Exeter Advocate, 1900-11-8, Page 7FILT
INESS OF ',ELIE SPIRIT.
Rev. Dr. Tafmage on the Violence of
the lJnregenerated Heart..
despatch from Washington says: ' and affection is hie idol. How often
—Rev. Dr. Talmage preached froth the , falLe down, crushing its worship -
following text; " 'Then will Ieprin- per! God will have no rivals. Ainid
kb e clean water upon you, aad ye -fire and darkness, thunder and earl:a-
shen be clean; fr-ona. all your filthi-m quake, the command, went forth,
ness, and from. all your idols-, Will I "Thai shalt worship tab Lord' thy
eleanse you. A new heart also will God, and hini °ray shalt thouserve."
I give you, and a new spirit will If there is anything on earth that
put within you; and I will take away you think more; of than you do of God,
the stony heart out of yotar flesh, and , then you are an idolater.
1
will dive you a heart of flesh. And I Again ; 'The text represents tbe
I will Put my Spirit within you"— acaee as steely or insensible, If we
Ezekiel xxxvi' 25, 26.27' lead an a -areciatian of our unclean
There is a dearth in all denomina- and idolatrous nature, could we be
unmoived as we are? No; 'before
tions. Millions of dollars for minisas -
• tars' salary ; millions of dollars for God's universe we have been indicted.
choirs; millions of dollars for church
The law has pleaded. against, us. The
buildinga. Where is the return foy
the investthent ? You say that ane
kotil saved is worth more than all
•
that money. True enough; but be
frank, and confeaS that, consiclering
tbe great outlay the religious advan-
tage reaped has been insignificant.
What is the matter ? I think in try -
10 adolpt the Gospel to the age,
aeon bave crippled the Goapel. Start-
ing with the idea that the people
will not come to church, if tae old-
fashionea'cloctrines of grace are pre-
aented, they have nOt sufficiently in-
sisted upon the first theory of the
'Gospel, namely the utter and ruin and
pollution of the natural heart, The
inference in many ofaour churcbes is,
Now, you are a aery good set of• fel-
lows; not as good aa you might be
and in some respeets, incleed---if we
must say it—quite wrong; but, then
we are Itioping everything from edu-
nation, refinement, the influence of
the nineteenth century, and a genteel
treligion ; and so we have gone to tin-
keain.g' the human heart witla soft sol-
der, and putting a few patches on the
moat of mos'ality, when it is all worn
mit. We have aarl)ed on the theory of
-development, and hoped that man, who of his heart, the acknowledg,ment of
according to tbe scientists, began as of 1b,L, orin4:e.
And so, altbough all
a monkey, will go an improving until,
' may seem fair in our case, if we could
after a while, under each arm Will. be liste,n at the door of, our own hearts,
1e11 sprouting the feathers of an pulsation would confess, Guilty!
angel's wing. l'here is nothing but a eve.r,y,
Guilty!
little pimple on the soul, which needs But I will not leave you here. 1
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a piece of court-Plash:la% hav-e told you. of the disease. Hear,
My friends, depend upon it Chat is 1
' now of the healing process that God
all wrong. It is infamous to try with proposes for every one of you.; "I will
human quackery to cure the cancer of
sprialrle clean water upon you., and
ilm soul. The reason that more men
ye shall be clean. A new heart also
' because we do not . . . at
are not saved isI will I give you, and a new spin ,
e.bow, their infinite need, their ruin—
will I put within you; and I will take
sea) the rottenness of tbe human I
away the stony heart out of your
heaa
CraSS httS pleaded for ua, This night
May be ann-ounced our condemna-
tion or aux acquittal.. We are in-
sensible, I saw inert walking the
L00../We Gallery in Paris half -asleep;
.no flech name to their eyes, no flush
to their cheeks,ano exelamation to
their lips, amid the most thrilling
ariaunp,las of painters' pencil and
sculpacass chisel. And so; until
grace touches our soul, we walk
through tha''' great picture -gallery of
the Gospel, and the wonders of Christ
and the glories of heaven strike no
thrill th rofu.gh the hear I, Ah I
there are .people who aelanosyledg,e
that their heart is hard; they carry
it about like a cake of ice in their
boteom; and they wish it would nielt;
they say, "I cannot feel; I waiat to,
but cannot." The text is true.
