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Columbia §cnliurl. II Aid. EM. GEORGIA pom.isnri> r vi nr hhmmy. <•* Afltln«on, y" Onr yvf* M Ml* '* ' 'f tl»*' *tod'"f thh <<’’intrv from th« Hnt' iiw nt es th< R<v. Hr. Burro' . in Ilx Hint if II" " tin |«.pnhiti-.ii •f the glxlx <*f illiati dat I. «<M» OOtI.OOO. WWr ditiib 1 Into f imilii -of five. tin of Tern iilorw loiihl gi'< i h funil' half an wr< of land l<> lit' iijion. Tin- Florida or»ng» tre< * nni*t In vert if all that io written about tb> in i» true, remark* h n< « York piqm It la o»id that a man in Ixwv county. that Matr, lim an orang'- tr< f on l»i» |ila< <■ that b about forty jcarn old, from which In Will gather thio year over 5,1Kt0 orange*, tod ha« gathered n> high n» !t, 000 in one }Biu Thia i» ahead even of tin glorious Atimnto of California. Ju*ti« haa finally been done to the Btsitb family, and they now have an ergan of their own It lieara their name, •nd ia published by the Smith Publish ibg Company, in a Michigan town. It ia •Btirely a family affair, every item and artif le in It referring to persons la aring U>e name of Smith. If the publiaheni •an Induce all tin- Smiths in country to •übacrilie, their future ia amured. I-_! The laland of Jersey, when Mrs. Lang the professional Ircnnty, cornea from, la, betides lining a pln< e of wonderful natural beauty, a pnradiw for married folks who want to live economically. They can get their lodging, food and ser vice all for *lO a week, and then' will be nothing whatever to complain of with .reape■ t to any of the a< < ommiMlation*. The people of the island are largely French, and know, of course, how to g< t th e moat and the Iwst out of everything. From time immemorial pickled cub bag- haw been denounced by do< tors as outrageously indigestible of hit- how ever, that dietetic preparation has grown to la- quite rerqiectablc. It hna risen to tin- dignity of an alkaloid produc- i M Tuya|Higu Ims Isolated the *u!> l.mei . „nd finds that it suppresses the drlirium du to a prolonged u»- of alcohol b ■ tl.i whiskey seller, in placing pickled <ah bagc upon his lunch table, Im* been fol years uiicoummiisiy <n: ,■ ■<) ,n pint jig his gue*ts with pn>|« t ii.:t lb to .1 m« nt Him -' the l»t -d last M- I'.’ <al load* of bom have bun slipp'd < t fi nil Cim.a."W, Killi'ii* ing 1'.’.0 pound* to tin -. .: I at 1 .:) ton*, oi gilt,otai |Niui.d>. i’ll ■ ■ eia principally the bum • m.d h : if I. falo. and. of ..an*. ... an- bom . . I ... nicstii ..I'.iri: 1* w i irh have died. Tin y have II III’.. n th. I> dI : : ring fur y. , . I ire roti -I up I y citireiis aial hauled fifty red Minh file and soim turn's 100 milt * Tin' ill ‘ 110 per tnin Kin mid i. . ipp .1 east when they In. i < .‘.n tir. ■ i ii t i hand I. tor cutlery. t . tli-bni*lu*. ring* ami ornament* I. i harm>* ami various Othll piiijaiM*. whih tin >. fm iiiitnil into du*l and Used a* a fcltilirct 0 the worn out soils of tin oldel -tat » A novel interpri-i i to b. . t afoul •non in England, whereby an opportunit' will be atbirded to those who have nioiier and leisure to enjoy traveling in a peen. |arway. \ vessel has Im-.u chartered which will carry some fifty first class pa •angers, in eoiti|uuiied by an artist, it pho Uftapher, a geologist, n mim ralogi-t, a botanist, a rimjugi-t, mid other*, who will explore and collect wherever oppor tMity offer*, but mon- e*|s ciully in di* Mcls practically unvisited hitherto. The •m voyage will last twelve month*. There will I* no hurrying ovet ground when anything valuable to science or art can be obtained, and at intervals the voy nget* will have the opportunity of break ing up into section* and landing when cither the beauties of rivem or the life and scenery of coasts can !*• studh-d mid •njoyed. The collections made on the voyage will be carefully ptsserved for subsequent exhiliition or for pn*entation muM uiiis Million* an- talked almut glibly it, the*, times without a clear understanding of the enormous sum rcpr< M-nt<sl l.v the t&O.OOO.OOO left by Cornelius Vanderbilt, tbcehlir. or the $300,000.000 left by William II Vanderbilt to his s.-is Chicago po m her helps ~n , to realize the magnitude of such fortunes by th< tigur ing mit that if i . rneliu- Vanderbilt had lies'll !*>:« at the Ix giuiiing of tin Chris tian cm and had saved *'*s.4*oo a year ever since, he would not yet have mad. up his fortune of *.