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bUNSET.

By down and «bore the southwest boreThe »cent» of hay, au airy load:

A« if at fault it «itemed t.t bait.Then, softly whispering, took the road,

To bannt the eveuiug like a gbo»t,Or some belated pilgrim lost.

Hij¿h overhead the swift cloud« sped:Beside tbe moon tber furled tbeir «ails;

Soon in tbe skies tbeir merchandiseOf vapor, built in topping bal««,

Polilled a yislonarv pierThat tp tuned the eastern atmosphere.Low in the Wewt the «an adilre-s.Ml

Hi» courtship to tbe daik-browed nightWhile images of molten tea«,Of snowy «lope and eii ns in height,

Of valléis dim aud gulf« profoundAloft a dazzling pegeant wound'

ICiiere shadows fe'l iu glade and dellI'ncovt red Sboolder« nestled deep,

And here and there tbe braided hairO r -«y goodnes« asleep;

For in a moment cloud« mav beI>ead. and instinct with deity.

SAVED BY A SQUAW.I logret that the herone of this

stoiy did not have a more romanticor musical name than "GutnbootsJane." Had it been Faunfoot or

Starejes it would have been more

pleasing lo romantic people, amithe imagination might more e asihpicture her as a "maulen of thefoiest," worthy oí companionshipwith those fair cieatures met within the writings of J. FeuimoreCouper anil other regulation fron-tier »tones. But as I am simplygiving a .-ketch from real liie 1

mu-*t take the names aud charac!t'is as I louuil them.

Truth also compels me to statetint she was no great beauty, a

fact I the more tlecp'v deplore becuise all other heroines met within Indian storiet-i, from the lovelydaughter ot Powhatan up to thepresent time, so far as 1 know,were «rithout exception perfectparagous oi native gia;e and love¬liness.

The heroine ot this story appeared at French Kir, a mining campon tbe Stickeen river, one day inthe summer of 1881. She wore a

pair of robber boots much too

large f'«»r tur, and as tier «kiltswere rather short they were quiteconspicuous. ]Sow, miners have a

way of readily coning nicknameslor those with whom they come Incontact, and as ii by common cou¬

sent she was at once called ''Gum-boots Jane." The rest of her ap-paerel consisted of a waist improvised from a man"s blue woolenshirt, a skirt of some kind of brownmaterial, a cheap shawl and a

ra'her dirty looking silk handker¬chief tied over her bead. The gulw.is about Io' years old, and altliongb no beauty, she was not

positively ugly, ¡she liad a pleasant face, a well funned mouth aud

pretty white teeth,which she seem«d to like to show when she smiled.But her eyes were the most at¬

tractive of her features. Theywere large, dark and dreary, andoboncj with a soft light that madethem almost beautiful.The Indians of southeastern

Alaska and Biitlsb Columbia are

tardiflerent, fron those of otherparts of North Americ« in dtspoM-ttou and habits of life. They are

intelligent, vivacious, industriousami very sociable. They have butlittle of tho stoicism and vagrantways ol the tribes of the western

plains and readily adopt our habitsof lite and style of diess. By bun¬

king animals and working in thenines and fisheries th«*v make a

good deal of money. They alsoconduct q uile a profitable trade in

curios with tourists who visit this'land ot tlie midnight sun' m

summer. When out hunting or at

.voik, of course they wear roughdothiug, but when visiting witheach other at neighboring villages,participating in the festivities ot

their frequent dances ami 'pot-laches,'' or attending church on

Sundays, they dress about a* wellas the white people.French Bar is situated in British

territory at the intersection of theStickeen river and beaver creek,not far from Telegraph creek,which is tlie head of »trainboutn ivigation tor miners and suppliesgoing into the celebrated (Jasstar

mining district. The "pay diit"there whs neither extensive uor

rich, aud at th« time of which I amwriting tbe camp contained onlyIG men. A« it rained frequentlyduring that season aud was alwaysc )ol of uigbts they lived in snuglittle log cabins, making a villagejust at the mouth of Beaver creekcanyon. Two miners occupied a

cabin together and owned audworked their claim as equal part¬ners, aflectiouately calbug eachother "pards." Tbey subsistedfrom o common supply of proyls-

