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INTERNATIONAL LESSONS.
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MAKCII 6,
Lesson 10:
Witness of Josus to John.
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light. ami y were Milling for* uo l> rJoUa In
hi ltghi."—Jon* A. ;ii.
Central Truth .—The Baptist, like the
prophets, prepares the way lor Christ.
The infamous Herod had shut up
John the Baptist in a gloomy dungeon
in the castle of Mschiorus, in the land
of Moab, but he could not shut out the
report of the wondrous works and word*
of Jesus from his imprisoned friend and
forerunner. He "heard in the prison
the works of Christ," and they of course
excited the deepest interest in his mind.
How long John had been in prison J
seems not lobe definitely settled ; i rob
ably it was several months, possibly an
entire year. The report about Jesus was j
carried to John by his own disciples, !
who seem to have been allowed to have \
access to him, and it immediately led
to the inquiry as to the Messiahsbip ol j
Jesus, To satisfy himself on this point, 1
John sent immediately to Jesus himself, j
with the inquiry, "Art thou he that i
should come?" or. "Art thou the com- j
ing one?" Wo do not suppose that
John himself entertained any doubts of'
the reality of Christ's mission or hi*
person, but it doubtless would have been
a satisfaction to him to have had a for
mal announcement of the Messiah's
dignity, and perhaps he was naturally
itnpatient to have Jesus make such a
declaration. He naturally desired to
have his own mission as the herald of
the Messiah fully accredited, and to be
able to point to his appearance in his
kingly dignity as a triumphant vindica
tion of his own preaching.
It was not strange that the baptist
should desire this. He was a prisoner
in a gloomy dungeon, suffering Irom the
reaction from his own enthusiastic and
impassioned testimony and labors in
behalf of the coming Messiah ; perhaps
tempted to some feeling of desertion and
sadness, and longing to have his faith
strengthened and confirmed by a spe
cial revelation from the Lord.
John's disciples did his errand, and
repeated his inquiry to Jesus, lie re
plied by performing sotne of those won
derful miracle* the fame of which had
already filled the land with astonish
nrent and penetrated even into the
prison where John was confined. He
then told the ine*eng-r* to go back to
their master, and report what they had
seen and heard. This was the be*t way
of answering John's question. This was
the best proof and illustration which lie <
could oiler of his being really the prom
ised Messiah. Thus prophecy was ful
filled, and satisfactory evidence furnish
ed that the promised t'ne had come.
The Lord also added a gentle rebuke to
his imprisoned friend for any want of
faith which he had cherished, and a
caution to him to trust the Messiah to
do his own work in In* own way. even
though his own ideas should be disap
pointed.
So the disciple* of John returned to
their master in prison to strengthen and
confirm his f.uth and to comfort his
heart, and thus prepare him to meet
with becoming fortitude the bloody
doom which was so soon to overtake
him.
Jesus then proceeds to bear his testi
mony to John's character as his fore
runner, paying to him in highly figura
tire terms the highest testimony to his
fidelity, his courage and his resolution.
He spoke to the people and asked them
who and what this man was, to whose
stern and uncompromising words they
had so recen lly listened ; whether lie
was not a man worthy of credence as a
preacher of repentance, a prophet wor
thy of unlimited confidence; no weak,
vacillating, effeminate character, but a
bold, self sacrificing, earnest man, fully
worthy to be the messenger of Hod and
the herald of the Messiah.
He pronounces John worthy of re
spect and obedience as the greatest of
ail the prophets of the Old dispensation,
though not of the New—greatest be
cause of hia peculiar relation to Christ
—inferior not in personal character, nor
in the success ot his appointed work,
but only as the Old dispensation was
inferior to the New. and they who are
sons are greater than those who are
servants, or, as an old commentator puts
it, "the least of the greatest is greater—
i, t., more privileged—than the greatest
of the least."
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
1. A faithful Christian must expect
persecution for his Master's sske.
