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w KEY. PR, TALMAGE. HDAY'S DISCOURSE-BY THE NOTED DIVINE ^^Hect: "Shall We Have Another Chance?" II" f: "If the tree fall toward the south, ft ard the north, iD the place where the I lleth, there it shall be." -Eecl. ii., 3. I (e is a hovering hope in the minds of a I (ultitudeof people that there will be an I .'unity in the next world of correcting I Stakes of this; that however complete I iwreck we may make of our earthly life, I | bo on a beach up which we may walk I alace: that us a defendant may lose his I In a Circuit Court and appeal it and [ it go up to the Supreme Court or Court I tancerv and all the costs thrown over on ther party, so a mau may lose his case hiswoild, but in the higher jurisdiction >ternity have the decision of the earthly eset aside, all the costs remitted and the Iendant be triumphant forever. 'he object of my sermon is to show you t common sense declares wtfh tne text t such an expectation is chimerical. "If tree fall toward the south, or toward the th, in the place where the tree falleth, re it shall be." There are those who say t if the impenitent and unfortunate man ere the next world and sees the disaster, i rA?nlr nf thnfr disxfttar ho will turn, the Ilress the cause of his reformation; but we ve ten thousand instances ail around out us of people who have done wrong d disaster sudden!}- came upon them lid the disaster heal, them? No, jv went ou. There is a man flunsr I dissipations. The doctor suys to him: Tow, mv friend, if you don't stop drinking d don t stop this fast lit* you are living, u will die." The patient thanks Ip physician for his warning and gets bet*; he begins to sit up, begins to walk around b roo n, begins to go to business and takes s same round of grog shops where ho got ? moruiug dram and his evening dram and b drams between. Down again. Same ctor. S.ime physical anguish. Samemedil warning. But now the sickness more protracted. the liver more stinate, the stomach more irri Ioie, tne digestive organs more recsmous. 1 at still, under medical skill, he gets batter, >es forth, commits the same sacrilege rainst his physical health. Sometimes he j ak *s up to see what he is doing, and he alizes lie is destroying his family and that s life is a perpetual perjury acainst his arriage vows, aiid that that broken-hearted man is so different from the roseate wife ) married that her old schoolmates do not cojjnize her on the street, and that his sons e goiug out in life under the taunt of a ther's drunkenness, and that his daughters e going out in life under the scarifltitfn of a disreputable ancestry. His ?r%*es are all a . ms:le. i'rom crown or ;ad to sole of foot be is one aching, nispg, crucifyiDg, damning torture. Where is i'i He is in hell on earth. Does it stop m? Ah! no. After awhile delirium treens pours out upon his pillow a whole tnirle of hissing reptiles. His screams hoi*fv the neighbors as he dasher out ot bed ying, "Take these things off of me!" He drinking down the aomfort of his family, le education of his children, their pros;cts for this life and perhaps their l-ospects for the life to come. Pale id convalescent he sits up. Physician iys to him, "Now, mv good fellow, am going to have a "plain talk with ou. If you ever have an attack of this ma again you win aie. i can t save you, id all the doctors in creation can't ive you." The patient gets up, starts out, oes the same round of dlsjipution and is own again; but this time medicines do not >uch hts case. Consultations of physicians ly there is no hope. Death ends the scene, hat process of inebriation and physical sufirinsr and medical warning and dissolution taking place within a stone's throw of here you sit and in every neighborhood of hristendom. Pain does not reform. Sufring does not cure. Wbat is true in reird to one sin is true in regard to I sins, and yet men are expecting the next life there will be opportunity for irgatorinl regeneration. Acrain, I wish you to further notice that nother chance in another world means the uin of this. Now. suppose a wicked man i assured mat alter a uieume 01 wickouess he can fix it all right in the future? 'hat would be the demoralization of socity, that would bo the demolition of the hunan race. There are now men who are kept >n the limits of 9in by their fear. The fear hat if we are bad and unforglven here it vil! not be well for us in the" next existence, s the chief influence that keeps civilization rom rushing back into semi-barbarism, and :eeps semi-barbarism from rushing back nto midnight savagery, and keeps midnighf lavasrery from rushing back into extinction. Another chance in another world means the lemolition of this world. Furthermore, my friends?for lam preachng to myself as well as to you?we ;are ou he same level, and though the platform is L little higher than the pew. it is only for :onvenience, ana that we may the better menktothe peorle: we are all on the same jlatform, ami i am talking to my soul while ! talk to yours?my friends, why another jhanee in another world whpn we have defined so many chances in this? Sup>ose you spread a banquet and you inrile a vast number of friends, and among jthers yuU send an invitation to a man who llsregards it. or treats it in an obnoxious fay. During twenty years you gave twenty laiiquets, a banquet a year, and you invite rour friends, and every time you invite this nan. who disregards your iuvitation or sends rnek some indignity. After a while you fiove into a larger hosse and amid more usurious surroundings, and you invite our friends, but vou do not invite that nan to whom twenty times you sent ,n invitation to the smaller house. Are ou to blame? You would only make rourself absurd before God and man to send hat man another invitation. For twenty ears he ha* been declining your offers and andiuz insult for your kindness and courpsv. and can he blame you? Can he come ip'to your house on the night ofthebau ueif lookids; up ana seeiug u is a nner ouse will he have any right to say: "Let me 1. 