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Wbe First Stage et our tortoo tournt•o- ti)
the gross.
ffnUntin 1101300.
Beek go the long centuries, and the pest
is pretent. The clturell walls geow dim and
fell away. Above us is the sky of Syria ;
we tread the seared earth which the blessed
feet of Christ have teethed.
It is night. The Paschal moon is shining.
'The lest supper is just ended. The Master,
taking upon Him the office of a servant, has
washed the feet of His disciples. One of
you," He two said in bitter sorrow, "shall
bethey Me." Judas has gone out into the
daa•kness, and the door is slant, The sacra-
ment of everlasting remembrathe has been
instituted. "This is My body which is
given for you." " This is bay blood which
a shod for you and for many for the re-
mistion of tons," Christ boa spoken long
end lovingly. "Peace I leave with you,
My peace I gtve unto you. Not aa the
work givoth, give I unto you." The conse-
cration prayer has followed. The sacrifice
is ready for the eltar of the cross.
"And wben the had sung a hymn, they
went out into the Mount of Olives," The
hymn was the appointed ending of the Pas-
chal Feast, and we know what the words of
it were. It was taken from the book of
Psalms, "The snaree of death compassed
one round about, and the pains of hell got
hold upon me. I shall find trouble and
heavin, 4s, pool I will call upon the naxne of
the Lot d. 0, Lunt, I beseech Thee, de.
liver in- soul." The Lord is on my side.
1 wiill not fear what men death unto me"
" Thou host thrust sore at me that I might
fall, but the Lord was my help." "God is
the Lord, who hath showed us light. Bind
the sacrifice with cords, yea, oven to the
horns of the altar." So they go out into
the night with darkness in their hearts,
pondering these words.
There are lights in the houses as they pass;
within are cheerful companies joyfully keep.
ing their pleasant feast. The streets are
empty, and the footsteps of the little °ono
pany echo as they pass. Out of the north
gate os they go, and proceed " into a low-
ly pert of the Valley of the Black Kedron,
et thatthason swelled. into a winter torrent"
Over the bridge the road leads toward
Olivet; Beside the base of the mountain is a
garden. There olive trees, old, gnarled and
twisted, growing even to -day in that little
garden, which have sprung no doubt out of
the old roots. We can still stand where
Jesus stood.
11 was a favorite place with the MaSter.
Ile went there often with the Apostles
when He wanted to he alone. There, again
and agtin, they hod held sweet converse to-
gether; there He had spoken His blessed
words of help and they, lying on the ground
in the shade of the trees, had listened.
There Christ had gone to pray. Judas
knew that very well. He knew that he
Gould find his master here.
As they go Christ speaks a word of warn-
ing. All ye shall be offended because of
this night ; for it is written, I will smite
0(3 shepherd and the sheep shall be scatter-
ed," They cannot understand it. Peter
soys : "Although all shall he offended, yet
will not I." And Jesus answers, looking
into the black hours which must pass before
the morning, "Verily say unto thee, that
Ibis day, even in this nieht, before the cock
crows tivice, thou shalt deny me thrice."
But Peter is stillconfident. "He spoke the
more vehemeatly : If I should die with Theo
I will not deny Thee in any wise. Likewise
also said they all." And theyall believed it
with their whole heats. So easy is it to 130
brave when danger lies still afar off! So easy
is it to he loyal when no trial tempts to dis-
loyalty 1 So easy is it to look with blind
eyes into our own seals 1
So they came into the garden. All is
still. The moon shines overhead ; the lights
of the city glimmer in the distance '• the
murmur of the river, and the rustle of the
wind in the breeches of the olive troessound
in the ears of the little company. All seems
ideally peaceful. Only a dire dread and fore-
boding is nt their hearts. Something is
going to happen. It is the prophetic quiet
which signifies some approaching danger.
They know not what it is.
' Sit ye here," says the Moster to the dim
oiPles, "while I shallpray_." He takes Peter
andJamesandJohn with Him, thethreein the
apostolic company who are spiritually near-
est to Him, whose souls are most in accord
with His soul; thew three He takes, and
S068 on a little space, that He may pray, And then that myeteriout terror falls upon
Him. "He began to be sorrowful." "Ile
began to be sore amazed." Darker ancl dark-
er grows the blackness about his soul. "My
soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death," Re
says. Even the presences of those neuxest
ones He must escOpe. He must meet the WOO
alone. "Torry ye here and watch; and
, He went forward rt little." Upon the ground
He falls.
The hour is come. Prayer after prayer,
quick, appealing agonized, comes trent His
lip& Father, if it be poesible, let this cup
pass from Me." Again and again the same
petition, coming out from beneath the the-
dow now and again, and seeking some corm
fort—but in vain—from the presenee of His
disciples, and then going bask again, falling
on His face, praying always the same prayer.
"Nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou
wilt,"
We atand with the Apostles afar off, even
with those who waited by the gate, with
atilt hearts, dimly conscious 01 800(0 e tupend.
oue spiritual struggle going on, and yet away
-on the outside of it. That is so often true
of the sorrows whiah meet us along the
/nth of our acquaintance. We stand beside
this friend with the bowed head. and tear-
ful eyes, and heart stricken and affiliated,
and we say our words of sympathy and love
and comfort as best we may, And we long
to enter into that bitter grief with some kind
of effectual sympathy and comfort, and are
simply oonsceoutt of our own inability. We
are away ofebeeide the gate, watching, and
not even watching very well ; preying, but
with heavy eyea, and distracted heart8.
But here is the totem of sorrows. Hen
is sweat like great blood -drops, for tears ;
here is this exthedingly bitter ory, "the
most bitter cry that aan over break from a
human heart," and we are so far away 1 It
its all so mysterious, so distant from our un-
derstanding. Somehow- it 133 for no that the
Maater suffers, but we behold Him as the
little child sees his mother's tears; not know.
ing whet it means.
Before this Agony of Christ we can only
statid with hushed and reverent hearts,
The burden of It world's sin Iles upon
Ile only of all who hatre lived upno thil
/mai sees the sin of man and the heart pi
Nod, just ae they are. Ancl the sight crushes
ffini to the ground. Somehow Ile ie th take
hie grievous burden of our sin opal His
ovn eltoulders- He ie to gond in onr place.
We allo like shoop, have gone aetray,two
ave turned 0V01000to Mil olvn Way, and
the Lord heth laid on 11110 the inimlity'ef
tie ell,"
Three times bag Obristhoine to the Aisne-
tiobeb
ties, to Peter andjoanes and Johri, Ond
times has routed them /duping.- 170W'the
biro° of Watching is otter. They may steep
00 Low, if they will. That mull service
which their sympothetio watchfulness might
have rendered to the Master, that little
glom of comfort whith their wakeful sten.
petty might have giveu 1/I11) who lity prone
on Ilia face in the hltork shedow of Gala
aemene hi' to longer possible, Arterwatel they
1110y 10010 blink With inexpisesible regyet and
with they had kept thew deed eyes open,
but all regrets will be unavailing. 2:13e thence
bus 3100' gone by. It belongs, like all missed
opportunities, to the irreparable past. "His
up," He says, " let us be gollott" " Behold,
the hour is at hand, oucl the Son of Men is
betrayed into the hands of sinners." "Bo -
hold, he is at heed that doth betray ale,"
And mvey down along the wool, earths the
Kthron bridge, they hear the sound of
trampling feet'etul the discord of many
voioes, and the gleam of torches shinee
among the trees. A crowd comes, part of
them soldiers item the Roman Governor,
part of them servants from the high priest's
house, p011 01 theni curious idlers gathered
from the streets. They have been first, per -
hops, to the home where the large upper
room was, out of which Judas had hurried
on his shameful errand. But the house was
empty. The garden ab the foot of Olivet was
the next place, and so they ootne, Judas at
the head.
Hero is Christ • about, Hint stand the
Apostles, some of tlism, like Peter, inspired
with a rash and ill-considered bohlness, others
meditatiog ilight. Io comes the traitor
through the gateway of the garden, the red
glimmer of the torches mingling; with the
silver radiances of the moon. Which 10 11(0
prophet of Nazareth ? 1x this little company
of silent tnen, confronting this noisy and
disordered rabble, which is He 1 Judas will
tell them. Ife has given them a sign. He
Ints considered everything and planned it al/
out. " Whomsoever I shall kiss, the same is
he; take him and hold him feet." So he
advances, the others following, clubs and
staves in their clenched hands, and approach-
ing his Master he says, " Hail, Master g,
and Jomssosmxn, Christ titters no word of
inclmnation. "Judas," He says, "betrayeat
thou the Son of Man with kiss 1"
AncloDulas, what says he, -what thinks he
No word he utters ; there is no answer
either on his tips or in his heart. The deed
is done, and there 18 310 undoing it. But oh,
that it had never been done! Oh, that the
shameful thing had never been thOught of
Judas, Ibelieve, would have given all his
life that minute to have taken back that
traitorous kiss. The face (Ouch Peter saw
before the night was over, and whose look
drove himoot into the darkness to bitter
weeping,trudas saw, too. And there was
the sante love in it and grief intermingled.
Judas looked into the face of Christ, and
there was no more peace upon this earth for
Judas after that. But it is done. The
traitor's deed has gone where all things good
and evil go, into the irreparable past.
Jesus advances to the crowd of servants
and soldiers. " Whom seek- ye'?" He asks.
"
Jesus of Nazareth," they &newer.
"1 ant He."
Back sways the crowd. The boldest beats
retreat. Christ, -whom no little timid child
was ever afraid of, to whom men sick e.nd
sinfal cried for help, recognizing the face of
a friend, and whom that hate band of Syr-
ian fishermen and peasants, the closer
twelve, loved with all their hearts—Ohrieti
had thet about His face which filled limn
with awe, too. Many times the Apostles
hesitated to ask Him some anxious ques-
tion, many times His enemies, against whom
Ile stood as one 111511 against a muttitude
durst notlift their hands against Hitn. In
the flickering light of the torches the rough
soldiers belie/d Him, anti a sudden fear came
upon their hearts. "They wont backward,
and fell to the groutel 1" Judas among
them.
