FALL OF OLD POHPEIL f ax bbv.dk. talmao oivcs a Ortpblo Dsiorlplioa of thsAnolsntClty'i BQC' AJtVvvn v jniifirani rum. t.tt i " Thon hat mii or a (tcfnt -I . tl-K A ' i flssh on the night sky greeted n . left the mil train lit Naples, Italy. What u ItnitniMPi Illumination? It wh that wrath of msuy centuries Vesuvius. Giant ton of in earthquake. Intoxicated mountain of inly. Fmnnr of many consternations. A ,.,1,-iino. burning so Ion, and vet to kwn nn bnrnlng until, perhaps, it may be the very torch thnt will kindle the Inst conflagration und set nil the world on fire. It ecllpsea in rinlenee of behavior Cotonaxl and -:m n,l siromholl and Kmkntoa. Awful mystery. Funerni pjnr vi .! niHn tvcriastlng paroxysm ot mountain, it seems like a fblmiK'yof hell. It roars with fiery rmln tocenee of what it has done and with threat of worse thlnes thnt It mar yet do. I would not live in one of the villages at It base for a pru'tit of all Italy. On a day In December, lft.11. It threw tip ifki thnt floated awny hundred nnd hun .Ireds of mil and dropped In Constantino. rie. end In the Adriatic sea. and on the Apennines, as well as trampling out nt It own foot the liven of 1M.000 people. Oe. oiri-t) have tried to fathom He mysteries, hut th heat consumed the Iron Instruments ami drove ln"k the scorched and blistered er. plor-ra from the clndcry and crumbling Muk. It seems like the asylum of tnunluo elements. St one ti ne fur back lis top had been a tenr'-". where rtnastncus fouirht and w surrounded and would have been destroyed had It not been for the irratievlnes which r.thisl the mountainside from top to liase. an i inying r.om 01 mom ne cIIiiiIkM hand under band to safety in the valley, lint foe ri-nturlisj it linn kept lie furnnist' burning oa we saw it thnt night on our arrival in Novern- tT r iw. Of course the next dny we started to see onic of tho work wrought hy thst frenrled mountain. "All nut for l'omncll '" was the rry of the conductor. Ami now we stand l.y thf corpse of that dead city. Ah we entered th" gate and pawed between thownll I took off my hnt. as one nnttiriilly doe In the pres. en f some imposing obsequies. Thnt city hn,l been nt one time a capital of beauty nnd ivinip. The home of grand architecture, ev- pii.me painting, enchanting sculpture, unre strained cnrotisul ninl rapt ae)mllair'. A hiifli wall twenty feet thick, threu-fimrihn of it vlslhlc, encircled tho city. Of thom Tt.nlK nt a dl-tnu.v of only loo yard from n'h other, towers rose for urnied men who wnti'hcd tho city. The strccie rnu lit riifht jik'lca nnd from wall to wall, only one street tx""pted. In the dn-- of the city's, nrosnerltv II tnwert ulittercd in tho sun; elirht stronif pi'. ior inirreM nnl rgrt'M ; Unte of the SH'.lmrc. tlete of ller"ilnneum. (iato of Wviviiis bciiitr pt rhnps the niont important. Yonder etood the Temple of Jupiter, lioNted stun ImpqMitiir elevation, nnd with Its six corinttiinii columns of immense Klrth, whli-h tt'H I like carved icclerH shimmering; in the Hk'lit. There stnnds the Tcmnle of th Twelve iidH. Yonder see the Temple of Il -r ules nnd the Tempi" of Mercury, with hilars of ninrlile nml has-rclicf. wonderful Miouirh to nstouml nil succeeding niresofiirt. nii'l the Temple of .risculiipius, tTilllant with ulpture nnd gorgeous with paintiiiK. Yonder lire the theatres, partly cut Into surrounding hills, uud glorified' with pic. tured walls, and entered under nrehc of im- msiiic masonry, nnd with rooms, for capti vated and appluudutorv audiences scuted or MNnding. In vnst semi-circle. Y'omler nro the octly nnd immense puHio hnths of the eltv. with more t linn the modern Ingenuities of rlHliud. Notice the warmth of those nn-fii-iit tcpidariums, with hoveriuir rkdinnce of roof, aud the vapor ofthosj caldarlumx. with decorated alcovce, and the cold dash of their frlgldarlums, with lloors of niosnlc ami J celllnxs of nil skilfully Intermingled hues, mil walls upholstered with all the colon of tne setting sun, and sofas on which to recline lor slumber after the plunge. Yonder are the barracks of the celebrated Sladintors. Yonder Is the summer home of Killust. tho ltoman historian and Senator. the nrchitecturo as elaborate ns iiis charac-t'-r was corrupt. There is the residence of tnc poet l'ansa, with a compressed Louvre Mid Luxembourg within his walls. There is the luKueot Lucretius, with vnsi-snnd untiipil-ti'- enough to turu the head of a virtuoso. 1 under see the rorum, at the highest place In the city. It I entered by two triumphal tiMics. It Is bounded on thrco sides by dorle columns. Yonder. In the suburbs of tho eltv. is the heme of Arrius Dlomed, the mavorof the suburbs, terraced residence of Idlllonain--'Iimii, gardens, fountainod. statued. colon- iih led, the cellar of that villa tilled with bot tles of rarest wine, a lew drnnsof which were found 1H00 years afterward. Along the ! streets of the city are men of might nnd Women of beauty formed Into bronze that i niiuil' eentnrit. Iifiil n.i ti l..,ilit. I. ... tie scenes on walls in colors which all time I cannot efface, t .reat city of l'ompell ! So rViieen and Tacitus and i'icero pronounced It. Stand with tne on its wulls this evening of August a:l, A. 1). 