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MIFFLINTOWN. .1UNIATA COUNTY. PENN A.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 18. 1896.
NO. 49.
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CHAPTER. VII (Continued.!
The color on Hanbury's face deepened.
Hia eyes Hashed. It wai Intolerable that
this low, ill -aha pen creature abould re
fer to Dora, to Dora to whom he ws
engaged, who was to be his trite, at "a
Woman In the caae." Anyway, there waa
nothing for it bnt to try to mnxsle Leigh.
He forced" himself to aay calmly: The
lady who waa with me is "
"Miss Aahton."
"Yea. She told me abc gave yon her
aame and mine. Well, Mr. Leigh, you
Are good enougu to any yon remember
me as a speaker. I am seriously think
ing of adopting a public career. I could
not, for a time at all events, appear on
any platform of disputed principles if this
anfortunate fainting of mine got into the
papers. Some opponent would be certain
to throw it In my face. Will yon do me
the very grea persona! favor of keeping
the matter to yourself?"
A personal favor from me to you. Ou
what grounds do you put the request?"
On any honorable grounds you please.
Ton said yoa were not rich "
"I did not say I was corrupt." II it
manner was quick, abrupt, final. Ills
face darkened Ilia eyes glittered. "Mr.
XIanbury, you are a rich man "
"Xot rich, surely."
"Ton are rich, compared with any man
in this street You are a rich man. You
got your money without work or risk.
Yon are you tig and clever, and tall and
traight, and healthy and good-looking,
and eloquent and dear to the moat beau
tiful lady I ever laid eyes on "
"Curse him!"' thought Ilanbury, bnt he
held his peace, remained without move
ment of limb or feature.
"Rich, good-lookiu?, sound, beloved, elo
quent, young. Look at me. I'oor, ill
favored, marred anil claimed, loathed, un
sifted in speech, middle-aged. Do not
atop me. I have no chance if I allow you,
a gentleman cf your eloquence, to speak
against me. Thick of it all, and then
work out a little calculation for mc, and
tell me the result. Will you do so can
didly, fairly, honestly?"
"Yes, indeed, I will."
"Very well. You who are gifted, as 1
ave snid, come to me who am aSlieted,
as I have said, and ask me to dv yon a
favor, ask me to sell yon a favor. Sup
pose the favor you ask me to do cost me
den, at bow much do yon estimate its
. ealue to yoa?"
"A hundred. Anything you like."
"X am not thinking of money."
Sor am I. Anything tenfold returned
to yoa I will freely give."
"Walt a moment. Let me think a
while."
Leigh sat with his chin sunken deeply
em his chest, nnd bis eyes fixed on the
floor. Then be spoke in a low tone, a
tone half of reverie:
"Nature deals in wonders, and I am
one of tbem. And 1, in turn, deal in won
ders, and there are many of tbem. If 1
chose I could jhow you the most wonder
ful clock in all the world, and I could
how yoa the most wonderful gold In all
the world, more wonderful a thousand
times than mystery gold. But I will not
show you these thinps now. 1 will show
yen a more wonderful thing still. Will
yon come with me a little way?"
"Yes. but you have not set me tbat
aoestinn in arithmetic yet."
"I cannot do so until you have come n
little way with me. 1 want to show you
the most wonderful thing you ever saw."
"May I ask what it is?"
"You need not be afraid."
"Why need not I be afraid 7"
"Because yoa nre not hump-backed
and chicken-breasted and lop-sided and
dwarfed and hideous."
"Bnt what ire you taking me to seer"
"Something more wonderful and more
precious than any mystery gold, than my
own miracle gold or my clock, and yet of
a kind common enough."
"Whaf"
"A woman."
"But why should I go?"
"Come, end if you a?k me that when
yon have seen, 1 will ask nothing fur my
alienee."
"Only a woman?"
"Only a woman."
They descended the stairs.
CHAPTKIt VIII.
That morning when Edith Ornce fell
asleep In the corner of the third-class
carriage, on her way from Millway to
the city, she sank into the most profound
unconsciousness.
When she opened her eyes again they
had arrived at the next town. She was
conscious of being shaken by tbe shoul
der; she awoke and saw opposite her a
stout, kind-faced country woman, with
a basket on her arm. The woman said:
"They want your ticket."
A ticket collector standing at the seat,
impatient of delay, was flicking the tick
eta in his hand. She started and colored,
and sat upright with all taste and began
searching quickly, anxiously, despairing
ly. "11 can't And my ticket."
"It's a bad Job. then," (aid t'je col
lector. The train had stopped and two passen
gers got out, tbe one who had spoken w
her saying: "I hope it will be all right, my
dear You don't look as if 7on was up
to anything bad. You don't took like one
of them swindling girls tbat tbey sent to
prison for a fortnight ian week."
"Qhl" cried Kditb, piteously, as sbe
stepped out on the pVUform. She covered
her face with her bands and burst into
tears She feit completely overwhelmed.
IS If she should die. Tbe collector and
two trainmen were standing ronnd ber.
Waiting until sbe should ier herself
Presently a foarta man ct.me up slowly
from the further end of the train and
stood among the three men.
"What is the matter?" he asked softly.
Has anything happened to the lady! is
A shiver went through Edith. The
eras aomethin familia la the voice, but
aaf amiliar In tbe tone. ...
Lost her ticket and hasn't got aay
Booey." answered the coUeoto
"looh. money!" said the newcomer,
contemptuously. "1 have money. Where
has the lady come from? How much is
the fare? Hre you are." The new
comer held out hia hand to the collector
with money in it.
"This gentleman offers to pay. miss."
said the collector, turning to Edith. "Am
t to take the money?"
Tbe girl swayed to and fro, and did not
answer. It was plain she had heard what
bad been said. Her movement was an
acknowledgment she had beard. She did
not anawer because she did not know
what to sey. Two powerful emotions
were conflicting In her. The feeling of
weakness was passing away. She was
trying to choose between Jail (for so the
matter seemel to her) and deliverance at
his hands.
"Of coarse the lady will allow me to
arrange this little matter for her. She
can pay me back at any time. I will give
her my name and address: Oscar Leigh.
Forbes bakery. Chetwynd street."
Ielgh was standing In front of her.
leaning on his stick and gazing Intently
at her. With a cry of astonishment he
let his stick fall and threw up bis arms.
"Miss Grace! Miss Urace. as I am alive!
Miss Urace here! Miss Grace here
now!
He dropped bis arms. His cry and
manner bereft ber of the power of speech.
She felt abashed and confounded. Sbe
seemed to have treated badly this man
who had Jnst delivered her from a serious
and humiliating difficulty.
