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AGE fs Sunday er at one consent re xiv., 18. are sent oat apologize >und, another of the regrets teats. So in was spread, the in " ii now the re? es an agricuitu dealer's reason, ?all poorrea reason bains: that rm and wanted to ^eit the next day? ~ . being that ho had _ ?nd he wanted to Se J?kd no business to 'hat they were, "can "own five yoke his own time. Re? ive yoked two of them f? them on the way to locomotion was not now. The man who "reasc said he m He oc^at ? to have a iim. The fact was they .?vAo i they ail with one excuse." So now [net; it is the gospel across the hem? ont and mu' and drink ont of ?ve. while other mol? le one giving this giving that apology, consent besan to '3. ?toposa this morning; so me, to examine the i make for not entering I am not sore there is the. Christian re* m has made roricL How >w many pil? che midnight >a struck Sa gardens of the [the chapped sea! .sane streaming clou i wrack; 1er it hath gathered tmaei; what manna seed it nat h dropped of hardly bestead pi i it hath sent outline :eep the lamps-barning il Through the darkness ^sepulchre, what flashes religion has made so \i brought Summerfield, the the Atlantic Ocean with to blow the acceptable .until it Scemsl as if all would take the king? ly violence. It sent Je Africa alone, m a conti rians, to litt the sfian id Christianity. It 'among poets, Raphael ^hristopaer Wren among "Vaidsea among- sempcofs,. ians, Dupont among and to give new ?narton. and better bal? ls, and more determina and greater useiumess !3er nobility to the sou I, ail the earth like our ion! Why, them, all ?re deceived when in their ejr thought they saw the 1; and your child, that iojoy you put away into l nerrer- see hi a again. toice, nor reel tuc throb Th are is nothing in re 1 come ?oon you. Roll f follow. So relief. Tba *he. night may be ! ba 4iarp, No relief, the sick room. L:-c "fever barn. Curse in religion! will ot the pale horse ocTtue spirit will ba brea<cingaw&v and it will take flight 5 T?tere is no God" no ito conduct, no Chris?-, no Nothing in religion? .not willing to adopt theory. And yet skeptic?. And >H.?* class of ,?Sjp?e for "^Zopafchy than for Know how to treat 'shea), we caricature ?taking them by the ^ love, clutch them IfoyjfP^iesaasticism. Ob, f& en had fallen away jirelcome skeptics you Q&fX on them. Some [of o ^es where religion to? tnt wretched day in te?gioa was drrven 1er. They had a ings. They were catechisms. They mts that they were tt ever lived because >??a hill better than to ^gress." They never ta'fc of religion tut with mouths drawn down ?skepticism through mal K>art of some who pro ?rra is a man who says. ^Ft?feii ness was voluble in B^flfe^ was officious in ail K cheated me out of K^aht:UDy of that re' ff?re o^^? Sot into skepticism ?^^??^rai peace m asking questions f^TfcoW w can God be one being HP^rsci-^y cannot understand ^^^B^fcfi?r^?iow can God be acorn ??e yet man a frea agent? ?1J^*$and it Neither can I. ?^^?^d why a holy Gol ?^?^V^01*^- Neither eau I. Bis h$great mystery. Hera ? ^oiepo, frivolous and goi B*ae*.';b h ves on to be au octo B-iS?&Christian motb<?r tram ? md ?r God ant for heaven, Hp eofrristike, indis pen-a de HHj^?^3*vi0U3eaold-she ta kes the H^Hfc^W^beskeptic says, "i can't iPj^i^er can ?. Bfc? >n reason themsalves Bfl-cA?"^ burma.' feet i have BvfcS * I know waat it is Ky ybhi=; auliencd >. ao mtf< is o? dollars if -.hey K. ^ 1 religion of their ?^.^?rre not to be carica lu^H^ Bct through ?ieir hearts. When ?pe into the kingdom ?.th far more to the Mthose who never ex? Bfe^ ot Christianity. K a skeptic; Rooert Bri s tm as JSvans once Hy did lay hold of Bthey made it speed ^^^^moming before H?L^EBOB^-^^^^-^ those ^K^i^was hot. and w^ h3ni loo? ? In dust soothed your chains, and ??L vott will never hear a*aic Kvn her in the better country H!^^mind-you would b* better K? ,-*bv that dvm- ??nc b' wcer' KrfVo Sow-iy. ?*tcQ?n~ h9r breath pthV words- >>v all those niernorie? I ri^vTa berfer t)Tei by tbs wonnd? LvS* throe*of the Son of God, who , . ?roa ti?is tc-orning withtofn brow j bands and whinne/back erv- j **Come ^rj??m^-'?i ~.ve you rest. Tj?f??t?d?^?E&z za for not .enterin B-^au- ?? of the iucorrigi Kx*. Now, wa admit it is BHtfB BP'0 *? become ( riii ^ra-? o: God never Bf. a tin: it couM not climb. wME^Kti'- coutdn^t fathom^or ^^^?BB^i: co^-d uo: |fc^jpa-oi Arabian san *.: ?Tan i. trac A, Tue mad- j ?r fr-':i rnonataiu Bhgi-- r- the miil ?Lsi-:ia^ a thou- : HBBB ?fi-^IAand i illwBiEw^^BBBfc^80^out cui BB Bl. s?nds -- - Good resolution, reformatory effort, w not effect the chance. Ic takes a mighti irai and a mightier hand to bani ei labics than the hand that bent the bow fJiy^sas, and it takes a stronger lasso tic ^ver held the buffalo on the prairie; A mi e innot go forth with any huma? Wea po: i mt contend successfully against the Citaos armed with uptom mountain?; Bi von have known men into waose spirit tl influence of the gospel of Christ came lint :hsir disposition was entirely changed.. S :t was with two merchants id Kew Yorl They were very antagonistic. Tney ha lone all they could to injure each othe: i They were m the same line of business. Or of the merchants was converted to Go< tiaving been, converted, he asked the Loi co teach bim how to bear himself towal chat business antagonist, au i ha was ip pressed with the fact that it was his ddt *hen a customer asked for a certain kind c i03is which he had not, but which he kae^ his opponent had, to reco.nmen i him to g rJO that store. I suppose that is about th hardest thing the man could do, but bain thoroughly converta i to Go i he resolve i t vio that very thing, and Oeing asked for certain kind of goods which he had not h sart, "You ?