When we turn to the Bible we find a definiteness and practicalness con cerning the higher Ufe there set forth not characteristic df . what passes for tiie same ia^rtainijuarters to-day. If there is less sentiment and self-glorifi >,0w fc0nsde^e and exaltation of God’s Word. David says m He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh m heart,” Paul Bays ri#. in God win heaven, Saviour, ^genmne . apart from ligher life on whieh common clothed me; I was -in prison and ve came.unto me”. . . for ‘.ina£_ much ob ye have done ft unto one of the-leastof these, my brethren, ye bare done it unto roe.” - .,**** 11118 been general ]«at the higher spiritual life was, at tainable only under certain ideal con ditions. Sanctity was associated with the cloister, and to be deeply religious one was Opposed to he under the necefwitv ofe_.. T It w,' i __ nec^sity^withdrawing from so-called sedttlar aflafrs. But m -v •. Theta ■meat t^ches an entirely different new. The holiest men have the most human sympathies and the highest service to Christ is through our ordi nary callings. When the gospel comes to a man, it does not translate'irim, bet transforms him. He finds him selt a new creature in an old world. His surroundings and material are the sanie, his use of them is entirely diflerent. He had been building sel hsfily lad meanly, but now everv thought and word and deed are laid upon the divine foundation and make for the completion of the structure of everlasting life. a wnat everybody needs to under-, 3§*M?d is, that out of the common life and with divine grace, they may build the higher life. Not in aome fbatatic state, but in every day duties, burdens and joys, is God to be found. On this basis kitchens and nurseries are .holy places; field and market place grant visions of heaven; count mgrooms are filled with the spirit of prayer, and ballot-boxes become arks the covenant‘of purity and right Jousness. Living the higher life de praids upon the spiritual use of the ower life. -r-The Christian Standard, JUSTICE NOT BUND. From early boyhood we have seen ihe emblem of justice blindfolded, adding the scales impartially ih h&r adding the scales impartially in h&r aands, ^We take it that iiiatin* wa» mmM ,, in ■ . hen the '4ftbuu&l -sat, j— nd impartial was administered 'ribunai for the trial of the P* aaew no difference between men, he weak as well as the strong codd md in it a haven of justice, a protec ion. But we live to learn; things are lot ha they used to be in this fair land >f ours. The “ Old Romans ” Jus ice seems to have passed away and i new tangled set, a set of grand stand performers, star actors in cheap shows :eign supreme. *It has been hard to convince us of this, hard to afag us iway from our first impression as to he judiciary of the land; *gjr: of tbe rapist. weMjliwo it ru mored that Judge Banks had said something of the kind, but we.indig nantly denied it, and said, while the seeds of demondization have found rich spots in every other department of our government, the judiciary is still pure, and the statement that Judge Banks used such language is false. ‘But the truth can no longer be denied, we bow in humiliation to the fact, and here quote .word for word from the Age-Herald correspondent: “The most sensational feature^in the Cases was the charge of Judge Bank* on opening court. .His decla ration that “this is a white man’s government; a white man’s town; a white man’s court, that would be run by white men; and you Negroes had better go home and stay there,” has already become famous. It attracted woricbwide attention at the time and is now a matter of much discussion- p “Theconvicted prisoners havh given no notice of appeal.'* ’ We are not surprised that such lan 1 guage should t>e called, the most sen 1 sational feature, truly it must have the ^rine that .. no coui justice is the courts of any or color. A court that is Negro’s court or the white n coart, is not a court of impartij The supreme court of Alabama, learned lawyers of Alabama, th< telligent, fair-minded people of bama will fully agree with us in idea, -last language^ it att*f world wide attention at tfee time, and is now a matter of much discussion.” It will go down through the corridors of time a stain upon the heretofore spotless ermine of the judiciary of our State, and Judge ^uks . /will never live long enough to outgrow the feet that his was not a court of justice, hut one which belonged to-a race or class or color. This language was made in the opening ot the cdurt, at % time when it would have.the most exciting vith the intention of takin* n Havana province. Mean reporaed that he has gone to [t is now known that’in# targe numbers are in Bavan and for weeks have been m presence felt. Possibly bt of Weyler’s departure from they swooped down