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LIKE AJffiD._ NEW FLYING MACHINE IN VENTED BY A GERMAN. rhe Inventor Thinks He Has Solve< The Problem of Aerial Navigation? Huge Wings Driven By Carbonated Gas. ~TC BERLIN correspondent of th / \ Pittsbnrs: Dispatch says Herr Arthur Steutzel, of Al ? tona, believes he has solved th problem of aerial navigation. It ha long been the aim of the flying ma ohine enthusiast to construct some thing that would practically be th prototype of a bird. It is on this pnn oiple that he has constructed his ma chine. Its two great sections resem ble the wings of a gigantic bird mor than all else. With them the invenio claims that he can move through thi THE SUCCESSFUL ARTIFICIAL aii for four or five minutes ana augai without injury. Experiments that have been con ducted with this newest of flying ma chines have been undertaken ver; privately. Experts say that the A1 tona inventor has shot far nearer th mark in his effort to counterfeit th bird than any of his predecessors ii the study of aerial problems. The wings of the Stentzel machim have a spread of about seven yards and their surface is eight and two fifths yards all told. They mov< through an angle of seventy de grees and are curved according to i parabola in a proportion of one t< twelve. Compressed carbonic acic gas is employed as a motive agent, an< the machine is driven by an engim also of Herr Stentzel's invention. I is stated that the speed of the engim can be readily controlled so that th< machine can fly at varying velocities The inventor believes that within i year, if he can raise the necessary capi tal to build a machine on a largi enough scale, he will be able to fli above the Kaiser's palace in Berlin. A CSiqUE BANNER. An American Flag Made Kntireiy o f Butterflies. Patriotic Americans have depicte< the National flag in all manner of way with all manner of substances, but says the New York World, it remaine* for an Englishman, John Hampson, c Newark, N. J., to make the Stars'an< Stripes in butterflies. For four years Mr. Hampson ha labored with the delicate little beau lies in making his flag, which ifl abou 20x21 inches. 1 W .1 ^ ^ AMERICAN FLAG 51 The butterflies and beetles are so ar ranged as to give the flag the appeal anco of waving against a backgronm of delicate pink wings. Mr. Hampson has many cases fllle< with collections of gaudy colored in sects from almost every known land He haB been collecting thirty years. Yaluable, Became Mmple. For a cold in the head, catarrh an the like, put a few drops of ammoni into the hands. I hen make a oup wit the two hands and breathe the fumes This will clear out the throat also For tonsilitis, or even for diphtheria it would be difficult to find anythin better. It is also very beneficial fo croup?though, of course, small chi dren do not know how to breathe il For the anuoying colds in the hea which prevail at this time of the yeai ^ it will be found effectual. The fume I of ammonia are death to almost a forms of bacteria, and if it were ger erally used, diphtheria,asan epidemi< would be unknown.?Northwest Magi zine. The wine production of Russia hi doubled within the last fourteen jean QUEEREST OF BIRDS. An Ungainly Apteryx From New Zealand and Its Carious Habits. The Zoological Society of Regent's j Park, London, has recently secured a fine specimen of the queer bird known as the kiwi or apteryx. This bird, which is a native of New Zealand, has been interesting to scien, tists ever since the first specimen was e captured, nearly one hundred years : ago. The use of the long, snipe-like - beak was a puzzle for naturalists until ttt T O a+n,l,r nf a 3 Oir U l^UHCl iuauu h ovuuj v* m 9 kiwi he captured and kept captive - while in New Zealand. He took one i- of the large glow-worms found in New e Zealand and threw it to the captive - kiwi. By the light of its own lamp the glow-worm was seen to quickly pass from head to tail inside the portals e of the kiwi's beak, and leave behind it r enough of its slime to set off the bird's 9 beak in a phosphorescent glow eo that I I WINGS OF A GERHA.N INVENTOR. ; the head of the bird was visible in the Tlia kiwi nrftj tfirnid and UOlAUOOOf AUW xmw lazy iri the daytime, bat at night it was seen to dart abont, thrusting its j illuminated beak in every worm bur THE AFTER YX. row it came across, gently feeling for f the inhabitant of the burrow and dragging it forth, little by little, takI ing the greatest