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. . V TEE THBBBPMAjCHEBS. i bt CHARLES macjlat. There are three preachers, ever preaching, Fillod with eloquence and power; One is old, with locks of white, [Skinny as an anchorite; And he preacho6 every hour With a shrill, fanatic voice, And a bigot's fiery scorn: "Backward ! ye presumptuous nations; Man to misery is bort 1 Born to drudge, and sweat, and Buffer? Bom to labor and to pray; Backward! ye presumptuous nationsBack I be humble and obey I* The second ie a milder preRcher; Soft he talks as if he sung; Sleek and slothful is bis look, And his words, as from a book, Issue glibly from his tongue." With an air of self-content, High he lifts his fair white hands: Stand ye still ! ye restless nations; And be happy, all vo lands 1 Fate is law, and law is perfcct; If ye meddle, ye will mar; Change is Jn?h. and ever was so; We are happy as we are." Mightier is the younger preacher, Genius flashes from his eyes, And the crowds who hear his voice Give him, while their soul6 rejoice, Throbbing bosoms for replies. Awed they li6ten, yet elat: d. While his stirring accents fall : "Forward 1 ye deluded nations, Progress is the rule of all; Man was made for healthful effort; Tyranny has crushed him long; He shall march from good to better, a*a Ko?t 1a with t.h? ^rronc." Standing still is childish folly, Going backward is a crimo; None should patiently endure Any ill that he can cure. Onward ! keep the march of Tim* Onward! while a wrong remains To be conquered by ihe right; * While Oppression lifts a finger To affront us by bis might; While an error clouds the reason Of the universal heart, Or a slave awaits his freedom. Action is the wise man's part. Lo! the world is rich in blessings; Earth and ocean, flame and wind, Hath unnumber'd secrets still, To be ransacked when you will For the service of mankind; Science is a child as yet. And her power aniscope shall grow, And her triumphs in the future Shall diminish toil and woo; Shall extend the bounds of pleasure "Withan ever-widening ken, And of woods and wildernesses Make the homes of happy men Ojtward 1 there are ills to conquer, Daily wickedness is wrought, Tyranny is swollen with Pride, Bigotry is deified, Error is intertwined with Thought, Vice and Misery ramp and crawl; Root them out, their day has pasa'd, Coodness is alone immortal; Evil was not mado to last; Okward? and all Earth shall aid us Ere our peaceful flag be furl'd. And the preaching of this preacher btire the pulses of the -world. Lost Lina; -OR,| THE BITTER AND THE SWEET. A Tale of Two Continents. BY MRS. NINA LAWSOlf. CHAPTER X. The next morning the unknown left Joneshorough for Springfield, about the same time that Xoll arrived at his homo in Chicago. As the two criminals left the little town, two poor, honest, sad-hearted creatures returned to their lonely home. The five days had passed and they must again return to their home, only to find it still empty?empty to them since the light of their old days had been stolen from them. The unknown, like the expert thief that he was, had been through everything in the house, but to the unguspecting eyes ol the farmer and wife, everything was just as they had left it. Time went on and on for them in the same lonely, monotonous manner as it had done for the two or three months past. Winter would soon be upon them, and as they would think of their great loss tears would fill their dull sunken Ses, while a weary sigh would escape eir lips. Christmas that year would not be the merry Christmas ol the past lor tnem, And what -would it be for their lost darling ? Altogether different from any she had ever spent before. In the afternoon of the same day that the unknown left Jonesborough he arrived safely in Springfield. Man and baggage were soon comfortably lodged in one of the best hotels. That night a message was sent over the -wires to a certain party at Lead ille, Colorado. The Leadville party was a leader of a desperate band of thieves that secreted themselves among the mountains, waiting for a chance to rob some poor honest fellow of his hard-earned money. The telegram ran thus: C*pt. Hutchinson, Leadville, Colorado: Meet me ut Lincoln, Nebraska, on the 20th Inst. Important. T. T. P. Springfield. 111., Nov. 3,1875. * ? * ? * As Noll's carriage dashed up to hie front gate, ho glanced up at Lenora's viudows. The curtains were drawn, and no one was to be seen about the house. "My heavens, has she escaped again ?" He was so anxious and agitated that he scarcely knew what he wan about, but he soon found himself in the library ringing for a servant. "Ah! I must calm myself a little, for I do not want any of the servants to UBpect there is anything wrong." "Oh! you here so soon, master? I iras afraid you would be kept away so long, as you usually are. Something wanting?" "No. nothinc in narticnlaj:. I onlv wanted to know how your mistress is feeling, and how Madam Girindani is." "They seem to be enjoying themselves, for they are now in the dininghall at luncheon." *T?