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famous" bedrooms?
THE SLEEPING APARTMENTS OF
SOME NOTED WOMEN.
Queen Victoria's Bedroom is a Simple
Apartment?Mrs. S. V. R,
Cruger's Couch 19 Like a
Great White Swan.
VICTORIA, Queen of England,
is said, according to the New
York World, to be very particular
about lier bed, and
to have a deep-rooted objection to
changing from one couch to another.
Her bedroom is a very simple, unpretentious
one, and almost any woman
in the land can boast a sleeping apartment
quite as good as that of the
Queen of Great Britain and Empress
of India.
The heavy bed, with its canopied
top and curtains, for keeping out
draughts from the royal sleepers, several
chairs, a thick warm rug, a great
table of carved mahogany, some good
pictures, including a portrait of Prince
Albert, complete the apartment in
Buckingham Palace in which Her
Majesty Blumbere.
Mrs. S. Van Rensselaer Cruger, of
v^wl- io Tnlipn Ciordon in >
the literary world, has one of the
most artistic bedrooms in America.
The crowning glory of the room is the
bed, which is a representation of a
swan. Each feather is exquisitely
carved in the white enamelled wood
by hand, and the proportions are wonderful
in their exactness.
A canopy of white silk falls from
the tall, slender neck, adding to the
beauty, concealing none of the lines
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and carving. The coverlid is of rich
white satin, ruffled with filmy lace.
Mrs. Crnger has pillows on her pretty
bed, and these have day slips of satin
much befrilled with lace. The heavy
monogram on the coverlid and pillows
is done in white, and there is not a
touch of color about the whole affair.
The color scheme of the room is dull
pink ; the walls, carpets and hangings
are of this exquisite tint. The dressing
table, with its quaint chair, the framing
of the tall cheval glass and tbe
carved woodwork of the colonial mantelpiece
are of glistening white enamelled
wood. A few choice watercolors
and some bits of rose-flecked
china give a homelike look to the room.
Lillian Russell rejoices in a sleeping
apar'cment which suggests nothing so
much as a great pearly pink seashell.
Hf,r little single bed is of brass, but
scarcely a trace of the glittering metal
can be seen, so much of mother-ofpearl
has been used. Not only in in
lay, but to cover the pillars and bars
has the gleaming substance been used.
The draperies are of white silk bolting
clotb, painted in pink morningglories
and delicate arbutus, lined
with palest pink satin. Soft white lace
over pink satin forms the covering for
the bed and for the hard, round bolster,
and falls on both sides almost to
the white velvet carpet.
The dressing table is of pink enamel
inlaid with wreaths and cupids of
mother-of-pearl, with faint tracries
of gold. The oval-shaped mirror is
framed in a wreath of porcelain morning-glories,
the hand mirrors are of
mother-of-pearl, set with jewelled
monograms. All of the brushes and
toilet belongings are of gold and the
exquisite sheeny pearl-like substance.
The dressing chair matches the toilet
tabic in coloring and ornamentation.
It is a quaint little affair, with etishions
soft as down. There is no back,
of course, so that the maid can brush
Miss Russell's golden curls with all
ease and dispatch, but the arms are
broad and curving, and upon these !
the singer rests her dimpled elbows
and avoids much of the fatigue of j
toilet-making.
Mrs. Frank Leslie's sleeping-room
is almost Puritanical in its exquisite j
neatness and plaiuness. Over the little
cinrrlA brass bedstead linnirs a
crucifix of ivory, which is ft work of
art iD its matchless carving. A rug of I
soft silky Persian weave covers the
floor of the tiny apartment, and n single
chair completes the furnishings.
The toilet table and all of its belongings
are in the little dressing room
which opens oft* from the bedroom
proper.
On certain anniversaries Mrs. Leslie's
dainty brass bed presents a sombre
appearance, for it i* draped in
black; the sheets, down coverlids and
pillows are nil covered with silk of
inky blackness.
Mrs. Burton Harrison, the writer,
who was Miss Constance Cury, of the
' famous Virginia family, has her bedroom
furnished with the quaint old
mahogany furniture in which her
great-grandmother delighted. The
roomy old bed would make two of any
modern creation, and the four tall
carved posts reach almost to the ceil
ing. By the bed stand the quaintlj
carved steps, which used to be neces
sary to success in reaching the sofl
embraces of the feather bed. A tal
chest of drawers surmounted by s
small looking glass, 6ome quaint olc
spindle-back chairs and pictures f
hundred years old and more, complete
this quaint room.
Miss Cameron, the eldest daughtei
of Sir Roderick Cameron, has a mosl
perfectly appointed suite of apart
ments in her father's country house,
Clifton Berley, on Staten Island. The
bedroom is a perfect example of the
First Empire style of furnishings, and
the mahogaDy bed, dressing table,
chairs and desk show the beautiful
shape and decoration of that period.
