l in E sFNTI\EL
Sill‘Tll NUIHYAIJ'C, Jl‘l.\' ii.
FACTS FOR THE (‘I'RIOI’S
.\ . strawberry grown l:\~t season at
.‘larl-uromgh. N. YA. ruensarcil nine in- .
in s m I‘.l\' imien-uvii.
.\ pearl that is de. lured the largest in ‘
Europe, was sill in LomIJn lately for
3 hilt). It “as two inches long. four
in..hcs in lir utu‘breucc, and weighed
tlircv ounces. 7
Tlrv lit" Kill: Illlll“ iii linvnria fllfll
muted his servants inthe uu‘st insane
fashion. lle madehis vale-t wcurn black
mmk for a year as a punishment for an
imaginary utlenve.
Marriage in Scandiomia in old times .1
could take piucc without clergy. but di
Vorc re plan d u reiiginus rite. The wife
1 71ml dorm. all this if the lulsbruid wasted
< umm -u proport}. Thc
fli“r‘ll.lt under uf the prnpart} of hs
“ Iv. even Hf her dmwr. but it' they were
sepirntwl. he must rest are all that ho-
lwzi‘n’d t . her. and from 0H'.‘~illll\1 monu-
h lit' of tilt” . mumon acquisitions.
'l'ln‘ ~ lit. rib” \\;is highly prized by the
t llomjlns, It held thc salt which
\\ us >pl’llllxiv‘il over the altar at u‘sncrilice.
uni that Hilth w.is u~cl ut meals. It
usually i' -n~|~tu -l 6m czip'stauding in a
dish or s rum-r. and from lwing employed i
at. the (lunn‘stiv sacrifice. was regarded as
an . bjert of Vl'lir‘fllllt‘ll in the family: so
tuurl: that tutSnns cven of slender
moms \vl-re ambitions to possessoue of .
SEA: r ifihey .« Au} ivcuntrivctn purrhaw-it.
liwrse rnrtu; in lmly 1..., 519:1“ ago
would hi"! [wt-:1 :t alumna siilll 1" the
~ pm s- at gc‘ui'r .zL-u of race goers. says a
wrzv r, :i~ ti» riders wrrc ’eiuploycsl.
Ilium n: t- :‘ l-.v “e-rc mugul ill a
tow th ir :unfim lh'lilfi almost i-nnccult‘d
l|\‘ l' lili 4". .\3 ill ll"Ild of mu ll stun-l
i win who uitEi diiliculty ri-stmmc‘l
m: r'iilusil}' n-f his rltzlrge until the
. \\.’l~ :Iu'n l-v «iisrhurging u ( ziu~
\t (kit ~r"l?iil «1th they sturtel
«thr t‘i . ll.l‘~‘i of the \\ ind. each try
wi.t".x‘3p tliv' other with us kc u an
.ti’wn though ll *3: hull lN‘t n
1.1» l‘l'll . b} tho mist skilled iuvlgvy.
' wis led l u 'k in triumph .
br'iyiug of trumpets. the tultlc
husband was i
Hf‘.
i!
so.
as q
\
murmur-rm;
ill"
. :t'ul the shouts mt tht- puplll we.
7 mm v-pzim- stzilkit g in its run
.
«wt» .ll’y ..~ 3h 31:“ h ~ \vere . ousciuis of
lust i tn. h mil :nppt‘eviutcd the up
p i .‘t! l! .; v\\-‘:l upon him.
. 7. -‘fi. .
flaking Bogus Bananas. ‘
‘ i: \\ mid ntntii~li you,” still :1 man ‘
i . at t Anti-l r :l _\'-;:'1 low viz. reporter '
. ... two lu‘hi‘l turn in“ lllwllli it’s on l
g t'. ‘1 :u »..; thv pubiiv sipizu‘vs "'ll ‘
\uit.
’ 4.x l n' .i you to lgnnw “but :in .
.n‘u .;.t v! ~:-. on llu‘li‘ is in the word.”
”1 .‘il :. ..,_ so “ \\ s th‘ rutlur iudlf»
3.1-, :3 will lib» report-r. us hr mndc '
:u 'u' i‘. \ tutu m u l the lzu‘l that he lirul
.ll ill»: slums be “.if t~ »l t . :ilteuly.
’ \‘w ‘ pulsar-l t‘srntlr-r, who m-t‘med ,
v r m'Jll lIll\l:\“lt‘\l in his sibjlct.
. -\_ mm: H» ks think tint it is :\ Ect‘r 3
Lin: ll. ' '.: lL what is sold forbultcr is
n: .iln i_\'~ the pzndui-t nt‘ cxw . milk. 5
1 Li ”H uni illnr'ms, :m‘l that t‘uliily. rut» .
fw led up; do: ilkc .izc durturul :md
:i-l . tenth-d bit lb“ their pi) -r. innu- 3
cm: “v.3.” llmt is nothing compared. to ‘
“l: 2! t“ ,fitllllg ,l‘l'l‘“. any." IlU\\‘.l\l:l_\'§. ;
\\:i._\'. it is an .i. tuul fm-t thnt up toward :
tn {rundown t is .l luxlory “lilt‘ll ;
my. l. u! luhgllr ldflllllls and bananas. us _’
“vii :is rm» l r three other things. and it
l‘ :mpi...sil:le tn snjfiwhnt tin-y will nnkc :
“th ’l‘lu-ie‘s lti‘i'li wve'nl utteiupts at f
m itiut‘ue'uriu; (tl‘dllfi'l'tf-glllll lemons. but
l.w\ haven't cmrtly hit it yet. Slay lu-
tho: mm t. b l'. it's my opinion that they
“1.. ' , .
'i i .- rr-imtcr's interest lnvl lltl‘H‘u ed.
l: TC
‘l‘r l".ln .ind luminous,” llt‘wulll. “How
I . th mun-.- ll 'civuuuou sum;- d: thcy ‘
x; t!- mrk t» :ui‘kr them
\ "'l‘hztt‘i .i sx- rel that‘s kept pretty
u." gill‘llt' l'" was thr- rvp 31,; but I ‘
\vv :.: them- ill!‘ ‘li‘l to sn' :i liictid and l7
~ m- .umr m: ‘hi- gem-rd. \\'0l‘kl!t“.£ «\l' the'
MIC: \ w”. .. v.- in the tlrst pfun then: is
;l knul mi ph'p prepurt-«l. Flour is um:
., . uf alieiiszgn <l.e..t~ l mu todl. rind p »t:t<
tug» .ln thrr l d llttt sc-c nny sign ul .
tluw :ru “Al. but Illl'rt‘ \v.is_).piitc :i pile
uf 1.1! v- ‘_\ suhvy llmk'u‘; pututm'i.
and that Yimt‘ was Ll \ct’y stlggxstne
it. it- ..: l‘iu)’ tui e in bi_.’ :is the pile f-l
ll lll‘li s ’l‘ ll: ips lrlllll is willy l s'il ill
pr. pgm; thv p»~..n.it till"il'~. but l‘sn‘w :i ,
tum. «l mung hull 2i burn-l of.“ in u
r ,1 from who h l w n a short time ultcr- 1
\\ :rii «xiv u ti t.l~t-- of horny u pulp. lt '
u l‘ :lwn in :l tuthcr tlzin state. but they. :
tr=i=l xuc that .t drlml out to the priper .
