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Exeter Times, 1900-8-23, Page 6KNOWLE GE OF CHRIST. ev. Dr. Talmage Speaks of the Need of Free Instruction. A despa.tch from \Vasa:menet says; —Itev. D. Talmege preaelted from the followieg text; "'Would God that iitll the Lord's people were prophet Numbere xi. 29. Tieere Le greet excitezneut in the ancient tabernacle. Two good men. by the name of Eldad and aredad, be- gin topray and to inetrect. Not bar- ing been regularly ordained to tile wora, the jeabenay a "the regulars' in the service la aroesed, and they came to Moses. asking that these en - ordained men be alloaced. But Moses, instead of atopying them, says be wielie.s thee all the peeple woato go to preaebing. and praying. and exhort - jag. "Woutd Gott that eh the Lord's Peoete were propbetel" I sappose thee every men has *ooze eentrottine,4a Ws1e. Liug Ago. and befetze 1 bate' any pessibitity of ear/reale; them oat. 1bed bent of (led be my Soul these two desires: First, the establiehmeet of a free chereb with the bome-feeltog mein - tented; auti, eeemed, the establiebaneet a a college in whittle orivate Claristieu men awl wouttee might be. trained for ueefuineee. Tbe need of titich a eel - lege ie felt to -day throughout the whole Christina world. We hive many of the !veiling men of all deem- mloatiow$ in or professorate. If there is an.ytlaino at ell in learned titles> we nave the advantage a JA ar college circular. Tbe pralter fail- ed to get our circular dune aa 50011 O$ eepeete& be, its be sa'al, be eon oet. et "Ban" and bed to go to tag/the:long prietiugeoffiee to ter - row a utett tupeny el that letter. But waat le Lucien etiatneuetiou evoaoar- ed wale wlecla cotters feem ttied eitrongaU Ceerea, Lin Prevideneti. and Ilis Woolt armiatera cannot do the we uf the workin evaugeleettion. 'What aro the few tamosaud eanieters iu this eountry compared to tbe seventy mil- lions ot the. population! We tre uum- ericaily tee emelt. Sin, with he gutty a drunleennees, and hien and crirue, bas not let put out haif o ite etrength, Zor it eau beat us, and not half try. Who, is getting the victory in our cities tinday—mobriety or In. temperancet HONESTY OR FRAUD? Pueity or uncleanues,e? liatidelity or the Gwen Light or Darkness? Heaven or hell? If you are an honest man, you confess thet the latter have gained the victory. What ia the mat- ter? Are the Gospel weapons ineuf- intent? Is the sword of the ,Spirit dull? Are the great howitzers a truth at too short range to throw the bombsbeils into the enemy's 'fortress?, No!. no: late great want, and the lolly want, Is more troops! Instead of five Or ten thousand miniaters, we want two million men and women, sworn that they will neither eat nor sleep until they have slain iniquity. But how if you, clamant get them? Sup- pose, after a long war, the President should make proclamation for one leuadred thousand men, and they were not to be hadBut the Church has not eent a thousandth part of its ling by the still waters of Zion, when strength, and the troops are encamp - they ought to be at the front, and would be if you gave them a chance, and made them ready fox' the heat and terror of the contest. Let us quit thie grand farce of try- ing to save the world by a few clergy- men, and let all hands lay hold of the work. Give us in all our churches two or three hundred aroused and qualified men and women to help. In most churches to -day, five or ten men are compelled to do all t.he work. A vast majority of churches are at their wit's end how to carry on a prayer meeting if the minister is not there, wben there ought to be enough pent- up energy and religious fire to make a meeting go on with such power that the minister would never laa missed. The Chureh steads working the pumps of a few ministerial cisterns until the buekets are dry and•choked, while there are thousands of foun- tains from which might be dipped up the WATEEtS OF ETERNAL LIFE. Religion will make headway in hat factories when you can send there, baptized by the Spirit, a Christian hatter. We want mem in all the oc- cupations, in •the name of God, to throttle the sins of their own trade. Ileligion will never conquer the plum- ber's ehop, or the mason's wall, or tbe carpenter's scaffolding, or the tin- ner's roof, or the printer's type -room, until oonverted plumbers and 'masons, anft eo.rpenters, and printers carry it tire. Some m.en are so profound in their edueation they do not seem qualified for this mission. Y,01.1 can- not send the Great Eastern up the Penobscot River. Profoundly edu- Dated rae,n seem to "draw too much water" to get u.p such a skream. I have heard finely ectucattet mert in peayer-meeting talk it sentences of