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 THE MODERN PULPIT. THE OfiOWF 0F~fiIGflTE0U8HESS. My the Lale ^t. Ck Preached in St. Paul's Cathedral. London. "Henceforth, there is laid up for me a crown of right«ousne«- which the Lord, the risrhteous jiulKe, aballKive me at that day.'â€" 2 Timothy When St. Paul wrote thus, he was in fuU view of the end of hi.s career. He is in prison at Rome for the second and for the last time. He has alrealy had a first trial in the forum, or public court at Rome; possib- ly l»efore the emperor, certainly with men of ali naiiotiH and races looking on, assembled as ihey were in that great capital of the. w.»ild. In that trying seem, in those anxious iiionienls, St. Paul was alone. No patron, iu-i the term was uo powerful fiieiirl-sat by lo ahow thai he wa.- intereateil in theac'iuit- tal of the j^rirfoner, or. at least, in seeing tliit justice wasd'jiit to hini. No ailvocale, trained in the teclinlcal knowledge or in the great trailit ions of the Koniaii law wa-i there to plu:ehLir:a«lin^ and ids skill at the disjKis*! i the aecusei. No human friend, iowerless to sway the will of the judge, or toarrangeor to as.-,it the argument for the defence, yet striving by kindly hKikstoasauretheprisfmer of the aympatliy of at least one human heart among those an.uiid liiiH: au'l to sust;iinhim bvdoin'.-jo even one such friend aa this was hciu-. There were .still (.hrijitians in liome wliom llit-forecastsof approaching jer- si-.:nli'ni had not scared aw ay Iml they, tOf», j n .â- .ceiii* \\.;it .tbntiit. eniaii, we know, liad He.|, having htwt-A tlu.i present world., Titus iUi'M n-hci-ns had lefi for the work of some '-iiii-^tiaii iiiis3i"Tis l»ut wiere where in fhoselioiii- ')l^adiie»-.iiid depression- wliere \va.iKnhidM,H?\Vli.n-\vas I'lidens, ilie rising w^Mier, a.-ii might ^eem, with hi^ higldy l-.rn liriti-h wife Claudia? Uljcre was l.iniis, alt. a-ly I'i.-Hliop of what there wa-i of li. working nn- ali, where was ,, wlio lui'l re- I KoriH- lo ii...--it )iii ijiastei --^ Ix-dily l.e.iltli m Ilio-.- la-t dit-ot .u.Melyand .ron. limmenf W.- know i.ol. This only we kiiou Iliat tliey v.erenol at Paul's .side ui Ihat lii^t fuibli-: ir ::il. 'At my lir.sl.an.iwcr,' he-^i.il wiiUs, "At my '""-it answer," or ptilili' dett-ri'-e, "no man st^»d with me, bui. all tors.Hikme. I pray « iod that it may not l»e laid t-. Ili'-ii .-harge." Aoilyet lie Was jiul alone. One wa.-. lhjrc, iin.sei-ii hv Injilily eve. \,n\ el.-j.ily di-.erned l-V the i-yeof the -i.'-id, W ho w.i:i at oiii-.- Symjialhi/er and Adv.,. ate and I'alron *)nu- fromWlnwe pie- .it-iice the prisfiner diew .strength and Uld- ne.-isaii" ins|uration One Who .^o stirred Him I" '•|*«-ak, lliat the faith Wius proclaimed by bun -ij^ain. and'f..r a l.w-t lime, in MUch wi^e that, through their representative-^, all th.- nalKHiH of til.- woihl .-iliould liear.it, ami that, i'lV tlie ru.Mt'ent.eVftfctlieiieathcnju.lgc was aweil U.ftiie his vi. tini. •"'The Lord Christ stood by me and sliengthcned me, ihat by mv preahiii;; the- truth might U- lully pio.i;r might h.-ar ,month ot tin- lion. 'Ihi.ili:--t Trial api«-arslo have resulted in â- .\hat tlie K.ioiaa law \ei.-* called a " S'on liii' iiit. â-  It was 11. .t. that is to Sjiy.jilain t(. the ii.lge.^uiii-lher t he a.-.-iled was iun.^eiit ir ^â- iiilty and, a.- a 'jn^Te.iuen.-.-, the ca.s.' was .1 lj..nrite.l adjonrne. 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" .1. 1 »...-- 1m «til.h !-. it.. I t;lii.-.. the ,-roun apoMiUjus we ^.h.uild X...\v. Ih.i.- aie t New r.stamcMl. vcr S'tlbe the nuai.lot â- â€¢the.i..wn oI lite "ail III thi-si- It is plain t li that life IS i-nnvm.l. th.- bl.risc.l IS lit,- .-M.wm-.i. liiM ih;i; bh'ssrd |s jlorv. the-,- are. if the \v..:-i I hi* -r\ material ht-avriiK ir.\\ii. .\i " The .n.wi wheifot right. UK Mr that Ulite â-  tliat. It ^n.s- Ir- ih.- mat !â- â€¢ lll.liU" It we ii--, it is ot sunif in etllethis. al â-  so put I which are todi. the port.nnv. that I the i"tiM ev an OUSIU- .r.'Wti Ihe that Mill 'Wii wh.i- e\pre.-,mi|.« milar to this. blr.s,..l. I'l •row-n otiiloiy." It what meant s not but that the crown of ll.I thai t;I.„y is â- the crown wt' tilt- " Life â-  "(;'..ry 1 W.-re lint I.H» iiuK-, ind ^idistance of the d s.. ii is with i-iglite- • â- f nghtcoiiMM-s:* i,s a uiiii-,s istlu-jiiaterial. liiie fabric ami Ii-Muie ul.l decorate. It is a i- m..:al iKMUty the I pn.i.ms st..iu.s. hnt nay. priceh-ss tilings an hut suggest lotis- truthfulnes.'i. piiritv. lied to a iHiiiit of i"e- i excclUnceof which, â-  110 i-vpi-rieiiie. (Ino' uh a C1-..UU wiu'ii 11 \i a- w r-'wii ol thorns, a ilillu-ul'.y ill t happnics.^ wards the blessed and then is no oppa«- tioa between the ideaofsodfacrowBsnd the beatific vision. They are oftly two different accoonta of that whidi is in its eâ€" rnre, tbe I same. I Now, this idea of tha fntnre life of the blessed, as crowned with rigfateoosDeai, f uraishes ua incidentally with an answer to two common^objectioDS to Christianity which may be found in the secolariwt literature of ihe day. We are told sometimes that the Christian faith is largely responsible for unfitting men for the duties of this world, by fixins their attention too exelosively on a world that is to succeed it. That which happened at Thessalonica Ijet ween the writing of St. Raul's first and of his second epis Teâ€" the nealect of obvious, daily work, in obedience to a religious excitementâ€" is sail to be the rule wherever Christianity is sincerely ac cepted -, and Christianity is, ac-cordinglyi condemned by those who measure the truth of a religion solely by the effect in this one directionâ€" solely by its effect in this one di- rectionâ€"solely by its capacity or incapacity to enable a man to do the best he can with tliis present visible world. Ami here we must admit in candour, that there is a limited element- of truth in the objection. Say what we will, the religion of the New Testament ia a renunciation, in whatever degree, of the present world for the sake of the next. It ia not really possi- ble to make the liest of lx)th worldsâ€" at least, in the sense of making the most, ma- terially speaking, of this. Kut if Christian- ity does thus draw the keenest interests of men away from the seen and the present to the. f"iture and to the unseen, it also â€"mark this it also gives more than it wiihdraw-s, Jt endows men, during this earthly life with moral excellencies which, by their high practical value, more than atone lo human society and lift- for the const jjit al»sence of th' lieart itself to use our Lord's expression- -along with its treasure in heaven for the ex|)ectaiionofa crown of righteouane.ss tends, from the nature of the cas^e to make men re- seiiilde that which they e.vpect, just as any object of boirt.-â€" any ideal, goo*l or evil â€" yra-iually, but s irciy, sliajM-s the thought ami the characi. r of the man who entertains it. And thus, while, for;hrisliAns, this life is made of less a::cuunt than the life to come, it i-s sweetened, it is raised, it is invigorated, by virtues which would not te, to say the least aUjut them, popular or eomiiion if men were once to think that all reall^-Tflitleil with ileath, and that there is no such thing as "a crown of liL'hleousness"' hereafter. .Ami we are told, again, by the apostles o what claims to l»e disinterested virtue, tliat Christian service, after all, is but a poor and mercenary thing. The old question is asked again, -anti not without something "of the old bitterness, "Doth Jobservedmlfornaiight?" It is a-sked by men who assure ns that they do love virtue Iw-'anse it is virtue that they love it lor the s ike of its own loveliness that they find their happiness and their s;iti.