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WHAT TO DO TO BE SAVED
REY, OIL TALMAOE TELLs OF THE
COURSE TO TAKE,
Er 10 ulna ulnae In Me Eandly (Ude--
Tile Love 11,1111c 4 lellaren
—Why Plat 110 44ndare Mr Death on
tint Cross ?—The Dr. Answers the twee
and Telt. tite People 11011 T1e3
Hey he Saved.
A despatch rrom Washington says:
—Rev. Dr. Talmage erenehed 110111 the
faked ng text :—" Believe , he Lord
;keels Christ, and thou eltalt he saved."
Acte
Jails ere do 111 deft dump, loath -
soma Pewee oven now ; but they were
woree in the apoetolie limeg. 1 intag-
Me, to -day, we aro standing in Dui
Phillipian dungeon. 1 10 you not feel
the chill? Do you not hear the green
of those ineareerated ones who for ten
sesars have nol seen the sunlight, and
the deep High of women who remember
their father'm home, and tumuli over
their 01081ed emetics? Listen again. It
is the vough of a cunstenttive, or the
struggle of one lit the nightnetre of a
gi.etie horror. 'You listen a ge n, and
hear is culprit, his Means rattling as
he rolls over in his dreams, and you
say: "God pity the piesoner," Put
there, ie another sound in that prison.
It Is a song 01 joy and gladness. 'What
111111118to sting in 1 The music venue
winding: through the corridors uf the
'prison, and In all the dark wards the
whimper 18 heard: " Whales (hut ?
What's) thee?" It is the song of Paul
and Silas. They cannot sleep. They have
bawl whipped, very badly ehipped.
The long gashes on their backs are
bleeding yet, They lie flat un the cold
ground, their feet fast in wooden sue-
kete, and of course they cannot levee.
But they can sing. Jailer, what are
you doing with these people? Why
have they been put in here? 0, they
have been tryieg to make the world
better. Is that all? That is all. A
pit for ;Joseph. A lion's cave for Den -
tel. A blazing furnace for Shadrach,
Clubs for John Wooley. An anathema
for Philip Melanetlem. A dungeon tor
Paul and Silas. But while we are
0(001(1 ng in the gloom of that ('11111 (-
(1(1111 dungeon, and we hear the
voices of sob, and groan, and leas-
phemy, and halleujith, suddenly an
earthquake! The iron bars of the pri-
son twist, the pillars crack oft, the sol-
id, masonry begins; to heave aud rock
till the doors swing open, and the walls
fall witle a territic crash. The jailer,
feeling himself responsible for these
prisoners, and, feeling suicide to be hon-
ourable—eince 13801.101 Isimselt,
and Cato killed himself, and Cassitte
killed himself—pots his sword to his
own head: proposing with unestcong,
keen thrust to put an end to his ex..
8(11(000(11 ((011 0(111010111. lett Paul ()ries
uut, "Semi steel Do thyself no harm. through the left hetet ; end then they
shnke His left foot do see (1 11 is fast,
We are. all here." Then I see the jail -
and then they heave up the wood, half
a dozen shoulders under the weight,
and they put the: end of the cross to
the mouth of the hole, and they plunge
(1 10 all the. Aveight of Ms hotly com-
ing down for the fine time on the
spikes; and while some hold the cross
upright, others throw in the dirt and
trample 11 down, and trample it hard.
0, plant thet tree well and thoroughly,
put handeuffs and hopples on these for it is to bear fruit seal as no other
other prisoners, lest they get away ?" tree ever here. Why did Christ en -
No 01011 .01 that kind. Compact, thritl- clime it 1 He 9111( 1(1 have taken (hose
ro•:ks, and with them crushed Hie
crucifers. He could have reached ue
and grasped the sword or the Omnipo-
tent God, and with one clean cut have
tumbled thorn 1n10 peed it ion. But
no; He was (0 due He must die. His
and in Caraeas; but we IWO in 0 l0te-1 life for my liCe. His life for your life.
tilde where in all 008 018010131 there has In 0(1(3 ,00 the European cities a you ng
not been one severe volcanic, disturb -1101)1 died on the scaffold for the crimi
ance. And yet we have seen fifty of murder. Some time after, the
1 mother of this young 1111111 was dying,
earthquakes. Here is a man that has
11(18 141 -that you want Me to trust in?
No men 31100(1. (1111(11 of veeturing 11(8
life 00 (1 veeael going 0111 1(1 sietetlint has
motor been levelled. No, you Must
have the pert !fleet() hung a1i1ithi11ite4,
tellin(1 how ninny tons it ("arrive, and
how long ago it was built, and who
built 11, and 01 about it. And jou
ea»not expeci ran ley riek the verge cif
my immoreil Interests 011 board anY
(Taft 1 111 you tell 100 What i1 nunle
of, and where I Warr Made, and what
It is. When, then, 1 itek you who 'Lids
18 you want me. •1 0 true( in, yon loll
me ille 1305 a very attractive persoit,
sou tee ute that the eoittene ()eery
re ere describe Ilen, anti they give
((11 00100 of We eyek, end the eulor of
llin hair, and they (108(041)1' Ilia (3 11011.
appearatie0 as being' reeplettileni.