Vfaltonic afflaence, let i heir word fell dead. upou, the meeting; but wheu some poor, unedueated man aroac, and said, 'I suppoee you tellers think that beeatese, I dotal know anything I haven't no right to speak; but Christ has converted my soul andyeu. know was the naiserablest clean in town; azal if God. will pardon me, he will perdon you," Come to Jesus! Come Come now 1—the prayer -meeting broke down with religious emotion, It is and thing to be accurate in speeeb but get out with your grammer if yoa are going to let the look of ac quedutance therewith keep a man down when God Almighty tells Itim ta get up! Taese men do not now feel prepered for Chrietian work. Waking up a. thirty, forty, or fifty years ot age. with a desire of ueefulnese, they are , too old to begin t molter theological couree. Beeitles then they bare fame Mee to support. It takes tbezo eight noureevery day to earu a livelibood, Whet kuowledne shot down they meet tae ou the wing, loedliag the rifle while the barrel is yet it from otber diechargen In their tendrilled state, they rise to talk in prayetemeetiugs with teed down and bluehing rbeek, as though they were talking by sun. ferance, insteal of remembering that they leave a message from the throne of the eternal God, and that, though men HOWL wail CONTEMPT, they tenet utter it. In thin college we want to teach mett centmon aenee in religious matt - tern While a young man was etaucle ing amid rollicking cerapatilouts, ful1 of mirth anti repertee, a good Cheat,- tlea mate eame aad waked "Wbat is the firse step of window ?" The yeuttal man leveed and said "The fret eve? of wisdom is for everyone th mind his aisle business!" A coarse answer; but it was e very ale upt questiou, unsidering the place in waich it was put. There are religious pedlars who gu around making a tusiness :eying their whole atock of warm in the meet obtrusive manner. It in no time, while an accountant its puzzl- ing his brain with a long line of fig- ures, to ask him, "how his account an& with God; or stop the sports- man on the playground, while running between the hunks, and ask "whether, in a relive= sense, be is running the race set before him." We want tact and adaptation for his work. Some Christians try to catch a whale with a fly -rod of hornbeam, and fling a harpoon at a. salmon. We want private Chrietians to know how they mey stand their ground, or go forth with the vehemence of the Bible -dwarf when he accosted the giant, saying, "Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou bast defied. This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and L. wilr smite thee, and take thine head from thee.; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Phili- stines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there le a God in Israel." Let me get my sling out! Three times I swing it around. tny head, and down thou goest, oh giant! We want that institution to qaalify people to work amid the wretchedness and crime of the great Menge Is any Christian man so deluded as to think that we can overcome these evils by our present way of doing thing Where there is one church built there are ten grog -shops established. Where one sermon on purity is preached there are five houses of shame built. The Church has not touched the great evils save WITH. 31ER LITTLE FINGER, Before you and I have the sod press- ing our eyelids, we will, under God, decide whether our children shall grow un, amid the ac-oursed surroundings of vice and shame, or come be an inherit_ anee of righteousness. Long, loud, bitter will be the curse that scorches our grave if, 'holding Within the Church bo -day enougb men And wo- men. to save the eity, we act the coward or the drone. I wish that I weld pub enough moral glycerine un. der the conventionalities and majestic stupidities of the day to blow them to atoms and that then, with fifty* thiousand men and women trona all the churches knowing nothing but Christ and a desire to bring all the world to him, we might move upon the enemy's works. For a little while, heaven would not have trumpets enough to celebrate the victory We want also to qualify men for street-preachieg. There are hundreds of thousands of men who will never come to church. The only kind of pul- pit that will reach them is a dry - goods box or a drayman's cart at the street corner. We want hundreds of men every Sabbath to be preaching the Goepel in our great city parks. 