-y well, that will do; you may go now, and see that my lunch is ready in thirty minutes. Remember, and be off with you now." The servant, Henry, returned to the dining-hall and reported that his master had just returned. Lenora's knife and fork dropped to her plate with a loud ring, aud Gertana looked up with a somewhat surprised look. Both ladies gazed at each other for a moment, when Gertana, as if she could read Lenora's thoughts, said: "Do not be surprised nor afraid, p?r>r heed what h? may say to you. Ho shall not injure you in any way, if I can prevent it. You remain here, and I will Blip to the library door, hide behind the curtains, and see what I can discover." In an instant Gertana was behind the curtain, where she had hid one night nearly six months ago, when Lenora had so bravely defended herself. The anxious *127 stood for a few moments, peeping breathlessly through a small space between the curtains. She could plainly see Sylvester's face and read from the expression his almost every thought. . A look of triumph rested in hi* .exi m Kb. - pressive dark eyes. Gertana knew that some long-sought victory had been won. She then and there mentally decidcd to solve the mystery, if possible, which, she was now convinced, surrounded the beautiful little prisoner. She waited there a few moments in breathless silence, when, thanks to the bright sunshine in.tlie room, she saw Noll hastily"take from a deep insicle pocket a large roll of old yellow papers and lock them in a drawer of his desk. Gertana's face flushed with the thought of her great discovery. "Oh, gracious heaven! You this day have provided me with more means to fiave revenge upon tnat neartless man. Some unaccountable power tells me those papers are in some way connected with Lenora. "Ah! I shall know tho contents of those papers before they leave this house. I have vowed to protect Lenora from this pitiless soul-persecutor. And now, Sylvester Noll, beware; you have crushed my spirit of love and turned it to bitterest hatred! "This day has placed another card within my hands to thwart you in youi villainous purpose. She then returned to the dining-hal'l to relieve the anxious Lenora. "Is it really Mr. Noll, Gertana? I was so in hopes that it -was some one else." "Yes. He is really in the library, and is in fine spirits." "Oh, dear me! I so much wish he would stay away forever; for then, per< haps, I might possibly be able to get away from this hated place. Now, since he has returned, it seems that I shall never escape. "Oh, the misery of it all! Death would be more -welcome than he!" "Well, Lenora, I would not pay much attention to him, for he certainly is not worthy it." The beautiful prisoner looked up, rather surprised, into Gertana's face. This was the first time she had ever 6aid anything for or against Noll. The sad little heart now leaped with joy, as she realized that her friend was no friend of her enemy. "I will try and do as you suggest, but his presence is so hateful to me. I wish I could get away again, and rather than he should recapture me I would throw myself in that muddy river or the lake." Gertana shuddered at the thought of what might happen should Lenora escape again. "It must not be. Should she escape again, Sylvester would dive to the bottom of the lake in order to find her, if he thought she were there; and she knows he would follow her, and in order to get away from him I believe she would do as she says. "Ohl It must not be. Merciful Heavens, deal justice before such a horrible catastrophe should happen! "No, Lenora, I would not advise you to do that?it would be certain death? | and to you, who are so young and fair, mere must ue some uupi^xucas ui wu world." "Death, death, -welcome; or anything, rather than his hateful presence." Her pretty face was pinched and pale with pain at the thought of her foe so near. Just then the door opened and Noll entered. "Ah, ladies, I see you are surprised <K> see me back so soon?but?but the fact is, I could not remain away longer from such good society. "Ha, ha! You're looking lovely to-day, my beauty?your sickness only seema to have increased your beauty. Well, in fact, it seems that neither of you grieve very much over my absence, for you both arf? decidedly improved." I.enora was, indeed, exceedingly attractive just at that moment, for her proud handsome face was slightly flushed with anger at the words Noll had said. She simply greeted him with a "Good-afternoon, Mr. Noll,'" in a very cold, unfriendly manner, and did not say another word during the luncheon, (r^rtana find Svlvester talked a little upon indifferent subjects. As they left the liall Noll said: "Ladies, can't we have a little music. My ears tingle lor a song or two." "Of course, if you desire it," replied Gertana, but Lenora made no reply, and only followed them into the parlor. Gertana took Aer place at the piano, but the little beauty did not take her place by the side of her friend, and Bing vne sweet, pathetic songs as sha did in Noll's absence. "Won't you relieve me, Lenora?" "Thanks, Gertana, I am not feeling