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I FROM A NEW YO | CORNE ^ Melodrama of Roar I MMHW?I: IT is but a short step from tlio street corner to the police court, and man}- frequenters kike I* Arrests are practical sermons for those who do not attend the churches. Junctions of streets form natural points of reunion?social clubs for men .who cannot afford to pay dues. The gregarious instinct brings together those who harmonize in feelings, in occupation, in general Interests, and it gradually comes to pass that a young fellow feels a sense of proprietorship in the pavement of the place where h's Jriends welcome him. While each corner group has its spe- [ .?Cial tone, its marked individuality, the story of one lounger will apply, with v slight modifications, to many others. ?The first of the easy steps downward / may begin from any direction, but the instance to be cited is typical in the great metropolis. He was very young, not yet out of Lis 'teens. He had plenty of natural Quickness and brightness, which had been sharpened into distrust by the struggle for existence, involving contact with only the seamy side of huA -mauify. Short in stature and slight in physique himself, he had an overwhelming respect for strength. He had drifted from pillar to post since he was left on his own resources as a lad. He had blacked boots, sold newspapers, served as messenger, acted as an apprentice in a machine shop and finally drifted into the employ of a big department store, assisting a driver ftnd delivering bundles. He had picked *" n/? fttwl o i?l t f tmrvtio up a'uuiui;, niuiu^ <tuu ui uumvvtv, but the only advantage ho had taken *)f this educational foundation was to tneet the requirements of his work, j He recognized the saloon keepers as powers in the land?persons who wield great influence in politics, and whose hands consequently help to guide the Jaffairs of the nation. He grew to envy those who had money, and he longed ' for an opportunity to waste dollars ias he saw others doing. -f" "i He found at his corner one evening fe man who had returned from the race ; .track AVith a pocketful of winnings, !wbo was anxious to celebrate his luck jby a debauch, and who sought merry Company. The result was disastrous ifor the youth, whose brain became inf flamed with liquor, and who wished to pose before his new friend. -v t.The evening was not. very far ad.Vanced when a street tight varied the monotony for passers. One blow felled ';T. .{the elder man/who lay stunned on the Sidewalk. A policeman who had been \ Standing across the street could not \ kvoid seeing the occurrence, and hurried over to stop the now frightened youth, who resisted arrest until subSlued by a few violent strokes of the stick. He then became very peinient, ana wun tears m uib iuuvs . jbeggoHv^or release. He had, however, |:fe; fgone too-far, and, with his late antagonist by his side, he started for the jg| >olice statioX The youth hnng his head when he ^^hcard the change preferred against ?im. He answered the questions put % Jo him, giving his came, age, resi SfcTSv 7~!, {^ | "PIBST EXPERIENCE BEHIND PR i-vBence, occupation, his pareJ^name fend the fact that he could r<mji TT- "?? 1/v^l o I'AAiMhBvl) ?pl\ . ,j Xie \Y ua ICU liil vrvi^u u Bat several policemen, who^K faces ."were familiar to lilm; he^passed j>/\ jthrough an iron gate down a few Steps, and then he was shoved intp a Vrell and the grated door clanget^.beV hind him. When daylight finally, ap>; peared, he felt disheveled, dirfj and disreputable. * .. . i/The doorman came around and .#? ' Opened the cells, the ponderous key "grating in the locks nud the hinges grinding in a manner that would disi*. $ract a nervous person. Again the youth walked through the sergeant's ? quarters. He went right on and ?v stepped into the patrol-wagon with 7 ' other unfortunates, The horses started on a clattering jtrot and he peered out at the street. Midway between the station house and ,the police court a delivery wagon from the store passed and the driver recog- j nized him with a stare of astonish-j ment. v He hnd another anxious period in [the Jefferson Market building. He .>?- .was soon led into court. The policem man who had arrested him stood by '*"1 his side, silent, stern and vengeful. ( "(Jome ou,' said xne policeman, auIN JEFFEP.SON MARKET COURT. ^ ,vaneing a few steps. The youth Found himself in front of a railing separating tho - little platform, or bridge, ft-om the main tloor. He did not realize that his ease was being beard when the policeman stepped on rk street i :r to sing sing. i W 7ft W Jfc in a Gro.i1 City. ? the bridge and muttered something to the magistrate in so low a tone that not one syllable reached him. He stood, waiting and wondering, when the magistrate looked at him and asked, "What have you to say to this charge?" He had intended to say many things, but his tongue was silent and his brain was in a whirl. The magistrate, with kindly face, but an abrupt, severe manner, resumed: "Come, now, what have you to say for yourself? The officer says you were drunk