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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Times, 1899-10-12, Page 641-07-E8 AND COUNENTS. ' Tee anhapPy Arautinieres svbesaled to Oauegebe from Aeiatie Turkey it the ereare 1893-90 are eoarsely lastter Ofi now than in theee terrible days when allele homes were burned by murderous Suras and the barely epeaped with their livee, Russia eats ordered them gO aaek to their suined fleide, but alle Sublime Porte (Iodates to receive teem. In 1897 some a the fagitives endeavored to return, but the Govern - meet declined to receive tat= without passports, whieb tae Turkieh Consuls, of course under orders, xefused to issue. \ Teen the Governor-Geeeral a the Caucasus regoestea IL Xelidoff, akiebassader at Constantinciple, to ' Intervene irs behalf ottee refuge,es. M. Nelidoff sleelined to do so on the ground that it would not aocoed with aaassia's policy concerning the East- ern Christians to eneeurage or compel tile Armenians to turn back to almost Vertain death. But the remarkable edict issued at St. Petersburg in May, 1.8.98, showed that this •wes not the arise sentiment oa the Russian Govern- s:a:mt. This edict required all Otto - Man sobjects of Armenian extiaction to leave Caueasia withia a year. In that time a cousiderable number a re- fugees, including widows and children. were sent over the border lovably. Turkey protested and even, the nevv Itu,ssian Ambassador at Constantino- ple, M. Zinovieff, objected to this vig- orous raeasure. The ouly result was that Russian extended the time for be return a the fugitives to the Turk- ish domain till the next May. Accord- ing to present informetion, Turkey de- clines to receive the Armenians on efly terms, and it remains to be seen what further step e Russia will take to rid her territory of her unwelcome guests. Ruspia's policy seemseeteelas treetZes'—ate by her aerenyiere tesosasela , „eel -reeve -41g dislike of all Armen - Her subjects of that race ba es, caucasia are having a hard time. It well known that the Armenians, ike the jews thrive in trade, and eir peosperity under favorable cir- instances had made them generally sliked by their neighbors. This char- teristic and the tendency of success - 1 Armenians to seek predominance both ,public and private spheres may e the ,basis of the attacks upon them *aloe Prince Galitsin, the Governor- General, advised in his report to the Czess in 18E6. He declared that the sage of the population should be shield- ed :arena " the exploiting tendencies and peeetical aspirations of the Arnaen- se sans." Many of the Russian Armenian newspapers and other publications have been suppressed and the remainder are now subjected to the strictest cen- eoeship. All the Armenian schoolpro- perty, chiefly acquired and supported by funds contributed for the purpose of having the Armenian children edu- cated under the direction of the Ar- menian clergy, has been practically confiscated by an edict giving the pro- perty entirely. tto the Imperial Depart- re.enleof Education, Political and other severities have been directed against tlyi Armenians and they are very mis- J,rable. Meanwhile there is grave rea- son to doubt that the Armenian Revo- lutionary Federation is helping the cause of its .affacted people by suca raanifestos as it addressed to the Pow - 'ate in lakliaeataaeast appealing to them to aid. the Armenians to overthrow the it rule of the Sultan and achieve Armen- ian independence. An independent state controlled by Armenians in Asi- atic Turkey seems to be the burden of the Federation's proclamations, in spite of the well-established fact that &warner. its compatriots do not number one- sixth of the population of Turkish - Armenia. Tis 7 bas COST OF LIVING. nh `0, by !Vienna 19 the Cheapest capital la Europe ed In Which. to Levee it., nerd --- Att-enee.stisaation Into the compare - mete tive cost of laving at the various Eur- opean capitals resulted in the follow- ing facts: At Vienna the prices of most articles of food are lowest; at Madrid they axe dearer than in any sia"n•Y ;steer capital, te and such things as evhile _ bread, meat, sugar and coal are very ciose 1,expensive indeed. At St. Petersburg ku°Tan tiiso the price al bread is still consid- ing ball, eaed a lueanyaboee the ravens of the rOallY lit working classes, , Next to Vienna, done vta Brussels is an expensive city; Paris officers IS Still a little higher in the scale, . while London is still more expensive. "ervatav° Asa Araerican spends on an average than on'ata) a year for food, a Fr.enehman $48, The schea. German $45, a Spaniard $33, an tee , talian 1824 and a Russian $40, . Of "a ""eal,ees,t the A.merica,n eats 109 peunde a pose Of telear, the Pre,nclaneat 87 patinae, the this aefaaerman 64 pounds, the Italian 28 "cuads and the Russian 51 pounds. Of those teaolroisd tbe Aeneeiean consumes 580 ideal Pro pounds-, the rreachnian 540 pounds, the steal the German 550 pounds, the Spamard 480 awes that ;sounds, the Italian 400 pounds and the