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ASUCCESSFUL SPECTACLE| Six Thousand People Witness League of the Cross Cadets Drill. AN EXCITING COMPETITION. Company G Wins the Moot omery Trophy—Sergeant Dixon Captures the Individual Prize. The young soldiers of the League of the Cross were cheered by 6000 enthusiastic people at the Mechanics' Yavilion last ight. It was the annual competitive drill of the cadets for the Montgomery trophy, and the occasion was marked with brilliancy of color and effort. The digni- taries of the church in somber garments ! the officers of the United States army end State militia in gorgeous uniforms, men prominent in all pursuits of daily liie nd women fashionably gowned—all were there 1 applanded the efforts of the ersof the cross and the country. When the regiment of eizht companies marched out on the floor of the Pavilion, headed by the Presidio band and passed in viewing stand, which al Graham and staff 1 and staff, the vast n to its admiration \ f of applanse. The boys presented a fine front and marched asone m The band stand o It was overer ing many women. ured. s were: Captain Thorp Reilly | ant Miley of the Fifth Artil- psed during the ded with people Fortunately no 1y G of St. Bridget's parish, Cap- | . Power, and 1 enants Owen nd James ilan in com- e first to march on the cheered. n right into line; qae; 4, left front in rd step; 6, right front into line, v A of St. Mary’s Cathedral par- Frank A. Drady and Lieu- i C. Hopper and R. G. cally received by went through the same movements as the preceding com- pany. Company C of St. Patrick’s parish, Cap- tain Edward Fitzgerald and Lieutenants David Barry and C. Regan, holding the medal from the competition of a year ago, was loudly cheered when the boys entered the comypetitive arena. They presented a splendid front and _their = bearing favorably commented upon. The move- ments were simi with a few extra the commander. Company I of St. Peter’s parish, Captain Peter Hagge: nd Lieutenants Thomas Marlowe and Charles Skelly, and Company H of 8t. Brendan’s parish, Captain Joseph Power and Lieutenants Louis E. Healey and J. Regan, also entered the competi- tion. All the companies made an excel- lent showing and the jud, es were obligea 1y tinize every movement in form an acc te decision as to re the most ul. hy was awarded to Company G iget’s parish. ( ermaster- ant William Dixon of G, St. Bridget’s sh, won n-comm sioned officer’'s m Archbishop Rior tion in a brief spee mittee of Ignat which presented r to the other companies urishes orizinal with al. an made the presenta- The recepticn com- an Council, No. 35, Y. M. 1., American standard of colors to the regiment, consisted of ex- Judge Sullivan, I Phil J. Dwyer, A. B. & rle Hilde- brecht, T. H. Cosgrove, H. J. McGinnis and Dr. F. McCone. A regimental standard, a te flag with gold fringe and bearing the arms of the League | of the Cros also presented to the regiment. Judge Sullivan made an elo- quent speech In presenting the colors. Beid he: for which Ispeak Catholies whose adopt 0 Deo, Pro Patria—for God tr Loyal to faith as never been mshamed 1 times en- z of loyalty to- u conscience person is to be held inviolate, B vou a kindred organiza- aiming to elevate the standara of 0od and American citizenship. ta peculiarly high stand- Apprecieting the ad- erazce in the development of n and in the conservation of the have ofiered our young manhood he altar of God and of the Cross, with its ed to the cause of tem- ce, is an evideace of your desire to im- e and advance yvourselves and the com- in which you live, and at the same evidence of the untiring energy and played tbrough all the ages in the d by the grand o.d Catho- :zch e accomplishment of our common destiny dson the virtue of our citizens. Each is & sovereign ruler in the guidance of n's energies. Each one adds an item ., the virtue and the strength buting tne atom of his in- t total of the Nation’s yower and greatn For that reason the in- tellectuel and i standing of the citizen 50 advanced. For that rea- s0n his lovaity 10 his country should be inten- u institutions in the hands of & virtuous God-fearing nation are the | yery best in the world, butin the hands of a corrupt and irreligions people they are the very worst and the most effective weapons of tyranny. ensible that you are building up the vir- tuous character and developing the patriotic ardor of your members, Ignatian Council bids me to present through your colonel to the regiment & stand