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.4 OMEME 0 “OH, WAD SOME POWER THE W SIB US, TAE SEE {KIRSELS AS MRS SEE 8'8." ' MIRROR. " m VII. N0. 40. $1 per annual.- F-H . COSTELLO. (Copyright. x896, by D. Appleton Co. All rights reserved.] “Yes," he answered. shaking his head. “and at last we had to cut away the mast. It is too lo :15; to dwell upon, but the windmp was we finally made France. It was hard by Calais. and we had started from Eastbourne. There was much tedious pumping to do. and right slow progress under such sail as l we could put upon a jury-mast. “Is not that a sail out yonder?" He myself into their counsels. I could slip a little nearer. and be made acquaint- ed with the whole matter. “Ay. a Dutchman. fast enough.” the supercargo was saying. “A daring fel- low, too, and not to be lightly shaken CE. I fancy. Will it do to set a bit more sail?" “It would not be profitable." the mate answered. “She is doing what broke of, and pointed to a. white meek . she can with this strength of wind. By on the northwestern seaboard, which i the breaking of the clouds yonder, it hung with such steadiness thatI soon . will resentl . - t b't (1 th decided than it was. indeed. a sail. It 2 win 5,, whai 2:5,): dggzn Yof’x was nothing surprising or unexpected, serve that we hold, our own with the ,of- course, here in the channel. and I fellow at present. and carry as much {gave no more heed to it at the time. | as he does.” ,Mr. Ty-m shortly retired again to the 1 'eabin, and the hard weltering of the ‘ {ship through the heavy seas wcnt‘on. lThe forenoon wore away, and it was about seven bells when, happening to think of the soil I had seen. I went to :the railtoiook for it. It was now about on the lee bow, and much nearer, and soon I could make out a large ship close hauled on the starboard tack. I continued to watch her, and presently I saw that she had. altered her course "True" said Vlr Tym with a sat- and hurriedaway. In a few minutes ' man, for he first made the optic catch it was that 0[ J93“, Jesus, ‘ plentiful in the nets quantities 0f 1 and madly dash at the heads of the “‘1 Taranowrsetdimmlg directflytodmthd . isfied nod, “and if he should overhaul all ‘33 Dragflwtf: unified out, and the i nerve and the retina. No wonder swift as a we on the mountains,comes ! scales appear upon the surface of the : explorers and sometimes extinguish us. whfriethe 03° igngzd :ithw-ere ! us on this course we could try abovv- 11:33;qu ":m :3 t $°fiinh i that he 0011M give hearing to the down over the hills. The shining ones , Water. The nets are then lifted. and ‘ the flames of the torches. The men "‘"P . . ' P 7 ‘ , ° line.’.’ on r. rne ° ° ' ° 3 deaf man, for he first set the drum stand back as he says, .. Lo! 100nm.” ,5 the contents are dumped by the {1811-} were compelled to fight their winged standing, end ‘3“ that the 8“PP“! He strode of! to where the lass ganmwt hi8 been unhooked, and the ' ' ' ' ' ‘ ‘ k ‘ ' m 9‘11““: m" ““1 P°infin€ his €13“ i bun (the ca train had brou hi ugan gun's canvas jacket taken on. A. l °f the e“ M wonder he mum cure Amid the “'rathful surges He beats l ermn Into their boats- The fish ma 8 antagonists and were compelled to be He took along observation. and then, i othegr whichphe was usincgfronf the turned to see whether the mate W p the Withercd arm, for he made the His. way out to the dying- world; and l a little squeak when taken from the i satisfied-with the ground they stood to my surprise. shook his head enerâ€" poop); and when he fetchebd it to the readyâ€"I mean ready to have the shin : Mae and strung the muscle. He whme, out in the deep waters, with ; water' and die almost instantly. An on, for if they attempted to proceed topically and passed the ghss to the rail he climbed upon a coil of line and [ lufl’ed, so that he could secure his aim f flung out Of nothing the first maâ€" bloody agony He wrestled with it,and [ ordinary catch 0f SMdmeS Elves 1° they would disturb and awaken new rate. Sellingerlookod in turn, and 31.? brought it~t~o bear. â€"â€"I.heard adow, dull boom, and, as l ; terial out of which the world was it seemed for a. little while uncertain l each boat anywhere from 2,000 to 6.000 ‘ hordes of the bats, and these in tum most at once lowered the instrument The supercargo used the glass for whirled again,sballof smoke blew out 1 formed. He set spinning around the whether it would take him down or , fish, the price of which is about: $1.25: would make an attack upon them and and began bawlgig something in the { some time, but finally put it by and from the bows of our pursuer and ; first axle. and drove the first pivot; He would lift it up. those on the heav- l per 1,000, according to the quantity of their lights. Each Onslaught Seemed ooptoans car. .