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 coifQUSi AT POSMOSA. '•Bent I "".^gliA « I id hearty """t I *livide TTiu, 1 thoae ofiL^kj ofCeyloi*P«t"%| ' '^t Duinfrie, ,. I [ger. whoaeS!;'**! ^rica hasre-tu 1 ;,^Tfeet.T4 eral8heep!^'*^« aiesaidtobettai.L '^ttempttocomtll '«ry store gire, J lings worth atickS p have one phot^l an establistuneoJ uleistoheincreasedl hunared men, ar,d| this IS utterly in.l L:-ec't fire some darl ^trgepartofthecit/.f England that John -ockatrike, isgoinJ rest, and to stiidj4 upon the invitatioiJ •a. I is gone to pieces, too bHter for the JJelgian capitalists- te that was to buyl ;y drew out. I vide extent ia saidl id near MussoorieJ ad are letting theirl -•ipation of a morel lelieacy hereafter. ng worse in Suffolk, mstacks of ordin-j ft-ere killed. SuJ ne hole by a ferret,) rats before the job! r'e manoeuvres of the| to \m held in the 'A about the English attempt to blockadd Erc.m attack the for-l of tea from PerakJ ts of the East Indies J ondcn market, audi prices. The outlook is in English handsj ing. trie lighting at thd irely successful, anil be used pennanent-j nuseum in which il| w-ill be extendei stitution. claims to have a call be compressM [ural bulk, andia and turned into ai^ y simply turning a s evaporation. Brazilian circlet frip of Foreign Min-j [seca's GovermnentJ [ntineRepubUcistn a general confederj States, which Bn"" gun of a Lonuonl Irica to shoot antej Ifiring andiinjareif ury he has just re-l against the dealerj manufacturers of laper publishes thd T 'â-  A lady wiah^ lehool for girL'l now coming iii' m the old wH C;ritfiths, Church lis of the New He- lently put ashore a ' ranging to caU.oa he was ^vaiting " Imandcarriedhin ]-e subsequently ni that some of t4 f Bologna »« j poor ho"e"^J /their wi^^il fun against the^ ' declare th»tth^ ISrweU, If»jf ltheagelO*r- tested is r^^** hays ago '"'^tl flitc«n««'^* I â-  offence twwet d to five y* |ty letting »^" "The JjJ^ bnned m^ ^teesW kwith»'*5';i rization** leatBrit^ fof Irdfj; .fki*"' .M l^.^t snbdae Tlie SaTices jy fki*'" occupy Tfce e»«mtrjr. "e troops in Formosa have atlslat T"^/aefeated the savages who have h'»P" J fiP.l' them. A savage people has -J, louj ainoi" stubborn resistance than ,,ver*aS^"^f southeastern Formosa. Since 1 13*^^ '"^1 occupied the island in 1874 they :5-"""'?p,ted inch by inch the possession ' ' masmificeat mountains, among the ;•â- '"" the wo-ld, where they declared •pf'.iest m ^^j^yjtain their independence or W-^' â-  ,n island lying directly in the high- |H^7'=*^„ travel, and whose northern •"*•• 1 rae relations with the commercial j^^hw y^ 6 ^^.-jjg the ferocity of the "^^"'^fMalavan descent who dwell in its 3!'^«'"' „ regions, fully a quarter. of the "â- â€¢*"lV 'naver Ijeen explored, and we do 'â- """ tr dav whether such a thing as a ^sCborcxists alongthecoast. Thesouth- 'â-  'f ^^ Formosa have been the terror " "io-- to l)e shipwrecked on this in- â- ^^'^Me coast meant speedy death at the V'^^TZ natives. Among the late t F*"" « of this sort was the massacre '•^"â- â- "l.feV of the British ship Rover, ilr=; Hunt, the Captain's wife. ,,^ „,tive's said later that they would 'tc'ue killed her, but they did not know " he was a woman. '"';;"«• yeans ago a party from a British Chip Unded among the savages in force roiiL' to l)e in danger of molestation. \:A match at a distance of about 100 '•' was arranged with the natives, who pnned with matchlocks. A target was r^ldâ„¢a tree, and the English first dis- rll their marksmanship with very satis- tL results. The natives did not seem ' I! Surprised, but suddenly disappeared :-'.e underbrush, and presently were seen "lin.ron their stomachs toward the tar- .• When they were within about six feet fif'iev l'lazel away, and of course hit the I v'-et in the centre. The English protested â-  â-  ,],is wfts not exactly a fair contest. 'â- â€¢Well," replied tlie natives, " we don't • whether it's fair or not, but it's the kill Chinese, and it's good enough .I'ling of the town worker. Quite refreshing it is to »d wiother Engjiahman besides Dr. Richar^on taiing the field against the abuse «rf tea. The modem-iaahiQa of taking a cup of tea. before rising, dispela Wui^ and enables the dnnker to rise aad dFess. Sowo»ild.»bfairdy and sifti, yel %e iea drinker Ijfn no di3giac« in the raomiag stimulant When taken in excess by under- fed personajea most exhaust the nervdoa stimulus. .!laie «»«nfort ia tea comn from Its warmth, the iMranshment framtte nalk and sugar in it. The tea itself, eraecially when unaccompanied By substanfed and nourishing fod, causes enfeeblenHsut to the; .