I WONDER WHY! I winder why l.-nrt change so careless-, I'urget .ill of tln iSii-i they ha"t Ag'ow ii tiii r li !!. I 'ir,-ft n' it' tin trembling Hps U''P Wit Willi i.".' of klMH, 1 won rwhy it .oin"-'orgct fulness Ti steal awiy lh l.iv.idy nn I truth Th:it mi wee .'loriM-.', l.'-i . .ii.. :;liit:, i ,,-riuh-h.s h'ih ,r -ruth I'ii' , ! . . .rw" 1 1 I wii lev wev vt 'viiinot, p'ini'et!c. CnlliM in t nil;' I'H'.n ,'l lltii.tll'l our In-. And r it r.'i fly true, That ln i :n-i' ti t i him wild ir'i'y "'rive T'l g'.i V ill . '11. Hi . I w ; -r xi we ti 'vi-r ktici ourscvs - t'.'in ii . ''io'i int ire- v an I . Tin1 lii l i' ii '.riiig liuit wait A niegie t .url f.ir-i i.iig.'ti.y. An I ' in-in. -! art led - i:l.. I !! I' r wvy n urn-it if mohrin" J Willi:; t,f iri'T ti"i'ji.r- ' I . I -i". .'.iHI 'Vi - !l 1 . In. .'. I. ii. 't in- y.'li, .-.'n, u ..'. A FAIR PRISONER. enow .i'yK". SI' ns ! in-. w Ik re t In- ii I ii w I '. c li lived sail ( iraee 'iiiii-r. -.ii-rly. I 'HI till- ille.'v- mi; snli ii. M. ii i.: l.:;cLle there win a rii-.trnl Mum 1 ni Ii 5 Ii!" it..s HIHl IIMt.il", WT' ! ""V" 1 k I IlK.- til- r, i ran n -is til- In ..is iti,iii'i (illti-ilivl Mrtl'.li'll " All M l i ili It I I If W'lid Violets Mil 1 wit Ti W II I -! 1 1 II 1 1. I: win, i. 'in''.', nil. I II. li. 'Villi li'rltl nil I tin- hail-tin- I ii.ck- v '.i'.'c' ilr- w i lut Ml -i iv i-i y lit .I'll! l-lltllcl !l III .l.iii-.l mil mi ;' it ti 1 darted nit st.-!tilV cliisfii I n i'1-i li'yiiii-l. 'V'i i! is t!mt '." hiit ivl. A I'M I 'i." Hiili-vn-ii- Imiilj'.ii-i!, willi n si-nriifii1 slinii- tiii- hiiuiil.iei-v "Any iilii- cn'iiii Irli tlni! you wiM'.' linui tiii cily, linn',.' Oiini f. Vlui y, f i-iiw ii rut cf liiiil mini- Unit nImmi ? (' f.ix. Atnl tluTi- r' I iti ti t itt-i'i in tli"H- nii if, :in, I im int: ii I'l-iiri'H'.m-mi; int.i tin' i li iinii; , 1 Jlurst Pnoiinll hl.Oi linn. " " t i.r li i i .i:- liy,' In",- in) V" MmIi'VuIii' sIiihi'. Iii'l' lii'Hil. 'If.-, tun ili M Mil i!i'sii:t,.. Wild oiilil 1 1 v. thivn niili'h iim ,ittk!t .Mn'l!ltlll!l .' A lilt 1'i-lr.v lisi'il tn ililtllrr ln'1 1 -i mill ft 11 tin tii. Sije lae:l i ti . i . ., i - ii, vei, - i iw " '"loiV riiitir tlii'Mi tl? -: tthliii t nti1 I, J; I'li'miM will luit fuieM r i.' uolm i y jmlU fucm down!" Shf imvivil iijhmi tiio door. ' 'Let's nu liiniili," buul Kin.', ''.iii.lhit d iii t i ri'i-'i." Tin' tin. ii- 'mi l r i',t,d nw-gy, nt)li t nil tti't'ilr. uii'l ii.i-.in-, tt, r,' riotiuj i:i tin tlri'iiliic ; mi niil ' hi i, Irli lifut'U hlun.l lllllllr-t till' --l III. )t tt Willi. iiw, i li ii.' -, " hi. I llaii'iiuii', (,'jy. I UK lli-r i:l r li'iil- :i illti,' tins hi tliry M-ntril t iii'iii-i'lM ... "ilu you Kiiou wliv 1 liiiyi- li. i .ii .;iii ii.i h "I .;'.-" ' !'.. I at I..-- i.l.l w.tt-h's hut. I tn. -,-, in, tn ni-t Mi'iit vi-!-( ii, it ii ..i I t-iiiiiiM,! lu re - if only tili lii m-- ii.H ..ii't jiiu m hi, iiiit-Hrnii(' !" ' II., i.i'iir- H.nhlmt l.iu.; iit-.i. And Wr i nil! I Il.-IM' i;.it viiili-ti dull n in tin- iin :ii ii , -iKiiuM nay w lii'i'i'. Nn, t ii M.'--, I W.lllti- I 1,1 ink y,H ii f ,,n It'ully i'ii- .'.I l..r Al.'.'k I IhI.'V l ii n'i' ( Miui'i's l'iti't hfi'inu swirl, lift' lllr-hl'N lll'nillil'.l. "lllll.'yullf , " Mllll hllf, yiill ll'IVO no l itfllt tn H.ih lllf Mii'h H itHhtHiU 111 tbnt I" llnu' nil,' Mfir.ii-n siiihU); t.. ln-r ffft mid hliiu.l iliiliLfiiiuitly luluio hfi' Iriftid. lint I Irnvf ii tinf!'' Hiiid hli. ''.link III' If, ( HHfi' ! I J r fc Villi (Mill.' tn liiii'kli tun, Alffk w,i.i niv Invt'i'. Hf Mftit f vi-rywlwiv with tin- li n (IMI1H I I link lllf Id llf llln Wlff. " ,-Ild llf fVfl' MIV hu ill Will'. Ii "X mi. Hut ii tiniii'i, hfiirt hifii'. out iti nt lii-r tinner, tlnin w,.rdi !" t--fitfdiy iiltfi'i'd Mill. 'v, iiif. "I whh iin Miln lit it km I hiii tli.it (hf .mil is bliiu inf now. nd thfii vmi fiiuif uud i-vrrytliitii; i s i ditl'i'i-i'tit ! ' tirnff litlfd Iht liliif, diivk frinof i I'Vi'f, uud ffii in this itumii'iit uf Iran-In- jfiiliuiiv. her rivrtl I'niild nut lint fniilfis tn litTsfll hnw lifnitt itul tiny wi-if, u:i I lonkfd lliilfvniii' lull in tin i';if.. "An: I tit Imuiiu' lifi'iiiihf tilings :ilf dilVi-r.'iit iHid iin-. "i'njitiiiii Iiilrll likes vof, (intff," I'liiiN. d lUli-yniif, putting In r hiind l'lll'.''-sil'yly nil tllf nllllT Klli'-l hllillll- diT. "Mi' ii rch lif ...vui th, liuud- Mll.'llfit llnlllf 111 UlU'kli'tnll. " lii-Hiv Hj.r.niy u;, nhnkiu oft Hul- I'Viltlf'-i t iMi'll. "And vim wiMiM hnvf me tu-irry n Hum wh mi 1 fun! I never l iyf, miu'iIv liffilllMf lie in l ifh?" hHld she. "Dilit i- pirls do it. Au l you ru very jiuuf you f.in h-irdly huiiimrt tlM? old lifil fiilueii fiilner of yniirs in tliH lliillie ill New V.i'.'k. Vui! hfe, I kiiniv hII iiIkhiI ymir uff.iii-., tlrin'e Oiiner!" "1 hiii tin! want you are -. leased tu rail 'other -irU.' An fnv my fiither, there is no ilirHc.' in Ins leiu in a Inline, im lonn hi I .ay his wy." "virfe, llili'll." Hnll'yoIle'i VOK'f UTfv riexiltle and cofiitix. "Vou nin", i Imtli had ntlfi to-.Uv to to to I he new hlnrt factory iti Wli.ti'Mlown. I niiift renuia here, liefiniHt) my fmher ud mother want my tu roamm uear i .1 r - hi ., u i i' n,Vr -v - - i 'r.Mii 'iY.s. v"0"nf. I . llt-M.N I .'Ill I'll y If. purp, thm. Hut rot! will (ro. worTl vonV "I Lave tin intention of going," wwd (irarp, ralmlr. 