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x:-. DAY. tH Lord our Savior has yoi i), Ai pMlmtat once did slug; Th INwtrs trtutoudou of the aky And all the hotjr atiKvIa cry y wu Hft tip your Iich.Ik on high, let Jesus eater lu. XV R the king of glory li Who Bin and death dolled : Around Uls throne they mr nay Worthy tbs Lamb who iwhiwl tho day And crushed the strength of Satau'i W- When He for us had dlL Thonith now ascended to thuhottfhts Of htithcMt heaven shove; He from Ills holy dwelling nlace lKth send roncntaut slum-rs ri-ucc; Lord itrant that we may see Thy face In Thy reileemlnjt love. Itev. Laurence Sinclair. A -Ministering Angel. T tdenaed l.lllth Ayleawood ?t ,tt Imagine henielf a "htitter- jvS fly, lu reality she was a v-tMuiuuiiuirv win oi fly, who bussed alioiit a good deal, now and then stuiur a Utile, and was somewhat tiresome whether she bussed or siunii. But In her owu opinion she was a butterfly." flitting about among the perfumes and pleasures of life, care-1 loss of the morrow. She liked to t think that women of the more serious 1 sort despised her; It made her feel so femlnlue, At last, one Sunday at church, th. minister had such an unfortunately penetrating voli that all her pleas ant planning of new frocks was din. persed. There Is no time oil earth so suitable to the planning of new frocks as sermon time lu vhutvh; a more ex citing topic, could one he found, might disturb the , meaningless repose of features proper to the occasion; auy less exciting would lieeonie milliter resting; but that earnest preacher simply preached accordion pleating and rnlubow chiffon out of .tilth's head. She went bourn with her mind flxed on the success she might make tn an utterly different role. Here In London, lu this vast el ty teeming with wealth aud Icarultig, there were thousands of hopeless poor, blindly trending the way to well, the wrong way, with no one to set them right; and here was she. who might be a uilulsterlng angel of light, wasting her time In valu pleas ores and admirationwell, not quite so much admiration as she dcsorvtd, perhaiis say, In pursuit of pleasure and admiration. How much better, rather than apendlug her time In hot, crowded ballrooms, where the supjiers were frequently poor, ami ihere were ever quite enough partner to go round among the girls, to seek a high er pleasure la crowded back street, followed, haloed as It were with blessing of the Mind and struggling to whom she brought light aud guid ance! She would begin at once that very afternoon Instead of going to sleep after lunch. As she went upstairs to ilro-w she felt supremely pleased with herself. In the Intervals of arranging her hair and complexion she puumnl ' several times t strike "soul's awaken ing" attttu'leg lu the glass and think how well they liecnnie her. After a consultation with the cook she started out with an untidy pun-el of stale cakes, the leavings of Fri day's "at home." and took a cab down to Hammersmith. She wandered off the main mad round a corner or two, mid very soon found a slum an Ideal slum, for It smelted alwmlnably, ami had no out let at the farther end. Children In all the aniline hideousness of their Sun day apparel were playing In the gut ter, with a certain reserve. It Is true, on account of the aforesaid Sunday frocks, but, still, actually playing lu the gutter, sailing paier Imats in It. One or two swarthy men, who had palpably not been to church, were making Sunday a day of rest by sleeping In the warm spring sunlight, with gorgeous abandonment to the de light of leisure, their backs strnlKht up against the wall, their legs stretched full length across the path. Lilith hud to step gingerly over a pair or two, on her way down the alley. One unshaven giant lazily opened a corner of one eye as she passed In. In her character of benevolent augel, she sold politely, "I hope I don't dis turb him in the least He Just shut the corner of his eye again, and took no account of her whatever. She had Just sufficient tact to avoid the houses where the hostess, with bare anus laid on the windowsill, was entertain ing hir friends outside, and passed on, studying the windows. One In an npper story had clean, white, starched curtains. That seemed promising. So Llllth mounted the rickety, evil smelling wooden steps that knl to the door corresponding to It, and knocked. A thin voice called "Como In" and he entered. The room was faultless- ly clean and severely tidy. A figured t tablecloth on the table should have shown the occupants to lie p.7ple of some social standing suiting their neighbors, had Lilith only known. One or two severe, almost abusive, texts hung round the wall "Cease to do evil," "How long wilt thou lie drunken r (the latter with the last word emphasized in scarlet), encour aged her to proceed with her mission. She turned her gaze toward the two occupants of the rooni-a small, dull faced girl in her teens, and a crippled child, who cowered In a chair by the Are, muttering to herself. "Are you come about wnshln?" the girl asked, swing that Llllth ap peared somewhat at a loss. Her tone suggested a courteous desire to set the visitor at her ease, rather thnn any Impatience to know her business. "Xo, my dear child," begun Llllth, "I have not come about washing, at bust not exactly." 