TALMAGE’S SERMON.
"BAD COMPANY" THE GREAT
EST EVIL OP OUR TIMES.
•aMm Tat: "My Son, Walk Mot Thou
Mi tka Way at Thmai Rafraln Thy
Vaat tram Thalr Path," for Tbalr
fwl Baa ta Ball—Pra*. Ills, I*.
ARDLY any young
man goes to a place
of d 1 ■ ■ 1 patlon
alone. Each one la
accompanied. No
man goes to ruin
alone. He alwaya
take* aome one
else with him.
“May It pleaae the
court," aald a con
victed criminal,
When asked If be had anything to aay
before sentence of death waa passed
upon him—“may It please the court,
bad company has been my ruin. I re
ceived the blessing of good parents,
and, in return, promised to avoid all
evil associations. Had I kept my prom
ise, I should have been saved this
•bame, and been free from the load of
guilt that bangs around me like a vul
ture, threatening to drag me to Justice
for crimes yet unrevealed. I, who once
Bioved In the first circles of society and
bare been the guest of distinguished
public men, am lost, and all through
bad company,"
This is but one of the thousand
proofs that evil associations blast and
destroy. It Is the Invariable rule. There
ta a well man In the wards of a hospi
tal, where there are a hundred people
■lek with ablp fever, and he will not be
ao apt to lake tba disease as a good man
would be apt to be smitten with moral
distemper. If shut up with Inlquitoue
companions. In olden times prisoners
ware herded together In the same cell,
but each one learned the vices of all the
culprits, so that, Instead of being re
formed by Incarceration, the day of
«<•_a i a .. ^.( * Lnm mil unpin an.
cisty beasts, not men.
We may, In our place of business,
bscompelled to talk to and mingle with
bad men; but be who deliberately
chooses to associate himself with vi
cious people, is engaged In carrying on
• courtship with a Delilah, whose
shears will clip off all the locks of bis
strength, and he will be tripped Into
perdition. 8ln is catching. Is infectious.
Is epidemic. I will let you look over
the millions of people now inhabiting
the earth, and I challenge you to show
ane a good man who, after one year,
bas made choice and consorted with the
wicked. A thousand dollars reward for
one such instance. 1 care not bow
strong your character may be. Go with
the corrupt and you will become cor
rupt. Clan with burglars, and you will
become a burglar. Go among tbe un
clean, and you will become unclean.
Many a young man has been destroyed
by not appreciating this. He wakes up
some morning in tbe great city, and
knows no one except tbe persons Into
whose employ be baa entered. As be
goes into tbe store all tbe clerks mark
blm, measure blm, and discuss him.
The upright young men of the store
wish him well, but perhaps wait for a
formal Introduction, and even then
bave some delicacy about Inviting blm
Into tbeir associations. But tbe bad
young men of the store at first oppor
tunity approach and offer their serv
ices. They patronize him. They pro
fess to know all about tbe town. They
will take blm anywhere he wishes to
go—if be will pay tbe expenses. For if
a good young man and a bad young
man go to some place where they ought
not, tbe good young man bas invaria
bly to pay tbe charges. At the moment
the ticket is paid for, or tbe champagne
settled for, the bad young man feels
•round in his pockets and says, *‘I
bave forgotten my pocket-book." In
forty-eight hours after the young man
has entered the store the ban fellows of
the establishment slap bim on the
•boulder familiarly and, at his stupid
ity in taking certain (illusions, say:
"My young friend, you will have to be
broken In;” and they Immediately pro
ceed to break him In. Young man. in
the name of God, I warn you to beware
bow you let • bad man talk familiarly
with you. If such an one slap you on
the eboulder familiarly, turn around
•nd give him a withering look, until the
wretch crouchea In your presence.
There Is no monstrosity of wickedness
thst can stand unabashed under the
glance of purity and honor. God keeps
the lightnings of heaven In hta own
scabbard, and no human arm can wield
them; but God givea to every young
man a lightning that he may use. and
that Is the lightning of an honest eye
Those who have been close observers
of city Ilfs will not wonder why I give
warning to young men, and say, "Be
ware of evil companions.”
I warn you to shun (he sceptic *the
pouna man who puis bis fingers In his
wont and laughs nl your old-fashioned
religion. Mid luraa uvsr to some mys
tery ef the Bible, and says. "Ksplala
that, asy pious friend. captain that.”
