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THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN Like a Net Cast Into the Sea and Inclosing Multitudes of Fishes. by Win. Departnion i Hundred and ' of ACri< 'A despatch from Chicago says: Rev. Frank Be Witt Talmago preached from the following text: "Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I, myself."--St. Luke xxiv., part of 39. The above words suggest the subject of our recognition of departed loved ones in the world to come. This subject is of interest at all times and touches well-nigh everyone. Hardly any there are but have buried their dead; hardly an; have shut off from tlie daily" ties of theis soiuls a consecrated void; hardly any but at times are earnestly asking: "Shall we see these dear absent ones again and will there be some bond of recognition between us?" Now, on this question we could hardly expect the word of God to say much. God would occupy us here with duty rather than with speculation, however tender and sacred. Not what heaven is. but how to get to heaven is the groat problem before us. We are given little of description, much i. No map of City is provided, but on vie narrow road the cross over and anon is set up as a guidopost to point tho way. But although the burden of inspiration has to do with the privileges and the requirements of this world, it gives us no empty consolation with reference to them who are fallen asleep. In the. t place, there is that pervading e detect every- Jocob in the kingdom of God." Of course there would be no significance in this statement if the patriarchs aro not to be known as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Again: "Ye shall see Abraham. Isaac, and Jacob and all tlie prophets in the kingdom of God." Says St. Faul to tho T salonians: "What is our hope joy or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in tho presei of our Lord Jesus Christ 1 at His coming?" Again says to them: "Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of < Lord Jesus Christ and our gath I iag together unto Him." And continue to teach them the good and the right way, but tbey must let their minds dwell upon tbe great things the Lord had done for them and thus be constrained to live in His fear and serve Him with the whole heart. In verse 7 he said, "Stand still that I may reason with you before tbe Lord of all the righteous acts of the Lord, which He did to you and to your fathers." Compare Dcut. vtiii, 2; Josh, xxiii, 14. To use the word would be. Consider the love of God to you in the great redemption has provided and let His love strain you to receive Ham and yield fully to Him for H5s service, a , sonable service in which we prove | the good and acceptable and per-•11 of God (Rom. xii, 1, 2" >uld i t have that which : but ii! fori ma: , it ther. But brethren, concerning them _ _ asleep, that ye sorrow not as other who have no hope." The hope referred to hero is obviously that of meeting again. MANY MORE ALLUSIONS of like character might be drawn from tbe Epistles of St. Paul. But it will suffice us to turn from them now and to consider only the further statement of our text. And wer that statement alone it would b enough, for it tells us that the glori fled body of our Lord was recognized, and He was our first fruits, as He rose so shall we rise. T was, indeed, about Him an unear jn the apostles,^ the i :hem--albeit a wondre ned all, There was t une lips spake hands blessed is glory illum-lat about Him thei ful a ■hat NUMBFPL again, the recognition of those we have known on earth is implied in many of the fundamental declarations of God's word. Wei' are to he held accountable, for in-j stance, for our dealings with those j] n it then he possible 1 not to know those j1 i influenced i'or good j1 S SIMILITUDES, j] idlings of theSBible f to be found in those lilitudes which des-here and hereafter, ciation. The king-fishes. It Sis like^a i with guests. Surely, kn oust know each otii-.o't. left izo^upon* Tlim, ien' St. John cr ord;" then Doubtir ived; then repentant is feet. In like ma f the r mil be shall t shall be regis h gs which were hiddc and the good deeds done in • forever rewarded openly. identity, our appearance, ortn.1 individuality shall yet and we bo known to each The Bi- « ly the doctr ition hereafter. 1 ne from the east t am and Isaac and s THE S. S. LESSON. I. Sam. xii., Text, i. Sam. xii., 24. 13. Now therefore behold tho king whom ye have chosen and whom ye have desired, and behold, the Lord hath set a king over you. In verso 1 we hear Samuel saying "Behold, I have hearkened unto your mice in all that ye said unto me iind have made a king over you." Stow he says that the Lord did it, for he was the Lord's representative. If believers would accept the truth that we aro hero in Christ's stead our lives would toll more for Him (II. Gor. v., 20; John xvii., 18). Israel now had a king, like other the place of God* for Samuel reminded them, "The Lord vour God was your king" (verse 12). When we remember Rom. vi. 16, "To whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye aro to whom yo obey," we should be able to see if wo aro putting any person or thing In the place of God. 14. 