f Mil mm .si-: k, F. SOHWEIER, THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. VOL. Xl.VII ttT . T-.-.-V III VJf m WWW TTT?r.T1NJTnWlV TTTTSJT A HT A rTTTXTTV PUTMTMA WCmrrcritv vntrminnn " wunmiA wuiiii, xuniui., i T XjJLi.1 XiOLil A i W V XjAI 1 IV. I i JO, iJJ5. JQ u IlKV. 1)11. TALMA GE. vju: i; '(MiiYx nivixii'3 sux- lAY SRKJIOS. jiit: "Elections. : " I . the people saw tfi rVirci .,. .''c' -'. jhtnitiys and noi'jw of tht r , I f.f im moA-ia.' Exo I . cu- yi-t.-stt iu'o."in you thnt tha lightnings gnY.'artl'.u.u.-ike united their fons to wreck r untu n of Anil is IVtnua in o'.tlt'n time, an ! travelers to-day finds heaps of porphyry and vr.-n-t 'tie reel.. 1 uwliler siaint bowl tiie remains of th iirt law library, wr tt-'n. n-t ,la p-tr-'hment or papyrus, but on-i!i:i!l"r'l',l1"' jrranlte. The conter- "f : 11 t1 .t y-. of all wi law, of nil ri.' .ir 'T I- ;.in-pru lfiii,i, of all Rood Goveru-ni- .t r- vi" two tablets of stone on which written th.. Tan Oommandtnnntsi. A! I toman nil Froh taw, all Enclish law. i.! Atii'T.enn law that is worth anything, all 'i'.'U! :i lnw. civil law, criminal lasr, ui:irtinl l.-iw !;ivv of Nitions were rokod in th--r.ide' o? ;'..! w--nti-!tli chapter of Exodus. And it w ' u' ,;i 'u these tlmos of Jtreit .:itl -t1 i" th- newspapers would it t:v T ' i' ' -a- a day in pmoe of tha e ft. - i'. To fact is that some poonla i-vx tin1? pisseu out or ex.st !' tint av,-sM of some of thi :t l.iw. na l others s:.y this or re a:i 1 - t.Ht is ' f'-' ' "r bus nny r; ;ht ! lh. iinv- :it-.' til t,.u r-ai-.v ! miurtnrire, whn no n?n piiilurn of eo;iitT, rii.i i iil.ir you da'imT-i liw wiiol 6;."i -tun. T.-h-nnt Jl'.i:: pirt;.-.i'.iirly t wr.it it a:'tix vlwi In l!i'-' '. tbi lit;--ry and unh-.r th.it mt'n aro p irtumlarly -t to wlii.'li tliy ara not i.i't-M and find iio esrtih?;;il in In wiii.-h tliy tiiBm- l .u'vtuke out oni:iio f:o:a of t-u tfiins, an I load th:it, tii;it. and lire that. Tlu-y ht ArT.jtronit run, and this nr. "'l !n Is a hni:;' ria 1 tr"3 la a .Nor.lontIdt flT-iiT .- 1 ':i:i. nnd this Is a (intlin ten-Jarre!-! i-Ja, and this is a M irtini thirty-jwM.ii.'.-r!" I '.-nit." lint I Imve to tell th-'ni ti.Ht t:i'Ly nr' r.U of the same e:t!i her, acd tli.it tSy ''j.'t from eti-rnity to eternity. i.inv ;i ' c i- 't. :tre bef.irt the people in the el.-.-tfi:. n ' i "V- r this land, l.ut I shall try t.i sh'.w - l that the most important tb'ini to l-e s.-ttie I a'. out all these eandtdati- b their pers-:!-il, rt-.or.tl enara-ster. 'i'aeDc-c-nloirti- f .rl-i-is M. la'rr. i-na- making. pr f.m:ty. rr.a'.tr. a"n. ut of p.ireats, Sabbath il-s-vra;i u ur lor, theft, incontinenee, Ivtn.-ati I 't -r.-a-x. That is the Doca Wuu :-v win -a y-iii an 1 I will hnvo to be trie-i. an '. l y t.i- iran P.alojuo you and I caj-t ;r' Of e j per-V-:- an i! ! .' ...r o.T.-.. eh.ill not tin t anything like do n t vote until we rind 1. ka ran. a -a! at- iwmiii'-. w- will ii-vt r Tote '.'.---. ti.any fan! is of ouro-sa lit all. W i-.av. we ouj'it !. -t t i . b.' erii:vri. .us or ni:il'-lie- tory or ;iy:' -r -rtt i o'.'tli-.-' ' i' .- C. (or Nov.- i-.S r Twir. "Jd l-e in al inre.-arl to the faults ir:--t'y rule is as appropriate (ltiy otli.T mouth in the : that ye be not judged, for with what i-ure ye ni'-te it shall be measured to you u-ain.' II. wt c.-rtaiuiy are we not to ta'iothest ite innt of r ihot partisanship as the ral char aer of a.ay man. From netir.y all the s;r-.it cities of new Jf.-. pit.n; n , 6Bl it 1- The on an-1 tit-thdi:T- vs Ian I 1 p-o-'ive d-uly or w-.- .c.y r-.. s -tit to me regularly and in .- u- i s --- - .;'i 1 ivs I SO- ail S'.-i.v .t .-.I a tiii:-. and uio-t re.tular it t- r ;i'l t !i.' oj. j)-. site siat-'na-a's. (t'-tn.-nt says tiie man is an an'-l. :a.-r say.H he is a .b-Vil, and I split nco and I find him halj w.iv be- twn. There nev.r has been an honest orr-e!li'c 1at.i" uiaa Tnnrf'n ? ' Ic-r t'.io 'CETte-l Sut presiJ'-rn--, or for a juleship, or forth! may-ralty, or for th-j shrievalty sis re tn t foun i.iii.m o' the A-neri-'an iOv. r.i-nent. il we tti-iy l-.'ii-'V.-t':e old !t!-s of tile iimv-.-.-i P"t3l:iin irjHiic'. V. .at a m--r.-y it u that re not ail hutr l.-''oro th- y w-ro ! 1' a m au bWicve oji-.--lialf ol s in tin r."wsp ii---s in tiirs r -r will i.e v--ry -::ur. .u-i leof ! iiH-iu.' tiylu a. tit two or t!ir-' ye:r rt--o ilur i ot a politi.-al I'tinvif, an 1 I "it entirely upon what I r- a 1 in .-it had occurred iti t;i.s eiti.ts. waat tix-'s, h E'.n. a.!!. I IS im; ol- n .-.-i. was 1- t"-u 1--r-L-nnl to r-i nl I r-i I t l'orli .-: " -.-.I f-Ad Hi at; i E.alta t: I r sioij that t.t. in in-: ' r A -a-t.: a - r - was a i-r-.-'-'ssi-n in Srvf it:"i-.ts an t a mtt.'ite a l-r I ro 1----1 teat th- r-i w -r-i ll.VO, 1 iti r-'-.rd to anoth'-r T:.-o.;-e.s- w-t- 1. ..), and th- n'r r-ta l . r that tli "re wr- fi.0. orator in the Hint: or tin Ata-l- iv -v, .'!-- r---civ 1 a very cold re-I 5Iount biaal. incy always gain tne victory, ejti -rt -a v i. litir r--"-;.tiou a'i ! one ' nnd those who fight against them go under. Kat-n. t;'. i .:- othi-r statement fcaid the : laere are thousamis und tens of thousands u h- u Jose at him. So cr-e-.t was the en- ! Ol men being slain by the Decalogue, What thuiva t': itt--r.i Ion -whiie the o'a' or ' ls the matter with that young mun of whom souMu-tbe l..-ar-i. and it was only after Ult- ' I read, dying in his dissipations? In his dy Im his hand that the vociferation lig.iu to lot? doUnum he said, "Now fetch on the iu:i-le! on- statement will twist an inter- ! du-e. It is mine. No, no I It is gone, all is Tiew one war. a.i I another stntment will jgone! Bring on more wine ! Bring on more twist r,n mt-rvi-w another wiv. V..u uiustl'ne! Oh, how they rattle their chains ! adtnit it is a v-rv dim -ult thin,- iu tim.-s lik ' Fh'nds, fiends, ncn-is! I say you cheat 1 The thesMo g.-t a 'v-rv accurate es.ti.imt? of a "rJs " nuirked 11 Oh, death! oh, dent u ! ffiHDB ehar-i-ter, and I charge you, as your oh. deAth I Fiends, fiends, fiends ! And ho rellious t-a-h.-r I charge you to caution I irasped his last and was gone. The Ten mi to ta-r-ifuln-ss and to prayer. I Commandments slew him. I warn v.,u also against the mistake whl-h I Let not ladie3 aai Kentlemen in this nine ntr VM-'i-.ak n .-Hu I always do make o:np,;'penth jentury revise the Ten Command ,:,i . ., .?!.-..., i- i ,.r ,...,.,... f., ments. but let thorn in society and at the tu. s-in pro aii-nt i. vJitiou Iroin the stan I- r.i th.-y apiiiv f-r .--r-linarv persons. However) mu-'h a man tt-iy have or however liicrh th. P"'.li'.n he g--t-, h- lias no especial libertvi etv- n him in tit-! interpretation of the Ten. Costuandn-iit. A great sinner is no more to 1 .-i-use 1 than -a small sinner. Do notj etiarg.. illustrious defection to eccentricity cr i-a'.p of the T-n ( ortimandments to suit e-p-vu! .