ions, took regular turns at cookinand doinsr their chorea aud slept itíie same buuk.Dan Nolan was a member of th

camp that summer. Hewasyouuand boyish looking, but bis maul,demeanor, bis ready wit, industrous habits and accommodating di>position made him a great favoritwith bis compinionf». He wa

brought up in Dublin and con

sidered that city hi« home, as hiimother and on'y sister, to whoirbe sent part ol each mouths tarn

iugs, still lived there.Of course he was n >t called Dai

Nolai), for miners find nickname?lor their favorites as well as toothers, aud though not selecteiwith any regard for rcntbetics o

euphony they are geuerally ex

pressive and ofteu very appropriate. So Dan was known by thmore alliterative name of "DabinDan." His pard was called ' Joaquiu" loues. Wheu he first cami

to the B*r, he said lus name wai

Joues, but as he had a copy o

"Sons of the Sierras," which hiread and quoted from with greafreedom aud frequency, he ven

soon got "«Joaquín'' as a front n ame

It was rumored that he had a bistory in Arizona aud was a badman when he roused. No one in¬

quired concerning his real name,since in the far west it is ofteitaken as a personal insult to ask i

man what, his name in ''the States'«as.

The first time «Jane came toFrench Bar another squaw, a goo«;deal older and toncb less comelywho I afterward learned was beimother, accompanied her. If slithadan? other relatives, I nevet

heard of them, I did in some wayhear that she bad attended the.MeFarland school at Fort Wian

gell, Alaska, but never kuew cer¬

tainly whether the report was true

or uot. Still, as she spoke Englishpretty well, it is very probable ehulearned it there.

The Sttekeen Indians, the tribeto which Jane belonged, claim thewhole Stickeen river region, ex¬

tending back something like 50miles luto the interior, as their

oonntry. But they do not use the

upper portion of it except the fis'i-

iug, booting and gathering berriesIn the spriug and summer, fir iuthe winter they reside on theAlaskan ocean and the numerousislands uear the mouth ot the riverin the vicinity of Fort WrangeP,where they have permaneut »illages.Most delicious salmon berries

and two or three kinds ot huckle¬berries grow in gteat abundancealong the river, and duriug thetime covered by this story a small

party ot natives were camped on

it a tew miles above our camp, en

gaged principally iu picking them,«lane and her mother weie withthis party, and almost every daysome of the squaws would bringdown berries in variety to sell to

the miners. One night soon afterJane made her first appearance atthe bar it rained veiy hard, caus¬

ing Beaver creek, from which we

took our water for mining purposes,to rise unusually high aud Hoodour main tin me to such an extentthat it broke. This stopped workuntil the break could be repaired.Part of the meu, therefore, went

up early in the monnig to mendtie flume while the others loungedabout the camp and the bar, talkI ig, smoking and doing odd chores,waiting to begin v»ork as soon as

they could get water lor theirsluiceboxes.

Dublin Dan and four or fiveothers were silting ou a large hem¬lock log near the camp, talkingand smoking to kill time, when.lane came along the path wiiba btsket ot berries. As shecame in front ol a fellow known incamp as Jack ol Clubs, because ola supposed resemblance to thatrather notorious knave, he sud¬denly put out bis foot. Ai shewas walking pretty fist «he trippedadd fell headlong down a steepbank seyeu or eight feet on to

some rocks below, spilling thebeuies and smashiug the backet inthe tali.Now, I do not think that Jack in¬

tended to throw tbe girl down thebank, but he did not have thatquality ot manhood which promptsa noble natuie to admita wrong,aud he was inclined to make a jokeof the matter. Uut as Jaue laywhere she fell Dan quickly leapeddown and picked her up withgentle bauds, ile wrapped bis«ilk handkerchief around her band,which was bleeding freely from a

cut made by tbe sharp rock«. Hapicked op her basket, «poke kindiyto her and gave her $1 to pay for

the spilled berries. Fortunate!,she was not seriously hurt, am

after thanking Dan and giving bin¡ti grateful look »he went down tithe river and joined her mother.When Dan came back to when

the men were, be looked augr;and said to Jack, l,Ye blackguardye ought to be ashamed to do i

