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Exeter Times, 1896-6-25, Page 7HJ P TEE SEE any personal tereat n th eeera ado merits, I hope that I shall be foundat His feet i I will thank you for a r your A TRIUMPHANT PRON OVER THE leisure. My d�or is boltewo tritat V tears." W/aat was the matter with the dean ttiversity an a Teacher St /From God to a Carlisle? Had he got to be a worse Teach tee /Mesons of Faith, nope and state f hi Iheuf hYslaall said that the man? No ' t !igt). 1-181 P se .would. not war- Coarage-arlie tenting mast as au min i ran is in ng a minute. Oh, if the eator in wisdom. least wuad affeets the spleen and af- Washington, June ea,—In his dis. ' fects the lugs and affects the liver, it will affed youri , soul. Ape course to -day Rev. Dr. Talmage point- pealing to Goi for lmairpr,tteat y ed• out the consolations whiela the re- self against these withering bieitestsoaunrd- ligion of Christ extends to all. who are destroying influences. . text that the Lord in trouble and specially to sixth as are ; 13o.it notice in nay co erols the eaat wind, "The Lord in deep naisfortune or sufeering from brought the east wind," He brings it bereavement. He chose as his text for especial purpose; it must some - Exodus, x, 13, "And the Lord brought , times blow from that quarter. The ' east wind is just as inaportant as the an east wind upon the land all that 1 north wind, or the south wind, or the day and all that night." I west wind, but not so pleasant. Trial 'must come. The text does hot say you The reference here is not to a cyclone, ee will escape the cutting.blast. Who ever bat to the long continued blowing . ad'euelomescane it? Especially who that tbe wind from an unhealthful quarter, plished anything for &urea or The north wind is bracing, the south state ever escaped. it? I was in the wind is relaxing, but the east wind is Pulpit of Jobe Wesley in London, a irritating and full of threat. Eighteen "si,liiit where he stood one day and ,ori Ishianythleent ?arged with all time, does the )3Ible speak against the the ant wind. Moses describes the —that of drunkeenncaesti?gatinedexacItm°anne thin ears blasted by the east wind. The arose in the audience: and said, "John, wee° were drunk last night." So John psalmist describes the breaking of the W_ sley partssed under the flail. ships of Tarshish by the east wind. i ttItnewoil _aeorforeign journal a report The locusts that plagued Egypt were us o U ge es, hitefield's sermons a sermon preached 120 or 130 years borne in on the east wind. The gourd — I am writieg cthis, for 151*:m 1111 el I BLAS'rING EAST WIND0 ,......... are It seemed tat at the reporter that sheltered Jonah was sbattered by s ood to take the sermon, and his the east wind, and in all the 6,000 sum- chief idea was to caricature it, and mers, autumns, winters, springs of the thprefieninares scraethof the reportorel world's existence the worst wind that wtiteri%d.° Alter sell= 111im Irgee ever bmw is the east Wind, Now, if rackearne indicative of a plamical de- tatiel would only give us a climate oe feat in the eye, it goes ore to shy: "Ilere perpetual nor'wester bow genial and the preeal°er claps his chin on the pelt, pit u n. Here he elevates lus kind and plaeid and industrious Chris- voice. Herehhelowers his voiceholds tia.n.s we would all be! But it takes his arias. extended; bawls stands trembling; makes a friehtful feta; almighty grace to be what we ought to be under the east wind. Under the chilling and wet wing of the east wired the roost of the world's villainies, frauds, outrages, suicides and murders have been batched out. I think if you should keep a meteorolog- ical history of the days of the year and put right beside it a criminal record of the country you would find that those were the best days for public morals which were under the north or west wind, and that those were the worst days for public morale ethich were under the east wind. The points of the compass bave more to do with the werldn morals and the chureh's piety than you have yet suspected. Rev. Dr. Arelaitraid Alexander, eminent for learning and for consecration, when peeked by one of bis students at Prince- ton whether he always had full assur- ance of faith, replied, "Yes, except when the wind blows from the east." Dr. Franck., dietator of Paraguay, when the wind was from the east, made eppressive enactments for the people, but when tim weather changed re- turns up the whites of his eyes; clasps his bands behind him; elasps bis arms around him and huge himself; roan; aloud, halloos, jun, cries, elianttea front crying, halloos end jumps again.' Well, my brother, if that good. man 'went tbrough all that process. in your ot.upation, in your profession, sithroorre in the editorial their, soma- ta, your store, In your shop, at the ban in some here, you will have to go through a similar process, il•ou cannot esealie it. Keats wrote his tamnus poem, and the hard centrism of the poem killed hint—literally killed. him. Tasso wrote his poem entitled "Jerusalem Deliver- ed," and it Ind suela a cola Mention it turned him into a raving nieniac. Stilliregfleet was slain by his literary ermines. The frown of Henry VII/. slew Cardinal Wolsey. The Duke of Wellington refused to have the fence around his bouse, whieh had been de- stroyed by an excited mob, rebuilt, be- cause he wanted the fence to remain as it was, a reminder of the neutalel- ity and uncertainty of the popular favor. And you will have trial of some sort, You have, had it already. Why need I prophesy? I night better rnention a historical fact in your history. You are a merchant. 