'There are, in this house to -day, two hundred Men that ought to be preaele. lug. Tinder the control of this col- lege they might get the courage and the facility. Whatyou ask, "would you let them preaeh without ordina- tion?" I answer, If Cooferences arta Presbyteries will eot pot their bends upon year head, then I woulcl have you ordained in another way. I would beige you down loto the leanntie of mete feeler; and crime within ten rainotee walk of our best aerobes, and, there have you tell the story ot Christ, un- til men redeemed from their cups. and women, eleeated from a life of pollee - tion, and ohildren, whose bare, bleed- ing feet are on the road. to death should, be, by your instrumentality, raved. Theo I would have these cone verted suffering- ones put their bads f ordieetien ou your head, setting you apart for the holy ministry in the name of tbe Father, aud of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Ahl fleet would be an ordination as Vett as the laying on of bands by cenferences aid Synods—an ordinatiou that would be most brigbt in tbe day waen„ "Shrivelled like a parched scroll, The flexitime heavens together roll, SHOPPING IN CHINA. ineoltar atethone Adopted tn me] atowery Iiieedome Although the peculiar civilization of tbe C'hinese bits failed to provide the situps of the equutry with plate glass windows, tuabogany counters, huge ra:rrors ad the seductive atom walker, yet the tradespeople beve methods of then' own for engaging the attention of the public worthy of notice, if not of imitation. To Legin with, the com- petition waieb forces down tbe prices of goods in this country is uonnown In China. The enateufacturers, %%Ito own most of the :hops. to proteet the intereat of thetueelves and their workpeople, haeist on fixing all pries. and %then attacked ohtla fits of greed combiue to rate the price lists. ehich. to Ore. vent the ebopkeeper overtharging, are posted up in tbe ellop. nil teeth shops , belong to what we sbould call a union. In free hooses the prices given for an article is the reault of a prolonged haggle. The Chi nee are such experts at largaining that shops of good re- pute publicly declare that they sell only at the advertised price. 'Mae a Chinaman wlien haggEng should shout at the top of his voice is nut clear, but be doe, coneequentlY the eaciferations of several hundred ;purchasers and. the equally etentor-1 . lien rejoinders of the tradespeople ran- I ders a Chinese shopping quarter, when the public, is abroad, a veritable pan. emonitien. ' THE AMOUNTS XX DISPUTA' I , are seldom more than a halfpenny or , so, but the parties scream aud gesticu- late as if their entire fortunes were at stake, the din appearing to be welch louder than it really is owing to the narrowness of the streets, which are seldom more than a few feet across. Shops whlch decline all abatement have a signboard inscribed " ehen pu urlo chin," ss hich moans "fixed price." Business in China being conducted on principles mostly unknown to the meter world, it is not strange to find that shops and warehouses are never known by the family name of the pro- prietor. They are distinguished by some sign generally tile invention of the owner, who will hield long and anxious consultatiou with his family and friends in order to obtain a"htio," which shall embody some felicitous idea. 'When a new shop tis opened or a newcomer comes into possession the public is made aware of what has tak- en pleas by long crimson streamers hanging from the signboards. The friendliness which exists between the ahopkeeping class and their patr results In developments of which we know nothing in this country. We shOuld smile at the tradesman who affixed a notice in his window saying that "bis wife was not very well that day," or that "his father was dead." In China, in addition to such written. amendments, 'increased publicly is af- forded by white or ash colored stream- ers being suspended from the sign, hoards. The signboards are also used to re- cord the death of an Emperor. Tbls is done by putting th board with its Fetters in gaudy red and gold into mourning. The paper with which the sides of the board are covered is not Meek, as it woiuld be with us, but green, and in order that business shall aot be interfered with the green pa- per is dotted all over with the house's name. But the loyalty and grief of the shopkeeper is testified to by two streamers, on which is inscribed "lees kshio "---" tbe kingdom enourns"—arc attached to the board. A WOMAN'S QUESTION. The Paying Teller—I cannot casb this check, m.adam. She—Why not 1 There ien't, enough money here t meet it. Then can't you meet it half way? SHE WAS. Clara—What a pretty bonnet you have on Irene—Yes, but I'm, over ray ears in debt for it. TI1E S. S. LESSON. INTERNATIONAL LESSON, AUG. 26, Jesus Ibe Good Shepherd," Joint 4. nee, PR.A.CTIOAL NOTES - Verse 1. Verily, verily. "Truly, trely." The foal:mile with which Jesus was weet to preface:3 important utter,. emcees. Not by tae