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Exeter Times, 1897-10-21, Page 211100fr- 1 • Norm AND COMMENTS. ••••••••• Dam the "pe.rracious principle a na- tionalities," ite um Mettainieh's phrase, again threaten the existenee of the Austrian Enipire? It looks thee way. The violent scenes recently enacted, in the Austrian Parliament whict the canes tells uss about, and. the "incessant hutault and fierce altercations between the BoliemiaanGerm,alas an& Young Meth" which are mentioned, are fun a Ominous signifieance. As is the case in a,li the iraportant nations a contin- ental Europe except Bessie., which has no .parties at all, the partiesin Austria etre numerous and small, but unlike the caee a the re,st-of those countries, the dIviding line between the parties is racial. The rate nee is seen to a slight extend. in, German and Italian affairs, het it raa,y be said to be the predomin- ant oharacteristic in the politics of the extipire of Austria-Enuagarte The peril, which this condition brings may be realized by a glazee at that country's etheolegical and social eon - anions. Teehnieally Austria- Hun- TfIE DIVINE IlEALE11. REV. DR. TALMAGE'S NEW AND UNIQUE VIEW OF CHRISL., The Magnetism or the DiVilke Mau VbriSt. .teaus—The Poplear matures or chair and now 'neer leered—Victory over the Grave. Christ is lookeci, at from au 'unusual +standpoint by Dr. Talmage in bisSu.n- flan morning sermon.. His text was esaieh, ix., 6, "His name sba11 be call- ed. wonderful." The PeePhet lived, in, a dark time. For some tbree tbousand years the -world had been, getting worse. King- doras had arisen and perished. As the captain, of a vessel in distress sees re- lief coming across the water, so the prophet, amid the stormy times in which he lived, put the telescope a prophecy to his eye and , saw 7zio years abead ern Jesus advancing to tbe rescue. D want We show tbat when liniah caned Christ the Wonderfulhe spoke wisely. I'n most houses there is a picture of Foxy is a dual monarchy, line the gov-e Christ. Sometimes it represents Him ernment a Norway and, Sweden, and meth face effetnivate; semetiraes witb aims ig v. sort of Middle term between a face despinie. 1 Lave seen West's a Reified state, as Franc* won under grand sketth of the rein -non of Chriet: all ber governmental regimes, andas I bave seenthe faee in Clinet as cut Great Britain is, and a federati ion lke oa an emerald. said to be Ly command the United etates and the Gehreina of Titerius Caesar, an yet 1 am con - Empire. ilu.t Austria—Hungary Is tar riraced that. I shall never knew how lees homogeneous than is GerlelanY ar Jesus looked, until, on that sweet Sala - any other nation of the word of the lath morning, I shall wash the last preeent day. It is a conglomerate of races, a babel or tongues and a mix- ture of feiths beyond anything seen in any other nation bince the Roman Eanrire fen. Its :population consists en ten million Germans, twenty mil- lion Slays, seven million Magyars and amp from my eyes in the cool river of heaven. I Vine lap this book of divine Inotographs, and. I look at 'takes sketch, and I say, with Isaiah, "Won- derful." I think that you are. all interested in the story of Christ. Yot. feel that He two millice Roumanians, with Xieve. is the c*iily one eveo can Lel > you. You ninnies and other men and •ends,of bave. unbeunded admiration for tbe POP. e wlech resist classiTh 'e e eewmandez, who henl ena his „asset_ Seavs are split into more than a doz- gen ashore, while "avituseli bat have you no aximiration for Him wen restereil our sous, Himself felling back into the. Waters from wheel He had saved us? • Christ was wcderful in the magnet - ages, teetories, traditions and asters- ism of His person. tione. After the battle of Antietam, when a general rode along the* lines, al - 'Here, intent, is a sonety whioh is though tbe. soldiers were !max ilown filled with poieleal dynamite. .elani- exhausted, they rose with great en- festly the task ef LoIding this vast con tinsiasrn, awl buzzaed. As Naponon itection of neutuelly beanie elements in returned from his captivity his first a. sentlienn..e on harmony deraiiinds rare step an tee wharf shook ell the king - Wet eel forlearaxice. These qua li- dews, and two hundred and fifty thou - ties tune inen displayed he' the En1"; and men jeined his standard. It r,eror :ina tec hie Ministers pretty ""n1 Wok three tboasend troms to watch stanny ior the vete thirty years, Beat-, Linz in bis exile. So en in the war et JAW by there, have Leen Je?er"Itc6„ttladi men of woxiderful megnetista of ren, Piedint'ht. "4 44 tat: 1.1'" 'rube' sen. but hear um while. I tell you of a eta and Pletiment, and finding him- , peer young man wlio enll.':„. up from self ere en out from. nertuany an" ' Ninareth to produce a thrill such as wh" got ins never been excited by any other, throne tineugh the event -mow ef ins sep:teon had around him the inemories uncle a nee. and wile Ineke les erom.