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r DR. TALMAGPS SERMON. SUNDAY'S DISCOUNT BY THE NOTED DIVINE. Subject. A>t l"xil? Twin ITow -fenln That lU'SPt flip Viuidc Man S-.>?*kiinf I Fortune ? DanjcM and Temptations That Surround linn. (Copyriahf lt'ow.1 Wasut^otov. P. C.? T)r. Talm.vre ?laid in Tondon 1i C'-upy thf* farnoua Wes'ev pulpit in tljo Cilv Tbvul Hiancl. . where he prenehfil several iime3 Vfore. always reeeivintr linvtv wcVnirf. Thpnce ^^he w^nt to Tr"'nnd. lireaHiint in Bel fa t Dub'in. Tli" lie has s^nt MIIls week deserihrs llm behavior of a OnM^wtcr man away from lio?no and sujsests le??ons for nronle of every aee The text is l^nniol "And HSHB apnointed th?ni a d.".i!y provision 90 tiour'shinc them t'?r?>e years. I'V Infill yillllU Lj of a collect in nu In a vounc n 'o. Daniel bv in the co'leff''1 Put a hundred i"y are sure to is no harm in out the lrof><!. i5?om?. iji dull not s>t mopin^ <*hir^ine? ami lii" fletleelinss Do not cone \rintcr apples far ffom beine hnnchts nuie* e rcmeAVred strancre lapff l>:<5 stvly^jpn7ioni? bulPlV fl dn'ciirA'' in i goH. MoreT.4jpttin^l>aH ho?e Tvbo bad I him bittrrb'. igH^^FeW1 still aiTveanTTnf^ Wmiry lieeaoafc they j >tv but Daniel alight be n and I were^in school or cot*' l>e\v?catlf>n ,aiM>roachlljl&?-w* >f TWjrht aril itivation? Mid JJ*c tudj-' the ln?t niclit. TW*Wk p pnilo*opli'''al npi>ai-ntdqj*k L so we could so" ri'tht wSj^Hb 1'ie meadojvs and fV ojEflp. |h noor Daniel. Tie d^nJot le should .ever r?capp frAttreapfecajtyng, be did mt know but k home the loved ones would Bhe vould go. wanderinr and the senulcher? of hi? fa s-that. ' the kins tried to bis home and furaet his rthnt nyrpose actually ^Bn?. -'The k>nr want?'! him in personal appeannee. ^K>red meat and wine sent BMhblo to Daniel, but Daniel BKn^d puts h<nu>?lf "non the ^^th? poorest of^al!' nerbs. Ipiain iv;iier. mn mmrinst this and tell him he such a <lfet. "No." he s for ten days, and if at fcVtime ?p are not full L^t ns any it will 1?V ?"rars pass alone. and the for exam inn! ion. and all are ?o ruddy and robust b .fellow captive*. The inupilaigc and the years Hay of graduation ha* his ditdoma. signed as follows: "In j^^kind understanding them he found' BH|^Ban all the ma^^R^^Lwerc in all his the first for Daniel. Daniel, the me by |H^99S^B may EHnHSK enemies. |fi^^9R^Bthan the ^^B9HHn^nrtr<i. 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But I learn al.so from this subject the ' beauty of Christian sobriety. The meat and the wine that were to come to Dan- j id's table were to come from the king's table. Well. Daniel had no right to take that food. The king wis a heathen and, I like all the heathen, wr.s accustomed to J ask a blessing before he partook of food, , and in that biasing they always dedicated the food to the sods. So that if Daniel had taken this food he would have broken the Jaw which fcrbade the taking of food dedicated to idols. He cho^e pulse. It was a miracle that be did not dwindle away. Iherc is nothing in pulse, such a poor herb, to make a man ruddy and healthful. Some people talk aa tho'igh that were a kind of diet which would make a man swarthy and competent to do the duties of this life. That is not thtf lesson at all. But for a positive, miracle Daniel would have dwindled away, ant! whra God, for his self denial, puts upon hitfi this benediction He puts a benediction upon all Christian sobriety. I would not have you class your preacher among those who would put unnecessary restraint upon lawful appetites. There are those in this day who dispute the grant which God gave to man for animal food, and they make a religion of their hunger as the Pharisees expected heaven for their fasting. Daniel did not always live on pulse, lie was not a Craliaraite, he was not a vegetarian. He went through that self (tenia! because the food offered him was idolatrous food. When I see God ! (iliing the earth with all varieties of food, T have not much confidence in the teach- ! ing of those who would put us on severe [ regimen. T lie re are parents who. wiui a wrong theory in this respect, deny their children all;harfcl<?ss luxuries and without , sufiiftfcnt inquiry send them out to boarding schools where their intellects are cul- . tured to the disadvantage of their starved bodies, so that from many a boarding school a class of 20 will graduate, 19 of , them ghosts. Now, when I see the three I angels eating the calf which Abraham j slew*nf' when I find Christ eating broiled | fish eveh after His resurrection I come to | the conclusion that the theories of the veg- J etarian are not, from a religious standpoint, well founded. I was toid at Des Moines of a train of cars going Ihrough a very stormy night ! over one of the western prairies. The \l young man who was present told us the i story. In the night there was a little child, in the sleeping car fretful and worrying j and crying hour after hour. A man on the opposite side of the "car lost his patience i.nd said. "Kither make that child shut up or take it to its mother!" Then another man on the ormosite side of the slecpiig car. a man with'a broken heart, pushed back the curtain and looked out and said. | "Young man, that child's mother is dead ; in the baggage car. and the little thing is wailing for her." Then the man who had committed the affront rose and offered his services for the night and