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A THANKSGIVING SERMON, It wan the forenoon of the day be- fore Thanksgiving that Mrs. Jack Roren Mood gazing out of the win- dow. Not that Khe saw any of the beam to* that lay outside in the glit- tering, frost -ornamented world, or tin- beautiful picture of the white fields set in the rich framing of a dnrk green pine forest. Her HI are was wholly mechanical, for her vision was tuni.vi inward and she waa moodily thinking of their trouble*, both the real and imaginary. The day before one of the farm horses died. A few days before that oow died. Potatoes were only a few oonta a bushel, and this yoar they had ventured largely in that crop. Grain wan low in value. The price f hogs was going steadily down, down, down. Them were some of the real trouble*. It seemed sorely that the bottom waa knocked oat of their prosperity. Then her soul was equally harrow- ad, for she had that way of fretting evr minor ilia, ov.-r a long array of imaginary woe*. A new carpet had Just come from the weaver'* with the tripe* woven an inch nearer to- gether than ahe had ordered. This little trifle she had worried ovw un- til it was magnified into a great cal- amity. She was unable to get her a new cloak thia fall, as she had intend- ed. Her fall hono cleaning was still unfinished. There were actually fly pecks on th* very window before her now, which fretted her cleanly soul Into peevish nnhappiness. These, and a score of similar weighty evils, chaf- ed her nerve* on this beautiful morn- ing until she was powerless to see that life held one charm or blessing. Added to th* abovo woe* the child- ren had bean clamoring for days for an observance of Thanksgiving. But their mother had told them emphati- cally that they would not hav* any Thanksgiving this year. That they had been so afflicted by misfortune* they had little to be thankful for. That not a turkey or even a pi* would grao* their table on that day ; every turkey must b* sold to buy necessi- ties She predicted a dark outlook for their future, filling the infantile mind* with visions of ghastly want. Bnoh words ooming from their mother were deeply impressive on all th* children except Davy, th* llttl* Sevan- year rabel of the ramp. Davy had no appreciation of the ethic* of such an unheard-of doo trine. Davy liked a good dinner. And not to have a Thanksgiving dinner ! not have a tur- key I not have a pie) not hav* any company 1 Why. It wa* th* vilest aare*y to all that was worth living for. Unlike hi* mother,' there was not one drop of melancholy blood in littl* Davy's swift flowing vein*. He was the very embodiment of joy and sun- shine. He *aw lif* through a mirror which reflected bark only pictures of Brightness. Hi* eager, tender loving little soul wa* proof against despond- ent Infection. A* Mr*. Hovan stood looking out th* window in brooding blneneas, her husband ama in from the barn and took a seat by the firs to warm. "John Marsh panned just now," ha aid. "He says another en* of th* Oreen children died last night of Iphthena How terribly afflicted they are! I hope to (iod it won't get in this neighborhood." The door into an adjoining room where (lie children were playing was slightly ajar. A nuniflrous little regi- ment were the Hoveti children, and crowded clone together in years. Tin-re were MX of them, from twelve-year- old Katie to year -and a-half-old baby Roy. They hod all gathered in the big kitchen on thin morning where tln-y loved so to piny. And, an nsnal, Davy was the life and leader of the party. "Say, Katie," he cried, "let's play Thaiiki n ivin. ' If we can't have a truly Thanksigvin' let's h*v a play one. I guittui mamma won't care If we just play ThankHgivin.' That won't make n* any poorer, will it, Katie?" "How shall we play Thanksgivin 1 , Davy?" asked Helen, who was just ki* aenior. "Oh, we'll have a sermon, an' then go home an' have, dinner. Katie can fix UK up a nice Thanksgivia* dinner. Ton can take some bread an' apples, Katie, an' out 'em up an* give 'em om* nioe names. An* I'll run get one of my little sweet pumpkins, an* we'll make a turkey of it. An' we'll tuff It, too." "What will we staff it with?" ask- ed Helen. "Oh anything, " rAtnrned the fer- tile master of ceremonies. "Katit oaa stuff it with her handkerchief ii ha can't find not Inn' ,],,'' "Will you preii.-h the' sermon, Davyf" "Yes, I'll premh tin- nermon. An' I'll try to prtwh n n<.o.i one, too." "But, Davy, dere nin't im- m Ic preach about," said Holomn little five- yoar Susie. "Mamma said dere \vn.snt' nuaain' to be saukful for dii year." "You must wait and see, Susie. Ml hot a dollar I'll find lots of thing! to be thankful for " Davy had oft'-a accompanied hit father to (iraiiKo lectures and U liurch, and he had heard Thanksgiv- ing sermons. He early became im- bued with oratorical tendencies, and frequently took the platform as preach- er or lecturer in their sports. The little company were soon in active preparation for their imaginary celebration. A pulpit was formed in one corner of the room by a circle of iiirs. while a chair waa placed in side for the speaker to stand on. When the audience was in readiness a signal was given, and tin. young clergyman emerged from an onter room, dressed in some of his father's old work clothes. A church-like gravity per- vaded the congregation, Katie check- ing baby Roy's irreverent crowing with kisseo. The young preacher walked in with clerical dignity, and ntering the sacred inclosure climbed upon the chair. "My frien's, " he began, diving at once into his discourse in unceremon- ious disregard of preliminaries, we're goln' to have a ThankNgivin' erinon. We onght to be thaukful for lots o' good things we've got, nay not bin' 'bout what we haven't got. The