f )
TO A CAT.
ltfsf.rtf. klM.1l. lorlljr friend,
Coudfteenl
Here to Kit b? in anil tnro
Obs-lou i evaa that ami) and liirn,
(Million ryaa. Imn liatrloua uiaed.
On I lis ijul.lrii ! I r.l.
All yutr wondrous wealth of laslr.
I'aik anil fair
Hi I hot. )iK(y. no t snrt tarii-bt
A therliau til at d Imama if night,
Par hit revi rent baud's raueaa
liars It U lllmaHitr tllllkUMt,
Hog mar fnwn on nil an ! aotuo
A t hv cane ;
Ynn. aliifml of loftier mind,
Anaanr r t 1 alone in stud
luM yotir foot iiNitt mv hand
tot If I i J a it iiiiilotaiaud.
tk'orulnat in-itnl thl allout .wet
I o l"n aat
f-'heU II a utaaitli and ml lifting light.
1 li'lll I ha iir-d ml clouds wllla tnlt;bt,
I'linni; m-twt and orchaol heath,
l awn, and tr Iru there leueatla.
1 air ant dim thay gleamed below;
Now i h"y t:uw
fle' na ihi yitil aillllll lght eves,
! t I r a. evsu thn wnkmnu aklea.
Can I! lint (if ,'lin 11 le
r-iaar tlta. vol kih tlia"W to
Mny mil n i re, nice I.
t--init tliH mv
I'di.ii to la- ii i-ili-d. in I liid
raitti lA.-al the lit-'ivpu ll hid
All mi-lit. hitw It-mi aturs an I unaou,
Now i ti kuri -.at t all t:i I mi" '
What altluu vim sai with li y
VYb'TAii say
All ten II l ilti innv ti-:l
V i ii-n Ih wIhi Hkc ei Ii oi Ir-r niil,
vhl uiUM lnii ly Ii Kinulit,
Mid iaw rt-ai inn uia aright.
- Ai boiM-iitii.
KATIK'S 'loVKUS.
"In that vmir last word Kate'"
"My hist."
"Yuii haw tin Invo to uive inev"
"lluw many lime must u ask
nv'f
'i ut it seem thai I have looked
Into Mnir i'V's iitnl that they hate
irivi'ti me iulllTt'tiMit utiswor than youi
t ilium. I ii v it or not. Kate, voui
eyes ha ve looked into mlm anil loin
me that I had a small ila" in yout
heart. 1 have sceu It. say what .vnf
may, anil thorn;!! your voire was
silent, your eyes, tny Itonny Kate,
havi' wlitsp-.Ti'il soft promise that
caused my temples to throli ami tlir
Mnnil to rush to my head, until 1
seemed half mad with ,ny."
Mie. a stalwart Kniil aIi lass, hruwti
as a Ix-rry. as handso'iie an example
of a working woman as over lived,
laughed. It was a musical, bewitch
inii laugh, hut it sounded like a death
knell to the man who stood befnr
her, with farj allauir with passion.
He was a tall specimen of the Anglo
"Vrs. Vol' I.OVK THAI MlliWKUl . '
Saxon type of miner, with arms IiU
a hlaeUsiiiith and tlie li-c ami thichr
of an athlete. Kate was the dauti
ter of the rantaiu of the mine am!
oatne from the same part nf llnu'lanu
to Amenea when the mining imiusl r)
here was almo-it In its itifaney. I'm
Home, t me ieolTrv hid heeu ku 1 t oi
for her hand, ;'ini Kate had (ilaveii
fast and loose until at times the
demon or jealousy raijed so furiously
that he was almo-t beside himself.
An I now at twilight time the twi
stood ,ust witliout the door of het
father's cottane. The sun was u'oinu
down in a hae like that seen on tin
ii'eau. It was not a uolneu -mil
though so tr-ar Its resting plaee. !,ni
a sun of silver. Inii'li! and sIiiiiiiij
in harmnnv with the snow rnvereu
biiriaee of the earth and the cray ly.
Above the I. ills Hie -ha: t -houses were
hhai plv ileiiued a,' aiiist the sky, ami
in the distauee the .wests tliosf
noble Mieliiixau lorests seemeil liki
a dark fiimte ainini'l the ia!lld land
scape.
i 'an ini deny, hate, that ymit
eyes have told me you nnu'lit eat.- Im
llieV"
"I'shaw! A woai. iu's eyes, lieolTry
They may s.iy minv thinws they d
Kit mean "
'Von mean yon have been plaun
wiili me.J'
Mi, 1 do n it say so."
"Kale, take rare.''
"Of what?"
"Vmi are playing with fire. lass.
My love must have '14 wa yo i must
lie mine."
".Must"' Indeed: You have ii
pleasant manner (ifwtnninua woman.
Mirely I may loe whom 1 choose "
"os;amlyou love that Nonvo
Klau. At the dani'. 1 saw how yon
l'Miked at him - how um otii'oura.'ed
him. while 1 stood aside Willi tie:
rae in my le art, to kill you both.
Iteforc that scoundrel came between
us two "
Von ficvet yourself to defarne a
man behind his hark. It iscowardly
ir he were heio '
"Vnu defen I him. You love him?"
Hetlantly: "And if it were true?"
He urasped her arm with a cry.
"It cannot h , Kate. You must
hive no one but myself. You beloiin
to nie, lass and 1 "
"l et yo my arm."
