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SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
DIVINE.
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-Jubjeet: Tlie World ?? It Will B?-Improvement
in Hamau Conditions After
the Earth Han Been Kevolntloniied
for Good?The Coining Century.
[Copyright, Loci* Klopsch, 1899.]
Wabhikotox, D. C.?By a novel mode Dr.
"T&lmage in this discourse shows how the
world will look after it has been revolutionized
for good; text, II Peter Hi., 13.
'"A new earth, wherein dwelletb righteousness."
' ' Down in the struggle to make the world
better and happier we sometimes get depressed
with the obstacles^ to be overcome
-and the work to be accomplished. Will it
not be a tonio and an inspiration to look
it the world as it will D? when it lias oeen
'brought baok to paradlsaioai condition?
,, So let us for a few moments transport ourlelves
Into the future and put ourselves
forward in the oenturiea and see the world
la its rescued and perfeoted state, as we
will see it if In those times we are permitted
to revlglt this planet, as I am sure we
will. We all want to see the world after it
has been thoroughly gospellzed and all
-wrongs have been righted. We will want
'to oome baok, and we will come back to
'loolc upon the refulgent consummation tof
which we have been on larger or
smallSI scale tolling. Having beard the
opening dVthe orchestra on whose strings
SB Rome dlscordTtrtrwied, we will want to
EV hear the last trlumpMnt bar of ,the?perfected
oratorio. Having ?en the picture
as the painter drew its first 'Klines upon
M -oanvas, we will want to see It wTA3.it is as
Be complete as Reubens'"Descent FromUje
Cross" or Michael Angelo's "Last Judg-1
ment." Having seen the world under the
Hf gleam of the star of Bethlehem, we will
B want to see it when, under the full shining
^ of the snn of nghteousness, the towers
I mnu striKe l ? at noon.
There will be nothing iu that coming century
of the world's perfection to hinder
r our terrestrial visit. Our power And velocity
of locomotion will have been improved
Infinitely. It will not take uslong tocome
iiere, however far off in'God's universft
heaven may be. The Bible declares that
inch visitation is going on now. "Are they
not all ministering spirits sent forth to
minister to those who shall be heirs of sal,
vatlou?" Surely the gates of heaven will
? / not be bolted after the world is Edenized
nil hlnHnr the redeemer! from descend
jng for a tour of inspection and congratulation
and triumph.
You know with what interest we look
V ' upon ruins?ruins of Keniiworth custie,
i ruins of Melrose abbey, ruins of Rome,
i f ruins of Pompeii. So this world in ruius Is j
I an enchantment to look at, but we want to
" . { see it when rebuilt, repiiiared, retowered,
/ realtered, rededicated. The exact date of
c the world's moral restoration I cannot
/ foretell. It may be tbat through mighty
f awakenings it will take place in the middle
of tlie nearby twentieth century. It may
be at the opening of the twenty-flrst century,
but it would not be surprising if it
took more'than 100 years to correct the
Parages of sin which bare raged for GOOO
years. The chief missionary and evangel
(fltlo enterprises were started m mis cenhy^.and
be not dismayed if it takes a
. couple of centuries to overcome evils that
- /- have bad full swing for sixty centuries. I
tats .no responsibility in saying on what
page of the earthly calendar it will roll in,
but God's eternal veraoity is sworn to It
that it will roll in, and as the redeemed in
heaven do as they please and hare all the
facilities of transit from world to world,
r jrou and I, my hearer or reader, will come
/' knd look at what my tnzt calls "A new
> ftarth wherein dwelleth righteousness."
I Imagine,that we are descending at that
. \ period of the world's complete gospellzation.
There will be no peril in suoh a de?cent.
Great heights and depths have no
alarm for glorified spirits. We can como
down through obaams between worlds
Without growing dizzy and across the
tpaces of half the universe without losing
bur way. Down and farther down we co:ne.
hs we approach this world we breathe the
. . . perfume of lllfmitable gardens. Floral Izhtion
tliHt In centuries post was here and
there walled in lest reckless and dishonest
"? hands pluck or despoil it surges its billows
of color across the fields and up the lillllldes,
and that wbich was desert blossoms
as the rose. All the foreheads of crag
Browned with flowers,the feet ot the mouutains
slippered with flowers! Oh, this perfume
ot toe continenta.this aroma of hemi'
spheres! As we approach nearer and neurer
I , we hear songs and laughter and hosannas,
f bnt not one groan of distress, not one sob
of bereavement, not one clank of cbalD.
Alighted on the redeemed earth, we are
Iff ' ftrst accosted by the Spirit of the twentyfirst
century, who proposes to guide and
hbow us all that we desire to see. Without
His guidance we would lose our wny, for
the. world to so much changed from the
time when we lived in it. First of all, He
points .out to us u group of abandoned
buildings. We ask this Spirit of the twen >
ty-flrst century, "What are those structures
whose walls are falling down und
whose gates are rusted on the hinges?"
Our esoort tells us: "Those were once
i . "* penltentluries filled with offenders, but tbe
}.[ crime of tbe world has died out. Tlieft
lind arson and fraud and violence have
(lultted the earth. People have all they
want, and why should they appropriate
1 the property ot other* even II they had the
j desire? The marauders, the assassins, the
: i buccaneers, the Herods, the Nana Suhibs,
the ruffians, the bandits, are dead or,
transformed by the power of the Christian
religion, are now upright and beneficent
? and useful.
After passing on amid columns and
' statues erected in memory of those who
} have been mighty for goodness in the
world's history, the highest and the most
exquisitely sculptured those in honor of
fiuoli as have been most effectual in saving
life or improving life rather than those renowned
for destroying life, we come upon
' / another group of buildings that must have
/ bean transformed from thetr original shape
\ ana aaaptea to oiner uses, -wnai is uu
, this?" we ask our escort. He answers:
"Those were almshouses and hospitals,
f tut accuracy in mnlting aud prudence in
running machinery of ull sort? have almost
N abolished the list ot casualties, and sobriety
and Industry have nearly abolished pauperism,
so that those buildings which ouce
were hospitals and almshouses, have been
turned into beautiful homes for the less
prospered, and if you will look In you will
aee the poorest table has abundance, aud
the smallest wardrobe luxury, and the
harp, waiting to have its strings thrummed,
leaning against the pjuno, waiting tor its
keys to be Angered.
"Hospitals and almshouses must have
been a necessity once, but they would lie
useless now. And you see all the swamps
S bave been drained, the sewerage of the
great towns has been perfected, and the
, world's climate Is so improved that there
are no pneumonias to come out of the cold,
or T&eumatisms out of the dampness, or
on pAntnmnHftna hfln.