Cold as a stone; hard as a stone;
dead as a stone. A company of per-
sons suspected of crime were brought
before a jaca,gea only one of them was
guilty, but hmv to find out which one
was the. question. The ju.cl.ge put
leis ear against the heart of each one
an,d listened; when be came to the
guilty one, he heard, ire every thump
1. If I am very sick, and I call
a doator, I do not want him to
.ioegun tellin,g me that there is nothing
saecial the matter with me, and that
all that need is a little panada., or
.gruel, or catnip tea, when I want
the, most radical and thorough treat-
nient or in a week I am a dead man.
The Bible is either a truth or a lie. scene the first ; the perse.
If it be a Ile, cast it out and shut cutor. He says, "Kill that man; he
5our- churches. If it be true, listen loves Christ. Whip that woman;
she believes in Jesus. Open the
prison doors, and get, ready
the sheep knives, and eve will put
an end to Christ's religion. Bring
up my horses—fetch up, a troop of
horses, ,and let us slash down to Da-
mascus and exterminate this religion.
Mount and away 1" I hear the -quick
clatter of the swift hoofs as they
dash off.
flesh, and • I will give you a heart of
flesh."
Ali! it is no insignificant process.
This ch,ange of heart. It is a ehange
from blac.k to white, from dow,n to
sip, from tha highway to hall to the
highlvay to heaven—the whole nature
Ina de over again,
to Paul in Ephesians, where he says,
"We are by na.tare children of wrath;"a
to Jeremiah, who says, "The. heart as
deceitful above all things and desper-
ately wicked ;" to Moses, who says,
"The imagination of a man's heart is
evil from his youth ;" to the Psairnist,
Who says, "Tlaey, are all gone aside;
they are altogether become filthy."
,A.lail sin is no half-and-half thing.
Tlie human heart is not in a tolerable
ceadition. It is unclean., "From your
filthiness will I cleanse you." Sin is
not. like wine, thlat gets better by be-
ing kept; it gets worse and worse.
All the impure thoughts of your 'life
have left their mark on your soul.
The text is not too strong when it
,speak a of the filthiness of the heart.
Your sottl is vilely, terribly unclean.
' It is loathsome in the sight of God.
• I only take the Bible imagery when I
say that your heart, unchanged, is a
sepulchre, reeking and stenchful with
corruption. I Sin e has cursed you
• taeehratigh and through.* It is a leprosy.
aanple who had that disease in the
olaen time put bandages over their
mouths as they vval .gaia the stieet,
eted
and; cried "Unglea , e 'a 1AM if aveacoratn
realise our reo0*efilement as we
advance, wpaatbuild ery, "Make room
• for the, leeastal room 1" Sin eonaes into
the tte farther and fa,rthet, until it
e,s full possession'. It is a black, a
borrible, a damning thing. It ia not
satisfied until it hats pushed the soul
into an , eternal prison -house, and
slammed and slant the ' door, and
shoved the bolts, and turned tile
locks of an everlasting in -
C 1 l'OBI'D. tiOql. A heart under such an -
clean sorcery, how it must appear to
God's a 1 1-sea,rehing eye! He sets it
-through, an a through, Think of the
'Holy One before wham seraphic pur-
ity is sullied—the One in whose quiv-
er are all the thunder -bolts of an
omnipotent God—watching a soul
acitan, and wilfully unclean.
Again; The text represents the
bear t, as alolatrou-s. "larom all yo Ur
i (47.1S Will 1: OleartSe you." aaromr our
verry nature wc must, worship borne-
thiag. If we do not-worahip the God
in heaven, we warship something on
ear ill, This inan worships pleasure;
this one, applause; this one money,
his ono his 'family; Th it to which
na vt.k ,*: rv es his Supreme thoilight
your hearts at eselne time, There a Jfl SUNDAY
man says, "Oh for sox etbing better ?'