Chriet did not tell the ehildren to
come to lien. "Suffer little children
1(4 tone unto me," was, not spoken to
the children; it Wes ttrOlten to he
I'llaritieeM. The children Mid 'mine
without any invitation. No sooner
did
.1 ('888 tippear Dian tbe ones
tiltilusl from their mothers arms, tin
avalanidie of beauty and love, into Hie
late "Suffer little children le cone,
unt 0 nee" Tett was 011(1 ressed 10 1 he
ebilflren. ("Meet did nut ask eohn lit
te his hetet down on, Ifin homom;
ifohe 1 ould m01 help but put 111:4 head
there. Built eyes, !melt riteekm, anvil
it ehin, Knell heir, such physical ('(10'.
(111108. and appearance,—why, most
beet. been Nam bitely captivating an 1
winsome. I suppose a look at Wes
,just to 1088 111M,, 01 11019 011 rapt IVI.
i e ma line r. Netts , when (
1.'11 rist Netting along the sI re(3l, Ow)
ran into their houses, and they Avint-
lett up their Myelitis es week as they
vould, and erought them out that 10,
might look at them, 0! there WM;
something so eleasants so inviting, so
eleering in everything Ile 11:1, in leis
very leek. When these sick ones were
brought out cli111 ler, say ; away
these seree; do not trouble nte 3311 11
these leerosies?" No, no; there WaS
a kind look, tho re was a gentle word,
1113310 Watt a healing ,(nueh. They (multi
not 1Lee10 away from Ilim.
preference; Intl. if yeu really think
that Christ is ite trust veorthy air they
are, tihen deal ivith ilim as talrly. "the
stlYs Some one in a light way : "1 be-
lieve teat leirlet wae born In .M41110-
.11,1(11, and 1 believe that II° died en
(151, ertiss," Do yo3,1 believe it meth
pen. head or your heart 1 I will Wee -
trate the difference, You are in your
own mame. I the tuorneig you open
a newspaper, and you retut luny Cap-
tain Bravehearl the tem risked hei
life for the salvation ot hie 1(111'84('1( (0(8.
oit 8031: "Whit( a genet fellow lei
itruet have been I tile retails' ileeervsti
vet y well of the (stunt ry." 'You fold the
newspaper, anti sit down 01 !he table
and perhaps do not (Inuit of 111(11 lia-
pitlena
t gain Tire Is Iliturival laith.
But new yen ere on lite Sea, and tri is
night, and yuu ttre asleep, .11011 tire
a wa kenel by le, «heels ef "le re 1" 1 t.u.
t 11 1,0) on the deck. You bear, a1(1,11
Ihe wringing ef the bands and 1 he
fainting, the cry : "No hope 1 We fire
leo, I ere lost 1" Tile sail pule
eut its wing of fire, the ropes netke a
burning ladder in 11n. night heaven.,
the eterit w reels 111;s:4i in the 337(188,
allil on the 1,11rriettle-Cleelt Slialtei 1;11 I
its banner of snetke and Itlat:Ictiess. h., he ett, sh,yj there to multiply in, and, not content
0.4 venter)! have prevented yuur getting
"Down with the llfelentle efles ilia; "1 ,40 "How Ma BY 10 11)!, Monthly, and 10,41 of all a leiter. it before." len her said. 33(111 (.hat. have tithe: themselves up in
captain. "Down wt. h the life-botitsl' fames'?" "Only myself,- "Have le "Well, now," sale Luther, ('(('1805 (1 " \Vitt, les melee(' but an ;elver- these sanie dens. What could We
In addition Le thie softneas 01 char-
acter, there was Et fiery moment um.
ilow I he old hyrourites trembled be-
fore Ilim llow the kings of the earth
t u 00843 tele, here it; a plain man
with a few sailors al IIis back, coming
off the Sea of, Galilee, going WP to the
palace of the Caesars, making that
enlace quake to the foundetions, and
uttering a word of mercy and kind-
ness which throbs through all the
earth, and through all the heavens,
and through all the ages. 0 Ile wile
0 loving theist. lee it wire nut. ef-
feminacy, or insipidity of elm meter; it
W(15 accompanied with majesty, infin-
ite (Ind omnitiotent. Lest the world
shriekl not realize His enthestness,
this Chris( mounts the cross. You
say "lf Christ has to die, why not let
Him take seule tleattly t Minn anti lie
on a couch in some bright and beauti-
ful home. If lee must die, let Him ex-
pire amid alt kindly attentions. No,
the world must hear Lhe hammers on
the heads of the spikes. The world
tees'. listeu t.o the cleath-ratale of the
sufferer. The world must feel Ilis
mem Wool dropping on each cheek,
while it looks upl into the face of liis
anguish. And so the cross mus1 be
lifted, and the hole) is dug on the top
of Calvary, it 018.311. 1)0 dug three feet
deep, and then the cross is laic( on
the ground, and the sufferer is
stretched upon it, and the nails are
pounded through . nerve, and muscle,
and bone, through the right hand,
er running through the dust, and amid
the rein of that prison, and. see him
throwing himself down at the feet of
these prisoners, crying out: "'What
shall I do 1 'What shall 1 dor" Did
Paul answer, "Get out of this place
before there is another earthquake;
ing, tremendous answer; answer mem-
orable all through earth and heaven:
"Believe on the Lord. Josue Cheiet and
thou shalt be sayed."
