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AVE A LION TO FIGHT,Dr. Talmage Speaks of
g �the
Temptations
OF Men.
Scene at the Ampliitlieatre at Verona --.Paul's-
F>ght with
the Beasts. at Ephesus --Lessons to Be Learned From
It ---The Bad Habits of Men---
The Dr. Preaches a
Powerful Discourse.
A despatch from Washington soya:
—R v. Dr. Talmage preached from the
Po:lowi•ng text: -"1 Lave fought with
beasts at Ephesus," -1 Co.erxv. 3.
"Seeing we are compassed about mith
Igo great a cloud of witnesses,"—Heb.
xii. 1.
Crossing the Alps by the Mount
Cents pass, or through the Mount
Denis tunnel, you are in a few•.¢ours
set down at Verona, Italy, and in a
few minutes begin examining one of
the grandest ruins of the world—the
Amphitheatre. The whole building
sweeps around you in a rirele. You
stand in the arena where the combat
was once fought, or the race run, and
on all sides the seats rise, tier above
or galleries as I trhall see Lit ,to call
tier, until you countforty elevations,
them, in which sat the senaborio. the
kings, and the twenty-five thousand'
excited spectators. At the sides
tike arena, and under the galleries ar
the cages in which the lions and tiger
are kept without food, until, frenzie
with hunger and thirest they are let
out upon some poor victim, who, with
his sword and alone, is condemned to
meet than; I think that Paul him elf
once stood in such a place, and that
it was not only figuratively, but lat-
erally, that he had "fought with beasts
at Ephesus."
The gala -day has come. From all
the word the people are pouring in
to Verona. Men, women, and child-
ren, orators and senators, great men
and small, thousands upon thousands
come, until the first gallery is full,
andrthe second, the third, the fourth,
the fifth—all the way up to tha twen-
tieth, all the way up to the, thirtieth,
all the way up to the fortieth. Every
place Is tilled. Immensity of audience
sweeping the great eircle 1 Silence!
Th, time for the contest has come. A.
Roman official leads forth the viet;m
into the arena. Let him get hie steer,!
with firm grip, into his right hand.
The twenteefive thous,nd sit brenth-
lessly watching. I hear the door at
the. side of the arena gate open. Out
p!ungo-.,s the half-starved lion, his ton-
gue athirst for blood, and with a roar g
is
that brings all the galleries Co their' ed
feet, he rashes against the sword of h
the combatant. Du you know how th
strong a stroke a man will strike
when his lite depends upon the first
thrust of his blade{ The wild beast,
Lame and bleeding, slings back to-
ward the side of the ;ireful.; then,
rallying his waning strength, be comes
up with fiercer eye and more terrible
roar than ever, only to be driven
back with a fatal wound, while the
combatant comes in with stroke aft-
er stroke, until the monster is dead
at his feet, and the twenty-five thou-
sand people clap their hands and utter
a'shout that makes the city tremble.
Sometimes the audience came to see
u race; sometimes to see gladiators
fight each other, until the audience,
compassionate for the fallen, turned
their thumbs down as an appeal that
the vanquished be spared; and some-
times the comb it was with wild
beasts.
:. Co one of the Roman amphitheatri-
cri.I audiences of one hundred thousand
people Paul refers when he says: "We
are compassed about by so great a
doted of witnesses." The direct refer
-
nee in the last passage is made to a
race; but elsewhere, baying discussed
tihnt, 1 take now Paul's favorite idea
of the Christian life as a cowbet.
The fact is that every Christian man
!has, a lion to eight. Yours is a ( bad
temper. The gates of the arena have
bean opened, and this tiger has come
out to destroy your soul. It has lacer-
ated you with many a wound, You
have been thrown by it time and again
but in the strength of God you; have
risen to drive it back. I verily be-
lieve you will conquer. 1 think that
the temptation is getting weaker and
weaker. You have given it so many
wounds that the prospeat is that it
will die, and you sbali be the victor,
through Christ. Courage brother) Do
not let tbe sands of tbe arena drink
the blood of your soul!
Your lion is the passion for strong
drink. You may have contended
against it twenty years; but it is
strong of body and thirsty of tongue,
You . have tried to fight it back with
broken .bottle and empty wine -flask.
Nay 1 that is not the weapon. With
one horrible roar he will. seize thee
by the throat and rend thee limb from
limb. 'rake this weapon, sharp and
keen—reac,hl up and get.it from God's
armoury; the Sword of the Spirit.
