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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1892-8-12, Page 6eena THE BRUSSELS POST. AttousT 12 1892 GRIOULTURAL, •Iiine to Treat Intake. 1130 treatment of dilate when mated is of great importanee, says the Prairie Farmer, or all preparations will be useless; unless there is a supply of eggs. Food. given must be good and plentiful, but eertaraly not of a lattening nature, or the ove.riee will become WO clogged with fat that ehe birds will he unable to prodece eggs; herne Indian corn aihould uot on any account be used, except in very smell quantities, beconse of its fat. t ening quality. The staple food should be barley inert' mixed with about half its bulk of thirds or pollard, if the barley meal be good and floury, but if it be of commoner -quality then so much of the thirds need not be need. To this may be added a little oat aneal, but very little is necessary, as • it is too expeneive for this emu -pose, and in ,orrier to obtain a supply of early egge it is absolutely necessary to give meat in some form or other. Butahers' offal, liver and serape are ell good if well boiled, chopped tile and mixed with the meal. But wbere these are not available, or 10 too limited quantities, there is nothing better than tel. ow greaves, or neap rake, as it is called in some places, being rich in the elements required. This should be broken up aud boiled or simmered for a couple of houre, until it is quite soft, when it and the liquor in which it luta been boiled should twanixed with the meal. Another excellent plan is to make a contract with hotels for taking all their waste scraps and this can generally be done on seas/eatery terms. Whatever is used in thie evay is better boil- ed and then mixed with the meal ; but it is important to warn against use of diseased meat, which ought never to be employed. .Some duck -raisers give boiled horseflesh to their birds, and if sound nothing can be better ; but to many home obtained in tbis way are diseased that it is necessary to utter a warning against their use. Of course, meatgiven must not be too alma. dant, or the desired end will be missed as the birds will become too fat ; but if fed judiciously, meat will give that liecessary stimulus to the egg -organs that is needed in whiter, and yields elements required tor a constant supply of eggs. Before mixina the meal there should be added a mall quantity of seasoning, and for this purpose the beat article we know is called aromatic compound for poultry, sold in small tins. The meal should be well and thoroughly mixed, adding as meth boiling water as is required to make it into a crumbly masa, or cn no ocmaideration must it be given eloppy.. It is better to fewl from troughs, to this prevents waste of food, and what is haft can be removed when the birds are satisfied. Stook ducks ought to he fed twice a day ; first, as early as possible in the morning ; and second, about an hour before they retire for the evening ; the former should always be as soon after day- light as can be. his en excellent ple.n to throw a handful or two of oats into the water in which the birds swim or bathe 'during the day. With regard to the question of water, we are firmly of the opinion that, in order to succeed in breeding ducks, it is necessary to -have water in which the stoek can swim. Without this the young birds will never be strong or healthy, but it is not difficult to slake a duck pond if thees be an insufficient supply of water naturally. There can also be no question that ducks which have a good pond do not cost nearly so much to keep as do those which have uot this privi- lege. This ma be seen by the time which ducks spend in scouring the bottom of their tank or pond, where they find worms galore, and other important elements in their nee tura' food. When they are seen with their heads in the water and tails uppermost the.y are engaged in this work, Of comae it a well known that many ducklings are bred -whose parents have no water except per - naps a shallow tub; but the best birds are not to be produced in this way, and we strongly reconimeed a pond for the breeding -stock. In addition to what has already been stated with regard to the feeding of ducks, 14 01054 not be forgotten that they require plenty of green food. Of course if they have lull liberty, and the land on which they are running es good, the probabilities are they can obtain for themselves all they require in this respect. If not it must be supplied, and it is always desirable to give duaks their full share of garden stuff available—cab- bages, turnips and tubers, the two latter to be cooked. Too often this question of sup. plying green food is negleoted, and the re- sult is untatisfactory. Pettit Trees in FloWer, ant advised by friends to out down a huge jocund sweet apple tree which Melds among • the shade trees on my lawn, but in my judgment none of the rare and beautiful trees whith are called ornamentals surpass this one when in flower with its exquisite shadea of white and red, says E. P. Towel). in "Forest and Garden." The love of the Japanese for plum and cherry trees amounts to a passion and almost a worship, , and this, not because