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DR. TALMA GE'S SERMON: None Lii?so Jesus. "Unto you thcroforo which believe, Ho ls )rcoloun."~-1 Pol.a? 7. . Wu lind for many yoars In tins coun try commercial depression. What was tito nmttor with tho stores? With tho harvests? With tho pooploV Lack of f aith I Money enough, goods onough, tkllful brains onough, industrious bands mough, but no faith. Now.what dam ages tho commorclal world, damages '.ho spiritual. o un a ll KAT LACK s faith. That ls the hinge' on which .eternity turns. Tho Blblo says wo aro saved by faith. "0," says some ono In tho audience, "I have faith. I bollovo that Christ carno down to savo tho world." I reply that in worldly Mattors, whcn.you have,faith you al ways act upon it. For instance, if I . ;ould show you a business oporation by which you could inako live thousand dollars, you would immediately go into lt. You would provo your faith in what I tell you by your prompt and imm?diate action. Now, if what you call faith in Christ has led you to sur render your entire nature to Jesus and to corresponding action iii your lifo, it ls genuino faith, and if it has not, it is - not faith at all. Thoro aro somo things which I be lieve with the head. Thon there are other things which I bollovo with the heart. And thou thero aro other things which I believe both with tho head and heart. I believo, for inslanco, that Cromwell lived. That is a matter of the head. Then there aro other things which I bellevo wtth tho heart and not with tho head. That is, 1 have no es pecial reason for believing thom, and yet 1 want to believe thom, and the wish is the father to tho expectation. But tbore is a very great difference be tween that which wo believe about our selves, and that which wo believo about others. For instahco, you remember not a great while ago thoro waa A DISASTER IN PENNSYLVANIA, amid the mines; tliero Avas an explosion amid the damps, and many livos were lost. In tho morning you picked up your newspaper, and saw that thoro had been a gloat disaster in Pennsyl vania. You said: "Ab. what asad thing this is; how many lives lostl ?, what sorrow I" Thon, you read a littlo further on. Thero had been an almost miraculous effort .o get those men, out, and a few had been saved. "O," you said, "what a bravo thing, what a grand thing that was! How well it was donol" Then you folded tho paper up, and sat down to your morning re past. Your appetite bad not boon in terfered with, and during that day, per haps, you thought only two or three times of tho disaster. But suppose you and 1 bad been ii: tho mine, and tho dying b ad been al around us, and we had heard tho pick axes just above us as they were try lui to work their way down, and after i while wo saw tho light, and thon tin life-bucket let down through tho shaft and, suffocated and half dead, wo ha< inst strength enough to throw our selves over into it, and had been haulci out into the light. Then what an ap predation wo would have had of th agony and tho darkness beneath, nn< tho joy of deliverance. That ls th difference between belioving a thin) about others and bolioving it about oui solves. Wo keep up tho Blblo and road tba Christ caine to save tho world. "Tba was beautiful," you say; "a fino spec mon . of ? self-denial. That was vcr gra??d indeed;"' But supposo it j found that wo ourselves were down IN THE 311NI5 OF SIN and in tho darkness, and Christ strotel cd down His arm qf mercy th rr gb th gloom and lifted us out of tho pit, an sot our feot on tho Bock of Ages, an put a now song into our mouth: C thon it is a matter of handclapping; is a matter of congratulation; it ls matter of deep emotions, Which kin '. of faith have you, my brother? It is faith that makes a Cliristiai and it is tho proportion of faith tin makes the differencebetwecnCluistian: What was it that lifted Faul an Luther and Payson and Dodd ride nbovo the ordinary lovol of Christal character? It was tho simplicity, tl brilliancy, the power, and tho splondc of their faith. O, that wo had moro < itl God givo ns moro faith lo prcac and moro faith to hear. "Lord, v believo; help Thou our unbelief I" u"j you which believe, Ho is precious." First: I remark Christ is precious i the beliovor, AS A SA V IOU It FROM SIN. A man says: "To whom are you tall f ing? I am ono of tho most respectan men in this neighborhood: do you ca ino a. sinner?" Yesl "The heart deceitful above all things and desperat ly wicked." You say: "How do ye know anything about my heart?" know that about it, for God announci it in His Work; and what God says always right. Whoii a mum bocomes Christian, people say: "That man se himsolf above us." O, nol Inston of sotting himself up, bo throws bin self down. Ho cries out: "I was lo onco, but now I ECO. I prostrate m self at tho foot or tho cross of tl Saviour's mercy." What a grand thing it is to feel th: nil tho bad words I bavo over uttcrc and all tho bad deeds I have dono, ai all tho bad thoughts that bavo goi through my minti, aro as though tin had never been, for tho saleo of wh Christ bas done. You know thero is difference in stains. Somo can 1 washed ,out by water, but others r quire a chemical preparation. Tho s of the heart is so black and indcliblo mark that no human application c? cieanso it, while tho blood of Jes Christ can wash it out for ever, O, tl infinito, tho OMNIPOTENT CHEMISTRY of this glorious gospel! Somo hi; says: "I believe alf that. I bobo God has forgiven tho most of my sii but thero is ono sin I cannot