Electricity as a I'oison Detective.
A new method of determining the
presence of metallic poisons in the
body after death is to pass a current
of electricity through it, discomposinq
the torsion and depositing the metai
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that in cases of antimony, lead, copper,
mercury, etc., this method will
detect the presence of as small a quan
tity of the metal as one-thousandth oi
a grain.?San Francisco Examiner.
Remarkable Collection of Shoes.
The Queen of Italy is said to have a
remarkable historic collection of shoes.
It includes the shoes worn by Mary
Stuart on her way to execution, the
shoes of Joan of Arc, Marie Antoinette.
Ninon de Lenclos, Queen Louise, etc. ;
also a collection of shoes of various
countries which has an ethnographic
value.?New York Po6t.
MADE >^3. S.^YA
A Sovel Sulky.
A horse lover in Hartford, Conn.,
according to the Courant of that city,
has devised a sulky that may accomplish
wonders in the development of
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odd-looking arrangement, as may be
seen from the picture printed herewith,
but its conception is based upon
several very important considerations.
In running against time the horse
should have as nearly absolute freedom
of wind and limb as possible, besides
being relieved of draught. In
other words, he should be as nature
designed him, and the inventor of
this sulky claims that it more nearly
accomplishes that end than any device
yet made known.
As shown in the cut, the driver's
seat is over the horse's hips, with the
wheels a trifle in advance of the middle
of the animal's body. The central
upright, extending from the wheel to
the seat, is on a slight incline and
must necessarily help propel the
wheels, thus reducing the draught to
the minimum. A surcingle supports
and steadies the shafts, and straps
running from it to the pockets that
inclose the ends of the shaft keep the
sulky from running faster than the
horse.
THE ODD LOOKING SULKY.
The only necessities in the way of
harness aro the breastplate, the surcingle
and the bridle, leaving the utmost
freedom to the shoulders and
the chest, as well as to the lungs by
reason of less tighteuing of the girth.
If the horse rears or otherwise misbehaves,
the sill Icy must go up with
liini, and if he makes a sidewise movement,
he must land the sulky where
he lauds himself, with no danger ol
dishiug the wheel.
The inventor says that no "training
down" of overweight will be ueees
snry when his vehicle is used, as the
heavier the weight, within a reason
able limit, the more easily the vehieh
will be propelled. He also says tlia
a horse may be more easily controllei
. from the new locution of the seat thai
when the driver sits back of anil i
tritle lower than the horse.
One of these sulkies is now build
ing, and several horsemen, who bav
seen the plans, think very favorabl;
of it.
Placed end to end in a continuou
line the streets of London would ex
tend from the Mansion House acros
the entire continent of Europe an
| beyond the Ural Mountains into Asia
GOTHIC HOUSES.
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. Plans for a Residence In Tills Style
t of Architecture.
1 (Copyright 1895.)
! The Gothic or pointed and Grecian
or horizontal are really the foundations
1 of all styles of architecture ; when we
; epeak of buildings being Swiss, Italian
or Gothic, or any of the nurner
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, one well known styles, we mean that
L the spirit of a particular class has
. been seized upon and not that there
t* has been a slavish imitation of distinguishing
peculiarities. One of the
most interesting of all of the styles is
the Gothic.
Highly as this is revered now, and
greatly as the early cathedrals are admired,
it was at one time held to* be
an unworthy departure from the strictly
classic standard. The word Gothic
itself was first used by the architects
of the Renaissance as a term of renrnaeh
for all medieval stvles. It was
, i ?
j, a synonym for barbarism. The style
was a natural growth, a modification
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of older styles and an adaptation to
changed conditions.
Various poetic explanations of its
origin have been given. It was said to
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and people pretend to see in its pointed
. arches and the ribs of the vault an
imitation of the overarching branches
of trees. So, too, they say, the pillars
of the Gothic aisle were suggested by
the trunks of an avenue of stately
trees.
Appropriately enough, the first
Gothic building erected in the United
States was a church?famous Trinity
Church, New York, built in 1840.
Since then it has been the prevalent
style for church architecture.
| The design illustrating this article
is a modified Gothic, and a detailed
description of it is as follows:
General dimensions: Width, exclusive
of veranda, 37 feet 2 inches;
- depth, not including veranda and pari
lor bay, 54 feet 2 inches.
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Second Floor.
s j Heights of 6tones: Cellar, 7 feet;
A first story, 10 feet; second story, 9
i- j feet; attic, 8 feet 6 inches.
Exterior materials: Foundation,
first and second stories and gables,
brick. Roofs, slate. Balcony floors
covered with leaded tin.
Interior finish: Three coats plaster,
hard white finish; soft wood flooring
a&d trim. Main staircase, oak.
Kitchen and bathroom, wainscotted.
Picture moulding in principal rooms
and hall of first story. Panel backs
under windows in parlor and diningroom.
