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^REY. DRTALMAGE.
IQkBjNDAY'S discourse by the
bkrg noted divine.
I Subject; "The King's Highway."
Text: "And an highway shall be there,
id a way, and it shall be called, the way of
>liness; tno unclean shall not pass over it,
it it shall be for those; the wayfaring men,
lough fools, shall not err therein. No lion
all be there, nor any ravenous beast shall
> up thereon, it shall not be found there,
it the redeemed shall walk there, and the
nsomed of the Lord shall return and come
Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon
eir heads. They shall obtain joy and glad>ss,and
sorrow and sighing shall flee away."
Isaiah xxxv.. 8,0,10.
There are hundreds of pepple in this house
Iwuu waui iu uuu iuo ngui roau. iousuiuc ime;
see a person halting at crossroads, and
? cu can tell by his looks that he wishes to
fesk a question as to what direction he had
fcetter take. And I stand in your presence
fconscious of the fact that there are many of
pou here that realize that there are a thousand
wrong roads, but only one right one,
land I take it for granted that you have come
[in to ask which one it is. Here is one road
[that opens widely, but I have not much faith
pn it. There are a great many expensive
tollerates scattered all along that way.' Inideed
at tvtsry rod you must pay in tears, or
ppy in genuflexions, or pay in flagellations.
On that road, 4t you get through it at all.
you will have to pay your own way, and
since this differs so muoh from what I have
heard in regard to the right way, I believe it
Is the wrong way.
Here is another road. On either side of it
are houses of sinful entertainment and invitations
to come in and dine and rest, but
from the looks of the people who stand on
I the piazza. I am certain" it is the wrong
house and the wiong way. Hero is another
road. It is very beautiful and macadamized.
The horses' hoofs c'atter and ring, and they
who ride over it spin alonjr the highway until
suddenly they find that the road breaks
over an embankment, and they try to halt,
and they see the bit in the mouth of the flery
steed and cry: "Ho! Ho!" But it is too late,
and. crash! they go over the embankment.
We shall torn and see if we cannot find a different
kind of road. You have heard of the
Appian w&y. It was 350 miles long. It was
twenty-four feet wide, and cn either side of
the road was a path for foot passengers. It
was made out of rocks cut in hexagonal shape
and fitted togother. What a road it must
have been! Made of smooth, hard rock, 850
miles long! No wonder that in the construction
of it the treasures of a whole empire
were exhausted. Because of invaders
and the elements and time?the old conqueror
who tears up a road as he goes over
it?there is nothing left of that structure but
a ruin. But I have to tell you of a road
built before the Appian way, and yet it is as
good as when first constructed. Millions of
souls have gone over it. Millions more will
comc.
The prophets and apostles, too,
~J -<?? H la !tA?a Kolrtm
I[ runucu lUld ruuu nuno UCIU voivtv*
Wm therefore will, without dismay.
Still walk in Christ, tho Rood old way.
First, this road of the text is the Kins s
highway. In the diligence you dash on over
the Bernard pass of the Alps, mile after
mile, and there is not so much as a pebble to
jar the wheels. You go over bridges which
cross chasms that make you ho d your 1
breath, under projecting rock, along by j
dangerous precipice, through tunnels a-drip
with the meltings of the glaciers and per- '
haps for the first time learn the majesty of a
road built and supported by Governmental '
authority. Well, my Lord the King decided I
to build a highway from earth to heaven. It ]
should span all the chasms of human j
wretchedness; it should tunnel all the
mountains of earthly difficulty; It should be '
wide enough and strong enough to hold 1
fifty thousand millions of the human race, '
if so many of them should ever be born; it 1
should be blasted out of the "rock of ages" 1
and cemented with the blood of the j
cross and be lifted amid the shout
ing of angels and the execration of devils. :
"I 1 TT.-? Ho
I'XUe lung sum. ais ouu iu uuuu iu?t iwu,
put head and hand and heart to it, and after j
the road was completed waved His blistered
hand over the way, crying, "It is finished!" 1
Napoleon paid 15,000,000 francs for the build- 1
ins of the Simplon road that his cannon
might go over for the devastation of Italy,
bat our ling at a great expense has built a
road for a different purpose, that the banners
of heavenly dominion might comedown
over it. Being a King's highway, of course
it is well built. Bridges splendidly arched
and buttressed have given way and crushed
the passengers who attempted to crosj theai.
But Christ the King would build no such
thing as that. The work done, He mounts
the chariot of His love, and multitudes
mount with Him, and He drives on and up
the steep of heaven amid the plaudits of gazing
worlds. The work is done?well done?
gloriously done?magnificently done.
Still further, this road spoken of is a clean
road. Many a fine road has become miry
and foul be.-ause it has not been properly
cared for, but my text says the unclean shall
not walk on this one. Room on either side
to throw away your sins. Indeed, if you
want to carry them aloni? you are not on "the
right road. That bridge will break, those '
overhanging rocks will fall, the night will 1
?? A laat'inr* *?A1I of tKo m O m nf fllA I
BUBKUUIO UV?TU iwailU), j'jyA o*. U*v?v;
|K^E mountain bandits, and at the very next turn
^ of the road you will perish. But if you are
H^^Hreally on this clean road of which I have
D^Hbeen speaking, then you will stop ever and i
|HH|anon to wash In the water that stands in the '
^^^Hbasin of the eternal rock.
Aye. at almost every stop of the journey ]
HK-ou will be crying out: "Create within me '
clean heart." If you have no such aspiraR|[^Hitions
as that, it proves that you have mis- 1
|HM^Kaken your way, and if you will only look 1
pKjjHip and see the fingerboard above Tour head,
ffiX^H'ou may read upon it the words, "There is a
HwHlray that seemeth right unto a man, but the :
^Dj^nnd thereof is death." Without holiness no 1
^^^Hnan shall see the Lord, and if you have any
HOj^Bdea that you can carry along your sins.
I^^^Byour lusts, your worldllhess, and yet get at
^^^Hihe end of the Christian race, yon are so awHHflluliy
mistaken, that, in the name of God, I
HS^Hshatlcr the delusion!
RffiflH Still further, the road spoken of Is a plain
HBHroad. "The wayfaring men, though fools,
HJHsbaU not err therein." That is, it a man is
Hj^Hthree-fourths au idiot, lie can find this
HH road just as well as if he were a philosopher.
The imbecile boy, the 'auxhing stock of the
^ street, and followed by a mob hooting at him.
has only just to knock <?n-n at the gate of
EHH heaven, and it swings 0|>h:>. while there has
B9 been many a man who in lecture about
HQS pneumatics, and cheuii.-iU-. and tell th )
tstory of Faraday's theory o fleet rical polarBg^K
ization and yet has been shut out of heavoc.