"Pray excuse me," he said, bowing low
and raising his bat as he picked np his
stick. "The sight of you astonished me
out of myself. I thought you were miles
and miles away. I thought yon were at
Eltham House. To what greet misfor
tune docs my poor mother owe your ab
sence? You are not please say you are
not ill?"
"I am not 111. 1 I was going home to
Grimsby street."
He hurried her into the moving train.
She sat drawn back, pale and stuuneu in
t a seat while he, lifting bis hat, left ber,
returning only when tbey reached the
' city. Here he Insisted on securing a cab
(for her. Riving the driver bis fare and
the address before sbe had time to hesitate
j or protest. Then he turned briskly away.
Into another, rntil he turned into the
dirtiest and dingiest one he had yet trav
ersed. The ground floor of one of the bouses
was devoted to commerce. The floor, as
fnr in as one could see. was littered with
all kinds of odds and ends of metal ma
chines and utensils and Implements. On
a washed-out board, in washed-out white
letters, over the door, were tbe words
"John Timmons," In Urge letters, and be
neath in small letters, once black and now
a streaky gray, "marine store dealer."
Into tbe misty twilight of tills house cf
bankrupt and forgeless Vuloan Leigh dis
appeared. If a listener bad been at the back of the
store, behind the boiler of a donkey en
gine, or leaned over the head of the dark
cellar In tbe left corner, he would have
heard the following dialogue carried on
by careful whispers In the darkness be
low: "Yea. I bare come back sooner than 1
expected. I went to Milwaukee yesterday
morning to consult a very clever mechanic
there about the new movement for the fig
ures of time In my clock."
"You told me you were going away."
"My friend not only put me right abont
the new movement, but when I told bim
I thought I was on the point of perfecting
my discovery of the combination in met
als, he told me he would be able to find a
market for me If 1 was sure the new com
pound was eqaal to representation. Of
course. 1 told him the supply would be
limited until I could arrange for a proper
laboratory and for help. I explained that
no patent could protect all the processes
of manufacture and that for the present
ibe method must be a profonnd .secret. I
also told him 1 proposed calling my inven
tion Miracle Gold."
"There's no doubt It will be."
"1 told bim my great difficulty at pres
ent was tbe color-bat It was very white
too like Australian gold too mnch sil
ver." "That was clever, very clever. You are
the cleverest man 1 ever met."
"I told bim also tbat for the present
the quantity would be small of the mira
cle gold, but that 1 hoped soon to increase
the supply as soon as 1 got fully to work."
-Vbt did be say the stuff would be
worth r
"In the pure metal state?"
"Of course. After yoo are done with
It."
"He will not say until he has a speci
men. When can you have some ready?"
"Now. This minute. Will you take It
away with you?"
"Xo, not now. What are you doing to
night?"
"Nothing particular."
"Can you come to my place between
twelve and half past?"
"Certainly."
"Without fall?"
"Til be there to the minute you aay."
"Very well. Let it be twelve exaC .
I have a moat excellent reason of my own
for punctuality. Bring soma of the si
loy with yon. Knock at the doer one
111 open for yoa myself."
"I shall be there punctually at twelve.
Jn not keep yoa waiting for me to-night
CHAPTEB IX.
Grimsby street, where Mrs. Grace,
nn.vi. lK liul ladriBm. to
I which Edith Orace bad been driven that
morning, !a one of the hem bit, dnC, dingy
kind.
Mrs. Grace lived at No. 38, half way
j down the street. Sbe rented the first Boor
nnfnMtohed. She bad lost some money
. v- t.. Moh naOawed no her
eranddasshter'a little all. The "most
economy now became neciarr for the
old woman, and she bad resolved to five
ap the tiny toon nntil now KJlth'J
That Ifcmrsday mora'ng when Bdtth
.Hehtad frecn the oah, hUe. Grace waa
lout at the placid, droh srrM. With aa
' exclamation of surprise anj dismay ike
ran down stairs, let the girl Li. embraced
and kissed her, crying: "My darling! my
darling child! What has Happened? Is
there no such place at nil ns Kltnam
House, or has It been burned down?"
Edith burst into tears. She was at
given to weeping, but the relief at finding
herself at borne after the anxiety and
adventures through which she nnd gone,
stoke bar down, and, with bar arm round
the old woman's waist, sbe u Mrs.
Grace to the sitting room.
Then, In a few words, she told all to tbe
old woman.. She explained bor tf.ijrht by
saying this Mr. Leigh hud wearied her
with attentions. She said nubing jmmt
his having asked her to let him kiss l:er
patrlarchally. She wound up by declar
ing she could not endure him nnd his
objectionable devotion, and taut sl.e bad
come away by the first train, having left
a note to sak the place did not suit her,
and tbat her luggage was to lie sent t-ftt-r
her. Then she told of the Ims of her
ticket and Mr. Leigh's opportune appcut
ance, and last of all, of his promise or
threat of calling.
Tbe story, as It met tbe ears of Mrs.
Grace, did not show Leigh In a very of
fensive light Off and on Mrs. Grace sat
at the window nstil afternoji. At ore
o'clock she ate a light luncheon; having
by a visit to Edith's room found that t he
girl slept, she let ber sleep on. Time slip
ped away, and she began to think that
after all Mr. Leigh might net come. wLen,
lifting her eyes from her work, she saw
two men cross the road and approicn the
house. One of these was the dwarf, '.he
other a complete stranger to ber, a tall,
powerful-looking young man. Tbe two
seemed In earnest discourse. They disap
them ascend and knock. She
peered from view and Mrs, Urace beard
hastened to Edith, whom sbe
found " Jus awake, and told her
that Mr. Leigh had arrived. Tbea
she went bsck to the silting room, and,
when word came np that Mr. Leigh and
a friend wished to see her. sent down an
Invitation for the gentlemen to come up.
"I do myself. Mrs. Grace, the great
pleasure and honor of calling upon you to
inquire after Miss Grace, and l jave
taken the liberty of asking my friend to
keep me company." said the tittle man,
bowing profoundly.
Mrs. Grace, waving ber hand to a couple
of chain, said: "I am glad to sec yen and
your friend, Mr. Leigh. Will you pleas
be seated?"
"Mrs. Grace, my friend, Mr. John Ilan
bury. whose fame as a public speaker 1
aa wide aa the ground covered oy me
English language."
"Very happy. Indeed, to make Mr. Han
bury's acquaintance, and very much hon
ored by Mr. Banbury's call." said the old
lady.
The two men sat down. Hanbury felt
uncomfortable at Leigh's bombastic in
troduction, but at tbe moment be was
completely powerless. He felt indignant
at this man calling him a friend, but
Leigh had it In his power to make him
seem ridiculous over a good part of th
city; there was nothing to do but to griu
and bear It.
"I hope Miss Grace has taken no harm
of her fright?"
