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Simplicity
of Christian Character.
A deepateb from 3vashingtou nays; hehas boon eu000saful int the deeep-
-Dr. 'Talmage chose as hie text, tion, hot, at the most unfartaalate neo -
I. Sam. xv, 14; --"And Samuel said, meat, the sheep will bleat and the
What 'tnuanotie then this bleating of oxen will below, Oh, my dear friends,
the sheep in mine ears, and the low tat us cultivate simplicity of Christian
in of the oxen which 1 bear 1" eberaoter, Jesus Obrist said: "Unless
Tho Amaleleites thought they heti. you become as this 111 t1° child, you
oonquored God, and that He would cannot enter the kingdom, of Gods
parry into execution His threats We may play byp.ierite sureessfully
against them. They had murdered now, but the Lord God' will, after a
the Israelites in battle and out of while, expose our true diameter. If
battle, and left no outrage untried, we are really kneeling to, the world
For four hundred years this had been while we profess to be lowly subjects
going on; and they said; "Clod either of Jesus Christ ,tbo seinen bas already
dare not punish us, or Ha has for- been removed and all the hosts of
gotten to do so." Let us see. Sam- heaven are gazing on our hypocrisy.
cel, God's prophet, tells Saul to go God's universe is a very public place,
down and slay all the Amalekites, not and you cannot hide hypocrisy in it.
leaving one of them alive; also to Going out into a world of delusion and
destroy all the beasts in their cos- shame, pretend to be no more than
session—ox, sheep, camel, and ass. • you really are. If you have the grape
The Arealekites and Israelites meet; of God, profess it. Profess no more
the trumpets of battle blow peal on than you have. Bat want the world
peal, and there is a death hush. Then . to know that where there is one
there is a signal waved, Swords cut hypocrite in the church, there are five
and hack ; javelins ring un shields; hundred outside of it, for the reason
arms, fall from trunks; unit heads roll that the field is larger, There are men
into the dust, Gash after gash; the
frenzied yell; the gurgling of throt-
in all rireles who will bole before you,
an,f who are obsequious in your pre-
tled throats; the cry of pain; the sews, and talk flatteringly, but who,
laugh eb revenge; the „oras hissed all the while they are in your conver-
between clenched teeth --en army's aatton, are digging for bait and an -
death -groan. Steeps of dead on all filing for imperfections. In year pre-
sides, with eyes unshut, and mouths =dove they imp:y ;hat 02 y are every -
yet grinning vengeance. Miami for the thing friend -1Y, but after a while you
Israelites! Two hundred mod ten find that they Imes the fierceness of a
thousand men wave their plumes andcatamount, the slyness of a snake, and
clap their shields, for the Lord God
the spite of a devil. God will expose
hath given them the titters. each. Thogun they load, will burst
Yet that victorious army of ferrel in their own hands: the lies they tell
are conquered by sheep and oxen. will break their own teeth ;and at the
God, through the prophet 1,Omuel, tole vary moment they thank they have
Foul to slay all the Amalakitos, andL' en successful in deceiving you and
to slay all the beasts in their posses- d8c017109 i.he world, the sheep will
slon; but Saul, thinking that he knows /dear and the peso will hallow.
more than God saves Agag, the Anta_ I learn, further from ibis subject
lekite king and a fiae drove u€ sheep ho.v natural ;t is to try to put off our
and a herd of oxen that he cannot sins 11900 other people. Saul was
bear to kill, Saul Braves the sheep 'harged with disobeying God, The
and oxen dawn towards home. Ile has man says it was not him; he did not
no idea that Samuel., the prophet, will save the cheap, the army did it ; trying
find out that he bas saved These sheep to throw it oft on the shoulders of
and oxen for himself. Samuel comes ether people. Human nature is the
enol asks Saul the news from the bat- same in all the ages. You cannot
tle, Saul pats on a solemn face—for throw off the responsibility of any sin
upon' the shoulders of other people.
