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tllFTING TOffABD ffM erious Crisis Between Great Britai and Germany. IISENALS BEING OVERHAULED Iffland Now Expect* an Appeal to Artx f if the Kaiser Declares the Transvaal Independence ?- Anti-English Sent incnt Running High in Berlin?Ant German Feeling Growing in England. There is no longer any attempt to concer 9 fact that war between Great Britain an trmanv Is not only possible, but probable spatchea received in London from Berli: Iterate in ttrms which almost compel be f Germany's intention to declare the in pendence ot the Transvaal Republic. Tb indon papers credit the announcement d they interpret that it means war. One 11 the population of Great Britain expect ir with Germany at any moment. Th bar hair 'i? annrehensive. and no one, no I'en members of the Cabinet, seem to knoi bat is going to happen. But there is i mains war scare on. You can feel it ii e air, in the club? and in the theaters lere every patriotic utterance is raptur usly applauded. rhis state of exoitement is caused by a re rt from Berlin to the effect that at a spc il audience which Dr. W. J. Leyds, th sretary of State of the Transvaal. ha< th Emperor William His Majesty declarec ?t he would not recognize any claim o serainty over the Transvaal. Great Brit * * 1QOA nloJma ClirAr/lillfl fl Ujr mo uoni* ui iwj . er the Transvaal Republic. 't is agreed on all sides in Europe that th< iment the Kaiser sends a Minister to Pre' ia Lord Salisbury must summon a Parlia nt for the purpose of deolarincr war agains rmanv, or must abandon the avowed in tion of the British Government to main a its suzerainty over the Transvaal Thest orts regarding the German Emperor's de ion have not been denied. f the German Emperor has told Leyds retary of State for Trans\<ial, that Ger oy will recognize the independence o Boors, he has as good as declared war all Englishmen. IEMPEBOB WILLI AX. Queon Victoria bas written a letter to the Emperor of Germany rebuking him for hi.' Mtitude in regard to the Transvaal, espelially in the matter of the congratulatory nessage which His Majesty sent to President Gruger. 'Anti-German feeling is growing rapidly ir he East End of London. The windows ol i number of shoes in Whitechapel kept b} Germans and Hebrews have been broken, ind the Hollander Clnb and some of the East Pad German clubs have been closed, fearing bat they might be attacked. At a large dinner of farmers and tradeslen given at Chard, County of Somerset ie Mayor of the town proposed to drink the nt all of thn Queen's family except Ine grandson, referring to Emperor William t Germany. The toast was received witt nthusiastic cheers, which were followed bj 9oans and hisses for Emperor William. Political circles in London maintain thai ' it be true that the Emperor of German} as promised to recogniz* the independence I the Transvaal Republic by appointing f ferman Resident at Pretoria instead of s bnsyl. it may mean war between Greal [HFain and Germany. [The St James's Gazette says: "Wo would kther face a rupture with Germany than tc pounce the stipulation of the convention 113&i that any international arrangement lade by the South African Republic re tires the consent and ratification of Greal plain." wrders have been sent to Portsmouth, Dev port and Chatham for the immediate com' Pfaoning of six ships to form a fiyinf fcdron, the object of which is obviously t< V^a squadron ready for any require' B^oacy. It wiu 'oe composed of two firstHlbattleships, two first-olass cruisers and fcsecond-class cruisers. L dispatch from Berlin says that Dr, the Secretary of State of the TransH has received a dispatch which state; Itthe Transvaal demands from England indemnity of $2,500,000 for Dr. JameW invasion. be feeling against Emperor William conies among all classes and the war sentitt against Germany rises as time passes. >eror William is a member of several ex[ve English clubs, including the Roya fit Squadron, and in some of them the and for his expulsion is already verj L Letters have also been published ix newspapers demanding that he resign hi< nfeicy in the Royal Dragoons. cablegram from Berlin says: It cannot aid that the incessant jingoism of th< [sh piftss and the hostile demonstrations the Kalaarhave nroducec I Equally warlike spirit in Germnny. Onth< Itrary.aconservative and dignified attitud< I been assumed in this instance by thi raan newspapers and public. Neverthe fc a big demonstration is anticipated in th< ichstasr. The Emperor and Prince Hoben )e are in complete accord in this matter pee is no foundation whatever in the re [rwhich emanated from the Berlin Boursi I ,the Chancellor has offered to resign. | Henpatch from Vienna says that the Ger I iGovernment, fearing that Emperor Wil | Is message to President Kruger woul< | p Emperor Franois Joseph, has explains [font Goluobowski, Minister of Foreigj Mrs, that Emperor William did not intern Iffend England. His message was merel, Int to encourage the free States of Soutl La to maintain their independence, J Bar message has been sent to Rome Be, it is stated, the Opposition intend t Hhe incident against a renewal of th He Alliance. Cecil Khodes Wanted to Ketire. J despatch from Capo Town says tba pil Rhodes has tendered his resignation c uofflce of Prime Minister of Cape Colon " 1'? r\y r I Sir iioruuiw iuv v> I colony, but that the latter had not ac fit wilt. The Coinage of 1895. Iroitement prepared by the Director c i Mint shows the coinage executed at th |ted States Mints during the calendn irjust closed to have been as followId. $59,616,337, silver. $5,536,010; mino OS, $882,430; total, i65.081.7i?>. >Ths Boers Fought by Searchlights, .dispatch from Cape Town, South Africr _j~v.4-r-.il ?,a rlovn? I, UHOI Ul^Uimn vu www j ?u i ^tween Dr. Jameson and his follower life Bjers, the latter used searchlights lolves remaining under cover, and re upon their sharpshooters to pick ol ion's tnen. > Pulling the Jlilno to Pieces. Sampton Roads, Va.. all the ammuai tolst3 of the United States battleshl j found.unsatisfactory by the Board c ction and Survey were lately re-exaa by Assistant Naval Constructor B. I ell and condemned, and they are no1 ora out. \ | | _ 'it'- " | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Waihincton Item*. Republican Senators in caucus doclc that the Finance Committee should rop n the House Tariff bill without amendment. The Republican Senate caucus ordered ( House Tariff bill to be reported withe amendment. A bill providing for the increase of t I navy was introduced in the Senate. Senator Chandler -offered In the Unil .euofno sonnto a hill orovidinar for the sale postal notes as a basis for a popular lAan. ?s ' United States Treasury officials expect 1 >a greater part of the new loan will bo taken bankers or a syndicate. " The Secretary of State and Mrs. Olney < I- tortalned at dinner in honor of Presidi and Mrs. Cleveland. American beauty ro in silver "loving cups" decorated the ta and twenty-six covers were laid. The Brit j Ambassador was present. The Finance Committee of the Senato i oided to report a free sliver bill as a sub: n ,tuto for the House's bond bill and to rep i- the House Revenue bill practically with< change. ? The District of Columbia Court of Appe vacated the order of District Supreme Coi j .Tustiae Bradley releasing Captain Armes, s the United States Army (retired), accused g insubordination, on a writ of habeas corp ~ and ordered his rearrest. 