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r g i f| THE REALM I The striking and stylish gown showi I in the illustration, writes May Manton 9 is made of soft wool material, the de sign of which includes green, a brigh I shade of tan and lines of black. Th< square yoke is of tan-colored silk anc the trimming consists of fine black mo hair braid and ornamental buttons The blouse bodice is made over a fittec lining which includes the usual pieces and seams, but shows single darts it place of double, and which closes al the oentre-front. The blouse is fitted by shoulder and under-arm seams only, The yoke portion is faced onto th< plaid at the line of perforations, the joining being concealed by the trim ming. The closing is effected invisibly al the left shoulder and down the left aide beneath the widest band of braid. The narrower bands and the fancj atrip are sewed to the left section oi the blouse, so continuing the trim xning in harmony with the yoke edges , .and epaulettes. The sleeves are twoseamed and snug-fitting close to the shoulder where they are finished bj the small puffs that are a marked fea tore of the season. The oblong epaulettes give breadth to the figure and (add to the general stylish effect. The neck is finished by a straight, standing collar above which rises a frill oi laoe. At the waist is worn a belt oi torn-colored ribbon clasped with an ornamental buckle. The skirt is five-gored and fitted Smoothly about the hips. The back is arranged in deep underlying plaits. The trimming is carried down from U1H DIDttW 111 a V/UUUU UVUO *4UVJ wv producing the princess effect. Cashmere, drap-d'ete, camel's-hair and all the new poplin weaves as well vf ' i' I \ ' . LADIES' AND MI6 * . 1 as taffetas are eminently suitable. The trimming can be carried out in sills passementerie, in fancy braid, in jel or in velvet ribbon, all of which are in Togae. The yoke can be of contrasting material, as shown, or one of jel ' or applique, such as are sold readj for nse, can be applied. To make this blouse for a lady in the medium size will require two and one-fourth yards of forty-four-inct STRIKING AND STTLISE GOWN. material, and for the skirt five am five-eighths yards of same widtl good The New Ribbon Stock. It is a good thing to be able to sa; that the ribbon stock does still stanchb hold its own. The vast difference nov lies in the ribbon it is made of. Fo: neckwear we have a score of new ani most lovely weaves. Mohair and sill suede are the newest. The first ii woven exactly like any high grade o brilliant mohair, with possibly a rathe - lavish intermixture of silk, finishe< with a simple edge and colored in th latest plaid patterns. It wears like i satin of the best quality and almos refuses to wrinkle. Silk suede is yet newer than thi mojiair, and really it is a velvet rib bon only with the silk pile shave< closer than a mole's fur. It comes ii the new tones of castor gray and nec m. r-v-f; K^7J\>f\7i^\/?\7J\^ nc C ACHIrtM M L l/i i riuinviii ? % i tarine red, that are replacing the long , admired mastic brown and watermelon - pink, t 3 Child's Coat of Dark Red Cloth. 1 Up to the age of three years the RUSSIAN COAT FOB A CHILD. t > ooats worn by boys and girls are muoh alike. The model given, while shown as a garment of feminine nse, is equally [ appropriate for boys who have not yet ISES* OLGA BLOUJE. i been allowed the dignity of trousers. : The material is dark red cloth, the ; trimming bands of gray krimmer. i With the coat are worn leggings and a Tarn hat of the cloth. The fitting is i accomplished by shoulder seams and r under-arm gores. The fronts are each cut in one piece, but the full skirt ie l seamed to the back at the waist line. I The right-front laps well over the left i and tarns back to form a deep rever that reaches to the waist. The closing is invisibly effected by means of large hooks sewed to the centre of the rightfront and eves to the edge of the left. The sleeves are one-seamed and are finished with pointed cuffs banded with krimmer. At the neck is a j straight standing collar and at the | waist is worn a belt of the cloth edged with fur and fastened with a large steel > buckle. The coat is lined throughout with taffeta showing a bright plaid design. To make this coat for a child of six I years will require two and one-fourth yards of fifty-four-inch material. Ladies' and Misaes' Blouse. In the two-column design Bordeaux r6d faced cloth is strikingly decorated with parallel rows of black braid that contrast strongly to the handsome edging and full revers of chinchilla fur. A belt of black velvet droops gracefully in front according to the prevailing mode. Hat of red felt, faced and banded with black velvet garniture of red silk crepe, autumn leaves and b'ack quills. This stunning outdoor wrap, says May Munton; is one of the most desirable of the oaooah'o nAroltiaa nnmViininff aftrla with comfort and giving a distinguished air to the wearer. A unique feature _ is the extended shoulders which form j epaulettes over the coat sleeves that show a slight fulness at the