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Tk* Brooklyn Divine's Sunda} Sermon. Subject: "The Colosseum of R^CK TJIXT: . "I arri ready io prmc\ th* gosoel to you tkat -are ot Rome alco."-Roman; low _ . Rome!. What a cit y it was wheo Paul visited it: What a ?ty it is now! Rome! Tho place where Virgil san? and Horace satirized, and Terence iaughe i and Catiline conspired, and Ovid dramatized an t Nero fiddled, and Ves-asian prosecuted and Sulla legislated, and Cicero thundered, and Aurel? ius and Decios and Cahgnla and Julian and Hadriad and Constantine and Augustas reigned, and Pani the Apostle preached the gospel I am not much of a draftsman, but I have in my memoranda ru bool: a sketch which 1 made in the winter of ?8S9, when I went out to the gate through which Paul entered Rome and walked up the very street he walked up to see somewhat how the city must have looked to him as he came in on the gospel errand- proposed in the text Palaces on either side of the street through which the little missionary advanced. Pile i up wickedness. Enthroned accursedness. Templed cruelties Altara to sham deities, fflonfled delusion?. Pillared, arched, domed, turreted abominations. Wickedness of all sorts at a high premium and righteous? ness 99% per cent. off. And now he passes by the foundations of a building which is to be almo**unparalleled for vastness. You can see by the walls which have begun to rise, that here ? to be something enough stupendous to astound the centuries. Aye, it is the Coliseum started. Of the theatre at Ephesus where Paul fought with wild beast?, the temple of Diana, of tte Parthenon, of Pharaoh's palace at Memphis and or other great buildings, the rains of -sKt?ch I tia ve sean, it has beeu my privilege to address you, but a member of my family asked me recently why I had not spoken to you of the Coliseum at Rome, sisee its moral and religious lessons are se impressive. Perhaps while in Rome the law of contrast wrought upon mp. I had visited the Mao ertme dungeon where Paul was incarcera? ted. 1 had measured the opening at tte top of tte dungeon through which Paul had been let down, and it was twenty-three teches by twenty-six. The ceiling at its highest vomt was seven feet from toe floor, bot at the sides of the room the ceilmg was five feet seven inches. The room at the widest was fifteen feet. There was a seat of rock 2;4 feet high. There was a shelf four fe*l high. The only furniture was a spider's web suspended from the roof, wach I sew by the torchlight I carried. There was the subterraneous passage from the dungeon to the Roman forum, so that the prisoner conld be taken directly from prison to trial. The dungeon was built out of volcanic stone from the Albano Mountain?. Oh, it was a dismal and terrific place. Toa never saw coal hole so dari or so forbidden. The yacc was io me * nervous shock; fori re member that was tte best thing that the world would afford tte most illustrious x>& mg, except one. that I ever saw, and that from that place Paul went out to die. Prom that spot I visited tte Coliseum-one of the most astounding miracles of architecture that tte world ever saw. indeed, I saw it morning, noon and night, for it threw a spell on me from which I could not break sway. Although now a vast ruin, the Coliseum is so well preserved that we can stand in the center and recall all that it once was. lt is in shape ellipsoidal, oval, ooloo?, lt is at its greatest length 612 fest. After it hal furnished seats for S7,0J0 people is had room for 35,000 more to stand, so that 100,000 peo? ple coaid sit and stand transfixe i by its scenes of courage and martyrdom and bru? tality and horror. instead of oar meiern tickets of admis? sion, they entered by ivory check, anda check dog op near Rome within a few years was marked "Section 6, Lowest Tier, Seat .No. 18." Ton understand that tte building was not constructed for an audience to be addressed by human voice, although I tested it witt some friends and could be heard across it, bot it was made only for seeing sad wits circular, and at any point allowed I foll view of the spectacle. fl 'The arena zn the centre in olden times was I strewn with pounded stone or sand, so as not I to be too shppery with human blood, for if fl K were too siippary it would spoil the fon. I ne sand flashed here and there with I ttrklrff of silver and gold, and Nero added fl UknabArand Caligula; added chrysocolla. Rho fides of tho arena were composed of I ?Booth marble eleven feet high, so tha& the fl ?r?d beasts of the arena could not climb up I feto the audience. On the top of these sides fl K smooth marble was a metal railing, har- I litg wooden rollers, which easily revolved. I Ipttat if a panther should leap high wongo, fl B?scale tte wall and with his paw touch any I ms of those rollers it would revolve and I Kop a?a back again into the arena. fl I Beck of this marble wall surrounding the I tia* was a level platform of stone, adorned I litt sfattoes of gods and godesses and tte fl Irabtic effigies of monarchs and conquerers. I ieee wore movable seats for the emperor I fax the imperial swine and swineases with fl ?4ch he surrounded himself. Before the I ?Me where tte emperor sat tte gladiators fl TnAld walk immediately after entering the I HW* crying: *'Bail, Ceesar! Those about I B^din\rent ranks of spectators were di- I ^Tjertit?ons studied with mosaics of I Et?%md "beryl an i rib/ and iiamoaj. fl MKfV ists of wood arose from ail sides of I ?fe lag, from which festoons of flo wars I fcr*mdedt croasmg the budding or in fl aWn awnings of silk were suspended. I Ka?um ha vins no roof. The outside I Has incrusted witt marble and had fl ??