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'SUNLIGHT SOAP" One washing with Sunlight Soap will produce purer linen than two washings with impure soap. REDUCES EXPENSE S5iOOO iil bo paM by LE7K3 JROTHEM UJSTrtD, Toronto, p .to any ptnoa who can provo that tbii icap contain* KCWflfO any fcrin of adulMraticn, or any injurioo* chemicals. ASK FOB THE OCTA931C CJUI 'l"..iii!iiy uiii|..iti.-ntly) "I wish I wa Ikil'l.y Y.iH-- " Mtiiiiina "lint Hol.l.y II.L-.II'I ;,i.\ dear In tic lirotli- .11(1 MSti-ls " 'I olllin.V "'1 ll.lt'K Just \vln-rt- In- N M> lucky . ln-'.s nut I tn In' .1 IMIII. | , \.i..-i|i!e." S... HIM.' i-xiT t^dt .ii of Rii.xthiriK wortn having without Working hard for it." ui<l Ur Ilk-k- OT, hn,cn luil |II>III|>IIIIH)V "(June true." i. -murker! Mis. 11 "I rc-nifin- ber I otitiiiiiril you xvithout any troul In a culiic ynrrl of uir in n l.on- don Miliurli iM'.oiin dust particles have In en n v i- r i, ,i IUK I'l-n -, id. ie an nMiiillx- .'.1111,111111. |,ut is only one inn-nil*.- in I!M inil- llmi i.f M.I I. ill.- t .it, .IM-. THEY CANNOT UNDEESTARD, MANY PEOPLE STILL INQUIR- ING ABOUT JOSEPH BROWN'S CASE. Dodd's Kidney Pills Are Acknow- ledged to be a Wonder Working Medicine Many Other Miracul- ous Cures Brought to Light. ()sh...i "M I i Ii !!! (S|HH-ial) if i - .- pill. lii -.in. m far and Rid.- ihroiiKh tl'o |'I-*H "I tin- mir Ciil- I of a ruse of p.n ,il\ MS n. i'.-lii\\.i li..-. INVII to liiniK U) t - > rn.it m. my Mmilur- ly wiindcif.il and u.li .-..tl.-i.ti -..in.- remedy liodd'K Ki.l'.v Tills. Mr l!r. .u n. nhoso case has caused til tli- >-i.-,ii inn In a modest iinaw- MJIIIIIIK lii.chitnic eiii|>l.i\i d in tin' Dsh.iw.i M.ill.-.ilile Iron Works Since the p -ilnn-.it i. .11 of tho facts of his ! li.r I. ill liMTW 111 Illled With f iin|uiry from all n\er tho <r\. and to inch of thoKe ho klihnoi s vim |, i \ . > I'odd s Kidney Tills rurcd .11. i all the il... i.. i . .u.. I hospital peci.ih is had KIM-M me i |. I -Hi I IV. ilk Illlll l< id to lie fed like I linliv fur (mil mi. nih'-. I. lit (he I'll!-. -...-I, .' v.l me up nnd I have .ill i iuht ever since " Hi- li.i-- ..... i .u in n' HI! nf not a feu litleis fi.nti otheis \\ ho too h.i\e found liodd' i Kidney 1'ills u i- ni.-ih w hen nil i-lse had S. \ei .il of tin--.. encoi.i . . d I \ Mr. Hi-own'!! example. hriM- \\iittci to the |i.i|.-i i . IHU i mi; their rase* Mini nil .in- \el y ellt hllHIIISlic II III. II pi .1 I- . . of I he II .ill. II. e lint our e.x|ilaiiaiion nf nil t h. .. CSSr i .u. d it ik.- I l.i in o.i- ily iimlei- t.inilalile The Kiilnev, i .,i.- N.itun-'H 1. 1. ....I filters If tin- Kidi.eys are healthy nil diM-ases Will lie .\ti.nlcd .ind p\|ielle<| llodd'H Kidney l'ill run 1 ii. d tlins cimldo them In throw i.lt Mcki..->s. and to protect the lii.dv from uny :md i i.-iv n- Sl n.lt if ili-i Till: COKONATIOX MIlII.i:. Tho KitiK lias already ordered the 1'i.roiiiiti.in Ilihle from the Itritish nnd Foreign Hiblo Society to be used in >\o-.liiiiiistei- Al'boy next Jun.-. It will be a largo quarto volume, Inn. nd in red morocco, with gold clasps, and KlainjK-d with the lioval ii' in v It will become tho property of the bishop who administers the oaths RUSSIA'S AHiHK.S. Russia ha* three different armies. In Kurope her men are live years in tho active army, thirUen in tho re- serve, and five years in the second ro- MT\C; In Asia they arc three years in active service nnd six In the re- serve. In Caucasia they are oniy throe in the active army and lifteen in the reserve. Schrce. hloy "JDid my singinjf make a hit }" \\igwaK "My dear fellow, it was just a howling success." CHAINED-UP SOAP. When the new readiiiK-room of the Imperial Public I.il.iHiy Nt p, burg, was opener! recently ,,ll the pieces of soap *oon disappeared from the lavatory. Henceforth the soap will be secured by a rhain. This is don.- l>y passing n rod of wire through nn o>;. --shaped piece ,,f soap which is then hung near the basin. THK OBJECT OK THIS Al)V KHTIStUKNT IS TO INDUCK YOU TO TRr CJet a package. U really merits Lead packcU. All grocers. If YOU WANT 0000 PPICt FOR YOUR Butter, Eggs, Poultry, Apples ?;., Produce \ CONSIGN TH'M TO THK Ceylon Tea Is the finest DAWSON COMMISSION CO., Limited. Tea the world produces,; Oor "" e * d ~ c a *" dt * > ' end Is sold only In load packets. Black, Mixed and Green. lea diinken try "SiU^J*" Gtttn Ua, TORONTO The Publisher of the Host Farmer'* in ir in lie Mariniiio Provinces In writing to u* states: I would sny that I do not know of n ni'ilicine that hus Mood the test of time I'kc MIVAIM-'s I IMMKNT. It has been an unfailing n-'nedv in our Ii " elmld c\or KIIII-P I ran remember, and has outln.d d'i/.-n* of would be competitor* and imitation*. Ninety-five per cent of Ilritish *ol- diers can read and write against 68 per cent in 1860. A MIGHTY Cures the Sick By Mystic Power The average u<e Is Utt. of Irish -' 32 J. of d "| MII, siirprisvd. Kmily, (li.it vim should ha\e such hud t.i-.t, IN In v.i.ii tin hair of iinot her \M. nan on \inir lionil" Wifi. "Anil I .I|.M ,-.! ili.ii yini should wear In- u<...' of iiniillier sheep on your >nck " MANY ADVANTACKS OVf.ll OTHER LIKES. Thai (lie New York Centrnl ' ndx.iii- over iilher lini-v caniiiit lie Kllins.lid. ji,d they lire tun numoroiiN t,> . innm-iato hut a few of the prim i|-.,l le.ituron lire tliM Kirat train HOI x n e (tXMdxe e\|.