Jsbed, pueumoniiis banished, diphtheria
banished, ophthalmia banished, neuralgias
banished. As "near as I can tell from what
I have read, our-atmosphere of this oentnry
Is a mingling of the two months of
May and October of the nineteenth centgjg
ory."
But I say to oar escort: "Did all this
merely happen so? Are all the good heijB
epontaneously good? How did you get the
old:shipwrecked world ufloat again, out of
the breakers Into the smooth seas?" "No,
no!" responds our twenty-flrst century escort.
"Do you see those towers? Tnose
k. are the towers of oburohes, towers of rer
formatory Institutions, towers of Christian
schools. Walk with mo, and let us enter
: r": some of these temples." We enter, and I
And that the music is In the major key und
none of It in the minor. "Gloria In Excelsis"
rising above "Gloria In Excelsis."
Tremolo stop In the organ not so much used
as the trumpet stop. More ol Ariel than of
Naomi. More obants thau dirges* Not a
thin song, the words of which no one understands
on the lip of a soloist, but mlghiy
harmonies that roll from the outside door
to chancel and from floor to groined rafter
as though Hafidel had come out of the
eighteenth century Into the twenty-flrst
and had his foot on the organ pedal, and
Thomas Hastings had come out of the early
part of the nineteenth century into the
twenty-flrst and were leading the voices.
Music tbHt moves me eartn ana maites
heaven listen!
But I say to our twenty-flrst century escort:
"I cannot understand tills. Have
these worfllilpere no sorrows, or have they
forgotten their sorrows?" Our escort responds:
"Sorrows! Wliy, they had sorrows
more than yoa could count, but by a divine
Illumination that the eighteenth and
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nineteenth centuries never enjoyed tbej
understand the uses of sorrow aud are comforted
with a supernatural condolence
such as previous centuries never experi<
enced."
I nsk again of the Interpreter, "Hnj
death been banished from tbe world?**
The answer is, "No, but pooplo die no\*
only when the physical machinery is worn
out, and they realize It la lime to go and
that they,are certainly and without doubt
going into a world where they will be infinitely
better off and ure to live in a mansion
that nwaits tbelr immediate oc>
oupancy." But how was all tbis effected?'I
ask our escort. Answer: "By flood ol
trrisnpl nnwnk YoU'who lived in the Hlne
teenth century never saw a revival of rell?
glon to be compared with what occurred
in the latter part of the twentieth and the
early part of the tweuty-flr9t century
The propheoy haa been fuilllled that 'a
nation shall be born In a day'?that is, ten
or twenty or forty million people couverted
in twenty-four hours. In our church history
we read of the great awakening ol
1857, when Ave hundred thousand souls
were saved. But that was only a drop of
the coming showers that since then took
Into the kingdom of God everything between
the Atlantic and the Pacific, between
the Pyrenees and the Himalayas."
The evils that good people were in the
nineteenth century trying to destroy have i
been overcome by celestial forces. What
human weaponry failed to accomplish has
been done by omnipotent thunderbolts.
As you and I see in this terrestrial visitation
of the coming centuries that the
church fitis under God .accomplished so
much, wa ask our escort, the spirit of the
twenty-first century, to ?how us the different
kinds of churches. So we are taken in
and otit of theohurches of different denominations,
and we find that they are just as
different in the twenty-first century as they
were different in the nineteenth when we I
wynhiped in them. There is unity In them !
as to the greaiesj^tlals of salvation. But J
we enter the Baptist Churtfc.j'i.ifViVrswptismal
day, anif no sec the candidates for
membership immersed. And we go into a
Presbyterian Church and see a group of
parents around the baptismal font holding i
up their children for the christening. And
we enter the Episcopal Church and hear
the solemn roll of her liturgies, and her
ministers are gowned and burpilced. And
we enter the Lutheran Church, and we
hear in the sermon preached the doctrines
of the greatest of German reformers. And
we go into the Methodist Church just in
time to sit down -at a love feast and give
miHihln "Amca" when the service stirs us.
At least fifty kinds o( churches in the
twenty-first century, as thero were 150 different
kinds of churches In the nineteenth
century.'
"0 spirit of the twenty-flrst century, will j
you not show us something of tbe commercial
life of your time?" He answers, "Tomorrow
I will show you all." And on the
morrow he takes us through the great
marts of trade and shows us the bargain
makers and tbe shelves on which tbe goods
lay and the tierces and hogsheads in which
they are contained. I notice that the
fabrics are of better quality than anything
I ever saw In our nineteenth century, for
the factories are more skillful, and the
wheels that turn and the looms that clack
and the engines that rumble are driven by
force that were not at century ago discovered.
The prices of the fabrics indicate a reasonable
profit, and tbe firm In, the counting
room and tbe clerks at't&e counter
and the draymen at tbe doorway and tho
errand boy on bis rounds and . the messenger
who brings the mall and the men
who open the store In the morning as
| well as those who close It at night nil
look as 1( tbey were satisfied ana well
treated. No swallowing up of small
bouses of merchandise by great houses,
no rulnouB undersoillng until those In
the same line are bankrupt and then
the prioes lifted, no unneossary assignment
to defraud creditors, - no overdrawing
of accounts, no abscondlngs, no
sharp practice, no snap judgments, but
the manufacturer right In his dealings
with the wholesaler, and the wholesaler
with the retailer, and tlie retailer with
the customer. No purchasing of goods that
will nevtr be paid for. All right behind
the oounter; all right before the counter.
No repetition of what Solomon describes
when he writes, "It is naught, it is naught,
saith the buyer, but when he Is gsne his
way (hen he boastetb." "0 spirit of the
twenty-first century, bow glad I am that
you showed us these stores and factories
and places of bargain aad sale! It was not
always so In the nineteenth century, when
we were earthly residents. Many of those
merchants who are good at ciphering out
other rules In arithaaetio never could cipher
out that sum in the rule of loss and gain,
'What shull it profit a man if he gain the
whole world una lost his soul?"