of colors. Accept them as & deserved token of appreciation and regard. Accept these National colors as an emblem of | roud, consolidated, undying nationality. der to that flag the nest loyalty of r part let mo zct of cowardice or no laek of civic virtue tend to its degradation. Let no unholy hand profane its folds, no ous tongue revile it. See to it that each star set in its azure firmament holds its ap- pointed place, that it may continue to shed rough the ages to come the bright effulgence of a fixed sun and not dert off on an erratic se with the passing splendor of a meteor the realms of destruction and of chaos. are, s 1 have said, solaiers of peace. ion is to build up a sense of dis- ne and a spirit of honest pride in youar or- tion. But if by evil chance—which Gdd —=t the bidding of a foreign or domestic - ¥ siroceo of war ~hould send its Glast athwart our glorious Nation or onweaiths, let me feel assured that emong your ranks are those who would be fou where the battie rages fiercest and daring deeds are done. Judgze Suilivan noted the presence of the Archbishop, Bishop Montgomery, Father Yorke. and at the mention of these names there was loud applause. Colonel Mahoney made a brief response on recelving the colors. He said that the Leazue of the Cross Cadets appreciated the honor conferred on them by the pres- ence of General Graham and staff, General Warfield, Adjutant-General Barry and the officers of the National Guard. The ceremony closed with the saluting of the colors, the band played the *Star- Spangled Banner” aad the regiment, Colo- nel Sullivan of the N. G. C.and military instructor of the cadets in command, then passed in review. The scene was a bril- iant one and provoked the sreat multitude to applause and cheers. — No Illiterate Voters in Mississippl. “The new constitution of Mississippi, “hick nates the illiterate voter, i vindicaiing the wisdom of its framers,’ said Hon. Frank Johnson, ex-Attornev- ieneral of that State. *“Under its opera- tion there is no diserimination, and the ignorant white man and the ignorant biack man are treated exactly alike. 1t is the best law that our State could bLave had, for it settles a vexed question on a just and sensible basie, and rids us of the manifold evils that formerly disturbed the tranquility and security of our people. I bave no doubt that a majority of the citi- zens of Mississippi would prefer to lose half of the representation they now Lave in Congress rather than to refurn to the old system of unaualified suffrage.”— Washington Post. el ANOTHER PHENIX. Ex-Assemblyman Bretz Creates a Re- form Movement—The Tele- phone. OAKTAND OFFICE Sax Francisco CaLx, 908 Broadway, April 10, } Ex-Assemblyman Bretz declares that populism in Alameda County has left its first love and he started out this afternoon to bring it back to its former loyalty to the Omaha platform, Some months ago Mr. Bretz started out on a similar campaign and for a time everything went smoothly. He took an interest in a weekly paper called Industry and for several weeks the organ of reform appeared with the name of Bretz as editor and chief reformer. Somehow or other, just how Mr. Bretz does not explain, the editor was frozen out a few weeks ago, and although the paper is still published Mr. Bretz has notbing to do with it. According to his statement the great public enemies, the National banks and | the corporations, have absorbed Industry, {and because they could not absorb him | Editor Bretz left. His successor did not approve of Mr. Bretz’sreformsand from occupying a prom- inent position at the head of the editorial column, A. A. Bretz received considerable attention further down. This displeased Mr. Bretz, but as he could not get s ideas before the public any other way, he has been forced to open another campaign of allegiance and reform and to estabiish an- other newspaper. He opened his batteries to-night, arnd the tall, well-known form of the man who was once a memberof the Lezislature, was | seen disposing of newspapers on Broad- way. His newspaper is called the Tele- phone, and is a pretentious sheet of eight well-filied pages. The motto for the paper is “The Cause and Cure for Hard Times,” and Mr. Bretz will try to have it officially recognized as the organ of the latest reform wing of the People’s party. GEMS OF PROGRAMMES, Scmething Un‘que in a Printed Itinerary for Excur- sionists. Californians’ Greeting to the Holel ¥en of the East Ncw Hecd. ing Westward. That the advent of the members of the