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1iL11' AND GA SHACK
,lieeid.es its unpleasant odor the cab-
bage bus acquired an unsavory repute-
tion from the feet that, as ordinarily
000ked it is meet Indigestible. The
beef and cabbage dinner oe the farm-
er, as It is generally cooked, is as un-
wholesome and is as extravagant a
waste of food values us can be instanc-
ed. The dolt juices oil the beef, if the
meat has been corned, as it generally
has, have been first drawn out [n' the
salt water, and these are still further
diminished by boiling in fresh water.
ligent 000k is to retain the juices mf
the beef to be served, and tho great-
er part of its nourishing qualities aro
thus thrown away with the brine and
pot of liquor. The cabbage has been
peeked in its rank juices, which should
have been -extracted, making it coarse
and indigestible, whereas it would have
been a palatable as well as wholesome
vegetable if it had been properly
000ked.
This represents the perversiod of
cookery. The first effort oil the intel-
ligent cook is to retain the juices of
meat, while she blanches a groat many
vegetables in order to free them from
these coarse juices and leave a delicate
digestible pulp. These prinoiples once
understood, the main secret of. the suc-
cessful cooking of meats and vege-
tables is mastered. Some vegetables,
like corn or green peas, are so delicate
la flavor that they do not require
blanching, but would be injured by it;
but others, like spinach, string beans,
and notably all the cabbage family,
must be blanched.
There are Lew vegetables more deli-
cious than a cabbage cooked in Dream
sauce, Take a medium-sized fresh
tend of white cabbage and cut it in
quartos, after removing the outer
green leaves. Cut out the stem from
the head and throw the cabbageiuloa
kettle of boiltag water, Let it cook
for ten minutes; then remove it: with a
skimmer and put. it into cold water to
coot. After this the unpleasant odor
so noticeable in cooking oabbage dis-
appears. When the cabbage is cold
ahoy it, flue, season it with salt and pep-
per, and add lwu large tablespoonfuls
of butter, mixed with an even table-
spoonful of flour and a pint of milk.
Let the cabbage simmer slowly for
three-quarters of an boar and then
serve.
Such a dish of oabbege served witha
piece of fresh beef, braised with vege-
tables till it is thoroughly tender,
gees a dinner an epicure might enjoy.
( be meat hos had all its juices careful-
ly nand by browning it in a small por-
tion of stook—a process quite similar
to roasting.
By this method all the liquor In
which the meat is cooked is saved for
the gravy. A pot roast, is similar to
the French braise and is a process in
every way superior Lo the extravagant
Method of boiling meat, when the best
parts of the beat are soaked out in the
wate r.
Another dainty and excellent way in
which to cook a cabbage is to stuff it,
Cul out the hear( stela, with the root of
a medium-sized cabbage, and remove
the outer green leaves, Plunge the
head into en abundance of coiling
water for ten minutes, and thou lake it
up very carefully au as not to break it.
Let it coot. Stuff the inside of the
cabbage with fresh sausage meat and
tie it up carefully, so that the stuffing
will not come out. Put the cabbage
into a braising kettle, with a email
carrot, a smallwhite oniou and cup
of stook. Let the cabbage simmer in
the oven or on Lap of the stove, well
covered, for one hour, basting it occas-
ionally. Serve it with a rink brown
sauce.
CHILDREN'S COLDS,
A simple remedy is a teasp0ouful of
syrup of ipecao dissolved in a glass of
cold water, and administered by the
teaspoonful every hour. If there seems
to be any hoarseness in the breathing,
a flannel cloth clipped in camphorated
oil and heated quite hot and laid across
the chest, with a number of pieces of
flannel over it to keep in the heat, wi11
often give relict, it should be fre-
quently renewed. Special cure should
always bo taken noe to expose the child
to draughts, or in any way by which a
fresh cold May be taken while this
medicine is given, The perspiration
induced by this and almost any medi-
cine administered fora cold, treaders
the patient doubly temsblive to
draughts, or any change of tempera-
ture. A skalds told in the head and
throat may often be eased by rubbing
the nose and throat with oamphorat ed.
oil, 11 this is not oonvouieut, mutton
tallow or simple olive oil, with a few
drops of camphor sprinkled in it, will
anSwer the same purpose. In case of
a oold, give the child as much nourish-
ing food at its meals as it . will take.
The system is in a weakened, debfli
tatted condition, and mel' oftenbe eon
pletely rallied by eke', wholesome,
stimulating food.
EGOLESS CAO11;L Y-•
R ,
The nutritious egg enters Largely in-
to the oulsine of all lands, and it is
a staple artiole of diet; yet many
000ks are udaware than eggs may Mi-
en be dispensed with, and the dish bo
improved thereby writes Fanny L.
Faucher. The ugod grandniother who
had been away visiting said, elle morn-
ing after her return:
"I never ate such tough and leath-
ery panio:Mos as their c0010 blade, though
She used three or four eggs; do you
eau eggs in your pancakes, 111501 aro
as tight as reat'bers?"