thing like that!"Jack said he had no thought o

hurting the girl, but just meant tiscare lier a little, and to turn it oltried to joke Dan tor the intereslhe took in her. Seeing that Jackwas not disposed to have anjquarrel, D.m's good humor sooi

asserted itself and the aflair eu

ded without further trouble.In a short time afterward tb«

men went to work as usual, and itthe excitement of mining lite tbulittle incident was forgotten by albut Dan. As several days passetaud the girl did not come there anymore, he began to wonder it beiabseiic was due to injuries receiv¬ed by lier fall, and he resolved ithis own mind if such were the cas»

he would take the first opportunityto pick a quarrel and whip Jackfor it. Alter about a week, how¬

ever, one morning Jane appearedagain at the camp. Bit ho«changed in appearance ! At firstno one recognized her. Sh« wai

wry neatly dressed in every way,and the gum b^ots were replacedby a uice pan of shoes; her blackhair hung down her back in two

heavy plaits, the ends being j linedwith a bow of pink ribbon. In beinew suit she was quite picturesqueand -.»leasing, and it was not sur¬

prising that she was not at first

recognised as ' Gnmboots Jane."But what had wrought the won

drous change in so short a timeH ul that strange magic called loye.which can suddenly transform the

girl Into a woman and the woman

into a heroine, ready to do amidare anything for her lover, touched her heart Î Perhaps so. At

any rate it is certain that Dan'flkind actions and words of sym¬pathy made a deep impression uponthis simple girl. Still, she was

more bashful and shy toward himthan she had been before she was

hurt, for, while she came down to

our camp almost everyday, shehardly ever ventured within speak¬ing distance of Dan, though shewould often sit or stand where shecould see him and anxiously watchhim as long as she was unobservedor time would permit. But afterthifs had been going on.for a weekor two he was much surprised one

day by her walking straight up to

him, ami without hesitation say¬ing: ''I like you. Bad Indian wantto kill white man. Look out!'' Be«f'-re he recovered from his sur¬

prise or cou'd say a word, sheturned and walked rapidly away.Dan thought over the matter

and tiied to reach some conclusionas to what she meant, without anydefinite result. But he decidedthat unless the girl knew of some

danger either to him or bis com¬

panions she would not have girenthis warning, and that it would be

proper to tell them about it. Thatsame day, however, a man calli-dSootly, from Nevada, was, down at

Buck's station on some business,aud on bis return brought news

that caused considerable excite¬ment at the bar and explainedwhat Jane meant by her warning.He sai«) there had been troublebetweeu some Cassiar packers andIndians. Now the natives ofAlaska and the adjicent territory-have a law, running back as far as

as tbeir traditions reach, thatwhen a member of one tribe kills a

member ot a different tribe thek 11 111 k must be paid lor withblaukets or other property, or, ii

not, then it must be settled byhuman blood and a life tor a life is

demanded. The tribe of the de¬ceased will then kill one ot theother tribe at the first opprrtotuty.They do not seek tbe person whocommuted the homicide, but takethe life of any member of hi« tribethat falls into their power.When white men came into this

country, the natives applied this

s-uiguinary law to them, and it was

well understood by all in our camp.We knew that one of our live-*

might have to pay for the native

killed by tbe packer«, and we

therefore agreed to keep a \igilant watch for auch danger.Bot awhile we carried our guns

with us down to tbe mines, aud uo

man would go away from the campany considerable distance alone.But as nothing more was heard otthe matter our vigilance rap'dlyrelaxed, and it was soon almostforgot teu.One morning Dan was st work

on his claim. His partner bad

gone op the river for some purpose,and he was for the time bii'j.alone, with none of the other met

even iu sight. He was nervou-

and experienced a vague tear o'

impending danger. Just then li?heard footsteps, and looking upsaw «Jane coming toward him. Shecame quite near and stopped be¬tween where he was and the woo'lsthat skirted the mountain fn

away. She did not speak nor evei

look at him. Her eyes were turn¬ed in the direction of the woods,andshesîoul at if listening.This instead of allaying his ner

vonsness iucreased It, and he wished be had brought his gun thatmorning. Then he thought Inwould speak to the girl and askwhat she was looking for there,but at that moment he heard.Toaqnlri's voice s nging up tin