-outhwick answered we" up to have a. talk with the cap- Wieathed ofl to leeward. i and hung to the throne the first conâ€" enly shore trembled and when at; last ; fish that are being caught. . to be more determined and m d by a nod. and turned sharply and ran - f , , , “He s firing at the moon." said the - . . . . ' ’ l . . - th . ‘ 9- 0 by - tam. 0 course I cot.ld not hear what . . stellatwn. in his r at six th H 1m, d ‘t in! Arriving at the packing house e. increased numbers of th b' slittlo way aft. He gaveacommandâ€" they said but it was easy to guess that mate contemptuously, and now I ”a" 7' The same hand that put up this . .g e 8‘15 ' c e 1 i f h f 11 flamed This ‘ ese 1rd- I coald not tell whatâ€"to the man at it must b; about the present strait In that the excitement had struck the i ,. 1 'ill ull it down I think H13 “Bht hand and brought it backj ls {“6 care 11 y t d d . b63511 Some Of the party had their \ the helm. and rapidly returned and a few moments the captain came to color from the man‘s cheeks, save for i ““er w‘ p h h rlds there went up u hcnunna from all the i operation over, they are SS” 6 accor ' 2 t°r°h03 completely snuffed Gilt by “9 descended the poop l‘adgaer. The mate the verge of the peop'snd called the a little patch of red which showed ; the time WLll come w enkt edwznust cloud of witnesses. He began the } mg to Size and carried into anotlilier= wings of the tummy on and were followed, stopping at the bottom to , mate. Master Sellinger hurried up the under the sea-burn“ and that his 1 Will have done their wor. . an 1d work, and He shall complete it, Ring i Part of the establishment, where t ey; campelled to grape their :way to t2;- huz‘ the glass in some bake“. and l ladder and the three men talked togeth- nerves were strung high and firm. 5 be removed, so that but two war a all the bells of earth and human to- - are put mto pickle. I light as best they could and were eame ‘0 the confines of the quarter- er earnestlv The mate then came “At the gum!" called the captain . will remain; the one a vast desert of day in honour of Cb'rist the Al ha i The length of time required by this: thus deterred from makii; the h d 'deck. Houthwick, on the other hand. . " . . from the pOOP- “Are you ready, MI" ', suffering. swinging through immenâ€" .. - V p 1 operation varies according to the? - 3 ea - “m“ 5m” at a” “”93“” Which ‘down fight: anlh‘mmledladeiy “2° cal: ‘3' selling"? 3 8in the alwde 0f the bud' the 0th' and Chmt the omega! ’ ' of th fish \ftu this the fish' way dewed’ 3” the-‘7 “am“ ‘° 3° ‘ 2 . tain vva '- to e co or ayar s an -. . ,, â€"' ' . ‘ Chr' t ‘ th t v - _ _ i 5126 e . l . 5 ahead lest the be neogiiidb ancli‘frfxidoselzrapfliuiald: With his own hands ran up the flag. A3 .ége;e:g)£hselrérfices, meat Lufim er 3' blooming paradise for all the en Howls file 1:0: Egnlougjdépelfsdlddg'e ‘ are washed and placed With care upon l dor about will offitdt? {:22- 7‘.tls_ ‘. . , . .4 r {‘4‘ . t . _._” '.= , . no stop. but scurried out to the ladder Liegethzutétwfil :nms:Â¥8kw$: he roared back to the two fellows at EOEXL 101- 36.11131 {.863 :5: gen ‘1: in all that land. He is known as a l “"6 nets, called tirillsé 0.11 “ hwh i them back to safety. a sin. and went I! with lens 8 er ‘- ' . e 3“ ’ the helm. . '3ng “mm m 8" °r g World-Liberator. The first on that they are sent ‘° .8 ”“3 ’°°'m'l CAME FORTH g p ag watching annously and curiously the . ~ . . w k wnot b what ' e l 'h th d d b s of! AT NIGHT. strides, the pace faster thanIhad ever doin aft broke 'ntoa he All es The ship came handsomely into the and daikness. e 'no y. a soul entering heaven looks for isi w ere ey are . me y mean i The entire party was greatly in. “s"“d him use hem” H° was "°‘ gs ' ui It 6 Sr’ all Cy Wind, and asshe dipped to the bottom process any 0‘ the “MS ‘an be Jesus. The great populations of heav- ‘ large ‘3'” °’ “nmatm “m by pow" pressed at the demonstrat' ftheso yet at the top when the mate roared ‘ well-e no? on act; :ahl‘g'eil'ixlgd d-slwas‘ of a hollow the mate gave a swift taken down, save one; that will go on 68 k H' o t f 11 H‘ th i'erful machinery. When dry and whilel Winged a _ a1 .11. ion 0 to me, using his hand to guide the I“? C.