v
‘
I‘HE SEVTINEL.
sot'ru xo‘rtw'Aik, .uav 3:.
corrun scmxcu
Recent experiments seem to establish
the lip t thin the germs of ordinary infe‘c-
ham :iisi'use‘s iaunut withstand an expo-
ur'et . day heat of ellurlcgrecs Farenheit.
or .III e\posurc of five minutes to b'oilin
water or steam at 212 degrees.
“wing to the increased electrical in‘
tensity of the atmosphere. which is in-
du. ed by the. continual evolution of
steam and smoke. llr. Andries estimates
that the danger front lightning is from
three to live times gri-atcr than it was tif~
ty )‘t'.tl‘\ 3g”.
E!’
a
: l'urbuuie acid. produced bv the action
of \lll‘fitl‘ on marl-1c. is supposed to
TLIVt‘ lut‘tl used as an .‘lIlJ-Slltt‘lltI‘ by the
ancient Egyptiuts and the its. '
Hamlin reports to the Paris Biological
Sm. Ic‘v that ana'slhnsia induct-d linear-
links 3, Ed is vet-yiou’iplfitv. i
2»-‘.-__‘ ' *. alul titi‘ ;:
ll‘..\"'l ‘~\ itit llu- nir'
us, oft: \ut'sc. being
l\ w ithuut danger.
The diameter of lorotnotivc driVqu
ul.‘ ~‘ls has lu‘t‘t: greatly itii‘h‘uv'tl ‘
it.. c . .=::nc::ti~.l .p. cl
tic-in «‘
oi the Fri-rich pulls.
ll L‘ e \' \ >l.l\l:
, Vl‘ltt‘ lutgzwl'yct
.n'e ti-r fem tuiuiwtlt engine on one
d w In els i} he: in diames
turn ll" '1 Ill" twudv'i' and rats are to have ',
“ll" 1- of the .sltuv viiuivrniuts. llte I‘dl' -
tut! l2) twin: that with sit. it a train a
spud vt‘, .iim it sweaty eight miles an ‘
Ian tr . \‘l in‘ nix! lined 'l in- imts wi.i be
my .tt .nside. and iv to en ti .sc\cr.il pair:
rot w.. ;s.
“u -l :iEl is Ill-bl” «in a large scale in
Soul 'i {rm-m Iii" It‘l. is" of tuul-tr cut
tzngs .I'.“l form: {ll‘tlll :s‘. and from
:1 “ms .t ~l roots. and. although it mic
rt~~‘ \\ .. lied-u .'i~‘d izt t'i‘lllllli‘ll‘iillltp“ on
n v' Hi the heavy proportiotiut‘\arlwu'
l! \I : . tens. it furnishes a \>£lll\l‘.tl turv
lulu :n lumps ispe. {ally made for it'.
tutti Ll. :lls naturfi ‘3 ill' la xt‘iil l0 l‘t‘ llit‘
UT); > of iiftzuiztiatitt: mils. 'I‘hirtv
la»! .. produu- al-‘out‘ 40.0”” liters of.
El.“ ta. ii. “y. -i."pctititic. «rev-sole. acetic
a. i Annual. v-Ml tar i-Els and titlicl‘
”.03)., -zji..tirsi'ts :tl‘t‘i.
» lsu \‘l'lttilit‘d IIUIIIV
tlir sztuu triateriais.
Tin ilIs-lililt‘ xliuicusionsrof a globular
stat wider have been studied bv Mr.
I I“ II we. of the Liverpool Astronom—
ix..i >4 Sty. These clusters consist of
th )n‘ mils of minute stars. possibly mov-
ing ab i :t a common centre of gravity.
Um- Hi the must remarkable of
these I‘vgccts is thirteen Missi'vr. which
I‘m»! tr thinks is about equal to a first.
lilaglxll tile star. Yet Ilcrselicll estis
l|l.\lt'(l lllll it is made up of new stars.
;\é-s:ittiizz: the tut-ll mass as .~.,-.3..i to
twi e the sun‘s. Ill"'t\-'l‘1lL{t‘\llillllt‘ll‘l‘OI
c... h these components thirst be 43.213
Indus, and, each star in this wonderful
group may be separated from the next by
a distance of 0.0th miles.
_, *— ..
(ioltli‘lit‘nr. , ,
‘1, ll leaf is ruatutfarturcd in about .
twtuty shops in New York and its.
o‘}l\st:'li~, so.“ Ill" Nt‘w York 5‘93”». it is '
uslllthl' l ill I ill.‘l.lil tlllifl‘s of LTUlil lll‘L‘
titil‘Tllll-“l;‘llllllll€lll.\' here in making gold
lunf.‘ ‘i rld lull lie bcatcu so thin that it
w..l 1.2m) leaves to equal the
th.‘ k .~-.ss' of the duct upon which this
paper i» primal, An ounce can be
ucaten iuwu toffnttl leaves, three and
three-r :glits of an inch \xpurt- 7' '
At ..i establislunent in Hudson street
a H'pit‘H’l' was told Illtll the gold .83.
ltru‘
In .g::' ml lirtllmt'l'.‘ in small ingots. which
a:- m- ml tutu bars about a_ quarter of an
lJl‘ll ck. These are rolled into. 0
ribbon as thiik as non-paper. After '
P.1“l through the hands of the beater:
I! ;~ pt? in books. interleaved with
moi l ‘Lssue. null ‘30 books are put in a
ya i. v; . The ordinary sells for $7 a
pal tum". and the lust $7.5tllo $7.75.
_\'. (l! Hat'iIlI“ lrotn'tlte gold as it is
Ina-tut. but Illt‘l'l‘ are ragged edges that
drop MT. iThc leaf is used by gildt‘rs,
ll. mitten. wrs. dentists and sign painters.
The, \\«_1:t‘\ of gold bsatcrs are $II a
\\o.i\. .\ jlft'v'i‘ itiznl 20%": M beating.
A13“ ”i luv- can povibly do two a wet-k.
and as many as nine in th~ month have
lm i: ll ”it", I‘:\Il:t is paid if tin-workman
‘l'lulfi lit" gold below tive grains to a
lnu k. >nmc can :10 to four 4,} and even
{ourgv iitzs per book.“
_ "llu \ tl.in can you get it?“ ubeuter'
it: llr wtncstrct‘t wasaskcd.
“It is beaten to one three-hundred-
tlit»':s..n«lth of an llll h thick at live grains
In lhc‘ bunk. If it gl'ifi 5iu\\tl lu four
gmius it is one tlire hundred .vnd-sixtvs
simusdu-lth of an it 'h. '
it float; of Gold I-‘enth is.
At. the coronatiop of King ha a its in
that. writes a correspondent from Ilono-
lulu. he wore the royal mantle of Kame-
hameha I.. one of the most. superb cru-
blr-tns of royality ever worn by king or
kaiser. , As may be supposed. it is carc~
fully kept at the palace tgn'sem‘j;
yin-uh: cloak, ghouyfour feet in length.