care not to break its 8 Prej* J Range Horses. f The day of the range horse is over, i It has become each a drug on the market that for several years past stock s men have not branded the young - horses growing up. The horsea on the t plains now are about one-half without brands and have relapsed into a per_ i D?TML OF Fit AG ADE OF BUTTERFLIES. fectly wild state. There was a time, not many years ago, when a big band d of horses was considered very valuable property and guarded carefully. A d horse thief was considered on the range l- one degree worse than a murderer, and , was hanged sometimes on very slight evidence. Now, a man who would go out on the range and steal a few bands of horses would be allowed to ship j them away aud be hailed as a public a benefactor. Any one who wished k might round up all the horses he could j tind in almost any section in the Rocky " Mountain range, and no one would question his right. Yes, the range ' horae is past, and it will never come r again. I- ? t. The biggest fieb story of the season j comes from North Carolina. Captain Tarkenton recently caught in Pamlico .g River a sturgeon that measured nine 11 and a half feet in length and weighed about three hundred pounds. 1 Florida is agitating the subject of a reformatory for youthful criminals, is The newspapers of the State are advo* 9. ! eating it. POPULAR SCIENCE. Spain has more sunshine than an; I other country in Europe. Th" yearly average in Spain is 30*00 hours that of Italy, 2300; Germany, 1700 England, 1400. Sediments, or stratified rocks, ari invariably those which have been laic down under water. They are alwayi recognizable as such, because divider into these layers, which the action o the water always produces. One of the small varieties of huckle berry is fertilized by a bee, which coming underneath the flower and fill ing his proboscis up in order to ge the hooey, the flower throws a showe: of pollen in his faoe, to be carried t( the next host. The long undulating folds in whicl the Appalachians were producgd whet first thrown up are characteristic o mountain ranges the world over. The Alps, the .Pyrenees, tne Uaucasus Himalayas, Andes and Rockies arc built in just that way. They are enor mously thick beds or masses, and thej are all ridged np into these folds. Professor Nobbe, the well-knowr plant physiologist of Saxony, says that he has prodaced, "on a commeroia scale, pure cultures of the different bacteria, which are efficient in affixing the nitrogen of the air in a form available for plant food, and he has them for sale in small glass bottles." It is said that soil can be inoculated with these organisms for the modest sum oi 31.25 an acre. The flowers of all the pumpkins arc monoecious--having the stamens and pistils in distinct flowers, but both growing upon the same individual plant; they also bear perfect flowers containing both organs. Nevertheless, the pistils and stamens not developing at the same time, it is impossible for the flowers to fertilize themselves. This same necessitv for insect aid in the fertilization of flowers is well known in Australia, with both the red olover and the apple. The bats pass the winter in oaves, the attics of houses and barns, or in hollow trees, hanging downward by their hind claws, eating nothing and moving not. All the oarnivoria, or flesh eaters, as the mink, skunk, opossum, fox and wolf, are in winter active and voracious, needing much food to supply the necessary animal heat of the body. Hence they are much more bold than in summer, and the henyard or sheep pen of the farmer is too frequently called upon to supply this extra demand. Temporary Telephones. In many towns quite a feature of the telephohe service is the number of instruments put in temporarily by the advice of the doctor, for service during the time when it is specially imperative that the patient should be ' free from excitement. This gives the friends of the family the chance of making inquiries without putting either party to the trouble of a formal , call, and is usually very much to the advantage of the patient. But the latest idea in telephone applications comes from Mobile, where the local telephone company is said to have arranged with patrons who are ordered to take medicine at frequent intervals during the night, to call them up on the telephone when it is time to take I the dose. The receiver is carried to I the bed and placed close to the ear of the sleeper, with