^IJ., and the ttr?) lower ranges had I Bmaseach andarcies after arches, fl Wn each arch aa exquisite statue of a I Db 189 feet of altitude soared the Colts- I I It glittered and flashed and shone I B^homamrrises and MI mots of dazzle* I Heiter the andieaee had asee moled fl KSbquids ooiod from tubes distilled I fc?? and rained gently on toe matti- I ?f filled the air with odors of hya- fl ? heliotrope and frankincense and I Ad myrrh and saffron, so that Lu- I Hpet, says of it: fl Bp3 ttcosaad saffron eerrents flow fl HjLsir odors on the crowd below. ?re was tte spor; to come from? I ?mt Into tte cellars opening off I ?rena, and I saw the place where ? ?he hyenasan 1 Hons and panther i I Boars and beastly violences of all I Kat food OF water until made ?arce I ? she arena, and ? saw the under- I ?ms. where tte gladiators were I fc to wait until the clapping of the I BWtde demanded that they coma I H*i--to murder or be murdered. fl ?rangements were complete, as I ?tte cellars and galleries still re- I ?T?te. What fun they must have H ?pons without food or drink up- I H*?? disciple of J esos Christ ! fl Bbcbcsfc-rti of this Coliseum 9000 I ?sud 10,000 immortal mea were I Rt blood of mea and beast was not I mt a river; not a pool, but a lake. I ?a ia that way dedicated, be not I ?han I tell you that Emperor Pro- ? ?becasion threw into that arena of WQ? 1000 stags, 1000 boars and 1003 I K, Waat fan it most have been-the ? Hp trompeta, tte roar of wild beasts I ?SSegroaos of dying men wnile in the I Wtte wives and children of those down ? BHke hon's paw wrong their hands and H ?Ml ont in widowhood and orphanage, fl ?000 people dapped their bands? and I BUa 'fla Thar wide as Rome and I Bses of that arena were put on a I ?Iflflged by a hook out throng i what fl Kthe Gate of Death. What an fl ?must have been wheo two cona- I V*d tte arena, the one with fl ?rfd and tte other witt net ? He swordsman strikes at the fl ?pt and shear. He dodges the I ?bugs the net over the bead I flo and jerks him to the floor fl ?^fee man who flung the I She neck of the fallen ? H in hand looks up to I Bas to say, "?hell I let I Sfl Hge this spear into his I ro signs, either ot If they waved their iahen contestant i os bs down, it meant tte audience would fallen would be let i sport for most oc? ie thumbs from the and witt that rccompanying shout ff? a monotone of _ i of programme tm. Under a strange _^beyond anything ?ef?oor of tte arena roll and then give appear a lake of banks trees would foliage, and tigers ?glas, and anne! and there would be lake in the Col is float, and there j , What fun! What ! ice came, in order Cohseum a sacri -^^^^^H "The Christians^to the wild beasts T a there would be a? cy-acklm^ of human hoi in tiie jaws of leonine ferocity. Bat all this was to be stopped. By t outraged sense of public decency? I There is only one thing that has ever stopp cruelty and sm. ead that is Christianity, a it was Christianity, whether you like form or not, that stopped this massacre centuries. One day while in the Oo?sex a Roman victory was being calebrated, a 100,009 enraptured spectators were took! down upon two gladiators in the arena sta bing and slicing each other to death, ? Asiatic monk of the name of Telemach was so overcome hythe cruelty that leaped from the gallery into the arena a ran in between tua two swordsmen a pushed first one baci and then the ott back and broke up the contest. Of course the audience was affronted having their soort stoppe J, an i they hurl stones at the head o' Telemachus uatil fell dead in the arana. But when the di was passer1, and the passions of the poo* had cooled off. they deplored the martyrdc of the brave and Christian Telemachus, ai as a result of th 3 o var Jone cruelty ti human sacrifices of tie Colisa an were fe ever abolished. What a good thing, say you. that ins cruelties have ceas? j. Hy friends, the san spirit of ruinous amusements an i of mor sacrifice is abroad in toe world to-Jay, a though it takes other shapes. Last summ in our southwest there occurred a scene pugilism on which all Christendom look* down, for I saw the papers on the other sii ot the Atlantic Ocean giving whole coram \ of it. Will some one tell me in what respe that brutality of last summer was suoe:ri< to the brutality of a Roman Coliseum? some respects it was worse by so muck i the Nineteenth Century pretends to be mo: merciful and more decent than the Fifi Century. That pugilism is winning admiration this country is positively prov J i by the fa that years ago such collision was reported a half doz? lines of newspaper, if reporte at all, an i n w it takes the whole side of newspaper to tell what transpire! b?twet the first blood drawn by One loafer and tl throwing op of tte sponge by the oth loafer, and it is not the newspaper's faul for the newspaoers giv* only what the pa pie want, and when newspapers put carrie on your table it is becius3 you prefer ca non. The same spirit of brutality is seen to-da m many an ecclesiastical court whea a mil is:er is put on tria'. Look at tha counte: anees of tue prosecuting minister.-, and nc in all cases, bat in many esses, you will fin nothing ba*; diabolism inspires chem. Tue let out on one poor minister who cinn ot a< fend himself the lion of erc'.esiisttcism aa the tizer of big*otryt and the wild boar < jealousy, and ic they can get the off endin minister flit on hi?: back s oms one pats hi feet on the neck of the overthrown gosps izer and looks up, spear in hand, to s* whether the galleries and ecclesiastics woul have him let up or slain. And, lo! m my c the th amos are do *n. > In the worldly realms look at the bruta': ties of the presidential election eigne year ago. Read the biographies of Danial Weh ster anl Alex in 1er H. Stephens and Horac Greeley anl Chirles Sumner and Laen Quintus Cincinuatns Lamar an I Ja jes G Blaine, and if the story ot defamation an calumny and scanlalizition an t diatrib and scurrility and lampoon an 1 billin^3gat: and damnable perfidy b? accurately re corded,teil me in what respects our politic i arena and the howling anl blaspheming galleries toat again and again look do ari upon it are better than the Roman Colii eura. When I read a few days ago that the SD preme Court ot the United States had ap propria te? y adjourned to pay hoaors to th two last distinguished men men noa 3d, an American journalism North. South, Sis and West went into lamentations over ther departure and said all complimenter things in regard to them, I asked: "Whei did toe Nation lie a bou; these man? Was i when during their life it gare them male diction or no ? since their death when be stowing upon them beatification?*' The sime soirit of cruelty tna& you de ploie in the Roman Coliseum is seen ia ti* sharp appetite th a wo.-id seems to have foi th? downfall o! goo l men. and in she divorc of tho^e whose marital fie was thou jut ac cordant, and in the absconding of a bxa? cashier. Ou, my friends, the world want more of the spirit of **Lsc him upn and les of the soirit o? "fa im os do wa P There ar. hundreds of mea in the prisons o! A uer UM wuo ought to oe discharged, because thei were the victims of circumstance; or hav< satferei enough. There are in all professions and oocupa tions men wah are dormers I ovar by others, an 1 whose life is a stru ;gle wit b moucTous opppsitiou, anl circanstanca have their h iel upoi the thro>bm; an j broken h ?rcs. Kor God's saxe, let then upi Away with t.ie spirit of "Thumb; downP What the worid wants is 13 X) mea like Telemachus to leap out oi the sailer/ ] into the arena, whether he ba a Roman Catholic mon.