B INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION. ,

CHAPTER V.installation ofadopted st-

ablefboy

-was thus hap-effected , and

wheels of lifeto runIn the

' house.- did his

and carriagein the morn-

H-

ing ; sometimesV helped in the housework ; sometimesBwalked abroad with theDoctorto drink

M * wisdom from the fountain-head ; andH -was introduced at night to the sciences

& and the dead tongues. He retained hissingular placidity of mind and ma-

nB-

ner ; ho was rarely in fault ; but he-

B made only a very partial progress .in-

p P ills studies , and remained much of astranger in the family.-

F

.

The Doctor was a pattern of regu-i Jaiity. All forenoon he worked on his

sreat book , the "Comparative Pharma-copoeia

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, or Historical Dictionary of allMedicines ," which as yet consisted-principally of slips of paper and pins.When finished , it was to fill manypersonable volumes and to combine an-

tiquarian-

interest with professionalutility. But the Doctor was studious-of literary graces and the picturesque ;

4in anecdote , a touch of manners , a-

moral qualification , or a sounding epi-

thet¬

was sure to be preferred before•a piece of science ; a little more , andhe would have written the "Compara-tive

¬

IH Pharmacopoeia" in verse ! Thearticle "Mummia ," for instance , was.already complete , though the remain-der

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of the work had not progressed be-

yond¬

the letter A. It was exceedingly•copious and entertaining , written with•quaintness and color , exact , erudite , aliterary article ; but it would hardly

) .have afforded guidance to a practicingphysician of to-day. The femininegood sense of his wife bad led her topoint this out with uncompromising

sincerity ; for the Dictionary was duly.read aloud to her, betwixt sleep and"waking, as it proceeded toward an in-

finitely-

distant completion ; and the'Doctor was a little sore on the subjectof mummies , and sometimes resentedan allusion with asperity. ,

k After the midday meal and a properBL jieriod of digestion , he walked , som-eHt

-times alone , sometimes accompanied

H 'by Jean-Marie ; for madam would ''have\ .preferred any hardship rather than* nvalk.

B She was , as I have said , a very busyk -person , continually occupied about m-

aB-

_

terial comforts , and ready to dropm Bleep over a novel the instant she was

BT Bsengaged. This was the less objec-- enable , as she never snored ser grew

m -distempered in complexion when sheW .slept. On the contrary , she looked theI very picture of luxurious and appetiz-k

-ing ease , and woke without a start to-

P 'the perfect possession of her faculties.I a am afraid she was greatly an animal ,

B "but she was a very nice animal to have.- .

about. In this way she had little toB \ dp with Jean-Marie ; but the sympathyW /which had been established betweenL -them on the first night remained un-W

-broken ; they held occasional conver-

W-

nations , mostly on household matters ;

L o the extreme disappointment of theDoctor , they occasionally sallied off t-

oB-

gether to that temple of debasing s-uB

-* perstition , the village church ; madam

W and he, both in their Sunday's best ,

Bdrove twice a month to FontainebleauB and returned laden with purchases ;

B.and in short , although the Doctor stillB continued to regard them as irrccon-K

-cilably antipathetic , their relation was

W -as intimate , friendly , and confidential1 as their natures suffered.B ' I fear , however , that in her heart ofB hearts , madam kindly despised and

L pitied the boy. She had no admirationB for his class of virtues ; she liked aB smart , polite , forward , roguish sort ofF boy , cap in hand , light of foot , meeting

B "the eye ; she liked volubility , charm , aL little vice the promise of a secondB. Doctor Desprez. And it was her ind-eB

-feasible belief that Jean-Marie was dull-

.m.

"Poor dear boy ," she had' said once ,

B "how sad ,it is that he should be soB -stupid !" She bad never repeated thatr remark , for the Doctor had raged likeI a wild bull , denouncing the brutalB bluntness of her mind , bemoaning hisB own fate to be so unequally mated with

fc an ass , and , what touched AnastasieP \ more nearly , menacing the table china

' uy the fury of his gesticulations. Butf she adhered silently to her opinion ;

B and when Jean-Marie was sitting ,

B stolid , blank , but not unhappy , overL / '-Unfinished tasks , she would snatchB ier opportunity in the Doctor's absence ,

[ ?s o over to him , put her arms about hisJ heck , lay her cheek to his , and com-

municate-

' her sympathy with his dis-

tress.¬

. "Do not mind ," she would say ;

"I , too, am not at all clever , and I-

caq assure you that it makes no differ-ence

¬

in life."! The Doctor 's view was naturally dif-ferent.

