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r V p <1 Stocking a I |p witis$\ ^ >;< M ^ . M .V, M %t M % Tlie big game that William C. Whit- q ney has brought on from the Rocky v Mountains to occupy his 8000 acres on n October Mountain, about four miles 'J from Lenox, Mass., is creating great o interest among the New York people I who have summer places in Lenox t and vicinity. Me has secured some 01 i the largest buffaloes in this country f and has considerable other wild game from the Rocky Mountains, the only b specimens which have ever been b brought to the East, except a few t which the late Austin Corbin had up s in New Hampshire. They are the v finest specimens that could be secured I in Montana, Wyoming and along the v * B; ? in ^^^range of the Rocky Mountains in that o B^^egion. w His herd of buffaloes numbers thirteen, while his elk and deer are twice 1; that number. The buffaloes are of especial interest because they have ? became so rare in this country. Be- t ginning with the great bull buffalo t McKinley, which stands at the head g of the herd, weighing 2600 pounds, g down to others weighing 1000 pounds, t they are the rarest specimens in Amer- D ica. The great bull McKinley and the v entire herd were brought East with t: the greatest difficulty. They came in two freight palace cars, in charge of ^ the Adams brothers, who were given v the order by Mr. Whitney over a year y ago. Some of the buffaloes they raised ^ themselves. The chief of the herd, t, McKinley, is six years old and is the a ugliest animal that has ever been [ brought East. He is the chief figure a in the buffalo picture and he doesn't ^ allow any biped to come into the en- t ' #^1^ Q .1 , i$k k ThS^F.ii.r 'i ,i o A ? mk. Whitney's favorite elk. b closure without a protest. It was fc with great difficulty that 4ie was taken y out of the car, which he nearly tore to g pieces, and was taken up on October Mountain from the Lenox station in an immense crate, drawn by four horses. He excited the greatest in- c terest all the way, from the time he a was loaded into the car until he got to p his destination. p The buffaloes are confined in about w 800 acres of land surrounded by a fence ti which is nine feet eight inches high, o made of steel wire. McKinley has n tried to get through it several times, g but he found in looking horns with it a that it has beaten him every time. It n has been tested by a twenty-five horse o power engine, which has been rushed s against it with all its force. Since Mc- tl 17 - ~1 a? fr? /I V*n rtonnnf rrof /I rv 1111 rj IIi*^ iuuuu cuuk uu \^muuv/w ?w v. through the fence he has become do- I cile, and is quite content to stay in the enclosure, which has the best grass that can be procured for a herd of buffaloes. / ? ' iflil! In THE BUFFAT. The other buffaloes are becoming p used to their new home. There is r< another bull which weighs only 100 w pounds less than McKinley, but is not c as vicious. The whole buffalo herd u have wandered about the enclosure si with the greatest curiosity. They t< look about for places where they can V escape, but are becoming contented, f( as the gamekeeper treats them well, b They are, however, wild, and it is fi dangerous to venture near them, and i s; bo unsafe for any one to go inside the ! c nclosure that it is with the greatest difficulty that pictures could be takeu of thorn. The dozen antelopes have all eloped, d As soon as they were put iuto their ti ' thousand acres, surrounded by its fi ^ wire fence, they rushed away into the H * thicket, and even the gamekeepers ? have been unable to find them. Some- \ times of a clear morning glimpses of a them have been caught in the dis- o tance on the rocky hilltop above the u forest, but as soon as any one tried ? to trace them they again disappeared, o aad are keeping themselves so very s L " orest ^ W i Big Game. & % X/VS/i/6\/ ^\/4 \/- ^\/i> [uiet that it is impossible to tel fhether nil of them have survived o: lot, but it is probable that they have ?hey undoubtedly enjoy the wildnes if the region, which resembles thei locky Mountain home, and wher hey are no more liable to be mo ested than in their own mountaii astnesses, When Mr. Whitney wanted to sei ds antelopes he was told that the; lad all cleared out. He went out an< ried to find them himself, butwithou nccess. He had the same experience pith a dozen black-tailed deer that wer< >rought on at the same time. The; cere turned into an enclosure of 1001 . (I A jM ^ISISlli THE ELK ENCLOSURE. r more acres and left to roam at tliei >wn sweet will. They are the firs lack.tailed deer brought to New Eng and. The Adams brothers have instructe< he gamekeepers to feed them whei hev come around. It is probabli hat they will not be seen until the; et hungry late in the fall, when th< Tass is gone. The country when hey are placed contains roaring lountain brooks and small pondi / hich in a measure resemble their na ive country. The thirty-five elks which wer( irought on last year all survived th< >inter and are doing well. They weri oung animals when they came on mt their horns have grown out so tha hey would not be recognized. The} re very tame, and, although inclosec n over one thousand acres, the sam< s the inclosures for the others, whei he gamekeeper gives