Itanfeon Journal.
D. CABUB. r4loa4 Trs.
fcixiiso.
Mil.
A mora) to be heeded by staieoiut u Is
that the American eagle never rooats
on the fence.
What good does it do If there's plenty
roam at the fop if a fellow is U the
time going down hill'!
That so much naturalisation fraud is
unearthed is lu itsel' proof how It's
been run in the ground.
A New Jersey girl was refused a
nurse's diploma because she wrote poe
try. Evidently her lines didn't fall in
pleasant places.
It is only the useless, aimless, repin
ing life which is an ignoble one; a life
of occupation and labor is generally one
of enjoyment also.
This is indeed a great come-down,"
Baid the moth as he began his evening
meal of bathing suit after a long diet
of winter flannels.
Not content with trouble-making In
orher walks of life, the vermiform ap
pendix has been found guilty of tam
pering with a Jury.
A Boston detective says that "getting
hot doesn't hurt any more than hav
ing a tooth pulled." Prolbly that fel
low has been half-shot twice.
A young woman in New York says
She can hypnotize butterflies. That
doesn't make any difference, provided
she can hypnotize a batch of biscuits.
A censorious man is a most disagree
able companion. NoUdy likes the so
ciety of a man who. like doomsday,
calls to mind all the faults of the whole
human race.
There Is a large and fertile space In
every life, in which might be planted
the oaks and fruit trees of enlightened
principle and virtuous habits, which,
growing up, would yield to its old age
an enjoyment, a glory and a shade.
A New Ilaven man says he can make
millions of gold out of ordinary sea
water, and predict that "it will be
nly a short time before many estab
lishments will be found, all along the
Atlantic coast, making money." Sum
mer hotels, probably.
The lion's den bride has undertaken
to apologize for the minister who per
formed the ceremony, and who is in
disgrace with his church In conse
quence, by aaying that the Hons were
little ones. Why hasn't it occurred to
the minister, by the way, to cite Daniel
as a precedent?
Murder trials on every hand, murder
art awaiting trial and murderers await
ing execution. The dally papers are
running over with sensational stories
from courtrooms and Grand Jurors'
offices. The murderer seems to be In
creasing and getting In his awful work
with more regularity and more blood
curdling variations than ever before,
Yet nobody wants to confess that the
world Is growing morally worse.
The New York Methodist preacher
who married a sensational couple In a
lions' cage la threatened with discip
lining by the church. The people of
tbe whole country would heartily ap
plaud such a course. When marriages
are performed for such sensational
purpose It is not to be wondered at
that our divorce courts are over-crowd
ed. U marriage merely to be a spec
tacle? We need a little tightening of
our ceremonies. They have become
about as loose as Is endurable. The
leas form, the leas binding. Is apt to be
a true observation.
The college boy who wins a prize for
the beat essay or the best oration, or
who graduates with the highest hon
ora is slot In It to-day with the boy who
kicks a goal from the field or gets
around the end for a touchdown. The
brilliant student remains In obscurity,
The husky hero of the gridiron sees bis
picture In the papers, and reads with
aridity column after column of ful
some rot about bis feats on the foot-ball
Md. But the student still has an ad
vantage over the athlete. In his ma
tarer years be Is much more likely to
see his portrait among the list of those
woo have achieved greatness In the
great battle of life.
The discovery said to bare been
made by Mr. Garton, an English agri
ealturist, that worthless cereals can be
converted by cross fertilization Into val
uable food trains, la almost Immeasura
bly Important If all that Is claimed
for It la true It will Indefinitely Increase
the world's food supply, enhance the
rewards of agriculture, cause a rast
area of waste places to bloom with use
ful vegetation, and destroy the Maltbu
sisn fear that starvation awaits the
rarst of men. Experiments have been
saade by Mr. Garton not only wltb
plants grown In the United Kingdom,
bat also with those of most foreign
countries, and be says be can produce
varieties soluble to any soli or climate.
Tbus food grains will be made that will
tbrive In localities where wheat, maize
or barley refuse to grow, and mankind
will be able to spre.r.l itself over land
which now are uninhabitable. Full de
tails of tbe discovery will be looked for
with Interest In America.
