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I REV. DR. TAMAGE. SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY TH NOTED DIVINE. Subject: "Warming the World.'* Text; "Who can stand before Hi3 cold< ?Psalm cxlvii., 17. The almanac says that winter i3 ende and sprinsr has come, but the winds, and tb frosts, and the thermometer, in some Dlae< I down to zero, ueny it. The psalmist lived i a moreseniai climate than this, and yet t must sometimes have been cut by the'shai winter. In this chapter he speaks of tb snow like wool, the frost like ashes, the hai stones like marbles, and describes the cot gealment of lowest temperature. We ha\ all studied th9 power of the heat. How fe1 of us have studied the power of the fros "Who can stand before His cold?" Thi challenge of the text has many times bee accepted. October 19, 1812, Napoleon's great arm began its retreat from Moscow. One hue dred and flttv thousand men, 50,000 horses 600 pieces of cannon, 40,000 stragglers. 1 was bright weather when they started fror Moscow, but soon something wrathier tha than the Cossacks swooped upon their flanks An army of arctic blasts, with icicles fo bayonets and hailstones for shot, and com manded by voice of tempest, marched afte them, the flying artillery of the heavens L pursuit. The troops at nightfall wouli gather Into circles and huddle themselves to gether for warmth, but when the day brok they rose not, for they were dead, and th ? /inma (aw fkain r? r? m no I A t.C*?VtU? \*<IUJW i\J L IUC11 LUUIUIU^ UUUI v ' corpses. The way was strewn with the ricl : stuffs of the enst, brought as booty from th< Russian capital. An Invisible power seizet 100,000 men and hurled them aead into th< snowdrifts, and on the hard surfaces of th< i chill rivers, and into the maws of tne dogs that had followed them from Moscow. Th< j freezing horror which has appalled historj was proof to all ages that it is a vain thins for any earthly power?to accept the chal lenge of my text, "Who could stand before His coldV" In the middle of December, 1777, at Valley Forg"?. ll,i 00 troop were, with frosted ears and frosted hands and frosted feet, withoul shoes, without blankets, lying on the white pillow of the snow bank. As during oui m-ii ir.. ik. ? Ur\~ D.-nkmAn/ll' VslYU luc miy ?us, ua \.\j au^uiuvuu. when the troops were not ready to march, sc in the Revolutionary War there was a de> mand for wintry campaign until Washington lost his equilibrium and wrote emphatically, "I assure those gentlemen it is easy enough seated by a good fireside and in comfortable homes to draw out campaigns for the American Army, but I tell them it is not so easy to lie on a bleak hillside, without blankets and without shoes." Oh, the frigid horrors that gathered around the American Army in the winter of 1777! Valley Forge was one of the tragedies of the century. Benumbed, senseless. dead! "Who can stand before His cold?" "Not we," says the frozen lips of Sir John Franklin and his men, dying in Arctic exEloration. "Not we," answer Schwatka and is crew, falling back from the fortresses o! Ice which they had tried in vain to capture. "Not we," say the abandoned and crushed decks of the Intrepid, the Resistance and the Jeannette. "Not we," says the procession of American martyrs 1 returned home for American sepulture, Dt Long and his men. The highest pillars ol i the earth are pillars of ice?Vont Blanc, ' Jungfrau, the Matterhorn. The largest galleries of the world are galleries of ica. Some of the miehty rivers much of the year are in captivity of ice. The greatest sculptors ol / the ages are the glaciers, with arm and hand and chisel and hammer of ice. The coJd is imperial and has a crown of glittering crystal and is seated on a throne of ice, with with footstool a scepter of ice. Who . can tell the eufferings of the winter of 1433, when all the birds ef? Germany perished? or the winter of 1658 in England, when the stages rolled on the Thames and temporary \ houses of merchandise were built on the ice? or the winter of 1821 in America, when New York harbor was frozen over and the heavi' est teams crossed on the ice to Staten Island? rpV? nri /inma rl a rrrrv /% am* rtrrrn TT* h tin there have been so many wrapping themselves in furs or gathering themselves around fires or thrashing their arms about them to revive circulation?the millions of the temperate and the arctic zones who are compelled to confess, "none of us can stand before His cold."' One-half of the industries of our day are employed in battling inclemency of the ! weather. The furs of the North, the cotton of the South, the flax of our own fields, the wool of our own flocks, the coal from our own mines, the wood from our own forests, all employed Ln battling these inclemencies, and still every winter, with blue lips and chattering teeth, answers, "None of us can stand before thi3 cold." Now, this being such a cold world, God sends out influences to warm it. I am glad that the God of the frost is the God of the heat; that the God ol the snow is the God of the white blossoms; that the God of January is the God of June. The question as to how we warm this world up is a question otimmediateand ail encompassing practicality. In this zone and weatner tnere are so many nreie3s neairus, to many broken window panes, so many defective roofs that sift the sncw. Coal and wood and flannels and thick coat are better for warming up such a place than tracts and Bibles and creeds. Kindle that fire where it h^s gone out. Wrap something around those shivering limbs. Shoe those Dare feet. 1 Hat that bare head. Coat that bare back. Sleeve that bare arm. Nearly all the pictures of Martha Washington represent her in courtly dres3 as bowed to by foreign embassadors, but Mrs. Kirkland, in her interesting book, gives a more inspiring portrait ol Martha Washington. She come3 forth from her husband's hut in the encampment, the hut sixteen feet long by fourteen feet wideshe comes forth from that hut to nurse the sick, to sew the patched garments, to console the soldiers aying of the cold. That is a better picture -of Martha Washington. Hundreds of garments, hundreds of tons ol coal, hundreds of glaziers at broken window eashes, hundreds of whole souied men and women are necessary to warm the wintry weather. What are we doing to alleviate tht condition of those not so fortunate as we: Know ve not, my friends, there are hundreds of thousands of people who cannot stand before this cold? It is useless to preach to bare feet, and to empty stomach, and tc gaunt visages. Christ gave the world a lesson in common sense when, before preaching the gospel to the multitude in tht wilderness. He gave them a good dinner. When I was a lad I remember seeing twc rough woodcuis, but they made more impression upon me than any pictures I havt ever seen. They were on opposite pages, The one woodcut represented the <*ominu' o! the snow in winter and a lad looking out al the door of a great mansion, and he was al wrapped in furs, and his cheeks were ruddy | and with glowing