°°2^;^%^' cerebro spinal system, « and she. the p«^* ^^ *^'"" woman, who is a confirmed drinker, Womes and remains a nerveless wreck." A PEUCATK BATTEB for frnit,fi»h or meat fritters: Stir Ughtly one-quarter pound of flour into a gffl of warm water, with a tablespoonful of oil, a pmch of salt and the well-whiaked -white of an egg. SUPEESTmOHS iBOTJT BABIIB. Irish Times In Ireland a belt made with a woman's hair is pl aced a bou t a-^ihtfd to keep harm away. Jn Spain the infant's face is swept ^th a pine tree bough to bring good luck. In Jkmerica the child is handed over to a nurse with instroctions to " raise it co the bottte." =^ in Scotland it is said that to rock the empty cradle will insure the coming of other I tw |riyv.e llnng the western side of the I ird I'luiiese settlements have Ifiiiie just before them the great mountain ,.-e whose summits they have seen every Is-min" illuminated by the rising sun, has Irtii as°inaccessible as though an impaSsable Inili stretched between. Only in |-niv have the Chinese dared to liese' uplands, and even then their progress- as been slow and uncertain, and they have lul many a lough experience. Once a tvtv i)f 'ioO Chinese soldiers who fonned an Livance post were killed to a man. In the paign of 1875 the Chinese lost about llWJ men bv sickness, and for some years i to hold ground that had been abandoned during the rainy the decimation of the nan-ow arisen, martial invade ill attempt; ion were iison. on accoii Iniiv hv disease. ' Thus "the war has Ijeen waging for years ii a desultory way. It is a curious fact that lain;! has regarded Formosa as experimental jroiir.d, where Western innovations might oesafely tried and proven before they were jeniiitted to gain a foothold on the Chinese minland. The result is that northern toraiosa has lieen more open to Western Jjences anil has recently been making Ziiiiv progress than any other part of the iiiinese dominions and while that part of lie island has been advancing by really sur- icang strides under the impetus of Western iifital. tlie little region in the southeast has :rtii closed against all the world. It is ratiiyir.g nows that the barriers have at Lnlieen broken down. Even the spread »: Ihiuese civilization there will be a gi-eat ibsing in comparison with the state of ;;;r.e that h.n.s made -this corner of the 'ttuii'ul island a menace to all- who ap- pr'dcied it. The Origin of DeatL From the dawn of life the structures best adapted to surrounding condition havabeen victors whatever features have proved use- ful have been seized upon by natural selec- tion and secured dominance. The enormous j mass of the lower forms nave persisted to I this day, because the balance established I between them and their surroundings has remained unaltered. But wherever the balance between living things and their surrounding has been disturbed, new demands have been made upon them, to which they responded, or, failing that response, perished. Hence it is in. the first complexity of structure, the first departure from simplicity, that the seeds of death were sown. For that death becomes a necessity. So far as its occurrence by natural causes is concerned, we know that as organisms get older (although this applies more to animals than to plants, in which the cells, as they become liquefied or converted into wood, are overlaid with new cells) their power of work and of renewal is lessened. The cells which form the vital fabric of tissues are worn by continual use the waste exceeds the repair, and death ultimately ensues, "because a worn out tissue cannot forever renew itself and because a capacity for increase by means of cell division is not everlasting, but finite." Why there should be this limit to cell divis- ion we cannot say, but it is clear that with the modifications of organs according to the work which they discharge there results a subtler structure which is less easy to repair and is shorter of duration. The one-celled organisms have found salvation in simplicity. We are, therefore, driven to the conclu- sion that since there is, prima facie, no rea- son why growth should be limited or why function should come to an end, death must have been brought about by natural selection, which determines survival or ex- tinction from the standpomt of utility alone. There needs no showing that it is to the advantage of the species that individuals should die. Their immortality would be harmful all round nay, impossible, unless vigor remain unimpaired, and the multipli- cation of offspring