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1,‘tuc11 a be awe from Peain ie con
fusing, hut what has happened ther
fieeine tO be this. The young Emperor
Kwarigeta tirej of, tae monotony of.th
Palace, aid reseuting the autbority
' his aurae the Dowager Beepress, ha
fallen under the influence of sone
Cantonese advisers, with a smattering
of Western ideas and method, Pos
Seesed, of ta, vague idea that China is
titeneliew, out oe step with the worlds
progress, ana pronapted, doubtless, with
a real desire to do eomethiug for Ler
redemptioe, as evell as by a high
' estimate of hie own powers, he yielded
to their adyiee, end issued a series of
reforming decrees. Had these de-
crees been issued at long- intervals, as
the empire was prepared, foe theni,
their effect wool(' unquestionably leave
been good; but they came in rapid sue -
cession, were revolutionary in charact-
er, strucle a deadly blow at the old of-
ficial class, and included the degrada-
tion of Li Flung Chang. The result
was to at mice arouse the opposition
of the alandarins, and, in the fear of
losing her authority, if not her life,
to arouse to action the Dowager Ba -
press, who had not ruled for ferty
years to see her work undone by a
young man of twenty-six. Backed by
the conservative official class, and by
Li Flung Cheng's body guard of sol-
diers, she compelled the Emperor to
sign a decree proclaiming her co -Ile -
gent of the empire, by virtue of which
she has resumed the control and direc-
tion of affairs. fhe reform decrees
have all been annulled, it is said that
an heir to the throne, in the person of
a child, a grandson of Prince Rung,
has been selected.; and in brief, every-
thing indicates that the Emperor is to
be deposed, in fact, as be has already
been in practice, in order to assure
the maintenance of the old policy of
reaetion.
The plan may, of course, yet be de-
feated for the Emperor has not abdi-
cated, but only appointed the Dowager -
Empress co -Regent, and so may if op-
portunity presents, recall the appoint-
ment,; and in any event he will, should
his aunt die, become at once the sole
ruler of the empire. The chances that
It will be defeated, are, however, very
meagre, for the Empress is now in full
control, signs all decrees in her own
name, and has the bureaucracy and the
army at her back, while the Emperor
• is, on the testimony of the physician
attached to the French legation, who
was permitted to examine hien, serious-
ly ill with Bright's Disease. Never-
theless should he recover, and desire
to resume the exercise of his authority,
and have the courage and opportunity
to make that desire known to the
foreign powers interested in China,
Indications aere that a pretty deter -
Mined effortaniglat he made by some of
them to replace him on the throne.
For it is evident that the affair has be-
come one of international concern.
England desiring the maintenance of
the integrity of China, and the open-
ing of her markets, and so the restor-
ation of the Emperor, and Russia tbe
retention of authority by the Dowager
Empress, who, of late, has favored the
plans of the Czar's government.
Should the contest become acute, there
Is little doubt that England would
have the aid of Japan, which, just be-
fore the Emperor'sdeposition, sought
to form a chose Alliance with Pekin
in opposition to the encroachment of
Russia, and that the latter power
would have the assistance of France
The result a such a corebination
could hardly be in doubt,, the fame
that Enghand and japan could bring
to bear in the Per East far outweigh..
Ing any at the command of their oppon-
ents.
CHINESE TELEGRAPHS.
Novel Method or TraninnAtfing alId Print-
ing nieunge
The telegraph is the only institution
M modern science which has obtained
any considerable foothold in China,
says the Engineering 'Magazine. Pek-
ing is connected by wires with Tient-
sin, and with Manchurian points up to
the Russian frontier, wheoce connec-
tion is continued by Russian Siberian
lines to Europe. The capital is also
eonnected with all the treaty ports and
priacipal cities in China peeper, and
these again with each other. Canton
has connection' also through Yunan
with Burma. China learned the val-
ue a the telegraph in the war with
France, and it has long since been ad-
mitted to have, "become indispensable."
The telegraph, however, is under im-
perial control, and there is probably
little opportunity for its extension as
a private, eneerprise.
Chinese writing not being alphabetic
but syllebic, and there being tes many
characters as there are words in tate,
the teiegrapbic messages are sent in a
autaber cypher. For transcribing
Itne.ssages received a double -ended type
is used; on one 'end is the character
and on the other the corresponclime
number. When a Message is receiv-
ed, it is get up by the numbers, and
than printed from the reverse, or rhar-
actft`, end.
Tbe Gerteen 13`ire Department—I have
the honor to announce, eaptain, that
khe fire le in the fourth story, and our
ladders anci hose will reach only to
the eeeoaa. Indeed'? nen have to
wait till the fire gets dawn to the
amnia!
T TIE
VirELLS OF OLDEN' TRES,
HEY, OIL TALMAOE •PREACHES ON
THE WELLS Qi' ABRAHAM;
'fleCouttshin oraneale and itecael—latiere
the cuter 'tattle* of ntirlethentta are
Fought—why Store Men do Not Come to
GocL and. found we guilty, The angels f lieard
r el, an men in prayer -m
of Cod were abe juore impaneled in ings , and elsewhere talk as Om
the ease, and they fotmd.me guilty; I there were no very great rad
was asked what I had to say why seen change, before a, Wan .. bee0
tence of eternal deetti ehould not he a Caltaatian. Ali he has. got to 4
pronounped upon me, end. I had noth, to stop swearing, clear his tbroa
ing tO. say. I stood at the sceffold of few tlnaes, take a good- wasle, and.