Taat is a etroke of God's Spirit. Here
a man says, "I wish 1 could be like
Ina old father aini naother before they
died." That was a stroke of God's
Spirit. Heee is a man who says, "I
wish I could get over these perplexi-
ties about the future worla," That
is a stroke of, God's Spirit. Yonder
is a man Naha looks all unconeerned, bat Lthett is only th a Latin woad for
but he trembles. He knows that " a rich man." Clothed in, purple and
eternity is all around him, and that fine linen. In the, Orient a inana 50 -
one step may plunge him beyond all oial standing, often his religion and
reatue. Oh eternity 1 eternity I etern- his busineas ale°, is shown by his
ityl How many heae aeel that they dress. The uniform blaelt garments
are not eaCLy fel' it They know that of Euroae and America,which make
they are keeping their old nature, and
that except a man be born again he
cannot see the kiagdona of God, Oh
that (ods Spirit would etrike hard-
er to -night and that each one of these as much of his wealth' as he can, and
eitadels might be eaptured I Forward, an ancient times often ran through
ye troops of light. Wheel round the the whole gariaut of color to exhibit
thundering field -pieces of God's law. his wealth. 'Unostentatious wealth is
Charge! charge( UP/ on the paraPets i knoim in the Orient. There was ea
with the standards of Emmanuel! famous Purple dye, made from a Sy -
Surrender, oh immortal man 1 Sat... ; whieli was oft almost
reader, oh immortal wonia.n I YOii illOalculaale value, but is now lost.
,
want a new heart. Why not get it Fine linen wasaused for inner go..
right away? Lluve you not postponed -1,rea.ants. It was made from a sofa of
it lona' enough? I Would with both flax that gt‘eCIV 'On the banks of the
hands lay hold and rattle the gates ',Nilewas as &eat as silk, and could
of your soul. For this woele you and , be woven so fine as to be nearly
I must answer when the earth is transparent. r.f.this Egyptian fine
burning, and God is coming, andathe Linen was as costly as it was fine.
trumpet is sounding, and the song of Fa:reil. eurapetionely every day. With
the righteous shall rise into a Per- wine and song, movement and color,
petuai anthem- and ihe wail of the ,lua.uries for the palate', the ear, and
wicked drop into the groan of un- the eye, ae made am le-aeae gee ane
ending pain. prolonged banquet. How he ac-
,
Oh man alai wornala 0,f: many brok- quarea hes ricae,s we are -nottold, for
en resolutions, when you were on the it would have little bearing on the
sea in that tarm you vowed; when
you had that great aficknass you vow-
ed; when that last child was born you
vowed; evise,n youwere bending over
the grave of some loved' one you vow -
was a stampede for heaven, yeavow-
sonal name. Was laid at las gate.
era wheu, in some great revival, there
ed These vows have been broken •W'a i'n•Ce'r ,that he was too feeble to
Scene the second; Paul'a back bar-
ed, to the scourge, and the blood run-
ning. For whom? For Jesus. Paul
on the floor of the Mamertine prison,
his feet fast, and the cold shivering
through his agonized body. For whom'?
For Jesus. Paul standing before the
rulers, making a speech that would
have thrilled another audieuce into
tumults of approval, yet interrupted,
scoffed -at, coughed down, charged
with being crazy, and sentenced ' to
(lie, For whom? Poi Jesus... ,
There are men who once 'rejected
the Bible, cared not for God, talked
against high beaven, and now al
their hopes are hung on one strong
nail—the nail of the cross. One form
ismtoe them 'more glorious than any
'Caller—the _form of the Son of God.
"I take hem," they 'cry, "through joy
and sorrow, through fire and flood,
Lor time and for eternity. None but
Jesus! none but Jesus 1" They have
a new heart—new in its sentanents,
new in its hopes, new in its affec-
tions, new in its' ambitions.
'"Weilayou say, "how queerha man
must feel to turn around like that."
lilac change is woridealul, If now,
ydu hate somebody with a perfect
hatred, cane, of your first desires would
be, after such a change, to go and
shake hands wild him. If, now, your
ehief aim is to gain dollars, then you
would be more anxious for a fortune
In the skies. NOW you shudder al
the thought of eternity; then the
word would chime like wedding -bells
in your soul.
Water ,has sometimes worn , away
the rocks; but if that stone of a
heart were placed under the water,
that shams from the eternal fountain,
the harduess would not wear away.