a piercing whis le they all gather around him lik< o many sheep. They are exceeding p handsome and attractive animals 'hey often gather in groups in the in losure and lie down quietly in th< lost docile manner. No one likes t< et near the bucks, however, for the] ave a disagreeable manner of jump ng on visitors with their forefeet. I " 11 AT 1 ! ? .06SQ I TttKtf lueiu 1UU?? w uctuujQ in, uainted with the people who feet hem and they respond readily to th< alls for meals. They are fed grain ats and other cereals, just the sanu s if they were domestic animals. It is not an easy matter to take can f this large natural history preserv( n October Mountain, and a half dozer amekeepers are employed to keej rack of the animals. These 'game eepers live in one of the farmhouse.' n the land, and they are out day anc ight looking after their charges. Mr. Whitney has only given uj bout three thousand acres to th< ame he has already brought on, anc hat he is going to do with the othei ve thousand acres remains to be seen He has a large number of gani( irds, has stocked his brook wit! rout, and it is evident that in a fev ears this will be the greatest private ame preserve in this country. How to Make a Permanent Paste. Soak an ounce of refined gelatine ir old water for an hour, then drain of nd squeeze out the water as much a; ossible. Put the gelatine in a jelly ot, and place the pot in a pan of hoi ater over the fire. When the gelaine has melted, stir in slowly 21 unces of pure alcohol. Put in a wide^ louthed bottle and cork tightly. This lue or . paste will keep indefinitely, nd can be melted for use in a few linutes by setting the bottle in a basic f hot water. As it contains a very mall percentage of water, it affects Lie gloss of the prints but little, and ries almost immediately.?Harper's tound Table. Strencth of Steel. An experiment which demonstrated Lie capacity of steel to endure greatei f, iS ,0 IIERD. reaaurethan the hardest stone was ecently made at Vienna. Corundun ras chosen lor tne scone, ano smai abes of both substances were placet nder pressure. A weight of six ton; mashed the corundum, but forty-twi ans were required to crush the steel Hien the steel did give way, the ef sets are described us most rcmarka le. With a loud explosion the meta ew into powder, and its sparks an aid to have bored minute holes in th; rushing machine. A Clever Engineering Feat. City Engineer Morris R. Sherreri' id a piece of engineering work yes tKrtt lino unvor dnnu ha SIAlttJ VUUl IJ.O.O i-iVv ? k,* 1/wuw :>re. Bv a device patented by Mr ilierrerd and Engineer D. W. French iuperintendent of the Hackensacl Vater Company, a valve was placed it six-inch water main without shnttin; IF the water. A piece of the wate lain was cut out, and the valve put ii dace and securely fastened. Worl f a similar nature can be done on an; ized main. -Newark (N. J.) Call. TOWER FOR" GREATER NEW YORK. Triumphal St ructure Which is to Outstrip ^ That of Bahylon. As a matter of curiosity it may be mentioned that Greater New York is to have?on pnper, at least?a tower which is to beat anything in the ' world, past or present, even the confusion-breeding structure of Babylon. 1 William J. Frye is the architect, and r E. C. Towusend is mentioned as pro. moter, who is said to be confident that s the necessary funds will be forthcomr ing. He has not yet gone into figures, e which is a mere matter of details with Tl-m + nx\'ar ia fr\ 01 J.H font in i height, and is to be twelve-sided, with ' a diameter of 300 feet for the main e base, to be flanked by four pavilions, r which will give the entire base a diI ameter of 400 feet. The outer walls t are to be of cement and wire cloth.. J e Internally the plans represent a labye rinth of steel columns, girders, beams, Y plates and other forms of steel con- * 1) struction, not a particle of wood to be J 1 i jAi M J1 to W'i M Liil'/i l RWiira f BMP' iflf r employed in either construction or t finish. Electric cars with reserve - motor power of compressed air are to run spirally around the 100-foot cen- , i tral area, making a trip to the fifth , 1 floor from the ground about two and a , e half miles in length, from the fifth , " ?" '? -i-ii *11 J I noor to tue lop Visitor a win uo i;uu3 veyed in an elevator. The proposed ( 31 tower is to be built within the next r ? 5 3 I i iH'ilffr-1 , JMii.irrwnrfl ; pirlMfc HilipUiiLllSl mmitti. n ; mmmM i plftr MAlZIIljjT i j 4?i|fU liiSl i fplTrf isE iiuliM i > Wlfff gMJOiMn ? 5 ' i mlrrr FPPliiiiTn 1 r mnimmm 1 I ^ ^ | j. GREATER NEW YORK'S TRIUMPHAL TO WEI'.. ? ' three years somewhere in upper Nev\ 1 York, where there is a firm rock foun- c ^ dation. I ? f Original Way to Get Kid of Fleas. t Those who wish an original way oi * getting rid of fleas might try some ( plan like that adopted by Professoi f Gage, at one of the buildings of Cor- * L nell University, and described by him f ' in "Insect Life." This plan consisted c > in tying sheets oi sticky fly paper. ^ ! with the sticky side out, around the I > legs of the jaDitor, who then for several I hours walked up and down the floor oi t the infested room, with the result thai F all or nearly all of the fleas jumped on 8 L his ankles, as they will always do, and s were caught by the fly paper. d "Where It Snows