Godes jueticee the bleak eap of eternal la ready for heavett 1 Illy friends,
death was tubeut,to be drew)) ever my every man has eot gone astray, an
eyes, wliee • from the hill Of Calvary the whole race is not plunged. in
eet- awl you said,—;otheri We can't: ePare
ugh YOu ; ' and the outcry of grief was Un-
ica sWered by a long breath that told yoW
mes it was all over/ Oh, my God! let not
o is mother be one side and. father on the
tee ssiacreeJit,('Iliee' 4tillircionlaev, eadllat°71)eonellththeesoatm'lle- Helaituaeranee 'Lesson." Prole .10.1% al
_ if er side. If we are tins Walling on
eat- jesus, we eeme, bruised with sin, and
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Verse 10. Hear. Attend, 0 laY
cal well, A good many of you came tn.
tt? satreettius; Wooempeeraisrhou?nord the 'written the' average Jew did Mit dre
old Gavel that womanhood needed or could
labia! these doors this morning carrying a :ezelt°tita.oteel oil; seetle.untactinTeiendlivsisdduoemColCh°111
very heavy burdee. I do not "now
wil is.; but I noticed sone of you, wben "saYingS " give the results of t
amn. 13tronnetoaiint eni—nethoiesanuo:ntingg.7170:adaseadn. tietnity. Receive my sayings. Th
ng- It may be home trouble you can not courees of life, in opposition to ea
nd Lea any body. F/71.0. many have bur -
he other. A wise Mall is the man w
hdeotaerstec/i Come
sthoouthldeerssvelatTlx dynowult; Profile by Other PeOPle's exPerien
en
se the pnek right, beside the wen. Jasevs who, site at the feet of, the teach°
ot well was one hundred feet deep, and.
ou cut through the rock; but this Gospel of the ages and weaves out of th
wisdom his own thoughts and wor
Me well is deep as eternity, and. is cat and acts. The years of thy life sh
.1, right down through the beare of ,the
nci well; spears opened this. You rernen- he nutty. Not every good person liv
waiturage'Extenas au Invite- an A or and h
/telt (sante, dasaell theotegli the
Itiactelte Come aroma the Old Oesael cillyeedr",,a^ax-erlithW-Ifh‘t.'11:1 .)a.tInnei+Legahvaiste4fnaPtceise were
was
IA. desp.atch from Washington says: bleeding, his feet were dabbled vyith
ddpr, Talmage preacle4 from, the. fele gale, and he taxied otet, "Save tbat, man
' from going do t th 't 1 th
fowisg text a-en.A.nd Isaac tligged again eaneom," and tw:d:rmir6bPalok' thatrooal
the walls of water, which easy had from leis heart, and thet heart burst
diggeed in the days of Abraham his pinetdo daeacarimatseniayffeelleatt;aninttaarthitendirrie
father; for the Philistine,s had stop,
hands, and they were stiff; and I
ped them after the death of Abraham; • felt of bis feet and. they were' cold; end
and he called their names after the I felt of his heart, and it was pulee-
tehaeineees,,_b_yoewrieaeliesa =hive isfait8h,e r had called gels with
mainthd Iercorilteedd, wine,
1 'f ew Annpdw:It?itie
amidst the thrones crvina "Dead!"
Xtt Oriental lands a well of water is and spirits ant in inane -bread wheel_
a fortune. If a king dug one, he he- ed down amidst the caverna, crying
acaraweraastartaameoruscaans atabeoruegdn ahe litraedvbituteielt: "tiple,:a;dpthe"irExepviaertbionurnleexpsivaitthion bl is sin,
inself into a chair by the win -
truest or defence of such wells of wa- eYe lighted upon this, "Whom God
Great battles were fought for the con- dow, picked up a new Testament, and
ter; castle and towers were erected to thhattehughsetfaittohrtihn his ir)ii p.r,o,pation
secure permanent possession of them. stantly he was free oUncliessanCdbrinst-
The traveller to -day finds the well of pays our debts, we go to eternal jail.
Jacob dug one hundred feet through fUlenete:er oaunr. joseph opens the king's
,solid rock of limestone. These ancient cern crib, we clie of famine. One sacri-
wells of water were surrounded by A heathen got worried about his sins,
walls of rock. This wall of rock was and came to a priest and asked how
covered up with a great slab. In the he might be (lured. The priest said,
centre of the slab there was a hole If you will drive spikes into your
through which the leathern bottle or
earthen jar was let down. This open-
ing was covered by a stone. When
Jacob, a young man of seventy years,
was courting Rachel, he won her fav-
our, the Bible says, by removing the preaching Christ, the Savioter of all
stone from the opening of the well.
