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^G0r^or\d ^leckOHAPTERXVI?Contlcned. ' "No, I must return; it is better that we ehould talk here; I wish to speak about Ralph." ""Why, Ralph has gone to New York. *He sailed with Capt Fox." "80 I heard, 60 I believed; but did 'Capt. Fox go to Now York?" j_ "Certainly, there cannot be any doubt 'about that, for a letter came only a few Vrmrc acrn from t.hf? Caotain." ? ?*- ? "That is strange, said Untilla. drawlug her little red hand across her brow. "But why 6hould you think it trange?" "I cannot explain, Lea, I do not quite imderstand the ground for my dread, ,l>ut I fear that some great harm has T>efallen, or i6 about to befall, Balph jDenham." * "But who could harm him. Your (brother doe6 *not like him, I fear; but .TJnoas, chief of the Hontauks, is not a coward." "I cannot answer for men wno do not reason, not even for Unca6 when he jbends nis head to catch the words of white tempters. This Capt. Fox did not sail for New York. His ship remained for nearly a day off Montauk, and then he sailed to the south, after leaving some of his people on shore." "How do you know this? Did you see It?" asked Lea, excitedly. . "I did not see it. but those who told ne "would not lie." "" -n * ?o. IUCI C UUl UUW WVU CI g ww * ~ ? I on for this?" j "Yes; but 1 can but think it means liarm to Ralph." ^ "He can take care of himself.'' , "One man would be weak in the presence of a ship fall. I know Capt. Fox Ja the enemy of Ralph Denhara. Has he not met my brother, and roused his anger until he has been a demon " . "I am amazed!" gasped Lea. "And then this Col. Graham. Do yoo know that he visited this place twentyone years ago?" "You and I were not here then, Untilla." "True, but those are living who can ?ecall him, though he is much changed. Be is the man who brought Ralph here." I "Who told you that?" r' "Dinah; she knows this Graham. She knew " "Stop dat! Don't say too much, honey! "D? tima foh de breakin' ob dem ar seals ain't come yet." The two girls turned around to fine ; id Dinah standing behind them, with ( both her hands resting on the top of hei j Jong staff, and her ohm resting on her < hands. Untilla sprang to her feet.and through j * the dusk of her oval cheeks the deep carmine of surprise, and, it may be. shame burned. c "I feel, Dinah, that she, that Lea, should know what I know," said Untilla at length, "for her life runs nearer tc Ills than mine." "Hush dat. Wy have de news gc 'broad ez '11 ruin all? Let de story git "Wind, en Sag Harbor '11 never see 'im ag'in. Can't ye leave dat to me, ez as give twenty, year of my old life to de wok, foh to finish? De ind is nigh, de Ind of my life, en de "ind of acts" ez is hlaeker 'n dis old dried-up skin. Ize watched 'im, en I'll keep a watchin'. De sea dat swallowed de fader won't be cruel to de son. Ralph Den'm's day o! de second trial hez come, en If he gits tru' gafe, den de worl' '11 see who lie is. en dem ez hez turned up dere no6es. coz he's no on's son, 'il git down en wo'ship ?t de feet of one ez hez de Wood of do xoblest in his veins." The old woman straightened up ae he spoko, and the girls looked at hei with awe and surprise. Then and there she pledged them to eeereey, and when Lea said: "I have nothing to keep secret." Dinah responded: "Don't say ez 'ow we ever talked 'bout Ralph D.?n'm's name. Wait till de worl's ready to talk 'lout it. CHAPTER XVII. THE LANDING. It was a dark night, with a stiff, southwost wind dashing mighty waves against the headland of Montauk. Whert the Indians, in accordance with t treaty, now kept beacons burning ai sight, for the guidance of ships making their way to the waters of the Sound. The Wanderer had been out of sight of land for four days, when the lookout, up near the masthead, shouted out: "A light on the starboard bow!" Through the rain and the spray blowE Jrom the caps of waves bj the fierce midsummer storm. Captain Fox made out the light, and at once took his place beside the men at the wheel, for, though nnder nearly bare poles, the little canvas out being close-reeted, the Wanderer was leaping across the waves like a race horse under the spurs of a de9 perate rider. High above the wind that whistled and 6hrieked through the rigging, loudei than the groaning of the spars and the mad dash o? the waves, rang out the trumpet-like voice of Captain Fox. In anticipation of danger every man was on deck, and as quick as the orders were Riven they wore shouted out by the officers along the deck, and the men repeated them as they sprang to obey. There was not a light visible on the "Wanderer, and, save the flickering gleam, which the storm threatened to extinguish, on the distant headland, the world was enveloped in a darkness that could be felt. On dashed the cruiser, till the beacon was well down on the left, now larboard , and k*e. As she rounded the point a flash of Uchtning, that made Fox utter a horrible oa;h, lit up the bay to the westward. 1 showing that the headland broke the force of the w nd and left the water comparatively calm. Just as the beacon on Mcntauk Point, was fading from view, another light flashed close down to the shore and not more than a mile ahead. At th?' Captain's order, every stitch of sail went down with a run, and before the trea herous tide couid seize the ship, tha command to let go both anchors "was given. Then followed a dash, and a roaring uoise, and a spurt of flame where the iflyinj; cables ignited the woodwork, and tho Wanderer swung round with her iead to the wind. "That was an easier job than I expected, sir,"said a dripping officer, coming back to Tvhere the" captain was standing. "Tut!" replied Fox, "the man that couldn't do as I have, isn't fit to com- ! in unci a l'ai mouth bloater smack. See that everything is made snug, and the "watch set, then come below. We have other work before us to-night," _ [ :Aye, aye, sir," repliea" tne OlUcor, ; turning away. "Give me a little brandy, Don, for I j am wet to the bone," 6aid Fox, when he I entered the cabin. The cabin boy, with that alacrity that j distinguished every one subject to this . man's orders, was about to start off, ; when the last word was uttered, but he was halted by a gesture from hie ! master. j "See here. Don." : "Yes, sir." "Has the storm disturbed him?" Fox jerked his thumb in the direction of the cabin, where Ralph was sleeping. "Not much, sir," repliedJUgp. j "Has it disturbed him ?t {jfl?