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YO1JR FIELD?
The Rev. Dr. Talmage 'Tells of Work to
Be Done,
A despatch fromWashington eays
ner. Dr. 'Talmage peeached fromthe
following text —•'''ato the cerpentes
: empires of the departed shall rise
from the dust, and "Come, ye bless-
ed," and "Depart ye cursed" shall
• e
eneouraged the goldsmith, and he
that emootheth with the hammer him
Chat emote the anvil,"--Isaiale xli. 7,
There haa leeen war naado upon
idolatry, and it friends gathered to
the scene. The carpenter went to
work and eat out idols to take the
place of thoefe that had been destroy-
ed, and the blacksmith fashioned parts
of the idol ou the anvil and the gold-
en:01h adorned what the other two
mechanies had made. "The carpen-
ter encouraged the goldsmith ancl he
that emeotheth with the hammer hills
that emote the anvil." When I read
that passage I wonderea why it was
that in the kingdom of God we could
not be jut as well banded together—
why, Since there is work for every
Chrietian naan to do, we could not all
be encouraging each other. I encour-
ing you by the way I do my work,
and you Me by the way in which you
do your work, and so, in a spiritual
and Christian sense, "the carpenter
encteuraging the goldsmith, and he
that stnootheth with the hammer him
that smote the anvil." ;
• I propose in the first place to ad-
dress myself to those who profess the
faith of Chriat, and in the next place
to addreea •myself .to „those who pro-
fess not to be, Christians, for ray dear
friends, you all profess one thing or
the other in regard to the religion
of Jesus Christ. I want, before I get
through, to point all these Chriatia.n
hien and women to some atyle of work.
I don't believe that a man can be a
child of God and have no anxiety about
the redemption of the people. Many
of you have sworn before high heav-
en that vou will be the Lord's; and
before I get through speaking to-
night, the Holy Spirit will tell you
stornethina you ought to do, and it
will be at the infinite peril of your
onamortal soul if you refuse to do it.
In the first place here are the
ELDERS OF THE CHURCH.
It is very plain what their work ig.
It ia our work to help me in sva.tch-
bag this great flock. Siekness will
come to one of these church members;
be there and pray for him. Death
will com.e into some of tbe households
of this congregation; befoie they
have time to put crape an the door
bell, I want you to be there to talk
of Jesus, who is 'the resurrection and
' the life!' Here in a young man who
wants to become a Christian, but he
does not know, ,how to start. Ells fa-
ther cannot tell' him. •Take him
by the arm, walk with him
down the street, and be-
fore you leave Seim be sure his feet are
oas the road to heaven. You are not
called to be a king over a nation; you
are not called to be general in an
army; but God has given you the
higheet honour—he has put into your
handthe keye of the kingdom. Be
thou faithful unto death and Christ
will give thee a crown..
Here are the deacons of the church.
They ought to be familiar with the
dark lanes and rotten stairs and the
damp cellars of these cities. There are
hundreds of Imffering, stretching out
their hands for bread. Give it to them.
Do you hear the cry of that freezing
woman? Go give speed to your feet
while you buy her coal .and pay her
rent and tell her of that land where
they never freeze and never starve.
what •a beautiful work that is. Oh,
the reward of those who are faithful
to the outcast and the suffering 'and
the poor ,
Then, here are the trustees of the
church. Let them look after the
chuocia finances as well as thy look
after their own business. Let them
know that God backs them up in their
Work, and that what .they do for the
church.they do for God. In the name
of him nvho will judge the quick and
the dead 1 bid you rouse up to that
/work; the importance of which you
•.will not appreciate until the laet day
comes,
AND THE 13001tS ARE OPEN.
Then, there is the Sunday school
field. It ia an immense congregation
in itself. Oh, the work it is doing,
It is waiting for some of you to help.
Hark, I hear in the tramping of those
little feet the marching of °timing gen-
erations, and in the hosanna that this
afternoon rang in . the teaiple, I
hear another peen in the hal-
lelujahs of heaven. Oh, when
you close your eyes in the last sleep,
do you not want your influence felt
in the church and state. The lambs
on the cold mountains are waiting
for you to shepherd them. Do you
say they are nothing but little chil-
dren and of no great account? Does
it seem a stooping for you to go
there? That child has covered up in
in the ashes of his body a spark of
immortality which svill blaze on with
-untold splendor long after the sun
has did of old age and all the; count-
less Worlds that glitter at night
shall be swept off by the Alnaiglity's
breath as the small dust of the
threshing floor. That soul at death
will speed ,quieker than the eagle,
• swifter, than lightning, swifter than
thought forever and forever upward
until loat in God, or plunge down in-
to endless' night. You are deciding
whether it shall go upward or down-
ward.