He liked her because she was industri-
ous enough to come down and water
the camels. She liked him because he Jeans! Oh, ye who have been con-
aes an walk five hundred miles you
will get over it." SO he drove spikes
into his shoes end began the pilgrim-
age, trembling, tottering, agonizing on
the way, until he came about twenty
miles, and sat down under a tree ex-
hausted. Near by a missionary was
men. When the heathen heard it, he
IpvuhlaletclIolfyfahnist.; gsai:damlse, .rethsusrewi gthiveemmaes
far as he could, and cried, "That's
incted and worn of sin, trudging on all
was clever enough to lay hold and give
your days to reap eternal woe, will
you not this morning, at the announce-
ment of a full and glorious atonement,
throw your torturing transgressions to
the winds? "The blood of .Tesus Christ
cleanseth trona all sin ;" that was the
very passage that came to the tent of
Healey Vicars, the brave English sol-
dier, and changed him into a hero for
the Lord.
Around this great well of the Atone-
ment the chief battles of Christian-
ity are to be fought. Ye Bedouins of
infidelity, take the other wells, but
do not touch this. I call it by the
same name that our father Abraham
gave it—the Atonement. Here is
a lift to one who needed it,
It was considered one of the great-
est calamities that could happen a na-
tion when these wells of water were
stopped. Isaac, you see in the Lext,
found out that the wells of water,
tlaat had been dug out by his father
Abraham at great expense and care,
had been filled up by the spiteful Phil-
istines. Immediately Isaac orders them
all opened again. I see the spades
plunging, and the earth tossing, and
the water starting, until the old wells
are entirely restored; and the cattle , where he stood, his staff against the
1 eten-ell-curb. 'Here ia where he walked,
come down to the trough and thrust
their nostrils into the water, their bod- eh: wtrear oifintisisisf e it avielrayrowuantderabtrat
they lift up their heads. and look ment, he put to his lips. Oh ye sun-
'
les • quaking at every swallow, until with trembling hand.; in his dying mo -
around and take a long breath, the ! struck, clesertworn pilgrims, drive up
your camels and dismount! a pitcher
water from the sides of their naouths of water for each one of you, and 1
dripping in sparkles down into the will fill the trough for the camels. See
the bucket tumble and dash' into the
depths; but I bring it up again, hand
over hand, crying,. "Ho every one that
thirstetla, come„ye to the waters!" .
Now, bring your shovels and your
pickaxes, and we will try co open an-
other well. I call it the well of Chris-
tian comfort. You have noticed that
there are a good many new ways of
comforting. Ymir father dies. Your
neighbour comes in, and. he says, "It
is only a natural law that your father
should die. The machinery is merely
wOrn out;" and before he leaves you,
he naakes eleme other excellent remarks
about the coagulation onblood, and the
difference between the respiratory and
nitrogenized food. Your child dies,
and your philoeophic neighbour comes,
and for your soothing tells you that
it was impossible the child should live
with 'such *a, state of =mous mem-
brane! Out! with your chemistry and
physiology when I have tiouble, ' and
give me a plain New Testament! I
would rather have an itinerate man
from the backwoods who knows Christ,
talk with inc, when I am in trouble,
than the profoundest Worldling ,who
date,s 'not know him. The Goepel With-,
out. le, li rig you anything about mucous
naernbrane or gastric quice, or liydrea.
calorie Reid, ccatte,s and -says "All
things work together for good. to thoee
Gospel we. We are tont that all who love God.;" and. that if .your (Mild
world wants is development, . for- 1 is gone, it is only becauese Jesus liai
ul of the fact that Without the folded it in his arms, and that the
pel the world always develops down- 1 Judgment -day will explain things that
d., and that if you should take the i are now inexplicable. Ohl let us dig
saran of Christ out' of this world, in ` out this old Gospel well of comfort.
hundred years it would develop Take, away the stoicism and. fatality
the,"Five Points" of the universe, with which you have been trying to
there are a great many men and till it. Drive up. the great herd of
e are a great many rostrums your cares and anxieties, and estop
se whole work it is to fill up these their bleating at this cool fountain!
stian -wells. 1 To this well David came when he lost
ou will not; think it strange then, !Absalom; and Paul, when his back was
he Isaac who speaks to you this ' red and raw with. the scourge; and Dr.
fling tries to dig open some of the Young, when his daughter died; and
wells made by Abraham, his fathe Latimer, when the flames of martyr -
nor will you be surprised if he dom leaped on his track; and 2/1°Kail,
them by the same old names, when he heard the knife sharpening
Mg your sbovel and. pickaxe and for Ms beheading; and all God's sheep
-bar, and the first well we will in all the ages. e.