"No, thank you, Mr. Leigh. I am surt
I don't know what she would have don
only for your opportune appearance on
the scene. Here sbe is to thank you is
person."
The door opened and Edith Urace, p ;!
and impassive, entered the room.
Hanbury made a step forward, and
cried, "Dora!"
The little man laid his hand on the
young bub's arm and held him back.
Hanbury looked down at the dwarf is
anger and glanced quickly at the girl.
"My granddaughter, Miss Urace Mr.
John Hanbury, whose speeches I hav
often asked you to read for me, Edith."
Hanbury fell back a pace and bowed
mechanically like one in a dream. H
looked from the dwarf to the girl and
from the girl to tbe dwarf, but could find
no word to say, bad no desire to say s
word. He was completely overcome witt
amazement
(To be continued.)
A Long Slide.
A system of rapid transit transpor
tation ia In use in California, which
for cheapness of operating expense it
probably the lowest In the country,
despite tbe fact that the cost of con
struction waa very high, says the Cin
cinnati Enquirer. A lumber company
in Fresno county. California, baa built
a lumber flume fifty-two wiles long:,
which In places has a grade of 23 pei
cent and which crosses a suspension
bridge 431 feet long, something on the
plan of the great suspension bridges
across the Niagara gorge. The flum
Is V-sbaped, and, strange to say. In ad
dition to carrying lumber. Is utilized
for the transportation of passengers
one way for, like the road to ruin
In old' temperance books, the line only
runs one way, and that down. Tht
boat In which the passengers travel
or perhaps It would be better to saj
shoot Is a V-shaped box about sixteen
feet long, and which Is roughly knocked
together with boards, since its "good
for one trip only," The front end ol
the strange craft Is left off, as the ve
locity of the water Is so great, despltt
the speed of tbe boat. It does not rut
bach Into It Preparatory to tbe trlr
a plank Is placed along the bottom
on which tbe passenger rests his feel
while sitting single file on cross seats
When all Is ready the spikes by whlct
the boat Is held while loading are pall
ed out and away It goes on its fifty
two-mile journey. In some cases at
taining the terrific velocity of sevenrj ;
miles per hour. I
The surest way to till a lie is to ay
notbin t about it it will soon etatve !
itself to death.
To J -macd nothing aod to complain
of no ne is sn excellent recipo fur hap
piness. Kindness works wonder it bo been
known t ao well on a tuule, anct i veti
on a snske.
The rieiust pajplj are thoss wlo
have treasures whicli ca'icot be stulen
or bnreed at
It is not no taach what wa pit iatn
our (Kcketi, as what wa take oat tliat
makes rich.
O.ir future wall being las nothing
to do with onr baivg s noere, unlets,
we are also right.
If our belief is wrong, onr lifi :
wroDp, and if our life ia wrong wc il
find eternity wro'ig.
ever spend any timearnioa; against
a succ?s ; it can't be beat anyhow.
All have the gift o! speech, tut 'ew
are rcescssed of wisdom.
Tbe man who is simply a man ot
genius suffers more, than the beasts
BREAKING A WILD HORSE.
A Cowboy Rider Wha Didn't Let
I.lttle Thlats Trouble Him.
The coolness of the practiced cow
boy, who feels In duty bound to appear
unhurt and without agitation even
when be may be wounded and possess
ed of every excuse for excitement, la
well Illustrated by an --incident of
rough riding In Idaho, related by a
frontiersman, Just below Asotin, on
the Snake Kir, there Is a cliff at least
fifty feet high, at the foot of which
the deep water of the river winds; It
Is, In fact, rather a cape than a mere
cliff, for the race of tbe rock forms a
sharp. Jutting point around which a
narrow bridle-path runs.
To Asotin there once came a cow-boy
of considerable skill named Billy
Crltes; and to him was brought A wild
horse from a neighboring ranch, which
no one could tame. Billy at once un
dertook the task of riding the animal,
and stood by Impassively while his as
sistants performed the preparatory
task of throwing, blindfolding and
saddling the bronco. When the girth
had been bound on very tightly, the
animal was allowed to get up, and
Crltes mounted lato the saddle. "All
ready r he shouted, and the bandage
was removed from the wild bone's
eyes.
At the same Instant Billy touched
the horse with his spurs; and the crea
ture. Intent, as wild horses under such
conditions generally are, only on get
ting the rider off his back, began to
"buck" violently. This performance
was repeated for some time, quite In
vain. Crites was far from being tbe
sort of rider who could be dislodged
by this proceeding.
All at once the animal began the next
performance on the bronco program.
He started off on a dead run, and took
the trail down the Snake. The spec
tators looked to see Crites manage to
rein him off this dangerous path, bat
evidently from his unfamillarlty with
the ground, tbe cow-boy did not do so,
but kept straight on.
"He'll be killed'." several yelled. -N
human being can keep a running boras
on the trail around tbat point!"
This was quite true. All riders who
came to this point on the trail dis
mounted, even when their animals wert
walking, and led them around the dan.
gerous place. It was but a sloping
path, and tbe rivor ran swiftly straight
below.
There was a sharp bend before the
point was reached, and Billy and bis
bronco disappeared from the specta
tors' view. This added to their sus
pense. The bronco went straight on to the
very edge of the precipice, and then
paused of his own accord as If fright
ened at the gulf. But the presence of
the awful object on his back overmas
tered the horse's fear of the cliff, and
Standing on the very edge of It he be
gan to buck violently. Billy clung
hard. Tbe first leap of the bronco did
what must have been expected it car
ried him and his rider straight down
tbe precipice and into the current oi
the river.
When the spectators, who had fol
lowed on as fast as tbey could, reached
the place, neither cowboy nor bronco
was to be seen. The trail of the ani
mal was plain to the place where hi
had gone off the rock. It waa quits
apparent what had happened.
By a circuitous route the men went
down to the river shore, and followed
along to see if they could find Billy's
body. There was a deep gorge bek
with a bit of shore, and there the
people found Billy Crltes, not dead,
but standing on the shore apparently
unhurt, nnexclted, very wet, and en
gaged In en attempt to fish out with a
pole & drowned horse In the stream. In
order to recover hia saddle and bridle!
When the horse went over the preci
pice' the cow-boy kept his seat, but
left It as soon ts the animal's body had
broken the fall. The bronco waa killed
Instantly, but Crltes swam out quits
unhurt Seeing the men, he yelled to
know why they bad not brought him
a rope, and when this was brought ts
soon recovered hia saddle and bridle.
Be Found His Pocket-Boo k.
A true story, but one stranger than
fiction, and hard to beat Is told and
endorsed by the Hartford Courant,
about the way in wblcb a gentleman
recovered his lost pocket-book.