There has beon many a ma:i who stood in au
HKgB observatory and swept the heavens with his
telescope and yet has not been able to see
nffil moraine star. Maitv a mau has been fa
I miliar with all the higher branches of mathematics
and yet could not do the simple
sum. "What shall it profit a man if he gain
the whole world and lose his own soul?"
, Many a man has been a fine reader of tragedies
and poems and yet could not "read his
title clear to mansions in the skies."
Many a man ha3 botanized across the continent,
and yet not known the "Rose of
8haron, and the Lily of the Valley." But if
one shall come in the right spirit, asking the
way to heaven, he will find it a plain way.
The pardon is plain. The peace is plain.
Everything is plain. He who tries to get on
the road to heaven through the New Testament
teaching will get on beautifully. He
who goes through philosophical discussion
will not get on at all. Christ says "Come to
Me. and I will take all your sins away, and I
will take all your troubles away." Now
what is the use of my discussing it any more!
Is not that piain? If you wanted to go to
some city, and I pointed you out a highway
thoroughly laid out, would I be wise iu
detaining you by a geological discussion
about the gravel you will
pass over or a physiological
discussion about (he muscles you will have
to bring into play? No. Afier this Bible ba?
pointed you the way to heaven, is it wise for
me to detain you with any discussion about
the nature of the human will, or whether the
atonement is limited or unlimite J? There is
I the road?goon it. It is a plain way. "This
Is a faithful sayine. and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners." And Iha' is you and
that is me. Any little child here can
understand this as well as 1 can. "'Unless
you become as a little child, you cannot see
the kingdom of God." If you are saved, it
will not be as a philosopher, it will be as a
little child. "Of such is the kingdom of
heaven." Unless you get the spirit of little
children, you will never come out at their
glorious destiny.
Still further, this road to heaven is a safe
road. 8ometimes the traveler in those au-!
dent highways would thluk himself per
fectly r.ecure. not knowing there was a lion
by the way burving his head deep between
his paws, and then when the right moment
came, under the fearful spring the man's life
was pone and there was a mauled carcass by
the roadside. But, says my text, "No lion
shall be there." I wish I oonld make you
feel your entire security. I tell you plainly
that one minute after a man has become o
child of God he is as safe as though he had
been 10,000 years in heaven. He may slip'
he may slide; he may stumble; but he cannot
be destroyed. Kept by the power of God
through faith untocompletesalvation. Everlastingly
safe. The severest trial to which
you can subject a Christian man is to kill
him. and that is glory. In other words, th?
??.- t-hinn Aon hnnnen n. child of God
\> uiai iui"6 v* "~rr? ?
is heaven. The body is only the old slipper?
that h? throws aside just before putting on
the siindals of light. His soul, you cannot
hurt it. No flres can consume it. No floods
can crown it. No devils can capture it.
Firm and unmoved are they
Who rest their souls on God;
Fixed as the ground where David stood,
Or where the ark abode.
His soul is safe. His reputation is safe.
Everything is safe. "But." you say, '"suppose
his store burns up? Why, then, it
will be only a change of investments from
earthly to heavenly securities. "But," you
say, "suppose his name goes down under
the hoof of scorn and contempt?" The name
will be so much brighter in glory. "Suppose
his physical health fails?" God will pout
iuto him the floods of everlasting health, and
it will not make anv difference. Earthly
subtraction is heavenly addition. The tears
of earth are the crystals of heaven. As they
take rags and tatters and put them through
the paper mill and they come out beautiful
white sheets of paper, so often the rags of
earthly destitution, under the cylinders ol
death, come out a white scroll upon which
9hall be written eternal emancipation. There
was one passage of Scripture, the force of
which I never understood until one day at
Chamounix, with Mont Blanc on one side
and Montanvert on the other, I opened my
Bible and read, '-As the mountains are
around about Jerusalem so the Lord is
arouud about them that fear Him." The
surroundings were an omnipotent commentary.
Though troubles assail and dangers affright,
Thniiffh frlnnHo ahmilri all fail and foes all
unite,
Yet one thins: secures us. whatevor betide,
Toe Scripture assures us the Lord will provide.
Still further, the road spoken of is a pleasant
road. God give9 a bond of indemnity
against all evil to every man that treads it.
"All things work together for good o those
who love God." No weapon formed aeainst
them can prosper. That is the bond, signed,
soalcd and dolivered by the President of the
whole universe. What is the use of your
fretting, oh, child of God, about food? "Behold
the fowls or the air, for they sow not,
neither do they reap, nor gather into barns,
yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them."
And will He take careof the sparrow, will He
take care of the ravon, will He take care of
the hawk and let you die? What is tho cse
of your fretting about clothes? "Consider
the lilies of the Held. Shall He not much
more clothe you, oh, ye of littlo faith?"
What is the use of worrying for fearsomething
will happen to your home? "He
blesseth the habitation of the just." What is
the use of your fretting lest you will be overcome
of temptations? "God is faithful, who
wjll not suffer you to be tempted above that
ye are able, but will with the temptation
also make a wav to escape, that ye may be
able to bear it." Oh, this King's highway!
Trees of life on cither side bending over until
their branches interlock and drop midway
thel: fruit and shade. Houses of entertainment
on either side the road for poor pilgrims.
Tables spread with a feast [of good
things and walls adorned with apples of gold
In pictures of silver. I start out on this
King's highway, and I find a harper , and I
>ay, "What is your name?" Th narper
makes no response,"but leaves me to guess as
with his eyes toward heaven and his band
upon the trembling strings this tune comes
rippling on the air: "The Lord is my light
met my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The
Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom
shall I be afraid?"
I go a little farther on the same road and
meet a trumpeter of heaven, and I say,
'Haven't you got some music for a tired
pilgrim?" And wiping his lip and taking a
long breath he puts nls mouth to the trumpet
ind pours forth this strain: "They shall
hunger jio more, neither shall they thirst
my more, neither shall the sun light on
them, nor any heat, for the Lamb which is
In the midst of the throne shall lead them to
living fountains of water, and God shall
wipe away all tears from their eyes." I go a
little distance farther on the same road, and
[ meet a maiden of Israel. ' She has no harp,
out she has cymbals. They look as if they
had rusted from sea SDray, and I sav to the
maiden of Israel, "Have you no song for a
tired pilirrim?" And like the clang of victors'
shielus the cymbals clap as Miriam begins
to discourse: "Sing ye to the Lord, for
Be hath triumpheted gloriously. The horse
und tho rider hath He thrown into the sea."
