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By OPIE READ. [Ooprright, ISM. i.. P |. Re**,] Tbe editor of tin- weekly Household Comfort waa sittin : in bii office look- ing over pink akeicb. entitled "II., w to Make Home a Paradise of Love, ' preHnniably written by a uiaitlen lady. when tbe footstep* of quick impnlaa were beard in tin- hallway A tbnuip, with nncalcnlated force, resounded from tbe door, and when tbe editor cried "Come in I" there entered a tall Binocular young man. la tbii Ruben J. StibbenaT" th* visitor asked. "The name. eir. and I am at your Mrvice. Sit down. " "I hope yon are." aafd tbe visitor aa he wated bini-.-lf He remained silent for a few momenta, and tben. giving hii bat a sort of determined above back, remarked "I have been reading your paper for some time." "Tea." tbe editor interrupted, with "property" amile. "I first took it np about a year ago, ' tbe viHitor went on. "and at once be- came iuterrru-d in your advice to yonng in. u Yon - H'l tli.it a young man with an income of f 20 a week could not only afford to get married, bnt that, if any- thing, be could live cheaper and there- fore aave more money than ever before. *' "Yea," "I waa visiting a yonng lady at that time and decided tbat I was in love with her I believed tbat she would "Wmild 1/01* rather tnke off i/mir coatr* Bake me a good wife, bat bad been holding off through fi-ur that I could Dot iiili rd to marry Bnt yon pictnred it mi utt ntctively iiml tiijiirt'd it out with neb en. .in. i:.-. -n, mi tbat I knew that 1 conldn't nnike a mintuke by following your mlvice I wiii Imanling at a very ice (iliirr. where there were gay com- pany iiml mnrh entertaining talk, and when we all anwmlilecl at table I fancied, and not without cause, that I was th* king bee of the hive. And I pictured to niv-elf the man I'd heroine when I should sit at my own table." "Yea," said thn editor "Bnt." the visitor continued, "I held off throngh fear that I might pot- sibly make a mixtakn I waa ao fre* tbat 1 couldn't exactly see how I conld better inywlf, but I knew that yon, a* man of experience, mut anrely b* right. I lanl the iiintler Ix-fore uiy girl, nd abe Unghed at my qmwtioning th* teanlt. She had bm-n ilniihtfnl at first, she mid. bnt yonr puper had tipped with K<ilil th* nhiirp born of every fear TlnmM WITH her very words. She reads a goo. I iii.iny HIIIIMV IN ukn 'We can jnit live tin- inct-Ht yon ever miw, ' ahe said. 'We will rent a fnrni-ln-il Hut. and oh, won't that be charmim;?' And that's the way M!IH went on I think abe hud a olion of going on the stag* at on* time. " The editor said "Yen," and th* yoniiK man. after a almrt silence, tha* went on "I held off a little while longer, bnt here cninn another copy of your paper ml with a Htrmii: army of factx M-ttled th* imitter Will, w- were iniirried. We rented a fiirtiinhi-il ll.it, and then onr triinble ht-K'in i )nr friemU fell way from as. and when I took my wife to vixit mv coinpanions it tli* buardiug hoiine I waived aside all for- mality and took her there 1 soon dis- covered that I had lott caste, lint I loved my wife and looked with con- tempt upon tin' littlenexH of my former ssocinttM. One evening 1 didn't go h.iine until rather Lite, and my wif* complained abont it She shed tear*. ml I thought, with a pang, of th* freetiotn I had limt I would take my salary bom* every Sutiinliiy night and flv* tt to my wife, which waa right nongh. sa ahe wan of a more saving nature than niym-lf On* Saturday evening I went limn* after having met several old time friends from my boy- hood town. When I handed over my money, ray wif* ronntt<d it, and then, looking hard at me, said, 'Two dollars short. ' 1 explained that 1 bad met sev- eral old friends. 'lint 1 don't m**t any, be replied. Then eh cried, and I tbnnght of my former ownership of my w* money and silently cnmed myself ' "I am sorry," said the editor. Th* vlaltor grunted and then con- tinned "Well, it bus jiiHt been a year ince I married, and what do I find? I . I tint my expenm-s ar* nearly twie* i.einy M they were. I find that I n -t either bend to the whim* of ft v.' 'ii.in or bear the iippeiranc* of t.: ite." "I reirret very n, n-h that yon should b VB been di.-'i; , ..inteii." said tbe edl- ti r. "lint yi :i nhoiild conaol* yourself v ith th* time honored thought that it might have b**n worse." "Yea." replied the visitor, "I might hav* married sooner. Hut I have com* here not to b* told that matters might bav* b**n won*, but to aik yonr candid dvice. Yon were tbe canne of my mar- riage, and now let yonr mind work fo( few momenta in my behalf. Bnt first view tbe difficulties of the situation. II I surrender completely, niy wife will forever rule me; if I insist upon being master, I aball be et down tyrant What wonld yon dot" "Well." said the editor after a few moments' reflection. "I should think tbat some appeasing medium conld b track. Get np sort of treaty. it were." "Now, look here, " tbe visitor said, rather sharply, "yon Ought to know tbat woman doesn't keep a treaty. When it comes to a matter of treaty, ahe ia a barbaric nation." "My dear air. I don't know what to advise." "Bat what did yon do? Yon surely bad to solve certain household problems after you married. Giv* me yonr ex perience. " "My dear sir," raid tbe editor, smil ing. "I would willingly give yon my experience as to tbe regulation of mar- ried life, bat the truth ii I am not married man." "What I" exclaimed the visitor. pringing to hi* feet "Do yon mean to tell me" "I mean to tell