a call bell ot low tones. Aoother carious point has just been brought out. So many burglaries have been frustrated by the polioe appearing on the scene at a most in| convenient time for the burglars?in ! response to a telephone call from the I inmates of the house?that the first < thing a cracksman now does on get| ting iftto a house is to out the tele phone wires. This was done in a rej cent case of housebreaking, but the ! lady of the house quickly evened up ' matters by pressing a button at the head of the stairs and instantly I lighting every electric lamp in the house. The disgusting publicity which this involved was too much for the feelings of the thieves, who forth| with decamped. ? Paper Underclothing. The Japanese are now making unI derclothinc: of their finely crisped or i grained paper. After the paper has been cut to a pattern, the different parts are sewed together and hemmed, and the plaoes where the buttonholes are to be formed are strengthened with calico or linen. The stuff is very strong, and at the same time verv flexible. After a garment has been worn a few hours it wiil interfere with the transpiration of the body no more than do garments made of fabric. The stuff i> not sized, nor is it impermeable. After becoming wet, the paper is difficult to tear. When ac endeavor is made to tear it by hand it presents almost as much resistance as the thin skin used for making gloves. ?Answers. Long Afco. The Count Saint Germain, who appeared in Paris in the reign of Louis XV., and pretended to be possessed of the elixir of life, had a valet who was almost as great as his master in the art of lying. Once, when the count was describing at a dinner party a circumstance which occurred at the court of "his friend King Richard I. of England," ho appealed to his servant for the confirmation of his story, who, with the greatest composure, replied "You forget, sir, 1 have only been 50( years in your service." "True," said his master musingly, "it was a little before your time."?Household Words A Modern Exodus. A great emigration movement of Kussian Hebrews from the Vistula provinces to Africa is takiug place a the present moment. The movemen has reached such proportions in several districts of these provinces tha the Hebrew male population is greatl; diminished, and business in the shopi is principally carried on by women. Spain in the Jievr World, Eighty years ago Spain's territorj in the new world amounted to 5,000, 000 square miles. Of this empir* Cuba and Porto Rico are the onb remnants, 50,000 square miles. Last year about $31,000,000 wortl of tobacco was smoked in Spain?ai average of $1.80 per her head. THE HALL OF A HOUSE. ^ An Attractive Feature of the Modo era Dwelling. ; In the famishing of a modern honse 4 AM A rt f ik A m/\o4 9 I LIU 11 Eft 11 uuusi/ltuicn uuc m iuo xxjvsoi serious problems, but there is one ; consolation. If one solves it suooessJ fully the hall becomes one of the most s attractive features of the entire hoase. 1 It then ceases to be a mere passagef way, and becomes ft veritable room, and one which, strangely enough, will be more generally used than almost any other in the house. In the con 1 ventional city dwelling, when the Hall t is long, narrow and dark, with a high ' PEB3PSCTIVE VIEW. ceiling and a flight of stairs that i makes an unbroken sweep to the floor t above, very little can be done to give I a true artistic effect. If the front door ; is of solid panciled wood a great im: provement will result from replacing the upper panels with glass. This can i take the form oi a sash of small leaded i panes in fanciful design, or a single sheet of plate irlass, proteoted by a : heat iron grill. The mistake should never be made of using colored glass , unless one o&n afford n masterpiece of [ genuine stained glass, for the ordinary so-called "cathedral" glass is crude in colors, and an abomination. The i hall stand or hat rack, which is often found just within the front door, should be banished to some rear corner, if it is to be tolerated at all, ? ^ ~ ' MWAT.T, A5I> STAIBCAKE. where it will not be so much in evidence. Theee racks become "catchalls," and old coats, hats, umbrellas and canes are not at all ornamental. In place of these conveniences a broad hall chair, of formal design, or better still a mahogany settee, will serve every purpose. These should be reserved for the U6e of casual callers. If there are no convenient closets that can be made for the garments of the members of the household, a neat clothes tre9 such as are imitated from the antique, will prove a great deal .1? 