'Hut it least proraia mo, Orarii dear (Iraeie that you will not dance wit a Aleek I)al at the party to-Ut-iht !" I'leHiled Halcyone. "Haloyotie, you are very atrantce ir1," aanl (Iraoe Oluier. "If yon n-nlly I'Mre for thin mm who Las not no yrt pxprehncd a pre frreiiOv of any kind -th 1 iHt r are aa open to yon an to nif. o, I will pledge inyct-lf to tlotillUC?" Haleyotip Marden waa n tall girl, with nil aliundanro of yellow Lair, n roe l.riht complexion, and Imzel i yen, fhot through and tlirot.gh Vy to paz fcleainf. A'lhoni;h of Xew F.nsliind liirth, clio .oiKPssed many thi HiarnPtiTiatica ff a tropical clime. Her ft fmiUiither hud liepti a I'ni'ttigttp'e aliip piiptain, i-ili'd from hia native l.ui I through M.:ne politii-iil dtsturliaiiPe. Mie tna le a ijutok otep forward. " Viid you dart take him away from in"-!" ahe exclrtinied, the tooiiz eyi-i elitti r i ii tr htnttigely. "tie must take Lin own choice!" "lint, (iraee, you are ns palm as iiiooiili;lit and a cold aa i-tiow. 'I'o y.i'i therf lire plenty of other le- i. ilrs this nrii'. while to me lie in all the world. Yoit wilt (ive him up?" "He iniisi chno-io for Liiu.si If," wa the low reply. Il-iicyolie (lushed one wrathful -jinnee Ht her vivid, and rushed out of the caiiin, lettiiiir the liiil-ntudded ii, iir liatiK licliiud lier, and the next tiiotiint (inico poiild Lciir her tlyini foi.ti'eii einsll down the tuil hliels iti.l t h i -4 1 1. w i ii l; ha.!u lunlici oil the piiih Ik low. She Npl'itn-; to iit-r fi el. "thiieyolif ! linicyi t.i V clip cried, w a inj; her luitidki-rcliie through (he iinrr-iw, nlit like witnlov, which was nearly on n level wiili her eyri. "Where nre yoi: go.nj;? Wait for llie. Half ,Mlie. " I'nr one second I lie ether girl I iiti-eil. Mif haw that tin door hud .settled heavily down iut.i t'.ie los of I he tiii'i'shoid. and that Cirace Olmer win a cnjitiM' in tilt old witch's i-ioin. hiiddeli eMlltatioli tlli'oiil'ed tiiiouxh her heart a hulf-foriued piece of htrati'sy. "Why tiotV" ahe as';ed herself. I'o.'h it not er iv her rif-ht, t'ne cold, piissiiitileK-i, llmt hearted thiiii"? I.et Iter stiiy tiier until ahe pomes to her seii-es! One ni i'ii t on Mount 1'uckle won't hurt her, :iitd the coast will he li re for me !" It w as not for f-ome time tint Cirace ''iiner realied that hhewaa a prisoner in this wild spoi that her individual "treti'th would not Kulli.v to Mir the lienvy door Unit had hettied ho solidly I ilow ii into tiie liioulderio' los of the I iiles'.ini.', and that the one window whs fi.v too small to afford any egress. In the west the t-tiu wns aeitiiiL; iu crimson blaze over liucklo Lke; ' w wind rustled tn c,i ;erit out-1 'e ' J ' . . -i rose up She drew a oo ''shuddering liteittii; then ahe tried to laugh. "I must he patient," hhe thotiirht. ".Some one will surely come nlonv', if I only wail lon; enough. There must he Mime woodcutter on the mountain or periiaph a hoy, digging b-issufma root !" l-u t hhe waited und waited, and thi deep red MiiiM't faded into purple aud then into (fray, uud still no one came. Sli.' tiioiiitlit of old I'.etsy loooiii, "i he witch," Kit t i iilc stark and dead; she rcnieinliered the htealthy rush of the red to ; und Kt ill she kept assur ing iievu lf that this was only n joke. Ilaicyoiie would Ktirciy return, orisoiiK' olle else Would come to hi-r aid. Atnl then sli" reine inhere I the rustic linicf on the sawmill floor that whs planned lor that evening, and won dered, w ith a rush of hlliMin tear.s to her eyes, it' Alexander Kile would miss iitT. I;aif one Mi'rden looked unusually iii-aut ilul that eveiiitur, iu a white gown of some soft, crinkly material, with a hunch of (due iris ut her helt mid a ciircaiiet of Mile Loads around her white throat. The hand - two fiddles und ft horu, played hy three energetic colored men was wrestling with "I'limbiug l"p le (iolilen Stiiirt," and about twenty I'l.upli's were romping up and down the floor in the fiiinous "Highland Schot llsche" when hhe came iu. "Where ia MiiM (ImerV" asked the muster of cereiuoiiics, a staiw.irtyoiiug liimlie rmiin. Ilalfynne mnde him a low cotirtesy. "Am I Slisa Olmer'a kecptr?" haul siie, sutiricHlly. "So. tint ahe hoards at the same place, iloeHti't hheV" "For all that, I'm not nnswerahle lor her movements!" Mulcyoue re- tortetl. "Will you daticp with me, Hal I'yoneV" called out Uosis llitucutl. And with a iptick glance around the room t satisfy lierself thut Mr. Dale wns not there, Halcyoui.' accepted the challenge. "I may as well amuse myself until he cornea," hhe tuought. Her tawny eyes spurkled, her checks lowed a rich carmine, and her pulses I'ouudcd joyously to the 1 11110 of