'Memories of early Evangelical training suggested thut she ought to drag In a metaphor, but she didn't quite know how to begin. "Then what are you conic for?" "I came to talk to you about your soul, my dear," "What do you know about souls? You ain't a preacher." "I am not a preacher, my dear, I know. I am only a very Ignorant young girl, but I may be able to be of use to you." Lilith began to feel quite fluent "Let us talk together a little and see if I can help you, and I shouldn't wonder If you could help me. "You ain't so very young," snld the child, who appeared only to bo able to understand by sections, and had got no further than that assertion, Khe was looking gravely at Llllth' complexion, and again her tone showed no rudeness, only a quiet pref erence lor racts, "Not so young a you, of course," Llllth said, still undlscourqged. "But what does that matter; what docs anyone's age matter when we think about eternity?" "Do you think about eternity?" nsKea the child, witn polite Interest. This was a moment when It seemed to Llllth that the truth would be be coming. "I used not to think of it; I used to be idle and worldly, and go to balls and theaters every night." (This was something of an exaggera tion, but It was spoken in the cause of truth.) "I only cared for knowing grand people, aud amusing myself; but this morning I heard words which made me want to take life more seri ously." , "This mornin' you only knew you was a sinner this mornin, and comes nround - this afternoon districting I don't call that conversion, and in that 'at, too." The tone was more of sorrow than of anger. Llllth began to be Irn pntlent "Never mind my bat," she said. "But I do mind yer 'ut,'" the girl said, Mournfully. "No one as rnrod for Vr oul would iro about lu a 'at like that, let alone enrlu' for the souls of otlcr eoile. I'm a sinner" (this with a sivtdcit ns-i-Hlou of self-re-sKvt) "I've knowctl I'm a sinner this seven mouth, but I dou't go nroachln' to others yet. And 1 wouldu't wear a 'at like that no not If I'd got a young man, I wouldn't" "My poor child." Ullth said, with a last effort to fulfill her mission, "don't let us talk of young tueu ami such worldly topics." ".V young tnau's well enough." said the girl, gravely "that Is, If he fears the !.ord aud don't drink: and uinu's the 'ead of the wonmit, aud we ain't got any call to dlsplse them. If you'd got a young man you'd be out wnlkln' with 'lm Instead of coinln' 'ere preach In' In that 'at. 1 dou't 'old with women prenchln.' 'Let the woiucu be silent lu the churches.' Churches means wherever t hero's nreaehtu' goln' on. It alu't my place to ajioiik the word, but I'm sorry for yer. KlUaboth, my dear, (turning gently to the muttering cripple), don't you make them faeethey ain't natural, Not but wuatHturnlng sternly to poor LlllthV not but what 'er face, though tt'a the face of a strlckm hljlt. Is bet tor than yours. She ain't got no a.vat on. No-uor no curled fringe: she dou't wear a flighty 'at and a feather Ixir. I read 'er nUut Jexeliol and Vr murnted eyes the other ilay-Just as a warulu'; but you need It mow than "er. And that liorl laldy, 1 tell yer solemn" (and she did, Indeed, tell It very solemn) "that Ur roui:d yer ticvk Is just a noose draggln' yer to VII. There was some ns wnntotl me to wear one. Me as knows I'm u sin ner. 'Lor,' Ilanner, they says, 'what's the use of moplu' get a feather ter ptvtatlott ou the Invitation. To go to J the street corner1 Is simply to go Into society, and the reiithor nor a too token that you are there for amuse ment and reerentloii-lu evening dress. In fact and not simply out to fetch beer or for pom tin oil, or summon your men-folk from the public house." The child went on monotonously, af ter a momentary breuk, while she soothed the muttering of the cripple: "But I wouldu't 'ear It. 'No.' I says, no feather lsir nor street comers for me.' 'Why not?' says they, l,ota of ns gets 'ustmuds that way. 'No, thank yer,' says I. 'What, don't yer want a 'uslMind. Hiuincr' says they. 'Not the sort of 'usliand as look for a wife at the street writer. says L" The stern child cuded her aueedute with a certain dramatic force that seemed to dismiss Llllth. "You'd better think about beln' of use to yerself first," the child said, with real friendly pity. "Wash that payut off yer face; get rid of that curled fringe, tayke out them feath ers, dtwa solier and decent so that people can see you're respectable If ye ure respectable and then yer'll bo more lit to come tnlklu' atsmt souls to people as knows they're sinners already. Sinners! why, that poor af flicted hljlt In the corner knows she's a sinner better thuu you. I've taught Vr. She's nearer glory than you ure. Kllxals'th. my dear, yon give me that dead mouse; It ain't a pretty play thing for a Christian child. Llllth was on her way to the door. The mournful sinner followed her, In cidentally throwing the moose through the window ns she passed. "1 'oje 1 ain't offended yer. I spoke for yer good. If yer tvnlly wants to know yer a sinner you come tn me, and I'll VIp yer. Our Mr. Putters ut the chattel" "You're a rude rude little wretch!" cried Llllth, angrily; "and I'm sorry 1 came. 1 il brought you some cukes. I won't give them to you. The child's surprised, mild face si lenced her. She seemed so Utterly uncoiiKcluti of having given cause for anger. As she stood a moment on the threshold, the Idea Just occurred to her that the child might have reason on her side, but tnicr reasserted It self, and she tiling out of the room, stale cakes and all. I'all Mall (iiim-lte. FHOSTS AND l'ltl'IT. "Once more the jn'ople of the Knsterii stntcs have been taught that fruit growing In their clliiiale Is at lient an uncertain loudness. This time the les rnn has been given over the wide re gion of the northern Mississippi valley, extending form Minnesota southward to Iowa and eastward to Ohio. White we were undergoing the cxH-rletire of me of the hottest waves ou record In May, a severe frost occurred In that section, ami It Is Ix-llcved Unit not only have the tenderer fruits lteon Injured, but that even the hardy apple crop has