Hotel Men’s Benefit Association of the United States is to be no ordinary occa- sion is indicated in the magnificent pro- grammes that have been issued, giving the itinerary of the excursionists during their sixteen days’ sojourn in the State as the guests of the Southern California and Cali- fornia Hotel associations. One thousand of these prorrammes have been issued at a cost of §2000. They are in book form, 6 by 4 inches, and con- sist of some forty odd gilt-edge pages, bandsomely and profusely illustrated by tinted and vari-colored half tones. The first two pages are covered with a hand- peinted map, showing all the points that are included in the itinerary. These are brought out sharply by appropriate minia- ture sketches in color. The town of Orange is represented by the fruit of that name in its natural color, San Jose is represented by groves of verdant orchards, Monterey shows the Del Monte Hotel, Coronado the famous beach, Big Trees tall and spreading se- quoias; so through the whole list of Cali- fornia’s most prominent and pleasant places. The cover is of leather, with the hand- worked design of an eschsholtzia and its leaves on the front and a design - like basket-weaving on the ba: ‘The first of the excursionists left New York and Boston yesterday and another party will leave Chicago to-day. The total number of visitors who are coming isabout 5. They will be met at Barstow by commit- tees from the two hotel associations of this State on the 13th, and then until the 29th, when they depart for home from San Fran- cisco, their stay will be made one round of pleasare. All the gentlemen members of the visit- ing parties will wear a button bearing the insignia of the association on a bear, while the ladies wiil display pins with the Cali- fornia poppy enameled on it in its natural color. Following is the greeting of the local hotel men to their Eastern brethren, in- scribed in the opening pages of the pro- gramme: California greets you with fruit and flowers, music and dancing. California stands ready to gladly welcome the members of the Hotel Men’s Mutual Benefit Association on the occa- «ion of their annual meeting for 1896. We have no latchstring to hang on the outside of our doors for you. In our “Land of the Surn- down our doors, even as our hearts, are wide open, and we bid you enter and take full possessio Come and enjoy our land of poetry, romance and song, of birds, buds and blossoms, where nawre smiles ali the year round and the mocking-bird sings in the orange groves and bids you welcome. Come &nd see our majestic mountains, ver- dant valleys, sun-kissed ocean, our Spanish tournements, orsnge festivals, ‘flower carni- vals and California fiestas. They are all for you, your wives, daughters and sweethearts. Come and you shall realize to the full the meaning of the term “California hospitality,” for we are determined that you shall havea royal good time and return to your respective bomes glad that you came. : Sevane S Ravages of Absinthe. Mr. Rochefort’s recent advocacy of tem- perance has directed attention to the con- sumption of absinthe in France, and some startling statements in connection there- with are being made. Men as a rule take the absintue diluted in water, sipping it slowly, but the women, to the consterna- tion of the doctors, insist as a rule on drinking it ‘‘neat,” with most terrible re- sults to their constitutions. The number of brilliant men whom France has lost through the abuse of the opalescent but ooisonous fluid, from the great poet Alfred de Musset, whoused to be picked up drunk and balf dead every nightin the streets, down to the celebrated artist and carica- turist, Andre Gill, is simply appalling. An idea of the extent of the evil may be gath- erea from the recent returns of the Minis- try of Finance, which show that at the present moment there is a marchand de vin, or French absinthe seller, to every three houses 1n the French metropolis.