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fm, A Dumb 'Weather Prophet, ? Eliot, Meteorological Reportej to the Government of India, ha8 re centJy discovered that as a weathei prophet a railway tunnel may serve i useful purpose. He informs us tha Mr. Egerton, the excutive engineer o the Mushkaf-Bolan Railway, has callec his attention to "an interesting feat ure" of the Khojak tunnel. It appeari that the current in this tunnel alway; eets in one direction during fin< ntror tha Rainfihistan nlateau, and in the opposite direction during bad weather, and that these current! always precede by some hours the fim or troubled weather in the open. Thu it ha9 for some time been the practice to telegraph every change in the cur rents to Quetta for the information o the railway authorities, and thes messages have proved extremely use ful. Hearing of thie, Mr. Eliot ar ranged with Mr. Egerton for the de gpatch of similar telegrams to him and he has found that they frequentl; 1 give valuable indications, and henc proposes to coutinue them.?india: Engineering. Georgia colored people have ac quired $7,177,040 worth of taiabl property during the last fifteen years ' * * *L- J. tnat oemg me amuuui iciumtu year over the figures for 1880. The; Lave considerably more than double their holdings. High, Low Jack. Fine ice means very oold weather, the comes a high old time in skating rinks, an skating ponds, on slides and rides, and weg home tired and overheated. It's the sam old story of cooling off; off with wraps an on with all sorts of aches and pains, rhet matio, neuralgia, sciatic, lumbagic, inclut ing frost-bites, backache, even toothacb* They who dance must pay the piper. W out up Jack and are brought low by our ow folly. What of it, the dance will go on, a the same. It is generally known that S Jacobs Oil will cure all such aches and pair separately or collectively, and the cry is, o with the dance. The turkey crop was not altogether a sui cess in some parts of New England th season. Dr. Kilmer's Swisr-Kooi cures ail Kidney and Bladder troubles. ? * r>i jrampniet ana ^uiuuk.ihuu uc? Laboratory Bingb.-imton. N. Y. Chicago has a drug store where each pr< Bcripticn is compounded for a dime. Oeafneu Cannot bo Cured l>y local application's, as they cannot reach tin diseased portion of the ear. There is only on way to cure Deafness, and that is by constiU tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an it flamed condition of t be mucous lining of tt Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets it flamed you hare a rumbling sonnd or impel feet hearing, and when it is entirely close Deafness is the result, and unless the inflan ma:ion can be taken out and this tube it tored to its normal condition, hearing will t destroyed forever; nine cases out ten ar caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an ii flamed condition of the mucous surfaces. VTe will give One Hundred Dollars for an case of Deafness (causcd by catarrh) that car not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send fo circulars, free. ? F. J. Chektet & Co., Toledo, O. |y Sold by Druggists. 75c. A fa Wnrlh T^nlrino* AftPT. If yon own a dog and think anything: of bin you should he able to treat him intelligent! when ill and understand him sufficiently 1 detect symptoms of illness. The dog doctc book written by H. Clay Glover, D. V. S.. sp< , cialist in canine diseases to the principal kei nel clubs, will furnish this information, it: a cloth bound, handsomely illustrated bool and will be 6ent postpaid by the Book PubJisl ins: House. 134 Leonard St., N. Y. City, o receipt of 40 ct?. in postage stamps. Tbe Century editors have had the chance 1 select twelve of the most striking of Tissot famous pictures illustrating the life of Chris and they will appear in the Christmas numbe When the originals of these pictures wei 'shown in Paris they were given a special suit of rooms at the.Salon, and people were ofte seen to go away weeping from the exhibitioi and women sometimes made the tour of th rooms on their knees. A Child Enjoys The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothin effects of Syrup of Figs, when in need of a las ative, and if the father or mother be costive o bilious, the most gratifying results follow it use; so that it is the best family remedy know; and every family should have a bottle. FITS stopped free by Dr. Klene'8 Guea Nerve Restorer. No fits after first day's us< Marvelous cures. Treatise and $2.00 trial tol tie free. Dr. Kline, 931 Arch St. Phila., Pa. Mre. WinsloWs Soothing Syrup for childre teething, softens the gums, reduces infiapms lion, allays pain, cores wind colic. 