The Exeter Times, 1886-7-22, Page 7Deooratiozis,
Raeiatan Sar,iovar 41 braes compose part of
the neoeseary fureitpre of the modern tea.
table.
Orange tints are aeeful in many cages fer'
interior decoration, as they are warm and
pleasant..
Coral 1. just now in large demand for ene,
beeldory work,loombinod with marine°plante,
showing delicate tracery,
Revolvin flower. of stands afford a read
mode of varying effeots of groups of plant)
in parlor or site n • oc g • p P
P r gr ms.
Carpets should never be 'shaken, ae their
weight inclines them to part, but be laid on
a rope and then;beeton at the bank.
Pastoral, knightly and woodland scenes,
and village festival tableaux, In Limoges,
may bo blended together in mantel ferriage
with charming effect,
Aluitable oelor for recesses holding mar•
Me statuary is oernlean blue ; while one of
the best baokgrounde for gold and green
bronze ie Ind' h red.
A a. a
J a e teatof
P.
u ra lore tiered
wood Is
composed .ed e2 e
y
q
erten. of d visions ao `
P
i e h with
,i
a separate porgeafn brae, with design hi gold
and ohms, and with varied melded border.
For picture frames, old braea elaborately
designed is in much request. They are es•
peofallyapprepriate to piotorial deelgne ; in
the satin metal'er in pap;er•,rtache.
Whilst we produce in tiles every variety.
of tint at will, the andante used only two
tints, redand' white, empleying brick clay,
with a transparent glade from powdered
brink ore.
It Is always well to give the stairway wall
of the several storias a different decorative
treatment ; also to introduce horizontal
llnee, ae giving greater breadth and stability
of appaaranoe.
A novel hall hat•raok, of simple hard.
wood frame, it provided with protruding
and ereot ovals of niokel.plated wire, as'_a
lodgment for silk hate; an inclined half
moon wire devloe affords equal security for
felt hats. '
At a recent lunch; party the napkin . at
eaoh plate was slipped into gilded: clothes
ppins; the pine were deoorated 'withtiny
bunches of forget-me•nots, rosebuds and
other email flowers painted' in ell, and were
retained by the gaeate se aonvenirs.
A pretty, healthful and economical finish
for ceilings and walla is made of pulverized
soapstone. It oan be readily washed, takes
a high, polish, le pearl gray in tint, preeente
the best possible surface for painting, either
in oil or water Dolor, and will neither crack
nor ohip.
The tile facing of a marble mantel ehow
ing a continuous plant and floral design,
in delicate hues, en a white ground, pre-
sents the novelty of birds in brilliant plum-
age, and bright, gaudy insects, rendered in
relief in quartz grains in metallic Mora,
predating a picturesque effect. The impel,
Cation I from Germany.
Inc pint of eplrite of wino dissolve two
ounces of Beed -Ian, and two ounces of white
resin. The principal nee ef this polish le for
the carved parts of cabinet work, each as
standards, pillar's, olawe, eto. It should be
laid on Warm, and if the work oan also be
warmed ittiftentime it will be still better.
All moletu're and dampnera should be care-
fully ezoluded.
Ohoioe Recipes.
CRUMPETS.—One and one•half pinta of
floor, ene-half teaspoonful malt, one tea-
spoonful sugar, two of baking powder, one
egg, nearly a pint of milk and cream mixed
all together ; bake in well buttered het gem
Irene ; serve hot.
RlanON CAKE.—I like this recipe very
much : One and one-half caps of auger, one.
half oup , -butter, one-half cup ef milk,
three eggs ,ne•'half teaepoontul soda ono
teaspoonful cream of tartar, two oupe flour,
Bake half of this in layers. To the re-
mainder add ono -half oup molaeees, one
Dnp flour, a little soda, and •trait and eploe
to taste, Bake this in layers and put the
whole together with jelly, tiring first a dark
layer, then a light one.
CORN STARCH CREAM PIE.—One pint of
milk scalded, two tablespoonfuls Dorn
starch, three tablespoonfuls sugar, yeller of
two eggs. Wet the starch with a little oold
milk. Beat the eggs and sugar until light,
and stir the whole in the molded mrlk.
Flavor with two teaspeonfnla lemon, Line
a pie plate with pie crust and bake. Fill
with the Bream and clever it with frosting
made of the whites of the two eggs beaten
with twe tablespoonfuls sugar. Set in
oven a few minutes to stiffen.
