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r THE SENATE REORGANIZED (The Committee Assignments o the Democratic Caucus. Eleven Chairmanships Are Give] to the Republicans. The Democratic caucus has finishel it labors so far as the reorganization of tb committee of the United States Senate i concerned. It will be seen that the commit tee provided chairmanships for Sens tors Peffer and Kyle, the ropu list members, and permitted Senatoi Stewart, of Nevada, to retain the chairman ship of the Committee on Mines and Mining which he held under the Republican organ; aation. Either upon the standing or select com mittee places were found as chairmen fo all the new Democratic Senators. The Re publicans get eleven committees, just a many as they gave the Democrats. The official list as given out by Mr. Got man is as follows: Agriculture?George, Chairman; Bate Banson, Peffer, Roacb. Republicans, 3. Appropriations ? Cocicrall, Chairman Call, Gorman, Blackburn, Brice. Republi cans, 4. Contingent Erpenses ? White, of Louis iana, Chairman; Camden. Republicins, 1 Census?Turpi?, Chairman: Bsrr.v, Whit {California), Murphy, Peffer. Republican?, 4 Civil Service?Call, Chairman; Walthall Gordon. Irby. Republicans, 4. Claims?Pasco. Chairman; Daniel, B?rry Caffery, Allen (Nebraska), Republicans, 4 Coast Defences?Gordon, Chairman; Iroy Mills, White (California, Smith. Rspub cans, 4. ? ? Commerce?Hansom, unairaiau; V/VftV Vest, Gorman, White (Louisiana), Whit (California), Murphy. Republicans, 6. District of Columbia?Harris, Chairman Faulkner, Gibson, Huuton, Smith, Martin Reoublicans, 5. Education?Kyle, Chairman; G-eorge Hunton, Caffery, Murphy. Republicans, 4 Eagrossed Bills?Mr. ??, Chairman; CocE raH, Martin. Republicans, 1 (Chairman). Enrolled Bills?Coffary, Chairman; Mil oball (Wisconsin). Republicans, 2. , Epidemic Disrases?Mr. , Chairman ??, , Harris, Irby, White (Louisiana) Republicans, 4 (Cnairman). To Examine the Several Branches of th Civil Service ? Peffar, Chairman; Graj Vilas. Republic ins, 3. Finance?Voorhees. Chairman; McPhei son, Harris. Vance, Vest, Jones (Arkansas) Republicans, 5. Fisheries?'Joke, Chairman; Call, Gibson Hill, Mitchell (Wisconsin). Republicans, 4 Foreign Relations ? Morgan. Chairman Butler, Gray, Turpie, Daniel Rjpubli cans, 4. Immigration?Hill, Chairman; Vorhee; McPherson, Faulkner, Peffer. Rspubli cans, 4. Improvement of Mississippi R!v?r?Bate Chairman, Walthall, Palmer, Peffer. Rs publicans; 3. Indian Affairs?Jonas (Arkausas), Chair man; Morgan, smita, .n-oaca, au;u braska). Republicans. 4. Inter-State Commerce?Butler,Chairman Gormon, Brice, White (Lauuiana), Cam Jen Lindsay. Republican?, 5. Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lmd ?White (California), Chairman; Jone (Arkaui.it;, Kyle, Roach. Republicans, 4. Judiciary ? Pueb, Chairman; Colce George, Vilas, HilJ, Lindsay. Republi cans, 5. Library?Mills, Chairman Voorhei3 Republicans, 1. Manufactures?Gibson,Chairman; Smith Cafferv. Republicans, 2. Military Affairs?Walthall, Chairman Cocktail, Bate, Palmer, Mitcaell (Wiscon tin). Republicans, 4. Mines?Stewart, Chapman, Bate, Call Irby, Mills. Republicans, 4. Naval Affairi? McPbersou, Chairman Butler, Blackburn. Gibson, Camden. Rc publicans. 4. Expenditures of Executive Department ?Smitb, Chan-man; Cockrell, Hii!, Walt hall, C^lTery. Republicans, 4. Patents?Grav, Chairmau; Kyle. Mills T? Ul-ii , JDMTjr. A3pUUilCIUl>, ?. Pensions?Palmer. Chairman; Brice, Vilas Camden, CaiTery. Republicans, 4. Postothces and Post Roads?Colquitt Chairman; Vilas. Irby, 'Mills, fluntoo, Hill . Republicans, 5. Printing? Gorman, Chairman; Ransom Republican^, 1. Private Land Claims?Mr. ??, Chait man, . , Ransom, Colquitr, Pasco Berry Kapubucans. 3 (Chairman). Privileges and Elections?Mr. Vance Chairman; Gray. Pugb, Turpie, Palmer Republican;, 4. Public Buildings and Grounds--Vest Chairman; Daniel. Pasco, ?rice, Gordon Republicans, 4. Public Lands?Berry, Chairman. Walt hall, Pasco, Vilas, Martin, All9u (Nebraska; Republicans. 5. Railroads?Can den, Chairman; B?rrj Gordon, Palmer. Martin. Republican.*-, 3. Relations wita Canada?Murphy, Caairman: Pujb, Co'quitr, Huntou, Mitcne! {Wisconsin). Kepublicans, 4. Revision of the Lavs?Daniel, Chairman Call, Lindsay. Rspubiicaus, 3. Revolutionary Claims?Mx. . Chair man: , , Coke. Push. Republicans 3 (Chairman). Rules ? Blackburn, Chairman; Harru Gorman. Republicans, 'i. Territories ?Faulkner, Cbairmau; Hill Blackburn, Bate, Call, Wuite (Caliiorniai Republican?, 5. Transportation, Routes to the SeaboarJT*,k*' Choirnrun limnrgg. 1'uroie. Gordon Republicans, 4. Pacific Railroads?Bric?, Chairman; Mot gran, Faulkner. White (Louisiana). Murphy Republicans, 4. Indian Ltepreiati'"~is?Lindsay, Chair man; Faulkner. Kyle, White (Louisiana] Cockreli. Republicans, 4. Select Committees. To Investigate Potomac R v\?r From?Mr ??Chairman; , ??, MoPucsan, Ran aom. Hunton. Republicans, -i (Chairman) To Inquire Into Claims A^aii. <t Nicara gua?.Ylr. , Chairman; , . Moi gan, Palmer. Repuolicau.?, o (vhaini an) Woman's Suffrage?Mr, , Chairman ??.Vance, George, Blm?cburu,MePaerson Republicans, 2 (Chairir.au . Additional Acsomtnou.tons for Libra.; of Congress?Mr. , chairman; Vorhees, Butler, Pu<;u. Republicans, ! (Chairman). On the Fira Civiiiz? i Tribes of IndiansMr. ??. Chairman; ,Vest, Coke. Allei (Nebraska). Republicans, '? (Chairman.) To Establish the Univarsi y of the Unite< States?fluutou, Caairman; Kyie, Vanes Jones (Arkansas),Turpie. Republicans, 4. Qua iro-3entennial ? Vilas, Chairman Colquitt, Vest, Gray, Danie1, Gibson. Vjor . . bees, Lindsay. Kspu'olica*--. 0. To investigate the tieolo'ical SurveyMart n, Chairman; Jones (Arkansas). Pwe publicans, 2. ^ national Jsanss??iacauii i ?* is-cjumuj Chairman: Van^e, Colquitt. Republicans, 1 Oo Forest Riservation? Allen (Nebraska] Chairman; Kyle, Morgan. Republicins, 1 Corporations in tbe District of Col-i n oil ?Mr. , Chairman. , Gorman, Brice Harris, Republicans, 2 (Chairman). To Investigate Trespassers LTpoti India: Lands?Roach, Chairman. Butler. Keput licans, 1. s This list is complete with tbe exception o the assignment of th9 Senator from Wyoni ing, awl that place has besn left vacant uuti the member is sworn in. WAR SHIPS FOR JAPAN. The Kiuperor Donates WOOO.OOO Year to Help lluilcl the .Navy. The principal topic iu Japau is the out come of tbe petition to the Emperor by tb members of the Hou<e of Representative against the Government's fiscal policy, es pecially the proposed expenditure of larg sums of money in connection with tbe navj The Emperor in his reply upholds the Go? ernment policy, bur, to soothe the petition ere, donates $300,000 a year for sir years ou of bis private income, and directs Govern ? ? ^ nAnfwitm a fan. nar? /*anfc n UiULifc UU1VKNO VW V.VUW4WUWW ?vu ^vr. vw.... w their salaries toward a fund for buildin; war ships. The magnanimity of the ISmperor's ac has created a profound impression, am members of Parliament and private wealth] persons are voluntarily contributing larg sums toward the sane purpose. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle State*. Rev\ Doctor Andrew P. Peabodt, for t fifty years connected with the faculty of 1 Harvard College, died at Cambridge, Mass., a few mornings ago. James w. Hyatt, who was Treasurer of the United Stated in Mr. Cleveland's former administration, died at his home in Nor1 wait. Coon. He was born in 1837. The vaults of the United States Mint in Philadelphia, Penn., hold the largest amonnt of bar silver ever stored in one place in the ;s United Statss. The quantitv is 110,000,000 ounce?, or fully enough, with the usual alloy, to make no less than 150,000,009 silver 8 dollars. After weathering severe hurricanes and i. cyclones wbich Lave been sweeping the At[m lantic, the English steamship Wells C/ty.'lost herself in the fog, missed Sandy Hook and r went ashore on the dangerous beach off " Seabright, N. J. The passengers were ' landed with the breeches buoy by the lifel* savers. The Rapid Transit Commissioners adopted * a plan for the extension of the elevated railh road system in New York City. ,s . The New Jersey Legislature adjourned sine die; a bill was Introduced in both houses and rushed to passage, prohibiting racing in December, January and February. >, The Atkinson House Furnishing Com- j pany, of Boston, Mas?., with fourteen | ; branches in other New England cities, has made an assignment. The liabilities are < J Jl,500,000, and assets, estimated, #3,000,000. '* I A locomotive explode! at St. Elmo, N. j Y. George A. Shufeldt, flremari, of Hart ford, Conn., and Horace Lamcert. brake? man, of Bangor, N. Y., were instantly ' ? killed, and the engineer, James Flannigan, ' of Hartford, was fatally injured. c * , An explosion occurred in the Whitsett ;* Coal Mine, near Perryopolis, Penn. Ten ( men were reported injured, live of them I 11 fatally. x The ice gorge at Eddyville, N. Y., in the a Roodout Creek, broke and swept many ? craft into the Hudson River, sinking two oc { the Cornell fleer. ' * . c The subsidence of floods caused an easier feeling throughout New York State. ' a call was issued from New York City r by theNational Committee of the Rtpub- , lican National League for a National Con- c vention to be held at Louis>ille, Ky., May 10. ; South and West. t ' Floods are destroying property along J the Roat River, in Wisconsin. Floods in , ? the Illinois and Fox Rivers ara damaging ? farm lands along their oaoks. Mbs. Edgar Woods ani four children I " attempted to cross Cedar Creek at Glenn's ? Ford, Ga., and were drownei. I j, Sherman A.rp, convicted of the murder g L of William Pogne, near Cedar Bluff, Chero; kee County, was executed at Montgomery, Ala. J The California State Legislature, at Sac- f '< ramanto, passed through both houses a reso* [, i' lution to submit to tne people a constitu- v tional amendmeut removing the capital to f i San Jose, providing the latter city shall f * deed to the State ten acres of land and a t bonus of $1,000,000. * A battle occurred just before daylight f y in Oakland, Cal., between two policemen n and two burglars, in woicii burglar Will- ^ ' iam Gilmour was shot dead and Policeman t * W. B. Cashin was mortally wounded. ii 3 Governor McGraw. of Washington, ap- I j pointed John B. Allen United States Senator I to succeed tr.mself, the legislature having g adjourned without chooiinx a Senator. _. e In an effort to arrest Warren Kickman,. colored, City Marshal Velvin, of Greenville, Texas, was shot in the heal fatally, but was able to return the fire,' killing the prisoner! * Prairie fires have done great damage in , Rooks and Elbs Counties, Kansas. With . the exoeption of three buildings the little town of Paico was destroyed. Dwellings of farmers and many schoolhouses were i burned. Parmer Anderson and his wife were fatally burned at Garden City. * The Kansas Trust and Bankin; Company, at Atchisoa, of which ex-Senator lngalls is President, closed its door*. The liabilities of the concern are estimated at r $800,00). and the assets will probably reach $700,000. * George Winn, a vagrant colored man was sold on the block at Payette, Mo., under I the vagrant law of Missouri. His services tor six months were bougtit oy n. a. jhc* > [ Campbell, of Qlenn Eden SpringF, for $20. As explosion in Shaft No. 1 of the Choctaw Coax Mine, at Anderson, Indian Territory, caused by an unknot;a man firing a pistol shot in it, killed nin : men and fatally >, injured eight. ; Washington. Sscrbtart Carlislk receive! offers f from Chicago bankers to exchange $3,000,0C0 of gold for a like amount of small Treasury notes of the denomination of f5, $10 r and 830. Intimations wera made that the amount of small notes that will be needed will reach $10,000,000, for which gold will be paid. The first Postmaster given office under the new Administration was Newton A. 11 Hamilton, who was appointsd Postmaster at Elora, Lincoln County, Tenn. 1 The United States Treasury situation ? continues to improve from day to day, and . from this time on the Department will be ' in a position to take onlv the more ad van- ' ptageous offers of gold. Offers of $100,000 in J '? gold were received from Pittsburg, Penn.; ' $100,000 from Peoria, 111., and $50),000 from the Helena (Montana) Associated Banks. 1 Tn falling off in the exportation of ] breadstuff* from the United * States con- , tiaues. According to report of the Bureau ^ -? o?nni-h fnr lust: month ? KJk OiavuvlM WU I were $12,932,000 as against $23,350,000 in , tbe corresponding month of 1392, when the ] demand was so great on ac:ounc of a partial t failure of the European crops. i i Justice Jackson has been assigned to duty over t le circuit ovar whica tne late Justice Lamar presided. Ex-Senator Hemry L. Dawes, of Mas sachusetts, whose coatiuuous service of , '* thirty-six years in Congress, equally divided '2 between the upper and lower branches, ended on March 4, oy his voluntary retirement, was complimented by his former as; sociates in the tienate, irrespective of party, 1 ; by a dinner at the Arlington. < President a.nd Mrs. Cleveland gave a < y special reception to the Princsss Kiaulani, j of Hawaii, the meeting taking place in the j ;j Blue Parlor. Tue Priucess was accompanied ( by Mr. and Mrs. Davies, their daughter, j and a lady friend. Thee ill was entirely of ] u a social nature and lasted probably a quarter ^ of an hour. ( rl Mrs. Cleveland, for the first time sinca ?, she has returned to the White House, held 1 an informal reception. From 1 to 2 o'clock i soe saw a few personal friends in the Red < Parlor. 1 Secretary of the Navt Herbert has I appointed Louis Tinny his Private Secre- J i- tary. j I RiP.nvlTiv? r.ha fhiliAn Minister, pave. < in honor ot uis Kin^s birthday, a dinner to J (, the Vica-President, Secretaries Gresbam and Carlisle, ex-Secr?tary Bristol, Senator 1 i Brice and the Diplomatic Corps. 