“ (“Pan 8’ e " 0 ec 3," glance along his gun and applied the ‘ by fire. All the universe will know _ e ”n u ' ° ow m? over 0 i still upon the grills the fish are cookcdl 1 8â€"mf 10m 0“- themâ€" wund: his intentionsh Rf was the :1“; 5m" linstock. l who set on fire the one world and 111115, and shout at H15 chariot wheel. I by plunging them into tanks contain-i and after a parley Lt was determined ‘ ” . t1 . - . . r ‘ ~ . . . g - - - . . . ‘Call all hands! bx:§a:neo::e;ou 13:33::xjhicdcbigu: ‘51; 1:31:33 loadzd 233;]: 3'38 below“ who shattered the others. for Christ, bPlasairgg “oust :hose striehts, “El-“1:13 ing olive oil. :ideng'tauxtl: 1:; thehlmmediate “cunt! â€"- ' A ' “- ‘°“' ‘° W “m“ “a"! d 'lll stand amid the roar. “5° "3' °“ °°ne “0 9"- °° l liter this cookin the sardines, still ° 1’ 91101119113 at clone “”3 ”lack “a,“ ”0‘9 ”1“" ’fej‘urm but it must have comm-ed a scat-l m L‘" ‘, “ d . b .that is Jesus." Methinks that if the! ’ - 81 f t , ranso- They round that as long as CHAPTER 11 and slid foaming down the valley,and t 1 ad f I or d . - and crackle. and thunder, an CNS _ . upon the grills, are e t 0 0001. and . _ ‘ ' 2min soared-mud fefl- Howwe watched iron ' “in ”In; {men a"? dim. ? 0f Lint final undoing. proclaiminz. I has“ °f heaven 8° m”) m ”mi when cold the work of placing them i It ‘3'“ “fight the“ was no sign or ran BRUSH wgl‘n me since: I he” Lm 1m. she rose, uptflted he, fh: Eugfigan; “Mg?“ “mac of ; am the Omega, other realm to fight, their battle-cry in. Cans fined with olive oil is begun. 10¢ life in the hidden depths of this gal . igreat house Of a stern and 91113835. “A good beginning!" .shouted the , Christ is the A and Z of the Bible. is “Jesus." Jesus on the banners. This done, the tins are sealed with 1 501'86- But when. the flame of a I plunged 03 to the forecastle. seiz- With the shock of the parted sundown captain. “Have at him 38'3"!” ,l Here is a long lane, overshadowed Jesus in the song. At His feet break‘ solder, and are ready to be put in cases i orch was flashed into the cave there lag a handspike as I went. Thund-er- the deshnty. and all swiftlynnd 1311811?! We got upon our course once more," by fine trees, leading up to a the doxologies. Around His throne: holding me cans {m- the market. ; were unmistakable evidences of ani. lng on the hatch, and then Openlnvg it, ily rode to the top again. and still notl and meantime the gun was reloaded; mansion. What is the use of the Circle the chief glories. Where the‘ : matron. When the sun had declined I roared down: . :handksrchlle‘f: proud-ch if bunting! “H“! he’s showing his teeth at lastl’f‘ lane if there were no mansion at the .White Lamb of heaven goes. there go i and semi-darkness enveloped the “TH! “All hands ahoy! Look alive! In WC. an 3» as 3311:1513“ 83‘ a; f; cried the mate, pausing with his fuse, end? There is no use in the 01d Testa- all the flocks. The first tree in the A marble horse's head and shoulders ‘ the canyon manifested signs of life; an instant there was a bouncmg out same “11°10’10“” “171'J e an n i am 2 which he was blowing up in his hand. . . ‘ ‘ , d . t 1 d h l . 'd‘ . _ . . with the f' t h of bunks and hammocks, andarush up fall. The captain stood with straddled! He pointed toward the one . and meat 0309!