of their fruit, but of their flowers. During the Beason of apple. blossoms I have driven about the country a great deal and made notes of some remark- able developments of high -colored flowere In certain inclivieual trees. I found one • growing near the roulade with flowers of a fairly dark purplish red, a tint that I have sever seen before. Another tree I have found which bears blossom Moray ap. preaching scarlet in color. My purpme 18 to secure Mons of these trees and have them grafted next spring, foe as flowers they de- serve to rank among our richest. Certainly it is worth v,bile to collectexamples of latch variations rio that we can see apple-blos- zones carried through their widest range of 'color. The peach ie always beautiful in flower, but occasionally some individual tree is al. rnost startling in his attractiveness. The rule seems to be that the finer sorts of peaches have less oonspicuous bloom. The very handsom eat trees in flower are the wild ones along the wayside in Kentucky, lelis. souri, and Arkansas. Some of them ought to be eeleeted and teeeted as purely as flowering trees. Cherries, so far as1 know, do not hone blossoms which sport rate ools ors, but a Morello is sufficiently attrataive in white, Ibis a complete globe of flowers and small enough to occupy a place irt alt 'ordinary shrubbery. Then, too, it has a capacity for blooming when very young, and a tree tnree years old will buret into a anitieture flowergarden three or four feet in diranoter. Pear -teem appeal to us for the beauty Of their foliage MS W011 as their flowers, This is the the one fruit tree With Melt glossy leavee, and eranotieme lb has a noble and unique habit, While in the autumn it gilnie 518 unsimpeatied &Tilers of foliage. The 13u1. Iran ie 000 Of the best trees to plant where fastigiate term is needed, and 14 18 unrivall. od foe the Menem and purple of its Ootober foliage, besides which 14 15 a delightful tree in Were. Scene of my own trees, twarityfeee leigh and ao mom then ein or seven feet lis diraneter) form a, pyreenki or etigae.leef of perfect white in flower. Of course AN B/VGLISH LADY IN CANADA. the flowers of all these trees are evanescent, but so are those of must other Ars. efewarol ittneent GI VCS 81110e of tier flowering trent and shrubs, and certainly in burros tons—" A Laud or Many Forests planting trees for the beauty of their flow- And Many waters.' ere these fruit trees should not be entirely There ia no subject of greater in teseet to neglected. the reading public that all attraUtiVe and Indeed, the whole family of Rosaecie is well written beolt of travels, Careful Ma eminent for the freedom with which they eervation and a Meyer pen, whee combined, yield delicate flowers. Some aorta of etraw- will /end a ellarm to 4110 25004 unpretentious berries ram be mad very effectively me edg- and apparently unattractive country, bet, Inge, and rata the bloom is over the show if the subject be a land of such magnificent of fruit is very pleasant to me. distances, such ohangiug and striking scenery as that of Canecia, or countries of The Best Oohs, such historio interest and peguliar features as are poseeseed by China or Japan, then, inaeed, the reader should find much that will attract and hold attention. , And Mrs, Howard Vincent, in a prettily illustrated book just publislied by Benison, Low, Marston & Co„ of Landoll, England, has presented the public with a volume which will be widely read. Ae the authoress of "4,000 Miles over Land and Water "and the wife of a man tio popular in Canada as Howard Vincent, M. P., 0. la, the aireie of readers here is likely to be ex- ceptionally large. The title of the book, "Newfoundland to Cochin China,"indicates a. visit first of all to the city of St. John's, and, indeed, the first chaptet embodies a somewhat mournful interest at the present moment. There the traveller", rested for a brief period, after their experienee of 'the great blue restless ocean, with les mighty Atlan- tic well lashing itself in spray and foam" against the bleak rockbound coast. Enter. ing the romantic harbor of St. John's, the peacefulues of the scene greetly impresses Mrs. Vincent. From Government House, built upon an elevation, the view of the isl- and is said to be moat striking, with its range of purple mountains in the distance, and patches of dark green forest, alternating with green park -like spare. In St. John's each hotaie has a flagstaff and a floating flag, and of the interior of the island, Mrs. Vita eent can hardly express lieraelf with auffi- cient admiration, " Who, seeing that bare, rooky coast in the morning would have be- lieved that the interior could be so lovely 1" he most charming feature. is the water, which is said to be found in every form and degree of peacefulness and storm, Leaviug St. John's and Newfoundland, "this paradise for fishermen," the travel- lers reach the land -locked harbor of Hali- fax, and thence journey to St. John, through the land of levangeline. Here Mrs. Vincent digresses to tell her readers in a good natur- ed way which the friends of her enthusiatie husband will appreciate, "I may fairly say that for over six iveeks in Canada 1 was the victim of the United Empire