door. To thesheep- fold in torienta lands there la but one, doer, and the porter or shepherd watchea all night beside it. Deo, care under the bill now regarded Cal - very, north of Jerusalem, the. Felitor raw A flock of ebeep gathered, And the ehepherd standing on guard at the eetrance. The sbeepfold. Here representing tbe eerthly yet invisible Church of Christ, the fold containing many flocks whicle are yet, one. A. thief and a robber. The reference. is to tuna as become teachers of religion. from evil or selash Motives.. and AO in the spirit of the Gospel. Often tare nrOhea been deceived and souls led astray be- men wh& claimed to be beacbere qf troth but were withont the divine commission, Enteretb, in by the door, Ity the aarne doer beth the flock meet the ehepherd euter, and tbat door, as Ora plained below, te Cliriete through Wiletn aloneis given entrance into the true Clutrolt of the redeemed in earth and 'heaven. Tile ellepberd of the eheela Or, "a ehepaercl," as irt the naeanla of ille Revised Vereiou, The reterence here is not to Christ, but to those wale teaela in bin new% 0. The porter. The porter may re present the Holy Spirit, by whom th Church is guided. Buti it Is no enetintiel to find a meaning in every part. of tale parable. Tbe sbeep.bear his voice. Tbe sheep here ere not merely membera cif the Church, but true follewere of Cbrist, having a spiritual reeeguition of the teachers who speaks in Christ's name Are yoo one of CarisCa flock? Have you personal acquaintance with the Lord? Leadetle them out. The ori- eutal shepherd never driven but ale wane leada, his flock; ban a name for (melt elteep, and can call it. So is it with the great Shepherd and ao is it in o. Inca:sure with bis true wailer- altepleerete. De you ery to know thoroughly the aouls cominitted to your care? 4. He goeth before. Keep in mind the double reference to Christ himself the great bbepherd, and to those who are hie true representatives. Tbe true teachar can bring bits tollowera only where be gone betare; into experi- ences that be has realized, and into a fellowship \valeh he has enjoyed. The real leader never says "Go," bat always "Come." They know his voice. The true we s of Ohriat recog- nize the true teacher of the Gospel, by the accordance of his utterances with the word, and by tbe inner witness to the truth. 5. A etritager. One who does riot represent the true message of the Lord, but speaks out of his own will. Will they not follow. Even the true disciples may sometimes be deceived for a little time, but they soon dis- tinguish the false teacher from the true. Flee from him. Travelers in the East have often noticed that when they or other strangers attempt to call the Hoek, using the words of the shepherd, the sheep will run from them. 6. His parable. The word here translated "parable" is not the one so used de the other gospels, but is elsewhere translated "proverb," and refers to a saying with a hidden meaning. This illustration might properly be called an allegory. Tbey understood not. To the Twin gen- eral the meaning of this "parable" or "allegory" was absolutely unknown; and even disciples failed to understand its deeper teeenings. How fortunate are we who have the enlightenment of the Spirit upon the dark sayings of the Master! 7. Then said Jesus. He went thrinigh the allegory a second time,, interpreting its principal elements. I ara the door. The door through which the sheep enter the fold, and through which shepherds come to the sheep. It is not through the Church that we oome tc Ohrist, but through Christ that we come into the Church 8. All that ever came before me. Not those who came before Christ in time, as the Old Testament prophets; aut all who claimed to, stand before him, above him, in authority, as do the scribe's and Pharisees of that day. Are thieves. Not "were 'thieves," but "are thieVes," showing the reference is to false teachers of that time. The sheep did not hear. Tbe. true followers of God, not always as individuals, but as a whole, possess a spiritual insight which enables them to det °clothe false and accept the true in teaching. 9. By me if any man. Through faith in Christ as our Saviour we enter in- to his fold. He shall be saved. Outside are the wild beasts, within are the sheep in safe shelter. Go in and out. The allegory is not to be pressed with the question how one can be‘within the fold and yet outside in the pasture fields. The meaning is that those in Christ's care are safe, wherever they are. Pasture Food for the spiritual needs. ' la. The thief, At that time the thief Was tbe Pharisee, pretending to hold the keys of the kingdom oa heaven, New, be is the false teaeller who per- verts the Gospel. To destroy. Think what harm is being wrought by teach- ers who sow error and, unbelief in tlae tweets of Men. I are come. Jeans hes already revealed himself as tile door; now he presents himself also as tae chief shepherd, 11. 