1;
THE OLD STONE WELL,
Oh, the olcj stone well,
In the hndy little loll,
Which Isy arros tho mealows
rhere the
cowllps dwell i
How our tired hearts swell
As Ions, more than wd'II ttl.
Just to soak In air and sunshine by tha old
stone well.
Oh. the fnltif, cool breeze
Thai nirtPil through the tree.
Ami murmured oft nccommpanlment to the
humming of the bc
How one's soul 'twould please
To it thero 'ncath tho trees,
And to I'tilM attain those castles th.it ono's
youthtline wwi.
How n Iwiys we'd piny,
On wh brltfht suns'ilny day,
In thn itrn-n nn.l through the brsa.-'.iog till
the twilitflit M) j
An I ilny after lny,
n wh lo.i I o( fragrant h.iy,
Itoll up ;j:il!y to tli ! barnyard inthesnmo oi l
way.
Hut the y nr have sped.
An I our boyhood friends hnvj flo I,
And thn pn'!ty Kirl we usi;d to lovo lot);?
since W"d ;
lint til.' till- we'll f
Ami with memory we'll dwell,
A wo wiit'-Ii their children playiui: round
the oil Mono well.
Jack Stevens, In Itoctiestcr I'ost-Kxpres..
A PECULIAR WILL CASE,
HE rise of James
McL'urdy, n young
attorney in iew
York City, was at
tended with a
number of pecu
liar circumMatiees
0
raw
. .............. ...
ignorant. His
brilliant work iu
tho celebrated
iuorris vs. .Morris j
will case won for j
him a measure of ,
fume that would i
Vft'lisifl&';
mean much to any young man in the
legal profession. The case was a
hnrd-foiight one, involving inueh
labor on the part of tho attorneys, es
pecially for the young attorney who
Nought to break the will whereby
Tames E. Morris had left his entire
estate to his Hcttpc-graco foater-son,
tlei.rge M. Morris,, ami had disin
herited his daughter Edith, who in the
ey.'s of the world, had ever been her
father's favorite. McCiirdy ha I
known Edith for many years and,
while they had never baeii actually be
trothed, their names were more or less
associated. The young lawyer him
itclf was wealthy, mo tho match was
deemed a fitting one and Edith did
not seem averse to hia attentions. The
news that she had been disinherited
was. received by tho world with aur
' "state waa a large oae and
fijcablo. Nociie was mori)a.y
than James MoCurdy. '
"(' courso I don't care mvaelfth.it
your monev is cone. Edith." lia ui.i '
"for I have enough for both of ts.'
"But it does aeotn btrange that that
acouu "
won t call named, Jim," replied I
Jviilll, sinlly. "it won't do any Koo 1.
1 never thought how it Mould seem to
be left dependent, but I dare say 1
will get on somehow. I can teach
music or become a companion, o;
paint china, or"
"You shall do nothing of the kind,"
he retorted hotly, "You will marry
mo and have everything you want.
Still I do not care to see that fellow
who was never a brother to you and
you know what a life ho "led your
father take what is your just due."
"I don't want to marry you, Juu,
and bring vou nothing."
"You will bring yourself. That h
sulVn-ient. Still, if you will put this
case iu my hands, I will hco that vou
get your just dues."
"You mean take it into the courts,
rim?" she cried in consternation.
I mean
will."
just that.
Contest the
"Never ! I could never coptest the
will of my father."
"I don't believe it was his will."
"What, Jim?"
'I think it a forgery."
The upshot of the matter was that
the will was contested. McCurdy
found it uphill work collecting evi
dence. Nothing that he could learn
shook his conviction that the father
was not out of his mind w hen ho in ide
the will. He bent nil his energies to
ward showing that the will wias a
forged document, but found that he
made little headway iu the task. The
foster-sou had a friend, Clarence
'WoourufV, a dissipated young man,
and somehow the attorney could not
avoid associating him with the forged
document. He had Woodruff watched,
but in spite of his zeal nothing came
of the closest scrutiny of tlw young
Milan's actions. Day after day hii wor
ried over the case until, llualiv, he was
almost in despair. Edith alone was
calm mid indifferent. Hut now Me
Curdy had his professional reputation
at stake, and ho clung to the prelim
inary work on tin; case with dogged
tenacity, although battled at every
htep. One ,lay, while pondering over
the matter at his club, his attention
vwas arrested bv a familiar voice;
"Hello, Jim "
Mack, old boy!"