11 it. 1 -11 1 IL.i more Bigamy intm iuo uau ruutuj mat are made nowadays. It takes np bat little room ancl can find a place in some rear corner. Under the best of conditions the hall will be none too light, and this fact shoald be borne in mind in cboosjng wall paper and carpet. The furnishings shoald be in light warm tones, and only the most formal designs are permissible. Few people seem to realize the effectiveness of piotnres in the ball. It is customary to hang one or two large frames on the side walls, and allow the long stretch above the stairs to go uncovered. In the latter place pictures are needed, if anywhere in tne nouse, ior mere ia no oiuer way in which the vast wall spaoe can be broken. All of this has reference to the fitting and famishing of the ordinary city hall. In the villa house the arohitect generally plans a square hall that h&s all 'wA' { . I fu? Tl"^ i JjP ?^5WI ' jh E3 L FIRST FLOOR. i the effects of an ordinary room. There may be windows on the side, an open fireplace, and plenty of contrivances that lend themselves to decorative effect. Here the treatment should be the same as in any other room, with this restriction. The purpose of the , hall must never be forgotten. Easy chairs and sofas will not be oul; of place if they do not detract from the 1 formal character, or do not obstxuot ' free passage. There should never be a profusion of ornaments or biio-a\ brae. In a general way the hints us tq. the city hall apply equally well to one ' in the suburbs. A hall chair, or settee ) should be placed in olose proximity to j the entrance door, and the fittings of I t ~ '" * ? : t iff I terrr [1 U I S JS | ?*?? j^gES' i f : 3 ' ~7 SECOND FIOOB. the walls and ceilings should be in the light, warm tones. The design illustrating this arhicle q lends itself readily to a most beautifully artistic treatment; the hall is a r ' host in itself. Ita ceiling ia paneled to represent open timber work, and the walls finished in hard white plas ter, with wainscoating four feet high from the floor, above which is tinned with a formal design planted on in stucco work, representing the fleur-delis of France. The residence is sixty-two feet wide, by seventy-eight feet in depth, the first story being ten feet eix inches in height. The arrangement and size of rooms is shown bv the floor plans. The snm of 88405 will build the design, not inclnding the cost of mantels ranges, and heating apparatus. Copyright 1897. A Strong Snake Storv. The latest snake story comes from South Africa. It is recorded in the Transvaal, published in Cape Town, as cold fact, that in Sekukiniland a native ran across a boa constrictoi measuring about forty-seven feet, ho/1 in of enroll r\ro?*{\ a. rrnriTiO " J??" 0"-?v.v? - J O koodoo back, all except.the horns. The horns stack oat on each side oi the reptile's month. The native recognized the horns ae those ot a back he owned, and he ran and got stioke and pioned the serpent, which was dormant, to the gronnd. Then he got hold of the horns and palled and twisted. He got the bnok out inoh by inch, until half its body showed, and then it came with a jerk, and the boy fell over on his baok. Before he had time to think twice the snake, re* lieved of his load of muttou, was upon V?ir? ?ni1 i oAiva/l V?ia Koorl i n t fa U1UI) UUU XI QUKibU uto uwiau iu * vw mouth and in three minutes the native had taken the place of the buck, only he was all inside; there was nothing left out to pull on, even if a rescuer had come along. Having swallowed the boy the boa deliberately swung its head around and grabbing its tail swallowed eight feet of it, then closing the mouth and throat down which the native had disappearod, and making escape almost impossible. The Transvaal vouches for the truth of the story.?London Times. UNCLE SAM'S ORIGINAL ATTIBE. Somewhat Different From the Mod era Figure. The original Uncle Sam of song and oartoon was so different from the modern figure, with its long striped pantaloons, that our readers will be interested to see the oostume as some of the students of history say it should be. In the first place, say these authorities, he should wear a high hat, slightly bell crowned and of felted fur. His shirt should be portrayed with a frilled bosom projecting out, pouter fashion, and generally with s breastpin