\O.OOO.IKm>. and that, if M illimn H Vanderbilt had Ixx-ti a COUtriapormy of Adam .nd i, saved -it the same rate of $35.tK*Q is i . anum > , Would Still has been far s| , ~ IttOO.ihsl.OOil ut th. t.im t> aud w< i.i.; itiil b.\i b. .1 , : . . , for 2! IA yeais In tin i.tu . b. ■. n . t ing hi* fort urn- of * . o ... ( i eaieukt'on is | d t‘ i .1, t * « c.n» 4 r..< i r.n . t i* . t pio|«t / < OI -woo , Mims It , . ofii- i.-.ity ■mo itw- -i tha< "i the 1 short Iwi-lvr dry •’ v.a; t’l- Bulgartin I |o«M - w<r o0<» kiilid. IHH* aoc-idi'd and -’ion prison-r«. whil- t'i<- > rvian ■ loss's, of <<.ur- by B-ii-.' ; : in i -tinmte. 'lire i.W kill- I. I.IM ■ • >l. id.-d ami prisoner*. The figlin . tlioiiyli omcml. arr- probablv rn under* *.m;.i on lw>th side*, but tin numls-r i- nmuli for a f< w days of the - gmii- of king*.” 1,-s.k to tlie grent v. -I for . gmirrnd-' that our im.it supplies -hull not nm short Th-- I;.t<--t cut rprise in the pro vision lim-out that way i* the business of raidng buffaloes for their hide* and mi nt For ;--m- p»*t wi- hnvelieen hear ingot lb- inevitable extinction of the great herds of that huge animal, but this is all to Is <ln- k- d by the <-nt- rpri- -d Western Kiinsas |sopl< who lune found ' that buffalo *t< aks are worth mon than Ih-i I for f-sxl pur|sis.«, mid hide* an valued nt from *1.7 to *M rai h. The market pri« for buffalo calve- for breed ing puijHis-- is s*>•* -'rn h. A year or two hence, we *up|*oM’. we hull se-e buffalo st* aks and roast* on the bill* of fare of all the fir*t < lim* feeding e-t ibliahments in the country. Visiting Cards of Cactn*. Os courw all boys and girl* know what the cactus i- n gn-cn. grotesque Imiking plant, almost covered with sharp spines ami bearing a most gorgeous flower; but I am sure thev do not know all of the UM-a to whi< h tin- <a< tus <an be put, nor do I bclir-vc that th-- most ingenious guesses could < ome near to the truth. It is n native of America, but it has lain taken to Europe and Africa, and now grow* in tin latter country in great profusion. But, after all, the oddest use of the cactus prevails in Cape Town, South Afrirn, where it* h-nvi * are made to serve the purpose of visiting cards. Fancy carrying about in your < oat po< ket a lot of thick leaves covered with spines ns sharp as nccillcs! But, wait n moment. The leaves of the pnrtii ular kind of cac tus so used are not very prickly, but, moreover, they are not cairied nbout, but are left growing on the plant, which stand* nt the fool of the front steps. Win n a Indy cull* *h Ims only to draw out one of those cv< r really hat pin*, ! with which Indie* i:r- .ilwnv* provided, and witli th.- sharp point scratch her mime on tin- glossy , green surface of a leaf. \ gi ntli inmi generally uses the point of his pnkuifi Tin-line's turn silvery white and remiiin on the leaf, ch at and distinct, for years and y ars. On New Year's Bay, these vegetable curd* are e*pci iully con v. nii nt. mid ladies who wish to keep the calls of that day apart from those of other days, nppropriut ■ a branch of tin e.u tu* i to that purposi'. J Vti :t' .ill in Cap Toiv.'t has a I cmtii. plant i.iiicli i* t! ..rly lilt.'on feet high ll* gr. at thick loaves are almost nil in II". Us visiting laid-, so that he his a eompli t and la ting r eor.l of his vi itors. Il cannot be -lid that this pine tii e adds to t n b mty of the plant, but then it is oddity and md beauty that s di sired in sill'll eas ■ Tin re is on iin tu-, not so plentiful a* that just dis.rilad, which is of a very accommodating charm ter. It not only Im* smooth leavi-. but the spine* it ha,* are so large and still that they can be med a* |*'iis for writing on th. leave*. Mn*ieal Sands. An exnmiiuition of the musical snnd* of Kauai. California, which has excited so much intiUi -t oil the part of geologists and others, shows that they possess a pi culiar mii roacopicalstructure. Thegrains are found to be chiefly composeil of small jwirtions of coral and apparently calcare oils sponges; they lire all more or less ]»erfonitcd with small holes, in some in stance* forming tubes, but mostly termin ating in blind cavities, which are fre quently enlargi'il in the interior of the grains, communicating with the surface by a small opening. There