With that thou xnayst drive him bark
and conquer I
03u1 why specify, when every man
and woman has a lion to fight. If
there be any here,wiboi�bave no beset-
ting sin, let. him speak out, for him
have I offended. If you have not
fought the Hon, it is because you have
let the lion eat you up. This very
moment the contest goes on, The'Ira-
jen Celebrations, where ten thousand
gladiators Fought nod eleven thous-
and wild beasts wore slain, was not
00 terrific a struggle ani that which
at. this moment gore omen many n
time That combat was for the life of
the body; this is for the life of the
soul. That was with wild beasts from
the jungles; this is with the roaring
lion of bell
Men think, when they contend
against an evil habit, that they have
to fight it all alone. No 1 They
stand in the centre of an immense
oirel.e of sympathy. Paul had been
reciting the names of Abel, Enoch,
Noah, Abraham, Sarah, Isaac, Joseph;
Gideon, and Barak, and then says;
"Being compassed by so great a cloud
of witnesses."
On the first elevation of the ancient
amphitheatre, on the day of a cele
bration, sat Tiberius, or ,Augustus, or
the reigning king, So, in that great
arena of spectators that watch our
struggle, and in the first divine gal-
lery, as I shall call it, sits our King,
One Jesus, On His bead are .many
crowns!? The Roman emperor got
bis place by Bold -blooded oonquests;
but our King hath come to His place
by the broken hearts healed, and the
tears wiped away, and the souls re-
deemed, The Roman emperor sat,
with folded arms, indifferent as to
the church court that denounced blm l
Stranger than all, there is John Cal -
vie a
rid Jame Art1)144181 'Who
s i slvo
Amn❑t would
have thought that they would sit eo
lovingly together? There is George
Whitefield, nod the Bishops who would
not let him comm into their pulpits
because they thought him a fanatic,
There rat esti sweet h xe t s n e •s—"o a
g t 1 1 d
Montgomery, ; (licorice 1Vesley, Twee
Watts, and Mrs. Sigourney. If heav-
en had had no music before they went
up, they would have started the sing-
ing, And there, the. band of miesion-
aries—David Abeei, talking of 'China
redeemed; and John Scudder, of India
saved; and David Brainard, of the Ab-
origines evangelized; and Mrs, Admit
-
ram Judson, whose prayers for But-
mah took heaven by violence I Ail these
Christians are looking into the arena,
Our struggle Is nothing 'to theirs 1 Do
we, in Christ's' cause, suffer from the
cold? Tbey walked Greenland's ley
mountains. Do we suffer from the
heat t They sweltered in the tropics.
De we get fatifued 1 They fainted, none
to eare for them but cannibals. Are we
persecuted? They were anathematis-
ed. And as they look from their .gal-
lery and see ua fetter in the prre.enae
of the li ins. 1 seem to hear Isaac Watts
addressing us in hls.old hymn, only a
little changed:
"Must yua he carried to the skies
On flowery beds of ease,
While others fought to win the Incie,
Or sailed through 1)luody sets?"
Tuplady shouts in his old hymn:
"Your harps, ye trembling saints,
Down from the willows take;
Loud to the praise off love Divine,
Bid every string awake."
While Charles Wesley, the Me'hodist,
breaks forth in his favourite, words, a
little varied: . -'
'A charge to keep you have,
A God to glorify;
_ Ae lion never -!lying soul to save,
of bat abut our er the swordsman
King'sm ympnthiba are. ' Aad fit it for then sky."
e all with us. Bey, unheard of con- I look again, and I see the gallery
s descension, I sea Him come down from of o.u' imparted. friends. Many of
the gallery into the arena to fol ueChoss in Inc other galleries we have
a !n the fight, shouting, until all up and hear.! of ; but these we knew. Oh! how
down His voice is heard; "Fear not 1 fame tar their faces. They sate at our
will
help
the right hand, ofMypower." God strengthen ii company,nd we nHave
to the house of
thee bythey forgotten
Once in the ancient amphitheatre„ a us? Those lathers and mothers start-
ed us on the road to l'
lion with one ifs. Are they.
h O paw caught the COm- Y
g
batant's sword, and with his other, careless as to what becomes of us?
paw caught his shield. The man took ;And those children: do they look op
his knife from his girdle and slew the i with stolid indifference as td whether
beast The king, sitting in the gal -I we win or lose this battle for eternity;
lery, sold: "That was not fair; the :Noel': 1 see that child running its
lion must be slain by a sword," Other !hant over your brow, and saying,
lions were turned out, and the poor CFather, do not fret;" "Mother, do
victim fell. You cry, "Shame! shame!" • not worry." They remember tita day
at such meanness, But the Ring , in they left us. Tney remember the
this case, is our brother, and. He trill ltgoay of the last farewell. : Tho_gh
see that we have fair play, He will Years in heaven, they knows oar faces,
forbid the rushing out of more lions i Thcy remember our sorrows. They
than we can meat, , Ie, will not sof- °13"-koar names. They watch this i Pe
for us to be tempted! above that we fight for heaven. di
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at HINTS FOR :.
