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The Diet of Children. Initting children to sit at table their elders is the cause of a good of mischief and injury to their if ul digestions. A variety of res should never be permitted, and attempt at wastefulness should be died at once. Economy and self- ial can be taught at the children’s far more easily than at school. [he diet of children dhn hardly be too k If they require to be encouraged pit bv the administration of dainties, ^re must be ’ something radically long somewhere. It is unlikely that kit something is constitutional; more fobably insufficient exercise is taken, Jaken at wrong times, or the nursery stuffy, or the bedroom badly ventil- or the parents have forgotten that Ishine and fresh air are as necessary the healthy life of a child as whole- jme food is. le want of cleanliness, or frequent fof the bath, is many times the [of indifferent appetite in children, out cleanliness of clothes and ftliness of person you cannot have [by children. Without this the blood seems poisoned, the child Either buoyancy nor heart, appetite The Church Temporal. . Short Rules for Young Christians. 1. Never neglect daily private prayer and when you pray remember that God is present, and that he hears your prayers. (Heb. 11: 6.) 2. Never neglect daily private Bible- reading ; and when you read remember that God is speaking to you, and that you are to believe and act upon what he says. I believe all backsliding begins with the neglect of these two rules. (Tohii ). >..) j for them, and went down to the edge of 3. Never, profess to ask God tor any- I ■ ’ 6 take care of the hut, and to cook the meals for the men when they returned, Tie spent the nights alone in the cabin, for most of the fishing was done between 1 sunset and sunrise. One day as the dawn was beginning across the water, the men stopped their fishing and began to row home with their load as usual. As they rowed along they met the body of a drowned man going, out to sea with the tide. They picked the body up and laid it on the prow, the head resting upon the arm, and rowed on slowly to the hut. The little boy was watching thing you do not want. Tell him the truth about yourself, however bad it makes you ; and then ask him, for Christ’s sake, to forgive you what you are, arid to make you what you ought tube. (John 4: 24.) ‘ 4. Never let a day pass without try- the canal to meet them. lie saw the body of the seventh man lying on the prow, but thought he was asleep. , So when the boat came near, lie cried to his father, “Breakfast is ready; come along!” and with that he turned and went back to the hut. The men fol lowed the boy, and left the dead man mg to do something for Jesus. Every , , . ,, ,, , , ...... . . . . . - lying on the prow. \\ hen they had sat night reflect on what Jesus has done for ' , you, and then ask yourself, What have 1 done to-day for him ? (Matt. 5 :13-16.) 5. If ever you are in doubt as to a thing being right or wrong, go to your j room, aryl kneel down and ask God’s ! blessing upon it. (Col. 2 : 17.) If you ; cannot do this, it is wrong, (ltom. 14 : | 23.) 6. Never take your Christianity from raved or absent, and lie grows up j Christians, or argue -that, because suclr and such people do so and so, therefore you may. (2 Cor. 10 : 12.) You are to ask yourself,' “How would Christ act in my place?” and strive to follow him. Ipale and poor as a sickly plant. Injudicious clothing is another cause kf dyspepsia. It is bad enough to en- e the body which has attained its development in a tight dress, but it unions for a child to be clothed in itly-titting garments. Every organ i child’s body requires room to grow expand ; if it be in any way com- sed, the circulation through it be lies lessened, and it is therefore sick- 1 and rendered weak. ’’ightness, therefore, of any portion a child’s clothing ruins not only the directly underneath the constric- ut indirectly those at a distance t, for no damming up of the cir- ition can be tolerated by nature. ^Tightness found the waist in children tftmi young people is the cause of many iscsof dyspepsia, and in a lesser degree is tightness of the neckerchief, by etjumng the blood in t the brain. Have qur children’s clothing loose, then, if on would see them healthy and happy. [ See, too, that at night they sleep not on eather beds, and that though warmly they are not heavily clothed. Children should be fed with great regularity day by day. The parents, having chosen the hours for dinner, breakfast and tea, ought to see that the times are strictly adhered to. Irregularity in meal hours, and tim»s of getting up in v the morning ami retir ing to bed at night, is not only prejudi cial to the present health of a child, ►but it teaches him habits which are greatly against his chances of success in after-lift. need hardly speak here about the quality of the food that is placed before <\child ; against indigestible or too rich 1. against sauces and spices of all Is, including curries ; against heavy ds of the pancake, dough and dunip- r»,g kind, against unripe fruits, against hot soup, against strong tea and or beer, or against over-much tprs' meat. hray, mothers do not forget that an linterval of rest sl'M^Hkfcuc between [the meals you give your children, and do not ruin their young digestions by [’cramming them with cake, or buns, or .