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November 6.
Loaaon 6.—The Day of Atonraiont.
I.STITICVi 10 S IS—3O.
Odium Ttxr—' *' al*> joy In Ood (brutish oer
Lord Jesus Christ, by whom *• bars now roreWrd
tbs sloosmsnt."—Ruin, ft: it.
Central Truth .—By his one sacrifice on
fhe cross Christ has obtained eternal re
demption for us
In the round of the Jewish year the
great day was the "Day of Atonement."
The Feast of Tabernacles, the grand
harvest festival, closed the festival cir
ele, and—since rightly to rejoice in the
gifts of God one must be at peace with
him—the Day of Atonement immedi
ately preceded that joyous feast. Hut
there were special things which made it
tbe greatest day in the year. * The
truths it taught and the lessons it
brought borne were of the very highest
importance. It kept alive and impress
ed the supreme facts of the holiness of
God, the evil of sin, man's need of
atonement and pardon, and the com
pletenessof the pardon offered. These
thiugs were more than hinted at in tbe
other sacrifices, and in some of them
were unmistakably Uught. But in the
rites of this day they were expressed
with peculiar distinctness and force.
The day was one of "holy convoca
tion" or solemn meeting. On it no work
was to be done "from even unto even."
From the command that every Israel
ite should "atHict his soul" it has been
ioferred that it was kept as a fast, tin
this day the sacred rites were all per
formed by the high priest alone, and
there was something significant in the
fact that he laid aside his usual splendid \
robes, embroidered with threads of gold,
for a garment of simple white, thus im
pressively symbolizing the perfect puri
ty with which one must enter the im
mediate presence of God.
The day began and ended with the
usual morning and evening sacrificee.at
which the high priest wore bis ordinary
drees. Tbe morning sacrifices being
ended tbe high priest bathed his entire
person and put on his garments of
white. First, with a bullock procured
at his uwn cost he made a sin offering
for himself and his associates in the
priesthood. Tbe bullock having been
slain Its blood was left standing in aba
■in, while the high priest, with a censer
of live coals from off tbe altar in one
hand and handfuls of incense in a gol
den vessel in the other, proceeded to
the Holy of Holies. Lifting the veil be
east the incense on tbe coals, and at
once the place was filled with fragrant
clouds of smoke. Returning, he took
the basin of blood and again entering
the most holy place sprinkled first the
mercy seat, and then before the mercy
■eat on the ground. This was his atone
ment for himself aod tbe priests and
for tbe more sacred parts of the taber
nacle iu their relation to the priest
hood.
Next followed the atonement for the
people. This was a complex rile for
which the two goats were already in
waiting. One of these was slain and its
blood was sprinkled, as was that of the
bullock, on and before the mercy seat
in the most holy place. This was the
atonement for the people and for the
tabarnacle in its connection with them.
The next thing was the cleansing,
with the mingled blood of the bullock
and the goat, of the altar of incense in
the holy place and of the altar of burnt
offering in the forecourt.
The atonement was now complete
with the exception of a single rite, which
was, however, most expressive and im
portant. It was the part for which the
other goat was in waiting. laying his
bands upon iU bead the high priest
made confession of all the sins of sll
the people, thus symbolically putting
them upon the goat, which was then
sant away to Azasel, supposed by some
to be "tba most desolate wild" of all the
wilderness. This was not a ceremonial
by itself, but a completion of the atone
' ment already made. The two goats were
in effect one victim; the two being
Is made use of to express a complex idea
I wbich could not be conveyed by one.
ft Together they expressed the truth that
I ain, when cleansed by blood, is not sim-
I ply covered but borne far away. It was
I the fulfillment beforehand of the prom
I iae, "As far as the east is from tbe west!
I so far batb be removed our transgrea- j
B tions from us."
Tbe parts of the bullock and of the
B first goat not destined for tbe altar were
I now "burned without tbe camp," and
■ thus the oeremonies peculiar to the day
Hwere completed.