countenance he shouted "It snows, it snows!" On the next pasf there was a miserable tenement, andthedooi was open and a child, wan and sick anc . ragged and wretched, was looking out, anc u- J J uAk n TUa | ue Sttiu, \ju, my vxuu, n ouuws; xuo mu ter of gladness or of grief, according to ou; circumstances. But, my friends, there ii more than one way of warming up this colt world, for it is a cold world in more re spects than one. and I am here to consul with you as to the best way of warming uj the world. I wantto have a great heater in troduced ipto all yourchurches and all you: homes throughout the world. It is a heate; of divine patent. It has many pipes witl which to conduct heat, and* it has f door in which to throw the fuel Once get this heater, introduced and i will turn the arctic zone into the temperate and the temperate into the tropics. It ii the powerful heater, 11 is the plorious fur nace of Christian sympathy. The que3tioi oui?ht to be, instead of how much heat cai we absorb, how much heat can we throv out? Xher-3 are men who go through th< world floating icebergs. They freeze every thing with their forbidding look. The ham with whi<?h they shake yours is cold as tht paw oi a polar Dear, ir tney noai into < religious meeting, the temperature drop, from eighty above to ten decrees below zero There are icicles hanging from their eye brows. They float into a religious meeting and they chill everything with their jere miads. Cold prayers, cold songs, cold greet , ings. cold sermons. Christianity on ice Th^ Church a great refrigerator. Christian gone into winter quarters. Hibernation! Oi the other hand, there are people who g< through the world like the breath of a sprin; morning. Warm greetings, warm prayers warm smiles, warm Christian influence, There are such persons. We bless God fo Horn W*a raini^fl in thair r?r?mnn??innchin A General in the English army, the arm; having halted tor the night, having lost hi beggage, lay down tired and sick withou any blanket. An ?fHcer oame up and said ?????? ?? ' Why, you have no blanket. I'll go am get you :t blanker." He departed for a fe; moments and then'came back and coverei the General up with a very warm blanket K The General said "Whoso blanket i3 this?' The officer replied ! got that from a prl vate solder in the Scotch regiment, Ralpl MacDonald." "Now." said the Gentral "you take this blanket right back to tha soldier. Ho can no more do without it thai I can do without it. Never brinj? to me th ,.t blanket of a private soldier." How man; men like that General would it take t< warm the world up? The vast majority o sd us are anxious to set more blankets, whetbe ie anybody else is blanketed or not. Lool >3 at" the' fellow feeling displayed in tn< ,n rocky defile between Jerusalem an( ie Jericho in Scripture times. Here is a mar p who has been set upon by the bandits, and ie in the struggle to keep his property he ha; l_ net nr.-ninrJrtrl nnH mnnlnrl an.1 stnhherl and i- he lies there half dead. A priest rides along, e He sees him and says: "why, what's the tv matter with that man? Why, he must be t! hurt, lying on the flat of his back. Isn't it Is strange that he should iie there! But I can't n stop. I am on my way to temple services. Go alon?, you baa3t. Carry me up to my y temple duties." After awhile a Lovite comes i- up. He looks over and says: "Why, that ), man must be very much hurt- Gashed on :t the forehead. What a pity. Stabbed under n his arm. Wnatapity. Tut, tut! What a n pity! Wiiy. they have takeu his clothes i. nearly away from him. But I haven't time r to stop. I lead the choir up in the temple i- service. Go along, you beast. Carry me up r to my temple duties." a After awhile a Samaritan comes alontr? d one who you might suppose through a Na. tional grudge might have rejected this poor e woun.ied Israelite. Coming along he S689 e this man and says: "Why, that man must f be terribly hurt. I sse by his features he is 1 an Israelite, but he is a man and he is a 3 brother. 'Whoa!'" says the Samaritan, and i he gets down off the beast and comes up to > this wounded man, gets down on one knee, 5 listens to see whether the heart of the un i | lortunate man is sun ueauatf, up uis j mind there is a chance for resuscitation, r eoes to work at him, take3 out of his sack a t bottle of oil and a bottle of wine, cleanses - the wound with some wine, then pours j some of the restorative in the wounded man's lips, thee takes some oil and with r it sooth3 the wound. After awhile he i takes off a part of his garment for : a bandage. Now the sick and wounded ) man sits up, pale and exhausted, but : very thankful. Now the good Samaritan ' says, "You must cet on my saddle, and I will walk." The Samaritan helps and ten derly steadies this wounded man until he i g?ts him on toward the tavern, the wounded , man holding on with the little strength he t has left, ever and anon looking down at the i gocd Samaritan :md saying: i;You are very kind. I had no right to expect this thin* of \ a Samaritan when I am an Israelite. You I are very kind to walk and let me ride." Now they have come up to the tavern. The i Samaritan, with the help of the landlord, i assists the sick and wounded man to dis mount and puts him to bed. The Bible says 1 the Samaritan staid all night. In the i morning. I suppose, the Samaritan went in to look how his patient was and ask him [ how he passed the night. Then he comes out ?the Samaritan comes out and says to the landlord: "Here i? money to pay that I man's board, and if his convalescence - -A T ihA ) | is not as rupiu us a uup ivi, i whole thing to me. Good-morning, all." He I gets on the beast and says: ''Go along, you i beast, but go slowly, for those bandits sweep! ing through the land may have left some, body else wounded and half dead." 8ym pathy! Christian sympathy! How many > such men as that would it take to warm the i cold world up? Famine in Zarepthath. ' Everything dried up. There is a widow with [ a son and no food except a handful of meaL She is gathering sticks to kindle a fire to cook the handful of meal. Then she is go-ing to wrar> her arms around her boy and die. Here comes Elijah. His two black servants, the ravens, have got tired waiting on him. He asks that woman for food. Now, that handful of meal is to be divided into three parts. Before, it was to be divided into two parts. Now, she says to Elijah: "Come in and sit down at this solemn table and take a third of the last morsel." How many women like tbat would it take to warm the cold world up? Recently an engineer in the Southwest, on a locomotive, saw a train coming with wblch , he must collide. He resolved to stand at his post and slow up the train until the last minute, for there were passengers behind. The engineer said to the fireman: "Jump! One man is enough on this engine! Jump!" The " TPOO CQTTAH Th A f?rflCh iiiu?jaau luuxuou uuu ?t* v%m i came. The engineei died at his post. How many men like that engineer would it take i to warm this cold world up? A vessel struck ' on a rocky island. The