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/ REV. DR. TALMAGE Thu Brooklyn Divine's Snndav Sermon Text: ''And the evening and the mom* iii(j were the sixth day.''—Genesis i., 31. From Monday morning to Saturday night pives us a week’s work. If we have filled i hat week with successes we are happy. But i am going to tell you what God did in one week. Cosmogony, geology, astronomy, or orthology, ichthyology, botany, anatomy are such vast subjects that no human life is long enough to explore or comprehend any one of then). But I have thought I might in an unusual way tell you a little of what God did in one week. And whether you . make it a week of days or a week of ages, I rare not, for 1 shall reach the same practi cal result of reverence and worship. The first Monday morning found swinging in space the piled up lumber of rocks and metal and soil and water from which the earth was to l>e builded. God made up his mind to create a human family, and they must have a house to live in. But where? Not a roof, not a wall, not a door, not a room was fit for human occupancy. There is not a pile of black basalt in Yellowstone Park or an extinct volcano in Honolulu so inappropriate for human residence as was this globe at that early period. Moreover, there was no human architect to draw a plan, no quarry man to blast the foundation stones, no carpenter to hew out a beam, and no mason to trowel a wall. The first thing needed was light. It was not needed for God to work by, for He can work as well in the darkness. But light may be necessary, for angelic intelligences are to see in its full glory the process of world build ing. But where are the candles, where are the candelabra, where is the chandelier? No rising sun wdll roll in the morning, for if the tun is already created its light will not yet reach the earth in three days. Nor moon nor stars can brighten this darkness. The moon and stars are not born yet, or if created their light will not reach the earth lor some time yet. But there is need of im mediate light. Where shall it come from? The record makes me think that, standing over this earth that spring morning, God looked upon the darkness that palled the heights of this world, and the chasms of it, and the awful reaches of it, and uttered, whether in the Hebrew of earth or some language celestial I know not, that word which stands for the subtle, bright, glowing and all pervading fluid, that word which thrills and garlands and lifts every thing it touches, that word the full meaning of which all the chemists of the ages have busied themselves in exploring, that word which suggests a force that flies one hundred and ninety thousand miles in a second, and by undulations seven hundred and twenty-seven trillions in a second, that one word that God utters—Light! And instantly the darkness to shim mer, and the thick folds of blue 'i;.\T; to lift, and there were scintillations and corusca tions and flashes and billowing up of resplen dence, and in great sheets it spread out northward, southward, eastward, westward, and a radiance filled the atmosphere until it could hold no more of the brilliance. Light now to work by while supernatural intelli gences look on. Light, the first chapter of the first day of the week. Light, the joy of the centuries. Light, the greatest blessing that ever touched the human eye. The robe of the Almighty is woven out of it, lor He covers Himself with light as with a gar ment. Ob, blessed light! 1 am so glad this was the first thing created that week. For 1 nek of it the body stumbles. O thou Father of Lights, give us light! Now it is Tuesday morning. A delicate and tremendous undertaking is set apart for this day. There was a great superabun dance of water. God, by the wave of His hand, this morning gathers part of it in sus pended reservoirs, and part of it He orders down into the rivers and lakes and sease How to hang whole Atlantic oceans in thu clouds without their spilling over except iu right quantities and at right times was a undertaking that no one but Omnipotence would have dared. Hut God does it as easily as you would lift a glass of water. There He hoists two clouds, each thirty miles wide and live miles high, and balances them. Here He lifts the cirrous clouds and spreads them out in great white banks as though it had been snowing in heaven. And the cirro- stratus clouds in long parallel lines, so straight you know an infinite geometer has drawn them. Clouds which are the armory from which thunder storms got their bayo nets of fire. Ciouds which are oceans on the wing. No wonder, long after this first Tuesday of creation week, Elihu confounded Job with the question, “Dost thou know the balancing of the clouds?*’ Half of this Tuesday work done, the other half is the work of compelling the waters to lie down in their destined places. Bo God picks up the solid ground and packs it up in to the five elevations, which are the conti nents. With his finger ho makes deep de pressions in them, and these are the lakes, while at the piling up of the Alleghanies and Bierra Nevadas and Pyrenees and Alps and Himalayas the rest of the waters start by the Jaw of gravitation to the lower places, and in their run down hill become the rivers, and then all around the earth these rivers come into convention and become oceans beneath, ns the clouds are oceans above. , Now it is Wednesday morniug of the world’s first week. Gardening and horticul ture will be born to-day. How queer the hills look, and so unattractive they seem hardly worth having been made. But now all the surfaces are changing color. Borne- ‘hing beautiful is creeping all over them. It lias the color of emerald. Ay, it is herbage. Hail to the green guest! Cod's favorite color and God’s favorite plant, as I judge from the fact that ho makes a larger number of tiiem than of anything else. But look yon der! Something starts out of the ground and goes higher up, higher and higher, and spreads out broad leaves. It is a palm tree. onder is another growth, and its leaves bang far down, and it is a willow tree. And yonder is a growth with a mighty sweep of branches. And hero they come—the pear, and the apple, and the peach, and the pome granate, and groves, and orchards, and for ests, their shadows and their fruit girdling the earth. Now it is Thursday morning of the world’s first week. Nothing will he created to-day. The hours will be passed iu scattering