Well, we have RR read of Lhe earth-
quake iu Lisbon, in Linut, in Aleppo,
beets, building up a large fortune. His
bid on the money nuirket AVUS felt in
all the cities. He thinks he has gut
beyond all annoying rivalries in trade,
and he says to himself; "Now .1: am
free and eafe from all possible pertur-
bation! But in a tew yenes a. national
panlc. strikes the foundations of the
commercial world, and crash I goes all
that megnificent business establish-
aud the priest cause ra, and she
made coufession to the priest that
she was the murflerer, and not her
eon; in a moment of anger she bad
struck her husband a blow that slew
him. The son male ausidenly into the
room, and MS washing away the
wounds anti trying to resuscitate his
father, when mime one looke(1 through
the Medicine and saw him, and suppos-
ed h ni to be the criminal. That young
went, tie is a man who has built up
died tor Ms owe mother. You
a very beautiful home. His daughters, men
"It was worelertu
118.371 just come home from the senile-. snY 1 that he never
graduation. esisf exposed ter." But I tell yoe of a
nry edth dipennas of grander thing, Christ., the Son of God,
sons hove slatted in life, honest, tem-.
how great. our glee, Tem voice has
More mesa() in 11 lion is to he heard
in all tlit• oratories of co ernilY. Talk
nol «how banks dateuel with effor-
esvenee. ,Tesus Dim ebief Mount
of heavsn. We >than see the
vers. face that licetuted >331(0'.
(((((((31 in Bethany, an I lake the
very hand that dropped Its Mood trent
be short 11,3111(1. 3(10 PritrIS, 0 1 A1,11111
to Stand in eternity with Hine I
shall b., satinfiet whoa J. ue eke in Ills
likeness, 0, iff tic:en-hearted men and
wensen, linw yeeel it Will be in tilt( 1100,
• 1,,,n11 1,1 1 30,18 12.1,,t,hir,, out. of the post uffiee still pondering ter to invent et:eases for 50130(8
hi"n1"( 11 011ei'i111Pifh1(111.'1I;w'lln1111n I"'r:and be tea Venient SI, and losses into the "il""d Curstig 6h,eee,,,11:rirteaeTe1t.eebtgit
loving en 0 0 eltist.and ten hai., 8111(011011 beng diverted byte.
sa1y i r.ig : )"Yr u. sof A. red w,it 11 eie oil t
ihe wou
ld be Mrs . sLuither Wui
lktune
e
(0841 10i' sidewalkThis Witthe fire' sign be right to abandon her brother's
▪ 101, (1113(9811, andwhy11 18(111 cf iLuther eenSO it Was children, bulher seruples angled
bestforyouto „11,1whyitmng hads,
Ihe Letter for
Mrs. Luther Wlkins.
The postmastermailed a little whee
hliaifiett out the mall, but Luther
Wilkins did nt 0(1(1410. He was trying
to remember whether Wai a yeast
cake or a ,0!>n1 of cheese he hd
Meant to gel t the stoe, Ilwent
or returned the rake she sked hi (0
let her do SOMPIling for him.
1-1EALTI-1
•
m.
for ylt sight tf busswayiummarblesenAfirs3411,3 waafraidit would
'at
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Hcarried her lebest pairof socks
She was horrined at their ('011111(('011111(011and mended hem in a very artistc
manner,
Luther looked al them in wonder
and reverene. "1'11 04,0431' wear 'run"
he 811111, when he wasat Mele again.
wouldn't have let her do it only 1
knew it would make her fel better,
and it gave me .1 4' (,,n'' to Nee her,
found that it was an easy
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1(30(43'bPI"re(IP'9901111111 of1118e0
11 wasbeet Cur sue to 1, triedand no wonder 1141 hs memory played 411111 nee. Then she ('.0013'341311(I t hat she
1tAe11i11 point to all elevation (1(0' jam false, vas tired "11 hIi40 long that I have
(1(1 '1(1(13(1 to your disquet utli• here,Aft.,r le got honi and oeaten his had et bike "a 04'
01 other folk, and it who wens himeets away emu, „ne
, wilt eoem like heaven to have sone'
I'1.\.'•'i'llIth M....!:'nlin* 1ult:1181'01)0%,'" "1 t " '1"rlfie4 suitper he thought of i he mail in his
evereoat 3011881. Ilo brought it 1 0 the • ' •
1 tu take care of me." shine eubjectes himself to inroads of
e 311' ion ' Weil, min a 110030 0111"",'1, it happened that iti a little less
table and sat down tu examine it.than a yetrar the letter to Mre. Luther
e
women 'ere; ow . or. "t ireclinsi mutes inter whieti 1 had
TI -IE HYGIENE 011 etINSILINII.
Many people, from ()holm or eines,
4(3?, are confined within doors almost
einistantly. Little sunshine ever
reerhes therm and the air they breathe
is heavy -laden with all kinds of Imo
purities. The effect of steel sur-
roundings is shown in drooping Pes-
ten), pale countenance, and irritable
(110100311(1(08.(110100311(1(08.ne. This result is inevitable,
Plared grown in the ebade are not the
hardiesi. however, there are acme
forms of life that flourish best iu
places from which 1400.1(111 18 exclud-
ed. They are 00031])?ly designated as
germs 00 microbes. Every individual
i lie i e hid ben a geed dee]
fend said to the ti ot tr„..y.ouble, There was the weekly, .. ,
count ry paper. Welcias im (111(11 to its righo
tful wn-
ibese microscopic entities which bates
become the plague of mankind.
Many have manufactured dens for
Pimple 11:11 into them. the boatis ere
alemi fttll. Room oely for 0110 More
inan, You itre standing on the deck
beside thi capinin. Who .4111111 it be?