7!. See the throngs pass ing up and down in Tyrian purple and gir dim of arabesque, nnd necks euehulncd with precious atones, proud ofllciul In imposing toga meeting (he slave carrying trays a-clink Willi goblets and a-sinoko with delicacies from paddock nnd sen, and moralist musing over the degradation of the times posses the prollignte doing hU beet to make them worse. Hark to the clatter and rataplan of the hoofs ou the streets paved with blocks of basalt. See the vent u rod and flowered grounds slop ing into the most beautiful bay of all 1 lie earth the hay of Naples. Listen to the rumbling chariots, carrying convivial occupants to halls of mirth nnd nmsiueradn nnd carousal. Hear the lou t lush of fountains amid the sculptured wutrr nymphs. Notice the weird, solemn farrea 'h Ing hum and din and roar of a city nt the closo of a summer day. Let Tomped sleep well to-night, for It Is the hist night of peace ful slumber before she fulls iuto the deep lumlier of muny long centuries. The morn ing of the 2-lth, of August, A. 1). TU. has ar rived, and the days roll on, and it is 1 o'clock in tho afternoon. ''Look!" I say to you, fclandiug ou this wull, us the sister of l'liny suid to him, tho ltoman essayist nnd naval eotnmander, on the day of which I speak, ns Klic pointed hi in iu the direction iu which I oint you. There Is a pecultnr cloud on tho skvtn spotted cloud, now white, now black. It is V-suvlu in awful and uupnruilclcd eruption. Now the smoke and lire ami steam of that Mack monster throat rise aud spread, as, by my gesture, I now describe it. It rises, a great column of llery, darkness, higher aud higher, and then spreads out like the branches of a tree, with midnights enter wrapped in its foliage, wider mi I wider. Now the suu got'S" out, nnd showers of pumiae stone and water Irom furnaces more Hum seven time heutod, and ashes iu aval anche after avalaunhe, blinding and scalding nnd suffocating, descend north, south, oust und west, burying deeper aud deeper Iu mammoth sepuluher, such ns never before or since was opened, Htabiie, Herculaneum nnd l'ompell. Ashes ankle deep, K'rJla deep, chili deep, ashes overhead. Out of tha houses aud temples and thea tres and into tha streets and down to the beach fled many of tha frantic, but others. If not suffocated of the ashes, wars sculdod to death by the heated deluge. And then onine heavier dostruotloa In rocks after rocks, crushing In homos and temples aud theatres. No wonder the sea receded from the bench as though in terror, uutll much of the shipping was wrecked, aud no wonder that when they lifted l'liny the elder from tha sailcloth. on wuloh ha was rotting, under the agitations of What ha had seen, ha suddenly expired. For three days tha entombment proceeded. Then the clouds lifted, and the cursing of that Anollyoa ot mountains subsided, for . .A ... soma of the sir. 1 . m hru hou,? .ot.,, raaS- temple and amphitheatre. ' ""' From the moment the guide met us at the . nd " presentable nd natural after 1700 years of burial That Ihen"?hZ nZn foramen? tnr Arlv V lorm "" ""t fire began, and The "n" r-'.'nr1 to them, four E,imV! T1:" barracks are sixty ?L ,,r,v" tnen- "ho faithfully of M,lfU,,r."t,h,,rI0, h," h tempest stlU ZZ I"?' F1" 1700 weTe still found standing guard. There Is the hemh.r,rnt e w"n""'!' ImpriaM upon m?.e,?!J., .dwp.rm? ,n ,h" Initio pave. n J Vt T.a V'T hy lhe whw,, the eharl ots of the first century. There, over the rTrW,,J",1'1 1" th! P""'-"". r work, of art Immortalizing the debauchery of a eitv which notwithstanding all Its splendors, wis a vestibule of perdition. ' Those gutters ra Wth ,lm ,,, , of fm gladiators who were prlw.tight.,rs of those ancient times, and It wns sword parrying sword, until, with one skilful ',! plunge of the sharp edge, the mauled ami gashed combatant reeled over dead, to be carried out amid the htuvjis of enraptured spectators. We staid among those suggestive seen after tho hour that visitors are usually allowed there and staid uutll there was not a footfall to lw heard within all that cltyex -ept our own. t p this silent str.st an I down that silent street we wandered. Into that win dowless and roofless home we went nnd came out again onto the pavements that, now for saken, were once thronged with life. And can it be that nil up and down these solemn solitudes, henns more than lmn years ago ached and rioced. and fee shuf fled wi'h the gnlt of old nife or danced wllh chll.llsh glee, and overtasked Workmen car ri"d tln'lr blirdena. nml lmnkr.r.i..i. ... i ) on thnt mosaic floor did glowing youth clap I iiiarr.aue vw, nri'i cross that threshold did pnlloearers .-arry th.. Isdove.l dead, nnd gay groiitisouce mount those now skeletons i,f stnin-ases? While I walked ami eolifemidate I hn ,.v scemd suddenly to be timing,. with alt the population that had ever Inhabited It, and I heard Its laughter and gro.m and unclean iicms ami Infernal hou-d as It was on the !i:i,l of August, 7'J. And Vesuvius. fr on the rul lit light with which It II udied the siv that sum mer evening ns I stoo 1 in dlsento'mbeii Tom pell, seemed suddenly again to heave and flame and roek With the lava and darkness and desolation mid woe w-.th which more than eighteen centuries ago it submerged l'ompell, as with the liturgy of fire and storm the mountain pme aimed nt the burial, "Ahes to nsln-s, dust to dust." My friends, .nwwt tell whit practical suggestion comes to your mind from this walk through uncovered I'ompeil, but the first thought that absor'is mo Is that, while art mid culture arc Important, thev cannot save the morals or the lite of a great town. Much of the pninliu and s culpture of l'om pell W.IS so exquisite that. While some is kept on the walls where it was llrst penciled, to be ndmircd by those who go there, whole wig on lo is aud whole rooms full of it have been transferred to th Museo liorbouieo at Na ples, to be admired by the centuries. Those l'ompciiuu artists mixed such dura bility of colors that, though their