"But," I say to our escort, the Spirit of
the twenty-Qrst century, and vou and I
say to each other, "we must go home now,
back again to heaven. We have staid long
onough on this terrestrial visitation to see
that all the best things foretold m the
Scriptures and which wo road daring our
earthly residence have come to pass, and
all the Davldic, Solomonic and Faulinlan
and Johannean^rophecies have been fulfilled,
and that the earth, instead ot being
u ghastly failure, is the mightiet success
in the universe. A star redeemed. A
planet rescued! A world save>l! It started
TOith n. imrfiau. nud It is colnir to close
with a garden. What a happiness that we
could have seon this old world after It was
righted and before It burned, for its internal
fires have nearly burned out to the
crust, according to the geologist, making
it easy for the theologian to believe
in the conflagratiou that the
Bible predicts. One element taken
from the water end that will burn,
and another element taken from tbo nir
and that will burn, and .surrounding planets
will watch this old ship of a world on
fire and wonder if all its passengers got
safely off. Before that planetary catastrophe,
hie us back to heaven. Farewell,
spirit of the twenty-first century! Thanks
for your guidance! We can stay no longer
?* ?"? "?? fhof narar anH In
, temples never closed, In a da; that bus no
sunaown. Wo must report to the immortals
around the throne the transformations
we have seen, the victories of truth
on land and sea, the hemispheres irradiated,
and Christ on the throne of oartb, as
He Is on the throne of heaven."
And now you and I have left our escort
as we ascend, for the law of gravitation has
no power to detain ascending spirits. Up
through immensities and by steliur and
lunar and solar splendors, which cannot be
described by mortal tongue, we rise higher
and higher, till we reach the shining gate
as it opens for our return, and the questions
greet us from all sides: "What is the
news? What dl(J you And in thaj earthly
tower? What have you to report in this
city of the sun?" Prophetic, apostolic,
saintly inquiry. And, standing on the steps
nf tiiH hniisn of ma.nv mansions, we crv i
aloud the news: "Hear It, all ye glorified I
Christian workers of all the past centuries!
We found your work waa successful,
whether on earth you tolled with knitting
needle, or rung a trowel on a rising wall,
or smote a shoe last, or endowed a university,
or swayed a sceptor; whether on earth
you gave a cup of cold water in the name
of u disciple, or at some Pentecost preached
3000 souls into the kingdom.'
"Iu that world we have just visited the
deserts are all abloom, and the wildernesses
are bright with fountains. Sin is extirpated.
Crime is reformed. Disease is
ctired. The race is emancipated. 'The
earth is full of the knowledge of Ood, aa
the waters cover the sea.' 'The redeemed
of the Lord have come to Zion with soprs
and everlasting joy upon their heads.'
The Lord God Omnipotent reignetb, and
the kingdoms of the world have become
the kingdoms of our Lord Jesus Christ.'
Let the harpers of heaven strike the glad
tidings from the strings of their harps, and
i"* *>nv fliutn in Mia mrtnflu aI
L II O U UUi^OlOIC] pilb kUOtM IU ?r?
their trumpets, and the orchestras roll
them into the ?raud march of the eternities,
nnd all the catheirul towers of the
great capital of the universe chime tbein
till over heaven."
j?.And now I look up and see the casting
down of the bejewetodund radiant crowns
at tbejsacred feet of the enthroned Jesus.
Missionary Carey Is casting down before
those teet the crown of India saved. Missionary
Judson Is casting down the crown
of Burma saved. Missionary Abeel casting
down the crown of China saved. David
Livingstone casting down at those feet the
crown of Africa saved. Missionary Brain
erd casting down tbe crown of this eoun
try's aborigines saved. Souls that went uf
from alt the denominations in America it
holy rivalry, seeking which could soonest
cast down th? crown of this continent al
the Saviour's feet, and Amcrica saved.
The churches of the United Stales olala
27.000.000 communicants.
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SOD'S; MESSAGE TO MAN.
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PRECNANjT THOUCHTS FROM T^E
\A/npi nte GREATEST PROPHETS,
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Shut In?Tile Yearninjj of the Soul?No
Loneiina** Wilb the Lord?Spiritual
Benefit <>f Rent? Sanctified Afflction#
Are God'* Will?The Three HI.
A little strip Cf city yard
With country greenneBS spread;
A narrow riftlbetween two roofs.
But glory overhead.
Without, the cjlaagor and thedia
Of dusty, sum-scorched -streets;*
Within, the peafce and quietness
Of ifkture s gneen retreats.
I lie upon the sofV.green turf
And watch the dVstant sky;
And see the ever-cnVpuging train
Of white-capped clouds roll by.
Some seem to be His vslHnds
Where the fronded taalm trees grow,
Some seem like angellfaces
Of the lost of long ago.
Great soft-winged birdsl and white-fleecod
sheep \ /
Go calmly sailiug by; \
Then clear and blue, and bear and true,_
I see the undecked sky.\ ?"
Aye! turf Is turf wherever found,
And heaven is always there!
We flud between lite'n narrowest walla
That God is everywhere. ?
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5Iy little greensward sprewds and grows
To meadows, hills anrt/Viiles;
The clcuds seem oceap/s wave-beat shores
Tossed by the summer gales;
The city's clansror Mending makes
The drtjcy serf s soiemn roll;
^ uile peace and rest come softly down
And touch my weary soul. \ ,
Mrs. E. A. Hawkins, iii Zion's Herald.
The Yearning of the Sonl.
Private prayer gives opportunity for meditntfnn.
One cannot stoo in Dnblic Draver I
to discuss prr s and cons, to answer objections,
or even to see if there be objections. '
One cannot pause to correct rhetoric in j
public supplication. Nor is it well to ''pad" i
prayer with exhortation cr reproof for some |
human listener. But in tbe closet, medita- |
tion and soul-debate, with God for umpire, j
become quickeners and clariflers of conscidnfte.
It is in private prayer that the
soul puts the brook Jabbok between self and
nil earthly ties and wrestles and prevails
with a 8tranger, to the learning of Divine
revealing and transforming. And
it is after such victories that there comos in
public the illuminating glory of the Mount '
of Transfiguration, and perhaps the attest- 1
ing presence of patriarch and prophet. With
such praying there comes to the listener the
witness of the voice divine. But howevei !
and wherever, the best of praying, like the
*mothei^tongue,must be that which is learned
from a mother's lips. The soul's desire
finds expression in unstudied and familial
forms of speech. It has no foreign accent,
it is couched in no strange 'Ifr-.m, but rolls
along a homely vehicle of ihougbt which
best expresses the yearnllg of the soul for
communion with God and its transforming 1
power.
No Lonelin*>s With the Lord.
There is no loneliness?the most solitary
wav is bright and peaceful?to one who
knows that the Lord is always with him.
There is no such thing as failure for one who
can (as it were) feel the nearness of that
Divine Form which the eye cannot discern.
Then difficulties seem to be swept from before
us, as the summer wind sweeps away
the mi?ts lhat have settled upon land and
sea. Then fear and doubt are dispelled, as
when after many days of storm the sun
breaks forth again, and all the sky is clear.