Godsay in the text, "I will put my
spirit within you." God's holy, graci-
ous, quickening, arousing, rekindling,
ornnipbtent ,Spirit only can do it.,
That Spirit comes to every- one °a
SCHOOT
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
NOV'.
ele of the rieliteous, took on them tale
office," Avraliamambeemea, A aopuler
phatee arnong the deem to indicate
11. Ile venly state., •Abraham 'Wee
tilS father of the faithful, and lie wae
suppoecd. under Goa to "do the hollers
of heaven.' When orieutals thought
of the dinner table the picture that
came up to them wee of faiendly peo-
ple realining side 'by side very neer
-to each other. The man thus re -
Mined at the banquet table of heaven
next to Abraham would be tae moat
honored guest—the one who lay la
Abralia.nas aosom. The rich man also
died. Not all the gold in Lhe Yukon
can buy off death. Was 'alined. Aact
doubtless his funeral was suitably
pamponee but it of inure importance
what bocome,s of one's spirit than
what becomes of one's body.
g. Hell. "Hades," ' the iievisibla
world, where, in the laelief of the
Jews, the spirits Of dead men lived
without their bodies; separated, how-
eyer, the righteou.s from the Wicked.
Lifted up his eyes. Tim spirit is repre-
sented as having senses like to thoe
enjayed and Suffered on earth. Being
in torments, In su,ffering. Seeth
Alsra,hani afar off. At we know not
tirciwNril:e,avttt.1::;11h1".8.1 1113a :13ai (:11'ni id 11 eltsah:bi'whd' hwcis snTollw°
icnth,e very hea-rt ,of the heavenly ban-
al. He tailed, Shou,ted so that
ha, voice aotulel soar over the great
cthacmm betwee,n the two groups. Fath-
er Abraham, By birth thie maim
like Lazarus allso, was a sein, of Abra-
tha-m, and this was equivalent to
modern Olatueda memberahip; it fixed
eacee relatione with. Gad and his pea-
pie- A gaittan.t old English divine Ob-
serves that th.e rieh man is quite wil-
ling say, "Father Alvaha.m," but
ev,ea an has "torm,ents" he does not
say, "Brother Lazarue." Send Laz-
arus. It mould seem at East as if
CULAI°11,.—LlliCe 10, itlatait.
-- "sae 1..n see aeme,e ye,
aremer ra. °It
,Vell:Se 19. A certain /Joie inane
Ile sonietinies called Dives,
'analtrupt look as "respecta.ble," and
as fiinereal, as a millionaire, are for-
eign to that Realm of the Picturesque.
A rich inen there earries hiaperson
mamal of this story.
, 20. Lazarue. . The same name as
El ea ear, sahiela roe Etna "G osi-is t he -
lielpea." This is the only instance
-
in all our Lord's parables. of a per -
ed. Th• ese vows have iseen broken lanaP there, soi liad to be borne. The eveal 'in Hades this 'Ilan bh*aight
of
left carelessly probably tha‘t thought eanaes sawn
have marched many a mile on toward ivell be "thaawn,"
the end of your earthly journey, said
the opening of your eternal destiny.
No. pardon, no pease, n.o prospect of
heaven. 0, Lard God, lay hold of
tleat man! If this be his last chance,
tell hira 50.. Let him not plunge off
where there are no soundings. I have
no sympathy with that cowardice that
dare not speak at future punishment
without apology, and that thinks the
word "hell" too vulgar to be used in
poaite assemblies.
The storm is coming; the cloud that
was only a speck of darkn,eas on the
sky has become a squadron of black
sails, and the port -holes of the thun-
der are openhaa for the cannonade in
which all those who reject God shall
go down,. Oanst thou contend with
him whose arm uphold.s the universe,
and whose voice shall announce the
doom of all the dead'? I tremble to
offend him. Rather would I have all
heaven and hell arrayed against me
than to stand one mom,ent in the
darkness of his frown. Tremble, oh
unforgiven soul, tremble before him,
The God in svhos,e hands is thy breath
is angry with th,e,a. Wilt th,o,u defy
him any longer? Who will bail thee
out of the prison -house of despair?
