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THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUN. k
JUfcT JWSCOUIISE. J
{Bnbjectt'The Dark Side of City Life." T
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, Text: </ie darkness He called t
WujrAf.''?Gtaneais i.t 5. p
h Two grand divisions of time. The one of 8
sunlight, the other of shadow; the one for c
|work, the other for rest; the one a type of ?
,everything: glad and beautiful, the other
used in all languages as a type of sadness c
and affliction and sin. These two divisions ?
Oi uaui may; uave uuuieuuiotuic ui uuuiau
invention, b?it the darkness held up its dusky e
brow to the Lord, and He bapt:z?d it, the r
dew dripping from His fingers as He gave it
name, "Andf the darkness Be called night." ?
My subject is Eiidnight in town. The
thunder of. the city has rolled out of the
air. The slightest sounds cut the night
with ?uch distinctness as to attract your
attention. The tinkling of the bell of the
street car' in the distance and the baying
of the dogr The stamp of a horse in the
next street. The slamming of a saloon
door. This hiccough of the drunkard. The
shrieks of the steam whistles five mile3
away. Ob, how suggestive, my friends?
midnight ?n town!
There afre honest men passing up and down
the streett. Here is a city missionary who
> has been carrying a scuttle of coal to that
poor famply in that dark place. Here is an
uadertatyer going up the steps of a building >
from wbjich there comes a bitter cry wnicu a
indicates that the destroying angel has smit- 1
ten the first born. Here is a minister of religion
who has been giving the sacrament i
to a dying Christian. Here is a physician v
passing s along in great haste, the messen- r
ger a 'few steps ahead harrying on to t
the household. Nearly all the lights t
have gene out in the dwelling. That light \
in the window is the light of the watcher, r
for tha medicines must be administered, and t
the fewer must be watched, and the restless t
tossinr off of the coverlid must be resisted, t
and tme ice must be kept on the hot torn- f
pies, iind the perpetual prayer nyxst go up o
from jhearts soon to be broken. Ob, the s
midnight in town! What a stupendous u
thought?a whole city at rest! v
Weary arm preparing for to-morrow's
toil. I Hot brain being; cooled off. Rigid j
musales relaxed. Excited nerves soothed. g
The /white hair of the octogenarian in thin g
drifts across the pillow, fresh fall of flakes
on sfnow already fallen. Childhood with its a
dim/pled hands thrown out on the pillow, and t
with every breath taking in a new store of d
funJ and frolic. God's slumberless eye will a
loom Let one great wave of refreshing h
slufh^roll over the heart ot the great p
tom^ubmerging care and anxiety and
wqrriment and pain. u
Let the city sleep; but, my friends, be not a
deceived. Tnere will b9 thousands to-night r
who will not sleep at all. Go np that dark b
alley and be cautions where you tread lest c
you fail over the prostrate form of a drank- d
aird lying on his own doorstep. Look about I
you lest you feel the garroter's hug. Look b
through the broken window pane and see a
what you can see. Yoa say, "Nothing."
Then listen. "What is it? "ttod help us I"
Ho footlights, but tragedy ghastlier and [
mightier than Ristori or Edwin Booth ever fa
enacted. No light, no fire, no bread, no C
hope. Shivering in the cold, they have had f
do fooi for 24 hours. You say, "Why don't a
/they beg?' They do, but they cat nothing, b
/You say, "Why don't they deliver them- g
i selves over to the almshouse?" Ah, you
j would not ask that if you ever heard the t
bitter cry of a man or a child when told he g
: must go to the almshouse. g
"Ob," you sav, "they are the vicious poor, t
' and therefore they do not demand our sym- ii
/ pathy." Are they vicious? So much more p
need they your pity. The Christian poor, , ?
God helps them. Through their night there |<
twinkles the round, merry star of hope, and '
| through the broken window pane they see a
' the crystals of heaven, but the vicious poor,
they are more to be pitied. Their last light v
has gone out. You excuse yourself from it
helping thorn by saying they are so bad they a
brought this trouble on themselves. I re- v
ply, where I give 10 prayers for the iano- j:
cant who are suffering I will give 30 prayers t
for the guilty who are suffering. t
The fisherman, when he sees a vessel dash- j
ing into the breakers, comes out from his d
hut and wraps the warmest flannels around t
those who are most chilled and most braised
and most battered in the wreck. And I t
? want you to know tnat these vicious poor c
have nad two shipwrecks?shipwreck of the t
Iwvlv ahinwrpnk of the soul?shinwreck for t
time, shipwreck for eternity. Pity, by ail
means, the innocent who are Buffering, but
pity more the guilty.
Pass on throuxn the alley. Open the door.
4<Oh," you say, "it is locked." No, it is not
locked; it has never been locked. No burglar
would be tempted to 20 in there to ste&l
anything. The door is never locked. Only
a broken chair stands against the door.
Shove it back. Go in. Strike a match.
Now look. Beastliness and rags. See those
glaring eyeballs. Be careful now what you
say. Do not utter any Insult, do not ntter
any suspicion, it you value your lite.
w bat is that red mark on the wall? It is
the mark of a murderer's hand! Look at
th03e two eyes rising up out of the darkness
and out from the straw in the corner coming
toward you, and as thev come near you
ycur light goes out. Strike another match.
Ah! this is a babe, not like the beautiful
children of your household, or the beautiful
children smiling around these altars on baptismal
day. This little one never smiled; it
never will smile. A flower flung on an
awtully barren bsach. O Heavenly Shepherd
fold that little one in Thin9 arms!
"Wrap around you your shawl or coat
tighter, tor ths cold night wind sweeps
through.
oiriKe anotner matcn. aims itpossioje
that that young woman's scarred and
bruifoi face was ever looked into by maternal
tenderness? Utter no scorn, utter
so harsh word. No ray of hope has dawned
on that brow for many a year. No ray of
hoDe ever will dawn on that brow. But the
light has gom out. Do not stride another
light, it would ba mockery to kindle another
light in sue a a ptaci as that. Pass out
and pass down the street. Our cities of
Brooklyn and New Yor* and all our great
cities are full of such homes, and the worst ?
time the midnight. Do you know it is in ?
the midnight that criminals do their worst '
work? ?