It may come in chains, or it may
come in martyrdom, or it may come in
sneers or reproaches, or social ostracism,
or loss of the world's favor, but the glo
rious promise remains sure to all mar
tyrs, "Be thou faithful unto death and
1 will give thee a crown of life."
2. To be a consistent Christian in the
midst of fashionable and worldly society
in modern times may require as truly
the martyr spirit as under the coarser
persecution which in old times and rude
ages sent its victims to the dungeon or
the block.
Tbe spirit of John Baptist still lives
in every faithful, self-denying disciple.
3. Christianity is sufficiently attested
by what it hae done for the world.
It has brought sight to the spiritually
blind, healing to the sick soul, cleansing
to the leprous conscience, soundness to
the halting moral cripple, heavenly
comfort to the desponding heart, and
good news to the sorrowful poor.
Judge it by its works. W hat has in
fidelity ever done to dry the tears of the
mourner, or heal the broken hearted,
or call out the blessing of him that was
ready to perish, or cause the widow s
heart to sing for joy ?
4. Christ's faithful servants may leave
the vindication of their character in bis
Lands. '
5. When in doubt or despondency go
directly to Jaaus.
Honest inquirers will never bo sent
away empty.
0. Blessed is the msn, who, though ho
does not understand the Lord'* doings,
believes that thoy aro his and acqui
esces in them as best.
7. True greatness does not consist in
outward condition.
John in the prison was greater than
Herod on his throne.
S. It is one thing to live long and an
other thing to live much.
John's life was brief, and its close was
bloody. But he did his appointed work
faithfully and died, because there was
nothing more for him to do. His was
a finished life, and "man is immortal
till his work is done."
9. It is a high honor to be "least in
the kingdom of heaven."
*'||ow IIIPMMI irn our ryt-i.
Willi li ki'is thi hrntfuly light,
Prupti*ti ftinl hlngi drblrrtl II long,
Hut tlittt! without llit- ftlglil-.**
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A (tItKAT 1 SIUIKTAKIXfj.
PHILADELPHIA CAPITALISTS TO RECLAIM
THE PLORIIIA EVERGLADES.
En,ni the PhiU'l.-lpMs Time*.
An immense transaction, involving
the reclamation of 12,000,000 acres of
land, or one-third of otto of the States
of the I'nion, has been undertaken by
company of Philadelphia gentlemen
with every prospect of success.
About one-third of the State of
Florida is a huge swatup, termed "The
Kverglades" —a dark, impenetrable,
unknown region. No white man has
ever fully explored it, and all that i*
known of it is that it is a great swamp,
with a number of lakes and hero and
there islands, upon which roam fero
cious wild beasts. It is, par excellence, j
the home of the crocodile, and a place j
of wonderfully luxuriant vegetation.
On the outskirts a few miserable hu
man beings, a mongrel race of white,
Indian and negro blood, manage to
exist in a state of barbarism. These
[>cople are the descendants of the un
conquered warrior of the ('recks and
Seminole*, Billy Bowlegs, who retreat
ed to the fastnesses of the swamp l>e
fore the I'liitcd States Army. The
project of reclaiming this wonderfully
rich country lias been talked of for
years, and it has long liecn considered
feasible bv many noted engineers.
Some time since the State of Florida
made a move in the matter which i*
likely to culminate in the reclamation
of the immense body of land which
ha* lain tinder water for thousands of
year*.
I'nder a eontrnet with the State of
Florida a Philadelphia Company i*
about undertaking this great scheme.
The leading man in tlie enterprise i- a
young gentleman <•! great busim-* |
energy and ample fortune. Fnder the
agreement already made with the
State, the company is required to be
gin surveys within sixty days, and
within six months to put a force equal
to HHJ men oil the work, and continue
n* expeditiously a* jx>ib|o until it is
completed. It i* proposed to drain
the land by a eanal from Lnkc t >kce
chobee to the t'nlooaakntchce river,
which empties into the Gulf of Mex
ieo. Another canal may al*o In? con
structs! to the cat, tapping the St.