in it. His shirt collar should I be high and connected with his shirt. I Eis cravat should be wide and tied with a "pudding," as it was termed in former times. The waistcoat should be a buff, Bingle breasted affair, with gold or gilt buttons. The swallowtailed coat should be made with higb rolling collar and high pointed kpels. The greatest differenoe between Uncle Sam as he is and as he should be lies in the pantaloons. They f-hould be made with a "trap door" in front and fitted below the knee for the wearing of the boots outside. These boots should have tassels in front. Colored shirts were unknown until about 1829. Striped pantaloons aro of a comparatively late date, and straps under the boots vere not known until 1825. They were a part of the pantaloons and were fastened on the boot in front and buttoned under it. Goatees were not worn until late in the 30'a. The accompanying picture shows | the correot Uncle Sam of a century ago, bat times change ana oar gooa uncle with them. Whistling to the Fishes. "It isn't so hard to obey the antistreet ordinances," said Joseph Boise, an old soldier, yesterday. "An old soldier or sailor never spits on the sidewalk. He has learned better in a military post or on a man-of-war'e deck. I haven't spit on a pavement for years; it is second nature for mt to step to the gutter when I have tc spit. That makes me think of a disciplining I once bad for whistling. 1 was walking in front of the colonel'* tent whistling. He sent for me and asked: "Do you like to whistle?' J answered that I had been whistling. He detailed a guard to lead me dowr to the beach aud keep me whistling tc the fish till they went to roost thai night. The guard was changed everj two hours. I whistled every tuue J knew, and when my repertoire was ex hausted I whistled something original. I got fifteen minutes off once tc smoke."?Arizona Republican. Governor Smith, the new Executive of Montana, advises the amending of the State constitution to provide that the million acres of land owned by the State be not sold, but leased, and that persons residing on these lands be exempt from all taxation on personal property and improvements. The people of the United States consumed 4,1)00,000 bunches of bananas during 1896. I SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOR MAY 2. Lesson Text: "Paul Begins His First Missionary Journey," Acts xlIL, 1-13?Golden Text; Mark xvl., 16?Commentary. 1. "Now t here were in the church that was at Antioch certain proohets and teachers, as Barnabas, etc.. and Saul." The work began at Antioch through the preaching of thos* who were scattered oy the persecution afiout Stephen, and was followed up byBarnabiis and Saui teaching the people for a whole year (chapter x:., 19, 26). The church at Antioch, hearing of the need, in temporal things, of the believers in Juda, seat ihem relief by the hands of Barnabas and Saul, who, having fulfilled their ministry, returned to Antioch. 2. "Separate Me, Barnabas and Saul for I the work whereunto I have called them." I Thno TTrtltr fihnaf na fhft hrtllMrprt? ! ministered to the Lord, thinking much more i of His business than of any comfort of their own, and even mortifying the body if perchance the soul might ba more alive to things eternal. It is written of Job that he said, "I have esteemed the words of His mouth more than ,mv necessary food" (Job xxiii., 12). When the di3ciples brought our Lord food at Jacob's well, He said, "I have meat to eat that ye know not of." "My meat is to do the will of Him that sent me and to finish His work" (John iv.A 32. 34). When the things of the Lord are of more importance to us than aught else, we have the spirit of fasting. 3. "And when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them they sent them away." The Holy Spirit is the One who has full control of all the affairs of the church during the time of our Lord's absence. 4. "So they being sent forth by the Holy Ghost departed unto Selencia, and from thence they sailed to Cyprus." The Holy Spirit called them, sent them for:h, and would use them as He saw fit that God might be glorified. All that the Lord Jesus said or did was by the Spirit, and He alone can do in and through us that which ought to be done. 5. "And when thev wore at Salamis. thev preached the word of God lathe synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John as their minister." As servants of Christ we have but one book, the word of God, and but one Teacher, the Holy Spirit. This word we must make our constant study. and this word we must ever speak in whole hearted reliance upon the Holy Spirit, and "To the Jew first" seems to be the unchanged order (Roqj. i., 16; ii., 10). The promise to Mo?es still holds good, '"Now, therefore, go. and I will be with thy month and teach thee what thou shalt say (Ex. iv., 12). 