- of Austerlie and Jena and Badinos, ise to grant a constitution to his peo- but here was a man. who had fought pee, was forced to make a new (leper- nu battles. who wore no epauletswho tare in. order to .ave the remnant of Int:pinned no sword. He is no titled .is authority. The defeat by France man of tbesehoole for He never went impelled him to give a Parliament to . to schote. IL. bad Kul:ably, neverseen the entire empire and to restere to a menet tm n.iieen hands with with a nolee- Hungary its cn one t ation, and the man, ..n; y- eetraorain ry rerson overthrow by Preeset made bin: give we knew of Ile being in His company ea varienes, - the more iratortant Qt wItom are tin Betemians. Czech, elora- • Serviare and erne:limas. 11.1 of these races and matey of these vieloras suldi- of rains haveeifferer.t. :anger - borne rule to Hungary, and to Lroade en and extend the V.C.,zzstitutienal sys- tem. The rens:en:non of the etre ire is more modern than Germany's, and almost as modern as Italy's. Theore- wiis His own mother, and she was so peer that in thew most deneate and :sol- emn hour that ever eornes to a woman's sea: she, was aligett to lie down, temiti ea:ine: drivers grumping the beasts of eurden. ,nrigine Christ one day standing tically, the ellnisters are responsible in the streets of Jerusalem. A man to the Parliament, as in England, descended from bigia lineage is stand - France and 'tale, but in a censiderable liNngts 1;lesidate ..x.nd nays, fiztaalte ar degree they are at:countable to the castle cn. terree 21.1.1enaclrair (Talileee., Win ratinarell only, though to a far mailer w s y. ur father(' Christ, answers, extent than the Chapetelor and his ani- ".lescple the eurpenter." A. man from ordinates are in Germany. Ult"ike the IllitsLeplisarctriesetrtingriutihueartiennull,anranet Gerlace.n.anreror and the French Presi- to Christ, "Whereg did you go to dent, the Austrian Emperor has the seinen" Christ ...I:ewers. "I. never veto power, and unlike the Ends& sow- graduated." Alia! 71'he idea of such atimand the attention clrfaPtia ereign, eh*); in theory, has this pre- tLia. cuorimheral rogative, the Austrian Emperor has ex- yveridi As well eume little fishing erased it. Francis Joseph is a wise and village onnong Island shore attempt popular ruler, though his outbursts at to arraign New York. Yet no sooner some of his Generals during William Hes visit the other, day betray some of the Tette:awe and, peevishness of tesk ho.ding this polyglot enapire to- im out into dire ° wilderness. edthey I A Ce. age. His successor may have a harder le so man falls down flat before Him, and gether. says, "Lord that my eyes may be open- ed." A poor, sick, panting woman, pressing through the crown says, "I must tench the hem of his garment " does he set foot. on the towns or cities of ande-a than everything is in com- motion. The people go out on a pienic, taking only food enough for the day, TOLERANCE IN RussrA. No more striking evidence of the re- ligious toleranee and enlightenment of the present Czar could be furnished than the announcement that the wid- owed Baroness klLrach has given direct - 'Bans fur the winding up of the s'heme for the emigration of Russian Jews to the Argentine Repuleic. Jt has been tiecided that the 1 alarne of the funds remaining in tbe Lands a the Commit- tee o:' Management ot the enterprise wie be devoted ti the ettablishment of technical and industrial schools in Rus- sia where the elebrews are now so well treated by the authorities that. they have no tenger any object to emigrate. ex. THE SAME KIND OF PAY FOR ALL. Weary Willy—Yes; 1 heard, dat far- mer pael his help jes de same whedder day worked or not; so 1 went ter work for him - Sunset Sime—An' played sick, 'sup- pose? Weary Willy—Yep; until I found out dat he never paid. nobody; he waz a dead -beat, THE MEASUREMENT OF sougERs. ,The following have been laid down as the ph:tenet equivalents required in garnduiatee foe ocenmissiens in the Militia universities eld e,otenial mili- tary farces and for admission to the Royel Militaxy Academy and Royal wfiente en- etallege, of England: Age 16, 'Vaal 64 inchtl, Weight let) peeteeen age 1 , height 6414 icnehes, weient lee %rids age le, 'Night 180 poundal age ronerde; age 20. 135 pounds; gee 21. 188 Dolmas; age 22, en' pounds. Frchtt eighteen years upevate the candidate's height must be 65 inches, and chest girth int to neneteen rciu;t be 83 inches; ae 20. 313 1-2' niches, and beyond that age 41 inches. Children, who love their mother 1 et ter than any one else, struggle to get .nto His arms, and to kiss His eheek, and to run their fingers through His hair, and for all time putting Jesus so in love , with the little ones that there is hardly ; a nursery in Christendom from which , He does not take one, saying, "I must ' have them. I will fill heaven with these, for every cedar that I plant in , heaven I will have 50 white lilies. In 1 the hour when I was a. poor man in Judea they were not ashamed of Me, and now that I have come to a throne , I do not despise them. Hold it not back. oh, weeping mother! Lay it on ' my warm heart. Of sena is the king- dom of heaven." I, What is this coming down the road? triumphant procession. He is seated ' —not in (inherent. but on an ass, and yet the people take off their coats and throw them ie the way. Oh, what a time Jesus made among the children, among the beggars., among the fisher- men, among the plailosophers 1 You may boast of self-control, but if you had seen Him you would have put : your arms around His neck and said, "Thou art altogether lovely." 