ToMero FIGS.—Take email red .tomatoes,
scald and akin them quickly, breaking them
as little as possible, add one•third their
weight of granulated sugar, boll slowly
until they are clear, take them out and
spread them on plates ; boil the juice till
it le very thick, pour :it ;over the tomatoes,
and dry them In a warm oven. When dry
pack in layers in a Olean paper box, first
sprinkling sugar over the bottom of it and
also between eaoh layer, pack tightly and
cover closely, and you will have a nine °oon-
fectien for winter.
LEMON PIcuLE,-Cheoee a dozen fine,
middle-sized lemons, freeh and perfectly
wand, ecrape the outside of them with a
piece of broken quart bottle, and then out
them lengthwise down into four quarters.
but net quite aasunder ; they must be left so
as to lust hang together. Rub these over
with salt on the rough outside, and fill the
cats with salt in the same manner • put
them into a china or earthenware bowl that
will just hold them, sprinkle some mere
malt over them, and turn them once a day ;
lot them lie thus four days, Parboil twelve
cloves of garlic, or email' onions oat late thin
glint
add to theso an ounce of white sugar,
a hful of white mustard used, and as
muchoayennepeppor as will lie upon a dime.
Sprinkle some salt among these, end let
them stand all the time the lemons are in
the bowl. Then have a clean stone jar
ready, take out the lemons one by. ono,
squeeze them a very little, and lay them
carefully in a 'jar ; lay in the spices all
about them, and tie them close dawn; let
them stand a month and they will be ,fit to
eat. Sugar oan lie added to taste- when
served.
Talking about, busy men who leave their
Immo early and got back after dark and
never neo their children, a man of that sort
was hurrying away one morning when ho
found that his little boy had got up before
Mai and was playing on the sidewalk. He
told the ohtld to go an. Child wouldn't.
Man spanked him and went to bnainens.
Child went in howling, The mother said :
"What's the matter ?" "Man hit' me,"
blubbered the youngator. " What man ?"
"That man that stage here on Sundays."
Lieut, Goazson has invented a method
for firing dynamite shells from Ordinary
cannon, which has jaetbeen tried uuooeaaful•
ly in San Freneisco,
"MST AND EAST OF ES DV
nY J. A. L.
The distance from Belgirttn's beeutltul
oapital to the battlefield of . Waterloo le
about 10 Mile.. On the evening of June
15, 1815, when the tillers of the allied
armies were tripping around the ballroom
of the Dnoheee of Richmond, and the rank
and file were snoozing quietly In their re
'peony() billets, few of toe peaceful inbabi•
tante' of Brussels knew how far it was to
Waterloo, But some 60 bourn titer, when
the roar of the great battle swept. over
Brneeele from the eeuthward, eaoh peaceful
citizen was doubtless convinced in his own
mind that Waterloo was just aroucd the,
corner, Who on the morning of Juno 16,
18151 the allied soldiers were ordered to
set out in the direction of Waterloo they
Were obliged w g d to walk, ; At .the present: day
the tourist who wishes to visit Waterloo
drives to the Station du Midi and takes a
train which 40 minutes: later seta him down
at a gayer little orese roads station called
Braine I'Allend. Hem he nada severe' two-
story buses in readiness to convey him to
the famousbattlefield. b old, .Her
e he also
finds
aumb
n er ofIdea all gu , ll dressed in bine
blouses and black gape, They all speak
broken Eoglfeb, and they all do their talk-
ing at a considerable distance down their
throats: And they all have colds. There
ie nothing musical about the heavy guttural
utterances of a Flemish peasant, who re•
joioas in the possession of a voioe in perfeot
nealth, but when he is suffering from a cold
hie cadences strike susceptible nerves quite
unpleaeantty. The tourist beloegs to the
guide who reacher him drat, Those who
ascend to the top floor of the bus do, so by
means of a ladder, which is then removed.