23c. a oottJ I cannot speak too highly of Piso's Cure to Consumption.?Mrs. Frank Mobbs, 215 w.S St., New York. Oct. 29.1KM. ? If afflicted with sore eyes use Dr. Isaac Thorot eon's E ve-water. Drnewstssell at25c ner hotti Always Taking cold is a common complaint. It i due to impure and deficient blood, and i often Icdg to serious trouble?. The remed is found in pure, rich blood, and the on truH blood purifler is Sarsaparilla Itii.JI. Bill* act harmoniously wit llOQU S HIS Hood's Sarsaparilla. 2& EASTHMA P3PHAH S ASTHMA SPECIFIC Gives relief in FITS minutes. Send for &FHEE trial package. Sold by DrojrtrUtt. One Box *ent postpaid BHH on receipt or ?i.uo. biz dctm??.w. Ml CURES WHERE ALL ELSE FAILS. ?3 Best Cough Syrup. Tastes Good. Tie gj E3 to time. Sold by druggists. g~| The I Best. Ri ^lIP There are two kinds of i |||| rest. The trouble is they ' dress UKe me ue&i/ wuu a . is known by its fruit." Th And the taller the tree the test. What's the root,?the ] one with the deepest root is . fruit; that, too, is Ayers. half a century of cures ; a rec culminating in the medal of ||||| admitting Ayer's Sarsaparilla the rest. That was greater hi fimj) Sarsaparilla admitted as an ex "want to get the best fiarsaps (j||P infallible rale : Ask for the for Ayer's and you'll get the ' ' ' ' V;X '. . ' <Vi , . ! \ - , . / * *' Flogged lor His Criticism. c It is not generally known that the present Shah of Persia is not only a r prose writer of considerable merit, but t has also some pretensions to the charb acter of a poet. Like the German f King, who, according to Carlyle, de1 clared himself to be above grammar,! - so does the Persian monarch consider 3 himself above criticism ; yet, like all 3 poets, he is glad to lend an ear to it 3 when it is favorable. * , One day, however, having comple; ted a poem u hich particularly delighted 3 him, he deigned to read it to one of a the most prominent men of letters ats tached to his houeehold. "What do s you think of it?" he a6ked. after read ing his verses aloud. "I do not altof gether like the poem," was the candid e reply. "What an ass you are to say i- so!" replied the offended sovereign, ' and there was certainly much wisdom i- in the royal words, fojr the misguided - " <? ' * ? i. * , critic was lortJiwitn oraerea to wue y stables to be flogged. e A few days later the Shah, having written another poem once more desired to hear the opinion of the learned scribe whom he had consulted before. :- Hardly had he read a few lines of his e latest lucubration when the learned i, man turned obrnptly away and pres pared to run out of the room. "Where y are jou going?" thundered his mad jesty, "Back to the stables," cried the critic in desperation. So amused was the King of Kings by this repartee that he forgave the delinquent and n forebore to have him flogged a second d time,?Philadelphia Times. o m o No Longer ft "Hhost" Train, The "ghost train" no longer runs I- over the New York, New Haven and f. Hartford road between Boston and 0 this city. It was one of the fastest ft and most completely equipped of the t. trains in the express service 01 xne is road. It was not known as the "ghost n I train" by the railroad authorities, and j it is said that this uncanny name, be* f- stowed upon it by passengers and resi* 19 dents along the line, had something to do with its discontinuance. The exterior of all the cars which composed the train. from the express car to the ordinary day coach, were > painted a solid dead white. Every night a train of these white cars pulled into the Grand Central Station ai nine o'clock and at the same hour a similaz train reached the Boston terminus, i- To the railway authorities this service ? was known as the "New England Exi press," but the long unbroken string J of white cars dashing through the i. darkness, appearing almost like s spectre, became known all along the B line as the "ghost train." * Nothing was thought of thiB appely lation at first, though the management k* is said to have not particularly relished . it. Sensitive persons, however, ob' jected to riding upon the train, and it wa6 abandoned. The cars were sent to the shops and painted a different y color and are still in use on the road. :o The reason for the change, according ? to the railroad officials, is that it was almost impossible to keep the white '8 cars clean.?New York Herald. ? Q A Dog Tbat Smokes. 