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r A SERMON FOR SUNDAY ; j AN ELOQUENT DISCCURSE UPON THE 0 HOLY CHOST. * c tb? Rev. Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman Shows s Hon tb* Holy Kbs?l 1% the Christian's 0 Helper Bfjroml All Others?It the Life | J of the ('hutch. New Yobk I'lTY. ? The *ermon here li furnished to the (ire.** i* the must mipres- t ive Oil* of a series which the Rev. Dr. J. ii Wilbur Chapman prepared tome time apo c for the Bible Institute C'o.'portage Assoc la- t tion. If is entitled "The Holv (ihost in t His Relation to the Church/' and was I preached from the text: "And the Lord F added to the church daily such as should s be naved. Acur: ii. Id the honmt endravor which we make *> propel Iv to live :he Christian life and in 0 the end receive a reward irom the hand of t the Master, th-reby not missing our n ifown. the Holy Uho?t l*yond all other* ?i is our helper, lie m certainly to be counted a* the director and leader of our church life. We need ex|K-ct no great outpouring j| of the Holy Uhost ?r? long as Hi* leader- / hip is ignored, and without this high c Spiritual atmosphere we may expect, as in- s< ividuals. no special victories. s On the day of Pentecost two great events ti occurred: tne first was the exaltation of v Jesus Christ nt the right band of the w Father?"Thin Jesus iiath God raised up, b whereof we are all witnenses"' (Act* 2: si 331; tbe other was the outpouring oi the s< Spirit, because Je?us had been raised up b and exalted. The point is that Christ as a our bead had poured out upon Him the h Holy Ghost; thus receiving Him in trust w for the body; and it naturally follows that u what tbe bead has received the members of tbe body have a right to claim. Since d that day, jn the plan of God. the Holy p Ghost has been the udminiitrator of tbe ei affairs '<( the church, and He ia here to n make Christ real to every believer. If He p had tarried with us in th? flesh ami I had ?| claimed His presence. He would have been tl denied to you; but now that He is present h in tbe Spirit, we may all have Him and d lay claim to His presence, and the love of God may he shed abrosd in our hearts by j tlie Holy Ghost. He is in a real sense tbe q ?.car of Christ, and there can be no other. a! Tbe Sod of God is to day at tbe right hand of God. representing tbe church, and the Spirit of God ou^ht to be enthroned and <?' tnllM in the cburcn. representing iae K risen Christ. He i? to counsel her, to ai Biide her and to control her?in a word, ?. e is to govern all things in the church, ft from the least things unto the greatest. X The Scriptures are evidence that He has j,, a message for the church. It is generally w believed that the epistles to the seven tj churches in the Revelation contain the prophetic letting forth of the church's history j ?its declines snd recoveries, its failures u and returns, and it is believed by many q that we have come to the Laodicean period n of history of the last days of the enurch. Seven times we have the expression re- Tl peated: "He that hath an ear, let him hear j what the Spirit saith unto the churches." It is to be noted that this expression is n used after each of the churches had back- a, sliddea. Ephesus had left her first love; 0j Smyrna was rich, and likely to be proud; Percamos was touched with the doctrine f, of Balaan; Thyatira wai> influenced by Je- 4 sebel; Sard is had a name to live, and was a dead; Philadelphia had but little strength, t| while Laodices was neither hot nor cold. p The real cure for backsliding in the church (j is that whieh comes to us by the Holy PI Ghost of the revelation of God'* will and c< tbe interpretation of God's word. M L ' ?A The ehnreh ia a called-out body. We * were chosen in Him before the world's " foundation, and we are elect according to " the foreknowledge of God, for thus saith R the Scripture. Jesus is in heaven direct- ? ing the work of the church, but the Holy T Ghost is here carrying out the plan. This ? Rlan extends to the minutest details of the F fe of the church. He has ordained the * offices we must have, and the kind of men i', we most lay hold upon to fill them: ''Wherefore He saith, when He aacended up on high. He led eaptivitv captive, and gave Pj R'fts unto men. And He gave some, apos- ol mi; and some, prophets; and some, evan- ? aelists; and some. pa?'