Yeti or the vainain The captain
01141 'N.41u.'' You jump, and are
saved, stands there, and flies.
Now., you tatLeVe that Captain _Brave -
heart eiterificed himself for hit. passen-
gers, but you believe it wit h Mvsi, with
tears, with hot and long -continued ex-
clamations, with grief nt his loss, and
with joy at your deliverance. Ilia 10
Ravine fabh. lu ether words, what
yeti bol.eVe With ail pan. heart, and
beeeve in regard to yourself. On this
li.nete turns my se 0 ini ; ye, the sal-
vatern uf smut: immortal soul. You
often go nerots bridge, you know no-
th'mg• almui R. You do not know who
built the bridge, yOU do not know
what materiel it is Made ; but You
oume tu it, and entlic over it, and usk
ne queetions, ..A.nd here is en arched
bridge bineted from the "Reck of
Ages," and beet by the Architect. (if
'be whole Universe, 5(10!! (((13(1 the ilark
gulf hoiden' ((11 44nd right ee u mess,
and all God asks you IS 1.0 Walk IterOliti
it; and you et.art, and you come to
it, and you stop, and you go a little
way en and you atop, anti you. fall hack
an I yoil e speritnent. You say: "flow
do I .Isnew 11:11 bridge will hold me?"
instead of marching on with firm step,
asking no questions, but feeling thnt
1110 Strength of the eternal God: (5 003-
.181' you. 0, WrIS t here ever 0 prize
offered so cheep. as pardon and heaven
are offerea to you? ear bow much!? A
million dollars? it is certainly worth
more ttetn that. But cheaper than
(hie you can have it. Ten thousand
teeters? Loss than that. Five thou-
:4,1ml dollars? Less than that, One
dotter? Loss than that. One far-
thing! Loss than that. "Without
money and without price." No money
to pay, No journey to take. No pen -
ante to suffer. Only just one decisive
notion of the soul: "Believe on the
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved." Shall I try to tell you What
it. is to be eavede I cannot tell you.
No man, no angel eau tele you. But I
can hint at "For my text brings
me Up to this point, "'Chou, shalt be
saved." It means a happy life here,
and a pattee001 death and ft blissful
eternity. It is a grand thing to gout
sleep al night, and, to get up in the
morning, end to do business all dey
0(101111g the: all is right between my
heart and God, No accident, no sick-
ness, 00 (18880110(1100, no peril, no sword
cnn do me any permanent damage. I
am a forgiven child of( God and( Ho is
bound to seo me through. Ile , has
sworn he will see me througlef The
mountains may depart, the earth may
burn, the light. of the stars may be
blown out by the blast of the judg-
ment hurricaue; but life, end death,
things preeent an 1 things to 40018 (118
mine. Yea, farther than. that — it:
means a peaceful death.
!Mrs. Heinans, Mrs. 'Sigel:1005y, Dr.
Youtig, end almost all the poets/ have
said handsome things about death,
bore is nothing lemutiful nbout it
When we stand b•y the whits and rigid
features of thosie When); we love,, and
they give no answering pressure of
tbe hand, and no returning kiss of the
lip, we do not want anybody poetizing
arottn•I about us, ( Death' is loath-
someness, and midnight, and tho
wringing of the heart until the' ten-
drils stints aud curl in the torture un-
less Christ be tvith us, I coefessi to
you to au infenite fear, a consuming
horror of death unless Christ shell., be
with me, I would hither go doted in -
10 a cave of wild beast or ()Jungle of
reptiles than into. the grave unless
Cheist gees with me. Will you tell
me that. am to be carried, out from
my bright eome, and. put owny in the
darkness? 1 cannot bettr darknese.
At the first eotning of the evening I
,.10,d.011.1111.y„, t.:1\11,1t111.i.tr.eri 1‘,r0 1114')' 1"
.14;,:;;e,..1,1. up, ..,1 woude , wh,', In, 0 181111(1(1 (0 irseireott of stone new preparation ef
• r•••1 la '' she said when. she had teem- eXpeet but that germs would seize upe
• eel gene?. ..ele. "All (1,01 It tee. 1 don't know When I've had u l''' " ' on such a race? Their number is leg -
'All,' Then sle, breathecl a long :righ letier." edlmit:her looked blank. ion, and their variety is great.
into the loneliecees an& said; ..0, ee., fie looked al it eagerly, held it near- "1 set. III / W it is," she saideafter 0 Tubereular bacilli can Lind no better.
I have been a gt.1..il mother ((i lila er his eye le f• • 1 '
thot are utterly broken down hy the moved his [sheep's itiel polished them difi.""IL gr°'"" 101' 1i8"' 01 lill'ir dwell in the shade. This disease Is
"They sent. to the
grave." And so there aro hearts her: s, itto att MT off. He l'e- at""a'n''s 1 lailight. soil than the lung tissue of those who
letteavieneetes rif life. I poi at yoU I 0 • in nervous hnste. After rephteing i,;u11711,[g.nt.tt0,s, ithi 141,iiie ,41111,t.T8.,:litlit these cir.
becouring 'prevalent, because We are
. . living an unnatural life. It is unna-
tural because it is shut away from na-
ture. It is confined within walls of
mares building, and devoted largely to
pursuits which du not lead to commun-
ion with nature. Many people seek
false remedies to restore their health,
thinking that some decoction tvill
work a miraculous change, but it is
of no avail.