All interior woodwork prain
filled, stained to suit owner and finished
in hard oil varnish.
Colors: Trim, including cornices,
casings, veranda and balcony posts,
rail?, etc., dark green. Sashee, red.
Brick work painted buff and pencilled
and speckled to imitate mottled brick.
veranda floors ana ceiling ana outside
doors oiled.
Accomodations: The principal
rooms and their sizes, closets, etc.,
are shown by the floor plans. Cellar
under whole house with inside and
outside entrances and concrete floor.
Two rooms and hall finished off in
attic; remainder of space floored for
storage purposes. Inside Venetian
blinds to all windows of first and
second stories. Bathroom with full
plumbing in second story. Brick-set
range, sink and boiler in kitchen.
Large bay window and open fireplace
in parlor and bedroom over same.
Cost, 86200, not including mantels,
range or heater. The estimate is
based on N<vw York prices for materials
and labor. In many sections of
the country the cost should be less.
Feasible modifications: General
dimensions, materials and colors may
be changed. Cellar may be reduced
in size or. wholly omitted. Three
washtubs may be placed in laundry in
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made to connect dining room and hall
and parlor and dining room. Additional
bedroom may be finished off in
attic, or attic may be left unfinished
but floored for storage purposes.
This design is presented as an example
of what may be done in the embellishment
of a residence in Gothio
or pointed style.
The Height ol Clouds.
The very highest clouds, those
called cirrus and cirrostratus, rise to
the average height of about 30,000
feet. A second class keep at a height
of from 10,000 to 23,000 feet above
the earth, while the lower clouds usually
float at a height seldom exceeding
5000 feet. Ihtbe case of the last-mentioned
class of clouds the lower surface
may be at a height not exceeding
3000 to 4000 feet, while their towering
summit will be removed from the
earth by not less than 16,000 feet.
Professor Moller says that the vertical
dimensions of a cloud will often ex
ceed 10,000 feet, and that he has ob
served those which he had every rea
son to believe were not less than 25,000
feet thick. ?St. Louis Republic.
New York Priuks a River a Daj.
The volume of water that flowr
through New York City every doy vio
the new aqueduct is equal to a rivei
100 feet wide and three feet deep,
running at the rate of a mile an hour.
If the full capacity of the aqueduct
were used it would represent a similar |
river 165 feet wide.?New lorfc
Weekly.
North Carolina's Biff Gold XugjeT.
For a small colored boy to pick up
a chunk of gold weighing eight
pounds, or about that, worth just
about 82000, is rather unusual good
fortune. That is exactly what Jupiter
Debarry, of North Carolina, did ?
week or so ago, and the nugget is
now in Wall street, pays the New
York Journal. Moreover, the biy'f
regular occupation is picking up nuggets.
A little syndicate of Wall
street speculators got hold of a piece
of property in North Carolina last
winter, where nuggets of pure gold lie
around loose on the ground, and they
have people employed regularly, on
daily wages, picking up the valuable
metal.
This particular one, shown in the
picture, is the largest found up to
date, but Jupiter Debarry and the
other colored youth in Stanley County
are vastly excited over the prospect
of finding more and bigger ones.
There are plenty of smaller ones found
from time to time, but they only serve
to keep up the excitement.
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6ketch of the remarkable Debarry
nugget. It is as rough on top and on
tin bottom as it is along the edges,
and the outline sliowa how rough that
THE MOXSTEK JfrtJOET.
is. It weighs 101 ouuce.s and is more
than ninety i>er ceut. pure gold, so
that, gold being worth an ounce,
the value, roughly sneakiog, is almost
$2000.
| The shape is too irregular to describe,
but the measurements arc
I u.itilv Tlif> tiniro?t is 11 little
over fr-ix and a halt iuciits in length
ami five and a hnit inches in width
at the widest place. The broader enl
is also the thicker, and measures
three aud three-quarter inches from
top to bottom, while the smaller end
is only about an inch thick.
Originated lhPk;Ouc I'ricc" System.
John A. Warren, the old Boston dry
goods merchant who died on last Friday,
is said to have been the tirat.
dealer in that city to adopt the "one
price" system of selling goods. It was
considered a great innovation, and
everybody predicted that Mr. Warren
had made a mistake. Previously each
merchant had set his own price for an
article, and the customer had to y-ay
it or beat him down.?New York Sun.
