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% MODEIiNEoLPIT. LOCAL PRIDE. By Rev. Cornelius H. Patton. "A Citizen of no Mean City." Acts xxi. 59. It was none other than the Apostle Paul who made that. remark. a man who had traveled considerably, and who always kept his eyes open wherever he went. He was ‘ the advance agentof the Lord in the matter of locating churches, and so it bccamea part of his business to journey froln place to place, whereby he acquired the habit of estimating the relative importance and attractiveness of the various towns and citirs through which he passed. lie of course was familiar with all the attractions ochrusidt-m. He was standing at that moment on the grand flight of marble steps whicliled from the temple court up to the castle of Antonia, where he could look down upon the city with its triple walls, its,many towers, its magnificent, palaces, its marble terraces crowned with the temple of Herod, all ly- ing before him and flashing in the sun like a Vlll()SillC of precious stones. llc was at home in that city of David, the capital of his na- tion ; he had passed in and out of the gates from early youth, he was familiar with the buildings, the streets, the schools, the people, and he loved the city with all the fervor of a patriotic Jew. But he knew al- most as much about Antioch, a city vastly greater than Jerusalem. For ten years he had made it his headquarters,residing there also much of the time. ,I’Ic knew the habits of the gay, pleasure-loving people, he had studied their proud institutions, he had visited their schools, and had talked with their philosophers, zhetoriciaus and poets. . He had stood in front. of the which Antioch was famous ; he had admired the mansions of the rich and the linoliouses of the wull-to-do, and of course he had walk- cd time and time again through their famous avenue, which stretched east and west with its four miles of marble colonnadc on either hand, and its granite pavement between. And what was true of his knowledge of Antioch was true in respect to Ephesus, the most opulent city of Asia Minor. years he had lived in full view of its temple of Diana. He was acquainted with their worship, with their business and with their schools. “'0 are told that. he daily tiscd the school of one 'i'yrannus for his disputations, and doubtless he was fairly well acquainted with then-other institutions. All this is of value as giving authority to his estimate of Tarsus, which we have in the text. l'aul too had sojonrncd at I’hilppi, the chief city of Macedonia; and better still he had been at Athens, not long, but long enough to visit. the synagogue, the market- place and the schools of the philosophers, and to make a speech fron. the Areopagus where at one glance he could see all the glories of the city. Add a you ‘ and a half at Corinth, and a brief stay at Scores of little towns and villages in between these great. centers and you Will admit that Paul was competent to speak on this subject. He, knew a good city when he saw it, if we are . ‘ I lstealing, plunder, pillage, debauchery and, to consider this same theme, it. is worth while to have a text from the sayings of this traveler. Moreover, I like the patriotic flavor of his words. I speak of it as patriotic. because we have no single word to express loyalty to the town or city where ouchappcncd to be born. ing to a man who thought he came from considerable of a place. Forthat Lysias was lome was it Roman, and all roads led to I hisidea, undlittlc cities like Jerusalem and Antioch were but stations bythc way. Paul was from 'I‘ursus, not an insignificant- place,as I shall hope to show you at- the right time, , but. still of small account- whcn compared ‘- wifh Imperial l-lomc, so that there is some- thing refreshing in the way the Apostle spoke up to the Roman about his native. town. For we all have the same feeling that moved him to speak of Tarsus in that complimentary way. any place calch mean if we come from there. The very fact of its possessing our own im- portant selves settle the question of its ex- ccllency or its meanness forever, at. least in our csfimatiou. \Vc cannot exactly divorce ourselves from the surroundings which have helped to make us what we are. lived in a town for any Considerable length of time is to have some quality of that place clinging to us ever after, even thrm‘gh we may be removed far away : very much as atrcc which you transplant in early a spring will lovingly inclosc some of its native earth within the folds of its roots and ten- drils, and curry it along asa rcmindcrof the old life. More particularly when we are away from home it is universally felt to bc. a plca~ mun-sensation when we are citizens of no mean city. Ab ml the first question we ask of a stranger is--“ \Vha-rc doyon live And pleasant indeed is it for him if he can name ‘ some city of reputation throughoutthcland. llut if not, and We ate obliged to proceed with