At half past 8 o'clock you will find them 3
in tbe drinking saloon, but toward 12 J
o'clock they go to their garrets, they get 1
out their tools, toen they start on the street. c
Watchiug on either side for the police, they *
go to their work ol darkness. This is a bur- J
glar. and the false key will swn touch tbe 1
store lock. This is an incendiary, and be- s
fore morning tbere will be a ligdt ou the f
sky and cry of "fire! Fire!" This is an assassin,
and to-morrow morning there will be J
a dead body in one of the vacant lots. Dur- 1
ing the daytime these villains in our cities 1
lounge about, some asleep and some awake, I
but when the third watch of the night arrive?,
their eye keen, their brain cool, their
arm strong, their foot fl jet to fly or pursu?,
thev are ready.
Many of these poor creatures were brought
up in that way. They were born in a thieves'
garret. Their childish toy was a burglar's
dark lantern. The first thing they remem ber
was their mother bandaging the brow of
their father, struck by the police club. They
began by robhin; bays' pockets, and now
they have come to dig the underground passage
to tie cellar of the bank and are preparing
to blast the gold vault.
Just so long as there are neglected children
of the street, just so long we will have
these desperadoes. Some one, wishing to
make a good Christian point and to quote a
passage of Scripture, expecting to get a
Script jral passage in ansver, oaid to one of
thesa poor lads, cast but and wretched,
"W'heu your father and mother forsake
you, who then will take you up?" and the
boy said, "Tae perlice, the periice."
in the midnight gambling does its worst
worlr. What thoug'a the hours be slipping:
away and though the wife be waiting in the
cheerless home? Stir up the fire. Bring on
more drinks. JFut up more stakes. mat
commercial house that onlv a little while r
ago put out a sign of copartnership will
this season be wrecked on a gambler's table. ^
There will be many a money till that will t
spring a leak. A Member of Congress fc
gambled with a Member-elect and won n
$120,003. The old way of getting a living i3 v
so slow. The old way of getting a fortune is n
so stupid. Come, let us toss up and see who h
shall have it. And so the work eoes on, 3
from the wheezing wretches pitching pen- *
nies in a rum grocery up to the millionaire
gambler in the stock market.
In the midnight hour pas3 down the streets t<
of our American cities, and you hear the .
click of the dice and the sharp, keen tap of
the poolroom ticker. At thes3 places mar
tiant princes dismount, and legislators tired b
if making laws, take a respite in breaking h
hem. All classes of people are robbed by tl
his crime, the importer of foreign silks and S
he dealer in Chatham street pocket hand- q
:ercbiefs. The clerks of the store take a a
land after the shutters are put up, and the
fflcers of the court while away their time *
rhile the jury is oat. w
In Baden-Baden, when that city was the p
Tea test of all gambling places on earth, it 5
fas no unusual thing the next morning in ?
he woods around that city to find the sus- j,
landed bodies of suicides. Whatever be the a
plendor of the surroundings, there is no ex- j
use for this crime. The thunders of eter- jj
lal destruction roll in the deep rumble of T
hat gambling tenpin alley, and as men ?
ome out tD join the long procession of sin Bl
11 the drums of woe beat the dead march j
f a thousand souls. In one year in the v
ity of New York there were $7,000,000 sac- r
ificed at the gaming table. 0
Perhaps some of your friends have been ^
mitten of this sin. Perhaps some of you jj
lave been smitten by it. Perhaps there may n
ie a stranger in the house this morning s
rtmn from some of the hotels. Look out for ( t
hose agents of iniquity who tarry around
bout the hotels and ask you, "Would you like r
oseetbecltyf Yes, "Have you ever seen u
hat splendid building uptown?" No. Then l
he villain will undertake to show you wh?t
le calls the "lions" and the "elephants"
md after a young man, through morbid .
uriosityor through badness of soul, has
een the "lions" an J the "elephants1' he will ?
>e on enchanted ground. Look out for ?
hese men who move around the hotels with
leek hats?always sleek hats?and patronzing
air and unaccountable interest abou^ ?
'our welfare and entertainment. Yon are
i fool if yon cannot see through it. They f
rant'your money.
In Chestnut street, Philadelphia, while I g
raa living in that city, an incident occurred ?
rhlch was familiar to us there. In Chest- 0
tut street, a young man went into a gam- t
)Iine saloon, lost all his property, then blew d
lis brains out, and before the blood was h
L Ha ma!H fchfl nnm
asLieu i* uui wuc mm... ??
ades were shuffling cards again. Ton see p
here is more mercy in the highwayman for 0
he belated traveler on whose body he heaps t,
he stones; there is more mercy in the frosc <j
or the flower that it kills; there is more f
aercy in the hurricane that shivers the fj
teamer on the Long Island coast than there
3 mercy in the heart of a gambler for his
ictim. n
In the midnight hour also, drunkenness J
oes its worst. The drinking will ba re- h
pectable at 8 o'clock in th9 evening, a little I
lushed at 9, talkative and garrulous at 10, c
it 11 blasphemous, at 12 the hat falls off and ?
he man falls to the floor asking for more t]
[rink. Strewn throuzh the drinking d
aloons of the city?fathers, , brothers,
lusbands, sons, as good as you are by nature,
lerhaps tetter. *
In tne high circles of society it is hushed
ip. A merchant pribce, if he gets noisy
a 1 uncontrollable, is taken by nis fellow
evelera, who try to get him to bed, or take
iim home, where he falls flat in the'entry. Do
iot wake up the children. They have had
lisgrace enough. Do not let them know it.
lush it up. But sometimes it cannot be
lushed up?when the rum touches the brain
nd the man becomes thoroughly frenzied.
Ob, if the rum touches the brain, you can- g
lothushitup. You do not see the worst.
n the midnight meetings a great multitude
lave been saved. We want a few hundred t
Christian men and women to come down
kUkaof rtf oAf*{af.v tn tftii
lUlii bu<7 V.4V.W Vk ww.vv ? w??
mid these wandering and destitute ones and 9
indie up a light in the dark alley, even the
ladnessof heaven. ,
Do Dot go from your well filled tables with 1
he idea that pious talk is going to stop the
nawing of an empty stomach or to warm 0
tockingiess feet. Take bread, take raiment,
aka medicine as well as take prayer. There
i a great deal of common sense in what the t
oor woman said to the city missionary
rhen he was telling her how she ought to
sve God and serve Him. "Oh!" said she. a
If you were as poor and cold as I am, and
s hungry, you could think of nothing else."