Lucie river, which flows into the At
lautie. These canals will entirely
drain the swamp, and from ten to
twelve million iu-rc* of the richest land
in the world will he reclaimed. The
company will receive for the work
one-half of the laud recovered, and it
i* expected tiiat this will largely repay
all expenditure of money that may l>
made in the work. A leading Ixiiis
iana planter was shown n sample of
sugar-cane raised on the island* in the;
swamp, and he at onre said that the
land which would produce so rich a
specimen was worth sl,*o |>er acre, and
it i* said the land will produce twice
the amount of sugar that can lc raised
in Louisiana. The entire property of
the company is below the fro*t line,
ami there would In- no such damage
done orange plantations n.* those in
Northern Florida have suffered this
; winter. Every production of the
tropics can he raised on this laud—in
digo, sugar cane, oranges, lemons, cof
fee, jute, etc. The latter, which has
recently become a most valuable arti
cle in manufactures, grows wild, and
ran be produced in large quantities at
little expense. A number of Irish
manufacturers who use large quanti
ties of jute have already applied for
stock of the company and will aid it
financially. The company will orga
nize at once with Hamilton Disalon as
president. It is proposed to issue
I, INK), 000 shares of stock at $lO par
value. Each share will carry with it
the right to an acre of land. The
stock will be put on the Philadelphia
stock exchange, and it is expected will
be sold readily. A number of appli
cations for stock have already been
made by prominent gentlemen in this
citv. 'fhe proceeds of 60,000 shares
wifl be used as the working enpital.
It is not known how long it will take
to fully develop this stupendous
scheme, but the gentlemen who have
undertaken it will push it to comple
tion as soon as possible.
A NUIFIIIT little boy, who had been
engaged in combat with another boy.
was reproved by his aunt, who tofd
liirn he ought always to wait until the
other boy pitched into hint. "Well,"
exclaimed the little hero, "hut if I
wait for the other boys to begin, I'm
afraid there won't be any fight!"
A OKXTLKMAX was complaining that
he had invested a rather large sura of
money and lost it all. A sympathis
ing friend asked him if he was a hull
or oear. To which he replied: "Neith
er; I was a jackass!"
POPE LEO XIII.
IIIS AITEARAN* E, HIS FAMII.V AND Ills
DAILY I.IEE AT THE VATICAN.
From Ilis Llnrpool Pot I.
Pope Leo XIII. is tall ami of asce
tic thinness. His features remind one
irresistibly of Voltaire's, though the
expression of the fare is kindly without
being less keen ; his complexion is ex
tremely pale. His movements are
slow and dignified, and his address is
simple ami resolute. His voice, some
what nasal and drawling in familiar
conversation, is sonorous and brilliant
in oratory. In such private life as a
Pope may lie said to have, he is sim
ple, courteous, witty and amiable. M.
I'este says that Isiui* Venillot and
I/eon Lavedan have issued from his
presence bearing away a gratifying
sense of compliments paid them, but
without being able to say, after the
first moment of satisfaction, that the
Pope was with the Fltrumontaues or i
with the Liberals. Pius IX. was ex
pansive, warm, always in a hurry mid
demanding bustling service, generous
to magnificence—even to prodigality ;
Leo XIII. is thoughtful and reserved,
dislikes any form of adullation, and,
in monetary nfliiirs shows that he has
not administered the business of a
diocese down to its smallest details,
without learning a great deal. In the
splendid ceremonies of the Church his
gentle grandeur compares favorably
with the beaming magnificence of his
predecessor. While Pius was an ora
tor, ami took fire at the sight of an
audience, Ix*o is, as a speaker, meas
ured mid reserved, and prefers the pen
to the tongue. He is nu accomplished
Latinist as well as a master of Italian,
and his style is worthy of study lor its
purity, innovation and, aliove all, for
its convincing clearness ami calmness.