I The great things signified by all this
Here too plain to be mistaken. God is
■holy and man is a sinner. Have aa bis ;
■sin is covered or atonement is made for
Hit he cannot enjoy the blessing of the
Hnivine favor. Nor is it enough to find
Hm offering Ibr special errors and trsns
■gressioni. As a sinner in all that he j
■a and does be needs atonement and
To his ancient people God sent
borne by the special sin offerings of
Bltii great Day of Atonement, assuring
by means of these symbols, of
not less complete than if he bad
Hacast all their sins into the depths of
Hpesask" And yet all these were sym-
HK'IS only. Tbe real efficacy was not in
Hfaem; it was in that greater sacrifice
they prefigured, in that one eoatly
Hod precious offering made in due time
Hn toe croes. It is and ever was the of-
Hiring of tbe "Lamb slain from tbe
Hmndstion of the world" that truly ef-
Hct# atonement and procures pardon.
Hf that offering the ancient Jewasaw
( Bfci.t the shadow ; it is our greater joy to
Bfi seen the substance.
H fiat there is one other special point
: Hpt to be overlooked. It wae "a statute
Hrcver," a solemn ordinance, that on
day every Israelite should "afflict
HtnL" This does not merely mean
Hat hshould fast. It is not at all cer-
Hin that in these words there is any al>
lusion to fasting. It specially points to
a humiliation of soul under the memory
of sin ; to that godly sorrow with which
■in should ever be remembered. The
plain and important teaching of this
was that needful ua atonement is, and
free as is the pardon offered through it,
there is yet one indispensable condition
of its benefits. Not only is it to be re
garded with faith ; there must also bo
true repentance. Itather, sincere faith
is repentance,or has it for one of its ele
ments. The laitb which offered or ap
propriated the atonement was an bum
tile faith. So must ours be if we would
so rest in the one sacrifice of Christ as
to be sharers in bis eternal redemp
tion.
raacticai. sccossTtoMs.
1. Sin is base and defiling. Not only
priests and people, but the sanctuary
and altar with which they had to do,
had need of cleansing.
2. The very best men need an atone
ment, just as the high priest had first ol
all to make an offering for himself.
This is to some a hard saying. Never
theless it is a primary truth of both the
Old and New Testaments thut as none
are too had to be accepted through
Christ so none are so good wt to be ever
saved without him; "for ail have
sinned."
3. We see how compissionate God is.
So holy is he that he cannot save the
least sinner without an expiation, and
yet lie has made ample provision for the
greatest.
4. The Old Testament sacrifices were
but shadows. In Christ wo have the
substance. All pointed to him, "the
Lamb slain from the foundation of the
world."
5. The live goat sent lar into the wil
derness. beariug the iniquities of fhe
people, is a striking symbol of the com
pletenesA of snlvation through Christ.
In him is fulfilled the promise, "I will
remember their sin no more."
0. The high priest carried the blood
of atonement to the very tnercy seat;
so Christ has passed into the heavens,
hearing thither the merit of his own
blood, and ever liveth there as our in
tercessor.
7. The sinner who comes truly to
Christ comes with godly sorrow for his
sin. lie needs no stern command to af
flict his soul. His desire to be freed
from all sin is a part of bis faith in the
atoning Saviour.
8. The sacrifice on the cross arailed
not only for all the past but for ull time
to come. Our Saviour's next appear
ance will be not only "glorious," but
"unto salvation."
SENATORIAL ORATORS.
i .1 Deeeription of the, Methods of Some
of Our Distinguished Senator*.
The Senate i* aoon to meet ngain,
and the expected presence of the So
lons here inspires us to say that there
are very few men in either house of
Congress who speak upon any import
ant measure without having made the
! most elaborate preparation. The li
j brary is ransacked for books, old news
! paper files are brought from their
i no >ks, and cords of pajx-r are used in
| taking noics. These notes arc filled
out, put in order, and then yon have a
set speech.
David Davis, pcrhnps more than
any other Henator, indulges in manu
script, preparing even a five-minute
: speech with great rare. This is his in
! flexible rule ami has been since he en
j lered public life. After hadelivers
| his speeches, or
them, he hands his
Murphy, the t*euate stenogrJfmcr,
•ends it to the government printing
office. The compositors never have
any anathemas for the judge's writing,
which is large, distinct and full of
character.