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. That gentleman never weariedof the sound of his own voice , whichwas , to say the truth , agreeable enoughto hear. He now had a listener , who

i> was not so cynically indifferent as A-nVastasic

-, and who sometimes put him

on his nettle by the most relevant ob-

jections.¬

. Besides , was he not educat-ing

¬

the boy ? And education , philoso-phers

¬

are agreed , is the most philosoph-ical

¬

of duties. What can be morefccavenly to poor manTtind than to haveone's hobby grow Into a dut7 to the

\

State ? Then , indeed , do the ways oflife become ways of pleasantness. Nev-er

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had the Doctor seen reason to bemore content with his endowments.Philosophy flowed smoothly from hislips. He was so agile a dialecticianthat lie could trace his nonsense , whenchallenged , back to some root insense , and prove it to be a sort of flowerupon his system. He slipped out of an-

timonies¬

like a fish , and left his disci-pie marveling at the rabbi's depth.

Moreover , deep down In bis heart theDoctor was disappointed with the ill-success of his more formal education.A boy, chosen by so acute an observerfor his aptitude , and guided along thepath of learning by so philosophic aninstructor , was bound , by the natureof the universe , to make a more obviousand lasting advance. Now Jean-Mariewas slow in all things , impenetrable inothers ; and his power of forgettingwas fully on a level with his power tolearn. Therefore the Doctor cherishedhis peripatetic lectures , to which theboy attended , which he generally ap-

peared-

to enjoy , and by which he oftenprofited.

Many and many were the talks theyhad together ; and health and niodera-tion

-<

proved the subject of the Doctor's-divagations. . To these he lovingly re ¬

turned.-"I

.

lead you ," he would say , "by thegreen pastures. My system , my beliefs ,

my medicines , are resumed in onephrase to avoid excess. Blessed na-ture

-, healthy , temperate nature , abhors

and exterminates excess. Human law ,

in this matter , imitates at a great dis-

tance¬

her provisions ; and we muststrive to supplement the efforts of thelaw. Yes , boy , we must be a law toourselves and for our neighbors lexarmata armed , emphatic , tyrannouslaw. If you see a crapulous humanruin snuffing , dash him from his box !

The judge , though in a way an admis-sion

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of disease , is less offensive to methan either the doctor or the priest.Above all the doctor the doctor and \

the purulent trash and garbage of hispharmacopoeia ! Pure air from theneighborhood of a pinetum for thesake of the turpentine unadulterated i

wine , and the reflections of an unso-pbisticated spirit in the presence of-

"the works of nature these , my boy , arethe best medical appliances and thebest religious comforts. Devote your-self

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to these. Hark ! there are bells of-

Bourron (the wind is in the north , itwill be fair) . How clear and airy is thesound ! The nerves are harmonizedand quieted ; the mind attuned to si-

lence¬

; and observe how easily and reg-ularly

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beats the heart ! Your unen-lightened

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doctor would see nothing inthese sensations ; and yet you yourselfperceive they are a part of health.Did you remember your cinchona thismorning ? Good. Cinchona also is awork of nature ; it is , after all , onlythe bark of a tree which we mightgather for ourselves if we live in thelocality. What a world , is this !

Though a professed atheist , I delight tobear my testimony to the world. Lookat the gratuitous remedies and pleas-ures

¬

that surround our path ! The riverruns by the garden end , our bath , ourfishpond , our natural system of drain ¬

age. There is a well in the court whichsends up sparkling water from theearth's very heart , clean , cool , and ,

with a little wine , most wholesome.The district is notorious for salubrity ;

rheumatism is the only prevalent com-plaint

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, and I myself have never had atouch of it. I tell you and my opinionis based upon the coldest , clearest proc-esses

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of reason if I , if you , desired toleave this home of pleasures , it wouldbe the duty , it would be the privilege ,

of our best friend to prevent us with apistol bullet. "

CHAPTER VI.beautiful Junethey sat upon

hill outsidevillage. The

, as heav ¬fNE, shoneamonghero and

foliage.birds

The

and flick--_ about Gretz

Church tower. Ahealthy wind blew from over the for-est

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, and . the sound of innumerable thou-sands