So it was that the disciples,believing that the
living Lord was going before them, went
forth, in the might of an invincible faith;not
to Galilee merely, but to the ends of the j
??rtb. The nower bv which they accom
pushed their great work was not in themselves.
It was in Him whom they obediently
and gladly followed,and who not only manifested
Himself repeatedly to them, but gave
them strength andfortitudo and courage foi
the stupendous task which He called them
to undertake. Ob, the comfort and the
glory of walking thus afterthe unseen Lor<li
Oh, the glory, greater still, of walking witb
Him by and by, in the light and peace and
;?Edwurd B. Coe, D. D., ii
"Life Indeed."
Spiritual Benefit of Heat.
It is not uncommon to speak of pby&ica
rest as necessary for the welfare of th?
mind, it being conceded of course that the
body itself needs repose and vocation. Bu'
the need of the soul is equally involved
The soul is as closely connected with th<
body as the Intellect is, if, indeed, they b<
not one. And weariness of the flesh, whici
?- -??l. ./irao/l,, Kf ru?r?ntir>n ?ml lihancfl
WO SC*7JV bV 4 Oiuvuj MJ ft vv? especially
in summer, never fails to hrtve iti
effect upon the spiritual nature. Howmuct
easier it Is to lose tae temper, to make unohari
table judgments and utterances.to form plant
which involve some element of evil, whei
we are tired and In need of rest! We bavt
learned to make excuses for each other'i
moral shortcomings in a measure for thb
very reason, but probably we do not nlwayi
appreciate as we ought how great is th<
spiritual benefit of a vacation wisely em
ployed. The mere change of those objects
which engage the mind, the mere substitu<
tion of new themes for reflection it stead O'
the old ones, the mere observation of loresand
mountain, of cliff and breaker, tonei
up the heart as well as the intellect, and in |
spires us with new end more invigorating
and ennobling thoughts of ourselves auc
our relations to God.
Sanctified Affliction* Are God's Will. I
Suffering is unavoidable, but ^hen w? '
clearly perceive that it is, when properly ac
cepted, wholly remedinl and most hopefu
the development of highest character, it ii
a direct minister of happiness. Troublei
are the tools by which God shapes us int<
beauty and usefulness. Borrow is Mt. Sina
where we may talk with the Lord face u
face if we wiil not be afraid of the thundei
and lightning. Trials are the rough file t<
rub the rust off our virtues; they are the
sharp, wheels that cut and polish th?
jewels of character; they are the flery furnace
purging away the dross that the pun
gold may appear; they are the medicines,
bitter but healing, that cure us of oui
I-J J ft A.l ? m ,'A?(Al.a Iw
LHUIttUItJS. oaucwucu nnutuvus Oic vm
shadows of God's will. They show us out
weakness and drive us to Christ. Thej
wean us from tbe world and draw us toward
heaven. If we take this sensible scriptural
view of ptdn we shall turn our crosses intc
crown9, our burdens into blessings, through
union with Christ, and it may be done sc
swiftly ns to leave ub seurcely conscious ol
anything but the blessing.?James Mudge,
D. D.
The Three Gi.
The ten spies differed from Caleb and
Joshua in their report of the land of Canaan!
There are three words here beginning
with G?the word "God," the word
giant,*' and the word "grasshopper." Now,
note, these spies made a great mistake aa to
the position of these three words; they compared
themselves with the people of the
land and said,"And in their sinht we were
as Krassnoppera. n mey nau compnrea
the people of the land with God. they would
have comu back, as Caleb hq<1 Joshua did,
who said in effect. "We have compared the
giants with God, and the plants-are as gnisshoppers."?Rev.
F. B. Mevor.
Men talk as though God were an absentee.
But every true believer, every audience
gathered in the name of Christ, is the home,
the seat, the body of God. the lloly Spirit.?
F. B. Meyer.
in tnti roornuune lie isuilt.
The stonemason who laid the cornet
stone of the City Poor House in Cincinnati.
Ohio, In 1868 applied a few days ago foi
admission to that institution and was received.
His name is William Brlnkschroder,
and he is seventy-six years old. Foi
several years he haa*lived with a daughter
in a suburb of the city, hut he finally decided
to relieve her of the burden of supporting
him. Mr. Brtnkschroder, who if
still In good health, spoke of bis work on
tbe infirmary over a quarter of a centurj
ago, and said that be iost $500 on tbe contract.
Learning to iBe Agriculturists^
It Is estimated that there are 30,000 puplli
In tb? agricultural schools of tUe United
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INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR DECEMBER 24.
Snbjeet: Christ** Coming Foretold. Ioa.
is., 2-7?Golden Text: Lake 11., 11?
Memory Verne*: Iia. lx., 0, 7?Commentary
on the Dmy't Lenon.
2. "The people that walked In darkness.'
Tbe people of Judah. Tbey were at thl?
time under a two-fold darkness: (l)Tn?
darkness of outward trouble. See 2ji.lnjf.-4
15:37; 16:4-8, 17; 2 Chron. 23:5-8. Tn?J
were in moral-darkness. They were attacked
by the klog of Israel and by the
king of Damasous, and afterward by the
king of Assyria. Great multitudes wero
carried aaptives, St were slain. In thin
dtjep affliction o? the Jewl*h nation her old
foes rose up. against her. The Edomltes,
on the southeast, and the Philistines, on
the southwest, poured in their troops upon
the devoted laad and Added to Its calamities.
'.The Phillatlnos took permanent possession
of the territory which they had
overrun, occupying it and adding it to their
dominion. Judah was indeed "brought low
and made naked." 2 Chron. 23:18. Her
country was desolate, her cities were barne.d
with Are; her land?strangers devoured it
In her presence, Isa. 1:7. The territory tbat
remained to her was truly but a very
small remnant, and even that was threatened.
To escape from these troubles kiag
Ahaz appealed to Tiglath-Plleser II., of
Aaavrtn. for hnln " lift sarnn. and the result
was that Ahaz bad to rob the temple and
bis palace of tbelr treasures In order to pay
the required tribute;:aad, still more, be
sacrificed the Independence and honor of
the realm itself.?Peloubet.
3. "Thou hast multiplied the nation." ?
The prophet shows them the Messiah and
His times. He would move them co hope,
awaken faith, arouse to righteousness, by
the vision of good times coming. The only
way to such a blessed consummation was
by the path of holiness, obedience and
faith. "They joy before Thee." The prophet
notes it to be a religious joy because
it is said to be before Rod?that is, in His
presence and with a grateful acknowledgment
of His benefits. This seems to denote
that the events predicted would be the
source of greater joy to all true Israelites
thun any of their former deliverances;
though, at the same time, the unbelieving
Jews who constituted the bulk of the nation
would be drh'en into darkness, as tliey
were, both as to their outward miseries and
their dark and blinded state In respect of
splrltualconcerns.