fogs and mists and vapors. The atmosphere must be swept clean. Other worlds are to heave In sight. This little ship of the earth has seemed to have all the ocean of im mensity to itself. But mightier craft are to lie hailed to-day on the high seas of space. First, the moon’s white sail appears and does very weH until the sun bursts upon the scene. The light that on the previous three mornings was struck from an especial word now gathers in the sun, moon and stars. One for the day, the other for the night. And the sun now appears, afterward to be found eight hundred and eighty-eight thou sand miles in diameter, and, put in astro nomical scales, to bo found to weigh nearly four hundred thousand times heavier than our earth; a mighty furnace, its heat kept up by meteors pouring into it as fuel, a world devouring other worlds with its jaws of flame. And the stars come out, those street lamps of heaven, those keys of pearl, upon which God’s fingers play the music of the spheres. How bright they look in this ori ental evening! Constellations! Galaxies' "'tint a twenty-four hours of this first week — solar, lunar, stellar appearances! All this Thursday and the adjoining nights employed in pulling aside the curtain of vapor from these flushed or pale-taced worlds. Now it is Friday morning in the first weel of the world’s history. " ater, but not a fit swimming it; air. but not a wine flying it. It is a silent world. Can it be that it was made only for vegetables? But hark! There is a swirl and a splashing in all the feur rivers of Bison, Gihon, Hidekel and Euphra tes. They are all aswim with life, some darting like arrows through split crystal, and others quiet in dark pools like shadows Everything, from spotted trout to behemoth, all colored, all shaped, the ancestors of finny tribes that shall by their wonders of construction confound the Agassizes, the < ’nyiein and the Linnnmses and the ichthyo logists of the more than six thousand years following this Friday of the first week. And while I stand on the banks of these Baradisaical rivers, watching these finny tribes, I hear a whirr in the air and I look up and behold wings—wings of larks, robins, doves, eagles, flamingoes, albatrosses, brown threshers. Creatures of all color—blue, as if dipped in the skies; fiery, as if they had down out of the sunsets; golden, as if they had taken their morning bath in buttercups. And while I am studying the colors they be gin to carol and chirp and coo and twitter and run up and down the scales of a music I that they must have heard at heaven’s gat*. ; Yea I find them in Paradise on this the first Friday afternoon of the world’s existence. And I sit down on the bank of the Euph- ratea, and the murmur of the river, to- j getber with the chantof birds in thesky, puts | me into a state of somnolence. “And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.’ 1 Now it is Saturday morning of the world’s first week and with this day the week closes. But, oh, what a climacteric dayl The air has its population and the water its popula tion . Yet the land has not one inhabitant. But here they come, by the voice of God cre ated ! Horses grander than those which in after time Job will describe as having Beck clothed with thunder. Cattle enoupi to cover a thousand hills. Sheep shepherde! by Him who made for them the green pas tures. Cattle superior to the Alderney s and -Vversbirea and Devonshii ea of after times. Leopards so beautiful we are glad they can not change their spots. Lions without their fierceness and all the quadruped world so gentle, so sleek, so perfect. But something is wanted in Paradise and the week is almost done. Who is there tt- pluck the flowers of this Edeuio lawn? Who is there to command these worlds of quadru ped and fish an! bird? For whom has God put back the curtain from the face of sun and moon and star? The world wants ar emperor and empress. It is Saturday after noon. No one but the I/ird Almighty can originate a human being. In the world- where there are in the latter part of the Nineteenth century over fourteen hundred million people, a human being is not a curi osity. Before night there were to be two human and yet immortal beings constructed. Tht> woman as well as the man was formed Sat urday afternoon. Because a deep sleep fell upon Adam, and by divine surgery a por- lion of his side was removed for the nucleus «f another creation, it has been supposed that perhaps days and nights passed be- i ween the masculine and feminine creations. But no! Adam was not three hours un- aiated. God breathed into this cold sculpture of a man the breath of life, and the heart be gins to beat, and the lungs to inhale, and the eyes to open, and the form to thrill, and with the rapture of a life just com« the prostrate being leaps to his feet—a man! But the soane of this Saturday is not yet lone, and in, the atmoephere, drowsy with t he breath of flowers, and the song of bobo links and robin redbreast*, the man slum bers, and bv anaesthetics, divinely adminis tered, the sluoiber deepens until without the oozing of nne drop of blood at the time or the faintest scar afterward, that portion is removed from his side which is to be built, up the Queen of Paradise, the daughter of the great God, the mother of the human race, the benediction of all ages, woman the wife, afterward woman the mother. What do you. think of that one week's work? I review it not for entertainment, Imt because I would have you join in David's doxology, “Great and marvelous are Thy works. Lord God Almighty;” because I want you to know what it homestead our Father I uilt for His children at the start, though sin has despoiled it, and because I want you to know how the world will look again when Christ shall have restored it, swinging now between two Edens; because I want you to realize something of what a mighty God He is, aud the utter folly of trying to war against Him; because I want you to make peace with this Chief of the universe, the Christ wbo mediates between-offended Omnipotence and human rebellion; because I want you to know how fearfully and wonderfully you are made, your body as well as your soul an Omnipotent achievement; because I want you to realize that order reigns throughout the universe, and that God’s watches tick to the second, and that His clocks strike regularly, though they strike once in a thousand vears. SELECT SIFTINGS. Bacon is cured with