passengers and the crew were without food, and a sailor had a shellfish under his coat. He was saving it for his last moisel. He heard a little child cry to her mother: "Oh, mother, I am so hungry: give me something to eat. I am so i hungry!" The sailor took the shellfish from under "his coat and said: "Here! Take that." How many men like that sailor would It take to warm tne cold world up? Xerxes, fleeing from his enemy, got on board a boat. A great many Persians leaped into the same boat and the boat was sinking. Some one said, "Are you not willing to make a sacrifice for your king?" and the majority of those who were in the boat leaped overboard and drowned to save their king. How ' many men like that would it take to warm i up this cold world? Elizabeth Fry went into i the horrors of Newgate prison, And she turned the imprecation and the obscenity and the fllth Into prayer and repentance and a reformed life. The sisters of charity, in i 1863, on Northern and Southern battlefields, came to bovs in blue and gray while they were bleeding to death. The black bonnet fKa erlrloa ninnod honl? nnrl fhtt TchitA ! bandage on the brow may not have answered all the demands of elegant taste, but you i could not persuade that soldier dying 1000 miles from home that it was anything but an i angel that looked him in the face. Oh, with cheery look, with helpful word, with kind i action, try to make the world warm! ; Count that day lost whose low descending sun ' Views from thy hand no generous action | done. j Notwithstanding all the modern inven> tions for heating. I tell you there is nothing , so full of geniality and sociality as the old . fashioned country fire-place. The neighbors were to come in for a winter evening > of sociality. In the middle of the afternoon, . in the best room of the house, some one | brought in a great backlog with great strain J and put it down on the back of the hoarth. Then the lighter wood was put on, armful , after armful. Then a shovel of coals was taken from auother room and put under the j dry pile, an t tne kindling began, and the crackling, and it rose until it became a roarr ing flame, which fliled all the room with ; geniality and was reflected from the family 1 pictures on the walls. Then the neighbors came in two by two. They sat down, their faces to the Are, which ever and anon wa3 J stirred with tones and readjusted on the r andirons, aud there were such times of j rustic repartee and story telling and mirth j as the black stove and the blind register never dreamed of. Meanwhile the table was ~ .being spread, and so fair was the cloth and 5 so clean was the cutlery, they glisten and 1 glisten in our mind to-day. And then the . best luxury of orchard and farmyard was t roasted and prepared for the table, to meet appoiuos snarponeu uy mo cuiu nu?r. 0. my friends, the church of Jesus Christ Is the world's fireplace, and the woods are . from the ceJars of Lebanon, and the fires are firos of love, and with the silver tongs of the altar we stir the flame, and the light is reflected from all the family pictures on the wall?pictures of those who were here and are gone now. O, come up close to the fireplace! Have your faces transfigured in the light. Put your cold feet, weary of the jouruev. close up to the blessed conflagration. Chille 1 through with trouble and disappointment, come close up until you can get warm clear through. Exchange experience, talk over the harvests gathered, tell all the gospel news. Meanwhile the table is being spread. On it, bread of life. Ou it, grapes of Eshcol. On it. uew wine from the kingdom. On it. a thousand luxuries celestial. Hark! as a wounded hand raps on the table and a tender voice comes through saving . "Come. for all thiugs are now ready. Eat. I 0 friends: drink, yea, drink abundantly, 0 beloved!" My friends, that is the way the cold worla j is going to ba wanned up, by the great gos^ pel fireplace. All Nations will come in and } sit down at that banquet. While I was muf* , in? the fire burned. ''Come in out of the cold, come in out of the cold!" ? r Japanese Student Cuts His Throat. Joktthi Uchida, a Japanese 9iudent at Corjr nell (Iowa) College, a ward of the >lethodi3l s Church and a well-known lecturer, commit* t ted suicide while In a descendant "wood bs 1: cutting his throat. S 6ALLIKGT0N BQOTH ARMY ii i "God's American Volunteers" the t Name Adopted. i 9 | SCOPE OF THE ORGANIZATION, r c 3 Description of the Flap Which Is to Be * Carried Keslde the American Flag In 1 All Parade*?A G. A. V. Button?Varl' on? Meetings at Which the New OrjjanIzation Was Enthusiastically Cheered. i New Yobx Citt, March 16.?Henceforth :he followers of Ballington Booth, the sejeder from the British parent organization, "The Salvation Army," will be known as "God's American Volunteers." Commander I Booth formally announced the name of the new organization, and the christening was Attended by the enthuslastio cheering of a large number of the Commander's supponrafc who happened to be at the Bible House headquarters. When the cioering had ceased Commander Booth said: "I am glad to hear those cheers. I take them as an omen of success. An organization of whioh God is the real leader, and at whose christening there is a baptism of Amercan patriotism, must succeed." Commander Booth said that he and Mrs. Booth had been busy, not alone in clearing ?way a great accumulation of correspondence, but in drafting a constitution and bylaws for the organization. The constitution is not yet ready for publication, but one of Its articles has reference to the flag. The jrticle reads: The standard of God's American volunteers, while being emblematical of the cardinal principles and truths in which we believe and seek to propagate, yet shall be iistinctly American. Accordingly, the ground of the standard shall be white, emblematical of purity. Id j ihe centre there shall be a five-pointed blue star, typical of hope. In the centre of this star there shall be a white cross, emblemati- j aal of sacrifice for ethers. In that upper corner of the standard nearest the staff there shall be, on a blue field, as many white stars as there are 8tates in the Union. Over the central blue star shall be blazoned the Volunteers' motto "The Lord, Our Banner!" Beneath the star shall be designated the number of the post to which the standard la presented. The standard shall be carried by a coloi sergeant at parades, side by side with the American flag. God Almighty grant that the principles and truths represented by this standard may be preserved for all time! Eaoh branch of the Volunteers will be called a post, and the meeting place of each post will be called an armory. As the members of the Grand Army of the Republio are known as memDers or meu. a. ou m* American Volunteers may be known as the members of the G. A. Y. The Grand Army men have their G. A. B. buttons. The G. | A. Vs. will have their button. The design will be an American flag, bearing a vignette of Commander Booth. COMMANDER BOOTH SPEAKS. A Letter of General Grant'* Sold to Strel] the Volunteers' Treainry. 