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'SAFETY 0F YOUNG HIEN,
REV. DR, TALMAGE TENDERS THEM
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A. despatch from Washington, says: -
Rev. Dr. Talmage preached from the
following text: -"Ir) the young man
Absalom safes?' -2 Sam, xvtii. 92,
The two groat characteristics of Ab-
ealom were worldly umbition and splen-
did hair. By the first ho wasdebasod,
by the second hung. He was a bad
boy, and broke his old lather's heart.
.Ho wanted to get his father's throne,
and so ho goes out, stirs up insurrec-
tion, and makes a great battle. Mean-
while the father sits in the door of a
fortress waiting for the news to Dome,
troops win or 'Absalom's troops win, but
not chiefly anxious as to whether his
•ohlefly anxious about the safely of
his son. While the old man is sitting
there and looking out, he sees the dust
arising and some one running with
groat despatch; but he cannot wait
until he gets up to the fortress. The
old man cries out at Lhe top of his
voice: 'Rave you heard from my boy?
Is ho dead) Is he alive? Is the young
man Absalom safe?" But this mess-
enger had not very satisfactory intel-
ligence, so he was told to stand aside,
The father waited for further tidings,
and, looking out, he sees another
messenger comiug, and says: "Abe now
I shall hear from him," entirely for-
getful of how much was involved in
the battle. As soon as the messenger
comes within speaking distance, the
old man cries out again: "Where ismy
boy? Is he wounded? Is he dead; Is
he dead? Is the young man Absalom
safe?" 0, no, he was nop safe. Re bad
been riding on a mule -a mule is the
meanest thing on earth to ride on; it
has a tough mouth, and it is stubborn -
necked, and it is uncontrollable, and
will not answer to the bit - andr•id-
ing on the mule, he Duma under a tree,
and his splendid locks caught in a
branch, and the mule, true to its char-
aoterLtics, would not stop, but went
on and left Absalom suspended. So
he died, and to the question of the
text there came an awful negative.
The young man Absalom was not safe.
I propose this morning to speak
about the safely of young men. There
are oireum;tances ire lite when a man
seems to get along quite well without
any religion to help, guide, or restrain
him; but there are four or five great
passe in life when a young man
needs the grace of God, and I shall
give a kindly warning to our young
friends agatnst undertaking life with-
out religion.
TIM imam:. GREAT PASS
in a young man's life when he needs
Divine help is when he chooses his 00-
eupation or profession. It is a serious
moment when a young man gete
through with his schooling, and per-
haps loaves lits father's house, and
says: "Now, what shall I be?" Mechan-
ism opens before him a snore of trades,
and professional life opens before him
sever or eight callings. He must
choose between those, and must choose
aright, for if he make a mistake here,
he is gone. Ile may, making a wrong
choice, saunter on tbrough the world ;
but his life will be useless, and his
every step n failure. 1 have a friend
who started life in merchandise. Then
he went into the medical profession.
After awhile he crossed over into
specific surgery. Then he entered the
ministry. Then he became a soldier
in the army. After that he entered
the ministry again, and is now a eur-
goon. 0I if he had only bad God at
the start to tell bim what to do. There
are tens of thousands of men who get
on the wrong track, and they never
are able to oorreot the mistake. They
are in the law when they ought to he
doctoring the siok, or they are filling
the pulpit when they ought to be
ploughing corn. We want sumo fine
occupations, or some neat and elegant
trade, and we start out with that de-
teranination, when, instead of having
for the chief question, how beautiful
our apparel may be in that occupation,
or hoe white our hands, the only ques-
tion ought to be: 'For what did God
fit me 1" There are five hundred busi-
nesses in life; but there is only ons
businese for which you are fitted,
young men; and if you blunder on
without: any Divine help•in your choler)
of an occupation or profession, Lour
hundred and ninety-nine chances to
one, you will get the wrong business.
Your father will want you to do one
thingyour mother will want you to
do another thing, your sisters will
want. you to do another thing, while
you yourself will not be quite deoided
as to whether you have endurance
enough for this, or education enough
for that, or tact for the other thing.