"I will not "
"Coward! i Khali hate you."
"It Is as well since you iio not love
me. "
"At last 1 understand you. I do
nplse you now that 1 know you. Let
i;o of my arm. It in the part of a
wan to exert brute streiiKtrt over a
woman. I believe you are coward
enough to strU.e a woman.''
What "
lie released her arm and stood be
IwBi Le.
fore her, pnlft as death. On hand
bo paed ner.o 1 through hlsbuir,
whllo hii features worked convulsive
Ir. .-he, with figure erect and blaz.
ltn eyes, confronted him.
If that Is your last word, jrooil
by," he said. "Tell your Norweilao
to look nut or I will Kill him "
"l'erhaps he's a better man than
OU."
"Don't drive me too hard with
your tongue."
"Next time you think to win a
sweetheart, learn how to treat her."
"KatP. something oppresses me
SomothttiK Is go i tiK to happen on the
morrow. hould you care If 1 met
my death in the mine?"
Hi", laiiithed lightly.
"Not at all."
Without a word he turned and
walked hastily away. She watchei
h s figure vanishing in the light of
the sdver sun.
Tool:" she said. "Has ha not yet
learned that no man on earth may
drive mo?"
The following day CcotTry and the
Norwegian were working on the foot
wall on the third tier up from the
level mining out the fourth tier un
derhand. This portion of the mine
had caxe l in the year previous and
the mo i s were filled and the tots
more or le a crushed, so that great
care was necessary In taking out the
Pillars. They had worked out one
lot of sets on the oast side of the
pillar and were engaged on the one
next to It. In mining these i rmlnd
pillars, sets of smaller dimensions ate
used in order that very little ground
should be oiietied atone time without
timber. Here the ground was so suit
that laths were driven to supput the
back until the timber could l e put
in. This particular set was nearly
out and a prop and head board had
been erected to support the laths,
this prop resting on a plank laid
across the lagging of the set below.
(eolTry and the Norwegian were work
ing silent Iv, but now and then they
gaed furthely at each other. The
heart of the Knglishman was full of
insane jealousy and he was n it him
self that morning. After his talk
the evening before he had drank un
til daylight and now with the liqu ir
working In his brain, mad desires
chased one another through his mind
and he regarded the Norwegian with
the glance ol a wild beast a look
that impelled the latter to the great
est caution. Neer once did he turn
his back to the Englishman: never
once was his attention detracted from
his danger. Liko two dumb brutes
tilled will savage Impulse, the primal
wish of man to k .11, they worked side
by ide in the narrow place. The
Norwegian moved to the other end
where work was nccessurv, when
suddenly he slipped. With a
hoarse cry the Knglishman sprang
forward wita uplirted implement
t'j brain Hs (alien antagonist,
when suddefi,-. there was a crashing
tiehind the n-' ,l bi framework guve
way: re nifi ruclf
UVnCClldl tl Wll ll a ....... iiU ... .
avjla:.(be. Tho Knglishman stood
slock still, thinking tils last day had
come: in a moment ho was frozen
liKo a statue. When he recovered
his senses he heard the groan of the
Norwegian and saw that tie was
pinned to the earth by masses of me.
Hastening to him, as best he might,
he removed i he ore from the crushed
body, which he took in his arms and
bore to the oilier end of the chamber
in which they were literally on
totni ed. The .Norwegian was groan
iug in Hie greatest pain and (ieniTu
lilted bis head and pressed his Mask
to t he lips of the dying man, whose
.es never oven in us agon, left
! those of the other. While beloie
j i lie picture was that of primal man,
! horn to kill, to slay, to annihilate,
, imw it was a picture or that human
brotherhood which lies deepdown be-
ucath all evil desires and toward
which the young world Is struggling
and struggling. Into tho eyes of the
I Norwegian tho Knglishman was ga
! ing. lloih were members ot the same
I fraternal working order. The breath
: of t lie dviug man can e in iasps,
j shorter and shorter; tho light faded
i irom those deep-set eyes and the torm
j became slit)', (ieoilry's rival was
I dead. The Knglishman, shut up in
j that horrible pri mi, thiew himself
j upon the body and wept. How long
he lemained thus he never knew, fur
w n. u are periods when uugtiMi an
nihilate I ime when the lines of the
p iet "out of space, out of time," give
a certain divinity to human nature.
(JeoiTry did not sutler from suiloca.
tiori. Although shut out from the
world by what seemed a solid wall a
draft of air was apparent and it was
eiident ill' re were crevices some
where. Meanwhile the news of the dis
aster had spread far and wide. The
captain was busy over his h inks in
his o tee and near him sat bunny
Kut . Why did she come? Was it
to catch a glin pse of the Norwegian
is he emerged Irom the shaft? Was
love, then, so Impatient? A man
covered with dirt and grlnni rushed
into the otllee.
"An accident, captain "
'Where?"
"J)n the third tier. The No: ve
gian. Ilnorgs in, and Ueolfry were
working there."
Kate gave a cry. Her face was tho
color of the pallid landscape now,
and she sprang up like a deer shot to
the heart, while with quivering lips
she ga.ed at the messenger of evil.
Is he - are they killed?" she asked,
the words falling slowly.
There isn't much chance."
New in the mine the men were
working with a will, clearing away
the enormous masses of ore and rock.