0RAS3E, N. J.. March 10.?Twelve hundred people crowded Music Hall to heax Commander Balllngton Booth speak at a meeting of the American Volunteers. Not until late did It become known that he was J to be In the city, nevertheless every seat Id the hall was occupied and 300 people stood. Commander Booth described! the flag, explained the significance of Its colors and emblems, and then set forth the alms of the new movement. H? did not refer to any criticism? of his secession from the Salvation Army, but devoted himself to stating what the American Volunteers would do, speaking esna/t4niiTv nf iha hpb to work in the prisons v? ?mw ? .? ?- _ _ and among the so-oalled middle classea, al* though not negleotlng the slam work. He closed with a brief religious address and on Invitation to those present to come forward to the platform. Mr. Booth announced that a weekly paper in the interest of the Volunteers would soon bo issued. Mrs. Mary Grant Cramer, of East Orange, a sister of General Grant, who was in the audience, would, it was announced, sell as autograph letter of her brother's to the highest bidder, the money to go to the new movement. It was sold for $34. The purchasei will advertise it for sale and turn the proceeds over to Commander Booth. Commander Booth was enthusiastically cneered at the conclusion of his address. Under the New Flag. Newark, N. J., March 16.?Commandei Booth's adherents in Newark packed the Esses Lyceum to the doors, and the head of the American Volunteers was received with cheers and applause. He described the new flag and the uniform, except the bonnet to be worn by the women. He said: "The shape of the new bonnet is a secret of Mrs. Booth's, and, as she is the only woman I pretend to oboy, the description will have to come from her. This much I will say, it will make the ladies look much younger than those they were wearing." He requested the offlcers and privates oi the new movement not to engage in any public or private conflict with the members of the Salvation Army. The audience was stirred to great enthusiasm when he said: "Our standard will be nr>f iiAfAPo hnt alda bv side with the VCtl&lWVfty "Vfc WV.V4V, American National colors." He said the plans of the new movement were undeveloped at present, but would be In good shape soon. But few persons were present at the Salvation Army services. Americans the Chess Champions. The great international chess contest played between Brooklyn and London by cable has resulted In a victory for the American team and the challenge trophy offered by Sir G. Newnew will cross the water. The American team won three games out of five, the remaining three games being drawn. The total score was 4% games for America to 2% games for Great Britain. Barry and Buriile, who hail from Boston, and Showalter, theKentucklan, were the successful contestants. Pillsbury's reputation got a black eye from Blackbarne, and Baird was easy for Jackson. Hodges, Hymes and Delmar divided honors with their British opponents. Hanged for Shooting His Sister. Alliorf Wallace, who shot and killed his sister, Mrs. Bowlsky, a year ago. while she was playing an organ in her parlor, was hanged at Pekin, III. He declined to make a statement on the scaffold. A few minutes prior to the murder he stood at the organ and joined his sister in a song. Minor Mention. It is said that Sir George Newnes, a London publisher, for whom a yacht Is building bv the Henderson Brothers, of Glasgow, will challenge for the America's Cup in 1897. Two year3 ago there were supposed to be about 200 buffalo in the Yellowstone Park. The present estimate is one-quarter of that number, the othere having been killed by poachers. It is proposed by the Senate and House Committees to make an appropriation sufficient to complete tho work of coast defenses j 111 me tUlt^a 111 uujui ?cvcu jccw* *jj furnishing t'ae engineers of the army 610,I 000,000 a y.?:ir. The estate of the iate Edgar Wilson Nye, i the humorist, is said to llgure up between I 650,000 and SG0.000. His income is said to fc&vo been 630,000 a year from his newsj paper sketchss, but this is doubtful. I Dawson Oldham, a seventy-eight-ycar-old resident of White Hall. Ky., never has missed a sermon at the Methodist Church in that place in the forty years he ha3 been a member. He never has used tobacco in any form, nor has he tasted whisky. Mr. Thomas Caperton Davis, of Waco, Ky.,-has for years read the Bibie through three times annually, from Genesis to Revelations. On Sunday, February 16, Mr. Davis jompleted his first reading of the entire Bible this year, only forty-five days being occupied In the task. Mr. Davis is seventy-five years of age. * SABBATH SCHOOL. international lessun fo APRIL 5. Lesson Text: "Warning Against Sin, Luke xill., 22-30?Golden Text: Luke xiiL, 24 ?Commentary. When we are having bat one Ies3on In ea< chapter, it seems a pity to pass a chapter b but as the Resurrection is the greatest top In Scripture, including all others, we feel li to choose the Easter lesson- If any pref 2hapterxlii.?fail not to notice thecorruptli suggested by the heaven, and the hypocri which 9hall in due time And its home wbei there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. B fore the dhor is shut let all enter who will 1 :ruly receiving Him in whom alone issalvi tlon. 1. "They came unto the sepulcher, brin Ing the spices which they had prepared." j Mark xvi.,1, we And that it was two of ti Marys and Salome who did this. Verse 101 jur lesson mentions some others. Their se vice was truly a loving one, but it was not work of faith, and therefore in a measu fruitless, for "without faith it is impossib to please Him" (Heb. xi., 6). The order in Thess. i.. 3 is "Work of faith, labor of lov ' ? T* ? patience 01 nope. u wo ncop cruu ? urui fn our service all will be well. 2. ''And they found the stone rolled awa from the sepulcher." Mark xvi., 3. saj that they talked among themselves as to wh ahould roll away the stone from the sepu cher; for Mark xv., 46. 47, saysthatthey sa the burial of His body and the stone rolk unto the door of the sepulcher. The aj parent or real difflulties will vanish as w move on in love to Him constrained by H love to us. These women were ready ) minister at His death, but they had al.< ministered to Him in His life (Mark xv., 4 41). 8. "And they entered in and found n< the body of the Lord Jesus." They wei looking for a wrong thing in a wrong pla< through lack of knowledge because of lac of faith. They were as unsuccessful as we the people who looked for the body ofEnoc or the fifty men who looked three days f< the body of Elijah (Heb. xl., 5; II Kings, ii 17). There will be some more unsuccessf searchers some of these days when all tl dead in Christ shall have left their gravi and the living saints shall nave been caug] up with them to meet the Lord in the air i Cor. xv.. 23, 51,52; I Thess. iv., 16-18). 4. ''Behold two men stooit by them i shining garments." From the story of tl angels who came with the Lord to vis Abraham (Gen. xviii., 2. 