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Wednesday, Jan. 24, 1894.
Twelve Pages.
Lost and Found.
A lamb had left the fold,
And wandered far away.
In search of greener grass;
And flowers more sweet and gay.
But no true food It fcnnd;
The flowors that seemed so fair
Were bitter to the taste ;
Poison was present there.
Tha lnnih still further strayed.
Bat searched ana searched in vain ;
Stumbling along the ground,
Weary and weak with pain.
It rank in miry bogs.
With thorns its fleece was torn.
In fear of wolves, it 8 -on
Began to bleat and moan.
The shepherd heard its voice
And sought the lamb astray,
He gladly rished his life
To drive the wolf away.
Within his loving arms
The wandering lamb he brought,
Rejoicing be bad found
The treasure he had sought.
On Playint Soldiers.
I was once playing with about fifty
little boys in the snow, which was
more than two feet deep all over the
yard. We plunged into the snowdrifts
some of which were five feet high ; we
rolled up great balls, and made houses
and steeples, and all sort of things
out of snow. At last it was proposed
that we should play at War. i am
opposed to children's playing at War.
I would rather see them play at something
that is right and useful, and
that will incline them to be kind and
loving toward each other. Playing at
War tends to excite angry and revengeful
feelings. However they did
begin their game. Dividing the
yard into countries, by running a line
through tli9 middle, they called one
side England and the other America.
They then divided into two partiesone
party called the English, the other,
the American nation. After they
were thus seperated, each party chose
a leader. They put me into the English
nation, and that nation made me
their king, to lead out their army, and
fight their battles. After they had
arranged ail these things, I called
them all together, to deliberate on the
course to be pursued. The first thing
to be done was to put the nation into a
T moHo n snppll to
posture 01 ueicuuc. j. uj?v.v ?
them, to stir them up to this work.
"Here/' said I, ' is the American nanotion
lyiug close beside U9. They are
a covetous, ambitious, blood-thirsty
' " nation. They will trespass on our
rights, invade our teritory, and insult
our flag; (we had tied a red silk handkerchief
to a polr*, and hoisted it up
for a banner); they will take away our
liberty, destroy our institutions, inyade
our firesides, stain our hearthstones
with the blood of our wives
and children, unless they see us prepared
for them. I would propose
that the nation be put into a posture of
? defence, and that all our revenue that
can be spared, be appropriated to this
object."
I sat on a high throne made of snow,
clean and white,and my devoted happy
subjects were aiound me, sitting or
standing in the snow. They all voted
Jo put the nation into a posture of defence,
so that we might be prepared
to meet our neighbors' the'Amerioans,
when they should attack us. ''How,"
said I, "shall we go to work, in order to
put our nation into a posture of defence,
so that our enemies over the
way will not dare to attack us?"
I Arthur, who was an intelligent, active,
daring little boy, and whom 1
had made my prime minister, aiusr
and said,"I propose that we build
forts all along the frontier, where our
country borders on America." Henry,
L ' who was full of decision and activity,
said, "Let, us employ workmen, some
to make swords, guns, aud cannons,
and Borne to make powder and ball;
; and let us establish arsenals in different
places all over the kingdom."
William arose and said, "I propose wi
form artillery, rifle, cavalry, and ini
iantry companies, and establish a railtary
academy."
p All except one boy agreed that these
things must be done. He was a blue
eyed, mild looking, gentle hearted,
intelligent and active boy, and he was
a general favorite, dearly beloved by
[ all his companions. His name was
r Frank and he had been with me, and
had heard me speak a great deal of
Peace and War. Frank said, "I think
[ the best way to put ourselves into a
? posture of defence is, to take all our
mrmeij #nd hnv food and clothes; so
that If our if our enemies are hungry,
we may feed them ; and if they are
naked and cold, we may clothe them."
My merry subjects set up a shout,
k and laugh at Frank's proposition,
ft "How will that defend us against our
I enemies, if they attack us ?" asked
ft; Arthur my prime minister,
f "They will never attack up," said
L Frank, "when they fee us armed with
nothing but food and clothes, to be
given them in time of need."
"How will that keep ofl such a set
of cruel enemies ?" asked Henry.
"When they see us coming out to
meet them with such good things,
* they will see we love them, and do
not mean to hurt them, even if they
hurt us, replied Frank.
After they had discussed the subject
b for a long time, and become much in?
terested in it, they asked me what I
P thought about it. I said I thought
Frank was right.
The boys looked suprised, for but
few of them had ever heard me speak
on the subject of Peace.
"I thoueht vou would agree with
me," said Arthur.
I do not agree with you," I answered;
"on the contrary, I agree entirely with
Frank, that we should be in a better
! posture of defence against our enemies
by beiug provided with food, with
which to feed them if they are hungry,
thanwe should be if we were to get
swords and guns to kill then)."
"I do not see how that can be," said
Arthur.
So the king and his prime minister
were opposed to each other, as to the
best way of putting the kingdom into
a posiure of defence.
"lean prove it to you," said I to
the bovs so that every one of you will
agree with me."
"I doubt whether we shall agree
with you," said Authur, "for Washington
said in time of Peace prepare
for War."
p |"That," said I, "is precisely what I
wish to do; but how to do it is the
^ question."