— Westminster Gazette. ————— Most grasshoppers have their ears in the middle of the body, —————— Saved from Destruction. This is what happens when the kidneys are rescued from inactiviiy by Hostetter's Stomaeh Bitters. Tf thoy continue inactive they are threat- ened with Bright's disease, diubeten Or some other malady which works their destruction. Malarial, bilious and rheumatic ailment and dyspepsia are also conquered by the Bitters, which Is thorough and effective. MADE A GREAT STAKE, C. P. Dickinson Returns Home From Perth With a Round Million, WAS FORMERLY A UTAH MINER His Story of the Activity in the Several Camps From Freemantle to Coolgardie. C. P. Dickinson, formerly of Jackson, Mich., who for some time was engaged in mining in Utah, Idaho and Montana, and who since 1887 has been at Perth, Murchi- | son and Coolgardie, West Australia, is at the Occidental. He is a large owner in the New Chum and North New Chum, in the Murchison | district, the former of which paid dividends | | for sale on the second-hand bookstands. Strange, is it not? They may be exposed for sale for all that, but they must be gob- bled up so scon after being deposited on the stall that few see them. “I have heard that an uptown book agent makes a business of buying up antiquated directories, and have ‘tried to locate him mere for curiosity than any- ;Ijing else, but thus far have fmled to find im. *I know personally of a Wall-street law- ver who a few years ago paid $250 fora city directory of 1862. He wanted to put it in evidence as proof of the existence ofa certain firm whose heirs he represented. He won the case, and the directory is now one of the heirlooms of his office.” St o ROMANCE OF A FRENCH SOLDIER. Deserted Twice for Love of a Woman. Twice Repented and Surrendered. The story of a French soldier named Massiault, recently acquitted by the court- martial of Montpellier, reads 1ttle like a romance. Young Massiault enlisted in 1882 in the nety-first Regiment of infantry at Mezieres. He proved an excellent soldier and was promoted successively to the grades of corporal, sergeant, sergeant- major and adjutant. In 1888 he was a pupil in the Administration school, and was on the point of being again pro- moted when he made the acquaintance of C. P. Dickinson, the Erstwhile Miner of Gleaned a Cool Millio [Sketched from life by a “Call arf Utah, Now Here, Who Is Said to Have m in West Aus of $300,000 last year. The two mines have lately been consolidated, and British capi- tal has become interested in the consoli- dation. Mr. Dickinson is the owner of properties | elsewhere in West Australia. He is now | en route to England in reference to the | placing of an enormous go!d property on | the London market. He is referred to as a millionaire, and as an American, liable to be worth many more millions. Mr. Dickinson is an interesting talker. He has great faith in the mines of the Coolgardie country, but says the forma- tions are so different from what they are in California, or in any of the States or Territories here, where he previously | mined, that no comparisons can be | made. The formations are principally | slate, granite and dyerite. “‘As for the camps,” said Mr. Dickinson, “‘they are very lively, but they differ a good deal from the mining camps here. The liquor business is so regulated that none of the disastrous results ensue that are characteristic of the wild camps here. Tbere are no dancehouses, either. The camps are well governed and life is e. “‘I'went out in 1887 wit : the late W, H. Pation to Broken Hill to do some concen- trating, and eventyally went to Perth and the other camps. It is a wonderiul gold country. The formation is unlike any- thing lLere, and the conditions are entirely different. Sometimes gold is found right on the top of the ground, the same as if you were to toss a $20 piece down here. *“The deepest shaits there now are scarcelv down 400 feet. Bailey's Reward, at Coolgardie, is the deepesf, 1 believe, | and I think it is about down to that | depth. The Great Boulder mine at Cool- gardiy turning out about 4000 ounces of gold a month. The average amount for that camp for the past year has been about 20,000 ounces a month. **The Murchison district has been pro- cduing about 7000 ounces s month. 7The various mines in which English capitalists are interested are represented by from £20,000,000 to £25,000,000 of stock. Great Boulder shares which were of £1 value at par, are now worth £8, or $40 a share.