.ors and teachers; > lor tbe perfecting of saints, for the work of tbe ministry, for the edifying of the body C1 of Christ." Cpheniauv 4: 8, 11, 12. The ?] chnrch is really the habitation of God. ? Hear what the Scripture* have to say: Eph. 2: 19 to 22?"Now therefore ye are * no more strangers and foreigners, but fel- * Jow-citirens with the raint?, and of the b household of G6d; and are built upon the I foundation of the ano*t!es and prophet*. 11 Jesus Chriat Himself being the chief cor- w nerstone; in whom all the building fitly V framed together groweth nnto a holy tem- 11 pie in the Lord; in whom ye also arr nuilded together for an habitation of God ? through the Spirit." If He is dwelling in a. we must be careful of our church life, *J for we may grieve Him and quench Him by the way we live and work. Manv ? things are done to-day in the church which 'l mar commend themselves to men. and yet 1 fall utterly ahort of the approval of God. ? As an illustration, Peter, standing up with s, the 130. spoke of the departure of Judas, j?, and declared that one muit be chosen in *~ his stead. Prayer was offered, a vote was * taken, and Matthias elected; but there " was no indication that this election was r ever ratified by the Lord, for Matthias at once sinks out of sicbt. Two vears after- J] ward the Lord calls one to fill the vacancv. namelv. Saul of Tarsus. Paul 11 peaks thus of himself; Gal. 1: 1?"Paul, an apostle, not of men. neither bv man, bat by Jams Christ and God the father, n who raised Him from the dead." ? ii. - s The church was established by signs and * wonder*. Acts 2: 1 to 4?"Ana when the * day of Pentecost vu folly come they * were all with one accord in one place. And 11 suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing, mighty wind, and it filled c all th? bouse where they were sitting. c And there appeared unto them cloven P tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each P of them. And they were all filled with the * Holy Uhost, and began to speak with other J tongues, as the Spirit nave them utter- J' ance." Heb. 2: 4?"God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and ^ with divert miracles and gifts of the Holy Uhost, according to His own will." There was no church in the Old Testa- r ment. This is the opinion of nany Bible 3 teachers. In Acts 2: 41, we read: "Then a they that gladly received His word were p baptized, and the same day there were f added unto them about 3000 souls." In f this text the words "unto them" are writ- ( ten in italics, so that the original is, "there a were added about 3000 souls." But we t must add to something when we add. so t in Acts 2: 47. we read: "And the Lord t addfd to the church daily such as should 8 be saved." But there is a still better ex- <] planation. In Acts 5: 14. we read: 'They were added to tbe Lord." t This is Paul's conception of tbe church. 0 Christ is the head and the church is His (j body. We are being called out now from ( tbe Gen trie world. Every new soul won , for Christ comes in to ssmplete the body. r Some day the lot man will come in, and < tlie skies will brighten with the return of < the Lord. f It is this that gives one the passion for ? soul-winning. It is this thought that fur- j< nishes the inspiration for tbe foreign mis- < sionary. The church is a called-out body, t and toe missionary is sent to Africs, to < China, to Japan, that he may work in the | j fellowship of tbe Holy Uhost in leading t souls to Christ. God speed the day when < the last member of the body snail be | found! I m. The church is enlightened by the Spirit. The Spirit is the breath of God in the I body of His church. If His rule is not fol- 1 Jawed it naturaiiy rerun* tnai tus me i* < chut out. Thus it comcs to be like a man 1 suffering from pneumonia?one unaccus- i tomed to such scenes declare* that what 1 the man need* is more air, but in point of I I fact it is not more air he needs at all. but I more lung to be filled with air. We do I not want more of the Holy Ghost. but I the Ho!y Ghost ought to hare more of the I ehurcb. And sometime*, because Hi* rule i i- ?> rnllnsxl Ha in mmurr withdraw* I I Himself. and allows the forms to lay. but H tbe power is departed. The oil i* gone. < bat the lamp is there. There are churches m where prayer is offered, and the Bible < U read, and church-going religiously kept up. i and tbere is positively not even the aerngj blance of power. They are described in B the words of Scripture a* "having a name to live, bat beinir dead." They remind g one of the guard found in the excavatcd B citv of Pomueii. He at nod witE bia he!