A gentleman from Philadelphia who
has been In Hartford on business lost
his pocket-book, containing seventy
three dollars, a few evenings ago. He
made Inquiries for It at places where
he had been. Including the Opera
House cafe, where be bad taken some
of his meals, but did not find It Aa
be was walking down Main street, he
beard two men behind him talking.
"Let's stop In the City Hotel and
have a drink," said one. Tbe other In
quired wuere the City Hotel was, and
his companion said It was a little way
down the street
"All right" said the other, "but have
the drink with me. Last night I had
nothing and to-night 1 have seventy
three dollars."
The fact that the amount named
was tbe amount the Philadelphia man
had lost attracted bis notice, and be
turned around to see who was talking.
He recognized the speaker as a man
he had known In Philadelphia.
Stepping aside, he let the two pass,
and followed them Into tbe City Hotel
bar-room. Stepping up to the man wbo
said be had seventy-three dollars, be
said:
"Ton havs my pocket-book, and you
must hand It over. It Is a little red
book, and contains seventy-three dol
lars and a ten-dollar Confederate bill."
The man Indignantly denied It, and
asked his accuser who lie was thnt he
sUoulu dare to make such a charge.
"IH tell you who I am," he repl.'cd,
"and 111 tell you who you are. You
were employed once In the Philadel
phia postoflice, and I arrested you for
stealing and seliine stamps. Now bnn-.l
over the pocket-book or It win go hard
with you."
The fellow recognized his accuser,
and at once took the book out of bis
pocket and returned It to the owner,
none of its contents having been dis
turbed. A Thrifty Landlord.
It la said that the secret cf success
fn betel-keeping lies In letting nothing
re to waato. and m taking advantage
of small opportunities. This may be
a good rule, but It seems that It may
be carrif d too far. A commercial trav
eler in the hardware Una reports to
his trado Journal a case of adaptation
which appeals a trifle extreme.
He was In a hotel In a North Caro
lina town of some size, and wanted a
bath. He rang a bell and asked If
the house bad any bath-tubs.
"Tea. sab; nice ones, an," answer
ed the waiter: He went away and
presently returned, bearing on his
shoulders a coffin with silver-plated
handles and lid all complete.
"What do yon mean by bringing tbat
in?" asked the traveler.
"Data de baff-tnb, aan," sold the
walten. . .
-The batb-tnbr
"Ye, ash. Jon see, aan, de talnd
lo'd, he used to be In de undertaking
business, sab, an be bad a lot e' coffins
on nan', when he sol out an' took dia
hots!, i His son hi In de tlnsmlff bast
nesa, sab, so he don had de coffins lined
wid tin. sab, and dey make bery nice
baff-tnbs, sab. Try It, aan; you'll Ilka
it" "
The traveler conquered hia repug
nance, opened the cofBn-Ud, and found
the strange bath-tub nicely lined with
tin. He took a bath, but declared that
he did not feel Just right about It
Should Have Held Hia Tonaraew
In London Answers there kf told a
story of a watchman who threw him
self out of work by hia stupidity. He
had been engaged by the directors ef an
Australian bank, and brought with Aim
good recommendationa.
The chairman of the board sent for
him and proceeded to "neat him up"
as to his duties.
"Well, James,- ha began, "this hi
four first Job ef this kind, Isat ltf"
-Yea, air."
"Tour duty must be ts exercise vlgl
sir-
"B careful bow strangers approach
yon."
"I win, slr."
"No stranger must be allowed to en
ter the bank at night under any pre
text whatever."
"No, air."
"And our manager he It a good man,
honest and trustworthy; bnt It will be
your duty to keep your eye on him."
"But It wlU be hard to watch two
men and the bank at the same ttase,"
"Two men, how?"
"Why, eir. It waa only yesterday that
the manager called ma In for a talk,
and he said you were one of the best
men In the city, but It would be Just
as well to keep both eyes on yon, and
let tbe directors know If yea hung
about after hours."
Struck by LlghtnlBft.
A danger long ago over, but which
Is as thrilling aa any present news
paper Item of the time, because It con
cerned a most precious life, la describ
ed In Mr. Stearns' "Sketches from Con
cord and Appledore." In the summer
of 1ST2 a number of persona were kill
ed by lightning, and the poet Whittle!
also met with a narrow escape,
It was one of the last days of June,
and from our piazza we could see the
masses of black cloud rolling down the
Merrlmac Valley. At the aame time
Miss Lizzie Wbittler and a friend were
seated In a room on the right band
of the front door, when an electric bolt
came through the wall like a rifle-shot
Just above ber friend's head, laying
her out on the floor and shivering a
mirror Into splinters.
Then It went through the doorway,
met Mr. Wbittler, In the front ball, and
knocked him senseless ; then seising
two stots from a blind ft escaped
througn an tpen window Into the gar
den. None of the victims were seriously
Injured, however, though their head
were confused and unserviceable for
several days.
Mr. Wbittler was asked bow the
stroke felt
"It waa like a blow from a pHe-drlv-er,"
said he, "and I Should not like to
have it repeated."
Ready to Reform.
Some writers of dialect stories seem
to think It necessary to misspell words
whioh their characters pronounce cor
rectly. The Washington Star takes off
thai absurdity by thia fanciful bit of
criticism:
"I'd like to see the man ea writ this,"
he said, holding hia Angers over a par
a graph in the newspaper.
"That dialect story?"
"Tea. sir, I want to ask tm some
thing." "He hi not here at present. lent
there anything we can do for yonT"
"Mebbe there la. Ye see, I come from
tbe locality he's writing abont That's
my kind of talk he's putting before the
public. Whenever he uses the word
come, he spells It 'c-u-m.' "
"Of course. That shows it's dialect.'
"Well, we're anxious to please up
onr way. If you'll tell us any different
way to pernounce It, so's the spelllng'll
be 'c-o-m-e,' same ez yours, I'll warrant
that every man In tbe community's
practice till he kin do it Jea right"
Kconotnlcat
Husband You're not economical.
Wife Well, If yon don't call a wom
an economical wbo saves her wedding
dress for a possible second marriage
I'd like to know what you think
omy Ul Atswera.
Cnmalatlve Effect,
Sir Boyle Roche has, as rivals among
parliamentary orators, the gentlemen
who repeat a meaning in several dif
ferent words. In order to gain what
they are pleased to call a cumulative
effect
One ot these was found, some years
ago, In a member of Congress from
Colorado. In a speech In the House In
Which he assailed hotly a gentleman on
the other side of the House, who dis
dained to reply to him, he concluded as
follows, pointing hia finger at hi vic
tim: "There be alts, Mr. Speaker there ht
Its, mute, silent and dumbl"
"Tea, Mr. Speaker," Interrupted a
member on tbe other aide, "and be lent
saying a word"
TALLAGE.
lhe Cm nnt Olv rte's Sunday
SabJecti "A Passion of Soals.'