"There is but one way to prepare for
war," said Arthur, "and that is to
get swords and guns to kill our enemies
when they attack us."
"Do you suppose cur enemies would
ever attack us,'' I asked,"if they knew
we loved them, aud meant never to
injure them?"
* "i ney never couia oe our eueiuicn, >
if they knew that." said Arthur.
I \ "Just so," said I: in such a case we1
i should have no enemies. Could you J
I attack and try to kill those by whom
1 you kuew you were loved V" 1
"No," said Arthur and William,
"nobody could do so."
"Then," said I, "others will not
injure us when they know we love
them."
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HC UiUA ttll UCUUUiC vaviwuu mj
the debate.
"I will put the qeuestion to the vote,"
said I, "and we shall see how you decide.
All you who think that you
could not kill those who love you, and |
try to do you good, may raise you 1
bauds."
"Every boy raised a hand, and some j
of them both bauds,
"Now," said I, "which is the better !
way to convince our enemies that we ;
love them, and never mean to harm i
them ; to get swords and guns to
kill them, or food and raiment to feed
and clothe them!"
They were all silent, and Arthur
and William looked round at the other
.boys to see what they thought.
They all felt that I was right.
"See, boys," I said, "suppose you
were all mv enemies, aud that you
were coming to attack me. I love you
aud wish to make you feel that I love
you. If I should surround myself
with swords and guns to kill you,
how should you feel ?"
"I dou't think we should suppose
that you loved us much," said Daniel,
"if you had swords and guns to kill
us."
"But," said, I, "suppose when I see
you coming, I spread out an abundance
of all good things to feed aud refresh
you ?"
"That would look more as if you
loved us," said Daniel ; and so they
all said.
"Could you possibly feel that I loved
you and never meant to hurt you," I
asked, "when you saw me armed with
deadly weapons, and prepaired to kill
you ?"
"No," said Miles, "for if you loved
us, and did not mean to hurt us, you
would not have guns and swords to
kill us."
"I propose," saiu l, " uiui we ran ill
our enemies, the Americans to decide
the question."
"Agreed ! agreed !" said all my mer
ry little subjects. So I called to the
Americans to come over to our country
and help us to decide whether we
should get guns and swords to fight
them, or good food to feed them. Over
thpy came in a hurry, disbanding
their army without regret.
"Boys," 1 said, after they had all
gathered around me, "we were deliberating
how we siiould be best prepared
to conquer you, if ^'ou should
attack us. The question is. whether
we get swords ana guns to kill you, or
cakes and pies to feed you ?"
"O," they all said, "get cakes and
pies to feed us, by all meaus,"
"Do you think others would ever
hurt you," I asked, "if tbey felt that
you loved them, and tried to do them
good ?"
"No," they all shouted.
"Could others," I asked, he made
to feel that you loved them, and
never meant to injure tbem, wnue
they saw you with guns and swords
in your hands prepared to kill them?'
' No," was the general shout.
"Would they," I asked, "feel that
you loved them, if they saw you preparing
to J feed them if they were hungry,
and to clothe them if they were
naked ?"
"Yes,"shouted every one.
"How, then," I inquired, "shall
we put our selves into the best posture
of defence ?"
"By throwing away all our swords
and guns, and getting lots of cake and
pie, and all good things to feed them,"
said Frank ; and all the boys joined
him now.
Having in this way talked the matter
over, I abdicted my snow white
throne. Both nations broke up without
playing at War. and I parted from
my happy subjects, after they had
passed a vote of thanks to me for my
peaceful reign.
Tell Yonr Mother.
f wonder how mauy girls tell their
mother everything. Not those 'young
ladies,' who going to and from school,
smile, bow, and exchange notes and
pictures with young men who make
fun of them and their pictures, speaking
in a way that would make their
cheeks burn with shame, if they
heard it. All this, most credulous
young ladies, they will do although
they will gaze at your fresh young
face admiringly, and send or give you
charming verses or boquets. No matter
what "other girls do," don't you
do it. School-girl flirtation may end
disastrously, as many a foolish young
girl could tell you. "Your yearning for
some one to love, is a great need of
every woman's heart. But there is a
time for everything. Don't let the
bloom and freshness of your heart be
brushed off in silly flirtation. Render
yourself truly intelligent. And above
all, tell your mother everything.
Never be ashamed to tell her, who
should be your best friend and confidante,
all you think and feel. It is
strange that many young girls will
tell every person before "mother,"
that she should know, it is sad that
indifferent persons should know more
about her fair young daughters than
she does herself.
I lie i- trst wroni; nniion.
Dear me! said little Janet, "I buttoned
just one button wrong, and that
makes all the rest go wrong," and
she tugged and fretted, as if the poor
buttons were at fault for her trouble.
"Patience, patience, my dear," said
mamma. "The next time look out
for the first wrong button, then you'll
keep all the rest right. And," Added
mamma, "look out for the first wrong
deed of any kind ; anotheraud another
is sure to follow."
Jannet remembered how one day,
uot long ago, she struck baby Alice,
That was the first wrong deed. Then
she denied having done it. That was
another. Then she wa9 unhappy and
oroas all day because she had told
a lie. What a long list of buttons fastened
wrong, just because the first one
was wrong.