Ah I that is the time whoa a young
mar: needs the grape of God to help
him. God 2ashicmed your body, and He
knows your physical endurance. He
conetruoled your mind, end He knows
fer what profession you have the most
acumen. Go, therefore, to Him and
say, "Lord, what wilt thouhave me
to do?" God will tell you, end Ile
will tell you rightly. Blunder here
and you have blundered forever. l:
know rt more el men who have been
ruined for both worlds simply ber.,ntrse
they gel into the wrong kind of buei-
nese
THE SECOND GREAT PASS
in life when a. young man wants
Divine direatioh is when he establishes
his own household, When a man
build: hie earthly borne, he decides hie
eternity. I know that alfianeing is
usually looked upon es something to
be merry over, instead of something
to he mood about:; but what 81(11) rs
there fraught with surll wee! or wee?
is it not strange that: an affair charg-
ed with such temporal an 1 el ernal ire-
port should dr.psnd en D. whiim or a
glance? I do not think I put the case
too strongly, when I say that when
it young mon marries, be marries for
heaven or boll) if he bring into his
lrousebold the right kind of influences,
the how will be elevated and upward
in its impulsions. if he bring the
wrong kind of influences into hie
house, • he will go down -he must go
down, Build not your home on the
colour of a fuir eheak, or the sparkle
of a bright; eye, for life ie not a gay
reenanor, but a tremendous reality;
andthere will came a time in your
house when you will not want so
nruola a pet or a toy as a heroine.
There will be a time when the out-
side world will be dark enough, and
you will dome into your home wanting,
meet of all, a cheerful word, and to
see a countenance unbeolouded, yet
sympathetic. There is a man -his
head is gray now -who looks back to
the time of some grail 1 business disas-
ter, when hie soul sank within him,
and his mind almost dropped from its
throne; yet after the dune, and toils,
and annoyances, and insults of the
day, he went to his home and shut the
door against the world of annoyance,
and there, amid the sweet home voices
of tbose who had never betrayed him,
found a foretaste of that heaven where
panics never corers. Why, he hardly
dared to tell his wife of the business
misfortune. He says: "She won't be
able to endure it," But when he wag
compelled to tell her, how surprised he
was to find that she was as happy in
a email house as in a large house; and
after the piano went, she could still
sing without the accompaniment as
well as she ever sang it -
"Jesus, lover of my soul,
tel me to Thy bosom fly,
While the billows near me roll,
While the tempest still is nigh ;
Hide ane, 0 my Saviour, hide,
Till the storm of life is past,
Safe into the haven guide,
0 receive my soul at last."
There have been Christian women
who have so lead their domestic trou-
bles sanctified to them that they
could get more music out of a sewing
machine than ever before in their
life they could get out of a piano.
A minister of the Gospel came into a
home where there was great
five millions. But, my brethren, sue n
igh,
pass in life of any kind must be we a
cumpenied by the grues of God. or it
is ruin. Who was it that said -I think
it was Soloman that said, " The pros -
parity of fools shall destroy them."
And where there are sue hundredmen
who oat stand trouble, there is not
one man that can stand success. I
have seen men doming to sudden for -
taw got into their equipage, and, Wall
on fester and faster, and t1l'y lash -1
ed the steeds ; 31 was eight: miles an
libur, and ten, and twenty miles an I
hour, and a thousand miles an hour,
and then they roused up and Aaw that
they were drawn on by fiery hoofs, of
eternal disaster that came clown Oat -
emirate on the pavements of hell. The
Israelitee got along tolerably well
when they were hungry and when they ,
were smitten in the desert; but after'
a while they wanted something more
worthy of mastication, and they ask-
ed for meat, and the herd sent a greet
flook of quails, and they darkened the
heavens and Lbw, tell all around about
the .encampment, and the people said:
" Ah, now, what a fine time we shall
Wye!" and they ate of these quails,
and they ate and they died. They got
through with the hardship and the
hunger, but not so with the prosper -
its. And I see scores of men who are
going on in life, new persecuted, and
tried, and set upon, and they are main-
taining their Christian oharacter ; but
givr him n little brilliant 800110ss area
thby are gone. It is not the troubles
of 1i.fe that slay men, it is the quails 1
it is the quails I
THE FOURTH GREAT PASS
in a young man's life when he needs
the grace of God is when he comes to
his first sorrow. There is no need of
my prophesying for these young men
smooth things. They know that life
cannot be bright all the way. You
might as well send out a ship oap-
Lain without any oterpenter, or tools,
or extra cordage. As lung as the sea
was smooth, the captain would get
along very well; but, after awhile,
when the sheep is caught in the teeth
of a northeaster; crash l goes themasts,
and the sea dashes elear over the hur-
ricane deck, and the captain cries out:
"Where is the carpenter? Where are
the tools 3 Where are the ropes?" Why
it is preposterous for us to launch'
young mon on life with the idea tbal:
they are going to have it smooth all
the way. There will be storms, You
want extra cordage. I know when our
last war was over, some people name
back without a scratch or a scar, but
that it not so in the great battle of
life; we get wounded in the hands,
and wounded in the feet, and wound-
ed in the head, and wounded in the
heart. No man escapes. But now what
are you going to do with your first
sorrow? My young brother, the way
you get through your first sorrow will
decide whether you can endure the
other sorrows of life. It is the first
blow that sends men to drinking to
drown their troubles, or that knoelcs
the fire out of teem until the rest
of their days they go cowed down.