ilver, and his heart gave a greatbound of joy as he timed to lookfor him, Almost simntaneous thereport of a gun rang out npon theair, a shrill scream pierced his earn

and .lane tottered and led almostat his leet. It required no examintion to see that she was shot, amifilled with terror Dm tenderlycaught her iu his arms with talpossible haste and bore her towardthe camp. Joaquín otertook himon the way, and together theycirried her into lb* cabin gentlylall her upon their hunk. Two or

three other mi.n'rs cane in aboutthat time.and it was only the workof a few seconds to open her clothi:ig sufficiently to show the WOOlidwhere the bullet had pierced herbreast. Tney tried to stanch theflowing blood, and did all In tbeiipower to relieve her, but It was

plain that she could live only a

shoit time .perhaps a tew mo

neo ta.Just then Scotty c.vne in and

ask« din a low voie who did it.She heard him, and without mov

nig or looking in his direction said:"Bad Indian wanted to kill DmI save him." Then she seemedabontto sink and faintly aikelfor water. The water revived hera little, anil «die lay there calmlyooklng at the helpless men abou'her. but gare no signs ot pain.She spoke the name ol her mother,though not as it local! her. Perhapsshe knew her mother wai too faraway to come in time. But shelooked up at Dan as he stood at

the bedside almost h inded by tearsand a strange light was in beit-ic«. She was not beautiful inlite, but as she lay there in thevery grasp of death she had a

beautj not ol earth. She put outher poor little brown hand to DanHe took it aud folded it car« ssinghin both of his. Love is strongerthan death. She looked intentlyat him with a soft smile on beilips and a tender light in her eyesas she whispered to him nativetongue: 'Yekrahway 'halt «took*anah eatlgn" (I am happy to diefor you.) Then the light fadedfiom her fiep, and the little brownhand lay limp and nnve'ess inDan's She w»i dead'.WarrenTruitt in I) droit Free Press.

A boy in Kansas was pnllihg a

dog along the road by a rope. The

boy called to his dog: « Come along,Pop, you ornery cuss." A by¬stander asked him why he calledthe dog Pop. ''For short,'' an¬

swered the boy..'What's his lull name?" ''Popu¬

list/' answered the buy. " IV'hy cullhim Pop'.ib-t?' asked the stranger... IKe I, sir," the boy said, "becausehe is just like a Populist. He's theomeyist dog in K msas. He ain'tworth a diirn only to sit on his tailand howl."

Young Lady (out yachting).What is ttie matter, (JaptainQuarterdeeklCaptain.Hie fact is, my deaf

young lady, w*.\'e brokeu our

i udder.Young Lady .I wouldn't worry

about that. The rudder is mostlyunder water, you know, and it Isu'tlikely people will notice it.

"That makes 13 times I've kissed you, dailing,'' he said as he p ton hi« hat iu the doorway stt 11

p. m.

.'Old Oeorge, II is an unluckynumber," she answeied thought«fully*now many foreign languages

can your wife, speak?Throe.French, German, and the

one she talks to the baby.

Oismluia-.-Bobby, what are

yon doing in the pantry:" Hobby...Oho, I'm just putting a tew

things away, grail ma.' '

L ive is simpie In sentiment audcomptes in action.

THE BOCK OF REFUGEREV. DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON ON

CHRIST, THE CHIEFTAIN.

Remarkable Word Painting of tho Great

Preacher In Picturing the Attribute-- of

the Saviour. The Hope of All Chris¬

tiana.

New Your, Sept. l..For his «armónfor this forenoon Rov. Dr. Talma.-lects a topic which must prove full ofinspiration to Christians everywhere.Thetitleof his discourse is, "Tho Chief-tain," and tho text, "The ohiamong ten thousand," Canticle« v, 10.The most conspicuous character of

history steps out upon tho platform.The finger which, diamonded withlight, pointed down to him from theBethlehem sky was only ¦ ratificationof tho finger of prophecy, tbe Ungar ofgenealogy, Um linger of chronology, thefinger of events.all five fingers point-lag in one direction. Christ is tho over¬

topping figure of all time. He is the"vox humana" iu all music, the grace-fulest line in all sculpture, the mostexquisite mingling of lights and shadesiu all painting, tin some of all clima» s,

the dome of all cathedra led grandeurand tho peroration of all langnage.Tho Greek alphabet is made up of 24

letters, and when Christ compared him¬self to the first letter and the last lit¬ter, the Alpha and the Omega, ho ap¬propriated to himself all the splendorsthat yon can spell out either with thosetwo letters or all the letters betweenthem, "I am the Alpha and the Omega,the beginning and the end. "

flail to the Chief.

