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pbeming the Redeemer. Oh, shame in-
REV. DR TALffiAGE SPEAKS OF
deacribable 1 Oh, ignominy unsupport-
CHRIST'S CRUCIFIXION.
able I Hissed at by a thief I In that ridi-
• e"""
cule I find the fact that there Is a
A Wild Ilol! In Jernsalem-.A Tlme for a
hostility betweon sins and holiness.
There cannot be, there never has been,
Christian to Fight The People ItaMed
for Christ's Coat -Theta strike Jesmis amid
any sympathy between honesty and
Ileup lndlgnftlts lipun tllm-ChrlsCs
theft, between purity and lascivious -
Hess, between zeal and indolence, be-
Mother at lite etoss-The Peutteta
Loser faith and uribel)af, between
Malengetor-Dr. Talmage Draws a Flue
light and darkness, b hea000d
Picture of the Seene.
seeren
and hell. And when I arae a t,
A des toh from Washin ton sa s:--
pa g Y
man going out to discharge hie duty,
Dr. Talmage preached from the fol-
and he is enthusiastic for Christ, and
lowing text: "And the people stood
I see persecution after him, and scorn
after him, and contempt atter him, I
g•,.-
beholdin Luke xxiii, Sb.
say: "Hark I another hiss of the dying
There is nothing more wild and un-
thief I" And when I see Holiness go -
governable than a mob. Those of you
ling forth in her, white robes, and
who have read history may remain-
Charity, with great heart and open
hand, to take care of the sick, and bell)
bar the excitement in Poria during the
the needy, and restore the lost, and
time of Louis XVI., and bow the mob
I'find her lashed with hyper -criticism,
rushed up and down frantically. To
and jostled of the world, and pursued
this da.y you may see the marks of the
frokn point to point, and caricatured
wit low witticisms, 1 say : 'lobe l an
bullets that struck the palace as the
other hiss of the dying thief It is a
Srwiss guards stood defending it. Thera
sad thing to know that this malefactor
is a wild mob going through the streets
died just as he had lived. People near -
of Jerusalen. As it passes along it
ly always do. Have you never remark -
instance
is augmented by the multitudes that
ed that E There is but one
mentioned in all the Bible of a man
come out from the lanes and the alleys
repenting in the last hour. All the
to join the shout, and the laughter,
other men who lived lives of iniquity,
as far as vv -e can understand from the
and the lamentations of the rioters,
Bible, died deaths of iniquity. If you
who become mora and more ungovern-
live a drunkard's life, you will die a
able as they get towards the gates of
drunkard; the defrauder dies a defrau-
the city. Fishermen, hirelings of the
der; the idler dies an idler; the blas -
high priests, merchant princes, beg-
phemer dies a blasphemer; the slan-
darer dies a slanderer; the debauchee
gara mingle in that crowd. The are
y
dies a dehauchee. As you live you
passing out now through the gates of
will die in all probability. Do not,
the city. They come to a hill white
therefore, make your soul believe that
you can go on in a course of sin, and
with the bleached skulls of victimar--a
then in the last moment repent.. There
bill that was itself the shape of a skull,
is such' a thing as death -bed repent -
covered with skulls, and called Gol-
Lance, but I never saw one -I never
gotha, which means the place of a
saw one. God in all this Bible pre -
sents us only one case of that kind,
skull. Three men are to be put to
and it is not safe. to risk )t, Jest our
death -two for theft, one for treason,
case should happen not to ba the one
having claimed to be king of the Jews.
amid ten thousand.
Each one carries his own cross, but
"Repent l the voice celestial cries,
one is so exhausted from previous
No longer dare delay;
bardships that He faints under the
The wretch that scorns the Mandate
burden, and they compel Simon of
diems
And meets the fiery day•"
Cyrano, who is supposed to be in sym-
But there were race of light that
pathy with the condemned man, to
streamed into the crucifixion. As
take hold of one end of the oross and
Christ was on the cross and looked
help Him to carry it. They reach the
down on the crowd of people, Hie saw
hill. The three men are lifted in hor-
some very warm friends there. And
rid crucifixion. When the mob are
that brings me to the remarking up -
ori th'e friendly group that tivere ar-
howling, and m°eking, and hurling
ound the cross. And the first in all
scorn a.t the chief object of their hate;
that crowd w•as Ilia mother. You
the darkness hovers, and scowls, and
need not point her out. to me. I can
the anguish, the
swoops upon the scene, and the rocks
see by the sorrow,
woe, by the upthrown hands 1 That all
rend with terrific, clang, and chok-
means mother 1 "Ob," you say : "why
ing wind, and moaning cavern, and
didn't she go down to the foot oP the
drooping sky, and shuddering earth-
hill and Bit with her back to the scene?
It was too horrible for her to look up-
quake declare, in whisper, in groan,
on." Do you not know when a child
in .shriek: "This is the Son of God."�
is in anguish or trouble, it always
I propose to speak of the two groups
makes a heroine of a Mother ? Take
of spectators around the cross -the
her away, you say, from the cross.
You cannot drag her away. She will
[rlendly and the unfriendly. In the
keep on looking; as long as her son
unfriendly group were the Roman sol-
breathes she will stand there looking.
diers. Now it is a�good thing to
Oh what a scene it was for atender-
serve one's country. There is not an
hearted mother to look upon. How
gladly she would have sprung to His
Englishman's heart but thrills at the
relief. It was her son. iter son . How
name of Havelock, brave for Christ and
gladly she would have clambered up
brave for the British Government.
on the cross and hung there herself
When there was a difficult point to
if her son could have been relieved.
