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Hatters Orwue and Gay in Which Our Fair Readers Take an Especial Interest. A Couple of Columns Prepared Solely for Their Instruction and - - Edification. Last of the Season, --l - RE fashionable W6men are al ready looking forward anxious ly to the advent of fall styles, be ing already tired of summer fash ions and eager to throw off the muslins, lawns, / and batistes of jf 7: the season for the light woolens whose adoption presages the coming of colder weather. Neverthe less it is not yet within the province of: a fashion writer to look forward, and I must cling still to late summer dresses and notions. 'Qethat is very suitable for the time of year is formed by a combination of plain cashmere and plaited zephyr woolen material. The latter composes the narrow vest which opens upon a V-shaped plaited linen chemisetta. The chemisette is of course uccompa hied by a linen collar, and this is sur rounded by a "lay-down" collar of vel vet. Cuffs of the latter material, if gauntlet shape, reach nearly to the elbow, and are ornamented with a row of small round wooden buttons which give them the appearance of being fastened to the arms. Above these cuffs, the sleeves, which, as well as the body portion of the basque, are of cashmere, are very loose, and plait ed in the fashionable style. The drapery consists of - a tablier in front which is drawn up to both hips, with a triangular velvet revers upon the left side; at the back the draperies are in straight wide folds, bouffant above the hips. These are all of cashmere. Beneath, a plain skirt, with a narrow foot plaiting of the plaided material, appears. 'I his costume, for the street, or any of the fashionable watering places, is just the thing. The satines and foulards, which bade fair to last in popularity all through the season, are not much in favor at present, but crinkled seersuckers, although so cheap as to be common, are neverthe less widely worn. A plain seersucker is ararity nowadays; they are all strip ed, and with that peculiar waviness of surface which entitles tbem to tt -p pellation "crinkled2" Big hats of Xkek straw, whose 12 -inch brims wander' aimlessly in every direction, are much. . fanciei, especially by young ladies with an idea to the picturesque. W hit e muslins trimmed with. Scheap embroidery make serviceable wash dresses, and are about as cool as anything worn. - ,.Colored etamines jfor the seashore *look appropriate~ ~~and pleasing. They - come in a greater variety of tints this year than ever before. Black stockings, which have been, for so long a time almost universal for ladies, are now giving way in favor of stockin~s matching in color the toilets worn with them. Fancy hose, striped, checked, etc., are not much worn., Where striped stockings are worn the stripes are of the variety termed "hair line.' White and cream-colored hose have their usual number of supporters.; Among the popular materials of the season,ad whose popularity is pecul iar to this season, is black grenadine. The fmer qualities of this fabric come at about two dollars a yard. 1 should not' be surprised if it became a popular mourning fabric in time. It seems en tirely suitable to such a use. Basque mantelets, fitting close to the' body, except across the shoulders, where capes are worn, are almost the only wraps in fashion. A few shawl wraps are seen, falling from the shoul ders in front, and tying loosely at the waist, leaving the bnst uncovered, and with -richly iringed ends; but us these' must be of fine and expens:ve material, they are worn only by those who can afford them. Shoulder-capes are not much worn. The basque mantelets . mentioned are usually covered with beads, and trimmed very handsomely.I Passementeries are not, at this sea son of light and gauzy materials, very useful as trimmings, and he'adwork of all descriptions has been relegated too bonnets and hats for the nonce. How ever, 'with the incoming of woolen ma terials I think they will be as popular 'a ever they flave oeen for the past year. - Women Wa.,e-Earners. As superintendent for twelve years of thb *Woman's Branch of the New York City Mission," writes Anna R. Brown, it has. been my lot to see a large number of the . rer classes of the women wage-earners. eepeople, as we all know, are paid very low prices, and i think that they would do much better if it were possible for them to deal with first hands instead of the mid dlemen who now have contracts for work. Among the att endants at my winter isew ing-class of three hundred was a woman for whom I had bought a sewing-'c.chine,. ad who hoped to pay for it hers If; but' -how could she when all that she received for the little girls' dresses which she so antefully made was seven een cents? Another woman, with live children and a husband in consumption, was trying to suppert her family by making gentlemen's undergarments at twenty-six cents a dozen. Pantaloon-makers get from seven to tirteen cents a pair for finishing. Fifty Cents a dozen is paid for overalls, includ ing the making of the button-holes; and men's shirts, jumpers, and articles of that, sort are paid for very poorly. There are plenty of workingwomen who cannot make' over twenty-five cents a day, and I do not