A great deal of what is called Christian c
7ork goes for nothing for the simple reason
I is not practice, as after the battle of
Lntietaai a man got out of an ambulance '
rith a bag of tracts, and be went distribute
ng the tracte, and George Stuart, one of
he best Christian men in this oountry, said
shim: "What are you distributing tracts f
or now? There are 3000 men bleeding to
leath. Bind up their wounds, and then disribute
the tracts." *
We want more common sense in Chris- a
ian work, taking the bread of this life in
me hand, and the bread of the next life in
he other hand. No such inapt work as
hat done by the Christian man who, during r
he war, went into a hospital with tracts,
ind coming to the bed of a man whose lega c
Lad been amputated, gave aim a tract ou v
be sin of dancing! 1 rejoice before God
hat never are sympathetic words uttered,
lever a prayer offered, never a Christian c
Jmsgiving indulged in but it is blessed. ii
Tnere ia a place in Switzerland, I have >een
told, where the utterance of one word ,
riil bring back a score of echoes, and I have c
o tell you this morning that a sympathetic
rord, a kind word, a generous word, a helpul
word uttered in the dark place of the
own will bring back ten thousand echoes
rom all the thrones of heaven.
Are there in this assemblage this morning 8
hose who know by experience the tragedies 8
if midnight in town? 1 am not here to 0
hru3t you back with one hard word. Take ,
he bandage from your bruised soul and put 1
in it the soothing salve of Christ's gospel '
,nd of God's compassion. Many have cotne. *
see others coming to Gjd this morning, a
ired of sinful life. Cry up the news to
leaven. Set all the bells ringing. Spread '
he banquet under the arches. Let thd a
rowned beads come down and sit at. the l
iibilee. ^
I tell you there is more delight in heaven t
>ver one man that gets reformed by the J
jrace of God than over ninety and nine that t
lever got off the track. I could give vou 1
he history In a minute of one of the beet '
'riends I ever had. Outside of my own e
'amily I never had a better friend. He _
welcomed me to my home at the west. He
*as of splendid person xl appearance, and E
le had an ardor of soul and a warmth of af s
that muria ma lova him like a V
jrotber.
I saw men oomlng oat of the saloons and c
rambling hell?, and they surrounded my 0
riend, and they took him at the weak point, a
lis social nature, and I saw him going down, j
ind I bad a f iir talk with bim, .for I never
ret saw a man you could not talk with on 1
;he subject of his habits if you talked with s
lim in the right way. I said to him, "Why _
lon't you give up your bad habits and be- ,
?me a Christian?' I remember now just
low be looked, leaning over his counter, as u
lereplied:- ''I wish I could. Oh, sir, I j|
hould like to be a Christian, but 1 have r
jone so far astray I can't get back." fi
So the time went on. After awhile the c
lay of sickness came. I was summoned to a
lis sickbed. I hastened. It took me but a Y
rery few moments to get there. I was but- .
irised as I went in. I saw him in his 11
irdinary clotnes, fully dre?ei, lying on the t
x>p of the bed. I gave him my hand, and
le seized it convulsively and said: "On,
low glad I am to see you! Sit down there."
[ sat down, and he said: "Mr. Talmage,
jusc where you sit now my mothar sat last t
light. She has been dead 20 years. Now, I ?
don't want you to think I am out of my *
nind, or that I am superstitious; but, sir,
he sat there last night just as cartainly as d
ron sit there now?the same cap, and apron t
md spectacles. It was my old mother?she v
at there." 13
Then he turned to his wife and said: "I t
vish you would take these strings off the o
>ed. Somebody is wrapping strings around n
ne all the time. I wish you would stop that ?
Lnnovanee." She said. "There is nothing '
lere." Then I saw it was delirium. He said: c
Just where you sit now ray mother sat, c
ind she said, 'Roswell, I wish you would do
>ettei?I wish you would do better.' I said, a
Mother, Lwisn I could do better. I try to
lo better, uuc I can't. Mother, you used to f
lelp rae. Why can't you help me now?
Ind, sir, I got out of be ), for it was reality,
md I wunt to her and threw my ar us aroani
ler neck, and i said: Wlother, I will do het- t
er, but you must help. I cau't do this a
uoue!'" 1 Knelt down and prayed. That
light his soul went to tin Lord that made it. 1
Arrangements were made for the obse- u
1?U*. H..n.4!nn rn.n KnioAjl rohaftlOV* I n
[U1C3. X Lie UUWHWU Iiaa taiaou Tuwbuwt J j
hey should bring hitn to church. Some- I |
lody sauJ, "You can't brine; such a dissolute
nan as that into the church." I said: "You v
rill brin^ him in ihe church? He stood by (
ae when he was alive, and I will stand by a
im wheu he is dead. Bring him ."As I a
tood in the pulpit and saw them carryinz
he body up the aisle, I felt as if I could
reep tears of bio ad.
On one side of the pulpit sat his little child .
f eight years, a sweet, beautiful little girl n
hat I had seen nim hu; convulsively in his v\
etter moments. He put on her all jewels, _
11 diamonds, and gave her all pictures and ^
ays, and then he would go away as if
ounded by an evil spirit to bis enps and
ouse of shame, a fool to the correction of
tie stocks. She looked up woaderingly.
he knew not what It all meant. She was
ot old enough to understand the sorrow of
n orphan child.
On the other side the pulpit sat the men
rho had ruined him. They were the men
rho had poured wormwood into the orhan's
cup; they were the men who had
ound him hand and foot. I knew them,
low did they seem to feel? Did they weep?
To. Did they say, "What a pity that such
generous man should be destroyed?" No.
lid they sigh repentingly over what they
ad done? No; they sat there, looking as
ultures look at the carcass of the lamb
rhose heart they have ripped our. So they
it and looked at the coffin lid, and
told them the judgment of God upon those
rho had destroyed their fellows. Did th6y
aform? I was told they were In the places
f iniquity that night after my friend was
lid in Oakwood cemetery, and they blaaemed,
and they drank. Oh, how merciless
len are, especially after they have detroyed
you! Da not look to men for ooinnrt
or helo. Look to God.
Bat there is a man who will not reform,
le say a: "I won't reform." Well, then,
aw many acts are there to a tragedy? I
elieve five.