4. "Thou hast broken the yoke." The
Jews were successively delivered from the
burdensome and gallia-g yoke of the Assyrians,
Chaldeans, Persians and Macedoninns;
bat these deliverances wore oaly n
shadow of redemption from the yoke of
Satan; and that redemption seems here
especially predicted as If already accomplished.
"As In the day of Mldlan." As
Gideon with a handful of men conquered
the hosts of Mldlun, so Messiah, the
?chlld'^{v. 6), shall prove to be the "Prince
of peace," and the small company nnder
Htm shall overcome the mighty hosts of
intlchrlst. See the same contrast in Hlc. ,
5: 2-5.
5. "For every bailie." It was the ens- ]
com of antiquity to pile the arms of prostrate
enemies, tbe spoils of less value, an<t
their spotted garments, intoheap .and
then burn them. All that bekrtuc* to war
jhall be swept away; the war Itself shall
die. Tbe Messiah abolishes all; war; but
not until His foes are either swept away by
His judgments or melted lntc penitence and
won over to submission by His love. These
promises were a great oomfort, jiot only
for the promise of victor? over the then .
lliMitonlna a nam f. hllfr frf\m thfl ftSStir.
once of final triumph and success. The:
tide from the i ocean of future blessings :
flowed back upon the present. The lightfrom
Jesus Christ shout) back on Judah all.
through the seven hundred years that lay
between. The best things In life are bat
dimly seen and partly known.
6. "Unto us." The'prophet spake of the
predicted blessings as If already communicated.
Angels say, "Onto you," but this
child was born for the beneilt of us men,
of as sinners, of all believers, to the-ond of
the world. In tuo far distance the prophet
foresaw the Redeemer of the world. It is
Interesting to notice how this promise
gradually dawned upon the world through
the proxhets. A little later came tho
vision of the suffering Saviour (Isa. 53);
then the town where He should be born
CMlnah 5-2}; n. more comDlete revelation
oame through Daniel. T'hese prophecies
were so spread abroad that at the time of
His oomlng there prevailed throughout
the entire East an Intense convlotlon that
ero long a po serial monaroh would arise
In Judea and gala dominion over the
world. Virgil, who lived a- little before
this, owns that a child from heaven was
looked for, who should restore tho golden
age and take away sin. "A son Is given."
God's gratuitous gift, npon whloh man
bad no claim. John 3:16. A gift of love,
of joy, of universal fitness to our needs,
of eternal enrichment, of forever increasing
value; and this gift Insures nil other
gifts. Horn. 8:32. A? Son of man Jesus
was "a child bbrn;" as Son ^f God he was
a "Son given." "Government." Tho ensign
of government, the sceptre, tho
Bword, or key, was borne upon or hung
from the shoulder. All government shall
be Vested In him. "His name."' A name
stands for all that is in the man?bis
character, his principles and his property.
"Wonderful." Because His nature was
both human and divine. Whoever refuses
to believe in the supernatural must pause
nt the manger. He can go no farther.
How Godhood and manhood could be knit
together in the person of Christ is beyond
us. But things incomprehensible are not
incredible. All divine works are wonderful.
There are marvels enough in a drop
of water to bewilder the wiseit. "Counsellor."
One who has wisdom to guide himself
andj>ther?. Je3U3 was tho embodiment of
tbeWisdomof God. "Mighty Goj." Goatne :
mighty Oae. As He baB wisdom, so He has
strength; He la able to save to the uttermoat;
aud such is the work of the mediator
that no less a power than that of the
mighty God could accomplish It. Hw has
control of ail forces for the salvation of
men; He can conquer all enemies, make
His kingdom triumphant over allpbstacles,
can always stand bafore and above Hl.w
people, leading them on to higher and
bfgher developments. "Everlasting
Father." Expressing the divine fove and
pity for men, a love that can never fall, fot
it Is everlasting. The Father pitieth His
children that are weak In knowledge, and
Instructs them; pities them Vben they are
froward, and bears with them; pities them
when they are slok, and comforts them;
when they are fallen, und helps them up
again. "Prince of Peace." As a King He
preserves, oommands, creates peace. His
peace both keeps the hearts of His people
and rules in them. He Is the Author o< all
that peace which Is the present and future
kllao nt TTIc onviiopfu Phhoa (5 llSflfl to
Eress all tba blessings that come to a
ingdom where there Is peace from oatward
enemies, peace between rulers and
ruled, pence between the different members
of the kingdom; do disorders, no Idleness.
no criminals.
NEWS FROM PITCAIRN ISLAND.'
Many Male Descendants of the Bounty
Mutineers Hare Left It.
The British ship Centurion, Captain
Collins, arrived at Philadelphia a few days
Rgo, aud brought the first news received
tor a long tiim from Pltcatrn Island, in
the South Pacific Ocean, where reside the
descendants of the mutineers of the fumous
ship Bounty, who lauded in 1789. Tlut Island
Is about two and a quarter miles long,
n mile and a hair wide, and lies out of the
beaten track ot travel. Captain Collins
said there are at present about 130 persons
on the Island, nearly all of whom are women,
the men and boys as a rule having
JOURht work on passing vessels or whalers.
According to Captain Collins, nobody on
the island Induces in intoxicants, tobacco,
or profanity. There are no cattle, but
goats are plentiful. The main paths are
attractively bordered with orange groves
and palm trees. ?
Tlie Public Doutaln.
Tte annual report of Commissioner Hermann
of the general land office shows a
grand total of 929,308,063 acres of unappropriated
aud uureserved public lands tn
the United Slates. Tbo disposals ot public
lauds duriug the fiscal year show an innrMiian
at SIR nurnu na nnmnnrnH with
tlio aggregate of the previous veur.
Blllliona'sturvlng In India.
The famine In India this year covers at
area of 850,000 square miles, In whlon is
popnjatiou.pf $0,000,000 people. _
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THE GREAT DESTROYER.
I
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
Come Away From the Rye?The Itnpor.
tanca of Improving the DweUlDfii of
the Poor aa a Counteractive to the la*
flnences of the Saloon.
If a body's always drinking,
Everything's awry.
Should a body get to thinking
Sure he'd stop aad sigh,.
All such bodies think teetotal
Very hard and dry,
x>ub ?ro moy say luoy uuuiu uoi Keep u
Ought they not to try?
?National Temperance Advocate.
Better Home* For the Poor.