Trade League." But there is little of tithe or any other polit- ical subject in her book. St. John, New Brunswick, is described as a handsome and substantial city, rebuilt from its great fire with red sandstone, granite and brick. At the mouth of the St. John river is the &wine the Yotala remarkable roversiblewaterfall. Astheriver The course of the weter supply of a great 1 flows seaward it is forced up over a ridge city is watchert with the utmost diligence • of rock and forms a waterfall into the har- to see that it is kept pure, fur the intrados: - tion of poisonous matter at the fountain head means the carrying of death and de- struction to every household. Childhood is the source whence comes our 208211100(1 51111 womanhood, and if youth is corrupted and poisoned the terrible results are carried into the very bosom of society, We have long had something like an ade- quate idea of the importance of surrounding those of our children who are born into homes of purity and refinement with the best influ- ences that church and school and society and literature afford. But we have not been equally solicitous to reach and roam those children who are born into an atmosphere of vice, impurity and crime, We have known, most of is, in a general way that there aro bad children, and thee places of reform have been provided for the incorrigi- bles ; beyond We we have not greatly in. terested ourselves in the study of the great problem whioh juvenile delinquency presents to the mind that is thoroughly aroused to the raterests of humanity. There is no reason why the task of reaching a right solution and of putting into active operation the best plena of reform should be left to the few who are especially biterested in philanthro- py. There is every reason why all men and women of principle and intelligence should be concerned for blie character of the rising generation. The highest interests of society are involved. Beligion, patriotism, philanthropy and all other good causes pleed for the prevention of juvenile delinquency. A correspondent writes to that paper as follows: I have raised many draft colts on my farm, aud they bring me an aver- age of 8200•et 4 years old. Some I sell to dealers and some to farniers. never hem any trouble in getting rid of all Iraise, and I believe if I could raise twice as teeny I could get rid of them all quite easily. I have some mares 7 years old that will weigh 1,700 pounds that never had a harness on them, and yeG I do not know where I could invest my money more safe- ly. " One of my neighbors is raising coach - horses and his 2 -year-olds look pretty well, but they mem too small to MO tater my big ones. Besides they are always tearing around end every now and again one gets into the wire in their gallop. The draft horses 111 Tily pasture don't seem to care whether school keeps or not, and I generally manage to get them to market without any bad seam on them. I have kept imported stallions for yeara and would not go back on the &eft horse. I do not go to town very fast, but I haul a big load, and when I get to town some one is always wanting to buy my team, and that makes up for the little extra time taken iu going the four miles and a half, and I notice the fellows who pass me with their general-purpose horses on the road are looking amend all the time for a buyer for their teams and never seem to find one. There is more satisfaction in going home with 8400 in your pockets every now and again during tbe year than there is in getting to town on the trot when you have nothing else to do. My colts e.re all halter broke when able to stand up well alone, and I never he ve any trouble when I come to harness them, which I do the fall after they are two years old. My neighbors would buy all the mares I have if I would sell them, but in default of this they use my amnion, and the buyer can find a nice lot of big ones every year, so one or more always come. The draft horse is the horse for the termer ; he needs no trimming, nor grating, nor matching, nor fixing of any kind ; he just mils with a halter on hie head if he is sound and true, and he brings B. good price for a very small outlay. That is why he is the horse fr r the farmer. The Planet lieroury. Though Mercury is one of the smallest of the planets, it is perhaps the most trouble. some to the astronomers. It lies so close to the sun that it is seen but selcloin itt com- parisonwith the othergreat planets. Its orbit is very ementric, Email. experiences disturb- ances by the attraction of other bodies in a way not yet fully understood, A specha difficulty has also been found in the attempt to place Mereury in the weighing scales. We ean iveigh the whole earth, NVG can weigh the sun, the moon, and even Jupiter and other planets, hub Mercury presents difficulties of a peculiar character. Le Verrier, however, succeeded in devis- ing a method of weighing ib. He demon - dented that our earth is attracted by this planet, and he showei how the amount of attraction may be disclosed by observations of the sun, so that, from ma examination of tho observations, lie made an approximate detertnination of the mass of Mercury, Le Verrier's reeult indicated that the weight of the planet was about tho fifteenth port of the weight of the earth. 