took rare of the until t'no mfiminor. and all the Das- I sengers in the car wcr.' broken down with , emotion. Oh, if the cry of one child could arouse . so many sympathies. what ought to be the effect of the ton. thousand voiced shriek of orphanage and widowhood from the inebriate's grave! God save this country , from the peril* of stroug drink. My subject also impresses me with the, J beauty of youthful character remaining ineorruot away from home. If Daniel had plunged into every wickedness of the city of Babylon the old folks at home would never have heard of it. If he had gone through all the rounds of iniquity, it would have cast no shadow on his early home. There were no telegraphs, there were no railroads. But Daniel knew that God's eye was on him. Tnat was enough. There are youne men j not so good away from home as at home. Frederick tending his father's sheep among j the hills or thrashing rve in the barn is different perhaps from Frederick on (he Stock Exchange. Instead of the retiring disposition there is bold effrontery. In- i stead of an obliging spirit there is perhaps- | opnrcssive selfishness. Instead of open banded charity there ia; ticht listed stinginess. Instead of reason- | able hours there is midnight revel. I speak ! to many voting men on this matter?you who may have left your father's house and others who, though still under the par- . ental roof, are looking forward to the time when you will go forth to conflict; j alone in this world, with i'.s temotations . and its sorrows, and when you will build J up your own character. Uh.Jthat the God ! of Daniel might be with vouTn Babylon! j I think the most thrilling passage of a j young man's life is when he leaves home make his fortune. The novelty and the ; romance of the thing may keep him from -j any keen sorrow, but the old people who 1 have seen the destruction of so many who i have started with high hope cannot'help I but be anxious. As long as he was in his father's house his waywardness was kindly ehided.and although sometimes he thought | rotfminf vnthor hifrfrr .onrl rnflipr kp? i vere in his calmer momenta, he acklowl- J edged it was salutary and righteous. J Through the influence 'of metropolitan I friends the father has obtained a situation ; f;>r his son in the city. The comrades of | (he young man come the night before his j departure to bid farewell to the adven- | tnr^r. The morning of his going away he i walks around the placc to take a last look i at things, perhaps comes upon some object that starts a tear, some old familiar i nlaee. but no one sees the tear. The | trunk, is nut upon the wacon. the young j Lman is off for the city. He is set down . imid excitements and amid associates who : Lre not overcareful about their words and j houghts and actions. Morning comes. I sTo famiiy altar. Sabbath omss.. No j ural quiet. The sanctuary comes, but all j he fiiees are strange, and no one cares j ivhether he comes to church or does not ome. On his way from the store he see3 j i placarl announcing a rare and a vicious I imusement. He has no greeting at the j ioor of the boarding house. He has no | ?-1 - r? ii e 1 V. ????? .f>l>euie iui uie iuou. nv v#uv wiw bether lie eats or dies not eat. Rather e would not eat. It is cheaper. After the | xi lie coes into the parlor, t-ikes up a i ook, finds it dull, no sister to look over j ; with him. Goes upstairs to his room ) i the third story, finds it cold and unin- j iting, and in dcsoair he rushes out, caring i >r nothinc but to get something to make | im ston thinking. !!( is caught in the j rst whirl of sin. He J;a* started out on j lie dark sea where the gleam of the joy i the flashing of the pit and the laughter j > the creaking of the gate of the lost. Oh. how many graves there are in the ountry churchyard which, if they could peak, would tell of young men who went ff with high hopes and came back blasted nd crushed to disgrace the sepulcher of heir fathers. And yet this exodus must go on. As from distant hills the rivers are poured j down through tunnels to slake the thirst I of our great cities, so from distant coun- ! try places the streams of incorrupt popu- j lation must pour down to purify our great j cities. To-morrow morning on' all the thoroughfares, in every steamboat and in j every rail car will be young men going ' forth to seek their fortunes in our great i towns. 0 Lord God of Daniel, help them j to be as faithful in liabvlon as they were i -i. t 1 i y L 1..i i\ i ai .Jerusalem: rorpti no-,, w vuluk | friend, in the great seaports the moral and j religious principles inculcated by parental < solicitude, and if to-day seated in the I house of God you feel the advantage of j early Christian culture forget not thoao to whom you are most indebted anil pray i Cod that as old age comes Upon them and the shadow of,death the hope of heaven may beam through the darkness. (Jod forbid that any of us through our misconduct should bring disgrace upon a father's name or prove recreant to the love of a mother. The dramatist * ide no exaggeration when he exclaimed, "How sharper than a seipent'fi tooth it is to have a thankless child!" Oil, that God would help you as parents and as young people to take to heart the lessons of this important subject, and if we .ihall learn that there is danger of being carried into captivity and that early impress >ns are almost