The two men clasped hauds and were
soon lunching together and
iug with much animation.
convers-
"l!y the way, Jack," said McCurdv,
remembering tt fH,i f ,n frj,.,,;
"aro you doing anything iu hypuotism
lately?" 1
"1 should think 1 was. I have be
como quite a celebrity iu an amateur
May on tue other sulo of the watar
oeioug to two Loudon societies. But
uow are things with you, Jim? Mar
of which the pub- I u!,,,u no Jl,r7 butsne refused, tlreau
lie in & ru ral were ,hu Illit?ity. In opening Jim
Hi. " 7i I 1- ' M TV
8i ii".
rio.1t No? Ootng to bet tVhr tUt
sigh? Corue, nnbosom yourself."
With that Jim related fcli the per
plexities of the caso in hand and the
other listctinil with marked attention.
For ncvcral honrs they conversed and
at the e nd of that timo came to aoine
conclusiou.
"Pooh! I don't believe it will
work, Jack 1"
"There is no harm trying. Yon are
mire rou have told me all abont Wood-
rutl?"
"Yea."
"Ho in the man whom you suspect
forged the will?"
"I do."
"Then if I succeed do you want him
for a witness?"
"No; the other aide are going to
rail him. He was well acquainted
with Edith's father, ami I believe
claims to hnvo been present when the
will was drawn."
"You njiiHt point out Woodruff to
me.
"Very well."
As they left the club a tall, well
drt'SKCil fellow passed.
"Hint is the man," said Jim.
"I won't forget him. Tell me where
ho is usually to ho found."
The lawyer named several fashiona
ble resorts and tha other left him, say
ing nt parting :
"I M ill lookuround in about a week
and report."
Tlie week passed and Jack was as
good as his word. lie appeared in
evident Klep.
"It's nllrinht, Jim."
Then th" two conspirators went out
ntid had dinner at Dolmonico'a and
further devised ways and means. The
cine came on for trial and Jim pre
Rente 1 his witnesses. He asked Edith
to be there that her presence might
exercise a certain sympathetic i" fleet
... i . .
tttatoi mat tie expected to suow thai
the will tiled for probate waa a falso
and fraudulent doeii'iieut, a statement
received by ( leorgo'a attorneys with
smiles of amusement. It must be con
fessed that the testimony of his wit
Hesse did not carry out this claim.
Thn best that ho showed was that
Edith's fattier was always kind to her,
love ! her and hail no reason for disiu
heritiu her. When Jim's witnesses
were exhausted the spectators in the
court room were forced to confessed
that he had a poor case. He had
shoivn nothiiicr, except by tho most in
direct inft reiiee. The other side built
up what the yuan,' attorney at ouco
mentally characterized "u gigantic
tissue of falsehood." The principal
witness whs Woodruff, who testified
that he had once heard the deceased
say that ho would disinherit Edith.
I)nrin tin diroet examination of this
witness, (leiiro sat cool and confi
dent. He hud supplied the motive for
the disinheritance and tho witness
went on to say that the old gentle
man's aversion to counsel on the other
side, who waa paying hia daughter at
tention , , "v. io Wail. ?W
', ,
il, i,.'li.
i l,'"r i
i her without
a penny.
' was questioned at
Id a stury that was most
..'orge.
tucMs," Maid the attor
lurr iiuiu.
nVctivl . ,
"TaU
nev
for . .
Jim con-' ilU. ' with a gentleman who
I l ..I., k. ! I.:...
will n:ill.t!tl Ull.ylljr f,WUIU!l Ull!l-a
man who po s !ss J a glittering pair of
eyes, which he Iu 1 ktept steadfastly
11 xe 1 on the w ituesV.
"Is it all right, Jack?"
"Yes; I'm sure. Go slowly at first,
though."
Jim turned to tiu witness.
"You are sure you heard Mr. Mor
ris miv tint ho would disinherit his
daught
with in
r if
she did not et
op goinj
The wituess lisitatjd, and finally
answered in a bewildered way:
"N'o; I'm not aura tuoso wcro just
his words."
" I id his words imply any such thiug ?''
"lean t say that they did."
(Scorge regarded tho witness with
consternation, and Jim strode out iu
trout of him ami throw out question
after ipiestiou.
"Did you ever hoar my uauio men
tioned by Mr. Morris?"
"Xo."
"Now, did he as a matter of fact,
ever say that ho would disinherit his
daughter?"
"No."
"Why did you say he did?"
"l'eeauso George Morris gave me
310.0)0 to testify in this case."
"It's a lie!" shouted that person.