Ttt- "I eould wish that mvself wet
accursed from Ohrtit for mv brethren, my
klosinsa according to ths Ueah." Bonuuu
lx.,3.
A tousjh passage, ln-leed, for those wbi
AkePaut literally. When some ot tb old
theologians deolared that they ware willing
to be damned for tbe glory ot God, they snll
what no ouo be leved. Paul did not In the
teztmanbe was willing to die forever to
lv his relatives. Ha used bvixsrbo.e, M.
when be declared. "I eould wish that myself
were accursed from Christ; for my brethren,
my kinsmen according to the flesh," 1m
mwuit in the most Tenement of all possible
ways to deolars his anriitr for the salvai Ion
of his relatives and friends. It was a passion
for souls. Not mors than one Christian out
of thousands of Christians feels Ic All ab
sorbing desire for the betterment of the
physical and mental eondition is very oom
nton. It would take mora ot a mathema
tician than I over can be to calculate how
many are, up io an anxiety that sometimes
will not let them slaep iilxhts, planning ltr
the effllenoy ot hospitals where the sick
and woundMd of body are treated, and for
eve and sar infirmaries, and for dispensaries
and ret rents where th poorest may hava
most ski lful surgsry and helpful trsatmant.
Oh, it is beautiful and glorious this Wldo
Ipread and ever Intensifying movement to
alleviate and euro physioal misfortunes,
ttay God encouraire and help the thousaoia
Of splnmlld mvn and womsa engaae-1 la that
workl Bat all that is outside of mysabjsot to
day, la bebolf of theimmortaUty of a m in,
tbe innnr ye, tha Inner aar, tha lnnar oa
paoity for gladness or distress, how few feel
inything Itlca tha overwhelming ooncsntra
Uon expressed la my text. Barer than four
leaved clovers, racer than century plants,
rarer than prima donna, have baen those of
whera it may be said. "Xhey have a passion
for souls." You eould oount on the Angers
sud thumb or your left band atl tbe names
ot thosa you ean reoAll who In ths last-Khe
sighieenth eantury were so oharasierlsed.
Ail the nsma of thosa yoa could recall ia
Our time as having this passion for souls yoa
ran count on ths Sugars and thumbs ot your
right and lelt hands. There are many more
such ooasecrated souls, but they are scattered
so widely you donot know them. Thoroughly
Christian people by the hundreds of mlldons
there sre to-day, but how few people do yoa
know wbo are utterly oblivious to every
thing in thi world except tha redemption, of
souls? Paul bail it when ha wrote my text,
and the time will oome when the majoritv of
Christians will have It, If this world is ever
to be lifted out of tbe slough In whioh it has
been sinking and floundering for near nine
teen centuries, and ths betterment had bat
tar begin with myself and yourself. Whan a
Committee of tha Society of Friends called
upon a member to reprimand him for break
ing some small rale of the sooiat y, tbe mem
ber replied: "I had a dream, in whioh all
tha frien Is had assembled to plan some way
to hnve onr meeting house cleaned, for It
was very filthy. Many propositions were
made, but no cono usion was rvaobed until
ons of the members rose and said, 'Friends,
I think if each ons would take a broom and
waep tmme tlatsly around bis own seat, the
meeting bouse would be olean." So let
ths work of spiritual Improvement begin
around ?ur own soaU Soms one whispers
up from ths right hand side ot the pulpit
and says, ''Will yoa please name some of
the parsons in our times who hava this pas
sion for soulsV" Oh. nol That would be in
vidious and Impru lent, and tha mere men
tioning of the namas of such persons mlgnt
ea use in them spiritual pride, and then the
Cord would have no more use for them.
Some one whimpers up from the left hand
side of tha pulpit, 'Will you not, then, men
tion among the p ople of the past soms who
bad this passion for soular" Oh, ynsi Samuel
Butherford, tha Sooicumanof 8o0 years agj
his Imprisonment at Aberdeen for his re
ligious zeal, and tha publts burning of his
book, "Lex Bex," in Edinburgh, and his no
ust arraignment for high treason and other
persecutions, purifying and saooti tying him
to tbat his works, entitled "Trial and
triumph of Faiih" and "Christ Dying and
Drawing Sinners to Himself," and, above
all, his 215 unparalleled tatters showed that
ha bad the pas-don for souls; Richard Baxter,
whose "Paraphrase of the Saw Testament"
caused him to be dragged before Lord Jef
freys, who howled at bim as "a rascal" and
"niveltng Presbyterian'" and imprisoned
htm for two years Baxter, writing 16S re
ligious books, n s "Call to the Uaeonverted"
bringing uncounted thousands Into tbe par
don ot the gospel, and bis "8 tints' Everlast
ing Best" opening heaven to a host lnnum
erablnt Blchard Cecil; Thomas ' a Kemplt,
writing his "imitation ot Christ" for ail atceaj
KarlaaPtge, Bobert gaOneyae, tfsttlston,
linuey and more whom I might mention,
the share ct eristic of whose lives was an over
towering passion for souls. A. B. Earl, the
Baptist evangelist, bad it LS. Inskip, the
Methodist evangelist, had it Jacob Eospp
had it Dr. Bacbua, President of Hamilton
College, had It And when told be had only
halt an hour to II ve said i "is th at so Then
take me out of my bed and place me upon
my knees and let ma spend that time In celt
lag en God for tha Salvation of tha world."
And so he died upon his knees. Then there
have been others whose nanus have been
known only ia their own family or neighbor-!
hood, and hero and there yoa think of one. I Witness while the preacher speaks, put a
WhatanottoB thev had In prayer! Wh, , sent pleoe or, if thedmes be hard, a leant
power tbey had 'in exhortation! If they ; piece n the collection platter, kind of shov
walked Into a home, every member of it fait " down under tha other coin no that It
a holy thrill, and it they walked Into ! might be, for aU that tbe usher knows, a C8
prayer meeting tha dullness and stolidity eold plece,9n i then, after the benediction, go
Instantly vanished. One of them would quietly home to the biggest repast ot all the
wake up a whole church. One of them would week. That Is ell the majority of Christians
tometimes electrify a whole city. ' 'doing for the rectification of this planet,
But tha most wonderful one of that ohar- j ""d they will do thit until, at the elose of
aetarlsatlon ths world ever saw or heard or lw. the pastor opens a black book at ths
IWt Was a peasant ia ths Far East, wearing i bsad r tbaiT casket and reads. "Biassed are
a plain blouse like an Inverted wheat sack, i the dead who die In the Lord. They rest from
with three openings-one for tha neck and . ielr labors and their worksdofollowthem."
tha ol ber two for tha arms. His lather The sense ot the ludtoious to so thoroughly
wheelwright and house builder and given to ' developed in me that whan I hear these
varioas carpentry. His mother at first under : Senpturs W irds read at the obsequies of one
suspicion because of the clrcumstanoes of His 01 tn religious do nothings la the churches
nativity, and He chase J by a Herodlo mania i 4 V mt ? n gravity. "Taeir works
out of His native land to live awhl e under . J? follow tha n." What work? And in what
thashadows of the sphinx and pyramid of : Jlreetion do they follow tbem up or down?