But this is their hour and the power or
darkness. 'The Master yields Himself.
Pater essays as ill-considered help( Stone
unknown beholder wrapt in a garment ef
white linen wines near to see, aad the sot.
diers chase him away into the night. Ropes
are bound about the howls of Jesus—those
blessed hands, laid so often and so tenderly
upon the sick and the afflicted 1 Awitymoves
the company out of the gate of the garden.
All the disciples have forsaken Him and fled.
Christ is left alone.
So ends the first stage of the Saviour's
journey to the close.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST CATARACT
0(50 1Vo5sderful Falls In Labrador That
Only Two White Men !lave Seen.
'The interior of Lobrador undoubtedly is
the largest unexplored at•ea on this contim
wt. Up the Grand River, which empties
into the Atlantic Ocean at Hamilton Inlet,
are the Grand Falls, which, if everything is
true about them that is reported, are the
most stupendous falls in the world. They
are only about 160 notes up the river, but
only two white ,rnetx have ever seen them,
Mr, R. Holme, three years ago,went from
England to visit the Grand Falls. He or-
ganized a little party to oscompany him in-
land, and arrived within about fifty miles
of the falls, when he was et:Impelled to re-
turn on account 01 1118 failure of his provi-
sions. The Labrador Indians say these fells
aro haunted, and they carefully avoid them,
believing that they will die if they look upon
them. The two white men who hove seen
them are Mr. Maclean, who, as he was as -
°ending the river, in 1830, WU stopped by
the falls and Mr. Kennedy, who over thirty
years ago had charge of Hudson Bay post in
Labrador. Mr. Holme says the heightof the
falls is not oertainly known, but, in sorne
respects, there is little doubt that they, are
the greatest in the world. Though 3nner
Labrador is so inadequately known, we aro
aware that it is a vest tableland whose lim-
its are quite elearly defined. In the south-
east the descent from the tableland is quite
sudden, and almost immediately after feat,
ing the plateau a level is reached that is vcry
little above that ofthesoa, The Grand Falls
are the place where the Grand River tutnbles
over the edge of this tableland, aed almost
the whole of the great drop is effeeted in
this oneclescont. Prof. Hind gives the height
of this plateau as 2,240 feet Ib has been
estimated that the region at the foot tif the
falls is only 200 feet above sea level, and
that, therefore,the waters of Grand River
have a porpandithlar deseerit of tthout 2,000,
feet.
PEARLS OP TRUTH,
Wear your learning like your watch, in a
private pocket ; and do not pull it out and
strike it merely to show that you have ono,
I [Lord Chesterfield -
Imaginary ev Is soon bethme real ones by
indulging our reflection upon thom ; 08 ho
Who 111 melanabcdy fancy sees semothieg like
it race upon the well can by ton or three
arches of 5. penal' niche it look visible--
tSwift,
No padlocks, holte or bars con theme a
maiden as Well as hor own reserve.—teer-
erodes..
How can we expect another to Itoop a
secret if we cannot keep it ourselves 1—
(Rochefoneauld,
Thonght ogponds but larace ; notion
animateelint narrhote .4(toothe.
Look het to a wohiait's head for heg brodne,
but tether to her heatt.--trnaliberton,
DEPOPULATION or THANE,
While 011ier Solleris Arc littercasing the
&wenn, ere Dropping ow.
It is somewhat startling to find that the
depopulation ot Entice ia becoming cont.
men oubjen of discumion among these -nem
of chat weary, toys ecienee. The plume is
perhapa somewhet ecru tgor than tht3 eirmun-
!dances of the thee Warrant, the fasts being
that tIto populotiels of Fromm simply Mat-
ionary, Stitt It is a Striking SIlll significant
eirountstantie that, whilo the populetion of-
a'l the other greet European nattons is stead
ily and rapidly advancing, that of France
remains at astandt VII. On econoi»lo grountle
this arrest' of increase innu m bar might, seem
not altogether an Unlinked 0111, inasmuth as
It should tend to ditninish overcornpetition,
and to ease the already excessive struggle
for existence among tho lower classen ;
hut an impression widely prevent/ that,
given; a rawly itnrmal and healthy sod -
al condition, a growth of population
is a natural Iseult, and that a Ma.
stationary or declining popultition is 011 in.
dex of some grave disorder of the body po-
litic. 'We cannot adequately disouss this
laz•ge and difficult question, but our French
neighbors evidently think that something is
amiss and are looking amend for the cause
and for its remedy. Probably the causes
are numerous and complex. Stolid habits
may account for a good deal, The French
custom of subdividing land and of provid-
ing a dowry for aids offers an obvious mot-
ive for keeping down t I:e number of children.
In countries o here the peasantry have a
cheap food supply, and are constitutionally
averse to thrPt, large families are the rule ;
but in France thrift is a virtue carried al-
most to excess, and the obligotion of tho par-
ents to provide for each now accession to
the family is clearly recognized. Moral
ceases have boon supposed to play a large
part in the arrest of the population of France,
and we are far from anderestimating their
importance ; but this is a difficult 0,nd cle-
Note problem, on whieh it would be rash to
dogmatize without the most simple evidence.