yon." tbe editor broke in, "that I never married." "Would yon rather take off yonr coatt" tbe yonng married man asked in a strangely aoft voice. "Takeoff my coat T What do yon mean?" "I mean tbat I'm going to lick yon nd that I will give yon tbe privilege of removing siiperfliiuiis garments " The visitor took off his coat and stood waiting for tbe editor. "Come, hurry np. I haven't time to wait on yon. I'v* to get home in time to keep from being taken to task Get np here I" "My dear sir." ex populated tbe edi- tor, getting npand Meppiug back, "yon re a most peculiar man. That advice was not written especially for yon." "Bnt it caught me enpecially. Come here I" He reached after the editor and canglit him too. He can-lit him with hip hold and alauinied him on tbe un- syiiipathetn- tloor He took bold of th* editor's convenient eiira and bnniped his head, bumped it until *ome one on the floor below yelled. "Here, here, let np with that bowlinx alley hnrinesal" Be palled wisp of hnir out of the edi- tor's bead, tbe very wi*p that, brnabed carefully back, had served to hide a bald pot He choked him to apparent in- sensibility, and. after pouring qnart of violet ink over his well done work, took bis departure. Thelatert number of Household Com- fort does pot tell how two people can live more cheaply than one, bnt in it there is an article entitled "Marriag* Sorter Sbaky. if Not a Complete Fail- ure. " A i i...r >I..,M i,...i Pair. A story told lu a 1'n-iich journal aotn* years ago has UN iimiiHlng aide, al- though It coiKfi-ns two people who took anything but u humorou* view of life. "'in- waa Pcrlet. n tragedian of much merit and a moat excellent man In ev- ery respect, who WIIH uevertbelexa a* onxllive and shy that he was regard rd as almost a nii.saiithrope by thos* who knew him In private life. In spite of hi* K'OOIII and taciturni- ty, he took It Into his head to marry lid nettled upon the pretty daughter of Tieivelln, a famous comedian, a* tbe woman he wished to wed. Tlen-elln was n melancholy and mo- rose as IVrlut. and a meeting between the young actor and the old comedian waa arranged by some friends who aaw what pleasure Hie two men wer* likely to take In each other's congenial oclety. There waa a Illtle dinner at which there were but two covers. Perlet and Tieivolni seated themxclves In silence, nd the dinner as Nerved. Courne after rourae came on and went off without word from the two partici- pants. When the repast was ended, Tleive- lln rose from the table, and extending his hand to IVrlet. Maid, with grave cordiality: "Sir, yon are just the aou In law 1 wantl" Apparently be was also the husband whom pretty Mile Ticrcelln wanted, but ther* are rumorx thnt. in spite of her love, there were days when ah* bad a dull time of It. between her taci- turn k unhand and her gloomy father. th* Had t* D* It. He That chap down ther* oa be-ach rent-tied a ludy In th* aurf terday. 8he How heroic and romantic! He Not so much, lie's a married man and the lady w n hi* wif*. Pal*- adelphla North American. k II- i.. il-rlo... T)IA Diik* of Ui-.:,ngtoB was ono* a^keil who, in Ii.- no. i ion, was th* bravest man Ht Waterloo. "I can t tell yon that," he said, "bnt I can tcil you of the man whom I am sure there wa* no braver." The following is th* story put in the UUP!-, of the writer: "There was a private in the artil- lery. A farm house with an orch- ard, rarrounded by a thick hedge, formed a most iiii|N>rtant ]H>inr in the I'.nti-h po-irinn. and was ordered to be hold against the enemy at any nao- rilice. The hottest of the 'nattle ratre'l round tho point, but the Euglinh be- haved well, anil beat Iwtck the French again and again. "At laut tho powder and ball were found to be running short ; at the same time the hedge surrounding (lie ordmrd took fire. In tho meantime messenger had been sent to the rear for mor* powder and hall, and in a short time two loaded waifonM rame galloping down to the farm incise, the gallant defeiidiTK of which were keep- ing up a wanly fin- throtixh the flames which Mirroundnd tho post. The driver of tin- first v.-upm spurr ed his horNe.n toward the biinnnu heap, but the flames rose fierce; v round and caniflit the powder, which explinli-il, M'mlin^ rn.er, linrne anil wa^on in fragments into the i>i>en air For one instant the driver of tin- out! wagon ]>ause<l ap|mlli-ii l.v In comnide'K fate; the m-kf. n!iM-rviinv that the flames, beaten liack fur a mo inent by the explosion, affnnli-d hin one desperate chance, he s-!it ln- horses at tho Kmouldering breach, am!. amid the cheers of the Karrixon. land- ed hia cargo safely within. Hehiii< him the flames cloMxl up and rage* more fiercely than ever. Tin* ]>rivat never lived to receive the rowan which his act merited, hut later in the engagement he was killed, dyini. with the ronsoioniiueas that h* Inn saved tbe day." Woman In ln1i. The nocial state of women under Brahroinism in India it dejilorable Mann, one of the fon-most Hmdoi religions teachers, says: "A \v ought never to govern herself ac cording to her own will. She in no' tit for indcpi-mli M. -. ami nin.st IK- utterly subservient to her husband." In tho Pundits we read: "Women have an inordinate ilesire for jewels and fine furniture, handsome clothes. and nice victual.*. Their prominent vice* are violent tinker; deep resent- ment, no person knowing the nenti- men in concealed in their heart; an- other |H-rson's good appears evil in their eyes; and they commit bad act ions." These views of women arn painful- ly reflected in the X.enatia life of III dia, whore the existence of woman is one long martyrdom, and her finest instinct* are mercilessly oru-hod be- neath the heel of domestic tyranny. The birth of a girl in the Zenana Ii regarded aa a calamity. 