forgot What is it? I do not want to kne what it is, but I take tho rcsponslbill of saying that God will forgivo it willingly ns any othor sin. "O'er ?Ina like mountains for their size, Tho sens of sovereign gi nee expand, Tho sens of sovereign graco nrlao." Tbore was a vory good man, abo sevonty-nvo years of age, that onco sui "I bollovo that God has forgivon ir but thoro was ono sin which I comm ted when I waty about twenty years ago that I NEVER FORGAVE MYSELF for, and I can't feol happy when I thii of it." Ho said that ono sin somolhr came rtfor his heart, and blotted out his hopo of heaven. Why, ho lacked faith. Tho graco that can forgivo smr.il. sin can forgive a largo si Mighty to savol Mighty to savol W I is tho God like unto our Gotl, that p? I donoth iniquity? O, what Jesus ls tho soul that bol loves in Him I Tho soul looks up Into Christ's fuco, und says: "To what extend wilt Thou forglvo mo?" And Josus looks buck into Ids fuco, und says: "To tho uttermost." Tho' soul says: "Will it novor bo brought up nguiu?" "Nover," says Christ. "Won't it bo brought Up again In Judgment Day?" "Ko," says Christ, "novor in tho Judgmont Day." What broad is to tho hungry, what harbor is to tho bostormod, wiatt light is to tho blind, what liberty i? to tho captive, that, and moro than that, ls Christ to tho man who trusts Him.' Just try to get Christ away from that Christian". Put on that man tho thumb screw. Twist it until tho bones crack. Put that foot into the Iron boot of per secution until lt is mashed to a pulp. Stretch that man on tho rack of tho inquisition, and, louder than all tho up roar of tho persecutors, you will hear his volco like tho volco of Alexander Lo Croix abovo tho crackling faggots as ho cried out: "O, Jesusl O, hiv blessed Jesusl O, divino Josusl who would not dio for Thoo?" Again: I remark that Christ is procious to tho believer, AS A yu HON I). You havo commercial friends and you haye family Monds. To tho commer cial friend you go when you havo busi ness troubles. You can look back to somo day-it may havo been ton or twelve years ago-when, if you had not that frlond, you would havo been on tiroly overthrown in business. But I want to tell you tins morning of Josus, thc best business friend a man ovor had, He can pull you out of the worst per plexities. Thoro aro peoplo in this audience who havo got lu tho habit of putting down all their worldly troublos at tho feet of Jesus. Why, Christ moots tho business luau on tho street and says: "O, business man, I know all thy troublos. I will ho with thoe. I will seo theo through." Lookout how you try to corner or trample ou a man who j is backed up by th? Lord God Almighty 1 Look out how you tramplo on bimi O, thore is a financier that many of our business mon havo not found out. Christ owns, all tho boards of trade, all tho insurance companies, and all tho banking houses. They say that tho Vanderbilts own tho railroads; but Christ owns tho Vanderbilts and the railroads, and all tho plotting.1) of stock gamblers shall bo put to confusion, and God with His littlo llngor shall wipe out their infamous projects. How often it has been that wo have seen mon gather up riches by fraud, In a pyramid of strength and beauty, and tho Lord came and blow on it and it was gone; wh I lo thoro aro t hose boro to-day who, if they could speak out in this assem blage, or dared to speak out, would say: "Tho host friend I had in 1837; tho best friend I had In 1857; tho best friend I bad at tho opening of tho war; tho best friond I over bad-has beon tho Lorfl I Josus Christ. I would rather give wy. all other frionds than this one." Bul wo have also FAMILY KltlKNDS, Thoy como in when wo havo sickness ir tho bousetiold. Perhaps they say noth ing; but they sit down and they weei as tho light goos out from tho bright oyes, and tho white pot?is of tho lily ar< scattered in the blast of death. They watch through tho long night by tin dying couch, and then, when tho spiri has gone, sootho you with great com fort. Thoy say: "Don't cry. Josu pities you, All is well. You wil meet tho lost ono again." Thon, Wboi your son vyent off, breaking your heart did they not como and put tho story ii tho vory test Shape, and prophesy th return of the prodigal? Woro thoy no in your house when thc birth angel flap ped its wings ovor your dwelling? Am thoy have been thoro at tho baptisms am at 'ho weddings. Family friends] But havo to tell you that Christ is tho bes family friond. O, blessed is that cradl over which Jesus bonds! Blossed is tba nursory whore Josus walksl Blcssod i that sick brow from which Jesus wipe tho dampness! Blossed is that tabl whore Josus breaks tho bread! Blosse is that gravo wlicro Josus stands wit his scarred feet on tho upturned sod saying: "I am tho Besurrcotion an< tho Life; bo that bcliovoth in Mc though ho wero dead, yet shall ho llvol' Havo you a bilbo in tho house? put i into tho arms of TII10 QUI ' OIULP-IJOVKH, Ls there a sick one in tho house? Thin of Him who said, "Damsel, arise. Are you afraid you will como to want Think of Him who fed the live thou sand. Is thero a httlo ono in you house that you aro afraid will bo bibi or deaf or lamo? Think of Him wh touched tho blinded oyo, add snatcho back tho boy from oplloptic convulsioi Ob, ho is the best friond. Look ovc your family friends to-day, and fin another that can bo compared to Hin When wo want our friends, thoy ai sometimes out of town. Christ is i town. Wo find that somo will stick I us in prosperity who will not in