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CEM1US
?t TLOKSWCS WIunioi.
Whit west thcu on yonder desert plain,
Large, varue and void?
I Me a city hill oi dickering ttreeU;
I hear the hum of myriad engine-beats.
What lent thou?
1 we i dwert plain.
Large, vague and void.
.What west thou in yonder human face.
Pale, frail and small?
I Me a soul by tragedy worn thin;
I read a page of poetry, of sin.
1 What seest thou?
I see a human face,
1 Pale, frail and small.
!
What seest thou at yonder dim cross-road*
Beside that shattered inn?
Untraveled possibility.
The inn of splendid mystery.
What seest thou?
I seo the dim cross-roads
Beside a shattered inn.
?The Criterion.
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KCIL BUTTERWORTH and
| / Guy Chad wick had been
V?j cbums In college. The acqoslntance
formed there vu
cemented by time Into * fait friend hip,
and when war waa declared
against Spain both offered their ser flees
to Uncle 8am. Bat this friendship.
so strong, was one of diametrically
opposite natures. Equal opportunities
bad been given the two men to secure
shoulder straps. Butterworth
Alone took advantage of tbem. "The
Government has need of educated men
as officers." be said. In accepting a
lieutenancy. The sentiment of bis
friend was: "If the country has need
of my services, I give tbem gladly,
but a gun shall rest upon my sboul
dm; I care not ror toe notion 01 ?u.
For this speech Private Chad wick wns
highly esteemed bj hi* comrades In
Company B. of the Ninth.
Life in the home camp was drudgery
to Lleatenn "Mitterworth. Chadwlck.
aa eager a. ..uy to strike a blow at
them.
the "dirty Spaniards," as he termed
them, took the matter more philosophically.
He submitted to the Inevitable
gracefully. When at last the order to
break camp was given, there was some
regret that the Philippines was the
objective point Nevertheless. It was
ft Jolly crowd that unpegged their tents
and rolled their blankets, preparatory
to the departure for the coast
The trip across the continent and
the life on the transport lessened, in
a measure, their eagerness for action.
To stand once more on firm, steady
land, with no longer the pitching, rolling
deck beneath their feet was contentment
for a time. Barrack life In
Manila was begun- Then a new element
came Into the Ures of Lieutenant
Butterworth and Private Chadwick.
Nina was a Filipino glrL She was
the daughter of an Insurgent leader.
1 Lieutenant Butterworth and Private
Chadwick had fallen prey to her snapping
black eyes and pretty face, smiling
coquettlshly beneath a crown of
Ink black hair. She fascinated one,
charmed the other. Butterworth was
head over beels In lote with the girl
Chadwlck. less Impetuous, was caught
bj her sweet simplicity. Yet their
friendship did not suffer: rivalry,
rather than jealousy, was the keynote
of their relations.
"Guy." said the Lieutenant one day.
forgetting rank In a burst of confidence.
"I can't get away from those
black eye#, they follow me everywhere,
they are In everything I see; but, some
tray, I doubt her sincerity."
"I have had my doubts, too," returned
Guy. "but knowing how much
you care for Nina. I have refrained
from mentioning them. I have a fancy
myself for the girl Nevertheless. I
believe that she Is trying to Inveigle
us into Joining the Insurgent cause."
"Oh. Guy." exclaimed Cecil. "Nina la
too loyal a girl to conspire for our ruin
in such a manner. I laud her strong
belief in her father's cause, and I say
myself, without reserve, that with
such leaders as we have, the Insurgents
could drlvo us from the Island. But
no. not that from little Nina."
Private Chadwlck said nothing. He
prayed for a call to the field to sever
this attachment. His hopes were realised?bot
partially. The Ninth wai
ordered to Join In the chase of the In argents,
but the activity failed to reStore
to Lieutenant Butterworth hU
equilibrium of mind. Military duties
now precluded further intercourse between
the two friends. In the excitement
of battle Private Chadwlck gave
the black eyed Nina but a small place
In his thoughts.
Private Chadwlck lounged carelessly
In front of his tect admirinp the beanties
cf the setting sun, which painted
ue nonson who Riory. ne wu uudkin*
of Manila, and. for the first time
since be bad taken the field, of tbe
bright-eyed Nina, lie wondered If But
terworth had forgotten her. It wai
pleasant to recall those happy days.
"8-s-s-s-t."
Tbe sound Interrupted bis revery
A dirty, r&xied Individual stepped from
behind the tent. Looking cautlouslj
to tbe right snd left be slipped a grimj
bit of paper Into Chadwlck's band.
Guy hastily tore open the note. He
read:
"My Dear American Soldier: Prov<
to me that you love me. Join us to
night Papa will make you a big of
fleer. NINA."
A pang went to his heart. A smoul
derlng fire flamed up. In spite of tbli
evidence of her insincerity, Guy no*
realised that his feeling for her wai
more than mere interest in the girl
He was disgusted to discover bli
weakness
"(Jet out or neiv." be saiu. in a nam
voice. "Go tell tbe one who lent jot
that my flag Is dearer to me than al
tile world and before I leave It I wll
die. Go."
Tbe effort cost bim pain. He crawta
back into bis tent a miserable maa
The ran bad set
"Private Cbadwtck's sick." com
manted bla comrade*.
One ran with tbe new* to Lleutenan
Bntterwortb'a tent. It was empty.
"Tbe Lieutenant went off with <
. itrty looking beggar," said tbe guard
v
"One of his charities, I guoss. Said :
he'd be back before Iong."
Private Chadwlck knew ot ben rise.
He was torn one way by jealously
toward his erstwhile friend, another
by anger at the girl who bad played
him false. He worked himself Into a
fever. His comrades attributed It to
sorrow for his lost friend, for, after a
fruitless search, it was said that Lieutenant
Butterworth bad been trapped
Into an ambus<rade.
In the gray dawn of morning Private
Chadwlck paced slowly up and down,
with his gun on bis shoulder, doing
sentry duty. He was still weak from
the fever. A rustle, as of some one
moving, caught his attention.
"Who goes there?"