the second inquiry-w“ And what sortof it place is it?" the pleasure possible in the former case will not be entirely wanting if he can honestly think and assort that the town in which he. resides although not fo be compared for importance with the :Ieat Home of the land, is ncvertllcless'by reason of its own intrinsic cxccllcucics a city of good repute. in its own region. This was a pleasure. possible to rim, and one that should be. possible to us. After all. the size of the town in which we 1 live has little to do with its unportnnce in ‘ our own cycs. \\'c live therefor our own improvement and comfort, and if the place answers to the demands of such lives as we are destined to live, We can go before the world of our inquiring friends with a per- pctuul smile of contentment in anticipation of the question certain to come. If the life of the luau who lives in l’odunk Corners, (supposing flu-re is such a plucc)orllriggsvillc or any of those places which distress our English friends. is complemly satisfied by that environment. then he ought to hold up his lit-ad as high as any resident of New York. The. trouble is with us who are de- slincd to live outside of the metropolitan centers. that seldom is it that the demands of our lives are completely or even approxi- mately satisfied by these surroundings. The old residcntcr remarks: “Then go some- where else i"â€"â€"a very impolite remark from his point of view. considering that even he imagines that he has certa‘n demands which perhaps we mu supply. But rather let us palaces for , For three - one lives or where He was talk- . It is not in us to have V To have , f opportunities. Any one who expects more i, had better take the old settler's advice. I believe it is the divinely declared duty ' of every town to pros er. That is what we 2 are here for as indivi nals and as communi- ltiesâ€"to prosper, physically, iiitellvcfuallyl and spiritually. And because, (and this is purity in those various directions depends g in no small degree upon the Welfare of the ' community at large. ' f I l l 1 l f 4 , I shall procee-. then ,without hesitation, and all the holder beâ€" 3 cause I remember that large portions of our ., blessed Old Testament Scriptures art- dc vot- ed to the discussion of themat'crial interests iof that people Israel, of course looking it“ ,thetime to the growthmol’ godliness and the j preparation of the earth for thc cozazin-r of : the Lord. “ l , . . . laul s remark to the centurion ms, {"1 am a. citizen of no mean city." \Ye ‘ have first to inquire, what is it that makes a mean city? I might begin. by way of answer, to describe certain places known 1 to me which might- fairly come under jthat description. I might cite the case ;of one of our New Jersey cities, of which La friend was speaking the other day, and l which, according to his statement, has with {in its limits three miles of saloons, seven 2 hundred of them.) I should say right of'l'thut :tbat is a mean city. I do not care to live f there. But recognizing the need of a more :fundamental answer than that, I will men- { x l 1 mean nlen. l Any considerable element of men mean ‘ enough to keep a saloon, or mean enough to . 'tcal, or mean enough to burn their neigh- -bor’s barns, or pull down their fences, or i poison their dogs, or who through personal ‘ spite or for their own aggrandizemcnt take .plcasure in annoying their neighbors, will {spoil the most lovely place on earth. If: iis the people who make a town, and it. is ‘ often the people who unmake a town. Nature may do much in the way of fur- nishing a cite, shemay decorate with rocks and hills, lakes, rivers, woodland and inca- dows; the town may be planted high and dry, free from malaria and bad drainage, but- if a mean lot of people have settled down 3 in that lovely spot, you will not care to make it your home. You will pass unto the next town where there is less scenery but , better company. The place, “Where every ipv'ospect pleases and only man is vile,”(or as we might say, “Where man is only vilc,”) may make excellent missionary ground, but you would not choose it for its influence on iyour family. ' Sodom was such a placeâ€"â€" beantifulscencry all around, mount rear- ing their tops to heaven from the midst of a grassy plain, a g ‘and sea stretching f.i 'away and melting into the horizonâ€"it was a city fair to see, but oh, how full of wickedness. Abraham prayed for it, -far off on the hills .of Judah, as long as he could, but stopped in despair when he found there were not ten , righteous men therein. God watched them “ until he could stand the sight no longer, l and then he blotted them out. Rome once i was spoiled by an inundation of fur-an men f l l . Huns, the Goths and Vandals came down cited as the signs of a mean man to-day: lgeneral depravity, destroyed their ancient civilization and made life intolerable. for all i respectable folk. I suppose the same thing might occur to-day if the vandal