1 The United States Supremo Court rendoi '* a decision in the claim of the State of N v York against the Government for interest a taonev raised and expended by the State a Jthe equipment of troops during the w , awarding the full amount of $130,1 - claimed by the State. ' The President appointed Francis Loupp, a Washington newspaper correspoi * Jbnt, a member of the Board of Indian Co 5 jmissioners, vice William E. Russell, of M | saohusetts, declined. I ' Tho Hon. Rufus W. Peckham, of N .York, the new Associate Justice of the S J preme Court of the United States, forma took his seat on the bench. > A story was current in Washington tl . |the Administration contemplated a na1 demonstration against Turkey to enfoi t ^compliance with its demand for an demntty for the damages said to have be Sustained by American citizens in A j Minor. Domestic. ! The anniversary of the battle of New ( I leans, in which Andrew Jackson gaifl ( fame, was celebrated in many cities. ' In New York City Coroner Hoeber d charged Albert A. Nellis. who was accus inf nmicinc* Mrs .Tnhn A Tiiinnfltt'fi death. the Inquest showed that she had been ac dentally killed. Thomas Byrnes. ex-Chief of Police, w welcomed by many friends on his return New York City from Europe. Mayor Swift, of Chloa?o; III., received harmless bomb through the mail. He a ills wife haye received many threatening 1 ters. and the former is constantly guard 'by detectives. ; The Excise Board of New York City 1 .creased the license fees to the maxiau .rates allowed by law, and resolved to iss ,110 licenses for new drinking places beyoi bne new liceosa for every two old ones t liinquished. 1 John MeGough reiterated in Dannemo Prison the confession made to Govern Morton, of Now York, that he, and'not "Ba' 'Shea, killed' Robert Ross. Mayor Strong, of New York City, sent 1 .annual message to the Board of Alderm< rHe upholds the Police Commissioners 1 Strictly enforcing the Excise Laws, but ,'opposed to spy system. He believe? t 'Sunday opening of saloons question shoe ioe settled Dy tne people at tne pous. In Indianapolis, Ind., Patrlok Galv while insane, shot dead Samuel Paul, w boarded with William Murphy, fata wounded Mrs. Murphy and was killed Murphy. i Judge Cowing charged the Jannary Gra. [ 'Jury to investigate the startling increase r [crime in New York City. , The weather in New York was colder th has been experienced in fifteen years, t ; thermometer registering three degrees bel< ' zero. Extremely low temperatures were j corded throughout New York State. The was much suffering among the Chesapea > Bay oystermen because of the cold. Governor Wells and Statehood were i 1 augurated in Utah with much enthusiasm J Salt Lake City. The ceremonies were he in the Mormon Tabernacle. t Warden John J. Fallon, of the Toml New York City, has been suspended frc , duty pending an investigation of charg t of cruelty to prisoners. l uovernor luc-tuniey sent nis tast oraci t message to the Ohio Legislature. Thomas Wallace Knox died suddenly I New York City -while visiting friends. 1 > traveled extensively and wrote many boo t of interest to the young. General M. D. Lesgett died at his re: " dence at Cleveland, Ohio, of apoplexy. I entered the service In the West Yirgic campaign of McCle'.lan as a volunteer Aid de-Camp. He was made Commissioner ~ Patents by President Grant in 1870. ] While four workmen were being lower [ into the new shaft of the Luke Fidler mil Shamokin, Penn., the "billy" which balanc L the elevator, and weighs about 100 > pouni fell upon them. They were instantly kille their bodies being crushed so as to be almt unrecognizable. CaptAin Thomas Camp, of the vest-el Ma away, was mysteriously murdered at Ches peake, Md. His body was thrown into Bla Creek. The dead man was a resident Goshen, N. Y. Mrs. Mary Nurnberg, of Williamsbut Brooklyn, fearing consumption, killed bo herself* and her six-year-old daughter asphyxiation with gas. Anderson Cunningham confessed to ro bing and burning the postofHce at Boyd ai PKonol W Vo v/uopvi, II. ?u. Marie Giovanni, the six-year-old Itali t girl who was thrown into i. bonfire at M 5 ford. Mass., by boys, died from the effects 5 her burns. I Arno Korb, who 'committed suloide j Christmas Eve, had robbed of noarly $80,C 3 the firm of Vietor & Aohelis, New York C11 a by whom he was employed as head boo keeper. a Forelsrn Notes. Paul Verlaine, the well-known Fren ~ poet, died in Paris. A dispatch from Berlin says that Russti co-operation with Germany on theTransv; question is now assured. J It wa3 feared that tho entire crew of t 3 British steamer Ealing, consisting of twt a Iv-nlne men of all ranks, had been lost i New Foundland. y Sir Adolphe Caron announced in the C " tawa House of Commons the resignation ^ seven Canadian Cabinet Ministers. Sir Julian Goldsmid. Member of tho Br ish Parliament, died in Brighton. Ho vt fifty-eight years old. He was a noted p lanthroplst. v M. Felix Francois Devllle. one of the me bers of the Frencn Chamber of Deputies I the Department of Alsne, committed auicl I with a revolver. y Sir J. Gordon Sprigg was appoint if Premier of Cape Colony, South Africa, f- succeed Cecil Rhodes. A cable despatch from Havana, Cuba, si that Campos was reinforced and thai he !i decided to attempt to pan the rebel lead j Gomez in the west and defeat him. A railroad train which had been delay * and was running at a high rate of speed 1 it tween Johannesburg, in the South Afric it Republic, and Durban, was thrown fr( r the track, and tweuty-eight passengers w< killed and twenty-three injured. Emperor William*1 of Germany promis the protection of Germany to the Transvi lf Republic. e Scouts sent forward into the Ashanti ter tory, in Africa, have returned to the Briti outposts and report that King Prempeh 1 sent a messenger to meet the expedition n< ^ on its way to Coomassle, in order to propc terms or peace. The tension between England and Italy : regard to the refusal ot the former Power . , allow the latter to disembark troops at Ze l" has become very serious. P Fire destroyed the srreater part of Dru >1 mondville, Canada. The loss is very hea1 l* Dr. Leyds, Secretary of State of the Trai ? vaal, with a seoret fund that was placed * his disposal, has floated a German oolonis Hon company, whioh will Introduce 61 German military settlers Into the Transya I ???? * DR. JAMESON IS RELEASED. ' j Kruger Wants Eirn and Rhodes to Be Banleil ishedFrom Transvaal. g| ort A dispatch from Cape Town. South