How strengthening she would have
take, the officers would sa "Bring
Y
been to Christ if she #might have come
out the saints of old Havelock." I
close by Him and soothed Him. Oh,
think, if Paul had gone into military
there was a good deal in what the lit -
service, he would have eclipsed the
tle sick child said, upon whom a surgi-
cal operation of a painful nature must
heroism of the Caesars, and the Alex-
be performed. The doctor said : ' chat
anders, and the Napoleons of the world
child won't live through this operation
by his bravery ana enthusiasm. There
unless you enceegrage him. You go in
and get his consent. The father told
is a time to be at peace, and there is a
him ail the doctor said, and added :
time when a Christian has to Ei ht.
g
Now, John, will you go through wit h
I do not know of a Graver or braver
it? Will you consent to it?" Tie look -
thing than for a young man, when it
ed. very pale, and hie thought a min-
Aute, Yes, father, it
is demanded of him, to turn his back
and acid:
you vv bolas my hand I wi ll!"
upon home, and quiet, and luxury, and,
So the father held hie hand and ]ad' hie
at
fn the service of his country, go forth
straight htrough the peril. Oh wom-
to camp, and field, and carnage, and
an, in your hour of anguish, who do
want with you? Mother, Young
martyrdom. It was no mean thing to
be a soldier; it was no idle
you
man, in your hour of trouble, who do
,Roman;
tett• -• '-,� ,blest army has In
it
You. want to console you ? Mother. I1
the mother of Jesus could have only
sneaks, and ase were the men who
were detailed from that army to attend
taken those bleeding feet into her lap'
to the execution of Christ. Their
If she might have taken the dying head
dastardly behavior puts out the
on her bosom I If she might have said
gleam of their spears, and covers their
to Him, " It will soon be over, Jesus -
it soon be over, and we will meet
banner with obloquy. They were
cowards• They were ruffians. They
will
again and it will be all. well." But, no.
were gamblers. No noble soldier
would have struck her back with their
would treat a fallen foe as they treated
she Glared not come up so close. They
the captured Christ. Generally
hammers. They would have kicked her
down the hill. There can be no allev-
there is respect' paid to the garments
of the departed. It may be only a bat,
iation at all. Jesus must Buffer and
or a coat, or a shoe, but it goes down
Mary must look. I Buppose she thought
(be birth -hour in Bethlehem, I sup -
in the family wardrobe from genera-
tion to generation. Now that Christ
of
pose she t.bougbt of that. time with
I-$ to be disrobed, who shall have His
her boy in her hosoni she hastened on
coat? Joseph of Arimathea would
tri the darkness in the flight toward,
have liked to have had it. Mary, the
Egypt. I suppose sbe, thought of Hie
boyhood when He was the joy of hey
another of Jesus, would have liked to
heart. I suppose she tboug)it of the
have had it. How fondly she would
have hovered over i,t, and when she
thousand kindnesses He hart done her
must leave It, with what tenderness
p°'t forsaking her or forgetting bey
she would have bequeathed it to her
even in His last moments; but turn -
"There )e
best friend. It was the only covering
of Christ in darkness and storm. That
Ing to John and saying:
mother; take her with you, She is ol('
was the very coat that the woman
now. She cannot help herself. Do fol
touched when from it there went out
her jupt as I would have done for hey
virtue for her beating. That. was the
if i had lived. Ile very tender and gen-
tle with her, Behold thy moi her l" Sb(
only wedding garmrnt he had in the
marriage of Cana, and the storms that
thought it al I river ; and there is n(
swept Galilee had drenched it again
memory, like a mother's memory, an(
and again. And what did they do
there is no woe like a motherls woe
`with it? They raffled for it.
There was another frienc in that
In this unfriendly group around the
group, and (hat was Simon the Cyren•
cross also were the rulers, and the
inn, He was a stranger in the land
scribes, and the chief priests,, Lawyers,__but
hats been long enough to show )ria
amid judgea, and mi.nistere of religion
favoritism for Christ. 1 suppose hew"e
in this day are expected to have some
one of those men who never can Be(
respect for their office. No minister
anybody imposer] upon but. be wants
of religion would scoff at or mock a
to bell) him. "-Well, Simon," iho3
condemned criminal. And yet the
cried out, "you are such a friend tc
great men of that land seemed to be
Jesus, help Him t.o carry the cross
equal to any ruffianism. They were
You see Him fainting under it.." S(
c,1
vieing with each other as to how much
scorn and Billingsgate they could cast
he did. A scene for all the ages
time and all the cycles of eternity
tii.to the teeth of the dying Christ.
a cross with Jesus at. the one end of
Why, the worst felon, when his onemy
it and Simon at, the other, suggestin8
has fallen, refuses to strike him. But
the idea to you, oh i rouble sould that
t.hege men were not ashamed.to strike
no ane• need ever carry a whole, Cross
Jesus when He was down. So it has
You have only half a cross to carry
been in all ages of the world that there
IP you are in poverty, Jesus was Poor,
have been men in high positions who
and, He comes and takes the other• end
despiaed Christ and, Hia Gospel. What
of the cross, If you acro in Psi"Ou-
Popes have issuetdl their anathemas I
tion, Jesus was persecuted, and He
What ,judgment -seats have kindled
comea a.nd takes the other end of th(
their fires 1 What inquisitions have
cross. If you are in any kind of ,trou-
sharpened their sword I "Not this
ble, you have n sympathising Redeem-
ma.n, buts Barabhas; now Barabbas was
er. Oh bow• the truth flashod iupor.
