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Males in the Mines. - THS HES& in THE Sutro tunnel lor SEV­ ERAL thousand feet from the face is very considerable, ranging from 95 to 100 •deg. Fahr., ana feels all the fcolter for being partly deprived of oxygen. At the faee where the snen are at work two streams of fresh air, .generated at shaft No. 2, two miles sway, and 1,042 feet above the tunnel level, are constantly discharged, one jtrom trie blower, the other from the -compressor-pipe, and though the air at <his point, is 108 deg. Fahr., the air is •quite comfortable. One switch-mule is <ejtaployed on each shaft, which is used for bringing a oar at a time from the switch--a thousand feet back--to the face of the header; it is then taken back with the loaded car to bring other empty ones forward, in which manner trains of fifteen or twenty cars are jnade up. This mule, from the time it is unhitched from the empty cars, and While it is waiting to be hitched up to the one being loaded, nonages to put its nose up to the air-pipe^ana keeps moving its head up and aowp, in order to get all the air possible iri\the few minutes allowed it. One day last week .aman in charge of the switcn-mule was seen coming out of the tunnel in the middle of his shaft, and on inquiry why he made his appearance at this unusual hour, he said he had come out after an­ other mule to do the switching, for his /regular switch mule had become rebell­ ious. and utterly refused to do any -duty. He declared the mule was stand­ ing in front of the air-pipe, near the face, and no amount of coaxing, whip­ ping, or pulling could induce it tp leave, and he was compelled to start out after another mule in order to per- .-.mit the work to proceed. After a few hours, by dint of force, the refractory mule was brought out, half a dozen men feeing required to pull and push it Along. It has since been put to work on the outside, for it would be useless to take it in at switching any more, for lit would repeat the same performance .at each shift. The intelligence of mules ds displayed in a remarkable degree 'when used underground and in danger­ ous places.: They gradually learn to understand every command the driver gives them, and in the header when the signal " tire'" is given, they instattt- Jy wheel around, with their backs to­ ward the blast. One day a mule neg- idtoeted to wheel quite around, but stood nt right angles with the tunnel, and, -though over 400 feet fjom the face, a .rock four inches in diameter struck it in the side, making an ugly wound, from which the intestines protruded. He had to be thrown on a flat-car, taken out, and shot. A curious freak about 'mules is that when anything touches ttheir heads they dodge; while touch- vi* horses' ears makes them throw <np their heads. For this reason Aorses cannot be used under- :ground, for they would soon break their skulls, while mules never get injured in that manner. The switch- mules, when the men are eating, go |i*om man to man begging for some- meat. p'es, drink coffee--in fact, take anything the men have. One of the Ovules, when the men are not looking, it in the habit of upsetting the meivs Ifrach-pails and helping himself without leave. They have also taken to drink- ice-water, and are not satisfied un­ less they get their regular allowance. The nudes which pull the rock-trains «re driver* three or four tandem, each having a torch upon its head, which Jfceeps bobbing up and down as they • Move along, and they present; a very novel appearance as seen from a dis­ tance, in the darkness. All the" mules in the tunnel work eight-hour shifts-- same as the men. Notwithstanding ?this short duty, they rapidly wear out, and it is a pity to see them panting and •iilowir.g in the confined air, with per- :'«pirat!on .streaming from them. The* : Jbules have a cloth fastened to their *l*ridles, which is put over one eye be- ifore t!iuy emerge into daylight. This 'doth is removed after they enter the tunnel on the return trip. The object is to Lave them reserve one good eye to See from, for the uncovered eye, ex- >$ed to .daylight, is incapable of seo- g ̂ anything for some tim@ alter eater- foundation for a most selfish and disa­ greeable character which, soonpr than you imagine, will outgrow your cott» trol and become your tyrant, causing years of trouble and unha»piness. "Why, this is but a baby! ^ml I think our little ones should hate all the lib# erty and enjoyment poeMbfe. It will be time enough to tighten the reins and exercise authority when the child is old enough to discern good and evil." Ah! that time comes much earli­ er than parents are willing to be­ lieve. It requires but a