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J. TAN SLUE, Bdltor * JMCHENRY, : : T ILLINOIS | some heathen bogie soared him, WII a§d reli able jerjraat. But jwve > ogpie: Utmen JIJS0 WfrlTH HELPS ALONG. THINGS «ni says e, ifTcTiffdm-jjkjid s«y«TmwhtStoy iae her sertr to team". |Nor speak 'till yon spoke to me first. Bat that's -*:i nonsense, for how would you know What she told me to Bay, if I didn't? Don't you ' n&lly and truly think to? And then yon'd feel strange here alone! And : you wouldn't know just where to sit; for that chair isn't strong on its legs, and we iktoVick "«« ** MiVt .We keep it to match with the sofa. But Jack i. say; it would be like yoi ,, To flop yourself right down upon it and knock s out the very last screw. " S'pose you try? I won't tell. You're afraid to! Oh! JOR'TO afraid they would think it was mean! Well, then, there's the album--that's pretty, if ffi. you'w sttretbat yout fingers are clean, li?*r *^.«!?;E?£RA3£b i' - b° i r b ' There's her picture. Ion know it? It's hke her; bat she ain't as good-looking, of coarse! " This is MS. It's the beet of 'em all. Now, tell me, you'd never have thought That once I was little as that? It'* the only one that could bought - JTor tbat waa the message to pa from the photo­ graph man where! sat-- Hiat fie wouldn't print off any mora till he first got his money for that. *' What? Maybe joa're tired of waiting. Why, often she*i lrmgcr thantbia. Bjre"£i61'Ber tees lair to do up andall of U» it it's nice to be s^mg here talking like grown people. Just you and me. Do you think youll be coming here often? Oh, _ dp! But don't come like Tom Lee. " Tom Lee. Her last beau. Why, my goodness! He used to be here day and night, Till the folks thought that he'd be her husband; and Jack uaye that gave him a fright. You won't run away, then, as he did? For you've .. not a rich man, they say. r N°f« 41 Ain't you glad that yon met me? Well, I ant; . for 1 know now your hair isn't red. Bat what there is left of it's mousy, and nbt what that naughty Jack said. . But there! 1 must go. (Sister's coming. But I wish I could wai|, just to see --Bret Harte, in N. Y. Independent. WOwb »OEiED 31 ^AT cap this mean#" leming up my horse close to the dense milkthorn hedge that shut in Mr. War­ ren's pretty house, and its garden gay with flowers, from (he tea plantations, the green valley, the upland pastures and the dazzling peaks of the Hkna- Blayas searing overhead. There, on a fragment of rock, stood the well-known tall form ot the planter himself, angri­ ly confronting a motley mob of natives, some tawny, others yellow-skinned and a few nearly black. These, although they had flung aside hoe and spade, I knew to be the coolies employed at the prosperous hill-station, where such a scene of confusion had been hit her tQ unknown. " The scoundrels are going to leave me, that's §111" said Mr. W%rc|en,.curt­ ly; and at that instant there stepped forward in advance of the rest a gaunt Tibetan, clad in sheepskins, who cere- ««anonioiasly and with perfect gravity „ yplaced on the ground a fragment of \vheaten cake, a handful of salt, and a lota or brass drinking-cup nearly filled -- with coins, from silver rupees to cop­ per pice. Then pointing with a peeled willow wand that he held in his hand to the food and the money thrioe, he snapped in twain the, slender stick, and with Dent head ana downcast mien stood motionless as though waiting to be questioned. < " What, nou namely is this?'1 aSlfefl I', m An am undertone., My intended father* T in-law, who knew the people and the country better than I ,4jd, f hook, hi* head. r " ft tneajii t*i«dhief,""be whispered. " Somtetltihg hi& terrlfidd'the supefrsti- . tious curs, and, see! they renounce my I -^read and salt, return the advance'of I Vages and break the wand, in token that they are my men no more. You mean," he addpd harshly,, in, the Ben * ' gal dialect, "to desert me, then, Han GorainP" I A ' 1 The Sahib" "Warren H a"" goo & titter," replied the Tibetan, in the same language. 44 If we go, it is be­ cause the evil eye lias looked upon his --.threshold, and the voice that never lies has laid a curse on Yirmi Sou and all \ 'that dwell there.'