And then I see a white robed group. They
:ome bounding toward me, and I say, "Who
are they? Tho happiest and the brightest,
ind the fairest in al!. heaven?who are
they?" And the answer comes, "These are
they who came out of great tribulations and
had tneir robes washed and made white in
the blood of the Lamb."
I pursue this subject onlyono step furthor
What is the terminus? I do not care how
fine a road you Jjut me on; I want to know
where it comes out. My text declares, "The
redeemed of the Lord come to Zion." You
know what Zion was. That was the King's
palace. It wa* a mountain fastness. It was
Impregnable. Ana so neaven is tno lasmess
ot the universe. No howitzer has loner
Bncugh range to shell those towers. Let all
the batteries of earth and hell blaze away;
they cannot break in those gates. Gibraltar
was taken; Sebastopol was taken; Babylon
fell, but these walls of heaven shall never
surrender either to human or satanic besiesrement.
The Lord God Almightv lathe
defense of it. Great capital of the universe!
Terminus of the King's highway!
Dr. Dick said that, among other things,
he thought in heaven we would study chemistry
and geometry and conic sections.
Southey thought that in heaven ho would
have the pleasure of seping Chaucer and
Shakespeare. Now, Dr. Dick may have his
mathematics for all eternity and Southey his
Shakespeare. Give mo Christ and my old
friends?that is all tbo heaven I want.
Christ and His people that I knew on earththat
is heaven enough for mo. Ob, garden
or light, whose leaves never wither, and
whose fruits never fail! Ob. banquet of God,
whose sweetness n?ver palls the taste and
whose guests are kings forever! Oh. city of
light, whose walls are salvation and whoso
gates are praise! Oh. palace of rest, whore
God is the monarch and everlasting ages tho
length ot His reign! Oh. soug louder than
the surf beat of many waters, yet soft as tho
whisper of cherubim!
Oh, glorious heaven! When the last wound
is henlarL when tho Inst heartbreak Is ended.
when the last tear of earthly sorrow is wiped
away, and when tho redeemed of the Lord
ahull come to Zicn, then let all tho harpers
take down their harps, and all the trumpeters
take down their trumpets, and all aoross
heavenlet there be chorus of morning stars,
chorus of white robed victors, chorus of martyrs
from under the throne, chorus of ages,
chorus of worlds, and there is but one song
sung, and but one name spoken, and but
ouc throne honored?that of Jesus only.
CRAND ARMY COLONY CROWINC.
Several Thousand AYell-to-Do I'eople at
Fitzgerald, On.
There are now between GOOO and 7000 persons
at Fitzgerald, Ga., and the Grand Army
colony is growing rapidly. Tho Georgia and
Alabama Railway brought in one day in January
more than 500 colonists, aud Mr. Fitzgerald,
the organizer of tho movement,
IIIC*"* l licit lUcrO Will UU UUIWCVU auil
40,000 people there within tho next twelve
months.
Tho colony already includes persons from
every State in the Union except two. Canada
also being well represented. S. careful
investigation shows that many of the colonists,
all of whom have gone into that section
within the last five months, are well-todo
people financially, and that quite a number
of them are worth from $50,000 to ilOO,000
each. In this respect it is probablv different
from any great colonization work evei
seen.
Three banks are already organized, and
buildings are under construction for them.
Two local papers have also been established.
Colored Porter Admitted to the Bar.
In a law class which passed an oxamtnation
before the South Dakota Supreme
Court recently, Madison Jaokson, a colorec
porter on the Northwestern Railroad, was
' admitted to pt&vtice.
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SABBATH SCHOOL. E
INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR
FEBRUARV 23. ]
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Lesson Text: "Faith Encouraged,"
Luke vill., 43-53?Golden jus
Text: Luke vill., 48? ma
Commentary. a?
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43. "A woman had spent all her livlnc: b?
upon physicians, neither could be healed o? .
any." Another helpless case, an opportun- "
ity for the Lord to work. It is still true that
we are slow to come to the Lord until we .
have come to the end of ourselves. Ob, ' "
that the Lord would bring us quickly to see
our nothingness and the vanity of all earthly ,
things, that we might And in Him our all. Y"
Ho is still, in His word, showing ''the glad
tidinsrs or the kingdom of God" (verse 1) PJj?
that He may allure us to Himself, but be- ~ 0
cause so many will not read. aa
44. "Immediately her issue of blool Pai
stanched." The life of the flesh is in tne wfa
blood (Lev. xvii., 11), and for twelve years
her life had been ebbing away. The story a
of the little girl of our lesson is that of
twelve years' development of life suddenly ;
cut off, and just as suddenly restored by the lu:
same Jesus, who healed the life that wa? ^r<
1 " 1. 1 !!?.. pe<
euuiLi# awnj. mere uaiurai inc. wuomoi j
steadily developed or steadily frittered nway, 'n
is nothing until it is touched by Jesus, who is 5,?'
the life. He was crucified at "the place of a
skull," and all that is on the earth of human
.greatness or glory is us empty as a skull,
apart from the cross of Christ. 1
45. "And Jesus said, Who touched Me?" th?
The woman had heard of Jesus, perhaps was dol
acquainted with someone who had been the
healed by Him, and by their testimony was str
encouraged to believe that if she could but str
touch the hem of His garment she would be the
whole. Faith cometh by hearing and hear- ain
ing by the word of God (Rom. x., 17), so if bet
we would strengthen otners and increase pr<
their faith we must communicate that which of
God has done for us and through us to H's dai
glory (Phil. vi.). wil
46. "I perceive that virtue is trone out of rec
Me." Thus spake Jesus in answer to the dis- bel
ciples' statement that the multitude thronged to
Him. As He preached to the household the the
power of the Lord was present to heal tb!
(Luke v., 18). but we read of no one being cot
healed except the one who came through mo
the roof. So in this case power went from di\
Him to only this one poor woman. As He swi
sat at another time over against the treas- the
ury His heart went out more to one poor Da
woman than to all the others. Not all who Pa
KO to church or read the Bible are blessed,
but only those whose hearts go out to Him
in conscions need or worship. ?
47. "She declared unto Him before all the ..1
people for what cause she had touched Him J j
and how she was healed immediately." It
seemed hard foijthis poor, timid, trembling
woman thus to testify before all the people, "jbut
observe that she did It "unto Him," and
it was in gratitude for blessing received.
Unto Him is the key to all service, and when
thus we serve we do crt mind the peopie, WD
whether few or many.
48. "Daughter, be of pood comfort. Thy
faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace." 01'
Surely it was worth while to confess Him
publicly in order to receive this gracions 1,91
word from His own lips right to her heart. me
If those wbo feel very weak and timid only jjS*
would declare unto Him before the people,
what a blessing they might receive! As far 'n 1
as is recorded she is the only woman He &re
ever addressed as "daughter." Think how
the words "good cheer," "made whole."