a robber." Against the Christian re-
my soul this morning. Jesus ak, on(
ligion have been brought the bistori-
end of the cross and t.ho soul ati the
ccy.l genius of Bibbon, and the polish of
other end of the cross; and when I
Shaftesbury, and the kingly authority
see Christ and Simon going up the hill
of Frederick of Prukpia, and the bril-
together, I say we ought to help each
limey of John, Earl of Rochester, and
other to carry our burdens. " Bear yc
the stupendous intellect of Voltaire,
one another's burdens, and so fulfil the
Innumerable pens have stabbed it, and
law of Christ." If you find a man in
innumerable !rooks have cursed it, and
persecution, or sickness, or in business
that mob that hounded Christ. from
trouble, go right. to him and say: "My
Jerusalem to "the place of a skull"
brother, I have come to help you. You
bas never been disperse(!, but Is aug-
take hold of one end of this cross and I
menting yet, as many of the learned
will take hold of the other ems of the
men of the world, and great men of the
cross, and Jesus Christ. wit Come In
world, come out from their studies,
and take hold of the middle of the
and their laboratories, and their pal-
cmas; and after awhile there will be
area, and cry: "Away with this man t
no cross at all." '- . '
,away with Him l" The most bitter
hostility which many of the learned
"Shall Jesus bear the erose alond,
men of this day exercise in any direc-
Aad all the world go free?
No, there's cross for every ani,
tion they exercise against Jesus Christ,
the Aon of God, the Saviour of the
a
And there's a erose for sae:'
world, without whom we will die for
But there wag another %arked per-
iivver, , ., , _m ,, ., .• , . -., . , :
in this
sonage in (bat, friandlq group Thal
He was
group of enenmtes surrounding
was The penitent malefactor.
the ernsv, in this unfriendly group, 1
a thief, or had been; no disguising
also find the roiling thief. It. seer,=•
that tact. All, his crimes Came upon
that he. twisted himself on thw spiken:
him with relentless conviction. What
111e forgot. his ow•n pain In his com
wits he to do? "Oh," he says, "what
plete nntipalby t.o Jesus. I do not.
shall I do with my sins upon meV and
know wh:lt kind!1 of a thief he was. I
he looks around and sees Jesus, and
do not, know wps0 r he bad been a
sees compassion in His face, and he
•
says: "Lord remember me when Thou
co,meat into Thy kingdom." What did
Jesus do I Did He turn and say : "You
thiel t I have seen all your ortmes,
and you have jeered and scoffed at
me, noir die for ever ?" avid he say
that I Oh, no ; Jesus could not say that.
He says : " This day thou shalt be with
me Ln Paradise." I sing the song of
mercy for the chief of sinners. Mur-
derers have come and plunged their
red hands in this fountain, and they
have, been made as white as snow. The
prodigal that was off for twenty years
has come back and sat at his fath-
-a table. The ship that has been
tossed in a thousand storms floats in-
to this harbour. The parched and sun -
struck soul comes under the shadow
air this rock. Teats of thousands
who were as bad as you and 1 have
been, have put down their burdens and
their sins at the feet of this blessed
Jesus.
"The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain In his day ;
And there may I, as vile as he,
Wash all my sins away."
But there was another friendly
group. I do not know their names we
are not told but we are simply told
there were many around the cross who
sympathised with the dying sufferer.
Oh lh� wail of woe that went
through that crowd when they saw
Jesus die. You know the Bible saysif
all the things Jesus did were recorded
the world would not contain the books
that would be written. It implies
that what we have in the Bible are
merely specimens of the Saviou's
mercy. We are told that one blind
man got his eyesight. I suppose He
cured twenty that we are not told of.
When He cured the one leper whose
story is recorded, He might have cured
twenty lepers. Where He did one act
sof kindness mentioned, He must have
done a thousand we do not know
about. I see those who received kind-
nesses from Him standing beneath the
cross, and one says: "Why, that is
the Jesus that bound up my broken
heart." And • another standing be-
neath the cross says: "That is the
Jesus that restored my daughter to
life." Another looks up and says:
"Why that is Jesus who gave me my
eyesight." And another looks up and
says: "That is Jesus who lifted me up
when I was sick; oh, I can't bear to
see Him die." Every pelt of the ham-
mer drove a spike through their
hearts. Every groan of Christ opens a
new fountain of sorrow. They had
better get on with that crucifixion
quickly or it will never take place.
These disciples will seize Christ and
snatch Him from the grasp of those
bad men, and take those ringleaders
of the persecution and put them up in
the very place. Be quick with those
nails. Be quick with that gall. Be
quick with those spikes, for I see in
le sorrow and the wrath of those dis-
ciples a storm brewing that will
burst on the heads of those perse-
cutors. .
To -day we come and we join the
friendly crowd. Who wants to be on
the wrong, side? I cannot bear to be
in the unfriendly group. There is not
a man or a woman in this house who
wants to be in the unfriendly group.
I want to join Ghe other group. We
come while thy are bewailing, and join
their lamentations. We see that brow
bruised; we hear that dying groan;
and, while the priests scoff, and the
devils rave, and the lightnings of
God's wrath are twisted into a
wreath for that bloody mount, you and
I will join the cry, the supplication,
of the penitent malefactor: "Lord, re-
member me when Thou earnest into
Thy kingdom." Oh, the pain, the igno-
miny, the agony;.and yet the joy, the
thrilling, bounding, glorious hope 1 Son
of Mary I Son of God 1 .•.1
There was a very toucbyng scene
among an Indian tribe in the last cen-
tury. It seemed that one of the
chie.ftain3 had slain a man belonging
to an opposite tribe, and that tribe
came up and said: "We will extermin-
ate you unless you surrender the man
who committed that crime." The
chieftain who did the crime stepped
nub from the ranks, and said: "I am
not afraid to die, but I have a wife
an•i four children and I have a father
aged, and a mother aged, whom I sup-
port by hunting, and I sorrow to
Ieave them helpless." Just as he said
that, his old father from behind step-
ped out and' said: "ITB shall not -die. I
tak- his place. I am old find well
stricken in years. I can do no good.