111 other words, if our earth was placed in a balance, and fifteen globes, each equal to Mercury, were lad in the other, the scalee would hang evenly. Ib wee necessary that this result should be received with great caution. It depended upon a aelicate interpretation of somewhat precarious mensurementet It could only be regarded as of provistoual value, to be discarded when a better one should be obtained. Shocking Beene at an Execution. An extraordinary mane was witnessed at Olt exeoution et the Ciby of Mexico the other day, Luciano hiss, who murdered his paramour and her mother eeveral months ago, was taken to the prison yard to under- go the penalty of his orime. The culprit bad to submib to the Moral praetice, but the moment the prison officioes left his side he tore the bandage from his oyes, and shouted defiantly to the soldiers to fire. Hie in- vitation was promptly responded to, but upon the discharge of &mem none of the shots were attended by fatal results. After the fleet volley the sergeant advanced to give the prisoner the death woutal, • His hand trembled violently, and the bullet grezed the aced of the condemned man, A s000nd and thira allot had to be fired before death took place, Got the Job. Druggist (to applicant)—" V'efki teed a men for the sods founteli e but I see you wear eyellasses, Is your sight defeetive?" 11. Applioant--" A little, tiir) but Iny Itoar- Ing import), I can he 4 Men Wink." or at low tide. el lion the tale turns the salt water is forced backwards up the river and forms a waterfall to the reverse way. Of the subsequent journey to Toronto, Mrs. Vincent says that two features repeat them- selves over and over again to tee eye, the ear and the senses : that Canada is "a land of many forests and a land of many waters." Toronto is described as hayiue grown im- mensely since a previoue visit six years be- fore end as being now approached through some miles of suburbs. It's citizens " may well be proud of it• Ottawa and Montreal are visited and then "an to Vancouver." Fore William has a great future before it," while the golden wheat fields of the North-west seem to have deeply impressed the writer. In- deed, "13y the Golden aye " is the sec- ond title of the book, and it is an eminently fitting one. A visit to Winnipeg brings an explanation of a "boom " from Mrs Vincent, whith is worthy of note buys a piece of land from 13 and pays half the price down as a Bret instabneut. He sells to 0 at an increased price, who, in his turn, does ditto to D. At length 13, the original seller, calls for payment, 0 and 1) are unable to meet the call and are ruined in trying to do so, and the land is thrown back on ,A, who is in the same position, and B has it thrown on bis, hands and is also ruined, having speculated with the money." This is not 5 bad description of the average land "boom," While passing through the prairies, the travellers heard the "hurn of the harvesb" on all sides, and for miles the golden grain was waiting to be gathered. The land, Mrs. Vincent says, has only to be scratched with a plough and the field will often yield a rich harvest of NO acres of wheat. Thence to the Rockies, The first experiences are disappointing, but Banff and its magnificent scenery gives more than satiefaation. 14 15 " a day to be remembered." Cradled in the stillness of the mountains, Airs. Vin' cent speaks of "the pale rose tints, the opalsoent blue, the delicate p0180) grey," which lay lightly upon their rugged sum' mita, and made them seem "so near and tender." The journey through the ranges gave still further cause for admiration. Solid rock, colostral mammy, zeniths orown. ed with pinnaclee and spires, is (me picture •presented to the reader. The Kicking Horse pass is described as the grandest of all the scenery and the Selkirke as being almost as magnificent a range of mountains ea are the Rookies. And then Vaneouver is reached and Aire. Vincent sums up by saying that, given cap- ital and population, " Celia& will beaome the finest country in the world." The Land of the Rising Ban, the cultivated Japanese nation, and unique, swarniing millions of China, are visited. Thence the travellers turn homeward. And Mrs. Howard Viet - cent has given us a charming book, which Canadians will fully appreciate. A Famous "Reeking Stone." The "moving none of South America," one of the most remarkable cd the many ottrious geological formations known to scientists, is located on the Tanclil 'Moun- tains, in the anthem part of the Republic of Banos Ayres. 