"No, I wouldn't use diem in pan -
cakes, lied .f eggs Lo soil," 1 rppll
ed.
Eggs may oontuin nutriment, but if
any food in which they exam is"tough
and leathery," 11 is unfit for the
stomach, Well beaten pancake hatter
ooatabnlug a little noel cream, will be
light and feathrry, and whole wheat
Doer 1a far better than bueltwhoal,
which ought not to be ea1o1 by anyone
with weak digestion, or those of seden-
tary habits,
Baked Indian pudding and pumpkin
plea are butler made without eggs,
since in these old fashioned dishes we
du not desire a custard flavor. 11 used
for the latter, one egg for two pies
will be quite sufficient. These old -Lime
favorites aro in demand when fresh
eggs, if they can be obtained, bring
exorbitant prices, and it were better to
use none than those that are stole.
Many cakes are good without eggs
An ordinary mhoal auger, butter, anti,
milk, was found quite palatable though
the eggs were forgotten in the making.
Molasses ginger (mike is just as good
with no eggs, provided au extra spoon-
ful of flour is added.
The writer was called to the bedside
of a sick friend in 1118 wiuter when
eggs were scarce, Upon her return,
the young domestic said:
"Mrs. C— came over and made us a
coke. She used six eggs, and honest-
ly, it wasn't as good as your carte with
one egg."
My crowning achievements in this
direction resulted from as experiment.
The children culmored for ice cream, it
being very warm that day. Finding
only one egg in the, larder, it seemed a
rash proceeding. Three quarts of Lhe
morning's milk were usually scalded,
in case ice cream was wanted during
the day. I, therefore, eppropr'iated
one quart of the soalded milk into
whioh I crumbled three or four slices
of stale white cake. L, whipped a cup
of oream, a scant cupful of sugar, and
the one egg together,; and beat in the
dissolved cake, and milk, flavoring to
Wale, and a firmer, finer cream never
came from a freezer.
These hints are not intended for the
farmer's wife who bas fresh eggs "the
year around," yet if she uses less, when
prices are high, her "pin money" can
be much augmented.
JEWELS AT THE ELYSEE.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon-
don Daily Telegraph writes: Madame
Carnet's diamonds are for sale. Tho
jewellery belonging to the wives of the
six Presidents of the Republic who
have occupied the Elysee is therefore
the topic of the hour in the feminine
world of Paris. And curious aro some
of the si :ries told about tastes and
.means and views of these Ladies who
succeeded but did not resemble each
other. Madame Thiers' jewels 11(10 de-
scribed as being fairly characteristic
of a riche bourgeoise, but nothing to
boast of. This lady did not approve
of 'burying large sums of her own or
her husband's money in sleeping stones.
Madame Grevy's treasures were still
less of a fortune, and consisted of a
mediocre riviere, a few bourgeois rings
and a pair of diamonds. When Ma-
dame Cornet came 10 the throne of the
Presidency, she felt Lhe need of dia-
monds for her soirees, and was desir-
ous of purchasing those efhioh aro now
about to be sold. 13ut though the
means she possessed cannot be term-
ed very limited, site felt that it would
be imprudent to spend such a Large
sum for mere jewels. Her husband,
however, considering that her position
warranted and even called for the
sacrifice, urged her to carry out her
intention, and the purchase was made.
Of all the six lady Presidents, Ma-
dame Casimir-Perier possesses far and
away the most beautiful, rich and art-
Lstio jewellery, but her husband's re-
signation gave Parisians but a very
short time to admire it. These jew-
els are heirlooms, and have been in the
family for a very Lang time. Lf Madame
Casimir-Porier'a parures are the. most
brilliant and valuable, those of Macrame
Faure are the mast modest: of all.
When the wives of officials behold
them, they exclaim, "They are beau-
tiful," but when princessess glance at
them, es they lately did, they puree up
their lips and say, "They are the dia-
monds of the wife. of a president of
the Chamber of Commerce who hos a
balance at his banker's." Suoh, at
least, is the verdict of Madame Marie
Louise Nelon, and she, having seen
them and heard the verdict of prin-
oe.ases, must know. What few people
are aware of, however, is the interest-
ing story of the diamonds of Madame
la Mareohele MacMahon, Here it is
in brief, During the reign of Madame
Thiers the Shah of. Persia announced
hie intention of coming to Paris.
This was very good news for no
reigning Sovereign had paid a visib
since the cur. Ho also had dlsore01
Inquiries made as to the present which
Madame Thiers would wish to honor
him by accepting. Now, this lady's
jewellery, as' we Saw, was merely that
of a rich bourgeoise, and she knew
and lamented it. She replied, there-
fore, that a tiviere would be very as
eeptable. Naar ed Din, who never
did things by halves, rummaged
through his colleotion of precious
stones, and selected a number of dia-
monds which tot size, limpidity and
lustre .were marvelous. But by the
tame the Shah had got to Paris Ma-
demo Thiers had become a simple cit*.
seness, and Madame MaoMahon was
raised to Lhe rank of Presldente. And
it was the latter lady who received the
sumptuous riviere which the former
had graciously consented to acoept.
