GARDENS OF THE SEA.
Lr, SB. TALMlOB FBBA.CBIS
h Oeean rsona. Lesson Thai Can
too
B,Ltrnd from the Might Deep.
.-. i 77 Mfft mi urflrttl ntowt mi
Jonah 11., 4.
i-Ths tetany oi tne j.im i or. un Ationi
.v, Fioeer, I i-ts-ttnatin-r su ittet. I n.ii 1
mm hn'' wiloh I t -roil nt fmt
?lcttin. bound In olive wnol, mil wd.t.n
r iir'l flowers whli!i have not nn
L,in.l their color, tmt f hnir aroma. Flow
f, from D-thlcheTi, ( from Jerui
flower from Oethsemanc. flowers .r.t n
woiint of Olives, flowers Irom liet.inny, (low
i,(r'in Hilo.vn. flower from the valley o.' J
k0,impriat. red en-mona so I wild iiiigno.
nttte, buttercups, daisies, cyclamen', no
Li. 'bluebells, ferns, mosse. grits- anj
of flora thnt keep me :aen-ttl b
hcur. noJ everv time 1 opn it It In a nw
' l'T . j- . i. vt n . . .....
Vl.jiitien it niiiB nnw inniT'-iii ui i-ie
fl.l.lt. my leads n Into auutust
rriim o! the boiaulcnl klnj.lo-n.
Hiving "cos"" ,u in I ' oi p t-
innt nMl ' r.irrju.'rrt -in "iui
111 M al... fill. I.. .... 1.. 1 A ... .
A M..M..I..u..i .1. !:!.!- .
r ; 111" wi i.u nocnj .m mi ni'iiF i or,
i.,l A'Tion? the B.rdss" "The Iehti.yoio
llir I! hie ( or, o i iinoin me .nii'i! i
ivM.n-'ralojtyof iheBI'.ie (or, Oot Amou t
the Aii'-tliyxtn r "The Conuito.oiry of tin
Ihli.; or, Goi Among me ttneiier "i.tt
hrnn,.lojy of the lbhle i or, Go I Ation"? tin
nitirim I spek now to you about Tn-
tiny of the bible t or, Go t In the Garden
,;thi- S 'ii. Allhougn I purposely take this
..rnlnc for eoni'icr.tion in ieat o-etorv i
,n, c.tt appreciated of all th botanical
,'rolii't ot Hi" world, we stall rial the cou
l,rnp'..itin very absorbing.
Jil. I" our ineoi):xieai niimrtM wnm wi
. n. misters there ou!it to be pro.v.or
. etn eotis In nntiiral hlMory. I'liys1"il
.rn ouijlit lo I-b t.nwht iil i.y nti1t w.ln
r.tnliition. It W tii mini) uoa wno iikiup
p-iiTf of the nut uritl world ae the p.nf.i ).'
npilirl wuii'i, mini n irrnnriiuii; !!
ir.uiil bn to our irmnm to prM Imu
,rn ren a fragment of MvilltorrAiienu
L,M! ahonlil have fewer ai-rmon
;ii'v nry ir we uuitaie our iiia or.i.
Lnl lii our dlcouna, like Itlm, w woul'l
4 Illy liioom, or a crow ny, or a nen
vil her phieisrne, or a orvstm or it nnsj
j tin1 preservative quslitle of religion.
Th- trouble In that In inny ef our theo
ijinl emlnnrli'H men who ar an dry thn
Ihey nver coul l peoplo to eonm
;,3l lienr them preaen nr.) now tryiiv to
voiinii men now to pr-wn. una tu
Lilent lo put between two urent prrsse of
niitl' tlieolOK)' ami miiieexeu until mere
no life left In him. Givtlie poor victim
L: kn't one lernion on the tintiiny of tlielliole.
Thnl wan an uwiui piunHinni ine reerenni
riph'l Jonah ma le when, ilroppnil over the
.-juvril' of the lledllerreuerin ulilp, he nnl(
ui faihomo down into a tempfMiioue aea.
j h hefore and after the monster of thed. Mo
L.Ml'owe.1 lilm, ho WiiaentntiKled In se.twee.l.
juiiisles o; the ileep threw their eoril ise
etuiion arounii nun. nomo ohiiih i'ii-
w.l vit nn-'horeil to the Imttoin of the I
wtlTV nlivain, ami tome of It wm afloat an j
ivi'lowe.i ly the great aea monster. o thnt,
ii.iiU-the prophet whs at the lottoin of the
iff niter he waa horrlliiy iniprmonnd he
.vj,. exclaim and did ex:litlm in the wor Is
Imr t"tt, "ilio weeJUi wera wrnppuJ about
:yb I."
jinii.-ih w the first to reeor l that there
r.r crowlht upon the bolto:n ot the 'a as
I'll m upon land. The first pleture I evr
irui'l win a handful pf tnawewla np-eie 1 ou
I'l.'i. ntiJ I called them "the Hliorn locks
! Ni-ptune." These products of the deep,
Cir-th-r drown or sreen or yellow or pur-
l . or red or lntrhot ot many oolom. are
iti infinaun(r. i ney are amtriuutej a'.t
,vrtli depths and from Arctio to Antarctic.
That (iod thlnka wall ol them I rquclude
'Nil tho fact that he baa made 6000 itpsnlee
m them. Hometlmea these water plants
K) 40) or 700 feet long, and they cau.e
t :". uue gpeoimun uaa growm oi
WO fe i-t.
On the northwest shore of our country !
ifawee.l with loaves thirty or forty feet lomr,
vni I which the sea otter makes Ins home,
rniin himself on the liuoynin-y of the leaf
uJ stent. The thickest juucleit ot the Iron
ware not more full of vegetation than ttie
Ifptlu of the sea. There are forests down
dt him vast prairies all aoiooin, nn.i uo i
there aa be walked In the Garden o:
Eu "in the oool of the dny. Oh. wnat
utriD 'ement, this subaqueous world ! Oh,
thf (iii.l Uen wondors of the seaweed ! It
lirthplnco Is a palnee of crystal. The cradle
that rocks It Is the storm. Its trrave Is asnr-
-oi'rticus of beryl aud sapphire, luure is
no nilit down thera.