ineffaceable and thr.t there is something beautiful in Christian sobriety and that there is great attractiveness in piety away from home, then it will be to you and to me a matter of everlasting congratulation that we considered how Daniel behaved when he became a college student at Babylon. i a - ' \ s , THE GREAT DESTROYER SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. j i Who'll Buy ? ?Line* SupRested on Seeing i the Advertisement of a Wholesale Liquor Dealer?How an Alcoholic Habitue i? Speedily Blade-PoIhoii in Wine Forty casks of liquid woe? Who'll buy? Murder bv the gallon. Oh! Who'll buy? Larceny and theft made thin, Beggary and death throwu in, Packages of liquid sin? Who'll buy? Foreign death imported pure? Who'll buy? Warranted not slow, but sure? Who'll buy? Empty pockcts by the cask, Tangled brains by pint or Ilask, ? Vice of any kind you ask? Who'll buy? Competition we defy? c Who'll buy? Dye. to make the soul jet black; Dye, to make the conscience slack;, Nothing vile do our casks lack? Who'll buy? Two t?ntl One-half Ouncen of Alcohol. I ain assured from observation extending : through fifty years of professional life, that j two and one-half ounces of alcohol or the equivalent in the finest brandies, whisky, wines, or ales, used daily for a period of . lime at all exlended, will not fail to make an alcoholic habitue of. the most finely endowed man or woman in the world. The nervous system surely regis ters the abnormal impression, no matter i how carefully the two and a half ovjiccs of alcohol may be taken. Once an habitue | and under the control of the alcohol ma- I nia. the strongest man or woman becomes impotent to escape from the tyranny of its power. ! Thirty-six years ago two of the noblest ( physicians, men of fine native and physi- I cal powers, commenced the use of two tablespoon fills of the purest whisky, to induce sleep when overworked. They were younger than myself. One gradually lost bis standing and practice and died four pears ago, filling a drunkard's grave; the Dther possessing great native hardiness of ( constitution, lingers yet, a i?apeless and s aelpless alcohol habitue, whom neither the entire medical pharmacopoeia, nor the strongest moral aid has availed to save. Two and one-half ounces of absolute alcohol are equal in volume to five tablespoonfuls. This amount of .alcohol is found in ten tablespoonfuls of the purest whisky or brandy. I have recently secured the , 1 services. of t\vo eminent chemists who have analyzed six varieties of the finest wines, native and imported. I give the , result 01 tnese analyses oy volume in common measurements, each being somewhat less than the measure statea, to avoid j fractional reckoning. Two of our finest | California wines contain six tablespoo^fula of alcohol in a pint. One much vaunted ; American .wine has a little over eight' , tablespoonluls of pure alcohol ia one pint. , One brand of port contains seven table- 1 | spoonfuls of alcohol to a pint. One . French wine imported and much adver- . tised contains five ^ahlespoonfuls of alcohol to a pint. The lightest wine, a California brand; contains four tablespoon fuls ' of alcohol to a pint.?Dr. Greene, in.jiledi- j ?al Record. V America's Internal Foes. Ih a sermop upon this subject the Rev. : Dr. Locke, of Buffalo, had this to say with | rejtfird to the dfink foe: , i , A few months ago our army and navy responded to the cry of the starving rccon- ; centra dos in Cuba and rescued them from I . the clutches of cruel masters. May we i ' not adapt the Oriental proverb, which con- | stftutes our text, and vehemently demand, j "Whatsoever we have heard done in Cuba, ' do also here in thy country!" Do we not ! -as a government and as a peoplevhear the j wiling of the raoncentrados of vice here j in our own towns aittd cities? The war in [ UubS -cost our county,?50 lives and 1500 wounded, and was prosecuted at an ex- | pense of $225,000;000. These are appalling i figures, a creat price to pay to redress the ! wrongs of that neighboring isle. But how'f our hearts should stand still when we know of the victims of vice in this boasted land of the free asd home of the brave! How many young men have been entrapped! How many young women have been inveigled! How many homes have ' been desolated! How many hearts have been broken! How many family circles have been severed! How many children liave starved! How many wives and moth- ; , ;rs have been murdered! How many asylums have been crowded! How many pri- , sons have been peopled! Oh the tears and ' , the sobbing! The blasted lives and hopes! ( i The graves and the gallows! The maniacs! All, all because th<> citizenship of this ' ( nation doc? not demand its right and gal- j ( antly defend the helpless and the weak! I { Answer me! If General Wood could j ?ton the fearful ravages of vice and whisky , n Havana, why cannot the authorities of J jur city do as well tor Buffalo? Is a mili- j tary regime better than a civil government? i . I The Woe# of the Drunkard, ' Could one dip his pen in fire, and expert- i ! ince the agonies of the lost, he might por- } ' tray the woes of th'e inebriate. Drunken- j opqq ia "nnrnnt nf AtrArv Pvil lrnnurn to ' . man. It is one long,1 impetuous, awful j jarcer of anguish and death', disease, insan- ] ity, imbecility, remorse, crime and a Gehenna of unspeakable suffering and re- | morse. That