This make. it diifioult for the dleeatiefied
passenger to get off before he reaohea the
first inn connected with the bus line.. The
road fromBraine I'Allend to the bettiefield
is beset by j avenile beggars, who turn sone -
amanita whenever a bus er carriage ap-
proaobes, and then run after it chanting,
" Please, Measienrs, charity ; please,, Mein
sienrr, charity. The creatures keep this
up as long as there remains a single person'
In the vehfole who has not tbrown .them
something, and then, without atopping to'
rest, they
SWOOP DOWN RBLENTLBsaLY ON
the next conveyance. The foot traveller
who falls into the hands of these youthful
brigands must be liberal if. 'he hopes' to
escape, The little beggar; will follow 'his
prey regardless of an apparent determi-
nation not to notice him. Frem the road
whioh leads to the battlefield may be seen a
number, of pretty little villas, which are
evidently the Summer homes ef the retired
guides and of the parents and guardians of
the youthful beggars. Shortly before the
bus, reaohee the end of its journey it
suddenly halts in front of a quiet inn, - out
of which comes a polite waiter, who ' calla
out, " Will not thegentleman have Nome
of the good beer what they like?' Within
a few momenta after the tourist has made
his escape from this Inn he alights near the
foot of. the Lion Mound. Thh mound,
which was erected over the spot' where the
Prince of Orange was wounded and wbere
still rest the bones of thousands who perleh.
ed in the fight, la 200 feet high and ever
2,600 feet in circumference at the base,
A flight of steps lead up to the top of the
mound, which is drowned with a block of
granite, on which stands a huge figure ef
the 'Belgian lien resting one of hie fore
paws on a cannon ball and looking down
proudly into the little valley which lies be-
fore him. In this little valley, which does
not appear to be more than half a mile in
width, was fought the famous battle of
Waterloo. Along the ridge on which
Mande the Lion Mound were posted the
allied troops, who, all day long on that
famous 18th of June, encoessfully resisted
the gallantry of France and the geniue of
Napoleon. The ridge to the left of the
mound ie not aa high as it was .when the
battle was fought, as the earth of which the
monad ie composed was moved from there.
Aaron the valley on the opposite ridge
can be seen the white walls of the little inn
of La Belle Alliance. This building, in
1815, was the farm•honeo in front of which
Napoleon stood and
WATCHED THE BATTLE
with the wings of his gallant army extend-
ing along the ridge on either side ef him,
At a little the,
road to the left of • the
mound le the apot where the Duke
of Wellington passed the greater
portion of the day. Near the road whioh
ran from Wellington's headquarters to
these ef Napoleon is the farmhouse
of Le Haye Sainte, in the which still
remain the bullets which were left there
when the French attacked it. Near this
farmhouse are the monuments ef the Ger-
man Legion and of Gen. Gordon, To the
right of the mound, and near the bottom
of the valley, are the remains of the
Hougoumont ferm•honee, the key to the
British peeitton, which was held through-
out the day at such great coat. Many
changes have been made in the appearance
of the country in the rear of the ridge
which the allies held during the great
battle. The forest of Soignlee, which was
immediately la . the rear of the Brltlrh great harvest there. j.xch Springtime the
poeltlon, bas since retreated Moore dlstaaoo peaoofel, Belgian farmer tt tarns the, same
toward Brueuele, and several flourishing I. i P
isb g, , o ! which 70 years ago war plowed up by
hamlet. have sprung up in tho neighbor" ,i the cannon of the contending *railed. 'Phut.
heed. An old .tone windmill, however, ( soil wbioh Wee onto wrinkled with the blued
Which stood at the edge of the forest, still , of thourande of the bravest sone of France
remains,
The valley en which the Belgian lion looks
clown has undergone few changos, The only
lusoription on the lion memorial is "XVIII.
June, MDCCC.V," The block on `which
the lion stands has been covered with the au-
tographs of tourists. Some; have been writa
ten in penoil and otherm in 'chalk.' Some
have faded out, while others will remain,
for the reason that they have been carved
into the stone. Among the prominent of
tlleeo autographs is that of William Smith, of
Texas, no doubt a wealth cattleman who
y 1 man in
hie humble cowboy days was known as Wild
Rill. But he gained wealth, and having a
troag arm and a trusty jtekknife he reaolv..
ed to make hie name known to the tourists
of the. world. The gate of the little farm
yard of Hougoumont stands invitingly open
to teuriste, but when the latter ate, m t to
leave they are mot by a matronlyiooking
woman, who remarke in a busiuese•like man.
ser
,.
A India franc o y one ofy
for every on.
