TEE DEAF AND DUMB SPIRIT. The Sunday Sermon as Delivered by the Brooklyn Divine. Text: “Thou dumb and deaf. spirit, I Charge thee, come out of him.”—Mark ix, Here was a case of great domestic an- gush. The son of the household was pos- ~ sessed of an evil spirit which, among other * things, paralysed his tongue and made him speechless, hen the influence was on the patient he could not say a word—articula- tion was im le. The spirit that cap- ~ tured this member of the household was a dumb spirit—so called by Cbrist—a spirit abroad to-day and as lively and potent as in ‘New Testament times. Yet in all of the realms of sermonology I cannot find a dis- course concerning this dumb devil which Christ share] upon my text, saying, Come out of him.” There has ben much destructive supersti- gion abroad in the world concerning posses- * gion by evil spirits. Under the form of belief in witeacraft this delusion swept the continents. Persons were supposed to be essed with some evil spirit which made them able to destroy others. In the six- teenth century in Geneva 1500 persons were burned to death as witches. Under one judge in Lorraine 900 persons were burned to death as witches. In one neighborhood of France 1000 persons were burn two centuries 200,000 rsons were slain as ‘witches. So mighty was the delusion that it included among its victims some of the eatest intellects of all time, such as Chief ustice Mathew Hale and Sir Edward Coke, and such renowned ministers of religion as Cotton Mather, one of whose books, Benjamin Franklin said, shaped his life—and Richard Baxter and Archbishop Cranmer and Mar- tin Luther, and among writers and philoso- hers, Lord Bacon. That belief, which has Pococie the laughing stock of all sensible people, counted its disciples among the wisest and best people of Sweden, Germany, Eng- land, France, Spain and New England. But while we reject witchcraft any man who be- lieves the Bible must believe that there are diabolical agencies abroad in the world. While there are ministering spirits to bless there are infernal spirits to hinder, to poison and destroy. Christ was speaking to a spir- itual existence when, standing before the afflicted one of the text, He said, ‘Thou dumb and deaf spirit, come out of him.” Against thisdumb devil of the text, I put you on your guard, Donot think that this agent of evil has put his blight on those who, by ommission of the vocal organs, have had the golden gates of speech bolted and barred. Among those who have never spoken a word are the most gracious and lovely and tal- ented souls that were ever incarnated. The chaplains of the asylums for the dumb can tell you enchanting stories of those, who never called the name of father or mother or child, and many of the most devout and prayerful souls will never in this world speak the name of God or Christ. Manya deaf mute have I seen with the angel of in- telligence seated at the window of the eye, who never came forth from the door of the mouth, > ‘What a miracle of loveliness and knowl- edge was Laura Bridgman, of New Hamp- shire! Not only without faculty of speech, but without hearing and without sight, all these faculties removed by sickness when two years of age, yet becoming a wonder at needlework, at the piano, at the sewing ma- chine, and an intelligent student of the Scriptures, and confounding philosophers, who came from all parts of the world to study the phenomenon. Thanks to Christi- anity for what it has done for the amelior- ation of the condition of the deat and the dumb, Back in the ages they were put to death as having no right, with such paucity of equipment, to live, and for centuries they were classed among the idiotic and unsafe. But in the Sixteenth century came Pedro Ponce, the Spanish monk, and in the Seven - teenth century came Juan Pablo Bonet, anothor Spanish monk, with dactylology or the finger alphabet, and in our own century we have had John Braidwood and Drs. Mitchell and Ackerly and Peet and Gallau- det, who have given uncounted thousands of those whose tongues were forever silent the power to spell out on the air by a manual alphabet their thoughts about this world and their hopes for the next. We rejoice in the brilliant inventions in behalf of those who' were born dumb. One of the most impressive audiences I ever addressed was in the far west two or three years ago—an audience of about 600 persons who had never heard a sound or spoken a word, an interpreter standing beside me while I addressed them. I congratulated that audience on two advantages they had and over the most of us—the one that they | escaped hearing a great many disagreeable things, and on the other fact that they es- caped saying things they were sorry for af- terward. et after all the alleviations a shackled tongue is an appalling limitation. But we are not this morning speaking of congenital mutes. We mean those who are Yorn with all the faculties of vocalization and yet have been struck by the evil one mentioned in vhe text—the dumb devil to whom Christ called when He