arm's-eye. The entire coat is lined with plaid taffeta. The blouse proper is fitted with shoulder and under-arm seams y and the basque portion is cut sepaj rately and seamed to the blouse bev neath the belt. The sleeves are snugr fitting and are seamed to the lining 1 only at the upper portion bjneath the c epaulette and both cloth and lining at 3 the under-arm portion. To insure f i additional strength a strip of cloth is r stitched to the lining round the upper 1 portion of the arm's eye where the e sleeve joins it alone. The right 'rout a of the blouse laps over 011 to tne leic t and closes invisibly. Revers of fur are turned back from the tliroat and b the neck is finished with a standing - collar. I To make this cort for a lady in the 1 medium size will require two yards of - fifty-four-inch material. HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. Waahinc Brushed. A brush should be washed in warm water in which there is a little borat, and. perhaps, with a little pure soap, at least as often as the hair. There is an oiliness to healthy hair which, with the dust collected on the street, soon makes an impression upon the brush. It is advisable to use a brush with white bristles. It shows the soil and makes its own plea for an occasional bath. Care should be taken to hold the brush back up in washing, that the water may not soak into the back. Treatment of Hardy Plants. Just at this season is the best possible time for plantiug out all hardj plants, shrubs and trees. Such plants will not require protection, however. until December in an ordinary season, and will do better if allowed to be unprotected until that time. Manj shrubs, trees and other hardy plants can stand a wonderful degree of cold, yet the action of freezing and thawing is fatal. For this reason very tender shrubs should be planted on the north side of the house, where they are not so likely to winter-kill. It is the custom to burn leaves as soon as they have fallen from the trees, but if they are heaped in some out-of-the-way corner and allowed to decay they will contribute a very valuable material when the time comes for making up the garden in the spring. Leaves are also one of the finest of materials for protedting beds of roses and other small plants.?Woman's Home Companion. Washing Fla nnels. "Shave a quarter of a pound of soap into a granite saucepan, add one quart of boiling water, stir over the fire until dissolved," writes Mrs. S. T. Rorer of "Handling the Family Wash," in the Ladies' 'Home Journal. "Pour this into a tub half filled with water at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix well. Have on the left side of the tub a bucket of clear, warm water, 100' degrees Fahrenheit, intc which you may put a half-teaspoonful of household ammonia. Take eacb piece of flannel singly and immerse it in the suds. Soap should never be rubbed on flannels, nor should flannels ever be rubbed on a board. Wash them by pressing and drawing through the hands, rubbing the soiled places quiskly with the hands. Rinse at once in clear water, and wring by pressing one hand under the other, or through a wringer. Never twist in the wringing. Shake well and hang to dry immediately; then proceed to wash the second piece. The flannels when nearly dry must be taken from the line and pressed with a hot iron. Be careful that it is not, however, too hot, 01 it will destroy the. color. Flannels washed in this way will retain theii soft texture and original size until completely worn out. No deviations from these directions, however, can be made. For colored flannels make a suds as above. To the warm watei for rinsing add four tablespoonfuls oi white wine vinegar, or a tiny bit ol acetic which has been thoroughly dissolved. It is always well to wait for a bright day before washing flannels. They should be dried as quickly a? possible." Cauliflower, Carrot* and Egg Plant. Delicate Cauliflower.?Trim and wash carefully a close, white cauliflower, being careful to remove all insects; drop in salted, boiling water and cook for twenty-five minutes. Carefully lift out ahd drain on a cleaD Cloth, then place in a hot dish and pour over it the following dressing: A pint of boiling water, half cup butter and pinch of salt. Slowly add two tablespoons of flour smoothed in a half cup rich cream; boil up; add to the cauliflower and serve at once. Creamed Carrots.?Scrape a dozen fair-sized carrots, and boil in salted water till tender. Drain off the water; season with a cup of rich, oreamy milk, lump of butter size of an egg, a teaspoonful of sugar, pinch of, salt, dust of pepper and a tablespoonful of flour smoothed in a [little of the milk and added after the rest is boiling. Stir carefully to prevent lumps, and serve in a hot dish with tiny squares of toasted bread. Fried Carrots.?Wash and scrape clean, cut in slices one-fourth of an inch thick and parboil in salted water. Drain, and fry a few slices at a time in plenty of hot fat, until a delicate brown. Carrot Balls.?Stew and mash half a dozen large carrots. Add two wellbeaten eggs, half a cupful