-, or a Methodist ste wa ri, or Presbyterian eider, and go ia betwaea the contestants. "Biassed are the peacemakers, for thev shall ba called the children of Gol T Oa*-h%lf of the world is down and th: other l alf is up. anl tha half that is u o ba? its heel on the half that is down. If you. a.? a boss wor? nan, or as a contractor, or as a Bishop or as a Seite or National official, or a> a potent factor ra s ocial life, or in any way are oppressing any.oae, know that the same devil that possessei the Roman Coliseu n op? presses you. Toe Diocletian3 are no; al! dead. The cellars lea ung into tha arena ol life's struggle are not ah emptied o? t ?eir tigers. The vivisection by young ooccor; of dogs and cats and birds most o? th ? ti ne adds nothing to human discovery, but is only a continuation of Vespasian's Colis eur. The cruelties o' the worl I generally bagia in nurseries, an J in hone circles, an I In day school. The child th it transfix as a fly with a pm, or the low iee ing that sets two dogs into combat, or that bullies a wea'; or erip pied play.mite, or the inlifferenee tua*. ?tarves a canary bir nee ls ouiy t > be de? veloped m cr ier to make a first class Nero <ra i uh armed A polly on. It would bea good sentence ?.o be written on tho t >p lint of a cmi'.'s book, an I a fit ia? caption to be embroi tered ia th* ar n ch?r o: the sitein i room. an.I an appropriate motto for ju Ire and jnry an* district attorney ?al ?heriiT to looa at in tr.e court house, *'B.e-u?ed are to meic.jul, ?or they sa ill orita, n mercy V And so i be rix-ns of teat Co i sea m preach tome. In leed tha most imores-ive thinrs on earth are ruin*. The four greatest struc? tures ev??r bnilt era in ruins. The Parthe? non in rums, tbet?mote of D'ana in ruin?, the temo-'e of Jera?alem in r lin*. th> ?.'oJi seum in ruins, indeed the earth itself will yet be a pile of rum* the raoan'ain* in ruin?, the s*as in mins. tba c!t??s ia rn"a-=. the hemispheres in run*. Yea; furcaer than that, ad up and down the heavens ara worlds t-urned u?, worlds wreeVe ?, worl is extinct, worlds abandoned. Worlds o.n worlds in rutn?! But I am glad to gav it is the sa ne oil h*av?n. and in all that worll tn?r<? is n >t one rum and never will be a ra n. Not one o' the paar?y gates wi 1 ev ar become un? hinge!. Not on-* of the amethystine tower? will ever fall. K-ot one of tba mansions will cer decay. Not one of toe ch*r?ots will ? ver be nu wheeled. Not one of the thrones will ever roc* down. OJ. ma';e snr> of, beaven, for it ? an everlasting beaven. Through Christ the Lord get ready for residence in the eternal pa'aees. The last evening before leaving Rome for Brindisi and Athens an i E;yot anl Pales? tine ? went alone to the Coliseum. There was not a living soul in ail the immense area. Even those accustomed to sell curios at the four entrances of the building had gone away. The pl-ce was so overwhelm? ingly silent I coul l heir my own heart beat wi;b the emotions aroused by the o'.aca. and hour. I paced the arena. I wankel down into the dens where the ?venn* were once kept. I asc?nded to the'p'ace where the emparer used to sit. I cX?ifoei uo on the ga leri-^s from which th ? arru y throngs of people had saz;d in enehanfc neat. To break toe silence I shout* 1, anl mat seemed to awaken the echoes, echo upon ecbo. And those awakened echoe* seemei to address me, saying: "Men die, but their work lives on, Gauientius, the arciit'Ct who planned this structure; the 60.0?K) en? slave! Jews orought by Titus iron Jerus? alem, and wno toilei on these wails, the g ad.ators who fought in this arena, the em? perors an i empresses who had place OJ yon? der platform, the m Ilion* who durin ; cen? turies sit aa I rose in these gallerias, bare i passe ? awiy, but enough bf the Coliseum stands to ten the story of cruelty an 1 porno and powT->00 years of Woolshed." Theo, as I >too i toere, t sere jama to me another bu'st o' ec Toes, who seemei th-'ohmnz w.th toa pravers ami soars sod groans of Curistians who hid exprel ia teat arert ?, an 1 thay S??THi to sir. ''Ao* moca it c >-t t > s?rvi G > 1 in a <e* p i-f, a n I how thin cf ul mo ;ern cantur?as o.: rat to be taar. trna p.r aireaci?n wa-ci ro-s reaea ias sands o: th s amp litheater have waa aool isha'." And then 1 questioned tha echoes, sarina, j "Where is Emperor Tituc, who sat h->rt?' j The answer came, " Jona to ju?gmea*." ; " ^here is Emperor Traj?n, who sat here?'' j "ione to j? limant." " -^h?re is Maximi- ! nus, who sat i>-?re?" "Oona zo juigment." ? "Wbera are ail the multitudes wno claopid j aod saoutel and wared flags to les toe vee- j qaished un, or to have them slain put . tu u mr. s down':"' The echoes answere 5. "jone J tojuizment." I inquired, "Ah?' Aod they ?? ans were i "Ali." And I JooSei ao to the sk/ ab>ve tba ! ra;n?, aol it wus full of cioais scurrying ; SWii Ct v post, and those clou?s seemei as though tee y had faces, and some of the faces j snuTedani some o: tuent ir owner, a IT ney seemei to have wings, a ia so ns o? the wings were moongilt and others tbun 1er charged, and the voica overpowered the echoes beneath. **Behold He cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see Him." And as I stood looking uo along the walis of the Coliseum they rose higher and higher, higher and higher, until the amphitheatre seemed to be filled with all the Nations of th? past, and all the Nations o' the present, and all the Nations ot the future, those who went down under the paws of wild beasts, and those who sit waving flags to let uo the conquered, and thosa who held thumbs down to com maud their assassination, an 1 sma 1 and great, and emperor and slave, an I pas? tor and people, and righteous aniwioieJ, the amphitheatre seeming to rise io in? definite heights on all sides of rn?, anl in the center o: that amphitheatre, instead of the arena or combatauts, a gre ic tnron stooJ, rising higher anl higher, higher and high??r,"anl on it sat the Chri for whom tne martyrs died and against whom the Diocletians plo ted their persecution5, and wavin one hand toward the pded up splendors to the righS o? Him Ha criai, **Jo ne, ye bless ed," and waving the other hand to wird the piled tip glooms on the left of Him Ha crien* '.Depart, ye cursed." And so the Coliseum of Rome thit even ing of 1S39 sss ned enlarged into the amphi toeater o ^ae last juigmeat, aa i I passed from und.r tue arch of than mighty struc ture, mighty even in its ruins, praying to Almighty vxod, throurh jesus Christ, for mercy in that day for which ail other days were made, and that as I expecte i mercy from God I might exercise mercy towan others and bava more and more of the spirit "Let him up" an I less of the spirit of 'Thumbs dowa!" 