hops. London will have a new Thames tun nel. Paris will build an underground rail way. Spain and Morocco will be united by cable. Dyspepsia is one of the most common causes of baldness. Of 45,000 persons ill of cholera in Japan last year 31,500 died. An Ohio young man has turned green from the ellects of cigarette smoking. (Jotobed Fenn is the name of a farmer living in Dickinson County, Kan. Kcv. K. L. Kidd, a Canadian evange list, can recite the entire Bible from memory. A man was in Athens, Ga., recently exhibiting a bulldog with one foot ex actly the shape of a hoof. Turkish soldiers, in a recent taget con test, proved that not ane in twenty could hit a man at twenty paces. Mr. Taphng’s famous colection of post age stamps,-valued at $100,000, has been bequeated to the British Museum. On dark nights a white light can be seen farther than any other color; on bright nights red takes the first place. The United States is said to be the greatest candy country in the world, $5,000,000 worth being consumed every year. In France a medical man can not be compelled to divulge, even iu a court of law, the nature of the disease for which he has treated a patient. Throe hundred to four hundred tons of coal per day is the amount used in some of the large passenger steamers on the Atlantic. This is about one ton per mile run. The Queen’s favorite dogs, upward of thirty in number, were photographed during last week at the royal kennels at Windsor. The animals are Pomeranians, collies, fox terriers and dachshunds. An elderly New Yorker, whose busi ness takes him to Europe twice a year, always makes a special contract with the steamship company that if he should die on the voyage his body is not to be buried at sea. Thor was a god of the chase and was represented as being seated on a couch of skins with twelve stars over his head and j sceptre in his hand. Thursday oi “Thor's day” was the day Thor was wor shiped. The llomestake Mine, in the Black Hills, is generally supposed to bo the richest gold mine in the world. Each month from $150,000 to $200,000 iu gold is taken out. The vein is 300 feet wide and about two miles iu length. All Ilohenzolleru Princes are baptized with water from the Jordan. A great porcelain jug of this water is kept in the shop of the castle apothecary, and after every baptism, the water left in the font is carefully returned to this receptacle. Stories of human beings with their hearts on the wrong side have occasional ly made their appearance, but Cincinnati comes to the front with one about a man in that city who has his brain placed placed wrong side foremost in his head. Tiie first goldfish brought to Europe, from where this country received its earliest supplies, were of the poorest and commonest breed; they were of a golden color, hence the name of the entire genus; aud it will thus be understood why peo ple speak of black, white, red or blue goldfish. The old fashioned goldfish lives now in a wild state in this country, and is in fact counted among the native fishes of North America. In order to tell the day of the week of any date take the last two figures of the yeai, add a quarter to this, disregarding the fraction; add the date of the mouth, and to this add the figure in the follow ing list, one figure standing for each month 3 6 6-2 4-0 2-5-1-3-6-1. Divide the sum by 7, and the remainder will give the number of the day in the week, and when there is no remainder the day will be Saturday. As an example take March 19, 1890. Take 90, add 23, add 19, add 6. This gives 137, which, d> vided by seven, leaves a remaindei of 4, which is (ho number oi the day, or Wednesday. Much of the olive oil exported from Franco is adulterated with different teed and nut oils. At least seveu or eight of the seed products arc so em ployed. The French farmers and the agricultural stations are doing what they can to remedy this, aa growers of olivea are being seriously injured by these cheap mixtures. INGENUITY OF SMUGGLERS THEY &3EP THE SPECIAL iTBKAS- /UBY AGENTS BUSY. Books'That Were Never Intended to be iHead—Clever SchenaesiThwart- ed by Customs Officers. The most romantic and Interesting portion of the work of the inspectors connected with the office of the United States Special Treasury Agent is the secret or detective part of it, and the inspectors and agents who visit the steamship docks or stroll idly about the Custom House or Appraiser’s stores in citizen’s dress are all men of determina tion, keenness and energy. The Sur veyor of the Port, with his force of 310 inspectors, twelve inspectresses and 119 night inspectors, is compelled to ac knowledge that without the aid of the Special Treasury Agent and his efficient corps of assistants the Government would be defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly. Smuggling as carried on to-day varies little in its methods or subterfuges from that of ten, twenty or fifty years agp. The ingenuity of man is constantly sup plying new means for evading the collec tion of lawful duties, but these newly in vented methods follow along old lines to a large extent, and the facilities for cap turing a smuggler who operated in that unknown epoch in history commonly called “before the war” are much the same as those in vogue at the present day. No one can appreciate the workings of the Department who does not know that it is on intimate terms of correspondence with the consuls at foreign cities, the ministers at foreign capitals, the Depart ment of State at Washington, the De partment of the Navy, the Secret Service and all the branches of the Customs De partment. When this is considered it is not strange that the inspectors of the special Treasury agents, or at least the agents themselves, are pretty well in formed of all that is going on in the na ture cf importations, ami know just where and how to look for violations of the law. Oftentimes arrests are not made when the evidence is such as would convict the tiansgressor indubitably, but there is always a reason, and a good one, why this should not be done, even though the fact is not explained to the most interest ed man of the group, the smuggler. False bottoms in trunks, wonderful and varied appearances in anatomical lines in connection with passengers landing from the great ocean steamers, lumps in cloth ing and crackling sounds between the lining and the cloth of a dress, the stick ing together of two leaves of a book, an