and fighting and that you attacked him when he approached you. He says you are one of a gang of loafers who give a great deal of trouble to the police." Anger made the'youth's face flush. This was more than he had, expected, j ? " '' "? ?LOAFING ON THE "He's a liar," he cried, "arid I'll get even with him." He could not keep liaek the profanity to which he was accustomed. The magistrate held up his hand in warning and, as the prisoner stopped, said in an undertone: "Ten dollars." This jvas a crushing blow for the young man, who had assumed that the night in jail, would complete his punishment. He'had been thinking of running up to.thtf store to his work, and he had made up his mind to implore the driver who had seen him in the patrol wagon not to mention the fact to any one. As he did not have S10 to pay the fine the alternative was imprisonment. gv' H^ was one of ten crowded into the Maria, a cell-like wagon with peep holes and small shutters to. admit air." There was a long jolt over the cobblestones to the east side, and then the door was opened, and he stepped out | upon a pier. The Brennan carried him by the vast castlelike structure of pray stone on the southern extremity of Blaekwell's Island to the lauding pier further north. He had not realized "before that the island was so large. He looked about him with curiosity, wondering which of the buildings was the peni-'' tentiary. He was led.there, and when lie reached the office his pedigree was again taken. ' Prison life was dismal, but by no means as bad as he had imagined. He was assigned to a comparatively easy Task?assisting the bakers. He pulled a little wagon loaded with flour from the storehouse to the oveus, and when the long, crisp loaves were ready he took them away. The work was no worse thau any other in the line of routine; the only objection was the ever present sense of restraint and supervision by day, the locking of the cell door by night. The ten days dragged slowly by and he was restored to freedom. He was left at the water front shortly after four o'clock in the afternoon, and he immediately started for the store to see if he could recover his employment. Hiy place had been filled as soon as his imprisonment bei-amp known, and he was.gruffly informed that he was not wanted. The ensuing fortnight brought a series of crushing disappointments. It seemed impossible for him to obtain steady work of any kind. He loitered in saloons trying to pick up odd jobs that would keep his body and soul j together, and he slept on docks and ' open lots, wherever he found a chajicc to escape observation. / He grew desperate as time passed, and he would have been willing to take any chance to get money. Visions 01 1001 anu piuuuer nuru uie umu, iuc | ouly question was, what he should do. He did not know where to begin, as he lacked experience in crime. He helped a drunken man to his.home one night. and on the way paid himself for his trouble by taking what money he could find?a handful of change amounting to about ?2. There had been so little difficulty ! about this theft that he wondered that - lliR i I |li'h of ihe forest; BOARDING TRAIN FOR SING SING. he liad not made a similar attempt before, and he spent the following evening looking for persons under the influence of liquor. Ilis eyes glittered when he saw the fat roll of greenbacks puUed out by a man pacing for ; - a drink: this fellow was taking fre< j quent potations, but was by no means ! helpless. In fact, he could take care of himself, even though his legs wabbled and he lurched toward the curb 'when he came into the open air. lie I walked up a side street and stopped \ by a stoop, as though in doubt whether I he should enter the house. "There was no other person in sight, j (hough the hour was quite early, and I the young man who followed conclud- j ed to make a. supreme effort to get the i roll of bills. He brought a heavy I stick he had been carrying down with j crushing force upon the head of his intended victim, felling him. Then he jumped on him and grabbed the bills from the waistcoat pocket. There was a fierce fight on the ground and the older and heavier man finally got on top and, pinning the other down, shrieked for the police. When the youth was taken to the .police station he was recognized by the sergeant. The charge against him this time was highway robbery, and conviction did not mean a few days in the penitentiary, but several years in State prison. He was held by the police magistrate and sent to the Tombs to await the action of the Grand Jury, julis puoiograyu STREET CORNER. *' added to the collection known, as the Rogue's Gallery, whicii includes likenesses of thousands df; criminals, ; He learned that, h4 had been Indicted, and then one morning he was led across the Bridge of Sighs to the Criminal Court . Building and taken before a judge of the Court of General Sessions to plead. It was almost useless for him to say "Not guilty," but, as a matter of'form, he did- so. The case was -so elear that' It required but an hour to try and the result was cbnvieti&n. {The