Some have suggested laws for the
control of disease by preventing in-
fection, but the laws of this (111111 00010
nu nearel preventing disease than
laws against murder prevent killing.
day to the el eenne balm of heaven.
Are there 11111" hore that ton 1(1(138"
0(1 this morning s O. yott Door Wal-
ing -maid! your heart ti sorrow pour-
ed in eo 111011.1t1 See, lonely and sud 1
how glad ou will bo when ('(11 (81
sitall (rebind all pair SOrrchAs. and
er0Wit “r11 (wenn unto God and the
fenali for ever 1 0 need men mid (10"
01'O, red by His love and warmed by
His grave for three -score years and
ten I will not trots,: deerepitiele chonge4
for elle leap ce. n. heart when you come
to look face to fare upon Him whom,
}melee not seen, Von 10Ve 0, that
will be the Good: Shepherd) not. out in
the night and watching to keep off
tiffs WolveS, but w:(11 the lambs reclin-
ing on the sunlit hill. That will bo the+
Captain of our salvetion, not amid the
roar, and crash, and boom of battle,
but amid lfis disbanded lrtops keen-
ing vietorious festivity. That wie 1)3
tilt 13 •.degroom iho Church coming
from afar, the bride leaning upon leis
nem ,,vhile luoks down. into her riws
and says: "Belled, thou art fair nay
low I Behold thou art fair!"
them on lem nose he picked ell the Lei s keep lt, salt1 Li het so L y,
ter again and scanned it narrowly, "If, it 11111] (('3' been for 1101--"
then lie looked over his glasses as if nt bl,LiNsa we 11 keel> it, said Letitia,
soma person and said: ,
"i snuin I"
Hit sank into a reverie, out of whieh ANOTHER MEAN MAN.
--
ho roused himself with a start to Is lanciielar and Cels Sewing Maelithe
study the envelope with renewed in-, eeettis to on 1014 Meaning.
terest. "He's the meanest man that I ever
I "Mrs. Luther Wilkins," he said. had any) hing to do with," said the
I "Mrs. Luther Wilkins, And 1 an Mil sewing machine agent. "1 received a
bachelor who never so much as hardly WA it from hen the oi ber day saying
I And wbo is she? $ of standing the law. Is there a mode of
He inserted the point of his knife en- pelletal iS a novelty for a sewing- way to prevent infection but by the
laws on the statute books; or when
"Well, I guess I'll see what's in it." tory. In these piping days of coin -
der the corner of the envelope flap, nmehine agent to be invited to call dIthisteincleirtedh?" Ttahkoenuatputel trroaybeiesomtoe
give every ray of sunlight abundant
epportunity to reach these intruding
germs and they will become the sick-
ly ones, while their victims grow
strong and ruddy. Dark rooms are
unfit to live in. It is said that pati-
ents on the sunny side of hospitals re-
cover more quickly than their shaded
thought of getting married 1 Mrs. tiett he desired tu view one 01 one Both are good, but tt is often neces-
'Luther Wilkins, tvhy, where Is she? matehlos . machines with the 7101. ' sary to practice self-defence notwilhe
purehs ;fug it if found tti be satisfac- defence against disease? Is there no
then he hesitated. and shew goods, so when I had reeov-
i "What business have I opening of ered trim my surprise I promptly
I her letters '1' he asked himself. "1 loaded a machine in my cart and start-
! never did open other folks' letters, and ed fee the address the inin had given.
uess I AV0 't 1.)) in now " Lie rose e h nd
NOISE IN CHINA.
The Celestial's Nerves Are reour Arcane(
DP:manta'. sounds.
Those who know the Chinese best
have been particularly struck with
their absence of nerves. The foreigner
fidgets, the native sits still; balmy
sleep., especially in bat weather, will
resist: the foreigner's sweetest. wooing,
while to the native lying on a heap uf
stones 00 tlerOSS the bars of a wheel-
barrow she comes as a matter of
course; we need constant change and
variety, they would find contentinent
and rest on the treadmill. "It would
be easy," says Mr. Smith, "to raise in
China an arms, of a million men—nay,
of ten millions—tested by compethive
examination as to their capacity to go
to sleep across three wheelbarrows,
with heads downwarit, like a spider,
their mouths wide open and a fly in-
side!" From which it is evident, says
the North China Herald, that in 0080(5 -
ole against noise we can hope for no
assistance from our fellow -townsmen,
but instead a great amount of vis iner-
tiae, if not positive opposition.
Nevertheless, since our population
at Shanghai continues to grow so
rapidly, no effort should be spared to
lesson our street and other noises as
much as possible, and it will be well to
begin at once before the very hot
weather has set in. The police minuet
do everything, even when the regula-
tions assist. But they can do a great
deal, and of their willingness we have
recently had prod. We pointed out
the existenee of a nuisance it few days
ago, which was vemedied within
thirty-six bouts, en example of promp-
titude muesli to be commended. 'the
council has already made a move in
the right direction by abolishing the
bicycle horn and the native earriage
bells.
Factory whistles have alretely been
g n tg • An old 01(0. 13101 me at 1. ..: diarr a
to his feel and carrying it to the man- Melted me. to bring the. machine in-
telpieoe leaned it up against the clock. side mi. ho ceuld more closely exaraine companions.