eassiee 655 pounds. Outside of E pupil wholtimes e, • aof peaee, Manila is cheap- sbowing tat to live in that any other city in Majority sve world* count would Genuine LaiallOOSiVE FORCE OF LIQUID AIR. eees Won by euelasanted that liquid air has 20 itabie.111 1acti:11s explosive force of dynamite. very life of the a "Perla:lents at Vienna, 111 the of the people, f amnion, tile liquid. alt was ex - an eleetric spark, and: the , "alr4re extremely satiefaetory. An addition 1 S4 was developed in the guile, building in Goderesege ef the projectiles was at a cost of $7,51 Ito& the ceiattseetor. One )0,0 t recently the peennees Of Mr. 17Y, :Crake 11oacI atephee, Mae lieocos of Bus wool from a, the a:0701111g., poll carbo neila, TIIE EXETER TIIVIES E RETREAT OF •JOSIIIJA REV. DR. TALYIAGE DRAWS SOMT LESSONS • FROM IT Sometimes the Best Thing to Do Is to Run—Your Relreat Is Your Victory—Days of Victory for the Church—. The Triumph of the Wicked Is Short—Some Christians Do Not Take Good Aim, Hence Their Attack Amounts to Nothing. A despetela from Washiriaten, StVet referined frotn drunkenness hurled In- -Rev. Dr, Talmage preo,obed from the to Inebriety and. the grave oile of the following textiaaelheri ye shell rise up bisseythfalenvidostoIryey,er had. Your retreat from the ambush and seize upon tee Dere is a eonverted infidel. ale 15 city."—Joshua vita 7: so strong now irt his faith in the Goa - awe weeks ago on sebbeta evening. eel he says he can read: anything. 'What are you reading? Bolingbroleel with my family around me, we were Theodore Parker Andrew ./ ackson talking over the scene of the text. In Davis's Tracts f Swedeaberg's the wide open eyes, and the quick in- Dream? ,Toadiaas Glasgow Univer- terrogatious, and the blanched cheeks, sity Address?' Drop them and run. You will be an infidel before youdie realized what a thrilling drama it unless you quit that. Tease men of Ives. There is the old city, shorter by Al witi be too much for you. Turn name than any other oity in the ages, year back on the rank and file of 'un- spoiled . with two lettere belief, Fly before they ova you with their swords, and transfie: you with °setae and his men want to take it, their javelins. How to do tt, is th,e question. On a There are people in this audience You made your fortune. b;a iniquitous treffie. Do you expect to keepit ? Your motley will scatter, or it svill stay long euough to 'Durso your clail- (leen after you ere dead. - Call oyer the roll Of bad men erao prospered, nod se,0 how short was their Prosperity, For :mails, like, tag axes et Ai,. they' Went: from conquest to emaquest; but after awhile disaster rolled back epee them, and they weee divided into taree Parte.; miefortene took their property, the grave took their body, and the lost world took their souls. I am alvveye intera ested in the building theatres, and in the building of dissipating sa,- looes. A like to have them built of the best granite, to have the rooms made barge, aod to have eats pillars made very firm. Godis going to con- quer teem, and they 'will be , Turns= INTo CHURCHES. They are going to ehange hands—these stores in which fraudulent men. do business. These splendid banking in- stitutions, where the president and the cashier put all their property, in their wiveshands and then fail for two hundred million of clollars—all tbeee institutions are to become the -places where honest Caristian men ;do busi- ness. How long will it take your boys to get through your ill-gotten gains? The, wicked do not live out half their days. For awhile, they swagger and strut, and make a great splash in the newspapers ; but after awhile it all dwindles down into a brief para- graph ;— ' "Died, suddenly, September 5th, 1899, at thirty-five years of age. Relatives and ' friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral on Wednesday, at two o'cloca, from his late residence, toraier occasion, in a straightforward today who have. beeri well-nigh ruin- en Madison-sgaaree" ed becase the -y risked a fool -hardy ex- Some of them jumped off the .docks. face -to -facie fight, they had. been de-, pedition in the preseade, of raigaty and Some ,of them -Welk pruseie 'acid. Some featea; bat now they are going to take overerlielreing, temptations, and ' the of them fell under the snap of a Der - it by ambuscade. General Joshua has tmheenm of. yA.oiurmraedtereaet mteoryneinugr,mviecatolroyf ringer pistol. Setae of 1.1,em spent two divisions in. his army — the one • their last days in a lunatic asylum, , So, also there is such a thing as vice Where is Oakes. Ames, the despoiler division' the battle -worn corernanuee toaious also, for the Church. Thou- of puha, men, ef credit me/Auer in,. will lead himself; the other division he sands of ties the kingdom of Christ farny? Where are Ketehani and Swart - senora oft to enwrap in an ambush on has seemed to fall back. The days oef out, absconding swindlers? Where is tee west side' of the oity of Ai. Na retreat for the Church were days or James aisle the libertine? Where is . victory. ' John Wilkes Booth, the assassin? and toreaes, no lea:erns, no sound of aeavy The Pilgrim Fathers. fell back from all tee other eals.denieementseassaaale"' , battalions; but thirty thousand swar- the other 5ide of the sea to Plymouth tRinoueint't bfuotr ut.ualev aal7allialresti-4Lneg,.!1",,,o.:-.4edo.lin'o't'iv‘A4e cjilit"'-4112!'t.'llr'l'eta-.1;ys' :1331'esY- thy warriors moving in silence, speak- se 7 'esiRseseee; 0 world. 