His challenge went unanswered. He
espied a form disappearing Into a
clump of bushes.
"Bang." He flred?but Into tbe air.
i The Corporal of tbe guard came run1
nlng down the line. He received the
! sentry's report: "Marauding party of
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J 'devil*/ " jsui uuy uiu not ieu ui u??
i be saw. Id tbe disappearing form be
| recognised bis deserted friend.
i With bastj formation Company B,
! was sent forward. Keeping under
cover of the trees, they halted on the
edge of a clearing. Not more than 1C00
yards away, 000 Filipinos, under the
leadership of a young officer in the
uniform of the United States Army.
' were stealthily advancing.
I "Careful men. Don't fire. Walt for
' orders," cautioned the officers.
Without warning and disregarding
the orders of his superiors. Private
Cbadwlck leaped suddenly forward into
tbe open, took careful aim and fired.
Tbe leader of the insurgents fell killed
by the bullet of his one time friend.
As the shot rang out and Lieutenant
Butterworth fell, for it was ho, a small
figure darted from the now wavering
line of Filipinos, with a cry:
"Cecil, my American soldier."
"Nina." shouted Guy.
The American Hoes deployed sna
now a volley carried death into the opposing
force. The battle rafjctl back
and forth. Scattering were the shots
which returned the regular Are of the
boys In blue. The Insurgents became
disorganized. Their retretft became a
root
The battle was over. The soldiers
returned victoriously rejoicing. As
they picked their way over the spot
of the first encounter, they came upon
a sad scene. In the midst of the dead
and dying, lay the lifeless body of a
pretty black-eyed Filipino girl, beside
the dead deserter Lieutenant, and .
there, with his head burled in his arms
and weeping like a child, was Private
Ohadwlck?be mourned the loss of
friend and sweetheart?New York
Sun.
*TJ uptmn a|KirtBiouk u>K>v..
Tbe Increase in slxe and number of
apartment bouses in large cities of
late has been beyond all precedent.
A single apartment bouse is being built
In New York City at a coat of $5,000.000,
wblcb will eontaln 1800 rooms.
It Is possible here to secure rooms |
on tbe same plane, suited to every pur- j
pose of housekeeping, from a kitchen !
to a ballroom. The various apartments i
are so arranged that any number of !
rooms can be thrown Into a single j
suite, the position of tbe rooms being 11
left to tbe tenant.
The rentals for single apartments ,
vary from $2000 to $20,000 yearly. 11
Now these rentals are much higher
than those of most private houses In !
New York City. The preference of j *
data, even at Increased rentals. Is due. j
I UonoiieM. lO meir jreaier convtuieatr. |
Every feature to be found In the
finest dwellings Is duplicated In these
apartments with the Important exception
of the stairs. The suites vary In
site from six to thirty rooms. The
'best apartments contain from two to
five bathrooms, with special quarters
for servants.
The rooms are heated in winter with
hot air and cooled In summer with re- i
i frlgerated draughts. Hot or cold or :
Iced water, each filtered. Is supplied to !
i every room. By living in an up-to-date I
> apartment. In short, a housekeeper can :
: save everything but money.?New York I
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> commit any fraud by printing two i
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i each containing a figure. The numbers <
i 1 to 9 having been printed In the course :
. of the revolution of the first disc, tile j
. second disc then presents the figure I
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(I?b1u Afflicted With luaalty.
Insanity has occasionally attacked
' great men. Jeao Jaques Rousseau bad
during life several attacks of insanity
- (Mobius), the poet Cowper suffered {
i from melancholia with delusions, the j
r physiologist Albrecht von Mailer be- |
i came a melanchollac and Johannes
. Muller committed suicide; Auguste
i Comte was subject to attacks of folie j
pertodique, made sucldal attempts and
) was afflicted in bla latter days with
1 erotomania and visual hallucinations.
1 Among musical composers Schumann
1 and Donizetti became Insane. Among
painters Landseer and Munkacszy de1
eloped general paralysis of the Insane,
l while Wierts and Carlo Dolce were
insane. TV1111am Blake, poet and paint
er, undoubtedly suffered from insanity
with visual hallucinations, and was a
t seer of visions; while Swedenborg
suffered similarly from the auditory
i and visual hallucinations characteristic
L of paranoia rellgiosla.?The Hospital,
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DR. CHAPMAN'S SERMON
A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED
PASTOR.EVANCELIST.
Two Hundred Falotlac M*oEvtr7
Person li Called Into the Kingdom
of God For a Purpose? We Shall
Be Made to Aeeaut Por Work Cndono
New York Cut.?The following acholarly
and readable nermon hat been prepared
for the preiw bv the popular pa*torevangelist,
the R?v Dr J. Wilbur Chaproan.
The nubject of the diacoume i* "Two
hundred fainting men," and it was
preached from the text. "Tiro hundred
abode behind. whi;h were no faint that
they could not go over the Brook Bcaor."
I. Samuel 30: 10.
In iiome respectii we are reminded in
this atorv of tbe celebrated charge of the
Light Brigade. poMibly because there were
6CC of David's aotdien, and perhaps be
cause they fought valiantly ana ..
great victory- While the rank and file I
would not compete with the men who'
fought at Sebastapol or Inkerman, for
they had been a discontented lot in their
home* and in their service, yet there were
some really great soldiers among them, and
they were aa ready to die a* were those 600
illustrious men who made the gallant
charge not many year* ago.
At the time of the text David wm living
at Ziklag. and he and hia men had
been away in battle. The battle has been
waged, the victory has been won and they
are homeward bound. They have camped
for the l**t nifht. and to morrow morning
they will be with their loved ones. The order
is given to break camp and forward
march, and when they came to the hill
where before them they could naturally
see Ziklag the first man shades his eyes
with his hands and looks. His fnce crows
na!e and he begins to shudder, for Ziklag
is in ashes, and as they come nearer their
wives and children and all their property
have been carried away. They are about
to turn upon David and stone him. hut
when he agrees to go after the enemv they
turn away from the ruins of their homes
?j mirauit. Thev reach the
*IIU NMIIp im mw.