How L?ve (Irons.
Gratitude is seldon a source of love.
We are not so likely to love those w ho
have done most for us, we are to love
those for whom we have done most.
Love grows by serving, not through
being served. There is a sad side to
this truth, in the fact that those whom
we love most dearly, and for whom
we are doing most, caunot, in the
very nature of things, love us as we
love them. But there is always an inspiration
in this truth ; for it tells us
that \iru ore tn crot niir train frnm lnv
ing, in simple loving. The only way
to love aright is to give love freely,
hoping for nothing again. Thus, and
thus only, can we be sure of receiving
what we hope for.?Selected.
With the exception of Belgium^
whose debt ha9 beeu incurred for internal
improvements, every European
national debt is in great part a war
debt.
Mourning paper is going out of fash-1
ion. Instead, a little triangle is print-)
eri in the corner of the envelope and,
the uote-piiper. .
GRAINS.
Curiosity i9 the thirst of the soul.
Conscience is very often confounded
with opinion.
May never another war-druru be
heard or a flag unfurled on an American
battle field.
To prise everjthing according to ita
real use ought to be the aim of every
reasonable man.
?The sweetest messages of God are
those spoken to the inmost soul alone
in his presence.
?Self will is 30 ardent and active
that it will break a world to pieces to
make a stool to sit on.
There are people who seem to lose
all their religion the minute they can't
have their own way.
The kind of 'ove that is not willing
to suffer long without complaining is
not God's kind.
"And this commandment have we
from him, that he who loveth liod
must love his brother also."
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, if a
man keepmy sayings he sha.'l never
see death."
A moral, sensible and well-bred man
will not not affront me and no
other, can.
They who never make mistakes,
never make anything. The world profits
by the errors of man, as well as
he who commits them.
There is not a heart but has its
moments of longing?yearning for
something better, nobler, holier than
it knows now.
"Vrt ProQwl inir TiMiler micht In r#>r?om
mend a man whom he has never heard
preach.?Bishop Willson.
An hour's industry will do more to
produce cheeefulness, suppress vile
huniors, and relieve your affairs, than
a months moauiug.
A* we mu*t render an account of
every idle word, so must we likewise
of our idle silence.
Often do we ;thiuk when ^ve ought
to act, and act when it behooves us to
reflect; hence caution is frequently as
fatal as rashness.
Labor may be a burden and a chastisement,
but it is also an honor and a
glory. Without it nothing can be accomplished.
Look upon the bright side of your
condition, then your discontents will
disperse. Pore not upon your losses,
but recount your mercies.
Ye have heard that it hath been said
an eye for an eye, and a tooth for as
tooth ; But I say uuto vou, resist not
attil itrutn T.mv/o vnnr pupmipu
Be not in too much haste to come to a
deteimination of a difficult or import
ant point. Think it worth your waiting
to liud out the truth.
We are nearer the Light in proportion
as our religion has made us more
and more lovely, more and more
beautiful, more and more tender, more
true aud more safe to deal with.
Observe the law of right and do it.
Then the sunshine and the storm, the
night and day, the heat aud the cold
of life's discipline will foster and mature
the grain tor the garners in the
sky.
There is only One who ^an take our
lives,with all their faults and sin.
their broken strings aud jangled
chords, and bring from them the
music of love, joy and peace.
When Spurgeon was asked by a
friend to state what he thought was
the greatest gift possible to a Christian
traveler in this world, he resjjonded,
"A sense of perfect peace with God."
The first physics to recover our
souls are not cordial?, but corrosive.
With Mary Magdalene, we must
"wash Christ's feet" with our-"tears
of sorrow," before we may anoint his
head with the "oil of gladness."
Give not thy tongue too great liberty,
lest it take thee prisoner. A
word unspoken is like the sword In
the scabbard, thine. If vented, thy
sword is in another's hand. If thou
desire to be held wise, be so wise as to
hold thy tongue.
It does not matter whether a man
paint the petal of arose or the chasms
of a precipice bo that love and admiration
attend on him as he labors, aud
wait for ever on his work. Ic does
not maUer whether he toil for months
on a few inches of his canvas or cover
a palace front with colour in a day; sp
only that it be with a solemn purpose
that he has filled his heart with patience
or urged his hand to haste.?Buskin.
Brainy Men Live Long1.
Casslus M. Clay, 83 years oliMs still
in excellent health.
Humboldt lived to be 90, Herschel
88, Mary Somerville 92. Chevreul, tbe
chemist, 102, Peter Cooper 92, Simon
Cameron 90.
Charles Macklin, the great actor,
lived to be a 107, Macready 80, Boger
Kemble 82.
Jfeal Dow is 89, Kossuth 91, Dr.
Holme9 84.
Reformers are frequently long lived.
Lucy Stone died at 75, Mrs.. Stanton
is 77, Mrs. Livermore 72, Garrison
lived to be 75, Julia Ward Howe is 74.
Wordsworth Jived to be 80, Von
Ranke, the historian, 101, Uuizot, 80,
Bancroft, 90.
? ?