/ - ? - ? ? . iL.i j ~i can v say, sir. i ouivkiiuw tutu jjw has muttered in his sleep." I "You couldn't make out what he said?" "He said once. * 'tis a long, long voyage,' and then called 'Lea.' " "The longest voyage he ever started on?a voyage from which never a craft returned that ever set out. But away, and get me the branny." Don hurried off. and Fox, lighting a candle, went into the room where Captain Kalph Denham was lying, as he had been lying for live days, wholly oblivious to the world. Fox bent over and pressed hi6 ear to the broad, slow-heaving chest "Strong a6 a lion. Gad, it seems a bit of a pity that such a fine fellow can only serve my purpose in tnis way. If he were in league with our ships and crews, we would|be monarchs of every ocean on which the sun shines. "We could own rich argosies, and make treaties with kings. But the Paliton9 were ever either angels or devils, and this man is not a devil. * He came out as he said this and noiselessly closed the door behind him. In the meantime Don had come in | with the brandy, and Fox took a glass as anoiner man irnguL nawi. He was in the act of setting down tne glass, wnen the officer, whom he ad- i dressed on deck, came down, with his hat in his hand. ! "Take some brandy, Foleom. Has the rain ceased?" "I think so. sir," said Folsom. smack- | ing his lips, in anticipation of the | brandy, and proceeding to help himself. "Is the light still visible on shore?" "Yes, sir." "Frenauld is there. Signal him that I will be ashore in a short time. Get the boat ready, but do not lower It. I am going to land my sick friend," said the Captain. "I understand, sir." "Select good, cool men, and when all I is ready let me know." 'Aye, aye, sir." Folsom, a heavy, dark-faced man, had his foot on the first step of the companion-way. about to ascend to the deck, but Fox stopped him. "See the steward. Tell him that Mr. j Frenauld and his three men will be hun- j whan t.h^v pnmp <in hnard to-nifi'llt. I Put an awning up aft; I want to keep ih4 rain from the sick man." "Aye, aye, sir." Seeing that Captain Fox waved his hand by way o! dismissal, Folsom went i on deck. The ship's lamps were now lit and > the watch was set. The ship swinging at her anchors, presented a very different picture from the wild bark plunging over the mad waves and through the darkness straight as an arrow's flight to her goal. In the cabins and forecastle the officers 1 and men not on duty were soon eating | their first meal that day. and congratu- j lating each other that they had found a ' snuff cort. instead of beintr. as tne.v had i expected, opposed to the fury of the storra that night. Captain Fox was the only man on board who did not carry himself with an air of weariness. He was the embodiment of force and vitality, and could not feel tired so long as he could stand. "Now, Don," he said, after the latter had brought in some articles in a leather bag, which Fox was to take with him, "make up your own kit." "Are we going to remain ashore, sir?" , asked the boy, in surprise. "Ask no questions," replied Fox, i sternly; "but do as you are told " From an adjoining room the captain i took out a great many small boxes, covered with oilcloth, and piled them on ! the table. They would make In all sev- I Ami hundred iioundB_ and reoresented i the gems plundered from lndiamen dur- ; inp his piratical depreaatious. The=e parcels were worth in value the"*! rest of the ship and cargo, and were set ' aside in the division as the property of j bim9elf and Frenauld. There remained 6till kegs of milled j dollars from tne Spanish Main, and in- 1 gots by the hundreds from the galleons j of Acapulco, and stamped gold bars that would have doubled In themselves ' the fortune of the richest prince in j Christendom. In addition, there was a rich freight of plate and pictures, of costly 6llks and laces of fabulous prices, with trcp ical spices ana vines 01 greater vaiue than ever floated in one ship before. Suits of antique armor plundered by the Portuguese from Hindoo rajahs, and intended for the decoration of the palace of their king; articles of rare workmanship, secured for a song in the then unknown marts of China and Japan; idols from the South seas, and the plunder of Malay junks, all filled the hold of the cruiser Wanderer, but were as nothing in value to the boxes of rare gems covered up by those oilcloths. One of these boxes, after some j searching. Captain Fox placed in Ihe I bag containing the clothing he was going !o take ashore. He strapped < n a belt that must have been very heavy, for it was literally 11.led with small pistols of exquisite workmanship, but heavy caliber. This done, he went on deck, gave additional orders to the men who were (,'oing to row him ashore, then called t>;x men by name, and led them into the cabin. These six men entered the roomwhert j Kalph Denham was lying, their 6leeve9 pulled up as men sometimes think il necessary to have them when they are about to lilt a considerable load. "Pick up the frame, bed and all, and i see that you don't drop it as you value ! your lives," said the captain, sternly. The men looked at each other in sur- j prise, 8nd then at the sleeping man or the bed, and began their task. For six ordinary men, the bed with its occupant would not have bet na burden; to the six giants who carried Captain Denhain to the dock, the load did not seem so heavy as their own wet garj ment9. They placed the bed in the stern sheo s, over which an awning had been spread. The officers, Don, ana the men who were to row, now took their places. "Lower away there!" shouted Fox. There w.-ts a whirr of ropes, a cracking of blocks, and the men on deck let the boat down from the davits. The hooks were slipped out, the six oars caught the water as if they had a* been driven by one hand. Capt. Fox had the tiller, and under his guidance the boat shot over the black waters towaids the light which momentarily flashed up or was extinguished as the gig rose and fell in the trough .of the sea. As they n eared the shore, Capt. 1 ros? in hie place and called out: "Hest on your oar?." Like an automaton xmder the con1 of its operator, the blades stopj; while the boat under its own ftnpe sped on. "Ahoy! ahoy, ashore there!" shou Prr* "Ahoy!" came back the replj. "Is that Frenauld?'' "Aye, aye, sir." "Where can we land?" "Keep straight for the light beach is good and the sea low," rep] Frenauld, who had been anxiov awaiting the arrival of his commanc Again the oars caught the wa There was a moment of flying 6praj the boat leaped through the surf, i the next instant the oarsmen