14 15 known to the inhabs itants fee and maw, both Mvilized an the d sav- age, an e "Rocking monument of God," and many tribes of "Indians really believe that some great deity is beried beneath it, 14 48 an 0550081000 granite boulder sustained on its aide by en almost invisible base, the oscillating movement being mat and west, or to and from the meunteen. The power of a tingle man is suffieient to put it in ac- tion, and motion is frequently imparted to the gigantic masa by a strong gnat of wind, 14 meastree twenty-four hob in height, about ninety in length and eighteen feet in breadth, Its figure is that of an ireemilar cone, then the baeo upon which it rests hay. ing the form of a pyramidal cone also, its diameter being but ten inches at the point where the enormous boulder rests. An oar. ly writer 151 waking of this oddity mem 1 "When the wind blows from the southeast, the moving stone may be seen rising and Greek. Then when the balance .1 power la after the manner of waves on the changed frorn the Beate the West, tho Greek oF ocean," boon changed 40 55554 the needs of be FORM IN TEE °EURO& ttev. George Mattes Favere Sot pritimetz--- COnClU 80110 With 'Which Slimy 'Will Wirer, Golden bowls full of incenee, which aro the prayers of the saints, Rev, v., S. The prayets of the saints are part farm raid port spirit, There is utterance and there is aspiration. The gohlea bowls are full of incense. The difference betweett the prayers of the saints tied tele prayers of indifferent and Ir. religious people is noti' difference in form so much as in spirit. The utterance may be alike in both eases. 'The saintly person and the uuseintly person mity kneel side by side, and reeite the same sent:moos of de. votion, The difference is in the hidilen AS- pirution of the heart. Every worshiper in the congregation has a golden bowl. But the golden bowie of some of the worshipers aro empty; the golden bowls of other worshipers are filled with foolish, unworthy and unseemly things. The golden bowls of the salute are full of Mecum. All publie worship, even the plainest, has in it the elemene of form. The moment a word is spoken there begins a form of pray, or. The only way to have a service without a use of forms would be to hAVO it in un- broken atomic). All Christian people, even the Society of Friends, agree in the use of wine kind of form, What we are all de- sirous ti avoid is not form, but formallem. Formalism is the use of empty form. It ie the utterance of the words of player with - oat the aspiration of prayer. It is the hear- ing of petition with the ear while the thoughts are away outside the rhumb and quite opart from devotion. It is the uplift - mg of bowie empty of incense. Formalism does not depend upon the form which is provided for the use of the wor- shiper. There Is ne possible arrangement of the service that can keep formalism out, It depends upon the individeal Christian. It is true that an elaborate service must al- ways and of necessity be entered into with is curtain amount ot formalism by a stranger. The stranger is obliged to occupy mane of the time of service in finding the places, and in trying to understand what is being done, and in wondering what is going to be clone next. His thoughts are in a measure diverted from his prayers. Whatever he says 00 11088 while he is thus preoccupied is said or done formally. Bet the straeger would be very much mis- taken who, finding this element of formalism in his own unaccustomed use of the service, should think that everybody else in the congregation is equelly a formalist, and that the service itself is but an empty form. This formalism is all his own. The service may be simple or it may be elaborate, it may be extemporaneous, or it may be read out of a book, the petition may be a "long prayer " 00 11 may boa litany,—the formal- ism of it depends largely upon the individ- ual worshiper. W herever any single person is not intene with his whole heart upon every single word, there is formalism. It is true that the greater the length end the more complicated the conduct of the set vice, the wider opportunity is there for farina' worship. And the more words that are set for the worshiper to say, the more danger is there that he will sny some of them with his lips rather than wah his heart. It is equally tree, however, that the man who liad ten talents had more of his master's 00050)1 10 squander, if he chose, than themes who bad but one. But he had also more to use, if he would, for his mas- ter's service. Opportunity and responsibil- ity always go together. Yet we do not de- cline our opportunities. We know that much will be required of those who have mncli ; nevertheless we desire to have all Mutt we can get. How much pain might be avoided by living all alone in a cave and never mitering into any of the relationships or friendships of life 5 Every new affection is a new avenue for grief to get into the soul, But we went our lives to be filled with affection. No doubt, also, but a good deal of the danger of formalism might be avoided by having the simplest servicie possible. In- deed, we might escape formalism altogether by never saying our prayers at all. But the more there is in the service, so much the more is it freighted with possible blessings, so much the more may we get out of it Into our life. We have, no doubt, a great deal of form. aliem in all the churches. We are all formalists at times, to our. great shame. And some of this formalism is very likely due to the beauty and the richness of the service, and to the very high spiritual standard that is set in it, But that is our fault. The beet thing to do is not to bring the standard down to our own lower level of living, but to try to live closer and to think wad pray nearer to that ideal. Form- alism grows out of a lack of zeal and a lack of