0 John Winthrop, a traveling maD, 6 who resides in South Washington, is i" the owner of a Scotch terrier that has e the tobacco habit. Mr. Winthrop ? has owned the dog ever since the anii; mal's eyes were opened, and early in e pnppyhood the terrier was taught the j common trick of standing on its haunches in a corner with a pipe in r its mouth. Instead of a clay pipe . that had not been used, an old and very strongly impregnated one, disr carded by Mr. Winthrop, was given to a the dog. At first he did not like it, Q but soon contracted the habit, and going to the corner would bark until T given the pipe. Then tobacco was !. put in and lit. The dog objected to > the smoke, but in a few lessons was not satisfied until the pipe was filled ? and lighted. For the past year the ie animal has smoked a pipe every evenr iiig and has grown fat on ii. The dog a is smaller than the average of hia species, indicating that tobacco has >- stunted his growth, but otherwise no ' ill effects have been seen.?Washington Star. Lore Letters in Shorthand. Tanno* Toot-norl cVinrfV<on j while lying crippled at home during y the war. In order to perfect himself e in this science he carried on correspondence with his present wife, then his fiancee, by means of the symbols for sounds. Mr. and Mrs. Tanner have two popular daughters, who take the same interest in matters of romance that young ladies usually do. One evening they were seen in close li consultation at dinner, and after the meal wa6 over both excused themselves on a plea of slight indisposition and went upstairs. Their father and mother followed, and one was heard to whisper that she found a whole package of their father's love letters, and they would have an evening's fun reading them. Safe in their room,the letters were produced and the parents watched to see the fun. Letter after I letter was opened, and every one was written in shorthand. The joke was too good to keep, and the corporal I himself told it.?Washington Star. rhe The W est. Test. I sarsaparilla: The best ? and the look alike. And when the rest |||v| :ell tliern apart? Well, "the tree afs an old test and a safe one. deeper the root That's another record of these sarsaparillas ? The Ayer's. The one with the richest Ayer's Sarsaparilla has a record of 1 ord of many medals and awards? /f|||5| the Chicago World's Fair, which, as the best ? shut its doors against (SMj\ snor than the medal, to be the only :hibit at the World's Fair. If you trilla of your druggist, here's an best ncd you'll get Ayer's. Ask (|lp oesL. THE KIDNEYS. SENSITIVE, DELICATE AND ABUSED. C Former Employe of tho Batavla Gnn Factory Han n Remarkable Kucapo. From, the News, Batatia, JV. T. Elias Hoffman, a well-known market gardener of Daws, Ganesee County, N. Y., has perhaps suffered as much, if not more, than any other man in Gonesee County. A few * years ago Mr. Hoffman was employed at the j gun faotory in Batavia and was obliged to ( give up his position there on account of ill i health and give his attention to market gar- ( dening, in which business ho is now en- ) gaged. A newspaper reporter happened to t run across Mr. Hoffman a day or two ago. < and from him learned ot his suffering and ' from what source he had been benefited. Mr. Hoffman greeted the reporter with a t pleasant manner, and was willing to tell of 5 his experience from the time he commenced to be troubled with kidney disease up to the present time, when he is about cured. Being questioned upon the stnte of bis health, Mr Hoffman replied that he wag very well, considering his recent near approach to death. "Can you tell me how you received so much benefit?" the reporter asked. "Well/' said Mr. Hoffman, "it was several years ago that I commenced to feel a kidney trouble coming on and I was running down hill every day, in fact so fast that in a very short time I was unable to continue my work r.t the gun works, and was obliged to settle down on my little farm of ten acres and do a day's work now and then when I felt able. I suffered everything and tried about all ] kinds of medicine, but without any relief. and I about gave up trying to be cured. It ; was several weeks ago when a neighbor of ] rr\inn noma olnnnr oT>rl oclrAr? mA if T hail trlfifl , Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and I replied that I ] had not. He suggested that Itryaboxof 5 the pills and thought that they would help my case. I had already heard the pills , highly gpoken of, and the flrsttime I went to i Batavia I purchased a box and commenced ^ taking the pills according to directions. I : had not taken the first box before I could see ^ that the pills were doing their work, and I continued to take them and grow better gradually until I was ab'e to do a day's work and had thought of taking up my old job at the gun works: infact the pills worked ; like a charm and I would not be without them.