6, 7. Coming to Paphos, the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, sent for them, desiring to hear the word of God." Thus the 8pirit leads together those who are ready to hear and those who are ready to speak the word of God, as when He brought together Philip and the eunuch, Simon Peter and Cornelius. When it is thus His doing, something is always accomplished to the glory of God, as In each of these cases. What, therefore, can be more desirable than to be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit? For our comfort we remember that our Lord Jesu9 said, "it ye, tnen, Deing evil. Know how to give good Rifts unto your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy 8pirlt to them that ask Him" (Luke xL, 13). We have also the comfort o knowing thai if we are filled with the word of God and controlled by the Spirit of Goa He will fit into our lips the rifcht message at the right time (Prov. xxii., 18). And Math, x., 20. will lie true of us as of the disciples. 8. "But Elymas, the sorcerer, withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith." The same old serpent, the devil, and satan, who turned Adam and Eve away from God, Is ever at work. He seeks to keep people irom hearing the word of God by making believers indifferent to the command to preach the gospel to every creature, and when the word has been preached he will, If possible, take away the word out of their I honi+o iug^ ttipv should believe and he saved (Luke viii., 12); or if it is received, he will,if possible, ohoke it that it may not bear fruit. Resist the devil (Jas. iv.. 7). 9. "Then Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him." The Holy Spirit can look through our eyes as well a3 speak with our voice, and our eyes will then be searching in somelittl# measure as Christ's were. But we will be unconscious of it, for anything like self consciousness is in opposition to being filled with the Spirit. Moses wist not that tbe skin of his face shone (E^ xxxiv., 29). And no doubt Stephen was unconscious that his face was as the face of an angel (Acts vi., 15). This is the first time that Saul is called Paul. 10. "Wilt thou not cease to pervert the ?4~U4. ^9 T./wd?" Thna fhA RnlHr in ! Yvaya vi iuu iiviut awuu ? , Paul addressed him, calling him a child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness. Some good people to-day would say that he was a child of God, and thAt God was his Faihar, though he was waudering from Him. But the Spirit of God does not talk so. The Lord Jesus said to certain religious people, "le are of your father the devil" (John vilL, 44). It is also written of Gain that he was of the wicked one (I John iii., 12). 11. "And now. behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun tor a season." Instantly it came to pass, and he sought some one to lead him by the band. His outward conditlon was now like his inward conditfon. Ho was traly a child of darkness. If his darkness was only for this life, or only for a season, it was well for him. But our Lord spoke of some who would be cast into outer darkness where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth (Math, xxii., IS). In Jude xlii., we wViom ia rflcflrcoi fhft black ness of darkness forever. Happy are those who, receiving the light, become children of light, and happier still, if as such they walk in the light. 12, ''Then the deputy,.when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord." Thus the devil overdid it and lost his man, and the Lord gained him. Tne word of the Lord will always accomplish the Lord's pleasure, and prosper in that whereto He sends it (Isa. lv., 11). It is ours to be filled with it, and let the Spirit accomplish by it through us that which He pleases. Where the word of a king is there is power (Eccl..viii.. 4), and ours is thoword of the Kin# of Kings. 