the music. Opportunity was :i'l that she had needed, and surely she bhoul I triumph uow ! "And of course," nue added, wiihiu herself, "tiracd Olmer will know that it wus all a mistake. how was i to know that the door hwiiuj; shut?" Slowly the evening panned hy. IV'inee after iliiueu succecdeil euch other ; the mitsio clashed loudly ; peo ple came aud went, uud Halcyonc reigned tho uudouoied oueen o the rustic iiierry-makert, y t still the "man of incu did uot dawu ivion her horizon. Aud to the nniverril query, "What has hecome of Aleok laleV" nobody was ready with a rejoinder. Out in Puckleton thf people did not keep lata hour-, and it was not very tnttch pnsi midnight when Halryotio Mar ieti's CM-nrt left her at the pic tnrca'pte little garden eat.1, and, fHUtiterin up the box-bordered I'V.r'. she saw in the h-vel May niooiuight two ficures on the poreti. "Who ia that?" ahe railed out. "Why, it is never (Jrare Olmer?" "Yef, (irare Olmer!" responded a well-known voire, and Alexander Dale stepped out into the full pearly lisht "(trace Olmer and your humble servant im well. I happened to he rotnifii.' down Ihtekle Mountain Inte thi afternoon with some sipiirrrli I hud shot, and to my Mirprixe I en poiintered itcitptivp prineesK m an en chanted tower UTa-'P Oimer in the edd witch's hut -and I had (he hiipot ticsi of relenting her and being her escort home." "Miiievotie," said (! race, looking the goldt u-luiired girl full in the face, "did you know that when yon swung tluit heavy door sin;' that it fasten?,! me in?" "( 'u, (ir icie !" The color came an 1 wr-nl oil Hal ivotii's cheek; but the tawny eyes revealed their secret atnl (iraee kli"W nil, though her roiii'iHiiion spoke no word. 'Lul," spoke I!c, joyfully, "how -ever it may have happened, it gave me the opportunity lor which 1 had long Loped, ('onlatlllitte tne, Uiileyi'I'.e Miss Olmi'i- hiii- romifcd t Iv' tuv Wile." Ilalcyni.c ' stiiiie was col l and PH'ftti-in-'lessai fee tilinildight Hlontld her, and her heart w is colder still as she lieid out her hand to her succi isful rival aud mechanically uttered the w ords : "I - cotivriitui'iic- yon !" 1'i-r in ail lifu's contests, wher."" one wins another must fail. Sat.ir.inv Night. Mltpr lit a Ihitt.ilii'i liei.. The blllViilo of t'evioll carries his head in a peculiar luantit r the imrns thrown back uud the nose project itii; oil a level with his forehead - tints hi -n.'it r i ii u hint from a fatal trout shot. Tiiis tenders hi in a diitiirerous en-vn, as he will receive any number of bulls from a small pin in tin tiiroHt and chest without showtug the least dis tress. This account oi h dangerous encounter with the animal is civcu by tin: author of 'T.itlc and Hound in Ceylon." I had fired without killitnrthe bu'fValo and Led not a ball left. With a stealthy st" and a t-lmrt grunt the bull alvauced upon me, seeiniuiy aware of my helplessness. Suddenly a bright thought Hashed turoiii-li my mind. Without taking my pyes oi the Hiiiuml, I put u double rh'irgo f powder down the right-hand barrel, and, tearing off a piciM of my shirt, 1 took all the money froui my pouch, three shillings in sixpenny pieces aut two anna pieces. ttiickly making tlivm into a roll with the piece of n ra-1'. I rammed them d wn the lnrri . um,..4 ... ..ue optore tin- bull sprang forward. I had no time eveu to replace the ramrod, atnl threw it in water, briuging my gun on full cock at tbe same instant. 1 now had a chaise iu luy gun which, if re served till he was within a few feet of the inu.zlc, would certainly floor him. The horns were lowered, their points were on either side of ine, mid tin mu:zle of the iuii barely touched his forehead when 1 pulled th trigger aud three hhillitij's' worth of small chanvu rattled into his hard real. Down he went uud rolled over with the hlivl detiiy checked liionieutiiui of ilis charge. Away went I! - and ! us fast as our heels would carry us, throiiuu the water at lit) over the piain, kliowin that lie was not ilea. I, 1. ut only stuuned. There was a large fallen tree uiioilt half a mile 1 10:11 us w hose whitened branches, rising high above the ground, offered a tetnptiug asy linn. To this we directed our steps, and after a run of 1 00 yards w e turned and looked behind us. The bllllalo had regained Ilis left und was follow iuu us slowly. We now experietietl the difference of fecliug between hunting and being hunted. Hy degrees the bull's pace slackened ami he fell. We were only too glad to be able to re duce our speed, hut we had uo sootier stopped to breathe than he was up uitaiu and after us. At length, how ever we gu'Ued the tree uud beheld him stretched powerless upon the ground within 200 yards of us." A l.aili-uuil ilirouuli the Sea. An interesting experiment is about to be carried out at Hrightou iu the shape of the construction of n murine railway for the purpose of connecting rriihtoii with tha little villsie of Kottiugdean, some three or four miles to the vast ward. The rails will be laid oil the solid rock with concrete, and at high water will be covered by t he sea, which, however, will not 'affect the carriages, the latter being sup ported on a framework that ke.