Who is that weigher in that large
commercial establishment? Be once
owned the store. Who is that under-
ling in that great manufacturing es-
tablieh'ment?, He once owned the fac-
tory. When the first sorrow came be
fell, having no grace to sustain him,
and he never rose up -never will rise.
Perhaps your first trouble may be
bereavement. God sometimes cornea and
takes a lamb out of the fold. Have
you ever noticed how often God takes
abe first-born? I have seven broth-
ers and sisters, all of whhna lost their
first-born. We want the grape of God
to comfort us when bereavement conies
to the house that eras was full of
laughter, and sunny looks, and greet-
ings at the door, and kisses by little
hands flung from the window as you
went down the stairs, and everything
is changed, and the doves cry in the
nest because the hawk swoops, and
the pulses flutter, and the cheek fades,
and the eyes close.
• AND THE HEART STOPS.
POVERTY AND DESTITUTION,
and it was generally supposed that the
poverty came from the feet that these
people hail married too early; and af-
ter the minister had looked around up-
on the utter want and destitution, end
had rehearsed Lite misfortunes tbat had
come upon the household, he turned to
the poor man and said: "Don't younow
regret your early marriage? Don't
you think it was your great mis-
take in life?" ,And the man halted ter
a moment, anhis eyes filled up with
tears, and he looked up at his poorly
clad wife and said: "No, sir; she hits
boon the same to me all through I" 01
there are some of you who would never
have known what your home was
worth it God had not upset you, and
your soul had not been ransacked of
trouble. The first touch of trouble
ohanged that wife who was too fond of
the gaieties and frivolities of the world
into a soul that could rise in calm
triumph, like Miriam singing the
victory on the banks of the Red Sea.
0, if you have spoken of lightness, and
frivolity, and fondness for display as
the chief characteristic of woman,
you know not et what you speak, and
may have to correct your mistake in
soma bitter day when all other sup-
ports have failed you, and you are up-
held by the hands of a Christian wife
suddenly armed by the Lord Almighty
for that emergency. Young man,
rush not into that relation without an
appeal to God. if you ever need'Hia
grace you need it there. Is there a
more beautiful spot on earth than a
new home in which those just affianc-
ed
ffianceed have begun the service of God?
Blessed the family Bible in which their
names have just been written. Blessed
the hour of morning and evening
prayer. Blessed the angels of God
who touch wing tip to wing tip until
the home is all covered up with a
canopy of light, and love, and joy. It
may have been only yesterday when
they clasped their hands at the altar,
but they clasped those hands for ever.
The orange blossoms will fade, and the
frag.rence will die on the air, but they
who marry in Christ shall walk togeth-
er in the day when the Church, which
is the Lamb's wife, shall take the hand
of her Lord and 'King amid the swing-
ing of the golden censers!
TILE THIRD GREAT PASS
in life in which a young man wants
religion is in the lime of his first suc-
cess. You will, young man, after a
while get through with the drudgery
of business, and some afternoon you
will got into a street oar, your face
ahinin;}', and even strangers looking at
you will know something pleasant has
happened; and when you are seated in
a oar a lady comes in, and you see she
aloes not find accommodation, and you
rico up anti say: "Rave this seat, ma-
dam," and she says, very oourteously,
I thank you.," What makes you so
happy that day? That is the day In
which you have had your first busi-
ness success. You say: "Here I have
money hoW of my own. What shall I
do with 111 What investments shall
1
mike? What horse shall I buy?
What wardrobe shall I create? What
shall 1 get? 'What charities, what
philanthropies, shall 1 fitvor?" That
to the crisis where thousands of men
upset. Some of them rush into dissi-
pation, They swing off into expentli-
tures'thet swamp them utterly. Others
take on au arrogance intolerable, a
whole caravan of camels going through
the needle's eye of their meanness. I
have known men, before their 8000885,
kind, and Mumble, and loving, and gen-
ial, and useful, and obligiug, and posi-
tively Christian, Who, rifler their suo-
0ess, became hard, and cruel, sed over-
bearing, and infidel. A man wants the
gracaaf Christ at. that crisis to keep
him rightly Willo ed, Joseph was as
much a Christian in Pharaoh`s couz't
as in the dungeon. Daniel forgot not
God amid the royetering excesses of
the Babylonian palace. Queen of She.
eh bowed down before the King of
Heaven
A1wIID Till] C,LT.11'.1E.ii, Ole GOI,D
and the perfume of gardens of frank-
incense. A. luau can be as good walls-
ing upon Axminster as though he liv-
ed on the 'floor of. :t shanty, There
has been many a man who has ridden
through in rnagnifieon t equipage on
earth, rind at death got oat of Ms
infringe only to mount: the chariots
of salVII lion, in glory sweeping through
the streets or heaven. G is all non-
sense for men to talk ag,,ilist money
as Ilene it had no uses, .I wish 1 hal
To put away garments that never
will be worn again, and toys that never
again will strew the carpet, and to
go with a sense of sufdooation in the
throat through deserted halls which
once rang with childish merriment -
0, God, who can stand that? Only
those who have Thy help, Young
man, when your first trouble comes,
be it of business or of bereavement,
you will want Christ.