element- in society as from our gr at cities should start on an excursion among our beautiful and peaceful villages. \Vc {only survive to-day because of the wide ‘ scattering of meanness throughout the land. , It is in the very nature of such men to do- i test. law and order, and they are averse to l building up cities and towns even composed of their own kind, or in any way to the lmanipulation of government. A mean man Y cannot live with too many other mean men ‘: around him, because not infrequently their ‘ meannesses clash. If they both pull down = each other's fences there is nothing gained 1 in the end. The consequence is they pcrfer - to live where there are no fencesâ€"material ‘m-otherwisc. They take naturally to the éwoods and plains, or else to the streets Eof our great Cities. How so many mau- uged to live together in Sodom and Gomor- rah,_I have never been al le to understand. It is the single exception that proves the lrule. Certain it is that the Scythians, the i Vandals, and Visigotbs being lawless \verc Tall wanderers; and wherever they settled , down it had to be in small communities at 'considerable distances from each other for their own preservation. l Such people will unmake any decent town. 'be their type ancient or modern. And so ,you know that the Apostle Paul when this ; lloman centurion accused him of being an Eligyptiun bandit who made an uproar and 'lcd out into the wilderness four thousand gmcn that were murderers, the Apostle re- :plied by remarking, “ You are mistaken my friend, what you say cannot be so, for I am rt t'ifiu u, and of no mean city." He might have asked the : the Roman to notice. his benevolent Aposto- 3 he look, or to have examined him on his rc- ; ligious belief. Almost any personal investig: - ; tion Would have relieved a man like Paul of i the absurd charge of being a high Iaymau. i llut the Apostle having the mat ter in his own hands simply adduced his citizenship as a snflicicut reply. It proves, and right out of the text, what I have been saying that mean men are so destructive of decency in cities 2and towns that to come from a place of fair reputation is evidence presumptive of good character. There is a certain advantage, it is true. of being a good man in a bad plane. ‘ It shows to the world that there is such a thing possible to free moral agents as rising abovconc‘s surroundings, and of rising in spite. of onc's surroumlings, even as our great, especially in the case of children. as well proved by the influence upon Lot's a family of even a short residence in Sodom. l Moreover a man is known by the company he kceps.and to a certain extent by the town he lives in. Every community has a charac- ter of its own, which is not exactly the al- gebraic sum of all the individual characters in the place, good and bad, but rather the resultant of all these various characters in llKll‘ incessant play upon each other, a re- sultant which so far from being intangible, as minv suppose, can generally be found ,in such material things as neat houses, l well-kept lawns, good roads, good schools, and wide'awnke churches. Some ' equally important,) our own individual pros- , .tion as the first requisite of a mean city, l 1 side. from the Northâ€"in the days when the‘ upon them, and by just such acts as I have . blessed Lord grew up in Nazareth : but this - is hardly a sufficient reason for locating . I among such neighbors. The risk would be too ‘ being quite otherwise minded) but rather of letting our own actions in reference to the sueeds of the community, be influenced by i mean, narrow ideasâ€"ideas which if we would good to be based on selfisune§ is the most ' short-sighted thing a man can have next to ; a lookingâ€"glass. Our meanness is more likely i to take the form of settling down in our own = homes, serenely comfortanle in the thought , that our roof does not leak and our sidewalk l is in good repiir and our stretch of road i '3 well stoned and without holes. 2 But there are other elements that enter 3 into the composition of a mean city. There l are the pugnacious men. It is pleasanter to I dwell upon such than to dwell with them. l Sometimes a whole community gets pugua- l cious‘and divides into two armies for attack and defence. It starts with one or two men 3 whothink thetownpump, forinst‘incc, should j be located hereâ€"others pcrfer it there. The i thing spreads until the whole town is invol- l ved, and by and by there is cousidemblebad i feeling and some hard words. and perhaps l in the end two pumps in dili'crcnt parts in ' But on the whole such bitter con~ i j the town. i tests impede the progress of a town, and give ; it the reputation of being mean. lvillage where such a fight is in progress. If i started over the location of the center of the . ltown and the placing of the Post Office. ’ It soon spread to the calling of mines, land so it affected every question of town lpolicy. It got. into the road meetings