9f darkness! Come 1 ing onar in a whisesers no clicking ee eo.,,,,,eseeeeeseesseeesearecialitalafalia'al t e up, your looks dripping. wsth eternal swords eicesiaeteeseeieseeseeressesseasseaaraa World. The Chai•ch of Christ. falling fire, Hildebrand, and. Henry IL, and -.......s..suee ds lest the watch- back from Piedmont, falling back' from Robespierre, and with blistering .and men of Al discover: it and the strata- the Rae St. Jacques, falling back from blasphemy and ashen lira hiss out: St. IDeni' e falling back from the Wur- "The 'triumph of the wieked is short 1" gem be a failure. If a roystering texaburg Castle, falling back fronithe Alas 1 for the men of Ai, when Jos - soldier in the lsraelitish army forgets Brussels market -place, yet all the time aua stretches out his spear toward the triumphing. Notwithstanding all the cites shocking reverses which the Church , 'Leason the third : How,neuch may be 04 Christ has suffered, what do we see i accomplished by lying in, ambush for to -day ? Thr.ee thoueand missionaries of I opportunities. Are you hypercritical the cross on heathen ground. Sixty I of Joshua's manoeuvre? Do you say thousand ministers of Jesus Christ in I that it Was cheating for him to take this land. At least , that city by ambuscade/ , I enswer TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS' if the war was right, then Joshua was,aight in his stratagem. He vie - of Christians on the earth. All nations lated no flag of truce, ' to -day kindling ie a blaze pf revival. .. HE ER.OKE NO TREATY, Falling back, yet advancing, until the old Wesleyan hymn will Prove true: but by a lawful ambuscade .captured " The lion of Judah shall 'break the the city of Ai. 0 that we all knew bow chain, to lie in ambush for opportunities to And give us the victory .again and serve God. The best oppottunities do again." . not lie on the surface, but are secreted; But there is a more marked Mastro:- by .tact, by stratagem, by' Christiaia tion of victorious retreat in the life ambuscade, you may take almost any of our Joshua, the Jesus of the ages, castle of sin for Christ. Come, Iv to - First falling back from an appalling ward men with a regular besiegement height to an appalling depth, falling of aegurnent and you will be defeat - from celestial hills to terrestrial val- ed; but just wait until the . door of leys, from throne to manger; yet that did. not seem to suffice -Him as a re- their hearts .us set ajar, Or they are oaf their guardeor their severs eatition The military officers ot Ai look out in treat. Palling back still further, from Is away from bome, and then drop On the morning very early, and while Bethlehem to Nazareth, back from them from a Christian ambusc.ade. they do not see the divisions in am- Nazareth to Jerusalem, back from Jer- There has been many a man upsto his bush they behold. the other division of usalem to Golgotha, back 1 rom Golgo- chin in scientific 'portfolios which jashua, and the cry "To arms!" rings tha to the mausoleum in the rock, back proved there wae no 'Diarist and no through an the -create oil the eld. town down over the precipices of perdition, Divine revelation, his pen a scimetar and every sword, whether hacked and until He walked amid the caverns of flung into the heart of theological 013 - bent, or newly welded, is brought out, the eternal captives, and drank of the ponents, who. nevertheless, has been and all the inhabitants of the city of wine of the wrath of Almighty God Ai pour through the gates, an infuri- amid the Aaa.bs, and the Jezebels, and discomfited . and captured for God by soma 'little three-year-old child who ate torrent, and. their cry fa: "Comee the Belshazzars. 0, men of the Pulpit has got up and put her snowyitems we'll make ' gawk work with ,rosliva and men 'of the pew, why tell only half around his sinewy neck, and said: and ale teeope!" No sooner had these of the story? Christ's descent from "Papa, why don't you love Jesus ?" people -cif Ai come out against -tee heaven to earth does not measure half 0, make a flank movement ; steal a troops of Joshua than Joshua gave the distance. It was from glory to march on the devil. Cheat that man such a come:mild as he seldom gave: Perdition. He deecendecl into hell. All into, heaeen. A five -dollar treatise "Fall back le Why, they could not the records of earthly retreat are that will stand all the laws of hemile- believe their own ears. Is joshua's nothing as corapared with this fall- tics May fail to do that which a 'Manna courage failing, him? . "Fall back le hag. back. Santa Anna, with