-o to such and such a. store an von will get it." After awhile merchan 2so. 2 found these customer;, coming s <e:)t, and he found also that merchant ho. .lad oeen brought to God, and he sought th sams religion. Now they are good friend ind good neighbors, the grace of God en tirely changing their disposition. "Oh," says some one, "I have a rough jagged, impetuous nature, and religion, can' to anything for m?." Do you know tha Martin Luther and Robert Newton an Richard Btxcer were impetuous all cor suming natures, yet the gr ac 3 of (rod turne hem into the mightiest usefulness? Ob aow many who hava beea pugnacious an aard to please and irascible and more both ?rai about the mote ia their neighbor's ey chan about tha beam like ship timber i their own eye hava baan entirely change >y the grace of God and have found ou hst "godliness is proitable for tae hie tba aow is as. well as for tao life which is t come!" Peter, with nature tempestuous as the se: chat he once tried to walk, at one look o .-hrist went out and wept bitterly. Ric: harvests of grace may grow on the tiptop o che jagged steep, and flocks of Christiai graces may fiai pasturage ia fields of bram >Ie and rock. Though your disposition maj je ali a-briscie with fretfulness,* though yoi uava a temper a-gleim with quick light uiu^s, though your avarica ba lise that ol che Uorse-lee^h, crying, "Give I" thougfc tamaable impurities have wrapped you in a: I consuming fire. God can drive that devi] >ut of your sou?, and over the chaos and th darkness He caa say, 'Lat there be light.' Converting grace has lifted the druasarc rom the ditch and snatched the knife from "he hand of the assassin and the false key: rom the burglar; and in the pestiferous anas of the city mst the daughtar of sin radar tbe dim lamplight and scattered her sorrow and har guilt wich tae words, 'Thy -ms are forgiven-* ;o and sin no more," For .?carlee sin a sciriet atonement. Ocher persons apologiza for not entering she Christioa life bacause of the inconsisten? cies of those who profese religion. There are -aonsancs of poor farmers. They do not enow the nitare of soil nor tba propar rota? ion of crops. Thair corn is shorter in the <ia.lk and smaller in the ear. Tuey have ten e s bushels to the acre than their neighbors. ?ut who declines being a farmer because ?.nere are so many poor farmers; There are thousands ot' incompetent mer? chants. They buy at the wrong time. The? .et cheated in the sale of their goods. Every jaie o? goods is to them disaster? They f ai! *fter a waile and go out ot business. " Bat who declines to oe a merchant because .here are so many incompetent merchants! l here are thousands ot' poor lawyers. They ? eanaoc draw a declaration that will stand I che test They c innot recover just dam j ages. They cannot help a d?fendent escape [ .rom the injustice of his persecutors. They ! ire the worst evidence against any casein ! which they are retained. But who declines :o be a lawyer bacause there are so many incompetent lawyers? Yet there are tens oz thousands of people who decline being re? ligious because there are so many unworthy Christians. Now. I say it is illogical. Poor awyers are nothing against jurisprudence, poor physicians are nothing against medi? cine, poor farmers are nothing against agri? culture, and mean, contemptible professors O- rei?g;;on ar? nothing against our glorious Christianity Sometimes you have been riding along on a summer night by a swamp, anl you have seen lights that kindled over decayed vege? tation- lights which are called jack-o'-laa ;ern or will-o'-the-wisp. These lights are merely poisonous miasmata. My friends, on your way to heaven you will want a boiter Lxudafcons from poisonous * ^Jf 0Ur neighbor's garden wiiJ^-a very poor baicj for our wojji^*^ Sickness w^coo?, and we will b9 pushed Out ?oward the Red Sea which divides this I world from the next, and not the incon sLsiency of Christians but the rod of faith will wave back the waters as a commander wheals his host. The judgment will come with its thundershod solemnities, attended by bursting mountains and the deep laugh ot earthquake?, and suns will fly before the feet of God like sparks from the anvil, aud 10,030 burning worlds shall biaza like ban? ners in tbe track of God omnipotent. Oh, then we will stop and say, "There was a mean Christian; there was a cowardly Christian; there was an impure Christian." In that day as now, "If thou be wise, thou suait be wise for thyself, but if thou scora est thou alone shall bear it." Why, my brother, the inconsistancy of Christians so far from being an argument to keep you away from God ought to be an argument to drive you to Him. The?best place for a skill? ful doctor is a neighborhood where they are all poor doctors; the best place for an enter? prising merchant to open his store is in a placa where the bargain makers do not un? derstand their business, and the best place 'or you who want to become the illustrious and complete Christians-the best place for you is to come right down among us who are so incompetent and so inconsistent some? times. Other persons apologize for not becoming Christians because they lack time, as though religion muddled the brain of the account? ant, or tripped the pen o' the author, or thickened the tongue of the orator., or wea^:-. ened the arm of the meehan rc, or scattered the briefs of the lawyer, or interrupted the sales of the n.erchait. They bolt their store doors azainst it and fight it back with trowels and with yard sticks and cry, "Awav with your relieion from our