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of tree-tops and innumcrablemil-lions on millions of green leaves wasabroad in the air, and fllled the ear withsomething between whispered speechand singing. It seemed as if every bladeof grass must hide a clgale ; and thefields rang merrily with their music ,

jingling far and near as with thesleigh-bells of the fairy queen. Fromtheir station on the slope the <*ye em-braced

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a large space of poplared plainupon the one hand , the waving hilltopsof the forest on the other , and Gretzitself in the middle , a handful of roofs.Under the bestriding arch of the blueheavens , the place seemed dwindled te-a toy. It seemed incredible that peopledwelt , and could find room to turn orair to breathe , in such a corner of theworld. The thought came home to theboy , perhaps for the first time , and hegave it words-

."How.

small it looks !" he sighed.-"Ay

.

," replied the - Doctor , "smallenough now. Yet it was once a walledcity ; thriving , full of furred burgessesand men in armor , humming with af-

fairs¬

with tall spires , for aught that

SHHUBBBBBEBBHNHBMBHIHHHMBBBBBHMHHBB-

II know , and portly towers along thebattlements. A thousand chimneysceased smoking at the curfew-bell.There were gibbets at the gate asthick as scarecrows. In time of war , -

the assault swarmed against it withladders , the arrows fell like leaves , thedefenders sallied hotly over the draw-bridge

¬

, each side uttered its cry as theyplied their weapons. Do you know thatthe walls extended as far as the Com-manderie

-? Tradition so reports. Alas ,

what a long way off is all this confu-sion

¬

nothing left of it but my quietwords spoken in your ear and thetown itself shrunk to the hamlet un-

derneath¬

us ? By-and-by camo. theEnglish wars you shall hear more ofthe English , a stupid people , who some-times

¬

blundered into good and Gretzwas taken , sacked , and burned. It , isthe history of many towns ; but Gretz

.never rose again ; it was never rebuilt ;

tfts ruins were a quarry to serve thegrowth of rivals ; and the stones ofGreta are now erect along the streets,of Nemours. It gratifies me that ourold house was the first to rise afterthe calamity ; when the town had come\to an end , it inaugurated the hamlet."

"I , too , am glad cf that ," said Jean-Marie.

-; . •

"It should be the temple of humblervirtues , " responded the Doctor with a,savory gusto. "Perhaps one of the rea-sons

¬

why I love my little hamlet as-

I do , is that wo have a limilar history ,,she and I. Have I told you that I wasonce rich ? "

"I do not think so ," answered Jean-Marie.

-

. "I do not think I should have:forgotten. I am sorry you should havelost your fortune. "

"Sorry ?" cried the Doctor. "Why , Ifind I have scarce begun your educa-tion

¬

after all. Listen to me ! Wouldyou rather live in the old Gretz or inthe new , free from the alarms of war ,

with the green country at the door ,

without noise , passports , the exactionsof the soldiery , or the jangle of thecurfew-bell to send us off to bed byjsundown ?"

"I suppose. I should prefer the new ,";replied the boy-

."Precisely.

," returned the Doctor ; "so-do I. And , in the same way , I prefermy present moderate fortune to myformer wealth. Golden mediocrity !

cried the adorable ancients ; and I sub-scribe

¬

i to their enthusiasm. Have I notgood wine , good food , good air , thefields and the forest for my walk , ahouse , an admirable wife , a boy whomI protest I cherish like a son ? Now ,

if I were still rich , I should indubi-tably make my residence in Paris youknow Paris Paris and Paradise arenot convertible terms. This pleasantnoise of the wind streaming amongleaves changed into the grinding Babelof the street , the stupid glare of plastersubstituted for this quiet pattern ofgreens and grays , the nerves shattered ,

the digestion falsified picture the fall !

Already you perceive the consequences ;

the mind is stimulated , the heart stepsto a different measure , and the manis himself no longer. I have passion-ately

¬

studied myself the true businessof philosophy. I know my characteras the musician knows the ventages ofhis flute. Should I return to Paris , Ishould ruin myself gambling ; nay , I-

go further I should break the heart of-

my Anastasie with infidelities. "This was too much for Jean-Marie.

That a place should so transform themost excellent of men transcended hisbelief. Paris , he protested , was evenan agreeable place of residence. "Norwhen T lived in that city did I feelmuch difference , " he pleaded-

."What.

