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% ^iitr fflK PENH8¥LVAJfiA BUTCH. ^NCASTan COUNT*. Penn., chiefly populated bv the olass known a* >4. "Pennsylvania Dutch,1' affords an il- lustration ^f the,wealth of Ullage. In this cduntry, as jet, farming amounts to but lliSe taWthart A slip-shod skim' ming of the soil, and in many sections an imjxrtotishing culture, which has already wer* out the lauu and reduced it to almost a barren waste. When farmers and planters had thus exhausted their land, all they had to do and what they did was to sell out the wreck for what it would bring and move upon virgin-soil and pursue the same process of impoverishment. This Western world is too wide to inculcate the econ­ omy and science of farming to any at extent. By f«r too much land as been constantly under tillage, and 110 attention has been given, except in isolated spots, to the cultivation of land to its utmost capacity for production. Lancaster County is one of these iso* \> . lated spots, and its exceptional field* $'<J*.culture is worthy of notice as a lesson wat* in farming. Lancaster was the fourth county laid out in Pennsylvania, and •dates from 1720. It is thirty-three miles long and twenty-eight wide, and contains an area, of 928 square miles. *,; It was settled by an agricultural and jHw* manufacturing "immigration from the Old World and became the garden of the New. The value of the farms is es- ^ timated at $70,724,908. The value of ^e annual agricultural products is ^1 519»061,722. The value of manufact- 5 ^2|.ures, in 1870, was $14,034,180. The mineral wealth of the county consists lr % >of iron, copper, lead, beds of magnes- ite, granite, etc., and all the mines are worked to the best advantage. The |population of the county, at the last National Census, in 1870, was 121,340, " J being about 120 persons to the square mile. The present Pennsylvania Dutch population are the descendants of Mennonites, Moravians, Scherenckfeld •era and Dunkers, who fled from the Upper German States to avoid persecu tion during the seventeenth and eigh­ teenth centuries. The Mennonites of Lancaster, Berks, Cumberland, North­ umberland, Lebanon and other con­ tiguous counties have kept themselves almost as secluded from the rest of th'e world as if they had lived in an isolated d in mid-ocean. They refuse to beaK^rms or hold office, and will not take oaths or go to law--with each oth- er. All disputes are settled by three "ll selected arbiters in every community, so they have no need of lawyers. Their -only professional rank is clerical, and their preachers are selected by lot from the whole male adult population in a community. There is therefore no ** special training or education fortius office, and no distinguishing uniform h'M-^or regalia to show that one man is il. holier than another. But the standard . of piety is good. Their teaching is done in the family, and school teach­ ers are therefore not needed. They formerly despised every form of educa- ^ tion excepting in the tenets of their . ^ J °f latter years their views in r " this respect are considerably modified. They have therefore been moved a little . by the spinning of the world around Ihem. The Dunkers are the Mennon- fmr. Stes' nearest affiliation, and they live a# .^harmoniously as neighbors. The ">v iiH Mother Church of the Dunkers removed fi>y f voluntarily from Holland to Lancaster <m County in 1719. The Bible is thcar -only book, and they have found it all- sufficient for them during the two ^ centuries of their life. They observe the original Sabbath, and not the • fKriotian Snndav. They nartake of ill* the Lord's supper at night* a por- tion of the ceremonies being **; s the washing of each other's feet They recommend celibacy as a virtue, but in the interest of the perpetuation of the society did not make it imperative. Formerly their wealth was held in com- r mon, but finally they yielded the indi- ' vidual right to hold property to the way ; of the world. Thus the world has moved the Dunkers, too. Living ex- »clusively, as these Pennsylvania Dutch <do, is working oat a problem of lan­ guage. They originally spoke Dutch ^ and German, and now at the end of not quite two centuries' colonizing in this -countiy they speak a joit *>f oiqagrel tongue called 44 Pennsylvania Dritch," it,.,;! ft "which cannot .be understood by either Hollander or Germans, or Americans >or English, They have taken in some Englisn, but most of the linguistic changes are a new coinage of word$ re­ quired by their except^nal condition and surroundings. If they exist long enough--and they show no signs of de- v ii'., c.ay--they will doubtless evolve an en- fi lit! tirely new language. Their crops are %#«}! so heavy from constantly enriching .