1Q ??Thoir /Inma fr> Pprcft in PamDhvlia. " - ? * r ? , and John, departing from thorn, returned to Jerusalem." Having gone through Cyprus with the record of but one convert, though there may have been others, they now cross over to the mainland.?Lesson Helper. . NOVEL USE OF X-RAYS. Performed the Feat of Washing the Ins'da of n Man's Stomach. With a little machine which looks like an e;?g-beaterDr. Fenton B.Turck has performed the feat of washing the inside of a man's stomach at the Post Graduate Medical School, Chicago, and by means of the Roentgen ray he at the same time viewed the working of hisjiittle device. The operation marks an era of progress in the medical world, as the experiment was the first of Its kind made in full view of the operator. Attached to the end of Dr. Turck's instrument. wnich is called a gyromeie or revolving sound, was a flexible cable of SDlral steel wire, on the end of which was a small sponge. The cable was inclosed in a rubber tube, and this, with the sponge, was swallowed by the patient. The latter, who was stripped to the waist, then stepped before the Roentgen light, the doctor put the fluoroscope to his eyes, and an attendant turned the handle of the gyromeie. The cable revolved as fast or as slow as was desired, the sponge at the further end proceeded to its work of scouring the inner walls nf the patient's stomach, while the i doctor through the fluoroscope viewed the l work by locating the metallic cable by means of the X-rays. No nause:i or discomfort was felt oy the patient, though he stood before the rays for over an hour while the doctors were In attendance. A Murder Never Committed. Joseph Murdock, of Scott County, Virginia, who was supposed to have been mur(iero.l twenty-flve years ugo, and for which crime "Bud" Lindsay served twenty-one years in tho Virginia penitentiary, has returned to his former home. Lindsay died recent 1 j*. Tralnlnc a Jubilee Team. Queen Victoria's team of eight cream-col>red horses which are to draw her state car iage at the celebration in London next June ire now beini? exercised in the streets so as :o accustom them to the traffic. -- tods ! RELIGIOUS READING; ;j - WE WILL HAVE FAITH. The way Is long and dreary. The path is bleak and bare; Our feet are worn and weary, But we will not despair. More heavy was thy burden, More desolate thy way: 0 Lamb of God. who takest The sin of the world away, Have mercy on us. _ . ,*/; Our hearts are faint with sorrow, Heavy and hard to bear. For we dread the bitter tomorrow, But we will not despair. Thou knewest all our anguish, And thou wilt bid it enase; O Lamb of God, who takest lhe sin ol the world away, Give us thy peace ! ?Adelaide A. Proctor. viM THE TALENTS MUST OA.IN USUBY. When Nelson signaled from his flagship to every person in his fleet, '"England expects every man to do his duty," it aid not mean the same to all. To the captains it meant that they should do their best as commanders; to the marines that they should do their best at the guns; to the sailors that they should do their best In sailing the ships; to the cabin boys that they should do their best as messengers. Every one succeeded who did the best he could. Success is not a question of talents, but of doubling them. It is not a question of present posi- *-j tion at all, but of making the most of one's self. Over both departments of your business, the earthly and the heavenly, in each or wnicn you are cauea upon to gioriry uoa and do good to men, write high above the entrance door this significant motto: God expects every man to do his best.?Rev. G. B. F. Haliock. f y PBATEK THE BREATH OF THE SPIBIT. Prayer is the breath of the spirit that is in harmony with God. Learn the conditions of effectual prayer, and conform to them just as you obey laws of gravitation, of electricity, of physical life. Daily see that the life aim is right and high : that the ruling desire of your heart is toward truth and love ; that the will is set with immovable fixedness on righteousness ; that thewords and deeds of daily life are in the direction of and in harmony with aim. desire., and purpose, and that you trust in the Goa revealed in Jesus Christ and abidingwithin you. Rest in Him. Talk to Him. Walt in silence before Him. Let your whole life of business,of hard labor, of social intercourse, of recreation, of intellectual, artistic, scientific, professional service be in harmony with this doctrine of prayer?this life ol prayer.?Bishop Vincent. We beseech thee, Almighty God! healer aad comforter of man's sorrows, that not only those things which we have suffered in the body and the outward losses and pains of life may bless us; but also may the