THE MAN TO KNOW.
Young man. the I ooks will bid you road
Tli seer from Kmt to rlato.
I'.uf get ,vfimint". with v:irf?J
Vou nre no small potato.
And 1111.114:1 you swing a blac-smltli'i
Sledge
Or dig within tli" t fnli".
Hold ii your h.n l with those that tit
I poll tin highest tenet)..,
OI r m 1 tli sages of t!'e world
An I li't thoir wisdom win you t
Hut a-1 acquainted with yourself
An I l't.1 what you'v gt in you.
In mo.les? arrog-inec of soul
Mak" y.iiir .wn v il.i.itl m. ,
Tli 11 slowly make the sluggwl worl 1
A" -eft your estimatl..!:.
Go, g"t imtrt I wllli y. iineU
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mi 1 .-r.o ii iiicn ..t;t oi tlii'ir nLtl::l
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"Ali ! tli.-.t .4 hnr l luok"--this frotr. '
Eric, a- lui wif' lutn'i'tl tuof her hiea
011 tlit- 'i j).)sitj hiilv of tin- I t Nivl lv
jii'iiiiiiip i.v.t tui lu ii.N f his rc'l '
nut's. Wh.it 11 iltir I n;i:, to f
Hiir.', net t. Iihvo hi-iMi tin; ou:i niip !
Tliis itMK' in too clcvt r f. f j.v
Tovh. Cave p. ttil nt cluss (iivca- ,
I'll licat you in tiitt, ntiyii r.v. " I
lint (iivcnnu ' l.titliin? answer wns
oroMiic.l in (mo lonj.', bhrill, ttesfniitiK
ck Jro:u tkV !i2iut-. thou n fcurftil
tuimj., CKU-in;,' tii tr.iiu to hio and
Ii tly, Htjd h noise of crashing ntil
I'lintcriuR of tiiiilicr. lirlHnt Ht first,
then Ion i.t 1111 1 tii'iire:. Ki i- riiiLci
fritiitu-nlly to t!u ilour, 1iu1--d1:, hor
ror ! it m--. lockc.! ju-rh.ii.! tin- nthi-r
-i.l.' ttoul.l yu'll L,:i hjiiutliiii-,'
ii'i'iiic l to driii; him imck Lis !(.;.' felt
tle.l n.is he rr il veil '.'
He ii-t ' tni4!in (!i . r.if.'ly to re-
Rlllll till' Use of III-, th:,' h.ul
ijrown into two h'-uvy, ti-rh-.-i- m i Aif,
he:: the ivin-i'i'.' ltiri'ii
to 1. ui s: !e, t!ir.i iii,' hnu .i wu n'.to
Ketin r. 'I'i.i re v.-As 11.: :i-,.ii.,:, i 're.i:n
fro:u (I c:it't--. ti'i'ti t. t,i! il.ir,!i,s.
line l;;:i 1. iiiiiilie . 'i':ti to MiVt liin
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Aiioth- r f.-e. ! I hihI In' nui.-t rcHcii
Hi- li.)lt'.:n 1111 1 his In tii.s 1),. iiicinMl
:it; I. ut IxttT nnythiii',' thm this
.Url', i;l'l ly ile-i'elit, wlieu tile h.uin I
of 'i!i.jtL'.-iti,' ti:nl. . r, iiiitiuleil with
t lie crie if .'inell Mini cilliiil ' li. I r , o
ttu'iiiu 011 his iiirs, Irtintly Ht litit, th -u
loiuier Milt! hiil'ler, till titl: .li MletllUx
liciirui-"., us tiion-h m tiioiis.m.l i :i u t s
were lin:iii:ie;-iii the 11 tehi-.l trniti
tii hllivi :s eio .e to his em-. H.nh'M'l
must M'li iy Imr st itii tl: i;ois ., but
Ml liVllly tli.- I'M s (.) I'l:,' I, inn!- . It
whs only ik iii i nit.-!- ill'. t r he was
life in hiso;i ln',1, tlniiii.Ii in, l.oa I
wa.shtii! t i-: j in i.ml h: i.i.art Lcntiug
t ith I n; ! th'.i'.uji.s.
The hot roll :i ! various xtvory lit
lie li-!t'. !a-t .'.is. i . re ri;iiiliy T'j'-
UlK' Col. I, ill -Jiile ol tlie.r klitlilli rtiV
ITS. I Ir, K. ! lir-T hill I 11 oil th: tn'ule
litilt' h:i lion: Uy: tli full huiids of
thi' 'f(r:i'lt itlier" clock in the coriur
of the cozy iliuill'.'-ri. 0:11 j oiiitnl to
three til 1 11 lit 'S to t- li.
Mr. y vnt!, with a t-li-l.tl.v Idijui
tit ut -xj'i 1 ssioii in l.rr 1! ",' 1 l.i-i iii-s,
was t-trtiilui ly t!ie winl-.w, iilly
watching tu.' riiu iitti'r:ti ilov. n,
hti'.Hjiiiii into the Klii-a ly overilowin
putter mi'l sweliin-i the Mnek ti.ldlea
m tiie in!'! tie of tiif rmt I b -low.
Siie ha 1 roa'lthu Morniti' l'ost, nn
all tlu iteais of tiewa ahe catcJ about
iu the Times (her hunikUil'a ajifcial
uewsjuper;, unil hn I heua to Wolnkr
when line would collie itown, uiiU
whether the etj.)rt of ilre-ising oil thu
relar.iue; October morning hal jroveil
too ere at an I'lertioti f jt him.