'What a, time you had wilh tbat old business partner ! How Rented-0Pa of the cruelties, repealed hard it was to get rid of him! Before the enactients arid was in good humor Yott bougin him out or he ruined both with all the world. of you what magnitude of annoyance 1 : Then after you heel paid him. down a Before I overtake the main thouallt 'certain sum of motiey to have birn go of my subject I want to tell Christian out and to promise he would not open people they ouglit to be observant of elimatical changes. Be on your guard 1 a_ store of the same kind of businese when the wind Wows front the east. I tu Yet= street did he not open the Thercee,,re certain styles of temptations ! very same kiwi of business as near to them nu cannot endare under certain You as possible and take all your ens- omers as far as he eould take them? etyles of weather. ! Na hen the woad ; And teen knowipg all your frailities blows from the east, if you. are or a and. weaknesses after being in your nervous temperament, go not atnong business firm for 50 many years, is exaeperatiner people, try not to settle bad debts, do nut try to settle old Ye not LIONV spending his time in mak- trig a commentary on what you fur - disputes, do not talk with a bigot on religion, do not go among those peo- n;n, and ihed as .‘n your sickness, or in youra text? You are a physi- • pie who delight in saying irritating o : absence, you get a neighboring doe- tbinge, do not try to collect funds for • et charitable institution, do not try to tor to take your place in the sick room, g answer an insulting letter. If these i and he himself into things must be done, do them when the wind is from the north, or the southeor the west, but not when the wind is from the east. You say that men and women ought trot to be so sensitive end nervous. I admit it, but I am not talking about what the world ought to be; I am talking about wbat tee world is. While there are persons whose disposition does not seem to be affected by changes in the atmosphere, nine out of ten are inightily played upon by such influ- ences. 0 Christian male under sucli circumstances, do not write hard things against yourself, do not get worried about your fluctuating experience. You are to remember that the barometer in your soul is only answering the barometer of the weather. Instead of sitting down and being discopsaged and saying, "I am not a Christian be- cause I don't feel exhilarant," get up and look out of the window and see the weather vane pointing in the wrong (marten and then say, -"Get thee be- thnd me, attain thoa prince of the pow- er of the air get out of my house;' get out of my heart, thou demon of dark- ness horsed on the east wind. Away I" However good and great you. may be in the Christian life, your soul will never be independent of physic,a1 con- dition. I feel I am uttering a most practical, useful truth here, one that be favor of thee family, so that you • forever lose their patronage. Or you take a patient through the serious • etages. of a fever, and some day the unpateent father or husband of the sick ono rushes out and gets another med- ical practitioner who comes in just in time to get the oredit of the cure. Or you are a lawyer, and you come in contact with a trickster in your pro- fession, and in your absence, and con- trary to agreement, he moves a non- suit er the dismissal of tbe case, or the judge on the bench, remembering an old political grudge, rules against you every time he gets a thence, and says with a snarl, "If you don't like my decision, take an exception." Or you are a farmer, and the curculio stings the fruit, or the weevil gets into the wheat, or the drought stunts the cern, or the long continued rains give you no opportunity for gathering the har- vest. Your best cows gets the hollow horn, your best horse gets foundered. A French proverb said that trouble comes in on horseback and goes away on foot. So trouble dashed in on you suddenly, but, oh, how long it. wee in getting away I Came on horsebaok, goes away on foot. Rapid in coining, slow in going. That is the history of nearly all your troubles. Again and again and again you have experienced the power of east wind. we m It may be blow - may grelief to a great any Chris- nag from that direction now. liens who are worried and despondent i My friends, God intended these trou- at times. I bles and trials for some particular pur- Dr. Rush, a monarch in medicine, ; ppse. They do not come at random, after curing hundreds of eases of men- Here is the nroraise: "He stayeth his tal depression, himself fell sick and rough wind in the day of the east lost els religious hope, and he would wind." In the Tower of London the lietielieve his pastor when the pastor swords and the guns of other ages are toi , him that his spiritual depression burnished and arranged into huge pas- was4only a consequence of physical sion flowers and sunflowers and bridal depression. Andrew Fuller, Thomas cakes, and you wonder how "anything Scott, William Cowper, Thomas Hos- so hard as steel could be put into ton, David Brainerd, Philipp Malanch- such floral shapes. I have to tell you thon were mighty men for God, but that thee hardest, sharpest, most ent- ail of them illustrations of the fact ting, most piercing sorrows of this life that a man's soul is not independent may be made