-*! v- ,,, fhe man spoke slowly andwithaonp j ^ ijdifliculty, such as tht&e whe tee a * I "foreign tongue imperfectly mastered; | but be had uttered his brief speech with t 1. emphasis, and with' a certain -dignity of ' bearing. Behind him stood the Tibe- / _ tans and hill-men, sturdy fellows, on whom devolved the rough work of trenching and dyke-building, while a little way off clustered the duskv coolies ®l£from India proper, their lips tightened over their shining teeth, ana in atti­ tudes expressive of the most abject . servility. Clearly there was no stim­ ulus short of physical fear which would have nerved these crouching creatures to disobey the Burra Sahib, or owner of " the plantation, whose lightest word had been law to his meek subordinates. 4< If the Sahib will hearken to the counsel of the poor." said the spokes­ man, after a pause," 44 he and his will hasten away before--" But here Mr. Warren lost patience, , and interrupted the orator, roundly re­ buking the whole gang as a pack of craven hounds, frightened at their own shadows, and without a spark of man­ liness to redeem them. Were it worth while, he said, he could gallop over to the nearest Magistrate and enforce the performance of the contract under pain of flogging and imprisonment; but he wanted no half-hearts in his service, so they might go. 44 You hear me?" he thundered, silencing Hain Gorain's resh effort to speak; and the men slunk away, cowed, as Orientals usually are, by this undoubting assertion of au­ thority. The planter recovered his temoer ae soon as the recusants had departed, and laid his broad hand on my shoulder,- saying, with a jolly laugh, 44 A lesson, George, my boy, as to the thorns that will fie in your path when you and Edith live here in my stead, as 1 hope you'll do, after the gathering in of the next tea-crop, and set-to to feather your nest, as her mother and I have done. , nut peve ip« in, Jtu . arson faom *v<ee na* lasaera ready and you must help the bride-e% pectant to entertain him until dinner time." Pretty Edith, who was on the mor­ row to become my wife, smiled away any uncomfortable feelings which the conduct of Han Gorain and his com- !paolo^padr' leitpitefaini, find neither ip&XQifgjmoT Mt, Edwards^ the clergyman, wnohad come over ex­ pressly to perform the marriage cere­ mony, seemed to attach any importance to the panic among the coolies. 44 It was something," exclaimod Mr. Warren, 44 about Alph Dagh, the Big Mountain, at the foot of which we lives, but 1 have been a planter here too long1 to care for the tattle of coolies. They are like children who talk of the nur­ sery ghosts until they see it in every dark corner. A delightful life I should have led here, had 1 been credulous." And with that he-dismissed the sub­ ject, and the evening passed genially enough. Later ©is, nowev«r, after the whispered farewell to my sweet Edith in the porch, draped with the glisten­ ing leaves and big white blossoms of the Indian creeper, after the ride home to my own dwelling among the hills, and when my head rested on its pillow,;: a vague sense of insecurity beset me afresh; and even when I fell asleep my dreams were troubled and sad, not such as should visit, the slumbers of one on whom the World smite# as it did on me, George Mtisgrave. The dawning of the new day--my wedding-day--however, chased away the clouds from my mind, and when I mounted my horse to ride to Yirmi Sou, attired as a bridegroom should be, my heart was light and full of hope. Edith loved me better than I deserved, I knew that; and it was her father's intention to-establish the young oonpie on His ownfina plantation, while he&ndMrs. Wsrre# returned ••.to En­ gland toenjoy their wjill-e^rned comp^ The day was fine--no rarity in the East--but a sort of silvery haze hung over the peaks northward, and there were frequent gusts of 'ice-cold wind rushing 4own fromjpg>;*nd pass in the reeky range the boundary Of India* 1 rode oh» and presently, from an angle in the mountain road, I caught a glimpse of the 44 Twonty Springs," as Mr. Warren's thriving statiori' was called, with ,it| gardens and meadows, and the now ddserted plantation and the em pty "huts' of the coolies. Then I turned the corner and saw it no more, but even as it vanished from my eyes I heard a strange, deep sound, like that of distant thunder, the nature of which I could not divine. My horse suddenly snorted and reared, and then stood trembling, and ooulti«earettiy be urged forward. While I was in the act of stooping forward to pat the Arab's glossy neck, speaking soothingly to him the while, there broke upon my ear a sullen roar, louder, nearer at each in­ stant, and culminating in a crash so dreadful that the simultaneous dis­ charge of a thousand cannon would have seemed puny when compared witji it A Deafened, dizay and confused, I dis­ mounted from my frightened horse, now wholly unmanageable, and hurried on foot to a spot whence, as I remem­ bered. Edith's home was ia sight* The air was thick with dust and withered leaves, but as the prospect grew clearer I could see no trace of the bungalow, of its homestead and gardens, or of the thriving tea plantations and verdant meadows around it. Vainly did I strain my eyes to catch one well-known,feat­ ure of the familiar eoene. Nothing was visible save a dreary waste of .atones, mud and rocks, filling up half the val­ ley, and above which hung a cloud of tawny dust that was slowly subsiding. As I stood stupidly ga«ing- on- the scene of ruin, I caught sight of a man, bareheaded and With a scared white face. I knew him. It was the young clergyman who had efcme over from Nynee Tal to perform the marriage ceremony between Edith and me. "Mr. Edwardsfv I said,inquifiagly, ^s I Aeajred bim- -- He eatight my hand, covered his face and burst into tears. Then for tjie first time I realised what ftiar wis. ' ; " For pity's sake* tell iue #11!" cried I hoarsely. 44 Is Miss Warren- is Edith safe? What has " CM' all beneath fchjit roof- the roof of Mr. Warren's hospitable house--I alone am spared," answered the clergy­ man in broken accents; 44 Death, the grim mower, has garnered in his har­ vest there." The cause of the disaster was but too evident. A stone &v»lanehe, ot^orajqie as it is called in Switzerland, naa rushed down from the unsealed heights of the huge mountain toweriiik above Yirmi Sou, and had^ overwhelmed all beneath it. . 441 caught a glimpse 6t Miss Warren in the garden, as the stony flood burst on us with its deafening roar," said the clergyman, as he grew calmer; 44 it may be that God's mercy has spared her life too." And, indeed, I have much to be thankful for, since my dear Edith was found, fainting but unhurt, at the foot of a tall cedar, the only tree left stand­ ing, wedged in between fallen rocks. But the other inmates of the house had perished, nor were even their bodies ever extricated from the mighty mauso­ leum which Nature's own hand had piled above them. Edith and I have been married these five years, but our home is in England, not in India; and sometimes, when I see a shadow come across my wife's fair face, I know that she is thinking of those who sleep be­ low the cruel stones at Yirmi Sou.-- CcutselTs Magazine. --At Greenwich, Conn., is an Irish woman whose husband came home in­ toxicated recently and began to abuse her, but was stopped by a son's inter­ ference, which so enraged the old man that he had the boy arrested. The mother went to the liquor seller and demanded $10 for the expense of get­ ting her sou clear, threatening to pros­ ecute him for letting her husband have the rum, and the man paid the money. The mother then made so pathetic a that her TT r'F* ANX^D ̂n ffoqferf is »o hqrbor for 80(1 mpes north arid 5Q0 mile| sodtlt m S*a F*an- THK Governor O^ California receives the highest salary among Governors, vii., $6,000. IT has cost the country nearly 9300,- 600,000 not to conquer the Sioux.--St. Louis Times. WITHIN the last three months 200,- 000 American clocks fmwbeen shipped tri Atrstnilia. - ^ •" * ME. JOHN BOGGS is said to'own 100,- 000 acres of land in California and 50,- 000 in Oregon. THE new Mormon Temple, in Salt Lake, now being built :of granite, will eost $5,000,000. " / ; THE number of Chinamen who ar­ rived at San Francisco in January was onlv 228, while 882 returned to their native land. THE number of hooka in the Congres­ sional Library at Washington ls 981.118 volumes, una there are dbew* llflfOOO pamphlets. CHICAGO has 2,800 liquor saloons for her 500,000 inhabitants, giving one saloon to every 178 people, or one to every 35 adult males. * t f THEKK were 705$ miles off fftilfoad built In this country last year, fo? which Texas has over one-third. She has now more in process of construction than all the rest of the United States. » A WHISKY tax of 91,553,516 collect­ ed from six distilleries in St. Louis in 1874 increased to 91,883,481 from three of the same distilleries in 1877, owing to the breaking up of the whisky ring. THE export trade of France for the past year, showed a decline of $32,000,- 000 from the