The only chance for tb men was
that they were Imprisoned, not
crushed, and that was a faint hope
at the i est. An ong the throng of
workers was Kate, who herself
worked until her strength was ex
liaiuted. (Jang relieved gang and
still the great mass teemed to become
but the mnro Impregnable. On the
second day the men paused, for they
thought they heard something. They
listened Intently. It was a fnlnt
rapping on a timber. On the third
day the tapping was fainter and then
It ceased. The fourth rooming they
reached the men. The Knglishman
was dead, apparently, lloth bodies
were taken to the surface. At the
word "dead," Kate, worn out, had
fallen unconscious. Suddenly one of
the men who had been bending over
the Knglishman. shouted:
"'there's life here."
The Captain knelt by his side and
heard tho faint beating of the heart.
'Carry the lad to my house." he
commanded.
When (ieoffry came to himself he
was lying tn a small room near the
window. I jKn the window sill wero
t!owers. Kending over h;ni was a
woman, r-omenne held his hand;
lips were pressed to his forehead:
kindly, svtupathefic eves gaed Into
his. and their tender light bewild
ered him.
"Kate "
"tJcoiTi v."
"Is it vou sweethe ill.'"
It Is 1. dear."
Wh it did this mean' His head
was now resting on her bisom, the
broad, womanly bosom, of this
m:nl I m v hitunii I'niiw ii:i w n ii his t.
woman of the people,
to his whispered:
"I low do you feel?"
In Heaven, Kate,
bad dream "
"Hush, dear heart,
my sake '
"l or umrs, Kate'"
"Yes, yea, fot mine
Wit lips close
1 have had a
i iet well, for
-for mine.'
"Then you
' l.ovc you' Yes, yes."
"Mv sweet lass: J.nt whv "
"lieolTry, ib'otTry. sweetheart, did
you know me so little you tlioug'.t to
drive me? Vnu could not command
me your jeal uslv could not torce
me to be vours but yiu may lead
me to the end of the world. There,
cloe your eyes. You are otti und
weary. i cm have passed nearly
from me and my life would l.ae
I...- ixiserv. Think ho" I u tiered,
wtnlo w. rial lOiiih. inen
1 know what i.iy love for vou was,
and I pravod that you might be
saved so that my devotion could undo
the harsh words of the past. , lo you
forgive me?"
"I. ass, hiss, pray find I might die
again to hear such words." I "ilea
(ilol.e.
CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT
t T !. The Kirt I'edernl Ainoi-icuti
'ingress under the (.'oust it ut ion Ii -Kl
in New Yi.rk.
K'.iO. Mi iliuli lpliia was made the
capital b r ten ciirs, and i oiigfen-iniial
-cssioiis were held theiv.
IT'.io, The Nut'.oaul As-.-inblv of
Frunei' ileelui'ed tho ( iovi.-ciiineiit u
limited iiioiiucehv.
Ii'.o. Tho 1'iiiinl Mates Constitu
tion intilied by till the original Stuies.
I T it I . Tlie hist Hank ot the I'nit d
Mutes establi-he I by net of 'Ji'IIjtcsh.
IT'iJ. N'ut'nitial Convent ion of l-i iiuee
constituted: ,'ITI inemis'is.
I l-'reneli Na'ional Convi-ntion
pn e ninied a republic.
KMs. '',,. nli,., aid sedition laws
passed by l 'ongie-s during trouble with
l'rauee.
I7!!l. Council of l-'ive 1 1 ii lid ri-il
po-eu by itoimH"ti! and reirese:itat Ivo
government ended.
I7tm. A l-'reiie'l .-eliale eitMC-d 'ti
wa'eli over tb" u I mi nii-t a,:tt i n of tlie
luws."
I '. Wasliingtiiii wii, iiiad' tlnj
capital, ami tlie lirt -ensiiiii nf I'ungrc
in that city was held.
Iiin. I.u-t lri-.li i 'arliameti: mot: bi'l
for union pasBi'd.
lo. Cleigynieu prohibited from
lu.-eiiinlng members of 1 'arliiiineiit.
sn. i'iot I'arlianieiit ot the 1'niteil
Kingdom of Croat Hrituin and Ireland.
I'll i. Di.-t of Uuti-h.ii. Many Cer
limn princes seceded Irom tin.' empire
aiiu joinea i ne party or ato'e.ai.
li;. Iti itl-h Titi liametit pa sod act
abolishing the slave trade.
IHMi. Heire.seniutive congressional
government ohtubliwhod In Sweden and
membji's of Congross elected.
lspi. Chili d eiared indepondent of
Spain and a Conejv.-s oU'eiol.
lsu. Cortes i f Spain re-estatilisheii
on u iiuw and (lemoi ratie bun's.
114 The I'rem h Senate replaced
by a Chaiubor of I'.-m-s.
isib 1'gi-ilut ivo ueion of Swei'en
und Norway accoinpliHhod: tho hitter
ileelarod a tree and independent ntute,
united to Swollen.
4 -
K ricei le lliii-d.
Mr. Husy had a hard alterru ou's
work before him. aud as ill luck
would' have it his friend Smithsou
had come Into the oftlce for an Idle
chat. Mr. Husy had given hlui one
jr two hints to go. but w ithout avail.
"Hear me'." said Husy, who felt
that something must be dune, "I'm
so overwhelmed with work that 1
scarcely have time to live. If this
rush continues 1 shall have to engage
somebedy else to cat my meals for me.