man is capable of such degra- j iations and self-elected woe is, one of the ! iertain proofs of a hell. Such life is hell. I ' Men who defile the body, dethrone reason, ' oollute the spirit, transform themselves 1 into devils, suffer the woes of perdition in ! ;wo worlds. Language on this theme can never ex- | , iggerate nor equal fact. In the heart of | ;very great city is a literal, an awful pen- I iemonium. . The crime of civilization is ! that it not only talerates but legalizes it. j It authorizes men to poison their fellows 1 intil homes become dens of vice and crime, j intil parents become criminals, until children are cursed with poverty and cruelty inspeakable. and existence becomes" botk ror the drunkard and his family nothing ess than infernal.?New York Observer. A FleiulUh Traffic. A recent issue of the China Miil states that there are now 50,000 gallons of liquors in Manila made from crude alcohol, drugs and dyestuffs! Anything can be produced on the moment from a bottle >f "old blackberry brandy" to one of "old Scotch whisky mellowed in the wood." And under the present regime the prospects for the expansion of this traffic is limited only by the number of men and cromen to be ruined. The fiendishness of this traffic words are inadequate to describe. The Crusade In Brier. On the main line of the M. & 0. Railroad in Mississippi, a distance of 266 miles, lliere is not a single saloon, while out of seventy-five counties the traffic is driven from sixty. The truth is out at last. The disgrace- . fill riot at Akron, Ohio, was caused by the ?aloon. The negro, we are told, attributed his crime to liquor and said he had beenon a spree for a month. Under the influence of Chaplain R. R. ftocs; a temperance league has boon formed on the receiving ship Wabash at the Charleston navy yard, and 176 of the marines and bluejackets have signed flu pledge The official reports of the de.ith rates in Russia show that a majority of fatal cases in winter are of those who are intoxicated According to the United Stales Censu? Bureau report, the breweries of Rochester N. Y.. have $0,455,000 invested; they pay $381,000 in wages, and employ 434 hands The men's clothing industry, with ?30ft,0lK l.ss capital invested, pays $1,561,000 ir wages and employs 3132 hands. One of the most interesting exhibits at the Paris Exposition is that of the Rtis jian temperance movement, aided by the Imperial Government, which aims to supplant the fiery vodka by less dangerous drinks, -w':ile supplying the* need of so ciability, which is the strength of the drink habit everywhere. v v v;.. THE SABBATH SCHOOL' INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR NOVEMBER 4. Snbjiict: The Unjust Stevrurd, Luke xvl 1-13 ? Golden Text: Luke xvl., 13 ? , Memory Verges, 10-12 ? Commentary j on the Uaj'? Lesson. 1. "Unto His disciples." This parable was spoken primarily to "fT-3 disciples," j but the Pharisees we're present listening carefully, and when lie was through they , derided Him. V. 14. The disciples to whom this parable was addressed were not ' merely the apostles, but those publicans and sinners whom Jesus had received, to j the great displeasure of the Pharisees, i "A cer/tain rich man." This rich man can j only represent God, who is possessor of all things. "A steward." All the children of men are stewards of what j they have in this world. "Was ac- j cused." The rich man had put confidence j in his steward before this, and h.'#! al- j : lowed him great liberty in managing his : affairs. "Had wasted." Was wasting. R. V. He was either dishonest or careless ' and suffered his master's goods to be lost. ' 2. "Give an account." Bring your ac- I counts for inspection. Produce books and ( vouchers. "No longer steward." The j steward did not.deny the charges against j him. anrl wnq told nlainlv that he coulrl not retain his position. The time is coming when we will be required to give an account of our stewardship, and if we have wasted that which hus been committed to ,our trust we will receive no more favor" than did this steward. 3. "What shall I do?" The steward began to consider the course he had bet- , ter pursue so that when he was dismissed "! from the stewardship he could still main- { tain a livelihood. "I cannot dig." He ( could not work at manual labor for lack i of strength. See R. V. 4. "1 am resolved what to do." An , idea comes to him by which he will make many friends, so that when he is put out ( of tne stewardship they will invite him into their houses. j 5. "Of his ford's debtors." His plan , was, during the remaining time that he j was yet steward, to show favor to all who owed his master, so that when he was dismissed they would show favor to him. . "Unto the first." Two specimen cases , are given here, but so he went through . the whole list, making deductions to all. 6. "A hundred measures of oil/' A hun- ' dred baths. Each bath was Equivalent j to seven or eight gallons. "Sit down ; quickly." Evidently a secret and hurried arrangement; the debtors, too, .seem to ' have been dealt with separately and pri- . vately. "And write litty." The steward made this debtor a present of about 400 gallons of oil. 7. "A hundred measures of wheat." A hundreds cors or homers. The COr con- ( tained ten baths. The original debt was j 800 to 1000 bushels. "Write four-score." ] Making him a present of about 200 bush- , els. . j 8. "And his lord, commended," (R. V.) , ?The rich man commended the shrewd- , ness of his wicked steward. What he had \ done was dishonest in the extreme. "t^'ae wisely." He had, acted skilfully, j . "The children of this, world." Those who ' seek earthly things as their chief good. I j "Are for'their own generation/' (R. V!)