Edmund* never uses note* and once
a speech is out of his mouth he doesn't
bother bis head about it. During all
the year* he has been in the Senate he
has not revised a single speech. He
turns everything in his mind before
hand and he never rises to address the
-Senate without having weighed in the
scales of his great mind what he in
tends saying.
lien Hill will speak for three hour*
without a scrap of paper. The only
preparation he makes is marking ref
erences or passages in this book or
that I have seen him time and again
thunder away for two hours without
stopping even for a glass of water.
He revises his speeches, however;
makes additions and corrections in a
clear hand, much like that of a col
lege boy, and gives the printer* little
trouble with his proof. Hill has an
astounding memory, and no man iD
public life except Edmund* has such
imperturbability. The only man who
could well worry Hill or excite hi*
wrath in debate was the late Matt
(Jarpenter. How it tickled Carpenter
to put some adroit question at the
Georgiau and get him confused—a
hard thing to do at any time, but Car
penter often succeeded. And it was
more the result of an irresistible pro
pensity for fun thau anything eise, for
never was man who had less malice
than Malt Carpenter. He had a heart
as big as a mountain. He was exceed
ingly particular about his speeches
when they were upon legal questions.
After he got the proof from the fore
man of the "Record" he would hack it
to pieces and send the corrected proof
back, get a second and treat it in like
manner. His writing wa* character
istic, hard to read —a rollicking, ha
rum-scarum sort of fist—and a study
to the prioters. He used to say "The
shortest road is the best road when
you are in a hurry," and though he
could write a fine, full, round hand he
dashed off everything at lightning
speed.
Another Henator who, like Ed
munds, never revised n speech was
Thurman. Occas : oually he spoke from
manuscript, but the stenographer took
down every word bo Maid, as tho old
gentleman would forget hia mauuscript
' and drill into extempore eloquence.
J Thurman, though never t a graceful
speaker, was always forcible. He was,
beyond all doubt, tho ablest of tho
Democrats and their leader from the
time be entered the Senate.
Bayard works bard at his speeches,
and tfiough ho writes them out and fol
lows his mauuscript closely ho revises
after proof is taken. Ho makes few
changes, however, but holds the proof
very often until 2 o'clock in tho morn
ing, as bo spends bis evenings gener
ally in social circles, lie is a good
penman, writing a medium-sized run
ning hand.
Lamar is a great reviser, cuts proof
into tatters and writes a horrible baud
that tries the soul of a printer. Occa
sionally he goes down to the govern
ment printing oliice to look after his
speeches, which when published are
vastly different from the stenograph
er's report of them.
Senator Conk ling seldom made a
correction of his utterances in the Sen
ate chamber. lie is perhaps the best
extern|>oraucous speaker in the United
States, and even his remarks in run
ning debate are indices of great abil
ity. During the extra session of the
Forty-sixth Congress he delivered a
speech upon the Army Appropriation
bill without note, papers, book
or reference of any kind. When the
Vice President announced "The Sena
tor from New York" up rose the state
ly form of Ruscoe Conkling. Never
before or since had Senator such an
audience, lie spoke for four hours.
Before the adjournment of the Senate
one hundred and fifty thousand copies
of his speech had been subscribed for.
Kvery printing office in Washington
sent to the Senator its lowest estimate.
In a very short time Oyster, one of
the best living typos and foreman of
the "Congressional Keford," had the
proof of the great speech ready. He
took it up to Wormiey's about 9 in
the morning aud asked for Senator
Conkling. "He is not up yet." said
the private secretary; "the Senator
breakfasts about 11 ; however, as you
arc in a hurry and wnnt to see after
the speech, I shall call him." "Tell
j Mr. (lyster to come in—ah ! how do
you do, .Mr. Oyster?" and I>ord Ches
terfield was never more polite than *i>
Conkling in his nightshirt. After rub
bing his eyes he looked at the proof,
made a few changes and struck out
fhe "Hon." before "Ibwcoe Conkling."
| You will never find it prefixed to his
j name in any speech intended for gen
! eral distribution. After he received
the speech he wrote his thanks very
kindly to Foreman Oyster as fol
j lows:
t\ S. Srsatk ('ramus*, May 7, 1879.