Airica, says that Dr. Jameson and those of his fol-. mt lowers who were taken prisoners by the Boers have been released and handed over to Si :he Sir Heroules Robinson, the Governor of Cape Colony. I ft ed ba ow DB. .TAMESON*. aD in ?? th For A Pretoria dispatch says it is reported ioi ar, there that the Transvaal Government has to: MM) demanded the banishment from the country ] of Ceoil P.hodes and Dr. Jameson, and the an E. payment of a large indemnity by the British an South Africa Company. spi m_ The editorials of the leading British papers ch as. are unanimous in lauding the generosity and ole prudence of President Kruger. and assuring nil him that England appreciates them at their do full value. All of the Dapers will praise Col- pU ,i" onial Secretary Chamberlain for his course pli - throuchout the difficulty. It Thelectures to Emperor William are gen- an iaJ orally repeated in the London paper>. The ai marked cessation of the hostility of no the press of Germany toward England Gc In- is ascribed to tho British Govern- cal 1011 ment's preparations for war, which up sia are highly commended on all sides. The ha Central News is authority for the statement hri thatLord Salisbury has notified the German ad Government that Great Britain will main- J v lain the rights in the Transvaal secured to Ch Jr" her under the convention of 1884, at all up costs. oh: : sei Its- LOWNDES INAUGURATED. Yo ed ? chi as Maryland's Republican Governor Takes cj. the Oath of Office. ho Lloyd Lowndes was inaugurated Governor P? of Maryland at Annapolis, being the flrst'Re- we publican to hold that office in thirty years, titi , The visitors included hundreds of well Pn' bv ? J bnAtwn Tiomn/?mtc ilu nuvnu wwwv4uvw< WM , . ? ?* ? et- ^ ad Lb Jllsl hei ^ b ? Eta nal G0VEBN0B LLOYD LOWNDES. . ad * of list The Governor-elect was oscorted to a band- \ye 8omely decorated reviewing stand near the t^e an State House, opposite Francis street.. After pa-| he the procession had passed Mr. Lowndes was escorted to the State House, where the in- vej f?" auguration took place in the Senate Cham- we ire ber in the presence of the Senators, the mombers of the Hoyse of Delegates and the Judges we of the Court of Appeals. Standing on a hai in- small, uncovered platrorm erected at a l01 in front window of Che Senate Chamber, Mr. rb( ild Lowndes delivered his inaugural address. the At the conclusion of tho address Chief rfcl )S Justice Robinson^ of the Court of Appeals, the ltlJ administered the oath of office. He] ;es >bc ABOUT THE SUZERAINTY. 0U1 al Particular* of the Treaty Giving England in Control Over the Transvaal's Policy. ^ The suzerainty which England claims over the Transvaal, which Germany appears to si- question or deny, rests upon a convention 3e concluded in London In 1884 between the l'a British Government and the Government of ! the South African Republic. When the Transvaal secured its National i independence, in 1881, by the peace of Pre- | ed toria, it was given complete freedom in | I ie, making and administrating its own laws, j >es I But tho right of regulating and superintend- 1 p11 is, .ing the relations between the Boers and ! 'n ? jthe native population, the adjustment of 8no 3St frontier questions with resident and neigh- Mffl boring tribes and the control of foreign re,n lations were reserved by the Imperial Gova ernment under the new term of the "Suze- pro ck rainty" of Queen Victoria. I of' By the London convention of 1834 this *k? suzerainty was whittled away to a single ^he point?to the privilege of controlling and directing the Transvaal's foreign rela- ? by tions. The Boer Republic was required **is to submit to England for her approval J*?1 , any treaty entered into with native ^7 tribes outside the Transvaal, or with | ?e" a foreign Nations, the Orange Free State ex- j cepted. If no objections are raised by the I ^Jf1 an British Government within six months, the j il- treaty goes into force without English sane- ! of tioo. I It will be seen that under this treaty, a< Qo on long as it subsists, Germany cannot entei ma 100 into any secret treaty with President Knje- ma ty, ger, nor into a treaty of any kind with him I Pa; ik- that has not previously been authorized bj r1 England. J1" too Shell Pierce* the Harveylred Flute. nn( its Cb For the first time in the official history of the re-forging process, as applied to Harvey- the n's ized urmor, a plate which had been given ^01 lal this treatment went down before an armor c?r niercint: shell. Tho battle occurred at the ; ?, , lie Indian Head proving grounds, and the re- i }Q. suits wero so extraordinary that the officials | j off made a thorough investigation upon ; fr its conclusion. The plate test- ' tDe )t ed was eight inches iu calibre, y01 "j and upon its performance depended the ~? acceptance of a group of armor weighing j~v 154 tons, designed for the 8-inch breechload- , "n 't- ing turrets of tho battleship Iowa. A. 6-inoh 'us S-Q0 waa used. A shell of the Wheeling-| * hi- Sterling armor pieroing variety, weighing 100 pound?, was flred. m- ______ For County l>ank Looted. fh iflf? The safe in the bank of the little town ol ket Fayette, In Fulton County, Ohio, was blown en( to ^P?u by burglars and about $9000 and somf 0I1( bonds secured. The cashier found, wben he jj0 w*nt to the building next morning, that the rj door of one of the safes had been blown en- a ts L tirely off. Nothing had been left except e un small sack containing about $150 in geld. 00, nrl 01' ou 4ireat Britain's Surplus. rirant Rrifnin'M onlv nnmforf nf lat? hits I <>r>f >m l?en the Treasury report, which estimate.' 3re that the surplus at the end of the flaancia.' foe year, in March, will exceed $25,000,1)01). ed rej iia i j-pj fiirln Saved From the Flaxnes. ? I th< rl- Six hundred girls from eight to twelve j sta years old were marchsd out of the Winthrop | ^ School, Bo3ton^ Mass., while the building ( ? ,s'0 !was burning. To the calmness or Miss vol- | entine, one of the teachers, the avotdance of j*,, a panic is largely due. SQ1 to' ! Je; ila I ' Beet Sujcar in WlscoQiin. Q\ m- The manufacture of beet sugar will beat-; ?y- tempted in tho neighborhood of Milwaukee, ,ju Wis., this year. Fifty half-aore patches, mi ^ cultivated as an experiment, have given re- nc suits so satisfactory that a company with th a cash capital of $1W,000 has been formed, otl aL v ' . ' ;V: ; ' ' hM'' REV. DR. TAIJtfA.GR |! i j JNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE i NOTED DIVINE. 1 ibject: Return of the Prodigal J Son." i j l rEXT: 'Tut a ring on Ills hand."?Luke j 22. 1 I will not rehearse the familiar story of 1 * * il 1-1 Vah i 0 last youDf? man 01 mo parnuie. xun < low what a splendid home he left. You low what a hard time he had. And you member how, after that season of vaga ndage and prodigality, he resolved to go id weep out his sorrows on tho bosom of irental forgiveness. Well, there is great extement one day in front of the door of the d farmhouse. The servants come rushing ) and say: "What's the matter? What is e matter?" But before they quite arrive the d man ories out, "Put a rinj? on his hand.