Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 35, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 May 1889 — Page 3

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY, MAT 29. 188a

THE SEW SffilXGS OF JOY.

ANOTHER TABERNACLE DISCOURSE. J Man NTer Satisfied With Uli Possessions Borrowed Cars and Trouble Dogs the Footsteps of Basinets Men and ' Wrinkle Many Face. The De Witt Talmaee, D. D., preached last Saturday on "New Springs of Joy." TV text was: "Thou bast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs and the nether springs." Joshua xv, 10 lie said : The city of Pebir was the Boston of antiquity a rreat place for brain and hooks. Calci wanted it, and he offered his daughter ichsuh as a prize to any one who woud capture that city. It was a btrango thin,' for Caleb to do; and yet the ina:i that xmld take the city would have, at any rate, two elements of manhood brivery and patriotism. 'VYith Caleb's daughter a prize to right for Gen. Othiiel rode into the battle. The pates of Eebir where thundered into the dust and :h& city of books lay at the feet of the conquerors. The work done, Othniei com back to claim his bride. Having conqiered the city it is no great job for him to conquer the girl's heart; for however 'aint-heartcl ft woman hereelf mav be the always loves courage in a Juan. 1 nev?r eaw an exception to that. Tha weddinj festivity having gone by, Othniei and Achsah are about to go to their new home. However loudly the cymba'ri may clash and the laughter rinirpnrents are always Pad when a fondly cherished daughter goes oft" to Ftay; and Achsah, the daughter of Caleb, knows that tow is the time to ask almost anything she wants of her father. It Feems that Calebs the good old man, had given as a welding present to his daughter a niece of land that was mountainous end sloping southward toward the deserts of Arabia, swept with gome very hot winds. It was called "a south land." But Achsah wants an addition of property; she wants a piece of land that is well watered and fertile. Now it is no wonder that Caleb, standing amid the bridal party, his eyes so full of tears because she was going away that he could hardly see her at all, gives her more than she asks. She said to him: "Thou hast given me a south land ; give me also springs of water. And he gave ner the upper springs and the nether springs." What a suggestive passage! The fact is that as Caleb, tha father, gave Achsah, the daughter, a south land so God jrive.s to us His world. I am very thankful He has given it to us. But 1 am like Achsah in the fact that I want a larger portion. Trees and flowers and grass and blue skies are very well in their places, but he who has nothing but this world for a portion ha? no portion at all. It is a mountainous land, sloping off toward the desert of sorrow, swept by fiery siroccos; it is "a6outh land." a poor portion for any man that triest to put his trust in it." "What has been your experience? "What has been the experience of every man, of every woman that has trifd this world for a portion? Queen Elizabeth amid the surroundings of pomp is unhappy because the painter sketches too minutely the wrinkles on her face and she indignantly cries out: "You must strike oil' my likeness without any ßhadows!" Hogarth, at the very hightof his artistic triumph, is stung almost to death with chagrin because the painting he had dedicated to the king does not seem to be acceptable, for George II cries out: "Who is this Hogarth? Take his trumpery out of my presence." Brinsley Sheridan thrilled the earth with his eloquence, but had for his Inst word?, "I am absolutely undone." "Walter Scott, fumbling around the inkstand trying to write, says to his daughter: '"Oh, take me brtk to ray room; there is no rest fur Sir Walter but in the grave." Stephen Girard, the wealthiest man in his day, or at any rate only second in wealth, says: "I live the "life of a galley slave: when I arise in the morning my one effort is to work so hard that I can sleep when it gets to be night." Charles Lamb, applauded of ali the world, in the very midst of his literary triumph, says: "Do you remember, Bridget, when we used to laugh from the shilling gallery at the play? There are now no good plays to laugh at from the boxes." Hut why go so far as that? I used to go no farther than your street to find an illustration of what "i am saying. Pick me out ten successful worldlings without any religion, and you know what 1 mean by successful worldings pick me out ten successful worldlings, and you cannot find more than one that looks happy. Care drags him across the bridge ; care drags him back. Take your stand at 2 o'clock at the corner of Nassau and "Wall-sts. or at the corner of Canal-st. and Broadway and see the agonized physiognomies. Your bankers, your insurance men, your importers, your wholesalers, and your retainers, as ä class as a class, are they happy? No. Care dogs their steps; and, making no appeal to God for help or comfort, they are tossed everywhither. How has it been with you, my hearer? Are you more, contented in the house of fourteen rooms than you were in the two rooms you had in a house when yon started? Have you not had more care and worriment since vou won that "X),000 than vou did before?" Some of the poorest men I have ever known have been those of great fortune. A man of small means may be put in great business straits, but the ghastliest of all embarrassments ia that of the man who has large estates. The men who commit suicide because of monetary losses are those who cannot bear the burden any more, because they have only $100,000 leftOa Bowling Green, New York, there is a house where Talleyrand used to go. All the world knew hi no, and he had wealth almost unlimited; yet at the close of his life he says: "Behold, eighty-three yearn have passed without any practical result, save fatigue of body and fatigue of mind, great discouragement for the future and great disgust for the past." Oh, my j friends, this is "a south land," and it ( slopes off toward deserts of sorrows; and the praver which Achsah made to her father Caleb we make this day to our father God : "Thou hast given mo a south land ; give me also springs of water. And lie gave them the upper springs and the tether springs." Blessed be God ! We have more advantages given us than we can really appreciate. We have spiritual blessings offered ua in this world which I shall call the nether springs, and glories in the world to come which I shall call the upjer springs. Where shall I - find words enough threaded with light to net forth the pleasure of religion? David, unable to describe it in words, played it on a harp. Mrs. Hemans, not rinding enough power in prose, sings that praise in a canto. Christopher Wren, unable to describe it in language, sprung it into the arches of .St. 1'anl'. ?ohn Bnnyan, unable to present in it ordinary phraseolosy, takes all the fascination of allegory. Han 11, with ordinary music, unable to reach the hight of the theme, rouses it up in an oratorio. Oh, there is no life on earth so happy as a really Christian life. I do not mean a fihaui Christian life, but a real Chrietian life. Where there is a thorn there is a whole garland of rose. Where therein cne groan there are thie doxologies. Where there is one day of cloud there is a whole season of sunshine. Take the humwst Christian man that yoa know an