to bloom and blossom of his physical health. An eminent and put on bridal festivity. The Bible physician gave as his opinion that no says they shall be mitigated, they shall • man ever died a greatly triumphant be assuaged, they shall be graduated, death whose disease was below the God is not going to allow you. to be diaphragm. Stackhouse, the learned overthrown. A Christian woman, very Christian commentator, says he does much despondent, was holding her child not think Saul was insane when David in her arms, and the pastor, trying to played the hasp before him, but it wee console the woman in her spiritual de - a hypochondria coming from inflam- pression said: " There, you will hit man= of the liver. Ob, how many your child drop." "Oh, no," she said, gaol people bave been mistaken in; :' I couldn't let the child drop." He said, regard to their religious hope, not tak- t ' You will let the child drop." " Why," ing these things into consid.erationl , she said, " if 1 should drop the child The dean of Carlisle, one of the best here, it would, dash his life out 1" men that ever lived, and one of the " Well, now," said the Cbristian min - most useful, sat down and wrote: ister ," don't you think God as good "Though I have endeavored to dis- as you are? Won't God, your Father, tharge my duty as well as I could, yet take as good care of you, His Wand, as sadness and melaticholy of heart stiok you take care of your child? God close by and increase upon nae. I tell won't let you dean." nobody; but I am very much sunk in- ' I suppose God leas the east wind blow deed, and I wish I could have the relief iust hard enough to drive us into the of weeping as i used to. My days are harbor of God's protection. We all feel exceedingly dark and distressing, In we can manage our own affairs. We a word, Almighty God seems to hide have helm and compass and thart and His ease and e intrawt the secret hare- quadrant. Give us plenty of sea room ly to any earthly being. I know not and. we sail on, and sail on, but after • velmt will become of me. There is awhile there comes a Caribbean whirl- • doubtless a good deal of bodily afflic- wind up the mast, and we are helpless lion mingled witla this, but it is not all in the gale and we cry oat for haebor. so, 1 bless God, however, that 1 never All our calculations upset, we say with lose sight of the (moss and though I the poet: 8 'and tiecay on all around I see, Oh, ou, who thangest not, abide with me I The south wind of raild Providence makes es throw off the cloak of Claris- tian character arid we catch cold, but the sharp east wind of trouble. makes us wrap around us the, warm promises. The best thing that ever ha.ppens to us is trouble. That is a hard thing, per- haps to say, but I repeat it, for God annouro.c,es it again and again, the best thing that happens to us is trouble. Oh, my friends, have you ever calculated what trouble did for David? It made him the sacred min- strel. for all ages. What did trouble do for Joseph? Made him the keeper of the corneries of Egypt. What did it do for Paul? Made he'• the great apostle of the Gentiles. . did it do for Samuel Rutherford? Mehe his in-. validism. more illustrious than robust health. What did it do for Richard Baxter? Gave him capacity to write of the "Saint's Everlasting Rest." What did it do for John Bunyan? Showed him the shilling gates ft(' the city. What. has it done for you? Since the loss of that child your spirit has been purer. Since the loss of that property you have found out that earthly invest- ments are insecure. Since you- b st your health you feel as never before a rapt anticipation of eternal release. Trouble has humbled you, has en- larged you, has multiplied your re- sources, has equipped you, has looseo- ed your grasp from this world and tightened your, grip on the next. Oh. bless God for the east. wind! R Ins driven you into the harbor of God's syrapathy. Nothing like trouble to show us that this world is an insufficient portion. lIegarth was about done with hie, and he wanted to paint the end of all things, He put on canvas a shattered bottle, a cracked bell, an unstrung harp, a signboard of a tavern called I'he World's End" falling down, a shipwrecic, the horses of Phoebus lying ;lead in the clouds, the moon in her last quarter, and the world on fire. "One thing lore," said ilegarth, "and my pictur 'is done." Then he added ;the brok palette of a painter. Then ' he died. But trouble with hane might- ier and more skillful than II, garth's, pictures the falling, failing, mouldering dying world. And we want et mething permanent to lay held of, and we grasp with both hands after God and say, "'The Lord is my light; the Lord is ray love; the Lord is my fortress; the Lord LS ray 'od. Bless God for your trials. Oh, raY Christian frieud, keep your spirit up by the power of Christ's gospel. Do not surrender. Do you not know that when you give up ethers will give up? a ou have courage, and others will have courage. The Romans went into the battle, and by some accident there was an inclination of the standard. The; standard upright meant forward rameaarneht isuthrereiniadeelrortion of the standard Through the negligence of the man uo ns .rfe eipt who carried the standard and the incli- ttj31; asrtrayandarudrri'unpd.ewrehdeth()ehr, et it be blown down by the east wind or the north wind, or the south wind. No inclination to surrender. Forward into the oonflict. There is near Bombay a tree that they call