of flour; salt, pepper and butter. Make into balls and bake in the oven until lightly browned. Spiced Carrots?Wash and scrape six medium-sized carrots; slice and stew in just water enough to cover. When tender, drain off the water; cover with vinegar; and add salt, pepper, a few small pieces of cinnamon bark, a dozen whole cloves and a cup of sugar. Return to the tire till scalding hot; remove, and place in a glass jar. As soon as cold they are ready for use. Fried Egg Plant?Pare and slic? and stand in salted water for two hours; drain on a clean cloth; and dip each slice in beaten egg, then in fine bread or cracker crumbs; sprinkle with pepper and fry in hot fat. Serve immediately. They must not be taken from tlxe water unru reauy to cook, or they will turn black. Egg Plant Croquettes?Peel the fruit, chop fine, salt and let stand well covered for two hours. Carefully drain off all the liquor that arises, and to each cupful of the plan*. add a wall beaten egg and a cup cf bread or aracker crumbs. Meald into flat oakes and fry. Baked Egg Plant?Tc every cup of egg plant, prepared as above, add a tablespoonful of cracker crumbs, a teaspoonful of butter; aud salt and pepper to taste. Place in a puddiug dish and bake for twenty minutes. Serve in same dish. Columbus's Fay Bolls. A curious discovery has been made in the archives of the Spanish navy?the bills of payment of the crews who composed the caravels of Christopher Columbus. The sailors, according to their class, received from ten to twelve francs a month, innhidiner their food. The captains of the three large caravels had each eighty francs a month. As for Columbus himself, who had the title of Admiral. he was uaid 1600 francs a vear. - k, .. tLi TRANSPARENT THEATRE HAT. It's Big, Light, Beautiful and Becoming, and Is Glass, to Be Seen Through. Hereafter the theatre hat need havqp no terrors for us. We will look througn it. One of New York's most enterprising milliners has invented for the w^ww ^ NEW GLASS THEATEE HAT, FBONT VIEW. winter theatrical trade a glass hat. It is as gorgeous, with its nodding plumes and wonderful array of trimmings, as the largest and most striking theatre hat that ever obstructed a first nighter's view, but there is this difference?the new hat obstructs no ??"V/mi Innlr tVirmiorVi it n.q UUO D ?iOW. Auu wva. vu?u?0? -clearly as you would look through a plate-glass window. The new glass theatre hat is almost as light as a feather. It will not break , if you drop it, and it is quite as fashionable as to its style as any theatre hat made of felt or velvet. The hat is made of a very thin preparation of pliable glass, which has been prepared with certain chemicals to prevent it from breaking. Its main ingredient is silicate of soda. The glass is perfectly, transparent, and makes a most effective foundation for trimmings. The glass can be bought by the yard if one is fortunate enough to know where it is manufactured. It is so pliable that it can be easily plaited or raffled, and under the deft hands of a milliner can be made into very fascinating transparent bows. As pompons and fancy wings it will also be uted. But its chief use will be for the foundation of the big theatre hat, for its daring brim and high crown,' so that i no matter what the hat's size it oan be easily seen through. One of the most effective of the new theatre hats is a rather expensive , creation in glass and chiffon. The flaring glass brim is cut into a series of tabs, each tab softened by a shirred edge of delicate pink chiffon. The glass bell-shaped crown of the hat is is also finished with a shirring of chif- ! fon, and it is admirable for the person behind it to get a view of the stage. Beautiful pink feathers are used for the . trimming. Thrire are four oi them, and they all have a downward , droop. These feathers coil prettily j over the hair at the back. They ful- j fill perfectly their object of being ornamental and yet not in the way. 1 Around the base of the crown a bit of filmy chiffon is coiled, which is caught in the centre with an antique silver ' and rhineBtone buckle, and there you have the new theatre hat complete. And to own this dainty glass creation you must pay $25. But there are other glass hats now on sale for theatre wear which are less expensive, i and some which are double this hat's value. They are all extremely novel, and yet they are not unpleasantly conspicuous, and as for being light and comfortable nothing to equal them in the millinery line has ever been seen before.?New York Journal. COWS WITH EARRINGS. Hygienic Measure Ordered, by Belgium'* > Director-General of Agriculture. A cow is the last creature one would , expect to see with earrings, yet every i cow in Belgium has got to wear them ' FOB HYGIENE, NOT FOR VANITY. now. The Director-General of Agriculture lias issued a regulation that all auimals of the bovine species are to wear earrings as soon as they have at tained the age of three months. This is a hygienic measure, intended to prevent the introduction into Belgium of animals suffering from tuberculosis. Breeders