and Never Rains. Roborowsky, the Russian explorer, has discovered a place in central Asia where no rain, but only snow, falls at any time throughout the year. He found this delightful summer resort in the Thibetan highlands, at an altitude of 17,080 feet. The thermometer on June 15 was twelve degrees below zero, centigrade. There was no sign of life, save the appearance of a few Grongo antelopes, and these were in such an exhausted condition that they passed within a few yards of the explorer without showing any sign of fear.?New York Times. A Now and Startling Boat. The umbrella boat has been the sen! sation of the year at the Cowes (Eng1 land) regatta. The sails fold up just "=3" " a ? TIIE UMBRELLA BOAT. ? r ^ i like the covering of au umbrella. It j; v sails very fast, and is expected to create , y a revolution in siiiling on quiet rivers i and bays. ! raannnHaHMaHHiMBHiMMaHB CIVILIZATION OF THE INDIAN. die Ked Mnn In a Person of Great ! ventive Genius. "The majority of persons who vi irtieles made by the American Indi vorked in metal, as exhibited in 1 museums of the country, expreg.'i s prise at tlie proficit acy disclose* iays one of the curators a1; the I ;ional Museum. "JIa::iy of the an lets, armlets, buttons a nd ot'ier dec itions to be found in the possession the Indian are of surpassing fin ind workmanship. In silver, es] sially, are they skilled, and the d< ?ate tracing and outline of the sil" tlecorations are often a source of w< iler, even to those mo jt familiar w the red men of the plains. Among tribes most remote from civilizatioi LI T_ _ 1 x 1 1 rJU t LliOJSO WHO IlUYtJ liUL uecu UIUU^UI U|agricultural pursuits, but roam o the country as in days of old?ther< to be found scarcely an Indian v :loes not possess numerous articles silver, which are worn in lavifih p Fusion. The smallest child in tribe is robed in skins fastened w silver buttons and otherwise or mented; indeed, it is a characters of the Indian parent to lavish Ihe tent of his wealth on the boy who ^ be his heir, if he survives a life Btrife. The beautiful bucksk which in finish is like that undressed kid, is often heavy with weight of silver, and even the t moccasins of the same skin i adorned with buttons and fasteners precious, metal. The ornt.ments this class of Indiana., are not of cri workmanship, but are of excell fininli ftnrT flesiom The ereneral ci **""* " D o ception of the Indian is that of an dividual totally or largely devoid invention. There can scarcely b more erroneous impression. In pli of lacking capacity for invention, 1 Indian, on the contrary, is a pen of great inventive genius, and crude surroundings and the inf rjuent need of exerciuing his tale alone prevent his genius from be: developed. In other generations b under other conditions the invent genius of the Indian was developed an extent far beyond the modern ci ception. The mound-builders and cliff-dwellers have left monume which display a genius equal to, if i surpassing, the originality of 1 modern inventor. An attempt is bei made by the National Museum sliminate this ignorance off 1 Indian, so far as it lies in I scientist's power. Consequent with this work of education in vi< ihe scientists are preparing groups O J: J.1_ 4V.a 1 iigures ueimug uiroumjr ?uiu .-**w i and customs of the Indians, s.nd, far as possible, formirig fac-similea the home life of the uncivilized mi his code of religiot.s beliefs o worships, and the aids which he e ploys in performing the little w< whioh his necessities und the love adornment require. Among tho grc of figures which have recently b( placed on exhibition in the west h of the museum is one represent the methods employed in work] silver into decorations and use articles." An Aerial terry. A bridge of novel design is rahor to be erected across the Seine ri ver, France. It is called a "pont tra bordeur," and serves ivll the pc.rpo of a bridge, while not interferir.g w the free passage of sl.ips, even th< with masts 160 feet high. In real it forms an immense traveling era rwo diminutive Eiffel towers are to erected, one on each bank of the Sei: about three-quarters of a mile bel the lowest existing bridge at Boui ind a narrow iron bridge will 1)6 s pended by chain cables between th heads. It is not less than L30 f from the level of the quays and is i intended for either carriages or f passengers. Several lines of rail ;o be carried along it, and it is on t skeleton carriage or platform that 1 vlieelswill run. These will be worl xom each side of the river by sir iteel ropes passing over a wheel to .vorked by steam or electricity fr me of the banks. To the skelel jlatform will be hung by steel haws it the level of the quays, or 160 f )elow the bridge, the trc.nsbord< dung carriage, within which passi jers and vehicles will be transporl rom one bank to the other. This c iage is to be forty feel, wide and thi eet in length. The trolleys runni >n the quays on both tides of the ri1 vill make connection at this point a )e carried across the river, so that 1 mssengers will hot have to char heir seats. A bridge built on t >rinciple has been in use in Spain ome time, but not in such an exti ive way as is now proposed.?Phi ielphia Record. The Itarent Book. "The rarest sort of book," si Ir. Bagehot slyly, "is a book