1 have declined all those other offers, ut this is a larger house, a more luxuriant ^ode. Let me in. Give me another hance." God has spread a bauquet of His grace bene us. For three hundred and sixty-five ays of everv year, since we knew the differneebetween our right hand and our left, [? has invited us bv His Providence and by [is Spirit. Suppose we decline all these of;r< of kindness* Now the banquet is spread . ? .,|n..n ? ? ?K.. nnl,.A,. T t. II it itus^r tu mc uuucuiy juuacc, iatatioE^ are sent out. but no invitation is nt to us. Why? Because we declined I those other banquet?. Will God i to blame? Will we have any trlit to rap on the door of heaven and sny; I ought not to be shut out of this place: ive me another chance?" Twelve gates of ilvation standing wide for free admission lour life and then when the twelve gates ose we rush on the bosses of Jehovah's lckler. saying: "Give me another chance." ship is to sail for Hamburg. You want to > to Germany by that line. You see the Ivertisement of the steamer's sailing. You te it for two weeks. You see it in the lorning papers and vou see it in the evening ipers: you see it placarded on the walls. Irouiars are thrown into your office lliug you all about that steamer. One iy you come down on the wharf and in steamer has swung out into the stream. du say: "Oh, that isn't fair. Come back, IIcing up again to trie ciocks. xnrow me lauks ashore that I amy come on board. [ isn't fair. I want to go to Germany by lat steamer. Give me another chauce." [ere is a magnificent offer for heaven. It as been anchored within our sight year fler year, and all the beuign voices of earth lid heaven have urged us to go on board, bee it may sail at any mom nt. [Suppose we i?tth:it opportunity sail away, tid then we look out and say: "Send back >at opportunity; i want to take it; it isn't Ife.itiug me fairly. Give me another cuunce. fhv, my brother, you might as well go out ad stand on the Highlands at the Navesink ire* days after the Majestic has pone out, ud shout: "Captain, come back: I want to (jto Liverpool on the Majestic. Comeback* ver tho sea and through the Narrows aDd p to the docks. Give me another chance." ou might a-j well do that as, after tho last pportunity of heaven has sped away, try to st it back again. Just think of it! It came a me yesterday in my study with overhelming impressiveness. Just think of it. II heaven offered us as a gratuity for a hole lifetime, aud yet we wanting to rush jainst God, saying: "Give me another iance!" There ought to be, there will be, ) such thing as posthumous opportunity. Yon see common-sense agrees with my'text in sayins: that "if the tree fall toward the 90uth, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be." You see this idea lifts this world from an unimportant way-station to a platform of stupendous issues, and makes all eternity whirl around this hour. Oh, my soul! my soul! Only one trial, and all the preparation for that trial to be made in this world, or never made at all. Oh, my soul! my soul! You see this piles up all the emphasis and all the climaxes and all the destinies into this life. No other chance. Oh, how that intensifies the value and the importance of this chance. Alexander and his army used to come around a city and they would kindle p great light, with the understanding that as long as that light was burning the city might surrender, and all would be well, but if they let that litrht go out, then the battering rams would swine against the walis and there would come disaster and demolition. Oh, my friends, all you and I need to do to prepare for eternal safety is just to surrender to the King and- ConmtaMAii nki'lcf VJii kaorfo C11 f" ?juru/lj VUl iC7V? KJ \A I I V4AVAW*. UVrtl Ui u<(k render life, surrender everything. The great light keeps burning, iight kindled by the wood of the cross, light flaming up against the dark night of our sin and sorrow. Oh, let us surrender before the light goes out, and with it our last opportunity of making our peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ob, my brother, talk about another chance; this is the supernal chance. In the time of Edward II.. at the battle of Musselourgh, a private soldier saw the Earl of Huntley ha<1 lost his helmet, j rne private soimer tooK on nis neiawi ?uu went up to the Earl of Huntley and put tho helmet on his head. Now. tho head of tho private soldier uncovered, ho was soon siain, while his commander rode in safety through and out of the battle. But it is different iu our case. Instead of a private offering a helmet to an earl, it is the King of heaven and earth offering a crown to an unworthy subject, the Kins dying that we might live! Oh, tell it to tho points of the compass, tell it to day aud night, tell it to earth and heaveo, tel" it to all tho centuries ' and all the millenniums ttiat God has given us a magniflcon' usance in this world and | that we need no other chance in another! | A dream. I am in tho burnisher judgment | hall on the last day. The great white throne is lifted, but the Judge has not yet taken It. While we are waiting for His arrival I hear the immortals in conversation. "What are vou waitiatr for?'' savs a soul that went up from Madagascar to a soul that went up from America. The latter responds: "I w;is in America forty years ago, and I heard the gospel preached, "and I hm' plenty of Bibles in my house, and from the time that I knelt at my mother's lcnee in prayer until my lust hour, I had great opportunities; but I did not improve them, and 1 am here to-day waiting for another chance. "Strange, straoge," says the soul just come up from Madagascar. "Strange; why. 1 never heard the gospel call but once in all my life, and I accepted it, and I don't want "another chance." "What are you waiting for?" says one who on earth bad very feeble intellect to one who had great brain and whose voice was silvery, and who hud scepters of power. The latter rej plied: "I had great power on earth. I | must admit, and I mastered languages and I mastered libraries, and colleges conferred upon me learned titles, and my name was |a synonym for eloquence and power; but somehow I neglected the mat ters of my soul and 1 must confess to .you I am here to-day waiting for another chanc-e." Now, the ground trembles with the advancing chariot. The great folding doors of the burnished hall of judgment are thrown open. "Stand back," cry the ushers, "and let the Judge of quick and dead pass through." He takes the throne. He looks off upon the throngs of nations come