said, “Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, . There has been apotheosization of silence. Some one has said that silence is golden,and sometimes the greatest triumph is to keep your mouth shut. But sometimes silence is a crime and the direct result of the baleful influence of the dumb devil of our text. There is hardly a man or woman in this house to-day who has not been present on some occasion when the Christian religion became a target for raillery. Perhaps it was over in the store some day when there was not much going on and the clerks were in a group, or it was in the factory at the noon spell, or it was out on the tarm under the;trees while you were resting, or it was in the clubroom, or it was in a social circle, or it was in the street on the way home from business, or it was on some occasion which you remember without me describing it. Some one got the laugh on the Bible and caricatured the profession of re- liglon as hypocrisy, or made a ‘pun out of something that Christ said, The laugh started and you joined in, and not one word of protest did you utter. What kept you silent? Modesty? No. Incapacity to answer? No. ack of opportunity? No. It was a blow on both your lips by the wing of the dumb devil. If some one should ma- liga your father or mother or wife or hus- band or child you would flush up quick, and either with an indignant word or doubled up fist make response. And yet here is our Chris tian religion which has done so much for you and so much for the world that it will*take all eternity to celebrate it, and yet when it was attacked you did not so much assay: “I differ, I object, I am sorry to hear you say that. There is another side tv this, : | You Christian people ought in such times as these go armed, not with earthly weapons, but with the sword of the Spirit. You ought to have four or five questions with which: you could confound any man who attacks Christianity. A man ninety Jus old was telling me a few days ago ow he put to flight a scoffer. y aged friend said to the skeptic, “Did you ever read the history of Joseph in the' Bible?’ “Yes,” said the man; ‘it is a fine story, and as interesting a story as 1 ever read.” “Well, now,” said my old friend, *sup- gos that account of Joseph stopped alf way??. “Oh,” said the man, ‘ it’ would not be entertaining.” “Well, now,” said my friend, ‘‘we have in this orld only half ‘of everything, and go.78 mot think that when we hear the last half things t, and that then sve may on cir roth 3 ing ow. of ‘the ae Fine Pillow tae aj of Say to the scoffer: *My dear sir, will you tell me what makes the diffcreuce betwesn the condition of woman in China and the United®States? What do yon think of the sermon on the mount? How do you like the golden rule laid down inthe Scrintures? Are you in favor of the ten commandments? In your large and extensive reading have you come across alovelier ¢haracter than Jesus Christ? Will you please to name the trinm- puans deathbeds of infidels and atheists? ow do you account for she fact that among the out and out believers in Christianity were such persons as Benjamin Franklin, John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, Babiagton Macaulay, William Penn, Walter Scott, Charles ingsley, Horaca Bushnell, James A. Garfield, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jack- son, Admiral Foote, Admiral Farragut, Ulysses S. Grant, John Milton, William Shakespeare, Chief Justice Marshall, John Adams, Daniel Webster, George Washing ton? How do you account for their fondness for the Christian religion? Among the in- numerable colleges and universities of the earth will you name me three started by infidels and now supported by infidels? Down in your heart are you really happy in the position you oozup antagonistic to the Christian religion? en do you have_ the most Tapiurous views of the next world Go at him with a few such questions and he will get sored in the face as to suggest apoplexy. and he will look at his watch and say he has an engagement and must go. You will put-him in a sweat that will beat a Turkish bath. You will put him on a rout compared with which our troops at Bull Run made no time at all. Arm yourself, not with argu- ments but interrogation poinss,and I promise you victory, Shall such a man as you, shall such a woman as you surrender to one of the meanest spirits that ever smoked up from the J dumb devil spoken of in the text? * . But then there are occasions when this par- ticular spirit that Christ exercised whengfe said, “I charge thee to come out of him,” takes people by the wholesale. In the most responsive religious audiencs have you no- ticed how many ple never sing at all? They have a book, and they have a voice, and they know how to read. They know many of the tunes, and yet are silent while the great rapturesof music pass by. Among those who sing not one out of a hundred sings loud enough to hear his own voice. They hum it. = They give a sort of religious grunt. They make the lips go, but if is in- audible, With a voice