were also in the sand small black jiarticles, formed principally of crystals of augite, nephe line, and magnetic oxide of iron, embed ded in a glat-y matrix. The stnictureof these grains explains, it is thought, why M-und is emitted when they an* set in motion; that is, the friction against each other eau*e* vibrations in their substance, and eoiiM'qaently in the side* of the eavi ties they contain and these vibrations being communicated to the air in the cavities, under the most favorable condi tions for pnwlueing sound, the result is the loud noise <*•< a-ioneil whi n any large inass of sand is *•! in motion.there being, in fact, millions U|*>n millions of resonant 1 ivities, each giving forth sound. Didn’t Want a Chromo. Gue*t (in cheap restaurant)- Very much obliged, but I’m not an entomolo gist I’roprii t r very much pu.-zled) -An i nto w hat ‘ Gue*t Entomologist. I have no doubt thi* i* a very rare bug which 1 found in ■ the pie, ,-iiid this fly floating in th< iS'tTia' i is. J* rli.'ip*. the only specimen in AuWri- I ca Proprietor tin a whi*|* r I* -n’t 'teak so loud you will ruin uh Guc-t I* that *..? )\ hy, 1 thought you »cr. giving them away instead <d I elinmiiss. and 1 was nw ,v ly alwait to nu n i t’on that l‘d jizvfer a small d->g. P/u.-t- Only a Boj. Only a boys < »rdy a healthy awl nay faea, Mare wliare at time* th»> Mhadowa |4> r Like the light cloud* on a hummer a oay Only a lw>yf < hdy a loving and triiAting heart 'fhat throb* and strain* for a long life’* That yields in love to the gentle txiuch < if one who will rbifie not avermuch. • >nly a lx>yl < >rdy an eamcat and longing noul Through which wild fancies and wiahe* roll, Peoring from out those eager eyea \t the untried world that around them lie*. < )idy a lx»y f fjely the germ of some unknown gain T<* a world that waver* ’twix joy and jxun, Tell me of better gift who can, T<» give U> tlu* world, than an honest man. Only a Imyl < ndy a man with a Mddened fare, K«*aring of grief and win the trace, < raving a love that might clean*** the stain < if the old thoughts that will come again. I inly a boy I < >nly a apirit that hoars at last < >’er the chain* and blindr* of a pretty past, Hardened, but faithful. Maddened, but true, Saved but the praiao i* not for you. Charlotte //. Course n. The Waif of the Plains. An cndli ss sea of sandy plain, almost a dead level, save the sand-dunes which h !■ and there, like billows from some fm -fl sea beating upon the endless shore, - ro**<-<l the country in long lines lost in tin distance, cactus, sage bush, and a few w ild flowers of vivid coloring, whose vi i y existence on the dry desert waste - w i- a marvel, coin|«ising the only vege tation visible. Occasionally in the dis tance, along the banks of the sluggish, turbid river which flows hundreds of mil- s across the desert, could be.seen a f w cottonwoods and willows which tor.ll the cover for numerous antelope. Awav in the opposite direction, however, stretching into the far distance until lost in the horizon, was the same dreary, mo notonous level waste. It was early morn ing. and the sun was shooting its hori zontal ray s across the glistening sands. Tw i horseim n were riding along the trail, when a small object, moving slow ly along, sometimes seemingly walking upright, anon crawling on the ground, e\i ited their attention and curiosity. Nearer the object comes and, wonder of wonders, the men discover while yet at some distance that it is a human being, apparently a child. Turning their horses they rapidly approach the waif on this waterless sea, and discover a child of perhaps 5 y ears of age, now walking then tailing to the ground in its apparently aimless journey. Upon reaching the lonely atom of humanity it is found to be a girl w ith face and hands scratched and hie- ding and clothing torn nearly to j shreds from frequent contact with the I thorns of the cruel cactus. Upon the j approach of the men she ceased her cry- , ing and gazed at them with a frightened | look. Where did she come from and how did she get here? Did she drop ‘ from the clouds? Nothing else of life was visible; the whole expanse of plain whs a blank. It was some time before the child could be reassured and coaxed to lalk, : nd then only incoherently be tween her sobs. The men gathered that some time about daybreak