** hat a seeming absurdity! What can suoh retched mendicant as this fellow that is impinj? on toward tho house want with a ig? Oh, he is the prodigal son. No more nding of the swine trough! No more longg for the pods of the carob tree! No more Istered feet! Off with the rags! On with e robe! Out with the ring! Even so does >d receive every one of us when we come ok. There are gold rings, and pearl rings, d emerald rings, and diamond rings, , but e richest ring that ever flashed on the visit is that which our Father puts upon a rgiven soul. [ know that the impression is abroad long some people that religion bemeaos d belittles a man; that it takes all the arkle out of his soul; that he has to exanee a roisterine independence for an ec siasticAl straitjacket. Not so. When a in becomes a Christian, he doe? not go wn. Hestarts upward. Religion multies one by ten thousand. Nay, the multier is in infinity. It is not a blotting out. la a polishing; it is an arborescence; it is efflorescence: it is an irradiation. When nan comes into tho kingdom of God, he is t sent into a menial service, but the Lord id Almighty from the palaces of heaven lis upon the messenger angels that wait on the throne to fly and ' 'put a ring on bis nd.'' In Christ are the largest liberty, and ightest joy, and highest honor, and richest ornmeut. "Put a ring on his hand." I [ remark, in the first place, that when ' rist receives a soul Into His love He puts 1 on him the ring or adoption. While In my 1 arch in Philadelphia there came the repre- c itative of the Howard Mission of New c rk. He brought with him eight or ten J lldren of the street that he had picked up, ' dhe was trvineto find for them Christian * mes, and as the little ones stood on the ( lpit and song our hearts melted within us. the close of the services a great hearted 1 althymnn came up and said, 'TJltakethis J :le bright eyed tfirl ana I'll adopt her as 1 e of my own children." And ne took her 3 the hand, lifted her into his carriage and 1 nt away. Che next day, while we were in the church 8 thering up garments for the poor of New 1 rk, thl3 little child came back with a f ndle under her arm, andshesaid: "There's 1 r old dress. Perhaps some of the poor 8 lldren would like to have it." while she 1 rself was. in bright and beautiful array, 1 d those who more immediately examined r said she had a ring on her hand. It was ing of adoption. ["here are a Rreat many persons who pride jmselves on their ancestry, and they glory ar the royal blood that pours through ;ir arteries. In their line there was a lord, a duke, or a prime minister, or a king, t when the Lord, our Father, puts upon the ring of His adoption we become the ildren of the Ruler of all Kations. "BeId what manner of Jove the Father hath itowed upon ns. that we should be called i sons of God." It matters not how poor r garments may be In this world, or bow 1 nt our bread, or bow mean the hut we 1 i in, if we bave tbat ring of Christ's adop- ja upon oar hand, we are assured of eter- " defenses. t adopted! Why, then, we are brothers and * .ore to all the good of earth and heaven. a hare the family nami, the family dress, ' family keys, the family wardrobe. The c ier looks after us, robes us. defends ua, 11 ssee us. We have royal blood in our us, and there are crowns in our line. If are His children, then prinees and prinses. It Is only a question of time when get our coronet. Adopted! Then we re the family secrets. "The secret ot the rd is with them tbat fear Him." Adopted! >n we have the family inheritance, and in ? day when .our Father shall divide the les of heaven we shall take our share of * mansions and" palaces and temples. . iceforth let us boast no more o f an earthly J lestry. The insignia of eternal glpry is t ooat of arms. This ring of adoption _ s upon us all honor and all privilege. . n we can take the words of Charles Wes- / , that prince of hymnmakers, and sing: Come, let us join our friends above Who have obtained the priztt, And on the eagle wings of'love 1U j \JJ UOiTOliCU use. Let All the saints terrestrial sins With those to glory gone. For all the servants of our King In Heaven and earth are one. I have been told that when any of the c libera of any of the great secret societies a his country are in a distant city and are 11 my kind of trouble, and are set upon by t mies, they have only to give a certain t aal and the members of that organization o 1 flock around for defense. And when n - man belongs to this great Christian t therhood, if he gets in trouble, in trial, v jersecution, in temptation, he hus only to ii w this ring of Christ's adoption, and all e armed cohorts of heaven will come to rescue. t till further, when Christ takes a eoul into \ i love He puts upon it a marriage ring, t iv, that is not a whim of mine (Hosea ii., o , "I will betroth theo unto Me forever; c . T will hntroth thee unto Mo in rieht- 8 isness, and in judgment, and In loving t< duess, and in mercies.'' At the wedding I ir the bridegroom puts a ring upon tbe o id of the bride, signifying love and faith- a aess. Trouble may come upon the house- v d. and the carpets may go. the pictures A y go, the piano may go, everything else ii y go?the last thing that goes is that c rria?e rin>?, for- it Is considered sacred. \ the burial hour it is withdrawn from the q id and kept in a casket, and sometimes p box is opened on an anniversary day, y 1 as you look at that ring you see under nroh a long procession of precions mem- a as. Within the golden circ'e of that ring a re is room for a thousand sweet recollec- s os to revolve, and you think of the great s itrast between the hour wheD, at the close p the wedding marob, under the flashing 6 tits and amid the aroma of orange blcs- t us, you set that ring on the round finger f the plump hand, and that hour when at c i close of the exhaustive watching, when t 1 knew that the soul had fled, you took m the hand, whioh gave back no respon- t e clasp, from that emaciated finger, the f g that she had worn so long and worn so t it h )n some anniversary day you take up that C g, and you polish it until all the old luster f nes back, and you can see in it the flash a Byes that long ago ceased to weep. Oh, it c lot an unmeaning thing when I tell you t it when Christ receives a soul into His 11 iping He puts on it a marriage ring! Ho i lows you from that moment with all His c alth. You are one?Christ and the soul? a in sympathy, one in affection, ono in ["hero is no power on earth or hell to effect livoreement after Christ and the soul are ited. Other kinps have turned out their npanious whun they got weary of them ? d sent them adrift from the palace sate, asuerus banished Vashti; Nnpoleon for)k Josephine, but Christ i3 the husband it is true forever. Having loved you once, i loves you to the end. l)ld they not try divorce Margaret, the Scotch girl, from ms? They said : "You must give up your iglou." She said: "I can't give up my igion." And so they took her down to > beach of the sea. and they drove in a J .ke at low water mark, and they fastened t r to it, expecting that as the tide came up I r faith would fail. The tide began to rise, a u culuh up ui^nur tuiu uimior, iuiu iu uio i :dlo, and to the lip, and in the last mo- i int, just as the wave was washing her t ill into glory, she shouted the praises of a sus. i Oh. no, you cannot separate a soul from \ irist! It is an everlasting marriage. Bat- i ? and storms and darkness cannot do it Is 1 too much exultation for a man. who is but ist and ashes like myself, to cry out this anient, "I am persuaded that neither height ir depth nor principalities nor powers, nor ings present, nor tnings to come, nor any her creature, shall separate tnu from the HHV . -T; 'v > >. /-9??