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- mm* m 9 i w ???????? ^ SKI.Ktl MHIM.N, A Chicago has .IS I churches. Mongolia, \sia, has no hotels. The <*hi!? ????? tramp is a rarity. Carpet hicks are consumed at the rate of 30,000,000 a dev. A trunk line of railway frequently has as many as 'Jo,000 earn in use. There arc several clerks in tho Do part meat of the New Yntk City Governmeut who are deaf mutes. One foundling asylum in Moscow, Russia, receives 1201) infants every year. The boys are trained for the navy. i The Hirer Axe, Kngland, has its Source in a cavern 1. .ioivii ?? w..l..u Hole, from wlitf.lt it emergen in full volunto. In Statu and Afghanistan, where the elephant is the chief beast <?f burden, an "elephant load in reckoned at two tons. i Bosonit's late pamphlet, "Man ol the Nineteenth Century," says t.liat only one in in out <>f each 103 attain:) a height of over six feet. 1 Houtliwostcrn North Carolina has n band of f.r)00 Cherokee Indians. They constitute an incorporated company, live in the mountains, hut follow the pursuits of white men. The oh lent, engine is claimed to ho in operation in a Savannah ((??.) rico mill. It was built in I HI f? by .tames Watt, of Lancashire, Kiigiatid, and was brought to this country in the in me year. Society people in London who have nothing else to do are learning "lip language." This menus they try to find out what silly things they arc ftaying to each other, simply hy the motion of the lips. Old I>nn, the only cavalry horse surviving the Milk Kivor expedition and the Meeker massacre, died at fort Houston, after twenty live years' ser vice in the Fifth Cavalry. He was bnrie I with military honors. The African city Kong, although scarcely known to the world, is a veritable kingdom in itself, being rule I by a King and a suite of gray heard" I fingea. The citizens are ititelligeut, though pure blooded Africans. There I? a new sfyle of peripatetic I advertisement on upper Broadway, Now York, whielt lias mado i? liit. It iansandwich man.wearing rather loud, Imt perfectly creased trousers, and the signs on tho boards roa I ' Your trOttHOfH CfOAHO.I 11 ko mill-' for twouty tve cents i?t So-and-so's." In ('Itiim those *.vh t wish for am hoiit s rest. or for iv timet tivlk with tv friend, oivti secure both by entering one of the largo drinKnig halls, tvtiere covered enps nro ivt onoe brought to them, onoh containing n m visiiro of ton, whereon the wetter dexterously pours boiling water frttiu a large ket tie. The Tyruius were the most expert dyora of ancient times. The fabrics tlved with the famous Tynan purple did not assume their proper color tut til after two day*' exposure to light and air. biiniu; this time they passed thronglt h gradation of shales of yellow, green, blue, violet ivii I red, which the dyers understood how to arrest and fix .it Any moment. In the eorndor of tlio \V?r TVpurtfueiit lliitlding stand dummies dressed in vm ied uniforms, intended to repro ent periods hi the history of the uerviee. They do not pretend to cover nil of the elutiiges made ill the army t - i RKV. DK. TALMAQE rnir nrhi'i rr VM ihihuimu , nivn/.vmn i.mni<P r>Ulx PAY 8KHMPN . stt "Cast fhv burden upon the Lord, snd lli> shall sustain thee," Psalm* lv.. David was hern taking his own medieinn. If nnybody had on him hnavv weight*. !> i vld had them, end yet onl of his own expert ence he advises yon and mo us to the beet way of getting r'd of burdens. This Is n world of burden bearing. During the peal few days tidings name from across the sea o' n mightv nnd good man lallcn \ man lull of the Holy Ghost was he. IiW name th>> *v nnnynt for all that Ik goo I and kind and eril clous and benelV'ent. Word comae foxe. ol a scourge sweeping off hundreds and thou sands of people, uad there is a l ur.len of sorrow Sorrow on the sea and . sorrow ?>n the land. Coming Into the house of prayer there mny be no sign of sadness or sorrow, but whero is the man who luis not a eon | filet Where Is the soul that has not n struggle? And there Is not a dnv of nil the year when my lest Is not gloriously appropriate, and there is never an niulhiliciiHSS ouMed on the planet where the text Is not gloriously appropriate, "nasi thy burden npui tbe liord, and lie shall sustain tline." In the far East wells of wider are so infrequent that when a man owns a well he has a property of very great vatU". mil HGlttnl I Doll 1 ? > - 1 * ..-n nnv? ii"M>n iou^iit lor llio possession of Olio well Of Water. hilt there in one well flint every men owns, a 'loop ? >11, a perennial well, it woll of tears. If n man li if riot n burden on this shoulder, he lint n Inirflen on the other shoulder. The tiny I left home to look nfter mx-self and for myself, In the wayon my fnther nut Irivinv, nntl tie said thai day somefMmr wlileli lint been rvltli me nil mv life "Po Wilt, It In always safe to trust (lot. I hnvn mnnv n time eome to n erlsls of dinteiiltv. You tuny know (tint, hnvlm; boon Btt'k for Itfteen years, It whs no ensv thine for me to support n family, hut always ?1ol enme to the rest'iie, f rememher the lime.'* he siihl, "when 1 ilMn't know what to do, hiuI I saw u man on horsehaok r I?11??up th farm lane, nntl he nnnouneed to me that I hint I Iteen nomlnntetl tor the most literalIvo ofllee In nil the irift of the people oT llo> eoimlv. and to that nflles I was Iccte.t. and tied In tl\ut wax met nil my wants, an I I tell >011 It ts always safe to trust Him." oh. mv friends, what we want Is n i r.vlleal relict,-in ' The religion people have isso high up >011 eiinnot rene'iit. I ha I a Irieii t who entered the life of an evangelist. IIK?ve up a luerative l>usiness in (Mileage, an I lie and Ids wife finally enme to severe want lie (eld nie that In tin* morning at prnxers he mild . "(I Lord. Thoit knewest xy? have not a mouthful of food In the liou?? ! Help 1...1.. .... 