Tn.-ro are creatures of God on the bottom
nt tin) sea so constructed that, strewn all,
odu, they make a tlrmamnt besprent witii.
rturs. cutistellatlous and Kalaxics of impoi
.niiut'T. The sea feather ih a lumpllI'lcr.
Tdp u'yiunotUA un elcctri.'inn, and he a
mrhurK'ed with o. 'trlelty ntul niuWes tlnj
Kp l.riclit with the llxhtnini; of the sea.
The voixouia flashes like jewels. There are
ft ntieinoiies abl.'izc with lit; lit. There are
ttie rt irllsli and the moon. leh, so called ue
'tiivthcyso power.'ully 8us'gt.st stullur nud
utiitr Illumination.
0.!. these midnight .anterns of the oean
fliverns ; these proci'Mions of nutne over th-i
v.iits I'oor of the deep ; tlieHn lllumiuatioiM
twpe miles down under the sen; tne i
Cori(fouly upholstered ensiles of the A
xitfiitr in the underworld ! The author o!
tt text felt the pull of the hidden vi?etntloit
o: ti.t ileJlltriAuaau, wnetuer or uot uo ay
er-c'atel Its 'oeautr. at LJ cried out, "T5H
l were wrapped about my head ."
Ut my subject cheer all tlio-e who had
!r.-u Is who have been burled at tea or in
our izreat American laxes. Which of ih
iJMiK-ht un on the Atlantic, const has not bu I
k.iiilreil or friend thus S fDulcheredY We had
llw useless horror of thinking that they w-ri
wiled nroDor restltis place. Wesald : "un,
I' they had lived to come ashore and hit I
then expired! What an alleviation of out
uw.le it would have been to put them i:i
o.iib beautiful family plot, where we eoul I
nwj n anted now. fin ami trees over mom
WUv. tlod did better for them than we could
havw done for them. They were let down
into beautiful Hardens, llafore they had
rn-Ii-d the bottoj) they bad guiluuds about
Ifc-ir brow.
lu more elaborate and adorned place than
co-.tbi have afforded them they were put
iy for the last slumber. Itejir It. mothers
Ml father of sailor bovs whose ship went
duwn in our last Auirust hurricane ! There
arc no Greenwoods or Laurel Hills or Mount
Au'mrns so beautiful on the land as there are
linked ami terraoed amd scooped and huuii
In the depths of the sea. The bodies of our
toun.lerud and sunken friends are elrdled
uJ canopied and housed with such glories
attend no other Necropolis.
J liev were swamned lu llfehoots, or mey
tiu'k ou Uoodwiu sands or Deal beach or
ttio Skerries, and were never hoard or, or Mis
i peared with the City of Boston, or the Vilie
J Havre, or the Cymbna or were run down
usilshlnR smack that put out iroin nw
luua Hand, but dismiss your previous Bloom
ixui the horrors of ocean entombment.
When Hebastopol was beeleged lu the
initlo-Krecch war, Frluoe Meutehlkof, coin
bsadlug the Busslaa navy, saw that tu
jaly way to keep the Enllsli out of tiie b k
W as to sink all tbe Kutslan ships of 1
' the roadstead, and so 100 veesels sank.
"hn. after the war was over, our Auieri.Miii
"Oltiiieur, Oowan. descended to the demit
1)1 diving bell, tt was an Impressive ita
UWb,
Ous hundred burled sh'ps ! But It is that
y nearly all across tbe Atlantio Ocean,
jjlilps suuk not by commaal of adm.rals,
Jft by tbe command of evmoue.
But thev all had su'iUme Imrial. and tne Mir
uadlntrs amid which they mImmo the t4t
ep are more imposing than tue Tat MTk ,
rnausoleunt with walls iuorustei wit I
Pf:lous stones and bulit oy th itrest moul
etlndui QxttkU wuip.'ttss. Xuur depiir.eJ
whtoh T Ih'?,,b; 01 I'teronom;
'-D the .amJf0n.,, rtWn ,0 "" ' th
them - I.Thm"r ' "Th" Lo, ,,nrt
lT'.i.i rhr'"1 burl,, " Harden. so
yonr ship wrecked mends and those wie
could not survive til) ,h., wached min
put down amid lrlde,np...,n tJ
tbe arden there was a t.uiche," mlM"i
It has always been a mv.ierr what was
R,.rh,utKr.,".bir "'"i"
J hurcri slid the chaplain ot the Am-rl.-au
nth ,si0n ,rhlP rresi.leut. ilare,,
Iltb, nil. Tbe ship never arriJ lu port,
no one ever ttrr:e t ner, on t on mun lines
of the ocean It has for Mftv years been quee.
tinned what became of her Hut this 1 know
nhout roomnn that whether It was leelwrit
or conOnicr it.on midsea or collision be bad
more Karunds on bis ocean tomh than It.
pirint on Ian.', oncli ol his million friends
unit put a bouquet on his casket. In tbe
midst of the garden was his sepiilcher.
llut that hrlmts me t notice tne Misnomer
IB this Jon au It lo expression of tbe test. Tbe
eropnet not oniymanaa mtstate ny tryin?
loKuto Tarshish wiien God told him to so
to Mnevab, but he made a mistake when he
styled as weedstheaeKrowthstbat enwrapped
him on the day h sank. A wmid Is some
thlnir that Is useless. It Is something you
throw out from the garden. It Is something
that chokes the wheat. It Is something to
te grubbed out from among tbe cotton. It
is something unsightly to the eye. It ban
invader ol tbe vegetable or floral world.
rut rms jrrowtn runt sprang up from tn
depth of the Mediterranean or floated on Its
surface was among the most beautiful thlnvs
that tlod ever make, it was m water plant
known as the ml colored alga and no weed
at nil. It comes from the loom of Infinite
beiuty. It ht planted by heavenly love. It
Is the star of a sunken flrnivii"tit. It Is a
lamp which the lord kindle t. It is enr.i
by which to bind whole h -aves of practical
suggestion. It Is a pesm all wiios cantos
arMrung by Divine goodne-i. Yet we all
make the mistake that Jonah made In regard
to it and call It a weed.
"The weeds werewrapped about my heal."
Ah, that Is the trouble on the land as ou the
sea! We call those weeds that are flowers,
ntehed tip ou the beach of society are chil
dren without homo, without opportunity for
anytblug but sin, soutuluiy without UoJ.