22; xix.. 1), all tl way through the 'Scriptures they are alwa; spoken of as men and never as women, only mention this to show how unscriptur are our pictures 01 ange s. nou. i., n, very comforting concerning the ministry i angels, and Ps. ciii., 20, 21, isveryinspi ing, making us long to be like them in se vice and in obedience. 5. "Why seek ye the living among tl dead?" For "the living" the margin say "Him that liveth." The previous verse sa; they were much perplexed, and now we ret that they were afraid and bowed down I the earth. Unbelief always produces the; things, while joy and peace come by belie ing (Rom. xv., 18). Our departed frieni who nave died in Christ are alive and we] although their bodies rest iu the grav Theyare "with Christ," "present with tl Lord," and it is a very weak faith or i faith that clings to the tomb as if they wei there. 6. "He is not here, but is risen; remembc how He spake unto you when He was yet i Galilee." The words of the Lord are vei Klain words, easily understood if simply b eved, for "Through faith we understand (Heb. xi., 3). As to both law and prophe< being very plain, see Deut. xxvii.. 8: Ha ii.,2. Now we cannot remember the wore ofthe Lord if we have not received them, we have not laid them up in our hearts. 7. "The Son of Man must be delivered inl the hands of sinful men and crucified an the third day rise again." He had said ju these words to them over and over agal (Math, xvi., 21; xvii., 23; xx.,19), andl had meant just whut Ho said, and It had a come to pass exactly as He had said, so thi their whole difficulty was that they hs failed to take Him at His word. 8. "And they remembered His words." S we, in the morning of His coming again, wl remember His words and 9ee everything fu filled exactly as it is written. We wou therefore do well to remember them no and hold them fast and be ever saying f< our own encouragement and for the encou agement of others, "Be of good cheer for believe God that it shall be even as It wi told me." 9. ."And returned from the sepulcher ar told all these things unto the eleven and to a the rest." Read Math xxviii., 5-8, for furtn detai s of the angel's message to the wome You will see that they departed quiokly wil fear and great joy and did run to bring H disciples word. To run errands for Jesu bringing glad tidings of His resurrection ar coming glory, is a good cure for sorrow, was as they thus went that Je3us met the ?tr?.1 ..1 rrim ?? fpi auu suuerou lUCUl IU uuiu mm wj .u. ? and worship Him. He meets those who r joice and work righteousness. 10. '-It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna etc. It would seem that Mary Ma?dalei got somehow and for a time separated fro the other women (she will explain it all I us when we see her) and that the Lord a] peared to her the very lirst and spoke to he but wouldjnot allowher.totouch Him, fori hadjnct then ascended to His Father in H resurrectionjbody (John xx.. 16, 17), but b fore He met the other women whom He a lowed to touch Him He must have ascend* and returned. The movements of the r deemed and glorified bodies may be as quit as lightning (Ezek. i., 14). 11. "And their words seemed to them { Idle tales, and they believed them not When Paul at Rome faithfully expound* the Scriptures, some believed and some b< lievednot (Acts xxviii., fc*. 24). They we natural men to whom Paul preached tl gospel, and, as always, some received it an some did not. But these in our lesson we; saved people, the apostles and others, and i the apostles the Lord had said that th< were ''clean every whit" (John siii., 10), y in reference to the fact of His resurrectic they were unbelieving. 12. "Wondering in Himself at that whit was come to puss. "' xnis is ine recoru uui cerning Peter even after he had seen tl empty tomb?not joy and peace in believln but simply wonderment. So with peop then and now. thero is much wonderiu (chapters iv.. 22; ix., 43; xi., 14, etc.), bi there is no profit apart from faith (Heb. i\ 2). It seems so simple and reasonable thi we should say as Mary did, "Bo it unto n according to Thy word," or as Paul, "I b lieve God." Let us do it, and we shall sur ly know His joy and peace.?Lesson Helpe OUR HOG EXPORTS. Great Britain TaKtes a Larger Quantity Diminished Pvicea. In view of the fact that by far the larg< amount of our exports go direct to Gre Britain, and that oi these hog products foi no ineoneiderable a p-irt, the followii figures may prove interesting as showing o chief competitors: Tn is<u F.ntfiftnd imoorted 3.699.604 cwt. bacon, which was au improvement over 18 r.f ibout 500.000 cwt. In 1^95 tho total w 4.063,418 cwt. This shows an increase quantity, but u diminished valuation about $150,000, which might reasonably 1 expecied in view of the low values of tl past year and keen competition. Of the tot quantity for 1895 the United States co tributed 2,649,402 cwt., or an increasn ov 1894 of about 100,000 cwt. Denmark's co, tribution was 1,013,930 cwt., which near doubled hor figures for 1894. Canada iu provtd in 1895 by over 14,000 cwt. The imports of hams show a stendy ii crease with each successive year. The toti for 1895 was 1,289,518 cwt. Oi this tho Unitt States sent 1,203,157 cwt., an increase ov 1894 of 127,887 cwt. Canada's tlgures fi 1S94 were 50,576 ewt., but in 1895 theso woi Increased to 81,707 cwt. Of 220,168 cwt. of salt pork Imported in) England In 1895 122.902 cwt. were from tt United States and the balance from oth jountrles not specified. We did better : 1894 by about 28,000 cwt. The Increase froi "other countries" in 1895 was about 29,00 .vhile the grand total of all shows a decrea* ,n 1895 of about 5099 cwt. First Sno-.v In Nine Years. Rasldents of San Francisco and the sn rounding country were treated a few da1 ago to the genuine surprise of a snowstorn the llrst that has visited Central Callforn! for nine years. The fall was only thr( Inches, but it sufficed to give many ehildrc their first exDerleace In snowballino. TEMPERANCE. R ' STRIKE TIIE DEMON DOWN*. Would you like to sec the drunkardSotted, sunk bulow the bruteBurst his shackles and step forward luto freedom absolute? Then rouse you from indifference And fight the demon drink, Ere lie force his hapless victims O'er perdition's fearful brink; With a self-denying courage, And h manly fortitude, Jh March forward in the battle's front y, Till this demon Is subdued. ' -* O strike this mijihty demon sd With all your strength and skill, er With all your power of intellect, jn With all your force of will. sy re Would you like the outcast children e- From our city's squalid slums, >y All taken In and cared for well? a- / As a land like ours becomes? Then rouse you from indifference, ?' And fight the demon drink; la Let Fatherhood and Motherhood 10 Their strongest forces link of In one united effort, r- This demon to o'erthrow, a And free the path the children tread, re From its curse and blight and woe. Ie O strike this mighty demon I With all your strength and skill, e, With