Act the First of the Tragedy?A young
lan starting off from home. Parents and
[stars weeping to have him go. Wagon
ising over the hill. Farewell kiss flung
ack. Ring the bell and let the curtain
all.
Act the Second?The marriage altar. Fall
rgan. Bright lights. Long white veil
railing through the aisle. Prayer and conratulation
and exclamation of "How well
ha looks P'
Act Third?A woman waiting for stagering
steps. Old garments stuck into the
iroken window pane. Marts of hardship
n the face. The biting of the nails of
loodless fingers. Neglect and cruelty and
espair.. Ring the bell and let the curtain
rop.
Act the Fourth?Threa graves in a dark
lace?grave of the child that died for lack
C medicine, grave of the wife that died of a
roken heart, crave of the man that died of
Isslpation. Oh, what a blasting heath of
hree graves! Plenty of weeds, but no
ovrers. Ring the bail and let the curtain
rop.
Act the Fifth?A. destroyed soul's eterity.
No light No music. No ho^e.
ingaifih coiling its serpenu arouna ma
eart. Blackness of darkness forever. But
cannot look any longer. Woel Woal I
lose my eyes to this last act of the tragedy,
(nickI Quick! Ring the bell and let the
urtain drop. "Rejoice, O young man, in
fciy youth and let thy heart rejoice in the
ays of thy youth, but know now that for
11 these things God will bring you into
adgment." 'There is a way that seemeth
ight to a bntthe end thereof is death."
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Birds laugh in song.
Death is the half way point. ^
Fragrance is what the flower thinks.
Drop a sentiment in the slot and get
ictioau
Soma hearts wither before tbej
doom.
A laugh is worth a hundred groans in
,ny market.
Sleep is the hone; in the comb ol
lealthful labor.
Thunder is the bass drum in the music
if the elements.
A man does wrong for the same reason
hat wolves steal sheep.
Spring is the angel that rolls the stone
.way from nature's tomb.
If you do not pay down there comes a
lay when you must pay up.
Never was a voice of conscienc*
liiencea without retrioucion.
Observe thyself as thy greatest cnemj
?so shalt thou become thy greatest
riend.
There are two freedoms?the false,
rhere one is free to do what he likes,
,nd the true, where he is free to do
rhat he ought.
The man who sells his soul for great
iches would be less satisfied with the
leal if he could foresee how speedily his
ihildren will refuad the money.
Stint yourself as you think good, in
ither things; but don't scruple freedom
a brightening home. Gay furniture
,nd a brillia<vt garden are a sight day by
lay, and mate life blither.
Iu Russian Barracks.
"Shall we take a look at the barracks?"
uggested the colonel. "Nothing would
uit me better," I answered; so leaving
?ur horses iu charge of the Cossack,
Jhumski led the way through a series of
rast spaces occupied mainly by little'
Ko/lfl P.onK lifflo hoH hoH nn if
*UUUCU ugua* M(?VU liwtv. ww?? MW>? vu
, bard mattress, a pillow and a coarse
roolen blanket. Beneath eacb bed was
, box, in which the soldier's kit was
;ept, and at short intervals throughout
he buildings were chromo portraits of
he Czar, and very gaudy pictures of
lussian saints. The barracks were enirely
of wood, the ceilings low and the
rindows infrequent, yet so clean wai
verything kept that I detected no disgreeable
odor. In the kitchen I helped
ayself to a taste of the soup that was
immering in vast cauldrons over the
rick oven, and made up my mind that I
ould stand a pretty long canoe cruise if
ay food were no worse than this. There
re two fast-days in the week?Wednes*
lay and Friday?aDd this was oae of
hem, so that all they had was lentil
oup. Black bread went with the soup
-not such very bad bread either. They
iad a drink that suggested the mead we
use at harvest-time, consisting of water
a which rye bread had been absorbed.
>f this I drank a whole glass with relish.
>o far, then, I had stumbled on nothing
bout the Rnssian soldier's life that
rould have discouraged me from eniniinxa
Vin/j T VtAAn KfAUnfK tin
lauusj, uau * w?u
he Czar's word as law.
"Do you have much desertion?" I
sked.
"Not manyiu my regiment,"answered
he colonel, complacently; "my men are
retty well cared for." * * *
As we galloped home to the noon-day
Imner, I noticcd that my colonel greeted
he men of other regiments than his own
>y merely conforming to the usual miliary
requirements; but when he met any
if his 170th, he shouted out a hearty
;ood-day to them, which they answered
pith a burse of strange sound intended to
onvey the cotion, "we are glad to have
>ur colonel's greeting." This struck me
,s a very pleasant interchange of civility
?much better than the silent and perunctory
ordeal in vogue among western
rmies. Ia the German army, the Emteror
still greets his Grenadier Guards
>y a hearty "Good-morning;" and is
nswered as heartily, as in Russia. But
his is, in Germany, as historically
inique as the "beet-eaters'1 at the
Tower of Londo. Iu Russia, the life ol
the people is what it was ia England
vhen Queeu Bess boxed the ears of her
avorites?an odd medley of barbarism
nd parental gentleness. ? Harper's
lagazine.
Minnie?"Houesuy, now, didn't,
e drive with one hand as soon as you
rere out of town? Mamie?No. He
-he drove with the other hand.?Inianapolis
Journal.
RELIGIOUS READING,
DO SOMETHING EVERY DAY.
When tbe late William Ladd, of precioua
memory, commenced his enterprise as the
udvocate of peace, and tbe originator of
peace societies, he stood almost alone. The
grtat majority regarded his views and projects
as ridiculous, and treated them with
uncourteous levity. Of the few who respected
his motives, and acknowledged tne importance
of his object, nearly every one
pronounced his scheme impracticable end
declined to co-operate. He was not easily
discouraged; but sometimes, when be
saw that he was making apparently
no impression, and that among
Christians, where he expected aym
pathy, he found very little to cheer him "onward
his spirit was oppressed, and he feared
that he might be compelled to abandon his
undertaking. At such times be wonid go
down from his residence at Minot, to Portland,
wbere, in Dr. Payson, he ever found a
cordial and steadfast friend.
In one of these visits', he described to Dr.
P. some of the difficulties that beset bis patb,
and solicited advice. "My <'ear brother,"
said the Doctor, "your case is not peculiar.