*T ' : '*9 love of God, which Is In Christ Jesus, my Lord?" Glory be to God that when Christ and the soul are married they are bound by a chain?a golden chain?if I might say so? a chain with one link, And that one link the I golden ring of God's everlasting love. I go a step farther, and tell you that when Christ receives a soul into His love. He pots on him the ring of festivity. You know that j it has been the custom in all ages to bestow rings on very happy occasions. There is nothing more appropriate for a birthdav gift than* a ring. You delight to bestow suoh 3 ?ift upon your children at such a time. It means Joy, hilarity, festivity. Well, when this old man of the text wanted to tel! how Bflnd he was that his boy had got back, be t expressed it in this way. Actually, before f tie ordered sandals to be put on bis bare a reet; before he ordered the fatted calf to be 0 killed to appease the boy's hunger, he com- * a rlnr? nn Ma hflnH " . iiauucu, x uk w ""ft v? ? < Oh, it is a merry time when Christ and the j soul are united! Joy of forgivness! What ? i splendid thing it is to feel that all is right t oetwfien my God and myself. What a glori- c :ius thing it is to have God just take up all j he sins of my life and put them la one-bun- ? lie, and then fling them into the depths of , ;he sea, never to rise again, nevej to be t :alked of again. Pollution all gone. Dark- c less all illumined. God reconciled. The ? prodigal home. "Put a ring ou his hand." ^ Every day I find happy Christian people, j [ find some of them with no second coat, ^ iomeof them in huts and tenement houses, v lot one earthly comfort afforded them, and v ret they are as happy as happy can be. They a ting "Rock of Ages" as no other people in { :he, world sing it. Tney never wore any ewelry in their life but ,one gold ring, and i :hat was the ring of God's undying affec- t ion. Oh, how happy religion makes usl f Old It make you gloomy and sad? Did you E ?o with your head cast down? I do not E :hink you got religion, my brother. That is r lot the effect of religion. True religion is u j oy. "Her ways are ways of pleasantness, i ind all her paths are peace." s Why, religion lightens all our burdens. 3 [t smooths all our way. It interprets all c >ur sorrows. It changes the jar of earthly <3 liscord for the peal of festal bells. In front t >f the flaming furnace of trial it sets the j 'orge on which soepters are hammered out. | ffould you not like this hour to come up y rom the swine feeding and try this religion? I U1 the joys of heaven would come out and neet you^ and God would cry from the 1 nrone, ''Put a ring on ma nana." You are not happy. Isee it. There Is no }eace, and sometimes you laugh when you eei a great deal more like crying. The yorld is a cheat. It first wears you down ; vith its follies, then it.kicks you out into larkness. It comes back from the massacre >f a million souls to attempt the destruction , >f your soul to-day. No peace out of God, >ut here is the fountain that can slake the a hirst.. Here is the harbor where you can c Irop safe anohorage. j Would you not like, I ask you?not per- 8 unctorily, but as one brother might talk to E mother?would you not like to have a pllow of rest to put your head on? And would ? rou not like, when you retire at night, to eel that all is well, whether you wake up to- t norrow morning at 6 o'clock or sleep the j ileep that knows do waking? Would you v lot like to exchange this awfnl uncertainty v ibout the future for a glorious assurance of- j leaven? Accept of the Lord Jesus to-day a ind all is well. If on your way home some t >erll should oross the street and dash your n ife out, it would not hurt yon. You,would t lae up immediately, ion wouiq stand in t ho celestial streets. Ton would be amid the j; preat throng that forever worship and are ^ orever happy. It this night some sudden q liseaae should come upon you, It would not a right en you. If von knew you were going v rou could give a calm farewell to your beau- b Iful home on earth and know that you are folng right Into the companionship ofvthose t, fho have already got beyond the tolling and g he weeping. . y You feel on Saturday night different from t; he way you feel any other night of the reek. You come home from the bank, or j he store, or the office, and you say, "well, c low my week's work is done, and to-morrow tl 9 Sunday." It Is a pleasant thought. u ?here are refreshment and reconstruction In t he very Idea. Oh, how pleasant it will be f, when we get through the day of our life, j nd we go and lie down In our bed of dust, p re can realize, ''Well, now the work is all ? lone, and to-morrow is Sunday?an ever- c asting Sunday." 0 Oh. when, thou city of my God, 1 j! ' Shall I thy courts ascend. ? TVhere congregations ne'er break up | 2 And Sabbaths have no end? t. There are people In this house to-day who 1! re very near the eternal world. If you are 0 Ihristiuns, I bid you be of good cheer. Bear e rith you our congratulations to the bright ? ity. Aged men, who will noon be gone. " ake with you our love for our kindred in x he better lanl, and when you seo them, tell hem that we are soon coming. Only a few b aore sermons to preach and hear. Only a " ew more heartaches. Only a few more toils. " >nly a few more tears. And then?what an ntrancing spectacle will cpen before us! j* Beautiful heaven, where all is light; g Beautiful angels, clothed in white; t< Beautiful strains that never tire, tl Beautiful harps through all the ohoir; a There shall I join the chorus sweet, Worshiping at the Saviour's feet. T c< Aad so I approach you now with a general el avltation, not picking out here and there a n aan, or here and there a. womau, or here a nd there a child, but giving you an un- si imited invitation, saylnp, "Come, for all tl hings are now ready." We invite you to N he warm heart of Christ and the inolosure t< f the Christian church. I know a great a lany think that the church does not amount p o much?that it is obsolete; that it did its d rork and is gone now, so far as all usefulness 5 concerned. It is the happiest place I have 1 ver been in except my own home. ei I know there are some people who say ci hey are Christians who seem to get along ti ritnout any help from others, and who cul- ii ure solitary piety. They do not want, any b rdinances. I do not belong to that class. I tl annot get along without'them. There are w o many things in this world that take my at- h ention from God and Christ and heaven that o ?