suffered. Heavy frosts of this kind coming laic In the season would not lie so dis astrous to Kastcrii fruit-growers If it were not that they have to compete with the production of fruit on tills const, where such frosts do not occur. Without such competition the loss caused by the frost might lie compen sated by the etiluinced market value or mat which was saved, with a rap idly Increasing supply of fruit from tint I'acllie coast entering the Kusteni market, however, this compnsnilou Is likely to diminish every year. Sooner or later, and sooner srhaps than In now foreseen, It will Is Impossible for a fruit-grower In the uncertain climate of the l-'aat to conus'le with one whe has the advantages of the climate ttl' this const, and consequently In many kinds of fruit our growers will have n practical monopoly of the American market In view of this probability It would seem to be certain that the manufac turers of fault preserves and confec tions will liud It to their advantage to establish their factories on this const. The manufacturer In California can lie reasonably sure of getting his fruit every year in abundant quautlly and excellent quality at his door. In the Kusteni states lie aim no such certain ty. It not Infrequently happens that some of the big fruit-packers In East ern cities have to send half neross the continent to get the material to put up the amount necessary to make It profit able to ran their machinery, and under such' circumstance they cannot be sure of receiving it In such condition as to make a really good artlclo when packed. Tills being so, it would spcm the most notable development In our fruit industry during the next decade will la in the direction of manufacturing the fruit Into Its most finished and llm-nt form. The reasons for placing cotton factories uear the cotton fields are not 1 nair so potent ns those for placing fruit factories near the orchards. It Is not so easy to ship fresh fruit as to ship cotton, and lu the end the cost of the' transportation of the raw material will count heavily against th Kastern manufacturer of Jams an Jellies. If the late frost in the Mlssl slppt volley should prove to bo as ( j i fl o od his lug mi ui iive nn hub oeen reared, a gc many of the packers there may t year see the advantage of niov their plants to California and eslab' lug themselves where the fruit n falls." The above editorial In the San Frnn ion of trvisig points Is of others as pro e, pear, natural Cisco Call is worthy of the nttont Orogonlans. These fruit nros. factories will be built, mostly at whore the most encouragement fered by the fruit-growers and Interested. Western Oregon Is eminently the home of the nppl prune, etc., as California Is the place of the citrus fruits. Tb cse mnt ilong na i can has K'ognlalng orking to- tors will adjust themselves i ture'8 lines, and speedily. Wt ten Oregon's destiny by rt natural conditions and w gether accordingly. , AT WEST SALE! A Sunday school has bee I. a organized . nentley as t vry Sun- in West Salem with W. A superintendent and to nwc day afternoon. HE TALKS OF REV, ROLAND D. GRANT. In discussing the question of evolu tion w wish llrst of all to Introduce a verso of Scripture s representing a wise agnosticism, such a the Itlble writer are went to use, Much also, as we recommend lo all sclent Hie students. It Is found lu l'salm xvlll;tl. "He made darkness hi secret place; his pavilion round alsiut blin were dark waters aud thick cloud of the skies." This well Illustrate the limitation of nil huu.au know ledge In attempts to trace the foot stop of (Jod In hi work of creation. It Is a statement of our policy. This subject, ome people tell u, ought not to l sikeii of In the pul pit; that It diss not Isdoug there; but alone on the pint form. This I but an Iguornut auperMliloii. A pulpit t a platform; It surely ought to have one, which It Is'lleves nnd prosisc to tle feud. Certainly It I proer for the pulpit to usk. Whence have we come? Where are we? What are we? And where are wj going? Kvery one of them question I tuvolvcd In the ub Jeot under consideration. Inseparably so. The cation of the Issik and Hie mysteries thereof ure continually dealing with the qucailou of origin ami destiny. Kvery dis-trlue of the New Testament I founded iisn cer tain stateineni concerning the origin of num. Ileuoe It Is shamefully out of place not to discuss the quest ion of evolution lu the pulpit of the Chris tian church. There are some exquisitely holy ools who will accept nothing In the pulpit !) oud pious platitudes. Aud while the pulpit Is silent, the pres Mid the platform are sowing tare. By the enunciations of false princi ples, they are apparently urdermln- the whole strucinre of Christian truth; until the multitude look upon the pulpit a a piece of effeminacy; when, ou the other hand. If the pulpit had tieon more heroic. It inlg'tt have had an easy victory. It doubtless would have la-en braver, lutd It not beeu for the cowardly iews who re fused to slund by It In the ct.ntll.t With error. Furthermore there are many pulpit which have accepted the thcorlc of other men. without Invert Ig it Ion; and Ikh-buso thtse tueu were scletitlltc, so-called, some have nssuniiHl their ihoorlc must ls true. The fisdlsh dogmas of the evolution 1st have thoroughly pcrmco til the literary structure of the da,"", until IsHiks, liHture. sermons, seem all col ored by this fatal thing. It irely Is time for the pulpit which do not I lleve In this to have a wonl t say. Other say. "Let It alone and It will .He." The M It alone theory please the devil. They said of slav"y, "Is-t It alone!" They are saying It of the Honor flllestlou. Hut these 111 Iig do not die while we sleep. If the enemy can