"Your honor," said Jim coldly, "I
protest against interruption. This ia
their witness, your honor, and I nssert
that I u u following a legitimate lino
of questions. I give your honor my
word that wo have not tampered witb.
this witness. If there, has beon any
w rong doing, I protest that it was not
on our Hide."
"You may proceed," said the court.
"Xow, Mr. Woodruff, it it not a
fact that Mr. Morris did not disin
herit his daughter?"
"It is."
"Is it not a fact that in ths truo
will h left hsr evjrything?"
"It is."
Here George whispered to his at
torney : "That houu I has sold us out."
"Is it not true that you manufac
ture a will to suit your purpose?"
"It is."
"This was a conspiracy batween
you and George. Morris to defraud an
innocent girl?"
"It was."
"Where is the truo will?"
"In Georgo Morris's possession."
"Where has he con lied it?"
"Ill hia trunk in his room."
Here ensued of scene of ooufusion.
George spraug to hia feet with the iu-
tentiou of making an assault upou tho
witness. Olllcers wcro sunt to the room
and fouud the will.
It waa a peculiar euiiug to a pe
culiar case, but whenever Jack la
these days call., upou Jim and Edith
i
and sees how happy they aro In thetf
married life he does not regret the
part he took in the case, although ht
did hypnotize the principal wit
ness for tho other aido. Detroit Frco
Proas.
The Uonderlnl Kje ol the Eagle.
All birds of prey have a cculiarity
of eye structure, that enables them til
see near or distant objects ofpially
well. An oagle will ascend more than
a mile in perpendicular height, and
from that elevation can eeo its nnsus
pecting prey and pounce upon it with
unerring certainty, says the Louis
ville Commercial. Yet tho aame bird
can scrutinize with almost microscopio
nicety an object closo at hand, thu
possessing a power of accommo
dating its sight to distanco in a man
ner to which the human eye is un
fitted, and of which it is totally inca
pable. In looking at a printed page
wo find that there is some particulai
distance, probably ten inches, at
which we can read the words and see
each letter with perfect distinctness,
but if tho page be moved to a distance
of forty inches or bronght within a
distance of five inches wo find it im
possible to read it all. A scicntitio
man would therefore call ten inche
tho focus, or focal distance, of our
eyes. This distance cannot bo altered
except by the aid of apectaeles. But
an eagle ha tho power of altering the
lociisoi lie oyej..v en .w . ,
has only to look at an object at tho ,
distance of two feet or two miles in ,
pleases. It
order to see it with perfect distinct
ness. Of course, the eagle knows noth
ing of tho wonderful contrivance that
tho Creator has supplied for its ac
commodation. It employs it instinc
tively, and because it cannot help it.
The ball of tho rye is surrounded by
fifteen little plates called sclerotic
bones. They form a complete ring
and their edges slightly overlap each
other. hen it looks at a distant ot- j
iect this little circle of bones expands i
and the ball of the eye, being relieved
from the pressure, becomes flatter;
when it looks at a very near object
the little bones press together and the ;
is thus squeezed into a rounder or
morn convex form. Tho effect is very j
familiar to every one. A person with j
very round eyes is near-sighted and ;
a person with flat eyes, as in old age, j
can see nothing except at a distance. '
The eagle, by the mere will, can make
its eyes round or llat and see with
equal clearness at any distance. j
The Ycniliimc Column.
The Veudotnecolunin in Paris, which
vas destroyed by the Commune iu
1S71, was erected by Napoleon I.,
principally of cannon takeu at Uim,
to commemorate the battle of Auster
litz iu IMO.j. It was covered with i'i't
bronze plaques, moulded iu bas-relief
to display the chief iucidents iu the
Austrian cauipaigu in that year. They
were each throo feet eight inches high
and formed a continuous band inclos
ing the column tweuty-t" js as it
ciro'iuo'to-tbc-top, IVie enw. ugtti ol
the spiral boing 810 feet. '
Iustcad ot the Charlemagne, as at
first intended, it was surmounted by
a statue of the first Napoleon in a Ro
man costume and crowned with laurel.
After several postponements it was
brought to the ground on the llith of
May, in the presence of many thou
sands who had waited for hours to wit
ness the spectacle.
Owing to aome engineering diflicul
tics in cutting the base it could not bo
brought down at the timo originally
fixed. The members of the Commune,
attended in state to wituess the affair,
and sentinels were posted about halt'
way down the Uue do l.i 1'aix to pre
vent tho crowd from approaching too
close, as up to the lust momeut acci
dents were feared.