-iis them high and dry. At this part of the coast the cliffs are high, aud the beach is practically inaccessible, so that uo boating traflic will he inter fered with. The pars Will be moved by electricity, like those now in imb aioug tho eastern foreshore ot JJrijjh ton. Loudon Daily News. Curiosities Ahouf Women's Slioc?. Trior to 182.1 ail shoes made for women's wear were without heels, aud after that date all heels of that cluss were of the concave pattern up to 1817. l'roiu the earliest dates iu shoemuking down to 1 S i!) women's shoes were all "straits" that is to say, they were made so as to be worn ou either foot without iucouvenieiiee. The tirst set of "right, aud lefts" lusts were made iu Philadelphia aud bought hy Daniel Silsbee, a mauufaturer, whose works were located iu what ii or was known aa " tVoodeud," Lynn, Mists. St. Luuia I.epublio. REV. DR. TALMAGE. nu: ukooki.y imvixevj Sun day yKUMOX. Subject i "Sustaining Power of I.c llston." Tr.XT! "T'mujh .ye An-v tnitt nmnnj fh fw.x, V'' 'i'' V ' 1 fV' isin7l tf ft ffrtri cor..,-,. nf,'i in''r i ni Krr f"i!hT$ iriUt y?'. foir y(.W."-I'sil:r. Ixvlll.. 13. I tiipftti! r,iii knoir wiint tli" Ifvlit' rtM iIottii (n rvrypttan slavery. They muti t'rlekf". Audi tin Utensils of the I rirkklln there vi'-tt alsi other ntenil of rookery the kettltM. th" pi'., til" . mi", with whl'h l mejp frepnreii tneir iiallv Mot. mil w;isn i t hi pimrsliivps. tir I ot t'i't itny'i wor'u. lay I i!owii to rt they lay ilowti nnmni; tht Iin pieiifnt" of rooVery ant the lniplivitit of har.l w"ri. tt'nnn thi-y arosn in thmorn ! Iin. thi-y tinin.1 tli'ir cnrmenti cover il with tlieelav, an t the TnVe, an I th iluit. nnd i desiiilreiieit au.l te.rrunel with the utensil i of eookery. P.tit niter n Thile tii bor.ltrf.kenp that inyi-rv. nn-l lie took thi. pour s!nvti tntu a Ian. I where tlu-v hut defter K'rl). I.rnrht nivl lean an. I lieautlful nrpurel. N.morttirl.!t j for tli"ti to m.'ik. but Pnar.ioli mik his ; own I't -i"k. Wlien Iinvdl, in mv text, roneii ! to ! s 'rll.'t the transition of linn it p-jor Is I raelltes from thefr lioriiluife ati. tin tirl.'k j kl!n Into the ifiorioui emaii.-ipatlon for ; wlii.'h liol Im.l .re;vire. the-n," lis snys. ' Tfiimh y h.iVM lain iimon the pots, yet , neallyeli.. as th" Win-s of a tlove eover-e-t with silver aud her feather.- with yellow Kl.." , Mis What"!, th" author of r. relbrit hook, "Life Iti Kifvpt." sal t h" sometime 1 nw people in the F.at 'o.i'lnth.'lr foo.l on 'the tops of hoii, nnt that sh" hat often s"n jut liefor sun. town piifeons anil love.. which hint ibinn the heat of tbe ilsy I sen liiilim; aiiioiik thit kettl'-s nn.l the print 1 with which the ,oo 1 was prcp-irui!, tiles iaif up the eruuil s that thev nitght find. Just a! rut t ee dour of sun -t I hey would spread , l heir winu's and fly heawnwarj, eutirely ursiiiieil l.y the r"t;ioti In which they ha I iinive.l, frr the pigeon i a vary elenuly bird. And as tilt l ILTeii fb-w away the setting sun would throw silver on their wimrsanl goid i.ll their dreiists. So you se.t it is not n fnr.'et.'hed "unldt or sn UDuitur.il rxim ! snsoti when D.ivld, In my text, says to ; I ht-sc etiiiiiieipHfc I iraetes, and says to alt 1 these who are l.rou'it o-it of auy kind of ; Iroiil'le tn'o any kind of spiritual Joy. ' "Thoinih ye iia lain ainnnir the pots, yet shall ye de a the wiirjs of a dove covered with stiver and her leathers witti yellow i HOd'." s.n Is the i-nr ist of all taskmaster. Worse thnn Piiuraoh. tt keeps ilrudcliiif in a must iiMrudme service, dut afterawtul-t ' Christ conies, iiiid H.'says. "I.et My p-opln i go." and we puss out (rem amonit tha liriek , kilns of sin luto the itlorious liberty of tlie ' Kospel, Ve put ou the clean rohun of a Christ inn profession, and when at last we , sour away to the warm nest which Qo.l has i provided lor u In heaven w shall go fairer than a iloye, it wmirs eovere.i witU stiver und it feathers with yellow roM. 1 I nin colni; to pr-acli suiiiethini: which i some of you do tm believe, and that Is that j the graii test possible adorn men t I tbe re. lirlon of Jesus Christ. There are a grunt ; many people who suppose that religiou I a very ilillereiit ttiiin; Irom what it really Is. ! The reason tneneoii lemn the Bldle Is because I thsy do not mi lerstatld the 11 1 Me. They Iibvo not properly examir It. Vt. Jolinsnu aid that limps torn a '"'lUsferln thebi.hop I re of DurAam that he had -never purtloulany t, ixsmiued the Xew Testaninti yet bu lltt .Tiirrmg iigsmst It. Halle., tiw astronomsr. snuouucei. ins BBepuemm Kr j4w j-HW. tou. and tslr Isane Sewton ,,j . ..j,-0Wi llr I have examlued the sulijet you hj nor. And I am sshsraeil th. 0Ui pttmM lux to be a pbilosepber. a thl Ac so me. .Ject the .,glon of Jesus Christ t "icause they rHnlly h.ivo nnvnr lu vestigntej It. They think It something uu desiralile. soni.'t'nlii-' thut will not wort:, Kimetliln recktuiflliti, someihici; bypoerit leah something repulsive, when it Is so bright aud so ncnitlfiil you might eomp'iM It to a Phafllnoli. you might compsre It ton robin rsl drenst, you might coupari it to a love its wiims covered with sliver and Its feat hers Willi yellow gold. Hut how is it If a young man beeomes a Christ inn ;" All tliroinrii the ciuurootns where be lisioeiates. all throuii tint business eir eles where he is known, the.