the free- tract entreaty may ac - The retreat as beaten and ments of his army flying over the oerapHostChian , orifsetrnmee Christie as in THE ISRAELITES ARE PLYING, plateaux of Mexico, and Napoleon, and ambuscade, not lying in idleness, but throwing blankets and canteens on his army retreating from Moscow in- waiting for, a quick spring, waiting un- to the awful snows of Russia, are not every side. And you. ought to hear worthy to be xnentioned with this re- tit just the right time comes. Do not the soldiers at Ai cheer and cheer, and treat, when all the Powers of, darkness' talk to. a man about the vanity of this world an the day when he has bought cheer. But they huzza too soon. The seemedsto ,be Pursuing Christ as. He oi men lying in ambush are straining fell back, until the body of Him who agt'd'15a,'t' b"Ult2't"alaltntdo ihsiMV:bnogutiothr allaalite their vision to get some signal, from came to do such wonderful things lay Joshua that they may know what pulseless and stappect Methinks that ity of the, world on the day when he has bought at "15," end is compelled time to drop upon the city. Joshua the city of Ai was not so emptied of to sell it at "12." Do not rub a man's takes hie burnished spear, glittering its inhabitants, . when they went to in the sun like a shaft of' doom, and pursue Joshua, as perdition was emla- disposition the wrong *ay. 1)n not take the imperative mood when the points it toward the city; and, when tied of devils when they started for subjunctive mood will do just as well. the men up yonder in the ambush see the pursuit of Christi, and He fell back Do not tate in perfervid style to a it, with hawk -like swoop they drop and back, down lower, down lower, plelegneatic, nor try to tickle a torrid upon Ai, and without stroke of sword chasm below chasm, pit below pit, un - or stab of spear take the city and put til He seemed to strike the bottom of temperament with an icicle. You cab take any man foe Christ if you know it to the torch. So much for the dial- objurgation .and 'scorn, and torture. h.ow to get at hire. Do not send word .sion that was in ambush. 0, the long, loud 'jubilant Shout of to Iii.m that to -morrow- at ten o'clock How about the division that was hell at the defeat of the Lord God Al- more especially u.nder Joshua's ccon. mighty I But let not the powers 'sa- 'him, but come on him by a Skil- maid? ' No eooner does Joshua stop darkness rejoice quite so soon. Do you ae, persevering, in tee flight, than ail big, men stop hear that disturbance irt the tomb of y:cute.propose to open youk. bat.teries• upon God -directed embus - with him, and as he, wheels they wheel, Arimathea ? I hear the sheet rend - for in a voice of Wander: that.shook ing ! What Means that stone hurled the otEteseksionrieel;dfoa uim . rth :' . The ,importance e earth, he cried, "Halt!" One clown the side of the hill? Whoas this strong arm damming back a torrent coming out'?, Push Him back! The THERE IS JOSETJA. of flying troops. And then, as he dead must stalk in thisopen sunlight! b,ut how are these people in ambush , points las spear through the golden 0! it is oar Joshua. up milder to. keew when they are to light toward that fated city, hie troops drop on the city, and how are these LET HI3/I CO1VIE OUT. —. know thee they are to start for it. men arouod Joshua to know when they What a scene it was when; the divi- tie coines forth and starts for the city. are to stop their flight and advance. sion in ambush that had taken the He takes the spear of the Roman guard There mast be some signal—a signal city raarelied down against the men and points that way. Claureh Militant to stop the one division and to start of Ai on the one side, ance the :troops marche,s up on One side and Cherch the 'other, Joshua, with a spear, on under Joehua doubled .up their enem- Triumphant marches down on the oth- of battle, points award: the city. Ile ies from the other side, and the men, erside, and the powers of darkness. stands in sueh a conspicuous position,, of Al were caaght between these two beingcaught between these ranks of and, there is so reach, of the morning atterrieanes of Israelitise courage, celestial and terrestrial valour, notes light drippieg from that spear -tip, that tartest before and behind, stabbed in ing is left of theam save just enough an-areene the horiaan they se it. breast and back, ground between the to illustrate, the direful overthrow .of It, was aa' innate as to say: "There upper and the nether millstones of hell and our jeshuare eternal ,victory, is the City. Take it. Take it nowSltoll Godls indignation.