Bishop Wordsworth, in his "Shakespeare
and the Bible," finds in the
poet's works more than 550 Biblical
quotations, allusions, references aud
sentiments. "Hamlet" alone contains
abou 80, "Richard the Third" nearly
50, "Heury the Fifth" and "Richard
41 " -? A/\
me OeCOIlU" uuuut w cuuu. nuuncnpeare
quotes from 52 of the Biblical
books, aud not one of his 37 plays is
without a scriptural reference. Genesis
furnishes the poet 31 quotations or
allusions, the Psalms with 59, Proverbs
with 35, Isaiah with 21, Matthew
with GO, Luke with 30, and Romans
with 20.?Nineteenth Century.
The Gentleman whoNmoken.
Was anything ever better said than
this by Jackson Javues, the noted art
critic : "The supreme test of a knight
in the days of chivalry was his self
denial and desire to succor the oppressed.
The severest test of the modern
gentleman is his unwillingness to
forego his pipeor cigar for the comfort
aud health of another. Whatever the
benefit or harm the use of tobacco
may do the consumer's body, its
common teudeucy is to render the
? :...i i.^ifFomnKn thft well being of
IliltJU IllUUIVtVuv ?..? w
his neighbors." To this Miss Lauder
adds that iu crossing the Atlantic in
one of our popular steamships she
suffered so terribly that she addressed
a line to to the management protesting:
"I might change sides of the
deck, all the same, I was sure to encounter
tbe ubiquitous smoker." She
objects to being compelled , at every
turn to ask some "gentleman" not to
smoke in her nostrils.
ORIGIN OF PEACE SOCIETIES. !
(
Principles and Purposes of Their |
Fortnallou.
BY PR W. E. DARBY.
A Paper read at the Chicago Peace Congress,
1898.) I
(Part Second)
Turning to the other 6tream of the
movement:?How early the formation
of Peace Societies in Great Britain
was contemplated it is impossible to 1
say. But in July, 1815, the proposal
was published iu a periodical called
The Philanthropist. Jt was contained
in a letter to the editor, written the
previous April, probably before Dr.
Worcester's "Solerau Review" had
been seen in that country.
Action had been already taken however.
As early as 1814, Mr. William
Allen, a philanthropic gentleman in j
London belonging to the Society of
oAtrorol i*nnMomon Ia
rneiiup, IUVHCU OCT?UI gvuvi>.iuvu >v
meet at his house in Plough Court, to
consider the expediency of forming a
Peace Society. There was absolute
unanimity of sentiment on that point,
and a Committee was formed, but '
there were difficulties in the way of (
immediate action. No specific plan of
action had been arranged, and so the
gentlemen present undetook to communicate
their views Mr. Allen. A
year passed, during which the matter
was allowed to lie dormant. On the
6th of Juue, 1815, another meeting
was held. But it was onlya few 1
days before the battle of Waterloo.
The time was not ripe. Only
three members attended. They
adopted a resolution defining the objects
of the proposed Society, and de- .
parted. Nearly another year passed.
On the 1st of June, 1816, Mr. Allen <
again summoned the Committee.
Now there was a large attendance and I
the members were eager for progress.
A committee was formed to complete
the organisation ot the society, and a
day in the following week, the 7th of
June, was fixed on for this purpose.
It met as arranged. In the interim,
information had been received of the
establishment of the Massachusetts
Peace Society and this had a considerable
oft'ect on the proceedings of the
day. The foremost had their ardour
increased, the laggards were stimulated,
and in the following week, on the
14th of June, 1816, four days before
the first anniversary of Waterloo, was
formed the Society for the Promotion
of Permanent and Universal Peace.
The history and work of the Peace
Societies in America will be dealt with
in another paper, aud by an abler
hand. I need only notice therefore,
that the movement in America developed
with such rapidity that the
whole number of Peace Societies in the
United States probably exceed fifty,
many of which had been recently formed,
when the National Society?the
American Peace Society, I mean?was
orgauised at New York on the 8th of
May, 1828.
The development of the movement
was equally rapid in Great Britain
until the United Kingdom was covered
with a network of societies?in
Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and the
Channel Islands, as well as England.
Even in Nova Scotia anil Canada, societies
were formed. As, however,
these were all branches of the one organization,
the Peace Society, the history
of their formation would be only
the history of its development which
Is beyond the scope of this paper,
dealingonly as it with origins.
In France also, as the result the
labours of the Peace Society a similar
I , 1 ,1 ??
organization wan lunucu, uuu i? mc
political eitnation did not admit of its
being called a Peace Society, it was entitled
La Societe de la Morale. Chretienne
(The Society of Chriatiau Morals).
It published Its prospectus on
the 16th of August, 1821, and declared
Its object to be, "todispose mankind to
abjure all anger, all hatred, all unhappy
dissension?to love one another
?to treat each other as brethren, aud
finally to seek and procure Peace."
You will perceive that without mentioning
the words Christian or religious,
for which caution the religious
condition of France furnished probably
as strong reasons as the political,
its principles aud purposes, as also its
broad, and free, and unsectarian membership,
were identical with those of
the parent and sister Societies. The
distinguishing feature of these Societies
was their religious and yet their
absolutely unsectarion basis and character.