They are washed nphnlplcss. They nreoallc
ragainufltns. They are spoken of us the
rakm?s of the world. They are waifs. They
are st reet tirabs. They are flotsam nnd Jet
sam of the social sea. They are something
to be left alone, or something U be tro l on,
or something to give un to decay. Nothing
hut weeds. They are up the rvkety stalrsof
thnt garret. They are down In the cellar of
mat tenement house. They nw"lter In sum
mers when they see not one blade of green
grass, an I shiver In winters that allow tbeui
not me warm cont or shawl or shoe.
Much the city nillon:try found In one o
our city rookeries, and when the poor woman
was asked if s:ie snt her children to school
she replied : "No, sir, I neyer ill 1 send 'em
to school. I know It. they ought to learn,
but I couldn't. I try to shame him some
times It Is my husband, sir ), but he drinks
and thou beats uic luuk at that bruise ou
my Tiea to 1 tell mm to see what Is eomln'
to bis children. Tuere s I'oggy gos seinn'
fruit every night In those cellars In Water
Street, and they're hells, sir. Nile's learnin'
nil sorts of hint wor.ls there an I don't get
back till U o'clo -k at nkht. M it wasn't fur
her euruin' a shilllu' or two in tliem piacrs.
I should starve. Oh. I w.sii fiey was out of
the city. Vee. It Is the truth. 1 would rather
have all mv children douJ than out he street,
but I ci.n't'heli) It."
Another one of those poor women founi
by a reionuitory nssiciation rcited her
story of want aud woe and looked up and
said, "I fult so hard to bete the children
When they died, but now I'm glad they're
gone. Ask any one of a thousand sueri
children on the s'.rsets'Where do you live'.'"
and they will answer, "I iion't live no
where." They will sleep to-night In oi bar
rels, or under outdoor stairs, or ou tne
wharf, kicked anil bruised and hungry. vn
cares tor themV Once In a while a city mis.
slonnry, ft a tract distributor, or a learner
of ragged school will rescue oue or mow,
but for most people they are only wmds.
Yet Jonah did not more completely mis.
repreeeut tho red iilga about his head in tun
Me literraneiin than most people nilsjud
these poor and forloru nu 1 dyiug children of
tk.e street. Tney are not weeds. They are
Immortal flowers. Down lu the deep ne x
woe. but tl iwers. When society all I the
church of God come to appreciate their eter
nnl value, there will be mom (!. I. Hraeee
and more Vim Meters and more niu'el of
mercy spending then fortuues aud uioir lives
Ui the rescue.
Hear it. O ve philanthropic nn.i t;nrisnan
and merciful souls not weeds, but flower.
I abjure you us the mends of all news'.ojs
lodging bouses, of nil industrial s'hools. of
all homes for friendless gir.s. an I for the
mary reformatories and humane asoci.
lions now on loot. How much they have al
ready nneonipliah.nl ! Out of wnat wr-ieli-
. J ' . . I nl.ll Hull ..I
e iness, into what goon noiue . m .i.w" .
these picked up out of tue street an I s -nt
into country homes only twolove culldreu
turned out badly.
Iu the lat thirty years a number that ne
fn!in nun number of the vagrants have been
lifted into respectability an I usefulness nu t
a Christian life. Many of t li.-m have liome
of their own. Though raggn 1 boy mi"e an l
street gins, now at the b a l of pro-.p-rou
families, hunore.1 on earth an I to lie glorious
in heavcu. borne of them have been Govern
ors of State. Home of them are ministers of
the gospel. Iu nil department of life those
hn w..r thought to lie weeds have turned
out to be flowers. One of those re tied lads
Irotn tbe streets of oureittes wrote to imotlior,
saying s "I have heard you are studym 4 for
the ministry. Ho am I."
My hearers. I Implead you for the news
boys ol the streets, many oiuieiu me enm
est children of the city, hut with uo chance
Do not step on their bare feet. Do not,
..n thev steal a ride, cut behind. When
the paper Is three cents, ouce In a while give
them a live cent piece and tell them to ku
the change. 1 IUe the riug of the letter the
newsboy sent back from ludeina, wiier be
had been sent lo a good home, to a New
' lodging bouse : "Hoys, wo
should show ourselves that wo are 110 foois.
.1... ,.mi bee. cue as respectable as any ot
.I,- -...intrvmen. lor Fruukliu and Weuster
.ml riuv were poor boys once, and
even
Aud
George Law and Vand-rhilt and Astor,
n.iur Imv. stund tin and l"t them a
see you
lave got the real sluft in you. Couie out
here anake rMpectaXs bT honorable
den, so they can ny. 'Ti.-r. tuat boy was
once a newsboy.1 " My hearers, Join he
t'lirlstlan philau.hropb.ts m .0 are .augUig
organ grinders aud bootblacks an 1 ""'
bov and street arabs and cigar girls into
hose who shall be king, and queens unto
God forever. It is high time that Jonah
Iln.is out that that wtuou u eouui -v.
weeiis, but flowers.
As I examine this red alga whloh wis
aboit the recreant prophet down lu the
Mediterranean depths, wuen. in the words
of my text, he crfod out. "The wewta were
wrapped about my head." and I am ed
Gierel-y to further' examine this ubmr.rln.
world. I am compelled to exclaim, What
wonder'ul God we have! I am giadtbat. bj
"iving liell. and -Urook' deep sea sounding
.prtus. aud ever improving maohlnery,
we are permitted to walk the floor of th
ocean and reoort the wondors ttrougUlbj
"'study thwegardens of the set. Easier and
easier shall tbe profound of the ocean be.
Sm to us. and more and more Its opulene,
of color and plaut unroll, especially as "VII.
lerovs submarine boat" has been construct
Ia 1 making it possible to navigate uuder tin
r ttlm.mt .weli.. on the surface of th,
I and uuless Odd In His mercy banishes
war from the earth whole fleets of armed
ritp far down under the water move on to
h ow up the argosies that float the surfae
My ucto tubiuarint sUlp be used lox Inymg
pen the wonders ot flo.Vi working In t
treat deep and nerer for human devastation'
Oh. the marveis of tbe water world I These
-called seaweeds are the pasture fields and
the forage of the tnnumeraole animals of tn
deep. Not one species of them een be spared
from the economy of nature. Valleys and
mountains and plants mllee underneath th
waves are all covered with flora and fauna,
hunk en Alps and Apennines and Himalayas
of Atlaatie and Paelfln oceans. A continent
that once connects I Europe and Amerloa. so
that In the ages past men came on loot
across from where England Is to where w
now stand, all sunken and now covered with
the growths ot the sea as it on OS Was eororeJ
With growths of the land.