advoi slty. But Christ comos through darli est night, and amid ghastliest sorrov and accross roughest sea to comfoi you. Thoro aro mon and womon hero wh would havo beon deadtwonty years ag but for Jesus. Thoy have gone throng trial onough to exhaust ten times tho physical strength. Thoir property wen their health went, their families woi scattered. God only knows what thc suffered. Thoy aro an amazement t thomselves that they havo boon ablo 1 stand lt. Thoy look at their one happy homo, surrounded by all conifer Gone I They think of tho timo whe thoy used to riso strong in thomornini and walk vigorously down tho stree and had experienced a health tin thought inexhaustible. Gone! Ever, tiling gono but Jesus. lin HAS PITIED THUM. Iiis oyo bas watched them. His omnip lonee has dofonded thom. Yes. I bas beon with them. Thoy have goi through disaster, and Ho was a pilli of Uro by night. Thoy havo gone aero stormy Galileo, but Christ had his lo on tho neck of tho storm. Thoy fe tho wavos of trouble coming up aroui thom gradually, and thoy bogan i climb into tho strong rock of God's d fenco, and then they sang, ns thoy loo! ed over tho waters, "God is our rofiif and strongtb, ari over-present holp timo of trouble; therefore wo will hi foar though tho earth bo romove though tho mountains bo carried in tho midst of tho sea, though tho mon tains shako with thoswelling thoroof. Tho othor day thoro was a sailor wi came into the Bethel in Now York, ni said: "My lads (ho was standing arnot sailors), I don't know whiffs the matt of me. I used to hoar a good deal aboi religion, mid about Josus Christ, don't know that I havo any religion, i that I know anything much abo Christ; but whon I was in mid-Atlant I looked up one day through tho ri ging, and thoro seemed to come Hg through my soul. I hayo folt diff?re over since, and I lovo those that I onco tutted, ami I fowl a joy X can't toll you. 1 foully don't know What ia tho matter of mo," A rough sailor got up. and ?aid. "My lad, I know what's the matter of you. You havo found Jesus. It is ohough to mtvko any mau happy." ?'His worth If oil tho nntlona know, Brno ttio \yholo onrth would lovo Ulm too." I remarle again: Christ is precious to tho hoi lover, ns A FINAL DBLIYXCttlSR. You and I must after awhllo get out of this world. Koro and there ono per haps may como on to oighty, to ninety yours of ago, but your common sonso tolls you that tito next twenty-live years will land tho majority of this audience m eternity. Tho next ton ' years will thin out a groat many of those family chelos. This day may do tho work for somo of us. Now why do I say this? To seato you? No; but just as I would stand in your of?lco, if I woro a buslnoss man, and you whoro a business man, and talk over risks. You do not con sider it cowardly to talk in you storo over temporal risks. Is it base in us this morning to talk a little willie ? over tho risks of 0 * soul, that aro for eternity? In oypry congregation Death lias tho last year boon doing a great doal of work*. Whoro ls your father? Whoro is your mother? Your child? Your brothor? Your sister? O, cruel does Death seem to bel Will ho pluck overy flower? Will ho poison every fountain? Will ho put black on ovory door-knob? Will ho snap overy hoart-string? Can 1 koop nothing? Aro Ibero no charmed weapons with which lo go out and con tend against him? G'IYO mo some koon sword, sharpened tu Cod's armory, with which t may stab him through. (?ivo mo some battlo-axu that I may clutch it, and hew him from bebnot to sandal. Thank Cod, thank Cod, that he that rldoth on the palo horse, hath moro than a match Ju Him who rldoth on tho white norso, ?St. John boara tho eontost, tho pawing of tho steeds, tho rush, tho bat tle-cry, tho onsot, until tho palo horse canto down on his haunches, and his rider bit tho du.-t, whllo Christ, tho conqueror, with uplifted voice declared it: "O death, I will bo thy plague; O grave, 1 will'be thy destruction." Tho sepulchre is A LIGHTED CASTLE on tho shore of hoavenly seas, and son tinal angels walk up and down at tho door to guard it. Tho dust and tho dampness of tho grave aro only tho spray of tho white surf of celestial seas, and tho long breathing of tho dying Chris tian, that you call his gasping, is only tho long inhalation of tho air of heaven. O, bless Cod for what Christ is to tho Christian soul, hero and hereaftorl 1 heard a man say, some tinto ago, that they never laugh in heaven. 1 do not know whoro ho got bis authority for that. 1 think they do laugh in heaven. When victors como homo, do wo not laugh? When fortunes aro won in a day, do wo not laugh? Alter wo have been ten or tlfteen years away from our friends, and wo greet thom again, do wo not laugh? Yo?, AVE WILL r.Autm IN HEAVEN. Not hollow laughter nor meaningless laughter, but a full, round, clear, deop, resonant outbroak of eternal gladness. Oh, tho glee of that moment when wo first seo Jesus! 