Ile settled laimself to his papers, bet it. 1 did so, setting tho machine up In many houses the window space
,,o11 01111105 his at- siheuld be enlarged, while in others the
window draperies should be removed
thoughts of Mrs. Luther Wilkins kept ' in the sitting -mom,
intruding on what he was reading! tentiun tu its fine points. was an
about patent nest boxes, arid under- attentive listener, and L talked with
draining. und the 110385 00 the vie.
lege. the confidence of a mau who eonsider-
lfioally. having 65
'thereafter, during all his waking! hedwastseadleacuermtayin.
ar3omlints, he ask'
houre, Mrs. Luther \Wilkins was often
in his thoughts. She even haunted beduiteloesseoer attiperaniotteichailatt‘ os 11 iastutrhee,de, aapna(i
his dreams at. times. 11.3 wondered! asked him to bring me semething etp-
what. she was like, and he thought 1
of the kind of woman he would wish. en which to work. Ho left the room, open sky, where nature may smile mi-
ner to be, and enjoyed himsell very retutning a few minutes seer, .3 on you, and microbes, together with
much in imagining how it would seem, seens filled with eamaged linen. their evil effeets, will disappear, as
Le have her meet hen at the deor when "1 sat cloWn at the machine and de; beofuorre (he morning sun.
he came in from the fields, aud how I showed him how eiedis. rents and tears
could be mended, ineking the garment this will give it a goldlits gleam. Dark
wnshyed often and dried in the sun -
10
is light it should be
liind the price of the mealiest). T e
as good as new and saving in a 'short hair should be washed, dried in the
nice 11 would be DOL to have to get his,
At first he was a little eynical anti -h air
it will fade in streaks. This
and burned up as Lhe only way of de-
stroying germs harboring in them.
A. room into tvhich the sun seldom
shines is to be shunned as the "hold of
every unclean and hateful germ." It.
is time for every lover of health to
arise in strength, and refuse to be
longer fettered by chains of darkness
and consequently disease. Open the
doors and windows; go forth under the
tir and shade, and then sunned, oth-
own meals.
told himseIC that the imagining
much mere satisfautory than the rettl-
ity \voted be, but aftee awhile he
chauged his mind, and would sigh
heavily when he came tete his loue-
some house.
'Ike letter by the clook too began to
trouble him. He had a devouring
curiosity 1.0 see what was In it, and be-
sides It. did net seem just right to keep
it so long before delivering it.
One evening in June Luther put on
man seemed very mach interested and is a hint to girls who take their ocean
was kept handing' me garment after gar-
ment. thet needed attentlen. .1. work-
ed for two solid hours weeding the
uht man's garuaents, and at laSt, hav-
ing nothing else that mailed attention
he ctminenced to find fault, with the
m 'chine. Finally he tad me that. he
gue.ssed he weuldiet, buy a machine
right away.
''1 Was so, 'Mad that I didn't dare
nue1 myself to speak, and I was glad
afterward that 1 didn't, ler When 1
learned tit • whole truth 1 recognized
his best clothes and wulked three miles mu.y„tirtuotal Ltihde sull,ijueue,t
to see an old sceoolmate, who had an who happens to be a bachelor, halii of heat from the weakened body. A.
nip of coffee, if it agrees, strengthens
unmarried cousin living \veil him. It brought reli Up there merely to do his
seemed to him that Eliza Elliott fitted mending and had ne idea of buying the pulse. As much as can be digest.'
10 exactly with his idea of Mee. Luth- a machine. He had warked the same ed of cream, better, marrow and fat
• are often useful. Gelatine in boiled
early Very LIMA disappointed. Eliza
rlip nnd dry the salt water in their
hair.
CARE OF OLD PEOPLE.
Many people when old require some.
thing tO eat in the night.; a more com-
fortable bed and pillows than they
once needed; light but warm clothing
on the bed. A flannel night dress and
bed slippers would give better rest.
Semetimes the sheets aro too cold, and
a rubber bag filled, with hot water to
warm the bed would prevent the loss
or Wilkins. He mune home (Mite gattle On. other agents."
BETROTHAL AND MARRIAGE. 00.yeees peeper,
shanks of beef is good in soup with
wouldn't. do at all.
Bei worked doggedly for a month,
trying hard not to think of the die- A 3 alialleSe courtship and wedding Many old persons starve partially
bjecle It was nu use, and are both very euriuus ceremonies, and because they cannot chew, or feel too
quieting su.
weak to chew their food, which cannot
toward the end of July it was observ- still somewhat savor et barbarism. digest as well as before. See that
Lid that Luther was becoming very „lien a . .
young man has fixed Ms af- your grandfath-r gets some good nour-
neighborly. Ho spent his eveuings at "
ditterent nrighbore' houses, he accept- fectiens upon a maiden ut suitable ishment at every meal, of a kind he
ed inveetions to tea, he went Lo atanding he declares his love by fas- can digest, and a cup 01 gruel or hot
church regularly and to all Sunday- milk and bread, or something Dom -
And. still he eould not telling a branch uf a ciertain shrub to
fsienhe°1°a1 i'slueihtaiebsie owner for the let ter.