and school meetings; it. got into {elections ; and it has just now rcacued i the stage that one end of the village, l (the end where the centre was not placed) is 4 boasting of a flag-pole ten feet; higher than l the one at the other end. It is wise to avoid such contests, for those outside individuals who are thinking of locating in our direction land who have not the slightest interest in lthe Mr. A. or the Mr. B. whose individual pugnacity is all the time back of this con- test, come and look upon the poor stricken l and wounded community and like the Priest land the Levite of old pass by on the other There are also the obstinate men, and the lazy men, and the too-busy men,‘ and the un- decided men, and the close-listed men,‘and many other kinds of men and women, who dwelling in any considerable mun- ber at Tarsus or any other city be it ever so bountifully endowed by nature, will spoil it. fo ' all philanthropic, public-spirited residents who would like to say thby are' citizens of no mean city. Paul was able to say that in reference to his native town, and so the immediate iii- terest of this discussion will be on its possi- ablc side as to what. elements enter into the making of a good city, one of which a citizen need not feel ashamed. We might answer right off, that the thing I needed is men the ex: ct opposite to those we have mentioned, unselfish, pcaceablc, law-abiding, wide-awake, public-spirited citizens. These if in control of a city or town are sure to make it an exceedingly comfortable place in which to live, and of good repute in outside circles. Land will go up, new families will be moving in all the. l time, for in that case the reward of virtue is something other than itself. "lift. 1 would turn your attention more particularly to the. ; directions in which such men as I have ' described should apply their eiierg‘es And that must be the making of a town a pleasant place of residence, for yourselves of course and for such other families and indi- lviduuls as may wish to come your way to ‘, live. It; would seem to be a very simple prob- ] lem, and it is. as to its theory ; but as to gpracticc it will require a large amount. of labor on the part of unselfish citizens. Tak- ing it for granted that all recognize the need ,Of genuine Christianity in our midst and hence of well supported and well-attended churches I will make two other suggestions, x and close with an exhortation. First, we must make ourtown as beautiful and as convenient as possible externally. It is just. here that. in the general I mation towns are adjudged mean or otherwise. Not unlikely l’aul bad part. , ly in mind the thought of what a ,beautiful place Tarsus was when he an- lswercd the centurion. Perhaps he re- lcalled the wondrously beautiful landscape ‘ within which his native town was sct,â€"â€"the ginounfains with the snow-capped peaks of i Tarsus. the plains, the river ()ydrus flowing 3 through deep ravines and just above the ci y i thundering over the rocks in a mighty fall ; l perhaps it \ 'as the city walls that he would i admircmost,and the stately buildings, or the l parks with tbei ‘ancientmomuncnts. breaking In.) the monotony of the well-paved streets. l 'l‘arsus was worthy of such admiration, and ! l’aul had been influenced too ,nuch by these i surroundings to forget them-amid theperhaps lgreatcr glories of Jerusalem. Almost every man formsbis impression of the towns he visits by their external appearance. Such things asbriek and mortargrass, wood, hay, stubble enter largely into our estimate of the comfort of a place for residence, iycs and into our estimate of the character of the. people. With the scenery about us we have nothing to do. God made it- as it-is. “'0 maybe thankful that while not grand, it is ye. very pleasing, and a constant stimulus for our emulation in the way of istreet and garden decoration. The Lord ghas given us this bit of land with its hill ‘ and dale as he gave the Garden of Eden to ‘ Adam that we might dress it and keep it ; llut lknow of no reason whatever why we should not have things just exactly right in i this way. Expense is not a valid reason, for i it is economy always to keep things in good order. And even where a little extramoney is required, so far as it comes out of the .town it is sure to be repaid some time : by the extra benefit- sccnred in the way i of greater prosperity. “'e can afiin-d to keep 1 l ' our roads in perfect. condition. “'c cannot afford to keep them any other way. “'0 cannot afford to let ruts and holes re- main in the roads, even for a little time. And would that some wise man would adapt for highway purposes that ancient and ham orable proverb, to the truthfulness of which all the ladies can testify, “ A stitch in time saves nine." I am able to state after a care~ ful investigation of the subject that the region of Tarsus was noted for its good roads. which alone would go far towards taking it out of the company of