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LOST AND FOUND. ioua occasions in this foarnal, «ties hate been given# curious losses a subsequent recoveries of rijtygfMttid other articles. The following addi­ tional examples have been kindly placed at our disposal by correspond­ ents in various parts of the glob*: Some little time ago, Mr. J. Cordy •Jeaffreson, the well-known author of seter.il Capital books, deceived from his brother, a surgeon, residing in Frarn- liqgliam, Suffolk, a note informing him that a hamper was on its way to him. Just before closing the letter, the writer discovered. that he had lost a diamond ring, and deeming it probable that it had dropped off his hand into the ham- pet while packing it, he added a post­ script, begging that the straw might be veil searched. In due time the hamper arrived in London, was opened by Mr. .Jeaffreson and thoroughly ex­ amined; but no trace of the ring could be found. A little later, a clerk from the Great Eastern Railroad station called on Mr. Jeaffreson, asked him if he had received a hamper on such a ' d%y, if there was anything missing which, he had hoped to and; and on re­ ceiving answers, asked him to describe the missing property. That done, the clflrk handed the ring' over. It ap­ peared that the hamper had been put down with several other parcels on the platform at Liverpool street, and that a pftrter aaoaed Parminter, on remov­ ing them, noticed a diamond ring on the ground near this particular ham­ per-, that being convinced it was not there before, he concluded it had fallen out'of the hamper, and, like ait honest maji, took it at once to the clerk. The Fife Herald of May 25, 1876, told the story of a valuable find thus: " One morning last week, a workman afc^West Bridge Flour Mills, Cupar, whilst in the act of washing a quantity of Egyptian beans, had his attention directed to something sparkling at the bottom of the vessel. He at once lifted the article, which proved to be a valua­ ble diamond ring, of chaste workman­ ship in line gold. There had originally been seven diamonds in the ring, but one had been lost out of the setting; otherwise the ring was uninjured. The mystery, however, is, how did it find ItA way there? The beans, we believe, came direct from Egypt; and of course, as some one must have lost the ring in that eountry, means were taken, ana we believe with success, to discover the rightful owner. The far-traveled ring has returned to the East." In the Scotsman of Jan. 9, 1878, a correspondent gives this curious in­ stance of the loss and recovery of a ring: About three Vtieeiks ago, two Sintlemen were out fishing on Loch riboll, northwest of Sutherlandshire, .and one of them dropped a valuable ring into the water. Last week a fish-, erman on the same loch had amongst his haul a pretty large cod, and inside it was found the identical ring safe and -sotmd, The fisherman was handed a pound note on his returning the ring to the owner. ** Those persons who have seen the Lord Mayor of London," says the World, 44 not merely in his most festive garb, but in semi-State* will not have failed to notice that the-Chief Magis­ trate wears at such times a large oval ornament hung round his neck by a, pi«ice of Garter-blue ribbon. This or- naent is composed of large diamonds. It is of great value, and has a history extending over something like 800 years--the aep of -dse corporation. Shortly after Lord Mayor Cotton came into office, one of the enormous brill­ iants of the 'jewel'--for that is its proper appellation--wis missed. It had either fallen out or been stolen, And search was made for it high and low. The Mansion House was pre­ sumably closely looked over, but un­ successfully; and a West End jeweler •was called in to provide a substitute for the lost diamond, the actual worth of Which was very great, while its his­ torical value might hardly be ap­ praised. One day, however, as the Lord Mayor was reading in one of the drawing-rooms at the Mansion House, a gleam of sunshine fell upon some­ thing lying near a cough, and when Mr. Cotton went to look, he found that that something;was the missing dia<- ' »> hich •i? glciiids as uiigiiiiy as ever In its old setting-place.'1 . , . , Mfty ycnrs ago, or thereabouts, Ad­ miral X--- was in command of one of His Majesty's ships on the Mediterra­ nean station. He always wore an an­ tique ring of rare workmanship and very great value; it was curiously en­ graved with Arabic or Egyptian char­ acters {a ring that