*' Mrs. Hoffman, who presents a strong and ( healthy look, spoke in the highest praise oi the Dr. Williams' Pills, and said that she \ considered her husband's life saved by the , little pills, that they had put her husband in a position to do work and support himself j aud family without trouble. I Willinmo1 "Dlnl- P?11c AAnfftfvi In A ftnn- 1 densed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the blood and , restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomo- | tor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus- dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervoue headache, the after effect of la grippe, palpi- i tation of the heart, pale and sallow complexions. all forms of weakness either in j male or female. Pint Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt 1 of price (60 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.5G' 1 ?they are never sold in bulk or by the 100; < by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. i Tiger Didn't LlSc Her Dress. 1 "It is a strange thing," said a well- , known trainer of animal, "how many outbreaks and accidents have resulted from a trainer wearing a strange cos- ( tume. Quite recently a lady performer who had made some alterations in hei ; dress had a narrow escape. The tiger with whom she usually appeared turnec sulky from the start, and at last ab- 1 eolutely refused to do one of tlif 1 tricks. ; "Its mistress urged and threatened 1 to no purpose, and finally attempted 1 to use the whip. The moment she did 1 so the infuriated animal flew at her, , and i f it had not been for a boarhound, which was perlormiug with them, she would probably have lost her life. "The brave dor* snapped at the tiger and distracted his attention until his mistress had succeded in making her escape. Unfortunately, he was severely injured by the tiger'a claws. "The reason for this outburst was that tho tiger evidently did not recognize his mistress in her change of costame. As a rule, very few alterations are made. The same dog always appears in the same act, and so on, the idea of acquaintanceship and familiarity being thus maintained. Why, even if a hat or a wrap happens to lie within reach outside the arena the nnimal ie sure to see it at once, and, if it can get at it, will promptly tear it to pieces. "About a year ago a tion tamer wore a full dress suit instead of his usual military costume at one of the performances. As soon as the lion saw the change of clothing he made direct for him. Now, lions do not, like tigers, try to kill instantly, but strike out with their paws to knock Wir enflmv down. In this case the lion's claws caught the trainer's face, inflicting severe injuries. But he is j; still in the business, though the scars H of the struggle are very plainly viai- S ble."?New York Mercurv. , 5 i 1 The Adopted Hare. ? An interesting experiment in the c rearing of animals is recorded by a German scientist. A country gentle- Jj man having raptured a young hare a s few days ago, conceived the idea of I giving it as foster mother a cat which ^ had just had a litter of kittens. The s cat showed no objection to this curious d addition to her family, and the herb- 1< ivorous nursling seemed to take very ^ well to the regime to which it was so u unexpectedly subjected. tl The hare throve and grew, and the c, cat soon thought it time to begin the ^ education of her foster child. For o the catching of mice, however, the ? hare showed not the slightest disposi- ? tion, and at each fault committed the ji adoptive mother administered vigor- c ous correction with her paws. This d produced but little improvement, and the relations between the two animals tl were becoming somewhat strained, 3 when one day they were placed to- * gether on the lawn in front of the j house. u The hare at once proceeded to R nibble at the vegetation with remark- ? able avidity, to the evident astonish- d ment of tlie cat, who could make * nnthincr nf cnr?Vk nnn A n of T?ino1lr u V V4 WUVU WVUUUWV* A AUUltJf ^ perceiving that the bad nourished 0 anything but a liitten, the disappointed nurse withdrew with an ex- j1 pression of unmistakable disdain and ^ refueed to touch the hare again.? j| Pittsburg Dispatch. o l'enuy Wiss and 1'ouutl Foolish. * An Atchison father refused to allow y a fire built in the parlor for a young i] man who wae calling on his daughter. ? She refused to give him up, and they h have spent these cold evenings in h ^walking together, or in sitting on the ^ front porch wrapped in their winter h clothes and shivering. Since a week o ago, a doctor's bill of $27 has been in- 51 curred for the daughter, who is very 0 sick with pneumonia. . Fire in the tt parlor two evening a week all winter s' would not have cost to exceed $10.? * Atchison Globe, v !p KEY. DRTAMAGE. lUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTEIJ DIVINE. Subject: "The Opening Winter." Text: "I have determined there to Winer."