Madame la Marccbale wore those Boyar
diamonds at all her receptions, and
finally she presented them as a wed-
ding gift to her daughter-in-law, the
Ducheeso de Charters, who married
Commander McMahon. '
Ito present population of Now Mexi-
0o is estimmlod at 28%000, including
about 66,000 Indians.
TO J'IEET D O
Q
UNPREPARED
REV. DR. TALMAGE PR AC E E H S ON
AN IMPORTANT SUBJECT,'
Sickness (:as Not 1(e Kept Oat, Nor D1'101
-.41st 14 the (:erase or All Oar '1'roubL•
Now Elia Gospel Trura,pet 54 Great I;
1158 Pavrnv—The or, Mattes a ttran
Appeal to Ike Stand.
A despatch from Washington says t—
Rev. Dr, Taltltnge preached from the
following text:
"Anel it shall come to less in that
day, that the great trumpet shall be.
blown, and they shall come whieh are
ready to perish in the land of Assyria
and the outcasts in the land of Egypt,
and shall worship the Lord In the holy
mount of Jerusalem."—Isaiah xxvii, 13.
A$ when the front and back doors of
a barn are open, a gust of wind scat-
ters the dust and chaff, so the Jews
had been swept every whither—some
wandering in Assyria, and some exiled
in Egypt; but their corning bade, as
byi the call of a trumpet, is here pre-
.
The passage is strongly descriptive
of the exiled and perishing condition
of sinful men, and of their return at
the trumpet -call of the Gospel,
Need I stop to prove that out of God.
we are in exile/ Who here is at home
inhis sin? Mee he not wander about/
Within the walls of this house, does
he find entire rest for his spirit; No;
he sees those walls are crumbling. His
family must, by the nature of things,
after a while be scattered. Sickness
can 'not be kept out, nor death. How
many men have lived in the same house
far twenty years? Not many, Your
office or store makes a poor home, Are
things all right at the store ? Do
things goon there este they might go
on tor ever? Would you be satisfied
to spend an eternity amidst that hard-
ware and those ribbons, and yonder
kegs and hogsheads? Your pleasures
are not lasting. You get tired of
laughing, and tired of card -playing,
and tired of fast riding; and all the
peace you ever hadwas not very deep
nor very lasting. You wonder about,
and wander about -exiled. That is
the suggestive idea of the text. You
have been expatriated. You are in
worse than SLloerian exile. The chubs
are harder. The mine is harder. The
climate is colder. The gloom is ghast-
lier. "Lost in the land. of Assyria!"
That is, you do not know how you got
iu, and you cannot find your way out.
If a man has made- his way, the more
he walks the more he is lost, He starts
off and goes ten miles in Lbe wrong
direction. Nor can you find your way
out of this spiritual confusion. Lost,
and without food. 'Lusts and without
wuler. St. Bernard dogs pick up the
worn traveller from Alpine gulches;
but nothing has picked you out from
your freezing .exhaustion. Strong -
:tinned sailors have put out from u
steamer and saved a shipwrecked crew;
but no craft has borne down for your
rescue. "Beady to perish!" says the
text. Not floating on down into peril,
but in the last stages of it—the work
of sin almost completed — the day of
grace almost gone—your feet on the
mumbling brink. Perhaps the last
call made. Ready- 10 perish! Ready to
perish! Not the first symptoms of dis-
ease, but the ninth day has passed; all
remedies have failed; and there has
been a relapse. \\'hdt a dim prospect
of recovery! Almost bopeleesl Ready
to perishl Ready Lu perish! Not the
first reefing of the sail, and "the mak-
ing of things snug;" but the mast
shivered, the helm gone, the leak
Sprung, the timber's ,parting — the
crash const Reedy to; perish! Beady to
perish?.
Am I right in supposing that there
are two thousand persons in this house
unprepared to meet God/ If a fisJring-
smaele with three or four persons on
board, goes to' pieces on Newfoundland
banks, we say, "Poon fellows1 what a
sad tlluig it is that( they were lostl"
but if an ocean steamer goes down
with three hundred passengers, the
catastrophe is more. overwhelming. If
I thought, in this house there were
ohly .two or three persons in eterniil
peril, I would bemoan the fuel; but
when perhaps they may be counted by
thousands, shall 1 not shriek out the
horror—Heady to perish! Randy to
perish!
Ingenious little children sometimes
tell you how, with a fewlellers, they
can spell a very large, word. With
three letter's I oan spell bereavement.