01 1,7,1 mi" "H suirte.i imU tt|i Mistreat. nnil i? K'*ntleniitn tin1! him ami ml 1 "I 1111 v?i been lliinklnit <"f von for n Knot while. You know I inn n flour merohnnt li you won't ho offonitoil. 1 shonbl Hko to sen.I \ on nhnrrolof tloiir " l(o oast his bur ilou on tlio Lonl, mi.I tin* f.or.l ni?tiitn?,.| him. Now flint Is tlio kin-1 of roliiflon wo iv a nf. 'u the rtrnlt of Magellan, I linvo be. n tolil. there la a plnoe wlioro, whlohov or way n ship (*?t|itniii )>iit* Ills slilp. I1 fill Is thu wlnil against him, an I thorn nro iiH-n who nil their lives hitvn been running In tlri tooth of the whi.I. nnil whtoti way to turn they <h> not know Soin?of them may be in this assemblage, ami I nihlress theni fitoo to fnoe, not perfunotorily. hut as one brother talk* to another brollior, "Oust tliyburi ui upon the l.onl. nn-l He shall sustain tho ?." There are a great ninny men who have business bunions When wo see a man wor rleil an.I perplexed nii.l annoyeii in business life, we are apt to say. "He ought not to have attompto.i to oarrv so tnuoh." Ah, that man may not he to blame ill nil' \V lien a i n .misiih?h ii.. iio.-a ||.h nn>w what will he its outgrowths, wh.il will be lis roots, wlull will be Its branches. There Is many a niHii with keen foresight an I large buelnas.s faculty who has been Hung Into th . d?a by unforeseen IreumstHnees springing ui> ..ii him from ambush. When to buy, wnen to sell, when to trust and t>? what amount to credit, what will ho the effect ol this now Invention of tUHtehlnery, what will ho I ho elToet of that loss of crop, an.I a thousan I Othor i| limit ions perplex business men until the hair Is silvered and deep wrinkles are plowed In the oheek, and the sto-ks Roup by mountains and ro down hy valleys, and I hoy arc at their wits' ends and stagger like drunken men. There never has hoon a time when them have been such rivalries in business as now. It Is hardware against hardware, hooks ngainat books, ehnndlerv against chandlery. Imported srtleles against Imported article*. A thousand stores In combat with anothe.thousand stores. Never such advantage of llRht, never sueh variety of assort mem, never so inuoh splendor of show window never so mii 'li adroitness ot salesmen, never so niueh aeuteneas of advertising, aud amid all these severities of rivalry lu business how many men break down ! Oh, the burden on the shoulder 1 Oh, the burden on the heart ' You hear that it Is avarice which drives these men of business through the street, and that Is the commonly accepted I lea. 1 | do not believe a word of it. The vast multitude of these business men are toiling on for others. To educate their children, lo put wIiir of protection over their households, t.> have something left so when they pass out .0 | this life their wives mid children will not have to go to the poorhouse -that is the way I translate this energy In the street an I ?tor? ~ tlievist major.t\ of that energ?. tlrip, C.ouge A ?V>. do not do all the business, s.vno o| us remember when the Central America was coming lv> n? fro.n (California It wa> wrecked. Pres-dent Arthni s fatherin-law was the hetoic captain of that ship and wmt down with m >st or the p issen rcr?. So.ne of tlimn roI oft into lifeboat?. but there was a voting man returning Irom California who had a bag of gold in his hair 1, an I as the last boat shoved o'T from the snip that was to ro down thHt young man shouted to II comrade In the I o.it "Here, John, catch this gold. Th.reare fWOO. Take it boms ] nMe in her l-wi dny*. ?1 rip. (loupe .V Co. Jo noi do nil the husinosji ol iho world. \b. my 'rlrn'l, Jo you say that Hot dons n?i I'ltrxiinvlMiiiiiiboul your worldly business I toll you lio I known wort nliout it thnn you do. Ilo know* ? I your perplesitlee II" know* whnt tnortpape U? nboitt to foreclose H<? know* what noto yon cannot pny ; H<! knows whit llltMUw goods you have on your rile!*!?. II* know* nil your trials, from the dny you look hold o( the first yardstick down to that nolo of the lint vnrd id rlblion nn-l the (l<> I who hnlpnj Unvlri to be kli>,*. an I who helped Paul el to be prime minister, en-1 who h-ipoi Harklook to be it soldier will help yon to discharge nil vonr ditties. Ho Is poin;< to *te yon throuci<. When lo*? comes, nnd you find your property poinp, just takethls book nnd put It down by your ledper nn I real ot the eternal povsv-atons that twill cone to yot. thrcuph our I w-t Je*us Cir ?t kn I w i-n your I usin-?-? p.trtnrr r.ty ? \ u, .111 yout frten-Winrit apuln*t t->u. >u?i tnvo ihe Innil It" It tf letter |i?? 11 -'own on iho t ?b!e. pot your Bible (>cstde thn tnsnltinp letier, nn I thru ro.il of il?n friendship of Mini who ' Mifkeih closer thnn a brother." k young accountant in Now York City p-d hie accounts entangled. lla know ho *u honest, nnd yot ho ?i?M not make his so count* com* out right. nn-l he toi|?.| n' the n dny nnd night until ho w.ts nearly trended. Ii seemed by tlio?-? looksthat something b.iit I -on mi? ippropri.-tled nn I h<- k u--w hefor ? Oo| n-> w.ts honos' Pi Inst <ia\ M-n?, IIknow it he could not 'hot dny make Ids to counts come out rt.ht h* won'd go Into digtace nn-l no into istn-limenf ft Tithe . u.