Olseb, afterward confounding the L.L. D.s 1 n'J d tb,87 tMo" ? lo or " n
of Jerusalem, tnen stopping tha paroxysms I J,d oow a wUl they foUow before they
ot tempest and ol madman. His path strewn nP' M, appropriate funeral text
With slauTdropsies and catalepsies and oph- for all such religious dead beats would be
thalmias. transfigured on oho mountain, words in Matthew Xxv., 8: "Our lamps
preaching on another mountain, dying on ' out." One would think that snob
z...i 2 ..i i ...ji. i Christians would show at least under whose
UUIUTC WUUI1WI1I Ul i, HvruuuiH uum H .
other mountain the greatest, the loveliest, I
the mightiest, the kindest, the most self-eae i
the mightiest, the kindest, tha most selr-eae-
nnomg, most oeautuut oemg waoee ieec mc
touched tbe earth. Tall us, ye deserts who
heard our Saviour's prayer; tall us, ye seas
tbst drenched Him with your surf; tell us,
ye multitudes wbo beard Him preach on
deck, on beach, on hillside; tall us, OoU
aotba. who heard the stroke of tha nam mar
oa ths splkeheads and tha dying groan la
that midnight that dropped oa mldaooa, I
did anyone like Jeeus hivathia passion for
.obI,?
But breaking right In upon me Is the '
question, How can wa get something of this
!.ulln. ind Christly longing for saved lot-,
mortalities? I answer, by better appreciat
ing the prolongation of tha sonl'S enistenee;
compared with everything physical and ssa
teriaL How I hope tbat surgeon will sue- I
eessfully remove the cataract frrai that
man's eye! It is such a sad thing to be
blind. Let us pray white the doctor is busy
with the delicate operation. But for how
long a time will he be able to give his patient
eyeeight? Well, if the patient be forty years
or age, he will add to his happiness perhaps
fifty years of eyesight, and that will bring
tbe man to ninety years, and it ts not pros- ;
able tbat be will live longer than that, ot
that he will 11 va so long. But What Is good
rveais-ht for flftv vears mere ss com Dared
with clear vision for the soul billion of
centuries? I hope the effort to dVre back
the typhoid fever from yonder home WlU be
successful. God he p the doctors! TVs will
Walt ia great anxiety until the CreS ot that
fever are extinguished, and when ths man
rises from his pillow and walks out, with
what heartiness we will welcome bim Into
the fresh air and the church and business
euoies! Ha 13 thirty years of age, and If bs
shall live sixty years mor tbat will make
him ninety. But wbat are sixty years more
ot earthly vigorcomi,ar.d w.th'tb.
bf."V"T?? a yiuHimuoi nitiienntums a
millennium, as yon know, a thousand yeanr
'lots world, since lilted np for man's rest-ii-nca,
has exuded abont six I housand years.
How mu.-ti longer will it exist'? We will tod.
pose it ha I last as much longer, which Is
Tory uoukmii. 11 tc wiu make its exist
enea twelve thousand years. But what are
or will ba twelve thousand years compared
with the eteruity preceding those years and
ths eternity following them time, as com
pared to eteruity, like the drop ot the night
duw shaken from tbe top of a grass blade by
the cow's hoof on its way afield this morn
ing, as comDired with Mediterranean, and
arabtt-a and Atlantis and I'aclno watery do
oinionJ'. A stranrer desirel to purchase a farm, bat
the owner would not sell it would only let
It '1 be stran ger hired it by lease for only
neerop, bat he sowel acorns, an 1 tons
tare that crop SO t years were nenesary. That
was a practiced dojptln. but I deemva yoa
not when 1 1 I you tbat the erop ot ths soul
'altea hold of attending Age.
I Kee the aa hor of my te.-ct seatnd In tbe
louso of Qaius, who entertained him at
Jorla h, not fur from ihu over.iaaging for-'-
or ro-Oorinihu-i. and meditating on
ha longevity of tha soul and getting more
tnd more aritated about its value aaJ ths
iwful risk soma of his kindred ware running
-oacerning It. anl ha writes this latter eon
raining the text, which Onrysostool admired
to much he had it read to him twice a week,
tnd among other things ht savs those dar
ns and startling words of mv text. 'I eould
h t -at myself ware a .-cursed from Christ
or my brethren, my kinsman, according to
he limb."
another way to get something, of too
?anline longtnr for redeemed Immortalities
s by examiulir ths vast mnohiaery ar
uq ad to sar ibis Inner and spiritual na
ure. That m tchlusry started to revolve on
heedce ot the garden, of Bleu, Just after
he cycloue ot si a prostrated it sycamores
tni tamarisks and willows aai will notease
o revoiv- until the last soul or earth shall
ret rt 1 ot its lost sla an I eater the heav-n!y
lieu. Oa that stupendous machinery for
toul saving the potr.areh put his hand, an t
rophet his hand, and evangelist bis hand,
tnd apostle his h-tnd, and Christ His hand,
tad almost every hand tbat touche I It bo
urne a crashed band. It was tha most ex
tensive machinery ever constructed. It east
aore to start it and has cost and wld eot
core to keep It running than all tha wheels
bnt aver made revolution on this planet
that machinery turned not by ordinary
notlve power, but by force of tears and
llood. To sonasot lis ban 'S of in nuance
nade out of human and Christly nerves with
ill parts ot tha earth millions ot good men
tud women are now at work and will be at
cork until every wilderness shall besoms a
rardan, and avery tear of grief siall bo a
jear of joy, and the sword of diviue victory
lhall glv9 the wound to ths old dreg n that
iball sen I bint howling to the pit, tha Iron
tatsolanging against hi-n, nevsr again lo
pen. All that and Infinitely mor- to save
ha soul! W ty, tt must tie a listen lous
toul tremeudwits for good or tremendous
br evil, tremennous tor' happiness or tra
nendous for woe.