there is no one who tan look more
solemn than the genuine bypecrite— Here is a young man who
andhe says: "I have fulfilled the says: "1 know T ant doing wrong,
but I have not had any chance. Ihad
commandment of the Lord. Samuel
listens, and he hears the drove oe a father who despised God, and a
sheep a little way off. Sul had no mother who 17418 a disciple of Godless
idea the prophet's ear would be se fashion. Tam not to blame for my
acute. Samuel says to Saul: "If you sins—it is ray bringing up." Ah, no ;
that young man has been out long
have done as God told you, and slain
enough in the world to see what is
the Amalekites and all the beasts in ri ht and to sea what is
their possession, what usean„1'.h the
wrong, and in the great day of
bleating of the sheep in nails ears,
eternity be cannot; throw his
and the lowing of the cattle whish I gins upon his father or mother, but
hear t” Ah, nue would hove thought wi'1 have to stand for himself and an -
that blushes would have consumed the ower before God. You have had a
cheek of Saul. No, no. He says, the conscience, you have had a Bible, and
army—oat himself of course, but the the influence of the Holy Spirit.,Stand
army—had saved the sheep and oxen for yourself or fall for yourself. Here
for sacrifice; and then theythought is a business man. He says; "I know
it would be too bad anyhow, to kill.
Agag, the Amalekite king. GamnI dant do exactly right in trade, but
el all the dr
takes the sword, and he slashes Agag y goods men do it, and all
the hardware men do this, and I am
to pisses; and then be takes the skrt rot responsible." You cannot throw
of his eoat, in true Oriental .style, off your sins upon the shoulders of
and rends it in twain, as much as to other merchants. God will hold you
say; "You, Saul, just like that, shall respuaslble for what you do, and them
be turn away from your empire and responsible for wdlat they do. I want
Coen away from your throne." In to quote one passage of Soripture for
other words: " Let all the nations of you. I think it is in Proverbs; "If
other words: " Let all the nations of than be wise, thou shalt be wise for
earth hear the story that Saul, thyself; but if thou soornest, thou
disobeying God won a flock of sheep
alone shalt bear it."
but lost a kingdom."
I learn first, from this subject that I leern, further, from this subject
God will expose hypocrisy. Fiero Saul what God meant by extermination.
pretends be has fulfilled the Divine Saul was told to slay all the Amale-
commission by slaying all the beasts kites and the boasts in their posses
belonging to the Anialekites, and yet, 814'n. He 8a7e3 Agag, the Amalekite
at the vary moment he is telling the
king, and same of the sheep and oxen:
story and practising the delusion, the tend chastises him for it. God likes
secret comes out, and the sheep bleat nothing duns by halves. God will
and the oxen bellow. net stay in :t soul that is half Tlis and
A hypocrite is one who prolelids to half the devil's. There may be more
be what he is not, or to .do what he aius in our am( than there w.,re
does not. Saul was only a type of a ArnaIekito8. l're must kill them. Wte
class, The modern, hypocrite looks unto us if we epare Agag. 11er.i is
awfully solemn, whines when he prays a Christian who says; "i will drive out
and during his pubiio devotion shows ail the Amalek.itea of sin from my
a great deal of the whites of his eye.. heart." dere is jeuiousy, down gees
Ile never laughs, or if he does laugh, that Amaickite. 11,,rt, is backbiting,
he seems sorry for it afterwards„ as dawn goes that Ana lit,•. "And
though he had cutnmilted soma great
indieoretion. The first 'time hr aria
a quinas, he prays twenty minutes in
public; and when he exhorts ho seems
to imply that all the ram are sinners,.
with one exception, his mcdest.y for-
t:bidding the stating who that 51115 is,
There are a great many ehurebes th•tt
have two or three occlesiastieal hypo-
erites in it. When the fox begins to
pray, look out for your chickens, The
more genuine religion a man has, the
more comfortable he will be; but you
may know a religious impostor by the
fact that he prides himself on the tact
that he Es uncomfortable, A man of
that kind is of immense damage to
the Church of Christ. A ship may out-
ride a hundred storms, end yet a
handful of worms in the planks may
sink it to the bottom. A man may,
through policy, hide his real oharec-
ter ; but Cud will after awhile tear
open the white sopllichre and will
expose him just as thoroughly as
ilial. •la Ile branded upon his forehead
tl'aegressioitd 'and saved these which
iv' of
are met resp°ata blo, It WillMot do,
.Eternal war against all the Amale-
lcites; no moray for Agag.