I might as swell die. My days are al-
most over. Tie cannot be spared. Take
me.." And they accepted the Facrifice.
Wonderful sacrifice, you say; but not
so wonderful as that found in the
Gwpel! for we deserved to die, aye, we
were sentenced, when Christ, not worn
out with years, but in the flush of His
youth, said: "Save that man from go-
ing down to the pit; I am 1 be ranFom!
Puthis 1nrrdenson Slyshoulders. Let
stripes fall on My back. Take My
heart: for his heart. Let. Me die, that
he may live." Shall it. lm told to -day
in heaven that, notwithstanding oil
those wounds, find all that. blood, and
al, those tears, and oll that agony, you
would not: accept him?
" Well migrht thi sun in darkness hide
And shut. hi.s glories in,
When Christ, the mighty maker, died
For man, the creature's, sin.
Thus might I Lisle my bushing face
While !lis dear cross appears,
Dissolve my heart in thankfulness
And melt my eyes in tears.
Rut; drops of grief can ne'er repay
The debt of love I owe ;
Here, Lord, f give myself away,
" Tis all that I can do."
Oh, Lord Jesus w•e accept Thee. We
all accept Thee now. There is no hand
in all this great audience lifted to
smite 'Thee on the neck now. No one
will spear Thee. now. No one will
strike 'Thee novo. Come in, Lord Jesua I
Come quickly. ,
A SOCIABLE SEAL.
Strung;# Amory of the Remarkable Condolet
orn lien Animal.
A gentleman residing in Brought.y
Ferry, lvbo owns a yncht, took a run
down the river the other day, accom-
panied by some friends, for the pur-
pose of having a seal hunt, says the
l,.di,buvgh Pi.spit,i%h. (hs the banks at
the mouth of the estuary they saw
large numbers of seals, old and young.
Believing that. these creatures are
attracted by whistling they tried the
experiment, and were surprised to ob-
serve a young seal following in the
wake of the yacht. Continuing to
wbistle the creature followed up the
river, disappearing for a time, and
then reappearing with its betas above
the surface of the water. It was not
far off when the yacht reached its an-
chorage in West Ferry Bay, and after
the yachtsmen went ashore they were
more than astonished to see the young
m*l flopping up the beach behind
then. So tame iyas the creature that
they haft ito di.ffficul � iA capturing it.
It was carried to their homd. Xt was
well fed and cared for. Not slaving
a proper place for keeping such a pet
it wps resolved to restore it to its na-
tural element, and the yachtsmen pro-
ceeded down the Driver to the neigh-
borhood of Droughty Coatle, where it
was pl$ced in the water. So attached,
however, ha(1 the seal become to its
captors that it refused to leave and
again followed them home to West
Ferry. .
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
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Thou have
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ew five
gan. shuuldost smillen
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or six tilues; then hadst thou
INTERNATIONAL LESSON, SEPT. 4. smitten
Syria till thou hadst Conyurll-
ed
it. "The kingdom of heaven auf-
`'-'�� fereth
violence, and the violent take it
�•
The Death or Ettrha.' :l !lung# t3. t4.8b.
by force;" it is the zealous and ener-
Golden Text, Psnlm lie. mfg.
getic who conquer. Faith and zeal
PRACTICAL NOTES.
are at the bottom of every victory
(Verse 14. Elisha was Fallen sick oY
'He was wanting in the proper zeal
for obtaining the full promises of
his sickness whereof he died. He was
God," -Keil. Now thou shalt siuito
now fully eighty years of age. Dur-
Syria but thrice, 'she last
ing his long life he had faithfully Berv-
verse of this lesson declares
ed both hie God and hie kin After
g
that this prophecy was exactly
accomplished. If Joash had had more
the vision at Dothan, which we studied
weverent confidence in the work of
in our last lesson, the city of Samaria
Elisha, the conquests of the second
was besieged by the Syrians. Their
Jeroboam might have been anticipated
armies surrounded it closes a.nd the
Y.
by him.
2(1. Elisha sleds and they buried him.
agony and distress of the garrison and
Very different from the fate of the
the inhabitants have seldom been Bur-
man who was taken in a chariot of
passed. Even children were eaten,
`ably
fire to heaven. Where Elisha was
buried is not known, prob-
and the most re ulsive articles of
e
!
Mari .
near to Samaria. Josephus men-
Food were sold for• fabulous prices. In
twos the magnificence oP his funeral.
his desperation the king sent to be-
The bands of the Moabites invaded the
head Elisba, int Elisha announced that
land at the coming in of the year. An
evidence of the weakneas of Israel, es -
within twenty-four hours the famine
pecially as the point where they prob-
would be replaced by superabundance;
ably discovered was far from the na-
and it was so. The whole story is full
tional border.
21. As they were burying a man. That
of suggea>ilon. And now after more
is, ae some unnamed laraelites osis
years of unrecorded goodness Elisha is
burying a friend. Behold, they spied
dying. Joash the king of Israel came
a band. The Hebrew has it "the
down unto him. , Things bad strange-
b nd." An evidence that such bands
ly changed in Israel since Elisha be-
into the ssepulaar of Elisha. They had
gan his ministrations. The godly
no place else to put him. There was
work of his predecessor, Elijah, had had
no time for ceremony. They did not
deep effect on the national character
know whose Elisha's tomb was, but took
the nearest. Anil when the man was
and sentiment, and when Elisha as a •
let down. This is not in the Bible
young man picked up the older
text. rElisha's tomb was not a pit dug
prophet's mantle and started on hie
)n the ground like a modern grave.
career as the prophet of Israel it
Touched the bones of Elisha. 'The one
corpse, wound in its grave clothes, but
was alts another larue] from that
q
uncoffined, was strongly pushed over
which he was now about to leave. Then
to the other one, which was equally
the influence of Ahab's family a>}d
bound. c
the foul worship of Baal were felt
23. Th'e Lord was gracious unto them.
everywhere; now Ahab's dynasty was
And therefore they were preserved.