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SUNDAY'S SERMON IN THE NEW J*0?*, J
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Test: "Seek ye the Lord while Ho may be
'ound.~-Is.Uh (?., 6. 2l??l
Isaiah stands head and shoulders above lleving
the other Old Tes'.ament authors in vivid de- Oh, i
scriptiveness of Christ. Other prophets give the la^
an outline of our Saviour's features. Some It was
of them present, as it were, the side face of Elemei
Christ, others a bust of Christ, but Isaiah than tb
gives us the full length portrait of Christ, metapl
Other Scripture writers excel in some things the wi
?Ezekiel more weird, David more pathetic, you wa
Solomon more epigrammatic, Habakkuk and at
more sublime?but when you want to see search
Christ coming out from the gates of prophe- eternal
cy in all His grandeur and glory you involun- Whei
tarily turn to Isaiah, so that if the prophe- there a
cies in regard to Christ might be called the That Is
'Oratorio of the Messiah" the writing of the Bit
Isaiah is the "Halleluiah Chorus," where all stances
the batons wave and all the trumpets come conver
TaoHaVt woo ft man nlAlrAH nn mit- nf unconT
Insignificance by Inspiration. He was known Rise ar
nnd honored. Josephus and Philo and but the
Sirach extolled him in their writings. What John I
Paul was among the apostles Isaiah was Anxioi
among the prophets. advice
My text Amis him standing on a moun- Ob, i
tain of insrjlration, looking out into the fu- anxiou
ture, beholding Christ advancing and anx- said to
ious that all men might know Him. His The co
voice rings down the ages, "8eek ye the "Then
Lord while He may be found." "Oh," says "Oh,"
some one, "that was for olden times." No, what I
my hearer. If you have traveled in other Bible/'
lands, you havo taken a circular letter of read hi
credit from some banking house in New the dyi
York and in St. Petersburg or Venice or want.
Rome or Melbourne or Calcutta, you pre- for a d
sented that letter and got financial help im- Oh. b
mediately. And I want you to understand book ti
that the text, instead of being appropriate I ren
for one age or for one land, is a circular let- church
ter for all ages and for all lands, and where a man
ever it is presented for h?*lo the help comes. I reply
"Seek ye the Lord while Ho may be found." have n
I come to-day with no hair spun theories the ori
of religion, with no nice distinctions, with brougt
no elaborate disauisitlon, but with an urgent we are
call to personal religion. The gospel of we are
Christ is a powerful medicine. It either empha
kills or cures. There are those who say: "I law of
would like to become a Christian. I have that w
haan nrnJHnir a whilfi for the richt a sick
kind of influences to come," and still you with a
are waiting. You are wiser in worldly Whe
things than you we In religious things. If come c
you want to get to Albany, you go the Grand purpos
Central Depot or to the steamboat wharf, see pec
and having got your ticket you do not sit cal abc
down on the wharf or sit in the depot. You sermoi
get aboard the boat or train. And yet there man it
are men who say they are waiting to get to but an
heaven, waiting, waiting, but not with in- pardor
telllgent waiting, or they would get on board the pri
the line of Christian influences that would Come i
bear them into the kingdom of God. me to 1
Now, you -know vory well that to seek a voice
thing Is to search for it with earnest endeav- manne
or. If you want to see a certain man in than s<
this city, and there is a matter of $10,000 Ah, th<
connected with your seeing him, and you It is 1
cannot at first find him, you do not give up hande<
the search. You look in the directory, but from tl
-cannot find the name. You go in circles souls s
where you think perhaps he may mingle, and noness
having found the part of the city whore he But
lives, but perhaps not knowing the street, text,
you go through street after street and from LorcL 1
block to block, and you keep on searching that?
for weeks and for months. To-mo
You say, "It Is a matter of $10,000 whether To-nig
I see him or not." Oh, that men were as Oh, if
persistent in seeking for Christ! Had you three c
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have found Him who is the joy of the for- with a
given spirit. We may pay our debts, we may manne
attend ohurcb, we may relieve the poor, we awful
may be public benefactors, and yet all our It Is cc
life disobey the text, never see God, never in one,
gain heaven. Oh, that the 8pirit of God diseasi
would help me, while I try to show you, In tratior
carrying out the idea of my text, first how to physic
seek the Lord and in the next place when to the pa
seek Him. pie en<
I remark, in the first place, you are to seek had ca
the Lord through earnest and believing could
prayer. God is not an autocrat or a despot now.