few weeks fpr a baby, tiny and undeveloped as it ap­ pears to the doting patents, tb under­ stand that by persistent enrying and vio­ lent demonstrations of anger, it will receive all the- cars and immediate at* tention it was demanding by these nat­ ural signs. Having conquered, the in­ fant becomes sweet and quiet and soon falls asleep. How long will it be be­ fore that little babe will Yearn that pas­ sionate crying will compel the mother to rock it to sleep regularly? That will soon become too monotonous, per­ haps, and the incipient tyrant decides that to be walked with is preferable to rocking. A good cry, with kicking and struggling plentifully interspersed, will soon bring the mother to her feet, or the nurse will be called upon to take up the line of march. It will require but two or three such victories before walking will be the only way to coax the child to sleep or into a good-hu­ mored condition. If sleep comes at last to relieve the wearied nurse, how softly she creeps to the crib, how stealthily she manages to put the child from her arms onto the well-warmed pillow! That "twig11 is rapidly bend­ ing in the wrong direction. As the babe grows out of the nurse's arms, its will, which never has been wisely controlled, is manifested in al­ most every act; but its little dainty, imperious ways are pronounced, " So charming! Too 'cunning1 for any­ thing!" And, dDubtless, they are so, if one looks only to the present, with no foreshadowihg of Vvhereunto these "cunning17 ways may lead in after life. It may be laughable, just for once, to see this small specimen of hu­ manity stamp With its small foot, or strike" with its pretty dimpled hand, when denied some article of food or deprived of something unsafe for it to handle. ! * J ' In a fewmonibs the little child en­ ters another stage of child life. That which at twelve months or two years was 44so'cute!" "so smart!" that the mother had not the heart to check it was but the beginning of insubordina­ tion to parental control, or to tres­ passes and infringement upon the com­ fort of others, will fast become intol­ erable, even to the partial eyes of the parents. Now let them attempt to tighten the reitts or exercise proper authority. Will it prove an easy task? Will they succeed in straightening the "twig" which their own folly or neg­ lect has permitted to " bend" So far be­ yond their reach? Where lies the blame? The mother, who suffered herself to be conquered thing to eat, and they will eat cooked^by an infant's puny resistance, '<f&£ ing darkness. Whenever it is neglected "4o bandage an eye on the outside, the tnule staggers and tumbles about in-the darkness, and refuses to go ahead. The -mule-s. of course, all have their names, find Jane, N ell, Luce, Fan, Tom, Bill, j Jack, Frank, are sure to be among the lot. One mule has been facetiously / christened Susan B. Anthony. They are great favorites with the miners: •especially when underground, and they answer the call of their names like pet -<iogs; and, strange to say, in that heat­ ed atmosphere they soon lose their pro­ verbial tendency for kicking. Tfie • driver generally stands on a small plat­ form in the rear of the first car, arid, since he cannot reach the mules, ^driven in tandem, with a whip, he shies •email stones with the greatest dextere- ity, of which he has a good supply ^-before him. Two trains generally fol­ low, one behind the other, for should an accident happen from caves, break- . ing of wheels, or of cars getting oflfthe track, one driver assists the other in overcoming the difficulty. The most durable mules are those with short legs, large bodies, cqmpactly built, and weighing about 900 pounds, There are, altogether, about thirty mules em­ ployed in the Sutro Tunnel, though a greater number is kept on hamt.---Kwtro {Nev.) Independent. > ' <> • must answer. The parents, who, later, saw without rebuke or prevention, the small child abuse or tear choice books, destroy valuable articles of furniture, or strike the nurse, or torture menials, without one resolute effort to subdue or teach it better, must appeal to their own consciences to decide this ques­ tion. They who winked at the child's youthful misdeeds, proud of its " smart­ ness," will suffer the most for this wicked indulgence when they see what the little one, so loved and indulged, is fast becoming--ungovernable, insub­ ordinate, impertinent, yielding to no authority that is not brought to bear on them through punishment or force. The "twig," twisted and bent by over­ indulgence or neglect, has become a branch or limb, distorted, unsymmet- rical, a disfigurement, not a thing of beauty that should have been $ joy for­ ever. » . A child indulged in every caprice, whose wrong-doiiigs • are a feource of merriment and openly repeated as something wonderfully brilliant in the presence of the culprit, must be but little lower than the angels if it'does not in a few years bring its parents to grief, and become the torment of the whole household and a nuisance to the neighborhood. •; We have only space to «peak of the great wrong done children by over londness and unregulated indulgence, but quite as much harm, of which we have not now time to speak, sprittgs from the heartless neglect of,those parents, and particularly the mothers, who for the pleasures of fashionable life, and their own selfish enjoyments^ leave their children to the unsafe guidance and imperfect judgment of- hirelings while they look only to their ow£ ease and pleasure. Such mothers ignore any responsibility, every <luty, until at last they are roused to the knowledge that their neglected children are now utterly ungovernable and vicious, going in ways that have every" promise of bringing their parents' gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.--Mrs. 11. W. Beechcr, in Christian Union. 'W FACTS AXD FIGUBJS8, SCHENECTADY (N. Y.) has about 10,000 inhabitants, and olthese <548 are widows. i THE largest strawberry farm in the world is probably that of John R- Young, Jr., about two miles from Nor­ folk, Va. It comprises about 250 &Cf6S« In 1877, in England, -€0,000 postage- stamps were found loose in letter-boxes and bags, having been rubbed off through insufficient " licking and stick­ ing," and 5,000,000 letters were con­ signed to the returned letter office. THE Chilian and Peruvian Govern­ ments intimate their Willingness to make the United States the center of distribution for the guano and nitrate industry. The trade that is thus offered to American shippers amounts to $15,- 000,000 a year. IT has been calculated that about 100,000 boatmen are employed on the canals of England and Wales; that 70,- 000 women live in them, and the chil­ dren found afloat make up a total popu­ lation of nearly 500,000. No women or children are allowed to live in canal boats in either Scotland or Ireland. THE Correspondence deEspana States that from the beginning of the Cuban insurrection up to the month of Janua­ ry last 138,555 soldiers died in the hos­ pitals from wounds or disease, and 12,- 500 on the fields of battle; 37,726 were discharged, and about 100,000 insur­ gents were either killed in battle or shot after, being made prisoners. PHILADELPHIA has spent nearly $1,- 500,000 to prevent a recurrence of the water famine of 1869, and practically nothing has been accomplished. All there is to show for the money spent is a massive Circular embankment on the banks of the Schuylkill, nearly opposite the Centennial Building, and a broken cistern, which will hold no water, and is crumbling away. THERE is strong evidence that the art of printing was practiced in China long beiore it was known in Europe. The ancient Romans were veTy near to ar­ riving at the discovery of printing. They had engraved or stereotype plates, with which they stamped pottery, etc. When the art was first practiced in Eu- rope»only one side of the leaf was util­ ized. Afterward they came to paste the two blank sides together. Caxton, a wealthy merchant, having been sent to make a commercial treaty with the Duke of Burgundy, returned to England with this invaluable art in 1464. The invention of the italic letter was made by Aldus Manutius, Observing the in­ convenience of using a vast number of abbreviations, he contrived the expedi­ ent of the italic letters, which was orig­ inally named after him, the Aldine. THE actuary of a life insurance com­ pany has prepared a table of statistics full of matter, deep and dangerous, re­ garding the mortality and casualties resulting from too assiduous attention to mastering the National game. His figures show that during the ball sea­ son in this country the monthly death rate from ball playing is .04; the num­ ber of cases of concussion of the brain 4.7; incipient heart disease, 5.103; dislocation of the hip, .01; fracture of the shoulder blade, l.Ol; compound fracture of the sternum, .0002; broken ribs, 25.012; dislocation of the spinal column resulting in permanent disabil­ ity, .00001; fracture of the arm, in­ cluding forearm and above the elbow, 19 3; dislocation of the elbow, 7 05; sprained wrist, 47.07; broken fingers, 352 02; fracture of the hip, .08; dislo­ cation of the knee, 1.006?sprained ankle, 15.03; injuries to the foot and toes, necessitating surgical aid, but not causing permanent injury, 225 09. In addition to the above rather suggestive array which recount injuries resulting in death or the fracture of bones, in­ cluding dislocation, he demonstrates that there are 197 01 noses broken and 473 05 teeth knocked out.