1 think wo will take tho ?first two or tinco years in heaven to look at Jesus; and if, in ton thousand years, there should bo a moment when tho doxology paused, ton thousand souls would' cry out: "Singl Singl" and When tho cry was, "What shall we sing?"' tho answer would bo, "Jesusl Jesusl" Oh, you may havo all tho crowns in heavonl I do not caro so much about thom. You may havo . all tho robes in heaven; I tlo not caro so much about thom. You may havo all the sceptres in heaven; I do dot caro so much about thom. You may havo ull tho thrones in boa von; I do not caro so much about thom. But gtvo mo Jesus -that is ono ugh heaven for mo. Oh, Jesusl I long to seo Theo, thou ''chief among ton thousand, tho Ono altogether lovely." Thoro may bo somo boro who havo como, hardly knowing why thoy como. Perhaps it was as lh Paul's time-you havo como to hear what this babbler sayoth; but I am glad to moot you face to face, and to strike hands with you in ono earnest talk about your deathless spirit. Do you know, my friend that this world is not good enough for you? It ch oats. lt fades, ltdies. You aro immortal. I seo lt In tho deathless spirit looking out from your oyo. lt is a mighty spirit, lt is an immortal spirit. It beats against tho window of tho cage. I como out to feed it. Dur th? past week tho world has been try ing to food it with husks. ? 1 como out this morning to food it with that bread of which if a man cat ho will ucver hunger. WHAT HAS TUE WOULD DON IC for yon? If as It not bruised you? Has it not botrayed you? Has it not mal treated you? Look mo in tho oyo, im mortal man, and loll mo If that is not so. And yet, will you trust it? Oh! I wish that yon could forget mo, tho wonk and sinful man-that I might vanish from your sight this morning, and that Jesus might como in I Ayo, Ho comos boro this morning to plead for your soul -comos in all covered with the wounds of Calvary. Ho says, "O, immortal man! I died for theo. 1 pity theo, I como to savo thee. With those bands, torn and crushed, I will lilt theo up into pleasures that hover dio." Who will reject-who will drivo Him back? When Christ was slain on tho cross, they had a cross, and they had nails, and they had hammers. You crucify by your sin, O imponitonf soul! thoJ.ord Jesus Christ. Hero is a cross; but whoro aro tho nails? Whero aro tho hammers? "Ali," says somo ono re jecting Christ, somo ono standing a long way off, "I will furnish tho nails. I don't beliovo in that Jesus. I will furnish tho nails." Now we havo tho nails, who will furnish tho hammers? "Ah," says somo heard heart, "I will furnish tho hammers, We have no spears? "Ab," says somo ono long in the habit of sin and rejection of Christ's mercy, "I will furnish thom." Now wo have all tho Instruments: the cross, tito nails tho hammers, tho spears: and tho crucifixion goes on. Oh, tho dark ness! Oh, tho pang! Ob. tho tears! Oh, the death! "Behold thc Lamb of God, that taketh away tho sins of tho world!" Lord Jesus HELP THAT MAN. Ho sits far back to-day. Ho does not Uko to come forward. Ho fools straugo In a religious assomblago. Ho thinks porhaps wo do not want him. O Jesus, tako that trembling hand. Put thine car to that agitated heart, and hear how lt beats. O, lift tho iron gato of that prison-house, and lot that man go froo. Lord Jesus, help that woman. Sho is a wanderer. No tears can she weep. ti Seo Lord Jesus, that po?utod soul, eeo that blistered tooti . No church for her. No CfOOd cheer for li nf "NY> limin fr>r I her. Lord Jesus, go toThat'soVC'Tl??? wilt not stone her. T.oh tho FOd-bO* chain, that burns to the bono tili tho bloody ichor hlssos in tho heat, snap at Thy touch. O, havo moroy on Mary Mngdalonol ' Lord Jesus, holp that young mani Ho took monoy out of bis employer's till. Didst Thou soo it? Tho clerks Woro all gone. Tho lights wore down. Tho shutters woro up. Didst Thou seo it? O, lot him not fall into tho pit. liomomborost Thou not his mother's prayors? Sho can pray for bim no more. Lord Josue, touch him on tho Bhouldor. Touob him on tho heart. Lord, savo that young mani Thoro aro many young mon hero. I GOT A ?10TT1SU from ono of thom who is probably hero to-day, and 1 shall havo noolhor oppor tunity of answoring that lotter. You say you believe In mo. O, do you bc liovo in Jesus? 1 cannot savo you, my doar brother. Christ can. He wants and waits to savo you, and Ho comes to-day to savo you. Will you havo Ulm? I do not know what our young mon do without Christ-how they get on amid all tho temptations and trials lo which thoy are subjected. O, young men, como to Christ to-day, and puf. your soul and your Interest for this life, ami for tho noxt, Into His keeping. In oldon times, you know, a cup-bearer would bring wino or wator to tho king, who would drink it, first tasting it him solf, showing that thero was no poison in it, then passing it to tho king, who would drink it. Tho highost honor i ask ls that I may bo cup-boaror to-day to your soul. 1 bring you thisjwatcr of everlasting lifo. I havo boon drinking of it. Thero is no poison in it. lt has noYor dono me any harm, lt will do you no harm. O, drink it, and livo forever. And lot that aged man put his head down on tho staff, and let that poor widowed soul bury her worried- faco in hor handkerchief, and llieso little children fold tho bands in prayer, while wo commend you to Him who was wounded for your transgressions, and bruised for our iniquities; for to you which believe, Ho is procious. -ow??--^ G AIM BAT J1> I'S OIJI) HOMK. Description of tho It alina '<?