He hns written verses not a few in
both Inngunges, and worships nt the
shrine of Dante, whose "Divine Com
edy" he knows by heart. He is scru
pulously careful on nil points of lit
erary style, and a rigid censor of tlie
dispatches and documents of all the
secretariats. His health is delicate,
for lie is subject to an intestinal com
plaint ami a nervous nflirction, and in
extremes of cold ami heat he i loth to
take the absolute rest prescribed for
him bv bis physicians, Drs. ('eccarelli
and \ alentiui. But though the Po|ie
i-delicate, and by no means a docile
patient, he has much energy anil
vitality that a long life is confidently
predicted for him. lb' ri*s* at -i\,
and after his devotions celebrates mass
in his own chapel, to which a few |* r
sons nre admitted on Sundays. After
ma-s he breakfasts very rapidly and
lightly in his room —he i- a great
lover of chocolate, condense,! and
• piced. Sometimes his brother i pr< ■
ent, though it is not easy to 1 tir-* the
bookworm Cardinal from his shelves
and desk. When the Pop** desires to
show a mark of especial favor to nnv
one, lie has a more abundant col
lation served in hi* library. After
breakfast work is begun. At ft.Jtt
I/eo XIII. receives the Cardinal Sec
retary of State and the other oflicinls
of importance, and such person* n
nre entitled to special audience, tin
Monday—and sometime*on Thursday*
—he give* public audiences, for which,
however, he ha* no predilection, a*
they exhaust him and consume time.
He is especially aver**! to making ml
•lre-so* on all occasions, though he
recognizes the disappointment that this
must often cause the delegations of
pilgrims that arrive from all part* of
the Catholic world.
< Hit liIXU IILASPIIKXY,
A TI (M.B's CHAROE ON COI.ONEI INI.ERAOt.I.'*
I K" TI ME.
In hi* charge to the grand jury nt
the formal opening of the new court
house at Wilmington, Delaware, the
other day, Chief Justice Comegys cull
ed their attention to the recent address
of Col. Robert Ingersoll, in that city,
as coming under the law of blasphemy.
I/>ng ago nn impudent defiler ol Christ
had dared to utter his defamatory lan
guage in the tare of the community,
and was convicted by a Delaware jury,
Hon. John M. Clavtoti then presiding
on the bench. The prisoner moved
for arrest of judgment, urging the
clause of the constitution securing free
dom of speech. Judge Clayton took
six months to consider the matter, and
decided against the prisoner. Allud
ing to this. Judge Comegys said : "It
is our and your duty to follow that
law; ami wheuever, hereafter, a man
shall stand up in the face of the peo
ple in the county, while they remain
a Christian people, nml insult their
religion or bring it into contempt and
ridicule, it will lie the duty of the
grand jury to bring such offense to
the notice of the court by present
ment ; as well a* it will be that of
others to arrest him for his open of
fense. It is, I hope, hardly necessary
to say to this community, and to as
sure the people of it, that if any one
shall be convicted of the crime of blas
phemy there will lie no stint of the full
measure of punishment the law now
Creseribes. And we shall in no wise
r deterred from the performance of
our duty by the sneers of the devotees
of any other faith than that of the
body of the people of this Htate, or
the deprecatory expressions of those
who think the right of free tpeech will
be infringed thereby. We respect free
speech, and shall protect it when the
public peace shall not he disturbed by
it or is not in danger of being so; hut
we shall not consent to allow the priv
ilege to be used, If we can help it, to
the dishonor of the Qod of Jew and
Gentile, Hebrew and Christian, in
whoso existence anil omnipotence the
people of this Htulo believe, and whom
they fear and also trust; or in the
revilemcnt or reproach of Christ, or
tin) disparagement of the religion he
taught. No community such as ours
can exist as a healthy, moral organi
zation where men are allowed to speak
without chullenge against the verv
and only foundation upon which it
securely rifts —the overruling power
of God. When we dethrone His ma
jesty and erect in His place our own
notions of right ami wrong, we shall
soon pass into a state of life not re
straining hut, in effect, promoting our
inherent propensity to evil; for no
candid man can pretend that our im
pulses are not towurd the gratification
rather than in restraint of our pas
sions."