.‘Cv'lh stency after the skins \verc tilled'
r
“til; it. \.s.\ tin-4e skins are of 'soxuc‘ i
with pa ii .r «blur—u littlc grziyer, per- 3
h ip-..tlm a tin- uvnu‘ue firticlc. but very ;
bright and pm My looking: win-u the). are ,
fifllrin d The l. at tomb is put on by ;
mmns of lipping into it clear liquid that l
I‘l’fl‘l’lll‘lt‘r vnrui-h. but stuclls very inurh
litre b munu. l‘hc peanuts we made from i
tlw rlilit“ pulp. e‘vc‘pt that it is tlu‘voro d .
.lizi‘crentiy' :m l mudc much dricr and
h mlrr. Then tlil-y are di ipcd to put the -
skins «thin dried; tie shells built:
around them by rolline' in n trough, and '
drviuu i : lllt' sun fini-ihrd them. You
,cnh‘t tvl. tir- ditlercnrc in taste or up- ;
lf‘fll'nl'tt‘u' from tho gen iiuc article. The
lunanus‘kms. I .was told. we made of.
pa‘~r pulp, with ndmixtnrc 0f Ccrtnin ;
inrtitlos which give it n consistency very 5.
lb‘
1
they had been tilled. finishes them on}
the atoms. which is done in n \‘cry‘neut
war. The only trouble about them' is l
tluit they harden when they grow old, l
but as they keep much longer than rcul
bananas. there's but little danger of ilieir i
being found out in that way Uh. it's a i
gmat business, I tell you.“-——P.‘.1(udelphi¢ ‘
Aim-“lg .1.» cu“ (a ; .
I the dipping that I told you about, filter
_W._
A Woman “’h‘ps Two Mountain Lions. .
“no wealth; not. long ago it herdrof
Angora goals that were bring herded by
Miss Teresa 'l‘alicrt on Lost River. Idaho.
Cumc borne in a hurry and cruibed pell~
mm fur the corral. it long concornfome .
eight feet high. They were shut in by
the young shepherdcm. no main members
of the family being home at the tune.
In a sum-h among the foothills no «use
for alarm was devclopéd. In the hi ht
Miss Tnllert was amused by but 03
winning at b ‘r est-and got ting up Iht‘ saw’
from the window by the aid of a bright
moonlight 3 nine wild nuimuls raidng
havoc in the corral. . She step out.-
nidc ulmmt into. the embrace of four
‘mountain lions and without n moment‘s
.hesitutton attacked them with an :10.
Two of the lions jumped the 3corral and E
fled. The other two rushed toward her '
tail unimpeded the goats, who nearly
: mmplvd their: young mistress to death.
like sprlng to bar feet just in time to
dvnl I well-diroctod blow in one monster
who won springing 1: her throut.» She.
hidhim out. cutting him open to the
bone. Thou both find. The next mom-1
7 In: titty of the vnlusblo out: were
found (lend sad thirty woun ed. Four-
teen of the inter died “mum-4
Randolph“ Tina.
j V raisin: ‘ initial. —
‘ rived at San Francisco” from
. world‘s history.
, lightning. which continued at rapid intervals
, up to four o‘clock. when a tremendous cart!»
. The shocks “ore so violuit that the wop‘u
. ternrr.
; clothes. making no
‘ .. Tue earth plains continued to follow one
; another in quick suewrs‘iou‘ up to T A. .\l.,
' when a tendon cloud was observed ndvnnw
z with tho sound of thunler. and shortly after
; Shch-rs of tine du~t bc van falling.
; from other points stat» that: Mount Tara-
; mera was . _ _
. forth, and hardly were flames seen l§ulug
: over the surrounding country.
. in
. in pln cs roseitu the height. of four thousand
‘ feet, capped at tho highest point by the
. gmndust in the world.
. dust cnutte l :1 st mu: sulphurnus smell.
- hnnn was cutnplotoly engulf» l. as were also
2 Mil
.\ Sillillufl’hWYi‘i‘lls :\I‘russ North-
; ’Llew about wildly and bent their livos out.
. wtthout. which felt like that from a furua ‘o
. . , .
-. «llil‘K clouds in the southwest, trout “lllvh dt~
’ r.- “on tho wind canto
. cyvl who “as Iuruiing. and thoy hogan to
; m-liul‘x‘gute in th~ lwiglllmt‘hmtl of cyclone
. xv-it'il
. handwvas‘thrust out of n car window the
. rushing air felt like a blast froiuo furnace.
' Sigunl Httico (‘lbOl‘Vt‘l‘S Lyons and Mellinnis,
mucl. like the genuine article. Audition l on
. seated to this partially. bufisuggcsted that
\ Ir‘nb Home Rule ruembor of l‘arlinmeut,
Instruction of Life and Property
in New Zealnnd'.
Numerous Small Native Villages
Overwhelmed by Earthquakes
The steamer Alum&la. which has just on
Australia.
» brings particulars of the fearful volcanic
eruptions in New You and last month, and
Which are among; the trust destructive in tho
The first reports of the \ ol~
canic disturbances canto from Tnut‘agua. in
the Auckland ink.» district. ‘ The natives
of that village wore sharply awak»
, cued from' sle‘p at 2 o‘clock in
the morning by rep: atoll vivid flashes of
dunks o; rurmd, fdlowod quickly by othcrs.
jumpod in In their beds. and, paralyze. with
tied for their lives in‘ their night
e‘l‘ort to save ortaka
with them anything ovccpt their children.
in: from the south. spreading out until it
coxemd the sky. When still moving it; burst
Arm units
the first \oisano to break
from itscratar than the entire I‘ucrsa range
of mountains bclcbcd forth in sympathy.
hurlin: flames of burning lava und stones
For the first
time in tradition the extinct volcnuo of
litiaprhn was awakened iuton-tivity. Til-t
entire country over an extent of one.
huudrel and twenty miles long by twenty
breu’dzh was nothing but a mass of
flame uni hut. crumbling soil. which
'l‘ekoplm (levers. said to have been the
During all this tinne
showers of dust contiuuvl to full until it
becann-so dr-nso as Is make duy dark us‘
night. and not until the MVUIKI dav did the
dust cease falling: It was noticwl that the
N nun-mus small tintivo villages were t. xtully
destruye l. \\ mt‘su was covered to the depth
in“ ten foot \vitu dust and :isln-s Ilnhturnn-
5 \mo other small villa 33s. TWr-utymue per—
sons are known to ban» 1. s‘ thoirlivosunmng
whom were sexerul English residents.
'l‘hu lu\\‘ of enttlo starved to death from tho
illlstt‘uctrtn of pasture by dust is vory
are-at. and grrat illsll'rss exists throughout.
llh‘ A‘lt'kltlllil la‘it‘ (lisll‘li‘t lllli' ultl
Moorii’hu-t‘ at lintnrnn was dug :out alive
other having been buried In usln-s it” h ans.
[‘Huv)‘ ott‘or't \vns [undo tn \uvc th-~ lives of
villi-r“. hut in urns: cases whore liwllv-s were
fuutul they were dead.
At thednte of the depurturo of tho Ala ‘ i
mmlu from .-\u«‘k‘anl tltu \‘UJ'fillth \vor‘n
s'ill very nvtivo and tho tq-mlwruturc .if the:
but lakes \\ as Iucren-tug.
.—
WIlle§9F FIRE.
' said:
mum 0% FUN?
HUMOROUS SKBTCHES
\'.\Rl()CS SOUIKCES.
Haul His Arm Taken Off-«Gina Oncc
Too Often—A Tale oTa Lover——
A Coroner After Bo}-
tou. Elm. Etc.
FRO)!
Brother George—"Girls. did you hear
what an Szld thing hnppcucd to Fred.