-n Is eoininls-r.t-llnn. They say. "W hat a pity that a young tiiHii who had su ;h bright prospttets should o nave i.een ii.ioi!e, ny thostt Christians, giiug up all his worldly prospects for so'ue thing which Is of no particular present worth !"' lb-re is a young woman who be co'iics a Ciir.stlan her viiee, her face, her mill. li. rs the cliarin of the drawing room. Now all tlnciigh the fashionable circles the whisper goes, "What a pity that sujIi a t right light should have been extinguished, that such a graceful gait should be crippled, that suh worldly prospects should .b.t obliterated !" Ah. my friends, it can be shown that religion's ways are ways of VlcHsiuitness and that all tier paths are pence i t hut rollfeioo. Instead of being Jar and doleful and lachrymose and repulsive, is bright und beautiful, fairer than a dove, its wings covered with silver and It feathers with yellow gold. See, in tl: tirst place, what religion will An for a man's henrt. I earn not Uow cheer ful a man may n.il urally be before conversion, eonversiou drmgs liiin up to a higher stsu lurd of eheeriuiuess. 1 do not say he will laugh uny iouder. I do not say but he may stand bsc Irom some toruis of hilarity in which be once indulged, but there eotues luto bis soul an immense satisfaction. A young mail not a Christian depends upon worldly suoeess.'S to keep his spirits up. Now he Is pros;.rJ, uow hn b.is a large lalnrv, uow be has a beautiful wardroie, now do bus pletsaut frleii Is. now he ha more money than lie known how to sum I. tlverytliiiig go,s briflit and well withh'im. But trouule comes. There are many young m'ti inthn houseth'.s inoriiing who eau lts lify out of theirowu experieueo that some, times to young iiu-n trouble come a.s friends urn gono.hU s ilary is goue, bis he.iltli is guue. He goes ifowu. down. He become our, erosi, ueer, mtsmtl.ropic, t. lames the world, dUines soeit ty. blames the eburoli, I'lniiie everything, rushes perhaps to the In toxiciting eup to drown his trouble, but in tend of ilrowuing bis trouole he drowns hi body and drowus his soul. lint bent is a Christian vouug roan. 1'roubie co-lies to him. lots be ! up' No! Ha throws himself back on the re sources of heaven. He says i "Hod is my r'alher. Out of all these dis inters I shall pluck advautuge for my soul. All the prom ises are miue, Christ Is mtue. Christian com panionship is mill", heaven is miue. What though my apparel be woru out' Christ gives me a robe of righteousness. What though my nifluey be gone I have a title iteed to the wholu tiutviuse In tbe promise. 'All are yours. What though my worldly friemis fall away'.' Ministering angels are my body-guard. What theush my far be poor aud my bread be scant' 1 !t at the King' ditueui't !" On, what u poor, shallow stream i worldly enjoyment compared with the deep, broad, overflowing river of tiol's peace, rolllug midway in the Christian heart ! Hoinetunes you have gone out ou the iron bound be.teu ot the sea when there bus been a s'.orm ou tbe oeeiio, and you have seen the wavn d ia Into white loam at your feet. Tbey did uot do you any harm. While thore you thougut of the chapter written by tbe psalmist, and perhaps you ret.-it e. I it to yourself while tbe st orai wss iiiakiiigeo-.nineiitary upou tbe pus sage "God is our rwiuge and strongtu, a very present help in time of trouble. There fore will I uot fear, though the earth be re moved, aud though the mountains b carried luto the midst of the seu, though the waters thereof roar und bo troubled, tbougli th mountains shake with lbs swsillug thereof." Oh, bow Independent the religion of Christ m' ". a man of worldly sneii ani worl lit elieti'nstancea ! Nelson, the nlrht tvefor his la t battle, anld, "To-morrow I stinll win etiher a persTt or a grave In Westminster AMier." And it does not nik mil 'h lif'.'r pi re to t'-ie Cir-stlnu whether h" r.s or fi'ls Id worldly matters. He bns fveri"stuig re n wn anyway. Other pht-nig-t miv lie torn It the Mast. 'but thit soul adorned with Coristlan griee Is (alrer than the dove 't wm in covered with silver and Its feathers with gold. Yoa an 1 1 have fonn 1 out that people who n-etend to be happy ar not alwavs hapov. boob at that toimg man prlaturlne the Christian religion, scoffing at everything (rood, goln Into roistering drunkenness, lashing the chvnpagii't bottle to the floor, rolling the glasses from the liarioom eoun ler lsiiahliif. shouting, stanplng the floor. 