1 am time geed. saepherd. As the Son of male Jesus embodies ideal /ea- manity ; so as the Good S bop, herd he unites le perfeetion the traits of all true abepheDds, Giveth his life. The sheplierd in orientse Lauda is responsible for the sheep in his earn He lutist find theni when lost; must if need belight wild beasts ami robbers to protect them. Chriet saw the oress always rising before his view. 12, lee Abireling. A hired man, woaking for ais wages only. 'Dere e saeh professedly as wider -shalt - do of Clariet, wha preach ter a live Ing. instead of living to preach the gospel. aliaose own the sheep are not. He does not love them, makes no sacrifice for them, cares only to Paean them and to get a living out ot ttiem. Tbe wolt ere p represent every enemy of tile came ot 14, 15, Know my Sheol?. We leave a Sevin= and a Shepherd wile tee personal •lontwietlge and entitle et each Cine among his many million followers, as though that were the only iyne. goown of Mille. Each true 41.sciple kooeva his Isord,vi d has loving fellowship with him.' e Father knoweth. Thc Revised e Verelou abowa the Omega more t clearly: "I know nritie own, arid mine know me; even ae the Father knoweth me, and 1 'mow tbe Father." The re1a- tio bet ' Cbrist and. his tiock is as close as that between the Father d the Son. 6. Other eleeep thave. Here ie a bintiof the souls to be getbered froral the Gentile world. Shall bear my voice. bey had nob ear as yet, butlnae aeon to bear it 'through the line of Paul, and Timothy, and other broad- minded teachers. One fold. Rattler, as in the Reviaed Version, "ono flock,", There may be many folds for Chris's higlereeeapt,Ilbocuk.tthey all belong to one RED TAPE IN CHINA. There cm in modern 1.1114414 There is a, otreuntioentIon Onlee4 The Chinese Foreign Office, or Tsung-li-Yamen, was established as a temporary bureau of necessity' after tan war of 1860. It donsi.sts of elev- en aged, sleepy, Incompetents, who meddle with foreign affairs. All these eleven elders have reach. ed such posts by steady advances. They are always septuagenariana, worn out with tbe exacting, empty routine rights" and fu.notions of such high of- fice, and paysioally too exhausted by their midnight rides to and sanries departures from the palace to begin fitly the day's tedium at the dilapi- dated Tsung-li-Yaraen. Tae appointment for an interview with the non -committal, irresponeible board must be made beforehand, the Minister and his seeretaries are al- ways, kept waiting, and, the inner re- ception:room swarms with gaping at- tendants during an interview. Once the American minteter made a vigouxe ous protest, and refused to conduct any negotiations while there were un- derlings in the room, and, as it was business that the Chinese Government wisbed conducted, the minions were summarily cast out—cast out to the other side of the many -hinged, lattic- e& doors, where they scuffled audibly for first place at cracks and knot- holes. .. The other envoys would not sustain the American protest, and soon the farce of the empty room was played to an end, and the servants came in with their pipes and fans,- tea and cake and candies, as usual; good • about, commented on, and fairly took part in the diplomatic conversation; as before. An unconscionable time ts always consumed in offering and arranging the teas and sweets, and to any direct question these celestial statesmen. al- ways answer with praises of the mei- on seeds or ginger root. TOLD BY THEIR FRIENDS, • They say aliddleson once saved his wife -from. a watery grave, before they were married. You den't know the Biddleaons very well, do you ? Why do you ask that ? Because you thought it necessary to add that the rescue was effected before their naarriage. WISE WAY OF HUNTING. Hawks have been seen to follow in the wake of a moving railway train, to swoop down on small birds that were suddenly disturbed and fright- ened by the noise, and therefore for the moment were off their guard. USELESS. A number of young women have organized an anti -kissing society. Thooe who have seen the members say that seen a precaution was not Amino nary. BENEFITS OUR CATTLE EXPORTERS lettease ettectte lite Rennet:tete compels - non, ot the Argentine Repo/ale. The latest report to the Dominion Government front Mr. G. II. Mit- Canadian agent at Liverpool, Englaied, is particularly intereeting to Oana,dtan live stook exporters, in view( of the ligbt it throws upon tbe probe hie effe01 of foot and enoutb dis- ease among