'vVe may not all be abie to do a sum in higher mathematic, but there is a sum in the first role ot gospel arithmetic whicu we all may do. It is a sum ia simple addition; ''Add to your faith vurtu a, aad to virtue knowledge, and to knowle Jge temperance, and to temperaaca patience, na 1 to pat;enca godliness, an I to godliness Drotherl^ lei ai ness, anl to brotherlv kindness charity." PROMINENT PEOPLE. GLADSTONE smokes an occasional cigar ette. THE salary of the King of Greece is $300, 0C0 a year. LORD SALISBURY is the first British Premier who has set foot on Australian soil. THE oldest American citizen now in pub? lic life is Senator Morril', ot Vermont, who was born in 1810. MILLIONAIRE JOHN HUNTINGTON, of Cleveland. Ohio, left over $1,500,003 to science and charity. WHEN Governor Lewelhncr, of Kansas, was seventeen years old he shove?e i dtrt as a laborer in the employ of an Iowa railroad. RUPYARD KIPLING'S father is a man of great ability and holds an important posi? tion as art director of an East Indian museum. THE will of the late James G. Blaine con veys all the estate unreservedly to Mrs. Blaine. The property is estimated at about $1,000,000. PRESIDENT-ELECT CLEVELAND has offered a gold medal as a prize to the winner ot an international chess contest, to be held in New York next May or J une. THE late Senator Kenna, of West Vir? ginia, is said to have died poor, and au at? tempt is being made to secure aplaca for his widow in one of the departments at Wash? ington. J. M. BARRIE, the Scotch novelist, is a little man with a large head and luminous eyes. He is one of the most molest and diffi? dent of/British authors and quite unspoiled by succ?s?. GENERAL GEORGE W. JONES, of Florida; James W. Bradbury of Maine, and ex Governor Felcb, of Michigan, are the only living ex-members of the United States Senate in 1848. JAMES A. BAILEY, the circus manager, began selling apples and peanuts, then be? came the owner of a side show, and went on until he is now the foremost man in his line of public amusement. EDWIN HOLMES, the discoverer of the comet in Andromeda, which has attracted much attention during the hast three or four months, is an amateur astronomer, living in Islington, London. DOCTOR W. W. ALLEY, who died at Moravia, N. Y., aged ninety-one years, was the oldest homoeopathic physician in the country. He had been in continuous prac? tice for sixty-six year?. MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT is a gool friend of Marshall P. Wilder, and her nus band gives him an annual salary of $ j K?, J in return for which the little humorist gives occasional entertainments in different chil ; dren's hospitals. JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY derives his larg? est profits from EJ-land. Tha publishers there have brought out eight editions of his poems and pay him by mere courtesy a larger royalty than be gets at home, where he is protected by copyright. THE Khedive of Egypt, who is making the present trouble in that country, is a youth of nineteen, who was taken from school last year in Vienna, Austria, to suceed his tether. The wonder is, therefore, that he bas not before now got to loggerueads with his British guardians. MES. PEARY, who shares in the fame of her husband. Lieutenant Peary, the famous explorer of Greenland, said in conversation a lew days ago that she thought she felt the cold more here during our recent siege of severe weather than she did last year up where a zero temperature is considere i mod* ?rate. THE Rev. Byron Sun lerland, D. D., has just received congratulations on the com? pletion of bis fortieth year of service as pas? tor of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington, which was attended by Presi? dent and Mrs. Cleveland during their resi? dence in Washington, and with which it is expected they will again become connect. TEE LABOR WORLD. CALIFORNIA is next on the hst to get a Bureau of Statistics. IN China workingmen strike every timi they make a request. CONCERTS for working people are being ! held in Chicago with great success. j THERE are 400 Socialist Leagues in Dea I mark with a membership of about 33,003. MACHINERY is producing ninety per cent, of the manufacturing labor of the country. GOVERNMENT statistics place the average income of American farmers at eighty two cents a day. THE protective fund of the United Broth? erhood of Carpenters and Joiners amounts to $14,280.13. TB E Broth er hool of Locomotive Fireman has a membership of about twenty-sir thou? sand. It was organized in 183 J. IN India there are 139 cotton mills, with 3,400,000 spindles and 25,OJ0 looms, emoloy ing 116,000 persons. Tnere aro also eight new mills now in coursa of construction. THE striking machinists of the Atlantic acd Pacific Railroad have compromise 1 on ? a rate of $3.40 per day at Albuquerque, New j i Mexico, and $3.70 per day for points west. j THE larger electric machinery builders are all enlarging their works, and have con? tracts sufficient on haud to keep them busy j in many departments to the close of tha year. I A LASTING machine that enables one op? erator to last 300) pairs of shoes a week is one of the latest things in labor-saving ma? chinery. It tackles anything from light feminine foot gear to the heaviest brogans. ONE million and n half man work io too coal mines of the world. O' tnese England has535,000; United States,300, OOO; 'Jer.oaur, 285,010; Belgium, 100,0)0; Russia, 44,000. 1 be world's miners of metal number 4,0} V OOO. THE Krupps have virtually consolidated with the Gryson works in Magdeburg, Ger? man}', agreeing to pay shareholders nine | {:er cent, for twenty-five yeirs, witrt privi- I ege to purchase tho works within that time | for $600,000, and after for $480,000 at toe dictation of the shareholders. TBE rrutual benefit fund of the Assvjia tion of Working Girls' Clubs of Ne v York City is a greatsuccess. Any club men oar j may join by paying an initiation feo o' j fifty cents and the payment of ti;teen can:? j a month will entitle ber to $3 a waek m case | of illness. If she pays tw;nty-Sye cents a i month she will be entitle 1 to $5 a w?a:, ?r I she may pay forty ceo ts an I have $:>. Any- ! one who remains a member for rive years without drawing any sick benefit hos ail the money she ha? ^aid m weakly dues rotund ad. THE Emperor of Germany is practicing the alarm system oa the Berlin Fire Bri- ! rale. Accompaaiel by Prince Henry of Prussia and the Grand Dake of Hesse, he | gives alarms when they are least expecte ', j and then closely watch the results. His j majesty the other day improvised a drill i for the entire salvage corp^, and tie firemen i