wert the water, and, with a shout and a m they had the gig and its strange ca high and dry on the beach. Leaving the sailors who had comt the boat, and the three who had mained with Frenauld to exchange c gratulations, Fox drew the latter to 1 side, and said: "Denham is in the boat." "And still alive? asked Frenauld. "Still alive; I have trained Don to minister the drug, and he does it w The boy is here with me. But 1 about the Indian, Uncas?" j "He is near by." "And still of the same mind?" I "More determined than before, if t be possible." "And, Frenauld, has tne chief m ftfrnnrrarrtonto frtf T> f*T\ h ftTTl ? W "Yes." "Far from here?" "About half a mile. The place i sort of vault in an Indian bury j ground," said Frenauld. "And yoji have found a place wh I we can hide our own booty? It ma j me nervous to keep those boxes loni i on board, so I have brought them v me." "I can show you just the place In morning." "But, Frenauld, I wart, you to go board to-night and take command. 1 must take the vessel back at onc< Sag Harbor." "To Sag Harbor!" repeated the s prised Frenauld. "l'es; I shall be there nearly as s< ! as you are. And if that fellow Thra J er has earned his money, you will be ! commander of the Sea Hawk before [ week is two days older. But tell] have you not a paper, a map of place that I can use in the morning?' "I have, though I intended it to j used when we came back and wante< take the plunder out of h'.ding," repl Frenauld, a6 he took a paper from pocket and handed it to the Captain. "Anything else to report, Frenaul "Yes. sir; Colonel uranam is e here " "What! didn't he goto New Yor asked Fox, starting back as if hisoffi had struck him. "No; h? got sick and for the benefl his health came down here among Montauk Indians," said Frenauld, whom this information had ceased to exciting. Fox hissed out a string of 6avi oaths, and both his hands worked ne ously among the pistols in his belt. "How far is Graham from here?" asked when he could control himself. "Oh, it is several miles?half-way Sag Harbor, and he is a guest of chief. You need not fear that he knc anything about our presence or i plans," said Frenauld, with a view allaying his commander's excitems I TO BE CONTINUED. 1 PITFALLS FOR THIEVES. Extraordinary Precautions in a New To Financial Institution. Although burglar-proof vault# have be brought to a high state ot perfection bn robberies continue, so that now the latest c veiopments in this direction are not men to Increase the massiveness of the safes, t also to provide offensive measures. \t t Fifth Avenue Bunk and Safe Deposit vnul In New York City, the depository of t wealth ot. the "400," the entire building provided with a system oi pitfalls such tt no burglar could possibly escape. Eve window and door is connected with burgl alarm companies. So, also, are all thesta leading to the vault, ana eertain squares the flooring. If the burglar were luc enough to escape all these pitfalls he woi find himself in front of the vault. The vault doors are protected Dy app: ently simple wooden affairs, which, if * stroyed or in any way interfered with, se out barglar alarms and actuates a gun cc cealed iu the side of the wall, which sen forth a broadside of buckshot. I A daylight hold-up is equally provided f( The tellers are provided with foot push bi tons, so that if they were beld-up they cou readily give the alarm while apparenl standing perfectly still, with their hands r These buttons actuate the vault locks and the same time lock a steel grating that e : tends iu front of it, as well as sounding huge gong in the middle of the buildii The President's desk is similarly equippf so that if he were threatened, while appt ently complying, he would have his intrud most completely estrapped. The bank p* pie consider that they now have absol; protection. ANGLICIZING THE CHINESE. LI Hunc Chang Carrie* Out One of I Acquired ideas. According to news received from unofflc sources, Li Hung Chang's visit to Eng!? nnd the United States has already borne fr in the decision of the Chinese Governmi j to gradually anglicize the Chinese people, j least as far as. their language is concern | The Peking Government recently issued 9truetions to various Viceroys and Govern I of tho Provinces of the Empire to t-stabl I Bchools for teaching the English langua | and the western sciences in all of the priu pal citjes ot the country. According to 1 wording of one clause In the general instr tions the reason for this is that "China, order to keep herself on terms of equali and in touch ivith the great powers Europe, must educate the masses and e courage the inventive genius and forei Warning among her people, together \v that love of country and home, and that i voted patriotism, winch are so eonspi< ously ingrained in the hearts of those w have .studied such language and su sciences.'1 TO PREVENT COLLISIONS AT SI Now ltnles to Go Into JElTec! July 1, Proclamation of the President. The President has issued a proclamati fixing July 1 next as the d<itn for the taki eh'ect of the new rules agreed on by t ! leading maritime Nations for the prevauti of collisions at sea. The twonty-two Nnti< | participating control 24,S00,"OO tons ot ni< ! bant shipping and practically all the na' | vessels of the world except those of Turk I and Greece. The Nations whie i hav i I yet indorsed the agreement control oi 780.000 tons. Hitherto Great Britain has first formul.it rules for the guidance of her own inerch: fleets, and then, at h-r request, other Natir have adoptod them. The new rules i known as the Washington rules, and are t result of the International murine coaf ence held here in October, 1889, on i::ivi tion of the United States, at which twon eight Nations wore represented. The n eodo to prevent collisions, promulgated tho proclamation, was probably pram gated simultaneously by most of the ma lime States. Annoyed by IVoIvep. Farmers arouud Vermillion, South Dako are annoyed bv wolves and are complaint about it. In Wisconsin, near Superior, t Chippewa Indians are slaughtering woii at $10 a scalp. Boston's Unenviable Record. More than 81.000 persons were anestcd Boston last year for drunkenness. Fox HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. HOME MADE I,YE. e<j Lye is an excellent thing to keep on ' itus hand for scrubbing. To make it, dissolve a box of potash in hot water. ted Let it settle and drain off in a jug. A j spoonful or two of this to a bucket of i water makes an excellent scrubbing [ mixture. pjjO CLEAR STARCHING. lied Clear starching is accomplished in iCiltf Vias^ o.