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Wtt1 the adraisston. of ,Itipan to a
Obare in the Chinese eoucessione, anti
the egreeleteion ofa convention between
the Island Empire and Hassle with re-
sPeot to Kama quiet &Maid be restored
far thee in the Far East, Muter the
eseleent arrangement. Chine agrees Welt
lea' Province of Vo-gien, apposite the
gnat island el Formosa, whien passed
into japenese possession as tile result of
the last war, sball not be alieuatea to
essay ether power. The provInce of which
japan thus secures the reversion, has
an area a about forty tbausand square
Miles, is very fertile, and es it faces the
see and. is well supplied with hoe:bore
and. oulets for trade, should prove a.
most valuable possession. Its position,
:moreover, completes the chain made by
the Japanese islands inclosing the Yel-
low and Eastern seas of China, and in -
sates Japanese oontrol a Formosa
Streit ; thus giving Japan an immense
etrategio advantage in any naval war
Ln that part of the world. The (maces-
ston is, besides, of great political bale
portanoe to japan, in that it recog-
nizes her right, ta share with Western
nations in. the Chinese partition, and.
compensates her be a measure for fail -
etre to secure a sphere of influence in
Werth. China and Korea.
It ale* completes the distributioa be-
tween England, Germany, France and
japan of the Chinese territory south
the southern watershed of the Roang-
lio,eech now having its sphere definite-
ly assigned, thus diminishing the risks
of year in the event of the dissolution of
the Empire. Under existing arrange-
ments, three of the powers have secur-
ed not only spheres of interest, that
of trade, but spheres of influence.
that is, territary in which they exer-
cise political control, and which may
be garrisoned by their troops. Eng-
land. in addition to the reversion of
the Yang-tse valley, secures posses
-
don of the naval fortress of Wei -Hal -
acquires the commercial
pert of Talien-Wan, the trade outlet
ot Liaurtung and. Mancliuma, and al-
so the naval station of Port Arthur,
while Germany by the occupation of
Kiao-Chaa, seeures both a naval de-
pot) and a trading -port. Each of them,
moreover, acquires exclusive privileges
in its own sphere in the way of railway
eanstru.ction and mining, by far the
iciest valuable of them all being the de-
velopment of the Sha,nsieoal mines, se-
cured by Britisla companies.
--
With respect to Korea, the recent
convention provides for a,sort of joint
protectorate of the State agaiest ex-
ternal foes by Russia and. Japan, both
powers recognizing its independence,
and. each agreebag not to interfere
with its domestic policy, even to the
extent of giving advice or instruction,
without the consent a the other. Jap-
an is, however, left free to develop her
eoixanerciaa interests in the peninsula
a concession which will relieve Russia
from danger of hostile action on the
pert of the former along the south -
austere border of Manchuria. while she
is completing her railway and, develop-
ing the resources of that territory.
The arrangement is, of course, only a
tentative one, for. the rival ambitions
of Russia and Japen preclude hope
that they can be adjusted without a
war; but as neither power is yet ready
for the struggle, it may last for
two or three years, during which com-
parative quiet should reign in the Far
East. Russia and Japan are now the
two great factors in Eastern Asia, and
tb.eir agreement with respect to Korea
shows that they desire a season for
peaceful development.
:SOUR 'KINDS. OF SALT..
DR. TALIWADE TELLS HOW TO
TREAT MUNICIPAL CORRUPTION.
The Water (enteric*, Was iteseased-Con.
signet% Iceiween Iniquier and Dirt -
The Newiteenetos bittuteuteeerhe edited
Should Mire a Correcting lanuencee.
need the hoer, Von Wreck Teem the
elespel.
A despatch from Washington eve;
-Dr. Talmage- preached from. the fol-
lowing' text ;;--)" it the men of the
city said unto Elisba, Behold, I pray
thee, the situatioe el tide city is aloe -
ant, aa my lord seethe but the water
is naught:, and. the ground barren.
And. he said, Bring me a new cruse,
artd put salt tberein. And. they brought
it to hi. And be went forth unto
the spaeng of the waters, and cast the
salt in there, and said, Thus earth the
Lora: I have healed these waters;
there shall not be from theiacie any
more death or barren land. So the wa-
ters were heeled v.nto this day." -2
Kings 11, 19-22.
It is difficult to estimate how xnueh
of the prosperity and. health of a city
are dependent upon good "teeter. The
day when, thriough weal -laid pipes and
from safe reservoir, an abundance of
water is brought into the city, is ap-
propriately celebrated with oration
and pyrotechnic display. Thank God ev-
ery clay for clear, bright, beautiful,
sperkling water, as it drops in the
shower, or tosses up in the fountain,
or rushes out at the hydrant.