are to be obliged to keep an exact account of all animals raised by them, and the ring (on which is engraved a number) is fastened in the animal's ear for the purpose of preventing?or helping to prevent?the substitution of one animal for another. Salt Made of Ritttlesnnke Skins. Blue Hill, in Milton, Mass., is famous for its observatory and its rattlesnakes. To add to its standing among the hills of the country, it has a freak advertiser, so to speak. He is known for and widft n.9 "Blue Hill Bob." His favorite sport is the killing and skinning of snakes. So many of the rattly reptiles of Milton has he dispatched that he is able to wear a suit of snake skins as a result of his labors and his skill. It is a wierd and scaly garment, but "Blue Hill Bob" rejoices in it.?Philadelphia Record. Stout Ice-Breaking Machined. In Norway ice-breaking machines are in use which paddle their way through ice twenty-eight inches thick ' -M r at toe rate OI lour nines an uuui , v/uo of these machines has lately been sent to Vladivoatock to keep its harbor open in winter. Tuberculosis is in England and Wales the cause of 14 per cent, of all male and 13i of all female deaths. * > / - - - GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. PREGNANT THOUCHTS FROM THE WORLD'S CREATEST PROPHETS A Woodland Bamble-Unity In Christ? The Humility of True Faith - A 1 rayer for Patient Enduranee ? TIioh Who Have Christ Are Klch. \ As I wandered to the hilltop, all my heart was sad wiih longing For those who waited for me in the Homeland up on high, And memories of happier days unto my mind came thronging, Till tears of bitter sorrow dimmed the sunlight for my eye. But the pine tree's bending branches whispered words of balm and blessing. And the birds among the treetops with a gladsome voice did sing, And the sunshine sifting through tho leaves, my tear-stained Cheeks caressing, A message from the heavens above unto my soul did bring. And the butterfly anear me spoke of life and resurrection, And with heart aglow with thankfulness I dried my tears at last, For I felt a sudden consciousness of sure and safe protection, * ?. rtf ui sireDgta 10 m?ei mo imuiu, uuu comfort for the past. So the earth seemed full of Sunshine. and my arm was strong for duty, And my feet keep happy measure as my homeward path I trod, For the Lord hath sent His angel in the woodland's wondrous beauty, And the forest was a foretaste of the Paradise of Ood. ?L. ?. Lummis in Zion's Herald. Unity in Chriat. Conceive to yourself a large room in which ifcany persons are assembled of different ages, different ranks, different degreeb of intelligence and different opinions, all invited to meet a great and famous poet. Before the arrival of the chief guest, there is a general hum of conversation, coteries are formed, and people who agree are heard discussing the points of their agreement, while others who differ are heard in violent altercation discussing the points of their difference. There is a diversion, segrega? -- V noil, mere is un ttiuiua^uoio ui mreuauvu and hostility. At last the poet' enters the room. All eyes are Immediately turned to him; all minds are occupied' with the recollection of the golden words he has spoken, and wondering what will next fall from his lips; all ears are attent to hear. Or, conceive to yourself such an army as that whioh Caesar commanded, in which all legions are drawn from many different parte of Italy and Oaul, in which men belong to many different factions, in whioh there are rival praetors and centurions, each followed by a baud of partisans. What holds this army of Caesar together? What makes it an army, an Instrument which dashes victoriously against every force that is opposed to it? There is but one answer?it is the presence of the general. These men differ in no* tionality, in opinion, in sentiment, but they are ail Csesarians to man. His presence calls them all ..together, his eye quells all discontent; his words move them as if they were a single person to the onset and to victory. In like -way. we may say that there is only thing that visits, or ever can_visit Christendom, and that is Christ. II He la ushered into our asseaiuueB, uw wrangllngs cease, and all animosities die away. We dare not be occupied with mutual jealousies and idle discussions' lest we should miss the glance of His eye, or a word directed to ourselves. If He is installed it Hisplace as tbe supreme recognized captain of His own host, then the army is united and efficient. The Humility of True Faith. Our experience may tell us that faith and humility do not always go hand in hand. Faith is sometimes looked upon as a distinction which entitles its possessor to take liberties with God. No doubt our Lord, in His loving condescension, does invite the confidence and affection of those who really take Him At His word; but this Invitation can never safely dispense with a sense of our unworthlness. or of the dtstanoe that soparates the Creator from the creature. We sometimes hoar language about oar Lord, prayers and hymns addressed to Him, which no doubt