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Christians.'
Worldly Success Without Kelifrion Urine
Little True Happiness The Christian
Always Cheerful-Beauties or
fleaven Deplete.' , ,
In a late sermon at Brooklyn Rev. T.
Do Witt Talmage discoursed 'on 'New
Springs of Joy." The text was: "Thou
hat given me a south land; give me also
springs of water. And he gave her tho
upper -prints and Ne, nether springs."
Joshua xv. 19. ""fisreacher said:
The city ofjufrfrsfras the Jloston of an
tiquity n great pSjioe for brain and hooks.
Caleb w&utel it, and he offered his
daughter Achsah as a prize to any one
who would capture that city. It was a
strange thing for Caleb to do; and yet the
man who could take tho c.ity would have,
at any rate, two elements of manhood
bravery and patriotism. With Caleb's
daughter as a prize to fight for, General
Othniel rode intothe battle. The satoa of
Debir were thundered into tho dust, and
the city of books lay at tho feet of the
conquerors. The work was done, Othniel
conit- back to claim hs bride. Having
conquered the city, it is no great job for
him to conquer the girl's heart; for how
ever faint-hearted a woman herself may
be, she always loves courage in a man. 1
never saw an exception to that. The
wedding festiv.ty having gone by, Othniel
and Achsah ara about to go to their new
home. However loudly the cym
bals may clash and the laughter ring
parents are always sad when a
fondly chetished daughter goes off to
stay; and Achsah, the daughter of Caleb,
knows that now is the time to ask almost
any thing she wants of her father. It
eeius that Caleb, the good old man, had
given as a wedding present to his daugh
ter a piece of land that was mountainous
and sloping southward toward the deserts
of Arabia, swept with some very hot
winds. It was called "a south land."
Cut Achsah wants an addition of prop
erty; she wants a piece of land that is
well watered and fertile. Now it is no
wonder that Caleb, standing amidst the
!iridal part, his i-y s so full of tears be
cause she was going away that he could
Jiardiy see her at all, gives her more than
sh ak. She saiil to him: "Thou hast
given ni-j a south land; give me also
.-prints i f water. Aid he gave her the
v.ppar spiings and the nether springs."
What a suggestive pnssuge! Tiie fact
i that :t Caieb, the fattier, gave Achsah,
the daughter, a outh land, so God gives
to us His world. 1 am very thankful He
has given it to us. Eu lam like Achsah
in the fact that 1 want a larger portion.
Tres, and flower, and grabs, and blue
.kie- are very well in their places; but lie
who lias nothing but this world for a por
tion has no portion at all. It is a iiirunt
anious land, sloping off toward the desert
of sorrow, swept bv lierv .-iroccos; it is
"a south land," a poor portion for any
'man that tries to put his tiust in it. What
Ji.it lieen your experience What has been
the experience cf every man, cf every
woniiu tint )as tried this worlii
for a portion Q teen Elizabeth, nm'ds'
tho .surroundings of pomp, is unhnppyj
cause rue painter ssetcties too mini!
t'cj wrinkles on her face, and she iirdig
':iantly cries out: "You mu-t strike off my
, likeness without any shadows!" Hogarth,
at the very height of his artistic triumph,
is stung almost to death with chagrin be
cause the painting he had dedicated to the
King does not seem to be acceptable; for
George II. cried out: "Vb6 is this Ho
gaitb!' Take his trumpery out of mv pres
ence." Brinsley Sheridan thrilled the
earth with his eloquence, but had for his
last words, '"I am absolutely undone."
lValter Scott, fumbling around the ink-
.stand, trying to write, says to his daugh
ter: "O, take me back to my room; there
.is no rest for Sir Walter but in the grave."
.Stephen Girard. the wealthiest man in bis
day, or, at any rate, only second in
"-wealth, says: "I live the lifo of a galley
"slave; when I arise in the morning my
one effort is to work so hard that 1 can
j!eep when it gets to be night." Charles
'Lamb, applauded of all the world, in the
very midst of his literary triumph says:
"-D3 you remember, Bridget, when we
rid to Hugh from the shilling gallery at
the play? There are now no good plays to
laugh at from the boxes." But why go so
lar as that I used to go no further than
your street to find illustrution of what I
am saying.