painting were buried in nshis and seorfin for l"iNl years, and since they were uncovered many of thern have rc!nnliied there exposed to the rains an 1 win Is nn I winters nu t summers DO years, the color Is us Irosh and vivid and true iistliou.'h yesterday it had passed from the easel. Which of our modern paintings could stand nil that? And yet many of the specimens of 1'ompellau art show that the city was sunk to such a depth of abomination that there wns nothing deeper. Sculptured and petrified ami embalmed abomination. There was a Male of public morals worse thiiu belongs to any city now standing under the sun. Y'et how many think that nil that is in-is-snry Is to cultivate the mind and advance the knowledge ami Improve the arts. Have you the impression that eloquence will do the elevating work? Why. I'o'npeii ha I Cicero half of every year for its citizen. Have you the Idea th it literature is all that is n - s iry lo keep a city right .- Why. S illust. with n pen that was the bo i-t of llomau litera ture, had a mum-ion Iu th it doomed city. jo you think that sculpture and art tire quite nlUclent forth'1 production of good morals' Then correct your delusion by examining the statues in the Temple of Mercury at Pom peii, or the winged llgiircs of Its Parthenon, mid the colonnades an I arches of this house of I Homed. l'.y nil means have s dioois and Iuivteldnrf and Iioro exhibitions and galleries where the genius of all the centuries can bunk It self up iu snowy sculpture, and all bric-a-brac, and all pure art, but nothing sac the religion of Jesus i'liri-t can make a city moral. In proportion us chur -hes and Hi hies mid Christian printing presses and re vivals of religion abound is a city pure and clean. What has llu Idhisni or Confucianism or Mohammedanism done in all the hun dreds of years of their progress for the ele vation of society Absolutely llotlllllW. Peking and Malrns and Cairo are just what they were ages ago, e -opt as Christi anity has modified their condition. hat is the difference bitweeii our llrooklyn ami their Pompeii' No difference, except that which Christianity has wrought. 1'uvor all good art, but tuke best care of your churches, and your Sabbath schools, and your Willi, and your family altars. Yea, see in our walk through uncovered Pompeii what sin will do for a city. We ought to be slow to assign the judgment of (iod. Cities are sometimes afflicted just a gold people are nfllictcd.iuid th irthquiike, nnd the cyclone, ami the epidemic are no sign iu many ease that tiod Is angry with a city, but the'distress i sent for some good anil I'.iu l purpose, whether we understand it or not. The law that applies to Individ uals mav apply to Christian cities a well, All things work together for good to those that love (iod." Hut the greuti-st calamity of history enmn upon l'ompell not to Improve Its future con dition, for it was completely obliterated and will uever be rebuilt. It w.is so bad thnt it needodto be buried 1700 years before even its ruins were lit to be uncovered. S" Sodom and tlomorrah were lllled with such turpi tude that thev were not only turned under, lint have for "ihousiuds of years been kept under. The two great est cemeteries lire the cemetery iu which the sunken ships lire bur ied all the wav between l ire Island and P.istnet Lighthouse, and tin; oilier cemetery i the netery of dead cities, I ....i .low n on inv knei-s and read the epitapheology of n long hue of them. Here llisj llabylou, once called the hammer of the whole earth." I 'end an I burled uudur piles of bltumu and broken pottery and vitrelled brick. And 1 hear u wolf howl and a reptile his a I am reading this epitaph (Isaiah xlli, 'Jl . "The wild l'-'t of tne desert shall le there, and their hous i shall bo full ot doleful creatures." The uext tomb I kneel before In this cem etery of cities is Nineveh. H"r winged lion are down, and the slal of ulnlswter have crumbled, aud the sculpture that represented her battles .s as completely scattered as the dust of the heroes who fought them. I'er hups I put my knee into the dust of her Har- dauapalus 1 ""' , Til U eP',S!'b (Zeptanlah II., 14.) "Now to Nineveh desola tion aud dry like a wilderness and Hooks lie down iu the midst of her i all the beasts ot the Nations, both the c..rmoraut and he bit tern, lodge In the upper Uutels of It. ' And while I read It 1 h-nr an owl boot and bThS next entombed city I pass has monu meut ol tlfty prostrato columns ot gray and rd irranlt, and It it Tjrra. Th neit palnner ot (Treat capital to covered with ' scatter columns and defaeerl sphinx) ana the sands ot the desert, aad It to Thebes. As I pass on I find the reetlna; plane Ot Myeensi, city of which Homer sang, and Corinth, whloh rejected Fsa! and depended upon her fcrtrea, Aeroeorin'.hus, which tow lies rtuv mantled on the hill, and I move on In this cemetery ot cities, and I find the tombs ot Hsrdis and Rmvrna and Pereepolla and Memphis and ltaalhek and Carthage, and here are the cities of the plain and Herou laneum and Htabla and Tom pell. Borne ot them have mighty sarcophagus and hlero glyphlo entablature, but they are dead and burled never to rise. Hut the cemetery of devl clt lee Is ft ot yet filled, and if the pruwnt cities of the world forget Ood and with their Indeeenclea shock the heavens let them know that the Ood who on the 34th of August. 