is the glorions well of the atone -1 ,Aftea- one of Napoleon's betties, it
. It is nearly filled up wit1a the ! was found that the fight had been so
and debris of cad philosophies terrific that, when the muster roll
were worn out in the time of was called, of one regiment, there were
mites and Zeno, but which smart only three privates and one drummer -
in oux day unwrap from their boy that answered. An awful fight
my -bandages, and try to make us that! Ohl that Christ to -day might
ve are original with themselves. I come so mightily for the giving of
go, the ahovel to the very bottom your troubles and eorcows that when
e well, and I find the clear water You go home. and. call the muster -roll
ixtg. Glorious well of the atotte- ' of the terrible troop, not ene--not one
I Perhaps there are people hare ' —shall answer, Christ having quelched
do not know what atonement•fevery annoyance, and salved every
s, it is so long, since you. have gash, and wiped every tear, andmade
I the definition. The word it- complete extermination,
f you give it a peculiar pronun- t, Now, bring your Shovels- and pick -
n, will show you. the meaning— axe,s, and we will dig out another
ne-ment. Man is a sinner, and: well—a well . opened by our. ,,gathtr
yes to die. Jesuit comes in and Abraham, but. which the Philistinee
his punishment and weeps his ; have filled up. It is the well of Gree-
. I was lost once but not 1- am !pet Invitation, I suppose you have
. I deserved to die but Jesus . noticed that religious ridetress in this
the lands into his own heart un- j day, for th.e most pert, has gone into
s face grew pale and his chin 1 the abstract and essayio. You know
eti on his chest, and he had 'a weld sinner" le almost dropped
gth only to say, "It is finished!" out of the Christian vocabulary; it is
oat swung round. into the trough not thought. polite ' to 'me that word
e sea, and would have been now. Tt is NEethodistic or old -fashion -
ped, bat .Tesus took bold of the ed. If you want to tell men that they
T wee set in the battle, and must are sinterS, you must say' they are
been out to piebee bad not, at spirittuttly erralie, or have moral' de-
tail, he who rideth on the white ficits, tee they heve not had' a proper
come into the fray. That whieh spititnal development.; and l' have'not
have been the Waterloo of my heard in twenty years that old hymn,
now became the Waterloo of nay "Come, ye sinners!, poker tied amity."
ph, because Bluther has COMe tip /n the first place, they are not sin -e
e. Explation 1 expiatiotil The news, end in the sieconci , place (hey
led me %or Ingle treason against are neither poor nor needyl I have
trough. I never tasted such water in
my life es in my boyhood, I drank out
of the moss covered bucket that swung
up on the chains of the old. well -sweep;
and I think when Isaac leaned over
the curb of these restored wells, he
felt within himself that it was a bev-
erage worthy of God's brewing. He
was very careful to call all the wells
by the same names which his father
had called them by; and if this well
was called, " The well in the Valley,"
or "The well by the Rock," or "The
well of Bubbles," Isaac baptized it with
the same nomenclature.
You have noticed, my Christian
friends, that many ot the old Gospel
wells that our fathers dug have been
filled up by modern Philistines. They
have thrown in their scepticisms and
their philosophies, until the well is al-
most filled up, and it is nigh impossible
to get one drop of the clear water.
These men tell us that you ought to
put the Bible on the same shelf with
the Koran and the old Persian manu-
scripts, and to read it with the same
spirit; and there is 710i. a clay °but
somebody comes along an. . drops a
brick or a sLone, or a carcase in this
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ginning to end, it. sets forth that
are. 'I%.Tow., brollu3rs and sisters
a" 'man must be born, again in or
to See the kingdom 'of God, and if
le abetnelney ruined unless .Ch•
check his course, why not proclaim
There muet be ae infinite end ra,di
ohmage every manes betzet, or
004 not come within ten theusi
miles of heaven, 'There must be
earthrtuake' iia his soul, shaking do
.51n51 •ancl there must be the tin
Pet -blast of Christ's resurrection bri
ing him up from the cletalts,of sin a
darkness' into the glorious life Of
Gospel. Do you know why. more m
do not come to Christ? It is becau
men are not invited that they de
corae. You get a general invitati
from your friend; "Come round so
(jinn to my houee and dine with me
You do not go. But he awe, "Co
around to -day at four o'ctock, ft
bring your family, and vve'll dine e
gether." And you say, "aden't kno
as I have :any engagement; wi
come." ."I expect you at four ,o'clock
And yoll 81).- ' The World teels it is
general invitation to come aroundisone
time and sit at the great Gospel fees
and men do not come bemuse they ar
not specially' invited. It is becaus
you do not take hold of them and sa
"My brother, come to Christ; cone
now—come now How was it that 1
the days of Daniel. Baker, and Truman
'Osborne, .and'Nettleten, So menyethou
sande came to Jesus? Because thos
good men did nothing else but invit
thein to come. They spent their life
time in uttering invitations, and the
did not mince .matters either?; Wher
did John Bunyan's pilgrim start from
Did he start from some easy, quiet
cosy Pitace4 No; if you heve read .Toh
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," Yon
know where he started from, and tha
was the City of destruction, where ea
ery sinner starts from. Do you know
what Livingstone, the Scotch minister
WaR preacting about in Scotland -when
three hundred souls wader on serMon
came to Christ? He was preaching
about the' heman heart as unolean,
ane hard, and stoner. Do you know
what George Waitfield was preaching
about in his first sermon, when fifteen
souls saw the salvation of God? It was
this: "ye must be born again." Do
you know what is the last subject he
ever preached upon? "Flee the wrath
Lo come." (eh ! that the Lord God
would come into our pulpits and pray-
er meetings, and Christian circles, and
bring us from our rhetoric and. Pro-
found metaphysics, and our elegant
heir -splitting, to the oldfashioned well
of Gospel Invitation. -There are enough
FiaixtE,sr,4 in this house this morning, if.