Pick me out ten successful wordlings
without any religion, and you know what
I mean by successful wordlings pick me
out ten successful wordlings. and you can
not find more than one that looks happy.
Care drags him across the bridge; care
drags himliack. Take your stand at two
o'clock at tho corner of Nassau and Wall
street, or at the corner of Canal street and
Broadway and see the agoniz-d pbysiog-noin'e-.
Your bink'rs, your insurance
men, your importers, your wholesalers
and your retailers as a class as a class,
are they happy ? No. Care dogs their
steps, and making no appeal to God for
help or comfort, they are tossed every
whither. How has it been with you, my
hearer? Are yon more contented in tho
house of fourteen rooms than you were in
the two rooms you had in a house when you
started? Have you not had more care and
v-orriment since you won that $50,000 than
.you did before? Some of the poorest
men I have ever known have been
.those of groat fortune. A man of small
means may be put in great business
straits, but the ghastliest of all embar
rassments is that of the man who has
largo estates. The men who commit sui
cide because of monetary losses are those
who can not bear the burden any more
because they have only a hundred thou
sand left
On Bowling Green, New York, there is
a house where Talleyrand used to go. He
was a favoi ite mau. All the world knew
him and he bad wealth almost unlimile J;
-yet at the close of h's life he says: "Be
hold, eighty-three years have passed
without any practical result; save fatigua'
of bo Iv and fatigue or mind, great dis
couragemeut fcr the future and great dis
gust for the past." Oh, my friends, this
is "a south land" aud it slopes off toward
deserts of sorrows; and the prayer which
Aehah made to her father, Caleb, we
make this day to ourfatber, God: "'Thou
hast given me a south land, give me also
springs of water.' And he gave tbeui the
.,-r.na- cnriniri and the n ether anrin Era.' "
Blessed be God I .We have more
vantages given us than we can real
appreciate. We have, spiritual bless;
.offered us in this word which I sbi
the nether springs and glories 1
world to come which I shall call the sMr
springs. i
Where shall I find words enongh thread
ed with light to set forth the pleasure of
leligion. David, unable to describe it in
words, played it on a harp. Mrs. Hemans,
' .not finding enough power in prose, sings
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that praise in a canto. Christopher Wren,
nnable to describe it in language, sprung
it
into .the
arches of St. Paul's. John
Bunyas, unable to present it Jn ordinary
phraseology, takes all the fasciuation of
allegory. Handel, with ordinary music
unable to reach the height of the theme,
rouses it up in an oratorio. O, there is no
life on earth so happy as a really Chris
tian life. I do not mean a sham Christian
life, but a real Christian life. Where
there is a thorn there is a whole garland
of roses. Where there is one groan there
are three doxologies. Where there is one
day of cloud there is a whole season of
sunshine. Take tho humblest Christian
man that you know angels of God cano
py him with their white wings; the light
nings of heaven are his armed allies; the
Lord is his Shepherd, picking out for him
green pastures by still waters; if he walk
forth Heaven is his bodyguard; if he sit
down to food his plain table blooms into
the K ug's banquet. Men say: '"Look at
that old fellow with the .vorn-out coat;"
theaimels of God cry: 'Lift up your
heads, ye everlasting gates, and let Jiim
come in!" Fastidious people cry: "Get
off my front steps;" the doorkeepers of
Heaven cry: "Come, you blessed of my
Father, inherit the kingdom!" When he
conies to die, though he may be carried
out in a piuo box to the potter's field, to
that potter's Held th) chariots of Christ
will come down and tho cavalcado will
crowd all the boulevards of Heaven.
I bless Christ for tho prosent satisfac
tion of relig on. It makes a man all right
with reference to the past; it makes a
man all right with reference to the luluie.
O these nether springs of comfort! They
are pareunia!. The foundation of God
standeth sure having this seal. "The Lord
kuoueth them that are His." ."The mount
ains shall depart aud the bills be re
moved, but My kindness shall not depafX
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1 tho covenant of
1, saith thfimpnl,
them." O, Ulster
irnished gdUT O,
fi urn thee, neither shall tho covenant of
My peace be removed,
who hath murcv upon them
of diamonds set iu burn
nether springs of comfort bursting
through all the valleys of trial aud tribu
lation! When you see, you of the wot Id, what
satisfaction theieis on earth in religion
do you not thirst after it as the daughter
of Caleb thirsted after tho water springs?