"Now, now," said Snilthson, who,
like most Idle men, was a great eater,
"that's just my chance. Hire mo. I 11
do it cheap."
"No, Smithson," answered Husy, "I
don't think it would be safe. You
know I'm subjected to dyspepsia,
and I'm afraid you'd have me sick. -
Up!
REV. DM TALMAGF,
ttlK BKOOKf.VN niVINK'sJ sux
IMY SKR.MON.
Subjert: "Christ the Conqueror."
Tr.IT l " Who in thin that KHnrlh from Kilnm
With 'hfrtt giintHH(t from llntmhiMn that it
jlorioim in Hit nppnrrl, trarriinq in th grtat
nem nfJI, strm-jirk'" Ialh belli., I.
Kdom nn l nozmh. Imvini twn thii ou
of llr hnltlH. whun tlioaw word nri uhJ
lnrn or In nny oihor part of thn Ulliln thjr
art tlirurwa of spei-h "itlnir forth siiii of
apvirp eonlll.-t. As now w ofln uso ths
word Wn?irloi lo donerllM s dwtalva rontt
t( any kind, ao tho words llorsh nmt Kdom
In Una ti-xt urn Munis' of ineeh itisn-rlptlvs
of . aivrii, of r(it !nui;litHr. Vhiti.T!rel
llm prophi't mny hnv infant to lrrllx, he
most rertnlnly nnniit to dnplet th I.onlJui
''liriM a ; in. "Who I tliistlint ium'th from
I'.dom. Willi lij-f I iiirmi'nta from Itor.rnh,
Ir iv.-lnii Inlli rntlifs of Hi atrenifth'.'''
When n H I) "nl I nhniit ! go nut to th
vnr, a Hut nn I n swurd nri pnlill-'ly pr
vnted lo linn, mid the mnlih-ns briag flow
"r, im I tin yminif mon lend tlin osomin,
mid ih triln stnrt nmld huw. Hint
tr iwiii itix tlni'id-r of th wbwla Riid llm
lirhK ofthn wliisl I, hut all this will cWn
no ... i of th Hxi'itni''tit Hint thi'r must
i.-ivh bei-n In hi'nvi'n wliu Christ atarted out
nu th I'linipiiik'n ol thn worlil' ooimat. If
lliey coiil, Ii iv.' Inres-n tb sl"'KO that
would l I ild to Mln-. hii I thn tnallr-iatmwnt
II.' would uiTi-r, und thi burden UiwoulJ
Iiiivh to ciirrv, mail thn Imttlin ll would have
to tl rht, 1 Hunk ther would Imva bmn I
milium voiuntfer In hunvnn who would
h ivi Insisti-1 mi rotiiini; nlonic with Him.
ttut ma i tln-y only Hi'i'ouipniilnd til in to ths
uiit" : llinlr last nliout lu-urd i-lar down to
the furl ti ; tit iiv-i t-lw ii tho two worlds
Pridited with n irut ho'iiinna.
Vnu know lln-r is n wnl i!lfT,reneo t-Iwi'.-n
a i.'iiiu's ('olni,' off lo Iml t If and oomlni
back aim In. Whun hn kois ofT, It Is with
pmiVts iint:iin,-li'., with Imniier unspm'ked,
with ImtsMs sli-i-k and sliinlui from tbs
is-rniiir. All flint tliero I of strugln and
pulii is to i-niiiH ynt. So It was with Christ.
In-il l I not yet fomrhr a liattli. He was
iiirtitii; nut. .itid Hkiiii;!i this world did not
Civ Hun ii warm h"nrnd irrvtmif thor was
a U'-nil" iiiutluT who told" I Hun In her arms.
A ol a .fl Hilda nn iiiffereiioe lirtween a
it ilile and n ilm-i', lactwiiu roiirtlors and
i-uinel driven.
As .bsus sieppi I on th a.iieof this world
it i :is mill I ainfflle slioiila la the irilll-rliv
ind a ni l l et kin P-st niiiO-rniil mlnliitra
lions, f.n; homi luistile fon'm tmuan to
iMtin-r. 'I ;e"y iployd trom tho asnhndrin.
1 :i v r'r iliiiillxil I ruin tht) atandlni nrmv.
I' !iv i' i m nut I'mrii tlm ( ieanan oaatlta.
1 lin vni; riimiiiia tn tlmstrwt joinnd the irn-Hi-Hi.
-n the ni'ii.slou. spirits rode up from
hell, nn I in Inn array Ihrrn earn" a force
tnK-i'tliiT Hint tti real "lied to put to rout this
uewiy iirrivi-d one Irom heaven.
,1-siis. imw H""iiu the Pnttie gatlierluK,
liit-.l ll.sovrn standard, tint who gathered
il.ont it .' How Im-lili) the reeruilal A few
shoremen, a l lm 1 Iwi'i'iir, a wouinti with an
ul.ili is-,;t box. anollier woinnn with two
nitten .-m l a itroup ol trieinllesa, uiorayleu
! ud pnsiii.iui.ss pisiplfi-iuneto Hisalanduru,
I What i-liiin -i w in tti'-re for Him? Namreth
! ini-l Hun, li'itlili-lieiu ai;ikiuat Him, Ch per
il in in au'iiin-t III in. .Iiruaaltmi airaiuK Him,
llalili'e tii.uust II mi. I li iHiiirte against Him,
tlm army airainst Him, tho throne aijalust
Hen, Hih world iitrnitist Him, nil hell aifalust
H , in. No wonder tln-y asked Him to sur-
ri-ndi-r.