15. If ye will fear the Lord and serve Him and obey his voice. • * * But if ye will not obey th* voice of the Lord, but rebel. * * *J Althoughthey have sinned and God here fs a way'of blessing still left to them. Jehovah must and will be magnified either in blessings upon an obedient people or in judgment upon the unbelieving. Ho redeemed Israel from Egypt that they might keep His commandments and serve HSm and be a peculiar treasure unto Him above all people, a willing and obodient people enjoying His goodness (Ex. xix. 4, 5; Isa. i. 18, 19). Obedient service was the way of blessing, disobedience the way of the hand of the Lord against them. Moses called heaven and earth to witness against them that he had set before them life and death, blessing and cursing, and ho entreated khem to choose life (Dout. xxx., 19). 16-18. Now therefore stand and lee this groat thing which tho Lord jrill do before your oyes. * • * So Samuel called unto the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that lay, and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. A deep conviction and hatred of Bin is a grand thing for any child Df God, for otherwise one may lightly tamper with sin and grieve the Spirit. It was a most unusual thing to have rain during wheat harvest, ind that tho people might hear neroly .Samuel's disapproval he said io would ask God to speak by send-ng thunder and rain that day, vhich he did, and God so answered lim, and the people saw Samuel's meness with God, and they feared freatly. It was something like Oliiah's prayer that the Lord would how Ills oneness with him by send-ng lire (I Kings xviii., 36-34)). We emembor also that on one occasion i'hcn tho Lord Jesus spoke to His father the Father answered Him by l voice from heaven, but the people aid that it thundered (John xii., f Mo; ' the Jer. xv„ v 1, where the Loud up-caks of a time whon oven ffich as tihey could not avail. That tinx* had not yet eibme, so Samuel urges tiiem to turn to the Lord and, being forgiven, to •serve Lim henceforth with the whole heart. What precious words for us are those, "If we cton-fo,s our sins, th- is faithful cirri jot to forgive us our bins and to cleanse us from all unrig'<•<«■<•>.-■;-noss" (I. John i, 9). 21, 22. For the Lord will not forsake His people for Hits great wiuc's nuke, because it hath phased the Lord to nrnke you His pnulple. When once we become the Lord's redeemed people, no power con pluck us out of I lis hand (John », 217-29), and where he begins a work He will finish it (Phil, i, 6; Ps. exxxviii. 8). He knows us thoroughly before He chooses us, a<r*d, having chosen us, Hie will perfect us, and that Ho will not fail to do as He sees that we need it. Consider Amos iii, 2; Heb. xii, 5, 6. He! testifies repeatedly concerning His rebellious Israel that all heaven dud or will do for them is all for His name's sake (F>ck. xx, 9; xiv, 22, 44; xxx vi, 21, 22). Jeremiah prayed, "O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us, do Thou it for Thy name's sake!" (Jer. xiv, 7). For HUs name's sake we have tlie forgiveness of sins (I. John ii, 12). 23-25. Only fear the Lord and serve Him in truth with all your heart, for consider how great things he hath done for you. Samuel assures them tlbat it would be a sin for him to cease to pa-ay Scr them and that he would Presents for jockeys. No public man comes in fo: presents froim persons he has seen or heard of than a successful jockey. Many of these gifts a highly valuable order, whale others speak plainer than words for the eccentricity of the donor, says L( Tit-Bi Frod Archer ; the r for ! jockey in this respect that ever lived. On one ousIy?and he is sai $15,000 a year by Archer, however, set greater an some of the more trifling veairs ho received. Fo after he had ridde» Silvi tory over tho Derby course in 1877, lied him ; up vith three-penny- er trifles received by Mm were* a grand piano, a yaciht, a iitter of yo mr pigs, and a share in a north-cctfmtry public-house. One of the most curios talismans lot always inseparable from the late Harry O rims haw. J(ust before one of his big races a powerfully built man came up and. showing hitn a bullet, said: "If you lose," I'll put this through you, but if you win you shall wear it for life." Grim-shaw won, and a few days later the bullet set in gold as a watch charm arrived, and he wore it till the day of his death. Every successful jockey the course of the seaso jewelry, in the shape of gold watches, rings, and tie-pins, ti stock a small shop. Some jockey distribute these souvenirs among their friends, but Tom Cannon got together a collection of all tlie gifts ived. of boots which had been sent Mm by a man who walked from York to EJpsom and backed gift to a jockey led to a pretty romance. The jockoy had been for- winner, and on every subsequent an-nivei sary a box of eggs arrived from Ireland. As the parcel was always addressed in a lady's writing he eventually made inquiries and found the donor to bo an Irish lass engaged in poultry farming. The discovery led to a meeting, and the upshot of the matter was that the parties