^nnnfocr/l \47OiVt ' V ILIIO iu uuu UCCII auTouvwgw . ? MOM I J61' the articles in three waters, dry them and dip them in a thick starch previan(j ously strained through muslin , jn Squeeze them, shake them gently and ish, again hang them up to dry. When rgo dry dip them twice or thrice in olear water, squeeze them, spread them on 1 lD a linen cloth, roll them up "in it and re" let them lie an hour before ironing them. A small piece of white wax added to the 6tarch prevents the iron from sticking and gives a glossy surface to the material. ad 'elh CARRIAGE ROBES AND BLANKETS. loW Cheap and common looking carriage robes and blankets are by no means attractive; but good ones involve a considerable expenditure, and one rchich everybody is not able to make. ade A. very tolerable a?d comfortable lap robe ic made of c.er.itn, lined and caught down to the lining. One of the most comfortable of robes is of denim, 8 a j made double and with an interlining 1 of heavy table felt. The two outsides ere [ and the lining aro sewed togethor ft-nd ftfl the owner's mono Kee i *"v ** ? ^er i gram in embroidered in the middle, ritb and a email device in oftch corner, the iabrics 6ts.y together. The denims are made thoroughly water repellent, and the lining is by this means kept dry and in good order. Such a Blanket is j tc warmer than anything except fnr, and, Tor the cost, is one of the prettiest of ur- articles of its sort. It is bound with dark, fanoy braid, and neatly x>d stitched, aiid is not only handsome and aseful, but durable, economical aud [ thoroughly practical.? New York Ledme ^er* the ' AIR AND WATER IN THE SICK ROOM, be Don't allow the temperature to go above seventy-live degrees?seventy i is better. If the patient is cold, use j plenty of blankets, hot water bottles, d?? etc., but do keep the temperature till down and allow him freeh sir,. It ie hard for a well person to endure vitiak?" ted air, much less an invalid, Lower cer the top sash a little, and every few hours cover the patient, head and all, t^e with an extra blanket, and open the ! t0 windows, for several minutes, until' be i the air is sweet; when the chill is off, ! or rather the new air is warmed, reI ige | move the blanket; he will get no cola rv* . from this freshening. Unless for any particular rsason the I doctor forbids it, allow the i;27nlid all t0 | the water he wants to drink (only in the ! small quantities, in a fever); or if he >ws prefers, give him cracked ice to hold our | in his mouth. I endured untold agoto ; nies of thirst years ago while suffering int- from catarrhal fever. The water was doled out a teaspoonful at a time and I always with "the chill taken off;" how I did long for one good draught! We are intensely grateful to advanced rk science for discovering, although late in the day, that a fever patient may en have all the cold water she wishes, only in moderate quantities.?New }1y England Homestead. rut , D? TESTED EECIPES. t0 he Rusk?Two tea-cups of light bread is sponge* one cup of sugar, half-cup of [ftt butter, two beaten eggs, floor enough |!^ to make a stiff dough. Let rise and irs mold into high biscuit, let rise again, in Bift sugar and cinnamon over the top ^ ; and bake. j Creamed Carrots ? Scrape four ir- medium-sized carrots, wash theru and lo- slice very thin; boil until tender in slightly salted water, drain, add a l(ls lump of butter rolled in flour, onehalf cup of sweet crcam, 6a It and pepper to taste. Let boil up and serve iid hottly Iced Apples?Pare and core a dozen 'P- large apples, fill with sugar and a little ^ butter and nutmeg; buke until nearly a done, let cool and remove to another iflr. plate if it can be done witboui breaking. Ice tops and sides with icing as iej for cake, brown eiightly a:ud serve so- with creain. lte Chickec. Pot Pi(i?Cut up a chicken and 6tew until done. Se&r.on with pepper, ss?lt, butter a;ad thicken the gravy with a little flour nibbed smooth in cold water. Stir ap dough ,i8 as for biscuit, roll thin, cut in small I squares and drop iuto the gvavy. Let !ia} boil fifteen minutes. md | uit Cocoanut Pie*-One pint of rich ent aweet milk, one and one-half tablespoonfuls of corn starch, four tableinI j spoonfuls surrar, the yolks of two eggs | ors and three tablespoonfuls of prepared | ish cocoanut. Bake in one cruBt cover- i iug with a meringua made of the the whites of the two eggs, sweetened and no flavored to taBte. Ify Hickory Nut Mac.aroons?Take of meats of hickory nuts, pound hue and mix with ground epije; make the j>j| frosting ojj for cake, stir in enough of j0. the spiced meats to moke convenient ju- to handle; tlour the hands and make ho the mixture into balls the sii.e of a lCl1 nutmeg, Jay them on buttered tins, ] giving them room to spread; bake in a quick oven. Golden Cream C.ike?Cream one cap by of sugar and one-l'ourtb cup of butter, add one-half cup of aweot milk, the on beaten whites of three eggs, one and a- one-half clips of tlour with one and * one-half feaepoonfuls of baking .ns powder sifted through it. Bake in ur- layers between which fipread a cream k'al made of the yolks of the eggs, one cup of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of ily thick sweet crenrn, beaten together until very light. Flavor cake and *nlt cream with vanilla. lu-i Spiced Beef?Take four or five 'ho pounds of lean, fresh beef, placa in a e'l kettle and cover well with cold water. t;i- Lrct it come slowly to the boiling ty- point, thea season to tasto with sali, ? hi PePPer? n11100* cloves and allspice ul_ whole. Lot simmer slowly until it is f ri- all in shreds, if neccasary add boiling i water and watch closely that it does n not burn. When douo pick oat any whole pieces ot spice and turn it into n y": a tin dish or mold and press hard, ij h?, "When perfectly cold turn out on a 11 res plnttor aDd garnish with cold sliced n eggs, lemon or parsley. r {1 The Philadolphians are rcry fond of b snails as a table deiicacv. * '1 ' '<y . - REY. DR. TALMAGR I SUNDAY S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED DIVINE. Subject: "The Song of the Drunkards." Text: "I was the sour ol the drunkards" ?Psalms Ixix., 12. Who said that? Was it David or was it Christ? It waf both. These Messianic Psalms are Jike a telescope. Pull the instrument to a certain range, and it shows you an . object near by. Pull it to :iuother range, and it will show you objects far away. David and Christ were both, each in bis own time, the song of