Jones yesterday?“ i '
Girls iiu nlnnui—‘E‘No! “That is it?“
Brother G.-"The poor fellow had to
have his arm taken cit.“ .
Girls—”0111 how terrible}. How did it
huppcn ?“
Brother ‘G.—“\\'cll,r it.“ happened on
the tennis ground. He was sitting by
Miss Smith; they were then alone. w an
suddenly he put his arm around her."
Girls-“Well. go on. “That thou?
What happened!“
Brother G.~“\\'ell. it was then it had
to be taken (WISH—Lye.
Glad Once Too often.
Au absenbminded Congressman once
lost the vote of an entire family by his
c:trelessnc.~s. He had :1 «my of sayingr
"‘I would be glad to have you do so.‘
and one drxy a constituent, with his fam‘
ily. paid his respects. The Congressman
was busy. and after some talk the visitor
“We will remain in the city several
days. ’
"I should be glad to have you do so,“
repicd the .\l. (‘. us he fumbled a pile of
papers on his‘dcsk. ’ '
"We will come in and see you cvcry
now and then." chirped the visitor's
rwife.
“I should be very glad to have you do
so." said the Congressman.
“‘.\ud bring around. our othcrlitlle boy
you haven‘t secu.“ suggested the bus
band. ' ' 7
“I should be glad to have you do 50,.“
still said the l‘viigressnmu.
'I‘hcu they arose,
"Well. Mr. Blank.“ said the visitor,
down to the buy,
the great voyager had to.‘ paddle like a i
steamboat to prevent bung lassoed and
hauled ashore at every landing he passed. .
He says that one post mortem a week is 3
about all his system. can stand,—Sar !
Francisco Chronicle. .
l
»— ' l
A'Chccrfnl Dakota Liar. ;
Iri’tihe East; thousands of people plant l
and sow “in the moon" to insure rapid ‘
growth, but inlinkotu it is dangerous to
plant in the -. prolific phase of tho moon,
so they are careful to plant at such a
time that the [1100): will exert its influ-
ence in holding the crop back. I huvoy
known several disasters to result from
neglect of this precaution. .0118 day last
January I got lost out. in the country,and
while I wais toiling through the long.
new gram 1 saw a man, With nothing on
but his suspenders tearing along like
mad. He stopped me just long enough
to tell me what was up. and 021' he went
again for the Iowa side of the Sioux
River, whichhe clenrcdiat a bound, and
fell on all fours into a Bnoutdrift. four
feet deep. He said he unfl’his wife had
looked up the moon busncss, and had
planted their gnrd‘én the evening before.
but happened to get hold of last. year‘s
almanac and missed it about four days.
Tim result was that when he woke up i
th it morning the beets that he had 3
planted forty feet from the house had 2
crushed in his cellar wall, and had also 2
taken the door 03 its hirgwes. and were '
just mapping the floor with all that was
left of, his hired manhwhom they had
snatched out of bed in the attic. He
didn‘t know where his W'fc was, but saw
some shreds of a night-guru and several
agate buttms in the fruit yard as he
ilcd. He said there were pen-vines artcr
phantom bouts: and one muld sea by the
way he was dressed that :f h“ was it liar
:It all he was noba regulsr Dakota thor-
oughbred snmplc. .lfI rmlly thought I
would ever become an average Dakota
liar I no xldeant to die.
About two works ugo T saw u farmer
behind a straw stark gathering in a heap
a lot of old lanes and pirce< of hides
and sprinkling mil on them Yesterdny
I saw the sumc mun selling a tine pair of
extending his hand, “we must tell you
good by and go but-k to the hotel.“
“I should he vi ry glad to have'you do
so." said the Congressman again, and he :
wondered for n “'1 ek what made his ‘
visitors leave so abruptly-and never come
but-k to see him, {is they had said they
would.—~~ llilshénghm L'ri'ic.
Au Egg and an Actor.
i
t
“No one put _up with guying on the
shims us well as .‘let‘tilhuigln" ‘nid \Vill _
Mel‘onuell the other day. “for ie reusun ,
that he did more of it hitnwlaf’thuu unv ‘-
nue clsc in the company. iurtctt. oil
tbs contrary. never allow ed ' (he day i
he rebuked um lwfure ic \vholc com-l
puny for some trivial thing ‘ an uninten- 5
. “'o‘sli‘l‘u I'lnius.
Particulars of an uupnx-‘mlonted hot wave
that has lean visiting \u 'tiuus of the Nurtlh
u e t .m- gin-u in ”11' x'ullowin‘gdispatch from
St l‘nul. Minn L. ’
l‘euple in l‘nkotn llil-uuht tho world was 5
muuuu: to an ond yesturday The intensely
hot wiuLher of tho pus! wvok culminated in
a regular old t‘nsluuux-d lull an sunouu. The
air was as hotus from u bukur‘s oven. Birds
&;lllnsl tho trons in thoxr frantic utl‘orts to
escngm unseui dunger. “01‘le and cattle
bruke from thuir t‘ustouings and plungod
llll‘! streams and wind i not lm moved. A:
runny pin es in link In and Iowa tho nu r-
i-ury hm beau u n to l" l dogreox 'i‘uosluv
uustlwhnttvst-q :l)‘ mer known in Minot;- g
sum. thcunervury ranging from ‘4 to 10"» do- 3
gn'r‘fi, \\ fill an thrluyv or ‘u "figure-n uu: tug,
th« day. At.’ midnight. tho thermometer
slm d at \Ii degt‘nrs.
The snuoou in Dakota was severost-nt. Asb-
ton. At 4 o'eloekinthc morning tho pooplo
werenwnkeued by n runriu; noisoaud opprcs.’
sire bout. whichulnmst Milled breathing. Uu
fixing t.» the door your corrosimudeut. was
ill hen back into the house by hot air from
or on oven. There won; at the time honvv
Four sum d upon the pwiplo eglint a bad
vellurs. Mnuy fntheis and mothers on
awakening nnd t‘miiug tho heated air
their chinlreu from tho buds and
rushed mtntlm street. l‘oliuxing timt their ‘
linilsos \Vt‘l'P \‘ll “11‘. Hue rill/Ni th‘st‘t‘tlk‘s
lil.‘ tour that tho earth was I)!“
in: l're‘lpttaml mt- the sun. A farmer
who was on his way to tnwl, status that. it :
was conu-urntively cool when ho started out,
but “us mun struck by u but. wind which he
cuttld tint face.
A special from l‘ierro. link, says: l‘iorro
x-itm-ns have just pussed through one of the
must remarkable uud thrilling freaks of tho
eloiuonts ever evpern-ucul in this scutiouf
Fl r the lust thrm days tho mercury has
averaged about int: degrees. but last
night. cup; oi tho climax. About
rune o‘clock tho wustcru heavens ‘
mire suddenly illuminated. and in a tow
tuonuuits wind swept. dowu‘the streets, blow—
in: down several houses nud dull)" othor
dumrue. The wind uas'r‘vd but. and \oplo
worn ifiiiipelhrd to suck shelter in col ms to
avoid the intensu and sulfoi'at-iug heat. The
wind ,(‘uiitlliuml until -I 0‘ .~k this moru<
mg. and at :2 o‘clock a thermometer
rogistnrrd 10‘: degree. nssongom who
I nine in fxoui Ml‘llulllll on the Northern Pa-
citic say the air was almost unbearable. If a
The trniumeu had their faces blistered and
swullcn by the hot. air. "
The letter from Ashton was referred to
and for a moment both were runnze i, and at
first. nether ei uld Loliove it. possible that the
thermometer bud reached any such altitude
as lflllatai A. M. \V itli an eagerncss of twuscien-
tists they began to seek to account. for it. Mr.