to the last judgment, come to the- only judgment, and one fla?h from the throne reveals each .man's history to himself, and reveals it to ail the others. And then the Judge says: "Divide!" and the burnished walls echo it, "Divide!" and the guides angelic answer, "Divide!" and the immortals are rushing this way and that, until there if an aisie between them, a great aisle; and then a vacuum, widening and widening, until the Judge looks to one side of that vacuum, and adA -nr-nna fKa KtiAna onH oovfl. him thflt is righteous be righteous still, and let him that is h^ly be holy still." And then, turning to the throng on the other side of the vacuum, He says; "Let him that is unjust be unjust still, and let him that is filthy be filthy still." And thou He stretches out both hanJs, one toward the throng on each side the vacuum, and says; ' If the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be!" And then I hear something jar with a great sound. It is the closing of the Book of Judgment. The Judge ascends the sta-rs behind the throne. The Hall of the last Ass'ze is cleared and shut. The High Court of Eternity adjourned forever. NAMED A WOMAN ELECTOR. Wrominjr Republicans Nominate Mr?. Malloy, Wlio.se Husband is a Democrat. The Wyoming R?publican Convention, alter two nours wrescuns in commmee over a satisfactory tnoney plank, adopted the following: "We favor the free coinage of gold and silver into standard money, as expressed in our former platforms, under such legislation as will guarantee that all our money shall remain on an equality." This is apparently .satisfactory to both the gold and silver factions in the State. Th3 nominations made are: For Congress. Frank \Y. Mondell.the present Representative. For Supreme Judqe, H. V. S. Groesbeck, the present Chief Justice. For Presidential Electors, \V. F. Brittain, Benjamin Howell and iirs. Sarah ilalloy. Mrs. Malloy is the wifeof the superintendent of the Uuion Paeltlc Hues in Wyoming, onii ia tho mr.thor nf fnnr nhilflpjin RIip always voted the Republican ticket, while i her husband has voted the Democratic. She has accepted the nomination. HUNGER IN A MILL TOWN. Thousands of Operatives Idle at Lsw.ence, mhs?. The great factories at Lawrence. Mass.. of the Arlington Mills Company, of which William Whitman is the Treasurer, were shut down, and about 3000 operatives joined tho other thousands of idlers who are out of work iu consequence of the closing of the Everett and Pemberton milis. Tl.o Everett closed Jul> 9 for two months on account of the bad condition of the market. According to the best information obtainable, the Pernberton will not be reajy to start up much before October 1. These three mills emp oy over 5000 hands. The Washington Mills, which employ about 350, are running on twothirds time. Business interests are being affected anil the calls for aid upon the Poor Department are becoming so numerous that the clerk of the Overseers of the Poor suggrgts putting men at work sawing wood and women making garments in order to relieve the necessities of those who ask for public support. Business men are quoted in favor of .1 scheme of public works for the benefit of the unemployed. NO MORE COLD FOR SILVER. San Francisco Sub-Treasury Stops uu Old Practice There. The United States Treasury Department has received no information a* out the alleged refusal of the Assistant Treasurer at San Fraucisco to exchange gold for silver certificates. This is a practice that he has followed for years, and is peculiar alone to the San Fraucisco Sub-Treasury. On the Pacific Coast nearly all the money in circulation is gold and silver coin, but little paper money being used. For the convenience of bankers and others who desired to make shipments of money to the East, a practice had grown up at San Francisco of exchanging silver certificates for gold. Recently the Sub-Treasury's stock of gold has been reduced, and for this reason, it is presumed, the practice of making all money interonangaoie nas oeen sioppeu. A Novel Campalcu Pin. The County Attorney of Saco, Me., ha; driiwn attention to himself by displaying a gold siarfpin in the form of a bug, the wing3 of which spread at the totich of a spring and show the likenesses of JIcKinley and Hobart. Spain Sanguine. Six months is the time that Spain now says it will take to 8>'*<iue Cuba. SABBATH SCHOOL | INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR SEPTE3IBER 6. Lesson Text: "David's Love for God's House," I Chron. xxlL, 0, 16? Golden Text: Psalm lxxxiv, 4 ? Commentary. 6. "Then he called for Solomon, hl9 son, aDd churned bim to build a house for the Lord God of Israel." It is written of*David that the Lord preserved him whithersoever he went, and that he reigned over all Israel, i uvQAiitinn n n rl Inatino fimrtnff nil JUU^ujdui auu ju^uvw uuivug uu his people (I Chron. xviii., 13, 14). His later years were given to making preparation for tne temple which ho desired to build for tho Lord and which was built by Solomon on Mount Moriah, where Abraham offered up Isaac, and which David afterward bought from Araunah or Ornan the Jebusite. , 7. "And David said to Solomon, my son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the Lord, my God." In chapter xxviii., 2, he calls it, "An house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord." The ark was the symbol of the presence of God, for He told Moses that He would meet with him and commune with him from above the mercy seat, from between the cherubim, and that there He would dwell among them (Ex. xxv., 8, 22). Nathan the prophet thought so well of David's plaa that i ne said, "Do all that is in thine heart, for 3od is with thee" (chapjer xvil., 2). 8. 'Thou shalt not build an house nnto My name, because thou has ebed much blood upon the earth in My sight." This was the Lord's message to David through Nathan. Compare chapter xviii., 3. There was a ceremonial uncleanness connected with the shedding of blooi (Num. xxxi., 19. 20), but from the words of Solomon to Hiram in I Kings v., 8. it would also seem that the hindrance to David's building the temple was the wars that were about him on every side, and the temple must wait for a time of rest. The tabernacle of Moses aud its lessons are very applicable to the times in which we live, while the temple of Solomon rather points to the next age, the time of earth's rest, when the true Solomon shall relen. 