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Now York City. ? Shallow round jokes are very generally becoming, -and are among the latest designs .shown. The May Manton model tllus woman's BliOUSB. Crated is made of sky blue louisine silk with the yoke of cream lace, over white, trimming of black and blue cording, which is attached beneath the edges of the tucks and finishes the round neck and buttons of turquoise matrix. The design is eminently simple. yet effective, and in the height of style, both for the odd waist worn to the theatre, informal dinners and the like, and for the entire costume. Silks of various sorts and all light weight wools are appropriate, and the cording can be varied by the substitution of contrasting pipings or the tucks left plain as preferred. The lining fits snugly and closes at the centre front and on it are arranged the yoke and the waist. The back is smooth across tne snouiaers duc urawu down la slight gathers at the -waist line. The front is tucked in groups of three each and with the yoke closes at the left side. The sleeves are in bishop Btyle, the cuffs stitched and edged with cording and the belt of the material is similarly finished and held by *n ornamental clasp. ' To cut this waist for a woman of medium size three and five-eighth FANCY yards of material twenty-one Inches "wide, three and one-eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide, two and seveneighth yards thirty-two inches wide or two yards forty-four inches wide will be required, with three-eighth yards of all-over lace for yoke and col lar and six and a half yards of cording to trim as illustrated. "Woman's Fancy Waist. The fancy waist, with soft tucked front and bishop sleeves, is shown amonj? the latest models, and can be relied upon as correct for the coming as -well as the present season. The smart May Manton example illustrated in the large drawing includes the newest features and is eminently well suited to the odd waist, as well as to the entire costume. As shown the material is white crepe de cliene, with cream guipure over white silk, but all soft clinging materials are appropriate, louisine silk, taffeta mousseline, challie. cashmere, albatross and the like with lace, velvet or applique as trimming. The foundation, or lining, is snugly fitted and closes at the centre front. The back nroner is plain and seamless. f but the right front is tucked and extends well over the left, the closing being effected beneath the left bretelle. The yoke and bretelles are carefully shaped and give a most satisfactory effect, while actually involving little labor. The sleeves include the latest novelty in the deep pointed cuffs, but can be made with the simple straight ones when preferred. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size three and three-eighth yards of material twenty-one inches wide, two and three-quarter yards twenty-seven inches wide, two and a half yards thirty-two inches wide or two yards forty-four inches wide will be required, with one and a half yards of all-over lace for yoke, bretelles and cuffs. The Place For the Braid. If you are having a frock braided l>y a home dressmaker, and are in need of suggestions, remember the regulation for this season is to embroider or applique a dress skirt six inches above the bottom line. It is easy to- bear this in mind, otherwise your home-made braided frock may have its applications set too low, and so lose the cachet of an exclusively autumnal style. The mixed braids of tv f * black and silver are "well worn." as the dressmakers say. and if you do not care for even this slight admixture with tinsel the all-black braids? "military." mohair or silk, are always stylish and extremely well looking. Soft Silk* Preferred. If you are ordering a tailor-made gown for autumn use. and you will need it if you desire to look smart, j see that you do not choose silken linings which rustle. It is no longer considered good form to use rustling dress linings, so use a soft silk for the purpose. The cause of the revolution ?nininn :? nnt wr>11 known. It may Ill UJ/iuiv/ti 10 UVI be because rustling" in silk linings I have been so cleverly imitated in rus- j tic percalines. and in the mercerized j almost-silks used for dress linings. J Perhaps it is simply for the reason ; that they have heen used for quite a long time, and so we are all ready for a change Soma Pretty Petticoats. A petticoat of fine white alpaca, much frilled, makes a nice change from silk or muslin skirts. It washes well and will outwear three silk skirts. Petticoats in colored cambric are useful. Those sold in the shops are apt to he coarse and heavy. But when the materials are carefully selected, the ruffles made with the daintiest care and the fitting properly done, the result will he a very satisfactory garment, which will have the added recommendation that it will wash. .Tetreled Lace. Jeweled lace is a fad in both Paris and London, and is a gorgeous toilet detail even if slightly barbaric. Many a grande dame wears real jewels of great value sprinkled over her old point, but the ordinary woman can accomplish wonders by buying the imi tation stones which are sold for tne purpose, and applying them artistically to handsome heavy lace. Gloves For Elbow Sleevea. Gloves for the elbow-sleeved gown are shown with lacing of gold or silver cord from waist to elbow on the outer seam. The same thing is seen in shoulder length gloves and the lacing is not only decorative but also _ I WAIST. ! useful in fitting the glove to the arm and keeping it In place. Up.to-Date Collar*. It hardly seems credible now that any one ever wore high, stiff collars, canvas-lined and of the most unyield.lnt-nrinfi'.m IP a Oflllnr ifi llSPf! at lii? UCOI.li[/ClVU. 4 4. M VV?