Every man who undertakes to make the
world better, has to meet similar trials and
discouragements. Do something every day,
and before you die you will find your cause
has made progress.
"That expression," said Mr. Ladd, jast
before his death?"That expression?"Do
something every day'?was worth everything
to me. Not a day bas passed
without my thinking of it. I have done
something every day since Tor the cause of
peace, and, blessed be Qod, it has not been
in vain.
Let Ministers and all others who are laboring
for the jjood of mankind, and who feel
oppressed and disheartened in view of their
limited efficiency, remember this lesson.
Let them rmtlenHv nrflmerl. (lolncr some
thing every day, and after a series of years
they will find that much has been accomplished.?[Christian
Wat.
THE TRUE SOURCE OF HAPPINESS.
The way to happiness does not lie in attempting
to bring our circumstances up to
our minas, but our minds down to our circumstances.
Many birds wear a finer coat
than tbe lark, nor is there any that dwell in
a lowlier home; yet which of the feathered
songsters soars so high or sings so merrily,
or teaches man so weil how to leave the day's
cares and labors for tbe bosom'ot bis family,
as when, neither envying the peacock
bis splendid plumage, nor tbe proud
eagle her lofty realm, it drops singing
into its grassy nest, to caress its young, and
with its wini?s to shield them from from the
cold dews of the night? To indulge an unsanctified
and insatiable ambitiou, to attempt
to bring our circumstances up to our minds,
is to fill a sieve with water, or the grave with
de: d, or the f?ea with rivers. The passions
that in such a case seek gratification are like
the wretched drunkard's thirst; they burn
tbe fiercer for indulgence, and crave for
more tbe more they get. It is often difficult.
I grant, to bring onr minds
down to our circumstances, but
be attemps not a difficult but an impossible
thins; who attempts to bring his circumstances
up to tbe height of bis ambition. Nature,
says an old adage, is contented with little,
grace with less, lust with nothing. And ours
be tbe happiness of bim who, content with
less than lirtle, pleased with whatever
pleases the Father, careful for nothing,
cnanKiui lor anytmng, prayeriui id everything,
can say, with St. Paul, I have learned,
in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be
content*?[Thomas Gathrie, D. D.
CHRISTIANITT.
Bless God that you are born Christians.?
Either there is no true religion, no tie connecting
man with man, nor men with the
eternal Author of all things, if Christianity,
ibe religion of love, of brotherly kindness,
and of equality, whence we^erive duty as
well as right, is not the true religion. Compare
the Christian with the other nations of
the earth, and see how deeply humanity is
its debtor. The marvellous conquests of
man over nature, fruits of science aod of the
applications of science; the advancement of
public and individual well-being; in a word
we are indebted to it for all the blessings
that elevate our civilization so much above
that of tl<e ancients, and that of all whom
the gospel has not yet enlightened.
Manv eviJs have undoubtedly mingled
with these Innumerable benefits; but the
benefits proceed from Christianity, whence
they directly flow; while the evils come from
those who have perverted the doctrine of
the Master, or violated his holy precepts;
they result from the inevitable imperfection
of external forms subjected to the actions of
men, and the necessities of times and occasions
from the fact that tbey who have perverted
Christianity attaching their terrestriil
interests to the variable forms which are in
many respects dependent' on them, have
gradually identified those forms with Christiauity
itself, and thus rendered the immutable
and imperishable soul subordinate to
the chanstini^and imperishable body.
the heavenly mansion.
There is an Indian legend of a king who
resolved to build the most beautiful palace
ever erected on this earth. To this end he
emiilnved .Takoob. the builder, (riving him a
great huiu of money and sending btai awn;
among the Himalayan, tberc to erect the
wonderful palace. When Jakoob came to
the place he found the people there suffering
from a sore famine, and many ol them
dving. He took the king's money and all of
his own and provided foot! for the starving
multitude, thereby saving many lives.
Bv and by ' the king came to
see his palace, but found nothing done
toward it. He sent for Jakoob and learned
why he had uot obeyed his command. He
was very angry and cost him into prison,
paying that oii the morrow he must die.
That night the king had a dream. He was
taken to heaven, and saw there a wonderful
palace, more wonderful than any he had ever
bebeld on earth. He asked what palttce it
was. and was told tbat it was built 'or him
by Jakoob, the builder. In spending the
king's money for the relief of suffering ones
on the earth, be had reared this palace inside
of heaven's gates. The king awoke, and,
sending for the builder, told him his dream
and pardoned him. ?[A Cluster of Pearls.
HEAVEN BEGUN.
It was said of in old Puritan that heaven
was in him before he was in heaven. Tbat
is necexsnrv for us all; we must have heaven
in us before we get in heaven. If we do not
get to heaven before we die we shall never
get there afterward. An old Scotchman was
asked whether he expected to go to heaven.
"Why, man, i live mere, ' was uis quuiiu
reply. Let us all live in those spiritual
things which are the essential features of
heaven. Often go there before you go to
stay there. If you come down to-morrow
morning, knowing and realizing that
heaven is yours, and that you will soon Imj
there, those children will' not worry you
j half so much. When you go out to your
business or to your work you will not be
half so discontented when you know that this
is not your rest, but that you have a rest on
the hills eternal whither your heart has already
gone, and that there your portion is in
the "everlasting dwellings. "Lay hold on
eternal lire." *'Get hold of it now." It is a
thing of the future, and it is a thing of the
i resent: and even your part of it that is future
enn be, by faith, so realized aud grasped
as to be actually enjoyed while you are yet
here.?[C. H. Spurceon.
Be not anxious about to-Tor:ow. Do today's
duty, tight today's temptation, and do
not weaken and district yourself by looking
forward to tilings whicli >ou cannot ?r?u
could not understand if you saw tbcui.?
[Charles Kin^slev.
Teaciteu?JoliQQie, do you thiuk
if you had cut down your father's
cherry tree you would have told the
truth about it? Johnny (slowly)?
No, I don:t believe I would. Teacaer
?What! you would not tell a falsehood?
Johnnie (apologetically)?
Well, ma'am, yer see I don't believe
Washington's father was just the
same sort of feller "as mine."?Harper's
Bazar.
Jj'EW men wno go into maple-syrup
manufacture malce an unadulterated
success of it.?Troy Press.
SABBATH SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
APRIL 30.