--JJtica Herald. **!»•!» Bent, tfcft Tme U- . • ^ clines." |C ' * -- PARENTS often blight or destroy the " 4. Jyoung lives committed to their care, l, either by injudicious indulgence or a selfish reluctance to accept the trouble, the restraints and cares which inevita- biy come vvivu udplcss infancy. Often, 'through excessive fondness, they yield implicitly to the unreasonable exac- | tions of beings too young to under­ stand what they need. If, in L peases, wiser friends remonstrate with ' the parents in the vain attempt to show • .them the folly of their indulgence, they . Ij: " are thought unkind or hard-hearted* . ik "Such a darling! How can its moth- ^er deny it anything?" But by such extravagant indulgence u are injuring the child you profess love so tenderly. pfon are laying the mm* Street of Nations* ONE of thje most curious features of the Paris Exhibition, and one that first attracts general attention, is the Street of Nations. One of the sides of this avenue is a series of typical facades, that is, of fronts of buildings erected by the exhibiting Nations, and each of a special type of architecture. That, of the United States is a credit to the en­ gineer who directed the building. By its proportions, its harmony and the care in its details, it answers to the idea of a thoughtful and practical na­ ture. One lingers before this specimen of a friendly dwelling-house, or a use­ ful establishment, so pleasing and at­ tractive by its elegant simplicity and charming coloring. Sweden and Nor­ way show an edifice of fir wood, with a tower, and the reproduction of an old clock of the tenth or eleventh century; Greece, a house of the time of Pericles; China, an actual house brought from Pekin. Spain has a rich facade where remembrances of Grenada and Seville are gathered. The Russian architect was inspired, it is said, by the palace of 'Momma, near Moscow, where Peter Great was born. It is impossible to the catalogue.--Boston Advertiser. €> .Jsijfe Experience of a Young Man who Knew all About a Boat. ' told of that distinguished soldier, Sir Philip Sidney, that being about to wash his hands after a hard-fought battle, he had just taken up the soap and turned on the warm water, when he perceived a particularly grimy soldier at his side. Handing the soap to the soldier, with the now historic words, "Thy necessity is yet greater than mine," Sir Philip turned away, and went, unwashed, to his virtuous couch. Cold and cynical indeed must be the man who can read this anecdote "without a thrill of admiration and a sudden mist of tears. The experience of a boating party in our harbor one Sunday early in May deserves tp be set forth, since it cannot fail to teach a valuable lesson that peo­ ple should not pretend to know what they do ndt know, unless, of course, they are lawyers and. are requirted to give legal opinions without Consulting the authorities. There is a young man residing in this city who, until recently, was in the habit of spending his Sun­ days on the south shore of Staten Island- He is a rather unobjectionable young man, but he has a fondness for being regarded as an authority on aquatic sports. People who do not know him very intimately, firmly be­ lieve that he is a yachtsman of great ex­ perience, and even those who know that he does not own a yacht and who never personally saw him on board any vessel except a Stoten Island ferry-boat, tnink that he is an accomplished and fearless sailor, and always apply to him for information as to ocean steamships, liaval vessels, yacht races, rowing matches and subject® connected with the canal business. , On the Sunday in question he was sitting on the piazza of a Staten Island cottage, conversing enthusiastically with seven young ladies and three young -men of the delights of yachting. Neither of tuC three young men had ever been in a sail-boat of any kind, and the seven young ladies were, of course, ignorant of nautical matters. Ppusentr ly, one cf the ladies expressed the ar­ dent wish that Mr. Withers--the nauti­ cal young man--could take them out for a sail, and all the party echoed the wish and asserted that a sail would be perfectly splendid. Mr. Withers Mm-! self greatly regretted that he had not thought to hire a boat at Clifton, imd added that it really did seem hjn*l to v - be kept on shore wtffen there was such ft nice breeze blowing. Just then a casual small boy, who was listening to the conversation, remarked that there was a big cat-boat near by which could be