It is no stagnant pond, scummed over
with malaria, but springs of water leap
ing from the Hock of Ages! Take up one
cap of that spring water, and across the
top of the chalice will float the delicate
shadows of the heavenly wall, the yellow
of jasper, the green of emerald, tho blue
of sardonyx, the fire of jacinth. I wish I
could make you undor.-tand the Joy reli
gion is to some of us. It makes a man
happy while he lives and glad when he
dies. With two feet upon a chair and
bursting with dropsies, I heard an old
man in the poor house cry out: "B'ess
tho Lord, O, my soul !" I looked around
and said: "What has this man
got to thank God for?'' It
makes tlic lame mm leap like the hart nilti
ihe dumb sing. Tliev jay that the old
1'uriian religion is a juictless and joyless
religion; but-. I remember reading of Dr.
Goodwin, tho celebrated Puritan, who in
his last moments said: ' Is this dying?
Vflyj0ty how abides in strength! I am
swnltowed up in God." "Her ways are
asantnes. and all her paths
O. you have been trying to
urso.ves with tho "south land"
world, do you not feel that you
ould. tills 'luornin-;. lifcs to havtt access
to The nether springs of spiritual comfort?
Would you not like to have Jesus Christ
bend over your cradle and bless your
table and heal your wounds, aud strew
flowers of consolation all up and down
the graves of your dead?
Tis religion that can give
Swietcsi pleasures while tve live;
"lis religion can supply
Sweetest comfort when we die.
But I have something better to tell you,
suggested by my text. It seems that old
father Caleb on the wedding day of his
daughter wanted to make her just as
happy as possible. Though Othniel was
taking her nway, and his heart was almost
broken bcciuse she was going, yet he gives
her a "south land;" not only that, but the
upper springs. O God, my Father, I
thank Thee that thou hast given me a
'South laud" in this world, and the nether
springs of spiritual comfort in this world;
but, more than all. I thank Thee for the
upper springs in Heaven.
It is very fortunate we can not see
Heaven until wo get into it. O Christian
man, if yon could see what a place it is
ne would never g-t you back again to the
otlico or store or shop, and the duties you
ought to perform would go neglected. I
am glad 1 shall not see that world until I
enter it Suppose we were allowed to go
on an excursion into that goo 1 land with
t!.e idea of returning. When we got there,
and heard the song, and looked at their
raptured faces, on I mingled iu the super
nal society, we would cry out: "hit us
stay! We are coming here anyhow.
Why take the trouble of going back again
to that old world? We are here now; let
us stay." Aud it would take angelic vio
lence to put us out of that world if we
one J got there. But as people who can not
afford to pay for an entertaiunicut some
timas come around it and look through
the door ajar, or through the open
ings in the fence, so we come and look
through tho cr vices in that good land
which God has provided for us. We can
just catch a glimpse of it. We come near
enough to hear the rumbling of the eter
nal orchestra, though not near enough to
know who blows the cornet or who fingers
the harp. My soul spreads ut both wings
and clnps them in triumph at the thought
of those upper spr ngs. One of tbem
breaks from beneath the throne; another
breaks forth from beneath the altar of the
temple; another at the door of "the bouse
of many mansions." Upper springs of
gladness! Upper springs of light! Upper
springs cf love! It is no fancy of mine.
'The Lamb which is in the midst of the
throne shall lead them to living fountains
of water." O Saviour divine, roll in apon
our souls one of those antici
pated raptures! Pour around the
roots of the parched tongue oie
drop of that liqiid life! Tos before
our vision those fountains of God, rain
bowed with eternal victory. Hear it.
Thev are never sick there; not so much as
a headache or twinge rheumatic, or thrust
neuralgic. The inhabitant never says:
"I am sick." They are never tired there.
Flight to farthest world is only the play
of a holiday. They never sin there. It is
as easy for them to be holy as it is for us
to sin. They never die there. You might
go through all the outskirts of the great
city and find not one place where the
ad was broken for a grave. The eye-
of the redeemed is never blurred
a t ears, There is health in every cheek.
ere is spring in every foot There is
Jssty on every brow. There is joy in
every heart. There is bosanna on every
lip.