- Woe tothe city of On Ilia head be all the creams. In His down from the West side. Sorge up Al I Cheer for the triumphs of band be all the scePtres, At His feet Israel! t • - from the noeth side. It is ours, the be all the human hearts; ,and here, city of gee Goa knows, aerie" knew, Le.stionthe first: There is such a Lord, is one of them. , that a great deal of Christian attack thing Ws victorious retreat, Joshua Lesson the second: The triumph of am:aunts to nothing, simply because falling back was the first chapter, in the Wicked is short. Did you ever we de not take good aim. Nobody hie Successful .besieggement, and there see aa array in a Panic? These is no,- knows, We de tee knew emeelees, are' taxies in your life when' the beet thing se ancontrollalsle. If you had wlsich point we want te . tore, when thing you, can do ia to run, You were 0;00d at Long Bridgeat Washington' We ought to naake, up oar minds what Mice the aietita of strong drink. The during the 'Veiling °I' our unfortunate Goa will have us to do, and point ouis demijohn and the decanter were your War, yea would know what it is to spear ha that direetion, and thet hurl, tierce foes. They dame dowa Upon see an army run. And when those our body, mind, soul, time, eternity yon with greater fury than the: men mell of Al looked out and saw the trien at that one laeget. In oar pulpits, of Al alien the men of joshea. 'O'our Of "shlta In a stanaPade, they eltPeet- and pews, Sunday-eehoole, and prayer - easy safety Is to get, away from them. ed ease work. They would Acatter ur dissip,atitig eompamons will come meetings, we want to get a reputatim Yo them as the equitioe the leaves. 0, gun, for tae gleeful and jubilant descent of the for saying Pretty things' and 8(1 " grossed, for your overthrow. your lift I Fall bask I Fall back Men al .AI ull:en the men 01" 3°ShUsa 1 poroirletrteawurentUP6atirretP7taaritsethieorfl°sWaY8gg; their exhilaration was 'held, . ear from the drinking saloon,. ran baeh Ilea sublithings, and we.point Oat epeite frae. tessipeting catepeeionsiep, nal the tide of battle turned, and these me the seers ; or we Watt to get beck trona the whle party. Your quondam elanquercirs left their raiser-towarda reptitation for historicaa knowledge, flight le your advanee, 'raise retreat ii'bis ea"asSes In the WilderneSe ef end, we Point ear spear toward the Is year Yletory, ' Bethaven, So it afways is, The era . A Sla0ONPLIL Or BRANDY umph of the wieked is short, Yee pest ; or we weal' to get a reputetion made twenty thousanct dealers at the f‘ar great liheralitY, s° we swing °Iir taken for medicinal purposes by a ganaingstable, Do yell expect to keep ellear all around, and It strikes all Mail who twenty lea,re. before hed been it / -Yoe Will die in the PoorhouSe, fullint'S of th's horizon' . and you' ean himself, all along the linesthe word is 'shi Joshua takes the other divisiol the one with which he is to march, and puts it on the nerth side of the city of Ai, and then spends the night in re- conneitering in the valley. There he is, thinking over the fortunes of the coming day, with something of the feelings of 'Wellington the night be- fore Waterloo, There he stands ID the night and says to himself. "Yonder is the divisicn iii ambush on the west side of Ai. Here is the division i11 ambush on the west side of Ai. Here is the division 1 have under my e,special command, on the north side of Ai. There is the old city slumbering in its sin. Toanomow will be the battle. Look 1 Tlae morn- ing already begins to rep the lents." • 5-7,7,S make out ot it whatever you please; waile 'there is the old world, preud re- bellious, and armed against all righte- ousness; and inetead of our running tuiy further away from, its pursuit we ought to torn around, Plant our foot in the strength of the eternal God, lift the old (noes, and point it in the diree- tion ef the world's conquest, till the redeemed, of eaeth, marching up from one aide, and the glaritied of heaven marching down from the oilier gide, the last battlement of sin is compel- led to swieg eats the streamers of manual. 0, Church of Gad, TAKE AIM AND CONQUER,. I have 'ward it saia: "Look out for a men, who: has only one idea; he is ir- ressistible." I say, look out for the Clearoh of Cheist-whieli has one idea, and that a determination for soul - 11 I dared to: point the spear in any other direction. 0 for some of the courage and entauslasra at Joshua! He flung two armies from the tip of that spear. Coming to you at the close of our Summer vacation, and startieg again in the season of work, I wish 1 conid sound the tocsin of a great cam- paign. It was sinful for us to reet unless it was to get stronger muscle, and fresher brain, ani purer heart for God's work. I feel on my head this morning the hands of Christ in ts new ordination. 0, my people, do you not feel the same omnipotent, pres- sure? There is a work foe all our Churches. 