?Titus iii., 12. Paul was not independent of the seasons, sent for his overcoat to Troas on a mem>rable occasion. And now in the text he is naking arrangements for the approaching ? ?j >.?- - ....lotrnw :om wnuiucr miu iuaa.cs au a^uiuiuiciii vith Titus to meet htm at Necopolis. saying; 'I have determined there to winter." Well, his is the 8th day of December and the secMid Sabbath of winter. We have had a few thrill, sharp blasts already, forerunners of whole regiments of storms and tempests. No one here needs to be told that we are in :he opening gates of the winter. This season s not only a test of one's physical endurmce, but in our great cities is a test of noral character. A vast number of people lave by one winter of dissipation been destroyed, and forever. Seated in our homes in some stormy night, the winds howling mtside, we imagine the shipping helpless ly Iriven on the coast, but any winter night, f our ears were good enough, wo could 3ear the crash of a thousand moral shipwrecks. There are many people who come to the cities on the 1st of September who will be blasted by the 1st of March. At this season of the year temptations are especially rampant. Now that the iong winter evenings have cowe, there nre many who will employ them in high pursuits. In in??lHo>r>nt Rnpialiflfts in flhristfiin work, in the strengthening and ennobling ot moral character, and this winter to many of fou will be the brightest itnd the best of all y*our lives, and in anticipation I congratulate yon, But to others it may not have such effect, and I charge you. my beloved, look out, where you spend your winter [lights. In the first place, I have to remark at this season of the year evil allurements are especially busy." There is not vary much temptation for a man to plunge in on a hot night amid blazing gaslights, and to breathe the fetid air of an. assemblage, but in the cold nights satan gathers a great harvest. At such times the casinos are in fall blast. At such time, the grogshops in one night make more than in four or five nights in Bummer. At such times the playbills of low places of entertainment seem especially attractive, and the acting is especially impressive, and the applause especially bewitching. Many a man who has kept right all the rest ol the year will be caDsized now and though last aututpn he came from the country and there was luster in the eve and there were roses In the cheek and elasticity in the st'jp, by the time the soring hour has come ycu will pas? him in the street and say to your friend "What's the matter with that iaqn'/ How differently he looks from what: ho looked last September." 81a!n of one winter's dissipation. At this time of the year there are many entertainments. If we rightly em. r>lov them, and thev are of the right kind. they enlarge onr socialities, allow us tc make important acquaintance, build us up in our morals, and help us in a thousand ways. I can scarcely think of anything better than good neighborhood. But there are those entertainments from which others wili come besoiled in character. There are thos< who by the springtime will be broken dowr in health, and though at the opening oi the season ti\eir prospects were bright, at the close of the season they will be in the hands of the doctors or sleeping in the cemetery. The certificate of duatli will be made out, and the physician, 1:0 save> thf feelings of the family, will call the disease by a Latin name. But the doctor knows, and everybody else knows, they died oi! toe manv levees. Away with all these wine drinking convivialities. How dare you, the father of a family, temgi the appetites of the young people? Perhaps at the entertainment, to save the feelings of the minister 01 some other weak temperance man, you leave the decanter in a side room, and only a few people are invited there to partake, but it ii easy enough to know when you come cat,bj the glare of your eye and the stench of youi breath, that you have been serving the ievii Men sometimes excuse themselves and say ifter late suppers It is necessary to take some sort of stimulant to aid digestion. My plain opinion is that if you have no more sell con irui luau siuu j uuicca uuui j uur (..lges:ive organs refuse their offlee you had better not call yourself a man, but olass yourself among the beasts that perish. At this ssason >f the year the Young Men's Christian Associations of the lapd send out circulars asking the pastors to speak a word on this su bject, md so I sound In your ear the words of the Lord God Almighty, "Woe unto him that putteth the bottle to his neighbor's lips." Rejoice ihat you have come to the glad, wln;er months that remind you of the times when n your childhood you were shone on by the face of father, mother, brothers, sisters, some of them, alas! no more to meet you with a "Happy New Year" or a "Merry Christmas."