Although a Belgian woman, and probably
knows no ether English, constant use has en-
abled her to get of this sentence with a truer
accent than the average English peaeantwo'
man could master. In the ruins of an old
Hougoamont outbuilding which was .bat-
tered during the fight is a little chapel with
an altar on which stands the figure of a
saint, The wall, and even the saint, are
covered with the autographs of vandal tour.
iota. Even the eyes have been disfigured by
initiale. In the little wood which adjoins
Hoagoumont still remains the red brick wall
wheeli an advancing column of Frenoh sol-
dier. mistook at first eight for the British,
redia connection with which mistake THS?
CeME TOA SUDDEN HALT. Among the allied
troops were a number of Belgians who early
in the fight were troubled with weak knees.
Some of these men were very anxleus to get
away, and, not wishing to rouse general at.
teation . by walking over to the French;
modestly started in the direction of Brussels..
Arming them was a man who lived to rear; a
lerge'fainlly et healthy eons, The yennges%
anti• lustiest of theme sons has for some time
past been a.profeealenal orphan. The path
fres the lion Mound has been fenced in in
eaoh a way that the returning tourists are
compelled tows in review before the health
orphan, of the Waterloo soldier referred to,
The guides explain to the tourists that they
ere expected to paytrlbnte to the orphan, and
the orphan' is undoubtedly required to
"whole up" the tribute to the guides, If
the Due of Wellington, with all hie English
pre udibee replant being imposed upon, had
been in poneleion-ef enough of the prophe-
tic quality to haverealized what annoyance.
would oertainly•befall his future countrymen
and others inconsequence of a Britleh vietery
at Waterloo It is doubtful whether he would
have told the guards to "up and at them"
until he had at least attempted to hold a
parley on the eubjeot with Napoleon.
A small farm read rune soros the crest of
the little hill known ae " Mont" Saint Jean,
and which crowns the ridge along which the
allied troops were ported, Close to this
road and immediately under the shelter ef
the summit ef Mount Saint Jean was the
co -afield in welch until the close of the bat-
tle the 'nerdy English bulldogs of the Guard
lay and listened to the 'horde of the fray
and the whizzing of the cannon balls which
were ,
MOWING DOWN THE names
of their' comrades while they impatiently
awaited the order to threw themselves upon
the enemy, When at length the day was
nearly ever and Wellington from his poet
at the neighboring cross roads observed the
Prussians rushing eat of the woods on hie
left he she saw a heavy column of men
from the opposite aide of the valley moving
toward the creat of Saint Jean, where was
posted the British artillery. Then Welling-
ton spurred hie horse toward the sheltered
cornfield and told the sturdy bulldogs whe
lay there to "up, and at them," The fast
sinking sun streamed eat through a break in
the evening clouds and poured its mellow
rays ever the forest ef Soignlee as the
Claude ruahed eat from among the ripen-
ing corn and threw themselves open the
gallant Frenchmen whe had forced their
way up Saint Jean's aide. Across the val-
ley, near La Belle Alliance, Napoleon then
sat upon a snow white charger and calmly
England, Germany, and Belgium looko ad
peaceful as if it had never been disturbed by
anything heavier than the rude carte of the
laboring Imamate.Cattle and sheep graze
quietly on portione of the historic field,
while in other portions the ground le hide
den by the ripening grain. Tho quiet even-
ing mists sometimes settle where she clouds
of battle once rolled, The lowing of the
cattle, the bleattrg of the sheep, and the
voices of the guidee and tourists are the
only sounds that now come up frena the
quiet valley whloh on that fateful Jupe
Sunday'ehook beneath the mad thuhdere
of Waterloo,
--•.+Y CIBOOT DOWN BY HTB BROTHER.
Stephen and Harvey Campbell Fight in the
Presence et Their Horner.
Harvey, and Stephen Campbell lived with
their mother t near Arcola, , The then
e o
daytheir hired Ir man, James Randall, went
en a spree, returning at night pretty well
loaded up. Steve upbraided Randall for
leaving hie work in a busy season, and they
were in engaged in a hot wordy quarrel,
Harvey interfered to quell the dispute,
Steve replied : " It 1. not your put in, and
I'll thank you to mind your own boluses."
Harvey, who le muoh the older, and has
long lerde d it over hie brother, intimated.
that he was ready to settle the dispute in
the good cid-fashioned way, Stephen had
a revolver, whloh he handed to Randall say.
Ing : " Harvey wants to fight, and if I have
thea I am liable to use it : so you keep it.
Badgering words were paired to and fro
between the brothers until Harvey grabb ed
Stephen by the neck, The latter struggled
till he got loose and backed into the parlor,
in the presence of their mother, Randall
follewing with the revolver in hie hip pow
kat.