0 that we might stand up side by side and point the spear toward the city! It ought to be taken; it will be taken. Let us decide -upon the work which we, as Christian Churches, have to do, and in the strength ofgGocl go to work and do it I believe that this year will be the most stupendous year that heaven ever saw. The nations are quaking now with the coming of God. It will be a year of successes for the men of Al. You put your ear to the rail of Joshua, but of doonal for thee:eget- track and you can t .heaestaftoaa a" eessesesasea trae com- ing. itilles („asytese ereye'ao I to -day put my ...:iioarto 25 ground, and, I hear the tanudering on of the lightning train of God's mercies and judgments. THE MERCY OF GOD is first Lobe tried upon this nation. It I will be preached in the pulpits, in the- atres, on the streets, everywhere. Peo- ple will be invited to accept the mercy of the Gospel, and the story, and; the song, and the prayer will be "mercy." But suppose they do not accept the offer of mercy' -what then? Then God will come with His judgments, and the !grasshoppers will eat the crops, and !the freshets will devastate the valleys, Iand the defalcations will swallow the money markets, and the fires will barn !cities into ashes, and the earth will quake from pole to pole. Year of mer- cies and of judgments. Year of in- vitation and of warning. Year of jubilee and of woe. Which side FITS you going to be on? With thesmen of Al or the men, of Joshua? Pass over this autumnal Sabbath into the ranks of Israel. I would clap my hands, at the joy of your coming. You have a poor chance for thie world, and the world to come, Without Jesus. You cannot stand what is to come upon you and upon the world unless _you have the pardon, and the comfort, and the help of Christ, Come over. On this side is your happiness and safety; on the other side disquietude and, des- pair. Etetnal defeat to the men of Al! Eternal victory to the men of Joshua! IN CASE OF FAINTING Persons Elbould be Allowed to Ile Flat Ilpon l'iteir Back. Fainting, is due to a temporary and transient, weakening or pause of The heart's action, vvhieh causes a suspen- sion of the circulation of the blood in the brain. It is this fact weich causes tee loss of consciousness. This is ea- . companied with a loss of muscular power, so that, the person, if stand- ing, falls. IL people would only understand and constantly remeniber that nature wisely takes care of the person who faints, and put teen in the best posi- tion for recovery—that is, lying down --the foolish practice of making a pillow of something. to put under the head, or trying to make the one who has fainted, sit up, would cease. This is the very worse thing that could be done. Usually no treatment as re- quired at all in feinting. The first, the indispensable thing to do, is to lay the person down flat at once—the head must be as low as the body—then nese the ldgs and body a few inches from the ground, the feet six or eight' inches, thereby causing the head to be lower than the boay, and consciousness will return immediately. Holding emelling salts to the nose tends to excite the nerves of sensation, and by arousing the beaan and heart to renewed activity, are. useful. GOT THE JEWELS. A. New Dante Recently Worked on a Paris .Jeweler. A swell young woman not long ago drove up in a handsome private car- riage to a well-known lunatic, esylum, situated a fevv miles from Paris, and requested to see the proprietor. Her wieth bein,g acceded to, she informed the doctor that she desired to place her husband under his care to see if a cruel mania, under which lee labor- ed, viz., "that he had lest a large quantity of jewels," could not be re- moved. After some hesitation the doctor conseeteds and the woman drove away directly to a jeweler's: in Paris, and elected jewels te the velem of several thousand dollars and requested one of the ehopmen to go with her in her car-, riage to procure the money for the mats sae had taken. She drove with him to the asylum, and, arrivieg there, he was shown into a ,reme. The lady then (sought the doctor, told him of the arrival of her husband, and, getting into her carriage again (hove away, The rest may be imagin- ed, but the aoor fellow was confined several days before it was toted they both had beet "aold," slid the' lovely lady never dame back, POISONS IN tIVI al Rpg 'no Ilse er ate slower Drugs Seittleat near a ef ratept In Navels and PlaYs. -A recent newspaper article," said a physician, "called attention to two ourious facts, or rather, alleged faets, about poison: "l'iret, that it is sio sel» dom reecated to by murderers ; and second, that its use is almost invari- abla followed, by detection. One might answer both etateraerits with the Ones- tioe : How do we anew? Tiow do we know that the few eltunsyeatiessthat come to light repreeent the eune of that kuiina ct.1 tohf crime?til,I are certtaiisn undeniablydrm, hte ht uipf administered with elan would be al- most Impossible to detect, Their symp- toms are practicalla identical with tiwee of familiar diseases, and a little while after death they decompose, change form and disappear. It would be possible, too, to, ianoculate a victim wita the germs of some deadly malady. He vvoold then go to bis grave with a ralcerjaw, eofcaotiadstiaPrteionwoouripabe ibumnoonia. ote.le ing to Arouse the shadow of suspicion. I believe firmly that suds crimes are eommitted and never discovered, but I believe also that they are very rare, The real safeguard of a community, lies in elle fact