\ But again and again have we ieen on New Year's Day tne sons of some of the best families drunk, and young men have ixcused themselves by the fact that the wine *up has been offered by the ladies, aud again ind again it has been found out that a lady's land has kindled the young man's thirst for itrong drink, and long after all the ittraetions of the holiday have passed hat same woman crouches in her a 1/8. and her desolation, and her voe under the uplifted hand of the drunken nonster to whom she had passed the fascintting cup on New Year's Day. If we want o go to ruin, let us go alone and not take >tliers with us. Can we not sacrifice our eelings if need be? When the good ship London went down, the captain was tola hat he might escape in one of the lifeboats. 'No," he replied, "I'll go down with the lassengers." All the world applauded his leroism. And can we not sacri flee our tastes md our appetites for the rescue of others'/ lurely it is not a very great sacrifice. Oh, aiT not with the innocent beverage of the loliduy the poison of adders! Mix not with he white sugar of the cup the snow of this wful leprosy! Mar not the clatter of the utlery of the festal occasion with the clank if a madman's chain. Puss down the street and look into the inwubroker's window. E leprant watch, ele;ant furs, elegant flute, elegant shoes, ele:ant scarf, elegant boots, elegant mementos, .'ou sometimes see people with pleased ounteuances looking into such a window. 7tien I look into a pawnbroker's window it eoms to me ns if I had looked into the winow of hell! To whom did tint watch beoag? To a drunkard. To whom did those urs belong? To a drunkard's wife. To rhom did those shoes belong? To adrunkrd's child. I take the three brazen balls at lie doorway of a pawnbroker's shop and I lank them together, sounding the knell of tie druokard's soul. A pawnbroker's shop 3 only one of the eddies in the great torrent f municipal drunkenness. "Oh," says ome one, "I don't patronize such bings. I have destroyed do young man y such influences. I only take ale, and t will take a great amount of ale to intoxiate." Yes. but 1 tell you i:here is not a runkard in America that did not begin with le. Three X's?i do not know what they lt-an. Three X's on the brewer's dray, dree X's on the door of the glnsbop. three ;'s on the side of the bottle. Thiee X's. I sked a man. He could not tell. I asked uot'ner what was the meaning of the three L's. He could not tell me. Then I made ,p my miud thnt the three X's was an alleory. and that tbey meant 3!) heartbreaks, 30 gomes, 30 broken up households, 30 prosects of a drunkard's grave, JiO ways to perition. Three X's. If I were Koiug to write story, the first chapter I would oall Three X's" and the last chapter I would all "The Pawnbroker's Shop." Ob, beware t tmnvinflnonAfl ' Juwl The winter season is especially full of emptntion, because of the long evenings almving such full swing for evil indulgences. rnu can scarcely expect ft young man to go ato his room and sit there from 7 to 11 'clock in the evening, reading Motley's 'Dutch Republic" or John Foster's essays, t would be a beautiful thing for him to do, ut he will not do it. The most of our oung men are busy in offices, in factories, a bankfrig Louses,'in stores, in shops, and rhen evening comes they want the fresh air. nd they want sight-seeing, and they must ave it, "they will have it, and they ought to ave it. Most of the men here assembled will ave three or four evenings of leisure on the rintei nights. After tea the man puts on is hat nnd coat and he goes out. Ooe form f allurement says, "Come in here." Satan ?ys: "It is best fcr you to go in. You ught not to be so green. By this time you ught to have seen' everything." And the jniptations shall be mighty in dull times ach as we have had, bat which, I believe, re gone, for I hear all over the land the rophecy of (jreat prosperity, and the rail road men and the merchants, they all tell mel of the days of prosperity they think are com-i ing. and In many departments they have al-j