secure our quietness nnd luck of Interest, he will take care of the rest; von. however, will then awake to nnd that tin wind' aystcm of fall li lias Ikhmi badly shakcu. aud the laiifhlinr-alisk of the worhl. There nmv Is" some Davldlc champion who will be nble to sling a little xioue Into a vulnerable part of this monster' armor: If he have any armor! Thl writer dM's not think that evolution has an v defensible ground. We are not on the offensive when we speak on this question. We did not Is -till the onslaught ; the Christian chore's did not. Evolutionists have had t he Itoor most of the time lately. They have Is-en assuming certain things, again and again. Wo are simpl f rising to a point of orde r, and denis w a hearing In nbsoiuu seir defen - They assume that their "say no" cuds the debate. Hitherto they have carried that point by their overa tmudnuce of noise, while the opposition has been too IihkIi St. Ami now there Is a great hue and cry, that It Is not for "unseletitllle men" to discuss this question. And of course a minister cannot lie wleu title! Tcrhaps not! And then per haps he can; do not Is too hasty lu such ronclnslotiM, I-t some of the so rolled wrtonttllc tueu cense trying t lie preacher. This has been the wea k point of the whole scientific system. A scientific nmn discover a fiugla the well; he Immediately star t a a preaching tour to enunci ate name dogiu.il Ic thiiiry n to am phl')lnn lu the lower water courses and Its eff(s t on Cn'iiesls. Iet the true, arlnallst bam that his work Is to fllsco'ver and make known cold farts; nnd not the formulation of the orl m. The findings of si lence are all in the ?NMtks, and are before u for exaiultinshiu. At that point acleuce ends. mie facts are thenceforth common 'pinpo.iy, open to all alike. I'lense give .these things due consider ation. They madly seek to moiiopo ll7.e all rvtotiiliig and logic, as well ah dlwriviiy. The so-called nou fc'eiitld" fnnn Is fully as able to make deduction fnr, i the revcab'd facts, as Is the sfM-ali wl scientific limn: and he may be Jus ' as scientific. What wo liisliit is, His t science shall know Its place ats knt'P If. Hud this been done wo should 1 mve avoided most of the confusion In which we now 11ml ourselve. Koine trilling Utile discov ery 1ms been srt '(bed out. Into a thousand wild doxl itctloii: and then It has bean, hurried on to the pages of a volume, for tin Income thereof. This w.' lumo nas hi: -on guarded by the guns r0f tho only wise profession, and h. sent forth with anathemas upon any layninn w ho should be so niidnxf oils and foolhardy ns to quis Hon i uy of the llkiglcnl deductions. Hookj of this character have been hurl, i at the public until the jiooplo stai4 aloof; never during lo speak. Mirnj pulpits have fell, "If. must be : and have f mined their theology new dlngly. Indeed, It is rather a "fnf " i. bun a nhtlosophy. Mow nnd lh , a bravo soul has arisen In the atsi1 (.nee nnd sought to nuiko himself he tot in; H M- c rd among the confusion of gues; when Immediately tho cbalr .n (cor.Pt.il ted science) has haughtily Intod a finger of scorn nnd said, tVho are you, sir? Hit down!" In ommon parlance, we, In turn, bid clown to mind Its own business. Let hem not bo too quick to speculate with their speculations for what money there may be In It IJewaro of science for "revenue only," for there is much of It lu the laud. Forming conclusions, thou, from Kclcutlllu facts and data, Is not Itself lu the realm of science, but beyond It, In the realm of reason, logic, ethics and common sense. It tuny be that If the scientist makes discoveries, lie may be entirely weak In the realm of Interpreting the discoveries lie has made; possibly the Interpretation' of tho discovery ought to como Into the hands of oilier men, In fact that each discoverer has made his own Interpre tation upon any given silence, Is quite sure to result in a perfect mud dle, ns we shall see later. Mark, then, tho difference between discovering nnd theorizing. What Is now commonly called geology, Is not a science, If you please; It Is a creed; as much that ns anything In theology Is a creed. Each one of the scientists has n creed of his own, nil ns much at variance with ench other ns any theological variance. Jt will be our purpose to gather from all sources, that we may show some of these weaknesses and variances. If the witnesses hnve no agreement their testimony can have HI tie weight. Oology being a creed, It must sub mit Itself to the observation of others, li it, no ttiore sacred than Mcrlpture. flavltig beep a student of It fof a 11ft tlmetwo havewome convictions of our own. -J They may be as foolish as those EVOLUTION. of others, They could hardly lw more so. ARHUMPTlO-NS. It I a common iwylug now Hint "all great minds are at least agreed on thl thing." Thl I both false ami silly, II Is the chief slm k lu trade of evolutionist jislayi, The whole hy pothesis I a old a the hills. It Is a wclldrlcd mummy that ha lssu burled and dug up a hundred times. Hut never mind alsmt that.. It make a good "show." and attract much at tention. The finest sclent InV minds are not agreed a lo evolution, aud the sst do not accept It; and sonic who did. now give It up, Tho sovereignty with which vision aries venture to lake fiom eternity thousands and millions and billions of vear In which to work thl by pothcsl I simply nmnidug. They say, "If a million will not do, why lake a much a we please? no out will know It: time Is nothing; eternity Is nothing." Indeed, their variances nml ages lu which lo work. A FHW HI'tMillMTIONH, We do not deny lite evolution of character In the individual; but we do deny the evolution of one ssh'Ic from another. We use the wonl sm cle