Or Wilfrid Laurier's dream of tbe
M. Lawrence as tbe natural highway
, of the commerce of Canada, If Dot of
tbe America! continent will probably
ba somewhat disturbed by moat do-
totopatoats. Tbs Canadian
nient, in pursuance of Its new purte I
K(Mi,, i,,. It own Interests whollv ,
v. uu.-..un
independent of the United States. In
1U advertisement for bide for the Ca
nadian mall sere Ice the coming year
specified that the terminus on this side
of the ocean, both summer and winter,
should le at a Canadian port. The
purpose Is laudable aud natural enough,
but. unfortunately for patriotic theo
ries, commerce and trade have a way
of seeking "the point of least resist
ance." In accordance with a well
known natural law. The Allan and
Dominion Line, which is now carry
ing the mail, makes Portland. Me., Its
winter terminus and Is willing to con
tinue Its service as at present, but de
clined to bid on the terms proitosed.
The Government, of course, can and
probably will eventually establish a
mail service wholly on its own coast,
but It will be at a considerable addi
tional expenditure for what, after all
I only a sentimental advantage.
An experiment of unusual Interest was
duly Inaugurated in New York by the
mnine of Mills' hotel No. 1. built by
D. O. Mills. The hotel is a ten-story
structure, and Its formal opening, lu lis
brief religious services, signified the
general philanthropic character of the
unique enterprise. Mr. Mills also made
a brief address outlining his plans In
erecting the house and telling what he
hopes to accomplish. This modern and
model hotel is designed to give work-
ngmen and people of humble means
practically just as pleasant and clean
and comfortable quarters as can be ob
tained for far more money at a bo'el
run on the usual plan. Its main vesti
bule and marble staircases, flanked by
potted palms; Its bright, clean and airy
sleeping rooms, where everything Is to
be kept In perfect order and lu immac
ulate cleanness; and Its cuisine, pre
sided over by a first-class steward, chef
and assistants, are in keeping with the
palatial hotel where men may dine for
small sum as well in most respects
as thev could at the usual nrsi-ciass
bostelries of the city. Whether the
experiment will realize the hopes of
Mr. Mills may le considered doubtful.
but It Is a worthy and exceedingly in
teresting attempt to meet some of the
lieculiar conditions of modern city life.
An eloquent political speaker, who at
tempted during the strike In some mills
in Philadelphia to reconcile the conflict
ing claims of the capitalists and labor
ers, stopped short in his impassioned
speech and exclaimed: "It could all lie
set right If you could each, for only ten
minutes, look at the matter through an
other man's eyes.'" He had found the
source of much of the injustice in the
world the lack of that power which
enables us to see the "other side of the
question." A biographer of Chief Ju-
tice Marshall said his defect as a law
yer was that when the plaintiff was his
client he perceived every point which
could be brought on behalf of the de
fendant, and with difficulty refrained
from urging tbem. As a Judge, how
ever, tills clear vision was of Inestima
ble value to him. An English critic,
who was a personal friend of Thomas
Carlyle and his wife, said, lately,
"Much of their unhappiness was the
result of their absolute Inability to look
at any question except from their own;
paint oi view, nercce, on every sub
ject of morals, taste or opinion, they
were at odds with each other, and us
ually with everytxdy else In the
world." A man or woman afflicted with '
this mental myopia may have a heart
full of love for family and friends,!
yet go through life wounding them at
every turn. Most of the wars and dis-i
neumuun in uauou-v ivuiiuuuiues au.
families are caused by Inability to
that men may honestly view a subject)
from different standtioints. The Scotch
people once believed that certain men
were endowed at birth with a vision!
that looked Into the future; they called
It the second sight. The second sight
which sees the present clearly Is of In
finitely more value, and most persons
may hopefully strive to acquire it.
" How " and " As."
A correspondent of a literary paper,
writes the Transcript Listener, after
quoting Dr. Holmes' injunction of fifty
years ago, "Don't let me beg of you
don't say 'How? for 'What?"" com
plains that tbe practice which this gen
eration has to be warned against la say
ing "bow" for "that." So far as the List
ener has observed, this Is not a preva
lent American vice. Salrey Gamp's "as
how" never has been naturalized In
this country; but our people have on
vice which they onght somehow to be
cured of. This Is tbe practice of May
ing "as" for "that" "1 don't know as I
sl.aU" for '1 don't know that I shall."