the "sorrowing tree," the pe- culiarity of whieh is it never puts forth any bloom in the daytixne, but in the , night puts out all its bloom, and all its redolence. And I have to tell you that, though Christian character puts forth its sweetest bloesetms in the darkness of sickness, the darkness tif financial distress, the darkness of bereavement, the darkness of death, "weeping xnay endure for a night., but joy coraeth in the morning." Acmes the harsh dis- • cords of this world rolls the, rau.sie of the aloes—inane that breaks from the lips, music that breaks from the harps and rustles from the palms, music like falling .water aver rocks, music like wandorine winds among leaves, music like carolmg birds among forests, music like ocean knows storming the Atlantic beach. "They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sun light on them note any heat. Lor the Lamb which is in the tnidst ca the throne shall lead them to, living fountains of water, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." bee a great Christian fleet approathing that harbor. Sone of the ships come in with sails rent and bulwarks knocked away, but still afloat. Nearer and near- er the shining shore. Nearer and near- er eternal anchorage. Haul away, my lads, haul away! Some of the ships had mighty tonnage, and others were small shallops easily listed of the wind and wave. Some were men-of-war and arm- ed of the thunders of Christian battle, and others were unpretending tugs, taking ot hers through the Narrows, an d some were coasters that never ventured out into the deep seas of Christian ex- perience, but they; are all coming near- er the wharf—brigantine, galleon, line of battle ship, longboat, pinnace, war frigate—and as they come into the har- bor I find that they are driven by the long, loud, terrific blast of the east wind. It is through much tribulaticti that you are to enter into the kingdom of Goa. You have blessed God for the north wind, and blessed Him for the south wind, and blessed Him for the west wind. Can you not in the light of this subject bless Him for tate east wind? Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to tbee. . E'en though it be a croes That raiseth me, I Still ail my song shall be, • Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. A PET PYTHON. f+ The Children or the House Feed it Milk and Eggs. • A well known traveller in his "Ex- periences in South Africa," says that he was once passing through a Dutch farm in the Transvaal, when he went up to che house to sea if he coulcl buy some eggs. In front of the door stood. a large barrel. "As I passed I carelessly tilted the barrel to see what was underneath. I let it down again proxaptly. A big python was under it. "The Date/wean told me that he had shot at it some months before, and wounded it slightly in the head, where- upon it seem.ecl to become stupefied. He dragged it home, extracted its fangs, a.nd little by little it had grown tarae. "The python, which measured 16 feet, was allowed to crawl Omit the place at night and never attempted to get away nor to do any damage. In fad, the farmer found it useful in killing rets and vermin, By day it was kept under thep barrel. "The children fed the snake and played with it. I saw one of the boys drag it out and pour two bottles of milk down its throat, and. then 'give It six eggs. When the children teas- ed it, it made a hissing noise, and rear- ed upon its tail, but they never showed any ago of fear." NU WAR BALLOON TEST, BRITISH ARMY TO TRY SIGNAL BALLOONS IN THE SOUDAN. The new Balloons ere tight, but of reat napacity—To Be Supplied with Carrier Pigeons, Telegraph Apparatus and a Rapid Fire An extremely novel type of military balloon tallith the Britisb army will employ in the Soudan earopaign is now attracting great attention. The le pul- ar notion of such things is wide of the mark, so fax. as the present structure of these war birds is concereed- Not only will the L•alloons be something heretofore unprecedented in soldiering., but they are to be employed for a far different purpose than the mere self- evident one of rising to the clouds. If the balloons for tbe Soudan simply carried piesengers skyward tbey would be useless. Even if they could besteer- ed at will no particular eni would be attained from a military peint of view. The balloon is primarily designed as a signal statien, and as an instrument of offensive warfare. To accomplish such purposes even the French model, excellent though it be, has been depart- ed from entirely. This new Lalloon has the unusual merit of being very (impressible. It can be taken to pieces in eighteen min- utes and packed into a space no great- er than the dimensions of a portman- teau. This does not inelude ordinanee, of course. On its travels the balloon might be taken for a gripsack. But when the object has been unrolled and inflated it is bigger than many an of- fice building. The enormous bag is as tough as the hide of a rhinooerous, yet very tbin Its great merit is the difficulty of puncturing it, a retult obtained by the new process of coating it with a boiling solution of all, the secret of whith is carefully guordea by the Brit- Lsh army authorities at Aldershot. All these balloons are manufactured at Aldershot, Ithere is stetioned the most famous English regiment in the world. The royal engineers are detailed to op- erate the balloun wheu tbey see service,. The structure of the contrivanee has been so simplified that there