I learn, further, from this subjset
that it is vain to try to di:£read 0011,
Here Saul thought Lie had eheuted.
Gad oat of those sheep and Oxen; but
he lost his crown.. -her lost his empire.:
You cannot wheat Clod. How • often
it bas been that Christian men have
had a large estate, and it has gone.
The Lord God came into the daunt-
ing-house, and said; "I have allowed
you to lu4ve all this property for ten
fifteen, or twenty years, and you have
nut done justice to My poor obildren
When the beggar Balled upon you, you
bounded him off ysear steps. When
ray sittffot•ing children appealed to you
fur help, you had no mercy. I only
risked for SO lnudh, or so much; but
you did not give it to 11Ie, and noiv
I will lake it all," God asks of us one.
seventh of our time In the way of
Sabbath, 11e you suppuse we pan
get an hour of that time suooessfully
away from its true object? No, no
God has demanded one seventh ot
your time. If you take one hour of
time that is to be devoted to God's
service and instead of keeping His Sab-
bath use it for the purpose of writing
your accounts, or making worldly
gaius, Gari hilt certainly bring yea
into judgment for the abuse of that
time, Let a man attempt to do
that which God forbids him to do, or
to got out into a plow whore God
tells him not to go --the natural world
as well as God is against him. The
lightnings are ready to strike him;
tis, fires to burn him; the sun to
smite him; the water to drown him;
and Tisa earth to swallow him, 'Those
whose princely robes are woven oat
of heart -strings; those whose fine
houses are built out of skulls; those
whiles springing foantaios aro the
tears of oppressed nations—have they
sueeessfully ebeated God? The last
day will demonstrate. It will be
found out on that day that God vin-
dicated not only His goodness and His
mercy, but His power to take care of
His own rgihts, and the rights of I3is
Church, and the rights of Me oppress-
ed children. It will be seen in that
day, that though we may have robbed
our fellows, we never have success-
fully robbed God.
1Iy Christian friends, as you go out
into the world, exhibit an open-
hearted Christian frankness. Do
not be hypocritical in anything; you
are never safe if you are. On the
Must inopportune moment the sheep
will bleat and the oxen bellow. Drive
out the last A.malekite of sin from
your soul. Have no mercy on Agag.
Down with your sins—down with your
pride—down with your worldliness. 1
know you cannot achieve this work
by your own arm; but Almighty grace
is sufficient—twat which saved Joseph
in the pit, that whiten delivered, Dan-
iel in the den, that which shielded
ahadraoh, 111shach, and Abednego,
that whiola cheered Paul in the ship-
wreck.
MIGRATION OF JELLYFISH.
The problem of how the apple goti
into the dumpling sinks into insigni-
ficance beside that of the jellyfish and
Mee crustaceans in Lake Tanganyika,
but J. E. S. Moore, who has come back
from Central Africa believes he has
discovered how the fish from the sea
got into the lake in the'middie of the
continent.
Mr. Moore is one of the young men
at the Royal College of Science,
South Kensington, England, .He was
leader of an expedition largely sub-
sloized by the itoyal Geographical So-
ciety, and after a year's march of
over 2000 miles from Zambesi to
Uganda ha has come back with Hun-
dreds of specimens and several im-
portant eddi150145 to the knowledge of
Central Africa.
Mr. Moore and the twenty Ujiji
buys who accompanied him lived on
goats during the aaoent and descent,
driving the goats and killing them
when food was wanted. the Ujiji
toys were so struck with the pbeuosn,
coon of ,0.3 .blit they triad to curry
int. duwn 10 Uj.jt. ibo tropical sun
nearly b.ilea the the on the way.