nobody could pos­ sibly mistake). One day when on deck, in giving some orders he lifted his liana, ana the ring slipped off his finger and fell overboard. Of course he concluded that he had seen the last of his favorite ring; but a few weeks afterward, he received a letter from a friend, Capt. C--*--, who was stationed at Gibralter, and who had heard of his loss, telling him he had found the ring in the following singular manner: He Was buying some fish, when on the Tender's linger he saw the ring, which he at once recognized (as I said before, it was one it was impossible to mis­ take.) He inquired of the woman how she got it; when she directly answered: ** Sir, it is very odd, and perhaps you will hardly believe me, but I found it Inside a fish I was cleaning.'* I need scarcely add that Capt. C; bought the ring, and returned it to his old ffiend, who, .you may be sure, was jpore careful of it after this adventure, having a double value for it." (In the year 1857, Mr. a®<i Mrs. C-- , of L , were going from a favorite watering-place in North Devon to a village on the coast near, in their little pleasure-boat, The weath­ er becoming very rough, they had some difficulty in managing their tiny craft, and Mr. C had to assist the men to lend a hand. He was wearing a val­ uable diamond ring (a memorial ring to Lord K , once a most popular and justly esteemed personage in Dev­ on), .and having a great regard for his ring? both on account Of its worth and ifrh is old friend's sake, he took it off and gave it to his wife to take ^are of. She , put it on her finger, but becoming •ftery much alarmed at the weather, quite forgot all about it till * she was Safely landed on L *-- beach* • She jthen had time toremember it, bnt to her dismay it was gone. ma mtttim, iHtdewtfn Every search mi# "fm m»i summer, some children of a family lodging in the village, while n-HrtwAirty themselves on the beach, picked' op tile ring, which although it had been either in the sea or among the rocks for thir­ teen years, Was perfectly uninjured, looking as bright and frdsh as if it had only just then dropped. Strange to sav the lady who had lost it was (acci­ dentally) almost the 'first perfcoi* to whom it was shownCftawtters' Jour- , • . i , ^ ;| ^thrtnin? Hid© «! . . __ , • I2H r' 3 *VS ( ANDY BAKER arrived here on Satur­ day evening with the mail. He fur­ nishes further particulars of the death of George McCuthan, the driver, at the hands of the savages. When he saw the band of Indians making toward | him he wheeled round in an instant and put his four horses on the lull run in the direction of J>ry Creek. It whS a race for life. > Although thfe horses were the best stock on th6 road, it could not be ex­ pected that they would maintain the aseendancv in speed with such a heavy load to pull and the savages puraiinjr them on horseback. But the driver and hts passenger, knowing-the fate that was in stofe for them if they fell into savage hands, pushed along for a few minutes at a lightning rate. The bullets of the purr suing savages were whizzing round them thick and fast, but they .heedled them not. Thfey were appalled, how­ ever, at the fact that the distance was gradually lessening between the pur­ suers and the pursuefl, bi^t in this diro emergency their coolness did not desert them. ' - The demoniac yells of the savages were now heard • close to their rear. The distance sped o ver was abput, three miles, and then began, a new phase of the struggle for life. , , It was but the work of an instant for driver and passenger to jump from the stage and cut loose the leaders. This they did, and each man mounting a horse sped onward, leaving the stage, and the other two horses behind theui. They now seemed in a fair way to es­ cape. The savages kept? right on after them, seeming not satisfied with the booty that had been left them. About two miles had ba$n made when an un­ looked-for accident occurred. The horses were still carrying all their har­ ness, and being thus encumbered, the one ridden by the driver stumbled ahd fell. He did not drag the other horse down with him, although the horses were still connected with the harness , as when attached to the wagon. The horse ridden by young Hamilton de­ tached himself, and he was left to keep up the race Alone. Poor McCuthan had not time to get ' his horse up and mount h}pi. t. The savages were already upon him, and immediately began their brutal and torturing work, killing him by slow process and mutilating his