! " cried the Doctor. "Did younot steal when you were there ?"

: tu usuoN'roriruu.i

DUTCH JOHN'S QUEER REPORT,

His Description ot the Accident TVa

Certainly Unique.After having bis trunk smashed and

some of his men killed by a collisionwith a wild train , says the RailroadTelegrapher , a German section fore-man

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sent in the following unique reportto the division superintendent :

"Ve bemakin run mit der thruckund sum spikes down to Fairvell cross-in

-und we ask dot man vat make der-

nise mit der little clicker up in der-'ouse vere der vires run in vat timesder drain cums , und he says she cums-purty soon , John , but you have time toget der thruck down to der crossin undas we t'inks dat he bees talkin der-druth ve makes der thruck gone purtyquick , but up der thrack cumss derbig puffer like der deffull , und vile vetalked about vat ve do der thruck goesup over der head of der puffer und derspikes und men go plunk in der ditch.-Vone

.of der 'Tallian men lose his two

legs und he be not sthrong enough ter-valk ve put 'im in mit der luggage in-

der car vere he dies sune. Mike Doole-go up mit de air und comes not downyet , und ve not find him easy , but derebees noding for him to hit up dere vedinks he cums down purty sune allright. Der growbars und nine shovelscum down so ve vaits here till MikeDoole cums down too. Yours , JohnSchneider. "

Carry Toilet Cases.Women who ride the bicycle in Eng-

land¬

sally forth in the summer time up-on

¬

their longer excursions equipped forthe fray with the sun. They do notcarry parasols , but they carry completetoilet casesrin which there is a varietyof powders and other things that arecalculated to preserve the complexion.-A

.tiny brush , a comb that soqthes when

it caresses , a puff , a tooth-brush , amanicure set , a little mirror , in fact ,nearly every feminine appliance , on adiminutive scale , has its place.-

A

.

Doubtful Evasion.Old Gent Waiter , I have found a

hair in my ice cream. Waiter Im-possible

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, sir ; that ice cream was madewith the best shaved ice. New YorkWorld.

TALMAGE'S . SERMON."-

CONTRARY

.

WINDS" THE SUB-JECT

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LAST SUNDAY.

From the FolloivSnsr ' Test , "Tho Wind• Was Cootriirj" ' XtiZlt , 1.1:24 TheVoice of Christianity the Only Alter-nutlvo

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lu iUUfortune. '

S I well know by-

experlence on LakeGalilee , one hourall may bo talinand the next hourthe winds and# waves will be soboisterous that

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youare in doubt as towhether you willland on the shoreor on the bottom of

the deep. The disciples in the textwere caught in such a stress ofweatherand the sails bent and the ship plungedfor "the wind was contrary. " Thereis in one of the European straits aplace , where , whichever way you sailthe winds are opposing. There are

"people who all their life seem sailingin the teeth of the wind. All thingsseem against them. It may be said oftheir condition as of that of the dis-ciples

¬

In my text : "the wind was con¬

'trary. " •

A great multitude of people are un-

der¬

seeming disadvantage , arid I willtoday , in the swarthiest Anglo-Saxonthat I can manage , treat their cases ;

not a3 a nurse counts out eight or tendrops of a prescription , and stirs tbcm-in a half-glass of water , but as whena man has by a mistake taken a largeamount of strychnine , or Paris green ,

or belladonna , and the patient is walk-ed

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rapidly round the room , and shakenup , until he gets wide awake. Many ofyou have taken a large draught of thepoison of discouragement , and I comeout by the order of the Divine Physi-cian

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to rouse you out of that lethargy.First , many pee'ple are under the dis-

advantage¬

of an unfortunate namegiven them by parents who thoughtthey were doing a good thing. .Some ¬

times at the baptism of children , whileI have held up one hand in prayer , 1

have held up the other hand in amaze-ment

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that parents should have weight-ed

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the babe with such a dissonant andrepulsive nomenclature. I have not somuch wondered that some childrenshould cry out at the christening , fontas that others with such smiling faceshould take a title that will be the bur-den

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of their lifetime. It is outrageousto afflict children with an undesirablename because it happened to be pos-

sessed¬

by a parent or a rich uncle fromwhom favors are expected , or someprominent man of the day who mayend his life in disgrace. It is no ex-

cuse¬

, because they are Scripture names ,

to call a child Jehoikim , or Tiglath-Pileser.