How they must pity us as they look over
and down and see ns and say: "Poor
things away down in that world." And
when some Christian is hurled into a fatal
accident they cry: "Good! He is com
ing 1" And when we stand around the
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couch of some loved one (whose strength
is going away) and we shake our heads
forebodingly, they cry: "I am glad he is
worse; he has been down there long
enough. There, he is dead! Come Home!
Come home!" O. if we could only get
our ideas about that future world untwist
ed our thought of transfer from hereto
there would be as pleasant to us as it was
to a little child that was dying. She said:
"Papa, when will I go home?" And ho
said: "To-day, Florence." "To-day? So
soon? I am so glad!"
I wish I could stimulate you with these
thoughts, O, Chiistiau mau, to the highest
possible exhilaration. The day of your
deliverance is coming, is coming. It is
rolling on with tho shining wheels of the
day and the jet wheels of the night
Every thump of the heart is only a ham
mer stroke striking off another chain of
cloy. Better scour tho deck and coil the
rope, the harbor is only six miles away.
Jesus will conu down in the "Narrows"
to meet you. Now is your salvation nearer
than when you believed.
Uiiforgiv-n man, unpardoned man, will
you not make a choice between these two
portions, Letween the "south land" of
this world, which slopes to the desert, and
this glorious land which thy Father effer
thee, running with eternal water courses?
Why let your tongue be consumed with
thirst when there are the nether springs
and tho upper springs, comfort here aud
glory heieafter?
Let me tell you, my daar brother, that
tho s illfust and wickedest thing a man
ever does is to njoct Jesus Christ. Tho
loss of the soul is u mistake that can not
be corrected. It is a downfall that knows
no alleviation; it is a ruin that is remedi
less; it is a sickness that has no medica
ment; it is a grave into uh.ch a man goes
Lut never comes tut. Therefor-?, putting
my hand on your shoulder as a lrthtr
puts his hand on theshculder of a bi other,
I say this day: Be manly and surrender
your heart to Christ You have be en long
enough serving the world; now begin to
servo the Lord who bought you. You
have tried long enough to carry these
burdens; let Jesus Christ put His shoulder
und.r your Lurden.
Do I hear any one in the audience say:
"I mean to attend to that after awhile;
it is not just the time?" I: is tho time for
the simple reason, that you are sure of no
other; and God sends you hero this morn
ing, and He sent me here to comfort you
with this messagor and you must hear
now that Christ died to save your soul,
and that if you want to be saved you may
ho saved. "Whosoever will, let him
come." You will never find any more
convenient season than this. Some of
you have been waiting ten, twenty, thirty,
forty, fifty and sixty years. Oa some of
you the snow has fallen. I see it on your
brow, and yet you have not attended to
those duties which belong to the very
springtime of life. It is September with
you now, it is October with you, it is De
ceinber with you. I am no alarmist. I
sim2Iy know this: if a min'does not re
pent in this world ho never ropents at nil,
ami that now is the day of salvation. O,
,ut off this matter no longer. Do not turn
your back on JesUi Christ, who comes to
save you. lest you suould Ios your soul.
On Monday morning n friend of mine
started Jrom New York to celebrate her
birthday with her daughter in Virginia.
Ou Saturday of the same week, just after
sunriseI stood at the gate of Greenwood
waiting for her silent form to come in. It
is a long tourney to take in one week
from New. York to Philadelphia, from
Philadelphia to Baltimore, from Baltimore
to Washington, from Washington to
Virginia, Worn Virginia to the great eter
nity. "What thy hand fin doth to do, do it.
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MRS. MADISON'S COMPLIMENTS.
The First Message That Ever Was Ticked
Over a Telegraph Wire.
In your issue of this morning you
have a reference to Mistress Dolly
Madison, justly lauding; her woman
liness and advi&ing- young' writers to
study her free and charming style.
No better advice could be given. This
reference to Mistress Dolly brings to
my mind the fact that Mistress Dolly
carried to her grave sin honor never
presented to any other woman, nnd
one that can never befall again.
History, you know, is not always to bo
relied upon. It is due to the memory
of Mistress Madison that I correct an
accepted historical statement as to the
first telegraphic message ever sent
over a wire. It is generally supposed
that the words, "What hath God
wrought," were tho first four words
thus transmitted. This is not true.