evil that we have done beoome to us the solemn gate through which, in penitence and sorrow having gone forth, in joy and rejoiolng we may return. We beseech thee to make us wise that no dead past may have power to detain us long ; give us not sackcloth and ashes but help us to gain light from which we never should have fallen; and in newness of heart and freshness of courage to do the things that we have hitherto left undone. Hear us of thy mercy. Make thy face oleat to us. Lead us in patience, correction and loving kindness through life and death' into eternal peace, through Jesus Christ, oux Lord. Amen. TEE ONE THING WORTH CARIN'O FOB. ft To await the growing of a soul is an almost divine aot of faith. How pardonable. surely, the impatience of deformity with itself, of a consciously despicable character, standing before Christ, wondering, yearning, hungering to be like that. Yet muat one trust the process fearlessly and without misgiving. "The Lord the Spirit" will do his part. . . . The creation of a new hearty the renewing of a right spirit, is an omnipotent work of God. No man, nevertheless, who feels the worth and solemnity of what * ,y>: is at stake will be careless as to his progress. To beoome like Christ is the only thing in , (? the world worth caring for. Those only , j who make this quest the supreme desire of their lives can even begin to hope to reach . it.?Henry Drummond. ? mm "We, too, would wear unspotted The garments of the King, Would have the royal perfume About our path to cling, , And unto all beholders A lilied beauty bring." Thought answereth alone to thought, And Soul with soul hath kin ; The outward God he ilndeth not, Who finds not God within. ?F. L. Hosmer. , , ?$ ? .-'M THZ LITTLE THINGS COUNT. Oftentimes the little things you do don't seem of much account. But they are. One spring morning a little boy planted a single seed in a bank of earth. It grew, budded and blossomed into sweet blue violets unseen by the child planter. It also seeded, and the seed fell out upon the bank of earthy . and the next spring more violets grew, and so for yeare, increasing every season. The boy, grown a man in a foreign land, desired to visit his childhood's home. When he saw the bank of violets he remembered how, years before, he had planted there a single seed.< ''Can it be," he said, "that all these have sprung from the single seed I planted7 T will never waste a single seed."?English Exchange. ??. ALL ilAI L?V We may not move through the dark continent of Africa, a living sunburst of God's truth and glory,as did Livingstone. We may not be asked to lie in a prison, as did Judson. to testify that we desire God's will to be done by us and in us. But we have some money to give, some heart promptings to compassion, some insight to see where aid u needed, some ability to pray. Are these al) and ever at the disposal of the Master??8. S. Times. , ' '? /' TROUBLE. Through trouble, with surprise we find The soul is lifted high. As birds against a gentle wind More easily can fly. ?George Bancroft Griffith. ?? There is such a thing as putting ourselves in the way of God's overflowing love and letting it beat upon us till the response of love to Him comes, not by struggle,not even by deliberation, but by necessity, as the echo comes when the sound strikes tbe rock.?Phillips Brooks. QOOD FOB EVIL. On clouds that strive to dim its light The sun still pours its glory bright; So in our treatment of a foe, A smiling, gen'rous front we'll show ! ?George Bancroft Griffith. It is a part of my religion to look well after the"cheerfulnesses of life and let the dismals shift for themselves.? Louisa M, Alcott. "And Duty opens wide the door By which Love enters free. The Love whose rule is largest life And purest liberty!" JUBILEE FETES. Diversions of the English Court During the Victorian Celebration. The English court fetes in honor of the Queen's jubilee will begin at Buckingham. Palace, Lonaon, June 21st with a reception to relatives and foreign royalties, to be followed by a banquet at the palace to the diplomatic corps. On the following day the Queea will attend a special service in Westminster Abbey and a state reception at the palace. The remainder of the week will be filled with: receptions, a garden party, balls, royal en-, lertalnments among the public officers and! ?mbas3ies and a state banquet at Windsor! Castle. The gayest season London has seeoj for many years is expected. j '