Ih^UUVX&VlI7? The walls had the appearance ol olid gold, while the floor was covered rith rose-colored plush. The ornalents of the room were made of gold, nd from many flashed the bright light f the pure diamond. A few choice il paintings hung on wall, while j the center of this room was a table n which were placed many strange and eautiful curiosities that had been gathraj from all parts of the globe. [jDce side of this room was beautiful, |tcfctely colored plush, hung on rods ncjie curtains were trimmed, ancj lighHy looped from center, with j I It seemed to the lookers on that liere was * room back of this, or, i ither, that this curtain was a partition. Young Jones and the Sheriff were kill working with the rescued prisonBy the time the discoverers had some'hat recovered from their surprise, the tie other two had found their way own the trap door and ii?t? 5his beauiul room. '"Hello! what has happened and what pes all this mean? ! ied us on here ame unknown, enchanted world?" f "No, Sheriff Williams, there is neither 1 sorcerer here nor are you here by leans of magic, but by means of force, c nd you are certainly aware that your E resence is not at all agreeable." ' The whole party gazed in utter ' mazement at what they now saw, and ould scarcely believe their own eyes, j As Jones and the Sheriff entered the X)m the curtains were parted in the ' I inter, and a man, arrayed in a robe fit r a king, with a crown of gold and j amonda on his head, stood before lem. ' "Is it necessary tor me to repeat what said to yon, Mr. Williams?" uttered i is unknown, strange man. 1 "No, it is not necessary, you thief, m villain. I, the Sheriff, come to ar- i st you in the name of the law." e This grand splendor and brilliancy Snot petrify young Jones, for the s S in front of him he recognized to be i ie second party he had seen in the i om above. "It will be of no use to you, Master e >nes, to become angry with me and ish for my arrest, because you have no ] iance or right to do so. j "lias house is now in my possession. < and these rooms were prepared ror the girl you have known as Liua Rice." "I simply wish justice, sir." "You hare your reward, Johnny Jones; you have driven her away, whom you would have laid" down voui to save." "You lie! I liAve driven no one away, but to-day have sent three of your worthless villains to eternal punishment, and, if the Sheriff does not. arrest you immediately, I will shoot you dead!" "Very well, then, let him come; but, I warn "you. he cannot touch me!" As Williams advanced toward this strange, unknown man, he suddenly disappeared, and the lights went out. CHAPTER IV. The unknown had disappeared, where and how could not be discovered. The party soon left the ~oom to return to the released prisoners. A litter was hastily made of pawpaw bark, on which Farmer Jones was oarried to his home. It was very late before they reached Farmer Rice's home, and only to find it dark and empty. Mrs. Jones had persuaded her neighbor to remain with her until the "men folk" returned. Mr. Jones was carried hv fnnr of the riartv to his house, while TWIEams and young Jones remained I with sad, lonely Fanner Rice. "Do you feel strong enough now, neighbor, to hear some news ?" "I guess so; but it depends very much upon what it is. I am not strong enough for a very heavy burden. " "Yes, I see; but you must know this, which I wish to tell you; nothing has proven very serious yet, except, I fear, we shall never find little Lina." "What I My boy! Is my child still in the power of that villain?" "Yes, my friend, she is." John then related all that had happened during tho day and that evening. The poor old man shook with emotion. while the hot tears coursed down his honest, rough, sun-burned cheeks. "Johnny, my boy, may God bless and keep youl You have not only saved my life but your father's and brother's also. You have lessened our enemy by three, and I know you have done all vou could to save my pretty, sunnyhaired child." "Yes, friend, I did all that I could." A deep, sad sigh escaped the old nan's lips; and then, in murmured, jaddeneu tones, half to himself, half to >ur Creator, with his hard, bony hands limped in pleading pity, he raised his lull, dark eyes to heaven; the moon, ay this late hour high up among the low dim stars, shone down upon him In his sorrow with a mellow light, as if In respect for the lonely old man. "Father, have mercy upon me! restore me my child! She whom you gave me, fifteen long years ago, is now the light of my life. Have mercy, I pray tliee." He sank, limp and powerless, upon a moas-covered knoll, near the veranda, while above his head, swayed to and fro by the gentle spring breezes, hung the white snowballs and red roses. "Johnny, if she oannot be found I am afraid it will be much the worse for me." | "Neighbor, believe me, I am as sad as you. I suffer more, now that she is | gone, than words or pen can tell. She j was my hope, my happiness; now life I is void. If she cannot be found I shall ! not remain here, but go far away. I , shall return to the West." "Ah, Johnnv, you loved her, too; 1 thought so." Just then they heard Mrs. Rice coming up the long gravel-walk, pale and j trembling. "Ah, Cri3to, my dear, good man, you ! are, I thank God, restored to me alive, j t ? 