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I TllH FOtiNDHRED GAUM WEATIM HI T ( III SNKT AND ALII It Ml MIO. (Copyright, !*>, l,j th* Aothon.) "Any sport to be had on UT" asked Gnthrie. No, I shouldn't say that there was, ' replied, the doctor dryly. "Tbe chief living things you'll find are mosi r tnowjuitoes in swarms and naiid rlie* big as yonr thumb nail by way ol Vanety The in.i-,|ini,,,. M are baj | lu | 4ke other uioustei. bite knobs jff von nd then fly away to a neighboring tree to eat Umin. Ob. yea. yon may langh. Miss Colepepper I You don't believe me, I aee. Bnt I advice yon to get a veil vlcxed in front of tbst hat of yours in Mditiem" Tbe captain was rouging at his fringe a* beard. It was obvious that he con- sidered tbe conversation frivolous. The Vx-tor turned to him "Pardon. C'olepepper, for the digres- sion I'm enlarging these young peo- pl.- - ideas of natural history. Where Were we when I maundered off?" "DmcnBMng what harbor we should van to. doctor Is it to be this Piper'a *y t>r notf It would do well enough if Wr could make the anchorage, but I tell you '.indidly I'm not going to risk Kicking up one of those infernal reefs vy taking tbe ketch in myself. If yon kink yon remember enough abont the *pi to plsy pilot, then we'll chance it; bnt ,f not. Nicholas Colepepper's not *TiDg to venture his own band this *>Ml Colepepper, you're putting* big re- pon-iclnhty on my shoulders!" "I know it, doctor Bnt I bold no certificate for pilotage hereabouts, and I'm jnt as capable of taking the ketch through those reefs as that lubber Cain Laversha would he If * ah i pinaster bails* pilot anywhere, be bands over th whole rexpoiisil'ilny of sailing bia vnaiiii; > long as the man is aboard snd to charge. For which, fee board of trson regnlations. Hection. pilotage." The doctor took a tnrn ronnd tbe cabin "There's no help for it, " be said at Inst "I must attempt ii I think. I trn-J. I shall succeed. " tin paused and inhaled a deep breath The hreeZH wa from the uniitb wnrd, anil H their course Iny mostly toward north, tbry expected to have it fair tor moM of the time Tbe entrance to the channel which Dr Tring was making for waa abont a couple of miles in width The clrar water within us boundariea Hioml nut darkly against the crninhlinK lines of surf on either band. They crept slowly into thin pans and -c.rKed their way ciirefully ilcng. jib- intf frei|uently The lead was kept going constantly, but it was in reality of leas use than tbe sharp lookont which was kej.t by the yomig eyes forward. At tin- work tbe depth of water can be plninhi ! qnickly, and with a good deal of accuracy by merely watching the color indications. The different depthi are vhown by different surface tinta, and with a little sxperience it is as easy to read (beae as It won Id be to prick oat a .-. !-. on m abided chart. li.ol it not been for these chromatic Indications they could never have picked thc.i ivay along, for many times, when Henrietta's shrill voice was calling oat No tiottoml" the doctor was singing out for "Down helm and hard in sheets I' to avoid nonie covered rock that rone sheer up from tbe deep direct- ly ahead of her They happened to be close to one of th -e hnlilen Hhoals when a soa broke, ami the ketch slipped sway close uiuM t'oin ui,,UK its edge Dolly looked over to leeward ind saw a wonderful light lovely, yet almost fearsome in its rricMstilile Krandenr. Watch it, Alanl" she cried "It'a to breakl" A huge green roller bad risen as If Tin IN Mt dropped biick alongaide. and bur crew clambert-ii ont of her. panting by magic from the tmootber water of i bit "HI** Colfpen>fT, nuij/ / hart the pleat- ure of a uiulk with you athore f" ind szhansted. and threw themselves down npon tbe warm deck planks, where they lay in a state of limp, tric- kling moisture till they had recovered a little "You aeem pretty well nsed up, " aaid tbe doctor, who had come np and waa regarding them anxiously "We moat try another crew. ' "No as. " gasped the captain. "If yon'd that lubber Cain and tbe Dutch- man in the boat, they wouldn't get tbe warp tant No: we'll goon again as before when we've got our winds back ... . I will remember that ' I will take the ketch through!' "Thjit'sitl" cried tbe capt-rn de Bjrh'edly "If you've mad- up y,>ur Bind not to fail, doctor, I Khali have no bjOadtBtion in bunding her over to yonr i n the time coineH And now. If mi II go on deck and see abont set- Hag nil h.inds to repair dam.i^es. I'll j ft. i) to pick out a c'niise nn tbe fa.itf here and follow you in a couple of nminUM VWH have her under way by i^hllaM for Piper's cay " Thn wind was blowing freshly from the wi-st north went Tbe ketch took a Ion* l<-g mid Hhort one. and by tb* bu> afternoon of tho next day tbe white linn of miif on tbe outlying reefs of Pi por's cay was visible from tb* third booji of tlm mainsail -Sundown in another hour. " remark- ed lh <aptam. after consulting his wi- h. "and the wcatber'a likely to hold tine 1 think we'd better heave her to till morning Luff her up in tbe ihere, Henrietta, and, Gnthrie, '. nip forward snd mske tbe staysail a*.-- i I'axt to wind'ard sol I.ash tb* brim asnbe likes it, Henrietta! No. a bit morn over Yea. abont there I Now it* 'II lie to like a mooring buoy till ^>e'r rtady to pick a way through tbe tbe channel. Driven along in a grand, solemn rush by some unseen force, it awept over the on term out barriers of tbe ttboal till it reached the shallowest part Then ita crest bowed slowly over. It wss majestic movement The bending waa done as qnietly and evenly as though the water had been a sheet of metal, and tbe nun waa mirrored off from it in a flashing blaze of emerald light. Tbe bead of tbe wave seemed to grow thinner and thinner, till it be- came as translucent as fine bottle glaao, and at last, when tbe towering weight of waters grew too great to be snp(>ort- ed on its earring base, the whole muss fell with a roar, a Bhriek. a sob on to tbe honeycombed coral beneath. And the uptime flakes riding into tbe air fled like light winged va fowl far away over tbe leeward wateri Little by Iittl the Enreka's pilot felt MB way along tbrongh the mazes of the reef.