'jt he hapf-v? I will go to his midnight p l ow. I will st htm turn the gis off. 1 will is rpy"lf If the pillow on wlilei b sieeos is as soft as the pillow on which tbnt pure young mnn sle;s. I Ah. no ! When he open his eye In the morning, will the world lie as bright to hln as to that young man wi'o retired at night 'saying his prayers, Invoking f;o.'s Mossing i upon bis own soul and the souls of bis eorn j ra-b-s and lather and mother an I dr .thers 'an t sisters fur nway' No. no! H.s laugh : will ring out 'rom the saloon so that you 1 hear It as you piss ty. hut it Is hollrw ; laughter. In It I tli sn ipping of ben-t-ttruigs and the rattle of prisuu gates. H.-ippy ! tlint young man happy'.' I ?: bin till hlgn the howl t he cannot I drown itu updrit-liug conscienee, bet the lulls roll througii the bowling alley ; tln.op rumble and the sharp er.i 'k eaunot over power the voices of con. temnatlon. bt him : whirl iu the dance of sin and temptation an t 1 d'Mth ; all the brilllan "V of the scene eaunot : make him forget lift Init loo'i of bis mother I when he lelt horn, wlen shit sit, I to htm i "Now, my son, you will do right I am sunt yon will iio right. Yon will, wont you.'" , Ttial young mnn haopy Wny, across every night there flit shadows of et-rnal darkness ; then' are adders coiled up In every eup i there are vultures of despair striking their Iron Iteaks Into his heart: there are skeleton lingers of grief pinching at the throat, i I come in atnld the licking of tho glasses ' and under the tl-ishlng of the rliandelie,1 nnd I cry : 'oc: woe! The way ot tint ungodly shall p rish. There is no pe-ice. salth my Hod. to the wicked. Thewiy of transgressor Is hart." Oh. my friends, there is more Joy In one drj. of Christian snisfuetlon than In wboV riv rs ot sin ut ! light. Other wings may be ilrncbe.l of th" storm and splashed of tae temp -st. but t.ie doye that co:ns in through tht window of this heavenly arS has wings like the dove covered with silver and her f.'atiiers with yellow gold. Again. I remark, religion is an adornment In the style of us .ulues into wjhvi it in ilucts a man. Here are two youmj m u. Th one has line culture, ex'Uistr wirJro!i, plenty of friends, great Worldly success, but be lives for hinisel'. His utile! car is or his own comfort. He live listlessly. He ilts unregretted. ller Is another young num. His apparel may not he so good : bis educa tion may not Is-so tlioroil li. H-t lives tor others. His happiness is to make others happy. He Is as seif denying us that dying sol lier falling ill lii raiMS, wneii he s ltd ; Colonel, tlmr-i is no ned of thosj bovs tir ing themselves by c.irrying inn to the bos. fetal. Let me die Just wner.t I inn." So this young man of whom I sp loves (lot. wants all the world to love him. Is no: nsiiamei to carry a bundle of clothes uptlut dark alley to the poor. Which of those young men do you ndmin the better' ThJ ou-t u sham, the other a prine linji-rml. 4 Hii. do you know of Knything, my hearer, that more dsautififl tban to sej a young man start out for Christ' Here Is some one billies ; he lifts hun uu. Here Is a vagabond boy ; he Intro, luo 'S him to a missiou scuool. Here a family lre-7.lB tn deatli ; he curries them .1 scuttle of coal. There are HOO.IXst. 000 perishing Iu midnight bentnen dsrknest. Ily a' possible means he tries tn sen t them ts. lseh I st. nil 1 . b. u jjtKI to Is wiiero saying : "la. uot ashnmej of m. gospel of Curist. It is the powr of God uud the w.s lorn of lo 1 uuto sslvation." Such a young man ran go through every thing. Tnere is no lorce on earth or in hell that can resist him. X suow yoa three spec tacles : Spartad the First X.ipoleon pass,! hv with the hos that went down with him to Kgypt and up with blm throng. i llussla au I crosssd the continent on tint bleeding heart of which he set bis Iron hel, an 1 across the ; liilv.tring I'etli of which he went grinding' the wbe 'Is of his gun earring -In his dyiug uioaient asking Ins attendants to put on bis 1 military boats for uim. j Spectacle the Second -A'olt.llr, brlg'it : j and learned and witty and eloquent, with j tougue Hn l voice and strategnin infernal. warriug against Co I mi l poisoning wnole kingdoms with his lull lelity, yet applauded , by tne clapping hands of thrones and em pire an t eontiii nts - his last words, in ilelirium supposing Christ standinj by th bedside - hi last words, 't.'ruu that wretch !" Specta-le the Thir 1 Paul -Pau'. Insigni- llcaut in piTsou. thrust out fruiti all redued : iissociation, scourged, spat ou. houndtd like i a wild heist fro n vity to city, yet tryiug to make the world good and heaven full ; an uouueing ritsurrectiou to those who mourned at the burred gates of the dead t speaking consolations wiil.ih light up the eyes of widowhood and orphauage and want with glow of certain su I eternal release; tin daunted belore tboe who coal t take his lite, bis cheek flushed with transport and his eye on heaven ; with one hand shaking Icllmctt at all the foes of earth aud all the principalities of hell, and