*m% fields that special arrangements are re- th quired to gather them in. They work ?? from three a. m. to eight p. m. at this •season, and the women and children all Join in the labor of harvest time. They believe in eating and good living, and five meals a. day is the custom of the harvest. They haul their produce to market before day, returning in time for a full aay's work, and much of their farm work is done at night--at all sea*, sons of the year. These people live generally in substantial stone houses, -and have few ornaments around them, • either of culture or manufacture. Their houses are of secondary importance; it is by their barns they live, and 'the barns of Lancaster County are the most costly structures. They have >fine working stock, and take better -care of dumb animals than tliev do themselves. This is a sort of religion amongst them. The farms are gen­ erally of from sixty to 100 acres each, and a farm of 200 acres is very rare; but from these small tracts, every square foot of which is cultivated to its "utmost capacity, the yield is simply young people o! both sexes go to Lan­ caster City for a spree on home-made beer and gingerbread, and many' matches, which have been hanging fire are stimulated to the popping o! the question before the day is done. Funerals are also occasions of festivity. They are attended by all the troops of friends of the family, and a sumptuous feast is spread for the throng in the house of mourning after the ourying. Funerals are always well attended, AS an illustration of the practical side of these piou» Pennsylvania Dutchmen, a story is told of one who was asked to, contribute toward rebuilding a church which had been struck by lightning and burned down. He replied: "ft the Lord will thunder His own house down, I will not help Him build it up." •^•Missouri Republican. A'-' •> -is f M&- -enormous, and seldom fails. Their sys *ti*m m'«re proilu <»tF a luuidivt •acres with far less iai-nn* than the farmers in many other localities get off * ?L^ Usand., And the general lack of yA * k*"8 very agricultural economy is the ?l| "8c*mrSe Jfbe farming interest in this jxnuitry. Farms are very seldom sold. They pass down the generations as the family inheritance. During one life­ time they produce enough profit to ob­ viate the necessity of the sale or di­ vision of the land at the death of the owner. When sold, choice farms bring . as high as $500 an acre. Whitsuntide is the general holiday of ^Pennsylvania Dptch, whan all the Btanii il Ute Air, and the Air In Birds. THE chief peculiarity of birds is their power of flight, and, although there are a few birds which do not fly, most of them do, and the various organs of their bodies are all constreted in such a way as to fit them for a life in the air. Their bodies are very solid and compact, in order that most of their weight shall "be near the place where the wings are attached. The feet, legs, head and neck are light, and so ar­ ranged that they may be drawn up close to the body while the bird is fly­ ing. As the neck is long and very flex­ ible, the body does not heed to be pli­ ant, as with most creatures having backbones; but it is important that the wings should have a firm support, so the bones of the back are united. The body of a bird must also be well pro­ tected from the cold; for, as it ascends and descends through the air, it passes through regions of very different tem­ peratures, and it must be provided with a thick and warm covering in or­ der to be able to endure these sudden changes, and one also which shall be very light and able to shed the water; for, otherwise, a bird would be unable to fly. The feathers of a bird answer to all these needs, and are so placed upon the body that they form a smooth surface which does not catch against the air when the bird is passing through it. In its rapid ascents and descents, the bird is exposed to anoth­ er danger even greater than the sud­ den changes of temperature. You aU know that air presses in every direc­ tion with great force, and that We do not feel it because there is air in all parts