His covenant to Abraham was repeat-
no more, and Baa) for awhile was far-
ed to Isaac and Jacob, a promise that
gotten in Israel. It is true there was
the children of Abraham should be
much of- sin and open idolatry. It is
preserved with gracious mercy. Neith-
also true, however, that the most of
er cast he them from his presence as
the people accepted the true doctrine
yet. The time came when they ,Acre
of Jehovah, For forty-five years. and
cast away, rejected, but for that they
more Elisha has not been mentioned
and not God were responsible. The sad
in the Bible record. Joash was a die-
event came more than a century from
acendant of Jehu, who bad usurped
this time. ,
the throne and put to death all the 1•e-
24. So Hazael king of Syria died. This
presentatives of Abab's family that be
was the cruel king who so severely had
could find. Vigorous as Jehu was, he
punished the Israelites. Ben-hadad his
had not been able to maintain himself
son reigned in his stead. Hazaiel,
successfully against the Syrians and
usurper, gave to his eldest boy the
Assyrians, but the kingdom had grown
name of the monarch be had dethron
up to comparative strength again, and
ad and murdered.
the influence of Elisha had comme t.o
25. Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz too
be regarded by both king and sub-
again out of the band of Ben-hadad
jects as one of. the powerful forces
the Bon of Hazael the cities. These ha
working toward national prosperity,
been captured from Israel by th
Wept over his face. The king's sorrow
greater Ben-hadad. Three times di
for Elisha's death was sincere, and it
Joaah beat him. Thrice defeated, Haz
should have been, for he owed his roy-
ael was forced to abandon his conquest
al inheritance to Eliaba's influence and
in western Samaria. He retained, how
acts. 0 my father, my father I In all
ever, the trans-Jordanic terittory
religions ministers have. been adressed
which was not recovered by the Israel
as ' father." That is the ordinary title
iter till tire reign of Jeroboam Il.
of a Roman Catholic priest, 'Frequently
used by all sorts of Protestants. Padre
and papa are the names that other na-
tions give to the ministers of the Gos-
THE KAISER IN NORTHERN SEAS'
pel, and the title Pope has the same
—
origin. The chariot of Israel, and the
Ile Has Despatched the Olga, Manned b
horsemen thereof. A phrase equiva-
Setentme Teutons, to d'ongnar Arra
lent to the standing army of the na-
Flany Tribes.
tion. It was acompliment of the high -
eat sort, phrased in exactly the words
Eager to increase his domain, an
that Elisha himself had used when his
finding no more colonial territory t
"father," Elijah, bad been taken from
conquer, Kaiser Wilhelm is going t
him to heaven. It wns more or less
proverbial, and in any case carried the
extend his imperial sway over the p
idea that no fortifications that Israel
lar seas.
could construct, were equal in their
By order of His Imperial Majesty
defensive power to one good man whose
the German Government has just de
eyes were opened by the spirit of God.
That a king should visit a prophet was
snatched the corvette Olga, arms
astounding, and in the East prophets
with quick -firing guns and manned b•
were kept by kings as servants. The
some three hundred scientific Teutons
r•everanee, of Joash for Elisha gives us
to the arctic regions to explore th
a favorable view of some phases of
the king's character.
fishing beds in northern waters an
15. Take boar• and arrows. 'The East
seize the choicest haunts of the fine
was the land of symbols, and when the
tribes in the name of the Fatherland
prophet gave this command the king
For a long time the marine brant
and the bystanders would know that
a symbolic act was about to be per-
,of the German government has bee
formed. He took unto him bow and,
turning its attention to the subjec
arrows.. Very^ likely tiie king, whose
of deep-sea fishing. A fishing fleet o
faith was not of the strongest, was
five thousand sailboats and six bun
bored by the prophet's command:
16. Put thine hand upon the bow.
dyed steamBhips, is at present draw
"Hold it in position for shooting an
ing its net through the North Sea
arrow." He put his hand upon it.
day in, day out, during nine month
That is, he set the arrow, pu)le'cl' the
of the year. The Germans realize tha
string, and took aim. .Ellsha put his
hands upon the king's hands. Elisha
their waters have attained the great
was the"man of God," and whatever he
eat point of production, and that a
did was looked upon as being done by
the rate at which they are being work
God. The bow and arrows represented
ed, the fishing beds will eventually b
the king's endeavors to conquer his
exhausted.
enemies, and Elisha's hands put on
them indicated that God was about to
For this reason German shipowner
give poker to the king's efforts.
have been sending their fishing steam
"Christ himself deigns to put his hand
ships, for the last few years, on trip
upon our hand in order that we may
a$ far north as Iceland. Tneir tate
draw the bow arigbt.. It is his arrows
that must lye shot, and it is we who
has been so productive as to mor
must shoot them, but if we dv our part
than repny the expense of the trip
with faith earnestness, strength, rind
It is the object of the Olga expediti
perseverance, we will have a blessing
to make observations on deep-sea fish
from him.'" -Wordsworth.
