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r ? ? 1 J A Titl.r Homekffpfr, JMday is our sweeping dayV,. r-- \ '] Mother dies around Eft Ti ! ao tiny speck of dust y tAn anywhere be found. Sp^? Coarse I bare to help ber * r When she works so hard; \ Bat she says I help her best ? ! if I sweep the yard. I Jast before the bis barn door R There's a preaf broad stone; With uiy mother's second broom' Jtt I sweep that?aloae. ' 1 Papn lantrhs to see me sweep "Til! 1 have to say: ^^B F ^>UiiiijLlL'uso 18 women s vrors; ;.* Jhon't frotTti-tw -w^". f\ H -?Tudor Jenks. in The Ottlook. A Beaver Dara-Hii inter. ^B A man tvbo had hi* doubts about ^B beaveis being able to build dams was V , . presented with a' baby beaver by a punter. It became a great pet, but H bewed no sign* of wanting to build Bl; ?k dam until one day a leaky pailful of |Bk water was put on the floor of the out* The beaver was there, and H^^^Hjlkgpcduiittie niore than a baby, when the water oozing across the &*>* ^he scampered into the yard, ^brought a chip and began his work. . IBs .owner kept the pail filled and left bail til ng material at hand, and the I pV little fellow kept at his work until he B lmd built a solid darn around the pail. [ -?Chicago Record. p lr ' City Soon to Be Famous. - Open your atlas at the maj) of Asia * t x' sod look for the city with the long H*me of Vladivostok, on the eastern woast, north of Japan. A few years Wgo it was only a little, barren, straggling town ot a few thousand inhabitants, most of whom were Chinese ; fishermen wlitv lived in the deepest poverty. Now it is a rapidly growing ^ oily of more than 20,000 inhabitants ?nd it will soon become one of the k 'great ports and naval stations of the } world. Last week the cornerstone of the new Bnssian public works was laid with great ceremony. /The importance of Vladivostok lies in the Tact that it is at the terminus of the trane-Siberian railroad, which will run from Russia,a distance of over 6000 miles, across the barren atretches of Siberia. When completed it will have cost over $175,000,000, making it one of the greatest business * ' oaterprises of modern times. This - railroad will give Russia a great port n the Pacific ocean and enable her to develop |he rich coal and iron mines ?f her vast territory, all of which will dd to the importance of the new city. Vladivostok is also well located for a fortress, and it is expected that Russia will arm it and make it a base of supplies for her ships. Two months very year its harbor is frozen over, Vnt the Russian government keeps a < v channel plowed through the ice with * great ice-crusher of American inven?&:' lion. ' ^ j ? ' a Ja*cail? Vtreo polo. | A boy, about fifteen years old, who i calls tumseii "lucnara >amos vin^PttMPcnat, the boy globe trotter," is in ^ Hobok^D, seeking free transportation to Buffato. In the summer of 1893,he pays, he left New York, and has visited almost every oountry on the ^arth, - during all that time never handling a v - pent of money. & } I He said that letters of recommendalion and autographs which he colb-' - fleeted as he traveled made it easy to get first class transportation without & ?-*ny money whatever. "It was only in such places as the interior of China," he said, "where I did not understand the language that X met with trouble. In China I went vithont a,sqnare meal for five months. % : -. ' On one occasion I. cJUed upon a manj darin and was invited to a meat break\ *** ' "When I had finiskpfa hearty meal J gathered up the bones on the dining feble to feed my dog, which I always brought jritli ine. To my surprise Ihe servants informed me that I had feasted on my companion. They thought that I had brought the dog e a present, and they killed and cooked him so that I could partake of the feast "While going through India I had the best time of all. Yon oaght to men how I was treated. Nothing was too good for me. Mabarajahs or kings 'Who govern the different sections of the country thought that I was the son of some big rnler of the whites. * They could not understand where I -same from or my object in traveling, mo I let them think what they might. "I got letters of introduction from Sine makarajah to another, and was given all the coolies I wished to aid :Be in my travels. The maharajahs -called the coolies dogs. .When I reached the foot of ^fonnt Everest fkrarmadromahan Tajor, the mahara jab of Darjeeling,gave me the