of our bodies as well as outside them, and the pressure of the air in­ side exactly balances that of the out­ side air. If we should suddenly take away the outside air in any way, such as covering a person up with an air- pump-receiver, and quickly and com­ pletely exhausting the air, the conse­ quences of the inside pressure would be very terrible, and if the experiment could be tried quickly enough the body would burst like an exploding gun, with a loud noise. When people go tip rapidly in a bal­ loon or climb Veity high mountains, they are troubled by a ringing noise ana a fueling of great pressure in the ears and head, and by palpitation of the heart, bleeding at the nose, and fainting. These unpleasant and often dangerous symptoms are caused by the expansion of tlux air inside their bodies. In ascending very high mountains it is necessary to go very slowly and to stop very often, to give time for some of the expanded air to escape, and equalize the pressure again. Now, many birds, the condor, for example, fly over tops of the highest mountains, and nearly all birds, either occasionally or habitu­ ally, ascend to very great altitudes, and, unless there were some plan for regulating the pressure of the air inside their bodies, they would suffer great in­ convenience and even pain and danger. But they are provided with an arrange­ ment by which the air within them oan escape easily as it expands and ttjps keep the pressure within just equal to that outside, so that they can ascend and deseend as rapidly as they wish, without feeling the least inconvenience. In the body of the bird there are sever­ al large bags, like the lungs, called air- chambers; many of their tones are hoi- low,, and others are piere* »/ii,h IOJMJ winding tubes called air-tubes. Ail these air-chambers and air-tubes are connected with the lungs so that air can pass into and out of them at each breath. The connection between these chambers and the lungs is so complete that a wounded hawk can breathe through a broken wing almost as well as through its mouth. When a bird mounts upward, the air inside its body gradually expands, but the bird does not ieel any inoonYenience; for, at each breath, part of the air passes from the air-chambers into the lungs, so that the pressure on the inside does not become greater than that on the oatside:--St. Nicholas for September. ' MM - • •' r i •• - 'f »-'• f. ? ,Ws • h!V * W*r Sow. j tiit • 44 IN the coarse of your life you must have seen a great many things under water?" 44 The divers who work for wrecking companies see many curious things and have very strange experiences. I will give you one instance by way of illus­ tration. Yon remember the wreck of the Atlantic, on the coast of Maine? Well, John O'Neil, the Eastport (Me.) diver, was employed to raise the bodies. He made several descents, but failed to open the cabin-doors. At last he suc­ ceeded; As the Cabia-door was opened, the fi»t thing he saw was two women, fully dressed f suspended in the water. The rush of water carried them toward him and they appeared to be * alive. He stepped back m horror and it was sometime before he gained sufficient courage 'to cuter lite c»0in. There he found the women, who were passen- fers on that ill-fated ship, kneeling and plding each other by the hands, as if they had been engaged In prayer when the steamer went down. He then went into the smoking-room. The cabin was in the wildest disorder. Chairs and tables were turned upside-down, bottles were scattered about and the men lay on the flofrt\ as it they had perished dtorihg 4 drunken revel. Most of them had pistols' in their hands. Scenes like this are common in sunken vessek which carry passejujeftni :with J?ACTS AMU FI&C&B8. THE Portuguese population bf Cali­ fornia is estimated at 12,000. ABOUT 1,200 varieties of grasses grow within the limits of the united States. So says Prof. Oollyer, of the Agricultural Department at Washing­ ton. CAPT. KENNEDY, a refltdent of Neuces County, Tex., owns a tract of land con­ taining 860 square miles, on which are pastured 46,000 cattle, 16.0(H) horses and mules and 7,000 hogs/ THE District of Columbia authorities have taken a census, which shows the population to he 161,784, an increase of 30,000 since 1870. The addition is chiefly of colored persons. ONE mineral-water company supplies London with 4,000,000 bottles of the liquid annually. 