\trvering an area of twenty-five s uare
feet when, .s tread out. and it is made of
the small gol calmed feathers of the 00.
These feathers. cac bou he s~ of
one‘s little finger nail re ins 811325120 3
a fine netwérk of tibre. {dude from the
bark of the olonnyoverlnyin each other.
"’ here are at least 5.000 of 1 esc feathers
use in
yuken [rt-m each bird, which has to be
snared in the dense woods. the feathers ‘
plucked and the bird:rcleased; it was a
crime to kill them. The birds are by no
fit-an: abundant. necessarily the value of
the cloak is veryégreat. and the keeping
of it all end Zss task. The mantle is
worn only b the reigning sovereign.
There are slgrrr'r capes and cloaks worn
bv 5.1-)... o chiefs. their length being
ngtzlntnl by the rank of the wearer.
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General Hayrisun and the Farmer.
General IIftrrison. during his month‘s
sojourn at the \Vhite House. made him-
self Very popular. says Ben: Perley
Poore. lie arose every morning with the
sun, gook a long walk. often returning .
through the market. On one of these oc-
casions he
from a nr-ig ilxoring farmer. and requested
'him to drive it to the President’s house.
The general was there to attend to the an- i
imnl. and invited the farmer to take Some
refreshment. procured a bowl of hot
coffee. ham and eggs. and continued con-
versatiou with him about farming.
The farmr-r,‘ having finished his break-
fast, remarked to the General: :fl'ou
have bought. my cow and given me 82
more than I asked. and a good breakfast
besides, tint if it wouldn’t be too much
trouble I would like to haven look of the
President before I go.“ “I can th Pros.
idcnt."repliod the General. The me;
at first looked inuodnloua, luring taken
his hospitable friend for tho sung}.
but, convinced of his milk“: “‘1‘
frankness ohlu'vfld:
void
didn‘t know
! ,
)l. Ch. ‘
may last :1' :
i
to prev
This locomotiv r l
the cloak. there are but two.
‘urr-hased a new milch cow ,
"Wall, Gnu-l, l
W 3°“ .3 the election. but.)
WOMAN’S WORLD. -
PLEASA NT LITE RATI'RE
FEMININE REA DERS.
FOR
Ono Druwlmck. ,
I?” face of beauty. wondrous run,
I ranted with a fluff of sunny hair;
IIr-r violet eyes. all hearts eusnam
Itrlovo that‘s scarce platonic.
“'as ever mail so fair - s shot
But yet. alas. she‘s not for me,
Bct‘auso. bxuleuth it all, I see
A toutper must cyclonic.
' --Lt'fe.
A Sweet Telephone Voice.
at the t‘uthmlral yesterday morning,
when .\Iiss (‘uru .\I. Finch became Mrs.
J. Edward Smith. and the finishing
written. The bride is a Cincinnati girl.
who. owing to financial reverses. went to
Kansas t'ity several years new» and became
a tell-phone operator.
merchant of good standing in Kansas
t‘ity. \Yhile attending to his business?
, he was attracted by the s\\ cc! voice of the
lgirl operator. and the impression was so
deep tlmt he sought her out and secured :
’un itllt‘wlllv‘liutl. The acrptuiutaucc.’
which llail such a romantic begiuitingf
Ollt‘llt‘ i into :I w arm friendship and then
;into low. and the weddingr of yesterday
was '.h-- happy result. It wasthe wish of
;.\Iiss li‘inch tint she be lll'll‘l‘ll‘tl among
Tllt‘l"'i|l f ' lids in l invinuali.——('i .ci'w‘t-r'i
.t
”I“; v #2:!" describes the career of
. Illa J. Nicholson. of the New Ur-
lc;t‘is :l‘i‘my', '. who is the only woman
liv ingp ho is :it once ilu‘eontrulling pru-
pl‘it‘l-it‘ and mlilut‘ ilt t‘lllt‘l‘ Uld gt‘t‘ul "it'll
tt'npuiitau daily journal. as she “as the
first woman \‘Ullllt‘t ted with the press in
the Snztlh‘
Site be. :izuu literary edit-tr of the Sun
day 1‘! z_. ‘. -. in the face of much adverse
criticism tliit :i woman should occupy
such a position. th mush u--\v there is not
ntiewspaper .u New UrlcazlstlLtt has not
'several ladies on its stall. She subse-
A very pretty wedding was solcmniled ;
he died in less than a hour with his head
in Hattie‘s lap. In her anguish her
secret was revealed. '
. She left England, which had no more
happiness for her. and came to this coun-
try. She had some miney, but it soon
dwindled away. and she found that she
must do something. Somgnin disguising
tion on a locomotive on a Connecticut
railroad. She served nearly two years
acceptably. and has been given a freight
engine. As she had it seventy-four mile
run and was the number of her engine,
it. is believed that her run was on the
New York division of the New York,
New Haven and Hartford Railroad. She
I‘L‘
~ I
l
l
l was walking on the track and she bl’cw
chapter of a dclighlful little romance was §
; gled him.
g gdrtvc his wagon over a grade crossing.
The groom is a?
. all up.
;t‘i:tls. but she could not sleep. and the
. far from New Haven.
. hcr husband
' railroading. Ilut she can never. she says.
”I‘lll‘fit‘l Illt‘ llH‘i
. . . l . - .. . . \
, ”Huh. “Hr“...l in. m. ”1.4.,“ (MUM, , win it Mr sto ml in the tab and N at he
. l l
. was finally given the day express to run.
worked very well and showed her skill
when her engine got out of repair. She
and while there she killed two men. One
the whistle repeatedly. but he paid no at-
tention and the engine struck and man-
herself. she. applied for u fireman‘s posi- ‘
REV. DR. IEIJIAGE.
THE BROOKLYNv IHVINE‘S SUN-
VDAY Slillhlox
Subject: “Sprig of IIetu-t‘s- ease.‘
TEXT: “And Ills Disciples teen! and (old
Jesus.“~—Matthew xiv., 1‘!
Au outragvmus assassination had 'ust taken
three. To up reuse it revcngefu woman.
'ing Honxlo cred the death of that noble.
self-sacrificing Christian. John the Baptist.
The roup of the disciples were thrown into
ricfgaud dismay. They felt themselves ut«
erly defuuseltss. Th \h: was no uuthorit y to
which they «sold appeal. and yet grief must
always find t‘Vpn‘xsi-m. If there be no humzut
ear to hear it. then the agonizcd soul will crv
it aloud totltc winds and tho woods and rife
waters But there “‘as an ear that was
willing to listen. There is a tender pn<
th\\i‘ and at tho Stilll‘ time a nus! admi-
rablu picture. in the words of my text: “They
The other man undertook to
and both he and his horse were mutilated <
past recognition. '
These accidents broke Hattie Morgans
She was exonerated by the otll~
men constantly appeared before her.
Finally she was‘runniug engine No.