know that they are worth more. If a woman can make four dollars or five dalars a week she considers herself very fcirtuate. Sometimes this money supple= ments the husband's income; sometimes the woman is the sole support. Societies, either independent or connect ed with different churches, give out con-1 siderable sewing during the winter, but of course they cannot supply work to all who want it. What the poor really need is to take ad vantage of the opportutnitieb now afforded them to get an industrial education, so that they can go to work intelligently. This opportunity they are too short-sighted to take advantage of, preferring the three dollars a week that they may be earning to "losing time," as they call it. in gining this knowledge. They 'nust be educated. It is very slow work, but I am sure that It will tell in the end. I think that some of the higher branches '?honld be taken out of the school curriculum, and that giri should be taught to cook. The cooking schools already eastbiished by philan thropic effort, as well as those connected with some of our chapels, are doing a great deal of good. What the woman wage-earner of to-day needs more than anything else is to learn how to do things well. There is a host of incompetent wome~i workers, but, as Daniel \'ebstet said, "there is always room at the top." Among three hundred women whom I once met about one-half were washerwomen. Not one of these was competent to do first-class laundry work; some said they could wash shirts, but they could not iron them in the best style. I really do not think that it was Intended by Providence that women should be wage earners, and when we come to a right con dition of society very few of them will work for wages. But if men drink up their wages and do not support their families, women will have to work. Some say that the women wage-earners should be organ ized. This might be well if they were under wise leadership. It must be remembered that the class o'f workers of whom I have spoken is com posed largely of the foreign and the poorer element. It takes a long time to educate such people into thrifty and business-like habits, but gradually they will learn, and as they learn so will their happiness and prosperity increase. Affairs of Women. :Ins. BELVA LocKwooD has been sued by a Washington creditor for $500. T women of Nebraska have plant ed 50,000 trees during the last three years. CHARLOTTE Wo-rEn, the famous tragedienne of Vienna, is making ready for a tour in America. IT is estimated that fifty thousand trees have been planted in Nebraska by female hands during the past three years. TwEnTr American *ibmen have pic tures on exhibition at the Paris Salon this season, and all are said to be very good. Ds. LUcY K. HALL, of Vassar3 iinds that fewer Vjssar girls are absent from recitations on account of illness than Amherst boys. SAVANAH has a company of female militia. The company is composed .of thirty-two young women, captained by Miss Annie Goeble. NILssoN may undertake another fare well American concert tour t is fall if she can find a manager who will pay her $ ,0U0 per concert. Miss FREEMAN, President of Welles ley College, says she knows personally every one of the 600 young ladies in the college, and loves them all. EVA HOWARD, of Fresno, Cal., has been sentencel to three years' impris onment for entering a store at night and attempting to blow open the safe. MIss ( ABRIELLE M. GREELET is the sole surv-iving member of Horace Gree lev's family. She resides on the old Chappaqua homestead in company with two lady friends. Miss MARY BREwSTER, of Orange, NK J., a recent graduate of Wellesleyj College, has become the head of the] Cambridge. Mass., Preparatory School for Young Ladies. MRs. MAcKAY has been taken up by Lady Burdett-Coutts, and is almost persuaded to join the latter in a great philanthroplc scheme to assist Lon don's starving poor. MLLE. 1RENNoTrEE, of Louisville, has accepted the chair of natural science in the Colleges Firaci-Cabano, the larg est Protestant institution of learning ini the Empire of Brazil. MRs. DAvID GEYER, of Iiichmond, Ind., took her horse and buggy and in dustriously brought in voters to the polls, thereby electing her hnsband Councilman 1.y live votes. THE number of female physicians in New York is something over eight score. The' extent of their practice wgill range from little to $15,000 a year. Half a dozen of the number enjoy incomes of $10,100 per annum. THE bachelor Governor of M'ssouri is certain of re-election. D)uring the past two months he has appointed nine women as notaries public, and the la dies unite in asserting that his admin istration is the best. Mxs. MASSEY, one of the witnesses m the notorious Sharon divorce trial, will marry a Pacific coast millionaire. She formed his acquaintance during the progress of the trial, and now as a bridal gift he will settle $300,000 upon her. Miss CLRiA NEWMAN was the belle of Huntsville, Ala. She fell in love with Banks Winter, a minstrel, and her parents objected to the match. Noth ing daunted, she summoned her sweet heart. He quickly journeyed to Hunts ville, and the couple were made one before the old folks obtained an ink ling of what was going on. - Feats of Arabian Fanatics. For those whose ravenous