proceed from an earnest faith in Him, or, at least. In certain truths about Him, but which are conspicuously wanting in reverence. When fhn nantnrfnn mftdfl nn his mind to aDDTOacb on behalf of his paralyzed servant, he wa? I so conscious of his unworthlness to venture | into such a presenoe that he applied, so Luke tells us, to the elders of the synagogue to intercede for him: " When he heard of Jesus he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that He would come nnd heal his servant. When our Lord offered to come and- heal the patient, the centurion replied: "Lord, I am uot worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but spealc the wprd only and my servant shall be healed.11 'True faith is not "Insensible to the nearness and tehderness'of God.but it is also alive to His awful majesty; the true believer sees God and himself in too clear a light to venture upon the familiarities which ate sometimes mistaken for faiths indispensable accompaniment. A Prayer for Patient Endurance. 0 God, in whom alone our hearts are satisfied, help us so to lire that we may find our rest in thee. Out of our imperfection bring to light the glorious perfection of thy grace. Pardon the sins of thought which we are slow to recognize and make us clean. Guard our way upon the right hand and the left that we may not be tempted above that which we are able to endure. In all simplicity of thought and outward order of holy life may we be faithful to the trust committed to our care. In patient endurance and purity of heart, by ready Bympathy and devotion to the needs of others, help us to bear our faithful witness to the ? T_r\rA Tn thrt hnnr nf IIOCll auu aoouuuvu x<v?u< ??? .. swift temptation bold us back from falling into sin. In the day of our inquietude be thou our rest, and in the darkness of our restless ignoraace make the ahining of t!*y light appear. And thine sh^lt be the glory evermore through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Who Han Christ la Rlcli. Tbe Lord has given me the greatest inalienablejriches?His image and likeness. He lias given me Himself. What earthly riches do I want after this? What honor!1 There is no higher honor than to be a Christian and a member of the body of Christ. There is no one richer than the man who always bears Christ and His grace in his heart. "Whom have I In heaven but Thee'? And there is none upon earth that I desire in comparison of Thee. My flesh and my heart faileth; but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." And yet we are greedy,* covetous, avaricious, proud, envious. Slan! be rich through God; everything comes to you from God.?Sergieff. Daily Descend to Nothingness. r"u ~ 1 ~ P ?.i -oalttoc. lo ark afpftlH in hp J. UO IUVC \jl UUiognoo .iu stripped out of anything that It suffers us not to be carried forth to our true rest so long as it can subsist and uphold itself bj its own right and property. If God gave us a true light we should undoubtedly see that the course which tends to our divesting ourselves of all these things carries us on secretly but most really to the true possession of them and our own preservation ; and that we must daily descend to our own nothingness, in which alone God is to be found. Thrice happy are all such poor in spirit.? Mons. de Itenty. Nature is too thin a screen. The glory of the One breaks in everywhere.?Emerson. A Gold Watch in a Codfish's Stomach. Captain Skldmore, of the fishing smack Hoodeneganset, has just arrived at Essex, .Conn,, with a number of relics from the bottom of the ocean. Among them is a lady's beautiful gold watch which was taken from the stomach of a codfish captured near Nantucket. The watoh is marked "Bergee No. 6722, .London, England," and is in a perfect state of preservation. The hands register 12.15 o'clock. A Dear-Mute Anniversary. The Gallaudet Celebration Association of New England has decided to observe the Tinth Anniversary of the birth of. Rev. | Thomas H. Gallaudet, the father of education for deaf mates, In Boston, In December. r THE SABBATH SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR DECEMBER 12. Lesson Text: "Paul's Last Words," II Tim. It., 1-8, 18, 18?Golden Text: II Tim. vl? 7?Commentary on the Lesson by the Rev. Dr. D. M. Steams. 1. "I charge thee therefore God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the qulok and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom.". These are some of the last words of Paul by the Spirit to Timothy, his dearly beloved son In the faith (chapter i? 2), of whom he said that he had no man .mfn him ^Phll <I Of) tnnrrvlnt Ha au UCOl UUkV lum \ Uil, 44., UltU^lu/< MW had been urging him to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus; to endure hardness as a good soldier and please Him who bad chosen him; to study to show himself approved unto God. 2. "Preach the word. Be Instant in season, out of season. Reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine." In chapter Hi., 16, 17, he had said that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable that the man of God may be thoroughly furnished unto all good works, and now be extorts him to use that word faithfully, the word which he had known from childhood (111., 15). Paul teaches to hold fast the faithful word (Titus i., 9); to hold forth the word of life (Phil. 11., 16), and to rightly divide the word of truth (II Tim. II., 15). 