Hut II could not aurrnndor. Hft ronld not
gpialKi: e, IP- could not take any tiuell stnpa.
tin hud i-oitif to strike for the dollveranee of
hii -n.n.ivi't race, auJ H i niust do the work,
llifii tlu-y mnt out their iiieknt to watch
Hun. Tuev saw in what house He went Slid
when He came out. They watched wbnt Ho
ate. ami wtio wuu i wli ul lie drnns. aoa now
lUiu-li. They did not dure to make
. . -..,. -
n I aiv .n. w J S a A,
tl wa .ot h?hu.
--ut at list the battle came. It was to be
more tlercM tlinu Iloxrab, more bloo.ty thau
llt)liuri5, Involviint inorethiiu Ausierlifz.
ii.orHcumPiitaiits eiiiploymi thnaat Cbatoiit,
a k'linstilcr i-onttiet tlinu all the ball Ih of the
earth put piir.'thor, though Kdiuuud burke a
estnii.-iiM of tliirty-ttve uutlionsof Ihe hIhIu be
i.-i-iir it". 't he day w;w Friday. The hour
was lictwKi-u 12 and 3 o'clock. The tleld
was a all , -lit hillock north weat of .Jerusalem.
I'hu foreee it tc.ij-'.l wero Hrth hii i hull,
joined hs allies on one aide, ami heavm),
r cprcaeiited ,y u solitary luhalaltant ou the
olie-r.
Tin- hour came, oli, whut s time it wi!
f think that day the universe looked ou. The
spirits that could lae Hparcd from the
hciivciily tiiipM au I could irt couveyauce
of win;; "r ehiu-nat caiim dowu from above,
an i spirits i;cttliiL; lurlouli from beneuth
caaiH up; uudtliey liaicued. and they looked,
und they watched. Oil, what an uueveu but
tle! Two world's a nn eil ou one Hide; hu
unuruie i iiihii ou the other. The reitiuieut
f the Coiuaii army at that time etutioued ut
I Jeiusuieiii Im'i'iu the attack. They kuew
Imw t.a tU-ht, lor th.-y lieloutcd to the most
ttieruulily drilled arm vol the world. With
spears Kliltcriui; iu the sun they churned up
tint hill. Tli'i horses prance aud rear
m. I I lie ex iteincnt of the populace the
heels nf the riders pluni('d in tile ltduki, UTjj
iu, tllDIII ou.
The wnapuiia lie-in to tell oil Clirint. See
how lain! He looks! There the blood
starts, aud there, and there, and there. If
H is to have rc-MUlorcoiueuH, let Him call
them up now. No ; Ho must do thin work
alone. He is ilyini. Keel for yourself of
the wrist : Hie plils-i I feebler. under
Ihe arm: tlie warn. Ill Is lean. Ha is iiylni;.
Aye, they pronounce lllm dead. Ami Just
nt Hint moment Hint they pronounce Him
dead lie rallied, an I from His wound He
unsheathed a weapon which Mtm.'rcd the
itomati li'trions .lown the hill and hurled the
salnnie battalion into the pit. It was H
wcapuu ol love -mliiiile love, all eonnuer
im; low. Mli;htier than Javelin or spear. It
iriumphed over all. i'ut buck, ye armies of
curt ii iiii'l li.iil !
The tide of battle turn. Jesus hath over
come, l.i I the people stand apart mid make
ii line thai ll i may piss down irom I'll vary
to Jerusalem, mid thence ou and out all
iiroiind the world. The battle I fought,
'ihe vl-tory Is achieved. The triumphal
march is l"K':n. Hark to the boofs of tue
warrior's atcud and the tr.tiupiuic of a ureat
multitude, lor He has many friends now!
The hero of heaven nud earth advances.
Cheer, cheer ! "Who Is this that comet Ii
Irom i: loin, with dyed garments from lior.
r.ih, trucliu In the (;reutue of Ills
ilrem-th'.'"
We behold here a new revolution of a
hb.vtad and a start lim; fact. 1'eople talk of
Christ us tiioui;li He were KOiuu; to do some
Hum; urn n d lor us after awhile. He has
doue it. l'-ope tnl li n thouitU ten or twenty
years Irom uow, iu the closing hours of our
life or Iu some terrible puss ot life, Jesus will
help u. lie has done ibe work alreudy. He
did it 1HG1 years n?n. Vou mlKbt as well talk
of WHsliiuirtou as though be wereKoiiiKto
achieve our u-itfonnl independence iu 1'JjUos
tospeuk ol Christ as though Ho were going
to achieve our salvation Iu tho future He
did it in the year of our Lord 33 lstil
years atfo on the tleld of liozrab, the
Captaiu of our salvation HkIiIIuk unto death
tor your and my euiancipaiion.
All we have to do is to accept that fact In
our hearts, nud we are I rue for this worlds
nud we are free for the world to come,
but. lest we mitfht not accept, Christ comes
through here to-day "iraveliuK in than Kreat-nt-ss
of His HtreiiKth," not to tell you that He
IsifoiiiK to fluht for you soma buttle in the
luiiire, but to tell you that the buttle Is
already fought nud Ihe victory already wou.