ead;" and "the knack in style is vrite like a human being." It lainfnlly evident, upon experime ays Woodrow Wilson, in the Ai;lan1 hat not many of the books whi some teeming from our presses ev< rear are meant to be read. They i neant, it may be, to jondered; it is hoped, no doubt, tl nay instruct, or inform, or startle, irouse, or reform, or provoke, imuse us; but we road, if we hi ;he true reader's zest and palate, 1 ;o grow more knowing, but to be I sent up and bound within a lit sircle?as those who take their pie ire, and not as those who laboriou seek instruction?as a means of s ng and enjoying tho world of n: tnd affairs. We wist, companions] tnd renewal of spirit, enrichment ;hought, and the full adventure of \ nind; and we desire fair company n i large world in which to find the Lively Exp?rieno? With a ISear. Auditor W. D. C. Spike, of Pie 3ountv. Oregon, cauping with amily on Dead Man's Island, hai ively experience with a bear that so >f his party, out blackberry ing, L itirred up. He was carrying an in jound milk can, and came out fn ;mong the underbrush just as 1 >ear was about to strike a woman. ' relied, and the bear turned for h md knocked the can from his gra: it looked dark for hiir, when he mi ,ged to get the can, which was a wii nouthecl one, and by a quick ti ammed it over the bear's head. 1 error of the party was turned aughter, and the bear was shot.?N fork Sun. UOD'S MESSAGE TO MA! In- I PRECNANT THOUCHTS FROM T ew WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS tan the At Ttvilight-The Artint. Supreme?Kv< | ?( ii>K 1'rnyer?When theGreat.Traii?itl ^ CorneaThe IIhikIwriting of C'liarac ? Time I'lirgeit Away the Alloy. 1Uor from pool to pool on wincrs of mnrish ?i 0| The lonely bittern shifts his reedy rest; . in garden trees safe hid from euri< 1813 quest no- Die trei-fro?? nines the hour of dusk awt gj?. Above the lawn in tangled tna^ti of play The fire-fly swings his elfin torch of lis *er While sweet wood-thrushes thrill w songs' delight, itb And whippoorwill takes up her evening 1 fj,e In matted grass the ?:bon cricket sin^s. And dusty moths Hit through the windl 1 nir, ? tc l'ho lean bst beats the dusk with eerie win voi And rest returns to smooth the brow , r,) ? ' The lisping pines breathe low a sweet ?hc frain, ) ol ind homing cow-bells tinkle down i ?ro- lane^ ?rrofessor B. F. Leggetl ChiJst the Artist Supreme, Bishop Thoburn tells a beautiful st 3ti< ibout a picture of his dead child. It seen ex- a very imperfect photograph, so blur yjU that scarcely a trace of the loved featu . could be seen In it. But one day he tc 01 the picture to a photographer,-and asl :in, him if he could do anything to improve of In three weeks the bishop returned, and, i-L he saw the picture In its frame on . wall, he wits startled. It seemed as if lDy 3hild were- living again before him. 1 are image had been in the old picture, but \ I concealed beneath the blurs and mists t . were there also. The artist, however. I brought it out in strong, living beauty, 1 ide til it was liljo life in its tender charm, ent every true disciple of Christ there is the : age of the Master. It may be very dim. . features aro overlaid by blurs and blemish in" a :d are almost unrecognizable by hurt [ of eyes. It is the work of Christ in our li ea to bring out this likeness, more and m clearly, until at last it shines in uruilmn beauty. This is what Christ is dofn^ the many of His ways with us. 3on "Who from unsightly bulb or slender roo his Could guess aright _e. The story of the flower, the fern, the fruil In summer's height? nts Through tremulous shadows voices cal ing me, 'It doth not yet appear what we shall be ive An Evening Trayer. Lord, abide with us, for it is evening t the night is upon us. Give us thy prot the tion in and through the darkness. The da nts ness and the light are both alike to th 10j; and we shall sleep without fear, for thou our keeper. We ask for thy peace. Eart neaee is easilv broken bv alarms and ing troubles that spring up continually ; but i to peace is eternal: not as the world giv ii _ dost thou give, and we long to stay < " weary hearts on thee. We lay at the feet the work of this day. Teach ly, the lesson thou wouldst have "us learn fr its experiences. What is stained with wilt thou graciously cleanse. Correct < 1 01 mistakes and let them not mar our work l life hurt other lives. We ask special blessii ao upon our frieuds. Lead them in paths f thine own choosing. Sanctify our ho 1 life. Help us to Hud the best in each otl &n> and preserve us from criticism, impatiei illd | anil displeasure. May love so abound in i hearts that all our human relations shall , come more thoughtful and tender. Acc< r>nr gratitude for the common mercies for 0/eryday. Fold us all now in thine ev iup lasting arms, and may the grace of our L< l0n Jesus Christ be upon us. Amen. tall When the Great Transition Comes. !n? Some day it may happen that, havini? mi ing his visit to our neighbors, Death will hi ful a mind to call on us, and we shall go sol about our cnanged house in sad ama ment. Or a fleecy cloud, which only lent pleasing softness to the arch of blue, \ suddenly gather into a thundercloud, a tlj lay desolate our golden cornfields. Oi jn fine passage from the prophets, whose _ erary