Then, there is the praying circle.
Every Friday night you can ,go there
Mad pluck clusters of life for ,your
owrt soul and the Souls of others. Had
any one ever heard you pray? Is it
became you are ashamed of your
peat •gralonnar or ashamed of Jesus
that you have not beCrl heard there?
Is it bet:ease illiterate men gometimes
take part and your taste is offended?
Oh, when the long roll .of Judgment
,thUnders phall 'wake the de a
nd the air, do jou think such an
excuse as that will stand? Oh, have
you been living all these years in
this world of trouble, and has no one
ever heard you pray/ I hear coming
up through all the streets of • the
city a cry of bereavement uncom-
forted; of drunkenness unpitied; of
uncleanness that know e no way of re-
formatton• Behold, the gambling
hells! h
BEHOLD, THE GROGSIIOPS!
Behold the brothels I 0 Lord Joeus,
did'st thou weep over .the City, 'and
shall we stand stolidly looking at all
this wreck of broken families and
broken fortunes and broken hearts?
work he of tLord—that so many
of these people are corning up to the
work of the Lord—that so many
are enlisted, hundreds 'more this
year than last year, and yet I shall
not be satisfied until 1 rsee every
man and woman belonging to thia
chuich thoroughly enlisted for the
Lord, Come, my friends, do what
you can. In the name of the Lord
Jesus Christ and • knowing that in
judgment you and I must give an ac-
count before God, I charge you to
gather up all your energies of body
and mind and soul and unite them in
one direotion in behalf of Christ's
kingdom. Oh, it is a great aervice.
I want you to understand, you Chris-
tians who are drones in the hive, 'do-
ing nothing, that you are missing
your chief satisfaction. Look at the
life of a .man• who serves God and Of
one svho serves-thenw-orld.e'Soma of
you will be dead before this year is
ended. "What thy hand findeth to
do, do it with all thy might, for there
is no knowledge nor wisdom nor de-
vice in the grave whither we are all
hastening."
But now the rest of nay remarks
are to those who profess not to be
Christians. I do not want to sweep
the gospel net through this audience
to -night and catch two or three souls,
but to catch a thousand. I want to
ask you why it is that you have not
beconae Christians? .There is a man
who says; "Because I am waiting
for a revival before 1 come to
Christ." What do you call this?
During the past few years we have
had
A PERPETUAL REVIVAL.
The constant cry among the people
has been; "Which is the way to
heaven?" Why is it that the sil-
ence in our assemblage e makes it
seem as if the audience were listen-
ing for the footstep of Christ on the
church aisle? Oh, if you have been
waiting for a revival, it has come,
not by earthquake, or storm, but by
a still small voice, and a deep 'surg-
ing tdand feo of heart -felt einotion.
The tide sets in toward the beach, and
all you have -to do is M let yonrselves.
float •in on the laillow. God, to-
night., shakes at the door of your
soul. Whether you listen to me or
not, whatever may have been the nate-
tive that brought you here to -night,
whether you like my preaching or
not—the Lord God Almighty this
moment rattles at the door of your
soul.
There are some of you who say you
are kept back by your worldly en-
gagements. You say: "I have so much
to do." 0 my dear brethren, win
you let your store, your office, your
shop, stand between you and heaven?
0 my Godi show l that man the folly
of letting anything stand • between
him and heaven! There is somebody
in the audience who says; "I am
afraid some one will laugh at me: if
I become a Christian." Would you
want to let anybody know you wept
over sin? Wouldn't it be infinite
rao.rtifica,tioe if anybody .should find
you on your knees? win you allow
your soul to be eaught in such a thin
trap 'as human acorn? Can these peo-
ple who laugh at your seriousness in-
su.re you for the future? Can they
bridge the chasm. between this world
and the.next, and ,open 'for you; the
gate into the (skies? If so. let„ this
'religion •Of 'Olariat go' down under a
rolley of merriment.. But they -can't
help you, and
YOU KNOW THEY CAN'T.