an emigrant train -W two wagons with the child's | pairiits and several other persons had bei ii attacked by Indians, the women carried off, and the men all killed. The child tried to indicat ■ the place of the ma-sacre, but was so bewildered bv her wandering that it was impossible to learn any thing from her confused talk. One of the men took the little thing on his horse in front of him, and after a fruit less search for an hour or two, the men pushed on, as the sun was getting high in the heavens and there was a long jour ney before them ere arriving at the ranch and cattle corral for which they were bound and wished to reach before night. Alter some hours of hard riding their destination was reached without incident. On the following day one of the men at the ranch, having business in ' Denver, brought the foundling to the then young city. The child’s story ex cited considerable attention and smypa- I thy from the citizens, and a childless ■ married lady of West Denver named Clark, who had cross 'd the plains some . years before, adopted the waif as her own. The only name the child could give was Rita, and there was nothing about her clothing or ]M*rson to indicate who her parents were or w here she came from. All she knew of her former home was that it waa in a large city far away. Rita grew rapidly, and in the course- of several years bid fair to become a beauti ful young lady. Her foster parents wen in thriving circumstances, and lavished their means freely on the education of the child, whom tluy cherished and lov ed as if she were of their flesh and blood. One day Mr. Clark, having business at Pueblo, was induced by a friend to visit I the insane asylum. The official, in ac- | companying them through the different wards, explained the various phases and jxvuliaritics of tin- fancies of the patients. Finally they reached an apartment occu pied by a w oman, whose csv. the official explained, was rather jx-culiar. She wa ns. ued from the Cheyennes several years ago by the troops. How long she had boon a < iptiv was not know n, but tis •trip,*.-, I that lb • indignities she had \ -uff- red and the horrors she hud pu**cd ( through had turned her brain, as whi n fipund ski- »»s insane, and ever since the ‘ Murden of her talk had been massacres, tights, and all the horrors of Indian bru talities. Then she seems to have a thild for whom she is constantly calling. The party entered the room and found quite a lady-like looking person, who at first re ceived them pleasantly and as any sane person would. Something about her features, which, although careworn and haggard, gave evidence of former beauty, i struck Mr. Clark as of some one he had seen la-fore. After a few moments’ con ) versation with him, the startled him with j the question: “Where is my Rita? You have taken her from me—my beautiful child.” Mr. Clark was so astonished for a moment that he could not speak. After recovering somewhat from his surprise, he endeavored to question her, ' but could get no intelligible answer, and after some little delay left the asylum. The interview, however, preyed on his mind, and on his return home he commu nicated to his wife the strange interview. She, with a woman's quick perception, at once jumped to a conclusion, which suc ceeding events proved to be correct. It was finally arranged between them that Rita should be taken with them to the asylum and Mrs. Clark’s theory tested. Accordingly on the pretense, of an excur sion the three took the train one day and arriving at Pueblo proceeded at once to the asylum. After a slight delay they were shown into the crazy woman’s room. At first she did not see the girl, then in looking at her visitors she suddenly dis covered her and with a cry that was hardly human in its intensity she threw herself upon her screaming: “Rita, my Rita!” hugging and kissing her and crying at the same time, the tears, proba bly the first shed for years, rolling her cheeks. The frightened girl endeavored at first to disengage herself, but at a re assuring sign from Mrs. Clark submitted to the caresses of the insane woman. With considerable difficulty they tore themselves away from her, and, making a solemn promise to return the next day, they departed. On the following morn ing, according to promise, they called at the institution and