Some very wLse and practical suggestions
are contained in tbe report presented to
the Presbytery of New York by Its Committee
on Temperance. Tbe report dwells
on the lmportanoe of Improving tbe homes
of the poor as a counteractive to the influences
of the saloons. ft says:
The liquor traffic makes unceasing and
deadly war upon the home. The saloon is
the stronghold of this trade. It supplies
the weapons and pays for the campaign.
It entrap9 tbe breadwinner of the household
and robs him of hi9 wages, his
strength, his character and his enjoyment.
It.robs the wife of the love and protection
pledged to her at the altar. It takes from
tbe children the care and affeotlon- of a
father. It steals from every mdmber
shelter, food, clothing and an honorable
name.
To exterminate the saloon is, then, the
wnv to rava thA iiAmA* hut fhia muv Aftan
be done moat effectively by making the
home more attractive than the saloon.
, Laws have been enacted, sermons
preachqd, public meetings held, pledges
obtained, reformatories established, lecture
halls, coffee houses and other substl*
tutes tried?and all hAvo done good in a
greater or les9 degree?but why should
not effort, intelligent, comprehensive,
liberal, persistent, self-sacrificing effort,
go back;o[ttie original source; why should
not the chief solicitude center around the
home?
What can missions and ohurches among
the poor acsomplish'unless the homes from
which the congregations come are auxiliaries
of such agencies?
Philanthropists, sanitary reformers,
shrewd investors And public officials have
done npt a little to improve the dwelling
places of the lower classes; but Is there
nothing the churches can do in their organized
capacity and individual activities?
, Doubtless the accepted policy of most
missionary operations bus nail this general
end la view.' Saloons, however, stltl occupy
every available corner, and sometimes
bait the stores on the blook.
It the law cannot close them, the loss of
patronage will?but patrons will crowd the
saloon door until some other door, more
InvltlDg and with more behind it, shall be
opened.
This should be, and we believe oan be,
the door of each man's own home, even it
that home consists of only one or two
rooms.
No attempt at concerted action by the
churches of any one denomination or of
the entire city would probably effect large
results; but If each particular church in
its own immedtate sphere, and with such
resources as it can command, will practically,
patiently and resolutely und ttake
1 to Improve the actual living places of the'
ooor, something might be hoped for.
Poisoned Beer.'
The United States Senate Commlttea on
Manufactures has been Investigating adulterated
malt liquors, and. examlngaheralsts
and other expert witnesses. Their testimony
shows that salicyllo acid is used in
beer?particularly imported European
beers. European Governments have a way
of benevolently prohibiting adulteratou iu
home-consumed beers, but blandly permitting
adulteration in beers made for foreign
consumption. That is the kind we get.
However,as beer Is possibly the worst driolc
tbat human beings can put into their stomachs?except
champagne?beer drinkers
probably deserve their penalties. There ure
jertaln acute forms of kidney diseasewaxy,
cirrhotic types?found only umong
beor-drlnkers. Life insurance companies
will not insure browery-workmen. Rich
brewers ana all' their families have been
known to ale or- Kidney disease, in is :s
From beer presumably pare, for probably
brewers drink their best beer. What huppons
to those who drink the worst, heaven
alone can tell.?San Franclscov Argonaut. One
Caaso of Poverty.
In order to learn some definite facts
tvhlch would bear upon the question as to
what causes poverty, one of the agents of
the Municipal Reform League of New York
was stationed to watch an entrance of a
:enement on lower Broadway one evening
from seven to eleven o'clock. He saw nineteen
men go in with buckets of beer, fourteen
women with buckets of beer, and seven
girls from ten to twelve years of age .with
buckets of beer; three women nbo carried
in bottles of whisky. Forty buckets of beer
and three bottles of whisky in one evening
carried into a building in which the average
weekly earnings pgr family will not
exceed three dollars seems to fuimlsh n
suggestion of the cause of poverty. On
the evening of the 10th the same Agent took
observation on a tenement of a better
olass. Between bait-past seven and ten
o'clock he saw ten boys from eight to fourteen
years old carry In buckets of beer.
The betterclass tenement had fewer buckets
)f beer. The more b?er the worse home.
Oue Saloon a Menace.
It may go without saying that no community
can be perfectly happy and pros
parous throughout all its borders while a
single d rinking place remains within its
confines. One saloon argues the presence
of un evil and harmful thing; It is a dark
and baleful spot in the life of a community;
It menDS misery and unhapplness for some
one. Tile snloon can only live and thrive
as It develops and feeds on the vices of
men. Its presence is inconceivable in a
community where every home Is a home
indeed and in truth, and where purity and
virtue make up the life conduct of every
mau and woman.
It Injures the Memory.
Over-Indulgence In spirits injures the
memory to an incredible degree. In years
gone by no person who was known to be
of intouiperate habits was permitted to appear
as a witness in the Spanish courts of
justice, the authorities maintaining tUat
alcoholism was so prejudicial to the brain
that it was unsafe to accept the testimony
of an inebriate.
A Sail Lack of Thrift.
In a recently published book, "Shall We
Drink Wine?" written by Doctor John
Madden, it is proved that the American
laboring man pays about twenty times as
much for the food he obtains In bis beer?
and beer is shown to be the most nutritive
of alcoholic drinks?as for that he obtains
In his bread.
The Crusade In Brief.
The amount of alcohol given to-day is
not onr-tenth of that prescribed forty
years ago. In private and hospital practice
its use Is steadily declining.
Wben it is considered that among the
ruling classes in Chile it Is usual to drink
seventeen whisky cocktails before break
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IHSt, |l 13 U'Jl IU WD ITV/kuu.cu ~~
lighting ia one of the principal amusements.
Railroad companies tura a cold shoulder
to all applicants for position? when the
faintest suggestion of whisky 19 detected,
knowing, to their sorrow, thatevea a modorate
indulgence in alcohol clouds tli'e
brain unil places u leaden baud upon
muscular power.
Life insurance companies look askance
at the moderate drinker, and either refuse
outright to accept the risk or take it with
certain qualifications.
Since the sale of alcoholic liquors In
France has been unrestricted, the numbet
of drinking places has increased until now
there Is one saloon for every elghty-flva
Inhabitants.
If you feel yourself almost unconsciously
slipping into the habit of drinking It Is
time to stop short. Every day the habit
increases iu strength. The pledge In time
saves many a man.
Alcoholic liquors, as a beverage, have
never beeu so uupopular, so disreputable
as to-day, and no one, mau or woman, can
habitually indulge In them without losing
business or social oasto. <
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HOSE fflMPS Ml
r ?*
Secretary Long Urges the Construction
of Eighteen Vessels. - .