services cf eighty-five coolies to climb to the top of the mountain, a feat which I thought I could accomplish, although it is said no one ever got up further than 1600 feet. "The mount is% 20,000 feet above rea level. When I was up 15,000 feet all my 9oolies deserted me. I continned on until the blood oozed from *iy ear?, nose and under my fingernails,'when I was obliged to return. I wgs up 20,000 feet, which iJ higher than auy living being was ever known j to reach. ] "Qumarramassar-Malish, kho ma- [ liarajah of Zanzibar-Bengal,/supplied 1 me with eight hundred co<?.ics to go j from Conch Bohave through' the wilds ; of Tirehoot to the jungles ??? Ulvar, a I distance of 82o miles. I A>n through 1 traveling now, and intepd to settle down to a quiet life."' j The precocious youngster spent most of the day yesterday' trying to get a pass Iver the Delaware, Lackawanna and ^Western railroad to Buf fal^t where he says his friends live.? NoBYork Herald. / Kb Jib*nv kar, SDn tras\iu3jt selling when I reV "^(i. rv?tifcued. from my; 2; e^aJ ide^J my w heel. As i is. f> casj|Hf on returning home, I ! uvj^^^BPleu hosehud turned water ! trench thkt had been dug j arouj^^^iuaple tree lor the purpose j of j^HTg water a ssflicient time to p^^Hche dirt adjaeelit to the roots t^Hme thoroughly sVnked. jd^Vting down near to lest, my atrenticra was attracted Tto a group of small ants rushing hither jh^d {hither in an endeavor to escape. Tub bottom j of the circular ditch being /covered, I about twenty of the ants souu^it safety ! on a large clod of earth. Ax iirst they j were scattered about over the highest i part of the little mound, land to all j appearances were indifferent as to their surroundings. AfteA a little one of the number proceeded (leisurely around the little island, and after finishing the circuit hurried back to. his companions. It appeared tftiat they then for the first time realised that they were surrounded by w ater! The survey was repeated several tilnes in quick succession. The group ot ants j gathered more closely togethei and seemed to be in a statc'of restless anxiety. As the water ro.se tho circuit I grew less, the vigil more earnestjand j the excitement greater with eacn return of the sentinel. They rushed i I aiumt. r?ver each other in a terrible ! state of excitement, for the water vitas rapidly approaching. There was ndw hardly room for them to stand on; just a little while and that would bis under water. They ceased struggling and settled down into motionless!) inactivity, and seemed entirely re-v signed to their fat?. I I picked up a little stick and laid j it across the water to the point where the ants were. They seemed dazed, and did not instantly take advantage of the means of escape offered them. One then crawled hurriedly up on the stick.went its full length out and over the blades of grass to the dry lan^. Without a second's hesitation he turned and retraced his steps to his companions. Now the smallest one of the group returned with him to dry/ land. They both retraced their steps! and the work of rescue began. Thej rest seemed entirely subservient to-thi will of these two. Each) with a com# panion, hurried out to a place of safety. I The small one was much more Active, he rescuing about two to tie large one's one. Time was preciofcs as the water was rapidly rising:fit wonld soon be running aronnd tpe outer end of the stick, and the island was melting avfay. One by ono tttey were taken ont, the guide accomp?nying the rescued one to a place of saiety each time. Why they did not all/follow the first one puzzled me, but phey did not. The smaller ant now hurried forth with the last one. Still hei was not content,and rushed back in search of others. The little hillock wap now melted away, and he turned to seek safety for himself. He did not; seem as much concerned as before. He did not hasten as when conscious of rescuing others. The water wfs running around the stick. The last avenue of escape was closed/to him forever. He went to the highest point and settled down perfectly still. His previous conduct convinced me that he now fully realized fhafc the case was hopeless so far ak he was concerned. ? Must the bravest of them) all thus die when he could easily haO escaped long ago? He willingly risked his own life that he might safve others. Oould a more genuine tiample of heroism be found in human annals? Could a more .striking sample of