is no long- er the same liability of breakage or un- fitness for use. This tendency to get out of order is at present the bane of the Freneh military i aliotn, centerning h: eh euch wonderful proplisties were mode and not fulfilled. Once the balloon has been unpacked in London it can be inflated anti equip- ped in a quarter of an bour. The sae is tied to stakee driven (kepis' into the earth. The ear is a very light basket which looks heavy and big, but whith a man can carry an his head with ease. This besket is divided into sections by an ingenious series of slides. By means of a lever the paseenger can let ram of the sections fall to the earth without impairing tee utility of the aerial vemele in the least. The floor of the car has a series of foot pedals and tbe ropes run on pansy& The intetior of the inflated port is terously partitioned into tour or fine compartments, so that a bullet -hole would not let mut all the gas. The operator is supposed, however to keep his precious craft out of gunshot. His descents are usually for the pur- pose of releasing carrier pigeons, a service introduce' with happy results into the balloon equipment. On the car is a small basket cempartment in- to which a revolting gun has been in- troduced. The little cannen is self-acte ing and would clay havoc, with any mat reading party that proposel to inter- fere with the balloon upon its descent in the enemy's territory. The primary requisite of these ban loona and one which is indispensable in the Soudan and in all warfare, is speed. The centrivance tins with particular speed when a favorable cur- rent guides it, ani even in the teeth of unfavorable winds it Bolds its own, owing to the resistance offered by the angularity ani perforated material of the car. Steering, contrary to a general im- pression, is not so necessary, because the balloon is never required to remain long in the air and its travels being not for transportation so muela as communica- tion, are seldom very great in extent. In the event of accident the balloon can be destroyed and EcIt ered with ease, thereby preventing as capture by the enemy, should it reach the ground contrary to the intention of the occup- ant. Besides, experience shows that it is poor policy to send a balloon sky- ward for long periods during a milit- ary carapeign. The region of the Soudan is peculiarly favorable to the use of the balloon. The atmospheric currents hold it excellent- ly. The nature of the ground is adopt- ed to very little other communication than can be had from the clouds, un- less one is willing to incur the risk of discovery by the enemy. But once given the balloon. a campaign- ceases to be tediously terrible. The excitement and the iinpressive- nese Of its appe.aranee are lemon.' the power of words to express. First of all, the engineer, as he is termed, takes his place. He is given his letters to deliver, his flags for signaling, his code, his pigeons and his ammunition. A gun- ner takes his place opposite, leaded to the teeth. The giant sphere tugs at its moor- ings like a dog in a leash. The ropes are cut, and up shoots the monster like a rocket. This is the ordeal that re- quires great fortitude and self-control on the part of the occupants of the car. They must cling to the wicker- work tenaciously or be shot out and down as if impelled from a catapult. When the balloons were tested at Aldershot such accidents were appaling- ly frequent. Electricityis a strong i point of this type. That s, it does not ride straight up and down all the time. Sometimes, indeed, it curves like the letter 5, at others it turns almost up- side down, and at all times it is no easy matter to retain tam's equilibrium. Therefore, the occupant must combine experience with agility, and at the same time keep his ceaseless vigil. The pen- alty of negligence is one long series of frightful deaths. These, cursorily considered, are the more unique of the characteristics of the Aldershot military balloon. Their coming service in the Soudan will be an event of no ordinary importance. Lieut. R. B. Blakeney, who has already proceeded to Egypt on special service connected with their utilization, will make an elaborate report upon the ex - perience be gains in this eaxciPaigra o sure are the efforts of attaining brilliantly satisfactory resulte that the plant at Aldershot has been enlarged in anticipation of the dero.and for balloons by the, army. The gaseous ships will then be turned out. in great numbers and slapped to all parte of the Brit- ish Empire. Se? far as the telephene and signaling egeopmente of these craft are concern- ed, they differ very little from the sys- tem now in vogue. The telephone are parents is strapped to the operator's aaek like a ktiapsack. He drops e mouthpiece at -lathed to a coil of wire In the usual ma:aner. Then the wire unwoundis f mu tar at io n estate ishe a. It should be borne in mirtd. that the ehlef atm of ndlitary liallontung is com- munication. No ntat t er how perfeetly the v -hi .le operitos, it all ogethor fails of its purpme unless it becomes a medi- um of intelligence. This principle has been the guiding. one of the British army balloon service, and its products are to -day, mnartps, tbe most mervelous Instruments of that inaaracter ever de- vised. But for fuller details on thie bead we must await, as do military men everywhere, the dispatehes ser n to warm the wires front this seat of war. FIVE -CRANK MARINE ENGINES, samptian to One Pound an Hour pe 1 rsed in Englund to Reduce the coal Con. Horse Power and to Obviate Vibration. Remarkable results were obtained with the enginss of a new steamer, tbe Inchmona, recently built at West Liar- tlepool, England. The object to be at- tained was to limit the consumption of fuel to 1.15 pounds of coal to one horse power an hour, and, if possilde, to get , still nearer to the ideal of one pound to one horse power. In trade extend -1 ing over two days, with the vessel at ! the dock, the cumuli:gine:xi averaged 1.07 ! pounds per hour, one run 1..ea,j 7i,.