they rhould come to God, to make joy
eneogh in heaven to keep jubilee a
thousand years. Why not come? Have
YOU never had a speeial invitation to
come? If not, I give it now; you, you,
you, ceine 'now to. Jesus ! why. you
try to cover up that cancer with a
piece of .court -plaster, when Christ, the
Surgeon, with his scalpel, would take
it all away, and it would never come
again ? Do you -know that your natuee
ie al/ wrong unless it has been chang-
ed by the grace of G-od? Do you not
know that God cannot be pleased with
you, nay dear brother, in your present
state? Do you know that your sinful
con 'Pion excites the wrath of God?
"God is angry with the vvicked every.
clay." Do you not know that you have
made war upon God? Do you not
know that you have plunged your
spear into the Saviour's side, and that
you have. punctured his 'temples, and
spiked his feet, tand that you have
broker. his heart ?
Oh! is this what he deserves, Yon
blood bought soul? Is this the price
you away him for his long, earthly
tramp. and -his shelterless nights, and
his dying prayer, and the groan that
'Made.. creation shiver Do you want
to drive another nail into him? Do
you want to stick him with another
thorn 1' • Do yap. wantete join' the enob
that with 'brooely hands smote him on
the cheek,' orying, "His blood be on us
and our children forever'!" yoien
sinea and When say. that, , 1 do Oa.
pick' out some men who `.retay not have
been in• a house of. Worship for for-
ty years,,,but- I piek out .any man
you chooseaarhese heart hasaaot been
ohenged by, the grace of Goa. Oh your
eins! preSs' them on your attention
—the sits of your lifetime. What a
record for a death pillow! What data
for the judgment day I What a cup
of gen for your lips! Look at all the,
!sits of your childhood and, riper yeers,.
with their forked tongues, and adder
slings, deathless poignancy, *ie. --
less JeSue with heel shall crusbethe
serpents. You. have sinned. against'
your God; you Mime ',tinned against
Jesus; you have sinned against, your,
grave—ay, you have sinned against
the little resting -place of your darling
child, for you will never see her again
unless you repent. How can you go
to. the good place, the pure place where
she is, .your heart 'uepardoned? • You
have Sinned against a Christian fath-
er's counsel, anti a° dying mother's
prayer.
1 saw an account the other' day of
1ittle boy Wan was to be Lake ee by a
city miesionary, with sortie ether boys,
to the cou.ntry to find homes: Ile was
well clad, and hed a new hat given
him; w-hile the missionary was getting
the other children ready to go, this boy
went into a earner and took the hat
he had.thrown off, and tore the lining
out of it. The missionary said, 'What
are you doing' with. that hall You
don't want it, What are. you tearing
the lining oat .for1". "Ah said the
bc3", 'That was made • out of mother's
dress, She loved me Very much before
She died, and I have nothing to :remem-
ber her by but (he lining." And so
the boy lore It out and put' it. in his
boson). .0h 1 would you not like to
lieve, one shred 'of yew, mailer's re-
ligion to remember her by? Do, not
her Prayers ,` ,clamour for an answer
this morning?' Do you not see her hold
her withered hands stretched.ottt from
the death,bed,, begging you te come to.
God and be at peace with him. 'Would'
you ,not like to,have the purity of your.
motherl 1*.ould you not like to have
the comfort she felt' in ,'tlark days?
'Would you riot like to have some of
that petite whirl she heti in her last
mements, when ehe locket up through
her spectooles et you, and seid she
Muse go Away, tor ,Iteitts called her,
IHE SUNDAY SCHOO
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, NOV.
L. shinirlg light 441oft sun, Shinet
Ir,Invoarle.yrruindo.riTionrge i!,41.11tteo thleleig• phetnefeesest
2is 0
1 figure Of the Lora JeStut 01.1rIA, Who is
nt1114:6Laignhatmoofret;11.0thiNey'QlbitiCtr,nt:y1:,toWtatt:
taat Light, . Caedlee nealet shine
neoleckree;athLeiarmeliiisgresa, ePuti;*Shmilieeemreerdnettneeat
shine map end mere; eartIns: utMosp?
here eoon, Submerges them, , Bat' ate
suit of the niorniteg Shinetheinetee and
inOte no the Perfect day.' 'So it is
owilh tthethileigjuhst hwelii0h. worlditaZICipath s
tory. i
19. ;Ties way of the wicked .1i) as
darkness. Bilidnight gloom. They
dkiiraIly" l at weahnantottheeeeY 81;tulitratb.le.'thOeli;
own misdeeds lead them to downfell•
.
But some of them do soe it,, but do not
knoar bow to get rid of the tendetiey
to Jest's," and. "walk in the light.'
to evil. The way ,d0 so is to
. .
NOTES ABOUT NOTABLES,
Enteresting 'teaming about Some or the
Great Fates or the Worm.