Now you are hale and strong. You
look as if you could leap, and jwnp,
and wrestle, and row, as though you
could battle your way through; but
after a while you will be sick. You
will be told that you must stay in,
and your door will be shut against
the world. There will be two watchers
at the pillow, and the night will he
hot, and nervous and restless. The
morning will oome and you will be
worse, and the lattice will be turned.
They will silence the footsteps on the
stairs with a "h -u -s -hl" You will he
very sick, and there will be doubt
expressed as lo whether you will ever
get well; and in your dreams you will
hear the dash of waters, and you will
make up your mind it is the breaking
of the waves of the Torclan against
your pillow; and you will hear a sotmd
at the gate, and you will think, why
that is the pawning of the hoof of the
pale horse, 0, then you will want
the great Physician to come in and
stand by you and say: "Young man,
fear, not, .I nam with thee; whether you
live or die, all is well."
rebore comes a great pass through
which we must all go, my hearers, and
that is the last hour of our life, I
suppose we ail want to die at home.
We want. our friends and kindred in
the room when our soul is launched,
We want to take their hand. ale e
want to look them in the eye, We
went to give them the final message,
' Some of them Ivo want to sing and
some to may, and sonic to recite the
Divine promises. 1Vhen I leave Ole
world„ the last object I want to see is
not the sun. nor the moon, nor the
picture, nor the beautiful works of
arta; it is the Laoe of my friends, But
we want a Divine friend in such en
hour as drat. Without Christ death
le, a wild leap into the dark. Did you.
ever hear what a dying nobleman
1 wrote to his gay friend? Be said: "I
am throwing my last stake for stern
ily, and tremble and shudder for the
, nuportant issue. 0, my friend, with
*huts horror do I retail the hours of
Vanity wo have wasted together, But
I have a splendid passage to the grave.
I die in state and languish under a
i gilt canopy. I am expiring on soft
rid downy pillows, eay dependents
MY SISTERS WEEP,
my father bends beneath the load of;
years and of grief, my luvely wife, pale
and silent, oonceala her inward un-,
gulsh, my friend, who was as my own;
soul, suppresees hie sighs and leaves
me to hide his grief; but 0, wltiah of
thorn will ball me from the arcua of
death? Who will descend into the,
dark prison of the grave for mo?
Adieu, till wo Meet in the world of
spirits."
;What a sad way to live, and what
a sac) way to get out of the worm,
"Let me die the death of the righteous, I
and let my last end be like his," 0,
young mun, to -day take Jesus Cbriet.
He was a young man. Ile died a young
map He knows all a young man's
temptations and trials. Are you
fair and honourable, and pure and true?
I do not dispute it. Notwithstanding
all that, you want Christ. A young
man has no safety in these cities with-
out Divine defence, You know not
what is before you. Take the Lord
Jesus Christ this day as your pardon,
your life, your heaven.
But there is some young man here
who says: "I have already gone too
far. astray. You are Loo late when
you preach to me. I have gone into
paths of sin. Don't you see it in the
flush of my cheek?: Don't you see it
in the glaze oC my twee I have gone
ao far off in sin there is no need of
your preaching to me," ,My brother
you are mistaken. You may get bank.
Hear that. "Though your sins be as
scarlet:, they shall be us snow; though
they be red like crimson, they shall
he as wool," iBut some one says: "I
don't care anything about that. I
have started in the path of sin, and
I am going to keep on." 0, my
1 .rother, what a mistake you are reeking.
You are floating on down into the
rapids of an awful and eternal plunge.
Put hook! It may require soma energy
and foroe of resolution, and a laying
hold of the strong arm of the Lord
God Almighty; but put back! Angels of
God from the balconies of light look
down upon the struggle. You have
not a moment to spare with tbis aw-
ful tide against you. Lay hold of the
oar with both hands, and pull) and
pull! Lill the blood start if need be.
Now Is your last chance for heaven. It
is ruin here; it is salvai:ion there, It
is death here; it is life there.