goodest way to be thankful is to have a good dinner an' have comp'ny an' have a good time. But we can't do that this year. We've got just lots to be thankfnl for, though, 'thont the dinner. We've got papa, 'an we onght to be awful thankfnl for papa. An' we've got mamma, an' we ought to be awful thankful for mamma. An' we've got grandpa an' grandma, an' we onght to be jus' dreadful thankfnl for them 'cause they are so old. An' they're goin' to spend a lonesome Thanksgivin' all alona, 'cause nobody don't invite 'em, an* they're too old to fix up for comp'ny. An' we've got Mr. Snowdon for a neighbor. An* Mrs. Snowdon went an' died an' lef him all alone an' he ain't got nobody to spend Thanksgiv- in' with. An' we've got us kidses, an' we ought to be so thankfnl for us kids, 'cause ain't none of us got the dipthery lik* the Green kid*. An* the Oreen kids won't have no Thanks- givin', may be not a mouthful. An' we've got three good horse* to b* thankful for." "Davy," interrupted Bust*, "you inns' 'member one of d* horses died." "Well, Susie, I ain't sayn' nothin' 'bout dead horses. It's the live homes I'm talkin' 'bout. Three live horses is good deal more 'count than one dead one. I'm thankfnl we'v* got throe good, live horse* 'sted of two or one or not any 'tall, same's om* folk*. An' we've got seven milk cows, an' twelve slick little baby pigs, an' twenty-three just aw- ful big turkey*." Here this grateful minister halted in dead silence for an instant, as if a change of feeling had suddenly crossed his spirits. And as he looked out over his listeners, the banign expres- sion that eminates from a heart filled with gratitude fled from his counten- ance, and a look of nnministerial da- fianc* cam* over his face. "An' I tell you, my frien's," he continued with a now animation, "I don i' car* one cent if half of them turkeys die of hog cholera, same's Uncle John'* kogs did. No, I don't care a cent." "Why, Davy," cried Kate, "it'a. slreadfnl wicked for yon to say that. Not care if our turkeys die!" "No, it ain't wicked, Katie. Ton don't like turkey good's I do, or yo wouldn't think 'twas wicked. Jus' think I We can't have jus' one turkey when we've got 28. An' we're got ur farm to b* thankful for. An' it's all our own farm an' it ain't nobody else't. An' wa all lov* it so good we. wouldn't want no other farm in th* world, an* we kidses have such nit* times hare. An' we've cot Oauaia Myra an' her children to be thankful for. An' Cousin Myra is a widder an' ain't got not one turkey. An' 'twould be awful nice if we oonli have her an' the kids come to Thanks- givin', *o we kids could hav* some kids to play with." Here the orator paused. 'Katie," he said, "is tin-re Anything else we'v* got to be thankful for?" "hen-'-, our luiiiy kitties," piped in little Sil-ie. "Oh, you, I forgot tho kitties," re- turned tin- infoinnil preacher. "An' Uncle John's 'ittls n*w baby," HUggnHted Susie. "Yes, I forgot the, baby, too." "An* our cellar full of apple* ' good things, ' ' ravid Helen. "Ye*. GoodiiciHsl I onght to thought of t in -in An' now what U there we ain't thankful forf" "Why, Knmy an' the oow died, y* know, said Kaite. "Yes, but that ain't but two thing*, an' we've got as many a* M te be thankfnl for. I know what 'i the worat tln.:;r wo :I.H'T ,. > lw thakaful lor. That's 'cause we n..i't goin' to have any 'really trnl v' Thn-iksgivin'. But i;ow we'll take our play Thanksgivin' dinner over to Mix* Katie Hoven'i house. " The minister bounced down from the chair in. I the appreciative andi- rneo 'i-pai-eii to dinner. The parents had boe.n attracted to the play from the first, and had lis- tened intently to every word of th sermon. The mother still stood look- ing out the window. The father sat by tbn fire, and occasionally a broad smile wonld paw over his face as th* sermon progressed. At it* conclu- sion he turned to his wife and said: "Mary, what do yon think of that sermon?" "I think," she returned, her fac* illumined with both laughter am! teiirs, "that it is true 'a little child shall leaxl thorn.' Yon and I havf N-en enveloped in a cloud of late We've U-en livirtp in the morbid de lusion that our afflictions are greater than our blessings. But Davy ha> shown us that they are not. In think ing of the anininU that died we pletely lost si^lit of those we have left. And U-inoaning the low price* this year wo have forgotten the n,;in\ comforts and blessings we alreinh have. What do yon say, shall w have a Thanksgiving, Jack.-" "Yes, indeed, we will," he return ed, springing from his chair with in-.i alacrity. "I'll kill the, bi^K'-it tnr key on the pla<-o. and we'll have father and mother, and Mr. Snnwdon and Cousin Myru's family. Our littli folks shall have a happy surprise fot once. Now you just hustle around little woman, ii'nl we'll have tin- m ... thankful Thanksgiving we ever had.' "And, Jack, we'll send tho (ireen't a basket of thingx. (July think how hard it must be for them to ^rct an< cooking done. And some good f<>. will no doubt do Mr. and Mrs. (ti.-.-n both good, worn out as they are nnr sing their sick children." Fifteen minutes rater the wholf house was in happy excitement and all bauds busy in the work of prepar- ation. An the next day a score of hearts beat in happy enjoyment whc wonld have known no such pleasure had hopeful little Davy not preaohed his thankfnl sermon. Vet i.i.,. Thanks. That is an impoverished soul that cannot on Thankxgiving Day lift itself up in praise. This is the festi- val of households and the festival of commonwealths. Has not God beeu good to our homes and good to nur commonwealths? Then let us b* glad before him ami bless his name. Think of (rod's mercy toour homes. Are our families unbroken? Are w* glad in the love of dear one* left to us? Let us give thanks to the Ood of households. Think of God's mercy to our land. Have we been spared the pangs of war, famine and pestilence? Hav* our fields given rich harvests? Let us give thanks to the God of nations. *..!..