The Infarclaioness of Bath has a neck -
lame. of black pearls worth £100,000,
Lord Charles Beresford eharges half
a drowse for hie- autograph, and gives
the money to sailors' charities.
Madame Melba is an adept at rowing
and loves to test leer skill• with'. the,
woah.Trishe'lis pisossesses tonsiaetable
Pope yeay fond of birds, of
number. Gaudy -colored parrots figure
pronainentry in the collection„ ,and • a
pelican and an 'ostricb arta ttianng'.bis
special, favorites.
The Princess of Walespossess
es fur gaaments of one kind and anoth-
er tot he value of £12,000. An expert
furrier is charged with tha duty on ov-
erhauling these periodicalla, and great
care has to be token to keep theta
from moths.
Don Carlos, the Pretender to the
Spanish throne, owns something watch
the Queen Regent: thinks should be in
her keeping. This is the insignia of
the Golden. Fleece worn by the Duke
Philip, founder of the order. It is e. `
struipaesii•bolyvalezelled affair of high in -
The oldest trained nurse in England,
with the exceptiott of Miss Florence
Nightingale. is Mrs. Florence Craven.
She has seen a good deal of service, and'
one of her most cherished possessions is
the iron cross given to her by the old
uponhEIx irEvhP ee strtrlororemdWeGtr eisi rnal aeaamtnaod. lame e: el r. aoeteri t°1 a c ors e n f:w
ve roh
ei
r ect h
ud
-nearly £250,000. The Most
highly priz-
ed are the insigala of the Black Eagle:
the Tolson ;017 Golden Fleece and the
Garter. ..Hse has more than•200 Grosses,
eters, and other decorations.
President Kruger is studying art,
He delights in 'Making , pen and ink
sketches of surroerialagaeurnand
of animala •°11e • is. Flow making por-
traits—caricatures. some unk'n 1 Pere ' 4'1.11111111i-
zons oall them—of his friends and am-
quaintances. And the latter. do not
feel flattered when they see , their
counterfeit peesentrnents to the album
of the President.
• 'tea.
When Osman Pasha returned from 'a..
Ruseian captivity to Constaetin9ple
after the war of 1877 the Sultan met
the hero of the Plevna with the words: e
"Thy' children shall be ray children,"
He has kept this promise literally; two
of the old General's sons are already'
married to daughters of the Sateen
and the third son has recently- been
betrothed. to tha youngest daughter of
Abdul Ilanaid. •
When- Princess Beatrice 'goes to Fier-
ence she always visits GiovannilVfeacci.
He is, the simplest of men... .0n the
bac* of every picture he ,marks
pencil the, price which he•. thinks it .is •
Worth, whibh ueuejlneialieuloaelyee,
an ..On eneleceaelaie 'Wheraeha,•aoheehe •
enuill sketch she ,, gave °Urn :three
ibaes the priee .eteleen and' lonaliingree
Old' the astonisaed, artist..net:.t0.• he
udia a baby, as. to nia ek .piernreS;
e 'price that (lid not. cover the .D04
f the material. . a • a .
_Wher. the Prince of No,pleli married,
he daughter of the Prince. of Monte-
egro, he acquired one of the most
eautaful women in Europe as life
artner. But her beauty does nue ex. a
end to her disposition, for sha'heetors
er diminutIve husba,nd--he ie may 4
et 11—in a way that would be more
iveating to thnhousehold, if they, too,
d. not suffer. Occasionally the Prince
inks he ought to assert bis author-.
31', and things are fairly lively for a
y twe in the, princely mansion.
The King of Ile,Igiuna ig a torn specet-
tor. From hie pa.rents he inherited
50,000 sterling. With thie capitel he
gen to speculate, and sawed his
aeterly skill as fintincie.r, in. his
al ings in Pa na ranol' stock, - 'Ea
dicious buying and selling, ienes-
mated to base made £4,000,C00. 'Then
wak. seized with. the Congo Free
de hobby, evhich obtnined sudb • a
I.Fiterr over hire that his fineneial
UMPZ1 WaS C.)90/110WC.red, and he stink
private fortune in it. Whether it
11 ever return good value. for .• the ",
ney remeine to be Seen.
lost people do not, know why t he
nen of Poet ugal studied ntedieine,'
ough they n re ante re that she aa
ten the nearee af.D. .Slo me eried
Crowri Ptinc,t Portugal wi houtwing rnuh •
about 'him, but 'hie '
g good qua Linea quiekly Made her
1, 10Ye with him. When tem t end -
y to stoutness first ,showed itself in
ausbend, Lo his great diacomfort;
determiner' to wateli over him', be-
ing that ehe ' could do' , more
a than thc-dooLors, as She was eon-
ntly with him. ''Flence she devoted
self to medicine under the tuition
be beet doctors of the country
11/1ASCULINE 'INTtilTtON. •
Sinakinsaniur ripm,. neighbor,
. Larrtkins•is not a very. ne tt house..
per, is she?
ete, Sinakine.--Ituleeti Fthe
things lay 'around every which
'How did not' know?
r. bar husband look
oily.