8h* ia no- where welcomed. "Only aftirl!" ii the sorry exclamation which haili her birth. A imssage from a book given not long ago a* a prize in a girl's school in Horn bay will illus- trate., without further word*, the con- dition of woman in India: "The wife who give* an ngly answer to her hus- band will become a villag* pariah dog ; ah* will also become a female jackal, and live in an uninhabited desert. The woman who eat* sweet meats without nli.tr ing- them with her husband will bocnme a hen owl, liv- ing in a hollow tree. Th* woman who walks alone without her husband will become a filth eating sow. Th* woman who speaks disrenpectfully to her hnaband will be dumb in the next incarnation. The woman who hate* hor hnsband'i relation* will become from birth to birth a musk rat, living in filth." Oi*pMt'> Many VMS. One of th* moat familiar inbntanoe* now named in in. in-trial connections in graphite, and its differentiated use* and applications nro really phenom- enal. Not a single casting, aayi a writfir in Rradstreet, is taken from it* and mould without th* aand being first faced by graphite; not a gnu pro- jectile i cant bnt tho steel ia melted in a graphite crucible ; not a tool, not a saw ia made but from graphite crno- ible; every pound of nickel, of copper, of composition metal, of brass, in cast in som* way the metal being reduced in a graphite crucible. Kvery print- ing house, for the perfection of its electrotypes, U absolutely dependent upon graphite; every electrician and very department of electrical work cornea under th* same tribute. Gra- phite lubricate! friction ways, and it is notably th* most enduring paint pigment ; th* electric light, too, would shin* much lea* easily bnt for graphite, th* production of steel ratli haa equally intimate relation to this mineral. Among ita peculiar oharao- teriatica ar* its immunity from any ffeot by heat and cold, th* highest and lowest extremes of *itkr failing t* influence it. CANADA'S BIG RAILWAY PLANS. Mew I. In* From Ourbx- to North I'arlfl* ) Kl ! s r>r r. I S. rtlont Unlit Work In I'roijr***. During; the coming winter there will bo great activity in railway con- traction in that part of Western On- tario and Northern Minnesota lying between Lake Superior and tbe capital of Manitoba. One of the chief link* in Canada's rival transcontinental line, which IB expected to reach from Quebec to the North Pacific within five years, U to be built there immed- iately. The distance from Lake Superior at Port Arthur, Canada'* western lak* port, to Winnipeg is abont 450 mile* by this line, and 140 miles are already under rails. Of this, 20 mile* are at the east end, being a portion of the old Port Arthur, Dulnth and Western road, which baa been bought by the Canadian syndicate back of th* great enterprise, and the remainder 130 miles reaches southeasterly from Winnipeg into Minnesota south of th* Lake of the Woods. Nearly 150 mile* more, between these ends, will b* built by next January, and th* con- nection will be made through Jan- nary, mil. At the present time 1,500 men and 1,000 horses are at work, and this nnmber -will be doubled before cnld weather. There are 3,000 tons of supplies at Rat Portage waiting ship- ment to points on the line, aa much more at Fort Francis, and twice a* much more at stations along th* line of the Canadian Pacific. Warehouse* are being built at a dozen points along the route, Near Rainy Lake the work of con- struction ia very heavy, and crowing that lake ther* will be one of th* longest bridge* on the American con- tinent. The Canadian Government i* interested in the construction of the line to such an extent .that it has re- cently given a bonus of 910,400 per mile for the entire distance, except for a few mile* that will cross Ameri- can soil in Minnesota. From the main line of the Canadian Pacific road on the north anil from Lake Superior on the east to the Red River on the west, there is no railroad. Thi is a territory of from 150 to 180 miles north ami south and 850 mile* east and west. It contains over 50,000 square miles. The new line will bi- sect it. anil will run through a gold- bearing area larp-r than the State of Colorado. It will tap the new and probably imjxirtant Atikokan iron range ; it will -ipen np more pulp wood to the iiv than there is in the Siuif of M.t 1 : it vill tap the outlets of Htreams tlowing through the only white pi no fore-is of the United States, and will open to cultivation a tremendous area of wheat and other farming lands of good climate and rich noil. By extensions of from forty to seventy-five miles, roads running north from Dulnth can connect with the line, and a new and important railway system ill converge, at thu point, adtling greatly to th* commer- cial importance of the head of Lak* Superior. The new transcontinental line of which thin rond will form a part U Iready built from (Quebec to the east- ern shore of tin- trrcat lake*, at Parry Sound, (ieorian !'.> . For th* pre*- ent the lakes \\ >11 form th* only con- necting link ilifiu-e westward a* far M Port Arthur ami Dulnth. Th* On- tario and liaitiy River will be th* link to \Viiiiii)-tf. Westward to th* foothill* of the Kockie* ther* ar* now in operation for a great part of the distance colon i/ation and other independent roads under Government grant*. The** will form portions of the road. A link .'