Dear Sir: I t.cg you to rccive ray
| thanks (or the bound speech and for
your kindness throughout. 1 am gla<l
I to have nisde your acquaintance and
j trust 1 in iv know you better in the fu
j lure. Cordially yours,
ltoscnc Conk mm;.
K. \V. OvsTta, Eis.
Of all the Senators Conkling writes
j the best hand —large, easy, graceful
j and legible. His signature, however,
would lie a study to any one not ac
quainted with it.
i The present Secretary of State when
a member of the Senate used to look
carefully after his speeches, which for
j the most jmrt were made up of "head
j ings." Probably there never was in
the Senate a man who needed less pre
' partition than James G. Blaine. lie is
infallible in history and impregnable
iu debate. His memory of facts and
faces is absolutely wonderful. He can
begin with William the Conqueror
and give you the name of every sover
eign down to Victoria, with the dates
of their reigns. Now and then the
Senator would give his personal direc
tion to the printing of a speech. One
morning Oyster found hitn busily en
gaged "cutting up copy" for the print
ers. "Hello, Oyster, I'm ahead of
you. See, I'm dividing the copy."
j "Yes, Senator, I see you are ahead of
j me; but I wout home only six hours
ago and shall be here for sixteen con
secutive hours." "Well, I know it's
hard work. Oyster. I've been at it,
and I know what night work memos."
Voorheea prepares his speeches care
fully and revises moderately. lie is
one of the few, very few, men who use
manuscript in such away lhat not a
single oratorical grace is diminished
thereby. Whether this is because he
commits his speeches well to memory
or not we never could tell. We rather
think he does. But with or without
manuscript Voorhecs is an orator. As
a rule the very sight of manuscript in
the hands of a s|>eaker is enough to
nerve one for n bore. Demosthenes
was right when he said "Oratory is de
livery—delivery—delivery and de
livery is killed by manuscript.
. Jones, of Florida, always a hard
student, labors diligently at a set
speech. He is passionately food of
hdmund Burke—knows his works as
we never knew any one to know them.
He has a memory equal to Blaine's or
Ben Hill's, and time and again have
we heard him repeat page after page
of Burke's immortal speeches. It is
the same with the speeches of Phillips,
Grattan, Outran and O'Cooneil. Jones
is a very able man. His Democracy
is extreme, but out of politics he is
one of the best fellows the world over.
Davis, of West Virginia, though an
old member of the Senate, has made
but one speech and that on agricul
ture. It was printed exactly as it was
written. His remarks are left to the
tender merries of the stenographer.
Beck, Davis' colleague on the Com
inittee of Appropriations, is the most
rapid talker in cither house of Con
gress. Well for him that the Bcnate
has such a stenographer as Dennis
Murphy, whose hand travels over pa
per like lightning. We doubt if nis
equal could be found anywhere. Beck
is an uutiring worker, has the consti
tution of a Kentucky racehorse, and
no amount of labor is too heavy for
him. He is not much of a reviser, go
ing on the priuciple of Pontius Pilate
—quod scrijwi, scripsi. He is as blunt
as Joey Bugstock and as good-natured
us Mark Tapley. As there are no
"leaves to print" in theßenate no Sen
ator can publish a speech without hav
ing at least read it from manuscript.
The first page of the "Record" is quite
a desideratum as the place to air the
title of a speech, and many u grave
Senator who would willingly sit at tho
end of McGregor's table is loath to
have his speech hidden iu the middle
of the "Record." In vain to attach
Solomon's theory about variety !
Unhappy Homes,
RI-T. Dr. Hcoddcr.
In a country of the Knst the bride
and bridegroom cat u quince together
to sweeten their breath. What a pity
that all brides and grooms could not
eat some sort of fruit whose fragrance
would remain to make them sweet
voiced ami sweet-tempered all their
lives. What a pity that all the newly
wedded could not remember that from
the apples of discord is expressed the
vinegar of hate, while from the sweet
tcmiH-red grape* of kindness is distill
ed trie wine of perpetual bliss. Look
at that man who has just shut his gate
with a hang and is scraping his feet
at the door. What a pity he could not
scrape his heart, too, before he o|>cu*
the door. There is as much dirt and
defilement on his heart as on his boots,
ami the effects will be far more serious.