THE FARMER.
KINDNESS.
Kindness is an efficient aid in. In
ereasieg iullk yields and coats nail
log, The more a milker oanmakethe
sow love him as she loves her aulf,
the more milk she will yield to him.
Investigations show that it is prob-
able that a Considerable portion of the
milk is secreted during the Operation
of milking; especially the rich milk
Which comes last, Abuse and exoite-
went reduce the secretion and not only
lower the quantity of milk given, but
often lower the percentage of butter.
fat. Kindness and petting make the
cow contented and put her 'nevous
system in such a condition that the
fullest yield is given, This Is not the
only cause, but it is probably a thief
cause, of the wide variation in butter
fat sometimes shown in creamery
tests, Berrying cows, running them
with dogs, beating thorn, or speaking
roughly to them will reduce the yield
of milk and percent of cutter fat. A
change of milkers will often lower the.
percent of butter fat, until the cow
becomes fond of the new milker.
COWS FOR DAIRY TIES.
Every practical breeder of cows
understands that breed is not all
that is required to make a good cow
for the dairy, Breed is important, as
it gives the start in the right direc-
tion, whether for milk or butter fats.
But the breed is itself the result very
largely of long and careful feeding
and care, combined with the selection
always of the animals which show the
greatest•tendency to produce either a
large amount of milk or that which is
extra rich in cream. But these ten-
dencies come mainly from the feed giv-
en. If this feed be not continued with
equal care in other respects the milk -
giving tendency is very 'quickly drop-
ped out, and after one or two gen-
erations, the descendants become pos-
sibly more hopeless for milk produc-
tion than good native stock that has
always been well kept and gives a
fair flow of milk throughout the year.
What is called atavism, or the re-
rsion of a superior breed to some
stare, and inferior type in the an-
stry, has never been fully explained,
ordinary breeding it is expected.
at the. excellence of the parents, as
ell also as their defects, will appear
their offspring. But it sometimes
ppens that a calf will be so wholly
like either parent as almost to
eate a doubt that it could be th
fspring of their union. In most oases
are able, Thank God! The King is in My bearers 1 shell we die in the ice
the gallery! His eyes are on us. His i arena or rise to join aur friends in the In
Invert is with us. His hand will de- I gallery? Through Christ, we may come I th
liver us. "Blessed are all they who i oft more titan conqueror. , A soldier f
put their trust in Him!"' dying in tbe hospital' rose up in bed', w
I look again, and I see the angetir Lthe last mament and Dried: "lel j in
S the gate of, y e
Eden, the same that Ezektet saw utxisboutacl "Hera!" "Ohl I heard the un
holding the throne of God, and from (roll -cull of heaven, and 1 was onlp I or
• galley. There they are: the cherubim' Here!" His attendants put hint back ha
that. swan the sword at on bis pillow, ani asked him wh h
wbich I took away, for the splendor answering' to my name!" I wonder ;of
is insufferable. Here are the guard- whether, after this battle of life is th
!an angels. That one watched a pat- over, our names will be called in the • of
riarcb; this one protected a child• i muster -roll of the pardoned and glori-
Thar one has bean mulling a soul out;fied, and with the joy of heaven break- pe
of temptation 1 All these are messen- trig upon our souls, we shalt cry "Here! w
Hare!"
ers of light! Those drove the Span -
h Armanda on the rocks. This turn-
Senacacherib's living hosts into a
eap of oae hundred and eighty-five
ousand corpses. Those, yonder,
NURSERY CARS.
The innovation of a nursery car up -
chanted the Cam:Ames carol over on our railways—or, at any rate, upon
Bethlehem until the chant awake the the long-distance trains—would be an
shepherds. These, at creation, stood institution hailed with deligbt by all
in the balcony of heaven, and seren-
e new-born world wrapped inmen and most women, Inco
is result is produced by excitement
the cow's imagination during the
riod of gestation, A good u01y is al -
aye nervous and excitable. If she
sees frequently, while bearing a calf,
animals of her own species that are
extremely unlike herself, may impress
themselves upon and be repeated in
her offspring when IL is burn. in most ,
cases, however, the tendency is inter-
nal, and is shown in lessened milk
yields when tbe heifer calves have he -
me cows and come to the milk pail.