*.. IK.fl*. Oonan Doyle is a methodical worker and a bard worker. H* paste* tip over his mantel-shelf a list *f th* things he intends to in th* oom- ing six months, and he sticks to his task until it is done. H* most to a great disappointment to his old teach- er. When he had finished school, the teacher called the boy p Before kirn, and said, solemnly : "Doyle, I have known you for seven years, and I know you thorough- ly. I am going to say something that yon will remember in after life, Doyle, you will never eetae ts) am/ goodl" A Reminder of the Fathers. Thanksgiving comes with it* re- minder of th* fathers, who in Use midst of thslr poverty and distress thanked God for their blessings and had hope for the future. It is th* self aoriflo* af one gem-ration that con- stitutes th* prosperity of th* next. Th* rook of Plymouth Is no stony boulder to b* shielded from rough contact ay a marl.le canopy. It ii rather A sure faith in the supr*m* ob- ligations af duty and of personal ohar- an tar as the niaia element of durable Veal < ni. Ot veal from the leg or other l*an info pieces alnmt the size of an oyster. Season with pepper, salt and a little mace; mb son* ever each pi*e; tip in *gg, then IB ora.-i.ei ruamb* and fry. They both loek aa* taste Ilk* aystar*. Carrl* f Cb>la i *. Much ef tha tea which come* from China ta Europe come* across the Steppes of Siberia by caravans of sledges of fifty to seventy. Eaoh sladga carries five bales of tea pack- ed in cow skin, and la draws by one horse, but five or six sledges are tied together and directed by one driver. i:..,-h sledge has hay and eat* fer It* horse It take* about a year t* make a journey. ENGLAND'S MILITARY RESERVES Strength of V.no.i. ArrasPro*rlare In lt.r.i to Calllnc I I.-MI Oat. A correspondent is anxious tt know the number of men at present serving in the Army and Navy Reserves, cir- cnmstances in which they can be call- ed out and the mode of procedure. On January 1 last the Army Reserve, composed of regular soldiers, consist- pi 1 of nearly 79,000 men, of whom 46,000 were under 85 years of age, 2,000 were between the ages of 30 and SS, and 4,000 between 36 and 40. The Cavalry Reserve consists of 5,800 men, the Royal Artillery of 10,500, the Royal Engineers of 8,000, the Foot Guards of fi,800, the Infantry of the Line of 48,300, the Army Service Corps of 2,flqp and the remainder are departmental. On January 1 last th* Militia Reserve consisted of 30,000 men, composed of the pick of the militia. They are a fine body of men, and wonld be a welcome addition to any regular regiment. The military forces of the country may be divided into three catagories the first line, fhe second line and the third line. The first line is avail- able for service* in all quarters of the globe, and is composed of the Regular Army, the Army Reserve, and the Militia Reserve ; the two latter are used to bring the regular forces to a war footing, and can be called out by "proclamation" in case of imminent national danger and of great emerg- ency, and are liable to serve anywhere at home ana abroad. The second line is composed of the militia, and is available, for home defence and for garrisoning foreign stations. The militia may be embodied by proclam- ation under the same circumstances as the Army and Militia Reserves can be called out, i. e., in case of imminent national danger and of great emerg- ency. It i* a thoroughly reliable force, has been embodied on seven different occasions, and has never failed the connrty. The ihird line is composed of the Yeomanrry and Vol- unteers, and would only be called upon as a last resource. It is avail- able only for home defence, and for the moat part can only be called out when the United Kingdom itself is in danger of attack. The yeomanry can be called out whenever the militia is embodied, but cannot be employed outside of Great Britain. It has in the past been call- ed out for short periods in cases of riot and insurrection at home and served with credit ; but in recent y-ars it has sadly diminished in num- bers, while its efficiency is donbtexi. Neither the yeomantry nor volunteers can be employeit in defence of Ireland, even should that part of the United Kmdgom be invaded, although they could be employed on garrison duty in Great Britain in such a case. The present volunteer force has never yet been called upon nor put to the test ; bnt there is no renson to think that it wonld serve otherwise than with credit. The procedure in regard to calling out tho reserves is as follows: When, in the opinion of the war office, mo- bilization appears imminent, general and other officers commanding at home and abroad wonld be duly warn- ed to give them time to carry out any preliminary Hrrmigetupnt* necessary. Before niol>ili/tu ion can take place, the cabinet will, of course, hav* arrived at a decision that fhe mili- tary forces of the country should b* placed on a \vm footing that, in fact, a situation has arisen which may be termed one of "imminent national danger and of great emergency." The cabinet will also have decided whether the circumstances are such as to demand the calling out of the whole or only n part of the reserves. Her Majesty in council can then, by pro- clamation, the occasion being first communicated to parliament, if sit- ting, or declared in council and noti- fied by proclamation if parliament ii not Bitting, to order the army reserve and militia reserve, or either, to be called out for permanent service. The general and other officers concern- ed will then arrange