1 l'iil _ T * ??? OL - -* _1. . J I due wnere 13 111119 juuia r oue si^ueu, 1 and looked hesitatingly into her hus- j band's sad, pale face. "0, I see by your looks, she is lost!" j She then threw herself in hi3 arms,' and the two silver-sprinkled Jieada j rested on each other's shoulder, wliila , sobs of sorrow burst from their lips, and tear3 of anguish dropped from theix Bad, sunken eye3. * * * * ? At sunrise, on the following day, the Sheriff and hi3 party were to meet Joha in the thicket, and start in search ol: the secret hiding-place of Swarthy7im. ! Just a3 the sun peeped from the eastern ; horizon a shrill, sharp whistle rang i through the woods, which was answered 1 immediately, only a lew rous on. "Hello, John, liow do you feel this noruing? Fine, 1 hope; 'thi3 Is a capital air to hunt thieves in, I tell you. But, I say, how do you feel ?" "All right, thank you. But let ua proceed immediately down stream to ihe tree which you marked yesterday." "All right; are you well armed?" "Yes."' "You see, if the girl is there, and ;hey are not willing to give her up, we nust take her by force." The poor little girl, if they had but mown it, was then miles away. "Very well, Williams; I could send :hem all to rest with a very good grace, aut I am afraid we are too late." "Keep up courage, Jones; it is more than probable that we shall find her, ind I hope before very long." "Yes, God grant it." "Come Tx>yS; not a word from one of jrou, and no noise." .In about half an hour the party reached the place on the bank of the creek where Jim and his accomplice bad been overheard the day before by the Sherm. "Hist! halt!" commanded Williams, | "this is tlie place where the two separated yesterday. Follow me." After another half hour of close watch and carreful search, they reached th? tree that Williams had marked. Everything was examined by the >arty so carefully that nothing seemed ipturned or unnoticed. For hours they searched for some slue to an underground passage, but ill efforts seemed in vain. The party ;vaa growing weary, and decided to give xp the search for the present. As they started to leave Johnny, nore anxious than the rest, lingered behind, still closely searching for a lidden passage. Hia auick eve causrht a slight move nent of the ground, a few feet from iim, and, like a flash, he bounded to ;he spot. It was but a mole! Yet anxious. patiently, he waited and iratched the moie as ic siowiy aug its tv-ay under the ground. Presently the motioned ceased, and it that spot lay a peculiarly colored jmall green rope. "Ah! It is very strange that that jhould be here. I will keep it, and, in some way, it may be of some use to ale." But the rope was firmly fastened to something in the ground. He gave it a strong pull, when, to iis great surprise, the earth seemed to rive way, ami in front of him was a leep. dark opening. "Hello, boj3.; nere quick! "We haw# ifc!" Tliey were immediately by his side,, and in a few moments all had disappeared down the opening. A lantern was produced, but nothing could be seen but a long narrow passage, of which the walls were heavy stone. The party followed the passage and finally came to a heavy iron door, which wa3 closed, but not fastened. "Ah! this looks bad, William^;. I am afraid the bird has flown." The. heavy door swung noiselessly open on its massive hiupres, and the party entered a large, cold, empty room. The room was thoroughly searched, yet no trace could be found of the little stolen beauty. A few dead coals lay On the fireplace; near the center of the floor stood an old table, while in one corner was a bunch of straw. "Ah! cruel fate. I feared we were too late, and now she is lost, lost forever; perhaps her spotless soul now oars high above our heads." A sad, low wailing sound rang through the low, damp room and along the narrow, dark passage; poor Johnny Jones fell back aerainst the wall, heavy and hard, like a marble statue. CHAPTER V. As little Lina went tripping through the woods on that bright June morning, expecting every moment to meet her kind good uncle, little did she think of the danger that lay in the path beforo her, or of the sorrows and joys that awaited her in the future. Like all mortals, she was destined to experience deeper sorrows than joys; her burdens were indeed often more than'most could have borne. The fright caused by meeting her captor as she did caused her to faint, oor did she revive until some time after Swarthy Jim had her securely fastened in the underground room where poor Johnny Jones had hoped to find her. It might have been much better for her had she never known where she had Koon tol-on lmt annh was not to be. ?? 