1‘20 with a fast express at the rate of
fifty miles an hour. Far ahead on the
track she saw something which she
thought \\ us a piece of newspaper. As she V
heart d it shesaw it was a little child
playing.' with the dirt and stones. Its
. little life was crushed out on the instant. i
, . llatttc tried her best to reverse
line \Vomuu‘s Career. l
the. en-
}.riuc. but in vain. When the train
stopped the engineer almost fainted.
That was her last trip. The little child .
haunted her day and night and she had .
a severe Ill of Slt‘klti’.\\‘. Then she re-
sumed her proper dress.
She is now engaged to be married to:
an engineer who has charge of u sixty ,
horse puwercnginc in a large factory not. 1
She hopes on her
(wedding tour to visit I‘irigland and show ‘
the “Flying Scott-hump.“
whereslicreccived bur tirst lessons in
out
that were crushed
._ , t . ‘ . .t . . . . \ ‘.. ‘ .
n..n,r....k_ “h ,,,,,..p bciptirulnnghcr the , loroluuttu .lmag at about ll$llllllllg
l"ll“'l\ 1.u,.‘i,.,,,.:1 with :t .14.! 0f sgmmm‘ E<l)\‘|‘li.’w"_“ril‘ Yuri ”no.3.
llcr lawyers :llLl rt la'ivcs advised her to 5
take the thousand dollar‘sawarded ltcrby
law. and abandon the paperaud itscai‘cs.
'l‘bcbusincss manager. Mr. George Nich— l
‘olson. alonecounseled her to keep it. She;
took his advice. and through excellent
iii.iti:v_-‘crne::t and the aid :1 dcvotul ,
stall. puiil oil. the debt. built new otliccs‘.
greatly imprmcd the paper and is now at ,
‘ lllc bend of a super it t'slalpllslluit‘til. After!
two years she married Mr. Nichols Iu.who,
continua-s to manage the tinancial all'uirs :
of the lt‘lltl‘l‘. whilvr she has sole control
of the editorial colusmus. the politics of
, with h slu- directs and every part of which 1
undergoes her daily scrutiny. The I’iva-
wine has never been more prosperous than :
of
now. and is a splendid tribute to a;
w oumu‘s administration. Willi all this *1
Mrs. Nicholson is a gentle, femininc‘
‘wonmn. and a graceful poet. in fragile;
llt‘.tllll.:tln\ in}; wife and a devoted moth» i
er to liertwo pretty boys.
History of Feathers.
“'ho can imagine a gallant cavalier ofY
“yr olden rim-5‘ going tn the wars with
tut a waving plume in his cap? “'hy. ?
its absence would so entirely mar the cf~
feet that lbn knight would surely .secm
vvurth utti-‘s admiration: Lou); beforef
tlic :IQ!‘ of chivalry quaint idcas werc ex— 1
tint rec'irdiug l'c.t:li:-rs. and some of our
well know u s n‘ugs th.‘ their origin to‘
the \v.t\ in: l lllt‘s. i
“To Plum.» fill-"s self" comes from the;
Hungarians. \\‘:u placed in their caps :t
Icailtcr for \‘ili‘;| Turk killed. and Iln‘ft'v
litre \Vt'rt‘ tlt't'nl‘dlt‘tl :t cording l0 \‘;Il ‘l‘. i
The use of the w liizi- feather as n sign of
\\ ithdrawal from u cozitcst. or as a truce.
undo llllt'tll:\‘ arose from the fact. link! in
.lcavinu‘ the licld lilt‘ white feathers \vcre 1
most. :5in seen. The Sending of a whitcl
further t i one who ‘ntczided lighting
uzcml Usually a warning from smut-
l'ricual that discretion would be the b~>ttcr~
out of valor: '
. The question has o'ftcu been asked
why Ilii‘ it'lllllt‘l‘s‘ of lltt‘ pcttct‘n'k. beauti‘
lul us they arm have the reputation of
bringing bad luck to the wearer. The
East ludinus and the North American
Indians believe that icalhcrs endow their -
,xwucr with the vices or virtues of thcj
bird from which they are plui-keil.and1
us the peacock is vain. arrogant and l
‘ greedy. he can .s cely endow one with
all the virtues, ' The kingfisher has?
been a highly honorcd' bird. and toé
possess one of his feathers or a bit of hisl
skin has meant great fortune. The
.Tartars firmly believes that he who
i tout-lies a beautiful woman with a king-
‘ tlsher‘s feather will train llt'l‘ love.
1 People who apprf-ciatc the beauty ol
. QM \Nll‘it'lt feather: can ijuntrinc the a r
‘pcataut‘ic of helmets former entirely of
, them; and yet they were so used by the
. ancients. without a thought, apparently.
of their ornamental value...
3 Some. old paintings show the artists‘
love for lumes of various kinds; the
lpcaeock tans wave before an eastern
lbcltut'v, tl‘tg. long white plumes in some
I
hero‘s hat, the hcrou‘s loathe} in the
‘saucy. page‘s cap. v‘flllle 1h; plumes that
,fall down on white and dtmplt‘d
shoulders are depicted with the
" prominence they deserve. -
, . \Vomaukind, doubtless. will always
approve of feathers-'—they are graceful
: and becoming. adaptive and elegant.
, A Female Fireman.
l There is one branch of labor that has
‘ never been invaded by women'to any ex-
} tent. “"hile she. in search of employ-
ment, becomes- a telegraph operator,
, ticket agent, t ypcsettcr, typewriter, clerk,
saleswoman and even newspaper editor
(and reporter. it has always been supposed
t that she never aspired to be either an en-
3 gincer or fireman on a locomotive. But
; Bridgeport holds a woman in the person
of lluttic Morgans, who has seen but.
twenty-three years. and who has been
Stoker in England and engineer on a
. freight enginein Connecticut. She has
‘ brigh-colorcd. banged hair, large dark
eves. and. although her face is weather
‘ beaten. she is quite handsome. She is
rather masculine in appearance and of a
determined expression of cliamcter._ Her
story runs as follows: _
3 About five years ago, while she was
: living in London, she fell in love wtth
‘ Tom Winuan, and engineer on the “Fly-
ing Scotchman," an express train wluch
runs between London and Edinburgh.
'She loved him fondly, and was never Imps
py except when he was near her. She
was anxious to be constantly With him,
and it was arranged between them that
she should become his fireman. So she
nrrayed herself in t coarse suit, of men‘s
clothes, and was at once transformed into
a handsome oung fireman. Day after
day she atten ed to her duties, and tho
nderous engine, No. 362, with its seven
at driver-s, used to do the mile aminute
not over theheovymetsls. Both strand
Tom kept their’oeoret'well, and also “a
Tom were to be married.
But on one block
3 ui‘ms. are appropriate for scarf pins.
, ful avoidance of anything like monotone
. way.
; vcry stylish with lapped and strapped
. scams. bonc buttons and striped silk lin-
l Iviilt,‘l“.
l ligh in bright 1Color to wear with a lace
~ shapes has. instead of ribbon. the straw
Fashion Notes.
