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7 i. 'Aw I:K71r lllrk. All tattered atd torn and vrr forlorn, Au 1 tired hu1 Ihiiid and sl k, 1U came ht our call one day lu the fall. And we uHiut J Mm "liaggedy Dick." Whun we ppoke a word lift scarcely beard; Ills end seemed very near, tut we fed hi in up poor Hula pup, And for Lim thed a tear. Do you ask If we cried on the day he died ? We should -tut the pup'a allvx IIos the joliifst cur that wears his fur, You should see him awlrn and dire! New York. Tribune. How Bobby Learned a l'rorerb. Hobby was a little Manx kitten. By that Is meant that he had no tall on his plump little body. Ho was very quaint and playful, but he could not frisk quite like other kittens, since he had no tail to chase, so he used to amuse himself by rolling over and over, making a pretty gray ball ot himself. It was Monday morning and the washing was well begun. In the tub where the laundress' stout arms were fcwiftly rubbing back and forth the white foam was piled up In soft, rounded heaps. Perhaps they looked like cotton to Bobby, who had climbed to a shelf set near the tubs and a little above them. As he watched eagerly, cocking his head now this way, now that, one could seem to see shining In his bright eyes the thought: "That white stuff would make a lovely bed to roll on." Sc he tried it. The laundress fished him out, a wretched, dripping little object, and gave him to his mistress. As his loving little mistress, after rubbing him, put him in Lis warm basket by the stove, she said, "Oh, Bobby, I hope you have learned the meaning of the proverb, 'Look before jyou leap.' "Boston Herald. An Ip-to-DMe Parlor Trick. If anybody should tell you that you can cut in two without touching it a thread hanging from the cork inside a sealed up bottle you would be likely to think that he was making fun of ycu. But it may be easily done, and In such a way as compk-iclj to mysti fy the spectators. Get a clear glass bottle a pickle bottle will do and to the under pari of the cork attach a bent pin. To the pin tie a piece of thread long enough to reach three-fourths of the way down the inside of the bottle, and to the lower end of the thread fasten any small object, say a shoe-button, to make the thread hang taut. Insert the cork and seal it with wax, and say to the company that you are going to cut the tread in two without opening the bottle in fact, without touching the thread. To accomplish this, you need a reading glass, or sun glass, and ac cess to a window where the sun is shining clear and bright. The feat is more mystifying if you perform this part of it in private. You go to the window, hold up your sun glass so that you can focus the rays from the glass directly on the thread through the side of the bottle, and in a short time the heat from the focused rays will burn the thread in to two pieces, the end with the button attached falling to the bottom of the bottle. Then go back to the company with the bottle, and they will see that the cork has not been moved and yet the thread has been cut. It would be betted to use black thread for the experiment, for hat color absorbs heat best and will burn more readily. New York Sun. Our Canariet. Last May we had given to us a pretty little yellow, fiuffy canary, which children welcomed with many a tender greeting, their bright eyes watching the bird's every motion as they made his acquaintance. At first he seemed 'so wild and frightened when any one approached his cage that we feared he would beat himself to death, but he soon grew tamer. One day, while we were giving him fresh water, he made his escape from his cage, and was only trapped again by our placing the feed cup within the cage. After a few days we determined to give him more liberty. So I tied the door back and Dickie was given the freedom of our kindergarten rooms. Although one window is generally down from the top a few inches and the screen door has quite a hole in it, still our birdie never has shown the least inclination to leave his pleasant surroundings. He spends most of his time during the morning above the windows, flit ting from plant to plant and warbling. At noontime he comes to share my luncheon; and often a child will ask P'--mission to stay in at noon to watch -Dickie enjoy the morsels at my feet. Toward autumn one of the children brought a little mate for Dickie, and this has made quite a change In our bird's ways and 'doings. Call notes are the only ones hoard now. and at about 11 o'clock rath morning the birds fly to tii'lr respective bath dlshtM. The birds' baths furnish nn ImprcMHlvo object b'Kiion to tho rim (hen on cleanliness. The children ex claim: "See! Dickie washes bis face first?" and inako other remarks of like nature. During story hour I plac the peed tup on my knee, and the birds come thcn to eat. Soon I shall let some quiet child hold the cup. For many days the children have been bringing bits of cotton, worsted, straw, etc, and placing them in Dick ie's box; and the birds have now re warded us by beginning their nest building In earnest. The Interest of the children over the nest Is Intense, and I will leave you to Imagine their enthusiasm when the blrdllngs appear. Kindergarten Review. Railing C.oldfLli. To the boy or