>*% ? all nowadays it must be soft and transparent. i Child's Dress. Pointed yokes, with brelelles falling over the shoulders, are exceedingly becoming to the little folk, and make a charming effect. This dainty frock, designed by May Manton, is made of sheer Persian lawn, with all-over tucking a"nd trimming of Valenciennes lace, but the design is suited to all fabrics used for wee children, white for occasions of dress, colors for the times of play and frolic. The yoke is square at the lower edge, and to it is attached the full skirt portion. The brelelles are shaped and slightly full, falling in soft folds. The sleeves are in guimpe 9tyle, with frills falling over the hands, and the neck is finished with a straight band or narrow collar. To cut this dress for a child of two years of age two and a half yards of material thirty-two inches wide will child's dress. be required with a quarter yard of tucking and three and seven-eighth yards of insertion to trim as illustrated. DC. TALMAGE'S SERMO! SUNDAY'3 DISCOURSE BY THE NOTE DIVINE. SnVioct: Th? UTethod* Needed in the Mo< ern Church?A Practical Gospel in Holi fill? Ministerial Laziness Denounced The Church Needs No Apolosiea. fCopyTilrfit. 19?l 1 Wastttnctox, D. C.?Most, encouratcit to .ill Christian workers is this discoun of Dr. Talmace while denying the aeon acv of statistics which represent Sunda nnHipnees as diminishing; text, Hebrew x, 2;}. "Nor forsaking the assemuiing < ourselves together." Startline statements have been made i many of the pulpits and in some religioi newspnners. It is heard over and ov? again that church attendance in Americ is in decadence. I denv the statement b presenting some hard facts. No one wi dispute the fact that there are mot churches in America than ever befon one denomination averaging two ne1 churches every day of the year. The la' of demand and supoly is as inexorable i the kingdom of God as it is in the worl< More churches supplied amies moi church privileges demanded. More banki more bankers. More factories, more mai nfacturers. More ships, more importer More churches, more attendants. Tn all our cities within a few yeai churches have been built lartre enough t swallow up two or three of the old-tim churches. T cannot understand with whs kind of arithmetic and slate nencil a ma calculates when he comes to the conchtsio that church attendance in America is i decadence. Take the aggregate of th number of people who enter the house < God now and compare it with the aggri gate of the people who entered the hous of God twentv-five years ago, and th present attendance is four to one. Th facts are most exhilerating instead f being depressing. That man who presenl the opposite statistics must have bee most unfortunate in his church acquain ance. You are not to argue adversely becaus here and there a church is depletec Churches have their day. Sometime merchandise will entirely occupy a neigl borhood and crowd out the churches an families ordinarily attendant upon them PO;t>eH*v|PS ? t.ir.'iir-' ;ternecine strife. But there arc no fact to overthrow the statement that I hav made in recrard to the increasing attenc ance unon the house of God. Now. I ai ready to admit, as every intelligent ma will admit, that ther? are churches whic ha\-e been depleted, and it. is high tim * ' ?* _ A I- 1 C that a sermon oe preacnco xor me ucucn of young men who are just entering th gospel ministry and for the warning c prosperous churches as to what ore th causes of decline in any case. Tf mei chandisc crowd out a church, that cannc be helped, but under all other eircun stance* decadence in church attendanc is the fault either of the church or of th pastor. Churches are often cleared of their a; diences by the attempt to transplant th modes of the past into the present. Th modes and methods of fifty years ago at no' more appronriate for to-day than th modes and methods of to-day will he at nropnate for fifty years hence. Dr. TCivl Dr. McElrov, Dr. Mason. Dr. De Wit Dr. Vermilyea and hundreds of -othe men iust as good as they were neve lacked audiences, because they wer abreast of the time in which they livec People will not he interested in what w ?>ay unless we understand the spirit of th day in which we live. All the woebegoi ish statistics are given bv those who ar trying in our time to work with the wort out machinery of the nast times. Sue men might just as well throw the furnace out of our church basements and subst tute the foot stoves which our granr mothers used to carry with them to meel ing, and throw out our organs and ou corncts and take thp old fashioned tunin fork, striking it on the knee and then lift ine it to the ear to catch th<> pitch of th hymn, and might as well throw out ou modern platforms and modern pulpit and substitute the wineglass pulpit 11 which the minister used to elimh to th dizzy height of Mrnt Bianc solitarinesi and then <ro in out of sight and shut th door after him. The trouble begins awav bark in th theoiogie.il seminaries. It is a shame tha larger provision is not made for ministei of religion, for the sick and the acred an the infirm who have worn themselves on in the service of f!od. We have navs asylums and soldiers' asylums for men wh fought on land and sea for our eountr when these men have become aged c crippled, and it is a shame that laref provision is not made for the good so diers rf Jesus Christ who have wor themselves out in battling for the Lore But. lack of provision in that respec makes a tendency to turn our theologies seminaries into hospitals for sick an aged and infirm ministers. When a man begins to go down the give him the title of T). D. bv way of ri suscitation. If that fails, then the ten' enc.v is to elect him to a professorate i some theological seminarv. There at grand exceptions to the rule, but it is o ten the case that the professorate in theological seminary is occupied by som minister of the gospel who. not being abl frt r.rnnrh himself, is set to tedch othei how to preach. In more