appetites he was content to humor the most sin gular repast was prepared. A plate was brought in, covered with huge jagged pieces of broken glass, as thick as a shattered soda water bottle. With greedy chuckles and gurglings of de light one of the hungry ones dashed at it, crammed a handful into his mouth, and crunched it up as though it were some exquisite daint , a fellow disciple calmly stroking the exterior of his throat, with intent, I suppose, to lubri cate the descent of the unwonted mor sels. A little child held up a snake or sand-worm by the tail, placing the head between his teeth, and gulped it glee fully down. Several acolytes came in, carrying a big stem of the prickly pear, or fico d'Iudia, whose leaves are as thick as a one-inch plank, and are armed with huge projecting thorns. This was ambrosia to the starving saints; they rushed at it with passion ate emulation, tearing at the solid slabs~ with their teeth, and gnawing and munching the coarse fibers, regardless of the thorns which pierced thter tongues and checks as they swallowed them down.-F'orlnioiql I' 1:eciew. IT has been computed that tho death rate of the globe is G7 a minute, and the birth rate is 70 a minute-the result, a million more births than aaths each year. "THE PRIME MINISTER" DR. TALMAGE'S SUNDAY SERMON: The Good aio Need Have No Fear of Being Crushed, Though All is Darkness. T9Xr --"And Phcrdoh said unto .!oseph. See. I hare net thee ocer all tae land of h;p'.;' =e-Gnesi xli., 41. You cannot h4or' g6xi man down. God has dTecrzad for him a certain elevatioa to Which he.must attain. Ho will it-" hhi; through though it cat .iiim a thou. Sand world'. There are men constantly in bout.Ae lest thby shall not be appreciated. Every man comes in the end to be valued at just what he is worth. How often you sea men tv'. n out all their forc-s to cru h one nian. or set of ment Hdw do thev micceed No better than did the goveri meat tha;. tried to crush Joseph, a Saripture charactei upon whih we spek t i-tay. It would l an inmit to.suppose that you were bdt ail familiar with the life of Joseph; how his jealcgus brothers threw him into tho pit, but, seeing a caravan of Arabian merchants moving along on their camels with spices and gums. that loaded the air with aroma. sold their brother to theso merchants, who carried him down into Egypt; how Joseph, was. sold to Potiphar, a nigh of iiflueilc and utllce bow by his integrity 1E i-aised hinself tolhigh posi f in h realm, until under the false charge S4 vile wretch he was hurled. intq the peni tentiary; how in prison lie commanded re spect and confidence: how by the interpreta tion of.Paraoh's dream he was freed and be s.nlh the chief man in government, the Bis marck of the nation; how in time of famine Joseph had the control of t 'rbrebodse which he had 1il!d diring the seven years if plenty; how when his brothers who had thrown him inc the pit and gdld h4u iiito ciptitjIty apblid for coke he sent iheni home wilvh their beasts borne down under the heft of the corn sacks; how the sin against their brother which had so long been hidden came out at last, and was returned by that brother's forgiveness and kindness, an il lustrious triumph of Christian priticiple: Learn from, this otoi* iri the first place, that the wtji-d is conipefled to honor Christian character. Potiphar was only a mail of the orld, yet Joseph rose in his estiniation titil ll the affairs of that grea.t house were com 'mitted to his dharge. From this servant no dondrs or confidences were withheld. When Joseph was in prison he soon won the heart of the keeper, and, though placed thefe for being a scoundrel, he soon convinced the jailer that he was an in nocent man, and, released from close fMonfne ment, he became a genrral "uj i?iityhdeit e prisda, Affiirs. Wherever Joseph was Iced, whether a servant in the house of otiphir or a prisioner in the penitentiary,he became the first man everywhere and is an illustration of the truth I lay down, that the world is compelled to honor Christian char acter. There are those who affe-t.to. dispieira re ligious lif. They syeak of it as a, system of hlebothniy 'y which i min is bled of all his burag4 and nobility. They say he has be meaned himself. they pretend to have no more confidence in him since his coaversion than before his conversion. But all that is hypocrisy. It is impossible for an.v .marn not to admire. and t unfidd hi a thiris twho sho*s that he has really become a 6ld of God and is what he professes to be. You cannot despise a son or a daughter of the Lord God Almighty. Of course half and half religious character wins no approba tion. Redwald the Kirg of the Saxons; afteir Christian baptbi bstad two altars, one for the worship of Gdd aid the other for the saciifice of devils. You may have a contempt for such men, for mere pretensions of religion, but when you behold the excellency of Jesus Christ come out in the life of one of his disciples, all that there is good and noble in your saul rises up inte admiration. Though that Christian .be .as far bedeath ou ini estate s the Egyptian slave of whom ti are discussing, by an irrevocable law of our nature Potiphar and Pharoah will always esteem Joseph. Chrysostom when threatened with death by Eudoxia, the