?. , That is, in looking after their worldly in- I terests, "Wiser. Mdre skilful in the , application of j means to obtain temporal : jood/fchan vChristiana are to obtain eter- ! al good:' i 9. "I say unto you." The truth3?-to be | ' learned from' thiB parable are focused in j the teachings of.this verse. Jesus draws j i lesson for us from the course pursued I by this -dishonest steward. "Make to ! yourselves friends." Not merely acquaintances in this world, but moke "friends" in that deeper sense referred to by Jesus in John 15: . 14, 15.' That is, do all you can td'lead people to Christ and thus make true "friends," or Christians. "By < means of the mammon of unrighteous- j . Hess," (R. V.)?The word "mammon" is ' i i Chalaee word signifying riches. It is l here called the mammon of unrighteous- ; < ness, as being with unrighteous men tne j i jreat object of pursuit, and too commonly i sought, morover, by unrighteous means. ! < In a wider sense the mammon of unright- ' < eousness has reference to whatever of < earthly goods we may possess, "be they," , s ia Edersheim says, "of money, of knowl- I ] edge,' of strength, or of opportunities." [ i We are, then, to so use whatever God j ] has put in our hands that these earthly i possessipns will be the means of making j < friends," or of brining people to Christ j ( and heaven. "That when ye fail." That i i when it shall fail (R. V.); when your I ( sfotirnwJoltm ?r* fVtia WApI/1 oKnll on r? ! 1 "They may receive you." That is, the ! < Friends you have made, by bestowing your I j sarthly goods in deeds of love and mercy, 1 . tvill -welcome you. Matt. 25: 34-46. "Into the eternal tabernacles,"- (R. V.) ? Into heaven. 2 Cor. 5: 1. 10. "Faithful." As God's steward. "In that which is least." Our Saviour teaches that it is not the quantity committed to us that God will regard, but our fidelity t in using it; we are as thoroughly tried by 1 small as by a large amount of property 1 or influence. Character is as really tested j by little things a3 by great things. "He i ^ that is unjust in the least." Little acts .! J of wrong shpw that we have unholy j hearts. To intentionally cheat another ! J out of five cents would aa really prove a ! man dishonest as though it were a thou- , ' sand dollars. We need not think to excuse j ' our sins because they are small, or few. ! Poison enough can be put on the point of 1 a needle to kill a man. It is the "little'I foxes that spoil the vines." 11. "Have not been faithful." If we 1 hpve not carefully and properly used the things of this world with which God has entrusted us, we need not expect that He will give us the true riches of grace and' glory and heavenly treasures. ' ! ] 12. "Which is another man's." Our j i earthly possessions are called "another's" I [ (R. V.) because, 1. They belong to God. ! , 2. They are continually changing their i j possessors, and going from one to an- J other. "That which is your own." Spir- 1 itual and eternal riches are our own. Tney J j enter into the soul that becomes pos- I-] sessed of them. If we make Christ and | the promises and heaven ours, we have ] that which we may truly call our own. j 13. "Two masters." The heart will be either wholly taken up with God or wholly ^ engrossed with the world. A man cannot j be in perfect indifference between two objects which are incompatible; he will bo J inclined to despise and hate whatever he { does not love supremely, when the necessity of a choice presents itself. "Ye cannot serve God and mammon." So divided are their interests that their services can I never be joined. If we decide to serve 1 the Lord we must forsake the service of j the world. There is no concord between Christ and Belial. When the Christian undertakes to live the life of the worldling he sinks to the level of the worldling 1 and thus cease? to be a Christian. HAS THE FACE OF bINCOLN, British Subject In New York City the Double of Martyred President. A man bearing a most striking resemblance to Abraham Lincoln, not only as *Vio In'irVi frnntnl linnpu hut. hparrl nnrl all, walked down the gang plank of the ' Anchor Liner Victoria when the vessel arrived at New York City recently. He is Antonia Lavagna, of 'Gibraltar, and he and his wife are in the country on a visit. Lavagna is a British subject, i he and his father having been bona on the Rock of Gibraltar. He speaks Spanish, as does his wife. One of his recommendations describes him as having served for thirteen years as a cart driver. POLITICAL UNREST IN SPAIN. Former 3'inister .Says Present Condition)! "Will I.inuI to Involution. Senor llomcro y Koblcdo, who in 1800 was Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of tiic late Senor Canovas del Castillo, has causcd a stir by a violent speech dealing with the political and economic situation of Spain. He declares that if matters wore to continue long as they are now revolution would be inevitable. Although he has always been a stanch sunporter of the monarchical principle, he hinted that in certain eventualities he