.(> miles long run- ning dn* west from Winnipeg will b* in operation next Reason, and will carry passenger* clear to Prino* Al- bert, on th* I'pper Saskatchewan Valley. Over the mountain* and to the Pacific aonth of Sitka a line will be under construction within a year. From Winnipeg ea*t to Quebec these roada will form a trunk lin* of modern construction, with low grade*, easy onrv**, and heavy rails, bridge* and equipment, and capable of carry- ing freight at the loweat rate*. Ia the bounty contracts for the building of these line* there ar* government restrictions M to grade* and curve* and an to the maximum rate* of traffic, which will cut in two the ex- isting freight* from Western Canada t th* wa. LIQUOR SLAVERY. Which would you b oon- queror or a slavT Is thr my need to ask a man whether h*> would rather aland noble, useful, brave and fp**, or cower in weakness and dlsgrao*, the victim of evil passion*, loaned among the wreckage of life. Kvery year you miss from among those with whom you are familiar some who have been sucked into the surging whirlpool of dissipation, and swept away forever from all prospect of prosperity and fame. Men who lead lives of nervous activity and energy are in special danger. Uncon- | sciously they acquire the habit j of striving to tone up their> vital force by the stimulus of drink, and often fail to realize their peril until it is too lata. No man can tell beforehand what its course or rate of de- velopment may be in his par- ticular case. That man had better 1 make a stand now, and, invoking every social, moral, and scientific aid that he can command, seek to deliver him- self from his peril in time. Samaria Prescription sup- plies the system with the sub- stance that it lacks when It craves for alcoholic stimu- lants. It corrects the condition which excites alcoholic thirst. It expels the causa of alcohollo disease, -whether inherited or induced by excessive drains on either physical or mental energy. It acts through tha blood upon every part of tha system, and once taken ther* will never be the need nor da- sire for taking strong drink. Samaria Prescription Is a wholesome and infallible pro- tection to the man who is Just beginning to seek for falsa sol- ace, falsa strength, or falsa in- spiration in "the cup." It has restored hundreds who have wasted years of their lives through the habit, and has saved and rehabilitated tha characters of many who had been given up as wreck*. With thousands of warning ex- amples of the curse of liquor before their eyes, moderate drinkers persist in imagining that they can trifle with tha serpent without being stung. Alcoholic desire or thirst is an unnatural want, and Samaria Prescription corrects the con. dition that inspires It. It does this from the first day it Is used, and It never fails in its wond- rous work tocure a manor tha liquor habit so that he will stay cured. Ths moderate drinker in hia moderate indulgenceoonfessaa a merely moderate degree of moral force. He thinks h* la strong because h* never geta drunk. He thinks he oan quit th* indulgence whenever ha wants to. But whoever heard of one of these moderate drink. ers abstaining from their fa- vorite tipple for any great length of time. No msn oan keep way from the stuff In whose system tha desire for liquor is once lodged. Samaria Prescription eradicates tha cause of this want from tha system and substitutes tha healthy abhorrence for tha smell and last* of liquor in a man, Mrs. C. H , Quelph, writ** : "I had far yearn patiently born* th* disgrace, uffering iiMry and privation* du* to ay husband * drinking habit*. Hearing of yonr marvellous remedy for th* cur* of drunkenness, which I could dive my husband wcrvtly, I decided to try it. I procured a pm -kaf* and mixed It In hi* food and coffee, and, as th* remedy wa* odorleu and tustol***, h* 41d not know what Uw th to quickly rellered I his craving for liquor H* coeu began to pick up flesh, his appetite tor solitT fooA ! returned, h* stuck t hit werk regularly. and we now aavea happy home. Aft*r he was completely cured I told him *f th* deception I had practiced on him, when he acknowledged that It had been ala aving, as he had no th* resolution t* break off of hli own uooerd. I heartily ad- vle all women afflicted a* I wa* t* giv* your remedy a trial." Samaria Prescription will be sentanywhere, securely wrap- ' ped in a plain paakage, on re- ceipt of price, $8. Full par- ticulars, with testimonials af notable eases, will be s*nt to any enquirer, with our private address. All communications are treated In strict oonfldenoa. A.MA.RIA. REMEDY co., Jordan St., Teronta, Out. SMALL REV. OR. TALMAGE DISCOURSES ON A UNIQUE SUBJECT. THE MISSION OF THE HORNET. The M....r Trouble* f Lll Wbich l.t CbrUtiBB FortltuU* d l'*iin>< The !..... ltrmm ftum Tnii Washington. Oct. 8. This sermon by Dr. Talmae* deals with a s j*ct which appeal* to all uia*st* a conditions of men. His te-M is Deu- taronomy vli, -X). 'The Lord i God will send the hornet." It seems as if the ms.-cule v were determ.ned to extirpate the hu- man race. It bombards the ^ran. fields and the orchards and the yards The t'olorudo U-eUe, U Lraslta grasshopper. tl> locust the jnivufial I-ota' eem to c.'-ry mi the rk was b>s- i .'.