previous year, while the decrease of imports amounted to 940,- 500,000. The United States is the onlv country that shows ah increSsd of both exports and imports. < j TEXAS issues a curious public docu­ ment entitled 44 a list of fugitives from justice." It contains 225 pages, and puts the number of fugitives at 4,402, with forty counties yet to hear from, which cover some of the most populous portions of the State. Of these gentle­ men and ladies who have wandered away from home and given the cold shoulder to the guardians of the peace whenever the latter made advances, 750 are charged with murder. Rewards ranging from 950 to 91,000--the aggre­ gate being $90,000--are offered for 300 of the fugitives, and detectives out of a job, as well as agriculturalists, might find this State a good one to immigrate to. Apropos of which, it is estimated that over 100,000 horses have been stolen within the last three ye^rs. Some 750 indicted horse-thieves are fugitives from justice in the State, and the num­ ber that have escaped arrest is incalcu­ lable. An organized gang of several hundred is operating in Middle Texas, and the loss of farm stock in some lo­ calities is immense. It is little wonder that, when'one is caught, he iff likely to be hung to the nearest tree. . The Size ef the tilofce. r* -! : "ITS size has been determined, I have •fw doubt, to within a very few miles, in what appears to us now a very simple manner. In the first place, every sec­ tion of the earth is bounded approxi­ mately by a Circle, and mathematicians divide all circles into 360 degrees. Hence, if we can measure accurately the l-36Gtli part of this great circle, and if, when we have got tnat measure out into miles, we multiply it by 360, we get the circumference of the earth-- that is to say, the whole distance around it. Then by dividing this result by something a little over 8 (8.1416, the ratio-of the circumference of the circle to its diameter) We find out how far It is^frojn one side of the earth to the other. This gives us the diameter of the earth. As a result ef a long series of observations, it has been found that a degree measures as near M possible on the average of 69$ miles. It can be stated in inches, but it is near enough for me to give as a first statement of re­ sult that it is about 69} miles; and if you take the trouble to multiply 69|- miles, the average length of one de­ gree, by 360 degrees, the number of de­ grees that there arc all round the earth, you will find that tli« ciiuuuiferonc«i is something like 25,000 miles, and there­ fore that the diameter of the earth is something like 8,000 miles. Mark well the words 44 on the average." In truth, the earth is flattened at the poles, sd that the length of the degree varies from the pole to the equator; and hence the diameter in the equatorial plane is in excess of the diameter from pole to pole. These two diameters, expressed in feet, are as follows: Equatorial, 41,848,380; solar, 41,708,710.-- /. Nor­ man Lockyer, in Good Worda. plea before the Magistrate 11 son was discharged, whereupon. In her thought better things, too, of the over- great happiness, she returned the mon seer--that Htm Gorain, who, before I ey to the liquor seller; Bchool, and there ootnes with all these, proud, busy man as you are. a warmth, a glow of old and, perhaps, dear recol­ lection-a living over in memory of childish days, a wish that for the mo­ ment yem could Jnmp from all this tur- moil* care and perplexity inboyomr first jacket and trousers, and: be a child again. The world imagines that naught but the greater matter sengage your at? tention, and you think the same of the worla about yotl; you Would deem it most frivolous and puerile to talk to anyoue about the wooden horse you found in your first Christmas stocking, yet you cannot rid yourself of this and other similar recollections. They are indelible and a part of you; possibly, in time, you may realize that when a wee, ioduiing infant looking out with wondering eyes upon the world, feeling the force of a thou­ sand surrounding events and situations which you could not shape into words, as impressible to the characters of men and women as you are to-day, knowing far more and judging more than you were given credit Tor, you wtfre still as the srerm of the future man or woman, a beYng of more importance than you were accredited with by others or your­ self. The acorn has that quality and power which under certain conditions gathers to itself what makes the state­ ly oak, as the infant gathers from eveixts and surroundings what makes the fu­ ture man or woman.