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THE BLACK SERVANTS OF '
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Text: "And the ravens brought Him c
bread and flesh in the morning, and bread ?
and flesh in the evening."?1 Kings, xvii., tj. (
The ornithology of ths Bible is a most in- f
teresting study. The stork in the heavens y
'which knoweth her appointed time." The
common sparrows, suggestive of the Divine
Providence. The ostriches of the desert, by
careless incubation reminding one of the
recklessness of some parents in regard to
their children. The eagle, suggesting the
riches that take wings atid fly away. The
pelican, emblemizing solitude. The bat, a
flake of the darkness. The night-hawk, the
ossifrage, the cuchoo, the lapwing, the
osprey, by God's command in Leviticus flung
out of the world's bill of fare. I wish I could
have been with Audubon as he went through
the forests with gun and pencil, bringing
down and sketching the fowls of heaven, his
unfolded portfolio thrilling all Christendom
What wonderful creatures the birds are.
Their voices this morning seemed like songs
of heaven let loose and bursting through the
gates. Look at their feathers, which
AWKincr a r\A rnnuoro n-*A th^ r
same time. Consider the nine vertebrae of t
the neck. Consider the fact that each bird f
has to each eye three eyelets, the third eyelet 1
* curtain for graduating the light of the "day. '
Some of these birds scavengers and some of "
them orchestra. Thank God for quails'
whistle and larks' carol, and the twitter of
the wren, by the ancients called the king o!
v birds, because when the fowls of heaven went (
into a contest as to which could fly the high- ^
est and the eagle swung under the sun, a f
wren on the back of the eagle sprung up still t
higher, and so was called the King of birds. e
Consider those birds that have golden crowns c
and crests, showing that they are feather imperials.
Hear the humming-bird serenade e
the ear of the honey suckle. Look at the ^
belted king-fisher striking like dart from sky ,
to water. Hear the voice of the owl giving ,
' the keynote to all croakers. Look at the con- j
dor amid the Andes battling down the rein- j
deer, when, its eyes destroyed, the poor crea
ture goes tumbling over the rocks. I cannot r
tell whether aquariam or aviary is the best
altar from which to worship tod. But in
my text there is an instance that baffles all 5
the ornithological wonders of the world. The *
grain crop had been cut off. Famine was in ,
the land. A minister of God. Elijah, sat at t
the mouth of a cave by the brook Cherith, f
waiting for seme thing to eat. Why "
didn't he go out to the neighbors? There j"
, were no neighbors. It -was -a. wilderness. *3
Why didnt he go out and pick -berries F ?
There were no berries, and if there had been, J J
thay would have been dried up by the'
drought. One morning this man of God, y
mated at the mouth of the cave, is looking r
up into the pitiless heavens when he sees a ?
/ flock of birds approaching. Oh, if they were D
only partridges and he had an arrow with J"
which, to bring them down! But, as they J
- come nearer, he finds they are not comestible, 1
but unclean, and their eating would be spirit- ?
ual death. The length of their wings, the J
strength of their beak, the blackness or their 1
color, the loud, harsh "cruck, cruck" of their u
voice prove them to be ravens. They fly s
around the prophet's head, round and round, ?
and then on a fluttering wing come to the b
level of his lip, and one raven brings the 8
bread and another raven brings the meat, y
and having discharged their tiny cargo, their 11
wheel away and other flocks of ravens come "
, until the prophet is satisfied and these black d
servants of the wilderness table are gone. *
The breakfast bell, and the supper ?
bell, sounded for six months, and 0
some say for twelve months, calling the 8
prophet up to get his food, while these ravens J
flung the sounds on the air: "Cruck, cruck, ?
cruck." Guess wh*re they got the food j c
from. Some say that they got it from the ?
kitchen of King Ahab. Some say that they ^
gotitfiom Obadiah. Some say that these ?
ravens brought the food to their young in
the nests in the tree tops, and Elijah had s1
only to climb up and get it. Some say the J
whole story is improbable, and that this *
flesh must nave been the torn flesh of living c
animals, and therefore unclean,or it was car- ^
' rion, and then unfit for the prophet. Some 1
say that the word in my text translated ?
"ravens'' ought to have been translated ?
"Arabs;" so that the text ought to have *'
read: "And the Arabs brought bread and a
fleeh to him in the morning, and bread and ?
flesh to him in the evening." Anything but jj
admit the Bible to be true. Hew away at ^
this miracle until all the miracle is gone; go f
, on with your work of depleting; but, my
brother, know that you rob only one man, *
and that is yourself, of one of the most beau- b
tiful, comforting, blessed, triumphant lessons v
of all the ages. I can tell you who these *
purveyors were. They were ravens. I I
can tell you who freighted them with b
provisions. God. I can tell you who 13
launched them. God. I can tell you who n
< told them which way to fiy. God. I can h
tell you who told them at what cave to ?
gwoop.. God. I can tell you who it was that ?
Introduced raven to prophet, and prophet to h
raven. God. Here is a passage of scripture
whicfc I ought to give in a whisper lest, ut- S
l tering it in a louder tone, some one might p
drop down under its power. The passage is ?
this?"He that toketh away from the words i'
of the prophecy of this book, God will take
away h's part out of the Book of Life, and t
out of tht> Holy City." Standing then this f
morning and watching the ravens feed s'
Elijah, I hope the dove of God's spirit may k
swoop down the sky, and with out-spread g
wing, pause at the bp of every soul hungry o
for comfort On the banks of what river h
have the great battles of the world been h
fought? While you are examining the map a
Of the world to answer that, I will tell you sj
fkft rtanflinf a# a./Iov la tJ
VU nuou UOUAO WUU l^tvwv VVUUiVW VA. w vtwr M I .
being fought. On the Thames, ou the Hud- J
on, on the Mississippi, on the Kennebec, on r
the Savannah, on the Rhine, on the Rhone, p1
on the Nile, on the Gangec, on the t]
Hoangho. It is a battle of sir thousand a
years. Eleven hundred million troop are P
engaged, and the number of the fallen is P
vaster than the number of those who march. ?