Empress, sent word to her saying- "Go tell her that I fear nothing but sit' Such no bility of character *ill always be applauded. There was something in Agrippa and Felix which demanded their respect for Paul, the rebel against government. I doubt not they would willingiy have yieldedl their office andl dignity for the thousandth part of that true .herqismn which beamed in the eye and beat in the heart of the unenauer able apostle. The iijfidel aiid woi-dlinig are eenmpelled to honor ini their hearts, though th~y may not eulogize with their lips, a Christian firni in persecution, cheerful in poverty, trustful in losses, triumphant in death. I find Christian men in all professions and occupations, and I find them respected. and honored, and successfuil. Jtohn Frederick Oberlin alleviating ignorance and distress, John Howard passing from dazngeon to laz aretto with healing for the body and the soul. Elizabeth Frye comning to the profiigate of Kewrgate prison to shake down their obdu racy as the angel came to the prison at Phil lippi, driving open the doors and snap ping locks and chains, as well as the lives of thousands of the follow ers of Jesus wvho have devoted them selves to the temporal and spiritual welfare of the irace, are monuments of the lhristian religion that shall not crumble while the world lasts. A man in the cars said: "I would like to become a Christian if I only knew what religion is. But if this lying and cheating and bad behavior amono men who profess to be good is religion, I want none of it." But, my friends, if I am an artist in Rtome and a man comes tome and asks what the art of painting is, I must nlot show him the daub of some mere pretender-. I will take him to the Raphasels and the Michael Angelos. it is most unfair and dis honest to take the ignominious failures in Christian profession instead of the glorious successes. The Bible and the church are great picture galleries filled with masterpieces. Furthermore, we learn from this story of Ioseph that the result of persecution is eleva tion. Had it not been for his being sold into Egyptian bondage by his malicious brothers mnd his false imprisonment. Joseph would never have become Prime Minister. Every body accepts the promise : " Blessed are they that are persecuted for right ousness sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven," but they do not realize the fact that this principle ap plies to worldly as well as spiritual success. aa tntbe for 2Eschines who brought' impeachment against Demiosthenes, the im mortal oration De Corona, would never have been delivered. Men rise to high political aosition through misrepresentation and the! assault of the public. Public abuse is all that ome of our public men have had o rely upon for their elevation. It ias brought to them what talent and ixecutive force could never have achIeved. ifany of those who are making great effort: ~or place and power will never succeeed just >ecause they are not of enough importance ro be abused. It is the nature of man to ather about those who are persecuted and lefend them, and they are apt to forget the aults of those who are the subjects of at ack while attempting to drive back the landerens. Helen Stirk, a Scotch martyr ~ondemned with her husband to death for: Thrist's sake, said to her husband: "Rejoice; re have lived together umany joyful days, but ;his day wherein we mr'st die to:etheir oug.Y o be most .ioyful to us both. Therefore I ill not bid you goo:l night. for soon weshiall neet in the heavenly kingdom" By the flash' >f the furnace best Christian character is lemonstrated. I go into another department, andI I find hat those great denominations of Christians vhich have been mrost abused have spread he most rapidly. No go od roan was ever nre vilely maltreatei than John Wesley. is followers were hooted at arid maligned ind called by evei-y detestable urame that in ernal ingenuity could invent, but the hotter he persecution the imore rapid the spread of hat denomination, until you knowv what a ~reat host they have become and what a tre nt-ndous force for God and truth they are vielding all the worl over. It was persecu ion that gave Scotland to Piresbyterianismn. t was persecution which gave our own land irst to civil liberty and afterward to -eligious freedomu. Yea, I may go further aek anid s ry it was persecutioin that gave tire rorld the salvation of the Gospel. The ribald nockery,the hungerinig and thirstirig, the un ust trial arid ignomiuious decath where all the orces of hell's tfury was hurled against the cross as the introduction of that religionr which s yet to be the earth's deliverance f-rm guilt mad suffering anrd her everlasting enthrone neat among the principalities of heaven. lhe State has somietimres said to the Churchl: Conie, let nme take your hand and I will iielp rou." W hat has been the resultl The Church ras gone back and has lost its estate of oliness and has become ine:lfet-tive. At >ther times the State ha-s said to thne Cniurch: -I will crush you" What has been thre re ut? Alter the storms have spenit their fury, hem church, so far from having lost any of its More after the assault than before ik The church is far more iddetted to the opjlositiedi of civil government than to its approval. The