sentence Imposed two days ^ater was imprison- , ment at hard lal>or in Sing Sing for eight years and sis months. It so happened that the young highwayman was the only convict booked for State prison that day. He was taken from the Tombs .with his right wrist handcuffed to the left wrist of a deputy sheriff. They boarded j ( north-bound Fourth avenue car ii ( A BIDE IN THE BLACK MARIA. Centre street anil went to the Grand; Central station, entering through the. Forty-second street gateway, ordin-l arily reserved for arrivals. They* j walked to the smoking car and took j their places, lopklng through the win-! j dow as a score of laughing girls boundj ; for the Ardsley golf links rushed to-i ward the train. The bell rang and the! 1 prisoner was on liis way to Sing Sing.; [ X' V??1, TT/?T.nlrl ?lien -L Ui rv unaiu. v y A Shattered Illa.iion, ' "Been back to the ofd home place,",, said Brown. "For forty years I've!x ' been dreaming of the .fishing that lj used to have in the lltjtle creek that( runs through the place. It was there! I caught the famous Wg fellow I have! said so much about. Well, I could, hardly wait when I arrived at the old home, and as soon as the greetings with old friends were over I started lor the creek to try my luck. "The first day's fishing resulted in Suy catching exactly two, and they j were so small that I threw them back. , I whipped that stream for a week and j never caught a trout that was worth I saving. I fell to dreaming of the1 good old days and the monster that I caught when I was a boy. I have told tne story 01 its capture ii guuu mmi,v times, and I never tired of telling of it. as a trout eighteen inches long is something to talk about when you know it to be a fact. % "Suddenly, while I lay under a tret' sighing for the good old fishing day.s of yore, it flashed upon me when I j landed that celebrated lish I had placed him against the smooth hark ' of a poplar tree, and after tracing the outlines I li:ul cut them in the bark with my jackknife. Curious to see if ' ? it was still there, and fully resolved to have a photograph taken of it if it was, so I could show il to my doubting friends who have never received the story w'th the Respect that 1 thought was duo me, i started tor tnc | tree. The outline were still there I with my name underneath. Hut what j a shock I hnd! I could cover the whole | thing, name and all. with my hand, i j and another illusion of childhood was i gone."?Detroit i'recn Prcvs. Overrated Ac^orst. "Some of the 'celebrated' actors now on the stage of England and America ought to be at school, learning the a-bc of their profession," says Bronson Howard in the Century. "Men and women like them in the next generation, if our schools and great teachers make their full influence felt, will have no place on the stage at all. The public will say to them: 'Go and learn your business first, a8 other people do, and then come back to us.'" . ?. r LAMP WITH A HISTORY, A Romance Might Be Written Around Thia Interesting; Antique. An odd lamp of Ancient pattern and j with nn interesting history is owned by Brinton Woodward, of Conslio* hocken, I'eun. Irs actual age is largely a matter of conjecture. Mr. Wood word's great-grandfather. Captain Walter Woodward, who was touring Africa in quest of animal species for the Royal British Zoological Society obtained the lamp from a partially civilized inhabitant. The African was wandering about in great distress for want, of food, and on seeing AN ANCIENT EBON LAMP. " . i?" ; he Captain and his party weilt down ipon his knees. By aid of' an Interpreter it was learned that tdfe poor felow was starving Wreath; ..arid on receiving provisions from "V^opdward he jave him the lamp as a^ken of grati;ude. After satisfying f$e pangs of lunger, the native tbenvtold a long itory of the lamp, with .which he seemed, loath to part.v The' substance >f it was tjiat the lamp had been used :o Illuminate the famAy hovel! for fifty rears. It hung from the rocky celling tnd each night tiev family "circled" mder lit and worshipped their god. Death, j.ad taken off aH^but 'himself mc^he cftertob&.the lamp a? a. r6mem)ran<fe.of b?ipplter days. Captain Woodward lamp to il? son, wfaa oamej^America hbout 1770. He^ died^^/1802 and it passed lowri ,to Jjjflj^Rsent owner. The Africans burned grease obtained !rom animals in it, with a piece of Mimboo for a Wick, bnt ordinary ci>jU >il and a tbick lamp wick can also be jsed. There is a groove in the spoiuike part for holding the wick in place, aid a slide in the top which can be jpened and closed. Dltptacos the Oarn. Heretofore paddle wheels bave some? ;lmea been employed in tbe place of >ars on pleasure boats, an entire revo-( ution-of the paddles and cranks being leccssary, bat tbe operator bad only mo advantageous- point In the entire evolution where lie could ex?rt any imonnt of power, and that was when :be prank was being drawn toward aim. The speed gained at that mo- I neiit was partially lost in the renalnder of the cycle. As an improvement on the paddle wheel Daniel R. 3heen has designed the apparatus here ;hown. A pair of crauks are attached :o the inner end of short rods mounted in sleeves on the gunwale of the boat. A.t the outer ends of the rods are se;ured frames carrying the paddle blades, with a series of''spokes connecting +he rods and blades in such i manner that a forward movement jf the crank closes the blades against the frame and offers no resistance to. the water in the return stroke. As soon as the cranks are pulled toward ? i?.?j-?