Who will help thee ashore from an
eter,n,a1 ethipwreck? I take the
wards o,f the prophet and cry out,
"Who aman,g 1.11S shall dw,ell with the
devouring lire? who among us shall
dwell with everlasting burningsa"
The gate off refu.ge la open—it is
wide open. The Spirit af God, with,
flying feet, will bear thee within if
th,ou walt. Let laat the bells of eter-
nity toll, the de,ath-knell of thy soul.
Escape for thy Me, lest thou be con-
sumed:
• Here you are, getting older. You ward translanted might as himself as better than. the beggar, but
our neadern conclition.s. Our Lord pic-
turea ham as haring concentrated hiS
attentiian on. Abraham enad,Laz-
anus, and he asks that the
only ,otne of the two who could leave
the banquet should come to his re -
the rich andlx-lar meet .face to face. lief. Cool my tongue. His request
Full of sores, This is to be contrast- for a few drops of water from Laza-
ed with the sumptuous faire of the rus's finger tips is as moderate as
had been the desire of Lazarus for
the broken pieces of bread. "The man
who had lived so luemaiOusly- now
speaks of relief for hia tongue, which
had been gratified by dainties. This
hints at the close connection with
sin and its punishmentMe-Ricidle,
aM tormented. I Am `seriaag Pain.
In this flame. The anguish of re-
morse which comes when the con-.
sciou.s sinner is brought into thee
presence of the holiness of God, which
is as a consuming fire, is as intoler-
able as the touch of earthly flame
is to the nerves of the mortal body.
25. Son. Acknowledging the vela-
tionahip an which the poor rich raan
trailds his hopes. Thou in thy lifetime
receivedst thy good things. The mean-
ing is not that he got good things, but
tux°. , It was tibis a'°11t, antighY Part' rather that he lived in those good
things; that his horizon was eensu-
waach the luxurious wiped their fing-
ers on and threw away, that Lazarus, ,atas; that he had no ca.re for spirit -
whose appetite was sharpened • by 141 life' Lazarus evil thinigas• Ile had
en a Lrue sense chosen pains on earth
hunger, desired. ;Moreover. But thle
peace of heavenly joys.- Not
• ACROSS THE LINE.
Glance for a moment at this little
account just .paid to one drug mer-
elasiat, the total of which is $1,700,1
while every item is for the .physical
and mental well-being of the Sena-
tors. There are 1,000 doses oflaromo-
,
seltzer and bran:la-caffein; faux cases
.
orf lit:Ina water, hattles of bromo-
lithia and lithia tablets, and three
dozen caffeine powders—all adniin-
istered freely to Senators that their
physical machinery shall be main-
tained in a state of efficiency.
Then there are runlimited tablets for
indigestion, for the United States
Senator is very human, and a dozer
pounds of soda mint tablets, which
•no doubt aubserve some .useful sena-4
trial purpose.
For his use there are baths of all
kinds, 'Turkish, Russian, and "Cosmo,
pcilitaii;" and skilled inasseurs are
ready to infuse new`Iife into exhaust-
ed frames. In sumptuously -appoint-
ed saloons the Senator can have his
loake trimmed and his chin reduced to
infantile amotatb,nees, while the whole
range of tpilet appliances and, lux-
IlarietS is at his service.
For each Senator there are four
employes ready to obey hia least be-
hest. The very pages, whose Special
ditty it is to wait on him, reoeives
675 a month for the nrivilege; and the
the,r'." Senate Haase employes' are
paid at a proportionably liberal rate.
Even laboureass get f$1,000, and clove-
toram ea $200 a year more. Firenaea
receive Oath/a a year, they should reale
ly make it $1,100, tho messengers $1,-
410, and the very fireincn (61,095,
there. Gabes In the East, are infeste
ed by beggars. No rich ina.n could
pass from has business to ills domestic
luxuries without the presence of beg -
airs. That, however, is nearlylatrue
10 ciae own country. Everywhere
rich man. Hard as times oecasion-
lly are, and desperate as is the
condition of • many in our land, it
still rentaleas true that by conapari-
soi we do not know in Cianacla and
western Europe what poverty, Lea The
famished aocadition of laundreds of
thou -Sands of people in 'the Orient no
pen can waite.