7 ?? - . ] n Foreign. , h The British bark Alice M.Craig, founJ- I erei at Rosario, Argentina Republic. 1 if Captain Rose, his wife and eight of thec.-ew i- were drownad. , 'I Robbers broke into the house oE a steward named Hipoluo, in Albalate, Spam, and j killed five inmates. j Robkrt t. lincoln, the American Minis- < ter, anil Mrs. Lincoln, by special invitation, i dined wit'.i Queeu Victoria. 1 Ix the Pauama trial at Paris there were ' * sensational disclosures by M. Andrieur f?1 1 1 The French Senate, at Paris, by to 50, | > voted confidence in the G-ovarnnient; there was an excitin? scsne in the Chamber oZ Deputies, and Al. Deraulede retracted his s j statement that the present -Miuistry was "a ! j Government ot nar.-i.' e Advices from India announce that the I British forces have brought the mountain Mme. Cottu; M. Bourgeois, French Miui3ter of Justice, has resigned; Paris was at that time in a ferment. ? A building in the Sprudel strasse, Carlsj bad, Germany, collapsed while twenty men were repairing it. Fourteen were killed, t Th* French Chamt>er of Deputies, by a i vote of 397 to 223, sustained the Ministry, ' 7 after a debata on the Government's Icnowl* 1 0 edge of Soinoury's interview with Mm?. ' i Cottu on the Panama affair. j tribes beyond the Chitral ioto submission, and have strongly fortified Clida*-. Major Darnell, the leader of the force', was Iciiied in an assault on one of the villages, and the total Brisish loss is twenty-three killed aud , thirty wounded. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Pope Leo's family is very long lived. Porfikhio Diaz. Jr., son of Presiden! Diaz, is an attache of the Mexican Legatiod at Washington. Though the Bishop of Chichester is nineti year.-; oi a50, he attends to all the duties of his office without a coadjutor. The youngest lady in the new cabinet circle i9 Miss Herbert, who presides over the home of the Secretary of the Navy. Scsaj* B. Anthony had a warm friend in the late Justice Lamar, who wna always willing to interest himself in her work. If you want to pronounce the surname of Richard Olney, President Cleveland's At? - ? 1* J .ft. torney General, as tie does airasuiL, urup uui the "J." Mr. Olivet makes the sixth AttorneyGeneral selected from the State of Massachusetts since the organization ot the Government. J. Sterling Morton, the new Secretary if Agriculture, is said to have raised 1575 bushels of corn on a twenty-acre lot in Nebraska last year. Mrs. A. 1). T. .W hitnet, the.novelist. is a lifter ot George Francis Train, and one let- . :?r in her superfluity of initials stands for ler maiden name. Maris Vax Za.vdt, the famous prima loana, is the granddaughter ot Signor Blitz, a prestidigitateur well kaowa in his lay in New York and Philadelphia. Ex-Secretary Elkins has been so suc;esstul in his financial operations during the )ast decade that he is already spoken of as ihe coming "richest man in the country." President Barrios, of Guatemala, has m American wife. It is said that she >ractically rules the Republic. She is the eader of all woman movements in that jouotry. Dr. Taluaoe is dissatisfied with the bis; lebt of the Brooklyn Tabernacle and may esign. His stated salary is 912,000, and ret he says that in three -years he has reseived only #628. It is said in Berlin that the relatives of ha Emperer William are trying to induce dm .to submit to an operation to relieve his I'* iar trouble. ,The operation would consist of j* amoving a number of small bones from the nsiieof the ear. sunnntart Grekham is both the premier ,nd cue father of tne cabinet. He is sixty* >ne and the oldest man in the lot. being just i month older than Secretary Morton, wno anks next in point of age, while Hoke imith and Dan Lamont are the babies. Colonel Alexander C. Boskin, Lieueuant-Governor of Montana, is paralyzad rom the waist down, and has not walked or many years. Tbe Colonel is on able iwyer ana held many positions of trust rhile Montana was a Territory. Ha is a, oroible spsaker, and bis invalid's chair is a amiliar sight on the political platforms of he State. At the news stands in Italian cities the mblished sermons of Fadre Agostino sell oore readily than novels. Wherever Agosino appears as a preacher stenographers ake down his discourse^ and they are sold a pamphlet editions of tens of thous&uds. n the pu}pit the padre makes US9 ot ciaiderable theatrical displav and bis con;regatioa frequently cheers him to tbe cho. SENATOR W. N. EOAOH. Bworn in at Washington by Vice Presttfeht St/jvenson. SENATOR W. K. ROACH; William N. Roach, the new Democratic [Jnited- States Senator from 'North Dakota, ilected to succeed Lyman R Casey by a i combination of Republicans, Democrat# aid Populists, was sworn in at Washington >y Vice-President Stevenson on Inaugnralon Dav. Senator Roach was bora ia Virginia in .840, where he engaged in mercantile pariuits until 1879. when he went to Grand forks, in the Territory of Dakota. He inrested in real estate and soon became realthy. He laid oat the town of Larriaore, which is at presan t his home, and was ippointed its first Mayor by the Legislature. 9 le served a term in the Territorial Lsgtslaura and has twice bran the Democratic tomineo for Governor cf North Dakota. * CAPITAL AND .SETTLERS. Ten Governors Will Sleet to Involve a World's Fair Plan. The people of Richmond, Va., look forward with a great deal of interest to the xravention of Southern Governors in that iifcy April 12. Governor Fiahback, of Arkansas, who is the leading spirit in the movenent, nas had some correspondence with governor McKinney on the subject, and he las pieced the matter in tae hands of Mayor EUiason and the business organizations of :he city, who will prepare to entertain the iistinguishsd gatherings. The purpose ot the meeting is to bring to :he attention of the visitors to Caicago utirug the Columbian Exposition the resources )f the South and thus attract cauital and lomeseekeis. The Governors of YVect Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, AJabatua, Missouri and Gaorgia have accsptjd the invitatiou. The gathering will 04 mnef inl-orftctinflr t.hA P.ftnTMltinn Cit the Governors of the thirteen original Soutnsrn States in Philadelphia in I8iu to conrer in regard to the Yorktown Ceutenuial. Tne Confederate memorial baziar, which will be in full blast at the time or the convention, irul arrange a Governors' day. The famous all Westiuorelaud Club and other social organizations wul make great effort to entertarn tho visitors nandsomely. The original Bell telephone is now unprotected by a patent. The patent obtained by AJexanaer GrahamBell expired at VI o'clock i few nights ago. It was prooably the most important patent ever granted by this Gov- \ ?rument, as it covered the