la the central depot at Lindenscrassa, and, j after reviewing the force, singled out aa i ! praised several of the men. j COMMISSIONER EVANS, representing Quean ; Liliuokalani, ia an interview says tua chief I objection to an annexation of the Haw;iian j Islands by the United States is the popula- { Wonof 90,000 Chinese coolies, j The Water Mill. '?The mill will never grind again with water that is past." Why mourn the sun that has sunk in the west, Why mourn the mirth that is part of the past, Why mourn the music whose notes are now still, Why mourn the water that's gone past thc mill? The sun of tomorrow will rise in the east, The mirth of tomorrow will grace a new feast. New music tomorrow will bringa new thrill, New water tomorrow will run through the mill. The coof winds of Autumn may scatter thc leaves, The reaper will gather the bright shining sheaves. The grist that is ground will its purpose ful? fill, lt needs not the water that's gone past the mill. What matter if Winter must come with its frost, There are joys which without it would sure? ly he lost; The ice and the suow cannot throttle thc will, Nor freeze up thc water, that runs through the mill. A new year will open with heaven's new Spring, New hopes will be borne on thc zephyr's soft wing. New music will come with thc robin's fcny trill, New water will grind a new grist at the mill. - [B. C. Potts, in the Christian Inquirer STOLEN DIAMONDS. BT MAKLTON DOWNING. "Ah, Danton, oki boy! Glad youVe dropped in. I've got some;hing that ? think will interest you, seeing you are a newspaper tuan. What do you think of this?'?iud Mr. Warkworth, of the linn o? Wordsworth & Blank, manufacturing jewelers of Boston, placed a paper in thc hand of the young journalist. .?Ah ha! a goodly find for some one," replied thc reporter as he read: "?5,000 REWARD. For the apprenension of thc criminals or the recovery of the diamonds taken front the safe of Jaspar, Sturgis & Jaspar. London, on or about December 1st. it is thought that the gems have been smuggled to America, as no attempts have been made to dispose of them either in Great Britain or upon tbe Continent. Dealers and officers of the law are cautioned to be on thc alert. The jewels stolen are of the first water, large stones, and the whole amount valued at ?30,0>-0. (Signed) JASPAR, STURGIS ct JASPAR, London." "It would be like looking for a needle itt thc hay-mow, I should say," commented Damon, as he finished the perusal of the notification. "Very much," replied Mr. Wards worth as he folded thc paper and re? placed it in hts pocket. "Yet it would bc a difficult matter for any one to dispose of such a quantity of diamonds even though they succeed iu getting (hem into the country. Never? theless, it behooves ii? in the business to keep a sharp lookout, and to in? quire closely where a stouo comes from, that is brought us to mount. If the rogues attempt to place their plun? der on the market within six months or a year, they will stand a very good chance of being apprehended; but if they can afford to wait, and have nerve euongh to retain the diamonds in their possession until thc excitement has died away, the thieves may be en? abled to get rid of the gems in small Jots without causing suspicion." "Well, I hope it may be your good fortune to run across some of the sparklers, for 1 would like to see you capture the reward," replied the re? porter, with a smile. "Who knows but what it may come yonr way ?" returned the jewel? er, laughingly. "You board m>st of the incoming vessels, and 1 should think might stan I a pretty fair chance to hear of any smuggling game, and by working up your information bc able to claim some of thc Englishman's five thousand pounds." "Not so much of a chance as you might imagine, my friend," replied Damon. "True, I might have to re? port the arrival of vessels, attd of course visit many of them, but if lhere was atty smuggling detected, ii would only be my duty lo write the story for thc paper, and I could not expect to receive any credit from the authorises for the apprehension of the guilty parties. But it was not to ?talk shop' with you that brought me in. Do you seo this? " and Darno:) held up a package, neatly wrapped in paper, yet not so disguised but what anyone could see that it was a quart bottle. "Tnat is some rare, old Bur? gundy. At least thc steward of a British steamer affirms that it i?. Now I want you to come to my apartments tonight and lase a hand at a game of whist, and you will have an opportu? nity to sample the wine. What say you?" "I would ho only loo pleased to I i make one of the party, not wholly on \ account of (he contents of thc bottle, for you know I nm somewhat ab- ? stemious, but to enjoy a quiet game i Of Whist." I "Very well, I will lo 'k for you al j eight o'clock, sharp. Good-by," and with little ceremony tho hustling joiir na'ist turned on his heel and left his friend's place of business to complete the arduous labors of the day. At the hour of eight two report?is i and two jewelers, all old arquain- j tarces, were seated about a table in j D-iinon's room, enjoying tliem*elve* hugely as they laughed and chatted I over the topics of the d:iy. Al length the host aro?e and said : - "Now, boys, supposing wo Irv tin qudily of the slew,ad's present. 1 don't suppose .Ital any of us ure con? noisseurs of wi ?es, although we might !>p abie to know wh it would make ;? good newspaper story when wc ran agatust it, or iel! the quality of a piece of gold when taking it io hand. How? ever, wc all haye tastes, and in ihi^ free country, are at liberty to expi our opinions. So, Mr. Wardswoi yours, first," and the reporter essa] to fill the glass of his friend. Although Mr. Damon had carefu removed the cork, yet to his surpi only a feeble stream of liquid issi forth. "Ah," he remarked, "somclhi has fouled up thc neck of the botl Xever mind, we'll soon fix it," ?1 taking a long lead pencil from breast pocket of his vest, he wiped and llirn-t it into Hie aperture. W a gurgle thc wine bubbled forth, tb a bard substance struck thc bottom the goblet. ?.Why, "if the villains who put this Burgundy have not left brok glass in the bottle," exclaimed Dame with ill-concealed disgust. ??Th must want to murder their custo crs." S epping to his bachelor cupboa thc reporter took therefrom a sih spoon, with which he fished out t foreign substance and dropped it up thc table, exclaiming, "Tilde's thc thing which mig have been the cause of some one'?J it timely death, ami the subject of good article for thc morning joi A cry of surprise escaped the li of the jeweler-guests as each simi t aneo us ly stretched forth a hand grasp the small object which had bec the means of so disturbing thc equa imitv of their host. ??Why, Damon! li's a diamond cried Mr. Wordsworth, excitedly. ?? A diamond !" reiterated the rcpo tors aghast with astonishment. "If it is not a valuable gem, I nev? saw one,'' coni inned Wards wort "What say you, Richardson ?"' tum ii to his companion in thc trade. ??It is a stone of the first water conclusively replied the experience dealer in precious metal*. ?