-., twice grazing the ground. Dr. Tring went aloft, peered keenly around him for awhile and returned. "Tbe channel soon widens, ' be re- ported. "Another half mile and we (hall be ont of tbe worst of this in- fernal bottle neck. I think we can get canvas on her again then and beat out Tbia waa encouraging So they got beck to their boat work *?a1n with fresh epirita and breath. Both were needed, for the wind presently fresh- ened somewhat, raking tbe ketch dead on end. Their musclea were tired ; the sun as be rose higher in tbe heavens beat down npon them even more heav- ily, and when at last the jib squeaked up and the Enreka's bow fell off to be- gin the beat tbe undergraduate for one, Oxford oarsman n be was, was feeling that if they bad bad to go on for 20 more strokes be must have collapsed. They were not ont of the wood even then, for the channel was till pcrilons- eriim.u :...;. Ill . ,, ., ,,,, irv.iy ih _;h tortnous channels and narrow lagoons, and nt last, just as night was beginning to close in. they opened ont n deep bay, whoes waters lapped the siu.ie th > hud gone to such puius to otek. Dr. Tring pointed to a small strip of pebbly beach, which shelved sharply down into the deep water. "There, 1 tibonld imagine, is tbe ex- act spot which the Mr. Piper who gave hie name to the island probably chose fora careening dock. " said he. "We can't do better than follow the excellent pirate's example, eo far as to make use of the name place; e.h. ColepepperT Over with the anchor. Hans!' The heavy kedge was heaved over tbe side and fell with a splash into the blue | water. About six fathom- of tbe cable I ran ont after it, and the Eureka swung ronnd to tbe anchor. "Mise Colepepper. may I have tbe pleasure of a walk with yon ashore f skcd tbe doctor with a courtly bow "An unknown i*land to explore! Who knows? Perhaps I shall be able to give you an adventure. " CHAPTER Xin NICK'S BXUOOKRY Ask any sailonnan what be feels like when be takes bis firot run nahore after twing cooped up for long months within the narrow bounda of chipboard A.-k lim if be feela it a luxury or not to have the firm ground under his feet again and to know that be can walk, if he should chance to want to, right ahead in a straight line for miles and never be pulled up by a ship's encircling bulwark. And provided be has not been long enough axhore for the sea bnnger to have got into bia blood again yon will find that on snch a theme the ver- iest tar soaked shell back can become a man of eloquence. As soon as the Eureka had swung ronnd to her kedge anchor the boat was hanled np to the gangway, and every one tumbled down into her [TO ai CO.VTIXUED.] -*^* tttK&wt- -~- *** /T FRUiMtoto WESTERN BEAUTY APPLE. Proprlr the <.ro.h and AUo Koowm Blor ltm,it>. Ohio llmiitr. Et*. In regard to an apple which Is local- ly known In Pennsylvania as English Rambo, H. 1C Van Demnn says In Ru- ral New Yorker: It la properly called Uroah, although It la much more gen- erally known as Western Beauty and In some degree as Big Rambo, Ohl* Beauty. Musgrove and a few other synonyms. English Rambo I have never before beard applied to It That la one of tbe synonyms of Do mine. It la not strange that It la called Big Rambo, for the habit of the tree I* much like that of the true Rambo, aad the fruit la somewhat similar In shape, color, flavor and season, but I* very much larger. It la an apple of meet excellent qualities of both tree and fruit and la well worthy of being k* n ..., i,,^ iiiiiui4, huu luauuni Wlis Mllll perilous- tl i n:'h without fnrtnnutcly doing any i ly niirrow and tbe shoals were more of- CHAPTER XII Til* PAKHAOK OF T1IK HKl'KH. A1 -in v break "All handril" WHS railed They got Ilin ketch under weigh and Wat b*r to within a quarter of a mile ml th'Titrsoce through the outermost Then, beiiving to agHin. they : the mainsail off her altogether snd Jvrt-ed afresh under number three jib *Ur4 cringle bended ini//en trysail The tor* .it avsail WHH on deck, hanked, with the fcaryard* hooked and nullified, ready for iiiMtttnt hoisting, so that, if it should be roqnired. UIH sail could )>e alnft in v- **-<irida. Bnt Captain Colepeppt-r dTuin*d that he did not expect to ie-i.l It nntem, perha|m. for some sudden an tins; <i(T by the bend Tbn (-lower, within reaxonahl* limits, bat ib- ketch forged along, the greater WonM (w her wifely, and therefore tb* captain had taken the extra precaution J' xnUirjg the topsail mid its yard bent M < a warp, ready to lower awsy i <>y way of H floating drug, if th* had to be still further retarded Wii.-u these various preparations had oouipleted. way was got on the again. 