the drunkards. Holiness of doctrine and life always did excite wicked merriment. Although David had fully reformed and written a psalmody in which all subsequent ages have sobbed out their penitence, his enemies preferred to fetch up his ola cnreer and put Into metric measures Bins lone before forgiven. Christ who committed no sin, was still more the subject of unholy sonfr, because the better one is the more iniquity hates him. Of the best being whose voico ever moved the air or whose foot ever touched the earth it might be said; The byword of the passing throng, The ruler's scoff, the drunkard's song. The earth fitted up for the human race, in t congratulation tne morning stars sang a s song. The Israelitish army safe on the bank of the Red Sea and the Egyptians clear under the returned water. Moses sang a song. One of the most Important parts of this great old book is Solomon's song. At the birth of our Lord the Virgin Mary and old 8imeon and angelic prima donnas inhovering clouds sang a song. What enrichment has been given to the world's literature and enjoyment by the ballads, the canticles, the discants, the ditties, the roundelays, the epics, the lyrics, the dithyrambs! But my text calls attenlion to a style of song that I think has never been discoursed upon. You sometimes hear this style of music when passing a saloon, or a residenoe in whioh dissipation is ascendant, or after you have retired at night you hear it coming out of the street from those who, having tarried long at their cups, are on their way home?the ballad of the inebriate, the serenade of the alcoholized, or what my text call9 the Bong of the drunkards. ' For practio&l and saving and warning and Christian purposes I will announce to you the characteristics of that well-known cadenoe mentioned in my text. First I remark that the song of the drunkards is an old song. Much of the music of the world and of the church is old music. First came the music of percussion, the clapping cymbal, which was suggested by a hammer on an anvil, and then the sighing of the wind across the reeds suggested s the flute, and then the strained sinews of s the tortoise across its shell suggested the n harp. But far back of that, and nearly c back as far as the moral collapse of our s first parentage 1? the song of the drunk- \ ards. That tune was sung at least 4243. t years age, when, the deluge past, Noah e came out of the ark, and, as 11' disgusted 1 with too much prevalence ot water, he took to strong drink and staggered forth, for all f affes the first known drunkard. He sound- jc ed the first note of the old music of Inebrl- r acy. An Arab author of A. D. 1310 wrote: t "Noah, being come out of the ark, ordered t each of bis sons to build a house. After- k ward they were occupied in sowing and in e planting trees, the pippins and fruits of t which they found in the ark. The vine alone t was wanting, and they could not discover it. 1 Gabriel then informed them that the devil 1 had desired it, and, indeed, had some right i to it Hereupon Noah gammoned him to e appear in the field and said to him: 'Oh, ac- p uursed! Why hast thou carried away the fl vine from me?' 'Because,' replied the devil, n 'it belonged to me.1 'Shnll I part it foryou'/' c !iaid Gabriel. 'I consent,' said Noah, 'and a will leave him a fourth.' 'That is not suffl- p dent for him," said Gabriel. 'Well, I will v lake hair,'replied Noah, 'and he shall take e the other.' 'That is not. sufficient yet,' re- t jponded Gabriel. 'He must have two-thirds f ?nd thou one, and when thy wine shall have e soiled on the fire until two-thirds are gone a the remainder shall be assigned for thy use.'" I 1 fable that illustrates how the vine has been I Acafn. *this sone of the drunkards is an n sxpenslve song. The Sonutag* and the Parepa Rosas and Nilssons, and the other c Tenderers of elevated and divine solos re- g :eived their thousands of dollars per night c n coliseums and academies of music. Some o >r the people of small means almost panper- t zed themselves tbat they might sit a few f. jvenings under the enchantment of those I ingels of sweet sounds. I paid f 7 to hear r Tenny Lind sing when it was not very easy to g iffonl the $7. Very expensive is such music, r sut the costliest song on earth is the drunk- o ird'ssong. It costs ru.n of body. It costs 9 uin of mind. It oosts ruin of soul. Go s right down among the residential streets of t iny city and you can llndonce beautiful and s uxurious homesteads that were expended in n his destructive music. 0 The lights have gone out in the drawing 91 00m, the pianos have ceased the pulsation gi >f their keys, the wardrobe has lost its last y irticle of appropriate attire. The Bel- ? ihazzarean feast has left nothing but the tl broken pieces of the crushed chalices. There tl it stands, the ghastliest thing on earth, the tl emnant of a drunkard's home. The cost- tl iest thing on earth is sin. The most expen- jj live of all music is the song of the drunkirds. It is the highest tariff of Nations?not c 1 proteotive tariff, but a tariff of doom, a y ariff of woe, a tariff of death. This evil a vhets tho knives of the assassins, cuts the tl nost of the wounds of tho hospital, makes e lecessary most of the almshouses, causes the 3 nost of the ravings of the insane asylum, n md puts up most of the iron bars of the n jenitentiaries. It has its hand to-dav on the v hroat of the American republic. It ie the r aakmaster of Nations, and the human race <j Touches under its anathema. The song of n he drunkards has for its' accompaniment ^ he olank of chains, the ohatterlng teeth of h joverty, the rattle of executioner's scaffold, t he creaking door of the deserted home, the a raah of shipwrecks and the groans of em- r jires. The two billion twenty million dol- a ars which rum eo9ts this country in a year, j< n the destruction of grain and sugar, and a" he supporting of the paupers, and the ? nvaitas ana me criminals wmcn sirou^ j irink causes, Js only a small part of what |( s p;iid for ibis expensive song of the drunk- (, irds. A?aln. this sODg of the drunkards is a ^ nultitudinous song?not a 90I0, not a duet, Sl lot a quartet, not a sextet, but millions on tj nillions are tbis hour singing it. Do not |( hink that alcoholism has this field all to it tj lelf. It has powerful rivals in the intoxicants w )f other Nations?hasheesh and arrack, and ^ >ulque and opium, an 1 quavo and mastic ? ind wedro. Every Nation, baroaric as woll ,, is civilized, has "its pet intoxicant. Phis ? ions: of the drunkards is rendered in Chinese. J, iindoo, Arabian, Assyrian, Persian, Mexi- << ran?yen. all the languages. All zones join (j t. No continent would be large enough for a| ho choir gallery if all those who have this j( ibretto in their bands should stand side by j ide to chant the international chorus. Other hrongs are just learning the eight notes of j liisdeathful music, which i<< already mas- v ered by the orchestras in full voice under he batons in full swine. All the musicians ssembled at Dusseldorf, or Berlin, or Boston >eace jubilee, rendering symphonies, re[Uiems or grand marches of .Mendelssohn or Vagner, or Chopin or Handel, were insig- ,i lillcnnt in numbers as compare ! with the unumerable throngs. ho?ts besides hosts, ' :all?rv above gallery, who are now pouring orth the sODg of the drunkards. ? Years ago. standing before a bulletin ,, ward in New York on the night of a Presi- ? leutial election day, as the new* cauie in 11.1 the choice of the American people ^ vas finally announced there were people in u hu streets who sang roistering and frivolous ongs. But in the street one" man, in deep, j trong. resonant voice, started, to the tune . if "Old Hundred," "Praise God, from whom ^ II blessings flow," and soon all up and Iowji the street the voices joined iu the dox- ', ilogy. May God speed the day when the . ong of rescue and salvation shall drown C( ritk an oveiwhbliuiug surge this mighty t ong of the drunkards! v' Notice that the second noun of my text 5 in the plural. Not "drunkard," but drunkards." It would be dull work to sing ' hat song solitary and alone. It is generally , chorus. They are in groups. On that lownwnrd way there must be companion- 4. hip. Here and there is a man so mean as * I ways to drink alone, but generous men, ig hearted men, drinking at bar or in resnurant or iu clubhouse, feel mortified to uko the beverage unaccompanied. There c.ust Le some one with whom to click tue im of the glasses, some one's health to proiose, some sentiment to toast. There must e two, and still bstter it four, and still bet- ti si if six. to give zest to the song of the yi \ r-'v - ... s , . i&p JrunkarflsL Those who have gone down I T) ;ould mention the name of at least one XI who helped them down. Generally It is ?me one who was a little higher up in social life or in financial resources. Our friend felt flattered to have an . invitation from one of superior name. . J Eaoh one drank not only when he felt like It. but when the other felt like it. Neither ' ? *? wanted to seem lacking in sociality when tie was invited. So 100,000 men every year ?a ?re treated into hell. Together are they bo nanacled of evil habit, together they travel :oward their doom, together they make mer- ?CI y over the cowardice and Puritanioal senti- cai nent of those who never indulge, together hey join their voices in the song of the Irunkards. If the one proposes to stop, the >ther will not let him stop. When men are 810 jetting down themsel?e&. they do not want f?a heir associates to turn back. Those who -"J urn back will be the scoff and caricature of J1?1 hose who keep on, and there will be conipiracy to brinj; them back to the old places 'nt md their old environment, and so have them J*?1 enew the song of the drunkards. ?y Ag.iin, the song of the drunkards is ea3ily y?' earned. Through what long and difficult an( trill one must go to succeed as an elevated 0U1 ind inspiring singer! Emma Abbott, among D?u he most eminent cantatrlces that ever enihanted academies of music, told me on >cean ship's deck, in answer to my question, ^ 'Whither are you bound?" "I am going to da; Berlin and Paris to study music." ''What1." tru [ said. "After all your world renowned sua* As sesses in music, going to study?" ? 1 Then she told me through what hardships, His hrough what self denials, through what *o ilmost killing fatigues, she had gone in 806 >rder to be a singer, and that when In her pu' wuuer uayb a great leauuer ux luuotu uau old ber there were certain notes she int !ould never reach, ahe said, ,4I will reach Fa hem," and through doing nothing else Ko >ut practice for five years she did reach nem. Oh, how many heroes and heroines >f musical achievement! There are songs rhich are easy to hear, but most difficult to j ender. When Handel, with a new oratorio, ar mtered a room where a group of musiolans ev( tad assembled and said, "Gentlemen, yon 0U] ill read music?" They said, "Yes, we play gjj( n church." "Very well," said the great pr< somposer. "Play this. But the perform- ^ ince was so poorly done Handel stopped his ?rs and said: "You play in ohurohf Very ?U1 veil, for we read the Lord is lorg suffering, >f great kindness and forgiving of iniquity, ransgression and sin. But you shall not >layforme." Pure music, whether fingered col in instrument or trilled from human Hps, is ?ln nost diffloult But one of the easiest ongs to learn is tne song of the he drunkards. Anybody c^n learn f t. In a little while you can touoh thd )et lighest note of conviviality or the lowest car lote of beeottedness. Begin moderately, a ip here and a sip there. Begin with claret, :o on with ale and wind up with cognao. th ?irst take the stimulant at a weeding, then . ake it at meals, then take it between meals, th hen all the time keep your pulse under its tealthy touch. In six months the dullest *j oholar in this Apollyonic music may beoome .. in expert. First it will be sounded in a hio- :ougb. After awhile it will be heard iu a P." illy ha, ha! Further on it will become a fild whoop. Then It will enable you to run ip and down the five lines of the musical w cale infernal. Then you will have mastered t?the song of the drunkards. i oave oeen at a concert wmcu weui ub ? or two hoars and a half, and many people ;ot up and left because It was too long. But ? ilnety-fl ve per cent, of those who are singing pOS he drunkards' song will to the last breath of heir lungs and the last beat of their hearts ^ :eep on rendering it. and the galleries of jjjj, iarth and heaven and hell will stay filled with . he astounded spectators. It is such a con* (jnj inuous and prolonged eong that one feels ,aj, ike making the prayer which a reformed nebriate once made: "Almighty God! If an(; t be Thy will that man should suffer, what- Qn, iver seemeth good in Thy sight im- j6 lose upon me. Let the bre.id of af- cat liction be given pie to eat. Take from tjm ae the friends of my confidence. Let the niz( old hut of poverty bo my dwelling place tre( md the wasting hand