"Ye lovely bands of blooming youth,
warned by the voice of heavenly
truth,
Noiv yield to Christ your youthful
prime, .
With all your talents and your time.
"Eternity! how near it rolls
Count the vast value of your souls;
Beware! and count the awful cost,
What they have gained whose souls
t are lost."
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THE SITTING ROOM.
The sitting room should be Dna of
the most enjoyable rooms in the house.
It should always have a bright and
obearful appearance, sad anything ap-
proaching eti:fness or formality, should
be banished. It is essentially the liv-
ing room of the home, and fur this
reason, every article offurnitu:eshould
,
be soleoted with a view to utility and
durability, Luxurious divans, costly i
draperies and brio -a -brae would be
quite out of place in such a room, in-
deed; in it there should not be one
!really expensive or perishable article,
it being a most restful and inviting
place at very little expense.
The carpet should not cover the en-
tire floor. Alar large rug of some warm,
!cozy shades should be placed upon shot
I floor, the edges of which are stained
or painted, thus enabling it, the
!rug to be frequently and easily re-
moved and shaken, in order to insure
cleanliness. The wails should be tint-
ed, or covered with a cheerful looking
paper, harmonizing with the carpet ,
and other furnishings, a few pictures
and a rack or two being appropriate
additions.
i The curtains and portieres should
!also be in harmony, being composed of
!serge, felt or the ever useful denim.
A centre table is a necessary adjunct
in order to give an attractive and
home -like appearance to tee room, and
this should be covered by means of a
felt or denim cloth, upon whish should
rest papers, magazines, work -baskets
and a lump, with its softly shaded even-
ing light, inviting workers and read-
ers.
Soft crimson shades are perhaps the
most suitable for decorating such a
room, but old blue is also very lovely
and serviceable, the former looking at
its best during the winter months,
while the latter is most attractive in
the summer time. If the crimson
shades are employed throughout, they
sbould be relieved by touches of gold,
but if old blue is used, it should be re-
lieved by lighter shades of blue. For
instance, the table oover could be made
of crimson felt, and this could be dec-
orated by a bold, conventional design
worked in two or three shades of yel-
low Roman floss, or the coarser and
more effective rope silk; or it could be
made of dark blue denim, embroidered
in the deep shades of filo silk floss.
The curtains could also be d000rated
in the same manner, the upper ends
of which being allowed to fall over
about hall a yard, a fringe of the
floss being knotted in, and above the
fringe some simple design could be em-
broidered in Roman floss,
A low, broad lounge, several sub-
stantial and comfortable easy chairs,
with the addition of a few footstools
or hassocks, should complete the fur-
nishing of this most delightful nest:.
An open fireplace should always, if
possible, form part of the family sitting
room, for it is there that the first
fires should be lighted at the approach
of Autumn.
ICE -BREAKING SHIP.
Tito First Flip or the Russian Vessel Waft
All halite Slleeese.
An interesting account is given of
the trial trip of the Russian ice -
breaking steamer Ermak. The Ermak
is an experimental vessel intended to
demonstrate the possibility of keep-
ing navigation open during the winter
months between the Baltic and the
port of Cronstadt.
The vessel left Newcastle, England,
on the 2nd of March. Admiral Makar-
off and several Russian offioers and
commercial men being on board, o8
well as 19 passengers. The arrange-
ments for the comfort of the latter
were complete. ,The saloon is con-
slruoted with double windows and
double skylights to preserve the heat,
together with appliances for intro-
ducing hot air into the apartment.
The walls are of English oak veneered
with walnut, the saloon and the ship
throughout being lit with eleat.ricity.
When the Ermak arrived at Revak,
a port in the Baltic, she was met, with
solid Ice. The screw at the bow was
at once brought into requisition, the
ice was broken, and the vessel was able
to steam at the rate of seven knots
an hour as far a$ the Island of Iiog-
land. But the novelty of the ex-
periment demanded cautious naviga-
tion, and Admiral Makaroff hove the
ship to at night.
When the Island of Sever was
sighted large frozen floes, varying in
thickness from nine to ten feet, were
fallen in with. Here the value 01 the
special apparatus at the bows came in-
to full prominence. The ice watt brok-
en into large pieces, which floated
astern; but so arduous was the task
of getting through the solid mass that
the rate of progress was but two and
a half knots. The Ermak reached Tol-
beaoon Lighthouse, about nine miles
from Cronstadt, on the 18th of March.