j seated on a throne, with His arpas resting o a soiritn
brazen lions and a sentinel pacing up and crisis,
down at the foot of the throne. God is a Thei
father S9ated in a bower, waiting for His chil- stance
dren to come and cljmb on His knee and get certaii
His kiss and His benediction. Prayer is the very rl
oup with which we go the "fountain of living them
water" and dip up refreshment for our Theyr
thirsty souL Grace does not come to the lage 01
heart as we set a cask at the corner of the grouni
house to catch the rain in the shower. -It is made
a pulley fastened to the throne of God, which was at
We pull, bringing the blessing. camo I
I do not care so much what posture you a man
take in prayer nor how large an amount of is a ch
voice you use. You might get down on never <
your face before God, if you did not pray comes
right inwardly there would be no response. A ge
You might cry at the top of your voice, and Gettya
unless you had a believing spirit within your off up<
cry would not go further up than the shout was tl
of a plowboy to his ox;ett. Prayer must be Now o
believing, earnest, loving. You are in your the otl
house some summer day and a shower comes such a
up, and a bird, affrighted, darts into the whole
window and wheels about the room. You the em
seize it. You smooth its ruffled plumage, is just
You feel its fluttering heart. You say, ''Poor forces
thing, poor thing!" Now, a prayer goes out on the
of the storm of this world into the window matter
of God's mercy, and He catches it, and He Thei
feels its fluttering pulse, and He puts it in Ieavin]
His own bosom of affection and safety, you wl
Prayer is a warm, ardent, pulsating exercise, are no
It is an electrio battery which, touched, heavei
thrills to the throne of God. It is the diving times i
bell In which we go down tuto the depths of year t<
God's meroy and bring ufr "pearls of great entire
price." There was an instance where prayer journii
made the waves of the Gennesaret solid as time t
stone pavement. Oh, how many wonderful heaver
things prayer has accomplished! Have you will he
ever tried It? In the days when the Scotch SVby
Covenanters were persecuted and the enemies Have 3
were after them one of the head men among that it
the Covenanters prayed: "Oh, Lord, we be grasp;
as dead men unless Thou shalt help us! Oh, acclde
Lord, throw the lap of Thy cloak over these no! N
Soor things!" And instantly a Scotch mist cldent
eveldped and hid the persecuted from their barrasi
persecutors?tho promise literally fulfilled, hosts
"While they are yet speaking I will hear." longer
Have you ever tried the power of prayer? the pal
God says. "He is loving ana faithful and pa- are bel
tient." Do you believe that? You are told teen y<
that Christ came to save sinners. Do you ment c
believe that? You are toll that all you have nearer
to do to cet the pardon of the gospel is to | afraid
ask for it Do you believe that? Then come far as i
to Him and say: "0 Lord, I know Thou the go;
canst not lie. Thou hast told me to come hearts,
for pardo* and I could get it. I come, Lord, are be<
Keep Thy promise and liberate my captive you co
soul." undert
Oh, that you might have an altar in the been b
parlor, in the kitchen, in the store, :n the soon b
bam, for Christ will be willing to come again towarc
to the manger to hear prayer. He would do it n
come to your place of business as He con- precioi
fronted Matthew, the tax commissioner. If Oh. i
a measure should come before Congress that of Chri
you thought would ruin the Nation, how you Your h
would send in petitions and remonstrances, sunriss
And yet there ha3 been enough sin in your tion as
heart to ruin it forever, and you have never hind C
remonstrated or petitioned against it. If cher?
your physical health failed and you had the tion h?
means, you would go and spend the summer man b<
in Germany and the winter in Italy, and you beauty
would thick it a very cheap outlay if you in wha
had to go all round the earth to get back pronot
your physical health. Have you made any the one
effort, any expenditure, any exertion for The i
your immortal ami spiritual health? fully gi
Oh. that you might now begin to seek there e
nftor Ond with earnest nraver! Some of you but the
have been working for years nnd years for we ma;
the support of your families. Have you eternit
given one-half day to the working out of harden
your salvation with fear and tremMiug? Take
You came hero with an earnrst purpose, I time to
tako it, as I have eornc hither with an earnest time w
purpose, and we meet fneo to face, and I tell a innu
| you, llrst of all, if you want to flud the Lord said to
you must pray and pray and pray. think t
I remark again, you must seek the Lord pardon
through Bible study. The Bible is the new- The oh
est book in the world. "Oh," you say, "it twenty
was made hundreds of years ago, and the ?the J
learned men of Kin? James translated it felt the
hundreds of years ago." I confute that idea things,
by telling you it is not five minutes old when since tl
I God by His blesse l spirit retranslates It into said tli
the heart. If you will, in the seeking of the me pra
way of life through Scripture study, implore man, "
God'e light to fall upon the page, you will with m
And that these promises are not one second down s
old, and that they drop straight from the soul to
throne of God into your heart. upon h
There are many people to whom the Bible man's 1
does not amount to much. If they merely spark <
look at the outside beauty, why. It will no with hJ
more lead them to Christ than Washington's be forg
farewell address, or the Koran of Mohammed, may tx
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Shaster of the. Hindoos. It 1b the In- I
ght of God'a word you must get. I D
p to the Charoh of the Madeleine in lJ
nd looked at the doors, which are the
wonderfully constructed I ever saw,
iould have staid there for a whole
mt I had only a little time. So, hav- Q
need at the wonderful carving on the
I passed in and looked at the radiant
ind the sculptured dome. Alas, that
y stop at the outside door of God's
ord, looking at the rhetorical beauties
of going in and looking at the altars | |
[flee and the dome of God's mercy and
an that hovers over penitent and besoulsl
ny friends, if you merely want to study ti
73 of language, do not go to the Bible,
not made for that. Take "Howe's
its of Criticism." It will be better
te Bible for that. If you want to study
iyslcs, better than the Bible will be
itings of William Hamilton. But if
mt to know how to have sin pardoned
last to gain the blessedness of heaven
the Scriptures, "for in them ye have r,
Hfe." J*
a people are anxious about their souls,
re those who recommend good books, m
i all right. But I want to tell you that se
kla 4a fKa VvaaI* ouaVi rt 1 tinrt.