21. Desaring, Hungering, but not
receiving. Crumbs. We make bread
so fine that the dealcate a,nd dainty
meght leave the artist and eat the
reo.ft. portion; but in , the anelent
Orient the cruet was the better par -
than of the loaf. The inside was
doughy and tough, but the crust was
delicate i,n flavor and crisp isa tex-
as even. The (lags. The ownerless,
hungry dogs oif Eastern cities are de-
tested by nearly everyone, and would
not !nave been toaerated by Lazarus
if ilea had hail physecal strength to
drive them away. Liked his sores.
There, as no indication of tenderness
an their part, and the licking did.not
alleviate, but aggravated, hits euffer-
Lao. ,_
22. Tile beggar died. To him death
was happy release. Was carried. His
spirit was carried. His death was
not the end, but the beginning, of
life. The real life is that of; the
spirit, which death cannot kill, By
the angels. "This," says Dr. Plump-
tre "is in accord with the popular
that the offer was ever made to hire
to choose between a life of wealth and
comfort and a life Cd poverty and
pain. If that choice had been given
Man it wOuld have been his duty to
chatae the bettar of the tw-o. But he
evidently had lived a spiritual life,
and the starry show % that he was ac-
companied by temporal misadventure
of the most painful). sort. In heav-
en domes God's opportunity to right
the wrong.
26. Besides all this. :Not only is thy
request unjust, it is impracticable.
There is -a great gulf fixed. A chasm..
a canyon. Character is permanent.
Neither can they pass. There is no hint
of a purgatory, a progreaaion, or an
eternal hope; but we -again caution
our teachers anclascholars against re-
garding this aarable as a close por-
traiture of the actual conditions in
the eternal world. Throughout the
go
ori belief. Either g °a angels in story- wears rn the region of symbolic
general, or the special guardian ang- imagery.
The Human
cf Nerves
Without that vital force supplied by the -nervous 'system, the heart
Rings, stomach, liver, kidneys and b owels are powerless to perform, their
funetions, ana hence it is that weak, starved and exhaueted nerves re -
suit in such derangements as cauee'
naageet tor), nervous ilysinema nid
headache; tired, languid and deepand-
ent feelings; loss of energy ansa ana-
bition ; fear of venture and incapac-
ity for business; nervousnese, Weak-
ness, debility and general break -down
ot the body.
The human boay is a bundle of
nerves and the whole system is in-
,stillect with nerve energy and 'vital-
ity vhen ther nerves ere revitar,zea
by Dr, Chaee'a Nerve Food, Through
this greet restorative preseript ion,
Dr, A. W, Chase has matte it possiale
to cure the most serious oFisti o:
nervous disease. This great few' mire
tones and invigorates the syslain uus
no preparation wee 6vei 1:110Wn tO
Or. Chase s Ner Food.
00 every, box ea tae genuine will
signature of Dr. A. W. Chase, tho
may preparation t'an possibly hove.'
guidance. tiasist on having the gen
stances, accept substitutes oi env de
Zdtaanifion. Bates Se Cr.. 'Toronto.
bo found a portrait aria fac-eimile
best guarantee aa ao quithiy Naha))
This cut of the boxis given inr your
0100, and do not under aay
acriptioa. eents at all dealers,. of
27, 28. Sexed, lsii tal my
ai he'
(ALS f ticurfl u liurging de -
LO SLY'S d1mcar,lJer1IsPti in a
weak al:tempt ta e.t.a:allele God of not
having given hi Oa i10.11g1.1 PDPOP
it.y. 1lil 11.2, Irlay ta,LiLy nate; (halo.
Teil. theta wend_ hd hat seaar oa their
aro.hee a nd what lie had iyiiuraccIf ex -
lanced.
.9. ',Lamy have Moise,e ansi the pro.
pleats. Sualieieut id wean a heedful
In en Irani wicac Etat tf-imi dul e an e e.
20. If ciao went 1..leit.o Lirenifrom,the
dead, they wit! .eaeent. 'Cilia thought
we all have. Iloer impressive/ would
.b ide urid of a gliest spoken to us
—if sueli a uhirig could realaygae. But
we are mistaken.
31. Neither will they be persuaded
They who spurn G'ad's word. \venni
sneer id, a voice from the grave. The
trataing of Lazarus of Bethany eram
a singular confirmation of tha
statement.