Large quantities of lace will be used ’
upon the comingr season‘s millinery. ‘
Tiny butterflies in green gold. set with
.\ I’avis correspondent writes that the ‘.
high but has rem-iv ed its quietus there.
llridcs‘ gowns are more' simply made °
than has hitherto been deemed necessary.
The Princess of Wales is setting a
fashion of w caring highly perfumed i
gluvcs‘. . ‘
Fancy duck and Marseilles vests in
blues. drabs and bulls will be much “turn
this season.
Funds are quite large. with ten broad '
gores. and handles large enough to servo ,
as rilpenstucks.
In the trimming of bonnets the care- 1
l3 \‘t'l'y Illlllt‘t‘tlilll‘.
Bands of velvet. soulachc or passe-
meutcrieare greatly fancied across the
front and sides of dresses.
llrab is still much worn in millincry,
and there are in my natural feathers that
match it exactly in tone. ,
“Sw‘ect simplicity“ is the. fashion in
l’aris. Gowns are cut to _haug in «
straight and tlzit folds allegedly classi- ‘
cgll. ' ,
Real peacok feathers are being util-
ized as dress trimmings. although it is
notoriously unlucky to wear them in any
. , .
l’lain cloth jackets are considered
lugs:
The bulayeusc has completely disap-
‘ p ‘arcl fr up the bolt on of gowns. A
; tint band of broad braid takes its ‘
‘ pin 1‘. ' E
New violet. fawn and green cloth :
d rcsscs ure embroidered in silk cord and
silver for visiting and church wedding
;\_ bodice of watered silk is very sty-
costume. , A wide watered sash is also
worn with it.
t‘anutes for summer have n gauze 5
crown sometimes embroidered and some.
times beaded. The brim may be headed
or a garland of flowers.
A novelty in hats in sailor and other
itself-sewn in designs around the crown.
Some of the combinations of wlor are
very pleasing. ’ .
Gray. brown. fawn and black gloves
are chosen for street wear with tailor
made costumes. They are widely stitched
on the back and fastened with three or
four gold or silver buttons.
Among the stylish bonnet shapes of the
present season is one _ which has the up
pcarance of having two crowns, which
are joined together at the centre of the
back. the joining being covered by in Shift
of velvet carelessly twisted.
m
An Astonished Goren-liar.
Governor Gray was one of the most
astonished persons ever seen for a few
moments the other afternoon, says the
Indianapolis Journal of recent date.
Among the sightsecrs at the new State
ca itol building were twouicely dressed
la ies, who. after meetiun the Governor
and being shown throng with a great
deal of courtesy. stopped before one of
the beautiful Iambrequins, which cost
something over $300, and both modestly
requested that they be permitted to out
“just a small little piece,” as they were
making “such lovely crazy quilts,“ and
they wanted so much to have some of
that Iovelv material in them. If women
could vote the Governor would surely
lose those two when the occasion pm}
scuted itself. After the ladies had some‘
what hastily departed he said in conver-
sation that it was remarkable what some
people would ask for. Only recently he
was asked to mail some of the ground of
the State House yard to a man in Illi-
nois.who stated in his letter that he had a
little dirt from the grounds of every
State House in the Union Except Indi~
aria. He got the dirt.
————-—.——-—
I'nusual Canine Intelligence.
Brown is a big St. Bernard dog of Bos
ton famous forhis intelligence. It was
his habit. to go with the nurse when she
wheeled the baby out for an airino:
There wasan embankment with a steep
incline going down at a sharp angle, an
on one occasron the nurse, going 1 to
y visit to some of her friends, left e
carriage with the baby in it perilously
near the dangerous spot. Something
started the wheels in motion, and the
‘ ‘ rolled down toward the dangers
dug go; in a moment more itmnst have
no over, when Brown throw banal!
on the? wheels India! his
. amount:
I
“me
I it.
: skillful a stroke as“ whnuthe plniu hand of the
: m‘nngclist writes:
1 down tip-m Italy from the north of Europe.
‘ wxeraud anon in thchistwr)‘ of all the sons
’ and ransnck and put to tho tor‘h all that
. hear us beyond this quick pursuit.
' rows they put to the strings tlv with uuerriug
. with uspnrk t‘nutr Halls altar.
ciples will cun- nll your heartaches.
_j hurl that when (Ev-Hwy and his army tuarvh-sl
; nut to capture Jerusalem. as they came over i
the bills. at the tint llnsh ot the pinnacles of
. that. beautiful city.
‘ marched in silence lifted a slvuit that made
, that today. by sutur- gleam from thepalammf
. of lhtxs‘o disi‘ip cs In all those in this alltllt‘llt‘t‘
’ \\ ho an- sinful turd \llttutt‘dt med.
. in an evening cloud just after it very Ilt'tsllllh
. sit-u will go to prayer
‘ his eternity rs poised upui it perfect nun-r
. mingle for yourself a bitter cup.
: the face 0
> \‘l‘ll‘VIIuI \‘l‘ll'lllt‘l‘t‘l‘.
. and harassed as you have been by sin. go and
‘ tell Jesus.
_ upon
‘ lnrtun‘s of the bluntly tuouut trauslix Iliui.
. shuttering. lp-nveu stunning vlvsrtli groan. I
‘ hour Iltm say:
r had gone. and when the sx‘ond candle had
; burned to the socket. another night hours had
safe from all Satanic aSsault. You are very
there, holding ‘ but
laid“
urea-name" bid: by the ”will-“
went and told Jesus.“ He could understand
all their grief. and He immediately souuml
Our burdens ureuut more than half so
heavy to carry if another shoulder is thrust
under the other end of them. Here we rind
Christ. His. brow shadowed with grief, stand»
in: amid the group of disciples. who. with
tears. and violent gisticulutluus. and went:
ing of hands. turd outcry of ln‘wavcmcut. are
ox tossing thoir woe. Raphael. with his
ski lt‘ul brush putting; upon that wall of a
palace some sccno of sacred :stury. gave not so
“They went and told
Jersus‘ .
The will Goths and \nnduls once canto
and they upset the gardens. and they broke
down the altars. and swept away cvcrythumr
that was good nul beautiful. So there is
and daughters ot‘our raw nu incursion of
wugh handed tumbles that com - tu plum!”-
men highly prize. There is no cave so deeply“
elett into the mountains as to allow us she -
ter. and the foot of tlwt 1st course-r cannot
The n!“
dart. uuttl we fall picn‘vl nth stuuuol.
I feel that. I bring to you u. most up mrpris
nto messngc. I mean to bind up at your
gricl‘s into a bundle. and set them on llro
The same
prescription that cured the sorrow of the dis
I have‘
the army that but
thcmurth tremble. I lit. v-«u soldiers uf Jesus
Christ. “numbing ontownnl heaven. I Would
God‘s mercy and God's strength. you might
be lifted into grwtt rejoicing. and tin! before
this service is ended you might rais‘ one glad
hvxsnuna to the Lord?