When the earth crackles in the last
etre, and the mountains crash into
ruin, and the .throne of judgment
shall be set, white, flaming, omnipo-
tent, what will be all this laughing
and jeering o,f your associates!
I hear Jesus saying to that young
man: "San, give me thy heart.," and
I hear hien call to some young wo-
man as to the maiden in the Scripture:
"Darnael, I say unto thee, arise." Oh,
that it might be like the crowning
of a May queen, as the garlands of
God came down upon the brows of
these dear young people.
I hear some say, "I am too old."
Alas. haw old art thou? Seventy?
Eighty? That is not too old. If
thou. can et not do any more than
tremble towards thC CCOSS, if thou. art
too weak to -night to hold thy staff,
if all thy soul seern.s to be bound down
with sorrow, just stumble thy 'way
andput thy withered ,arnes around
that erase, and life and joy and par-
don and pewee arid salvation will come
to you. Though your sine are as
scarlet. they shall be as spesve though
they be red like crimson, they shall
be as wool. No, you are not too old.
I hear some' one say: "Give me more
Limn to think of this!" What is time?
We wrote cotoapositions upon it in
achool, bat What is time? It is a
very swift wheel, and it goes around
Sixty times in a initiate and every
Lime it turns it hurls souls into eter-
nity. Oh, what an uncertain thing
life is! 0 ye who are voyaging on
in life drearniag of beaven, of r(he
fruits of the tree of life, of heavenly
supplies will you Over get them? Or
will any of you wake up at last as
from a dream to find nothizeg but
darkness and hunger and thirst end
woe? I wish I could batter down
to -night the laat obstaele in the way
of your coming toeGod. •"As J•liveaa
earth the Lord; "1 have no nkenaure in
the death of him thet (Hotta" 'turn yet THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
why will ye die? You, read in this s
Bible that the Isreelites were all
surrounded; there vas the Red Sea
before them and inountains on either
aide, and laharaohe host right after
them, You are as thoroughly
surrounded—eternity before you,
eternity behind you, eternity an
the right hand and • eternity
on the left hand, eteraitY above
you, eternity beneath your Oh, eter-
nity! What glory and despair.
What hallelujahs and mailing. What
g -littering of crowns and rattling of
chains! L'ternityl 'Where • will we
spend it? Who svill be our compan-
ions? What will be our oocupation?
Eteriaity! Eternity!' Oh, sh,oreless
sea, oh, interminable processiont oh,
unending years! Eternity: who ean
count thy joys! who can tell thy teasel
• BITS OF INFORMATION.
4. Few Paragraphs Whleh Win Ito Fount
Worth Beading.
May and November are the most
marrying month. Fewer people are
married in March than` in any other
month. '
'Ruasian railways are the most, clan-
geroup in the world. Thirty persons
in every million passengers are either
killed or hurt. '
A chip from an elm whieh Mr. Glad-
stone cut down at Flawarden in 1889
sold in London at auction for five ehil-
lings.
A curious criminal law ekists in
Greece. A man WhO IA there eentenc-
ed to death svaite two•years before the
execution of the sentence. •
The daily circtilation'of newspapers
in•the United Kingdom roae from 60,-
000 copies in '1801;, to. 70a,000 sin 1850,
and now rea.chea 8,500,000.
Profeesor S.P. Langley, is able to
measure a difference of t-emperature
of one-naillionth of a degree by means
of an instrument invented by. him.
The Iongeat-lived peOple have gen-
erally been those who rnade breakfast
the principal meal of the day. The
stomach has more vigour in the morn-
ing than at any time. ,
An enterprising wine and spirit firm
has engaged an aeronaut to give a
series of balloon ascensions in Ceylon,
and while aecending to drop small bot-
tles of whisky attached to miniature
parachutes.
It has been ascertained by experie
meats that persons who use the tele-
phone habitually hear better with the
left ear than with the right. The com-
mon practice of the telephone com-
panies is to, place the telephone so
that it will be applied to the left
ear.
Mr. Langdon, electrical engineer of
the Midland Railway, says that
by the use of electricity 8,000,000 tons
of coal woula be aaved yearly, and on
the Midlandaaystem alone £364,000'per-
annum would be the saving by, the ,
AllPerSession of steam.
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, MAY 5.
"Jesus and Peter*" .10Iut 21. 15-52. Golden
• Text, John 11. II.
f ' PRACTICAL NOTES. '
•
Vere 15. When they had dined.