"W AO UIO UWl IV UiiUOi OUVUVUVUUii.
Baxter wrote "A Call to the Unted,"
but the Bible Is the best call to
rerted. Philip Doddridge wrote "The T1
id Progress of Religion in the 8oul," so
> Bible is the best rise and progress. ,
Uigell James wrote "Advice to the *
is Inquirer." but the Bible is the best to
to the anxious inquirer. C
:he Bible is the very book you need,
a and inquiring soul! A dying soldier
his mate, "Comrade, give me a drop!"
mraiie shook up the canteen and said. 10
3 isn't a drop of water in the canteen." j"
said the dying soldier, "that's not tl1
want. Feel in my knapsack for my c<
' and his comrade found the Bible and
lm a few of the gracious promises, and
ing soldier said: "Ah, that's what I
There isn't anything like the Bible -?
ying soldier, is there, my comrade?" N
lessed book while we live! Blessed
rhen we die! ,
iarK again we mnst sees troa tnrougn
[Ordinances. "What," say you, "can't ^
be saved without going to church?" ^
there are men, I suppose, in glory who
ever seen a church, but the churoh is
lained means by which we are to be
it to God, and if truth affects us when
alone it affects us more mightily when u!
in the assembly, the feelings of others
sizing our own feelings. The great t*
sympathy comes into play, and a truth ni
ould take hold only with the prasp of T
man beats mightily against the soul a1
thousand heart throbs.
q you come into the religious circle,
inly with one notion and only for one oi
le?to find the way to Christ. When I 01
>ple critical about sermons, and criti- 81
>ut tones of voice, and critical about ?
lie delivery, they make me think of a ?
l prison. He is condemned to death, U'
officer of the government brings a u.
i and puts it through the wicket of
son and says: "Here is your pardon. S(
ind get it. "What! Do you expect si
take that pardon offered with such a JQ
as you have, with such an awkward w
r as you have? I would rather die tl
> compromise my rhetorical notions."
3 man doe* not say that. He takes it. tl
lis life. He does not care how it Is tt
1 to him. And if to-day that pardon t
be throne of God is offered to our P
hould we not seize it regardless of all 0
entials? &
I come now to the last part of my
It tells us when we are to seek the is
"while He may be found." When is ii
Old age? You may not see old age. a:
rrow? You may not see to-morrow. B
ht? You may not see to-night. Now! a
I could only write on every heart in cj
iapital letters that word N-O-W?now!
s an awful disease. I hoar people say it
toss of the head and with a trivial ei
ir, "Oh, yes, I'm a sinner." Sin is an si
disease. It is leprosy. It Is dropsy, a
jnsumption. It Is all moral disorders r<
, Now, you know there la a crisis in a
}. Perhaps you have had some iilosi
of it in your family. 8ometimes the
ian has called, and he has looked at
tlent and said: "That case wa3 slm- c
sugh, but the crisis has passed. If you
llnd m? vAatrtrrfav or this mornine. 1
have cured the patient. It Is too Tate
The crisis passed." Just so it is in the 0
lal treatment of the soul?there is a y
,-e are some here who can remember In- P
3 in life when, if they had bought a
1 property, they would have become ' u
lea. A few acres that would have cost g
almost nothing were offered them, a
efusedthem. Afterward a large vilr
city sprung up on those acres of n
3, and they see what a mistake they f?
in not buying the property. There p
i opportunity of getting it. It never a
-ack again. And so it Is in regard to *
's spiritual and eternal fortune. There a
anoe. If you let that go, perhaps It a
comes back. Certainly that one never ?
back.
ntleman told me that at the battle of tl
burg he stood upon a height looking a
)n the conflicting armies. He said it ?
le most exciting moment of his life, si
ne army seeming to triumph and now ?
ler. After awhile the host wheeled in tl
> way that he knew in live minutes the d
question would be decided. He said
lotion was almost unbearable. There
such a time to-day with you?the
of light on one side, the forces of death
other side, and in a few moments the A
will be settled for eternity.
in .? Hmn TtrM/th m?rr?V hAA flAt for
? port. If you are on board before that
111 get a passage for heaven. If you ri
it on board, you miss your passage for u
1. As in law courts a case Is some- n
idjourned from term to term and from
> year till the bill of costs eats up the u
estate, so there are men who are ad- P
ag the matter if religion from 11
o time and from year to year until a.
ily bliss is the bill of costs the man ,cl
ive to pay for it.
defer this matter, oh, my dear hearer? J?