< ii-ts ooinblU't'couf w-nt ovor th.-i v -n onri\ h? fore ihorwany odt in tho p'nc* nn-1 ho knolt down it Ik* tr.O m l sail o l ord. r> on kDowosi | 'isv tr * | i i t>o hones? l ot f -snnof -v.sko t!>. . thinp. , -n[ cut I'c'it K !(> oo |,> ;?-i help mo this mdrnlnt The yo.ing >n.m arose, ewdhurd Iv kr -win.* whv'he ,111 , i> I a' - k .hit 1-t i d?'k. mi I I -toi f* ?'-t' rcnla'n'np a l?n o- Ivufs wsk'li .\|'.,,"?l ?v-rvihlnp In --thcr w--r v l>o < ?! InI nrden us on th* f. -r1. nn I Ik- I. -r I ?u? imn- lhln- Young do eon S-u I'mOh. a - ?. ?? t lta? .a ?v ?>pa?ny w Ih * v bo Iv thn i? ,n nnv kin I of ?,,ti ' >|o know, how heavy -s iho h,> i . ; i ri- .* ihmt '.ho n irkroitt arr.es up th - ?w l<lrr a iho ?i'i He hears |h* p ksa >i th- ain'r -'own in ibeeeni ?ha lb knows how towtpont sfrtkoe the sailor M m-s?hea'. II*oo? it. a fit f- t \ w rl among iho ?p t. llrs nn knows ho v i-or tr > ? -> Ii >-c.thrson int w.vmn in ih- ' -inh *t -i > an>1 knows bow few nen-o ?ho ^et? for raakinp C*r" ik'ui. m l km ter tb?? nil the dm and roar 11111 I ' I111. HI HOMO tVOtllxl ro<juuo II reginwiki <>f iliuuniioH. To ( Iriniar I' r FfToi iiintli x ot fotitly. xx lu it < <v?t lx?p or liiliottx, ?>r xx lion t ho lilixiil In impnro or Nlum;Uli,tn jhtinnnoiitlx oiiio linlilt n il oon-f tp.it ton. toAxvitkrn llio ktilnox s mill Uxor to n lioikltlix notixity, ml limit Irrilitlint? or xxinVrnlnii thoin, IoiIih. ,t1 lirmlni lio", i (i|ilx or fox on, two Syrup of mk?. Prttr tins oVnMisho I n eonsors'ilp ovor eorronpon itonoo. t.ooit Tlmri kli.ix.l. No limit.) lll'llt it. XX O 111' 1 1 I'll 11X lo.IX I'll. "Iniil llmo- in tin- ioni. ilinl llm xx lm ,im XX Oi III ilk. f.n . . .i.l t lino mill o\ poi I tin; I In ilk o o nlrotnlx -ninxlnt x full iloui'i o of pm-poi it \. If. Iioxx ox oi . I Innt- ii-o iiol nnxx lilt' -Ml l-l.i< "I |ly. xxrito lo It I .folno-on A t o., Kli Iktlknll'l Nil . M li?t tliox xx ill t'lxo yon : Ini.illosM nppni tunny Mint ill pmvo surprteio niul ilnUitlil. Tnr Lon.lon Economlsl roports it rovtvitl of buslnotw In F.n?lnn.1. Wo XX i; 1 islxo ?1'?I roiXiknt foi mux oa-o of oiktnirlitliixt. nnnot lin-iiroil xx It li Unll'i t'ntnrrti f'uriv TixWr n In tor null x. K J i nixri .v t o.. Prop*,, Toloiiix, tt A*Tirioui loo tnnkor* nr" r.tisinst prii"s twnuso tho loo crop li? shnrl. ttklliiti'i Curo J.? solil on A bu.ir.kix*xf || , urm Inrlrnont t'on nmptton; tt is tlio It '<t rmiah Curo. .** . Wo.. Jl TonTroti nsk? KnuUn l'? trooi i.fTV'-s in brln^inyf ittxix... r 'lM.ifinn with Hm'.II. If ArtUotoil wl li wxrooxo?n?o I>i l* cTh tnp onVK.vo mit-r Itruti *'?'? sol' nt 'JV' por h tt * Kxx?tx City (MfO lixftor pnrrlor* rl<1" on Woyolnn. wmm Verdict for Hood's 1 <* * ? in il*?? ?r nv t v.?*r> wr** wo\in>1'v1 and *. i!*tl<?? nnl hfuinnlimn. inffmsl f*vt*r ?!? f *.* I loM th ' *? *? .if rv If't W ?n I ?l<1? I ??v -if uli III* m?th Inw I hi\i' cmt trie I ll.Mr.hu Bf*?rili? if m : . ** I? hi* <to?v< *.* th** nti*t i^mmI 1 *!o n?n w*y that it will nh* < Hood s 1 1%%%%%% ' pnriMia follow trtm |h?> .(owl , * * **/vr? ? *ii It will com* i!i* I Ul noftM-** to tc liw It of am rr.i II no 1 hi*** I *** i *i*i*l.** r H Oteowl*. N<*tv Mood * PHI* out* Mliwitui, Nll-wwi***. A?l*1* ** ?? T* (>*? f?r?*i| f ***** i*m * *n iraa .mr o m* M ? < K . I' P llil. Sf? Tor* hf the oily come* tho voice of a sympathetic tlod, ''('list tIt> burden upon the Lord. Mil Ho shall sustain tlioo." Th<lt thera nr? 11 i{ml many who have n VtoIrIU of persecution and abuse upon them. Sometimes society nets a grudge i&Ktsinst a num. All his motives ar<> misinterpreted, a ml all his good deeds are deprecated. With more virtue than soino of tho honored and applauded. Iu> runs only against raillery and sharp eritlcisin. When a man begins t?? go down, he has uot only tho forueofnntur.il ^^1x^111011. hut a hundred hand* to h?ip Im In the precipitation. Men are pursetited for their virtues and their successes. (Sermahknis aiild he had just an many bitter antagonists as he had adornments. The eharacter sometimes Is so lustrous that the '.teak nyoa of envy and Jealousy cannot hear to look at It It w?" ' elr In'ogrlty that put Josepn In the pit, a.. I Daniel In the vlen, aud Stia Irach in the tire, and sent John the KvnDRellst to desolate Palmes, and Calvin to the castle of persecution, and John lluss to the slake, and Korali after Moses, an I Haul after David. and Herou niter Christ. Be sur?, if you nave iii>> i ltitikC 1? do 'or church or suite, an 1 you attempt It with all your soul, the lightning will strike you. The world always has had a cross between two thlovos fot I ho ono who comes to hav? it. High and holy enterprise has always been followo t l?y alius-. The most Hulillmo lraftedy ot solf-saonlleo has eome to burlesque. Tha graoofol gait ol virtue Is always followed hy scoff au I grimace an I travesty. The sweet est strain of poetry ever written has ?om? to ridiculous parody, and aa long as there are virtue nn I rlgutcousl??ss in the world there wdt l?n something for iniquity to grin at. All along th? Una ot the agea an I In all Inu la the cry has been . I "Not this man. hut llarabhas. Now. Barfthhas was a robber," | Anil What makes the perseentlons of life I Worse Is that they eoine from people whom yon have helped, from those to whom you loaned money or have started in business or [ Whom jolt rescued In some great crista. I think it has been the history of all our lives ?the most acrimonious