When their breakfast wee over. Jesus
aaith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of
Jonas, lovest thou s me, more Allan
theee 2, Are you etill confiamat, that
you love Kne knore than the other dis-
ciplelove me ? The question was not
araked to arouse in Peter's mired, or in
the minda of his, fellows any compar-
Leon or jealousy. But Peter himself
had aroused thee by his confident
professions, Matt, 26.33; Mark, 14. 29.
and, o'far as •we know, these gentle
words are the only spoken rebuke Pet-
er ever received from our Lord for
his three denials. In reply Peter no
longer compares himself with 'others,
but, aa Dr. Churton beautifully says,
"speak e as one that'knows he 'ought
to love most, because to, him most
has been forgiven." It is noticeable
that the evang,eliet refers to his
friend ae "Simon Peter," but makes
jeeus call him, "Simon, son of Jonas."
This becomes pathetic when we re-
memtner that "Peter" was n' surname
conferred by our Lord on this en-
thusiastic man because •of, the rock-
like steadfastness he fte'resaw in •him;
but Simon had forfeited the surnante,
and•had acted in a manner,to quote
Dr. Watkins, " true 'to his :natural
name, but not true to his -apostolic
reline." Yea, Lord.; thou • knowest
that I lore thee.. Profound feeling. is
manifested in these words. Ember-
raestal—g a' s, the igneatiOn was, Peter
, must have felt sonae comfott "in -hav-
ing it aeked, for if Jesus had taulte
loat faith in him he never would have
aelred it. He at once makes his.rela-
tions with the Lord a confidential
matter --"Thou knowest." He saith un-
to him; Feed my lantibe. While our
Lord cares -for all hi a flock, he espe-
cially carea for the weak and the lit-
tle—helps most those who need most.
All who are to -day engaged in bring-
ing little children to the Lord by holy
rites, by "providing diligently • for
their instruction in the doctrine and
discipline of holiness," all primary
class teachers junior teachers inter-
mediate teacher, worker e among the
"juniors,-" of the Epworth League and
similar societies, all faithful „parents,
all people who at once love children
and love God, and are aeekere to bring
these two lovers together, are fulfill-
ing this holy injunction. See Acts 2. 09;
1 Cor. -17.14; Eph. 6. 4; I Pet. 5. •2.
'I'he end of this verse may be a pro-
per place to. pauee , to coasider how
vhat we call Mental association, the
grouping ofenemorieee enuet .have
thrilled °Peter's 'soul a.t this moment:
Our Lord's iplestion concerning his
love, and 'our Lord's' commission • to
work, each 'uttered three timea a$ we
shall ptesently eee, might well, re-
mind him of another trio—his own
three denials of the Lord; and each
of these denials had been made close
o a fire of coals. It was by the side
of this very lake, amid almost iden-
ical surroundings, that Jesus had
iret called him to be a fishes- of meta
eter's inevitable memory of these
hinge wilt account for the deep erao-
ion he snanifeated.
16. The second question simply con -
erns the apostle's love, omitting all
omparisons. Peter's answer is as
efare. The second commissioa var-
es a little frara the first. "13e a
hepherd of my sheep" would be a
ore liberal translation, with some
trong reasons to read, "my little
heep:" Thus far our Lord's word
or "love" is different from the word
sed by Peter, with a difference that
annot be represented, by any two
yards in English. It represents a
igher, More intellectual love—a love
f choice, of strong determination.
eter's• reply has an almost' self-de-
recating effeet, as if he Said, "I dare
at boast as once I did; but thou
nowest."
17., The,a.a.ere •the Lerd
„changes,tispeter's w,oed. ,and this,,Per-
„.ee,psg taa part of the, cense' of• Peter's
geiefa f or the • .claa.nge.' thay have • im-
pressed shim 'as dtxibstan exPressien
Of doubt, and he exclaims, Lord, thou
riontest all things; thou knowest that
love . thee. • The "eircumstantial
vidence" is alt e against Peter, but
e cannot doubt the genuineness of
is own love, though he cannot prove
; and surely Jesus himself, who, has
epeatedly shown a prophet's power
o read the human heart, must know
. Feed my sheep. ' "My little
heep." Dr. Watkins well expresses
he .gradation of the threefold cone-
ission thus; "1. Feed ray lambs; 2.
e a shepherd to the weak ones of
he flock; 3. Feed these weak ones."