Alexandra mid Her ILtnglitcr*.
Frdin lit* hyaro,
The Marquis Du Lttu owns u stat
uette of while marble by a celebrated
sculptor. It represent* a lady of the
Court of Henry 11. Her frail and
pliant figure is moulded in a long bro
cade petticoat, slightly turned up on
one side. Her bust is eucased in a
stiff waist, loaded with precious stones.
| The head is delicate and noble, with a
profile of the Renaissance, and her
features are chiseled as finely as a
cameo. A cap adorned with stream
ing feathers hides a portion of her
hair. Such is this statuette —a jewel
become a woman—a little fairy—half
! object of art, half apparition. It is
the portrait of Her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wall** by M. D'Epi
nay. An exquisite and truly royal
image, representing better than any
other an almost supernatural Iwautv.
(bice descended from her pedestal
the princess becomes a gentle, kind
young woman, a careful mother and
an unpretending, almost citizen-like
housewife. It is noticeable that when
people seek to prai-e a princess tliev
call her citizen-like, while in praise of
an ordinary citizen's wife they will -nv
■ that she i- a princess in manner. A
blending of these two qualities so vast
ly different from one another, is nec
essary to the real gentlewoman. She
must IK- a princess in heart, in soul, in
generous seutinicnl*, in courage and in
ap|**arancc, and a bourgeois* in hospi
tality, in the love of the fireside, in
the care of her children and in prin
ciples of wis*- economy.
Every morning at !' o'clock the
three daughters of the Prince** of
Wales take their music le--<in. They
have "Mamma" waked up. who, a few
moments later, ap|>ear in her dressing
gown, and remain- with (hem till the
le-son i over. Nothing inter*-*!* the
Princess more than the education of
her daughter*, in music she can ful
ly appreciate their progress, being her
self a consummate musician. Her del*
icmte, dreamy, thoroughly Danish na
ture Iwtrays itself in her touch. She
dot*-*, above all, on the melodic* of
Chopin and S. hiimann, and she play*
them with wonderful talent.
I he thn-e voung Princess***, F^uiic,
Victoria ami Maud, differ as greatly
in character a* in physiognomy. The
: eldest, l/>uisc, ha the fine feature*
and the grace of her mother; she is
gentle, gay ami affable, in short the
Parisienne of the throe. Victoria, the
second daughter, i* the image of her
father. She is proud, rather reserved
and attache* herself little to people.
When she doe* grow fond of any one,
however, her affection never wavers.
She unites to a thorough consciousness
of her own dignity a generous heart,
easily moved. Her intellect, which is
greatly developed, only renders her
the more engaging. The youngest sis
ter, Princess Maud, can still he called
a baby. She is but ten years of age.
In ap|earauce she bear* a great like
ness to her grandmother, the
She is good-hearted ami at times even
a little serious.
The ptivate apartments of the Prin
cess of Wales, both at Kandriugham
and nt Marlborough House, are fitted
up completely in French style. One
would In-live *>n**self transported to a
mansion in the Champs-Elysee*. Scat
( tered about everywhere on plush-cov
ered tables are nn infinity of knick
knarks, such a* small pcrrelain dogs,
hinl-cages, with stuffed birds, figures
in Dresden ehina. tiny flnwcrsUnd* of
Faience or Sevres, iniotauds, blotters,
knives and what not, just as in the
shop* of the Rue de In Paix. The
Princess' writing paper always comes
from Paris, as well as her dressing
table* and all the latest fashionable
baubles. Her different pieces of fur
niture are surrounded bv low screens,
which, in many cases, sfie herself has
embroidered. Many objects in ivory,
enamel, silver and mother of pearl re
call Prince "Bertie's" voyage to India.