fires of the. stake have only been the torches *hlcli Chi'ic held 11 h!.s hand, by the light of which the church has marched to her present position. In the sound of racks and implemnta of torture I hear the rtinibling of the wheels of the Gospel ehariont. Scaffolds of martyrdoni have been tae stairs by which the chutrch has scended. Agte mrtis is the best test of pure gold. II urthermore; our subject inpres. u4 the, tirs will rnie t0 di~u' Lixig, leig ago t.ai these brothers sold J.oseph into Egypt. They had suppressed the crime, and it was a iroouid. ecret1wlJ. kept by the t4-othei s. but, -tiddenly te seret is out. The old father hears that his son is in Egypt, having been sold there by the malice of his own brothers. How their cheeks must ,eve burned and their hearts suns at th flaming out of toa, sup pre cl rrinie. The gnaljest iniquity has a iiotisaljd toligtUe5 and the!y rill t:iaU out an expcisure. Saul was senit to destroy the Caiaanites: their sheep and the oxen. But he1.}l" P ,t doc there Tiuflmlong the pasturi, s he saw scdnie. tie sheep aril oxen to: fat to kill, and so lie thought he would steal thim. He drove them toward home, but stop;>ed to report to the prophet how well he had execute(l his commission, when in the dis *ance the sheep began to bleat and the oxen ,o bellow. The secret was out an Saimu"I said to the bhisbeg snd Ciffecindal Saul: "What means th'e leatin .oi th, sh e) that I hear aiid the lowing of. the cattle.' Aye, my hearers, you, cannot keep an ini:;tuty quiet At just the wrong time the sheep wil Sleat and the oxen will bellow. Achan ea.. not steal the Babylonish garment withou' getting stoned to death, nor Benedict Arnoc betray his country without being execrates for all time. Look. over the.polica arrests these thieves; thesegburglars; th$eadulterers, these cdunterfeiters, these kieliwayrmen ese assassins. They all thought they could bury,. heir . iniquity so ieep down tha it woil .paver come to resur rection. But there was some snoe teat att swered to the print in the sand, some false keys found in possession. some bloody knife that whispered of the deed, and the pub lic indignation, and the anathema of outraged law hurled him into the Tombs ai hdisted hini 8n the galld '..t tha close of the battle between ths laupbin of France and the Helvetians, Biirchgrd Monk 'vas so iated, 'ith. the victory, that he lifted his -elmet tlook of' unori the field, when a wounded soldier hurled a stone tiat struck his uncovered forehead and he fell. Sin will always leave some spot exposed, and there is ao safety in iniquity. Francis the First, King of France, was discussing how it was best to get his army into Italy. Amaril, he, court, fo.i1, sp ng pixt f.oni tibe corner -nd saidto the king and his stait icleers: "You had better be thinking how you will get your army back out of Italy after once you have entered." In other words, it is easier for us to get into sin than to get out of it. Whitefield was riding on horseback in a lonely way with some missionary money in t sack fastened to the saddle bags. A high Wiayniari sjruigilut filtp thie thicket kind put his hand out toward the gold. whei White field turned upon him and said:"That belongs to the Lord Jesus Chirst,touch it if you dare," and the villain fell back empty handed into the thicket. Oh, the power of conscience! If offended, it becomes God's avenging minis ter. . Do .'ot .think that you .ego hde any gt-eat and protracted sin in your heirts. In an unguarded moment it will slip off the lip, or some slight occasion may for a moment set ajar this door of hell that you wanted to keep closed. But suppose that in this life you hide it, and you get along with that transgi ssibn hirhing ii.ybui- hefrt, as a ;hip on fire within for days may hinder the flame from breaking out by keeping down the hatchways, yet at last, in the Judgment, that iniquity will blaze out before the throne of God and the universe. Furthermore, learn from this subject the Inseparable connection between all. events however l'?dote. Lofd. Hasti)lgs it'is be headed one year after he had caused the death of the Queen's children, in the very month, the very day, the very hour and the very mo ment. There is wonderful precision in the Divine judgments. The universe is only one thought of God. Those things which seem. fragmentary and isolated itie only diffei-ent parts b that one grea; thought. Hbw far apart seemed these two events-Josepli sold to the Arabian merchants and the rulership of Egypt. Yet you see in what a mysterious way God connected the two ini one plan. $o all events are linked to;:ethier. Yon who are aged can lookc back acid group togethier a. thousand things in youi- life -that~ bnce seemed ,isolated. One undivided chain of even~ts reached from the Garden of Eden to the cross of Calvary, and thus up to heaven. There is a relation between the smallest insect that hums in thie summer air and the archangel on his throne. God capn trace a direct ancestral line from the blue jay that jad~ spring built its nest In a tree behind the house to some one of that flock of birds, which, when Noah hoisted the ai'k's window, with a whirr and dash of bright wings went out to sing over Mount Ararat. The tulips that bloomed this summer in the