It i4 uDttDtul for Kiu to bo o
late, for ho had ((i-Lierally ma lo hn
ujijicaraucu aouiB time before the 'J.'J')
Lreakfa.t gout; had aounde.l.
Id a minute, or no, however, Oweuiiie
heard hia dresJiiug rooui door ojieu
hastily ; then tho refrain of "Iove'a
Owu Sweet Soog" whivt'ed gayl, and
iu another half-aocoud Eric waa iu the
ruotn.
"Aru I deaperaUly late? Awfnlly
aorry. Oh I but 1 don't believe that
cluck, borne maUcioualy diapoaeu per
eon liitft morril on tha hand at leant a
qtmrtcr of an honr" langhln. "But
Owcd, darling!" more aerionaly
"you should not have waited all thii
liiuo tut lue. Anything interestind?"
gnitig to the hall as ha apnk n1
unlocktriK the letter boj. "All for
me, atid all business" turning over
four or flvn official looking cnvelojiPi",
nddrcsse l mostly in clear, btiaineas
like chnracteta to "Eric C. Vyvyan,
Fn , 7 Chcxharn street, I3cgraria. 8.
V."
"I rxpecleil a letter from Hetty to
tell me when Ler bahy'a rhriHtening ii
to take place," aaid GwennieJ "but
they waut us to go there before the
end of the month, ao I atijij ose we had
bi tter fix some 1ny next week, had we
tint, Kick, ilenr?"
'Well, I aiij.j.ose I mtit-t bo rcMgnod
to late, tiior.u'ii I know nmtio one that
iicvi t j'ivi'M her oor, lienj'ccked hus
batid a r'atuice of mying 'nay' to huv
thuirf." "ih ! Kick : nnd you know you said
you woul I lti.e logo, und that you fire
lookiiis.: forwHrd to nome hunting."
'Ihi'ii. bruhirii: merrily ai kIic ciuiKlit
n twinkle 111 Mr ic'n eye: "How hhitll I
ever live out n long life with mtch n
liria lftil t 'use ns you ! Koall v. though,
I think it will be lovely lit liilcford
this tieiitiier; Hetty aaya all their vio
lets arc growing beautifully out of
door", iiiid -h( does- not think we ahnll
Ciu I it as colli rs we did liit-t yenr--they
luivc h id 1 1 t water pijics laid all
over the house. "
Hut Kric did not answer, andriwi'n
nicMiw a thoughtful expression on hia
hauditi .iiii', ixiret.MVd face; then ahe
gtii'Nscd that (though only joking iut-t
I now; Ik ready did Hot cure about this
.rotnist I vi-it. IVrhapa he does not
v.t:it t !e i'i-!iir'' d now he his only
j : 1 -1 r. t:tri!".l 1 town, and lias begun
writing his n-w I'ooi , too, thought
tlwennie. Vi t it was eharni'teriatic of
line Hint be c. ttld write better and
v.xY ' cus ly l;-r. h, vna in a tran-e1
piui-e mi 1 miv fn-hh s.i iitry and fresh
i:ie Hioiiii 1 him.
'His 'nr. iins K.it to want oiling his
thoughts wiilil not run Hn;oothlv when
he stayed long in one j lace," hu niw.iys
si 1. ho it tins they never fettled
down for more thau three inotiths w ith
o'.it change, much as they imth liked
their pretty, cosy house in the uiont
fiis!iionnb!e jurt of Keh-ravia.
If. loe !. Kri'i'a most Hiiccessful work
h i I ben written ditrini; their travels
n'oro.i'l at a t ime w hen he could only
manage to squeeze out old hnlf hours
at : titno for writing, ao buoy were
they aiitht Feeing and i xploriug iSjain.
l-riia;K, after all, Erio wua lazy,
(iweiinio thought: again, most men
disliked country hotife visiting, and
looked on it Ha a bore, flte knew, but
he would enjoy it when they got there.
The Vyvyans had already htayed at
Paleford tivice hioee their niiirringe,
and HcUio Townley and Ciwtnnie had
In tii gr fit friends all their life. Jletliu !
wiis married about two years nud a
half ago to the sin of a weitlthy country
s juire iu the north of England; after
ht-r mtrriae the introduced Gweuuio
i'.o .u;i,, n'rit'A ru..he Hiu
; baud', and the introduction had turned
I out to be n cae iI mutual love at lirt
!higilt.
I Eric was in his atudj- prepared for
nn undisturbed morning at his writing,
: when the butler cusue iu with a tele
1 gram.
't'oine to-morrow, if possible, chris
' tening Saturday, wire reply," rati the
i.ies-age.
I Eric had no more peace of mind that
inoriiiiii.-, for (iweniiie was quite ex-
i cite. I Ht th.' tholtgi.t of aeeing her
iro n t u;;ai:i s i soon, a:i I aaid hlie
' could t-asiiy j.;et rea'ly to o to-morrow.
And shut terrible dream last uittht
returned to Eric's mind with horrible
j vividness. They 111 list Mu t for Dale-
1 ford to-iuorr.c.v to be there in time for
i th.' christening on Saturday.
To-morrow, Friday, October 13,
was that meaut as u warning, . too?