1?- ? -? I Finally those great, beautiful eyea slowly opened, and gazed, in a dazed, weary fashion, around the room. She could not distinctly remember what had happened, and, rising partially from her hard bed of straw, she saw a large, coarse-looking woman standing in front of the fire, whose features were plainly visible by the bright light from the burning coals in the fireplace. Near the center of the room stood an old table, upon which stood an old, Bmokinsr lamp. Like a flasn, memory returned to Lina, and she knew she was in she power of some enemy. ilMadam, please tell me who you are, where I am, and how I came here?" The old woman turned around with a start, for she thought Lina still unconscious. "You are all right, Miss; just lie down : and keep quiet; I can do nothing for ' you." i "But I won't stay here! I will leave ' here instantly, unless you answer my Questions." ] "If I should tell you, you would < know but little more than you do now. s for you would not understand me; rest < easy; you shall not be hurt." "That does not satisfy me madam. 1 } am not a child, but am old enough to j understand; speak, I entreat you^ for s you certainly possess some spark of j womanhood, and you certainly possess a heart that beats in sympathy for a poor, lonely, wronged girl." "I don't want you to ask me any . more questions, Miss, but just lie there and keep quiet. I have done all I can for you, and you will please understand 1 that you cannot leave this room." "Yes, I think I understand. You ? are in league with the party "who *brought me here, and who tried to kill x my poor uncle. Can you not, will you a not, have a little mercy and releasa r me?" I [to be continued.] r t The New Hat. t ! I. Examination.) II. Preparation., **" III. Expostulation. ^ IV, Annihilation, ~"'. - *" - 3 ' TAMING A LION. AN OCCUPATION TH AT REQUIRES NERVE AND COURAGE. A Trainer's Way of Teaching the King of Beasts to Do Tricks? Life Depending oil the Little Whip. ION-T A MING may be very fas^ einating, but it is rU more dangerous XpZf amusing. kfr i This is the time 'CP /flb iA^L J ?f year when the (wmmM bo11 meu wh?de" Km^ml vote l^e'r '*ves'? tara'no an(* trainbeasts are giving ?*a& the finishing touches to the education ot their royal charges and get ting all ready to exhibit to the gaping multitudes how easy it is to make the fiercest of animals as docile as a kitten. There art very few men who engage in the profession of bringing up lions in the way they should go. They cannot bo made wild beast tamers; they muit be born. It takes a man of unshakable courage and indomitable nerve to face an animal which can kill him with a single blow of its great paw, and there are not very many such men. George Conklin, who is at present the superintendent of Barnum's big show, is perhaps the most noted lion-tamer in the country. He is one of the very small handful of men who are not afraid to enter a strange den of performing lions. His description of the means adopted to tame the great cat is very interesting. "The first thing to be done," said he to a Journal reporter, "is to become acquainted with the animal. This is done bv roninse him down to the floor, and then stroking him, talking to him, and being close to him for an hour or so every day just before feeding him, which last is always done by the trainer in person exclusively." ^ mini nil 1 A PERFORMING LION. The manner of '"roping" the lion down is very singular. A stout leathern collar is introduced between the bars, and by means of poles put about the inimal's neck and snapped together. A. stout rope, fastened to this collar, is led through a ring in the floor of the :age and out between the bars. The lttendants then haul the lion's head tight lown to the floor, and all is ready. The trainer then goes into the cage ind makes the acquaintance of his big pupil. First he pats him on the head, strokes his face and talks to him in soothng tones. This is kept up until the animal be:omes quiet, when the trainer leaves the :age, releases the lion, talking to him all ;he time, and feeds him. There is no deviation from this system mtil the lion ceases to be frightened, ind has made an end of showing reentment. Then the trainer begins to lit his charge light, sharp blows with the vhip, without which nobody ever enters i wild beast's cage. As soon as the aninal has learned the meaning of the whip le goes into the next higher class. Instead of pulling the lion's head ight down to the floor, the trainer gives lim an inch or two of slack. The atendants have hold of the end of the one. outside the rfirre. and at the least i lemonstration oil the part of tho royal >upil they pull his head down. As the lays go on the amount of slack rope is engthened, inch by inch, until the lion i 3 able to move around the ring. i Then the trainer will