The city of Jericho, notwithstanding
ali its physical and, commercial advan-
tages, was lacking in this important
element. There was enough water, bu.t
it was diseased, and the people were
crying out by reason thereof. Elisha
the prophet comes to the resume. He
says: " Get tme a new cruse; fill it
with salt and. bring) it to me." So the
cruse of salt was brought to the pro-
phet, and I see him walking out to but they cannot eatisfy an empty
the general reservoir, and. he takes the stomach! You, have to go forth in
tests work with Om bread of eternal
salt and throws it into the reservoir, life in your right hand, and the bread
of this life in your left and, and then
you. can touch them, imitating the
Lord Jesus Christ, who first broke
the bread and. fed. the multitudes in
the wilderness, and itb.en began to
preach, recognizing the fact that
while people are hungry they will
not listen, and they will not repett.
We want more common sense in the
distribu.tion of our charities; fewer
magrafic,ent theories, and nore hard
work. In the last woe, a few hours
after the battle of Antietam, Iliad a
friend. who was moving over the field,
and who saw a good Claxistian 13I8•11 dis-
tributing tracts. My friend said to
him.: "This is no time to distribute
tracts.. There are three thou,sand
'men around here who are bleeding to
death, who have not had. bandages put
on. Teke care of their bodies, then
reservoir of municipal crime. in give them tracts." That was well
said. Look after the woe or the body,
shame, iguorance and abomination. tend then you ll have some success 'in
In this work of cleansitag our cities, looking after the woes of the soul.
hare Bret to remark that there is a Still further: the great remedial in -
ETIQUETTE OF WEDDINGS.
The fashionable wedding invitation is
11, voligninaus Affair. First, there is
the invitation to the ceremony, en-
graved en note paper, which is folded
once, and with this are inclosed. the
oard for the reception, the card for ad-
mission to the church and the at home
oard of the young people, if the time
and place of their at homes are deeid-
ed on, the exception being thee they
are not. If the wedding be, oat of
town it is the correct thing to inclose
also a niemorancluni of the trains to
take, and if a special car is provided
for guests, a card of admission to such
ear is inclosed.
Of course, one canand does econo-
mize by engraving the time and plac,e
of reception. upon the invitation sheet,
but this is not considered good taste,
the correct thin,g being to have a sep-
arate card for each separate thing.
If the marriage is private announce-
ments should be sent to every one who
would otherwise have been invited. If
these are sent out by the parents of
the bride it shouldbe done immediately
after the niarriage, as she is act longer
me of their household after sbe leavee
it with her husband. If the announces -
anent is later, it should be sent in the
sante of the couple. If the newly mar-
ried pair have decided an, a day or
days at home, a, card for.those daes is
inclosed with the announeerrieet.
The bride itekriowledges her presents
as soon as possible, esieg paper with
her rteW ecooriagram.Paper for tide
parpese with a new seal is usually pro-
vided beforehand by the bridegroom,
Idter of thanks is not necessary, but
the note meet ecintaiu a .I'SW well-
thosen words in the bride's own hand-
writing. Carrie With a sentence of
thanks are not considered "good norm."
A meat connecting the DirdditSrrallo
Sari With the Red Sea, existed as early
as 600 years eefore I he Christian ere,
rte /length wee 02 mike
TEE
awl dual/rig jewellery, arid watches).
of eighteen carats, end kid gloves.
They are refbaed, educated, magnifi-
°eat villains, Out there is the Mr0OP-
tion. It is. generelly the case that
the orirainak dames are as ignorant
04 4/len are wieketi. For the proof of
what I say:, go into the prisons end
Penitentiaries., arid look upon the men
and women inoexceeated. The dis-
honesty in the eye, the low pession
in the iite are not more conspicuous
than the ignorauce iu the forelseed.
Tee ignorant classes are always the
dangerous elassee. Deratrigogues Mar-
shal them. They are heinale,ss, and are
driven. before the gale.
When perents are so bestial as to
hogleot he dirty of educating their
children, I say tee law, with a strong
hands at the same time, with a gentle
hand, might to lead these little ones
into the light of intelligenee and, good
morals, It .vas a beautiful tableau
when In otir city a few weeks ego, a
swarthy polic,eman, having picked, up
a lost child ie the street, wee found
appea,sing its taw by a aft* of candy
be had Imeght Jet the apple -stand.
That was well done, and beautifully
done. But, 01 these thousands of
little ones through our streets, who
are crying for the breed of knowledge
and iutelligence. Shall we not give
Lt to them? The officers of the law
ouglit to go doeve, into the cellars, and
up into the garrets and
bring out these benighted, ones, and
put thera under educational influen-
ces; after they have passed. through
the bath and wader the corab, puttiag
before them the spellieg book, and
teaching them to tread the Lord's
Prayers and tbe Sermon on lite Mount:
"Blessed are tbe poor in spirit, for
tneirs is the kingdom of heaven."
Still further; reformatory ,societies
are an inaportant element In this rec-
tification of the public fountains.