England and Ireland one nit one ploe ol
land, but now much of tt so larsunkeu aa to
make a channel, and Ireland has become ao
Island. The Islands, for the most part, ar
only the foreheads ot sunken continents.
The sen conquering the land nil along the
coasts and crumbling the hemispheres wldt
and wider become the subaqueous 00.
tniulou, Thank Qol that MlliaJ by
drographers bave mads s mans Mb. cTinrTa
of tne rivers and lakes an I aeas and jown
11 something of the work ol tbe eternal UoJ
In the water world.
Thank God that the great Virginian. IJu
tenant Maurr. lived to give us "The foys.oal
Geography of the Hea," and that men ol
genius have gnne forth to study the so-called
weeds that wrapped about Jonah's head aud
bave found them to be coronals of beauty,
end when the tide receded these lentlsts
Im widen down and picked up (Uvlne. j
pictured leaves ot the ocean, the naturalists,
1'ike and Hooper and Walters, gathering
them fro-n the beach of Long Island Houni.,
and Dr. JlioJgett preserving thum from ib
bores of Key West, nnd Professors Enoersot
sn.l ilnv flndiiii them along Boston harbor,
end l'rofcssor Glhbs gathering them from
Charleston harbor, and for all the other
tr itmpbs of algology. vr the solcnon ol eue
we-il.
Why conne ottrselves to thenM and hoeJr
tieve l Illustrations of the wonder working
Got. when there are nt I en t live great
e-as full 01 Illustrations es yet not tnnrshalm ,
every root au i (mud and cell and color au'i
movement and habit of oeeanle regetntlri
cry 11 1 out: "Go I! tlod! He made u. He
c.oth-i us. He adorned us. He was tue
God f our ancestor clear !aolt to the first
e growth, when God divided the waters
which were above the firmament trom the
waters which were ttader the Armament rfnd
shall be the Ood ot our descendant oletr
down to the day whntnese.t shall glvo ut
lis doad. Ws Ut heard Ilut cuLi-aJ, auJ
we nave oeye1 TraU the Lor", aragoni
und all deep.' "
There Is a great comfort that rolls orei
upon us from this sttt ly of the sivcalled sm:
weed, nnd that Is the iiemnnt rated doctrine
f a partleitlar providence. When I find
that t.ie Lord provides in the so-cnlleil sea
weed tho pasturage lortlie thronged murine
world, so that ni a tin or sc.tle In all tint
oceanic aquarium sitfr-r ned, I conclude He
will lisid us. and if lie suits the alga to the
11 nuns I life of the .tc-p He will provide the
tiMid for our phys.cai and spiritual neiis.
And if II clolile the riower of the a.ou'T
with rlchnes of robe that looks bright
fallen roinlMuvs by ditv, an I at nght make
ttie underworld look as though the i wre
on lire, surely He Will clothe you, "O Jo oj
little laith!"
And what fills me with nnspealtnlile de.
sV;Ut Is tbut this God o. deptus and Uulgatit,
of ocean and ot continent. ti.v, tbro'i;'t
Jesus Christ, the divinely appointed means,
be ruurs and mine, to help, to cbecr. to
pnr.ion. to save, to Imnsri'llse. Wunr
natters who lu earth or hell Is against us if
He s for us? Omnipotence to defend
icnn. presence to companion u and Infinite
luve to enfold and up'.i.t and enrapture tie.
Au I wuen God does s nail thiirs so wel
seemingly taking a much care with the coll
of a seaweo I as the outhrnnehlng ol n
Lebanon cedar, an 1 With the color ol a veg.
et able growth which Is hidden fathoms out
o; sigh: a He do"s with the sollerino end
purple ot a summer sunset, we wilt trn deter
mined to do well all we are fulled to do.
though no one see or appreciate us. Mighty
God 1 I'.oll lu uoou our admiration an 1 lion-
appreciation more of the wonders of this
auomnriue world. My Joy Is that after we
are quit of all earthly hindrances we may
come back to this world and explore w.int
We cannot now fully Investigate.
If we shall have power to soar Into the nt-
mospherie without Intigne I think we s'mll
have power to dive Into tbe aqueous without
peril, aud that tbe pictured and tessellated
eea floor Will be as accessible as now istotlie
traveler the floor of the Alhambra, and ull
the gardens of the deep will then ewirg
otien to us their gates as now to the tourist
t'lintsworth opens on public days Its cascades
and statuary and conservatories lor our en
trance. "It doth not yet appear what we
shall lie. You cannot make tue heiievethat
God hath spread out all that garniture of
the deep merely for the polyps aud orustucvu
to look Ht.
And if the unintelligent creatures of the
Mediterranean nn l the Atlantic ocean He Hiir
ruuuds with eucu buautiful grasses ol the
deep, what a heaven we may expect for ott
Vpllfted and ransomed souls when we are
unchained of tlm tleeli and rise to realms
beat I lie! (if the lior of that "sea ot gla-s
mingled with lire." I liaveuo powerto speak,
but I shall always he glad that, when tho
propiiet of the text, flung over the gunwales
of the Mediterranean ship, descended Into
the boiling sea, that which he supposed to lie
weeds wrapped alajut his bead were uot
Weeds, but llower.
And am I not right in this glance at the
botany o! the llitile iu adding to Luke's uiinr,
anise aud cumiu, nrd Matthew's tares, and
John's vine, and Kolomon's cluster of cam
pliire, aud Jeremiah's balm, nnd Jolt's bul
rush, aud Isaiah's terebinth, and Iloana's
thistle, and Exeklel's cedar, and "the hyssop
that springeth out of the wall," and tte
"rose of Hbaron aud Illy of the valley," and
the frankincense and myrrn und cassia
Which the astrologers brought to the man
ger at least one sialic ol the alaga oi tna
lledlterrauean.