cases than on the poorest sneaker in the faculty is tb professor of elocution. We want more wideawake, more aV>l< bodied, able-minded men. more cnthusiai tic men, in our theological seminaries an in the professorates?men like Addiso Alexander, who could during the wee teach voung m^n the theory of oreachin and then on Sunday go int> the pulpi and with the thunder and lightning c Christian eloquence show them how. Whs would you think of a faculty of unsuccesi ful merchants to train young merchant or a faculty of unsuccessful lawyers t train young lawyers? It is often the case that theological sen inaries cut a man and clip him and squar him and mold him and bore him an twist him until all the individual is son out of him, and he is only a poor copy t a man who was elected to a professorat because he could not preach. We want less dead wood in tho theoioor cal seminaries and more flaming evangeli I declare that a man who cannot, preac himself* cannot teach others how t preach. At a meeting of the General Asserrb! of the Presbyterian Church of the Unite States, a clergyman accustomed on lb Sabbath to preach to an audience of tw or three hundred people in an audien< room that could hold 1500 was appoints to preach a sermon on how to reach tb masses! I am told the incongruity w.i too much for the risibilities of many of th clergy in the' audience. Now, a youri man coming out from such bodwaffing ii fluences, how can he enter into the wani and the woes and tiie sympathies of pet Tile who want on the Lord's day a pract cal gospel that will help them al! tl week and help them forever? Young ministers are told thev miv preach Christ and Him crucificd. Yes. bi not as an abstraction. Many a miriist* has preached Christ and Him crucified i such a way that he preached to an ai dience of .100 down to 200 and from "00 I 100 and from 100 to fifty and from fifty 1 twenty and on down until there was bi little left save (.lie sexton, who was pai to stay until the service waa over an lork mi! There is a ereat deal of cai about Christ and Him crucified. It is n< Christ and Hun crucified as an absLra tion. but as an omnipotent sympathy a Diicd to all the wants and woes of 01 immortal nature, a Christ who will he us in every domestic, social, (inanci* political, national struggle, a Christ for tl parlor, a Christ for the nursery, a Chri for the kitchen, a Christ Jor the barn, Christ for the street, a Christ for ti store, a Christ for the banking house, Christ for the factory, a Christ for tl Congressional assembly, a Christ for tl court room, a Christ for every trial ar every emergency and every perturbation. It is often the case that the difficull begins clear back in the borne circle. \v/f misapprehension w to which oliihl otirl to be consecrated to the ministry. Jo] is a kccu, bright boy. lie is good at bargain. When lie trades at school he f ways gets the best of it. Make him merchant. He will soon gather a fortui and go right up to take his place amoi the commercial priacea. George has gre e\I cerebral development. Phrenciogically language is large. Make l>im .1 lawyer He will argue 1?is way to the front, and he will take iiis place anions the Mans D IteMs and the Storys. Henry has large girth at the chest and is. military in hi.< stcn and bearing Send ium to West Point. We shall see him vet a brigadier 1- general. William is fond of s-ketehing i>- especially of sketching ships, and he know? ? as much about a vessel as an old sailor Make him a shipbuilder The vessel that h? builds will successfully wrestle with the uaripopan nrmriwinu. .-viecK is not very ig well. He has never had very good diges?e tion. Since that last malarial attack his r- spleen' is enlarged. He has a morbid way iy of looking at things. He will sit fot i"A hours looking at one figure in the carpet. >f Ilis manners are so mild, so soft, so gentle. so affectionate, so heavenlv. and he n cries easilv. Make him a minister. Now, is my friends, that is a great mistake If :r you want to consecrate one of your sons :a to the gospel ministry, take the on? widest iv awake, the brawniest, the most brilliant, 11 the most irresistible, the most potent. A e tremendous work opens before a orofese. sion whose one object is to lift the naw tions toward God and prepare them for iv heaven. ,n Oh. my brethren in the Christian ministry. we must somehow get our shoulder e und^r the burden of the people on the s> Lord's day and give them a good stout lift, and we can do it. We have it nil our ' own way. It is a great pity if. with the floor clear and no interruption, we can"3 not during the course of an hour get our 0 hvmn and our prayer or our sermon tinl? der such momentum as we can. by the heln of God. lift the p?onle, body, mind n and soul, elear out of their sins, temptan tions and troubles. 0 I think that ministerial laziness often empties the church of auditors. Hearers who are intelligent through reading news" papers and bv active association in busie ne^s circles will not on the Sabbath sit e and listen to platitudes. Hearers will not jf come to sermons which have in them no .. important facts, no information, no st.ir' ring power, no adantation, no fire. The 1 new will not listen to t'he pulpit unless at least on the subject that day under discussion. the pulnit knows more than the 'e pew. Ministerial laziness has cleared out ' manv churches. Such ministers saunter 3 around from parlor to narlor under the name of nastoral visitation and go gad ^ ding about through the village or the city l> on errands of complete r^thingness and "" wan their brains around a cigar and ;s stnoke them un and then on Saturday af.e temoon nut a few crude thoughts together ** and on Sundav morninc wonder that the n theme of Christ and Him crucified does JJ rot brint a large tudien^e, and on Mon" day sit down and write jeremiads for the ;? religious newspapers about the decadence