Without calling any of them by name,
I refer more especially to those which
recognize ties physical as well as the
moral. woes of the world. There was
pathos and a great deal of common
sense in what the poor women said to
Dr. Guthrie vhen he. was telling her
what a very good. Well:Ma she ought
to be. "fle she said, "if you were as
hungry and cold as I am, Yoll could
think of nothing else." I believe the
great want of our city is the Gospel
and som.ething to eat! Faith and re-
pentence are of iafiuite importance;
and lot all impurities depart, through
a supernatural and. Divine influence,
and the waters are good, and fresh,
and. clear, and. all the people clap their
hands and lift up their faces in their
gladness. Water for Jericho -clear,
bright, beautiful, God-given water 1
For several Sabbath mornings I have
pointed oat to you the fountains of
municipal corruption, and this morn-
ing I propose to show you what are
the means for the rectification of those
fountains. There are four or five kinds
of salt that have a eleansing tendency.
So far as God. may help rae this morn-
ing, I shall bring a cruse of salt to
the work, and empty it into the great
fluence is the Gospel of Christ. Take
work for the broom and the shovel that
that down through the lanes of suf-
nothing else can do. There always has ening. Take that dowa amid the
been an intimate conneetion between hovels of .sin. Take that up amid the
iniquity and dirt. The filthy parts of mansions and palaces of your city.
the great cities are always the raost That is the salt that can cure all the
iniquitous parts. The first thing that poisoned fountains of public iniquity.
a bad man does when he is converted Think of the thousands of children
Ls th,oroughly to wash himself. There without any home. They sleep under
were this morning, on the way to the the stoops, in the burned -out safe, in
different churches, thousands of men the waggons in the street, on the berg -
in -proper apparel who, before theireon- es, wherever they can get a board to
version, were u.nfit in their Sabbath cover them.. And. in the summer they
dress. When on the Sabbath I see a man sleep all night long in the parks. Their
uncleanly in his dress, ray suspicions destitution is well set forth by an
incident. A raissionary asked one of
in regard. to his morel character are
aroused, and they are always well them; "Where is your home?" Said he:
"I don't have no home, sir.' "Well,
founded. So as to allow no excuse for
lack of ablution, God has cleft the eon_ where are your father and mother 1"
"They are dead, sir." "Did you. ever
tinenn with rivers and lakes, ana has
hear of Jesus Christ?" "No, I don't
sunk five greet oceans, and all the
world ou,ght to be clean. Away, thea, t thing 1 ever heard of Rim.?" "Did
with the dirt from our cities, not only you ever head of God?" "Yes, I've
hetre of God. Soro.e of the poor pro -
because the physical health needs an
p
ablution, because all the great roeralie think it kind_ of lucky at night
and. religious interests of the cities to say something over about that be-
Amthey go to sleep. Yes, sir, I've
end it as a positive necessity. A 1 fore Think of a converse -
filthy city always has been and al- ' heard of Him."
i tion like that in a Christian city!
wayswill be a wicked city.
Another corrective influence that he : How many are waiting for you to
would being- to bear upon the evils 1 oote out in the spirit of the Lord Jesus
of our great cities is a Christian print - Christ and. rescue them from. wretceed-
1
hag press. The newspapers of any place ' 'was here! A man was trying to talk
with a group of these outcasts, and
are the test of its Morality or immor- )
read the Bible, and trying to comfort
ality. The nevrsboy, who runs along '
them, and he said; "My dear boys,
the street with a roll of papers under 1
when your father and your mother for -
bis arm, is a tremendous force that
s
cannot be turned_ aside nor resisted, ake you, who will take you up?" They
shouted: "The perliee, sir; the perlicel"
and at Ms every step the city is el -
0 that the Church of God had arms
evated or degraded. The hwagry, all -
long enough and heart warm enough
devouring public mind must have some
to take them up. How many of them
thing to read, and upen editors, and
authors, and book -publishers, and par-
ents, and. teachers rest the responsi-
bility of what they shall read. Almost
every man you meet has a book in
TU TIVEBS
ase thong/1a spring gust had unlootiene
en an orehera oe tipple idoescalis, ,Itut
t310 obildren of the poor. There is
but little ring in teeir laugeter, end.
it stops geteg ao though sotto bitter
memory tripped it. They lose an old
Walk. Th,ey da not skip or run up on
the lumber just for the pleasure on
leaping down. They never bathed in
the ilhn otrie tai;iruoosktrettromr ,pTebhbelyesnevoernoNortaian-
ed awhile one a these childreu gets out,
oieraevisuer isfOste"ntritkiotAureb.,y. Ail parents.
uto say to him: taere Is a
by says: sagiso:441.mlodanb' stre'Phle'Y kick
him in o a corner. That ulght lie puts
his swellea heed into the straw; bet
& v.aioe comes from heaven saying:
nCottrege, poor boy, courage." Cover -
tog MP his head. from the bestiality,
and stopping his ear from the eursing
he gets an and up better end better.
He washes hie face elealis at the es tele)
hydrant, Weth a few pennies got at
running errands, lae gets a better mat.