And now I make tbe marina doxolorrv of
David my peroration, for It was written
elsmt forty or Any miles from the pleoV
wnere the sooue of the text was enacted t
"The seit is His, and Ue mode it, and His
ban. is formed the dry land. Ob. eoiue, let
us worship and bow down 1 let us kneel be
(fore the Lord, our Maker. Kor He is our
God. aud we are tbe people ol Ills tuuluro."
',Auh.4.
Coyoto hcalp laauetry.
ITie board of supcrvlKon of Frcsnt
County, CallforDla, bave counted uot
destroyed 3r0 coyoto scalps for tht
quurter Just ended and have paid out
2, CoO iu bounties. One honest mae
compiled with all tho oath-hound re
quirements of tbe bounty act such
as that the sculps presented were
from coyotes killed la tho count)
within three months over the seal p
of a shepherd dog with those of fuui
otters for puppies.
Anothos patriot, Frank Cronln,
asked the board to certify tothescalu
of greaser squirrels, whose whlsken
be bad cut off lit order to assist bit
'afJIdaTy," but the board declined
They were compelled to recognize oli
back numbers off the sides of barm
and Imported Roods from Arl.ona.etc,,
but squirrels were too common to bt
popular.
A member of the board who hat
heretofore favored the bountry now
says that It Is a most uncoosctonablt
fraud and should be abolished. It
would not be amlsi to ferret oul
these frauds and touch up tbe affidavit
makers for perjury.
TEMPERANCE.
waaat to too stsdT
tn the world-wide confilet.
When all the hosts of God,
And all the Devil's minions
In haMle-llne are drawn,
Where do you stand
When tbe world ks full ot evils,
And everywhere we go,
We're celled upon to fight or yield
To some relentless foe.
Where do you stand?
tVhen every living Issue,
And every great reform.
To you for help is calling
And Duty urges on,
Where do you stand
When every hour we live.
For hum nnd Errors blight
We must take sides, jr else
For God and Truth ami Uight,
Where do you stand
The Ten.
TSSATISO.
You see that man nt tbo bar?
Yea.
He is a renpnclablo man, is ho not?
As men go.
But how Intoxicated.
Hurely.
lo respectable mm knowingly get Into
(hat eonditiou
Hornet Imc , but this particular olio is not
10 much to blame after all.
Why not, pray?
He met some friends about nn hour ago.
Is that the same as saying that hn was
foreed to drink more than was good for him'
Pretty much the same.
Ilut could hn uot have stopped nt n proper
time'
He migut have, but It was sc.-irc.iiy prac
ticable?
Why not
Decnii It is linr 1 to rcfg lo r.rins wheu
cnelsnskcil.
Hut accepting once would not have him in
toxicated'
Not but there were five of hi frietids nn 1
each one insisted t "setting 'cm up" in
turn, and then, of course, he re 'ipros it.'d.
Was each one oblige I to "s -t 'vni up?
Certainly, nn-l prooably more than .m -c.
Whv certainly?
lleenuse no American eilir.-u is allowed by
social custom 10 ilriuk uloh".
Never?
No, never, unless be do It ou tin- si;-,
Do many do it ou the sly?
Verv few compnrativclv.
Then every American citij.cn who .lrln' is
liable at any lime to lie eomt eikJ -.0 ui t
drunk '
That Is about the si.e of it.
Wlint is this custom called
Treating.
Why do not sensible American try to di
Courage It ?
A few do.
Only a few?
Yee. only a few nrc brave nno'i .-'i.
Then the majority nppr ive m' It .'
It would appear mi, but tin v do not.
They submit, tli.-ii. to a soeml cusi.i-ii thnt
oltener m.ik. them Intoxic iii-.l, iiml b.r
them to spend much more iinui- y tiuiii fiey
ought
Yes. they submit, au 1 up ui the wl.olei;iiite
cheerfully.
Are all American eitir.eiis foola'.'
In tho matter of treating m st i-mphntiealiv
they are, every time, lmw and f.irev -r. m l in
nil probability ulwavs will Le. -Lite.
tiik I'AKina iMsiioxn
There was a uew la.-e trtuoug the fakirs oi
the water front yesterday morning, tho face
of a niau who made dmmiin.ls, rubles and
other brllllauls out of old lotll. The color
of tho bottle seemed to bo the fiftor that
determined the out u re of the stone 1 the In
elements were a small hammer, a little pol-
la 11 lug w iieei tin 11 a voupio vi doiw inai cou
lulned a powder.
The fakir had a radiant portable stand
Somewhat larger than tho contrivance that a
scissom-grindcr carries, and at that he did 11
thriving business. Water-front glassware
was sacrificed for ilinmomlH, the accompany
ing eacrillcaof sliver varying with tlm ei.e of
the finished product. Gins nuggets n big
us the Kohlnoor, mi l iiie n brilliant as tho
mo, were placed within the reach of the
multitude at llfty cents, and a modi "st-si. 'd
diamond big enough for a water-front en
gagement ring could be bought for twenty
cent.
Through the crowd un old man pushed hi
way. "Here's a bottle!',' hn exclaimed,
'ilreak that up Into rubice for inc."
"No ruble in that." replied the fakir.
It's a diamond bottle."
"Dlnmouds, then '." shouted the .ild man.
'T.reak It anyhow 1 I've carried that satiVV
Imllle for tw.-nty years back, an' many' tint
diamond an' ruby It's cost me. Ilreak it up
mill keep tlm diamonds for your tioublu '. '
bun f ruuctsvo L..vtunui s.
TUX
runtsTtAX UNnt.ivnn !'ortt:rtr ad
TK4i r.mn k,
The Christian I'.udeavor Socielies. with
Iti.tXH) deleg.it es in lltteli liui -.i at th.) bite
convent Ion iu Montreal, tidoptcd tho
lowiug
"Itissolveil, That wo recoi'iil.-i in Hi)
liquor tratlli! tlm chief evil of the time nn I
chief obstacle lo th advancement of Chris
tian civillxution ; that wo condemn intern-s-reiic
In every form . that w stand for the
suppression of the saloou and the abolition
of M power in th.) politics of our litu i as. .un
of the llrst duties of Americiiu citl.eusmp,
nud that we heartily commend all rlghtcoiu
agencies whose purport Is the prole ! 0:1 o.
our homes and ol tho true lnl. 1 .-.!. o.'
liuinanity by tbu cturuiluutiou u' '.h licuv.
trumo."
TBM FKtlArC WS AVT) SOTr.