COST OF ARIWR DISCUSSED.
tlii Removal of Price Restriction'Desire*
?Reward For North Atlantic Sqnmdrbi
OtBcers Urged? Union of Bureaus Pro
posed?The Prdgnrnme of InortM
tor 1900?The Cost of the Navy.
Wahhixoton, D. C. (8peclal).?The ailaual
report of the Seoretary of the Navy 1?
n rinnn on Ant nt urinaria! JnfArAtF H anil no
not only with the work of the navy in thi
laat year and Important recommendation*
.(or the future, but also discussing the morr
Important questions relating to the navy!
Including the authorization oj. eighteen
new warships, tbn imperative need of-spqgs
lal legislatlo?-ia the early days of Congress
(or armor At the best quality that can be
obtained, and the proposition that the
thanks of Congress b? given ,to the commander-ln-chfu'
of the North Atlantic
Squadron andto the officers and-men unier
his command for the part they took in
the naval operations at Santiago.
These larger items of the report receive
extended attention at the hands.of Secretary
Long. On the subject -of Increasing
the navy, be asks for three armored cruisers
of about 13,000 tons trial displacement,
of a maximum draucrht not to oxceed
twenty-six fept, carrying the heaviest armor
and most powerful ordnance for ves-'
3e 13 of tfaefr class; twelve gunboats of
about 900 tons trial displacement, and three
protected cruisers of about 8,000 tons trial
displacement, carrying the most powerful
ordnance for vessels of their class. He
also asks that, if satisfactory bids cannot
be obtained for the new ships, authority
be given to build them at the United States
navy yard?.
Concerning armor for warships, the Secretary
shows that 7853 tons of armor are
needed for the battleships Maine, Ohio and
Missouri, about 9009 tons for the new battleships
not yet begun, and about 5100
tons for the armored oruisers already au-^
tborlzed, a total of 21,458 tons. He say
that $400, a ton' probably will buy armot
made by the ordinary process of facehard*.
enlng, which, though, good, is not the best,
and the department does not. therefore,
consider it suitable for vessels of the Maine
class.
His recommendation is as follows: . ,
"It Is urgently recommended that in the
early days of its next session Congress enact
such special legislation/ by Joint resolution
or otherwise, as may be necessary
to enable Che department to make contracts
early in the coming year for 7353 tons of
armor of !:he best quality that can be obtained
in this country for the Maine, Ohio
and Missouri, and that the provision of the
act of March 3,139?, limiting the price of
armor to #300 per ton, and the restriction
preventing the armtrtd vessels thoreln
authorized from being oontracted for until
thn amor is contracted for be removed.
"Whatever may be the future action of
Congress regarding the establishment of a
Go verflm'ont* armor factory, It can-' hardly
affeot the supply of armor for thei'Maine,
Ohio and Missouri, as it will, under any
circa mats noes, be impracticable to obtain
It from such a source in reasonable time
to complete the vessels above referred to."
Secretary Long refers to the return of
Admiral Dewey and his enthusiastic welcome
from the whole country. After
.speaking of the New York reception and
the sword presentation in Washington,.the
Secretary sums up by saying it was the
Nation's tribute.
The report shows that the percentage ot
Americans in the navy is rapidly lacreas
HJR. pot uoui, ui LUO yokkj
officers ace citizens of tbe United States
and sixty-five per cent, of tbe remainder
bare declared their Intention of becoming
citizens. .Seventy-five per cent, of tbe en- <
listed men are cltlzehs and forty-eight pet
cent, of the remainder have deolared tbeli
Intentions of beoomlng citizens. In th?co.se
of the apprentices over ninety-one per
cent, are native born.
Among the many other topics treated it (
that for fostering the Naval Bes'erve, tha
consolidation of the naval bureaus of Construction,
Engineering and Equipment io
<ue Interest of more harmonious action;
t;he construction of barracks for enlisted
men and a review of the various bu.
rea recommendations; tbe desirability of
obanging the material of tbe League IslI
and aud the Mare Island dry docks from
timber tc stone and concrete. The
totals of appropriations, expenditure*
and balance for the fiscal year ending
Jane 30, 1899, were: Appropriations,exclusive
of public works, $80,576,426;
amount expended, $39,049,113; balances,
$41,531,913. The estimates for 1900 aggregated
149,011,338 and the appropriations
$49,205,069. The estimates for 1901 aggregate
$74,230,309, or $25,025,239 over the appropriations
for the present fiscal year.
This increase is in tbroe'ltems of public Improvements,
the construction ana repair oi
vessels, and increase of the navy?construc* I
tlon and machinery;
Abase of Mall* Causes Deficit.
Washington, D. f!. (8peclal).?The able!
feature of the annual report of Postmaster- j
General Smith is a plan for Congress to I
stop the abuse of seaond-clas3 mall
privileges,'which, he says, results in an
annual waste of upward of 920,000,000.
The financial exhibit .for the fiscal year
shows total, erpecdltures of 4101,632,161
[ and total receipts of <95,021,384, the deficiency
being $2,122,747 leas than last
year.
WEST POINT VICTORIOUS,
Twenty-Five Thousand Spectators See thl
Navy Beaten by the Ariny.
Philadelphia (Special).?As a fitting
climax to a football season bristling wltb
.surprising upsets, the West Point Military
Academy eleven conquered the Naval
Cadets from Annapolis on Franklin Flel<?
by a score of 17 to 5. The victory waf
witnessed by 25,600 persons, In which wen
many Government officials together wltb
Army and Navy dignitaries.
Annapolis has been figured as a winnei
on form and the navy was out in force wltt
blue and gold banners and brass buttoni
-calore. The "middles" had made such ai
excellent record against various strong
unlVerslt} teams that they came upon tb?
field primed to score a complete suocess
But tue"army boys> had a little surprise t<
spring on the multitude and they did it ti
tue queen s s
The game marked the renewal of the ath
letlo contests between the'two Governmea
academies alter a lapse of several years.
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* THE SAMPAN TREATf SIGNED.
It Will Not Go Into Kflect Until Ratified
by the United St^tei Senate.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The forma
act of signing the treaty providing for the
division of Samoan territory between th<
United States and Germany toolc place a(
the State Department. The ceremony was
conducted with the greatest simplicity It
the Diplomatic Reception. Room. 8ecr?
tnry Hay signed for the United States, Lor<!
Pauncefote, of Preston, the British Ambas
sudor, for Great Britain, und Herr von
Halleben, the German Ambassador,for Ger
many.
N#ir<r Ule-iinn*4.
Un^le Sam has 11,000,000 cows.
It has been decided to build a $50,000
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OCIJIILIL- IUH3CUU4 <*V n - ?- 1
ouce.