That night the boy ,seys: "God help
me. I Mal go back ; and quicker than
ever mother flew eat the cry of a ohild's
Pada. the Lord responds from the hea-
vens: "Courage, poor boy, courage."
His, bright face gate hire a position.
After awhile he is a second clerk.
Yeers pass on, and he is first clerk..
Years pass on. The glory of young
reenh,00ci is on him. Ile conies into the
firm. He goes cm from oae busbi�SS
success to &nether. ale has achieved
great fortune. He is the friend of the
Cherch of God., the friend of all good.
institutions, rind one day he stands
talking to the Boerd of Trade or to the
Chamber of Commerce. People say ;
'Do you. know who that Is?' Why,
that ia niers:lent prince, he was once
a. homeless boy." Bet God says in re-
gard to hire tromething better than
that; "These are they which came out
robes washed and made white in the
obfloogareoaftthtterikib:abt?i,on, and bad their
Some years ago, a roughly -dad, rag-
ged boy 001.118 into ray brother's office
in New York, and said: "Mr. Talmage,
lend tie five dollen," My brother said:
"Who are you?" The boy replied: "I
am nobody, Lend me five dollars."
"Whet do you, want to do with five
dollars?'" Well" the boy replied.
"my mother is sick and poor, and I
want to go into the newspaper business
your tents, 0 Israel. Get reedy to
and I ehall get a home for her, and I
will pay you beck." My brother gave fight. See to thine own house, David.
him the five dollars, of course, never t"hHeours:"Ihere inents fem. ily, including
.erNx \pate ectniralg youUl se eitpa again; ai ti n!? bu.ut blies sabiody,:.
The phrase has the ro.eaning of "Mind
ya dynasty and it belongings.
said: "I will pay it in six months, sir.
there are! As I was thanking of the
subject this m.erning, It seemed to Me
as though there were a great brink,
and that these little ones with cut
his hand or a newspaper in his pock- sod torn feet were coming on towards
it. Arid here is a group of orphans.
et. What book Is it you have in your 0 fathers and mothers, what de you
head? What newspaper is it you have think of these fatherless and :mother -
in your pocket? Ministers raper preach, less little ones. Ne hand et home to
reformers may plan, phiIentbsopists take eare of their apparel, no heart to
may toil for the elevation of the suf- pity them. Wel one to one, when the
fering and the criminal, but until au mother dist: "Who will take care of
the newspapers of the land and all my clothes now?" The little ones are
the booksellers on the land sat then- thrown out in this great, cold world.
selves againat an iniquitous literature They are shivering on the brink like
-antil then we will. be fighting against lambs on the verge of. a predpiee,.
fearful odds. Does not your blood run cold as they
time the printing cylinders go 0
Every ver it?
turn, they make the earth quake. From And there is another group that
them goes forth te thou,ght like an comes on towards the precipice. They
angel of light to feed and bless the are the children of besotted parents.
world, or like an angel of darkness They are worse eff than orphans. Look
to smite it with corruption, and sin, at that pale cheek; woe bleached it.
and dllalller and death. May God, by Look at thee gaze across the forehead:
His, omnipotent Spirit, purify and elo- the tether struck it. Hear that heart.
vete the printing press 1 Ukraine cry; a dranketi in,other's
I go further, and say that we must phaphooly oomponoct it. elle we come
depend upon the school for a great out andWe say: "0, ye suffering, peel -
deal of correcting influence, 'am ed. ond blistered ones, we come to /lain
community eau no more efrord to have you," "Too tete 1" cry thousands of
ignorant men in its midst than it voices., "The path we travel is steep
can afford to have wica.ged hirollas. down, and we can't stop. Too,late I"
Ignorance is the !mother of hydra- and. we catch our breeth and we make
headed crime, intelLectual darkneas is a terrific outcry. "Too latel" is
generally tbe precarsor or moral dark- eehoed frora the garret, and the cella,
ness, r know there are educated out- and the ginshop. "Too late!" It is
lawse-mon, who, throagh their shale)* too late, and they go over.
Tlt'SS, of. ititellect, are made more I stopped the other dey in the street
dangeratet. They use their fine pen- and looked at the face of one or those
Manship in signing other people's little mita. Have you ever examined
names, end their seience in ingeniona the faees of the neglected children of
turret:tries, end their fine manners in the poor'? Other children hags glad -
adroit libertinism, They go their
round. of sin with well-etib aelairel,
rice; 1,n their faces. When n gro-up of
CU SUNDAY SCHOOL.
INTERNATIONAL LEssoy, JULY S.
"The Itungdeni Invittee." Knots *2. 16'
25. 410141ea 'remit Prov. )5. 1.