store, our office, our factory ? Thev do not understand that religion in this workaday world will help you to do j an> thing you ouzht to do. It can lay a ! kee], it can sail a ship, it can buy a cargo, it can work a pullev, it can pave a street, it can fit a wristband, it cm write a constitu- ] rion, it cvn marsha t a host. It is as apero- 1 priate to the astronomer as his telescope, to j the chemist as his laboratory, to the mason, j as his rdumbline. to the carpenter as hi* plane, to the child as his marbles, to the? grandfather as his staff. No time to be religious here! You have no time not to be religious. You might as well have no clerks in your store, no books in your librar r. no compass on your shiD. no rifle in the battle, no hat for your bead, no coat for your back, no shoes r or your feet. Better travel on toward eternity bare headed and bare footed, and houseless and bomeles?, and friendless, than go through life without religion. Did religion make Raleigh any les?; of a statesman, or Havelock any less of a FO* dier. or Grinuell any less of a merchant, o:* West any less of a painter? Religion is tne best security in everv bargain, it is tha sweetest not? tn everv song, it is the brizht estirem ic every coronet. No time to !>a re? ligions! Why, you wiil have to take time to be sick, to be troub'ej, to die. Our world is only tha wharf from wbic'i we are to embark for heaven. No ti ue to secare? che friendship of Christ. No time t^ bara lamo and trim it for that walk through th? darkness which otherwise will be illumine I tnly by the whiteness of th* tombstone*. N'otimeto e lucite the eye for heaveolv splendors, or the han 1 for choral harp?, or :he ear for everlasting songs, or the sou: f ?r lonor, glory an i immortality. Ona would :hink we had tim? for nothing e'.s*>. Other persons apologize for not entering :he Christian life because it is time enough . ret. That is very like those persons wno ?end their regrets and siv: "I will come in perhaps ac lt or i J o'clock. ? will int ba ibere at the opening of the banquet, bu* I ?viii be there at the close/* Not vet ! Not ret! Now, I do not give any doleful view of ;his life. There is nothing in my nature, lothin^r in the grace o: G:>d, tha* tends tc - varJ a doleful view of bumin life. 1 have lot much sympathy with A Idison's doser? p ion of the "Vision of Mirza." where he rep- j .esents human life as being a bridge or a j sundred arches, and both en is of the ?ridge j ;overed with clouds, an 1 the race Coming; ? >n, the most ot' them falling down through ? ?he first span, and all of them falling down ? :hrough the last spau. It is a very dismal j .icture. I have uoc much sympathy with ! he Span i s ii proverb which say?, "Tba sky ' s good? and the earth is good-that which ; s bad is between the eart'i ?ii I the sky." j But while we G^1' 'tjan people are bou a I :o take a cheer/* A.'ot life we muse a:-?> ?onfessthat llt^ ' . 'j'^ajjun-rertainty. aud \ ;hat man jr ' >^^5^t?Sjbecjaie a the brakes; Oh, my friend?, be not among those who give their whole life to the world and then give their corpse to God. lt does not seem fail* while our pulses are in f?ll play of health that we serve our? selves and serve the world and thea make God at last the present of a coffiu;. It does hot seen! right that We run our ship from coast td coast, carrying cargoes for ourselves, and then Whefi the Ship is crushed on the rocks give to God the shivered timbers; It is ? great thing fdr a man on his dying pil? low to repent-better thaii never at all-but how much better, how much more generous, it would have been if he had repented fifty years before I My friend?, you will never get over these procrastinations. Here is a delusion." People think, "I cari go on in sin and worldliness, but after awhile 1 will repant; an 1 thea it will he as though Ihact come at th 2 very starr," That is a delusion. No ona ever gets fully over pro? crastination. If you give your soul to God, some other time than this,. you will enter heaven with only half the capacity for en? joyment aDd knowledge you migh" have had. There will ba heights of blessedness you might have attained, you will never reach; thrones of glory on which voir, might have been seated, but which you will never climb. We will never get over pro? crastination, neither ia tima nor ia eter? nity. We have started on a march from which there is no retreat. Toe shad; ows of eternity gather on our path? way. How insiguificin*- is time conparei with the vast eternity 1 I was thinking of this while coming down over the AUeghany Mountains at noon, by that wonderful place which you have all heard described as ths Horsehoa-a depression in the side ot the mountain whare the train almost ^tur us backs again upon itself, and you see how appro? priate is tha description of the Horseshoe and thinking on this very theme and prepar? ing this very sermon it seamed to ma as if the great courser of eternity speeding along had just struck the mountain with one hoof and gone into illimitable space. So short is time, so insignificant is earth, compared with the vast eternity 1 This morning voices roll down the sky, and all tha worlds of light ara ready to re? joice at your disenthrall oient. Bush not into the presence of the King ragged with sin when you may have this robe of right? eousness. Dash not your foot to pieces ?Against the throne of a crucified Christ. Throw not your crown of lite off tba battle? ments. All the scribes of God are this mo? ment ready with volumes of living liglit to recc-"d th?1 news of vour soul emaneio?ted. PROMINENT PEOPLE. HERB KRUPP, the Germau gun maker, has an income of over ?1,000,000. ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL Max WELII was a devoted fireman in his younger days. JOHN C. ROCKEFELLER, the millionaire oil magnate, is a great advocate ot' physical exercise; THE Duke of Oporto, brother of the Kin 5 bf Portugal, is one of the finest Sula players in the world. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE (who took her first name from the city of fer birth) is seventy-three years old. JOSIAH QUINCY, the Assistant Secretary of State, is a strong believer in cremation as a means of disposing of tha human dead. LORD SHANNON, of England, is known among his friends as tha "Cowboy Peer." Before his succession to tba title he served on a ranch in Manitoba. PRTNCS ROLAND BONAPARTE, who is de? voted to science, is going to make a study of the Indians o? Mew Mexico and Colorado during his World's Fair visit. THE heir apparent of tha British throne, Prince George of York, has paid a visit to Rome, and has complimented both the King of Italy and tba Pope with a call. ALBERT B. OSBORNE, Mayor of Corry, Penn., is but twenty-six years old and the youngest Mayor J any city in Pennsyl? vania, or prooably in the United Statas* THE highest sa'ary drawn by a diplomat? ist is that of M. Waddinztoo, tha French Ambassador to LondoD. Sis salary is $50, 000 a year, besides which he has a large private income. CLARA MORRIS, the actress, has ac? cepted an invitation from th? World's Con? gress of Representative Women at the World's Fair to speak oa the subject, 'Women on the Stage." M. 7'jRPix, the inventor of melinite, begged tor one n.ora night in jail, when he was recently released from a French prison under pardon? He was busy writing a sci? entific treatise and wanted to finish the chapt?- ?e^gsengagei on. -(^?fc?fi?,^^^^uKic?l. C.^rk'l?itTTe^?nsion Office, at Washington, has returned to work after an absence of overa year. He is ninety years old and has been in the de? partment for forty year's. He is an authority on the history of soldiers in the Revolutionary War. THERE died in Jamaica, Long Island, N. Y., a few days ago Thomas J. Wayne, grandnephew of "Mad Anthony," who hore a striking resembance to that Revolutionary general. Mr. Wayne was ninety-two years old and is sur ved by his third wife, whom he married six years ago. LADY ABERDEEN a few days ago made an excursion by moonlight to Blarney, and there, by candle light, kissed the "Blarney stone" in order to qualify herself before go? ing out to the Irish village at the Chicago exhibition, where sha is to be "at home" most of the time in a cottage. THE twin brothers, Darius and Cyrus Cobb, of Boston, who are fifty-nine years old. look so much alike that their own chil? dren often mistake them. They married sisters. Darius is a sculptor and Ovrus is a painter. William Huut, the artist, once styled them "Serious" and "Delirious." GOVERNOR JOHN E. OSBORNE, of Wyom? ing, is the youugest Governor in the United States. He is only thirty-four, a doctor by profession, very gool looking, of pleasing address, and went from Vermont to the West some fourteen years ago, tuough a na? tive of New York. In his gubernatorial race he carried every county ia tha State, save one. THE -ate Doctor Andrew Peabody, of Harvard, according to Doctor Edward Everett Hale, was looking over some ac? cumulated papers one day, when he discov? ered tnat he was $40,000 richer tuan he was the year before. Thereupon he wrote to the assessors of Cambridge, Mass., ashing those officials to impose a tax on his proparty accordingly. More Earthquakes at Zanii. Advices from Athens, Greece, stale that Zante was again shaken by a se? vere earthquake Tuesday night. Slight disturbances were felt almost hourly. At noon Wednesday another violent shock caused a repetition of thc recent pan? ics. The historic house- of the Poets Fose?lo, Salomos and others were tum? bled into ruins. The telegraph office was partly wrecked. The main section of the building still stands, however, and the clerks remain at their posts. The harbor was thrown into violent commotion and enormous waves broke over the water front. To Preserve Flowers. To preserve flowers, carefully dip them, while fresh, in a perfectly limpid uum water. Allow them to drain for two or three minutes, then arrange ?11 a vase or i,rl;iss\ The gums forms a com? plete coating over thc stems and pebils, preserving the shape and colors long after they have become dry.-[Detroit Free Press. Snow in Kew York and Ohio. A New York special oi Saturday says: Snow has been falling fast in the middle section of the state since midnight. At Rochester the snow was heavy and a strong wind prevailed. Another dis? patch from Cleveland, O., says: A heavy and blinding snow storm h;i3 pre? vailed throughout northwestern Ohio since early Friday evening. Dazcy Did it All. A Nashville special cf Sunday says: J. P. Dobbins, of the defunct firm of Dobbins & Dazey, states th;tt the report is in error that he has at any time stated ihat he exonerated his partner, George A. Dazev, of the blame of wrecking the :irm. Mr. D izey, he claim:?, has ?-tated io Mr. Dobbius and to others that he \b>ue is responsible for the firm's losses. Defaulted and Died. Jobu Schardf, the defaulting cashiei of the Mechanics' Savings Bank and Trust Company, of Nashville, Tenn., died Mond?y ??o'?u congestion ol the Get Ont the Way. I climbed the hill one wintry day, And mused my meditative way. And lost in various thought profound. Oblivions to all arouud, I heard a shout ring loud and clear And smite in terror on my ear. A shout that Siled mevwith dismay, 4 {f??? Mister, there! Get oat the wayP 1 looked and saw there in my road A double-runner with its load Of shouting; laughing, hooting boys A solid freight of solid noise. "Hi ! Mister, there! Get out the way'" A most undiplomatic bray, A bold command without the stress Of any corteous finesse. I did not make a long delay But I-well, I "got out the way.'