You have notice.) that when soldiers come
borne from the wars I hey carry ontbeir flaus
the named of the battlellelds where they were
disliuttuished. The Euitlishinan coming back
has ou his banner lukertnaa and Bulakbtva ,
the Kreoohmuu Joua sud Kylau ;the(Jermu,
Versailles and Uedau. Aud Christ has ou
the banner He carrl a conqueror the
name of 10,000 battlefield) He won lor yon
and for me. He rides past all our home of
bereavement by the door bell awntlied in
aorrow. hy the wardro'.ie black with woe, by
the dlmrintled fortrea of our etremrtb.
Come out and greet Him to-day. Oye peo
ple ! 8ee the name of all the battle pause
on His flair. Ye who are poor, read on t hi
ensign the story of Ch net's hard crusts and
pillowleM hend. Ye who are pereeutd,
read here nf the ruffian who c hexed Him
from His first breath to HI last. Mighty to
soothe your troubles, mightv to balk your
calamities), mighty to tread down your foe.
"I raveling in the gratnia of His strength."
Though His hore be brown with the dut of
the march, and the fetlock be wet with the
carnage, and the bit )e red with the blood of
your spiritual foe, He come up now, not
exhausted from the battle, but Ireah a wheu
He went Into It coming up from Hor.rnh.
"traveling In the grcatm-aa of Hi strength."
You know that when Augustus and Con
st ant In e and Trnjnn and Titus came back
from the war what a time there was. You
know they came on bort)a"knrln chaiot.
and there were trophies laefore, and thre
were captives behind, and there were people
shouting on all sidea, and there were gar
land flung from the window, nnd over the
highway a triumphal arch wa aprung. The
solid maaonrv to-dav at IPmicv.mi'o. Klmlnl
and Itomn still tell their ndmlrntlou forthoe
heroe. And shall we let our conqueror go
without lifting unv s -claim .' Have we not
flowers red enough lo depict the caanage.
white enough to celebrate tho victory, fra
grant enough to breathe the Joy
Thoe men of whom I lust spoke dragged
their victim t tho chariot wheels, but
Christ, our Lord, t ine those who once were
captive and invite them Into His chariot to
ride, wlille He put around them the arm of
strength, saying, "I have loved thee with an
everlasting love, and tbe water shall not
drown It, and the lire shall not bum It, and
eternity shall not ettmint it."
If this be true. I cannot see how anv mm
can carry hi sorrows a great while. If Una
conqueror from Itor.rnh Is going to lieat back
all your grief, why not trust Hiiii' lib. do
you not teel under this gospel your grief
falling bank and your tear drying up a you
hear the tramp of a thousand illustrious
promises led on by the comptcrer from
Uor.rali, "traveling, traveling Iu the great
ness of Hi strength.'"
On that Friday which the Kpisenpnl
church rightly celebrate, calling it -(iood
Friday," your soul and mine were contended
for. Ou that day Jesus proved Himself
mightier than earth aud hell, nnd when the
lances struck Him He gathered Ibom up Into
a sneaf a a reaper gather the grain, and Ho
stacked them. Mounting the horse of the
Apocalypse. He rode down through the nir
"(raveling In the riatues of His sfrengtli."
(la that day your sin aud mine (aerished, if
we will only believe It.
There may be some one hern who may say t
"t don't like ih lor of this conqueror's
garment. You tell me that Hisgirmeut
were not only spat t ere, I with tlie blood of
conflict, but also they were soaked; that
they were wit u rated ; mat they were dyed in
it." I admit If. You say you do not like
that. Then I quote you two passages of
Scripture: "Witliout the sheding of Mood
there is no remission." In the blood I the
j;',:nemeiit.'' lint it was not your blood. It
wri ins own. yux only enoiign t reibien
H'V garments nnd to redden Hi horse, but
enough to wnsli away the sins f thn world.
Ul , the blood on His brow, the bio id on Hi
ha ids, the bloo I on His teet, the blood nu
H. i side ! It seoius as if nn nrtory must have
be in cut.
TliorrUa fonn'aln I1tl! Willi blood
; brawn Innai lmiiiniiit-rN vni ,h.
Ami alhii-rs fiiuinf.1 ies;,ib teal Svaial
l.oae all llieir kuI'I.v ataitas.
At 2 o'clock to-morrow afternoon go among
the places of business or toil. It will be no
difficult thing for you to tlnd men who by
their look show you that they are over
worked. They are prematurely old. They
are hastening Vapidly towur l their decenee.
They have gone through crises iu business
that snattered tuuir uervous system und
Med on the brain. They have a shortness
. h. an a nnf n in the back of tbe head,
and at night an InsomL lat ala. ' ana.
Why ore they drudging at business early and
lute! For fun? No; It would be difllcult to
extract any muement out of that exhaus
tion. lJjcuusH llisy are avarieious'Mn many
cases, no, ilecnuse their owu persnu.il ox
pensesare lavish? No i n few hundred dollars
would meet all their wants.