PRACTICAL NOTES,
'Vona 16, All Israel. Keep in mind
the two great divisions of the Hebrew
Mee, divisions which were not quite
lost sight of even under David and Sol-
omon. " When all rerael satv," or re-
eognized, means, therefore, when the
northern two thirds of the united king-
dOne eww. The king. Rehoboara. Heark-
ened. not unto theca. Refased to give
proper consideration to their request
for teller. Kest of the finanoial profit
ineidental to Solomon's immense un-
dertakings in architecture, armament,
and cornea:one, and. most of ties glory
reflected from Iris court, vvere limit-
ed. to andah; and the remoter parts
of the nation refused, longer to pay
f.or judall's aggranclizereent. But Re
-
Lohman, turning from the advic,e of his
father's wisest counselors, and sway-
ed by inexperienced youthfal friends,
had not ottly refused to make canoes-
siotis, but b,asi treated the petitioners
with contempt. The people answered.
D,oubtless fornaally by their official re-
presentattves, but also by turbulent
outcries of defiance. 'What portion have
we in David? What mutual rights con-
tinue between us and the dynasty of
Jerusalem I They do not deny that the
young king was at tb,e outset their
rightful sovereign; but by trerapling
upon theer rights he had forfeited his,
Neith.er Mtge we inheritance. Jnet as
a king inherits his kingdom, so the
kingdom inherits its king. But the ten
tribes were not thus either inheritors
or inh,eritance. The Son of Jesse. David.,
whes,e father Jesse was a shepherd.
The 'taunt • mesons, "That's whet
year royalty corcues from!" To
Time went by. e,od, oug gad a lea came your own business!" "Hands off 1"
into my brother's office, and 'said:
"You rule your tittle judah • we will
"There's your five dollars." "What. do .
„ . care ler ourselves." So Israel depart -
you mean? Wilat five dollars/ ine
geared my brother. gtedet von re_ ed unto their tents.. In modern Eng-
meniber that a boy came in here six lish, the assemblage broke up. The
months ago and wanted to borrow five multitude returned to their various vo-
dollars to go into the newspaper husi- cations in country and city.
nen?" "0 yes, I remember. Are you
the lad?" "Yes," he replied. "I have ctde'lit inThtehe yfJudah.cohiltldroen of IsraelT
h' we hni cal!
got along 'nicely. I have got a nicew
home for ray mother, she is sick yet,
business or family interests to settle
tines of the north who had been led by
and yet I am. as well clothed as you
in the south. Rehobome. reigned. over
are, and there's yoser five dollars."
was be met worth. saving1 Why that them. They neither Bed baok to their
lad is worth fifty such boys as I have homesteads nor made local disturb -
sometimes seen moving in elegant cir- ances in Judah. They were not for-
am, never put to any use for God or eign by blood or by prejudice, and. it,
man. Worth saving! I go farther was easier not to change.
than that and tell you they are not 16. Adoraxa. Elsewhere called Adon-
only worth seeing, but they are being tram and Hadoram. Over the tribute.
sassed. In one reform school, through In charge of the collection of taxes
which tvvo theusand of these little ones and. assessments, which were the chief
Passed, one thousand nine hundred and cause of coraplaint. All tenet stoned
ninety-five turned out well. In other him with stones. Probably he was &s-
words, only five of the two thousand rested, charged with treason, and exes-
turned out badly. There are thousands meted in the name of all Israel. There-
of them who, through Christian socie- fore. In consideration of the fact
ties, have been translated to, beautiful that hostilities had begun, and that he
homes all over this land, and there are was in the enemy's country. jerusa-
many whoehrough the rich grace of our lem was the stronghold of Rehoboarres
Lord Jesus Christ, ha.ve already won friends.
the crown. A little girl was found in 19. Israel rebelled against the house
the streets of Beltienore and taken in- of David unto this day. By the blun-
to one of the reform societies, and they der end crime of his graadson more
said to tier : ' What is your name'?" then one half of the beneficent results
She said: "My name is Mary." "What of David's lifework were swept aside in
is your other name ? She said: "1 a day,
don't know." So they took her into the 20. When all Israel heard that jer-
reform society, and as they did. not oboam was come a,gain. In that leis -
know her last name they always called lively day events did not crowd each
her "Mary Lost," since she had. been other as rapidly as now. It may have
picked up out a the street. But she taken_ months for the news of Jero-
grew on, and after awhile the Holy beam's, return to spread. over "ail Is -
Spirit came to her heart, and she be- rael, They had none of our modern
came a Christian child, and she cha.ng- devices) to lessen time and space. The
ed her name; and -when anybody ask- great Ephraimite chief had under Sol-
ed her what her name was, she said: omen made reputation as at once ser -
"It used to be Mary Lost; but now, vioeable to the king and kindly to the
Looroy. .,ohualvia13,
..,000rao a geristian, it is people. His, conflict with Solomon ene
23 Soo of Selomon, and theeefore
king. of Judele Sea note on verse 21,
Te house a judah anti Benjamin, The
soldiers representing these two tribes.