grace and felicitous imagery have often tasted, will rting aside its t ses broidered cloak and spring upon us, g: ith ping our conscience and heart with ii ,ge hand. We shall be taken ftom the midsl ., the multitude, among which we were b 'den. and the cross we bad seen on oth? ae. shoulders shall rest on our own. Before, had marched along on the outskirts of 1 _ now. wo are brought Into Its secret pla ' where .Tesus traveleth with His companb ov along the sorrowful way to fulfill the will en, God.?Ian Maclaren. us- 4 ^ The Handwriting of Character. Pflt Even now character writes itself dimly ihe face and in the voice ; when any trait not character dominates over all other trait oot is certain to push itself into some tpye ojp physical evidence. It is only when then , . j great balance of character that it "1S ! difficult to read the writing on the v the i and give the interpretation. Now if this ced 30 while we are enmompassed with tl ii muddy vesture of decay, how much mc must it be so when the spiritual body D6 the spirit as this material body never < om do. In each giving au account of bimsell ion 110 '! n,;e,l be used. The soul ' presenting itself before God comes into ers light which reveals its inmost charact eet The personal self revelation will be ine ;ur table and complete. It will not be testimc ' from within, but testimony from witho " Heuen Thomas, D. D. iea W- Time Purge* Awny the Alloy. 1 V "i w " HUiim, nayn n mvun u ntn :ng 'an old coin, a silver dmarius, all co& ^gj. ana umsieu ?*ith green and purple rust, j called it rust. but# I was told that it \ copper; the alloy thrown out from the sil ;he until there was none left within, the sil ige a" pure. It takes ages to do it, bu uj8 does get done. Souls are like that. Sot thing moves in them slowly, till the deba ment is all thrown out. Some day perhs an- the very tnruish shall be taken off." W ja. there is this alloy, this tarnish, in all of and the education of life is to purge it away?by sorrows, by disappointments, failures, by judgments,? "By fires far llereor than are blown to pr< lyg Anil purge the silver ore adulterate.'' ?Canon Farrar V* I The Soar* Keinaln. 18 Wounds of the soul, though healed, v nt? ache; ,ic, The reddening scars remain, and make ci [cb fession; Lost innocence returns no more ; *7 j We are not what wo were before transgr ire j sion. be I But noble souls, through dust and heat, Itise from disaster and defeat y The stronger, or And. conscious still, of the divine nr WiLhin them, lie on the earth suoino ,Vfl No longer. ?Longfellow Slowly, through all the universe, the te '"e pin of God is being built. When, in yc as- hard light, in your tiresome drudgery, or slv your torri!>le temptation, you catch the pi ^ pose of your being, and give yourself ee" God, and so give Him the chance to gl ten Himself to you. your life, a living stone, lip taken up ami set into that growing wall 0f l'hilllps Brooks. the j If we look down, then our should) stoop. If our thoughts look down, c im. character bends. It is only when we h< our heads up that the body become* ere It is only when our thoughts go up that t iif>' becomes erect.?Alexander McKenz r. D. i) Ills n EnglniuV* North American Fleet. m? The Navy Department, Washington, !i lau received information of the purpose )n- Great Britain to augment her present stro om fleet of warships on the North Araeric i station by the addition of one of her m< ^ie powerful battloships and several cruis< He and torpedo-boat destroyers of recent co ,im struotion. The ships are to join the stati gn this fall and will probably bo scattered 1 txveen Halifax on the north and the We in" Indies on the south. ieirn ' North Carolina Crops Good. j North Carolina reports that Its crops t i year will exceed In quantity and value 8 i produced in the State in the past thi ~ I years or more, N. | THE SABBATH SCHOOL. HE ! INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS ' i. | FOR SEPTEMBER 12. | Lossoit Text: "ChrlHtian Living," Romans ion I xll., 9-31?Golilen Text: "Be Not Over. come of Evil, But Overcome Evil With Good," Komunn xli., 21?Commentary. 9. "Let love he without dissimulation. ' Abhor that which is evil. Cleave to that which is good." TlieR. V. says, "Let love >u" _ be without hypocrisy." The Holy Spirit through John says, "Let us not love in ljr ? word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in , truth" (I John ill., 18). The title of our lesson is "Christian Living," which is olsewhere defined as "the life of Jesus made manifest in our mortal flesh." The thira>' teenth chapter of I Corinthians decribes the love that was manifest in Christ as C3S never -in any other, and He will manifest that love and that life In us In proportion as we present to Him our bodies a living sucnuce ^verse lj. 10. "Be kindly affectioned one to another re' with brotherly love, in honor preferring one another." This is the love that seeketh ttie not her own; not onr own profit, but the profit of nanny, that they may be saved (I : Cor. x., 33; xiii., 5). The "therefore" of ver^e hof our lesson chapter takes us back to the "justified freely," "justified by 0Ty faith," "no condemnation," "freely with le(j Him all things," etc., of Rom. iii., 24; v., 1; red viii., 1, 32, and because of all this it