-A. -II t.AlHn *9 oil MrnikAlo unH o WAUL a Li CUD UOipa \Jt UII IUU OJIUWVIO uuu M if all the Christian associations, and I want it round about mo it so id phalanx of mon u fho love God and keep His commandments, ire there any here who would like to enter- ?\ uto that association? Then by a simple, o hildlike faith apply for admission into the X -iaiblo church, and you will be received. No ti [uestioDs asked about your past history or o iresent surroundings Only one test?do i. ou love Jesus? hi Baptism does not nmount to anything, say ft , groat many people, but the Lord Jesus de- tl lared, "He that believeth and is baptized ri hall be saved," putting baptism and faith G ide by side. And an apostle declares, (:Be- t< ient and be baptized every one of you." I w lo not stickle for any particular mode of b laptism. but I put great emphasis on the si act that you ought to bo baptized, yet no n nore emphasis than the Lord Jesus Christ, be Great Head of the church, puts upon It. Some of you have been thinking on his subject year \f:er year. You have ound out that this^world Is a poor por- . ion. You want to >e Christians. You lave come almost in?j the kingdom of Jod, but there you stop, forgetful of the act that to be almost saved is not to be h; aved at all. Oh, my brother, alter having R ome so near to the door of mercy, if you el urn baok you will never come at all. After 0 ,11 you have heard of the goodness or God, si f you turn away and die, it will cot be be- ii au3e you did not have a good offer. bi God's spirit will not always strive 1< With hardened, self destroying man. ft Ye who persist His love to grieve o: May never hear His voice again. tt May God Almighty this .ionr move upon 91 'our "soul and bring you back from the husks . if the wilderness to the Father's house, and D et you at the banquet, and "put a ring on " our hand." ? A VANDAL'S WORK. * .... w ['ho Silver Inscription Plate on I'reiirlent .Monroe's Toiub Stolen. The present world-wide discussion or tne ^ lonroe doctrine has called public attention {> 0 the fact of thedespcllini; of t'hft tomb in tl lolywood Cemetery, Richmond, Vrif., of the v mthor of that famous declaration. The iron a omb over .'President Monroe's grave, which i s in the northwestern part of the grounds, las been robbed of a plate bearing the incription of the date of his death and other nterestina: history and facts connected therevith. Whether tne thief carried this off to , jreserve as a relic, or to dispose of as junk, 01 s, of course, only a matter of conjecture. Thy plate was a'bout twelve by eighteen in;hes, and, being screwed on, no difficulty 85 tvas found in removing it. Monroe's tomb is near the grave of President Tyler and within 1 rod or so of the last resting place of Jefferson Davis. d 7 SABBATH SCHOOL ] nternationaij lesson foe january 26. c jesson Text: "Tfce Early Ministry a a# >? r --i? i_ < . ?->? u? UOOII3) JJU&e IV. f UfOlU- ? en Text: Luice iv., 32? ? Commentary. c t c 14. "And Jesus returned in the power ot v he Spirit into Galilee, and there went out a ^ nme ot Him through all the region round fl ,bout." After His baptism He, beini; full j f the Holy Spirit, was led by the Spirit into D he wilderness to be tempted of the devil c verse 1.) He was tempted on the same ^ hree points on which Evd was tempted? e he lost of the fle3h. the lust of the eyes and , he pride of life. She and Adam, with every J omfort of life about them, sinned and fel'. ^ ie. with no earthly comfort, stood and con- v ;uered by the sword of the Spirit. So may a re stand and conquer. See Eph. vi., 10-18. jj n the power of the same Spirit, who is also ^ iven unto us. He now goes back home to ? egln His public work. Perhaps it would t e well to read here the whole story of John f 19, to iv., 51, and then we will understand t 'oner now ma iame spreaa aoroaa every- ^ vhere. Let us ever remember two things?It. : vas by the Spirit that He spake and wrought, ? ind it was the Father whom He always glori- f led. ? , 15. "And He tauaht in their synagogues, , eing glorified of all." In verse 32 we read fl hat they were astonished at His doctrine, . ot> His word was with power. We would sea . aore of the power of the word if ye used aore of the word, in which aione there Is ^ lower, and if our aim was like Hts. that God J, n *1! things might be glorified (I Pet: iv., Z, 1). He spoke with authority, because1 He f aid only what the Father told Him (John it, 49). He never discounted in the least logree any portion of the Scriptures, but. inlorsed the story of creation, Adam and Eve, he deluge, Abraham. Lot. Sodom, Jonah, )aniel and all the rest. Those who make lght of any portion of Scripture are not talking in His steps. Pray fortheis, but teed them not. 16. "And He came to Nazareth, where He iad been4 brought up, and. as His custom fas, He went into the synagogue on theSabiath day and stood up for to read." At the ige of twelve He returned to Nazareth with lis mother and Joseph from the passover at erasalem, and until the age of thirty He. vas subject to them. A part of His subjeclon is seen in His being in the synagogue very Sabbath. Many of us would think that t was a poor place to be for spiritual profit, ,nd that we had better stay at home and read iur Bibles, but our Lord never lived unto limself, and the main question with us hould be, not how can I get the most for nyself, but how can I bring the greatest ;lory to God and manifest Him to others, lee II Cor. v., 16. 17 "Aviri fhat*A vaa ^AlivArflH linto TTim he book of the prophet Esaias. And when ) le had opened the book Be found the plaoa rhere it was written." If you have ever ! ratchel people looking for a text in the ' Jible, yon might conclude that not all are J killful in finding places. It is a good thing * o have people, young and old, commit to' 1 lenfory the books of the Bible la order so ' bat they may quickly turn to any particular 1 ook, and then it Is well to have an idea of 1 be contents of each book, so that ,we may 4 now where to look for what we want j lomparelsa. xxjx., 11. 12, and see if you ' re like those or like Jesus Christ." If you ! rould read the Scriptures aloud for the * enefit of others, 6ee Neh. vlil., 8. 18. "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, 1 ecause Be hath annointed Me to preaoh the I ospel to the poor. He hath sent Me to heal he broken hearted, to preach deliverance to ' be captives and recovering of sight to the 1 llnd, to set utllbertytbem that are braised." f fot many preachers would seek for their J ongregation the poor, the brokenhearted, ho itmHvo ?