“ a3 a 8”“ avenue. ° ea eaven Y P"er 159 Jesus planted. The has been found in the Roman forum. ; ”'5 :3 ado“ of darkness the hatch. The fellows popped out legs, silently using his telescope, and; 10! two ports in the bow: hadfi‘ened , us up to the (3051361 Dispensatlon. A“ first fountain He struck from the It is believed to date from the. second would come, ”Mary bats, like scouts in quick succesaion, and in a flash the the mate was in the 11352283 ShTOUdS " , the statements, parables, orations, and rock. The {”51 pillar‘of light He lifl' century before Christ. Classical; g m advance W'- the army. Wheeling, in .nfirc cmmr‘mefl on deck. scanning the foe under the pent house ; miracles of the Old Testament 'were ed. At heaven‘s beginningâ€" Christ, equestrian statues are extremely i theu‘ fllght toward the top of the gorge , . “To the braces!" shouted the cap- of his h‘and. The supercargo leaned merely preparatory, and when all was the Alpha. Then travel far on down rare. i among the rocks, and then swiftly ‘ tain through the trumpet._ u‘m may ever the poop rail, holding on but and 1 ready, in the time Of Christ there the years of etermity, and stop at, Antwerp has lh-t‘ highest chimney in : down again. they would keep on ‘0‘ / to slack and haul! Scene of you for- mg, and the rest of uslined the weath- pours forth the Oratorio of the Mes- the end df the rcmotest age, and see the world. It “dongs ,0 the 511V“. 3 ing as if uncertain what directign /. ward to tend spritsaiil” These orders, taken up by the mate, as the yelling of the wind drowneflin .part even the bellowing of the tran- lpet, were rapidly obeyed, and thecrow incl-ambled to their stations and stood ready. ‘ “Down helm!” was shouted back to the two fellows at the tiller. The ship’s head begamo fall 05, and as it did. so the orders to handle the braces fol- lowed. In a mere matter of moments, so fust'di'd the men workâ€"urged on, indeed, by the knowledge that there was some unusual stress, though as yet they understood imperfectly the causeâ€"in that few moments the last order was carried out, and the ship’s head now pointed duo north. I had :ko't an eye on‘fhe stranger’s‘ move- ;ments while we were fetching the In- dustry upon the new course, and was not greatly surprised. on casting my eye that way, to see the broad bows added} {all awry from the wind. and the lon‘g black side begin to show. At the some moment her york time. and thus she, too, was pointed north. There could be but one explanation of this last actionâ€"the stranger meant to overhaul no. I was now burning to get speech with the captain or Sel- linger, that Imight resolve something more certain out of this stirring busi- neBS: hot or the prcsent they were mused wit other matters, so that I did not like to seek them. The readiest answer to be come stwu that she was Dutch. and was makings. flying crime of it in the channel. If”, she should be both faster and stronger than she lacked, for it would be a bold thing, indeed» for s mere wagon of s mer- mt rigger, without broadside guns up: having no near friend” port for refuge, thus to seek prizes in‘ our nar- row seat- While I was turning these matters over in my mind taking care to hoop an eye out aft the while, to be h readiness for suddonordera, the companion opened and the lapel-(cute “Yes." said the supercargo, “I per- ceive that.” “We will make a race with him for the coast." pursued the mate, “and it will go hard with us if we do not give him a-shrewd brush." “How far might it be ? Surely twenty miles." “Call it a bit more. Say five-end- twenty. He could make that by night- fall.” er bulwark. in the waist. 0f asudden the captain lowered his glass and shut it up. The supercargo turned. catching the action. and. they came together and exchanged a few words. “The thing is fetched to a head," said a sailor at my elbow, 'with an excited pull at his waistband. He held scarce spoken when Houttl- wick left Mr. Tym and stepped briskly to the head of the poop ladder. “Master Selling-er, set the mains'ail and reef it. Take out one reef in the ferossil." ' The mate was of his perch to the deck in an instant, and at his word. the men flew to their stations. The wind had less weight now than formerly and blew steadier, but for all that I appre- hended that we were taking consider- out at a blink, as _fie Scotch say, for just at the momentihad to use my fin- gers rather than my Brains. When I came in from the boltsprlt, having 1 gone there on some matter concerning the drawing of the sail, I found that the Dutchman was fair sstern of us, only the slant of his sails catching the light, and the rest of him standing up round and black. I think some- thing like two hours now passed, only one thing. but that an important one, happening, which was that the Dut'eh- : man slowly gained upon us. At last , Houthwick said something to which " the others appeared to assent, add the - mate hurried off the poop. He