-. I baptized one by the name

Bathsheba ! Why, under all the cir ¬

cumambient heaven , any parent shouldwant to give to a child the name of thatloose creature of Scripture times I can-

not¬

imagine. I have often felt tX thebaptismal altar, when names were an-

nounced¬

to me , like saying , as did theRev. Dr. Richards , of Morristown , N.-

J..

. , when a child was handed nim forbaptism and the name given : "Hadn'tyou better call it something else ?"

Impose not upon that babe a namesuggestive of flippancy or meanness.There is no excuse for such assault andbattery on the cradle when our lan-guage

¬

is opulent with names musicaland suggestive in meaning, a-uch asJohn , meaning "the gracious gift ofGod ; " or Henry , meaning "the chiefof a household ; " or Alfred , meaning"good counsellor ; " or Joshua , meaning"God , our salvation ; " or Ambrose ,

meaning "immortal ; " or Andrew ,

meaning "manly ; " or Esther , meaning"star ; " or Abigail , meaning "my fath-er's

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joy ; " or Anna , meaning "grace ; "or Victoria , meaning "victory ; " or Ros-alie

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, meaning "beautiful as a rose ; " orMargaret , meaning "a pearl ; " or Ida ,

meaning "godlike ; " or Clara , meaning"illustrious ; " or Amelia , meaning"busy ; " or Bertha , meaning "beauti-ful

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," and hundreds of other name justas good , that are a help rather than ahindrance.

But sometimes the great hindrancein life in not in the given name , but inthe family name. While legislaturesare willing to lift such incubus , thereare families that keep a name whichmortgages all the generations with agreat disadvantage. You say : "I won-der

¬

if he is any relation to So-and-so ,"mentioning some family celebrated forcrime or deception. ' It is a wonder to-me that in all such famlies some sp'rit-ed

-young man does not rise , saying to

his brothers and sisters : "If j-ou wantto keep this nuisance or seandalization-of a name , I will keep it no longer thanuntil the quickest course of law I canslough off this gangrene. " The citydirectory has hundreds of names themere pronunciation of which has beena life-long obstacle. If you have startedlife under a name which either throughridiculous orthography or vicious sug-gestion

¬

has been an encumbrance , re-solve

¬

that the next generation shall notbe so weighted. It is not bemeaningto change a name. Saul of Tarsus be-came

¬

Paul the Apostle. Hadassah ,"the myrtle ," became Esther , " thestar. " We have in America , and I sup-pose

¬

it is so in all countries , nameswhich ought to be abolished , and canbe , and will be abolished for the reasonthat they are a libel and a slander. Butif for any reason you are submergedeither by a given name or by a familyname that you must bear, God will helpyou to overcome the outrage by a lifeconsecrated to the good and usetul.You may erase the curse from thename. If it once stood for meanness ,

you can make it stand for generosity.-If

.once 'it stood for pride , you can

maka it stand for humility. If it once

t

stod for fraud , you can make it standfor honesty. If once it stood for wlck-cdnesB

-, you can make It stand for pur-

ity.¬

. There have been niultitutdes ot in-

stances¬

where men and women lnvcmagnificently conquered the disastersof the name inflicted- upon them.

Again , many people labor untlar themlsfortuno of incomplete physicalequipment. Wc arc by our Creator soeconomically built that wo cannot af-

ford¬

the obliteration of any physicalfaculty. We want our two eyes , ourtwo ears , our two hands , our two feet ,

our eight fingers and two thumbs. Yetwhat multitudes of people Slave butone eye , or but one foot ! The ordinarycasualties of life have been quadrupled ,

quintupled , sextupled , aye , centupled ,

in our time by the Civil War , and atthe North and South a great multitudeare fighting the battle of life with half,or less than half the needed physicalarmaments. I do not wonder at thepathos of a soldier during the war, who ,

when told that he must have his handamputated , said : "Doctor , can't yousave it ? " and when told that it was im-

possible¬

, said , with tears rolling downhis cheeks : "Well , then , good-bye , oldhand ; I hate to part with you. Youhave done me a good service for manyyears , but it seems you must go. Good ¬

bye. "A celebrated surgeon told me of a

scene in the Clinical Department of oneof the New York hospitals , when apoor man with a wounded log wasbrought In before the students to beoperated on. The surgeon was point-ing

¬

out this and that to the students ,

and handling the wounded leg , and wasabout to proceed to amputation , whenthe poor man leaped from the tableand hobbled to the. door , and said ,

"Gentlemen , I am sorry to disappointyou , but by the help of God I will diewith my leg on. " What a terrific lossis the loss of our physical faculties !