only practical method of telephoning which has beeu inrented. Tie expiration of the original pat- ! ?nt will not effect the present monopoly, as it holds patents on special teatures of telephone construction which will protect its buair-esa. The consolidation of returns of compare. tive crop to the Agricultural Department at Washington makes the following State per- ] ceutages tor cotton: Virginia, liity-five par cent.; Norch Carolina, seveuty-three; Scutb Carolina, seventy-five; Georgia, soventyfour; Florida, sixty. Alabama, sixty-five; Mississippi, sixty; Louisiana, fitty-tive; Texas, eighty-four; Arkansas, fi.tj-eight; Tennessee, s.xty-tnree. General average, W.2. * A movement Iv on foot t? secure space at rackson Park, Chicago, for two bicycle jourta, with attendants to receive and check :he wheels, for which the charges will be imall. Many wheelmen all over the country who want to bring their bicycles along will i ae glad to hear of ttug. REV. DR. TALMAGE. S ol si THE CROOKLYN DIVIVE'S SUN. DAY SERMON. w Subject: "Crossing the Jordan." tl (Delivered at Detroit, Mich.) Tkxt: "And the priests that bare the arh ^ of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan^ Q| arid all the Israelites passed over on drj) g around, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan."?Joshua iiL, 17. ^ Washington crossed the Delaware when pi crossing was pronounced im possible, but he hi did it by boat. Xerxes crossed the Hel- .. lespont with 2.0 )0,000 men, but he di l it by bridge. The Israelites crossed the Red Sea, a] but the same orchestra th'it celebrated the o1 deliverance of the one army sounded the strangulation of the other. This Jordanic Q1 passage differs from all. There was no sac- Jjl riflce of human life?not so much as the loss of a linchpin. The vanguard of the host, made up of priests, advancad until they put j. their foot at the brim of the river, when im- jj mediately the streets of Jerusalem were a no mui o Ui y ittuu kuau fcuo ia;uwi ? *?... a It was as if all the water had been drawn off, ? and then the dampness had been soaked up with a sponge, and then by a towel the road _ had been wiped dry. * Yonder goes a great army of Israelites? the hosts in uniform. Following them the ic wives the children, the flocks, tlfe herds. ?1 The people look up at the crystalline wall ? of the Jordan at they pass and think what 1 jj' an awful disaster would come to them if be* n fore they got to the opposite bank of that Is Ajalon wall that wall should fall on them. h And the thought makes the mothers hug b their children close to their hearts as they h wiften their pace. Quick, now! Get them b fill up on the banks- -the armed warriors, G the wives and children, flocks and herds, tl aud let this wonderful Jordanic passage be n completed forever." fl Sitting on the shelved limestone, I look off 1< upon that Jordan where Joshua crossed under Ijhe triumphal arch of the rainbow h woven out of the spray; 'the river which af- y terwards became the baptistry where Christ o was sprinkled or plunged; the river where v the ax?the borrowed ax?miraculously ti swam at the prophhet's order; the river il- * lustrious in the history of the world foe he* ? roic faith and omnipotent deliverance and. e' ,typical of scenes yet to transpire in your o life and mine?scenes enough to make us, p from the sole or the foot to the crown of the ? head, tingle with infinite gladness. Standing on the scene of that affrighted, tl fugitive river Jordan, I learn for myself and a Tor you, nrst, mat omuicinj, wuisu may art) n touched, vanish. The text sayB that when t< these priests came down and touched the ? water?the edge of the water with their feet " ?the water parted. They did not wade in o' chin deep or waist deep or knee deep or ankle d deep, but a? soon as their feet touched the ^ water it vanished. And it makes me think {g that almost all the obstacles of life need only be approached in order to be conquered. p, Difficulties but touched vanish. It is the trouble, the difficulty, the obstacle fir in the p{ distance, that seems ao huge and tremead' a oas. \ ji The apostles Paul and John seemed to dis> tl like cross do^s, for the apostle Paul tells U3 ii in Philippians, "Beware of dogs," and John u seems to shut the gate of heaven against all a< the canine species when he says, "Without ol are dogs." But I have been told that when k those animals are furious, if they come at you, if you will keep your eye on them and c advance upon them they will retreat, tl Whether tbat be so or not I cannot tell, bnt a: I do know that the vast majority of the mis* h fortunes and trials and disasters of your life & that hounds your steps, if you can only get Q your eye on them, and keep your eye on u them, and advance upon tnem, and cry, ei "Begone/' they will slink and cower. Bi There is a beautiful tradition among the r American Indians that Manitou] was travel- lj ing in the invisible world, and one day he camo to a barrier of brambles and sharp I thorns which forbade his going on* and a there was a wild beast glaring at him from c the thicket, but as be determined to go on d his way he did pursue it, and those bram- fa bles were found to be only phantoms, and y that beast was found to be a powerless it ghost, and the impassible river that forbade n him rushing to embrace the Yaratllda t proved to be only a phantom river. fa Well, ray friends, the fact is there are a 1 great many things that look terrible across ?nr nofhwar vhinh whpn WAaHvAnrAiinnn o them, ara only the phantoms, only the ap- u pantions, only the delusions o( life. Dim- tl culties touched are conquered. Put your o feet into the brim of the water, and Jordan o retreats. You sometimes see a great duty o to perform. It is a very disagreeable duty. h You say, UI can't go through it; I haven't tl the courage, I haven't the mtaltigence, to d go through it." Advance upon it, Jordan d will vanish. b I always sigh before I begin to preach at b the greatness o 1 the uniertaicing, but as p soon aB I start it becomes to me an exhilara- F tion. And any duty undertaken with aeon- ? fident spirit becomes a pleasure, and the higher the' duty the higher the pleasure. ]( Difficulties touched are conquered There Q are a great many people who are afraid of d death in the future. Good John Livingston a once, on a sloop coming from Elizabetnport jt to New York, was dreadfully frightened be- n cause be thought be was going to be drowned n as a sudden gust came up. People were sur- w prised at him. If any man in all tbe world & was ready to die, it was good John Living- p; ston. t* oo there are now a great many good peo- d pie wno BQU.aaer in passing a graveyard, cj< and they hardly dare thiol: of Canaan be- h: cause of th<> Jordan that intervenes. But once they are down on a sick bed, then all 0 their fears are gone?the waters of death * dashing on the