W01114
of b tea
variety of food aeaalf pias The greater
bette
3 t
its appetite t e
.
t will be, and the more
thrifty it will keep INp one ever saw
a good cow, for milk that was pot also
a hearty feeder. It is for tills reason
that the poor mast's stow is nearly al-
ways a good one, It bus been used
all its life to being made a pet, and
being fed the refuse vegetables of all
kinds prepared for the family meets,•
and a good deal from the table also,
such as a calf or cow kept In a large
herd does not often feed op, It mrY
be possible, but it is hardly probable,
that breeders may learn the art of
giving to a large herd the care and
variety of feed whieb a poor man's
family will provide for a calt or cow
that: is made the family pet.
So far as possible, every farmer who
keeps cows for milk should try to
grow them for his own use 'instead"
of relying on cows purchased' front a
dietaries. Where n cow has been mos-_
ed to another farm, even in the same
neighbourhood, she seldom does as well
as where she was 'born and reared.
If she has is calf, and that is allowed
to go with Iter„it may make her less
discontented than she would otherwise
be. The home -loving, instinct of the
cow le very strong. If there is a herd
of cows all born and brought up on
the same farm, they will be worth'
more on that farm to be kept togetb.
or than they will probably be worth
if separated. By growing his own
cows the farmer can also becomeusedto thein individual peculiarities, and
will know how to feed and care for
each one sous to get the best results.
I1 the farmer gets in the habit of grow-
ing his owns ems lie will be more apt
to breed to the best dairy stock he
can get, Too many milk producers
care only to bred so as to start afresh
flow of milk when the calf is dropped,
and usually they dispose of the calf
as soon• after birth as possible. This,
from a .good eow for milk, is a great
loss, for if properly bred, such a eow
might produce a successor better than
herself.
A FATAL HUNT.
A Tirane L'Isliman's Terrible Experience
1n 1ndb,.
Many sportsmen say that no ot her
hunting can compare in interest and
exhilaration with the stalking of the
chamois or the ibex among the peaks
of snow-covered mountains. The dan-
ger of the sport•does not Lie in the
game, but in the nature' of the bunt-
ing -grounds, and many a hunter has
sacrificed his life in the chase.. Half
a century ago, a gallant young Irish-
man named Peyton inet with a ter-
rible "experience among the moun-
tains of India, which he thus describes:
We arrived in Kashmir' and lost no
Lime in getting into the Wardwan val-
ley, famous for the large -horned: ibex.
Tha country. was all under snow, and
as the snow continued to fall for sev-
eral days we were obliged to remain
indoors, and Surgeon Wray, who was
a splendid musician, amused the vil-
lager:, by playing his violin to them.
At last the suncame out, and we
heard several avalanches slipping down
the mountain. Our men were much
averse to going out, and„I must say I
thought they were right. However,
poor Wray in a jocular tone, said we
'funked.” This settled the matter,
and out we went.
We proceeded up the valley about
seven miles along the banks of a small
river, which divided the mountains on
both sides of it. We saw a fine herd
of mete ibex, but in consequence of
the heavy snow we were unable to
crap round by a oircuitoua route and
stalk the herd front above.
So we four spread a blanket in a
ravine next to where the ibex were,
and sal. down close together upon it,
keeping ourselves warm.
Suddenly we heard a noise like dis-
ant thunder; then spray and stones
followed, Our men Called. out, "An
nlanebe is falling!" Although I
ed seen several fall, this seemed tp
s quite different, more like a land -
lip. It covered a breadth of at least
ole hundred yards, three or four nun -
red yards long, and fifty or sixty feet
swaddling -clothes of light. And How many men who do not them- Bu
there, holier and mightier than all, is selves smoke invariably travel in a • ty
Michael, the archangel.
•there e
temptations, we shall with the angelic feel more secure from an invasion of in
Though the arena be crowded with smoking carriage because th y he
L where the reversiun to inferior
pts is shown in form, it is always,
thick, accompanied in the breeds
at are best for utllk, with inferiority
help, strike them down in the name cbildren and babies, than in any oth- tee
of our God, and leap on their fallen er part of the train. wu
carcasses! 0 bending throng of bright Babies form a class entirely by bre
angelic faces, and swift livings, and
Lightning foot 1 I hail you, to -day,
from the dust and struggle of the
arena!
I look again, and I see the gallery
of the prophets and apostles. Who are
those mighty ones up yonder? Hosea,
and Jeremiah, and Daniel, and Isaiah,
and Paul, and Peter, and John, and
James. Glorious spirits 1 Ye were howl-
ed et; ye were stoned; ye were spit
upon! They have been in this fight
themselves; and they are all with us.
Daniel knows all about lions. Paul
fought with beasts at Ephesus.