1 Jesus was wonderful in the opposites and seexaing antagonisms in his nature. You want things logical. and consistent, ,end you say, "How could Christ be God and, men at the same time?" John says tehrlst was tee S.:netts:et_ "An things were Slade by Hine eati without Him was not anything ade." Matthew says that he Was omnipresent. "'Where two or three are met together .in MY wean there am I In the mitis ,pf them," .ehrtigE deelares His onen eternity. "I am -Alpha end °Mega." How canhe be a lion. eater His foot crushing kingdoms, and yet a Iamb, licking the hand that slays Him? At what point do the throne and the mang- er touch? If Christ was Godwhy flee into Egypt? Why not etanct His , 'round Why, instead of bearing the THE EXETER TIMES cross, not lift up His right hand. and crush His assassins ? Why stand. and be spat upon? 1,Vlay .sleep on the mountain. when He owned the palaces of eternity? 'Why catch fish for His breakfast upon the beach in the chill morning, when all the pomegranates are His, and all the vineyards His, and all the cettle His, and all the part- ridges His? Wey walk when weary a His feet stcne-bruised. wben He might have taken the splendors of the sun- set for His equipage mad moved witb horses and cbariots of fire,.• Why beg a drink from the wayside when out. a the crystal chalices of eternity He poured. the Eupbratee the Mississip- pi., and the Amazon, and dipping Hs hand in the fountains of heaven and shaking that band over the worldfrorn the tips of His fingers, dripping the great lakes and the °menet Why let the Roman regiment put Him to death wben He might have ridden down the sky. followed, by all tbe cavelry of heav- en, mounted on white horses of eternal victory? Yoa eanaot understand.. Who can? You try to confound me. I am con- founded before you speak. Paul said Lt was unse,archa,ble. He went climb- ing up from argument to argument, end from antithesis to antithesisand from glory to glory, and. then sank down front exhaustion as he saw far above hira other heights of divinity un- sealed, and exclaimed "that in all things He might have the pre-en:in Again. Christ was wonderful in His teaching: The people bad been used to formalities and techniettlities. Christ upset all their notir.ns as . to how preach- ing might to be done. There was this pecularity about his preachieg—tbe peo- ple knew what He meant. His illustra- tions were taken from the hen calling her chickees together, from salt, from candles from f islaing tackle, from a bard creditor collarhag a debtor. How few pulpits of tbis day would have allowed. Him entrance He would. have been called undignified and familiar tfl iiis style of preaching, and yet the people went to hear Hine Those old jewisb rabbis might bane preaohed, on. the side of Olivet '50 years and never get en andeenee. The philosopbers sneered et his ministrations and said, tins 1,51.fl never dor Tele lawyers earicat•ured, but the common rpeople heard Iran gladly. nuppose you that there were tiny .S.eepy people in His audiences? Suppose you that any woman who ever mixed bread was ignorant ofbat hdeommeoafrithelialiveenn livrelirrie, Janvred the king - en or yeast.? euppa5.e.yetz that the sunburned fish- lelrin,emenfisystlethris fis‘hvhset.nalenseonertolkieeir oliranthdes kingdom of heaven as a net? .iVe srend three years in 4'o' lege studyieg antient mythology and three years In the theological seminary learnieg how to make a, sermon, and. then we go out to save the wenn, and if we cannot dcx et according. to C'eurle's "Sertnon- izing." or Inainsaleheterie.," or Karnes' "Critieism," we win let tlae world go to perdition. If we save nothing else, we will save Claude and Blain We see a wreck in sight. We must go out and. save the crew and passengers. We wait until we get on our fine ('al) and coat, and find our shining oars, and then we mesh out methodically Arid seientifically while some plain sborestrien in rough fishing smack and with broken oarlock goes out and gets the. _crew and passengers and brings them aseore in safety. We throw down aur delicate oars and say: "Wbat a radieueous thing to &We men in that. wey ! You ought to have done it scientifieally and beautifully." "Ali!" says the. shoresrnan, "if these sufferers h:dtom.eeti,t,ed until you got out your fine boat, they wouila have gone to the i The work of a religious teacher is to save men, and though every law of grammar should be snapped in the un- dertaking. and there be nothing but awkwardness and laundering tn the mode all !nil to the ma.n who saves a soul. Christ, in His preaceing, was plane! earnest and wonderfully sympathetic.' 'We cannot dragoon men into heaven. 