With three letters I ono spell disap-
pointment. With three letters 1 nate
spell suffering. With three letters 1
can spell death, With three tett ors'
pun spell perdition. S-i-n—Sin. That,
is the 08118e of all our trouble now,
That is the cause of our trouble for
the future.
In 1066, in :Derbyshire, - .lingland,
there was a great plague. Sol many
died, Chet it was decreed that none of
the inhabitants should leave the vil-
lage, and thus extend the distemper.
A eirele of atone was built all round
about the city, beyond whieh no citizen
could pass. Outsiders who had medi-
cine or food to bring, brought; it and
threw it over the stone wall, and: fled
for ttreir life.
To -night. I mark the circle of a
plague. The carets begins back( of this
pulpit, goes alodg the wall to the
fight, along the wale in front, along
the wall to the left, coming back to
the same point behind the pulpit, CMS
including all Within this house. That
circle is marked with these words:
"All have sinned, and come short of
the glory of God. There( is n0nel that
doeth good --no,, not one. Ily
one man alp entered into the world,
mud death by sin." A Plaguel A
Plaguel And hundreds ready to perishl
pat upon this dark background of
the taxi a light falls, Amidst the
harsh discords of which 1 speak, there
aound the sweet and thrilling teems of
11 great trumpet, My text says, "e!ho
great trumpet shall be blown, and
they shall come whitey h are
remedy to
1e, tsll This (level trumpet. la not,
in its material, like Melee trumpets. 1
1
is not made front bora 01 ram or ox,
nor has it barn shaped in all earthly
laundry. God furnicbt:d the material
for this trumpet, twisted it, attuned
ll, bestowed it. Ile elude two Uwe-
pets—orfs for heaven, and John beard
its blast about fatties, He made the
other for the earth, and he hung ie in
the Church, Simon Peter put' that
trumpet to his lips, and all the( docks
and a ,hipping of Galilee heard it. Luke
look it, and, forgetting lbn medicine of
his apothecary shop, he went every-
where to blow 11. Paul took it, and
msde Philippian dangeole ring, and
Corinthian palaces eoho, itnd, Christen-
dom resound with the harmonies of
the resurrection. A trumpet, (i od-
made, beaveo-manufactured, yet need-
ing no giants to use 11, but suited to
faint Ups, and trembling band* and
feeble lungs; So that sick Ed-
ward Payson, leaning against, the
pulpit, might hold it, itnd Frederick
.ltebortson, worn out with ulcers and
spinal complaints, might breathe
through Jt, until the fashionable bear-
ers at .Brighton watering -place trem-
bled and believed.
This Gospel trumpet is great in lis
power. On a still eight you may hear
111e tall of a brazen trumpet two or
three miles; but this is so mighty that
it is not only heard from heaven to
earth, but it is to arrest the atten-
tion dl all nations. Men with physical
hearing all gone oatch the first strain
of it, Men buried half a century in
crimes have heard it. It is Lhc power
of God unto salvation. Amidst the rush
of a cavalry troop, going perhaps a mile
in three minutes, Saul heard it, braced
himself in the stirrups, and reined in
his charger on the road to Damascus.
In a custom -house, amid the chink of
coin, and the shuffle of feel., and the
dispute of merchants at the high tar-
iffs, Matthew answered its' mighty
nail. Men bavo put their fingers in
their ears, to keep out the sound, but
have been compelled to hear it. At
its blast walls fall, and thrones upset,
nations leap from barbarism to civ-
ilization. 'There is no force in the
shock of musketry, or in the boons of
cannonade, as compared with the peal-
ing forth of One great Gospel trum-
pet. Oil I that the Eternal. God might
speak through it now I That all these
people might rise up into the freedom
of the Goepel 1
Tbis trumpet is great in its sweet-
ness. In some musical instruments
there is noise, and crasb, and power,
but no fineness of sound. Others oan
not only thunder, but weep and whis-
per and woo Like that is the Gospel
trumpet 1 In all tenderness andsweet-
ness, and sympathy, it excels.
"How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear;
It soothes his sorrows, beats his
wounds,
And drives away his fears,"
A patient may be ao weak that the
fall of a door -latch or the rattle of a
spoon in the tea -cup disturbs; but this
sound quiets the nerves and stills the'
fears. The gentlest step that ever en -
eared a sick -room, is that of the Great
Physician. Take some favourite word
and utter it among the rocks, and
there coln05 back half -a -dozen eohoes.
So there is cue word that, uttered Here
Lo -night, will echo back from five
hundred wounded but oomforted hearts,
i'he word is Jesus. That is the name
taht makes you weep, That is the name
that makes you smile. That is the 1111m0
that arouses your courage. That is the
name that kindles your faith. That is
the name that helps you Lo live. That
is the name that w!U help you to die,
But 1 make a more determined ad-
vance into my snbjeot and say that
the Gospel trumpet is a. trumpet of
alurm. The sentinel on the wall sees
the enemy coming, and puts the trum-
pet to his lips; and the soldier grasps
his musket, and the trooper springs
into his saddle, and the gates ajar shut
at the cry "Beware!" Listening not
to trumpet call the paalane is taken,
the treasures despoiled, the city burn-
ed.. So the Gospel is a trumpet of
e.larm, It says, Be armed, or die I"
Satan assaults. The world tempts.