It is the battle for bread. Sentimentalists, *
eated in arm-chair in pictured study, with "
slippered feet on damask ottoman, tell us a
this world is a great scene of avarice and v
k greed. I don't believe it. Take all the P
necessities out of the case, and nine-tenths of P
the stores, the shops, the factories, the bank- a
ing houses of the earth would be closed to
morrow. I say take the necessities out of the s'
case. Who is that man toiling in Colorado ^
mine, or in New England factory, or count- ?
ing out the roll of bills in the bank, or meas- L
unng the fabric on the counter? He is a 0
champion going forth for some home circle ^
that needed to be cared for; or in behalf of c
church of God that must be supported. 0
or in behalf of an asylum of mercy c
that must be sustained. Who is that 11
woman bending over the sewing machine, or c
carrying the bundle, or mending the gar- P
ment, or sweltering at the wash tub? That *
is a Deborah, that is one of the Lord's heroines ,,
going out against Amalakitish want that .
comes down with iron chariot to crush her ^
and here. The great question of this day is J
] not the question of Home Rule, but whether
mere will De any come w ruie; qui u question
of tariff, but whether there shall be anything
to tax. With the vast majority of people,
it is a question of "how shall I supportmy
family? how 9hall I meet my wants? how
Bhall I pav my rent? how shall I clothe and 1
shelter and educate those dependent uf>on me?"
f If God will help me to assist you in the solution
of that question, the happiest man in this
hoiFe will be your preacher. I have gone
out on a cold morning with expert sportsmen
to hunt for pigeons. I have gone out on the
meadow to hunt for quail. I have gone
dpwn with some of my friends ou the marshes
? to hunt for reed birds, but this morning I am
out for ravens.
Notice, in the llrst place, in regard to these
winged caterers that they were sent directly from
God to Elijah. "I have commanded
the raven* to feed thee," says God in an adjoining
passage. They did not come out of
some other cave, they did not just happen to
5 fly that way,they did not just happen to meet
liiyih. they did not just happen to drop the
food into his mouth. They cam? directly
from God. The Bible says so. Ths sanis God
who is going to supply you. He is your father. ?
It would take a great while to make calcuia- L
tion of how many pounds of food, and how
-) many yards of cloth you will require during c
your life, even thou^n you know how many c
years you were to live. A very elaborate v
calculation. God can tell without any calculation.
He has a great family and h3 has a
everything methodized, and there is a plate 11
for each one of us if we do not act like 0
s naughhty children and kick and scramble Q,
and try to upast thing*?a plate for each one ?
of us, and we will be served in our turn God
has already ordered all the suits of clothes
you will ever wear down, to the last one in r
which you will be laid out. God has i
already ordered all the food you will ever eat. ?
> ilown to the last crumb that will b? put intJ ^
'our mouth in the dying sacrament. Idr. ^
lot say he witf Tiways give us just what w\ ?
voul.i like. A parent must decide for a child. ?
["he child might say: "0, give me su^ar ani ?
confections, and nothing else." The parent
nrould ?ay: "O, that wouldn't be g or A: that #
wouldn't be well for you. You must take
omething plainer first." The child might y
ay: "Give me nothing but great blotches of
:olor in my garments." "0," the parenfr t
vould sav. "that wouldn't b<? appropriate; ,i
hat wouldn't be beautiful." The parent de- ?
:ides for the child what is best ror him to s
>at, and what is best for him to wear. Now,
iod is our father, and we are minors of the' ^
amily, and he is going to feed us and clothe g(
is, although he may not always gratifv our ^
nfantile wishes for sweets and glitter. These
avens did not bring pomegranates from the a
ilver platter of Sing Ahab for Elijah. They ,
>rought bread and ra?at; the very best thing,
he very best food. Elijah was going to have
l hard time, and God wanted him to be j.
tout and strong, and he gives him stout ?
ood. They did not bring cake or
>ie or custard, but bread and meat, ?ubtantial
diet. And God is going to supply ^
is. He does not promise us the luxuries ,
vhich sometimes kill th<? body, but he pro nses
us food, and you have a right to take d
ourage. God has no hard times in His hisory.
His ships never break on the rocks.
Sis banks never faiL He not only has the
ood, but He has the mode of conveyance; not t
rnly the bread, but the ravens; and if in t
>rder to satisfy you it were necessary, God t
irould send out of the heavens a great flojk t
)f ravens, reaching from his gate to yours, so t
bat the food coula be flung down the sky
rom beak to beak and from talon to talon. t
'Though troubles assailand cbvigers affright,
rhougn treasures all fail, and foes all unite, ?
k'et one thing assures us, whatever betide, ,v
rhe Scripture assures us the Lord will pro- ?
vide." *
Notice also, in regard to these winged ^
caterers, these black servants of the sky, and a
n regard to this whole question brought be- j
ore us, ttiat notmng couia ?.uja.H auaru (|
ip as a surplus. The raven did not bring t
inough one morning to last a month, they
lid not bring enough One morning to last
mtil the next morning. They brought ^
nough in the morning to last until the even ^
ng, and they brought enough in the evening D
?> last until the morning. Twice a day. j
'And they brought bread and flesh to him j
u the morning, and bread and flesh to him ^
n the evening." In other words, tbey brought j.
ust enough. Oh I wish we could all learn that ^
esson. You know the great struggle of the *
rorld is for a surplus. It is not merely u
nough for this week, or this year, but it is v
or fifty years: it is for a lifetime. You have
aore faith in the Nassau Bank, the Fulton ?
Jank, the Bank ot iSnglanu, than in the j.
loyal Bank of Heaven. You say: "That a
s all very poetic; you can take the black ^
avens; give me the gold ea?les." If in the v
aorning the food bj exhausted, do sot sit a
own after breakfast and say: "I don't Y
;now where the next meal is to come from;" ^
mt go out, look up into the sky, and you ^
rill see two ravens, not like the insane t]
aven of Edgar A. Poe, alighting on his c
hamber door. "Only this and nothing more," j(
iut Elijah's two ravens, the Lord's two
avens, the one bringing bread, the , other ^
ringing meat. Plumed butcher and baker, p
)h, how good God is, and how great are His v
esources! When the city of Rochelle was ^
iesieged. and the inhabitanls .were dying of ^
amine, history tells us that he saw washed a
ipon the beach as never before, and as never a
ince, enough shell-fish to feed the whole g'
ity. God is good, God is gracious, God is e
ountifuL In 1555, in England, there was tl
Teat drought, and in Essex among the rocks u
rhere there has bsen nothing planted and f,
lothing cultured, history tells us there came ??