body. One of his eyes was gouged out. The fiends took his watch, rilled his poekets and left the disfigured body near by. The mail sacks on the stage were subse­ quently cut open and their contents either appropriated or destroyed. ; Hamilton was pursued a short dis­ tance, but the chase was given up. He ran his horse several miles further, taking to the sage brush. .When oppo­ site Dry Creek the animal sank from exhaustion. Hamilton made his way on foot to the Dry Creek Station, got a fresh horse and he and the stock tender starred on, warning the few settlers along the road of the impending danger. --Idaho Avalanche. FACTS AND FIGURES. am 41 Tonfh Stories pr Gambling in Nevada. THIS is a terrible place for gambling. Faro is the favorite game, but for those who like it there is also poker (unlimit­ ed), keno, sixty-six and eucher. One m an had a marvelouselioe of luck* lis started in to play faro; he played thirty- two hours without stopping or sleeping, and eating a hasty bite as he played. Lost $n,u0O in that time, was nearly broke--being left with but twenty dol­ lars or so, which he staked--he was so c::hrested tha4 he full asleep, ^d^et so escited was the brain that, he con­ tinued automatically to play, knowing nothing. By this time there was a crowd around. Well, he actually won back all he had lost and about $18,000 beside. He would probably have kept on playing, but he broke the bank. It was only then that the spectators dis­ covered that he had been sleeping. Eye witnesses say that when he was awakened, he was the most astonished man they ever saw, though he man­ aged to walk off quite comfortably with $28,0Q0. One more little episode ahd ani I done. As I walked albng the streets ? noticed large numbers'of men with; wounded eacs--some in one stage, oth­ ers healing, some carefully plastered, others again with only a little bit of ear, some with actually not a vestige left. It appears that what is called ear-chewing is a common occurrence. One miner gets to playing cards with another; as the gambling goep on the excitement increases; a little dispute arises, and, presto! before anyone can interfere one springs on another and goes for his .ear., lfhebaa -powerful man, with good toeth and strong mus­ cles, he sometimes bites the ear right off,and unconcernedly spits it on the floor. More frequently, though, he contents himself with simply chewing at it until the ear is pulpy, or some by­ standers just pull him off. In .more Serious rows the bowie-knife and re­ volver still reign supreme. $pwie- knifejis carried in the boot-leg,' aiixl the revolver slung outside, in full; vieyr, around the waist With all this, I must say I like the people. They are rough but thoroughly good tempered, and a reckless bon^honUe I admire.--Virginia (My (Met.f LetMr m Missouri Repub­ lican. *? ,.™ Mcnus^ have 18,000 acres under cultivation. IT is calcuft&d tliatr420,000,000 mummies m&stbe depksltted In the pits of Egypt. . • t ,• THI8TY****E TFFOVSAWTRFREEITIOKETO to the dime concerts given £i Hie Coop­ er Institute. Few York, were distrib­ uted during the past season.. t | WBI^ING was taught about the same two thousand years ago as now. Phal- lantus, a to ache* of pfetfmah*hh>, is Said W have < ««ft mrMxed'* Ih -llebes a, T«b Virginia City Enterprise )(iir«e wie yicld of mines to July ,2 as $150,- 000,000 in gold an<ji, silver. This is the product of the California and Consoli­ dated Virginia. This enormous sum has bo&4 tiken from a spot 800 feet long, and from sixty to 300 feet wide. LAST yew 2,827,742 potmds tot ar senio were .imported into the United States. Every pound will, if rightly ^wrongly) applied, kill 2,800 persons. So there was enough arsealc imported to kill nil the inhabitants of this coun­ try more than 120 times each.--Graphic. THE diameters of the bodies in the sola* system .are--the sun, 888,246 milts; Mercury* 3,224; Venus, 7,687; the esyrth. 7,916; moon, 2,209; Mars, 4,189; Ceres aiid Pallas, uncertain; Juno, 1,425; Vesta, 238; Jupiter, 89,- 170; Saturn, 79,042; Herschel, 88,112. IN 1876 the¥e was altogether 217,962 miles of telegraph line in Europe. The aggregate length of wire was 647,096 miles, and the number of offices was 27,286. The number of messages for­ warded during the year was 81.697,981. The number in 1875 was 77,847,955. THK coins oif the (Jnited States >re legal tender to the f61l0win^ amounts: 3 cents, nickel, ;. v.. riW. "t.