does not overtake th« means of subsistence. "For it is evident," as Mr. Russel Wallace remarks in a note which he has contributed to Dr. Weismann's essay, "that when one or more indi^^duals have provided a sufficient number of suc- cessors, they themselves, as consumers of nourishment in a constantly-increasing de- gree, are an injury to those successors. Nat- ural selection, therefore, weeds them out, and in many cases favors such races as die almost immediately after they have left suc- cessors," as, f. g., among the male bees, the droneperishing while pairing, death being due to sudden nevous shock. â€"[Longman's Magazine. â-  ^- TSfr Grecian mother b^ore putting the child in the-ciadle turns three times round before the fire while sia^^ing her fayjrite song, to ward off evil spirits. The Turkish mother loads Ber.iduld with amulets as soon as it is bom. A small bit of mud well steeped in hot water prepared by precious charms is stuck on Ita forehead. Welsh mothers put a pair of tongs or a knife in the cradle to lusitre the saiety of their children the knife is also used for the isame purpose in some parts of England. The London mother jdaees a book under the head of the new-bom infant that it may be quick at reading, and puts money into the ficst bath to guarantee w^dth in' the future. Roumanian mothers tie red ribbons around the ankles of their children to preserve them from harm, while Ethiopian mothers attach bits of assafoetida to the neck of their off- spring. At the birth of a child in Lower Brittany the neighbouring women take it in charge, wash it, crack its joints and rub its head with oil to solder the cranium bones. It is then wrapped in a tight bundle, and its lids are anointed with brandy to make it a full Breton. Among Vosges peasants children, bom at a new moon are supposed to have their tongues better hung than others, while those bom at the last quarter are supposed to have less tongue, but better reasoning powers. A daughter bom during the waxing moon is always precocious. K BIG PAITTHEE HTINT. All Van Bacon as a Fuel Pood. the Farmers Turned Ont to qnlsh the Common Enemy. An exciting panther hunt took place in Adams county, fll. recently which result- ed in killing a ferocious beast that terrorized the people of that county all winter. The animal was heard from first in the eastern portion of Adams country, where it was killing live stock. An old man named Hill says he met it in a lonely road one night, but the beast only gave a scream and dis- appeared. A short time later Daniel Voorhees, a farmer living near Quincy, came to that city and said that early one morning he was attacked in his bam by a huge wild animal, but after a short struggle the beast fled into a neighboring strip of timber. Voorhees received several ugly scratches. The neighborhood Ijecame alarmed, and many people rcfu33d to leave their homes •fter night fearmg an attack. Reports then came from other farmers that cows calves and even horses were being killed and their bodies mangled by some unkno^vn animal, and a band of armed men hunted for two days recently in hopes of killing the animal, but not untill yesterday was this accomplished. The big panther, for such it proved to be, was chased by dogs into a dense thicket in the Bear Creek county, and it fought with desperation when closely pressed, and one or two of the dogs were killed. A volley from the rifles soon laid the big cat dead. Uniftim of British Soldieis. ViscQunti Wolseley writes The .practice of clothing soldiers, by regfancntS,' in ' one uniform dress was not introduced by Louis XTV. till 1685 and did not become general in our arm3r'^for many years afterwud. It is, however, curious to note that for the hard marching and many bodily exercises which fall to the soldier's lot on active service our army was more stutably dressed in the reigns of William III. and of Queen Anne them it has been generally this century. We have lately done something to improve our style of soldier's dress, but no man tied up as ours are in tightly-fitting tunics can do a satis^ctory day's work during war. We dress our sailors for the wdk they have to do, but we still cling to a theatrical style of ({arments for the soldier. There are, however, some difSculties at- tached to this question of dress in an army raised as ours is, on a system of voluntary enlistment. We must make the soldier's clothing acceptable to the men who have to wear it, and, strange to say, they like very tightly -fitting coats and trousers, to swagger about in with their sweathearts. They uke those