Argentine cattle in the export cattle trade from North Am- erica to Great Britain. The report refers to the cleoreeee of about 25 per cent, in the expoet of live oattle to Great Britabe front tae United States and. Canada in 1899 as compared with the _year 1897. It also shows an in. eXeaSe of about 17 per Cent. in tbe enPort of South American cattle for those years, but a decrease of nearly 5 Per cent between 1895 and 1869. Part of the decrease, though not the wbole, el it, in the case of tas United States and Canada Li eecounted for by the withdrawal during the latter part of the year of muell of tile ship-, ping engaged in the trade, it being chartered for transport purposes in connection with tbe Transvaal war. Probably all the *mall deoreaee in the aoteth Aueerieau trade is attributable to the same cause. But the most important teeter to be noted in re- gard to thie trade Le the recent 413- CON:ery of the foot and mouth dieinee among the fleoles and herds in. gelatine. It is reportea that Ger-, matey, Franco and Belgiuw haVO also prohibited Argentina etock. Coutinuing, the Cenadlaie agent says: "Tht3 most striegent preeau- tioue are beieg taken to preveut the tntxodnation of the disease into tine country, infeeted animals 'laving to be slaughtered within thirty-six hours of Lending, and no corainteuicatiee whatever between the speolel lairage etontaiolug tbe infected animals and the latrages in which Vetted Stete.el and Comedian cattle are conflued or with the outside world; the butchers aext bei443 boarded and lodged oa the premises, and the owners of the cat., tie are handed the dressed carcasses, the infected parts, Demure and fit -1 tinge being destroyed. In my last report I spoke of the Argentiee Reel publio as being the country witiola would become an increasingly foreold-; able competitor to Canada, but an entirely new aspect Is given to tbe trade in the conditions waicli obtain. It la incited that the A:I-gene; tine Government bas already caused the slaughter of 45,00d head of cattle, and it is certain that they will none thane their efforts to stamp out the disease, but success will be difficult of attahament in suela a country, in- loilaited by people oL suoh well known caaracteristics. In any case, judg- ing from Canada's experience, it is expected that the Order in Commit will remain in force for some years, and the withdrawal of so large a number of animals from competition must have a beneficial influence on the Canadian trade. It will proba- bly affect Canada more than it will the United States, beoa.u.se it is un- fortunately true that Canadian cat- tle take only second place compared with tboee of the United States in regard to quality, and the South Am- ericans were in it fair way to put them in third position, owing to the annual increasing improvement sbown by their stook. METHOD OF BLACKBALLING. Curious Systent of Election to An Er:steal t'eteker Club. The Prince of Wales belongs to but one cricket, 'nub in the TJaeited King.. dom, and has figured only on one occa- sion as it member of its eleven. In fact, he was obliged to take his innings at the wicket in order to secure bbs election. The club in question is that known as the "Zingari," or "Gypsies," was founded more than 60 years ago, and leas a greater list of royal personages on its roster than any other. club. Moreover, the greater part of the male aristocracy of the United Kingdom belong to the club whose eolours, red, black, and gold, are seen On many a shrew hat where the great world congregates during the London season. The balloting is done in a very cur_ bus xiatanner. The candidate for elec. non is placed at the wicket and is bowled at by the vice-preeident fOT the year, or by ;some member deputed by him. If the ball es bowled straight ab the wicket it is coented as a black tall, and the candidete is regarded as rejected, while a wide ball insures elec- tion. Needless to ;add that when the Prince of Wales came up for elep- tion in 1ati5 the ball bowled at him was very wide indeed. One of the rules of the club iS to the effect that all directions connected with the game "may" be conveyed be the French or Italian laiaguage. But Tam nob aware of this permission. LOVE'S LABOR LOST. Sontleigh—I aw—have weally put in the entiah day at--aw hawd labor, doneher know. Mies Cutting—Is it opossible! _ossiabwle_Imanuai Sottleigh—Yaws; n labor, but bwain work, doneher know, wbich is the --- aw--hawdest of all. Miss Cutting—Yes, it must be — for you. PROPER BREEITHINO IN MOO. Breathing is an exercise tn Itself, Singers sheeee not purposely study tbe ana.tomical conditions ef tbe throat and lungs; it le with the emotional, h.t net the anatomical sale of his art that