--xV. Y. Graphic. Intuit Memories. .• You are no longer a child; you have long since put away childish things. Yet you may not own to your most in­ timate friend how often the remem­ brances of your earliest childhood are uppermost in your mind. They come in fragments, like torn bits of some bright picture, and at times when those about deem you immersed an<j absorb­ ed in the important concerns of life You maybe a statesman, lawyer, editor, merchant, physician, clergyman, sol­ dier; the attention of a Natioi may be concentrated upon you; hundreds, thou­ sands may be under your employ or government; you are fighting great le­ gal battles; your commerce extends to the uttermost parts of the earth: the treatise you are writing reaches the profoundest depths of philosophy, sci­ ence or theology; the eaitorial you pre­ pare to-day may change the policy of a government; your face may be a reflex of the hard, stern practicalities of life, yet in the very thick and press of your business as you take your seat in court, as you ascend the pulpit steps, as you see the good ship Washington laden with a thousand tons of grain disappear in the ocean mists, bound for Constantinople, there may have mingled with all these important concerns some memory of your earliest childhood--the flower you plucked, the dirt pies you made, the little sled and the first remembered snow-storm, the £ilt watch and chain, the first pair of pantaloons, the low bench at the infant Lest Opportunities* i i 'u. If JteUgiou$ trM O I! IE we only knew our opportunities, what a difference it would make in our lives! If we only knew when to do, and when to cease doing--if we knew what would lead to success, -and . what to defeat, how everything would be ohangedl ••«. »-» The world is. fuB of lest opportuni­ ties. -i- We let them slip away from us as they offer--let them go carelessly, thoughtlessly, never remembering that they may never come to us again. In the spring-tffhe the farmer "who does not sow Ins grain while the mild rays of April and May warm and soft­ en the earth, need not expect to reap his bountiful crops in the harvest sea­ son. If he neglects to sow, he cannot garner, and the opportunity is lost. No wiser than this indolent farmer aie we when we allow the days when we can work to pass from us and leave us 44 the night, when no man can work." Every individual, we dare say, has had in his life enough opportunities presented to him to make* as we phrase it, his fortune, if he had only seized upon them. Tod many of us, we feair, are Waiting for something grand to offer--we have not the patience to accept the small tilings, and make the best of them, we want the best of Fortune's gifts, and want them for nothing. ^ The one who is wise will allow no opportunities of making himself useful -to pass unimproved. If tbey do not present themselves, he will seek them out and make them his own. And then if failure and defeat ensue, he is at ease in his mind, for he has done what he could, and feels no regret for lost op­ portunities. And we think nothing can be more cutting to the shipwrecked life than the remembrance that it might have been so different! To think that in our own power, within the grasp of our own nands, have lain opportunities which, if embraoed, would have saved us from ruin! Day by day we go about amid oppor­ tunities. We see them, and realize them often, but we are waiting for something better. When just what we want comes along, then you'll see .how we can work! We will ~ make u^ for lost time then! And While we wait the moments, which constitute hours, pass, and before we seize upon the hours the day is gone, and we are looking for another dawning. Men and women, take hold of the op­ portunities which offer. If you cannot get the whole loaf, get the half. Do not lay it to heart because Mr. Snap- em has made a thousand dollars on one trade--everybody cannot be Mr. Snap- em. That which comes easily Is very, apt to go in the same way, and it frequent­ ly happens that the slc.v pleddnts in this world die men of wealth, if It is any consolation to you to think of dy­ ing rich.--Kate Thorn, in N. Y. Weekly BluiMifc 0M«iafe( (hKntlm 1 Whom Uod hath set beneath the cross, the better Christian; __ I is tbe touchstone God applk s. How many a garden would be wasting, br showers (ran weeping eyes! ^he f^dstun is fey*trouble trie|T?