- -1 II. PBOPELLING MECHANISM FOR BOATS. the operator again the blades open and begin to act on the water. By the aid of ropes wound on the shafts and running, to a foot plate a greater leverage can be exerted. It will be oh served that the inventor has obtained a device by which the Operator can face the bow of the boat, and the arrangement of the mechanism is such that the greatest advantage of leverage without excess motipn are obtained. ' . . An Kftsay on Habit. A schoolmaster once sai,d to his%pu? pils that to the boy who would make the best piece of composition in five minutes on "I-Iow to overcome habit," he would give a prize. When the five minutes had expired a lad of nine ' * rmrl coi/1- "WpII fill-. jrxrai o otuuu u[f uuv* wu?u. .. ??, , habit is hard to overcome. If you I take off tho lirst letter it does not j change 'abit.' If you take off another you still have a 'bit' left. If you take off still another, the whole of 'if remains. If you take orf another it ia [ not totally i ,-ed up, all of which goes to show that if you want to get rid of a habit you must fhrow it off altogether."?Result?lie won it. The Derivation of Hiscuit. Biscuit is a derivation of bic-cuit, meaning tone baked, and is first mentioned in a chronicle of Charlemagne's day. Being hard, dry and easy to k..'cp, they wore used in provisioning monasteries, ships and towns expecting a siege. K?'iio\ve?l StrpjiRtli. When the doctor decides that a woman must go away for her health, she immediately recovers, and chases nfter dressmakers to get ready.-Atchison Gl^be. DR TALMA^S SERMON [ SUNDAY'S DISCOURSE BY THE NOTED DIVINE. Subject: Kvcryday Itcli^ion?It Good 5n Business and I'olt lies?The Kxample of DaniH, Who Was Never Too Busy to Worship God?Advice to Christians. [Copvriaht Mini, i Washington, D. C.?Tin's discourse of Dr. Talmage is appropriate for all seasons, but especially in these times of great agitation. The text is Daniel vi, 16, "Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions." Darius was king of Baby'0T1> an(l fc',e young man Daniel was 00 much a favorite with him that he made him prime minister. or secretary of state. But no man could gain such a high position without cxcitincr the envy and jealousy of the people. There were demagogues in Babylon who were so appreciative of their own abilities that they weia* affronted at the elevation of this young man. Old Babylon was afraid of young Babylon. The taller the cedar the more, apt it?ft to be riven of the lightning. These demagogues asked the king to make a' decree that anybody that made a petition to any one except the king during a period of thirty days should be put to death. King Darius, not suspecting any foul play, makes that decree. The demagogues) have accomplished all they want, because they know that no one,can keen Daniel from sending petitions before Gcjd for thirty days. So far from being afraid, Ijaniel goes on with' supplications three times a 1 day and is found on his housc top making < prayer. He is caught in the act. He is condemned to be devoured by the lions. ; Rough executioners of the law seize him and hasten, him to the cavern. I hear the growl of tie wild beasts, and I see them 1 pawing the dust, and as they put their < UJUUI/UO VV ' VtlW ; (jiuunu VUV MViiu v.. quakes with their Allowing. 1 see their eyes roll and <1 almost hear the fiery eye- . "ball* snapvfo the darkness. These mons- > ters approaclfcjPaniel. They have a a appetite keen fjvitli hunger. With cne stroke of their pafaor'ohe snatch of their teeth, they may leave him dead at the bottom of the cavern.* But what a strange welcome Daniel receives from these hungry mons,tera. Thovfawnaround hira, they lick hi.3 hahd. iheytbury his feet in their long -manes. That night he has calm sleep with his head pillowed on the warm necks of the tamed lions. ? V. .. But not so well does Darius, the king, sleep. He . has an attack fit terrific insomnia. He loves Daniel, and hates this strategem by which he has been con-, demned. All-night long the king walks the floo-. He cannot sleep. At the least sound he starts and his flesh creeps with horrcr. i.e is impatient for'fhe dawning of the morning. At the first streak of the daylight Darius hastens forth to, see the fate of Dankl. The .heavy palace doors open and clang shut long before the people of the city t^akeft. Darius goes to the den of the lipna; he looks in. All is silent. His heart stops1. He feels (that the very worst has happened, but gathering all his strength, he ahonta through the rifts of the rock, "Oh, Daniel, God whom thou servest continually aUfe to deliver