9. ''His name shall be Solomon (peaceable), and I will Rive peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. Thus said the Lord of him who should build the temple, calling him a man of rest, and saying that he should have rest from all his enemies. The other name of Solomon. Jedediah (beloved of the Lord) (II Sam. xii^, 25, and margin) is also very suggestive of Him who is the true beloved and also the Prince of Peace. "He shall build the temple of the Lord, and he , shall bear the glory and shall sit and rule upon his throne, and he shall be a priest upon his throne." Behold th? man whose name is The Branch (Zech. vi., 12, 13). Compare Jer. xxili., 5, 6. 10. "He shall build an house for My name, * * * and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever." While Solomon is surely referred to in these words and in this lesson, and also tbe temple which he butlded, we may well say in the words of our Lord, "A greater than Solomon is here" (Luke xi., 31). A throne established forever could not be for any mortal man, but David, being a prophet, knew that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, He would raise up Cnrist to sit on His throne (Acts ii., 30). 11. "Now, mv son, the Lord be with thee, and prosper thou and build the house of tbe Lord tby God, as H? hath said of thee." We some back from the prophetic and Messianic outlook to the temple then about to be builded at Jerusalem. The whole story of the temple and kingdom of Israel had ooth a near and a far off fulfilment, the near being partial, but the far off being complete and abiding. To the latter we are now in this year 1896 drawing nigh, but how nigh God alone knoweth. "The Lord be with thee1' (see also verse 16) is what we all need as we live to complete the present building, the churcb, or body, of Christ, built of stones from all Jfcttions (Acts xv., 14; K?v. v., 9,10; Eph. ii., 19-22$. "12. "Ouly the Lord give thee wisdom and understanding, and Rive tnee charge concerning Israel." The plans of everything concerning the temple were given to David by the Spirit of the Lord (chapter xxviii., 12-19). All that Solomon needed was wisdom to carry out the plan, and the same Spirit who gave the pattern would give the wisdcm to complete the work, if only Solomon would rely upon Him. God has a plan and purpose concerning the completion of the church, and ihe Spirit will carry out the plan through us if only we are willing and obedient. See Epb. ii., 10; Heb. xiii., 20, 21; Isn. xiv., 24; xliii., 13. 13. ''Then shalt thou prosper. * * * Be strong and of good courage. Dread not. nor be dismayed." The secret of prosperity is found in taking heed to the word of God, meditating theroin day and night that we may observe to do all that is written therein, according to Josb. i., 8. 9* Thus the Lord Himself will be our strength, and fearing Him?that is, fearing to grieve Him?we need have no other fear. The comfort of Isa. xll., 10. and Jer. xxix., 11, will then be ours. See also Deut. xxxi., 8. 14. "How behold, in my trouble I have *Vii\ Vtrmaa r\f tha T.rtrH nn hnn JHCUUiV'l IV. - ? drea thousand talents of gold and a thousand thousand talents oi silver." This besides brass and iron without weight and abundance of timber and stone. Valuing a talent of gold at ?25,000 and a talent of silver at 81300, which is a very low valuation, we havo here gold and silver tD the value of $4,000,1)00,000. Then from David's private pursu wo have $75,00(1.000 in gold and 810,500.000 in 9ilver (chapter xxix., ij, while thn ru^er gave 8125,000,000 in gold and $15,000,000 in silver. Thus we have a total in gold and silver alone of more than 84,?25,000.000 (four billions two hundred and tweuty-flve millions) for this temple of the Lord. Whore is the giving of to-day? 15. This verse speaks of workmen in abundance for every manner ot work, or, as in I chapter xxviil., 21, willing, skillful men for all the manner of workmanship, for any manner of service, wholly at thy commandment. All seemed inspired with the great I icicc tnai me paiaco was uui iw wau, uui >v> the Lord God, thereforo David prepared with nil bis might and the people with perI feet heart offered willingly to the Lord I (chapter xxix., 1, 2, 9). I 16. "Arise and be doing, and the Lord be with thee." It is written in JDan. xi., 32, "The people that do know their God sbali be strong and do." Can it be that our great difficulty is that we do not know our God: Are wo ignorant of His love, His purposes. His power, and, while bearing His name, yet not in sympathy with Him? He is witli us. He bas given us all things. He has all : power. Let us set our heart and soul tc I seek the Lord our God rverse 19), that we I may know Him and -yield to Him for His | pleasure.?Lesson Heloor. LENCTH OF DAYS. Patrick Coan, who died recently in Kansas City, Wiis supposed to be 104. Barnoy Morris, of Brooklyn, at 104, still makes himself measurably useful pickiug up paper and rubbish in Prospect Park. Catherine French, of Moorestown, P. na.f and Jacob Urban, of Mount Airy, in the same State, have been celebrating their 102d birthday?. Dlnna Smith, who died in Horner, Mich., reiantly, was supposed to be 117. Her pei culiar case was tbat she had been a slave, i not in the South, but in Connecticut and Michigan. i Amonff the voters registered in Avondale, Ohio, recently was Thomas Anderson, col| ored, aged 105. Ho know, because his mother j told him be was slxty-uine when Abo Lin I com was oiecieu. ! The age of colored people in the South Is ] frequently a .mutter of some doubt. Ansel 1 Correy, of Independence, Mo., claims to be I HO. Estella Disss, who die'i in Baltimore recently, was credited with 107 years. REAR SEATS FO.