•tual- ly a shade ender a pound. t ae en- gines worked at eighty reveille:nee per rainute, steam being easan at a pressure of 225 putuen et, keep the steam dry, not only In t he boilers, Lnt in the engine, unusual prectintiens were taken, an "Wale' receiver" being added to the superheater, and the sys- tem of steam jacketing for the cylind- ers, the exhaust cuntrul, and the steam feeding arrangements were extraordin- ari it complete. most r in irk tble innova, we- ever, is in the use, of five craLlb.i in the engine. It is des:riled as followe mu Ineuetries and Iron: "In regard to tloe engines, the most interesting feature in their arrange- ment on five cranks, there being two law -pressure cyloadem, and the cranks Leing set at equal angles round the crank path. The engines, therefore, tvoilt on the quadruple prinreple, each of the five cranks anag driven by one of the five eteintlers. "Tbe cylinders are all in a straight line on the centre line of the ship, and , all the valves are on the same line, im- mediately over the crank shaft, anti driven by the ordinary ank-motion tyme of valve gear. I he crank shalt is in ftve equat and interchangeable secticns, . . . eae made on tba Wet minem the several teats tiling of the fineet ingot Steel. The five cranks being set at equ- al angles around the crank circle cause the propeller to reeeive no less than ten impulses per revolution. and the angles bang equel, the impulses arz d? - livered at equal ant regular intervals of tirae—a matter of great ixnportance. This arrangement also gives so even 'a balanee of forces, suet relatively light reciptoeating parts, and sueh rapid re- versed of the up -arab -down initial stresses, as to enable the engines to run almost noieenssly, ana entirely to oh - elate vibration of the blip, even when light. All the waves are on the centre line of the ship, and are driven by or- dinary link raoti .n. the work on the valve gear being unusually light owing to the smallness of the valves, aril the power passing through each mink be- ing only one-fifth of the total instead of one-third, as in the threacraek en- gine. The sraallneas of thu low-pressure cylinders enables the centres of the en- gines to be closer than usual, and the engines altogether go into an engine room only one frame spate longer than is usual with the three -crank engine. THE CORONATION OIL. Made Once in Three Years. and Esed For Three Purposes. The oil used at the coronation of Russia's Czars is not of an ordinary kind. It is prepared with elaborate 'ceremony. It is made only once in three years, and is used only for three purposes—namely, the baptism of royal babes, the crowning of the Czar and the consecration of the Metropolitan. It is called chrism oil or myro, and is always made at teloseeriv or Kief. Early on Monday morning of Passion week the Patriarch, in ceretuenial robes proceeds tc the sacristy, lights the fires and places thereon a gallon of oil to bail, reading the Gospel at the same time The oil is kept boiling far three days and nights without intermission, be- ing stirred continually with silver ladles in the hands of priests. After this the oil is put into two silver cal- drons, and placed upon a porce- lain stove, where it is stirred by six- eleacoos arrayed in black and silver vestments. This oil Is supposed to possess mira- culous curative powers, and great crowds of people bring hits of eotton or wood to dip into the boly mixture. The vases filled with the oil are car- ried in great state to the Cathedral of the Assueription, where mass is said by the Metropolitan. BEFORE AND AFTER, "1 ant going to be married," said Miss Trotter to Miss Fdttish. "You! You going to be married! I thought you were an inveterate man- hater, who wouldn't 'marry the best man in the World." "Yes, but that was before one of the horrid men had proposed to me." GRADUATED RATES. Hotel Clerk—This guest has been here over two weeks. Nothing was said about rates. Shall we charge hin by the week or by the day? Proprietor—What's m that package he left in the safe? Bonds. Cbarge him by the day. ENGLAND'S COAL PRODUCTION. English coal mines produced 188,277,- 525 tons of coal in 1894, exceeding the highest peevionis record, that of 1891, by nearly 3,000,000 tons, THE SliliDAY SCIIOOL SECOND QUARTERLYREVIEW, JUNE 2S. Golden Text, aulce anal. For the corivezience of the teacher, the several themes of the lessons are; Lein re -stated. They should be drawn cue of the clase by tbe same raethod: of questianing as that already shovvri in previous lessens. Endeavor to find out what the scholars. bave done, as a result of the teachings. B1:3 riot try to teach the 'lessens over again. Lesson 2.' Privileges to those who appreciate thera—a good edueation, for instance.. 