very well to-day. Please excuse me." "All right. I know you are not very strong yet." Noll then suggested a game of croquet, to which both beauties mechani-~n tuiiv tuuotuicu. Tlie day was exceedingly fine, and Lenora enjoyed the gamo more than she had anticipated. It was the first time she had been out any length of time, and the fresh air and exerciBe made her feel better than she had for months. The game lasted some time.; finally lliey returned to the house, tut Noll leluctantly went in, for the very sight of Lenora's fair face was sunshine to him. The trio were seated in the large, beautiful, airy drawing-room. Lenora pleaded weariness and soon retired to her room, not to come down any more that day. "Sylvester, I suppose you have some letters to write and business to attend to. I will not intrude on your precious time anv loneer." And the beautiful Italian left the drawing-room to eutcj her own, but not to remain there. Noll then went to the library, and was reading over the different letters that had been delivered in his absence. Among them was one of considerable importance to him. "Ah, confound the business! Just my blasted luck! I thought that I had everything fixed, so that I would not be compelled to leave the city until I was ready to go to Springfield, and then, you may be assured, I shan't remain a moment longer tha!i is positively neoessary. My! but won't I be a lucky dog if that girl will relent and marry me, without any more trouble. She was more civil to-day than I ever saw her before, by Jove! That Gertana is having an influence over her, in my behalf." The poor, blind fool, in his greedy voy, sprang from his chair and becan pacing up ana down the room, little suspecting that his supposed wellwisher, Gertana, was just outside of the room, peeping in at him, between the heavy curtains, divining his almost every thought and noting his every movement. Had he be<*n so fortunate to have discovered this fair eavesdropper his chagrin would have been considerable, but fato ordered diligent. Gertana stood there, undiscovered, for two long hours, determined in her -* ^ i. . > iron will fo discover all concerning Noll's future movements that was possible. Suddenly ho seemed to awaken from his pleasing dream, and returning to his desk, he took up the unwelcome yet welcome letter to reread, which ran as follows: Milwaukee, Wis., Nov, 1,1875. Col. S. E. N., Chicago, IlL : Need your assistance hero on important business. Close case. Come immediately, T. B. A. This letter was folded and laid away. He then read the rest that were lying on his desk, and then did some writing, which occupied about an hour. Gertana still remained silgpt behind the curtains, mentally noting all she saw. Noll then took from his vest pocket a small key and opened the drawer that contained the mysterious papers. Without the least suspicion of a keen eye behind the curtain, he carefully broke the seals and began to read; wliiie Jtiis eyes were aevounug mo nvu.deTful secret, two great, dark, bright eyes peering through the space between them and the papers were also eagerly scanning the pages. Though unable to read them word by word, Gertana was able to see sufficiently to understand partly what they were. "Ah! Sylvester Noll. I fancy I am now beginning to see through this strange mystery! "If I am not much mistaken those papers are Lenora's, and that they mean much to your purse, providing? that?ah I yes?providing that she becomes your wife. "Ah! now I have it. Am I much mistaken, you heartless persecutor? And, more than that, I wager my last "ont tWf. flini, innocent, unsuspecting girl is not aware of the existence o! such papers. "No wonder that she instinctively shrinks from so contemptible a person as you. No, you shall not harm her in that manner. Those papers shall be given to her, Lenora Churchill, Lina Rice, or whatever her name may be. I believe she is the proper person to possess them, and she shall have them, if it costs me my life." Gertana then disappeared up the long stairway to her own room, where she remained in deep thought for some, time. "There is the dinner bell, Nissou; be quick and dress me, for I want to see Miss Lenora a few moments before dinner." In a very short time Gertana appeared in the drawing-room, with a lovely close-fitting evening dress. She was looking radiant and very beautiful, while her great dark eyes sparkled with the fire of triumph. Her dress was a rich sea-green silk, beautifully trimmed with costly beads and silk ornaments. It was low, square cut, with fine white fluffy lace, flowing, zi?zag overdress, and tne tnroat Dare. A diamond cross rested on her marble-like bosom, now rising, now falling; the cross was fastened by a fine gold chain about the throat. In her hair were carelessly placed a few white rosebuds. To the lady's chagrin, Lenora was not in the drawing-room, and, in fact, she had not left her own room. Gertana then started to go there, but as she neared the front parlor she heard male voices. To her great surprise Sylvester and two of his city