-(factioii simply in oljeying its dictates that they want, no |»iiyiiient, whether in glory or ill gold, for efforts which they wovdd noa';cf»iint forego. Virtue, t bey say, iaat (dice their inspiration and their prize. And the-], they turn a pitying glance up4n (_*hri.: temlom, with its niillions'and millions ol .souls ill every generation, bent, as it seema to them, solely upon escaping the agonies or iijMii- attaining the joys of paradise. "What a |»oor conception," they cry, "is this of a renew eil world, whereby virtue becomes only aprn e that is paid for glory What a travesty uittiin the sanctuary' of the sorious tran.s- acli tiLS of the world of commerce, which, for it-i part, pretends to no disinterestedness, ami whi'h is honestly brutal in its avowal of seltish motives. How far higher," they say and nobler is our life which knows of notb ing, which exiect3 nothing, after deitli which IS virliions because virtue is the law of its Iteingâ€" Iw-causeit is the joy of its ev- islerire. .My bii-ibren, this is, at first sight, a. telling ubjecttoii. It st»;ms to iiirn the Hank if Tliristiauity with an argument which is piofuundly Christian. It .-leenis to deteal our LortI .lesus Christ (ui Misowii 'hosen ground. Rut this is the ap- pearance it is not the fact. The fact is, a.s we h-ive just now seen, that virtue is its c)wn reward in Christendom not less truly â€" lo use very guarded teriiisâ€" not less truly than among the thinkers in juestion. The i'lirisiiaii life is not a life of virtue nndertakeii in onler ti win a life of a dilleieiit kimi â€" a life of glory or a life of pleasure, in a future state of ex- istence. The (.'hriatian life is a life of right eonsness, and it only counts on such gh'ty and .-nicli !casure as righteousness in ihe long run, and ine.itably brings w'itb it. Ii in a life of iight«-msncss, not our own, most jissiiiediy. in its origin, but always the gift of the pei-f( ct moral Being, our I.^iid Jesus riirisi. It is a life of righteousness, iHigmi itii earth, but continued on to a higher sphcie where iighteoiisiiess lakes new and t ranxeiideiilal jiroportions, and, asacrown, bcroiiies its own nay, iniich more than its own icward. 'I'he leal ditVeieuce letween ii.s 'inistiaiis and the thinkers in ijuestion docs tirt luiri upon the point whether virtue is its own rewani, but upon tbe tiuestion whether this is or can be suihcieiitly achiev- e.i within the narrow- limits of an eartldj e\i,-.teiice. 'I"be real iiieslion is wlietiier at death men ceiuse to be. If they do not, then Ihe(.'litislian heaven with its crown of right- ermsne^s, is but tbe prolongation on a splen- â-  litl scale of the ever progressing strength and beauty ». I a life of virtue "the crown of righteousness,'" which is not to fatle away 'HI the S0.1 that covi is an earthly grave, but to beautify a U-iiig that cannot die through the aL:es oV eternity. Hut the crowns which so many of us hope maybe laid Up fonts somewher' and by soiiw- niic wliat are they V There is the Clown of a good income. In a great mercan- tile ctunmntiiiy like our fwn, this is tbe Mipreme dislinction foi- which many a man la.lxjuis wiihouttbought of anything lieyond. He begins as a sjilaricd clerk in a great firm. He .sees, rising almve his bead, in ahier- arehy of cvei- ascrmliiig splendours, tbe upper clerks, the junior [Kirtnei-s, the retir- e.l partners, the millionaires, the men wlio .ount their incomes, not by hundreds or hy thousiimls, Imt by tens of tliou- samis an. I this is his world, his firm- ament this is the sphere in which he liojies to ri.se. He hopes for a day in which he, loo, may say, "I have struggled hard by day and l.y night, I have lived the life' of a thorough man (»f business. I have kept the lule of honesty and ihe rule of hard QUICK SiaiALS AT £A. heightsâ€" which nMt be tnvened and acaEri ere the summit i»««A««i; how immy,^^^^^ BHUsfcMawa the fc'lniM, tbe rebnffii. the diaappoinmento A â- Â«Â» »jsm« .r^w- ^low transient the soocessesâ€" how keen tiiahnmiliations, which roost be encountered ere tbe priseia won. And yet. in every yoong man ^o ventures m that often tjmt^'*^ 0M«er, there is a hope in his heart of hearts that a day may come wben it may be his to say, "I have' fought a good fi^ht aoiiwt the foea of my party, or my ooontry. Fhare finished a oonrae of potitieal activity which has borne roe onwards to the end. I hare kept to my principles, or I have shown that I h*d reason to modify or to abandon them. Henceforth, there is laid op for me a crown of political influence which ia, almost from the nature of the case, independent of office, and which a grateful country will never refuse to thoae who have served it long and have served it welL" And, once more, there is the crown of a literary reputation. Tliere is many a man who cares lictle for society, and 1^ for wealth, who has neither spirits nor skill for the active struggles of political life, but in whom mtellect ia active and creative, and imagination enterprising, and taste refined, and to whom, therefore, the puisuiU of literature are less of an employment than a recreation. In our own day, when education has become so general, the literary classâ€" to us^ that word in a wide sense â€" is much more numerous than are the opportunities of Uteraryoccupa- tion, or than the chances of even moderate distinction and yet we may be pretty sure that each young writer, as he tries his hand at his first article, or at his. first review, hopes devoutly that a day may come when at the conclusion of some work which shall have caught the fancy of the worM, and which shall have made criticism respectful, or, perhaps-even enthusiastic, he may he able to say,*' I have had a hard time of it. I have finished what I proposed to do. I haveljeen true to the requirements of a great and exacting subject. Henceforth, there ia reservel for me the rare pleasure of a repu- tation which wealth and station cannot comnuuid, and which envy cannot take away. Henceforth, I have a place =in the great communion of the learned, among thfjse elect minds in w^hom genius is wedded to industry, and whose works are among the treasures of the human race." TlIK FATAt, nR.