with the other Hand beckoning me tnger augcls to oome aud bear hi in aw.iy as be says : "I am now r lady to be offered, and the time of uiy tie part u re is at bun I. 1 have fought tbe good tight ; I bavj lluishe.l my course i I have kept the faith. H-Deefona there is laid up lor me acrowu of rig'-itooasntsi, wliloh tho Lor I, the righteous Judge, will give tne." Which of the thr-tespeetaeies do you most a bnire' When tbe wiud of death struck the eoucjueror and the lull. tel. they were tossed Ilk j sea gulls In a tempest, drenched of tbe wave and torn of the hurricane, their dismal voices httard tnrougii the eyerbistlug storm, but wuen the wave aud tne wind of death struck 1 ml. like an albatross, he made'a throne ot the tempest aud out day floated away Into the calm, ee.r stnunerof heaven, brlgnter than tbe dove, Its wings covered witn kilv.tr, aud its lea hers with yellow gold. Oil, are you not iu love with such a religion a r tligiou that can do so muen lor a iuju wuile he lives and so mu.'U lor a man when he comes to die' I suppose you may have uot Iced (he con trast between the departure ot a Christian and the departure of an iatidftl. IUodorus, dying in ebazriu because he could not com posit a Joke et'iiat to tue Joki uttered at the other endof tae table i Zeuxis, dying In a tit of laughter at the sketch of nu ag.t woman a sketch made by bis own hand i Mazarin, dymg pluymg carls, his friend holding his Imnds beeausd he was unable to hold them himself. All that on one side, core pared with the departure of the Seotea Minister, wbo said to his friends : "1 have no luterest ns to whether I live or die. If I tile I shall be with the Lord, and If 1 live the Lord will be with me." Or the last words of Washington, "It is well." Or the last word of Mcintosh, the learned and the great. "Happy '." Or tbe last word of Hannah More, tint Christian poetess, "Joy!'' Or thoss thousands of Christians wjo have gone snyiugi "Lord Jejus, receive my spirit ! Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly!' "O ileutb. where is thy ting' O grave, where is thv victory V" lienold the com rust, liuiiold tbe charm of the one, behold the darUnest ot th other. Now, I know It is very popular in this duy for youug men lo thiuK there Is (oinething more charming lu skepticism than In religion. They are ashamed ot tbe old-UshlouoU re ligion ot the cross, aud tliey pridetbeiuselve on tbelr free thinking ou all these subjects. Ily young Iri.c Is, I want to tell yoa whit I know irom observation that while skeptic ism la a hesnllfnt land at th start, It la fsTtwit Sahara desert at tbe last. Years ago a minister's son went otT from bom to college. At college b form".! th aqua!ntin-'e o' n young man w'.io.-n I shall call Ellison. t'.,.on wss sn InM tel. F.llison scoffed nt re, I. 'ion. and th min'sfr's son soon lenrn t.t Irom him th Infidelity, and when h wut home on ht vaititlon'hrok h's father's lieort by his denunciation ot Christianity. Time passed on, and vacation came, and th minister's son went off to spend the vacation and was on a Journey and came to a hotsl. The hotel keeper said "I am sorry that to-night I shall nave to put vcu in a room adjoining one where there la a verv sick and dying ma". I can give yoa no other neeommolntlon." "Oh," said thts voting roll e student nnj minister's sod, "that will make no difference to tne, except th matter of sympathy with anybody that la su iTering." The young man retired to his room, hut rould not sleep. All night long he hear I tha groaning of the sick man or the step of the watchers, and his soul trembled. He thought to himself : "Now, there Is only it thin wall between me and a departing spirit. How If Ktllson should know how I feel? How I! El lison should know how my heart flutter.? What If Ellison knew my sk 'ptluisai gate wsv'" lb" slept not. In the moruln :. eomtnir down, h sal 1 tn the hotel keeper. "How Is th siclt nrin'" Oh." said the hotel keeper, "he Is del, j'oor fellow. Th do 'tor told ns hs could not last through the night." "Well." sal I the young man. "what was th sle't one's name where is he from'.'" "Well." said th hotel ki,uper, "he is from Trovl l'n"e Col luge." providence College! What Is his name." "F.llison." "Ellison !" Oh. how the young man was stunned ! It wa his oi l '.lege mate des without nny hope. It w is many hours before the young man rould leavetb.it hotel. He got on his horse nnd started homeward, an I all the w ty he deirt something saving to him- "Dead I List! lies.it! Lost!'' He came to no satis, faction until he enterl the Chrstlas life, until Im entered the Christian ministry, until he became one of tho most eminent rn.s-ion ar.es of the ero. th greatest baptist mis slotiary the wort 1 hnseverseenslueethoday of Paul no superior to Adonirain Jodsoii. Mighty on carte, mighty Iu heaven A hint ran .Ju-lson. Which do you lifc-t the beat, bidson's skepticsn or Jmison's ('iiristlau life. Jti Ison's suiTeritig for Christ snk, .In lso.n's alnio.t martyr lorn' Oh. voung man, ta your choice between these two kinds of lives. Your own heart tells you this moruing the (".ins'iati life L more admir able, more pe.ue,ul, more comfortable tuij tliort beaut I'lll. Oil, If r 'tlcion doe so mu-'h tor a man on ear. ii. what will it do for him in heaven' That is tne thought 'bat comes to me now. If a soldier can iitTor I to ahou: "Hu.vza!" wiien be go s into battle, how much more Jubilantly he can HiTor l to shout "Hutsi!" when he has game I the victory. If religion is so good a thiug to have her", how bright u thing it will l" in heaven ! I want to see that young man wuen the glor.es o! heaven have robed nn. I crowned blm. I want to hear blm sing when all duskiness of earthly colds is gone aud he r.s.