1,Ve cannot drive them in with the butt end of a cateelesen. We waste our time in trying to cateh.nies with ends instead oe the sweet honeycomb of the gospel. We try to make (web apples do the work of r omegrana,tes. Again, Jesus was wonderful in His sorrows. The sun smote Him and. the cold chilled Him. the rain pelted Him, thirst parched Him, and buneer ex- hausted Hine Shall I compare rIr es' sor- row to the sea? No, for that is some- times hushed into a calm. Shall I com- pare it with the night? No, for tlaat sometimes gleams with Onen, or Lun- d:es with Aurora. If one thorn should be thrust through your tenaple, you would faint, but here is a. whole crown anecie from the rharnms, or spina Chri- sti—small, sharp, stinging thorns. The mob makes a. cross. They put down the :one Leam, and on it they fasten a shorter 'beam. Got Him at last. Thom bands, that bare been doing kindnesses and wiping away tears— hear the hammer driving the spikes through them. Those feet, that have been going about on ministrations of mercy—battered against the cros,s. Then they lift it up. Look, look, look! Ninio will help Him now? Come, men of Jerumenta, ye whose dead He brought to life, ye whose. sick He heal- ed, who svill help Him, wbo will seize the weapons of the solldiers? None to heap! Having carried. such a arose for os, shall we refuse to take our cross for Him ? Shall Jesus bear the dross alone. And all the world go free? No; there's a cross for every one, And there's a cross far me. You. know the process of ingrafting. You bore a hole into a tree and put in the branch of another tree. This tree of the cross was hard end rough, but into the hates where the nails went there have been grafted branches of the, tree of life that rt.OW bear fruit for all nations. The original tree was bitter, but the branches la:grafted were sweet, and so ail the nations pluck the fillet and live forever. Again, Christ was wonderful. in His victories. First, over the farces of nature. The sea is a crystal: sepulchre. lb swallowed the Central , America, the President and the Spanish Armada as ea,stier as any fly that ever floated on it. The inland lakes are • fully as terrible in their wrath. Ca. il ee when around.' in a, storm is over- whelming. eat yet teen sea oreewhed in His preserne and lickedHis feet. He knew all the waves and winds. When He neekoned th.ey came. When He Loot they fled. The heel of His ..„ not made no indentation on the son idifeld water. *Medical science has wrought great changes in 'rheumatic neebe cold diseased bletod, bet when the Menem are entirely withered no human, power cart reetore them, and when a, limb is once dead it is dead, •but here Ls , paralytie, his hand life- less, Christ says to him, "Streteh 1: oath thy hand and be stretches it forth. In the eye infirmary how many dis- eases of, that delicate organ Ilene been c,urecl. But Jems says one. born blind. Be openl" and the light of hea THE RETIRE?) BURGLAR. yen rushes through gates that have ver ore een opene , smiate,s11 one dmeariYa Nkvilitlh, aa tree. but "sus or Chemistry can do many wonderful th.ings, but what dawn et at &wed- ding when the refreshment gave out could change a pail of water into a cask of wine? What human voice could coramand a school of fish? Yet here is a, voice that raarshaLs the scaly tribes until in the pia* where they bad let down the net a.nd pulled, it up with no fish ba it they let it down melee and the disciples lay hold and Inge). to pull. wben by reason of the multitude of f sh. the net break. Nature is His serrant. The flowers, Be twistee them. into. his sermons; the winds they were His lullaby wben He slept in the boat; the 'rain it bung glittering on the Untie fcliage of the parables; the Star ot Betblebem, it carol over His birth; sctitliaelgthr.alveklirs itshtiellya3beat a dirge at His Benold His victory over the grave! The hinges of the family vault become very ruety lecause they are never open- ed except to take another in. There is a knob on the outside of the sepul- chre, but none on the inside.. Here names the Conqueror of Death. He enters that realm and says "Daugh- ter of Janus, sit up," and she sat up. To PLazarus, 'Come forth," and he mime forth, To the widow's son, He na Jesus gsatieidet home with Nuvpitiaimbisnimthotanter.bie9.%'; snatelied up the keys of Death and hung them to his girdee tied cried un- tie all the .graveyards of the earth beard him, 'Oh, death, I will be thy petlarugeuteilonOith, grave, T will be thy de - But Christ's victories have only just begun. 'Ibis world is His and Heanust have it. Whet, Is the matter in this country? Why ail these financial troubles? Thera never will be perman- ent prosperity in tbis land until Christ rules it. This land. was discovered for Ohrist, and until our citiee shall be evangelized and north, south, eaet and west shall acknowledge Christ an King and Redeemer we cannot have Permanent prosperity. nintat is the matter with Spann with Irance,ni all of tee nations? All the congresses of the nations rennet bring quiet. 1 When governments not only theoreti- °ally, but practically, aeknowledge tee Saviour of the wend, there will 1* i pates everywbere. In that day the . sen will ltviVelreha‘vveillmiourp: strpsouteha'n= : NiNviteri.' j'arTpypithfomunigdflirieroitnautbsterieslr but ; there will be no moulding of bullets. , Printing presses -will fly their cylin- ders with greater speed, but there shell go forth no iniquitous trash. 