\WhAi;K To THKM AI.T,. Here are the cn»wn8, or some of them, for which meu tod, and with which, not seldom, they are rewarded. But do they last? Of tbe wearer of one it ia written, " He shall carry nothing away with him when he dieth " of another, " Man being in honour hath no iindersUnding. He is like unto the beasts that perish " of a third, " How- art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, aon of the morning " of a fourth, " Of making of books there ia no end, and much study ia a weariness to the flesh." They pass away these crownsâ€" even the very brightest of them. They are put off in the dying hour they cannot be preser\-ed in the coffin, much less worn in the eternal presence chamber. They pass with all their tinsel and with all the ailornnients of such real beauty as may lielong to time they pass and are forgot- ten. !). I say that it is always wrong t© loot for crowns like these That surely would le an exaggeration, because it often happens in our human life that the expectation of some earthly crown ia closely intertwined with snmething that- is nobler lieyond it. The income may l»e value«l chiefly as a meansi of charitable effort â€"the social osi- l iin, chiefly as anopiMrt unity for helpingand guiding othersâ€" the political triumph, in order to carry out some great moral or re ligioua principle, or some social improve- ment -the literary success, as a means of disseminating what is believed to Ije truth, or of improving public conduct. (iodâ€" He only -knows how it is with eacli exiect ant of any earthly crown but, al least, lo rest in the expectation of any earthly crown, as if it were a sulficieui and satisfactory end uf thought and action, (»nnot possibly Ik' right in a Christian to whom the king- dom of heaven luis lieen laiil open by his faith, Tbe Cliristian knows that he has an iiiiierisbable soul made for eternal commun- ion with and enjoyment of an unchange- able object and a decoration which, how- ever fascinating for the moment, does not pretend lo last, does but trifle with the very fa"ts of his existence. ST. i-An.'s KXI'KiT.ATION ANIl rONKIDENTF. St. I'aul writes with de;ith in full view. f.ong before he could say sincerely, " I count all tilings but dung, that I may win Clirist im^ U- found in Him." Now this view of life ill i-U-arer and more decided than ever. â- 'H.-ncefoith, there is laid upforme acrbwn of righteousness." When a thoughtful man kuffws that he has not long to live, he does not think overmuch of that which he knows must end with life. He may lie %(-ealthy, but at Ills death his wealth will be as much lie- yond his control iis if be hal never eanieil a penny. He may have achieved a great social position: bow will it profit him when he is once in his cotlin? His name may have be- come a househohl in all the courts, in alt the newspapers of Kurope: will their esti- mate of its importance le recognised when he finds himself in the world unseen? His Itooksmay be classics: they may le translat- ed into all the languages of the civilized world; and yet it may matter as little to hitn as if their first copies had Ijeen sold for waste paper. As we get nearer death the ex aggcrations of self-love cease to assert them- selves. We see things more nearly as thev really are. \\'e distinguish that which lasts from that which passes. We undei-stand the ilistiiiciion â€" the imniense distinctionâ€" be- tween all the perishable crowns and the crown of righteimsness. That crown does not pass. It is laid up; it is set aside for its destined wearer by the Most Merciful Re- deemer, who is also the Kternal Judge, and is watching with an unspeakably tender in- terest each conqueror as he draws nearer and nearer lo the end of his earthly course, and as, in the name of the great redemption, he appears lo claim it. People who wish to visit foreign countries are carried over the ocean in tbe greatest possible comfort at a fai^ speed and with atmoat afcaohite safety, ^.llkere is only one thing wanting to make eeaan traveling al- most perfect, wd that is a good system of ngnaling, wherebyone ship can commnmcate with another by night as well as by day, and in thick as well as in clear weather- Lieut. Crutchley of the Naval Keaerve in England, has, with others, experienced the difficulty when meeting a huneward or out- ward boond fast steuner of getting any in- fomiatttm from her, as in fine weather, with no wind, flags are indistinguishable when end on, and twoor three hoists are the utmost that can be exchan««d by vessels passing at apeed. In consequence he has introduced a code of signals by which both men-of-war and merchant vessels can hold a brief con versation even in the short space of time that they are within signaling distance of one another. Some of the codes now in use have many excellent features, but the one principally naeil, the international commercial code, is open to the objection that it frequently takes a long time to convey very little infor- mation, while at night there is no method^ of communication whatever beyond the ordin- ary distress, pilot, and private company signals. There are certain difficulties in the way of signaling by flags in the daytime. One is that there is no place alxiut the ship where a flag large enough to be seen at a ilis- tance would be free from d3truction or clear of danger of being torn in sending aloft or hauling doyn. In the case of two steamers meeting with a combined speed of twenty- eight knots per hour the time for actual flag hoists is not much more than five minutes, as the 'essels are approaching and separating at the rate of about a mile in two minutes. With a good distant signal and the Morse system this time may l»e very much extemled and a great deal more work done; To bring this about it is propped "shapes' instead of flags, to l« hoisted at the most conspicuous place, either gaff, yardann, or stay, or in fact wherever they can I)e seen best by the approaching vessel. Such a aystem is not nearly so cumbrous as a set of signal flags; -it can le worked by one man, and can be far more effectually used. The present code of letters could be adhered to as being more simple and less likely to cause a mistake. There areonly two "shapes'to be sued, a triangle and a ball. The former in altitude is less than the diameter of the latter. The l»all is always to the right of the 'signaler. A pennant hoisted at any masthead means communication spelling, otherwise the commercial code is undeistooil. A pause is matle after each letter, and is indicated by both "shapes" l»eiiig moment- arily out of sight a longer pause signifies the end of a work. Attention is called by a continuous bolibing up and down of the two "shape-s," and is answered similarly. For night work a system of flash signals in which the electric light is called iiiio play takes the place of the " shapes." A twenty- five -candle -power incandescent lamp is thought to le of sufficient power, and with the working apparatus handy on the i idgc it can alwaysln: kept bearing on the vessel with which it is desired to communicate. Thercis a shutter workeil by a lever which pa.saes in front of the light and gives the long or short flashes al the will of the operator, and a handle at one side turns the standard (»n which the shutter works .so that it can always be fairly presented to the observer al\trdof the passing vessel. The extensive naval maiiu-uvres of the past two or three years are held iiy the high- est -Knglish authorities iis eniphasi/.ing the necessity of making distinctive efforts to- ward increasing comiimiiiciilion between vessels. The moment the evilulions were started it was found how even the imitation of war caused a dependence to W placed upon signaling that was not before realized as a IKj.ssibility. Whether in comunmicalingfrom ship to ship at sea or from the ships to shore and Iiack again, it was made quite evi- ilent to alt that existing arrangements were unsatisfactory and wouhl inevitably lead to serious complication, if not disaster. It was conclusively proved that in the event of war breaking out it would lie imixjssible to rely upon a hastily -de vised system of communi- cation, and that too much attention could not be given during these days ot comiKiia- tive inactivity to this all-important subject. In criticising the pi'oposea code. Admiral liowden-Smith remarked *hat iic was one of those who thought that in case of war Kng lisS commerce and trade routes eouhl le pro- tected, and ought to lie protected, by means of her magnificent string of coaling stations, and with the assistance of cruisers skillfully stationed at changeable rendezvous lietween those stations. To carry that out effectually the hearty co-operation of the navy ami mer- cantile marine was necess;iry, and the way the latter could lie of most a.ssislanco was by having simie system" of signaling whereby they could communiciite on the priiiciide pointed out by Lieut. Crutchley. • WHAT A FAMILY. COSTS. w ay .f the n the up: ot ihv 1 It sh.. benutv l-eautv not i.t -1.1.1 an. of lhoe more preei..