he fundamental thought is "Live, as
have lived for others." Peter hail
adly stumbled, but 'Our Lord had
ved him; now he is to spend hid life
efforts to save other men. Re-,
ember that this conamission is giv-
n to US as truly as it was to the
)astle. • -
18, 19. Verily, verily,. I say unto
ee, phrase of enaphasis used re-
ea.tedly by John and by no other
vangelist. The rest the verse
eeas little explanation. It is made
p of , pairs of sentences. When
efer was 'Young he helPed himself;
hen -he became, old he would, be des
-,ndent upon others. When he was
oung his will power had freeplasn
hen he becomes old he is to be taken
3r• ()there against his , will. '; ,There is
ir ancient traditional' explanation of
the phrase, Thu shalt stretch forth
thy lianas, and another shall gird
thee, which refers it to a tiMC when
Peter was to be bound to a cross by
chains. This explanation doubtless
was caused by the first. words of verse
19: This spake. he, signifying by what
, death he should glorify God. Peter
refers to this, 2 Pet.L 14. It is bet-
ter to receive the word as a general
prophecy of martyrdom than as a
detailedt description of the method of
death. When he had spoken this,
he said unto him, I'olloty me. There
Me three • poesible meanings of this,
phrase. ' The one first: to suggest
• SNOW -BOUND RUSSIA.
Phenomenal Fall of Snow In Sontltern
Russia Daring Last Winter.
The snowfall in Southern Russia
during the winter months has been
phenomenal. To the middle of
March there was not a single break
in a long spell of cold weather. For
a considerable period that part of
the country was cut off' entirely from
all cornitnunication with the rest of
the world, except- by telegraph. Oda
essa was completely isolated. Rail- i
o
way traffic was at a complete stand-
still, the lines 'being blocked by
drifts averaging twelve feet deep for
miles, and:. the shipping trade of the
port was temporarily paralyzed ,in
con.sequence. Even in the environs
of Odessa ieself the extraordinary
snowstorms claimed scores of vic-
time, many peasants and even whole
families of the working class being
foundalrozen to death. • The owners
of property in the towns were espe-
cially Unfortunate. It has been esti-
r,nated that the cartage of the masses
'of snew`from the streetg; and public
places of Odessa cost. nearly half a
millien roubles, eaery,s .copeck of
whieh name out of the poekete of the,
prOpertysoveriers: - It is expected
that great loss' of life ancl property
will be caused by the spring thaw
when it comes.
BRIDGET'S GRIEVANCE.
it
The wife of a clever detective is r
said to have powers nearly equal to t
thoae possessed by her husband. Not it
long ago she began to notice that s
sixpences and shillings were' daily dis- t
appearing as if by magic from the m
"change purse" in which she kept B
silver far small purchases. She was t
inclined to suspect one of her two T
maids, a sullen Irish girl, but was I
unwilling to accuse , her. After s
some thought she wrote on a slip of sa
paper, "Neither Bridget nor Celia in
must take any money from this m
purse." This slip she put into the e
puree wait some silver and awa.ited •at
developments.
Two days later Bridget came to th
leer and gave "warning." p
• What- is the matter? asked her mis- re
tress, innocently. n
• I'll be goirig to another place, said u
Bridget, vihdictively; and it's your- P
self that knowe the reason. I'11 not w
stay in a house where I'm accused of pc
Stealing money ant of a little meld y
purse that's nivver had mare than w
half a stivren in it since I took ser-
vice here!
LADY DOCTORS.
In last year's report. of the Lon -
(lm School of Medicine for women it
ie stated that 254 women were train-
ed during the year, some of whom
have gotne to the farthest ends of
the world to become medical mission-
aries and to serve in hospitala. Al-
most every important town in India
possesses a qualified lady doctor. In
China there are many, Persia has one,
•e.ticFseveral aro pta,ctieing ahroughotit
• South Africa
itself to most minds is the Same that
it had when aesus first uttered it
to those selected as apostles; as If be
now said, "Recommit your fortunes to
me. Stari again as a disciple."