"no in peacs," would keep coming to her in wil
all her after life?His words to her soul.
49. "Thy daughter is dead. Trouble not J"0
the Master." The incident we have just been ln?
studying occurred while Jesus was on His
way to the house of Jairus to heal his little
girl, who seemed to be dying when Jairus i
left the house to go for Jesus (verse 41, 42). am
Put yourself In the place of Jairus and imag- dw
ine his heart, as every moment seemed an i? j
hour that Jesus tarried in order to speak to tio
the poor woman. Then think of the agony gel
of soul as this message comes. voi
50. "Fear not. Believe only, and she shall y0i
be made whole." Ere the father has time to m?
say, or perhaps even think, "Oh, if He had i0^
only come without delaying!" these gracious thi
words fall from Jesus's lips. In Mark v., 36,
it is, "Be not afraid, only believe." ths
51. "He suffered no man to go in save bit
Peter ana James and John and the father n0|
and the mother of the maiden." That would ,
make just seven, with the little girl, seven (
altogether, the perfect number. On two ;
other occasions these three disciples were f
the favored ones. Why, we shall knowsome 1
day. If we are willing to be His choice 1
ones, "set apart for Himself." "a people for I
His own poasseasion" (Ps. iv., 3; Titu9 li., 14, i'S'
B. V.) I do not know why we may not. llg
52. "Weep not. 8he id not dead, but
sleepeth." Thus He spake as they all wept
and bewailed her. In the case of Lazarus _
He calle.i death asleep (John xi., 11-14). The 1
body sleep?, but as to the spirit, the person, ra!
the word is, -'Absent from the body; present Pr!
with The Lord." "Departed to be with .
Christ" (Phil. J., 21, 23; II Cor. v., 9). For }ze
the Christian who lives for Christ, to die is ,
pain. ro
53. "And they laughed Him to scorn, ?V!
knowing mat she was dead." They had J"1
only natural sight. They believed what
they saw, and seeing is believing with the c.?l
natural man. But to the spiritual man, believing
is seeing. "Said I not unto thee
that if thou wouldest btl'eve thou shouldest ?v<
see?" "Blessed are they that have not saen, Ire
yet have believed" (John xi., 40: xx.. 29). yp1
The believer is to believe God rather than
his own eyes or feelings or thoughts or any- bul
thing. No matter how things look we are 1
ever to say, "I believe God that it shall be tl(!
even as it was told me" (Acts xxviL, 25).
Abraham considered not his own body nor fes
thoughts nor feelings, *5ut jast believed that nrl
God was able to keep His promises, and it
was not for Abraham to ask how.
54. "And He put them all out and took her
by the hand and called, saying, Maid, arise." j
The weeping, wailing unbelieving ones may int
not be permitted to see His power. Only cjj,
faith eon see, and unbelief hinders. There"- )|n(
fore it must depart. Weeping Mary could oti
not recognize Him on the resurrecilon 0f
morning. Neither could the unbelieving tr.,
two who walked to Emmaus. ,ng
55. "And her spirit came again, atd she w0
arose staaightway, and He commanded to ^
give her meat." Some of the resurrection
thoughts that flt in here will be found in the
last lesson in connection with the widow's
son. I often wonder how thi.* earth and rec
things of earth would appear to one who p?x
had seen the realities of' the heavenly land," ho
even though but for an hour. We are to on
live in some measure as such, for we are set
dead with Christ, and, risen with Christ, are oh
to have our affections set on things above of
and live as strangers here.?Lescon Helper. Go
ADVERTISED AND COT A WIFE.
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The Newspaper Grew Old Under a Carpet mt
Till the Bride Found It Cleaning House. K.n
As the result of an advertisement published ^
in a paper at New Brunswick, N. J., nearly |?j(
a year aso, W. I. Smith, a farmer, living at (
Spainvllle, Nottoway County, Va., gained a ua
wife a few weeks ago. .1.'
Last April Robert Carson, Postmaster of m(
New Brunswick, received a letter from j.
Smith asking him to publish ia some paper _-|
an enclosed advertisement for a wife. lif
? r-~.ll.. n.mofl Cimmnna who had lived I
for many years on George's road, near New ay
Brunswick,moved to Newark in the fall of 1895.
With them they* took a number of old papere, th?
which they used to place under the carpets. 0f
About New Year's Day a servant girl named tlx
Annie Norton took up the carpet and hap- wt
pened to see the advertisement. In a .spirit
of fun she wrote to Smith, admitting that
she had no money, but would like a com- j
fortable home. Smith telegraphed her to bri
s??nd on her photograph and references. its
After seeing these Smith came on, met the fat
girl and decided that she would do. He in- de
duced her to return with him, and he and ab
she, married and happy, are now living on a an
small larai near Spainville. soi
T-arso?t Rn?l Kver Cast. si'
The Bethlehem (Penn.) Iron Company has
just completed a feat in steel manufacture
which no other works in this country can "
equal. It is the turning out and delivering
within two weeks of a steel connecting rod i"
of intricate design, weighing ten thousand ]
pounds. The rod is for th? Saale. of the pr
North German Lloyd Hue, which broke her hei
I connecting rod on the last eastward passage. nr,
To Plant 500,000 Acres In Coffee Tre^s. ""
The representative of a syndicate of Enerlish
capitalists has just purchased 500.000 t
acres of .coffee land on the Isthmus of
'. Tehuantepec, Mexioo. The tract will be
J planted in ooffee trees. American capital\
lets have invested several hundred thousand <
? dollars In the coffee lands on the lethmns TQ4
wlthia thapagt few months. tei
LELIGIOUS READING.
THE INVITATION.
[)o we half appreciate the valve of a defle,
earnest, personal invitation to beoome a
ristian? The question is awakened by
iding a little incident in a private letter
it received, showing how the word of truth
iy lie dormant in a human soul for years
cl at length blossom ana lrucniy mw
;hteous living. About twenty years ago a
stor, when on exchange duty, noticed a
y in the Sunday school class which he
wht that day whom he thought ought
be a Christian. Not satisfied, however,
th a general presentation of Christ's claims
the class, the minister took pains, the folring
day, to walk a long distance to the
y's hou*o, but did not find him.- Neversless,
he talked with the mother, a poor
iow, and left a tender, earnest message
the son, asking him to write the stranger
Jacher, who left a card and address,
enover he surrendered himself to the
viour. The man moved to another
risb, and the seed sown by the wayside
s nearly forgotten. After the long lapse
?ears a letter in an unfamiliar han i, as of
forking man, was forwarded from the
Ulster's former place of residence, telling
> glad news of the man's conversion last
nm^r, and his union with the church,
abably the thought that somebody exited
him to become a Christian remained
the boy's heart, followed him into manod
and influenced him to yield his life to
d.