l? of church attendance. (? PeoDle will not go to church merely as a matter of duty. There will not next . SabbatJ> be a thousand people in anv city f who will get up in the morning and sav: "The B-ble says I must go to church. Jfc " is my duty to so to church: therefore I will iro to church." The vast multitude of people who ro to church ?ro to church because thpv like it. and the multitude of l" people who stav away from church stay e away because thev do not like it. I am e not speaking about the wav the world c ought to he: I am speaking about the way c the world is. Taking things are they are, J" we must make th" centripetal force of the ji' church mightier than the centrifugal. We must make our churches magnets to draw ir the people thereunto. so that a man will r feel uneasv if he does not go to church, 'e saying: "I wish T had gone this morning. ' T wonder if I can't dress vet and get there e in time. Tt is 11 o'clock; now they are e singing. It is half-past 11; row they are preaching. T wonder when the folks will e be home to tel' us what was said, what has !" been going on." " When the imnression is confirmed that ,fl our churches, bv architecture, bv music. j" hv sociality and hv sermon, shall made J" the most attractive places on earth, then we will want twice as many churches as ir we have now. twice as larsre. and then they will not half accommodate the peoe plf' ir Therefor", mv brother Christian worker, ,a if vou and T find two illustrations for a religions subject, and the one is a Bible g illustration and the other is outside the , Bible, I will take the latter because I ' want to be like mv Master. Lookincr across to a hill, Christ saw the city of c Jerusalem. Talking to the neople ab^ut the con,s snicuity of Christian example. He said: j "The world is looking at you; be careful. [(. A city that is set on a hil' cannot be hid." I While He was speakintr of the divine care of Cod's children a bird flew nast. He said. "Behold the ravens." Then. look . ing down into the valley, all covered at that s^aso" wi^h flowers, He said, "Coni sid?r the lilie*." n* Oh, mv brother Christian workers, j what is the use of our eoing away off in some obscure nart of history or on the || other side of the earth to get an illustrai tion when the earth and the heavens are full of illustrations? Oh. Christian workers, we have got to ; freshen un. What is the use of our going i[ hack in the Christian classics to find an * illustration of the victorious Christian deathbed when my personal friend. Alc fred Cookman. a few vears ago we"t away ^ in as imperial grandeur as did Edward g ray sun. e Is it any less an illustration to me and 3 to you because T met him a few weeks bee fore in front of Trin tv Church. Broade way, and I said: "Cookman. vou look as if you were working too hard?" Where .. in all the classics is there such a story as that of Cookman. when in his last moment ,] he cried. "I am sweeping through the n gates washed in the blood of the Lamb?" k Oh. fellow Christian workers, what is 2 the use of our being stale and obsolete it and ancient when all around us are these )f cvidencps of God's grace, God's deliverLt ance. God's mercy and God's wisdom? 3. We have got to freshen un in our sermons, :s freshen un in our songs, freshen un in our 0 zeal, freshen up in our consecration, and if we do it. my brethren and sisters, we will no more have to coax peop'e to 0 come to church than if you throw ,] corn on the ground yon have to coax p pigeons to come and eat it. no more than >f you would have to coax a tirpd horse to e pat the oats you throw in his manner. Yes, we must freshen up in our Sundayschools and in our prayer meetings and in 5. our pulpits. h It is high time that the church of God o stopped writinc apologies for the church. Let the men who are on the outside, who v despise religion, write the apologies. If il any people do not want the church, they ip need not have it. Tt is a free country. If 0 any man does not want the gospel, he P need not have it. Tt is a free country, d Put you go out, 0I1, people of God. and if. cive the gospel to the millions of America 1S who do want it. le It is high time we stop skirmishing and ig bring on a general engagement. I want [i- to live to see the Armageddon, all the arts mies of heaven and hell in battle array, r>- for I know our Conqueror on the white i- horse will gain the day. Let the church of le God be devoted to nothing else, but go right on to this conquest. When Moses with his army was trying it to conquer the Ethiopians Drofane history ^r says it was expected that he would go in ' 1? a. 1 i._ in a roundaoouc way ana come uy wir uauiui u- ot tlie river, as other armies had done, so because the straight route was infested to with snakes, and no army and no man it had dared to ?o across this serpent infestid cd region. But Moses surprised tliera. id He sent his men out to gather up ibises, it T.ie ibid is a bird celebrated for serpent st siaying. and these ibises were gathered e- into crates and into baskets, and they p- were carried at the head of the army of ir Moses, and coming up to the serpent inip fe.sted region the crates were opened and il, the ibises flew forth, and the way was to cleared, and the army of Moses marched st right on and came so unexpectedly on the a Ethiopians that they flew in wild dismay. ie 0 church of God, you are not to march a to a roundabout way, but to go straight ie forward, depending upon winged infiuie ences to clear the way Hosts of the livid ing God, march on, march on! Church attendance, large now, is going to be tv larger yet. The sky is brightening in Lb every direction. 