When Prof. Morse was in Washing
ton preparing to test tho telegraph line
which had been erected at Govern
ment expense between Washington
and Baltimore he was attended by sev
eral gentlemen frionds. among whom
was Congressman John P. "Wetherill,
of Maryland. Prof. Morso rang up
the Baltimoro office, then located in a
room over the post-office at Fayette
and Xorth streets, and having received
an answering signal ho announced
that he was ready to trans
mit a message to Baltimore. At
this juncturo Congressman Wetherill
suggested that, as communication by
electricity was a great .event in the
world's history, the honor of sending
the first message should be bestowed
upon some one identified with the Na
tion's progress. This suggestion met
with approval, but none could think
of a person whom this honor would
conspicuously befit. Suddenly Weth
erill cried out: "I have it! Mrs.
Madison i-in Washington and she is
just the person!"
That distinguished lady was sent
for and in half an hour she arrived,
duly excited, but with tho heavenly,
obliging smile she always wore. Prof.
Morse asked her to write out a brief
message to some friend in Baltimore,
and Mrs. Madison accordingly wrote
a line to the wife of the Congressman,
simply tlufwords: "Mrs. James Mad
ison's compliments to Mrs. Wetherill."
The first message was ticked off and
shortly thereafter reached Mrs. Weth
erill at her country home in tho sub
urbs of BaltHpore, having been dis
patched from" the Baltimoro office by
a courier on horseback.
Several other preliminary messages,
such as How are you?" etc., were
sent, and then came the formal commu
nication: "What hath God wrought."
These facts were narrated to me by
Congressman Wetherill in 1847. Cor.
Chicago-News.
TWO VISIONS.
My friend Is dwelling in spacious halls.
Paintings and statues adorn her wall.
She treads on velvet nnd sleeps on down.
Laces and jewels caver her gown.
The earth's four corners yield up to her
Their gold and purple, perfumes and tayrrh;
The artist and sculptor find new graca
In every curve of her radiant face;
The siUer strings of the poet's lyre
Swell to the tune of her heart's desire.
I only muse to myself and ay:
"The fashions of this world pass away."
Iters the palaces, statues and rings
The joys of the world "ric'its ftare iriny.
Bat while I muse there passes from ma
That slowing vMon. ami Mi I bee:
Her palace wa 1 ara riven apart
From broken statu-5 winced creatures start;
I see the dust on her payment's hen.
Her mirrors cracked, distorted and dim;
Moths ere riotln? over her frown.
Mildew inva hnjr her bed or dawn:
Purple and gold and jewels and mvrrh.
LiUc smoke have vanished away from her;
The poet's harp with its trailing strings
No more of her love and beauty slr.jr:
The c'ory gone from her summer day.
Her world and Its fashions have passed a'cny;
V.'tiJc her soul in trarail with evil things.
Learn-, all too late that "riches have wing-.''
51. II. Lawless, in Demorest's 5IonthIy.
CONCERNING IHE EARS.
Common Habits "which Frequently
Injure Them.
Jletboda to Pursue When Symptom of
Disease Appear Danger From ricking;
tho Ears and the Imlucrlininate
Vie of Favorite KeiueOies.
The ears aro so often subject to dis
ease, especially in early life, that peo
ple should know more of them than
they now generally do. A little, but
not much, can be said about the care
they need. The real apparatus of hear
ing is, fortunately, so well constructed,
and so well protected in its situation,
it does very well, as a rule, under tho
"let alone treatment."
Anatomists have divided the car into
three parts. A description of two is
comparatively easy, but the other is
too difficult to undertake. The drum
of the ear is the dividing line between
tho external aud the so-called middle
ear. The drum lies about an inch and
a quarter within the passage. Beyond
the drum is the actual hearing appa
ratus. The outermost part of the ex
ternal ear is trumpet-shaped, so as to
receive and collect sounds from all
quarters. The middle ear, lying back
of the drum, is a small cavity which
communicates with deep caverns, which
are also a part of the hearing appa
ratus. The middle ear also communi
cates with the upper part of the throat
properly tho pharynx by a narrow
passage called the eustachian tube.