While some of the clauses of the phenomena,
under discussion may be obscure and remote
others lie under our oyes and can not be too
carefully scrutlnized or too frankly acknow-
ledged. In a recent address before the
Academie de Medecine Dr. Brouardel drew
attention to the abnormal mortality from
small -pox and typhoid fever which prevails
in France. He points tozzt that while Ger-
many loses only 110 persons per 001111111
from small -pox France actually loses 14,000.
Dr. Brouardel attributes this astounding
difference to the rigid way 10 (0111015 vaccina-
tion is enforced or Germany and to the
carelessneas of his own countrymen in this
matter. Statistics show that in 1860 when
vaccination was not obligatory in Prussia,
the mortality was 27 per 100,000 inhabit-
ants. After vaccination VMS enforced the
mortality fell in 1874 to 3.60 per 100,000,
and in 1886 to 0,049. At the present tinie
the mortality from this !cause. in France is
43 per 100,000. We make ts present of
these figures of Dr. Brouarclel to the royal
commission on vaceination.
As regards typhoid fever, the deaths due
to this disease in France amount to 03,000
per antuin. Dr. Brouradel gives a great
variety of statistics to show that the liability
to typhoid is in direct proportion to the im-
perfections in the water supply, and that,
in proportion as a sufficient supply of pure
water is provided, typhoid abates TilltS
at Vienna, the typhoid mortality was 200
per 100,000 while the inhabitants drank raw -
face, hence often polluted, water; bat this
mortality fell to 10 per 100,000 on a thor-
oughly good supply bebop aide -Med. At
Angouleme the introduction of a new sup-
ply of pure water reduced the number of
oases of typhoid in the proportion. 01 0.083
to 18. Al .Atniens, among the milli -my popu-
lation the typhoid mortality fell front 111
per 10,000 to 7 when a pure supply of water
was secured by artesian wells. At Rennes
the inhabitants formerly drank froso eonta-
minated wells, with the result, that typhoid
fever was always epidemic. The introduc-
tion of pnre water reduced the deaths from
typhoid among the military population from
43 per 10,000 to2. Investigation& carried
out at Besancon, Tours, Carcassonne, Paris,
and Bordeau entirely con raborate the above
strikiug figures. Typhoid fever iarespons-
ible for the (loather one soldier in 330 in
France, or 298 per 100,000, and this in time
of peace, In war the revages ace even far
greater. Thus the expeditionary ens to
Tunis iu 1881, consisting of 20,002trien, had
4,500 cases of typhoid, with 8841 deaths.
Dr. 13ronardel concludes by affirming that
if vaccination and re-vaccinatiou were rem.
dared obligatory in France, and if the towns
were everywhere supplied with pore water,
the country could save from 253,e00 10 00,000
lives annually, and these for the most part
of young persons of marriageable age. Ile
therefore proposet to the academy to adopt
the following conclusions ; " That the sani-
tary law in:preparation ought to render vac.
oination obligatory ; it ought to furnish sof-
ficient authority to the munthipalities or, in
their admit, the prefect/allot government,
to secure the public health against the dan-
gers which result front using polluted
Waterl
In ie discussion which followed Dr.
Brouardel's communication many important
points were elieited, One speaker drew at-
tention to the evils which arose from cheap
lodgighoeses. Another insisted upon the
superiority of eupplyiog pure water to any
methods of filtration, At Augouleme filtra.
tion VMS tried with scene advautage, but the
provision of a pure supply proved much
more suceesoful.
WIIEBE COLUMBUS BEGAN.
Plans For Ilreettng—A Monument At MS
Starttng Point.
When Christopher COIUMUUS 31540 leaving
Spain in despair after the junta had
pronounced his exploration scheme to bo
vain and imprathatable," he halted at the
monastery of La Rabida, neer Paine, to ask
for bread for his boy Diego. There he
poured his sorrows into the sympathetic
ears of Juan Perez, who had been the Span(
ish Queeh's confeeoor. The monk's influence
at Court was still sufficient to regain the eitr
of royalty for Columbus, and oth far from
this spot, where his despair was changed to
hope, the marvellous voyage of discovery
was commenced in 1492.
For thte monastery of Le Rabida, as we
learn from our Maria correspondent, the
Spanish Utnisters of the Colonies and Pub-
lio Works, with Government onginects and
architects, sot out, on Saturday evening, lvith
the view of settling on the spot, plaits tor
the oaisfng of a Statue to Columbna, for ro•
storing the famous convent, and for prepor-
ixlg for an American con.
grew, and other projected ealobrotioos of
the four hundredth anniversary of the great
voyage of Cplumbus, The Spank& Govern-
ment will provide the supplies by vote of
the Cortes Ns year, 0m1 a grand 00111tnie.
sion in ltladrid no actively pushing 1:110
gottization of this national oommemoration,
Unfortzmately, the etate of health of the
lineal doecendant of Columbus, the 13welfth
Duke of Veragus, leaves little hope Diet he
will be Odd to be preeent M the !Mirth cen-
tenary celebration,
" FARMING AS A TR,ADE," 0IIIICA'S REFORMING EMPEROR.
rho Perinea( or the ;rafted, Stales WI a lien *50 (10!! li1)'"1" the 11.°"14's 3135(18te8'
ails bare it Beton' Vulture Before Them. and In likely to Make Other
Were ft 1010110 to be Wool of the farmers 111.11111110018.
who are setiefied with their lot mid who be
blsys that their calling ts AA profitable as
that of the tnerehant aud of the proressionel
man, there 41{1 be little (potion that the
result woeld be that a large proportion of
Ole sons of the soil would be foued touter.
tainthe notion that theirs 15 0. hard lot, and
that the profits of the eglicultutiste are a
mere trifle \Men compared with those of the
shopkeeper, the physician or the lowyer.