brotherly love and unselfish devotion be shown? Could a more earnest 1 solicitude for the life of others be instanced? I think not. Within his own cower this little insect had no possible means of escape. ! He did not fear death, neither did hp die, bnt he was last to escape. I lifted the stick from the water and laid it on the ground. He crawled hurriedly away to his companions, who? he had recently rescued from fhe grasp of death. Whatever I may have done for them, I can bnt fe#l that, in his example, the little herp ant did much more for me.?St. Louis Globe-Democrat. J Her Poirrr of Speech Restored. By patiently teaching the use of the lips for utterances, J Dr. Willis D. Storer, a staff physicf&n at Augustana hospital, Chicago, Hits restored the power of speech to Maggie E. Lauf. Three years ago j^iss Lauf'a ner~ vons system was shattered by a stroke^ of lightning. Sine# that time and up to about six week# ^go, the young woman had been unAble to utter a sound. Dr. Storer'trained Miss Lauf to use her lips as ;ne would a child, and, after, about t^o weeks of lessons, she suddenly partially regained her j voice, and with constant practice has now entirely recovered the use of it. i I r , . \4$fZ I - f A rwlly Kninch Yoke. A protty French yoke, en jabot, i3 made to litaround the neck like an ordinary yoke, which is also taken in with the shoulder seams. On each side of the collar *isa narrow box pleat, and thi3 descends and ^widens to the lower edge of the yoke, which is partly hidden beneath the shirred top of the fnll waist below. On this yoke the lower edge is left to fall en jabot, and this uuconfhied portion is edged with i ibbon or insertion and narrow lace. Demi-Train* for Houic Toilet*. All street, tailor and utility gowns * * ^ I I _ 11 are ma.le to ciear me grouuu uu around, l>nt house toilets of every description are out with a graceful demitrain, a fashion far more suitable and appropriate for stylish home wear than any sort of iudoor gown cut with a bobbed-off skirt There is little or no tlare to the gores on the front and sides, the effect remains sheuth-Iike over the hips, and the fulness is carried well to the back. A very narrow half-cloth facing is still used to prevent a limp effect about the hem of the skirt, and the majority of winter dress Skirts are trimmed around the bottom if only \vith three or five rows of narrow Milau or soutache braid. The Theatre Bonnet. The theatre bonuet is deceitful and deceptive. Many sins are committed in the name of theatre bonnet. Their crimes are not so apparent when the performers on the stage are standing, but at other times there is a general craning of necks to see ovA' the many imperlinent feathers, all standing on end. One of the most excitiug parts of "A Lady of Quality" is where Sir .Tnh? Oven is killed. People who have not read the reviews of the play carefully are not certain whether or not he is killed. So they endeavor to see. i He lies upon the floor, and Julia I Arthur, as the Lady Dnnstanwolde, is \bending over him. There are live minutes or laore, with the excitement It its height, that many people in the audience cannot see the players. A ^>an the other night suggested a remedy. "I should like to have a long fcnir of scissors," he said, "and snip /off all those abominable feathers and bov8. I should have a basketful, I am sure." For the benefit of any one who may be interested in the contents of tho basket, as it wonld have been if he had carried out his idea on that particular night, the following list is given: One blue ostrich feather,which was standing straight beside a black aigrette, three green wings, one black j and ono white ostrich feather, three erect hlack ostrich feathers, three I white ostrich pfbmes, one fluffy waving mass of black feathers, one spraylike, misty mass of white aigrettes, one standing blue velvet bow on a goid bonnet which was accompanied j by a plum colored bonnet to be , snipped off at the sides and to lose its cluster of xfliving black-tipped leainers, one black and white aigrette, two white ostrich plumes. That was within a small radius; other theatre bonnet snippers would have found plenty of work in other parts of . the house.? New York Tiines. Physical Tr.?