all your power of intelleot, sr With all your torce of wilL y Would you like your fellow-workman re To be betterhoused and fed? 10 And the pauper from the workhouse 1- In a oright, snug home instead? w Then rouse you from indifference xi And fight the demon drink )- With all the subtle forces re Of which your mind can think, is With wit and sprightly humor, :o With scourge of withering scorn, >o With keen, sarcastic irony, ' 0, With truth's most poignant thorn, 0 strike this mighty demon it With all your strength and skill, re With all your power of Intellect, je With all your force of will. r? Would you like the lost and fallen To be saved and lifted up? 3r And the wretched find true pleasure ' > For sin's bitter burning cup? 111 Then rouse you from indifference 16 And flght the demon drink bs With Arm, set resolution, And a nerve that will not shrink: J With a zeal which knows no flagging, And a daring strong and bold; in With energy inflexible, 16 And love that grows not cold, ''t 0 strike this mighty demon 16 With all your strength and skill, P? With all your power of intellect, With all your force of will. ?Constitution. is HE HAD A BABY. ? A touching conversation once took place on the train as the writer was on the way for a visit among friends in the East, as followsi \ "No, I won't drink with you to-day, ..! boys!" said a drummer to his companions as they settled down In a smoking-car and tl) passed the bottle. "The fact Is, boys, I have quit drinking; I've sworn off." "What's the matter with you, old boy?" j" sung out one. "If you've quit drinking, ii something's up. What Is it?" e* "Well, boys, I will tell you. Yesterday I jq was in Chicago. Down on Clark street a l0 customer of mine keeps a pawn-shop in conre nection with other business. I called on him, and while I was there a young man,... not more than twenty-flve, wearing tnread' bare clothes and looking as hard as if he hadn't seen a sober day for a month, came in with a little package in his hand. He unit wrapped it and handed the article to the pawnbroker, sayiDg, 'Give me ten cents.' 'J And, boys, what do you suppose it was? A pair of baby shoes?-little things, with the bottoms only a trifle soiled, as If they had been only worn once or twice. 'Where did . you get these?' asked the pawnbroker. 'Got 'em at home,'replied the man, who had an Intelligent look and the manner of a gentle|n man despite his sad condition. 'My wife I bought 'em for our baby. Give me ten cents :? for'em?I want a drink.' 'You had better '! take the shoes back to your wife; the baby " will need them,' said the pawnbroker. 'No, "* 6-she won't, because stie s aeaa. one s iym at home now?died last night' As he satd thls.tho poor fellow broke down, bowed his . head cnthe show case, and cried like a child. ;T Boys," continued the drummer, "you may 'J~ laugh, if you please: but I?I have a baby at ho.re, and I swear I'll never take another drink."?National Temperance Advocate, I ' 13 A COSTLY BOTTLE. One of the most cruel things which wicked id men can do is to sell strong drink to ignorill ant heathen savages. Thousands of barrels er of strong drink are sent from Europe and n. America to Africa to poison the benighted th Africans, and of late strong drink has been is sold In Alaska to tiie Indians, and has pros, duced most ruinous results. The Oovernid ment has prohibited such sale, and now and It then a man gets what he deserves. 8tephen in Merrltt, of New York, who visited Alaska, et says he saw a man sent to prison for nine e- months for selling a bottle of whisky. He was fireman on the ship in which Mr. Merrltt sailed, und when he went on shore in le Alaska he took a bottle of whisky which cost m him a dollar, thinking to make something by to selling it for a larger amount. An Indian p- woman bought the whisky and paid him two r, dollars, so he made a dollar; but he violated le United States law and soon found that he 4|?A ** " nnA rrruc londari in ln.il ,13 W&b ULU Ul a jvy, ua> ?* -T n., .. e- for nine months. Mr. Merritt and others il- tried to persuade the officers to let him off >d with a fine, so that he could keep his place e- as tlreman where he was needed, but they relic fused, and so he was sent to jail. If all men who sell whisky either to the savage or the a civilized, in Africa, America or Alaska could oe landed In jail for nine months the people :d sould ailord to board them there, pay them e- a salary and take care of their families at re home and make more money by tho operaie tion than this sailor did. selling a bottle of id whisky for two dollars.?Safeguard, re Dt A TEBRIBLE POWEB. 'y The French Academy of Medicine recently adopted a series of resolutions declaring that the drink evil has become a permanent danger attacking "the very life acd force of the 'u country" and laying stress on the fact that even the purest alcohol is "always and fun* 19 damentally a poison." Speaking of legal restrictions M. Rochard, a member of the 11* 1? lustriousscientific body, said: "Iknowthat this is difficult to accomplish. Alcohol is a it twrrthle nowflr. The professional hierarchv '. (the manufacturers and dealers) holds the it country enlaced in the meshes of a net of un10 avoidable self-interest without pity." a A SEW SAME FOB THE DUIXK. A little girl in Manchester attended a Band of Hope meeting, and, on the sj euker remarking that the drink stripped homes of furniture and wom^n and children of their al clothes, she excitedly exclaimed: "ThaVs just what it does at our house." ,s) On reaching homo her father insisted upon ,a1 sending her to the public-house for drink. .m Arrived there, she dashed the money upon 1R the counter and passionately asked for three Uj 1 pennyworth of "strip-me-naked." of THE OBEATEST WAB OF ALL. 02 A London paper estimates that the cost oi as all the ?reat wars of the world for twentyin live years, from 1852 to 1877, has been *20,oJ 000,000,000. An American journal ligures be out that tbo cost of intoxicants in the United he States for the same period was at least $15,al OOJ.COO.OOO. Perhaps the latter item should n- be included in the Hrst category, as repreer senting one of the "great wars" against the | a- peace and welfare 01 iue woriu. ly 1- TEJtrEBANCE SEWS A Nil NOTES. ^ Abstinence is easy, moderation irr possible. al A liquor deaier doesn't open bis Bible once )(j in a hundred days, but he opens his whiskey i!t bottle a hundred times a day. at The greatest remedy for poverty aad disre ease is the banisluueut of tlie saloon. When the saloon is blotted out it will not '? take long to renovate the face of the earth. 0r A formerly iDtemperate man who had r.'olD stained for live years took a drink just to sea 3J how it would go. It went as formerly?to 5j druukennessl 36 It is not for the kings to drink wine, nor for princes strong drink, lest they drink and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of tho afflicted.?Bible. f" But they also have erred through wine, ? and through strong drink are out of the way; I' the priest and the people have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine; they err lu rision, they stumble in judgment n ?Blblt* RELIGIOUS READING. 