ready come, and they are going to comei in all departments, bnt thosa dnll times through which we have passed have destroyed a great many men. The question of a livelihood is with a vast multitude the great question. There are young men who expected before this to set up their household, but they have been disappointed in the gains they have made.,' They cannot support themselves, how can: they support others? And, to the curse of modern society, the theory is abroad that a man must not marry until he has achieved a fortune, when the twain ought to start at the foot of the hill and together climb to the top. That is (he old fashioned way. and that will be the new fashioned way it society is ever redeemed. But during the hard times, the dull times, so many men were discourged, ? ? rnnn Hafl nnfhlnff tn /in fllAV PrtTlld pet nothing to do?a pirate bore down on the ship when the sails were down and the vessel wns making no headway. People say they want more time to think. The trouble Is, too many people have had too much time to think, and if our merchants had not had (heir minds diverted many of them would Ion? before this have been within the lour walls of an insane asylum. These long win- , ter evenings. b<? careful where you spend them. This winter will decide the temporal and eternal destiny of hundreds of men in this audience. Then the winter has especial temptations in tne fact that many homes are peculiarly unattractive at this season. In the summer i months the young man can sit out on the. i steps, or he can have a bouquet in the vase on the mantel, or, the evenings being so short, soon after craslight he wants to retire ' anyhow. But there are many parents who do not understand how to make the long winter evenings attractive to tueir children. It is amazing to me that so many old people i do not understand young people. To hear-, some of these parents talk you would think, they had never themselves been young andi had been born with spectacles on. un, it isj i dolorous for young people to sit in the house' ; from 7 to 11 o'clock at night and to hear par-, : i ents groan about their ailments and thej ; nothingness of this world. The nothingness, i of this worldl How dare you talk such, i blasphemy? It took God six days to make this world, and He has allowed it 6000 years , to ban? upon His holy heart, and this world . has shone on you and blessed you and cai ressed you for these fifty or seventy yean, - and yet you dare talk about the nothingness of this world! Why, it is a magnificent . world. I do not believe in the whole universe there is a world equal to it, except it [ be heaven. You o&nnot expect your ohil; dren to stay in the house these long winter i evenings to hear you denonnoe this star, i lighted, sun wanned, shower baptised, flower strewn, angel watched, God inhabitt ed planet. Ob, make your home bright! Bring in the r violin or the picture. It does not require a 1, great salary, or a big house, or chased sil. ver, or gorgeous uoholstery to make a happy > home. All that is wanted is a father's heart, a mother's heart, in sympathy with young, folks. I have known a man with $700 saR > ary, and he had no other inoome, but he had' i a home so happy and bright that, though [ the sons had gone out and won large for tunes and the daughters have gone out into s splendid spheres and become princesses of so1 ciety, they can never think of that early > home without teare of emotion. It was to them i the vestibule of heaven, and all their man ) slons now and all their palaces now cannot ) make them forget that early place. Make your homes happy. Yon go around yoiir > house growling about your rheumatism and: > acting the lugubrious, and your sons will go[ > into the world and plunge into dissipation. > They will have their own rheumatisms after , awhile. Do not forestall their misfortunes, i Alas, that old people so much mlsunderi stand young folks! There was a great Sun> day-sohool anniversary, and there were ) thousands of children present?indeed all the Sunday-schools of the town were in the building, and it was very uproarious and > Tall of disturbance, and the presiding officer on tho occasion came forward and in a very i loud tone shouted, "Silence!" and the more r noise the presiding offlcor made, the more noise the children made. Some one else rose ) on the platform and came forward and with' more stentorian voice shouted, "Silence!" and the uproar rose to greater height, and it > did seem as If there would i be almost a riot and the police have to be called in when old Dr. Beaman, his hair white as the driven snow. Baid, "Let me try my hand." 