Kut no and lie quickly thrust aside
t'uosu Mii'iTstitiotis thought-!. One
day in tho week was as good as all
ot her, ami us for taking dreams into
everyday wakeful life nn I dwelling on
th .' horror.-, it was abnurd; no aane
man would put off his engagement,
hoi.-ve'.' trivial, for the aake ot 11
1 grot-'giiun nightmare. Dreams had
. never any connection with the future.
j ''Men dwelt too much on dreams and
Mich lu.e things iu this age of mh-
' posed enlightenment, ntid tho worid
i was growing more morbid everyday,"
he ha I toM the reading public in one
' of his work .
Vet, reason as he would this morn
lnv, he was unable to rhake ol a sort
of "uncanny" feelniu, and aotnething
a- emed to whisper tntr this dream
, wui s.nt to him as a naming.
I The t:c:.t morning Eric was not iu
1 his r.s'i'il .p:rits, and instead of his
' bright Inn. -a and clover talk he was
tilinost silent. The terrible railway
j accident, with all its dreadful details,
had come before him iu his fleeji
M'aiii U-t nitrht. This time, however,
j he had felt it wis a dream only, yet
1 could i.ot awake himself befora came
the horrible climax and instead of
lor'i'tlin it all this morning, the day
' light brought it before his mind' eye
. cleaily i;ud distinctly.
I "Did you sleej well last night,
r.ickV" km 1 Guenuie, at last.
"Yea. too well; I had nightmare
j with all its attendant horror, and
have rather a bad heudache iu cou-
hcquence."
I "Oh I 1 am ao sorry. I thought you
' had one of your headache, you must
j have been workiug too bard ; but
. surely it will make it worse to travel
all that way, Khali we not go to-day,
I after allV" And, as Erio as aileut,
11 he went on : "I Uou't care much
about the christening really. Kick,
dear; let 'a eud Hettio a. telegram,
h ill know it ia uot ou purpotiit if
we are not there to-murrow.
I'or one aecoud Eric felt inclined to
give aay to hia preaeutiment then
why ahould ao luaar foolish people
ba disappointed just 1ecftnn he had
foolish fad? passed through hia mind
who but a fool would put off a
journey and lone engagement for the
aake of a dream?
''So, no, Owen," he aaid q'llckly,
"I shall to all right, darling, when we
leave amok r London fur behind ns. "
(Iwenuifl brightened aiu at this,
and agreed that it was depressing in
town this muggy, wet weather.
".Shall we tako Halma or Keverski
with us in the train? but no, I will
leave out the dies board, ami then
you will give me aotne more lessons,"
she cried, making hasty prejiiirationi
for their journey, and in less than an
hour they were rattling down to Eua
tju station.
Terrible railway accident. Fatal
collision between two trains on the
Great Northern line. Thirty-ftvo jer
aotia killed. Many injured." Thesa
words, which headed a column in all
the daily papers onSaturdtiy moruin,
October II, threw mnny families in tho
I'nitcd Kingdom into sudden deeji
sorrow and consternation.
The paragraph went on to explain
the cause of the accident, au 1 howthj
front part of both trains had been
completely shattered into ajlinters,
and tho shock of the collision had
thrown tho down train off the line
down the steejt embankment, an that
imsaetigcra in the back carriages hn.l
no means of cheapo cither, and very
few were thoM who had been i-aved
from instant death in tho ill-fated
train. All the travelers iu the uptrain
w re also moro or 1 s mortally in
jured, if not killed outright on that
fatal 1'ridav.
Four nnd a half years Lad jififsed,
and the railway accident wna forgotten
by most people; still there were a few
who could never foreet the sail occur
rence that had blighted their lives,
nnd Eri.' Vyvyan was one. Hia was
too dre a heart wound ever to heal
entirely iu this world. Ho was just
now staying at Dideford. It whs
July, and the Townleys had n st'den
party, nt which till tlu cream of Dale
ford society was congregated that hot
afternoon.
On h rustic scat nt the far end ol
the large alopiug lawn Mt four youug
ladies, Mini, t-tauding in groups of
threes ami fours were eight or nine
others Home pretty and chick look
ing, others plain nnd dowdy; some
were bashful looking debutantes, but
others very much "ont" and Keif
possessed looking a i;rotip such us
yon will always see in atiy large gather
ing of this hind iu the country.
"Who is that very cross-looking
man sitting near the band?" This in
a stage whisker from the fairest maiden
iu the group.
"Who do you mean?" nnswered hr
companion on the scut. "That dark
man talking to Mrs. Uarker?"
"No, uo, not thatoue," in a voies of
Kcoru from tho jcak r ; "that'sn friend
the Cat thuw'a brought with them this
afternoon. ,1 mean that handoowe,
airi. i" ndiup. i'n ni-jtr. the. yyt:
tree there by himself."
"Oh! he is a friend staying with
tho Townleys Vyvyan, I believe, hin
name is," broke iu another voice.
"Ho looks us though ho thought the
whole affair an awful bore," remarked
auoliier.
! "I don't think lie is handsome
nasty face, he has."
"No; 1 don't think he is, either.
At least -that is -ho would be if ho
only did not look so cro.-s au 1 sar
castic." "1 am quite sure he is a horrid
man" (this from another critic.
"Why should ho not make himself
jdeusant, and i.ot stan. I alone jiickit.g
t'Veryono tJ pieces with his eyes?
hate that soi1; of men ; but let's walk
round the grounds." And the sjvaker
walked oil, the rc.st following suit.
Thus is our appearance and even our
character judged by utter strangers in
this hard-hearted, prosaic world. Gen
erally wrong, however, is their ver
dict concerning our character.
And now the hostess was walking
around the kitchen garden. An elder
ly geutleman with white hair and a
kind, iutlelligent face was witli her.