strong enough to stop a street car one block away, all they can af- ford in the A= of God is about half a whisper. ith enough sopranos, enough altos, enough bassos to make a small heaven between the four walls, they let the oppor- tunity go by unimproved. The volume of voice that ascends from the largest audience that ever assembled ought to be multiplied about two thousand fold. But the minister rises and gives out the hymn; the organ begins; the choir or pre- centor léads; the audience are standing so that the lungs may have tull expansion, and a mighty harmcrvg,is about to ascend, when the evil spirit sag n of in my text—the dumb devil—sprey/e 2 two wings, one over the lips of one-hi un audience and the other wing over 61.4 of the other half of the audience, and waoicas roll back into the throats from which they started, and only here aud there anything is heard, and nine-tenths of the holy, power is desfroyed; and the dumb devil, ashe flies away, says: “I could not keep Isaad Watts from writin that hymn, an ld / not keep Lowel Mason from composing the tune to which it’ is set, but I smote into silence or half silence the lips from which it would have spread abroad to bless neighborhoods and cities, and then mount the wide open heav- ens.” Give the long meter doxology the full support of Christendom, and those four lines would take the whole earth for God. During the cotton famine in Lancashire, England, when the suffering was something terrific, asthe first wagon load of cotton rolled in, the starving people unhooked the horses and drew the load themselves, sing- ing, until all Lancashire joined in with tri- umphant voices, their chesks sopping with tears, “Praise God from whom all blessings flow.” When Commodore Perry, with his warship, the Mississippi, lay off the coast of Japan, he bombarded the shores with *‘Old Hundred,” > by the marine band. Glorious ‘*Old Hundred,” composed by Will- iam Franc, of Germany. Ina war prison, at ten o'clock at night, the r fellows far from home and wounded and sick and dy- ing, one prisoner started the ‘Old Hundred Doxology,” and then a score of voices joined, then all the prisoners on the floors took up the acclaim until the building, from founda- tionto topstone, fairly quaked with the melodious ascription. : A British man-of-war, lying off a foreign coast, heard a voice singing that doxology, and immediately guessed, and guessed aright, that there was an Englishman in captivity to the Mohammedans; and in the small beats the sailors rowed to shore and burst intoa gaurd-house and set the captive free. I don’t know what tune the trumpets of resurrection shall play, but it may be the doxology which is now sounding across Christendom. How much more hearty we would bein our songs, and how easily we could drive back the dumb devil from all our worshiping assemblages, if we could realize that nearly all our hymus havea stirring his- tory. That glorious hymn, “Stand Up for Jesus,” was suggested by the last words of Dudley Tyng, who was dying from having his right arm. torn off in a tarasning ma- chine. That hymn, “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” heard through a teiephone, converted an obdurate soul. ‘‘Shail We Gather at the River?’ was a hymn first sung in our Brooklyn Prospect Park, at the chil- dren’s May anniversarry, and then started to encircle the world. ‘Where Is My Wan- dering Boy To-night?” is a song that has saved hundreds of dissipated young men. Tom, the drummer boy in the army, was found crying, and an officer asked him what was the matter! “Oh,” ‘hesaid, *I had a dream last night. My sister died ten years ago, and my mother never was herself again and she died soon after. Last night I dreamt I was killed in battle, and that mother and sister came down to meet me.” After the next battle was over, some one crossing the field heard a voice that he recognizzd as the voice of Tom, the drummer boy, singin +: Jesus, Lover of My Soul.” But at the en of the first verse the voic3 became very feeble, and at the end of the second vers it stop and they wentup and foun1 Tom, the drummer boy, leaning against a stump and dead. . That hymn, **Oh,for a Thousand Tongues to Sing,” was suggested to Charles Wesley by Peter Bohler, who, after his conversion, said, “I had better keep silent about it.” +No,” said Wesley, “if you had ten thousand tongues you had better use them for Christ.” And then that angel of hymnology penned the words: Oh, for a thongand tongues to sing My dear Redeemer’s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of His grace, Jesus, the name that calms our fears, ‘ That bids our sorrows cease; Tis mugic in the sinner’s ears, "Tis life and health and peace. While much of the modern music is a religious doggerel, a consecrated nonsense, a sacred tomfoolery, I would like to see some great musician of our time liff the baton and marshal Luther’s Judgment Hymn, ar- mouth, Dundee, Ariel, Brattle Street, Ux- ‘bridge, Pleyel's Hymn, Harwell, Antioch, Mount. Pisgah and Coronation, with a few regiments