the singer has to du For the peen. tical purpose of singing., a knowledge of the muscles of tlie throat is as Use. less as a knowledge of the muscles ot the arm is for the playing ot cricket. Cases are not infrequent wleitre these anatomical studies .have a, tendency to se,t up ascot of nervous dread in the singer that the breathing is not being done the cerrect way. lacer-, rect breathing is an acquired Intbitt induced sometim.ee by an elaborate menus taken to avoid it. A few sine ple hints are all that are necessary; the rest of wleat is called tho art of breathing is very much a matter of Metinet. . Avoid breathing through the memo; whenever poeeible inhale ihrougli tbe noetrils. Vida allows itemise to per- t and warm tbe air before reaching the throat, whielt needs to be wenn itt order for the production of geod toue, It in frequeotly remarnfed that Slioll and meth an artist's vette line, proved later in the eneUlteg, Which Meone that the singer's threat beearet waeneed as the ceecert or were pro, ceedeil, and not that the voices ititpleathe ed, though the tone May ba.ve done so. lareeibing censtently tbreugh the Mouth 10011405 to dry the throat and make tne voice bushy. Bet it in ion peoeible to sing deelaniatory riatiale withoat breathing througlt the inoutli it ts even neceasany, for effeet, that the breathing should et times be awn- - Ike; and in long Ilandelien pae- :mace, and florid mueie of that deo. criptien, what are called half -breath. through the month are allowed; °the erwiee tbe :linger could not inhale breath and keep in strict time. Never Leave up the shoulders In the act of taking breath; there thould be no perceptible movement ot the holy at all. Never take in breath of a :sudden Wien only practicing; al. though the ;singing cot eertain pail - sages Obligee the performer to do so. TIto ribs abould expatid stdewaye in the taking of breath—the ()beet rising and falling with each phrase. Faille breathing—such as when it lady', shoulders rime as if tbey were ;thou to expand like wings—not only tire the throat, hat makes a disagreealel e impreeaion on the audience. Singers, , eboteld once u. day praotioe before a. lookingglase, in order to correot any faults arising from defective breath, ing or from grineave. Breath must never be taken between a head note and a. cheat note; the transition from the one voiee to the other newt done with very little breath and vary softly. Nasal singing destroys the carryin power 01 the voice. Voices which ar inetallic in sound carry beat. Singer whose voices are naturally sett in quality about(' therefore try to ac- quire a little stridency in tone; and, vice versa, singers wase voices are too .strident should aim at a rounder and softer quality,. In some halls the reverberation blurs the tone of the voice, therefore the singer must ac- commodate the amount of tone to the acoustic properties of the place where he ia sieging. In a warra, opines" siveroom,room, it is nenessexy to reserve the power of the voice, because forc- ing the voice under such circum- stances allows it to become easily fa- tigued and used up. The best way iit combating an echo in a hall i.s never to shout. It appears easy to sing in a. hall full of vibration. but this is a deception. The tone goes all around the singer's ears, and he cannot hear properly when he sings aloud, and so he loses control of the tone; it is therefore advisable to sing piano and feel the way, as the quieter tone tra- vels better and the percussion is not . so great an in a loud, shouting tone. Increase and decrease of tone are produced by the breath alone. A man in a. raging passion will swell the nauSeleS of the. throat and grow1 red in the face in attempting to give Ut- terance to his anger; but he in'lin- deed, as the phrase ,goes, "'oho -an himself with rage," because be is ey- ing to get a terrific volume of v oice by physical pressure on the th a and the more he swells his veins muscles the lees able is he „ to i at all. Singers, therefore, not attempt to get a hreseendo pressing the muscles of the throat. , Conimand of breath isthe only me- thod. CHANESE ARMY, The total number of Chinese in the neighborhood of Tien-Tsin is placed at g00,000. The majority of them are if armed with Mr ,iars, and they have also excellent . ruppi Nordenfeldt and Maxim guns, manufacturedin the Chinese arsenals or bought in Europe. Although thi.s force looks fornaidable on paper, yet the discipline is so lax that there iG no doubt they could of- fer but slight resistance to an army of 50,000 fally equippedmen of one no Lionality. -----0.---- A HARDENED CASE. , Stone seems to be a confirmed old bactte)Or. '• 'Yes; he wouldn't' get married for love nor money.