As In the case of "between you and I,"
hundreds of people use this express toe
who know better. It must be confess
ed, too, that tbe expression which so
properly "riled" Dr. I lot rues long ago
survives; some people always ejacu
late "How 7" wtoen they have not un
derstood a remark. Just as If H meant
something aa If they wished to know,
not what tbe speaker said, but bow n
said ft. As an aboriginal salutation
and Inquiry about the health, "How"
H laconic and admirable; as a substi
tute for tbe abrupt but sufficient
"What 7' It Is without reason or ex
cuse. Deaths from IMpbtherla.
Tbe United States has tbe highest
death rate from diphtheria. ) In 100,
000 deaths. Holland and Sweden coin
nest with 440 each.
A Million Blind P re ns.
Tbe world's blind are computed t
Dumber 1,000,000-anout one sightless
person to every 1,400 Inhabitants.
Too msny benders will sometimes
place a man In straitened circum
stances. A man never gets mack crodlt fat
being good unless he to a snembor of tbs
cburcb. i
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UUU AJ111 1 II Kt VUll.A IJ.
OR. TA MAG EON THE SCULPTURE
OF THE DtEP.
Picking Up a Coral, He Para He Feeta
Like t ry in t, "There la a God,
and 1 Adore Him !"-Comfort for
Faithful Christian Worker.
Oar Weekly Sermon.
This picturesque discourse of Dr. Tal
nage leada his hearers and reader
through unwonted regions of contempla
tion and ia full of practical gospel; text.
Job xiviii., 18, "No uieutlon shall be
made of coral."
Why do you say that. Inspired dramat
ist? When yon wanted to aet forth the
uperior value of our religion, you tossed
aside the onyx, which is used for making
exquisite cameos, and the sapphire, sky
blue, and topax of rhombic prism, and the
ruby of frozen blood, and here you say
that the coral, which is a miracle of shape
and a transport of color to those who
have studied it, is not worthy of mention
in comparison with our holy religion. "No
mention shall be made of coral." At St.
Jobnsbury, Vt., In a museum built by the
chief citizen, as I examined a specimen
on the shelf, I first realized what a holy
f holies Cod can build and has built in
the temple of one piece of coral. I do not
wonder that Ernst Hecke!, the great sci
entist, while in Ceylon, was so entranced
with the specimens which some Cingalese
divers had brought up for his inspection
that he himself plunged into the sea and
unit clear under the waves at the risk
of hia life, again and again and again.
that he might know more of the coral, the
beauty of which he indicates cannot even
be guessed by those who have only seen it
bove water, and after the polyps, which
ire its sculptors and architects, have died
nd the chief glories of these submarine
flowers have expired. Job in my text
did not mean to depreciate this divine
sculpture in the coral reefs along the sea-
roast
No one can afford to depreciate these
shite palaces of the deep, built under
God's direction. He never changes his
Mans for the building of the Wands and
ihores. and for uncounted thousands of
rears the coral gardens and the coral
:astles and the coral battlements go on
nd up. The Algerian riffs in one year
I1S73) had at work amid the coral 311
vetwls, with 3. :.") sailors, yielding in pro
fit $.Kir.0lO. But the secular and worldly
rnltie of the coral is nothing as compared
with the moral and religious, as w hen, in
my text. Job employs it in comparison. I
do not know how auy oue can examine a
roral the size of the thumb nail without
bethinking himself of God aud worshiping
him. and feelinir the opposite of the great
Infidel aurceon lecturing to the nwdical
students in the dissecting room upon a hu
man eye which he held in his hand, show
ing its wonders of architecture and adap
tation. w ben the Idea of God flashed upon
him so powerfully he cried out to the stu-
d.-nts. "Gentlemen, there is a toa, out
h;,f I'ifkine un a Coral. 1 feel
nut "There is a God, aud I
adore him!"