"1 MUst be terrible fussy," he sigh-
ed. "live got acquainted with abutit,
all the woLuen in town; they're nice
forting before. retiring if he stays up
the house, ot the dameees parents. If until ten at night. If he goes eerie
the branch be neglected the suit isre- to bed he should get some nourish-
ment early in the morning, Old pece
perate, and eure. When the ovemng ,,,t . • . , . , must have the gam light, and. the controlled to some extent. There yet jeoted; if it be accepted, so is the
phi often wake at four. Young pee -
lights are etruck, there is a happy anti pia may not have any idea how a
i. thee but for Hie sworn enemies. 0 farther ou in lifo I get, the more 1 auiLor.
so 1 1 L to aye my1 frients around/ about remains street cries, rattling traps, women, every (me of them, but some -
has been an acoident down at the sea "1.1l-mcirlft'341g—oon Yon not And. am 1 Lo be n.ut. off for church bells auct submit bells, besides how they don't suit me. 1 guess rii At the. Lime of the marriage the weak pulsed person feels, who wakes
eueli a Cheek act that—so loving, ' 'elt : h ' 1
an unbroken family &role. But there
- lrus1 I'm' 1 - have to give up beat." bridegroom sends preseets to his bride early and must wait to a certain hour
anew the with no one to speak Lo? Ah, do not is the noise of It was one cold raw day in early as costly as his means will allow, which for breakfast. A cup of coffee or tea
shore. The young man ventured too! Him T tboueen, s of years in a dark pines, 'noisy talk and quarrellng. Then there
far out in the surf. Tile telegraph hurlel I think there aro many .1 'peed: down, to the hole in Ole, ground, from morning to night is at the
the builder's men, which November that Luther sat at a win- she immediately offers to her parents on rising or regularly at six in the
ed the terror up to the ell y. An earth-: Spirit of God who are saYing 1 tne grave, and oral ea beautiful place; / 0(001,131, an unbearable nuisance in the Mw snaking clumsy attempts at melee in acknowledglelea of their kindness Morning, will enable an old. man to
t like struek under the foundations of will trust Him if yuu will only tell .
' ing a pair of very raggecl socks. Hap- in infancy and of the paina bestowed, en.10Y the freshest hours of the day,
' 11 I 138 d tl (11183001 of enduring them.
that bettutiful home. !elle piano closed; me how ;" and the great que.1,00 ask-
illunsinstion, I shudder baok from it.
the eurtain deolined; the latighter. ed by houen ads m this aseemblage is:
9 h• r?" I. I ' ,. whole nature revolts at it. But
lutshed. Cram I go all cute comis- now this glorious lamp. is lifted above
lie hopes, and prospeels, end expecte-, Your queition I look up and utter the
the rave irtal all (be darkness is goes
tions. So, my friends, we have all felt Meteor whiedi :Howbeit! Hill No often
the shaking clown of some great trou-, uttered tu the midst of Ills sermons; 111110ew Ifroiliiilltiottlaovueuriuthat astiiituldl(Litorrfte, iisli,r,i,i,L.
ble, and there MA a time when we. "Master, help I" Ile.w are you to
were ast muell waked as this 1Vian of trust in Christ I •TUSii as Yee trust ley anxiety is not. about death, my
the text, and We Cried 0111 t144 Ile tlid; 1 anY one. Yoll trust your partner in ieeeLeti isootpuietttiof /lye liifteolLisheoouurs,tsturiej
s dope hesiness with important things. If a eul
" What shun I tlo? What shall
The Sonie rePli that the Apostle made' commercial lemee give you a (1010(18)?- I 91 •til iirlo,ieueluiritIesteilli,1117AlstIlvicinue1 0N:floe:keel
to ii.tin, is opproprtoo to 041 .t iLoioet! able three 11:10141,118 Ilenett, yini. 0.5p0e1 .r,-LOse
021 e1l0 Lord, Jesus Christ, cold thou! the Interment of that note at the end oeit for YoUr eternal. salvation 10-10e
ewes he saeadem There nye some amtu.. 00 three menthe. You have perfect
1:11ireen las'lllitelld o0171 10yr itmhgeinattiol 1 live.
rt., wl illtneit
confidence in their word and in their
intuits of. so great. importunes that you'
You go home to -clay. You Power im there iu anything to ehill me
write out your full mune. So the Rive abililY,
ndLord,o aed h„thoe parts os thel You have confidence in that, NOW, I: ;around me the skirt of His own
(11! 0.
noron vales of the /Thee is epee expeet (1101.0 will be food on the table, !lel 1118 lomir lunle 1f Christ 'miles
yule to (have the same tiontidenee ment? Whnt darkness cent fall upon
Bible Tle. is called "Jesus," and in oth-I eek
er poets of the Bible no is caned ..fn the Lord ,f4I-11 4 Christ. MI says; !my eyelids then, amid' the heavenly
'You believe, 1 take aWaY yotm sins!!! iditybreakt 0 (tenth, will not fear
" Christ ;" but. elite there might be no
mistake about 1 bus neemg,e, el) 110„, and they are ail tnkon awaY, "What!" thee then. liaek to thy cavern or
0111.0015 00100 in together—. the Lord You say:, "before t Mee ate' more? he- clarknosS, then robber of all the ciarile
Jesus chalst,,, Now whe, is this 11,ing fore I road tny Bible any tnere? before !rilly18. tb1,11(31111led-eaexpoOilterbotfuffaltiolieotii.o Lewealiant,
tone I rend ray Itible any more1
that. yon Went 010 (0 trust in and bee
:neve in? Men tierilleintee 001110 to me
99, 113 credentials (1(111 ce.r ti f en (08 of
good charm:ter ; but T cannot (('1(81
them. There is 801110 iliSIMMASty in
their looks that makes me know 1,shall
be 81308 11(1,1 IP confide 111 hrin . You
retmot Mat your henries confident% in
n rams until 310)1 1014011' Will, 1: S „f f 130 1''l3 if they ere more feebler than Jeans was Upon earth, how lumpy • Re
is made nt, and am unreasonable 1h13 Christ, if they
Ohrist over did, then give them Om when he brings us up tot Hie house
hnvo done more then rade every house Ire. went into, alid
mottling whim 3 stop 10 ask you who
Yes, Ore moment. Believe with. all one et met o sandal> the vocce of
your 8„1 y„ti eye eay„d. Why, fihrtst solinding all (Me the earth and
Cerise is only waiting to gel from you through the heavena: "0 death Twill
what you give to MOMS of !ample be thy plegue, 0 grove, r Will he thy
every day. 1 W-hst is that Confid-
ence. it levee people W110111 you Irma
dee by day ore more worthy than
es I Ilet Ten,
To 111' 51(1101 lo wake up in the pre..