hit his charge 1 martly and make him retreat in a circle i round the ring that is within a foot of lis fierce jaws, fir3t one way and then he other, uutil at last it takes but a light tap to make the beast jump side rise. , TAME LIONS IN A PARIS CIRCUS. ' This part of the lesson over, the 1 rainer strokes his big pet, talks to him 1 oothingly, and then, after leaving the < age, unties and feeds him. Before long the rope is not needed. ' lauging quite loose, so that the lion can ;o all about the cage, he never does anyhing which makes it necessary to drag tis head down to the ring. Then it is , lispensed with altogether. The first and most important part of he lion's education is now complete. He ias learned his alphabet, so to speak,and . he rest is all plain sailing. The lirst thiug to be done now is to . each him to walk over the whip. This i done by flogging and pushing him un- j il he is got over it, and then feeding . lim on some particularly choice tidbit, 'he next day he will probably step right vev of his uwn accord. Now the whip is raised higher and ligher, until the great beast has to leap ' ar into the air to get over it. He is rcll punished after each failure, and regarded both by kind words and caresess nd by food after every successful effort. \ At last it takes only an upward mo- i ion of the whip to make the lion leap j ugh into the air over the place where the | i-hip would have been if the motion hud ] een completed. , LIONS AND DOG PLAYING 8EK-SAW. 1 - - ? - v *- Then comes teaching him to jump through a hoop. This is done in the same way, first with a hoop of ample dimensions, through which he walks, then skips, then leaps. At last the size of the hoop is gradually reduced until it suits the trainer's ideas of what is just light. This is about as far as it is necessary to go with the private teaching of the ani[ mal. He is next given for a companion an old performing lion, and they are taught in concert to perform together. Example is greater than precept, and it is no time before more animals are added, until at last there may be half a dozen in the cage at once. Mr. Conklia goes into the cage with seven of them, but he is the only man in the world who has ever done this. The joint feats are few in number, and the genius of the trainer appears in his fertility of combination. He teaches the lions to jump over one another; to group themselves in different evolutions; to sham death and come to life again; all at the word of command. Then he is ready to give public exhibitions and to put his pupils through their paces in view of the admiring crowds that line the streets on the day of the great circus parade, or throng the seats afternoon and evening when thousands of spectators are beneath the vast tent. WifVi n 11 fliaii. r^nntlifTr ntKrtn r**ifV? f-li ni .. T F itu mi lugii uuwuwj nuv>u nnu bucu trainers, the fierce beasts are not tamed, however, in the sense that horses are tamed. Woe be it to the unfortunate stranger who goes near enough to the cage to be within reach of those terrible paws, armed with sharp, curved scimitarlike claws. He may lose his life, and may only lose an arm, but there is little chance of his getting away unscathed. Even the tamer?the fearless man who puts himself in the power of his relentless charges day after day?never dares to enter the cage without that light whip. Should he do so his life would not be worth a moment's purchase. Of course there are instances of individual lions which were so tame that their keepers could approach them emptyhanded, but they are very rare. This method of taming and training is never varied. No attempt is ever made to train the lions when infants, even when bora in captivity. They are generally allowed to wait until three years old before they receive their first lessons and sometimes it is even later before they are taken in hand. The animals have never been domesticated. Even the cubs born in menageries are as fierce when they grow up as if they had been captured in the wilds of Africa. The only difference is that they know their attendants from the time that their eyes are first opened and they are more easily tamed. The intimacy that grows between animal and trainer is remarkable. If a lion has a toothache, which is not at all a rare occurrence, he lets his trainer know it and he it is who extracts the offending member. If one of those terrible claw3 troubles him, the lion begs his keeper for assistance. When the pain is relieved or the disturbance removed, the animal shows his gratitude in every way possible to him. On their side the keepers becomc so strongly attached to their charges that they are deeply affected by their troubles. William Werner, one of the best known trainers in the country, had a sick hyena which would lay his head on his shoulder on/1 mnon Mr WflrnOf WAlllfl flfpnlfA it. UlAV* illUUU< JJLL ? fV VtUVi ? ?