gels of God canopy him with their white wings; the lightnings of heaven are bis armed allies; the Lord is his shepherd. picking out for him green pastures by still waters; if he walk forth, heaven is his body-guard ; if he lie down to sleep, ladders of light, angel blossoming, are let into his dreams ; if ho be thirsty, the potentates of heaven are his cup-bearers; if he sit down to food, his plain table blooms into the king's banquet. Men 6ay : "Look at that old fellow with the worn-out coat;" the angels of God cry: "Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates, and let him come in!" Fastidious people cry: "Get off my front steps;" the doorkeepers of heaven cry : ''Come, ye blesse'd of my Father, inherit the kingdom!" When he comes to die, though he may be carried in a pino box to the potter's field, to that potter's field the chariots of Christ will como down, and the cavalcade will crowd all the boulevards of heaven. I bless Christ for the present satisfaction of religion. It makes a man all right with reference to the past; it makes a man all right with reference to the future. Oh, these nether springs of comfort! They are perennial. The foundation of God etandeth sure having this seal. "The Lord

knoweth them that are His. The mountains shall depart and the hills be re moved, but Mv kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the Lord, who hath mercy upon them." ( h, cluster of diamonds set in burnished gold! Oh, nether springs of comfort bursting through all the valleys of trial and tribulation ! When you see, you of the world, what satisfaction there is on earth in religion, do you not thirst after it as the dauchter of Caleb thirsted after the water springs? It is no stagnant pond scummed over with malaria, but springs of water leaping from the Bock of Ages! Take up one cup of that sprin? water and cross the top of the chalice will (loat the delicate shadows of the heavenly wall, the yellow of jasper, the green of emerald, the blue of sardonyx, the fire of jacinth. I wish I could make you understand the joy religion is to some of us. It makes a man happy while he lives and glad when he dies. "With two feet upon a chair and bursting with dropsies I heard an old man in the poor-höuse cry out: "Bless the I5rd, oh, my soul !" I looked around and said: "What had this man got to thank God for?" It makes the lame man leap like the hart, and the dumb sing: They say that the old puritan religion is a juiceless and joyless religion ; but I remember reading cf Dr. Goodwin, the celebrated puritan, who in his last moments 6aid : "Is this dying? Why, my bow abides in strength!" I am swallowed up in God." "Her ways are ways of pleasantness and all her paths are" peace." Oh, you who have been trying to satisfy yourselves with the "south land" of this world, do you not feel that you would this morning like to have access to the nether springs of spiritual comfort? Would you not like to have .lesus Christ bend over your cradlo and bless your table and heal your wounds and strew flowers of consolation all up and down the graves of your dead? 'Th rpiisru'U that ran sire Sseettvd pleasure whil we lire; ' I ii relicion can supply Sweetest comfort when we die. But I have something better to tell you, suggested by this text. It seems that old father Caleb ou the wedding day of his daughter wanted to make her just as happy as possible. Though Othniei was taking her away, and his heart was almost broken because she was going, yet he gives her a "south land;" not only that, but the nether springs; net only that, but the upper springs. 0 God, my father, I thank thee that thou hast given me a "south land" in this world and the nether springs of spiritual comfort in this world; but, more than all, I thank thee for the upper springs in heaven. It is very fortunate we cannot see heaven until we get into it Oh, Christian man, if you could see what a place it is we would never get you back again to the office or store or shop, and the duties you ought to perform would go neglected. I am clad I shall not see that world until I enter it. Suppose we were allowed to go on an excursion into that good land with the idea of returning. When we got there, and heard the song, and looked at their raptured faces, and mingled in the J supernal society, we wouiu cry out: iet us stay! We are coming here ajiyhow. Why take the trouble of going back again to that old world ? We are hero now ; let us stay." And it would take angelic violence to put us out of that world if we once got there. But as people who cannot afford to pay for an entertainment sometimes come around it and look through the door ajar or through the openings in the fence, so we come and look through the crevices in that good land which God has provided for us. We can just catch a glimpse of it. Wo come near enough to hear the rumbling of the eternal orchestra, though not near enough to know who blows the cornet or who fingers the harp. My soul spreads out both wings and claps them in triumph at the thought of those upper springs. One of them breaks from beneath the throne : another breaks forth from beneath the altar of the temple; another at the door of "the house of many mansions." Upper springs of gladness"! Upper springs of light! " Upper springs of love! It is no fancy of mine. "The lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall lead them to living fountains of water." Oh, Savior divine, roll in upon our souls one of those anticipated raptures! Pour around the roots of the parched tongue one drop of that liquid life! Toss before our vision thoso lountains of God rainbowed with eternal victory. Hear it. They are never sick there not so much as a headache, or twinge rheumatic, or thrust neuralgic. The inhabitant never says: "I am sick." They are never tired there. Flight to farthest world is only the play of a holiday. They never sin there. It is a3 easy for them to be holy as it is for us to sin. They never die there. You might go through all the outskirts of the great city and find not one place where the ground was broken for a grave. The eyesight of the redeemed is never blurred with tears. There is health in every cheek. There is spring in every foot There is majesty ou every brow. There is joy in every heart. There is hosanna on every lip. How they must pity us as they look over and down and see us and say: "Boor things away down in that world." And when some Christian is hurled into a fatal accident they cry: "Good! he is coining!" And when we stand around the couch of some loved one (whose strength is going away) and we shake our heads forebodingly they cry : "I am glad he is worse ; he has been down there lone enough. There, he is dead! Come home! Come home!" Oh, if we could only get our ideas about that future world untwisted our thoughts of transfer from hero to there would be as pleasant to us as it was to a little child that was dying. She said:' "Papa, when will I go home?" And he said: "To-day, Florence." "To-day ? .So soon ? I am so glad!" I wish I could stimulate you with these thoughts, oh Christian man, to the highest possible exhilaration. The day of your deliverance is coming, is corning. It is rolling on with the shining wheels of the day and the iet wheels of the night. Every thump of the heart is only a hammer stroke striking oil another chain of clay. Better scour the deck and coil the rope; the harbor is only six miles away. Jesus will corne down in the "Narrows to meet you. Now is your salvation nearer than when you believed. Unförgiven man, unpardoned man, will you not to-day make a choice between these two portions, between tbo "couth

