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1 MMAGE'S SERBON.N
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*?GOOD AND EVIL COME BACK." a
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(Preached at The Hamptons, Lon? Island.) a
Text: "It is He that sitteth upon the circle I
of the earth."?Isaiah xl., 28.
While yet people thought that the world
was fat, and thousands of years before they
found out that it was rouud, Isaiah, in my
text, intimated the shape of it. God sittiug
cpon the circle of the earth. The most beau*
tiful figure in all geometry is the circle. God
made the universe on the plan of a circle c
There are in the natural world straight lines, g
angles, parallelogrames, diagonals, quad- r
rangles; but those evidently are not God's ,
A tphorft VH11
iavv/iavo. xximvov ?-?? j ? uct w ? MV*V JV?
find him geometrizing, you find the circle V
dominant, and if not the circle, then the i
curve, which is a circle that died young. If *
it hau lived long enough it would have been
a full orb, a periphery. An ellipse is a circle 0
Sres ed only a little too hard at the side* I!
iant's Causeway in Ireland shows what God /
thinks of mathematics. There are over iJ5,00C Jj
columns of rocks?octagonal, hexagonal, ,
pentagonal. These rocks seem to have been
made by rule and by compass. Every artist 8
has his molding room where he may make 0
fifty shapes, but he chooses one shape as pre- J
ferable to all the others. I will not say that *
the Giant's Causeway was the world's mold- 8
ing room, but I do say, out of a great many 5
figures Go:l seems to have selected the circle c
as the best. "It is He that sitteth on the cir- a
cle of the earth." The stars in a circle, the 7
moon in a circle, the sun in a circle, the uni- 11
verse in a circle and the throne of God the
centre of that circle. 8
When men build churches, they ought to a
imitate the idea of the great Architect and ?
put the audience in a circ le, knowing that the *
tides of emotion roll more easily that way 9
than in straight lines. Six thousand years J
ago God Hung this world out of his right *
hand; he did not throw it out in a straight ?
line, but curvilinear, with a leash of lovo *
holding it so as to bring it back again. The ?
world started from his hand pure and edenic. 6
It has leen rolling on through regions or ^
moral ice and distemper. How long it will 4
roll God only knows; but it will in due time y
make complete circuit, aud come back to the *
place where it started?the hand of God? "
pure and edeuic. 0
The history of the world goes in a circle. >
Why is it that the shipping in our day is im- c
Eroving so rapidly? It is because men are v
nita' ing the old model of Noah's Ark. A a
6hip carpenter gives that as his opinion. Al- 11
though so muc h derided by small wits, that a
ship of Noah's time beat the litruria and the ?
Germanic, of which we b:ast so much. 3!
Where is the ship on the sea to-day that *
could outride a deluge iu which the heavens
and the earth were wrecked, landing all the a
paesengers in safety, two of each lcind of
uvinj ere itures, thousands of species. Pomology
will go on with its achievements r'
until after many centuries the world | P
will have plums aud pears e^ual to l
the paradisaical. The art of gardening will I I(
grow for centuries, and, after the Downings n
and Mitchells of the world have done their |
best, in the far future the art or gardening
will come up to the arboreseence of the year 11
one. If the makers of colored glass go on im- D
proving, they may in some centuries be able a'
to make something equal to the east window n
of York Minster, which was built in 121K).
Wo are six centuries behind those artsts, u
but the world must keep on toiling until it 6
shall make the complete circuit and come up ^
to the skill of those very men. If the world J*
continues to improve in masonry we shall
have aft?rawhile, perhaps after the advance 1)1
* of centuries, mortar equal to that which I
saw in tho wall of an exhumed English c'
city, built in the time of the Romans, 1,600
years ago?that mortar to-day, is as K
gocd as the day in which it was inad^having ?<
outlasted the brick and the stone. I say, "
after hundreds of years masoury may al- rr1
van e to that point If the world stands long ^
enough, we may have a city as large as they y
had in old timeis, Babylon, five times the size JV
of London. You go into the potteries of "
England, and you find them making cups ^
ana vases after the style of the cups and
vases exhumed from Pompeii. This world is J1!
not going back. Oh, no! but it is swinging
in a circle, and will come back to the styles C1
of pottery known so long ago as the days of Be
Pnrvmei! Tho wnrl I nin*t teen on TirOLTSSS- n
ing until it make> the complete circuit. The JT
curve is in the right direction. The curve
will keep on until it becomes a circle. Jj;
Well, now, my friends, what is true in thb T
material universe is true in God's moral gov- "!
ernmeut and spiritual arrangement. That is
the meaning of Ezekiel's wheeL All com- *
mentators agree in saying that the wheel
means God's Providence. But a wheel is of tl
no use unles. it turns, and if it turns it turns 7'
arouud, and if it turns around it moves in a ir
circle. "What then? Are we parts of a great
iron machine whirled around whether we bl
will or not, the victims of inexorable fate? ^
No! So far from that, I shall show you that
we ourselves start the circle of good or had b
actions, and that it will surely come around I J*
again to us unless, by divine interven- I J*
tiou, it be hiudered. Those bad or good
actions may maka the circuit of many ei
years; but come back to us they lt
will, as certainly a-; that God sits on the circle
of the earth. Jezebel, the worst woman ?
of the Bible, slew Nabot'u because she wanted ^
his vineyard. While the dogs were eating
the body of Naboth, Elisha, the prophet, put J?1
down his compass, and marked a circle from J1
those dogs clear around to the dogs that
should eat the body of Jezebel, the murderess. d'
"Impossible !" tho people i-aiii, "that will ^
never happen." Who is that iluug out of ^
nala^a ivinHniv ? .T?7fthftl A few hours P'
after thev come around, hoping to bury her. 1(
They find only the palms of her hands and PJ
the skulL The dogs that devoured Jezebel s*
ind the dogs that devoured Naboth ! Oh, 61
what a swift, what an awful circuit! P*
But it is sometimes the cace that this circ'.e ?