* t *."f? 89 •S cents, silver 1 00 5 cente, nickel-- 1 oo Dimes, nuarteraftndhalvei...... * f 00 8tandftrd silver dolldn And Coon bote' to aay amount^ THE average age of the 808 members of the Society of Friends who died in Great Britain and Ireland last year Was pver 58 years, and the average of deaths to population was about 15$ per 1,000. The number of deaths of children under 1 year was only 19, and the highest number in any decade of life was in £hat which included those whose, ages were between 70 and 80. The next highest nmpber, 55, died be­ tween 80 and 90. IT appears from the official report that during the past year the people of New York State have paid, in whole or in part, for the keeping of 43,096 per­ sons in* the various public charitable institutions. Of these 2,174 were In­ sane, 356 blind, 922 deaf ami dumb, 230 idiots, 61 inebriates. The jEiouse of Refuge had 1,347 inmates; the County Poor-Houses, 6,841; the City Aims- Houses, 9,203'? tlje Oi*phan Asylums and Reformatories, 15,990; the Homes for the Aged, 3,907; the Hospitals, 2,064. In addition, outdoor relief was given to a great number, the Overseers of the Poor alone relieved 114,863 per­ sons, while the dispensaries gave med­ ical relief to 2^4,497. The statistics show an .increase of insanity, which* is doubtless to be referred in part to tie hard times. . 5 , ' THE chances against balding seven truipps are 160 to 1; against six it is 26 to 1; against five, 6 to 1 and against four, nearly 2 to 1. It is 8 to 1 against holdhig any fcwo particular cards. The chance is equal in dealing cards that every hand will have seven trumps in two deals, or • seven trumps between two parties, and also four court cards in every deal. This is so certain oh an average of hands that nothing can be rriore Superstitious and absurd than the prevailing notions aboutluck or ill-luck. The change of having a particular card out of thirteen is 13-52, or 1 to 4, and the chance of holding any two cards is i of J or 1-16. The chances <Jf a game are generally inversely as the number got by each or as the number to be got tp complete the gamp#.--AT. IT. Graphic.. usually J square, and have a gay border. v 'i * - • 4 i i made up entirely of u«uua>M- ohMs are similarly fashioned, TJiere are"Slso polonaise dre3(le§ 'of gayly-ool- ored ginghams, with panier fnifocM on the udes, and revers of 0o6*rasting color, triwped with ^hite lace. Thus a dark pwe gingham polonaise has I broaq vest' of raandann yellow giiiir- Ham xhat' is almost 66tered with Hussion IKfce; betotf tHir^sst the tmise Is turned upf!»itii'»3%llbw and the side we gathered the back to give the fullness of papiers. The skirt has knife-plaitingg bound with the da^k yellow} the cuffs and collars are also yellow, with wi«l4 lad© MM smoothly over them to tone adnwiith«i» high color. : \ . « j ;i VVortU iia^sent oyer most l^eaatiful fpu^-ddresfes made in the new Tria­ non styles. One of pale flesh pink has a demi-train, trimmed kith a wide plaited flounce edgted #ith V$deoeiennes .lace, and above theft«mis insertion of Valenciennes,, A jabot of marfy loops of pink satin ribbon an<J[ lace;is down the iiiiuult: Oi tue fiuut bfeauLii,.while the butterff^ over-'skirfe is short and round on the sides, and long and bouf­ fant behind: The'basqoe has a square neck and elbow sleeves., Maay rows of plaited Valencienneff, trim the front : across like ' a' veajt. below we' open square; the sleeves are lengthwise rofvs Of insertion With foulard bands. Light blue foitlards are made similarly, and are trimmed with white jMeehlin lace. Short dresses 4 of piaia white organdy or of dotted Swiss muslin have the but­ terfly over-skirt with a puffed border in which colored ribbon is run, and the edge is finished with knife-plaiting* The square-*!eck corsage and elbow sleeves are ip keeping vyith S||ch skirts, A white Ipulaid toilet of this kind is combine^ with dark violet blue foulard, which app^ar^ as a* iPest below the •Pompadour squhfe"' of * the neck? as & curtain over-skirt, and as facing of the broad kilt plaits with which the, skhi Is trimmed. T6 wear .with such dresses at the gar­ den parties for which they are intended are very picturesque round hats with? broad brims. . Som& of these are made of the thinn$9t white organdy muslin shirred on fine thread-like wire. The brim is broad, and made up of this shirred organdy covered with a row of duehesste point lace laid on so that the scalloped edge will finish the brim, The crown is smooth, and surrounded by a long; finely-curled white ostrich plume. The left side of brim is turned' up