|i Iliilll- inch ' twii-ii liullnlii and New York), fniir trucks and HIM Crmicl Central Stall. 'n the i,n 'inn in the i ity of V u York ThH IH (lie rnllto of t h fiiiiiiiiiH Kinpiru St. Ie . \ lues One t. HIM lalinri r in the I ,,n,,| UlW is Hi, I,- l,y the aid of I,,., llnni'iy In do the work of three In Kurope r.uropo'H estimated X\.,M,. I l.il.c.r ,,|i,,,l.s 1 1, at ,,i -is million B.Ui'ls (.1 nard's liniment Cures Distemper Mi Spink*-' \\,.||. \\ , nan .x,,;,, ' ''' ni.l'- up her iniiiil to go to Mi. ..iii .-i i UH h in<- '" \\ Hiii- SI.. in. ill., up hi.|- niiinl. iinil in.. I in' up h. i f.i. ,- I'.iuu in a ininiili- " and of li.-n. h T I'l-KK 4 I'Otl. l> U\i: O4f. T.W I, x>-irr lironm (Ju muo Tablets. A'l drauUU rrfund ihe room-) If It fall* to mire. k. W. drove/I ..fa. lure U OB eucb boa. U*. (if l.'H.tl unvaccinaleil children, 800 'were found to lie pitted with Mimll- IMIX. Out of l.iMNi \.u-rin.ited two : found so marked. Tn washing woollens and flannel*, tin- soft soap mnile fi.nu l.ever' Dry Sn.ip (a powder), will be found very satisfactory. If the Nicaragua fiinal is finished Melbourne will lie l.M.'n mle nearer to New York than lo I.i\ i-i pool by 1 nil-flea route. i- i. i.i <! II. I ..r I. . ..n Ilir < I.I l^ifv'lve llriiinn-tjuinini* TubletN run* a cold In one day. No t ure. No lay. J'rlce ttcrala, ilil.raltar has four huge rock cis- terns, holding live million gallons of water, and made m..-'piit<> proof by gauzo wiro. For Over 5lty Ytara You Can Know His cret Free. Se- Marvelout New Treatment Whlcli Conquers All Ditease*. You Can Be Cured at Home Gen- erous Offer of Prof. Adkln. (indignantly) "I under- stand you said I never opened my mouth without putting my foot in it " I'IKKS (apologetically) 'Yes. I believe I did ay that ; but " Hriggs "But what, sir ?" Diggs "Hut I acknowledge my mistake When I mule that remark I had overlooked the size of your feet." Minard'j llnirnt lures Coles, etr Miss Beckwith woa only 14 years old when, in 1875. sho swam 'from London to Greenwich. /iRofd's Liniment L'uies Bipltfia It was In IH.',:I that Japan was forced by an American squadron to first open ports to foreign trade. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that contain Mercury ae mcrrury will ur*ly dturoy the aenw of met I and .-omplelely derange the whole ly.tem when enlerlaK it ih rough the niu.ou-. arfaret. J-uch article* hou Id sever be u*ed except oa t>recri|> loa<(rom re|>uttblepliyicuu.a* ta* d tmti[r th. y wii'ilo 'le i hid to th- good yoe. rB p*wibly dorlvo from tbem. Ha 1 Catarrh Cu-e. manufactured by K J fbeney ft ( o . To- ledo. O., oontalae BO mercu-y. and u lakes In- ternally. a.-Ung directly utwn the blood and rnucoan rarfarev of the ylem. la t HaU'> CaUnh Car* be >ure you set tbe Beau lac. It u ik internal y. and made la Toledo Ohio, by t. J. Cnemey K Co. TeeUmooiaJ* Hold by Drntf ,.t. price ;> per bottle. HBIT. Family PiUn are the beat. He "They say, dear. that people \xlio live together get to look alike." Sho "Then you must consider my refusal as final." w p. c. Brass Band In* rurr. ents. Drum*. Uniform* BtO. EVERY TOWN CAN HAVE A IAND l-owot price, ever qoolod. ric utalocn*. jnrii Iu->tr&il)n,mili<dfr. Wr.lomfur asfk Nni in Ma.lr .r Natlral tmlrmmtmt: WflJLET EOYC8 & CO., Limited, Toronto. Out. ud Wlonipt*;, Man BURNS AND BRUISBS Soreness remove J at MM. N* .oar left if CILEAeiNE la promptly ppllad. Borii forget the name "ttlMdln.," La. Qilm OT CH*d Large Boxes f 5e. li ug jlta, r Cllendln* Co., Toronto. .. I I Insl M M. Dominion Line Steamship* Montreal t.. Uvtrpool. Bat l/uol Portland to Urp*ol !**, Ui.r ViaQaeta*- efjaniajin. aJoaaa tat Klet - nlJiMeilfaa haa ben <i>ea . Tklrt 0. .nn...r.li.i aa4 all fafuciiiara, avaty to Rut .Mi Mill* 4 Q>, Hirni-pha^t^tn tMeJ hi i.iilioDiuf Diuihrn for Hi. r chllilrvn hi! i.-iMn I Motlm U clnl.l. ion. n. i h. (UK., al. .,. ,..,, ,J2. wind onHe.rmlMntlwK.mi.cl, .n.l i..wi,, .,,<i talke hret rau.r.l, f,,i Dl.nh.r. T..U1J .. tenwn a hoUto. old l .IIKUI.I. i hr,,uh,.ut ttw wwld H* tun aad xa fat Man Wmtuio luxrrviira Hiiii'r.' Thero aro about seven million cuts in tho Uniti-il l\ n,--.l..ni $.H 00 TO PACIFIC COAS IV Chicago & North-Western Ify; dur- t; (lie inonllis of Mm ih anil April In 'id from Chicago to ll.-l.-nu Mut- le. Anaronila. (igili'n and Salt I. ilk* City; *:ill.M) Spokane |:i:iiin I ,,s Angelr-H, Nun Francisro. I'm 1 1. mil. Si-.ittle. Taionia. Vancouver. Victor- ia nnd a largo nuinbrr nf other points Tourist Sleeping Cars daily to tho I'aciln- Coast. I'or niiips nncV part ieulars apply to in-mrst I irkct or address 11 II Hennett, 3 Kast King street. Toronto, Ont. THK M-ST POPULAR DENTIFRICE PrsMrvM the tih. SoMteni Ik* um THf MOST NUTRITIOUS. EPPS'S GRATEFUL COMFORTING. COCOA BREAKFAST SUPPER. , . mind, and H"XX She'll I,,, <>n an axeragr- IMi.YlHHi .