And wbo says. "Nobody shall at are ni,
I am aei afraid of the future I used
Is hellsvo la such thins* and so did
my lather sad mother, but I have got
•ver It.” Yea, he has got over It, and It
few sit In hta company a little longer
you will gel over II too Without pre
gsatlag tae argument agilaet th*t'hrta
Mas religion such m*a will, by Iheir
leers sad scoffs and carl stucco, destroy
four rvgpt* t foy that yeltgtoa, which
ws» thr strength of y«ur father ta his
ffwiiUUig tears and the pillow of yeui
old mother t*a*aeb* lay a dying
Alas' a lime will t-.ne *h«a this
Mustering young laldel will have to
die. sad then hta d.amend rlag will
Mum *o aglet .fur |g it* eyes si luaU.
so hs stand* over the couch, watt log
fur he* soul These boss'llul techs will
be uncombed upon the pillow; and the
dying man will gay, “I cannot die—I
cannot die.” Death standing ready be
side the couch, says, "You must die;
you have only half a minute to live; let
me have It right away—your soul."
"No," says the young Infidel, “here are
my gold rings, and these pictures; take
them all," "No," aaya Death. "What
do I care for picture*!—your aoul."
“Stand back," aaya the dying Infldel.
"I will not stand back," aaya Death,
"for you have only ten seconds now to
live; I want your aoul." The dying
man aaya, “Don’t breathe that cold air
Into my face. You crowd me too hard.
It la getting dark In the room. O
Ood!" "Hush," aaya Death; "you aald
there was no Ood." "Pray for me," ex
claims the expiring Infldel. "Too late
to pray,” aaya Death; "but three more
second* to live, and I will count them
off—one—two—three." He haa gone!
Where? Where? Carry him out and
bury him bealde hi* father and mother,
who died while holding fast the Chris
tian religion. They died singing; but
the young Infldel only aald, “Don't
breathe that cold air In my face. You
crowd me too hard. It la getting dark
In the room."
Again, I urge you to shun the com
panionship of Idlers. There are men
hanging around every atore, and office,
and shop, who have nothing to do, or
act as If they bad not. They are apt to
come In when the Arm are away and
wish to engage you in conversation
while you are engaged In your regular
employment. Politely suggest to such
persons that you havs no time to give
them during business hours. Nothing
would please them so well as to have
you renounce your occupation and asso
ciate with them. Much of the time they
lounge around the doors of engine
houses, or after the dining hour stand
upon the steps of a fashionable hotel or
an elegant restaurant, wishing to give
you the Idea that that Is the place
where they dine. But they do not dine
there. They are sinking down lower
and lower, day by day. Neither by day
nor by night have anything to do with
Idlers. Before you admit a man Into
your acquaintance ask him politely,
“What do you do for a living?" If he
says, "Nothing, I am a gentleman,”
look out for him. He may have a very
soft band, and very faultless apparel,
and have a high-sounding family name,
but bis touch is death. Before you
know It, you will In his presence be
ashamed of your work-dres*. Business
will become to you drudgery, and after
awhile you will lose your place, and
afterward your respectability, and last
of all your soul. Idleness is next door
to villainy. Thieves, gamblers, bur
glars, sfcop-llfters, and assassin* are
made from the class who have nothing
to do. When the police go to hunt up
and arrest a culprit, they seldom go to
look In at the busy carriage factory, or
behind the counter where diligent
clerk* are employed, but they go among
the groups of Idlers. The play Is going
on at the theater, when suddenly there
Is a scuffle In the top gallery. What Is
It? A policeman has come In, and,
leaning over, has tapped on the shoul
der of a young man, saying, "I want
you, sir.” He has not worked during
the day, but somehow has raked to
gether a shilling or two to get Into the
top gallery. He Is an Idler, The man
on his right hand is an Idler, and the
man on his left hand is an Idler.
During the paat few years, there has
been a great deal of dullness |n busi
ness. Young men have compla:ned that
they have little to do. If they have
nothing elBe to do they can read and
Improve their minds and hear:*. These
times are not always to com.nue. Busi
ness Is waking up, and the superior
knowledge that in this Interregnum of
work you may obtain will be worth
fifty thousand dollars of capita:. The
large fortunes of the next twenty years
are having their foundations laid now
by the young men who are giving them
into a store in New York mid raw five
men, all Christians, sitting round, say
ing thbt they had nothing to do. It is
an outrage for a Christian man to have
nothing to do. Let him go out and
visit the poor, or distribute tracts, or
go and read the Bible to the sick, or
take out his New Testament and be
making his eternal fortune. Let him
go Into the back office and pray.