-sweets of any kind. To do so is worse than cruel, it is a sin, and a sin you are but little likely to commit if you truly love them, and really wish to sec them germinate into strong and healthy men ami women. Tarts and sweets and confectionery would he bail enough in ali conscience for children, even if they were always pure and unadulter ated. But they are too often positively Intisonous. Feed on plain and whole food regularly from day to day, jmitting no stalling between meals, ribii not forgetting the benefits which a< < rue from frequent changes of diet more tspiJ-ially as regards dinner. Do this, and your children will live to bless you; do otherwise, and expect to see them sickly, with veins and arteries jKissessing no resiliency, with mucous membranes pale, flabby pipes of lungs that the accident of a slight cold is sufficient to close, muscles of limbs so weak that Exercise is a penance instead of a pleasure, and flesh s<» unwholesome that a pin’s prick may effuse a fester, all this because the blood is impov- jod through errors in diet. (John 10 : 27.) 7. Never believe what you feel if it contradicts God’s Word. Ask yourself, Can what I feel he true if God’s Word is true ? and if both cannot be true, believe God, and make your own heart the liar. (Rom. 3:4; i John 5: 10, 11.) —Broumlow North. Modern Skepticism. Dr. Schaff, in his first volume of Church History, devotes sortie pages to the direct consideration of mbdern skepticism. The following extract will show the author’s views as to the man ner and spirit with which honest skep tics ought to be treated. He says : There are two kinds of skepticism: one represented by Thomas—honest, earnest, seeking, and at last finding the truth ; the other is represented by the Sadducees and Pontius Pilate—superfi cial, worldly, frivolous, indifferent to truth, and ending in despair. With the latter “even the gods reason in vain.” . . . . But lamest, truth-loving skepticism always deserves regard and sympathy, and demands a patient in vestigation of the real or imaginary difficulties which are involved in the problem of the origin of Christianity. It may be more useful to the Church than an unthinking and unreasoning orthodoxy. One of the ablest and purest skeptical critics of the century (De Wette) made the sad but honorable confession— "I lived in times <>f doubt and strife, When childlike faith was forced to yield ; I struggled to the end of life, Alas 1 I did not gain the field.” But he did “gain the Held” at last, for a few months before his death he wrote and published this significant sen tence : “I know that in no other name can salvation be found than in the name of Jesus Christ, the crucified ; and there is nothing loftier for mankind than the divine humanity realized in him, and the kingdom of God planted by him.” Blessed are those who seek the truth, for they shall find it. sTiake Hands. Shake luywls with somebody as you go out of church. The more of it the better, if it is expressive of real interest and feeling. There may be a great deal of the spirit of the gospel put into a hearty shake of the hand. Think of St. Paul’s four times repeated request, “Greet one another”—after the custom then in common use, and one which is expressive of even warmer feeling than our common one of handshaking. Why not give your neighbors the benefit of the warm Christian feeling that fills you to your finger tips, and receive the like from them in return V You will both be benefited by it; and the stranger will go away feeling that the church is not, after all, so cold as he had thought it to he. ; Seven DeadMen. A Strange Legend of Venice, 'lliore is a story current among the gondoliers and fishermen of Venice. Thoye were six men fishing once in this “Valle” of the Seven Dead. They had with them a little boy, the son of one of their band. The boy did not go fishing down the boy looked round and said: j” “Where is the other man? Why ! don’t you bring him in to breakfast, j too ? ” “Oh ! isn’t he here ?” cried one ; and then added with a laugh, “You had better go and call him, he must he asleep.” The hoy went down to the canal and shouted : “Why don’t you come to breakfast? it is all ready for you.” But the man on the prow never moved nor answered a word. So the boy re turned to the hut, and said’: A “What is the matter with the man? he won’t answer.” ’ “Oh ! said they “lie’s a deaf old fool. You must shout loud, and swear at him.” A The boy went back again, and cried : J “Come along, you fool; the others, aie waiting for you.” * But the man on the prow never moved nor answered a word, y Then the boy ran back to the hut and sfeiil : js “Come one of you, for I can’t wake him up.” '• But they laughed, and answered : “Go out again and