friends, Colonel Mull and Captain Hates, both members of the best society, were seated in the parlor, gayly chatting upon society topics. By means of stratagem Noll had succeeded in working his way into the best and wealthiest circles of the city. To the world Gertana was his halfsister and an heiress. Noll was possessor of considerable lands in the Southwest, but, because of a peculiar attachment for the North, he remained there in preference to the hot South. Lenora was a cousin of theirs, also a great heiress, who had come to pay them a long visit. AAnn Mtici AAnein iiu Ulic as JCl) UUU OCCU HiiO wuoiu, because, unfortunately, cm her arrival in the city she was suddenly taken ill, consequently there had been no parties or receptions at the "Noll Cottage." But, now, they were planning a fine reception or party to introduce this fair cousin into society. This dinner partywas the subject under discussion when Gertana entered the parlor on her way to Lenora's room. "Good-evening, Gertana; you see, I have given you a little surprise?not intentionally, in fact, for I intended to tell you that our friends were coming to dinner, but forgot it." "Good-evening, gentlemen; I am very agreeably surprised. A treat of this kind is very acceptable; as it is, I I am much better pleased than if I had been expecting you, ana tnen Deen aisdisappointed by your non-appearance." After a few minutes' conversation, Gertana left the parlor and -went to Lenora's room. "Your sister looks beautiful to-niglat, Colonel." "Thanks, gentlemen," replied Noll. [XO BH CONJZNUED.] A man of high position wlio has been entertained at many foreign courts, when asked what social characteristic kings and queens held in common, answered emphatically, "Courtesy. Let me give jou one instance. The late King of Spain gave my party a superb reception. We had with us an obscure young journalist who, after being presented, modestly retired to a corner at the room. Approaching this young man the King said to him, 'I learn that vou are a literary gentleman?' 'A humble onfe, your Majesty,' replied the oA??rtonAn/lanf *T no n arm riftflii '/.(* wi WHV."5|'uuuoaw. v* "J ? vou.' answered the King, pleasantly, 'I, too, aspire to be a literary man. I am now reading your"Hamet," in yonr own language.' The journalist longed to express his thanks for the delicate compliment, but remembered just in time that etiquette requires royalty to begin and also end a conversation." A Biddefokd, Me., man who hustled about and gathered together a largo crowd of fellow-citizens and a lantern to assist in searching the gutter for a $5 gold piece, which he was under the impression he had lost, was much chagrined when the coin was found to be a bright new copper and the gold piece was found safely stored away in his pocket. 5o many poets send their verses to Oliv&r Wendell Holmes that he has come to the conclusion that everybody ui^he United States writes poetry KILLLNG MEN. HOW SEVERAL COUNTRIES GET RID OF THEIlt CRIMINALS. The Recent Adoption ol the Electrical Death Chair in New York Suggests Modes of Execution Everywhere. "With the sentence of Joseph Kemmler, the convicted murderer, at Auburn Prison, a new era in capital punishment begins. It lias been reserved for the humanitarians of America to lead the way in the abolition of the old and barbarous method of taking lives that have been forfeited to the law, and to substantiate for strangulation by the rope the speedy, painless death by the electrical chair, in which the condemned may pass away without affording a spectacle. ??v - V" ~ TrTE ELECTRICAL DEATH CTIAIR. The ;'death chair" is constructed on the model of an invalid's reclining chair. The guillotine, with its two upright posts, its couperet, or ax, depending from u cross beam, and its lunette for steadying the head of the victim till the ax is released by a racliet spring, is, next to the electiic chair, the most expedious of - J -/] modern instruments, tne swmiy ausueuuiug steel severing the head instantly. During the Reign of Terror, when Marat, Danton, Robespierre, and Fouquier-Thienvilic were filling Paris with blood, one guillotine has been known to destroy sixty-two victims in forty-five minutes. It is known under various names. Among the Germaus it is the 4'Pau.ce*,'' in Scotland, where it was used to decapitate the nobility before and during the Jacobite war, it was called "The Maidco," for its cold kiss was fatal. DEATH BY SILKEN COUD IN CHINA! There are nine crimes on the Chinese calendar calling for capital punishment, and as a consequence, executions are far "from being infrequent. On the fatal day the condemned are feasted at the expense of the Governor of the district and given an abundant supply of wine. The revel generally lasts several hours. The Chinese have no fear of death. Drunk or sober, they are, like the fatalist Turk, ever ready to meet their fate. When the summons comes from the executioner, they march with him in a half drunken stupor. At the door of their cells they are disrobed and their hands and feet are I bound with ropes, while