;p a great crop of peas, enough to fill a hun- a
xed measures, and there were enough bios- a
oming vines promising as much more. Oh, s,
fod is good, God is gracious. If people would C(
nly trust him. I need not go so far. I could b
o to this audien?e and find 500 instances
his morning in your family histories, illusrating
that God takes care of His dear e
hildren. The morning 1 left home to earn p
ly own livelihood, my father sat on 5
bie front seat, and I sat on the back y
3at, and I felt sad on leaving home, and my ^
ather had a way of improving circum- w
tances, and he said to me: "De Witt, I am y
n old man now, but I want to tell you one 1
bing; I have during the course or my lire t]
ome up to my last dollar; but when that n
/as spent, God always provided. Trust the v
x>rd and you will never want any good v
hing." Was not that a good thin? to say to r
boy just starting out in the world? I have ?
ound it true. In my family line there was J
n incident that I tried to mention, but I a
nly had part of the facto. I have them now e
resh from a member of my own family. a
'here was a great drought up in New England,
in Connecticut, and the crops were ^
ailing, and the cattle were dying for lack of ^
rater. Mr. Birdseye, a Christian man, had ^
is cattle and herds driven down into the ^
alleys to get water. This went on for a v
rhilf, and finally the neighbors said: ''Mr. ^
tirdseye, you mustn't send your cattle down ^
ere to use our waters: our waters are fail- f(
igus; we are all going to die together; do y
ot send your herds and flocks down a
ere any more." 80 Mr. Birds9ve tl
rent back to his house on the p
ill, and he called his family together, and ?
e called-h s slaves?for slavery wasin vogue -f(
a Connecticut?and he read a passage of y
Icripture, and then they all knelt down and tj
rayed Gk>d for water; and the family story ^
5 that there was great sobbing and weep3g
at the family altar b?causj the herds
rare perishing and there was a prospect that
he family would die of thirst. They arose
rom their knees, and Mr. Birdseye took a
taff and walked out over the hills, hardly
nowing why or where he walked, and ]
rxirt/r mlnntr w whflrfl h? had been scores I tl
f times,and never noticed anything especial, tl
e saw that the ground was very dark, and
e thrust his staff into it, and bored into it,
nd water flowed forth. He beckoned to his I ,u
laves and his servants to come, and he told I U
hem to bring buckets and to bring pails, and s<
bey were brought, and water was taken to ' i j
lie house, and taken to the barn, and then a
rough was placed there and a larger excava- C1
ion wa3 made, and the waters poured in, g
nd in larger volume, and have been ai
ouring in ever since. It is a r(
erennial spring that is pouring
ow. I call that old great-grandfather [!
llijah, and I call the brook that started that "
ay and has been running ever since, Cherith, lc
id the lesson for you and for me is, that tl
rhen wo are in any kind of distress, we must ^
ray and dig, and pray and dig, and dig and .,
rav, and pray and dig. How does that pas- 11
age go? "rhe mountains shall depart and
be hills be removed, but my loving kindness S
liall not faiL" If you put God on trial and
ondemn Him for being guilty of cruelty, to- i
,ay I move a new trial. If your biography 8
i ever written. I can tell you what the first w
hapter will be about, and the second chip- a
er, and the middle chapter, aud the last w
hapter, if it is written accurately. The first - _
hapter will be about mercy, the middle
hapter about mercy, the last chapter about w
nercy?the mercy that hovered over your la
radle, the mercy that will hover over your fc
rave, the mercv that hovers over all be- ^
ween. q
'We may like the ships by tempest be toss'd, lc
)n perilous deeps, but caunot be lost: w
["hough satan enrages the wind and the tide, w
["he promise assures us the Lord will provide." ^
My subject also gives to me a more strik- .
ng and impressive lesson; and that is, that
elief is apt to come in an unexpected and t(
eemingly impossible conveyance. If it had
:een a robin red-breast, if it had been a musi- jr
al meadow-lark,if in h *d Oeea a meek turtle- n
love, if it had been a su-iliim albatross thai ,
>rought fooJ tr, Elijah, I would not hava i ?
>een so surprlsad; but no, it was a ' a
lerce and inauspicate bird out of a:
rhieh we make one of the mast ^
orcefal and repulsive words in our language: .1
'ravenous." That bird has a passioa for .
ticking out; it is glad to worry the sicK and ir
he slam. With vulturous guzzle it destroys A
verything it can put its bjak on, and yet 01
or six months, or for twelve months, as C(
nms think, that bird brought Elijah food,
four supply is going to come in an uuer>ected
conveyance. You get in some busi- C<
ie>3 trouble ani you thii)k some Rreit- tl
learted man will come around and will puk ^
tis name on the back of your note, or ha will l
tand by you in some great enterprise.
*o, h9 will not; no, he will not. ^
iod will start some old Shy look C'
o help you, a man who never
lelped anybody. He will be wrought ^
ipon in such a way that he will
ome ana Help you. uircumsiances mos* .
minous will turn out most auspicious. It ~
vill not be a chaffln?h, its wings a:ul feathers b
lashed with white and chestnut. It will be h
. raven. O, here is where we all make a js
nistake, and that is, in regard to the color
if God's providences. A white providence
omes to us. We say: "That is a mercy."
L black providence comes to uh, and we say: T
'0, that is a disaster." A white providence b
omes to us, and we have plenty of money,
leuty of frieud3, large government se :urties,
plenty of mortgages, $100,000, every- Cl
hing bright, beautiful and fair. And s<
hat petition, "Give me this day my daily fi
read," seems to you inappropriate, because
ou have enouzh atlyaow for a hundret rj
ears. But a black Providence comas, and f\
bis investment fails, and that investment
oes under, and misfortune is added to misortune,
until ali your property is gone, and
hen you begin to cry to God. Now you look ..
or help from Heaven. Now you see the inufficiency
of this world; now you are brought you
ery near to God, and vour hooes of Heaven tioi
re bright. It was thi black Providence
hat saved you. It was the white Provi. ence
that destroved you. It was
he Providence so rull of harshness and dis- dut
onance that brought the greatest mercy to to i
oursonl. It was a raven: it was a raven. (jjg.
L child is boru in your house. Your friends ? '
and their congratulations. The elder chil- DOt
ren stand with amazed look at the new- con
omer and ask manv questions genealogical ing
nd chronological. Great brightness in that y0l
miioA That. lif+.lAnnn hn? it-a fwr> foohnlftnt^d
q the very centre ofj-our affection,and with t
ts two bands it takes hold of your very soul;
tut one of the three scourges of children: Pra
carlet fever, or croup, or diphtheria, blasts ' 'st
ill that scene. The chattering:, the strange daj
luestions, the pulling at your dre3s as you fuj.
ross the room; all that has caased.