-ho hlind the braised. but 1 into such Christ specially came, being 1 hereto anointed by the Spirit. 19. "To preach the acceptable year of the j iord."' Tne whore time of this present dis- J ensation until Jesus shall come again is ' lere called a year, as in John v.. 25, it is 1 ailed an hour, the honr or year or Rerlod 1 f time when the gospel of the grace of God ' j being preached and all who will may ac- I ept this grace, or in other words, accept ' esus Himself and be saved. In II Cor., vL, 1 t we read: "Behold now is the accepted ime; behold now is the day of salvation." It s therefore our high privilege In this time f grace to proclaim it to the ends of the arth, not for the conversion of nil, but to < ather out the people for His name who will c e the rulers with Him In the next age (Acts t v., 14; Rev. v.. 9, 10). The great motto for j urage is not,-'All the world iot Christ," t ut ''Chri3t for all the world." that whoso- s ver will may come and thus complete His" t ody, the church. i 20. 4,And He closed the book and gave it 3 Rain to the minister and sat down. And \ ie eyes of all them that were in the syna- g ogue were fastened on Him/' By turning > Isa. ixi., 1, 2, you will see that He closed 1 ie book, as we would say, in the middle of j sentence. The words He did not read are. j And the day of vengeance of Our God." a hat day had not come and has not yet c ome. Inlsa. xxxiv., 8; xxxv., 4, lxiii.. 4, , tc., the day of venxeance and the year of Is- ] lei's redemption are associated. It will be r c the second coming.of Christ: when He < mil come back in power and glory to take j ie kingdom and to reign.' He knew that the ; wAitM vuio/tf f?<m Mvnn flfl TTfft own * ItUVU HVUIU *Vjv\.v M tu? 1 ?... _ >wnsmen were about to do (verses 28, 29). ad that the kingdom then at hand would be ostponed till His return. He knew how to ivide the word of truth (IJ Tim. ii., 15). 21. "And He began to say unto, them, 'his day is this Scripture fulfilled In your its." Had He read the next sentence He suld not have said, "Tnls day is this Scripire fulfilled." Heactuallvdid say, if not l so many words, I am He of whom Isaiah y the Spirit wrote, and I am come to do the liugs which I have read to you. Now, ? han we consider that those who heard Him ad known Him for thirty years .is the ?on t f Mary and Joseph, and for many year? as c carpenter in their town (Mark vi.j-3). we , lay understand somewhat tueir feelings , pon this occasion. t 22. "And all bate Him witness and woa- j erod at the graolons words which proceeded s at of His moutb. and they said. Is not this oseph'sSon?" He was full of grace and t ruth, -and the words He uttered were those f f the Father speaking through Him (John r , 14; xii., 49). They actually heard God peaking, as i ruly as when He spake to their ; ithers from the mount, out of the midst of . i/j Are, butthey knew it not. How little wc t irtlize that whea we read the Bible the same a iod is actually talking-to us. We are apt t ) get no further than to wonder at that c rhlch we read aad hear, but thera is no t er.eflt unless we believe and receive. Ho is ? ill ti'.e very same Jesus and has a loving r lessee for all who' wili hear Him.?Lesson t i>'par. ; FORTY-SEVEN DAYS' FAST. J * i i Remarkable Cane is Reported From c Ohio. % t A prominent physician at Greenville.,Ohio. as just made public a case of fasting at v ossville. that eclipses all previous efforts, ther voluntary or otherwise, in that line. t n November 8 Sire. Mary Bowman, aged > xty-seven, announced that she was not goir to eat any more food. 8he took to her ed. aud steadily remained there, never al>wing a morsel of food to pass her hps for >rty-seven days, breaking the world s rec rd, it is said, and making her the most in- j irestlnf? case known to the medical profes- d ion. The lady is a widow. f Mrs. Bowmnn has been residing with her v rother. Mr. William Hoblet. The family car- ? led food to Mrs. Bowmnn, aud tried to in- o uce her and force her to partake, but she j rfused. At last all efforts in this dlreatlon c rere abandoned. Ou the forty-seventh day, 'hich was Christmas, the woman asked for 9 amething to eat, so half a cracker and a lit- p ,c tea were at first allowed the patient, who nbibed both with all apparent relish. The roman was reduced to almost a skeleton, ut the doctors who examined her found | hat her temperature was about normal, as j rell as her pulse. The only case that comes ( ny where near equaling this was that of Dr. | "anner, who, of his own accord, tasted forty s [ays. I The Nation's Chens Champion. i Jaokson W. Showalter is che33 chatnpiou j f the United States and possessor of the ] akes deDOsIted of $1500 by virtue of win- ( Ins: seven games of chcss from S. Lip- i ;hutz, the former champion. _ i No More Pnaper Ones. The Immigrants who landed in New York uring the last six raonthj brought $4,12693 in money with them. ' , . RELIGIOUS READING 1 : the p*t8ioloot or ruAOHnra. Sir Dyce Duckworth, one of London's most. \ llstinguisbed physicians, delivered an ad- J Iresa on "Clerical. Breakdown" eome week* | igotoan association of clergymen, which xclted considerable inters Me is strongly >f opnion that the clergy break down now-alays in larger numbers than formerly b&ause they?work much harder tbiui they osed odo. After pleading for a physical test*? onditlon of entrance to the ministry, berent r>n to specify some of i lie varieties of ireakdowoa to which even healthy preachers reliable. The clerical ?ore throat received. '' ts due shareof attention. Sir J Dyce lotbiny cuu be done for that common evil ex- ffgHHMj ept by building up the system general llmlnlshing the amount of.speaking, ana iorcibiug cflhj us iu buo jjgui, mwuvw v* t -. iroduciDg the voice. A breakdown of the liKestive system is much more easily 'vMH landled. Meals should be?must be?regJar; and the meal knowa in England as '?SM i tea-dinner or a meat tea should be avoided Ike poison. It is responsible for a great , - ' Sfl leal of dyspepsia. An unwarrantable d?- "I ;ree of abstinence in the feason of Lent and he practice of receiving the holy communion astint. Rre condemned in no measured arms. Clergymen, and'laymen are urged to ake a good cup of oocoa or tea before ieavag home and to fling to the winds any scrn>!?3 they may entertain on that point. 