*i\ tri OVH JIOUHO nfc Cnprera. Tho chlor entrance at Garibaldi's old homo at Caprora leads diroctly into tho kitchen. A few bare robins with white crested walls join lt, and in sumo of thom bods havo heou put up for Garibaldi's family. In the garden grow only rod flowers; lt looks as If a bloody dow had fallen from tho sky. Through the yard the rooms are reached which Garibaldi Inhabited to tho last. In tho little ante-room port raits of Nullo and the two Cairotes who fell at the Vitia Gloria, and a steel engraving of the Prinoo pf Wales hang on tho walls. All have different frames; tho glass of some of thom is broken. There ls also a miserable lit tle oil painting representing Italia thrusting hor dagger Into the heart of tho Popo. In tho small library tho Tow books of tho man who had not read much stands on two old, rlokoty bookc^sos. Some of tho books are turned upside down, and there ls no attempt at arranging thom. Most of tho books are English, among thom Cobdon's works and many English translations of Italian books. A volutno of Petoal's poems translated Into English attracts atten tion by its worr? binding^-M noxt-to it stands-ourious and characteristic of tho hero of bloody battles with the child-like heart-"Paul ot Virginie." Manya volume on agriculture abd "La Koumalno Economique" show that Garibaldi was also a 8tudon,t of econ omic quostlons. On tho shelf, covered with dust and cobwebs, lie tho printed parliamentary papers. From tho library you enter tho sanctum of the house, the room in which, on Juno 2,1882, Garibaldi died at tho ago of sovonty-five; near the window stands the poor ciunp-bfld, as lt stood at tho moment of bis death. From lt ne could see Ins beloved sea and tho coast of Corsica. Tho parish of Dlvorno has put it simple bronze railing round tho bed. Wreaths Ile on the coverlet. One of thom bears tho inscription: "Tho Italian Free Masons to Tholr Grand Master." On a round fabio in tho midst of tho room are th reo books, Daute's "Divine Comedy," an album with the photo graphs of tho "Thousand," and Mi chaud's "Crusades," with Doro's Illus trations. The walls ate covered with many wreaths and pictures, among tliom tho portraits of Garibaldi's mother and youngest children. An uneven path leads through the high room to tho place which Gari baldi had himself selected for tho cre mation of his body. On '-.two ?roat granito blocks ho had built tho funeral pilo which should consumo his mortal remains. Tho Y?OW from this placo is magnitlcont, over tho rough mountains of Sardinia, tho little cliffs a.id islands, which, yellow ns gold, rise out of the dark-blue sea and over tb? Corsican hills. To bo burned at this place was bis last wish. Tho sons, who are not like their father, have left this wish unful filled. Garibaldi's gravo is ao tho place whoro his two daughters wo buriod, only nearer tho sea, and in a copso of yow ticos. His monument is a large rough block of granite, willi only ids name ongravod into lt. At this gravo tho pilgrims from all parts o? Italy as sombled;and tho odgos of tho banners of all those who light for truth and light touched the "holy gravo." 1'higllsh Sparrow Ingoutiity. At the city of Lafayette, two sum mers ago, somo boys, in flying a kilo, dropped lt accidentally ovor a tolegraph wiro, whence tho string hung sovoral foot in mid-air. ?I female sparrow covotcd tho string to weavo into lier nest. Sho pecked at it sovoral times, on tho wing, unsuccessfully, and at last succocdod in gottlng ono foot and log ontanglcd. It proved to be a painful and procurions situation. In vain sho fluttorod and tried to escapo. Hor calls woro soon answored by nearly a hun dred sparrows, which satin rows, chirp ing, occasionally flying down to tho im prisoned bird near enough to catch tho situation. At length, as if by precon cortod arrangement, thoy Btartod in a clrclo round tho imprisoned bird. Each bird, with tho certainty of a well aimod-arrow, nipped the string with its bf1 Finally tho string parted sudden ly. Sho flow to an adjoining building, whoro hor matos and horsolf soon loos onod tho obnoxious string, and sho ile"' with it to hor nost. ? Hannibal, Mo., man dalma w havo soon a leopard walking on tho railroad track near that city the other dav THI3 THKOHY OP SI.?JEI'. "?cfcsscr ??sc Errs:.'T Gives ? intpnntno of SODIO Points? Tn nu address to tho Anthropological society of Brussols, Profossor IJCO Errera has given a resuiho of some points In tho chemical ? lino, y of sloop. Tho phonomona of sloop havo in com mon with other vital functions tho oharnctor of periodicity. An examina tion of such porlodlo functions in gen oral may aid in ascertaining tho cause of sleep. Tho respiratory rhythm is regulated hy tho amount of oxygen and carbonic ucid In the arterial blood. "When tho blood is charged with oxy gon tho respiratory center momentarily suspends activity; but soon tho tissues yield tholr oxygen to tho blood, havo it replaced by carbonic acid, and tho blood thus modified acts as au excitant to tho respiratory conloi'. Kanko bas shown that tho fatiguo and recovery of muscles is duo to a similar alternation of tho accumulation and discharge of cortaln "fatiguing substances," chief among which is lactic acid. An Injec tion of this'acid Into fresh muscio ren ders it incapablo of work; washing tho acid out restores tho activity. Cannot sloop bo explained by a simi lar ebomical theory? Proyor has ox tonded tho views of Hinz, Oborstoiner and othors (who all agreo in making tho accumulation of cortaln products of fatigue-ermudungsstoifo-tho cause of sleep) by calling all such fatiguing pro duels of activity "ponogons." Thoso accumulate in waking lifo, aro readily oxidieable, sind absorb tho oxygon in tended for glands, muscles aiid nerve centers until action is Impossible and sloop sots in. Gradually tho ponogene aro destroyed by oxidation, slight exci tation is sulllcicnt to arouso tho con tors, ami waking lifo begins. Among the poiiogons l'royer counts lactic acid as tho chief, but tho experimental de monstration of this has been unsuccess ful, and tho theory, accordingly, not genorally adopted. Since theso researches Armand Gau tier has found in tho human body a series of llvo organic bases akin to croa tliio, Creatinine and cximthinn, und calls them "loucomaincs" and "ptom aines." Tho physiological properties 11..