sweeps throush a century, or through many
centuries. The world started with a the- 80
ocracy for government; that is, God was the jM
President aud Emperor of the world. People
got tired of a theocracy. They said: "We
aon't want God directly interfering with the
affairs of the world; give us a monarchy." 13
The world had a monarchy. From a inon- f1
archy it is going to have a limited mon- lC
archv. After a while the limited monarchy ra
will be given up, and the Republican form
of government will be everywhere dominant
and xocogni ed. Then the world will get
tired of the republican form of government,
and it will have an anarc hy, which is no government
at all. Aud tben, all nations, lind- 11
ing out that man is not capable of righteously Q'
governing man, will cry out again for the- ?
ocracy, and say: "Let God come back and f<
conduct the affairs of the world."' Every a
step?monarchy, limited monarchy, Repub- "
licanism, anarchy, only different steps bo- 11
A - *? c?* 4-K/v locf. 4-Viq_ ft
LWfcJ'.'U I DO nrbt< tucv.mcjf auu vuu 4M^v vuv
oi-racy, or segments of the great circle of the h
earth on which God sits. 0
But di not become impatient because you a
cannot see the carve of event*, and therefore a
Conclude that God's Government is going to a
break down. History tells us that in the I a
making of the pyramids it took 2,000 men C1
two years to drag one great stone from the a
quarry and put it into the pyramids. Well,
now, if men, short lived, can afford to work ^
so slowly as that, cannot God,in tho building a
of the eternities,afford to wait? What though ' 6
God should take 10,000 years to draw a cir- | c
cle? Shall we take our little watch, which ?
we have to win 1 up every night lest it run b
down, and hold it up beside the clock of ,
eternal ages? If, according to the Bible, a ^
thousand years are in Goi's sight as one day, ?
then, according to that calculation, the 0,000 l
years of tho world's existence has beou only j
to God as from Monday to Saturday. r
But it is often the case that the rebound is t
quicker and the circle is sooner completed. a
You resolve that you will do what goo 1 you *,
can. In one week you put a word of counsel +
intheheartofaSibbath-schoolchild. During +
that same week you give a letter of introiuc- *
tion to a young man struggling in business. .
During the same week yo.i make an exhortation
in a prayer meeting. It is all gono; you
will never hear of it, perhaps, you think. A
few years after a man comes up to you and
says: "You don't know me, do you?" You
say: "No, I don't remember ever co nave
seen yon." "Why," he says, "I was in the
Sabbath-school clas3 over which you were
the teacher. One Sunday you invited me to {
Christ. I accepted the offer. You see that
church with the two towers yonder:'1 "Yes>" "
you say. He fays: ''That is where I a
preach." Or: "Do you see that Governor's
house? That is where I live." One ^
day a man comes to you and says; "Good c
morning." You lookathimandsay: "Why, ,
you hav6 the advantage of me; I caunot '
place you" He says: "Don't you remember, i
thirty years ago, giving a letter of introduc- ,
tion to a young man?a letter of introduction '
to a prominent merchant!" "Yes, yes, I do." t
He says: "I am the ma*j. That was my first ?
step toward a fortune; but I have retired
from business now, and am giving my time
to philanthropies and public interests. Come
up to my country place and see me." Or a . ^
man comes to you and says: "I want to introduce
myself to you. I went into a prayer ^
meeting some years ago. I sat back by the |
loor. You arose to make an exhortation. I
["hat talk changed the course of my life, and. }
f I ever get to heaven, under God, I will i
iwe my salvation to you." Iu only ten, I
wenty or thirty years, the circle swept out
ind swept back asain to your own grateful
leart. But sometimes it is a wider circle
ind does not return for a great while. I saw
i bill of expenses for burning Latimer and
iidley. The bill of expenses says:
One load of fir fagots 3s. 4d.
Cartage of four loads of wood.... 2s. Od.
Item, a post Is. 4d.
Item, two chains 8s. 4d.
Item, two staples Os. Pd.
Item, four laborers 2a Sd.
That was cheap fire, considering all the
ircumstances: but it kindled a light which
hone all around the world; and around the
nartyr spirit; aud out from that burning of
.atiraer and Ridley rolled the circle, wider
.nd wid?r, starting other circles, convolutng.
overrunning, circumscribing, overarchng
all heaven?a circlo.
But what is true of the good is just as true
if the bad. You utter a slander against your
leighbor. it Has gone iortn iroia your icdmi.
t will never coino back, you think. You
iave done the man all the mischief you can.
fou rejoice to see him wince. You say:
'Didn't I civeitto him?" That word has
;one out, that slanderous word,on its poisonius
and blasted way. You think it will
lever do you any harm; but I am watching
hat word, and t see it beginning to curve,
,nd it curves around, and it is aiming at
'our heart You had better dodge it! You
annot dodge it. It rolls into your bosom,
nd after it rolls in a word of an old book,
vhich says: "With what measure ye mete,
b small be measured to you again."
You maltreat an aged parent. You be*
rudgo him the room in your house. You
re impatient of his whimsicalities and garulity.
It makes you mad to hear him tell
he same story twice. You give food he
annot masticate. You wish he were away,
fou wonder if he is going to live forever,
le will be gone very soon. His step; are
horter and shorter. He is go ng to stop.
Jut (>od has an account to settle witii you
u that subje.t. After a while your eye will
?e dim and your gait will halt, and the sound
f the grinding will be low, and you will tell
he same story twice, and your children will
ronder if you are going to live forever, and
fonder if you will never bo taken away,
["hey called you "Father"'ouce; now they
all you "the old man." If you live a few
ears longer they will call you "the old
hap." What are those rough words with
rhich your children are accosting you s They
re the echo of the verv words" vou used
i the ear of your old father forty years
go. What is that which you are trying to
hew, but find it unmasticable, and your
iws ache as you surrender the attempt?