flower-bed were nursed of last winter's snow-flakes. The fur therest star on one side the universe could not look to the furtherest star on the other side and say: " You are no relation to me;" for from thiat bright brb a voice of light would ring across the heavens responding: "Yes, yes: we are sisters." Sir Sidney Smith in prison. was pilaying lawn tennis in the yard and the ball flew over the wall Another ball containing letters was thrown back. and so communication was opened with the outside word, and Sir Sidney escaped in time to defeat Bonaparte's Egyptiana ex pedition. What a small incident connected with what vast result! Sir Lob-ert Peel froni a pattern hedrew on the back of a pewter dinner phtte got the suggestions of that which led to the important inven tion by which calico is printed. Noth ing in God's universe swings at loose ends. -Accidents are only God's way of turning a leaf in the book of his eternal decrees. From our cradle to our grave thec e is a path all markt d out. Each event in our life is connected with every other event in our life. Our loss may 'be the most direct road to our gain. Our defeats and victories are twin brothers. The whole direction of our life was changed by something which at the time seemed to you a trifle, while some occurrence which seemed tremendous affected you but little. The Rev..Dr. Kennedy, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, went into his palpit one Sab bath and by a str-ange freak of memory for got his subject and forg.>t his text, and in great embarrassment rose before his audi ence and announced the circumstance and de clared himself entirely unable to preach: then launched forth in a fewv words of entreaty and warning which resulted in the outbreak ing of the mightiest revival of religion ever known in that State,a-revcval of religion that resulted in churches still standing and in the coaversion of a large number of men who entered the Gospel ministry who have brought their thousands into~ the kingdom of God. God's plans are magnificent beyond nll comprehension. He molds us, turns and directs us, and we know it not. Thousands of years are to Him but as the (ight of a shuttle. The most terrific oscur renice does not make God tremble, an I the most triumphant achievement doe's not lift H i it ratua.That o great thought of G;od goes oni through the centuries.and nations risr" and fall, and era~s pass, and the world itself changes, but God still keeps the undi vided mastery, linkingr event to event and century to ceutury. To God they are all one event.one hist ory, one plan.ono development, one system. Great and marvellous are thy wor'ks, Lord God Almighty. Furl hermore; we learn from this story the propriety of laying up for the future. Dur ing seven years of plenty JToseph prepared for the famine, and when it c-nie he bad a crowded storehouse. The life of most men in a worldly respect is divided into years of pleiity and famine. It is seldom that any man passes through life without at leastseven 'years of plehnty. Driniiethese seven prosperous veam's your businiess bears a rich har'vest. You hardly know wxhere all the money conies from, it com:-'s so fast. Every bargain you make seems to turn into gold. You contract few had debts. You are astounded with large dividends. You invest moore and more capital. You wonder how men can be content with a small business, gather ing in only a hundred dollars where you reap your thousands. These are the seven years of plenty. Now, Joseph, is the time to prepare for famine: for to almost every man there do come seven years of famine. You will be sick: you will be unfoitunate: you will be defrauded: you wuiil be disapipointed; you will be old, aucl if you have no storehouse upon whichl to fall back you may be famine struck. We have no admiration for this denying ocnes sel!f of all present comfort andI luxury for the niere leasucre of hoarding up. this grasping for the mere pleasure of seeincg how large a pile you can get, this alway.s being poor and cramped because as soon as a dollar comes in it is sent out to see if it baick hut. ther 's an intelIigeit and noble inind"d frecs which we love to see in men who hizic famijie and kinlred dependent upon them for the .blessings of education and home. God sends us to the insects for 14 le~ron which, while they do nr4 stint themselves in the presrit. rio not forget their luty to forestall the future: " Go to thi ant. thoi slnggard. consider her ways arid be wise, whieti. leaving no guide. overseer, or ruler, ptrdvideth het meat in the sum rutIr tiU. ;&thefatii het' food in the harvest." Now there Ar two ways of Inpuji money: the orie br.in'stirig It in stock ani rielosi i ng it in banks and loan inz it on bond and.mortgage. The other way of laying up money is giving it away. H's the safesta iho ,nakes .both of these invest ments. But tli man who devptes none of his gain to the cause of Christ a'd .thinks only of his own comfort and luxry. is r.ot safe. I don't care how his money is i n vecste"l. He acted as the rose if it should say' "I will held btv -!rash und no one shall have i snatch of fragroiiee ffcn1. ie until next ":ee'k. and theit I will set diil the garden afloat with t.n aroma. The time comes. but.having been withouti