-us"?, li.e right is everlastingly ti-'iit an I the wrong is everlastingly wrong. If any man nominate 1 for any oflleo in this ly..r State -li'Ters from the D.icaloguo, do not :ix u;. the Ie.-al..gm but fix him up. Ine Ik nttist s'tm-i. whatever else must fall.' I .'ail y-.ur attention also to the fact that you are HWlI. 0 that the breaking o one .- - ; -.in -i. .-at mal;ps it the moreeasyto l.'"ak u!l of th-m and the philosophy ii la. Ar.v kin 1 of sin weakens tiie eon- S'n ii'c. aa 1 tiiat nj..-! i, P-ssion. If. POiitie.il l-a-:. tfalef wea'-ji st-otit a n.at: l0Dgtefrr,. : th moral etomt.i- the ons nee is weakene I .1 i..r for all kinds of trans r i.-i'an-'e, a man go into this ii'n wi.-M'ng scurrility as his an 1 Ii--biiev."3 everything ba I . I believes nothing good, now .t man himself will L-et ovei) s-lon. Xi-ither in time noe I! I utter a ral.---i.ood in rcarl to a man, i n&y darr.a him. tut I get lor myself ten foid -core damage. That is a gun that kicks.1 I', for instan e, a man bo profane, under proi Toati.-n !.- will commit any crime. I sujf Mi'l..-r prov , -ati.-n. For, if a man will mal trat th- I.,,r, Almightv, wonl-l he not ma! treat his f -K-.-.v man? If a man bo guilly o lfa;in-e in c-;T! , he will ..n.ier r-rovoia-hon .-on.a.it ar.v sin. He who will steal will "".and h- who wiil lio will steal. for m-tan-e. a man i.n impure, it opens tne door for all other iuiquitv, for in that one in i mitt y he commits theft of the worst u4, aud eovetousnos of the worst kind, '1 fa:s.'hor,.ipntcn ling to be decent h m not and maltreats his parents by 'if-'r!l -'r- th.-ir name, if they wero good. earful, tiier-foro, how you charge that n .-iu,t nnv ti;.an either in high tilaee oi w p,a- e.th.r in ofll-e or out ot oflice. iflcau. auSe Wh'-n votl m-il.-eth.at ehnr-'fl AL-ninsl trjla you cmir-re. him with all villainies. tu ail disgust ii t'Jttenneso ; propensities, with all A Uhenins is a beast, lower than the ver js"1 that crawl over a summer carcass rtli.'tn tiie swin, for the swine has no "''"iS-o-e to .-in against. He ear-ful.then, 'JV you charge that against auv r.ian. u mu-t I- t j certain that a mathematical -aonstratiou is douMful as compared with And then, wh-u j-oii investign P'0'li. you must go' t ignte a man on to the whole '-.aa Of II. v..-t... n I .In.l mit nrh.-tl.ur ''jt he has r.-p.-nied. Ho mnv have b?en knees before Go i and ' implored th t'"Ej f"rfenesq, and he may tare 1m. Wi, t'19 f"rgiv. nes of sooi-ty and the for eito?" ot ,h "or1,1- Although if a man o!?? 'i1"1' siu Rt thirty or thirty-five years nTf' there is not one case out of a thou Tm,WnBr" he ever repents. You must In th lnvosti-'ation see if it is possible that tli. " car Investigated may not have been .... 'T'lon. iiut do not chop oil tne -. voaoiian.i'ncm --hang9 Fairhnnf 1 commandment to Buit the case. Do nr.. .a r-.. i. ... . . . - n,.:?.w"i--'mng with it. Do not cutoff nn . '- t'Uroanns SCa'e to suit warn fcsaT, t0 eult tue K"o;ls you are xh p " tha law tanJ an'i never Above nil J eharja you do not iola in the cry that I have !,eard-for flrteJn. twenty years I have ! e .rd it-that there is'no S thing as pur.ty. If y,,., ra:lke that eharae you are a Iou!-moutl.ei scanda'.er of the fw1?0- ,Xo,u. a '"P"- room for that leper I When a mn, by pon or , or tongue, otters such a slander on rtis hu .JT.? that,h is no suor. thin as purity I know rik-'nt away thatthnt man him i Ta,k,nir Ia,31rotto- reeking uloer, and is ft (or no society better than thnt oi l'viis clH.-nna. We may enlarge onr char iti.s in su.-h a case, but in no sneh ease lot ns shave o;r the Ten Comtnandments. Lot Ki-m stand ns the everlastiujf do.onse of so-ci-'tv and the church of (iod. The committincrof one s.n opons the door rortue commission of other sins. Yo-i see it every day. Those embezzlers, those bank cashiers absconding as soon as tuey are broucr.it to justice, develop the fact that they were in all kinds of sin. Ko exception to the rule. They all kopt bad company, ttiev nearly all Ka:at,leJ, they all went to t!aei where they ouht not. Why? The oumission of the one sin opened the irate 'or all the other sins. Bins go ia flojlcs. In lroves and in horas. You open the door for ne s.n that invites In all the miserable e.rreirution. Some of the campaign orators this autumn some of them bomhardin the suiTerine candidates all the week, wUI think no wromr m Sabbath breaking. All the week hurlin? the elchth oommtndment at one candidate, Ihe seventh commandment at another oan ildute n 1 the ninth commandment at still mother, what are they doln with the fourth onatuilment, "Bome-nher the S il.rflith day o keep it holy?" Eroaklnir It. Is not the fourth commandment as important as the eighth, as the seventh, as the ninth? Some of t'lese political campaign orators is I have seen them roported in other years' ind as I hive hoard It in regard to them, 'jombardias thesufferimt candidate all tha traek, yet tos!nir the namoof God from their lips roeklessly, Ruilty of profanity what are they doinr? with the thirl commandment? fs not the third commandment, which says, "Thou Shalt not take the name of the Lord :hy God in vain, for the Lord will not hold iiia guiltless that t.-iketh his n ime in wain" Is not the third commandment as impor tant as the other seven? oh, yes, we And in ill departments men are hurling the irlndicr lation atrntnst s!ns perhaps to which they are lot especially tempted hurling it against niquity toward wal-h they are not particu ariy drawn. I hive this book for my authority when I iv that the man who swears or the man who jreaki theS ibhath is as eulpable before tiod is these etindid.ues who break other com mandments. What right have you and I to leleet which commandment we will keep and which wj will break? Border not try to tneasun the thunderbolts ol the Almfirhty, i.iytn ; this has less blaze, this has less mo-ii'-atun. Kotter not handle the guns, better 3 t experiment mueh with the divine ammu- liti'.Tl. r si:d he saw the "Iliad" written on nutshell, and you and I have seen the Cor I s I'myer written ou a fire cent piece. ..'.tttu w.-.ote ten-teney or tneso times is to irrit1 tin Ten Comm-indmeuts so smatl no jody can see thetru I protest this day against :ho attempt to revise the Decalogue yhich was given on Mount Sinai amid tne blast of trumpets, and the crackinir ol the rocks, and the varoxystn of the mountain of Arabia P-trici. I l-rin np the candl latos for ward and :owns'i-p an I city and State office. I brim? :.". u u;.). au i I try tham by this I)toi!o-u .. 'li cour-jj th-yure imperiei.'t. We are all i np rfe.