land" of this world which slopes to the desert, and this glorious land which thy Father offers thee, running with eternal watercourses? Why let your tongue be consumed with thirst when there are the nether springs and the upper springs, comfort here and glory hereafter? Let me tell' you, my dear brother, that the silliest and wickedest thing a man ever does is to reject Jesus Christ. The loss of a soul is a mistake that cannot be corrected. It is a downfall that knows no alleviation; it is a ruin that is remediless; it is a sickness that has no medicament ; it is a grave into which a man goes, but never comes out. Therefore, putting my hand on vour shoulder as one brother puts his hand on the shoulder of a brother, I say this day be manly and surrender your heart to Christ. You have been long enough serving the world ; now begin to serve the Lord who bought you. You have tried long enough to carry these burdens ; let Jesus Christ put his shoulder under your burden. Do I hear any one in the audience say: "I mean to attend to that after awhile; it is not just the time." It is the time, for the simple reason that you are sure of no other ; and God sends you here this morning and He sent me here to confront you with this message; and you must hear now that Christ died to save your soul and that if you want to be saved you may be saved. "Whosoever will, let him come." You will never find any more convenient peason than this. Some of you have been waiting ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, and sixty years. On some of you the snow has fallen. I see it on your brow, and yet you have not attended to those duties which belong to the very springtime of life. It is September with you now, it is October with you, it is December with you. I am no alarmist. I simply know this: If a man does not repent in this world he never repents at all and that now is the accepted time and now is the day of salvation. 01), put off this matter no longer. Do not turn your back on Jesus Christ who comes to save you lest you should lose your soul. Monday morning a friend of mine started from New York to celebrate her birthday with her daughter in Virginia. Saturday of the 6ame week, just after sunrise, I stood at the gato of Greenwood waiting for her silent form to come in. It is a long journey to take in one week from New York to Philadelphia, from Philadelphia to Baltimore, from Baltimore to Washington, from Washington to Virginia, from Virginia into the great eternity. "What thv hand findeth to do, doit." Rellglou Thought and Note. It is said that the friends have forty missionaries is Japan under their care. They are also doing missionary work in Constantinople, Eonmania, and on Mt Lebanon, and in P.oumelia, Madagascar, Zululand, India, and China. There is only one lntheran church in Switzerland; it is found in French-speakinc Geneva, Calvin's city, but is composed of German tradesmen fettled there; and lier pastor reports to the supreme consistory at Berlin. The membership is 6U0. Christian at Work. According to an Knglish authority a sueeessful evangelical missionary amoncr the Jews must possess Abraham's faith, Job's patience, Moses' meekness. Samson's strength, Solomon's wisdom, St. Peter's courage, St. John's love, and Kothschild's money. Jccish Messenger. The British and foreign bible society reports that the sacred Scriptures were last year translated into six fresh ianua-res. The number of tongues in which this society now publishes the bible is thus increased to 300. Fifty years ago it was published in 150 tougue. The society distributed 4,206,000 volumes during the year. The Rev. John Licrgins, in his great work on "Foreign Missions, ' says: "In Madagascar, where as late as IS 07 nearly 2,000 people were put to death for adheringto the Christian faith, there are l,2uo churches and 71,5S'j communicants. The native churches durinp the past ten years have given nearly ?l,00ü,X0 for the spread of the gospel. There are some good and gentle souls to whom everythins in the way of controversy in religion is shocking. Theirs is a kind of placid piety which is not to be despised, and for which even in the church militant there is a place. It should not, however, he exalted above the more sturdy type which has the courage of its convictions and seeks to propasate them by all means that are lawful. Living Church. Christianity needs no defense. It is self-evident truth, holy, serene, calm, immutable; or it is delusion that must ever thwart intelligence while the mystery of life fills heart and soul with intense longings for the f uliillment of sublime hopes, and the fruition of ideal faith. In either case the believer can lui preach the word as it stands, believing, presenting the character of Christ as it is revealed ia the gospels, trusting. Defense is out of the question. Chicago Inter-Ocean. In Belgium religious teaching is usually given at the commencement or at the end of school hours, but children are excused if parents request it. In Austria the religious teaching is under the supervision of the church; in Bavaria it is part of the curriculum, and is given by the parish priest. Io Holland the school-house may he used by the priests only out of school hours. In Hungary arrangements are made for every denomination to provide some religious instruction in the schools. In Norway the lntheran religion istausrht. In Prussia religious instruction ia compulsory. In Saxony the master teaches the Protestant religion, the priest also teaching, where the pupils are catholics. Religion is tanght in Sweden, but pupils are excused upon the request of parents. In Wurtemburg one-third of the school time is given to religious instruction. Journal of Education. Kent. Lay aside your toys, ray deari, 'Tis time little ones should rest; Evening shades begin to gather And the aun sets ia the west. See the golden gats, ray darling. Open wide they no are thrown. And the baby clouds so fleecy, Lazily are locating home. Little chickens now peep faintly Under mother's shelt'ring breast. Birdie lon have eeavd their chirping, Mother bird close guards the nest. Evening breezes softly murmur Lullabies for baby's ear, Little brooklets glide rt, crooning Sweetest songs to soothe the dear. Lay aside your toys, my darling. They have broken, ODe by one, And the gray cloud? gath'ring thickly, Hide the glories of the tun. List no more for joyous song-birds, Lone since have tliey ceased to fing. The bright flowers droop and wither, Sad the wind is murmuring. Close your eyes in safety, darling, Fold your hands npan your breast. Yon shall find your vanished treasures, God has called you home to rest. Lav B.i A. Smith. A Chapter to Kaclt Chap. Oiuaba World.) Omaha Helle "I'm writing a love romance entitled, 'My Lovers.'" Interested Lover "And does my pen picture appear in it?" O. II. "Yes, you are chapter XVIII. There will be several others follow." Terhaps. Merchant Traveler.) "Why are military men so much nicer than others, Maude?" asked one young woman of another. "Why, I never thought of iL" "Hut you know they are." "Perhaps because it is a part of their education to be up in arms." cessary Precaution. Life. Mrs. Passe (to her maid) "How ia the weather to-day, Marie?" Maid "Fresh and windy, madame." . Mrs. Passe "Very well; you will please put a healthy flush on my cheeks thia morning; I am going out." I'nder Another Khdi. Boston Ilerald.l "The last I heard of George he waa nnder the doctor'a care." "Well, he Isn't now. Ife is nnder the ground."