3.a.WSR in orenstitutions, on exchange, in scientific litberatory, on earth as in heaven, Clarist, shall. be called Won- derful. Let that work of the world's : regenerative begin in your 1.1Part• 0 1 hearer. A Jesus so kind, a Jesus so good, tt Jesus so loving! How can ; you heir: but love Hine? ; It is a beautiful moment when two Persone who have pledged eech other ; Inert and hand, stand in church and have the banns of marriage proclaimed. Father and mother, brothers and sis- ters, stand around the altar. The • minister of Jesus gives the counsel, the ring is set, earth and heaven wit- ness it, the organ sounds, and amid many congratulations they start out .00 the.path of life together. Oh, that this might be you.r marriage day 1 Stand up, immortal, soul? Thy Be- loved comes to get his betrothed. : Jesus stretches forth His hand and , says. "I will love thee with an ever- ' lasting love," aud you remond, "My . Beloved. is mine. and. T His." I put nour hand in Ills. Henceforth be one. No trouble shall part you, no tirae 1 cool your love. Side by side on earth, side by side in heaven. Now, Let the blossoms of beavenly gardens fill the ; _house with their redolence and all the organs of God peal forth' the wedding march of eternity. Berk! "Tim voice I of my belovedl Behold, He cometh, 1 leaping upon the inountains, skipping upon the hen.'" • , ' Origin of Table Utensils. The um of the fork dates back mile to the seventeenth century. The oed Greeks, although their civilization was much advanced, ate with their fingers, as gracefully us possible. Plutarch mentions the rules to be followed when eating with the fingers, and this is one of the raost interesting passages in his description of antique customs. In the middle ages people still ate witb their fingers. It is true enough that ablution,s took place before and after a meal, but, still, that c.ustom was any- thieg but clean Each of the guests at a. diuner was first offered a basin and a pitcher of water, and it was bad. form to lanei one's self to any of the viands before baying carefully wash- ed bands and face. Goldsmiths finally invented forks. but at first they were objects of eux- ury, and were used time at tunes when they might jest es yveal have been done without. The first mention of forks is made in a document dated 1300, which says that Pierre Gnveston, the favorite of Eel:ward 11., poesessed three fur- chestes," forks, for eating pears, cheese and. sandwiceen. It was more than 300 years later before forks were used for fish and meat. About the second decade of the seven- teenth century a picture of the Royal Prince of Fra,nce shows that he car- ried a case containing a knife, a spoon end what leeks very ranch like a fork. Gausses and drinking cups were first made of wood or tin. In the fifteenth century Venice manufactured the wonderfut glamtvare whish replaced or. the table ot the "Seigneurs" the heavy oaken.ormetalcu,ps formerly used. Egg otels were not known previous to the fifteenth -century, and. even in the six- teenth cennu'y they were rather scarce and had no dittinet name, They were desoribed as "an Latino in which to peace awl hold an egg.," or "a silver Ming to piste an egg in." Salt cellars also date from the fif- teenth century. Goldsmiths excelled in making artist° welt cellars, and. the one molded for King Francis 1. of France by Be,nverinto Cellied was a vvondertul work of art. People In general did not knetyv the14.90 of salt cellars and even among wealthy faran lien it was the custom, to break a piece of bread and to platen the salt for eana individual upon the bread. LOVE. "Love is a rose," the peat sings— Not so, ob lewd, for, in an hour, A rose May fade; wbille true love clings 'Mom like an artificial newer. "Some people," said Uncle Eben, "is jen persammons. How you likes 'am depends ineilehbly on when you, hap- pens ter meet em. He Encounters a Victim or Discinnia 'Who 'Welcome:. Viliu AA a (DOD. "I found. the dining -room of a house that I was looking over one !night," said the retired bungler, "filled witb glow of light from a, bright herd -coal fire burning in a, grate et one end of the room. There was jut it little bit of gas burning froan ene burner, but it only made a little yellow tip 10 the redder glow fromtbe fire. About half the table was. covered with a folded white table cloth, cleao and thick and with the creases still in it. On this eloth there were it plate and a plate of bread, and some butter and vinegar and catsup and things like that; and on the other end of the table that wasn't covered, the end nearest the fixe, there was an old-fashioned square tee tray. with the japanning pretty much all worn off. Looking down by the fire, I saw on one side of the hearth, a half -bushel basket pretty near fun of big, selected oysters, uni- form in size, and. laid in carefully with the roared shell down. "It was a winter night, colder 'n Greenland, outside, and this room was just ns eornalortable as it could be, and that layout did look inviting, and I couldn't even guess who it was for, because the house was shut up tighter 'n a drum—evidently nobody expect- ed and nobody settin' u.p. But while I was standin' there wonderin' over Id I heard. a, door open—tbe one text to the one I'd some in at—and incomes a man that looks at me tor a minute and saes, "'This is an unexpected pleas - 'And I says it is to me, too, look- ing at binz at the same turas, and me- in' ft man, maybe a little bigger 'n Meseta and perfectly resolute, and capable and able to take care of him- self, " 'But sit dawn,' he says,' and eat something witb me. Yoiell find an- other oyster knife in the left-handside of the riglat-han4 draever.of that side- board right back of you.' And there it was, and wben I turned around again the man was putting oysters ou the fire in. the grate. Five minutes later he was picking 'em up with a pair of tongs, and ayin' them carefully round. ehell down, on tbe old tea tray, 'Now, will you, just help yourself?' he says. "'Yon. do this very often?' I says. "'Weil, no; I don't,' he says, 'and I thouldn't do it at all, if I could belp it; but I suffer from insomnia, and I find that when I can't sleep, a tle snack of something to oat makes ma sleep. 