Brook Besor. and then find th.it they have
in their company men who nre not able to
*o on. some because thev are old., others
because they were crippled, and still others
because tber were ill. The number
comprised 200. Tn order that they might
more more rapidly and battle more successfully
all the hearv trapning* were left
with the 200 at the Brook Besor, and 40.1
men pursued ?he enemy. Thev overtake
an Egyptian, who is left by the wayside
as good as dead, and when they rive him
some refreshments and promise him that
thev will not let him faU into the hands
of the enemv. neither will they put him to
death themselves, he tells them the direction
that the enemy has gone, and pursuing
after them they come suddenly upon
them. They have been intoxicated with
their great success, and although the battle
was fierce for a little while victory belong*
to David and his men. Their wires
and children are theirs once more: most
valuable treasure also is taken, and thev
have turned their faces back to the Brook
Besor. Suddenly some one in the company
begins to talk of the distribution of the
plunder, and they hive about decided that
the 200 fainting men shall have nothing
when David, with all the kinsliness that it
was possible for him to assume, declares
"as his part is that goes out to the battle
?o shall his part be that tarries by the
-A...*, n... .u-.il ahsr# and ?hare alike."
Villus. AUr;
and then he turned to the Brook Besor
and uluted his men. E?*erv old soldier
and every weak man received as much of
a reward as if he had been in the front of
the fight.
There in an impression abroad that the
rewards for the Christian arc given to
those who have rendered conspicuous service;
great preacher*. ?reat philanthropists.
great martyrs. This is not so according
to the text; neither is it true according
to the teaching of the Bible. Rewards
are not given for the amount of noise
made in the world, nor for the amount of
lood which we are supposed to have done.
but whether we have worked up to our
*-- 1 'l.
IUII m pan it.
You doubtle?s remember Plato's fable
of the spirit* that returned to thi* world
each to choose a bodv for its snliere of
work. One took the bodr of .1 king, another
a poet. Ktill another of a philosopher,
and Uljrwes came with great disappointment
because all that was worth having
was taken, when some one said the beat
is left. You mar choose the body of a
common man and do a common work and
receire a common reward, and this be did.
I.
Every man is called into the kingdom of
God for a purpose. There is no question
about this. Just aa in the making of a
great locomotive every picce must be constructed
by an ernert and every bit of
work must be marked with the name of
the workman, so that if the engine should
break in Jerusalem or China the failure
could be traced to the oroner source. Ood
expects every man to do his d'ltv, and for
erery one in all the kingdom He has a plan
of course. We are not all expected to
minion. Paul has an
illustration of this in First Corinthians,
the 12th chapter, where he is describing
the body where he says. "Ye cannot aay
to the haml. I hare no nee-! of thee, and
if the body were an eye where were the
hearing, etc.," but each perform* its own
mission, the uncome'v pirts receiving the
greatest attention from the head. So every
one of us has a work to do. If we leave it
undone we shall be ca'.Ied to a strict account.
There are two kinds of work illu?trated
in the atory of these soldiers and the 209
fainting men. One kind is marching forth
under the gaze and admiration of the multitude,
the other is just taming hy the
Brook Besor taking care of the atuff, and
yet it has it* reward.
II.
How often the field to which God calls
us seems to us to be exceedingly small.
The business man who has ^one to his
olee all^ this while, ac-i gotM through the
round 01 common iaa*s irom muruiu^ w
night, from one week's end to anotner,
year in and year out, charting oft time* be
cause he is doing ao tittle an i yet forgetting
that he can be "nor slotliiul :n business,
fervent in spirit serving the Lord."
and because he doc* comp.am so much is
missing his opportunity t-> do what the
Ercacher never could do. The invalid upon
er couch racked witu pain and tilled with
complaint because her voice u never heard
in tne congregations of the people, wandering
why she ever lived, and crying out
against (iod because she iu? suffered mo intensely,
thereby missing iter opportunity
to give a testimony watch no one else
could give but the invalid.
One of our honored old ministers a week
ago was ttlunged into grest sorrow by the
news of tne death of h;s ?on He had died
by his own hand. When the news was
brokeu to the father it seined as if he
would fall, when suddenly remembering
the comfort which he hid ever given to
others he cried aload. ' Though He slay me
yet will I trust H.m." an! he never
through all his ministry preached a better
sermon. The mother in her iiome bound
to her children, for white the chain may b.silken
it is still a chain. charting bccausc
she can make her mtluence felt so little in
the world, and yet forgets that she is
doing what every angel in the ?kies would
like to do, having an opportunity placed
in her hands to mold a *->ui tor eternity in
the direction of the live* <if her boys, ll
you tind yourself in a discouraged position
do as Paul dnl. make the best of it, for wc
remember what he said when lie writes to
the Philippiau.o, "but I would ye should
understand, brethren, that the things
which happened unto me hive fallen out
rather unto the furtherance of the gospel;
so that my bonds in Christ ar.? manifest in
all the i>a!ace. and in all other places."
Pbilipnians 1: 1213. Tiierf are those who
say it I were only in a more enlarged
sphere I would be brave and true, but this
is not at all certain it you are not brave
and true where you stand to-day.
"Out yonder, in the broad..full alar*
Of many lamps thine own might pale
And thy sweet song amid the gear
Of many voices slowly tail;
While theae thy kindled wandered on
Uncheered. un lighted. to the end.
Near to tliv hand thy mission lies,
Wherever sad hearts ne-d a friend.'*
First?Perhaps you are where you ar?
becau? you have set filM full tkat dob
T*" ? ? T" *r ;
tion, and Goa will never call yon to '
higher pi,ice until you have overflowed ,
where you are. Mourning and fretting he- i
cauM you are not where you want to be
d->os not make thing* better. The bond*
are only tightened by the fretfulnea*. Two
bird* in two cage* in a room give an illuatration.
One dashing iUelf against the bar*
bccau*e it is imprisoned. injuring itself j
and "topping it* song: the other singing
a* if it would out*ing the lark in the meadow*.
and moring thereby it* mtstre** to
ooen the cage and set it free. He who doet
the beat he can where Clod ha* placed him
has put hi* foot on the round of the Udder
that lead* up to higher things.