-t. We say things we ouht not to i-; we do things we outrht not to do. We have all been wrong ; we have all done wrong. fcut I shall find out one of the can didates who comes, hi my estimation, nearest to odience of the Ten Commandments, and Will it litui, end os will Yet for Him umess you love God less than your party then you will not. Herodotus said that Nitocris, the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar, was so fascinated with her boautitnl village of Arderieca that she had the river above Babylon changed so it woun1! this way and wound that, and curved this way and curved that, and though you Mile 1 on it for three days every day you would be in sight of that exquisite village. Sow. I do not care which way you sail iul titonils or which way you sail in Hie if you. 3nly sail in sight of this beautiful group of livine commandments. Although they may. otnetimes seem to be a little angular. I do aot care which way you sail, if you sail in li-ltt of them you will never run aground, lud you will never be shipwrecked. Society aee.is toning up on all these subjects. I tell you there Is nothing worse to fight than the ten regiments, with bayonots an l! labres of Ere, marching down the side oJ polls put to the front those who come the nearest to this Go Mifted standard. On the llrst Tuesday morning of November read the twentieth chapter of Exodus at family prayers. Ths moral or immoral character of the ortleers elected will add seventy-five per cent, unto or subtract soventy-flve per cent, from the public morals. You and I cannot afford to have bad offi cials. The young men of this country can not afford to have bad officials. The com mercial, the mora!, the artistic, the agricul tural, the manufacturing, the religious in terests of this country cannot afford to have bad officials, and if you, on looking over the whole field, cannot find men who in your istlmatiou come within reasonable distance of obedience of the Decalogue stay at home ind do not vote at all. I suppose when in the city of 8odom there were four candidates put up for office, and Lot did not believe in any of them, ho did not register. I suppose if there came a risis in the politics of Babylon, whore Daniel did not believe In any of the candi dates, he staid at home on election day, praving with his face toward Jerusalem. But we have no such crisis. We have no such exigency, thank God. But I have to say to you to-day that tho moral character of rulera always affects the ruled, and I appeal to history. Wicked King Manasseh depressed the moral tone of all tho Nation of Judah and thre them into idolatry. Good King Josiah lifte l up the whole Nation by his excellent example.1 Why is it that to-day England is higher up in morals than at any point in her National history? It is because she has the best rnlei l.n all Europe all the attempts to scandnliz-J her name a failure. The political power o! Talleyrand brooded all the political trickster! of the last ninety years. The dishonest vice, presidency of Aaron Burr blasted this Natioi "until important letters were written in cipher bocause the people could not trust the Unites! States mail. And let the court circles ol Louis XV and Henry Till march out, fol lowed by the debauched Nations. Tho higher up you put a bad man th tworse is his power for eviU The great fab. tlist say- thnt the pigeons were in fright a a kite flying in the air, ana so these pigeona hovered near the dovecote, but one day th. kite said "Why are you so .7.. WJ do vou pass your Ufa in terror? Make me king and I'll destroy all your enemies. Bo the pigeons made the kit. king, d soon as he got the throne his regular A et ; was a pigeon a day. And while on. of his Victim, was waiting for its turn to com. It aldj -Served us right !" The malaria rises from the plain to the heltht;ntt?tl malaria descends from the rnoantain to th. nlain Be careful, therefore, how you ele- ISXtZlS style tX In any wise antagonistic to th. Ten com- "afa'slean tell. th. most Important thing now to be done is to hav. about 40, DM 000 oopies of the Sinaltio Decalogue priced ad scattered throughout th. toi So'teabath, 'or.h. oitof bould with it heat 1000,000 bath of moral Purification for tt . 1, tonlo. a I sav w want a tonic a mighty tonio, a soSve? In all rowerfui corrlve-d Moses la the test wit h steady ban aotwiia. ! standing the Jarring mountains and the full wuumn ui tun tempest, ana tne Dialing ot the air, pours out the ten drops no more, uo less which onr people need to take for their moral convalescence. But I s'i.ill not leave you under th. dis couragement of the Ten Commandments, be cause we have all offended. There is an other mountain in sight, and while one mountatn thunders tiie other answers in thunder, and while Mount Slnal, with light ning, write, doom, the other mountain, with lightning, writes mercy. The only way you will ever spike the guns of the Deoalogue la by the spikes of the cross. The only rook lhat will ever stop the Sioailo upheavals ls the Kock of Ages. Mount Calvary ls higher ihnn Mount Sinai. Th. English survey expedition, I know, ay that one Kinaitio peak is 7000 feet high, and another 8000, and another 9000 feot high, and travelers tell us that Mount Cavalry is only a blufT outside of the wall of Jerusalem, but Calvary, in moral significance, overtops aud overshadows all the mountnins of the hemisphere., aud Mount Washington and Mont Blanc and the Himalayas are hillocks compared with It. You know that some times one fortress will silence another for tress. Moultrie silenced Sumter, and against th mountain or the law I put the mountain ot the cross. "The soul that slnneth, it shall die," booms one until the earth jars under the cannonade. "Save them from going down to the pit. I hnve found a ransom, pleads the other, until earth and heaven and noli tremble under the reverberation. And Moses, who commands the one, surrenders to Christ, who commands the other. Ouce bythstair oar hopes vera slaio. But now in Christ we live again. Aristotle says that Mount Etna erupted one day and poured torrents of scoria upon the villages at the base, but that the mountain livi.l.Kl its name and made a lane of safety tor all those who came to rescue their aged parents. And this volcanic Stnal divides its fury for those whom Christ has come to res cue from the red ruin on both sides. Stand ing as I do to-day, half-way between the two mountains the mountain of the Exodus and the mountain of the nineteenth of John all ny terror comes Into supernatural calm, foi -ie nnro-ir of the one mountain suhsldes'lnto in .-t and comes down into so deep a silence .utit I can he-ir the oth.-r mountain sryak lye, I can hoar it whisper. "The blood, the uloo-1, the blood that cieanseth fromall sin." lhe survey expedition says that the 8inal u"c mountains have wadys or water courses Vlleyat and Ajelah emptying Into Feiran. But those streams are not navigable. No boat put into these rocky streams could sail. But t have to tell you this day that the boat of gospel rescue comes right up amid the wa tercourses of Sius,itio gloom and throat. ready to take us off from under the shadows Into the calm sunlight of Gou s pardon and into the land of peace. Oh, if you could see that boat of gospel res cue coming this day you would feel as John Giimoro in his book, " i'ha Storm Warriors,' says that a ship's crew felt on the Kentish Knock sands, orT the coast of England, when they were be ng beaten to pieces and they all f"!t they must die ! They had given up all nope and every ciomnt washed off anoth-r plant from the wr.