| talk to it, and if the moaning became too strong he gave way to tears. They are a strange lot the lion tamersBeing so closely associated with their pets they gradually lose the greater part of their human connection, and almost forget their names. There are two of them with Barnum's show who have been known for macj years as Slim Jim and Ricketty Jack. While these names are known from the Atlantic to the Pacific, scarcely a man of their comrades knows their real names. The sketch herewith represents the lion tamer, Darling, in the midst of his pupils at a pcrformanco at the Nouveau Cirque, in the Faubourg St. Honore, in Paris. Mr. Darling is a good looking, fair American, who carries only a whi[: for effect, his voice alone sufficing to command the tawny children of the desert, who, in company with a big Danish hound, go through various perform ances.?New York Journal. The Last of the Great Eastern. Oyr illustration represents all that remains of what was once the most famous ship in the world, the Great Eastern. Thirty years ago she made her trial trip, ind disaster seems to have been her lo*. sver since. Fiqally, she was sold only a short time ago to a firm in Liverpool for breaking up, and this work is rapidly progressing. The mutilated hull lies on the shore of the Mersey, a spectacle for ' Ti.?ds and men. Soon even this will have disappeared, and the Leviathan will have jecome onlv a name. * < How Names Grow. How names grow receives an odd illus;ration in the Congo country. White people are known in the Upper Congo iislricts as Batendele. Tendele was as iear as the Congo nature could get to ;he pronunciation of Stanley, "ba" being ;he common prefix for people. Batendele s the Congese for white people. In a somewhat similar way the Indians of the Northwest coast bestowed the title of Boston men on all white people, as ships ;rom Boston were those most frequently leen by them in the old days when the Oregon coast was a howling wilderaess.?Boston Transcript. Rat Statistics. A professional rat catcher estimates ;he number of rats in the United States for ovorv man. woman and child in the country. For every child born [ there arc twenty-eight rats, and each rat i brought to its death costs the people aD f average of four cent9. He says that i) ? every person in the land should set oul , to hunt rats for a month the nunibei , could not be reduced to less than 100, | 000,000.?Detroit Free Press. < i __ I The inhabitants of the earth number ibout 1,000,000,000; of these about j 33,000,000 die every year, nearly oue i each second. There are 3064 languages J spoken, and there are more than 1000 j religions. The number of men is about equal to the number of women, and the ] average of life is about thirty-three years. 7 . ' * : r-.V; . . el iHs- - * TEMPERANCE. A SVTORV OF THREE LIVES. [ see a youth pass by with springing feet; f see a maiden blushing as they meet; I see a rumshop yawning on the street. r see a church, flower-decked in every part; [ see these two united heart to heart; [ see the rum-fiend poisoning a dart. [ see a home all happiness and cheer: [ hear sweet music as I linger near; [ see upon the rum-fiend's face a sneer. [ hear a moan from lips now pale and wan: I hear a staggering step, the spring all gone; [ see the fiend in triumph looking on. [ see the lifeless form of one once fair; [ see the broken-hearted wife kneel there; I hear the demon jeering at her prayer. [ see the fiend stand trembling 'neath God's throne; [ hear a voice, and awful is its tone; I hear "Depart, foul murderer, to thine own." ?The Witness. MQCOR AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. The Union Signal has a bright symposium I on the World's Fair in- relation to temperance. All the leading lights wave their torches to scatter scintilating ideas as to the best manner of conserving the great reform at this great gathering. The concensus of opinion is that intoxicating liquors should not be sold on tha frrrainrlo hut- tj>iYinai-?nn? drinks of every variety should be as handy as the town pump in an old New England village. It is also held that daily temperance meetings should be arranged for. and a world's congress representing all phases of temperance sentiment both conservative and radical, and that in all these . proceedings women should bear their part equally with tne men. A BLIGHTED HOME. Three, weeks ago we saw a child carrying a dinner-pail and hesitating at the corner of Park and Main streets, in Lewiston. She was a wee little toddler, with an old cashmere shawl tied over her breast. She had about four inches of stockings and gigantic overshoes. A little baby nose was between two eyes. Palmer Fox might have made a Brownie out of her and the Auburn Art Club would do well to put her face into their cata- . logues. "My mamma," volunteered she, after we had set her aright, "ith crying." ' Is that so? Why?" "Cause s'e is thick of 1 livin' wiv my papa." "Indeed! that is too ' bad. I am sorry. You love your papa?" "Yeth, when he ith thober." A week later ' we saw the little one in her mother's arms at 1 a' railroad [depot and the mother was sob- J bing. "We couldn't help wondering if it was ' the end of the domestic experiment of living ' with a man who could prefer strong drink to ' such a baby's love.? Lewiston (Me.) Journal J i I RAILWAYS AND TEMPERANCE. Railway managers are becoming more I and more interested to promote temperance ' among their employes, not so mucn from 1 philanthropic as from economic considera- < tions. The Chicago. Burlington and Quincy s Railroad, for example, has recently issued a ' stringent order among all its employes, and especially among station-agents, train-men, >c and telegraph operators. These employes ( are warned to keep away from saloons if 1 they desire to remain in the employ of the 1 company, and discharge for a second offense I of drunkenness is made obligatory. The ' carelessness and incompetency which come I of alcoholized brains, resulting in misplaced c switches and destructive collisions, have in t the past taught railway officials many costly a lessons. And in many cases travelers have ? been needlessly sacrificed or caused needless ' suffering by drinking railway employes. 3 There should be no "high license" inaul- b gence for railway men?nothing short of >' prohibition.?National Advocate. t f A VICTORY IN CONGRESS. f Temperance people everywhere are rejoic- * ing over the victory for prohibition in the J National House of Representatives on the l' passage of the bill to provide for the organi & zation of Oklahoma territory. One section a of the bill, as reported, provided for having ? fche high license system of Nebraska adopted " for the new territory instead of continuing a there the prohibitory regime. This plan was o upset in the* Committee of the Whole House 9 on the State of the Union, by the adoption P of an amendment offered by Mr. Stewart, of a Georgia, to extend over the territory until f after adjournment of the first session of its ? legislative assembly the statute of the United '< States which says that "no ardent spirits w shall be Introduced under any pretense into the Indian country." Several animated pro- tl hibition and anti-prohibition speeches were a made during the pendency of the question. A At the request of Mr. Pickler, from South s< Dakota, the clerk read the memorial of the f< National W. C. T. U, entreating Congress to li continue to protect Oklahoma against the o liquor traffic. The final victory on the prohibitory amendment resulted in yeas 133, a nays 104, not voting 92. The bill was a sub- S stitute for the Oklahoma bill of the Senate, tl Rejection by the Senate of the prohibitory w amendment is not expected. ? fr. C. T. U. ti Bulletin. c b n n?rrT? nan^u* nirap nr oawbtv a vaiAr vr < vr aui c "Drink!" said the active and busy Henry P Clews, looking up from his stock ticker to " reply to the reporter's question. "In one ci word that tells the chief cause of poverty at h the present time in this country. Of course [ mean excessive drinking, the kind that ? leads to habitual drunkenness, and by slow 5t degrees paralyzes a man mentally and phys- li ically. In this country, with its magnificent " resources awaiting development and its ?' abundant opportunities in every direction to m develop ability and win success, there is no ( excuse for poverty. But for the drink evil ? there would be no poverty to speak of. Once 3| i man begins to drink more whisky or b?er than is good for him he goes down hill ti rapidly. He becomes careless in his dress ind habits, then careless of his health and 't norals. Ambition is destroyed in hiin and * tie loses his grip. I am never afraid of the i< nan who drinks as a competitor; his habit ai is a weakness that disables him in the battle jf life, and when the crisis conies he cannot fc lold his own for a moment with the temper- 3i ite man. The man who drinks does not w Teat his wife and children right, he loses tr vitality and self-respect. Domestic dis- tu igreements and sickness are often the conseauences."?New York World. is s II temperance news and notes. w ill There are in the London police district tex- x ;lusive of the suburbs) 13,855 public-houses. "Ginger inpbriety," of the Jamaica ginger b ;ype, is one of the modern forms of drunken- th less. nc The National Temperance Fete this year w, will be held in the Crystal Palace, Loudon, it July 8th. The prevalence of the influenza in Munich fr essened the daily consumption of beer bv 53,000 gallons. " * The Union League Club menu, according j1( io the New York Sun, has on it forty-seven rinds of fancy drinks. a; General Crook, the famous Indian fighter, er who died recently, was a total abstainer fron: 14 x>th alcohol and tobacco. hi The twenty-fifth anniversary of the Na n ;ional Temperance Society and Publication iouse will be held in New York city May 13. *a If total abstinence is good for engineers ind firemen, to whom are entrusted the ^ ives of a few passengers, why not for fath- ** >rs and mothers to whom are entrusted the jj ives of children and the welfare of the n( vhole future race? ? The eminently practicable temperance wo sa nun of Waahincrton have two SDlendid inSti- hf utions under their control. 