would espouse the | republican, cause. < /; ~"fn., jYf .v,r GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN. y ' FRECNANT THOUGHTS FROVl THE WORLD'S CftEATEST PROPHETS. Little Kinrtnosaen ? Hear Vonr Knrtloni Cheerfully?Do Not Sifurve Your Soul? Prayer for /Spiritual Strength _ * ree I'roiu SeHinUiiea*?Growth in Grace* You gave on ?he way a pleasant smile And though}, no more about it; It eheered a life that was slk^ the while, j 'J hat might* have been wrwHunl with-j out it; , \ ,\ | And so for the smile and its fruitage ? fair You'll reap a crown some time?somewhere. You spoke one day a cheering word, And passed to other duties; ! It warmed a heart, new promise stirred; And-painted a life with beauties. And so for the word and its silent prayer You'll reap a palm some time?somewhere. You lent a hand to a fallen one, A lift in kindness given; It saved a soul when help wns none, And won a heart for heaven; And so for the help you proffered there YouUl reap a joy som|i tin*e?vsome wucrc. ?D. G. Bickers. | Rear Yonr Burden* Cheerfully. In ono of Schiller's poems is a beauti-1 ffil story about the birds, that when they | were first created they had no wings;' and the story is, that God made the wings, put them down before the birds, ; nnd said, "Now, come and take the bur-; iens up and bear them." The birds had beautiful plumage, but they took up their i wings with their beaks and - laid them upon their shoulders, and at first they , seemed to be a heavy load and rather , difficult to bear, but as they cheerfully I and patiently bore them and folded them | over their hearts, lo! the wings grew! fast, and that which they once bore now bore thera. The burdens bertr ; pinions, -and the. weights became wings. We are the wingless birds, and our du- ' ties are the pinions; and when at first, we assume' them they seem loads; but ] if we cheerfully bear them, going after J>sus, the burdens change to pinions,1 and we, who once thought we were noth- | Ing but servants bearing loads, find that j we are sons and. heirs of - God, free to mount up with wings as eagles, running without being . weary, walking without being faint.?Arthur T. Pierson, Di.D,. Do Not Starve Your 8ml. To Jesus, knowing the nature , both of God and of m>m, it seemed preposterous that a hifman be!ng could starve or stint bis God ward1 side; that houses and lands, stocks nnd bonds could fill the cup of bis peace and happiness so that God was not, to be thought of or reckoned with. .Testis could only apply the word ' "fool" to such a man who, ignoring his divine capabilities and possibilities, 1 ? <? ..of ri I-; ? I- nnrl hi. niMTV. : jnre? ?nuin,v u> *?/?.? ... How his heart yearns to-day over the thousands who / are absolutely poor towai'd Ood add who know not that they ire poor and naked apd defslitute. The . normal thing for a man, in his' view, is fellowship with the highest, compan-; ionship with the Maker of the universe ' and the Father of all. "Not that Christ iisesteemed the things that add to our j jomfort and inake life pleasaut, but he held them inlinitel.v lower in the scale if values than love and peace and joy i in the Holy Ghost and service in the kingdom of Christ. Prayer for Ppirltu 1 Strength. ? jGtnl of all patience, who. in the fullness if time hast revealed Thyself to men in Jesus Christ our Lord, have mercy upon is in the uncertainty and discourage- . ment of human life! .When we wait in ' larkness, longing earnestly to see, and see not anything; when we grope in ig w,? "?'i L-nAwlcHcro nnmpn not or JWlUUtr, IIIIU nuv *r ivupv ;omes too. late; when we are eager to ?hoose and act, and have no light upon iecision; when 'the shadow of our own sin brings doubt upon our way,', have pity upon us. 0 God! Help us to re , member the sure working of Thy will I Tor good in all Thy children's lives, the rest that remaineth, the assurance of sternal hope. Strengthen our hearts for jarth's endeavor, and may our restlessness be turned to peace as we remove iilr thoughts from the uncertainties of life to fix them upon Thee. 'And this tve ask in the name of Him. who suffered and overcame. A men.-?Closet and Altar. \ v ' Frne Frnin Sulflslinonii. Is it' possible for any Christian to be actually free from all selfishness? Is there any Christian now living who has this freedonrV Will, any one declare, that h'<* knows that he has not a partide jf selfishness in Mm? If therd be such j an one, will he tell us how he knows i that he is thus free? By what standard ' ioes he judge himself in this respcct? , l'hese are vital questions. Entire free- \ iom from selfishness in any form presupposes the utter eradication from a ' parson of all, carnality.. It. means the absolute removal from one's personality if all that pertained to the old nature.: [t .means a j?erfeotty pure personality., r" 1 1. ? nni.jAn.il'itv fhnn if i Li one nave biu-m u pciwu*iu^, ? n^y be truly said of him that ho is en- ; tircly free from selfishness in every ; form, and his works will be its witness. J . Growth In <Jr;ice, When n plant prows natufrnlly, it does not grow now and theh. by fits and ; starts, but continuously. It is either j moving on in its daily'march of continu- i ous growth, or it is in danger of inov-1 ing in the direction of decay and death. So with those who are growing in grace, j They grow continuously. They do not make a rapid growth