thee?" There comfcfc rolling-\ip from the 1 deep darkness a-voice whfcfi says: "Oh/, king, live forever. My God has sent H'9 angel to shut the lions' mouths that they have not' hurt me."" Then Daniel is brousrht dot from the den. The demn- I gogues arc hurled into it, and no sooner i nave they, struck the bottom of the den t than their fiesh was rent, and their bones 3 cracked and their blood spurted' through f the rifts of the rock, atla, as the lions s make the rocks tremble with their roar, f thev announce to all ages that while God c will defend His people, the way of the r ungodly shall perish. V' * / , -t Learn first from this'subject that the t greatest cri-e that you commit in the 8 eyes of many is the'erime of succcae. What t had Daniel done that he should be Hung 1 to the lions? He had becoanig.Jprime mis- S ister. They could n.ot' forgive him for c that, and behold i#i.that a touch of un- 8 sanctified human nature W.feen -in all s ages of the world. ?5o long as yotf are 1 pinched in poverty, 60 long as you are t running the gantlet between landlord and t taxgatherer, so long as ydu find it - hard n work to "educate your children, there[ are T people who will say, "Poor man, I am 0 sorry for him; he ought to succeed, poor h man." Hub after awhile the tide turns b in your favor. That was a profitable in- s vestment you made. You bought just at b i;he right time. Fortune bccome* good hu- t raored and smiles upon you. I\ow you k are in some department successful and a your success chills some one. Those men ? who nsp*I to sympathize with vou stand n along the- eEraet, and they scowl at you v from under!the rim of their jrat9. xou t have more money or-more influence than ? they have, and jpou ought to be scowled 1! at from undelvthe rjm of their li/i'ts. You o catch a word or two as you pass by' them, r "Stuck up," cays one. "Got itdiahonest- r ly," says another. "Wiil burst booh," Bays a third. Every stone in your new y bouse is (Jaid on their hearts, l'our horsfe's f( hoofs went over their nerves. Every item g of your success basi been to thejn an item ^ of discomfiture fthtf .despair.. Just a? soon r as iii-any respect you rise above'your fal- " lows, if. y?u are-ihore.virtuous/if you are* u more wise, if you . artf, more influential,; yP you cast a shadow on the prospect Nof.otfa- 0 era. ; ' .; ' - - V'' ' a . The roid to honof and 8ucce3s 'is ,wit.b- ^ in reach of the' enemy's. guns. Jealousy- a eays, "Stay down or Kll knock you dosra^J. "I do not like yeju/'says the snowflak'e :to fi the snow-bird. '."Wliy. don't you like f me?" said the snowbird. "Oh/' said^tBe I snowHakk.^'tyoa - are going up and-i am .t coming ;dra|g! .. ' . . y Young merchants, young lawyers, young g doctors. vyoung. mechanics, young" artists, 1' young farmers, ac. certain times there arc n those to sympathize "svitH you,' but now t that you are becoming a.-,master of your r particclar occupation or j^rofesdion, hotf is ti it now, young lawyers, ' yor^ig doctors, f1 young artists, young .farmerffy?how is it J now? The greatest- crime that you can b id < Via orimo nf C11f>PPCV (] VUJUIUil/ AO KUW y illiv Wfc WV.VWWW. Again, my snbject impresses ipe with o the value of decision of character in .any ii department. Daniel .knew that if he continued his adherence to the religion of the Lord h? would be burled to the liana, but, having set his compass well, he sailed right on. For the laclc of that clement of decision of character, so eminent in Daniel, many men arc mined for this world, and ruined for the world to come. A great many at forty years of age are not settled in any respect, because they have not been able to make up their minds. Perhaps they will go west; perhaps they will go east; perhaps they will not; perhaps they will go north; perhaps they may go south; perhaps t!j?v will not; perhaps they may make that investment in real estate or irv railroads; perhaps they will not. They are like a steamer that should go out of New York harbor, starting for Glasgow, and the next dav should change for Havre de Grace, and the next for Charleston an.1 the next for Boston, and the next, for Liverpool. These men on the sea of life everlastingly tacking ship and making no headway. Or they are like a man who starts to buila a house in the Corinthian style and changcs it to Doric, and then completes it in the Ionic, the curse of all styles of architecture. Young man, start right and * < -i i i keep on. nave decision ot cmiruciur. Character : i like the gold.iuch of Tonquin; I it is magnificent while standing firm, but < loses all its beauty in flight, flow much ( decision of character in order that these s young men may be Christians! Their old ] associates make sarcastic flings at tbeni. They go on excursions and tii. y do not invite them. They prophesy tliat he will give out. They wonder if l.e is not getting wings. As he passes, they grimace and 1 wink and chuckle and say, "There goes? 1 j a saint." Oh, young man, have decision" 1 of character. You can afford in this matter of religion to be laughed at. What do you care for the scoffs of these men, who are affronted because you will n?t go to ruin with them? When the grave cracks open under their icet, and grim messengers push them into it. and eternity comes down hard upon their spirit, and conscience stings, and hopeless ruin lifts them up to hurl thcin down, will Uiey laugh then ? 