for the proclam- ation to be posted in all public place*. A railway and passage warrant i* th<B dispatched to each reservist, with notice to join; he will either. If pronounced physically fit, be drafted to his battalion to complete it to war strength, or remain at th* depot for further disposal. It will b* sen by these explanations how foreign to their conditions of service are those cheap offer* of embodiment on the part of certain volunteer corps, and how remote i* the possibility of their being accepted. London Glob*. Beer Admiral Bue. Rear Admiral Kane, of th* British Ifavy, who ha* just been placed on Ik* retired list, was captain of th* Oalliep* when she succeeded in steam ing out of Apia harbor in th* great hurricane, while her band played the Star-Spangled Banner and th* or*w of Ike doomed Trenton manned her rig tin* and cheered hor departure, 1M..I.'. lUUtlon to I. ...! I! li>ln. In speaking at the opening of Stratk. ( roy fair, Sir Wilfred Lanrier referred to Canada's relation to the Empire. and to the United State*. Replying ' to an address which referred to hi* efforts towards strengthening the union with Great Britain, he said : "I am glad to receive the testimony which you bear to thr> efforts which I have made in the cause of the Kiu- pire. For this also I claim no credit, and deserve none, and ask for none. There was no other course for me to follow. The career of the British Empire is such as to make it incumb- ent upon every man, wherever he may be within that empire, to strengthen our bonds and tne close alliance which we have with the motherland. Especially I am proud to say so in th* presence of an audience of farmers, because it is the farmers most of all who would have the benefit by such a drawing closer of the ties of the em- pire. The motherland is simply won- derfal in many respects. It i* no more wonderful, however, politically than it is commercially. A* yon know, gentlemen as you know, yon gentlemen farmers the best market we have at the present moment is th* British market, and it is alway* In- creasing. I am proud to say that at this moment our trade with Great Britain is greater than it ever wa* at any time in our history. And yet w have not yet reached the summit of it. There is till more to do in that direction, and for my part, gentle- men, I think we ought to have th* topmast place in the British market. (Loud applause. ) And why? Be- cause in all the products of the farm we can claim superiority over all com petitors. (Hear, hear.) It i* not saying too much, it is simply telling the naked truth, to say that in all the products of the farm Canada stand*, or ought to stand, superior to any other portion of the globe. "We want," he continued, "to b on the very best of term* with our neighbors to the south ; w* want to trade with them ; bnt if they will not trade with us our hearts will not b* broken by the fact. (Hear, hear, and applause. ) We can live without them, we can prosper without them; though I make no secret that there are many things upon which I for on* wonld be glad to hav* better rela- tions with them. Bnt if the price U to be paid by the sacrifice of Canad- ian honor, we will have none of that price, and we will continue to do M we are doing now paddle our own canoe. (Cheers.) I speak here in no boasting tones. I speak with the full sense of the responsibility that at- tache* to my words. We want to have the very beet relations with our neighbors, bnt while w* want to have the very best relations with our neigh- bors, above all things, our aim, our purpose, is Canada first, Canada last and Canada always. ' ' Slavery In Knglantf. Slavery in England is of very an- oient standing. Caesar state* that 11 existed a* an institution among th* Celts, and in Roman England the con- quered natives were held in a stat* of serfdom. In Saxon and early Norman time* the children of the old English peasantry, and captives taken in war, were sold like c.vtle in Bristol mar- ket, and many were exported to Scot- land and Ireland. Doomsday Book states that th* slave* numbered 35,000. Soon after the Conquest the distinct slave class ceased to eixst, and th* slave* were merged with the lower class or ceorls under the general desig- nation of villeins. The** villein* la early feudal times were annexed to the land and were divisable a* good* and chattels, bnt in process of time th* higher class of villeins gained a title to the land on which they work- ed, and after the reign of Richard EL we find little reference to villeinage. Although the church had early suc- ceeded in putting an end to the Eng- lish slav* traffic, by th* Canon of th* Council of 1103, slavery wa* never abolished by any positive enactment; and it wa* not till lf>60 that th* last remnants of the feudal system were finally swept away. Slavery wa* abolished, bnt slavery did not ooase here ; for until the time of George m. collier* were bought and sold, and it they left th* estate to which they belonged were brought back by force. It was not until th* year 1775 thai aa act was passed by which they were declared free, and were pat upon the same footing as other servant*. D*el*e4 Bits t .t.r, A Kij.ll be; friend of nine wse lives oat st Cleveland 1'ark has 4eolded aa Ua future prefeasloa it the sj ef 4. He kas tha laterrofstioB sisals la pecwt- larly acfrsvated form, and after ti. ,.