Hence it will be seen that but for the
drum , of the ear there would be one
continuous passage from the outer ear
to the throat. Patients who have suf
fered perforation of the drum will very
readily appreciate this fact, for in
blowing the nose tho air escapes
through tho ear with a whistling sound.
The eustachian tube plays several im
portant parts. Were' it not forthat the
drum, owing to the absence of air on
one side, would not vibrate, and the
hearing power, while not necessarily
wholly destroyed, would be very much
impaired.
Although the drum of the ear lies
an inch and a quarter within the pas
sago it is very often injured, nnd. in fact,
destroyed by the wanton carelessness
in picking the ears. An instrument
quite often used for that purpose is the
hair-pin. Jn picking the ears possible
injury to the drum is by no means the
only danger to be apprehended. The
lining of the ear passage is- quite sen
sitive to irritation. It requires but
very little rubbing or scratching to in
flame it, and even if that irritation be
limited to tho outermost part of the
passage, as ifcis where only tho finger
is used, there is a decided tendency
for the troublo caused to extend up to
and involve the drum. Many people
must have noticed that after even gen
tly picking the oar there soon was- felt
an uncomfortable sense of fullness deep
within, giving evidence of an extension
of tho irritation. Picking the ear, even
if limited to the outer part of itv also
gives rise to small abscesses, which
are exceedingly painful and slow to
disappear. There is naturally always
a small amount of wax in the cars.
People generally think that theyshould
remove that from time to time, and. for
the purpose a varioty of car- spoons
have been constructed. It is true that
there aro occasional cases where the
wax accumulates to such an extent it
threatens to fill up tho passage. BuVtjnjch as bronchitis, etc- then thss ears
that condition of things is scarcely
ever noted in a healthy ear- Nature
has made such provisions that the wax
is properly disposed of if it, is not med
dled with. The glands which, secrete
it are on the upper wall of the passage,
which has just sufficient 44nitch" to let
it roll out. If ne knows the fact ho
need not try to aid nature in
removing the was, for in so doing
he will most probably defeat her plans
by pushing it far within,, where the
floor of the canal slopes in the oppo
site direction- That done, the wax is
liable to remain there until picked, out,
or in some other way removed. It is
generally the rule that where one is
careful to keep tho ear free of wax. its
secretion is very greatly increased in
consequence of the irritation set up.
All interference with tho outer pas
sage of the ear is fraught with danger,
and even in using the towel after bath
ing the face the parts about tho ear
should be touched with great gentle
ness. Many people incautiously make
themselves deaf by using a towel or
handkerchief, rolled in the shape of a
wedge, to wipe out the ear. An oc
casional itching of the ear is almost
always overcome by rubbing near the
passage just in front of the ear. Where
the itching is quite constant, a -diseased
condition of the lining of the passage
will be found, and to effect a cure the I
services of a physician will be needed.
The itching may bo temporarily re
lieved with warm, weak soleratus
water, dropped into the passage. It is
a common nractice in such cases and
many others to drop into the ear sweet
oil or glycerine. Their use can scarcely
over be justified, and certainly in some
conditions of tho ear it is absolutely
forbidden as harmful. Not only is itch
ing when severe an evidence of trouble
within the ear, but all such sensations
as of fullness, of burning or of pain,
also indicate that there is some disease
going on therein, and, of course, a
physician should be consulted. For
these symptoms and for some others
the syringe is frequently brought into
service. Very generally that instru
ment is a small glass affair which u
well nigh valuless for tho purpose to
which it is put. To syringe out the
ears is a very nice operation, and one
can scarcely do it properly without be
ing instructed by a physician. Where
there is any deposit in the ear, as of
hardened wax, etc., a considerable
quantity of water must be thrown into
it in order to do any good. Again,
tho stream must bo properly di
rected or more harm than good will
result; instead of being dislodged and
washed out. the offending substance to
be removed will be driven further in
and become packed against the drum.
Thcu, there aro other things to be con
sidered in this connection. In using a
syringe, if a stream of water is thrown
against tho drum with too great force,
injury is sure to result. In that way it
is possible to rupture tho drum, but if
that is not done inflammation will very
likely be the consequence. Again,
water too hot or too cold may set up an
inflammation. Therefore, all things
considered, the rule is fixed that syring
ing the ear should never be done unless
a physician has advised, it aud given
ample instructions as to all its details.