shake him by the lag ; tell him we can’t' wait till dooms day for him.” t The boy went down to the water once H)ore. lie got into the boat and shook the man by the leg. Then the man turned and sat up on the prow, and said to the boy: “What do you want ?” “Why on earth don’t you come ? Are they all to wait till doomsday for you ?” “Go back and tell them that I am coming.” So the boy went hack to the hut an l found the men laughing and joking. “Well! what did he say ?” they cried; “14 is all right,” answered the boy, he says he is coming.” The men turned pale and looked at one another, and sat very still and laughed no more. Then outside they heard footsteps coming slowly up the path. The door was pushed open, and the dead man came in and sat down in the boy’s place, the seventh.at the table. But each sat with his eyes fixed upon the seventh, their guest. They could ^iot move or speak. Their gaze was fastened on the dead man’s face. Their blood flows chiller and chiller in their veins, till, as the sun rose and flashed along the lagoon, there were seven dead men sitting round the table in the room. Kisses on Interests. A father talking to his careless ; daughter said : “I want to speak to 1 you of your mother. It may be that you have noticed a careworn look upon her face lately. Of course it has not been brought there by any act of yours, I still it is your duty to chase it away. I want you to get up to-morrow morning and get breakfast, and when your i mother begins to express her surprise, I go right up and kiss her on the mouth. I You can’t imagine how it would | brighten her dear face. Besides, yon 1 owe her a kiss or two. Away back l when you were a little girl she kissed | you when no one else was tempted by ! your fever-tainted breath and swollen j face. You were not as attractive then i as you are now, and through years of j childish sunshine and shadows she was always ready to cure, by the magic of a. mother’s kiss, the little chubby hands whenever they were injured in those first skirmishes with the rough old world. And then the midnight kiss with which she routed so many ba 1 dreams as she leaned over your restless pillow have all been on interest these long, long years. Of course she is not so pretty and kissable as you are, but if you had done your share of the work during the last ten years the contrast would not be so marked. Her face has more wrinkles than yours, far more, and yet if you were sick that face would appear more beautiful than an angel’s as it hovered over you, watching every .opportunity to minister to your comfort, and every one of those wrinkles would seem to he bright wavelets of sunshine 'chasing each other over the dear face. She will.leave you some of these days. These burdens, if not lifted from her shoulders, will break her down. Those rough, hard hands that have done so many unnecessary things for you will be crossed upon her lifeless breast Those neglected lips that gave you your first baby kiss will be forever closed, and those sad, tired eyes will have opened in eternity, and then you will appreciate your mother, but it will be too late.” Something to Live For. It lias been asserted by scientific sur-r germs that the will-power of a sick man ' has a great deal’ to do with his dying, and the ease of Charles O’Conner is cited as evidence. A still stronger case occurred in Michigan the past summer. An old man, living in tl e .northern part of the State, got out a lot of tim ber many years ago for a toll-road com pany, but the company failed and left him in the lurch. For years and years he tried to sell the timber to this one or that, but no one wanted it, and at last time and decay rendered the beams al most worthless. Last summer the Su pervisors of that county advertised for proposals to build a bridge, and the old man put in a hi l. While waiting to see what would be done he was taken very sick 1 , and he grew worse so rapidly that a council of doctors was called. After due deliberation he was informed that he was approaching his end. “When will I know about that bridge ?” he coolly asked. “The bids will he opened to-day.” “Well, I’ll send John over to see who gets the job, and my living or dying will depend on his news.” At five o’clock in the afternoon the the son and the family physician arrived in company. The old man was neither better nor worse. “Well 1” be asked as John approach ed. “Our bid was accepted, father.” “And we’ve got the job ?” “Yes, but the doctor cays you can’t live.” “I can’t, eh ? I’m not only going live to build that bridge, but I’m going to work that square timber into it xij to the last foot, or my name isn’t Jolni Rodgers !” It is a, fact, vouched for by a dozer good men, that he was off that dying bed in a week, and in less than u g night he was at work on the bridg to; How Texas Cattle are Utilized. There are beef-packing establish ments at Rock port and Fulton, Texas, both of which places are in the centre of cattle ranges, in which at least 100,- 000 beeves are slaughtered every year. Every part of the beef is