1 am glad for the boy lil. and girl five years old: t think they may in see the millennium. The wheel of Chri? a tian progress has never made one revolu il- tion backward. The world moves, the a kingdom advances. All nations will yet [ie salute the standards of Prince Immanuel. ig To Him be glory in the church throughout at all azea Amen J : THE GREAT DESTEOYE 1 ; SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOU THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. J Ati ETnorimont That Will He Watciii Will) Interest l?y All Who Arw Col t corned About the Growth of the Saloc Evil-Why lW?n Drink. Recently a preacher shocked his hpa^ ' "by savine that if h? could command M Camrjitfie's fortune h? would not waste on libraries, lmt. would use it to pstobb's saloons in all the cities. He qualified th proposition by the statement that 1 would have no intoxicating beverages sol !>h liia li.iro T-fiu iHp:i that men will n( l give up drinking until something el.' Khali ho provided in its place has been ai [ vanred by many intelligent observers, ni 1 tably by Arthur Helps. Indeed, exper men to in a small way have been made o the lines indicated by the preachers, an usually with some measure of success. 1 will be interesting, and perhaps profitabli to note the result of an undertaking < this kind on a large scale in Russia, whet vodka, a particularly ferocious beveragi is of nuite general use .and abuse. Thei could hardly be a better field for a sevet test of the ooinion that men drink chiefl because of the social opportunities affor< cd by the drinking place, and not bccaus of the drink itaelf. The exneriment at St. Petersburg is ur der the direction of the Government, an is aimed mainlv at the reform of the ir temperate working people. The subst tute for the saloon is a place of generc amusement and refreshment. In a larg building are a theatre, capable of seatin 2500 persons, and several restaurant! The performances are entertaining an instructive, and the price of admission i about five cents. In the restaurants meal are served at correspondingly low pricef The hall was crowded at the onening, an the people were apparently delighted wit the drama, which will be varied with poj .lar concerts and other entertainment! That the people will swarm to the hall o every occasion is a foregone conclusior but how far the resort will displace th dram shoo can be determined only after considerable e* ^erience. American ilints have declared tha drunkenness d disease, and should b treated as . u. This idea does not, hov ever, bar i ./al treatment, which has bee found to be efficacious in dealing wit many distinct maladies. While the cor dition of the confirmed drunkard may b pathological, there is no doubt that in vast number of instances it depends o the man's environment whether he sha become a victim of the disease inebrieh TH--'- 11? i l: j?? " xiiib 13 luc ccauiuujt kjl cvci.yuaj c.kj;ti ence. The lot of the Russian toiler i particularly gloomy, and there is no sei timent among his fellows against resor ing to the stupefying national drink. 1 is reasonable to assume that if his lil can be brightenpd by what is offered i place of drink there will be less induci ment for him to squander his money i liquor. Tn all countries, including on own, it might be well to try the effect < a popular meeting place, where withou beincj expected to drink intoxicants th workers could find helpful entertainmer at prices well within their means.?Phili delphia Record. Antt-Treatlng. The action of the Catholic Total Al atinence Union at their national gatherin in Hartford in condemning the silly an dangerons practice of "treating" cannc be too highly commended. As the res< lution justly says, seven-eighths of th drunkenness of the day is caused by an ol servance of this vicious custom. While movements against treating hav been started before yet they have nev amounted to anything. Now that a pov erful organization, backed by a great bod of Christians, has seriously taken cogni; ance of the evil it is to be hoped that a members of the Catholic Church will ac upon the suggestion. Really, treating i Lilly and superfluous. The custom of eac man paying for his own drink prevai! throughout Europe and the rest of th world, and it is onlv in America that, i ---i? i.- _i a 1 r~n ~ urucr lo hiiuw guuu iciiuwaixi^ a ma must pay for liquor he neither wants hin self nor do his associates. The resolution urging co-operation wit non-Catholic bodies in fighting for tb cause of temperance is very timely, an all those who desire to further the goo work will do well to avail themselves c the opportunity of united effort. To much time has been wasted in the past i following out lines of sectarianism. Ten perance is a universal ideal and knows n religious boundary lines. It is taught b the seven great relieions of the work only one of which is Christian. We congratulate the Abstinence Unio on its sound sense, and trust that the nex convention shall show that the ideas pre mulgated in Hartford have been productiv of good works.?Bridgeport Post. Boys, H?lp Yourselves. I once saw an auction sign and (being woman) crossed the street to investigat what manner of bargains were there to b obtained. I was not tempted to go in. fo it proved to be a fire sale of cigara and t< bacco. But I did stand for many minute looking through the big plate-glass wir dow at a large dry goods box in the centr of the room, into which had been throw Eromiscuousiy all broken packages of tc acco and cigars. Above the box was card which bore the inscription, "Boy under fourteen help yourselves." An the proprietor was walking back an forth, smiling and rubbing his hands an lAtMWM 'i TT nl r> t?A11TOnllfA3 Kavb knln fTAIIt sajvili^, 11C1|; jruuioti?wo, UWJ at Iivi)/ ;wu. selves; put some in your pocket3." An fifteen or twenty boys all well dresse and just out of a neighboring school, wer following his suggestion. Some were tr> ing to smoke, some only trying to fill thei pockets, all in a shame-faced way tha showed them to be new at the business And the dealer was well satisfied?h knew that he was planting good