Shrink back from ldiene-.s in youreeif
and in others. It you would maintain a
right position. Good old Ashbel Green
at more tbnu eighty years of ugc was
found busy writing mi l some young
man said to him "Why do you keep
busy? It ts time lor you to rest." He
answered "I keep busy to keep out of
mischief " No man ts strong enough
to be Idle.
Are you fond of pu-tu*eu If » 1 will
show you one of the wurks of sn old
master. Hers tt ts: "I went by the
Belt! uf the slothful, sni l>v the vine
yard of the men void of undent and! tig.
and to' It was ti) grown over with
thorns, and artt'.m had enter* the
fee* thereof, and the atone wall we*
broken down Then I taw and con
sidered well. I looked up«n it and re
• alvad Instruction Vat a tl'ti# sleep, s
little slumber, a little folding of the
hand* to sleep go ahull thy poverty
ome a* was that travelhrth and thy
•anl aa aa armed man." I dot* 1 know
•f another sentence In ike Hilda m»r«
eaptoatv# than that It Brat h tarns
•oltly like the fuse it a cann ot and it
last burst* Hhe * Bit)-tour pounds*
The wM proverh was right "Til* devtl
tempt* most me* hut Mint tempt the
devil"
A young man *<*m# to a man of
ninety years wf sge sad said to him
"How hat* :so mad* aut t* It*# to long
tad ha to osil? Tkr *ld man itmh ta*
yuuaget•* to aa orchard, and. pointing
ta toms targe tree* full cl aggie* mid
I pleated there tree* * ns* lea*
hay, acd do yea twslri that ho* 1
im permitted to gather the fruit o!
’.hem?” We gather in old age what we
plant In our youth. Sow to the wind
and we reap the whirlwind. Plant In
early life the right kind of a Christian
character, and you will eat luscious
fruit in old age, and gather these har
vest apple* in eternity.
I urge you to avoid the perpetual
pleasure-seeker. I believe in recreation
and amusement. Ood would not have
made us with the capacity to laugh It
he had not Intended ua eometimes to
indulge It. Ood bath bung in sky, and
set in wave, and printed on graae many
a roundelay; but be who cboosee
pleasure-seeking for bis life-work does
not understand for what Ood made him.
Our amusements are Intended to help
us in some earnest mission. The tbun
der-cloud hath an edge exquisitely
purpled, but with voice that Jars the
earth It declares, "I go to water the
green fields." The wild-flowers under
the fence are gay, but they say, "We
stand here to make room for the whext
fleld, and to refresh the husbandman
In their nooning." The stream sparkles
and foams and frolics and says, "I go
to baptize the moss. I lave the spots
on the trout. I slake the thirst of the
bird. 1 turn the wheel of the mill. I
rock In my crystal cradle mtickshaw
and water-lily." And so. white the
world plays, It works. Look out for the
man who always plays and never
works.
You will do well to avoid those
whose regular business it Is to
play ball, skate or go a-boatlng.
All these sports are grand in
their places. I never derived so much
advantage from any ministerial asso
ciation as from a ministerial club that
went out to play hall every Saturday
afternoon In the outskirts of Philadel
phia. These recreations are grand to
give us muscle and spirits for our regu
lar toll. I believe In muscular Chris
tianity.
Mitin mm
healthful stimulant*. Excitement Is
pleasurable. Under every sky and In
every age men have sought It. The
Chinaman gets It by smoking his
opium; the Persian by chewlnghaahlsh;
the trapper In a buffalo-hunt; the sailor
In a squall; the Inebriate In the bottle,
and the avaricious at the gaming ta
ble. We must at times have excite
ment. A thousand voices In our na’ure
demand it. It Is right. It is health
ful. It Is Inspiring. It Is a desire God
given. But anything that flrst gratifies
this appetite and hurls It back In a ter
rific reaction Is deplorable and wicked.