Lesson Text: "Wisdom's Warning,'
Prov. i.. 20-33 ? Golden Text:
Heb. xii., 12?Commentary.
20. "Wisdom crieth without: flhe uttereth
her voice in the streets." When wb read la
the New Testaament such words as these.
"Christ the Wisdom of God," Who of God
2 a :.j? ii /T /i? j ha oa.
ui liiuuo uuuj us vnsuum uur. mi,
we have no difficulty in understanding who
is meant in this book by wisdom. Just as
Jesus Christ is both the living personal word
and also the written word, so He is wisdom
as to His penon and as to Sis utterances. It
is no wonder, then, that it is written, *4 Wisdom
is the principal thing; therefore get
wisdom" (lv? 7).
21. "She crieth in the chief place of concourse,
in the openings of the gate*. In the
city sbe uttereth her words, saying." The
great multitude are in the broad way of self
and pelf pleasing, with little or no thought
of a hereafter and a day of judgment. They
care not for the fact that "whatsoever a
man soweth that shall he also reap," and
their only thought is pleasure and prosperity
here and now (Math, vii., 13; Gal, v., 7).
Wisdom is represented as calling unto them
as they hurry along their downward road.
22. ''How long, ye simple ones, will ye
love simplicity, and the scorners delight in
their scorning, and fools bate knowledge?"
Simple ones, if they believe the devil, are
easily led astray. If they believe Ood, they
are easily led aright. If they go astray,
they are soon among the scorners and the
fools. Yet wisdom loves them and cries
unto them: "How long?" "flaw long shail
thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?"
"clow long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself
before Me" (Jer. iv., 14; Ex. *..3)?
23. "Turn you at My reproor; oeaoia l
will pour out My Spirit unto you; -I will
make known-My words untj you." He calls
so lovingly, so natiently. so perseveringly.
"Come unto Me: return unto the Lord;
turn. O backsliding children; take with you
words and turn to the Lord." These are
some of the many words of the Lord to the
erring ones as He entreats them to come
unto Him (Isa. lv., 3, 7; Jer. ilL, 1, 7,12, 14;
Ho?.xiv.,2). He only ask* us to turn to
Him, and He will do all the rest giving His
words and His Spirit,. His words whicfL are
Spirit and Life (John vl? 63).
24/ "Because I have called, and ye refused;
I have stretched out My hand, and no man
regardedIt does not seem possible that a
people who had been so wondrously dealt
with could fo treat such love, butthehumau
heart Is still the same, and the lame love on
His part is turned away from by those to
whom His hands are imp oringly stretched
out. How is it with you?
25. "But ye have set at naught all . My
counsel, and would none of My reproof."
They mocked the messengers of Goo, and
despised His words, and misused His prophets
until th9 wrath of the Lord arose
asrainst His people, till there was no remedy.
(IT Oaron. zxzvi., 16). They even went so
far as to say, "We have made a convenant
with death, and with hell are we at agreement;
we have made lies our refuge, and
under falsehood have we hid ourselves" (Isa.
xxviii, 15). Like the men before the flood,
whose houses God filled with good things,
they said unto God/ "Depart from us; wnac
can the Almighty do for us" (Job xxii., 15*
18)?
26. "I also will laugh at your calamity; I
will mock when your fear cometh." What
soever a man sowetb, that shall he also reap,
and he chat soweth the wind shall reap tne
whirlwind" (Gal. vi., 7; Hos. viii., 7). Concerning
all who take counsel against Hiin it
is written, "He that sitteth in the heavens
shall laugh; the Lord shall have them in
derision" (Ps. ii., 4), and if His loving invitations
are persistently despised we must remember
His words, "None of those men
which were bidden shall taste of My supper"
(Luke xiv., 24).
27. "When your fear cometh as desolation
and your destruction as a Whirlwind;
when distress and anguish cometh upon
you." In due time these tnings will come
upon all who despise His love and make
light of His salvation. Because there is
wrath, beware lest He take thee away with
His stroke, then a great ransom cannot deliver
thee (Job xzxvi., 18).
23. "Then shall' they oall upon Me, but I
will not answer; they shall aeak&e early,
but they shall not find Me." Then shall they
cry unto the Lord, but He will not haar
them; He will even hide His faca from them
at that time, as they behaved themselves ill
in their doings (Mic. iii, 4). He told Jeremiah
t'oat the intercession of Mosei ani
Samuel could not save the Nation, ani H i
told Ezakiel toat the presence of Nnan,
Daniel and Job would be of no avail (Jar.
xv? 1; Ezsk. xiv,, 14, 20). Sin may become
so great that nothing will do but judgment.
29. "For that they hated knowledge and
did not choosd the fear of the Lord." They
say unto God, Depart from u?, for we desira
not the knowledge of Thy ways (Job xxi.,
14). The tear of the Lord is the beginning
of wisdom, a foun Jation of life, a great treasure
(Prov. i.. 7; ix., 10; xiv., 27; fsa. xxxiii.,
? | J ? /1A.I HA
0). -DU6 tuey uau uu ioihcum iui uuu, uu
respect for His ways, no gratitude for His '
gifts. The fool says there is no God, and
many a one whp would not say this wisoes
that there was no God. The carnal mind is
enmity against God (Ram. viii., 7).
30. "They would none of My counsel; they
despised all My reproof." Our Lord Jesus
said that whosoever heard His words, but
did them not, was lilce a man buildiug on ?
sand, only to have everything swept away
(Math, vii., 26, 27).
31. "Therefore, shall they eat of the fruit
ot their own way acd be tilled with their
own devices." Their own wickedness will
correct them and their backsliding reprove
them. Hear, 0 earta; behold, I will bring
evil upon this people, even the fruit of their
thougat?, because they have not hearkened
unto mv words (Jer. ii.. 19; vL, 19). If
people will not receive the truth, God will
let them receive delusion and a lie (II Thass.
ii., 10-12). Heflimply lets them have their
own way, with its consequences, if they
insist on having it.
32. "For the turning away of the simple
shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools
shall destroy them." To turn way from
God is to turn one's back on the only source
of love and light. It is to choose darkness
rather than light (John ill., 1?).