learned that a won derful change had come over the patient, that instead of raving the whole night long, she had been very quiet and had wept a great deal. Being shown into her presence, she seemed only to see Rita> who, having been instructed by her fos ter parents, submitted to the caresses lavished upon her, but in a more quiet manner, by the unfortunate woman. Feeling satisfied that her suspicions were correct, Mrs. Clark insisted upon remain ing in Pueblo for a few days, during which frequent visits were made to the asylum, the woman seeming to become more sane with each visit and talking more coherently about the past. Finally the whole cruel history was told by her, proving beyond a doubt that she was the long-lost mother of Rita. Her discharge was easily secured, the Clarks agreeing to care for her, and she was taken to the pleasant Denver home, where she entirely recovered after a time. Rita, blessed with the love of two mothers, was happi er if anything than before, and some time afterward married an estimable gentle man of means, being comfortably dower ed by her foster parents, is living in a cozy dwelling on Broadway with her mother and husband, an ornament to the circle in which she moves.— Denver Newt. Raising Mules. Col. Joe Marley, of Ripley, Tenn., who is as well known for his elevated charac ter as for his genial hospitality, has of late years turned a part of his attention to mule raising. His method is as sim ple and economical as it is effective. He owns a large body of land situated near the Mississippi river in Lauderdale coun ty, covered with a luxuriant growth of cane. In the midst of this cane he fells a sufficient number of trees for the pur pose, bores a number of large auger holes in the logs, and fills the holes with salt. Under the lead of an intelligent gray marc, whose habits have been fixed and whose temper has been mellowed by the flight of years, he turns his mules into this magnificient cane pasture, from weanlings up, where they remain until ready for market. The lick-logs are their homes, the trees their only shelter. Their feed is costless. The old mare gives them motherly care and direction— restraining them from running away in search of “wild-oats,” and inviting them to regular festivals at the lick-logs. The mules thus brought up are well grown strong and hardy, with compact muscles, and are equal, if not superior to those raised within fence bounds, besides being unacquainted with many of the more con spicuous vices contracted by the latter during their playful youth. Natfaille (Tenn.) American. Corn and Corns. tee by the papers that in Kansas the y.eld of corn is forty to the Isr’’ 1 that remarkable?" “Not ut all; only it seems to me that item i* upside down.’’ "Upside down?” “Yes. My experience is that the yield is about forty achers to the corn. Get off my foot, please."— Call, Xavigalfng Under WaltT. Submarine navigation seem* to lx- go- I ing ahead of late. Goulzet of lari*, v*l* . four years ago constructed a submarine : boat with such success as to receive an order from the Russian Government for ; three hundred sets of hi* mai hinery, has now improved his device. In the Russian boats the locomotion was effected by a crew of four men, working treadles; now electricity is the moter, the speed obtain ed being five knots. The crew can ac cordingly be reduced to an officer and one man, who enter the craft at the top by a dome-shaped hatch, secured with hinges and bolts, and fitting into a rub ber-lined recess. In a reservoir is a sup ply of compressed air said to be sufficient to last the two men for ten hours, while the carbonic acid they give off is absorbed by caustic potash distributed through the boat. In this, as in all submarine craft, the object is not pleasure, for little of that is to be had, but warfare. At one end of the boat is fastened a torpedo, charged with 110 pounds of dynamite, arranged so as to be operated from with in. A discription of this boat, given in a recent number of Engineering, shows that there are seven glazed openings in the hull, with glass half an inch thick, protected by external grating and inter nal shutters. The two men sit back to back on the compressed air reservoirs. The craft seems to be full of machinery, except in the space occupied by the men, and their heads go