Death advances. Judgment bursts up -
m1 thee, and an eternity from which
thou shalt not escape. One strain of
that trumpet is this, " It is appoint-
ed unto men once to die, and atter
death the judgment." Another strain,
"Who of us can dwell amidst devour-
ing flames? Who of us can lie down
in everlasting burnings 1" "Beware,
beware 1"
The Gospel trumpet is one of re-
cruit. During the late war you heard
the trumpet calling trout the recruit-
ing stations; and at its call the peo-
ple Hooked to the standard of the
Government, and went out; to battle,
In a spiritual sense war is deeiar'ed.
Whois on the Lord's side? Are you
reitdy to hnswer the call of the trum-
pet ? There is no neutral ground, You
are for God or fo Satan, lot light or
for darkness, for heaven or for hell.
Some theologians take four or five vol-
umes in whieh to slate their religious
belief; I tell you all my theology in
Ono sentence—Jesus Christ—take him
and live, refuse ham and die.
Sometimes, by mismanagement, are-
gimeut will get in between the two
opposing hosts, and be out to pieces by
both sides. Will you stand half -way be-
tween the tight. side and the wrong side
and take shot of: both hosts, or will you
tome under our standard? You will
finally' wish you had, fol' WO shall gain
this war, As a recruiting officer of
the great army of banners,, I blow;
this blast -Choose this day whom ye
will servo. Why halt ye between two
opiniaus? It the Lord be God, then
follow lam; if Baal, then follow him.
Come, for all things are now ready.
The banquet is ready. The heart of
Christ is reedy, The house of many
mansions is ready. the temple is
ready. The angels are ready. Every-
thing is ready, With such a Leader,
with such a flue, with such a cause,
with such a result, with such a crown
—tot•tli9 ht put donwn your names on
the muster roll.
This Gospel trumpet is ono of as-
sault. The besieging army prepares to
storm the wall They wheel round the
guns. They march by platoons. The
swords gleam. The guns are loaded.
The men are anxious for the affray.
Then there comes the ruffle of the
drums, and all are ready for the
charge. But they wait—hot Meeting
hand or foot, oan chin, to right or left
—until the trunpot peals, when in-
stantly the wave of valour dashes up-
on the 085611560-1. At every new tell
of the drum the eminates bins, until
the eaetle Is taken.
Arrayed against thy sine to -night,
art, thou ready to storm and trample
teem In dun / Vali into Ii
e ! Atten-
tion!
ACten-
tion1 The trumpet sounds, and down
go the mailed hosts, biting the dust.
81118 of the heart, eine of the life, eine
of the tungue, sins of thy youth, sins
of mai nate', sins of old age --one black,
infernal army of transgression; they
MUM go down under thee, o1' thou
shall go dawn under them. Hearken
to the trumpet of assault: "Let the
wicked for:ac.ke his way, and the un-
l'i.glrte)us 1111111 1118 thoughts, and let
him return unto the Lord, and he
will have mercy upon him; and to our
God, for lu' will ahundunlJy pardon."
"These eighteen upon whom the Lower
of Siloam fell—think ye that they
were sinners above all wen thus dwelt
in Jerusalem! 1. tell you, nay; but
exeepl ye repent, ye shall all likewise
perish,"
Tbis Gospel trumpet is also one of
ret real, .It is fully for a hundred men
to attack Len thousand. It is the part
of gond generalship, sometimes, to
blow the trumpet of retreat, 'there
is no need of your trying to face cer-
tain temptations. You are foolhardy
to try 1t, Your only safety is in
flight. It is as fifty against. five thou-
sand. IL you be given to 1101/011 S. es-
eappe the presence of decanter and
demijohn. If you are given to pride,
go amidst things that flatter it. If
your proclivity be toward unclean -
(1(188, like Job, make a covenant with
your eyes, that. you look no1 upon a
maid. You know bow the city of Ai
was taken. Joshua's forces went up
to rupture it, bat was miserably nut
to pieces. . The next time' they hit
upon this stratagem: The host 34348 to
advance to the city, and when the eas-
sault was made upon them, .they were
to fly. ,And 80 they did, until the
people of Ai 021111e out to follow them,
and then, at the holding up of Jos-
hua's spear, the retreating host ral-
lied, and took the city. So sometimes
it is its necessary to fly, ars at others
11 is to advance. f blow the trumpet
of retreat for those of you who are
tempted. "Lead me not Ia1to tempt-
ation,'" be your morning and evening
prayer. No need of your trying with
one round of buckshot to meet an
enemy with amtnunition wagons of
grape and canister. The lion -tamer
puts hie head into the monster's mouth
and the people applaud; but it is a
foolish thing to do. The shaggy mon-
ster after a wbile forgets his placidity,
and the lion -tamer puts in his head
once too often.,
This Gospel trumpet is one of vic-
tory. Such a trumpet was sounded
when Gideon scattered the Amale-
kites; when King David's troops over-
came
vercame Absalom; when Napoleon rode on
Lhe field of Austerlitz; when Sebes-
tope) fell; when Paris surrendered.