they are gagged and lifted into bamboo baskets and | trundled off like so much merchandize to the sccne of execution. The townspeople form a semi-circle at a proper distance from the criminals, tte soldiers stand on guard, and the headsmen, with their long, double-edged weapons drawn, stand by for the signal. It is giveu, and the chief swordsman begins the butchery. Both his hands grasp the big sword, there is a flash through the DEATII BT B0W6TUUWI IN TI'RKET. air and the next instant a head falls forward and a stream of blood spouts upward, until the body drops into the hole and out of sight. Such is the dexterity of Hie Chinese swordsmen that they rarely need more than one stroke in decapitation. One after another of the shivering wretches is dealt with in the same way, and not till the arm of the headsman tires does he give place to an assistant, who steps forward and finishes the work. Throughout the whole scene the gong booms mournfully. The thing chee, or death by the sword, is not gruuted to women in China. They are'either strangled or hacked to pieces. The latter is the punishment iuilicted for exceedingly severe cases, such as the murder of a husband, a father, mother or other near relative. The victim, after being fastened to a stake, is literally carved to pieces, her flesh being cut oil in small fragments and the vital parts avoided so as to prolong her suffering. Dismemberment and finally decapitation end her agonies. There are two other modes of capital punishment in China, but they are reserved for statesmen of high rank and Prince* of the royal blood. When the j reigning Etnperor conceives that it will be to his interest to remove certain Princes he sends them a present of a silken cord, which is a polite invitation to self destruction. The invitation is rarely disobeyed. The unlucky victim of royal disfavor goes to his chamber, and, adjusting the cord, two of his attendants pull it until death ensues. While executions in Turkey are com. monly conducted by the sword?except in military circles, where the gun is used, as in England and this country? the bowstring is not neglected. This is an institution peculiarly Turkish, and although often talked and written about, comparatively few outside the Moslem dominions know anything at all about it. The executioners with the bowstring are generally mutes. They work in pairs and are very expert. Many of them are dwarfs, ugly, misshapen people, creatures who seem to have been formed by nature expressly for their hideous work. The condemned man or woman sits on a divan, while the two mutes approach behind,bearing with them a stout bow. One of them bends the bow almost double with his strong sinewy arms, while the other with a dex terous motion of the wrist, casts the loop of the bowstring around the victim's neck, which has been considerably bared for the occasion. It settles across the larnyx, the bow is released, and the mutes each grasp a hand of the victim now struggling in the throes of strangulation. Motion ceases in a few seconds, and a moment or two later the spasmodic action ot the muscles tells that the life has gone out. The bowstring finds a fitting companion, as far as refined Oriental cruelty is concerned, in death by strangulation and the sack, -^hich is yet practiced in some parts of Turkey, Persia and Syria, and which was a common method of punishment in ancient Greece and Rome. The victim, half or wholly deal,is sewed up in a sack, weighted and cast into the river. A Siamese way of disposing of surplus criminals is to crush them under the feet of elephants. Sometimes as many as a dozen malefactors have been thus dealt with in a single day at Bangkok, the capital city; but missionary influences have somewhat mitigated the frequency of these horrible scenes, although the "ele phant death" is still employed and counts probably as many victims as the swOrd. Among some of the more savage nations frightful barbarities are devised for THE ELEPHANT DEATH IN 8IAM. the punishment of condemned criminals. TimRonffoirtin r?n t.hp Arnwimi River, in J. ..v. , , Africa, have a peculiarly cruel mode of ridding themselves of such people. The culprit is taken from the rude native prison, and his head is covered with a basket which is fastened around his neck, but not so as to impede breathing. He is conducted to a grove where the executiorcrs have already been at work. The limb of a young tree has been bent low to the ground, and is held there either by the united efforts of a number of men or by ropes tied to larger trees. A rope is fastened to the basket about the prisoner's head and also to the end of the bended limb. He is then ordered to stand with body erect and neck slightlj bent. In this attitude the blow is given with a sword in the hands of the native headsman, and at the same instant the rope9 that confine the limb of the tree are severed and it springs back to its original position, bearing on its point the b&skel containing the dripping head. Hundreds of trees are adorned with this hideous human fruit along the