In all cases of earache, the sufferer
should consult a physician a special
ist in diseases of the car. if possible
instead of trying the effects of poultices.
4 'earache drops." onions or tobacco
smoke and similar favorite remedies.
These never need to be used to relievo
painful ears. Oftentimes the earache
is only a sign of disease in distant
parts; as, for instance, decaying teeth
often cause reflex pains in the ear. It
is easy to soe tho utter absurdity of
treating tho ear in such cases. Usually,
and, indeed, almost always in children
an earacho siguilies an inflammation in
the middle ear, which, as has been
stated, lies beyond the drum. In every
case where that symptom is complained
of, tho parent should determine
whether or not the hearing power is im
paired. That is easily done by stopping
up the unaffected ear and asking the
child a question. If he does not answer
promptly, then his hearing power is
lessened, and there is disease. In such
cases an accurate knowledge of tho
condition of tho ear must be had before
rational treatment can be given. About
the only remedy which is safe to be ad
ministered by parents on their own
responsibility is dry heat over the ear
by the means of hot flannels, bran bags
and the like. Young children by far
the most often suffer from earache, and
they are the ones who- have not learned
"how to blow tho nose," and so
mechanically open the passage from
the throat to the ear. through which
the air entors to the cavity beyond the
drum. Among the children who fre
quently suffer from etirache it is also
noted that quite a large proportion
have chronic throat or nasal troubles,
enlarged tonsils, "catarrh" and the
like. When this is tho caso a perfect
cure is impossible unless, these affec
tions are overcome.
An irritation in one-part of the body
will oftentimes give rise to a peculiar
manifestation in some other part of it,
even quite distant. One illustration
that of the decayed tooth and the
aching car has already been given.
As another illustration is instanced the
fact that when one tickles his ear
with his finger ho feels quite a strong
inclination to cough. Xow. children
often have a dry nervous- cough with
out any apparent trouble about the
throat or chest. Very often in such
cases there is found in the ear some
thing or other, like lumps of wax.
which excites an- irritation, and so in
duces the cough, which is then called
"car cough." from this it will appear
that where a persistent cough exists.
for which thero is no aDoarent reason.
&-ghtto be carefully examined.
Rupture by concussion of air is one
of the- most common accidents, which
happeirto the drum of the ear. Sud
den and intense noises,, such as cannon
firing, are-likely to cause it, and more
especially-if the mouth is closed. Rup
ture may even be caused by screaming
suddenly into a person's ear. Blows f
on the ear urea frequent canse of the
accident, and,, hence, boxing' the ears,
a form of punishment quite often re
sorted, to by parents, is absolutely sin
ful. Rupture of the drum takes place
most easily where there is some disease
of the ear. like that which occasionally
coraplicates catarrh of tho nose.
Bathers run some danger of rupture of
the -drum; it has been known to be
caused by direct force of a sea wave
striking the side of the head. The
same accident is liable to occur in deep
diving as the consequence of water
pressure.
When the drum of the ear is rup
tured recovery may take place and
there be no very noticeable impair
ment of the hearing power. Of course
much 'depends upon the extent and
situation of the rupture. A small
wound of the drum tends to heal very
quickly; it is scarcely likely that the
drum would be restored where the
rupture is of any considerable siz
The extent of hearing power loft where
there has been rupturo and a perfora
tion of the drum exists varies much in
different cases. In one case the hear
ing may bo very good notwithstanding:
there is quite a large hole in tho drum,
whereas in another there may be al
most total deafness. Of course tho dif
ferences duo largely to the change?
which take place iu tho deeper parts of
the hearingapparatus. Boston Herald.
RELIGIOUS RAG
BAGS.
IVhat Mr. Kennan Saw WhUu
J-idiiisr
Thrnugli ttie Tran-ltulk:t.