espied '3 me, as I stood by the main shrouds, ' and beckoned me to him. “Then I came up he said low and in a strained, quick tone: "The captain thinks we had best try a gun. I must serve it. Do you stand ready to help work the ship. Call the carpenter, and put him in charge of the magadne. The main hatch will have to be opened till they can get up the first supply of ammunition. after which batten it down again. The rest can come up the companion. Tell Spy- glow that he can fetch out the arms chest and take the pikes from the = beekets smd pile them up. No harm to ‘ have things at hand. Stay! You may , likewise get out the medicine chest. . and set it in the open space ’tween decks. That must serve as a cockpit, if any are hurt. Bot the cook, who is something of a sawbones, go thither. The cabin boy can Assist him. That will dolor now, and look alive." I I said: ‘Aye, aye!" in a seeming- liearty voice (though, to own the truth. myheort was humming to beat . fast, amiIIsltobi’tweak in the knees), ‘ The captain rounded down In a loose hoop. ! and in each was the round target spot 7 which marked the muzzle of a gun. ."He has discovered that something besides swivels will be needed." said _ able hazard to 'thus mell- cur canvas. Mr. Tym,_who had come, without our Yet very quickly Ithe thing.was do'ne, and under the added pressure the ship perceiving him, among us. “Nay, but ' he is about to give us the compliment drove her noso into the mother. and of his whole broadside." | made a strong lurching start of it one word. We I was stepping back from A tremendous, crashing roar. and s : sky full of smoke followed. I think) . the 1"“ °t the main shrouds, and in l stooped, but I am not sure, and tin 'th°-“t °f Greeting one of the men to 1 next that comes clear before me i: coil-up a loose length of halyard, some one behind me gave a shout, and I turned to see that the dark ship was likewise whitening with added sail. On we raced, and it. must have been that the greater part of an hour went by. So far the Dutchman and we were rarely well matched, he driving along at the same point of! our beam, as though he mightbe our shadow. But a change was at hand. All in a mo ment, in it seemed. his long bulk be- gan-to narrow, the small slant of his sails that we could see expanded, and at ‘onee his pot-roundbows rode, leap- ing and sinking..th view. He had changed his plan. and would fly straight at us. In. an instant. the trumpet of Capt. Houthwtck beganlto bellow: _ .- “Man braces! Down helm! Slack lee braces! Haul in on the weather! Aft here, some. of you. and let out a that a great splinter from somewhere I overhead struck the deck near me and ‘ gave a queer sort of elastic spring, and g went overboard. I confess I jumped 3 back, and as I did so I ground my heel 1 upon somethingtsoft, and had to make , another spring to prevent falling. By I this time I had backed nearly to the . quarter~deek, and, the smoke having} now almost blown away, I lease against the break of the deck an looked around. The spot where I ha . stumbled first arrested my eye, an i there, rolled up almost in a ball, la_ l the bdgyyof old: Dingsby. His belt ha burst with the strain of his doubliu . over, or perhaps was cut by tho 3181101 ing fragment of shot, and it was all ‘ ping ofl him, almost giving him an ai ! of unbuckling it from the front, hi ‘ back being toward me. The mat and: the Frenchmanlvvere standing in inn of it. The question then to be set- I tled was whether he could get near ‘ . enough to wing as, by cutting up our ~ spars and rigging. I thought this all 0 l ‘ shows the platform on Rev. Dr. Talnlage on the Importance: OMEMEE ONT., THURSDAY, OCT 18,190). I l l l I of Resting on Christ. â€"â€"â€"â€"__â€"_â€"â€"â€"__ Adeopato‘h from Washington says; â€"-Dr. Talmage preached from the fol- lowing text; “I am Alpha and Omega."â€"Revolation i. 8. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last; so that Christ in his text represents him- self as the A and the Z. - That is one reason why I like the . Bible; its illustrations are so easy to understand. When it represents the . Gospel as a hammer, eVerybody knows ‘it is to knock something to pieces; or as salt, everybody who has put meat in barrels knows it is to keep things rrom spoiling, or as a salve, , that is to cure the old sores of the heart. The Bible illustrations go not on stilts, but in aplain way walk straight into the understanding. \Vhen we learn to cull things by their plain names, we will be getting ‘back to the old Bible way! of teach- ing. Anybody who knows the a bc's understands that the text means that Christ is the Beginning and the End of everything good. He is this A\ and. the Z of the rphy- sical universe. By him were all things made that are made. He‘ made Galilee as well as hushed it. He made the fig-tree as Well as blasted it. ' He made the rock) as well as rent it. No wonder he could restore the blind siahâ€"all nations joining in the Halle- ‘ lujabl chorus. Moses, in his account of the creation, which Christ was to act. Prophets and apostles took subordinate parts in the tragedy. The first act was a manger and a babe: the last a cross and its vic- tim. The Bethlehem star in the first scenery: shifted for the crimson up- holstery of C crucifixion. Earth, and heaven, and hell the spectators. Angels applauding in the galleries; devils his- sing in the pit. Christ is the Beginning and the end of the. Bible. In Genesis, who was Isaac, bound amid the faggots? Type of Christ, the Alpha. In Revelation, what was the watermf life? Christ, the Omega. In Genesis, what; was the ladder over Jac‘ob's pillow? Christ. the Alpha. In Revelation, who was the conqueror on. .the .white horse? Christ, the Omega. In Exodus, what was the smitten 1 comes .‘to save men from e‘tern'a‘l nuns l nation. Christ the Light, Christ the} Gw.W. RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor lineal? Is this one. the First and tho‘ ' Last of heaven nothing to thee? Poor 1 wanderer. without Christ, what of thy l death hour? what of the judgment : day? what of eternity? If it shall be found at the last that thou hast req jected this thy only hope, in what dark } hole of the universe wilt thou lay thy- l self down to suffer and gnash thy‘ teeth and howl for ever? You must have Christ or die. But one ladder out of the pit! But one life-boat from the Sacrifice, Christ the Block, Christ the; wreck! Get in it. Lay hlold of the ; Star, Christ the Balm, Christ the: thousand years, and preach ton; sermons each day, those subjects " would: not be exhausted. Do you findl men tempted! Tell them of Christ; the shield. Or troubled? Tell them of g Christi the Comfort. 01' guilty? Tell: them of Christ the Pardon. Or dymge' Tell‘ them of Christ the Life. Scores of ministers, yielding to the; demands of the age for elegant rhe-? toric, and soft speech, and flattering} apostrophe have surrendered theirl pulpitsl to the devil, "horse, foot, and‘ dragoou.” If these city exquisites, wen‘t take the old-fashionodi Gospel, then let them go on the down- ' ward road where they want to go, and i we will give our time to the great! masses who want to hear the plain: Gospel, and who are dying by the millions becuuSe they do not hear it. Be Chlrist the burden of our talk; Christ the inspiration of our prayers; ; Christ the theme of our songs; Christ ! now, and Christ for ever. 0): for more ' consecration! i Christ is the A and the Z in' the world‘s rescue. When the world broke loose, the only hand swung out' to] 'Guide. If a minister should live one; need be, until the blood starts. The if the song has not taken up some other burden, and some other throne has not become the centre of heaven's chief attractions. But no; you hear it thrummed on the harps, and pour- ed from the trumpets, and shouted in universal acclaim. Christ, the Omega! Now, what is this glorious One to‘ you, my bearer? Have you seen Him?‘ Have you heard His voice? Have you. walked this earth and never seen in the bent grass where His feet had just been? 0! all the stars in the midnight heavens, has not one point- ,ed you to whereHe lay? Trudging on rocki Christ, the Alpha. Iu‘Rev'elation, ‘ who was the Lamb before the throne ?. Take Christ out‘ Christ; the Ombu- of this book, and there are other books 2' would: rather have than the Bible. Take Him out, and man is a failure, and! the world a carcass, and eternity avast horror. Christ is the Aand the Z of the Christian ministry. Asermon that has; - no Christ in it is a dead failure. The minister who devotes his pulpit to anything but Christ is an