In the ancient amphitheatre, the peo-
ple got so excited that they would.
shout from the galleries to the men in
the arena : " At it again!" " Forwardl"
" One more stroke l" "Look out 1" "Fall
back 1" " Maze, 1 huzza 1" So in that
gallery, prophetic and apostolic, they
cannot keep Their peace, Daniel cries
out: "Thy God will deliver thee from
the mouth of the lions!" David ex-
claims: " He will not suffer thy foot
Lo be moved it' Isaiah ;calls out: 'Fear
not 1 I am with I:hee I Be not dismay-
ed 1" Paul exclaims: "Victory through
our Lard Jesus Christ 1"
I look again, end I see the gallery of
the martyrs. The great throng of the
martyrs I They had. not lead poured
down their throats, horses were fasten-
ed to their hands, ,and other horses to
their feet, and thus they were pulled
apart; they had their tongues pulled
out by red-hot pincers; they were sew-
ed up in the skins of animals, and then
thrown to the dogs; they were daubed
with combustibles and set on Orel And
;tow. they sit yonder in the martyr's
gallery. For them, the fires of per-
secution have gone out. The swords are
sheathed, and tba mob hushed, Now
they watch us with an all observing
sympathy, They know all the pain,
all the hardship, all the anguish, all
the injustice, all the privation. They
cannot keep still. They cry; "Cour-
age I The fire will not oonsuene, The
floods oannot drown. TI>e lions cannot
deveur1 Couragel down there in the
arena!"
What, are they all looking? This
night., we answer book the salutation
they give, a.nd cry, "Mill sons and
daugheirs of the fire I"
I look again and I see another gallery
that of eminent. Christians, What
strikes me strangily Is the mixing in
nompanionship of thole who on earth
Could not agree, There I see Martin
Luther, and beside him a Roman Cath-
olic, who looked beyond the sweersi;i.-
Lions of his Church and is saved, There
is Albert Barnes, and around him the
Presbytery who tried him for hetero-
doxy I Yonder is Lyman Beecher, and
this respect• We have seen one or
o, and have heard of more eases,
ere cows of line dairy form and
el, and mated with animals as fine-
ly formal as themselves, have dropped
calve that snowed from the first the
fy form that stamped themselves
tbe:msleves en the category of unplea-
seatt traveling companions, and there
aro probably few who at some time
in their lives have not had experience
of the noisy, sticky-fingered, pepper-
mint -sucking, dear little ohildren, who
tre,oyple on your toes and deposit
luscious, half -sucked gobs of taffy on
your trousers in their endeavors to
reach the window to put their heads
out, whence they are promptly haul-
ed back by anxious mothers or nurses
and ory; cr the babies in arms who
placidly assimilate milk from a bottle,
uattil a jolt of the train makes them
choke, having at that moment more
nourishment than they can possibly
deal with ; on the inquiring child olio
plays with the binges of the door un-
til the guards scams it; or the child
wbo is perpetually feeding, and
throughout the journey sits in a maul -
torpid state sucking, oranges, the all-
pervading odor of which fills the
carriage...
Babies are all very well, but a baby
in a railway carriage, like a bull in
a china shop, is out of place.
AN' EASY. CASE TO TACKLE.
Young Sympla was at a club dinner
the other evening, and tried to make
an impression on .a well-known law-
yer who sat next to him. But the
man of law did not appreciate the
attentions of his neighbor,
I suppose you gentlemen have some
strange cases to deal with at times?
observed Sympla.
Yea, answered the lawyer.
Some very 'puzzling cases, said the
young man, trying again; cases that
almost confuse you and—or—
Just so, said the legal gentleman, a
look of determination overspreading
his countenance. I knew a man once
wbo had a ease to deal withi of the
kine! you mention. He gave his full
and undivided attention to that case
during the whole of one night, and
when be had finished be really did not
know which side of the ase he was
on, he was so confused.
Really I exclaimed Symple, delighted
at having drawn the lawyer at last,
Most interesting! What kind of a
case was it?
It was a case of champagne, replied
the other.
Be was left in peace after that.
•
The land on which the South Elea
House stands on Threadneedle street,
London, has been sold for 61,750,000,
or about $14000,000 per acre.
bee
as only gond for the butcher, and not
worthy trying to raise.for cows.
In most camas the inferiority of
salves to their dams as milkers results
from feeding the cow on dry and nu-
tritious food while she is Inuring her: h,
y
young. This is much less common am-
ong farmers than it used to be. We m
can well remember when many farm- s
ers thought it Male, how
o
poorly a cow was fed, provided she
i
was not actually starved, during the
two, three and often four menthe that
the ouw went dry before her next alt e
was dropped. It is no wonder in those
days that it was difficult to make b
good cows out of spring calves, nor t
that it was found that the fall -dropped.
•aatf made other things being equal, a et
better producer than one (hut was
born in spring.