8be coased bobbing lazily i swell* aud turned In toward Cuptam Colepepper waa at the tiller. Her in in atood in the port channels eady with tbe bund lead. Tom Jelly Was i-r<-bd on tbe crosstreea. Cain Lnv.THha was on tbe mizzen sheet, HSDH. Dolly and the nndergradnsta Were all stationed ready for emerucncy taty on the forecastle Dr. Tring aa pilot had taken op his position nn the eel of the bowsprit nnd stood with eye- lea screwed flrmly into tbuir pnck- ianlbery framework, peering anx- at the water ahead. harm to her fabric, nnd once getting hojielcKsly embayed in a channel which grew narrower nnd narrower aa abe ; --id along it Tin- \vat.r WHS deep nnder her keel, bnt tlie liiii-M of Hiirf on either hand w. re rilling in The di.rtor hailed the masthead Tom Jelly'e keen eye could see no way ont Aa far as hs cunld see the channel tilled np ahead and in a mile In i auie impassable. There might be n chance of getting through, but to fail wunld be fatal So the doctor de- termined to retrace bia steps while she had yet room to turn 'Ihe helm was put down, therefore, and with head wheels slackened the ketch cams rnnnd into the wind. Tbe chan- nel wan too narrow for her to beat ont. So .1 kedge. which lay on deck rcudy shackled, waa tumbled over the bowa and the crew were piped below for a rest and dinner In another hour they turned to work again Tom Jelly, Henrietta, tbe cap- tain snd (Jut brie tumbled into tbe boat and went ahead to tow with Dolly to steer them, and then tbe hardest work of ths day began. The Enreka seemed to the crew in the txiai to be an loath to move as a qnaynida would bavs heen. As soon aa tbe strain on the hawser slackened they were drawn mot-kingly back stern liist They dipped tbe oars again, and the rope, grew tauter; they eet their feet bard sgainat the thwarts and thrust for all they were wortb with thmr bodiea lyiiiK nearly horizontal Bnt all that they appeared to achieve was to send their oar blades twirling uselessly through the water The I mat etrained and tugged to leap on. bnt the warp held her hark as a chain iloen a kenneled dog, mnl us for tin- Knrekft she appeared to the toilers in the boat to he an station- ary IIH a Bristol dock wall. They conld in t deie, t the slightest awirl round her bluff forefoot Indeed, for anything they votijd tell to tlin contrary, she waa slowly nagging astern. But. though the inchea gained were I not apparent from the boat, for tbe long I snrf Imrriera on either band offered no aufricicntly striking landmarks from which to take a depart ure, still from tbe higher level of the ketch 'a deck the | d*-ti. i conld see that ahe waa making progress, sure if slow, in tbe right di- rect u>n. and from time to time ha en- couraged tbe hot. panting rowers with Winds to that effect The sun blazed overhead with true West Indian releutlflsMiesa, and, though there waa a alight breeze blowing, it was not enough to temper the remorse less rays, and as the day went on th* aiv seemed to grow hot, even to suffoca- tion At laat they could aland it no longer. "Hpell-OI" bawled th* captain, and thmw down hla oar. Hans, who waa on the forecastle, sent t))e kedge overboard again with a splash ti n than not but a few feet from the counter when ih went about It was ticklish work, therefore, but they nian- aged it witbont tnnrliiiig ths ground once, although tbe margin of safety be- twem the ketch's bottom and th* harp, jagged coral teeth must more than once have been a mere matter ol a foot or two. Bnt at lust tiny op out a good I road lagouu, ami, running acniHs to its farther boundary, rose tin i.-n ' wbich they had goiie to so much Iron hie to seek. It waa still a good five milt's off. and the intervening navigation was by no nieand plain. But the ketch was in ehel tn.il water now, for the outer line of :eefs broke all the heavier sea*, and the waves of these inside channels, not bav ing so far to run, never attained any great height. In one way this was an added danger, for heavy snrf is a warn- ing easily understood; bnt, on the other band, there was little chance now of piling the ketcb up badly She was creeping along at a very steady pare, and if she did chance to take tlie giounj they could probably heave her off with ont damage or trouble But. for all that, there was no dimi- nution of the caution with which she was navigated Whether or tin there re danger and damage to \M- tinr.d ;r.m such a thing, y<,nr trne smlnr ha-- the utmost horror of getting bis cr.;ft nun, tentionally ashore It in n indeliide slur upon his seamanship, mid no amount of after skill can wa*h ont the stain It was work that reqnired nerve t.,< A timid pilot might well nave Ham-lied at the creaming, bellowing tmrf wl.u h WHS often hut a few fathoms HW.-IV fnnu his lee, and had Dr Tring lout bin h ad for a moment it might bav meant death to every on* on board. Hut the doctor's coolness never deserted him. Ha rolled and smoked bis interminable ciga- rettes through all that exciting day and, as Captain Colepepper remarked, might have been skippering a brick barge on tbe Oxford canal for all the nervousness he showed. To which the doctor replied that he much regretted his constitutional defects, bnt that nerves, in the feminine sense of th* word, bad been forgotten when his oth- er attribntee were dealt out to him. "It's a great nuisance," Mid he, lanKbingly. "1 feel desperately slighted that I'm not at times jumpy and jerky like other people, and never experience cold thrills along the vertebra?, or sud- den perspirations, or, in fact, any singl* one of the various luxuries which the possession of nerves givea to most peo- ple Bnt tbe fact remains, I am debar- red from all these pleasures. Yon needn't langh, Miss Colepepper. I as- sure you I do regret it, tbongh for work like today'* it perhaps haa ita compen- aationa. " Ho the doctor continued to smoke qnietly at bia post amid all th* danger* of that passage. Daring the whole aft- RAN A RACE WITH DEATH. Narrow Mar*lsi br Wklek a Man Rallwar Bridge Worn. A high trestle bridge more tban a quarter of a mile long, aupportlnt; the single track of tbe Nickel I'la'e rail ri ad. spans the vplley of <>ruud river, of I'.ilnesvllle, O. The bridge Is little wider than th* distance between the rails, and the tlea are placed eight or ten Inches apart, the space between being