- I I net and hi* armor on, and his bony finget lasping hi# spear. and yet not living, it ia i u?t the same with the clhirch. A little thing at first may result in Iocs ' if power in the entire church. A wrong inancial policy mi^ht do it. A spirit of riticism might acconijdi*h it. "There is an insi<2i<iu? difcaw which lowly and secrctly turns the vital organs if the body to bone. It liegins by ossifyng little fragments of tiuue here and here. No medical <*kill can arrest its pro[reM. Nature is perverted from her icalthy process of assimilating and nutriion to the creation in the system of nothng but bone. What should lie lite to mus!e and nerve and sinew and arteries, urns to solid and lifeless bone. At length he heart is reached and vital parts ot it ecome bone, and its beautiful work of >u.'?.ttion, by which life is sent in red treams to the very tips of the lingers, eases and death ensues. Such is the oral induration which the sensibilities f a soul ouffer, when long appealed to bw he services of religion, to which it will ioi give back a throb of responsive feeing.' IV. Ministers should oe filled. Paul gives an liustration of one phase of this truth: Let* 13: 9-12?"Then Saul, (who also is ailed l'aul), filled with the Holy unosi. et hia eye* on him, and uid. O full of all ubtility and all mischief, thou child of he devil, thou enemy of ail righteousness, ;ilt thou not cease to pervert tbe right rays of tbe Lord? And now, behold, the and of the Lord is upon thee, and thou bait be blind, not seeing the sun for a ea<on. And immediately there fell on im a mist and a darkness, and he went bout seeking some to lead him by the and. Then the deputy, when be saw bat wa>t done, believed, being astonihed at the doctrine of the Lord.' The Holy Ghost only fills tbe man whose esire u to honor Christ. Philosophy, oetrv, art. sociology, ethics, are well aough in their places, but their place ia ot in tbe pulpit. Tbe Holy Ghost has ledzed Himself to witness only to_the :o~y of Jesus and the resurrection, ram sought this whole thing out, and while e nan schooled in all the learning of the it}*, he said: "We preach Christ crucified, unto the ews a stumbiing block, and unto the reeks foolishness, but unto them that re cai'ed, Christ the power of God and it wisdom of God." Peter is another illustration: Acts 4: 8? Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, ud unto them: Ye rulers of the people ad elders of Israel." Acts 11: lo, 16? And as I began to speak the Holy Ghost ill on tbtm, as on us at the beginning, hen remembered I the word of the Lord, ow that He said, John indeed baptized ith water, but ye shall be baptized with le Holy Gbost." I do not know of any one in the New estament Scripture furnishing us a bettr argument for the use of the word of od in preaching than Peter himself. Take le sermon at Pentecost, if you will. It is mplv a string of texts of Scripture. If du should ask, "But is this all ne said?" answer: "The words of Scripture are all lat the Holy Ghost thought worthy of icord." Peter's words would have passed iray with his own generation. The word I VWU 9UiUV? ?V??. ?v? . Stephen furnuhes an illustration of the ict that to be filled with the Holy Ghost oea not always mean human success, cts 6: 5 to 8?"And the sayinc pleased le whole multitude, and they cnose Stehen. a man full of faith and of the Holy host, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Ni> inor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Ni)las, a proselyte of Antioch: whom they t before tbe apostles, and when they had raved they laid their hands on tbcm. ,nd the word of God increased, and the amber of tbe disciples multiplied in Jerudem greatly, and a great company of the riests were obedient to the faith. And tephen, full of faith and power, did great onders and miracles among the people." ,cts 7: 55?"But be, being full of the [oly Ghost, looked up steadfastly into eaven and saw the glory of God, and esus standing on the right hand of od." One might b<* filled with the Spirit, and ass through the greatest disappointment f his life, for Stephen was just as truly lied, although he was stoned to death, as eter, the preacher of Pentecost. God light fill you and then test you. The reat guns which are used in the defense [ our country are always tested b?