%...% .. n ..rt., ,-..>.. .............. I..,, Ul . ni...i-. i)Uu.iuiuv.t,o mu milCOlilC, lUblgU* lng and sometimes lead to vomiting. This ls just what tho chemical theory requires. Tho- periodicity of sleep would bo explained by tho conservation of energy hoing applicable to all bodily activity; work must bo followed by ro pair; lifo is a slow suicide. Thoro is, moreover, roason to believe that tho ac tion of thoso loucomaines is a direct ono upon tho brain; it is a direct intoxica tion of tho brain centers. A theory of sleep must 'take account of three factors-work, fatiguo and sloop. Tho chemical theory satlslies theso demands. All work, muscular or cerebral, produces waste products. Theso accumulate, make work moro and moro dilllcult; thoso is fatiguo. As tho process continues, tho waste pro ducts, notably tho loucomaines, intoxi cate tho higher nervo centers (just as a dose of morphine does), and render thom incapablo of action; that ls sleep. Tho picture is, however, much moro complex. Thoro is a constant struggle against tho fatiguo, which for a time, hy dint of hard work shown in increas ed secretions and so on, may succeed. Wo probably never arrive at tho ex treme limit of work; the sensation of fatigue intervenes to provont such a disaster. Fatiguo, as is well known, may ex tond from muscio to norvo, and from nerve to norvo center. Wo may bo Yory tired from repeatedly lifting a woight, and not bo sleep, and may bo gonerally sloepy without any consider able local fatiguo. Ono is peripheral, tho other central. As tho waste pro ducts accumulate in tho centers, mo tion and sensation become moro and moro sluggish, until tho time comds when tho ordinary stimulation no long or arouses thom, and wo sleep. Part lal sleep can bo similarly explained. T.io centers go to sleep in a hierarchical oi - dor, the highest serving tho most deli cate function going first. In waking, tho rovorso ls tho case; tho minor cen ters may bo asleep while tho Intellectual centers aro awako. In 'somnambulism the latter may bo asloop while tho form er aro awako. Tho dopth of sleep, according to this theory, ought to bo proportional to tho number of cortical molecules in com bination with tho loucomaines. In tho beginning of sloop theso aro abundant, tho cerebral colls inactive, and a com bination easy. Tho sleep is deop. .Soon tho maximum number of combin ations is reached and sleep is deepest. Prom hero on, tho loucomaines aro gradually eliminated and destroyed, and sloop should decreaso with a de creasing intensity. Kohlschluttor's ox poriments on tho intensity of sleep, as tested by tho noise necessary to awako tho pationt, gives tho curvo for tho in tensity of sloop corresponding to what wo should oxpect by our thoory. Vari ations in our sleep, caused by an oxcess or work, otc, aro ovldontly similarly oxplieablo. In short, fatiguo is a poison for which sleep is tho normal antidoto. This theory maintains (1) that tho activity of all tho tissuos (and primarily of tho two most active, the norvousand muscular) glvos risc to substances moro or less allied to alkaloids, tho lenco mainos; (2) that theso ind lice fatigue and sleep; (3) that on waking, if the body is rested, thoso substances havo disappeared. Col, IjAinont oil Adyoi'tlsinft. Ever sinco his return from Florida, Col, Lamont has boon entertaining Iiis friends with alligators stories which have a decidedly classic flavor about thom. Tho latest, 1 understand, sorvos to illustrate tho powers of judicious ad vertising. Tho colonol heard of a family in Florida who had lost their little boy, mid bad advertised for him In tho dally paper. That vory nftornoon an alligat or crawled out of tho swamp and died on their frontdoor step. In his stomach was found a handful of rod hair, some bono buttons, a glass marble, a pair of checked trousers and a paper collar. Tho colonol vows that advertising did it. Sylvia Dubois of -Now Jorsey is 120 years old and not yot tired of living. A medical opinion is that if consump tion was eradicated from oattlo it would soon disappear from tho human race. Five por cont of English cattlo have tuberculosis, and 20 per cent of some herds of tho United States are said te be affected. yin olastlc mucilago Is made as fol lows : To 20 parts of alcohol add one part of sal Icy Ho acid li parts of soft soap aud 3 partJ of glycerine. Shake well, and thon, add a mucilage made of 03 parts of gum araldo and 180 part, or water. This is said to keep well and to b6 thoroughly olaa?4o. WYKS OF THK BEE!, tl tr (io turon Whoso Complexity in Dlf ?ouit of Coiuprohonslon. Any ono who will tako tho trouble to examine with a lens tho head of a bee will soo on either aide the largo round ed compound eye, aud on the forehoad or vertex three bright little simulo oyes. The latter are, as their name implies, eomparltlvely simple in struoturo, ouch with a singlo lens. But tho compound oyes bave a complex struoturo. Exter nally tho surface in soon to bo divided up into a great number of hexagonal areas, eaoh of which ls oallod a facet, and forms a little lons. Of those tho queen boo bas on eaoh side nearly 6,OOO tho worker some 0,000 and the drone upward of 12,000. Beneath each facot, Is a crystalline cono, a ao-oauod norvo rod, and other