The selfish, sordid, cross, ill-tempered,
pitiful little soul! His devoted wife
dare not a-k him for a dollar. She
would rather have a tooth pulled any
time. He is always grumbling. He
is a chronic growler. He thinks the
world was made for him and wonders
it was not made bigger on his account.
He is like an old he hear that goes
snarling after the mother bear, and if
she chances to drop the little cub that
she is tugging along in her mouth he
gives the toiling creature a grim and
ugly bite. I saw just such an old
Bruin near Halt Lake once.
A husband and wife emerged from a
ear. Hbe was loaded down with the
baggage and bis overcoat and he was
hustling along and hurrviug her up
lest she shold fail to catch the train.
I wanted to interview that man for
about two minutes. There is in the
countries of the Fast a specie* of black j
ant that suddenly attacks articles of
furniture. Their work is insidious ,
ami unseen. Hxtcrnally all seems
right, until suddenly the whole thing j
collapses in a cloud of dust. Ho it is
where discord and harshness exist in
domestic life. It will eat out the very
life of home. Heaven is transformed
to hell. The angelhood of earth is ex
changed for demoniacal sorrow ami sin.
It alwavs takes an angel to make a
devil. That which is most beautiful is
made most hideous by unworthy trans
ition.
The Magnitude of the Rag Trade.
Few person* have any adequate
conception of the magnitude and im
portance ol the rag trade in this coun
try. Rags seem to be so cheap aud in
significant a commodity that it is sur
prising to learn that, with the excep
tion of the staple products of the
West, they are more largely transpor
ted by railroads than any other article
of merchandise. At Chicago the
Michigan Central railroad has erected
a special building for this kind of
freight, and it is estimated that not
leas than one hundred carloads of rags
leave and enter Chicago daily. A good
idea of theexteut of the trade was re
cently given a Chicago reporter by a
wholesale rag dealer. Hnid the latter:
"There are fifty millions of people in
the United States, and it is safe to pre
sume that every one of tbem discards
on an average five pounds of clothing
every year. That give* us two hun
dred ami fifty million pounds of rags
to start with. Then there are the tail
oring establishment*, big aud little,
whose cuttings are not much less in
quantity in the aggregate than the
cast-off clothes of the nation at large,
while their quality as rags is greatly
superior. Then there ore the carpets
and bedding and curtains, aud other
domestic articles of cloth of some kind,
which make up a goodly bulk in the
eourse of a year. The different arti
cles combined make up another two
hundred and fifty million pounds of
cloth material which has been discar
ded from use and which eventually
finds iu way into the ragman's bale."
Thf.iik is nothing new under the
sun—especially in the matter of joke*.
Mark Twain has an anecdote of (t
Scotchman who enters an eating house
on Holborn Hill and calls for a penny
half. Then he says that he has chaoge-l
his mind, and lhat he will have a pen
nyworth of beer instead. This pro
cess he repeau twelve times, and be is
then going on his way, rejoicing aud
full of beer, when the conkabop keeper
demands payment for bU beer. "I
gave you a penny loaf for each
of beer," answers tho canny Scot.
"But you have not paid for the loaves,"
continues the incensed Boniface. "But
I had them not," replies the Hoot.
This story is to be found in an old
cheap book published late in the sev
enteenth century ; and it is very prob
ably a survival of some media-vat joko
current among the schoolmen, since iu
humor hinges on a false premise in
,ogic * ,
Hunting Alligators In Florida.
From Jurkibiivill* Cor. fiavuiitali
Forties are hunting the 'gators way
down on the Caloosanatch*c and Kiss
immo rivers, aud upon the numerous
lakes in that region. Nothing is used
except the skins upon the belly and
legs, the rough, seally plates upon the
hacks of the animals being rejected.
The heads are cut off and buried for a
few days until the tusks can be de
tached. It was announced some days
since that one person had collected
alligator teeth to the umount of three
hundred ami fifty pounds. This fact
ulone will give some idea of the de
struction now going on among those
creatures. On the Ht. John's river a
new method has been devised for the
successful pursuit of this game. A
•lark lantern with a powerful reflector
is used on suitable nights, and no dif
ficulty is experienced in approaching
the quarry. The animals ap|>ear to
lx- perfectly bewildered by the strong
glare, and make no effort to e-cajK*.