Ls the great friend of children ?P
omes to the cradle and stoops ncc
own and puts His arms around your little fat)
ne and folds it to His h?art and walks away
ato the bower of everlasting summer, vour .
yes follow and follow, and you keap looking
hat way; and when once you thought of cor
leaven once a week, now you think of it all mo
he time, and you are purer and more tender pra
ban you used to be, and you are waiting for ?
he day to break. Oh, how changed! You 4<n
re a better man than you were before that ^
rouble; you are a batter woman. It is not car
rotistical for you to say it: you are bett9r. full
Vhat brought that blessing? It was trouble ow
hat cast, its shadow on your heart; trouble j?
hat cast its shadow on a short grave, and J
rouble that cast its shadow on your homelack-winded
trouble. It was a raven; it was
, raven. Dear Lord, teach ray people that it
i not the dark Providence that is so i
estructive as tha white Providence, and ten
hat "whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth, sj(j
nd scourgeth every one whom He recaiv- ^
th:" and that when trouble comes, it is not
ecause God has a grudge against you, but A b
eeatise he love > you and wants to bring you Th
earer to Him, and lift you up to higher ra- CUr
. ?: j? _i.nt, ?v.;i
nation UUU UU ^ITlUUOl JJiatllM 111. UU,
ren of God, get out of your despondencies;
ling your sorrows to the winds. God never an(
lad so many ravens as He has now. Some- the
imes, perhaps, under the cares of life you pui
eel like my little child of four years, who ?jg
nder a childish perplexity said one day: "I
rish I could go to Heaven and see God and 001
ick flowers.'' Ah! my dear, at-the right sto
ime you will go and pick the flowers. Until Th
hat time, pray. I suppose Elijah prayed ^he
11 the time. Tremendous work ahead of him,
remendous work behind him. And what you
rant a3k for. I put it in the boldest shape, to
nd I risk my eternity on the truth of it, we
rhen I say, asic of God in the right way for ft
rhat you want and you will get it?if its ,
est for you. O, the mercies of God! Some- ?
imes we cannot understand them. They "0I
ome this morning; tiny alight on the plat- ha1
jrm: they alight on the edjes of the galler- Syr
*s; they alight on the back of the pews, ?
ringing food from God for all your souls.
Salens! ravens! Mrs. Pithy, a well known me
roman in Chicago, was left by her ten
usband a widow with a half is i
ollar and a cottage. 8he was palsied, . .
a 1 had a mother ninety years of age to take
ire of. It was marvelous how that woman tnj
ot of God, in the way of temporal supply, fac
verything she asked for, so th it the servant. ste
le hired servant in the house, notice 1 it and
sed to speak of it. ' One mornin? theya*03e .
rom prayer and the servant said to her: 11 1
Whv, you have forgotten to a3k for coal, so
ndthecodlis out." They stood there and sci
sked God for coal, and in an hour the door ^el
tvung open and the hired servant said: "Coal's ,
ome." A man who had never done that thing t0
efore, and never did it a^a:n, hearing that we
tmc woman was in straits aeu wrcumsuiai-os --u
bought it would bs a good thing to send <
oal. Yon do not undjrstand it. I do. .
lavens! Ravena! You have a right, my
rother, my si iter, to take God's care of du
on in the past as evidence that He is got 4 see
5 take care of you in the future. Is it not a a ],
rouderful thing that all your life, for two or '
iiree times a day, God has given you food? .
look upon it as a wondsr that all my life. ln
tire a times a day, God has given haj
le food, save once, and then I wo
'as lost on the mountains at noon. But that
ery morning and that very night I met the
avens. Oh that you might feel so much the vei
oodness of God that you could trust Him ma
or the two lives, the life you are now living, on<
n J the life which every tick of the watch jje]
ind every stroke of the clock informs you is ...
ppi oachmg. Look down and you see noth- 1111
ag but your own spiritual deformities: look to
ack and you see nothing but wasted oppor- lif(
unity; look forward and vou see nothing }j0
ut fearful judgment and flery indignaion:
but look up and you see the nef
rhipt shoulders of an intercading Christ,and cui
tie fa?e of a pardoning God, and the irradia- ble
iAn a# on Annninnr tfnnvnn Tftlffl this fnnri 4k,
IUUV1 UU vru.u6 bUC
jr your soul to-day. It comes now into all ,
our hearts, and the only question I want to ?
sk is. how mauy of these people are going to g'c
ike God for their portion here and their bu
ortion hereafter, going to trust Him now, for
jr the food of the oody, aid truit him also w|8
Dr the food of the soul? Amid the clatter of
le hoofs and amid the clang of the wheels of !
le judgment chariot, tha whole subject will
e demonstrate! sea
of
? ho
- he!
Feeding Wild Animals. sui
The Philadelphia Timet describes how wii
le animals at the Zoological Garden in pr?
lat city are fed. It says: g"
The big cats of different spccies paced in
p and down their cages with constantly res
icreasing uneasiness. Then there was a tru
>und of clashing of tin pans from the Fa
ttle room behind the fountain, and the thj
its, instead of pacing, increased their Qv
ait to a run from one side of the cage to
aother. Tiger Jim, Second, emitted a '
>ar,wnicn wus ecnoeu. i>y nose, uisprus- teu
ective wife. Then old Pomp, the blind 0f
on, replied, and George and Minnie,the jng
:onine lovers, joined in the chorus, and on(
le leopards, pumas and jaguars piped mc
le tenor to the bass of the big brute^ of pie
leir own family.
During the din of brute voices Keeper an(
hannon appeared with two big buckets,
lied with juicy tenderloin, sirloin and wo
loulder pieces of horse meat. Beginning ma
ith the spotted leopards he tossed each CIT
huge chunk, which they first grabbed th<
ith their |:aws then taking it in their
louth leaped to their board, perch,
here their disposed of the meat to the p6]
kst fibre. They try to conceal the bones ?e,
>r night consumption, but Keeper Shan- th'<
on rakes them out with his iron hook. sm
Id Pomp takes his select piece of sir- jf
in with gratefulness and without any jn
oltish demonstration. His teeth are ^h<
orn away to the gums and so he gets j_
le choicest bits, which he disposes of
y licking the meat with his rough q0
>ngue. roa
Tiger Jim, Second, is a savage at feedig
time, as though he were still in his
ative juDgles. He receives his great ro("
unk of meat from the end of an iron tii- j ^
ent, and ravenously tears it to pieces
nd gulps down huge chunks without
lastication. Rose is almost as bad, al- J3'*
lough she is a little more dainty in eat- , t
ig her meat after it is in her possession. .l S
t feeding time they are both treacher- ,
us. and would take any advantage they jV
juld of their keeper.
"Jim," said Keeper Shannon, "will ...