The granting of franchises lu Cuba wll |
be one of tlie questions brought before th< j
present Congress.
The surplus of Boston's Porto Blcan re i
Jlef fund will be used to build cheap-rent 3
lug houses lu Ponce.
It is reported that the Sultnu ot Turkej
Iihs ordered a cruiser to be built by thi
Crumps of Philadelphia. ,
The Marconi Wi^efass Telegraph, Com
pnuy ot America, St oaplUi pf tlO,
000,000, has been Inoorporatoi'W^xruattn,
N.J.
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS;,
To Protest tbe Baby, 'r ;
A crib net of soft string and wi<i? /
meshes,. fastened to, the -tour post*
and top rails of baby's crib, is a/new
device for protecting the little one
from falls. Sufficient sag is alloireA
for the head to strike the netting without
injury to the child.
A ITalM Economy.
It is a carious sort of economy that
makes housekeepers fyny . cheap _
matobes and ignorance or dfcrelessnett
that prevents them frdm teaching every
member of their hcrasehold'tfiow .. ;
to ase them properly. Thereally safe
matches are those that can be lighted
only on the box. and these should^e^^
used. Every cnild should be tatiight \
that a match must .never be thrown
away while burning, and never shaken
to extinguish; it must be held still in ^
the fingers and blown out Many
valuable lives have been lost and pro* ;*
perty destroyed from the careless usfog
of matches. An unlighted njatohdropped
on the floor may be as. dangerous
as a loaded revolver. Matches 1
are so common that their danger ie
overlooked, but the statistics of every
Fire Department in the oonntry will
attest to their deadliness Unless carefully
used. 1 . J
Earthworms In'Flower- PoU.
Earthworms, or angleworms u they
are often commonly called, in the soxL
in pots is a matter that ever seem* to
trouble the flower-grower. It has
been a disputed point as to whether
or not they do any real harm, cm
whether they are not of some value in
assisting drainage. I think they are
better oat of the soil than in. Being
of a somewhat slimy nature like mails,
only not so'bad, they'impart to the
soil, by constantly working through _
it, much the same consistency as Ahat
induced by plowing or cultivntingland
when itas too wet and pasty. It
seems to kill the natan^ life and
friableness of the soil, msftyng it tough
and patty-like. Whdu practicable it
is well to repot the planf;, using new
soil. If daring the wirOer, saturate
the soil in the pot containing the
worms with a solution of lime-Water.
Give enough,to insure the penetrating
and saturating'of all the soil. This
should exterminate the pests. There
is no danger of getting too muoh lima
in the water, as it will hold only
certain quantity.?Woman'# Home
Companion. . ,'...?
| The Coueh Repl*ee? the Voiding Bod.]
It is just possible that the folding
bed will ?not become entirely extinct
for some timo yet, for there are too* 1
many of them in existence/but they >
are- going out very' rapidly as far A
up-to-dateaeE8 is concerned. They Jt
hare been going for some time, and ''V
people have hardly realized it. The , ?; "?.
coach has taken their place, and it has > ,
undoubtedly come to stay. The big
pieces of furniture that pretend to-be './
something that they were not, and
never really deceived anybody, wore ' j
always.ugly. They were not nanitary
and there have been accidents enough j
. to prove that they might be danger- ;
ous. Then the coUoh came and filled i
almost every want. It is broad enough -j
and comfortable enough also ;o make
a delightful bed. The lower part can
be utilized, if desired, as a receptacle
for gowns and beddingand all sorts of' '
things, and with.a fancy cohering and
a few cushions in its davtime ancearo
ance, the con oh is a thing of beauty*
a joy forever, and is really what it
seems. In many of the furniture
shops of New York City they hare had ,
no folding beds in stock for several
years. It does not do for even furni- /j
tare to pretend to be what it is not. ?llt
is only the real things that attain
any degree of permanency.
The folding beds, however, are not
of recent origin, for early in the elghteenth
century they were to be found
in this Qpuntry, in the slaw bank,
our great-great-grandmothers' folding
beds. These were fitted into closets
in the wall. There were doora-Hn front ?
of them which, when they opened, re- r
vealed the under side of the bed readj^
to be let down for use. There was no ?
pretense about that. A closet might
contain anyttung, ana u is just as
Iegimate if it is a bed standing on its*
bead within its fonr walls, as pillowr
or bed clotbes.?New York Times, i
Becipes. ^
Vegetable Salad?One cnpfal of
cold green peas, one of string beans, ~ ?
Jwo tablespoonfnls of chopped rawonion,
one boiled beet, two hard-.boiled
eggs; mix all together with
salad dressing, and serve in the corled
leaves of a lettuce head.
\f onln SoncP VAr Fritkftra?One
fourth pound maple littgar, one-half
cupful of water. Boil tilt it string*,
then add stiffly beaten- wili^es of t:jo
eggs, as one rfould for boiled frosting.
Then add one-half onpful of
eweet cyeam and jnice of a lemon.
Fruit Sandwiches?Make a dough .
as for biscuit, using a trifle more shortening.
Boll out an inch thick, cut
with a biscuit cutter and bake in a hot
oven. Split open, butter lightly and . j
lay between the pieces half of a canned /
or preserved peaoh or pear, from wbich /
the juice has been drained. When /
cold, press firmly together. Any other /
fruit may be substituted. /
Glazed Chestnuts?Dip a half poundf
of sugar in as mnoh water as At
will absor'). tfoii tne sugar m a stewpan
until a little dropped in cold yater ,
hardens directly. Have readj /some
chestnuts, boiled and peeled.ara<| unbroken.
Put six or eight at a time on
a steel wire, dip them in a ttjrup and
quickly plunge them into pold water,
then slip them off the wiyfe o? a dish.
. Chicken (Porto Rican Sityle)?Roast
a spriug obicken and ininco the meat
line. Boil half a cup of rice, season
with pepper and spit, and mix with
the chicken. Bal$6 three-quarters of
an hour in a deep/dish, first pouring
over it tho following sauce: Add to the
cliickeu gravy half a cup of cream,
two level teaspoonfuls of flour, salt,
pepper and a clove of garlic; boil for
two minutes and pour over tlie chicken
mixture. /
Pot Cheese? Put thick pout milk
into a snucepan. Get it on side of stove
to heat'gradually, till quite hot, taking
care not to let it boil; remove from
fire, put a bit of cheese cloth iu a colander
and set it over a bowl. Dour in
tie contents of saucepan ami let it
drain several hours. When wanted
for use, mix it with a small piece of
butter aud season with salt, or it may
be eaten as it is. Some mix it with a
little sour cream and some with finely
cut ob've*