tIfance fo: sr 'mg it hasnotling thetl.to give... But above all lay tip treasure in heaven. They never depreciate in value. They iievt-r anr at a discount. They are always available. You may feel sate now: vith your present yearly income. but what will suc niln incon be worth after von are dead? Others will get it. Perlnps sotie of them will quarrel about it befwr ;e , art. . huried. They will he right glad . that . et!.' At' dead. They are only waiting for you o di. What then will all your accumulation he worth if you could rather it all into your bosom and walk up with it to heaven's gate? It would not purchase your admission: or. if allowed to enter, it could not buy you a crowii of a hal' rind the poorest saint in heaven would loo'k down ard say t "Where did that pauper come from?" . Finally, learn frem this subiect that in every famine there is a cfel'on Up the lonirow of building, piled to the very' .a with corn. come the hungry multitudes, and Joseph commauided that their sacks and their wagons be filled. The world has been.1l1asted. Every greeti thing was withered under the touch of sin. From all continents and islands, and zones, comes up the ~roan of dying. millions. Over tropical sice-grove. .hnd . iibr fiail . e--ht, and Hindu jungle t he'digit hai fallep. The fairi ine is universal. But. glory be to.6lth r is a great storehouse. Jesus Clirist.our eider brother. this day bids us come in from our hunger and beggary. and obtain infinite sup plies of grace enough to make.us rig h forever. Many of you have for all KI Itt while beei smitten of the famine. The world has not stilled the throbbing of your spirit. Your conscience sometimes r.uss. v pl }p with such suddenness and strength that it fejinirss th6. niCst giantic letermination to quell the disturbance. Ybkir courage quak's at the thought of the future. Oh, why will you tarry amid the blastings of the famine when such a glorious storehouse is open in God's mercy? "Ye firetelied, httngrr starving poor, RWho'd a royal feaet.. Where ujercv spreads her bounteous stofe For every humble guest. "See, Jeens stands with sper arnit; le call<. le bids you come: Gu I holds yon back and fear alarms. Bnt see, there yet is room." Captain Mackenzie, the Champion Chess Piayer of- the World. Captain George Mackenzie, the rep. resentative df the New York Chess Club, carried off the highest loti6rs in the recent international tournament of the Fifth Cerman (hess Congress in Frankfort, thereby winning the proud title of the world's chess cha, pion. As this is the $rst time that the honor has been won by d repfesentative from this side of the water sir"e the days of 1'aiil 31orphy; a portrait and short description will b~e iterest ing to all lovers of the skillfnl game, besides others who are interested in chess through accouts and hearsay. Although Capt. ceorge Mackenz'e is claimed, and is th:oughzt by many to be an A merican, he is in reality a Scotch man b; birthi. His debut in the pro~ ftssional game of chess was made in the London* congress of 1862, where his proficiency in the game won for him the prize which he easily carried o". in the follow ing year he came to New York and a few years thereafter was pronounced the strongest player in America. With in the last ten years lie has been a for nuidable completitor in many interna tional touirnamenits, and in the London tournament of lad3 his score in the second half was higher than that of any other player, not excepting that of the two greatest of living chess-players -Zukertort :nd Steinitz. C'apt. Mac kenzie scored fifteen victories out of a possible twenty. against the strongest field of chess-masters ever brought to gether in a tournament. Unfortunate Resenmblanee. F'ond mother (to visiting friend) Yes, every one seems to think he looks like his papa; now, do you, Mr. Vitz gibbon? 1Fitzgibbon (consolingly) Well, yes; but indeed I wouldnt allow that to annoy me, if I were you, con sidering he is souind in every other re spect.-T xas Siflinas. Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and disgust everybody with your off'ensive breath, but use Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and end it. Young Blobson has named his canoe Wil liam Henry Harrison-because it's a tippy canoe. __________ Beautiful Women Are made pallid and unattractive by function al irregularities which Dr. Pierce's "Favorite Prescription" will infallibly cure. Thousands of testimonials. By druggists. There is considlerable act-ivity in the theat rical pr'ofession no--. Is It Not Singu lar That consumptives should be least appresen sive of their own condition, while all their friends are urging and beseeching them to be more careful about expoasUre and overdoing. It may well be considered one of the most alarm ing symptoms-of the disease, where the patient is reckless and will not believe that he is in danger. Reader, if you are in this condition, do not neglect the only means of recovery. Avoid exposure and fatigue, be regular in your habits, and use faithfiully of Dr. Pierce's "Golden Medical Discovery." It has saved thousands who were steadily failing. Of course the whisky trust is a tight mon opoly. __________ Farmers and others who have a little leisure time for the next few months will find it their interest to write B. F. Johnson & Co., Rich mond,whose advertisement appears in another cnlumn. They offer great inducements to) per sons to work for thenm all or part of their time. if affileted witti sore eyes use i)r. I-aar Thompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at 25c. per bottle._________ R OTAr. Gauz mends anything! Broken Ch i na, Glass, Wood. Free vials at Drugs. and Gro. Relief is immediate, and a cure sure, Piso's Remehr for C'atarrh. 