Between 'taaganyika and Lake Al-
bert t0..w.,rd is a lake halted Kivu.
ills bent atlas paellshed gives 15 as
u,,aat ouo-teeth the slam of Albert
1+awara, Mr. ls0oure, who Was en -
what elau;,b:er ha ant,:,:r aaa a;;his oomlanie.l by Malcolm h'orgussoa, an
sins, striking righi. .end left. Vaal. l.ngllrh geulegis1 and geographer,
Is that out yowler lifting up ilia heads Mend that Kivu, is larger than Albert
IL is Agag--it is worldliness. It is an J4uward. The uortfs end el Tauoan-
old An he cannot bear to strike down.
Oh, my brethren, I appeal: this morn-
ing for entire o,:neeeretiun.. With-
out holiness nu roan shall see the
Lord. I know men who are living
with their souls in perpetual commun-
ion with Christ, and day by day are
walking within the sight of heaven.
Iluvv do I know? 7'h.ey tell me so. I
believe them. They would. net lie
about it. Why ban we not all have detexmi:ned that these marwe spades
this cenveet;ition$, Why Slay some ars to be fount iu none of the lak58
a2 the sine in our soul anri leave others north of 'Tanganyika, Mr. biome be-
te bleat and bellow for r,aposuru and lives that Tanganyika was once
bsudemnation, (1154.11,1... will not stay joined to the sou by way of a great
in the hones with .ail:,. You must L,.iu i, the ::amigo state.
give up Agag err „loo up Christ, 'v1-, .: „r.,,ss,y:ka was left high, if fie1.10 to feed swine. Tho most eon -
:Semis says; "Ail 4,f tiaat, heart or no, ;:+;i ' • u c slue of Aft1ea, the te.caplible work that the aneieait's tont
» nil 0- 1. (.:a ilii of be :,:a . I4, '1'), 0.1 r ,i�„r 041 loll
nntto. Saul al°w the fxaormst ot the J 5 �y
sheep and the meanest of the oxen, 4t1'”" " • " i a:f iulir , us3wlu' ,7. w. J ills 1 lets Distals'•;; a roan
ants ,are CiJ1f,,r to-<iay' IueY' v,'lto win as wielto:l end wrelehacl ns
and leapt. some of the finest and the have Iauu there inat,y- thuusan+ls of
fattest; and there are Christians who years, for for_sils Limy resalable are the publicans and sinners whom the
SUNDAY SCHOOL,
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PRACTICAL NOTES.
Verse 11; A certain man had tw.p
sone, The man represents our heather,
Cho salts two sorts of his children,
The whole story should be carefully
road, It bas gone into literature un-
der' the title of 'The parable of the
Prodigal Son." Many oaroful students
believe that the emphasis of the story
is on the portion that is omitted from
this lesson, and that 11 a title be given
to it at all it should be the title nI
"Thu Jealous Idsother.". Another sug-
gestion quite as profound is that it
is "The Parable of the i3ereeved
Father;" emphasises our heavenly
Father's eagerness to save his lost
obildren and his rejoicing over the
saved. All three views should be kept
Li mind as We proceed with this mar-
velous story.
12. Father, give nae the portion of
goods that falleth to Really, no
portion fell to him. Be was the
younger son, and would, according to
Jewish law inherit oniy,ono third of
the patriarohal property, and that
only at the death of his father, It
was a selfish and unreasonable de
viand, not justified by the law of
the country or its customs. Be want-
ed, this speeial favor for the worst of
purposes—arimival indulgence. He
divided unto them his living. Which
be had no right to. do. Ode could not
set aside the responsibilities of life
until he died, and lie could not proper-
ly meet those responsibilities after he
had divided his resources between his
sons. Fat'thermor'e, he does not seem
in the strictest sense to have done this.
Practically, he merely gave up control
of the wayward boy and kept control
of the docile and obedient one, for he
evidently retained his own authority
over the elder son's share.