17. Open the window eastward. !Vin-
ing. in the waters of the far North
doors in that, day were not made cf
The corvette carries a fishing commi
glass, but of lattice work, which could
cion, among tae members of which ar
be opened and closed at, pleasure, Of
course hlisba's command was not ad-
many scientists from the Biological in
dressed to the King, but to aservant.
stitute of Helgoland, who will stud
"Eastward" was Jn the direction of the
the habits of the Northern fish. Pro
territory which Iilizael, king of Syria.
fessional memlers of, the commission
half wrested from Israel. Eli-
sha was by Prophecy about to
among whom is the Fishing Marler o
encourage Joasb t.o take. back the stol-
Helgoland, have been instructed to ob
en countries, and therefore he chose
tain the location of the beat fishing
for the symbolic act the window that
beds.
looked toward them. And he, opened it.
Aboard the Olga is a crew of 26(
"One opened it." Elisha, said., Shoot,
fishermen, commanded by Lieulenani
And he shot. Intent was the king on
of Fishery Jaeger. Thus it is expect.
doing what The prophet told him, that
ed that, valuable information will bt
he might have the assurance. that
gathered by the scientists and profeB
would come from the parable'he was
sional men who compose the expedition
helping to enact.. And he said. That
At the Imperial wharf in Wilhelms
is, Elisha said. The arrow of the Lord's
baven the Olga wits most carefuJl3
deliverance:, and the arrow• of deliver-
fitted out for her trip. hor the. scion.
nnce, from Syria. SulrsCilute the nartlg
tilts there was constructed betw•eer
Jehovah for 'the Lord. The meaning
decks a large, well ventilated labors
is, this arrow represents Jehoval's lie-
tory, fitted with necessary apparatus
liverance of Israel from its t.rouhle.
and scientific .instruments, and con
a delivea•ance from Syrian tyranny.
tainin an excellent. technical library
i?OT thou shalt smite the Syrians in
For the practical needs of the expe•
Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
dition there are dragging nets nn(
So i-61 is not merely deliverance after
fishing implements of all kinds. The
all, but victory. • The army defeated
Olga carries storm sails, and has beet
shnll be annibiluted. In• Aphek. A
provisioned for five months. She is
town, trree miles east of the Sea of.
bund for Tromsoe, Norway, find thence
Galilee, where (nice before the Isral-
will steam for the Island of Rpitzber
ices }tad roamed the Syrians. There is
gen in the Polar Sens. The corvette
no record of t his second battle of Ap-
i!t an iran ship of 2,169 tons dispince..
hek, but w•e must assume that whet
ment., 2,100 horse -power and has a spee.(
wits brophesied came to pass in his-
of twelve knots. Heretofore, she hnf
tory. ,The modern' vilingo Pik is on the
been engaged in the supervision nn(
site of the ancient Aphek.
protection of the North Sea fishing in
18. H•e said, Tnko the arrows, And be
dustry. Tier armament haB been re
took them. Elisha commanded the king
moved, with the exception of her gaicl
to take the quiver into his hands, and
firing guns.
the king (did soy, and doubtless hold
the arrows in a bureb. Smite upon the
YOUNG MICE AS A DAINTY.
ground. It is not certain what ibis
means, but the best authorities ex-
A French writer states, says tb(
plain it as a commaind to strike
Hong Kong Presa, that a dainty high•
with the arrows against the
floor. He smote thrice, and
ly esteemed by Celestial goarmandi
stayed. The king struck the arrows on
consists of young mice,, which are serv.
the floor three times, and then the ap-
ed alive to the guests, who dip there
parent folly of the whole transaction
In d pot of honey and slowly awallow
coming upon him, he stopped, nor
could be be induced to carry the smym-
their► one by one. At the marriag(
holism further. He did not enter into
feast of the present Emparor of Chine
its spirit at all. He was ready to
more than fifty thousand of these lit•
tlggbt put this shooting looked like
tie creatures were served. Is this e
'the
ohildla 1 ' '' ' ' - '
romance or has statement ani
play.
10. The man of God Ivan uva•oth with
foundation in faot ? We have novel
him. Indignant at his lack of faith
heard of young mice as a dainty be.
and real, Furthermore he was con-
forts. ! I
Boious that there was more of real.
symbolism here than Joasb understood.
William Neff of 0olorado, unearthee
The same feebleness of obarnoter which
mix baby, ooyotes on his ranch, and
ler! the king to strike three tunes Ian
trained them so that thoy follow hire
place of twenty would have the name
like dogs.
"QUEEN'S HARD BARGAIN."
t Troublerulue Character fin Both Anny
anti Navy.
In mservfoo pbraseology, the man who
is always giving trouble is known as
"A Queen's Hord Bargain," Bays th-e
London 'Mail. .
Such men abound in both branches
of her Majesty's service ; but it is in
the army that they are the .greater
nuisance. Every year numbers of men
either desert or are dismissed as un-
deairable characters from various regi-
ments. Only the other week two line
battalions (stationed at South Africa
sent home i,n one batch no fewer than
forty men who had been turned out
in this i time
manner, though by th a
most of them ar•e probably again wear-
tngher Majesty's uniform; forusually
the Q.H.S. no sooner gets turned out
of one regiment than be enlists in an-
other, or else enters the navy. There
are (many men atilt serving who have
been in ten or adozen different regi-
ments at one time or another. Of
Course, it is against the regulations for
men ;
ON�CE DIIS1MiSSED THE SERVICE
to 'rejoin ; but they do it, well knowing
tbat discovery only means a short im-
prison;ment.
kome years ago the Q. H• B. used
mainly to devote his attention to the
Militia, frequently making quite a
tour of the various battalions as a re-
oruit, in order to get the bounty from
each. But when the authorities took
steps #o prevent this systematic fraud,
the Q.H.B. went over to the regular
forces. The Royal Artillery is now a
favorite corps with him, doubtless for
the reason that being cut up into divis-
ions and sent to so many different sta-
tions, the chances of detection are less.