8. "lor the time will, come^when they will nA tfndure sound doctrine, bat after their own lasts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having.-Kohingears." How longwe have already been in those times I cannot say, bat that we are in th'em no one can question. Lovers of self, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof (chapter ill., 1-4), are things too plainly seen. 8ome men who have the rule in church affairs do not hesitate to ask for pastors who will give them the thought of the age rather than the word of Ood, and there are pastors who are more ready to please the people than to preach the preaohing whioh God bids them. False prophets as in the olden time. 4. "And they snail turn away their ears from the truth and shall be turned unto fables." Then because they receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved, Ood shall send them strong, delusion that they should believe a lie that they all might be judged who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness (U, Thess. 11., 10-18). It Is surely a woeful sight'to see large congregations gather to listen to those who discard portions of the word of Ood and call other portions myths. 5. "Bat watch thou In all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make fall proof of thv ministry." There Is no pattern for a minister or evangelist hat the Lord Jesas Himself. He was filled 'with the Spirit, led by the Spirit, spoke the words which the Father tola Him and did always those things whloh pleased the Father (John zii.,49; viii., 29). When He suffered, He said, "Even so, Father," and He finished the work whioh the Father gave Him to do (Math, xl., 26; John xvil., 4). 6. "For I am now ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand." Long before this He had said, "I am ready?not td be bound only, bat also to die for tbe name of the Lord Jeausv (Aots xxl., 13). It was His constant desire that Christ should be magnified in His body whether by life or death (Phil. 1., 20). Ifc knew that to die would Jje gain ana to be with .Christ would be very far better (Fhil.'i., 21, 23). But now He seemed sure that He was soon going home. He speaks of it as His departure. The body wouM die, the tabernacle be taken down, but he, Paul, tbe person in the body, would depart to be with Christ, and would be absent from the body and present with the Lord. * 1. "I have fought a 'good figh|; I have finlshedmy course; I have kept the faith." It is the fight of faith, and the life of faith, and the walk of faith (I Tim. vi., 12; Gal. ? - -? * ?? * /-i - J -11 11., 20; COl. 11., tij. it is Denevmg uvu an tbe way through and all that Ho hAS said. As Paul put It elsewhere, "Believing all things that are written in the law and In the prophets" (Acts xxlv., 14). It is not a faith that can ever be made to suit the times. As Dr. Weston flays, "If Christ taught as many teach He would never have been crucified for it." We must earnestly contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to tbe saints, and remember that Paul said, "If any one, even an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel, let him be accursed" (Jude ill.: Gal. 1., 8, 9). 8. "Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, tbe righteous judge, shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all them also that love His appearing." Crowns, as I understand It, are rewards for service to be given to those who earn them, that they may have somewhat to cast at His feet in that day (Bev. iv., 10). They are not given to us when we die, but only at the appearing of our Lord at the resurrection of the just (Luke xiv., 14; I Pet. v., 4; Bev. xxii., 12). I have often referred to the other four to be given to the faithful for four distinct kinds of service, but this one is for those who in all their service carry with them a /certain attitude of soul ?i- TJIo innotrlns WllOn V L6, il/TXU^ ULO WW mm m . comes to the air for His people, I firmly believe that every saint will meet Him, but many may be ashamed and many reoelve no crowns (1 John 1L, 28; I Cor. ill., 14,15). 16. "At my first answer no man stood with me, but all forsook me." To stand alone for the right is intimate fellowship with our Lord, who said to the eleven, "Ye shall be scattered and shall leave Me alone, and yet I am not alone, for the Father la with Me" (John x vi., 32). David was awfully alone when his faithful 600 turned against him and talked of stoning him, he being at the time in like painful circumstances with themselves, but it is written that David encouraged himself in the Lord his God (I Sam. xxx., 6). 