3me up to me with a smiling face, and
ien when he thinks I am of! my guard, P 8
e will make a grab at me through the
ars. He is a vicious brute, but I will
- aft
)on have him in hand. I ttiinK nis cirus
experience spoiled him." ^
The three pumas, or mountain lions, ..
rho occupy one cage, are hard to feed, V1
a they try to rob each other. One has nai
een sick recently and is imposed upon drt
y the others. He is sensible enough,
owever, to know that Keeper Shannon ,
( his friend, and when the latter se- e
ids a choice morsel the puma comes to Pas
ae bars and takes it from his hand, to
'hese animals also try to conceal the ent
ones for the purpose of gnawing at ^
lem at night. The other animals reeive
their daily meal without any un emly
demonstration. They are grateil
for what they get and make no kick. 80D
I of
1ELIGI0US READING.
AH In Hia Hand.
fes, beloved reader, thank God tha
ir times, your interests, your salva
i, are all out of your hands,and out ol
hands of all creatures, supremely and
;ly in His. Forward in the path o;
;y, of labor, and of suffering. Ain
esemble Christ more closely in you:
position, your spirit, your whole life,
>n will it be said, "The master i.
i\e, and calleth for thee." He is com"Prepare
to meet thy God." Lei
ir motto be forward! Patient in en
ance, submissive in suffering, con
t with God'a allotment, zealous
yerful, and watchful, be you founc
ancling in your lot at the end of th<
rs." Trust God implicitly for th<
ure. No sorrow cometh but shal
in some sweet spring of comfort; n<
essity transpireth but shall endear t
lier's care; no affliction befalleth bu
11 be attended with the Saviour*!
derest sympathy. In Him meets al
ifluence of grace for your hourly
mentary need. Let your constan
yer be, "Hold thou mo up, and I shal
safe." Let your daily precept be
asting all your care upon Him, for H<
eth for you." And then leave God t<
51, as most faithfully He will. "Hi
n gracious, precious promise, "As th]
' * ' il- L. tt
73, so snail tny sirengm De. LlghU
Amid Shadow*.
!t would be well in 'ife if di?coa
ted persons would sometimes coner
the advantages rather than the dis
vantages of the position they occupy
e law of compensation is everwhere
e absence of loftiness may give se
ity. The want of capacity may ex
ft from manyanxietiei. Thelowliesi
commonest things are needed b;
i lordlies t. The sunlight needs th
rple hills and the happy flowers ti
play its glory. The sea. shore needs th
al builder. The farmer needs th<
nes and worms to ventilate his field
e Elder Cato said that "fools ha<
sir uses, for wise men learned fron
sm." Failure has been a blessing
multitudes. "I never found m;
lfure until I lost it," said a good man
is through the failure of th
men that you get the secretion of the
lev; and so many of life's failure
re produced the honey of lore, am
npathy and kindness. It is sad t
re to say, that not a few faces on
ets with bear deep traces of discon
it and restlessness. Perhaps nothin;
nore remarkable in the Royal Hospi
for Incurables than the sweetness am
inkful content written legibly on th
es of its suffering inmates. Harsh
rn, sour faces are not seen here. Th
t of compensation is manifest. Car
je the fact that so much suffering anc
deep a sense of trust. begotten of con
ous helplessness, are needed in life t
throne solf, to sweeten our natures, ant
make us more thankful for anything
have, than discontented because o:
ttles" we have not?
Surely we may find a spring of com
t in our very disadvantages. Th
llncss of Nicodemus has alway
med to me to have given the worl<
arge blessing. Your sharp, coc fiden
n would never have asked question
the way Nicodemus did. And per
ps that reply, "God so loved th
rid," had never been given to a ma
ifident of his own cleverness. Ou
y troubles, and struggles, and doubt
y yet be a comfort and help to som
3 we otherwise may never hav
ped. Even life's wrecks, if properl;
iminated, may yet become beacon
future mariners. The great lesson c
i is to know how to be happy, am
w to be satisfied. Labored restless
is or indolent whining, are life';
se; to eat, and not be satisfied. Th
issing of life is to hunger and ea
) bread of truth and righteousness
t to be without enterprise, not ti
rify dullness, deadness, orstagnation
t to labor ghully for the best, thankfu
whatever fortune brings. Constan
id activity, with inner rest, is the tru
sal, finding life's best not in money, c
:ury, but in watching the change c
isons, in cloud pictures, in the growtl
bud and blossom, the sweet faces am
pes of children; finding interest i;
[ping others who are more lowly am
fering; taking a pleasure in servinj
th fidelity; thinking, loving, hoping
* ? iUnun Ua*to rkAUPAK f
1 WUrKillg; UlCilC uat u punvi ?
re true joy, thus taking Christ's yok
meekness and lowliness,and so Bndin
t. It is only such lowly ones as ca
ily sing th<! anthem, "Eve a bc
ther, for so it eeemeth good i
f sight."?Rev. B. .31 Lentil, in th
t iver.
There is a great gutf fixed between th
things of the world'and the teaching
the gospel, on the subject of e:isy li?
f. According to the popular v.:ew,th
i thing worth living for is to hav
mey to spend, fine pictures to admire
jtsant books to read, soft carpsts fo
i feet, easy couches for tired limbs
1 delicate dishes for the palate; am
; the God whom we believe in am
rship,has only revealed himself to hu
ji eyes and hands as One who wa
icified, whose brow was wounded wit!
srns, and whose side was piercei
ough with a spear; and the gospe
,ich he brought teaches that all pam
ring of the body and all undue indul
ace of its desires, so far from bein
! supreme object of life, may be
ire and a stumbling block to the soul
there are any of us who really believ
our hearts that personal enjoyment i
. i 1-- ?A -1 i:?? i_j. i
: true uujcuu ui uui uve>, ici* us uuucoi
acknowledge to ourselves that we ar
'era of pleasure rather than lovers c
d, and so go back to crown wit!
28 the forgotten statutes of thj kindl
^an gods who loved hot life and th
mty of sense. There ought not to b
>m in one house for both the cross o
list and the ivy-crown of the win*
[1, or the myrtle of the goddess c
insure. "No man can serve two mas
u"?so runs the old saying, but th
011 is hard to learn. Nevertheless, i
one which must be learned sooner c
er, when e rery man must make th
liberate choice whether he will couc
i own pleasure the chief object of hi
j, or whether he will yield his will, fc
sasure or for pain, to the will of God
id on that one decision hangs ever
n's destiny, for both here and hen
er.?3 8. Time*.
SVe think if more people knew whn
e stuff they were drinking under th
ne of beer there would be lc.-s of i
ink. It is reported that hundreds o
>usands of dollars are beiag spent b
! brewers of New York to prevent th
isage of a bill which shall compel thet
put upon all kegs a list of the ingredi
:s used in the manufacture of beer.blie
Good.