Stephen, standing behind hie mother in
the parlor while Harvey was yet in the sit.
ting' room said : " Now, d—n you, nothing
will do yen but a fuss, ro d will give you a
good one."
Randall was standing oloee by, Reach-
ing around behind. him, Stephen slipped
from hie packet therevolver that had been
given to Randall only a fewmomente before
tor este keeping. Three shots were fired
in quick sneceseion over the mother's head.
One passed through the body of Harvey,
within two inches of his heart, and was
picked up on the floor by the mother ; the
second protruded from the back, and was
removed with little trouble ; the third in.
Rioted but a alight flesh wound. Harvey
kept endeavoring to reach a gun that sat in
the corner. Stephen threatened to shoot
again if he name an inch farther. There
was no need of the threat. Harvey rank to
the floor bleeding.
Physicians were called, but nothing war
to be done but administer stimulants, Har-
vey, who was in robuet health, stood the
shook remarkably well, but the physicians
raid that there was not one chance in a
thousand fer Ms recovery. Stephen, after
shooting, went to Arcola and gave himself
up, turning over the deadly revolver to the
officer, but playfully asking to keep the
three empty shells for keepsakes. He was
released on $3,000 ball, He signed hie awn
name to the bond, and it fa good for three
times the amount.
The mother of the boys saw it all, but did
not try to interfere. She maid she knew
one of the boyo was bound to get hurt any-
way. Steve was pretty full et the time
himeelf. The nett day he said he wished
they weuld hurry up and get through with
the shooting scrape because hewanted to
get back to the farm and boss hie hands.
Hie happy spirits found vent in singing bit-
arioasiy, " I am gathering flower. for
mother's grave.," Stephen has been married
bat a month. He irevery %ell off, having
inherited a 300 -acre farm from hie father's
estate, Harvey is equally well off, Stephen
le barely 21, and Harvey is about 35.
What It Will Do.
Poison's NBRVrLINE, the great pain cure,
never fails to give prompt relief in the fol-
lowing complaints :—Sprain., bruises, out.,
do nonlonreux, rhenmatiem, spinel pains,
neuralgia, toothache, lumbago, sciatica,
awaited the result of the fierce struggle on Buy to -day at any drug store a 10 Dent cam-
ple bottle and' it In any of the above
the hillside of Saint Jean. The struggle
was soon ever. Then the grim figure on complaints. I1never fails, for Nerviline ig
the white charger saw his gallant Imperial
Guard flying down the hill pursued by the
men who had routed them. He saw the
lines of the allies which had stood like bul.
warks all day long against' the French on-
slaughts new turn into moving, shouting,
mimeo, whioh poured triumphantly down
Leto the valley. He heard the etubbern
Prussians thundering en his right, and saw
the veterans around him wavering. Then
he knew that the star of his destiny had
fallen, and pushing blindly forward, strove
to fling himself upon the bayonets of the
approaching conquerors.
Over 70 harvests have been gathered in
from that little valley at the foot of Saint
Jean since the day when death reaped her � bier.
composed of the moat powerful pain sub.
citing remedies in the world. Gat a bottle
at any drug store. You will be made hap-
py. Ten and 25 oente a bottle,
"Le Digg, here's an item I wish yon
would read to our landlady," remarked De
Wiggs, " What fa it about Y' "About a
man in Miasfesippi who sold a petrified
chicken for twenty dollars," " What do
you want that read to her for ?" " Why,
don't yon see, if she finds out she oan get
twenty dollars apiece for petrified ohiokena
she wont serve any more up for dinner,"
" Tickled by a straw "—A woman with
a new bonnet or'a man with a sherry cob-
/
AN EXTRAUIt)INARY CASE.
She.' " ONLY GIVE tits SMORING4 FOR ONE YEARS .AND 1 HAVE NO DOUBT MAT YOU WI
He. "WELL, r DON'T RNOW; r DID Nor SMOE:E ONCE iron FIrTEEN YEARS AND THEN I BE
She: " Fon FIFTEEN YEARS YOU MUST HAVE BEEN VERY YOUNG WHEN YOU BEGAN."
He 6 "I w.►dirove N."
LL NEVER TOUCH TOBACCO AGAIN."