*% Heavier the cross, the stronger fatthf ' * The loaded palm strikes deeper rodt'f • The vine juioe sweetly imueth When mm haw pressed the eliwtored fruit; And ootingegrows whtre dangers come. Like pearl* beneath the salt sea foam. Heavier the cross, the heartier the prayer; The hmiMsd reeds most iragrimt <ue; If sky and wind were always fair, The Bailor won Id not watch the star; And David'* psalm had ne'er been sang. If gnef his heart had never wrung, mm} s Heavier the cross, the eaaier dying; ,,..» Death is a friendlier face to see; 1 ' T© lifo'id«M; one bids defying, ..» From life's distress one then is frea. The Clues sublimely lifts our faittl To Hiffi wmo iriuiuph«M over uoaife. , s Tbon Crucified, the cross I oaxry. The longer mar it dearer be; I leatlZaii And] tint whi'e here I tany, nt Thou such a heart in me ,t faith, hope, love may flourish there. Till for the cross my crown I wear. -- From the German. • ;ti - • - ~ - • - iv»« > v,M-i J ^ 8ftntf«j>!!*cboot LessoMi Fjrsrr QTTAnTKti. 18TB. XelLst- Review of the Lessons for tlx Qttuder. •BOOND QTTARTKB, 1678, April 7- Josiah's Early Piety*. 2 Ohron. M: 1- 8t April 14- The Hmpturea Found and Searched 2Chnm.M:l<-0. April 21 Jeremiah in Priaun..Jeremiah S3: 1- tt, April 28--The Reclmbites Jeremiah 85:12-19. May 5--'The Captivity of J«- diih. Jeremiah 62: 1-11. Mav 12--The Captives in Bab* ylon... May 19 Dream of Nebuohad- neztar May '-26 -The Fiery Furnace.... June 2-- »ta© liandwriiing oa. the Wall Juno 9--Daniel in the Lion's Den. . 3line 16--Messiah's Kingdom.. June 23 -The Dacree of Cjrof else. When all is played out, and ac­ counts are set right at the end, yoi will find that the power 4hat abMOM tP be strong, if it stood against God. was Weak as water and has ^s nothing, nndis nothing! Db not w^leryour lives in a work that is self-coademned 44|O be hopeless! Kather aHy yoaraeives jsrith the tendencies of God'ajuiasne, find do the thing which will lagt focerer, fend live the life that has hope of fruit that shall remain. Submit yourselves to Clod! Love Christ! Do "His will! Put your faith in the Savior to delifer you from your sins; and when the wild tossing of that great ocean of ungodly power and rebellious opposition is all hushed down into dead silence, you and your work will last and live hard by the stable Throne of God.--Alexander MacLaren. A *oint-Blank 8h«£ •7 «ff! : Daniel 1: 8-17. Darnel Daniel ft 32-81. Daniel 6:14 23. Daniel 7: 9 14. 1 Ohron. 23. Jane Review of the Lessons for the Quarts^ Of Bearing with tbe Faults ef Others. THOSE things that a man oannot amend ih himself or in others, he ought to suffer patience until God order them otherwise. Think that perhaps it is better so for thy trial and patience, without which all our good deeds are not much to be esteemed. Thou ought to pray notwithstanding when thou nast such impediment, that God would vouchsafe to help thee, and that thou mayest bear them rightly. If one that is once or twice warned will not give over, contend not with him: but commit all to God, that His will may be done, and His name be honored in all His servants, who well knoweth how to turn evil into good. Endeavor to be patient in bearing with the defects and infirmities of others, of what sort soever they be: for that thyself also have many failings which must be borne with by others If thou canst not make thyself such an one as thou wouldest, how canst thou expect to have another in all things to thv liking. ' We would willingly have others per­ fect, and yet we amend not our own faults. We will have others severely cor­ rected, and will not be corrected our­ selves. The large liberty of others dis- pleaseth us; and yet we will not have our own desires denied us. We will have others kept under by strict laws; but in no sort will ourselves be restrained. And thus it appeareth, hotr seldom we weigh our neighbor In the same balance with ourselves. If all men were perfect, what would we have to suffer of our neighbor for the satie of Qod? But now God hath thus ordered it, that we may learn to bear one anothervs burdens; for no man is without fault; no man but hath his burden; no man is sutlicient of himself; no man is wise enough of himself; but we ought to bear with one another, comfort one an­ other, help, instruct and admonish one another. Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. # , For owasiiouo do not' make & jpas.~ frail, but they show what he ft.-- Thomas a1 Kempis. •mrd, $ • i A MAN of uneasy conscience, sitting in church during a faithful setinon, is quite apt to hear something which ex­ actly hits his case. Mr. Moody has in several instances been accused of being in collusion with some one to learn a particular hearers private aflUn, so exactly did he describe that bearer's jp circumstances and state of mind. . :• ^ Perhaps the most remarkable exam- j® .pie of ihis close tallying occurred in Mr. f«- j Spurgeon's experience while preaching %fc Surrey Gardens. In the course of a sermon he said: "There's a man there who is a shoemaker. He keeps his shop open on Sabbath; and last Sab- M bath he sold goods that came to the value of ninepence, and there was fopr* pence profit out of it.*' Directly in front of the preacher there was a shoemaker who had done that very thing. He was a Sabbath- breaking man, and the Sabbath before he had sold a pair of child's shoes for ninepence, and fourpence was just the profit. The man had come out of curi- • osity to hear 44 that queer fellow Spur- geon," and he sat amazed to hear his case pictured so perfectly. Butinstead of getting angry and declaring Kthat somebody had been telling Mr. Spur- geon about him he went home after service, confounded and frightened. The impression wore away daring the week--partly; but next Sabbath he found he could not stay away from Sur­ rey Gardens. He left his daughter to open the shop, went to the great chapel, and hid himself in the corner of the upper gallery, where he sat unseen, but hearing every word. What was his as­ tonishment when presently the preacher called out,4 4 Ah, sinner, sinning by proxy is just as bad as sinning yourself. It's of no use any of you coming here your­ selves, and at the same time leaving your daughter to keep shop.1' The ter­ rified shoemaker was now certain that God's voice had spoken to him. The Almighty was following him, and would not let him escape. That second warn­ ing led him to confess and forsake his sins. In both these instances, where the preacher's words proved so aptly de­ scriptive, the aptness was ent irely acci­ dental. Mr. Spurgeon knew nothing of the shoemaker and had no idea he was making so personal an applica­ tion; but his vivid and direct way of putting things made it seem so, and in preaching against a common sin, naturally enough out of a thousand facts and examples, there happened to be one which his language literally fitted. A city missionary in the west of Lon- don heard the above story from the shoemaker himself, and told it to Mr. SpurgeOn. The occasion and circum- K stances of his conviction and conversion seemed miraculous to the humble work­ man; and as for Mr. Spurgeon, he makes no doubt that the singular accu­ racy of the hit he had made was by di­ rection of the Holy Spirit pointing his words, it is haraly to the purpose to quote the 44 bow drawn at a venture," Or f . V: 44 Foil many a shaft at random nt hi.* Finds mark tbe archer little nisut.| ̂ The Holy Spirit does not promise much aid to random preachers, and every intelligent minister, while not in­ tending to be personal, means to Mt the sinner's conscience if he cant.-- Watchman. I Artificial Babies s Boon. THE Paris Le Sport describes an ** ar tifieial baby" which is-to be exhibited at the great Exposition/and which, it is claimed, is an American invention. These babies are designed to promote the convenience of travelers by rail­ road. It is based upon the principle that nothing is more vexatious than to have disagreeable companions and neighbors ID the same compartment when traveling, Qne occupies the cor­ ner you had set your heart on, another prevents you from stretching your legs, a third insists on shuttingthie window, a fourth is not willing for yon to smoke, etc. The journey thus becomes a tort­ ure. ^ It is to remedy this that the artificial baby was invented. It is of India rubber, clad in thick wraps and a hood, so much like nature as to deceive anyone. There is a valve in its stomach. Your neighbors have not yet perceived it. You take it softly from under your oloak, nurse it tender­ ly and press upon the crying appara­ tus. Instantly it begins to shriek. You show anxiety and work the valve still more energetically. ||" Ah! poor little one! It jnas a fit! Don't cry, my treasure!" eror, etc. With these lavish caresses you. all the time increase the pressure, and the responses of the machine get sharper and sharper until they become intolerable. Your neighbors stop their ears: they grumble, they protest, but what is to be done? You ply the valve, the infant no longer cries--it howls. At the very first station all your companions depart in haste in search of other seats, and you have the entire compartment to yourself. Victory! --Baltimore Bullttin. --February 22 was observed in honor of the grand old original paragrapher, who "oultl flotnteJOLz A iljifa Bomc -- -i«»*aCY ,<!