*Ilo came it in thc bottle, do you 6Uj pose?" ??Can it bc one of the stolen jo.rcl i think you?" asked Damon, his new paper instinct leading him with ligh tiing rapidity to trace their "find" I thc steward who had given him tl wine, back across thc Atlantic, eve to the vaulis of its original owner. ?.Perhaps," answered Wardswortl his voice husky with excitcmeni "But, quick, Damon, bring us a basi and wc will examine the contents c thc flask." If the throats of thc quartette ha been parched with thirst, ihey woul not for ai: instant have thought t raoisteu their lips with a drop of th liquid. His hands trembling, Mr. Ward? worth s?ruck oil ike neck of ihe butti by a single blow of a fruit kuif which lie took from the table, thc allowed the Burgundy to flow free I ont into Hie China bowl. With ba'o breaths, the men watciicd the glitter ing spray as it fell from the jaggci edge of thc shattered glass! Diamond after diamond mingle? with the ruddy wine, and sparkle? with scintillations which dazzled th eyes of the beholders ! For a moment the occupants of t!i< iv m stood about the table, speechless Then the jeweler grasped thc hand o his host, and exclaimed: "Damon, your fortune is made The>e are undoubtedly thc jewell which were taken from thc safe ol Jaspar, Sturgis & Jaspar, London, and thc reward of twenty-five thou sand dollars is yours. A small for lune, my boy, a small fortune!" .'Then if the Englishmen's gob comes this way, ii shall be div?dec imo four paris, and you, my friends, shall share with me," returned thc re? porter, promptly. "But what is tc bc don?? I know a column exclu-iv: for ihe morning paper,'' and thc young man sprang towards his desk with the intention of writing out a startling story of the wonderful re? covery of the stolen diamonds, valued at $150,000. He was restrained, however, by Uh friends, who assured him that io pub? lish the matter now would be to serve as a warning to the thieves and thwart the ends of justice. ?.Wc will rake the diamonds down to my store and lock them up," said Mr. Wardsworth. ?'Then notify the police, who will probably an i the steward, and then cable across thc news." ??I am sorry that I have been thc means of causing trouble to the man, for we are oki friends,"' observed Mr. Damon. 44The steward may bo innocent," urged Damon's companions. .'!).> you think if he know the cou lents of the bottle he would bc iikcly to give it away? No, sir," added Mr. Wards worth, ??you may rc*t assured that some of the principals in the artair have blundered, and blundered bad.y. Nevertheless, it was a brilliant scheme to smuggle :hc diamonds into America by this moans." The jeweler's argument proved cor? red. Tho arrest, ami trial of tho steward of the ocean steamer elicited the fact that nc had boen intrusted willi a bottle of wine by an acquaiu - anco in England, which he was asked to deliver to a gentleman who would call for it in IWton. There was no name attached to tie package, and ho suppose?' ii was of* no more value than others ? a similar brand which ho had tu his charge, belonging to the ship's stores. Ile put it in hts room, and never gave ii a second thought, untilon reaching pori h ' was presented with an order for thc delivery of the wine. Being in a hurry at tho time. ' handed the cai lei w hat he thought was tho right bolita: Then, a little later, when D ?M*?ti ;::t!ie on board, he made the reporter ? present of the one containing th" g?-:iis. The steward wa? mibsequently ac . quilted by thc authorities but received his discharge from the steamship con pany for his indiscretion. Damon, the reporter, was given th reward, but could not prevail upo his friends to share it with him, the urging that it belonged to him and hil only. Oncea year, however, up thc preser time, the quartette sit down to a littl dinner together, and as may be sur posed, the principal topic of conversa tion is that wonderful bottle of Bul gundy, whoso contents were neve drank, though a portion of them serve to enhance much of the feminin boauly both in America and England although few of the wearers rea'rJ that their glittering gems were ono eagerly sought for when they wer "Stolen Diamonds."-[Yankee Blade The Sense of Smell in Dogs. Thc sense of smell is by no mean so developed in man as in dogs, cate and other animals, but it is often ab normally keen iu individuals deprive? of other senses; blind deaf-mutes, fo example, can recognize their friend aud form an opinion about stranger solely by means of this sense. Possi bly, however, animals arc only sensi tive to certain smells, while uncoil scious of others ?hat a fleet us. If this b< thc case, they would naturally be abb to follow up one particular scent mor easily than a man, this scent to whicl they are sensitive being to them les confused with others. Dogs are able to track their master through crowded streets, where re cognition is quite impossible, and cat find a hidden biscuit even when it faint smell is still further disguised bj eau de cologne. lu 6omc experiment: Mr. Romanes lately made with a do? he found that it could easily track hiu when he was far out of sight, though no fewer than eleven people had fol? lowed him, stepping exactly in hil footprints, in order to confuse lin seen t. The dog seemed to (rack him chiefly by the tmell of his boots, for whet; without them, or with new boots on,il failed; but followed, though slowly and hesitatingly, when his master was without either boots or stockings? Dogs aud cats certainly get more in? formation by means of this sense that a man can ; they often get greatly ex? cited over certain smells, and reinem* ber them for very long periods. [Chamber's Journal. Why Mountain Tops Are Cold. The decrease of temperature expe? rienced on ascending to the tops of thc highest peaks of mountain results from various causes; lo say that it is .'because of the lof ly altitude" is not sufficient. To begin with, the greater rarifica tion of the air, which is always encountered in upward travel, neces? sarily diminishes thc absorbing power of the air. The temperature cf the a'.mosphcre is greater neat* natural sea level because such air transmits the rays of thc sun without decomposing I hem, and cannot, therefore, be heated by them before reaching Hie surface of the earth, where decomposition sets in and frees thc heat contained in the ?im beam. Il is a well-known philosophic fact that thc air receives ibo principal por? tion of its heat by what is known as .?radiation" from thc earth, and the greater thc distance from average sea level the less must be the power of such heat as a warmth-giving quality. Another, and perhaps the chief, rea? son is that the vapor screens, which so effectually tempers the climate of this couutry and prevents the rapid dis? persion of the heat from the warm earth, diminishes as we ascend a mountain and allows the heat to be freely radiated, leaving only its oppo? site behind.