almost imperceptible bole in a cake of soap, a ringing sound in a man's boot- heel, a little knot iu the corner of a pocket handkerchief—all these the Cus toms Inspector knows and investigates. Not bug ago a passenger of one of the German steamships started to walk off the dock with a mackintosh thrown over his aim, after having his baggage ex amined. One of the inspectors thought the mackintosh rather heavy and investi gated. Carefully sewn iu, as a lining, was found a silk dress, valued at over $300. Hepeatcdly silk cloth has been found inside cf the sleeve-linings of both male and female garments. Women are especially susceptible to tbo enticements of smuggling. It has been said that no woman can resist the temptation to make an effort to carry goods subject to duty past a Custom House officer, and it is a statement made by certain officials in the Custom service that if every passenger on board incom ing ocean steamers were thoroughly and completely searched as he might be, it is probable that not one out of fifty would be found to have resisted the allurements of just a trifling bit of smuggling to add romance to the home-coming. Often times such carrying in of dutiable goods is merely inadvertence, lack ot knowl edge or oversight. Presents bought for the “dear ones at home” have been over looked when'an estimate was made of the dutiable goods and were only re called to memory when found by the Customs officer. Perhaps the most novel and popular form of amusement for the smuggler nowadays is to use Uncle Sam's post bags for his exciting trade. A number of books have lately been entered at the postofficc, sent from Foreign countries, which were not altogether intended for reading purposes. Several months ago there was received at the New York Postofficc a handsomely bound volume of Italian poetry. The book was printed on a high grade of paper and bore the date “Padua, 1733.” Its title was “1 e Trcgedic Di Giovanni Delfino.” It was probably siip|fiuctl that the postoffice au thorities would “pass” the book, on looking at its title, on its examination. Unfortunately, in this, as iu all cases where books arc in the mail, the volume was opened and carefully examined. A section of the cenlrc of 200 leaves was < ut out, through the book, and iu the cavity thus formed was placed a green table spread with cotton embroidery upon whi’ll an extreme valuation of $3 could barely be placed. Buyers of antique books who have examined the volume, which is now iu the Customs seizure- room, say that had it uot been mutilated it would have readily been worth $100. Lately this volume lias been followed by a volume of the Report of the British National Fisheries Exposition, which was not all n report, for quite a collec tion of jewelry was placed iu a neatly scoopcd-out orifice in the centre of its leaves. Extremes met when a Latin dictionary was put in use for transport ing a pipe, and the “Odd Fellows’Quar terly Magazine” did duty ns a packing case for two razors. A novel called “The Great Tontine” held two diminutive and very prettily decorated Chinese vases, but the height of incongruities was reached when the “Sermons of Bishop Brookfield, of London," drifted into the New York Postofficc artfully surround ing several sets of false teeth. It is not generally known that no mer chandise other than books cun be shipped through the mails from foreign coun tries. Cigars, cutlery and ehinawnre, jewelry and fabrics of cotton and silk are often started on their long journey, with notations accompanying them sta ting that they arc samples of gifts, but these casual remarks never save the goods. They iino their way to the United States Custom Ifouse seizure room, and there remain until the yearly auction. Steerage passengers of the kind who seek the services of peo ple on landing, are no freer "from the taint of smuggling than their more aris tocratic brethren above deck. One ol the Customs Inspector; saw an Italian ol mean dress and poor appearance, who wore on the little finger of his left hand a diamond ring which glittered in the rays of the sun shining over Miss Lib erty’s left shoulder as the vessel was coming up the bay. He thought the oc currence unusual and investigated. Two thousand dollars’ worth of jewelry wai taken from the emigrant's person. He had fallen a victim to his own vanity. He was unable to resist the delights ol making a display before bis fellow pas sengers.—Neiit York WorbL Modern humanity 1ms larger heads and •holier legs than the ancients. HOUSEHOLD AFFAIBS. CLEANING WINDOWS. Cleaning windows is an important part of the work in the routine of housekeep ing, and while It does not seem a diffi cult task to keep the glass clear and bright it nevertheless requires a knowl edge of what not to do. Never wash windows when the sun is shining upon them, otherwise they will be cloudy aud streaky from drying before they are well polished off; and never wash the out side of the window first if you wish to save trouble. Dust the gloss and sash and wash the window inside, using a little ammonia in the water; wipe with a cloth free from lint and polish off with soft paper. For the corners a small brush or pointed stick covered with one end of the cloth is useful. When you come to the glass outside the defects remaining will lie more closely seen. Wipe the panes as soon as possible after washing aud rinsing and polish with either chamois or soft paper. In rins ing one may dash the water on the out side or use a large sponge. It is prefer able to a cloth.