So unusual a sight in winter naturally
attracted the attention of the whole
of the population, and the progress of
the vessel through the Joe from three
to five feet think, surrounded as she
was by sledges, crammed with sight -
sears, was eagerly watched. The fa-
cility with which the ice was broken
and sent astern as the ship steamed
ahead was the one topics of conversa-
tion. On reaching Cronstadt Harbor
the Ermak, which carried the Russian
oommeioial flag, saluted the port and
at once proceeded alongside the iron-
clad Poltava. The Admiral and Com-
mander -in -Chief of the Port, together
with the municipal authorities of
Cronstadt, went on board the Ermak
to extend their congratulations to
Admiral Makaroff and subsequently
the officers and crew were enter-
tained on board the Poltava.
WOW
STANDING ON HIS DIGNITY.
She -Will you speak to papa?
He. _Never, unless he speaks to me
Brat. It would be unjust to you and
to me, my dears for he dropped me
because I adored you. Any advance
toward a reoonoillation must be made
by him.
COULDN'T HEAR, •
Did yeti enjoy the opera?
No; I�didn't hear Lt.
,Why not?
Two women sitting in front of me
were explaining to eanh ether how
shay loved ihc music.
IN HOUSECLEANING TIME.
Wipe tarnished or fly -specked gas
and lamp fixtures with a damp cloth;
let dry, then cover with a coat of
white paint'; when this is dry, re -gild.
When the nrioa in stoves becomes dis-
colored, take out this pieces if possible,
and pat them in a vinegar bath for a
few hours; then polish with a sett dry
olot.h. If they minuet be removed, rub
with' a cloth dipped in hot vinegar and
polish as before,
When ink is spilled on a carpet or
garment, at once cover the plane with
a thick palate of starch and cold we-
ter to the depth of an inch and let
dry. Or take up with blotting paper,
wash well in sweet or sour milk, then
cover with white corn meal and leave
twelve hours. For dry ink stains, soak
in milk, and repeat the above several
times.
To make a serviceable covering for a
dining -room or kitchen floor, nail,
wrong side up, an old Brussels carpet
to the floor of the attic or outbuild-
ing, than paint with a thick coat of
linseed oil and burnt umber. When
thoroughly dry, give a coat of good
varnish. Let it lie ten or twelve days.
It should be naked to the floor loose-
ly, as it shrinks some during the pro-
cess. Clean the same as oilcloth.
A novioe can paint window sash near-
ly as well as a professional by using
a piece of tin the size of a pane with
a handle. Wipe off any adhering
paint with a sloth moistened with
kerosene, To imitate frost glass put
some putty in cheese cloth and twist
the ends to tore a pad then with it
pal: the glass until well covered with
a milky white satin. When perfectly
dry give a coat of good varnish.
Do not wrap silver or plated ware not
in daily use in flannel ; it contains
sulphur, which is likely to tarnish it.
Wrap in blue tissue paper, then in un-
bleached canton flannel, and enclose
in heavy wrapping paper to exclude the
air as much as possible. To polish sil-
ver that hail become badly tarnished,
moisten a soft "Cloth in sweet 01);then
with any tested polishing powder rub
the silver until the spots have disap-
peared. Then rub with chamois skin
and the powder,' and finish polishing
with a olean pima of chamois.
For sizing to be used on whitewash-
ed walls before papering, dissolve half
a pound of glue in a little hot water,
then pour it into a pailful of boiling
water, stirring oarefully until well
mixed, Apply hot, and let dry a few
hours before applying the paper, Take
great Dare to cover every part of the
well. Note that the part near the ceil-
ing and baseboard is not overlooked
as there the brush 10 likely to slip. A
professional painter gives the follow-
ing receipt for paste: icor a. medium-
sized xoom, sift 8 pounds of wheat floor
and flbake it into a stiff paste with
Dolt) water ; stir into it sloevly t.wo gal-
lons of boiling Water, stirring oon-
stautly until it swells and Write yel-
low, Winter wheat flour makes the
beat paste. A little carbolic may be
stirred In to repel insects.
TO MAKE GOOD SANDWICHES.
Celery Sandwiches.. -Cut white eatery
very fine and stir it into a thiole may -
orange!) dressing unlit you have a mix-
ture you can epread. Butter thin
white or graham bread for this.
Pate de Pols Gras Sandwiches. -The
pate which cornea in small tins for
sandwiches is much improved if it is
softened with a little mayonnaise
dressing before it is put on the bread,
Imitation Pate de Foie Gras Sand -
wither), -A good Imitation of foreign
pate may be made by pounding to a
paste a boiled lamb's liver, seasoning
it with onion juice, paprika, lemon
juice pepper and salt, and working
into it enough melted butter tc
make a smooth paste. It may be used
as directed in the foregoing recipe.
Apple Sandwiches.-lelavor half a
cupful of smooth apple !curie with grat-
ed lemon peel and a little nutmeg or
cinnamon, add to It a couple of table-
spoonfuls of whipped Dream and spread
upon graham or whole wheat bread.