< rallllen or two queetloDs Is taa ea.y sJs mother. ID self 4ef.u.e. befUi t* saswer, don t knuw." Just the ether day tke child ht4 SB unasunll.T violent attack of Questlea ssklni, ins 1 he tired ef aearlai her Inevitable response. "Well," ke sal<2, "I knew what I'll he whe t I crow up, I'll be se I ess tell ar little bov thino h* wants ta know, li * **. entat." Wasaiajtea Pas*. roiSBEDJJ_TtIAL$. A SERMON OF ENCOURAGEMENT TO THOSE AFFLICTED. HUNTING THE DEER THE THEME, ' TB> l a Rfrbml Oraphlc.llj rlh -Bfe Ged'e Wrd lr f.r.u.rf tor Ik. H.unU. ( Washington. Oct. 15. The gospel a* a great refreshment is here forth l>y 1'r. Talinage under a figure which will I* fund |.urt ., ul.irly graphic bj- those who have go; as hunters to und game in the uaoitn- taln, text, ISalm xhi. 1. "At, hart panteth after th water brooks." David, who muat some time aeen a deer hunt, point* ua here to a hunted stag linking for the v The fascinating annual. called . text the hart, is the sam* .imn.al that in aacr.-d and profane literature i* called the atag. the ro.-l.in.-k. the hind, the gazelle. tho r.iml<.--r. In central Syria in Uil4 times ih.-ru- were whole pasture fields of th.-in. aa Solomon suggests w ht-n ho sa\ a "I charge you S.y the hinds of Uie field." Their antlers jutu-d from the lorit,' grans as they lay d'.wi. N hunter who haa been lor< in Brown's tract" will wond-T U the Bible th<>y w.-ro cla.- -,| clean animals, for th.- I!.-\M- ahowera. the lakes, wash.fi thrin n lean aa the sky. Wh..n Uaac pm.tr '.arch, longed for venison. shot and brought home a Isaiah cnmp&res tho sprig! tha restored cripple of the millennial times to tha long ajid quick jump of tha stag, guying, "The lama shall laap as the hart." Solomon exprt-sn- ad bis disgust, at a huntur -.vlio. hav- ing shot a der. is too lazy to It. aaying. "The slot hf ill man roast- ata not that which he took in hunt- But one day David, while far fru> tha home from which he !..: driven and sitting near the mouth of a lonely cave where ha bad lodged and on the banks of a pond or hears a puck of hounds in swift pur- auit. Because of the previous silt-nee f tha forest the claneor si him. and b says to himself. "I won- dar what those dogs ara after Than there la a crackling in tha brushwood and the loud breathing of some rushing wonder of the wooda. and tho antlers of a deer rend the leave* of the thicket, and by an instinct which all hunters eognlza it plunges; Into a pond or lake or river to cool its thirst and at tha sama time, by its capacity for swifter and longer swimming, to gat away from tha teaming bar- rlera. David say* to himself: "Aba! That U myself! Saul after me. Absalom after ma. enemies without number after ma. I am chased, their bloody muczlea at my heel*, barking at my good name, backing after my body, barking after my soul. Ob. tha hounds, tha heundat But look there!" says David. "That hunted daar has splashed Into the witer It puta its hot lips and nostrils Into n.-ll now. let nil thosa who hnve coming after them Ui loan hounds of poverty or the Mack hound* of persecution or th* spotted hounds of vicissitude or tha pale hound* of death or who ara in any wise pur- sued run to tha wide, deep, glorious laka of divine solars and rescue. Tha most of the men and woman whom I happen to know at different times, H not now. have had trouble after them, sharp, muzzled trouble*, swift trnuhles. all devouring trouble*. Many of you have made th* mistake ef trying to flrht them Momaefldy >an!y attacked you. end you et- tk-d them. TT.v tfer>re<)iat*d yon. and you depreciated them, or they overreached you in a bargain, and you tried In Wall street parlance, to get a corner on them. Or you have had bereavement, and. Instead of be- ing submissive, you are fighting that bereavement. You charge on the doctors who have failed to effect a cure. Or you charge on tha care- leaanesa of the railroad company through which the accident occurred Or you are a chronic invalid, and you fret a*id worry and scold and wonder why you cannot be well like other people, and you angrily charg* on the neuralgia or the l.irnygiti* or the ague or the sick headache. Th* ;., t i* you are a deer at bay. In- stead of rurning to the waters of di- consolation and slaking your -t and cooling your body and soul In the good cheer of the gospel and swimming away into the mighty s of '..M! s love, you are fight- ing a whole kennel of harriers ie time ago I saw in tha Adir- ondacks a dot; lyini; acroaa tha road, and he seemed unable to get up, and I said to some hunters. "What is the matter with that dog''" They answered. "A deer hurt him." and I saw he hnd a swollen pnw and a bat- tered head, showing where the ant- lers Btruck hi:n. And the probabili- ty Is that *> n\o of you miijht give a mighty clip to your pursuers. You might damage their busmesa, you misfit worry them Into ill health, you might hurt them as much as they hurt you: but. after all. It i* not worth while. You only have hurt a hound. Better be off for tha Upper Saranac. into which the mountains of Ood'* eternal strength look down and moor their shadow*. There are whole chains of lakes In tha Adirondack*, and from on* height If you micht, would you now Il.-Tiu-e your way. Wander through stormy wild. and astray? Night's gloomy watches fled; Morning, all beaming red; Hope's smile around us shed. Heavenward, away! But what la a relief for all thnaa pursued of trouble ajid annoyance and pain and bereavement? My text gives It to you an a word of threa letters, but each letter la a chariot If you triumph, or a throne if you want to be crowned, or a. lake if you would slake your thirst yea, a chain of threa lakes G-o-d, the on* for whom David longed and the on* whom David found. You might a* you can see 30 lakes, and there are said to be over 8<H> In the grasvt wil- derness. So near are they to each other that your mountain guiee pick* up and carrlea th* boat from laka to lake, the small distance be- tween them for that reason called a "carry." And the realm of God's word Is one long chain of bright, re- freshing lakes, each promise a lake, a very short carry between them, and. though for sges the pursued hav* been