structures, too complex to be here doscribed. which naas Inward toward the brain. It will bo soon, then that the so called compound oyo with its thousands of facets, Its thousands of crystalline cones, Its thousands of "nerve rods" and other elements Is a struoturo of no little complexity. Tho question now arises: Is lt ono struc ture or manyY Is lt an eye or an ag gregate of eyos, To thia question tho older naturalists answered oonfldontly -an aggregate. And a slmplo experi ment B?eras to warrant this conclusion. Puget quoted lu Goldsmith's "?nima* tod Nature" adapted tho facets ol the eye of a, fl-pardon mo, fair reader, of a aphaniptorous Insect of the genus Pu lex- so as to seo objects through it under tho microscope "A soldier who was thus seen appeared Uko an army of pigmies, for while it multiplied it also diminished the object; tho arch of a bridge exhibited a spectacle more magnificent than human skill could perform, and the Hame of a candi? seemed tho illumination of thousands of lamps." Although Cheshire-, innis book on the bee, adopts this view and supports it by veforenco to a Similar ex periment, it numbers to-day but few supporters. Ono is tempted to marvel at tho ability of the drone to co-ordi nate 24,000 separate images into a sin gle distinct object. Ficturo tho con fusion of images of one who had sipped too freely of tho sweet but de lusive dregs of tho punch bowll Undor Bimilar circumstances human folks aro reported to soo double. Think of the appalling condition of an inebriate dronol Those who bell?ve tho facetted eye to be ono organ with many parts, contend that eacli facet and Its under lying structures give, not a completo Image of the external object as a whole but tho imago of a single point of that object. Thus thoro is formed, by the juxtaposition of contiguous points a stippled image or an image ID mosaic Hence this view is known as Muller's mosalo hypothesis. Lowno has experi mented with One glass threads arrang ed like tho conos and nerve rods of tho bee's eye, and Ands that (even when they aro not surrounded by pigment, a's aro the elements In an insect's eye) all oblique rays are got rid of by nu merous reflections and the interference due to the different longths of the rays. Some modification of the rnos?lo hy pothesis is now generally adopted, and Dr. Hickson bas recently worked out with groat oare the structure of tho optic tract whioh lies between the crystalline cones and tho brain. langland's Now "Wai* Ship. Tho powerful turret ship Victoria, so named in honor of her Majesty's Jubilee, completed her steam trials at the Nore recently. The first rivet was driven in lier keel plato by Lord Arm strong, at Elswick, In Juno, 1885, and she was launchod on tho9th.of April lust year, In respect to tho essentials of speed, protection and armament, the Victoria is without a competitor In tho navies of Europe. In design she may bo said to resemble a magnified boro; and though exception bus been taken to the curtailment of her armor bolt which extends for 102 feet over her total length of 340 feet, and to tho alleged dangerous concentration of her heaviest guns In a singlo turret, it must not bo forgotten that naval construc tion is only possible on tho principio of compromise, and that it ls more satis factory to judge of tho efilcioncy of a battle-ship by tho balanco of advan tages she gains by sacrificing something in her design. Comparing the Victoria with the crack French armor clad Amiral Baudin, we find that the latter possesses a complete bolt at the water lino of the uniform thickness of 21$ Inches, whilo tho English ?hip is only partially protected by a be't varying in thickness from 10 inches to 18 inches; t and that, whereas the Frenchman oar , ries threo heavy guns in ns many bar bettes, tho English vessol has her 110 ton guns boxed up in a single turret. But on the other hand, whilo tho redoubt and turret of the Victoria is built up of armor 18 Inches thick, the ' barbettes of tho Amiral Baudin aro of tho thickness of 1G? Inches. Tho i former ls also moro powerfully armed and engined, has a wldor area of action, and Is superior in speed in tho ratio of 17 knots to 15 knots under forced draught. Add all these advantages she carrlo3 into action upon, in round num bers, 1000 tons lesa displacement, be sides being protected against raking by a bulkhead 10 inches thick and an angular soreen of 0-lnob plating. Had it boon determined to continuo the Victoria's bolt throughout the sides upon the same displacement, lt would have boon necessary to reduce the armor from a uniform thickness of 18 inohos to 14 inches and 12 inchon, or, on the other hand had tko bolt been eontinued to tho endo without thinning I it in the middle and mojnnglt, 12 inohos nt tho extremities, the di sp] nco mont of tho ship must have been inoronsod to i 11,000 tons. As sho now oxjsts tho ea \ tlmated loss of buoyancy by tho com 1 ploto riddling of tho unarmored ends I amounts to 41 tons, representing a total I sinkago of two Indies. Hor aimamont will consist of two ' " I ???? I I <l . ? >?'?..>.??'. 110-ton brcech-Iondon?, whtolt disohnrg? projectiles of 18?0 pounds, with maxi M...