A CAT SAVES A SOLDIER.

PUSS IN A CRIMEAN WAR BATTLE. Other Stories For the Children Carrying Out Instruction A Domestic Mugwump Bessie's Own Self A Business Llks retltlon Knotty Problems. There are so many stories of dogs who have paved hnman lives, and so few anecdotes of pussy's helpfulness in times of emergency, that we gladly publish this story of a cat's intelligent devotion. During the Crimean war, a little cat followed i young French soldier when he left his native village. The lad's heart clung to this dumb creature and he pave her a seat on his knapsack by day on the march, and a corner of his couch by night. When the regiment was first ordered into action he left her in charge of a sick comrade. He had marched about a mile when he saw puss running besido him. He lifted her up to her usual seat, and soon the engagement began. Twice the soldier tell, but the cat kept fast . hold. At last a severe wound stretched him bleeding upon the field. No sooner did pussy catch sight of tho blood than she began to lick his wound in the most assiduous manner. Thus she remained for some hours, till the surgeon carried the lad otl' to the tent for the wounded. When he recovered consciousness his first question va., "Shall I live?"' "Yes, my good fellow," waa the surgeon's answer ; "thanks to your little cat. If she had not used her tongue so intelligently vou would have died from loss of blood.'' Contrary to all regulations, pussy was allowed to accompany the young soldier to the hospital, where she was regaled with the choicest morsels from his plate, and became a very distinguished character. The Colorado Idea DenTer Tribune.) There are lots of stories told of queer witnesses and how they take the oath. The other day a bright young boy appeared upon a Denver witness stand, and one of the lawyers thought him rather young to understand the nature of an oath. So he began to question him. Said he : "Do you understand the nature of an oath?" The boy replied that he did. "Do you know what will be the consequences if, after taking the oath, you tell a lie?" "Yes, sir." "What will happen if you tell a lie after taking the oath?" "I'll have to pay the costs, Isuppose," said the boy. Other Tenants of the Air. Washington Ietter.l Harry, aged three years, had been taught that white-winged angels floated throush the heavens watching over good little boys. One day he approached bin mentor with a far-away expression in his bright blue eyes and inquired: "Wat is 'em rings with wings?" "Where, dear?" A small index finger pointed ceilingward. "'Way, way up in ee ?ky, and they's lookin' for dead people." "Why, darling," exclaimed the mentor with a "rlu:h of pleasure at the thought that industrious teaching had left an impression, "they're angels." ""o-o-o," with a stubborn shake of the head, "no, 'em's buzzards." Produced Prom n Bean Diet. Ro-itoii Courier. There is no end to the funny things that are seen and heard by the teachers in our public schools. One or two anecdotes are told us by a lady of considerable ex. perience in teaching and a strong sense of humor. It was a question of volcanoes, and one was described as "dormant." "What is the meaning of dormant? Nobody knows. Very well, young ladies, look it up in your dictionaries." An eager girl in a remote corner of the room waves her hand. "Well, Miss Smithson, what is a dormant volcano?" "A dormant volcano, sir, is one that does not act in public." The Domestic Mugwump. New Orleans ricayuuo.J Maud and her George were in the parlor and Maud's father who, by the way, is down on the mugwumps was laying down his political tenets to Maud's George. "I tell you," he exclaimed, "the democratic and republican parties embody all there is of wisdom in party management. We don't want any third party here." "That is it precisely, papa," replied Maud; "a third party is a nuisance anywhere." Maud's father counted noses, concluded he was the mugwump, and withdrew from the field. Journalistic Comprehensiveness. Troy Times. A little fellow who was earnestly searching the columns of a certain religious journal for something in the juvenile department, found the paper rather bulky to manage and spread it upon the floor. In reply to his little sister, who was impatient at his slowness, he defended himself by saying: "Well, you must remember that this paper has two parts the religious and the sacrilegious!" It was the same boy, by the way, who announced that the scripture lesson at school one morning was from the book of Collisions. Hessle's Own Self. Alton Democrat. Four-year-old Bessie was having her dclüe dressed and, when it came to tho bonnet, the little maid called for feathers, refusing to be satisfied with the flowers mamma brought her. "But they don't wear feathers now, my dear," mamma said. "I can't help that, mamma; the thinks inside of me isn't like the thinks inside of other folks." Of course the feathers won. . Fishing For a Sucker. Detroit Free Press. A boy on High-6t., west, placed a big apple ou the front step and walked across the street to see who would take it. A gentleman who had observed the action said : "You should not do that, my son. Some poor boy may be tempted to steal." "That's what I'm fishing for, sir. I've hollowed out the inside and rilled it with mustard." . Carrying Out Instructions. Stockton MaTerick. Little Jenny's big sister is entertaining Mr. Sfkibbers and thinks she can get along without Jenny's assistance, so she pats tho little one on the head and says: "Come, little pet, it is time your eyes were closed in sleep." "Guess not," says Jenny; "mother told me to keep my eyes open when you and Mr. Skibbers were together." A Haalnesslike Petition. El Liberal. A little boy of six, when saying his prayers at night, entreated a blessing on his aunt who was lying dangerously ill, and gravely concluded with these words: "My aunt lives in the Calle deAlcia, No. 33, on the second floor to the left." Amont the Kids. Master Tommy ia aick and also indisposed'to take the prescribed remedy. "Come, my precious," snya his mother, "you must swallow your medicine." "I can't." "One always can when one wants to." "But I don't want to." A small boy was recently present at a balloon ascension. Am the gigantic, bird-like machine