The nntiuat beer productluu ui Germany is
1,071,006,105 gallon.
' The Christian Kndenvor Societiisj ot Illlaoiit
ore preparing to light the saloou.
New York bos 44.001 acres in vineyard,
and produces annually 'J.r,jH,0J0 gallons ot
wine.
The annual average fpmnflty of beer
brewed lu the l'u It ml .Sialii is ri;IO,ihlH,SlS
gnllous.
(.'alllorulahot l.'M.OMaeriatln grapes, which
yields au auuuiil avcrucu of li,0'Jii,000 gallons
ol wine.
TUo Hlate of Illinois will use thl your morn
than 4,000.000 bnrrcU ot beer, or enough
lo flout u nuvy.
Tho man who built his house on the sand
was a wise man iu coinpariou with the una
who thinks that 1110 Icrato driuking wou't
hurt him.
NiA t of durk.wt Africa, Ignorant of lint
firewA J of tho whiles, make their own beer
out of bananas nud wiue out of pltn. They
miinagu to extract jag ol the civilized sort
out of these bet-er.i-.fi-e.
Alcoholic Insanity istwi-n n common in
rraujo now as it w.i Ibb-eii yo ir ago, and
tho number ol person placed under restraint
on account, of it ha lncrea)d twenty-live per
eeut. in the last throe years.
The uuanlmou iietlou of tho Supremo
I.o Igo of tho Ancient Workmen at its meet
lug recently held lit Toronto. Canada, in ex
cluding liquor dealers from the order, is un
othor douided victory for tho tempuraneo
cause.
The most accurate available seurcee of ln
forniatlou dUoloee that IJJO,000,OOU gallons ot
distilled spirits were consumed In the United
States hut year, and that there was paid for
intoxicating drinks lu this country during
tbe same period, 1, 000,0 JO.000.
Among tho most Interesting features of the
XT. V. T. U exhibit iu tbo Woman's Building
at tbe World's fulr is the origltiul petition to
the Governments ot the world in favor ol
temperate legislation. It now contains more
than S,QOO,000 signatures, and opportunity Is
irtveu 10 ail wuv attend Ue s alt w add laell
ouoa. --'
RELIGIOUS READING.
TMWITBtrst
DIVXLOrUEST
or tniKist
rtSTT.
The rhrlstlnn Trof.wtor addrrsel in a se
ries of Couiis. li. aud Cautions to the Mem
hers of Christian chnrohee, by Joha AngeJI
Jamee, Is the title page of a new bonk pub
lished by Gould and Lincoln. We select a
paeeage which dwells on tbe lroportnoe ot
eminent plely In symmetrical development.
riymmxry means lautyt and symmewr
means the union of many good teaturee or
parte In due proportions. One good feature,
though of surpassing lovnllneee, If comhlaeii
with others that are a much lelow meitocri
ty, as this is sJe.ve It, will not
make twautlful r Intereetlag conn-
tenance. One striking ej.nllenee, If
aeeoi'late.1 with defe-ts aud doformltlee, In-
Mead of throwing them back Into shallow,
serves only bi render theni mere conspicuous
ami more otrcnslve by the isiwor 01 contrast.
This applies strictly to religion. A man.
though seemingly eminent for spirituality.
yet It low la morality t or If not deficient lu
iberality, yet lukewarm In spiritual arrectton 1
or If very upright, and almi devotional, yet
of known bod tcuir, coiinol bo eminent iu
religion.
Great and lamentable errors nn this subject
bave prevailed In tbe Christian world, and It
Is necessary that they should Is) re.-tllloil. It
baelsM-ii too .iimtuonly iiifeul, that spiri
tuality alone, in art from the other thing imn-
tiotied, iiuiMitiit.x a high degree of religion 1
and hence nmiiv have pa-ed for 1111I11. lit
Christians i-nili Iv on the ground of
fervid feellnc. although MrbaiHt lajnetit
nlily dcllci. tit in t. inb-tiie.s jf con cen.
n n-nee rif honor, or Chtldlan charity.
It Is the m mmetrleal union nt nil the vs-
rb-ti.s) id t hi i-tiiiii evis'llen.', that form
moral Is'iiuly -. the association of high devo
tion with Jhii.-e and truth ; the character that
neit'tirls Uic mount to commune with t.ud,
mid thnt cnmiedown to reltect the lblit of
exrellcnt glory iiMin man iu moral virtues
the Menrlmg ot illstiosition thnt prepare
us tor lifiivn, with those Unit lit 11 to adorn
our station ami blcee our siiecli-s on earth.
Tne Aisietlc In et'.'iikiiiic ot tlw. church
says, "rr..in whom the whole Iwidy fitly
Jnlii.sl together and compact. -il w'tii
that which every tstit suppliili nccurd-
Ing to the rfTi ctiutl working In the trn'oeiirc
of every part, mnketh Increase of the bo.lv
unto the cilllj lug 1 if It self In love. li h. is.
Hi. As fur ne it cnii. tlil may applied to
Individual p. is. .nnl ri ligloti. We unit not
pay att.'iiti'in to n part, and endeavor to
carry that to porf.vtii'ii, to the neglect of the
reet, but eis-k eminence In nil. If tt were
lawful to iiinkc comparts. n m su.-h a"iibj.-ct,
we bi. nl. I siiv thnt in.-ll. crlty In nil. without
tbe tileni.c i.f any inn. part, is levtcr than
gmit uttnlniiieiits in one to the t..tnl neglect
of several .'tic' it., lint our "b ..iis duly Is to
ss'k after perfection b.ith of pari i.nd of de
aroue. ir.r. t.i nt or i.trr.
Some lives nr.. lived so iptletly, s.i unevent
fully that their close causes a vibration In few
hearts, nnd yet they ate live that are rich in
results felt f.v those who have known their
itiMiieiicc. l h.-y remain in the ini iiiory like
thei'.lori.f i..'i.ts. No iiewspiir'-r record
their e.nirsc ; tluit Is w ritten on tho hearts of
those who knew them. Vf hat lias been their
history? '1. 1 the outside world, birth, mar
ring.., d"iitli. To the Inner world, to those
who have entered the tlullic, the life history
of siu-h being is written in the live of bus
bund and children, friends und neighbors.