assault has come from those whom we have benefited, whom We have helped, and that makes It all the harder to hear. A man la in dnnger of beeotning cynical. A -Jergymnn of the I'nl versa list church Went Into a neighborhood for the establishment of a a church ol his denomination, and he was una cms to 11 ti I some one of that denomination. and he was pointed to a certain house and went there, lie said to the man ol the house : "1 understand you area Universalis! I want >ou to help rue tn the enterprise." "Well." said the man, "I am a 1'nivers\llst, but I have a peculiar kin l of I'liiversalistii." "What Is tnatV" asked the minister. "Well,' replied the other. "I have been "ill In t n world, and I have been rneaie.i ami slandere 1 itnl outraged nil J nluis-? I until 1 believe III universal ilnmnitt Ion The great duMici is that men will become cynical nn I given to believe. na David was tempted to unv. that all nien are llurs. Oh. my friends, <f<> not lot that hu tho efTeet upon yonr souls* If you cannot endure n little persecution, how <lo you think our J flit here on'Iit red paraeoittloii? Motley. In his "Putoh ltepuldlo," tells us of Kgmout, the marlyi , who, condemn**! to h?? beheaded, unfastonod his collar on the way to the seaf fold, nnd when they asked hltn why he ilhl that ho said "So they will not he detained In their work. ' want to be ready." Oh, ! how little wo have to endure eo up ?rod with those who have gono before u>-' Now, If you have come nerom ill treatment. let mo tell you i on uro In excellent cotv.pin> Dhrlsl and l.uther an 1 tlulllei and t'olumlue* mid John day and Joslnh Qulnoy and thousands of men nnd women, the best ?piru* or earth an I lion van lhtlge not on? Innh, though all hell vrrfik upon you It* vengeance, an.I you li*> mad* a target lor devils to shoot at Po you not think t'hrlst know nil a! out persecution: Was He not hissed nt ? Was He not struck on 'lie .'liM / Was He not p irau*d all the lays of Ilia life? Hid they not expectorate upon Him? Or, to put It lu Httile lunging". I hev spit upon Hun " kn I can not He understand what persecution Is'-* "('n't thy burden upon the T,ord, an t lie hall sustain thee." Then there are others who carry great burden* of physical ailment*. When *u Men Ickne** haa cotne. and tierce cholera* an l malignant fever* take the castlos of llh? by storm, we appeal toOo I, but In these chronic ailment* which wo.ar out the strength day after day, an 1 week after week, an t year after year, how little resorting to God for solace! Then people depend upon their tonics, and their plaster*, and their cordials rather than upon neavenly stimulant*. Oh. how few people there are completely well' Some of you, by dint of perseverance and cam have kept living to this time, but how you have had to war against physical j ailments' Antediluvians, without medical college and infirmary an t npotheoary shop, multiplied their years by hundreds, but he who ha* gone through the gauntlet of disease in vtir nine nnu n?< -omo ro seventy years of If a hero worthy <>f n palm. The world iwmiih to he a <r?vit hospital, and you run against rheumatisms And consumptions Ami scrofulas and neuralgias and scores of old diseases baptised l>y now nomenclature. Oh. how heavy a harden slekdm? la I It takes the .-olorout of tin* sky. an I the sparkle out of th? wave, nn I tho ness out of the fruit, nnd luster out ot the ntirlit. Wh'ui flu> HmKs ache, when the respiration is pa ?ful. when the mouth Is hot. when the ear roar* with unhealthy o?*struu ttons, how hard it la to he patient an 1 cheerful and aSSldllOUs ' '1'iat thy burden upon the Lor I. Po-?> your head ache UN wore tho thorn. P > your feet hurt.' His were crushed of th spikes. 1* yo ir able p ilntni His w is Mri. by the spear. ho you feel like rlvln; war under the burden'.' Hi* weakness gave w.iy undi r a cross. While you are in e\ery possible way to try to restore your physie.il vleo'. you are to remember that mors soothIftjrthmi any anodyne, more rttsiMsf than any stimulant an I more atrenitthenlng than any tonie is the prescription of the test "I'aet thy tiiMrn upon the l.or<1, ami He Will iii-tniti Wh hear a ttri'Ht ileal ot tills now ahout t?ith cur', nnil nonin pMpl? nay It cnnnot Ve ilnim nil I It In i fnlliire. I <1o not know I in that ihe ehlof a<tvat>ee of the ehnreh I* to he In th.it illreetioD. Marveloun lhints* come to me tfnv hv itn\ whieh make me think th-H If the lie* nf miri'len in pint It in heI'liisn Ih* tilth ot mire'Ies In pint. \ proiniu* nt merehant of New York naM to .1 men'. r of my tnmtlv. "Mv mother WNiitn her r.w mentione.l to Mr. Talmn?e." I'll n wr?? the e.ine. H- rniM "My mothei hat a fill i'i?fsn. from whlelt nhe had -WlTere.l Iiniohi fMMih n, ais ! *'?r*erv hitt wen ex'iHiinte | upon her, in I wors-? and worn-* nhe yjr w nntll we ei%IWk| In a few ObrtMlaU friendn nn-1 prooreded to pray ihont it. We eo-nnieii l? 1 h-r enn* to O.i.l, nnil I lie heyin Invite ltat?ly |o he ? nreil. she (n entirely well now m l without knife .in I wllhont .inv ??r<erT." So that ;ine turn oome to me, in 1 there are a neore ot other e ?ne? eoniln-j to our ear* from all pari* of the e.irth. Oh, ye who are ?'ek *i '.o ?"! r ?t ' v*> who .ire worn out wllh agon > a of My, "1'h9| thy Inr ten upon the T.erd. mot II ahull ?iiMain thee!*' knottier hnrilfn frtTit hnvii to carry I* tha hunted of t>tir?v?v?!ti*of. Ah, thf* are tha tmnMn th.H wear n? out If wo '0*0 our properta-. to* additional 1nd?i??rr |>nh?