|nitijj for Schoolgirl*. A New York physician, Dr. C. H. Lewis, was recently called upon to examine thirty girls in a well known private school. Of these ?average girls from well-to-do and cultivated families?he found fifteen in normally sound condition. Eight of them showed weakness of the right chest, two of the left che*t, and five of both chests. Six had weak hearts, and three had spinal curvatures. It is somewhat startling to learn that half of the schoolgirls of this generation are thus ailing, but tbat seems to be the indication of this examination. The result of a subsequent examination is,. however, reassuring. The girls in the interval of five months had systematic physical culture, under the direction of a thoroughly skilled and conscientious teacher, who aimed to give each girl the exercises especially suited to her individual condition. At the second examination, of th?j six weak hearts, four were found to be improved and two restored td a normal condition. All three cases! of spinal curvature were improved. Of the eight ailing right chests, sil were improved and two made norma. And of ? rt ?V. I V Al. i._ tne nve cases iu w uru u?u uiiesis were weak, improvement Bag noted in four and complete cui^Bin one. These are tangible results.^Bpinions may differ as to the valne ^^Le Delsarte movements in the in^^Betation of literature, and as to the^^Bability of basket ball and scnllinga^^Bdenly accomplishments. Cou^^^B the value of^sound lungs, stro^^Barts, and straight spines, there i^^B*oom for doubt. If systematit^^Bnical training of schoolgirls wi^^^Bore such conditions to those ^^^Lck them, and confirm those wh^^^Hdy have them in their possessio^^^Buportance is evident.?Argon^^^^B A Shrewd About every two inontks^^H^^H Lioudon dressmaker visits mous dress establishment^l^^^^B . ? / ; Vj. t - '. ^ / / IhfwM j ana mere Di:ys vunuus wu^i v<.>otumes which she takes hack to London with her as a part of her stock in j ti a !e. These dresses she uses for a certain time as cfcpies for the varions i costumes she turns out from her own house, and then she sells them at the ' end of the season at a reduction. "I get my use of the dresses," she said to Anne Morton Lane, who repeats her remarks in the Chicago Times- ' Eerald; "they are perfectly fresh and new, and they have served their pnr- j pose. I can ailbrd to sell them cheap- j ly, and I do. The ladies who buy them must, however, have them altered to suit their figures, and, as everybody knows, the feeling of an 'adapted* dress is neveras satisfactory as one that hns been made for you. Now, my idea as to these model costumes is as follows: At stated times I go to Paris. My customers know this. A la.lv comes to me and says: 'I want a dress from Paris. It must bo the latest style. It must be of such j and snch a color and material. You buy it at such and such a great French house for ine. I will allow yon to use it as a model for three weeks (or more or less), and then yon will send it on ma ? Tl>is costnme I will order to I my customer's measurements. I will copy its style in my own place, and j according to the length of time I have made use of the gown I will deduct from the original price I have paid for n dress. Fdr instance, I will have a dress made in Paris to the measurements and taste of my client in London. I will pay, say, .$125 for it. This same dress I will let her have in a month's time, with all the cachet of advanced Paris fashions upon it, for $75 or $100, according to the arrangement made. This is not an 'altered' dress. It is one made specially for her, and she is able to buy it from me at a much reduced rate. I do not charge .anything for the advantages of my experience and connection, and I buy the gown, and for the value of its use for a few weeks I allow her to have it at tea per cent less than I paid for it originally." The Secret# of Beauty. No woman is a genuine "feminine" at heart who has not a predilection j for beauty?beauty in everything. Soit ana suggeHiive coiurs uo picuaing to the cultured woman; so is the subtle art of music, the charm of rhythm in the world, the splendors of a sunset sky, the witching of moonlight The crowning loveliness of creation is a beautiful woman, and the daughters of Eve should never forget that it is a part of a woman's business to look as well as possible. Recipes and "hints" for inducing beauty are as the Bands pf the sea for numbers, and are as varied in range and result as the colors that rest upon the leaves of autumn. One of the first requisites of beauty has a rather cynical sound, but, modified, is really good and sensible: No heart and a good digestion ! This does not mean that one mast be absolutely callous anc( indifferent to human suffering, but it implies that one should not prolong needless regret and grief over inevitable sorrows. A smile is often more acceptable sympathy and cheer to a burdened heart than a tear, for smiles belong to youth and joy and content, and^aje beauty inducers. Proper attention-to food will guard against indigestion. Absolute cleanliness of body is another requisite to beauty. Bathing night and morning should be religiously adhered to, no matter the state of the weather. Illness alone snonm postpone one** accustomed bath. To the constitution that can staud it, a cold bath on rising in the morning should he taken. It is a superb tonic and cjlears the brain as well as it invigorate// the body. Correct bathing, diet and exercise will do nn/ch in the way of making woman beautiful, and not one of these three important means should be neglected. I Sleeping rooms should be well ventilated and as much fresh air taken into the lungs as possible. The fallowing is recommended as an excellent skin food: Melt together ! a drachm of spermaceti, a drachm of ' white Wax, three, ounces of sweet oil of aladnds, two* ounces of lanoline and onfc ounce of cocoa butter. Remove from the fire and beat until cold. Add wiiile yon are beating 20 drops of tinctule of benzoin and ten drops of oil of I rose. w .1? Zm ??J/1 oaoisf in r.a?mg appieo is n?iu w a? cleansing the system and clearing the comraexion. An apple before breakfast tad one just before going to bed [ is reKcmmended for this purpose. | Art even, calm temper is a wonderful beautifier. It keeps frowns from the/brow, wrinkles from the face and havd lines from around the mouth. Eat meats that are cooked rare; beef especially; this makes good firm tissue and rich blood. Mutton and veal saould be cooked thoroughly, though rot with the substance burned out i^Pure, sweet cream is excellent for Hie skin; drinking tea, coffee or chocHate to excese inju es the skin. Beauty sleep is absolutely essential. Try to get at leant eight hours' rsleep every night?N. Y. Tribune. : k -vi-.,'- ? . ? . j i ' , * WW jfi PCRPARED ESP.' .hLY FOB THE FAMILY FIRESIDE. Xlir E!ei*en(fi or tlio Vow Vnrk TTorn'd's C 'inpeiitive Sermon* i? 0:1 "'Tlie Sin of I)i*?pl*itt;r O<hor>"-l>r. Telinn'i' Frenches o:i "fra:? For the I'mTary." "lie that desnisetli Lisaeitjhborslnnetb.'' Prov. xir., 21. There is a fjront deal gT sin in the world which the ordinary conseisneo neither recognizes nor condemn*. With most of us tho standard of riylit nnd. wrong is purely couvontionnl. If wo do not break tho letter of the Ten Commandments: if wo keor. clear of acts which r>nh!ie ordnfoa forbid?; if wo maintain, a character unon which society sets no brand, then we feel at peace within ourselves and make sure that we are God's elect. We do not see what sn'otio and far-reaching things good and evil are -licfw they interweave themselves into all our acts, our words and motives, and secret thoughts even; and how they depend, not npon the fashion of the hour or the plno<b but upon eternal and unchangeable principles. An enlightened and sensitive conscience would see sin in a thousand things which pass with the majority as indifferent, if not actually praiseworthy. It is not in nice points of religious observance that places our moral character above suspicion half so much as in those weightier matters of justice and mercy ami truth which are involved in all the business and intercourse of daily life. Thousands who would tremble to participate In Rny of the so-called amusements of society, and who are as strict and ostentatious as the Pharisees in regard to prayer and other duties, are yet living in such an atmosphero of uuciiaritabienessand wrong that they are actually further from the kingdom of heaven than the very publicans and harlots. In a terse, direct and emphatic way a form of guilt is pointed out by Solomon which we seldom think of, vet which we arc all verv nrone to fall into. and which is one of the peculiarly besetting* sins of tlmt large class of men who are disposed to bo religious without being godly. The chief characteristic of these people Is to trust in themselves that they are righteous, ami to treat others in a way which unmistakably declares, ".Stand aloof, for we are holler thau yon," and they are so far from thinking such spiritual haughtiness