Second?Usefulness ia not the prinary
object for the Chri*tian. We *ay. "Oh,
that we might be more u*eful," hut first
rather let n? de*ire to be more holy, for
that i? Ood'? will. Thi?re u nothing better
for the molt of u* than sorrow or diaanpointment
or trial because these thing*
hape character. There ia little merit in
being good when everything about ua
makea u* good, and uiefulneaa ia the result
of character, i* to character what the fragrance
ia to the ro?e The gardener doea
not aim firat for the fragrance, but
to make the rose nerfect, and the fragrance
take* care of it*elf. If vou study
the aermon* of Whitfield. Wealev. 8purgeon
and Moody you may wonder whr
theae aermon* produced auch mighty effecta.
It waa because the power was in
the messenger rather than in the message.
To be right with God. to be holy, to be
like Chriat. ia our firat duty, and through
the door of bolinen we pajw to usefulness.
In the early painting day* of Weat,
Morse, the philoaonher. entered hi* studio.
He waa oainting hi* masterpiece of "Chriat
Rejected," when he said to his friend,
"Let me tie vour hand* and paint them in
the picture," and if you have ever *een
*L;- * * l?*?a MAM tVia kanrlu rtf
1(119 picturr *UU Iia * c r?vv?i ?uv
Morse painted in the stead of Christ. If
rou are in bonds for Christ'* take this very
thought will take from you the sting of
living possibly out of sight and doing only
common things aa you hare done in other
darn, yet the time will come when yon
will be free.
Perhaps there ar? thnse here who are in
hondace because they hare never yet hecome
Christiana. In the old Water street
mission there came one day a man bowed
down with ain until he stood little more
than four feet high, like a veritable dwarf,
but when he bowed at the altar and
yielded himself to Christ he atood ud aa
straight aa an athlete. Perhapa thia is
what you need. Sighing for peace, you
hare not found it, searching for pleasure it
has elnded ita grasp. Oh. come to Christ
to-day, for He may set you free.
nr.
If all these seem like hardahipa to ua and
we hare been without comfort, then let ua
wait until the day of reward shall come.
The mother who baa had a hard time with
her children, just wait and do your best.
When Charles Wesley comes to judgment,
and all the hosts that have been won t'
Christ by His power of music come, it will
be a great day, and when John Wesley
comes to judgment with all the souls of
- ??- v:_ :? _:u u. . m.n.Un.
JiriUWllMlU WlbU UIUI lb will UC MMB1
sight. but higher than the throne of either
Charles Wesley or John will be throne of
Susana Wesley, their mother.
The old preacher who ha* been discouraged
oft times because his church was so
small and his work so apparently insignificant,
needs only to wait until that great
day, and when that old minister who
preached in FaUcirk stand* in His presence
to say possiblv to Him. "Master, I had but
a little field." he will hear Him ?ay. "But
you led Robert Moffat to me." and as
Joseph Parker said the man who added
Robert Moffat to the church added a continent
to the kingdom. And when the old
English minister whose field was very circumscribed,
whose name is not generally
knoira, stands in His presence to say,
"Master, I did the best I could, but my
church was small," He will say to him,
"But vou led Charles Sourireon to Christ.
and Spurgeon led a multitude."
When Henry VTTT. ,iad Anne Bo'.eyn
came up the Rirer Thame* they bad a
great entrance into the city of London.
Fifty barges followed the Lord Mayor.
Official* were dressed in scarlet. Musician*
chanted upon the banks of the rirer, and
she who was to be the queen clad in garment*
of beauty, walking upon velvet, entered
Westminster Abbey, and the service
was a great one. but it is as nothing compared
to the end when the rewards are
given to those who have simply been
faithful.
I was sick, He will say, "and ye visited
Me." and the young Christian Endeavorer
will say, "Bat. Master, when?" and He
will answer, "it was when you walked
through the wards of the hospital and gave
a flower to this one and a cup of cold
water to that one." "I was weak and ye
helped Me." and this business man will
say, "But, Master,when?" and He will answer.
"It was the coin you gave to the man
in iLi crowded streets of the city vester'1am
mL* L>> fc kit A ^ AAin WAIllil VA
U4Y, IIIU WUU UUl 1UI Irliau WIU nvum U?fw
starved." And to the mother who has
cared for her children, and the business
man who has faithfully performed the Usk
of his business. and the father who has
beerl^true in his home He will sajr, "Inasmuch
as ye did it unto the least of these
ye did it unto Me."
That was a wonderful story of how Edward
Spencer, the brother of Dr. Spencer, I
of the Methodist Church Extenaion Society.
saved seveutcen lives in the awful
wreck of the Lady Elgin on Lake Michigan
in I860. Out of 400 passengers only thirty ;
came through the breakers alive, and of i 1
these young Spencer saved seventeen. He ; 1
was never a very strong young man, but he ,
had been brought up on the banks of the :
Mississippi River, and was so skilful a '
swimmer that he was almost as much at (
home in the water as on the land. M ith , 1
a rope tied around his waist in order that
his body might be recovered in case he
should be killed by the doating wreckage, i '
for six hours he went backward and for- ;
ward saving human lives. It was a won- *
derful day's work. The last person saved
that day was a man who was coming
ashore iu a difficult part ot the aurt, where ,
the bank waa high and precipitous. Any
one reaching the ahore there would be
pounded to death on the steep bank.
Those who canie to this part of the auri
were absolutely loat, aa it aeenied more
than a man'a lite waa worth to aa\*e taem. J
Young Spencer aaw thia man with one :
arm clinging to a piece of wreck, and in
the other arm what waa supposed to con- '
tain eiiver plate, or a bag ot gold, or aome ;
other precioua thing wrapped up in a bit :
ot clothing. A sudden lilt of the wave*
brought the mau and the bit 01 wreckage .
to which he cluug into full view, and there ,
at reamed out from the bundle the ireaaea )
of a woman's hair. Then S>|>eacer knew ;
that the man v.aa attempting to aave hia
wife, and although already greatly worn, :
lie aaid to tboae about him: "Coat what it .
may. I will save thai? man or die in the at- ;
tempt." He ran down the beach, Xoilow- j
ing the retreating wave knelt down as
closely aa posaible to the Hand, and let the |
return wave pound him. \> hen next seen
he waa far out in the water. He awam tc |
the piece of raft to which the two werr !
clinging. W hen within - or eight feet of I
meui IUL- mill tncu Mve IU>" WIIC. .