-iiiigrantn oaxo tho United Kingdom in \,,,, inord's im'tn cuits carcei in cows. Last year out of Us death I) . d in I'ntaiii only 1 1 xx ere carried out. $aa TO CM.II HUM \, MKKUON AND \VASlIl\i: lti\ 'lii.-.igo A Ninth Western 1{\- from Chicago daily. March and April, on- ly s>i; nil fm I.ei Hi in tom .st car I'- i ' .HI. illy conducted i-Miirsioiis Tinsilaxs nnd Tlim sd.iys irom I'lii c.'igo and Wedcesdiiys from Nevx I ;ii(; I. ind llllixtrated pampldet hen) on en-ipt of I xx ii cent Mump liy S A llutihison, .MiiMagi-r, ^U Chirk strei t , flu. THK I'OI'I-'.'S INftiMi: 'I'lio I'cipo'H Income Is f\ ,-! no, nod \enth of xxhich in giini-anlci-d liy llm l-'.mperoi- of AiiMrin. another BCV- i-nlli iiiincs from \csterl mten-vis. and Ihu remainder ia dciixcd from 1'uter'a Pence Ills la th.- l*at<- Hliuiilanl II Mar Fence, made of r.iintnnn wire. 71m i-'intlnunuH mil t ri-tion whioh In in. ; .irUnt . inn ti. and have etmfh of about WO pound* i r mud. , , ily about .too p. .\inclx. IDlea. The Paie M 'Pa" wire \roulil have nitri-niftt poultry irtllnn, nall n and ooa IM O.- 1 . TH03. "Iroiwlder It a crm. to etperiment with .he hi-alth of tr.c BSSS^"sar*rTSS*BSM 'I ho. r. Adkin, pro'dent or the lnii uio uf I't.v IOUDI and furie<in. "If I ,nu not km. .ijalilrely and abnolntel/ that mr new hon-c rcatmcnl will < ure i vorjr known Ml.,-., e i-o .vlirn all o her inrthixt* of iriainx-Dt fall. I **awoo>>,dei I wai ronmluiaii a rrin .- n nakeiuinu nc .ton. en t 10 tin- piibllr. Nothing iio preri.iui :,. ninn K< hu hi-nlili nntbin^ henlblea. nn uut m -y Bravo. I.ltilo Hi" 1 Botpronii.il> i-urnl nf irn reuli lnub>tln>U hraalodlMBiw, I leitTe ihm. my n-w dlt '/. " Ha >r"lhy. n the ino-i marvrlo*. lettment erer known aail I intend lo > . imrocrei tolheworid. 1 Intend tbat eve-v iiieji, wonmn ami chllil thall kn .w IU Icnc 1 ! innn 1 pr. noee loii-ll th* M <-k. abtnluicly fic .f chnje BOW lew* m.y be to.l-rel 10 perfect . rallb. 1 would ratl.er be a beatfacU.ru> thi .mil th.m in have i he wi-a'lh of Croesu-. Tho BboTiiarr<niriiuble \> r.l., but tho<- A ho know Pr.f*esrAdM*. AUI! have trirU hi. runiment. ran vouch lor Ihelr abMlut* truth :illno'-. "I wa*e.ir:y .Ie ul with liter nd kldnei treube. wrli*. I'rof. J..hu -. Nri^n. a we I Known 'l'tc Klai d nun UK n,g nter. n .U K InDayron, T.<on. i hi- uo<^or had alven SM IIPI...III-. \ou.-*o li.MH'ne wnat a .Ule of iniinl 1 - in. I coulil n.. i attend lo I u.n- .r.l lKu..n t.i think n > .t^v . wereniiinti. .eadof ih wond.Tfiilcur.- I'ID 1-1 ir Adkls .ad etro!oil by I ,. yreot di-i-oTt-ry. VIU .patby and . , forlorn hopewioe to h m mat Uio < r.(!itlon I wan In, nn ntnlly anil i.hy.li-ail). tUsar*M B cK-r ,liaunn.i ol my oaieaml dMttl ckant* > a o*al fur it Ho urwcrlhed n troo in.-nl wl.lch 1 bean with little or no faith, but I am Imi.i.j 10 ,m that I am new n< nip elely cur<cl and am a flrm believer In Vltaouthr. From my own per .oi.alexperler.co I hellev* I'roftMor AUkln ,-nn H I mom ralce t he rlrad. ' Mr. A. J. Snlfriod. 8tow Creek. O. wr i*.lhle (trnt. f.il Intel. "I wan nlTixtcxi wlih \ aovere OIMO of Kc*tna nd Nmle H ia->, whli-h vpre-td over ray whole brxly. The ,u long and Hinging at tlmei vva* almoil iinendurul.i t -. I ro e l'iof-, r Ailkln, nnd In four ilayiufu-r 1 beuan fol.owlnic th fiee advice he tnve me lhi-itoliln brgan 10 xolwidc anf the eruptlonn dried up npid'y. In ten 1 .- I WIK iieriiiKiirnlly curnl. I fuel bolter now than I navo for the pant ma year*. The free *4Tle* Pnf*SMir Adkln giviv IH a bloKMlng lo thoito who cannot uliird to pay big Uot-iorl 1 Ml!*, ^'rof*llOr Adk n My : "I nympalhlse wit'i the nick I wani to make every chronic Invnllil wall I want lo prove what my trent inai.l will do. I want every nlok p- r on In Ihla country to writ* me peroimlly. Tel) me the loading >ympu>m. of joir dlaao and I will at 011. o make a thoiotigli dlimnoali of your rate and outllnua method of treatment whli-h will poxlllvely euro you. Thli will cost you abeolutoly cothlng. 1 wtlUlno nonrt you a r.'pr of my now book on How to (let Will ami Ke|i U>ll. I.O-IUKO prepaid. You are But out a ninsje c-ent. \\rlte nip In oonfldonre fulh and freely nbout rourwlf." Addreei If'K-. TIIiw If AUKlN, OflK-e M7 N., sSBSSBBJh A i . G'LESMEN WANTED llet r machine fi FOR air >pntvt>r r.milr. CAVtRS UROI . Call, tit. "AUTOSPBAY" YOUR OVERCOATS ii4 /adrd 8ulu woulj look UlUr il>d If an wot of uura la jour k.wn, writ* Uinct sfunlraal, Bui Ua KITItH AMCNICaa) ureiNU CO. Montreal. "RIGHT HERE, DOCTOR" That'i the place, right in the small of th* back. It'* a dull ache, sometime* a stinging "catch," . -tired feeling," a burning pain. t expose* the fact that you are in bad ahapc, your strength ha* been overtaxed, your kidnejra are breaking down, your nervrt are thakj, jour bowel* conitipateJ. You need the help of Dr. McLaughlln's Electric Belt AND YOU CAN Pay When Cured If you cnn offer reasonable security- Failure to cure cots you n< tl.int,-, a.s I take all the chances. FREE BOG?! I have iiint rni|ili-leil MM beaitlrul Uluilr*(*d b uk telling howltcnre* tho VVL'.lkllC^^ Of IIH-Il nun 1 1 H Morlli l.