|| whi.h g..iaaii.Igeni the U-aiily ,,f jn.-ti.e. charity, humility, c;iri finement and oi high here and now, wc havi and i.nce only, was s-. Worn upon e.ii th.and hiiiiiaii ev.'s it Was a It inavsceni to be d lhi. slatciueiit that th bk-sse,l is sal. I. elsrwh.re U-alific visimi that isto.^av. inthei and iiniulcrruptcl sight ofi:od. whom' tli bicsseil pr.iisc and bless to all eternity. " We know that weslmli Ik- like Him. fm Wc shall s»e lliiii nsTfeis." P.iil what is ij that makes the vision ()f lixt the source of ihe promised happ-nesi*" What is it in Cml that will tliietly minister to the exiected V*\ ' Is it Hi-« liouinHess [KiwerV Is it His unscarchaKIe wis,h.mV Will thev cry for ev â- â-  .\lnjii;lity .Almighty Allnighly "All Knowing All Knowing I "AH-Kuow- ing:" Will they not â€"do they not -say with- out fatigue, without desire for changeâ€" " Holy Holy Holy r ' .-Vnd why is tbisV liecause essent ially ;o*l is a moral being, and it is by His moral attributes that He perfect- ly corresponds to. ami satisfies the deepest wants of cur hiijiun nature. 'â- The crown of rightiKuisness." There is a share, sucii iks it is jKiMsible for a creature to have, in Cod's essential nature â€" in His justice. His purity. His lovt, since while we can conceive of Him, had He so willed it, as never having created the heavens and the 'earth, ^ve cannot â€" we dare not â€" think of ver. work, llencefcuth, there is laid upforme the distinclion of air incmie which will en- abb- me to siH-ml my remaining years in an easy allliienee and. after idl money means loiifort, and, money lueans fKiwer and the toil that 1 have undergone is not ill re- warded by the crown." .â- \nil closely allieil to this is another crown -the crown of a g.M.d .social position. In a eoiintiy like our own, this is a crown for I lie winning of which many a life is spent â€" it is not too much lo sa}' â€" from first to last. U c Knglish, as a [leople, reach forward intothe fnlme not iesseagerly than do other KiiroiM-an nations. But more resolutely than they, or, at least, tiian most of them, we also cling to the le.[uests' of a distant past. Our 'iocial system .strikes its roots far l»ack intothe .Middle Ages: and we often com- bine the ideals of the subjects of the I'ianlagenets witii the pnictical aptitudes of the subjects of 'ictoria and the enterprise of a society. pr(»foundIy moilern in its ten- dencies ami temper, is directed to the at- t.iiument t)f iKJsiiions which derive their splendor from the ages which Iiave jiaased away and thus, in Kngland, if class envv is, happily, reduced to mo«lerjte propor- tions, it is mainly because in his .secret heart each ambitious member of every class bill the highest hojies to rise? Andif, as wc survey the ceaseless activity oi^every section and ilcpartmeut of the social world, we ciuild but seize the undertone of desire w Iiich is the s«ml of all this iuce-ssanl effort, we should fiii.l, prolably, that it is directed lo a time when each struggling aspirant at .length might say. "I have ma.le great etiorts. tcmpert-d with due discretion. I have finished a course which has appeared to hiing me unliounded pleasure, but yet has really meant incessant weariness. I hav- obsei ved those laws of social propriety which are never disregarded with impunity and S4 henceforth, there awaits me an assured position" in which I iiuiy, indeed. Iierivalletl, but from which I ciannot le dislodgeil â€" a Iiosition which society cannot but award, sooner or later, to those who struggle up- wards faithfully, ui oWdienee to her rules." And then there is the crown of political power. lu our day and country that crown can be said tobel)eyond the reach of no man. In the days of our fathers there was what i.^ calletl a governing class. In our days, as we see, aty man with sufficient ability ami goml opportunities may become a member of the government. And thua we see, also, naturally enough, all over the country, the budding ambitions which would fain some day help to control the affairs of England. To become a member of a municipal corporation- â€" ^to represent a popular const tuency, or even to stand for it with some distinction â€" to raise a voice which shall command attention even for Figs and Thistles. The nearer you get to the Father's hand the less the- switch hurts. The hardest thing (io«l has to do is to tell a sinner that He loves him. It you want to learn how to apeak well, first learn to hold your tongue. The truth may lie crucified, but no grave can be niailc deep enough to hold it. If you go to ehurcli without praying for the preacher, the devil will go with you. The devil would rather put a long face on a Christian than sell a barrel of whisky. If you Want to have a good preacher, treat the one you have the best you know- how. If you doirt want to lose everything else, don't let envy get a folhold in your heart. Dr. Truth gives bit**" medleinea and jLses a very sharp knife, bit iic never u.-rA u. case. No man can know everything alwut God unliLhe first knows a gool deal about him- self. A preacher who has a praying church le- hijiil him never has any trouble about get- ting his salary. ., If you do not avoid every appearance of evil tlie devil will be certain to use you for a stool pigeon. (bxi's hold on man is uncertain as long as the devil's claws run clear through hia' pocket -Ixiok. If you want to be a Christian and do not begin lo be one at o.ice, it may be that you never will le one. Him, in any relations with other beings, as 1 twenty-four hours at a crisis in the nationml other than just, true, loving, merciful â€" in history â€" these are the first steps in the other words, as other tliDn holy. He ia, in- ascent. But how many are the atepa, the deed. Himself the crown with which He re- flights of steps abora â€" the steps, the The Plowers. U *o«r: iflcouldworshipanyOoil hut Thee, 1 would choose me. some dear, sweet, fra- grant flower. And before its shrine of spotless chastity Adore the mystery of its silent power, A violet, a daffoililor new blown rose. A common wall-flower or abrabch of may, A breath of apple Uosaoma or the light that flows From lilies clotheil with whiteness of the day. Or I would stand upon acnne overlooking hill When day breaksacroas the prairies, miles afar. Adorned with diamond hues that throb anl thrill Like myriad crystals of a broken star. Or paasion-bouBd before amne 1 ich carnation, A spray of jesisjiune w a tnbe rose, I wonld sing the new song of Thy new crea- tion. From which lovt. a own music ever onward flows. And what is worship but unity of spirit With the soul of beauty and the