'erhaps it may be the gristle whic h you gave
5 your father for his breakfast forty years I
go. A gentleman passing along the street I
iw a son dragging his father into the street I
y the hair of his head. The gentleman,outaged
at this brutal conduct, was about to
unish the offender, when the old man arose
ad said: "Don't hurt him; it's all right;
>rty years ago this morning I dragged out
ly lather by the hair of the head." It is a
.rde. My lather lived into the eighties,and
a had a very wide experience, and ho said
iat maltreatment of parents was always
unished in this world. Other sins may be
djourned to the next world, but maltreatlent
of parents is punished in this world.
The circle turns quickly, very quickiy.
h!what a stupendous thought tnat the
ood and the evil we start come back to us.
o you know that the judgment day will
8 only the points at which the circles join,
le good and the bad we have done coming
ack to us, unless divine intervention hinder
-coming back to us welcomo of delight c?
irse of condemnation?
Oh! I would like to see raui, tne mvauu
lissionary, at the moment when his influence
nnes to full orb?his influence rolling out
1 rough Antioch, through Cyprus, through
ystrn, through Corinth, through Athens,
irough Asia, through Europj, through
merica, through the tirst century, through
ve centuries, through twenty centuries,
trough all the succeeding centnries, through
irth. through heaven, and. at last, the wave
: influence having made full circuit strikes
is great soul! Uh, then. I would like to see
im! No one can tell the wide sweep of the
rcle of his influ?nce, Isave the One who is
;ated on the circle of the earth. I should
ot want to see the countsnance of Voltaire
hen his influence conies t> full orb. When
10 fatal hemorrhage seized him at eightyiree
years of age his influence did notceaso.
ho moit brilliant man of his century, he had
se l all his facult es for assaulting Chrisauity;
his bai inluence widening through
ranee, widening out through Germany,
idening through all Europe, widening
irough America, widening through the 101
t.hnt: have crone bv since he died, widon
ig through earth, widening through hell, (
ntil at last the accumulated influence of his
id life iu fierv surge of omnipotent wrath '
ill beat against his dastroyed spirit, and at
lat moment it will be enough to make the
lack hair of eternal darkness turn white
ith tha horror. No one can tell how that
ad man's influence girdled the earth, save
le One who is seated on the circle of the
irth?the Lord Almighty.
"Well, now,' say people in this audience, '
this, iu some respects, is a very glad theory,
ad in others a very sad one; wo would liko
) have all the good we have done come back
) us, but the thought that all the sins we
ave ever committed will come back to us
lis us with affright." My brother, I have to i
ill you God cau break that circle, and will
9 so at your call. I can bring twenty pasiges
of scripture to prove that when God, for
hrist's sake, forgives a man, the sins of his
sst life never come back. The wheel may
>11 on and roll on, but you can take your 1
Dsition behind the cross and the wheel
rikes the cross and it is shattered former.
The sins fly off from ths circle into the
jrpendicular, falling at right angles into
>nipleto oblivion. Forgiven! Forgiven!
tie meanest thing a man can do is, after
ime difficulty has been settled, to bring it
3 again,and God will not be so ra .'an as that,
od's memory is mighty enough to hold all
ie events of the ages, but there is one thing
lat is sure to slip nis memory, one thing he
sure to forget, and that is pardoned trans:ession.
How do I know it.' 1 will prove
. "Their sins and their iniquities will I relember
no more." Come into that state this
lorning, my dear brother, my dear sister.
Blessed is the one whose trangressions are
>rgiven."
But do not make the mistake of thinking
lat this doctrine of the circle stops with this
fe; it rolls on through heaven. You might
uote in opposition to me what St. John says
bout the city of heaven. He says it "lieth
>ur s iuare." That does seem to militate
gainst this idea; but you know there is
lany a square house that has a family circle
icing each other, and in a circle moving,
nd 1 can prove that this is so in regard to
oaven. St John says: "I heard a voice
f many angels round about the throne,
nd the beasts and the elders." And,
gain he says: "There was a rainbow round
bout the throne." The two former instances
circle; tha last either a circle or a semiirde.
The seats facing each other, the
ngels facing each other, the men facing
acn other. Heaven an ampitheatre of glory,
lircutuference of patriarch, and prophet, and
postle. Circumference of Scotch covenantrs,
and Thebau legion, and Albigenses. C.'rumference
of the good of all ages. Periphry
of splendor, unimagined and indescribale.
A circle! A circle!
But every circumference must have a cenre,
and what is the centre of this heavenlv
ircumference? Christ His all the glory. His
,11 the praise. His all the crowns. All
eaven wreathed into a garland round about
lim. Take off the imperial sandal from
lis foot, and behold the scar of the spike,
ift the coronet of dominion from His brow,
,nd see where vas the laceration of the
. inn, Piimo linear nil hfiavfin. NarrOW
he circle around His great heart. 0 Christ,
he Saviour I 0 Christ, the man! 0 Christ,
he God! Keep thy throne forever, seat?d
>n the circle of the earth, seated on the circle
>t heaven 1
"On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is shifting sand."
Another language myth n destroyed
n the statement of a translator thnt
he Russian is a very easy language to
cquire. He strengthens his opinion
rith the explanation that tho verbs are
comparatively regular and have but
liree tenses,"while the conditional mood
3 indicated by a particle "bui." The
anguage is not so difficult as its collecion
of consonants, so curious to 8
oreigner, might seem.
Even as late as the reign of Henry
PUT. in Engand all foreign artificers
frere prohibited from working in the
Kingdom.
RELIGIOUS__READING.
I Shall be Satisfied.
Not here, where all is change,
Where pleasures ne'er abide,
Where death has universal range,
Can I be satisfied.
Not her?, where dreams deceive,
Where enemies deride,
Whore sins my Saviour ever griave,
Can I be fatisfled. I
There is a land more blest,
Where love th3 pulse shall thrill,
Where weary pilgrims find a rest,
And troubled hearts ore stilled.
Thither my soul would tend,
In that bright world abide;
1K7"h/*r?a cm nnrl rlMt.li finri ROrrftW And. 1
Shall I be satisfied. 1
A Brave Soldier.