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me Son of God. Shovels opened that other to be aged; not every bad person di
Wu was made out of two pieces—one it would not be true. But this is tru
4- pi:7:ft:: ionldthweelgl-rsol'enede, iatendthoeneeitunwtarys telartrlty.haSb:Ate:ota virtue
emetnent disdni:totmiyad
, el
t,
e
e wwasat'edr, aahndd etahme ebancpkeftultippsend thinetoortnhses tions of prudence and virtue will n
a oosffaa,ruinnesgunansrilsobnningyhabecoleeadma, nadrhibehrowngehlatiddehwnold.
health and longevity. Three kener
1 issue in a fourth generation with ph
e out of two pieces.
take one piece and plant it close by this sleet weakness and early death, Wis
Y' ,.., ly does Dee Adam Clark write: " Ou
n_ peri4ay'were,11,aand tIhepnulslwiitn
e Piece, and 1 ley hold of it with my principal diseases spring from' ludo
hatket clams the
- Saviour's tears,and then fetch it up;
bgeetolnamnitatnehefsnl°111hagee ewe, aftempeamee, and disorderl
passions. True religion excites to' in
e bubbling, foaming, brimming, spark_ dustry, promotes sober habits, desitreY
a ling, with the water of whiela if a man evil passions, and harmonizes the sou
- dripk,. he shalt never thirst. and thus, by destroying the causes o
"Tionetahrenadteeareefdout fountain Illy :of thy blood, most diseases, Prolongs life."
11. I have taught thee in the wa
, Here let me wash my spotted soul of wisdom. "1" stands not merely fo
n e .
Prom crimes of deepest dye. Solomon or any other sage, but fo
- Bo thou my streagth and righteousness
yk, i%tivdeaakr,masndI fhaeilip;less worm, lite collected fatherhood and mother
merely for Rehoboam, or the Hebrew
ood of ,humanity. Ihee " stands 'not
t Onthy
My Jesus and my all." youth of his time, but for all young
, men and women, all boys and girls
collected in our Sunday schools to -day.
DECORATED BY THE QUEEN. They, and the inultitude,s ot young peo-
ple -who do not go to Sunday 'school,
are alike the heirs of all the ages,
in the foremost files of time, enriched
by the teachings of the dead. Even
i heedless, or unblest by the influ-
ences 'of a Christian home, still the
appreciated by their masters and their ,
world's inherited wisdom is theirs. If
dogs who rise to the position of "regi- thin the world was in Solomon's time
mental pets," who become part and and the most confirmed pessimist will
hardly dispute that statement, the ina-
parcel of the regiment at home and in
provement is due to the teachings of
action, and who receive official recog- , eacensewe
nition, 'are comparatively few. 1 experhnentgeerns,eratthieonsaoafgroebgsaertvederslavnisd.
"Bob was the, regimental pet of the that
tobfethweerwldorbldas. beBeunttaifugithtle
companied his regiment to Afghanis- , thertshoseanro lire been Christian fa-
eintrthtlee
2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshires', and a
way_of wisdom, how specially true is it
soldier dog to the backbone. He ac- of
tan and went through let the battle of Ihtavise tababyadbee:n:aplehtirttniontlatehartigehntmpeastbste.
Emphatically
Maieva.nd one of the most terrific days'
fighting that has been known during 6°°a's young people to scorn or avoid
the old. Disobedience to parents and
the past generation.
Man after- man was cut down, but doing in secret things *which parents
Man
1 lwrleadid,cliza"onPoPropfvethles'fiarssthasstebpeseto ruin,
Bob would not be denied his share in and a long, long step." An added
the fray. He kept on running to the mean ng is given to this verse by the
front, barking fiercely at the enemy, fullerj revelations of C.hristianity
until at, length a bullet laid him low, which its writer did without knowing.
To tes in these later days has come the
The wound was serious enough, as it 1-
wesa_ora of God, 1 Cor. 1. 24, the word
tore nearly all the skin off his back,
gEreagitanhdonothreatnethxet
companied his old corps into action.
but he recovered and once again ac -
When tae regiment returned to
.hyaenards 0B1otbhereQcueieveend, That is, ledge, Col. 2. 3.
°files tiwtoirdsedoastal:hesanno.f 1, who is made unto
12. Thy steps shall not be straitened.
narrowed, circumscribed.
inwiwstmm aarnedhlirdnoaevit
apirit is there is !Wert
Unusual Molitor Restowpal lrpoti two Eng-
lish Military noes.