upon it doing considerable damage influence. That it prejudiced thei&u rors against the Negroes can be but universal conclusion. Now wt igain repeat, those Negroes are f if so they should tring in that quarter reverneraiea hrough the town. From the noise it vas concluded that the insurgents were irovided with, quickfiring guns and iynamite. . The Spanish soldiers at he first alarm sprang to arms, and he fighting must have been severe. Numerous wounded soldiers were con veyed to the hopitals, but the actual result of the incursion is ndt definitely known as the Spanish authorities are doing all they can to prevent the facts from being known. It is supposed that the bold raid was planned and executed by Colonel Nestor Arangu ren, the dashing young Cuban leader who has made his power felt before now at the gates of the capital and throughout the province. V The losing gents are now numerous in the prov ince of Havana, and several well known leaders are there. Arangu ren’s headquarters are in the neigh borhood of Gunabacoa, only a M>w miles from the city, and Castillo who gained several victories in the "Bait is now at Mariano, nine, miles south3! west of Havana with a large number of Cuban fightem/ Arango is at Cutrof Caminez, and General' Rodriguez, chief in command in Havana province, is near Truco. It is said mat reso^ i are surrendering to the Spaniards and that Spanish soldiers aye deserting and. joining the rebels, - and possibly there is some truth in both statements, General Castillo explains it by saying that insurgent soldiers who are sick or wounded surrender themselves that they may receive treatment in Spanish hospitals, but when they recover th«£ find their way back to the insurgent ranks, He also says that during the month twenty-three Spaniards fully armed came over to fight for the cause of free Cuba. The General exposes himself as hopeful of final victory jrt no distant date. It was reported some time ago and generally believed that the prominent insurgent,. Gr'"**’ Quintin Banderas, was killed uk; at the Papaya Heights in Santa; province. It is now asserted that is alive and well and adi next tt> rape stands lynching ip „ of outrages.' For the lyncher is $f nihilist .of morals) law and religion. He does no good ; he sows dragoons teeth. No matter whom he lynches, or for what crime, we lay this proposition down as broad as it is long, covering all cases* , An end must be pdt t%him as well, as to the rapist. Crime has never yet prevented crime; and the citizen will) professes to Deneve umi will ought to go the way of all crimi nals. Lynchings will never prevent outrages; but rather tend to increase them by throwing the friends of the man lynched into a state o|£ sympathy for him : and out of this state of sympathy for the cri minal arises palliation of his crime. There is but one remedy for rape, and that is the death pehaltj^ speedily exe mpted. But if it is not speedily execu ted, there is no excuse for th^ lyncher. The thoughtful citizen realizes that some delay is necessary,: and that jus tice demands that time be given, for i to subside. The man or set of men who take it upon themselves to in flict death, no matter what their 'motive, commit an outmgeous ensue, ana »• not only used bricks exclusively for the building, but be used them in construct' lug the stairs throughout tbe building, Ip the matter of stair building bricks have often beCh used for the riser,- but the step bas always been of iron, wood. Slate or stone. In tbe pension office bo th riser and step are of brick. As a brick . building,. therefore, pure and simple, it is unique in oonstmction outside of the. fact that it is the largest exclusively I briek building in the world. ”—Wash :: ington Star. And nothing to my vision seem Without its honeyed g«Me. Ubyrf Uj hdy, beilew’tiHftx aev*r-«u}g Ifonce tiihtfimktag *£*«»« Ask God io keep thee ti-oen ite 1 And boy, Wftetej even $ | Hlaxvbmliwmioveium > Anri given repentance, A child.wicwjed oy ate aftfisftfibfirsr shooter, made reckless 1qr ill sue perceived' a epvey of. WrttqtikHy! ing oiitbe other aide of a hedge ad solved tohdve a*lap «t MM tion jhey JOl ^,tT0w.,^ “Oh, faith,” cried Pat joyful^, «» gorra, soty yon made them l'eve that anyway."—‘•Household Word*. ./•'? %. -• .:_; ■ ,, .<& ■ Slave dealing ui, OoUftenwi^p^M we kaoy .’^awayajeaigta, aiMytqe^yiie of u pasba is not abov© tb© wr©tcb©o ba«ipesis.: Eicbard~Davey,iti his book, “The Sultan and His Subject*,” WW * “ A good .deal of Turkish traffic u» slaves is conducted in the flowing manner ' on very well comma cam mercial principles: The wife of a paane, as a matter of speoulawoOjptarelMlflma two or three little girls for a trifle, either from a slave deater of aomejpoor woman, generally a^ObpsttiiB, poaBbV. a Bulgarian >1 bring oji &*r