rou any idea that sin will wear out; 11
will evaporate; that it will relax its 8
that you may find religion aa a man P
ntally finds a lost pocketbook? Ah, 31
fo man ever became a Christian by ac- ?
or by the relaxing of sin. The em- .
sments are all the time increasing. Tho ^
of darkness are recruiting, and the |c
Jon postpone this matter the steeper 11
will become. I ask those men who P
fore me now whether in the ten or flf;ars
they have passed in the postpone?f
these matters they have come any
God or heaven? I would not be
to challenge this whole audience, so r
they may not have found the peace of
jpel, in regard to the matter. Your
. vou are willing frankly to tell me, A
:omLng harder and harder, and that If "
me to Christ it will be more of an n
aklng now than it ever would have a
efore. The throne of judgment will
e set. and If you have anything to do ?
1 your eternal salvation you had better v
ow, for the redemption of your soul Is
js, and it ceaseth forever.
[f men could only catch onu glimpse r,
1st, I know they would love Him! rj
eart leaps at the sight of a glorious
j or sunset. Can you be without emo- ti
the Sun of Righteousness rises be- it
alvary and sets behind Joseph's sepul- ^
He is a blessed Saviour. Every Nais
its type of beauty. There is Ger- *.
jauty, and Swiss beauty, and Italian
, and English beauty, but I care not
t land a man first looks at Christ he
inces Him "Chief among 10,000, and
s altogether lovely."
diamond districts of Brazil are tareuarded,
and a man does not get in
xcept by a pass from the Government,
> love of Christ is a diamond district g(
y all enter and pick up treasures for
y. "To-day. if yo will hear His voice, ty
i not your hearts." el
. fhn liinf nf th? tort that I have no
i dwell upon?the hint that there is a y
hen He cannot bo found. There was (-1.'
in this city eighty years of ago who l'1
a clergyman who came in, "Do you st
hat a man eighty years of age can get
icd?" "Oh. yes." said the clergyman.
1 man said: " "I cau't. When I was
years of age?I am now eighty years .
Spirit of God came to my soul" and I al
i importance of attending to the?* aj:
but I put it off, I rejected God, and in
lien I have had no feeling." "Well," <30
e minister, "wouldn't you like to have 20
y with you?" Yes," replied the old lie
hut it will do no good. You can pray N<
e if you like to." The miuister knelt iu
ind prayed and commended the man's
God. It seemed to have no effect
im. After awhile the last hour of the
ife came, and through his delirium a
)f Intelligence seemed to flash, and VB
Is last breath he said, "I shall never th
iven." "Oh, seek the Lord while lie wi
> found!"
i
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. CAIAIW II FRANCE.
'' 0
vsr a Hundred Persons Drowned oy
a Bursted Reservoir.
OSS ESTIN!ATLLM\T $10,000,000.
ie Disaster Occurred at Tioazxy and ??
Large Tract of Coantrr Was Inandafed
?Half a Dozen Villages Suffered?
Searching for the Dead?Farm House*
Swept Away and the Crops Rained.
The reservoir on the dvke of the canal at
juzzy, near r^pium, fiou^c, is0*0
reepinsr away many houses with their folates.
The flood quickly subsided, and a
arch for the bodies of the dead was imediately
made.
The disaster occurred at five o'clock a. m.
tie rush of water through the villages was
' sudden that there was hardly any chance
' escape, and many persons were drowned
their beds. The number of deaths exleded
130.
The Bouzzy reservoir fed the southern
anch of the Eastern Canal. The water folwed
the valley of the Aviere. The sudden
scretion of the canal burst its banks, and
le water ooured from it over six mile^ of
mntry until the channel was emDty.
The torrent, hemmed in by high hills, '
ished down the valley like a bore, sweepine *
le villages mentioned, and after a course of
n miles emptying into the Moselle at
onexy and Chatel.
Every house at Bouzzy was demolished;
id very few remain at Le s Forges, where
lere are 1400 inhabitants. At Uxegney
renty-three persons were drowned. Every
lllding was destroyed at Darnleulles, where
le population number eou.
Notwithstanding the fact that Nonexy is
?n miles from the dam. many of the inhkbimts
of that place had not time to reach the
pper portions of their dwellings before the
>rrent was upon them. Many farmers
iroughout the valley are ruined, and a large
amber of families are without food or clotfc'es.
he damage caused by the flood is estimated
: 810,000.000.
The Bouzzy reservoir had a capacity of
000,000 cubic metres. The torrent carried
ET bodily some of the houses in the villages
t Bouzzy, Darnieulles, Uxegney and Domrres,
and swamped many others, besides
Bmolisbing walls, bridges, roads, crops and
irm buildings. A large part of the valley is
ttle more than a morass, with timbers and
prooted trees protruding from the mud.