In the first \lacc. Invmmeud the behavior
'I‘hch- comes
a time in almost every man‘s history when he
feels from Some mum: that he has an crring
nature. The thought may not have such heft
us to fell him. It may be only like the tlash
mer day. One man to get rid of that irupn-w
; another will stimulate
himself by ardent spirits. and another man
will dive dis-per in seculuntins But emu.L
tunes :1 man cannot get rid of [base Illlllrl's‘
sinus The fuel is. wh \ t a man finds out that
tniut)‘. and that the next tucmcht his font
may slip. he must "do suuu‘tlting violent to
make himself forget. \\'ltt‘h‘ he stands. or else
fly for refuge.
If there are nuy hem who have resolved
are you to do with urine temptations?
everybody about . thorn? Ah, what u filly
man you would be! As well might acorn-
nmmlcr in a fort send word to the oucm y which
gate of the castle is least barred, as for you to
go and tell what all your frailties are. and
what. your temptations are. The world will
only scoff at you. \\’hat then must a man
do! “'hen the wuvas strike him with terrific
dash shall he have nothing tit hold on to! In
this contest with “the world. the flash, and
thle devil.“ shall a man have no help. no coun~
so 1 ‘ ‘
(lur text intimates something difl‘en‘nt In
those eyes that wept with the Hethnny sisters
1 3w shining hope. In that \‘ulun which
spake untilfi to grave broke and the widow of
)«niu had back her lost son. and the sen slept,
and sorrow stupendous woke up in the arms
of rapture—in that. voice I hear the command
and the promise: “Cut. thy burden
on the Lord. and lie willmstnin thee.“ Whv
should you carry your burdens any longer!
Uh, you weary soul. Christ been in this
conflict. He say s: “My grace shall be sunl-
ctent for you You .shall not be tempted
above that you are are able to boar." Them
fom. with all your temptations. go, as those
disciples did. and tell Jusus.
Again: I commend the behavior of tho
disc: ties to all thwsc who are abused and
slum cred and persecuted. “'han Herod put
John todcuth. the disciples knew that their
own heads were not safe. And do vou know
that every John has a Herod! "here are
persons in life who do not. wish you verv
well. Your misfortunes .nro ltunoynuubs tit
them. Through their hwth they hiss at,
you. misintrrpwt your motives. and would be
glad to see you upset. No man gets through
tfe without. having a punmicllina. Some slan—
der mums after you. hunted and tnskwl and
hoofed. to gore and trample you; and What.
are you to do: I t ~ll you plainly that all who
5 ~r\ c (‘hrist must surfer )a‘rsecution. It is
the worst, sign in the world for you to be able '
to .s;ty;_“l haven‘t nu oncuxv in the world."
A woe is pronoun-“l in the Ililrle against. the
run of whom evcrylnuly speaks Well. If you
n c at peace with all the world. and overv-
Indy likes you and approves your work. his
because you are an idler in the Lord‘s vine-
yard. and are not doing your duty.
All thmo who have set-mt Christ. how-avoi-
eminent. have been Iunltruated at some stag»
oftheir ex Ierieuw. You know it was so "1'
the time oi “twinge \Vhitcticld. when he stood
and invited men into the kingdom of God.
\tht did the lonrrhsl Dr. Johnson say of
him! llcpr‘onnunrwl luutn miserable mouuto-
bunk. How was it when Robert Hull stood
and .s nuke th scarcely any uninspirml mart
Tell
ever t id spank of tho gluriws of Heaven!
and as ho shut Sabbath after Sabbath
punching on these thetmxs his the» kiullcd
with the glory. Johu Posy-r. u t‘hristiau
man. said of this man; ‘ Hubert IItlll is only
acting. lllbl the smile on his face tsn reflec-
tion of his own vanity." John \chlev turned
nll England upside down \vith t‘hristirm nu
form. and yet the punitcrs Wow after him.
and the meant-st ,iukus in England were per
pctmtrsl about John \szlcy. \Ylut istrvm
of the pulpit is trucof the pew: it is true of
the street. it is true of the shop. and tin-store. ‘
All who wtll live gully in l'hrrst Jesus must.
sull‘cr pet‘s-m ii ~n.
And I sul II dmv‘u as th‘ very Worst sign in
all your t‘bristtau exjn-rt'ertee if you an. any
ofyou. nt p‘ucc with all the world. The N-
liilflll of (‘hrist is war. It is n challenge to
“the world. the flesh and the devilz“ and if
you will buckle outhe whole armor of Gal.
vou will find a gn-nt. host dis rulingr your path
between this and Imavcn. ut what are you
to do when you are ascrulted and sluttd-‘rcd
and nbusol. as I suppose nearly all of you
have b-vn in your life ! (in out and butt! up
the sluuden‘r.‘ Uh. nu. silly man? While you
art-explainingaway a falsehoml in one lllf‘t“.
fifty people will just have heard of ll in other
places
Icuuusel you to auntbcr course. \Vbilc
you are not to omit nnv opportunity of set-
tin: _\'!‘Ill\l‘l\'t§ right. I want. to tell \ou this '
morning of one who had the hardest things
that they would rather die of this awful cun-
ccr of sin than to have the heavenly surgeon
cut it out. let me say. my dear brother. you
You fly in
your everlasting interests. You
church under it yoke and you bite the dust.
when. this moment, you might rise up a
Drncu and perplexed
To reiux the gripof death from
your soul. and plant your uuslmckled fc-t
the golden tin-me. Christ let the
“'irh the Imam of {is own crtw He will
break down the dose of your dungeon.
Fhun the thorns of His own crown He will
pick enough gems to make your brow blaze
with eternal victory. In every tcrr uu Ills
wet check: in every gush of His side; in
every lung. blackwniug mark or laceration
from shoulder to shoulder: in the graves
“ Hun that cotiuth unto Me.
I will in no \vtseeust out."
vim,“ but you say. “iusfeadof curing luv
wound you want to make another Wound.
namely: That of conviction“ Have you
never known a surgeon tocomo and find a
chronic disease. and th in with sharp caustic
burn it all out! So the grace of that comes
to the old sure of sin. It has Inn; been rnuk~
ling there. but by divine grow it is burned
out through the.» tires of ninvtcttou: “tltc'g
flesh coming again as the flesh of a little.
child;“ “where sin aboundol grtteo mush!
mom abnuudcth." \Vith the ten thousand ?
lllllNLnIUllWI sins of your life. go and tell ’
Jesus. You will never get rid of your sins in
any other Way: and n‘membevthat tho broad
invitation which I extend to you will not nl~
ways be extended.
hing Alt’nvl. before modern timepiox-s
won) invented. used to divide the day into
three parts eight hours each. and then had
three wax candles By the tune the first
candle had burnel to the socket. \ ight hours
, and when all the throo candlos were
gone out. then the dnv had p'Lssed. Oh. that." l
sumo or us instead of calculating our days. ‘
and nights. and years by any earthly time-
piece. might calculate them by the numbers
of np‘mt‘tuuitics and mercies W rich um burn»
in: i own and burning out. never to be
rclightwl. lost at Inst we be amid the fo dish
virgiyu who cried: “Our lamps have gono
out 2‘
Again: I commend the behavior of the dis-
ciplws to all who urctemptcd. l have heanl
men in mid~life say they had never been Ital
into temptation. If you have not felt tempt» .