ridiculous forage cape stuck on the side of their heads, and which are no protection from either sun or rain. I suppose the house- maid " Jill" prefers her soldier " Jack" in this outlandish costume, for in no other way can I understand why the wearers should like such tawdry and uncomfortable finery. The change hoped for generally is that we should have two costumes â€" one for active service and field manoeuvres, of the color we use in India â€" it is a light tawney, resembling that of the hare â€" and fitting very easily everywhere, especially about the throat the other, scarlet, and very smart, and orna- mented with braids and buttons as at present, to satisfy the young soldier and his " Mary Anne." In all our recent little wars we have used a special dress made for the occasion, and what we now want is to make that special dress the undress imiform of the army. Is there any one outside a lunatic asylum who would go on a walking tour or shoot in the backwoods or the prairies trussed and dress- ed- as the British soldier is This applies to all ranks, for I confess to a feeling that the dressed-up monkey on a barrel organ bears a strong resemblance to the British General in his meaningless cocked hat and feathers of the last century, and in his very expensive coat, besmeared both before and behind with gold lace. Boll Gall ia Heaven. A soldier mortally wounded, was lying in a hospital dying. AH was still. He had not spoken for some time. Suddenly the silence was broken and the attending surgeon was startled by the dying man uttering clear and strong the single word: " Here.' " What do you want " asked the surgeon hasten- ing to his cot. A moment elapsed. There, was a seeming struggle after recollection. The lips of the dying soldier murmured, "It was the roll call in Heaven, and I was an- swering to my name. " These were his last words. At roll call in Heaven will you and I be ready to answer to our names r.;i.s Erii;lil!!iipai's piai.se of bacon fat â€" as [â- lemost iligi.stible form of fat next to cod "c: cilâ€" siiculd rind even more acceptance |aii.iscli;uiUe, and he does not hesitate to ay that toil liver oil is an inferior form of l-it.and tliat Imcou fat, not fried too much, thf most easily assimilable form of fat. 1 1' »iille remembered that the objection- »'e trichina is never found in the fat of Won or ham.) "It has been found that a hfflihvich made of 1 wiled bacon is often very I â- â€¢:sp:alile to a dainty child of feeble dijis- Creum, "a natural emulsion," es- |PKiallywheu compounded with malt ex- is most palatable, for "it must l)e re- I stmliered tluit fat in the form of emulsion I hE"ie easily linestible than fat in bulk." I " thnut fat healthy tis-sues cannot be built »p. and a loathing of fat is the common pre- 1 â- "Tar of p-almonary phthisis. Canadian I '-daren who have marasmus should be fed ^°voiiUitonfat. TliK.M.U.TEl) I'RKPAKATIONS â-  " v.-liicli M. Mellins was the pioneer," ':^ a part of easily digested food. A pint â-  "ulk and a table.?poonful of Mellins' or 'â- ier malted food, l)oiled together, accord- •^: to directions, can easily come into the "-HRe's bill of fare, at supper time, with l"^. which fulfils the direction for twice nmg the starch in bread. ANOTHER BILL OF FARE. T'te a pint of milk, with two tablespoons- â- ^w molasses, Ijoil well for 15 minutes, â- '"add a quarter pound of any bwcuit pckers) finely broken, and put in the oven '*»i»ther quarter of an hour. This, Dr. '"Mrgill says, is enough for the Aveamet of .~*P«ople who have dined upon tl«» fol- TH inexpensive dishes; Four prtBnds ^ked bones put into the sancqMUi with r*»ffi2, kerbs or other, and a quarter â„¢'l of rice with a quart' of water, to be "*»« for three hours, adding more water "â- jqiired to keep it a thick soup. This A New Industry For Australia. The New South Wales Government are understood to be desirous of promoting/ the establisliment of a locomotive manufactory Christian Endeavor. Bevi John H. Barrows, D. D. of Chicago, Rev. S. J. Nicholls of St. Louis, Rev. T. S. Hamlin, D-. D., of Washington, and Rev. George S. Wells of Montreal, four of the in the colony" to Ije properly equipped with j leading Presbyterian ministers of the con- -•" â-  " •. â€"1 1-1" tinent, have united in addressing a circular j letter to the pastors of Presbyterian churches commending this society. In this letter they say "the uniform success of the new organ- izations, which are made vertebral and vig- i orous by the pledge, have convinced us that the Christian Endeavor idea is peculiarly adapted to meet a