1 THE FAMILY A CHURCH. ? "The true Christian idea of family," says Canon Fremantle, "is tl"it of an association in which every tnembef has his function. some within, some without the home circle, but which affords a meeting point and a harbor of rest which a higher life of piety or thought or any worthy recreation can be cultivated by us in common, and where each can gain, through sympathy and prayer and affection, the support which he needs for Th his special work. Such an association is 1 truly a branch of the universal church, its I<lj intercourse Christian communion, its meals ^ sacraments, its life a divine service; it is in itself a kingdom of God, and its aim the es- J tablishment of that kingdom everywhere." -"j This brief portraiture of a thoroughly ] Christian family contains a great deal in a 80 few words, and deserves careful study. J Indeed, what is there more worthy of close examination than the question?flow can we make the most of the home, how bring it up to the highest point of efficiency as a producer of genuine happiness, a developer of noble character? No one will get out of it all that God has made it capable of accomplishing without the most strenuous application of head, heart and hands. Is it not the mightiest single agency for good within the scope of the wide creation? Can church or state effectively compete with its far-reaching, all-embracing influence ? It is in itself a church, when rightly constituted, and also a miniature state. The nation has grown out of the family,and is, when at its best, only a large brotherhood. Family life must be guarded against tyranny, sensuality, dullness, narrowness. There muse ue constant recognition of the fact that it has relations not only to its own immediate members but to a much wider circle. It must reach out to less favored families, not wrapping itself in a mantle of refined selfishness, but broadening Us sympathies to take in many. In all ways that are practicable the general community should be made to feel the influence of the best homes. We are quite sure that something more can be done in this direction than is usually attempted. Most certainly there is no line of effort that will bring greater benefit, both to individuals and the public, than that which causes the true I principles of home-making to be better understood. Mothers' meetings are good. Why should there not be fathers' meetings? There are co-operative associations for tne purchase or erection of homes?that is, of the outward shell. Let there be societies for nromotimr the inward spirit, without which the shell i3 a mockery, the external covering litlle better than a jaii. He who iraI proves the homes of a country should rank among its greatest benefactors. THE BEAL DISCIPLE. Real disclpleship begins within, In the heart and conscience, in the determination of the will and the devotion of one's being to the Lord and Saviour. The individual is no longer his own; self has been turned over to Him who redeemed us. Wherever there is a genuine work within, it will be made evident by outward works. The real Inward disciple will work the works of the Lord ; that is, he will do the things which the Lord commands. We fear many are more willing to follow their own fancy, taste or interest, than the Lord's command; they are more willing, possibly, to define and declare the truth of the gospel than to live It; but no definition of truth or setting forth of* a creed ever saved a soul. We may know the law of love and be as orthodox as Gabriel himself,without being taken a step in the way to heaven. It is not what we know of the truth, but what we do, that gives life. In the judgment the Lord will not ask what we know, or what we believe, but what we have done. We do what is in our hearts. Achievement is the rule by which the award is meted out in the final judgment. Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these, ye did it unto Me." You may know g today what the outcome will be by the works which indicate the true condition and stand- 5 ing of the soul. The judgment wm do out a reading off of the record made by us from i day to day. STUDYING CHBIST. I The man who. when asked If he was ac- c quainted with a certain woman, replied that fc he had a listening acquaintance, expressed . what many of us often feel. There are peo- 1 pie who talk well, perhaps brilliantly, and who are so fond of talking that they , forget to give anyone else a chance. The thought of selfishness never occurs to them, ? for they consider that they are doing society a service in keeping the ball of con- n versation rolling. They forget that conversation implies an exchange of ideas, and that sincere interest in others would make a imnnQQihiA. The abilitv to draw UXUUUIV^uv out the best thoughts of those whom we meet, a pleased attention, an evident interest in them as individuals?these are the things worth striving for. In studying the life of Christ we cannot fail to be impressed by his loving sympathy with people of all classes. Although he knew their thoughts, yet ho encouraged them to speak, and was ever ready to listen. I GLORY OF THE LOBD. Lord, let me in that I may see thee. I have been tryihg too long to judge thee from the outside; let me in. I have asked my soul whore is the sign of thy power. I have asked what good there is in being good. I have asked what advantage the righteous have over the wicked. I have forgotten that the advantage can only be seen inside the door. I have forgotten that the poet may be threadbare and yet joyous, that the painter may be penniless and yet exultant. I have forgotten that tho reward of art is beauty, that the reward of loving is being loved, that the reward of holiness is strength in temptation. I shall see thy power within thy holy place ; in thy light shall I see light. Lord, Lord, open unto me. Give me a view from within. Let me look at the outer grounds from the window of thy dwelling. Let me 'gaze on thy world front where thou thyself art standing. And I know that the prospect shall be changed, tho crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed.?George Matheson. BEST OS THE LOVISG HEABT. Wilt thou, with St. John, rest on the loving heart of our Lord Jesus Christ, thou must bo transformed into the beauteous image of our Lord by a constant, earnest contemplation thereof, considering his holy 1 meekness and humility, the deep, fiery lovo that he bore to his friends and his foes, and yet his mighty, obedient resignation which he manifested in all the paths wherein" His Father called Him to tread. And now ye must gaze much more closely and deeply -* " into the glorious image of our Lord at Christ than I can show you with my out- 0f ward teaching, and maintain a continual, .. earnest effort and aspiration after it. Then look attentively at thyself, how unlike thou ye? art to this image aud behold thy own little- ma ness. In the glorious likeness of