Settee of 'Christ. You know wiliest
very heart of the (m111001001. It is
eidiculous to argue that this is "old
custom," and cannot be put sem to.
The oaerying eriatie'S sings. ng was
"old custom," too, but at the word of
nuthority it ceased. The oreaking of
unoiled wheelbarrow axles was also
"old custom," but even the native
polinemitn TIONV is prompt to insist
'ution the lubrieant wheel abolishes it,
In tact, all such small matters as these
can be regulated with scarecly any
friction, and the n.ttive soon begins to
wonder why his own itecestors did 3101
make the earn° changes.
Another fortnight or ,so and the hot
months will be upon us. 53110184 10
time between now and then for a gen-
eral notitication that unnecessary
noises will render those who make
them liable to attention oe the pollee,
Private, individuals much given to the
practice of instrumental or vocal 1 music
In their own houses could not, of
commie, be brought under regulation
except bY tt More paternal form. of
government teat 0088, 1101 an appeal to
their altruism will probably be all
that is needed.
In Ilassachusetts more mousy IS in.
vested in cotton mills than In any oth-
er snanufecturieg industry, bul the
making of boots and shoos yields Om
tnost valuable produot.
saw a woman out in the Hammonds' Tee wedding. Mime place in the even -
yard. dim was busy raking up the tug. The bride is dressed in a long,
fallen autumn leaves. white silk " kimono" anti white veil,
"Letitia Hammond," Luther corn- and sho and her future husleind sit
meuted, "Bill hamniond's sister. We
don't see much of her lately. She &Mit
even go to church, there's so initny of
Bill's children to look after, and Bill's
wife is so took up with her clubs and
things. It's hard on Letitia, but
sho never finds a word of fault."
The sock he was mending fell to the
floor and the wooden egg inside it
struck with suoh a loud bang that the
eat stprted in his sleep. Luther did
not notice. Ho ems standing at the
window attiring out,
nal is best whicei Huth fleetest,'
he sale solemnly. "What a fool I've
boon."
Ile found his hat and left the hotise,
ahnost running across the road. He
took the iron rake away from Letitia
gently. "That's too hard, work for a
little thing like you," he said.
Letitia's blue oyes wore 0011 00 won-
der, but she yielded up the rake week-
ly,
"You'd better go into the house,
too,' said Luther. "It's void ont
here."
No one had been thoughtful of her
before for a long time and Letitia
eouldn't understand it, When Lull.
VENTILATION 05 ROOM.
An 1(0( 1)01113! on sanitation points out
that high ceilings are not necessary
faring each other on the floor.
Two tables are placed elose by; en in order to have rooms well ventilat-
the ono is a kettle with two spouts, a ed. :Small rooms, where the air is
bottle of sake and ewes; on the 0(1011' frequently changed, are more health -
table a miniature fir tree --signifying
the strength of the bridegroom; 1111(11111 fel 1 han high, . spacious. ape rim entS in
tree—ssigeifying the beauty of the which the au' remains stationary.
bride; and, MellY, it stork standing 011 Transoms over bedrooxn doors are al-
it tortoise,—reng lipresenting lofe and most a necessity in rooms with only
happeness, desired by both of them. one tvinduw. "It is a 00010115 feet,"
At the marriage feast, each guest s.
ays the authority, "that in the bed -
in turn drinks three cups of the sake, room, where a third of one's life te
and the two -spouted kel Go, also con- spent, there Is usually the least care
Mining sake, is Mit io Ihe mouths of .e.Neretsed concerning the air supply.
tho bride and bridegroem., altertintely \ lemon of 119018(10 1311 elegem% will Sit
by ttim attendants, signifying (lett :they in a bedroom thronghout an evening,
are. to share together Joys nee sorrows.
The bride keeps her veil all her life,
and at her death 11 15 buried tvith her
ne her' shroud.
The, chief ditty of a ,Thpanrse woman
ell her life is obedience—while unmet,
Tied to her parents; when married, to
her husbend and his parents; when.wl-
dewed, to her son.
Iluelcinghattt palace ham 1, semi foun-
tain vvitich on stale occasions is fed
with tau de colegne.
the oxygen being consumed by two or
(tree gas jets, and then calmly lie
down for the night in the saMe room,
with the door closed, and the window,
perhaps, lowered two or three inches
front the top as a pretense at 4(6011.
11111013."
'For wefts of Sedentery hi-1We
eorh bread is said to he 0)tle1 esees
115011 11101 than wheat bkhad,