<- >-: v -'h n '' sects buzzed out ol .Vi:ih's ui U as U door was opened. In my text the hornet Hies out Its mission. It is a species of swift in its motion, and violent sting. Its touch is torture or beast. We have all seen th- tie run bellowing under U Its lancet. In boyhood we u-. o. t. stand cautiously looking at globular nest hung from the branch, and while we were look) at the wonderful struck with something that sent us shrieking away. The horn- worms It has cuptains oxer hnn- dreiis <l 20 of them alighting on one ui.ii. \\ill pr The Persians at' 1 a Christian city. tiut tho and the beasts on which slana rode were assaulted by tin- net. so that the whole armv was broken up. and tl ! cit; rescued. This burn me fcnsect Stung out the Hitutcs u: Canaanltea from th'-ir gleaming sword and chuni't ; could not accomplish was do the puiicluro of an insect. "The Lord sent the hot My friendj. when we are assaulted by great behemoths of trouMe we become chivalnc. and we assault them. We get on thu high n steed of our courage, and we : *, cavalry charge at them, and i: be with us wu come out str> and better than when we went in. But alas fur these insectile u noes of life, these foes too small to shoot, these things without any avoirdupois weight, the gnats and the midges and the flies and the wasps and the hornets' In other words, it is the small stinging an- noyances of our life which drive us out and use us up. In the best con- ditioned life for soma grand and glorious purpose God has sent the hornet. Again, the small Insect annoyances may come to us In the shape of friends and acquaintances who are always saying disagreeable things- There are some people you cannot be with for half an hour but you feel cheered a*id comforted. Then there are other people you cannot be with for five minute* before you feel mis- erable. They do rot mean to dis- turb you. but they sting you to the bone. They gather up all the yarn which the gossips spin and reM-ii !t. They gather up all the adverse clams about your person, about your business, about your home, about your church, mjod they make your ear the funnel Into which they pour it. They lauh heartily when they tell you. as thouKh it were a good joke. and you laugh, too- outside. Thee* people are brought to our at- tantion in the Bible, in the book of Ruth. Naomi went forth beautiful and with the finest. worldly pros- pecta Into another land, but after awhile she came back widowed and sick and poor. What did her frlenda do when she came to tho city? They all went out. and instead of giving her common sense and consolation. what did they do' Head the book f Ruth and find out. They threw up their hands and said, "Is this Naomi?" aa much as to say. 'How awful bad you look!" When I enter- ad the ministry. I looked very pala for years, and every year, for four r five years, many times a year I was asked if I had not consumption, and, passing through the room, I would sometimes hear people tich and say, "A-ah. not long for this world!" I resolved in those times that I never in any conversation would say anything d.-pr.'s.si: c. and by the help of God I h.n.- k. i>t the resolution. These pc< ;'" of '.\vinl speak reap and bind in tin- harvest fl*ld of ilisi -n;n M .-iiu-nt. Borne day you greet them \*ith a hilarious "Good morn : -b.-v eome buzzing at you . tie- pressing information. "Tin- lord Sent the hornet " It is astonishing how somn people prefer to write and t -. able things That WMS th.- cnse \\hen llertv M Stanley returned ft.>r his nuiCM'ricent exploit of finding David 1 When Mr. Stanley stood before the savants of Europe and maaiv of the small critics of the day. under the pretense of getting geographical Information. j iu to him iinoK-nt qu.-s: i vis. he foM.-d his arms and refused to answer. At the very time wln-n you would suppose all decent men would have applaud- ed the heroism of the man there were those to hiss "The lord sent the hornet " And whfo afterwards hat man tat down on the wsatwo eoait of Af'-i a ,,, k and worn out, with perhaps the grandest achieve- ment of the are In the way of geo- graphical discovery, there were small critics all o /er the world to buzz and buzz ai.d caricature and deride him. and when after awhile he got the London papers, as h opened them, out flew the hornet. When I see that there are so many people In the world who like to say disagreeable t.'.ini;" and write disagreeable things, I ome almost in m.v weaker mo- to lieheve what a man said to me in Philadelphia one Monday muming. I wont to get the horsa at the livery stable, and the hostler, a plain man. said to me, "Mr. Tal- mage. I saw that you preached to the young men yesterday." I said, "Yes." He said: "No use, no use. Man's a fa.ilure . " The small insect annoyances of life sometimes come in ; of local phvsM-al troiil'le whi'-h il'--s not amount t -live prostration, but which bo'hi-rs you when you want to fe-l the lieat. Perhaps it la a sick headache which has been the plague of your life, and you appoint of mirth or sociality or usefulness, and when the clock strike the hour you cannot make your appearance. Perhaps tha trout. le ,- the ear and tha n the sh.-pe of a neural s -io iy can see it or sym- 'th it. but just at tha time when you want your Intellect *t and your disposition hnijht- i sharp, keen, discon- certing thruat. "The Lord sent tha hornet." Perh.ipi these small insect annoy- ances will come In the shap of a *MC irritation. Tha parlor and the kitchen do not alwqys harmon- ic- To | ard to ki-.