Tiiverty bus imt I . en 11s crushing, for their
sympathy mid help have lightened It : sorrow
has been' borne with cnlmiices, for the spirit
of faith and patience ha entered with th"
neighbor-, j..y has been hitenlil. il, f..r the
friend and neighbor rejoiced with those who
rejcleed.
Children grow up In the home they influ
enced. Is'lifVlhg that wealth luereiiwii repon
sihllltle, minlethe holders stewards only, not
owners: that edii.-aliou was each man's priv
ili ge. character each man's ss.'vation. recula-
tl. n the capital ot each mai'a life, and to ln
mn.4' w.n.'.vJJv xvNrlt. Vhnt Cnar'a wit
tinist lie alsive siispielun wo the foundation
of .11 -li daughters rns'd mid each n.u's
charge.
NeighlHire grow more kindly, friends mor
loxliig. kindred inoiM true, win. have once
felt the molllll power .if tln-MC . 1 11 let lives,
lb spibility Is the duty of mini to ten n, this
Is iiln tber cr.s'.l of th' e hoinee Hot for ex-chiiii:.-.-men
ly, but ii u debt l i liuinanity.
N"t "iiiy the known but the upknowu have
fi ll the touch ol kindly grace and fellowship.
I be 1 iihh of life tuny separate the bu-yniies
fr.Mii 1 1. use w In in kindly bite tins left to grow
old In the sw.s't diiTliily ol a l'li: life I 1 1 1
e. ii the rush and l urry f life .1111 never
ilme r. in heart or In Hill the Tin-mory or the
i n 11 11. in e ol the home made rich by tbe pr.
i-li.-c i.f one win. held that gilt of ail gift-, tlx.
gift . I a liollic-nmkei . a hume-keeper.
I.wrv thought of su-h 11 ou" I a r.wurrce
tlo 11 1 I the Letter in. puis.., the higher self,
thnt often are so hidden, if not buried, under
tin-bii-iiicsH euri, nn. I social .Iciiiands, .f
eer-iluy life.- li.-fortiied I'luireh Messenger.
A rill I liri.1. r. K.
Next to the sunlight of henveti I n cheerful
file.-, there is no nil .t.ikllig it the briglit
i a.-, tin- iincloiiib-d blow, the sunny smile,
nil toll of that whldi dwells within. Who
bus 11. t felt this clc.'trllyllig illllie.-e (Ine
gblliee lit tills fllee litis us out of tll llllsts
mid -1. 11. lows iiitothel enctiful r.-iilmof hope. '
Due eli. erflll face In tiie lloll-.-bobl will k.s'p
1 erllniig wnrin und Hgiit within, it may
be a v. ry l lalli fil- b-il there is iMitnethllu'
ill It W feel. t CM Hot eppvs; and ltd
eli. ci v smile sends the Pi I dancing through
the v. ins for cv.-ry Joy. There is a world of
blessed magic ill the pLiin, cheerful face, und
we would nut cxebaiig.. it for all the soulles
l-aiity that ever graced tho fain.t form on
earth.
It may 1 n very little face, but somehow It
ehlnes. nnd the shilling is so bright the shad
ows cannot remain, mid silently they creep
iiwnv into the dark corner). It limy b" n
wriiikl. il face, but It Is all the d urer fortlurf,
and uone the less clinerfill. We linger near
it and guzo tenderly upon it. aud say. "God
bless thks dear, hatipv face." We must k
it with us no long as we .-an. for home w
lose tnrieh of Its brigbtlie- when this sweet
face is gone. And alter It is gone, lmw th.)
remembrance of It softens our wayward na
tures! When care mid sorrow snap our hearts
aeiinder, this wrinkled face looks down nsm
us, and the painful tcion grows lighter, tho
way seems less dreary and the sorrows less
heavy. God bless the cheerful fa." ! Whnt a
dreary world this would li without this
lieavi'ii-boru light.- Home Visitor.
TIIK 111. U l ilt, II.
A great man innv say. "My houses, my
lauds, my horses nn.i chariots, my numerous
und valuable estates." A great merchant can
suy "My sliii.s laden with tn-usuree, my sil
ver, my gold. A great king -un say, "My
kingdom, my throne, my liadm, my palace,
my navy and my army." A pious child,
though poor and meau, has more than tho
grout man, tho great merchant, or tlm greut
king. And a pious child, though very . or,
can say more Uiun the great muii, the great
merchant und tlm great king, if they have
no grace, lie can say, "Tne Lord is my
tlod; God the lather Is my father; Gud
the son i my Huviour; Goil the Holy Ghost
Is my Kanutiflert God is my God forever, aud
He will 1st my guide even unto death. lie is
the l'AiTurt'l. Gun, who bus made tne mi ever
lasting covenant, well ordered In nil things
and sure. Ho Is all my sulvution and ull my
desire." I'ray fervently, my young frluuds,
(or that pl.-ty und that grace, by which you
shall say, what uo graceless king 011 earth
can ever say, "Jehovah is my God, He Is my
strength, lie Ts my song, and Ho also is be
come my saivutiou." Ameu and Amen.
nen may close thetr eyes to the evidences
jf the truth ot tbe New Testament, and rw
nalu iu voluntary darkness aud bilndnees,
out the evidences exist, attested by unlm
teachable wltaewtea, John Halt
HKYSTONK STATE CULLING!
ctLt.rD wnti.t ruriito titpuir,
rVKTrn Grand Griffin and Btephea
Doyle were at the theater and saw West-
rn border act 1 he boys next day took
Dobert gun and battled with Imaginary
Indians on tbe outskirts of the city. Doyle
tceldently Bred the sun and UrilMn was
thot throiifb tbe heart
XII LtD ST A rtU)TI.l tKRRT wnxrt.
Rate A new TA pound emery wheel burst
it Fleams 4 Co 'a boiler and engine house,
tilling Chrlstaln 8chsfTr Imtstitly, seri
usly wounding Krd Hcbmidt and slightly
njuritig two other workmen.
what th k firman coTt.
llisaism ao The tlnsl ita'ement of tba
ludltor-fenersl with the puhlislier of tbe
'lgislallv lierord" was made. The pub
lcutlou for tbo last session Cost the stale
IJT.aej 30.