of disease Inflict its ininful torments. Let me sow in the whirlrind and reap in the storm. Let those hav? ae in derision who are younger than L Let ?av he passing away of my welfare be like the leeting of a oloud, and the shouts of my ma! nemies like the rushing of waters. When I wij nticipate good, let evil annoy me. When I obe ook for light, let darkness oome upon me. wil jet the terrors of death be ever before ma mQ] )o all this, but save me, merciful Goa! save ae from the fate of a drunkard. Amen!" You seo this sermon is not fo much for ure as for prevention. Stop before you ~ tart, if you will forgive the solecism. The . lock of St. Paul's cathedral struck thirteen . ne midnight, ani so saved the life of a sen- .. luel. The soldier was arrested and tried ., or falling asleep at bis post one midnight, . Jut he declared that he was awake at mid- /*. light, and in proof that he was awake he , am mar no naa nearu ine unusuai occuronce of the clock striking 13 instead * f 12. He was laughed to scorn and s' entenced to death. But three or four per* ons, hearing of the case, came up in time 0 swear that they, too, heard the cloclf . 1 trike 13 that samo midnight, and so the !DS lan's life was spared. My hearer, If you go n and thoroughly learn the drunkards' ong, perhaps in the deep midnight of your . r?ul there may sound so-nothing thafwill wai et effect your moral and eternal rescue. ?ou tut it is a risky "perhaps." It Is excep- t0 * lonal. Go ahead on that wrong road, and tie clock will more probably strike the 12 10 tint closes your day of opportunity than tiat it will strike 13, the sound of your deverance. A few Sabbaths ago on the steps of this L burch a man whom I had known in other 1101 ears confronted me. At the first glance I aw that he was in the fifth and last act of tb0 ae tragedy of intemperance. Splendid ven in his ruin. The same brilliant eye, ttm nd the same courtly manners,"and the re- eou lains of the same intellectual endow- we lents, but a wreck. I had seen that craft J|s rhen It plowed ihe waters, all bails set and iinnlng by true compass; wife and chil- Loc ren and friends on board, himself com- 0) landing in a voyage that he expected rould be glorious, putting into prosperous ?ne arbors ol e'krth ana at last putting into The Jarf arbor of heaven. But now a wreok, towed la?' long by low appetites, that ever and anon wh< an him into the breakers?a wreik of body, wreck of mind, a wreok of soul. "Whore 1 your wife?" "I do not know." "Where anil re your children?" "I do not know." shii Where is your God?" "I do not know," hat man is coming to the last verse of that >ng cantata, that protracted threnody, that Jrrinc song of the drunkards. L But if these words should come?for you mai now the largest au lience I reach I never he! ao at all?I sar if these words should come, so i V. ... .1 1 > il f?) O JUUgll ill llltJ euua UI 1110 c.niu. iu aujr mi- OitY >n man, let me say to him: Be the excep- tioi on to the general rule and turn and live, the hile I recall to *you a scene in England, erii 'here some one said to an inebriate as he us ' ros coins out of church wliere there was a for rent awakening, "Whv don't you sign the cou ledse?" He answered. "I have signel it wh< venty times an I will never sign it again." givi Why. then," said the srentleman talking ro im. "don't you go up and kneel atthaaltar, 7* mid those other penitents?" He be< )ok the advice and went and knelt, thei fter awhile a little girl, in rags tfot nd soaked with the rain looked in the ^a., tiurch door, and soma one said: "What are sec; ou doing here, little girl?" S ie said: j>ev Please, sir. I heard as my father is here. wt; 1 *liy. that is mv father up therf kneeling the ow." S!ie went up an i put her arms tjja, rouud her father's neek and said: "Father, Hat are you doincr here?" And he said: I am asking God to forgive me." Said p ie: "If He forgives you, will we be happy cf < sain?" "Yes. my dear." "Will we hav< jf ^ lough to eat a train?" "Yes, my dear." ctm And will you never strike us again?" t^ol No. my child." "Wait here," said she, ym, till I so and call mother." And soon the ^ot" ii!d came with the mother, and the mother, oue neeling beside the husbant. said: "Savo ie too! Save me too!" And the Lord heard the prayer at that W tar. and one of the happiest homes in Ens- not ,nd is the home over which that father and gelf other now lovingly preside. So. if in this </hr irmon I have warned others against n dis- D. ] pated life, with the fact that so Tew return 'ter they have once cone astray, for the onmragement of those who would like to reirn I tell you God wants you to come Q< ick. every one of you. and to come back ceiv jw, and more tenderly and lovingly than Beal iv mother ever lifted a sick child out of a orai] adle. and folded it in her arms, and crooned stru ?er it a lullaby and rocked it to and fro, bulli ie Lord will take you up and fold you in depc ie arms of his pardoning love. as in There's a wideness iu G<<d's mercy, can, Like the wideness of the sea; Prcr There's a kindness in his justice, ' at Which is more than liberty. Forent Fires in New York. ' ^ Forest flres have destroyed 49,000 acres ol mber in New York State in the post thret CQa ears. infc I [ELIGIOUS READLNM lord ALWAYS PBESETiT. iH S*ot a day of the new year, not an hai^, t is in the hand of the Lord. And if th? ird is our Friend, whatever the year may ng will be good to up ; not pleasant, per- . ps. but good ; we can depend on that, mrttimflfl it is npoessarv for us to sit in the ^ iooI of suffering; we all hare to go to Jl 100I there bow and then; even oar Lord II 3 sat there before us. But the lessens we V ist learn there will be only such as the ' ister appoints. Disappointment, to' the ristian, is his appointment Like a ut staff in the hand of a traveler, we .y take hold of the assurance that "as r days so. shall thy strength be." Jt ,1s t unnatural that in the hdarts of somfr ire should arise anxiety as they look oat 0 another year. . . . But how tenderly 3 Jesus answered the fears of our hearts 3 pointing to the flowers ; He will ^clothe -y. a. God feeds the birds ; He will feed yOa fcg 1 your little ones. The little sparrows in V. r streets are not beyond God's oare; ich less are we. . , . The days of i new year?if 9?