of mighty tunes made in our time, and storm Asi rica and America for the sia, kingdom of God. But the first thing to do from all our churches.. wl Do not, however, let us lose ourselves in ot one of us but has had our touched by the evil spirit of dumb devil: © had 5 of saying a Christian Ya bel BA went through ‘have : fed a man or woman e. “The o te Some Clering power locked the jaws to- gether so that they did not open. Thi tongue lay flat and still in the bottom of the mouth as though struck with paralysis. We were mute. ' Though Gol had given us the ungs. were filled with air which, by the command of onr will, could have made the laryngeal muscles move and the vocal or, yibrate, we were wickedly and fatally silent. For all time and eternity we i our chance. Or it was a prayer meeting, and the ser- vice was thrown onen for prayer and ree marks, and there was a dead hait—avery- taing silent as a graveyard at midbight, Indeed it was a graveyard and midnight. An embarassing pause took place that put a wet blanket on all the meeting. Men, bold enouzh on business exchangs or in worldly circles, shut their eyes as though they were praying in silence, but they were not pray- ing at all. They were busy hoping some- body else would do his duty. he women flushed under the awful pause and made their fans more rapidly flutter. Some brother with no cold coughed, by that sound trying to fill up the time, and the meeting was slain. But what killed it?—the dumb evil. This is the way I account for the fact that the stupidest places on earth are some rayer mestings. Ido mot see how a man eeps any grace if he regularly attends them, hey are spiritual refrigerators. Religion kept on ice. How many of us have lost oceasions of usefulness? In a sculptor’s studio stood a figure of the god Opportunity. The sculptor had made the hair 7all down over the face of the status so as to complete- ly cover it, and there were wings to the feet. When asked why he so represented Oppor- tunity, the sculptor answered, “The face of the statue is thus covered up because we do not recognize Opportunity when it comes, and the wings to the feet show that Cppor- tunity is swiftly gone.” But do not let the world deride the church because of all this, for the dumb devil is just as conspicuous in the world. The two great political parties will soon assemble to build platforms for the presidential candidates to stand on. A committee of each party will be appointed to make the platform. After proper deliberation the committees will come in with a ringing report, ** Whereas” and “Whereas'’ and ‘‘Wheresas.” Pronuncia- mentoes all shaped with the one idea of get- ting tha most votes. All expression in re- gard to the great moral evils of the country ignored. No expression about the liquor traffic, for that would lose the rum vote. No expression in regard to the universal at- tempt at the demolition of the Lord’s day. No recognition of God in the history of this nation for that would lose ths vote of athe- ists. But “Whereas” and ‘‘Whereas’ and “Whereas.” Nine cheers will be given for the platform. The dumb devil of the fext will put one wing over the Republican plat- form and the other wing over the Demo- cratic platform. There is nothing involved in the nextelection except offices. Thegreat conventions will be opened with prayer by their chaplains. If they avoid platitudes and tell the honest truth in their prayers they will say: “O Lord, we want to 5 post- masters and consuls and foreign ministers and United States district attorneys, For that we are here, and for that we will strive till the election next November. Give us office or we die, for ever and ever, Amen.” &. The world, to say the least, is no better than the church on this subject of silence at the wrong time. In other words, is it not time for Christianity to become pronounced and aggressive as never before? Take sides for God and sobriety and rightecusness. “Ie the Lord be God, follow Him; if Baal, then follow him.” Have you opporiunity of re- buking a sin? Rebuke it, Have you a chancs to cheer a disheartened soui? Cheer it. Have you a useful word to speak? peak it. Be out and out, up and down for righte- ousness. If your ship is afloat on the Pa- cific Ocean God’s mercy, hang out your colors from masthead. Show your passport if you have one. Do notrsmuggle your soul into the harbor of heaven. Speak out for God! This morning close up the chapter of lost opportunities, and pitch it into the East River and open a new chapter. Befors you get to the door on your way out this morning shake hands with some ons, and ask him to join you on the road to heaven. Do not drive up to heaven in a two- wheeled ‘*‘sulky” with room only for one, and that yourself, but gob the biggest Gospel wagzon you can find and pile it full of friends and neighbors, and shout till they hear yon all up and down the skies, **Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord hath promised good concerning Israel.” The opportunity for good which you may e3nsider insignificant may be