Save my wife!" The ~,ruve young awinmer
said. "V'm, I will save your wife ami i
you. too." Fastening his hand* in their
clothing at the back of their neck* he s.iid
"1 can sustain you in the water, but you
must swim for your lives and mine. \V- i
must push up northward to get beyond
this dangerous surf if we are to be Hive
at all " To the joy of the oniookini: *;>eo :
talors he came safely to shore w;tii b->ti |
of the unfortunates for whom he had so
bravely imperilled his life. The daily
patters were full of^lns praise*. The lilus- j
trated papers of New York and London '
contained his picturc, but when he was I
alone with his brother in their own room [
he fastened his great hungry eyes on him |
and said. "Tell me the truth, Wtli: everybody
praiaes me. Tell me the truth. I)id
I fail to do my best?" He did not ask,
"Did I do as well a* somebody else?" That
went without asking. He did not a*l:
"Did'I do as well a* 200 other*?" He did
better than that. He did not ask. "Did 1
do a* well a* any man on earth?" No. no.
He remembered the haggard itce* ot th.ne
who were lost, whom ue wu not able to
nave! The queation that ran through him
like a poisoned dagger aa he remembered
the 300 and more who lost their li\-e* in
sight of laud was "Did I do my best?"
I And ao you see it is not at all a question
aa to where we have labored or how imil!
our experience baa been, but have we done
oar bwt. U $o, we aboil receive * reward.
THE GBEAT DESTROYED
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT I
THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE.
The Saltoi Is Not the Worklnrr*n'i I
Friend. For It Kills More of Them
Thaa l>o?* Any Other Killer KnowsHelling
Liquid Dtmiutloa.
The saloon u the workingman's wont
enemy. It u a trap to catcd him oa bii <
way to work and on his way home. ]
While Mr. St. John wan Governor ot i
the State of Kansas a woman made het <
appearance in hi* office. With tears run- |
ning down her cheeks she besought him to i
pardon her husband who had Been convicted
and imprisoned lor homicide. She '
stated that the State (before prohibition I
was adopted; had given a man the right
to start a saloon between her home and i
her husband's worlubop. The once sober j
.mechanic became a frequent vuitor to that
resort, and io a quarrel be killed a man.
'Tbe woman claimed that it was the fault
of the State a* well a* of her husband that
be and her children were deprived of ber
husband'* wages that she so much needed.
After thinking the matter carefully over
and finding out that the man had sinccreiy
repented and was desirous of leading a sober
and industrious life, Mr. St. John pardoned
him.
The toilers of this land hare all they
can do to lire in moderate comfort. They
should let tbe saloons alone for the sake
of their families, if for no other reason.
Why swallow the clothes and food of those
at home tbat they love? Why make even
more bare the cupboards at home? Why
create more tears than laughter? Why
make still more desolate the Darren rooms
that shelter those who are not so well sheltered
as some horses are?
The workingman works too hard for his
pennies to band them over to a bartender
for that which makes him less worthy to
be loved by his wife and children.
The saloon says, "Stay here until early
in the morning?home is no place like
this." Wife says, "Come home; little Sarah
is sick and wants her papa." Which
voice is best to listen to and obey? You
know.
The saloon kills more workmen than any
I..11.%. ft C ?I
V/WUCl rn.il I EUUWU. A? UftftCS IKUUI bUCUl
their manhood. If there it any brutality '
in their make-up it make* them more bru- 1
tal.
Men do things when they are drunk that ]
they never would think o? doing in their
sober senses. To strike a woman?even
il she deserves it?is cowardly. Yet men 1
do that thing when drunk and sob bitter '
tears of repentance after having done it.
But the tears so shed do not wipe away
the wife's recollection of the sot. even if I
she forgives him.
How many mechanics, just about climbing
the ladder that leads to easy street,
drink that which makes the ladder totter
*nd fall. It is so hard to climb up and so 1
easy to fall down.
When you fall down how it harts?wife,
children and all.
The men who would successfully solve 1
the labor problem must not leave out of (
the question how to exterminate the saloons
of the land. If all the trouble connected
with the struggle between capital
and labor could be properly arranged tonight
it would get wrong to-morrow if the
present saloon system is permitted to still
go on.
It is not well that this country Vaould
go on half drunk and half sober. Such a ,
state of affairs means quarrels without
number. Capital on a drunk stands for
oppression, and is thoughtless as regard*
the right* of labor. \\ hen labor is on a
drunk the bosses are practically told that
they have no right* that workmen are
bound to re*pect.
Factories, workshops, sehools and
churches arc a blessing. Saloon* are hellbreeders
and make more devils in a day
than all the churchc* can make saint* in a
week.
What keeps factory district* in poverty
i* the pretence of saloons which get possession
of the wage* of the employe*. All
flesh is fodder with the saloons, and what
belongs to the worker* is appropriated by ,
the saloon keepers.
I have not the power to describe what
the saloons of America take yearly from
the workingmen. If I could you would be
startled!
The average American toiler is too good
a man to be wounded and even killed by
the saloons. Re deserve* a better fate.
Liquid damnation i* sold by those authorized
to do so "for the public good."
But it would be "for the public good" if
every saloon in this country was closed so
tight that dvnamite could not open them.
Readers, t am going to keep on asking i
the toilers of this country to keep away
from the saloon* until I cannot either
write or speak. Suppose I ask in vain? I
Will that fact hurt me when I have to j
live an account of the deed* done in the !
bodsr?
The aaloon i* here, but that doe* not
make it right. The saloon* ought to go to <
where they belong, anil that place id not i
heaven.?George R. Scott, in the Witneas.