60 centst aimeia peula tofmls 1tteIvld Dr, iece! 4aort Prscipio " dviiii 4!1 The treatment cf many thousands of cses of those chronic weaknesses and distrehsi ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids Hotel and sutgical Institute Buffao. N. Y has afforded a vast experience in nicely adapt ing and thoroughly testing remedies for the cure of woman's peculiar maladies. Dr Piercers Favorite i'recriptionl is the o'utgrowtb. or result, of this great and valuable experience. Thousands of testimo nials. received fro patients and from physi crm- who hae teted it in the more aggra, kated and bstinat cases which had bfmed their skill. proe it to be ahe mot wonderful remedy ever devised for the relief and cure of suff~ering women. It is not recommended as a " cure-al," but as a most perfect Specific for woman's peculiar ailments. As a powerful a invigorating tonic, it im otinte strength to the whole system. and to the womb and its appendages in particular. For overworked, "worn -out" i. -down," debilitated teachers, millinety, dressmiers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," house keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women isthe greatest earthly boon, baeln unequaled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic As e doothing and atreygtenii neriecr "Favorite Prescription" is une ualed and is invaluable in allaying and sub dcog nervous excitability, irritability, e haustio, prostration, hysteria, spasms ant other distressing. nervous symptoms com monly attendant upon functional and organic disease of the womb. It Induces ref ys sleet crd relieves mental anxiety and de sponidency. Dr. Pierefor Favorite Prescriptio n is a uogitimac medicines carefully conpeulnded by an experienced and skillful pl'sso, and adapted to woman's delicate orgaae'iofe n. It is purely vegetable in it omposition and perectly harmless in its effects in any w iton of the system. For morning sickness. or nausa. from whatever cause arising, weak stomach, indigestion, dys peri ad kindred s mptomo its use, a small dos. ,*'m prove v-er beneficial. "Favrite rs cription"i sfm is a post tive cure for Ri most complicated and ob stinate caises of lcuccorrhe2, excessive flowing. pzlnful menstruation. unnatural suppressions, pets iis. or fallint of the womb, weak back priod,' jveaknes,' anteversio. retro.rsion, bearing-:o? d sensations, chronic congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, in fammation. pain sad tenderness in ovaries, accompanied with "inernal heat." A a regulator and promoter of une tiol ection. at tht critical period of change fbom girn d to womanhood" cFavorite Pro scription" i8 1i perfectly safe remedial agent, aud can produce Only good results. It i eally efficacus and valuable In its effects eic taken for those disorders and derange amepts incident to that later and most critical period, known as"The Change of Life." "Favorine prescription when taken in connection pite the use of Dr. Piere's Golden Medical Discoery, and small laxative does of Dr. Pierce's Purgative Pellets (Little Lit Pills) cures Liver. Kidney and Bladder diseases. 'their combined use also removes blood taints, an abolishes cancerous and crofulous humoeri fronm the system. " Favorite Prescriptin" is the only mecetcine for women, sold by druggists, under a positive guarantee, from the manu facurer, that it will give satisfaction in every case or money will be refunded. This guaran tee bas been printed on the bottle-wrapper. and faithfully carried out for many years. Large bottles (100 doses) $1.00, or six bottles for $.00. For large. Illustrated Treatise on Diseases of Women (sO pages, pap overed), sl ten oNn centsing atamps. rhes tiod inseengA Medi sceir, et Dishe Glaisar WtiB~fL.no.s ma6el a crsa wit 3 oghonD Y 'UD IRLS T""* 'E""" #ore *whneie n ther Wioeene twgdinebth WadtsN ard STARu CIuNO cyoun"eedae flhem. Cabrct as, bMiche, Roaches WTe Bugs, Frile, Btlcaes added, Atosuthos, Belbs.; Inscs. ot tor GSror set tingittorou~iG&25c E.S. Jere.y WasNChUnganORtaohard Powr.sf ores tion n houekeepng. . new Dvryggeis. [Ah GreatMediaWrkfo Winowsg PUBLIHED hePABOD MEDghIo Doit do as upnier shgan onng as can borne in anyth laudry B od.n teto the estpoplarmeeica transe pubised in bthe Eno fear n ag h article; beming frefo vffie alaifi oe snot otr, a ablow ove.th fnes tisl lapr , blahs*hies h orcl)t ogw oder bodyirnd entsta Pess nsisonsyu r-gsto Go eet tP U M ingafro.1 S e B abiWets Cersed Ci . Dr.rd.orsofens .o JOust C N suchaDlfeusgteysnjo y GratMican okfo on kn and id.TheJ riina hoorah erBgostone, StW~.A LouER, 'M.D. asol.I rea upnay. o n Prhces25 ent p ebtye ?orIEaTarSel, Bx'.EstedO IS vitlO. pi Ai remd o andlpuiti aes of the l r, d-ut cu~reseaeun for ery on. 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