Look out for the agitation, that, like
a rough musician. In bringing out the
tune, plays so hard be breaks down the
Instrument. God never made man
strong enough to endure the wear and
tear of gambling excitement. No won
der If. after having failed in the game,
men have begun to sweep off Imagin
ary gold from the side of the table. The
man was sharp enough when he start
ed at the game, but a maniac at the
close. At every gaming table sit on one
side Ecstasy. Enthusiasm, Romance—
the frenzy of Joy: on the other side,
Fierceness, Rage and Tumult. The pro
fessional gambler schools blmself into
apparent quietness. The keepers of
gaming rooms are generally fat, rollick
ing and obese; but thorough and pro
fessional gamblers, in nine cases out of
ten. are pale, thin, wheezy, tremulous
and exhausted.
Rather than enter the companion
ship of such, accept the Invitation 10 a
better feast. The promise of God are the
fruits. The harps of heaven are the
music. Clusters from the vineyards of
God have been pressed Into tankards.
The sons and daughters of the Lord
Almighty are the guests. While, stand
ing at the banquet, to fill the curs and
divide the clusters, and command the
harps, and welcome the guests, Is a
daughter of God on whose brow are the
blossoms of paradise, and In wnose
cheek is the flush of celestial summer.
Her name Is Religion.
"Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.”
WORTH KNOWING.
England's police army numbers 40,
000 men.
The population of Liverpool is a lit
tle over 116 persons to the acre.
Massachusetts Is a large shoe pro
ducing state. No less than 60.500 sides
of leather are weekly cut up Into coles
for shoes.
If the entire population of the world
Is considered to be 1.400,000,000 the
brains of this number of human beings
would weigh 1.933.713 tons, or as much
as ninety-nine Iron-clsds of the or
dinary else.
The first discovery of coal is quite
unkcowu. The ancient Itrltons seem
to hsve dug for It; but the first offi
cial record we have la an alleged Itcenea
of Henry 111, to dig at Newastle-on
Tyne in 1334
The fi »t trolley line In America, It
is said, was built In l*M on one of the
small pH ia at Coney Island The first
tract leal application of the trolley In
tbla coutstrr wsa at tlattlamr*. Md,,
August k. Utah.
Clyde Httli has contracted to pro
vide Nat l*. Goodwin neat erwwn with
a . om«d> draws with Nathaa Hate the
Awn t< an patriot as hero
(1 surge Marion will re*1* m* t
of lnniu<s. the Italtaa fruit seller tn
M ilium A Hr ».!> S |II>..I | I |, v| "g
Iksughisr of the T*a«m*nt#
Kmws Kernes la wenttoned as the
leadrag soprano tn the Maple w,. graad
opera iwwpany The eagaa* meat in
New Verb wttl begin (ktsbri }|
The regular army of Meti.w row
pr» >s il ■■**» w#n at alt arms, ta l>. nag
a puttee of about i *m wen and a
gendatwerto af tfin. The na*« eu > stair
«f twn swell unarwniwd teosek and
threw gugtMWta The annual nirodt
fur* on account of the arwr and tsa*|
la from |li.fc*»,ggfi tg ItLow.wue,
I FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
tom t'p-tn-Data Hint* About Cultiva
tion of thu Soil and Tlotd* Tharaaf—
Horticulture, Viticulture and Viort
From the Farmer*’ Review.)
H. CHAPPEL,
Dane county, Wis
consin.—The beat
ground for cucum
ber* Is a deep loam
or prairie *oll. If
It I* a little sandy
all right, but It
Hhould not be too
rolling. It should
be nearly level, »o
ns not tc> wush. The
ground should be well worked,
and made fine and rich. For
early cucumbers in Wisconsin,
from the 20th to the 25th of
May Is the right time to sow the seed.
Further south the sowings can be
mude earlier. When cucumber* arc to
be raised for pickles the seed may be
sown from the 10th to the 15th of June
—the seedsmen will give the time.
For fertilizer, we use any good man
ure that Is free from foul weed seed and
that does not cost too much. Well
rotted barn-yard mnnure will do. Give
the ground a light dressing of wood
ashes If It cun be done. A barrel of
salt per acre will also help matter*.
Plow and work fine and plank to hold
the moisture and to break the lumps.
Our cucumbers here have suffered a
good deal from drouth In the lust
few years. Irrigation would help nmt*
ters a good deal.
When we are rnlsing cucumbers for
pickles we harvest them every other
day, so that the pickles will be more
uniform In size and also to Increase the
total yield of Ike crop. Our greatest ob
stacle here Is drouth. If I were to start
|H n.nn montlnnf’d I
would find some good grocery roan In
Chicago or some other large western
city that would take the crop.