love. And I ain edraid that we must all of us plead guilty without much distinction of denominetion. Where 15 the Christian whose golden bowl is always full of incense? The golden bowl is the symbol of Ivor - ship. ffle chetah ought to emphasize the fact of worship. There are two reasons for going to church, whioh ought to have their place ill the purpose of every Christian. Wo ought to go partly for the prayi»g, partly for the preaehing. We ought 40 go thinking of God, and of our own mule. It should be our purpose, on the one hand, to make an offering to God, the offering of our adore - tion, of our praise and prayer, of our renew- ed consecration of oureelves to him. It shoeld Mao be our purpose, on the other hand, to bring away a blessii,g from God, a blessing upon our souls. We desire to learn the will ef God, to get the help of God. Both of them remons for eliurelagoing ought to be fully recognized sss the church. The service is nob a preaching service only, tot a praying and praising serviee only; it is both together. The emphasis, indeed, ehould be rather upon the aide of worship than upon the aide of instruction. Our thollght should be directed evee more to - Ward God that toward ourselves. This element of worship in the service of the church la best emphasized by the uso of some form of prayer. There are two erounds upon which this method of ooncluding the service may be commended. One is the argument from antiquity, the other is the argument from, exciellence. The use of a book of prayer ie older than the Christian era : it goes beck into the days of the earlier dispensation. Our Lord and his apostles, who attended the services of the temple and the synagogue, used the prayers which wore there read out of the op. pointed borate. Jesus himself not only gave a form of prayer which his disoiples might make a pert and pattern of their devotions, but Ile chose the phrases of it, for the meat in pott, from the femiliar senteneets of the m Jewish prayer book: When Christian Ile people uzo a form of prayer, they use a way co of worship which Wae used by Obeid him- be golf. of That example was followed, down to the fu doys of the Reformation, by the whole ltz Christian world. Every thumb had a da Bible, The Hebrew eerviee of the symt11) - gogue was Christianised and bisealeted into be the (lay, was tranelated into Latin. Finally, with new °Weave, enrichments, and ItINOnd, merits, the Letin book was translated into English, and in that form is need to•day, either in entirety or in Beleolion by almost all English speaking Christiana The valite of the use of form of prayer has thus the attestation of tee Christina peat. Bot the argemout from autiquity is not the most convinoing ergumout. The moat persuasive kind of reasoning to -day is that which is based on the maid foundation of actual excellence. Wo lewe no great rev- erence in tlieee days for thinga thee are old simply bemuse they ere Wo aro in. olined to believe that the new is the bettor We have improved upon our fathers. In, deed, is it not true that the young 91015 are older than the old man, because they have had the benefit of a whole generation more of human experience We are practical people, little given to sentinient, We do tot care very much where things earn° from, no metier how far beak in the pest, but, whether they can do their work. We are on the watch, not for the oldest but for the beea We are ready to put away any, even the meet venerable, institheion that we have, if we are assured thee we can getsomething more serviceable, mmethinit g really better, in the place of , We indite upon testing all things to -day, not by their age, but by their excellence. Accordingly we lay most emphasis upon the real spiritual advantages which attend the use of a form of prayer. One rattan- tage is the seeneing of reverence. Another is the maintaining of truth. A form of prayer helps to make the church's worship reverent. It is necessary for the securing of reverence that the ser. vice should be taken in large measure out of the ordering of the minister. All min. isters, unhappily, are not men of profound spiritual gifts. If we could have the Ar. (Mengel Gabriel in every parish, there is no doubt but that an extemporaneous service, such as he would arrange Sunday after Sunday, would be the best arrangement possi be. An extemporaneous service con- ducted by a saint is the ideal service of the Christian Church , We must take men, however, not as we vi ash they were, but as they aro. And as they are, with all their imperfections, shallowneesee, prejudices, low ideals, Borne. times in the spirit, and sometimes out of the spirit, we account; it better that the service of our worship ghoul,' be lifted effectually above the littleneeses of men, above the fluctuation of spiritual heat and cold in the human heart, out of dependence upon the weather or the size of the congre- gation or the health of the officiating minis- ter, and made permanently reverent, worthy, uplifting, religious. Let us make sure, at least, of the golden bow/. Nor is it enough to hem golden bowl, eVe want &golden bowl that is large enough. We went a bowl that is round, that bears in its shape the circle of completeness