Some commentators have held that
Jesus eimply withdrew from the rest
of the group and -invited Peter to go
vith him, lint the tem) meaning is
evident when we recall the words of
Jesus as recorded by John in the thir-
teenth and fourteenth chapters of
his gospel. When before his death
Jesus repeated .what he had, said to
the Jews; "Whether I go ye cannot
come,", and added .to the Apostles "So
now I say • unto you," Peter asked,
"Lord, whither g:oest thou? awl Jesus
replied, "Whither I go, thou. canst
not follow me now; but thou shalt
nae afterward." In view of
the recent death of Mir Lord, and of
the prophec.y just spoken of Peter's
death, these words certainly have a
close bearing an this passage.
20, 21. Then Peter, turning about.
We are MI think of him as( at ,once
following, and pos.sibly walking side
by side with the Master, bet, turning
around, hie sees John also coming.
The rest of verse 20 simply identifies
John as the disciple - who followed.
Lord, and -what , shall this man do?
Probably Peter's motiven in asking
this question were many. He was on
the border of a realm of mystery, and
cariosity could not. but be active. He
deeply loVed both Jesus and John, His
question may mean, "What shall this
man'suffer?" He may merely mean
to call our Lord's attention to John's
following unbidden, but the tone ' of
the narrative suggests mare than
this.
22. If I stall that he Larry till
conic, what is that to thee? follew
time me. There are commentators
that explain that John was coming
unbidden, -and that • Peter, desiring
hircr to came, but fearing that leis
presence •would be an intrusion, call-
ed ow -Lard's attention to it, and that
these words simply tell John to stay
evhere be, is until- Jesus returned to
the group. Sueh an.,explanatioe loses
enatrely the apiriteand feeling of the
storyneThere is 'ever a •rstrangermingl-s
ifng of act and thought, of symbol
and fulfillment, in the communings
of Jesus and his' disciples, and though
we are inclined to believe that there
was at this time a physical following
of Jesus—that Peter -actually arose
and svalkett with the Master, and that
John also may have done so, at a
little distance, and unbidden—there is
also a Very emphatic spiritual signi-
ficance; no less emphatic, theugh we
may not be able to explain every
phrase of it. That John himself did
not feel free to explain these words,
and possibly did not understand them
fully, is hown Ea the next verse, in
which he points out that they were
misunderstood by ,sorne of the breth-
ren, The gist of the spiritual lesson
is that we are to learn that our
one great duty is unquestioningly to
follow Jesus. •
SOME CAUSES OF FIRE,
---
strange circumstances May Cense a DM
• astrous Itlaze.
It eeenig, almost a wonder that: the
world is not burned up, when one rea-
lizes what- strange. cireums tancee
may cause a disastrous fire, • In one
ease the peaceful crawling of an in-
sect set a building on fire. Some
cotton waste had been peed with min -
,oil, and then thrown away.
An unlucky insect erawled through
that oil -saturated waste, and came
out again with some of the oily fibera
adhering to its body. Then it per-
ambulated round the building, com-
ing at Ittst to the gas -jet. to meet its
fate. The cotton fibers, still ad-
hering to its body, caught fire, and
the unfortunate insect dropped blaz- ,
ing to the floor, setting the place on a
fire. •
Cotton Waste was also partly re-
sponsible for another curious fire.
This time an electric spark did the -
mischief, passing from ' mi belt to
some conducting substance near 11
and communicating with the cotton:
The Railway and Engineering Re-
view, gives -two instances of fire
caused by water. In the first case
a flood caused the water to rise in-
side a factory until it reached a
pile of iron filings. When they -
came in contact with the water, they
oxidized so rapidly that, they became
intensely hot, and at last set fire to
woodwork near them, and the build-
ing was destroyed.
In the Other case the water frona
the engines during a fire found its'
way into a shed containing quick-
lime. The heat caused by the slack-
ing of the lime set fire to, -the shed,
and this to other buildings.
Glass- globes, which act as lenses, ,
often cause fire, and it has recently
been ` said • that the convex glasses
used,in pavement lights are dangers '
ous, and should be abandoned in fav-
or of lights with flat, tope.
nee.
MARKETING ON THE AMUR,
PrIntltIve Method of Obtaining SupplIell
on the RIESSIIIR Boats.
A traveller upon the Amur Rivet
says that the method of obtaining
supplies on the little Russian boata
is both primitive and entertaining. •
The approach to a village was a
matter of much interest, both to
those on ship and to those on shore.
When within a quarter of a mile the
captain would blow a tremendous
blast on the whietle, to summon ev-
ery man, woman and child within
hea ring.