God and the Beautiful. ,
Nothing so impresses me with the fnet
that our God loves the beautiful The
mot rutiful coral of the worldtever
comes to human observation. Sunrises
snd sunsets he hangs up tor nations to
took at; he may green the grass and round
die iIpw into nearl aud set on nr- au
tiimnal foliage to pleane morim signi. owi
those thousands of miles of coral achieve-
j ljllk be baH had ,jt for hi o
deligliL In those galleries tie alone, can
walk. The music of those keys, played
in V,t the fincers of the wave, he only can
hr The snow of that white and the
bloom of that crimson he alone can see
Having- garnitured this world to please
the human race aud lifted a glorious hear
or. t,. in,u the angelic intelligences, I
am K!ad that he has planted these gar
dens of the deep to please himself. Job,
wh() un(1,.PKtoo(j H kinds of precious
declares that the beauty and value
f t)l(,' nre nothing compared with
our holy religion, and he picks up -this
coralline formation and looks at it and
flings it aside with all the other beautiful
things he has ever heard of and cries out
in ecstasy of admiration for the u-rior
qualities of our religion, "No mention
shall le made of coral."
Take my hand and we will walk through
this bower of tbe sea while I show you
that even exquisite coral Is not worthy
of being compared with the richer jewels
of a Christian soul. The first thing -that
strikes me In looking at the coral is its
long continued accumulation. It ia not
turned up like Cotopaxi, but is an outbud
ding and an outbranching of ages. In
Polynesia there are reefs hundreds of feet
deep and 1,M) miles long. Who built
these reefs, these islands' The soophytea,
the corallines. Tbey were not such work
ers who built tbe pyramids as were these
masons, these creatures of the sea. What
small creations amounting to what vast
aggregation! Who can estimate the ages
between the time when the madrepores
laid the foundations of the islands and the
time when the madrepores put on the csp
stone of s completed work ? It puxzles'sll
tbe scientists to guess through how many
years the corallines were building the
Handwtch and Hociety Islands and the
Marshall and Gilbert groups. But more
slowly and wonderfully accumulative Is
grace in the heart. Yon sometimes get
discouraged because the upbuilding by tbe
soul does not go on more rapidly. Why,
you have all eternity to build in. Tbe lit
tie annoyances of life are soopbyte build
trs, sod there will be small layer on top
if small layer and fossil iced grief on tbe
ton of fossilised grief. Grace does not go
up rapidly in your soul, but, blessed be
God, it goes np. Jen mousaua million
tgea will not finish you. i ou will never
be finished. On forever! Up forever! Out
of the sea of earthly disquietude will grad
ually rise tbe reefs, the islsnds, the con
tinents, the hemispheres of grandeur snd
glory. Men talk as though in this life we
only had time to build. B.tt what we
bi:ild in this life as compared with whst
we shall build in the next life is ss
striped shell to Australia. Yon tell me we
do not amount to much now, but try as
after a thousand million ages of balle-
lulan. Let us hear tbe angels ehast for
s million centuries. Give os aa eternity
with God snd then see If we do aot
amount to something. More slowly and
marvelously accumulative Is tbe grace In
the soul thsn anything I can think of.
"No mention shall be made of coral,
Tbs Vlrtae mi Paries.
Iord, help us to learn that which most
4 as are delctent ln-itk-mee! If thon
tkroagh tbe ssa
millions of years to build one bank of !
coral, ought we not to be willing to do
work through ten years or fifty years
without complaint, without restjessuess,
without chafing of spirit? Patience with
the erring; patience ttiat we caunoi
the millennium In a few weeks; patience
with assault of antagonists; patience si
what seems a slow fulfillment of Mible
.remises; patience with physical ailroenia.
.stience under delays of Providence,
grand, glorioua, all enduring, all conquer
ing patience!
Christian Hope.
Tnke mi hand again, snd we will go a
!nl farilur into this karJeu of the a.
ana we shall find that In proportion as the
climate is hot the coral is wealthy. Draw-
two lsothnnal lines at degrees nonn
and south of the equator, and you find the
favonte home of the coral. Go to tne not-
-.- A C.il
test psr - e l'acinc seas aim jvu uuv
the fine.1 specimens of coraL Coral Is a
child of tbe fire. But more wonderfully
do the hests snd fires of trouble bring out
the jewels of the Christian soul. Those
are not the stalwart men who are asleep
on the shaded lawn, but those who ace
pounding amid the furn.o-cs. I do not
know of any other way of getting a thor
ough Christian character. 1 will show
you a picture. Here are a father and a
mother 30 or 35 years of age. their family
around them. It is Sabbath morning.