Not that they were less pratlcal,
or even less political, on that account,
as their history shows, but they abjuroH
nortu' nnlititva makinc their OVCn
w, ?
principles of Peace the differentiating
force of parties, and they believed that
religion (by which they meant the
Christianity of Christ, i. e. of the
primitive and pre-Constantine period)
was the only practical means of procuring
and preserving Peace.
The declaration of the American
Peace Society, issued on the occasion
of its formation in 1828, admirably expresses
the fundamental position of
all. It says, among other things:
"We believe the custom of war to
be contrary to the principles of the
Christian religion, subversive of the
lil>erty of mankind, and destructive to
their happiness; a horrible custom,
which every one is called upon to do
what he can to abolish. These truths
we hold to be undisputed, and they are
the foundation of our Society. Nevertheless,
we draw no dividing, or distinguishing
line. We do not, as a Society.
agitate the question, whether
defensive war can be carried on on
Christian principle?. We receive into
our Communion all who seek the aboliton
of war, whether they hold to the
lawfulness of defensive war, or condemn
all war in every shape?whether
they allow a latitude of construction
to tbe injunctions of our Saviour, or
take the exact and strict letter of them.
We endeavour to avoid all 'doubtful
disputation,' aud to walk peacefully
witli all who will walk with us,
whether they go further, or not so far.
as the majority of the Society; and
we open the columns of our periodical
publications to all who choose, fairly
and candidly, to investigate the subject
of defensive war, but hold ourselves
ri sponsible for nothing which
appears in our pages, which is not expressly
authorized by this Board.
This we do the more readily, as we believe,
that public opinion, when lightly
directed, is able to abolish all wars
of aggression, and that will put an end
to all controversy respecting defensive
war which we do not even attempt to
define, for to define would be todecide.
"Tamerlane and Napoleon called
their wars defensive, and all conquerors,
from the one to the other, nave
done the same. Such defensive wars
we condemn. When we shall hear of
a nation's waging defensive war
without committing aggression, we
may, perhaps, withhold our censure ;
and when we shall see a defensive war ,
carried on on Christian principles, we
Shall certainly approve of it. We will
also allow Christians of every sect, to
use their own peculiar modes of ex- 1
pressiou in their discussions, but we '
will not allow our puimcuuuus iu i?c
the vehicle of the peculiar doctrines of
any sect, or the arena in which polemic
! theologians may contend for victory; (
for as a Society, whatever may be the
jpiniou of individual members, we1
3ball confine ourselves to the pacific
precepts of Christ, our Divine Foun- it
der, and avoid all strife of every kind. a
We are not confined to auy sect or de- nomination
?f Christians, but ask the
countenance, the encouragement, uud M
the support of all. Neither have we
anything to do with the fluctuating ^
politics of the day. Our principles
were promulgated by the song of angels,
which proclaimed peace on tarth t<
unH orrv?H will to man: thev soar fa tl
above the temporary and local affair j]
of states and empires ; they are as the ti
world, and lasting as eternity. Wherever
breathes a human soul, we hail ti
brother. Whatever may be the colour t<
of his skin, or the articles of his creed, ,j
we delight to do him good, and to extend
to him the peaceful principles of 8
our blessed Saviour. We are not con- o
fined by geographical boundaries, na- g
tural or artificial, but seek Mhe greatest t
good of the greatest number.' "
Another declaration says: ^
"The Peace Society is founded solely s
on the Christian religion, and isentire- c
ly distinct from All political considerations.
In promulgating the principles of B
the utter unlawfulness of war, we t
equally embrace that of perfect non- n
resistance to all tbe lawful comanas e
of government, and in refusing to .
comply with the unlawful command
light, it is in obedience to the superior a
will of Him jwho is above all princi- r
palities and powers. ?
It is our duty to obey the commands ?
of the Almighty before Ihose of men.
We are told to honor the king, but we "
are first commanded to 'fear God.' a
If the will of a king be opposed to r
the commands of his Creator, his sub-'
jects are justified in refusing to comply
with them, and are free from all crime 1
of rebellion. In defence of the pacific a
principles, our great magazine of ar- t
gument is the Bible, to which we refer ,
against every battery that can be levelled
against them. F
"We sometimes have recourse to hu- t
man arguments, such as tbe crimes r
occasioned by war, the insufficiency of ?
war to attain its intended objects, the
great predominancy of evil over good t
in all ware, etc. But these are mere
light words when compared with the
evidence of divine truth : they may
strengthen and corroborate the effects a
produced by reading the teatamental t
law of Christ, but they will produce no \
beneficial and permanent effect where a
those laws fail." u
It was a grand programme ; and t
faithful has it been followed. Utopian r
if you will! But it is an Utopianlsm 8
that carries with it the hope of human f
society, and the principles it avows lie ^
behind all mere methods and instru- |
nients for procuring and preserving j
Peace, or of other philanthropic pro- r
paganda. s
So far, I have described one of the >\
constituent elements of the great a
Peace Ariny. I will endeavour to dis- <]
cribe the others with equal fidelity, t
but with more brevity.