What does that Sriptr.ro mean

which «ays of Christ, "He that coniethfrom aboto is ab>vo all?" It mean-«

after you have piled up all Alpino andHimalayan altitudes, the ¡¿.'lory ofChrist would have to spread its wingsand descend «thousand Leagues to touch

-minuits. Pelion, a high moun¬

tain ofThessaly; Ossa, «highm mntain,and Olympus, a high mountain; but

mythology tells us when the giant«warred against tbe gods they piled npthese three mountains, and from tin-top of them proposed to scale the heav¬en« ¡ but tho height was nut greatenough, and there was a <.« mplete fail¬ure. And after all the giant.".I.-ai.ihand Paul, prophetic ami ap« atolic giants ;

Raphael ami Michael Angelo, arti.-ü«-(..-.am*; oherubim ami seraphim am!archangel, celestial giants.have failedto climb to the top of Christ's glory theymight all wellunite in thewordsof Paul,and cry out: "Above all!" "Aboveall!" But Solomon in my text prefersto call Christ "the Chieftain," and su

today I hail him.First, Christ must he chief in our

preaching. Then» aro SO many ion homiletios scattered through thecountry that all laymen, as well ,.

clergymen, have made up their mindswhat sermons ought to be. That sermonis tin- most effectual which most |edly puts forth Christ as the pardon ufall sin and the correction «>f all evil.individual, social, political, nationalThere is no reason why we should ringtl.e endless change« on a few phrasesThere are those who think that if an

exhortation or a discourse have frequentmention of Justification, sanctification,OOVenant of works and covenant f

grace, therefore it must be profoundlyevangelical, while tbey are suspicion!of a discourse which presents th<truth, but under different phraseNow, I say there is m thiiiK in all the

opulent realm of Anglo-Saxonism, of allthe word treasures that we inheritedfrom the Latin and the Greek and theIndo-European, but we have a right to

marshal it in religious discussion.Christ sets the example. His illustra¬

tions were from the grass, the Mowers.

the barnyard fowl, the crystals of salt,as well as from the seas and the «tars;and we do not propose in our SundayBchool teaching aud in our pulpit ad-

be put on the limits.Ht-nource» of Word».

I know that there is a great deal saidin our day against word*, as thoughthey were nothing. They may bo mis¬

used, hut tbey have an imperial power.They aro the bridge between soul andsoul, between Almighty God and thehuman race. What did God write ap D

tho tables of stone? Worda What did

Christ Utter CO Mount Olivet? Words.Out of what did Christ strike the sparkfoi the illumination of tho universe!Out of words. "Let there be light,"and light was. Of course thought is the

cargo aud words are only tho ship, buthow fast would your cargo got on with¬out the ship? What yon need, myfriends, in all your work, in your Sab¬bath school class, in your reformatoryinstitutions, and what w« all need, is

to enlarge our vocabulary when we

come to speak about (-¡..«I and Christ andheaven. Wo ride a few old words to

death, when there is such illimitableresource. Bhakaapeare employed i-

different words for dramatic pur;Milton smoloved 8,000 different wordsfor pootio purposes; Boina Choateemployed over 11,000 different words f..

legal purposes, but the moat uf na hanless than a ihonaand worda that we caí

mauage, ami thai makes us so stupid.When weoonM toset forth the love o:

Christ, wc are going to take the ten

dciest phiaaooVwjrj wherever we lind it

and if it has nerer bat n used in thaidirection beforo all the more shall WI

use it. Wl.eu we OOtna to speak of the

glory of Christ the oowqnecor, we »r«

going to draw our simile» from triuui

phal arch aud oratorio and everythinfimad andstiipeiidinis. The French navv

have 18 flags by which they givo rignal,but those |8 flags they can put into t'iti,-000 different euiniiinatiiiis. And I haveto tell you that these standards of thecross may lie lifted Into ootabinationainfiuite and varieties II tilllasting Andlet me say to the young nun who emne

from the theological seminaries iuto our

aervice8, and are after awhile going topreach Jesus Christ, you will bate thelargest liberty aud nnlimite«! resource.