-IMlll-i;. I Will H'llil It willrJ HiKK up. n i..' t) ' v>{. I 'all. If I- - .lili-. anl I vnll ,.\- wfe i' nn n-;i u.i! (Ui. Call or write toil:i). FREE TEST ! . CAUTION l'wro of con<-orn otTprlnu n thin iiim-c of felt u a ^.~ IVjeTI-Vt fi.rniv cii.h:..n eleotixKlt., I cheap ooveriM are uwd only t.nlUKuiso their bare nirl.tl lii - - inxle* itiey have to bo aoakeil in water, whii-li 1 1 n-ul Icavoi th. urrcni, Mj cusUioa leotrodea are my exclusive inv.-ntion i\ \tinl. If you have ono of tin- mgtotn I xvill Lake It In trado for one of mlmv I do Ihls not that mo nld hell IN nf . ( m u-, . in: it, in not, bill to o*tblih tho vnlue of my irood* with people who have boon mi-livl by Ibe falao .Uimi of ooiu-ern ' Ailing a cheap, woi-thlewarticlu. DR. M. D. MCLAUGHLIN, 130 Yonga Street, Toronto. 1 COMBAT WITH Will) BEASTS A Terrific Struggle is Going on in Many a Soul. CXnle-et aeoeriUaf to 4<jt of tho Pir!lmrat at Caeaaa. ta tfc rear oa Thee la rid Niati Hao drd tad Two. Iff W.:lI.Bi Hally. "tt Tomato, at \ despatch from Washington says: Rev. I)r. Talmage preached from the following texts : Hebrews xn, 1, "Seeing we also are com) about with so great a cloud of wit- nesses;"!. Corinthians xv. :;j. I have fought with beasts at Kphesus" Crossing the Alps by the Mont Cenis paw or through the Mont t'cn- ia tunnel, you are in a fen hours set down at Verona. Italy, and in a few minutes begin examining one of the grandest ruins of the vorld, the Am- phitheatre. Tho whole building weep* around you in a circle. You stand in the arena where the com- bat was once fought or the race run, and on all sides '..he seats rise, tier above tier until you count forty elevations, or galleries, as I shall see fit to call them, in which sat the senator*, the kings aad the V&.OOO excited spectators At the sides of the arena and under the gallortes are the cages in which the lions and ti- gers are kept without food until frenzied with hunger and thirst, they are let out upon some poor victim, who, with his sword and alone. ia condemned to meet them. I think that Paul himself once stood in such a place and that it was not only fig- uratively, but literally, that ho had "fought with bea!--t at Kphesus." 'The gala day has come. From all the world tho people are pouring in- to Verona. Men, women and chil- dren, orators and senators, great men and small, thousands upon thousands come, until the first gal- lory is full, and tho second. the third, the fourth, the fifth all the way up to the twentieth, all the way up to the thirtieth, all the way up to the fortieth. EVERY PLACT IS FILLFD. Immensity of audience sweeping the (reat circle. Silence. The time for the contest has come. A Roman offi- cial leads forth tho victim into In* arena. Let him get his sword with firm grip into his right hand Tho 26.OOO sit breathlessly watching. 1 hear tho door at the side of tho arena creak open Out plunges the half starved lion, hi* tongue uthirst for blood, and with a roar that rings all the galleries to their feet, he rushes against the sword of the combatant. Do you know how strong a stroke a man will strike when his life depends upon the Crst thru.nt of his blade ? The wild b-a .t. lame and bleeding, slinks buck to- war*! the side of the arena : then rallying his wasted strength he comes up with fiercer eye and moro terrible roar than over, only to bo driven back with a fatal wound, while tho combatant comes (11 with stroke after stroke until the mon- ster is dead at his feet, and tho 25.- UO clap their hands and utter a about that makes the city trcmb'o. To one of tho Roman amphithea- trical audiences of 100,000 people Paul refers when he says. " W* ure compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses." The direct re- ference in the last pannage Is made to a race; but elsewhere having dis- cussed that, I take now 1'aul's favor- ite idea of the Christian life us a combat. The fact Is, that every Christian man has a lion to fight. Yours is a bad temper. The gates of tho arena have been opened, and this tiger bus come out to destroy your soul. It has lacerated you with many a wound. You have been thrown by it time and again, but in the strength of God you have arisen to drive ft back, t verily believe YOU WILL CONQUKR. I think that the temptation I* getting weaker and weaker. You have given it so many wounds that the prospect is that it will die. and you shall be victor, through ''hris-t. Courage, brother ! Do not let tho sands of tho arena drink the blood of your soul ! Your lion is the passion of strong drink. You may have contended against it for twenty years, but it is strong of body and thirsty of tongue You have tried to fight it back with bvoki^n bottle or empty wino flask Nay, that is not the weapon. With one horrible ronr he will soi.:o thee by the throat, and rend theo limb from limb. Take this weapon, sli.irp and keen reach up and get it from God's armory the sword of the spirit. With that thou