The name of Gen. Yon Ziethen will !
long be remembered in Prussia as one
of the bravest of those brave soldiers .
who fought under Frederick the Great
i
in the Seven Years' "War. He wa3 the
hero of many a desperate fight, while, by .
his keen foresight and untiring watchfulness,
many a hidden danger was dlscovered
and averted. In moments of
greatest peril, when a service of unwonted
danger had to be performed, Yon ^
Ziethen was always ready and could (
always be relied on.
But Gen. Von Ziethen was not only a ^
Drave ana iaitniui soicuer in me service
of his earthly king, he was something
far higher and nobler, becauso he
he was a Christian?a true and valiant
soldier of Jesus Christ.
Many a time, when a scrvice of peculiar
difficulty or danger was allotted to
him, would he be seen retiring to some
quiet spot, and there the face that never
blauchcd before a foe would be bowed
in lowly supplication to the King of
kings, and Von Zicthen would come
forth and take his place at the head of
his hussars, with that look of calm and
quiet confidence which his soldiers
loved to see.
His wonderful personal courage, as
well as his great kindness of heart and ]
consideration for others, won the hearts !
of both friend and foe. He was especially
beloved by his own soldiers,
among whom he was known by the pet
name of "Futher Ziethen,"and although
the free-thinking tendencies of .Frederick I
the Great are well known, and Yon t
Ziethen wa* never ashamed to show his e
colors as a Christian, yet there was no
one in whose company the king had (
greater pleasure, and his place at the c
dinner tabic, unless royal visitors were t
present, was always by Frederick's side, t
Bishop Eylcrt relates that, on ono occa- r
jion, Von Ziethen had declined an c
invitation to dine at the royal table on c
the plea that he was going to take the r
Lord's Supper on that day, and desired I
to be undisturbed. Soon after he was I
again invited to S.ins-souci, and, in the *
course of conversation the king, referring 1
to Von Zicthcn's absence on the former 1
occasion, made a profane jest about the f
Lord's Supper, which was hailed with a 1
burst of laughter by the assembled guests.
Not so, however, with old Von Zcithen, i
who rose from his seat, and, bowing
deeply to the king, addressed him in a
clear, firm voice as follows: e
"Your Majesty knows that, in battle, 8
I never feared danger, and, whenever it i
? ? . ? *1
was necessary, i. was reaay to nsK my life
for you and the Fatherland. I am
still inspired by the same sentiments, J
and if necessary, and you command it,
I shall lay down my grey head at your ^
feet. But there is One above us who is
greater than you and I?greater than e
all men?that is Jesus Christ, the Sav- 1
iour and Redeemer of the world, who
died for me, and bought me with the
costly price of His own blood. I cannot
allow that Blessed One to be mocked c
and dishonored, for on Ilim rest my
faith, my comfort, and my hope in life 8
and in death. Strong in this confidence, r
your bravo army has fought and conquered,
and if your Majesty undermines
this faith you undermine the well-being
of your kingdom."
When the brave old soldier ceased to I
speak there was a solemn silcnce. Not
one of the company had the courage to
reply. The king himself was deeply and
visibly moved. He rose from his seat,
seized the general's hand, and, laying j *
the other hand on his shoulder, he said:
"Happy Ziethen ! would to God 1
could believe as you aoi 1 nave every
respect for your faith. Hold it fast.
This shall not occur again !"
Soon afterwards the king left the table
and asked Von Zcithen to accompany
him to his cabinet. What was the nature
of their private interview is unknown,
but one tiling is certain, that
from that time forward the king treated
him with peculiar attention and tenderness,
and seemed to delight more than
ever in his company. -After his death,
the king, when discontented with the
lax morality which prevailed in the
army, was heard to exclaim: "My old
Zcithen was right! Give me again the
army that I had in the Seven Years'
War 1"
"Whosoever therefore shall confess
Me before men, him will I confess also
before My Father which is in Heaven, i
But whosoever shall deny Mo before i
men, him will I also deny before My
Fathor which is in Heaven" (Matthew i
x. 32, 33). "B2 thou faithful unto
death, and I will give thee a crown of
life" (Revelation ii. 10).
The Rev. J. W. Horsley, the wellknown
chaplain of Clcrkenwell Prison,
has stated recently that during the past
few years there has been "an enormous ]
and startling increase in female drunk- <
enness," and he adds that the phenome- J
non is one of the saddest that have come
under his notice. The mere fact i9 ,
sufficiently painful without the addition .
of Mr. Ilorsley's opinion, based upon only |
too real and wide an experience, that
"when women t. ke to drinking they ,
8re generally irreclaimable.?London
Christian.
TEMPERANCE DEPARTMENT.
A Excellent Sort of Boycottor.
Union Workingman?"Our un'oti naka
you to boycott this beer. You arc a
workingman and ought to stand by us."
-? i - T?7 1.! ItT l.nrrr.nffp^
DeniilUlO lTUikiujjmau x. uu;v?.m.
the whole beer business some time ago,
thank you. I've been spending the
money saved in that way for food for my
family."?Tid-Bita.
Beer Made the Driver Sleepy.
In one of the cast side streets the o!hcr
day I saw a big brewery wngon come
rumbling around a corner with a load of
empty kegs on board and two fat, fileepy
men dressed in blue dungaree jackets on
the driver's scat. There was a swarm of
children in the street, as there always ia
in a.iot oirln ofrnntq hllfc fho flriVPr did
nothing to chcck the heavy trot of the
big team of horses. The children
screamed and ran ns the horses loomed
ibove them, nnd all escapcd except one
blue eyed, white skinned little toddler
who stepped on the pavement and fell
under the big wheels. A harsh, rough
jound that was half a scrcam and half a
noan rose from half a hundred throats in
;hc neighborhood. A big brown-whiskircd
man in a red shirt ran out and
picked the lifeless little body off the
pavement, while a young woman in a
;alico dress threw up her hands and fell
n a dead faint in the doorway of ti little
jrocerv. The wagon diivcr had stopped
lis wagon and looked around in an indifferent
way at the man with the dead
;hild, but soon touched up the horses, in;ending
to go on. There was a yell from
;he crowd again, and a dozen men tiprang
for the horses' heads. The two men on
;hc driver's seat settled back under their
iwning at that and gazed vacantly at the
jesticulating crowd that surged around
;hem thrcatinglv. Then the policeman
:amc and walked away with the driver,
caving the team to be driven away by
;hc other man.