13. Not many days after. He who
craves indulgence and sees It within
reach' can never have patience. Tho
sooner he could rid himself of his
father and the synagogue and the
Sabbath the better. The younger son
gathered all together, and took his
'journey. This sentence might stand
as a concise biography of every sal -
fish soul. Into a far country. No
matter how disposed he was to engage
in "riotous living," he would he re -
restrained so long as he dwelt in Pal-
estine, for ;though Gentiles lived in
large numbers among the Pews,
especially in Galilee and Perea, and
though heathen practises were fami-
liar to most of the Jews, and though
the laws themselves by their fre-i
quency of divorce and their bad habits
had greatly lowered -moral standards,
there was, nevertheless, a control-
ling sense of propriety which made a
heavy line of demarkation between the
Hebrews and other cations. The places
to indulge unrestrained in pleasing
rice were the centers of the pagan
religion, and it was to Corinth or to
Ephesus, to Rome ar to Alexandria,
that this young man went away. "The
far country" represents estrange-
ment from God. Wasted his substance
with riotous living. He recklessly
scattered his opportunities like one of
the abandoned ones. There is no suoh
waster as a sinner who wastes time,
opportunity, physical vigor, mental.
power, holy character, neighborly -in-
fluence.
yika was foaud to bu fifty miles west-
ward of its asuribad p.,sition,
oho primary object of the expedi-
tion was to dredge and sound tiie
lakes, with refurenoe to the marine
tortes whish gr. Moore found there
four years ago. The question was
whether the jelly2lsh and orustaeoans
originally got into Tanganyika by
way of ,.be Nilo or the Congo, Having
by thus assoelatbag him with the pigs,
,-
t t4[a
atoll. 0 h
whiolt vvoae a Bete aA1
tion, he would emphasize the de/grada-
tion to which the young man Gwent,
ao Witt hertz to make plain the bund
ant -welcome 0t his father.
10. Re would fatal have filled hits bel-
ly with the husks that the swine did
oat. He watt eager to quiet the pangs
of hunger with the carob pods that
were given to th8 pigs. They are of
the color of ohm:elate and the shape
of boons; they have le siokoning,
aweeineb taste, but are no good for
food, at least not for human feed,
No man gene unto !nim Because no
nian.oared for him. This watt perfeet-
ly natural; though it was very wrong;
J'osus.does not niter one word in this
parable, whloh justifies otherwise good
men in holding lu'ooutempt their fall-
en brothers and slaters. J!lvery soul
that it was won't witlle to snake 11
Is worth our while to save, and you
cannot save a man by scorn. Satan
Wee not to alleviate the distress of
1519 victims. Sin is selfish. It is in
Chrlstinn lands, by Christian people,
that charities are founded and main-
tained.
17. Came to himself, Ile had been
living to Satan; now his better sense
again tries to rate, The first step to-
wosd salvation le To realize the
wretchedness of nen. Hired servants
The humblest sena le 'happier than
Um highest sinner, Enough and to
spare. Those look for nothing who
labor for God. I pariah. Even in this
life sin gives but a barren, unsatis-
fying recompense; and what of the
life to deme? The first motive which
prompts the sinner to repentance is
sometimes the lowest one, the pres-
,eure of necessity, Any motive is
worthy that leads to the abandon-
ment of sin and the'seareh after Crud.
18. I whit arise and go. It is a
great, good deed to form a good re-
solution ; it is a greater, bailer deed
to carry it out. Put all your good
resolutions into action at once. It
is better to make a good resolution
and break lt'than not to make a good
resolution. But why make it and
break lie One prompt step out on
the road to virtue will lead to count-
less others and give you a healthful
impetus toward goodness. I have sin-
ned against heaven. "Heaven" stands
tor the God of Heaven, the goodness
of our Father who is in heaven. He
had sinned against Providence
against every revelation and every
appearance on good. It is well for
bim to acknowledge this first of all.
Nothing so well becomes the sinner
as humble confessiian. But the words
may mean, "I have sinned as high as
heaven. Before thee. He had great-
ly wronged hes tether, and felt that
he must diaectly confess the wrong
he had done.
19. No moire worthy to be called
thy son. One of the tokens •of true
repentance is deep consciousness of
unworthiness. Well said Mr. Moody.
"Repentance is right -about face."
20. To his father. It should read,
"toward his father." His father did
not let him some to him, but, met
him ,a great way off. His loving
eyes had wearily watched for his bad
boy's return. Had compassion. Char-
acteristic ot God and the godlike man.
B,an. God hastens to meet the re-
pentant sinner. Fell an his neck.