In the sense of the horse Is-lng one sHs-les with many varieties; the limits of the smccm to ho marked by the iHileiitlul Idea that determine It to Is wlihlu the radius of that ani mal, SiMS'los are immutably deducd. Varieties, also,. are held close Into their rcIMctlV Hue. Nieces Is a thing not to lie determined by slue, exact form, or color: but by that In detluabto sense of adaptation Hint tils It to work within that realm for which It ha Ishmi evidently created, It car rle with It lite sense of reproducing Itself, a well as the retention of the potential Idea. What we deny I. that them baa ever been any raising of one of these ssh'Ics alsive that siten tlal lie Into another species. Tlmt all freaks In nature that have looked In that direction have resulted lu an tilhllailon rather than elevation; aud Imf the ris k are strewn with jueh wrecks; every time facing down wards, and not upward. AUtll'MKNTH. It I elulmod that the lower tyte nre found In the older airnta witn higher tyM of life succeeding them In the succeeding strata. Admitting, for the moment, that they have per manently settled a to what are the oldest strain; men mere win ih iiu objection lo thl statement. The further, nnd false upssltloii bus lssn that these succeeding type of life have arisen from the lower t"' by graduation of ierfcctton. That this ha been done by a multitude of circumstance. This In short I their claim. With thine circumstance we have nothing now to do; only with the fact Itself. For Illustration, let each stratum lm repnweutod ns being six Inches deep, aud In tsrfect order. !ct our chart show each stratum ns suIhIIvIiI ed Into riblKin of one Inch, each rlb Isin representing a srlod puinberlng from one. In the center, upward lo the end of each stratum, and lsglunliig with one to six lu the second, etc We stumble now uism the form of life manifest by their stony sIuih-s In these rlbtsiu of deposit our flcst II ud I a Triloblte, The Imimrtuui dis covery that we make Is, that Hie ssclmon found In the lowest and oldest Isdt of the stratum I a js-rfti t siM-clnieii. while that In licit No, and .'I to il. reveal a degradation of the most striking character. Dcmoiistrai- Ing. thus. iH'yond question that our Triloblte iwas originally lutnsluked ut his lsst; and n time passed he lost his character, passing through scrlc of degradation until the species exhaust Itself; and only a few pun per of the tribe art discovered in No. 1 and 2 of the next stratum This Is nn iiulmprnchcd fact. What we do later find Is, a new species In tnslui'cd lu No. 1 of the second slrn t urn. whoso subsequent cxis-rlences are like that of hi worn-out prodoooa sum. They succihhI each other, but are never derived from each other, Thus It Is awn that the most perfect specimen of every amides have Is-on the first ones; hence there ha liccn iio elevation of their order, but deg nidation nml destruction of tho same; succeeded by other orders higher than themselves whose "magnates also wulk first." Each ha begun in Ed and Is'en swept away by a dood. For authorities sou Dawson. Dana. 1 lodge, Hitchcock, and nnjliody else you please t tin t knows anything about It INDl V I DUAL I'KHFECTION. Our second point for consideration Is, that each hcIcs that ha lived has been Individually licrfect: perfect In Its own realm; H-rfVet lu Its ndnpta I Ion. When they appear, It Is luime dialcly seen thut Ihey lire not capable of any Improvement. t are speak lug of physical structure, nnd not de velopment of characteristics, In bINIctil language "iod saw that It was goiHl." It needed no suM'iadded bones, nor eyes, uor feet, nor hands, neither lu mini tier or form or relation hlp. If It lutd needed them It would not have beeu perfect. If It had not been perfect. It would have died. He lug perfect It could not be made more so, and thereby evolve Into roinelhlng more perfect. Isdng already complete and faultless Hence, If any one of the Kpeeles on the, earth, being perfect, has undergone any change, then tlmt change must nliso. lately have Is-en for the worse, and not for the belter: for betterment Is liiipoi'.slhle for a thing that Is perfect, Herein Is the prophecy of mini's spiritual hlstorj ; created upright, nnd Inter, knowing degradation, From that degrmllng point he can never rise to liollii"ss, liv'tice the doctrlno of "death of the old man," nml the ''new creature In Christ Jesus." llegliiulng thus iigitln a new life, into which ho was not evolved, but had been cre ated, If there were no promises that this high level was to be sustained lu (lod by special dispensation, retro grade wiul I still be prophesied. This Is all painfully cxemplliled In our earth experiences. Indeed man Iiiih fallen and not risen, 'tho newer hypothesis, that siij-b that man has evolved higher and hlgh- cr, and finally fallen, Is only the piny of a trickster. This latest theory has been Introduced In hopes of adapting a wrecked thtory to Itllde terms and to save It from disgrace. This evo luHonlsiu Is very pllnlilo and ready to tin ultcrcd to suit any littlo emergency like tho fall of man, so It can bo "Christ Ian evolution" and keep In good company. For authority: Look around you. Look at yourself. Look at all creation. TANGENTS. The third worthy argument Is: Any tangent, uny flying on In new direc tions of a species, would result In disorder and death, The oft-quoted bison case of enlargement of neck, etc., Is perfectly visionary. Things do not develop by abnormal lines. 