drinking out of them, they are full up to the top of tha green banks, and tha same David describe* them, and they seem so near to- gether that in three different place* he speaks of them as a continuous) river, saying. "There ts a river th* streams whereof shall make glad th* Oity of <iod." "Thou (halt them drink of tha rivers of thy pi urea:" "Thou greatly enrichest It with the river of God. which is full of water." But many of yoif have turned your back on that aupply and confront your trouble, and you are soured well meet a *tag which, after It* sixth mile of running at the topmost speed through thicket and gorge and with the braa.th of tha dogs on it* heels, hss com* in full snrht ef Schroon Laka and try to cool it* protecting and blistered tongue with blade of grass as to attempt to satisfy an Immortal seul. when fly- Ing from trouble and sin. with any- thing leas deep and high and bread and lrr.nier.se and Infinite and eternal than Ooe) His comfort why. it en*. bossnma all distress Hla arm U wrenchea off all bondage. His hand it wipes away all tears. Hi* Christly atonement it makes us all right with the past, and all r.cht with the future, a-nd all right with God. all right with man. and all right forever. Lamartina tells us that King Nim- rod said to hla three sons: "Hera ara three vases, and one is of clay. another of amber and another of gold. Choo** now which you will have." Th* eldest son. having the flrst choice, chose the vase of gold. on which wa* written the word "Em* pire," and when It was opened it was found to contain human blood. The second Bon. making the next choice, cho*e the vuse of amber. In- scribed with tha word "Glory." and when opened it contained the ashe* of thoae who ware once called great. The third son took the vase af clay and, opening it. found it empty, but on tha bottom of it wa* inscribed tha name of God. Kinu Nimrod aak- ed his courtiers which vase they thought weighed the moat. Tha ava- ricious men of his court aald tha vase of gold, the poets said tha ana of amber, but th* wisest men said tha up north in the winter and amid the lea tloea and a hundni nu.es, as he thought, from any other human beings He w.i.s st-irrled one day as he heard a stepping on the Ice. and he cocked the ntle. ready to meet anything that came near. He found a man, barefooted and insane from long exposure. approaching h.iu. Tokmc him into his canoe and Win- blmg flr>* to warm him, he res' him. found out where he had and took him to his home und found all the vi'.lai-'e HI it real excitement. A hundred n:. searching for this lost man. anil his family and fri.-tida r-iM.e-1 on' to meet him, and. as had been airreed at his first ap- pearunce. b-li> f'ing. and gun* were di.icharued. ami banquets spread and the rescuer l"i h pr ants. Well, when some of you step out of this wilderness, where have been chilled and torn and some- times lost amid th* icebergs, into he pyre, the fire lighted, and th* mourner* very often depart Jinoontin- ently, leaving the fire to complete it* work nnwatched. The conBequenc* is that some of the bodies are not pro- perly cremated, and jackals and hawk* x>mplete th* consumption. Even at the burning ground of th* General Plague Hospital the demand for fuel oa* exceeded the supply, aim other measure* have had to be taken. The poor are already feeling tha pinch ct the increased price* consequent an th. cliifiiuK of the shop* and the pau- cjiy of rum. If we add scarcity to our present distre**, th* plagu* may increase. of all th* vil- and your tha cool wave that wnshea fae lath- ered flanks, and it swim* away from tha fiery canine* and it la free at last. Oh, that I might find m the deep, wide laka of God s mercy and consolation escape from my pursuers' Oh. for tha waters of life and res- cue A* th* hart pante'li a/tar tha water brooks, se panieth my soul after the*. O Cod." Home of you have ]u*t come from tha Adirondack*, and the breath of tha balsam and spruce and pine is till on you. Th* Adirondack* are now populous with hunters, and the deer are being alam by tha score. Once while there talking with a hun- ter I thought I would like to sea whether my text was accurate to its allusion, and a* I heard the dogs belying a little way off and supposed they were on the track of a deer I said to the hunter in rough corduroy. "1X> tlTb deer always make for tha water w..?n they are pur- ued?" He said: "Oh. yes, mist.-r You sea, they ara a hot and thirsty animal, and they know where tha water is. and when they hear dan- ger in the distance they lift their antlers and snuff the breeze und start for Racquet or Loon or Saranac, and we gat into our cedar shell boat or Bland by tha runway with riUe load- ed ready to blaze away." My friends, that is one reason why I like the Bible so much. Its par- tridge* ara real partridges, us os- triches real ostriches anil its rein- deer real reindeer 1 <!> '- wonder that this antlered t'" r ' '' ' h ll ' xt makes the hunters <;.. s|>..rkle and his cheek glow and i .it ion quicken, to say notlnne- , M n, use- fulness, although it i.