They have prayers. They hear the chil
dren's catechism. They have prayers ev
ery day of the week. They are in hum
ble circumstances. But, after awnue me
wheel of fortune turns up and the man
ect his S20.000. Now he has prayers on
Kabbath and every day of the week, out
he has drotiDed the catechism. The wheel
of fortune turns ud again, and he gets his
SbO.OuO. Now he has prayers on hobtiatn
morning alone. The wheel of fortune
keens turnins un. and be has I''I.'SJO,
and now he has prayers on Sal. bath morn
icg when be fet like it and there is no
company. The wneei or lonuue j"
turning up, and be has his x.lVf "J ano
no prayers at all. Four leaf clover in a
pasture field is not so rare as family pray
ers in the houses of people wno nave ni"n
than y.'i ).(). But now the wheel of for
tune turns down, and the mail loses Sli'S),
(NXI out of the $;jUO,(XI. N-.w on Sabbath
morning he is on a stepladder looMiig for
a Bible under the old newspapers on the
tiookcace. He is going to have prayers
Ui affairs are more and more complicat
ed, and after awhile crash goes his last
dollar. Now he has prayers every morn
ing and he hears his grandchildren the
catechism. Prosperity took nun away
from God; adversity drove him back to
God. Hot climate to make the coral; hot
and scalding trouble to make the jew els of
grace In the soul. We all hate trouble
and yet it do s a great deal for us.
toral ftpciirarnn.
Agsln, t. ke your bund, nnd we walk
on through t! is garden -.f the sea and look
more particularly than we did at the
!eauty of t!.e coral. One sieciiuen of
coral la ralli 1 the dendrophilla because it
Is like a tree- another i called the astmra
localise it I like a star: another is called
the bruin coial because it is like the con
volutions of (he human brain; another Is
called fan - ral because it is like the in
strument with which you cool yourself on
a hot day; another specimen Is called the
organ pipe coral because it resembles the
king of musical instruments. All the
flowers and all tbe shrubs in the gardens
of the land have their correspondencies In
this garden of tbe sea. Corallum! It l
a synouym for beauty. Aud yet there is
no beauty in the coral compared w ith our
religion. It gives physiognomic beauty.
It does not change the features. H does
not give features with which the person
was not originally endowed, but it sets
behind the features of the homeliest per
son a heaven that shines clear through.
8o that often on first acquaintance yon
said of a man, "He is the homeliest js-r-son
I ever saw," when, after you came
to understand him and his nobility of soul
shining through his countenance, yon said,
"He is the loveliest persou I ever saw."
No one ever hnd a homely Christian moth
er. Whatever the world may have thought
of her, there were two w ho thought well
your father, who had admired her Tor
fiftv yenrs. and yon. over whom she bent
with so many tender miuitratioiis. hen
you think of the angels of God and your
mother among them, she outnhines them
11. Oh, tbst our young people could un
derstand that there Is nothing that so
much beautifies the human countenance
as the religion of Jesus Chrits. It makes
everything beautiful. Trouble beautiful.
Sickness beautiful. Disappointment beau
tiful. Everything beautiful.
Work that Kndures.
The durability of the coral's work is not
at all to be compared wltb the durability
of our work for God. Tbe coral is going
to crumble In tbe brea or the last day, but
. . , ... : n i -
OUT WOrs tor UWI l -ruum.- tuir,Ti,
No more discouraged man ever lived than
Keetboven, tbe great musical composer.