* My first thought was" not one of peace, But one of vengeance and polic?; But then those boys, I thought agaid, Are like ali other son? of men, All niount their sleds and shout ?ach day? "Hi! Mister, there! Get out the way!'' We have ambitions shod with steel; Too swift to see, too hard to feel. We mount them in the hope to glide Down destiny's steep mountain side. And lightning-swift through frosty gleam* Dart these fast ruuners of our dreanis; And loud we shout, a raucous bray, "Hi ! Mister there ! Get out the way ?" "We do not turn our coasters back But warn all people off the track, We claim an unimpeded slope Down all the highways of our hope: So, that our double-runners glide; Let other men find room one side; And they can stand there in the snow And have the fun to see us so. And so we shout day after day, "Hi ! Mister, there! Get out the way !" And so I stood there in the snow And watched the boys glide far below, And swift my thoughts were thoughts of peace I had no use for the police. Do I not shout myself each day "Hi! Mister, there! Get out the way!" -[Sam. W. Foss, in Yankee Blade. HER DOUBLE GIFT, BY LAURA LAXSFELDT. "A lady wishes to see you, sir," laid the staid man servant to Dr. Hail. It was past 10 at night, and the physi? cian looked up in some surprise. "Show the lady in, please/1 he said, and rose as a slim young fignre*glided into thc room. Her face was covered with a veil ; her garments were black. She came forward quickly. ?.You are Dr. Hall?" she said. "Yes, I am. May I ask-" ?.I will not keep you many min? utes,17 she said; her manner was agi? tated, her voice almost trembled. ..You have a patient in your care Mr. Deveraux." A little distantly Dr. Hall said again-"Yes.*7 The girl-she was plainly no more suddenly threw back her veil, reveal? ing a pale, lovely face, with delicate features. "You want to know who I am,11 she said, "and by what right I ask these questions. I have no right, but I beg of your mercy that you will an 'aw'fii'-fngr-JJigjird of lus^illness--that you almost give him up. Is that true?" "Yes it is," said the doctor, gently. "My name is Dorothy Clifford,1' said thc girl. A flush swept over her cheek as the doctor gave a little start. "Yon know my name?" she faltered. "From my patient,"' said Dr. Hall; "nothing he has told me-simply the name he has repeated unconsciously." 'Then perhaps you guess," she said in low voice. "I am lhat Dorothy he speaks of. A year ago we were lovers -engaged. I thought 1 had reason to accuse him of unfaith. We parted.'' "Ah," said the doctor, "I knew there was some cause for this break? down besides thc frightful hardships he has been through in America. Do you want me to let you see him?" "No-no-! I want you to tell mc if he must die-if it is true that there is but one chance for him-".fl can give him that chancj! It was all my fault, doctor! He was true; it was my madness that parted us. You must let me atone-give my life for his if need be; but he must not know who has saved him!" "Do you know what his one chance ls?" said the doctor, gravely. "A dangerous operation rarely practiced -dangerous to both the persons oper? ated upon-what we call transfusion of blood." "I will run the risk,*1 said Doro? thy,, with her eyes flashing. "I broke his heart-1 sent him into those hard? ships that have shattered his health! I will give him my health-my life! Esric need not know" "My poor child," said the physi- | cian, in deep pity, *<he will know nothing-he is almost unconscious but I have doubts about this" The doctor slightly shook Iii-? Lead he did not think his patient was a man likely to mend a broken life in that easy fashion. But ho heard ali the girl had lo urge and questioned her in his turn. Thc girl pleaded frantically with sobs and tears, and at Inst Dr. Hail consented. Thc patient himself knew nothing about it; he lay in the lethargy that precedes death and was only faintly coii?cioiB at intervals. There was very little chance that he would bc aware of Dorothy's provence in his room. Indeed, when she entered i1 she stood by his side for a full minute without bia stirring. The girl her? bei f seemed scarcely to feel at all. Before her, senseless, dying, lay the man she had loved passionately through ait her angry mistrust and injustice; yet never a quiver came over her beautiful face. She went through the painful oper? ation vviihou! a murmur-nay, with an exultant -mile. Iva ch drop ol' her b'ood Iran-fused into 1 be veins of thc dving man v.;: s so much towards i atonement. "Siiti living,'' was Ur.' doctor's re- j port to Dorothy I he next day; and he j went ba^k lo Devrcaux, at whose side j ? jd most lived. The woman, healthy, | who, besides anguish of soiil, ha durcd enough cold and faniin shatter a less tine constitution, 6 gled painfully with death, thoug did not care for life. Then life conquered. "But all she has done him a cruel kindn thought the physician. ""What life to give him?" "So we are not going to lose yet," he said, cheerfully, corning the young man's bedside one n ing DoVcreux's only answer to promise of life was to look np v. ?ind face with eyes full of pain. 1 ?Don't you care to live?" 6aid doctor, huskily. Devereux silently turned his away. They wandered over thc 1 as if they sought something. Au feeling crept into the doctor's heai '.-What is it you want-or is it yo? miss something?