up into the dome. But the boat can thus be made small and compact, so as to be rowed with oars if the dynamo fails. There is a pump for expelling water from the reservoirs, when the boat has to rise, and these res ervoirs, which effect the immersion of the boat, are divided into several com partments to prevent the water in them from surging forth and back. There is an air pump for extracting the vitiated air, and a double-acting pump to secure the stability of the vessel. As a safety appliance a heavy weight is attached to the bottom of the boat, which may be re leased and dropped off in case of an acci dent requiring a rapid ascent. An explo sive signal for help can also be sent tc the surface. When the tw r o men enter the boat they turn on the compressed air, which is passed through the water reservoirs so as to become humid, and start the electrical motor. The officer steers the boat under the ship to be attacked; and when the right position is gained he casts off the torpedo, which floats up and attaches it self to the vessel by contrivances provid ed for the purpose. The boat then rap idly withdraws, and at a safe distance explodes the torpedo by electricity. This, at least, is the theory of Mr. Goubet —New York Sun. Cold Waves. Lieutenant T. M. Woodruff of the Fifth Infantry, who is acting Signal offi cer, has been making a special study of “cold waves.” He has found that a fall of temperature succeeds an- area of low barometer, and a rise precedes such area; and that in general the reverse is true of an area of high barometor, viz, that a fall precedes and a rise follows it; but wheth er these phenomena have the relation of cause and effect cannot, as yet at least, be determined. About fifteen per cent, of the cold waves observed come from the Pacific coast and eighty-five per cent, originate east of the Rocky Mountains, or came down the east side of these moun tains from the British northwest territory. All of the cold waves traced out during these six months in each year appeared first at Helena, Mon., except five, which five were felt at Bismark, Dak., before being felt at Helena; and we must con clude, says Lieutenant Woodruff, that they have their origin in the vast regions of ice and snow near the Arctic circle, far to the north of the observing stations. It often happens that a cold wave sets in from the extreme Northwest, and upon reaching the Mississippi Valley divides, a part going northeast to the lower lake re gion and the other part southward to the Gulf States; in either case the intensity appears to be greatly diminished. This action seems generally to be due to the sudden development of a storm some where in the southern part of the Missouri Valley. Another frequent feature is that after a cold wave commences the temper ature continues to fall in the northwest, and another wave is formed entirely dis tinct from the first, from which it becomes separated by a warm wave; the warm wave is only a narrow belt, but th« cold waves are perfectly distinct. It Cared the Cat. A man recently cured his cat of get- 1 ting upon the table in search of proven der. He left some nitro-glycerine in a saucer close to the edge of the table I and jKiured a little milk on it, then went out and waited. As he peeked through she window he saw the cat jump upon Um table. He smiled. Soon the cat Sound the milk, and in drinking it put its paw into the saucer. The man laughed aloud with glee. Then he heard a noise, and slowly got up from a corn-field over the fence, picked several cords of splinters out of himself and started into the house to see how the cat felt, but was surprised when he found I the cat had gene and taken ths with her. Life’s Mission. Life is wasted if we spend it Idly dreaming how to die; Study how to use, not end it; Work to finish, not to fly. Godly living—best prej-aring For a life with God above; Work! and banish anxious caring! Death ne’er comes to active love. Death is.but an opening portal Ou» of life to life on high: Man is vital, more than mortal. Meant to live, not doomed to die. Praise for present mercies giving, With good works your age endow, Death defy by Christlike living, Heaven attain by service now. —Newman Hall. RELIGIOUS READING. Penonal Influence. Upon the higher Alps, the snow i» I sometimes piled so high, and so evenly