Put on ths left aide of ths largest sheet ot
jap-r that ever cams from paper mill a sin
tie ou t, tha figure 1, and how many ciphers
s-ould you have to add to tha right or that
Igureto express the soul's value, anh cipher
tdding tenfold? Working into tbat teheme
f tbe soul's redemption, how many anrels
if God descending and as-ending! How
nanystoraisswoopiogonLakeaalileel H w
nany earthquakes opening dungeoa and
griklng catacivsns throagb mountains. from
op to base! What noonday sua was put on
etraatl What omnipotence lifio l and what
Jodhoad was put to torture! All that for
ha soul. No wonder that Fan', though pos
ainir (traat equipoise of temperament when
le thought what his friends and knirad
sore risking ooutsermag taeir soals, flung
Hide all his ordinary modes of speech, aru
nent and apt simile, and bold mmaphor. and
earned allusion, as unfit to express how ha
!ult. and sciziag upon the appalling hyper
olism of my text arias out "I ooald wish
nyseif Hccursed"that la, struck of ths
bundt-rbolts of tha omnipotent Qod, sunk
:o unfatQomed depths, chained Into earvi
aide to Abaddon and thrust inio luruaees
whose fires shall never burs out If only
;bosa whom I love might now and forever be
laved. Mind you, Paul does not say. "I do
Irish." He says. "I could wish." Evan la
ihe agoL-y be felt for others he did not lose
lis balance. "I could wish m-self aoaursei."
could, bat I donot. Oaly one being tbat
iver lived was literally willing to give up
laavea for perdition, end that was the dl-
rine peasant whom I mentioned a faw no-
neuts ago. Ha was not oaly willing to ex
!h:Ege dominions of bliss tor dominions ot
wretched-ess, but Hs did so, for, that Hs
torsoot heaven, witness the Stooping Stat
tnd all those who suw His miracles of mercy,
ind that Hn actually sutersd ths gates of ths
ivorl.i of perpetual coansgrartoa the Bible
ilstinotly declares. He did not Say. with
Paul, "I could," but Ha Said, "I will, I do,"
tnd tor tha souls of men Hs "descended into
lell."
In this last half of ths last decade of tha
ainetceath cut cry the temperature la the
marches U very low, and most of the piety
vjoI i spoil if it ware not kept oa loo. .nd,
taking things aa they are, ordinary Chrs
ises will never reach tha point where ths
tit -ry of Faul la the text will not seem Ilk
ixtravaganza. The proprieties in most of the
ihurches are so flX'd that all a Christian Is
ix pec-ted to do on Sunday is to gat up a little
later In tbe morning than usual, put on that
which Is next to hi best attire not the vary
test, for that has to be reserved for the levee
enter tha church with a stately step, bow
lis head, or at any rats shut his eyes la
nrmnp tinae. or alose them enonirh In Innlr
lepy. "". toward the pulpit with holy
. ..... .
nner thy nllstad. In one ot the
fapolaonlo wars, a woman-Jeannette by
name took bar position witn tno troops ana
shouldered a broomstick. The colonel said,
.'eonoetta. why do you take saoh a useless
weapon into the ranks?" "Weil," she said.
"I can sh-.w. at least, which aide I am on. "
Mow. the otiect of this sermon Is to stir at
least one-fourth of you to an ambition tor
that which my text presents In biasing
vocabulary-namely . passion for souls. To
Pr Vhat " po8,bil!0JfT'.m?"l,t
spirit, I bring tbe consecration of JMO foreign
missionaries. It Is usually estimated that
'be" est laionri- 1 mJ
LS2SS52 "S&gSSPZXii
aVV Wn A Ut IJOIVUBS SW wta wi MiW awwi LU a, hw
not believe there Is one. All English aud
American merchants leave Bombay, Cal
cutta, Amoy and Fekin as soon as they
make their iortunes. Why; Because ao
European or American in his senses would
srsvinthitt climate after monetary lndoow
meats have orated. Now tha missionaries
there are out down on the barest necessities.
and most or them do sot lay np SI In twenty
years. Whv, then, do they stay in those
lands of intolerable heat end cobras and
raging fevers, tbe thermometer sometimes
plaving at 133 and 1W degrees or oppressive
ness, 12,000 miles from horn-, because of the
unhealthy climate aud tbe prevailing lav
moralities of thoee regions compelled to send
their children to Engtaad or Scotland or
America, probr.bly never to See tmm again?
O blessed Christ! Can tt be anything but a
passion tor souls? It Is easy to understand
alt this frequent depreciation of foreign mis
sionaries whan you know that they are all
opposed to the opium traffla, and tbat inter
feres with commerce, and then the mission
aries are moral, and tbat Is an offense to
manv ot the merchants not ail of them, but
many of them wbo, absent from all boms
1 o
taeir a Dominations wo, wouta uaa 19 bw
at tha ante of heaven wimn tmiaa missiou
arles go tn to sea how tney will hava tha
I pick of coronets and thrones and mnmdons
on tna oast streets of heaven. We who l-.nva
bad easy pulpits and loving oouregitiiom,
entering beaveo, will, in my opiuion. have
to take our turn and watt f.r the Christ Un
workers who, amid physical satlering and
mental privation and environment of
squalor, have done their work, and on tha
principle that ia proportion as one h'tt bsn-a
self-saorlaoing sad suffering fur Chriai's
sake on earth will bs their celajiial prefer
nent, Wbo Is tbat voungwomia on tbe worst
street In Wablngtou, New York or Loudou,
Bible tn hand and a little package In which
are small vials of me-Home-, and another
bundle in which are biscuits? How dare she
risk herself Among thosa "roughs,1 anl
where is sbe going? 8te Is one ot the queens
of heaven hunting up the sick and huutrryt
an 1 before night she will hare read Christ's
"Let not your heart be troubled" la eignt or
ten places, and eouuted out fr un those v als
tbe right number of drops to ease pain, and
given food to a family that would otherwise
have had nothing to eat to-day, an I taken
the measure ft a dead ciiild tti.it she mar
prepare fork a shroud ber every a -t of
kindness for the body accompanied with a
benediction lor the soui. You m- nothing
but the filthy street along which she walks
and tha rickety talrs up which she c in Us,
but sho la aucompauied by an unsiea cohort
of angels with drawn swords to oofen t her,
and with garlan is twisted fi.r her victories
ail up and down the tmement houi.t dis
tricts, i tall you then wn not so louch
BXOitement when Aune B leyn. on her
way to bar corona' ion, rouud the 'J'huaes
Itirred by fifty Ml ie.l bnrge, with bril
liant flags, tn wnioh hung s-na 1 bells
cuug by each motion ot tha win i, noble
tneu standiug In scarlet, aa I wnarf spread
With cloth of gotd, anl all tha gateways
uncounted by hucztiut; a l-iir-rj, and ma
Kreets bung With or.tm m v-ia , an 1 iru n
oetsand caouoa soua Hug t io jubilee, and
anne, drassea in sureoa ui stiver tlsni-4, and
brow gleaming with a circlet or rn i s, and
imld fouiitaiujth.il piure l XI itil.ii win
pa&salonto Weitmiuiter Hi, I an I role ia
i a caparisoned pai ry, iu Uoo s olat.erioir
a the clasi,i fl wr, nnl, di m mating,
pissed Into We-tmlast -r A : -v, an l t-tw eu
:be i-iioir aa 1 higu alt ir wa- eruA-'ie i on ea
ut I organs an I oloirs enamiug tha Te
Oium" I say then- was not maih in all
it glory watch itstslej tbe eyes ol history
a-u it is oonp ired with the h-aveniy re
eotion w'tlch that miulsterlng spirit of the
at-'j alwy aiiall reis-ive when sit- g-ws up to
urination. Whan she goes in, what wel
in on tae river of life, lis b:iukt ot pearl
.inad wittt spln lira srap)ita nn I ia temDles
)f eternal worship, whoe mui o is rots
nm lad by swing of archangel.o soepter and
-fore thrones whera at those who bar
-elgn-d a thiusaal yean but hive just
lagan thir ito ninion P or Anne B ileyn,
t tw.i y-ars attar that pag -nnt, la-t lifi and
throne by on-atroke of h-'idsm in, bat those
ho oa earih;"hava a dlvina past'Oa for s ouls
ha 1 nev-r loss their thrones, "i'nry shall
Mign forever and ever."