At f.:i0 iu tho afternoon tho ropes
wera tightened, and suddenly the col
umn was observed to leau forward to
wards the lino do la I'aix, th.'ii finally
to fall with a dull, heavy thud, raising
as it did so an immense cloud of dust.
ISeforo it touched tho ground it sepa
rated into three parts by its own
weight, and on reaching the bed of
dirt, aud faggots to receive it, broke
into at bast thirty pieces.
The statue of Napoleon on reaching
tho ground broke o:f from its pedestal
at tho aukles, then at tho knees, tho
waist and the neck, while tho iron rail
ings which surrounded tho summit of
tho monumeut wero shivorod to pieces.
Shortly after tho column had fallen,
spectators wero permitted to traverse
the place to wituess tho wreck, but
wero not permitted to tike away uuy
of tho fragmeuts.
Nature's Hints About 11) Ing Machine.
It is supreme folly to expect naturo
to furnish a guide iu devising inven
tions. A ship built on the Hues of a
duck could not maintain its equilibri
um in tho water, and if so lU'ide aud
provided with a centre-board, while it
would inako a good floater, would not
have the speed of a tub. There is not
a creature in all creation which uses
wheels as a moiius of locomotion, au I
ou the other hand tho stop-movomunt,
the most universal exposition of na
ture's motion, is tho ouly mechanical
form of propulsion which has never
becu a auocecs as a muaus of transpor
tation. Iu thia way inventors have
repeatedly tried to imitate the bird's
style of aerial navigation, only to fall
back on tho use of gas as the sustain
ing power. A way iu which success
may bo achieved is to make tho body
o.' tho Hying mashiuo of tho same pro
portionate weight and contaiuiug the
same heat aud buoyaucy found iu the
body of the bird. This would then be
ouly a short step in the right direo
tiou. As to materials, all inventors
agree that aluminum will play a great
part in the construction. New York
Ueoordur.
Finland is the least taxed country
iu Europe. The total tax amounts to
ouly Si per heal of the population.
THE FUNERAL AT HAIN.
AN ONLY SON.
Lessons from ths Beautiful Story of the
Raising from th Dead.
TrfT: "Now wbn He esjnm nt jh to th
fate of tho rlfy, Ivhol.t thsrs wss a tnnd
mini carried out. the only son of bis mother,
end she was a wlilow, and ranch pmpln of
the cltv wss with hfr. And whn th Lorl
saw hr He hsd compassion on her noil said
unto hr, Wep not. anl Hs came and
touched the Mt, and they that bore him
too I still. And He sstd, Voting man, 1 ssy
unto thne nrtse ! Andbsthstwss flad sat
upand hcimn to spoak, and He delivered
him to hts mother." Luke vll., 12-15. ,
The toit cuHku to stand at the crate of
the city of Sain. The street ere s-rush with
tmslnrst snd Rsyety, and the ear Is deafened
with the hammers of mechanism and the
wheel of trnffl Work, with Its thousand
arms and thoimnd eyes nnd thousand foet,
fills all the street, when suddenly the crowd
parts, nnd a funernl passe. Between the
wheols of work and pleasure there come
lonir proedwion of monrnlnir people. Who
Is It? A trfl'T says i "Oh. It s nothlnn but
a funeral. It msy have come up from the
hospital ol the cltv, or the almshouse, or
so no low place of tho town," but not so, say
tbe sorlous otwrvnr.
There nro so msny evidences of dire he.
reAvetnent thnt we know at the first glance
some one has been taken away greatly be
loved, end to our Inquiry. ''Who Is this tbst
Is carried out with so many o Mines of kind
new nnd affection?" the reply comeg, "The
only son of his mother, and she a widow."
Htand tisck and let tho procession pise out I
Hush all the voices of mirth and pleasure!
Let every head be uncovered I Weep with
prorB,,on ,
through all the mnrket plsci
ot Naln thnt In Onlllee to-dsj
lot It be told
sees and bazaars
to-day the senulcher
I nam Kathcro't to its-ur "the only son ot nts
j mother, and she a widow."
I There are two or thrne things that, In my
I mind, give espnelnl pathos to this scene.
The first I, he was a young man thnt was
being carried out. To the aged death be
I comes bnnutlful. Tbe old man halts and
I pnnts along the road, where once he bound
i ed like the roe. Kroia the mlilst of Immedl
) entile ailments and sorrows he crlea out,
I "How long. Lord, how long!" Footsore
and hardly nesteed on the hot journey, be
wants to get home. He sits In the churnh
nnd sings, with a tremulous volae.some tans
he snag forty yours ago and longs to Join tho
better ossemplago of the one hundred and
forty nnd tour thousand who have passed
the hood. How sweetly he sleeps too last
sleep ! Push hack thn white locks from tho
wrinkled turn plea. They will never ache
again. Fold the hands over the still heart.