Aruwimi. Among the Hottentots to-day the condemned is taken outside the kraal or village and surrounded by a circle of war DOTS. All KHVU HiC Victim a it aiiuvu with clubs. The circle begins to wheel, GARROTTE AS VSED IN SPAIN*. the warriors singing as they ?0. Nearer and nearer they come until they arc almost within arms' length of the victim. Then they raise their clubs, and, no longer trottiug but running at full speed, strike him as they run, each blow being accompanied by a savage shout; it needs Hnt a fsw minutes to beat the wretch to the ground; but they do not leave him until the life has departed and the body is a mere shapeless mass. Ia Spam and its colonies the garrotte is the instrument of capital punishment. The condemned man sits on a seat resembling a cobbler's stool, with his back against an upright post. Hi9 feet are strapped to the legs of the stool. The upright is pierced by two holes, at a point just above the man's shoulder, in each of which a steel bar is inserted. These, with a cross piece iu front, form the collar. In the upright, back of the neck, Is a bar of metal, which is operated by screws and worked by a lever. The head of the condemned man is enveloped iu a cloth, his arms are tightly strapped, and at a signal the lever is turned ami the bar is driven home through the nervous fibres and gtnirlia connccted with the spinal cord. Tin* neck is broken, and, with a few revolutions of the lever, the man is dead. The following table shows the standing of the different countries of the crlobe today on the capital punishment question: Australia The gallows -i ' : mmm - - * c Bavaria Tue guillotine Belgium The guillotine China The sword and cord Denmark The guillotine France The guillotine Hanover The guilloiine Holland -The gallows Morocco The sword Portugal The gallows Switzerland The sword and guillotine Spain. ?The garrotte Prussia. The sword Russia.. . _...Musket, knout and gallows Turkey... Sword and bowstring Japan The sword Siam Elephant, fire and sword India Guu and gallows Java... The sword In spite of the pleading or tender humanitarians for the .abolition of capital punishment the death penalty is now and always has been the extreme resort ol iiuman law among both civilized and bark""-}us races.?New York Preas. An Odd Signalman. The baboon which figures in the illustration is a well-known character in the Cape Colony, but more particularly in the neighborhood of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The history attaching to him is a curious and probably unique one. The signalman, his owner, was, through no fault of his own, run over by a passing train, and had to have botft legs amputated, which would naturally incapacitate him from work, but the idea struck him to secure a baboon and train him to do his work. This he has successfully accomplished, and for many years the one in question has regularly looked after the levers, and done the hard work of his afflicted master. The animal is possessed of extraordinary intelligence, and has never made a mistake. Of course, the human servant works the telegraphs, and the baboon the levers, according to instructions; and, taking into consideration the fact that at the station in question, Uitenhage Junction, fin Ptspj and about twenty miles from Port Elizabeth, there is a large volume of traffic, the sagacity of the creatuje is really wonderful. At first passengers raised a strong protest against the employment of the animal, on the score of risk of accident, but the baboon has never yet failed during his many years of work, and on more than one occasion has acted in a manner simply astounding to those who never had personal experience of the intelligence of these brutes. One of his most noteworthy performances was the correct switching of an unannounced special train on its correct line in the - ' X1-- 1 aosence 01 uiu siguuiiiiuu. iuc icmu lives about a mile up the line, and the baboon pushes him out and home, morning and night, and is the sole companion of his legless master. Our picture is from a photograph by C. W. Smart of Port Elizabeth, and although depicting the baboon in a somewhat theatrical attitude, is from life, and gives a capital likeness of both man and monkey.?Illustrated Dramatic Newt. An Extensive Acquaintance, ?Lije. Begging Money to Get Married With. Even among the aristocracy of Ecuador it is not uncommon for young people to go about among their friends soliciting money to pay the marriage fee. You can 3eldom go through the streets and markets without meeting a man with a little basket, who importunes you: "For the love of the Virgin, most illustrious senor, give me a medio toward the payment of my marriage fee."