-p it is MM of the creat <|uostions of the co - inies it may be the arrca:.ce and inconsiderate- ness of employers but. be the fact, we all admit there are these insect annoyances winging their way out from the culinary de- partment. If the urace of God be not in the heart of tha housekeeper, she cannot maintain her equilibrium. These small Insect disturbances may also come In the shape of busi- ness Irritation. There are men here who went through the 24th <-i Sep- tember. 1S69. and the panics of .1 without IOSKIK th-'ir balance who are every day unhorsed by little annoyances* clerk's ill ers. or a. Mot of ink on a bill of lading, or the extravagance of a partner who overdraws his ac- count, or the underselling by a busi- ness rival. or the whispering of store confidences in the street, or the making of some little bad debt which wm* anainst your judgment: but you wanted to please somebody else. I have noticed In tho history of aome of my congregation that their annoyances are multiplying and that they have a hundred where they used to have ten. Tha naturalist tells UB that a wasp sometimes has ' a family of 20.00O wasps, and It does se"m as if every annoyance of your life brooded a million. Dy tha help of God. to-day I want to show you the other ido. The hornet is ol no use? Oh. yes! Tha naturalist tells us they are very important in the world's economy. They kill spi- ders, and they clear the atmosphere. And I really believe <"..'d sit-in Is tha annoyances of our life upon us to kill the spiders of tbe soul and to cl T the atmosphere of our skiea. * annoyances arc sent on us, I think, to wake us up from our lethargy. Ther* is nothing that < a man so lively as a nest of "yellow Jackets." and I think tha,t these annoyances are Intended to persuade us of tie fact that this Is not a world for us to stop In. If we had a bed of everything that wns attractive and so" % hat would we want of heaven'' We think that the hollow tree sends the hor- net, or we may think that tha devil sends tha hornet. I want to cor- rect your opinion. "Tha Lord sent the hornet." Then I think these annoyance* eome on us to cultivate our pa- tience. In the gymn.ts'iim you tind upright parallel bars with holes over each other for pegs to be put In. Then the gymnast tuke a peg In ' each hand, and he begins to climb. 1 one Inch at a time or two Inches, and getting his strength cultivated, reaches aJter a while the ceiling. And It seema to me that these an- aoyancea in life nre a moral gym- nasium, aach wormnent a peg with which we are to climb higher and higher In Christian attainment. We all love to see patience, but it can- not be cultivated in fair weather. Patience is a child of the storm. If you had everything desirable a*id there was nothing, more to get. what would you want with patience? The cultivate it la when you are hod about and sick and half il>' id. Sol : but the furnace will aver burn out of us hi- chrker and the I ha-o formed tlr.s theory in M! to stiv.il; ai ^nces und vex- ations. It t.i^ *. < sn much trouble to flt us - and for heaven Tho > is whether we shall I . it in ihetnillc or pulvet Ili-re Is on* man who bulk. His back la I r his eyesight put out. or DO -ii calam- ity befalls him. -.\ i la the vast ma- jority of people 'a^.- 'lie thing piece- meal. Which w.ij w^uld you rather have It? Of ci'ii:--.-. in piecemeal. Hotter have flv aihmif teeth than on* broken ju.w. l.-t-er ten fly blist- r* than an umpu'at ion, better 20 squalls than on* cyclone. Thw* may b* a difference of opinion aa to allo- pathy and homeopath/, but la thai natter of trouble I 1 ke homeopath- ic doses, small p.-Hets of annoyance rather than aome knockdown ) calamity. Instead of the thin bolt give us thu hornet. If you have a bank, you would u. irreat deal .- .- ther that 50 men would coma in with checks less than $100 than to have two deposit on come In th* sam* day, each wanting his $10.- 000. In this latter case you cough and look down to tho floor am: look up to th* ceiling before you look into the safe. Now, my friends, would you not rather hav* these small drafts of annoyance on your bank of faith than som* all stagger- Ing demand upon your endurance? But remember that little as well aa great annoyances equally require you to trust in Christ for succor and for deliverance from impatience and ir- ritability. "Thou wilt keep him tn perfect peace v.hos* mind is stayed on the*." How many touches did Mr. Church giv* to his picture of pa.xi" or his i the Am:- I suppose about SO.OuO touches. I hear the canvoa saying: "Why do you keep m* trembhng with sjencll so long? Why don't you It on in one dash?" "No," says Mr. Church; "I know bow to make a painting. It will take 50.00O of touches." Ai d I want you. my friends, to understand that it is these ten thousand annoyances) which, under God, ur making up th* pictur* of your life to be hung at last in the galleries of heaven. flt for angels to look at. God knows how to mak* a picture. I go into a sculptor's studio and see him shaping a statue. H* haa a chisel in on* hand and a mallet In th* other, and h* gives a very gen- tle stroke click, click, click' I say. "Why don't you strike harder.' 