mayest i'ri\o him hack and conquer I Men think, when Key contend against an evil habit, that they have to light it all alone No ! They stand in the centre of an Immense circle of sympathy. Paul had in. M reciting the mums of At>ol. Ilnoch. Noah, Abraham. Sarah. Isaac. .Ins- H>h, llidoon and llarak and then kays. "Ik'ing compassed about with . so great a cloud of v. It. -fore I get through I will s-how you that you light In an arena, around which circle in gallci ics above each other, all the kindling eyes and all the sympathetic lu-.nls of tho ages, and at o\ory \ictory i od then 1 comes down the Ihun- applause of a groat multit ado IhsU no man can number. "Heing compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses." Ur the flrt olosation of tbo .IM ion' umphlthtatic on the d.-y of u cele- bration, sat Tiberius or Augustus or the reigning king. So in the great arena of spectators that watch our struggles and in the first dlvtno gal- lery, as I shall call it, situ our King, one Jesus. On his head aio many crowns. The Roman emperor got his place by cold blooded con- quests, but our King hath come to ' his place b> the brokn hcv r U heal- ed aud the TEARS WIPED AWAY and tbo *ouls redeemed. Tho Roman emperor sat, with folded arms, in- dilferent as to" whether the swords- man or the lion beat, but our King's sympathies are, all with us nay, un- heard of condescension ! I see him come down from the gallery into the arena to help us in the right, shout- ing until all up and down his voice ia heard : "Fear not ! T will help theo ! I will strengthen thee by tho right hand of my power '." They gave to tho men in the arena in the olden time food to thicken their blood. so that it would flow slowly and that for a longer time the people might gloat over the scene. But our King has no pleasure in our wounds, for we ore bone of his bone, flesh of his flesh, blond of lis blood. Once in the ancient amphitheatre a lion with ono paw caught the com- batant's sword and with his other paw caught his shield. The man took his knife from hi.s girdle and low tho beast. The king sitting in the gallery, said: "That was not fnir The lion must be slain by a sword." Other lions wero turned out. and the >oor victim fell. You cry, "Shame! shame!" at such meanness Uut the King in tui case is our brother, and ho will see that we have fair play lie will forbid the rushing out of more lions than we can meet Ho will not suffer us to bo tempted above what wo arc able. Thank <3od' The King is in tho gallery! His eyes are on us- Tlis heart is with us. His hand will deliver us. "Blessed are they who put their trust in him." I look again and I see the angelic gallery. Thero they are tho angel I that swung the sword at the gntc of Fden. tho same that K?ekiol saw up- | holding tho throne of God, nnd from which I look away, for the splendor is Insufferable. Here aro tho guard- I inn angels. That ono watched a pat- ' riarch. this ono protected a child; ' that one has been pulling a. soul out | of temptation! All tlv-sc are mcsjcn- i ger* of light! Those drove tho Spun- I ish armada on the rocks. This turned Sennacherib's living bos.', into a heap of 185.000 corpses Those yon- der chanted tho Christmas carol over Bethlehem until tho chant AWOKE THK SHKl'HERDS. These at creation stood in tha bal- cony of heaven and serenaded the newborn world wrnpscd in tbo swad- dling clothes of light. And there, holier and mightier than all, is Mich- ael, the archangel. To command an earthly host gives dignity, but this one is leader of tho 120.0OO chariots of Cod and of tho ton thousand times ten thousand anscls. I think Uod gives command to the archangel, and the archangel to tho seraphim, and the seraphim to tho cherubim, until all the lower orders of heaven hear tho command and go forth on tho high behest. Now. bring on your lions! Who can fear. All the spectators in the angelic gallery are our frion<i Id- shall givo His angels charge over theo. to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear theo up in their hands lest thou da.;h thy foot against a stone. Thou shall tread upon tho lion and adder; the young lion and the dragon Bhalt thou trample under foot." I look again and see the gallery of the prophets and apostles. Who are those mighty ones up yonder? llo>oa and Jcrcuiiah and Pan id and Isaiah and Paul and 1'e.ter and John ', and James. Thero sits Noah waiting I for all the world to come into tho ark. and Moses, waiting till the last Red Sea shall divide, and Jere- miuh. waiting for tho Jews to re- turn, and John of the apocalypse. I waiting for the swearing of tho an gel that time shall be no longer. | tilorious spirits' ^e worn howled at. ye were stoned, yo were spit upon! 'Ihoy have l>ecn in this fight themselves and thev are all with us. Daniel knows all about liona. Paul fought with bea.