*are ley leave the ar?enal. Tht position of the minister is an cxalti one. I. Peter 1: 12?"Unto whom it 'a? revealed that not unto themselves, ut uuto us they did minister tbe things hich are now reported unto you by them lat have preached the gospel unto you ith the Holy Ghost sent down from heavn. which things tbe angels desire to look ?to." TKom im T?r? aiimifirant eXDreSSion ?d in Scripture. Rev. 14: 13? And I eard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Trite. Bleued are the dead which die in )e Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith ths pint, that they mav re*t from their laor*; and their works do follow them." he Rev. F. B. Meyer thinks that this is > be interpreted aa "Amen, saith the ririt;" and that it is the Spirit's approvof what we have done in the name of hrist. It will be a glad day for the church hen for every pastor's work the Spirit Itall breathe Amen;" for the service of very elder, deacon and trustee He shall ly again "Amen;" when the living of all lie saints shall live so nearly according to iod'a will that at the close of each day be Spirit shAll say "Amen and amen." But the filling of the Holy Ghost is not 9 be confined to those who are called linisters of the gospel. Every deacon ught to be filled: Acts 6: 3, 4?"Where?re. brethren, look ye oat among you ven men of honest report, full of the [olv Ghost and wisdom, whom we may ppoint over this business. But we will ire ourselves continually to prayer, auu o the ministry of the word." There was a time in the history of the hurch when men were chosen to fill the hurch's offices, not because of their social osiiion or their financial ability, but sim>ly because they were men filled with the loly Ghost; so that there can be but one pal test of fitness for such an office. I re! very sure that we should expect a Vntecostal outpouring of the Spirit of !od only when this principle is recognized. V. If the Holy Ghost is the life of the hurcb?as we find in Scripture: Epb. 4: 1. 33?"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and nger. and clamor, and evil speaking, be >ut away from you, with all malice, and c ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, orgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake bath forgiven you"?then we re to be exceedingly careful with respect 0 everything that would grieve Him in he least. It is a new thought to some that he presence of bitternor wrath or aner would grieve the Spirit. Such is inleed tbe case. The Holy Ghost is to work out in us hat which Christ has accomplished for us >n the throne. There can only be one binIrance to the working out of this plan of >od, and thkt is found in the church itelf. There is a solemn warning for all the nembers of the cbarch: 1 Thess. 5: 19? 'Quench not the Spirit." Acts 5: 3 9? 'But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan illed thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost ind to keep back part of the price of the Ind? Whiles it remained, was it not thine >wn? And after it was sold, was it not in hine own power? Why hast thou connived this thing in thine heart* Thou tast not lied nnto men. but unto God. tnd Ananias hearing these words, fell lown, and gave up the ghost, and great rear came on all them that heard these ;hings. And tbe younc men arose, wound j lim up. and carried him out and buried 1 iim. And it was about the space of three I tours after, when his wife, not knowing j what was done, came in. And Peter an- j iwered unto her. Tell me whether ye mid Lhe land for so much? And she said. Yea, 'or so much. Then Peter Mid unto her. How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Heboid. 1 he firet of them which have buried thy liuxhand are at the door, and *hall carry the* out." While men may not nowadays liave been stricken down a* were Ananias ?nd Sapphira. yet it is true that because nf thr fact that we are living in a spirit that is contrary to the Holy Ghost, wc be rome dead spiritually, if not jihynirallv, j nnd it i? a pn*?ible thins to ko nearly j iiuen< It the Spirit that from the human itvd?ioint there will he no life at all. Thtm while the individual member of ! the church may miss hi* reward an<' "lie ' naved. yet no as by fire." the same thins f may be true of the church as a whole. It would be a iud thing for the Bridegroom to be disappointed in his bride. 