Ihe gun is held within a few feet of
the head, a touch to the trigger, and
there is a 'gator less in Florida. This
new process is very effective, as the
huuters are enables] not only to kill
but to secure the prey. It is said to
reflect that the race of the saurian* is
in danger of being extirpated. Thou
sands are slain annually by tourists
and others for amusement merely, iu
| addition to those slaughtered for
j profit.
Thousands of baby 'gators are stuff
|ed as specimens or sent off alive a*
curiosities, while myriads of eggs are
j blow n ami di|>o*cd of by dealers.
| Amid all these causes combined the
] brute seems in a good way to In-come
. extinct. This is somewhat unfortu
nate, as the beast is a constant source
j of interest to our northern brethren,
I and every hunter from that section
eagerly craves the distinction* of an
: alligator scalp to hi* list of trophies.
If their wholesale destruction con tin
| ue* it will be. necessary to call on the
j fish commissioners to restock our lakes
and rivers with those valuable animals.
The Star Route Frauds—Mr. Tyner'*
Statement.
First Assi-tant Postmaster General
i Tyner sent in hia resignation a few
! days since. It was not unexpected.
' After the statement made by him re
j ecntly in relation to the Star route
j service his retirement was a foregone
i conclusion. According to his owu ac
count as far bask a 1879 three per
ous in official position in Washington
I were aware of the Star route service
frauds. These were Mr. Tyner him
! self, who made at that time a personal
investigation of them; Postmaster
< icneral Key, to whom he submitted
a written report of the result of his
inquiries, and President Hayes, whom
he afterward consulted in relation to
what should lie done with his discov
eries. According to Mr. Tvncr the
Postmaster General and the President
Imth advised the suppression of the re
port, the former on the ground that if
it was published "there would be a
row," and the latter from the fear
that it would injure the partv. In
compliance with their wishes Mr. Ty
ner, like a dutiful public servant, hid
j away bis report ami never allowed it
to see the light until now, when he
produces it simply to vindicate him
self from the suspicion of being in
league with Brady, the Third Assist
ant Postma-lcr General, who had the
f'ving out of the contracts. That Mr.
yner should have charged that Post
master General Key and President
Hayes had knowledge of these facta
and counseled their suppression was a
declaration so remarkable that manv
would have hesitated to give it cred
ence had not ex-Postmaster General
I Key since admitted that so far as he
was concerned Mr. Tyner had told the
troth, and thst the report was sup
pressed at his instance and for the rea
sons stated. But whwi shall be said
of the conduct of Postmaster General
Key and Mr. Tvner, his first assistant,
who being cognizant of these frauds
were not only silent about them but
allowed tbem to proceed up to the
time that Postmaster General James
look the office, and found the rumors
that had long been current completely
established by the investigation that
was then ordered f If the two highest
officials of the Postoffice Department
could be so derelict in their duty as to
conuive at these frauds, even though
they may not have shared in the
plunder, it could scarcely be matter of
surprise that other officials subordi
nate to them should profit by their op
portunities and that the favored con
tractors should feel they had secured
immunity from punis'luneut. The
whole history of this Btar route mail
service is a sad commentary on official
morals. It leads to the belief that the
support of a political party is in these
latter held to be paramount to
the public welfare and the honest ad
ministration of a public trust. Brady
and some of the worst of the contract
ors with whom he is charged to have
been in collusion are to be brought to
trial, but if the rumors afloat about
the revelations they are capable of
making he onlv partially true the
chances of their being adequately pun
ished are remarkably slight.
Ilorae Talk.
The American Irorse Foxhall won
the Cesarcwich Make* at New Market
races, in Kngland, on the 10th instant.