FAINT BKNEATH THK CROS8.
["he difficulty with average Christians is, tl
it they faint beneath the cross on the via
lorosa, the way or gnei, ana never wnuu 3j
lir Calvary. They do not by faith gird on g,
ength for the hour when they mu9t be tt
etched upon the cross. They shrink from st
> torturing spike, and from the spear tc
aed at the heart of their self-life. This n]
;okens weakness of faith. But when the a
>mise is grasped with the grip tl
a giant, no terrors, no agonies, can ai
unt the soul. In confidence that there c
II be after the crucifixion a glorious resur- oi
ition to spiritual life and blessedness, the c<
iever yields his hand to nail, and his head jg
the thorn crown. That flinty centre of b
i personality, the will, which has up to tl
s hour stood forth in resistance to the tl
nplete will of God, suddenly flows down, a tl
Iten stream under the furnace blast of t<
'ine love, melted into oneness with "the Si
set will of God." After such a death h
ire is always a resurrection unto life.? si
niel Steele, D. D., in "Half Hours with St o
aL v
b
LIKE THE SHIP AT 8E.V. _ P
The most beautiful ship of the ocean is not '
j one of freshest paint, or whitest sails, or 11
iviest anchor that has never fluked the '
>an's bed; but rather it i9 that monster, 1
ting at the end of the stormy voyage, a
oso paint has been scraped by the Ice it
5 tossed back; whose sails have been 81
etched and blackened by tempests; *
ose decks have been swept by the hurri- jle
that could not engulf its freight . of a *
lusand souls; whose Knchor bears signs ?'
the imtaenso grip it held against hurri- 5
no and angry seas, below where deep-sea jj
lesswim. Every one, like that ship, is a
asured by what he endures alone. The v
jnies of Gethsemane were met by the Sl
inely given strength; but even more than J!
this angelic ministry the divine oharacter [j
lathes in those utteriy desolate words: "My
d, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" f
one can give comfort who cannot stand |
;hout it, if necessary. Thougb all men ior>k
Paul, the Lord stood with him.?D. O. 8
are, D. D., in "Inspired Through Sufforto
be BELioiora. 8
c
to be religious is not to be a seer of visions r
i a dreamer of dreams. It is not to be a t
eller on the Mount of Transfiguration. It c
lot to be rapt in sweet and serene medita- j
n. It is to be yourself; and, belni: your- *
f, to take the nature which liod has given ,
j, and use it in his service by using it for f
lr fellow-men. "He that hath My com- i
1 * ? - ? -1 Ku if in fhof
liU LLltlLI L3, U11U hCDjiuiu tuciu, u? an ?? ?*? ?
reth Me." Wo all know the Twenty- ,
rd Psalm: "Toe Lord is my 8
apherd; I shall not want;" and he
\t can sin* it with glistening eyes counts
nsolf religious. But the 24th Psalm we do
t know so well
Vho shall,ascend into the hill of the Lord,
)r who shall stand in His holy place?
ie that hath clean hands and a pure heart
Vbo hath not lifted up hhsoul into vanity.
)r sworn deceitfully."
iut it is more difficult to live the 24th
tlm than to sing the 23rd ;and it just as reIous.?Lyman
Abbott, D.D.
EXPERIENCE.
['here is nothing on God's earth that grows
lk sooner than an experience. It is a .
nciple, universally true, that the more
icnte a thing i3 and the more linely organdy
the more directly it will decay and fall
pieces when once it is parted Irom the root (
m which it sprang. The perfume will c
iporate from a rose and its fragrance
n into offence almost as soon as it has left t
) stalk. There is no limit to the meaning \
l'.alned in all this, and it lies <
wn closely at the level of our need. ,
od things require to be made over and t
3r and everlastingly reduplicated. The (
sh riv&r must incessantly draw on the E
am; rivulets that incessantly trickle from [
> hillside. Christian joy that we call ours, j
t that does not bear the stamp of today, ]
not an experience, but a relic and an an- |
uity; and no more our own personal pos- (
sion than though it hpd' occurred in a J
or generation.?C. H. Parkhurst. D. D.
1
PUBI.tC WO 83 HI r. <
3o' not allow public worship to degenerate '
0 a mere saying of your private prayers in j
Lireh. Set yourselves against this selfish '
1 narrowing teudency. Think of the mani ?
lers who are around you at public worship J
their sins, trials, wants, wishes, mercies, f
ing to throw yourself into their case. Too
iny Christians go to church with this idea
irking in their minds. '"I go to
c for what I myself want and to
re thanks for what I myself have I
t
seived, and do not-busy myself with other e
ople." Then you might as well stay at c
:iio. Tho closet is the place for pouring j
t the heart to (iod and laying down the a
jret burdens at the throne of ?race. The h
uroh is tho place for the intercommunion a
saint* with one another and of all with b
id.?E. M. Qoulburn. t
1
(? >:>'* wishes. j
Sod desires and God loves to make grand c
>n and uraud women oT us. Tnere is no c
andeurin that lifeihat falls like Lucifer s
im the heaven of powor, of icve, of duty, p
truth, of integrity, of purity, of power in f
i. It is down, down, down to the bot- t
niess pit. God knows it and has wa ned c
Angola know it. Men know iL But u
3re is . grandeur in a life that liv8S and ^
>ves with God. Is there a full purse in, a
Well, Ood says so, and He has proved it'
louses and lands "an hundredfold" in this
?. But there is something better and
b?er. There is a full heart; there is peace; j
*re is a place of love for you and thousands 3
frior.ds. Tho higher you rise with God, r
3 more men will love you. for you lift up a
irid with y <11.? Michaol Ilurnham, D. D. *
A
8
\ <-ry-ita! is sometimes formed in the emnee
of a bowlder of granite. To clear it of 8
rough enclosuro, and to bring its beautiful C
;ets to the ligrir, nature submerges it in 1
sp waters, shatters it hv tempest?, an t
rades it bv contact with stones and mud o
d the rubbish of the sea. Thus a redeemed ii
ni is, by the plan of God. immersed in the e
res. trials, an 1 usefulness of a world of
i. so that by sheer resistance o:' evil, and
ration with depravity, it may b j polished
the transparent image of Him who made
?Austin Phelpo.