1 "Oh," he replies, "that would shat- ter th* statu*. I can't do it that way. I must do It th* other way." So h* works on. and after awhil* the features come out. and everybody thot enters the studio is charmed and fascinated. Well. God haa your soul under process of development, and it ia th* little annoyances and vexations of life that ar chiseling out your Immortal nature. It is click, click, click' I wonder why some great providence does not com* and with on* stroke prepare you for heaven. A* . no' God says that la not th* way. and so he keeps on by strokes of littl* vexations until at last you shall be a glad spectacle for angels and for men. You know that a Urge fortuna may be spent m small change, and a vast amount of moral character may go away in small depletions. It la th* little troubles of lit* that or* having mor* effect upon you than treat onea. A swarm of locusts will kill a grain;.:.! sooner than th* In- cursion of three or four cuttl*. You say. "Sine* I lost my child, sine* I lost my property, I have been a dif- ferent inan." But you do not recof- niz* the architecture of littl* annoy- ances that are digging, cut- ting, shaping, splitting and Inter- Joimne: your n.oral qualities. Rats may sink a ship. One lucifer ma.tci may send destruction through a block of storehouses CatK-ri...- d*' Uedicl got her death from smell, ig a poisonous rose. Colu i.bua, by f ping and asking for > | < t- .'f and a drink of ' can convent, wns lod to th* A. ry of a new world And there is an Intimate connection between trifles and Immensities, between nothing* and *v*rythins. Now. be careful to let non* of those annoyances go throuuh your soul unarriije : el them to administer to your spiritual wealth. The scratch of a sixpenny nail some- times product's and the clip of a most intinitesima-l annoyance may da ma en you forever. Po not let any annoyance or perplexity come across your soul without Its making you better A returned ry told m* that a company of adventurers row- Ing up tho G.f t> stung to h by rties that infest that region at certain s> M- - i ' " earth had been strewed with the cnn-assea of men slain by insect annovanros. Th* only way to gut prepur-d for th* great troubles of life is to conquer these small troubles. What would you say of a soldier who refused to load his gun or to go Into th* con- flict because It wns only a skirmish. saying: "I am not uoing to e* my ammunition on a skirmish. Wait until ther* ta a general engagement and then you will see how courage- ous I am and what battling I TV ill lo"" Thu general would say to such .\ umi. "If you aro not faithful in a skirmish, you would be nothing in a general engagement." And I hav* to tell you, O Christian men. If you cannot apply the principle* of Christ's religion on a small seal* you will n*v*r b* able to apply tham on a larger scale. If I had my way with you. I would have you possess all possible worldly prosperity. I would hav* you each on* a garden, a riv*r flowim; through It. gera- niums and shrubn on the side*) and th* grass and Cowers aa beautiful aa though th* rainbow had fallen. I would hav* you a house, a splendid mansion, and the beds should b* cov- er-'d with up' d In tha Setting sun. I would have every hall in your hous>- - statues and statuette*. <id then I would hav* th* four quarters of tho glob* pour In 11 their luxuries on your tab]*. and you ahould have forks of silver and knives of gold, inlaid with dia- monds and sir "Not each one of us?" you eay. Ye*, each :>n* of you. "Not to your enemies?" Yea. The only dl^ fer*nc I would mak* with tho would h that I would put a : extra eilt on their walla and a little extra embroidery nn Upir slippers. "But," you say. "Why does not fflv* us all then* things' 1 " Ah' I bethink to myself. He is wiser It would mak* fools and sluggards of us if w* had our way. No man put* hia best picture in th* portico or vestibule of his house, (iod inpunt this world to be only the vestibule of heaven, that great gallery of th* universe toward w..ih we are as- piring. We must not have it too good In this world, or we would want no heaven. Polycarp waa condemned to b* burned to death. The stake wa* planted. He was t o it. The fagots w<- . around him. ' the I;: d. but history tells u* ' that the tlanies bent outward lik* ; the canvas of a -hip in a stout breeze, so tha' th.- :!j:ne. Ins'ead of destroying : .--.. were only a waJl between him and his enemies. The-/ had actually to : him with the poinurd. The flames wtmld not touch him. W.-ll. my .r r I want you to by God's grace the flumes of trial, in- 1 of consumi: | soul, ar* only going to be a -vnll of defense and a canopy of bit- ,, i, going to fullill to blessings and the r r I'oly- carp "When thou walkcat through the fire, thou shnlt not be burned." vou do not understand, but you shall know hereiit'.-r In heaven vou wiil bless God even for the hornet. Th main niuM-iii.r api>ort tli twilv weMkeil ituu lot gu. uinlwr Or f.r MHVI.U. To rto tlivii. und traijt;lJta Up, O.M CHOOSING A i. PC WORK- Hoy* Mut fix 1 i., i i >!! 4 Gl * l.*inlly lriT to tttAln It. Th* principal of a boys' school to the i "out their future life. He - How of yuu haw .hat you ,>e when you Ther* waa no re; : nen a*k- hutl sa- il his future . should hold up his i '-he hun- dred, '.er. : so. Ninety hud no idea u "u going to do in this world, for the world or for themselves. Ho 'ii-n asked tlios* wtio had given the Quitter loin* .cht. but were yet undecided, to ruiso tbe ban 1 hand* up. - .-. bo\s out of th* hundred. bStWSSS ' ug' s of 1. about future tii-cupa : "If that. how much could tS ex- . anything or to make a mark In the world'.' \.-t. doubtius*. of them, when tin- 1 . will con . that wealth and honors ar* uneven- in this world. The way to have honor, to be- com* anybody of importance, to be a pi ' ^ not to envy another person, but to flx th* eyes upon Unit C"ul and work for it, sing early the path that lends to t:. A young in. tn desired to b* a cler- is the only child of a wid . i-ou.d not educate him. A .