sinful that they regard it a? an actual proof of their divine sonship. Such eonduct never fails to insure moral resentment and to elicit the rebuke, "He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth." The parable of the Good Samaritan sapplies a most beautiful explanation of the word "neighbor." It t?aehes that every man with whom we come in contact or relation is to be regarded and treated as our "neighbor." The fact tbat I know of a man's existence, and tbat I can in anyway teach and influencs blm, is enough to bring me under responsibility in regard to him. The broad Atlantic may roll between us; whole continents and burning deserts and deadly swamps may separate us; but if there is any channel of communication between us?any electric current, so to speak, by which sympathy may be created and Jove may act?that man Is as truly my neighbor an if wp met in the same market or lived in the same street. Notice what it is to despise oar neighbor. To entertain mean and contemptuous thoughts of our neighbor is obviously to J \T7,. lik ah 1.1 utrsjjisc liiui. no an'juiu ait>u?o lumoiuwui that there W vastly more La common than there la of difference between the highest and more cultured and the lowest and most ignorant. Frequently, however, we forget this, and from mere diversity of outward elrcumstauces we look upon each other with feelings of haughty superiority and contempt. As a consequence the rich and the great sometimes undervalue and insult the poor and the lowly; and the poor and the lowly In retarn hate the rich and the great, and ascribe all their importance solely to their wealth and rank. Surely, la both cases, this is despising their nelglibQk ?forgetting their common humanity, their common dignity and their common origin. To treat your neighbor with indifference, as If there were no ties binding yon together. and no symnathy due from one to the other, is to despise him. The affinities of human nature are such that It is treason to place ourselves In proud isolation from the race to which we naturally belong, and gaze upon the sufferings and helplessness of our kind with stoical indifference. Such conduct is not only reprehensible, it is actually sinful. It is sinful because it is a great wrong done to humanity. It rouses within man bitter, bad, resentful feelings, which sets class against class. Its tendency is to destroy self-respect, and let a man once lose that and there is no telling what he may bocome. Again, to despise one's neighbor is an offence against social unity. The social organism oan only be held together by a true and proper recognition of the usefulness and necessity of each individual to the whole, society is one Dooy. its members are manifold, bat they are all knit together In the closest bonds. There is no such thing as real independence. And hence for Any man to despise his neighbor is just as wrong and foolish as it wcnld be for the head to say to the feet, "I hare no need of yoa;" for his influence, as far as it goes, operates to the disorganization of society?to tfte breaking ap of that unity and sympathy upon which the general hapiness and well being depend. Despising your neighbor is to sin against your own soul. By such conduct the great forces ever operating for the formation of your own character and the shaping of your own destiny are undervalued. We depend upon each other. This offence is also a sin against God J Humanity is His child?the outcast an/ the sinful ns well as the poor. If you dedplse his child, He says: "Inasmuch a^e have doue it unto one of thwleast of tMse, ye have done it unto Me," W W. H. Kirshfr. Pastor First Congregational Chorea, Pork Bidge, N. J. i 1 TRAPS FOR THE UNWARY. Various Pitfalls Exposed by the Cat. Dr. Talio age. Text: "I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was In my hand, and, lo, I must die."