seed, am l:e knew that his harvest was sure.?Chris tiau Observer Drnnkermess in England. If I were asked to say in one word wha was the matter with Endand, I shouli reply, "Drunkenness." What causes thi drunkenness? I wili not venture to d( clarp, but from it springs practically a] the ills t.o which the British social organ ism is heir.?London Interview with Mij McDowell, of Chicago. Forcr of Example. The examples of numberless abstainer who enjoy the most perfect health and th brightest spirits, without ever touchin alcohol, is in itself an efficacious argi meat. They furnish an obvious and incor testable proof that strong drink is absr luteiy needless for health, for strengtt for hanm.ie.s3 or for longevity. The Crusade in Brief. Metal beer pipes are corroded and soo :aten through with the poisonous acids i beer. One of Neal Dow's grandmother? wa named Hate Kvi! Hail. He inherited th lentir.ienL Ma>iy a poor drunkard knowd the trut o' this word from Daniel Deronda: "Tha is the bitterest of ill?to wear the yoke c our own wrongdoing." Dr. N. (J. Hi.-nriL'tt testifies thai lie lu investigated tlm vessels and tubes tliroug which liner pd.ises in a number of saioari: He finds them infested with . donies c moid and bacteria. If the army canteen is such a gi-eat ten peranee measure, bow does it happen thii it should be so opposed by so many Chrii tian men and women and favored by th brewers and the saloonkeepers? The Government of New South Wait has agreed to have temperance wall-sheet hung up in tlie elementary schools?as lui 1 been done in the Colony of Victoria fc some years past, which give uncompromij ing testimony against the use of any ii toxicating drinks. A few years ago Pismo, Cal., was a f< vorite summer resort. Some of its peop] thinking to increase its popularity encou aged the opeaing of drinking saloon; The result was Pismo became noted fc its whisky sports and loungers, and suu m*.iug people sought other resorts. -- wm ' fPPSfgp R j THE SABBATH SCHOOL |T INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOI OCTOBER 6. Subject: Joseph Solil Into Egypt, Gen, xvxvil., 12.30?Golden Text, Acts vll., n D ? Memory Verses, 26*28 ? Common10 tary on the Day's Lesson. 12. ' In Shechem." Shcchem wa9 about r" fifty miles north of Hebron. Jacob owned r* pastures there (33: 19) and had dug a well. 'JJ 13. "Send thee unto them." .Jacob no . doubt had some anxiety about his sons, 13 because lie had removed from Shecliem on account or tne sins cney naa committed there; he therefore decides to send Joseph to learn of their welfare. He.could trust *e Joseph, and he had no thought^ that his *" brothers would wish to injure him. 14. "Go, I pray thee." Joseph's mission '* to this remote and dangerous country is a proof, that Jacob did not treat him with d too much indulgence, and that he did not t keep liim home from any feelings of ten* z' derness. Lions, bears, panthers and " wolves were common in Palestine in those 'e days. 6. 17. "Dothan." This was about fifteen "? j or twenty miles north of Shechem. e 18. "When they saw him." Their env vious feelings rose up. Their occupation ! gave them abundant time for gloomy medic itation and for conversation. They doubtless brooded over their relations to Joseph, i* cherished revenge, and encouraged one and other in their enmity. "Conspired." Cun) ningly plotted. 'To slay nim." This i- would have been a premeditated murder il had they fully carried out their purposes. ;o 19. "This dreamer cometh." "Master g of dreams." R. V. margin. This was a 3. form of speech conveying great contempt, d 20. "And we will slay. From envy and is malice they proceeded to conspire against Is the life of their brother, and then con! rived a lie to impose upon their own d iather. h 21. "And Reuben?said." Reuben of j. all the brothers had the greatest reason to j. be jealous of Joseph, for, as the first born n he was entitled to many of the favors , which were being conferred upon Joseph; e yet Reuben proves to be his best friend. a 22. "Shed no blood." He did not dare to shed his brother's blood, neither did he t dare manfully to save him. Reuben's real e design was to find some way to restore Joseph to his father. _ 23. "Out of his coat." This probably t, was done that, if ever found,"he might not Va J Ins*a/4 n a f r*T! J. UC utauciucu rtCJ a ^CIOUII VI uioviiiv. ?, i vi 11 ie and hence no inquiry would be made cona cerning him. They also took the coat off n to allow to their father. U 24. "Into a pit." One of the many resr ervoirs excavated out of the solid rock or ' built of stones and plastered, for the pur pose of holding rain water. They were bottle-shaped, so that it was almost impossible to escape. There are thousands f of such cisterns in upper Galilee; they u prove how dependent the population was upon rain water. "Was empty." He was ^ safe from drowning, but was left to die from starvation. What terribly wicked n , men the.v must have been! 25. "Sat down to eat." They sat down Y to a joyous feast, eating and drinking the lt very dainties he had brought them, while '? they left him to die. Jt was at this timet lt (Gen. 42: 21) that they "saw the anguish of his soul," when he besought them and they would not heaT. Reuben was not a partaker of that meal, but was off probably devising measures for the rescue of I his brother. It is impossible that mere ' envy at his dreams, his gaudy dress, or K the partiality of their father could h; ve d confirmed them in such awful wickedness, it Their hatred of Joseph must have been >* produced by a dislike to his piety, on ace count of which they saw they could never )- be at ease until they had rid themselves of his hated presence. This is the true soe lution of the mystery, just as it was in the tr case of Cain. 1 John 3: 12. "Ishmaelilea." Called also Midianites (vs. 28, 36). y mobably because the caravan consisted of i both of these. The general meaning is 11 Arabian merchants. From Gilead." A :t country east of the Jordan. "Spicery." is Gilead was famous in early times for its h spiccs and aromatic gums. Jer. 8: 22; 46: Is 11. "Balm." This was a very precious ie gum obtaihed from the balsam tree, aln most peculiar to Palestine. "To Egypt." n Kgvpt would be a great market for spices \- Oil aiXUUItl/ \J 1 bilCU UCI.I^ uo&u **?