mean cities. \Ve can afford to keep the edges of the grass even cut by the wayside, and the weeds mown down. \Vc can afford to have parks, and we ought to have them, and wateriu hearts, in abundance and many other things might mention which a town mud have in order to be rated above the mean. I know a . f lsugar of lead to a pztilful of rain water. esti-- i pares it in this respect with Athens an ‘ Alexandria, and actually giving the prefer cues to Tursus as regards the zeal for lawn- iug shown by the residents. Now I an sure we have got at the root of the wboh matten When I‘aul exclaimed on the stom steps, “I am a citizen of no mean city," he knew that the city of 'l‘ursus was rcnowu~ ed throughout the empire as u s: at of Imru~ my, and that the chief captain at. his side and even the howling mob at his feet wo ilc respect him the more at the mere mention of that name. It is not neccsary for me to enter into a 2 discussion of the advantages of education. f In Paul's day there in ty have been a doul f l on the subject, and perhaps 'l‘arsus \\‘.l~ I better known because of its loneliness in, this respect. But with us the question hit~ ‘ f been settled forever, and our schools art here not only in every city and village, but almost at every cross-roads us an evidence \\'e rc - of our belief in popular education. ! cognize til it our public Schools are a vital iel *ment in the government scheme which is l peculiar to this country. \Vha‘. we need to g , recognize more is that the prosperity of each ‘ separate community whit-l llllliUS up the government, is in no less degree dependent ‘ upon the quality of the schools within its borders. My exhortation is this. For the remedy i of such evils as l have pointed out we need 1 nothing but a goad, strong public sentiâ€" ment. Let us have it. Nehemiah over- came certain evils and accomplished certain g improvements in Jerusalem. simply by the lpower of public sentiment expressed in a Egrcat assembly. No, there was one other important factor. For club of those men gathered in that vast indignation meeting ‘came from the building of that- port’ion of the ruined city wall which was over against his own house. “'0 need then public opin- ion enforced bv a. vigorous improvement of ysueb opportunities as lie in our owu way as individual citizens; And we can be sure that He who has prepared no mean city for our future habitation will be with us in this 1 good work. ' V W Hints for the Householi. A few drops of ammonia in a eupful of warm water applied carefully will remove spots from paintings. " To prevent tin pans from rusting rub fresh lard on them, and set, in a hot oven until thoroughly heated and then rub ofl‘. ‘ Wlieu the hands are stained .use salt and ' lemon juice; this will take off stains and render the hands soft and white. Soak clothes that, fade over night in water in which has been dissolch one mince of Don’t rub your face with a cmrse towel ; just remember it, is not mad: of cast iron; and treat it as you Would the finest porce- lainâ€"gently and delicately. To loosen stoppers of toilet bottles let a drop of oil flow around the stopper and stand it within a foot or L‘.‘.‘.’) of the fire. After a time tap it gently, and if it does not loosen add another drop of oil. , Common horse radish grated into a cup i of sour milk, then strained, is Still to be an. excellent lotion for freckles. ‘ Au ounce of lemon juice in a pint of rose water will also - answer the same purpose. 13th are harm- less and good. . By rubbing with a. damp piece of flannel . dipped in whiting the brown discoloratimis maybe removed from cups and porcelain | pudding dishes in which custards, tapioca, rice, &c., have been baked. Only a smooth whalcbone and a little pa- tience are required for the renovation of ostrich feathers. Beginning at the base of the feather, draw each frond lightly but i firmly between the whalebone and the thumb ; the firmer the pressure the more . pronounced will be the curl of the feather. I If the face has become roughened by the ‘. 'wind, sponge it often with equal parts of rose watci'and brandy. Do not use toilet i washes containing much alcohol, as they are quite apt to produce harnifnl results. The l alcohol parchcs the skin, renders it brittle and impairs its nutrition. ‘ Swss'r Ari-Li: Plcui.n<.â€"â€"Pare and quar- i fer them and boil until tender in vinegar and water, dip out. and put in glass 11's 2 then to 1 one quart. of vinegar add two pounds ofsngar, . be: t the vinegar and dissolve the sugar in it, add cloves and cinnamon and pour over the apples while hot, seal and put in cool place Small holes in whife walls can be easily closed without the assistance of the m tson ‘ by taking equal parts of plaster of paris and the white sand which we use for scouring. l Mix these with water foa pasm and apply immediately. Smooth off with a flat knife. . This mixture burdens very quickly, there fore only a small quantity should be prepar- " . First one. One Hundred Dollars in cnsh. .. _ _ .