-[St. Louis Republic. The Myth of the Cliff-Dwellers Ex? ploded. Thc fable of Hie so-called Cliff builders and Cave-dwellers as a dis? tinct race or races, has been absolute? ly exploded in science. Thc fact is, thal the cliff-dwellers and thc eave d wellers of the Sou! h west were Pueblo Indians, pure and simple. Even a careless eye can lind thc proof in every corner of the Southwest, it was a question not of race, but of physical geography. Thc Pueblo cut his garment according to his cloth, ami whether he burrowed his house, or built it of mud-bricks or stone bricks or cleft stone, atop a cliff or in caves or shelves of its face, depended simply upon bis town-site. The one inflexible rule was sccur isy, and to gain 1 hat lie took the '?shortest" cut offered by his Hu? rt undiugs. When he found himself -as he sometimes did in his vol? canic range-tu a region of Ulfa cliff-, he simply whittled out his rod dencc. In thc commoner hard-rock canons, he built stone houses in what? ever safest pi ce. lu ihe vaileys, he made and laid adobes. Ile sometimes even dovetailed alt llicsc varieties ot architecture in one and tho same 6c: I t lenient.- [From "Thc Wanderings of Cochiii," by C. I'. Lum ni is, in thc ! January Scribner. Kosin for tho Voice. An Italian scientist has just made a ! new discovery which is likely to ren? der good service to professional sing? ers. From the vibratory influence of rosin on violin strings our doctor argued that a similar effect might bc pnrdueed on the voo.il chords. After j dissolving a quantity of rosin inspirits lie applied the sol ul ion to thc said j chords by inhalation. B it, what is siiil mote marvellous, j by adding certain substances to these i inhalations, different insults are ar ? rived a*. Add t i 11 ? - : ii *.o ol* benzoin to j j your rOMN and the voice will jump up ! rm or? ?v?; I?Usani of loin will lower j i? li.-tif an octave, whereas spirits of j camphor will ex lin ?fui sh it altogether. Those unfortunate persons who ii ve ! m xt door to an opera singer will ! tdeiMfl ?to?? I I JAPAN AT THE FAIR. Japanese at Work on Their Headquarters in Chicago. Artisans With Quaint Cos? tumes and Curious Tools. Jolly men from Nippon land worked all day yesterday at Jackson park, says a recent issue of the Chicago News-Record. They worked because thc Japanese government headquar? ters must be completed for the open? ing of the Exposition, and the time is short for the undertaking. Something about the quaint cos? tumes, the ifood nature of the woik ers, the peculiar forms of the struc? tures under way drew the crowd of visitors to thc north end of thc island to watch the proceedings. The toilers are as picturesque as a bit of old Japan can be. They were at work on a temporary house that looked like a joke* The timbers were solid enough, but there wasn't a nail in the whole affair. The cro?s-pieces were fastened with pieces of jute rope. Thc carpenters used no ladders ot any sort, but climbed from ground to top and backagain with the agility of pro? fessional trapezists. The men who worked aloft had bunches of rope about their waists, with which they fastened the timbers passed up to them. Over in another corner of the in closure, which prevents the workmen from being overrun by spectators, is a shed full of curiosities. There are planes that look like toy tools and that are drawn toward the workman in? stead of being pushed from him. The adzes have long, curved handles and broad, curved blades. When the Jap? anese carpenter wants to cut with his adze he holds thc end of the curved handle with both hands, turns the blade edge upward and chops as brisk? ly as if he really were working the right way instead of upside down. But the handsaws are the great curios of the collection. They are about as long as a butcher's cleaver aud the teeth are set with a slant toward the handle which is only a strong, round piece of ? ood bouud to thc saw with a fiber wrap. For all their implements seem but toys the men achieve surprising re? sults. They already have the founda? tions of the three Japanese temples ready for the upright columns and were busy yesterday assorting the fin? ishing material that was shipped from Japau to go in Co the superstructure. The working costumes of the men were as curious as their implements. A blue-colored cap with ear-mufflers, a heavy blouse over a tight titting shirt ; trousers that would do beauti? fully for bicycling, they fit so close ; felt or dolli shoes, some with flapping soles, and all devoid of heels-that is the garb of the laborer from chrysan? themum laud. Watching the Japanese at their work, one can understand why they captivate the foreigners who visit their country. With all the urgency of the contract, there is an amazing absence of foremen, of loud commands and violent impr?cation. The laborers move about as serenely as if it were a pleasure to work. When they address each other it is with an inflection of courtesy and good nature that would drive an American "boas*1 into frantic suspicion of an impending strike. While the artist was sketching some of the^men, the others quit work long enough to pass judgment on the sketches and then went back to sort? ing timbers as though such pauses were the Droner thing, eyen in a rush. -*-? A Whale and Her Calf. A Companion contributor, an old whaleman, says that he once saw a whale calf killed, and has no desire io repeat the experience. It was off the coast of Lower California. A whale had been ki.led and the boats were towing it toward the ship, when the men caught sight of a large cow whale with her calf, at the windward. The fourth officer cast off from the low and went in pursuit. The boat soon came up with the whale, but when the harpooner was just ready to strike, she became alarmed, and taking her calf between her fins, started with the sneed of a racc-horsc in the direction of ttie dead whale. As she neared it she slackened speed, and the calf