beach are like the mellow voice of ocean shells?they smell of the bios- a soma of the tree of life. The music of the . v heavenly choirs comes stealing over the t waters, and to cross now is only a pleasant ^ sail How long the boat is coming! Come, F Lord Jesus, come quickly. Christ the Priest * advances ahead, and the dying Christian F goes over dry shod on coral beds and flowers of heaven and paths of piarl. Ob. coald we make oar doabts remove? These gloomy doabts that rise? And view the Canaan that we lore J With u 11 beclouded eyes! ii n Coald we bat climb where Mom stood g Ana view the landscape o'er. Rot Jotdsn'a stream nor death's cold flood n Coald frlgbt as from the shore. * Again, this Jordanic passage teaches ni9 ^ the completeness of everything taat God does. When Cod put an invisible dam across Jordan, and it was halted, it would have been natural, you would have supposed, for ir the water to have overflowed the region all d( around about, and that great devastation would havo taken placa, but when Cod put the dam in front of the river He put a da:u t. on the other side of the river, so that, ac- rj cording to the text, the water halted and il reared and stood there and not overflowing Jv the surrounding country. Oh, the complete- r* ness of everything that God does! ;i) One wcuid have thoujht that, if the r] waters of the Jordan had dropped until ? they were only two or three feet deep, the " Israelites might have marched through it 5 and have come up on the other bank with their clothes saturated and their garments like those of meu coming ashore from shipwreck, and that would have been as wond?rJul a deliverance, but Gol docs something !r better than that. VVhsn the priests' feet I "j touched the waters o Jordan and they wore jV drawn off, they might have thought there : would have been a bed of mud and sliuie in through which the army should pas9. Draw off the waters of the Hudson or the t0 Ohio, and there would be a good many days, "Jj and perhaps many weeks, before the sediinent would dry up, and yet here in an in- st Btauf, immediately. Cod provides a pith tc through the depths of Joroau. It is so dry c< the rMssenrrers do n.?t even cec their w damp; Ob, i he completeness everything ! iq that Gou dues! Does lie make a universe? ^ Ltixa perfect clock. running ever si oca it 9j was wound up. tho fixed stars the nivots, th* ai consiollafcions the intermovin? wheels, and ni ponderous laws the weights and mighty swiping pendulum, the stars in the great ^ dome of night striking the midnight,and the U| mn. with brazen tongue, tolling the hour of ^ noon. I'ua wildest comet he3 a chain of law that it cannot break. The thistle down flying *\ before the schoolboy's breath is controlled ' by the same Jaw that controls the sun and . the planets. The rosebush in your window w is governed by the same principle that governs the tree of the nniverse on which tc the stars are ripening fruits, and on which tc God will one day put His hand and shake bl down the fruits?a perfect universe. No astronomy has ever proposod an amend- sa ment. pi If God makes a Bible, it is a complete w ible. Standing amid the dreadful and flea orht/ul truths, you seem to be in the midstt an orchestra where the wailings over ns, and the rejoicings over pardon, and the lartial strains of victory make the chorus Ice an anthem of eternity. This hook ems to you the ocean of truth, on every ave of vrhich Christ walks?sometimes in le darkness of prophecy, again in the >!endors with which He walks on Galilee, i this book aDostle answers to prophet, aui to isaian. rteveiation to (xenesis?zlorlis light, turning midnight sorrow into the idnoon Joy, dispersing every flo?, hushing rery tempest. Take this book; it is the kiss God upon the soul of lost man. Perfect ible, complete Bible! No man has ever ropo3ed any improvement. God provided a Saviour. He is a con* ete Saviour?God-man?divinity and imanity united in the same person. He it up the starry pillars of the universe and le towers of light. He planted the cedars id the heavenly Lebanon. He str uck out ! the rock the rivera of life, singing under ie trees, singing under the thrones. He aarried the sardonyx and crystal and the >pa2 of the heavenly wall. H9 put down te jasper for the foundation and neap9d up ie amethyst for the capital and swung the 3 gates which are 13 pearls. In one instant 'e thought out a universe, and yet He be#/>! ffi'a mftfihnr ?AAltn<P Wlio a V^UUII VI J IU^ iV/t MawvH*., ?... ?9 long the sides of the manger, learning to alt. Omnipotence sheathed in the muscle and esh of a child's arm; omniscience strung in le optio nerve of a child's eye: infinite ire beating in a child's heart; a great God ppearing in the form of a child 1 year old, years old, 15 year3 old. While all the eavens were ascribiag to Him glory and onorand power on earth, men said, "Who i this fellow?" While all the hpavenly osts, with folded wing about their faces, owed down before Him crying, "Holy, oly," on earth, they denounced Him a3 a lasphemer and a sot. Rocked in a boat oa tennesaret, and yet He it is that uadirkei tie lightning from the storm clou! and dislaswi Lebanon of its forests and holds the ve oceans on the tip of His finger as the ?f holds the raindrop. Oh, the complete Baviour, rubbing His and over the place where we have the pain, et the stars of heaven the adorning gems f His right hand. Holding us in His arms rhen we take our last view of our dead. Siting down with us on the tombstone, and Idle we plant rosea tnera He planting conjlation in our heart, every chapter a stalk, very verse a stem, every word a rose. A smplete Baviour, a complete Bible, a com-, lete universe, a complete Jordanic passage. * Iverything that God does is complete. Arsfn, I learn from this Jordanic passage latfbetween us and ever y Canaan ot sueus and prosperity there is a river that lust be passed. "Ob, how I would like ) have some ot those grappa on tae other del" said some of the Israelite to Joshua. Well," says Joshua, "why don't you cross ?er and get them?" There is a river of ifflculty between us and everything that is prth knowing. That which co3ts nothing i worth nothing. God didn't intend this world for an easy arlor, through which we are to be drawn i a rocking chair, but we are to work our assage, climb masts, tight battles, scale lountains and ford rivers. God makes rerything valuable difficult to get at, for ae same reason that He put th9 gold down i the mine and the pearl clear down in the ??to make us dig and dive for tbem. We ^knowledge this principle in worldly things; h, that we were only wis a enough to acnowledge it in religious things! You have scores of illustrations under our own observation where men oavj hid ie hardest lot and been trodden un ler foot, nd yet after a while had it eisy. Nowtneir omes blossom and b'oom with p.ctures, ad carpets