Mt-liiuuis was inclined to believe that it was
similar to the tcrrihle Sahara Desert sinmon
which. like this hot uirstorm. is accompanied
by adnrk cloud, and ' seems not only to be
ut ' but. dcoxygenized m that it acts
the lungs almost like carbonic
acid. or devitnlized air. Sergeant Lyons up
it might have boon the heavfmm ahugo
uh-tcorite. Both ngrocd that it was one of
nine mysterious- weather dispensation of
'llivino Providence which could not be
pmalictdl.
NOT DISHEARTENED.
An Irish Home Rule Lender Upon
the English Elections.
Mr. Thomas Power O‘Connor. a landing
says in an interview:
“We are not an all dishesflenol, and "K“
Afford to wait for wbnt. must tortuinly come.
This is not a defeat, but only u check, and
home {ulna will eornosoauor than some pt) .splo
urn
“Tb. Tories an capable: of an thi while
iuolflcs, but this time their pies ufro too
"cont one! .1 labor too distinct to porruit
their dubbing :1 home rule legislntion. If
they did way would be unnblo to purpose a
mum that would satisfy us. and we won‘t
:gcop: anything lean than Mr. Gladstone
“Another six months will complete the
work which umdstobo dong and we sh‘u‘l
try nib. The Literals um not yet suffi-
cign mutilated, hence their foul nhsten-
lion
tn.
in the polls; but wewill educate
. nod thou w! will have home rule.
The Irish claims in Great. ltrituin lave
voted 'loytlly for the ”burnt enn-
didntcl “d the polling lists Show that 9'? per
not. of them oxazvtsod nonrigid of suf~
huge. Somo of the sumesnful Liberals
would luv. been in It [pretty «meat
hsdisnotboonfortbo L-l: v0 cutter
them. . ,
“Tho orpnintioln of the mum is
‘ Libero); And their.
of the Con-
. youth-t
firth-nut noun.
superior!) M of the,
dilelplinoiuollontv Erin}!
' val lion. any
nor aural-
Iiutondto armour.
‘ afterward and I played one of the con—
, lien’s cg: in my huud.
tom of li’ll‘l‘C‘ll in the garden scone to
; conic down thr stage gtnd shake hands on ’
i eueh side as he wulkch
’ tirst hand he clasped;
tiwnnl slip or something of he sort ~and
l ll‘clt‘flllllll‘il to get even with him :it the
lirst opportunity. 1 ho lift lung to wnit.
'l‘ney pdt on ‘.luiius'l‘:rsitr‘ u fi'w nights
spirntors. I‘ c:unc on the stage with a
It Was the rim .
Mine was the I
\Vlteu he mun-d
to the next he had the egg: in his hand.
He stepped, ustoukhcd at. tiudiug the:
egg. and scowled at me. He fumbled '
thc egg over in rliis hnnd and was com—
lli‘l' ly‘nunplusseil. ,llu had no pocket
In his toga and kn w o hov 0 oil: r<
wise dl\pilSC of It. file [did nol shake the .
hands of the others. but went througln
the scene coutinunlly“ changing the egg
would break it. When the not was done
hesieppcd behind the soenc’utnd said in
liisrdecpcst and >cvcrcst vn‘ce: 7 “cV'here 1.
is Nict‘onnvllf‘ I slept (in the paint
framethnt night and the new day I was?
discharged.“ -» (Win-2.5;.» ngll‘J.
.\ Tale of n Lovcr.
“Do you se- thnt row of poplars on i
the Canadian shnrc. standing. apparently
utr equal dis‘u‘u‘es apart .3" tiskel u gruvr» l
fumd l‘llflll o!‘ :i group of passengers on 3
the l’ort liric ferrybont yesterday.
The group nodded n~seut. .
“Woll. there‘s quite :1 story routi‘vted .
with those trees.“ he continued. ‘_ Sonic
yous ago there lived on the bind, in §
liutl‘nlo. ovcrluokiugthe river. nwcnlthy .
bunknrnvhow only daughter was beloved
by a young surveyor. The old mun was
inclined to question the professional skill
of young Rod and Lovcl, and to put. him l
to the test. directed ltitu'to set out. .On the
Dominion Shore. :1 row of trcos. no two
of which should be any further apart.
than any other two. The trial proved!
the lover‘s inefficiency. and forthwith he g
was forbidden the house and in dispair '
drowned hiiuself'iu the river. Perhaps
some of you gentlemen with keen eyes
can tell \Vhli 11 two trees ill‘t.‘ the furthest
apnrt."
The group took a critical view of the
situation and each membcr selected a dif~
fcrent pair of trees. Fimlly.aftcr much
dis mission. an appeal was ' taken to the
solemn~fuced stranger to solve the
problem. i .
“'1 hi: first nnd last.“ said he, calmly
resuming his cigar and walking away
with the 'nir of a sago.——Bufilzlo Courier.
A Coroner Alter Paul Burton.
Unless Capt. Paul lioyton files at?»
duvits ffi to the truth of the following
yarn nnent his recent descent of the
Sucrsmento River-.we cannot consistently
recommend it. to our readers nsnsuperior
article of veracity for family use. He
deposes and states that aslte passed An-
tioch about dark one evening he observed
a boat being rapidly rowed \from the
Share. In re: muse to the Captain's
courteous hail t e occupant gazed at the
great navigzitor with a disgusted express
sion and said:
“Well. I‘m darned. You‘re that rub-
bet-suit fellow, eh? I thought. you were
a floater.“
“\Vell, I guess I uni.“ said the Cap.
n.
“Ara. eh?“ said the other brightening
up. “I don‘t know but what you could
be legally couaid’élred as such. Just
grab this line, please, and let me tow
you whore." »
.“ant for?“ ‘
“Why, I‘ll tell you,“suid the man con~
fldoutinlly, “You see I‘m the Coroner
bore, and busincss is “terrible bud—tho
wont you over salt. I haiu‘t set on our
thing for three. months. Can‘t pay 0:-
penses. Now if you‘d only stop over long
enough for me to hold on inquest on you
I‘d: make a stoke and stand the ci rs
besides. Just puddle ashore, tint s a
good chap. Won‘t keep you ten min-
utes.“ '
‘sAll right,” sold the Captain. “Only,
don‘t. let any of the jury tickle mg none
during the inquut. If they do I‘m cold
to unease." ‘
“All right,“ said the Coroner. “I‘ll
sit on your hood myself."
*Aftor the inquestwins over the obliged
official carefully slid lulu overbonrd nod
abovod him 05 am: with my thunk;
but- the ‘ says tho wont of lbw“
’ to the can nt tho out townholow. nod
. . . . .~ .
‘hdd pnculyut the ir ind” “"‘h on Old : onions; tliosvswer-tn-st n; these l‘hu
{together behind the
g went
'afrnid you‘ll th‘nk I um a liar for telling
i but that cxceptiotml capacity. espccinlly
E musical teaching; linphucl was a scholar
‘ hibited his pictures at 13.
tint the Coroner triumphed the dodge,
steers to a lumber uptown. They were
so, fat and had tillrd out so fast that he
bufi'ulo robe. .llc swore that they were .
the same Cittlc I had sol-n him kicking I
strawsstuck. lie 3
. id all they had eaten was some wild
grass that had sprung izx hisdoorynrd, y
where the, women folks hudvthmwu (int j
a frwtubs of soupsuds wushduys. llc :
said he had learned that the best wavm
winter stock in I):|l\'OIl. was to knock
than all to pieces in the full and set
them up again as wontev; otherwise. un~ 9
less we get a blizzard (very week. they
were liable to get too fat and round on
the native grass.