swam in her wake. Presently the young ono seemed to get bewildered, rushing from one whale to the other, and soon, it broke water right beside the second mate's boat. AH hands had been cautioned ou no account to injure it, as sucha proceed- j ing would make the mother furious; but an Indian, seeing the creature so near, could not withstand the tempta? tion. Ile seizad a lance, and thc next i minute the calf s life-Mood spurted j ail over the boat. A few minutes more, and the youngster rolled over and died. The officer was still chiding thc In? dian, when the mother whale was Seen approaching her ofT-pring. Slow? er and '.lower she swam. Then i-he Jay still, while quiver after quiver was seen running through her body. In vain she tried to make the little one stickle. At last, in her despair, she pl ced her flukes under it and tossed it into the air. It tank and was seen no more. Ali this time the men had sat mo? tionless, watching the afl'octing scene. Now thev began to pull, lt was too late. Atter shooting out of the water for her full length and falling back again with a tremendous splash, thc mother made straight for the f?cond ! mate's bo:;*. The officer shouted to ? hi* tuen to jump for their lives. They I ob-yed, but the mate and the Indian I Stood at ! heir po?ls. The ?ex? instant the *rhnl/? lej>;-???l ! om ot the waj?r aud l?re\y herself I straight across thc boat. It was shiv-, ered into pieces, and the two men were instantly killed. By this time the crews of the other boats were leaping iuto the sea, iu* spite of their officers" commands. When the enraged creature broke water again, however, a lance thrown by the bomb-gun transfixed her. As she swain round and round in her death flurry she tried in vain to reach the dead whale. Then she rolled fin upward, and lay still. The men clambered into the boats again, and no doubt all felt, like oui contributor, that one such spectacle was enough for a lifetime.-[?"butb'i Companion. Fat's Use as a Food. Liebig taught that fat sp"lt up ic the body and thal the free carbon com? bined wwii the oxygen takeu in in rcs. pi ration to produce carbonic acid, and that it was by the *ct of respiratory combustion that Hie body heat wai maintained. Fatty f?o is were hence considered necessary as heat pro. dncers. Recent investigations, how. ever, show that though fat is spill up and combined with oxygen in the production of beat, especially- during muscular exercise, the process is ef? fected in thc tissues by the action of the cells, and not in tho lung", as fo - merry taught. The use of the fat is now regarded as three fold: 1. To maintain the body heat. In cool latitudes, where the body is subject to rapid cooling, fatty foods become a necessity, so that the carbon may bc easily supplied for combination with oxygen in consump? tion. Hence the Grecnlander con? sumes large quantities of blubber and oil. 2. To produce force. A muscu? lar tissue is only produced at the cost vf oxidation in the tissues; fat is rapidly burned off during exercise. If absent thc tissues themselves would be wasted!. 3. To prevent the use of albumen. A purely albuminous diet is wasteful, lt has been proved ex? perimentally that a smaii amount of meat food taken in consideration with bread and fat suffices to maintain the albuminous structures of the body better than exclusively lean meat diet. Fat stored in the body as adipose tissue is a bank on which the body may draw for supplies of energy and heat when required. It is stated that in the Franco-German war of 1870 the German Emperor, acting on the strongly expressed opinion of Ebstein that muscular fatigue could best be supported on fat, gave orders that each soldier should have served out to him 250 grammes of fat bacon. It is also a well-known fact that fat ani? mals bear deprivation of food better than thin ones.-[Pittsburg Dispatch. Travelled on a "Dead Man" Ticket. Live men can travel on railroad tickets calling for the transportation of a "corpse in a casket." The rail? roads have granted this prerogative without any fight The case in which the decision was made was that of Harry Knight of Denver. He was suffering from what was thought to be an incurable disease and waa brought to this city by his sister for treatment. On the advice of friends she bonght round-trip tickets, the re? turn portion of her brother's ticket be? ing made out; for a corpse. Instead of dying in this city Mr. Knight got well and went back to Denver with his sister. He insisted on travelling on the "dead man" ticket The con? ducir objected at hr st, but finally ac? cepted the slip under protest He re? ferred the matter to thc officials of the road and they decided Mr. Knight had a right to hin ride back to Denver. This action may have been influenced by the fact that the transportion for a corpse is double a first-class fare. [Chicago Post. Brothers In Congress? Not since the days of the vVash burns have there been brothers in the same Congress. History in this re? spect will repeat itself next year. Senator Cockrell, of Missouri, will enter upon his fourth term, and at the same time his brother, Represen? tative Cockrell, of Texas, will begiu his first term. The Senator is the youngest of the brothers by two and a half years. But he has eighteen years thc 6tartof the Texan in Wash? ington life. Both were Confederates from the beginning to the end of the war. Both attained the responsibility of the command of brigades. The el? der Cockrell directed the famous battle cf Lone Jack.-[St Louis Globe-Democrat. A Dog That Fares Sumptuously* Thc late Duke of Marlborough, so the story goes, did not like dogs, and when he married Mrs. Hammersley, who had a pet pug, it was decided that the animal, who was getting old, should be left behind in the States and "boarded out." Some fifteen hundred dollars were spent annually on the dog, whose home is in Phila? delphia. It is, according to a locat paper, bathed every other day in hot milk and fed with chopped steak. It wears a blanket out-of-doors. Its kennel has divisions for sleeping, eat? ing and bathing, thc sides being glass. - [Argonaut The Ages of Various Birds. Herr Weizmann, a distinguished German biologist, has pointed out that the average duration of the life of birds is hy no means well known. Small singing birds live from 8 to 18 yea s. Ravens have lived for 100 vears and parrots still longer ia cap tivny. Fowls ?ive from 10 to 20 years. The wild goose live? over 100 years, and swan? ire ?aid to have at I ai ned the ?ge of ;500. The long Hf? of birds has been regarded as compet? ?'iM'm for their lack of fertility and .he g.eai tn or tali, y of thur youi?,v, ? iv