that made foreign looms laugh ow embrace their feet; the sum ner winds ft the tapestry about the window gorg*om nough for a Turkish sultan; impatieac seeds paw and n&gh at the door, their cariages moving throuzh the sea o! Now York is a vexy v??vo ui piouuui Who is it? Why, it is a boy who came to few York with a dollar ia his pocket and II his estate slung over his shoulder ia a otton handkerchief. All that silver on the ancingspan is petrified sweat drops; that eautiful dress is the fad 3d calico over rhich God put His hand of perfection, turning t to Turkish satin or Italian silk: those dialonds are the tears wnich suffering froz 3 a? bey fell. Ob, there is a river of difficulty etween us and every earthly achievement. Ton know that. You admit that. You know this is so with regard to the cquisition of knowledge. The ancients sed to say that Vulcan struck Jupiter on be head and Che goddess of wisdom jumped at, illustrating the truth that wisdom omes by hard knocks. There was a river ? difficulty between Shakespeare, the boy, olding the horse at the door of the London heatre, and that Shakespeare, the great ram at 1 at, winning the applause of all auiences by his tragedies. Toere was a rivet etween Benjamin Franklin, with a loaf oc raad under his arm, walking the straits of 'hiladelphia, and that same Ben atnin 'ranklin, the philosopher, just outside of loston flying a kite in the thunder-3torru. An idler was curel oc his bad habit by >oking through the win low, night after ight, at a man who seemed sitting at hi* esk turning off one sheet of writing after nother until almost the dawn of the mornlg. The man sitting there writiu? until lorning was industrious Walter Scott; tie >an who looked at him through the window 'as Lockhart. his illustrious biograpaer Cterward. Lord Mansfiald, pursued by me ress and by cue populace, became of a cerlin line of duty, went on to discharge tbe uty, and while the mob were arouu i him Bmanding the taking of his life be shojk is fist in the face of the mob and said, Sirs, when one's last end coines, it cannot ome too soon if he falls in defense of law nd the liberty of his couatry." And so there is, my friends, a tug. a tuste, a trial, a push, an anxiety, turou;h rhich every man must go before he comes o worldly success anl worldly achievameut. fou admit it Now be wise enough to aptly it in religion. Eminent Christian charcter is only gained by tbe Jordanic lassage, no man just happened to get good. Why does tbat man know so muca about be Scriptures? He'was studying tha Bible /hile you were reading a novel. He was on Ire with tbe sublimities o.' the Bible while on were sound asleep; by tug, tussle, pushag and running in the Christian life that lan got so strong for God; in a hundred lolferinos he learned how to fight: in a hun* red shipwrecks he learned how to swim.' 'ears over sin, tears over Z ion's desolation, ;ars over the impenitent, tears over the raves made, are the Jordan which that lan uaa passea. oorrow paies wj?j uutwi., ad fades the eye. and wrinkles the nrow, ad withers the hands. There are raournig garments in the wardrobe, and there are eaths in every family record; all around are ie relics of the dead. The Christian has passed the Red sea of' 'ouble, and yet he thinks there is a Jordan ' death between him and heaven. He >mes down to that Jordau of death and links how many nave been lost there. Then Molyneux was exploring the Jordan i Palestine, he had bis boats all knocked to' eces in the rapids of that river. And there i e a great many mau who have gone down 1 the river of death; the Atlantic and; I iciflc have not swallowed so many. It is' I i awiul r.oing to make shipwrecks ?n tn? c!c of ruin?masts falling, hurricanes 'in?, death coming, groaning in the I ater, meanings in the wind, thunder in e sky, while God, with the flneer nf light- I ng, writes all over the sky, *'1 will tread em in My wratb, and I will trample them My fury." The Christian comes down to vhis raginz irrent, and he knows he must pass out. and i he come9 toward the time his breath gets iort?r, and his last breath leaves hira as he J ep" into the stream, and no sooner does he tuch the stream than it is parted, and be ie-< through dry shod, while all the waters A7s their olumes, crying: ''OHf>ath. wherA thy stine? O s^rave, where is thv victory?" od shall wipo away all tears troin their res, and there shall he nr> more weeping, id there shall be no more death. ~ " hm-oa ?ip*>nrlv "One ftomeot ^jur uuuuicu * - ~ 0 the otber rank. Yon let them dowa on iia side of the bank; they will be on the ;her bank to helo you up with supernatral strength. The other morninz at my ibie, all my famiiy present, I thought to lyseif how pleasant it woul l ba if I could ut all in a boat ani then gj ia with them, nd we could pu'l across the river to the ext world ani be there altogether. N> irailv parting, no "loimy obs-jquiej. Ic ou'du't take nv,j iuinut9S to 50 from bam: > batik-, and then iu that better world to be i^ether forivec. Wouldn't it be pleisant >r you to take all your family into tuac lessed country ifyou ciutd all so to^etliw? 1 remember my mocuer in tier dyin* hour lid to my father, 'Faclie.-, wouldn't it ba easant it we caul 1 all go ro'ather?" But e canuot all go together. W\j mu<t go one by one. and we must be grateful if we get there at all. What a heaven it will be if J we have all our families then to look around and see all the children are present J You would rather hare them all there, and you go with bare brow forever, than that one sbould be missing to complete the garlands ot heaven for your coronal. The Lord P God of Josbua gavd tbem a sate Jordanic passage. C Even children will go through dry shoJ. Those of us who were brougat up in the I country remember, when the summer was coming on in our boyhood days, we always ( longed for the day *^en we were to go ( barefooted, and after^ieasing our mothers in. regard to it for a good while, and tbey \ consented, we remember the delicious sensation of the cool grass waen we put our ua- \ covered foot on it. I And the time will come whsn these shoes J we wear now, lest we be cut of the share f places of this world, shall be taken off, and I with unsandled foot we will step into the bed of the river; with feet untrammeled, I free irom pain and fatigue, we will gaiu l that last journey, when, wich one foot in \ the bed of the river and the other foot on the other bank, we struggle upwara. mac s will be heaven. Oh, I pray for all my uear people a safe Jordanic passage! Thai is ] what the dying Christian husoand felt wnen i he said: "How the can lie flickers, Nellie! Pnt it out. I shall sleep well to-night and wake in the morning." One word of comfort on this subject for all the bereaved. You see, our departed , friends have not been submerged, have not 1 been swamped in the waters. .They have j only