All day Wednesday we rode south
ward through a rather dreary and deso
late region of sandy pine barrens or
wido stretches of short, dead grass,
brokeu hero and there by low hill-fcov-ered
with" birches, larches and ever
greens. Sow and then wo met a train
of small, one-horse wagons loaded with
tea that had come overland across Mon
golia from Pekin, or two or three
mounted Burints. (Boor-vats) in dish
panshaped hats and longbrown kaftans
(kaf-taiw). upon the breasts of which
had been sewn zigzags of red cloth that
suggested a rude Mongolian' imitation
of the Puritan "Scarlet. Letter." As a
rule, however, the road seemed to be but
little traveled and scantily settled, and
in a ride of nearly fifty miles wo saw
nothing of interest except here and
there on summits of hills, small sacred
piles of stones, which Mr. Frost called
"Buriat shrines." All over Siberia it
is tho custom of the natives when they
cross the top of a high hill or moun
tain to make a propitiatory offering to
the spirits of storm and tempest. In
the extreme northeastern part of Sibe
ria these offerings consist generally of
tobaeco, and are thrown out on the
ground in front of some prominent and
noticeable rock: but in theTrnns-Baikal
the Burints and Mongols nrc accus
customed to pile a heap of stones be
side tho road, erect thereon half a
dozen rods or poles, and suspend from
the latter small pieces of their cloth
ing. Every pious traveler who passes
a shrine of this sort on the summit of
a mountain is expected to alight from
his Vehicle or dismount from his
horse, tear off a little piece of his kaf
tan or shirt, hang it up on one of these
poles and say a prayer. As a result of
this ceremonial, every shrine presents
to the traveler a sort of tailor s collec
tion of scraps and remnants of cloth of
every conceivable kind, quality and
color, fluttering to the wind from slen
der poles that look like hastily impro
vised fishing-rods. Theoretically this
custom would seem to be not wholly
without its advantages. If a native
was familiar with tho clothing of his
friends, he could always tell by simple
inspection of one of these shrines w ho
had lately passed that way, and. if
necessary, he could trace any particu
lar person from hilltop to hilltop by
the strips of his shirt or the frayed
edges of his,,trousers left hanging ou
tne stone-oaliasiea nsmng-rous as an
offering to the mighty gods of tho Si
berian tempests. In practice, however,
this might nofc bo feasible unless one
could remember all the old clothes of
the person whom one wished to trace
and the ancestral rags and tatters of
that person's- family. From a careful
examination that we made of a number
of shrines we became convinced that
every religious Buriat keeps a religious
rajrbajr. which he carries with him
when he travels and to which he has
recourse whenever it becames neces
sary to decorate thesaered fishing-po'.es
of the storm-gods. I am sure that
such miserable, decayed scraps and
tatters ot raiment as we saw fluttering
in the wind, over the shrines between
Selinginsk nnd Eiakhta never could
have been, cut or trrt from any gar
ments that were- actually in wear.
George Kennan. in Century.
NATURE'S SUBSTITUTES.
Trees That Enable Man to DWprnje With
the Slaughter-of Animata.
Nature-seems tohave provided many
ways to- enable us- to dispense with
the slaughter of animals if we will.
For an instance of this in domesticuso.
besides the soap-tree bark, which is
perfectly cleansing- in properly, we
have the tallow-tree, a tree reaching a.
height of forty feet, the seeds of whose
flowers are covered with something re
sembling tallow, which rises to tho top
whea the seeds arc-thrown into boiling
water, and. being- skimmed off and
pressed, mkas a hard cake of tallow,
from which excellent candles are man- '
ufactured, and which can be used in
various salves and ointments. The tree
p-rodncing this really valuable substance
is a native of China, but now is- to be
fsund aU along our southeast sen-coast.
Another tallow-producing growth. al
though not known generally as such.
is tho fragrant bayberry, the sheath of
whose berries yields a hard -nd spicy
waxea product or a gray-gren color,,
which, although not so mucin used. is.
ef nearly equal worth with that of the.
tallow-tree, and which is la some re
spects superior to the tallow of any
animal, except possibly those oxen that
arelfedjor two-thirds of the year upon
hay and'what is called dry fodder. It
may be a fanciful notion, but there is
something to our way of thinking much
pleasanter in the light,, and heat fur
nished by a vegetable substance than
in that resulting from burning-animal
fat, however thorough the process,
Harper's Bazar.
Plenty of men can tell yoa what
the score of the day's base ball game
was, and be at the same time utterly
unable to say any thing about their
own scores at the corner grocery
Merchant Traveler. sf
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A little boy, on returning from
Sunday school, said to his mother:
"This catechism is too hard; isn't
there any kittyciams for little boysf
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