one. year or ope J month, and then suddenly cease growing j till the fallowing year or the following ^ month, Their growth, if healthy, is not ' intermittent, but steadily continued. I Whilst they live tlu-y grow, and when , they eease to grow there is danger that . they no longer live. When there is 110 ' spiritual growth, there is always the danger of spiritual declension, decay, death.?Rev. H. t?. Youcrd. Ood does not expect our garment of . life to be of whole cloth when we are j done with it here. He knows the wear and tear of this troubled earthly pilgrimage of ours, and his lovin'g heart is very tender toward the patched garment, the garment of rents and stains, if we have only done our best to keep it whole?even as the mother sheds te:u*s of love oyer the little outgrown frock of her child, disfigured with patches and seamed with many a hastily gathered rent. Dependence Is uot altogether dependence, but in a sense mutual support?a sort of leaning together, as it were. In its human relation this analogy is strikingly true. We gain n?*\v strength, new courage, new inspiration, from those who lean lovingly upon us. Do not draw a line of separation between (he 'house of (Jod and the house nf business. The counting-house and the shop may be as much the house of fjnd as the holieit shrine where generations have knelt in prayer.?Ilcv. l'\ B. Meyer. IRON HUTS FOR SOLDIERS. The British Government Sencln One Thoumind of Them to Africa. The British Government has contractcd for 1001) huts for the army of occupation in South Africa, and the work is being carried out as quickly as possible. The building for warrant officers' quartern is sixty feet long and twenty feet wide, and divided into twelve rooms. The hut is constructed of timber framing, covered outside with corrugated iron, lined with feit, and inside with deal match-boarding, i'hc men's huts, accommodating thirty men and one non-commissioned officer, are 113 feet long and twenty feet wide. * - -v ?- , ' i fci ^ I _ I v " JkHolSEHoUT : "y When Sweeping. .. When sweeping a room, always work toward the fireplace, otherwise the draft from the chimney draws the dust I in that direction and scatters it about the room. . P&tatad Floor Coverings. A novel notion with economical woiften who desW artistic, yet inexpensive floor coverings, is to use some low priced stuff anil then paint it. One j clever New YorkWoman, an artist, put j down an ingrain\floor covering and j men ireaieu it 10 i\v>v ouauco ui paint and one of brotfrn to make it the proper tone for the ro>pm. ?^ V, Uses of Olive 0*(r Olive oil should 'be foumNJn every nursery and on every medicine shelf. ; In time of croup it can be givew frequently and will not disturb the a\jgestion as do many medicines. It is ou8(" given in place of cod liver oil, and is effective in building up the system andT fap less disagreeable. It is recommended by many specialists both as a food and a tonic. t For the House Beautiful. General richness prevails everywhere in house decoration, and this winter will bring forth artistic paperings, beautiful carpets and pretty hangings to complete the house beautiful. The use of mercerized cotton will bring all this beauty within the reach of the most economical housekeeper, and it almost requires the, skill of an expert to discriminate between'the mercerized fabric and the genuine silk original. Among the novelties are tapestry effects, which have lovely soft colorings, and designs copying old tapestries. \ " Window Gardening. I Nine-tenths of the windows used for window^gardenlng are too crowded for the to look well or do well. Turn a ?>",|jeaf right ndw by throwing awjpfjflL. ry poor or / insignificant gr r^to buy new stock in the j- ' to. turn your precious wilXOVcCI IC a hospital ward for i r ^macula tely cledn. Wa: , or twice every wee re its leaves. SIk^ ' - j -m ties the dust' out | I I I >s t!le Plint and -14^ ' this, clean plar >' */v w-ts, the greatest '" ' ?;?- ? -jden, and tho hard $. ' ^hades on &arth at the tQp of the " v xs need air. and in soijo cents n they set it by capilio on. A hard top crust tO $IruP as though in a Jug. K, /flor water find free entrahceOm $1 it. Plants in hard soil oftei . ! rora lack of moisture at the rtflfl'tr&Ufirh water has been - o ~ .r r , T given eve > Slide tL.r-^Rdes up to top of the upper sasIl ?.ke dowu the curtains at the plant v^^lows, and let the invigorating sun jfne in. Sunshine to a plant ls..v^at gold is to a Klondike miner. In extremely cold weather stay the j watering pot. Plants need little water | during severe weather, and th$y chill | or freeze twice as quickly after a j fresh drenching. If watering becomes ; absolutely necessary1, have it the tem- ; perature of the room, and give only in j the morning.. Watering in the evening \ during a cold snap is to invite a visit i from Jack Frost. \ j Pet your plants. Turn them, trim , them into shape as they grow, pick off ! every dead leaf or^faded flower. Hap- ! hazard care does not pay with house 1 plants?