There was not a line in the papera
ibout the case next morning. I asked
i reporter, who was at the court before
vhich the driver was arraigned, why
his was so. He said: "The child was
lot dead as you supposed. It will die,
hough, for both legs were crushed. It
lappcns so frequently that there is no
lews in such a case. The driver waa
ilecpy from beer; that was all."
Here was a plain statement of truth.
Children are run over by the sleepy
Irivers of brewers' wagons so often that
he fact has become stale as news. The
:liildren an usually killed. Two court
cportcrs tcld me that not less than ten
ihildrcn are killed every year in this
:ity by beer wagons, but neither could
emcmber a case in which a driver had
>ecn punished for his careless driving
)eyond a few hours' imprisonment while
vaiting for the brewer to bail him but.
This seems to be incredible, but I beicve
it to be true. There i9 no redresa ,
or children murdered in this way.?
Brooklyn Eagle. I:
Why One Man Lcl't the Liquor Business.
"I hear that Smith has sold out hia
laloon," said one of a couple of middle- j
iged men. who sat sipping their beer and
sating a bit of cheese in a Smithfield j !
itreet saloon la>t Friday night. j
"Yea," responded the other, rather
lowlv.
"What was the reason? I thought he (
vas just coining money there."
The other nibbled a cracker abstract* 1
:dly for a moment and then said: "It's
ather a funny story. Smith, you know,
ives on Mount Washington, right near ,
ne, where he has an excellent wife, a ;
lice home and three as pretty children as 1
iver played out doors. All boys, you 1
:now, the oldest not over nine, and all J
ibout the same size. Smith is a pretty i
espectable sort of a citizen, neve:: drinks
ir gambles, and thinks the world of his :
amily.
"Well, he went home one afternoon
ast week and found his wife out shop>ing
or something of that sort. He went
?n through the house into the back yard, !'
.nd there, under an apple tree, were the j
ittle fellows playing. They had a bench i
md some bottles and tumblers and wer3 1
>laying 'keep saloon.' He noticed that (
hey were drinking something out of a I ]
tail, aud that they nctcd tipsy. 'J/ne 11
roungcst, who was behind the bar, had i'
i towel tied around his waist, and was j j
letting the drinks up pretty free. Smith ,
valkcd over and looked in thepiil. It |
vas beer, and two of the boys were so '
Irunk that they staggered. A neighbor",3 ^
toy, a couple of years older, lay behind (
he tree. . j
" 'My God, boys, you must not drink 1
hat,' he naid, as he lifted the six-year>ld
from behind the bench.
" 'Wc's playin' s'loon, papa, an'I was
1 sellin' it just like you,' said the little
illow. Smith poured out the beer, earwed
the tlrunkeu boy home and then took
lis own boys in and put them to bed.
When hia wife came back she found him
:rying like a child. lie came back down
;own that night and sold out his business
ind says he will never sell or drink anither
drop of liquor, llis wife told
nine about it, and she broke down cry- !
ng when she told it." ! :
This is a true story, but the name was
lot Smith.?Pittsburj Dispatch.
Tcmpcrance Notes.
There is a church to every 1,250 in
habitants of Cincinnati and a saloon tc I
every 103.
The expenditure for alcoholic liquors
in 1885 in England was $015,343,800?
anough, if divided among the people, to
jive each family of five $100.
Paul "Boyton, at the close of an auction
talc of the fixtures of his saloon in N |.
Fork said: "Gentlemen, I thank you ;
For helping me to leave a business I have \
felt to be a curse upon me ever since I
sntered it. I would rather cultivato ,
bricks than touch the gin trade again." I
A COFFEE FARM. "
HOW THE PLANT IS RAISED ON
THE ISLAND OP CEYLON.
Obtaining and Clearing a "Block" of
Land ? Planting the Coffee ?
Croi' Time ? Preparing
for Market, Etc.
The first thin# the planter who was
going to start coffee planting on his own
account in Ceylon had to do was to look
out for a suitable "block" of jungle, by
which name all virgin forest is known,
in contradistinction to fore;t which had
been once felled and allowed to grow up
again, which is known as chena. All
the forest lands are in the possession of
the British Government, and when the
planter had located a block he sent in
his application to the Government, which
then sent up a surveyor, who surveyed
it and the surrounding jungle as well.
This was cut up into blocks averaging
generally 200 acres, and was then advertised
to be sold at public auction at
the nearest Government kacherie, generally
Kandy, the mountain capital. On
the day of the sale all planters wishing
1;o buy assembled, and the land was then
put up at the upset price of $15 an acre
and knocked down to the highest bidder.
Once in possession of the lund the next
thing was to have it cleared. This was j
let out to Cingalee contractors whose
mode of operation is, to say the least,
unique. The embryo coffee estate :s
generally, if not always, situated ou the
aide of a hill. The contractor sends
his men into the jungle in line, they
then begin to cut upward, only cutting a
tree about half through, with their short
axus or cutties. When they reach the
top they select a row of the largest trees
which they cut right through, these falling
on the next row bring them down,
ana so on until the whole fifty or a hundred
acres fall with an almost simultaneous
crash. It is a grand sight to watch a
large blocrk of forest falling in this wfjv.
The felled jungle is then left on fne
ground for about three weiks, until it is
thoroughly dry and withered, when the
natives are again sent in with "fire
sticks," and soon the whole pile is blading
fiercely. What a magnificent scene
it is, too, to sec flumes leaping up higher
and higher, and to hear the great rocks
and bowlders cracking with the heat like
the report of artillery, but it would cause
pangs of sorrow in the heart of an American
lumberman to see piles of valuable
lumber thus ruthlessly do troyed?ebony,
worth $100 a ton, satin wood, mahog my
nil Irinrla n f fimKor
? XU IttUt) Ull mtlUO V* MiMWV* II MtVM
would be immensely valuable if there
wis only transportation. But there are
no rivers there to float the logs down to
rail or steamer, and the cost of transportation
would be so great that the only
thing to do is to burn. All this
wealth, however, i3 not entirely lost,
as the ashes arc a most valuable
fertilizer. The ground once 30 far
cleared, although it is still thickly dotted
with charred stumps, the next thing
to do is to fix upon the site of a temporary
bungalow, where the superintendent
may reside while planting what is now
k:aown as' the clearing." "Lin.s,''or
quarters for the coolies are next in order.