*' he said, "Nothing/' Devereux m Ur mu but constantly the doctor detected searching. Wistful glance. Ile b< to riiidgrstand; Thc yottng man g stronger ht spite of hi? apathy physical need of life' triumphed $ one day he began to ask questh What had he talked about when was delirious? Who had been 1 him-only thc doctor and ?he nura "No one else, dud we don't nc sick people's chatter," said Dr B smiling. "I thought there was sonic" else," said Devereux, with a ti "perhaps it was a dream.'1 "I dare say. Who did you dr? of?" "She was here-I felt her. I d< think it was a dream. Doctor," J ]ng himself and looking cager, "; don't answer mc- did she come?' "HushI" said tho doctor, soothi ly. "Yes; she was here-Doro Clifford." j "1 knew it! I knew it.T Dc i roux whispered, trembling like I child. *fDid she come to say go i by?" "Devereux," said thc doctor, ! made her promise, and 1 dare break it; I cannot answer you; that question to her." ..She will not come," Devore j said hopelessly. i "She will-1 know thc whole stor never miud how. I Will send i i her; you shall ask her that questh You are pnzz ed. Well, siecp now you can-I will wake you when bring her." Devereux, too weak or anything! mute wonder, obeyed. The doci left ihe house and drove rapidly Dorothy CliiFord. She thought he li come to give his daily report. "He goes on slowly but well," j Dr. Hall. "I have como to fetch y to him." "IT' She stal led back, cri meo quivering, "impossible 1 You ha not told him?'* "You must conic," said the doctc ^eni|y>_^I JjaveJLold hi?"? nothing somehow .he has foutul^ulTj?? -parjV^ She went to get ready, sat silent the carriage, and crept upstairs b hind thc doctor like a guilty thing, the sick room. Devereux was lyh back among the pillows, looking the two as they came into thc room. Mute, with bowed head, thc worn: stood beside the man she had wronge? She waited for him to speak. "Dorothy!" he whithered. Si trembled. ..Pat your hand in mine," he sah "Kneel down, so that I can see you; have only a question to a<k." She obeyed-knelt down and pt her hand in his, bending her bea lower than before. "You came before-days ago, Devereux said, in slow, half haltin tones; "when (hey said Twas dying 1 kew you were here. Why did yoi come?" She flushed scarlet. ..To save your life," she 6ayJ. "You! you saved it!" She turned her head aside; her dr lips moved mechanically. "It was your one chance. Now le me go. You bade mc come, and came-answer you, and 1 obeyed, have had enough of torture-let m ? go-" "Darling, come to mc." 1 Thc strength of a child in his clasp but she yielded to it helplessly. Sin cried silent, passionate tears, and hi kissed thom away, and hushed hci prayers for pardon. .?How can I forgive?" he whispered. "You have given of your life to sav< mine. You have atoned, ivis* nu and stay with mc now and forever.' ****** "Doctor,'1 said Devereux, an hom later, "I do want to live now." "Ah! I thought you would. I kept j my promise, didn't I?" "Yes. God bless you for all your I kindness." j "Oh, that's nothing. Now will you ( try and sleep?*1 j "Promise you will give my bride to me when thc time comes." "You dear, grateful fellow,with all my heal l J'1 And so he did before long and sent thc two away together to bc?rin the life thor had so nearie missed. - [N. Y. Advertiser. Two Sorts of Men May Laugh Wei!. A prominent Wall street banker and broker, who i? reputed to be worth about ten millions, walked from his private cilice the other morning into the outer room, where was gathered a number of his- friends and customers. Ile was laughing 60 heartily that his cheeks were highly flushed, and ?he menv peals echoed and re-echoed through the room. Everybody turned io look at him, and every other fare but one wore a sympathetic smile. ! The singlo exception looked very j grave, aiid watched the morry broker j with iiitfcuGncss. When the. hanker'* I laughter liad ceased ho went back into j his oftiee, and tho grave mau said to a ^^mpa^ion '.Ho laughs heartily,- ?oes he ?es, it is" easy for him to L whereas it is* very hard for others. There are two kinds of who thoroughly understand am prec?ate laughter, in whom this pression of merriment is spontan light-hearted, and without a" ting the sarcastic or bitter. One kiu thc rich, successful men who are youd ordinary cares and harassm and have learned to enjoy the p of wealth. They can turn from annoyance or grief to the contci tion of their success and bc h ti The other kind includes those rar ings wiio arc poor and don't alt* to get rich. Thc plantation negi a type of this class, and occasion one encounters a white man wh imbued with thc spirit of thc pro1 .As we journey through ii fe, l< live by the way.' But I must sa; rich man's laughter sounds much ; musical in my cars. Thc poor n contains a little dc li an ce and leek res*, no inaner how .?sincere it h. seems to say, 'Well, what of it? poor, but wiio cares?' Thc rich n merriment, on thc contrary, U from anything objectionable. It rios with it an intimation or po and if there is a suggestion of sui in if, is that an objection? Who w not like to drink so deep from i cup of pleasure as to make pica lose its novelty? Wouldn't w like to try it? 1 think so. I only that I may laugh like tho rich n secure that my merriment today not be soured by reveries tomorro -[New York Sun. Grant Had X? Ear for Music. General Ulysses S. Grant was n< musician, but he took a certain deg of pride in being able to distingi two tunes from all thal he ever het He frequently remarked that he nc failed lo rcco/uiz; "Old Huudr and "Yankee Doodie.