sailed up into the clonds with its human freight, the small spectator pulled hia mother dresa excitedly and exclaimed: "What will the good God say when he seea that a-coming?" A bright little boy of seven years in Concord, N. II., wrote to a gentleman in Boston as follows: "Dear Mr. A. I have been asking papa what they do when they join the masons. Papa would not tell me, but mamma says they ride a goat with ehirt wrong side on. Do they?" A bright little lad sitting by his father's side in church Sunday morning, was jriven a coin to Eat upon the collection plate. No sooner had e deposited the coin than in a loud whisper and excited manner be asked: "I'apa, have you 6aved any circus money?" Aaniile broad enough to go over a large section of pews was compelled by the circumstances. One of the Sunday -school teachers was readinir about a rreat storm on the sea of Galilee. The children were intensely interested, and one in particular seemed wonderfully impressed. Turning to tue little fellow, he said: "Charlie, what would you have done if you had been there!" Straightening himself up, and with a most positive manner, he replied : "I should have reefed." Martha' I'tneyard Herald. I shall let the students, small and large, speak for themselves a little while, that you may see them as we do. And find, "What are the divisions of North America?" was asked. The answer was, "Maine, New Hampshire, Illinois, North Pole and South Pole and Augusta." One day in the grammar lesson " Washington's farewell address" came up. One boy wrote: "Washington a farewell address was made of broadcloth." American. Missionary. KNOTTY PROBLEMS.

Our readers are inTitod to furnish ori?int eni;mn, charades, rid l!a rebasoi, an i othsr "Knotty Problems," addressing ail communications relative to this department to . K. Chsdbourn, Lewistou, Me. No. 2738 An Unprincipled Leader. A lasie livetb hereabout, A wicked sprite is she; If you should ever find her out, With mo you will a,'ree. r'r.ll well f he !ove the wires to rull 1 or tricks and plottiugs rare, While o'er our eyes sha "pulls tha wool," Aod eays, "How blind you are!" A rhoscn leader oft is she, Ia spite o all her pranks; But if you .should her champion be Vou woul-1 bac little thanks. And those who follow in her lead Will find their pleasure hrif, F"r ali such harmful lires indeed Must surtlr coiuj to grief. Clamor. o. Ä739 Phonetic Chara.de. Ol'ra a simple Oirish soldier, But Oi have me aspirations; A footman, boor, of lowest rank. If Oi onlr g"t me rations, Belnike they think it's all 01 want, They do not know roe measure; Xy forty-Jive inches to what Oi am, 'Dale: wouldn't mat give uie pleasure: And wouldn't the resiiaent toe the mark Or OS'd loike to know the raison '. Och! corp'rl, allanna. plaze don't locfc me np! Pure Oi nirer was dramin' o' traison! HaPPT Thought. No. ?760 Letter Enigma. Am composed of twertv-six letters, which are represented re. pectiTely by the trenty-ix letters of the alphabet, ;ach letter atiswrin? to a number. Tinr is J-s of a gallon. Rio is a covering. ''iin is to show the teeth. If ist is to et.itup coin. M'i is a man spoken of in olden liihlo times. Fur is a man's piven name. Ig Is a personal pronoun. A it a wood or iron bar. Jail is gravel. Pin is to gnin. qr is a pirl's nickname. Vez is a Greek letter. 2? is a man's given name. Kino is a ishe statr. Wig is a viscount abbreviated. The hole i a proverb. Notk. The above is an entirely new kind of enicraa snd takes up ruurh e-s jpaco than in the old way n representing numerals. I hope that in time it ill he an esthiihei method. Whoever will, let biin pattern after it. AciiBrs Laurenths. Xo. 27G1 A Fallen Power. In the nr'sty ancient times IVhfD strange auguries and ?1etds Semfd to gnide the fate of mnn. And witrh and wizard beld their spell With their iucsntatious fell, I was a protection then. Now you have m v semblance left; Of my virtue quite bereit, Now a useless ornatuent i no longer shield from harm. Nor the sprites of lui chief charm Into exile they are wut. In this aee, when all is plain, 1 shall no more power regain I am known for what I am. I am but a small a flair, But measure ! rightly, I declare, I am merely one-halt man. Sea. No. 2762 Transposition. In one position, it is true, I'm what all men desire to do; Put change me to the other one, I'm what all men desire to shun. Joe Amory. No. 2763 The Hurglar's Cypher. T'zhfn fing h it pal to gel up h is courage, to "Me ttickiO point." Y Y V V X S F N R O I C I" : O N E N M K S A Y B O F M N 8 N N 4 3 5 A Ü Ft 1-8 The orthoeraphy inclines more to Titman than W'ebsttr. Can any of my young ones decipher it? W. WlLSO. No. 2761 Amputation. ChlMren shout roy whole to see 1'ndorneath a spreading tree. Should I loe my hissing heal I may gain a wing instead ; Rob me of my curling tail, See me win, whoever fail; Then a third of me take out, Still I'm in. bevond adoubt; Bear the half of me away I, the better half, will stay. IEluce. Answers. V, 50 Uncertainty walks on both sides of us. 2751 H u m E-R M O o R-E Bra y-s . S c o T-T An umbrella. '.yjSir William E'.ackstone. 51 ''nap-drag-on. '55 Shakpear, Lamh, Brownioe. Crabbe, Swift, nine, Butler, Hosre, Bacon, Shelley. 