Timnr; year old Churlcs Snyder fell Into it
)n f. sit well nt M01111 an l op. Huntingdon
rouniy. Hi tnotber desrended the roi
hand over band, sod loiind tier child un
Mtiscl.iu. linrring some brutae he is aa
we. I as eve-, tint the motbrr.s restoration
will require time. Her hand are fright
fully to-ii and tbetuiKi-irs of her arm are
o str.iin.il and stitleiied that she wilt be lor
1 e time unable 10 lilt her bunds to ber
face
Knir nn We.ltiesiliiy totally destroy. d Hie
Inre barn i.f Abralinin ltrowii, near Wisxi
bury, Huntiiigdoti t-jtititv. with tcveo
horse and lurming ilitpli-iiieiit.
A 'I vrtiiold daughter of I'rink Sbrrban
:ly. d Men. Ion. ws burne.1 tn death.
ha I Hti'ii.o I berseif by linriiing holes iu a
nlunk wnli a ted hot poker.
A tui i-onfcrcnci's lusting ino'e than
arrk the einpinvct of the New Cjstle steel
lelll s. ;neil usi .i e 111 winch their wages are
:ut Iroin 2) to 11 pi-r cent.
11 1 mm, : M venr old fon of James
Man. 11. ol I 'nnl nr. tin iilcnt.illv shot hint-
It tbroii.-li ti e heart W illi a revolver which
he f. hum I ,11 a draw rr.
Atioi;skv Gi ri'Ai. ilfcM. lin decided
Hint t be -tine (.n :o-y iti eclo r have no)
liiriMlicti.ni in punts v here on y men are
rtiiployed.
On iu count nf the W'nOiingtoti electric
roml not paving p ni its receiver want
the court to ptriuil biiu to sell the pro)
triy.
ll.Mi seeeruee n' l-'jport, Westmoreland
?ontny bn ctus.-d an co ileuitc of tvplund
lever mid vcver.il death are recorded.
M. f'tri.i.tx 1'trvi M iv, 11 bo.i-mau at the
)i.rK near Al'ooiui. was .limviie I by tbo
:itp-i.'.iiig of I11 bo.it Mdii ley mght.
Joiix M11.1 1 11. of f otiticliavilic while on
his way to l.ci eiinii : t-i be in trried, fell
Irom .1 tar mi l wu- f.it.iliy injured.
Vnii)i I-'. V:..m , nf Alt loea. lire
tii iii ii a sliiftm f ftigitif, wis .struck by en
ng lie Hiel iiis.iiiiny kill.. I.
A vi. tit old ililld i f Willinm Henry, of
r 1 1 1 . s v i 1 1 f. wu. - . b idly linriit'd while play
llg uboilt a lite I tint it .lied.
r.iw.M;t 1'. ll.n. 1 it 1 1 1 nt I.nnc.'Kter from
Hie ellect of kick "II the Ilea l, icce.Vc I 111
I foot bail g inie.
J Mt. S11 m p. mi er. working al Smith
ton, w.-is killed tiy being run over by a load
nl car,
Kr.v.I'.. 1. .weizio. of !!eading,oti Tliore
i.iv tinited his 'J.3 nth couple in marriage.
Ti t llioii" nnl people attended the fu at
yiutioboro. Meicer voiinlT.
APPARITIONS IN HISTORY.
'.1st of a l ew Connected with the Nanaee
t.f Kuiium Men.
Coctlie state thnt lie one day saw
llic pxaot I'liiiiitorjiiirl of liluisulf cotn-
Iiik' toward him.
I'nl e saw an urin apian'titly como
l lirotit'li tin' w. ill. ami mad.: iiitiirie.-t
iil'tcr iti o tit-r.
llynni nfli fi icri-ivi il visits frotn a
ipcfier, liiit lit knew it ti do a cri'.'t
tinii nf Iniairlnat imi.
lr. ,)iiiii-oii licanl liis tm it her call
'lis 11:1 iiif in a clear voire, t In .tili sho
as al III" tiiin' in another fit y.
('iiiiil Kiiiiiianucl vl.nMr; l.o-Irvi-d
llial ho Ii.pI tin' piivlli'K' of
ntcrvU win;; jhtshii in tho tiilrit
world.
I.oyola, lyin wotindi'il during tho
iiep'of raiii'i'iiiiia, vaw tins N'irKlti,
tvlio otn-ourac I li i in to tirnsecuto hn
aiissioti.
1 c.sc,-ii t.'s was followril liy an invi
.lili- irrson, wlioso voire hn heard
uik'ln liiui to continue hi search
titer truth.
.sir Joshua Reynolds, leavintr hit
'louse, thought the lanitw were iree
Hid tin tuell illbl wotnetl lillaliCS agi
tated ly tin; hreee.
Oliver Cromwell, lyintf sleoples on
hi c iiu h, ;nv the curtains o.eii ami
1 Kiguntl: woiuaii iiiipoar, who told
him that he would lu-o une the Krcat
?sl man in Cnland.
lien Johnson spent tho watches of
tho nigh', tin Interested spectator of a
crowd of Tartars, Turks and Unman
Catholics, who rose up and fought
around his armchair till sunrise.
llo-itofk, the physiologist, saw (lu
ures and faces, and there was one hu
man faro constantly hefore him for
twenty-four hours, tho features find
lieadear as distinct as those of a liv
ing person.
lietiveuulo Cellini, Imprisoned at
Homo, resolved to I'rco himself hy
self-destruction, hut was deterred y
the apparition of a youiij: woman of
wondrous beauty, whoso rcproache
turned him from his purpose.
Napoleon once called attention to
1 hriKlit star he believed tie saw shin.
uiK lu his room, and said: "It has
never deserted me. I w e It on every
rreat occurrence urtrlnj 1110 onward.
It Is tny unfailltitf omen of success."
Nleolal was alarmed by tho appear
luro of a dead body, which vanished
tnd came again at intervals. This
was followed by human faces, which
:amo tuto the room, and, after gazing
upon hiru 'or a while, departed.
UniKios "Hello, Mulligan, haven't
teen yc for a mouth I hoard yo had
fono'ti work." Mulligan (Irnli
tianily) "Work? Naw. I've been
5 eanliig the streets for Toai Urcn
vin." Life.
Visitoh Your rlvor ts rraiiy vory
bid. Loyal Chlcagoan Hut Just
think how bad It would bo If it wer
aorse. Chicago llecord.
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