Raisin Sandwiches. -Seed and ehop
half a cupful of layer raisins and
moisten them with a little wine. Spread
thin graham bread first with butter
then with cream cheese, and then with
the minded raisins,
Roast' Beef Sandwiches. -Mince fine
rare roma: beef, season It with salt,
pepper, a little Worcestershire sauce
and a couple of chopped pickles; soft-
en it with melted butter and spread
on white or graham bread.
Olive Sandwiobes.-Stone and shop
olives -the large Queen olives are best
for this -stir them into mayonnaise
dressing and spread on thin graham
bread.
Nut Sandwiches, -For this almonds,
peanuts or English walnuts, may be
used. Chop rather coarsely and stir
into mayonnaise dressing, or mix with
Dream cheese.
HOT CAKES FOR BREAKFAST.
English Muffins. -One quart of flour
one half teaspoonful of sugar, one tea-
spoonful of salt. two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder, one and one quarter
pints of sweet milk. Have batter a lit-
tle stiffer than for griddle cakes. Have
a griddle hot and greased, lay greas-
i ad muffin rings on it, nil them half
1 full, and turn when risen to the top,
with cake turner. Do not bake too
brown. When done pull apart, toast
slightly and butter. Serve at once.
German Puffs. -One pint of sweet
milk, ono half pound of flour, two
ounces of butter and four eggs. Sep-
arate the eggs, and beat the yolks
until thick; warm the butter and milk
until the butter is melted; when cold
stir in slowly the yolks of the eggs;
mix with the flour. Whisk the whites
dry stir through very lightly and
bake in buttered oups not half full.
Oatmeal Gems. -One pint of cooked
oatmeal, one pint of sweet milk, four
tablespoonfuls of sugar, two beaten
eggs, one tablespoonful of salt, two
tablespoonfuls of melted butter, two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, and
enough flour to stick together. Bake
in hot gem pans in quick oven.
Breakfast Muffins. -One cup of su-
gar, one egg, one tablespoonful of melt-
ed butter, one pint of sweet milk, three
cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of bak-
ing powder, one tablespoonful of salt.
Pop -Overs. -One egg, white and yolk
beaten separately, one cupful of sweet
milk, one cupful of flour, and a pinch
of salt. Bake 20 minutes
THE LORD'S PRAYER IN OLD ENG-
LISH.
Here is the Lord's Prayer in the
English of former times, the best ex-
ample of how the language has chang-
ed:
A. D. 1258: "Fader are in heune,
haleeweide booth the neune, cumen the
kueneriahe, thi Wille beoth don in
heune and in erthe. The suerysh
dawe bried gif nus tvhilk dawe. And
vorzilure dentes as vi vorzifen are det-
towes. And Tale our nought into
temptation, bot delyvor of olel. Amen.'
A,
D. 1800: "Fader our in hevene.
Halewyd by the name, thi kingdom
come. Thi wille be done as to hevene
and in erthe. Ours urche dayes bred
give us to -day. And forgive us oure
dentes, as we forgive our dettoures.
And Leda us not into temptation, bobs
delyvere us of yvel, Amen."
A. D. 1582: "Ovr fahter which art in
heaven, sanctified be thy name. Let
thy kingdom come,. Thy will be done,
as in heaven, in earth also. Gine vs to-
day
oday our super substantial bread. And
lead vs net into LemptaLion. But de-
liuer us from evil. Amen."
A. D. 1011: "Ow' father which is in
heaven, hallowed be Thy name, Thy
kingdom coma Thy vial be done, in
earth as it is in heatien. Glue us
this day our dayly bread. And for
gine us our debts as we forgiue our
debtors, And Gado vs not into temp-
tation, but deliver vs from evil. For
thine is the kingdom, and the power
and the glory for ewer. Amen."
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.
Most people navel.• stop to think that
the best way to keep out of divorce is
not to get married.
When a woman thinks her husband
could sot live without her, it is for
the same reason that a sick baby would
not Live without a nurse.
Successful marriage depends on how
much each one eau make the other be-
lieve he or she is giving up for the
other without really giving up any-
thing.
It is hard for a woman to preserve
her ideals when" her husband refuses
to water the petunias bedews he is in
a hurry to keep a business engagement.
If a man stays out till four o'clock
in the morning, and telae his wife he
was catching up work in his office,
so they can take a little trip some day,
she will believe him; if he is five min-
utes late to dinner and tells her it
is because h8 went a bleak out of his
way tin put one of her friends on a
oar, she is suspicions right away.
- 4 •- 9•-4 4-0^
Young folks.
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STAND UP FO11 YoUIZ COLOIHS.