universal want, and we expect from it a world wide blessing. We should rejoice to see such societies estab- lished in all churches." Rev. J. W. Hamil- ton, D. D., of Boston, in writing to his brethren of the Methodist Episcopal Church says "The society of Christian Endeavor is I one of the most remarkable inspirations of I the motlern church. Such united movement of young people with Christian purpose j could have been secured in no other period ' in the history of the church. I view the im- portance of the society lioth from its relation to the local chufch, and from its inter-de- 'â-  nominational relations in the great interna- tional body. The society must be what the church is in which it is organized. It may be Methodist, Presbyterian, Baptist or Con- gregational, at home. In the great conven- tion it is what all would have it to be. Chris- tian â€" the members there see Jesus only." all the modern improvements, and capable of turning out first-class work. It is stated that advertisements are to be issued, both in the colonies and in Great Britain, mvitmg proposals in connection with the matter. There is a large demand in New Soutn Wales for locomotives on the Government railways for renewaU and additions to stock, and it is currently reported that the aiithorities are prepared to give an order for 100 kKJomotives, to be delivered in three years, the first one not later than July 1S»1, on the undei-standing that the cost of get- ting them made in the colony is not greater than the price of securing them elsewuere. The Pride of His Glass. He was a bright, handsome boy of of six- teen, sunny-tempered, brilliant and engag- ing, the delight of his parents, the joy of his home, and the pride of his class. But a shadow fell across his prospects. It began with a trifling cough soon came premonitions of consumption, his strength failed, his cheeks grew hollow, and he seem- ed doomed to an early grave. Then a friend advised Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis- covery. He tried it and was saved. Health and strength returned, his cheerful voice rang out agaui across the school playground, his cheeks again grew rosy, his eyes bright. He is still "the pride Of his class" and he graduated this year with highest honors. ^^ Yellow Metal from the Sky. A meteor fell on the larger of the two Comanche peaks in Te.xas the other night. It came on an incline of about 45 degrees and struck the edge of the peak, where the boulders hung over the side of the moun- tain. It came from the «wuth. Its descent was very bright and rapid, fairly illuinin- atittg the peak as it fell. It knocked off large stones which went rolling down the moun- tain followed by the celestial visitor, barely missing Major Torres's house at the foot of the mountain. The meteor will weigh several tons. Fragments brought in by those who went to see it, contain nuggets of what is believed to be gold. J?J» baked potato, and the pudding above I '"fd, he says, is a sufficent iileal even Ifttldweather, asit contains both tijwue ' How Young You Lock. "How young you look " oh, cruel phrase That stabs you in the guise of pmse What tho' the yearshave lightly rolled, What tho' mid gleaming locks of gold No tell tale tress Time's touch betrays. You know that now the evil days Draw niKh. For, oh, each fond friend says, wTtlsmfles that makeyour blood mucoid. "How young you look What though the world « /ti" f^f ' Bedazzled with your beauty s blaze Alas alas You're growmg oW. Y^ know 'tis true, first time you re told- Admiring mixed with moreaonaze- How young you look Abaent-Minded Indeed. Female Strate^t. ' That Brown girl is a smart Food For Thought. There is little pleasure in the world that is true and sincere beside the pleasure of doing our duty and doing good. I am sure no other is comparable to this. â€" [Tillotson. Never be discouraged by trifles. If a spider breaks his thread twenty times he will mend it as many. Perseverance and patience will A Scotch farmer who ^^ *^'*If* ?^th ' ^mpUsh wonders. -^Blair. mindedwasone_day^u.«I^*°^*"' ' â€" of the the When the mean* • will tte recommended a little fish a« a mid- «»f8e, fish baked in the oven, herring J'Mock, or even to boil a red hwfing, n\*e 8km and bones, breaking tij the tok^" into small particles and mixing it ^*e baked poteto. All of these' «ug- S?.*'" made for the advantage, we are Q^ not only of children, but oi towr cr«»nd town workers, who iN»**^«- J^ appetites. These crave meat t**u» __ iksW*^'^**" °» the stomach and giv«^ .