girl who desires to make a few dollars on a small outlay ot capital, the breeding of goldfish offers Itself as not only a profitable business, but also as an Interesting di version. For $3 a boy can set himself up In this business an'd In less than a year have 100 percent return on his capital. Said a prominent dealer In goldfish: "There are certain tlme3 In tho year that we would gladly pay 2" cents apiece for goldfish of average size, although now we can afford to sell them for even less than that. Most of them come from China and Japan, and are brought here by the sailors of the Oriental steamships In kerosene tins. During the winter this Is almost Impossible, as the cold kills them, but the few fish that do come here then are sold at high prices." There Is a Chinaman In this city who makes the breeding of goldfish his means of living. He has con structed a number of wooden tanks 10 by 3 feec and 3 feet deep. In these tanks he raises his fish. The bot toms are covered with sand and peb bles. Every four or five days he fresh ens the water by pouring In several tueketfuls, allowing the tanks to run over through notches In the sides at the top. Otherwise he never dis turbs them. In the sand and on the recks he has encouraged the growth of fresh water aquatic grasses, which help to keep the water constantly fresh by supplying it with oxygen. On the bottom, among the grasses, the goldfish deposit their spawn, and if not disturbed the young hatch out. Great care must be taken In keeping the tanks free from other animal life, as goldfish spawn is considered a dainty morsel by almost all fresh water creatures. During the winter the tanks should be protected from the cold, as gold fish cannot stand ice. In China thousands of persons are employed in raising fish, but on a larger scale, in large ponds out of doors. Even in California thin is done. All shapes and colors can be made by artificial selection, no fish being more susceptible to develop ment in this way than the goldfish. This required years of patient and, for the time, profitless labor, however. If a thick, globular shaped fish i3 de sired, all those in the pond whose shape is least like that desired are taken out, leaving the others. These, in breeding among themselves, will produce fish of shapes more like those desired, but still the weeding out process must continue for several years before any results can be seen. By these methods the Chinese have produced goldfish of all colors orange, blood red, white, silvery, blue, green and of almost all shapes rcund, square, triangular, half moon and other more grotesque forms be ing produced. This, however, can only be done where great numbers of them are raised together. If kept in tank3 or ponds where weeds and grasses grow it is not necessary to trouble much about feed ing goldfish, as they find plenty to eat on the green leaves. It is even better not to place the fish in the tanks before the plants have grown, but if this is done they should be fed daily, but sparingly, on the prepared foods to be bought in almost any bird store. New York Tribune. Gonitis in Kef hp men t. "I noticed your paragraph yesterday about th Poet Swineburne living in great retirement now," said a lover of that singer's verse, "and it set me thinking. I understand the natural timidity of genius, but I still think that literary men who have taught the world to love them should not be so exclusive. They shouldn't be on dress parade all the time; but they might at least give the world a glimpse of them once in a decade. "They owe the world that much; and they would gain a world's gratitude for a glance. Still, there is no account ing for genius, and we are glad enough to get it, even if it sings to us only from the mountain top." A Vi(n rleannntrr. Collector Can't you give ma any encouragement at all about this old account?" Mr. Go-Easy Why, yes. of course; I will pay you as soon as I pay any. body." Detroit Frea Press. CUAINT AND CURIOUS. The first profile taken was that of ntlgoniis, In 330 H. C, who, having jut one eye, Ms likeness was bo taken .( '-vm eal deformity. Tho bridal veil of a Japanese young riy !i subsequently used as iter shroud. Directly after the marrlagu t Is carefully put away and reserved intll death makes Its use again neces sary. The Intestines o( the ox are 1ST Vet small ones. 150 feet; large, 37 Vet. Sheep, 107 feet; small one, " feet; large. 22 feet. Those of the log measure 77 feet; email, CO feet; large, 17 feet. Granite la the lowest rock In tho earth's crust, It Is the bed rock of the world, and 6hows no evidence of animal or vegetable life, It Is th parent rock from which all the rocks have been either directly or indirect ly derived. The greatest cavern in the world 1.1 Mammoth Cave, 83 miles south west of Louisville, Ky. It is about 10 miles long, though to explore its multitude of avenues, chambers, grot tces, galleries, domes, rivers and cat aracts entails 150 miles of travel. Another curious fact. According to Captain Maury the gulf stream runs up hill. After leaving the Gulf of Mexico, this current of warm water broadens out toward the north and becomes more shallow. Its depth oft the Island of Bernini Is about 200 fathoms, off Cape Hatte'&s, about 100 fethoms. He