Stand up for your colors,dear bays,
Roar not
To show youreelves brave tied true
To all you profese In the oause of
right,
Io all that you say and do.
Stand up for your colors, be not
ashamed,
Tho' others may acorn and jeer,
If your flag is the signal for all thee
is good,
up for it without fear.
Stand up for your tailors 1 A soldier,
are you,
As you march' in the ranks of life.
In all life's Maumee for weal and
woe,
You will have your share of the
strife,
But look to it, boys, as you marote
along,
That the flag which is waving above
Is spread to the breepe of honor and
truth,
Of righteousness, peace and love. 1
And under the flag, as you daily,
tread,
The path where your Captain. leads,.
You will feel inspired, believe me
lads,
To do and to dare brave deeds.
Then hold up your heads in the manly
pride
Which oomea from the knowledge of
right,
And let the world see how you firmly)
stand,
For the colors 'north which you
fight.
LITTLE TIM'S ADVENTURE.
It was little Tim's birthday, and his
father had promised him he should go
to see the traveling circus and show,
that had arrived in the village the
day before -just in time for his birth-
day, little Tim thought. As he lay
awake in his bed, at dawn, he began
thinking what a short distance separ-
ated him from all the wonderful things
he was longing to see, and how easy
it would be to reach the spot in less
than twenty minutes. And once this
idea had come to him, he could not
rest in bed any longer, He jumped
up, dressed himself quickly, slipped
quietly out of the house, and started
to run toward tho village. He would
stay only a few moments, he thought,
and be back again before he had been
missed. In any case, he knew he would
not be scolded, because it was his birth-
day.
There was no one about at that ear-
ly hour, and Tim ran along the solitary
road with: a sense of pleasurable ex-
citement and anticipation. On reach-
ing the common where the show had.
established itself, however, he found
to his great disappointment that all
the tents and cages were closely cov-
ered up, and nothing bat strange, un-
familiar noises -growls, squeals, snorts
and barks issuing from beneath the
covering -betrayed the presence of the
different inmates within.
Little Tim was just turning away
with a aerie of keen disappointment
when suddenly a large tarpaulin that
covered a great cage on wheels slip-
ped to the ground, disclosing the form
of a huge, hairy creature, peering at
him from between the bars with blink-
ing eyes.
Little Tim knew from the pictures
ho had seen in his father's books of
travel that this must be a gorilla, one
of those powerful creatures with al-
most human features. He had look-
ed at those piotures with ever fresh
wonder and curiosity, but it was only
now that he realized how far off they
were from the living, moving, breath-
ing reality, which inspired him with
a strange dread as he stood motion-
less in front of the cage.
As he gazed at the monstrous, un-
couth figure, the creature began to
leap about the cage, frowning and
grimacing in a diabolical manner at
the child. Then it began pulling at
the bars, of its nage, and little Tim
noted with sudden terror that one of
them was slightly bent, and that it
would not require a very strong effort
on the part of the gorilla to bend It
still further, sufficient, in fact, to al-
loy.- of the animal's passing between.
It was evidently as aware of this feet
as :Tim was, and gave a vigorous
wrench at the bar. Little Tim was so
scared he oould neither move nor
speak, but only watch and wait -with
his eyes fixed on the animal in front
of him.
Dw,,, mere wrench and the gorilla, was
switydrng himself down toward the mo-
tionless, spellbound child. Tim never
could have told afterward bow long
this instant had lasted, but to him
it seemed like hours -hours of terror,
Suddenly a strong man's loud voios,
a man's heavy tread, and the creek
of a whip brought it all to an end.
The monster disappeared into its cage
again, and another man who had fol+
lowed, the first comer, seeing the white
terrified face of the child, lifted him
up kindly into his arms, The lithe fel-
low, who neither uttered a sound nor
made a movement, during the horrible.
suspense of the preeeding moments,
once in the security 01 118 kinstl,r, pro -
tooting -human arms, leaned hie face
against the man's shoulder, and sob-
bed out: ' Ohl take me home, take me
home t"
BE PATIENT WITH OLD 'PEOPLE.
There is notbing more beautiful hi
this world than to observe the tend-
erness of some girls toward their aged
relatives, Dear grandmother cannot
thread her teedlos so easily as rho
used to, and is sensitive on the subject,
, mid does not like to be too obviously
helped, or to have attention called to
' bar failing eyesight, which she so
much regrets and doee not 11kt to ad-
mit. There are two ways of meeting
! the di8fieulty. Help the old lady ob.
' trtisively by orating atteetiori to heY
Nine -tenths of the world's sawingg ;infirmity and make her feel badly, or
mttehines arra made in the United : gttietle and tactfully perform the lite
States i tie service.