56 143035243762 -9 fan 6 7J 5 S 0 4 6 9 7 4 8j ft 1 3 S 5 9 8 4 7 5 6 2J 1 5 1 2 4 15 12 4 "755 Howe, how, bo. A Grammatical Error. Time. Scene Pchool-room at public exhibition. Elderly Lady "Johnnie, what is the present third singular of 'to flee?' " Johnnie "He flee?." Elderly Lady "That's right. Now give the perfect third singular." Johnny (promptly) "lie hns fleas." (Elderly lady is carried out iu hysterics.) Graduated Rates. X. Y. Yekly. Hotel Clerk--"This guest has been here over two weeks. Nothinir was said about rates. Shall we charge him by the week or by the day?" Proprietor "What's in that package he left in the safe?" "Bonds." "Charge him by the day." On the Rod to Success. Time. Friend "Tlow are you Bucceedin? in literature?" Writer "Very well. Last year I made enough to pay for postage stamps, and this year I hope to realize enough to pay for paper and ink." Small Opening (or an Apology. Time. "I hope you will pardon me for yawning, Jliss Silver." "Don't mention it, Mr. Onwell, It's quite a preparation. I expect to spend the summer at the Delaware Water Gap." The Family Skeleton. The Kpoch.J Teacher "You should take a lesson from your sisters, you naughty boy. Girls don't fight." Little Johnnie "They doea when they geta as old as ma." In a Prohibition State. Time. Blanche "Don't you think Mr. Butts is the least dissipated man in our set?" Mabel "By ail odds; I never saw him set cano to his mouth." Conforming; to the Letter. I Burlington Free Press. Tommy "Won't you kiss me, Nelly?" Nellie "Ne: mamma said I musn't kiss the boys. Eut you may kiss roe."

HANGING FEELS GOOD.

So Saya a Young- Mas Who Ha Gone Through the Operation. Say an " Elmira correspondent of the New York JJerali: 1 learned from the hotel clerk here the other day that a young plumber doing business on the principal street had once been hanged and when cut down was thought to be dead. Here seemed a good chance to investigate from first hands the tortures of the operation which has relieved the 6tate of so many of iu ornamental citizens. The young man's name is Miles Doyle. He is a fine, strappiug fellow, a member of Assemblyman Bush's crack Twenty-sith company. He has always resided ia Elmira, where his parents were among the first aettlera long before it became a city. The event which culminated in his haccin happened five years ago, and at the time attracted much attention from the local press, although his description of his feelings while danpling by the neck was never recorded. It was a schoolboy's escapade. While chasing a rabbit through the grounds of ex-AJderman Hughes he attempted to run over a raised platiorm upon which the house-wives stand whi.e hanging clothes upon a revolving reeL There is no date obtainable as to the length of time which ensued from the moment he ran upon the platform and the time when a servant girl opened the kitchen door and was horrified' to see a young man, his face black and blue, dangling from a rope on this reel. One glance at the distorted features convinced her that the youth was dead, but i-he pave a shriek which called the neighbors to the cer.e. Ex-Spe.ik.er Jere McGuire was anion? the first to arrive, and with considerable presence of mind cut young Doyle down and with the assistance of Mrs. Hushes proceeded to resuscitate him. At first it was thought life was extinct, but ia less than half an hour be had been sufficiently restored to be conveyed to his home. Such is the narrative of the occurrences, all the parties named being well known residents of this community. 1 found young Doyle at his mother's residence. No. r6o Oolumbia-st. The youns gentleman was making active preparations to ioin his military company. When I asked him what were his feelings while hanging, he replied : "At first I experienced a slight wrench in the neck, but no pain followed it. I thought then that 1 had Jumped from the top of a hiirh building, and when going down I kept wondering when I was coing to alicht. Gradually the air seemed to thicken, and then I thought I wasn't going to fall any further but that something unaer me kept me floating in the air. I could hear distant music, and a wonderful light flashed throuch tbe scene that made the whole place the most beautiful I had ever seen. I felt awfully happy, and when I recovered my aens.es my tirst thoughts were of resentment to the rude persons who took me away from my beautiful vision. "I think hanging is about as hapry a death as one can choose if he s cot to go." SWARMS OF RATTLESNAKES. Thlrty.Elght In a Spot Just Vacated in Ilurry. Pittsburg Dijpateh.J "Afraid of snakes? Of course I am. Every hunter fears them, and not without good reason." remarked a Pittsbure sportsman to a Dispatch reporter. The last time I was down in Maryland on a hunting trip rattlesnakes came near scaring me out of a year's growth. "This was how it happened: I was looking for squirrels, and had shot several in a narrow ravine which I was following up. I had got near the head of the cully when a srjuirrel ran up a tree on the bank to my rieht. Before I could get a shot at him he had disappeared, leaping into another tree. The hanks of tha ravine were eight or ten feet hijrh at this point. I thought I would climb up and see if I could add that squirrel to-the contents of my game bag. By the aid of a sapling growing halfway np the bank I drew myself up with one haud. holding my gun with the other. Just as I placed my hand on top of a rock and was about to spring out I saw the squirrel. I waa hesitating whether I should try to shoot him where I stood, when I chanced to look where my hand was resting. "Jerusalem! within two feet, coiled all in a hesp, was the biggest rattlesnake 1 ever 6aw. He had thrust his head up in the ugliest manner, and seemed ready to spring for my hand. He had been sunning himself on top of the rock and I had disturbed his nap. I forgot my gun, foreot the squirrel, and everything tde except the snake. There I tood lookinff at him and watching his eyes. But I must either climb up or tret dowu, as my position was decidedly uncomfortable. When I realized the necessity for action I drew my gun up to my shoulder as cautiously as 1 could, fired, and killed the snake. The squirrel, of course, disappeared, and I concluded I'd better get down where the earth was more solid. I looked down