GAN AND ENJOYED ITS HUCIELY,"
OUND LO1iDON ON BENDA
Mom Qat' Oma f7'orrespototent,]
Sundscarcely be .aid to be so
observeday incan London as in `Toronto—th
outwardly, Cabs and booms lumber thr
the etreota in every direction ; urine a
aeroae the street overhead .or rumble u
foot carryigg',their hundreds and thous
away from the e>neky City to the green 1
of suburban towns. Who an '! me
whogool ( e ba
s sly to out of this great
of humanity a?d /wide short service of t
own with the congregation of tree"
dowers that stand ever ready to:" Clap t
little hands in glee," ae Longfel,ow wo
ray, and never utter a harsh acntt
abbu.seng er sermon?) fruit and candy s
stand open here` and there ; coaterntong
display their cart leads of oranges close
the sidewalk acid tempt the appetite of
thirsty stroller by showing a few oran
partially •skinned and with a slice off
top exposing a depth of lusciousness bane
while -sad feature of English life—de
orowde`stand in front of every public ho
sthemorningdraws on vatting t[nfor
b
g
t e andthe crowds open, rwde u
Pnumber o
,ao old
d
men, young girls and little children who
rent with jigs for the family r beer, if th
do not come on their own account.
hear, by the way, of a deep depression o
all Great Britain, but we forget thatme
enough is drunk in beer, whiskey, and gin
a single day to provide employment for
the peer of the Kingdom for a week,
The. first Sunday I spent in London
took the opportunity of hearing Spurge
the celebrated Baptist preacher. He h
been 111 for a long time and had just re
eared in his pulpit, He did not look --t
p P P
stranger at least-ae' if, he were: sa$erin
for he has a corpulent figure and a ro
and pleasant Englfah face, The taberna
was crowded as usual, All seats not Cao
pled ten minutes before the time of start
service may be appropriated by strange
I got a good seat in the body of the tab
naole, and with a. sea of fano all round
was relapsing into reflections on the lone
nese of being in a strange church, feel
that' one le in somebody else'. pew and en
rounded. by a multitude with net o
Y telling how he could do the finapcing ;of the
world. iu hearing seep a we, ,eeald.
not forget. that it, was a b *1.10 -w .Airs
well. talking. Hliphien the Temani ' win re-
sunned to b;Is
one who a, w vjelo a
a 's 1 n>I t41td had sr
ough tarn for epiritualbsm> Bila'adr; t 'e Si;nhlto,
hoot waw versed in the literature and phiiesepby
of the day, and Zophar, in hiss eche,
represented the cotktem oreneouu *night
thhoC ht
of the time. '!.'hese mea scald , el t
not help
thinking, as was natural to them—that` Job,
fur hie sufferings, had eontmitted some
secret crime which he could not confess to
the world, Job, en the other hand, ap-
peared to baro mkunderatood the teaching
of hie trials,
So muoh for the sermon, Before the
oengrogattoubad chanted one fl
Sete
famili-
ar ohuroh of England chants, joined they
in ringing the piaintiwe
"Waal, sighing to be bleat,
Bound, and locums to be free,
Wo
sry, wafting for wq rest,
Lois bo merciful to. nae,
The effect of an En lish con re Lien's
ala in is that o g g m
g g f a melodeon, compared
with the thinner pipe organ sound of a Cana-
dian congregation,
f
Ian e
cid
.
Just before the collection
the doctor re-
minded ne that the contributions would be in
ald of the annual Sunday Saheal treat, and
they proposed bringing the ehlldren- down
to the eesaide and give them a breath of
sea air, a romp en the sea shore, or a dip in
the surf. It was also; proposed tertak° a
few of the poor old men—and the deoter
lingered pityingly, en , the "o" till the
people' smiled sympathizingly --and Aswan
remarkable when it Wal mentioned to the
few poor old people, how many other old
people had turned up, during the week and
said, " they had beard of it, In conse-
quence the Committee had more to pre -
vide for than they expected, The"appeal
was made with perfect: art, and I noticed a
good number of gold; pieces in the collection
box, when It Dame round. I had hada penny
in my hand, but when he brought outha
pitying o -[d I brought out a sixpence in.