Last fall I stopped ut a house to bor-
row a match to light my pipcwvith. The
mun told me to no right out in the gur— .
dcu and pick all I wuutr‘d. ldid not
know what he meant :t' first. but he l
out with me. and ——l‘u\ ulm-st
it there. was ubuut half an new growing l
of the finest parlor mulch ‘s I ever saw.
They were thick as hairs nun bliudtnole.
He said he bud a poor crop the year ‘bc~
fore because the seed was too good for
such soil. This your he bud :uived his
seed matches with une~fuurth tuoth~ \icks
and got a splendid yield. ~—1)¢l5i‘u!a A!" ‘
f0 .llmr'e‘rn .llil’ler. “A ‘
_._"._.-_______. :
Burl: Development of-fienlup. i
in a very curious article w tcn . times
Sully has published in the Niurfknth
L‘critury he nddnces evidence whichg
from onvhuud to the other for four hc'ecms to establish not only that pro-E
cucity is not necessarily a sign of discnse. i
if it is of the original kind which comes E
within the scope of the word “genius,“
is vczy npt°to be. precocious. He shows
that out. of 28‘? great tutsicinns. artists. l
schohtrs. poets, novelists. men of science i
and philosophers. 1‘31. or four-fifths, l
were precocious children, giving signs 5
of their unusual capacity in their speeiul
line of thought long before they .
were ‘20; inerd. in some» cases before
i
' they had emerged from comparative in~
i fnucy. .‘loznrt was exhibited us a pianist
.beforelo was 5 and )lcxulclssohu‘s first i
cnntnlngwus written at 11; while licc- j:
thoven at 9 had outgrown his father‘s :
in the Studio at 1‘3; 'l‘itinn pointed a
‘Sla‘lonna at tho smue age; Morlaud was an
accepted portrait painter, highly paid
by his customers, at 10. Landscer ex-
and Fluxmnn l
curved busts at l5: (lobloni at S sketched
out a comedy; (‘nldi-ron wrote a play at
14; Goethe was a plot at 15; Beaumont}
composed tragedies at 1‘3, and (‘owley‘s 3
epic. written at to, is said to be "an
astonishing fcst- of imaginative preco-
city.“ Scott invented stories at. 1‘1;
Dickens was a charming raconteur. the
delight of his companions, at 9. and
Charlotte Bronte Wrote stories, as well as
poems and plays, at 14. Grotius was a
Scholar at 1‘2; Parson could repeat the
whole of Horace and Virgil before he
was 15. and Macauley at 3 put together
a compendium of universal history.
Newton was a mechanician at school;
Laplace, while a mere lad, was a mathe-
matical teacher: Pascal at 18 invented
a calculating machine; and Leibnitz .
thought out: difficult philosophic prob-
lems before he was 15. These are mere
selections from much longer lists: and a:
in mnny cases the capacity must hi"!
appenred and have oscsped either notice
or record, we may take it that. with men
of genius, precocity, sometimes of the
most unusual. occasionally of an almost
miraculous, kind has been a rule.
John Kelly nail the flavor-nor.
“They are telling of a call the late John
Kelly (leader of Tammany Hall. “Pd in
his en'rly days a grate setter) made in war
days on Govcruothor-gnn, “10 G ‘ r
having asked a number of romtnent.
citizens to meet him at his house to con.
fer about sustaining the giver-nine“.
Mr. Rally was the first to arrive, took g .
seat in the parlor, nnd gored around the
room; “You have 3 fine house here,
Governor." be remarked. “Yes, it is a
fine house,“ the Governor replied:
“while we are waiting I‘ll show you over
the rooms and see what you think of it."
”No. Governor: it isn‘t accessory.“ Mr.
Kelly said. “I know the. house thor-
ou bl . I set all the grates m it myself.”
—§foc ”Herold.
W
Knocked Down by l Fish.
Cnptui‘n John Holey,_of the Fort. Po .
barn Lifesaving Simon. .wu quiet 3
pulling home from Bath. Men one_ even-
mg recently, in tho dork, when he was
struck violently on the bend and knockpd
to the bottom of his bout. The Coptiuu,
who thought tint be wu ulone on the
wntprs, wu lagoon"? and, hot, tip:
common-ti m . was gran ,
relieved when he found that n ii teen‘
t moon-in hinmin bu.
$33.3 In from tho minim. his
flight throu the nir, winked the On -
u
Mdmndmsnpingin e
Boot! for
he to they“ in; order-London anoint:
mm.hn_ nonfat».
koalhrflkilfl ”Vat. 7- ,7: »_ a
the result being tinsel
.mi “lulu suitor.
. :0 Brent-b I would liko toemplny ten of them
1:
him with pods on‘cm large enough for ,
. cause of his frag: an ‘e.
f it, and should wnxe it in vour midst. It \\ ould
‘ fill'tllc humso \ulh its rwlulonra
tofu-r nubile the
vorcns or clunuivs AND
nuns-
x
Text: “ My beloved is unto me as a. clus-
ter of campiuro in tho vineyards of Eugedi.‘
—Song of Solomon, i.. H.
.' Solomon‘s Son? has been mnddernd by
many as [it only or moon struck sentimen-
talists. written by n voluptuury, \h'r sturv of
a man crazed by a fair luaidvu,’nvll.hur Iii fur
fondly xrayers nor for church. Indeed. we
must'm mit that than: wuro years in Solo-
Inpn‘s life when ha bad Severn] bun-trod mum
wives than he was entitled to, but. be re:-
pentod of his sin. and God chase him to write
some of tho hast. things about. Christ. that.
have ever been written. Reside . that,
I. think tho I'I‘ilil‘ism nf "ruler“ Limos
upon tho imnuulvsty of tho Billlh comes with
r grace frmn a ceuturv in which the writ»
lugs of lieorgoSnud rune tn their forth-ch
edition, and Christians cannot. get to the
prayer meeting because they lmvo tickets for
places of numsnmont. sodoptuvnl that. HIV
make “The Black Crook" r'tstwcmble. I
think,~ however, as fair as I can see in my
stupidity. that. them are things turned out.
upon the u‘nuununily lo-duy that, bid fair to
do more danmge than the Son r of Solomon.
Hear, now, one of his furs r and fair-lu-
scrrptions of Jmtm If I had twenty years
ringing out. to observation tlnme ropi'c-
sentatious of Christ. that. having vet lmn
Elfin.“ by. I do nut. know u by thcpulpitslmuld
over ovcr a few tvpe-s of Christ win-u
. them are so runny symbols of Josus (lint. tuna
never been discuurs- :1 upon. \Vln should we
unpluy ull our time in examining 3‘ few lilie-
i wholrtho Bible is n grunt. garden tillml with
.; fuchstas. and withdufl‘mlils. and with mun-
; ranths, and evening prunroscs for the close
3 of life‘s day. and crucuses at. the (out of tho
:. snow bank of sorrow. and heartscaso for the
: troubled, and [ussiundluwcm plnntnl at. tho
3 font. of across. and morning glories spiond~
' mg out. under the splendum of the‘ breaking
dny! Some yams [ago I discoursocl Io you
1 shout. “the “‘lllbo lmim of Jesus.“ and some
l of the newspaper‘s supposcd it. was a mere
fancy of my own—the poor fools not. cum»
‘ mg 1an In lieu-lotions, flu) first. and line
j fourteenth. the “thin stun-ms of t‘lu’ist: “His
_j bend and His hails were white like wool-an
j white us snow“—syrulmining the cternlty of
. Jesus. ..