impostor- Whatever great themes we may dis! cuss, Christ must be the beginning and Christ the end. From His hand we? gel: our commission at first,. and‘ to that same hand. we at last surrender it. Al sermon devoted to metaphysics in a stock of’dry corn-stalks after the corn‘ has been ripped out with the across this desert with thy burden of sins. have you ever made the camels SAVED FRflM AN IPERATION J , the Paris "Grand Boulevards” 1:12 i'eot cars with: both hands, and pull, if 2 world is after you. The devil is after you. The avenger of blood is after you. Buthinore than all, Christ is afâ€" ter you, and His cry in, “O Israel! thou hast destroyed thyself. but in me is thy bell)!" _â€"_.._... YOUTHFUL PURIST’S CORRECTION ‘l Mammal mammal she cried; Tommy’s making faces at me. Ain‘t doing anything of the kind, retorted the boy. . Why, Tommy, corrected the indulâ€" gent parent. 1 saw you myself. ‘- No, you didn‘t, persisted the boy. I coudn‘t make aface if I wanted to. All I did was to screw up the ready- i 'made one I‘ve got. i l I l Wm SCHOOLS 0F SARDINES. l . MILLIONS 0? 3m! lâ€"d Welrd Experience of Explorers In Okla- homaâ€"At Night Countless Numbers 0 Bats mu the Air 1n the Vicinity of 8b “V63. Not far from the Canadian River. immense caverns have been found, in which live millions upon million of hate. The expedition referred to was led by Dr. A. H. Van Vleet, who had often heard of immense mineral de- posits, strange waters and freakish natural formations, and he and a party of local scientists determined to ascertain how much truth there was in the rumors of rich pickings in this section of the country. They found the entrance to some of the subterranean caverns so low, that it was with difficulty access was gained at all. It was necessary to crawl inside. But once they had pene- trated a few feet their torches re- vealed wonder after wonder, yet no roof was visible, so vast was the migh- ty inclosure. At times the course of a cavern would be followed for miles along the creek, with large and small openings here and there, by means of which they Were enabled to obtain glimpses of the beauty within. _As to the depth of these caverns, that re- mains as yet, undetermined, for every time they would venture inside. their torches would disturb vast flocks of bats, and these creatures resented this , intrusion with every evidence of an. iger and dismay. Great swarms 0! "- l A Boat (finches From Tw0 to Six “new 7 sand :: Day. ‘ The sardine fishing season com-1 menoes early in May and lasts until? late in the autumn. \V'hen the fish are i Works Company and is 410 feet high. I The interior dillmclci' is 25 feet at i the base and 11 feet at the top. I Berlin boasts lllzlt “Unter den Linâ€"; den" in the broadest street in any“ great city. It is 215! feet wide. The]; "Ringsirasse" in Vienna is 188 feet:'\ and the “Andrassy Strasse" at Bud- apest 155 feet wide. â€"._.â€". Nearly 8,000,000 persons in Germany . are insured against illness. One third: of these reported illness in 1888, thei average duration being 17 days, which, 1 taking the average wages at only 505 cents a day, means a loss of over $2.2,- " 500,000 a year. ; “"‘ """"‘â€"â€"- 1 With Its Dangers, Pain and Expense and Thor- Dr. Chase’s Ointment. i oughly Cured of Torturing Itching Piles by l 1 Is it any wonder that physicians and druggis‘ts are unanimous in re- commending Dr. Chase's Ointment as the only actual cure for piles? ‘ any wonder that ministers and prom- l inent business and professional men 'will'ingly testify to the merits of a preparation which really cures piles‘ and puts an end to the torturmg,..ex- i asperating itching? Operations | with, the accompanying riskncxpensel; and'pa'in are :no longer necessary. Dr. l Chase's Ointment positivoly cures ~ every form of piles, whether itching, bleeding or protruding. Rev. 8. A. Dupran, Methodist, minis-- tor, Consecon, Prince Edward County; .Ont., states ;â€""I was troubled with itching and bleeding piles for‘years and they ultimately attained to a very violent form. Large lumps or ’sbceues formed so that it was With: great difficulty and considerable pain that I was able to stool. ,At one. box cure-d me, so that the lumps ‘ disappeared and also the external' swelling. I feel like adiffcrenlt man that Dr. Chase‘s Ointment saved me from avery dangerous and painful, operation and many years of suffer-i ing.