-.ts at Epbesus. I look again and 1 see the gallery of the martyrs. Who is that? Hugh I iitimor. sure onou; :h' He \\oulil not upologi/.o for tho truth ho preached, and so he died, the night heforo swinging from tho bedpost in perfect gleo at tho thought of emancipation. Who ia that army of C.Oiirt They are the Thebah le- gion who 1>I KM FOR THK I'MTH. Here is a larger host in ma^m. array, SSl.onti who perished for Christ, in the persecutions of IHocle- tian Yonder is a family group t'elicitas of Home nnd her children While they wero dying for the faith sho stood encouraging them. One son was whipped to death by thorns. another was flung from a rock; an- other was beheaded. At 'is 1 i he mother becaiUo a n.vt>r. Tbo;, all together. a family group in Heaven I Yonder Is John Bradford who said in the fire, "We shall have a merry cupper with tha Lord to-night!" Yonder Is Henry Voos, who exclaimed as be died, " [f I had ten heads, thuy should all fall oil for Christ!" The great throng of tho martyrs! They had hot lead pour- ed down their throats; horses were fastened to their feet, and thus they were pulled apart; thy had their tongues pulled out with r.vlhot pinchers; they wer* sewed up in the kins of animals and then thrown to tho dogs; they were daubed with combustible* and set. on lire! If aJl the martyrs' stakes that have been kindled could be set at proper ilistaner-s, they would moke the midnight all the world over bright as noondav! And now they sit yonder in thu martyrs' gallery For them tho tires of persecution have gone eut: the swords are sheaUied .i-ii! 'he mob hushed. \o-.v the.* watch us with an obsi>r-.-Hi| sym- pathy. They know all the pain, , all the hardship, all the aji^umh. all tho injustice, all the privation They cannot keep still. They cry: "Cour- age! Tho fire will not consume: the floods cannot drown: the lions can- not devour. Courage down there in the arena!" I look again, and I see the gal- lery of our departed. Manv of those in the other galleries we hava heard of. but these we know. Oh. how familiar their faces? THEY SAT AT OCR TABLES, and we walked to the House of God in company. Hava they forgotten us? Those fathers and mothers started us on the road of life. Are they careletw as to what becomes of us? And those children do they look with stolid indifference a* to whether wq win or loso this battle of life? They remtnibcr tbe day they left us. They remember the agonv of the last farewell. Though years in Heaven they know our faM. They remember our sorrows. They speak our name*. They watch this light for Ueaven. My hearers, shall wo die in tho ar- ena or rise to join our fn>-n.ls m ih- gallery? Through Christ we may come off moro than conquerors A soldier dying in tho hospital rose up ia bed tbe last moment and cried. 'II. -re. hore!" His attendants put him back on his pillow and asked him why he shouted "Hero!" "fit. I hoard the roll call of Heaven, an.) I was only answering to my name 1 " I wonder whether after this bnttlo of this life is over our names will be called in the muster roll of the pardoned and glorified and. with the joy of Heaven breaking upon our souls, shall cry. "Here, here!" 4 u _ THE S. S^LESSON. INTERNATIONAL LESSON MAKCH 10. Text of tho Lesson, Acts vin., 26-40. Golden Text, Rom x., 10. 26. "And the angel of tbe Lord spako unto Philip, saying. Arise and go toward tho south." Tho previous verse says that Peter and John preached the word of the Lord in Samaria, and then, on their way back to Jerusalem, preached tho gos- pel in many villages of tho Samar- itans. They evidently left I'hilip busy in thu midst of a great work in Samariu. and while continuing faithfully to preach Christ a messen- ger from heaven i sent to him com- manding him to leave Samaria and go down to the desert way. xvhich was between Jerusalem and Caza. It may have seemed a strange and unreasonable thing to leave a great work and go to a desert road xxith- out being told why or wherefore, but tho great motto of a true woi-Kcr with God must be "willing and obedient.' -7. 28. "And ho arose and went, and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, xvho had come to Jerusalem for to wor- ship. wu n turning anil, sitting in his chariot, read Knaias, tho pro- phet." Here. then, is tho reason of the angel's visit to I'hilip. God saw the hungering soul of this man of great authority umUr the <|uecn of Kthiopia, and He would satisfy that longing soul, and Philip, tho faith- ful messenger, in Samaria, was the chosen vessel tlod knew that II.- had a prompt and obedient serxant in I'hilip. ._,u :!