that sd few murderers possess the requisite skill. "Edacated people seldom commit de- liberate murder," c,ontinued the doc- tor," and the uneducated mind instinc- tively associates poison with two sub- stances—arsenic and strychnine. They are the deadly drugs most eiteaa r etteseseessars.Apipoa Joe' It, -t0 THEY Ang EASILY DETECTE'D. ie public, and, fortunately. Murder by arseeic is infinitely clumsy. To begin with, the symptoms are mark- ed and peculiar, and being a metallic product, its eraces remain in the body an indefinite time. La,st summer a wo- man in Barcelona, Spain, confessed that sae had poisoned her sister with a,rse- mc fifteen years before. The grave was opened and the coffin found to contain nothing but dust and ashes, but a chenaisal test showed at:mistake-big the presence of the drug. airs. Maybrick was accused of killing her husband with arsenic, and the test revealed it plainly not only in the remains, but in certain medicines. The demonstra- tion was so conclusive that she final- ly arose in court and admitted giving Earn a 'white powder,' but insisted that she followed his own express direc- tions. One of the most ingenious cases of poisoning I have ever heard of oc- curred some years ago. A young phy- sician plotted to kill a wealthy larm- er. He knew the latter was taking quinine, for a cold, and meeting him one day, asked to see what size cap- sules he used. While pretending to examiae them, he slipped in one con- taining strychnine. The farmer lap - paned on it nearly a week later and died in convulsions'. A.71 autopsy re- vealed the poison, but the affair was a deep mystery until the doctor cone- rneitetud.suicide, leaving a written con - f" • The Poisonings that occur in nov- els and On the stage are usually very amusing to a student of toxicology," said the physician, in conclusion. • "I remember in 'Samuel of Posen,' which was produced with such success by M. B. Curtis, the drummer hero was tem- porarily' knocked out by A POISONED ciaArt. He took two or three whiffs and over he rolled. I would like very mach to know the name of :the drug that would peodu.ce that sort of effect. Nearly all the poisoning in fiction is equally, sur- prising. There is a well-known Eng- lish romance in which the heroine in- hales the fragrance Of a bunch of roses and instantly falls dead. Needless to say, the poisoned perfume is wholly unknown to eacie,nce. Another story— but I could keep on citing instances all nigat. History isn't much better. Moat of the *yams of the Borgias and afedicis are pure moonshine, especial- ly those about poisoned gloves, poison- ed tapers axid other applications of drugs on things that are touched or handled. The tale of the book which was anointed on the margins with some deadly substance that killed the per- son who moistened his fingers to turn the leaves, has possibly a foundation in truth, but I confess I would, be puzzled to know how to prepare such a volume. Almost anything that might be used would instantly betray itself, by its taste. In the middle ages,pow- dared glass is said to have been a fav- orite material with which 'doctor' food, and youS11 find some interesting data, on the subject in the autobio- graphy of Cellini, the goldsmith. It is occasionally ased by negroes right here in the South. Of course, powder- ed glass isn't a true poison. It some- times kills by setting up internal in- flammation. Oftener it has no effect TASTE SENSATIONS. When Blindfolded It Is Impossible to Tell Food and Drinks. There are only four simple taste sensatiOns — namely, sweet, bitter, sour and salt. It is said by seine that there are only two, sweet and bitter. All other eenzations welch are commonly called tastes are complex results of sensations of smell, touch', temperature and, sight. The means by whach, we distinguish almost all of our toramon food and drinks is not t,he sense of tou,ch, temperature and sight. All the fine differences by which we dietinguieli the various fruits, meat and drinks depend n'ot upon taste at all, but upon theses other senses. A p.toot of these, factmay be given by merely blindfolding the eyes and cloelag the nose end taking Yarieuis kindea, oi foods and drinks into the mouth without ewallosvirig theta. '11 will Chet be found that it le quite (In- pos,sible to distinguish nia,tiy of the conunowsst foods and drinks, it is of (mars°, generally known that what ie popelarly mistaken for the taste of eaffee, tea and wine, is only !bele 'aroma. THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. ta INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT II "Esther Pleadlog for the People." Bathe 8. 