Unmercifully criticised by brother artists
. . . - : M. 1 1... f
and PIS inunic BuuiruiiiT. . . u . " -.
for twenty-five yesrs, and forced on his
wsy to Vienna to beg food and lodging at
a very plain bouse by tbe roadside. In
tbe evening the family opened a musical
instrument and played snd sang with
rreat enthusiasm, aud oue of the numbers
tbey rendered was so emotional mat tears
ran down their cheeks while they sang
and played. Beethoven, sitting in the
room, too deaf to bear the singing, was
curious to know what was the music that
so overpowered them, and when they got
through be reached up slid took tbe folio
in his band and found It wsa bis own mu
lc Beethoven's "Symphony in A" snd
he cried out. "I wrote that!" Tbe house
hold sat and stood abashed to find that
their poor looking guest was tbe great
composer. But be never lert mat bouse
alive. A fever seized bim that night, and
no relief could be afforded, snd In a few
days he died. But just before expiring he
took tbe hand of his nephew, who bad
been sent for and bad arrived, saying,
"After all, lluuiuiel, I must have had
some tslent" Poor Beethoven! His
work still lives, snd In the twentieth cen
tury will be better appreciated than it was
In the nineteenth, and ss long ss there Is
on earth so orchestra to play or au ora
torio to sing, Beethoven's bine sympho
nies will be tbe enchantment of nations.
Bui you are not a comisjser, and you
say that there Is nothing remarkable
about you only a mother trying to rear
your family for usefulness and beaven.
Yet tbe song wltb which you sing your
child to aleep will never cease its mission.
Yon will grow old snd die. Tbst son will
pass out into the world. The song with
which you sang him to sleep last night
will go with bim while be lives, s con
scious or unconscious restraint and Inspir
ation here and may help open to bim the
ate of a glorious and triumphant here
after. Tbe hillsides of this century will
sing through sll the centuries. Tbe b
j blest good accomplished in Usao will last
hmneh eternitv. I sometimes gei u'
coiiraged. as I suppose you do, at the fast
ness of the work and at how uuie we sr.
oing. little things decide great iuiiis.
All that tremendous csrecr or me
Napoleon banging on the hand of a brake
man wno. on one of our American rad
ways, caught him as he was falling be
tween the cars of a flying train. The
battle of Dunbar was decided against tbe
rk-otch because their matches bad given
out. Aggregations or lime iuiuk.
pull down or build up. When an army or
a regiment come to a bridge, they are al
ways commanded to break ranks, ror uie.r
simultaneous trJ U :et triy "e
strongest bridge. A bridge at Anglers,
France, and a bridge at urougniou, up
land, went down because the regiment
kent sten while crossing. Aggregations
of temptation, aggregations of sorrow, ag
gregations nf assaults, aggregations oi
Christian effort, atgregations of seir-saen-
fices these make the irresistible power to
demolish or to uplift, to destroy or to save.
Little causes and great results, luhs
tianity was introduced into Japan by the
falling overboard of a pocket Bible front
a ship In the harbor of Tokyo.
Oh. be encouraged! Io not any m
sav, "My work is so small." Do not any
woman say, "My work is so insignificant.
I cannot do anything for the upbuilding
of God's kingdom." You can. Ilemem
ber the corallines. A Christian mother sat
sew ing a garment, and her little girl w ant
ed to help her, and so she sewed on anoth
er piece of the same garment and brought
it to her mother, and the work was cor
rected. It was imiK-rfect and had to be
all taken out again. But did the mother
chide the child. Oh, no. Hhe said, "She
wanted to help me, and she did as well as
she could." And so the mother blessed
the child, and while she blessed the child
she thought of herself and said: "Perhaps
It may be so with my poor work at the
last. God will look at it. It may be v.-ry
imperfect, and I know it is very crooked.
He may have to take It all out. But he
knows that I want to serve him, and he
knows It is the best that I can do." Ho
be comforted in your Christian work. Five
thousand million corallines made one-co
rallum. And then they passed away and
other millions came, and tbe work is won
derful. But on the day when the world's
redemption shall be consummated, and tht
names of all the millions of Christian
who in all the ages have toiled on this
structure bhall be read, the work will Bo
pear so grand and the achievement so glo
rious and the durability so everlasting
that "no mention shall be made of coral."
Kliori hermons.
Neglect, Society, In lu arrog.mep,
selfishness and luxury, loses sight of
the fact that tbe failure of nations and
all forms of civil. zatlon have followed
because nations, society and civllUa
llPm have neglected God's laws and vio
lated tbe rights of men. Ber. Father
Ducey, Catholic, New York City,
Iyove. Unless we deny ourselves,
make some sacrifice, we cannot get the
spirit of true love. Though we m:iy
have the niofct elegant music, the most
eloquent prcuelier, the very finest and
most beautiful churches and have not
love, all our efforts are thrown away
Ilev. J. K. Smith, Presbyterian, Louis
ville, Ky.