Army pets whose sterling worth is
musters cronies are numberless,• but we to -day are more practically wise
Y.
her Majesty not only decorating him Thou shalt not stumble. God's provi-
with tbe medal for the campaign, but dence turns the stumbling -blocks of
tying it round his neck with her man • ..
life into stepping -stones. Note _also
i the first part of the clause. Free
hands when the regiment paraded ben course ahall be insured to the wise
fore her at Osborne House. 1 man when he "goes," that is, when he
Like many another warrior, Bob did iwifaellas; btattmwietheonrdhinearhyascitrocurmuns,tatehcaets.i.osf,
not live long to enjoy the blessings of
peace. In a little more than . a. year Meentaherer byerugeondesiesproetvilnifeen,ehee. isdaeagkinie lnlyo
he was run over and killed in the Isle '
of Wight. . • 1 thouglet in that hour, the hour of ern -
"Regimental Jack," the Scots Guaads' I ergenca, what ye shall say." .
tdhoeg,ctio,ionakearrtaienbteheeamleotttheset' fiahtse in 0 ,13..e -Take fast hold -of instruction,
pet bf the e"Lora, lil 'would clasp my hand V1
guards in a curioua, ' fashion. - 1 ettian,,eiS,.. bu. tredeentren.ecflaretnh,e st6hruvsan'iP.,erors:i7;
,thee cold winter's night he was found!"
Wag, sentry. in St. eTames, palace Gar,' of Gd' e great nursery. The tamight
treating hien and had eialea. bye.fling-
dens., Some one had been brutally 111- fAlthear,ne. oil oinffo:Diisemaipdpinne, . hschweevir't.iirya, ti,hifeer
.
irtg him over the high evalL , • ;ekifte_odersvi:idpalieneisispoiwifeei;.." witarbeeraitlyi; but
sentry loft his post,' and, tine derelic-
, Tn befrienclieg the' poor, animal the
hasten toward spiritual, moral, intele
lion of duty being discovered, he was lectual, and paysical death,
placed in the guard room uhder arrest. willedEnwtece nhoatveineleomtinheenpatetcthaoflittibi:
The dog followed his protector, and on
touched by the dog's gratitude that 1
hearing the story, the officer .was so' pauploangrtahpihs. vietresoeupiniesthwee ilinwtsiotchluvcetTs.ye
Z`pioverbiat. caution. '
theprisoney was released, with the 81.01., die linanyteeitiateuightteywourc)tnage parfigillitdevetetnh_,
'lleneetorth Jack's fortunes ware to titre not into the company of those in-
beltiiiind up with those of lhe Scats facia(' wall the Plague, though thou
Guards. ' e think thyself guarded with an anta
When the -regiment went to the dote."---lienry.
of which he was made. At Alma hei
Crimea he very soon showed. the`aeuff 15. Avoid it,; pass not by ht niitnr.ehf:.,10.1inei fte
the wounded.
erward. carried it flask of brendy to of every liquor shop, gambling house,
saved the life of his proteolor, and aft- Gisoitit w"soluglad" setielkat tothlehrterNuveo
i
, and den of inquity. Ab.stain frem
At hiker/non he was wounded in the ° every ,appearance of evil. Touch hot
right; foot, after literally performing! athned uyneclsertilthiiinetg.fnalanlkIne t hluesfaspillft
prodigies of valor. With his two -le
ged comrades he ebarged, and with I the. flesh. But if you find thal. you
tooth and nail went for his coantry's ' have already -mad a naistalie tl .
enemies.
The fight over, the faithful animal
'went joyfully to find his protector.
Find him ha did, but it was among the
Slain, and Jack was disconsolate.
When the regiment came horrie the
Queen graciously noticed. jaelc, and he
was inVested with a mieiature Victoria
Cross and the Critneen medals ; but be
ained. away from sheer lack of interest;
In life, and one Morning shoilly after-
vyard he was folind beheath the snow,
sleeping his last eleep. '
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take, not one step more; stop at once;
turn from it mind pass away.
10, They sleep not; except they have
done in isch e f. o 1 d-falibion
"wicked!' whom Solomon bed in mind
lay awake nights thinking whom they
could next knock down and rob. Even
today (here live. some of tliat• sort. :Hut
there are others, fend 1 hi per footle.
proper in a temperence lesson to speci-
fy them, who often sit up to plan how
to make weak men nreek temperance
pledges. and how to' deeoy ignorant
boy e and girls inlo ruin. True, no
such text as ibis is Co be narrOWed in
WELCOMING 'FRESH CAR.ES, °its application to the liquor evil, It
refers to the whole breadth of sin ;
ear, as fresh cares are .concern- and there are some Very innocent bust-
, aatA a men of rpatare years, eae ,nesses which are prosecuted, in very
w otor 1 molar wocepine tbem, Trotiyasnas (acr oLaninnt rorairetgs 1i15 who
Y blot out the old cares complete- come nearer to being fitly described by
and so Show now unsubstantial they verse 10, than the liquor dealers,
e, and 1 know that in due coarse 17, They eat the bread of wickednewl
se new cares Will be SuPplanted by and dritilt the wine of violence. Stt-
ere tind *Bias completely give Way thig doeyn at (eble, where insteacl of
them. Thus I am constantly re- bread and meat thee aeVotir plans of
ded that our cares really don't malieious I:nisi:lief and instead of
unt to raneh, except as we imagine drink thsy Swallow plate of cruelty
n great, anti)" expect, to see the day and Swindling.
ti T the CI giro litit Scanty rootri to 18. The path of the just. The man -
n 411111 n'!. he diSeUrhed by' thetn at 5ticierirfon!ralitfon ot,rbeth.teuiltie:1011.whooette.eeklelleos
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