~ ‘‘Perth, which I call my home, though I am interested in the camp, is nine miles from the&on of Freemantle. It has from 22,000 to 25,000 population, some of it be- ing floating. Murchison, which is north- west of Perth about 1500 miles, has about 1500 people, and Coolgardie has about 25,- 000. It is north and a little east of Perth, and about 400 miles distant.” Mr. Dickinson is anxious to see Cripple Creek, about which he has heard. He wili seeit after a few days here. and may also spend a little time in Utah and other places from which he has so long been ab- sent. WHERE DO DIRECTORIES GO ? Apparently 'They Vanish Into Space ‘When Their Day Is Done. “What becomes of old directories? isa question that 1 have asked myse!f many times,” said an official of the postoffice to a Mail and Express reporter recently. I have tried many times to solve the ques- tion, but it is not as easy asitlooks. Iam aware, of course, that a number of the ancient directories go to the drugstores to deceive the public that may enter in the hope of consulting a new edition of the annual, and it is just as hard to get a new directory in the average pharmacy as it is to find the same useful work in the aver- age telegraph office. I know some big houses in this city that have used the same guide to the addresses of residents for the last ttive years, and they have not tired of it yet. ‘y'Mlny of the large corporations send their old annual to out-of-town branch offices when the new one comes around. This is especially so of railroad com- panies. I dare say many private firms would purchase old directories at a low price if they could get them, but they are not as obtainable as one would suppose. In all my experience I have never seen an old New York City or Brooklyn directory a young woman, with whom he fell des- perately in love. To the astonishment of all, he desertea and ran away with her to Belgium. A few months later he returned to Mezieres and gave himself up. He was tried by court-martial, sentenced to four 5 rs’” hard labor and to be reduced to the anks on the expiration of his term of punishment. TUnder the amnesty law of 1889 be released and was incorporated in the One Hundredth Regiment, garri- soned at Narbonne. The military anthori- ties doubtless imagined that by sending him to the other end of France they would place him out of the reach of the Lqflnence of the beauty that bewitched im. But in this they were mistaken. She found out where lLie was, and soon she ar- rived at Narbonne. Once more he deserted nd went with her, this time to Spain. This second desertion was aggravated by | the fact that he carried off his uniform and arms. Not daring to return to France, he led a miserable life in Spain for eighteen months, but at last he could not stand it any longer, so he returned to Marseilles, where he entered the service 5f the Foreign Legion for five years under the false name of Stock. He was sent off to Tongquin, where once more he proved himself to be a good soldier, and rapidly regamed the galons of corporal, sergeant and sergeant- major. ut the recollection of his desertion weighed upon his mind and his false name troubled him. Moreover, for seven years he had not seen his garenu. He became homesick and longed to visit his native place in the Ardennes. His term of ser- vice being about to expire he went to the colonel and told him who he was. He was sent back to Narbonne and thence to Montpellier, where once more he appeared before the court-martial. He ‘wus tried and acquitted on account of his good record, and the soldiers and specrators who were present at the trial cheered him. But ke had to be apain reduced to the ranks, because Sergeant-Major Stock no longer existed in the French army., At the present time his friends and admirers are making energetic efforts with a view of getting him restored to his former rank.—Courier des Etats Unis, RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PROGRESS An Epitome of Sermons of the Week Throughont the Land. Following is a summary of the principal sermons recently delivered in the United States and Canada by the leading clerzy- | men, priests, prelates, religious teachers and professors of the Christian faith. Ip every instance the full text has been care- fully read and abbreviated. MAN. Man is the child of promise, the heir of the ages and the heir-apparent of the divine glory. oxev. €. L. Thompson, Presbyterian, New York ity. UNITARIANIEM. Unitarianism is not so much a creed asa rational hope and faith. It believes more in cheracter than in dogma.—Rev. 0.J. Fairchild, Unitarian, Spokane, Wash. PHILANTHROPY . Let business men remember thelr less favored brothers, as Peabody and Carnegie and Lick and Stanford have done. Every one owes much to the other man.—Rev. C. E. Locke, Methodist, Portland, Or. HOME. 1f our girls spent as much time in meking cages to keep the birds as they doin making nets to caich them we would have better ’l}omes.—Rev. A. J. Harris, Baptist, Fort Worta , ex. JUSTICE. Justice and greed are eternal enemies. Selfishness is the greatest obstacle to justice. It is this tha: makes one man take advantage of the needs of another to enrich himself.