- use- ful of all game, its tVsh delicloua. it* Skin turned Into hum. in apparel, ita sinews fashioned into bow trings. It* antlers putting handle* en cutlery and th* shavings of it* horn* used as a restorative, its name taken from tha hart and culled harts- horn. By putting aside ita uaeful- n*aa thia enchanting creature seam* made out of gracefulness and alaatl- ci'.y. What an eye. with a liquid bi ightneea aa if gathered up from a bundred lake* at sunset' The horn* a corona! branch n\ r into every poa- alble curve, and, after it seems done. ascending into other projection* of axquialtuness. a tree of polished bone, uplifted n pride or swung dowa for awful combat! It Is velocity em- bodied, timidity yni>ern'i"ted. with your circumstances, and you are fighting society, and you are fighting a pursuing world, and troubles. In- stead of driving you Into tha cool lake of heavenly comfort, bav* made you atop and turn round and lower your head, and It 1* limply antler against tooth. I do not blame you. Probably under th* same circum- stances I would have done worse. But you arc wrong. You need to do as tho reindeer does In February and March it sheds its horns. But vary many of you who are wronged of the world and if In any assembly between the Atlantic ana the Pacific oceans it were asked that all whe had been badly treated should raise both their handa, and full response should be aau le. there would be twice as many hand* lifted a* persons present I say many of you would declare. "We have always dona th* best we could and tried to be useful, and why wa become the victims of maligmnent or invalldism or mishap, is Inscrutable." Why, do you know that the liner a deer ard the more elegant its proportions and the more beautiful us l-.'.mi.g tha more anxious th* hunters and the hounds to capture It? Therefore sarcasm draws on you It* "nneat bead." therefore tha world goee gunning for you with it* beat Winchester breechloader. High- est compliment Is it to your talent or your virtue or your usefulness. You will be assailed In proportion to your ureat achievements. The best and the mightiest Ileing th* WIT'-' '\ li.nl set after him all the h"U-i -'rial and diabolic, uiid 'li.-y Lipped his blood after tha 1 1 en n in.is-a.Ti" The world paid nothnm 10 Us Kedernicr but a brain- hle. lour spikes .in.l a rroaa. Many who KIM- Join- their best to make the world boi had such a rough tiuia of it that aJl IN-ir pleas- ure Is in anticipation of the next world, and they would, if they could, express their own feelings ID the words of the Buro-i.- , ..' Vijm. at the close of her lone. liie. when ask- ed if she would like to live her life over agajn: Would you be young again? bo would not I. One tear of memory given Onward I'll hie. Life's dark wave forded o'er, All but at rest on shore, Bay, would you plunge once With home so nigh?. , empty vase, because one letter of the name of God outweighed a universe. For him I thirst. f*r his grace I beg. on hi* promise I build my all. Without him I cannot be happy. I have tried tha world, and it doee well enough as far as It goes, but it is too uncertain a world, too evanescent a world. I am not a pre- judiced wltneaa. I have nothing againat thia world. I have been on* of th* rm>*t fortunate or. te ua* a more Chriatian word, one of tha most blessed of men blessed in my parent*, bleaaed in th* place of na- tivity. blessed in my health, bleaaed in my fields of work, bleated my natural temperament, bleaaed in my family, bleeaed in my opportunities. blessed in tke hope that my soul will go to hearer through the pardoning mercy of liod. and my body, unleae It be lest at sea or cremated In some conflagration, will He down among my kindred a.nd friends, some already gone and other* to com* af- ter ma. Through Jesus Christ maks Ui.a Ood your Oo<i, and you can with- stand anything and everything, and that which affrights others will in- spir* you aa in tune of earthquake, when an old Christian woman, asked whether she was scared, answered, ->'o; I am glad that I have a God who can shake the world," er aa In a financial panic, when a Christian merchant, asked If he did not fear he would break, answered, "Ye*: I shall break when 'he Fiftieth Psalm breaks in tha fifteenth vorse. "Call upon me in the da.y of trouble. I will dehvar thee. and thou shalt glorify me.' We are told In Revelation xxll. 13. "Without are docs." by which Icon- elude there is a whole knnel of hound* outside the gate of heaven. or, aa when a master uoes m a door. hla dog lie* on the step* waiting for him to come out, so the trouble* of this Ufa may follow ua to the shining the warm jrreetinus luges of the H friend* rush out to give you welcom- ing kiss, th* news that there i* an- other soul forev.-r suxed will call th* caterers of heaven to spread the ban- quet and tha bellmen to lay hold ol the rop in the tower, and whIU chalices click at thu feast and UK bells clang from the turrets It wiL be a scene se uplifting I pray God I may be there to take part In th* celestial merriment. And no* do yon not think th* prayer in Solomon's Song where ha compared Christ to a reindeer in the night would make an exquisitely appropriate peroration to my aarninn. "Until tha day break and the shadaws flee away be thou like a roe or a voung hart upon th* mountain* ef Bether' 1 " Ceetly MleeBdrratane'laa;. Irmte Customer- Look here. The bill for those two boxea of cigar*. I bought of you last month calls for $14. Ludu't you tell me they went three for a nickel 7 Tobacconist Not at all. sir. 1 told you they were free from nicotine. Chicago Tribune. A LufkT In **!!> The sum of 4.(>M>,uOO was origin- ally paid by Great Britain for her Suez Canal share*, and their market value at the present day is close upon -J5.(K)0.iX)ii Moreover, the original purchase price has been more than returned in dividends, so that Great I'ntain stands in the position that she IK the holder of f.'.l.mm.OOO of capital %ln.-h has not com her a half -penny to acquire, and which produces an an- inal income of some three-quarters f a million, while also bestow i UK on ler an enormous political influence. I ..r ' 1V.ilMl*y'> Eu-ort. Lord WolM-ley. a* Commander-ln- Chief of tin- A.