?I Samuel xiv., 43. The honey bee is a most ingenious architect, a Christopher Wren among insects; geometer drawing hexagons and pentagons, a freebooter robbing the fields of pollen and aroma, wondroos creatuxp of God whose biography, written by Huber and Hwammerdam, is on enchantment for any lover of nature. Do you know that the swarming of* the bees is divinely directed? Tbe mother bee starts for a new home, and because of this the other bees of the hire get into an excitement which raises the heat of the hive some four degrees, and they must die unless they leave their heated apartments, and they follow the mother bee and alight on the branch of a tree, and cling to each other and bold on until a committee of two or three bees have explored the region and found the hollow of a tree or rock not far off from a stream of water, and they here set up a new colony, and ply their aromatic Industries, and give themselves to the manufacture of the saccharine edible. But who can tell the chemistry of that mixture of sweetness, part of It the very life of the bee, and part of It the life of the fields?,J; Plenty of this luscious product was hangs ing in the woods of Bethaven during pne time of Saul and Jonathan. Their jd*my was in pursuit of an enemy that by kind's command m^st be exterminated. Tbo soldiery wero positively forbldd/on to stop to eat until the work was dyhe. If they disobeyed they were accord. Coining ' / i i :,A/ ,1' '>>r' , *- : "jit* t . <T| ' > " J * y$f\ iitf- U ) y < . ' ' - ' ' ' , through tho wocifls 'they found a place ' where the bees bad been busy?a treat j bonny manufactory. Honey gathered in the hollow of tho trees nntil it had overflowed upon the ground ia great profuMpn j o* sweetne*% All the army obeyed order* j aniktoucbed it not suve Jonathan, and lie not i knowing the military order about abstinj one* dipped tho end of a stick he had in his hand into the candied liquid, and as ! yellow and tempting It glowed on the end of the stick ho put it to his mouth and ate the honey. Judgment fell upon blm. and ; but for spcciai Intervention lie would have ! boon slaiu. In my text Jonathan announces j his awful mistake: "I did but taste a little s* honey with tho end of the my band, and lo, I mnsnp', Alas, what j multitudes of people in5n?..^es have been damaged bv forbiddgviionev. by which I J m^an temptation, delicious and attractive, j but damaging and.dfcstrnctive. Corrupt literature, fascinatingImt dread* I ful, comes in this category. Where one j good, honest, healthful book is read now, i there is a hundred made up of rhetorical trash cosisumed with avidity. I Corrupt literature is doing more to?day 1 for the disruption of domestic life than an/ other cause. Elopements, marital intrigues, sly correspondence, fictitious names given at postofflce'windows, clan* | destine meetings in parks, and at ferry j gates, and in hotel parlors, and conjagal ; perjuries are among' the ruinous results. When n woman, young or old, gets her > head thoroughly stuffed with the modern novel she is in appalling peril. There is a wealth of good books coming'forth front our publishing bouses that leave no excose for the choice of that which is debauching to body, mind and soul. Go to some intelligent man or woman and ask for a list of books that will be strengthening to your mental and moral condition. Life is so short and vour time for improvement so abbreviated that yon cannot afford to fill ttf? wlfh Imab'a finrl fin^Ar* anf! ?l?bris. Stimulating liquids also come into the category of temptation delicious bat death* fnl. Yoa say, "I cannot bear the taste of intoxicating liauor, and how any man can like it is to fne an amazement." Well, then, it Is no credit to yon that you do not i take it. Do not brag about your total ab- J stinence, because it is not from any prlnci- J pie that you reject aleobolism, but for the J reason that you reject certain styles of I food?yoa simply don't like the taste of M j them. But multitudes of people bare a I natural fondness for all kinds of intoxl* j cants. They like it so much that ft 'makes^B them smack their lips to look at it. Thej^H are dyspeptic and they like to aid digcs^^J lion; or they are annoyed by insomnia^^H and they take it to produce sleep; or the^^B j are troubled, and they take it to them oblivious; or they fed happy,H they must celebrate their hilarity. begin with mint bfckgjsucked throogjfl^^^H straws in thedftngBrhtch piazza nifl H in the ditch, taking froOt^U jug half kerosene and half whistyJ Oac would suppose that <s?aV B^^^^B warning from some of the ominou given to intoxicants, and stand the devastating influence. Y< HH^NB noticed, for instance, that somo of tau rants are called "The Shades,' of the fact that it puts a man's re B^^^H in the shade, and bis morals in th and his prosperity in the shade, wife and children in the shade, and mortal destiny In the shade. Now, on some of the liquor signs in all ou I H the words "OldCrow," mightily sug of the carcass