calculated Vae ascent at 10 inches to the mile. , The largest flower in the world Is the Rafflesia Aroldi. of Sumatra. Its size Is fully three feet in diameter about the size of a carriage wheel. The five petals of this immense flow er are oval and creamy white, grow ing round a center filled with count less long, vlolet-hued stamens. The flower weighs about 13 pounds and is capable of containing nearly two gal lons of water. The buds are like gi gantic brown cabbage heads. What Do ton Know? Here are some questions about things you've seen every day and all your life. If you are a wonder you may possibly answer one or two of the queries offhand. Otherwise not. What are the exact words on a 2 cent stamp, and in which direction is the lace on it turneu; In which direction is the face turn ed on a cent? On a quarter? On a dime? How many toes as a cat on each fore foot: On each hind foot? Which way does the cTescent moon turn? To the right or left? What color are your employer's eyes? The eyes of the man at the next desk? Write down, offhand, the figures on the face of your watch. The odds are that you will make at least two mis takes in doing this. Your watch has some words written Dr printed on its face. i"ou have seen these words a thousand times. Write tnem out correctly. Few can do this. Also, what is the number in the case of your watch? How high (in inches) is a silk hat? How many teeth have you? What are the words on a police man's shield? How many buttons has the vest or shirt waist you are wearing? How many staMrs are there in the first flight at your house? How many steps lead from the street to the front door of your house or flat? What is' the name, signed In fac simile, on any $1, $2, $5 or $10 bill you ever saw? You've read dozens of those names. Can you remember one? Washington Times. Deep I'lii nue. The submarine Silure has just been subjected to some interesting experi ments. It was sunk to a depth of 133 feet with the view of testing the effect of the water pressure, which, at this depth, is 63 pounds to the square inch. The commander and the engineer were provided with instruments to meas ure the compression, which showed that the hull yielded to the extent of one millimeter (.03y of an Inch), says the London Express. The crew ex perienced no more discomfort at this depth than at the average submersion. The lowest depth reached by a diver is said to be 204 feet, with a pressure of 88 1-2 pounds; the lowest depth attained in a caisson was 110 1-2 feet, with a pressure of 51 pounds, at the sinking of the piers for the St. Louis bridge over the Mississippi. HI Fxplanntinn. "What makes you employ such a bad band?" "Because I understand my busi ness," answered the advertiser promptly. "I don't want to get the music -so good that the people will-become entranced and forget to read my advertisement." Washington Star. Some of King George IV.'s hair was Bold in London recently for 29s. DR. CHAPMAN'S SERMON A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED PASTOR-EVANGELIST. fBl)c: A Man Without ruitry- Tit Wlilrh U tln talIt nprM'n 'oallU la Human l,anu " lit For Ihoia Without a .!. New YonK City. -The Uev. Dr. J. Wit bur Chnpmnn, th noted pnstorf vangel ist, continues to rx.'ite popular intcre.t by the sene of remarkable ermini he is delivering in the Fourth Presbyterian Church. Apropos of j;i t t iot if celebration he ha prepared the following discourse for the press, entitled "A Man Without a Country." It in preached from the text, Kjduvian 2: 12. "Having no hope and without God in the world." This in one of the saddest text in the New Testament, or while it describe our own condition when we were ahena from Christ and stranger to the covenant and promise of God, yet I take it in my pre sentation of this subject to decribe thoie who have wilfully rejected Christ and who have deliberately decided that thev will not accept Him a a Saviour. With thus interpretation put upon the Scripture ve have in the text the saddest expression possible in human language. I suppose there is no one of my hearers to whom the word1; may be strictly applied, for if we take hope out of a man's life it is rot worth the living. The young man may have failed yesterday, but he has hoped that he may succeed to morrow; the busi ness man who has lout his fortune in the wreck of past days is not discouraged be cause hope buoys him up, and he is confi dent that prosperity will be his once again. Take hope from our lives and we are of all men most miserable, and if in addition to beinn deprived of hope we have no God we are not only hopeless for time, but hopeless also for eternity, for since we were made to be filled with God and all our being waa so adjusted as to be at. tune to His nature, there is no sadder picture than to be without Him. Some years ago I came across that interesting and pathetic story written by Edward Ev erett Hale entitled "The Man Without a Country." and it ha. L'irpighed for me aji illustration of this text to which your at Jention is invited. I found in the man t-f. A Iriflert nripvu'liflrp nrrnQS the SCI without being able to enter a harbor a presentation of many a man who has bur ied Christ out of his life. The man was Philip Noland by name. Whether the story be truth or