But is this really so ? Not to argue from
.xceptionel eases, let us look at the rank and
file in the professions and mercantile call-
ing& A few months ago the Toronto Nail
discussed this question in en editorial en.
titled, " Farming ash trade." In this article
comparisons wero instituted between the
tented homer, with a 100 acre farm for
which he paid a rental of (1200.901 Sere, mid
e shopkeeper and professional man respect.
tively. It was shown in the comparison,
in which the actual profits of a tenant
farmer in the county of Victoria were token
as the basis of coloulation, that in order to
Neal the fariner's profits the storekeeper's
gross profits after paying wages turd
allowing for had debts, must he
at least 8861 in case he lives over
the store, and $1,101 where he lives away
from the store; and that the professional
mon's income must amonnt to $944 after
paying- clerk's wages, if he has ono, and
office expenses. Aocording to the Mad/ a
reliable authority gives as his opinion ant.
ronto storekeepers and lawyers, thet of the
former only aliout one-third make money,
one-third mkt, both ends meet, and tho re-
maining third, on the average of years, lose.
Of tho latter, it is estimated that one-third,
1. e., the least successful, do not draw
more than $400 per annum from their
profession. Nor does it appear that
the physicians of the Queen City are any
more prosperous. At least such it the
inference 0210 is compelled 3.0 draw from the
declarations made before the court of appeal
O few weeks ago, when a considerable nem -
bet' of the physicians of the oity, itho seem
to be doing fairly well, protested that their
income did not amount to $000 per annum.
Compared with these figures the intelligent
fanner will perceive that Isis position is one
to be envied rather than despised.
Ancl while farming is at present not tho
leasb among the profitable callings, the pro-
bability, nay certainty, is, that it win be-
come more profitable as tire years go by.
Touching the probabilities of agricultnre in
the near futnre, Mr. 0. Wood Davis, of
Tetsas, a practical farmer wh0 has by dili-
gent study of the facts relating to agrient,
ture become a highly respected authority on
the question of the world's food supply,
estimittes that in fifteen years the United
States will be obliged th import grain to
feed her people instead of, as now, export.
ing a-nnually millions of bushels to other
parts of the world. This conclusion is ar-
rived at as follows : Mr. Davis begins bY
showing that the cultivable lands of the
United} States are eusaeptible of am increase
or only 16 per cent. or 34,000,000 acres, of
which not more than 0,000,000 acres can he
devoted to wheat and rye. Now, according
to the United States Department of Agri -
where their domestic consumption of wheat
reottiros an average annual acreage of 0.48
of an a, 515 1)11 capita. Estimating the po-
palmier( of that country in 1890 at 00;500,•
00u, they needed for home consumption of
Nrhont in that year 30,000,000 acts*. As -
sliming that in 1906 the population wit/
amount to.90,000,000 they will require. 4.3,6.
000,000 ones of wheat, which is 200,00
acres more than th e acreage of
last yew, pith the 5,000,000 additionel
acres which Mr. Davis points
out as availehlo for wheat and rye
that is, should the expectation be realized
in regard, to the population, and assenting
the correctness oaf Mr, Davis estimate as to
additionel vheat land available that country
will reapfire to import in 1900 food effilicient
to suppon nearly 500,000 of her, people.
'The bearing of all this on fart -flumes a trade
on this continent is obvious. The formers
of the United States will no doubt find them-
selves. in better civeumstances than they are
to -day. Bat especially will Canadian farm-
ers profit by the growth 10 population of
the nation to. the south. Whenale time
shnll come Mutt e•ur neighbors must import
instead of export, there is nothing more aer.
tain than that the Canadian formers will be
called upon to help make up their laok. Di*
cussing this quetion the New York Sileo
said recently "lo r311 the world there two
but four countries which in 1900 can meet
the additional demand from the United
States, which will by that time become an
importer of wheat. Those countries are
Anstralio, Siberia, and La Plataregion, and
British North America. In the first three
countrieswheat production -will long be
trammelled by the , paucity of oultivatom
and the inadequate Means of transportation.
In British North Americo, alone will these
obstructions boa large and rapid increase of
wheat production he removable, It is,
therefore, to the epacieue 01,00, available for
the growth of wheat and rye, that lies west
of Hudson's Bay and north of our frontier,
10 1010101 both Europe and the United States
must, fifteen years hence, look to make good
most of the deficiency which will them exist
in the production az compared with the eon.
etimption of breadatuffs."