tion it is because v0.1 have not trial to do
right. A man ho vplotl and handcuffed. as
tour M he lies quietily. does not last. the yaw-er
of fire chain; but when he risws up. an with
the determination resolves to snap the hand
out! or break the hop' lo, then he finds the
ower of the iroa. AIM them are men who
ave been for ten, and twenty. and thirty
vents bound hand and foot by evil
bits who have never felt the jmwer
of the. chain. because they have never tried
to break it. It. is very easy towpo up down wi i
the stream and with the Win . lying on your
ours; but just. turn round. and try to
against the wind and the tide. and you Will
find it is a different matter. A8 long as we
go down the cur-mm of our evil habit we seem
to get along; quit» smoothly; but if after a
while we. turn around and head the other way,
toward Christ. and pardon. and heaven, oh.
themhow we have to lay to the ears. You all
have your temptation. You have one kind.
you‘nnother, you another. not one person as
on un-r.
t i; all folly for you to say to some one:
“I could not be tempted as you are.“ The
lion thinks that it is so strange that. the fish
should be caught with a hook. Th) fish thinks
it ‘Ls so strange that. the lion should be caught
with a trap. ‘x on see some man With a cold
phlegmat-ic. temperament, and you say: “I
suppose that man has not auyyom tatton,“
Yes. as much as you have. In his ph egmatic
nature he has a temptation to Riddance 31nd
cousoriousness and overeating and drinking:
a temptation to ignore the great. work of
life: a temptation to lay dQVWI an‘olxtacle m
the way of all good enterprises '1 he‘tem r-
msut dacidrm the styles of temptation; ut
sanguine or Ivmphatrc, 3‘031 “‘1“ have tempta—
tion. Satan has a grappling-13ml: Just fitted
for your soul. A man never lives beyond the
reach of temptation. You say when a man
gets to be seventy or eighty yeah: of age be Is
apron mistaken. A wggasshtvfive year:
0 we hasasman team .as a man a
bwearrty-tive. 'l‘tloyy are only current“ styles
of temptation ~
, Ask the aged Christian whether he is never
assaulted of the power-so! darkness. If you
think you have conquered thy power of temps
nation. you are very much In! en.
A man who wanted athrona pretended ho
was very wookand sickly, and If he was ele~
vat—2d he would soon be gone. He crawled
upon hiscmtchestothe torque: and having
attainel it he was strong He sold: "It
seem
an: whi‘telvnsloo‘vtor the.
wasw ormo hno
keys of authority that I stoop, but;
now that 1 have found them, Why should 1
longer!“ and
hethrow ownyhi:
i the valley of shadow s.
i
. draw the osh tight. down over the checksbono,
said about Him. whose sobriety was disptrtisl.
wb-vse mission \\':L\‘ scouted. whos- compati-
ionslup was denounvwl. who was pursued as
, perhaps. the last time.
n babe and spit upon as a man. who was
howled at after He was dead I will have i
you go unto Him with your bruisml soul. in 5
some humble. child~prttyelz saying: “I 5a! E
Thy Wounds—wounds of head. wounds of i
feet. wounds of heart. Now. lnuk at ruyr
wounds. nu-I see what I have sutl‘erwl. and
through what battlvs I am going: and I on-
tt‘cut Thee. by tltnsc wounds of Thine. sync
pathizc wtth me. And he will sympathize,
and He will help. (in and tell Jesus?
Again: I nuuluend the behavior of the
dis-iplvs to all who may have lawn ln-rcnvul.
How mnuv in gurbofungurniug! If you n‘uld
stand at this pcu’nt. “here I um standing turd
look utf upon this uudlenw. how many signals
of .sorrowyuu would behold. tlvnl has His
own way of taking nivit‘ta faintly. We must
or out of the way for coming gt‘ttv'l‘ulluns.
Ye must get otl‘ the stage that others may
come on. and for this reason there is a long
pram-ossiun reaching down all the time into
This emigration from timo inron-tcruitv is
so vast an enterprise. that We cannot un-lcr-
stnud II. Eyct‘y hour we hear the clan; of
the saepulchral gate. The sud must be broken.
The ground must be ploughrsl for r‘wsurrcc»
tiun harvest. Eternity must be copied.
Thedust ruust‘ press~ our eyelids. “ t is ap-
pointul unto all men onu‘ tudic." This crui-
fruition from time into eternity koops thus»
ourths of the families of the earth in desola-
tion. The air is rent with farewells. and tho ’
blnck~ttvssclltsl vehicles of death rumble
through every street.
Tho body of the child that. was fol-led so
clwscly to the mother‘s heart is put. away in
the cold and the darkuwst The laughter
fnozes. no the girl‘s lip. and the no ~ scatters.
The boy in the harvest field of Shunnui mys :
“My head: my head I“ and they carry him
home todic on the lap of his mother. \Vidow.
hood stands with tragwlies of woe struck into
the pnllor of the cheek. Urphanngc cries in
vain for father and mother. Oh. the grave
is cruel I W uh teeth of stone. it. clutches: for
its prey. Between the closing gates of the
soputenre. our hearts are mangled and
crushed. Is there any earthly solace!
None. We come to tho olmptios,
we sit with the grief-stricken, we talk pn-
thetically to their soul; but soon the obscquies
have moved. the carriages have left us at tho
door. the friends who stayed for a few days
am gone. and tho heart sits in desolation,
listening for the little feet that will never
again putter through the hall. or looking for
the entrance of those who will never come
ngnin—si hing into the darkness —evcr and
anon com ug across some book or garment, or
little shoe or picture, that muses former Ii-
socintion, almost killing the heart.
Long days and nights of suffering that wou-
out the spirit. and expungo the bright lines of
life, and ‘vo haggardnoss to the face, and
and draw dark lines under the sunkon eye.
And the hand is tremulous. and the voice is
husky anvil uncertainmand their-lief is wane-
lug. grim ing, accuru sing. O usbg.
Now. what are such todo! Are thov manly
to look up into abroaen and unpietfinghonvont
Are they to walk a Natal th unfodot
stream, unsheltored by overarching tree!
Has God harried usout ontho bomn common
no diet Oh. no! no! no! He has not. He
mos with sympathy and kindness and love.
“damn“... s‘lt‘t“ kl. 511w.“ “‘3
‘ t. a e o . on on
the breadth of it. He istho only onetime
can fully sympathize. Go and tell Jesus.
Sometimes when we have trouble we go to
our friends and wouolun it. and thov
try to sympathize: but the do not
understand it. they cannot rm erstand it.
But Christ sees all over it. and all through it.