‘ It' is with the greatest pleasure5 and with a thankful heart that I give this testimonial, knowing that Dr. Chase‘s Ointment has done so much for me. You are at perfect liberty to use', this testimonial as you see fit for the! benefit of others similarly afflicted," Rev. J. A. Baldwin, Baptist minister. Arkona, Ont., writes :â€" "For over lweinlty years I was a- great sufferer from itching and pro- truding piles. I used many remedies and [underwent three very painful surgical operations, all without obtainul ing. any permanent benefit. Whenl about to give up in despair I was toldi ‘ where. the uncanny things would swoop down upon them from the roof and out of the way passages into which the light penetrated for the first time per- haps since the creation of the world, they would lead the hosts as yet un- seen. Others would come as this she. dows deepened, and join the first comers, and soon the air in the gorge, would be alive with them. They were always on the wingâ€"would alight no- Finally, when full darknea 'came, the entire army of counties thousands of these creatures would sally forth from the caves, from ev- ery crevice and opening of the place. They would literally swarm in clouds thicker and thicker each moment until it seemed to the watchers of this weird sight as though every inch of space ‘ in the canyon was taken up by these uncanny creatures. The surveying party regarded this exodus as abraak for the plains in order to obtain food. but, strangely enough, the countless mass did not seem to be diminished in the least. Still they came out of the openings in the cliff in a constant stream. all the while wheeling up- wards, but still coming, as though they were passing ‘and repsssing through some subterranean passage, or an endless chain. There was no way- to compute the numbers, even ap- proxmiately; this they tried to do Is it Ito-day and have not the least doubt several times during the half hour’s time they were watching them. but it was gfien up as utterly impossible to even aka a good guw. But all agreed there were millions of them. RETURN AT DAYLIGHT. ; When the first streak of dawn ap- peared in the East the countless horde of black-winged mysteries would ' return to their hiding place, being preceded a little time by the ever-faithâ€" ful scouts. Next would circle in sight the vanguard, and close behind it the entire army, and all would fly into the cave to be rid. of the light that is welcomed by nearly every other liv- ing thing save a bat. When lfull day- light was on and the sun had begun to peep above the horizon nothing broke \ to use Dr. Chase's Ointment and an the stillness at this man full of ‘so, finding relief at once. I used three 130- 33d still it remained until the 2er 2-»? sidearm ' ‘ Lt. v«‘\7 as; , ’ - 4.5'.’ - - . i . . , , _ , ~ . stifl and bold near the gun. and n hacking-peg. A sermon given up t6 gunmen-ed. The natpwasmnd- reef in the latices!” , one else had been , 'urt that I ooul I t'- t 1 d :1 .‘ tum? ,and‘MJ‘ymat ' " h ttheski rwould r. ll ’ sen unena an ,°w°,lÂ¥'59‘ie°h115 88 by r once went It was clearw a. Ppe .sereeive. . a nooogay f1,ung.toadrowning sailor, over him. and, hbexpreni‘ . at. The ruis’ , erceivin that he ~ , . . amends we: fie wind 31:11:: 'zeonld not:utao;?;and en's; uM‘ii>i"Ih°. 9W, .. 3 55“" broke through Al sermon devotedato, moral. any figs, various" remedies before and to no lcuro't’h'em as it b" no." , p . J'tremondous army “.mm. no, hired to know what had lap-u meant to close in and try “fis‘able us i the mfgtizi 1:2??th 32min basket ofclriapo to ‘help od-th'g, gear purpose. in . ’ t nd‘ ., i .3331 (lanai: Ointment..60 cont-she :wtith its scout: 1:330 vanswd- “'4 2.! . " ' ' ”"" "M ‘ -" M" " howgreaa'py' o s ea corms, ‘atackupon rebuked”! p“. Tlns wasthe very, thing I withhisgnns. Tops-event burning. . What the world wants, Nomimag. e . t _. . ‘y 7 ’ er - , . . ‘1 ,. a“ .. mfllp‘betoldotJesus Gll'lwhe pummwisotofmathstpusttg’MMtc.‘ , mentoring-em. .. ‘_', _‘ , , this severe'icria‘ls' I 'WOha'sed a'1’°.x‘lmosl, and am almost entirely cured. darkness mm satin and the Van or Dr~ Chase? Owns“, but I had in... itching is all gone. 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