soon entered for the matrimonial stakes. Very often a successful jockey is presented with the saddle and whip used in the race, and these are always snapped up by collectors of sporting trophies. At a Derby meeting a few years ago tjho winning jockey sold his whip for $2,-500 before leaving the course. BIRDS AS SURGEONS. The Snipe Makes a very Creditable Dressing. Some interesting abservations relating to the surgical treatment of wounds by birds were recently brought by .fit. Fatjo before the physical Society of Geneva. He quotes the case of the snipe, which he has often observed engaged in repairing damages. With its boak and feathers it makes a very creditable dressing, applying plasters to bleeding wounds, and even securing a broken limb by means of a stout ligature. On one occasion he killed a snipe which had on the chest a large dressing composed of down taken from other parts of the body and securely fixed to tho wound by* the coagulated blood. Twice ho has brought home snipe with interwoven feathers interesting example was that of a snipe, both of whose legs he had unfortunately broken by a misdirected shot. He recovered the animal only the day following, and he then found that the poor bird had contrived to apply dressings and a sort of splint lb carrying out this operation some feathers had become entangled around tho beak, and, not being able to use its claws to get rid of them, it was almost dead fiom hunger when In a case recordeel by M. Magnin, a snipe which was observed to fly away with a broken leg was subsequently found to have forced the fragments into a parallel position, tho upper fragment reaching to the knee, and secured them there by means of a strong band of feathers and moss intermingled. The observers were particularly struck by the application of a ligature of a kind of flat-leaved grass wound round the limb in a spiral form, and fixed by He--"May I kiss your hand?" She --"Certainiy; but. if you had intimated that you preferred hands, I would not have removed my veil." a«©«©«©»««®«©»@<»©9©»@* IFOR™ HOME I X Recipes for the Kitchen. • # Hygiene and Other Note* " © for the Housekeeper. •••••••••••••••••••••• SAVE YOUR ENERGY. The great physicians all say that the strength of women is too often a strength of nervous energy, whi while it keeps them up at the ti of need, is constantly burning their vitality. Some day the cord will snap and the woman be-mada to realize that injudicious expenditure of her nervous energy day after day has snapped her physical strength to the point of collpase. One excellent way to prevent this, and the best way in the world to keep the roses of youth, is to rest wisely--to rest tho mind as well as the body. If you are too active to sit idly at rest a certain portion of each day, keep a happy, sunny book in wMch you are interested alwayi at hand by your bedroom or sitting down from fifteen to thirty minutes after every period of eating. Read your pleasant book, or, better still, lie idly still thinking over the very happiest things you can bring to your mind. Never thing out the sad, perplexing problems of life while you are having this "rest" if you can help it. This may seem hard to do, but you can train yourself to it. Think out those hard things when you are up and about. In other woreis, work hard when you work end finish it up. Then rest thoroughly when you rest. A woman who leads a lifo of almost masculine activity in mind and body says she finds nothing so good for ired nervea ,,as "eating," not neces-arily taking much, but eating something the moment you' feel all tired g something wholesome--a lilk or a cup of tea and a flaky piece of bread and butter-- hetever your fancy seems to crave, i long as it be wholesome. This mplo and attractive rule seems to be proven by the fact that the main ting upon the patient every two tired i When you think you are tired enough ' stop, no matter hat it is, rest fifteen minutes, completely, then begin again. You'll find that you are not one-half so bedtime if you follow this method. COLLAR SUGGESTIONS. A Kid Stock Collar--White kid loves may bo cleaned either with ilk or gasoline, and the arm pieces converted into a very pretty stock. of collar stiffening' cut the de-shape, and machine-stitched blue silk, a double row at top, knots worked with the same blue silk appear between the rows of "tching. Another of black undressed kid, made of two pairs of short gloves, was sewed together to ish collar, and tho seams iy moans of steel beads, of White Huck toweling, darned solidly with yellow wash ;s, is a durable dress accessory a child. The collar is cut round h largo scallops at tho edge. The needle is run under the raised threads aking the stitches through the cloth, -which gives the same appearance as the darning stitch, but does not show on tho under side and is much simpler and quicker to work. The ocean wave sofa pillows ide somewhat in the same way, except that the thread at intervals is carried along for a short distance 'thout being brought under the raised loops on the toweling. The edge of the collar may be bound round with a narrow piece of yel->w silk or velvet on the bias, or