-.-it, and they said, "We must die ; we must die ! ' Hot alter awhile they saw a Kamsgate lifeboat coming throngh the breakers for them, and the man standing highest up on the wreck said i "1'an it be? It is. it is, it is. It is ' Thank God I It is the rimsgate llfetwat 1 It is, it Is, It is, it is !" And the old Jack Tar, describing that life i.r. it to his comrades after he got ashore, said, "Oh, my lads, what a beauty it did "em, coming through the breakers that awful lay!' May God, through the mercyin Jesus Christ, take us ail oil thi miserable wreak of our sin into the beautiful lifeboat of th. gospel ! A HAPPY FASIILT. A. Sight to Be Seen, in London That Is Unprecedented. It was the la!e P. T. Bamum who originated the novelty in animal shows known as the Happy Family, but like many others which have since been ex hibited. Barnum's Happy Family was not a very startling mixture of auimals, consisting, as it did, only of cats, dots, monkeys, rabbits, and a Rout. At the Crystal l'aliice in London, how ever, there is at present on exhibition a happy family of animals which has at tracted prciit altcitiou Hilton": natuiaa ists and th'j general p lblit:. There are lions, tigers, c'iccta.is, leopards, bears and boaruoutids, which most person? will acknowledge make a surprising combination. The man who has accom plished the hitherto considered impossi ble feat of training carnivora to live, play, and sleep together in perfect har mony is J Ierr Carl Ilngenbeck, the largest dealer in wild auimals iu the world, and whose place of business in Hamburg is one of the sights of the city. AU the animals in his happy family are young, the oldest in the group being tho Thibet bear, which is a little over 2 years old, and they were all trained by kindness, clubs or red hot irons nut being used in their education. Under the direction of the trainer and his assistants, the animals perform a variety of striking feats. Lions and tigers walk on revolving globes and ride tricyles, while a couple of lions play at see-saw, the Thibet bear acting as a plank-balancer. This bear is practically the clown of the company. Then u lion, covered with a crimson cloak, is seen reposing in a chariot drawn by harnessed tigers, wiiile two uournounus act as tool men. When the entertainment proper is over the real fun commences. The wild beasts left to themselves are literally as playful as kittens, and gambol one with the other in the most quaint and amus ing way. Tho animals have been in close training since September last, nnd have never previously been shown to the public. A few losses have occurred among the young ones through teething and other complaints, but uo difficulty whatever has been found in maintain ing tho most perfect peace. The trainer, who has been devoted in his attention to the animals, has been bitten three times, but not by a wild beast, one dog being the offender on every occasion. Indeed, tho boarhounds are said to have been more diliicult to keep in order than all the other members of this remarkable company. New York Sun. FOOD. FOU TnoUUHT. A covetous man cannot own any thing. Birds with bright feathers are not a'ways fat. Yonr most deadly sin is tho one you love the most. Love never has to ro to school tir learn how to Rieak. He that speaks doth sow; he tl a holds his peace doth reap. The road to home happiness lies over small stepping-stones. Slight circumstances are the stumbling- blocks in families. When we destroy an old prejudice we have need of a new virtue. Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood. If our eyes were better the stars would give us more light. Every day a man hears a dozen things he ought to do that he can't do. In life there are as many pillows of il lusion as flakes in a snow-storm. There are too many people who are tn!y pious when things go right. A man may have a great deal of edu cation and not be very wise after all. When people are hired to be good they quit work aa soon aa the pay stops. A MODERN VALENTINE, fve written it, love, with a still steel pen; For the geese, I understand. Are so learned, sow, that their quills, ) trow, JIust supply their own demand. I've secured it, love, by the aid of glue. Instead of a strand of hair. Which I cannot obtain, for 1 see, with pslt. I hava really cone to spare. I rend it to you by the postman, love; " Tor Cupid, I grieve to hear, ts p.fraid of the cold, and has grown so old That hs doesn't go out this year. Tnt the mess-.igo is evjr the same, my love. TV h"e the stars their course fulfil. Thou.-b tj me aud to you it may sosm q"lL new, Tis the old, old story still. C. V. Latimer, in Harper's Magazine. ' THE PIECE OF GOLT?. BY JAMES VACGHX. fT?"IER3 are timet si in vprv iireU . - j r i a d ui iurj- iciiurs, when a spirit ol reverie seems tc come upon ever one. Thus il was when tae learned judge ol the court, sit ting with W friends, 1 ad re lated uu instance ot one w h c through trying to defraud a els tcr cf her eh--e in t b e fathcr'i property, o uit witted him4U and came to If miserable end. I For several ciinufes no one spoke. k last, the lawyer said : "Gold is worse than an enchanter; l is a demon. As you said, judge, mei will sell t'ueir very souls for its possoa. f ion. If any one of us could be given the power of seeing all the passions and motives of men laid bare, it would drivo him crnzy in a day. If what men con ceal couid be opened to the light, how nieu would recoil from their own doing,! It is only by conccultnent that the petty, the mean, the dishonest can be siitislio' wiih themselves." : "Very true," said the judge, still-inclined to ba silent. Another spell of musing, whicYii5 broken by tae lawyer. "I ouco had a queer experience in my own practice, iu luct as odd a cr.se aa I ever knew. Oni of ray first ciienU ih New York yas wealthy, retired merchant, named Be? trand. He lived very simniv. alone e. cept for his housekeeper, iu a retired, but veiy resiiestublo part of the city. ?'. cr's son, whom he regarded as a scape grace, and with libra he was not at all on eood terms. "Frank seenieJ to me to be a modest, sensible sort cf a fellow, tn I wondered at the old man s feeling towards him, when Le was the only relative he bad in the world. My curiosity aroused, I pon dered the matter s.