They sjiuke softly, but scrajis of con
versation in tho lady'a voico could be
overheard.
"Yes, it is very sal, poor fellow.
So kind hearted he is, though quite a
changed man."
(An indistinct murmur from tho
gentleman. )
"Oh, ho was very ill for nearly
seven months. Ho was found quite
unconscious under the debris of the
wrecked train, with hia arm round his
wife. She was killed on the apot. Mo
pretty, she w its, with real yellow, gold
hair, Htid so nice, too. Dear, dear
GweD," and Mrs. Townley'a voice
grew soft und her eyos misty. "Such
a young couple, and only married a
year and a half; but Eric told me has
never really lived a moment of his
life since he lost his wile. He says he
feeis so old now. Jiut don't talk about
your favorite subject namely d earns
beforo him. I told yo 1 his sad bt ry
because I knew it would interest you,
as you believe iu such things ; but,
though, of course, he can never forget
it himself, he can't bear to thiuk that
others should know anything about
his unheeded warning. Sala'4 Jour
uul.
Virtue Iu a Suu!nt Sometime.
A Maine schoolmaster aaid with stern
emphasis tho other day ; "I aaw th
person who was whispering then. J
am lookiug at that person now. WiL
that jieraou arise before the aclioo'
without obliging me to call names?'
Two boys aud four girla stood 11 1
bluahiugly. The master in cross-eyec
and wear glasses. Lewiston Journal.
Jilison aays he baa noticed that lomi
men are a great deal like rivers. When
their heed $tu swelled you realize il
flow their moutua. Buffalo Courier.
REV. DR. TALMAGE
TIIK llKOOKTiYN tMVINK'S SU5
IAY BF.RMON.
Subject 1
" Stritngera
fiates."
Within thi
TXT! irn n nlmwjrr ami ye look M
in. Matthew xv., 33.
It la a moral tlisastnr that Inmltr ha a..
spoiled ao manr passage of Kerlptur-.. -tmr
...j tri n vur mm naa sunenHi rrotn Irrever
ent aim mlsnpplioil quotation. It shows
ri?" rov'rtv of " "n'I humor whu peopln
take tli awont of 'llvine truth for a (ram at
fpnoln or ehlp off from tha Koblnoor dla
monrt of Inspiration a sparkli to decorate
fool s rap. My tfit Is thn anltitatlon In the
Inst Jiiiltrment to im irlven to those who hava
hown hospitality an-l kindness and Chris
tlsn helpfulness to strantn-r. lly railroad
m l st-nmliont the population of tho earth
re all the lime In motion, and from on
feiir s end to another our cities are crowded
with visitors.
r.very mornlni on thefra-ks of tho Hud
on Itiver. the Pennsylvania, thn Erie, the
boni: Islnnd Katlroails there coma pnsen(er
Tains more than I can number, so that all
the depots an 1 thn whnnist am a-rmnlil"
tnd s-'lsnif with the coming In of a irrent
Inimigrntleii of strangers. Rome of them
ome for .urposes of hartcr. some for mooh-,
inlstn. some for nrtlstlo irrntiflentlon, oinJ
Tor slirlitseelnir. A great many of them an
mt en the evenlnst trntiis. and consequently
:1m city makes l.ut little Impression nponi
hem, luitther-i aru irultitudes who In the
hotels and ho-mllng houses make l-mporary
esld-ne,.. They tnrry here for three or four
lays, or as many week. Thry spend the
lays In the stores nn I the evenings in alglit
leelug. Their teuiporarv stay will either
nake or break them not oulv financially, tut
nornllv. fortius world an I the world Hint Is
0 rome. Multlta les of theni come Into oun
norning and evening services. I nm COD4
i'toiis that I stand In the presrnco of many
his moment. I desire morn espo-lnliy to
'peak to them. May f,oi give me the right
ivor.l and help me to utter It iu tho right
-nv.
There have gilded Into this hrmse those
inknowa to others whoso history If told
a-onld f more thrilling than thn itoep.st
mgndv, more exciting than Tattl s song.
jior bright than 11 spriug morning, morn
iwful than a wintry midnight. If they
oiild stand up here nn I tell the story of
heir escapes, and tln-lr temptations, an 1
h'lr lierenveiuent'. nnd their disasters, nud
heir vi"torii-s. nud their defeats, there would
in this house s'l.'li a commingling of
rmnis and acclamations as woull make the
jlaee iiueniluralm.
There Is a mini wiio. In Infunrv. lay In a
radio satin line'. dm yonder is n man
s-howas picked up h foundling on lioston
Common. Il-rc Is a man who is coolly ob
serving this religious service, expecting no
1 lvnntage and earing tor no advantage for
llmseir. while yonder is a man who hits been
or ten years i n HWin eonfl igatlon of evil
lnl'lts, and he is a iiuti cinder of a destroyed
int ure, and he Is wond-nng If there shall he
n this a.-rvlc? nny escsp i or help for his Irn
iitirtal soul. Meeting you only once per
haps face to fnee, I strike hands with you la
111 earnest talk nliout your present condition
tnd your eternal well being. St. Paul's ship
It Melitn went to pieces where two sea
tieet. but we stun 1 to-day at a point where
t thousand seas converge, and eternity alone
an tell theissimol the hour.