The remnant ef the people. Mede up
in part a men who belonged ta the
other tribe, but were ia ankh:se rake
thou to the Davidio dynasty„ and in
evert, doubtless, of representatives at
aubjugated kbageleras, from whom Dar -
Id., like other orientat =aerobe, chose
his) giuirdeinezi.
24, Titus mirth. the Lord. Here was
a, direct message frora jeboval. .13y
the way in which this message was
treated tile people a,nct kingdom of Ju-
dah showed their loyalty to God. Your
brethren the children of Isettel.
A sentence wieleh aPPeaded bo
their ow na,tkormia feeling. Re-
turn every Man to his house. Dis-
band title army of volunteers. This
thing is trate nes, This disruption of
the kingdeen. They hearltened there-
fore to the word of .the Lord., Recig-
nized Shemaiains inspiration, and sub-
trattea to the deoision of the Lord. Re-
turned to depart. Went front their
gathering place to that): homes.
25. Then: Jest as soon as he could,
jeroboam never let time slip past, jer-
oboam built Shathera in mount Eph-
rau,
pbechem was already a well-
known, town. jeroboam turned it into
a great fortress, It was in Mount Eph-
raden-that is, in the mountainous re -
Egon of the central part of Palestine.
The kingdom of Gsrael was more expos-
ed to enemies than that of Jankh be-
cause of the open nature of the coun-
try around Shechem and Samaria,
Dwelt therein. Made that the center
of his government. Went out from
thence. Sheeliezxt became the base of his
oPerations. Built Peeuel. Made a
mighty fortress on the east side of the
Jordan, so as to probret that part of
his dominion.
cleared, him to the masses. He was a
For this vast multitude, are we, will- nobleman in rank, an able executive
tug to go forth from this morning's and a dexterous politician, They sent
service, and see whet we can do, em- and, called hitxt unto the congregation.
ploying ail the agencies I have spoken Probably another representative gath-
of for the rectification of the poisoned erbag was held, and Jeroboam was
fountains? We live in a beautiful brought to the front. No one eLse had
city. The lines ha.ve fallen to ALS in any chance for the throne so long as
pteasent places, and. we have a goodly this friend of the common people lived.
heritege; and any man who does not Doubtless he was Asked the same
like a. residence in Washington, must questions that Rehoboara had. been
be a, most uneoreforta.ble and unreas- asked, whether he would maintain the
enable man, But, my friends, the ma- rights and privileges of Israel, and
terial prosperity of a city is not its doubtless/ he answered these questions
chief glory. There may be fine houses satisfaetorily, for the congregation
and bea,utitul streets, and that all be presently made him king over all Is -
the garniture of a sepulchre. Some of rael. There was none that followed
the most prosperous cities of ths world the house of David, but the tribe of
ha.ve gone down, not one stone( left up- Judah only. In seeking the full
on another. But a city may be in meaning of this phrase, we must
ruins long before a. tower has fallen, not forget that "Israel had come to
or a, colum,n has crumbled, or a toixib mean the northern tribes and. "Judah"
has been defaced. When in a city the the southern. The "tribe of Judah" in -
churches of God are full of cold form- eluded, in common pbraseoiogy, both
elities and. inanimate religion; when the tribe of Simeon and most of that
the houses of commerce ere the abode of Ileejatain.
of fraud and unholy traffic; when the 21. When Rehoboara. was conee to
streets are filled with orime u.narreste Jerusalem, Derive) rapidly develop-
ed, and sin unenlightened, and help- e11 the worthier part of this rash young
leesaess unpitied-that city is in ruins, mnani character. Ile had brought his
thoagia every church were a St. Peter's troubles upon himself, but now that
and every moneyed institution were a they were upon .hini he acts -with
Bank of England, and every library promptitude and propriety. He as -
Were a. British Museum, and evert' senibled all the house of Judith, with
house had a porch like that of Meehan, tbe tribe of Benjamin. Re gathered the
and a roof like that of Araiens, atd fighting teen on whom he could. count,
tower like that of Antwerp, and trace A. hundred and fourstore thousand
eried windows like those of Freiburg. ehosen teen.* A. formidable army -not
My brethren, our pulses beat rapid- "regulars," however. Arms were diss
ly tbe time away, and socereve will be tvibuted by the government to men
gone; tied what we have toad.° for the eh°, were "cliatteri," who could be
city in which we live we musb do right, trusted es civil soldiers. Without the
apeedily, or never do it at all. In thee tioraplete organization of our modern
(kV, When those who laa,ve wrapped inilitia, the principle seems to have
themselves in luxuries and despised boon oearly the same. To fight
the poor, shell come to shame and ev- against; the house or Israel. That is
erlasting contempt, I hope it may be against, the dynasty of jeroboam..
seed of you and me thee we geve To bring the kingclona Jeroboam's
bread to the hungry, and Wiped away kingdom. Reholeoarn the son of Sol -
the fear of the, orphan, and upon the onion. His descent from Solomon
wanderer of the street we opened the made him king of Judah, and gave
brightness end bettedietion of a Chris- him his daira as king on Israel,
thin home; and then, through our in- 22. The word of God came unto
streteenfielity, it shell be known on Shementle The manner in which pro -
earth and in heaven, that Mary ',est phetio messages came varied much at
become Mary Vound.i different times, Shemaiah may have
heel a dream, or a vision, or a deep
imoreesion made neon his m ' ind The
In Peru, it Was mots the Oilstone for
te a, a luaue 11111,11W
h
domestic eervants to have two of their •-",(1• a
offietally represented. Hen that leept
upper front teeth extreeted, rvhoir Ls '
reel and never sluisbsred. not elept,
They
them rush barges the road, it eeerats abeence, indicated. their eervitude.