17. "Nothwitbstanding the Lord stood with Me and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all tho gentiles might hear, and I was delivered ont of the mouth or the Hon." He hath saldl will never leave thee nor forsake thee, so that we may boldly say the Lord Is my helper (Heb. xiii., 5, 6). Happy are those who can say from the heart, "Behold, God is my salvation; I will itrust, and not be afraid, for the Lord Jehovah Is my strength and my song." (Isa. xli., 2). 18. "And the Lord snail deliver me from oirat-ir Avii wnrif: and will oreserve me unto His heavenly kingdom, to whom.be glory for ever and ever. Amen." Yet In the face of this and Phil. 1., 6, and II Tim. I., 12, and similar strong assurances, there are those who Insist that Paul feared lest after all he might be lost. Perish the thought that any true child of God can ever perish!?Lesson Helper. A SUBSTITUTE FOR RUBBER. Will It Revolutionize the Trade??It Will Coftt Only Six or Seven Cents a Poand. It is announced at Denver, Col., that the Right Rev. Dean H. Martyn Hart, of 8t. John's Cathedral, had perfected an invention which is calculated to revolutionize the rubber trade. Napier Ford discovered a method of oxidizing oils, and when he died In London two years ago he handed his invention to Charles Griest, who made some improvements in it and then turned it over to Dean Hart. The Dean, who is an expert chemist, worked on It for months and Anally made It valuable commercially. The business end of the process was turned over to Dr. John Gower, who went to London and organized a company for its manufacture. The new substance is called perchoid. It will cost only about five or six cents a pound. Dean Hart will go to Washington to sen about the patents, JUDCE ADAMS'S NOVEL DECISION. Weak Minded Not Entitled to Protection of the Law. In the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis, Mo., Judge Elmar B. Adams has caused some surprise by sustaining a demurrer to an indictment charging "Prof." J. C. Fay, a medium of that city, using the malls to defraud. Evidence against Fay was conclusive, but he was discharged by Judge Adams, who held that any man who was so mentnllv dwarfed as to be swindled by the rep resentations of such men as "Prof." Fay he should not bo a competent prosecuting witness in tho criminal prosecution of the man who made them. Boycotting Illegal. The United States Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis decided that boycotting was illegal. "? -4 A TEMPERANCE COLUMN. ] THE DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST ^ IN MANY WAYS. The Usual Way-Drink and the Labor Market ? The Liquor "Indu?trie?," But a Drop In the Backet Compared to Some Other Employment* of Labor. Sparkling wine in brimming measure,' Filled with laughter, drained with pleasure Bobs you of your greatest treasure: Looks a friend, but acts in treason, Steals from you your God-like reason, Makes a sot of you In season. Lower than the beast it makes you. Lower and still lower takes you Till your every friend forsakes you; 1 ' . .. j Till vonr life Is hnt n tnlron Of the hearts that have been broken ^ By a sorrow all unspoken; ' 'And the smiles that erewhlle met yon. Disappear, and friends forget you And you die and none regret you. What Wendell Phillip* Thought. There are so many reasons for temperance apparent to every man who gives the matter any thought whatsoever, that it seems almost superfluous to cite, in Its favor, words and opinions of people of eminence and distinction. But every word -si spoken for the truth has^ts effect; and the following extract from a speech of Wendell Phillips may be of use in-showing what that celebrated and eloquent advocate of numerous reforms thought of the temperance cause: "Some men look upon this temperance question as a whining bigotry, narrow asceticism, or a vulgar sentimentality, fit for little minds, weak women, and weaker men. On the contrary, I regard It as seoond only to one or two others of the primary reforms of the age. * . * Every one of you can glanoe back over your dwn path and count many and many a one among those who started for the guai ui your uiue, wna equal energy, ana perhaps greater promise, who has found a drunkard's grave long before this. * * Hardly one hoase in this city, whether it be full and warm with all the luxury of wealth, or whether It find hard, cold maintenance by the most earnest economy, no matter whioh?hardly a house that does not count among sons , ?r nephews some victim of this vice. The skeleton of this warning sits at every board. The whole world Is kindred in ' this suffering. The .country mother launches her boy with trembling upon the temptations of city life; the father entrusts his daughter anxiously to the young, man she has chosen, knowing what a wreck Intoxication maj make of the roof-tree they set up. Alas! How often are their worst forebodings more than fulfilled! I have known a case ?probably many of you recall some equal to It?where one worthy.woman could count father, brother, husband,' and sonin-law all drunkards. No man among her, near kindred, exoept her son, who was not / a victim of this* vice. Like all other appetites, this finds resolution weak when set against' the constant presence of temp; tation." Profitable Losses. The followlxuNROod speech is nearly a V verbal report of due heard at a temperance . , meeting: "I have been thinking since I came into ' ' V1 the meeting to-Qight, about the losses I've mat alnfA T a(<ri-AW fnt-fti thaHnani>n pledge. I tell yoa there Isn't a man In the society who has lost more by slopping drink than I have. Wait a bit until I tell ?... you what I mean. There was a nice job of work to be done in the shop to-day, and 4s the boss called for me. "'Give it to Law/said he. 