1 learn also from my subject that men may take religion into their worldly business. This is a most appropriate thought at this season of the year, when so many men axe starting out in new enterprises. ; " ' '* , V ? ' ; ' / Daniel had enough work to do to occupy six men. All the affairs of state were in li)3 hands?questions ot finance, question* of war, of pcace; all international questions were for his settlement or adjustment. He must havo had a correspondence vast hevond all computation. There was not a man in all the en r?h who had more to do than Daniel, the *??eretury ol state, and yet wc find him three time? a day bowing before God in prayer. The.- are men in our day who have no! a nundredth part of Daniel's engagement* who say they are to-.) busy, to be religious.They have an idea somehow that religion will snoil their worldly occupation; tHat it will trip the accountant's pen, or dull the carpenter's saw, or confuse the lawyer's brief, or disarrange the merchants store shell". They think religion is impertinent. . They would like to have it very well seated beside them in church on the Sabbath, to find the place ;n the pslambook or to nudge them awake when they get sleepy under the didactic discourse, or they would like to leave it in the pew on Sabbath evening as they go out, closing the door, saying: "Good night, religion! I'll be back next Sunday!" But to have religion go right along by them all through, life, to have religion looking over their shoulder when they are making a bargain, to have religion take up a bag of dishonest gold and shake it and say. "Where did you get that?"? they think that is an impertinent religion. They would like to have a religion to help them when they are sick and when the shadow of death comes over them, they would like to have religion as a sort of night key with which to open the uoor or neaven, dus religion uuuer otuec circumstahces they take- to be Impertinence. . Now, my friends, religion never robbed a man of a dollar. Other things being , equal, a mason will build a better wall, z cabinet maker will make a better chair, a, plumber will make a better pipe, a lawyer will make a better plea, a merchant will sell a better* bill of goods. I say, other things being equal. Of course when religion gives a man a new heart, not propose to give him a new head or to intellectualize him or to change a man's condition when his ordinary Rtate is an overthrow of the philosophical theory that 1 total vacuum is impossible, but the.toore letters you have to write, the more buriens you have to carry, the mor? miles you have to travel, the more burdens you have to lift, the more engagements you liave to meet, the more disputes,you have to settle, the more opportunity; yod have if being a Christian. If yoA have a thousand irons in the fire, yaV-have a thousand more opportunities of serving Gfod than if you only had one .-Iron'in the fire. Who so busy as Christ? And yet ' svho a millionth nart as hoi/? The busi 2sfc men the best men. A/l the persona converted in Scripture busy at the time )f their being converted.; Matthew atlending to his custom hoaae duties, the jrodigal son feeding s-n^jhe, Lydia idling purple, Simon Fetef, hauling in the let from the sea, Saul furring his horse ;oward Damascus, goira? down on Hi# law jusiness. Busy, busy^aniel wittafljl the iffairs of state weighing down^^^L hia. ;oul and yet three times a da^^^^bip g the God of he8TOr Again, I learn frojii" thiff nan may take religion into Daniel had all tpe affair? land, yet a aervint of tot have kept bW, elevated esii he had hefto*1 a thorou^^^^BBHjH ind yet all the chru^to'of he danger of (Jisgj^ce did neld one iota of his high )rincio^flAf^ stood, before itandejrofore all ,'agei. a ;odlyPoliticians' 4?o>ur Ay and i^lie da nen Is nave imc ftn.n en, tate, ||^H^HHM| een immersed in po^^^EB^H^^MKB hirty or forty years^^MaHH|H^H! lation, and our hope HH^^HV ho are Coming up, th^^^HDH^HflB! and y aide .whgn vtyie# and-casf their wear aBegi&nce to eaven as Well as/ t.j^KHMnHHHR nd Lexington.mean^E^VR9HflO| But around ..the baJlc^H^B^HBR hy Christian men . Kc arena.'' Tfcfe last ^BBHMH up youjkshiW f ,Ch%#a; ounde^Wl impupt}^^|^^^^^|Ki\ 1 . l^rt^^^noi^ed ognu}a of the day hj^^^^^^^^Eried d overthrow. him. our eligion into our pol^^^^^^^V Bat there arc who re nn - favor of national oljftcs who do n^^^^^^Bnportance f taking1 it into (^B|^M^pas though man were intelli^^^^^^Bhe welfare f his neighborhoo^^^^^Bno concern bont'his own hor^^H^B My subject also me with the ict that lions cannCT^Bt a good man. to man ever got into vwfrse company than )aniel got into when Ire Was thrown into he den. What a nire morsel that fair oung mrr would have been for the hun* r.r TT^r,afo ,( Tf tht>v hnrl nlnngeri at