1 sup pose, after the bison's neck hud evolved to such enormous sl.c, that there was so much more neck open to the clilllyi weather, that It gradually evolved an enormous shaggy main lo keep It warm. Httrcly this tonsorlul evolution Is as clear as tho muscular. This Is tho realm of adaptation; on which there Is little new to be suld. Let us note a few things. There Is no one feature of the swan, for In Mtitnee, that Is not related to every other feature, Ills light bancs and wuter-shedding feathers uro related to-tho web foot, to float dry nnd pud dle, in realm I also uxed ny m long ne k, and flat bill to dig tu iiic mud for nasi. These coiiiiiiious mi ni! adapted to lln stomach; and that lu turn I dlvlui-ly ordered lo dlr.ei t the fssl tbu found; and under an iminiitithle law. that stoe- ii a is adapted lo jrpetuully asslMillute the same rmsi into use isnam, mm, ls-ak and dry Mood, A never falling revolution with no chance for evolu tion, Auy devlntloii lu any one 'f these part would bo sum to wreck the whole, The potential and perfect lib-al of ss-le I Immutably fixed a between the land fowl and Hie m tin Anv attomiitcd combina tion of Hie two I tho annihilation of the whole. The frightened wet lien, rivlna for the shore with her Imdly Is-draggli-d feather. I a cackling pro test against evolution nonsense. You can't Hisit jour hypothesis on that case. . , , , ii. sumo lm oft Im-cii said a ! (ween Hie herbaceous and caruivcroiis aiilimik the cow aud llger. no' t the lluer manifest the iHiteu- tlul Idea when related lo the stomach. The leeth are made l tear meat that 1 1, stomach can digest; while the cow has leellt adapted lo feed oil I be grui-S ami supply a sionim n creaicu io n-,.,u- .in.! Mlinihttc the same. Li-I there eel'"' 'er so little a deviation, or. exchaiige Urn tith of one for Ihc ither then the cow' aUniuich would Jony tlit meat that the Ug-r wanted to cat! ami I he tiger womu uo " grass. If there have lss-u any freaks of nature, wherein she hn teuded by accident lo make such comisisiie work, then that fact would account for th untold fossils of earth. You iv mi Is a verv o il argument, lis and It will ls u goml deal older la-fore II dl-. It ought io ls old enough sihiii io coiiiuiuiiii n-H-ri iiviu glib -leagued group who do not reeog nlyo It presence. UYimitM. The fourth argument I thut con cerning hybrid. Any animal thut . 4 4 .1... has Is-cu lsrtt of composite reunions, will Isi-ome sterile and pnmuce no more: or else return io mi minimi stm-k. The etolutloulsts admit nun no case ha ever Im-cii found or inc vclopnieni from one m-cc io an other; such evolution I only assumed, on the other hand, hew can bo found cgloti of caws to tho npiH)slle. or ctles springing I'lics io mo noniiiii stisk, or paying the penalty in deal ft. Hence we liav a legion of witnesses against evolution, where lhcy cannot produce even one In it favor. This sterility of mongrels 1 Hie handwrit ing of tlisl on the law or kch. ii argument weighed anything witn itic evolutionists, this might touut for something; but It will not. I lately listened to I'rof. I- Iske Ut- lure on the subject of evolution. He siHike an hour and a hair; forty-five minutes he devoted to prelude and Irrelevant matter: then, feeling forced to nay something en the dlogmn, he ssut five minute declaring lhal evie lut ou wa the thing; ami tne rest or the time he M-ut apologising for th" whole matter, and assuring us that It was all right, aud that It did mil disturb auy religious iMisitloii. Hut then, there I money In It. LIMITATIONS. A fifth argument I, that sKcle are never bred out, Isyond themselves, That Is, I hat Hie horse will Isi a horse, no mailer how much you may Improve him: the same with the dog or any species, animal or vegVlable, The splendid development In the horse only make It more Intensely what It was Is-fw. without the slightest ten dency toward any new 8mi-cs; but absolutely the opMlie In lis tending more rigidly to tys. lletiuHiieut Is Hot noveliy. If, by ueeldeilt, there I'hotild Is- any addition or subtraction, that would l the os-n road lo degra dation ami destruction, Iti-Ilnliig de elopmeiit can only ls secured by the absolute avoldauce of the slightest Kiiggistloii of the erratic, Stability Is It prime necessity. Anything novel or erratic would prove a fatal etc oitinhrttuee. There can ls no develop meat that will change lis design or the purHe for which It seems to have boeu created. Much change Would Hot l- development. If such change were iMsslble, It would then but make II unlit for Its environment Ami wliuiKts-ver ibs-s not lit lis en vironment limit perli-h, Heme, tit have changed thus uny one thing In the animal, would make ll necessary, not only to change ctcryililiig else lu that niilmal, but everything in nature to suit that one accidental change. This iniikes the whole thing hsik silly, and that Is w hut It Is There Is great confusion through misuse of the word development The pansy Is a highly developed violet; but In no sense nil evolved shc(cs, as It Is a great deal more violet than It was before, rather than something else, No potential altering of Its Idea take place, Man may siialn his ut most genius In the development of this lovely flower, but he can never entice It to overstep any Isuiud of pansy propriety. Only by the most strenuous effort can the dcvclns-d condition Ik-even maintained; but like every strained spi-cles, when left to Itself nml nature, most modestly re lapses to Its more quiet violet lire. Mo Is the story of the ImmuUible lines of species, ciermilly writ with an lion pen in the locks, ns well as In the muscles mid feat hers. If someone should find n three legged horse, or a two-headed calf lu the ris ks, we should know that these were not evidence of development, but of failure nnd disorder; these weird menageries of contortions ure to lie found In any dime show. None ever stood up long enough to assume tho dignity of being a variety. De velopment deulc