^g^ ^^o discomfort there. But the mea». -^^ ti^*» acceptable in easing the lahow **: J c I.OW We led the horse out ^. -Thehay yous^uFdedio^ W^* hay? ye've nae hay, J^^^i^^ the 1 Turning round, to J^ ^^^^^ded the farmerlor the first t^« J^^^t home, brought thehoWw™»_ -^ ^^^^ back into " ing by. i'^tl-^-.hi^stMteddif afe,» trot, butu Prejudice and self sufficiency naturally proceed from vae^^^^'^n'e of the world, and ignorance of mankind.â€" [Addison. Prof. Lazarus says "A nation is not rich unless it is rich in thought* it cannot be a great nation unless it is great m heart and unless it reigns in the department of intellect and with the inteUect it cannot reign in the ccknsel and the daniinwm of nations, but will be obliged to serve." New Zealand, as a matter of fac^ is evan- crclized. Christianity has not failed rf8u«»e«« ma single island. Inlndia and dwwhere they htSfto tnther the oonverU oneb^ on^ but in New Zealand a movement set m and nnmbaicame forward; iti actvaooe waa idmost Uke mhaA-ite. The numbed Of native dergya* V9l^ Jahowg there » of been. Tb^t^^jm^f*^^ ««P«P from tskne, tatty «* IS d .««nach ove;bMdensliie Uver,7W«*;3*^t2d^ed in a tumWer «f ™» ^^ia^Sm£^^«im:,mmm^fmtl^^ I?*P?f* *^ mans gout" and ll^ "jJ^'^jf^SSB^diately. » a -u^^ |5SWfasdo{G««» The food which tl» "lw«'«y w»i«». ' aa digest is beywid the power Jones â€" one. Smith â€" " What is she up to now?" " You know whenever she goes out she has her pug with her. " " Yes, I understand." " Well, she has trained that dog to trot along about ten feet behind her." " Well, what of that?" " What of that? Don't you see she can look back at any man under pretense of looking after the dog." A Gentle Hint. Book Agent â€" Here is that book, ma'am, " How to Play the Piano." Lady of the Houseâ€" What book I didn't order any book. " No'm, but the neighbors did, and they told me to bring it to you." Apples will not freeze if covered with a linen cloth, nor a pie er eustard bum if in the ' even with a dish of water. A London dispatch to the New York "Times" confirms the statement that th Bank of England is about to issue £1 silver notes, redeemable in silver coin. Hie is- sue, now beini^printed, will be, thddispatch says, £4,000.000, or about $20,000,000. This is a small amount compared with the United States issue of silver certificates, which ag gregates nearly 9285,000,000. But it is a striking departure from tha monetary policy ot Great Britain. Heretofore, the lowest denomination of notes issued by the Bank of England, which is the financial agent and instrument of the government, has oeen £5, and an its notes bive been redeemal^ in gold exeinsi'vely. Having made a, start to- ,WBid bimetalism, there is np knowing ^)d^re it may stop if the experiment proves snocess- -fnl, as in -pn/brnkSBtf; it wm. 'Hub stqp iWalsoi^indicatani^iliataaotkerinteniatiqnM 4x)afaej)0B, with the ,ti8Wlf»%«pnimoa bime- In Payor of fieTision. The whole Presbyterian church has watch- ed with keen interest ' the- progress of the debate in the New York presbytery on the question of revising the Westminster Com- tession of Faith. On the ^rd ihat. the vote was tsAcflB and proved to1i«^iavor of reyi- mon foj mc^ than two to one. A friend has favored us with a report of the proceedings when this result was reached New Yobk, Febt 3.â€" The. Scotch Presby- terian church was filled to its utmost ca* pacity this afternoon when the New York presbytery met to vote on the proposed re- vision of the " Confession of Faith " reported by the committee appointed to. prepare an answer to the general assembly's overture, and to submft that answer to the presbytery. The body of the church was crowded with clergymen and elders, and the seats and aisles in the galleries wete occupied by mem- bers of the various churches. The Rev. Dr. Robert F. Sample, moder- ater, called the meeting to order, and after prayer had been offered business was begun with a reading of the report, which had al- ready been read a dozen or more times and was known by heart to many of the clergy- men present. The preamble to the committee's report was adopted without discussion. It detailed the work which had been done by the com- mittee, spoke of the care with which they had considered the question of revision, and laid stress on the statement that they depre- cated attempts to remodel the confession beyond making these changes, which were urgently needed and generally asked for. The presbytery then took up those sections of the report which provided for the revision of the confession of faith. They were as follows "1. We desire that the 3rd chapter after the first