Then the clearing has to be traced
fcr roads and drains, and bridges built
nrrnss f-.hfi streams After that comcs I
the "lining." All coffee is planted in
rows five feet by four feet, which run in
regular order across the clearing. A
coolie then digs a hole about eighteen
inches by eighteen inches, and into this
is put the coffee plant by a coolie who
comes after the "holer," and immediately
following the "planter," is the "filler
ir.," who fills in the hole, and, when that
is completed, the clearing is planted and
becomes and estate. The planter does
not at once, however, begin to reap any
benefit from his labor for fully three
yoars. During his time of waiting he
has plenty to do; the estate must be
kept entirely free of weeds, a large bungalow,
and a store with machinery for pulling
the coffee and preparing it for market
must be built, and a hundred and
one little things that are necessary before
the place is a "punkka totum" or first- j
class estate. . ?
After the estate is oncc in bearing cof- \
fi;e planting becomes more horticulture
tiaan agriculture. Every tree has to be
separately "handled," "pruned" and
? rri . ? 4.1.
Dianurea. ine manuring is iw must <
expensive part of coffee planting. On j
some estates large numbers of cattle are
k ept in splendid cattle sheds built after
the most approved fashion, but in addition
to cattle a large quantity of patent
forcing fertilizers aro used. The most
i mportant time of the year for the planter
in crop time. All the anxiety of the
blossom setting has passed, and now the
trees are covered with the bright red berries
that are to bring him fortune. Then
it is that he requires all the coolies he
can muster to pick the cherry, for a part
of the estate that is exposed to the morning
sun may, after a shower of rain, ripen
up suddenly, and if they are not picked
?t once the cherries will ripen so fast
that they drop to the ground, and, although
not absolutely lost, will be useless
lor pulping purposes. "What an in
s piriting sight it used to be in the palmy
:lays to see an estate with a big crop on,
.'ill ripened up, that is,provided you had
!i good force of coolies. A line of coffee
was assigned to each coolie, who, first
placing a large sank on the roadway,
would go to work with a small sack, into
.vhich be would put the berries as they
vere picked. "When the large sack was
illcd he would carry it to a small receivng
house which was conncctcd with the
joffee store by means of piping through
which water constantly flowed. In the
receiving house sat the planter with a
bu-hel measure, which, when filled, ha
tipped over with his foot and the coffee,
EJOing tnrougn a UOIC 1U ir.c m;ur miu
the piping, was floated down lo the store.
Once the coffee arrives at the store it is
received in a cherry loft, from whence it
goes to the "pulper " This machine removes
the outer skin, and th'j two beans
inside go into a series 01 cisterns. In
the first it is left to ferment for a day or
two, wlenit is conveyed to the next,
where it is well washed, after which it is
taken out on a barbecue to dry in the sun.
When it is thoroughly dried it is known
in parchment, and it is then transported
by rail or bullock cart to Colombo, where
this "parchment"' skin is removed and it
is now ready for market. To do all this
requires a largj labor force, on a two
hundred acre estate in crop time not less
than'four hundred handi. What would
our labor unions say to the wages paid
to these men, who are all ' imported,"
when the best of them only get about
fourteen cents a day? They go to work
at 0 a. >r. and continue, unless they arc
ta9kcd, until 4 i\ sr. If they are
''tasked" then a task is assigned them,
which if they work hard, they can finish
by about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. In
.t ii.. i?
crop time mcy are gencruiiv uuncu uj
the bushel, after one or two bushels, as
the ca?e may be, being paid cash; about
ten cents a bushel is the rate. How
would the horny handei son of toil in
this country like to travel fifty miles with
the thermometer at ninety degrees, and
carrying on his head a heavy box filled
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mmtrnmrnrnmammmmmmmmmmmtmmmmmmmrn?mmmammmu
with beer and eatables for the bloated
capitalist planter, and all for a wage of
thirty cents, and do it, too, within the
twenty-four hours if he is given an extra
ten ccuts. A coolie will think himself *
well paid and with the extra "santosum"
go on a "tear" for two days. The most
of them will save money on this and go ]
back, when the crop is over, to till the
fields in their own country on the coast
of India. The head men, or ' 'kanganis,"
are some of them very wealthy, most of
it being acquired through money-lending
at usurious interest. The writer knew
one old boy?who lived in a "line" about ^
six feet square, and whose dress consisted a
of a string firound the waist, to which t
was-attached a piece of cloth?who could d
sign his check for $50,0"0, and not be f
particularly incommoded to do that.? E
Chicago Herald. *
A Balloon Experience. ?
From an article on "Amateur Balloon- q
ing" in the Cintury we quote as follows: ^
"As nearly as could be judged, I was 0
more than a mile high, and all sounds T
froln the earth had ceased. There was a
death-like silence which was simply t
awful. It seemed to my overstrained j
nerves to forbode disaster. The ticking ,
of the watch in my pocket sounded like 8
a trip-hammer. I could feel the blood as E
it shot through the veins of my head and f
arms. My straw hat and the willow car j
snapped and cracked, being contracted c
by ths evaporation of the moisture in i:
them and by the fast-cooling tempera- E
ture. I was compelled to breath a little ?
quicker than usual on account of the E
rarity of the atmosphere. I became sensi- e
ble of a loud, monotonous hum in my c
cars, pitched about on middle C of the q
piano, which seemed to bore into my c
head from cach side, meeting in the cen- 8
ter with a pop; then for an instant my f
head would be clear, wnen tne same ex- a
perience would be repeated. By throw- >]
out small pieces of tissue-paper I saw r
that the balloon was still rapidly ascend- f
ing. While debating with myself as to s
the advisibility of pulling the valve-rope ?