Frank D. Barnes, Vernon county.
Wisconsin.—For cucumbers, a clay
loam and clay subsoil 1# preferred. It
should be made fine, deep and well
firmed. Plant the seed as soon as the
danger of frost is over, that is, the main
crop for the early garden. If very early
crops are desired, the seed can be sown
In the hot beds and on Inverted sods,
and set beside a barrel filled with man
ure and with holes In the bottom. \ou
can use hot water on the manure each
day, If not too wet. We use stable
manure and also ashes at the rate of
100 bushels to the acre, and the same
amount of air-slacked lime. We cul
tivate with a garden cultivator and
hoe and keep a fine dust mulch over
the ground.
Drouth troubles us to some extent. If
very dry, and we do not have water to
Irrigate, we put on coarse manure for
a mulch or cover with old boards. We
pick off the cucumbers as soon as they
are big enough for market, keeping
them in a cold cellar or In cold water.
I might say that our greatest diffi
culty here Is in finding a market to
take all the fruit. We sell on the home
market and also pickle them.
Put a barrel where yog want a hill
and plant the seeds on three sides of
it and close to it. If bugs trouble, dust
the plants with air-slaked lime, and
occasionally turn onto the manure a
half-pail or pail of water. If very dry,
use a pail each night. If you want to
keep your vines in bearing, do not let
any of the cucumbers go to seed, as
the formation of seed takes too much
of the vitality of the plant.
E. C. Alsmeyer, Dane county, Wiscon
sin.—Use well-fertilized prairie soil
plowed at least ten Inches deep. Plant
I its soon at) irn- danger ui nusi in jrati 111
! hills six feet apart, and from four to
; five seeds in a bill. For fertilizer,
we use horse manure. We cultivate
each way with a one-horse cultivator
and harrow. We harvest when ripe,
gathering the seeds from the best ones
and feeding the balance of the cucum
bers to our bogs. We find the hugs the
greatest trouble.
•lelson Cox. Iztwrcnce county. Ohio.
—Flow and harrow the land very fine,
and manure very heavy In the hill with
stable manure. Flant early us soon as
the ground gets warm, putting ten
seeds In the bill. As soon as tbe plants
get two rough leaven, tliin out to four
plants in the bill. We think thut barn
yard manure worked up flue Is the best
fertilizer. Stir tbe grouud shallow and
often to keep down tbe weeds, and
work tbs hills by band. We harvest for
market grid for slicing Just as soon as
they get large enough sud before they
begin to turn yellow. The little striped
bug gives us s good deal of trouble.
|> C. Ilranson, Miami county, Ohio. -
! Any good corn laud will produce cu
uinkers, bet prefersbly I would lake
I black loam inclined to the aorth away
| from Iba hot sun. Usd already in
giant condition skould be kept so by
1 application of well-rotted burn-yard
' manure. Flowing need net bo done
j until Immediately before planting.
peed should not be planted until nil
, r of spring Iruata are past. Flant
I shallow, about n dozen seeds to Iks
hill, scatter ihe seeds so that In thln
1 ut*g out Ike roots of M* does not dls
j turk tkoao of another. Two or Ik-so
i plants are enough to leave for maturity.
l.rave the thinning out as Into aa puast
I pie, that you may ha prepared lw»
j emergencies. The cultivation may ho
i shallow with cultivator until vines com*
memo running after which keep
ground clean with has. t‘to umbers sre
easily affected h* drouth and that with*
l out much remedy. Perhaps there Is
nothing hotter tn Ihla than mutchihg
about I ho hill with something that will
I retain moisture t'hlp manure talmaat
1 || evtthet nrttetel er rotten eewdwef
I is gtasd In our Ineollly. the people ere
1 lu.g*ly In favor «f making and putting
up their own pukka hsgeo liters is
a local home demand for any surplus
that our farmers or gardeners may
have. The difficulties to cultivation are
drouth and the striped bug. To protect
the plants from the bugs, cover the
plants with boxes, eight or nine Inches
square and seven inches deep. Cover
with wire screen. Keep the boxes over
the plants until the fourth or fifth
leaves are forming. Do not wait until
bugs come before you cover the plants,
for they will Immediately burrow about
the roots.