tremendous for results, as when on sea Captain Holdane swore at the ship's crew with an oath that wished them all in perdition, and a Scotch sailor touched his cap, and said, ‘Captain, God hears prayer, and we would be badly off if you're wish were answered.” Holdane was convicted by the remark and converted, and became the means of the salvation of his brother Robert, whohad been an infidel, and then Robert became a minister of the Sosa, and under his ministry the godless Felix Neff be. came the world renowned missionary of the Cross, and the worldly Merle I’Aubignebe- came the author of ‘The History of the Reformation,” and will be the glory of the church for all ages. Perhaps you may do as much as the Scotch sailor who just tipped his cap and used one broken sentence, by which the earth and the heavens are still resounding with potent influences, Do something for God, and do it right away,or you will never do iv atall. Time flies away fast, Tne while we never remember; How soon our life here Grows old with the year That dies with the next December, Animals That Do Not Drink. Many animals never drink, but absorb sufficient moisture from their tissues, from the air or from their foods. Mr. Blanchard in his book on Abyssinia,says that neither the doreas nor Bennett's ga- is to drive out the dumb devil of the text zelle (two allied species) ever drink, Darwin states, in his ‘Voyage of a’ Nat- uralist,” that unless the huanacoes, cr wild llamas of Patagonia, drink salt water, in many localities they must drink none at all. The large and inter- esting group of sloths are alike in never drinking. A parrot is said to have lived in the Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, for fifty-two years without a drop ot water. It is often said that rabbits in*a wild state never drink. The late Rev. J. G. Wood doubted whether this idea wags correct, and recorded the fact that they feed on the herbage when it is heavy with dew,and therefore practically drink when eating. In the autumn and winter, when sheep are feeding on tur- nips, they require little or no water.— New York Dispatch. Rosewood is Naturally Black. Many people suppose that rosewood takes its name from its color, but this is a mistake. Rosewood is not red nor yellow, but almost black. Its name comes from the fact that when first cut it ex- hales a perfume similar to that of tue rose, and, although the dried rosewood of commerce retains no trace of this early perfume, the name lingers as a relic of the early history of the wood.—Bos» ton Trenscript. Si pyeiological apparatus for speech, and our: Captals i 1 LESSON FOR SUNDAY, MAY 22. “Daniel and His Companions,” Daniel 8-21. Golden Text: Daniel i., 8. . Comm entary. 8. “But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would pot defiie himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank.” This portion of the first verse of our lesson 1s the Golden Text for the day; we therefore give’ a -little extra space to it. ‘We see Daniel, one of a’ company of youn Jews. carried captive .in the third year.o Jehoiakim,in the palace of the king of Baby- Jon, in training tostand in due time before the king as pne of his wise “men. While be- ing tauzht the wisdom of the Chaldeans they are to.be nourished with food and wine from the king’s table. Daniel determines that he and his companions will not defile themselves with food which has been offered to idols, for they are true worshipers of the only living and “true God, and understand toat whatever is not offered to Him is offered to devils (Lev. xvii., 7; Deut. xxxlii., 17: I Cor. x., 20). All true believers are commanded to do all things, even their eating and drinking, to the glory of God (I Cor. x., 31), and this one command covers the whole temperance question for the Chris. tian. "9. “Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.” = When guy one determines to glorify God and serve Him only, the way will be prepared. Whena man’s ways pleasa the Lord He maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him (Prov. xvi., 7). = See the story of Joseph, Gen. xxxix,, 21; Acts Vii, y, 10, and remember that the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of all who trust in Him (II Chron. xvi., 9). 10. “*And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord, the king.” Daniel feared no man, neither did he fear death, but he did fear to offend his God. The fear of man bringeth a snare, but whoso putteth his trust in the Lord shall be safe (Prov. xxix., 25). How often the fear of man or the aisire to please man leads people into sin; the only remedy is to know the liv=- ing God and live only to please Him, z 11, 12. “Prove Thy servants, I beseech Thee, ten days, and let them give us pulse to eat and water to drink.” Asimple vez- etable fare which they could be sure had not come {rom the king’s table, nor been - icated to devils. On such food Daniel felt ha could ask the blessing of his God and expect it. Let Christlans test all their eating and drinking, all their home entertainments and