in Devonshire style, and a spray of creaiih airid dirk ieti rosel fifli ia the space, i i- Another style suitable for'the quaint new dresses has thg brim ^moothl^ cov­ ered with antique silk in Pompadour colors of rpse and pink, while inside is shirred satin, either ros6 or blue. Only the crow* of the hat is of chf^, and this may be either white, uream or beige color. , A wreath of grasses or of gilded oats, or of .qorn-,flowers, or daisies^ is around the qrown, and a pale-coiored ostrich tip is allowed to stand like a pomponi !' l\>r inexpensivd sliadc hats there are soft rustic straws taf lighter than those formerly worn and ipijh a satin luster. Ladies trim them at home in most co­ quettish ways. The brim is first faced with silk, either dark Jacqueminot rtd, or paie blue, or dark sapphire. «*A wreath of leaves or grasses or daisies is on the outside. T|»e brim, is then curved upward on the left side, ahd the back is turned up more abruptly, and large square bows 6f ribbon the color of the lining are placed on the back and sides of the brim. The edge of the brim needs a wire in order to indent the fjkiUes. and back. Nabob gauze is the hatne of ^ beau­ tiful fabric used % nilllifiets for trim­ ming round hats and'bonnet#. It is of Oriental colors in inch-wide stripes, and is loosely woven in square meshes. The rich colors of India cashmeres are ssen in this fabric combining dark yel­ low with red, blue and myrtle green. Lace bonnets for young ladies to wear on fu'l-dress occasions irf the summer are made in baby - shape; or felse regular capotes. The frame cpn- sists of only a few Wires and is very light, itil first -• " ^ polo* --Young mother, deeply interested in a neftrei, but preserving some idea of her duties as a mother, to her eldfest- born--" Henrietta, where is your little sister?" Henrietta--" In the ' knext room; ma.1** Young mother, tufning over page--"GqjaaJ^ee what1 S She db- ing and tell hpr to Stop it thp minute^' -w&aris PajKn* : j > • • • . '*• V"- - -I.'.' The ^rlan^n Styles #f Drfss^s^-Snm m,r Mnta. styles 1 at<5ly brl>rt^it out1 ^ in Paris have become the fashion of the suuim^a tU^i'e, a»d have abseady ap­ peared here at th$ summer, resort^ The butterfly over-skirt worn with' gay short dresses for the country is the avant-courier of paniefs. Tills over- skirt is short, rt'Und and wing-iike oh the hips, while the back shows the con­ templated return to bouffant drapery. The curtain oyer-skirt is another fash­ ion of drapery that recalls the dresses of Marie Antoinette. Ih sorne instances this curtain is so elaborately draped as to suggest upholstery, hence it name; but the plainer models are graceful, and are especially commepded for com­ bination dresses and for refurbishing the dresses of last'season! The black silk dresses that Worth is said to com­ mend most highly have 'this curtaih over-skirt made of brouftde, while the train and apron are of plain silk. Three or four flowing back breadths form the train, and in some cases are looped by tapes underneath to look quite bouffant. These breadlhs are* merelf edged with a narrow knife-plaiting that extends?up the sides M the waist. The three* short breadths have wider plaitijags at th£ bottom to represent a petticoat. From the front of the belt aesccnd two bro­ caded silk breadths that curve outward to the sides, and fire hidden under the plaitings. The lower edges and the front are finished with fringe, A jabot made of many narrow loops of the silk, stiffly interlined, and perhaps faced with satin, passes down tne m(d- dte of the front breadth. This design is*so simple that ladies can easily make it at home, and thus anticipate the style that it is said will prevail next season. In Paris the simplest fabrics are made up in Trianon dresses. New chintz costumes and the Indienne cottons-- soft, fine and closely woven, yet very light 'have the butterfly overskirt QT the curtain drapery preciselv like those seen on the rich brocaded satins and velvet-striped gauzes. A dainty little neckerchief completes this dress shaped somewhat like the Marie An­ toinette fichu, which has gradually won its way into favor again. The i.cottoii^rcliiefB^. however, more Bazar. smoothly covered with ' "*1 n rkK" "'• LAST Monday Mr. Satmiiel > MiteheK, whrf is known in religious parlance ai a Seoomi Adventist, was tried by the County Q9urt under an indictment of the grand jury for violating paragraph 4,579 of the code of Georgia, which makes' it a misdemeanor to labor on the