6ne is a fiee l<> loine for soldiers, sailors and civilians, and w mother is a help mission for poor unfortuiiite women inebriates and opium eaters. The establishment of free kitchens in Vienna has not only largelv diminished the lumber of drunkards, but has also led to a jreat improvement in the health of the lower te :lasses. One practical reform of this char al icter is worth a wilderness of sumptuary of laws. tb It is said that the soberest land in Europt ^ is Spain. There, by comparison, there art ai fewer drunkards and less alcohol drunk c* than in any other country in Europe. Equal 84 ly surprising is it to know that the most in w temparate land in Europe is Denmark, il ^ being assumed that the country is the most besotted where the most alcohol is drunk per head of the population. The Swedish Govern ii ment has appropriated ?1000 a year for the X.' promotion of temperance. ft :'^..v ?tw.. SABBATH SCHOOL. [ ?|| INTERNATIONAL LESSON FO& APRIL 20. Lesson Test: " Forgiveness and Lore,* ' -jc2j| Luke vii., 30-50?Goltlen Text* 1 John iv , 10?Commentary. 36. ''And one of the Pharisees desired that He would eat with him. And He went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat." The incident of this lesson, like that ffiaB of the last one, is recorded only by Luke, and ";$Sw soems to have occurred at the same place, the city of Nain. The principal intervening events were the sending of messengers to " Jesus by John the Baptist, who was in prison; the miracles wrought by Jesus in their presence, and the testimony of Jesus concerning John after the messengers had departed. He also rebuked the people because of their treatment of John and of Himself saying that John bad a devil and that Jesus was a glutton and wine bibber and friend of publicans aud finuers. "VVe should not be surprised if'the mostnnkind and untrue things are said of us as we follow Je3us (John xiii., 16; xv? 18-30: xvi., 39). In this gospel we see much of Jesus as a man among men, a social man, and yet always an unearthly, holy, separate and heart-searching nan. Luke records four different occasions on wnicu tie went 111 to eat with Pharisees and publicans which are not mentioned in any oC the other gospels (xi., 37; xiv., 1; xix., 7), and Gil each occasion He has most heartsearching words for the Pharisees. While V2| He accepts their hospitaiijty He does not al- low their favors to blind His eys or close His 37. i-And, behold, a woman in the city, JjS which was a sinner." We do not know her name. This is the only place where the record is found and her name is not given. The only name given to her is "sinuer7' and that fits us all. "When she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's bouse, brought an alabaster box of ointment/' It would seem as if light had already dispelled the darkness from her 30ul and revealed to her a Savior. Just ask yourself if you would be as quick to hear of ?:J?3 Jesus and come to Him; would you bring Him the best you had, and get to Him even though you had to enter the house of one whom you knew would despise you? It may be that as we consider this penitent sinner our uearts are led with shame to confess that tier promptness and courage and gift exceed anything yet seen in us. B 38. "And stood at His feet behind Him , sveeping," etc. Reclining as they did at ' ^ ^ table, as she came behind Him, she could -* easily stand at His feet, and, bending over them, wash them with her tears. See her as ihe wipes theih with her hair, then kisses sneiu, ana anoints inem wacn cue ointment she had brought. If we have not been pat :o shame by her promptness and courage ind gift, surely wo are now as we see he? 39. "Now wheu the Pharisee which had * bidden Him saw it, he spake within himself.n 3e might as welt bare said it out, for Jesua cnew his thoughts. He knows ours, too (Ps. :xxrir, 2: Ezek. xi., 5), and we need conitantly to pray that He would cleanse the :houghte of our hearts. 