-mewhat, and came to the cocc'iuslon that tho fault was the old man's, not Frank's. He was rather high spirited and wilful about making his own way in the world and doin as ho pleased with himself, instead of allowing bis rich uncle to dictate what he should do. Tiiis eeeincd to be the exten; of his oiTecce, so far as I could learn. The old man was testy nnd choleric, aitd childish about having his own way (i family tialf, I guest), and not only for bade the nephew the house, but required me to irakc his will, cutting Frank oil with only a very insignificant sum. All the teat of his large property he gave to his housekeeper, because, as he said, she had been kind to him, and would take cure of him as long as he lived. I talked with Frank about this disposition o! the property and advised him not to throw awsy such a chance but to attempt a reconciliation with his unc'to, so be might change his will. The young fellow was obdurate and would promise nolliing. He was an artist and his whole soul was in his work. This his uncle detested more than ail else as a species of vaga bondism te could never tolerate. Jo reconciliation wss possible while this res mained, ana I could not help admiri r the boy's enenry and spirit wtea ho de clared he would not give up his profes sion lor all the fortuues in New York, lie said ho had do ill will against hi? uncle, his property was his own tj da with as he pleased; he spoke pleasantly of his uncle's peculiar notions, his tem per and his weaknesses, and mentioned the housekeeper kindly S3 one who had treated hitn well. As he left my oilioe 1 said tc r.r se'.f, 'Wei!, Frank Ber.'raud, you de'erve a fortune if you dou't get one. A mati Las reason to be proud ol such a t.epliL-.T as you.' "Xot a niouih after that interview word was brought me that Mr. Bertrand bad been four l n.i r.lered in his library. I summonid ti c i t detective I knew of and hastened"" to the spot. An en trance 1 ad been made through the or dinaiy passages of the house, as there was ct breaking. Tiie victim had been struck f i ..t.i behind as he sat in his chair. The instrument used was a heavy one; the skull had been crushed and death was Instantaneous. At first we thought not a thing in the room had been touched, but tho housekeeper called my attention to the fact that a nugget of gold which remained attached to a piece of its quar i matrix, the single geological specimen and curio which adorned the library, v.as missing, a3 well as the little velvet lined box in which it had rested. Every thing el so was in its usual place as if nothing had happened there. This was our only clue, and to my astonishment and dismay it speedily led to the arrest of Frank Bertrand as the murderer. "I had formed so good an opinion ol the boy, and his manliness seemed so cer tain, that I found it bard to believe that he wis even accused of murdering his uncle. That he was guilty was to my mind beyond the hounds of probability, i rasoluely put that down for a fact. It being leurned that he was seen in the vicinity of the house at the time of tho nurder, the detective went to his room to interview him as to his knowledge of tne affair, and found him standing in the ai ldie of tDe apsitment in a state of ex oitament, and holding in his hand that ame tell tale nugget of gold. S ) ab orted was he iu it that ho did not notice .lie quiet approach of the oui-l-ir until ho wjs close upon him. Tuea ho mada a novment as if to liida t j0 nugget. It , v is a perfect esse of circumstantial evi ience against hltn, Eainz ' orrclted Jka impetuously defied his " "accusersT and would have resorted to violence against thorn, had I not appeared ou tho scene nnd bade him desist. Eccing me he burst '.ntc a flood of tears. 'I demanded a further investigation of tho case, but the detective informed me that it would be useless to look furthet Tor tho murderer. "Of course, my first move was to rectiro a calm, rational interview with Frank. This was in his cell. 1 will not repeat his iudignant declarations of in nocence, nor his pitiful appeal to me not to belie, e it of him. How camo he by that piece of gold, and why was he at bis undo' house? Those were thequcs aoas to be answered. " 'I cn answer the lat easy en-cih,' he replied, but about the uuget know uo more than you.' 'You wero taken wlt'j it in your hands,' I said. I know it; I h id just taken it froar my pocket." 'How came it in yojr pocket? "I don't know.' " 'Well, that's singular, to stv the least,' said I. 'Xo, how cauij you there?' " 'Mrs. Bland called and said m undo wanted to see me. I went, of course.' "Mrs. Bland was tho housekep; r. I thought I had struck a fact that would I hcln and whistled softly. 'Did you t-j ucr when you got there!' I asked. " I taw no one then, Frank replied. 'My ring wis not aos.vered. I trio J Ihj door and it was fast. I did cot want to disappoint him after ho had kiudly sent for me, so Iattemptod to c,o in tha bick way a3 I had used t do, but I found that fast also. Then, as I could ro.ise uo one, I turned and came away. Wiien I had got back in my room somewhat no.tilussed at not bein admitted after my u -title had sent for rae, I happened to put my haud in my pocket, a id found there the nugget. J knew it was my uncle's for I had often seen it there, aud how it ca-no to bo in my pocket was a mystery that OToitel me somewhat. It sejoijJ like v.ucu waft. ' 'Devil-craft more likely,' eaid I whi was now more myst.od than ever. did not doubt the truth of Frank's story in tho least. 'Some oao put it in your pocket to throw suspicion oa you; but how, and when, and where? Did Mrs. Bland cotno close to you when she came to say your undo wished to see T0U " 'ITo. suo did not coma ia. Sjo left word at the door. But from my window I saw her go by. I'm sure it was her, but she could not have put the nujget in my pockot.' "I may as wo'l say here that tho housekeeper had been investigate! aid was conclusively proved to be else where when tne murder ocjarred. '.Vs she -ra .ai-ipii...1 a? t-q-question' I was pondering. A thought occurred to me. Did you Und in your pocket the little velvet-lined box, that held tho nugget?' f asked. " Xo, thero was nothing but to pieco of gold, that I saw,' Frauk replied. "I went straight to Frank's lodintjs ind made a care.'ul search. I scire 'to 1 tho Bertrand mansion for the ui'Uii.i.' oor, but found nothing. "Mrs. Bland seemed very much dis tressed over what had happeuod and waa much concerned for Fraak. She do dared she didn't believe a word of tho story that be was guilty. Sao said his jncie called to her from his room, as ho often did, and directed her to call Frank. As sho was going to a neigh bor's she stopped oa taa way for her er-' rand. She locked tho house behind her on leaving, as was her custom, and fouad it locked oa her rctura. She did not ?eo Mr. Ecrtraod when ba spoke to her; only heard his voice. "I then went to my office and shut nysclf iato my private roo.u to quietly maljzo the situation. Who, besides hu 'lousekeepsr had a motiva for murdering Mr. Bettrand? I poadered the qusHioa over aad overa;a u. That there was aa inswer to it, I was sure. But who had chnt mctivc. That once settled fairly iu nay own mind, I would look further for tho little box. I could easily see how Frank Bertrand had a strong existing motive to keep his undo alive uatil he should make a rlillorent will. In his leat'u be lost all hope. Ouly sudden inger under strong p.