icrely turned under and stitched own by machine. French Knots and Featherstitching -Starched white linen collars are decorated with a row of French its or featherstitching at tho top, ago, when even the men appeared ith shirt fronts and cuffs decorated i the same way in black or white Ik. The knots and stitching coin-blue and white striped ging-"ham. shirtwaist, using thick white an floss for working. The work done on the blue stripes, three feather stitches, then three French knots, and repeating down the ipe; the next being worked in the knots alone, antl the next, in stitches nd knots, and so on over the whole raist. The body of the waist may be done after it has been sewed, but ves are easier to work just and cufi's to wear with the changing their dominating tone. Grapes may be peeled, or peaches pared and cut small and mixed with the melon, and a snowy mound of cream, whipped and frozen, can top the attractive dish. Charlotte Russo with Melon--Chill and whip J pt. cream. Beat tho whites of 2 eggs until stiff, add gradually, beating all tho time, -J cup powdered sugar and 2 tablespoons maraschino. Soften 1 tablespoon gelatine in 2 tablespoons water; set the bowl in hot water and when molted, add to the cream. Beat occasionally until it begins to stiffen. Have ready 1 pt. cut up melon, sprinkled with powdered sugar. Take a 3-pt. mold, lino it with lady fingers, cutting them off evenly at tho top. Pour half of tho cream mixture in, add the melon, and rover with remainder of cream. Set on ice to chill. When about to serve turn out of tho mold onto a pretty seated Let tic foot e Melon Cheese--Cover £ oz. gelatine with i cup water; add i cup boiling water, and strain onto 1 pt. melon pulp that has been run through a vegetable press. Whip 1 cup cream to a stiff froth, add § cup sugar, 1 _ tablespoon . brandy and the melon ^oard pulp. Beat until it thickens; turn Hni/vn into a mold and set on ice. Serve in thin slices with sponge cakes. TWO GOOD RECIPES. Sun Burst--Molt in a frying pan J lb. rich cheese. When soft, add js salt and a pinch of pepper. When 6 fresh eggs and cover for two minutes. When the whites begin to briskly with a large spoon, for a few utes. Then it will rise in a yel-foam, tender and delicious, ve on fresh crackers that have iously been heated and buttered, s nutritious and digestible. Good Pie.--To enough stewed pieplant for ono pie, add the yolks Of 2 eggS and 1 cup sugar. Bake ; one crust, and beat the whites, add 1 tablespoon sugar, spread over the top and brown the same as for lemon pie. TO SAVE FROM BROWMB CUT THESE RULES OUT IN CASE of EMERGENCY. Number of Deaths May Be Greatly Reduced by Keeping Them in Mind. Scores of lives are lost every summer in tihe rivers and lakes in this cotunhry, and many of them migiht be saved by a knowledge of how to act in cases of emergency. A large proportion of tlie lives lost every year are of children whs have never been given any conception of the dangers on the waters, either in bathing or boating. Parents and school boards should uh-eterstand the duty and necessity ol e-.Vucation in this direction, amid of teaching the young blow to swim and 1,'ow to act when boating. As a result many lives would b« saved by children in their teens. These rules are important' First)--Do not go out in any pleasure boat of small or large dimensions without being assured that there are life-saving buoys or cuah-aboard sufficient to float all on of an upset or col- odd errors IN books. i tho wri ■s. He funny mistakes. Walter Scott porary of Wi who ws . the MELON DESSERTS. Melon Fruit Salad--In tho propara-on of tho dessert, the melon plays » important part, and it is prepar-1 in many styles. A favorite way i servo is as a fruit salad. Tho pulp is cut in cubes and set on ice o chill. It is then sprinkled with cup powdered sugar to every quart if fruit. Pour over it 1 tablespoon ach of brandy and curacoa. Let tand half an hour before serving. The pulp may have been scooped ut of tho rind, leaving a shell in hich to replace the salad, and from which it is served. A few sliced oranges or a cup of orange juice will give a new flavor. Frequently blanched almonds, finely chopped , or chestnuts, in vanilla syrup, added fo the salad. With this dosscrt salad, serve some dainty rs. These fruit salads are very popular. They are very easily prepared, and aro delicious, and there l infinite variety of ways for ky a been hunting for or-ings of old and new has run down some In "Ivanbioe" Sir makes a knight of .Hani the Conqueror, Richard's grandfather. Tlie appears d--With a party, be Sure you properly and satisfactorily icforo you leave the shore-- arly with girls on board, attempt to exchange i mid-s put the edge or gunwale of fthe boat, to change seats, or to rock the boat for fun. This, by rollicking young people, has upturned mfany a boat and lost very many lives every year. Where the waters be::ome rough from a sudden squall or pasising steamers never rise in the boat, but settle down as close to the bottom as possible, and keep ROCKING DANGER IS PAST. If overturned a woman's skirts, if held out by her extended arms, while she uses her feet