One Mia at* For Braidy. '
In the frightful tunnel disaster which ,
recently occurred in New York City, on
the New York Ceutral Railroad, when
nineteen people were killed and forty-one ]
were injured, the police and tiremen of j
the city engaged in rescuing bodies from j
the debri* found a woman pinned under i
car seat. Apparently her injuries were (
not great, but as they started to release ,
her she cried out: "Brandy, give me (
brandy!" .
The gallant fellows ceased their effort*
just long enough to produce a bottle from \
one man'spocket and give her a swallow i
from it. But. oh. the fatal few second*! i
Before another hand's turn could be made
a ateam pipe bunt beaide the woman, the i
hot, blinding, scalding ateam, forcing the j
men from the spot. Afterward the woman j
was found dead, the d?sh literally cooked i
from her face. It was the one minute for i
brandy which cau.?cd her horrible death. ?
!
How They Make Then. 1
Barrels and Bottles, an influential liquor f
jrgan. says: ,
"The blender who understands his busi- ,
ncM can very eajily put a compound which j
will not cost the retailor more than seventy
cents to 91 per ?m< gallon, and will ,
realize $3.30 per gallon at live cents a |
drink. Of course, it's nothing but spirits |
of about seventy Drool, smoothed with ]
little prune juice, flavored with vanilla, j
cinnamon or ber^amoi, colored with vara- ,
be) and given the sharp and burning taste t
some drinkers like by tae addition of y
grains of paradise. i
"The old soak will swallow anything (
that's cheap and burn* a* it goes down, 1
and the keeper of a fcirre! hous? usually !
takes the ea-tiest way to meet th: old soak's i
views." (
Barrels and Botiles ought to b* ?ood authority
on what jco-j oa behind the bar
or down in the cellar.
The Cniiaiir la Brief.
The Kokomo woman who spanked hci 1
ro because he h.i I b^n found in a saloon J
o.i;ht to have :o:j o: imitators.
Mr. de Terra, a railway director in l?u- j
ten. Germany. l< now forming i society of ,
teetotal railway n-.on in Germany. ,
Pennsylvania iiaa passed a lav prohibit- i
ins the sale of beer or other liouors to (
women to be carried home from tho saloon ;
in a b?tt!< or other receptacle. I
it is stated tint th:r;\*-e:jht of the sev- i
enty-seven parishes :n the Island of An* '
c!*sey. off tiie west coast of Wales, with a <
j?>l>u!ation of il4. do not cout mi a single *
saloon or public house *
William D Morris. Mayor o: Ottawa, j
Canada, has Keen removed from office for
Luying a dnuk of h^uor Jorum hours prohibited
by law.
A class to prohibition ha< been established
by Professor Woodbndge at Tufta i
L'olleife in response to a petition of some j
of the student* 1
At a recent temperance meeting in Bres- I
lau, Germany. the Chairman stated that 1
the military authorities had for a Ion* '
time l?e*n endeavoring to put a stop to ?J
excessive drinking of intoxicating liquors. |
Dr Laurent, in hi* work on "Inmates of
Prisons in Pans." says: "The prisons <>t
France are inhabited 10 a great part hv descendants
of inebriates and degenerates.
A total abstainer among criminal* is D
exceoUou to the rule." ?
\
THE SABBATH SCHOOL
international lesson comments
for august ia
Sabjact: Ntdkb ud AbIha?T?mparaac*
Umoi, Ut. ?., 1-11?Oaldtn Test. I.
Tbess., w? ??Wamory Twh, 8-11Coauxmatarr
on tha Dtj'i La?on.
"N'adab and Abihu." These were the
sidest sons of Aaron and nephews of
Moms. They were next to Aaron in position
and rank. They had jost been in1
iicted into the priestly office, and their
lint acts as priests brought them to a
most tragic end. "Censer." A small ves<el
used for burning incenae. "Incense."
["he sacred perfume offered to God by
burning. It was composed of fragrant
ipices (Ex. 30: 34-38), and was a symbol of
prayer. "Strange fire." Instead of talking
ire which the Lord Himself had kindled
firhap. 9:24). from off the altar of burntiffering,
they took common fire which
s-as expressly forbidden. Chap. 16: 12.
rheir sin seems to hare consisted, 1. In
joing without orders. 2. In taking their
iwn censers, instead of using the utensils
if the sanctuary. 3. In doing what none
but the high priest was allowed to do.
I. In that they went together at the same
time, whereas the incense was only to be
iffered by one. 5. In going at an hour
not appointed for this service. 6. In offering
?tnnse fire. It is thought by some
that thev even entered into the holy of
holies. The whole service on this solemn
by of inauguration iru to be performed
by Aaron himself, and his sons were only
to attend him. These two young priest*
irere nresumptuous. rash and irreverent,
[t is the prevailing opinion that they were
in a state of intoxication when they entered
upon their duties (see vs. 8. 9), and
that this was the reason they acted so
rashly and wickedly.
2. "Fire from the Lord." Fire from
the Lord had just consumed the burntoffering
and the fat upon the altar (9: 24)
in token of divine complacency and sacred
nearness and the acceptance of human
worship, and that some fire went out
from the Lord and consumed the audinous
Driest*. The very fire which they
hid slighted was now the instrument of
their destruction. So God's truth is a
navor of life unto life or of death unto
death. 2 Cor. 3: 14-16. The Holy Spirit
trill cither regenerate (Titus 3: S) and aeal
is (Eph. 4: 30), or consume us. Heb. 12:
29. "Died before the Lord." That is, before
the veil that covered the mercy-seat.
r,od was now teaching His children obedience,
as became servants. In this sin
was manifested a contemnt for Moses and
the divine law, and for God's glory. The
punishment was necessary according to
the law.
3. "Sanctioned." etc. "I will be made
to anpear holy by those who administer
in My name." This refers directly to the
Driests. They had received solemn warn
in?a u to the matiou* and reverent manner
of tbeir approach into the divine
presence. "Aaron held hi* peace." He
rabmitted in ailent resignation to what
he u* was "the righteous judgment of
God." Far be it from him to honor hia
ion* more than God. or wish God's name,
or house, or lair, to be exposed to reproach
or contempt to preserve his family.