8ir Dyce goes right to the root of the matter irhen ha declares that;prolonged andmdnotmous spells induce low healtbancT'cooequent mental depression and , lack of zest" ' or the routine of life. A thorough holiday ihange.of environment and a proper dietary iffer a far-better care than repeated dosfw >eef tea and a course, of expensive mediines. Such good arid sensible advice from ihysicfan ought to be all the more acceptable iecadse of its unselSshnees. Preachers are tofugbt many rules about the caking and delivery of1 sermons, but' they ire taught far too little'about the prase rv a iuu in ueaicii >;a wxuvu iuo . vi : ' * heir preaching depends* /The physiology of trenching ought to built far more. largely to h^oiogical training.Of laW it bas be$ri en|)hasizei to sptreexjtentjbufthere is ample oom for furthei* Improvement. Dr. Joseph 'arker. thefamous pulpit orator of Londoo, vould make a good professor of the pbysioogy.df preaching. He has given e ention to the subject, formed definite ideadt, md has had the advantage of testing them to ong and varied experience. .His bow abides . n strength because of the physical vigor lie lathers in the oare of his body. Everybody vho has. heard him knows the; marvelcrua jompass of bis voice and the freedom from lustiness which characterizes it even at the >nd of a long sermon! Clerical sore throat ias no terror for him. He does. not know vhat it means, and never intends to know bat most undesirable knowledge. His secret s me use of oold water both inside and out. He says that if you want to have a throat to ivorfc with, you must take a sip of iced water-'*-., r/ ?very five minutes before entering, the pulpit I'hat is far better than spraying the throat frith bromine or inhaling pine oli He be leves in a com waier uaiu ueiure prewuuug. Por years it has been his habit to go right >at ufa bath "cold as the waither runs to the platform. Thud fortified, he feels physically muter of any congregation that ever as enabled. He never speaks in the open air > ifter preaching. Even should he meet a lear friend on the street he passes lire jwith i nod. He goes homeisilentiy, sponges his hroat and-neck" with warm water, and' eata ipanngly, finding hfs reward in mended strength and exhilarated spirits. He is even " . ible to luugh at the thought of Bine Monday; ' hat phantom dreaded by the ordinary jreacher. The physiology of preaching tB a negleoted lepartment vt homlletics. Why it should he*.-, - .3 ? a riddle we cannot solve. Surely, it is as nuch the duty ol ininiutors to, prepare the >ody for the pulpit as to -prepare the mind. * The true preacher preaches with the body as roll as with the mind; and the most spiritj.illy-mindifd preacher is painfully reminded < hat*ho has m tabernable o! flesh whloh will . lot allow him to forget its olaims. Mere xidily vigor may profit little. in the pulpit* >ut the body is the medium through whioh he mind must operate, and if the.instrd- ' nent be out of tune,the taus c must be harsh ind discordant. Careful ait ration'to- the' jhysiology of preaching will preserve sweetiess in the melody of thought (and express ifonin the pulpit." i? , " ' WHEN SHALL WE PI XT.' There are two distinct classes of prayers:' ' ?ne in which the Drayer h the product of intu.ininiitfnii anM the other in which it i? he product of impulse. Broadly olassin&j, v ./vVAii >rayersare stated and spontaneous. The itated prayer brings us habitually and designedly to the throne of grace. The spon aneous prayer carries us thither only in. noments of special need, when the petition prines unpremediated to the lips, throbbing vith the immediate necessity of help, or guidance, or solace. Now tbo question which every Christian must, sooner or later, determine for himself 1 s, whether we will pi ay for prayer's sake, tatediy and faitbftilly, or only at such i? he may feel special and immediate need >f Divine help. This is a serious question vith many christians at the present time. Che bubifc of stated prayer is fast falling into leglect in certain quarters, and many an )therwise faithful disciple is wavering in Ihe je'neral tendency to neglect personal prayer 19 tlie mterancw of some pressing and inv* * ; nediate need. That this is a dangerous and unwholesome endenoy,we firmly believe. For.flrst it would mrrow prayer to u single function. He wha >rays simply when he is in need, is doing tnrdly more than the Infant who cries Then it is hungry. The Intercessory function s the only oue called hi play. This is the :ind of prayer that breaks even from the folders lips in moments of exigency -and peril, t is merely a kind of> reflex spiritual activity -like the spasmodic closing^ of the lids tc ivoid a blow aimed at the eye.' Prayer has something more than this single estrlcted function to fulfill; For, in the see>nd place, it is divinely intended to render as veil as receive. It is an act of worship as veil as an aot of intercession. And the spirit* lal fruit/ulness of prayer lies,almost entirely n this broader function of worship. It is iimgly natural to pray under the stre&s of jreut and sudden need; whereas it te spiritlal aud religious to pray habitualiy and akhfullv as nq act of worship to the Supremo Jolug. " f In answer, then, to the prevalent question, 'When >-hall we pray?"?meaning how often -we reply. "Pray statedly and fervently, aa in a~;t of worship to Ood and a means of ' pintual culture." This is the grand and rue function of prayer. A. mere spasmodic , tv for the thing we utterly need, is not leoessarily a religious act stall ;tbough It may * >o?according to the uatuce and spirit of the equest. But prayer as worship is always loble, and holy, and spiritually uplifting. It re could obey the injunction, "Prav without easing." that would doubtless be tho way ol learest approach to God; but since there ust be always some intervention of worldly are, and such things as, though rightful In hemsitlves, may not quite comport with tho itmosphere of prayer, let us build altara-iiere ind there alonjc the daily path of life, where ve may kneel betimes, like a pilgrim at bis briue, and offer up to the evor listening God he sacrificial homage of grateful and adorug hearts. noMBVO* A PPBfAXUr. .10*. Some of us think and say a good deal about a sense of his presence." sometimes rejoieug in it, sometimes going mourning all the lay long because we have it not; praying or it and not always seeming to receive irhat we ask; measuring our own position * ail sometimes even that of others by it; now w the heights, now in the depths about it. md all this April gloom and gleam instead if summer glow because we are turning our ittention upon the scene of his presence iutead of the changeless reality of jf. -F. It. {avergal. Ask* for State Warehouse*. A movement has been com'meuced by the rarmers of O'Brien County, Iowa, for the piissage by the next Legislature of a law for x system 'of grain warehouses throughout he State, so that the farmers will be able to store their crops whenever prices are so low :hat they cannot be sold to advantage, ob:ain werehouse receipts for them, upon which they can borrow money for current needs, ,and so hold the crop3 until better prices prevail. The advocates of tho plan contend thiafC such a regulation of the movenent ot ordps would prevent any great rush it one tiizfe and the consequent sharp Quotaitlons oTthe market. Brick Ddst in sanuiu. . Common brick dust is used In ftdaJteratln# sausage, sometimes to tho extent of oae pcufi tn five. >