derivation. VAIUKI) KHAMONINtm, We all recognize as nu old friend the argument, or inoro properly tho fact, that "poor docs not produca good;" hence the npo has not produced the man. It Is in evidence, that there Is a greater dlffctcnce between tho smallest nnd meanest Hushmnn and his brain, nnd that of the highest upe; greater than there Is between the lintln of tlmt Ilushninn at his poorest, nnd that of the bra In of the cultured white num. That Is, there Is a longer space between the highest npo and the lowest man, than between the lowest man nml the highest man; keeping tints, the lowest man always within the radius of mankind, and In no sense relating him to the highest ape, And because tho ape has u structure suggestive In form to that of man, curries no hint of paternity. The two streams have run side by side from the beginning. The origin of ench Is distinct, and lies hidden In tho uudls covenible ni.stery of the egg of events. With tho species, as with the Individual, there is an everlasting and Indcllnablo distinction. The closest, analysis cannot debet the dlf-, ferenco In the initial point of the egg of either, but with Immutability that laughs ut the evolutloulHts, they never cross or Intermingle; each in its own line develops without mistake Into its own kind. Is doing It now, always has done It, always will; and can't do anything else, It Is the nature of the tiling. Tho two can no more run on one track than two trains without annihilation. They have no tendency to unite. iHurely! "He ha mndo darkness his secret place" In the creative world. Ami the pro-creative Is nothing lens than the creative continuously tiro- Ji-ctlng Itself. Creation Is continuous. Science has not been able to pierce! the veil and even study the secret of pro-ci cation, tlmt are going on i Ight here and now, They never will study It; for as soon as you pierce tho veil of the womb, tho workmen all cense operations nnd laugh at you. j jit-t science Mien no mote modest, us to what may bo called the primal ere- j atlva flat, or else enter this ever- present pavllllou of darkuess and cloud In which hp la now at creating creature, by iiro-erea- W.il'l i lou. lilt AM NOT HUAINM. II thl talk iilsnit old skull lhal Is-long to iirchlslorle iuie. etc., is hut child's play, ir tne ue nnu im beeu made of Uicm I scientific, then science l not sensible. None thai have la-en found are In any scuse more at variance with the hot lytw now. than million that can now b round any where among existing living lype. Au erratic distortion or con lortlon cannot stand for a type. Thl picking up of skull on the ragged edgu of civilisation, from which lo reason a system of creation I neither Induct lou nor deduct Ion, but reructlou to Blwurdlty. Why go lo the Idiot asylum lu II ml a skull with which to study llw origin of elvlllr.at.oii. These fug-em! neliuena taken from outer line of the centrifugal forces, argue nothing hut Hie degradation of ran-; and nro lit iwrfti-t keeping with the hs-k record of uiagniiti- walking first Defect nmv 1st Iho offsorlng of ex relleuoo, hut lhcy hnve reversed It, nnd snld, Excellence I the offspring uf defect." The old philosophy still Hinds, that the stream cannot rise higher I bn n the fountain. And If n" a ro lh.i fountain, noes will ls Hi stream. Water ihss not run up hill. Ml IN KEY CHATTEH. And imw lhcy are seeking to reduce I lm monkey' sech to a system and Insist that the Ik the futhcr of nasi- em logic il'erlinp so of evolutionary i logic) Vcnr ago we prsonally form nlut cd Hie speech of the licit, aud se cured sown eight words; expressive of fright, anger, pleading, haste, affec tion. He.: we found them used with as much precision n thowi of The lien even sings a song of mau. satis faction When she lm laid nn egg, What sort of fowl logic would It be Unit should argue ancestry therefrom? Yes, yes, monkeys like tueu do talk; hut ihere 1 a stronger argument than this to be found In the fact that, iiiuny men. when on Hie subject of evolu tion, chatter strangely like npe. MIMNI.NO I.I.MVN. Thl talk alMiit finding tho missing link I iM-gglng the question. No think ing mau would deny the existence of siieh connecting links; but when ev ery link I found they have gullied nothing; for that I no eviueuco mui one link wa bom of another link; but like every other chain, each link wa forged separately. It Is Indeed u "iliulii." and not u eudhss string long drawn out. Certainly we believe there I no form of life that might have Immmi created that ha not been created. There I no divine Ideal that lut uot expressed Itself lu form. If every variety of living creature past iitiit nresent were mude to stand up together In a line, there would lie no vacant id 'ices In the graduation from man at hi Is-st. down to the lowetd molecule. There would no possible link be missing, lu a very it-vet-cut stnse we would say. Unit line would exhaust every concept lu l he ciiiillvn tsisslbilltle. It Is Incon iclvable that there I an unexpressed ciHiccplii.il of life In the divine mind. Kuch living form is nut an expression of a divine Idea, Tint expression has been a omnipotent a ha is-cn the mint! Itself. What He Should and Should Not Wear. New Fashions Sensible. tyircr SsUaiK In Nejjllirre Shirts-Torn ILwu Col hits Are Higher than Standing i urn (hid Hats. Tlie stii-.imr miin of IMf will be a very sensible looking person If ho con form strictly with the rulings of fashion. It may seem a little bit early lo talk of what a young mau should wear In the healed term, whether he Im In the city or off enjoying the de- itgiii or a sumiiier-tlme vacation, but hiicu ii is rciiieiniiereii that the iim-ii nhi actually make the fashions de- i-iium nisi vvmter what the