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THE OONSTITUTION-THE UNION-AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS.
VOL. Xl.VII
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'(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
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