|M tr? miy bring back the eaii.ature' fortune If we Ione our (roo I name, pcrhap* hv re'or>i?ntl?>u of n oral* we may achieve again reputation for tntcgrltV. tut who wttl bring ha.-k th-? t'cir depart e I' Ala*. me for iheeeemplT cr.idlea and ikaen trnn'sa of ohlhtuh toys tha* will never h? u*e 1 again' Ala* me. for the emptv ehali nut the alienee tu the hall* that will arrer oho again to thoae familiar footatepii ' Ala*' ' w the cry o? widowhood and orphanar -' What b-lter Marah* In the w|)<lern>H>. w'lat elf le< of the dead, what |on?'. black ?lia tow fro-tl tlie win? of death, what ra a *11111*11 with gr.e'. what har.d* tre union* with t?r reayeinent. what tn?un went*' of mna'e ?tint now Vieeana* there ?r ? no fln ;er? t > |> av on Ihr- ' l? till re no T "lief for <oi-h -out."' Vve. ! that * out rl le Into the harVir of my lea The oil a Jernl haih '? ?? 1 for r?f?i~ ? It eel, t wtlt not 'lrvil to t * ' v ? 1 Ii nc* ?:i -">11 V :ie?fi loiklVe. I I n#T,> i>o rrrer r.e ae< rr Woke . Now. the run I# brighter than the anent t o. ?rhi r the lig u? were o-ro?t nallw kept ' rnmv The ?-eel feet of Him who W*? "1 h rrriirreet!o? an I the life are on .11 grave hllto -v. whii? tha nn -? of -c < r : . ' wntheakvat th- -?ronaflon o' another tool come horn* to wtorr ' -n thcr* -r? maov who earn th? bur ten of ?(n yv w-% alt < .arri" It until in the app. ntet w?v that turlen ta lilted. W? neel I. IiU 1c to pi ore lhat llje Wljijl* riCf ? ruined. What n spectacle It would be If We could tear off tln< mask of human defilement or beat a drUnt that would brine; up the whole army of the World's transgressions? the deception, the fraud, and tha rapine,and the murder, and the crime of all centuries I Aye, If I could sound the trumpet of resurrection In the souls of the beat men in this audience, and all the dead sins of the past should coine up. we could not endure the sight. 8ln. grim and dire, has put Its dutch upon the immortal bouI, and that clutch will n?v<>r rein* unless It be under the heel of Him who came In destroy the works of the devil. Oh to have n mountain of sin on the soul Is there no way to have the burden moved ' Ob, yes. "Cast thy burden upon the Lord." The sinless one came to take the oonse. qui nces of our sin ' And I know He Is In earnest. How do I know ItV By the streamiitK temples and the stroamlnK hands as He I tllivs ' T'rt n Iini/t \! n tsll \ u nrltrs ar<s nnd heavy la leu, and I will give you rest." Why will prodigals live on swlnes' husks when the robe, nnd the ring, nttd the Father's welcome nre readyV Why go wan derlng over the great Sahara desert of your sin when you are Invited to the gardens of God, the trees ol life and the fountains of living waterV Why he houseless and home!?>sb forever when you may become the sons and daughters ol the t.or t God Almighty? PROMINENT PEOPLE. Tot siot, the Hussion novelist, was horn at Tutm, August 2*. 1H2R. PaorRSHOtt Itr.Miv Mont.Br died recMtly at C.-trlsbroike, Isle of Wight. Mil. Paver, a rising l.oudon novelist, is a elerk III I ho Hank of I'llgllllld. Tns King of Greece Is an excellent swimmer and hns a pi rfeet passion for fishing. I'iiini k llisNAtn k would ml her have a sure euro for rheuifflii Ism than all tho titles in Kuropo. I'akhitit;NT I'ahmit, of France, reiterated his decision net to present himself for reelect Ion. Gr.NKtiAt G. (). Howaro has been ehvdel President of the Satlonnl Temperance K > 'let\. to succeed .tohn Wanantaker. Mn?. t*. S. Ghami says that alio has not yet decided whether she will reside permanently In Now York or In Washington. r........... . _.I.L ?_ -ii. . ..r. 11 r -1 mi ii ?uii.i'ionnn nm so stri'iritlion oil orj" of Mr. Ohi'lst one's ey<*? that In* Is cnnMeil to ren?l nn?l writ" without lim .ulty. I 'ik Kin/ of Dahomey w.?? ?vlMoato'l In Vimiv" anil spanks Froneh fluently. lie bei ii'ii" .i I'lrbtirinn Iiwiiwd h" w.w illsappolnt"I in ii love nlTilr. Tint A nit r Inn Km press's brother, l?nko (' rir'rs Th"o for . of H.nvtrln, hi? roHiimol til Menu his froo practice ns nil oculist for the ln'uellt of th" poor. I'm* kkriou t Inken, n oelehrnfoil Germ in historian, is n voifctnrlati. whoso f.ivorit" Iii?ii i Ii butter" I rolls nn I radishes. washed ilown with oolil vritoi. Tim trowof Kimsin Is nnhl to ,|ls in in > I to marry * Hi w.iuts fo renotinc i tho ku n'issston to t'l" throiio In fnvor of Ills yoiiti/e.st I rother. t'l" lir.ilil Duke Mleh'l'l f'Ntrtii Kr.iirn Sena runs Fboctok ano Di'ii m arc iib ardent trout i,inil"n hi Sena tor V'l iv is n tnrpon tlshormnn Th" former too'. In th" op nai ; of tli" Hoason In Vor inoi??. F.kkr Ioiiiiknkcn. th" ttronrnis inventor. i? ;i p "t'l. well poise I iii in, with dark eyes nol u'l cr ty bonr' lln oeenpbu tlio po*-' lion iu tlio Norway Armory of l>"SS"in'ii<"r, or /'in'linker. l.ii vi r.Na*r Feahi '* title Isouoof<*ourtesy inily ll? Is ti civil eii/in"i?r nil 1 not n line ofll i I!" has si> ut mor > than oties|irtrt"r of til** lime sines n? entere I th." navy In the A re' i regions. M. K. I no alls, I'rwl'hnt of th?> "Hlg Koui railroads, worke I Mis way through ll'irv.ir I I.aw Hohoot. sleeping on the ll<> >i nf a friend's law oAIm mii I Mis moats wherever ho eould^get thorn. Cam. ZahkaiixV ri-oor l of fort> voire' lea lershlp of tho lloitou II m lol it'l l II iv In 8<>.