-mv. in future i* to have an e-ort of two officers and ftfty rank and tile when carrying ont an official in.i-< t of a ilmtTict, th* rejpin, , - mid band of the rep- resentative regiment told off to door, but they innot get in. "Without are dogs." have seen dogs and owned dogs that I would not b* chagrined to see in tha hea- venly city. Seine of tha grand old watchdogs) who are the constabulary of the homes In solitary places and for yeara have been the only protec- tion of wife and child, some of th* shepherd dogs that drive back tha wolves and bark away the flook from the precipice and going too near some of the dogs whose neck and paw Landaeer, th* painter, has made Immortal would not find me hut- ting them out from tha gate of ahin- Ing pearl. t aay If some sovl entering heaven hould happen to leave the gate ajar and these faithful creaturea shoulu quietly walk in it would not at al disturb my heaven. But all thosa human or brutal hounds that have ahaaed and torn and lacerated world yea, all that now bit* worry or tear to pieces shall tha o: b* prohibited. "Without e*-a dog*." No place there for harstt critic* or back biters or despoilers of th* reputation f other*. Down with you to th kennels of darkness and despair Th* hart has reached the eternal wa- ter brooks, and the pnntlng of th lang chase is quiet .-d In still pas- tures, anh "there shall be nothin to hurt or destroy in all Ood'* aol mount." Oh, when some of you get there t will be like what a hunter tella ef when h* waa pushing his oanoe Blc Tunnel. By awarding the contract for boring est holes along the line of the runnel contemplates building, the Cana- dian Niagara Power Company has commnced the preliminary work in connection with the development of M>wer on th* Canadian side of the iver. When the big tunnel on the tfew York sid* of the river wa* built, similar test holes were sunk in order that complete information in regard to the clowi of rock to be met with in building the tunnel would be known. The test holes to be sunk will be 200 feet deep and 4'^ inches in diameter. They will be bored with a diamond drill in order that a core of the rock may be brought to the surface and aved for inspection by contractors who desire to bid on the work. \ the test holes have been sunk the sink- ing of shafts will follow, and when these are at a proper depth, the bor- ing of the tunnel will begin. As yet the Canadian Xinrar Power Com- pany ha* not state. 1 the size of the tunnel it intends to build on the Can- adian side, bnt enough is known to warrant the statement that itx dimen- sion* will be ample for the develop- ment of a Urge amount of power. Th r .!. Describing Poona's latest visitation attend the reception aint departure of His LortUhip. Her Majesty nan been pleased to approve of thin, an well a* of his being accorded an eitcortof a ser- geant-major and twelve rank and aU. D1DXOHXOW. Plight of a London, Ont.. Man. Bad Brlcbt's Dtaaaa* and Didn't Know It HIM! Exletml for Three Tre Ba- rer* H* Found What It We-TbD H* F..UU.I What It Was and Cared It By Dutlil'e Kidney Pllle. London. Oct. . Mr. O. E. Brady, 939 Talbot St., this city, feels that h* i* a lucky man. For three years h* a* been slowly sinking into a quick- sand. deeper and deeper all the Urn* and he not aware of his danger. Mr. Brady had Bright 's Diseaee, Bright 's Disease i* generally itindider- ed incurable in fact there U only on* known jure. It U a kidney disease, thoae orfran* decaying and neglecting to filter the blood. Well, Mr Brady never found oat what wa* the matter with him until the disease had run three years and eaten right into th* kidneys. He wa* sunk hopeleealy in the quicksand. Ther* waa only on* thing to save him. Mr. Brady found ont what was th* matter with him by chance. H* read a list of the symptom* of Bright'* Diaeaa* in a paper and at ono* recog- nued his own cane. Then came th* cure. Again h* was lucky. After trying several medicine* in vain h* struck th* right one. the only on* that i* a particle of use in Bright'* Disease Dodd's Kidney Pills which have never failed yet. Says Mr. Brady himself: "I hav* been troubled for three year* with Bright'* Disease and did not know it until I road the irmiptoniB in one of your papers. I rrii-d several remedies, of the i>lgne, a correspondent of the Boiiilmy < ,:i/,ette says: Poona is now the abomination of desolation. A day or two back u little bright ev^l boy, some six years old, wa* seated on the doorstep in the cantonment; he had wandered so far in search of a distant relative, whom luckily he found ; he wa the survivor of a huge family, all dead, hi* parent* a* well; the house had been vacated, and he had nowhere to go. Owing to th* vast number of cremations going for- ward, day after day, fuel i* scare* and dear. Owing to the fear of catch- ing th* plagus bodies are placed upon bnt none could touch the spot. I pur- chased three boxes of your Dodd'* Kidney PilU and after I bad used on* box I felt the disease leaving me. I am now completely cured. I am a contractor here in London, and my friends will vouch for what I say. Dodd's Kidney Pills saved my life." Pretty Little 3oveltiee. One of the latest novelties in ladies' purse* has a border of gold pierced work of exquisite d. A handsome collar buckle of gold is in the shape of two shells, each of which is set with a large sapphire. A handsome brooch, in the shape of a swan, is thickly studded with dia- monds and pearls, a ruby serving M th* eye. A handsome powder box of silver is triangular in shape. Th* lid I* beautifully enameled and set with semi -precious stone*. A watch chatelaine in the shape of a flenr de Us of gold, profusely stud- ded with emeralds and rubies, is among the latest novelties. A heart and 1111 anchor interwoven and thickly studded with precion* stones is among thu latest designs in cluster ring*. A combination inkstand is of brons*) of massive construction. Two dol- phin and a sea horse, when lifted, reveal throe compartment* for pen*, stamp* and ink respectively.