^ shall give yon i whole" year?shall bring yon <>oiy . at the Lord appoints. He metes out the ps and He metes out the strength we nday st Him that the Jneasure shall be equlat. you set out upon this year's journey, Ood rilling that you should take His hanA? ? strong hand, the hand that fashioned tine rid, that formed the stars, that holds tme ptre of the univerae. As a little chilM ts its hand in his father's and walks carA eby his side,so if you put your feeble handV o the strong hand of your Heavenly V ther. you shall walk in peace.?fienr. T. J. 1 mmers, in Christian Intelligencer. 1 BACH NEW TEAR. l\ iach New Year is a milestone showing w? j i nearer the end, a reminder that wb at-xo >r is needed to be done or thought of for rselves, or whatever kindness we would >w our fellow-travelers, must be proffered . )mptly. for the opportunity Is rapidly sting away. But the thoughts of the Neiri ';{ ir need not be sad.or depressing. They) ' j rely should not be so for the Christian./ his best things lie before him, for "that ;h of the just . . shineth more an<| re unto the perfect day." St.; Paul's irageous motto is good for usatthebe*^ nlng of 1897 : "Forgetting those thing* B ioh are behind ... I press toward ^ mark for the prize of the high calling God in Christ Jesus.1' In such a spirit . us begin another year?leading what yre mot undo, sorry though we may be for I shortcomings and foolishness, with Him o, by divine alchemy passing human V lught. is able to make "all things" work' good to them that love him; taking up > ne^r opportunities with a stronger parte and more loving reliance upon the wlsV n and strength which will be given liberj if we ask; remembering that the time < >ws short in which to be good and true, 'V d and loving to the friends who are A und us in this earthly life. "Only once- " 1 we pass this way."?Christian Advocate ^ , NATURE OBETS GOD'S LAWS?JUS OSMTy DlftOBEDIBNT. We are told that without faith .It is im-V; eible to please God, and you' will find . ' t it is impossible to please God, without dience. Did you ever notioe that. ever*- ag except the heart of man obeys God?> ' pou look right through history you will #kn Kntvinntnr* /Ivwl 1 lUOb billO ID hi UCt ui w*w wvQMfwwQ i, 'Let there .be light;* and there was- . it. 'Let the waters bring forth,' ; I the waters brought forth abundantly. 9 of the proofs that Jesus Christ God is th it He spoke to- <' ure, and nature obeyed Htm. At *OMt>'.r e He spoke to the sea, and the sea ad and obeyed him. 9e spoke to HHU i and instantly it withered and die^^^^H yed literally and at once. He spo^^HH devils and the devils fled. He ffpoltHfl^M grave, and the grave obeyed aim SBH e back its dead. But when he speuk^HBH q, man will not obey him; that- is. w^^H d is out of harmony with God. and I never be different until men learn y God. God wants obedience, and be^H I have it. or else there will be no har-H| ay."?D. L. Moody. ' > BX PATTEHT. o wait on a sick bed, or to wait by one, ^ sore trial for the sufferer In. body or 1 nind. And to wait at a distance, for * I slow passage of the Hours' or the days J lie disease is running its course with a I :d one. and while there is nothing to. do I lO WiUl, IS UCt) U1 lUt) 0<9VtMQB? KBW VI , u ranee to which human na'.ure is.called. . ^ iting for bad news or waiting in doubt ;o the nature of the coming netjs; is* la fray a case a greater strain on the mental yens than meeting the news at the 4orst en it does come. Yet just because waitis so hard, waiting is the one duty of the ir to b<? endured bravely and in hope, en there is nothing to do bat to wait. I could only do something instead of ting in utter *inactionr" says the longing 1. But you cannot do anything, except rait: therefore you must be patient and * rageous in waiting.?H. Clay Trumbull, In Tribulation." A PRAYEB. ordofall! Our Father! Our eternal rer! Of thy mercy comfort ns with the lembranoe that thou knowest onr frame, u rememberest we are but- dust; for th? in things do so much easterns'and base igs do so bend us like baseness that our 1 eleaveth unto the dust Pity ns when go wrong through ignoranoe, but pity most when we go wilfully astray, re us most when we least love thee. >k on us as errine children requiring re the Father'9 care. And, Lord God,\by I dear Jove in Jesas Christ, bring ?ve?y I of us through snob journeying as thy I *e love may deem host for us into the I d where man never falls, nor goes backI ire learned lessons are never forgotteiv, , I ire gathered wealth is never lost. wheito B isured love is never smitten, where svuv I ie is perpetual and where the light of Go? I aes ,'orevermore. Amen. .> I rejoice. et us now go.with the shepherds to the | ager of Christ, that is. his ctiurch, and as n lay in that mauger in s waddling clothes, B n the sacred Scriptures we shall And oun|K lour. Let us also with a lively recollV&^U i of the words of this mystery, like Marx^H blessed mother of our Lord, keep pon^^H Ig III? Ill CUUUUUOHJF in yjut uvw* svith glad voices join in the angers songa^B if they rejoiced so greatly on our ac-^H nt how much more ought we rejoice to )m this child is born, to whom this Son is V he upward way cannot be easy?it must K limbing to the end; but as yon climb re comes more love of man. more love of H 1, a blessing of stronger, abler, kinder, B pier life, and over all a quiet, restful, R se of something brighter, happier still, I ond; some crown of better lifethan anght B know of here, which the Lord hath, in B unfolding of the eternal years, for them B l love him. -Brooke Herford. B ive miu.ites spent in the companionship H Christ every morning?ay. two minutes, H i is face to faje and heart to heart?wiJl I nge the whole day, will make every H ught and feeling different, will enable I to .do things for His sake that you would D have done for your own sake or for any H "> sake.?Drummond. H *o should be stepping-stones to heaven, H stumbling-blocks. Ciirist revealed Him- K as the way ; and we. "members of EE ist." are part of that v/ay.?J.L.Huribilt, Want# Sliver Depositories. SI jvernor Mclutyre, of Colorado, lias re- H ed a letter from State Senator C. W. n e, of Nebraska, proposing that the Col- H lo Legislature appropriate money to con- H et a depository at Denver for silver B Ion. B.-a'.e's idea is to have the bullioiu|^B isited and certificates issued to be usq|^H| oney by the people. Beale says if ?ct any encouragement from 9ilvt^^^B luoing Slates ho will introduce a bill t?. ^B effect in the Nebraska Senate. | Forbids Convicts to Iteail Papers. |H t Bridgeport, Conn., Sheriff Hawley has H >iddan prisoners in the County Jail to H i the daily newspapers. He believes that' H victs derive too much comfort from the irmation told in them. Bfl