Friendship, grace ami kindness—
such is the motto of that royal home,
wjiero Paris is proud to occupy so
large a space.
Carl VLB once asked an Edinburgh
student whnt he was studying for. The
• youth replied that he liad not quite
made up his mind. There was a sud
i den lightning flash of the old Scotch
man's eye, a sudden pulling down of
' the shaggy eyebrows, and the stern
i face grew sterner as he said: "The
man without a purpose is like a ship
i without a rudder; a waif, a nothing, a
i no man. Have a purpose in life, if it
is only to kill and divide and sell oxen
well, hut have a purpose ; and having
it, throw such strength of mind and
> muscle into your work a* God ha*
given you."
IMHJH THAT AHE FASHIONABLE.
MO* TA*TE* RIM TIIIH SEASON IK 7IIE
MATTER OE CANINE COMPANION*.
Ytijtn th N'nw Yodi Hun.
I he fuHhiou in do^n/ v sail] Mr. I)ari
I* outer, t lie fancier, "cfiauges from vear
to year, Ihe name as in women'* drew*-
e*. I should inline iw the mutt fash
ionable dog* at thin time the rough
coated Kt. Bernard and the Euglish
pug. ihe Ki. Bernard dog* are rare,
but there in a demand for them reach
ing an far as Colorado. The pups are
worth from got) to SI,OOO. The Eng
lish jiug in a dog that went and came.
He lias undergone vicissitude*, he
has. Near a hundred yearn ago there
wasn't a fashionable lady's coach in
England that didn't have his singular
ly ugly muzzle poking out of it. He
had heen brought over by a sailor
from Japan. '1 he first strain ini (sort
ed was very black, and went to I>ird
Willoiigliby ; the second, lighter, wu*
brought over by the same sailor, and
went to Mr. Morrison. Bv these
names the two strains of pugs are
still known. Ten years ago they were
almost unknown here; now, fat and
sleek, they may he seen by the score
waddling with ladies in Broadway and
looking out of curtained windows on
Fifth avenue. They cost from $25 to
$20(1 each. Col. Sellers bought one,
a male, at the bench show some years
ago and made the mistake of calling
it Clytemncstra. The pug has no
voice. He is worthy on account of his
ugliness and affection.
"Tin n, for a scarce and fashionable
dog, I should name next the King
diaries spaniel. He first came to
England as a present to Charles 11.
trorn King Charles of Spain. 1 pre
tend to have a supply of dogs, hut I
own only a single pair of these, which
I keep for breeding purposes. The
male weighs five puuuds ami the female
seven pounds. The animal i black
and tan in color, and is worth from
SIOO to |2OO.
"Then cornea the small black and
tan, a common lady's pet. with a bark
so big that it shakes him all over.
He i worth from $25 to 9125, accord
ing to his size and marking. The
small hull ami terrier is a pet of fash
ionable men. He is pure white and i*
worth from SSO to $250. And the
Japanese pug is a remarkably fashion
able rlog. He rides iii carriages that
have coat* of arms on their panels.
He is rough coated, and i- black and
while or yellow and white, atid he
eost I*lso and S2OO.
"Did you ever," continued the fan
cier, relapsing into the region of soul,
"see a Scotch iooly ? He i' n soft
and beautiful as a dream. He's got
eyes like a maiden in love. He is
very rare in America. Mr. .Joe Jef
ferson, the actor, had one. and I pre
sume has him now. that was a Ix-autv.
A colly will cot from SSO to $J'Ht.
"Then, I shall name, to 010-c the
list, tin- Italian greyhound, whieh is
worth from $25 to $l5O. But," con
tinued the fancier, "I must say a word
nlsiut my two noble dog*. Wallace, au
English mastiff, and Monk, my St.