1® bougnt out the spring in Germany from three or lour brothers, who got $600,000 each and salaried sinecures as managing Direct- ors. ; • NOTWITHSTANDING all the talk about the depression of the iron business, it appeara the production of pig-iron in 187 V exceeded that of the previous jhaX 226,000 tons, while the production of 1876 was 2,093,236 tons, as against987,- 569 tons in 1860. THE German-American population of San Francisco and the adjacent towns surrounding San Francisco Bay is estimated at 40,000, with 30,000 throughout California, Oregon, Wash­ ington Territory, Nevada and Arizona, making a total population on the Pa­ cific Coast of 70,000. ! DR. SCHILEMANN'S excavations at Olympia in the last three years include 904 marble objects; 3,784 bronzes; 904 terra-cottas; 4jsy imscnpuOiio and 1,270 coins. All the more important ruins have been photographed, and the third tthe Bank of Eaglaad added up his t figures and balanced his accounts with this world his clerkly compan­ ions sought to shroud him in the leaves of the ledger of their esteem and bury him beneath the tree I mentioned in the precincts of the bank he loved so well. There, in this verdant oasis of the commercial desert, his financial Sirit is continually Rejoiced by the tin-e of gold and the ef<er-moving mill­ ions, not a farthing of whu|h ue can now reckon on*--London Cor. Balti- ' ' * " -- « » 4 , An Indian Jmrgler ̂ttuiw i ) THERE was nothing very remarkable in the appearance or dress of our con-, jurer. An elderly main, short and sparely made, dressed in dingy white cotton^ with very tight sleeves to hi* robe and very tigot iegs to his drawers, he might have been a rsgpeetable ser­ vant out of place, but actually was a small landowner who had taken to con­ juring for his amusement. When he entered the room he spread a whit® cloth upon the floor and s^tjdown upon it with his back to the wall, the door, of the room on his right hand. His spectators were disposed in the fol­ lowing fashion: Mr. Smyth sat on a chair nearly in the middle of the room* I was sitting on a sofa near the door, the Parsee merchant stood in the door­ way, ah arm's length from me. The servants stood about in groups, the largest group being between the door and the conjurer. As soop as he had settled himself he turned to the Parsee. and asked for the loan of a rupee. The. peddler at first demurred a little, but, on being guaranteed against loss, he produced the coin.. He was going to put it into the conjurer's hand, but the latter refused and told the rarsee to «uu me iuuuj^ancl ^ Mr. Smyth's bearer. The cial account is about '"bearer took it, and, at the request of to appear. An exhibition oi all the casts taken will shortly be opened at Berlin. THE Moffet register still runs its re­ morseless career in Virginia. It shows that the good people of the Old Domin­ ion's capital know full well how to crook the pregnant hinges of the elbow, for in the eleven months ending July 31 last, the register shows the consump­ tion of 1,443,945 alcoholic dripks and 1.667,120 malt drinks, netting a total tax of $43,937.06. AN official statement of the public debt of < Great Britain on the 31st of March gives the following figures: Funded debt of the fJnited Kingdom; £710,843,007; and the unfunded debt, £20,603,600; capital value of terminable annuities in 3-per-cent. stock, £40,336,- 589, and the deficits due to the savings banks and friendly societies on the 20th of November, 1877, £4,886,368.5s. A TABLE has been prepared at the General Land Office, showing the num­ ber of entries upon the public lands made in each State and Territory, un­ der the Homestead and Timber-Culture acts, since the passage of the original Homestead act, May 20, 1862, to June 30, 1878. The aggregate number of entries in each year were as follows: 13,356; 1864, 7,921; 1865, 12,968; 15,973; 1867, 19,369; 1868, 28,542; 3,054; 1870, 34,443; 1871, 42,694; 33,514; 1873, 34,670; 1874, 25,179; 22,230; 1876, 21,886; 1877, 23,036; 24,013; total, 384,848. The figure) 1878 include only half the year Jan. 1 to June 30, inclusive. By St the entries were as follows: Alab 19,222; Arkansas, 38,660; Arizona California, 17,146; Colorado, 5,49? kota, 15,513; Florida, 12,628; Ind 19; Illinois/ 68; Iowa, 1S,70S 1,161; Kansas, 61,054; Louisiana, 7 Missouri, 23,327; Michigan, 2S Minnesota, 51,575; Mississippi, 1 Montana, 1,160; Nevada, 632; Mexico, 819; Nebraska, 47,962; 167; Oregon, 8,025; Utah, 8,275; consin, 21,487; Washington, 6,478 oming, 164; total, 384,848* the conjurer, looked at it and declared it to be really a rupee. The conjurer then told him to hand it to his master. Mr. Smyth took it, and then followed this dialogue: Conjurer--Are you sure that is a rupee? Smyth--Yes- Con­ jurer--Close your hand on it and hold it tight. Now think of some oountry in Europe, but do not, tell me your thought [then the conjurer ran jover the names of several'countries, such as France, Germany, Russia, Turkey and America--for the native of India is under the impression that' Amer­ ica is in Europe]. After' 4 mo­ ment's pause, AJJC. Smyth said he had ^thought of a country. 