0 THE GREAT DESTBOYER SOME STARTLINC FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. Po?m: Tb* Prle* of m Drink?Tli? Work Whliky Dofi In DHndlng and 8wl?iIIIbz lh? Ambitions tanas man?Sock Yoanc Mm Exist bjr Tkovundi. Five cent* a glas>! doe# any one think That that is really the price of a drink? "Five cents a glass," I hear you mv, "Why that isn't very much to pay." Ah. no indeed: 'tin *a verr small mm. You are passing over twixt finger acd thumb; And if that were all you gave away, ft wouldn't be very much to pay The price of a drink, if you want to know What some are willing to pay for it. go Through that wretched tenement over there. With dingy windows and broken stair. Where foul disease, like a vampire crawii With outstretched wings o'er the mouldy walls. There poverty dwells with ber hungry brood. Wild-eyed a* demons for lack of food: There shame. in a corner crouches low; There violence deal# its deadliest blow And innocent ones are thus accursed To pay the price of another's thirst. "Five cents a glass!" oh. if that were all, The sacrific would indeed be small! But the money's worth is the least amount We pay: and whoever will keep account Will learo the terrible wa^te and blight That follows the ruinous appetite. ' ''Five cents a glass!" Does any one think That that is really the price of a drink?" Alcohol Cheats Ambition. Again we discuss vith our readers the harm that is done by alcohol. We have no idea of preaching teetotalism. Wc have no desire to advocate laws retaliating men's lives against their will. Education and discussion and self-study can convert men from whisky; laws cannot. We publuh these editorial* on wbiskv, not so much in the hope of doing good directly. iu in the hope of making among onr readers tens of thousands of advocates of temperate living. This newspaper goes into the hands of millions of good, earnest, ?ucce*sft 1 men and women. We seek to impress upon them the importance of discussing the whisky question with young men. Upon the co-operation of our readers we rely entirely for any good that we :nav accomplish. To-day we deal with the work that whisky does in deluding and swindling the ambitious young man. You need not be old, in this world, to know many a man who started cut hopefully, full of ambition and promise and who has now ended cmong the whisky wrecks. Whisky is especially dangerous, because it makes a man lie to himself as well ai te others. It makes bis own mind deceive him. It makes hiiambiuonn, the best etc* in en that arc in*him, work fcr his own downfall. Such yoang men exist by thousands. A man is naturally able, he has a good head, strong emotions, unlimited possibilities. Kis hone of urocrMs is his ambition. While be controls himself bis ambition tells him that it con be realized only through work. But whisky tells him another story. Whisky says to the young man: "Of course, you will succeed; of course, you are great; you are not appreciated; your thoughts are beautiful; your originality is marvellous; your future is certain." To many a young man this happens: He sits down at the table an earnest, modest young man. He takes one glass of whisky, and that one glass makes a change. It begins the elimination of hi* earnestness. He takes another glass, and another, and a fourth. Look at biro now. and see what whisky does for its human friends. His earnestness is gone. Concentration is gone from bis eyes, firmness frcm bit mouth, all strength of purpose has left bia expression. And the modesty which inspires in men a small estimate of themselves, and an inclination for bard work, baj been wiped out by whisky ako. Bragging, conceit, foolish seif-confidcnce ?these whisky has substituted for the qualities that promised success. Whisky is a cunning enemy. No great w?ncral ever planned a campaign or cleared away obstacles as thoroughly as whisky plans and removes things from its path. When whisky plans to lead a man to Tniirtlpr t pliminntnu L'indnfkcd iinrt the sense of right and wrong. In their place it puts insane rage and vicious hatrcd. And in the prison cell next day you see a wretched creature, with white facc and trembling hand*, pro*estirg: "I don't know why I killed him; he wm my friend." Or "I don't know why I killed ray wife; r.o better woman ever lived." But whiskv knows why the murder was done, for whisky robbed the brain of its balance, of the qualities within us which make such crimes impossible. To the young man with an ambition whisky works on the same lines. It telle him that hard work is not