He not only counts the tents and records the
groans, but befom the tears started, before
the groans began, Christ our the imnost
hidin -placo of your sorrow; and Ho takes it.
and oweighsikand Ho measures it. and
He pitias it with on allobsorbing pitg Bone
of our bone. Flesh of our flesh out of
our heart. Sorrow of our sorrow.
As long as He remembers Loni-115‘s grave
He will stand by you in the cemeteri. As
long as He remembers His own hoart— rook.
He will stand by you in the laceration of your
affections. “119:: He. forgets the foot-son
way.the sleepless rug ts. the weary bod v
the exhausted min , the awful cm,
solemn ve. then He will forget you, but
not: unt‘ then.
Often when we were in trouble we sent for
our friends: but they were far away, they
could not get to us. We to them
“Come right. swag? or role had: “Take
the next train.” hey cause nt yet were
a great while in coming, or were too
. late. But Christ is alwn oro you,
behind you.within you. 0 mother- ever threw
herarmsaround her child with such warmth
and ecstasy of axection as Christ has shown to-
wards you. Close at band—nearer than tho
stat! upon which you lean, nearer than the
cut) you put to your lip, noon:- thnn the
hon ‘ with’vhrchyonwrponwa your
tears—TI pooch himon over— t. syms
Datum.
you stay organs» woman]:
How can
(‘1! my . and 8‘ WC!" no ‘1" “If! our Pfi‘
Innuttes, and, at just the right time. in the
presents! of an applauding oarth and a res
sounding hoaven. wtll raise our dead
He will do It. Ho is mightier than item!
He is swifter than the Stuart. He is grander
than the sea. Ho is rush-r than etcrfiitv‘.
And every sword of Go l‘s omnipotenm will
leap from its scabbunl. and all the resounvs
of infinity be exhausted. rather than that
God a child shall not be delivered when he
cries to him for rescue. _
Suptm your child was in trouble: how
much would you endure to got him out? You
would ) through any hardship. You would
say: don‘t caro what it will cvst. I must
get him out of that trouble.“ .
Do you think God is not so good a father's!
you! Seeing you are in trouble. and having
all power. will He not stn-tclt out His arm
and delIVer you! He will. He is mighty to
save. He can level the mountain and divide
the sea. and can extinguish tho tit».‘ and save
the soul. Not dim of eye, not weak of autumn
feeble‘ot roamm‘s. but with all eternity and
the universe at His feet. (lontid tell erns. Will
you? Ye whmc checks are wet with the night-
dew of the grave; ye who cannot look up; vs
whose hearts are dried with the [womb of. n
Sirocco; m the name of the mligion of Jesus
l‘hrtst, which lifts every burden. and Wipes
away every tear. and delivers every captive,
and ligtens cvcrv darkness, I emplom you
now. go and tell esus.
A little child went with her father. a sea
(.‘uptam, to son. and when the first storm
camc'éae little child was ver ‘ much fright—
ened. and in the night ru~ I out of the
cabin and said: "\thre is father? whom is
father?“ Then they told her: “Father is on
“(‘03 guiding the vowel and watching' the
storm." The little child immediately re~
turned to her I-crt h and said: ‘ ‘It‘s
all nght. for father‘s on deck.“ Oh.
ve who am rim-d and driven in this
world. up by the mountains and down by the
valleys. and at your w-it‘s end. I wont vim to
know the Lord tut-l is guiding the ship: Your
Father is Ulltlvx'k. Ilc w ill bring vou tlimu h
the darklltfi into the harbor. Tm in t
Lord. Go and tell Jesus. la»! rue SI“ that
if you do not. you will have no wunfort hero.
and you will forever he an outcast and a
wanderer. Your death will be a sat-row.
\ our eternity will lw a illusrcr.
but if you go to Him for [union and sum
partly. all is well. Everything will I-r'i 'hton
up. and juv will come to them-art ani sor-
row will ‘purt: your sins will be forgiven
and your fair will touch the upward path;
and the shining rmsylngv-rs that. nip-wt tab-ova
what isdouc hero will tell it until the guest
arches oftltnl resntnul with the glad tidings.
if now. with nnitritiou and full trustful-
nods of soulfyou‘wul only go and tell Jesus.
but l mu nppnx‘fl. when I look over this
audience. at the prospru‘t that. some mnv not
take this counsel. and go away unbh‘swsl. I
‘nnnut help asking: What will be the ilwstinv
of these people! So I never care whether it
come into the text or nut. I never leave rnv
plum on this platform without telling the-til
that now is the nix-opted time. ind to m,
Xerxes looked oil on his army. Them
\vens two million tucudpr-r‘llaps the finest
army ever mamhahsl. Xerxes rude' along
the lines. rcvicwvsl them. came back. stood on
some highpuint. lookul otl‘ upon the two
million men. and burst into roam. .-\t that
moment. when everyixuly supposed he would
be in the greatest cxultation. he broke down
in grief. They asked him why he
wept. “ Ah.“ he said. " I wvvp at.
A COSTLY HOBBY. '
vasr suns EXPERDED IN 31726
ING ART TREASL'RES.
Prices Paid by Rich New York}
em for Articles That Have
No Practical Use—A _
Slipper Collector. ,
I! would surprise the ractical man.
W110 031091113 3 $500 set ofP china dishes
for his table an extravagant luxurv, if he
knew the immense sums that, 'certain’
New Yorkers spend every year in fine
pottery, porcelaius and stoneware which
have 'no practical utility. A gentleman
who is far from being a millionaire,
writes Amos J. Cummings in a New
York letter, called last week at one of
the stores in the vicinity of Union
Square, where choice porcelains. pottery,
etc., are sold, and saw a pair of pineun
decorated with Iillies. He asked the
rice, and when told that. the pair could
purchased for $3,000. he wrote out
his check with feverish haste, as if he
feared a, rival would get the treasures. A.
practical man, not enjoying the taste of
a Collector. would have deemed 810 a
high price for them.
Previous to the Centennial there were
practically no collectors in this country.
I Now New York has scores of them, fif-
teen of whom are of wide n- utation. and
halfadozcu dealers do a riving busi-
ness in catering to them. Collectors of
pottery, porcelains. bronzes. ivories and
cut glass are yearly becoming more
numerous in New York. and many very
intelligent collectors in the large \V‘cst—
our cities are springing lulu prominence.
In the cultivation of this hobby America
bids fair to surpass the rest of the world.
The taste once formed. the devotee to
old ware has a degree of enthusiasm
known in up other line of luxury. Nor
is the enjoyment of the “commie craze.“
as the novice calls it. a wasteful luxury.
An intelligent collector who meets with
a reverse of fortune can sell his treasure.
for more than they cost him. Many
pieces of (.‘hinese and Japanese war:
which cost $100 each have been sold for
$5,000 or more.