LIVERFOOL DOCKS.
Are fiterennted One el' the Wonder
onledern Commerce.
The Liverpool docks, justly account-
ed one of the wonders of modern com-
merce, extend along the Mersey a dis-
tance of six and. a half miles. They
afford a spectacle unrivaled in the
world and leave upon the visitor a last-
ing impression of what the commercial
and maritime slipremacy of Great Bri-
tain really means, accerding to a writ-
er in Cassier's Magazine. Nowhere
else can there be found crowded to-
gether a suecession of sights of such
varied interest and activity. The
great ports -London, New York, Ham-
HOMY'S MENG WAIS,
METHODS AND MANNERS OF THE
BANKRT,IPT FINANCIER,
We Was Always l'ellifing to Icelk About
illmeelf" Imo to Give Interviews tO
1054010. lteperters-Seeret ror Getting
' On 1;t the liVerl;Lo
Ernest Terah Rooley, weo hes just
basso= ba,akrept in Londe," after es,
series of operations Unit irivolved mil-
lions or dollars, had one charaderistio
that is considered typical of many men
who have acquired such iraportance
through their own efforts. He was
always ready to talk of his own exper-
iences as well as his personal habits
and inclinations, He has always been
ready to supply the London newspap-
ers -with all the details of tials kind
that they coxed for. Be rarely failed
to tell any reporter who interviewed.
him on such matters that he went to
bed at 10 o'clecsk every night and got
ta hie office by $ o'clock id the morn-
ing, He was fond of repeating this,
even when what might be called the
yacht and racehorse phase of his career
began, and this made the habit a lit
-
tie bit more diffieult to understand. ,
"I begin work with my three seen -
taxies every morning," Mr. Hooley used
to say, "at 8 o'clock sharp. i find
there is something in always being
ahead olteerybody else, even in such
a matter. Ten o'olook is late enough
for any man to go to bed if he wante
to wake up in the morning feeling
fresh and eager for business. I used to
work sixteen hours a da,y, smoking and
drinking at the same time. That was
impossible. It was too much for me.
So I decided to get to bed by 10, and
have succeeded in doing it for years."
• Mr. Dooley told raany harmless fie -
dons of this kind about
East PER,SONIAL HABITS,
as he was so frequently talking for
the newspapers that it was soraewlaat
difficult to have inrormation at all
burg and Antwerp -possess, each in its
way, the fascina.tion which attaches to
scenes of concentrated activity and the
picturesque attractiveness of orowded
waterways and masses of shipping; but
the great port of the'English manu-
facturing north and midlands stands
m many respects absolutely without
a compeer, not merely because et its
noble river, whose tidal movement is
four tiraes the outfall of the Mississ-
ippi, but because its dock system is, in
point of extent and -importance, indis-
putably the first in the world. This
axises, to a great extent, from the
character of the Liverpool trade.
Measured by "the values of exports
and, imports, the trade of Liverpool
and that of London are about R200,00,-
000 a year, but judged by bulk, the
m.erchandise dealt with on the quays
of Liverpool is vastly greater in value
than that dealt with at Blackwell and
London docks for cotton and grain,
timber ana tobacco textiles and ma-
chinery are, bulk for bulk, of much
less value than tea, silks and French
wines, or even articles "made in Ger-
many." To gain an idea, of the great
currents of trade with North and
South America, the West Indies, the
Mediterranean, West Africa, India,
China and the east, which are concen-
trated at the Liverpool docks, is ab-
solutely necessary and. is an experience
at once interesting and profitable,
The construction of the Liverpool
overhead railway has rendered such a
visit pleasant, expeditious and easy.
Until the railway was built, in 1889,
the only -means of Iocornotion along
the line of docks was by broad -wheeled
omnibuses, which were specially built
to run on the low-level dook railway,
and. were slow and cumbersome. That
the overhead railway met a great want
is proved by the fact that while the
old bus service sufficed for about 2,-
503,000 passengers per annum, the traf-
fic on the overhead is now nearly 9,-
000,000 and is steadily increasing.
TO RESTORE 131,ACK CRAPE.