is rea surely a reasonable thing that we should let Him have our whole being, that He may ted by renowing our minds transform us Into j't His own image (Rom. viii., 29). Ug 11. "Not slothful in business, fervent in the spirit, serving the Lord." The R. V. says, jjig "In diligence, not slothful," and in the L-jie margin says that some manuscripts give, vas "serving the opportunity." The latter hat would suggest the simplicity of I 8am. x., lil(j 7, "Do as occasion serve thee, for God is in_ with thee," and the former would be in jn the line of Col. 111., 23, "Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men." es 12. "Rejoicing in hope, patient in trlbuia^ lation, continuing instant in prayer.. I Vt?g think we are safe in saying that the hope ore in the New Testament generally, if not alj ways, refers to the second coming of Christ i and the events therewith associated. See Rom. v., 2; viii., 24, 25; Titus li., 13; I John iii., 3. The tribulation that worketh pat tience is our privilege all along the Journey . (Roin. v., 3; John xvi., 33; Rev. i., 9; Heb. x., 36, 37), and the attitude of increasing prayer is our great privilege as well as 1 to necessity (I These, v., 17; Heb. iv., 16). ,13. "Distributing to the necessity of saints, given to hospitality." If one should be asked why he worked so hard early and late at his daily toll, and should reply, lu(j "That I may have to give to him that ec. needeth," he might seem to be a little unrj.. balanced in his mind, but he would be talking, as well as living, according to scripart tures (Eph. iv., 28). k<9 14. "Bless them which persecute you; bless and curse not." Now this is easy talking, but the practice of it is not so popuetjj lar as to have as yet become the fashion. It out is, however, the plain teaching of our Lord tuv (Math, v., 44), and He always practiced u* what He preached. If His life is to be made ,0_ manifest in us, this phase of it is surely insj eluded. It was beautifully manifest in 3ut Stephen when he in the midst of their per, ' secution looked like an angel and acted like the Lord Himself (Acts vi., 15; vii., 60). , qj 15. "Rejoice with them that do rejoice, me and weep with them that weep." The unity ier of the body of Christ is such that when the members are abiding in Him if one member 0UI suffers all suffer with that one, and if one i.p member be honored all the members rejoice with it (I Cor. x!i., 26). This is as it should , ,lf be, but where is it seen? What, then, ails er_ the body? Is it as in Phil. 11., 21, "All seek Jr(j their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's?" II so, how can the body expect the blessing of the Head? Let each ask himself, Am I a healthy member of His body or a grief to Him? * vie 16. "Be pf ihegajne jnind one toward anive other. Mind not high things, but condetly scend to men of low estate. Be not wise in ,ze your own conceits." On the second clause t a the margin says, "Be contented with mean vill things." The margin of the R. V. says, "Be md carried away with them that are lowly." If a we will allow ourselves to be carried away lit- with|Him who Is meek and lowly, who made we Himself of no reputation and humbled Him;m self unto death for us. He will surely take ip- possession of us and manifest His life in us. ron J7. "Recompense to no man evil for evil, t of Provide things honest in the sight of all iid- men." Not rendering evil for evil, but, *rs' contrariwise, blessing, knowing that ye are we thereunto called that ye should inherit a ife: blessing (I Pet. ill., 9). Providing for ice, honest things, not only In the sight of the ^ns Lord, but also In the sight of men (II Cor. [ of viii., 21). Whatsoever things are true, hon esi, jubi, jyvoiy, wo art) iu vuun uu i>ucoo things (Phil, iv., fi). 18. "If it be possible, as much as lieth in on you, live peaceably with all men." This 0f seems very carefully worded. There arej (t those who know nothing of peace, they 0f seem born for war, and yet somehow they s jg get united to or mixed up with those who " js are for peace, and the peaceful party seems .aU to be in a good school for the cultivation , of patience. Well, we must "let the pence [j|g of God rule in our hearts" and be thank>ra ful that He is able to subdue, for He is the fltg Prince of Peace (Col. iii., 15; PhiJ. ill., 21). an 19* "Dearly beloved, avenge not yourf to selves, but rather give place unto wrath. I jn for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will , a repay, saith the Lord." This certainly caner not mean that we are to be satisfied with ,vj' getting angry, but without taking venge>nv ance. Rather, as in the B. V. margin, give place to the wrath of God. Let Him take charge of all the wrath and vengeance business. 