Sabbath day; except; in cases of necessity or charity. The proof in Mr. Mitchell's case tras conclusive by his own, admission that he h&d hauled rails and plowed on the J^aJbbath day. But he contended that his relig­ ion required him to work six dgys, and to rest on the'1 seventh; that from lvls interpretation of the Sacred Scrip­ tures, he-felt it his duty to work on pur Sabbath day, and to rest on our Satur­ day. lie tried to shelter himself pnder the (Constitution of the state, article one, section one, paragraphs twelve and thirteen, guaranteeing to all men the right to worship God according to the dictates of tjieir own conscience. The Judges decided that t^hc law under which the defendant was indicted had nothing to do with his religious belief; that he could worship God m any man­ ner and anywhere that he pleased, and/ the laws of jG^eorgia made it a crime for anyone to" disturb him, in his worship; thatih&hiw und&rjwhich lie was indicted did not say what religious tenets he should entertain', or what he shotild reject; but only decided that he should not labor on the Sabbath day, except in cases of necessity or charity, and that this Constitutional provision upon the liberty of conscience did not excuse acts of licentiousness or guilty practices, inconsistent with the peace and safety df the State; that a disregard of the Christian Sabbath in violation of the laws of the country would tend to demoralize the country,/ and would therefore endanger the peaceand sale-' ty of the same.--QuitmarrX&a:) Repor- ter. • --As they passed a gentleman whose optic8 were terribly on the bias, tyttle Dot murmured: Ma, he's got one eyd [ selves at all; as if they expected that don't go."--Syracuse Tirtpes. ; ; 4 to take them in hand and work them I o k , M f S O U L . • " THx Word is a lamp imto my feet, and a ligiit onto my path."--Fsulm cxix:10i. " Hold tbuu me up. and I Khali be Psatm cxiw;ll7, •» ' ' A pwt ".Lmx Benigm." • ' t t m nor h^ifcefleepmi^rtiooin, , . Skill ureas thoo on; oMeififlit Ail4o«i||Mtaer rtmad thk iomb, *Riron|!rh tOTfcb along the narrow One iicbtH thy pat?, to reach eternal day.*] : i i i < i ' " ' U . ; » ' ' • i - f i - : » Denpondini;. Lord, I lean upon Thy Word. , " Hoid Thou me upf » ' J - I^reuld not Uv|^bnttj|at i^^cry be heard, fTaiii Ihoughtfi I^hate, iain would t Iovfe Thy lair. - ' • tt ipff T^mmnymyfian "'»• s .., Thy judgmente^^y^^I^lesh with a?e, My Bock of ehalter in the aultry jcloJ1'. JUy biding place, wben cliillins tempesto blow. ' s 4 ? ' " ' ' i j . i ' * ranmyhing, Lord, Thy promises I claim,, . r » "1 ihall he Rafes" Not ftir mj'self.'feut for Hi« Hi lKhail 1 r myself, but for Hw Holy Name,- "I shall be safe;" ' " !i ftow<Jre<|4 so e'er dewrved wrath may btMf ®hy loving mercy, only, jiuljfeth me., M. Brunot, in Standani tftto <o ' Sitnday-School Lessons. . ^ •,».. i • . JPHIKl) QUABTEB. . , , , fftig. 4---The©«iught*of Fishes.. Luie B: l-li. !8t 25--The Ffiejnd dt'Sinnei-8.. . .tuke- 7:40^50. . 8--The (ioOu oamaritan Lnke lOaK^ST, Bept.Jfi--lapoitanity ia Prayer.. .Luke lit 6-lt. Sept. 23--Covetonflness • • Luke 12:13-25. of Irf-Moruj for the Qaarter. Vi T ^fA^TT '0? us have not? tKfe *Vfeferience works and helps to JfeJibie-study: many have notftii® li*i*e for Bible-study dur­ ing the houM of the da>; but there is one thing I wish to impress upon yoji ahd that is what can he within the reach <?f al>? Constantly apply the Word --carry it into practice--apply it day by day, and hour by ' hour. You w|ll be astounded at tne marvelous result! That is the key to the understanding of the Bible. Every other appliance or means pales intp insignificance before this. The Bible is. written entirely with a view to personal application, to practical adoption of its precepts. This sjtudy will make up for aU else. A man or woman may have but a Bible: let him or let her apply it; there is fresh­ ness, life and power .given to every chapter, every verse. w I may say there is a possibility 'ot over-competition (there is nothing uhf, der the sun that cannot be pbjected to).