79, dmppod on a city of Italy a aperincumiranee that staid there, seventeen centuries is still alive and hates sin now as much as He did then and has at Ills command all the armament of destruc tion with which He whelmed their lniqoltou predecessors. It was only a few summers ago thnt Brook lyn and New York felt an earthquake throb that sent the people affrighted Into the streets and that suggwtcdthnt there are forces of nature now suppressed or held In check, which easier than a child in A nursery knocks down a row of block houses could prostrate a city or engulf a continent deeper than Pompeii was engulfed. Our hope is In the mercy of the Lord continued to our American cities. It amsr.es me that this city, which has the quietest Sabbsths on the continent and the heat order and the highest tone ot morale of any city that I know of, I now having brought Into a near neighlsirhood a Coney Tslard carnival of puirlllsm a debasing as any nt the gladiatorial Interest o( l'ompell. What a precious crew that Coney Island Ath letic Club Is, under whose auspice these orgle are enacted I What a degradation to the adjective "athletic," which ordinarily suggistts bealtt and muscle developed for uselul purpose? Instead of calling It an a thletln club they might Iwttcr style It "The Kufllnn Club For Smashing tho Hunan Visage." Vile men are turning that Coney Island, which I one of the linnet watering plice on nil the Atlantic coct. Into a place for tho otTscourlng of the earth to coniTegnte, the low horse jockey nnd gamblers, and the pugilists and the' pickpockets, and the bloats regurgitated from the depths of the worst wards of these cities. They Invite delegates from universal loafer ben to come to their carnival of kuuekh-. Hut I do not lielleve that the pugilism contracted for and adver tised for next liceemts-r will take place In our neighborhood. Kvll sometimes defeats Itself by going one step too far. You may drive the hoop ot a barrel down so hnrd that It breaks. I will not lielleve that the International prlr.e fight will take phi' n Long Island or In the State of New Y'ork until I see the rowdy rabble rolling drunk off the cars nt Fist bush avenue nnd with facisi hanged and cut and bleeding from the Imbrutiug scene. Against this In fraction of Ihe laws of the State of New Y'ork I lift solemn protest. The curse of Almighty tiod will rest upon nny community thnt con sents to such nu outrage. Hoes nny one tiiit k It cannot be stopped, and that the con stabulary would be overborne' Then let Uovernor I'lower send down there a regiment of State militia, and they will clenu out tho nuisance In one hour. Warned by the doom of other cities that have perished for their rufllnulsm, or their cruelty, or their Idolatry, or their dissolute ness, let nil our American cities lead the right way. Our only dependence Is on Ood ami Christrinn Influences. Polities will do noth ing but make things worse. Send polities t moralize and sue a city, aud you send smallpox to heal leprosy or a carcass to re lieve the air of main lor. For what polities will do I refer you to the eight weeks of stultification enacted nt Washington by our American sennte. American politics will become a reforma tory power ou the sainu day that pandemoni um leotni a church. Hut there am, I am glad to say, benign and salutary and gra cious Influence organised la all our cities which will yet take them for Ood and right eousness. Let us ply the gospel machinery to its utmost speed ami power. City evan gelisation I tfin thought. Accustomed a are religious pessimists to dwell upon statis tics of evil and dolorous facts, we want some one with nnf tiled heart and good digestion to put in long line the statistics of natures transformed, and prolllgiuile balked, and souls ransomed, and cities redeemed. (ilve us pictures of churches, of schools, of reformatory associations, of asylums of mercy, lireak iu upon the "Misereres" of complaint and despondency with "To Dcum" and "Jubilates ot moral nnd re ligious victory." Show that the day Is com ing when a great tidal wave of salvation will roll over nil our cities. Show how l'ompell buried will Iss-onie Pompeii resurrected. 1 lemon-irate the fact that there are millions of good men nnd women who will give themselves no rest day nor night until citle that are now of the type of the buried cities of Italy shall take type from the New Jerusalem coming down from Ood out of heaven, thai the ndvain Inginoru. I make the same proclamation ti-ilny that (iideon made to the shivering cowards of his army. "Whosoever Is fearful mid afraid, let him return and depart early from Mount Oilead." Close up the ranks. Lift the go, pel standard. Forward Into this Armaged don thm s now opening and let the word run all along '.ie Hue: llrooklyn for Ood 1 All our eitbst for Ood! America for Ood ! The world for Ood! Tho most ot is. here gathered, though born in I Im country, will die Iu town. Shall our Inst walk be through street where sobriety uud good order dominate, or grogshops stench the air Shall our last look bo upon city halls where justice reigns, or ilemiiifogiies plot for the Mulling of ballot boxes Shall we sit for the last time In some church where Ood Is worshiped with tho contrite heart, or where cold formalism goes through unmeaning genullexloiis Ood save the cities ! lligliteousiiess is life ; Iniquity Is death. llemember picturesque, terraced, templed, sculptured, boastful, Ood Uefylug and entombed l'ompell ! Heating by Electricity. In nomo of tbo hotel in tho West n system of hunt ri'K"ltiou which is cer tainly lujvtl in curried out. For in htancc, a Sliest occtijiyiujr Room 15(! ask for Ju-nt. Tho onlcr ih triiunniit tml to a peculiar iiorHou, thu typewriter of tho Lotid generally. Kho goes to n Hwitehliouril nml connection is jjiveu electrically with that