Killing Wild Hor^eo. d
During tho fall (here were killed on the
aser range near Pyramid Lake, Nev., 400 c
ad of horses. Theirhides. tails and manes
5 disposed of at the rate of 32 per animal
ri tho nownwM left to decay. Wild horses
* getting to be a great nuisance on the
ices in Nevada, and many are killing thorn
save the feed they eat. ^
The Blcycl* Fever. g
rhe bioycln trade this year promises to g
ich $100,000,000. Th? "bicycle fever" exids
from Maine to Texas. ,
TEMPERANCE.
WHEBE THEBE's DBINK, THEBE'S DAJfOZB.
Write it on the liquor store,
Write it on the prison door,
Write it on the gin shop fine,
Write, aye write, this truthful line:
'Where there's drink, there's danger.
Write it on the workhouse gate,
Write it on the school boy's slate,
Write it in the copy book,
That the young may at it look:
"Where there's drink, there's danger.
Write it on the churchyard mound
Where the drink-slain dead are found,
Write it on the gallows high,
Write it for all puss-ers by:
"Where there's drink, there's danger.
Write it underneath your feet,
Up and down the busy street,
Write it for the great and small
In the mansion, cot and ball:
"Where there's drink, there's danger,"
, Write It on your ships which sail,
Borne along by steam and gale.
Write it in large letters?plain
m ori^ fKa main.
u nr uui jouu ^ .........
"Where there's drink, there's danger."
Write It in the Christian's home,
Sixty thousand drunkards roam
Year by year from G6d and right,
Proving with resistless might
"Where there's drink, there's danger."
?National Temperance Advocate.
TWO MIOHTY BEA80X8.
In giving reasons for his adherence to to;1
abstinence, a Califomlan lately advanced
iese two powerful arguments in support of
Is course. Of the numerous occasions of
n, said he, intemperance is by far the
reatest. It is head and shoulders over
iem all. We can make this statement even
ronger, for wo are told in no uncertain
ines by our Prison Chaplains, our Judges,
ad by those ia a position to know, that
Ineteen-twentieths of the crime brought to
lelr notice is the direct result of intemperace.
Upon this point that eminent prelate,
ardinal Manning, says: "If drunkenness is
ne sin it is the foundation out of whioh
ames all manner of sin. So long as a man
I sober, so long will he resist temptation;
ut when he has lost his sense and his will
aere is nothing he will not do." And with
ae full realization tbese words give us of
he extent and power of this greatest of all
jmptations, is it not the sensible course to
ceer as dear of it as possible? Have we not
eard the warning, "he that loves danger
hall perish therein." However, confident
f our own moral strength, we hied it not,
re see not the dreadful examples of our
rothers who, like us, went forth in the
ride of their strength, and the result is that
re fall. I am a total abstainer because I
ally appreciate my own moral weakness
rhen in the strong arms of temptation,
'herefore, I place the temptation from me,
nd the self denial makes me all the stronger.
Inasmuch as the family is the unit of the
ooial structure, the relation of intempernce
to the family becomes important.
Tnfortunately that relation is but too wallnown.
Intemperance has been aptly
:rmed the "destroyer of the family." who
as not seen the happy home, the peaceful
reside, devastated and laid bare by this
emon of drink? Will we do nothing to preent
this curse from sapping the very life of
oolety?the family? Weigh the question
rail. On the one side the peaceful home,
he happy family, economy and consequently
he moaest bank aocount. On tne other,
uin. despair, shame, poverty,1 the toil of a
Ifetime for the benefit of the saloon-keeper.
have weighed it well?I am a total abtainer.
WINES WITHOUT OBAPE8.
A few years ago I was at Bordeaux and
inw a whole cargo of "chicken" rice, con'sting
of 28,000 sacksfal, bought by a liquorcaking
Arm and taken into their distillery
o be malted, fermented and distilled into
ilcohol for use in making wines and other
ntoxicants. In the same distillery I saw
ens of Indian wheat, and two vats each
:ontaining 2500 tons of treacle, which was
ilao to be fermented and distilled for simiar
purposes.
In point of fact, there is made in factories
vhlch I have seen at Hamburg, Germany,
ind even in France, thousands of gallons of
(o-called wine without a drop of grape-juice
n them. Cider, gooseberries.. alconoi and
ither elements are mixed to resemble wines,
[t there were a year or two bad harvests for
.'orn the price of bread would increase betauseofthe
scarcity of corn; but although
ime after time there have been bad harvests
>f grapes?nearly all being destroyed by th?
avages of insects ? the French can always
supply us with the same quantities of
vines at about the same prices?for they
nanage to produce the wines whether they
mve any grapes or not.
Canon Hopkins, in his book on Bible
iVines, oites a wine grower who said, "I
trow 400 pipes of wine and I sell 10.000."?
los. Malins, B. W. G. Coun., in Watchword.
THE BE8ULTS OF NO LICENSE.
Brockton, Mass., has built a magnificent
3ity Hall at a cost of $310,000. At its dedi.atlon,
Hon. Z. C. Keith said :
"The cost qf this building has been more
han saved to the people of this city during
be seven years last past by the banishment
)f the saloon and the licensed places, by
four votes, supplemebted by the action of
he several boards of aldermen; and ere this
lebt Is paid, four-fold its cost will have been
laved in this direction alone. Is this allV
rbis is dealing with the financial aspect only.
Sow about the physical, moral, and Intelectuat
interests involved? Can the value of
:hese be computed? Which is the better,
:his legacy of bonds to be paid to some ex:ent
by a future generation, or the bondage
* * ka?.
>f ruined lives, Desoneu pnrouio, auu
?ared children which otherwise would have
jaen wntailed? This building is to be the
lome of your representatives who have in
:harge tho sacred interests of this flourishng
people. You have conceived, completed
ind furnisned it as a fit temple for noble and
rue men, who, in the administration of
iffairs, have it in their power to so promote
he prosperity of its people that what at
>resent seem to be burdens shall prove
(lcssings in disguise."
ST0XTED EV SALOONS.
A recent press despatch from Des Moines,
owa, states:
"The return of the saloon has been disasrous
to prosperity. There are hundreds of
mpty houses here, business is stagnant, exept
in the dram shop3, and the population,
nstead of reaching 80,000, as was expected,
,nd as doubtless would have been the case
ind prohibition continued, is shown by the
itate census to be hovering in the neighbored
of 57,000, an Increase of about 7000 in
he last Ave years, as against an increase of
7,000 in the preceding five years of solid
rohibitlon. Business men. who clamored
or saloons as the best method of making a
ity of Des Moines, see the sudden stoppage
if immigration of the best classes from the
mall towns of the State, and from other
arts of the country, yet are apparently
oath to Admit the error which led tuem into
he great mistake of lowering the civic tone
if our municipality. You may loolfcfor an
iprising against the saloon, as soon as the
aaven of adversity permeais the community,
nd brings it to the point of action."