*, iiivvmwv in the temples, and for embalming the h dead." e 28. "Judah." The fourth son of Jacob. ({ His name means "praise of the Lord." ti "What profit." What profit is there in ,f ein at the best? 0 27. "Let us sell uim." The sight of fl these traveling merchants gave a sudden turn to the views of the conspirators; for 0 having no wish to commit a greater dey gree of crime than was necessary for the ( accomplishment of their end, they readily anproved of Judah's suggestion to dispose n t of their obnoxious brother aa a slave. t 23. "Sold Joseph." Acting impulsively on Judah's advice they had their poor viee tim readv by the time the merchants reached them. "Twenty pieces of silver." The money was probably in rings or pieces, and silver is always mentioned in the records of that early.age, before gold, on account of the rarity of the latter. In those days money was weighed and not coined. Twenty pieces (shekels) of silver was the price of a slave under twenty years of age (Lev. 27: 5), and according '* to the Oxford Bible was equivalent to 8 $11.23. 29. "Reuben returned." Reuben had " * T l_ 1 ,| 1%* planned to rescue uosepn miu scuu mm home safelv as soon as his brothers had Jeff. him. But the thing was of (Jod, who a had designed that Joseph's deliverance 1 should be accomplished by other means 4 than his. "Rent his clothes." See on v. d. 34. j* .'50. "Whither snail I go." Reuben was "j tlie eldest and Jacob would hold him re4 sponsible for Joseph's safety. " 31. "Killed a kid." They dared not tell e the truth, therefore thev make lies their '' refuge. How true it is that what we sow r we reap! Jacob had deceived his father, t and now in turn he is deceived by his ' sons. e 32. "Sent the coat." All this was done d and said by their servant whom they had sent. 34. "Rent?sackcloth." Tlie common signs of Oriental mourning. A rent is made in the skirt more or less according to the afflicted feelings of the mourner, t and a coarse, rough piece of black sacktl cloth or camel's hair cloth is wound s around the waist. "Many days." It was - twenty-two vears before he saw him again. II 35. "All liia daughters." Dinah is the i only daughter of Jacob that we know s about: his daughters'in-law are probably included here. 36. "Captain of the guard." His business was to take care of tb* rnv*I person and execute his will. s e Australia Xee^B a Capital, i Ejver since the establishment of a federal autonomous government ir Australia the } question has been asked. Which, is to be I "f fho npvt commonwealth? I LUC V.OpibOi V* VMV .. ' According to an act of the British Parliament the seat of the federal government must be situated in New South Wales, and must be as near as possible to some n large river. The High Commissioner who ti has been instructed by the Minister oX the Colonies to study this question says that uS there are three places any one of which would serve admirably as a metropolis. These are Canobolas. Yass anil Bombala Eden, in the County of Monaro. In Euj. rope the selection of an appropriate site 'c is regarded as of great importance, not only because Australia is almost as large as Europe, but because a new city and 1 one which must be of imposing size will '* liave to be built. i. Monument to a Noted Surgeon. j. A monument is being erected on the grounds of the old Government fort on s. Mackinac Island to Dr. William BeauL, inont, who, more than a half century ago, made a number of surgical discoveries which resulted in methods of practice of !S inestimable value, not only to army sur'Jl geons, but to the medical profession s everywhere. Dr. Beaumont was born in ir Connecticut, and was known hh one of the greatest investigators in the profesl" sion. l- S25 For a Kalibii's Burial. Ie In the will of William E. Bakeman, of r- Gloucester, Mass., filed for probate at Salem, there is a bequest of $2."i to pay for ?r burying his pet rabbit, "Bonnie," beside i- him. \ ' yV . i i ? ' GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN ' PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THF WORLD'S GREATEST PROPHETS. 'j react and Ll^Iit-An Incident in th? > Life of David Bralnerd, the Indlaa ! MJsalonary, Which Shows That Praye* 1* Answered?Amazed the Savages. I do not a?k, 0 Lord, that life may be s pleasant, road, I do not ask that Thou should'st take from me aught of its load; I T /in nht n'olr fhat flnwprs should alwaVB spring beneath my feet, I know too well the poison and the sting of things too sweet. I do not ask my cross to understand, ray way to see, Better in darkness just to feel Thy hand and follow Thee. Joy is like restless day; But peace divine like quiet night. Lead me, 0 Lord, till perfect day shall shine. Lead me, O Lord, through peace to light, Amen. David Bralnord and the Indian*. The following remarkable answer prayer, as related by Rev. E. Payson Hammond, is given in one of the Hartfcrd (Conn.) papers:David Brainierd, in the earlv New England day*;;resovted to carry the gospel to a savage tribe, of Indians, well back in the forest fastneBees. His friends, on learning his plana, declared they should never see him alive again, but he could not be dissuaded. He carried a little tent under which "he slept, and after weary days of travel he approached the principal village of the tribe. Here he tarried for a while that he might plead with God for Hit blessing before making the attempt to benefit those savage Indians. He supposed that no eye but God's rested upon him, but some Indian