crossed over. These Israelites wera' ' juac as thoroughly alive on the western j banks of the Jordan as thev bad been on the' . eastern banks of the Jordan, and oar de- , parted Christian friends have only crossed . over?not sick, not dead, not exhausted, not extinguished, not blotted out, bat with . healthier respiration, and stouter pulses, and ( keener eyesight, and better prospects? , crossed over, thsir sins, their physical and i mental disquiet, all left clear this side, an j eternally flowing, impassable obstacle be- . tween them and all human and satanic pursuit. Crossed over! Oh, I shake hands of , congratulation with all the bereaved in the | consideration that our departed Christian j friends are safe! Why was there so much joy in certain , circlee in New Tork when people heard < from the friends who were on board that . belated steamer? It was feared that vessel , had gone to the bottom of the sea, and when the friends on this side beard that the ] steamer had arrived safely in Liverpool, had we not a right to congratulate the people in j 'Ifew York that their friends had got safely , ? * * ? J WJTOfflJ AQU 19 IV UUV li|H? vu?9 iMV.aMu, . that I congratulate you that your departed friends are safe on the shore of heaven? Would you have tbem back again? Would . you have those old parents backamin? You , know how hard it was sometimes for tbem to get their breath in the stifled atmosphere of , the summer. Would you have tbem back in I this weather? Didn't tneyuse their brain long enough? Would you have your chilI dren back again? Would you have them take the risks of temptation which throng every human pathway? Would you bave them cross tbe Jordan three times? In addition to crossing it already, cross it again to greet you now and then cross back after- i ward? f'or oertrinlyyou would not want to I keep them forever out of heaven. Psoas and weep, not for the freed from pun. 1 Bat that the sigh of love would orlng them bask 1 again. , I I ask a question, and there seems to come < .back tbe answer in heavenly echo: "What; 1 Will you never be sick again?" "Neversick?again."?"What, will you never be tirM juy?in?" "Never ? tirei ? again." "What, will you never weep again?" "Never ?weep?again." "What, will you never die again?" "Never?die?again." Ob, ye army of departed kindred, we hail ! you Irom bank to banitl Wait for us when i the Jordan of death shall part for us. Come i down and meet us halt way batween the willowed banks of earth and the palm groves i of heaven. May our great High Priest go i ahead of us, ana with bruised feet touch the water, and tben shall be fulfilled the words of my text, "All Israel went over on dry i ground until all the people were gone clear through Jordan." If Task you what shall be the glad hymn of this morning, I think there would be a thousand voices that would chooee the same hymn?the hymn that illumines so many death chambers?th? hymn that has been the parting hymn in many an instance ?the old hymn: On Jordan"j stormy banks I stand And cast a wistful eye To Canaan's fair and happy land. Where my possession* lie. Oh, the transporting. rapturous scans ' That rises on my light! Sweet fields arrayed la lirinz green. And riser* ot delight. POPULAR SClfcNcE. A London man .earns his living by dealing in volcanic dust. The tail of a comet is believed to be matter similar to that contained in the nebulae. Some excellent asbestos deposits have been found in the Grand Canyon district, Arizona. It is commonly believed that colon can be detected by the incandescent light. This is not so. Lightness of weight consistent with high efficiency is one of the first requibites of a successful mining drill. Professor E. W. Stewart is quoted as saying tnat a ton 01 gmtou meat >?)??sents nearly three tons of cora with the starch taken out. Light, heat and electricity are different phases of the same phenomenon? viz., the vibration of the universal ether. They differ from each other only in the rapidity of their vibrations. Professor Marshall Ward, hi arpaper-...! to the British Royal Society, has given 'i the results of further experiments tending : to prove that by far the most powerful 1 factor in the purification of the air and the waters of rivers from bacteria is the sunlight. 1 Evidence of the former existence of a type of dog now extinct has been found i in remains obtained from Ely Cave, Leo 1 County, Va.,?a limestone cavern of an ( early geological age. This ancient dog i was a badgsrlike creature, different) in 1 many respects from any existing species. ' "Egg-albumen,'' much used for i cooking purposes, is raanufactufed from the whites of the eggs of certain sea fowls, which are found in great numbers near Iceland, Greenland, Labrador and the Hebrides, and also in the Northern Tt is sent to market in a dry > state looking very much like glue. ( From various experiments respecting , a connection between thunder storms i and the souring of milk, Professor H. 1 W. Conn draws the conclusion thtt J electricity is not of itself cipable of , souring the milk or even of materially hastening the proce?; nor can the ozone ' developed during the thunder storm be looked upon as of any great importance, i Facetious Fkien-d?"Well, have ] you and your wife yet settled as to i who is to be speaker of the house?" ; Young Husband?"Not yet. We usu- , ally occupy the chair together."?In- i dianapoils Journal. 1 "I didn't see anything funny in the story that fellow just tr>:d. What made you lauah so over it?" "Do you know who he is?" *Xo. Who is he?" "lie's the head of our tirm."--Li!'e. , Brigos?"I cnn't understand what keeps F., K. & Q. stock so firm these 1 days." Br;i^sr>?"Guess the water in ' it has frozen solid."?Indianapolis ' Journal. Ter man who aspires to make a successful pickpocket should study | free hand drawing?Yonkers' States- ' \ man. I '.. s tt j - - ' '-x ' 3?^ RELIGIOUS READING. A POET'S REMONSTRANCE. , Quite a hundred years ago William Cower wrote these lines: O, Italy! Tby Sabbaths will be soon >ur Sabbaths, closed with mum'ry and buffoon. 'reaching and pranks will share the motley scene, )urs, parcelled out, as tbine have ever been, rod's worship aud the mountebank between. fbat says the prophet? Let that day be blest Vith holiness and consecrated rest. 