heart of love ' Till fragrant lips and radiant eyes inherit Beauty of the flowen and the stars above W. H. TuoBN-E. Kstrnrl from tbe Diary or :i Prarllrn .Hanâ€" Shoes Beiil F.vrrylhlnic. What ilies it cost to bring up a family ' A gentleman, whose ex|)erience will le recot' td/ed as having points in common with other householders, has preserved an account of the expense to wliicli he has been in rearing a family of four children. To-day he entered the following statement in his diary. It might lie a valuable fact for the ceiisus takers "To-day I close my diary. Twenty-six years ago to-day I undertook to keep an ac- curate statement of all my earnings and ex- penses, so that I might know actually how much it costs to live in a married state. Then all was anticipation. I and my jKiun/ wife counted our resources and our expectations. I received Sl."i a week, with the ptomisc of more. I ownel a house comfoi-table enough for frugal young people to begin life in. We werespa eil house rent, therefore, an I our e\ peiises have never included this item. Ke Irospectively, I see that we have brought up four cliildren in comparatively easy circum- stances. My health has been gooil, and my earnings have been constantly receivel. 1 now receive S30 a week, and we still own the homesteadj without any great adilitions to its wealth except in an increased amount of fur- niture. I have little ni'ore money than I had when first married. Perhaps, all told, I have SS.'iOO now of assets, then I had perhaps, $2, 5(K). We have never wanted for biead. So.netinu^ we have felt in need of more money. Three of the children are now mak- ing their own wav. Next week the fourth graduates at tlie liigli school,[haviiig received the same schooling that the others have Iiad, and wilt legin to look out for liimself. "lahaltnotnecessarilylie at any more ex- pense on account of my children, and tlie diary property ends now. Would I be able to go through the same experience again of raising a family I asked my compauion, who had borne the greater part, this ques- tion, and I know that she spoke with a heart full of love, but was compelled to say ' Not for alt that money could \n\y would I go through again what has lecn necessary to rear a family.' **Expres8ed in dollars the totals arc these In twenty-six years we have received from my wages and incitlental moneys tliat came through my wife and the children, $40,i00 â€" or, say $4O,O0C â€" Iresides the amount of increase in the permanent assets. Given a plant of about ^,0U( and two employees, a man and wife, it has taken, therefore, alwut ^10,U00 o each man produced. This, of course, included all employees* expenses. The plant ia slightly enhanced in value, but the employees have seen their heat daya. The quality of -the goods is yet to be demon- strated. Prospects happily point to cessa- tion of tabor and an increase, of receipts, biit there is no certainty about this. The employeeaare proud of their work, but don't want anotlier job.. "Some of the items of expense liave been these Doctors' bills (twenty -seven years), t2,100(andallpaid,pro1)ably tlie only instance on record) groceries, average per week first fiveyears,f)7 next three, $9 remainder of the twenty-six years, $43 a week. For ten years it lias taken on an average one pair of shoes per week for the family, including mj' self and wife. The most annoying thing I have ever known ia the rapidity wftli which children wear cmt shoes. Only one thing approaches it â€" the high price of children's shoes. I never could understand how, with all the civilization of the age and the de- raaod for cheaper results, children's shoes have not been reduced in prices The human shoe is a failure. No man not rich can afford to buy shoes for a family, and if I had it to do I would go to Timbuctoo, where neither horsea, mules, camels, nor meu are shod.- BMhM S^idBcnonuk Idusters declare that in nine cues oat of ten l»ides are much more self-posaesaed than are Inrid^rooma when the marriage cersnony is being polcuined. A shy, modest-looking little cipij^pe rob- ed in white will stand jerfectl|^i^^ look- ing tiie minister oafanty and sqMiMy n^he "^rn, withevi for an Instaat: lottw her aelf- poite, while the fa^ blmsk silc-footer of a brteroom by her side is l»l^ nervous and tremRing. His fingers arelikety to twitch nerronaly, and he may even hitch at his tronser l^s or twist a comer of his coat- skirt. I was cnce "best man" to a stalwart, middle-aged bridegroom, noted for his cour- age and feats of daring, and when the time came for us to go down stairs to meet the bride and her attendant he nearly had a fit, and he looked like a walking corpse all throagh the ceremcmy. I had to keejp say- ing, "Brace up, dd boy," and **Come, come, you\-e got to go down," to get him started at all, and at the door he was idiotic enough to clutch at me and say "^y, Fred, howwoulditdotohaveManr and the preacher slip in. here and have it all over with before we go down at all I can't go through with it before all tliat crowd." "Idiot " I said, briefly and pointedly enough to leave uo doubt as to my meaning. '• Mary won't come in here and you will go down this instant " He got through it at last without doing or saying anything ridiculous, in wliich res- pect he was luckier than another stalwart bridegroom of my aetjuain tance, who was so dazed and overcome that he held out one of bis own fingers for the ring when the minis- ter eaid "With this ring I thee weil." Another bridegroom I- knew lost his head to such a degree that when it came time for him to say, "I, Horace, take thee, Annie, to bi my lawful wedded wife," he said in an un- naturally loud tone, " I, Mary; take thee, Horace, to be my lawful wedded wife " and when the tiiiie came for nim to introduce his bride to some of his friends who had not yet seen her, he did it by saying awkwardly, "Ah, er â€" Miss Carter this ia my wife, Miss Barton," c-atling her by her maiden name. Few men say "my wife" easily and natur^ ally the first time they use the words in public. A funny ease was tliat of tlie Ixully rattl- ed bridegroom who stared blankly at the minister until asked if he took "this woman to le his lawful, weddcil wife," when he starteil suddenly and hastily and in the blandest maimer "Ah, cg pardon â€" were you speak iiig to me?" A village preacher says that ho once mar- ried a rural couple at the home of the bride's jiarents in the presence of a large company of invited guests. Tlie bridegroom was a big, bonj-, red-faced young fellow wlio l»oked as though he could have felled an ox with his fist but- tie shivered ami turiieil pate at tlie leginning of the ceremony, and at its close he fell down in a dead faint, to the manifest annoyance of his bride, wlio had iM'en as cool "as a cucumber" tlirouglp out the whole cei-emony. ^40^e8Aan.tfflIgaBediiatiki8 dndiedivlne. Be isbtibmt from e tip ^his shiains dioe- Td the part on that place where, in otheffi. Is bnm; Aod be cheered up my faith when he lisped of Che weather. As he gDA wed at tbe nib ol his e^antinc cane, This, don t-tahye-naw dude this dear little dudle. This wincopipe dude with his spicular cuiic. How sweetly he amilcd on tbe doormat by Fan- ny. The pale moon fell soft on his yellow mus- tache. White hLs ton^e made a nob^e like the seed, if there's any. Such a-^ haXuMi used to shake from a Kreen *calabash. As he stmt^led. quite manf'il. to