Like a true oriental, who never hides
his emotion,. Kissed him, Over and
over again. Professor Wright phras-
es it, "He rained kisses upon him."
21. The son saki. Ole begins a
mournful confession which was too
profoundly felt to be ever forgot-
ten, but he was cut snort by his
father's demonstrative affection.
22. But the father said. "When
the faraway wanderer came book,"
says Dr. Copier, "be found six things;
a father, a home, a welcome, a ring,
a feast, and a sung." Bring forth the
beat robe. The long embroidered
robe which was worn by all Jews of
quality. Put a ring on his handl. A
token of dignity and power. Poor
men In the East do not wear rings.
Shues on his test. The shoes were
really sandals, This, too, was sym-
bultcal. Sheol were warn only by
freemen, never by slaves. The sin-
ner saved is after all not a hired ser-
vant, He is received as a loving sun,
sad his servioe heneefortb is a service
o€ love.
23. The fatted call. Reserved for
an acausion of feasting. 19111 it. In
the warm climate of the East meat
most be eaten very seen after being
killed. Eat and make merry. Christ
often represents his religion by the
figure of a feast, never by that of a
funeral, Flesh food is a luxury in
the Orient, and the eating of it is
often aeoompanied by noisy demon-
stration, such as wine!-drink;ing
would produce with us. The thought
is that ttfeast of exuberant joy was
about to be partaken of in bonor 'bf
the humble return of the wayward
boy,
24. Dead. Death is a figure of
unrepented sin. Alive again. True
life begins when the sinner, dead in
trespass and sins is awakened to
lite by the voice of righteousness.
14, When he had spent all. And that
time Demo soon. The four s0enes fol-
low each other quickly: 1; Impatience
with restraint ; 2, Opportunity to in-
dulge self; 3, Salf-indulgenoa; 4,
Want. A mighty famine. Famines
have been common through all history
until the last century or two, and
are now frequent in the East. We
would have them in our own coun-
try were It not for the modern inven-
tions and methods of trade which
make every part of °ionlizeLion de-
pendent on every other part and a
d.ianinution of pressure on any single
locality; but where, as in ti,e East,
in our Lord's time and now, vast
populations are packed together, and
dependent for food on what they
raise, these famines cannot be avoid
ed. This famine stands in the par-
able for the painful banger of the
soul, the heart craving for divine
things. That land. Tire far country,
the region farthest away from the
benign Father, lie larpan to be in
want. The larger asoul is the same
it hungers anal thirsts, and if it does
not return to the Fount of every
blessing, who only can appease the
cravings of the human heart, it must
pine and suffer with famine. '
15. Joined bimself. Ile glued himself.
IIs stuck against the man's will, He.
was hungry, starving, and did not
care holy much of a bore he Made
himself to others. Alt his riotous lin
ing, which doubtless included many
a banquet and many sprats, had been
unavailing to win him a single friend.
The free•lom of sin had bean turned
into slavery. Ho sent him into his
the word, "hypocrite," Igo may think have slain the toast unpopular of their to be found below the chalk level., Pharisees hated, and it would seem
HSRG ANA THERE,
Whenhan the leniglJt of the faurteoaath
century °ante into n company of
Wanda, bo lifted hie helmet, signify-
ing, "I or. safe in the presence of
friends." The days of the !.night are
ne more, but the polite praoilcc, of
lifting the bat is a survival of the
knightly custom.
Upon the eeesssion of James VI. of
Scotland, to the throne of England,
in 1003 the orowns of England and
Seotland ever° united, and the sup-
port of the royal arms have since baso
the British lion and the Scotch min
(men. There was always before a lion,
but on the left some animal from the
family badge, es that of the Stuart
family was a lion and a greyhound.
7'be oldest Christian hymn was omen
posed not only by a pagan, the Roman
Emperor Adrian, but by a persecutor
of Christians as well. The hymn he -
gine with the line, " Vital spark of
heavenly, love," and wa swritten be
heavenly love," and was written be
tween the years70 and, 188 A.D., the
dates of the Emperor's birth and
death. The hymn was paraphrased by
Alexander Pope ire the amain pare of
the eigliteentli century.