The silo, which enables green food 0
to be kept not only through the win- a
ter but late into spring in succulent u
form, has probably done more to make tt
possible the growing ut .good »owe .for sh
milk than any other improvement in
farming, But to get the best results O
from the silo the cows must have warm eh
quarters, and enough grain while' fj
giving milk to keep them always in
thrifty condition, but not Lat. 1t is !i
much easier to regulate the grain ra- eh
tion with ensilage than it is with dry of
fodder.
Atter the calf is born,' if it shows
fairly the aharacteristlas that mark
good dairy breeds, such its shall
head thin nock with broad camel and
a wide esoutaheon, it wi11 make prob-
ably a voloat/le auheal. All of these
characteristics are marked on bull
calves, and if they are of the beet
dairy breeds they indicate its future
value,as a getter of choice dairy stock.
It is a curious fact that the milk -pro-
ducing tendency in dairy breeds is
more often trnosmitted Through the
male than through the cow. While
the heifer calf of the best cow in the
herd may not be herself it great milk-
er, a bull calf from the same cow, will
usually be famous as the getter of good
dairy stook from all the cows he is
mated with. If this tendency to largo
milk production is continued back fax
several generation the tendency to
get the best cows ftir dairy purposes
is greatly increased.
Much also depends on how the calf
intended to he kept as a oow is fed.
It should neither be starved nor fat -
tamed, but should from early calfhood
be made accustomed to eating ' the
greatest variety of food, includingg
much that union carry used to It
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n depth.
This enormous mass, like a small
ou.n.tain tearing with it rocks and
art h, moved toward us muoh too
uickly for us to gab out of its way
y running down before it. The whole
ping looked weird and supernatural.
Death stared us in the face. On our
ght side there was a precipice, which
at; off our escape !m: that direction.
0 our .left was a very wide track,
hick separated us from a shoulder of
mountain lenge enough to protect
s from the approaching avalanche., if
c could jump the ohasmt and get
eller under it.
I pointed out to my companions our
my cbance of enema; by this time
o avalanche bad approached within
fly or sixty (lanes of us, •
1 led the way, made a spring for my
fe, landed safely of the side of the
earn and °roughed under the shelter
the hill, which was only three or
lour mutes from the side I jumped on.
Looking round, to my horror, 1 saw
my poor friend Wray and the other
two men dashed forward by the ave-
lanche, and buried under a mountain
of snow. My dear old servant, Abel
Ifhan, who hart all the+ nervi anti aa-
tivity of an ibex, co have jurnpecl
the chasm, but the others were in his
Way end he had me, beavy Lancastes.
rifle on his back,
Tha thought haunts me to this day,
Had he had a fair run, he would have
saved his life by clearing the chasm
as I had done, although it was a big
jump.
113y this lime Patton Khan, brother
of Abel '!Khan, who had been left to
watch the Ibex about: a quarter of a
mile to our left, came to the cave in
which T had taken shelter. He had
witnessed the whole occurrence, and
had seen. his brother killed, He cried
most piteously, lamenting over the
loss of his brother and myself, who he
thought was killed also.
hard alled out 1 "'Pultoo, fate has been
upon, us! 1 am safe!"
He seemed bewildered and Cried out:
"No, you are only the spirit come back
to tell me I My beloved brother and
our young sahib are gone."
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IIOW TO AMUSE BABY,
Anything that will amuse the baby
or keep him comfortable ie a groat
help to the mother who has entire
charge of the housework and the chil-
dren. It Improves the disposition of
the little one and greatly lightens her
work, Place ti. bright -colored toy or
pious of cloth .where he Can :see, it"
without straining tris eyes, as he lies
Ln his crib, allowing one object to re-
main only a short time, , 11 is often
'desirable Lo take him from room to
room so the mother may, watch hint
as she works, and as a (prattle is not
easy to move, a large, oblong clothes
basket may be used. Zeit it up as
daintly n syou like, or if you have no
tame for Loney decoration, line 1
1 in-
side with bma or pink chambray, and
put in plenty of pillows to make 11
comfortable. It can be platted on the
floor, two chairs or a table. 'Baby
likes a. change, and will often liecon-
Limitedly watching the objects about
bin until he goes .to sleep. This will
answer the•purpose .until he Is five or
six months old. At that agehe is
usually strong enough to pull himself
up at the sides of the basket, and his
weight is apt to Lip it over.