Bernard, who i dead. Wallace is a
big fellow, who is as well trained as
most servants, and more faithful. He
can fetch and carry as well as anv-
Ixxly. He would do for a hank mes
senger. He will go shopping with a
lady, and is trained to keep strangers
and tramps at bay. Mr. Samuel J.
Tilden is negotiating for his purchase,"
added the fancier, with pride, "and I
am pretty sure he will get him. If he
docs, it will co-t Mr. Tilden s*oo.
"Monk," continued the fancier, re
lapsing into profound melancholy,
"died in December last. I brought
him over with me the August previous
fmm the monastery of St. (jothard.
He was the finest dog that ever step
ped, and as to his money value I
might have sold him for $ 1,000. He
only lacked speech to have leen a
human being. He was the only dog I
ever really loved. He measured over
six feet front tip to tail, bis head was
the most sagacious and magnificent
that was ever set U|w.n canine should
ers, and when he di*-d the ladies sent
me mourning cards inscribed, 'Alas,
poor Mouk!'"
A Broken Hearted Do?.
A remarkable story of a dog that
died of a broken heart ia told by Dr.
Maitin, of Atlanta, Ga. W. H. Ilar
vili, the father-in-law of I>r. Martin,
who died recently at a ripe old age,
was the owner of a very fine bulldog,
bv uame Ponto. "For months before
his death," savs Dr. Martin, "this dog
was his constant companion. There
was something almost human in the
devoliou of the dog to his master, ami
as a natural ronseqtience, the master
was particularly fond of his dog. The
daily movement* of the old gentleman
for a long time before his last sickness
were as regular as those of a clock,
and I'outo followed him as snrely as
his very shadow. When the old man
died, Pun to took his place by the cof
fin, and slid not hurige until it was
taken from the room. Then he got
up and followed it close to the hearse,
and followed the hearse to the grave.
Ponto came back to the house a
changed dog. Every night he lay
upon his rug in the porch and moan
ed pileonsly all night long. Every
day found him making the rounds just
as he used to do before the old man
died. 1 tempted him with the chnicxwt
meat, but he refused to eat. I offered
him the warmest milk ; he refused to
drink. He went about with hit head
down, the very picture of sorrow. He
dwindled away almost to a skeleton.
0110 day, about five weeks after the
old man died, I'onto came dragging
hi* lank and weak body down the
street. When he got by the fence
there stopped and sank UJIOII the
ground. I ran to him and lifting
him iri my arum, carried him into the
yard, for he was dead."
qi'KKK 1> WAE.
NO tr ar.v *KK SOMETI MES KIM.EK WIIEV
lIIEV I.KAAT EXI'ECT UEATft.
From the iMroii Fn— Frms. k
Men might write for a hundred
years of the curious phast* of war and
still have the subject fresh. War is
a lottery, and the prizes are shot,
shells, wounds and death. Tens of
i thou-uuds of men served four years in
I the late war and returned home. In
I a thousand cases recruits were killed
i within twenty-four hours after reach
i ing the front. War's mi—ile* are no
rcsjiectors of persons, and the soldier
: fights an ull day's battle without
receiving a wound may be killed in
his tent at night by the accidental dis
charge of a musket.
At the battle of Franklin, the first
! shell sent from the firi-t Union field
j piece to open fire, killed twenty-six
j Confederate-. The next five shells
I from this same gun either failed to
| explode or cleared the advancing lines.
In this sane- fight the horse of a Con
federate colonel was eut square in two
| by a shot and the rider escaped un
hurt. Ten minutes after a Union offi
cer behind the earthworks stumbled
and fell forward on the ground and
j broke his neck.