The simple fa -t Is tlie man Is enduring nil
that lntigue nnd exasperation and wear aud
tear to keep bis horn- projperous. There is
an invisible line reaching Irom that store,
from that bank, from that shop, Irom that
sculToldiug. to a quiet cene a few blocks, h
few miles away, nud therein the secret of
tluit business en l.irauc'. He is simply tlm
niiumpiou of a liomesteail, for which he wins
bread an J war iroiao and e.lucatiou and pros
perity, and 111 such battle ID.IHII) uinn fall. Ut
eu btisinoss men wlium 1 bury nine die of
overwork lor others. tSiimu sudden ilise-isi
tluds them with no power of resistance, nnd
they are goue. Life for life. Llloo.l for blood,
hulietitutlou !
At 1 o'clock to-morrow morning, thn liour
when slumber Is most uninterrupted and
most profound, walk amid tho dwelling
houses o! the city. Here and there you will
tlnd a dim light, because ir is the household
custom to km-p a subdued lignt lairnlug, but
most of tbe bouses from base to top are as
lark us though uninhabited. A iniin'iuil
C, j.l hns suit forth the archangel of sleep,
nnd he puts iiis wiugs over the city. Hue
youdcr is a clear lignt burning, and outside
on the window casement a glass or pitcher
containing loo I for a sick child the loo 1 set
iu the I run 1 1 air.
This is the sixth night that mother has sat
up With that sufferer. Klin ha to the Just
point obeyed the physician' prescription,
not giving u drop loo much or too little, or
a moment too soon or too lute. Hue is very
iiu.xious, for she has buried three children
with the same ilisiaa-sH, ant she priys nud
weeps, each prayer and so'j ending "with a
kiss on the p.ile cheek. I!y diut of kiudness
she gets the little one through the or leal.
After it is all over the mother is taken
dowu. IJmin or nervous fever t iu, nnd
one any she leaves tlie convalescent child
with ii mother's blessing and gods up to Joiu
the three in the kingdom of lieavon. I. He
for life, hiibstitutiou ! The fact is that
there are an iinuountej number of mothers
who, alter they have uavigatet a large
family of children through all the discuses
of infancy und got thoiu fairly started up tlie
(lowering ulopu of boyhood end girlnool,
have only strength enough lelt to di They
fHdeaway. Ho ne call it consumption ; some
call it nervous prostration isoiuecall It Inter
mittent or malarial disposition, but I call it
martyrdom of the domestic circle. l,liu for
llle. Ulood for blood. Hubetitution I
Or perhaps the mother lingers long
enougu to see a son get on the wrong road,
and his former kindness becomes rough re
ply when she expresses uuxiety about him,
lint she goes riglit on, louiciugcarefully after
bis apparel, remembering his every birthday
with some luumunto, nud when he is brought
borne, worn out with dis.sipatiou, nurses him
till he gets well and starts utui ugain aud
hopes und expects aud prays and counsels
and suffers until her strjugili gives out and
she fulls. She is goiug, and attendants bend
ing over her pillow ask her if she has any
tneasuge to leave, nud she nitlkaa great effort
to say something, but out ol ttirej or four
minutes of indistinct utterance thuy caii catch
but three words, "My poor boy !" Tbe simple
fact is she Uled lor him, Life tor life, bu In
stitution. About thirty-three years ago there weut
forth from our homes huadreiisof thousands
ot men to do battle lor tbeir country. All
tbe poetry of war soon vanished and left
tbem nothing but the terrible prose. They
Willed knee deep in mud. They slept in
euowuauks. They marched till their out feet
tracked tbe earth. They were swmdled out
ot their bonus! raiious and lived on meat not
lit lor u dog. They bad jaws all Ir.ielureJ,
and eye extinguished, aud iiinbssbot away.
Thousands ol tbem one 1 for water us they
lay dying on the Held the uight after tbe
bottle aud got It not. They were homesick
aud reoeived no message from their loved
ones. They died iu barns, iu bushed, la
ditches, the bn awards of the summer seal
only attendants on their ohsaxiulea.
- No one but the infinite Ood. who kn
even-thing, knows the ten thousandth
of the length and breadth and depth
height of anguish of the northern andsn
ern battlefield. Why did these fat it
leave their children and go tothe front,
why did these young men, postponing
mnrrlnge day. start out Into the tirohahli
of never coming heck' For the country t
oien. L,ue lor nie. i;iooa lor niooj
stltutlon !
Hut we need not go so far. vVliat is t
monument In Oreenwood it Is to the
or wbo fell In tbe southern eplderc
v nv go.' were mere not enougn slefc t
attended tn these northern latitudes'
yes t but the doctor put s few medical ho.
in in valise, and some vials or medicine
leaves hi patients here in the hand of ot
physicians, and take the rail train, lie:
he gt to the Infected reglens he pa,
crowueu ran train, regular an-i extra, t
ing the flvingand affrighted, ponnUti.
He arrives iu a city ovr which n great Ii
ror I brooding. He go from cou -li
couch, feeling of nn Ise and studying syc
torn, and prescribing duv attr day, in.
after night, until a fellow phvslcian a-i
'IKwtor. you had lalterg home and r
you look miserable."
lint ho cannot rest while so inany
ufTehng. On and on until so-ne morn
find liim In u delirium, in which he talk
home and then rise end say he must
and Mo- after those patients. He I tol l
lie down, but he tlgut hi attendant in
lie fall back, and Is weaker and weiker, i,
die for people with whom he had no klnsi
and far nway from bis own family, an
hastily put awav iu a straager s tomb, i
only the II (th part ot A newspaper linat-J
us ot hi sacrifice his name j-.ist mentloij
among live, let he has touched the furt
height of sublimity Iu that three week
humaaitariun service. He goes straight
an arrow to the bosom of Hun who suld.
wa sick and ye visllod Me." Life for I
blood for blood. Hiitwtttution !