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. I Hoi seJJl d i Cheese Sticks?Cheese sticks to serve ! with a salad or with a meat jelly may be made quickly from bread. Trim off the crust and cut Into finger lengths "pieces an inch and a half thick. Toast over the tire and sprinkle with Fermesan cheese. Lyonnaise Carrots?Chop one onion very fine and fry in one tablespoon fill of butter, add two cupfuls of carrots cut into dioe and pepper and salt ,to taste. Fry a goklqn brown, stirring occasionally, add one teaspoonful of liuely chopped parsley, mix well and serve. Cucumber Sauce?When grated cucumber is served with fried fish as a sauce, tne cucumuers are pareu, gruieu and drained. To the pulp of four cucumbers add a half tcaspoonful of salt, a tcaspoonful of onion juice, a tablespoonful of olive oil, and a dash of cayenne pepper. Date Pie?Wash a pound of dates and cover, with water in an earthen dish; let stand in a warai place until the stones will come out easily. Add the beaten yolks of /our eggs, cinnamon, ginger, sugar and salt same as for squash pies. Milk enough for two pies. Bake with one crust. Use the whites of the eggs for frosting. Potato Dressing?One cupful of j mashed potatoes, one egg. a salt-spoon j / j ? 1 it... 4 I Illl OI pOW<lur??U Jsaj,T. lilt' auuie iiaiuuni of salt and half as much pepper. A?1t1 one tablespoonful of Hour. Pack in a shallow tin and bake in a quirk oven. Place slices around 1 lie platter of lish. Or the potatoes may he fried in small I Ions rolls and used in the same iu::u- | nor. Chicken a la Terrapin?Boil a chirk en until tender and, while warm, pick the meat from the bones, cut it ink dice and put it into a stcwpan will one-half cupful of boiling water. T<: one-quarter of a pound of butier add 1 one teaspoonful of flour and the yolk of one stir until perfectly smooth, then add gradually to tho chicken siirriiig constantly: season with pep and snIt. simmer N*u minutes, add one tabluspuoiiful viuegar vnd stvvv. 1eb& mralxi" \ Sensational Testimony Given by thi Dead Governor's Brother. 1 ,:|j YOUTSEY MOVED IN BEDCLOTHES .1 - A m While {Arthur Ooebel Was Testifying Hi Groaned nnd Scrcamr^-AVitneM Bo lates the Ac. .dd >Uiin'i Alleged Com fesslon ? He Mwkes Some Startlinj^^^Hj| Statements in Accusing the 'Prison Georgetown, Ky. (Special). ? Cantrill overruled the motion defence In the case of Henry sey Monday for a further He said iie had no discrct|^^^^^^^HH matter, and declared the the in the ^fterr^^HH^HH^^H^H in bedcl^^^BH^^H^^BRH door the jury see UU ill cue tbe the duflBH^HnH to be belc^^HHHI^^^^^nH Arthur io He right *\*o\utsey, C<>lo^^HB^9|^H^^Bnj turWC "?d to^ni- nMHHHM to tell B|^BBHHH^^D Youtsey 1HH^HH|HM toidBnnnjnBB| as told Colonel talk with I)lck CoiSbH^^H9H^9HB morning, he tolt^^^B|H^HHHn| ready to do the uuveruor xujior aui^Dick Combs was ready* tolH^H9B|9fiB lug. Governor Taylor ought not to come to see this. I have beeir expecting be dono for sbme time, but I otM having a negro do. it It is too tant a piece of work. Combs maHHH| a spy and he may betray us." ' "I asked: 'What else did Taylor Youtsey said: 'Governor Taylor up and down the floor and said: 'YdH sey, what uo you think? If' Goebel uHffifl killed, do. you think I donld hold mj^^m office?' He discussed that matter talking to me back and forth, and I said to him I thought if dodbel.wag put out of the way that the contest^, would be settled pnd that he cou|(jU&>ld hla L '.i office. .'"fug "'Finally I said to ?? governor 1 ^ Taylor hesitated stUWat Is.Up to yon, ,"S to decide now finally whether It is to /} be *Ione or not." After 's<>m$ mor& f hadtofinn Vnntoov atfltpM ' h4"*" "'of \*tV sakTltaally f "'Well," V*? ; "Youtsey said: 4I.v ; ' ?S??;j',Ji cartridges, unlocked 7 gFra' them in and gave t ' >? SwfcJj" 'l Jim Howard. He r5 eaCil- aP who went In the dot , S? 9? a said: 'Was -he \ . gsgg .'Sjj Chester rifle?' He sa, , * yfir yR ' fit either a Winchesi ' Jr S^'ll SLATIN PASJHA; Xdft'h? Has Been Appointed General of the f " 9T London (By Cable).i% ^ has bfeen appointed Br> " '\iV jSj ?? ^ General of the Soudan. , aT 'j SI,ATIN PASHA. soldier Is even now only forty years age. Eleven years lie spent in captf ity. and be learned the fate of Gord. when the head of that brave man wi brutally thrown into his tent. "5. * . * CUarjjrcl With Train Wreck. j . Four boys, ranging in age from nfnt ; to eleven years, have been arrested on suspicion of having caused the wrecf of the New York and Boston Expresjw of the Luke Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad, at South Chicago % in which two men were killed and three injured. The boys den/ed that they wrecked the train, but one of them said lie knew two boys who had stoleu parts of the switches. I. 8400,000 to Save Old Ironsides. " The Naval Board appointed to examine the old frigate Constitution has re- , ' ported to the Navy Department, at Washington, that it will cost about tflA/Hu'l-. ..In,.,, that vnccol in t lio oti.nj.ijw iv jihivv luiti fvwuvt ?m wditiou contemplated by the Boston Patriotic .Society. 'm I'r?i(id?nt Bark In Washington to Stay. The President and Mrs. McKiniey arrived in Washington. The Presi- ^ deut will not return to Canton again yj* this year, at least to remain there for any length of time. Cycling Notes. Vv'l The wiieel is responsible for verj few fatal accidents this year. In the cities tlie wheel is much used for going to and from business. Many riders when they go on a long , trip take out an accident policy. No 1 case is known where one has been < collected. A sincle tube tire, with a chronic inability to hold wind, may be made to last out the season by removing the valve, slitting it for a distance of five or six inches ami inserting an in