'fee greatest privilege is adopted into God's ;family, through ae- oePtarice of Christ. Have we used that privilege—or have we offered excuses? Lesson 3. Tbe sinner is an object of pity, just beeause he is a sinner. The Father hae welcomed us hotue—if we have come home. What are we doing to rescue other prodigals? Lesson 4. Tile rich man went to hell. not because he was rich. but because he was selfish. You cannot love money and love God, or your neighbor. Help the poor, the elek, the suffering, the heather. God is watching as he will riot warn us again. Leeson 5. Tlie emnderful power of faith comes by spiritual eerowth. And the power is put into the hands of these nit ma God can trust to use It aright. Have we the power of faith? Are we growing in grace! Lesson O. Winn we talk with God in prayer, we must observe the rules. If we are vain of our own rigliteoutenese. God will not tear we If we watch our own hearts, we shall not see the bless - mg eome. Leak up. and look out. Leeson 7. The kingdom of God is a plaee of work, and the reward of work is more work. God has given us an op- portunity; what have we been doing with it ? thereat those napkins! T.vsson 8. We are God's vineyard. He laid us out. and expects returns. He sent prophets an teachers and. Jesus hie Son. Tbe Jews rejected the prophets and killed the Son. What have we done? Lesson 9. When the time for repent- anco is over the judgment comes. It came on the Jews in the destruction of Jerusalem. Every word of Jesus will corae true, as surely as his weeds came true about the eity. He Ls cern- ing again: be ready. Lea -sine 10. The danger of self-seeking —danger to us, danger to vockty, dan- ger to the Church. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed le.st he Lessen 11. The love of Jesus. What have we done to try to stow our love for bim? Lesson 12. Take ;emir dotiote to Jesus. He will !,how you bine:elf, will teen the neripture, and will give you eome•teing to do that will keep you too buev to doubt. Lesson 1. He 16 not dead: he is arisen We need a risen Christ; we can sympathize with the joy of the diedpies. If we then are risen wall Christ let us seek tboe.e things that, are above. LORD ROSEBERY'S PENSIONER. A Servant With Whom He Lost llis Temper and Fought a Duel. There has just died in Peels, in the suburb of Passy, an gal men who for the last thirty or forty years has been drawing eieerdily an annuity of some 7,600 franee u year from the estate of Lord Bosebery. Tht, stury of the man- ner in which he tame to receive, Lie an- nuity is rather an odd one. It appears that the late Lord Rosebery, father of the preeent Earl, used to spend a good deal of his time in Paris during the reign of King Louis Pbillippe. One day he called upon a member of the Cabinet with whom be was acquainted, and ask- ed to be received at once. The attend- ant, who did not know who Lord Rose- bery was, declared that this would he impossible, unlees he had taken the trouble to write in advance for an au- dience. Lord Rosebery, however, insisted, and handed the man his card. The latter took it eonete hat reluctantly, and stop- ped to read the name, when the cld man, who was of a very choleric tem- periunent amine:Irately broke forth in a torrent of abuse, aseeiling the attend- ant with all kinds of opprobrious epit- bets, to which the maxi replied in an angry indignant manner. no loud did the neise Of the, diepute become that the Minister opened the door, and, on hear - big Lord Rosebery's complaint, imme- diately diemie,sed tbe usher. Two days later the Earl received a call from the man, who addressed him as followt,:—" The other day when ,you assailed me with ail kinds of irisulting epithets, I was acting as a servant, and. therefore unable to resent them as I ehould have wished. To -day I am a free man, no longer in service, mad am come as a former cavalty officer to ask you to, give me satisfaction for the in- dignity which you put upon me." After some hesitation Lord Rosebery accepted the challenge, and the duel took place at Longchamps, several shots being exchanged without either party being injured. On returning to Paris, and thinking over the whole matter, Lord Rosebery came to the conclusion that itwould be disagreeable if it were to become known that he, one of the most, aristocratic men of his day, had been guilty of fighting a lackey. And it was with a v iew of averting this, and placing his adversary above the ne- cessity of ever being obliged to revert to domestic service fox. a living, that he settled upon him the annuity above mentioned, A PRINCESS COMPLIMENTED. A pretty little incident took place in connection with tbe recent visit of the Duke and Duchess of York to Sal- ford, Eng. When the carriage drew up at the doors of the institute rain began to fall heavily upon the dense crowds assembled, and the Duchess put up her umbrella. This, however, rath- er disappointed the loyal folks, among whom one young woman was found courageous enough to protest. "Oh/ do put it down, please, and let the peo- ple see yaul You're bornay enough for anything!" she cried. The Duchess smiled, blushed very prettily at the compliment, and put the umbrella. down, nor did the heavy ram tempt her to put it up again. In Colorado there are ruins five hun- dred years old on which are rude sculp- tures of images - A VERY 0 IT OUST HOW PRISONERS ARE SENT IN OLD ANDORRA. Judicial Ceremony in the Cabin, te M quaint Mountain Renato Officials to Defend lite Aer•twti. In Andorra, it province wedged bit- tWeemi France and Spain, lbe man whe is to be coedentried to putneinnent has a full oppert,unity to make a prominent