44 Then, open your hand," said the juggler; "see what you have got, and tell me if it is a coin of the country you thought of." It was a 5-franc piece, and Mr. Smyth had thought of France. He was going to hand the coin to the conjurer, but the latter said 44 No; pas&lt to the other sahib." Mr. Smyth accordingly put the 5-franc piece into my hand; Iloaked closely at it, then shut my hand and thought of Russia. When I opened it I founds not a Russian but a Turkish sil­ ver piece about the size of the 5-franc or of our own crown piece: This I handed to Mr. Smyth, and suggested: filch A fUantJftflKled in the •: • •< r, • «<vsd • •ryth r " Near the'; Dtepwrt ^the MOHENRY. • iLLrNOfs.>»°t! --«t-- jges, Have jnsi rei-civ.'i'! thi'ir Fa!! fin?* for Stock Of KOIUiy-niuic iTiuvniiijti and Gents' PurnUhinft Good* / Only We Will Not Be tlhderaold '^e- Give i\s a Cull. LAUER & BECKER, (eof MeHenry, III., An;. «8th, 18/8. Bxecutor*s Notice of Filing Pinal Settlement. » C»TAiTE I ILLINOIS, Mr lloniy Cornitv. | ... "--T O Estate of Herman Benalkin deceased. To! • TsfeKET rtfe' Otlly" four 'it/eets, ' Heirs of 8Rid Estate. You are "hereby L tnW in all 1 jOfiflrtiri whrnipn vnttini notified tiint on Tuesday, the 17th day of Sep- f J i ^ A ^ ,] teniber 1878, the Executor of the last WIS! and ' 2- ^ 'Testament of aaiii rteecftsejlp r e a e n ^ t o . ' - f o f the radix of a system of notation, be- not to be seen; that is to say, all streets of London command a vieT^Sf some growing green trees or shrubs. This is rather startling when you couae to think of the hundreds of acres of houses and narrow streets this great city of cities presents to the view of the visitor. Take " the Old Lady of Threadneedle street," as the citizens disrespectfully term the venerable and mighty Bank of England. Within its strong walls is a garden, even a deli­ cate fountain and a big tree--indeed, two trees--and some numerous plants. Fresh and attractive, they stand out in charming contrast, smiling at .busy business, and listening to the ever tan­ talizing clink of gold This garden is rndre beautiful and attractive than any I have seen in many towns in America --a land of trees! You survey this enpir&M spot, studded with floral ru- bifs and adorned with petalled tur­ quoise, and you look around at the to­ paz fringe of guinea-gold, and exclaim, *4 No garden in the world is so richly environed." Millions of money per month .pass around this garden. Be­ neath that tallest tree there is a story. It is brief. Allow me to tell it for the first time in print. Some years ago the bank h*d a clerk Chosen bright meas­ ured needy seven feet tiro inches. He was a raarve!. in piofe t^ays than one. He conld .add up I. dyn^t know how many columns of figures al one time without An error; do subtraction and moltiplioation simultaneously, and look upon '* vulgar fractions" disdainfully. In a word, he was a big figure. Na­ ture has given to big men gentle dispo­ sitions. This figurative giant was most amia­ ble and a general favorite. Tlie eleirfcii in the BMIK ef England are all gentle­ men by birth and education, not a few of them being by blood ties allied to the oldest families in the Kingdom. In­ deed, I am told one is the lineal de­ scendant of a King, and as that Mon­ arch through this descendant proclaims Ireland as their domain, I will not for a moment stop to dispute the pedigree of " the pretender." In good cempany the giant labored and lived and wed, for giants cannot carry their lengthened sweetness long drawn out beyond the period allotted to man generally any nittre than,? dirart. When the giant i&v. i Religious. r «f ' 'l i-it •* . IWMWO. h HU : WITH a heavy load of sorrow, ^ ' , .'V i - ' £. .»