"he artesian wells, it is believed, wi]
ie day convert the arid-slaked plain
Texas into a fruitful region.
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMEN'
Meet frig Temptation.
[ As if temptation to indulge m drii
I nnd other excesses was not bad enouj
I (when it comes to U3, we often go to it.
f certain company we know we must'
1 tempted in certain ways, and yet we j
into it; in certain places we are sure
3 meet with temptation belonging to t
place, yet there we go. If we expe
k miraclcs to be wrought on our beha!
and that we are to be kept holy while
( choose bad companions, we makeagre
I mistake.' We cannat look to God to he
J us when we tempt Him, so far as He ci
[ be tempted and tried by us.?Exchanx
>
? Authorities Worthy of Credence
i I consider I shall do more in curii
] disease and preventing disease in o
, year by prescribing total abstinence, th
I could do in the ordinary course of
extensive practice of one hundred yea
I ?Dr. Higginbottom, an eminent a\
> geon of Nottingham.
s It is no figure of speech, but the litei
f truth, that hundreds of neuralgic, hj
teric, and epilcptic patients have be
driven into drunkenness or lunacy,
both, by the endless folly of advise:
who had no better reason for the pi
scription of large doses of alcohol th
the fact that these diseases are attend
with nervous weakness It is a gra
M/MkM J A1 ? - J aMtanViA^ TTI
. Dumiuai a'iu uiisv;aici tuau xuguiwai w
6 should endanger in this serious way t
Y power of moral resistance of women ai
c other weak persons.?Dr. James
^ Wakely, in the London Lancet.
3 All kinds of ardent spirits and otl
. strong stimulints are not only not usei
I in preventing cholera, but dispose
1 its attack.?Boston Board of Heall
* 1882.
Retolied, That the vending of arde
e spirits, in whatever quantity, be cons:
1 ered a nuisance?and as such is hereby <
| rected to be discontinued for the spa
0 of ninety days from this date.?By ore
e of the Board of Health, James Larne
Sec. Passed in Washington, D. <
=" 1832, on account of the prevalence of t
j cholera.
e All spirit-drinkers will be the $
i, victims of cholera.?Notice displayed
c the authorities in London in 1832.
Cholera has stood up here (Mcntrea
. as it has everywhere, the advocate
o temperance. It has pleaded most e
^. quently and with tremendous effect. T
jt disease has searched the haunts of t
drunkard and has seldom left them wit
. out bearing away its victims. Even m(
e erate drinkers have been but a little b
j ter off. Ardent spirits in any shape a
t in any quantity have been highly del
s! mental. There seems to be a natural
- finity between the cholera and the ard<
e spirits.?Dr. Bronson, writing from M<
? treal, 1832.
s We hive a great horror of arsenic, a
e fifty other things; the fact is, all th
e things are a mere bagatelle in relation
y the most direct, absolute, immediate a
s
certain poisonings which are caused
i alcohol. There are more men killed,
far as I know English statistics?mi
s poisoned by alcohol, than are poison
? by all other poisons put together.?J;
. Edmunds, M. D., London, Eng.
3 The Volhfreund for August, 18
; states that out of nine hundred perse
who died in Rotterdam the precedi
year from cholera only three were t
,r stainers.?Judge Pitman.
>1 I have found the use of alcoho
1 drinks to be the most powerful pred
posing cause of malignant cholera w
? ~ WAI*A T AnO
2 WLliL'U X am litijuaiu^u. iv ? ? *. vuv
r the authorities, I would placard evi
[, spirit-shop in town with large bills c<
0 taining the words: "Cholera sold hen
e ?Dr. A. M. Adams, Professor of the
g 1
q stitutes of Medicine in the Anderson'
?, University of Glasgow, 1848.
n Alcoholism is widely prevalent, but
A is not popular to die a drunkard.
victims are hardly ever credited to it t
e less they are poor and friendless. ?Eigl
s Annual Report of Massachusetts Bo:
of Health.
e I suppose that next to pulmonary d
8 eases, more persons come to their dea
'r either directly or indirectly, by alcoh
i, ism, than from any other cause. Hi
d dreds of men who die from liver co
^ plaint and kidney troubles might h?
3 been healthy men to-day if they had i
a poisoned their systems with alcohol.
1 James W. Alexhnder, Vice-President
'I the Equitable Life Insurance Compai
New York.
g. In hospitals where the largest amoi
a of alcohol is used, there is the great
percentage of deaths.?Dr. King, of 1
e Philosophical Society of Hull, Englni
I have amply tried both ways. I gi
e alcohol in my practice for twenty yea
?)! and have now practised without it t]
J last thirty years or more. My expi-riei
* is that acute disease is more read
e
((J cured without it, and chronic dise!
if I much more manageable.?John Higg
J- bottom, F.R.S.
Aa to thy general use of alcohol in d
'e ea?e, every form of disease would be b
it ter treated without alcohol than with
>r ?Dr. Beni. W. Richardson, F.R.S.
e
it
is
?r The campaign just ended between 1
' wet and dry parties in Meriden, Miss.,v
r i very bitter, but no one enrried his bitt
ncss further than General Burkitt, Sei
^ tor from Clay County, who spoke in t
interests of the whisky men, and offend
. all classes. As reported in the New (
. leans Timet-Democrat, he declared he v
a number of no church, and was glad
V it. lie wanted, he said, whisky eve;
where, and would start a saloon in ]
\\ 1
. parlor if necessary, and wouldn't care
a creek of it ran through his yard,
had made his will, and in it provid
that no preacher prohibitionist shall
11 tend his funeral. He added to his
ia temperate words by taking a big dri
)i whisky then and there.
..v- . ..
POPULAR SCIENCE.
Cultivation h&s so affected the evolution
of the tomato that the seeds are fast
disappearing and bid fair to pass out of
ajc existence entirely, as in the case of the
banana, leaving the propagation of the
plants dependent on cuttings.