The holds o I this country, for beauty and
egHnee. are not surpassed by the hotel In
any other hind, but those that are most cele
brated for brilliancy of tnp.-i-t.-y and mirror
aiir.i t give to the gin : nny costly apart
nent unless he can ntTor I it parlor In addl
ion to his lodging. The stranger, therefore,
vill generally Cud assigned to 111 iu a roo-n
-ithout nny picture and perhaps any ronk-
,Illf f'll'lif tl., Will flti.l .. ,.1 .n..l ..
bun-nu nnd an old newspaper left by the
. 1 .
previous oceupaut, and that will be about ail
ne ornan-w."-ii!oi. st.Vi -is- Mii "
ng. after having taken bis repast, be will
00k over his nietromndum t-ook of the day
work, he will write a letter to hi borne, an 1
:heu a 'losper.it 1011 will sei.j upon him to get
mt. Vou hear the great city thundering
under vour windows, nut you sav. ! nmst
'oin that procession." and In ten minutes you
luivn joined It. Where are vou going.' U!i,"
foil say. "I haven t tr.ad'i ut my mind yet."
I! 'tter make up your mill I lielore you start.
I'eri.nps the very way vou go now vou will
thvays go. Twenty years ugo there were two
young men who came down the Astor House
teps an 1 started cut In a wrong direction,
in-i'- uiey nave 1 oi-u goingeyer in
Well, where are you going?" says one
man. "I am going to the academy to lie.tr
wene muie." Hood. I would like to Join
vou .if the deor. At the lap of the orehes'.r il
l atou all the g.itef of harmony and b'.inty
ivill open before rny soul. I congratulate
foil. Where nr. you go.ng "Well," you
my. "I am going up to see some advertised
(.ietiir"." tiood. 1 should like to go along
villi you and look over the s one catnloguo
in I simiy with you K.-ns.'tt and Uierita It
uul I'liurch and Mor.in. Nothing morn
elevating than good pictures. Where are
you going? "Well." you say. "I nm going
up lo the Young Men's Christian Association
rooms." (iood. You will linl there
gyinnasties to strengthen the muscles, and
books to improve the mind, nnd Christian
influence to wive the soul. I wish every city
tu the I' lilted States had as lino a pi. ace for
its Young Men Christian Association
is New York lias. Where am you going
"Well," you say. "I nm going to take a loug
walk up Uroadway mi l solum around Into
the llowery. I am going to study huniau
life." (iuod. A walk through ISroadwav nt
s o'clock nt night is Interesting, educating,
insciiiatiug, appalling, exhilarating to the
last degree. Stop in front of that theatre
and see who goes Iu. Stop nt that salooa
nnd se who come out. See the great tides
of life surging haekwarl nnd forward and
bent lug against the marble of thu curbstone
in I ed.ly.u,' dovvu Intot'ie tlooa. Wnat
is that mark mi thn face of that debauchee'
It Is the hectic fli-h of eti-rnal death. What
is that woman liui'iliter His tbe shriulc
of a lost sou1.
Who is that Christian man going along
with 11 vinl of mho Ivun to Hi" dying pauper
"ii I. mi street Who is that belated man
on the way to a prayer iiiu"ting? Who Is
tiiat city missionary L-oiu.' t 1 take a box In j
wliicii to bury a eiilM Who are all ttu-se
lusters of liright an t beautiful luces' Tuey
are going to some Interesting plnuuof auiu.--mefit.
Who Is that man going into the drugstore'
That is tho mini who yesterday lost all his
fortune on Wall street. Hi is going In lor a
lose of belladonna, aud before morning It
will make no ilinVren.-e to him whether
slocks are up ordowu. I tell you that llrond
way. between 7 and l'i o'clock at night, be
tw :eu the liattery mi l (' 'iitr.il Park, Is au
Austeriltz, a Gettysburg, a Waterloo, where
kingdom are lost or won aud three world
uiingle iu the strife.
I met mother corning down off the hotel
steps, and I say, "Where nro you goiug'"
You say : "I am going with it meiciiant of
New YorU who has nro.nisnd to tiow me the
underground life of the city. I am his cus
tomer, and he is colng to oblige me very
iniich.'' Slop ! A tusluwi house that trie
to get or keep your custom through such a
process as that Is not worthy of you. There
are business twtahlisiirueuts In our cities
which have for year been sending to de
struction hundred nnd thousand of mer
chant. They huve a secret drawer In the
counter where money Is kept, and tho clerk
goes nnd get It when he want take these
visitor to the elty through the low slums of
the place.
Shall 1 mention the namevof some of those
great commercial establishment I bays
them on, my lip. Shall 1 Perhaps I bad
better leave It to the young men wuo In that
proctaM bave been destroyed themselves
while they have been destroy Ui- other. I
cars not bow high sounding the name of a
commercial eetablUUineut If It propone to
nut iiustouier or lo keen them bv suett a era.
cess as that. Drop their acquaintance. They
will cheat you before you get through. Ther
w, 1 ... juu s itib 01 goo. i nurerent rrom
that which you bought by sample, Tbey
win give you underweight. There -will be
in me paenage hair a loen less pnlrs of sns.
pemler than you paid for. They wilt rob
T". "u. you leei in your pm-k is and say.
"Is my money gone'" Thee have rohhed
rou of something for which dollars and cents
can never give you compensation.