( , "Then the spirit <u>id unto I'hilip, Ho near and join thyself to this chariot." At Sani'ii.i an ;ingcl spoko to luni now tho Holy Spirit tells him what to do. As to tho Spirit speaking in s sec 1 chapters x, 1U; xi. 12; xvi, 6, 7, and consider tho promises in John \ \ U;. xv. i'(j; xxi, t: 1 . it i* nossib'o for us to hear the voice f the Spirit and be guided by Ilim. S-'ee also Tsa. \\\. -1 (!od has pron that He will surely guide His poo- plo (P*. xxxii, 8). and I boliove lie guides in one or other of three way* by His Spirit through His word. if necestmry liy Hi-j Spirit apart to it, and by His providences or iho. from His word, but never contrary events of il.iily life. A lul-e\i;r ought to be a Spirit filled and Spirit controlled person, nnd since Coil ile- siies- it what run hinder but our nnwillingmss ? Prompt and oho- ilient. Philip ran to tho chariot, .iinl. hearing tho eunuch reading in the prophecy of Isaiah, he *aid "Ihidcr- st undent thou what thou readest ?" See what pains Ood will take to CHUM) one to understand HIM word whon Ho sres that i!i-sire in the heart, and remember how the Lord .. tin t h<* TTwirrtM-t ion <tey tok two or three hours to open the Scrip- to those two who were alow of heart to belie vo (Luke xxiv, 32) May His patience be ours. 31. "He desired Philip that he would com* up and sit with him." The treasurer of tUe queen was a great man and at this time i iding in his chariot, while Philip was poor and probably bad the appearanoo of a wayworn traveller, yet see how cordially he is received by the man of authority. Many mesKuges have been unspoken and letters unwritten which tho Spirit has whispered be- cause some timid soul has feared re- buke. It is ours to obey ; results are the Lord's. Se Jer. i. 7-'.l. 32, 33. Ho was reading >t yome one who had been rruelly ill treated, but, liku a lamb or a aheep, was dumb before his persecutors one from whom all jus'.ico was taken away and who was i:no/:y Main. The story is so famiii ir to as that it docs not affect us. We have heard it from the prophets who fore- told it and in the gospels from those who actually witnessed the fulfil- ment of the prophecies. Wo know, or profess to know. Him of whom the prophets spoke, who fulfilled every prophecy concerning ILs humiliation but how much do we cure? This man read with interest and astonish- ment, perhaps for the first time There aro many who have nver roacj of Him because those put in trust with the gospel have not been faith- ful to their trust. Contrast Horn. i. 14-16: I. Thcss. ii, 4. 34. 35. "Then Philip opened his mouth and began at the same Scrip- ture and preached unto him Jesus." This he did in reply to the eunuch'* question. "Of whom speaketh th* prophet this?" Philip did not waste any time on the style of the pro- phet or on the possibility of there being two Isaiah, oach of whom wrote part of the book, neither did he so much as hint at the impossi- bility of any one writing of things 700 years befwro they happened, but from this and o'hor Scriptures lie made plain tho truth concerning Jesus. 86, 37. "I beliuvo that Jesus Christ is the Sou of Cod." Compare the confessions of Peter and Martha in Matt, xvi, 10; John xi, 27. and note I. John T, 1. "Whosoever be- lieveth that Jesus is the Christ ia born of Ood." Unless you have ever talked with and led to Christ a soul really hungry for tha truth you can- not understand Philip's joy as he. by the Spirit, opened the Scriptures and saw this uion driuk it all in and then ask to be baptized Truly tho Lord himself was with them v Matt xviii, 2O), and the Spirit wrought gloriously. "With the hort man beiieveih unto righteousness and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation" (Rom. x. 101. The eunuch had believed in his heart and confused with his mouth and was quite ready for a further public con- fession before all his servants, for doubtless there were many with him 38. 39. "Tho spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more, and he went on his way rejoicing How strange th.- whole thing must have seemed t.i tho driver of th* chariot and the rest of the company the stranger Invited to rid* with their master, tho <umef.t conversation, tho baptism, the sud- den diiappearanco of the stronger and their master's new jov. which no doubt he told them all nhou'. and the queen, too. when he arrived home! The Lord by Philip wrought a great work that day and some time no may hear the soquol to this story from the lips of the ounuch himself I am sura that Philip was and has been many a H'no glad that ho was so prompt and obedient. Tow the Spirit of the Lord caught him awav I know not. but I believe that, having finished his work, ha supo--- niturallv disappeared. 40. "Philip was found at A-otus. and. passing through, ho preach' d in all tho cities till he came to Caesar- ra " This lost place soetiin !. been Philip's h.une. :ind a church was fathered (hero (Acts xxt. S. xviii. 22) It matters not whether we find Philip in Satnnria o.r in he chariot or going from place to place, he is ever preaching Christ f KI CM INSll'K ? Tho driver of a London prison van wus one day convoying his \icim.s to durance \ilo when a woulil-hc wag hailed him with : Cot ai.\ ; ji ' --.i; > or carriage Robert ?" "There's room for a small one," returned tho Jrivcr. "\Vt> kept it for you." Nothing disconcerted, tho wag asked : \\ I.II.'M \er faro ?" "Urcttd and water ; some as you had before," replied the driver. I FOR FARMERS Seasonable and Profitable t Hints for the Uusy Tiller* f cf the Soil. PURE AIR. Among the principal organs of th animal body aro Iho lung!*, in which changes no un unceasingly during thu heaithy life of ihu .iniuiul. Th* changes are . 