*lcty Is stiil to Is* unsurpasso I in tho history of music, no other con luetor over having lta?l charge for so long a time of any musical society. fu.n.tAUi> Gads, tho American t'onsul at Chl-i i.mhi. Norway, who wao appointed In 1*611 liy Geuer/I Grant, Is tho oldest consul In tho service, with the ex 'option of Consul Hpr.igu". a! Gibraltar. Il? will celebrate his Jubilee on Juno 28. I>n. John A. Asii|tws. of Worcester, M i-s./hn* been In |?m *tl?*o over sixty years, during forty-eight of which ho answered calls dn> an I night, an I now, at the ag-j of ninety-one, lie still has a lartfa ofll jo practice, sill lie Include* among Ills patients * >m- o( the third generation ho has t re ate I. THE LABOR WORLD. It re?piires forty men to make an ax. I,Anon Unions in China aro 3000 yo.ars eld. Luteals more fully employe! than a yotr go. A lu.A' KHMiTn ill Jerusalem can mak? M.9J per week. <> the jj.otM bookldn lers In this country only 8001 are organised. Tnr Swiss wato^ Industry lsanfTorln? from severe depression. t lltKr-RoMEiut' Urn-is ha* be-n orgintr.'vt In Ksn?u City. M<\ Thk union ol?rk* at Nashville, T?nn.t have organized a fife an I drum corps. Thk initiation foe of I,nhor"r?' I'oion Prole-tlx* Society ha* been raised to #10. Tub number of textile worker* in this country 1* estimate J at aV?ut H00.<i00. A ?>vmr.\T Is on foot to In'rcaa* tho WitK'M of tmy? in gin** fa^torls* t?n per cent. Chicaoo's Health Uommissioncr will organize forty mediiHtl stu lent* a* awe.it shop Inspector*. Thk fourth annual convention of the National Textile Union tr** held recently tn Philadelphia. The 'Longshoremen's National Union it now atiout one year old, and It ha* thirtytwo local hranchea. Thk Itrotherhool ( Locomotive Engineer* held, recently. It* annual National Uonveutlon at Ht. P.ml. Minn. The labor organizations In Jersey City Height*. N. J., forme I an aaso-latlnn to establish n Labor Lyceum In that vicinity. Is cotrts-juen ?* of ?t??. coal strikes In thla country Mcoteh mine owner* ifw* kits', ta tender ahipmenta of coil for the United Htatea. Phkhiokst McHaiua estimated that 175,? 000 on! of the 191.00) bllutnlnout eoal miners In the tfntte) States joined tha strike. PrsisEss men of New York City, who have tn their employment 30.000 hoya. hare determine.! to give the preference to hoya that de not amok* cigarette*. Tn* oldest guild in Koglan l Is the Worshipful t'ompxnv ol Blacksmiths. Il still Mjonthl an lent right o( Inap "ling any I smith's shon within four miles of the boundary of Loam. Tub. Hrtil f?,inl rw.?# ** ,? * ? ? **? - ?mi? ?v? fiw under the recent New Y<?rh Htnto law, which provide# thnt wlS In the rttnte or miioiflpl work <th*ll lie rut an') dre???| In nnd t>jr rttirrn* of the H?at?-, la for the court hotter of llenoolitrr (V.Mtf. The price la I'trrtiM Wu.t.u* Ht?*t .suiru ?eyentrall year* ot atr?*. Is the oldeet employe in tha aervloo of I ho lUhhnore ahl Ohio l< illroaj. Il<> I* In charge of nil rtv^fctorrlni; work eon. nceted with the ritfht of way from the Hu#. ipt?hmna to the Mchuylklll liber H? im. i'Ml? fuanela I wit'i the eomptuy In 1*37 A Rhyme lor "ImmIimMU," KofcrrtDx to a at at emeu t tn the R6rtou Globe that there la no rhyme for Maaeachuaette, and the attempt of MaanaelitiaettN man to abow that tbero a, a correspondent of the New York Tribune cobnut# a rhyme which ha thinks wholly beyond criticism. It ia aa follow#: \ man named ffeatn Haa, at falaataech, Jnat ifot htm two twtn t naw Mti Now. Trit?une. dear, Tr?> fin t j?* here Arh/mato Ma?a? htaaeda. NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN, i Hoop skirts first appear e"t in 1530. Artificial geraniums Are favorite flower. Queen Victoria has a solid gold dinner sbi vice. Trndy Brooke, the English beauty, has about twenty small JApauese spaniels, worth $500 each. The Duchess of Bedford is studying all the necessary subjects to qualify i as a sanitary inspector. A Scotch girl, twenty years of age, hnH carried off the honors of the University of Loudon, against 1000 malo attendants. I)r. Emily A. Ilruee declares that, more women die in England through improper dressing than from all other causes together. It is no unworthy aim for a woman to study to adjust her "crown of glory" to her individual needs, irrespective of prevailing fashions. The widow of Dr. D. Hayos Agnew, of Philadelphia, has given $25,000 to the University Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Queen Victoria keeps seventy dogs - chiefly collies ami Pomeranians ? at Windsor. Marco, an Italian Spitr, is Her Majesty's favorite. A woman has been made church warden in England. Sho is the Dowager Lady Hiudlip, and her pal ish is lladsor, near Droitwieh. Miss Ilurriot Adams has graduated from llie 8t?to IModioal College iu Kansas with tirst honors for the bo3t commencement examination. A small hea l is ono of the most beautiful of personal endowments, and tho hair should never he arrange 1 to increase its npparent hulk. Mtm. Terry, of llomc, Italy, the mother of F. Marion Crawford, tho novelist, is said to he the oldest- American resident of the Eternal City. Forget-me-nots are quite the vogue. Golden hairrmaidonsof Gotham wear huge hunches pinned at their corsage. The stems are tied hy long, palo blue ribbon*. Miss Ellen Hayes, professor of mathematics at Wellesley College, has recently revised her text book in higher algebra, and a new edition is about to be issued. Mrs. Maekay, (ho Silver Kind's wife, 1ms pernaps the finest jewels in (ho world. She Inis s sapphire wor(h $150,000 nu l a pair of eolitat ie? valued ni M25.000. Anion? Princess Maud of Wales' museum of ivory are two tnska of wihl hours shot by (he CV.ar of Russia, and trophies of the chase contribute