'astime and business both it should exelude Ind bar the door the moment tbey intrude, fobly distinguished above all the six }y deeds in which, the world should never mix. lear him again. He calls it a delight,' L day of luxury observed aright, Vhen the glad soul is made Heaven's welcome guest, its banquetting, c id God provides the feast. Jut triflers are engaged and cannot come, rheir answer to the call is *'Not at home." " " 'vl THE BUST AND THE WOR8T." A philosopher named Xantbus desired to iaye a feast for some of his friends, and he >ruerea ois cuiei servant to proviue sue ueac hlngs in the mnrket. The servant therelpon bought a great number of tongues>and uBtructeJ tbe cook to serve them up with iifferent sauces. When the feast was ready, he first, second and third courses, the side iishes and the desserts were all topgue. Kanthus was greatly enraged. "DicUTnot >rder you," said he,-to buy tbe best things :he market afforded?" "And," replied tbe servant, "have I not obeyed your orders, Master Xantuus?" Is tbe^e anything better ;ban tongue? Is not the tongue the-bond of :iyl! society, the key of sciences, and tbe )rgan of truth and reason?. By neans of the tongue cities are juilt, governments established and' n?tructed; with the tongue men persuade, instruct aud preside in assemblies." "Well, ihen," said Xanthus, thinking to catch bin. 'this same company will dine with me tomorrow; and ae 1 wish to diversify my entertainment, 20 to market again and bay the worst things you can find." The next day liis servant provided nothing but tongue*. Kanthus, In a violent passion, demanded aa explanation. "Master," aald the Servant; "is there anything worse than tongue? Is not the tongue the instrument of all strife and contention, tbe fomenter of lawsuits,and the source of divisions and wan? Is it not ' tbe organ of error, of lies, of calumny and blasphemy f Xan thus said no more. The servant bad convinced him that tbe tongue, t : when used aright, could be truthfully considered the best thing in tbe world, and the worst of all things wben put to a wrong (}, use.?[Harper's Young People. TRU8TIN0 SCAN AND CHRIST. The foreman in a factory becamejanxioos ibout his soul. He was directed to Christ aa tbe sinner's only refuge; but it seemed to be /\ without result. At last his master wrote a note, asking him 'to come to him at his sffice. When he came into tbe room, bis master inquired, "Do you want to see me, James?" James was confounded, and balding up tbe note, said: "The letter ! the letter!" "Oh," said hfs master, "you believed that I wanted to see you, ana when I sent you the message, you came at once." "Surely, sir; surely, sir," replied James. "Well,"see, here is another letter sending for . you by One equally in earnest," said his master, holding up a slip of paper with soibe texts of Scripture written on it. James :fji look the paper and began to read slowly; v; " Come?unto?me?ail?ye?that ? labor," ft etc. His lips quivered, his eyes filled with ' " tears, and, like to choke with emotion, be j i.nfUU graa^u uus iw uauuMUuccx, n?u which be covered his lace, and there be stood for a few moments, not knowing what to do. At ientb he inquired: "Am I jpst to believe that In the same way I believed your letter?" "Just in the same way," rejoined the master. "If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater." Thto ' expedient was owned of God :in setting ' j James at liberty. JFfe was a bappy believer that very uight.? [Exchange. . . i > KXtERNAL FOR 118. The band of the Lord does come upon men when they are alone with God in ' prayer. It was so with Elijah on Carmel; with Hezekiah in his sickness: with Daniel when in danger; and with the great and ' good of oil ages, churches and nations. We >* often hear a plausible statement that prayer is elevation of soul and communion with God, and not external forms. But it is, aud always has been, a fact tbat tbose souls moat effectually retain tbeir elevation aud contmunion with God who most regularly observe the outward forms of religion, that is. of course, if tbey do it understanding^. A condition of spiritual deadness is more likely to disappear wben-<'a person habitually devotes himself to secret interviews with God. than if be trusts to chauce* to Had amid social and business duties spare moments or renecnon. rne grandest pictures have a frame. The picture is worth a thousand dollars, the frame only a few dollars; and jet no artist would exhibit a picture without a frame. 80 it is with the forms of religion. They are worth little compared to the true and fervent spirit, yet they are necessary to that jspirit. -2And our souls will become empty, withered k and dead if we neglect them.?[The Pulpit. Jg 1 wander by the.beach aud listen to ta? ocean's solemn aud majestic hymn, whicfc it poured into the Indian's ear. and whick now periodically lulls the drudges of civilized aires into an oblivion of the artificial and the conventional. The surges, with their everlasting roar, do not tell of pity. The gurgling, swallowing waters tell of destruction as much as of life. They do not whisper of immortality, until Christ, clweiling in nod filling the soul's intuitions, lends a softer undertone of hope to ita . ; ..... ? ; everlasting: rhythm. Before this emblem of power, man, bowed by the cousciousuesa jf weakness and sin, if he could turn nowhere else, might stand in prayer, in almost the cry of despair: "Speak, Almighty I'ower. in some accents of compn.ssion! Break through this dread order, aud say if thou lovest my soul! Declare thyself m'crcy is well as law*! Solve for me this mystery in which lam encompassed! Tell me" of forniveuess and eternal life and help for my spiritual conflicts!'' And that cry from the iteptbs of a want like no other aud of an anguish like no other, that of a weak and wounded spirit, has been answered on the shores of the Galilfan lake by the voice which broke upon its storm, the voice of the Father in him who walked upon Hie waves: It is J, be not afraid-"?[Oliver Stearns. The devil may tempt n busy Christian. bu? ?n inactive Christian tempts the devil. If we would keep out of evil thoughts and .?u?.. ?1 r<.ii,?inii? itifticiiltiM. let na liUUUlB OHU UUIV4 V ? ,'0 earnestly to work for ,God. Earnest Christian work will keep out a great deal of rtoubt anil temptation. If in any Association or church the workers were put on one jide, you will generally find all the sjrumblerH, joubters and stumbling one' on tbeotber side. Would you enjoy spiritual growth ? Due of the chief secret* is earnest Christian work for others. Any reader of thin pni>er with an earnest consecrated heart, whatcv< r may be his talents, may tulfiil the promise, jne" shall cbase a thousand by gathering up V, the fragments of time, uot for se.fishnets, but for consecrated work.' In almost every Association or church, there is some one person who accomplishes more thnn a score of itliers. Kind re:uler, seek l?y God's help to that cue. in the conmuuiitv where'you ive. aiiss Plane?1 think I would have made a successful politician. I never forget a face. Miss Bute?Wouldn't rou bo happier, dear, if you could forget your own??Indianapolis Journal. Magistrate ? "Now. then. McCarthy, no prevarication. Tel! inn all that passed between you and the clefenda n t." McCa rthy?"Brick ba i s, ver honor ? jist brickbats.? Exchange. The trouble with Wanamaker's Jtaraps is that they don't know when t,hey are licked.?Rochester Herald.