9 * *

Put to full use all the faculties thatremain , and charge on all opposing cir-cumstances

¬

with the determination ofJohn of Bohemia , who was totallyblind , and yet at a battle cried out , "Ipray and beseech you to lead me sofar into the fight that I may strike onegood blow with this sword of mine. "Do not think so much of what facultiesyou have lost as of what faculties re-

main.¬

. You have enough left to makeyourself felt in three worlds , while youhelp the earth , and balk hell , and winheaven. Arise from your discourage-ments

¬

, O men and women of depletedor crippled physical faculties and seewhat , by the special help of God youcan accomnlish !

The skilled horsemen stood aroundBucephalus , unable to mount or man-age

¬

him , so wild was the steed. ButAlexander noticed that the sight of hisown shadow seemed to disturb thehorse. So Alexander clutched him bythe bridle , and turned his head awayfrom the shadow , and toward the sun ,

and the horse's agitation was gone , andAlexander mounted him and rode off ,

to the astonishment of all who stoodby. And what you people need is tohave your sight turned away rrom theshadows of your earthly lot overwhich you have so long pondered , andyour head turned toward the sun theglorious sun of Gospel consolation , andChristian hope , and spiritual triumph.

* *

Now , suppose a man finds himself in-

midlife without education , what is he-

to do ? Do the best he can. The mosteffective layman in a former pastoralcharge that I ever heard speak on re-

ligious¬

themes could , within five min-utes

¬

of exhortation , break all the lawsof English grammar , and if he left anylaw unfractured he would complete thework of lingual devastation in theprayer with which he followed it. ButI would rather have him pray for me ,

if I were sick or in trouble , than anyChristian man I know of , and in thatchurch all the people preferred him inexhortation and prayer to all others.Why ? Because he was so thoroughlypious and had such power with God hewas irresistible ; and as he went on inhis prayer sinners repented and saintsshouted for joy , and the bereaved seem-ed

¬

to get back their dead in celestialcompanionship. And when he hadstopped praying , and as soon as I couldwipe out of my eyes enough tears to see-

the closing hymn , I ended the meeting,

fearful that some long-winded prayer-meeting bore would pull us down fromthe seventh heaven.

Not a word have I to say against ac-curacy

¬

of speech , or fine elocution , orhigh mental culture. Get all these youcan. But I do say to those who werebrought up in the day of poor cchool-houses and ignorant schoolmasters , andno opportunity : You may have somuch of good in your soul and so muchof heaven in your everyday life thatyou will be mightier for good than anywho went through the curriculum ofHarvard , or Yale , or Oxford , yet nevergraduated in the school of Christ. Whenyou get up to the gate of heaven noone will ask you whether you can parsethe first chapter of Genesis , but wheth-er

¬

you have learned the fear uf theLord , which is the beginning of wis-

dom¬

; nor whether you know how tosquare the circle , but whether you havelived a square life in a round world.Mount Zion is higher than Mount Par ¬

nassus.But what other multitudes there are

under other disadvantages ! Here is aChristian woman whose husband thinksreligion a sham , and while the wifeprays the children one way the hus-band

¬

swears them another. Or here is-

a Christian man who is tryins to dohis best for God and the Church , andhis wife holds him back and says onthe way home from prayer-meeting ,

where he gave testimony for Christ :

"What a fool you made of yourself !

I hope hereafter you will keep still."And when he would be benevolent andgive fifty dollars, she criticises him fornot giving fifty cents. I must do jus-

Iv-

tico and publicly thank God that Inever proposed at homo to give any-thing

¬

for any cause of humanity or re-

ligion- s

but the other partner In the do-

mestic¬

firm approved it. And when Itseemed beyond my ability and faith inGod wa3 necessary , she had three-fourths the faith. But I know menwho , when they contribute to charlta-ble

-• objects nrc afraid that the wifeshall find it out. What a witheringcurse such woman must be to .v good-man !