Theywould allrespond with
promptness . and come atreamin
•
AN EMBLEM OF LOVE. f
• - The ring is'ofttimee used as an enia
blem of friendship 'for love; and that
• feeling Ls so entirely different from
vanity that we may nonsider the jewel
an appropriate reminder. • In earlier
flays 'this 'rule waa more rigidly eb-
aeraect than at Preeent. A subject's
life, perchance, depended upon the
circlet placed upon his finger by his
queen, or a traveler might pasa un-
naolested through robber bandsawith
the same signal. Some of older times
were of such curioue workmanship
and devices, that we may look upon
them as rare specimenof ancient
feelings and ideas. One of French in-
vention wan composed of double hoops
joined. like the links of a chain, thus
making two separate rings united, but
the eidea so shaped, and grooved that,
bringing the hoops together, they
formed one separate ring—emblematic
of two souls joined, two lives in uni-
son. ••
An English ring 'Wrought of silver
Ls yet preserved in the collection of
ancient curiosities, although 500 years
have pasaedesince it graced a fair fin-
ger. It- opens horizontally, and up-
on each inner half is inscribed a Latin
motto. One halt is set with a dia-
mond upon the outside, • the other
with a ruby, while upon the 'inside,
directly opposite are two minute fie.-
. The Ronian marriage ring was fash-
.
ionedrolaroneeopper, or. braes. It con-,
"eisted of a plain band, with a key
placed at right angles, to illustrate
the fact that the wife, had taken pos-
session of het husband's keys. Bronze
rings delighted the Romans, and their
workmanship was very trine and in-
tricate,
down the bluff to the shore, each wo-
man hugging two or three bottles of
milk, or carrying a pail of butter, a
basket of eggs, a bowl of sour cream,
or a great loaf of black bread with
a hole in the naiddle like a huge
doughnut.
Sometimes a woman would a.ppear,
holding a large goose in her arms as
tenderly as if it were ,a beay,, the
body •of the bird being concealed in
herIslouse' while its long neCk,eran-
ed. out, thegoose.exhibiling as 'Much
interest in the passing show as any
one on shore.
The passengers would all congre-
gate on the upper deck, many of them
with empty bottles in their hands, tO
exchange, with ten copecks added, for
the full bottles on shore.
There are no docks or piers at these
villages along the Amur, and to make
fast to the bank, in this swift and
shallow water, is a work of time and
patience. First the anchor ia
thrown about a hundred yards from
the shore, and cable enough is paid
out to allow the boat to drift with-
in twenty feet of land. Then a
bowline is carried ashore in the ship'e
boat, and made fast to a tree or post.
A stern line is treated in the same
way, and by this time the steamer
is near enough for the long gang-
planks to be pulled ashore. A wood-
en horse is put underneath to steady
them, and then the eagerpasseagera
stream over,
and for a time there ie•
a lively barter in milk and eggs, curd
heese and black bread.
Five centuries , ago York was' ties
second town in England, with, -
e .
people to .London's 35,206. ' Bristol
.witha9,200-ctime next, -and -then Ply. •
mouth, Coventryand Glasgow.
Jones—"Dear rae ! You gay you of-
ten lay "dawn the law to your wife,
How' do you go about la ?" Bence— -
"Why, all you need is firmnegs. It
usually go into myStudy, lock the
door, and do it through the keyhole."
a e, Anaemic
• Voting Worne
• Anaemia, or thin watery blood, is increasing to at
alarming extent among the school girls and young women of
our land. Pale gums, tongue, and , eyelids, muscular weak-
ness, inability for exertion, deficient appetite, impaired diges-
tion short breath, palpitation of the heart, attacks of vomit-
ing, swooning, hysteria, and irregularities of the feminine
organs are among the unmistakable symptoms of anaemia or
poor quality of 1)100,0., .
nnaenlic Persons are frequently said to be goa inInto a,
decline, and as a fact do usually contract consumpbtion or
,some fatal,constitutional disease if'they neglect ,p restore
pormal vigor. Fresh air, sunlight, moderate exercise, and
the regular nse of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food after each meal
restore new vitality to the body and new color to the
cheek of any anaemic person. Gradually and thoroughly it
forms new red corpuscles in the blood and wins back perfnt
health and strength. •
• Dr. Chase's Nerve Food
,5o cents a box, 6 boxes for $2.5o, aVall dealers, or postpaid from Edmansen Bates
& Go., Toronto.
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