Lord Jesus, who bountiflos and adorns and
colors everything He touches l. havo no
faith In that man a conversion whose religion
does not color his whole life. It was intended
so to do. If a man hastbo race of God in his
heart. It ought to show itse fin the: life. There
ought; to be this “cluster of camp-him" in the
brig, in the roll of governmeug securities,
i t . medical prescription, in this law book.
A religion is of no vol-re to a merchant antes
it keeps him from putting fuse labels on his
goods: or to tilt: plastemr, unless it kee ‘ him
from putting up a (sailing which be 'nows
wrll crock in six months: or to: the. driver.
wales IQ keeps him fmm lashing his 11va
eight mils an hour when the thermometer is
Ԥ ninety; or tome farmer, unless it keeps
him from putting the only sound pippius on
me top of the barre; l; or to the shoemaker.
unlw it keeps bun from substituting brown
paper for good lonther in the soles. In other
words. the religion of Christ is good for
everything . or It 13 good for nothing.
The grace of God; never nfl'é tsf us by
piecemeal. If the ban is changed. the head
)3 changed, and tbegliVer is changed, Eand the
spleen is chlugod, ' the handsome changed.
and the feet are , aged, and the store is
changed, and the ' so is chaugcd,aud every-
thing over which > an has any influence
comes to a con lewfond radical change. The
religion of the re i‘Jesus Chr st: is not a par
of hyacinths, to ho: jet; in a parlor bay win-
dow for with to look at and to be ex.
unlined b ,es only when we hav-
com ny, ut it: 13.00 be a perfume filling
all 9 room of tlt' heal I; a} “a cluster of
mmphiro from T vineyards of Engedi.‘
The trouble is men _0 not take their religion
with them. The reliant leaves it outside
thecounter. last. i, isturb the goods. The
housekeeper will .. let her religion troll it:
tones m the ratchet on. washing day. The
phlluso )her will u" 2M his religion come in
amid t. e batteri test it an: a. galvanic
Ihock. But I Asmara: tulle-a your ‘
0a with you eveqi‘wbero, it goesnowhere.
at. religion w-as;;pmdad to color all the
heart and the lifemflf "
But, mark you, if!“ a bright color. For
the most. part it “fun orange dye made of
this camphire pi "i. no of the most brilliant.
of all the colors; if .so the religion of Josus
Christ casts no bl (new or loom upon the
soul. It brightens ) life; it brightens up
ovarythinz ”2% no more religion in a
funeral than the n a wedding”; no more
religion in tears . m smiles. ‘Ilavid was
no I otter when beg-:- ‘d he cried? out of the
depths of hell ' ‘ he was when he said
that. his mouth ‘3‘; filled with laughter
and his tongue wifi; '
. ' giug. The best man
that I have eve'fixé own have laughed the
s
i 'l‘orn-cml on the side of the uumntuin were
. the vineyards of Eugodl. till. they um sweet.
~ incest From in shelving of tho mountain.
‘ foe: high. waters mum down in beautiful '
3 bnptism on the focus of the loans, tho grapes
é lutnxicntc w ith their on n u illo.;l~lrw;.:mlmtw
'wlth juices lin‘sltn; front lim rind, all
(runs, and Ill-wens. and aronuitn' Wow is <
. i'nmphnu
plant. of the to“. Its flowers are in clustcrs
lke our Illa-Sm grarofnlJraglunt. s} mbolicul
of Jesus: for “luv lx-lmod is unto Inc as a
: cluster of camphirc from the vnfi'ynrtls of
' Engedi."
I will carry out the id~ a of my text, and in
the first plat-u show you that llusimuyhire
plant of the text was a s 'mbol of (bust. his
I l luid u branch of
The (‘illlh
phirefias “e have :t. is ntl‘ensive to sumc: but
the cmnpbirc plant ut tho toxt has ha
inure. grnvinus In all. The \ upwards of
lugedi bathe l in it—th-r l-znuvhes. the buds.
the blossoms dripping with s“ cetuess, typical
5 of the sweetness of Christ.
How swept the name of Jesus sounds
In a bvhuvor‘s car 2
It st ullht‘s his so: runs. heals his wounds
And lll‘iVB‘ owns his Ivar.
The name of (2mm mm s powcr: the
5 name of lion-d means our ell) . the value of
Alexander “loans cunpiest; the name of I):L
llltlsllll‘llt‘s nu'uus elmtua'ucv; the name of
Mlltwvu Ineuus poet r)‘. the name of liarmluiu
“'ast menus lxllllflllgl the name of lludms
._ "leanswulptumxlienauteof ltiwlhuvv-uruenus
. llitlslt‘ithe uameot llmuu'd menus reform:
but the name of Christ. menus tax o. It is the
II‘R‘R‘SI name that ever limited from h;- or
burn t ' As vou open on old clmst that has
long boon closed. tho tint thing that. shakes-
you is the per tumu of- tho h-‘l‘bs
that wcro paekod amid tho clothing; so‘tln-ro
. bro hundreds of hearts here \\ Inn-h. if opened.
wouldjimt otter, tn you the nrmouf Jams.
high! Kl“5"5‘d't“s i'i‘ bgsi'lio "lint flushed "pull
your vision! Beautiful when “aromas to
nova you. A huh» child was crying vary
much during the time of the eclipse. It g
so dark It noun that she was afraid and lie
sobbing. And would not vbo silence] until
sum came out again.
clam a! her hands and said:
“0b, tho sun? the sun'" Some of us
have bean in tho darkness of our sin;
eclipsu after evllpsa has passed over our soul;
but. after a“ hilc tho Sun of lllghteousuesi
pouml His beams upon our boarts. and we
criisl: “Tho suu‘ tho sun?“ Bountiful dawn
in the straw of Bethlehem Khan! llcnutiful
in His muthur‘.‘ shawl, l' fugitive to Egypt‘
Beautiful wulr His foot. in tho Galilean surf!‘
Beautiful with tho children bulging about
His neck: Bountiful in tho home \‘ll‘t‘lx‘ of
Bethany! Fairer than the sons of u on; day-
xprimz from on high. light for tho: who sit
in dnr‘suoss. rosoof Slmmn' lilv of the valley
——nltogcther lovely: Uh? He is su h usin-
pnrdoner. such a trouble surlhcr. such a
woundrbauder. such a gravo lu'enkcr. that tho
fniutast prunum lotion of Ills name ruusos up
the incense of the gnu‘lou. and all the pen
fume of the tropiis; \\ bile the souL in ecsmsy
of affection. cries out: “My bcloved is unto
me as a cluster of camphiro from the vine-
yards of En edi."
But. hows all I talk of the sweetness of
Christ‘s pardon to those who have ncvor felt
it: of the sweetness of His comfort to those
who have refused his promise; of the swoeb
um of His face to “1080 who have turned
their back upon His Iovo! Xow. a sat
and she
. many people may think this is merely srckly
lentimontalism. Jonathan Edwards was a
cool man. He wns harsh in some of his opin-
ions. be was never nmicted with any senti-
mental nrdor. and yet. when the name of
Christ was mentioned. it. threw him into a
transport. Paul was a cool logitian.
with nerves uushaken in tho Medi-
terranean shi vwrek, a mn‘itic. nature.