The term " halcyon days" is deriv-
ed from a pretty little fable of the
Sicilians, who believed that during the
seven days preceding and following
the winter solstice, Deeembr 21, the
halcyon or kingfisher floated on the
water in a nest in which bee young
were deposited, and that during this
time of her brooding the seas were
calm, Our Indian summer corres-
ponds to the halcyon of the Sicilians.
Women bave superior , rights in
China, even to the privilege of fight-
ing in the wash of the country. In
the rebellion of 1850 women did as
much fighting as men. Al Nankin, in
1808, 500,000 women from various ports
of the country were formed into bri-
gades of 18,000 each, under Lemale of-
ficers. OL these soldiers 10,000 were
picked woman, drilled and garrisoned
in the city. But they not only fought
as men, but took their shore of the
drudgery, diggingmoats, making
earthworks and doing all the things
that fall to the lot of the coriimon
soldier in any war.
Queen Elizabeth was not only Queen
of England, but also Xing of France.
According to the Salique law, no wo-
man could be ruler of France, and
hence there could be no Queen, but
Elizabeth did not let that preveut
heir assuming a title. "If I can not
be Queen of France," she said, "I will
be O9ing." The monarch's of England
bore the title for 452 years, but on
January 1, 1801, it was omitted for the
first time since the days of Edward
III.
of a canal or pond, which receives
the seed. The raft is moored to the
bank in still water and requires no
further attention. The straw soon
gives way, and the soil also, the roots
drawing support from the water alone.
In about twenty days the raft be-
comes covered with the ()reaper and
its stems and roots are gathered for
cooking. In autumn, its small white
petals, and yellow stamens, nestling
among the round leaves, presents a
vary pretty appearance. In some places
marshy land is profitably cultivated
in this manner.
The greatest of faults, I should say,
a to be conscious of none.--Cbsrlyle,
nometimes is it the cashier that gets
the best of the run on the bank.
311EQ1iftNOQAL DOCTORS,
1B1s04p1a1 Ot,If,soaNa4M4#s T1n1' 11ur0ru .Gett,�.
841044i,pea1,
Il s1'e 40500 9 will , soon be medical
womorles only, for meobanical doctor,
ing has Mede lis ap901115nee and has
proven most beneficial in .many In-.
snceMany ailms are pn051 -
tirtaely,s, 00 Anuob allevientated by thene
"movement pure," It le largely pree
titled In various continental health re -
aorta, where it is known as Le Me-
eh'auotheraple, Some seventy ma-
ebnienst,o mpaayysitso of xinrgeenittyh,e avearaoiul,s
parts of the body. If a wrist that
has been strained is to be made
whole, the hand is strapped on to a
machine, a lever is turned that sets
it in motion, and the lyrist is twist-
ed in a half ()Grote backwards and for.
wards, probably very slowly and geut.
ly at first, but as it grows ..more flex-
tble at the rote, perhaps, of twenty
turns to the minute,
Or an old gentleman is to be treat-
ed whose waist is no longer a8 supple
as in the days of bis youth. Se is
piaeod Ina kind of rocking chair, tbo
motor is sat to work, and the whole
book of the °hair sways from side tc
side, the body with' it, from the waist
downwards. And so with any other
Part of the human frame, there is a
machine to exercise it whenits own-
er Is too lazy, or too weak, to do the
work for himself.
Not least among the wonders of the
mechanical cure are what are term-
er " percussion," " vibration," and
"kneading" machines, which work
like a refreshing tonic on jaded and
weary badiee. One machine, for in-
stance, consists of a series of little
cloth -covered hammers, arranged in a
row like the hammers of a piano, and
falling on the body in much the same
way as the piano hammers strike the
strings. The pattering action of the
hammers when applied to one's back
create a warm, invigorating glow.
Vibrations are applied to the spine
by a series of rubber fingers, which
are made to run up and down, Lap-
ping merrily away like a woodpeokor
on a branch, only the taps fall al the
rate of hundreds in a minute. The
rain of little blows from the vibrat-
ing machine, produces a most pleas-
ant, though peculiar sensation; and
brings a speedy relief when applied
to a head that feels heavy and con-
gested. The kneading treatment iaaf-
farded by a machine wbiob works two
little rollers over the body with a
" kneading " movement.