hired for the day, and volunteered to seek out the owner of the boat and hire it. Mr. Withers began to object tha't perhaps the ladies might suffer from sea-sickness, but this objection was overruled, and he was assured that under the care of so skillful a sailor everyone would feel perfectly Well and happy. It was with many misgivings that the nautical young man accompanied the party to the boat. Luckily, the owner was at hand and acceded to Mr. With­ ers' apparently carei«»,« remark that the sail might as well be got up while he ran back to the house for his other coat. Thus, when Mr. Withers returned he found that the boat was ready to be cast off, and that all that remained for him to do was to take the helm and to order the boatman to shove her off. There was a nice fresh breeze and the botit ran before it in the direction of Sandy Hook. The young ladies were delighted, and amused themselves by singing lively and secular songs. Mr. Withers stood at the helm and was sur­ prised to find that managing a boat was so much easier than he had supposed it would be. The three other young men were secretly filled with envy, but as they knew nothing whatever about boats, they could not venture to criti­ cise Mr. Withers' seamanship. The breeze freshened, and as the boat reached the middle of the bay it began to roll heavily. About the same time the sky grew dark, and the fishing- boats began to seek shelter. One of the young men remarked that it was about time to "putabout," which sen­ timents were warmly echoed by every­ body except Mr. Withers. Thatunfor- tunate man undoubtedly would have desired to "put about" only he had not the remotest idea of the nature of that maneuver. The young ladies still sung songs, but it was noticed that they now confined thsniselvss to th° Tnelo» dies of Messrs. Moody and San key, which they sung in a subdued and seri­ ous tone.. p Fresher grew the breeze, and the young ladies grew more and more alarmed. Again and again was the suggestion made that they ought to 44 put about," but Mr. Withers main­ tained a painful silence. Presently a fishing-boat drove rapidly by them* and the skipper loudly suggested that unless they wanted to visit some un­ known locality, vaguely described as the property of one David Jones, they had better put in a reef and run for the lee of the shore. Accordingly a demand was made upon Mr. Withers that he should immediately adopt the fisher­ man's advice. To the utter consterna­ tion of the company, Mr. Withers re­ plied that if anybody khew anything about managing the boat he did not care to do it any longer; that, in fact, he knew nothing about sail-boats, and that he had never been in one before. Whereupon he abandoned the helm, and leaning over the side of the boat he communed with Nature for several oonsecutive minutes. By dint of cutting away every rope that seemed to hold anything, the three young men managed to get the sail down. They then got out the oars, and after one hour of hard labor, dur­ ing whieh Mr. Withers lay in the bot­ tom of the boat, tormented by his con­ science and his stomach, they managed to reach a cove a mile or so west of Sandy Hook. The boat was made fast, and the entire party set out on f^ot for the Shrewsbury River, leaving Mr, Withers a physical and mental wreck behind them. JHow and when he reached the city no one knows, but it is certain that he has since returned to business, and that M carefully shuns all his old acquaintances to whom he once used to boast of his pretended Sea­ manship. . This teaches us that it is always wise to be honest, if thereby we can avoid getting into difficulties with unaccus tamed sail-boats. --N. ¥. Times. Religious. ($*!> A FUNERAL PSALlt. SII<KNT we sat. within a darkened room; For in our midst, the lowering heart rtf jtloom, " Stood a low bier, with btuMoms ahoweredrftl vain To hide the ehaetly shape of lom and pain. Htill, dtill wan all, save when one Bobbins; breath Paid stifled tribute to the conqueror Death; When suddenly, outside the open door, •*" • to those who ikld Itfe eas; antest, but to *• him who An nnole be^an his song to pour; Sweet, liquid, dear, tiinmphant as the mora That scatters ali the miate from mends forlorn. His warble thrilled the aonshine and the air. And made the emerald grasses show more fair; The budded elms swayed to that living sound. And some sweet sadness spread through all around. So more I heard the moan and plaint of prayer; o more the hymns low wailing nelri me there: No death, no grave, but Heaven.'