When one of these Western merchants has
tssen dragged by one of those commercial
agents through tha slum ot the city, be Is
not fit to go home. The mere memory of
what be ba seen will le moral pollution. I
think you bad belter let the city mlaslonarv
and the police attend to the exploration of
isew lorn and underground life. You do
not go to a smallpox hosnltnl for the pur
pose of exploration. You do not go there
tssoanae you are afraid of contagion. And
yet you go Into the presence of a moral lep.
rosy that I as much more dangerous to you
as the death of the soul Is worse than dath
f the body. I will undertake to say that
Ine-tenths of the men who have been ruined
l our cities have been ruined ty slmply
lng to observe without nny Men of pnrtlel.
Itlng. Tli fact ts that underground elty life
a filthy, fuming, reeking, pestiferous depth
hlch blast the eye that looks nt It. In the
Ign of terror In 173J in t'nris people esenp.
jng from the officers of the law got Into the
Srers of tho cltr and crnwled and walked
tough miles of thnt awful Inbyriiith. stifle,!
Wlh the atmosphere nnd nlmost dnd, some
oflhem. when they cam" out to the river
H,.Ine. where, they washed themselves and
,(,!" nn-ninci ine irell air. nut I tinvo to
tei' )'c" that a gri-at many of the men who go
04 the work of exploration through the. un
d(rground gutters of New York life uever
oom out nt any Seine River where they
en1 wntl t,rt lne pollution of the moral
pferage. Stranger, if one of the reprsen
ta(!VH" ' commiT'lal staldlshment pro
pi to fake you nnd show yon the "signts 1
,fI :own and undergrouni New York, say
tof , "I'lease, !r, what part do you pro
' show meV
t iut sixteen years ago as a minister of
glan I felt I had a divine commlssson to
Ml'ore the iniquities of our cities. I did not
BSj counsel of my session or my presbytery
or' of the newspapers, but asking the mm.
pai lon'-ln f three prominent police officials
uu ,ro ' ,n" ''!,,'r" of mv church Inn
roli,J mjr pnimlsion. nnd It said : .Son of
mn, dig Into the wall. And when I ha I
dieted Into tin' T"" tehold a door, and He
sail go iu and see im, wicked itbo-iiiuations
tht are done here. And I went In and saw
nDs Itehohl !" ISrought up 1? the country
nni' surrounded I y mucli paternal care, I
hno not tin' il that time seen tie' Ini.VAts of
lii''Ulty. lly the grace of od defended, 1
had never sowed my "wild oats."
I had somehow been iil.ic to tell from
varP'ts sources something about the Iniqui
ties of the great cities and to ppeneli against
thep. but I saw in the destruction of a great
muj'ltude of the people) that there must be
na lo fiilu.it loa an 1 11 temptation that had
nevt'r been spoken about, and 1 said, "I will
exijore." 1 (Iifr thousands or tneo going
dovfn. nn'1 If there ha't been a spiritual p"r
culn nnswering to the physical percussion
the whole air would have teen lull of the
nn ibie and roar an l crick and thun.lei of
the demolition, and this moment. If we
sh,Mld pause In our service, w 1 should hear
the' tish, crash ! Jus! as iu the slek'.v s a
son ill some! Incs hear the bull at the gate
of t cemetery rlngiug almost Incessantly,
so found that the liell nt tli" gate of thn
ce-i -ry whore rulne.l souls nm buried was
toll : by day nnd tolling by night. I said,
"I explore."
I went as n physician goes Into a fever
lass-P'to to see what practical nud useful In
formation I might get. That would be a
foo'lsli doctor who would stnnd otitstdo the
dool" of an Invalid writing it I.atln prescrip
tion! When the lecturer In a medical col
leg.' is dene with bis h"'Uir. he takes the
stu ents Into the dlsecting room, and he
has them the reality. I went nnd saw
nndjeome forth to my pulpit to report a
pin pie and to ten how sin dissects the lo ly
fi' ,Ja the mind and disseeta tha soul.
tilh' at u ar'a-fti-i upsa -ria ss. -b am fHl,l kns 1i
-Ob, say vou, "are you not afraid thnt In
mm N ear ton of the inl
1, aitlet of the elty other person might make
exiilorstlon and do themselves damage '"' I
raply ; "If In company with tho commis
sioner of polb-e, and the captain of police,
and tli" inspector of police ami the com
pauy of two t'hristinn gentlemen, and not
with the spirit of curlosliy, but that yon may
see sin In ordr thn b 'tter to combat It. then.
In the name of theet-rnal Ood, got liut, If
not. tlcn stay away."
Wellmgtou. standing In the tattle of
Waterloo,) when the bullets wero buzzing
I around ht head, saw a civilian on the Held.
He said to him: "Sir. what nre you doing
here EeoiT'.' "Why." replied the civilian.
"there is no more ilnnger here for mo than 1
there is for you." Then Wellington Hushed 1
up and said, "God and my country demnn 1 :
that I l here, but you have no errand here."
Sow f, as 1111 officer iu the army of Jesus '
Christ, went on that exploration and on to 1
that tatUetleld. If you bear 11 like cot. mils- I
slon, go. If not, stay away. Hut you say,
"Don't you think that somehow the descnp-
tlon of those place Induces people to go and 1
sen for themselves? ' I answer yes, just its I
much a the des.-rlptlon of yellew fever in 1
some scourged city would Induce people to
g.i dowu there and g"t the pestilence.