and of comprehension, We desire not ouly re. verence but truth. Not all ministers, unfortunately, are men either of wide experience of tho spiritual needs of human nature, or of deep acquaint - (ince with all the phases of religious truth. The chances are that if the services are left to the individual minister, some spiritual 150'ceseity will go unheeded, some prayer will be without a voice. All men, )ndeeci, even with the best intentioris 55(1with the bag est advantages, are ono -sided; that is, they naturally look at truth more from one poiut of view then from another. It is natural, and probably inevitable., that men should dwell most upon those meths which most appeal to them. With all the helps that can be provided in a form of prayer, there is a, constant temptation to teach religious truth unequally. Without a prayer book the temptation meete with but little hind- rance. Some ministers will teach that God is our Father, and say little about God as our judge ; some will emphasize the first and great commandment so as to °bemire that second commandment which is like un- to it; some will dwell math more upon the doctrine of the incarnation than upon the dootrine of the atonement. Every religious teacher knows how diffl- oult it is rightly to divide the word of truth and to preach the whole gospel of God. But here a prayer book is a constant guide and inspiration, Week by week, as the Chris. tian seasons pass, the church herself in the prayer book, whether the minister wisher) It or not, can set forth the great round of Christian truth. Not one essential or lielp• ul article of faith can be left out Finally, the use of a form of prayer se. cures reverence and maintains truth not only by taking the worship of the ehureh out of the exclusive .ordering of the minis, ter, but by putting a considerable part into the Him of the people. Religion has alwaye stiffered, has alwaes fallen into superstition and falsehood when it has been allowed to become a monopoly of the parsons. The cherch. The people are the church. The worship of the sanctuary oughb to be the people'e worship. In the prayer book it 15church needs the sense of the people. The people, too, have their rights in the GEORWIIIOnsniS. A ORIMIDAL LEOPARD. KSIljngsiis Average of over Seven Persons 05504', A letter in the Calcutte,Englisliman gives a curious remount of what is oddly termed the " criminal career " of it leopaed which in twenty-one months killed 1154 huh= beinge, anion others 41 boys., 22 eirla, and 40 old women, in the Arent jurisdiction. It was at last killed itself, on April 6, in the village of aladaha, four miles from Arbab, and found to measure 6 feet 8 inches and to have an abnormally large head and very powerful shoulders. It several times broke into houses and dragged its victims out of the house to de- vour them. More ordinarily it seized them in the veranda, or ohildrea when playing in the ?peeing spaces. That this was a greet homicidal career is obvious ; but if we are eall ib a " criminal " carder, we shall come before long to call the volcanoes or earthquakes, or iefluenza or cholera, or even open drains, " criminal," because they bring aboa t a great number of violent: deaths. A leopard if incapable of guilt, is surely no more guilty in killieg a man than in killing it deer ; and of ceime it is oven more certainly incapable than of guilt. A crea. tura that lam never even ommeived the elm arm of law can hardly offend against the low. Miners E )31b3a for Throe Days. A Vienna correspondent telegraphs z a coal mine 08I1111114 in Bohenna, five iners were at work when there was an iso. w of water and sand, which stopped all mmunication with the rest of the mine faro the poor fellows could escape. Two them etteceedecl in advaneing a little ether than the ahem, and by incessant making attracted attention, and three ye after the aeeident they wore rescued estate of extreme exhaustion. They had en reduced to drinking the all itt their mps 49 115505011 their thirst. Every hope reaching the other three in time has en abandoned, • PRE010II1 STONES, What Arthur ttleetie, the Revert, lehis to MY Aeon( Them. An interesting question was asked tbe other day by a French lady. She wished to know " which aro the !argue turquoises, tho largest petals and the finest eliain01 pearls. I shotzld like to know their VILISS and cho names of their owners." An expert —to wit., M. Arthur )3locho, tho valuer of the French crown diamonds—was able and willing to supply thie information, and chatted of peerls end jewels, as glibly as the Arabian Nights," steam. The most curious among famous pearls, it appears, is that which, three centuries ago, the French traveler Taverneir sold to the Shah of Persia for 7155,000. It is still in the possession of the sovereign of Persia. Another Eastern potentate owns a pearl of twelve and opo -half aerate, which is quite transparent, It is mid to be had for the sum of 7,10)000. Palletise Youseoupoff has an Oriental pearl which is unique for the beauty of its oolor. In 1620 thie pearl was sold by Georgi. bus of Calais to Philip IV. of Spain at the p5100 01 80,003 ducats. To -day 01 15 valued at 745,000. Pope Leo XIII., again, mite a pearl,left to him