1 ean tell, generally, before I go to bed, the nights when I ain't goire to sleep, and such nights I nave 'e -m fix up something for to 'tt incise I should need it; and then I come down and find it, like this. And eatin' some- thing sort o' tranquilizes ray mind, and I go beck to bed, and go to sleep all right,' He pushed the top shell off an oys- ter in front of him over onto the tray ena put a little bit of a scrap of butter on the oyster and looked at it dissolve a minute, and tben he put on just one drop of pepper sauce, turn- ed the oyster over in the deep shell so as to get the dry side into the oys- ter judos and melted butter, and then he ate it. 'Then he dipped it little hunk of bread into the juke, in the deep shell and ate. that, and then he pushed the empty shell oat of the way on the trey and took another oyster off the fire with the tenet and began on that "Darned if 1 could see how al man that enjoyed satin' as much as be did, could ever bother about anything, but he did, all the same, thet was plain, or be wouldn't have been there. " 'I don't suppose,' he saes, "that you ever suffer from insomnia, and il you did, it wouldn't make any dif- ference, because you want to be wide awake nights in your business, eh?' and he seemed to think this was a pretty sink little sort of a joke. Then I told him how I Cams to go into tbe business; that when I was ayoung man 1 had been a great sufferer from insomnia myself; that in tbose days there were not neterly 50 many night occupations to choose from as now and that my choice was limited; that, heel not followed burglary from inclination; but that I was compelled to do something for a, living, and burglary was the only night work I could get at th,e time, and that's how I came to tale it up as a busi- ness. "'Yon. don't mea.n it,' he sane 'Put on the blower, and start up the fire a little. If I'd ii& known you were coming I'd had enother bas- ket. 'Well, we finished 'ma up and I says to him, tenet do you, tiain.k; think you can sleep now?' And he said he thought he could.. And he let me out the front door and went to bed, I suppose. I know I went hams myself feeling comfortable. 1 hadn't made a. cent, but it's a, good thing to take a reel; now awl then, and 1 always did like roast oysters." fHE SUNDAY SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, OCT. 24. "Pali13-errelingXtgrlill:;A°1536, a-32.lolieiti'eIat0s 32' priacTtroAL NOTES. Verse 49. King Agrippa, This Ag- rippa., Bernice, and Drusilla were all children of Herod Agrippa, who killed James mud imprisoned Peter. His dom- inions were east of the Sea of Galilee. He was immortal in life, but, on the whole, "the, best of the Herodian fam- ily.. 20. At Dan:lase/us, Paul first publicly witnessed for Theist. At Jerusalem his ministry, though lasting only a foannight, was long enough to excite the, tenger of the Jews and the fear of the disciples. The coasts of ju.dea. Throughout juden Repent, etc. A true chalige af conduct as well as of °pintails amdreeGunosgpse1 experience involves a . 21. For these causes. Literallys"ene account of these tbings"—that is, Emirs 'proclaiming, especially to the Gentiles, the Gospel of Christ. en the temple. Where, as we have already seen, he was engaged in a pious observa,neet eVent about. "Undertook." To kill me. He certainly would have been' murdered if the Romans; had not seized him. 22, Haviaag therefore obtained help virefoiGiodd.. Hewwihtsoessisasnu:ported by divine allies can stand oppesition from. all tbe The Gos- pel preacher is simply ayvitas- bearer. To srata. The lowly. Large rambers of the earey Christians were sieves. And great. Serie as were now in his presence, 4 uDlv as their em- peror at Rome, before whom he 'yens destined to speak. NOne other things than . the prophets and. Moses. Paul talks to Agrippa as to one who is faraieiax with the Hebrew T::re.mdeidvj:wiasizorn.sitin:g.xts (limn atihnetiaringsrsetaatt PtobPelire- compeete accord between the Old Testament and. the newer truths wbicb 28. That Christ should suffer. Such p•redictions stand recorded on the pages of Isaiah. Daniel and Zechareah as wen as 1.12 the Psalms. The ftrst tleat should rise from the dead. First not in time, but in et erecter of his re,surrettion, which was by his own power, and foretonl by his own lips. To the Gentiees. The proclamation of Gentile equality in Goe.pel privileges always aroused fiercest bete on the Part of the Jews. Remember, in read- ing this, that King Agrippa was a Jew. 24. Festus. The Roman governor who ruled Judea from A. D. 60-02. In general ,a just and capable ruler. Be- side thyself. Hit had no conception of the truth a Christianity and deemed Paul an enthusiast. Muth learning , eotlmaretheelae. Hetri n the re et,enoetoprnpheadAosesl1:fmaginetipaul,sbrzin:turnellor- - erstudy. The worldinvhoeinn( 1eoaprehend he earnestnesof he 'Cbrittlan often looks upon him as "fan- atical." , 25. I em not mat most noble Fes- . tus. Paul answers showing temper. Let Christians when wrongly aceused, follow his example of moderation and ;eourtesy. "Most noble" wan the title applied to a Roman governor. Truth and soberness. "The words were true and the manner of presenting them ;sober and thoughtful."