* immortal The thatfsi !?et sadeaee reign find ring. p grass; the buds on thickening fresh d trees; The new-born life and sweetness in the breeze; The nesting, nestling birds, that overhead Their little hammocks in the branches spread The nesting, nestling birds, that overhead The tender fragrance from the bending boughs; The wayside blossoms lifting sunny brows; _ ; The deep biue Heaven, the gentle south wind's sigh. J That like some happy, wandering child went by, All sung accordant anthem in my ear:--» " 'I'hc I nrrl i« risen! why do ye seek him here?,,, His world, His way, is life, not death and woe«; 1 Look up where His departing footsteps go! , «•} n The grave is empty save of shirnbei inp dust. The Lord ib riRen: arise, oh faith and trust! Swing wide, ye gates of never-faiiing Spring: - , j Hear the swift footsteps of (vour coming King! Behold He cometh! Here is life and joy; No winds shall scatter, and no frosts destroy. Be glad for death, life's blind beguiling seta; r U Thy dead shi&ll rise, for Christ is risen indeed,'* So still, above the weeping and the prayer$ -f • The Spring's diviner message stirred the air; And 1, as we escaped anew from prison, Sung to my soul exulting, " He has risen!" - . --Hose Terrv Cooke, in, Hun day Jfternootti't International 8«roday-School < lessons. THIBD QUARTER. July 7--Birth of Christ the Lord.. Lake 2:8-20. July 14--The Childhood of Jesus. .Luke Jtily 21--Ministry of John the Ban* ' tist Luke 3:15-22. July 28--Jesus at Nazareth Luke 4:16~30. Aug. 4--The Draught of Fishes.. -Luke 5: 1-11 Aug. 11--The Centurion's Faith.. - Luke A u g . 1 8 -- T h e W i d o w o f N a i n - . . L u k e Aug. 25--The Friend or Sinners Luke ... Sept. 1--Return of the Seventy.. .Luke 10:17-24 Sept. fi--The Good Samaritan Luke 10:30 37, Sept. 15--Importunity in Prayer.. .Luke 11: 5 -13 Sept. 22--Covetousness Luke 12:13- 23. Sept. 2J -Keviev of the Lessons for the Quarter. , V : •.•V- (It fi . Art and Religion. Ci *fo Religion in the German Army* SOME statistics are given in the llevue Militaire d?Etranger showing the curious difference which exists in the Prussian army in the composition of the body of officers and of the rank and file with regard to religious persuasion. When the last census was takeu, the Kingdom of Prussia had a population of 25,742,404 souls, and of these 254,089 were actually serving at the time in the army. Of this number again, 8,594 officers, 68*2 military surgeons, 1,655 military officials, and 164,082 non-commissioned officers and men were Lutherans or Protestants of some denomination or other; 880 offi­ cers, 130 arrhy surgeons, 316 military officials, and 76,286 non-commissioned officers and men were Roman Catholics or Old Catholics --the number of this latter, however being very small indeed --seventeen army surgeoris, two military officials, and 1,305 non­ commissioned officers and men were Jews; while ten officers, one army surgeon, and 229 non-cOmmissioned officers belonged to other religions or professed no religion at all. It ap­ pears, therefore, that while of the 9,484 officers actively employed in the Prus­ sian army on the day on which the census was taken more than 90 per cent, were Protestants, less than 70 per cent, of the 241,802 non-commissioned officers and men were of that religion. From other det ails given it appears that the greatest number of officers come from the Province of Brandenburg, which supplies 2,629 officers; Silesia, 1,075 officers, and the Rhenish Prov­ inces 1,071 officers; but that with regard to religions the order is in­ verted--207 Roman Catholic officers coming from the Rhenish Provinces, 185 from from Brandenburg, and 137 from Silesia; while the smallest pro­ portion of Roman Catnoiiu ufillers exists among those coming from Fom- erania, which supplies twenty; Sles- 'wiek-Holstein, which supplies thirty- three; andx Saxony, which furnishes thirty-eight. ̂ Pall Mall Gazette. --A pretty sc Mass., xept a school as a pui time was up he4 make it half ai koolmistress in Maiden, ly fifteen minutes after )hment, and when the pked her if she couldn't \ov*.--Exchange. 7: 1-10. 7:11-17. 7:40-60, , ' gtiiding promised or pleas- overcomdChV 'And the strength to overcome may be askiqg,--Exchai^^^ rid&T M^^f,one„ i BEAK US witness, ye poets and actors, ye painters and sculptors, ye Singers and players upon instruments, that your arts have not saved the most of you from becoming petty and selfish men and women. You are jealous of one another. You are greedy of praise and of the gold it brings. You know that there is nothing in your art that enlarges and liberalizes you, that re­ strains you from drunkenness and vioes that shall npt be named, that gives you sobriety and solidity of character, that enlarges your social sympathies, that naturally leads vou into organizations for helping