—AVis York World. CARE OF CHINA WARE. One of the most important things is to season glass and china to sudden change of temperature, so that they will remain sound after exposure to sudden heat and cold. This is best done by placing tho articles in cold water, which must gradu ally be brought to the boiling point and then allowed to cool very slowly, taking several hours to do it. The more com mon the materials the more care in this respect is required. All china that has any gilding upon it may on no account be rubbed with a cloth of any kind, but merely rinsed first in hot and afterward in cold water and left to drain till dry. It may be rubbed with a soft wash leather and a little dry whiting, but this opera tion must not be repeated more than once n year, otherwise the gold will most cer tainly be rubbed off aud the china spoiled. When the plates, etc., are put away in the china closet pieces of paper should be placed between them to pre vent scratches on the glaze or painting, as the bottom of all ware lias little par ticles of sand adhering to it, picked up from the oven wherein it was glazed. The china closet should be iuudry situa tion, as a damp closet will soon tarnish the gilding of the best crockery. In a common dinner service it is a great evil to make the plates too hot, as it invari ably cracks the glaze on the surface, if not the plate itself. The fact is when the glaze is injured every time tho ‘ ’things” are washed tho water gets to the interior, swells the porous clay and makes the whole fabric rotten. In this condition they will also absorb grease, and when exposed to further heat tho grease makes the dishes brown and dis colored. If an old, ill used dish be made very hot indeed a teaspoonful of fat will be seen to exude from the minute fissures upon its surface. These latter remarks apply more particularly to common wares. — Olanicare Reporter. RECIPES. Hollandaise Sauce—Cream a half cup ful of butler, add the yolks of two eggs and beat well, then add the juice of half a lemon, one saltspoonful of salt aud a few grains cf cayenne. Just before serving add slowly one third of a cupful of boiling water and cook over hot water till slightly thick. This sauce, if well made, is particularly nice to servo with fish. Virginia Pudding—Scald one quart of milk and pour it gradually on three tablcspoonfnls of flour. Add yolks of six eggs and whites of two and grated rind of one lemon. Bake about twenty minutes or until well set aud put away to cool. Beat the whites of four eggs to a stiff froth with a coffee-cup of powdered sugar; add juice of the lemon. Pour over the pudding when it is quite cold. Haggis—Haggis “stuffed in a bladder and boiled iu a pan” is what is eaten in bonnic Scotland. To an even cupful of oatmeal (which must be soaked all night in water) allow half a cup ot raisins, washed and stoned; the same quantity of dried currants, three of mutton suet, chopped fine, and a little salt. Mix well with sufficient water to form a stiff paste, fill a sausage bladder with it, tie up tightly and boil. Potato Fritters—To two cupfuls warm mashed potatoes add two tablespooufuls cream, one tcaspoouful salt, a slight grat ing of nutmeg and a few grains cayenne. Add three eggs and two yolks well beaten, and beat till cool. Add one-half cupful flour and drop by the spounliil in hot lard. Fry light colored and drain on paper. Add one tablespoonful of salt to six medium-sized potatoes in boiling, la seasoning, a little nutmeg may be used. These fritters are very nice. Plain Omelette—Break six eggs into a bowl, beat them very light and add six tablsspoonfuls of hot water. Have an iron saucepan, about eight inches in diameter, hot, and melt iu it one table- spoonfni of butter. Pour in the eggs and shake the saucepan vigorously until the mixture thickens. Let it stand a minute or two to brow, run a knife around the sides of the saucepan, aud double it over. Slip it into a hot dish and acive immediately. Just before folding it, sprinkle half a teaspoonful of salt over tho top of the omelette. Melton Veal—Take cold roast veal, chop fine and season with pepper, salt and lemon juice, add onc-fourlh the bulk of cracker crumbs, moisten with good rich stock; take one-third the amount of finely chopped lean ham; sea son with mustard and cayenne pepper; add cracker crumbs, as with the veal, and moisten with stock. Butter a mold and line with slices of hard-boiled eggs; put in the two mixtures—of ham and veal—irregularly, so that when it is cooked it will have a mottled appearance, press closely and steam one hour. Set away to cool, remove from tho mold and slice before serving. Nice for lunch of supper. Rapid Shoe Making. From time to time there have appeared statements of startling records having been achieved in the quick manufacture of shoes. Here is an item that ought to take front rank iu that regard. Not long ago William T. Ash, of Lynn, Mass., re ceived a “hurry up” order at 3 o’clock in the afternoon for u pair of wedding shoes that were wanted for tho nuptials that evening. He was equal to the re quirements. The lasts were picpared to measure, the uppers cut and stitched, the shoes lasted, welts and outsolcs sewed on by hand, and the pair, perfectly and sub stantially made and finished, were ready at 5 o'clock, just two hours after receiv ing the order. For hand turn work this was certainly remarkable. Thu usual time required for auch shoos to pass through the factory is two vccks in the ordinary course of manufacture. Per haps, when other shops arc heard from, more astonishing facts o! shocmaking may be related.—Shoe und leather Re porter. The fifty largest libraries in Germany possess 12,700,000 volumes, against those of England with about 6,450,000, und of North America with about 6,100,000 volumes, AN ORIENTAL GENTLEMAN?} A HIGH CHINESE OFFICIAL ON HIS NATIVE HEATH. Intelligent and Polite—Hie Dress— He Charms an American Travel er—Why He Looked Distressed. __ A Chinese gentleman is described in the late Richard H. Dana’s*paper, “A Voyage on the Grand Canal of China” (which appears in the Atlantic). Mr. Dana says: The amazement of these quiet China men, sitting at their doors and counters, at tho spectacle of two strange men, in such strange costume, with light com plexions and hair aud no skullcaps or cues, was too much for them, and they poured out and pressed upon us,until we were glad to find ourselves within the Custom House. Here we found a high official, whose exact rank wo did not know, but wbo appeared to have full powers. There was something extremely interesting and impressive in the aspect of this gentleman; for gentleman he was, if I ever saw one. He was young, say twenty-five or thirty,with a countenance of great intelligence, frankness and gen tleness, with every appearance of integ rity,and a charm of manner which would have carried oil tho prize for politeness in any competitive examination. He assured us that no boats not official could pass after the gate was once closed. The refusal seemed all the more decisive from its extreme politeness. But the countenance of Mr. Sylo exhibited no discomfiture. Instead of moving off, he sat down quietly, awaiting a change of policy, anil engaged the officer in con versation upon general topics of interest. The gentleman, whose name was U-u, inquired