spvctaele himself. Great prepares tame are made fur the publie eenteu-e. They lead him out into the ruarltet- place and make a lioliday of tiie cley, It is sUppo$ed tilat this uotoriety has depressieg effect upon other crimi- nals. The Province of Andorra has a popu- lation of 12,000 persons, wito el) elk the Catalan tongue. For eleven hundred 15 years it has leen opereted as a deraoe *wingto adivid. ed Etelibntregiooanueety,9 andFranom Spain names a. criminal judge, and they try eases jointly. If they fait to agree the case under consideratiou is deteaed by a referee or appeal judge. A CURIOUS LEGAL CUSTOM. In addition to these three officials there are two ,distriet attorneys, \those du.ty it is to represent the accused and to do their best to .get thorn off, This is an old Anderra tnsutution. Bath a these gentlemen is provided with as- eistants and secretaries, and when criminal is on trial pretty nearly the whole pepulation has a chance to act 'in some official capacity. The hearing* are in privat2. unless the case is a very; serious one, bat the sentence is' rend.- ered publicly. In this case the prisoner, Manuel Baco, murdered his nanther with a club and then 'pretended that she fell down. The evidence against him was complete and be was convicted. But none knew what the sentence would he un. til the judges and the district attor- neys declared it in neess-meeting, It was thought that the mart would be garroted, it process of death -dealing! tbat is thereealled "the dry guillutiaie.' became it is inflicted without the shed4 ding of blood. A SOMBRE PARADE. Tbe judges and the twerity-foun "consuls' who legislate for the prove; thee marceed. in olack robes and with sombre raien into the open square ixi. front of the Government building. Mei% followed tearing the insignia of Os fice and last of all the clerk of the court carrying the written sentences witb great pomp and ceremony. The judges wore three-coenered bate many eizest too large for them. After they were alt arranged and the populate had had a thence to be Un - pressed with the grimness of the scene( an order was given tbat theprisoner be produced. A nweiber of court offieera in keg ',lack rubes, accompanied by a. careen.% and eix raen of tile Aiadurra ruilitia, marched to the preeins. They* they removed the shackles from the criminal ant tied him with a row.. Them begun the solemn procession to the place ot sentence, abe prisoner was pieced in the centre of the crunvd, four sentinels near him and a fifth behind him charged witbl the task ofbolding the otlaer end oe. the rope. Every oue etood at ettentime and the clerk of the court with bottle preliminary flouxishes began the read- ing of the sentence in a loud and clear voice. It was it singularly lengthy; doeument, and it expressed in frank* trrnas the opinion of the judges on the conduct trf Oat. prisoner. ESCAPED TIIE "DRY GUILLOTINE." But to the dieamointment of every one—except perhaps of the guilty mare who wee sa heedless of the feelings of tie. erowd as to look relieved—the sen- tence was not to the "dry guillotineaf but to bard labor for life. Thm the prisoner was marched back to 1.a cage. the judges, eto., solemnly wallteu into the pubhc building awl that populace dispersed, wondering 11, hosA turn it would be next. A correependent oi the Parisien week - lea front whose report these facts are taken, saps that he has been present many times when sentence was pro - lammed. bus that he never attended anything so impressive as this ceremony rininetbe.Ls quaint and out-of-the-way pro-, MARKSMANSHIP OF THE BOERS, They Are Raid to Be the Best Rough -and. ready Shots in the World. The Boers are probably the most ex- pert rough-and-ready marksmen in the world. Why they are so is explained by their environment, which necessi- tates a good deal of hunting for meat. ShOoting constantly at ranges unknown by other than aye vae,asurements has got these men to a state of perfection that astonishes those who have seen them shoot. De Villiers, a velt Boer, and Jacob Cloefe, a Cape Colony Africander, were taking a party of hunters from Kim- berley, in the diamond fields, out for a week's hunt. Toward evening, after week's hunt. Toward evening, after a. hot day, when the air was dancing over the plains, a bunch of hartebeests antelopes were sight- ed. Jacob and De 'Villiers dise mounted for a long-range shot with their Snider-Enfields. "What have you got, Jake?" asked. De Villiers. "Eight hundred, and draw fine on the- right-hand one." "That's me but I'll aim a trifle high for the next, for he'sa little 3m - From the knee rest, after a delibere ate aim, both fired almost together. De Villier's buck merely kicked a few. times, and the other one ran but afore jumps. The first one was shot through.; the liver, a foot too far back. It is not stated whether it was yards or metres that "800" meant, but it does not matter—at 800 feet it would have been a mighty hard shot to make through heated air at it 250 -pound animal. It is stated that any given number, of velt Boers (those frora the prairies) picked at random can defeat experts of any other land in a contest at un- known long ranges, since they are null'. vellous judges of distanee. TH)s SOLE FrompaneN. Is it true that everything was cold at De Smith's swell dinner? Everything but the ices. THE DECISIVE TEST. When do you think woman will ma& the climax of her ability? When she can send a ten -word tele. grain without adding a postscript.