33. "But whoso harkeneth unto Me shall
dwell safely aud shall be quiet from fear of
evil." What a wonderful salvation our
wonderful Lord has provided for His enemies
if they will only turn to Him in t.-ue
penitence. Life, eternal life, abun lant pardon,
forgiveness of all sins, with the assurance
of there being no mora rememberiu,
an inheritance incorruotlble, a joint heirship
with Jesus Christ, with the proui\>a of
ali things temporal and spiritual that w?
can possibly need.? Lasson Helper.
TIPPLING AMONG WOMEN.
In its iWdrtmeut of '\-ione an 1 Societr,"
the New York Tribune, in a recent issu.\
say.-: "A good deai of comment has been
ruaae this wiuter on the o&vieus increase of
tipplinsj Hinoiijc wo nen of sociecv. and
wo uen who delight iu the agreeable stimulus
that coampagne gives to their soirits aud
conversation sooald beware less thay pass
tae Pi.uc)icon and find tni ns^lv^s viccims of
a moat terribie disease. ' The sanu paragraphias
quotes ''a tnan of tn* world" as
asking: '*Uo you Know the difference between
the English woman who ilriuKS too
much and the American woo Moe-i the sime?"
an i li9 mowers nis owa question ny saytuij: {
" rhu RmHijIl dmnnilois It brutallv frailldv. I
and is a \$ood teilon' anion? men, an 1 she
eituer doe^ not care to conceal it or could
not if she wou d; whereas to an Americiu it
luvariaolv causes tremen^us djpressijn of
spirits, vr icn gives an exous? to ttie laruily
doctor to ca 1 it by any nam i he like?." in
Certain society circ!e< of the fast an I extra
.rashioivibJe type rhern U t.io :nu : i ream i t.?
fear that uae Tribuui's representation of increasing
urtnking uattits a nong wo nen is
true, its warning agiinst passing tho Ruoicon
in toy matter ot caanipun-) ilrinKin;
ruay well hj mide to rsad against tampering
with alcoholic beverages of any kind at
any time.?National Temperance Advocate.
NOT A DRUNKEN 11U33ELHAN*.
Mahomot's injunction against the U3e ot
anient spirits is so well obeyed, eved at this
late clay, that it is an extremely rare sight
to see a drunken Mussulman. A lady who
has been mak.n^ a tour ot Egypt, says that
during a long stay in Cairo none of her
party saw an intoxicated man. Slie says
that she asked her dragoman it! he ever under
any provocation indulged in scion j
drink, and he answure 1: '*IC my wife were
dying and the doccor ordered her to tase
brandy and sha died wit& that brandy ia
her stomach UoJ would not receive her in
heaven." 1
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FASHIONS FOR GHILOREN. !
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[LLUSTBATED SUGGESTIONS OP :
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What to Make For the Little Ones. J
Sailor Suits For Small Boys. 6
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0^ UCH arc the possibil *
/GV i*?>? . ities of dyeing and
??li1'-r^y cleaning processes e
V&y -s * that a woman may _
2? -j) indulge in the rich- _
est and most delicate .
fabrics, and know ?
k'-ffiigBiPs* t'iat 9^e *3 n0^ only ?
. tbe better dressed ;
S^^Sssl therefore. hnt that c
is actually economicaL
When she
does buy a gown it
V*%; ~ will be of a light col- ,
^ or, and usually of V
some novelty goods of the best quality. She i
will always nave a recoureeful wardrobe, l
and will nave plenty of solid color in light j!
and darvk dresses. She will never be at a
loss Tor a gown, and will always have yards
and yards of soft crepe stuffs for * draping.
The things that she has on hand always
match or harmonize with other things.
Each neat little bundle tells iust the possibilities
of the stuff inside and that it ."goes '
with" such and such another stuffy She {
never nas a thing cleaned the color of which
DRESS FOB GIRL OF 4 OR 5 TEARS.
is not available with something already on 1
hand. The unavailable odd bits and yards <
nil cm intn'thp '-black baa." and when l
there is enough for the gown or cloak, or 1
botb, she happens to want, away it is sent i
to the dyers and comes oat black, with 1
feathers and ribbon enough, and even
stockings and gloves, to make one of hex
lovely black "confections."
Another time worn expedient for utilizing
old materials which worn or soiled in parts <
is to make them over for children's gar
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sailor's suit.
ments. Some of my readers may infer from
these illustrations that I am leading up tc
that method,but the garments are described
so that each can be made at home, and the
maker can suit her own taste and purse witt
most of them in the source of her material;
The pretty crocheted jacket which the babe
of the initial wears is made of white zephyi
wool and trimmed with a pink border. Th?
jacket is begun at the bottom of the bacl
above the colored border by foundatior
loops of the required length, and then crocheted
back and forth, one single crochet
and one loop. The single crochets are pu1
in every second foundation loop, then ic
every loop. At the top each part is crochet
m
DRES3 FOR LITTLE OIRL3 OF 4 TO 8 YEARS.
ed alone, but attention mnst be paid to the
pointed opening. When the ironts are
finished about eight rcws are crocheted to
the necK, wmcn torms tno toundation for
the sailor color. In every loop must be put
two single crochets and tnis must be continued
to the outer edge of the collar, which is
crocheted in one with the jacket. From
there the fronts and back are continued in
addition to the collar. The border is composed
of five rows of pink and six of white
zephyr. Careful attention must be given to
the corners where the stitcher are gained.
When the back and fronts are done they are
joined, commencing four inches from the
bottom, but sufficient spnce should be left
for the sleeve. The latter is crocheted
around and around into this ODenins: and
Jhe border is the same as that on the jacket.
The hist row of the white is made of picots
and the same edge is put all around the
jacket. It is tied with astrsti.t and casaels
of pink zephyr. The srring is made of chain
stitches and Is 12V inches iti length.
A dress for a little girl of 4 or 5, having a
blouse at once easy to make and comfortable
for the wearer is to be seen in the next
sketch. It is of tartan cloth in red and blue
with straw colored stripes. The blouse is
red cloth embroidered with straw colpred
twist. It is particularly suitable tor scnwt
wear.