to the base of the clilT, and I'll be blessed if there wasn't another rattler stretched out right where I would jump on him. "Then I changed rny mind and resolved to climb ouL The 6nake I had shot as perfectly dead. I drew myself up and was arising from my knees, when, whir-r-r! off went a rattle just at my left. A small atone had concealed the snake from my view. I didn't stop to load my gnn, but took to my heels. It's lucky I did, for when I got a rod or two away I looked back and the spot where I had stood was just alive with snakes. I had started out a whole den of them. .They were old settlers and full of light. When I saw their numbers I counted thirtyeight I had no ambition to battle with them single handed. I left that neck of the woods in quick time. I'd rather face bears than rattlesnakes any day there's less danger." Satisfactorily Explained. Youth's Companion. Schoolmasters and others sometimes receive answers which, in themselves, are perfectly correct, and yet are not at all what is expected or desired. A celebrated American college president was conducting a lesson in mental philosophy. "Ah, young gentlemen, I have an impression," said he, as he touched his head with his forefineer. "Can you tell me what an impression is?" No answer. "What? No one knows? Nobody can tell me what an impression is?" exclaimed the doetor, lookine np and down the class. "I know," said one of the young men. "An impression is a dent in a 6oft place." Life in Oklahoma. Teias Siftings.) New Clerk (of Bad Lands noneV-"Wh-What you shooting through the register that wav for?" Col. Whipsaw (of the Rattlesnake Kanch) "Jess putting' a per'od after my name where I registered. Al'ays do that with my weepin. Hope I shan't have to write my name on no fresh young hotel clerk ter-day." A Slight Keiipite. ITIrae. Count Bagitnollea (just after his rejection) "Aha! a-a! You refuse one of ze nobility of Fr-r-rance? I go me away for evair!" Misa Kiettletas "I wouldn't hurry. Mamma wants you to stay to dinner with us. We are to have brazed legs d'froyr, with trufries." Count Bagitnolles "Merci! I will myself give one more hour of bleea before I fly." Choice in Evils. Time. Ancela (indignantly) "If yon do that again, air, I shall scream!" Arthur "But you puckered your lips and I thonsht "Doubtless you did, but I waa about to whistle for the dog." "Well, I think I prefer to have you scream." lluainess Ia Itusiness. ILife.J "Your excellency," remarked the postmastergeneral to Benjamin Harrison, "I have marked a large advertisement in this paper. Will you kindly hand it to Mrs. Harrison?" "It's a Philadelphia paper, I see." "Yes, sir. Just a pentle reminder. I see by the papers that she has been shopping in New York.' rf Well IToTldert For. Boston Herald. "Halloo, old man. Congratulate you! How are the wife and baby getting along?" "All right, thank you." "And how is it with yourself?" "Oh, I am living away up on the things the neighbors send in for my wife." Million In It. Time, "Why do you sigh, Heln?" "Oh. nothing. 1 was only wishing that I eould buy that man just around the corner of the screen at my valuation, and sell him at his own." Chieacrn Kxplain. Eugen Field in Chicago New. If George Washington had a red nose, it was owing to iu baring Been troit-batea at Y alley Forge.

SOME BECOMING G0WXS.

THE WEARER'S INDIVIDUALITY SUITED. All That Now Remain of tho Basti lg the Vacant Hint Peculiar Fad aod Fancies Some of the 'ew Style Individual Taste. While there are several styles ao varied that they suit all ages and all figures, there la a growing tendency to consult one's individual fancy and to wear whatever may be iudividV ually becornin?. This applies even to tb dressing of the hair, and there are many wo-" men to-day who have adopted one fashion and , . wrt ' .J , . , r 1 uo not vary it. inis is urgea Dy me rrrccn journals as bciug artistic. Therefore, artistid cCect has, in a measure, taken precedence ol mere fashionableness. There has been a little change iu both waist and skirts. Waists are 6tiil cut moderately fchort on the shoulder, to allow for the hitrh put's or the fullness that finishes all sleeves this season. The darts are still high, snd the directoire coats give the appearance of slenderness, and what is called "long waistedness." The empire styles, of course, are the reverse of this, being short, to be?in with, and this effect is hi?httned by the broad, soft safhes which i . , . , , . reacn irom tne arm-noie 10 tne Peit, ana ar kept smooth by whalebones. These, however are meant only for the house, and should cot be worn anywhere else. The dress relormers have evidently mads themselves heard, tor all that now remains of the bustle is the vaguest hint. The huge con structions of bteel, hair, auJ drilling have, figurativtly, coiiapytii. and the wtll-Jressed woman this season does not have to tro about wi'fc a hump like a dromedary, to pay the penalty with an ever-present backache. There is n: reason, heaven be pmied, why she cannot have th comfort and saiistuction of '"leaninc back":1 I..:- i .... i. . in ner tiiair, uiiievs biit prntrr ir.e riL'in s:aiu-nt-ss that prompttd our great-grancmothers io forego any such indu'ronce. The tiecess-ry fullnes-s is eiven to the dress skirt by two or three refds, according to th hight. lh tipper one is piaced about nin inches below tl,e waist line, and the second tbe ordinary space below this. TLe back breadths of dresres do not stand out, but slope from the wait to the brt reed, and they droop somewhat. Many or the new dresses, even those for street war, are ma le decidedly low. without the standing collar that has been worn fcr eo many seasons. They are either round or are slightly Y-shaped front and hack. The finish is a directoire plaiting of the dress material CF of white etubroidery. and tue -leeves are fin. ished in the same way. Another fancy is that all eres used in fattening waists mutt be button-hole