Black cra.ps may be freshened and
made to look almost equal to new if
treated in the following -irreg.: Lay ov-
er the ironing table a. piece of black
a
cerebric lar cloth of any kind, and pin
the piece of. orape smoothly through to
the bla;nket, stretching it out to its
original size. Wring another piece of
black cambric puled water and lay it
over ehe crane, patting it down with
the pal15 of the hand. Now take hot
flatirons a.nd pass them over the wet
cloth. letting them just touch the
' cloth, but allowing no pressure to come
upon the crape. When the cloth has
become dry from the heat of the iron
remove it, but let the crane remain
pinned down until all the moisture
bas evaeorated and it is perfectly dry.
The crave will now feel and look like
new. A long -veil can be renovated, in
this waymaking sure that the part
redressed comes ander the edge of the
wet cloth.
13A13ILON DIAMONDS.
Over 400 diaMonda are known to have
been recovered 1 tom the rains of Baby -
let. Many are uncut,but most are pea
iehed on one or two sides,
TILE OLD MAN'S TURN.
I understand from a careful perusal
of history, said a Young fellow, with an
arid upper lip, that in 1861 the young
fellows went to war, ant 1 think it's
the old met's tern to go this time.
It one le nortunate enough to own
any on the. Italian traits of white, it
should. be remembered that these are
the most modish possible to deal with,
ima an the most fashionable to make
over in way of the ways atecribed.
There is yeh another use for old veils.
They 00= int() play finely in making
work -nage. The foundation of these
Work -bags is of silk, oVer whioh the
veiling is dreped. Only eoatee velliteg
should be ttsed for this putpose,
times Withellt BOMB eXereiSe of the
imagination. When he talked of whet
he bad accomplished in business and
his method of doing that, Me. Ilooley
was always more interesting. One
man heard this secret of bis success,
whin Mr. Hooky told for the benefit
of the Englishmen who were looking
up to him as the mist suceessful fin-
ancier of their day.;
"Again, I have always gone in for
big things. If you go half way up the
ladder, you, will find it crowded with
competitors. If you. go to the top,
you practically have the field to your-
self. There are plenty of men ready
to deal in thousands, but they get
frightened when you, talk of millirem.
The average city man of to -day is an
easy going sort of chap. He doesn't
make very mueh and doesn't' do much
good with what he gets, Young Men
knock off work eh 6, go to the theatre
and get to bed late and then wonder
why they do not get on. Making money
is mon a matter of will and, self-sacri-
fice than of luck or brains. It is, in
a sense, a question of morale, though
people cannot see it." e -
One of Mr. Rooley's peculiarities,
which was not negleoted in the inter --
eating information that was distribut-
ed about him., was his fondness for
threepenny pieces. Be had left orders
with the managers of several of the
largest banks in London to Beetles for
him all the rautila,ted threepenny
pieces that came to them, Re paid
only the face value of the coin and that
prevented, accumulating too great a
number. Although his passion for
them was well known, nobody ever
heard from hire on what it was found-
ed. It had been said that a luelty turn
in his fortunes was connected with
one of them.
In spite of the fact that Mr. Rooley
always gets to bed. at 10 o'clock, -ac-
cording to his own accounts, he was
known as a good liver who 'could ap-
preciate a dinner quite as well as a
raa,n whoee mind was not occupied by
sea absorbing affairs. Be was as
ready, moreover, to transact busieess
at dinner as he was in his own office,
in a cab, at the theatre, or anywhere
else that he bappeaed to meet a person
who was ready to do business with
him. Quickness was one of the quali-
fications that beali led him to his great
success. He would decide at mace about
&matter over which other men would
deliberate for days. He is married,
end the catholicity of his tastes may
he understood from the, fact that buy-
ing fast yachts and fast horses did
not prevent him from presenting a
gold coramunion service to St. Paul's
Cathedral, nor did it interfere with
the acceptance of it by the cathedral,
although it has to be given up under
the bankruptcy laws of England be-
cause it was bought within a limited
time before the Where.
HOW DIAMONDS ARE CUT.
Diamotids axe cut in three differ-
ent forms -the rose, .the brilliant and
the table of which the second 1 tlae
prettiest. It is a double pyramid or
cone, of which the top is cut off to
forni a large plane, and at the bottom
directly oppoeite to a small plane.
EIS CLAIIVI TO DISTINCTON,
There goes the mest remarkable man
In this to.wn.
What' remarkable about him?
He's the only suecessnul an.ercheat we
bane who doesn't claim to be a eelf-
nede man. He says he got rich through
the faithfulness of the 'teen that work-
ed for him.
THE COOK'S CIIAPER.ON,
Mistress -T. KM two policemen sitting
in the kitchen with you lost night,
Bridget.
Bridget -Well, meetm, yes wouldn't
hey an unmarried lady be Sitlin' with
only mei policeman ereuld yez ? The
ether wan wuz a chaperon, •
GOLDPIS4,
The goldfish is a great coward and si
tiny fish with the tourage to ettecit
it een frighten it alnued to death,