— Rev. J. S. Beeger, Methodist, Cieveland, O. INTEMPERANCE. When the United States. a8s a nation, shall decree that the ufacture of intoxicating drinks is a sin and ime, then will we see the end of this morstrous evil.—Rev. T. C. Denman, Methodist, Voluntown, R. L EXFORCING THE LAW. Roosevelt, of New York City, has demon- O CALL, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 189€ NEW PUBLICATIONS. NEW PUBLICATIONS. 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Interests that are purely worldly should be left to worldly people. Christians have no time to devote to them, They rust part with | anything that has the place in their affections Ihnyr, begmlgs to Chflg .—Rev. R. H. Hume, Presbyterian, Springfield, Ohio. ‘WOMEN'S WORK. God created man and woman for a purpose: the men to do his work outwardly and publiciy and the woman to do hers inwardly and pri- vately. A woman can imitate the work of man, but she can never do it.—Rev. A. §. Crap- sey, Episcopalian, Rochester, N. Y. MANHOOD. tianity has restored manhood. It puts mgl’:ré:ck'}myo the original condition before the influences of sin caused his decay. The man restored, he will look out for others who are lost, that he may bring them back to the highest manhood.—Rev. Mr. Ostrom, evangel- ist, Terre Haute, Ind. WOMAN, Woman is the complement of man. Man furnishes strength, woman ornaments that strength with beauty; mar furnishes courage, woman supplements that courage with forti- tude; man furnishes intelligence, woman re- fines' that intelligence into taste; man fur- nishes virtue, woman perfects that virtue into oodness.—Rev. J. E. Adams, Methodist, Brook- yn, N. Y. THE CHURCHES. The world has outgrown some churches. It nas outgrown narrow conceptions of religious truth. Heresy trials, narrow doctrinal dissen- sions, and the insistence on ceremonial ob- servances as essential to the salvation of men drive the masscs from the churches which force such limitations upon them.—Rev. G. R. Wallace, Congregationalist, Chicago, 111, THE BALLOT. A man’s vote is more significant than his occupations or his friendshivs. At the polls he recognizes his kinship with the great of the Iand. flo is of an equal of Senetors. and Judges and Presidents. He is a part of the body politic, responsible for the administration and government. — Rev. Cyrus Richardson, | Congregationalist, Nashua, N. H. PUNISHMENT FOR CRINE. Let crime be given no quarter. Let the prison door be opened to the guilty, no matter what family connections they may have. High social standing only aggravates his guilt. The highest interests of society demand that e\'e?' criminal be speedily punished to the full extent of the law.—Rev. M. A. Peters, Re- formed Church, York, Pa. AMERICA FOR AMERICANS. The cry of “America for Americans’’ has a rather narrow meaning, while “‘America for Men” has a nobler meaning. America for men and women of noble intelligence and noble ambitions, people of just and generous and humane souls, whose charter shall read: “The world my wunlri and mankind my country- men.”—Rev. E. L. Rexford, Universalist, Co- Ilumbus, Ohfo. JOURNALISM. To publish a newspaper requires the skill, the precision, the boldness, the vigilance, the strategy of a commander-in-chief. To edit a newspaper requires that one be tesman, an essayist, a geographer, & statis n, and, in acquisition, encyciopedic. . To govern a newspaper until 1t shall be & Axed inatitation The is to demand more qualities then any business on earth.—Rev. T. de Witt Talmage, Presby- terian, Weshington, D. C. METHODIST UNITY. The supreme need of this hour is a reunion | of dismembered Curistendom. We may nost | be able to heal the breach between Protestant- ism and Roman Catholicism, n n between the various branehes of Protestantism, but the | seventeen breaches of Methodism ought to be | able, by _the grace of God, to get together.— | Rev.J. W. Magruder, Methodist, Cincinnati, | Ohio. \ THE CITIZEN BOSS. Usually the boss holds some oflicial position, butin the Empire State to-day the dictator, Thomas C. Platt, is a private citizen. The only | office he occupies isan express office on lower Broadway, and yet from his throne invisible be rules his party and the entire people with a rod of iron.