When he outgrows his 'basket, a
light, portable pen made of thin,
smoothly -planed boards, plaoed Kori-
zontaily and fastened at the corners
to upright pieces, ,vlLl keep him. safe
from :harm. Fold an old comfort,
place it in the bottom for him to sit
on; and give him a few toys. After
he begins to creep he will soon pull
himself op by the antes, and thus learn
to stand and walk quickly. • It may
be placed on the floor of the room
where you are working, on the piazza,
under i shady tree, or any place where
the baby will keep cool and comfort-
able. Physicians declare that there
is nothing more beneficial to the mus-
cles of the limbs and back than the
climbing and rolling about that chil-
drenindulgo in when permitted to-do
so. The size of the usual cradle or
baby carriage does not give him space
enough for much exercise, and it seems
cruel to tontine him in this way, sim-
ply because no one has time to look
after him. If the pen is put together
with hinges at the corners, it can be
folded and hung up when not in use.
SUGGESTIONS TO HOUSEKEEPERS
To keep a waffle iron in good condi-
tion, so tbat the baiter will not stick
to it, it must be thoroughly clean and
dry when put away, and must be kept
in a dry place. It must always be
heated before greasing it preparatory
to baking the waffles.
To brighten gilt frames, To a pint
and a halt of water, add sufficient
flowers oL sulphur to give a yellow
tinge, and in this boil four or five
bruised onions: Strain and apply eo1d
with a soft brush. Prepared gilding
will restore tarnished gilding, and if
the frame is broken or defaced putty
may be ;used to fill in before gilding.
Fly -specked gas fixtures may be wiped
with a damp cloth, coated with white
paint and when dry reg!ld them.
Grained and varnished woodwork
should be washed in cold tea, If soap
must be used to removefinger marks,
etc., rinse in olar water immediately.
Soap invariably injures graining.
A lemon honey that may be kept on.
hand in cold weather and is useful
when a cake or tarts for tea are want-
ed in et burry !s made, as 'follows :
Cream thoroughly a quarter of. a
pound of butter and the same quantity
of sugar. Add one beaten egg and
work until thoroughly incorporated.
Add ilia grated rind of one lemon, and
set over hot water. Stir and cook till
it is thick, adding gradually the
strained juice oL the lemon. This is
to be spread between the layers of
cake, or is nice to fill tar() shells, es-
pecially if the shells are filled up with
whipped cream.
Plenty of concentrated lye, or strong
copperas water should be poured down
sinks and drains during the house-
cleaning. Kellar walls should he
whitewashed—no better way of sweet-
ening and purifying that port of the
limes,
Benzine and gasoline should never
be allowed to stand in a bottle; or in
anything else, where the hot sun
spines on it. Not long ogo a house
was set on fire in that manner. Never
use either of these inflammable fluids
im, a roam where there is ever so lit-
tle fire. A ma ten will ignite the vol-
atile fumes exactly as quick as a
base -burner in full blast We make
no apology for reiterating this cau-
tion, for hardly a week pusses that
samother,e One, somewhere, is not seriously
burned by careless use of one or the
A writer mentions that cases of in -
tome nausea may often be relieved,
when all other means fail, by putting
directly upon the stomach a bit of
Ile.unet wrung out in the very coldest
w ter possible; then with a towel,
folded, rover the stomach and abdo-
men. The moment the towel becomos
dry ohange•!t for another, and never
:et the flannel be:mine warm, but keep
another piece ready to replace it.
TMs is a simple remedy, and has re-
:itved oausett that no other means
S0l1 GOOD RECIPES.
Chicken Soup—To every ;quart of
chicken stock, troll seasoned, add one
plot of thin rrerim ; let it simmer very
slowly; thicken with a tablespoonful
Of flour-workedin a tnblespoontulof
butter. Beat Um yolks of Iwo eggs
with a spoonful of cold water in the
soup tureen; still in the moue slowly
over, stirring all the time; add more
salt: if. needed. Serve very hot with
.croutons.
Swiss Eggs—Lina a deep plate with
thin slices of cheese. ';Albs one cup of
milk and one teaspoonful of mustard
and a dust of red pepper. Pour half
title mixture over the cheese, break in
EIS teeny e•gge as aro needed ; pour
the remaining mixture over them and
bake ten minutes,
Stuffed Pepper's-5sleet smooth pep/
Inge
U wipe p Mein until p n 1 t to 4,rt'
they ,
bright end shining. Cut off the Copal
scoop out the s0pda and fill with oho,!'
ped celery, mixed ,with muYonuui
dressing, 1f the stuffing is maide
bread cA'
ttmbs, well aeusoAed, the pA
pore pan be baked and will be u d)l
emus accompaniment to a dinner.!
Cream Chicken—One ohickan, ono
'sweetbrouds, belled separately in
ter, a little salt, .then chop (eget
Season with salt, pepper and a1.
lump of butter' and a cup of ore
thicken with flour and boil all tog
or, stirring constantly. Serve w
hot.