Nations! Crop Report.
The report of the United States de
partment of agriculture on the condi
tion of winter grain and health of live
stock shows a condition of winter
wheat In nine leading states as follows:
Pennsylvania, 64; Ohio, 66; Michigan,
82; Indiana. 77; Kentucky, 70; Illinois,
81; Missouri, 75; Kunsas, 88; Califor
nia, 91. Average for the entire coun
try, 77.1; last year, 81.4, and 86.7 In
1894. The condition of rye was in New
York, 91; Pennsylvania, 86; in Wis
consin, 77; average for the entire coun
try, 82.9. Dry weather at seeding time,
from which scarcely a county was ex
empt, largely retarded or prevented
germination. Throughout the winter
grain producing region the winter cov
ering of sriow war exceptionally scanty.
Hye suffered In most states less than
wheat. Drought in early winter and
alternate freezing and thawing after
ward greatly Injured the crop east of
tho Mississippi, In Nebraska, Kansas,
and westward, there was less winter
killing than usual, owing to the mild
season, and present conditions are re
ported favorable. The Hessian fly Is
reported In a very few counties along
tho Atlantic slope.
The condition of horfes Is 97.6: of
rattle, 98; of sheep, 98.5; of swine, 93.3.
f-ast year’s figures are 96.9, 94.6, 95.8,
and 92, from which an improvement is
shown In every case. Of horses 2 per
cent are reported as having died from
disease during the year, while the loss
es of cattle were 3.1 per cent; of sheep,
i.o prr cent, mid or Bwine, xt.o per cvui,
last year's percentages being 2.2, 4.2,
6.6, and 9.2. The losses of swine were
heaviest In the important Mississippi
river states, Illinois, Iowa and Missouri
all reporting 20 per cent or over. The
lower mortality of cattle and sheep is
explained by the mild winter, the per
centage of deaths from exposure hav
ing fallen from last year’s 2.1 and 2.9
to 1.1 and 2.0.
(lot*fir,
EJ. F. T. writes: "How deep do you
plow sweet clover seed in? Would It
grow on sandy soil? In what month
do you generally sow It?”
Without paying uny attention to the
order of answering, I may say that I
don’t generally sow it at all, but let it
sow itself. My brother-in-law, who is
a much better farmer than I, insists
that It Is best to have nothing else sown
with it. The piece that I spoke of be
ing plowed In was plowed in
last spring about six inches
deep in May, seed having fallc"
on the ground the year before. I don’t
think It would make much differcnece
what time the seed was put in fror»
November till the first of June, provid
ing It was put In fairly deep, or the
ground well firmed if put in shallow.
I've seen It grow well on sandy soil and
on very stiff clay. I don’t think It
would grow on a bare rock, and it
would probably not make a good growth
In clear sand.—Dr. Milter in Gleanings.
Kprujrlng With Arnenltev vs. Hess.
The Ohio Experiment station has
made a series of very careful experi
ments to ascertain the probable effect
on bees of spraying fruit trees when in
bloom with solutions of arsenical
poisons. The results, which will be
published in full In Bulletin 68, now In
the printer’s hands, show conclusively
that bees may be killed in large num
bers by such spraying, and as spraying
at tnat time is never necessary for the
destruction of injurious insects it
should be altogether avoided. The
trees should be sprayed before bloom
ing and as soon as the blossoms have
all fallen, but never while in bloom.
Not only are bees useful as honey
gatherers, but they are essential to the
fertilization of the flowers. Without
bees we should probably have little or
•o fruit.
Cheap Irrigation.—According to the
report of the Kankakee Insane asylum.
Irrigation Is carried oa there to a large
extent and the water is supplied at
very small cost. The figures as given
are |3 i*r million gallons, or 3-lu cents
per 1.000 gallons. The usual price of
pumping water for city aud town sup
ply is very much greater. Some of
our towns charge 10 c-enta per thou
sand gallons and think the charge
smalt, but here la an estimate of 3 per
cent of the usual amount. It would be
interesting to know what Items the au
thorities at Kankakee enumerate when
they rate the cost of water at the
amount state i.