Yon only have to present Christ in yourown way.

BriRhter thau the light, freeher thanthe fountains, deeper than the seas, are

all these gospel themes. Song has no

melody, flowers no «weetuesg, tnnpet

aky no color compared with these glo¬rious theme«. These harvests of gracetpring np quicker thau we can ticklethem. Kindling pulpits with their fire,aud producing revolutions with theirpower, lighting np dying beds with

I their glory^ they are the tweeteaty*«*>.. * ¦ -..--i». .-.. «aw i

thought for the poet, and they are

most thrilling illustration for thooratand they offer the BM -t txttifor the artist, and tiny aro to the e

baaaador of the sky all eothnaiaiComplete pardon fordireti guilt. Bwa..st I'niiifort for ghastliest agony. Brig,est hope for grimmeat death. Orandreeorri etii.n for darkest a pukhcr. Cwhat a gospel to preachI ChristiChief. His birth, his suffering, 1miracles, his parables, his sweat, 1tears, his blocrj, his atonement, his

.¦11.what glorióos themes Iwe exercise faith? Christ is Its objc.Do we have lovel It fastens ou JesiHave we a f. DdneM for tin- church?is beean.-e Christ dud fur it. Have w«

hope of heaven? it is becaoae Jetweut there, the herald aud the foreraner. The roya! rol.«'of Demetrius wso costly, so beautiful, that afterhad put it off no one ever dared to pit ou, but this robe of Christ, richthan that, the poorest and the weake:and the worst may wear, "Where s

abounded, grace may much miabound.""Oh, my sins, my sins!" said Mart

Luther to Stanpits, "my sins, n

sins!'' The fact is that the brawrGerman student had found a LatBible that made him quake, and notiug else ever did make him quake, ai

when he found how, through Christ, 1was pardoned and saved he wrote tofriend, saying: "Como over and joiugreat and awtul sinuers saved by tlgrace of God. You seem to bo onlyslender siuner, and you don't nine

extol the mercy of God, but we tinhave beeu such very awful sinuers praiihis grace the more now that we haïbeen redeemed. " Can it bo that ycare so desperately egotistical that j/efeel yourself iu fi-st rate spiritual triiiand that from tho root of the hair to tltip of tho too you are tearless and inmaculate? What you need is a lookic

nid here it is in the Bible. P«xand wretched and miserable and blifland naked from the crown of the heato tho sole of the foot, full of wouncand putrefying son s. No health in ui

And thin take the fact that Christ gatlereil up all the notes against as and paithem and then offered DI tho receiptAnd how much we need him iu our soi

rows! We are independent of circun:if we have his grace. Why, h

made Paul sing iu the dungeon, and in:

der that grace St. John fromPatines heard the blast of the apocalyr.tic trumpets. After all other caudlehave been snuffed nut, this la the lighthat gets brighter and brighter unto th

day, and after, under the liarof calamity, aall the pools 0

worldly eujoy meut have beeu trampleiinto deep mire at the foot of the eternanek the Christiau, from cups of granitlily rimmed, puts out the thirst of hisoul.

The Alleviation of Death.

Again, I remark that Christ is chicin dying alleviations. I have not an;sympathy with the morbidity abroa«

ordemise. The emperor of Conttantinople arranged that on the day 0

his coronation the stonemason thoalicome and consult him about the tomb

tat after awhile be would ueedAnd there are men who aro mooomaniacal ou the subject of departure boatins life by death, aud tho more the]thiuk of it the less tin y are prepared t<

go. This is au unmanliness not worthyof ym, not worthy of me.