'He's the ."M best hand in the shop.' "Well, I told my wife at supper time, and . ' ahesaid: "'Why, Laurie, he used to call you the . : worst. You've lost your bad name haven't . > v. .fl yoa?' ' " 'That a Wet, wife,' said I. 'And it ain't all I've lost in the last sixteen months, , . dither. I had poverty and wretchedness, ' and I lost them. I had an old ragged coat and a shockln' bad bat, and some waterproof boots that let the wet out of the toes ' as fast as it took it in at the heel. I've lost them. I had a red face, a trembling hand and a pair of shakeytlegs that gave me an < awkward tumble now fuid then; I had a habit of cursing and swearing, and I've got rid of that. I had an aching head sometimes and a heavy heart, and, worse than all the rest, a guilty conscience. Thank ' Sod. I've lost them ail.' . "Then I told my wife what she na3 lost. " 'You've had an old ragged gown, Mary,' jaid I. 'And you had trouble and sorrow ind a poor, wretohed home and plenty of heartaches, for you had a miserable drunkard. Mary, Mary, thank the Lord for iskll enn And T hftvft Inst nincn'T Afcnari th? t?m. . perance pledge!'" Drink and the Labor Market. Under this heading a writer In the G. T. Watchword makes the following effective showing: v It has been stated that the Caledoniah Dlstillerv, at Edinburgh, whose output of liquor Is over ?1,600,000 (*7,260,000) worth per annum, only employs 160 men. Compare this with the Atlas Iron Works at Sheffield, , whose turnover is about the same amount, and where the humber of men employed Is ver 3000. With the same turnover of money in the business in whloh the writer Is engaged (stay-making), instead of employing 160 we could actually ourselves find employment for 10,000 people. But in addition to this, in order to keep our operatives fully employed, we bhould be tho means of giving employment tf? quite another 5000, for we should require (in addition to boilers, engines, shafting, eto.), a large number of additional cutting maihfnes, 200 pair of shears annually, about 10,000 sewing machines?which would re- - ;.<i quire to be replaced every seven years? ' and between times we should require to replaoe breakages and ordinary wear and tear, which would be enormous. We should also require 250,000 needles every year, and 150,000 pieces of cloth would be wanted annually. At the very least 10,000 gross of reels of cotton (of 1000 yards each); 2000 tons of steel strips; 1000 tons of twine, cane, horn and whalebone; 60,000 gross yards of lace, and twenty tons of silk would be wanted, besides a host of other things. A similar demand would ensue from many other trades were this immense turnover theirs. In this way all industries would reap the benefit. But what has the drink trade to show as a set-off against this large employment of labor? Beyond a few coopers, glassblowers, caskmakers, etc., absolutely nothing. ???- *. -v Only One Way. The London Daily Chronicle asks: *'Why cannot the temperance societies devote part of their energies to making our drink trafllo and habits a trifle more olvilized?" ro IQ13 ids uoou xeiupmrs vraiuuwuiu icplles: "There is only one way to olvlllze the drink traffic, and that is to prohibit it." Arctic Expedition*. Seeing that three separate Arotic expeditions will shortly set sail for the north Eole, the advice given by Dr. Nansen in is great work, "The First Crossing of Greenland," as to the use of alcoholie liquors is timely: "It is often supposed," ho says, "that even though spirits are .not intended for daily use they ought to be taken upon an expedition for use in cases of emergenoy. I should acknowledge this if any one could show me a single case in which suoh a remedy is necessary; but till this is done, 1 ?hall maintain that this pretext is not sufficient, and that the best course is to banish alcoholic drinks from the list of necessaries for an Arctlo expedition." Growing Influences Against Alcohol. In England no feature of life is more marked than the tendency away from the use of intoxicating drinks, and in our own country the action of great business corE orations, mutual benefit societies and rotherly associations of all kinds in refusing to have as employes or members men who drink intoxicants to excess, is perhaps the best thermometer we have ot the growth of public influence against the alcohol habit. Teroporanco News at>?l Notes. TTnalth enters bv the gateway of temper anc?\ " "Joy una temperance and repose Slam the door on the doctor's nose." The sorrows that are drowned by.drlnJtf iMm ilf M" IS