room, allowing heat to piisM into it. The occupnut of the room in, perhupn, particular. A hot-hlootluil person wirthcH merely to keep from freezing ; another wuu't a high temperature. Eucu can huvo his wihIj, for a thermoHttit with u pointer is ou the wall, ami tho room will keep ilself automatically na desired. The regulation in aeveuty degrees, lint it can ho departed from as stated. Hard ware. 11 In Dug hto)wd the Leak. One of tho few dog worth having i owned by Hilaa Holbrook, of East Ilarpawell. Starting out from tho wharf in a bout with his master tie. other day the dog noticed thut tho plug waa out of the bottom of the boat aud tho water wan coming in. After calling attention to the trouble he placed his paw over the hole and kept the water out until hia master . found the plug and replaced it. Lowiatou (Me.) Journal. TEMPERANCE ' . ot! s . ,mJ .f0,tin RW'ns and roftlnff frutlt Alcohol has birth. No wonder If his work alwsy show the trace of his origin. Hot of barley, rot of corn. That's where Alcohol I Lora. To his rotten nature true To rot In nil that he can do. Rotten men nnd rotting lovif Jlotten hope and rotten Joya' Hotten fame nnd reputation i Hotten politics in the Nation Hotten ballots, rotten laws Vnrtles with a ro'.ten cause) Nursed nn Nature rotting juices, Hot is nil thut he produce f Tho Volco. It.sTtso Pnrstt. The rxperienco of a skilful profession man wns lately given me, by a friend It about the following wordsa 'Mv earlv prne. tlec. said the doctor, "was Miceessrtil, ,) I soon attained nn enviable position I mnr rlod a lovely girl i two children were horn tc U. nnd my domestic happiness was com plete. I'.ut I wns invited often lo social par Ilea where wine was freely circulated, and I soon became a slave to its power, llefore I was aware of It I was a drunkard. My noblr wife never forsook mc. never tnuntcd me with a bitter word, never ceased to pray for my reformation. Through my criminal In dulgence and neglect we became wretehedlv poor, so that my family were pinched lot dally bread. "One beautiful Sabbath my w.fc went to church nn I left me lying on a lounge, sleep. IngoT my previous iilifi, t's debauch. I was nroused by hearing something fall heavily on the floor. 1 opened mv eves, mid saw' mv llltlo buy of six years old tumbling upon thi carpet. Ills older brother s.ild to him. 'Now get up nnd fall again. 'I hut's the wa'v papii does , let s play we are drunk !' I w'iehe, the child ns he personated mv beastly move, ments In n way- that wo il I have done credit loan netor! I arose ,,.) ,.ft the house, groaning In agony mi l remorse. I walked off mile Into the (-ouutrv, thinking over my abominable sin nnd the examj de w.is Bitting before niv children. soleinnlv re solved that, with (lot's help. I woilld'ouit tny cutis, nnd I did. No lecture ,.v,.r ,ar, from Mr. dough moved my , nkl, (tll, spectacle of my own sweet bovs -pLiviug drunk as papa does." never pass a ! without thanking ,,1V On I br giuig ma a praying wife, and besiowiiig grace siinielent ?(l compter my detestable Hill of theli.ttl... Madam ' If you have a son. keep him, if yoii cnn. from ever touching a glass of wine."" The narrator of this touching story mav never see It in these columns k , h will pardon Its public iii,, i, . ( iav be timely warning to more than father, who Is by no means a toper, and vet is putting a wine-glass right before bis own children. It Is the ready excuse of many a vming lad for taking a glass of champagne "v,. always have it at home." The decani. -r nt lion,,. killdlrs the llppetite, v.'hicli soon seeks the drinking saloon. The thoughtless or re Ui-ss parent gives the fatal push which s-n is the boy to destruction. Long lulsir In the temperance reform has convinced me that the most efle.u il way lo promote It Is nt home. There Is the ii,i where the mischief Is to i often done. There Is the spot to enact n "prohibitory law." Let It be written upon the walls of every house Where there is a boy there should never be u bottle F. vail gellst. what Tin: irimn sun. Judge Iluobar I, of Nebraska, In passing sentence upon some convicted rumseliers re. ceiitly, characterized iu vigorous terms their evil business (e said "There Is (omething hi the taking of human life InMantuliconsly that shocks and tern lies the mind of nil : and yet we look upon that man who lakes life quite as surely but by a slow, lingering pro -ess, if not with Olt eondouin.it ion, t least, without horror. Vou who stand Isifc.e the court for sentence are Iu every nigral sTfiso iniinlerfw. mh J'OH are In tha spirit if not Iu the letter guilty of manslaughter , so the law snys whoever tic celerntes the death of a human being unlaw fully Is guilty of the crime. Vour bloated victims upon the witucss-staud. ami who un doubtedly committed perjury lo screen you from the law, n.it only tcsti'fy that you nro accelerating death, but tli.il you are inducing men to commit still greater crimes than jour own. "Vou still maintain the appearance of re spectability, but bow morally leprous and ncromlous )ou are Inwar Hy. The ruin, pov erty nnd Idleness which you are mulcting upon this community declare, as if Irotu the housetops, that yo i are Imng In Idleness and eating the bread of orphans watered with the widow's tears. Vou are stealthily killing your victims -m l mur b-riugthe peace of the community, mi l thereby converting ""I'l'.v. Industrious homes Into 'misery, pov crty nuil rags. Anxious mothers wei 'h nit I pray In tears nightly with desolat" hearts, lor the coming home of y on- victims whom you are luring with the wiles an I smiles ot the