Saladla, the gr< ateet o nqoeror of biiday, while dying, ordered that tintunic he had on him be carried after hisdeath on his spear at the head of hisarmy, and that then the soldier, evei

and BOOn, should stop and say: "Be¬hold all that is left of Baladin, the em-

pen r mid conqueror! Of all thehe onnqaared, of all the wealth be ac¬

cumulated, nothing did be retain butthis abroad." 1 have no sympathy withsuch behavior, or such abeoid demon¬stration, or with much that we hearuttered in regard to departurefrom thislifo to the next. There is a OOmmOOaanaical idea on this subject that youneed to consider.there aro only two

Ityleaof departure. A thousand feetunderground, by light of torch, toilingin a miner's shaft, a ledge of rook mayfall upon us, aud we may die a miner'sdeath, l-'ar out at sea. tailing fr.in the

slippery ratlines and broken on the hal¬liards, we may die a sailor's death. On

mission of mercy iu hospital, amidbroken bones and reeking leprosies andraging fevers, we may die a philan¬thropist's death. On the Held of battle,serving God and our couutry,through the heart, the gun carriage

may roll over us, and we may die a pa¬triot's death. But, after all, there are

ouly two styles of departure.the deathof the righteous and the death of thewicked.and wo all want to die theformer. *

(tlcxl grant that when that hour con»

you may bo at homo. You want thhand of your kindred in your hancYou want y«mr children to mrronn

you. You want the light on your pillo\from eyes that have long reflectsyour love. You want your room stillYou do not want any curious stranger

standing around watching you. Yoiwant your kindred from afar to heayour last prayer. I think that is thwish of all of us. Hut is that all? Q«learthly friends hold us up when the billows of death come up to the girdleCan human voice charm open heaven'igate? Can human hand pilot us througlthe narrows of death into heaven's liarbor? Can any earthly friendship shiclins from the arrows ol death and in thilnur when satan shall practice upon Ui

his infernal archery? No, BO, in», no

Alas, poor aoul, if that is all! Bettei

die in tho wilderness far from tre-lshadow and from fountain, alone, vnltures circling through the air waitingfor our body, unknown to nun, and t«

have no burial, if only Christ could sajthrough the solitudes, "I will nevei

leave the»», I will never forsake thee."From that pillow of «tone a laddeiWould soar heavenward, angels comingand going, aud across tho solitude andthe barrenness would come tho «wee,

note* of heavenly minstrelsy.Dying Word«.

Gordon Hall, far from home, dyingin door ot a heathen temple, said,"Glory to thee, O (tod I" What did dy¬ing Wilberforce say to hi« wife? "Comeand sit beside me, and let as talk ofheaven. I never knew what happinesswas until I found Christ. " What diddying Hannah Moro say? "To go to

heaven, think what that isl To go to

Christ, who died that I might live I Oh,glorious gravel Oh, what a glorióosthing it is to die 1 Oh, the love of Christ,the, love of Christi" What did Mr.

Toplady, tho great hymn maker, t

in his last hour? "Who can SMSSIthe depths of tho third heaven? Oh, t

sunshine that fills my soul! I shall so

be gone, for surely no one can livethis world after such glories as Gui hmanifested to my BOuL "

What did the living Janeway say?can as easily die as close iuyturn my head in sleep. Before a Uhours have passed I shall standMount Zion with the one hundred ai

forty and four thousand, and with tljust men made perfect, and we sh;ascribe riches, and honor, and glorand majesty, and dominion unto (tiand tho Lamb." Dr. Taylor, co:

damned to burn at the stake, OB hway thither broke away from tlguardsmen, and went bounding ar

leaping and jumping toward tho firglad to go to Jesus, and to die for hinSir Charles Hare, in his last momenthad such rapturous vision that be criet"Upward, upward, upward!" And»great was the peace of one of Christdisciples that ho put his finger upon tl:pulse in his wrist ami counted it an

Observed it ; ami SOgreat was his placKity that after awhilo he sair"StoppedI" and his life had ended herto begin in heaven. But grander thathat was the testimony of the w« rn on

first missionary, when, in the MsSMitine dungeon, he cried, " I am no\

ready to be offered, and the time of mdeparture is at hand ; I have fought thgood fight, I have finished my course,

have kept the faith ; henceforth theris laid np for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord, the right»* mJudge, will give me in that day, am

not to me only, but to all them thalove his appearing!" Doyen not se«

that Christ is chief in dying alleviatious?Toward the last hour of our earth!;

residence we are speeding. When I sei

the 6unset, I say, "One daylive." When I see the spring btosa miscattered, I say, "Another sesforever." When I close the Bible or