For a while the din of battle is great;
the frenzied shriek ; the revengeful
cry; the dying groan; the shouting of
tbo captains; the neighing of the war
chargers; the howling shells; the rak-
bng artillery; but as these subside in
the defeat of one aunty, a musician
leaps on the wall, flourishes his trum-
pet, and sounds victory over the
plains. This shall be thy case, ()sinner!
wben under Christ thou dost get the
victory, Not always in Lhe night or in
retreat thou shall yet be more than
conqueror. The brightest hour that
ever dawns on a human soul is that
In which its sins are pardoned, and
Christ says, "0h, long -imprisoned spirit;
go free. I am thy Saviour and thy God.
The mountains sball depart, and the
hills be removed, but I will never fail
thee." Ohl oould you only know the
transport of such a hope, melbinks
you would no longer be able to keep
your seat, but, like a lean I heard last
Sunday night in Charleston, you would
rise up iu the midst of the sermon,
me
sod Chcry rist) out, "Give mo Christi Give
Oh, ye forgiven ones! Did Christ
make you a, slave/ Has he trampled
you down? .Do you find the cup he
presses to your lips all wormwood and
gall? Do you not. rather feel like spend-
ing your life in praising.the free grace;
of the Gospel, waving the palm branch,
shouting the hosanna, clapping the
aymt)sis, and blowing the Crumpets of
victory?
We, who are the soldiers of Christ,
can not always be marching and fight-
ing. The evening will mime, T110
shadows will gather, and we must go
to the white tents of the grave„
There 1V8 will sleep soundly. But the
night will pass along, and the first
thing we will hear will be the trum-
pet -call sounding the reveille of the
resurreotion; and we will come up and
fall into a long line of light:, the sword
of Christian conflict gleaming in the
unsetting sun. The roll shall be called,
ant we shall 5115011e1' 10 our names; and
then we will go to the morning repast
of heaven—manna for the bread, and
wine pressed trout the ripest clusters
of heaven for the beverage, and a
Iamb from the whitest Gook that ever
pastured on the eternal hills to com-
plete the viands, and Christ for the
chief banqueter, and ten thousand
kings, and princes, and aongtierors for
guests.
Well, our bodies can effet'd to lie a
little while in the tent of elle grave,
it for them at last is to sound such
a glorious reveille. Tell it to all the
graveyards of the hand, Speak it to
all Lbe hone -strewn caverns of the
deep: "The trumpet shall sound, and
the dead shall be raised incorru.ptible,.
and we shell be changed; fol' this mor-
tal must put on, immortality, and this
corruption must put on incorruption,
and then shall be brought to pass the
saying that was written: "0 death!
where is they sting? 0 gravel where
is they victory?"
If this be so, what Is the use of
making such a fuss about death? It
Will only be a pleasant sleep for us.
If this be so, why be ineonsoleble about
the graves of the dead? They only
sleep, When they ware here and you
went into their bedrooms at night,
and their eyes were closed, and they
spoke not a word, you were not Wor-
ried. You said, "Poor thing) she is
tired, and I am glad she is asleep."
So now, its you go by their resting
places, worry not because 11103 answer
you not. They tare tired, They pre
Very tired, They only sleep. the
morning cometh, and the reveille of
the resurrection, I can not think of
it with any °aimless or composure. I
break down under the avalanche of
joy. 01t, for 801116 pen plunked from
the wing of an 1 (101ang01, that; 1 might
write the gladness! Oh, for some here
of heaven, that I might strike GIs
joyl
And now my address ie to those in
',his audience who ere, ready to perish,
asking them to hear this Gospel
trumpet and live, They have 0011Le
into thio Talx+rnacie—some for one
purpose, and sumo for another. Per-
haps nom, only to bear what "thie
babbler adult." elm God will bold every
alio of you responsible fur the fact
that you here heard Cbrist set forth
as a Saviour for all who would come to
him and live, This Sabbath hour
seems to you like all other Sablrslh
Miura, but to same of you i11 may be
elle 01051 sl:uiwndous hour in all
your life of twenty, forty, or sixty
years, because now you may refuse
your last null of mercy.