-oncatioa could lave moved him to the deed. But he .vas already out of my suspicion. "I am a great believer ia motive a; die lever that moves human being3 ia the commission of all deliberate crimes. That it was not mero robbery, ia this case, was evident since only tho riurcct of gold was taken, and that I attributed to a momentary funcy rather than to an' previous inteution. It could not b-; hatred, for the old man had not an eceir.y in the world that w-j could discover. It must then be ?recd of some sort, some advantage t? be gained though Mr. Bjrtraad's death, ilere was another dilemna. His house keeper wa3 to have all tiie property, and she could not have co t.mittcd the murder. It must thea bo somebody reaching further, somebody hoping foi cjnin through her. Bat tho old woman had not a iclativo iu toe worid that I had ever heard of. S ie Lad lived very many years in tha fa niir, and I thought her rciativc3 woul 1 have beeahciri from, if there were any gree jy enough to commit murder in or der to give her property which they nvght not get aft-jf all. Had she a lover? "The thought struc': mo with such a scc;e of iU ad'ordiug a solution of the mystery, that it was like an clectr.u shock. Sho wo old not marry while Mr. Bertrand lived; his death would mako her free, aud besidas would maka her wealthy, two great points to ba gaiued, which might have a strong ind ieaca oa a weak min le 1 man. I wa? sura also from tho taking of the nurrget, t i it whoever lis was ha woul i be fo itid to have beaa a rniaar or a collector of ores or minerals. Full of my new idea, I started out to iuve-tig.tta. "I had groat faiti ia Mr". B ail's hoacsty in tho matter, but I did not think it prudent to go to her co v for information, for I had not prove! hat integrity aj I ha 1 FmVj, an 1 a might, if an accomplice, giva a waru ti that would defeat my purpose. I weul to tho few persons sha win intimate with and made cautious :ii ;'j'r:ei a'jo it net gentlemen fricn 2s. It is altn ist aa-a l!a to say I found one. "He wis a ti'l cvmt folio v, a id iwarcny, liice thota Th i hce beoa ia tali exposed to t'u su ilight. Ho had b?aa a miner iu Auuralu. Jlrs. ut-.ri i ui confided to a female friend that tho man 1 proposed, but she refused hiin. lr.n duo cumu u'ji, leave Air. ioi:rtraua. . now decided to go "straight to Mrs. Bland and a;k if this man knew of th contents of the will. Tears came inta her eyes as sho admitted that ho did. She had inclined to favor his proposal, aud had agreed to marry him alter Mr. Bertrand's death. "I found where tho man had his lodg ing, and taking an ofUcBr made all ha3t there. His room was shabby enough, but ah, there wero tho minerals, as I had surmised. AVe arrc3to 1 him as the mur derer of Henry Eartraad, aad after somi search among his r.'.thcr mix-ad belong ings found there the box with the velvet liuinrr. ".V'hca that was brought forth, his defimt minner fell a.vay from him and ho begged for mercy like a child. II confessed all, evau to brushing against Frank Bertrand oa Lis way ho ue, to slip the nugget into his pocket. At ti;o time ,of the murder he caught sight of the gold lump, and was suddenly possassed of a fancy for it. Keahzing Inter how dangerous was its po;sa'.sioa, he dis closed of it to throw suspicion upoo Frank. All my theories wero tutu aunously verified." The lawyer pause 1, apparoatly at tht eud of his story. There was one present who had tho genaral appearance of a de tective, who had been carefully follow 'ti his narrative. He asked: "Pardoa two q icstiont?, eir. Ho ci no the murderer iu the house without tha housekeeper's knowledge, and who aj it sent for tho ncphaw?" 'I was going to toil you that present ly," said the narrator. "Tue fello.v (plained that he had beca determined for some time to get jli. Uertraud out ol tiie way, as that meant for him both a wife and a fortuua. lie U 1 1 baea wait ing for an opportuaity. Coing to the house that .lav, ho found tha door unfastened aud slippel ia and concealed himself. He lieird tho old maa give directions to hava Frank called, aad heard Mrs. Blaa 1 1 1 .- she was going to stop awhile with a luetid. Fortune woi favoring his plans. Not only that but the fear came that E-ji traad was re'oatinj towards hts nepaatv and might spoil a'l h's hones uuie 3 spoulily despatched. Frank Uartrand would ba brought to the housa just in timo to be accused of tha dee i. It v.as the propitious time. 'The blow fell, tiie old man passed tc ius reward, and Le fied. To his aanoy. anco tha door lockeJ with a spring behind him, aud Fraa'r, whom ho was watching as he ca ne, could not get ia. Tocu ca tie tue thought to fasten t'".2 criuia oa iiiia moro severely by puitia 'ho nu.et ia his pocket. "It L.u baaa truly said that men co n mitting groat crimei always do so ns aal or leave, so ne act ua loua, despite all their prec rations, that tells tho tale of their Wioag doing. So this mun, who ieemingly ind all his plans perfect, ia aU ea-erueu and exdvaaisaV forgot to put oa Frank's persoa taa box as well aj .ts contents, and now it ro30 up a coa :lusivo witness against hiin." 'Now I've go: a question," vautural mother liarooer. "Woa; did the old a ly do wit i tho propartyl Did sha auut uti another husband, or, as so.ua of :he:n do, give, it to au asylum'"' "Neither. Sho was a really g))l votu-n, aad was striiak with horror at die viiiainy of tha ini iwao wa ited to narry her lor her pro.3pee.ive aiotior. I ;hiuk th'.t ever day, for sha is no.v dving, sha tuiaks. the Lord tint s.ij e :a;ed tha fate of mi.Ti iag hi u. S ia luraad tha whole pr ipcrty orar to I'm :, iayiag sha h id no doubt his U'lsla would lave raleate 1 tovar l h:i if ha ha I ive.l. She livos with him, tat citig a j inina for hi u like a rav.acr, aad toay -hiuk a great da-it of e .c i o.a tr. r.ia jieea o: gold ai i tha v-alvai box whia i day el so import int a nirt in tha tragedy ! their lives, sr.U rast in their old piaaa the library." Yankee Bia -a. Tha Glaut of A'l Ti a?p'02",s. Tiia greitet hcro'.o'.cal woadar il jvorld to-day is the gigia'.ic cloak iu tha towar of the immense Public Bdildiat," it I'hil-idj'pVi. Wiioa everything is ia running or ie.