20. "Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink,for in ter so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on te i his head." This is a quotation from Prov. I xxv., 21, 22, but the last clause of that pasrag sage is omitted, "The Lord shall reward ver thee." ver 21. "Be not overcome of evil, but overt it come evil with good." The ornament of a ne- meek and quiet spirit is in the sight of God se- of great price (I Pet. iii., 4), and the meek ips and lowly one who when He was reviled, ell. reviled not again; when He suffered, He us, threatened not, will work in us this spirit all and live in us this life whenever we are bj willing that Ho should. The word "trans formed" in verse 2 of tnis cnapter is tne )ve same word that is translated "transfigured" in Math, xvii., 2; Mark ix., 2, and "are changed" in II Cor. Hi., 18, and used only In these four places. The last passage seems to me to show the only way to be thus transfigured; therefore let us go on v"iL "beoolding Him" until we see Him face to face, and then we shall be like Him (7 Dn' Job'i iii., 2).?Lesson Helper. 03 EACH ACCUSED THE OTHER. i The Jury Could Not Decide and Convicted Both to Be Safe. The most remarkable murder trial ever held In Georgia came to an end at Jefferson in the conviction and death sentence of m_ two men, each of whom charged the other )Ut with the crime. The jury openly decided iD that, in the conflict of testimony between ir. the two, the safest and best course was to t0 | convict both. The crime oharged against I |vc them was murder of a most horrible sort. I , j Last March M. C. Hunt, a well-to-do mer- | ! ' _ l chant of that place, was approached by a i ; farmer named Grady Reynolds witn an oij for to buy him out. Hunt agreod to sell, I and Roynolds told him that the purchase I T? ! money was in a bank in an adjoining vil- I ",r lage. In settling up his affairs Hunt se- I )'1' j cured $1800 in cash, and one afternoon < '* | started in a buggy with Reynolds to secure i '."r the balance of the money due from the lat"!? J ter. A few miles out in the country Hunt I I was taken from the buggy,shot in the back j I | of the head, beaten nearly to a jelly, and j buried in u deep and muddy stream of |M I water, Reynolds came back to this village and j took charge of his store. When inquiry was I | made about Hunt he told the inquirers that ! ,st the former proprietor had gone out to Ne- I j I vada to witness the Corbett-Fitzsimmons ! flglit. Shortly afterward a man by the name ! i of Iiud Brooks offered for sale a horse for- j u | morly belonging to Hunt, ana tnis uiiimiuu- i t* j ly led to a search for the body. When It | < I was discovered both Reynolds and Brooks i i | were arrested, and each told an apparently ' straightforward story, accusing the othei I _ of having killed Hunt and having turnod ' I ? I ove? to tbe alleged accomplice his valu- j | his ables. The two were given separate trials my and, although the evidence was of an exrty aotly (opposite character, both were found i cuilty of murder in the first degree. , A TEMPERANCE COLUMN. q THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST IN MANY WAYS. The Drunkard's Prayer?New Questional In Medical Jurisprudence?Alcohol j j Clearly Predisposes to Criminality-- " ' The Faulty Reasoning of Inebriates. Once I was gay of the gayest, Free-handed, free-hearted, men said; Now I am low of the lowest, . A thing that had better be dead. Once did my song ring the loudest Among the convivial clan, Once was my bearing the proudest, But now I'm under the ban. Once I was careless and jolly With plenty of friends at my call; Now I'm morose, melaneholv. Deserted, rejected by all. Now I'm a drunkard degraded, Who begs for a nickel for drink; Now with dark sorrow I'm shaded, A creature on perdition's brink. Out of the depths lift me, brothers, I Make me a man once again, You who have sisters and mothers Let not my pleading be vain. ?Sacred Heart Bevlewk Drinkers' Contracts. m Among the new questions In medical jurisprudence considered by Dr. T. D.t Crothers, In the Popular Science Monthly,. Is that concerning the ability of men who : use muoh alcohol to make a contract. / "Alcohol," says Dr. Crothers, "clearly predisposes to criminality by lowering and | paralyzing the higher brain centres which ? preside over consciousness of right andj wrong. The immediate effect of spirits to to cause impulsive, petty acts. Fo'r the [>tesent moment suoli acts might material* ' ze into serious crime, but it would depend upon favorable conditions and surround uigs. me unsiaDie condition 01 tne Drain, made so by alcohol', Is more or less Incapable of sustaining a preconceived Idea \ and carrying it out, especially if time and continuous drinking follow. This Is the rule to which there are exceptions, but these exceptions clearly follow certain circumstances which are easily traced. Often yj it is claimed that spirits are given for the purpose of obtaining undue ^Influence In the making of a will or signing a contract: -gk This is confirmed by clinical study of cases,! and facts Indicate the impulsiveness of the act, with absenoe of deliberation or forethought. D elusions and misconceptions of acts and motives are very common in all in* ebriates. Faulty reasoning, childish oredulity and general failure of capacity to discriminate and adjust himself to the oon-. < ? ditions and surroundings must of necessity. result in wrongdoing; although in many, cases the condition is covered up, and only when the person acts along unusual lines ""M is it apparent. "All contracts and wills written by ln-i ebriates should be subjected to careful scrutiny. Not Infrequently such acts disJ play sound judgment, and it is found that they are the culmination of previous con-j ceptioDS. Where they manffest imbecility and