HERE AND THERE.
The ealtiva'tion of opium in Chins
beigan but seventy yeaas ago
The length of the railway- lines it
Great. Britain is, roughly, 23,000 miles,
almost enough to circle the world at
the equator,
It takes as neue'll heat' toi turn on(
pound of water into vapour as to
melt five ptouuds of iron.
Warm wat,er is much lighter, bulk.
for 'built, tiiah, cold. Water is 'heavi-
est just before it freezes.
Lard Kitahener built the railway
across the desert towards Khartoum
at a rate of two milea a day,
In the earth's cee-ans there, is near-
ly enough salt to make two moons
—in all, 7,000,000 cubic miles.,
There are in the United States of
America thirty Berlins, twenty-one
Hanabar,gs, twIeiniy-three towns bear-
ing the name Paris, and thirteen Lon-
don.
Excepting grape wine, the ()eldest ,
alcoholic beverage known to man im
sake, a rice wine. Id has been used
by the Jiapianese fogy over 2,000 years.
The bailea tubes of a liner, if placed
in a straight line, would re,acla near-
ly ten miles, and thei condenser tubes
more than twenty-five miles. The
total number of separate pieces of
steel in the main structure of the
SUP is not less than/ 10,000.
It coats, an an average, seventy-five
cents toi run a loaded train a Mile.
Frain Southampton to elem. , York
is 3,060 miles. Pave days and seven-
teen houns is the record passage, an
average of twenty-five miles an hour.
The screw perfo-rrus 672,000 revelu-
tions in this distance.
The Tagain folaT-diapeller blow
warm air in front of a ship, and so
condenses the fog into rain, and opens
a view 2001t. to 300114 ahead.
The quantity of fresh beef carried
oin one tri* by a,n Atlantic liuer of
8,000 tons-avould keep a family of five
Lor eighteen, years.
The _caeca of a big liner is about
250 men. One hundred and fifty
moire look after the comfort of the
Passengers.
The number of rivets used in build-
ing a liner is not far short of 1,250,-
000.
The,re are fully 1,000 tons of piping
of yea -ions kinds , in a big Atlantic
,
The world's record rainfall is in the
Khasia district, in India, where the
hills catch the welt winds from the
Boca of Bengal. • Sometimes 72f 1. el
main fall there in a year. -
IlailstOnes begin their fall as drops
of rain. Theate gat frozen into ice
by crossing a cold current of air on
their way down.
At the Bell Rock'Lighahouse wavem
in a storm birea,k an the wails with
a er,eight- of three tone against evela
aquaee
The 17(iinig of Sweden sets aside ea,
ery eecond Tuesday on which any,
one of his subjects may call on him
The only formality reqiuired is to
Send in cine's card, the visitars being
received when their turn somes in
the order of arrive 1.
A novelty jtist placed on the mar -
(het is a watertight watch, whieh is
po.rtioulariy cleslgrned for soldiers go -
tug on foreign -service. '.1)he back, in-
seeed of being supplica with a spring,
15 sereivecl oe, and the stem-winding
appartatue is protected by a screw-
top. Onlooa these timepieces has for
monulbia ,been running and • keepirse.,
Perfect time white constantly 1
-rnexge.c1 Inc a ,a)r of water in a' London
shop window.
In the tromMe the heet of the sun
lifts • tierce -quer ere of a .1,1 -inch of,
water fam11 the eee every twenty-four
acursr—that lee 2211- in a yeaa-
The eh:et-peat poet -al serviee in the
world ia that of japan, .where for
two ee.nmabout seven -tenths of a
pennym-lat tees aro conveyed nil over
ulul aanseire.
AN UNA NSaVal RED 'PRO OLEal.,
"S don't see," she simpered, "hoe
ypg deer came to Mee nica"
"Ola, well," be gallantly ran -lark
"peehapS it WoUICI buc bettor i11 waist
these puza ling lea a inF.t, qucet iona,
P1loY'tlS OF A G0bViC 1 I N'
The Tenneesee eon1 i:a. eohl raine is a
payiem inMiLte laa, profits in, the
het s i.x ma 1 ta4 lUl a am env ao ,aota
ha n $ I 00,001,