A Great Force In the World. Charac
ter Is the greatest force In the world.
Some say money Is the greatest force,
some say brains, some say love, but
character Is the greatest force because
It Is the force which determines the di
rection In which money, brains and
love shall be used.-Bev. 3. Dunlop,
Presbyterian, Boston, Mass.
Patient Trial. The large soul, the
truly free man Is, after all, he who has
been subdued by patience. Lech and
every victory broadens the menial vis-
Ion and adds to the moral stature so
that the proficients In this school go
forth to tievoiiie the musters of the cir
cles of their activity. Her. David
PhUIppson, Hebrew, Cincinnati, Ohio,
Followers of God. The religion of
Jesus Cbrlst has three kinds of follow
era to-day. (1) The rash followers, or
those who do not count tbe cost or sac
rifice: (2) tbe dilatory followers, or
those who are always looking back
ward; k'Ji tbe tender-hearted followers,
those who want their loved ones to do
right and be Christians, too. Iter. A,
It. Caudry, Disciple, Council Bluffs,
Iowa.
Tbe Narrow Way. The aaying of
Jesus, "Narrow Is the way," Is not ap
plicable alone to eternal life, but wldo-
ly bears upon all human relations, for
the way Is narrow and straight!)
hedged that leads to business success
to permanent political fame, to genulns
and lasting satisfaction with the good
things of the flesh, to a green and tran
qull old age, as well as eternal life.
Rev. Frank Crane, Methodist, Chicago.
Optimism. While there Is much
wickedness on tbe earth, yet the world
Is steadily growing better. The power
of morality, temperance, religion and
faith Is making for righteousness all
over the world. Jesus Christ Is to be
victorious over Satan and evil, and Is
to descend In glory and have power
over all tbe nations of tbe earth, and
establish a kingdom of righteousness.
neace and kindness. Rev. P. 0. Cur
nick, Methodist, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Human Nature. H u man nature
noble In Its origin. You are a spark ol
God. Tbe storm of Eden left human
nature In about the shape a cyclone
leaves a Western Tillage; yet In the
debris here and there, In tbe marveli
of man's Intellect, In bis longing aftei
Immortality, In his conscience, In bit
hope that starts and struggles and
trembles away Up to God, behold
glimmer of that Image divine. Ber
8. E. Young, Presbyterian, Newark
N. J.
Omnipotent love. Love Is the great
est conquering force in tbe universe
Here Is a little bundle of flesh an
blood that cannot talk or walk, but I
stretches out lis tiny bands, and thi
strongest man is held a willing vietln
by that silken touch. We are very fee
bl and Ignorant, M may be, but wbei
wo stretch out our hands to Ood bo It
take captive by us. Love It omnlpo
toot and oroa Omnipotence bltwoL'
surrenders to It-Rev. 0. W. OsUotU
Baptist, tt nciBati, Oka
LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION.
,'hs Troops Stationed on the Roofs of
Huildlnsjs.
The Inauguration of President Ll"
?oln and the stirring scenes here In tbo
arly part of lwil were vividly brought
to mind to many of our older residents
oy the apjiearance of the I'nited States
englueer battalion In President McKln
ley's Inaugural procession, for a de
tachment of tne engineers bad during
the Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln tbe
jecial duty of guarding the President
ihe detachment wui u -he line oi tuo
prof ession next to tbe j'resiueJii s car
riage, aud nuiutiered about sixty men,
ortlcered by Lleutenauts Godfrey Wetr
zel and J. C. Duane. both of whom a
short time thereafter were In tjje field,
ami lefore the war closed were gen-.
eral officers, the first named with bla
ill.lsiou entering Richmond Just after
the surrender at Aplsnnattox.
Though history, as It is written by
some of the magazine writers, states
that "regiments of regular troopo
guard.nl Mr. Lincoln to and from tho
Capitol," the fact is that the eugmeero
roiuiod about one-tenth of the entire
force of government men. It is truo
that extra precautions were taken,
against any ioible outbreak, and
mere was more or less alarm felt on
the part of the citizens that there
might be some disturlmnce, yet tbero
were no regiments of regulars here on
that occasion.