-J NEGROES. Georgia's Separate Co sell Law Applied to Street Kuilwaye. Jud(,e Andrew Calhoun, of Atlanta,Ga., has decided that the "Jim Crow law" of I UDU1RUI, IU|UU|>1, """"iin w provide separate coaches for white anil colored passengers, is applicable also to street railways. The decision' was rendered In a test case brought in beball of a colored man who was ejected from a car of the Atlanta Electric Railway Company for refusing to take one of the seats in the rear of the car reserved for colored people. The officers of the company, to meet frequent complaints by while ladies of the insolent presence of colored men in the same seats with them, had made a regulation that colored persons must occupy the rear half of the cars. WW' * . RELIGIOUS READING. SELF TRUST. To thoroughly trust oneself is the Mgliest possible evidence of character. It is comparatively easy to trust another ; but when a man or woman, knowing himself, as he does, to the very core, beneath all seeming and pretending aud withholding?when this self-beholder is also a serene and fearless self-truster, then may he, without presump tion, oeiievo mac ue nas attained to some soundness and greatness of character. For j there is no masquerading In a man's own j soul: and if he can honestly say that the , man he sees there is lit for himself to trust, that man may be counted lit for nobody to I trust. But.asa matter of fact.self-trust issuch an exceedingly rare virtue that the world is in no danger of having to canonize more than a handful of saints because of it. The j condition is one toward which humanity approximates, rather than an assured moral j st-fit-nc Tt ia libft thnaA nthor r>nnrtlHnnQ i which we speak of so frequently and sometimes familiarly,heaveu and holiness,neither jf which we have permanently attained, but into whose borders we sometimess feel that we have, for a moment, entered. Any new i iccession of self-trust, any increasing con- | Udonce in one's own moral integrity, small | though it may be. should be humbly and gratefully hailed as a step in the direction j :>f true righteousness. When a person can , *ay. "I used to be weak under this temptation, but. with God's help, I feel that [ can trust myself now. he is geting a firmer hold upon Christian charicter. It is the part of a weak man to be always placing his trust in others. Even L'hrist does not want us to lean altogether jpon Him.but to have such sturdy faith that it shall breed in us some strength of individual purpose and will. Thus, when Peter 3SS(jyed to come to Him. walking on the water, but, losing his confidence, began to jink, there was a tone of distinct reproof for i.:? ?< in f'liriat-'u ' (") thou of I little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?'' tncroasing self-trust simply denotes that ft Christian sees in himself more of the image of the Master, and knows that in so far as he attains that likeness, he is inevitably nobler, stronger, holier. This kind of 3elf-trust is no less becoming than reverence. than faith, than humility. It is not a moral quality that one displays to the world, but the secret estimate of one's own heart, known only to God, in whose eyes no man cares to Haunt presumption. And .God knows that the man who trusts himself more and more, is the man in whose heart dwells the most revential humility. BE AND DO. The relation of being to doing, and of doing to being, is one of much complexity and profundity. There is room for vigorous argument as to which is the more excellent. It would seem that being wore the more fundamental, since goodness consists less in the outward things we do than in the inward things we are, and fine-appearing deeds not prompted by a pure motive are 3careely better than the rattle of a tin pan. Yet, on the other hand, being is scarcely to be counted an end in itself; the thought should eventuate in action before it can be stamped as noblest, and our ieeds are our sincerest prayers. We are not co wan lor periuet ut-iu^ uciuio uikuuijinu^ to do; our deods determine us, and we grow by means of them into larger stature. Yet it were useless to expect to come into perfect manhood through the multiplicity and high merit of our doings. Only by much meditation and the patient suffering of sorrow is the soul refined and brought into close likeaess with Deity. We can spare neither of these two factors. The doing and the being, the being and the doing, must proceed hand In hand, each helping the other, each tested by the other. I A PRAYER. Father of all grace and patience, who hast | snown our hearts from the beginning, keep them to the end that we fail not through lack of endurance in the quiet hours of life. When action ceaaes and we can only wait, when decision gives place to doubt, when weakness or ignorance leave room only for mbmission, w:ien we have spoken our last word, made our final effort, and in our own jtrentith can do no more, then,for the sake 3f Jesus who was tempted with our temptations and straitened in lingering days until his work might, be accomplished. come thou to our aid! Assure us of thy presence when we sit in loneliness, that our vexed hearts may find their rest in thee. Speak the words in our perplexity which of old upon the lips of Christ brought 3alm to the troubled sea. Turn even our impatience to profit in the deepening of a purpose that is not dependent upon immediate attainment, and a faith that lays hold upon the eternal purposes of God. And when, by thine assistance, we have been enabled to keep the word of thy patience, suffer us not to fall away in the hour of death, or the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.' Amen. v CIUtl-TREE CHRISTIANS. Some there are, presumably on the way to oeaven, and whom we shall perhaps be happy to associate with there, that we are very glad to get rid of from tiie earth. There is no complaint when they die. Everybody is willing, and more than .willing, that they | should be promoted, transferred to the bet- j tor land. Tliey have a vast amount of vine- j tjar mixed with their disposition. They con- | ceivc it to be their duty to set their fuces like a flint against about everything that goes on in this degenerate a?e. Nothing suits them in church or state. They cannot defend religion without getting into a rage. They are s > sour that people's teeth are set on edge at the very sight of them. How sadly they misrepresent and dishonor the Master at the very time they ?lai:n to be about the only ones that know him. Whatever else the Christian lacks, . sweet reasonableness and wiusonienessmust not be "wanting. However cantankerous the i nfttnrnl <1 Unnniti,.n. there is nrovisiou for its I change Into something good "to live with. TIMELY SERVICE IS NOT SERVICE. It is noteworthy that while David is well