The Peace movement was carried on *
by these Societies and on these princl- j
pies only, uutil the years 1867, I
In that year there was manifested c
an extraordinary and roost encourag- j
ing development of Peace Bentiment, a
and a singular increase of activity
arising from it on the continent. It
was a year of origins. At least six or
eight new (societies sprang into exis?
teuce in France, or were originated by
Frenchmen. The two principal ones 5
will sufficiently illustrate my topic, for f
they were typical of the re?t. t
The International League of Peace I
w?s founded by M. Passy in Paris. It t
was the chila of the uew awakening of '
Peace sentiment in France, wbicb i
marked that period. Under tbe name t
of the French Society of the Friends s
of Peace it continued to do a very use- f
ful work until the year 1889. the year ?
of tbe last Paris Exhibition, when c
having come somewhat moribund, it t
amalgamated with another, and a t
later, Society, and so began a new ca- '
reer of life and usefulness.
A Pnre Hume.
There is notliiug on earth for which i
one ought to be more thankful than f
for having been brought up in the at* 1
mosphere of a pure home. Such a J
home may be narrow and even hard. *
It may be deficient in material com- '
forts, and utterly lack the graceful '
amenities that lend a charm tohuman 1
life; but it has in It the forces on I
which great characters are nurtured, \
One of Qur best friends? a mau an ?
sturdy as a forest oak?once said to f
me, "f was the son of poor parents, 1
and from my youth up was inured to
ooir Hanlol .irwT liorHahin- litl# I drt ilOt
remember ever to have heard a woid
from the Jipa of either my father or
my mother that was not a9 chaste as 1
the driven snow." Bettet sueh a re- 1
collection as that than an inheritance '
of millions of money.?Central Pres- 1
byterian.
The oddest timber "corner in the *
world is one that the Buddhists of 1
Japan are trying to form for the pur- ^
pose of preventing the Christians from i
gettiug any more materiul to build 1
churches.
At auctions iu Japan the bidding in
silent and secret. Each person write*
his bid on a slip of paper, and the slips ?
are quietly dropped into a box. The
box is then opened, and the highest c
bidder named. t
The growth of the orange industry
in Florida has increased from 000,000
boxes in 1885 to 3,900,000, for the sea- f
son just closed, and the presont crop g
will be fully 5,000,000 boxes. h
The cost of fhe world's wars since
the Crimean war has been $13,265,000,000,
or enough to give a $10 gold piece t
to every man, woman and chila on t
the globe. s
Italian ships are worked cheaper c
than those of any other nation. The
monthly expense of an Italian ship
with a crew of twenty men is about ?
$475; of an American ship, $1,000. g
Russian women and Japanejo men f
are pronounced, by those competent to ?
judge, the best of ihe world's workers 1
with the needle. ^
President Cleveland hn9 appointed
ex-Mayor Samuel A. Townte, of
Greenville, Collector of Internal Kev- f
enue for South Carolina. (
The stores of S. E. Douglass and L. t
S. Douglass and Co., Blackstock, S. C. ?
were burned Jauuary 12. Everything t
was destroyed. Insurance partial.
In maufacturing occupations the *
average life of soapboilers is,the high- '
est, and that of griud-stoue makers r
the lowest.
A iliupniitpiifpil ciriirit. ma kpfl the way *
of life beem hard and Jong. 6
e
It is better to say, "This one thing
I do,'' than to my, "These forty
tilings I dabble in."?Washington J
Star. <:
It is a curious fact that 011 immers- j
ing one hand in cold water, a corres- t
ponding reduction of temperature j
j ecu 1'8 in the other.
..
The United States Navy*
There can be no doubt that the Uu
ed States are determined to build up
powerful navy. There are now no,
;wer than fifteen American ships of
rar iu course of conbtruction?name/
tho "Montgomery," cruiser, 2,000
jns: the "Marblehead," cruiser, 2,000
dds: the "Cincinnati," cruiser, 3,183
ins; the "Raleigh," cruieer, 3,183 toue
lie "Columbia," cruiter, 7,360 tons:
he "Olympia," cruiser, 5,500 tons: the
Nain," armoured cruiser, 6,648 tons;
tie "Texas," llne-of-battle ship, 6,648
dqs: the -'Katahdin," ram, 2,183 tons:
he "Massachusetts," line-of- battle
hip, 10,200 tons, the "Indiana," line
f-battle ship, 10,200 tous: the "Oreon."
line-of-battle ship; 10,200 ton*:
he "Iowa," line-of-battle t>hip. 11,296
ons; the "Brooklyn." armoured eruier
9,150 tons; and the "Minneapolis,"
ruiser, .7,350 tons. The "Montgomey,"
the "Marbiehead," the ''Clnclnlati,"
the "Raleigh," the "Columbia,"
he "Olympia," the "Maine," the
Texas,!' and the "Katahdin" will be
ompleted in the course of 1894; but
he "Massachusetts," the "Indiana,"
nd (he "Minneapolis" will not be
eady for sea before 1895, while the
Oregon," the "Iowa," and the
Brookly," will not follow before 1896.
Phe "Monterey," the "New York,"
? J i.1.?. i I T\?i ?!? 1J n* K ( aU Katm Knon
)UU lUtJ L/CLIUllj VTUIV'U uotv i/vvu
ecently placed in commission, are aluost
ready for service. The "Purian,"
the "Amphitrite," the "Terror,"
,nd the "Monadnock." which have
*een in hand since 1888, are approachng
completion. Designs are being
irepared for three gunboate of 1,200
one each, and plans are also in pretared
for four second-class torjjedo*>ats
to be carried by the "Maine" and
he "Texas."?Engineering
Soup od Troubled Seas.