church entertainments, by the honest ques- tion trom. the heart, Can I conscientiously ask the blessing of God upon this? And it will tend.to make all these more simple and for the glory of God. Daniel's conduct made him seem very peculiar in the eyes of some others, but he remembered that Israel was to be a peculiar treasure unto God above all people (Ex. xix., 5). And he sought above all things to please God : 18. “Then let our countenances be looked upen before Thee, and as Thou seest, deal with Thy servant.” The child of God may be sure that the blessing of God shall be made manifest, so that others shall be coin- pelled to behold it. As surely as the work of the devil is manifest in those who are given to strong drink, so surely shall the work of God be manifest in those who honor Him even in their eating and drinking. The testimony of Jesus ig, *If any man serve y -Me, him will My Father honor” (John xii., 26). 14. “So he consented to them in this mat- ter and proved them ten days!” The church at Smyrna was to be tried ten da (Rev. ii., 10), signifying a perfect trial. e ten plagues upon t, the parables of the ten pounds and the ten virgins seem to indi- cate responsibilty, and Judgment propor- tion to responsibility. the number seven indicates perfection in reference to God, it may be that the numbers four, ten, twelve refer to perfect dealing with man in various ways. : ] 15, 16. **And at the end of ten days their | countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children.” Ths blessing of God will be manitest even in our bodies. It is marvelously manifest in the appearances of those whose bodies were once given fo strong drink and sin in the service of the devil,” but who have been rescued by the Face of God and made servants of Christ. eing made free from sin and become ser- vants to God, they now bear fruit unto holi- ness and are ashamed of the former things, the end of which wasdeath (Rom. vi.,,21, 22). As to the manifestation of Christ in such as are possessed by Him, see how they glorified God in Paul (Gal i,, 16, 24) and how they took knowledge of the aposties that they had been with Jesus (Acts iv., 18). 17. **As for these four children, God gave them knowl and skill in all learning and wisdom, and Daniel had anderstanding in all visions and dreams.” No doubt they studied, but He that is perfect in knowledge was with them (Job xxxvi., 4) and helped them and taught them many thingsnot tobe found in any books of the Chaldeans. is no respecter of persons, He still giveth wisdom to all who sincerely ask Him (Jas. i., 5;. There is no capital that can compare with a heart and head right with God, a pure heart and a clear head sanctified and enlightened by the Holy Spins through the merits of the Jesus Christ is the great- pst of blessings, But this no one can have who is given to much wine (Eph. v., 18; 1 Cor, vi., 10% 18, 19. “Now at the end of the days, the rince of the eunuchs brought them in be- Nebuchadnezzar, and among. them all was found none like Daniel. ananiab, Michael and Azariah; therefore stood they before the king.” The food and wine from the king's table, and all the wisdom of Baby- ion, could not do for the others what the God of Daniel conld and did do for those who relied upon Him and yielded their bodies to Him. Happy are those ,who can 1 say, ‘‘My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from im (Ps. xii. 5). Then as to standing before the king of Babylon, they were conscious that they stood also before ‘the King. of Kings, and could say, with Elijah, ‘The Lord God of Israel liveth before w. xvii., 20. found them ten times better than all the ma- gicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.” In reference to the dreams on tho wall of chapters ii., iv.,v., there was no com- rison, for all the magicians failed, and only the God of heaven gave the interpreta— tion through His servant Daniel. There are those who think that a little stimulant in the form of strong drink does help a man’s mind and brain; but the only stimulant that Daniel knew or used was ‘The power of God and the wisdom of God” (I Cor. i, 24). All who seek Him shall excel now as then.— Lesson Helper, THE INFAMOUS TRAFFIC. The New. York Evangelist, under. the heade ing. *“'he Infamous Traffic,” says: “Very suggestive is the recent protest re- ceived from Gungunyana, King of Gazas sand, in South Ey et the forcing of strong drink upon his unhappy country by Christian nations! This is a strange reversal of positions. England and America send missionariss to Africa that the poor, igno- rant natives might be enlightened by the Gospel, and yes at the very same time these Christian (2) nations send shiploads of rum that excites every evil passion and makes ‘the poor benighted savages more of a brute than before, and destroys his soul and body in helll = Was there ever a more gigantic iece of hypocrisy? If this infamous traffic is allowed to go on, destroying svhole tribes and races, it will be a question whether the recent discoveries in Africa, with the open- ing of tne Dark Continent to ‘civilization,’ have not proyed a cursa rataer than = bless. ing." i HALF a gallon of train oil will calm the 5 ‘an hour “SON OF A VETERAN.” (A Memorial Day Recitation.) 