spoken of for "having "served his own generation," and while we sing of our purpose to "serve the present age." it is not thought complimentary to call a man a "time-server. * This latter appellation has come to designate a trimmer or temporizer, who yields to the demands of th;> hour with close reference to his own advancement, but without much of any concern for con sistency or principle. It is Common in politics, both civil and ecclesiastical, ami has been known to taint things that should be most sacred Time-serving religion is despicable. Yet religion should be both timely and serviceable, adapted to the age, not inopportune or outworn in its methods, up to date and wide awake. To be all things to all men is right, provided it be not for personal gain, but in ord<ir to save the more. THE REAL WORD. We ourselves are the real word, the lifoutteraneo which speech often falsifies. There are faces that never deceive or mislead us. A spiritual nature can but be frank and hotn'st because its foundation stones are laid in the truth and it knows that nothing else holds. It is in us us human beings instinctively to recognize and 'hate insincerity. Nobody is in the end deceived by expression that is merely outward and perfunctory. Our inner life is transparent; it cannot conceal itself; if it is a true life, it has no need or desire of concealment.? ! Lucy Larcom. Patient is endurance in waiting at the j call of God. "In your patience ye shall win j your souls." s lid our Lord to His disciples as Me foretold their trial, l'atient. hopeful waiting is hard work, when it is the only j work pussiMo to us in an emergency. But ; patient waiting is in its tint the highest duty of a faithful soul.?II. Clay Trumbull. A F1CHT ON THE BANKS. Illinois Silver Democrats Charge Coercion and Make Threats. The Democratic State Committee of Illinois alleges that all of the small traders who have borrowed tnouey on short time payments from the banks are being called Into the offices of the banks presidents and asked if they are silver or gold men. If they .respond that they are gold men their obliga tions are renewed, but if tliey declare lor silver they are told that their notes must bo at once taken up. To block this alleged coercion the Democratic Committee r.re advising all their adherents who have monev on deposit to withdraw it and thus force the ban*s to terms. / AGRICULTURAL. j I] rOPIUS? OF INTEREST RELATIVE b TO FARM AND GARDEN. di T Bl VALUE OF HEATED GRAIN. Grain that has been heated will not do for feed, nor will it make good bread. If grain is at all damp when tVirAiahnd it alinnM hfi thoronchlv dried by spreading it on a floor in a dry, airy place and- shoveling it over twice a day until it is quite dry. Anyhow, even dr.v grain will heat, because, unless it has been kept in a stack or in a mow long enrugh to go through a fermentation or full ripening, which it will do when gathered in large bulk, this fermentation will occur in the granary and will be liable to injure the grain, destroying its value for seed or bread. Heated gram is sweeter than other grain, and may b& used to advantage for feeding to animals. It is always best to orueh or coarsely Rrind wheat or rye before feeding it, as it is better digested. TO BUTTEB MAKERS. Don't wrap up your sweet-scented, prettily printed butter in old rags, suggestive of wornout sheets and pillowcases, for it often hinders the sale of the best of butter. I like to purchase my butter wrapped in nice, clean white paper. 1 notice that the butter at our country stores, from the creamery, sells for twenty-five cents, while farmers' butter will bring only fifteen. One farmer, hereabouts, has ; taken the hint, and wraps up his butter in the same nice, clean way, and gets twenty-five cents for it, too? _ nrnrinir t.lint. monT fnrmoro' cnmtilninfa 1. r_v J JL1 are due to a carelessness and a lack of a neatness on their part. 8l "Whatever is worth doing at all is t: worth doing well," and much of the ij comfort and happiness of families de- b pend on good butter, for butter comes s next to bread.?New York Times. t t PER CENT OF FAT IN CREAM. fc In answer to the inquiry of a sub* 1: ccriber as to what per cent of butter v fat there should be in cream as it t comes from the separator to obtain t the best results in churning, the fol- a lowing answer in Hoard's Dairyman is li a very good one: From thirty to' thirty-five per cent., provided you can secure the proper churning temperature. Rich cream requires a lower a temperature for churning, and when a this can be had gives not only a smeill- a er per cent, of fat in the buttermilk, g but also less buttermilk, whioh is a S double gain. It is sometimes diffloult a to get the required temperature in u summer, and in such cases it is better p to take a cream with less fat in it. p For thirty per cent, cream the tem- c perature should not be above fifty-five I degrees when the butter breaks, and d say fifty degrees or less at starting? i dependent somewhat on the tempera- i ture of the churning room. i STRONG SUPPORT FOR BERRY BUSHES. f Wire is very commonly used as a i support for raspberry and blackberry 1 bushes, this being stretched tightly c along stout stakes, the end stakes . t being of necessity very stout and very I firmly braced. But this does not 1 suffice to keep the wire stiffly in place. 1 Where wires are &tretched along eaoh 1 side of a row already, they can be < made much more efficient by tying 2 them together with croes wires every * ten feet, or so. This pulls them to* < < .SUPPORT FOR BERRY BUSHES. t ( gether and keeps the bushes upright j and in place. Where there is no sup- j port at present and support is to be r ftwen the bushes, the plan shown in i the diagram can be followed to ad- j vantage. Light wooden strips of inch- r ~l.m ?? AHA Vtsvlrl nn V\TT cfol'Qa Af square &iuu nic uciu uj ovuuwo w fl the same material and rigidly attached j to each other bv cross wires. Those t cross wires are the most important j part of the whole, for they are con- r stantly pulling the bushes up into ^ close quarters?the one thing for ^ which supports are desired.?New j England Homestead. t Q ~ ' ' f BORDEAUX MIXTURE. j The United States Department of t Agriculture has issued, from the g Division of Vegetable Physiology and v Pathology, Bulletin No. 9, by Walter s T. Swingle, which treats technically c of the chemistry, physical properties 1 ? ? -3 ^oour mirftiro f auu IUAIU CUCUl'D VI X/UlUt?UA v on fungi and algae. ' g The bulletin is intended not only to t record the results of investigations, f bat also to suggest lines of work that c might profitably be taken up by ex- t periment stations and other similar o institutions. While technical in its I nature the bulletin contains many \ suggestions of practical value. It t 6hows that the chemistry, a3 well as a the structure of Bordeaux mixture, e mav be materially changed by the p method of bringing together the in- f gredients, and suggests necessary c modifications of former directions for h preparing the fungicide. 