THE COLT IN FALL AND WINTER.
After weaning, young colts should
be given special care during the first
winter. If they are neglected it will
be very difficult to make up for this
afterward even with the best al care.
Put the colts in a box stall. Two or
more can be kept together loose in
one stall if it is lunge enough to give
them a chance to walk around a lit-
tle. In the winter especially -! ire'15it r
stall should be as well lighted as pos-
sible, for the colts will not thrive in
a dark place. Never confine them to
a stall tied up for any length of time,
as it will weaken their joints, Their
feet may be deformed If they do not
get the necessary amount of exercise
while young and growing,
Feed colts liberally, give all the
good hay they will eat up clean. Wa-
ter at least twice a day, or better
three times., The grain feed should
consist principally of oats, whish
should be fed three times a day. Let
the morning feed Ge iafst 01 equal
parts of oats and bran made into a
mash by scalding with hot water, and
let it. stand until lukewarm, Inners
giving to the colts. If two pounds of
carrots or mangele can be sliced very
thin se there will be no danger of
choking, and given to each cult daily,
it will aid digestion and keep the bow-
els in goad order by preventing con-
stipation, 1L colts refuse to eat
roots at first, mix with a little
ground feed. A spoonful of sugar will
prove irresistible if sprinkled over the
roots.
When the weather is good end not
very cold, the molts should be let out
into a yard one or two hours daily for
exercise. In cold weather beep than
in. Groom daily whether they look
clean or not, but handle gently so they
do nut get scored. Break to use of
halter and take up feet once in a while
so they will become accustomed to
handling,
TETE IMPERIAL HOUSE.
A preliminary step in the praoess
of the dissolution of parliament is the
issue of the necessary writs by the
lord chancellors of Great BrLtain and
Ireland. Writs are issued to the Lew -
poral And spiritual peers o3 .England,
the r•epreseulatiree peers of Ireland,
the judges of the High Court, not be-
ing temporal peers, the attorney and
the sheriffs and returning officers
for counties and boroughs.
The twenty-eight representatives
peers of Ireland sit for life, and there-
fore in their case a dissolution mere-
ly involves a writ of summons to the
new parliament. It In otherwise,
however, with the sixteen elective
Peers of Seotland. They hold their
seats only during the lifetime of a
parliament, and have to be re-slcot-
cd at each general election, The
eleetiou takes place in llelyrood Pal-
ace, in Edinburgh.
Outside London and Middlesex the
returning officers receive their writs
by post; and a record 02 the times of
poetiug, receipt and return is pre-
served by an elaborate system of
signed acknowledgments. The writs
are returnable within thirty-five days
of their issue, and the returning of-
fioere aro liable civilly and penally
to the huuee of commane for the prb
per returns.
AMBITIOUS FORETHOUGHT.
rose to hie position from the ranks,
rust to his position from the ranks.
When he was a rocrult in the 03rd
Highlanders, says an exchange, he
had a rolling gait, and rho 510111 Cor-
poral used to laugh at him for it.
Another recruit who had the same
habit proposed ane day to rilollean
that they should joint in giving tile
Corporal a drnbbing,
No, said Molean. Same day • I'm
going to command the regiment, and
it would bo a bad beginning,
T1IE POPULAR (MIL,
Navear keeps a man waiting if she
has an engagement.
Is oareftel to be correctly drossod
for .every occasion, and never over-
d;rosoos.
She is gentle toward obildren, ani-
mals and ellerly people, and pnlila
toward those inferior to her in .,o-
olal position.
She writes to men only on veru spe-
cial ocen.sions.
She never talks dress when men'ire
listening,
Popular girls are never spa Ott.
seldom jealous and never stupid,
The girl we picture goes One of her
way to do hind things.
She is never slsugy, nor she
pertni,t. men to ohaff lint ,r 1, fiimn•
dine, yet she enj.sye a ,Inks lilies
marry-lwvrled companions.