—Ilesser. 1 26. The, king knoweth. Agrippa was , a Jew and his acquaintante with Scrip- ture and the well known facts in the ` life of Jesus might be taken far granted. This thmg was not done in a corner. That the publicity of the events of Christ's death and resur- rection was thus appealed to by mei who lived in their era le a strong evi- dence of the Gospel's truth. Lang Agrippa. He pauses in his address to apply the Gospel to the heart of his hearer. Believest thou the priphets? He who intelligently believei ill the OdT way tesna o taaozeepnu tt tehe,ghtN, „two. be Aginar rippf;is Creed was all right. Ile. was so striet that he would not allow either of bis sisters to marry till tbeir royal suitors consentedto be circumcised; but his heart AM% so corrupt that he approv- ed of and shared in the immorality of 2°88.e xinisisters, ostthou eersuadest. Was this Q. mere sarcasm? "Do yea think you can make a Christian of me?" Or was it the better panure, the conscience or the king, breaking forth for the mo- ment? We know net, latt the latter seems the more natural view. He proabbly speaks sineerely, realizing the powerful logie of the apostle's la2119g.liaPga"til said. Probably lifting his fettered band, which added a solemn empimeis to his earnest words. Al- most and altogether. What a vast differen.ce between the two conditions, Paul would hen lin hien out of the treacherous inmost upon, the everlast- ing rock of the altogether. Except these cbonds. He wishes for his bear- ers roth ish beehratiyn si ;0 his so s3poey1 , s and and none. 01: his h issorrows. 1-1a 17)aws 30Vein thus spoken. Ag- rippa's •interruption awl Paul's reply broke the current of the address, and In the pause that ensued, Agrippa arose end the assembly broke up. And the governor, and Bernice. They rose in the order of their rank, and the definite statement of the order points to en eye witness of the scene. 31. When. they were gone aside. The princes and nebles had a private meet- ing to decide what could be donewith this wonderful man. Nothing worthy al death or bonds. Tbeir verdict was, "Not guilty," Then said Agrippa, un- to Fevers. Festus had invited Agrippa encl. asked for his advice. Here it is. This men might hane been set at lib - "had already a.n.ything he heel done. If. he had net adteclesti Pael Nol 17eyee. judges,La lnt llicxn:°:gi b:t'ae wasfoinr ejaripspe eNavlasentlit: grautictlestuonfu ehiseeses iloreyu te erty. Roman Jew took no cognizance of appealed to Caesar. This passion- wnn will h be ow t Ihly :el:5331;e 4gac:1:01°13,t;e:rikii:Int:biit o, lu .1 in iued lt°1.11C4'.fni ITthksi Roman protection till he reathed Rome. A Queen In a Balloon. Only one sovereign in the world has ever been up in a balloon. Tliis event occurred some five years ego, when Queen Regent Christina of Spain haw- pened to drive near a field where some experiments in aerial navigation were being made, and immediately stopped her carriage and asked to be permit- ted to make an ascent. . ENGLISH IN GREECE, The kinig of Greece when conversing with the members of his family never employs any but tee English language. He seldom. speaks Frenoh, and only uses Greek when compelled to do so. AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE. Demen Joilenson—It's inn ob de fra- ilties ob our poor human ta.ture dat no mantel how much a naan gibs he Warttss more. Jiro. Jackson, thoughtfulen-- Ole I duart.o 'bout dat; not in a. Ponce Court, he ' Sunda' .sohool teethera after, deliver- ing a. homiey on loving and respeetine one's parents --"You. always obey your parente, do you, not, childeeln ?" Olam. et unison, "-Yee'ne" Teather—"Now. enwme Rees, you may tau es wee you But surely that is right and proper.. do ao.' JinunIs,promptly—"Chaisie , head - 're biggern nee, an' I gotter." In n scientist, yes; but not in a bus - A THOUGHTFUL MAIDEN. Isn't that the young man you were engaged' to? Yes auntie. But: why did you break it? . He believes in the germ theory &nil teat kissing is dangerous. AT THE UPPER OTTAWA'S SOURCE Ithr Game and, CamaY but lutut°141 1 (Daus, ItS Described by a litifittetiarY• Ain Indian raiesionary, the Ran Fain er Leneal of the Oblat Order, has r turned lately to civilization froni t longest trip yet made by axe of hie order to minister to aboriginal inhab- itants of thewild awl littleettnown country watered by the sources of the upper Ottawa River. From the outer e, confines of civilization et Mattawa the mins/wary tra.velled no less than 800 mile e through this rough north coun- try, the greater part of his journey being made in a. birch bark