1; The author says: "Notwithstanding t the widespread use of Bordeaux mix- d ture, the exact nature of its action in t preventing the ravages of parasitic a fungi has been but little studied and 1: is still only imperlectly understood, d In this bulletin an attempt is made to a present a summary of our present a knowledge on the subject, and with r this end in view all literature relating L to the amount of copper necessary to v kill fungi and algae has been collected and briefly summarized. "The questions considered are discussed under the following heads: (1) e Chemical composition of Bordeaux c" mixture; (2) physical nature, cause of t sotting; (3) conditions governing the c orllioronf?P nt t.hfi mixture tintl the solu- v bility of copper; (4) amounts of cop- a per in solution necessary to kill fungi j and other cryptograms; (5) sta^e of ? development of parasitic fungi when a acted on, and how entrance to the host s plant is prevented; (G) hypothesis as t to the action of copper in poisoning t funfii," t A SIMPLE TREE PROTECTOR. ( The cut shows a eimple but effective ,r. 'T; -V'i aam?mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm iethod of supporting young trees, ea* eoially where a large orohard is set 1 such case, the saving of a little laor at each tree amounts to a great \( sal in the case of the whole orohard. he trunk of the tree rests in the m agle between three stakes, and is *-$&' ' 1 /S^ Ji " ^ y^/L TREE PROTECTOR. eld there by a strip of cloth used as 1 string. The cloth is twisted about 1 o as to have a fold of it between the runk and the stakes, to prevent chafag. The stakes are bound together >y a bit of wire. The oloth Vill tretoh and loosen sufficiently, so that he growing trunk of the tree will not .a UA?in/1 of oil A lor/YA nvAliftfrl nan IO UVUUU U V Will ?-? iWigV WAWUM4V* VMM ie staked out in this way with very ittle labor, and the result will prove ery satisfactory, as every one of the hree stakes acts as a braco?some* hing that cannot be said of suoh as re driven about,the tree perpendiouarly. ? American Farmer. THE IBBIGATED FABXI. What is the best thing to grow on n trrigated farm? is a question often sked but very seldom satisfactorily nswered. The usual advice is to 70 w what there is the most money in. lometimes there is a rage for peaohes, t other times for alfalfa, with the isuai result that whatever orop ie topularly believed to be the most irofitable is usually overdone and the aarkets glutted with an over supply, f a man is a working farmer and unlerstands his business, says a writez n the Irrigation Acre. I believe there 9 always most money in raining what s oonsamed in the family, and herein iea the first advantage of having a arm under irrigation. It will always nsnre iood for the farmer's family, lowever small the farm be. The first onsideration, therefore, should be ;o see that the family is snp)lied with flour, fruit and vegetables, , iYheat may not be profitable as a marjet crop if grown on a small soale, but letter raise it yourself than pay some )ne else to do it for you. Besides, fou probably save freight or hauling ind the profits of two or three merchants. The same may be said oi corn, which has the advantage of being raised the same year after wheat in many irrigated counties of the South. The fodder will also make rery useful feed for stock if a correa! ft 1 fa 1 Pm ia fnn JpUilUlilg piu^vitivu WJI Uliuiiu Aa ?WM with it. Alfalfa is a crop that shoald never be omitted on an irrigated farm [t will supply more food for hogs, lows, horses and poultry to the acre :han anything I know of, and is a sure :ropper with plenty of water. With ;he crops already mentioned a farmei ihould insure a regular supply of eggs, nilk, butter; poultry and bacon, and lave something left over to sell. Bui ! am aware that this advice, although >erfectly sound, will not satisfy the iverage farmer, who is always hanker* Qg after something that there it i noney in. Well, on this point I think t good policy to grow that which cantot be successfully grown without irrigation. In my experience those are he crops which usually pay the best ! n the long run. This is what makes j Ifalfa such a paying crop. On no j mA nt, n Via A/in anr? millr ho sft rthpftnlr wwu ***" * " ??r-j i aised, and if were not for the faot hat it cannot be grown without irri- j ;ation, no farm in the world would be j without its alfalfa field. Celery and ! trawberries are two other oheap rops which, except in a few favored ocalities, do much better with irrigaion than without. Several strawberry powers in the East have made up heir minds that, even where the rainall is excessive, artificial irrigation ia lecessary to insure regular crops and hey are putting up windmills and ther devices for pumping water. 