The replacement of a diseased eye by the
be healthy eye of an anim&l has now been
go done live times, with one success, says
to the Medical Record. In the four cases the
, cornea sloughed; in two, however, firm
0 vascular adhesions took place.
j The King of Servia, according to the
ir> journals, has issued the following:
ve "Whereas it is irrefutably proved by
at science that the so-called antiseptic
lp treatment of wounds yields more beneficial
results than all other methods, we
an are pleased to order that henceforward
/? the said antiseptic plan of treatment be
solely employed in all hospitals of our
kingdom, and that corrosive sublimate
iodoform be used until our further disag
position."
ne The occurrence of poisonous mussels
an and star-fishes in a German locality has
an led to an investigation from which it ap
pears mat simple stagnation ui ?ea-water
ra* is c&pable of giving rise to poisonous
*r* qualities in the nnimals inhabiting it; and
that, too, when it is free from sewage
.a| and other impurities. The poison in the
mussels has-been described us a ptomaine
r8" under tht name of mytilotoxin, but Proen
fessor Virchow says it cannot be a true
or ptomaine, as it is not a product of decomrg
position. It must result from the condi'
tions of the mollusk's growth.
Singular as it may appear, the common
herring is a fish which is most difficult
e<* to procure and preserve alive in inland
ve aquariums, it being so delicate that the
eQ loss of even a few scales during transv
por:ation is sure to cause its death. For
several years Dr. Hermes, of the Berlin
tt<* Aquarium, has vainly tried . to obtain
G. some specimens for his establishment;
they had either been rubbed in the net or
ie touched with the hand, and died before
reaching Berlin. He has at last succeeded
in obtaining a live one, one of his
to men having by this time grown sufficientlv
excert to catch it in a sort of
J ?r
glass balloon lowered in the net.
,n? Palm wine, or lakmi, is made from the
sap of the date palm. Trees in full j
. yigor are selected for tapping. The
ii- juice escaping from the wound is contee
ducted by a reed into an earthenware
[er pot, and may amount to two gallons daily
^ at first, gradually sinking to about half
^ ' that quantity toward the end of the tap-' ?
ping, which is seldom allowed to exceed
h? -a month. Much of the "wine" is drank
fresh, when it resembles sparkling cider,
but becomes insipid after losing its
carbonic acid. Its color is opalescent
by and milky. After undergoing alcoholic
fermentation it contains 4.38 per cent of
,1) alcohol, 22 carbonic acid, and 5.00 of
0j mannite.
j0_ A prominent authority on the subject
" regards most dream representations as
"e really representations, since they emanate
:he from sensorial impressioas, which,
th- though weak, continue during sleep. An
)(j. inconvenient position during sleep causes
the representation of painful work, periet*
lous ascent of a mountain, etc. A slight
nd intercostal pain becomes the point of an
;ri- enemy's dagger or the bite of an enraged
dog. Difficulty in respiration is fearful
agony caused by nightmare, the night;nt
mare seeming to be a weight rolled upon
>u- the chest, or a horrible monster which
threatens to stifle the sleeper. An inn(j
voluntary extension of the foot is a fall
' from tin? dizzy height of a tower. Flving
is suggested by the rhythmic movements
*? of respiration.
nd
by Power of the Press,
so Harry Whiteside, of Harbor Point, was
out with a Ashing party at Bear Lake,
, and happened to stray alone up a brook
ie about four miles from camp.
While engaged in fishing he caught
sight of a bear cub. He gave chase, and
54 captured young Bruin, and started og
' for camp with his prisoner. The latter
,ns did not relish his new acquaintance, and
ng kept up a squealing that made the woods
ib- ring.
Whiteside had barely started when he
j. heard a crackling in the bushes, and,
' glancing back, saw young Bruin's
^1S" mother, a huge black bear, rapidly bearith
ing down upon him. Whiteside took to
of his heels, and to facilitate his Slight
;r_ dropped in succession his $15 fishpole,
hat and coat, but 3frs. Bruin carca for
3a- none of these things, and came on like an
3." avalanche.
In- After many regrets he concluded it
jaa would be best to drop the cub; but what
was his surprise and terror to find that
the bear passed its offspring without
; it recognition and continued its mad
Its charge.
in. I It was gaining every minute, and once
ith Whiteside slipped it caught a moutnfui
of his shirt. In the desperation of
lr(* the moment it occurred to him to try the
etlect of fire, and taking a newspaper
[}3. from his pocket he lighted it and thrust
it into the bear's eyes. The effect was
' magical. The bear wheeled about and
?1* Whiteside continued1 his dejected' jourm
ney into camp.^Grand Rapids {Mich.)
m. Times.
lve The Horses of the World.
lot
Professor D. Leonhard, of Frankfort,
gives the following statistics of the horses
i of various countries:
ly, According to Schwarzenecker, Prussia
possesses altogether 2,318,817 horses, or
x 97 horses for 1,0(50 inhabitants (91 per
1,000). Austria-Hungary possesses three
e9* and one-half millions, or 99 per 1,000 inthe
habitants. Hungary alone has 2,000,'000.
France has altogether 2,882,850
iVe horsrs and 300,000 mules, or 78 horses
per 1,000 inhabitants, and 54 per square
rs> kilometer. Denmark (census of 1881)
, n/??aoaM 31ft linrsns: Belcrium. 283.
L14Q jpVOOVOOWU ViV^wiv y B f f
ice 103 horses, or 60 per 1,000 inhabitants;
jj Holland, 250,000, or 73 per 1,000 inhaby
itants; Italy (census 186a), 657,457, but
*'e in 1879 she had only 615,457 horses, bein
sides 293,868 mules: Switzerland, in
18U6, about 105,000, or 40 per 1,000 in|jg.
habitants; Spain (in 1865), 680,373, be,
sides 2,319,846 mules and asses; every
? " year there are killed in the bull fights
ft* 3,000 to 4,000 horses; Portugal, 88,900
horses, 50,390 mules, and 127,950 asses;
Russia (in 1872), 21,570,000 horses;
Sweden and Norway, 655,456, or 115
horses per 1,000 inhabitants; Greece,
the about 100,000; United States of America,
ras 9,504,000; Canada, 2,624,000; Argentine
Republic, 4,000,000; Uraguay, 1,000,000;
er" Australia (in 1871), 304,000.
aa:^e
Three Brides for an Emeror.
cd
L The young Emperor of China has re
*r~ I cently been engaged in the pleasant occuras
| pation of selecting three ladies as brides
of from among thirty-two assembled at his
r_ palacc. These are collected from all over
,. Mantchooria from certain noble Mantchoo
. families, and travel, some of them,
! ^ for hundreds and even a thousand miles
Ho to Pekin to undergo review. The future
e(j Empress is first selected, and then two
assistants called the Eastern and Western
. Empresses This is the ancient custom
of the empire since the Mantchoos benk
came its rulera. The Emperor will take
over the reins of power next year.
i
? (
A FATAL PET.
THE FIERCE ONSLAUGHT OF A
TAME RUSSIAN WOLF.