(I was afraid to touch it lor fear it would t
break) and discharging some gas, the ?
earth was lost sight of, and the convic- j
tion was forced upon me that this must i
be the clouds! It made me dizzy to think c
of it. Above, below, and upon all sides s
was a dense, damp, chilly fog. Upon
looking closer, large drops of rain could i
be seen, silently falling down out of sight ]
into what seemed bottomless space. 1
"I was alone, a mile from the earth, t
in the midst of a rain-cloud and the si- r
lencc of the grave. Moreover, I had j
sole charge of the balloon; if it had not r
been for this fa:t I cou'.d have taken a t
little com ort, as I had no confidence in ?
my ability to manage it. A rain-storm j
u, on oarth is accompanied by no'se; the \
patter of the ra n uj.on the houses, trees, j
and walks always attends the storm; c
TvViil/* hnro olthnnorVi rlrrtru wftrfi n
large, tlicy could not be heard falling j
u on the balloon or its belongings, n
S.lence reigned supreme. The quiet ]
spokeu of by Dr. Kane and other Arctic j
explorers a* existing in the northern re- T
gions, was a hubbub beside this place. c
More tissue-pa, er was thrown out; see- t
ing that it seemed to ascend, I knew that
the apparatus was slowly descending, j
being brought down by the weight of |
rain upon it. Soon the earth was in view, j
How peaceful and quiet it looked! Im- t
mediately the whistling of railroad trains E
could bs heard. j,
"Now mountains could be distin- ^
guished from the valleys,and the cawing ^
of frightened crows and the shouting of f
men could be heard. 11 assed immedi- S(
ately over Talcott Mountain Tower, ^
where there were some two hundred peo- ^
pie enjoying the day. I could plainly <
hear one blowing a horn. Asthebal-iv
loon slowly descended men could be seen
running from all sides toward the place j.
of landing. Now the hum of insects J
could be heard, and the grapnel, with a ?
hundred feet of rope attached, was ?]
thrown out; it soon struck the ground, a
and dragged lazily along through the ?
turf and over the atones without getting
a secure hold. I approached a man s
we'ghing three hundred pounds, who was j.
sitting upon a stone wall out of breath *1
from running. Without the formality
of an introduction I a-ked him to 'catch u
on to that anchor and stop the business.
With a woc-begon-j look upon his hon- 8
est facc and an ominous shake of the head c
he replied: 'It's no use, young fellow; I y
can't work my bellows.' But as the rope (l
twitchcd along near him, he fell upon it v
and my journey was ended."
? Ii
A Bear Back Ride. t<
People living in the neighborhood Oi J?
New Chinatown witnessed a novel sight
yesterday, when a Chinaman went gallop- *
ing along the streets on the back of a *
monster bear, which was going at a pretty ^
lively rate. Old Bruin was bridled and
saddled in regular fashion,and his slanteyed
rider wore a heavy pair of spurs.
The rider and his steed halted in the
main street of the Chinese quarters, and a'
the bear was led through one of the stores ^
back into a little shed, Learning of tho
curious riding animal, a Chronicle represcntative
went to New Chinatown to see
it and the rider. The bear was found to *
be of the black species,and was a regular r
Jumbo in size. In conversation with the 11
owner it was learned that he had caught r.?
the bear when it was a very small cub; d
that he carried it to his cabin, cared for it 111
tenderly, and when it grew large enough S
lie trained it to draw a small wagon and
to perform numerous tricks. The bear 8
has a'.ways been well treated, and runs ,
about as it pleases, but always returns to
its master when called, just like an intelligent
dog would, When the b:-ar be- J
came strong, the Chinaman began riding ^
him, and never had any trouble. He now 01
rides him whenever he goes hunting and ac
lishing, and fiuds the brute a better com"?
Al - frtt. l>o m ill rrn intrt ^
panion man r. uuu, >ui
water and bring out panic, or Tie will
carry to his owner ducks or quail he has ?!
killed. The Chinaman lives near the
Ten-mile House, on the Humboldt road. "
? Chico {Cat.) Record. ^
F
in
The Tomb of Bolivnr. t](
In the pantheon in Caraca5, in the
north edge and overlooking the city, the gi
remains of Bolivar repose, surrounded ca
by those of others worthy of such honor, d:
His mort il part lies under a high marble hi
cenotaph crowned with his marble bust, d
a fine piece of the sculptor's art. liolivar
was born in Caracas. lie was rich. ra
He had slaves. He emancipated fully
his bondmen, risked and lost his riches, t,11
won the independence of five great State? til
of South America?Venezuela, Colom- sti
bia, E<uador, Bolivia and Torn?and 01
died at last an exile, poor, almost friend dt
less and was buried iu a shirt borrowed ' *
from a British merchant named Cage, al
the fatherof the present excellent British D
Vice-Consul at Laguayru. Yot, as a ut
general he was superior to any of oui ch
own revolution and as a patriot not in ha
ferior to Washington. But he probably th
lacked in statesmanship and so fell
victim to the aspirations of others anr
to the turbulent political movements o. ta;
his tims. His whole example and hi; w
deeds arc worthy of the high admiratioi a
and honor of our own people as well at jn
of those of South America.?Chicajt ral
News.
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MORPHIA'S SLAVES.
r'/"^
?EOPLE WHO HAVE FALLEN
VICTIMS TO THE DRUG.
"*r/;-^S5
["he Lady at the Banquet?How Persons
Acquire a Taste for Morphine
?Its Exhilarating Effect?
Ultimate Result.