and the filthy ravei swoops upon It. lien and women wfl H umber slain of rum, but unburleaH^^^| this c.il is peeking at their glazed and pecliog at their bloated cheek, i^^^B lacking at their destroyed manhood ai^^H womanhood, thrusting beak aad claw lnt<^^B the mortarremaios of what once was gfori* I ously alive, bat bow morally dead. "Old Crow!" Bat alas! how many take no warn- I log. Remember Jonathan and the forbid- I den honey in the woods at BetbaTen. m ' Fnrthermore, the gamester'w-i&dalgftBge must be'put in the list of temptations de^? licious but destraetive*. Ton who hare crossed the oeean many times have noticed that always one of the best rooms has, from morning until late at night, been given up to gambling practices. I heard of men 5bo went on board with enough foe an uropean el camion who laade4 without money to get their baggage up to the hotel or railraad station. ' State Legislatures have again and again sanctioned the mighty evil by passing laws in defense of race tracks, and many young men have lost all their wages at each so-called "meetings." Every man who voted for such infamous bills has on his hands and forehead the blood of these souls. Stock-gambling comes into the' same catalogue. It must be very exhilarating to go into the stock market and, depositing a small sum of money, ran the chance of taking out a fortune. Many men are doing an honest and safe business in the stock market, and you are an ignoramus if you do not know that it is just as legitimate to deal' ' in stocks as it is to deal in coffee, or sugar, or flour. But nearly an me outsiders who go there on a financial excursion lose all. The old spiders eat up the unsuspecting files. I had a friend who put bis hand on his Ktp-rqflfett and .nn? ",Kstance: "I bare there the vaiue^dT two I hundred and fifty thousand dollars." Hit home is to-day penniless. What Wis the matter? Stock-gambling. Gambling Ja j 1 gambling, whether Is stocks or breadstufl< or dice, or race horse betting. Exhilaration at the start, but a raring brain, and a shattered nervous system, and a sacrificed property, and a destroyed soul at the hist. Young men, buy no lottery 1 tickets/ purohase no prise-packages, bet on naf base-bill games or yaeht racing, harano iaith in lack,answer no mysterious circulars, proposing great income for small lnS&tments. drive away the buzurds that l/ver around our hotels trying to entrap /rangers. Go out apd make an honest " firing. Hare God on your side, and be a candidate for,heaven. Bern ember all the paths of sin are banked'with flowers at the start, and there are plenty of helpful bauds to fetch the gay okarger to your door and hold the stirrup while you mount. But farther on the horse plunges to the bit in a slough inextricable. The best honey Is not like that wbieh Jonathan took on the end of the rod and brought to bis lips, but -that wbieh God puts on the banqueting table of mercy, at which we or? all lnnteaiosis. wmo? man may sit at the King's banquet, why will he go down the steps and contend tor the refuse and bones of a hound's kennel? "Sweeter than honey and the honeycomb," says David, is the truth of Ood. "With honey oat of the rook would I have satis* fled thee," says God to the reereanf. Here < Is honey gathered from the blossoms of trees of life, and with a rod made out of the wood of the Cross I dip it up for all / your souls. LITTLE BOY SAVES THWCE. / Hero of Ten Tears Falls PU]mttq/Ont of the Water. Through the heroism of Jlmmte Quick, a lad of ten years, the lives of. three little J boys, ranging from five to years old. > j were saved from drowning In Underbill I Pond, in Hudson, N. T. . I The ice gave way w'ille the lads were I riding on hand sleds* and they ail fell in % the water. Jl Young Quick, w'ao had been skating near- w by, beard their cries for help .and hurtled M to the spot. He threw bimgeif upon his breast, and crawling to the edge of the H hole, with a "shinny stlok," succeeded in- M pulling the three lads, one after the other, H out of- the wstdr to a place of safety. Chester Thornton, age Ave. bad gone down twice, and it was with the greatest MB /xortion and at the risk of bis own life tbat Quick finally pulled bim out. An appliea-^^J tion will be made to the Volunteer Llfe^H -Saving Corps at Washington to present young Quick s medal for his bravo deed. A Huge Commercial Fleet. Tbe Hamburg steamship line owns ty-two steamers at present.