HOW AN EARTHQUAKE PEELS.
it manes Oue 'meaty Sick and CIIIIAOS Ab.
jou Terror.
To the average resident of the temperate
zones an earthquake is a rare and terrible
event, creating more consternation than ony
other visitation of nature, In tho tropics,
however, particularly in Central America,
it is wonderful how easy the reaiclents be-
come acoustomed to thew shooks, which do
not aomo, however, wholly without warn-
intou are sitting on a pima, of a hot after-
noon, chatting with you' friends, when such
donly the sky theme to grow hazy, tho 010175
stop sawing and the buzzards quit lighting
in the street, There is a goners.' hush, and,
though you may not know what is the mat-.
tor, you Oft111101 help feeling uneasy.
The all tinting say, "We are going to
have a little shako," end then tho house be-
gins to rook, the tumblers fall off the table,
you feel demily kelt ot the stomach, mut the
thing is all over, T110 sky °lours> the crows
begin their noisy screams and the buzzarde
resume their (mond over the street °filth
1 hero is something inexpressthly terrify.
ing, however, about tho treinbIleg of the
earth, The slightest oscillotion wil1 awaken
Ole poptillition of the whole town, but uffiess
some considerable damage is done, every-
body goes to sleep again as (matter of course
Etaf Pettnd te Sit&
Abe-'-" Voll, I suppose jakey is klimbin'
do golden stow, tn."
Ikea" Does yer dith so, Ahoy 1"
Abe—" Yes They "
Ike —" Voll, don, wager clo poy fat
enbromely bsabby, Ahoy, 'Doter vill neter
id Isim off dem stairs, Ahoy, mirth"
Orlt1SSItto.sOS'OtilltelOteteleerit1SextetttleetrOtortretlr
SCIENCE ALL ALIVE.,
Buil tug the s,14014.7'. gioarnye; Refuge Ob
---
The Mgt PSI :Arlen I fIr 22 I 01 J021 In 1 111. Wd
orl
e
Successfully llstablisitcd.
The meant to Mt. Itlano lifts alwets been
re,gartled as one of the moot fatiguing 10 too
O fist of Alpine climbs, Mato' tourints anxious
1
to make the trip hove been deterred by the
1hot thet there hoe been no refuge at the sum-
.
/nit ht which the Alpinist could rest before
e rotrauing 115 51(70 Last summer J. Vallot,
I a member of the li'reneh Alpine Club, con.
1' oohed the idea of conatructing mar the top
e of the 111011111.11111 ft lnailling 3111011 C011111 120
I. mod both as a shelter and as a scientific ela
t servatory.
1 W11011 \ anneal-m(1111s plan of build-
ing II refuge on the summit the ideo was
e laughed at It would be impossible, it
• 511.1115 to eugago in any kind of work at such
s an altitude, Ithe orminetor of the itleo ex -
prettied his willingness to deinonsteate the
moonset -nese of this belief, afe proceeded to
pass tliree days mut three nights at the
mountain top. During the daytime be busied
11(00011 with salon Witt observations ; at night
he slept under a tent, The practicability of
working at a high altitude had been proved,
and Vallot received ahmulatt Resistance to
carry his scheme into effect.
Plots of a small etructure best a,lapted
for withetaucling high winds were drawn,
entl the building was constructed at Cham-
ounix, The house was tIton taken aped,
and each timber was marked properly so
that the parts could be put together readily
an the mountain top. One hundred guides
volueteerecl their 5010100.0 to carry the parts
of the building to the points fixed upon at
the site. The dismantled structure 31(10 tied
up into 111 loads, and the work of trans-
portation was begun. It was a tedious
undertaking, carrying the cumbersome pack-
ages up the ascent, Three cloys were con-
sumed in conveying each load to its destim
Mien, The work commenced on June 15
and on July 31 the last section of the build
lug and the lath of the ninety paukages of
scientific instruments bad reached the site of
the refuge obsez.vatory.
Six days before the last date Vold
selecttd five of the hardiest mountaineere s -s
10550(55 and carpenters,. and sot old for the
mountain top to build the foundution. Two
teuts were set up for the temporary shelter
of the party. The temperature was rather
low for sununer ; the mercury dropped to 9
below zero at night, and did not Ilse touch
above zero atneon. 'The men were clothed
III regulation Esquimaux mountain capes.
The style of dress was not conducive to rapid
work, bit tho men labored vigorously from
7 in the morning till 7 at night. In two
days the foundation tVL413 completed, and on
the third the frame work was in place in
spite cf the persistent attempts of the wind
to overthrow it. On the fourth clay the last
plank was nailed on the roof and at night
the workmen wore able to sleep in a. less
windy chamber than their tent.