They will never toll again. Close gently tha
eye. They will never wup ngaln.
Hut this man that I am spenklng of was a
young men. He was Just putting on the
armor of life, nnd he was exultiug to think
bow his sturdy blows would rlcR out above
the clangor of the battle. I suppoie ho bad
a young man's hope, a young man's ambi
tions and a yoang man's courage. He said i
"If I live mnny years, I will load the hungty
nnd clothe the naked. Iu this city of Naln,
where there nre so many bad young man, I
will he sober and honest nnd pure and mag
nanimous, and my mother shall never be
aslismo 1 of mo." lint all these prospects
nro hlaated In one hour. There he pusses
Itfnlesg in the procession. Ilnholil all that Is
left on oartli of tho high honrtod young man
of tho city ot Nnln.
There Is another thin? that adds vory
roucli to this sonnc. nnd that Is ho was nn
only son. However large the family Hook
may be, we Dover could think of sparing one
of the Inmbs. Though they may all havo
their faults, they all have their excellencies
that commend then to tho parental heart,
and If it were peremptorily demanded of you
to-day that you should yield up one ot your
children out of a very laca. family .you.
would be confounded and you oould not
make a selection. But this wassn only son,
around whom gathered all tbo parental ex
pectations. How muah care In his educa
tion 1 Uow much caution In watching his
bsblts I He would carry down ths name to
other times. lie would have entire oontrol
of the family property long after the parents
bad gone to their Inst reward. Ho would
! stnnd In society a thinkor, a worker, u phit
j anthroplKt, a Christian. No, no. It Is all
i ended. Deltoid him there, lirealh Is gone.
! Life in extinct. The only son of his mother.
I Thero was ono thing that added to the
pnthos of this scene, and that was his mother
, was a widow. The main hopo of that borne
had been broken, nnd now he was come up
to ho the stair. The chief light of the house
! bold has been extinguishod, and this was
the only light left. I suppose she often said.
looking nt him, "There are only two of us."
. Oli. It Is a grand thing to see a young man
step out In I If. i nnd say to his mother t'
, "Don't be down heartnd. I will, as far as
rosrlblu. take father's place, and ns long as
live you shall never want anything." It is
1 not always that way. Sometimes the young
people net tired of the old people. Thoy
1 sav they are queer ; thnt thoy havo so mnny
i ailments, nnd they sowotlmes wish them out
of the way. A young man nnd his wife sat
! nt tho talile, tholr little son on the floor play
I Ing beiioath the table. Tho old father was
: very old, nnd bis hnnd shook, so they said,
"You shall no more sit with us at the table.'
Aud so they gave him a place in the corner,
wnere, day by tiny, be nte out of an e.irthnn
I bowl everything put Into thnt bowl. One
day his hand trembled so much he dropped
I It, end It broke, nnd the son, seated nt tho
' elegant table In mldlloor. said to his wife.
"Xow wo'M got father a wooden bowl, and
that he enn't hronk." 8o a wooden bowl
was obtained, and every day old grand-
father ate out of that, sitting in tbo corner.
One day, whtlo the elegant young man nnd
I bis wile wero seated at their table, with
chased sliver and all tha luxuries, and their
little son sat upon tha floor, they saw the
lad whittling, and they said i "My son, what
ore vou doing thero with that knlle'.''1
"Oh." said he, "I -I'm making a trough for
my lather snd mother to eat out of when
they get old !"
But this young man of the text was not
of that character. He did not belong to that
school. I van toll It from tbe way they
mourned over him. He was to bo the com
panion of his mother. He was to be his
mother's protector. He would return now
some of the kindness he had received la tha
days of childhood and boyhood. Aye, he
would with bis strong hand uphold that
form already enfeebled with age. Will he
do It? No. In one hour that promise of
help and compauionsbip Is goue. Tuare Is
n world ot anguish In thnt one short phrase,
"The only sou of bis mother, and she u
widow."
Now, my friends, It was upon this scene
that Christ broke. He came In without any
Introduction. He stopped the prouuwinn.
lie had only two utterances to make the
oue to tha mourning mother, the other to
the dead. He cried oat to the mounting
one, "Weep not." and then, touoblng the
bier on which the son lay. He cried out,
"Voung man, I say unto thee arise!" Aud
lie that waa aead sat up.