1st, Uio taking of oxy- gen i,tho l nX giving Ka* into tho od , 2nd, the throwing olT of tho poisonous material (carbon dioxido is) of breathing air . 3rd, the for- mation of heat, the re-suit of Lho ox- change. The lungs consist of a largo num- ber of Hmull uir cells, over which aro distributed a large number 01 very fine blood vcHeete. Somo of these littlu blood-carrying tubes bring im- pure blooil lo the lungs, where ia exchanged carbon dioxido. ammonia and water for oxygen, us a result of which the lio.it is generated, thus warming the blood, which also be- comes a brighter red in color The punticd blood is then taken to the heart, Irom where it is pumped to ail parts of tho body, wlu-re it adjusts ia nourishing and building up iho various tissues. Oxygen is only lo be got from pure fresh air, hence it Is at onco evident that tho puruica- tion of the blood, the growth and warmth depends on its being able to get an ample supply of oxygon. It is impossible to get tho best result* from live stock which .ire starving for fresh air. Pure air with its great, complement light means economy of feed and the absence) of germ diseases, notably tuberculosis. As that essential, r. ire air, cannot be freely supplied in poorly ventilat- ed stables, wo shall ondeaver to show, in a series of articles on ven- tilation, how live stock may b* ensured a supply of pure air. which ranks aqua My high as a nutrient with food and water. FARM NOTES. Stable blankets save oats and keep tho horses' coats smooth. They are also as useful on the cows. Bran sacks may be doubled and used for this purpose Always water liogs before feeding and never aftrrwanls. It tins is practiced 14 Ins. of corn will pro- duo* two pounds of gain In other words, o-.ery buhvl of corn ought in produce ton pounds of pork. Tho hogs intended tor >laughuv hould have a very light amount of food tho day pruviou* and no breakfast tho morning they aro to be killed, as with empty entrails and stomach they will bleed bett-r .1:1-! hni.dle easier. Tho person who k<Hp he is and does not give them tho care needed to induce them to produce egg*, hatch out and raise chickens, and do it without scrntchipg up plants in tho gat-don, or tnngiing up tho grass that ho intends to cut for hay. or befounding the l-.iy in the barn. has not a right to call thu hen fool- Ji The fault ia his own. If Iho I. i-n goes into the garden and scratches up choico plants in i for iho worms that rruy bt around the roots, sho is governed by ii natural inst.-.- whjch may 1 have !x-en brought down from and through piuvious generations, when tho former put a shovolful of uianum in each hill for such plants, that was well adapted to proilnco a crop ol worms and grubs that would haxc boon about ns sure to destroy Ihu plant if sho had r.ot scratched tl;ein out, ax sho wns to in tin- scratching. Sin- U not ns foolish as the man who does not put up a fence to soparato tho lions from the garden. It is true that wo sometime** raise; a good crop oi apple.* on tree* that are standing in old sod Tt is true that, frequently tho 1 n-e that Iviva had tho highest culture right along fail ' -In- .-r.'p-i that wo ex- pect tho. n Neglected orchard* this year are in bnd shapo .- rvwhere. In isolate.] MI. .is in this country may be found orchards bearing from m ato to heavy crops of apple*. nnd plums. These, orchards art invari- ably the onos that h.ul high cultiva- tion It pays to ijix-e tho on-hard j the most thorough cultivation. It { ia not nocosdorv to plow around tho trees two or t '.;.> tiin. -.ear. It. may bo .- jn 'oarly spring After Unit the work can ! n:i.i-|i letter and moro quickly 1-. -.f i h.-.ix-y har- row ilr.iwn liy horsos. \YHKIM-: WOMAN HIT.I-S In several villages of l-'inland the woman has authority, for a religious sect exists there whose diM'iplos aro forced to marry and to take a vow to submit to tho wife in all things. The women choose one of their num- ber for governing head, whoso duty it is to BOO that tho men behave themselves. and to punish them if they trnnsgres*. Similar arc the "1'iiriflcantM" of Liberia, who also recogni/o the supremacy of women. 4 (.HANOI-: C'U.ou. In the Culf of Mexico there is an island whore the leaches chaiiff*, color twice daily witli the tui. s When un- '-.1 i he sands are purple. In. mtlowlng ' I ao'iity transforms thorn to gold. HUKK1> TO GOOD HULLS. Farmers tha: v largely for the milk and butter fat troy get from them should encourage tho g in their neighborhood* of first cla.-M dairy bull*. says I'olman's Rural World. That more atiiniuis of this kind ii ro not available is largely duo to the fact that the cheap bulls di i\o out the gi" known cases whore the farn.ors really felt aggrieved liecnusp t hu owner of a reully u inrif- el more for lu- , than diii ' h owner of S.MIIC s, rub. He "I womior what 'he iiii-atiini) of that, picture is. Tho youth and theiunitlon are in a tender ,il t itiV.- She "Oh. don't > .\a juut oskod her to ninry him nnj sh< is acivpiing 1'i" 1 " " ^h ' Hvw ap- propriate the title ..... I don'' it " \ !-;it rnrd at the boh