But almost every regiment has its
share of these men. The drill instruc-
tors pick them out easily enough on
the barrack square, for their manner
invariably betrays them. Sometimes
they are discovered through their
studied ignorance ; sometimes they be-
e tray themselves in a moment of for-
g•etfulness; but if they do not give
trouble by
k MIS.CONDUCTING THEMSELVES
the instructors often prefer letting the
d scallywags pass to incurring the both -
e er of court-mat•tial proceedings, which
d service men cordially deteet.
The "(queen's Hard Bargains" may
be divided into two .lasses -those ,who
are born "bad" and those w•ho get in-
ti trouble through sheer exubrance of
spirits. The two are about numerical-
` ly equal. Among the former are doe,
Cors, univei-sity graduates, spend-
thrifts, and failures of every kind, for
the army is the last refuge of many
strange characLera. The second class
provides us with some of our bravest
y soldiers. Very frequently the man whc
tl iso hero in the field is a bluckguurd
in barracks. Admittedly the pluck-
iest member of one of our recent little
d West African expeditions was a Tommy
o who was hardly ever off the default-
e.rs' list when at. home. .
° It must be borne in mind when as-
o- sassing Tommy's character that what
in civil life would be looked upon &l
but slight peccadiltoes, count as serious
offences when reckoned against the
- soldier, and Tommy may easily get a
d bad service eba.racter witbout ever bar
y ing committed what. the man in the
street would deem
ej A PUN7�'iIABLE OFFENCE.
d For instance, if a soldier were re-
ported for not saluting his officer, he
y would be, severely reprima,gded, n(
matter how good a.n excuse he had tc
h offer for the omission.
n The born "bads" however, are not
t deserving of sy(mpaftby. .It is ten tc
one but that before they have beer
f ##bony months in the regiment the)
_ find (themselves in some serious trou
- ble. Then, irl order to escape punish
went, they confesi to having made z
false attestation. Often. too, thea
s make a confession in order to esoape
t foreign service, or because they, de
- sire to find some more comfortable
t regimeut. In this way •the "Queen's
Hard Bargain" gives the authorities
- endless 'trouble, anal puts the countr3
e to great expense.
,Every Mime the Q.H..B, re -enlists be
a adopts a fresh alias,and so frequently
do some of them change t.hei.r name!
- in this way that it is doubtful whether
s they could remember the one the)
h started with.
e .Many scores o£ the deserters and dis
charged soldiers Ino - join the. navy fit
stokers, and they give as much trouble
on there as t.bey did in the aister service
- When discovered the naval aul.horitier
give bu't slhort shrift to the Q.H.B. Oc
e.tsionally :the instructors will give f
s surprise word of command as tbeh
e squad is standing easy, and by lh(
- #runner in which the men respond to it
the trained ones oa.n be easily picke(
Y out.
POPULATION OF EUROPE.
A Gain of 37,000,000 Over the Census of Tet
Tears Agro, .
According to figures given by t h(
latest number of La Revue Francais(
do 1'Etranger, the totnt population of
Europe, by calculations mace, on ill(
latest census is 380,00(1,0011, which is fr
gain of 37,000,000 over that compute(,
January, 1888. Isere is a table s:hciwin@
the figures given in the. Revue Fran
cause de 1'Etringer:
F,uropeau Russin and Fin land.106,L'OO,CO
G.6rmany . . . . . . . .... . 52,3(10,00(
Aust ro-Hungary . . . . ....... 43,500,00(
The l nited Kingdom . ........ 39,8(10,00(
Eu rope. . . . . . . . . . 38,500,00(
Italy. . . . . . . . . 31,30(1,00(
Spain. . .. . . . .. 18,ow,00t
Belgium. . . . . . . . , 6,fi00,00(
Turkey, in Europe . . . . . 5,800,00(
Rournnnia .. .. .. . . . . 5.600,00(
Portugal.. , . .. .. 5000,10:
Swollen. . . . . . . . 6100,00(
Holland . . .. . .. .. . 4,900,0(1(
I Bulgaria. . . . . . . . . 3,300,00(
Swit zerland.. .. .. .. .. 3,(10(1,(,0'
Greece . . . . . . . . . 2,4(10,0(1(
Denmark. . . . . . . . . 2,3(10,00(
Servia.. , . , 2,300,0(1(
Norway. . .. . 2,000,00
The density of the population ne-
cording t,o each square kilometer
� about 386 squnre miles, is thus reek.
lone(!; In Belgium, 220; Italy, 169; Hol•
land, 149; England, 126; Germany 07
Switzerland, 73 ; .France, 72 ; Aust.ria
69; Spain, 36; Russia, 20. While the
annual increase of the population of
Russia has been 1.45 for every 100 in
the last ten years, that of Germany
has been 1.15, of Austro-Hungary .90.
of England, .85, of Italy .45, of Fennel,
08. At this rate of augmentation, in
100 years Russia would have 228,000,00(
inbabitants, Germany, 106,600,001, Aus.
tria, 70,000,000. 1ngland 66,000,000, it
Aly 44,000,000, and France only 40,000;
000.
NOT PREPARED TO SAY,
4119 Nephew -Do tgort like mint juleps
better than cocktails, Uncle?
The Colonel -You ,youngsters do asst
I some bard questional
IVY POISON AND CURE,
Dow Tl; f ,y May ne Distinguished.
Poison ivy g'rowe over trees and
fences and runs over walls and along
the ground. It may be distinguished
by its brown, hairylike atem, its three
leaves, in clusters, and white berries.
it is also known as the poison oak,
Sometimes it takes the form of a bush,
and other times that of a vine. The
poison ivy and the poison sumac are
utterly unlike in appearances t bot
belong to the same gonerM or er-
thus.