- We may all rejoice in examinations j but let lis not rneglect this continual study. " It is a perpetual study--an in­ exhaustible life-study. Go as deep as you will, review your work, and you will find you have only tonch&d the surface. And as we ihus study we may long for the introduction to the better world--the life of rest. Let us remem­ ber the experience of St. Paul, when hfe was tin a strait, between a desire to de­ part an^. to be wiih Christ, and to re­ main to serve Christ among His peo­ ple. Let us have the Spirit of the Word? 116 Move us to constant,' earnest service. Let us not be hearers of the W ord only, but doers also. Continue to study the Word of God prayerfully, Mid live the Word, that ye may be­ come living epistles of Christ, be sanctified wholly--spirit, soul and body. --Bible Class Address. rlfia $eed8 tlie Sabbath. and make them ire and true, Men some tempti wheir^«yifaMB j**t the alhritest piir- &JL °wn ^ and their on-n will# in renting temptation and ^"c i>.rajre]r8 tm are most clearly ^£*1 ? < \_It would be absurd, would d; n t̂, |o ask the Lord to jrive vou a- good garden this year, without^yottr Tr,irtinS or or weeding at all? It would be |>repf»sterous toa«i wie Lord to give you an orderlvkouse. or a profitable business, or aMoeessfal innmAir anJ »• ' - ™VOOTB"™ •ifj 1 ' " THE Sabbath was made for rman-- j«ot man for the Sabbath !M said the Divine Redeemer. Man needs it! He needs it to recuperate the waste which six days1 labor has brought to his physi­ cal system. He needs it to rest his mind, which the worry and care of business has more or less depressed. He needs its sacred time to meditate on his relations to God, his fellow- men, and eternitv; hnd to enable him to join with his fellow# in acts ofdevo* tion to his Creator and Preserver. He needs it that he may have time to cul­ tivate that self-respect and social en­ dearments which the busy toil of six days forbida* ( The Church algo needs it that, she may observe the ordinances committed to her by her Divine Head, and to af­ ford her opportunity to teach those truths Which are essential to her exist­ ence, r.nd the welfare of men, both in •'me and eternity, The State also accd|, it that her citizens may learn their du­ ties to one another, their obligations to "society and their duty for conscience1 Sake, to obey the laws of the land.- And it may be that .even the iron on our railroads and in our workshops need* it, to regain that solidity and strength which constant use tends to destroy. The voice of Nature may, therefore, Well mingle yrith the voices of men, and both in unison with our l)ivine Creatfor proclaim, '• Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy!" Yes, we need its hallowing influences to pre­ pare us for the labors and duties of time and for the enjoyment of eternity. And that we rhay incite you to dse your influence to maintain it in our own community, to our country, and the world, we ask you to meditate on some of the results which "would inevitably follow its abrogation as a day of I'est, as a sacred day and a.non-legal day in Our land. 1. Ignorance, crime and barbarism iwoyld be promoted by its abrogation. 2. Demoralization as respects morals would ensue. / " 3. Political demoralization would re* suit from it. ' • ' 4. Civil and rehgiousliber^ wouldbe destroyed,. ' ; • ' " , 5. Infidelity and Cofnmuhisu ^ould be promoted. 6. The wages of the laborer would be lessened! J Zj. Disease would be increased. vTThe judgments of God would he brought dojvn upon, the Nation.-- Church Union. Saperftaeu* Prajhf. !- IT is impossible, as the moral RE­ verse is constituted, for any man to be made g^od against his will or without his will. Yet we hear a good many prayers in which God is besought to do> this very thing. Men often talk about themselves in their prayers as if they were sticks of wood or lumps -of clay; as if they had no power over the na­ if they expected God over **& £ ^ ^ «*J. . it-.t.i* zlt&MS J* ' *** u r*: if r.t »- for jour prayers to be answered. It Would be foolish to ask the Lord to *et your arithmetic lesson for you or-to* gave you in answer to® prayer the glow ofh^nd yigp r tbM. comes froi, phy sical exercise. Suppose you should he down upurboafc in &&&&* of the river three miles above Niagara Falls, anu, wi«f praymg the Lord not to lead yoti into danger, bat to deliver yow from all harm, shoved go to sleep, n ould not that be mocking God? fg not all such praying as this suoerfiuoM ---and southing worse. When ypu keep asking God to do what it belongs to you to do, what it is Within your power to do, what He has expressly re­ quired you to do, what He cannot do for you without setting at nought evert" principle of the moral order which He hps established, are not your prayers 4 very aggravated sort of vain repeti­ tion ? . It is keep this thought ia mind in all our praying. We are not stocks and stones; we are the sons of God, endowed by Him with the power of choice; clothed by Him. with respon- j sibility; intrusted by Him with our own immortal destiny. We are not machines, operated by natural or su­ pernatural force;, we are free agents; our wills are ours, and they never will be in harmony with God's will till w* determine that they shall be.. It i* vain to ask God to make us good. Hs never makes anybody good. We may ask Him to help us to become geo£ That He ,always does.