utilized, even to the tufts of the tails, which are pre served and sold for the making of ladies’ frizzettes. The blood Hows into tanks and is pressed, and is sold at two cents a pound for the making of fertilizers. The tongue anil lean beef are boiled and canned. The hides are salted and sold again. The fatty matter, is ex tracted and goes to tallow. The hones are boiled to a pulp to extract this fatty matter, and the dry hones, mainly phos phate of lime, are sold at one cent a pound for fertilizing. The feet aie cut off, and from the hoofs neats-foot oil is extracted. The horny part of the foot, tho shin-bone and the knuckle-hones, are sold for the manufacture of domes- ti^lVory. The horns are piled up until the pith become loose, and this is adde l to the fertilizers, aud the horns are sold for manufacture. Every atom of the Scraps. ' “How is business ?” asked a man of a glazier. “Putty good,” was the re ply. There is a limit.—First young lady, “I could sit here forever. ” Second ditto: “And I till lunch time.” A Michigan man dreamed recently that his aunt was dead. The dream proved true. lie tried the same dream on his mother-in-law, but it didn’t work. A celebrated poet advertised that he would supply “lines for any occasion.” A fisherman sought him soon after and wanted “a line strong enough to catch a porpoise.” A correspondent inquires what we will pay for “original stories—such for instance, as we publish in the Sunday Republican.''' Three cents a pound. One of the saddest moments in life is when a man is looking through an old vest, and thinks he has found a ten cent piece, which when brought to sight,turns out to be a cough lozenge. Lubock still insists that bees are not of a sympathetic nature. And yet this gentle insect, with the buff mainsail and red-hot rudder, has frequently brought tears of sentiment to our eyes. A carpenter in Newport, R. I., who had put on a pair of house doors with the glass portion at the bottom, said to the indignant and protesting wife of the owner, “that is the very latest Queen Anne style, ma’am.” A gentleman who is no longer young, and who never was handsome, asked his son’s child what he thought of him. The boy’s parents were present. The youngster made no reply. “Well, so you won’t tell me what you think of me ? * Why won’t you ?” “ ’Cause I don’t want to get licked,” replied the sprig of a rising generation. Even idiotic brains have been some times very clever at repartee. It was a celebrated Edinburgh professor who ac cused one of these unfortunate ones, rather unfeelingly, saying, “Weel, Jock tell me how long a person can live with out brains?” “Ah!” said the idiot, “1 dinna weel ken, sir, hut how laug have ye lived yorsel ?” Pawnbrokers have never been de scribed as the pioneers of progress, al though it must be admitted they are always ready to make an advance. Clips. A South End woman keeps only ■ servant to do her work, instead of Q She says help are always leaving, when you are left alone it’s much ea.“ to do the work of one servant tiian two.— r Boston Rost. A Kansas hotel has the following notice displayed in the bedrooms: “Gentlemen wishing to commit suicide will please take the centre of the room, to avoid staining the beil-linen, walls and furniture with”bli|od. ” The National SunUay ■School Teacher tells the story of a scholar who, when asked in the lesson of “ David sparing Saul,” why David compared - himself to a flea, replied that he guessed “ it xyajj because Saul couldn’t catch him.”- It is the opinion of a Kingston latij that dog carts were invented by somti rascally husband to keep the wome? from talking. It is next to impossible] for a woman to talk while riding ini them without biting her tongue.—New 1 Tb?-A- Graphic. . A grumbling old bachelor, after lis tening to the following, “She was her muver’s ownJjtle darlin’ wopsv, popsy, deary ducky,Wo she was, an’ she mus 1 keep still,” asks, “Why don’t women talk some decent kind of. English to their children. ” '• A had spell. —.“Thomas,, weather,” said a school-master tc of his pupils. “W i e a t h if weather.” “Well, Thomas, yoi sit down,” said the teacher, the worst spell of weather we since Christmas.” “You advertise that there is stream of water on the place, bl don’t see it,” remarked a stranger wanted to rent the place. The landlil slid: “Just work that pump hand if little and yon will see a fine stream water. You don’t expect to have Niagara Falls on the place for fifteen dollars a month, ilo you?” his father, but stayed behind to I animal i s piybably used. “Landlady,” said he, “the eoffie isn’t settled.” “No,” she replied ; “but it comes as near it its your last month's bill for board is. Large quantities of hay have been shipped on the Union Pacific Railroad to feed the herds of cattle upon t hi* Blattc Valley ranges and in Western Wyom ing, where the grass is snowed under. The trains on the Denver short line ai compelled to run slowly by the liumbe of cattle who take to the track on way to find watei January all kinds ^ !gai ill nit that State, the wh^P mute