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near the preaoher'a chair Ibeheld Mr.
of Toronto, while a few seats in front et m
eat Mr.— and Mies-- of Niagara Falls
I immediately, fait at home, Mr, Spurge
en opening the service referred to hie illness
and hoped that if his voice was not ae strong
or his ,sermon as olear as it ought to be, they
would knew the reason why. Ilia sermo
was founded on the inoident of the Samar
sten woman at the well ef Jacob, er rats
the conversation which takes plane betwee
Christ and his disciples when they retnr
from the town with food. "In the mean
while hie disciple. prayed him, saying, mac
ter, eat.' But he said unto them, I hav
meat to eat that ye know not et." The die
ciphers had been charged with grossness, for
their incapacity to see any ether than
physielogloal moaning to eur Saviour's words
but the preacher thought these word
were quite natural. No man could liv
without eating, and he thought men should
devote a full share of their exertions to pro
viding their tables with healthy food; bu
what he wished to show was the enthusiasm
of Christ in the work he came to de, This
Samaritan woman, whose past life had been
none too geed and who had come out for
water at an hour when few people were
about, was the first convert made by Christ.
Step by step, In the conversation about the
water ef this life he had led the woman up
to a degree of realization of the source of
spiritual life, and as he looked into her soul
and saw the first evidenoe of her willingness
to receive the new "gift of God," a new en-
thuslasm filled hie own soul and made him
forget for the time his awn bodily wants
Mr. Spurgeon'a hearers might It was a
great thing to be able to preach before a
vast congregation and have his' sermons re.
peated in. papers read by millions, bat he m-
oored them he felt a greater satisfaction and
deemed it a greater honor te have some per-
son Dome quietly and testify that he had
been saves through his preaching. He never
felt a deeper joy than when he read one
day in some paper of a West Indian who
had been converted by reading a translation
of one ef his sermons. There was more hon-
er in doing the obeoure work of Christ than
in making a public noise. This first sermon
of the greatest preacher on earth waif preach-
ed to but one person, and that woman of
doubtful character, whom many a preacher
of these days would not think it worth
while to waste a word upon, And yet
Christ's highest skill of illustration and
his greatest taut were thrown into thie
oonversatfon, and the reception of it filled
his whole heart with joy and anticipation of
the future ef his gospel as he pointed to
the crowd of Samaritans then coming up and
said : " Lift up your eyes and look on the
fields, for they are white already to har-
vest." The whole sermon was an encourage-
ment to these who are willing te do the
solid and unostentatious work of Christianity
in this world.
There was no pollution ; but strangers,
as they came to the poroh, were handed
a little envelope into which, if they wish-
ed, they could put something for the new
college.
Spurgeon's is the eloquence of plain words,
he uses no flowery oratory, but, like Moody,
says what he means in words that any or-
dinary man may understand. Thine with
hie earnestness, is the secret ef hie power.
Yesterday a friend took me to hear Dr,
Joseph Parker at the Congregational church
known as the City 'Temple, In High Hol-
born. Dr. Parker has a fame in the Con-
gregational Chnroh of England correspond-
ing to that of Dr. Wild in Canada, except
that Dr. Parker's gifts are not of the pro.
phetio order. His talent is rather in the
dramatic line. He is about 60 years of age,
in physique, and ,espeoially in voice,
he calls Henry Irving to mind at once,
If he had not been a preacher he would
have been a splendid tragedian. The
church was well filled, as I suppose it al-
ways Is. The interior Is very handsome ;
having a gallery supported by columns with
Corinthian capitals, and just enough of gilt
and llght coloring about them, and the
otherdecoratlone, to relieve it of the sombre
nese of moat London churches, It has the
everlasting stained glass on all the windows.
In one close by us, our Saviour in a bright
colored garb is reproaented talking to the
Samaritan woman et the well, the woman
also dressed in bright rod, with the apostles
no oleo about them that they must have
heard all that wad said --in fact they seem
to be participating In the conversation.
Again, in the midst of a sort of Catharine
wheel window, behind the pulpit, the
'Saviour of the world in a garment of the
brightest red, and--•.
But, to the preaohor, It appeared that
this was one of a series of comma the deo•
tor wad preaohiug on the book of Job. The
general design was not quite dear, but one
point in thin' apart was that the speech of
Zophar, the Naamathile, in which he accua•
ed Job of indulging be too wrathelequonoe,
Was justified' by the faots—that Job inelat-
ed too much on hin own virtues, and held up
to a Stronger- light than needed, his suffer.
Ings. It wad; like a banker who was fond of
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He Would Argue With the Highwaymen.