liction it does not mat ter, for the illustration is the same. This young lieutenant in the army had come under the influence of Aaron Burr, and he had fascinated him. The young soldier wrote to Burr long letters expressing his hopes and his desires that he might serve him, but had no letters from Burr in re ply. At last he came one day to see the young man, and then his hold upon him was complete. The regular life of the sol dier became tame; he was utterly un fitted for service. There came a time when in company with others who were also under the influence of Burr he must appear before the army court to be tried for misdemeanor. The others for one rea son or another escaped sentence, but Philip Noland was pronounced guilty. He was asked by the judge if he had any thing to say why sentence should not be passed upon him because he had been false to his country and had sinned against the United Statf&. His reply was an oath, and in the t ?scnce of the court he cursed his country and said that he wished he might never again hear the sound of the name United States; that he hated his native land. The judge, with a white face, answered, "It shall be as you say, and subject to the approval of the President of the United States, you shall never again hear of your country." At this Philip Poland laughed, but no one else did; there was a deathlike stillness over the court. He was taken to New Or leans, given over into the charge of a fommander of one of the vessels, with the distinct understanding that no one was ever again to speak to him of the United States, and he was to be allowed to speak to no one of his old home. He was at ' last put upon a Government vessel and given quarters befitting his late rank. Jt was expressly stipulated that he was to be exposed to no indignity; he was not to be reminded of the fact that he was a prisoner, and while he could wear the uni form yet ht must not have the buttons of the United States Government upon this uniform. Indeed he was to be a man without a country from this time on. He was permitted once each day to dine with the officers, but they did not care to have him. because when he was present they could not talk of home; under no circum stances was he to ever see his country again and never was he to hear of it. He was not permitted to go on shore wher ever the landing might be. If he read books at all they must contain no refer ence to his home, and if he read the for eign papers it was only after some one had carefully cut out every reference to the United States. If the vessel upon which he was a passenger came near his country it' must wait until it would be overtaken by another vessel going sea ward, riiilip Noland became a passenger with his face set away from his home. It has ever been to me one of the saddest illustrations I know, and yet a perfect pic ture of the man who has deliberately re jected Christ, has said, "I will not have this man to rule over mo," and who i, therefore, described by the words of the text as "having no hope and without God in the world." I. We have rejected Him. lie has said in nis word. "He that is not with Me is against Me," and not to accept is to re ject. It is true we have never said in so many words that we would not have Him as our Saviour, but we have resisted the entreaties of the minister and spurned the prayers of our loved ones, and what wc have not been bold enough to say with the lips we have said in our hearts, and God know3h the language of the heart as men know the iancuage of the lips. 1 am very sure that Philip Noland did not mean what he said. He had spoken in a passion, and I am perfectly positive that no one here could for a moment reject Christ if he felt that Christ would take him- at his word, and possibly he might nevr have a chance again. Mr. Mcody used to say that no one wanted to be ex cused. "Would you sign a letter like this?" he said. "Sitting in the house o! God this Sunday evening I received a pressing invitation from one of your serv ants to be present at the Marriage Sup per of tho Lamb. I pray thee, have me ereused."..-No one would sign it. Then, would you sign this? "Sitting in the house ot Uoa this Sunday evening l re ceived a pressing invitation from one of your servants to be present at the Mar riage Supper of the Lamb. By the grace of God I will be there." If you could but sign that there would be joy m heaven and joy m your own heart. ire dciV,tful !o all thing and desper ately rn ked. Our timid nre carnal an I then for at enmity with God; our Hi!! arc t nl, born and will iiut )ie!d ti the tour!) , iln power; wc are in nmlniuht i1.il kiitu, nr.. I It l III tin t on lit ion tlitt lie omiih to ii. In tint l.'Stli v 1 1 of the e(ind chapter ff I'.phcKiarm e read, "But ivw in t'hriot detm, ye who sunns 'tine er' fifir oil an- made riih by the blood of Chi it." and to all the unsaved it i inv privilege to iv th.it by the grare of G1 you an; bronh with to Ctirmt. 