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
The mortality experience of the United
Clngdomand General Provident Institution,
if London, from 1866 to 1893, inclusive,
* * '? affarajrato
uowfci luo muuitiuj uvu. - -ota- -0
esults: >
;fotal Abstinence Class, Expectod Claims- o'/lcies,
5811. 8ums assured, 66.343,000.
lci ial Ciatms?Policies, 4131. Sums as*
ur. (J, $4,317,789.
General Class, Expected Claims?Policies,
44<l Sums assured, $8,012,21)3. Actual
Jluttis?Policies. 82CG. Sums assured ?8,40,'>00.
A.tual claims in total abstinence class,
nl*. seventy per cent, of the expected, while
at'iogeneral class they amount to ninetyight
per cent, of the expected.
stray 9hot3 at the saloox.
Lend a hand to close the bir-rooms.
The saloon is an open gate to perdition.
Beer is never as flat as the man who
rinks it.
Whisky has been called the "dynamite of
ivilization."
The bottle slays inflnitoly more people
ban the battle.
Drink first dims, then darkens, tien deadds,
then damns.
No man is strictly sober who has taken injxioating
liquors.
What a young man earns in the day-time
oes Into his pocket, what hespends at night
oes into his character.
The natural effect of one glass of grog is to
rvate a desire for more.
AGRICDLTORAL 0UTL00E
Secretary Morton Takes a Favorabl
View ot the Situation.
EXPECTS NORMAL CROPS IN 1896
Possibilities of Farm Prodnction Depen
on the Soil's Hamldlty?Deficient Ral
Fall for Five Years?Planting of Tree
Urged?Tillers Should Become Scler
tlgts?Farmer Feeds All.
Washington, D. C., February 5.?Sec
retary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morto
takes aix optimistic view of the outlook fc
agriculture during the present year. In hi
opinion normal crops for 1896 may be ej
pected.
"Possibilities of farm production durin
the year 1896," he said, "must depend ver
largely, of course, upon the amount of hi
miditylnthe soil of the great agriculture
sections of the Union.
"It is, perhaps, not generally known tha
the rainfall of the United States, as a whoh
for the past five years, and in some looal
ities for a longer periou. has been deficient
In some sections of the Union this deflciene
has been continuous. In others It has bee
broken by one or more years of average o
excessive rainfall.
"There was a wet period extending iror
1881 to 1885. It was followed by four yeai
of scarcely normal rainfall?1886 to 1889, an
one year (1890) of deficient rainfall. Thu
we have a total of five years below normal.
"Deficient rainfall for the five years end
ing with 1890 extended over the 8tates c
North and South Dakota, Minnesota, WL<
conain, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Norther
Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mlssissipp
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Mi
soari and other States to the westward.
"Denudation of the forest lands of tt
country is no doubt one of the princip
causes of drought. The State of New Tori
It it permits the destruction of the forests i
the Adirondaoks or fails to conserve its woo
lands generally, will be in a state of droug]
compared to which all former droughts wJ
appear mild and inconsequential.
"Self-preservation should prompt eve:
good citizen in each State to conserve tre<
and to plahtthem. Agriculture and her!
8EOBETABY OF AQBICCLTCBE M0RT05.
onUnM in hnman life itself, is denen
ent upon forest life and woodlands, "ifa
of the most thorough investigators of ollm
tology, however, predict that the three ye?
just past are exceptional* and that there tt
now be a return to normal preclpltatt
throughout the continent.
"The American farmer, however, must b
come more and more a scientist. He mu
understand the analysis of the soil 1
plows. He must learn that deep tillage
good in the sol Is of the prairie States, whe
the subsoil is composed almost entirely <
silt, and he must also understand that ploi
ing upon the sides of hills must b* so deft
done as to prevent erosion and loss of soil t
torrential rainfalls.
"But the farmer of to-day must understai
that the producer must divide the lessen
oost of production, which improved impl
ments and mac ^ry have brought abou
with the consumer. Wheat sown broadcas
harvested with the sickle and cradle ai
thrashed with the flail brought a dollar
bushel and upward. The labor cost of th
cereal, with those implements, was mo
than three times the labor cost of a bushel
wheat raised by the improved plow, t
' * ,-J" 1 wlfh ha Mlinfir A]
wnear aru;, um vaicu nuu r? _
1 self-binder and thrashed by steam.
"Human muscle does not enter into t
production of the modern bushel of whe
| as it did inthat of fifty years ago.
"The American farmer, who intelligent
tills his fields, cares for his orchard and co
; serves subsidiary sources of income like t
poultry yard and the dairy, and keeps out
debt, is the most Independent and comfo:
ably homed of any citizen of the Republ
The farmer feeds himself and all othe
When he ceases to make a profit he w
starve hLs fellow citizens, because he w
1 cease producing to sell to them."
THE ST. PAUL FLOATED.
Palled Oat of Her Sandy Cradle on ti
Jersey Shore Uninjured.
The good ship St. Paul, all but lost throui
winning her race with the big Campanl
was rocked from her oradle of sand and mi
on the Long Branch (N. J.) beach and we
up the bay to her pier at New Yo;
City under her own steam, saluti
on every hand by vooiferous crafl
The nine ions: days on the sand?nine da;
and nights of strain and tug and haul?le
no marks upon the splendid steamshipmarvel
of strenirth and stability. She wi
examined and declared to be In as fine co:
dition a3 when she startecf on her maid(
triD.
She presented a magnificent sight just b
fore she floated, as she rolled impatiently i
her bed, iurchiug, rolling and struggling I
free herself. At this time she had alreat
begun to work her propellers, and churnt
a muddy, foaming sea about ber.
In less than two hours of hard work tl
wreckers drew ber to the northeast almo
her entire length. Then suddenly tugg<
strongly to the east, the big steamer electj
fled the spectators ashore by swinging gran
u. nf on onvin into deeD water, wi
oiuuuu ?r>? .
her bow straight toward the beaoh and h
stern pointing oceanward.
Entnusiasticoheers rose from the crow
of watchers who had been waiting in ll
sleet and g&fe to see her pulled off.
Kpidomlc of Religion.
An epidemic of religion struck George !
Smith College, Sedalia. Mo., and all but foi
of the 100 students professed religion. Tl
shouting and singing of the studonts put *
end class work, and an all-day pr^li
moeting was held in the college chapel.
Betrothal of King Alexander.
It is announced that Kiug Alexander.
Servia, has been betrothed to Princess Helci
thir l daiiRhler of the Prince of Montenogr
Kin? Alexander is in his twentieth yea
and Princess Helene is just past twent
three.