I by her at her and brothers. duckets of the latest cut are shortei and not quite so full in the skirt black is the most useful color, but s fawn coat with u hUck moire vest can be woru over almost any dress. A feature of hoiiio of the modern Kuulish weddings is the child brides maid, who is aometitnea actually deoo rated with diamonds, sprinkled with perfumes, and horrible to say, powdered Hud painted. Mme Hchlicinaun, the widow of the archaeologist. is personally super intending t ho excavations now in prog rose on the site of Troy. That sho should do this wim out) of her bus hand's last wishes. Miss Tompkins, of Kentneky, n clever young woman who has Veen purchasing agent for the Supreme Court, lias been appoiutcd assistant marshal of the court. The young woman is under thirty. The Queen of England always wears on one wrist a bracelet in which is a miniature of the late Prince Consort. On the other wrist she wears as constantly a bracelet with the miniature of her latest great grandchild. Mm. Le?w>, the Kansas agitator, toll a Detroit reporter that she hrlicred alio wan a woman of destiny, '*an'l," she mMwl, * as a woman of destiny I feel that I will one day meet a violent and bloody death for my opinions." On the hIdw ease outside of a "millinery parlor" on West 125 th street. New York, is this notice: "Milliners are composers. Bonnets are rhythmic, symphonic, harmonious or inelodiout as the composer may dictate. Let ui compose you one on trial." Mrs. Allen H. Gardner telle the Women's Press Olnb, of New Yotk, that the time has pone by for regarding women as an aiibjx of male humanity. But an occasional reference to marriage notices will ahow the an negation plan flourishing in undiinin ished popularity. Unity Church, Cleveland, Ohio, i? probably tho only church in the world rhat has as pastors two woman. They are Rev. Marion Murdoch an 1 Ray. rioreuce Buck. Tiny arc highly educated woiBAu, having rt umbel their education ?t Oxford University, Eeglmi I. They sro co-pwiorn to tbe church, nn I hsvo beeu re?&*rk*b!j successful. Notable jewel robberies in England have ho frightened n number of women in si>eiety |M.s*>M*in * *eot jewel* that they won't travel with them any longer. When tlisy login * conrne of country honsc visits th?y lesve their ! lew. I* wt the banker's and take with them iui Utiooi > beautifully mule that only e voect* could know they sr> not reel. When the lute Jane Austin wee buried, at Moviat Auburn Cemetery, Motion, women m well a* men noted *? pill l>fir r*. The innovation seems surprising, particularly et this tim\ when tin office of ptl|-hMr*r i* becom ing purely honorary, the care of the eortin from hearse to grave bring now som timeN confided entirely to the nu dertsker's assistant#. Tn? Pfnr w of Wales is a great lover animals, su I hs* to many dog* at ^ ?n trio-.bam that ?a ? c*ano| keep count of them. Every morning she goe* to the kenn d? and the dogs *ro let loo. - to wol-vim- her. l'hey arc nlwtyx wil l With il light t.? see her, and jump 11^)11 her ho frantically as Aim.>U t > kno'k her down A ?ps* ?l favorite with tie I'fin ? ? is ve mm, the jut dog of the. !h*ke of Clarence. I At F lily, in the Pecos Ynlley, New | Mexico, the farmer* at- miriest a r canaigrr, an l arc getting AIM per ton in its green stale for all they can tenre, I A SIDE from t ! XA. cheap baking I alum, which cause I! other serious ailrn extravagant. Sit takes three p< of them to go as Iof the Royal Pal cause they are defi< | gas-. I here is both J omv in the use of J Powder. f nOYAt CAKIHG IQWptR CO . ? M. i. .-tan ?1 m*r . ? rr Orchid* ?nd Ciictl. Art and nature combine to make this a world of flowers. Art is doing po ranch by way of hybridizing and cultivation that the iniml is prepared to accept what the eye may see without. much astonishment, and merely inquire what next. Flowers are now quoted in tho market as merchandise, and an order for a rose or n tropical plant can be filled at very short notico and transferred thousands of miles safely. Tho coming Hower is the orchid. The price has been against their general adoption, but soon they will be in the hands of the many. This will be when florists build houses for growing theni. For years siuilax was king. The strife in growing the longest strings led to the building of houses twelve to fourteen feet high, and with plants grown in pits tho lines reached to the roof. Now the market is flat. To-day a new flower, plant, or vine must have real merit to expect to rule in Unfashionable) world. The cacti family is destined 1<> be an interesting feature o "*" I in Ihwii plant my, enduring heat, rain, ! drought, neglect, anything but frost; a native of a hot clinnite, it must be protected in winter. Small beds, with plant!* from four to mix inches high, ami large beds, with plant* from foul to eight feet high, bearing dowers at well mm thorns, covering much of tin stalk from the top down, are very attractive. Philadelphia Ledger. Some Domestic Details in China. Cleanliness is not strictly observed in cookiug or about the house by the ordinary natives. The eat is too f?e piently promenading on top of the oveu w hen the meals are being cooked, helping itself to ttsh, meats or rice out of the bowls that are afterward served to the traveler. The tables are seldom washed off. A delicate hand broom made of a few straw-* is used for brush ing off the dust and dirt before mealtime. The women wash their clothing at pools of water from w hich afterward water is drawn for cooking purposes. Were it not for the Chinese fashion of i... i.. ii ? I-I ?r?? >>il* nmcf ih'IUH' lining il, III# ease would probably lollg Mgo ||?VP swept the empire out of exiatenoe. Rotp for waahing the face is unknown. Hot water is ruldx?d on with a wet rag and left to dry, as they use no towela. All t^ie domestic animals share equal right* in the house. l'iga ami dogs arc in one'" way at nearly every turu. Sometimes under the cot of the Chinaman in thrown a little atraw where the pigs, dog*, pups ducks chickens aud cat* rest as peacefully aide by aide, an opposing instincts may. -Outing. i>on i mii r.qnor. i woutu rainer any young man ha-oron a tramp and t?eg from door to door than **11 liquor for a living. There ?