'Jills I true l,eeaue you have been under tlu inMnciiie of the Spirit, and you may be siived if yoil will, but if you reject Christ no word n deenbe tin mn of which jou are guilty. In the Old Tctta rtient the man who despised Monea' God died without merry amnnij two or threi enemies, of how much creafer need of merrv (.hall he be that bath trodden "n dr foot the Son of God. hath counted the blood whereof He wa glorified a common thinff, and ha insulted th Snirit of grace. In thi picture of I'hilin Noland. a sailor on the mea without a harbor, I find an illustration of the man who in spite of God. a grace ha rejected the offer of mercy. III. We Ix'gin to brrak away, not by great sin, but by small sin. Have you ever noticed in the three verse in the tirst chapter of Koman that wonderful de scription of sin, indeed the most remark able of any the world ha ever seen. In tho 24th verse we read, "God irave them up to unclesnnres;" in the 2dth verse, "God mve them up to vile affection," while in the 28ih verse we read. "God gave them up to a reprobate mind." The uncleanness may have been sin of an insig nificant character; to be given up to vile affections is to be permitted to set our hearts upon thope things which are not riht, and draw them to us a with hook of steel, but to be given over to a repro bate mind is to be honeles. I make an appeal to-day in behalf of those whose live are in the leat touched by sin; it is a dangerous position. IV. Whit i the greatest sin in all the cata logue as written in God's word? If this question were put to men there would be almofit a many answers as there are men. It is not impurity, nor dishonesty. TheSa things are not even to be considered in the light of the greatest sin of all, which i "nMief, Wli?n we read in the gospel that tne ilOIV lillOSl IS to come, ii in eniu that He will renrove the world of sin, and that sin is described a not believing on Him. To reiect Christ, therefore, is the chiefest of all transgressions y. 15.. ' ' Having no hope. I cannot, imagine that nnr of my hearers would for a moment think of givinor way to unbelief or taking refuge in infidelitv. That is. indeed, hopeless. Tt is said that Adoniram Jud son when he was a student in Brown Uni versity came under the influence of a fel low student who Mas an infidel. On his return to Providence at one time he was obliged to ston at a country inn. The inn keener told' him ho had but one room, and that was next to a man who was sup posed to dying. .Tudson eared nothing for this, and said he would take the room. All through the night he heard this man crying out to God for mercy, shrieking in terror because of his unbelief, and at last, Judson utterly worn out fell asleep. When the morning came all was quiet in the adjoining room, but the man was deijd. What was the student's horror to find out that the dying mam was his companion in infidelity, and when he came to the end there was no hope for him. and infidelity prevailed him nothing. It is an awful thing to be without Christ in the world. . tjj?- Without God. If vou could imaaine pod taken out of vour life for a moment it would be a position of terror. No one would ever again say no to Him if they realized that they might say no for the last time. To have no help in temptation and no comfort in the hour of sorrow, and no support in the day of death would indeed be an awful thing. A friend of mine told me of a man in the West whi had been constantly besought by his friends to come to Christ, and had resisted all their entreaties. 'He had been en treated by God Himself as He called him in prosperity and in adversity, and at last the calls became so marked that it wa as if God had actually spoken to him. and at last in a heat of passion he cried out as if he were speaking to God. "Oh. God, let me alone," and He did. and until the dav of his death it is said he never asrain had even a faint desire to go to Christ. It is dangerous to resist. God pity the man who says no to Christ and speaks for the last time, and then comes to the place where he had no hope and ia without God in the world. SPORTING BREVITIES. The Washington Athletic Association, of Newark, N. J., has organized a cy cling team. Yale won the 'varsity boat race; tho freshmen rowed a dead beat. Harvard won the substitute fours. "Gus" Ituhlln knocked out "Tomv Sharkey In the eleventh round at tht National Sporting Club, Loudon, Eng land. Automobile racing will be one of the attractions of the Now York Slate Fair to be hold at Syiacuse beginning September 8. The Uncle Sam. owned by Francis It. It'ggs of New York City, won the rtrst of the international special class races at Kiel. , Victor Itigal covered a mile on a mo tor cycle at Plymouth, England, in 1.U7, lowering the world'sstauding start .record by eight seconds. Ilaverford College has again turned out the best team of college cricketers. They defeated both the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard. The Paris-Vienna automobile race was won by Marcel-Renault, who cov ered the distance in fifteen hours and twenty-two minutes, or at the rate of lifty-one miles an hour. Towns, the Australian sculler, who wrested the world's championship from Gaudaur at Rat Portage, will shortly return to the Antipodes via Canada. He takes with him from England a bride. is, Automobiles in St. Louis are limited to a speed of not more than eight miles an hour on the streets and six miles an hour in the parks. The penalty for vioiatioa Is a tine of not less than ?.j uor more than $500. j We aro by natura afar off. Our bcarti