«ouifortnble “all! the. when world against,
bun, shaking his fist. in the face of the gov.
ernmouts of en rth and the forces of darkness;
yet the thought of Christ thrilled him,
transported him. overwhelmed him. John
Knox was unbendiui in his nature and hard,
in some ruipacts. 'I‘ 6 flash of his indi ~
lion made a Queen shiver and the Due as
(puke. yet he sat down as ’A little child at
,'° feet of Jesus. Solomon was surrounded
by all lutiul splendor—bis ships going out
from _ ziou- char nu voyages of three years,
bringing buc all the wonders of tho world,
in: par 3 uncut. with myrrh and fmnkin—
mum, and a rustle with trees tar-ought. from
fowlgn lands~ thotrneos of his stupendous
guions found by tho traveler at this any.
imnou sits down at this pin-:0 to think of
Christ. lbonltngnthor lovely. and tho allow
Ether fun And whilst. sound there mules n
th of tho spice- and necrotic Woods, and
of the blmoms in Huron ll the pulucu wine
slow. nnd ho crios out: “ y unloved isuntao
me as. a cluster of morphine from the vine-
yan of Enguli.“
O . rich and mu. oxqulsim and ever-lash
rfumo! Let it. in every poor man‘s
win 0W3; plant it on ova-y v0; put its
louvus umlor ovary d in: ban ; ‘l‘eIUIOIIS
blossom forever-y (urinal; won its bumches
in ovory homo: and when I I!!! shout to die.
and in band lien cold nod ml! and white
mun «pillow. lot norm plain and humble.
soul vol“. nod put in my a; in: group {his liv-
ing brunch with (Justus ‘ of complain: from
tho vineyards of lingual.“
It I: nuanv yours now since I found the
Loni, and, I must in your [imam toll you
bounced Ho bu boon to my soul. 0mm
slum tho: I have glvou Ilim n hunl thrust in
"‘3 monk. but He has boon nth-of. with
In. b day and by night It. L1 he grief of
my if. um I have "VIN Hun so badly.
but Ho buuvor lot no? I buvonum uo
wonderful sights. I hove um] no wmdsrful
ounnds, l hvo no nurvoloua oxw‘elu‘; it
bu bun u plain story of DIUOIIL‘ on Ills part
out! ufuuwortbiucuon my part. Sum. of my
door hand: Moro um um on an».
“plum: on new firm ‘0 than
boon tho conqueror on the white or
Eh. sun of r ant-tin: ovoryul I;
obi-u with! t; or tho Maw. coin-
in: with humour! with”. mum
nio‘ and undomomtrutin Ob
bum n vu-
beon numbing my sweet!
‘ m t
mun-yum. How dull l tic-elitism
belovd l:
hm is now: “M
loudest. Religi
" up all our chairing
: cypress from y?“ and put. in “'
"b
’Arl. than “1:er Ar}! thou languid! An
intended to
Take out the
{
ot (‘ampMm from '
Rubiziun‘s "ways '
all her paths are i
There are hand
found it so. .9;
l remark again i.- nt the camphine plautuf
the( text. was a s . «I of Jesus Ch“ ist bo-
cnuse it isa migli u, restorative. You know
that. there is null “ :1: that starts respiratiuu
IS soon in one \\ huff s lauded as rnmphor. as
wot-oven. l‘ut y « I a sponga or handker-
chief. the clfev , arc almost immediate.
“'ell. this cunplr‘, plantof the text. though
somewhat. dim-r} . from that which we
lime. um 3 Nuts 1t aromatic. and in that
raspect it berm "" a In a (1' our Lord
Jesus Christ, w "s the mightiist of re-
.storuu' ves. I 9 carried this enm-
phim p‘nnt . in. the sick room. otter
the doctors lingo, aid their consultation
and said thorn in hope and nutliing mum
(‘uuld be dune. a the soul brivlutcned up
under the spirllu ” *storative. Micro is no
s. no nonmlgm, no can-
vineyards of
j‘ ways pleasanti. \
‘13." I have found it so.
this house who have
q
fever. no rnarnsg
sutuptinn, mi disegv's'e of tho boi ' "tn! the
grove of Uud Willgliot holp. I Wis that over
every be l of paiuimfrul through every hospital
of distress wo of In swing this “cluslcruf
cumphtre from t, vineyards of l‘lugedi.“
Christ‘s band is tie softest. pillow, Christ‘s
pardon is the stfi zest stimulus. Christ's
Comfort. is the n' ghtwst anodyuo. Christ‘s
I
salvation is thc‘ (omit-st: rostumtivo. 1
makes a man ung tier than his physical dis~
tress . ‘
thou sore distressed?
"Como with me." such One—“and coming,
l e at. rest.“ ..
If I ask Him to me. in me. will be my me
no '4‘
Not till earth and not till haven pan: away.
l-‘mdin . following. keeping, struggling, in
nun-nu! “(11%?le man ”a. moot——
. - yes:
Nero tar-rod and put pitch upon the Chris-
tians of his day. and then set them on fire.
that. tiny .mrgbt illuminate the night round
nlmut the mines, but. while they were bun»
mg. and a crowd .bcnenth wens jeering,
louder than all the noise \\ out up the song of
union Ind triumph fro tho dying martyrs
Subn Bradford coma out. in pressure of the
inst umont of torture than was to put him to
d ti: and said: “I run aChristinu now. I
have never been before.“ And so again and
again tho lion of 'Judub‘s tribe has torn to
piows tho wild boas“ of martyrdom.
This gm‘ e'is ulsctga mtorutive for the buck-
slider. Who do you menu by that! you say.
I mean you who used to froqucut. the house
of God. but seldom go there now; you who
once used to pruy.‘but never pray now; ~You
who onvo sat. at. the holy communion. but
take not the Lord‘s cup now: I mean vou
who once rojoiced in Christan society. ut
now sit union sanders. Backslider! Uh.
wbuta suggestive word! Backslider! From
what have you slid back! You hnvo slid
buck from your father‘s faith. from our early
habits. You have been slidingm cl: f mm
brist. from the cmus~slidillg ck from
Heaven. “'lion a man begins to slide he
knows not when; he will go. You have been
sliding back townnl darknom You have been
slidin back toward an nnblmd grave,
town a recipice, the first ten million miles
of which ownwnrd u_re only a small put of
the charm plunge. ’xou were, perhaps, pro-
fmrs in the country; vou have made ship-
wreck in the town. t wa be that the
club blasted you: it may be t fusbiouablo
society destroyed you: It my be the kind
of wife whom you man-loch You hove no
more hope for Haven now than if
'on had lived in Central Asia and never
card of Christ and the judgment. 0b,
where is that Bible you used to read' Where
is that room where you used to pray? “'hat
have you done with that Jesus whose voice
you once heard? 0h. murdered hours! Oh.
unseat-red privileges! Oh. dad pertaini-
tios! “'nke up now and shriek in t. at man's
car until he shall rouse himself from the hor-
rible somunmbulism,wnlki . as he does. fast
nsioep. within an inch of ell. Uh. that he
might cry out now: “Golden Sabbaths.
come back! Communion was, come back!
\Vooiugs of the Holy Ghost. come back!”
But they will not come. Gone, gone. gone!
Sorrow will come, but not they. on, that
you might save the few retraining yuan of
{:ur life and consscrate them to Christ! I
we soon and sights—I have heard pad
sounds; but! hell you thegbastliest thing
outsidethc gate: of the damned in g buck:
slider‘s deathbed, Do you not fool like bor-
ing applied to your soul this divine resur-
ltfl‘el » Do you not feel like crying out with
Duvid: “Restore unto me the Joys of thy
salvation!” For great sin, great put-don: for
deep wounds. omnipotent surgery; for d of
ours, n divine nnrist; for blind eye; a
heaven!!! $ulist: tfor mm in sun, flu
in our 0 a gun res on.
pilot. in the buvenly‘ worldwo shall fool the
chief mtorativo powwofroiigion. This is u
phnetofwoopingwmhvinxon. _Woonter
uponlitowithn%oudlaovo itwnhnlong
sigh. III couldzu t: up the :rnftofthisnur
dionco and p33“ in one thin? between
utbri tw ma 0 every
be" utidthotbmua of God shuddvrnadhowl.