open to the river below. A young man wbo crossed recently had a thrilling experience on tbe bruise. He had Just passed the c-euier when a fast train rounded the rnrve tieii.nd him. As the engine whistled he quickened hla pace. With every t-tep the train was rushing nearer, and there was not a moment to lose. (luce the young man atumbled and seemed a Unit to fall, but quickly re- K.vm-d his balaiice nnd hurried on. As la- reached the pluce for which he bad started tlie train was close behind, and he had just time to swing himself over the side of the bridge aa the locomotive thundered by. The ends of the ties were si'ppery with grease from drip- ping a\le ln.xes. and his foot slipped wide as he left tbe track. His right hand, stretched blindly out before him. touched a round Iron bar. bracing two parts of the bridge, and, with a grip like that of a drowning man, hla fin- gers clasped around It. For a momep* he swung In empty air. In another bis left hand had found a place beside hla right, and bis feet touched tbe wel- come edge of a brace below. With bleeding fingers clutching the slender Iron bar that vibrated widely from side to side, moments seemed hours. At last the train passed, and the young iii.-in was able to climb alowly to the track above. Unnerved by the try- Ing experience, be lay for a moment stretched acrosa tbe ralla and. then rising to bis feet, with blanched face aud unsteady limbs, made hla way to flrio ground. Cleveland Leader. QR08B OB WB3TKRX BKAUTT . j every family orchard. It Is one of th* best flavored apples of Its season and. 1 think, better than Rambo. being rich ubacld. very agreeable and tb* flesh tender and Juicy. It Is large, flat, smooth and regular In shape, except that one side Is usually a little larger than the other. Tbe stem Is short and the calyx large and open. The color I* greenish yellow, with abundant stripe* and splashes of pale red. Tb* tree 1* a strong grower and the leave* very large. l>r John A. Warder, the great po- mologist. esteemed It In bis day aa on* of tbe best fall apple*. In my own orchard In Kansas and wherever I have seen It 1 have found It to b* among the most satisfactory apple* ef It* season. Its history dates back to about 1810, when, according to Information obtain- ed by Charles I 'owning from member* of the (irosb family In Pennsylvania, tb* original tree was raised from seed by Mr. John (irosh and planted at Ma- rietta. In that state, wbere It waa atlll standing In 1877. By some meana un- known tn the pomologlsts went of tb* Alleghanles. It waa found by them Ul Ohio about ISTiO, or perhaps earlier. It I* quite certain that some one had taken tbe grafts westward from Penn- aylvanla without leaving any record ef the fact. Not knowing tbe original name, Urosb. which tbe variety had In It* na- tive atate. aid supposing It to b* of western origin, tbe name Beauty ef tbe West was given to It, and this was ooon shortened to Western Beauty. All wbo have this apple, under wher- ever name, should hereafter call It Urosb and not be afraid to recommend It for general cultivation. Napolroa V* . D*y. It la pleasant te learn. If one has Na- poleon I on the hero Hat, that be bad very dainty habits In personal mat- ters; that he was fastidiously clean In his person, according to aa article In a French contemporary, and poured eau de cologne Into tbe water he washed In. then sponged hla Bead with per- fume and finally poured the remainder of tbe contents of the flask over the neck and shoulders. He waa also ex- travagantly fond of clean linen and during hla campaigns bad relays of It sent to different places. In those days It did not cost a farm to have "starch- ed things" laundered, for, In account with a famous laundress In Paris, the emperor's "linen" for one "wash" amounted to :tU pieces and cost only a trifle over $20. Thla atrlkea an American aa very reasonable. But hla majesty never wore any article but once, and as be al- ways undressed himself without aid from hla valet his garments were liter- ally "cast" to the four corners of the room. Napoleon's bill for eau de co- logne, however, exceeded tbe washer- woman'* by a large majority. It la a relief to learn that tbe Little Corporal was oo much a dude. Home of his predecessors la tbe Tullrrlea were not blessed with aucb excellent habits. If history I* to be relied upon. A If *w Cherrr Wvrst. A new cherry pest, a true magget. differing from tbe familiar grub ef th* eurcullo. haa been reported tbia sea- son, aud growers ef the eastern, cen- tral and northern statea are warned against It by the Cornell station. One can usually readily determine when a cherry Is "wormy" from the attack* ( the plum eurcullo, but tbia new peat gets In Its work ID auch an Inconspicu- ous way that tb* fruit It infests might easily be classed among tbe falreat and best on the tree or ID the dish on our breakfast table until It has been kept a few days, when the Infested portion rota and falls In. From tbe above i statements cherry growers can readily understand bow serious a menace t* their business this new peat might easily become and bow Important It will be for them to learn all they caa about It, for which purpose bulletin 172 of tb* Cornell station haa been la- sued. I > I"S DoWB frail (*. "Most varieties of raspberries, black- berries and grapes need winter protec- tion In this region. The cane er Tinea must be laid down and covered." I* calling attention to tbia point a Colora- do exchange says: "Tb* usual way when covering raspberries and black- berries la to remove some of tb* earth en one aide of tbe plants, then lay them carefully down and fasten them by driv- ing down Iron or wooden books over tb* canes and shoveling a few Inches