lira, he could not have climbed into a liche beyond the reach of their paw or hfe snatch of their tooth. Tfaey came ileased all around about him, as hunters' lounds at the well known whistle come funding to his feet. You need not go to Yumidia to get many lions. You all have lad them alter you? the lion of financial [istress, the lion of sickness, the lion < f persecution.! You saw that lion of inancial panic putting his mouth down o the earth, and he roared until all the tanks and all the .insurance companies , luaked. With his nonril he scattered the shes on the domestic hearth. You have lad trial after tml, misfortune after r?isfort::ne, lion alter lion, and yet they rave never hurt you i( you put your trust u- God, and they never will hurt you. L'hey aid not hurt Darnel, and they cannot uirt you. The Persians uaed to think hat spring rain falling into seashells ' vould turn into pearls, and I have tb< tell rou that the tears <^f sorrow turn into >recious ?ems when tdvy drop into God's )Ott!e. iou need be afraid of nothing jutting your trust in God. Even d?ath, ivn* nmns/pr lion whose den is the vorld's sepulcker and who puts his paw Iowa amia thousands of millions of the I'.ad, c&nnot affright you. Wheu in old:n times a wan was to get the honors of tnighthood, he was compelled to go iul> y armed the night before among the ooibs of the dead carrying a sort of .pear, and then when the day broke he vould come forth, and amid the sound of :ornet and great parade he would get tfhe lonofte of knighthood. And so it will be ,vith the Christian in the night before ' leaven as fully armed with spear and lelmet of salvation he will wait and watch hrough the darkness until the morning lawns, and then he will take the honors >f heaven amid that great throng with snowy robes streaming over seas of sapphire. Earth's Greatest Tragedy. To all young hearts standing upon life's threshold, whose fee? will soon stand ivithin the greatest century that will have ever parsed over our earth, there comes the reflection Unit victory artid happiness move swiftly toward sorrow and defeat 1 for him in whom the inner light hath failed. Earth's greatest tragedy is the i trigedy of those -who have fallen from i integrity and virtue.as stars fall out of the sky.?.Newell Dwight Hillis, in bucceal. i Jeace Court In the Western Workl. ' South and Central America* diplomat- , Jsts in Washington are considering the , establishment of an International Court ( ?f virbltration, similar to the Hague Tri- ( bunft'- ( I ? " -WBm THE*GBEAT' DESTROYER I SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT THE VICE OF INTEMPERANCE. The Uncounted Vote?A Terrible Influence Exerted by Those Who Sanction . 5 Social Custom of WUie Drinking ' ? Causes the Pall of Many Young Hen. ??, All ye that are faint-hearted,And think our numbers small, Know ye that we're the strongest, ..41 The strongest.oI.thMri all! So when they laugh at you and ask To what our work amounted, Tell them: We polled the largest vote: The vote Lhat isn't counted! > .^5"The vote that comes from aching hearts Where thorns and nettles grow, That have felt love and honor die And good intent brought low; . That have seen in the demon's fangs All they once loved and cherished, - . And watched it, as by slow degrees, It changed, and fought, and?perished! ? 1, \ * Wherever mothers in the land Mourn for their wayward sons, Wherever wives shed bitter tears For men that loved them once, Wherever even children curse The life that God hath given, ' We poll that great uncounted vote That rises up to heaven! . Aud fcurely as the sun shall rise '-jt On Resurrection Day, vSt That vote must once outcount them all * Whatever they may say; A^d then in turn they'll ask themselve* , j,o wnac tneir woric amountea, When they shall see the vote we,poll; ''The vote that God has counted! c, ' ' ' * - wm So, ye that are faint-hearted And think our numbers small, Know ye that we're the strongest, The strongest of them all! And whei/ they laugh at you and ask * To what our wofk amounted, ^ Tell them: We polled the largest vote: < j The vote that isn't, counted! ?Jan Henrick Van Bolhynfl/ The Social (Haas. ' The pfcace, prdspeirity and'successful gov- v ernment of the "hAmie and family arf' largely due to the good example and counsel of the upright'wife, and mo HP"- The * , power.of her influence and the importance of her right home relations and '?rineiples , . are the greatest factors in the f)0<* "9^ against the fearful ravages of. #"e drink curse. The .true wife and m?tf"er incu'" cates the blessings of .sobriety/ an., abstinence,, and deprecates ihe^ ,ey , ,m"u" > ' ence of social and moderated drinking. . . One of the valuable lesaone;, 1IC ,70|Jnf^.. jnen and women should eadgk 'e&rn is th|t. the appetite for liquor vrnr3, ^ ru'n 0? :B those who are enalaved#Pn? that total .1 abstinence brihgs peac#tiF.aQC' - happiness to all tfho practice it.-2^ An earnest loan conac? cauee of temperance <;an resq? and ^rehabilitate - < > J many" a poor drunkard Wough his timely N J aid and beneficent cou^el- , 'V Many a 'refined 'an?