strange motives, it is clearly the workings of an anaesthetic brain, acting from. }:- $? suggestions from without or deranged impulses formed within. While a very large number of inebriates act rationally in or- . .M dinary affairs of society and business, and do not commit overt acts that come under; legal recognition, it is a question if this is not the result of accident and conditions.! There are strong reasons for believing that a slight changing of surroundings both ' mental and physical would explode the degeneration which exists and bring to light '-vjgg insanity, criminality or idiocy, instances are not infrequent of acts of lawlessness and crime in inebriates previously law-; k abiding and honest oitizens. It was not the l%st use of spirits whioh provoked the act; this only exploded a condition whieb had been gathering like a storm before. The direction and form which this disturbance would take could not always be- foreseen." (/ Longevity of Teetotalers. The following statement appeared in a late issue of the British Medical Journal: '-'ia "The remarkable difference in favor of ' ' < :M abstaining lives over those of non-abstain- . ers, which has characterized the yearly returns of the United Kingdom Temperance Insurance Company for a quarter of a century, has been again exhibited. During 1 last year, in the non-abstaining section, the actual death claims were 356, or fortysix fewer than the expectanoy. In the lomyciauco sui:uuii9 iut) aotUUl Ut3tttU? claims were 246, or 118 fewer than the ex-! pectancy. In other words, If the death*, rate of the abstainers had been the same as of the non-abstainers, Instead of 246 there would have been 320 deaths, or seventyfour more; while if the death rate of the ' non-abstainers had been the same as of the - ^ abstainers, there would have'been eighty- , 3? four fewer deaths." In the face of the great popular fallacy, that intoxicating drinks are necessary to & preserve our health, this statement from the very best medical authority is, to say the very least, of paramount importance.) * "All that a man hath will he give for his life," says Holy Writ, and it maybe reasonably presumed that if mankind generally; were positively assured,of longer life on condition that they totally abstained from drinking alcoholio liquors, the ranks of the teetotalers would be swelled to formidable figures. There is a peculiar life insurance company in Great Britain, whioh has no counterpart in the United States. It is the United Kingdom Temperance Insurance Company, and it makes a specialty of dividing its policies into two classes?policies issued to total abstainers from alcoholio drinks, and policies issued to non-abstainers. The non-abstainers are not intemperate persons; at least they are not at the time the policies are taken out, because no Insurance company will write a polioy upon the life of a man who either admits, or upon medical examination is found to be, using intoxicants to excess at the time ho makes his application.?Sacred Heart Re Delirium Tremens Investigated. The visual hallucinations in delirium tremens have been investigated with the ophthalmoscope at Bellevue Hospital. The blood vessels of the retina were found to have changed from their usual pale and almost invisible condition, and to have become almost black with congested blood. These blood vessels being thus made prominent are projected into the field of vision, their movements giving rise to the usual visions of writhing snakes and worms.? Trenton (N.J.) American. Tdfaperance News and Note*. An order has been issued forbidding the sale of liquor in the restaurants of the Maine Central Railroad. The only effective method of destroying anarchy in this country is to destroy the liquor traffic. Anarchy without beer would be like the lower regions without brimstone. -M1 A movement auxiliary to the temperance crusade was started by the young women of the churches in Harper, Kan., by their forming an organization and taking a , '$ pledge not to go with men who drink, smoke or use profane language. The meet...?v? ii.a j -ui. e i.u. t> iu? was cttjicu uy iuu uuuguiec ui iuo nu v. Henry Farwell. The men who own bicycles to-day are not the millionaires, but the wage-earners of the country, and their machines were bought from th* money that they were snabled to save by economizing in some other direction. And what is more rea?onable than that this economy should bo first put in practico by cutting o?f the luxury of drinking? Since the State has had a monopoly of spirits in Switzerland, spirit drinking has Increased thirty per cent., but there has on the other hand been an increased consumption of beer, wine and cider. These statements quite account for the auxiety of the Government to check the bibulous tend;ncies of the Nation. All intPr^Qfinrr rannrf liict nn Switzerland says that, according to the iirector general of the Swiss state spirits monopoly, the aggregate value of the strong drinks yearly consumed in Switzerand is estimated at'f35,000,000, a sum seven Limes as large as tne cost of tho army. The' population was in 18%. 3,089,835. "My native city has treated me badly,"i said a drunken vagabond, "but I love her; still." "Probably," replied a Rentieman,! 'her still is ebout all you do love." - i {