of soil ver them. Borne prefer atraw or coar** manure for covering canes and vine*, for It la more quickly put oo and re- moved ID th* aprtng and make* a mulch and fertilizer for tb* plant* I* summer. Probably tbe simplest phi* la to throw up a furrow or two on each aid* ef the row with a breaking plow aod complete th* covering with saev . WMKS OF HIE EVE Dr. Talmaga's Sermon on the System's Imperial Organ. THE WINDOWS OF THE SOUL, Vk Two IT,. I Li; III. of th Hum .111 FM How ,uU lluiiora tli Kyr Mot Bllml Olast Ktmubllni: Tbruucb the Uoitviiua. Washington, Jan. 14. In this dia- ceurse. Dr. Tahiuige, in his owu way, calls attention to that part of the human body never perhaps discoursed upon in tue pulpit, and challenges us all lo the sluily of omniscience; text, I'sului xciv, U, "lie thut formed the eye, sliu.ll he not see'.'" The imperial organ of the human eystem is the eye. All up and down the liiblu God honors it, e-xlols it, lllufitratea it, or arraigns a. Five hundred and thirty-tour times us it mentioned in the Dible. Ouinipre- eence "the eyes of the Lord are in every place." invine care "us the apple of the eye." The clouds "the eyelids of the morning." Irreverence "the eye thut mocketh ut its father." Priue "<_>h, how lofty are their oyes." Inattention "the fool's eye in the ends of the earth. Pivine inspection "wheels full of eyee." t*U(ldennesa "in ihe twinkling of an eye at the last irump." Olivetic ser- mon "the light of tho body la the eye." This morning a text, "He that formed the eye, 8ha.ll he not see'.'" The surgeons, Ihe iloctors, the ana- tomists a'yi the [>li\Mul<>risi8 un- derstaml tii'a-h of the ^l"ri..s of the two ureut lights of the human race, but the \tmt multitude go on from cradle to r.-ive w ithout any appre- ctuiion <>f the two nn-at nuister- s of the l.i<nl >;<>'l Almighty. If Cod hail hurkeil anything of in n- Ite wisdom, he \\m:!il have failed in creating the buui:m > We wan- der through the earth Irving to eo 'wonderful sights, but the most .Wonderful si^ht we ever see la not o wonderful as the instruments threugh which v<- e it. It has tieen a st ranee thing to me for ,'<0 years thut some scientist with enough eloquence ami nuitrnet isi. did not go through the country with Illustrated lecture on canvas :<0 feet square to startle and thrill and overwhelm Chris' eniloin with the marvels of the human eye. We -want 'he eye taken from all its technicali- ties and some one who shall lay nmila all talk uhout the pterygomax- illory (insures, the sclerotic and the chinsma of the upt ic nerve and In plain, common p.trl.-mce which you and I and everybody can undiv-stutid present the subject. We have learned men who have heen telling us what origin is and what we were. Oh, If Home one should coiin- forth from the dissecting table and from fhe class- room of the university and take the platform and. asking 'he help of the Creator, demonstrate the won- iJers of what we are! If 1 refer to tho physiologic-ill fuels suggested by the former part of my text, it i only to bring out in plainer way the theological lessons of the latter part of my text, "He that formed the eye, shall he not see?" I suppose my text referred to the human eye, since it excels all other in structure tuid adaptation. The eyes of fish, und reptiles and moles and bats are V,T\ simple things because they have not. much to do. There are insects w ith a hundred eyes, but the hundred eyes have less faculty than the two human eyes. The black beetle swimming the sum- mer pond has two eyes under the water and two eves ubovo the water, but the four insectlle are not equal to the two human. Man placed at head of all living creatures must have supreme oi|>n|iinent, while the blind fish in the Mammoth cave of Kentucky have only an undeveloped organ of si^ht.. un apology for the eye, which if through some crevice of the mountain they should go Into the sunli.uht iiiKht i>e developed Into positive eyesight In tho first chapter of Cenesm we flnd that Hod v. it limit any consulta- tion created the ImlU. created the trei-s. created the fish, created the fowl, but when he was about to make man he called a coim-nt inn of divinity, as thoni h to imply that all the [lowers of (.I'dieMd were, to be enlisted in the -.< \\ "let us make man." I'm a whole ton of emphasis on that, word "us." "Ix;t us m, ike man " \ml if <>d called a convention of divinity to create man, I think the two fieat quest iiins* in that conference were how to create a soul and how to make an appro- priate window (or that emperor to look out of. To show how Cod honors the eye, look at the two hulls built for the residence of the eyes. Seven bones making the walls for each eye, the seven bones curiously wrought toge- ther. Kingly palace of ivory is Con- sidered rich, but the balls for the residence of the human eyes are rich- er by so much as human bone is more sacred than elephantine tusk. Sec how God honored the eye when he made a roof for them, so that the sweat of toil should not smart them and the rain dashing against the forehead might not drip into them; the eyebrows not bending over the eye. but reaching to tbe rifht and to the left so that th* ruin and the sweat should be com- pelled to drop upon the cheek in- stead of falling into this divinely protected human eyesight. See >ow i;od honored tho eye in I the fact presented by anatomists and physiologists that there are 8OO contrivances in every eye. For win- dow shutters, the eyelids opening and closing 30,UOO times a day. The eyelashes so constructed that they have their selection as to what shall be admitted, saying to the dust, "Stay out," and saying to the light. "Come in." J-'or inside cur- tain, the iris or pupil of