^. -,-1. _..". *WUUI UUtll.? V*? V?. VW (IVUUUV| vttvu guu being capable of firing ahead, and also, inconsequences oe tue conformation OK the superstructure, on the side wubin an aro ot ICO degrees; one 30-ton gun, firing astern and on either quarter; 13 five-ton guus, 12 six-pounder and' nt no threo-poundor quiok firing guns, be sides maehlne guns for smaller ammuni tion. In other words tho Vlotorla wll? bo able to discharge from the broadside 4760 pounds of metal simultaneously, consuming 8000 pounds of powder. ?She ls also fitted with eight torpedo discharges. This stupendous lighting machino will have a complement of 650 officers and men, of whom 110 will be engluoers, stokers and othor non combatants. According to the navy estimates for the current year the total < of the Victoria, including hull, maohlnory and guns, ls .?817,841. The trial with open stokeholds, or as lt is sometimes but erroneously termed, undor natural druught, came off recently under the superintendence of Captain Stevenson, ? C. 13., tho head of the Medway Steam liesorve. Captain Symons, of her Majesty's ship Tern broke, was in charge of ibo navigation of the ship, and muong those in attend ance wore Mr. B. J. Butler, who re-' presented the Admiralty} Messrs. P. Watts, R. Black and M. Sandison, from tho Elswick firm, the builders', Mr. J. If. Ferguson, Chief Inspector of Machinery of tho Medway Hesorve; Mr. Mitchell, Fleot Engineer of tho ship, and Messrs, Andrews and Crocker, who represented tho engineer ing and constructive departments of Chatham Dockyard. Mr. Robert Humphrys conducted the trials on be half of the contractors. Tho Victoria was run for four hours, but without unduly pressing the onglnes, as the con tractors wore confident of exceeding tho guaranteed power undor the con ditions. At the end of tho trial the following moan results wero worked out. Steam pressure in boilers, 181.10 pounds; vacuum, 27.8 and 20 8 indies; revolutions, 87,3 and 88.5 by the star board and port engines; indicated horse power. 3855.0 starboard, and 4182.1 port giving a collective Indicated power of 8038.04, or 533 horses lu excess of the contract. The mean speed realized, aa measured by patent log, wns 10 knots. The moans of the observations taken during tho four hours' steaming gave the following results: Steam pressure lu boilers, 133.4 pounds; mean ail pressure in stokobolds, 1.97 inches of > water; vacuum In condensers, star board, 27.4 inches, and port, 27 inches; menu revolutions, 101,20 starboard and 100.37 port; mein indicated horse power, starboard, 7107.07 and port, 7130.86, giving the remarkablo collec tive Indiented power of 14.244.54, be- . lng no less than 2244.64 horses above the 12,000 guaranteed, great as that was. The speed of the ship wns over 17 j knots, tho entire series of results being obtained at an expenditure of 21 pounds of coal for every indicated - horse power an hour. ' At tho conclusion of the trial tho officers expressed great satisfaction at the ' unique resulta * obtained, ^The Victoria returned to Chatham to com plete for sea. Motliotl of English "Railroads. Tjiist summer a Hartford lady, who was on ber way homo from a loreign tour, bought two first class tiokots for Liverpool at tho Euston street station in London and took tho train for that city. When a few miles out from Lon don sho toro up somo old papers and threw thom from tho window, and care lessly tossed out her two tickets also, which represented a cost of nearly $15. Soon tho guard carno around and called for the tickets. She explained tho sit-, nation and was permitted to go on, but just boforo reaching Liverpool was re quired to pay tho faro as if she had had no tickets, though tho guard gave bor 8 certificate that she had made such t . payment, and why it had bcon neces sary. With this she wont to tho superin tendent of tho company in Liverpool, and ho said that ho would havo the casa investigated, and, if it proved that twa such tickets had been sold ut tho Euston station and had not beon taken up hs would refund the monoy. He asked hor to call again in three or four days. She explained that she would sail foi homo in two hours, and thou ho t^ok hor address and sho loft, thinking that was probably tho ond of tho matter. Within a fow days, ho wovor, sho bas re ceived from tho London and North? western office a lotttor inclosing a post ?nico order for tho amount paid for th? two tickets. Under Hs admirable system of ac counting the company had traced thc two tickets, proved their salo, and learnod that thoy had not been taken up, and bad then rofundo'd ono of thc two payments which tho travolors had had to pay for thou* journoy. There is somothing suggcstlvo in this for Ibo American i all way managers. ? o ? Death from Hydrophobia. * A very agonizing death occurred neat Carthago, Illinois, a couplo of weeks , ago, from hydrophobia, The viotim was Arthur Yates, a farmer's boy, whoso attending physician says the ease is tho most peculiar within his knowl edge. The symptoms In many instan ces wero unlike those attributed to hydrophobia. Instead of being thrown into convulsions and spasms at the sight of water, the boy called for and drank lt? He did not bark and snap, as many do at first, but acted ii xe a man afflicted with delirium tremens. During intervals between spasms he was perfectly rational and scorned ta be oblivious to the fact that he was ill. . Ills parents often threatened to dismiss tho doctor, thinking the boy convalos? cont. The wound oausod from tho dog's teeth never ohanged color and novar gave any pain. The boy died lc a horrible Hp?sm in which he imagined himself to be in mortal combat witt? h. the dog? All the dogs in Hancock Township have be?n killed save ono which tho owner, it is said, rofus?s t< kill. The State Board of Health; ?a? ordered tho animal exterminated undoi penalty.