Saiior's suits are so often selected for
email boys that there in little of novelty in
them, but fhev nlwavs have a dressy look,
pas jo Xi-m-iba b a.\Bq 0} aoucqo u
apaojjn luatuaiiiiKijn stqj, utj[[od aqi q}aau
japan suoutiq auu t{jia\ asnojq aq; 01 suaj
-sbj pun "3-fooi si uojjs?![i1 aqj, -pm?q
ipati aqi 01 pauouuq aq u?o pun asoof st j?[
-;oo aqj, -no rfuuuul tit tuoi Sutaq jt siiia*
-atd pus 'A|qtRiAtii pattojinq sr qotq.u \iiq
-pa aqi .wo[?iq i||s t? s?q astiorq aqj uontuj
-snju aqj tuoij tiajs aq lit a 'PDsnja tj}t.n
vtxs ?qj tfr paiaqjM pan putflf ?qj mo
to ?nd st pan'sauwaqj japan ?[ao sraBas
mq njioqs aao oqi jo ?enojq aqx bmohb/
Hjjil mp 9q; jo mbj 3jo*f uopBjtrat 93*01
>1 ' iajBJi 3q? aodn suos Jtaq} jo iqtfnoqj aqi
f? iujbj qsotniB pidom oqM 'aiaqjom Atnna
)s ep89[ ?sq? pvj siqj aq jstinx 11 -ajqaaotA
las i[a/ijaa 'a? iaqiw iauu?add? ajtq*.
ilaatrons. The trousers are trimmed with
;old buttons.
There is a di ess for a little girl from four
o eight years old in the fourth picture, agd
line woolen stuff vould be a good material --M
or it, with the yoke and sleeves of red and
>lue plaid. It is more dressy than my other
xample of the mixture of tartan and plain
aaterial, being a little more elaborate, bat
lot much more difficult to make. It would
ie equally as pretty if velvet took the place
if the plaid in the yoke and sleeves, bat the
'eivet should be black or several shades
larker than the woolen goods.
NEW STYLE OF GIRLS CLOAK.
'>. -v.:
For the little maid who rebels against ?
ireenaway a dear little cloak is made, foe
ust this season. The broad-waisted bodiot
Its smoothly and is a little short-waistod .M
Phe skirt of the cloak falls fall from it jaat ')
>elow the kaees. The sleeves are fall and
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j^ wp . |
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snd at the wrist in a round caff. Any soft _ 'A
Mshmere in bright red. or clear green,i? the f: &
jroper goods.. The bodice is embroidered '*
jtifF with close black braiding. The skirt
md sleeves are accordeon pleated, and the '
:nffs are braided to match the bodice. The ~
latter is lined with a bright contrasting silk
f green has been chosen for the cool, or
trixh black if red is the color. With ' the
:loak the dearest little bonnet, jost Qke the
jld-fashioned pictures, can be worn; one
;hat fits close about the face and that has a
:ouple of quaint bows at the top, and the s' >h
jottom in the back, to say nothing of the . J
>ne nnder the chin. The bonnet qhoold
natch the color of the cloak.* The little
feet shonld hare solid and low-heeled shoes. ! '?'j
md stockings must, of coarse, be blsck,ana
warm, that the ankles may not be cold.
A Handsome Public Document.
: fSSl
Secretary Oresham and J. A. W.
Grip, the Swedish Minister, recently exDenartment
in. VS
%mw -?v _____ , ? , .
Washington, ratified copies of the extra*
dition treaty between the United States
ind Sweden, concluded on January 14 {, :f4
last.
The copy presented by Mr. Orip if /i
altogether the handsomest and moat in* v'fjf
trinaically valuable document in the (X
archives of the department. The text . ^
of the treaty (which is in, English and
not in French, the common language ot
diplomacy) is printed on the finest
parchment. The ratification and certification
preceding and succeeding the
text are engrossed in fancy script and *: s-i
signed by the King in a plain, round
hand, "Oscac." The countersignature ' aT|
isbyC. Lewenbaupt, the Minhrter of v j
Foreign Affairs.
The parchment is bound in leaves of
heavy cardboard, covered with the richest
of royal purple velvet, and lined
with heavy watered silk. Across the
inside of each leaf lie two bands of |
vari- colored ribbon. The great seal of >
state is embossed over two cords of giit,
silver, red and blue strands, terminating
in tassels of the same. The seal is of
red wax, inches in diameter and half
an inch thick.' It is inclosed in a silver
case, on the face of which a gold fac 1
simile Of the coat of arms of Sweden it . ?
engraved in high relief. The whole if -
Inclosed in a white-birch box, polished
to the highest degree, and fastened with
brass clasps.?New York Times.
Artificially Colored Flower?.
Aniline-scarlet, dissolved in water to
about the transparency of claret, his a
very rapid action on flowers, coloring
them pink and scarlet. Indigo-carmine
produces beautiful blue tints. The two
combined dye various shades of purple,
with curious mottled effects, some parta
of the flowers becoming pink and other
parts blue and purple. Greens are produced
by U3ing the blue dye with yellow,
ladigo and cochineal are not very satisfactory.
JAmong some of the effects
produced are the following: Lily-ofthe-valley
flowers became beautifully
tinged with pink or blue in six hours;
narcissuses are changed from pure white
to deep scarlet in twelve hours, and
delicate shades of pink are imparted to
them in a very short time. Yellow
Hnffiviila are beautifullv striped with
dark scarlet ia twelve hours; the edges
of the corona also become deeply tinged,
and the reining of '.he perianth strongly
marked- It is well to note that it ia by
the passage of the colored dotations
through the vascular tissue of the flow
era that the effect is produced; and the
effect is beautifully seen in white tulips,
which in a few hours become prettilymarked
with pink, blue or whatever the
color of the solution may be.?London
Gardeners' Chronicle.
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Distribution ot Foreigners.
Generalizing regarding the leading ,
Nationalities, it may be broadly stated
that the Irish are found mainly in New
York. The Germans are widely distributed,
mainly in the cities from New
York through the Northern States to
the Dakotas. The Italians live mainly
in the Northeastern States and in New
Orleans. The Scandinavians are found
mainly in Wisconsin, Minnesota and the
Dakotas. The Hungarians, Bohemeians
and Poles are found mainly iu the ?reat
cities and in the mining regions of the
North. The French Canadians have
swarmed over the border into New Eagland
and New York, where they have
largely replaced the Irish as faciory
banda.?St. Louis Republic.
A French statistician figures oat
that in 3,000 years man will be but
fifteen inches high. It is quite possible.
Even now, men not infrequently
find themselves becomingalarmingly
short
Fifty-six children were killed by
folding beds in New York City ;asfc
year. Here is an opportunity fur tha
baeoilli man to suggest a remedy.