balanced that the crack of a whip, or the ' shout of a voice, may give sufficient vi bration to the air to bring down the j whole mass upon the travellers below. So in our moral world, there are souls just hovering over the abyss of ruin; a word, or even a look from us, may cause them to plunge down into the depths from which there is no return; or a help ing hand stretched out to them in the moment of peril may lead them back to the safe, sure paths of virtue. Knowing that we have such power, shall we not humbly pray, ■ ‘Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from all evil?” Are There Few 1 Will You be One! “Are there few that be saved?” Not so very few, when the final reckoning I comes to be made; for in the Father's house are many mansions, and that house is to be “filled.” Not so very few; for the Saviour is to see of the travail of his soul and be xatisfied, and He who died for all, would not be satisfied with a few souls as his recompense. But the saved will be far fewer than they might have been; and the failure will be wholly their own fault—simply because they did not “strive,” and strive in time, tc enter i into that gate of whose straitness they were forewarned. They thought it bet i ter to “labor and tug and strive” for the world’s wealth, honor, pleasure, of which the most utterly failed. With the same effort they might have won the riches and glory of heaven. Reader, will the number of the saved be one less than it might have been, for lack of your name written among them? Possessing the lu&nd. This glorious land of ours is destined to become Immanuel’s land, the efforts of Satan to the contrary notwithstand ing. Before ever human eye beheld the mountains of Colorado, Christ had put his mark (Ez. fi: 4) upon one of their highest peaks. At an altitude of 14,- : 17S feet we behold a white cross, its per i pendicular arm 1200 feet, and the horizon i tai 700 feet, sunk into a cleft 50 feet wide and 100 feet deep, filled with per : pctual snow. Already we sec how the different denominations vic with each ■ other in their efforts to reach and elevate the masses, and to spread light and truth abroad. Our own church. (General As sembly) supports 1610 home missionaries, in addition to those laboring in foreign fields, and contributed during the past year to her eight boards the enormous sum of $10,192,053, and our church is only one among many others equally , zealous and liberal. In view of these facts, how absurd the assertion that Christianity is dviii” out in the world! i Could Voltaire, who predicted that in the year 1800 the Christian religion would have disappeared from the i earth, see the church in 1885, how aston ished he would be 1 Then let no Chris tian worker be despondent. Pointed | reefs may. seem to defy the rolling waves, but soon they disappear beneath the waters of the incoming tide. So infidel ity may lift up its proud head for a while but the time is speedily coming when “the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea” (Isa. 11:9). Let all Mission Boards and all missionaries, at home and abroad, take new courage, and prejoare thoroughly for the last decisive battle between light and darkness, evidently near at hand. While Satan is concentrating all his forces, it does not behoove the Christian to be in active and consult his ease. Light can not illume without consuming itself. Let him who would aid the great cause of Home Missions begin the work nearest home—in his own heart—and then try to bring another soul to Christ, as Andrew brought his brother Simon, who after ward became the prince of the apostles. Thus any one, in high or humble station, may become a Home Missionary.— Her. P. A. Schitan, in Presbyterian Home ifissionary. If you want to know the character of a house, ask the servants —especially the old servants. If you want to know what sort of a condition the public services are in, sometimes you wil hear various accounts of them. But it is dif ferent with the service of our Lord. Ask the old servants, and you will get the best account of it. There may be ser vants who have tried it for a little while and become froward and wilful. Those who have been at it longest have the best things to say about it. Ask such an one as Paul the aged. Observe th ■ cheerful ness of the latest Epistles of Paul.