Home of our modern theologian who
to give (tod lesons about the lewt wn,
save the world tell 11 they do not want
blood in their redemption. They wan:
t.'iksllils horse by the bit and hurl him I
on his haunches and tell this rider fr
i7.rah to go around some other way. I.
nut lent ye tall under the ttyingtioofs ot
Horse, lest ye go down under the swor
thl completer from UotxhIi ' What nc
the blood of the pigeon In the old disp-n
tlou, the blood ol the bullock ; the bloo
tlie hei'er : the blood of the lamb? It in
fo prophesy the oleaiiulu blood, the part
iug bloo I, the healing blood of tins.'
queror who comes up from He.rah, '-trui
ing In the gr-alm-s of His strength.
j 1 catch a handful of Ihe red torrent I
runties out from the heart of Ihe Lord, n-i
j throw it over thl mi Hence, hoping tint
drop of its cleansing power may come ii
your soul, o Jesus, in thut crimson
I w.ish our souls ! We accept Thy seer
I Conqueror of Uo.rah. have mercy upou
I We tnrow our garments in the wav. W-
iuto line. Hide nu, Jeeus, ride on ! "Tr.
ing, traveling is Ihe great n-ss ot
strength. '
i'ut after awhile the returning conqi
will reach the gate, and all the armies o
saved will he with Him. I hope you w.
there and I will be there. As w. go thr
the gate and around nboiit the iiirouefi::
review, "a great multitude Hint no in i
iiiimber" all henveu can tell without u
right nway which one is Jc-u-, not onlv
cause of the brightness of His lace, but
cause while nil the other inhabitants in :
are robed in white saiul in white, c
biin iu while, seraphim inwnite His
shall be scarlet, ev.au liie dye 1 garmei
Hurrah. I catch a glimpse of that triu
ant Joy, but the gate opens und nil
quickly I can hear only hall a s-utenci
ll is this : "L'nto Hun who hath wasuil
His blood'. '
Popular Stone lor Jetselr,
Throuo;U nil eUanges, when
stoue seems to U j its dsr tU
mond Htauds alone, iueomiir Aol
taese tturs st nt- nro " ' T,,','
prumineuee to meet th tia i
variety, and sueu stones i :
tbyst, the siiuamarme, t.. .k-'.rv-beryl,
the coldeu curuolian ink mm
other stones kuovu hs semi-
ure so wonderfully cut and
ivreiitly increase their intrinsic
I hoc atouea are vi ry fasliiou ' v'-'
illst Mt lircuellt. H.t. to the fnriii nf c
lur aud girdle. The turiiuoiae linn I
more uuivernally adopted iu r
years than any otlia-r Htoiie. The pi ;
eat number, uml eome of tho . -beautiful,
huve of lule yearn I
fouud iu our owu euutitry. Dir
the last thred ycMrs SI'Id.ODi) wortn u
Anioricsu tur(iioises have iaeen usel
Ami the opal that exquisite sts
wuia nn aaiiy liyui uailtiu; over V if
llliaiate Ulll'iaert iour. tinvv at in ItnilitivJi
its reward after mauy years of jirc.i
udiee. Iuileed, ho far has the old su
iKtrstitiou reirurihuR this stoue bee J
removed that it has become, when &.
in diumouds, oue of the chosen utom
lor the euh'Hgement ring, aud the wo
uiau who can cluiiu rmioug her aswci
Htes the most beautiful opal ia to H
euvied, not pitied. Jewelers' Cir".i
lur.
A Iling's Own Story.
Pii'kiiiff up from the sidawalk th
other inoniiiip; what liappcuud to be a
Kold riug, with empty flaws taliowing
the removal of a atoue, the finder took
it to a jeweler iu Eleventh street for
inspect iou. He exuiniuud it for few
minutes under n munifyinc: glass nnd.'
ft
tl
Irr.,. 1
set vVVV
euid : "Yes, this is a gold riu of four-
teeu curats. Tho stoue it eoutaiued d
was a tiiree-curut uismoml. It was
worn n number of years on a slender
woman's third Hn-rHr. Then it
changed hands and was enlarged hj
the inaerliou of a piece of pold of in
ferior alloy, and may have beeu worn
ou the third linger of a atout woman
or the little finger of u mnu. The
diamond was removed liy a clnraHj
hand, jirobsbly by a thief, who eithtr
accidentally dropped the ring or
threw it away where you found it. I
never saw tin ring, hefone, but plainly
read its liiatory by the same process
of observation, analysis and deduction
that au Iudiau unconsciously employs
in detecting the testimony of ft forest
trail." Philadelphia ltccord. j
Fads of Naval Officers.
Xuval officers have little fads of tbeir
owu to help while away time ou board
ship. Some are experts iu photog
raphy. Other make a specialty of
something immediately in the line of
their profession Many collect brio-a-brao
aud curios. These amusements
are for the most part inexpensive, and
sometimes thiv are profitable. One,
orlleer usually picks up enough forei
postage stamps and strange coins ou
long cruise to bring in a neat littl
sum wheu he gets to some port where1
such things can be sold. ChicfcA
Herald.
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