ask her to tell him (For his necktie and hair-part had wearied his brain Ifshe thought, don 't-tsbyc-nnw.FweddieChaw Ics could cxccll him In the number of knote on his ^lantinc cane This dear little dudic, this spic and spun dudie, This vemaline dude with his xpicnlor t^anc. Some may sneer that his sire (who was once a bush-whacker Like (iarUeld. iho' not in a president chair) Wiis a Dublin bom Frenehnuui. by trade a bog- With the beautiful brogue of Ihe County Kit- dare. But jurtt gaTie on his feet, yc who sneer at pro- gression. " .And the iKirt on that spot where, in others, is brain. And be cheered by the scsquiiicKlalian expres- sion On the face, don'l-tshu-naw. of his spieular eiiiic. This dear little dudic. this wincopipe dudie. This utterly dude witli hisspicuhir cane, ew York â-  A. Uamsay A Hand-Me-DowB Judge. Mrs. Hoffsteiner (to her hustiand) â€" What makes you scowl so, Abraham Mr. HoiFsteiner â€" I should think our son Isaac, now tliat he is a shudge, would sink the shop. What has he done? Vy, the liaber says Shudge Hoffsteiner has hanted town a decision. Now haul -me towiiish all light for the eloding pusiiiess, but it's oudt of lilace on the pencil. In the I those Their Husbands. New London, Conn., there is ity cemetery containing fiv» f a man and his four w men's graves form four siiles of the man reiMising in the ceiite;-, inscriptions are as follows MV Sti'oMi W ll-F. a lot ill graves, 'I'lu wo- a sipiai-i-, while the (»L'H hl'si:ani MV KIKST WIFK. LADIES' JOURNAL Bible Competition Tlu' Old Kiliiill' asiiiii t» the fori' A splt'iidid list ol' Kovunis. Don't Delay Send at Onee Comiietition Numl*r Twenty Six opeus nowatthe solicilatioii otthousands ofthe old fiiends and coiiipetitoi-s in former conti-sls. The Kdiloi- of Thk Laihils' .loiKNtLhas ncailj forty thousand tcsliiiionials as to the fairness with which these iJibh; Couipeli- tioiis have Ikjcii conducted. This competition is to lie short and de- cisive. It wilt remain open only till the l."ilh day of Decemlier inclusive. Tbe (piestions arc as follows â€" Where in the Hible are thefollowing wcnls first found, I Hk'm. '2 RoitK, ' (l.MIMKXT. '" tlu' first person sending in the correct answer lo these (juestions will be given lumt- lier one of these i-e wards-- the I'lano. To the next person, Ilie $IOO.(M» in cash, anl so on till all these rew-aiils are given away. ' FIRST REWARnS. First one, an Elegant Upright Piano by celebrated c^'aiiiuliim Firm sa)0 Sceond one. One Hundred Dollars in cash iuu Next lift een,eachasupcrblv bound Teach- ers Hible, §:* 45 Next seven, each a Gentleman's Fine Gold Open Face Watch.good movement *«iu A'Xi Next eleven, ciieh a Fine Quadruple Plate Individual rialt and Pepper Cruet .M N'extflve. each a be;iulifiil Quadruple Sil- ver Plated Tea Service \i pieces) ^U. SW Next one. Twenty Dollars in cash.. ' a Next five, an elegant China Dinner .Service of 101 pieces ;;'iO Next live, each a fine French Chimi Teii. Service of 68 pieces 200 Next seventeen, each a complete set of Ceorgc KHiofs works, bound in cloth, 5 vols., $15 "5 Next seven, each a Ljidies' Fine Oold Open Face or Hunting Case Watch, $30. .... 210 MIDDLE REWARDS. To the person sending the middle correct answer of the whole competition from first to last will be given the tif Ly dollars in ca.sh. To the sender of the nextcorrcet answer foiJowing the middle will be given one of the ten dollar amounts, and so on till all the middle rowards are distributed. First. Fifty dollars in cash jao Next five, wicli $10 in cash 50 Next three, each a tine Family Sewing Machine. $50 150 Next flvc, each a J-idics' Fine Gc^d Watch. $5n ' 250 Next. ten. ciich a Fine Triple Silver Plated Tea Set, (4 picccsjjo" 4U0 Next twenty -one. each a set of Dickens* Works. BcaulifuHy bound in Cloth, 11 voK-.$JO 420 Nextfivc.an elegant China Dinner Service of 101 pieces, by I'owell. Itishop Jt Stonier. Harnley. Kngland â€" 2iM Next five, each a line French China Tea Scr^-ice. of 68 pieces, specially import- ed. $40 -200 Next seventeen, each a complete set of George Eliot's works bound in cloth, 5 vols.. $15 75 Next eighteen, each a liandsonie Silver Pbitcd Sugar Bowl, $5. .- „ I» Next live, cjich u l.^ies' Fine Gold Watch. S^-O 250 Next tlfty-fivc, each a handsome lonf? Silver Plated Button Hook 55 CONSOLATION REWARDR For thoMj who arc too late for any of the above rewards the following special list is otTered. as far as they will go. To the sender of the last correct answer received at Ladies' JounNALoftlcc postmarked I.'ith December or earlier, will be given number one of thoKe con- solation prizes, to the next lo the Inst, number two. and soon till these rewtirds are all given away. Thii Wmoopipe Dude. .^ir.-OId Oaken Bucket. I was sad in my spirit for Talmage the proach or. '~- And nc many another good soul in his Hnft ' lliatthafrowiui of true grace is so scarce inilie One HOW TO (JKT it. and how lo keep it. explain- ed in the HK.41.TH HKLPKK. Send stiimp for f the sa'ldc.st sights angels have lu, Kampleeopytotbecditor, Dit, J. C. DvE.Kurt'alo look at is a man who is mean in money mat ters. John Bnras Oo.'s Pambus fianges. The famous range matmfacturers, RurnsiS: Co.. of G7." Craig street, Montreal, iis usual carried otlall the highest honors at thegrcjit fair this year, attaining the .siLim: success as in former years. Wlien tlie jutlges leaclied their splendid exliibit in the main hall, they ilid not Lake a moment to decide the merils of the superior ranges sliown, and unani- mously awarded the iliptomaaiid the tirst pri/c lo this Iii-m. A|art from these fresh laurels gained at the Capital, it inight In; saitl that Rttrns tt Co. have alre^id^ Iteen awarded seven diplomas, three nu-ilals, four first prizes, and two wcoiid prizes, making an imposing array of trophies fairly coiiijiet- ed for and as fairly won above all rivuL" The medals won arc on cxhibiii»tii. Tlie simplicity of working llieii- rang'.s is willnn the coiniireheiiNioii of a child. Tl; grate and fireplace eonslriiclion ai iri.:llciil â- sn.-li as affect a .-av ilig of one ijeiarler ot tin- fuel. Tbe dumping ajipanitns, too. is perb-cl ami easily worked, saving all the IfoiiMtr iticnr- red in oldtiuic iiielhod.s. l'K.-side ibis the amount of fire r|Hired may be increased or lesseneil b_\- a single movement. It is wiulhy of note that the largest range in Ot tawa. ubich is sime twenty feet long, is in Use at the l-tiissell atul was supplied by lliis firm, as wi-re also lange.s in tlu; boiiseliolds of the Ihui. the Minister of Miblia,, the lcpuiv Minister, Sir Donald Smith, Sir Ceorge Slciihcn, the Mavor of Miiilieal. Mr. V. U. I-itcbford, .\lr.V. Douglass, and a host of other lea.ling residents. All Ibis sjieaks more than words for the unrivalled excellence of these famous ranges.- '^/'(("'f* TuKiiNTo (,"ol.l.K-:i: OF .Ml si,' 'i'ju' ;uinii;il prospect u.s of ibis institution hows malci i;d prisi)erily, financial and ninsical, with lapi'l ami marked jiroiiiess in |i:d)lic favor, Dui- ing the past year ei\' imiioitiinl^teps b;i\e been taken towanls ihe higher develop)iienl of music ileditcal ion. The college lias been incor|oratecl by govt:iiiiiicnt, \vitli (leorge (bfoderham. Ks*]., iu president, capital ^Mt,- (HKt, all of which guarantees the |iermanence and usefuhiess of the college. Sludcnts at- tending thi.s instil ulioii are otlered spei-lal miL^icat ad\ aiilages. "oucerls, lectures and free classes are provided for all pupils, iiiid a luaguilici'iit reference library i-* ct|cn to the pupils in the nioiniiigif each day. Those intending to ttndy music shoidd send for a prospectus '.o the vell-kuovvn ilitvclor, 1' II. Torrin-loii. \4»TI'K. Dr. Harvey's Soulliern ll*tl i*iiie will in- stantly relieve, a:i w-ell as slop, a severe lit of coughing. fiecomineuded to Sufferers. ;ibboiis' Toothache (nun. Price ir» cents. Many a once sitfTering consumptive has hail reason toblessthat valuable preiiaialion, T.A. sLucuM•s"o.