? Wathinglon Star. Testing Cocoanats. Far down on the East River front you may see cocoanuts unloaded from the hold of small iron steamers plying between this port and the tropics. They are brought up from the hold in stout baskets and transferred to large coarse bags. The cocoanut handler takes a nut in each hand, cracks the two rogetncr, counts them, and drops them into the bag. "When half a dozen meu are handling the nuts in this fashion, the cracking process sounds like the click of very lar^re poker chips. The cracking is done to test, the shells, and if one is found unsound it is cast aside. The slightest touch reveals a defect. When one of a pair is found defective the sound one is retained and touched very quickly to the nut that is substituted for the one thrown away. The defective ones are gathered up to be sold to small retailers for immediate consumption. There are usually three or four men on the pier munching the meat of such cocoanuts as are too badly damaged to be sold.?Neu> Yorlt Sun. A Steel Tape Fire Escape. T. J. Athey, of Marion, Ark., has patented a fire escape valuable as an escape from tall buildings. It is an aluminum steel tape, one end of which is attached to th? building, and the rest wound around a small reel with a brake attachment, which the person using it cau manipulate so as to descend at lightning speed or stop at will. Mr. Athey tested it at Niagara Falls, and had himself photograped while hanging from the upper suspension bridge, with 190 feet of tape let out. The tape had a sustaining power of 7UU pounds.?Nac York Sun. Ex-Governor Morton, of Nebraska. Bays that in his State more than (?00. 000,0110 trees have buen planted by huiL-au bauds. I The gambling establishment at Monte Carlo won $18,000,000 last year. -?- - " " sabbath school INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR JUNE 1. Wesson Text: "The Good Samaritan," Luke x., 25-37?Golden Text? '; Lev. xix.t 18?Commentary. Ml that is recorded between the sending forth of the seventy and the events of today's lesson is found in the intervening verses of this chapter: Note the power over all the power of the enemy granted to the seventy, with the promise tnat nothing should by any means hurt them (v, 19), also tho greatness of having our names written in heaven (v, 20), and the blessedness of having a child like spirit. 25. "And behold, a certain lawyer stood up i and tempted Him." The word signified to try or prove, and Jesus was tried, or proved, or tempted, first by the devil himself in the wilderness, then all through His public ministry He was continually tried by scribes and Pharisees and Sadducees, and also by His own followers, but He never failed. He was in all points tempted like as we are yet without sin. Having thus suffered He is able to succor them that are tempted. "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?' The same question was asked by the rich young ruler (Chap, xviii., 18), and virtually the same on another occasion (John vi, 28). The answer in each case was given to suit those who asked and to meet their need The mistake of each was the same that prevails at all times, viz.. that eternal life can be obtained by some doing on our part. It is the mistake of all who are wise ana prudent 2~ TT l. - ."u.t. iu uicir uvru cjes. auw raucu can a uaueao M to help itself? Try and think of a single B tiling. It must be cared for or perish. Just H so with the sinner. ^afl 20. "He said unto him, What is written fl in tho law? how readest thou?" Being a jfl lawyer he was supposed to know the law, fl and to that Jesus refers him. The law is I sometimes a general name for the books of .. I Moses, and sometimes signifies the ten com* 9 mandments, or the larger law concerning all fl rites and ceremonies. The law, the prophets I and the psalms is the Saviour's summary of 9 all Scripture (Luke xxiv., 27, 44). Is there ' -M anything concerning which you would like JB to ask Jesus a question? See here what He ^B would probably say to you: "What is written? how readest thou?" If you would have jj^Bfl to reply: "I do not know, Lord, for I have uot read the Bible carefully," then begin *B^B quickly to read much and carefully, so that 9 you may know what is written. Otherwise jfl those who never saw a Bible may rise against you in the judgment. H 27. "And He answering said, Thou shalt H love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, H * * * and thy neighbor,as thyself." He H was perhaps more ready with an answer .H than many or us worna nave Deea. ue quoted from Deut. vi., 5, and Lev. xix, 18, putting together in one statement two which were widely separated in the law, anl thus giving a concise and correct summary. 28. "And He said unto to him, Thou hast answered right; this do, and thou shaltlive.". The keeping of law which God requires was explained by the Saviour in His sermon on the mount, when He taught that hatred in the heart was equal to murder, and a lustful look equal to adultery. Let any one stand forth aole to sav truly that he has kept the whole law in thought, word and deed, the some would be a righteous man, having life, needing no Saviour. But such an one never lived, for "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God," and "therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in His sight." The law of God and its holy requirements stops every mouth and makes all the world guilty before God (Rom. m iii., 19, 20,23). 