Eut 1 may bo udilr-ssiiig some stringer
alrea iy destroyed. Where is be, that I may
pointedly yet kindly address hltn? Co-no
back nnd wash In the deep fouutaili of a
Saviour's mercy. I do not give vou a cup,
or a chalice, or a pitcher with a limited sup
ply to effect your ablutions. I point you to
Hie live oceuu of God's mercy, oh, that tho
Atlantic and pacille surges of divine forgive
ness might roll over your soul ! As the glori
ous sun of God's forgiveness rides on toward
the mid lieaveus ready to submerge you In
warmth aud light and love I bid you good
morning. Morning of pence for all your
troubles. Morning of liberation for all your
Incarcerations. Morntug of resurrection for
your soul buried In sin. (iood morning!
Morning for the resuscitated household that
has been waiting for your return. Morning
for the cradle and the crib already dlsgrae 1
wilb being that of mlruukiird's child. Morn
ing for the daughter that has trudged off
to hard work because you did not take care
of home. Morning for the wife who at forty
or II (ty years has the wrinkled face, und the
stooped shoulder, and thn white hair. Morn
ing for one. Morning for nil. (iood morn
ing! In God's name, good morning!
Iu our last lireadlul war the Federals nnd
tho Confederate were eiicaruped on opposite
sides of the Uappahanuook, aud one morn
ing tne i.rass Inn 1 ot the northern troops
played the national air, uu l all the northern
troops cheer .id nn I cheer 'd. Then 011 the
opposite side of the II i;i ihanno 'k thebrtss
band of the Confederate played "My Mary
laud'' and "DiX'C," nn i then all the south
ern troops cheered mi' I cheered, lint after
awhile one of the lutiid struck up "Home,
Sweet Home;" nnd the ban I on the opposite
side of the river took up the strain, and
when the tunt w.is done tte Confederates
aud the Federal nil together nutted ns the
tear rollel down their cheeks lu oue grout
buxza. butta!
Well, my friends, heaven comes very near
to-uay. it 1 omy a stream tlutt divides us,
the narrow stream of death, an t tbe voice
there nnd the volee here seem to commin
gle, and we Join trumpets nud bos tnnahs nud
hallelujah, and the ehoru of uuited aoug
ofeartband heuveu l "Home, Sweet Home."
Home ot bright domestle circle on earth.
Home of forRivnne In the great heart of
God. Horn of eternal rest lubeavju. Home!
Hobo I Home 1
Hut suppose you are standing on a crag
of the mountalu nud on tho edge of a preci
pice, and ull uuguarded, an t some one
either In joke or bate shall ruu up behind
you and push you off. It Is easy enough to
push you off. Hut who would do so das
tardly a deed I Why, thi bt doneevaiy hour
of every day and every hour ot every night.
Men com lo the verge of city life and say 1
"Now, we will Juat look off. Come, young
young man, do not be afraid. Come near,
let u look off." II come to tbe edge and
looks and looks until, after awhile, salad
hWNtks up behind bits and putt a band on
Boelety says It U evil proclivity on the part
of that young man. oh. no! ne was sim
ply an explorer and sacrificed bis life In discovery.
A young man eames In from the'-jof
bragglnr that nothing can do him anv
He know nbout all the trick of e. rV
Why." he says, "did not I receive .
Jar In the country telling me that sorsiT
they found out I Was a sharp hnslnes. ?
'Why." he says, "did not I receive
le ccuntrr tellinir ma tl,., TH
nnd If t t,.M nnu . m
of money by malt or express, charge
paid, they would send a package with w
I oould make a fortune In two month t
- : " V - ueigtjoors ttld. tl
did not. Whr. no man eni.i l
money. I carry It In a pocket n,ie.
vest, yo man could tako It. No mas 1
cheat mo at tho faro table. Don't I kno 1
about the cue box, and tho dealer's box J
the cardsetuck together as though thev'Jj
one. nnd when tn bn,l In rr,m -i,i- . 1
they can't chest me. I know what it
nbout ' while t the i.mA .. . "
moment, such men are succumbing . il
. .. ... ...w -..in., .nm-. innr . 1
wont Satanic Influences In thn .tmni.. .1
that Ihev nre point tn nnM. v..... .7
man or woman shall go down into a 'hv,
Of Inl.illllv nnr..n.. nf . V'
and women or for the sake of being al leil
".in i-u.iii ngainit mi.
perils i If. as did John Howard or Ellxvi
Fry or Thomas Chalmers, thev ,-n .1
among tho nlandone for the s-tko of san,
thorn, then such explorers shall be io I hi
tected. and thev will come out tetter tV
they went In. Hut If you go on this tr,si
exploration merely for the pu-posn of vi.'
;.im n iori'i lurnenv will take t Vf or'
per cent, off vour moral character.
Sabbath morning come. You wake 5V,
the hotel. Yen have had a longer
than usual. You ny : "Whore nni l
thousnn'l rnili-s from hom-'f I have no i.
lly to tako to church to-dav. My pastor w i
not expect my pp-senee. 1 think I shall ,'
over my accounts and sMidv my memnrv
dum took. Then 1 will write a few busi-ii
letters nnd talk to that merchant who e'er
In on the same train with me." Stop ! V
cannot nfTord to do If.
"liut." you say. "I am worth (.VIOiOO
You cannot nfTord to do it. You sav "a,
worth tl.offO.OOii." You cannot nfTord t
It. All you gain by breaking the SaM.r,
you will lose. You will lose one of thr,
thlngs-your Intellof . your morals or n -property
and yon cantio? point In the wli,..
earth to it single exception to this rule. ;, .1
gives us six days nn 1 kc-rs one for mms-i
Sow. If we try to get tin, seventh, Ho w
upset the work of all the other hIx.