But. after all, tha best way to cultivate
hat diviue pass ou for souis Is to work for
heir salvation. " TJuder ao I save one, an t
oa will want right away to save twi. Have
two, and you will wauc to s.iva ten. Save
-en, and you will want to save twenty. Save
wu-y, aad youwlli want to save a hundred.
.tve a hundred, and you will want to save
tveryb dy. Anl what is the nss or talking
ioout it when ths plnas to negia is bsrs and
ha time is no? An t whi a you pray I wilt
a oae minute tell all thera is ut it. Full
xarUon for the wont m iu on earth If ha will
jelieve Iq Christ, whose blood cu Instantly
was i awuy ths foulest cr.mes. fml Contort
or the uio-it harrowing llstni-s that ever
rusne 1 human being. At your first
ooment of belief, a process by whioh the
waoie sni versa of Qod will turn dear
trouad for year eternal advantage. For tbe
neia asking, tf th-ask ng be la earnest, aud
voa throw everything Into that aikirnr, com
plete solnoe and helpfulness for the few
yetrs of this life, ant than a wl ia open
aeav-a whioh you ean roach in less time
than U takes ma to pronounce that 1 npsrisi
word, flashing with all the Joy that aa la
Unite Ood knows how to bestow o ivao.
In this World Qod never itoes tils b st. He
San hang on tha horizon grander mornings
tuan htve ever yet been kindled, aad rala
oow tna skr with richer colors than have
svar been arched, and attune tha oceans to
more majestis doxologias toaa have avar yet
onen attained; but as near ai I can tell, anl
( resale it reverently, heaven is tha place
where Ood has dona His best. Hs ean balid
ao greater Joys, lift no mightier splendors,
roll nolo tier anthems, march no mora Im
posing procession, balid no gre iter palttees,
sad spread out and intarjoln and wave ne
mote transporting maguidcanse. I think
heaven ts the best heaven So I can ooos met.
tnd it is all voum for the i-rioo asking.
How do you like the offerf Oa you really
think it IS worth accepting? It so, pray for
It Oat not up from that pew where you are
sitting, nor move one inch from where yoa
are standing, before yon get a full title for
it, written la ths blood ot the Son of Ood,
wao Weald have all men soma to Ufa preseat
lad life everlasting.
If yoa have been In military lire, you know
what soldiers sail tha "long roll.'' AH the
lrums beat tt because tbe enemy is approach
log, and all the troops must immediately
get into Una, What scurrying around the
samp and putting of the arms through the
traps of the knapsack, and saying good-by
to comrades you may never m iet again)
Soma of you Germans or Frenchmen raay
have heard tbat long roll Just before Sedan.
Soma ot roa Italiaus may hava heard tbat
long rod just berore Berga-uo. Soma ot yoa
Northern aad Southern men may have heard
It Just before the battle ot tha Wilderness.
You know its stirring and solemn mean
ing, and so I sound ths long roll to-day. X
hast thi- old gospel drum tbat has for aea
turiss been calling thousands to take
their places In Una for this battle, on one
Ida of which are all the forces beariilc and
ou the other side all the forces damonlae.
Here tbe long roll eall, "Who is ea the
Lord's side?" "Quit yourselves like men.
la solemn eoluma march for Ooi and tiappl
oeas and heaven. So glad am 1 tnat I do
o t hava to "wl-h myself accursed" and
throw away my heaven that you may win
your heaven, but that we may havs a whole
sonvantioa ot heavens heaven added te
heaven, heaven bai t oa heaven. And while
dwell upon ths theme I begin to expert
sure la my own poo seif that which I take
to ha something Ilea a passion forsouls. And
now unto Ood, the only wise, the only good,
the only great, be glory forever. Amoal
Baca Ijnd Tract In Lltlgmtloa.
Tha ownership of atraot of land 40,000,000
sens in extent, all the way from Springfield,
Ho., to tha Pacific Oseao, Is in lltllgatlon,
the case being before tbe United States Su
preme Court. Bobert Mingus claims the
land, and so does the Atlantlo and Faslfto
Railroad Company. If the claims Of tha
railroad company should bs su-damed, all
of tbe patents issued by the United States
and entries allowed to settlers fnr parts ot
snoh lands since lB5o would bs na lined.
The Supreme Court of the Territory has de
oided la favor of Mingus.
Assert vonroa'n free "oru if yon will,
but a' am it m'dstlf nn l quietly,
respecting others yot wwh to bs
respected yourself.
Culttrg nnnci is c bsd practice m
polities mt w nsv-j si' it n nest--igbteil
tbat w-? c-iu't i.lrn'ity a thing
tn. til it is InVeleJ.
Spfehm-ikf rs tro remio'led that
tveu the prluner whomukrsun irjct
tjtvc? en-lit to tte flnwer irora wbiott
he gets it.
It ibonUl ho rt numbered ttat in
character, m manner!', in xtvle, - iu all
hinsrs tile supreme ertjUIecci is sl:n
lieitj. IuSbv a r-;n, wiio fatfrra himself
tbat be is always able tt ad .pi himself
to the ritctimslar.cfs only succeed
generally in making a niruiuce ot
himself.
Inherited wea'th shows that If a
folio " can't snccec d himself be can
snoceed his father.
If yon wish to re ttne ff virion,
oVerva a pel"s feiljngs towsrd the
0 liMren of his brain.
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