- this marvel of tho clock anker's art will bo stationed a di3tauao of 351 feet frotn tin pavetaeat. ' Its ball weighs bet.vean 2.),U.U aad 23. UJ) po.mi'.s, and is the second la.g t ball of iny kiad ia America, tiie grjat ball at Miiitreal being tho livge:t, wcihin 2i,W) pounds. Tue dial of this l'.iila delphia titan is tweaty-dve feet in di vneier, aad tho strikiag hammer is as large as a pllo driver weight. Tho minuio haul is twelve aad the hour hau l nine feet ia length. The machiuery is arrar.ge 1 so that too clock will strike every liftean minute?, the q'tarter, half, thrca-quirters and hours. Tho K ouiac minerals on tho faca are two feet eight inches in lea -th, tho dark part of tuc figures beiua; 3 inches ia wi-K'a. As il is entirely out ol the question to talk ol winding suah a moaster by baud, a threa horse power engine has bean placed al the square of the totter for that espcd purpose. IOicd Dcrtieil In flcr I.laiuomt. Sei-doiii has a more cxtraonliriarj display of parvenu Lad taste been witnessed t!i:;n that which t-.uk jiImcv at Paris recently around tho tkail: bed of Mme. Guston Monicr, the wi:.; of tha chief partner of the treat chocolate house of that name. Mme. Menier was uot only one ol tho most elegantly dressed women ir Paris, but also the possessor of a su perb collection of diamonds, pearls, and other precious stones. When she felt that her cud was ap proaching she entreated her husbatiJ to bring her all her jewels. She had strings of liuije pearls wound in her hair, her neck encircle ! by a superb diamond necklace, d::t mond stars attached to the Yaie:i ciennesof her night rol.e, bracelets. .i her arms and rins on h'-r lingers When fully adorned in this niati ner all her servants and intimats friends were summoned to piss be fore her bed and to wi.-li her good-by. A curious id-ta this, but demon strating that even to the last lu i ; tlini'.'hts were fnrthe n'iTnntin.1 van:. 1 T.vo hours after the cl .se of this lujubrioas parade the lady expire;!, taking her depart tiro for nnotliM world where, jewels are l e'i 'ed to be of no aci.'ontit. New York lice order. V.'ukn a man :r"?s into & senile, tnd ftin'l tot out of it, h" tries T.i -.viit i.nnirat'on ? y t '.ii. ;; that 1 ' . it: l f'er.r himself if be were not t o huiiui ibie to give others away. SHE WOULD TRAVEL ALONE, 1 -Tow lurs Woman's Terrible Adv.nture a XlaUuuy Train, I feel very uncomfortable ai out Uing you travel alone," said Mr. . us he put his spouse on the 'loithward-bouud train at C , "Why, 1 have done it over and over again," said his wife languidly. She was a tall, fair woman, whoso ureltv . face bote traces of recent illness: and. as she spoke, she passed her delicate hand, larlcn with costly rings, over her forehead. "It is too vexatious, too," con tinued her husband, noting anxiously the gesture, "lhat every seat in the ilrawmg-ruom car is taken. l)...n't you think I had better ask the con ductor to look after you''' "No, please don't, Jack,1' answer. his wire; "lie would only worry me. I shall be couifortal.ie enough, nnd. ifter all, it is only six hours bcfoie I arrive at R , where I wiil meet th-; k s. (iood-bye, clear, and don't f.-et; I will wire you this evening." After her husband left, Mrs. A rave a careless look at her fellow-r.as-tengers. In the seat across the a is! -a fat a respectable-looking, rti Idy. faced, middle-aged woman, whom the Invalid regarded with satisfaction. A man and woman, with a family of everal children, occupied the ;ea I ear the door; the rest ot the car seemed empty, but as her eyes fol lowed the line of the seats, siio felt a disagreeable start on finding her gaze met by the bold, direct stare of a wtll 'Jressed, sinister-looking man, who oc cupied the third scat in her rear. By his side sat a burly-looking fciant, who, although cleanly and neatly Iressed, was evidently of aa inferior class. Disagreeably impressed, sho knew not vby, she turned around, and, opening her book, endeavored to !eguile the tedium of the journey. After a couple of hours the express stopped at , and here, to her re- ;et, she saw her kind-looking neigh bor leave her scat. The family party tfcat she had noticed also hurried pat with children and bundles, pushing past the new people who were coming in, and it was with a feeling ot posi tive annoyance that she saw the men behind her leave their place, and quietly take posesion of the seats the pleasant-faced woman had k i t. vacant Again the train sped en. Mr-. A felt quite vexed with heist!! on account of the uneasy, nervous lecling that gradually stole over lx-r, ind the half-dread she felt of the dark, Mephistophelian-looking man who had placed himself so near her. Several times she looked toward him, feeling instinctively that his eyes were fixed upon her, and each time sue nevenaned to find the bold and jlittering orbs staring luto her face. "How absurd I ami" she said to herself, Impatiently; "what ham ;ould any one do me in a ear full o: people," and she resolutely turned h0i iack and began to read. Hut, suddenly, she gave a viulent start and a h;:lf--cream as she felt, rather than saw, the. dreaded fa.-e 'oending over shoulder, while lie said: "We get out at the next n iti.m. uadam." Just at that moment, U'j welcome found (if 'Ticket--:'1 vran heard from the conductor, who was making his rounds before the train stopped. The man, to her great relief, left her im mediately, l.ut, to her surprise, walked up to the official and, drawing him aside, engaged him in earnest con versation. In spite of herself, siio could not help turning around to s- e what her persecutor was about, al though she devoutly hoped to s--e him leave the train, thus making it unnecessary to take any notice of his behavior. That they were talking about ner was evident, lor the con ductor kept glancing toward her as t lie man spoke, and, to her attnoy ince, she saw liiui re-mac his seal ind beyin to confer rapidly with bi companion. Ilesoived to save herself f;o:c further trouble, she laid her hand or. '.he conductor's arm as he passed. "Please bend down your head," she said to him, in a low voice, that man must be out of his senses: lie lias bceu annoying me ever since we left C . Will you please take me tc .hc next cat?" To her utter amazement and terror, the conductor only gave her a com-pa-shmate glance, and said gently: Ma, lam, you are under this gentle man's charge, and he is going to take you where you will be made quite well again; I am sure a lady like you viil go with him quietly." Like a flash the frightful siiu.itioi dawned upon her bewildered .-eases. Tin man was pretending she was mad, and that he, with his a-sistant, wero ta'cing her to an asylum. In vain she attempted an explanation; tenor paralyzed her tongue, and made her qui!.; incoherent. The horrible man smiled down upon her, and sh" felt in her weakness that a grewsome fate, over which she bad no control, tit her i:i his pov.er. Her vehement protestations ami sobs were regarded l.y the kindly conductor as so mani symptoms of her malady. Meanwhile the train was stopping A lit tie crow 1 collected around the "poor mad laiiv," who was protesting so vainly again-t her fate; and so in tiie broad daylight, in the midst of pitying, warm-hearted people, tne un fortunate woman was gentiy forced ( tit of the train, put ia a carriage by the two men, and driven rapidly awav. Moie ilead than alive, she Inally fainted. Wiien she came to herself, she was alone in a strange room, lying on a sofa. All the. most recent i adful occurrences ru-lied over hcrdist ractcd mind as she came to herself. The cause for the desperate piece of villainy was not diliicult to find; her costly diamond and ruby rings, her pocket-book containing a roll oX Liils of several hundreds of dollars, h -r watch and charm, and even the little 1 in that held her collar all had van ished. But, thanks to lleavaa. Eho was alone. Tottering to her feet, sh? found she was in a bare, clean room, with an open window looking out on a tran quil village street. As she opened the door and looked out into the ball, an an Hilar, fiecklcd-faced maiden ap-!:.