2tt. "iiut be, willing (ii. v. aesiring) to justify himself, said unto Jesus, and who is my neighbor?" The sinner, convinced ot hissin, is ready to condemn himself, plead' v guilty and humbly seek forgiveness. But this man was not convicted of sin; he was not truly seeking life; he was against Christ, and was seeking to catch Him in His words, that he might condemn Him; therefore he asks this question, not because he really wanted to know, but simply to try the Saviour still further. : 30. "And Jesus answering, said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho.", As He had drawn from the lawyer the answer to tho first question, so He will draw from the answer to His second and send him ^ away confounded. This poor travelety mm robbed, stripped, wounded and half dead, may be taken as a type of every sinner. The two great roads on which all are traveling lead?the one upward to peace and glory, the other downward to ruin and destruction. The devil is the great thief and destroyer, and lays hands on all who will let him. Happy for them if they are rescued even in the condition of this poor man. 31.. "And by chance a certain priest was going down that way" (It. V.). 1 here were lots of them on the downward road In the Saviour's time of humiliation, and there are plenty still traveling in the same way, even thnn<rh r-jillnH nriests. "And when Le saw Him, he passed by on the other side." And yet a priest was sup- H posed to live nearer to God than any one else M and have more of tho Spirit of God. Here H was a man professing to be a living embodi- jfl ment of God's law and yet had none of its M true spirit. . U 32. "And in like manner a Levite also, M when he came to the place, and saw Him, H passed by on the other side." Here is an- BP other most religious person, next in stand- B ing to the priests. The Levites were to "stand BM before the Lord, to minister unto Hiin, and B9 to bless in His name" (Oeut. x., 8). But B here is ose, appointed to bless in the natna B| of the Lord, withholding the blessing |H and passing by on the other side, just H like the priest who went before him. H He acts as if he, too, was on the down H grade. What does it matter though a H man be called a priest, or a bishop, or an |H archbishop, a reverend or a right reverend, H a D. D. or an LL. D.? If he has not the H| spirit of Christ he is none of His; he is on the H downward road, and unless washed in the H blood of the Lamb and saved by His merits jH and His righteousness shall hear it said in H that day: ?'I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity" (Matt, vii., 28). &3. "But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where He was: and wheu he HE saw Him, he had compassion on Him. Here is neither a Priest nor a Levite, not even a Kwihoflro Pharisee, but onlv a Samaritan WVIIVVV. . , whom all the Jews despised. Type of Jesusi Himself ti'eated by His Own as a stranger and an outcast, despised and rejected by them, and looked upon by them as justly Pfl stricken and smitten of God. Yet even for them, who hate<l Him without a cause, He had compassion. HI 34, 35. "And took care of Him." Hiscom passion was manifested, not in words of pity, but in deeds of love, all summed up in this: "He took care of Him." His loving care is seen in a seven hued rainbow of blessing and mercy. He went to him, bound up His MB wounds, poured in oil and wiue, set Him on HI his own beast, brought Him to an inu, took care of Him, mads provision for His future. The down grade Priest and Levite lived for self aud not for others. This Good Stunaritan denied self and lived for the good of others. M 3(5. "TThich now of these three, thickest thou, was neighbor unto Him that foil among the thieves?" Jesus has put the matter clearly EH before him, and now he is to answer his own HH question as to "Who is my neighbor?" One's neighbor is not always the one who lives next IH door or across the street, but the one who g| acts neighborly. Not wo??ls hut deeds prove the reality of love or friendship. "Not every * one that saith, * * * but he that doeth." 37. "And he said, He that showed mercy on him." He h&s answered his own question, and perhaps this time bseu compelled to condemn himself, for He who reads the heart HH had doubtless read him a personal lesson. "Then said Jesus unto him, Go and do |H| thou likewise." The Saviour knew his man, He saw the hard, impenitent heart, an 1 by bringing him fuce to faca with God's holy |^B law and the spirit of it, Ho wouui mm numoie uaj him ami convince him of sin that he might jfl be saved.?Lesson Heljier. The grounds on whicu the White H| House now stands were once the orch- flfl ai d of David Burns, an old Scotch farruer, whose cabin still stands in lonelj |Q obscurity a few squares back from the.^^H executive mansion. It is said thatj^^a Washington, when engaged in laying^^H out the city, had many long and bitter quarrels with Burns before he could persuade the old man to sell his land, even though it would be used in future Pfl for the home of the Presidents. 98