3Y CAPT, JACK CRAWFORD, ‘THE POET SCOUT.” wore the honored blue; Proud of the record that he blood-flecked land; wrecker’s hand; lantly above; those cloudless banks. soldier ranks. summons came, flame Which glowed with lurid luster in loyal Northman’s breast, And drew them to the colors, my father with the rest. was burning dim, to me of him, love as bright bloody fight. mother’s gentle face Seemed the dread fear to mirror which in heart found place— front might fall, loyal ball. brought us news of the fight Her eyes would with loyal triot fire be alight, single moment swerved— which my father served. news of a battle came, And in the long my dear father's name— v With lips all trembling and bloodless, m mother read this to me: amputated above the knee.’ me close to her breast, And as to her throbbing bosom my boyish form she pressed She cried t forting hand sustain writhing in keenest pain. My faded suit of blue, happiness flew; Forgotten weeks of pain live to see you again ! You haven't as soun placed in the hands of God And sent to the front of © Mississippi's sod ; I left one good leg behind me, I'll never regret, For our dear old country is safe, mother, and the old flag is waving yel.”’ those years of dreary strife, Had oneal deadly clutchesin my fa her’s svstem, and lift a hand. ww» hither borne, : urrection morn, rial Day cherished form Ilay. the name; vouthful heart aflame led his breast, 2 battle front he pressed, should threatened be o'er the se try to battle as brave in this honored grave. —National Tribune. GENERAL ORDER NO, L Meant, but they Obeyed It. a soldier, HEIs a ¢ cogsively mili pepe J oe ward installed into the ble position of sexton of our church and he straighened things out wonder folly. On the very first Sabbath after hig taking charge we found posted upon the walls of the church vestibule headed, an imposing document “General Order No, 1.” > There had been trouble in certain quarters resulting from the difficulty which ladies who came to church late found in gaining! their seats when gentlemen had got in ahead o them. John determined to remedy this, so he | venti re issued, “General Order No.1,” which ention of dust thay 18 Well read as follows: halt—about facc—and salute. by a flank movement, tront. ost boisterous sea. Sonof a Veteran ? Yes, sir; and proud of t the title, too; Proud that my sire, now sleeping here, once made in Dixie's Proud of the country such as he saved from A country reunited in bonds of patriot love; Proud of the blest assurance that above My father's soul now musters in the spirit True, I was but a lad, sir, when the battle And had no real conception of the patriotic each But often in the evening, when the lamp My head upon my mother’s knee, she'd talk And in my youthful bosom grew a patriot As that which nerved my father in many a All through those years of carnage my Fear that her soldier husband in the battle And die amid the conflict, pierced by dis- How eager she scarined the papers that gleaining and pa- Asshe read how the orps had never for a The gallant old Fi teenth Corps, sir, in One day near the close of the ‘conflict the list of wounded appeared ‘John Lane—gunshot wound in the ankle— With a moan of Piteous anguish she clasped the God of battles to with com- The dear one who far in the Southland lay father came home on crutches, in his And into his arms my other with a cry of the roar of battle, forgotten the As he cried: “Thank God, old mother, 1 a husband as you battle; for ‘neath but its loss But the hardships and exposures through The trials and the rigors which cling to a He became a helpless cripple, scarce able tc At last by his loving comrades his body was To await the reveille summons on the res- And here, as a sacred duty, on each Memo- These wreathes of beautiful flowers o'er his Son of a Veteran? Yes, sir; and I glory in The thought of my father's valor sets my With the fires of patriotism, the same that When with his valorous comrades to the And if again in the future our country By hand of domestic traitor or foeman from. T'1l spring to Be Front at the summons, and As the hero warrior sleeping ‘neath. flowers They May Not Have Known What It John F——was a soldier. He was a member of the 10th Me, and ‘Orderly Beageant of his company. He was every inch brave and true, albeit a little prone to stick to the letter W)rather than to the NC spirit of the law, ® 2 The articlesof waz NSN vero his study— This vade mecum, >In short, he was Seedy tary—military all through, At the close of the late war John came home and was shortly after- responsi- “Rules to be observed when a lady wishes to enter a pew in which gentle- men are already seated. Let the lady advance one pace beyond the pew— The pew will be vacated by the gentlemen The squad should rise simultaneously when the lady presents herself and