—Rev. J. L. Scudder, Congrege- tionalist, Jersey City, N.J. SALVATION. Many wait until the hand of death is almost clasped upon them before they consider their | duty to God. Salvation is the work of a life- time, and should ot be allotted but a few moments in this life, as many are wont to give | it. Riches and worldly gain are matters of but a few years, while salvation is for eternity.— Rev. Patrick Lavelle, Catholic, Pittsburg, Pa. RELIGION AND BUSINESS. A great many people don’t belleve in mixing religion and business, but such people haye no religion to mix. A religion which is only for Sunday, which can permit six days of business tobe run on the devil’s principles, and which gives reluctantly as a favor to God a part of the Sabbath, is atheism. It is not Christianity.— Rev. B. Fay Mills, evangelist, Lafayette, Ind. CULTURE. Refinement ard culture should not be merel: physical. They should be moral and spiritual. Polish that does not include the moral and spiritual nature is only a veneer. There is a false culture which resémbles the cut flowers of the florist, which have short stems, are ab- breviated and soon wither away. But the chureh is the center and source of ‘all true cul- ture.—Rev. D. R. Breed, Presbyterian, Pitts- burg, Pa. FPAITIL. All buman knowledge, all human affection is built on taith. Faith is the eye and ear of the soul. All history is with us a matter of faith. The farmer sows his sced by faith, and largely by faith a man prospers in business. Business is basea wholly on faith. Faith makes national business intercourse possible; faith binds together the chureh, the nation and the family.—Dishop Arnett, African Methodist, Meadville, Pa. JUDGMENT. We are all standing before the judgment seat of Christ now, and belng tested évery day, not to find what kind of an angel or devil we are going to make at some far away time, but what kind of a man or woman we are going to be to-morrow. Each day’slife is the outcome of our former mode of living, and we have heaven or hell continuously, according to our cepacity and merit.—Rev. L. H. Squires, Uni- versalist, Rochester, N. Y. EDUCATION AND MORALITY. Thousands of the most intelligert and learned men of the past were as much dis- tinguished for their wickedness as for their wisdom. Knowledge alone cannot make us better men, for knowledge is oftener an in- strument of evil than an instrument of good. ‘The blackest villainies in the world’s history were planned by men who had recelved di- plomas from colleges and universities. It is not true, then, that education is the panacea for all the moral il's of the world —Rev. J. B. Hawthorne, Baptist, Atlante, Ga. LOVE. Love is the greatestneed of the age. Pov- erty causes many people to suffer from hunger to-day, but they need love more than they need bread. Aseageras the intellect is for knowl- edge It is not as necessary to it as love. We may empty our purse in the hand of the needy, but unless we give to him our heart's love and sympathy we have not given what he needs. We may give both time and money to aid the destitute, but unless we bave been actuated by love we have done nothing in the sight of God.—Rev. J. R. Boyle, Methodist, Wilkesbarre, Pa. SIN AND ITS PUNISHMENT. When we sin we rob God of something, and we ought to be willing to repay him in some manner, while we have health and strength, instead of waiting to feel remorse for a fruitful life when we near its end. We m: told to take iife with its pleasures and its moderately, but the Scriptures tell us plainly that the joys and the torments of heaven and hell are not moderate, but acute.—Rev. F. J. Kiernan, Catholic, Philadelphia. MORALITY AND JUSTICE. In the white light of heaven’s throne & man’s sin appears precisely the same as a woman's and impurity is as biack on Fifth avenue as on the Bowery. The world has two codes of morais, masculine and feminine, but that dis- tinction is not recognized in the other world. Gender has no right to destroy justice. The vials of wrath are poured upon the heads of unfortunate women, while the most royal wel- come is given to the man who is notoriously unclean. That is the accursed creed of this hour. Injustice, injustice—basest injustice— hisses at the woman, but kisses for the man.— Cortland Myers, Baptist, Brooklyn, NEW TO-DAY. Of y oen SII[ oucamomens it £ ug and see the difference in price from a store that will not pay commission to physicians. Although our charges are about one-half less we get just as much as the druggist who | charges you twice as much, as he is compelled to refund one- half in commission to the phy- sician. Do you see the point ? 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