The work, however, was extremely ex-
hausting in the rare atmosphere. At the end
of the- second day one of the men was dis-
abled. Ho was given a few whiffs from the
oxygen bag which alr. Vallott had taken
the precaution to include in his supplies,
and recovered sufficiently to start down the
monotain. The following clay a second
mountaineer was exhausted, and a third.
weakened on the third day,
Although the house was not entirely lin.
ishea o0 the foul th clay it Ins thought in-
advisable to remain longer on the tummit,
especially as the weather had Inetone un•
favorable'. All hands therefon, descended
and took brief rest On Ang. 31 the party
reascended the mountain, accomponied this
time by Mr. Vellot's wife, an enthusiastie
Alpiffist, The refuge was properly bowed
with mammy, and the finishing toohtea
wove added. Lightning rods were put in
position, after which coloro tvere flung to
the browse 10 celebrate the completion of the
boildiug is divided into two apart-
ments, ono designed foe the use of travel-
lers, end the other for scientific observers,
The latter room is a private compartment.
The. pubtic room Is supplied with all the con-
ventences waded by the tired tourist. Nine
beds are placed in the room, and a supply
of proviewne and of oil for light and fuel is
always kept on hand, The olnervatot•y,
which said to be the highest in the world,.
is 14,350.feet above the sea level. It con-
tains automatic registering devices and the
moth approved appliances for making, salon.
title observetions in high elevations.
Peinbing To The, Read.
Though my early home was very plain
and toy father and mother were plain people
they lived close up to God, and nobody ever
doubted where they went when they died.
Oht had a glorious starting and when I
titbit: of the opportunities I lave had for
usefulness'I ant amazed that I have dorte so
little! It is with no feeling of can't that I
express it, but with deep and unfeigned emo-
tion before God, Oh, it is- a tremendous
thing to stand in a pulpit,, or write In such a
paper as this Journol and know that a great
many people will be influenced by what you
say or write concerning God, or the soul, or
thseugprpetefuattinntrae1
asks of you the direction
to a certain place, arid you, through cureless -
nose, thoughtlessly tell him the way, and
you hear after awhile thet he tot lost on
the tnottntains, and went over the rooks and
perithed. "111h," you 'will say, I will
neva forgive myeelt that I didn't take more
time tvith that man! It was my fault. If
I had given him the right direction he woald
have gone the right way." And, oh, the
greater responsibility of standing in 141)111pit,
or sitting in an editorial chair, and telling
people Which is the rood to Heaven 1 Alas,
if we tell them wrong The temptation is
ao mighty in this day to smooth down the
truth, and hush up the alarms of the Gospel,
and pat men on the thoulder, end sieg thern
oti clown toward the last plunge, and tell
them they are all right Or, as the poet has
put t—
"Smooth clown the stubborn text to oaes
And snugly keep damnation out of sight,'
• Tlet &thee which 1005 published taut week
erdet•ing arrengetnenta to he made for reeeiv-
ing the design Ministers in. eudience in th
litst 111001)ot next year, the auventeenth
his Majesty's reign, will have been receive(
with general eatlefactlon throughout th
world. The solution of tho long•pending an(
opparen 313' unnionageable question could no
'leech -hell a happier form, mid 11 11 were per
missible tlednce from this oue act of tit
Emperor an augury of the obaracter el reigf
WO Sh011id bo tempted to $ay tliat, the sin
of hope had arisen on this country. Th
grantieg of audieme removea a slur whiel
has vetted for thirty years on the foreign re
prosentatives, and plaoes their roles -ions wig
the highest ofithials in a lightidth
wic a
once clear ancl defensible, while it, at th
same time, removes from tho imperiel path
way a stumbling block of 111001131dengerou
cite -rector,
Widespread interest has 13een shown al
ready ist the supposed idlosynamies of the
young Emperor of China, which have lathe(
to been wrappe(l up in palette witetery. Ho
comes of a hardy moth, noted for indepond-
thee of character, and his not very remote
enoestors have evinced special curiosity in
foreign matters, as well as considerable
originality in stateeraft There is no ante-
cedent reason, therefore, why hie Olitjesty
should Dot take personal interest in the 04.
fairs of the empire, externel as well as intern-
al, nor why he should not find a certain
satisfaction in cultivating triendlInese with
foreign Ministers at his court, and thus a
real revolution may be silently effected in
the mode of conducting public heathen.
The imperial power in China, hamper-
ed and almost stifled as it is by concentric
civoles of officials of every grade in thick
array, seems to be impeded in ite admin-
iatration by the very overgrowth of the ma-
chinery which constitutes the instrument of
Government. How 10 8000 an Emperor to
break through these serried ranks ; how
emancipate turnoff from the thraldom of one
set without getting more hopelessly en.
tangled in the toils or another? If there be
anything in the notion to which we have
repeatedly given publicity that the ex-
clusi veness, the inso/ence, and even brutality
of manner to which foreigners have been
subjected are essentially the outcome of
the Chinese nature combined with. 0/linen
tradition, and etpeciolly Chinese ignorance,
there ought to be a good hope of better
things in gaining access to the peramt of the
Manchu sovereign. The recent pnblio acts
of the sovereign towhich we drew attention
last monthappgar to be bet the prelude tcran
imperial career in which the sovereign intends
as his heroic contemporary, the German
Emperor, has done, to take the robe of Gov-
erment into his own hands ana rule accord..
ing to hisoonscienceand his own perceptions-
Alany depreesing pietures of the future of
this great empire Ilan occupied the columns
of the Mimeo Times. We have honestly
cast our eye to the north and south, to the
east and west without diacovering any signs
of the coming regeneration of the Govern-
ment foul the Boatel system, and If, as we
believe, some thorough regeneration is nem
essery to the preservation of the empire, the
outlook is anything lint encouraging. There
seems to be but ono ray of hope, and that is
10 510 personal initiative of 11 sovereign res.