I'leuro l*neuu»onia la London -The
l-uodon papers chronicle an outbreak
of pleuiu pneumonia in that rtty. On*
of tke cows In tke Whitechapel market
wes found to be far gone wttk tke dis
ease. It t» hard to say to wkat an eg
imi tke dieeae* exists In Kngltah rat
tle. Evidently It Is nut yet restricted
to any locality that can be guataa
lined
A tinman woman, a drunkard and n
tfctef, burn In tm. baa had kit known
descendants up to date, aevordtag to
l‘tufesaor t*ellm«au. at imaa, aku kae
i been able to trace IM career of tw ut
'keen 14 these IM were bota eat al
»cdh*ch, Jo* feet * prole-atonal beggar*,
tat prostitute*. It tint ludtag wit*
mutd«ret*t got lata Jail la aeteaty
lit tears th-ee peiMta* hat* cost Ik*
•tate more tkaa MM. woe mar ha
Ur a*# Uaa goons m*4a auk a little
eml Mb* ol gtvea silk e.th a Boost
' *4 stripe *»* very •*»**! su4 units the
j late** thing
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON IX.. MAY 31—DESTRUC
TION OF JERUSALEM.
Unlden Text: "Heaven and Earth Shall
Paaa Away bat My Word Shall hot
Paa* Away”—I.ohe 31:33—Prooala# of
Hope. f
IIK bualeat and fulleat
of day* had been apent
In the temple In put
ting forth every poa
alhle effort to Induce
tho Jew* to accept
Jeaua a* their Mra
tlah, and thua *ave
themaelve* and their
nation from dcatruc
tlon.
Thla Tue«day, the
loat day of hi* public
teaching, "ahouM have
been the fair •Ity'a
bridal duy, when »he
•hriuld have been married to the Hon of (lod.
Ilut "lie who would have taken her to hi*
heart, a* the hen gather* her chicken* under
her wing*. »aw the eagle* already In the air,
flying paat to rend her to piece*."—Hlalker.
All that could be done waa done. The lout
word waa Kpoken. the laat warning given, and
toward night Jo*ua left the temple, never to
enter it again, and wended hi* way with hla
choaen dUelplea up tho *|npo of the .Mount of
Olive*, on the w»y to Hethany and to the
family which he loved.
It wa* only left for him now. In the two
day* that remained, to give all the Inafrueflon
po*»lble to hi* dlaciple*. to prepare them for
what wa* coming, *o I hat In the midnight
darkncr* and fearful atrugglo *ome heavenly
*tar of guidance ehould keep them from dc
*palr, and when their old hope* vanlabed,
"like the ba*ele** fabric of a dream,” tho
new kingdom ahould gradually *hlne out of
tho ml»t, firm, and atrong. and beautiful.
Time.—Tueaday, April 4, A. I). 20, toward
evening, told inlendur.)
Place.—The elope of the Mount of olive* on
the way from the temple to Hethany, overlook
ing the city of Jeruaalern.
To-day'a lemon Include* |,uke 21: 20-26. The
explanation* are a* follow*:
20. "When ye nhall *ee Jeruxalcm rompamed
by armle*." Jeaua wa* probably «ltt!ng up* n A
the exa* t apot where the famou* T>-nth Legion^
of the Homan aoldter* who r aptured Jeruaalern
were encamped during the alege, The flr*t
alego nl Jeruaalern waa In A. D. 66, under
that the desolation thereof Is nigh."
21. "Let them which arc In Jud/a flee fo
Ihe mountains," These could escape with com
parative ease, Jeeus practically forbid* hi*
disciples to Join In the terrible series of revolts,
and Here* Insurrection, snd frantic but useless
attack* upon the Koman*. or the fanatical
dispute* between the different factions of Ihe
Jew*. "Let them whh n are Iri the midst of
It (the city) depart out." "It I* needful to
consider how the beleaguering of the illy by
lire Koman armies could be a sign to the Chris
tians to ‘depart out" Bering that the besieging
army hemmed them In so that, there wa* no
escape."
22. "Then be Ihe day* of vengeance.” of the
divine punishment on account of their sins.
Josephus declares that "the misfortunes of
all men, from the beginning of the world. If
they be compared to those of the Jews, are
not so terrible as their* were," "nor did any
age ever produce a generation more fruitful
of wickedness from the beginning of ihe
world.” "All things which are written."
The language refer* to Old Testament proph
ecies, such a* Leviticus 26: 14:24; Deuter
onomy 28: 1.1, etc.; 29: 19-28; Daniel #; 26, 27;
Zeeharlah II, 12: 2.-Abbott.