*1 In the spring of 1880 General Mrs. Grant were in Galena, ill., oe pying the house which Mrs. Gr still owns. On April 27, thc iii j ninth birthday of Grant, a number j his townsmen, in recognition cf I event, gathered at Lis home lo ti ! him to a serenade and wish him "mt happy return?." The local band V called upon to furnish tho hui! Tito visitors and baud assembled the front yard and thc lan cr opei the serenade with its usual openi melody, "Tuc Girl ILef; BehindaM ? General Grant appeared on thc v ? anda, where he stood resignedly ni ! ihe musicians had blown out th i j customary three airs. Then he st< j ped forward and heartily welcom the crowd, at the same time inviti I the people inside, where they wt j cordially gr. eted by Mrs. Grant. J hour was delightfully spent. One the party apologized for (he quality Ihe music which the baud had fi I nislied. The general's reply wa "You might as well have serenad -Hie .with tin pans, as far as I am co cerned, "as i- kn^w less about mus than anything else I can think of. j know, of course, 'hat your bai played 'Yankee Doodle' for its ope lng piece, but whether it play? artistically or not I am not able judge." Further apologies were not dccm< necessary, nor did bis friend enlighk j him that his uncultivated ear had mi j taken ''The Girl I Left Behind M< j for one of thc two airs which 1 never failed lo recognize. - [Chicas Herald. Senator Morgan's First Case. Senator Morgan of Alabama a tributes his snccess in life to an ace dent. When he started out in h native town to practice law he coul not get a case, and was on thc verg j of starvation. He decided to go t j Texas and grow up with the country ? packed his trunk, locked his oMc j door and stepped into thc street, wher j lie jiuund him-elf face to face with countryman, who was looking at th signs. "Say, stranger,1' thc farmer asked "kin you tell me if thar's a feile 'bout veres named Morgan, Jobi Morgan?1" .'That is my name, sir," Mr. Mor gan replied, pausing in his flight. "Air you in er hurry, young man?' "Tm just oil to Texas." "Texas eh? Can't Texas wait t day or two? I ve got er case I wan looked after au' 1 kinder thought you't j do lhe job."' j The prospect of having a case a ? last was sufficient to cause thc young i lawyer to turn back and herir what j the farmer had to say. It had some? thing to do with the recovery of s piece of land. "1 look it up and won it," said the ?Senator, in recounting the incident, "and from that day to this have never known what it was to want a dollar." At (?rent Distances. Observant anti far-sighted persons distinguish at meat distances a mau from a woman, not by dross, face or fi?rure, bul by movements. The mo ! tiona of the most graceful of men aro j ungainly when compared with the sin? uous lines that most women instinct? ively assume. It often happens that a single motion of a distant ligure, and especially a motion of the arms above thc head, will instantly determine for a trained observer the sex of thc per i son. If anyone doubts this, let him J note thc awkward, windmill-UK? per? I formancc of a man arranging his hair, : .-uni the graceful curves and deft j touches with wfrith a woman aceo?i? pantes the same thing.--[Xew Yoru Sun. lu lbC-l there were 1 Jrt7 soldiers in ? English pris MIS: in li?!)! there were 1 it?, and on Dec 'Xl lust there, wer? bul -1. Last year not one soldier was iMMiced lo {.HHinl servitude. The expulsions for misondnct have de j -leased since 188b from 202v" to 1590. LOFTY RAILROADS. The Highest in the World Crosses the Andes. Nearly Three Mil?s Above the Level of the Sea. Tho highest point attained by a rail? road in the United States is in the Rocky mountains, 9027 feet above the sea. Trains on the Calloa-Oroya line iu Peru are now ascending to a height as far above this great elevation as the total height of Mount "Washington. In other words, when a train on the Oroya line enters the Galera tunnel to cross from thc western to the eastern s!o? e of- thc Cordilleras it is more than a mile higher above thc sea than the loftiest bit of railroad track in this country. Some stretches of track in Mexico arc also higher than any rail? road in thc United ?States. At present the Galera tunnel is the highest elevation attained by any rail? road in thc world. Some months ago the Sun reported that this wonderful Oroya railroad had at last crossed the Andes. It was on September 28ih last that the fiivt train from Callao passed through the tunnel to the eastern side ot the mountains. Twenty years elapsed after the line was starked at the sea before the Cordilleras were conquered, and trains have scarcely a foot of level grade for 106 mUes until they pull into the Galera tunnel, 15.638 feet above thc sea, and emerge upon the eastern face of the Andes. If this were not the loftiest tunnel in thc world it would stiil be con? spicuous as a specimen of railroad construction. It was driven throngh thc rock a distaucc of 3855 feet If a train happens to stop in tho tunnel, passengers can hear water from the vaulted roof pattering on tiiecar fops. Thc inciting snow that crowns the mountain summit above it filters through to the excavation. Two chan? nels are cut in the rock to carry the water ont of the tunnel. One of them leads to the head stream of an Amazon tributary and the Atlantic; thc other to the Rimac River and thc Pacific. It is doubtful if any other railroad for general traffic will ever be carried to so great an elevation. The surveys for Hie Pan-American railroad do not thus far indicate elevations at all ap? proaching that of the Oroya line. It wiil be necessary here and there to pass from one valley to another sep? arated by mountain ranges, but the highest points along the line will not bc over 7000 feet above the sea, if the results cr the preliminary surveys hold good. South America will always beat the rest of the world in elevated railroads. The South Peruvian line from Mol? iendo to Lake Titicaca attains a height of 14,641 feet, only 997 feet lower thau the Galera tunnel. The remark? able Chilean Railroad, now nearing completion, which, starting at Anto ru;.