80 he oame forward with a slow step to the front of the platform, and when the children saw the, venerable man and the white hair, they : thought they would hush up that Instant and hear what the old man had to say. He said: "Boys, I want to make a bargain with you. If you will be still now, while I speak.' when yon get to be as old as I am I will be as still as a mouse." There was not another whisper that afternoon. He was as much a boy as any of them. Oh, in these approaching holidays, let us turn back our natures to what they were years ago and be boys again and girls again and make all our homes happy. God will hold you responsible for the influence yon now exert, and it will be very bright and very pleasant if some winter night ?'1 ?" ? ? ? m n A V? a K1anlr<kfa A# Wuou wo are tucoyLii*; uuuoi us uumvui v.? snow, oar children shall ride along la the merry party and hashing a moment into solemnity, look off and say, "There sleep tho best rather and mother tnat ever made a happy new year." Arm yourself against these temptations of December, January and February. Temptation will come to you in the form of an angel of light. Ob, what a beautiful thing it is to see a young man standing up amid these temptations of city life Incorrupt while hundreds are falling! I will tell your history. You will move in respectable circles all your days, and some day a friend of your father ] will meet you and say: "Good morning!- j Glad to 6ee you. You seem to be prosper- i ing. You look like your father for all the world. I thought you would turn out well when I used to hold you on my knee. If you ever want any help or any. advioe, come to me. , As long as I remember; / your father Til remember you. Good morning." That will be the history of hundreds of these young men. How do I know it? I know it by the way you start. But here's a young man who takes the opposite route, voices of sin charm him away. He reads bad books, mingles in bad society. The glow has gone from his cheek, and the sparkle from his eye. and the purity ? from his soul. Down he goes little by little. r Tne people who saw him when he came to town while yat hovered over his head the blessing of a pure mother's prayer and there was on his lips the dew of a pure sister's n kiss, now as thev see him pass cry, "What n an awful wreck!" Cheek bruised in grog- " shop fight. Eye bleared with dissipation. ? Lip swollen with indulgences. Be careful i< what you say to him; for a trifle he would take your life. ^ Lower down, lower down until, outcast of p God and man, he lies in the asylum, a blotch ji of loathsomeness and pain. One moment he calls for God and then be calls for rum. He prays, he curses, he laughs as & fiend laughs, then bites his nails into the quick, then puts his hands through the hair hanging around his head like the mane of n wild beast, then shivers until the cot shakes, with unuttera- j ble terror, then with his fists fights back the ' devils, or clutches for serpents that seem to wind around him their awful folds, then asks for water, which is instantly consumed on his cracked lips. Some morning the Burgeon going his rounds will find him dead. Do not try to comb out or brush back the matted locks. Straighten out the limbs, wrap him in a sheet, put him in a box, and let two men carry him down to the wagon at ?he door. With a piece of chalk write on top of the box the name of the destroyer and destroyed. Who is it? It is you, oh. man, if. yieldiug to the temptations of a dissipated! lile, you go out and perish. There is a way that seemeth bright and fair and beautiful to a man, but the end thereof is death. Employ_these long nights ofDeoember, January anrt Jb'eoruary tn mgn pursuits, in intelligent socialities, in innocent amusements. 111 Christina work. Do not waste this winter, for soon you will have seen your last 3now shower and have gone up into the companionship of Him whose raiment is white as snow, whiter than any fuller on earth could wliltsr* it For all Christian hearts the winter kigbtr of earth will end in the June morning at hfcAven. The river of life from under the tbrrrne never freezes over. The foliage of life's fair tree is never frostbitten. The festivities, the hilarities, the I family greetings of earthly Christmas times will give way to larger reunion and brighter lights and sweeter garlands and mightier joy in the great holiday of heaven. There is a well-authenticated story from the township of Lee, Michigan, that an orphan boy aged fourteen was recently sold for fourteen bundles of cornstalks. The matter will be investigated. 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