about Dr. Hobson’s work on auatoiny, which had been lately trans lated into Chinese, aud of English works on history and geography, the names of which he knew, and some of which he had obtained al great expense and trouble at this inland city. Mr. Syle took his address aud a memorandum of the books which he named, and promised to send them to him from Shanghai. Mr. Syle thought he had now advanced his earth works far enough for an assault; and telling him of our distinguished party of learned men, magistrates and scholars, suggested the great honor he might do us and the great pleasure he would con fer if he would pay us a visit on board our boat. He accepted the Invitation with as much eagerness ns etiquette and dignity would permit; and, bringing a small force of servants to carry lanterns and keep oil the crowd, he was soon seated iu the cabin of our boat. Cigars aud wine were offered him. He took one or two puffs at the cigar and one sip of the wine, and when he was pressed, instead of saying that they were too strong for him, said he feared he was not strong enough lor them. The conversa tion became very intert ting. He was a scholar, a student of Kong-Futz and Mentz; had received high degrees, as the costly gem on his cap indicated, and was inclined to philosophic specu lations ; had read many English works translated into Chinese, and was eager for more. He confessed, or rather asserted, the superiority of Western sci ence, and looked forward to its spread in China. 1 le was dressed iu the most cost ly silks, tastefully cut and arranged, and of colors so exquisite that wo could hardly keep our eyes off them. We cer tainly could not keep our eyes off him. The effect he prod need can be expressed by no other word than charm. He did not overdo manner, as many Chinese do, and there was an appearance of more sincerity in his kindness and attentions than we usually give his race credit for. He scarcely moved in his seat. There was nothing approaching a hasty gesture or action, only an exquisite repose, yet his voice und face were alive with inter est. He summoned one of his servants, excused himself for writing something on a paper, dismissed tiie servant, and resumed the conversation. Soon Mr. Syle, looking out of the window, told us that the boat was moving, but that wo must not notice it. Tho spell of our visitor’s politeness was upon us all. What was to become of our friend! The boat still moved ou, but there was no interruption to tbe conversation. At last a servant appeared, made a bow to our visitor, and retired, lie then rose, and said that this happiness must come to an end; that time had passed faster than he thought in such instructive and agreeable con versation. lie took down the name and i.dd ess of each of us, and hoped that something would give him the pleasure of seeing us again, though he could not suppose that we should think it worth while to revisit Su-Clmu. It was clearly his purpose to leave the boat and get beyond tho reach of our thanks before wc should discover that the gates had been opened, our three boats taken through, and that wo were nearly at tho end of the suburb, with a free course down the canal. Wo held a short consultation about money. We had been told that every official in China, whatever his rank or dignity, would take money, if not bribes. We had not found it so thus far, and to offer money to such a being as this, to do him that wrong, » being so majesti- cal! We agreed that Mr. Syle should make him a speech, telling him that we were aware that some poor men at the gates must have been put to labor be yond their hours; that we could not think of Icaviug without making them compensation; that we could not find them, or know how to distribute it prop erly ; and would he, might we presume to ask bi n to take charge of a small purse, and let some one distribute it in our uauic? But no; he detected the slightest scent of money, und the manner in which lie waved away Mr. Syle and the whole subject was incomparable, I may say indescribable. He did not utter a word; but a look of distress—I cannot say of even tho slightest reproach—a wavo of the liaiul, a bow, and the imme diate resuming of the conversation where it had stopped combined in the decisive result of humbled acquiescence on our part. Will Tunnel a Volcano. It is proposed to drive a tunnel inte the very crater of Popocatapctl, Mexico, and to build from the mouth of tbe tun nel a railway to connect with the inter- oceanic road at Ameacameca. The par ties who arc negotiating with the owner of tho volcano are said to represent a rich French syndicate, who expect to get at least 100,000 tons of sulphur an nually from the very bowels of the old Mexican land-mark.—St. Louie Repub lic. Two Thousand Times nn Inventor. John Y. Smith, of Doylostown, Penn., has tho record of having made over 2000 inventions. The principal one is a vacuum air brake; the others mainly re late to a lino of machinery. He is now working in tho sphere of photography, endeavoring to discover a way to photo- g:aph in natural colors. Mr. Smith is a largo man with gray beard, and is about sixty years old. He has made an im mense fortune through his inventions, and has been honored in many ways by the crowned heads of Europe in recog nition of his services to progress.— T\mee-Democrat. WISE WORDS. He who does nothing is very near do ing ill. A forward child shows a backward parent. The everlasting gloomy man can b( ignored. The everlasting funny man is to be dreaded. Nothing is more refreshing than true politeness. There is too much law and too little justice extant. The gilder and the refiner of gold see no beauty in a cowslip. All that remains of life is death; all that remains of death is a handful ot ashes. It is the greatest possible praise to be praised by a man who is himself deserv ing of praise. Some people see everything connected with themselves and their friends a) through a magnifying glass. Doing nothing for others is the undo ing of one’s self. We do most good to ourselves when doing for othen. In proportion as one’s nature and emotions develop iu complexity does their expression gain in directness and simplicity. Tell your friend that he is looking thin; intellectual people are often thin. He may think you are indirectly compli menting him. Though a man may not escape his fate, ho shall bind her hands in the meshes of her own web and triumph iu fulfilling