section be so recast so to include those things only: The sovereignty of God iu election, the general love of God for all man- kind, the salvation in Christ Jesus provided for all and to be preached to every creature. "2. We desire that the ^tenth chapter he so revised as not to appear to discriminate concerning 'infants dying in infancy,' or so as to omit all reference to them (section 3) and so as to preclude that explanation of section 4 which makes it teach the damna- tion of all heathen or makes it deny that there are any elect heathen who are regen- erated and saved by Christ through the spirit and who endeavor to walk in penit- ence and humihty according to the measure of light which Grod has been pleased to grant them." The Rev. Dr. Paxton of Princeton moved that all that portion of section 1 after the word "chapter" be stricken out and the words "remain unchanged" be inserted in- stead. Dr. Paxton said that the third chap- ter had been a fixture in the confession for 200 years, and that it was essential to Cal- vinism. Pretorition and reprobation, he held, should not be excluded from the con- fession. They were half of its care. The Rev. Dr. Crosby, in reply, argued that the third chapter was the p: per place to intro- duce the love of God. Just as many of the old school as those of the new school desir^ ed a revision, and argument to the contrary was stale. Elder Henry Day of the Fifth Avenue church said that they had no right to be bound by any conti^act of their grand- fathers. Thfey were not bound by Calvinism to believe in the damnation of infants.. Prof. Charles Briggs said that pretorit- ism was not an essential of Calvinism and ought to be excluded. Dr. Charles S. Robinson moved that the vote on Dr. Pax- ton's motion be taken by calling the roll. This- was lost by a vote of 56 against 29. On a motion to rescind the vote taken on Dr. Robinson's motion for the roll-call it was again lost by a vote of 68 to 30. The mo- tion of Dr. Paxton was lost by a decisive viva-voce vote. The Rev. Dr. John Hall, an enthusiastic anti-revisionist, then offered a substitute for the section, which provided that if the gen- eral assembly should see proper it ehou'd formulate a brief foot-note to the third chapter of the confession explanatory of its interpretation, and thus do away with any stumbling-blocks or conflicting interpreta- tions. The Rev. Dr. Van Dyke claimed that if the chapter needed such an explana- tory note that was sufficient to warrant it being cut out altogether. The Rev. Dr. Hall had said that in these days of Universalism they should take a decided stand on the questions contained in the chapter, and to this Dr 'Van Dyke replied that the speaker had no right to introduce the subject of Universalism into the discussion. The substitute was lost by a vote of 80 against 44. The report favoring revision was then adopted as presented by the com- mittee, 93 clergymen and elders voting for the report and 43 clergymen and elders against it. He Wasn't at All Indifferent. Little Snobkinsâ€" " May I'ave the pleasure of your 'and for the next?" [Inefiable disgust of the charming creat- ure.] Little S. (mistaking the meaning of the look) â€" "Oh, don't thmk I haint hobserved ye cos I didn't harsk you earlier. I've 'ad my heye on you hall the hevenin' " Expansion and Contraction. Pillsbury caUed one morning at the house where the freaks boarded. He rang the I bell and the giant come to the door. I "I want to see the dwarf," Pillsbnry isaid. "I'm the dwarf," replied the giant. " Your," cried Pillsbury, in amazement. " Yes," replied the giant. "They let nw out in the forenoon." Weightier Than AIL While the minister of Auchterarder sitting at breakfost one morning he was in- terrupted by the entrance of one of his par- ishioners, who requested the loan of his mare, as his own was ill. " Yon shall have her," said themuiister; "butbe careful of the beast, and don't kad her too heavilv. " Whfle ib» minister was taking a walk the same day almg a country road. he met John and tl» mare, the latter drawing a very heavy load of sand. This was to much for the worthy man, ^rtio heaped im John's head many a heart|f rdmkeu Jehn hepad him till he had finiiriied and tiMn said, quietly, " Stones are heavy, and sand heavier^ boit th6 rfege of the tool is wei^tier that aU." Exit minister. rilver. Sd«itr«^««P«^ .first BmiSSK^Vmnivt diVlotk. Ain't jxntgaiamhtUKit' 'i litwiA •#»* tt s fu i to d y i8«MmON(r«ifc»rr|^9t yet. Ymjee, thi BritHB to paztie^ittft. c i* fiM 1*^^^' "Mp ^iJf^^ ^i^ ^*^ liM a: i r I" ^â- ^â-  ??â- '