<?rtivatwl tamiy has been brought low.jhrough the- drink- . . n in habits of the fatha* " v , , H i Those engaged in Jor the salvation of ^eT9 need patience JH f Faith and. pfayer^uJt.-accvritwfeyV^ll Itemperance .efforts. J5*?* ^mallOet' <f- * fori to do gcod is 1#" 81?ht of Jay H fenowing Father. J , " .' ; B I Terrible is the itfRuence exerWdJby those ; [who stand as' ttf servants of Uod; and ' who sanction t# social custom a?,wine- S ^The^ruinq^^custom of social^ wine* ./Bj drinking hajPoeen the cause oL the fall of many yoiiM men of great promise^ but easily overcome through the' influence. of j the social glass.?The Weekly Bouquet. - H| v H A Gruasome Tragedy. r |H ^L^be muzzle of a revolver Charles , I IPmMB; formerly a Wabash Railroad conductor, compelled patrons of Jacob KoJ- , ler% saloon, in Cnicago, to listeg^to * lec- N ture oh the evils of intemperadcS. Tijten,,. B pressing the weapon to liis head; lie blew his brains out in the midst of tbofee rftandins around him'. / >fl Holding a glass of liquor in bis left > hand Smith drew a revolver from h* pocket with the other and ordered every H one in the saloon to remain quiet and D make no attempt to leave. ' "This is to be my last drink," he. said. ;/HH "You may call it a farewell n you wi?h. 'flH "All you fellows had better quit drink- | ing. Look.at me. I've lost'-my position with the railroad company, ana every cent I have scraped together .since~>4uu,^^^^B been spent for liquor. ' "Remember this little lecture, men. Brace up and leave-liquor alone." BH James Irvvin and Peter Nies, who were- VHBj standing near Smith, "thought the latter intended to hold up the saloon and they HBj attempted to escape.' "Hold on, there!" commanded the man H with the uplifted revolver. . . HB Smith then ordered the six men, in- 3m eluding Timothy Foley, the bartender, to line up in front of the ba^. They did so. Then the desperate man pressed the j-^^H pistol against his head and sent a bullet. through his skull. He died instantly. ..H Is There Alcohol In Nature ? So long ago as April last the Bible Tern* perancc Association of Belfast, Ireland, ffflH otfert^ "one hundred guineas to any chenv ist w'o will, before a competent committee, extract a single ounce of alcohol from I any quantity of grain, grapes or other v^t B5B1 etable substance, in its organic state as kNM produced by nature through life and, I H growth, before deterioration by chemical nH decomposition, fermentation or decay ha.s taken place." So far no response has beer. HBH received to the offer contained in the re$-^^^n| olution. An Infamous Traffic. A Hamburg correspondent wrote recent-^^MS ly that a British steamer sailed, thence the other day with lO'JO tons weight of spirits on .board for Lagos and Southern .Nigeria. BH He also says that another steamer is due |^m m a fotif /Jivo frvr fha wr?mp ripe. l/U leave 111 'A l%iT? viujg ? ? .-MM? ? tination, with nearly'doubfe that amount < on board: The rpirits, he nays, consist of bad gin and worse rtrn, and the trade is principally in the hands of ,a few English aHB and German firms. THis, we suppose, is . how Africa is civilized by European coun tries. . H If It Weren't For the Drink. , Bflj Two ladies, the one '"a lady /of exalted birth" who had married a millionaire brewer, the other the, wifeof.a wealthy distiller, were present, af a recent func- JHfl tion and conversed' tjjgether. The "distillercss." ''an excellent lady who never spoke about her, early days or her parents," at last losing all shyness, broke out: 9^H "Ah, but then, my lady, when all'n said that might be said, where should we be if 198 it weren't for the drink*" * MB The Crusade In Jirlef. The oniv saloon in New Waveriy, Ind., Bh| has been driven out by the Anti-Sal-'- H9 League. HH The law against open sstioo,.s on Sunda.v is strictly enforced at Marion, Ind.. Ijfifl according to a prominent liquor organ. The seventh annual report of th? lvngiisli Women'? Total Abstinence Union rc- J^Hj cords a total of 310 federated .societies. ' Hfl tVD Rockbridg* County. virgir.in, is now* M entirely under local option 1h? last dis- SB trict. Kerr Creek, having recently voted <^H| no license. This excludes the sale of liquors fo' two years. r ? ? .. 4HH J\ flisjwiirii iruni fiium. nuiiti, iu iuc London Daily Mail, states tint the Indian ' HH fioveninuMit lias decidcd io depose the jDH Maharajah of Rharntpur owing to hn long continued intemperance. Lord Shaftesbury, writing on the Tiecw- S^fl sit.v of temperanee associations, said: '"I H am sotislied that. unless they exist, we should !> immersed in such an ocean o? Hff intoxication, violence and sin as would jH make this country unbearable.-' Perhaps no State in the Union can show j^R \ better record for teni|wranee than Mysissippi. In it there is no!, to lie found a single brewery or distillery and tho total number of wholesale and retail dealers in BM Jislilled spirits and wholesale md retail ^B| dealers in inn It. liquors which Uncle Sam OM :ould find iu the entire State liable to the MB Government Us. is but 370 RH