hunters had watched him as he pitched his tent, then hastening to the village had told the chief of the approaching white man. A council was hela and it was decided that he should be killed and scalped and never enter the village. A narfv ftf Indiana bAA in a ahpltpreil place and waited' for the missionary to come out, butBrainerd continued long in prayer. Becoming' inpatient they drew nearer, and captiously peering through the opening they saw him on ria knees. They thought he was talking to some one. Just then a great rattlesnake slowly pushed his ugly head under the tent ana crawling over Brainerd's feet and legs reared itself parallel to the kneeling man a hack as if to strike his fangs in his neck. Suddenly it drew back as if God forbade the murderous attempt, and glided out at the opposite side from which it entered. The Indians were amazed, and noiselessly retreating they joined their comrades ana described what they had witnessed. Brainerd was so absof-bed in prayer that ho knew nothing of the snake's visit, or of the savage warriors who had come to destroy him. He seemed to bear God say: "My presence shall go with thee." At length he took his Bible and went to? ward the village. To his surprise it seemed as if the whole tribe came ou?; to greet him. They treated him with the greatest respect, regarding him as under the protection of the Great Snirit and concluded that instead of being hostile to this man whom God.had defended from, the poison of thenrattlesnake they ought to sue for peace. Thev listened to his preaching and were ready to hear his entreaties to trust alone in Christ for salva >on. -A The Church Fo"^All. The church is intended for all people. There is no limit, but no matter how great a sinner a man may be, the church is for him just as much as for a very religious person. It is not right for people to criticise others in the congregation. This is the cause of many leaving a church. We don't like to hear stories that others have circulated about ng. It hurts our tender sersses and breaks friendly ties. We should take sinners int# the church, and with the experience we have gained brin? them to the way of leading a holy life. We should welcome tbem to the church and invite them to partake of the waters of life freely. It was intended for them iunt as much as it was for you and me. So be kind to those who have not walked in the path of righteousness, and do all in your power to make them good. Criticism will not bring this good result.?Rev vv. c. ivie. Frankness, Not Fault Finding. Frankness in the home circle is one of the moat beautiful habits. By this is not meant a habit of cross fault-finding and use of offensive and needless criticism. These things are destructive of home happiness. But the utmost candor of kindly and conscientious expression of differences of opinion is helpful all round in preparing children for contact with the outside world. It gives aelf-control, fortifies against the unkindly criticism which all are sure to meet and leads one to b?? ou his guard.?Christian Instructor. Notwithstanding What "They Say." One's rightful work is often halted by ear of what others will say about it. This may be even more a barrier to the work than the fear of not doing the work at all. It takes courage to do what we believe we ought to do, when we think we shall be criticised, or misunderstood, or scorned. But the real calamity lies in not doing what we ought. Of this it is well to have so strong a fear that we shall have courage to face whatever others may say of our right-doin^.?Sunday-school Times. Abhor KrU. People who have for so many thousand years had the benefit of the teachings of all the prophets of the Christ and of all history ought to be able to hate evil, to abhor the wickedness that seems to entice mankind. We abhor sickness and have met with large success in removing the tendencies to it.-rRev. R. I1'. Eakes, Methodist, Atlanta, Ga. What is Most Craved. Tim rlppnpaf u-nnt of man is not A fie sire for happiness, but u craving for peace; not a wish for the gratification of every desire, but a craving for the repose of acquiescence in the will of God and it is this which Christianity promises. Christianity does not promise happiness, but it does promise peace.?F. VV . Robertson. Where Oar Duty Kudu. We ought to measure our actual Jot and to fulfill it: to do with all our strength that which our lot requires anil allows. What is beyond it is no calling of ours. How much peace, quiet, confidence and strength would people attain if they would go by this plain rule.?H. E. Manning. Keep Tour Record Clean. "Young man, keep your record clean!'* were the dying words of John B. Gough. If the great orator had spent all his life in fixing on a sentence which would be his message to the youth of the world he could not hare chosen better. For he knew, and older men all know?though few young men learn the truth until too late?that for the sake of the peace and power of all of a man's later life, it is of supreme importance that he keep his youth pure and untainted. Anything that will be a blot on the character, or that will be bitter to the memory, is to be shunned as if it wore horns, tail and > cloven hoof.?Wellspring. Fire Itecord Iteaten in ltusnia. During the dry season in Russia, it is calculated, 160,000 buildings are burned oa an average every year, worth $75,000,000. Hut this year far surpass?.-, any yet tabulated. It is computed that more than 200,000 buildings have been burned, the total loss being more than $100,000,000. Jn addition there are the awful forest fires, which this year have been very extensive in twelve governments or provinces. The people in the governments of | iMitiDirrtK ana i\03irc>niii am nut are mc sun for a week because of the dense clouds of smoke which hung in the air. The damage to the crops, cattle and forests is incalculable. . ? ?&l