Bitten by a Mad Do*, the Wolf In ', 'iTurn
Becomes Mad?Many ;* ' ^
Persons Bitten?Ter- ,
rible Struggles.
Some time ago fourteen Russian peasants
who had been bitten by a wolf were . ??
sent to Paris for treatment against hydrophobia
by M. Rasteur. Three of the
peasants died. Dr. Felix L. Oswald %
gives the following account of the wolfs
attack in the Cincinnati Enquirer:
Russian papers publish the following
interesting details of the wolf episode
that cost Mons. Pasteur three weeks of
hard work, and the first professional dis- ;*yjj
appointment. According to a correspondent
of the Noxodi, the brute that
caused all the mischief was not a wild
wolf, but a domesticated pet, perhaps
the most netted ouadruped u? Eastern ;
Europe. ^Three years ago a berry-pick- :j|
ing boy found him in the woods, and "
brought him to the village of Biely, - V
Government of Smolensk, where the I
farmer, Stephen Wassiljew, adopted him
as a companion to a motherless puppy. . h;*?|S
Before the end of the summer the wnelp '
had superseded his foster-brother. He yM
had an ultra-canine talent for flunkeyism,
and fawned himself into the favor of
so many "visitors, that his owner was v.'Sj
repeatedly offered thirty roubles for
the bushy-tailed little sycophant that 'Jjg
would lick the hands of every
stranger, and romp with the village
youngsters and billy-goats. One of the - 3
farmer's girls was his favorite playmate.
At the mere sound of her voice he would
start from his couch at the hearthstone
and scratch and whine at the door till
| his girl friend entered the-kitchen. That /;>
young lady was chiefly responsible for -
the ensuing tragedy. On the 23d of
February, Dushka?"Sweetheart," as she v
called her pet?was bitten by a' suspicious
cur, who forthwith died with all
the characteristic symptoms of hydropho- .
bia, but when a dozen of his canine vie- / 'ijj
4>?w%a wa*a \fia? W OflfllHpV Ifltflr
I IsJLlllO ngiO AAIAV-Vly JLIJA99 II MWWA.JW.. w.?.
ceded for her pet. They locked him up ,'fi^
in a barn-to await development*. Early
the next morning, March 2.1886, Dushki
managed to break out, and in the course
I of that day not less than twenty-eight ^
persons were fiercely bitten, besides a .''s'il
dozen or two who got off with snap-bites v;|J
and torn clothes. At the very beginning
! of the trouble the pluck of one heroic
Mujik would have prevented all further
mischief if-his companion had notturned
craven at the critical moment. Peter
Tcherkow, an athletic young villager, ac- ^
companied by his sister and ayounghwjjhbor,
was returning from an all-night^la?co .. , %
when they saw the wolf coming aowii the
road in a sort of sidelong trot and with
an uncanny leer that made them step aside
to give the traveler a chance to
leave the neighborhood by the straightest ;
route. But Dushka had seen them, and rW
in the next moment made a rush and
caught Peter by the breast. "Save your- ' :";|2
self, Olga!" the brave Mujik cried to fiis
sister, as he grappled with the wolf, and ?"$3
then calling on his companion, he 'x'i'&k
clutched the brute around the neck and - -C'gj
wrenched his head down till he had pinned
him flat on the ground. At that
moment a common pocket-knife' m--$ie
hands of a resolute man could have ended
the affair, but the cowardly neighbor
had taken to his heels?to protect the
retreat of the girl, as he afterward ex- >
plained it, and Peter's struggle with the ' -'j|
wolf now became a duel for life and
death. Too soon tne grip 01 ma ^
fingers relaxed, and in spite of his
frantic efforts to maintain his van- . jMsi
tage the wolf got his jaws free and
began to use them with terrible effect,
when at last a teamster appeared on the
scene and began to belabor the monster
with a long hatchet. The wolf then left
his victim and turned on the new-comer,
and with two successive ripstore his face
almost off. Minus his checks, lips and ,.-j
nostrils, the unfortunate man staggered
out of the way and left the ogre 'atleisure
to tQrn his attention to a third adversary,
the Mujik Jackolen, whom Peter's sister,
had in the meantime summoned, from the
next farmstead. Jackolen, too. was terrible
mangled, and had to back- out
toward the team, trying in vain to cover , .. V
his retreat with a club, but by this time
neighbors with flails and axes came running
up from all sides and succeeded at
last in routing the apparently indestructible
monster. But in the outskirts of the
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ncil? V lllttgc but m> t w a . t
betore night nineteen persons, some of
them torn almost to pieces, were
turned over to the district hospital at
Semstow. The village priest of Biely
and the game-keeper, Niktin Garaewitch,
died on the following day from wounds
as desperate as any treated in the fieldhospitals
of modern armies, for the pet
. of Biely had attained the size of the '
largest specimens of his tribe. Two
more died in the course of the week, and
three of M. Pasteur's patients died.
The Russians, as a nation, are notmoch
given to lynching, their official provisions
for retributive justice being rather
in excess of demand, but at the massmeeting
of the Sem8tow peasants the
wretch whose cowardice had cost the
lives of so many braver men was denounced
in terms which induced him to
consult his safety by disappearing under
cover of the next night. In Western
Russia, where even the urox has been
permitted to survive, wolves still infest
all larger forests, and their whelps are
caught and tamed about as often as the
fawns of our Southern Alleghenies. ^
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Leaders of Wall Street
Death, failure, and voluntary retirement
have of late depleted Wall street
of its great "leaders. Vanderbilt and
Wocrishoffer by death, Gould by apparent
withdrawal, Villard by failure
and exile, Henry N. Smith and James R.
Keene by bankruptcy, William Heath by
failure and death, George I. Seney by
disastrous railroad operations. These
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are some 01 cue my men mw ~
retired from Wall street leadership dur
ing the past two years. Who are left?
Only three or four names answer to the
roll-call. Addison Cammack, P. D.
Armour, S. V. White, and perhaps one
or two others are all who remain of
the active traders. The Vanderbilt boys
are not active in Wall-street speculation,
and at present it looks as if Mr. White
| was the coming man of the street. He
has given a taste of his ability in his
I clever manipulation of LackawanaTon
two or three occasions. He is about fiftysix
years old, and is treasurer of Plymouth
Church and a warm adherent of Henry
Ward Beecher. He makes astronomy
and politics his recreation ?Baltimore
Sun.
Unlqae Birth Announcement
A recent Berlin paper contains a birth
announcement in rhymes, which may be
thus translated:
"This morning at eight \'t
I knocked at Berlin's gate.
My parents wera glad,
But I yelled like mad."
?Richard Koth, Jr.
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