Woman Botanical Gardeners.
Women have been engaged as gardeners
Kew, iu London, on conaiuon iuui im
weur trousers.
Christian Endeavor Convicts.
The penitentiary at Santa Fe, New Me:
ico, contaias a Christian Endeavor Societ,
The New York State Federation of Labc
elected the following officers for the yea
President, Daniel Harris, cigarmaker, Ne
York; First Vice-President. Thomas D. Fit
gerald, moulder, Albany; Second Vice-Pres
dent, William Llppman. tailor. Troy; Seen
tary and Treasurer, Blchara H. Ctirrai
Boohester.
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Manufacturing Cottonseed on.
m, The manufacture of cottonseed-oO
is a recent industry in this country,
bat it has attained mammoth proportions
in tho brief time it has been in
existence. The process by which tho
oil is extracted ie simple, and it is a
wonder that the method of mating it
was not found out many years ago.
|t The seeds of the cotton when taken to
the mill for oil extraction are soft and
white, and as they lay piled up in th<>
d seed room they resemble discolored
n snow banks. From this room the
)g small round seeds are drawn, by sue*
lm tion through a long trough to the mill
proper. As they emerge from tho
fViow fall nnnn irnn suroana jU \ >' #*
- which separates the dust and dirt
n from them. The seeds are covered :M
.r with small particles of cotton fiber,
is which most be taken off before the oil
can be made, and the next prooess of '
removing these is called "linting.'* ^
g These small fibers are saved, and make , Wm
y "linters' cotton," valuable for certain S
L. kinds of manufacture. It is excellent
a for stuffing and packing upholstered -J
articles, and also for cheap grades of ?
X cloth. On eaoh ton of cotton seed*
, about sixty cents are made from the
K cotton fiber. After the "linting-pro
> cess" the seeds are carried to another
? set of machinery where they are
r rapidly hulled. The remainder of ^
the seeds are then carried to large \
a iron ovens where they are steam 1
5 cooked for a few minutes. At the M
3 same time a pressure of forty to sev-*
enty pounds to the square inch is
[j turned upon the mass of seeds. The
j. work here must be done according to
n strict rules, for too much heat {night -J
^ injure the seeds permanently. The
huge oil presses then extraot the oil,
ie pressure from three to five thousand
al pounds to the square inch being nec*'f
essary to get all of the oil out The
j. oil gushes out and runs into the
tit troughs on all sides, and is led away
by the Ipipes, It is left in the "set^
tling" tanks for five hours, and tha&
a3 pumped into the tank cars waiting on
ti- the siding. Most of the mills produce
? the oil only in the crude state, and
send it elsewhere to be refined. In
this crude condition it is a clear, red- .--?j
dish-brown liquid, and has a peculiar
oil taste, and a distinctive oily odor.
?New York Independent.
One of the Joys ot Cycling In Persia.
"I hope you will sleep well,*' said
my host, as he led me to my night
quarters, looking out upon the mountain
peaks just above us and gleaming
white in the moonlight. "By the way,
I forgot to tell you we usually have an
earthquake abont sunrise, but don't
N let it disturb you. The shocks have ,' };?.
been very slight lately, and it's sure
not to last long," he added, as he
calmly closed the door and left me to
my slumbers.
I am not particularly nervous, but
t.rt hp nnridenlv aronsed from sleep by
a load crash, as if tho house were fall- /
ing about one's ears? to see, in the
__ gray dawn, brick walls bending to and
d, fro like reeds, floors heaving like the
a* deck of .a ship, windows ratihng,
[& doors banging, with an accompani*
^ ment of women and children scream0D
ing as if the end of the world had
come, is calculated to arouse in the
boldest man a little uneasiness. I
^ must confess to a feeling of that kind
is when, about 6 a. m. the following
re morning, the foregoing phenomena
of took place. As prophesied, it did not
fy last long?eight or ten seconds at
>y most, which seemed to me an hear. A
loir, rambling noise, lifce distant
^ thunder, accompanied the shook. It
le. seemed to come from the very bowele
it, of the earth.
rt) "We have them every day," said
^ my host at |breakfast, placidly, "but
at one gets used to them." He was
re obliged to acknowledge, however,
' that the morning's shook was "a little
| sharper-than usual."?Outing.
he African Climate. v.
As for the climate, whites Henry M.
ly Stanlev, describing the development
? of Africa, in the Century, it is no
of worse than that foand elsewhere in
rt- tropic lands. The heat is not so great
lc- as in India or as it is sometimes in New
.York in summer. Fortunately, the
1i; coast-belt on both sides of Africa,
where the heat is greatest, and where ^
the climate is most unhealthy, is narrow.
In four hours a railway train at
ordinary speed would enable us to
h? cross it, and so avoid the debilitating
temperature. Ascending the sides of
. the coast range by the same means of
. conveyance, we should in two hours
reach a rolling plain which gradually
1 rises in height from 2500 to 3500 feet
D above the eea. Here the climate is
sensibly cooler, and the white maa
3. can safely work six hours of the da?
ys in the open without fear of sunstroke,
lft though he must not count on im^3
munity from fever. In some ten to
a- twelve hours the traveler by train
-Q would meet another steep rise, and
wonld find himself from 5000 to 8000
la feet above the sea, on the broad cen:o
tral plateau of the continent, which
J? varies from 600 to 1000 miles across.
' It is in this section that the great
ie lakes, snowy mountains and tallest
st bills are found. Here we have cold
*jj niehts and a hot sun when the skies
d. are not clouded, though the air in tha
tb shade is frequently cool enough for an
0t overcoat; and it is on the immense uprd
land that the white man, when com
le pelled by circumstances, may una ?
home.
/ Manufacture ot Wooden Boxes.
r. Among the thousands of industries
Jr whose headquart ers are located in New
19 York is the manufacture of wooden
in boxes. Over ninety per cent, of the
50 business of the world in this particular
line of goods is done through New
York. It is not surprising, then, that t
the metropolis should boast of tba
0 largest aud oldest box establishments
|e in the world.
Faucy boxes of every description
y.' are made. Thero are all shapes, sizes
and styles, aud they are finished in ?
great variety of colors. "It is not
generally known, but it is a fact,"
R. said a prominent member of the trade,
"that wooden boxes are cheaper than
those made of paper, glass or tin."
They are shipped to almost evory
country in the world, one large New
y. York house having established agencies
in all the .European countries,
>r Asia and Australia.
? Patent automatic machinery is used
j. in their manufacture, and over 10,1-.
000,001) feet of lumber a year is made
9" into boxes by one large New York
B'; firm aloue.?New York Mail and Ex- y-vj*
preaa.