3.8, 15.17. Itoldeu 'ftrtt. P9a. tn. 8. PRACTICAL NOTES, Verge 3, Esther spake yet again, Flp:it'llItyti nhahcladbUeeeenli g°ivveeinlint'o°w-111;thheils*, PirlQi: dignities had beee given to Mordecai, but there was still a ditficulty. The . iamhlaset hoeit bthee a jtMeleodcel:i anadndthePecelarlei:- for the destruction of tee Jews was, still in force. Fell down at his feet, and besought lam with tears. We need not wonder at the inteese passion ot Esther, for although she was in high favor with Ahasuerus, she was, really, with all her countrymen and women, under sentence of death. Be -- sides, the kleg was so whimsical and so irreaponsible that there wits no' security how long his favor might la'st. 4. The king held out tee golden :wells `ter. This was the recognized sign of royal favor.- The scepter was "a long,. tapering staff." Woman's tears have always been a strong argument. 5, Lea it i)e written to reverse the letters devised be Haman. Esther was. rant—the ly that she knew much, concerning Per- rceself could not g- avewrsoemd.ae and a -jaw, and it i,:ii not like- sian lay, but she was asking what the king hi royal decree could not be lega.11y re - 5. Ho* Sae / endure to see the de- struction of my kindred. With great oteouleyhvee„mr begins by showing at once kindly feel- liketh you, in the king's name. As if soosai:v.dan„eereeallaaifiesse.e.eale:ieLeeb.,......,..0, . ea,flicer. 1c61::::::1:1::: -sp':-*-7. 7. Then the king Ahasuerus said. He. begins by showing at once kindly feel- ly feeling toward Esther and Morde- cai, and his inability to cla more. 8. Write ee also for the Jews, as it he said, " I am prohibited by law from. reversing my Own decree, but here is, my ring and here is my authority; do you devise any counter-measure, that you like." A shabbier, more cow- ardly retreat was never made. 9-14..The plan on which Mordecai and Esther agreed was to notify the J'eval. everywhere to stand in self-defense,, and when victorious to take posession tohtemth.e goods ef those who attacked 15. Mordecai went out from the pre- sence of the king in royal apparel. He .e. , had been sunanaon'ed to the Icing's pre- sence because of the honor that Ahasu- erus proposed to confer upon him in recognitien of his discovery of the, plot against the king's life. He had been invested with the insignia of Ilanaan's office, and elothed 'with .,.." 0. authority of chief minister. He now goes fortla to attead to his official 'duties: Blue and white. . . gold. .. , fine linen and purple. Purple and white, and blue and white, tseem, to, - have been the royal colors. The crown of gold was a coronet, a sign of prince- ly station. The fine linen was the most famous texture of ancient days„ and its finenees thee of our nacalern silk, The city of Shushan rejcacect and was glad. That many Jews were there it is hardly necessary to sasteee for Jews have always flocked to c?" tals. ltwas probably the seat of lization and order, as well as of majesty, and the decree made a man's suggestion had nevele bee ular there. See chap. 8, 1`a, 16. Litelat. Happiness. firls7. tofAa.fleolgt lainiada: oaf egx.ouadltadnat3;: natiT°h: 4 al patriotic' anniversaries. 31 niYem°1 the ,people of the land became), "a .."3... Not because they believed in GO d' but lack- ivi- oyal Ha- pop - because the fear of the Sews fe.1-1 on them. A. mosb cowardly and ed act on their part, but an act displayed, nevertheless, the work which God had wrought+, their behalf. hide reat on CECIL RIIODES' IDEA. HU Beason for Declining a Drink In eerily Days of the sitmeerleY Mines. In connection with the foundatio, Cecil Rhodes's colossal wealth, ther a story told by an old aellosv nal himself lately a Colonial Ministe Finance, which illustrates at least trait in the character of the gr South African financier and politici Daring the early days of the Kilt`, berley diggings it was the custeaa when it miner found a particularly gem to invite those about hini "to cerero.one of " wetting the stone," —drinking caampagne at the find expense, with the idea that it wo bring good luck in the discovery another treasure. In the adjoini claim to that first: taken up by M) Rhodes, in the very centre of the ere for holding the precious blue dirt, thia invitation had upon a certain occesiol gone forth, and the men were goi their way up to the hotel when was noticed that Rhodes stood aloo Hullo! Come oxi Rhodes sbout the lucky finder of the gean. "Areal you coming up to 'wet the stone,' for S, good luck Sa To which, however, Cecil Rhodes only shook his head. "I say, come on ; there's a good f love," persisted ais neighbor. "What are you going to do ?" as ed Rhodes, looking u,p. " Wet the stone with ohamaegne, cu'll'rWse'' ell," replied the fature magnate decisively, " I did not cenae out herd 4, to drink champagne, but to make mon-) ese" and then went on with his work.!, That Mr, Rhodes ,has suceeeded iri that purpose, probably beyoad all . flights of his imagieation, is now a matter of history. of r, one sat VILLAGE OF RIFLE SHOTS. sa • Atianghausen, a village in the Sap canton of Uri, a,s one of the home es lea William Tell, tries te keep up ite r putation for good shooting, Out 500 inhabitanee, 184 men and wotrat ars skilled Me shots. The first prize, a in the laet contest Was carried off by a fifteen -year-old girl. IIer father, \ seven brothers and three astets all shot, the family taking rate Kiva.