by his predecessor on the throne of St. Peter, which Is worth 820,000, and the Main of thirty-two pearls owned by the Empress Frederick is estimated at 735,0)0. Two hundred thousand pounds Is the price of the flee chains of pearls forming the eollier of the Baroness Gustav de Rothe. child, and that of the Baronees Adolph de Rothschild is almost as valuable. Both these ladies are enthusiastic collectors of pearls, and the jewelers have inetruotions to buy for them any pearl ot unusual size or beauty which they may happen to come acme. The sister of Mme. Thiers, Mlle. Dome, is also the owner of a very valuable chain of pearls, which she has collected (luring the Mat thirty years ot her life. Of so-called black pearls, the Empress of Aim- tria possesses the inost valuable collection. A story is told of the actress Mlle. Maria Magnier and her pearls. One day as she was about to appear on the scene,some- body made the remark that her pear19 were really of an enormous size. "It is true," ohs replied. "The lady whom I represent on the stage no doubt wore smaller pearls in real life. But what can I ? I have no small pearls. In France pearls and rubies are, at the present tizne, far more fashionable thau any other precious stone. Diamonds are chiefly worn sewn all over a velvet or silk ribbon, which is tied loosely round the nook. Really beautiful turquoises are very rare. The elaratrajah or Ullep Sing, former King of Lahore, owns one of the most famous, and 0 son of Abdel•leader has in his pos- session the fettish turquois, on which are engraved the legends, dictated by leloharn- reed.—[Pall Mall Gazette. He Kept Hie Word. Ie wag in a Chearaside restaurant. A solemn man entered, followed by his dog, meted himself, and called for the bill of fare. It was given him ?" " What would you like to have sir?" asked the waiter, flipping him with his nap. kin. The dog meanwhile had elimbed upon the their on the other side of the table, and was gravely regarding his master. " Wall," said the solemn man, reflective- ly, "gimme two fried eggs, turned over." " Gimme the same," said the dog. The waiter gazed at the animal with amazement, mingled with horror. The solemn inan continued : "Thais you can ginime a rump steak, very rare, with fried potatoes." Gimme the some, said the dog. The waiter's face a.ssumed the color of cold boiled veal. " Cup of coffee, plenty of milk," went on the solemn man. " Gimme the same," said the dog. The waiter shuddered, and turning, fled for the kitchen. A man at an adjoining table was much interested at the Beene. He had observed it closely, and finally said to the solemn mao "Ib must ho' been a fearful lot of work to learn that dog to talk, mister. " It was," said the solemn man. "That's a story," said the dog.. "What 'ud you take ior biint, noiv," said ehe man. "Wouldn't sell him," said the solemn man. " You'd better nob," said the dog. The man at the other table was much impressed. He began making wild offers, and when he reached 7200 the solemn man relented. " Well," said he, "1 cauR refuse that. I hate to part with him, but you On have him." "He'll be sorry for it," said the dog. The purchaaer drew a cheque for the amount, which he gave to the solemn man who was ebout leering when the dog cried out, " Never mind, Pll get even, I'll stover speak again." He never did. Thegentleman who bought the dog was proprietor of a penny show. The solemn man was a ventriloquial crook, The show- man is now hunting all oval: London, trying to run across that ventriloquist, When We are Dead. 011 I how ranch should we do, how much leave undone, if we only looked at the do- ings and the leavings undone 48 the light of depth I What memory will this leave when I look upon such and such a person dead? What memory than leave when I am look- ed upon as dead myself? .A. little Sunday school boy died, and his mother and sister went into the morn where his body was laid, his face beautiful in death. AR they look- ed et the dead the little girl asked to take her little brobher's bend. At first ths. mother was averse to this, foe the hand of the deed is meet cold; but as the (Mild was importunate in her request, the mother took the hand of the dead and put it Into the hand of the living. The child looked at it Madly, and caressed it• lovingly, and then, looking up at its timelier, said : Itiother,this little head neverstruok me." That little boy had no legaeies to leave behind—nothingin thewayof property —bub belied left what was better, the, 11055087 01 gentleness, and forbearance, and Mechem, and love, We, too) Moll be look. ad upon when we aro dead; and no doubt thoughts of the past, eonuected with what we said, and did, and were, will rise up in the miade of them who look upon tle. 1615 O sweet thought for those who look upon sns to say :1," ThOse oyes, notv desert, looked tenderly 010 000 ; those hands, now ealliwere gentle in their' toed to ms; those lips, enVe mute for earthly,over, vain Words of rave to me." Memory will be buoy as go Tit. look upon their dead, And when outs look upon us, may we in all things leave them roll a legacy of thought as was left by at ittle band. to, Talinage, the Brooklyn divine met the Cror at Peterhof on leriday.