I remember going up Mount Washlngtn
beforethe railroail ha. I hen I u(it t f
Tip-Top Hons .. and the gui lo would c,
around to our horses nnd stop us wlieu
were crossing it very steep nn i dangern
place, and lie would tigl.ten the girth of t:
horse snd H'Mlghter.U.e sa bile. And I h e
to t"ll you that this road ..f life is so st-v
and lull ol f -rll wn must at leiit one ,iav 1
e"n stop and have the harness of ViV trt
justed ai.d our souls re-oqulppe'l. Tne sc
days ol the went nro like seven busiU'
partners, and you must give to each onn I
share, or the business will be broken u
liod is so generous with us lie bus gl"
you six days to His one. Now, hero Is
lather who has seven ntitil.-s. and ho i?lv
six to his greedy loy. proposing to keep on
or iiinisei-, j ue greeny i.oy grans lor t
ether one and loses all I he stx.
How few men ther are who know how t
keep the Lord's day 11 way from home!
g.-eat manv who nro consistent on tha banl
ot tne st. Lawrence, or tim Alabama, or tl
Mississippi are not consistent when they g
so far off a the East liiver. I repeat
though it Is putting it on 11 low ground
you cannot lluanelaily nfTord to break tl
Lord's day. It Is only another way of ton
lug up your Government securities and du
ting down the price of goods and lilo-v.nu
joursiore. 1 nave inenus WHO am all t!
time slicing off pieces of tho Sabbath. Thi
cut ft little of the Sabbath ot that e.-.d an
a little of the Sabbath off tills end. The.
do not keep ttie tweuty-totir hours. Tl
Dime says. "Romember the Sabbath day, t
Keep it noiy.
I have good friends who nre quite neeu
tomed to leaving Albany by the midnight
t.IU -jU .(UU.UuJ ul-... . uil-'If.JI
before church. Now, ther may be oceasb ,c
when It is right, but generally It Is wron .
How if the train should run oft tho track In '
the North Elver' I nopa your friends w t
not aen l to me to preach your funeral se
mon. It would be an awkward thing for 11 ,1
to stand up by your side and preach, you, ,
Christian man, killed on a rail train tr.iv.
in.- on a Sunday morning. "Remember 1 1 d
S:tbbath day lo keep It holy." What do I
that mean' It means twenty-four hour '
A man owes you a dollar. You don't wa "
him to p iy you ulnety cents. You want tl '
dollar. 1 God demand of us twenty-foi
hours out of the week. He means twenty-foi "
hours, and not nineteen. Oh, we want I
keep vigilantly in this country t!
American Sabbath nn t not have trati
planted here the European Sabbath, wh.li
tor tho most part I no Sabbath at nil. If an
of you have been In l'aris. vou know that 1
Sabbath morning the vnst population ru
out toward the country' with baskets m j
bundles, nnd toward night they come ba. '
fagged out, cross and Intoxicated. May On
preserve to us oar glorious, quiet America
S ibbaths.
Oh. stranger, welcome to tho groat eltyi
May you llnd Curist her", nud not uny riliy-
cul or moral damage. Men coming troai is
land, from distant cities, bave hero fom
God aud found Him in our s-rvico. M.
that be your case to-day. Y'ou thought yi
were brought to this merely for the purpoi
or sightseeing, remaps uo.t brought jil
to this roaring city for the purpose of wor
ing out your eternal salvation, lio back
your homes und tell them how you m
Christ here, the loving, patient, pardonlt.
and sympathetic Christ. Who knows but tl
city which has been the destruction of 1
many may be your eternal redemption?
A good manv years ugo Edward Htnnle
the English commander, with his reglmeii
took a lort. The fort wits turned by nonl
aoO Spaniards. Edward Stanley came cloi
up to the fort, leading his mon, when nHpaiU
laru uirusi ni nun wiwi a spear, iiueuiiiiig
destroy hia life, but Stanley caught hold
the tar, and the Spaular I, In atteuptlii-
to Jerk tho spear away from Stanley. Iilti)(
1.1... I..... .1... I. ....I.. S' . - 1. I 1
11 1 III ,if lull, iilu . iniiii-,119, . 11 BUllllirr u:
Stanley taken his position 011 the battlemeul
than he swung his wor I, nn 1 his whole ri4,
intent leaped niter hlir, and the fort wf
taken. So it may to with you, ( Strang,
1 ne city inuueuce wnicti nav i ilcstroyod
mnny and dashed theni down forever h:
be the means of lifting you up iu'.othetow
of God's mercy and strength, your soul mo
thau cotiquered through the grace of Hi
who has promised nil especial benediction
thos'i wiio shall treat you well, saying,
was a str.iuger, nnd yetoak Bli in."
Tom ni)'. Opinions.
Liltle Tommy had heard that hi
tdatcr, who tings iu tho choir, had
sweet voice ; but w hen she scolded hi
for not doing as he wna told he aaiil-
"I hey way yon Jiavo a awect voici
I think it is n sour voico aometimes.
At another time hia father had e
plained to him the difference, hctwei
hard nud pine wood. Of course
wua unx ions to display hia knowlod
so beiug iu tho cellar with hisyounu
sister, he took up a piece of oak ail"
said: "That ia hard wood;" tlnjv
picking up u piene of pine, "and tli"
1 catty wood. liostou transcript.
Comparative trials of ahuep sheet
ing by hand aud by machine Mado
Australia resulted largely iu favor
tho machines. It was found that 101
sheep could be sheared by machiih
for about 910, und too yield of wool
about eight ounoesper head more thi
when sheared by hand.