\^'^;Iâ- :xlZI•:J) kmcl- SIOX of Vl'RK COD LIVKR OIL. Kveiy druggist sells it, whilst the ollice of tbe com)iany at 'IVdouto. Ontario, can U-ar wit- ness to tbe daily inci'e;usiiig demand for i!. IJecouiagcous and noble-Tiiindcil oiir own heart, and not ollu-r nieirs opiniiui's of us, forms our true honor. -[Sehlen. AU Men young^^phl, or middle-agetl, who find them- selves nervous, weak an exliausted, who are broken down from excess or overwork, resulting in many of the following symp- toms Mental depression, prenuLture old age, loss of vitality, hiss of memory, bad drtianis, dimness of sight, {lalpitation of the heart, emissions, lack of energy, pain in the kidneys, hcailaclie, pimples on the face or tXHly, itching or peculiar sensationabout the scrotum, wasting of the organs, di/ziness, specks before the eyes, twitching of the muscles, eye lids undelsewlicre, bashfulncss, deposits in the urine, loss of will pjw-er, tenderness of the scalp and spine, weak and flabby muscles, desire to .sleep, failure to be rested by sleep, cousii}Hition, dullness of hearing, loss of voice, desire for solitude, excitability of temper, suukcueyes surround- ed with i.K.ADKN' i;i[u:le, oily looking skin, etc., are all symjitoms of nen'ous debility that lead to Isaiiily and death unless cured. The spring or vital force liaving lost its tension very function wanes in coiisetjuencc. Those who tlirough aliuse committed in ignoiat'ce may be permanently cured. Send you .t'tdrf-^-j forl)ook on all diseases peculiar to ni..n. Address M. V. LUBON, 50 Front St. J".. Tojtmto, Out. liooks sent free sealed. Heai I .1 -.ise, ttie symptoms of which are â- faim 'pi-'l--. purple lips, numbness, jalpita- tion, hkiji be:its, hot flushes, rush of blood to tile tiead, dull pain in the heart with beats strong, rapid and irregular, the second heart beat quicker than tlic first, pain alx)ut the' hreast bone, etc., can positively be cured. No cure, no pay. Send for book. Aildi-ess M. V. LUBON, 50 Front Street East. Tor- onto, Out. A. P. 5:4 NASAL BALM 80OTH.,!^C.^8.Ha.( tmbuit fMnf, Permanent i Cure, Faiimn Impoetible. Iter iMdM II •» •ipt'r i mnntoaw of Chtacrb. wwh u liMd- illir Llillil ili«fii' " Iiirintf "1 â€" J mli,toal bnub. luwUiu •n'.WU- i tte. num.. nnenl fMliiia of d.- Uutr. etc. If yoa u« tnwbMd vUK J â- ny ol thcM or klodicd ^ym^oum, 1 ju(irfaanCatUTli.Midtlioatdtb»ana 1 Sdm la ilurazliw botu. of N'*^ i Ki. !• â„¢!i !»,•«!•• wS«K? 1 odd b lK.d mnlu !â-  «»2â„¢i. "" I lowod b. wmniinr*" w). â-  win 1 or wiU b. KQt. pMpoiil, oa ne^tol I FULFMO ft CO.,. Brockrilla, Out CATARRH giveisi^awa will acttii V.\LU ABLE Patent on Velocipede for sale cheap. RcMon, ill health. ' '^- Invcntorw' Union, Toronto. Address, AA en PKlt DAYâ€" Good men and women. WU«vU Fast, selling an icle. J. K. Cl.iisK. aO Victo ria street. Tor onto. AGIC SCALKâ€" For dress eiilting, laiijch by Miss Chubb, General Agent f4ir t»ii liir.o. J2(-iYongc street, Toronto, Onl. procuredin Canada. I'.S. ' and foreign countries. ' 'onx« il Torwnlo. The above amount given free. T-:acl, p,.^„ ing tlHs-advcttisptn^^j receive a present ' The above ofTer is m burn's IJlootl I'm-ilicr; «ale in this lo-aIitv r.u" ua- 1,... f •â- *• Tlie ennditioiis ur.- as f„ii„„ '•"":- For the l:icKis| N-l ,,f y „"•â- ' slnicUil from the Itn.i- ,„,,|.,^â„¢] .«!:: "BLOOD PURlpig' Received up tn Xov..-iiit»-r \-,u, Ueccivcd ii|tii IleccmU-r ':\u' Ueceivcfl up to jiei-cmtMr 'mi,' There will alsi, 1mm j.n-. ' each, and sc\cii |irizi-~ given ill e;u-h ser-ij.in of above, to (he next leii liir-T-i li t " received. '" Ev(rn if yon do not w in ii you will reecivea pre-cm ,, whetheralist of w«.nU i- Kaeh lil oraipr.c;it ii.u i,, w-itliOne ih.Uiir fur «|,„!, Ilcphurn's |(li.,.| I'lirili.- Thi^ preparation i- iriin-.iM toan\ tiling \,-t ini i--i.i.|.-,. j eun- of li\i-r ;,ri.| ki.in. v i with le-iiiinmin!- an. I iii';: n-.eipr i.f ;i i. ••' .i-"£. "fino,,. PATENTS"!^ â-  W. J. CiRAHAH, 71 V rpOItONTO Cl'TTIXG SCHOOL. X ehancf! for young men to acquire class trade. Tenns moderate- Send foi culars.â€" o:* King Street West. AliENTS-Ol'KN'EWBOOK. (iK.M'INK suprise. Nothing like it. Write fur Ierm K. .\. MoVKK CO., 0" Yonge St.. Tonmtu. LEATHER BELTING. Best value in tJie Dominion. F. K. lUXOX CO., Makers, 7U King street Kasl., Toronto. f:^Send for Price Lists and liiscuunt^s.'^t GOOD HEALTH I Llu-^^i)^-'t^ WOOD ENGRAVER. AddressMIHLUV. IC4I)I i: a IO. IIki rrrl. Turuntt*.. :^i-uiiu.r' .;:..Iu;;tit. "ii^" NO PINS. ^^ -:THE PATENT: Pinless Clothes Li: Watson's Cough Drops I .\re ttie hest in the world for the tlii-dnt and €-hc-l :iiid fur the Voice, t'lieiinalle.l. R_ T_ "VT" stamped on ca-.-li inj; The clothe- are hi c-annol froi-z;- to Th lit Three Million le. t wanted. Il!u-li-a1cit -i 73 ADELAIDE ST. W.. TOEoii «; i-iv*n HCPr':T,v, -cb n:. ciiv â-  (iTMIHOHSwillioutthe ki.iio .. ... c;.ll.JleaiclUEL,3i.U. ^^^ SU. BCITALO. .\. Y. banceri SPMiftL \»Ti4 T» ti-ri.i-Ti:i» i.tiiiKs In uriler that vou nui\ kiiou tli.ti OAK IIAI..M i~a po-ili\c cure for "fi-malc loiiiplaiitl I will oii.l lo anv alilre-s out: niontli- Inal- meiU for SI. or tree sample !ii ail who a.i.Ir.-- with .-lamp. J. TliOTTKi:, -i kic-lirnun.i W.-i. ronlo. (an. KNITTim \MACHm CREELMAN^' GCORCtTOm.i WORMS, IftAiV SOX'S Ciiocolate Creams ilecommended Uy physi.-ians. ili-in^ in iln- foniiola .-hoi-olale they arepleas.-tiit tot lie! a-ir. Cliidrcn iii\,r refuse a chiHufalc .-n am. Kei|iiireo iiit afler meilirlnr. ,\-.k for I'aw -on- and lake nu titlier. Solil cv.r, u h. r.. 'iTt reillv il lto\. Dawson Medicine Co., Montreal. BT*iso'8 Bcmed} tor Catarrh l5t the ^H ^EL'st, Kasiest to UseandClivapesL ^B CATARRH ISuld by druggists or seat by mall.Wc. ^H II T. Hazeltliio, Warren. Pa, U S. A. ^fSlRTIFICUL LIJI!}^ I J. DOAN SON. DR. NICHOLS' -: Food of Health I'or Clilltlrfii himI ttiiill*. Invaluable 'for IndiereBtion antt Constipation. FKANICS Cc;.. homion. Knf;lai.'l iVi.i' .Montr. ,1 OiKJcK. 17 SI. John ^r-.-' I»r. 'V. l;. Aniii-iiii. L.K.C.l'.. 1...I..!-.,, â- "1 lil.e lir. Nicli..N' ' K(h«1 of H.-,,;;!, imuli; anil lint' it of irrcjitdietrt :e i .i.it-iii .li.caM-. A-. ;â-  l..rcakf;tI .li-Ii 1 pn i. ;- â-  meal: For ilie vt;Knlal ion of the Ik.h. ;- 1-, lie -iirpaâ€" c(l. Si-iiil lor r-ainpli- KJ;| i:. iiirixkiw LnprKE nui '1IS£S MK'II IliSIMSE. â- -â-  â-  111.- I.l Ih. I For Circular Address, t-^""^m. 'â- â- ,â- .,-,'.„"" li',. ,;i~3 *? .Vurtlicotc Av-.. Turuiilc mIj-v ;^^ IlrVik'i' ..u:.. ^.' ~i' -4 ic»r* -.,„iM .iron cv.r,„,i«; .u.-i w. ^}Kyi"f' '%^::i^^ [[u^r' -â-  .r\.'l'Al.M.\UE's LiFK Of Cnui-*r. ciititleU V^ ^^BF" yâ€" Mill- cii*. \.r. (â-  t' l-'riiui .HaUKerloTbrniH*." 0\ .-r il'sn ouarto gI*â- "l"^T /MM.i-.i,..^ ..- V 'it UKerio I'urniir." ii\'-rt;!)n i|ii paKC^ 401) lllnstriitiun^ from ^,'^e.^t iiainiim;- ami a I'aiioruniic picture in color-, ii-ii icti i Icn^'lli. of Jerusalem on Ihcilav oi 'rn. ;ii.