4. ' Out of the camp." The burying
place of the Jews was without the camp.
3. "In their coats." Burying them in
their priestly robes was a sign of their
being polluted bj- the sin of their irreligious
wearers. Aaron was not permitted
to die in his priestly garments, in order
that they might be worn by Eleaxar.
Sum. 20 : 26.
6 "Uncover not your heads." They
were to use no sign of grief or mourning.
!. Because those who were employed in
the service of the sanctuary should avoid
everything that might unfit them for that
service. 2. Because the crime of tbeir
brethren was so highly provoking to God.
and so fully merited the punishment
?k;?k ka,i inflii-tMl that their mourn
in? might he considered u accusing the
Divide Justice of undue severity. It was
the law that the priest should never leave
the altar or go to burials, or interrupt hie
ucred ministry by shedding tears. "Whole
house of Israel.' All the people were to
bewail the burning, not only on account
of the loss of their priests, but especially
because God bad been displeased. "They
must bewail the burning Kindled, that it
might burn no further. Aaron and his
ions were in danger of being too much
effected with the providence, therefore
thev are forbiddirn to mourn; the bouse
of Israel was in ilanger of being too little
effected, and therefore are commanded to
lament." ' ?fc 'H-C.
7. "Shall not go out." "They were not
to come in contact with secular affairs bv
nbandonine the aervice of the tabernacle.
"Lcit ye die." Many a Christian minister
fus suffered spiritual death by voluntarily
going forth from the tabernacle to enter
upon secular matters.
8. "Spake unto Aaron." This command
aras immediately given to Aaron to encourage
him hy such a token of regard:
?1 * ? (K? f/irrl vnuM not have it
ippc.ir a* if Moses hnd not sympathiied
in his affliction, or bad intended to charge
him with criminality in this respect.
9. "Do not drink wine," etc. This
itrongly implies that Aaron's sons had
tinned through excess of wine, and "bad
\ttempted to celebrate tbe divine serriee
in a state of inebriation." "Ihis wine is
in Hebrew 'yayin,' the most general term
For the beverage, especially when it is intoxicating.
In seventy-five out of a hundred
and thirty-six passages it is spoken
)f with condemnation by reason of its
disastrous effects. 'Strong drink' is applied
to all fermented liquors except wine,
ft included beer and cider and the fermented
juices of various other fruits and
vegetable*." "Lest ye die." God fixes
the penalty and gives it as a warning.
10. "May nut difference." "To be able
to distinguith between what was sacred
ind what was common. Wine draws a
ilm ov.t the spiritual eve and confounds |
nor.il distinctions/' "This is a strong
reason why tn*y snouia arms no muuirating
liquor, that their understanding
wint: c!eir. and their judgment correct,
they mi'.nt be always able to discern between
the c!<?an and the unclean and erer
ironounce rijhteou* judgment. Tndeed.
-oranton *-;n?e itself show* that neither a
imnkmi nor a sot should ever be suffered
to minister in holy things."
11 "Teach the children." "The priest
ras the proper person to teach, and if
le were addicted to drunkenness he would
ic indee i rery unfit to teach people God's
aws or statutes. for two reasons, namely,
Ifcrause they who lire after the flesh can
lot hare an experimental knowledge of
lie thin^ of the Spirit; and because they
vou.'d. by their example, destroy all their
iwn teaching. Drunkenness is sinful,
herefore 11 considered fleshly. Tempertnce
is a virtue and does not'unfit one to
earn of Chrint and the things of His
ungdom." "The law of the Lord u p?rect,
conrerting the soul."
Machine Tor Larlsg Brick.
Commercial Agent F. S. S. Johnson, of
Stunbridgc. Canada, reports a recent inrention,
which consists of bricklaving by
narhir.ery instead ot br hand. He says:
'The machine, worked by two men and a I
ad. will lay 4<? to 600 bricks per hour. I
>?or and window spaces cause only a slight i
lelay. The machine is suited for a!l plan j
fork, such .as walls, sheds, mills, factories,
- -1 i?: I?|
ro\v< oi college#, piers ?u uii<>kv>, ?. >.
Considerable pressure is put on the brick*,
ind it ii claimed that the work i* tnoro
irmly done than by hand. The invention
nil do the work of ?ix or ?cven skilled
ncklayers, and jt U believed that a machine
adapted to build a factory, about >
lixty by torty feet could be put on the |
narkct for $300. The apparatus can lx?
eadily worked after a fortnight'* mutru.;ion."
Immigration In lMI-i.
- .L- ,I?,
immigration uii<? mc VHIK? .7.-.^.. ?.
ng the pant risc.il year wan greater th.m in
mv previous year except 1882. The ntim [
*?r or iiiimijfranui arriving at the various
>orts was 730.798, as against 738,99"J in
$H2. the record year. The immigration
.wt year was 1(58,930 in excess of the recor?i
>t ISW1. The number of steerage immigrants
last year wa* 487.91'*. and the num
?r of cabin immigrants 74,930
E vapor?i too of 0??l Sm.
The DeaJ Sea evaporatei an average of
,500,000 tons of water daily, that bem*
be amount emptied igto it by the Jordan.
GOD'S MESSAGE TO MAN
READING FOR THE QUIET HOUR
WHEN THE SOUL INVITES ITSELF/
Poena: On* Day Wbsa Warn by Toil?44*
alratloa Will SfoO later* Saltation?
Application la tb? B?*t lvld*Mt atf
Appndatloa-Work la Trn* Worship.
One day, when worn by toil and lone,
And vexed, like Martha, with many a care,
I, too, waa foolishly striving to bear.
In strength my own.
I heard .1 tender voice and low?
A voice ot sweet. mysterious power#
That came to m; that trying hour
So long ago.
These words it said: "Cone thou, opprest
With present cares and cares to be,
Come into a desert apart with Me
Awhile and rest."
It was my Master s can 10 prayer
To a quiet hour with Him aside
And in His solitude to bide
Unburdened there.