\thn the fcudal system was abolished
in Ja van in In?! the aristocracy wen]
force to part with their art treasures, the:
sale of which saved many of them from
absolute want. Diplomats and Ameri-
can residents in (‘hina and Japan are
very apt to become collectors. and tho
purchases they have made and thrown
upon the American market from '~ ne-
cessity or as a speculation have helped
start the ceramic craze here. The Chi-
tbo thought that so soon all this hast .
will be dead." So I mud looking of! l
upon this host of immortal men and women. ‘
and malizc the fact. as perhaps no man can.
unless he has been in similar puition. that
soon the places which know you now will
know you no more, and you will be gone-—
whither? whither! There is a stirring idea
which the poet put in very peculiar verso
when he said:
“ ‘Trs not. for man to trifle: life is brief,
And sin is hero:
Our age is but a falling loaf—-
A dropping tear.
Not many live. but only one have wo—
. One. only one;
How sacral should that one life over bo—
Thnt. narrow span."
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Tun $31,000 that Kelly, the base-ball
player, will receive for his coming sen-
son‘s base-ball work can be divided in-
to $2,0th salary and $3,000 for his pho~
tograph, which the Boston Club Di~
rectors feel they can not do without.
The picture will be of the usual cabi-
net size obtainable in galleries for $3
per dozen. but at this particular time
Kelly is very particular as to the al~
bums ho adorns. His remuneration
suggests something interesting in the
way of figures For his siv months‘
play he gets as much as any I'uited
States Senator gets for a year. The
American Ministers to Bolivia, Der»
mark, Switzerland, I‘ersia, Siam. and
Hayti fare no better. The cightwigged,
gowucd, and learned associates of the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Bench of
the I'nited States get. comparatively a
trifle more. Adding the total cost to
Boston of $10,000 for his release and
$3,000 to the individual, the sum, $15.-
000, is nearly one-third of that paid to
President Cleveland, and almost twice
as much as the Cabinet officers and
Chairman of the l‘nited States Senate
receive. Mr. Kelly’s salary can stand
still another turn of the calcium light
lever. It is a liberal estimate to say
that he will play a total of 130 games
during the season. They will average
two hours each, or 2‘60 hours. Two
hundred and sixty hours will equal, in
round numbers; eleven full days. For
those eleven days this desirable expo-
nent of base-ball gets $151.54 a day, or
at the rate of $165,907.10 per annum,
and Boston has bought this gold mine
for $15,000.
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A Bosroxux. who has just returned
from a flying trip to Portland, Oregon,
relates how he left Chicago with the
mercury at zero, and went on to find it
constantly sinking. until with two loco—
motives it was difficult to get up gtoarn
enough'to drogtho train; and with a.
roaring fire in the can it was still no—
cosssry to keep mnfllod in. furs to be
anything nearly comfortable. He says
that in crossing snowy plains through
Dakota, when everybody was bundled
uptothe eyes, a man accustomed to
the country suddenly threw back his
heavy ulster collar, exclaiming : “Thor-e,
we’ve struck a Chinook ‘~ wind. Now
we are all right. I‘m going out on the
platform.” Those not. accustomed to
the idiosyncrasies of the. American
climate in that especaal locality res
garded the man as beside himself, but ,
when the platform was visited by the
more daring ones it was discovered that
the temperature was that of a mild
spring day. The snow everywhere was
visibly melting with much rapidity,
and the mysterious wind seemed to
have blown in snow season. The name
of this warm breeze is the some as that
of a tribe of Indians of British Golan.
bio, who perhaps manufacture it. and
it is said to be so worm that it destroys
three or four feet of snow in o single
night. The gentleman who rolatesth‘u
thermo‘ voyage close- by relatng‘ how,
when he unloved~ ' in Portland, non-ah
mmmuupm;u
nae. like the Japanese ceramic art, is in
its dmadcucc. and the former have pro-
duced nothing highly valued by oolloc-_
tors since 1800. In the Ming ynasty,‘
when the Chinese Emperor kept his pot-
tcrs. with whom time and money we"
no object. they produced ware which
many a collector would now give his furs
tune to possess. It was during. this dy-
nasty that the famous peach-blow van.
was made. Occasionally a distinguished
t‘hinaman or Japanese brings over I.
choice specimen, but most of the rare ob
jects arcsent over by importers.
Afcw wealthy New Yorkers make n
specialty of bronzes. France furnishes
some splendid examples of modern sub-
jects, and the Russians are noted for
their bronze animal pieces, that are man-
velous as to details. An importer showed
the writer a Russian bronze representing
oherd of Russian horses; and valued s:
810.000. To the novice who could more'
readily appreciate the object than a big
rccn vase perfectly plain and valued at
55.000. the bronzcs seemed the more
valuable object.
They are nowmaking Some tine bronzel
in New York. one of which is the statuo
of Garfield. to be erected in Washington.
America is turning out some fine pot-
teries and poreelains, too, and one Sixth
avenue dry goods. merchant makes I
specialty of collecting American speci-
mcnS. The choicest examples. however,
come from abroad. In certain lines of
cut glass American makers are beginnln
to cater to collectors. although they have
not as yet mastered the art of tuniin out
the best “stem goods," such as go debt
and champagne glasses. A New York
cut glass collector has just paid $2,000
for a set of champagne glasses cut in the
new spiral style. showing finely carved
flowers twining about the glass like vines
about a tree.
The dealers in choice china and glass
are very particular to employ clerks with
steady nerves, but once in a while an ac—
cident will occur. Last week a clerk in,
one of these stores let fall a vase which
looked like a very ordinary afi’air, but it
was valued at $3,000 and the accident
cost the firm on amount equal to tho
clerk‘s salary for two years.
Chicago has more collectors than my
Western city, and Baltimore and Boston
rank next to New York. Dickens once
wrote a very interesting pufi for one of
the English manufacturers of ttery.
It helped to make the fortune of 1: firm,
whose branch house in New York has re-
published it for distribution among their
customers.
In the line of collectors of curious
treasures none was more peculiar than a
rich old bachelor of Norwalk, Ohio, who
used to send to New York and buy shoe.
and slippers of rare and costly pattern.
He we: said, at the time of his death,
not long ago, to have the rarest colloc-
tlon of foot-wear in America.
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Donostlcxtlon of the Elk.
In I. letter to the New-York Heroldads
vocating tho domestication of tho fats
disappearing elk, T. D. Kellogg says:
Male elks have been domesticated and
employed for light team service. Th3
have the credit of having been used in
success in this capacity. As to their
availability for the purpose I am not. full]
a judge. They certainly do not lack In
docility; the cost of keeping such a team '
must. be almost nothing, and for run.
ning around with a light conveyance or:
short journeys I feel confident that if the
animal is domesticated it will, on account
of the exceedingly small expense in-
volved in keeping such a team. come into
very general use for the purpose.
However this may be, we have not to
go outside the food question to deter-
mine the fact that the elk, in domestic.-
tion, will be not only one of the most
useful, but probably the most useful of
all our meat~producing uni Beg!
cannot excel it in nutrition; it is not Irm-
formly so tender and juicy and go Stub-
ble on article of diet as this; it u not so
digestible not well fitted for constant
use.
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