\ioi .-oi.l on! h\ -iih"M-riitiiiM, F;\rlij-i'M- ii-rrii Addrc I'ubli-licr. Tonmio. I'lU. trr-Irts W.M. Hiiii. Ian:, evil anil |.rca1 of- l.i:n.\ \\ hkxi.iiii! Amki.-i Ol.l ^BUSINESS CHANCES. NEW TOWNS I 10' or more aloiiKllie lireai Xoiili crnKaiJway in AIimie~uta. Norlli iMKota ami Mon(;!m. Unie l 1. WniT.M:». v.. p. T A i;. N. Ky., ^.|. f;iul .Vinn.. or J. M. HOCKINb. Torouto. Ont., tor J{.i !.-. Map-. A:.-, FITS tiarmlr».s â-  â-  IS \itiz\ .1 to i4 diice.l h\ li.. ,;,,-- .1 -lore " 'I'o fi;thl ai..l-.i. di-ao-c ST. !...,(, most po\w 1 ii: .t. kiu-wn" a\ ':i-,i i.M»\ )ii\»:it«Ln tiijcKi.ai oitir.- I ' Kill- sir.-.-i \\ ' ill i.U.---I»,ti,.I, l.il V..l'r.-I.. -1, â- â- ..:.â-  mm 'BEiST EDROPEAH DV]? EPILEPSYORFALUNCSICKNESS in severe cases where other remedies have fniled. My leason for sending a free bottle is 1 wiut tlie I iiiclii.iiie to be its own recdm- iiKn.UitioB. It costs you iiotli.fl tii^ ii-r a trial, and a raiiicatcurel is ctiMin. Give Exprcu audi I'ost Uin^e. Address: H. C. ROOT M. C, 186 West Adelaide St Toronto* Ont. J.RATTRAY CO WHOLESALE TOBACCONISTS, MONTREAL, M,imif,aclinf.rs of iill kiirls I l./nu'stii- â- injurs, iii.-llidini: Celebrated Cnisader iUiil llciv* Ilraiids Oru- liiiil is gimiinli- f.ji- ..â- niitiiuKil n^,-. ' :si:^ U:c;:s;ii: fcr I;:lic:s a:l Bciity :f TiKV WILL NOT WASH OUT 1 WILL NOT FADE OUTI rin'iu isuiiiiiE^f v.i.c 11..IU ^â- .^.st^^â- llt;Ili,^.:uIl^â-  Ii" j.in *ioi;!it it. try it Y fii .;...lifi...ia.--i...t i..,,vii,. l.-Lirciuraar oiu.:.' i;. *|-urKi»1i live*., ui WBtia.i.3.Bn.1i.ili,t..;ti, u.,.I,.|' U-l .Itie f;i4ijil3al, .- 'H:. v :i... »l:.r.-in t.i K.Ju.i^widl 'it 1.. ;t !;ace Trice es Infcricr Cilr.u.la lir:.i;cb. 4^1 M. ir iiu.iM-y V ., I-- r- ir.u.ii;i:r'i.ili. r ]â-  â- 7^ XO ot« OOHS\i TO TIIK KlilTOU:- Please inform above named diseasf. B-/'-ts liiiic;,* tic l.'K-a' I iliall be glad to send f.ve 1. jttle-, of n'y i sumption if they wi'l sen. I -ne lli.-:.- r-tx-irf-, ,.. r..;,C., ia« W-»«t Ar^r^'rti.tn «--» y;^ur leaders that I l..-«ve a po i-;-ij of lt'i|i,.:ess tas.'s have l-ci- ntedy rpEE to any oi ot,r n jmt'Jy f.,i nfiitty ni; Colored IndU lUk, brocaded in inoncttoiie, ia dreaaj for the Iront of ttm gowna. (hie cooqaers bed hafaita more eeaily to- day than to^HKUTOw. Elnt Baby. â€" Fond tsother to proud young ther 'Albert, dear.did yoo bear the nreet darting cry bta dear little eyes ont last night r*â€"Proad Yoong Father: "I thought I Mvd oar angel twitter.** Second Baby.â€" She **AIbert, you BnfWfing wretch, to hear tiiat ASd acreeching all night and nerer oOertotake him Tâ€" He: "Let the little demnhowir First one. One Hnndred Dollars in cosh fino Next fifteen, each i superbly liound Family Bible, beautifully illustrated, usually Mld at $15 225 Next seven, each a Gentleman's fine Gold Open Face Wat^-h.tfood movements PX 420 Next nineteen, eacli a Set of a Dozen Tea Knives, heavily plated. $10 190 Ncxtfivc, each a Ladieft'Fine Gold Watch »fiO. 250 Next fifteen,ench a LAdie^'FiiieGoldGcm Ring, $7 105 Next forty-one, each an Imitation Steel Engraving, Rosa Bonheur's Horse Fair «£ «2 Next twenty-nine, each a Complete Set of ' Dickens Work», Handsomely Bound in Cloth, 10 vols.. fM. 90 Next twenty -one, each a Fine Quadruple Plate IndiTidnal Salt and Pepper Cruet new design 5 Next live, each a beautiful Quadruple Sil- ver Plated Tea Service (J picoeR) $10. 300 Next twen^-IIve, a Teachers' Fine, Well BonndBible wtth conconlance Each person competing must send O1-- DoUar with tbeir anawera, for one gear's mbeeription to the Ladies*. I ulilnal.' The Ladiks JO0KNAI. Liis been greatly eoLuved and improved and is in every way equAi at thifl price to any of the publications isaned for ladiei on this ctmtinent. Yoa. t here- fore, pay nothing at all for the pririlcse of competing for theee prizes. The prizes will be distributed iu time for Chnstmas PresenU to friends, if you wish to use them in that way. The distribution wiU be in the hands of f^^^^t^P*^** "d the prizes giren atnctlyinthe order letters a^e at the Ladus JoiTBXAL office. Over 255,000 ner- lions have received rewaids in previona m- petitions. Address, Editor £amm* Joo*. nal, Toronto, Cuwda. •««» I Bermuda Bottled, j I ".ViHl ;ritlit KG to M:Tnillfla. If I I ynu dn ;i it 1 Mill nM tt*' rir^ponHl- Die for tlie con*pqiion'-e«i/* ** Bill, il«e(or, I ruu all'urJ Jieitlier the j J time ii;r the money." **Wcll, II J tliat ill iuipuHslteie, try 1 SGOTirS EMULSION OF PURE NORWEGIAN r lOOD iJVER on.. 'I iHtmenaics mil It Dcrmuda Bat. lied, and many cnac! «f CONSUMPTION, " 'znt:bitis, Cough • or Severe Cold '_.â- â- â- ' CI-REB nlth Itj and' the ao.^icave Ix that tbe ntost iienitl. tlreiitaniarfa.eantahelt. Aeetkcr tblne wbirk roinnicnds It In the â- HniulatlMr proiwrtlm of the SZ {•pho»hlt»i which Jt eontaliuk Jon win nnd It rnr Bnle at ymr Orutfglft â- , In Salia3n nrapaer. Be »uro you pet the nenulne.^^^ aroTT nowrxE. B^nrvine. The Ailiancc llitiid and iiivosliuoiit t'(mi(iaiiv. (.f Mam, Limilcd capital """"'â- Â»"♦"•»":•»"»«» -:iii.is!K """'"""• OenoralOfl.ce.. 27 *20 W.ilinetoin 8tâ„¢ot C«t, 3» 4 36 Front ItJiSf^?^^-.. snic-, of capita for companies and o(hors. conVcjvioirof riiVi' a hI '.n "â- " 'â- -(T-"" ' careful .â- iltci.lion to nianiiKcn.cnl, of cslalcs. conc^li In of^.Vln. V,^,, " TT'-T- " '" «;" nior Kafe-cs, .IclH-utnrcs. l,onil«. bills. n„!,.s, .^,,r,,un â-  a .Po c • J-^ "' " issinng or coiintclNiunini; ccrl ili,-.,t,- ,.r ......1. i.!:.. â-  • ' "V" ' ' "^11 1'--. \\ ill i sinkini? funds and iuv('sl crliHi-atcsorslc niohfj- It.Cl- sM.KiMK lunos anu luvc-sls nioncjs K.iuTallv for oUi.rs in, „ir C-T \C 7 dollarinvcstol »â-  Ih orlliroUKh this IVurin^i v .â- ^.- IVi, • i ' ' anioiinls of tm nnd upwanl and off.r unpaial " IcTl i """" s I hen-f.i an. I I K\ TUC !,"" J**! R'â„¢' '«l'or in North I nC Ualtota, oHiTs One Inducements to â-  â- â- â- â-  new nettlera. Close to markete schMla, churches, etc. Write to F. D C n i. "VS- "â-  •' T. A.. C. N- Hr â- IfcW •rereto. Oat,, for Maps. BookB,etc (Eonfe^eration %iU organized 1871. HEAD OFFICE. TORONTO REMEMBER AFTER THREE TEARS POLICIES ARE INCONTESTABLE 7.!l " ';-'^«*'»'« "«• to residence, travel or occnpatior AFFORDS ABSOIXTK PltOTKCTleX AG \IN-ST » "'"^-^^^^ â- =- PIFl A.TB: :-: ^Pwrtdes an INCOME in old age. and te a good HIT VESTMENT. â- Jfj;]!«_n«ide.roayelrraai«Unrr" °'"^«""e la be retlnrel or rrcaUlril al 4 inoss in (an Ida, are alloraled .*t.«.ii.r«TdS«™e"«;r.yLV%r*' °"""«' ••'"'â- ^^-^^^ BEAVKE M SB CT BAMBMlfS. ffIlstu^lTicketl,«», (Kind OTTIt ripPullc) S.4.VKi TIME-Quicker thana shiMi»4 Belt. SAVES BELT-No wear idle when not working. SAVES KOOX-Ou .haft. SA^'KS ll©SiEÂ¥-rn««much above cost mohey. Iwit SI. I all r-- Send for Kew ShafUnK and Pullej v..:.. nr 1. n *••'«â- â€¢"' Stating your warns. Bngine WorkB Cd Ltd., Brantford, Canada In I tiobi greal nessl III Cliel huniE posl inouj hit liUt hi.s 111 now r been I the l| aHkf word site al ••if tiiii«-.| liari::^ bin; "' I .V..ull| for n -1 fulU u«lul| ill pll •â-  Ml " '~L l.v- M ""• if hav, IIKIII A I llUi," .h.II I llll I lilU I and i d.i ytiii kil the I-- â- iiaki- liiak.' trust \| Mi-- sniil.' I to di. â-  IVV II ;.'â-  ills Will ••rii.l litalie liiaki' Ulldi'l ll â-  ...iil.l what so lilfii I m-iiiiis. J...I I,.. u'isli II litll.- -ll Sh tail! sky 111^' wlii Kol.liii yonii^ ai iweiit y- ho|i-l--ssi an old.ii' l llll' full d ji. ••It IS