others outside of your own circle. Bear us witness, that you are not the men and women who are relied On for performing the duties of society. If all were like yon--if all were con­ trolled by the ideas that dominate you --if all shirked the duties of social and civil life like you--if all were as much unfitted by their ideas and their em­ ployments as you are for carrying the great burdens of society, what do you suppose would become of the country, and what would become of the world? Now, if there is anything in art that can take the place of religion, we should like to see it. If there is anything in culture that can take the place of re­ ligion, it has not yet revealed itself. Culture is centered in self. Self is the god and self is the model of all culture. Why should it not ultimate in selfish­ ness? Culture assumes that what is present in a man needs only to be de­ veloped and harmonized to lift charac­ ter to its highest point and life to its highest issues. It carries no idea of self-surrender, which is the first fact in practical religion of any valuable sort,, and the first *1act in all good develop­ ment. Greece and Rome had plenty of culture, and are still our teachers in art, but the beauty that looked upon them from every hill and gate and tem­ ple could not save them from their vices. By and by, culture will learn how powerless it is to make a man that shal Ibe worlJi the Vnaking, and what poor instruments science and art are for uprooting the selfishness that rules the world. It is slowly learning this, and men who have bowed low to her have been touched with that divine dis­ content which nothing but religion can allay.--Br. J. Q. Holland, in Scribner for July. » ' i Tflfc latest, as well as the most buri- 1»UB, of Prof. Edison's inventions is the... megaphone for which he has but just filed his caveat. It is a sort of sound * opera-glass. T By means of its use per- i sons partially deaf are enabled to hear | the faintest sound with distinctness. It I concentrates and multiplies the sound | in as high a degree as is 1'equired. By applying it to thp ear at a high rate of I adjustment a whisper can be distinctly heard 300 feet away. Alreadv the Professorltas tested it%uW6i6ntly to be satisfied of Its entire practicability. It is to be of small size and have attached to it a rubber tube. In the inventor's own words, "It can be taken to a theater by a person hard of hearing just as a person near-sighted now takes an opera-glass. All yon do is to pt&ce it on your lap, let ths tube toucfi your ear, and all sounds come to you magni­ fied fifty times if necessary." The loud­ ness can be regulated for the ear as yon regulate a telescope-for the eye." 1 What is the history of this inven­ tion?11 asked the writer. " Well, it has a curious origin," an­ swered the Professor, smiling. *• Strang© as it may seem, it came to life through the mistake of a reporter. Some weeks ago a reporter came to see my phono­ graph and went back and got it all mixed up in his paper. He stated that I had got up a machine to make partial­ ly deaf people hear. The item was ex­ tensively copied, but I thought nothing more of it until after a while I found myself receiving letters from all over the country asking about it. I an­ swered some, saying it was a mistake, but they kept piling in upon me until I !»^."^was getting them at the rate of twenty and thirty a day. Then I began think­ ing about llie niatter and began experi­ menting. One day while at work on it I heard some one loudly singing •' Mary Had a Little Lamb.", I looked around, nobody was near me arid nobody was singing. Then I discovered that the singer was one of my young men, who in a distant corner of the room was softly singiiig to himself. The instru­ ment had magnified the sounds and I heard it distinctly, although I'm pretty deaf, while others ip the room had not heard a whisper. That was the first of the megaphone.1*--N. Y. Herald. f ' - -- _ -- t i • . ' 'T GROSSING THE RIVER Murmurs the soldier in dying, !' as the death-pans; the tired spirit 1 Let us all cross over the river. And rest in the shade of the treesi" Ah! could we cross o'er that river, >And rest in the shadows, and then, Refreshed by repose and mown stronger Oome back to oar struggle again! ' <Jver that free-flowing river, ., Jleyond where its dark waters roar, Aie the trees of the balsam or upas, • .That grow on its farthermost shore? What is the destiny waiting Thither side of that shadowy deep- - Sweet ease and repose for the spirit, j( ,Or the gloom of eternal sleep? ^ None who have passed that riv«|, .»