! i M l -H Heavy eyes, so tired with wfcepiiiff ^ f fl i ^ Scarce oan trace • •*. . AU the love and tender welcome i i 'pM On Thy lkcei • -:.. ,'•> - - «** tlie joj rfroni ' M i n e t h e i r i c h t i n a l l T ^ i y i t n s r i t , 1 j w HEIRWISI^TETDOINLIERIT1*H!IJ ,t ,l)rv • |« Mir» m n ' Tnm«> _ i ^ , f^j . "***' M"] "t:" ^flbitaK «>• 1, , # iv, ,• Low and qveet: ft. } !M nn?} * 1 God himself viil take all weepiac sd f * ; ftom.thfawi^ycs. . ., Ah! the night will soon be breakinsjY > , liny wiii come: ^ , ,ii I <;• 71 -• • ,'f tytf: , 1 N o w a e a i n I l i f t i n y b n r d e o u fit,:,*. 'i>T: ~Air®iight,;';' =•• ' • J i »~A»nie E , FateeU,m N . T i fMtUmef . i : ':•-!* |if'! •. f? f.it g«nd*y-School | -f(, ; . ( THIRD QT7ABTXB. . 8--ilie Good Samaritan..! 1 .Lab liliKn. 8«pti.l6--Importunity in Prayer...Lnke 11: 5-13. Bept-S--Covetoosness..... .......Luke 13u3-23. Snt 29 Review of the Lessofia for tte Qfwurtef. ts CHRISTIAN FORTITIJDIS. •e , * <' T ** ̂ ' & * • * ' cause it permits of only one bisection. The half of it is five, an odd nwtmber. It is also incapable of any other divis­ ion. On account of these defects the system is ill adapted to the operations of the shop and the market. Although our calculations are universally made in the decimal system, none of our tables of weights and measures are dec­ imal in any one oi their subdivisions. In all departments of trade the current prices have been derived from the proc­ ess of successive halvings. The shop­ man reckons by halves, quarters, eighths, sixteenths and thirty-seconds, and not by fifths or tenths. The yard­ stick is divided in its practical use into halves, quarters, eighths, etc., by suc­ cessive bisections. Even the sixteenth of a unit is more commonly used in trade than the tenth. In the Mock ex­ change shares change in price by eighths of a dollar, and not by tenths. Even with out decimal system of mon­ ey, we require coins for half and quar­ ter of a dollar for practical use in trad­ ing. Almost the entire price-list of our stores advances and recedes' by these fractions of a unit formed, by suc­ cessive bisections. The attempt by the French to com­ pel the use of the decimal system shows the difficulty of such an undertaking Popular necessities compelled the in­ troduction of binal divisions. The Erices of their money and stock mar-ets are still frequently quoted in quar­ ters and eighths. The attempt to di­ vide time decimally was a failure. After trying to give to their decimal metrology a universal application, they have been compelled to modify it in many of their weights and measures. From the inherent defects of a ten- scale, all attempts to introduce an in­ ternational decimal system of weights and measures have met with strong op­ position.-- Popular Science Monthly. --The Jewish Messenger remarks that when Richard Cceur de Lion conquered Cyprus in 1171 he gave orders that no' Jew should be present at the ceremony which completed the conquest; and that now, eight centuries afterward, England has to thank Benjamin Disraeli for its new possession. v V » Mfi IT may ntjt be a very rare thing to find those who bear pain and Toss bravely, but we think it must be much more rare than it should be. It is true that Christian people have much to suffer in common with other people. They aye subject to sickness, accident, loss of friends, loss of property, disap­ pointment and all the other '*1118 which flesh is heir to.Indeed, it seems often as if a m an had trials of a peculiarly aggravating nature just because he is a professing Christian. Far tod many give way under these burdens, and be­ come unhappy, unfit for the perform­ ance of duty, and a stumbling-block in the Way of others. We saw the other day a man stand­ ing before a congregation of people weeping and saying, 441 am crushed." He seemed indeed ^n object of pity. He had lost $50,000 worth of property. But then there Was no occasion for de­ spair, since he had more than $50,000 remaining. But this man is broken in spirit, and will perhaps never be happy again. All about us are men unhappy, morose, cynical, pervous, sleepless, prematurely old, shorn ' of their strength because they have given way to trouble. Thev have brooded over their sorrows until their sorrows have become unbearable. Their ambition is gone, hope is extinguished, they take no delight in labor, duty becomes drudgery, the imagination no longer floods the paUiWay of life with the charm of romance, the memory be­ comes clogged with bitter recollections, the spirit has lost its buoyancy, all rel­ ish for society is gone, friendship even has tost its charm, the will is paralyzed; the man is a wreck. We believe that Christianity ought to save men from such suffering and weakness. We believe it can do so. raying iuiiIa for the Dreseut the doc­ trine of prayer and "of supernatural help, let us see what" there is in Chris­ tian philosophy to create in one that spirit of fortitude by which he will be able to endure the ordinary il}s of life. In the first place, it is our privilege to cultivate at every stage of life's journey a spirit of cheerfulness. Cheer­ fulness is largely a matter of habit, that -is to say of the will. W e oan be cheer­ ful if we will it. There is always a ,bright side to everything. The saddest event has some point of view that will yield at least consoling thoughts. The world is full of beauty to the artist, be­ cause the artist has trained his eye to search for the beautiful. Cheerfulness is not fortitude, but it is a strand thatj may be woven into that cord. ' When troubles come we may be helped co bear them by reflecting how much greater they might have been, for even the most appalling calamities that we actually suffer might have been even greater. Usually, indeed, it is possi-le for us to recall to memory or even look upon those whose sufferings are vastly greater than our own. We ought to be able to endure what others endure. Sometimes the thought that what we suffer is only a righteous penalty for a violated law, may awaken in us not simply remorse, which is painful; but our sense of justice which, when in full exercise, will of itself remove a weak and complaining spirit. 44 Ought" is a great burden-bearer. "I deserve it," is strong to endnre. Sometimes it is helpful to reflect that affliction is the fruit of love; that suffering is educa­ tive; that44 all things do work togeth­ er for good." We may not Understand the how even When we cling strongest to the fact. y We may, under severe trials, reeall t>he many blessings that we have en­ joyed. There are no Christians in whose lives the mercies do not predom­ inate. To recall these need not embit­ ter our present distress by a cruel con­ trast, but should rather awaken grati­ tude, pleasant memory, and hope. Especially valuable is the thought of the inherent dignity of the soul, the privilege of being, the glory _ of the power of knowing and of thinking and the unspeakable prerogative of com­ muning with God. So long as a man knows that he suffers he is superior to suffering. Consciousness of this su­ periority is strength, , , ... This suggests how wawortpj it Uior< a human soul, made in the image of God, gifted with high powers ana des­ tined to an immortal existence, to yield to mere temporal and temporary ills. Especially is it weakness, and worse, in one called to some important service in life, where there is need tor the exer­ cise of the highest qualities of man­ hood, and where the gravest conse­ quences, affecting multitudesof feltovr* beings, and involving, it maybe, iijf some degree, the honor of his religion and iM- glory of his Divine Master^ must ensue from a failure, on his parti5 to maintain his position in the midst ojf whatever personal trials may beset him, if he abandons his post, or, what in it and allows nnflt hlmftfr pnblic duties. The ills, of life may often be born# by reflecting that, at most, they ca* . afiiidt us but for a season. The longest life is soon ended. And closely const ' nected with this thought is this, thai the present life Si fant the vestibulf to the next. We toil and suffer hereff we and rejoice there. The enl duniHSraf pi^, the wajOTinirtrf-fflftir cultiwi the • assertion of th* sonFs si*» periority over any an&ftU forms of dis§, tress here, is one of the best nossibllr preparations for the joys to come. Christ has set us an example of sulf fering in most varied and excruciating fohtts. Glory cfoflrns the crofts. Th| reoords of the Orafch ate valiant wttfc thestory of the martyrs. | The world admires fortitude. It cab* onizes a heathen sage for its exhibit tion. How will it look uppn that r«|. %ion which avails nothing to render § Christian man superior to other me^ under life's pressure ? It. matters littli what we preach if our lives belie our preaching: The World, that world tha| We Christians are sent to evangelize^ will judge not only us but our religion, not by our sermons and creeds but by our characters. " •" ' The hardships, th6 burdens, the trials; the agonies of life call for strength, for fortitude, power of endur­ ance. Christianity if it be the divine philosophy ought to supply this. II can supply it. It has supplied it t4 millions now iu glory, it is supplying it to millions now enduring life's ills. Dear reader, are you an example of Christian fortitude?