Soapsuds may supersede oil as the
gency in calming troubled waters of
he sea and saving vessels from barm.
Experiments have been made recently
net the reports of the co-operating
Server to the hydropraphic office
inifornily commend the value of the
lew discovery. The German steam,
hip Scandia from Hamburg for Phila>hla
made the experiment with the
;reatest success in one of the wildest
torms that ever swept the North At
uutic ocean. While the sea was runling
highest soapsuds was left to
:radually drift over the vessel's bow.
The sea ceased to break over her decks,
nd the vessel lav comparatively easy.
Phird Officer Wendt had charge or
he experiment and bis report speaks
'lowinglyof the success attending it.
['he use of suds is not intended to enirely
displace oil, but being cheaper,
leavier on the water, and the soap
iccupylng less space on the ship, it is
ikely before long to be generally
dopted. .
She Solved the Tramp Question.
Ex-Senator Castle, in the Illinois
suff ragist, vouches for the truth of the
All/itvlno. A TTnnaaa ii'nmnn whf> hnfl
>een elected police justic of her city
ius adopted a novel nulution for the
ramp problem. The first tramp who
vas brought before her for judgment
vasseutenced to two baths a day for
en days, and to hard labor on the
tone pile, with the order that hebe
ed if he worked and starved if he
ihirbed. The prisoner survived the
>rdeul, but now the flrnt question a
ramp asks on approaching a Kansas
own is whether the pillcejudge is a
nan or a woman
Last Words.
Last words are of very little Import*
tnce. it affords a germ of hope if a
;reat sinner dies, earnestly praying
hat God may have mercy upon him.
Loving words to friends are delightfulto
eceive and to remember; but a good
nan is none the worse because he pays
in rhinc or nei-fers. as did George
Washington, to be allowed to die iD
^eace; and a bad man is none tbebeter
because be can be induced by excltng
surroundings to utter religious
"jaculations.?New York Christian
Advocate.
??? i
Three Bad Bargains.
Once a sabbath-school teacher reuarked
that he who buys the truth
nakes a good bargain, and inquired if
lay scholar recollected an iustance in
icripture of a bad bargain. "I do replied
a boy J "Esau sold his birth-right
'or a mess of pottage." A second eaid,
'Judas made a bad bargain when he
old bis Lord for thirty pieces of ail
rer," A thin! hoy observed, "Our
Lord tells us that he makes a bad bargain
who, to gain the whole, world
oses his own soul.'
Too Mnny Line Him.
Harty Hale?"Come in, old man,
ind we'll drink your good health!"
Wheakly PheebJe (sadly) ?" You
?an't do it', my boy. I drank my good
lealth up years ago."
?What is the difference between i
arrner and a seamstress??The farrae
fathers what he sows, and the seamtrees
sows what bhe gathers.
?A little five-year-old was listening
o the story of the oence tahen from
he fi*h's mouth, and delightedly
ihou'ed : "I guess the pennies came
>ut pi Jonah's pocket book."
?"My case is just here," said a citzen
to a lawyer. "The nlaiutift' will
wear that I hit him. I will swear
hat I did not. Now, what can you
awyers make out of that if we go to
rial?" -"A hundred dollars easy,"
vas the reply.
^ t
Hollo?Tell me. pa, Is there any dif
* - - U
erenoe Deiween common sait uuu
shloride of sodium?
Mr. Holllday?Yes, Itollo, a greal
lilference. Salt is two cents a pound
it the grocer's while chloride of
lodiurn is fifty cents a tea^poonful a1
he druggist's.
Many old houses in Holland have a
ipecial door which is never opened
iave on two ocassions. when there in
t marriage or a death in the family,
fhe bride and groom enter by this
loor; it is then nailed or barred up
intila death occuis when it is opened
ind the body is removed by this
x it.
There were yet living on the 13th of
Iune last fifteen widdows of veterans
if the war of the Revolution. The re>ort
of the pension department says
ney were nrawuig men jienniuua ui i
hat chile, anyway. The war <>?<Jcil
II years ago." j
Running A way from God.
era Sue beam. \
^
Mother had told them not to touch
it: thut was the worst of it. The pretty
Franklin stove had been taken
clown ami carried out, and mother
quickly stuffed a newspaper in the
round hole left by the stovepipe.
"It's bo very windy to-day," she
said to the men, "that [ am afraid to
take the screen down: but you needn't
come back; Jane can take up the soot
when the wind falls."
As mother left the room, she turned
and said to Jessie and Pollv, standing
on each side of the mantlepiece, "Do
not touch that newspaper." ;
She was so used to their doing what
she told them that she didn't think of
l\nf on in* I it llttla anfrit: of
ib again | vuw uu u^ij <??v?v ?}/ * ?
disobedience crept Into their hearts,
and they hardly waited for mother to
be up stairs before they pulled out the
paper, to peep into the dark hole and
tee why mother was afraid to take
down the screen.
And In tugging at the paper, down
came tbe screen itself, and then what
a lot of mixclilef Mr. Wind waii up to !