canoe. Hie passed by the headwaters of the Gati- neau, the Desert, the Coulonge, the iDamointe, and Lake Keepewa, visiting Mao the: Indians of the posts of Barre - ere, Grand Lake Victoria, and. Grassy Lake. At ainallere the missionary+ fttawouno seugd 015fitIvhnoirlhaigunstcotongregated to trade Corcapany. Their method of bartering with, the company is quite higenious. For the first day or two after their aemearaince at the post they say no - with the factor of the HIu.dson Bay aathde make no offer - ally their discretion overconte by their went of tobacco or /flour or triple- ets, and they cautiously advance with' a few skies which they diepose of for the* means of supplying their immedi- ate wants. To all inquiries they repey that the bunt has been a poor one and that atheir y theba,taveesesec.ured. but few tro- phies Gradually more and more peltries are produced, and soon tee ENTIRE SEASON'S HUNT. is disposed. of, iraraediete use !being made of the goods obtained in exchange with no regard for future necessitien No -minally, these Indians are Christian, but practically tame live" in the groesest immorality. Father Lanni, in his last last trip persuaded five couples to pas' through the ceremony of matrimony, ad other missionaries testify to the difficulty which tbey experience in pre- venting polygamy and in indueing Some of the,leadeng men of the tribe to put aside. their superfluous wives. Tbeoe Indians are still exceedingly sueersti- tioue ana the killing of a bear ts the occasion of a remarkable eestival am- ong them. The bear's head is placed. upon a pole ,with a. piece of tobacco ha, the mouth. While some contend that this Is simply to show other Indians that bears have been found there, or to keep the skull beyond the reach of dogs; others rsay that it is to honor the animal and propitiate the spirit of ita akiiin:letwAtstki:aleiss norfaalroyeAL4,e;:s'a.srkeultirse:aey be sse.e'lluutP"Itlatilise sse;ene polblent. vers ha.ve been exceedingly rare, and but few have been killed, tind now the animal is to be proteeted by law until le00. Apart from the skulls, the benes of animals killed in the chase are baried. in the ground, thrown into deep water or oonsumed with fire. fehe painted skin of a bear cub forms en essential! part efl the outfit of the conjurers or mexlichne met: 0 f the India.ns. mete by Father Laned five bearsin% one month. These animals are now re- ported to be very plentiful. The moose, the red deer, and the caribou. are plent- iful in the country hunted over by these Indians, who are consequently much more fortunate than those whose bunting grounds are in the interior of Labrador. Immense fish. are taken in the Grand Lake Victoria and other wa- ters over which these Indians paddle their birch bark canoes, including stur- geon weighing up to fifty pounds each, Pike renn lake trout are caught up to bent pomade each. A TRYING HUSBAND. It is possible to carry even one's vir- tues to excess. Mrs. K. felt this to be Iran kr the case of her hustband's gen- erosity. He was a very studious ream who lived "in the clouds" much' of the time, and was quite lacking in prattical coranaon sense. A man of this kind, good. and true though he may be is likely to cause his wife morn se less anxiety and annoyance. eine fall Mrs. K. parchased a. hand- some cape for herself. It VVELS to be her "best wrap".that winter, and she put it away in her closet with great care. Some dues later ehe wanted it for a special oecasion, bat it was not to be found. After searching " high and low" for it, slie weat up to her hus- band's study and said to hian: 'Have you seen anything of my new cape?' "Cape? cape?" said Mr. K. dream- ily. "Have I seen anything of yew cape? Why, no, I guess not." Are you sure?" "W.hy, yes; what should I be doing with peer cape? 1—let me see. Wait a minuets. It seems to me that —I yes, I did give a caps away to a poor wo- men I met at the door one day. She said she wanted a. wrap ot some kiaad, and 1—is it possible that I gave her your new eape? J. meant to gLve her youe old one.' "My old one is in my oloset, and you must have given away that handsome new one that I had never worn 1 Why can't you keep your wits about you.?" "1.1 is too bad," said the contrite pro- fessor. "ril try to be more carefal hereafter," A few days later Mr. K. was out on his lawn ellen a ragged and evil-laok- Leg tra,um (tame dawn the. road, and with the usual tale about having just came from the hospital, begged for "tbe price of a meal o' victuals." Mrs. K., who was sitting by tbewin- dow, saw her husband give the man whet seemed to be it bell, whieh the tramp took and departed tvith sach alacrity that he was out of siglit be- fore Mrs. K. could go out mad son 10 her husband: , "You, (Minn give thet creature a bill did you?" "Why, yes, I did. 1 didn't bave eine thing but a five -dollar bill, and I told bin he might get a: good meal out of it and bring back tbe change." The tramp, most have dined sumptu- ously, for not e penny anthem:A.(5 ever came back. to Mx. K. THE HIGNEne DEATH RATE. e s16,..5 110, h1graheee.t tenth late in the yy-ona. —40 par eln0-efelonee to the city of 'next o, width altinuell 7,(,00 feet above thea, Las no draiease seetem yeortby 01 :11: 1 • , . 41)