Much damage was done to the villages at
>me distanc* from the dam. As the flood
vept down the valley it gathered an im.ense
quantity of timbers and tree trunks,
hich were thrown against the buildings in
le lower neighborhoods.
Part of the Bouzzy tavern was found on
le bank of the Moselle, eleven miles dis-. '
int. The exact cause of the break is not
nown. Some think the defect was in the
lan of the structure, which was vertical
there assert that the dam, though orlginUy
strong had been cracked for years.
The little Aviere brook, which ordinarily
i but seven feet wide, has been converted '
ito a lake a mile and a half broad. Soldiers
nd workingmen from the Department of
oads are burying cattle and sheen as rapidly
3 possible to prevent disease. Hundreds of
ircasses were put underground. ~
The masonry on the Bouzzy dam was begun
1 1879 and finished in 18S4. It wasstrengthaed
in 1839. The dam was 550 yards long',
Ixty-six feet high, and the same thickness ,
t the base. It was built against vertical
?ck and on sandstone.
A REMARKABLE SCENE IN COURT.
">?
atherlne Nolan Triumphantly Acquitted
of the Charge of Murder.
The trial of Catherine Nolan on the charge
f poisoning her brother John in Water ford
ras concluded in Ballston, N. Y., the jury
andering a verdict of not guilty. ^
She and her sister Elizabeth were therepon
discharged from custody. There was
reat excitement in the court room upon the
nnouncement of the vemict.
Juror Goff mounted the Judge's bench,
lade a speech and called for contributions
Dr the friendless, penniless and homeless
risoners. Instantly bills fluttered in the
ir and silver rained intc Catherine's lap,
rhile Foreman Goff pleaded. Such scenes
re sometimes described in novels, but judges
nd lawyers declared that they never had
een one like it in real life before.
The Jurymen were among the first to put
heir hands deep into their pockets. Counsel
nd experts followed. The opposing counsl
contributed also, and even the Judge himelf
sent a crisp "V to the bewildered girl.
loses and pinks were torn from the bouquet
hat Catherine had carried and every juror"
ecorated himself with one. .
WATERMELON PLANT PEST
in Unknown insect Hag Attacked th?
Patchej in Southern Georgia.
Reports from an authoritative source have
sached the Agricultural Department that an
nknown insect has attijeked the water
telon plants in Southern Georgia, and now
lreatens to destroy that product. The deartment
at once despatched Assistant Entolologist
D. W. Coquillet to the spot to make
thorough investigation. He will make a
lose study of this new pest and experiment
l remedies for its eradication. This insect
> said to be a small black bug that eats off
le plant Just below the surface of the
Mimrt Thla industrious little worker ap
aars also to have a co-partner in evil in the
lape of a white worm that injures the root
t the young plants.
The Southern railroad companies, who,
uring the season, transport thousands ot
>us of this piodact, have joined the farmers
i urging the department to interfere and
revent the spread of the ravage, if possibles.
AIR OF SLUMS IS COOD.
rofessor Billing* Upsets All Exlstlnc Notions
About Ventilation.
Philadelphia was selected by the National
cademy of Sciences as its next place of
leeting. The Barnard gold medal was
warded to Lord Rayleigh for bin discovery
f argon in the atmosphere. The Watson
ledal was presented to Seth C. Chandler for
is researches iu astronomy.
A paper by Dr. John S. Billings evoked
jnsiderable discussion. Dr. Billings held
lat in exhaled breath no conditions of disise
exist and no poisonous bacteria aro
jntained. The breath even of a consumpve
is not dangerous. It is never in the air
self that such disease spreads, but in the
ust from sputa. The whole theory of the
?per w?s subversive of accepted ideas of
jutilation. Dr. Billings went so far as to
iy that, aside from iahaling poisonous orinic
matter, breathing the pure air of the
ountains secures no special immunity from
sease over breathing the air of the slums.
Electric Cars Stopped by Eels.
kt New Loudon, Conn., the new organ of
James's Episjopul Church was stopped
rice by eels iu forty-eight hours. The
ectric street cars over the city wen? obliged
i suspend runuing, as the power did not
orl: ou account of eels. Ail tile trouble is
tused by these fish getting iuto the supplypas
and shutting off the water usea in.
eam boilers.
Caught SIS.OOO Worth of .^tursMn.
Tho richest sturgeon catch ou record
oug the Delaware was that of a few nights
jo when owr 3JU mousterlish were brought
to Milford, Dei. Tho biggest we.,aed
0 pouuds, and many uf thein were a jovo
0 pouuds each in weight. Tho Delaware
tieruieu, iu this catch, earue.l jyOOO, aud
jw Jersev llsueruien were equally successL
*
Killed Him AVhlle He Slept.
Milton J. Schweigert, foreman on tho Sainnah
(Ga.) Evening Bulletin, was shot
rough the heart and killed by his wife. Ho
is asleep. Mrs. Schweigert is said to be
sane, and is under arrest.
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