Cottage Pudding—Ono cup .of nil
ane>half sup of sugar, one egg,
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, r
teasppoeful of baking powder sifi.
with one pint flour. Bake hall ;,
hour, and serve with liquid sauce.
Almond Blanc Mange—Ounce and;
half oi g.latin, one quart, • of new milt!
u little rose water, a small blade oils
cinnamon, 12 blanched almonds pound- "sl
ed very fine, a little lesion peel and.
sugar to taste, Soak the gelatin in e
the milk for two hours, then simmer
all together until dissolved and strain
into a mold, Serve cold with boiled
custard.
Fig Chke—One and one half cups,
sugar, one half cup butter,
one hall sup sweet milk, one
and one half °ups flour, two tea-
spoonfuls baking powder, one 'tall
sup cornstarch,: whites of six eggs.
Bake in two layers and fill with fig
filling. Chop one pound figs, add: one
half clip sugar and one cup :Water 1
stew until soft and smooth ; spread be..
tween the layers and ice the whole;•
cake, with bailed icing.
Lobster Croquettes—Two cups fine-
ly chopped lobster, one saltapoonful.
salt, one of mustard, a trifle cayenne.
Mix with ane cup cream sauce. Mak
into croquettes, roll in beaten egg and.
eracker crumbs and fry in hot lard.
1D01VIEATIC ,RECIPES.
Corn Bread—A change in Lhe daily
menu is especially grateful to the jade
ext palate. Try for breakfast. of corn
brad made after airs. Terhune's re-
cipe: One cup each of Corn -meal,.
white or yellow, and of wheat flour;
half a cup of white sugar, twd table-
spoonfuls of butter, two eggs; one cup
of milk; two tablespoonfuls of baking
powder and asultspoonful of salt_
Rub the butter and auger together,
add the buten eggs, the milk, then
the meal and flour with wbieh you
have sifted the ;baking powder and
salt. This quantity will make a doz-
en muffins or two small loaves, and
will be liked by those who oars for
sweet corn .brad,
Spice Cake -One cup molasses, one
cup sugar, one cup sour milk, three
cups flour, Lwo-thirdscup butter,
three eggs, teaspoonful of soda, one of
cloves, one and a half of cinnamon
and a quarter teaspoonful of nutmegs
Bake in layers, and puttogether with.
jelly.
To Cook Dry Lima Beans—Wash
one quart of dry Lima beans in warm
water, soak three hours, draw, and put
them to cook in water enough to cov-
er thorn, Boil an boar and; a half, or
till tender. There should be water
enough left• in them to make a dress-
ing. When bone, season with Katt and
pepper and stir in a tablespoonful of
flour rubbed smooth in two generous
tablespoonfuls of butter. There Is a
difference in the dry beans we get.
Some cook sweet and tendo, , others-
Ware
thersWare apparently nearer ripe and re-
quire longer cooking and aro less like
the fresh beans wben done.
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using only the ordinary means of
travel.
1 relay o1 torpedo-boat destroyer»
would carry a men across the sea por-
tions of the trip in nineteen days,
making the long connection by 11111
across the American Continent in six
days additional, or—on a mord-
breaking railroad run—even four flays
and a Half.
fly using only known mode3rn means
the world could be circled finless than
half the present record time of titty<
two days.
so, nm and IGdleend Hare Practically
Mode 1f. Ttraity.One Tluies Smaller.
,As navigators know it, thel worldis
shrinking. In the unimportant at -
ter of miles it remains about wbt it
bus been, but steam and railroads have
caused it to shrink until; it is pr ati-
cally twenty-one times smaller than
Ln 1500.
Mugathoens, or Magellan, never
really got around the world in 115.
beeauso he was killed by Filipinos ear
Manila,
Drake and Cavendish, in 1577 and
1580 respectively, went round the
world with British sailors, the form-
er in about Magellan's time, the at,
ter !ria trifle over two years..
William Dampier, pirate, scientist,.
author, end nautical bully, took
twelve years to sail about the world.
Be so abused Alexander Selkirk that
the latter was fairly willing to be
marooned on Juan Ferntunder, Island,
thus making 'Robinson Crusoe"pose sible.
Ji,v degrees iC grew possible to go
about the world In sailing ships tri
about one hundred and fifty days, but
Tamers, eliminating the element of
luck, have now .carried a man around.
in fifty-two days. This is the record,
made in 1801 by the Peninsular and
Oriental and Canadian Pacific steam-
ers:
London to Hongkong. . , . 24 days.
}testing in Hongkong. , . . 1 d
Hongkong to Yokohama.. . 5 days.
Resting in Yokohama, . . , 1 day.
Yokohama to London. . , . , 21 days.
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