Amoa J. Cummings says in a New
fork letter: One day recently I attended
dinner at Dolmonico's. The repast was
ruly recherche. It was given by a selate
gentleman, prior to his departure
or Europe. Eight ladies and ten of the
aale sex were his guests. All were in
ull dress. The table was banked with
are rose?, and tropical palms and ferns ^
mbowered the windows. The bills of
are were printed on satin and were ex[uisitely
illuminated. The boutonniers
rere marvels of beauty. A string band
f surpassing excellence filled the air
rith piquant music. At my right sat a
ady richly dressed and of remarkable
eauty. Her husband was on her right.
le was a Brooklyn phisician. His wife
\'ore a V corsage and tight-fitting lace
leeves. Her features were regular, her
lostrils thiu and firmly chiseled, and her
ace had the charm of extreme delicacy.
Ier eyes were large and liquid, and her
lomplexion exquisite. Her words were .
ittcred as sweetly and distinctly as the '''U
lotes of an Andreas canary. Her wit
lashed like the scintillations of a diaaond,
and she was the life of the southrn
end of the table. Everybody was ^
harmed bv her intellectual radiance.
The conversation eddied suddenly to anither
quarter. The Brooklyn lady esayed
a remark that died away as though
rozenonher lips. I looked at her ia
istonishment. All her elan had gone. " ^
The luster had fled from her eyes. The
oseate lids were partially closed, and her
ace was as pale as alabaster. She >
earned to be going into a trance. A " j
)eal of merriment at the other end of the
able had attracted the attention of the
quests. The husband saw my gaze rivted
upon his wife. Leaning toward me, - f
ie murmured: 4'May I beg your good
>ffices for a moment? Oblige me and be
o kind as to steady my wife."
He was as cool and collected as though
n his own drawing room. I took the
ady by the arm and placed ray hand on
icr waist, fancying that he wished me
o assist her in leaving the table. But .**
io. He had drawn from the inside
>ocket of his dress coat a small hypoderiiic
syringe. He drove its point between
he meshes of the lacc into her white i,.
xm. In an instant the syringe had done I
ts work. Within thirty seconds the r :.
arge eyes were again sparkling with
ileasure. The rich color returned to the
heeks, and the fair creature was again
milins uoon the sea of merriment. She
lad more* than regained her chis and - .
faiety. The husband drew a sigh of re- >
ief when he saw that he had revived
icr without attracting attention. Hia
rife was as witty as ever, and she drank
opious draughts of wine, apparently uterly
impervious to its effects.
The explanation vouchsafed to me late* 'J
n the evening was hardly necessary. Th?
ady was a slave to the morphine habit. '
t was first acquired when the drug wal. ^ - *
described in sickness. The taste fo* . '
aorphine thus developed, the lady for a
ong time supplied herself secretly from
.er husband's mcdical laboratory. He
liscovered it too late to check her desire . r
or the drug. He tried to shut off tha
ource of her supplies, but she outwitted
im by patronizing pharmacies in New
rork. "It's of no use," he said bitterly.
'The habit is confirmed, and death alone
rill stop it."
Every drug store in the city is patronted
more or less by the victims of morhine.
When the habit becomes settled,
he weak mortal grows crafty and artful,
'he drug is obtained at pharmacists far
way from his residence. He places the V.'
owder on the plam of his hand, and
ips it secretly. A drug store on Hudon
street has two regular customers.
ioth come from above Fiftieth street,
be buyers fancying that they are enircly
unknown. The morphine is put
p in what are known among druggists
s "drachm vials." Each vial contain#
ixty grains. One of the Hudson street
ustomers consumes two of these vials a
reek. They are always labeled
'poison." The law limits sales to these . . -
ials. Any one taking the contents or .
wo vials a week is totally unfit for work,
t takes two or three ye irs for the habit
j bccomc chronic. After that a cure is
ttcrly impossible. The cost of a vial is
5 cents. Nothing exhilarates the mind
afl the body like morphine. Liquor
lickens the utterance and stupifies the
rain. Morphine, on the contrary, frees
le tongue and makes its accent as dis;nct
as the notes of a well-played banjo. v
t makes the brain bright but insouciant.
. veteran morphine eater is proof
gainst stimulants. "Whisky and brandy
o not intoxicate him. He defies all
runkenncss except the intoxcation prouced
by the drug. His muscles gradaliy
become filled with the poison,
requentlv pins and needles can be
orl lntn Ins flflsh without Droduc
ig any pain. When thoroughly satuited
with morphine, the vi< t;m either
ies or attains an extraordinary size. No
latter how thin he may be, he begins to
row fat and in some oases is said to die
[ suffocation. The mind is usually
lattcred in advance of the body.
These few facts I have learned from a
ruggi3t, who in a lifetime has known
any victims. He says that the fate of
ie morphine slave, however, is not mora
lockiug than that of the confirmed taker
? chloroform. The taste for this anisthet'c
is becoming as great as that for
orphine. Dissipation and nervous ten
a elannlnca nurlif.q Trt
(ill UU I'll jJA UUUV Ot^V/j/iVw-u " *0-vw. ? w
oo sleep chloroform is used. "Huneds
in our large cities," said the drugst,
"saturate napkius and handkerliefs
with chloroform at night and fall
leep in breathing the fumes. The habit
oduces a palpitation of the h-.art, and
time th>! victim is sure to be found
>ad in bed."
While I was conversing with this drugst
a pale but handsome young woman
,me iu with a prescription. She seemed
jwncast and melancholy, but quickly
ightcned up when the prescription was
led. As she passed out with a hasty
ep the proprietor tossed me the memondum.
"It is for morphine," he said,
ind it is undoubtedly a bogus prescripsn.
But the poor girl is happy by this
aie." There are probably 1,200 drug
ares in this city. On an average each
? onllo o r?wial nf mr>rnViinn ft
iv. This would indicate at least 5,OCO
ibitual morphine takers in New York
one. Nearly 4,OCO of these arc women,
ruggists will agree that this estimate is
ider rather than over reality. Place
iloroform in the same eri:ciblc, aud we
ive 8.000 mi-erablc beings traveling
e road to an insaue death.
Glaciers, the ice-rivers of lofty moun?
ins. have been found to move downird
from one or two inches to over fiftj
day, from ten to twenty inches a day
summer being most common. The
te in winter is about half that of sumjr.
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