Sabbath night, I «ay, "Another Babbatldeparted." When I bury a friend, ]say, "Another earthly attraction goniforever." What nimble feethave I The roebucks ami the lightninprun not so fast. From decade Ifrom sky to sky, they go at a bound.There is a place for u-, whether markedor not, where you and I will -

last sleep, and tho men are now livingwho will, with solemn tread, carry us

to our resting place. Aye, it is km wn

in heaven whether our departure will bea coronation or a banishment. Brighterthan a banqueting hall through whichthe light feet of the dancers go np andflown to the sound of trumpeters will bothe sepulcher through whose rifts theholy light of heaven strt ameth. Q «iwill watch you. He will send his

angels to guard your slumbering dust,uni il, at Christ's behest, they shall rollaway tho stone.

ChrUt In Heaven.

So, also, Christ is chief of heaven.The Bible distinctly says that Christ isthe chief theme of the celestial a.-crip-tion, all tho thrones facing his t!all the palms waved 1 ef< r«- hi- face, alltho crowns down at his fit t. Cherubimto cherubim, seraphim to seraphim, re¬

deemed spirit to redeemed spirit iballrecite the Saviour's earthly sacrifice.

Stand on some high hill of heaven,and in all the radiant sweep th«glorious object will be J« -us. Myriad?gazing on tho scars of his suffering, insilence first, afterward 1 Making forthinto acclamation. Tl.. ill tho

purer for the flame through which tbeywill say, "This is the JrM!

win in we died." Ti:« ill thohappier for the shipwreck and thescourging through which they went,will say, "This is the Je.-us whom WS

preached at Corinth, and at Cap- adoda,and at Antioch, and at Jerusalem."Little children clad in white will say,"This is the Je.-us who took us in hisarms and blessed us, and when tin-storms of the world were too cold amiloud brought us into this beautifulplace." The multitude of the beceflwill say, "This is the Je.-us who com¬

forted us when our hearts broke. " Manywho wandered clear Off from God and

plunged into vagabondism, but were

save«! ly grace, will say: "This is tho

Je.-us who pardoned us. We \s«rc It ~t

on tho mountains, and he brought us

boma We wen- guilty, an ! be has mail«us white as snow." Mercy boundl« ..

grace unparalleled. And tlitn, aftt r

each, one has root« d his peculiar deliv¬erances and peculiar merci«--, recitedthem as by solo, all the voices willcome together into a great chorus, whichwill make the arches echo and re-echowith tho eternal reverberation of tri-

umph.Edward I was so anxious to go to tho

Holy Laud that when he was abo-Sl to

expire ho bequeathed gltlO.UuO to havehis heart, after his decease, takui to

the Holy Land in Asia Minor, and his

requt-.-t was ci inplied with. But thereare huutlreds today who» llMUll are al¬

ready in the Holy Land of heaven.Where your treasures are, tin n- an

hearts also. Quaini John Banyancaught a glimpse of thai plate, uml in

his quaint way he sait! : "And I heard in

my dieam, and, lo! the bells of the cityraug again f.tr j«>y, and as tin y opem dthe gates to let in the men I .

in after them, and, lo! the city -

like the sun. ami there «ran

gold, and nn n v a!!-.« «I on them, harpsin their hands, to ring praises with all,and after that they shut up th« gatea,which, when 1 had seen, I wished my¬self among them!"

The Starveling'« Dlverttton.

Plump.I declare, I'm glad I met

yon. You seem awfully hungry.Lean.And well I might be. I hadn't

»Baten anything for 24 hours.Plump.I'm afraid you are not hav¬

ing things just as yon would like them.What are you writing now ?Lean.At present I am engaged in

writing a work entitled, "Perils WhichEnviron tho WValthy. " At odd mo¬

ments I add sonn thing to my "Epicure'sCookbook." Do yoa know, I take an

immense delight in that cookbook. Itis almost as good a« eating..BostonTranscript.

Bouton'« Censo«.

We hazard the guess that tbe popula¬tion of Boston by the new census willnot vary many thousands either wayfrom a ronud half a million. This willnot be quite np to the calculation busedon the geometrical ratio of increase, butit will closely accord with the facts..«Boston Herald. ,