stitched wiüi silk the color of tbe dress so that they will cot fhow; they also stay fastened more securely than those that are not so covered. inc uisiue Liuisn 01 ail nnmisoroe waist 1. of course, still q-iite as important as tbe outside, the seams being bound with ribbon andtbe whalebones inclosed m casinci of silk tape, feather stitched in plact-. Butioiis arc I e;ng worn more than formerly. Two sizes are required for the directoire costumes, and, both lare and smal1, are a very conspicuous part of the dress. They may be had at from 5- cents to c-ö a dozen. There are women, it may be said, who have a fad for buttons, and become as expert in telling their value as jewelers in ratine precious stones. A walkitis dress is a It nch robe of gray trreen cauies-Lair sero. with a deep baud of embroidery, conventionalized roses and leases iu pearl color and darker green silk, reaching to the knee. A lapel forms on the right side cf the skirt, coi;Snei with ornaments of dark srreen silk cord, fastened with larce buttons of dark green velvet. The left side is draped hiwh on the hip, showir.; the skirt beneath, aide plaited, the plaits one and a half inches ia width. The back drapery has two short paffs. breadths falling straight to the bottom of the skirt, plainly stitched on the bottom and along the sides. The directoire vest is dark erreen snrah, bnttoniug diagonally Irom below the bust to tbe bottom of tbe barque, with small green velvet buttons correspondir.tr with the larger ones od the outer jacket. The revers are of the embroidery, eaged with a bias band of dark green velvet one inch in width. The sleeves have deep cuOs ot the embroidery, cdcd with the velvet, of which material tue ritprh, close collar is als'O formed. A very beaiui:ui costume is ot exquisite black Marquise lace, a pattern of roses and open woik. Tbe skirt 3 made of an entir piece of the laöe, which is forty-one inches wide, the foundation is of heavv black satin, accordion plaited, the lower edire of the lace being scalloped, each sealiop formed of a heavy wreath of ro?e. Tbe left tide of the skirt is Greek drapery, looped high to show a second skirt of the lace beneath and the satin plaiting at the hem. The riirht of the overdress is fastened to the side and back of the underskirt, forming a full cascade. The waist is made on a foundation of black eatin, surplus, Y-shaped, back and front, the fullness terminating in a pont nt the waist line. Tbe Y-shaped fullness is defined by biack ribbon starting; from tbe side seam under the arm-hole, whica ties in one loop, tbe t long ends reaching to the bottom of the skirt. The sleeves are full, high on the shoulder, reaching to the elbow, and finished with the scalloped edre of tbe lace. form'nga rullle. A slurred undersleeve and a shirred piece, giving the ellect of a high neck, are made separate, to be adjusted when the dress is worn on the street. This dress, finished, costs i'230. Another d;es of black and li'ac surah is particularly artistic. The skirt is of alternate panels of the black, accordion-p'ainted. and of the lilac, bov-plaited, over which falls full plaiti of black point tie esprit, the effect being extremely liht and graceful. In the back the lace is full, very s!ihtly draped, and dividing ! show the silii paneis beneath. The waist has side-plaited culls of tbe lace, turned back over en underenu" of the lilac; the front is full, shirred on the shoulder, the fullness narrowing to a point at the belt, where a Hack is simply , crossed, with lon ends and no loops. ' Another robe i of chadrone nearly a flame j color camel's hair. The embroidery is white, j the pattern heavily outlined in green and gald. j Tbe front of the skirt has a ilour.ee to the knee. j where a shirred pntb falls over, forming a heading like a Hide. The embroidery, eijht inches wide, forms panels on either side of this lull front. The directoire coat is trimmed with narrower embroidery, to correpond, from the shoulder to the bust, and acros to tbe side seams ntider the arm. With this is worn a long, sott sash of j pale trreen crepe de chine, knotted loosely at ' the side. A jabot of the fame finishes th i waist is a gay and dahing costume that will ! be most becoming to the gay and dashing bru- ! nette for whom it is intended. i New Wrinkle of Fashion. i Bcncaline dresses are in favor for afternoon j receptions. i Gentlemen's neck scarfs for summer wear ar made of pongee. Black and colored tulle bonnets are made for midsummer wear. Maids of honor at wed Jings carry baskets of lilies of the valley. Uounets for youthful matrons have strings that come from the back. Yery larce ladies should wear plain fabric without figures or stripes. Silver lorcnettes are a shade more elegant than those of tortoise shell. A wedding trossean for a bride in England consists of eiehty garment. Meeve buttons, decorated with an initial letter in rustic work, are as popular as ever. T he ladies' dress association in London, which noes its best to extend the use of garments conducive to health and comfort, employs a milliner who has invented a cork hat for ladie. "A steel which is twelve inches long and placed in the back of the dress twelve inches below the waist line," the latest definition of a bustle, shows that the article is fast fading from existence. Gem jewelry is made in a treat diversity of pitterns. Each manufacturer endeavora to ring as many changes as possible in the croup, ing of colors and placing of the stones, whether these be real perns or emi-preciou one. Floral jewelry has been by no means re stricted to the lily for a model; all the popular early pring blossoms are simulated to sold, silver and enamel. The passion flower, tha colden genista, lilies-of-the-valley, yellow daffodils, etc., etc- are all included. Tbo DomeMe Tyrant, Time. She "Now mind the baby, while I am gone, and don't let him get cro. lie ' certainly; i wm do whatever c o rects.'