Mn McRoberts, now editor of the Leeds
(England) Mercury war at one time a 're-
porter in: San Francisco. He was the meet
argumentative, and, at the' game time; the
calmest man that ever amok the town.
He would stop work at a fire to 'argue. ' Mr.
McRoberts was on his way home early ene
morning, when an American citizen midden-
ly popped up with a pistol levelled at his
head, and said :
"Threw up yer hands 1"
" Why 1" asked Mr. MoRoberts audio -
turbo(' 1
"Threw them up,"
" But what for ?•,
" Put up yer hands," malted the foot-
pad, slaking the pistol, "Will you de what
I tell you ?"
" That depends," maid Mr. McRoberts,
" If ye eau show me any reason why I should
pit np,ma hands, I'll no say but what I won:
but yer mere requaist wad be no justifica-
tion fur me to do sae absurd a thing. Noe
why should you, a complete stranger, ask
me at this our o' the merlin, en a public
street, tae put up my hands 1''
"Dash you 1" cried the robber; " If you
don't quit gabblin' and obey orders, I'll
blow the tep of your head off 1"
" What ! Faith, man, ye must be set e°
yer heed, Come noe, pair' buddy," said
Mr. McRoberts, soothingly, coolly catching
the pistol and wrestling it with a quick twfat
out of the man's hand; ° come, nee, an'
I'll show you where they'll tak care o' ye.
Heoh 1 Dlnna ye try he feoht, er aced PII
shoot ye, By the way, ye might as weal
put up yer ain hands, and jiet walk ahead
o' me. That's it. Trudge away neo,"
And so Mr, McRoberts marched his man
to the City Prison, and handed him ever to
Capt Douglass,
' It wuddna be a bad idea to put him in
a straightjacket," he said, serenely, to the
cf cer, " There's little deotbut the buddy's
daft."
And he resumed him interrupted home-
ward walk,
Having Fun With a Enahe..1
During the noon hour among the workmen
employed in improvements along the rail-
road west of Sterlington, Ala., statlea, ene
of the bosses nctioed the other day that a
gang of Italians had found some amusement
in their shanty whioh kept them in a con-
stant state of hilarity for nearly the en-
tire hour. Just before it was time to ra-
eume work the boss walked to the shanty
to see what it was that excited' the . merri-
ment of the Italians. He found three or
four of the laborers with sticks six er oven
inches long in their hands. One of them
stepped to one side of the shanty, thrust his
stink grlokly at something on the ground,
and tamped quiokly back, at which
spectators laughed heartily.
The boos made hie way through the men
to see what it was at " which the Italian
thnrst his stink, and came in eight of it as
one of the man had made a thrust, and
jumped baok just in time and far enough te
escape the fangs of an enormous rattlesnake,
which sprang at the man, and then quickly
recoiled on the ground for another spring as
another Italian advanced.
The snake's eyes glittered with rage, and
its rattles filled the ehenty with the noise of
its vibrations. The beer shouted to an Ita-
lian who was advancing for his turn at the
sport, and said a few wards in Italian' which
caused an instantaneous clearing out of
the cabin. The Italians had captured the
snake in some way while at work, and,
ignorant of its deadly nature, had dragged
it to their shanty, whore for an hoar they
had played with the reptile, escaping its
fangs only by extraordinary good fertnne.
The snake was killed. It was nearly five
feet long and had a splendid set of rattles,
seventeen in number. Even after the snake
was dead not one of the Italians who had
so fearlessly tempted death while ignorant
of the venomous character of the snake,
would go anywhere near it, and when they
had occasion to enter their shanty crossed
themselves and left again as hastily as they
could.
A London letter says the newest thing
in bonnets is a coral, leaf from the Ba
hamar,, and now we think of it the newest
thing in dress goods wad a fig leaf,
Rev. W, S. Ralneferd, of New York, for-
merly of Toronto, in a 'speoch before the
Congress of ' Churches, recently held at
Cleveland, Ohio, plodded for the aboilt f on
of the mlasion chapel, and spoke of the
worthioesnera of theatre services and tent
eervicea, oompared with a fully manned free
oho roh.
A eo-oalled mad dog in Hebron. Xy,, bit
a cow. Tho cow in a few days showed signa
of rabies, and about the same time a baby
that had been living on the milk of the cow
beoame Similarly affected, It is said that:
the symptom of hydrophobia are pronoanoed
In , the child, whore puff eringe are very
great,