her degrees. Wc arc apt to forget that the only at tribute of a crown is not its lustre; that in proportion as it is precious will il press upon the brows with the weight of responsibility. A free rein may be given ambition if one is strong and sure of touch. But otherwise there comes disaster more melancholy than that which befell an at tempt to drive ambition tandem with love. Some are born happy—those who die young; some achieve happiness in learn ing how to live; but no one has ever yet had happines thrust upon him—not even your friend, the hod-carrier, or your pass ing acquaintauce, the tinsmith. Love breeds not with ambition. Love is unique. Let the bears howl around your domicile, but keep this heavenly songster to soothe your soul and glad your heart on the nights which would else be solitary. For love is the only guest that finds a ready corner on the soul's hearthstone. The California Miner of '49. The early miner has never been truly painted. I protest against the flippant style and eccentric rhetoric of those writers who have made him n terror, or who, seizing up a sporadic case of ex treme oddity, some drunken, brawling wretch, have' given a caricature to the world as the typical miner. The so-called literature that treats of the golden era is too extavagant in this directian. In all my personal experience in mining-camps from 1849 to 1854 there was not a case of bloodshed, robbery, theft or actual violence. I doubt if a more orderly so ciety was ever known. How could it be otherwise? The pioneers were young, ardent, uncorrupted, most of them well educated and from the best families in the East. The early miner was ambitious, energetic and enterprising. No under taking was too great to daunt him. The pluck and resources exhibited by him in attempting mighty projects with nothing but his courage and his brawny arms to carry them out was phenomenal. His generosity was profuse and his sympathy active, knowing no distinction of race. His sentiment that justice is sacred was never dulled. His services were at com mand to settle differences peaceably, or with pistol in hand to right a grievous wiong to a stranger. His capacity for self-government never has been sur passed. Of a glorious epoch, ho was of a glorious race.—Century The •• Water-Cask” riant. A celebrated African traveler mentions that in crossing one of the many sandy deserts in that country ho came across the only known living species of aqua bulbo, the “water-cask” plant. The region it inhabits is far from any stream of water, where, as far as the eye can reach, nothing can be seen but heaps of sand. “The sight of this little green creeper, which resembles the common ground ivy in some respects,” he says, “filled inc with nn intense longing to once more sec the green meadows aud cool, shady forests which wc had now left at least 300 miles behind. For four days we had not seen even so much as a spear of grass or a dried-up cactus, the latter having been quite plentiful the week before. The botanist of the com pany, In examining one of the plants, found thus unexpectedly growing in the centre of a sandy African desert, noticed what lie supposed was a green, bulbous fruit growing under the thick leaves of the creeper,almost resting upon the sand underneath. In making an effort to pluck one of these for preservation it burst with a smart report,throwing water in the face and over the clothes of the intruding naturalist. Here, surely, we had a first class wonder; a plautgrowin-' in the desert with no other green thing in sight, car.ying its own water-bags with it. Parrin, our chemist, analyzed tho water found in some of tho bulbs picked for his inspection, and declared it to be absolutely pure, as much so as distilled rain water. Each bulb or berry con tained about two to four tablespooufuls of water. As it happened, we had a sup ply of water sufficient for our journey and to spare, but AVilliarason, tbe botan ist, and Parvin, the chemist, with all tho enthusiasm of true scicutists, plucked about a quart of the waterberries aud ex tracted the water,something over a pint, and drank it with apparent relish.” St. Louie Republic. Italy and Abyssinia are having a till over a treaty. Makes the Weak Strong The W»J in which Hood's Sonapartltn builds up people In run down or weakened Mate of health roncliulrely proses the claim that this medicine “makee the weak itron*." Itdoea not act like a stimulant. Imparting Actttlo us .strength from which there must follow a reaction of greater weakness lhan before, hut In the moet natural way Hood's Sarsaparilla overcome* that tired feeling, creates an appetite, purlfle* tbe blood, and, In short, give* great bodily, nerve, mental and digestive strength. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Sold by all Unigglsta $l:ilx forts. Prepared only bye. I. HOOD a CO., Apothecartea, Lowell, Ham. IOO Po»eMOn» Dollar B. N. P. 28, H l/lirro POtMTIVKIaY KbMK!>Ifcl>. iVIlLLu cireely I’nnt Ktretehwr y siutlcnt* ut llui vunl, Amherst, anti oilier Colleges, also, by proieailonal and business men every where. If not for tale In your town send liSo. to p. J. UltKICtY, 716 VVMbtnitoa Slreet, Dostoo. “A Snail’s Pace.” Glndslonc s Hals. “A snail’s pace’’ need uot be used any longer as a term more or less in definite. By an interesting experiment at the Florence Polytechnic Institute a few days ago the puce was acertained ex actly aud reduced to figures, which may now be used by persons who favor the use of the exact terms. A half a dozen of the mollusks were permitted to crawl between two points ten feet apart, and from this the average pace was ascer tained. In working the calculation into feet, yards, rods, furlongs and miles it w’as found that it would take a small snail exactly fourteen days to crawl a mile.—SL Louis Itejjublic. Making Diamonds Luminous. “Did you know that diamonds, or rather, I should say, some diamonds, have the quality of being hr inous?” asked William N. Kiudell, of Boston, at the Hotel Imperial. “It is a thing that has only recently been discovered. Out of 150 diamo 'Is which I saw rubbed on pine board at a college experiment, only three were found to give out light. These showed their luminous quality if rubbed on a pie e «>!* linen or rough cloth, but the hardest surface of the board made the light appear more dis tinctly.”