There may be some soul in this house
to -night who will fatally refuse Christ;
andit will be known in heaven that
the hour of their shipwreck was ten
minutes of nine o'elnnk—Che moment
at which I speak. May God have
mercy ince those that are ready to
perish 1 011! that by some song of
heaven, or by some: groan from hell,
or by some death -bad from which they
received admonition, or by the mem-
ory of suns sick -pillow where they
promised to do better, or by some
rumbling of judgment thunder, or by
some invitation of the cross, they
might he raised from the dead 1 Jesus
places his right hand ou his bleeding
brow, and bis left hand on his bleed-
ing ;side, and after holding them there
a little while, he stretches them forth,
blood -tipped, saying, "Come unto me,
all ye that labor, and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest."
THE RETIRED BURGLAR.
Ile Doesn't Believe le Lawn, but '1'1dalrs
Things De 1Jappea Curiously.
"I don't believe in luck," said the
retired burglar, "but it certainly is
curious how things happen sometimes.
Going out of my house ono, morning,
about a quarter of 1, I dropped my
lantern putting it ham)* overcoat poc-
ket,
ooket, and broke the bullseye. I had an-
other lamp in the house—a new, per-
fect lamp—but it had never been used,
and wasn't even filled; and it took me
half an hour or more to fit up that
lamp and so, of course, I started out
that much later.
"1 had the house 1 was going to
marked, and I got there, all right and
got in and gob to work. But it was
tremendously disappointing. It was a
good big house, promising -looking
from the outside, but vary lean in-
side, that is are to stuff that was
worth carrying off; sliver all plated,
and that sort of thing; and I didn't
Lind a blessed thing downstairs worth
taking away. Then I started upstairs
hopeful, of course; but the fact was the
outlook was poor, no doubt, about that
with things running so downstairs,
you couldn't expect much up. And I
hand't got half way up the stairs
when I heard somebody at the front
door outside putting a key in the lock.
Say, that looked as though it knocked
out the last chance there was of my
'getting anything, even if tbere was
anything there to gel, but of course I
wanted to look out for myself, anyway,
and 1 made for the top of the stairs,
to look for a dark pocket to stow my-
self iu till I got a chance to pass out.
"But the second sound of 1118 key
put a different oomplexion on
things; the man with the key
bad been dining somewhere generous-
ly. He got in finally, though, and
clambered up the stairs and made for
a room al the frontend of the hall,
and got in there and turned up a
light. Then I didn't hear anything of
him for a minute or two, and then he
upset something with a crash that just
simply shook the house. 1 looked to
see everybody in it come rushing
around right off, but nobody came at
all; maybe they were used to such
things, but anyhow they slept though
this.
"Then I heard him for some name -
tea at work getting off his clothes, and
L heard him drop one shoo, and then
for a long time there was perfect still-
ness and then I heard him snoring.
When I ventured to look in I didn't
need my new butlseye, he had left his
light burning brightly, and there he
was stretched out on the bed, parity
olethed, and with one shoe still on and
sleeping so soundly you couldn't have
woke him up without slinking hem, and
it would have been hard work at that.
"When I had rounded up his stuff T
found a gold watch, a pair of diamond
sleeve buttons, a pretty fair-sized dia-
mond pin, and it pocketbook with $71 in
it. IL looked es though he carried the
wealth of the household, and 1 should
have missed hien if I hadn't dropped
my lamp. I don't believe in lank, but
if Idid I should certainly think there
was look in Chat.' ----
SPIDER WEB FACTORY.
Some ten years ago a French mis-
sionary started the systematic rearing
of two kinds of spiders for their web,
and the Board of Trade Journal states
that It spider cob factory is now in
sueoessful operation at Chnlais-leleu-
don, near Paris, where ropes are made
of spider web intended for balloons for
French military aoronantto seeder
The spiders are arranged in groups
of twelve above a reel, upon which the
threads are wound. It is by no menus
easy work for the spider's, for they are
not released until they have furnished
from thirty to forty yards of thread
each. The web is washed and thus
freed of the outer reddish and sbioky
cover. Eight of the washed threads
are then Luken together, and of this
rather. strong yarn cords are woven,
which are stronger and numb lighter
than cords of silk of the same thick-
ness,
On the 5th Lest. the Duohess of Hue-
eleuoh, opened an extension of the
Hongmore • Hospital for Incurables,
Edinburgh, The now wing and other
alterations and improvements have cost
026,000, and the institution has now
accommodation for 150 patients,
The public grants for elementary
education in Great Britain began in
1833 with a vote o!f 460,000; in 1860
the veto was X800,000, and in 1897 it
was over £9,000,000, exelusiv0 of neer-
ly 45,000,000 raised by rates for the
soma purpose.
; Young
Polks,
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SPENDING 03/ TWO SEN.
Oto had been busy all the morning.
There was much work to be done In
the Japanese home, The vise with
the fox image on it must be dusted,
Oto could dust very carefully, Then
the ries for dinner had to be clraned.
Oto helped with that, too,
Now, mother might rent. She gave
Oto two eon. He held them tightly,
in hie little brown fist. W\'hut should
he buy with his money
He want to the dour of the low,
house.