devil into mlduight debauchery." I'tlOJIOTIN.I TI'Vl'l r.Wi T. IV -.t'ss(. In llussia the Ooverumeiit in w promotes, instead of opposing temper. nice work. Members ol the temper. nice so ii tie-, amongst IhnMoujlks undetiake to ai stain irom v i lka for a twelvemonth. The Hist time one of them breaks his promise he is lined three roubles, und recedes nineteen strokes with the rod. Thu sccou I time the puui.shuiciit is loublod. Tr.Mrrtusrrr. vrws vn Norr. Tho Ham's Horn says : "A thirut has often beeu started with a tea iouful that barrels Could not quench." lly special request of lllshop Watersou no Wines or liquors were served at his jubilee banquet ;u Columbus. President I'.lliott, of Harvard, expres.s Ihe opinion that there Is- a great dimniutiou iu drinking iu the colleges. Dr. N. H. Ihivis, of Chicago, declares that "beer, wine, and other femicide I drinks are, puro bacteriological cultures." ' Tho workman with a wife and family, and nn unquenchable thirst for beer, is too heavily handicapped by tho latter quality ever to make a success. The Catholic Total Abstinence Ar.-hdio-eosHu Union of Philadelphia adopted a r,.so. luiion by a vote of Hi to 17 asking Catholic papers to exclude liquor advertisements. A gentleman, says the War Cry, affirms that lu watching one public-hoiisc in Loudon during one day. he observed some 4010 men, 12500 women, 1 urn children, and litiu babies . u ter. Alcohol Is not foo k: It Is n poison. L'vcry writer ou toxicology so regards It; nnd as such, a place is given to it in thcol.is of n ir cotloorof unreotie-neld poisons. Ur Johu Hull. Itooently the llev. Thus. Pugh, Im-umbeii Of (iwylne, Lhiugcdock, Wales, w.is deprive I by the bishop of nil cci-.i;isii, al rights in thu diocese lor bein ilruuk while administer ing the sacrament. The lioo 1 Templars of Kosedale, Califor nia, huvu suei'oode I In closing two stloous opened n thut place in dellnuce of prohibi tion title-deeds, and the owner have also forfuited their laud. In one pluce iu Africa one missionary and fifty thousand barrels ol whisky wore Ian led at the same lima. From July 1, tsiw, to July 1, 18J1, there wnr 1,01,. Wi gallons of rutn shipped from llostou to Africa, lu H l the trade was almost doubled. The American Medical Tempuranco As sociation baa now a membership of one h nu ll red physlclnus. At It annual moellug held reoeutly iu Milwaukee, Dr. N. H. Davis, l'resl dent, staled that he had for t he last forty year totally dlscarJud the use of aloobol a a IMiuudy. RELIGION READING. woat.o. BB Brrr rosrosttro TO TUB be. There Is great danger that you IV. . There cling to our natures, clement ot- Iiravlty, even nfier our Introdiietloa rit the Ingdom of Christ, by which tiii world may draw us Into nllluitr with Itself too close for eminent spirituality. Ho peculiar and Inti mate are our relation to the world, fiat a toocomplai-cnt dlss.sitlon. a desire of pleats, lug, a tear of ofTi inllng, a dread of ridicule, a shrinking from singularity, may Influence u to a hurtful aflllliulon with Its' spirit nud manners. When I hotliss thnt a pmfesaist follower nt Jesus Christ manifest a more absorbing de sire for torn oni I than for spiritual prosperi ty, for tne accumulation of wealth than for promoting the glory of UnI i Is more earnest to procure f,,r Lis children a coffer of gold than a crown of life, I want to say affection ately to him be not conformed t'ithis world. When I hear n professor of religion convers ing with nnimiition and Interest about crops, markets, polities, news nnd fashions, nnj then notice that be Is sib nt anil Indifferent when religions subjects are theme of conver sation, I want to remind him of the exhorta tion ol l'n u I I s- not conformed to this world. When 1 observe n profe-sorof religion seeking mill enjoying the society of ungodly men, mots' than Unit of the 'saints, more puin-tuul mid cheerful his attendance at n social or convivial party than at the prayer meeting and the siiiict'nnry, 1 should like kindly to w hlsper in his ear -be not conform ed to this world. When I Isdmld a professor of religion f niilliig nml grusplng after the plaudits mid hoiii.rsof earth, eiiirer to bind alsmt hi tc'nplcs it fading wreath, climbing until ill -sorls-d In his HtriiggliiiKs upon a crumbling pedestal of enrlbly fame, 1 wunt to direct bis eve to the exhortation Is-not conformed to this world. When see a Christian female decorated with tin' gaudy trappings of lashlon, eager t itch lb" ga.c nml inlmirnlloii of the nm and thoughtless. Imitating the glitter of tho dissolute, nud ex-'lting Ihe envy of the poor, I want to thunder In hcrenr, so boidlv a-t" stan e and uwakeii her conscience c not conformed lo this worl '. When I observe a ChrMInn mother sending her children to the l-ull-room nnd the theatre, the fu-bb -liable lis-einlilv and the festive pally, among the prolligate mid licentious, to s-rfect their ilucatioii, and polish I b.-ir -i nn. nets, wlnl-t t wis-p fur her children. I want to rep. m i i th, misguided parent the charge of I'mil I..- not formed to this vvorlo. - ll'rotn th- W.itchmiiu and liellector. Mtii l riinisr. Suppose wi were standing i n 'he l-i ink of i deep, wide river, which, in or.l. r to na -h Ihe very beautiful Innis.. which stands ,-n tbc titer side, nml which we are to have for our wii.we must cross. i-t it is sow i.c.ainl,lts wa- .crs so boisterous, that no ot mi swim n -ross; mid while we are wondering how we are In p ii--h tl ppo-lte shore, a friend comes mid tells us there Is a '; higher up, by w hich we may pa-s over w ithout any dan ger. We go. but we Mud II i- n chain bridge-, lllld because we eallllot see. w hero and how the suspending chains nro fastened, we will imt tru-t ourselves upon il. aitl u-h our fileinl asnres us ov.