1 learu two or three things from this sub
ject, aud first tbst Chlrst wis a man. You
see how that sorrow' played upou all the
chords of His heart. I think that wa forget
this too often. Christ was a man more eer
talnly than you are, (or He was a perfect
man. No sailor overslept In ship's bam
roook more soundly than Christ slept In that
boat on Gennesaret. In every nerve and
musole and bona and fiber of His body, m
every emotion and affection of His heart, in
vory action and deolsioa of His mind lit
wss a man.
He looked off upon the sea just as you look
oft upon tha waters, lie went into Msrtbs's
house just as you go Into a oottage. Ue
breathed hard when He was tired, lust as
you do when you are exhausted. He felt
after sleeping out a night iu the storm just
like you no when you have been exposed to
tempest. It wa Just.ai aumtluiUug lot
Him to beg bread as It would be for yon tt
become a panper. HeMelt Jnt as much In
snltfd by being sold for thirty pieces of sll
vei ss yon would if yon were sold for the
price of a dog. From tha crown of the head
to tbe sole of ths foot He was a man. When
the thorns were twisted for His brow, they
hurt Him Just as much as they hurt your
brow If they ware twisted for It. He took
not on Him tbe nature ot angel. He took
on Him the seed of Abraham. "EcoaHomol"
behold the man !
Jlut I must also draw from this subject
that lie was Hod. Suppose thnt a msn
should attempt to brstk up a fnneril ohse
quy. He would be seised by the law. he
would be Imprisoned, if he were not actually
slain by the mob before the officers could
secure him. If Christ had been a more mor
tal, would He have a right to come la upon
inch a profession? Would He hava sue
reeded In His interruption? H was more
than a man, lor when He cried out, "I say
unto tbee, arise I" he that was dead sat up.
What excitement there must have been there
about I The body hadlnln prostrate. It had
been mourned over with agonising tears,
and yet now It begins to move In the shrou t
and to be flushed with life, and at ths com
ment of Christ he rises up and looks into
the faoes of ths astonlshe 1 soectntors.
"Oh", this was the work of a Oodl I
hear It In His voice I soo it In the fl ih of
His eye t I behold It In the snapping of
death s shackles t I see It In tho face ot
tha rising slumberer ; I hear It in the out
cry ot all thoso who were spectators of the
scene. If, when I see my Lord Jesus Cbrlt
mourning with tho bereaved, I put my hands
on His shoulders nnd any. "My brother,"
now that I bear Him proclaim supernatural
deliverance, I look up Into His face ee l
say with Thomas, "My Lord snd my Ool."
Do you not think HewasaOoj? A great
many people do not believe that, and they
compromise the matter, or they think they
compromise It. They say He was n very
goo i man, bnt rt wo not a Go J. That Is
Impossible. He was either a God or a
wretch, end I will prove It. If a man pro
fesses to be thnt which he is not, what Is he?
He Is a liar, nn impostor, a hypocrite. That
Is your unanimous verdict. Now, Christ
proiessed to be a Go I. He said over and
over again He was a Go ', took the attributes
of a Ood and assumed the works aud office
of a Ood. D.ire you now say He was not ?
He was a Ood, or Hu was a wretch. Choose
re-
Do you think I cannot prove by this Blblo
that H was a Oa t? If you do not bellevj
this Bible, of course there M no need of my
talking to you. There Is no common data
from which to start. Suppose you do be.
llovo It. Then I can demonstrate thnt II
was divine. I can prove He wss Creator,
John I.. S, "All things were made by Him,
snd without Him was not anything male
'.hat was made." Ho was eternal. Revelation
xxil., 13,, "lam Alpha and Omega, thn be
ginning and tbe end, thn tlrst and tho last."
I can prove that H was omnipotent,
Hebrews I., 10, "Thn heavens are the work
of Thine bands." I can prove Ho was
omniscient, John II., 25, "lie knew wnat
was in man." Oli. ., He Is a God. Ho
Mn ft thn sua. He upheaved thn crystallite)
rails along whlci the Israelites marched.