40. "And Jesus, answering, said unto him, jimon, I have somewhat to say unto thee." )ur very thoughts need answering, and tho iVord of God is equal to it. Vain thoughts odge within .us, and waste our time and liuder our service, but there is a remedy, 'The Word of God" (Jer. iv., 14; xxix., 11: juke xxiv., 38). There are seven or eight ' lifferent Simons in the New Testament H?ory besides Simon Peter, but this is the, " inly mention of this one. The name, like > mon in the Old Testament, signifies hearng, and was the name given by Leah to her econd son, because, as she said, "the Lord iad heard" (Gen. xxix, 33). How helpful t would be if we always remembered that he Lord heard, and that He has somewhat o ?v to usnhont theqa thoughts of n'irs 1 41, 42. ''When they had nothing to pay, he raukly forgave them both. Tell me, thereore, which of them will lore him most?" In his story of the creditor and two debtors esus would teach Simon somewhat of the elations in which he and the women stood o God. Not that the indebtedness of Simon v:nd the woman was as fifty compared with ive hundred, but that was about the way timon looked a 'c it. He might be willing to cknowledge that he was not as good as he ught to be. but here was a woman whom verybody knew to be a great sinner. Jesus uc the matter from Simon's standpoint and sked the question: -Which will love most?" t would be profitable to consider here our idebtedness to God for life, health, privi?ges, protecting care, in fact all things, for Bat have we that we have not received? 43. "Simon answered and said, I suppose bat he to whom he forgave most. And He iid unto him, Thou hast rightly judged." mv one could see that the one who was congous of owing five hundred, being freely jrgiven, would feol under much greater obgation to the creditor than the one owing nly fifty; and thus Simon answered rightly. 44-16. "And He tnrned to the woman, and lid unto Simon, Seest thou this woman?"imon was no doubt surprised to have the Noughts of his heart revealed. The poor 'Oman is no doubt surprised to have Jesus urn in compassion to her. To be allowed to aress and anoint His feet was a great joy, ut to have Him turn His face to her, and otice her, and commend her, mentioning very loving act before all the people, ana lacini? her in His estimation above Simon imself, surely novr her heart was full. What andemuation for Simon; what glory for 47. ' Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, hich are inanv, nr? forgiven." Good for le poor woman, but what about Uimon and i3 sins? In his own estimation he had none orth mentioning, none that needed special irdon, and Jesus came not to call the right>us but sinners to repentance. If Simon '".*<33 >uld have bad a glimpse of his own heart i Jesus saw it, he too would have had a rokeo heart and have meekly sought forvaness. But he was blind, and with salvaou within his reach, even in his own house, ) sees not his need and goes without, little linking that the man who now sat at his ble, ready and able to save him, was inied Israel's Messiah and would one day be s judge. 48. "And He said unto her, Thy sins ar? irgiven thee." She heard Him say it to imon, and if her heart was full before it as surely overflowing now; but could it be ue, did she hear aright? He turns again to >r, looks into her face, and says directly to . i'Tkw aino ora fnriri iron " a Via " sure; He fias looked upon her; He has loken to her: she believes that He is Israel'* essiah, and now He has become her Saviour id her soul can say: "Thine auger (not ith her, but with the sin) is turned away, id Thou comfortest me, for Thou art heme my salvation" (Isa. xii., 1-2). 49. "And they that sat at meat with Him igan to say within themselves, Who is this at forgiveth sins also?" They knew Him >t; they, too, were blind like Simon: there as no forgiveness for them either, atihough was within their reach. A reasoning, lestioning spirit draws no blessing from im, but only a broken and contrite and beiving spirit, and this they had not. They ere well satisfied with themselves. What a ystery this is! God manifest iu tii? flesh, saliiig the sick, raising the dead, fulfilling ie prophecies concerning the Messiah, sucu i Isa. xxxv., 5, 6, as well as those in referice to His birth and place of birth (Isa. vii., Mic. v., 2i, yet they know Him not. The mgry He fills with "good things, but the ch He sends empty away (Luke!., 53). 50. i;And He said to the woman, Thy ith hath saved ttiee; go in peace. now needing abundantly above all sho could ask think. Permitted to approach Him, she allowed to touch Him, to handle His feet, e looks upon her, He commends her love, e tells her that her sins are forgiven, and >w He seuds her away in peace with the surance that she is saved. Forgiveness, lvation, peace; He said it, ind looked upon sr as He said it. Oh what love was in that ok, what soul comfort in those gracious ords!?Lesson Helper. TEMPERANCE 3EFORE PARLIAMENT. No less than fifteen bills relating to the raperance question are now demanding the ttention of the English Parliament. Four ! them would place directly in the bands of le people the power of expeling the traffic om localities in England, Scotland, Ireland id Wales. Three would institute Sunday osing, five look toward restriction, two m at improving the quality of the enemy, hile only one falls to recognize the business i an evil and a genuine foe to society. A Michigan mathematician calculates bat 17,500,000 people in the United It&tft h?yo had the grip. , - . ix*.':-i&