-- Washingtm Gladden, iri Sunday Afternoon. ••lili.'i, tj !,) lir--} ' vr -J-s. I'he Happy, duileless, Pteacerul^, ' loiters. THE edit6rsof Indianah«d * |M#'" reunion at Lafayette yesterday, and J . was constrained to stop'and join them, for verily were they not going to opeff a keg of nails and out a melon? Hap­ py, innocent, guileless men, these ed­ itors! How little they know of the world'and its sordid cares: how little they know of its wrangling strifes and its noisy ways; how little they see of its currencies; how sublimely, magnificent-' ly seldom do they light upon 'the comi- bination of its safe lock. Ah! men of the busy, heartless, money-getting- world, editors have no money. We have something better^ We have calm> unmoved and immovable sleeping con­ sciences that you couldn't quicken wilk a stroke of lightning. Wha£ a price­ less treasure is such a conscience. Journalism is the' profession- without* jealousy. 1 don't believe there is a profession in the world so free from jealousy as this. Look at musical peo- # e'e. They arei the worst in the lot. nsic hath charms to soothe a savage, but it has no power to tame the feroei- ty of people who play and sing and teach it. An opera company without a black dye is An unheard-of wonders All through the opera season the fright­ ened air is full of the loud wrangliugs of warring tenor and soprano, contral­ to and basso. Every mail brings to our ears the crash of another footstool1 Christine Nilsson has kicked over. And a church choir--why, I never knew but, one choif that didn't have a chronic row on its hands dating back as far as the 1 Tariff bill, and more -complicated than the Louisiana Investigation. And that one broke up the first Sunday. One of the first indications of a revival in the church is when the soprano and' alto get on speaking terms with each other, And at a musical festival, did .vou ever notice how the chorus stodct back and glared at' the' solo? It Is awful. But with us there is none of that feeling. We love each other, and?,.; i when in the course o| .oqj- poiitiqal duti?$, f/ as' standard-bearers, we feel ' cpa- strained to call an esteemed con tempo- rary a "measureless liar," he knows- -- we mean business, , and if he is a man who will get mad at a little trivial thine , like that, he comes oyer with a club and mashes us, and that is the end of it. We maty have ooeasion to denounee him, in the heat and passion of the conflict, as a "moral hyena, whose foul and, festering chops drip gall, and aqua fortis, a mocker And destroyer of the truth, upon whose vicious lips the dear, pure trutfy, if ^ver it could spring; from a heart'so blacKened and stained with crime, turns to ashes and bitter­ ness before it can be uttered." We may feeMt our duty to call an es­ teemed contemporary a "paltering > slave to a ring of petty tyrants," " ( unprincipled Scoundrel, whose grov- eliing carcass, wallowing in the cess­ pool of political corruption, steeped to his thievish eyes in abhorrent partisan, infamy, pursues ite nefarious traffic to ' the very shadoiv of the mocking gal- ' ^ lows it has cheated too long." We get mad at these things. Sometimes dread- ; ful mad, awfully mad< Bnt we get over it, especially if the other man is the '• biggest.' _ ' When tfie jealousy of Union Gen-rtii erals was bringing disgrace and detenti­ on the Union arms" in Virginia, thft newspaper correspondents hnng to­ gether and carried on the war ana wem victories and slaughtered people by ttt* •' . column, double-leaded brevier. FM» pie love us for this unselfishness. On?, tranquil lives imprint upon our facqs , the^ beautiful and tender expressiofk which pe6ple always remember so long after they meet ah editor, and which ' makes them go home shuddering, to dream that very night that they met man who had starved to death, ana' had crawled out of his grave to steal a pretzel and couldn't find his way back/ ' We eat well, and we don't care at ; whose expense; we dfess well, we sleep well, and we drink--well, only tolerable^ . only tolerable.--Burlington Hawk-Eye.