He planted the mountains. He raises up
government and casts down thrones ntid
warnhes across nations and across worlds
tnd across tho uulvcrse, eternul, omnipo
tent, unhindered and unabashed. That hand
lhat was nailed to the cross holds the stars
n loasn ot love, mat noa 1 that uroppe I
in tbe bosom iu fainting nnd death shall
make the world quake at Its nod. That voice
that groaned In tlie last psng shall swear be
fore the trembling world that time shall be
ha longer. Oh, do not Insult the common,
lease of the race by telling us that this por
on was only a man Iu wiioso presence tha
poralytlo arm was thrust out well, and thn
devils crouched, and tbe lepers dropped
their scales, and the tempests folded tuelr
wings, and the boy's satchel of fow loaves
made a banquet tor 5000, and the sad proces
sion of my text broke up in congratulatiou
anr.hosanna I
Again, I learn from this subjoct that Christ
was a sympathizer. Mark you, this was a
elty funeral. In the country, when tho bell
tollr, they know all about It for five miles
around, and they know whnt was tbe matter
with the man, bow old he was nnd wnat
were his last experiences. They know with
what temporal prospects he has left his fam
ily. There Is no haste, tbero Is no indecency
la the obsequies. There is nothing done ns
a mere matter ot business. Kveu tho chil
dren come out as the prooesilon passes mid
look sympathetic, and the tree shadows
seem to deepen, and the brooks weep In
sympathy as tbe procession goes by. But,
mark you, this that I am speaking of wss a
elty funeral In grent cities the cart jostles
the hoarse, and there Is mirth and gladness
and Indifference as thn weeping procession
Kooa by. Iu this city of Naln it was a com
mon thing to have trouble and bereavement
and death. Christ saw it every day there.
Perhaps thnt very hour there were others be
ing carried out, but this frequency of trouble
did not harden Christ's heart at all. He
stepped right out, and He saw this mourner,
anil He had compassion on her, and He said
"Weop not !"
Now I have to toll you. O bruised souls,
and there are many everywhere have you
ever looked over any great audlonoe and no
ticed how many shadows of sorrow there
are? I come to all such and say, "Christ 1
meets you, and He bos compassion on you,
and He says, 'Weep not."' Perhnps wltu
ome It Is lluanclnl trouble. "Oh," yousay,
"it is such a silly thing for a man to cry
over lost money I
Is it? Suppose you had a lnrge fortune. an 1
all luxuries brought to your table, and your
wardrobe was lull, nnd your home was beau
tiful by music and sculpture and painting
ana tcrongnd hy the elegant nn.l educate, ,
nnd then some round mlsfortuue should
strike you in the fnce nnd trample your treas
ures and taunt your alilldren tor their faded
dross and send you Into commercial circles
sa underling where once you waved a scepter
of gold, do you think you would cry then. I
think you would. Hut Christ comes and
meets all sunbto-lay. lie sees all the straits
in which vou have been thrust. He observes
tbe sneer of that man who once wss proud
to walk In your shadow and glad to get your
help. He sees the protested note, the un
canceled judgment, the foreclosed mortgage,
the heartbreaking exasperation, and Hekays '
'Weep not. I own the cattle ou a thousand
bills. 1 will never let you starve. From My
haud the fowls of heaven peck all their looil.
And will I let you starve? Never j no, My
child, never !"
Perhaps It may be a living home trouble
that you cannot speak about to vour best
friend. It may be some domestic unhap
ptness. It may be au evil suspicion. It may
be the disgrace following In the footsteps of
a son that is wayward, or a companion who)
Is rruel, or a father that will not do right,
and for years there may have been a vulture,
striking Its beak Into the vitals of your seal,
and you sit there to-duv feeling It Is worse
t iian deal b. It Is. It Is worse ttinn death.
And yet there la relic'. Though the night
mar be the blnckeat. though the voice ot
hell may tell you to curse Go 1 and din. look
up and hear the voice that accosted the
wotuau of the text a It says, "Weep not."
Vnrtli bath no sorrow
Tbst hrvn t'soaut eure,
I learn, again, from alt this thnt Christ Is
the master of the grave. Just outside tbe
irate of the cltv Death an I Christ measured
lanoes. nnd when the young man rose Dath
droppeil. Now wo are sure of our resurrec
tion. Oh, what a scene it w.is wlieu that
young man came hack ! Tbe mother never
expected to hear him speak again. Hlio
never thought that he would kiss her agaio.
How the tears started and how her heart
throbbed as she said, "Ob. my son, ray son,
my son !" And that scene is going to lie re.
pealed. It Is going to lie repeated 10,000
times. These broken family circles have got
to oome together. These' extinguished
household lights hava got to be rekindled.