proMr Himiiircr caper womu ih, and the great laciorica rr uioulhs have la-en turn ing our i no necessary tnuterlal for muse fashions, it is certainly time that tint piihllo should know what It Is go- ink in near. I ticre is n hnppy delusion, widely prevalent, that flu l'rlnce of Wales, Ilerry Wall, or some other person irnu-n i ue iiiHiuons, and apropos of mm ine origin or the colored shirt Is iihiiiuiii-ii io tlH- ni luce In the follow tig way: He was out hunting and, be ing caught lu a terrific rain storm, sought the shelter of a pisir farmer's house. The pi luce was Hooked to the skin, and It was quite necessary that m roi-mu mi re a enailge or clothing, . ..v .n.oo-r ilium nun out as well as he could, and In the way of a shirt oiim oaiy ner him what I common ly eainm n Mtie nml white Juniper, lids the prince donned, and a few minutes later a number of bis attend- am noiiioincu rushed Into Ihe place In anxious wnn-h for his royal highness. nicy nu noticed the blue and white shirt, and the next day each and every mm of them ordered several down col ored shirts of their respective hnlM-r-diishers. This is the way (he fable ran, and w bet her It contained any truth en n oniy im surmised. vi line tne hngiisii people wear w hat inn prince wears, ami the American peopie npe tno ungiish styles to a ccr tain degree, the prince Is laraclv L'OV. erned by what Ills hnberdashers and mourn rny, j ney tell him what the lllh.lu.H .1.1.,.. ...It. ... Hung win oe, ami ne nmv sllghlly inoillfy It lu his orders, but lii tlia main he wears what the tailor. natter and other shopmen decided thut ue siioiiiii wear ninny months la-fore. Mogiimiug nt tho top, the right kind oi a summer man w wear a ut, lint with n brim three Inches wide ami a crown three Inelie high. Fancifully cuioreii ruinous win tiltul it If the wearer is at nu guy in his attire, nnd i nu miit- oi uu pantciuariy proper mi m nnve six or eight or these rib hotis, all different In color, and which win no worn on (lirrcrcnt days. The iioiiiimrg or Alpine hat In pearl color win again im worn, trimmed as be- rore, til rilUsins of the sanin cmIok n oi ouicK. j iie summer i ei-bv m h n slight exaggeration of tho spring af fair, with a brim a trlile flatter aud wiuer, ami i no crown fuller. isext on the list Is the collar, which Is always a matter of acute Interest to the ambitious man of fashion. Tim lun-iiow u coiiar win be quite nu exag- Kt'iiiieu uiwur, ami win bo as high In front, ns the standing collar. The ovurhip in front will measure four nnd tltrciHumrtcr Inches, while the aver agfi hlgli collar Is onlv two nml i ii i ... half Inches high, The low collar will be quire nn imposing nlTnlr. There Is but little change in tho proper standing collar. Ties will be fairly quiet. Black and wlilteohecks In silk tied In a loose knot will be worn to some extent, but tho most popular ones will be of cot ton, which this year are mndo bettor than ever, having silk Jacquarded re lief effoeta, nnd which can bo worn In lies, knots or four-ln-hund, Fashion say tlo your owu scarf, but the made up affairs are so adroitly put together tlmt no dlffcronco Is discernible. In tho mutter of shirts, thore la lit- tu' ' HNTS FOR rlK 1IEH1IAN tl eliang- tnm last pr- affair will form an lii.iH.nsn pan . th summer ' m"", """ be lu all kldof c,.l..riud in. erta I. A very lil blue ui " J ".,"", . ," ..!.. ami all IIIS Wliri- pi.omi-. collar flllml with Ihe hign "'"""" cuff. ...i.i. .I.i. diuih fliflllllB auu sftrsv I itih bTs Phouhi b- made with collar and cuff B.ltaehed. . . one of th mosi nv""" ..", of tha summer in i r i he at lct a HBjr-llow-n !"- - duck trousers Tiil-V SllOUKl ! ; long, to sllow for a deep lorn tip It The bottom. In lit hey shout, t . .i..n iii irmiscrs of other iimn the trousers rrl t nud It I bW.ltrly neee- creased mrt that they sre w'rge should bo worn with Jhs white dm it, and a ncgltg ot. Vm i with low ln ""w'-rm,.1 i" . i n socks of silk or merino aud a S lie rtrSw hU " f hl . and white ribbon, the young mat who wear thl. outfit can 'l MM strictly in form . . With Informal dress of Ihl kind M lewelry should svol.hil Mllvcr mrtsl'id and silver link VK are the proper thing-- Tbla should Ik welcomsj l Iikh.1 s-ople. a ornament atlou In Uver cost, but little, when-a ... -..i.i 1m a. iUtnr a A vr. 1,1ml clotnge In the matter of clothing. Trousers are tod lo so wide a last year, having now reached a sensible medium. They should ho made Iweiity or mm- w and ft halt Inches ut Ihe knee, aud an Inch narrower at me munm. For formal aftermsm wear m"rj proper young man win navo in suit or a numlier of them In different -i,h,i.. of ifrev. the skirl of the coal reaching a trine www ins s n--. Fancifully colored vest should be carefully avoided. They are out or date and liespcak fr the wearer a lack of knowledge on wnsi is rum. The cutaway coat will he a long arf In the winter, the skirt reaching to the Is-nd of llw knee. Of course, the gr at noat for aumiiier wear will, a usual. lie the light wick made long, ami inn lug in at the waist aud lining tightly over the hips. For Hie aiuieticniiy iwini"i "" there are numU-rh-ss style lu yacht ing, teniil. riding, golfing snd bley- cling suits, but the fashion in tucs rhange comparatively lime, iiipowo er of tennis flannel suit will ! frowued uisju Ihl summer ir iney ni tempt to force upon the public their flaunid trousers for everyday wear, a the duck affair hsve supplanted Ihcm, Also Ihe man who insist upon wear ing a yachting hat uism all occasions THE WILLIAMS HOUSE. A FIRST-CLASS HOTEL lluateil near tha 8. P. depot, on hfceond irf-ct, INDKl KN 1 ) KNC ll. 0 1 1 KQ ON, ROOMS, light, clean and airy. 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