Ebb midfthowu‘mhmnwonwn
C l'
regimen“ of cm lumdnd um! any man, the
to of the gown“ mica tho
0!“. 30. u I sand on It“.
i not tint comm
m. “’ "'5' “ ' in: mime-or
h
handrail Joyful
tun: luvs been Motto. for-
business than. In tho Inu-
mor than our citios will luv. hills of
moduli which on high
l Wad death” in n was?
Mm quioio h.“ been two mom i. 1...!
don: but inflict t heavenly city than
uxmuanguommorm:
:osonobhckdnn of
8
robu- of ,: law .wol-
acom‘mbut noun 01pm, flan. WM
“or“ Hoofthocl‘ywwid
filtuaflvmnmnlfi
m i‘
I In: bore! Will my head never ache lgtin?
Skull 1 nevor stumble over a. grave was
Will I never say goodbye to 16de on.
again! Can it. be possible tint the stream is
past. that the bank is gained. mt the glory. ‘
s _ uni Show me Jesus that I my
kiss is feet.“ “'hen the clock of ‘
suffering has run down it will nevu‘ ‘II.
wound up again. Amid the vineyards of tho
heavenly Engcdi, amt Will‘ be Monica
without. any relapse. That will be dny withs
out any suweediug night. Thu: will b. “tho-
uints‘ ever-Instill}; rust” s ’
, Tank: have been introduced in Goa.
gross this session about 12.000 blfia,
over 9,000 of them in the House,
writes n \Vnsln'ngton correspond.
out. Of these less thou 4,000
have been or will be passed by tho
end of the session; so that the
second session of the Forty-ninth Con?
gress will convene with twice as much
business before it as it has been thin in
transact in this long session. . The list
of bills introduced in the Senate show:
fewer smnll jobs sud nnimporhnt mess-
urea, and embraces fully 88 man;
measures of public iinportnnce as the
list of House bills. The Senators who
seem to do the most business no than
who are on the Pension Committee, at,
for instance, Blair of Newd Hompshiro
has introduced 447 bills, resolutions,
and mpons. and Sawyer of W
.418. Jones of Florida, who has not
been present during the session. this
the cake at the smallest end of the list,
as he has introduced no bills of 8115.,
Next to him comes Kenna. of West
Virginia, who has introduced two bills
only during the session, one oiiflzejn
for a light-house in his district. Souls-
bnry' of Delaware comes next with
three, Ransom of North Carolina fol-
lows with five, and Eusfis of Louisiana .
comes next with eight. Up to date the
difi‘erent Senators are credited each
with the following number of bills and ,
resolutions :. '
Aldrich .............. 8! Jones (”Kluu .... fl
Allison . ‘ dictum”... ... i
Bock...” 611mm ......... ..3
Berry ...... ... 15 McMillan ....... .. 35
Blackburn. .. 3'J.Mcl’hcrson ...... 2'! ~
Blair.... .....4u “shone ...... .. 98
Bowen. ......... 61 Honduran: .. .. M
llrown............... finnxley ....... .. 4!
Button. . .. ‘3 Hitler (Cd. 8
Call........ .. "1&3 Miller sN.Y ..
gunmen“ ......... 90 Mitchell (PL! ....... I
(‘.~amemn...... 86 Mitchell iOrogun}.... 66
Charo ............... 15 Morgan ............ .. {6
(‘orkrell ........ ".132! Mortal. .......... .. I)
‘ “ . 2 Palmer .. ...... S
1:; Payne . ..... ... 33
i. Pike ........ 70
‘3 Plan. . ........ “
....... 73Plumb.. ........150
._ ”.130 Pugh... ....... . IO
I'deundsn . . ‘2! Runsom...... ....... 5
Eustas.... . b‘Riddlebetger........ 2i
Evan-ts..." .. 338nm!) .............. .. 13
Emir ....... . )5 Santsbury.... ....... 3
Frye ...... .. CuiSawyor...............l-IB
(hurge ..... . 4.3 Save“ ...... Wm...“
Gibson..... 3aShof;fltfl.. .......... 70
.1“) \anthlli ....... ..--.. B
.151 \VilsoniMd.L. i ...... 10
Jackson. ............. sown-on (Inwfl..... 71
Blair, of New Hampshire, introduce.
such bills as femnle nufi‘ngo, prohibi-
tion for the District of Columbin, nt-
tionnl savings banks, and others. Ed-
?ifll‘dfimifiilEMiiii‘fiho like. Wade
Hampton distinguishes himsolf by in-
troducing bills muting it a penal of—
;ense for Congressmen to solicit ap-
pointments under the administration.
Stanford is famous for introducing
desert-bud and Indian bills; Harris.
measures to exempt peach brand: from
taxation, while Frye attends to the
fishery bills. Spooner. of Wisconsin,
ulternutes with bills in the interest of
farmers with othem in the interest of
railroads. Evans has ofl'orod nothing
more important than bill: & the ml.
of the New York Produce Exchange,
Ind to erect a public building in New~
burgh und a revolutionary monument
It Stony Point. , _
Tm: Supreme Court of Missouri has .
decided 3 question in the cm of the
State against Anderson et 31., which ll
of interest to lawyers, and it may huvo
the efl'ect. of deterring many criminals
from impeding their moi The dc-
fendsnts were tried for murder in the
Circuit Court of Carroll County and
convicted of murder in the second do-
grce. and their punishment assessed at “
ninety~nine yem’ imprisonment in tho
penitentiary. They took the one to
the Supreme Court, and it was reversed
on a technical point. Upon the second
trial they were found guilv of murder
in the first‘ degree. They of course
were greatly disappointed at this, and
ngain appealed the case. But, notwitlp
standing the verdict of murder in the
second degree at thefirsttrinlwonld
look like on noqnittnl of murder in tho
first degree, the Supreme Comb-I
.docul' odthot fhoaooondoonviehon‘ m
right. The do: for their execution In!
Ill-end: been fixed. .
. ._.__.._....____..
Tum ha been much criticism of
Dr. Sunderlmd’l 0mm ‘ from tho
White Home mm mm of tho
word “obey.” The quudion in: hon
taken up by all the clergyman locally.
sud itmnybooomounofiondnlim’o.‘
inane. Dr. Sandal-ad ay- ho ‘u may
to defend this omiuion Iain“ d!
comers. The Doctor '3 nlwnys st; hi
bestin n controversy. Re any: tint
the form of Inn-rim service «3an
byhimilfllomltof Iongupm' "
sud ntudy. The word “obqy‘ won 110‘
used in damning. ' either.- pnrfy. Th.
word “abolish" m and in aim
tho groom nod ‘honor‘ in trim
the bride. ‘Honor.’ the D0050? ‘3'-
“include- on manner“ of our: POI”
u‘blo duty. Tho word ‘honols’ ‘3 found
inthodecnlogw—‘Hondtlumud‘
thy m: n- was w i-
Saiptnn‘u and only in Mon-ash"
bond-clove- nnd m.“ Tho Do...
my M 1 am anthem
before 1m. - _' ’7
gain now ' mumu ..
Wifihuukmdifio
and...”
Whimsy:
at.
li- am in. small).
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