Then there are others under thegreat disadvantage of poverty. Whoought to get things cheapest ? You saythose who have little means. But theypay more. You buy coal by the ton ,they buy it by the bucket. You buyflour by the barrel , they buy it by thepound. You get apparel cheap , becauseyou pay cash. They pay dear becausethey have to get trusted. And theBible was right when It said : "the de-

struction¬

of the poor is their poverty. "Then there are those who made a

mistake in early life , and that over-shadows

¬

all their days. "Do you notknow that that man was once in pris-on

¬

," is whispered. Or, "Do you knowthat that man once attempted auicide ?"Or, "Do you know that that man onceabsconded ?" Or, "Do you know thatthat man was once discharged for dis-honesty

¬

? " Perhaps there was only onewrong deed In the man's life , and thatone act haunts the subsequent half cen-tury

¬

of his existence.Others have unfortunate predomi-

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of some mental faculty , andtheir rashness throws them into wildenterprises , or their trepidation makesthem decline great opportunity , orthere is a vein of melancholy in theirdisposition that defeats them , or theyhave an endowment of ovcr-mlrth thatcauses the impression of insincerity.

Others have a mighty obstacle in.their personal appearance , for whiclLthey are not responsible. They forgetthat God fashioned their features , andtheir complexion , and their stature , hesize of their nose , and mouth , andhands , and feet , and gave them theirgait and their general appearance ; andthey forget that much of the world'sbest work and the Church's best workhas been done by homely people ; andthat Paul the Apostle is said to havebeen hump-backed , and his eye-sightweakened by ophthalmia , while manyof the finest in appearance have passedtheir time in studying killing attitudes ,and in displaying the richness of ward-robes

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not one ribbon , or vest , or ruck.-or

.elove. or button , or shoe-strme of

which they have had brains to earn forthemselves.

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In the way of practical relief for alldisadvantages and all woes , the onlyvoice that is worth listening to on thissubject is the voice of Christianity ,which is the voice of Almighty God. *

Whether I have mentioned the par-ticular

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disadvantage under which youlabor or not , I distinctly declare , in thename of God , that there is a way outand a way up for all of you. You can-not

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be any worse off than that Chiis-tian

-young woman who was in the

Pemberton mills when they fell someyears ago , and from under the fallentimbers she was heard singing : "1 amgoing home to die no more. "

Take good courage from that Bible ,all of whose promises are for those inbad predicament. There are better daysfor you , either on earth or in heaven.-I

.put my hand under your chin , and

lift your face into the light of the com-ing

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dawn. Have God on your aide , andthen you have for reserve troop3 all thearmies of heaven , the smallest companyof which is twenty thousand chariots. i

and the smallest brigade one hundredand forty-four thousand , the lightnings-of heaven their drawn sword.-

An.

ancient warrior saw an overpow-ering

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host come down upon his smallcompany of armed men , and mountinghis horse he threw a handful of sandin the air , crying , "Let their faces becovered with confusion ! " And botharmies heard his voice , and historysays it seemed as though the dustthrown in the air had become so manyangels of supernatural deliverance , andthe wealc overcame the mighty , and theimmense host fell back , and the smallnumber marched on. Have faith inGod , and though all the allied forces ofdiscouragement seem to come againstyou in battle array , and their laugh of-

definance and contempt resoundsthrough all the valleys and mountains,you might by faith in God , and impor-tunate

¬prayer , pick up a handful of the-

very dust of your humiliation , andthrow it into the air , and it shall lie-come angels of victory over ail he-armies of earth and hell. The voices ,

of your adversaries , human and Satan-ic

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, shall be covered with confusion ,,

while you shall be not only conqueror. ,

but more than conqueror , through thatgrace which has so often made thefallen helmet of an overthrown antag-onist

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the footstool of a Christhin victory.

Deep Diving to Kecoter Trcasore.The greatest diving feat ever at-

tempted wa that of the raising oftreasure that sank with the steamernear Seal R6cks , New South Wales.News has been received that every boxof sovereigns that went to the bottomhas been saved by the men who work-ed

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under the sea at a depth of twenty-seven fathoms. The names of the div-ers

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are Briggs and May. At times theywere subject to a pressure of seventyto seventy-five pounds to the squareinch , causing them great suffering.

The Catterthun was wrecked in Au-gust

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, 18S5 , while on the voyage fromSydney to Hong Kong. Fifty-four olher crew and passengers lost theirlives , including brave Captain Shan ¬

non. The vessel's cargo consisted olproduce and 10,000 in sovereigns. -

San Francisco Examiner.