—iYVic York J'clo/ram. Sardines packed in tomatoes instead of oil have evidently come to Ftay. In fact, they have become a gastronomic fad. As mercury will surely destroy tbo sense ot pm. 11 and completely derauco the whole sys- t.’iLi when entering it through tbo mucous sur faces. Such articles should never be used ex cept on prescriptions from reputable phvsl- nans, as tho dam.-me they will do is ton fold t<: t he e.M’d you can possibly derive from them, Dalis Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. J. ' ’honey Ar Co., Toledo, O.,contains no mercury, tud is taken internally, and acts directly upon «be blood and mucous surfaces of tho system. In buying Hall's Catarrh ('ure bo euro you pet the p. iimnr it is taken internally, anil made ‘.n lob do, Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. t ^ Sold by Dmppists, price «5c. per bottle. if you would be correct in pronounclnp Manitoba accent tbo hist syllable. For Dyspepsia* Indigestion and Htoioach disorders, use Brown’s Iron Bitters. Tbo Best Tonic, it rebuilds tbo system, cleans tho Blood and streuptbens tbo muscles. A splendid ton ic for weak and debilitated persons. Kansas City Is promised ico at five cents a hundred, as a result of com net it ion. I nt it led to flic All are entitled to the best that their money "ill buy, so every famib. should have, at once a bottle of tho be t family remedy, Syrup of j Ups. to cleanse the system w lien costive or bil ious. For sale in ado. and frl bottles by all lead in p druggists. The shower of rice upon bride and groom ;S a prayer for copious pros polity and fruit- fulnesa. For impure or thin Blood, Weakness, Mala ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness, take Brown’s Iron Bilters-it gives strength, making old persons feed young—and young persons strong; idea: ant lotako. He fasts enough wlio-e vufe scolds at din tier lime. Mr. Gladstone has three hats, and three only. One is black and very old. Tbe second one is white aud is used only in summer. The third is a soft felt and his constant traveling companion. It# age is not kno*\u, but certainly it wai not new in IbOll. In Australia recently a remarkable feai in sheep-shearing took place. Forty- seven men in one day of eight hours took the fleeces oil OUTS sheep. An imitation of Nature —that’s the result you want to reach. With Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets, you have it. They cleanse and renovate the whole system naturally. That means that they do it thor oughly, but mildly. They’re the smallest in size, but the | most effective—sugar-coated, ! easiest to take. Sick Head- i ache, Bilious Headache, Con stipation, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and all derangements of the Liver, Stomach and j Bowels are prevented, relieved, I and cured. Purely vegetable, | perfectly harmless, and gently laxative, or an active cathar- i tic, according to size of dose. I As a Liver Pill, they’ve been I imitated, but never equaled. ftiNiTY COLLEGE wiil area al Durham, la It* aew bulldioga, September I, ISO). 4 College of FhUorjphy and Arts; A College of Core r.DKv; A C’ollege of the Sciences; A Dirlollr Bcnool; A School of Technology; {A Law School: A icc'-.’l of Political Science; A Moalc&l School. e>euU fur to JOHN V. UHOWKLL, A. B., Presidents Trinity College /*. O..N. Q miitty High School (Preparatory) In Kandalah county, o^ea August l. ITT? A T Til’ CALENDAR and Btn »• .O.J&A-S.jL*£ JL JCSL /•</;?• for each day ol '9/. JlUc I'Vw left, will mail f--: L’c. cadi to close. U 50,000 in use —<loKigiied tor t iio musMOK—economical: 1.891 Cook Rook 1 iunrinitiwtiiw- r- y—Tmirmn-iraanfraff Vt.- FITS stopped free by Dn. Klint/s Great Nerve Restorer. No lit* after tir*t divy’s use. Marvelous cures. Tivutiue .uni trial bottle free. Dr. Kline. PHI An li St., IMiil’i,, l\i. -•**- Sen* 1 Postal Note to JOHN Nkeaftiak. G. T. A, l>., K L A 1*. K. K.. 'to. ml iv rive, postage paid, tfceBUok? 'side. V- <>» ofudK v >i’. every handled. 'Vcn t'otiM iter •>bvL, one or many. Quit Everything Else- S. S. S., is the only permanent cure for contagious blood I aint Old chronic cases that physicians declare incurable; are cured in every instance where S. S. S., has had a fair trial. I honestly believe that S. S. S., saved my life. I was afflicted with the very worst type of contagious blood poison and was almost a solid sore from head to foot. The physicians declared my case hopeless. I quit everything else and commenced taking S. S. S. After taking a few bottles I was cured sound and well. Thos. B. Yeager, Elizabethtown, Ky. Send for our new book on constitutional or Blood Diseases, mailed free. The Swift Specific Co., Atlanta, Ga. “August Flower” Perhaps you do not believe these statements concerning Green’s Au gust Flower. Well, we can’t make you. We cau’t force conviction in to your head ormed- Doubting icine into your throat. We don’t Thomas. want to. The money is yours, and the misery is yours; and until you are willing to believe, aud spend the one for the relief of the other, they will stay so. John H. Foster, 1122 Brown Street, Philadelphia, says: “ My wife is a little Scotch woman, thirty years of age and of a naturally delicate disposition. For five or six years past she has been suffering from Dyspepsia. She Vomit became so bad at last that she could not sit Every Meal, down to a meal but she had to vomit it as soon as she had eaten it. Two bottles of your August Flower have cured her, after many doctors failed. Shecan now cat anything, and enjoy it; and as for 1 lyspepsia. she does not know that she ever had it.” ft MTKTT, ftizcumrs Ao ,ition of an iQUALPAnTOFOlwifcJ Oft A KINO COST P: H Aovuhdsld IN 734B PAPERS V\ HKKK \YH HAST' NO AGENT WILL AUUANU4 WITH ANY ACTIVE MEH ’UANT — A M. -N. f rrco. Dr. J. II. I> VK. K<lit<>i, Buffalo, S. Y. PATEN fc. V T. Hc/.gpraldf ^ .... 1*. r. .c book 1 rue. PENSIONS’^ PENSION BIN j titled to $13 a mo. F< RJniiks fro... •: Idlert, I Widens, Bolka 1 Fathers are eo- I BUY STAMPS. I piirtici:l.:ily wiiu I lie lulu \V ar. Ii i your old pai«'rs, .is i forBome. Atblivs I ! I Sitiuipn iiMfil during worth your while to look oYer l iy its high as $.3.00 apiece ii. It. f’Al.MAN, I Street, New York. Every Farnisrfe on Roofer CHEAPER thaa ‘ohinqlcs, Tin or Slate. 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For Cold in 1 he Head a hat no equal It is ini Ointment, of whieh si snull particle Is apple »l t»* 11m nostrils. Trice, We^Kojd by tbu^ists or sent by mail . Ha7ki.iiNit, Wallen, T«i.