Christ thou wilt be made rich and ilnd all the solace and sweetness in the world.?John ma Tauler. wo God delivers us out of evils by turning ^ir them into greater good. He chastens us in an< Mv> tha* w? may not be condemned sni wtth the world. H<? turns the tears of sorrow ish into the pearls of a brighter crown. By no| weaning us from the transitory, He leads us v to the aternal. By emptying us of the 8^a world. He fills us with Himself. He makes am the via crucis,the via lucis. He causes us, in del -k. tl-onl.. MTim thof our lichfc IUC > Ct > wv/ blinun. ??? ~ ?o? - Ltt^. affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.?Canon Farrar. BID it. Thou hast but this, to set thy feat where era Mine res M iko prints, step after stop, a track for .fl ^ thine. Mmn*MI7. wo the California Oranges. gac Southern California is engaged now and or will bo until June 1 in picking, packiug and i shipping its orange crop. The yield of the e. golden fruit is estimated at 2,800,000 boxes, vie about two-thirds of a full yield. The cash yield from this crop will reacn ?5,000,000. The orange industry iu Southern California is but fifteen years old and u capital of 833,- S 000,000 has been invested in it. There aie f01, now 10,000 acres iu fruit-bearing groves, and 80,000 more acres are planted with young aa< trees. ide The St. Louis Auditorium. ~ The Auditorium bsing erected for the St. pig Louis Republican Convention is to be 180x hoi 260 feat, and seated to accommodate 14,000 are people. It will be built of wood and will take a million and a half feet. '/tQ3E?$ Immortal Love. e frost of years May blanch the gold from out thine hairs fe's griefs and fears May rob thy cheeks of roses fair; ie violets' blue May fade from out thine eyes, dear ones ie morning dew May cease to sparkle in the sun; ads meet and part, Lad golden clouds soon turn to erav. it, love, thine heart ? Will keep Its loveliness for aye! / ?William H. Qardner, in Munsey. f The Fortune Hunters. Three fortune hunters once agreed ! To make a test of pluck, To tempt the Fates and intercede < Each for a share of luck. Each was to go in different ways I Alone, for wealth and fame. t And try to win the public praise? !. A fortune and a name. One as a soldier sold his sword To nations that would buy, Tet he amassed but scanty hoard As time did onward fly. Another tried the gold mines wher? Such piles of wealth were found, Bat 'twas a very trifling share That his long labors crowned. ? The third would not a distance roam In search of golden ore. But very wisely stayed at home And started' keeping store. H? showed good sense and enterprise And soon had wealth and fame. His hobby was to advertise And thus bis fortune came. ?Printer's Ink, ^ I Fortune Telling. Wliflti on the grain was summer's gold, And blue was summer's sky, We went to have our fortunes told, A witching maid and I. The gypsy sibyl seemed uncouth And weird to look upon, And yet for each of U9, in sooth. a merry mio sua suuu. Mine was a kindly horoscope; . ? I heard my birth above Uadhung the happy star of Hope, Tho lambent star of Love. The star of Love that bringeth bliss, I learned, still shed it" glow. Much more the-sibyl said, bat this Wa? all I cared to know. Then into Sylvia's slender hand I saw the gypsy Deer, And words I longed to understand Were whispered in her ear; While on her cheek a blush had birth That spread in rosy fire, As when the winter-wakened earth Feels Spring's divine desire. We left behind the gypsy old, And 'neath a dusky pine Again was that fair story told That ended, 'Sweet, bo mine!" Then 8ylvia, the roguish-eyed, Laughed in her winning way; "That's what," triumphantly she cried, "The gypsy said you'd say!" ?Clinton Scollard, in Harper's Bazar. At the Edge of the Day. lee Twilight standing on the brink That skirts the dark abyss of night, rhe dew-wet roses in her hair Shed lacense through the waning light,! jow in the west one lonely star Shines tremulous and white. loross the far, dim edge of day, The task of morn and toil of noon lllp noiselessly adown the tide With dusky shadows thiokly strewn, Lnd o'er the lately purple hills Rises the yellow moon. ro. Twilight trembling on the verge 'Twixt shadowy earth and shadowy air told peaceful hands on peaceful breast, Spread starlit wings and gently bear ?o heaven's gate a burden sweet? The world's low vesper prayer. ?Youths' Companion. At Sea. The night was made forooollng shade, 1 For silence and for sleep; And when I was a child, I laid My hands upon mv breast, and prayed, 1 And sank to slumber deep. Childlike, as then, I lie to-night, And watch my lonely cabin-light. Each movement of the swaying lamp Shows how the vessel reels. And o'er her deek the billows tramp, And all her timbers strain and cramp With every shook she feels; It starts and shudders, while it burns, And in its hinged socket turns. Now swinging slow, and slanting low. It almost level lies; And yet I know, while to and fro I watch the seeming pendule go With restless fall and rise, The stately shaft Is still upright, Poising Its little globe of light. Oh band of God! Oh lamp of peace! Oh promise of mv soul! Though weak and tossed, and ill at easa Amid the roar of smiting seas? The ship's convulsive roll? I own, with lovo and tender awe, Yon perfect type of faith and law. A heavenly trust my spirit calms, My soul Is filled with light; The ocean sings his solemn psalms; The wild winds chant; I cross my palmv Happy as if to-night. Under the cottage roof again, 1 heard the soothing summer rain. ?Boston Transcript. Tlie Care of the Aged. fVhen a man or woman passes seventy irs of age, great care should be 'en to the conditions surrounding a or her for the prolonging of life, e vital forces are greatly enfeebled that period of life, and the powers resistance in consequence of age are ) weakest, A man of threescore irs and ten, and over, is like an old chine that by proper care given to condition has been keep running ny years, and is still able to do rk, but its wheels and axles and lions are much worn and rickety, 1 if it should be pushed, even to a all extent, in excess of its dimiaed powers, it breaks down and cani be repaired, for 9very part of it ia ittered. But if worked carefully 1 intelligently by a person who un stands its condition and knows ita 4+ rtrt r\ Kcv in AAf l'nn A IUUU1UCC) lb W(%U UW UV^>V * M mw ch longer time than would be posle if a careless engineer controlled In these times, however, it is genlly not profitable to husband the ources of an old machine. But thin lot true as regards out old men and men. It is desirable to hold on to :in as long as possible, and if we can :ceed in prolonging their lives five ten years, or more, it will greatly lance our nappiness. ?Medical Uew. CaaiIo qc t>'nnd OUtUO no a. uuu, Seeds of many kinds have been md in the ruins of the homes of the jieut cliff dwellers of Utah, whoevntly used them for food. > The clifl ellers at.# the seed of the ordinary ; weed. Indians to this day conae the seeds of many grasses, which. ( ground ipto flour.