1 lelieve the day is not distant when ery few strawberry growers will risk * " * 1 He 10S8 01 meir crops uy uruu^uio, I nd they must necessarily go to a great xpense if they have to pomp the rater. This expense is saved on the arm furnished with water from 8 anal. A good principle to follow in lusiness is always to stick to some ine in which you have special advanages. Doa't do what every fool can io. Do not be led away with the idea hat there is a fortune in lemons, or in Imonds, or in olives. The natura: aw of supply and demand tends to re luce the profits on all crops to a level, nd what to-day looks the most profit* ble will to-morrow be the mo3t un,?nritnVi1o Rnf, orrnnr whflt VOU art ..v..v?v.v. n-- - - J iest situated and fitted for and yov rill hardly ever make a mistake. Slopped the Excitement. When Charles Hutchinson, the old ist son of "Old Hatch," but a verj lifferent sort of man, was President oi he* Chicago Stock Exchange, h< aimed a tumult in the pits one da;y )_y coming out on a little balcony i ? ? on.l atonrliiiofwith hif ! >uuve tut; uunu auu u>'?uu...n ( land upraised in an attitude half com- f nanding, half entreating. Everybodj topped talking alter a little while tc | ee what the beloved "Charley" hac I T)-a 4-V.Af- hrt eoiM tvfta < o say. ijui uii lutti uw amu | lemen, gentlemen !" It turned th< ' ide of affairs that day almoat as efactively as closing the Stock Ex I jhange might nave don?.? Boatos j CranEcript. k vN-,. . WOBDS OP WI8D0X.X Whoever has a bad habit has a ma*\V. T-/"' )r. When the outlook ia not good try le uplook. / We best serve ourselves wnen wa est serve others. The man who has no Qod to worship 'oiships himself. A fault will attraot more attention 9 as than a virtue. The man who has the "big head" ofen wears a small hat. It is not the longest prayers thai re answered quickest. The spots we see on others are learly always on our own glasses. Every man who does wrong iB help* ng to lead an army of boys astray. If some men would give up more, md lay up less, how soon they would 3e rioh. l|There aro people who never care X 1 XI 1 or mneio except wneu mey piay wo Irst fiddle. The man who is trying to hide be? lind a hypocrite now, will not do it in ;he judgment. Some people talk much abont wha^ i happy place heaven is, and do noth< ng to make their homes resemble it. One of the first marks of baoksliding :s worldly oonformity. We are irxious to please Mrs. Grundy in fproportion as we fall in grace. ?Bam'# t / "ii Character in Hair. Men with fine light hair are emturi^y.%conceited, and if they do not marry J until late in life are apt to ^ and selfish. If a girl wishes to select a husband she should examine his hair very closely before accepting him, b?? Ismk cause it is a fine indication of whaj V his disposition is. Men with fine ^ brown hair, light or dark,] make the best husbands. They are quiok, thoughtful and less apt to be selfish than their very light or very darkhaired brothers. Those whose haiif turns gray prematurely are nearly al? ways good fellows. They are a little nervous, but are brainy, sympathetic' and very honorable. The hair turns white from being overscrupulous in money matters aud friendships oftenet' than it does for grieving over one's Kfldflv all rA^.)iAn^A<) people are smart, whether the hair coarse or fine, bat when yon do rua across one that isn't he is the stupidest person under the snu. The womeoi with pale blonde hair, or the color>' less, ashy kind, are impulsive, loving,1 tickle. They are not to be depended'; upon, but are usually good company while they like you; On the contrary, those with dark brown hair are vers. loyaL They are full of sentiment anq easily affected. They enjoy keenly and suffer in proportion. Women with fine black hair are high strung, and those with coarse black hair, if they are smart, are nearly always mean. All women with dark hair are more tempestuous than those with light hair. The dark eyes and com* plexions that go with the different shades of dark brown and blaok hail denote strong feeling. They are also ? more faithful than light-haired wo? men. Men who are bald are not de< sirable as husbands unless they hav? mnnftv.?Philadelohia Bulletin. Hunting Tramps With Scorch Lights, Some of the Paris polioemsn 04 night duty have been provided witl^ electric lamps, which seem, so far, to have answered their purpose very well indeed?it might be said even toa well. As a first venture the lamps were carried by a number of guardians of the peace who were engaged in olear? ing the Bois de Boulogne of,the un? fortunate wretches who, through foro$ of circumstance, are compelled to seek a lodging "a la belle etoile." In alj twenty-two, some of them badty wanted for numerous misdeeds, were captured. One harmless tramp, who has seen better times, was found wear* ing a tight-fitting jersey made- of . snakeskin, cleverly woven together. He claimed that this peculiar garment as a grand specific for rheumatic and other bone-aching complaints. Whilst serving in Tonkin, and during hi* subsequent peregrinations, tne cold earth,which usually formed his bed and mattress, had given him rheumatism,1 and a native had constructed the rep2 tile-skin vest, with the result that evel since then he has selpt with impunity on the dampest of ground. It was found that the eleotrio lamps swept a radius of over fifty yards, vbut it is probable that had they been les^ powerful there would have been mora arrests. The loafer who saw half a dozen euuu iuuiiuau? w>vu6u darkness of the wood did not stay to investigate the canse of the unwanted light, but "made tracks." V ^ ! y Rules for Bicycle Riders. ' Wheelmen insist upon causing c?4se? less annoyance to themselves amflftheil brethren by failing to comply wfithth* I ?? nil IMI^aVa common rums miu iui ?. So many accidents have happened oq the road whioli migfit have been avoid* ed with a little caution, that; it it necessary for them to observe the fol? lowing hints: Keep to the right of the road. Nevei neglect-this. Request permission of pedestrian! for the right of way. Turn to one side for a heavy load, even if you are on the right side. Be ever ready to assist a female rider in distress on the road, without the formality of an introduction. Don't scorch. This means you. Eide no faster than an eight miie an honr rrait in passing through villages where you are unfamiliar with the ordinances. It will euve you money. And don't say "Get out of the way" to any chance pedestrian who may appear in your path.?Cycle Topics, How Czar Nicholas Proposed, Russ-ians are very fond of telling the story of an answer given to the Emperor when His Majesty proposed to his future wife. "The Emperor, my father, has commanded mo to make you the offer of my hand and heart," was tlie (Jzarowitz's quami way of putting it. "And my grandmother, the QueeD," replied the lady, "has commanded me to accept the offer of your hand; your heart I will take myself." It is said on Rood authority the Emperor is passionately devoted to his wife, and that she it equally fond of him.