The poison sumac grows in swampy,
places, and is known also as poison dog-
wood and poison alder. It grows from
six to twenty-five feet In height, in
sh.rublike form, and dbe foliage consists
of about five pairs of opposite and ter-
minal leaflets. it can always be re•-
oognLzed in the fall by its color and
white berries. :
Ivy poison is very painful ; first the
akin is very itchy, then red and swol-
len, eventually breaking into blisters.
The face often swells so much that the•
eyes are closed.
Having described the plants and told
how to detect the poison, we append
a number of recipes for the latter'..
oure Wuhan the poison is in its first
stages, writes Mr•s. A. M. Huntington.
in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Bathe the affected parts with a
saturated eoluticn of baking soda, bio-
alrbonate of sodium, in water that is
warm-no't hot, as that changes the
soda into washing soda; or,
Bathe with warm water and soap-,
good, pure soap ; or, :
ta..the with alum curds; a tablespoon•
ful of powdered alum to a pint of milk;
o're ,
Bathe with weak ammonia water;
one part aqua ammonia to five parts
of water ; or c.
Bathe with carbonate of sodium, one
ounce to half a pint of water, or sul-
phite of sodium or chlorinated soda in
same quantity to same amount of war
ter ; or,
Bathe with lead -water and laudanum,
in equal parts, or with witch hazel
adsded ; or,
Bathe with half an ounce of phenol
sodi,que diluted in three ounces of wa-
ter ; or, '
Bathe with one ounce of glycerite of
carbolic acini diluted with eight ounces
of water ; or, f
Baths the affected parts with a 2 per
cent solution of creoline.
' In the later stages, when the inflaon-
mation and great blisters appear -
Ilse sassafras bark tea ; two ounces of
bark to a pint of hot water. Let it
soak a few hours, and bathe, while it
is warm, the affected parts ; or,
Oak bark tea used do the same way
as the above ; or,
Paint •the blister with fluid extract
of serpentaria., being careful not to get
the extract near the eyes; or,
Break the blister, if not already
broken, by pricking, and drop, with
quill or dropper, solution of subsul-
phate of iron, full strength, into the
blister. ( '
PROSPERITY IN THE WEST.
Fartaing Conmryralty of '.Manitoba and ilte
Territories ItlddingThemselvem ofDelit.
A traveller who has just returned
from an extended trip through the
west makes some interesting observa-
tions on the satisfactory conditions of
affairs that now prevail throughout
Manitoba and the Territories. In an ex-
perience covlering many years, be
states, that he has never seen such
prosperity among the farming com-
munity, Moat of them are free from
debt, a wonderful change from a few
years ago, when ,it was not uncommon
for a country merchant to carry a ma-
jority of his customers through the
Beason on the prospects of that Fea-
son's crop. The farmers are not only
free from debt, but many of them are
investing money as a rule in buying
up the vacant lands near thein. This
desire on the part of the farmers to
acquire more land, and the increased
prices at which they are holding their
own farms, is the strongest possible
evidence of the prosperity of the coun-
try. Sections where a few years ago,
wild lands could be purchased at three
and four dollars an acre, are now so
well bought up that the sume land can-
not be bought for less than eight or
nine dollars; and farmers with improv-
ed farms will not part with thein for
less tban $20 an acre. The erection of
substantial farm buildings lends an
air to the proyl,erity of the country
that is most satisfactory to note, An-
other big advantage has been made
through the establishment. of creamer-
ies at many points and co-olrerative
dairying will do a great deal low•ards
assisting the farmer. These changes
for the better are not altogetfier at-
tributable to the better prices re-
reived for wheat, but to the fact that
farming has now• ceased to he a BPRcu-
)ation, and has been brought down t.o
ft working basis. As a consequence,,
much more attention is being paid to
details and met hods, and farmers are
mare systematic in their work. Wbat
striift'S Lhe trat,eller rhost forcibly is
the amount of new land that is being
broken up this summer, indicating a
very hopeful tuna among the farmers,
More land. bas been broken this year
than in any previous season since 1887.
ALTT'MINi?M.
Droty-forging is now being; applied to
shaping aluminum. It i,3 forged t.o
(shape like iron. This improves its
strengUi. Among new uses may be
cited the following, For centrifugal
rnaChlnoB it is found applicable on a(• -
count of its lightness. The oil -cups
on locomotive crank -pin bearings are
now made from it. The brass cups
were very apt to break off int the neck;
the light. alumintun does not. Litho-
g:ra hie, plates aro made of it. The
surface is preprtre,t I,y the sand -blast.
'!'his roughens it, and it. is lh,•n r•nlled
between smooth ioilcrx, It is propl sed
to make identiriea(ion tltgs of the
inetatl for Foldiers. They etre to he
inscribed with the mune tins address
of Lhe wearer, and ir, cup••. of death
in ;battle, ecill remove I.:.;nfrgl utwvr-
utinty r(e•n.rcely lees pail.(ul be sut w•
tuted therafur.
NOT A TRAVG:r,FR. �,r
Jules Verne, in spite of the fact .I
so many of his hooks relate to doings
in foreign parts, bus traveled very lit-
tle. \'hen he 6 going t.o write a
story, and has tiottied the .veno of it,
he sets to work to read up books
relating to thnt lwr!icular part of
the wrrrlri. Perhaps it Jn (mist ns well
LhAt he is gent ('ape+ident, ns so many
novelists Aare, on ti.itteg dlffrrent
countries before anscrfhiug Owni. as
othorwive he wcul.l have !,orn cent
pelted 'to travel to the mien and jnur-
noy both in the dopths ::f Ihn sea a,ld
tbo bowels of the earth. Jul6s Vol•no
once owned n yacbt., l,ut he reser gtot
beyond the Moditerrnnertli in It, th,mgh
lie is intensely fond of Lbe sea.