--.'l lfamous it was for its schools. Stmbo. r l g A {historian contemporary with Paul, com- . Biblé Coiiipelitiui ! NO- 26, The Old Reliable again to the .. fore. A splendid fist of Rewards. 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You, thera- cd at a time. ‘ iore, pay nothing at all for the privncgc of A (loon Ibu-‘ssixo For. yolk of one egg ; rub tliebulfer to a crcum ; addthc other ingredients and mix thorough- ly; add the last thing a teaspoon of lemon ijuice, if desired ; set away to cool : Spread 'tbc bread with this dressing and add the ham chopped fine. “hen the face is usually pale, bafbc it in l, tepid water, rubbing briskly with a Turk- lish towel. Then apply every daythc fol- lowing preparation : Four ounces of rose wafer, two ounces of giycerinc. and oncounce , of diluted liquid ammonia. Rub it well in- ito the skin fo‘abont three minutes, and l then Wipe ofl‘ with asoft towel. If any ir- , ritation is felt, add a little more glyceriiic l to the preparation. Arr”:JELLY.â€"\\'hen drying or calming apples, save all the parings and cores to make ,jelly. I’utiu cold waterto )revcnt discolora- f tion till wanted for use. I'ut in preserving l kettle. cover with water, with a plate over : to keep in the steam, and boil till perfectly l soft ; mash the cores to pieces with a fork while cooking. When done pour in jelly . bag and let drip in an earthenware crack (a l bagmadeof finequiltliuing isexcellent ),don't ’ squeeze, let it drip several hours. I’our off land measure the clear juice and put on land boil twenty n‘inuteu before adding the sugar. Allow a pound of sugar to a pint of juice, put the sugar in a pan inside of the stove to get hot, stir, don't scorch. After the juice has boiled twenty minutes, add the hot sugar, and boil till done, may S.\.\'.l)\\'li‘lll-l‘~'.~â€"â€"v One half pound of nicebnttcr, two table-y . , . . , l spoons ofprepared mustard, two tablcs'mons? Chr‘Slmu I resent” t" mend" ‘f 3”“ “m I of salad oil, a little cayenne, a little salt, the " competing for these prizes. . The prizes will be distributed in time for to use them in that way. I The distribution will be in the bands of disinterested parties and the prizes given strictly in the order letters arrive at the LAnii-Ls’ JOURNAL office. 'Over 2.3m“) per- sons have received rewards in )revious com- petitions. Address, Editor 115' Joun» ‘ uAl, Toronto. Canada. l An Unique Funeral. l l The most unique funeral on record was gtba‘ of lizckicl Johnson, which look plarc in l llrcafhift County, Ky. The dccuaunl was a i lad l.'l years old, the son of Rev. I'Ilirlus Mobnson. In April, 1839, the boy was chas- ltised by his father and sent into the field to plow oats. In ashor. time he was missed, and was found hanging to a tree on the out- skirts of the field, having committed suicide in a fit of anger. A few days ago the funeral iwas preached. Elaborate [bl‘f'pll'llllfllm for the ceremony had been made. The clothes worn by the be at the time of his de- ceased was utuffc: , his shoes and hat placed in the pro -r position and this effigy was , hung by t ie same rope to the same tree. In ,the presence of this spectacle the funeral i ceremonies were conducted. Over the grave of the lad, a short distance ofl‘, a little hoan was built, and on this was stretched a can. vas, upon which, in large letters. was print- ; ed a convci‘ation with a ulster jinn prior to his death. The funeral mrrvires Were continu- ed three days, and the crowd prrxtnt in said to have been the largest ever convened in the country. Just at the close of the third which finot take more than ten or fifteen minutes. H i i i ' ‘ day's services an nfi'ray occurred in answer tLit we live where wedo, in the first i of these are not material as we ordinarily ‘ And now come to a less showy but a fax- . When c001 m. in -eu . jam.” and m, on i , V . n . . , ' deeper wnsulcratlnn, that of education l W 1 3 g l :Andy fulmer won that and lulled b.y loin place because we like it. and in. the second 1 use that term :ibut they may be so denomi- ' ' ‘ the m ,3 or in some“, and cover with m r place lmuiise we hope to like it better. All hated as afTordmg viSihlestaudanls of urban \\ e certainly ought to have the very best i din,“ in the beaten while of an 0 ml p‘ifl Melnw‘l" any man cm rightly demand ol’a town is that 3 character. The danger With usis not exactly ' educational facilities. And here the text ; "m as 5",, M wanted 8c, in the fluff“ “ l it slnilcnnc :casonublv nmrto that :lefl‘eeof . of an invasmn of \ andals from the. mctropo- ; comes very close home to us ; for if there , {cw dM-s. “capture page‘ij u, 3, pm“. of its size and l [13, (those who come to us from that direction i was any one thing for which Paul's city was i quantities. .v o...“ ‘0â€" 'l‘he king nf‘Holland’s physicians have (It-- Always make it“). in l,manicided that his condition relulemlnm unfit. | to reign.