-r and over ngain Ihnt It is quite -lib-, und that thousands go acmss upon il dally. We go back again, nnd at tempt to swim aero , mid lire lost ! Whv should wo be lost. v,,,t because tl hill 11 bridge was not strong enough and safe enough to hear S sate over, but because wo had not faith in il. W mid not In I, wluit we did Hot ... .. l int li . the saNlug tfriiee. timi: to u, i:, "II i high time to llWllke out of sleep," I'.om. vlii. 1 1. The very lii' t thnt Chrl-tiatis are n-bs p n reason why tln-v should at on- e nwnke. Should Soldiers sleep 1. 1 the Held of battle.' Should sentinels sleep nt thelt.i sts,' Should wutch n sliimls-r w In n iJangers jjre. Ibb-k on every side' Shuiild Christians -iis ji , when .every event cf evil Is at work ,' Sleep ! when thA powers of earth and hell urt rum. billing f. r one ilcadly as-ault upon tin-, hiin-h - when the JHIP-ha-e of the Savior's blood Is yet unreclaimed, nud wh n the world Is -inking to perdition- shall they sleep f,,r whom Chri-I dl'-d n winon the salvation of soul- depends, and fur whom crowns of glory are purchased .' Shall tln-y -.lei p heii the di-tant clangor of tiuiu p.'ts, and the sweet vol -es o( angelic s.,ig. I ters and the ris-ling earth, and the di-solving I. -mi tits are ad about to proclaim, "The I'.i i legrooin cone th : go ye out to inert him !" s!.-p! when the time , -o short, uud the end Is so near? Ah. n-i : it s n-ne t -awake - high time o llWllke out of sleep' V' -, II Is lime to uwilke, for e shollld Ili'Vi-r IlllVe so,t III all. We hnve slept too ,.lg. for Wes(. l,,l ll'-ver have gone to sleep. How -lOlill time Imve we lost in our -.lumbers' How much g I llve we filth l to do ' ow tliuchlelM- w failed to enjoy ! Ilnv sadly have our Ugh! ii en dimmed.' How tearfully have our h-'p.-s h -ni clouded ! It is high tllll'eto awake. The ebi!e of the I Inn -li demands It, and the ,-. n- - lit i- n und danger of the impenitent cull on ii to awake. s tlie Ibble tun- W.i all Is Ii.-m-It. Tin u the liiq enii.-nt are lost. ,,t that thev Will be lost, but th.-v an- ot ow. II - that Is-lleveth imt, 1- condi-min d ulrea-h al rcnly under -i-nb-i f death eternal!' Sus pended bv a brittle thread over tin- burring iake, ii single blast, and tin v I h 11 into . ti- ii! And vi t the Church Is 'n.sl.s-p' oh. it i. hi. h till " to aWllke! he souls of the .,.ri ,l. ing cry in even slumbering ear. A w n I,. ' awake! Shake oh" jour dr..siiies., and run t i the rescue ot the dllhg." It is High time to awake now; and iit.le,. W--do nwnke, the Savior in. iv l-v an-l bv ..n in hub r reproof, "Sleep on 'now, and take your r -I ; U-hold, ne is at hand that b-th betiay nn-!" Lord. I- il 1 Let that search ing Inquiry n a -h every le-urt : Lord, I- it 1 I It 1 Sleeper. It may be ymi ! I' Mill e..- t line to sleep, thou art the man ' I'r-sbv-loriiiu. TIII. IVI.Ill s!,, niirvt. I'.artlily friendships do iiiu- li lo brightci life. sas It.-v. T. .1. 1'clford, in "The Quiver." Ihal m.in Is po ir lint I w ho has n mgei,. nil si.irit with whom lo take fellowship. David found in Jonathan a friend stb-klng ch ser than a brother. I he prin c s timely Warilillg nalei! the life of the soil of Jesse ; Ills love gave the shepherd tldllstn-i courage to bear tin- bitter troubles of ban- i-h it iiinl persecution. Hut cum this friendship, t"iner and beautiful though it was, Inst much of its joy through separation, and it was soon broken lilt bv death, jiavid's lament shows w hat ufort iiad come into his Ule through the ib-inl prince's love. "I am distre.sed for thee, my brother Jonathan i very pleasant hunt tlnm l cn unto me : thy love to me was wonderful, passing the loveol w'n'iieii." It luid supplied sympathy in sor row, und strength iw face a rough road of ex ile -id wiindeiing. such friendships have ls-ci,inethechie joy of many another troubled life. Men have learned to pour out their I. curls to a loyal friend, and h ive felt thai the way Is came brighter and iisi-r to tread Is" "uiiso they were not b-ft lo bear tiieir loud iilolie. Vet, however much hiiiniiii friendship may blessour lives, the friendship of Christ brings a pence mid joy which no earthly love can ls.tow. To have the smile of Jeslls ill our hollies, thut is, ilubs-d. the "chief good." Our lives urn bleak and gray till (iod lifts upon us the light of Ills countenance. Then follow s a change like tin-dawn of day upon theiuoun tains. All nature Is hushed as we wa.t in breathless expectation for the Hist gleam of light. At lat-t it comes, bringing sunshine aud renewed energy to tho slumbering worbL The friend ship of Jesus thus transforms our lives. The world' best Joys grow brighter and Isittet w hen He stands at our side, llenrv Martyii once said thut simsa he knew lbs!, s' try, painting and music hud gained u charm Which they never oosBessod before. The home ut ltethuuy was transformed by the coming of Jonas,' aud like Joy is offered to ail who welcome Him. KEYSTONE STATE CDLI1KGS. MADE AN AWKUL AT0XEMEMT. A wsn-BBSB cAi-sM a tot.itsio aud f ntv BII.IS R IMSRI.P. Am bjitowh Dcromingrxcileil orer ths in of lisiiilllng two freight train prpOh. e crossing. Watchman Thorns orcra gr. -ron signal this mornlnB al User ,.y Hi. . ,fd (1 , nmum be. atssaqr... winch k , ween. Ul, ,,.. Icy. . ,glne,witb ( rsre Iron (ompsn y s shili. . ,(l Cf-W 21 oil and coal car. The lh umcd and ssvrd Ihrir lives. Jofcpu iiKinrer of the Crane freight, mas instantly killed, ami Herbert J amcs, engineer of the" Lehigh Valley train, was fatal. y Injured Watchman User, realizing his responsibil ity, wslked home, secured his revolver and shot liiruscirdrsd. TBB I t TIIRAS SVSOII ItSHrn. Itri.t iroxti-t Monday's session of Ihe F.vsnr,eiical l.ulliersti Synod a committee wns appointed t make atraiigenient and devise mean for the erection of a home lor aged and wornout ministers. The report of the statistics! secretary shows thst in Central IViiiisylyania Synod there are 4d minister, s7churches. with a valuation of 4l!),.T.i; The Ineinbcrship , K ;s, a nrl Kan. of: 1 1 Lost year ther were (I'm ac ces'lotis. There are 71 Lutheran and 'SI I'nion Sunday Schooli, with l.'Ji; . Ulcer snd ln.MTil scholar poring the year there were raised for pastoral supisirt nnd l.s-a epeiis.