«'•#»* t fcfc*. vul -' ' f f - ' i * J 'C-,. Something te Ring Bells Ftr. THE Bev. Dr. Day, in a recent ser­ mon at Plainfield, N. J., told this sim Banger, from Overtaxing Brain®, Omdren's ' dEUW of cerebral faytacwemlE, #bro excessive intellectual exertion are fre­ quently met with in the young, whose mental powers are overtaxed before their brains are sufficiently developed. 'A growing brain needs to husband , . » . , . - . . . . i t s powers for the normal formative pie story: In a town not far distant, a proceS8eg 0f nie cerebral organization. Jew years since, two Christian young ^ b)ood which circullltt,f„ it8 8ul). men, brothers, were doing a' prosper­ ous business, assisting many noble en­ terprises, and each living In a beautiful home. A combination of disasters sud­ denly rendered them insolvent. What did they doP They did not consult the law to see how much of their property might be kept from the creditors, but at once surrendered to them homes, factories, assets, all; and promised, if possible, the balance should yet be paid to each creditor in full. Resuming busi­ ness, poor in means, but strong in char­ acter, living in cottages in which their noble wives did the housework, until, by economy and industry, the last dol­ lar of the old indebtedness was paid, with interest. The day on which this was completed the bells of the church­ es were rung in honor, and the whole town joined in the expression of grate­ ful joy--a triumph of character such as the bells of any church might well cel­ ebrate, and any community delight to honor." Hopelessness of Opposition to God. OH! what a thought that is, that every life that, sets itself against the Lord is a futile life, that it comes to nothing at last, that none hardens him­ self against God and prospers! It is true on the widest scale. It is true on the narrowest. It is* true about all those tempests that have risen up against God's Church and Christ's Gospel, like the "waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, and never shaking the great rock that they break against. And it is true about all „odless lives; about every man who car­ ries on his work, except in loving obe­ dience to his Father in Heaven. There |is one power in the world, and none stance is charged with no more pabu­ lum than is sufficient for this growth, and for such mental labor as grill aid in strengthening the various faculties of the mind; and if it be consumed in the production of force beyond these re­ quirements, disease is* the necessary consequenoe. Cases of the kind, in young men and women who are striv­ ing to cram their minds with numerous studies, are of almost daily observation. The doctor takes occasion, from his professional experience, to press this point, especially against close applica­ tion to mathematical studies by grow- ing girls. But the worst case he reports from bis own practice is that of a youth of the hardier sex. The same general lesson is enforced by Dr. Bichardson, of London, who says the crowding of artificial information upon children cither gives rise to direct disease of the brain itself, or induces weakness and •exhaustion of the mental organs, with irregularity of power. The child may grow up with a memory taxed with technicals and impressed so forcibly that it is hard to make way for other knowledge; and added to these mis­ chiefs there may be, and often is, the farther evil that the brain, owing to the labor put on it, becomes too fully and easily developed, too firm and too soon mature, so that it remains throughout manhood a large child's brain, very wonderful in a child and equally ridiculous in a man or woman. --Dr. Hammond. --*A member of the Society iofthe Prevention of Cruelty to Anhnals caused the imprisonment of a cow which had been licking her calf.--Ex­ change.