My troubled, anxious soul it knew
His loving pretence the "Desert" filled.
And all it* restlessness waa stilled
And a deep peace grew.
Deai Lord, I pray for a faith to M
Thy tender love in each restraint
Around me thrown, that I may acquaint
Myself with Thee!
'"''I
And may mv ear be quick to hear
Thy daily call to quiet prayer;
In a "desert place" Thy presence share
And feel Thee near!
?Emma ^iin Tallman.
Hearing and Doing.
"And every one that heareth these say*
trig* of Mine and doeth them not shall bg
likened unto a foolish man which built hi*
house upon the sand."?Matt. 7: 36.
Salvation comes by faith and faith bf
hearing, but there are some very faithfu
hearers who will never know salvation;
thev hear, but do not heed. The parable
of the two builders, on the rock and on tba
saud. is the aoplication of the Sermon oa
the Mount. It is as though the Maatec
can anticipate those people, even of thid
day, who are so occupied with admiring
that wonderful discourse that they hava
no time to Dot it into oractice. Applica
tion is the best evidence of appreciation.
Admiration will not insure sal ration.
There are manv who nay, "All the religioo
T need ia in the Sermon on the Mount.**
That i? as though one should sar, "All tbg
food I n*ed is in the larder," and then the?
should lock the door and throw the to*
away. No man needs to worry about anW
more religion until he has exhausted thai
contained in this sermon. But he might mi
well hare his religion in the Egyptian
Book of the Dead as in this 8ermon on thg
Mount if he never takes it out and puts ii
into practice. He who builds his hopes q/t
his aesthetic capacity for admiring tbe sayinn
of Jesus is building them on the sandj
What God want! is not men and women
who can nod their heads in agreement wit*
the preacher's sentiments or sit with g
rapt expression of svmputhetic appreciation
of the sermon on tbei^ faces and ro home
saving. "What a lovely discourse!"
He wants men and women who express
their appreciation of the beauties of trutV
by their application of its duties. ,
Opeiatiop* count more with God than
opinion*. Woric la true worahip. At tbd .
l??t you will not he aake<i your estimate of
the lojrical. oratorical and sentimental qualities
of Christ's great sermon. The greal
Architect will not ask your opinion of Hie
designs and plans: He will want to see the
house you hare built according to thoee
plans or otherwise. The man who does no
more than admire the plans that God has
drawn builds no more than a honae of air
on the sand* of his imagination. What hae
he to show? It will not do them to say,
"Lord, I was alwaya one of the first to
aav. Lord. Lord, and to express my admiration
of Christ and His teachincs." God
will ask for the building erected by yoor
obedience. ?
Xo man knows what any truth is worth*
till he sets it to work. Your doctrine yo?
must demonstrate. Prove it by living and
the world will take chances on its logic.
The truths that Christ anoke are God's design
and plan for the edifice of true living.
You can bring twenty people to accept
these plans by erecting the structure of
your own life squaielv and exactly npos
\hem fcefore you could make one single
io'jI accept them by your admiration and
irgumgiu for them. 'Wiy
What God wants and this world needs il
i Chriatianity that has gFowri un oat of admiration
into emulation. A Christianity
that does more than sine about love and
piety, that shows them; that not only propounds
principles, but also practices then.
The church has been too long like tfie lad
who thinks he has solved the problem of
wrpetual motion, too proud of the theory
to stoop to prove it: she most build no
pore on the sands of sentimental admira:ion
of ?nitb. hut on the rock of real appln
:ion.?Henry F. Cope, in Ram's Horn.
Tfcs An*al-Laddrr.
The Rev. F. B. Meyer says: 'Tor each
dreamer, of all the young pilgrims acrow
the world of time, there waits the angel
ladder. Beside each one of us the bush
[ in the desert burns with fire. The differ*
; ence between tbose who ?ee and ao not
see thaw things lien in their devotion or
disobedience to troth, to far u they know
it."
Rtlld?o of Lot*.
Bishop Gore, in addressing a meeting of
workinijmen in Birmingham, Mid: "If tb*
Christianity of Christ is to make any wajr
in the world, it must make it aj the religion
of a body of men bonnd together by
the name lore and fellowship that binds
them to Him."
The Devout Kind.
M-irtineau says: "No laborious trarela
are needed for the devout mind: for it
Carrie* w:thm it Alpine heights and starlit
kies. which it may reach with a moment'*
thought, and fee] at once the lonelinea
ot nature and the magnificence of God."
Spiritual PoliUr*.
Irreverence is the brand of ignorance.
To consecrate your money act as God'a
ateward.
The church that scatter* its money will
gather its members.
If God chastiseth His chosen what will
He do with His foes?
If you feel you hare a call to preach to
the many, first test it on the few.
You cannot increase your bank account
in heaven with blood money.
It l* easier for God to work a wonder
than tor us to comprehend it.
When a man denies God in bis heart km
will deny humanity in his life.
Where God goes in, trouble goes orer.
The divine in the Christian is the best
demonstration of the divinity of Christ.
Though His hand seems to be reached
out to smite it is equally ready to save.
It 1.1 not enough to make good promim
to God, we mu.it make our promise* good. *
Kind words draw people nearer to God.
but cross words drive many to despair and
rum.
A sermon on our duty to God trill not ba
accepted as a substitute for doing our duty
to man.
A man'a religion mutt be bankrupt when
he can only pay the Lord forty days on th?
year.?Ram's Horn.
John Smith's Helen Is Over.
The new city directory of Bonton ditclone*
the astounding fart that the reign
of John Smith is over in Boston, and thai
John Sullivan has taken his place. This i?
one of the wonders of the new century.
Bv actual count there are onlv thirty
c.ght John Smith* in that city, while ot
John Sullivan* there are 111. Boston hat
257,006 [wonni whose name* jfe wortfc
recording in the new directory. The num*
ber shown an increase of 4?22 over the di?
rectory of lut year. About 30.000 of the
persons named lire outside the city limit*
Vacant Laid la (Jaltatl States,
One-third of the United States proper u
vacant land ?