In one of the assaults on Fort Wag
ner, in Charleston Harbor, the iron
clad fleet, ii--i-tcd by land batteries,
numbering twenty-seven heavy can
non, boinbti-ded the fort for two hours
before killing a single soldier. From *'
seventy to eighty heavy cannon were
hurling thi'-e tons of iron into the fort
each rninut , arid yet no one wa* hurt
until over WW tons of "solid death"
: had been wasted. As an offset to
ttiis. witness the work of a single solid
shot throw:i from a Federal gunboat
on the low r Mississippi. A Confed
erate flying battery wa just taking
position, ai d or<e piece had already
opened Are. The Federal shot was
directed at this piece. 'I he big mass
of iron struck th<- six-pounder square
on the muzzle and upset gun and car
riage. A piece of the muzzle weigh
ing about iw< otv pound* was broken
off, and thi- flew to the left and killed
two men. Three were wounded by
-rr.all fragments or flying splinter*.
The big shot next struck and exploded
a cai*-ou, killing three more men and
wounding two others. From the cais
son it turned to the right, killed a
horse, smashed a wheel for a field
piece and crushed the h-j of a sergeant
to a bloody inas. That one shot so
disorganized the battery that it lim
bered up molds-hcd away to cover.
While heavy ordi ancc is necessary*
in reducing forts ami earthworks, it i
doubtful it there was any profit in the
work of the big gun.- carried by the
iron clad- on the rivers. When Mc-
Clcllau fell Imek he had the cover of
gunboats, and some writers haveclaim
l that their fire saved his army from
capture. Si far as the Confederate
record show the loss by the hundred*
of euortnona shell* thrown over the
heads of our troops into the woods by
thee great cannon did not amount to
a hundred men. They were a new
thing then, and the effect of the awful
crash aicrT tremendous • xpl<>*ion was
demoralizing on the troops in line.
A Union gunboat on the White
River threw three shells into a Con
federate camp, killed nearly fifty men,
and routed a force of 800. Within a
week after that event the Confederate
J General Shelby planted four pieces of
flying artillery on the levee within
j 400 feel of the same gunboat at anchor,
and without the least cover for men or
guns, kept up the fight for over an
| hour, or until the gunboat hacked out
I of it and steamed away.
The chances in a loitcrv can be fig
ured down fine, and a certain per cent.
| of escapes is allowed in a steamboat
explosion, but he who goes to war has
nothing to console him. He may dodge
a two hundred pound shell and be
killed by two buckshot. He may re
| ccivc a dozen bullets and live on, or
the first one may be fatal. He may
ride in the wildest charge unhurt, aud
he may he killed by a stray bullet be
side his camp-fire.
The Ford's Prajer Revised.
The cha iges made in the revised
version of the New Testament, in the
text of the lord's Prayer, have al
ready been noted, but the following
comparison will be of interest:
ttrtmrv num. j mmwnt <mnt.
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as II -11. -A at la (hi MM -a ll.ll.iaari ha Ihf MM
TSj ki-iAmi < -Mia Tin Tin hliifit -m (am. Thy
will l *••> a* is Haaaan. a 111 la S,.aa in aanh a* It
an aailh Sfw •• tin, la la hi-a. an lit* ua thi.
Say oat dally I,mail And day MI daily haaad And
l-rylii our dal-la. a* a. fntatia a inr naMa. aa a a
•Is- hara Coral oatVadia oar dahhara. and
dahw-aa And Maa i in,.l aa wl la'o l.ni|.<a
li.lo lafaydaltnai dalu- i|,.a Irat ilallrat aa from
aa u. Ina Iha aril eat. |erU.
SAYS the Pittston Gntrtte: Aside
from all questions of price, there seems 4
to lie no doubt thist the American con
sumption of iron is steadily aud rapid
ly increasing in all departmentsof bus
iness, and that, colossal as the iron in
dustries of the repuhlic have become
under the benign influence of twenty
years' protection, the country is des
tined to experience a vety much larger
expansion of the annual production
ami consumption, unless the tariff
tinkers can succeed in |haralyzing the
trade by destroying protection.
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