--Prof. T. J. Mor- g.^V>vM:^¥cag° Standard. • ; Ut I " ' • . .1 >r Happy ChrlstUui** »,&*>• In ?1 THE Church of Christ, in its eftrly history, was a singing Church. The sombemess of our modern theology finds no justification in the first three hundred years of Christian history* Even Paul, whose mental discipline and thorough scholarship made Ma* conservative in his emotional' expres­ sions, failed not to urge updn the churches that he founded the propriety of rejoicing. He lifted gladness to the level of an obligation. He taught it with reiteration. "KejoicHi and again, I say, rejoiceF' It is a matter of rec­ ord that the early Christians were ex­ cessively happy. The heathen histo­ rians recorded .that 44 The sect called Christians were composed of people noted for their happiness." They wrote: 44 These Christians sing contin­ ually; in their houses, and at work in the fields, and when journeying on the public roads, they are forever singing." Is it/not a legitimate question for us to ask: Where is the old-time happi­ ness? and what has driven it out of our hearts, and exiled it from our homes. When will the original joyfulness re­ turn to our faith, and the ancient tune* fulness come back to our reticent hopes | Is it not possible that, as Christians^ we think too much of thinking, and toe little of singing? Is the head so much better than the heart, after all? Have we not intellectualized piety nearly to suffocation? If We smother our emo­ tions, shall we not smother the life t<i which they are the.breath? ,.= Our advice is, sing more. , Logic is good ; but piety cannot live on logie alone: Let our brotherhood be more melodious. , Give expression to ihs hope that you have within you of ever-r lasting life, 44 Speaking to yourselvef in psalms and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody i& your hearts to the Lord."--Golden Bule*, il'VM Ufaiss Worth Knowing. 1. THAT fish may "be sealed much easier by dipping into boiling water about a minute. ' 2. That fish may aft well be scaled if desired before packing down in salt, though in that case do not scald them. 3. Salt fish are quickest and best. freshened by soaking in sour milk. 4. That milk which is turned or changed may be sweetened and rendered lit for use again by stirring in a little soda.. 5. That salt wlfl curdle new milk; hence in preparing milk porridge, gravies, etc., the salt should not be ad­ ded until the dish is prepared. That fresh meat, after beginning to sour, will sweeten if placed out of doors in the cool over night. 7. That clear boiling water will re- move tea stains and many fruit stains. Pour the water through the stain and thus prevent its spreading over the fabric. 8. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and other stains from white cloth; also from the hands. 9. That a tablespoonfnl of turpentine boiled with your white clothes will aid the Whitening process. • 10. That boiled stareh is taueh im­ proved by the additiouof a little sperm, or a little salt, or both, or a little gum arabic dissolved. 11. That beeswax ahd salt will make your rusty fiat irons as clean and smooth as glass. Tie a lump of wax in a rag and keep it for that purpose. When the irons are hot, rub them first with the wax rag, then scour with a paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. 12. That blue ointment and kerosene mixed in equal proportions, and ap­ plied to bedsteads, is an unfailing bed­ bug remedy, and that a coat of white­ wash is ditto for the walls of a log house. 13. That kerosene will soften boots, or shoes which have been hardened b/ water and render them as pliable i new. I 14. That kerosenoe will make tin V kettles as bright as new. Saturate Woolen rag and rub with it. It w also remove stains from the clean vtJ nished furniture. . J 16. That cool rain water and at* will remove machine grease from wM able fabrics. Aj* Every one of these recipes is *Mle- ing. Cut out this slip and pla<y*n*bl« book for referenoe.--& &, irjyux*. ^risiw.. • A