the eye, according as the lit, r ht is greater or less, contracting or dilating. The eye of the owl is blind in the day- time, the eyes of some crititures are h!1' at nitrht. but the human ve so marvellously constructed it can see both by day and by night. Many of the other creatures of God can move the eye only from side to side, but the human eye, so mar- vellously constructed, has one mus- cle to lift the eye and another mus- cle to lower the eye and another muscle to roll it to the riuht and another muscle to roll it to the left and another muscle passing through a pulley to turn it round and round, an elaborate gearing of six muscles as perfect as Cod could make them There is also the retina gathering the rays of light and passing the visual impression along the optic nerve about the thickness of the lamp wick, passing the visual Im- pression on to the .sennorium and on Into the soul What a delicate lens, what an exquisite screen, what soft cushions, what wonderful chemistry of the human eye' The eye washed by a slow stream of moisture whe- ther we sleep or wake, rolling Im- perceptibly over the pebble of the eye and emptying into a bone of -he nostril, a contrivance ^o wonderful that it can see the sun '.ifi.iKH' i MK) of miles away and the point, of a prn. ' and microocope in the same con There also :s the merciful arrange- ment of the tear gland by which the e |I,M! and through which rolls the tide which brings relief that cunies in tears when unine be- reavement or great loss strikes us. The tear not an . it ion of sorrow, hut the nreukiriK up of the arctic of frn/tvi grief in the warm gulf stream of con-iokr ion. Inca- pacity to w.-ep is murtnesK or death. Thank God for the tour glands and that the crystal gates are so easily opened. What an anthem of praise to God is tho human eye! The tongue hi speechless and a clum.sy instrument of expression as compared with it. Have you not seen the eye flush with indignation, or kindle with enthusi- asm, or expand wit.b devotion, or melt with sympathy, or stare with fright, or leer with villainy, or droop with sadnesw. or pale with envy, or (ire with revenge, or twinkle with mirth, or beam with love? It la tragedy and comedy und pastoral and lyric In turn Ua\e you not seen its uplifted brow of surprise, or its frown of wrath, or Its contrac- tion of pain? If the eye say one thing and the lips say another thing, you believe the eye rather than the lipe. But those best appreciate the value of the eye who have lost it. The Emperor of Adrian by accident put out the eye of his servant. "What shall I pay you In money or in lands anything you ask me? I am so sorry I put your eye out." But the servant refused to put any financial estimate on tbn value of the eye, and when the emperor urged again the matter he said, "Oh, Emperor, I want nothing but my lost eye. " Alas for those for whom a thick and im- penetrable wall is drawn across the face of the heavens and the face of one's own kindred. That was a pa- thetic Mccne when a blind man light- ed a torch at night and was found passing along the highway and some one said, "Why do you carry that torch when you can't see'.'" "Ah," said he, "I can't see, but I carry this torch thut others may see me and pity my helplessness and not run me down." How It adds to John Milton's sub- Umity of character when we lind him at trio call of duty sacrificing his eye- sight. Through studying at late hours and trying all kinds of medica- ment to preserve his sight he hud for 12 years Im-n coming toward blind- ness, and after awhile one eye was entirely gone. His physician warned him that il he continued he would loso the other eye. Hut he kept on with his work and said alter sitting in total darkness: '"I ' lay before me between derelutein of n supremo duty and loss of eyesight. In such a case I could not listen to the physician, not if Aesculapius himself hail spoWen from his sanctuary. I could not but obey that inward monitor. I know not what spoke to me from heaven." Who of us would have grace enough to sacrifice our eyes at the call of duty? But. thank God. some have heen enabled to see without very good eyes. General Havelock, the son of the more famous General Havelock, told me this concerning his father: In India, while bis father and him- self, with the army, were encamped one evening time after a long march. General Havelock called up his sol- diers and addressed them, saying In words as neur as I can recollect: "Soldiers, there are two or three hundred women, children and men ut Cawnpur at the mercy of Nana Sa- hib and his butchers. Those poor people may any hoar be sacrificed. How many of you will go with mo lor the rescue of those women and children? I know you are all worn out, and so am I, but .".11 those who will march with me to save those women and children hold up your hnnd." Then Havelock said: "It is almost bark, and my eyesight U very poor, and I cannot see your tt bunds, but I know they are all up. Forward to Cawnpur!" That hero's eyes. though almost extin- guished iii the service of Cod and his country, could see across India and across the centuries. A surgeon, riding up one evening, gave his horses into the care of the blind groom Late at nitrht the tra- veling surgeon went to the stables and found the groom still at work upon the horses, and the grateful mid sympathetic surgeon resolved in the morning to reward the blind groom with money. But In the night the surgeon bethought himself that per- haps he could givs the irroom some- thing better than money. In the ; morning he said to the blind groom. : "Step out into the sunshine! You. are 40 years of age. I conld surely hav4 cured your blindness if I hud seen you sooner, hut