face outward —then deploy into the aisle, the head man facing the lady,the others passing to his rear, when, if necessary, the line will be perfected up and down the aisle by a right or left countermarchy as the case may require, the right in 3 Eon gentlemen will break from obliquely and resume their i Parties performing this {have possession of the aisle 1 completed, and none others fere. : : [Signed] Jone F, F— Things went straight afte —————— eee - PROMINENT PEO Proud of the starry flag that floats so gal- TBE Pope bas the largest private of any man in e. dh Emin PacHA, the African ex! become blind, it is stated. : MoobpY AND SANKEY have been requested to visit Australia. M. RESSMANN, the newly appo! Minister to Paris, is a German b; - THE writings of Gladstone fill poges of the printed catalogue of - Museum. : JusTicE LAMAR, of the United preme Court, is well enough once out driving. i GENERAL LONGSTREET has be infirm with years, and is now v that conversation with him has to an ear trumpet. < THE colored ex-Senator, Blane mother’s mistress. . Mgrs. Jeskins and Mrs, Coulton, women alternates to the Minneap vention from Wyoming, are said ble speakers and energetic wo polls. > A. C. GUNTER, the novelist wright, is sail to have received royalties from the dramatic vel Barnes of New York,” and “Mr. Texas.” : SENOR RoMERD, the ‘Mexican acquired - the reputatio most astute of the diplomati ‘ton. He has own hours at his desk. Sh Sir JAMES ALLPORT, who weeks ago, was the oldest rail England in point of service. lamp-room porter and was the reat Midland Railroad Cot he died. a Dr. Exoce FITHIAN, of Green! berland County, N. J., has just his 100th birthday. He isperba physician in the country, and is the oldest Free- n never married. The old man Is health, but is blind. ; shortly | which he never recovered. James GROUDIE, Sr, of C! He built the first ooat to cross by Steals JO wer alone. The bo Royal William, which made fi Pictou, Nova Bcotia, to Grave He was eighty-three years old wife and six children, all living CoronNeL A. K. MCCLURE, tt the Philadelphia Times, whoss b burned down a short time ago, ing a banquet on the. evening of ¢ 1 | was just rising to correspond to t “The Press” when word came tha ing was in flames: He has scene, saw quickly that the case and then coolly returned to Among the losses in the buildin valuable political library whic! collecting for fifty years. : : yee ——e—— THE NATIONAL G WHITEWASHES are frequent season. ; a THE Bostons expect to win the without trouble. na KrLLy is doing most of the cat the Boston team. ~ a PITocHER GALVIN, of Pittsburg, thirty-eighth year. ht JoYCE, of Brooklyn, batted safely one of his first eleven games. . Tae Boston team so far leads League teams in baserunning. Ryan, of Chicago, is probabl throwing outfielder in the prof ANsoN, of Chicage, has finall the value of bunt hitting, and is his men atit daily. iF MCALEER. of Cleveland, scored the New Yorks in a recent gal second base, on a hit to the pitcher HUTCHINSON, of Chicago, and New York, the two crack pitel country last season, are still out c MANAGER POWERS attributes the r showing of the New York's to lame arm and back and lack of tea TaE first baseball fatility of the s curred at Dover, N, H., when Jones died from injuries received while the home plate. id id SENATORS HiceINs, WOLCOTT AN O18, who are frequently among thi tators at Washington, used to piay be their college nines. THE allegation is made that when of baseball is h progres at Was is almost possible to find a quor House of Represencatives among tators. THE size, tone and enthusiasm i tendance everywhere afford no demonstration of the repeated sertion that baseball ‘tis dying that ‘consolidation would ruin the’ O'Bre1N, of Brooklyn, had a perience at Louisville, He made th of the bases on a base on balls, a s a passed ball. It was. then disco he had batted out of his turn,and he - | clared out by Umpire Lynch. DunLAP, once the greatest of secon: map, is idle in Philadelphia. Hi looking for a call from some maj He is: waiting patiently fo plosion of ‘‘phenomenons,”but the ma; seem to have forgotten him totally. SAYS Hsnager Bancroft: gameof ball that is stopped by rain- the third or fourth inning—be pl over again} My idea is that the el lead should retain its advantage next day take up the game at th which it was abandoned. When interrupted by darkness the horses compelled to run all the heats once hold that the same principle applies ball,” i 3 A Simple Way to Avold Here is a hint in regard to th attention. Dutch artists © had a perfect terror of chose, if possible, to havet in close proximity to a can: difficulty by keeping a water in their studios, m dust flying about the roon caught in this receptacle. The borhood of a river, the substi the Dutch ‘canal, may not a desirable at the present bowl of water, especially days, when we rejoice in for multiplying the br rooms, is within every THE losses of sheep di | throughout the co i lighter than dur
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