as if climbing a stairs, will often hold her up while a boat may pull out from tho shore and save her. A non-swimmer, by drawing his arms up to his sides and pushing down with widely extended hands, while ; >'ing i vith sidle s fre has feet, may hold himnelf up oral minutes, often when a singla minute means his life. Throwing out the arms, dog fashion, forward overhand and plulling in, as if reaching for something that may bring him lielp, may at least keep hini afloat till help comes. Third--In rescuing drowning persons, seize them by the hair or tlie collar, back of the nock; do not let them throw their arms arounp your neck or arms. If unm'aniaigeable, do not strike them, but let them drop under a motnerit until quiet, then ! tow them to the shore. If unfcon- j doctor or an ambulance, but begin B(}t ! at once. First get the tongue out with a cigar in his mouih. In "Don ! wnd ,h'okl " hJ a handkerchief or Quixote" Sancho continues to ride *owel l° let tho T L£? on his donkey after having lament- I ^ ^x °' barrel ed the animal's death. In "The sumach, or hold them over your Reign of Law," by James Lane Al- | ^^^J^ ^ side to side four oa- five times, thenj on tho back, and with a pumpi mpivem;ent keep their arms going; from pit of Stomach ovc^hoaid to a straight out a;nd back fosurtc- i the moment it be-j but in "The Children alter Besant caused a j rise in the east at 2 • lie morning. Trollo .__ jf the char a book which was not published for ten years after the time the reference was said to have been made. Hamlin Garland wrote in 1890 "The Rose of Dutchor's Coolly," and one of the characters in the novel is given about three different names. Jacob Hi is tells in "The Making of an American" that while a young reporter, in giving the particulars iverflow, he described until -niig 1 me floi But thai i tho waste of wa the e i of < old derful friend, Robinson Crusoe, who, after taking off his clothes, to swim, to the wreck, took the precaution to fill his pockets full of biscuits. Neither was it more Surprising than the discovery by a Paris reporter, who found in the Seine "the nw.de corpse of a man with ten sous in pocket." IF YOU HAVE HELP. : course you will first loosen and all binding clothing. ignis; Let PHOTOGRAPHY in WAR. Part Played by the Art in One Famous Campaign. WStcn Paris was locked in the impregnable grip of Von Mdltke's investing army great was the number of devices, good and otherwise, for con J;i i mioating with tho outside wen-Id. It is interesting to learn that even then photography was post, and thus, by the after use of proofed in black Tho proofs w photographically films to such microscopic that over 75,000 words v to be contained on a roll of film weighing less than 20 grains. When the pigeons did arrive at their destination safely*--and probably those were a small percentage -- tho mat-branscribed stockings, and at the stame time nib; the lower limbs with an upward; movement from foot to knee, ocyca-sijonally slapping the series of the feet with the open hand- Working on these lines has been sulcjce«&ful after two hours of incessant manipulation • geneva ther ticklin helps to qu: anything m than tihe mechanical se no spirits internally breathing anil circulation bo sent. These p m type and w-hite paper, then reproduced n to collodion madness . to the ter can be condensed into a small space when it is remembered that on the lenses of the "microscopic view goods" once so popular a copy of the "Pater Noster" (containing 70 words) could be got unto a space about one-seventieth of an inch square, or less than that if ne-efessary. A GIANT'S SUIT. of tha celebrated Leicestershire giant. Cade and Son. The clothes havo been on exhibition for many years at a public-house which has just changed hands. Lambert was tho tion, weighing upwards of 700 tbi:., and it is on record that a suit cost him §100. "General" Tom Thumb walked through tbe arm of his coat. Tho bidding reached $375, at, which figure tho lot was withdrawn. d study its instumctians arid ci with them, they will bo able ■et any emergencies that may : upon the waters. MR. BALFOUK'S BOOTS. A good story is being told of M*. Balfour. It seems the British Prime Minister prefers old boots to now, j always; but once, going on a long -, he bought lained at a hotel,for I next morning could m Hid thing ha. almost duo, and s light,, ildeut ii v Tho, be d It i • thai king carefully : ho was not observed, put on a pair; that fitted him. Then he called the waiter, explained tho circumstances, and left a sovereign to be given to. the owner of the boots when ho called for thorn. But the owner never did call. Mr. Balfour had put cm Ws own boots! BIG BLAST. There has recently been effected atj Trieste a blasting operation which' is believed to be tho largest on record. Thirty tons of dynajntitc wer used, and almost an ontire momirfta. side was removed, tho mass of r terial loosened being 300,COO U The spectacle, as viewed from f board in the Bay of Trieste, is scribed as one of terrific gra" Tho appearances were those' great volcanic upheaval. J Jackson--"Your neighbor » to have failed a good ma * Wilson--"Just twenty-ff