* no meaner or more coatamptthla way of gelling a living than l>y Helling rum. - Itev. 15. C. l??rry. STAMPED OH ?blond i?u*on* of every name and nature, br I)r Plorre* (iolden Medical Diacovery. It rouse* every organ Into healthy action, pu rifle* and etiirichn the blood, and through it e)e?n*ea and rcnewa the whole ayctem. All Blood, Skin, and Renin Piseasee. from a common blotch or eruption to the wont Scrofula, are cured by It For Tetter, Rait rheum. Rczema, Krysipelna. Boil*, and Carlajorke, the " Ptwovery ? a direct remedy #im. v*r\? 'i-i r* r n bBK* yV i U*, of Corney. IfciMtf^P *V d win Co., Ala., wrttca: Ef " 1 suffered for one M ^ qutrtrr of a wntury U w rj with "fever-aore" (ulorrl \J * j. y on my Irt ami farm*1, Al\ f tona rtupooiM ami V ' V/ / up alt hope of rrer twin* welt *?aln. BjM 1 am V^*!7 K bappr to my (hat your Dr. Vkroc a Ooldefi Mrdleal Dlamvcrjr ma*W- a v ... ~ fomrimi' i uc?uf my ell Caaotrw* W emitx. mom^. although I had tried different doctor* and aim oat all known rrmnlli* without effect. PiERCE^-CURE. I Sell onSl^l 1LOVELL DIAH i >1IkH Orada Irk K< ) LATEST IMPROVEMENT! \ If r afolor our kaafaeM iwyufal f la no krtlrr wkert made In Ihr iroi i wtmitTeD it i i _ h?r i r ? ' Hit YM.K C ? %( fMU fr F1 \ HIGH CRAOE (OCli FOR $43 75 i tr?<4?>l|oalti ih??Km ! >? |?W Artrar* \ gain. Tteoj an (?D )t<* rid wbnrta. hall l?? m gnaraat#* ilfai rfcarg??. *?l ?? wi I hi|> ? > \ >*Ml| !. I|n'l lAi>WMial<>*4llik1 lna? *r rn IM paf* rnal??' HfcJIWk 'li \ Tall* >?) kialmlt of oikar itlfrha. Wnil tfcli i aa4 onVr aorh >hln?? 11 Un| wMi W? mm hvtf>? >h<" p ?a>? ham <4 la lllh? jjOHNP.LOVELUffiMS v.I.??Hi., i1 he fact that the J I powders contain j s indigestion and ents, titcir vise is i 'flliwlc f\i I tin lw>c# i v/i mv uvcv M far as one pound \ Ling Powder, nc- : :icnt in leavening \ health and ccon- | r*1 <Q WAIL ST.. Nt.W-ynqK. 4 -JM ? ? -m r*. I ?? ? ???<k wj l'reparinc, In Tlinr nl IVncr, "Tin) liritih?? flovornuietit in forever experimenting with its lighting nppurtetinnecB in order to wecrtniu just wliat it ran <1 > in ease of trouble with some other couutrv/' said Joseph Mnrkcll, of Boston, at Hip Ehhitt. "For some ti(no pant it lm? l?ecn trying to find out just how long it would take to get ith men iui<t supplies across the Auieriean continent in cose of it difficulty with Hussm. A short time ngo a special train, carrying nriunmcut and aapplioH, wan dispatched from Halifax to Esi|uimuultt British Columbia, with instructions to atop only to take water aud change cugincs, and the trip war- made hi lea* than tivn days. Mra. (bielpli pretty nearly knows to n certainty just what every department of her empire can do in any kind of an emergency. '?Washington Star. The street railway ie a development of the tram road which was in use three centuries ago. Tho principle wan utilized in ancient Egypt. Tim United .States Army ia snhl to? have over 200 eases of scurvy over/ year. The Marked Success of Scott's Emulsion in consumption, scrofula and other forms of hereditary disease is due to its powerful food properties. Scott s Emulsion rapidly creates healthy fleshproper weight. Hereditary taints develop only when tlie system becomes weakened. Nothing in the world of medicine has been so successful in diseases that are most menacing to life. Physicians everywhere prescribe it. rn|?rii1 hj I &>? .! V Al'dnifrld", Unlike the Dutch Process No Alkalies Other (iicnilcf^^Ki jmm !< * 4$ ol?ofin||j|HA pttr* and #oi If baa mi>r?fk<iR Ite tlrrnytl? of ('im-o* htaich, fiiKar. ami la far adrt nantral, oitlnj lui (Am om rmf a ma.^^k It la dtlklcma, noartabmc, aud IMUV PIOMTKIV ^Sw Nil by flrarara ?<arj*k?ra. H W. BAKKB & CO, Dorchotcr, Kin ^ 7 eri>mi>W? iK-rtrn mil, inutyal'l. upon rror?i>? oft I V/onr icnl lamp* ItiMwbrfftv . il A** M ny niTCMTl-Tiioma r. Hnirao*. IIA I Ell I O *a?bb?a>'4>. i? r. No ?*' r?* I mill I lira' nhnlnot wr.ta for lairntnt'a OuHa S raataaylliM and yvoylal akokiicarak I an# a or Aitk a a.ikogM naat Ptao aCara for Conaaaptloo. It baa aaral H| I tkaaaaala. ft ku not in)ar dona. It la not bad to tab*. Itia mi i mi aoatt arraa 88 3 ?oH r^ryabtw. ?e. g[ "T H N. U.-.tt [OND CYCLES. r?r* I'artleular. ^ I, LOWEST WEOHTS. $ 'Inn nf over fifty yinr* that there i W thon ike l.OIKM, IHAMOSD. f rtirv mrK'T. ^ j ff *- Matt ?- ? A RP.K. %UK\Tw \\\%NT*t?. J a>e limited )?mhtr of tmr |wt i nwWiirM^b r m iw l mnknnnl k.liti ir.kl? ?Mr* w? X *<v- - Inri tRri'-rlnn itirnW" ?h??l at * h*r P 1n( >?l I ?Hh i>Dmmtlli' tlroe V?l |ii < \ D. Ut TV. wt'H I he privtl. <4 xuntna.nw, f 0 d tin. tit efaoipi (If iniHtrf fi<r our l.kHI.K \ IW, Kid**, Hrmlwv i??l ?, ' mlnf. nrtln* f I tU'iif lie any ow iU ait la (Mr o?t knn* \ MM N worth I en ttm-a thla im uui. Ml *apM i SCO.,BOSTON,MASS. J