He caught the piles of soft black soot
lying iu tbe hearth, and pprlukled it
over every thing?the pretty crimson
and gray carpet, tbe damask chairs,
the books ana brick-a-brack, aud over
the cleanly-dressed little girls themselves.
Oh, what a mess 1
' Let's run sway, Poll, "said Jessie..
So they caught up their caps from the
hall-sofa aud away they trotted,
through the back yard aud the garden,
and out into tbe fields.
But by the time mother had dlscovered
the mischief, and waa begining
to look abot anxiously for the culprits,
she spied them coming laglngly back
through the broken fence, ana (hegar'Ion
?nil fhd hftob v?rri_ Thev looked
so forlorn that mother did not puuish
them' she thought they had punished
themselves.
"But "why did you torn back so soon <
If you wanted to run away?" she
asked.
"0, *e 'membered it wasn't any
good to run," said Jessie, ."cause we
couldn't run away from God, you
know. He's just most every where."
"And when you are good children,"
said mother, "you'll love to think
that God is eve^wbere, and that you
can't get away from Him."
Gennlne Sympathy. V V
It Isof the greatest moment that we
exhibit tenderness in dealing with
thooe who are in distress. Let It be
admitted that the grief is in consequence
of errors that might have been
avoided. Who made ns the authorlz*
ed agents of swift punishment ? How
unreasonable to think that burdens I
?-" fmm, tha onrmwlnir in /
I'OU IA7 IlllVU ? IUU4 %?iv W...W 0
this way, It is often the ease that /
self-reproach is sufficiently natural to /
a soul plunged in grief, without adding
anything in word or look.
When Job was obliged to listeu to
such suggestions that fell from tbe lips
of his false friends like poisoned arrows,
his reply was a tnauly revolt
out of his deepest nature?a revolt
against that cold, censorious method
with which sufferere are even now
sometimes met in their helplessness:
"I have heard many such things: miserable
comforters are ye all. Shall
vain words have an end?. . . I also
could speak as ye do : if your soul
were in my soul's stead, I could heap
up words against you."
Like our great "Burden-bearer," we
must, in a true sense, take upon our
own nearts the sorrow that we would
relieve. Here is no room for the conventional
or the mere professional.
Jesus entered the deepest depths' of
every sorrow; our experience, unlike
His, must of necessity be partial. But
?i.nn if mir flvmnnttiies are trulv gen
nine, and if our hearts are open to* ?
ward all forms of suffering, we will be
able to bear for others?if not In the
divinely perfect way, yet In oar own
human measure.
<<??
THE SEIGE OF SOL EC? RE. .
Showing: how to Convert Growa-ap
Enemies Into Friend*.
The following narrative, taken from
the History of Switzerland in the
fourteenth century, beautifully illustrates
the power of kindness in overcoming
evil, among those of mature
age, even when iu the midst of preparatious
for war.
"Duriug the various disputes which
accompanied each successive election
of an Emperor, the town of Soleare
having taken sides with Louis of
Bavaria, was besieged by Duke Leo""' i
if ?Mo limn there wim a great
overflow of the river Aar. It carried
away the machines, bridges, and other
works prepared by Leopold for the
seige, and a great number of hit* men
were in imminent danger of perishing
in the flood. At this moment the in*
habitants of Soleure, laying aside all
hostile consideration*, put otf in their
boats, and rescued their enemies from
a watery grave. Leopold was touched
with this exhibition of kindness, and
wished to be as geuerous as they were.
He entered the town in a friendly
way, presented the inhabitants with a
banner, and the beseigers and the besied
were at peace with euch other."
Thus were enemies converted into
friends by the law of kindnes*. Let
Englishmen, Frenchmen, and Americans,
"go and do likewise."
o
Bishop Cleveland Coxe, of Buffalo,
hfls written another open letter to
Mgr. Satolli, in which he attacks with
great vigor the society of Jesus and declares
it to be a conspiracy. The Bishop
refers to Satolli' recent visit to
Buffalo in which he contorted with
the worst political element in the city.
Alluding to the visit as connected
with the school question, the Bishop
says: "In Maryland and iu this State,
the farce of liberalism having played
out, you dropped your musk and openly
made war on our public schools, and
and grasped at the sacred fund on
which they depend to be employed iu
Jesuit schools, under an alien priesthood,
for the propagation of Sheehanized
ideas of our constitutional rights
anu Haieguttru*.
'I close this letter," pays the Bis-' *
hop, "by quoting the words of Washington
himself, as showing what he
would think of you. Thus he has
taught me and all his countrvnen:
"Against the insidious wiles of foreign
influence, I conjure.you to believe me,
fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free
people ou^ht to he constantly awake,
since history and experience prove
that foreign is one of the most harmful
foes of republican government."
A Needed C'nutlon.
A child who is teething often drools,
thereby causing the clothing to become
damp. His chi-st being wet
causes him to take severe colds. To
(prevent tl*if, have severul nannei
bibs that can be changed as soon as
they become wet. If (hese flannel
biba do not seem sufficient, those
made of oiled silk may be used, alone
or under others.
A great name is like an eternal
epitaph engraved by the admiral loo of
men on the road of time.
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