come to Paris, und I will give you siirht If you do not die under tho operation." Pay- ing the poor man's way to I'aris, the operation was successful. For the first time the man saw his wife and children, ind having taken a u'ood look at them he turned and suid, lei me look on my friend the sur- geon, who has opened all this beauti- ful world to me and shown me our loved ones." Was not thut glorious? Only those who have been restored from utter blindness can u| | ' the omnipotent blessing of eyesight. To-uuy 1 have only hinted ul the splendors, the glories, the wonders, the divine revelations, the apocalyp- ses, of the human eye, and I stag- ger back from the awful port,. i Is of the physiological miracle which must have i.ixed the ingenuity of a liod to cry out in your ears the words of my text. "He that iorined the eye, shull he not see' 1 " Shall Herschel not j know as much as his telescope'. 1 shall] b'ruunbofer not know us much UH his spectroscope? Shall Suunimerdam not know as much as his microscope? Shall Or lloi.ke not know na much as his micrometer'.' Shall the thing form. imirta than its maker? "He th.it ioruied not >! '" 'Hie recoil of tl meii'lous. a, vast circumference of obnervation. rnac\ On us eyes of cherubim. A MODERN GIANT Mow He was Conquered by a Tiny, but Vitiuus Enemy. Toronto, December 28. Among th* older generation, in Mulmur and Mono townships, Simcoe oouinv, no man ia better known, nor more high- ly esteemed than William Hull, form- erly of Mono, but now n prominent Toronto contractor. Mr. Hull, in hi* younger days was a carpenter. H* wns also the strongest iniui in tue two township*. All athletic sports were his delight, aud in them all he excell- ed. His reputation as a mechanic was equally high. Some years ago, Mr. Hall wa* caught iu u terrific rain storm, while returning home on foot, along a coun- try road, a portion of which wa* tha eye, shall h*j "corduroy, " running through an ex- tensive swanip. In tho darkness, he got off the road, and stepped into the slush and mud through which the road wan built. He sank to tbe waist, eyee of seraphim, eyes of archangel. eyes of Cod. \Ve may nt be able to see the inhabitants of the other worlds, but perhaps they may 1)9 able to see us. We have not optical in- struments strong enough to descry them I'erhaps they have optical In- struments strong enough to descry ua. Tim mole cannot see the eagle midair, hut the eagle tnidsky can see the mole midgruss. We ant able to see mountains and caverns of another world, hut perhaps the Inhabitant* of other worlds can see the towers of our cities, the flash of our seas, thv marching of our processions, the white roi.es of our weddings, the black scans of our obsequies. But humua inspection and angelic Inspection and stellar Inspection and lunar inspection and solar Inspection are tame aa compared with the thought of divine inspection. "You converted me 2O years ago," said a colored man to my father. "How so?" aaid my father. "Twenty years ago," said the other, "In the old schoolhuuse prayer meeting at Bound IJrook yuu said in your prayer, 'Thou God seest me," and 1 hud no peace under the eye of God until 1 became a Christian." Hear it "The eyes of the Lord are in every place." "Hi* eyelids try the children of men." "His ejeH were as a flame of flre." "I will guide thee with nuns eye." Oh, the eye of God, so full of pity, so full ol power, so full of love, eo full of indignation, so full of compas- sion, so full of mercy! How It peers through the darkness! How It out- shines the day ' How it glares upon the offender! How It beams on the IKMiitent soul! Talk about ths hu- man eye as being indescribably won- derful how much more wonderful the great, searching, overwhelming eye of Cod! All eternity ; ast and all eternity to come on :.<iat le'Jna. Tha eyes iviih which we look Into each other's face to-day suggest It. It stands written twice on \ our face and twice on mine, unless through casually one or both have lieeu ob- literated. "Me that formed the eye, shall he not see?" Oh, the eye of God! It sees our sorrows ',o rssimge them, sees our perplexities to disen- tangle them, sees our wants to sym- pathize with them. If we fight him back, the eye of an antagonist. If we usk his grace, the eye of an ever- lasting friend A legend of St. Frotobert Is that his mother was blind and ho was so orcly pitiful for the misfortune that one day In sympathy he kissed her eys and by miracle she saw every- thing, "ut It is not a legend when I lull you that all the blind eyes of tho Christian dead under tho kiss of tho resurrection morn shall glorious- ly open. Oh, what a day that will be for those who went groping through this world under perpetual obscuration or were dependent, on Ihe hand of a friend or with nn un- certain atafl folt the way, and for the aged of dim sight, about whom It might be said that "they which look out of the windows be durkpn- ed," when eternal daybreak comoa in! llhnt a beautiful epltnph that was for a tombstone in a Kuropcon ceme- tery: "Here reposes in Clod Katrina. a saint. 