Toere will ba a stir In the family lot in tha
cemetery, and there will bs a rush Into Ufa
at tha command. "Young man, I ssy unto
thee arise !" As the child shaken off ths dust
ot ths tomb and cones forth fresh and fair
aud beautiful, and you throw your orais
around it and press tt to your hesrr,
to angel will repent the story ot Naln, -
delivered him to his mother." Did you
ttoethat passage In the text ss I remit,
"He delivered him to his mother." Ob
troubled souls I Ob, ye who hnvs livajj,
sea every prospect blasted, peeled. aoattirM
consumed, wait a little I The seedtlm
tears will become tne wheat harvest. jSl
clime cut ot no wintry blast, under a m,
palled by no hurtling tempest and amMfv
deemed ones that weep not, that psrt n
that die not. friend will come to friend, v
kindred will join kindred, and tha long p--.
cession thnt marches ths avenues of -,,
will lift up their palms as again and ag,vi,
Is announced thnt the same one who cam, J
the relief ot thb woman of the text camstJ
the relief of mnny a maternal heart and rd
peated tha wonders ot resurrection snd UJ
llvered him o his mother. ' Ob, that
be the harvest ot tha world. Thnt will
the coronation of princes. That will betu
DaDuatn t i eternity.
THE TAJ MAHAL.
eaia to iue iinen unuains; In tu
world.
one of the mot wonderful m.on-J
men to in the world Is the Taj Mahi.
built near Agra In India by Shi!
Jahan as a mausoleum for hltnv
and hia wife. M.o was of lVrslai
birth, of excellent family, but l
moderate circumstances. She w
rnc taj Msnst.
the love of Shah Jahan before
came to the throne. I ho match
not considered a deslrablo one a
they were kept asunder. She v
married to another. When Sli
Jahan hecame Emperor ho cau
her husband to be killed and im
her hU wife. The name she Is kno
by In history is Mumtar. Mah
which means "Pride of the Falac
When she died the Emperor built :
her this unrivaled mausoleum,
has been repeatedly called by cr
petcnt Judges the finest building
the world. It has been said of
that It was "desluined by Titans a
finished by Jewelers." It Is not o:
the finest Imlldln,; In tho world, w
It has the handsomest setting,
visiting It we first enter a spack
outer court. Inclosed by beauti
buildings, crowned by spring
dome. We pass through a lofty g
of rod sandstone ornamented w
white marble.
Everywhere are masses of m
wonderful and delicate, carving
white marble, and slabs of corncK
and other valuable stone line t
walls. Within are the tombs of SI
Jahan and his wife and these two
elaborately ornamented.
The Ta was begun In 1630
took seventeen years to finish,
the designer was U unknown.
One Man's Mining Outfit.
Henry Spencer, a Colorado m
is fitting out a small naphthalan
tor a novel prospe ting lour. II
tends to work the bottom of
Sa ratuento Klver above Iled(
and he is uinndcnt that his ven
will prove au essf ul. Tho laun
forty feet long and propelled witi
eight horse-power engine. In
how of the - boat ho has palec
peculiar pump, whi h was ontru
from tils own design. The pump
be operated y the engine, and
cal uluted to u k up tho mud f
tt.o bottom of the river and thn
onnsslul ewhl h runs the full leng
the boat above the abln and ext
far enough over the stern to tl
all the refuse back Into the i
Tbe pump is powerful enuugh to
up a good many cubic yards a
Just how many the Inventor
not say, but he expected that by
nlng at full speed It should bes
where near a thousand, if the
mining apparatus saved half the
from half that amount of earth t
the bed of tbe river near Iteddi
should be a paying venture, say
eral iiuuera who know tbo cou
and they are watching Mr. !-pe
mining enterprise very closely.
traacii o hxamlncr.
When Colors Aro Mingled
A bluo dres or necktie Inteu
tho blue of tbe wearer's eyes, st
they be of that color. A w
with remarkably red lips clad In
hcllotrote, with amethysts, ha
fr
the coral taken from her nn
xd
which wear Instead a light hellot
tint, and with this tho pink of
cheek Is also touched. An or.1i
or even sallow cheek never looU
beautifully white aa over a
dress, which seemed to threat-
darken It And beautiful as
"aesthetic" colors were in their
lie
to
they quenched and dimmed
wearers to their own tone. Tl
lit!
II
not to bo easily explained by k
chromatic rules. ror can one
why turquolso blue darkens dark
and adds to their brightness.
fact temalns that It is so. and of
faci tbe wise will take advantan
Id
' Havsgos and Iron.
The Iialubau tribe or Centra1
rlca ate famous for their ski:
a-ting and forging Iron. They
struct tall cylludro-conical fur:
of clay with tuyeres of clay anfc-
Ingeniously devised wooden bell
They make arms for hunting tmL-U
war, and collars and bracelets of It
Tho neighboring natives resort
them In great numbers to exchf
tt,
their own products for the, man
luiu of the UaJu ta.ua.
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