Fox hull is a three year old-bay colt
of good size and fine nniHcular devel
opeiueut. He was bred by A. J. Alex
ander at the Wood burn farm, in Ken
tucky, and was bought by Mr. Keene's
agent in 1870 for sooo. Ilia sire is
King Alfonso, the son of the imported
stallion I'hii-ton, whose sire was King
Tom. King Alfonso's dam was Cap
uola, a (laughter of Vandal. King
Alfonso was foaled in 1872, and was
an excellent race horse, hut was in
jured and retired early. He is the
sire of Grenada Fonsco, Alfambru,
Istvaeia and other well-known racers,
as well as Mr. Keene's two coltsfFox
hull and Don Fulano. Fox hall's dam
is Jamaica, a daughter of l>cxiugtou
'•y I'anny Kudlow, she by imported
iv-lipse out of Mollie Jackson. Thus
hoxliall s breeding combines the choic
est strains. He was sent to Kngland
last year, and won his first race at
Newmarket, October 13, when he
won the Ilcdford stake. The next day
he was second in the Ashley stakes,
and on Octolier 28, he won the llret
by Nursery Hadicap. This year in the
City and Suburban Handicap his per
formance in running second to Bend
(tr wa considered so good that Kug
lish turfmen gave him a high place,
among the 3-year olds. By an unfor
tunate oversight Foxhall was not en
tered for the two thousaud guineas,
Derby, or St. Ix*ger, but on June 12
he won the Grand Prix de Paris alter
a gallant contest, in which nine other
horses took pert. In this race the
struggle toward the finish was very
exciting, Foxhall treating Tristan only
by a head. Fiddler, who ran third
to day, finished fourth. Foxhall's sec
ond apjsarance in Kngland this year
was at Ascot Heath on June HI. when
he ran in the race for the Gold Cup a
distance of 2) miles. The favorite,
Itobert the Devil, won by five lengths,
Foxhall never standing higher than
third and fiuishiug fourth. On Sep
tember 23, at the Newmarket Ist of
October meeting, Foxhall had better
luck, winning the Grand Duke Mich
ael stakes from thsee competitors, and
the second place being secured by his
half-brother, Don Fulano.
Pharaoh'* Daughter.
The statement in boldly made that
among the mummies recently discov
crcd at Thebes is that of the identical
"Pbaraoh'a daughter" who rescued the
infant MOM from his dangerous hid
ing-place in the cradle among the bul
rushes. The body is that of a lady
of rare iicauty, and is so perfectly
preserved by the cmhalmcrs' art that
it appears as if only recently laid
away. The coffin is decorates! with
mosaic work of costly stones, some of
which has been chipped off by curiosi
ty seekers. Rameses the Second, the
father of this lady, is said to have had
many wives, and to have been the
father of more thau one hundred and
fifty children. It is supposed that
many of his other sons and daughters
are similarly embalmed, and that their
mummified bodies will be found
among the treasures of this descrip
tion which are now being brought to
light
Dreary Places.
Of all the dreary places, deliver us
from the dreary farm-bouse which
many call home. Bars for a front
gate, chickens wallowing before the
door, pig pens elbowing the house in
the rear, scraggy trees never cared for
or no trees at all, no flowering shrubs,
DO neatness, no trimness; aud yet a
lawn, and trees, aud a neat walk, and
a pleasant porch, and a plain fence
around, do not cost a great deal.
They can be secured little by little, at
odd times, and the expenae hardly
felt. And if the time comes when it
is best to sell the farm fifty dollars so
invested will often bring back five
hundred, for a man is wrong who will
oot insensibly give a higher price for
such a farm, when he thinks of the
pleasant surroundings it offers bis
wife and children.
Druijto the past year the progress
of discovery at Pompeii hu been rap
id. Several very important house*
have been opened for the first time
since their memorable closing up in
the early years of imperial Rome.
One of them is built aud furnished on
an entirely original plan. Some of
the statues found are of bronze, and
are said to he of exquisite workman
shin. Furniture discovered is also of
high excellence.
A NRORO went home from a Geor
gia mmp meeting in a state of ervtacy,
declared that he waa going to Heaven
hy way of a tall tree that grew in the
yard, climbed to a height of seventy
fret and then undertook to fl? the rest
of the journey. The fall killed him.
As Illinois man, with a foresight
worthy of a better cause, popped the
question on a rail rand train, and now
the maiden is at a loas to decide as to
which county she had better com
mence proceedings in for a breach of
promise.
"BHK was a daisy," but she nut her
liule French heeled shoe on a banana
peel, and in a flash waa transformed
into a lady slipper, and then arose
blushing like a peony.