There was, however, wltb tbe Dis
trict troops, srmslbly a force of 3,00
men ou duty, and of these two butteries
of light artillery, a troop of cavalry an
the engineers represented the regular
army, ami, with the marines, made up
Uip government force. The englners
were assigned to a position In the lino
us the special guard of the President,
and the light batteries during the cere
monies stood In B street, east of Dela
ware aveum uprtheflst. Near by wa
eiieral Scott, apprehensive, no doub, ,
hat he might be called on toae
heroic measures. There, were ,sroaps
weiity co in pa u lea of the IJMrH-t, alt
but one of the Infantry brmch. and a
number of these were detaled for duty
u toe roof of the Capltoland the roofs
of buildings ou tbe routeof the proces
sion. Before the ceremoiles took place
at the east front the Satlonal Guard
battalion cleared a spice Immediately
in from of tbe stand and, fscing uio
rowd, kept It back till tbe conclusion
of the exercises. This disposition or
the troops was made under the direc
tion of the ccuniufnding general by
Colonel Chas. P. Stone of his staff, who
had prevlomly satisfied himself as to
the lovalty of our District companies.
That It was ,t Judicious one and prob
ably prevent! an outbreak there Is no
luestlon.
In the Immediate vicinity of Craw
ford's Washington It looked sutially for
a time, for a man seated in a tree, when
the President came out on the stand.
commenced a harangue to the crowu.
In which he urged that Mr. Lincoln
should not be allowed to take tbe oath.
for It would be followed by a delugs
of blood for the country', and " "on Ac
count of the d d nigger." There was
some approval of his sentiments, but
he was carried off by the police. An
old guardsman says of the engineers:
fhey were marebed In the armory
building (tith and B streets southweat).
where our battalion liad Its quarters.
and we found them an Intelligent, com
panionable set of men, and soon we
were fraternizing. They drilled aa In
fantry, and by thHr example and In
struction, some of them giving their
services as drill musters to the com
panies, taught us the art of wsr. Thuo
when In tbe following April tbe dis
trict companies were sworn In there
were not many green men among tbem.
The 'Snappers and Miners,' us wo
called them, were with us a couple oi
months, ami during the wsr I mot
some of theai serving as officer of tbe
Fifteenth and Fifty-first New York
Volunteers (of the engineer brigade of
the Army of the Potomac)." Washing,
ton Star.
A Japaoese-Kngllsh Ad.
The following Japanese English asV
vertlsement of a tooth paste recently
apis?arod In a Jspsnese psper: In tbo
East there was no good sanitary tooth
paste that was sure to cure and safe to
use, so our company resolved to pro
pare a good-natured paste and auocessv
ed. The efficiencies of tlila paste are as
following: Firstly, to strengthen and
preserve tbe nature of the tooth; see
ouiUy, to tight the tooth with thin gains.
Thirdly, to defend a hermonhage aria
en by frictrir. Fourthly, to take away
tbe offensive ameU of the mouth. Plftn
ly, to difend tbe putriUcatlon of tooth
and so prevent tbe carious one. Any
ona wbo uses this paste will certainly
discover that It Is of a very wondsarfol
and valuable nature by his practice.
To use this paste M la necessary to
rinse the mouth will water after sav
bllng the tooth carefully by tbe toot
brush.
Tens Love.
She I know I am not tbo farat girl
you ever loved.
He-Woll-or at leant, you are tbo
first girl I ever bought more than lf
worth of presents for. Indiana polls
Journal.
New Canadian Mtatsnn.
The new Cansdisn postage stamps
bear a portrait of Queen Victoria at
he uipeared st the coronation, witk
decorations of maple leaves In the cor
ners. Spruce and pine would be mors
truly Canadian.
Warding HI as Oft.
Tollver Vmi you lot ma have 1
for a week, old man?
iMiero What weak old Mir-Ha
Ion Life.
In the human barometer amtloa as sag
sunshine and frowns mean frost
If you would be happy and con ton
ever borrow trouble or km4 1