80 years of ni"- nnd blind The light was restored to hsr May 10, 1810" A girl should n*rer throw a way her eld slippers. They will come lu Imndy at her wedding- nud tuucb handler In after year*. Ch leu go News. and only with the greatest difficulty was able, to rescue himself. Next morning he was in a raging fever, the result of the exposure, which would have killed half a do/.e-u ordinary men. It was several weeks bet'orn he was well, and when he left his bed his left leg waa four inches shorter than the right. Rheumatism of th* most extreme type had followed his stormy adventure, and, as the doc- tors said, crippled him for life. Only those who have suffered with Rheumatism can imagine the torture* he endured. Day and night, the agony burned into his nerves and muscles, making his life a ceaseless round of torment. Doctor after doc- tor treated him. Some proposed to chisel a piece ont of the bone of th* leg ; others said nothing could do him any good. The surgical staff of the Western Hospital, and a score of i visiting physicians examined him and decided he could never be cured. On* doctor bled him, drawing away s | large quantity of thick, stringy, dark- colored blood, heavily impregnated with pus. Even this did no perman- ent good. Liniments, oils, and scores of "patent medicines" were tried without avail. Every one believed there was nothing for it but to suffer till the end. Mr. Hall found greater and irreater difficulty evorv day, in moving about. To walk a few yards hard labor. One day recently he read of Dr. \Arnold ' English Toxin Pills, and concluded to trv them. He did SO, and wot* aiiiu/ed to Und that his pains grew markedly loss. He purchased a further supply of the pills, and used thorn. As he did so, his sufferings ceased entirely; strength and flexi- bility returned to tbo onre stiff ami tortured limb, and health came back to him in all its vigor. He is enthusiastic in Inn praises of Dr. Arnold's English Toxin Pills, which, did for him wlmt the doctors and all other medicines in Canada fail- ed to do gave him the power to walk, gave him freedom from pain, gave him strength, health and energy. Though he is nearing thei full measure of the three-Boore and ten years allot- ted as a mail's life, he is inllnitely more sprightly, more quirk mnl sure on his feet, than many a man in th* full rlnsh of manhood. Taking those fHrts into eonsidera- Hon. Ins complete ;ei-i)vei v is iheiuor* marvellous. Just reflect tliut the must skilful doctors in Toronto and vieiuitv sveire uimlile to do more than give him temporary relief; thut differ- ent physicians pronounced his raae) utterly incurable, that the, stuff of m city hospital failed to hud any means of aid for tho sufferer, n:id then re- member thut B lew boxes of Dr. Ar- nold's Enjrlish Toxin Pills uuulA new man of him practically renewed his lease of life ami i her Dr. Arnold's Kngluih Toxin Pius lire not deserving i.t a pln-> in every household. Keinemher al.-o, that Mr. Hall hud given nearly every "patent medicine 1 ' on the marker a pntii-ut, fair and faithful trial before De^in- nmg to ne Dr. Arnold's English Toxin i'ills ami that not one of thnim did him the slightest noti<-i%hlr ^'ood, Then nay whether or not wo or* justified in claiming th it Or. Ar- nold's English Toxin Fills ore ;he only medicine known to-duv that is a positive cnre for Rheumatism. They are the only mcdn me that kills th* genus that cause rlicnmai ism Thiai is the one and only way to cum th* disease. Dr. Arnold's English ToT:n PilU. the medic-iiie thut cures ii.~i-a>e- by killing the germs thut CHUM; it. are sold by all druggists at 7.'>e. a buz; sample si/.e 25e. . or sent post pnid osl receipt of price by The Arnold Chem- ical Co.. Limited. Caiinda Life Bnilti. Ing, 43 King Street \Ve-.t. Toronto. To 4 TlphoU>erpll" Ihr It'.rrt. For the first time in history th* telephotographer is abont to play hi* part it may be an important part- in warfare. Second Corporal Ford of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, has been detain- ed as tolephotognipher to the army ia South Africa, and has nailed from Southampton with his cycle and ap- paratus. Cunioral Ford's camera, which ! fitted with "telcphoio" lenses, ia woiulerfnl nme.lnne, which will tak* a clear photograph of a man. or hat- tery, or ititrenchmenta at anydigtano* np to two miles. So that beyond the range of tbe enemy's rifles Corporal Ford will be able to get photographj of their positions which would Drove of groat value. Aa military telenhoto- griipluc scout be onght to be able t* render useful service to the British army. Thi special apparatus was devised by Lieut. Foulke, R. D. , and made by the London Stereoscopic Company. It is fixed on to Corporal Ford's bu-yol* in such small compass as to be hard]/ noticeable, and the whole thing bi-' cycle and apparatus is painted th* familiar khaki color. London Mail. - i No Wlh InOlT* In." One of the G loin-esters taken pris- oners at Nicholson's Nek writes, from Pretoria to relatives at Bristol: "n was owing to an accident that w were captured; we were trying t* get to the rear of the enemy in th* night, but the mules stni|H>ded and we were found out. and in the morn- ing thev surrounded ns. We war* fighting for about seven hours, and lost about '.'i HI men. If we bail not given in then, we would have all bee* slaughtered. It wan no wish of the men to give in. We had all fixed on Imyunets ri-iuiy to charge, and would InivH kept on until tbe last man dropp- ed, bnt the officer in command thought that he bail enough, and so gave us* and what remained of us were marai> ed away after givinf op our arms. " Miller's Worm Powder* for restlessi anil peevishness. *il>|iu em. "I told you," said Mr. Pne*r. sniffing around in tho kitchen while the Christinns fowl wus cooking, "t* buy a large chicken. I believe TO* have deceived me and bought a sin turkey!" Knh 11,-iln. i i,, n . "I'ner tl, n-:'" exelaiined one Toun xvniiia:) at me thenter. "That girl i* heaatlfnl. but she is very deaf." "lieu .io y.>,i know'.'" "She ha* >:it nil through this Frencsl faree \\itliout blushing once." Wash* Imjttin Star. Tli<- ...,.ii ,in.l Hid Shrrp.klB. RIM MIII Mo yuu believe In a collefg dnciuion? Billiy Oil. yes. A college ediieiitlOM Is nil right, but the snme Is not uhvaysj to be snid of the ma.i who fiim-ic* he has one. MMium./