°tete tool strong and with a long life before
hirn in which to develophis reforms. It mey
be that such attain. is now on the throne,
and his proccedinge will he scanned with
very eager intereet by both natives and for-
eigners. The new relations.which have been
estohlished hy imperial decree, and 10111011
noty open a door to the morose of a healthy
living foreign influence, put tho Emperor in
poesession of auxiliaries such as were not
avoilable to any of his Majesty's predoces
013220.
UNIQUE SUICIDDS,
Some Orlsitita Ways or SlottlItim otr the
Mortal Colt.
The week met has been remarkable foi
two unique suicides 30115 °Oa girl who disr
seated herself tvith a cleaver; the other a man
elm deliberately drowned himself by drink-
ing fifteen glassaa of water. These are cer-
tainly MOW ideas in the way of selfalestrue-
Bon, zdthotIgh history reaorda 505130 very
peculiar ones, among whichAnatehist Lingg's
dynamite bomb in the mouth may I:execution
ea, although that method has a precedent
in Aleace, in which the suicide succeeded in
blowing his head and the upper part of ha
body completely away. The Parisian Jody
who filled her room with flowers and
smothered ; the Roman Judy who awallowed
rod -bot coals ; the Enropean.gentleman who
made hitnself a guillotme ; the miner at
Rance= who filled hie mouth with gunpow-
der and the soldier of the Bavarian artillery
who loaded a cannon and find himself from
the muzzle are ttll worthy of mention, but the
Eoglishman in New Zealand must not be fort
gotten, who haying quarreled with his wife.
exploded a:dynamite carteidge in suck a
manner that both his and her head qua
blown to Moine ; nor the Kiug Falaha, who,
being ettaoked by Mohammedans, and find-
ing resistance naeless, caused powder to, be
placed beneath his oaatle walla, and blew
it, himaelf and everybody else in it out or'
existence.
Cettainly one of the most persistent oaths
oh record, however, was that of the Suffolk,
Englond, woman who fizst made a ring of
gunpowder around herself and, findiog that
unsuccessful, sat on a pail filled with the
same material and touched linage ofr. The
twit was not entirely eucceesful, to she fin-
ished the job by haoking at her throat with
o knife. Even the &month had their own
idem on the subject, if we may aummon 00
proof Satnpson, who pulled the temple of
Dagen down upon himself, and the Greeian
philosopher, Empodocies, who jumped
the muter of Mount Etna.
" To Live Simply
at children of God is to become aware of
oer higher nature, and to be persuaded that,
we are not made of poriahablo atuff—that we
are something quite different from a fora.
bitintion of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen and
emboli. Creation widens into it larger home,
as a .eheery voice calls out, "In my Father's
house are many Inemeions 1' This little
world heightees as ono of the countslesso
stars ; the horizon expands to Infinity; ths
symbolism of boundless time and space lead
mind and heort and faith at3d hope into a
lairs place, as if a clear -seeing Guide hold
us by the hand and Melted us forth to
share that Presome which is fullness of joy
and pleasure forevermore. Then wo no
longer ooneetn ourselves bow long WO Si1111 I
/IVO, 1111 11011, 3001 1. Ana 11011 we know
how the clieelples felt when they recalled
tho words of tho greet trorcrunnor, Where I
am, 'there yo shall also s with my *gather
and your Fathot, my Clod and your God. !"
SettWeed ip neoe et, le inta a thee, Paper,
whielt taken tamplace of winch)* gloss.
When colored the olio, 110 elotrthr to satooto
er painted eats,
Some Ourione 'WOMB,
"
Varlet" is the same word ee "
and oath is an offshoot of the feudal "vas. "Rotten Row," the famous London
street, recalls " 10 1-01113 du mi.," (the Icing's
panagoway), "Dandelion" is '‘doott clolion'
(the lion's tooth), and " vinegar ",WRS 01100
"1114 WW1" (0011 wino). " Madame "is "my
Indy," and "tit " has boon extracted from
the Littin "meidor," through the French.
" Biscuit " keeps alive the Lubin " Lis roe-
tikv" ziovice cooked), encl a vevdiel3 is simply
& "tierton diehon,", (true 0171110). An "ottrf"
1108 310 " older " the primitive seciety,
While "pope 010 the same as " paptc," and
15 a " Cesar." "kluzgy " was onoe
a rospootablo " housewife 1" a." knevo" was
eimply a"boy "—the German "loath " of te-
thty ; end 3.3;" caitiff " was in the fiest pleee
Merely a " eaptive," " Jimminy "is a • re-
miniseencti of the eleefticel coljeratien "0
Gentini,," used bythe Nomans when 'they
milled upon tho twins, Castor and Pollux, try
help them,