-s r.'.spi, ior benevolence, s,.t.i); by the S'liulay Schools T.'IUI. The Synod Ihen inlJonnied niter a in days' session tj meet at I.cwistown next Sepumbi-r. Pol ill i: ioiow NiNo, MoVimo ni i 1 1 trv- Hy the enpsixinf of s 9k i IT i;i tb .Miiiioiigalicla river at tin point, Seal Coy ami Louis Nirohr, gla-a worker were drowned. I n company with s ntiniher of young mm. some .f whora were under t lie infl netire of liquor, they were cro-s iig ' lie mer nud uiietnpted to cluing ats. thereby iietting the craft. Hoy leaves a wile ami two children. .lltl'oll .AY OilorKIl ill. II nn i -(-1: . - Superintendent of Public Instruction Si huefler tins issued a circular iinuini4 I ridjy, October 1'0, a autumnal Aibor day. Jivin Ti iim ii, a tramp. discovered a kettle lillid with gold pieces buried under a tree mi m Mile Hun. Heaver i- cmly lie took the money to I ndo-try. I here he b nieht a flat boat hiiiI when last seen w us drilling down llu! ruer Willi Ins treasure. W'tiiivM i i umins. of Westmoreland City, w lull' working in the In iocs an killed by n fall ofsiaie. About the same hour In on .lames fell f nun a tiee, and it is feared u. allied fatal injuries. Ill m;v I'ov i .-. of I'iitsburg, climbeil a cliistmit tree near New ('.cdfurd. He fell, ai l, his elo' li mg l ali h ing on a limh, held h'ln last, head ilowuward. He m us nearly th ml w hi n found Tiiom i-nnd .John Acklesoti undertook to drive arr ss the I'nnhaiidie road s trsck nc.ir I'-u gcr in advance ot a tram. Johu und both horses were killed. A niv. r of s M acres, near 'l'ranklin. lis be-ii s,.,,., -...! n- the -jie for the Slate Home lor IVelile -Minded Children. The ground Will Cost .'1,11 l. Tiik commissioners of Fayette county are bjeiYif"? I" "'e si "ie shvrilT's wash bids for me jaii iihom.w., llt vin is Triis. tlP murder of 9-rear old A -io s ( oo er Wright, was sentenced at llurri-litirg to tic lunged. I ni advance of the toll r.a'eonthe bridge st llc.iver 1' sills troin 1 to.' ii-nis hsi eicited uiui'ti opposition. Ill av I li county coal iqierat.ir have re tiii c t lu-ir millers' w ages .' cents per cur of ."I bushel. I'll I Slienallgo Villlev Steel mill nt New I as' ie si.irted up w il'i a lorcc of .ihi men. II i miv I-1 A..i was r.i'ally injure 1 by a 'all id slate at i ircen-burg. Two inches of snow tell in Wayne coun y, oil aiiirdv. GERMAN ANNALS. lciV. I't ti-siii ulini st itiinod ly the) li'-s of tlio butt!c of Jena unci Amir etuilt. I si iii. I)iso!utiiu of tlio(ertnnn F.m 1 i sui'i-oi-ili d l.y tlio Ciaifo-lcrution nf tho lihio-. In 1:1. iotma ntrain i--itpiril by Na pnlei'ii utnl tho I'f. iii-h, aid huUruutil tie- i.-inl of t ho w nr. 1I". Must f Nnrtli i;.e-t!:apy un le xoil t I'Vaiii'i' li Naixdi-au. 11-1. lloioral iiviifi a,'iiin.st the) l'roiK'li ufli-c tho disasters of thu Kus.sian cum paiirn. I-lo. 'i'lii- ( i ii.'iess df Vienna oa si'!iili!i'i! to ii' iiij i.t tl.c niii p i if Kuropo. 1I.V Tri-ati of 'i'-i.tia; tho Aus triiin l-'.mpiH' ti-stin-. il to ius formor iliun.-nsini.s. ll."i. Tlii ioriMsuiio l iiiifpilrrution fiiriiu'il, I'l'tiuiri-iiie; Austria, 1'ru.sbia, lluvaria, Suaiuiv. I l.umv t-r, Wuiu-tii-lioi'L'. I h niiiai ii. aini u.a:iy small Slatoa uml frt o i if b-s. llt. Tlio tirst Diet of tho 1,'cr iiiaiiii' C'oLfi-lo: atii)ii was held at K ruul fuft. 117. A Ministry of Kducatiim rs taliiish.'il in rrussiu: ocinMiil inU'iisat ill odlU'llI ii ill. 11'.. Tin' finiiiihitiori of tho Socloty fr I'riiin.itin tho KiiiiwIl'iIoo oi Aln'ii'lit ( .Vri::.i.i 1 1 i.-tory. I.' til. Ili-yn.u' inns in various SUitia of Ci-rfbatiy: ih-ht of tho Duko ol llraiiHWaU; alion atioii i'f tho Kin' of s-u xi my. l'l. tireat i'lsiu ri'i t ions u'.I uvcr l loriimny, Au-tria, atul lt:i'y: flight of t ho Kiuin-ror ffnm !ln in- iioonta ut Vlotina. 1 ;-voliiti(n in II un jary. lWr-ginning- of tho l!unoaria:i war of Imlo- il'Il'lolli'l'. l-l'l. A propiisal to ro-istab!i.sli thu otiipiri-; Kino of I'l us.sia ili i-ted and lll'I'lillCll. IM'.i. Total ib'fout of tlio Ihitiijariait ri'Vohitintiisf s by t!io itilioil KiiMiian und Austrian ai'ini.-s at 'I'cnu-sv -. Kscapo of Kis'.itli, Ai.ilrassy, und others into Tut Ley. 1 ".". Treaty of .!ioiieh lvtwstiu vurioiia tiefiii.iii Stares iroviileil for , rovislnti of the tiei'inuii t '.'lifi-ileraf ion. ls.il, iiioi-stabtisliiii.-tit of tho Diet of tho tiei'inaiiic Confederation ut Frankfort. IViJ. Trial by jury abolished throughout tho Austrian Kiuuiro. Tne Woria's l.arKest Wan, Tho vine at Hampton Courts la tx liove 1 to bo tba lai'Koet ia Kuropo, its) brauchett extoudlng over a suave, ot 2,3tH) foot, It was plauted from a slip la the year 17J and (fwnorally bear upward of 2,000 bunehea et trap ot tho blaolc llambro1 ailnd. " . t f I l a K II ' l--S-S.S-M 44 ' ' - .--" I .VP S.A
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