-. i-'iiuin. becom- ing; . : in him, otTered to de- fray the expense* of his education. He jrlaiily .1 .ired for colletf". and had list entered, when thn gentleman failed, losing every d.-llar. The yoiini: man. of course. to '.eave it h* did not .-e up his determination to enter the ministry i'. > <ht music tbat year. aa.\-' and entered ColleKe Continue:!- ' i> touch in th* college town, he -1 himself through his whole college course. I know of young man who. with ev. i -unity to pur- sue one thing. . IM o-s his mind and his occupation al<out as often as he do.-s his coat -T get* above the drudgery part, and is only earn- inir $;' a - nothing, for there ara ireipi.-nt resting places at tha - on*, liim to make a success of his ' what profession or tradu you take up. you have to work, and work ! nd under more diincultie* at the outset than s to shirk this necessary (Irtnlirery is not made of the stuiT which cojujuurs in Above all thitics. avoid heir-u a "jack-<)f-all-tradi s " Some men h v* a ifenius for so many thmi^s thnt they cannot give em uirh attention to one thing to master it. I know of a yo ;-h of nearly 2O who cun play a: I sins:, mend a clock, a music l-.ix. an oritnn. Invent little things, moke toiTee. draw, and why. I hardly know anything h* cannot do, and the consequence la, he is not doing anything. If anyone wants anything "lixed," he is th* on* who fixes it. hut his life is not going to be "fixed" In any direction. In direct con; rust to him Is a com- panion of his. who has already serv- ed several years nt his tnide. and will som* day turn out a tirst-claas carpenter. Dr. Pakenhnrn-vTiNh. who recently resigned the H-.si'oprie of Ossory, la celebrated alike f T his piety and hi* nit. There told of how h* proposed t lie wn* at a dinner par -.is seated be- side the worn. m of his choice. In th* course of - h* found that he had to th* ''ing bon* h* pulled for the wish w:':- h,s fair ncluhli^r. Th* little V-s 1 ne wa* brok- en, and the : th* wish his compiin- lon. as lie la. < i>nrt of th* bone: "Will you lay your bone* with my bones'" She '-i-ishingly whisp- ered an assent, and after dinner th* engagement, was announced. Haw in Whiten tl,. Mrrh. \VTion the neck or throat havr* ba- i-ome brown or yellow looking they may lw whiteueil by the persist n I iirioii .-very night of the follow .i>re. spread on a soft rag and t-ii arunnii the neck: Honey, imi-e : lemon juice, one tfw spoon- ful : nil of lr.fti-r a.:::on,:s. six drops; the w I enough , d smooth \ ~ _' :. A sinjT.l.ir -nst .111 p,--v:i,;. among the Tartars or K-.ir .- If a miui lose* hi* cattle or other pn ;>nrt a littl* brown sugar into a pici-e of colored cloth, n it up. am! carries on* inch parcel to ?U'-h of in- friend* and acquaintance*. In return 1.- t presented, according to cirrunmtaucea, with a cow, or tlu-<-p. or a sum of nonay. Do Not Delmr . throng ta.r-d il!u*-t:ve ">i*'ll tiuUn lt way into the U .rime .-:. ... , , i - - i- Delay PnrineiWs V _- taul* Pi. In will b fountl it mot vai , . -.e to HMail the m- : w-.th T r fail They (O i once I- : tu traubl* aad wurk ii permanent cur*. **t>tliBtl- * I ki Hrn. A* a result of a ---ful invi tlon of 24.000 cases Dr. Jaronl* pre- sented to th* d:r- -r of th* Hun- garian Bureau of Statistic* th* fol- lowing; conclusions Th* offspring of parent* between th* agw of 2O an4 25 are 1'kely to be weak and dell- cat*, but between 2B and 45 will probably b* strong and thrlv* Th* mother bears most robust chlldraa en her 35th and 8"th year. When th* mother 19 t*n yars young- er than tha father th* proportion ol healthy children Is greatest. th* chance* being ten p*r e*nt. mor* fa- vorable than when th* parent* ar* about th* sum* as;*. AFTER EFFECTS OF FEVER. Mrs. Angle, of Mvrrltton. Suffer.-.! a* Smrrmlf that HIT Krlendi Kr.-irml Sli* Was Ukul y to U M I'urumuviit lu rallu. In th* picrure*iue village of Merrll- ton reside* Mrs. William Angle, who, after mouths of suffering, has found % cure from th* use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Mrs. Angle relate* a* fol- low* the experience through which. the ha* passed. ' ' Four years ago this spring, while a rrsiiiont of Buffalo I bad an attack of typhoid fever and the disaa* left m* in a worn out and extremely nervous condition, so thai th* leant noise startled me. I could not sleep at times for a week on ao* count of terrible attacks of heart trouble. Then a*raiu my head would trouble me and I hiul bad dream*. I had no appetite am 1 , lost twenry-tw*) pound* in weight and had become W very thm that my friends were alarm- ed. While in tins condition I wat treated by two physicians but with no avail. I tried everything recommend- ed bnt still found tio relief. Finally a relative persuatloil me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. After I bad taken th* first l*>x I could see a change for the N-tter. so I continued the use of the pills until I had finish- ed six boxen and the results wer* most gratifying. I now 'nave normal sleep, there is no more twitching tn my hands, the palpi tnt ions have c*a*ed, and I have gamc<l in wight and strength. My whole syate-m seem* toned np. and I fet'l entirely well. I feel grateful to the Dr. Williams Med- icine Co., ami IIOI.H? they will kw-p up tbe pood work of m! ministering to th* afflictei!." Dr. William- ''ilia cure by going to the root of 'he disc***. They renew and bniM u;i tbe blood, and strengthen, the n.-i-\es, thus driving disease fr> \void imi- tation* by in-i.-tiiig that every box yon purcl iosed in a wrnppet bearing the full trn.i* mark. Dr. WiV llama' Pink Pills for Pal* Peopl*.