-.!!. :it. I op foot of t lie sf i-ir. "l'i'ou feel betterV' she askedj 1 with b Rood-naturcd smile on her homely face. "Your brother, he said" you'd it all right soon; he told mt ioteil you that he'd be back this ..fternoon late." The kindly voice and the comfort ing sense of a woman's companion ship caused the distraught, terries J creature to burst into a storm of sobs. I r.lld sho brokenlv told hprstnrv to tl.o landlord's daughter, who "kep' houso for pa." It naturally excited incred ulity at lrst, but the good people believed her at last, and a telegram was sent to her husband from tho nearest station. Although the greatest efforts were mad , now clew was ever found to the daring robbers. The man who drove the carriage, said they engaged him to drive a crazy lady to the next vil!ag . She arrived in a faint, her natural weakness probably assisted by chloroform. Her so-called 'brother,' exelaiuing to the landlord that sb-; wi's ii! and subject to such "sinking" tarns, left her in care of the daugh ter, and it was all clone so naturally, and apparently in such a straightfor ward manner, that no suspicion had be "n engendered in the minds of any re. Dreading tho publicity, the A s never prosecuted the matter very far, and thev contrived to keep the matter very quiet; but jt is well known as an actual occurrence not so very long ago. The moral of the story is this: Jso delicate, nervous and timid woman, lacking self-control and presence f mind, should be allowed to trave." :ilouc. New York Tribune. Tolls of Authorship. The craft of authorship is by no means so easy of practice as is gen erally imagined by the thousands who aspire to it. Almost all our works, whether of knowledge or of fancy, have been the products of much exer tion and study. Pope published not hinguntil it had been a year or two before him, and even then his printer's proofs were very full of alterations; aud on one oc-'asioa Dodsley (his publisher) thought it better to have the whole matter recomposed than make the corrections. Clolasmith considered four lines a day very good, aud it took him seven y. ;:rs to beat out the pure gold of "The Deserted Village." Hume wrote h's "History of England'' on a sofa, and ho went on quietly correctin" every edition until his death. Itobertson used to write out his sentences on small slips of paper, and after rounding and polishing them to his satisfaction he entered tl.em in a book; which, in its turn, underwent considerable revision. Burke, the eloquent statesman and ' author, bad all his principal works printed two or three times at a pri- I vate press before submitting them tc his publisher. Akens'de ana (tray were indefatigable correctors, labor ing over every line; but how line is the "Elegy" of Gray. Tiie imagina tive poet Thomson was of the same category, and upon comparing the first and latest editions of the "Sea sons" there will be found scarcely a page which does not bear evidence o' bis taste and industry. Johnson used to think that tht poems lost much of their raciness un der such a severe regimen, lie anil. Gibbon were the least laborious in arranging their copy lor the t.-ess.. Gibbon sent the llrst and only M.S. of bis stupendous work "Decline and Fall,'' to his printer, anil Johnson's high sounding sentences were writter almost without an effort. The loving lingeriuc of Tennyson, over bis poems and tho frequent al terations, not in every case improve ments perhaps, that appear iu suc cessive editions of his works are fa miliar to all his admirers. Too Many of Them .Itarrlo.l. A curious and somewhat jntiietic Story comes from Edinburgh, Scot land. The Cameron Highlenders, who until recently formed the gar rison of that city, received orders for Malta. The regiment had bcVn sta tioned in the city during a longer period than is usual, and it was (lis. covered on their departure that nc. less than l!.")0 soldiers had married, in defiance of the army regulations. Tiie wives, on the departure of their husbands, had t; be left behind iNot more than 4 per cent, of a regiment is allowed the privilege of taking wive; with them on their travels, and these mu-t have ha 1 permis-ion t marry. Much sympathy is felt in the city foi the wives left behind. Seeing that a private soldier can send home only a -m ill sum of money weekly, even tinder tho mo t favorable condition-, tho lot of the unfortunate wives is a most pitable one A public fund i" h ing raised for their assistance. frotacllon from llirla Rullel Commenting on the penetrative powers of the small arms lately intro duced into the armies of all the LT.'at powers, Col. Lonsdale Utile slates th.tt the minimum thickness of ordi nary soil affording protection is tiii.ty inches, while single brick walls, aftc being struck a few times, no longer afford any cover. The new German riilc ranges up to 4,000 yards, and at 000 yards the bullet will penetrat-: ten inches of fir or pine and fourteen inches of sand. At 400 yards th-1 bullet can pierce three or four ran':-, arid at 1,300 yards a man mar no longer consider himself safe, even if the bullet has already penetrated f.wi of his comrades. With regard i : "smokeless powder," tho sani" : -thority observes that, though ibe i port of the rifles when tired is le a r.i, it is very ditllctilt to see v.I .-ncit il.tt rifles are llred. I'ud. r certain co : ditions no trace of smoke can 1 e iii -tinguished. Minor acts of surpr:-'-. he considers, will be more tY-.-oti. ;,t. in the future, and will often paitak--of the nature of ambuscades. Very small bodies of cavalry, intimately connected with infantry, foimina; in action patr-.ds of the latter, v.d!!. thercfojc, be necessary and it wiil t c longer bo possible to ui-eover !! posted batteries. On tiie who!-, Co'. Hale Considers that only a wr.r tit: absolutely deceda what lh -.:'e-1; the im; roiement cf i:i se t.il :'i-ius will be. One thing. l...vr. v-t, i , iv tain thai is, ii.at. tb elidleu'ij .-t icadin ; lioo. s lies co:i 'Uier:.:. ; v i;i 'i. .;d.-Eo: loa N.n-.j. "llin , -tu)iMtt;.. .- w .i-. tt?t?),,A mv, nm l? v, i ' -re if
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