-s up with tho great doxoiogy. 1 want to unow what standard ha will carry wu'U marching un l -r ar -hes of pearl Iu the army of banners. I want to know wnat company he will keep In the land where tucy tire all kings and ipieens toreyer a - l evir. If I have tulu-ed one of you this moruing to begin a better lib, then 1 want to kuow it. I may not In this world clasp hands with yo.i in friendship. I may not hear from your own hps the story of temptation atnl sorrow, but I will clasp hands with you when the sea is passed and the gates are en tered. That t might woo you to a better life, an.l that I might show you the glories with which Co t clothes His deur children In heaven, I wish I could this morniug swing back one ot tne twelve gates that there might dash upou you-ear one shout of the triumph ; tiitt there might flame upon vour eyes one hlaxe o' he spletnlor. Oh, when I spak of that I. von oluutiirily think of an ... You w.,ni ir do this morning. 1 will tea youwb t they au doing. Sing.ng! You want to know what they wear. I will toll you what tJiey wear. Coronets of triumph ! You wonder why oft they look to the gate of the temple aud watch and wait. I will tell you wby they watch and wait nn 1 look to the gate of th temple. For your comiug! I shout upward the now. to-duy, lor 1 am sure some of you will rc p nt and start for heaven ; "Oh, ye bright ones before the turone, your earthly frleuda are coming! Angels poising midair, cry up the mime! C.itei.eepi-r of heaven, seud for ward the t iti iu rc ! Wutehman on the battle iiieu's celestiul, throw the siirnal !" "OU,-' you say, "religion I .im goin'j to have. It is only a question of time. ' My brother. 1 am afraid that you may loso heaven the way Louis riiilippe lost his em pire. The I'arisiau mob came arouud tbe Tuiienes, the national guard stood in de fense of tne paluce, and the eouinutuder (aid to Louis I'hlllppe : "H.mll I r.ro now' Shall I order the troops to tire' With one volley w. can clear the pliu'e." "No," said Louis I'lulippe, "not yet." A few minutes passed ou, and then Louis Philippe, seeing the case was hopeless, said to the geueral, "Now Is tne time to tire." "No." i, ml; the general, "it Is too .ate now. Don't you sen thut the soldiers are exchaugiug arm with the citi zens' It Is too late." Dowu went the throne of I.onl rhlllppe. Away from the enrth went the bouse o! Or leiiD. and all because tbe king said, "Not yet. not yet !" May (iod forbid that auy of you should adjourn this great subject of re ligion and should postpone assailing your spiritual foes until it Is too late, too late you losing utbroua in heaven the way taut Louis Philippe lost a throne on earth. Wlien I is Jiiil it i -n't In nil (hi. I I t.ir.l in niaiesiy id I li-lui V. li- l I he ear b -a .11 .,u .. sr. th '-, V. flirj, ui waui .l. ,.uu ajits I A Mastodon's Tusks. A prospector who enmn tlowa on ih B'.eaiubuip City of Topeka Thursday night from the gold fields of Alaska brought a number of curiou relica from that fur-away region. The most iuteresting of the collection is a aet of ivory tusks of an enormous aize, th remain; of a mastodon. A great tooth was ulsc found with the tusks, which were discovered in a deep canyou aev eral hundred miles hack iu tho moun tains from Juueau. The size ot tha tusks in question is somethiug phe nomenal. They form almost a semi circle, the circumference being tea feet by actual measurement, tapering down to a point from a thickness of about six inches, where tho tusks pro ject from tho head. The elements of ages have apparently had hut little ef fect on these mastodon io ornaments, for the surface ia almost smooth and nearly as hard as rock, and the com Liued weight of the two tuska exceeds 330 pounds. The tooth found is of ir regular shape, probubly fourteeu in ches long, hix inches through, and weighs ten or fifteen pound. -Seattle (Wash.) Telegraph. It is claimed for Ilachalish Bailey, of Hornets, N. Y., that about 1813 he brought into the United States the first elephant,called "Old Bet," which, with other animals soon afterward im ported, formed the first traveling menagerie in this country. Van Am berg, tbe noted lion tamer, was subse quently associated with the compuny.
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