Along the narrow street, t11e sun-
shine Lay on the dour steps of other
low houses. Our eau shines on the
Japanese children, too. The wind
brought the area somal of the oberry-
bloom.
Far off, some one was singing, The
sound came nearer. It was the good
Ameya. Oto danced with delight. The
Ameya made sugar toys for children
who had hen to spend.
The Ameya wore a red and blue obit
Ho carried a wooden benoh. On the
front of the bench was a frame. Tha
frame held many long sticks with a
toy on the end of eaen. O11, to sea
the gay o04ora1 Nish, there were,
monkeys, flowers, everything.
He stopped by Oto's door. He set
down his bench, Little lana ran cult
from his house across the street. He
looked with big eyes at Oto—at the
toys. Isuua had no money. Isuna'e
father was ill.
The Ameya bowed low. "What wile
the Itttle gentleman have?" he said.
"0h, a Beth," shouted Isuna.
"For two sen, L make a fish," said
the Ameya; "a yellow fish."
lsuna's eyes filled with tears. He
had not one sen.
1 like fishes," said Oto. "You
may make me ons."
The Ameya had barley sugar. He
mixed water with it,.and made a paste.
He dipped a yellow bamboo stick into
the paste. He blew through the
stick. A fish began to grow. Soon
the Ameya used his finger. Now a
head, tins, and a tailappear. There
were cakes of paint in the drawer o!'
the bench. The Ameya picked out one
yellow like gold.. He found a longi
handled brush. He painted the fish
with big epees of yellow.
There was never such a beautiful
fish. The Ameya put n, still soft, in
Oto's hand. Tsuna was watching.
Oto might do many things with his
fish. He could eat it, now. He
would lay it away. It would be hard
in a few days. Then he would play
with it. Tsuna hs,d no playthings
They had not enough rice, 03511.
Tsang. was going none now. Oto
ran after him.
"You may have my fish, Isuna," he
said.
Then Oto went back and sat down
on his doorstep. He had spent his
two sen. He could see fauna show-
ing the fish to his mother. Telma, w118
laughing.
Far away again the Amayu was
singing his wares. And the sun shone
on everything. ---
A HAPPY FAMILY.
Once when 'the barque St. Mary's
went out to Buenos Ayres, it bad a
happy family aboard. Part of the
happy family belonged to the cap-
tain's daughter, and part of it to the
stewardess, who was fond of pets.
There was a cat, a kitten, a dog, a
rooster, a little blaok pig, besides
three hens, twelve pigeons and a para
gust. They were the best-naturodcot-
lection of animals that ever lived. At
meal -times they all ate together, and
they never quarreled over the tid-
bits. And it wasn't an uncommon
singt to see thepig and the hens play-
big
la -
i.ng catch together, while the roostdr
stood. by and cheered. And the pig.
eons used to alight on the dog's book,
acro they let the kitteu play easy with
their tail -feathers.
Atter dinner when the dog stretched
himself out for a nap the kitten used
to oreep in between his forepaws and
snuggle up to him, the cat would lie
down by his side, and they would all
go to sleep together. In lbs mean-
time, the paroquet, who twos a little
mite of a bird and just as roguish as
she could be, would sit on the X of the
Criss-cross legs of the cable table and
pretend to be napping too ; but as soon
as he was surd the otbers ware sound
asleep she would hop down, tweak the
cat's, the dog's or the kitty's tail, anti
dart back attain quick as a flash, How
She could run 1
The one the.t w'as nipped would
scream. and jump up in aatonlshment,
but there would be no one in sight
excepting the innooent-looking little
paroquet asleep on the oriss-cross of
the table.
This would happen over and oven
again. The ottt and kitten never
seemed to kuov who did it, but after a
while the dog found out, and ho just
walked over to the paroquet, took her
in hie mouth and shook her. She was
not hurt a bit, only frightened; but
she never tensed him again. Then one.
day when she nipped the kitten the
dog shook her mace more; after that
site let the Illety alone too. Bait ho
never took the cat's part; he let her
Emmett. He would just open his eyes
a. moment and look at the peragttet,
and go to sleep again. The 8ttwardese
said he winked at the bird, and she •
knew he enjoyed the joke; but the cap -
1 n.in's daughter, who was every Arae.
bioal girl, said, "Nonsense!"
A PARIS HEROINE.
The most talked -mf women 10 Parte
at the present moment is Dame,.Jaoque,
a concierge or janitress, et great per.
sonar bravery. Within a short time '
she has stopped runaway horses to
orowded Streets, saved a youpg wow)*
from being crushed under the wheel/
of alt omnibus on the Boulevard dos
Rations, end pinioned uulil the arrival
of the p0llte a man who was pursuing
his wife, with a enrvihe knife in hire
hand. I3er courage hal obtained for
her a sliver medal trout a hutnanitar.t
tan society,