/ And rested beneath the trees. Have ever come back to tell us If the shadows brougnt slumber oi ease. r t , » / . , Nevertheless, forever ' . J • f if Across the deep liver they go, ®e basest and best together-- ' • Together the hi^h and the low.'. *fljere in their rags go the beggars, \ . }Vnd there in their robes go the rich, The few who expire ip the palace, . £ And the many who die in tho ditofr; U i : l & o B e w h o ' h a v e g r a v e n t h e i r s t o t y ligh in the temple of Fame. d those who have lived without glbiy, , : ,And left us not even a name; Tfcofie whom we loved for the i r goodness. X Prosperity and Happiness. „ li I*,* * TALKING not. long ago with a friend, she remarked: " Well, for my part, ! find it a great deal easier to be good when I'm happy than when I'ni un­ happy. Misery only brings out my bad qualities.11 Doubtless other people have said this or felt it, for (to a certain extent) it is true. There is a sort of " goodness1' which is brought out by prosperity. People who are satisfied with their sur­ roundings and themselves, are apt to be good-humored and gracious to their companions. Good . fortune makes them cheerful, contented, so they advo­ cate cheerfulness, and contentment as chief duties. The pleasures and the luxuries of life await them on every side, and they wonder vaguely wluvt makes some people so unthankful or so gloomy! They enjoy their own chari­ ties and generosities, forgetting that neither has cost them an effort. They are bright and happy and amiable oft­ en from sheer force of circumstances. On the other hand, how many really good Christian people are sour, fretful, despondent, almost faithless, under the pressure of adversity. They cannot forbear worrying and anticipating, and so they appear at a great disadvantage too often, if they do not cast an abso- solute reproach upon the Master whose, name they bear. To the unconverted soul adversity is likely to be an unfavorable experience, for, "when the sunshine is withdrawn, the unstaple goodness, evoked by its warmth, must vanish away. But to the child of Gcd this must not, cannot be. Faith is commanded to look beyond the clouds and see that " the sun is still shining." The consciousness of God's love and care and sympathy can outweigh the present trial--can and vnll outweigh all trials if we hold fast to it. That it is easier to be good when life is all brightness, we admit, but it is possible to be better when the light is overshadowed, Mid we rush out through And those whom we hated for erime, All passing from life's dreary struggle, f put of light, out of mind, out of time; Plunging in mist and in darkness. Where doubting with terror agrees, (Ehey cross the mysterious river, *' And seek for the shade of the trees. -nlftQUifi# Dunn English, in Harper'a Weekly, 1 .i.-t/ , • ~ : . . ; , Points for Business Hen, Mil exchange' thus pdts the "tame can- '®ni'4>f advertising:" ' ^ 1. All men in business must adver­ tise in some way. All men in business do advertise, somehow. * ' 2. Newspapers aftosdoittoj:; best gen- serai medium.. ,,1( i 3. The object of, advertising is sim­ ply to bring buyer and seller together-- successful advertising must, therefore, do three things: . ' . A. Be intelligible >and ucplicit as to things on sale. iff <; B. It must reaeh the class likely to buy. r " ' 'v' 0 C. It must persuade them that it will be to their advantage to come and buy. 4. The interest of sellers, buyers and advertising medium are mutual. 5. Sellers, buyers, and newspapers ftre all three equaHy interested in sus­ taining this mutual relation. 6. The common notion of potronaqe as regards newspapers is fallacious. As aa persons are buyers, all sellers should be advertisers. As nearly all persons are sellers, all buyers should take newspapers--in both cases for their own sake.not the newspapers' sake. 7. The profits of well-conducted news­ papers are a measure of the business prosperity of a community. We all thrive together by contributing to the support of one another. This is truth in a nutshell, and needs but a line or two to make it per­ fect. to wit: Nearly every successful business man in- the country . w^io has made a large fortune in trade has been a liberal advertiser in newspapers.- - South Norwalk {Conn.) Sentinel. . --A new Bible was found the other day floating in the Niagara River, near Grand Island. The Bible, it is thought, reveals the fate of an unfortunate young girl, as it is stated that when this --Mr. Richard H. Dana has oele- brated his ninetieth birthday. Peter Cooper is not quite 89, and has a jolly way of saying, " When I was a young man, Broaat was a bey, writing poe­ try.'1 • , • ^ ' :• --In straitened circumstances: a per­ son in a strait-jacket.--Chicago Com­ mercial \