necessary. It perxuades him to accept alcoholic dreams lu place of realities. And the man wakes up among th? world's failures, wondering why he believed the lies that whisky told him, whv the world has gone by and left hiui to fait ure. When you see a young man with whisky in his hand and loud words in his mouth, tell him that nothing is accomplished ia tlii* world without hard work, and that I whiskv in the enemy of hard work. And if any young man read* thin who ha* known through personal experience what whisky docn, how it encourages false hope* and make* hard work repulsive, let him think the matter over seriously for himself. Let him take to himself the advice which he would instantly give to turn from his whisky to his books, and from cheating dreams to hard r.nd disagreeable hut useful realities.?New York American and Journal. How to Do It. We may preach about it. and sing about it. and resolve about it. and weep about it, and pray >*>bout it until Gabriel blows hi* trumpet, and if we do nothing more w< shall accomplish little. The millionaire brewer and the red-faced saloonkeeper wants us to keep right on in that way. Meanwhile they will only laugh at us. We cannot preach the saloon out; we cannot sing it out; we cannot resolve it out; we cannot pray it out, but we can arise from our knees, and. trusting in God, go forth to smite the monster by the all-conquering power cf the citizen's ballot. That and that alone will cause this devouring offspring of Satan to tremble.?Herbert Car penter Shattuck. at Lincoln, Neb. Tbo Crsud* In Rrlef. There is an Knglish total abstinence i? cietv among railroad employes which now numbers 20,000, and has been in existence eighteen years. The trustees of the hamlet of North Bead. Ohio, have passed an ordinance making the earning of beer home through the streets in a pail subject to $50 (inc. without privilege of jury trial. The I*tuied Kingdom Temperance and General Provident Association, of England. with a record covering thirty-two years?1800-'97?shows an advantage ol twenty-ony |x r cent, in favor of total abstinent?. To each 10.0110 of population. Chicago hat tlnrt veiirht saloons: St. Louis, thirtv seven; Baltimore. forty-one* San Francif co. ninety-two: New York, thirty-one; Philadelphia, thirteen. It in said that the (lerman Minister ol Kducation ha* issued an instruction to the national school authorities throughout the fatherland, urging the ncremity of the popular enlightenment of children a.s to the deleterious effect# of the excessive couvumption of alcoholic liquor*. At the ofiening of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland at Harbor (irate both the Justice and the ISrand Jury congratulated the people on the utter absence of crinia in that iarge judicial district, which cm'it.ioie state they attribute to the wi*e temper a lite legislation *u well cnfvrctd. The Old Africa* Goldflelda. The gold-bearing areas in I be vast Continent of Africa are apparently three in number, two of which date from tbe most remote time*. The first is found in tbe northeastern corner of the continent, including Egypt. Nubia and Ahyssluia; tbe second extends along tbe whole of tbe western shores from Morocco to tbe Volta. while the third occupies the enormous areas in the southeastern districts. Ghana, the old name possibly of Guinea, wns famous among tbe ancients for its golden throne: Bontuko, for Its golden stool; while Bowdich tells us that tTie King of daman, of irliicli Bontako wan the capital, had steps of tiolid gold by which he ascended to his bed. The Ashantis were most proficient In tin* manufacture of ornaments made from gold, but were most proficleut by the people of Dngwumba. who inhabited a large territory to the northeaxt of the Ashantl country, ornaments being made in weight to the extent of more thcu 1000 ounces. In fact, the whole of the States north and south of the great range of the Kong Mountain* were more or less well supplied with extensive deposits of the precious metal, the source apparently being the Kong range itself, the northern limits being the borders of the Niger. For centuries this vast territory poured into Europe millions of pounds' worth of the precious metal, and coming down to Bosnian's time, early in the eighteenth century, we find six distant areas in and about the Gold Coast supplying the yellow ore.?Journal of the African Society. Aa to " Operator*." "Operator" is a much overworked .vord. The telegraph has its "operator" as well as the sewing machine. The nail street speculator is an "operator." We operate & mill, hence tbe mill "operator" or operative, who is a workman or workwoman. One who performs a surgical operation Is an "operator." One who manages a railroad is an "operator." There are the Hamiltonian "operator" and Laplace "operator." Phillips is an "operator" In wheat, fudahy is an "operator" In pork. A female "operator" is an opera trice. The owners of coal mines are "operators," and thej are operating to our undoing. There are hundreds of historic operations, while nearly everything on earth Is operated.?New York Press. Prtparfag * Competent*. If yon desire that your children or grandchildren should have a modest competence In old age you had better write some eccentric sort of little book. see ujoi mere is a xurneu leuer in vue title and that the flrat page ia printed upside down. Don't mention the matter publicly, or the British Museum would want copies from you. In fact, the best plau is to print off just one copy, and keep it secretly in the family, and arrange that it be passed on to your heirs. When your children, or, better still, your graudchildren, are old and feeble, the volume can be produced and auctioned. Book hunters will hurry from the ends of tbe empire to lecure it; the rarity will fetch hundreds of pounds.?London Leader. Strang* Craft. A traveler 6ays: "The strangest craft ( have ever seen were tbe balsas of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru. These balsas are made of an aquatic plant growing in tbe waters of the ake. Tbe principle on which they ire constructed by the Aymaras Inlians proves their ingenuity. A bale )f hay naturally floats in the water, ind according to tbe quantity of dried pass used In constructing tee Doat <10 ix>y control the displacement or carrying capacity. These boats are likewise fitted with a mast and sail, and tn some instances carry from eight to .*en persons. The Indians travel long llstances over this vast inland lake, the surface of which Is on a level with the summit of the Jungfrau of the Swiss Alps." Wait* Napoleon's Home. Queen Alexandra of England. It Is aid, would like to become the owner of Napoleon's villa on the Island of Elba. Two years ago. while she was cruising in the Mediterranean, her yacht touched at Elba, and she went ashore and spent some hours at the villa. Since 1815 this historic residence has changed hands several time*. It belonged for some years to Prince Demldoff, who spent much time and money in acquiring for bis magnificent palace at Florence a large number of souvenirs of Napoleon. At present the villa is the property of M. Ubalto Tonlelll. one of the wealthiest business men on the island. I Syru Hi ihe-M1 I ill ^is *mre* If jj It is gentle. II It is pleasant. || It is efficacious, j It is not expensive. !'! It is good for childi | It is excellent for h 11Ifl It is convenient for M )H It is petfectly safe i 3 j9 i 1 It is used by miilio | i -.'J It stands highest, a | HI. If you use it you hi - ? ff?Sl produces. ? Til ... I . iil i'Mli TfeiajMi'i Btrthplac*. Few places In England are more freely visited than Somersby, tbe birthplace of tbe late poet-lanreate. and scarcely any so little cared for. It ii true, an admirer has placed a memorial bras* within the chnrcb. but since ill-lack came on the squire's family neglect has been very busy. The rectory itself is in the hands of prosper* ous, frugal farm people, who hare let tbe lawn where Arthur Hallam read "tbe Tuscan poets" and tbe girls gang "a ballad to tbe brightening moon." go largely Into wilderness, while some of it 4s turned Into a cabbage garden. The dining hall, built by tbe poet's father. Is in tolerable preservation, and wuuiu uiuw an uitfui uume lur m icu? nyson muwum. Tbe walls, like those of many other booses in tbe neighborhood. are built of a kind of mud. and already show symptoms of decay. Could tbe nation not acquire the place before it is too late? No very great cost would be involved, and even that could be met by making a slight charg? for adraisslon.?The King. Panllllon Rlnrtn*. The most remarkable item in tbe program of the Welsh Eisteddfod is the Penillion singing. It is of great antiquity, and now is practiced in Wales alone. Cann Penillion Is the wedding of an extemporized chant or recitative to the music of tbe harp. 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