22. "But woe unto them." etc., whose suffer
ings will bo aggravated by the distress.
“Great distress • • • and wrath upon this
people." The horror* of war and sedition, of
famine and pestllenee, were such as exceeded
all example or conception. The city wa*
densely crowded by the multitude* whleh had
come up to the passover. Pestilence ensued,
violence and cruelty were perpetrated with
out compunction or remorse, and barbarities f
enacted which cannot be described. Mothers
snatched the food from the mouth* of their
husbands and children, and one actually killed,
roasted, and devoured her Infant son. (Com
pare Leviticus 21): 29; Deuteronomy 28: 14, 17.)
The besieged devoured even the filth of the
streets.
24. “Led sway captive Into all nations." A
fact whtrh ha* continued till this day. There
are about 8,(88/.000 Jew* In the world, some
what more than the number In Palestine at
the time of Christ. According to the last re
port of the English Society for Propagating
the Gospel among the Jews, there are 3.000.
(8/0 Jews In Kussla, 1.644.(88/ In Austria, 142.000
in Germany, 105,000 In Turkey. 63.000 In France
and 92,0(8i In Gerat Britain. In New York city
there are 210.000. "Jerusalem shall be trod
den down of the Gentiles.” "All sorts of Gen
tiles— Koman*. Saracens, Persians, Franks,
Koresmen, Turks—have 'trodden down' Jeru
salem since then."—Cambridge Bible. "Until
the times—"srasone” or "opportunities" of (he
Gentiles—is meant the period allotted for
their full evangelization. Humans 11: 2.1.
2.1.—"There shall he signs In the sun and In
the muon." These verses seem to have a look
beyond ihe destruction of Jerusalem to the
final coming of the Son of Man. though ap
plicable to both events. The same conditions
will prevail; the same warfare and disturb
ance always arise when truth Is making Its
way against error. "The sea and the waves
roaring" express vividly the wild commotions
among the people, political and social agita
tions,
27. "Thin ahsll they see the Son of Matt
coming." All these things must necessarily
precede the coming of the Mon of Man. The
commotion In the . loud* stid darkness sre the
sign that Ihe light Is working. The social
upheavals are proofs that truth and the gospel
are living power*, sod are doing their work.
"In a cloud." amid all this commotion snd U|»
heaval. with power aud great glory." UioV
power could emerge from these eoiuiutdlon*.
Drily lower divine tan bring the kingdom of
God snd its touting will Im> the usual glorious,
bright, beautiful event that eter shone upon
this earth.
Then luok up," (she courage, do not
despair when you e. e these troubles and cum*
motions, but see In Ihtiu Ihe sign and proof
that "your redemption dranvih nigh " your
di livers#.» inut evil Ihe autteae of your
werh. the u| lining uf Ihe truth the gospel
*, **. The ftg tree and all Ihe Ireea when
they n.w *1 id tori tv when live hud* hurst
th.tr invitumuvnl 'you knuw eve th«»
summer * * * Is gt hand. Il tat g natural
si d neetssary sign.
?! "hisow ye that the kingdom ef tied fa
'♦*tlh *1 hand." The vvisgshsi wees | tv
duieU by th* worhmgs of ihe 1,1,. gd. m „|
tied Upon a UIV hod a Sr Id They Were Ihe
natural sign* of Hut works* U* visibls
hr»*f uf invisible bx.ee. The hauls as. the
,.«« uf tbtoey
M. dr words shall got poo. auey." They
were Isiitbf in Ihe ret are ef 1‘hrisi awf u
‘he dvslrmtion of .v nsaalem and therefor*
ere certain I* ha in Mm dara la soma.
LUNIUUa fAtllk.
Tkd ssiijr uf M >ui|uriii,it in tram*,
kaa g.*H pereruplur» order* lhal u«s
drib W «f iMni shall be del,*,red !,A
Ike ffp^r* an.I botcher* v»i lhal toaw,
u il I (as II In a lappet) up , * clean gtgp.
pin* p»P#r and lhal pgp*y niuat not
ha sutsrred
A deer g g**g eummand a and* bald
uf yialtin aud »h* animat can amt h* .
hind ne well gg bofufa, though nut gw
distinctly fur when ninunrd u wilt «t
**!• ,W* *>*•!# gain 4 itsglsf view
Wf tho nL|pgtt