* ?andreds of miles north? east into Bolivia, has its highest point at Carcoto, 12,008 feet above the sea; and it is a noteworthy coincidence that the Traus-South American line from Buenos Ayres to Valparaiso is also said to be just 12,008 feet above the sea at its highest point. These re? sults have been obtained by triangula? tion, but for ordinary purposes it may be as well to lop oil the extra feet above 12,000, just as some geog? raphers do in the case of Mt. Everest. They say that the figure 29,004 feet, giveu as the height of this loftiest of mountains, implies a refinement of accuracy in measurement to which it is not entitled.-[ls cw York Sun. Queer Pity for Property Sights. The tenant of a large farm at Broad bouse Dangsett, County of York,Eng? land, holds the right to thc properly ! as long as he shall pay a yearly rental of "a snowball at midsummer and a red rose at Christmas" to the owner, Godfrey Bosville, Esq. One of the Scottish dukes relin? quishes his rights to his lands if it ! should ever get warm enough to melt the snow from the highest mountain in Scotland. William de Albemarle and heirs hold the manor of Leastou "by the j service of finding for our lord, the ! King, two arrows and one loaf of oat i bread whenever thc Sovereign shall j hunt in the forest of Eastmoor.'7 Al , though the forest is no longer a hunt? ing ground and arrows have long since given way to rifles and shotguns, stiil the heirs ot Leastou Manor keep thc arrows and oat loaf ready for any stray king that may happen that way, thus holding good the title to their es? tates. Solomon Atleiield ami heirs or, rather, the heirs of Solomon AUefield, old Solomon having gone the way of all the world 235 years ago, hold lands both at Kfepland and Attcrtoii, upon condition "that as often as our lord, the King, shall cross thc sea. Solomon or his heirs shall accompany him to hold thc royal head in case of sea sickness.'" Geoffrey Frumbrand and heirs hoid sixty aeres of land in Suffolk on con? dition that they pay the King an an? nual rental of two white doves. [New York News. How the Sultan Dines. The Sultan of Turkey dines in sol? emn state in a room overlooking the Bosphoru*. II- sits on a divan, and uses neither tah e. plates, knife nor ! fork, but onlv a spoon and his tinners, with which implements he ii>hes out j his tood tYoMi a seri*?? of. little *a:;-:e- i pans He genera yhas .i large r< linne ! of attendance, hut lui ni way s cats and ! drinks alone. ?:ot even a lew of UU j favorite wives breaking bread with i him. j \ :*r'.i: \ F ii, The tir-t society of civil engineers was. formed in Loudon, ITO.'?. \ Ocean? I've often looked npon thy foaming wave, And listened to thy voice, Old Ocean, And heard with keen delight thy billows lave The rock-girt shore in wild commotion. To me there is a music sweeter far, lu the dull splashings of thy waters, Than that evoked from viol or guitar By any of our radiant daughters. And I have thought how powerless was man, And laughed whene'er he sought to pinion Thy mighty arms, for since the world be gau Thou hast been master, he thc minion. At times I've set-n him launch upon thy breast. And birdlike skim the crested billow, But ere the Eastern sun illumined th* West He slept upon a nameless pillow. Of his once proud bark but a single mast Remained to chronicle his story; Millions shall tread in the way of the iast Before thy dripping locks are hoary. All else may proud man in his onward sweep Overcome, be it sooner or later ; But thou art tameless, awake or asleep; He may be great, but thou art greater. -[St. George Best. HUMOROUS. An acquired taste-A kiss. If you must be dogmatic, try not lo be bull-dogmatic. A figure of speech-Thc lecturer's compensation. "My time is not my own,*' said the pickpocket, as he donned the stolen walch. "I have a grate future before me," said the grocer who was purchasing nutmegs. "A narrow escape," exclaimed tho prisoner as he made his exit between thc bars of his cell. Every boy has au idea that if his father had lived at the right time he would have thrashed Goliath. "What would you do if yon found yourself in a ^dead-lock?' " "Why, get out of it with a 'skeleton key,' of course." Cholly's Gallantry.-Little Willie My sister says you're awful soft. Cholly-That's because I'm utterly mashed, Willie. A hungry tramp, to get a bite And raise a half-a-doJlar, Collared the bone of a little dog And boned the poor dog's collar. She - That's predjudicc. Why wouldn't you marry a shop giri ? He -.-Ob, she'd be always calling for cash, you know. lt is wonderful how well the world gets on, considering how many peo? ple there are who do nothing toward helping it along. Visitor-What have you got an electric bell here in the kitchen for? Cook-Silly girl! Why, it's to call my missus when I want her. "Have you ever had fever and ague in these flats? Landlord-Yes, sir-ree; There isu't a modern improvement you can mention ?>ut we have. "There!" exclaimed the fair syndi* eatress, "I think this article will fill a long-felt want.'* '?What is the title, dear?" "How to Manage a Son-in law." Judge-Shame on you, Macnamara, for appearing so many times in court. Prisoner-Begosh, your honor, I am not here so often as yer honor is, any? way." "Do you think, Schmidt, that your affection for Fraulen Goldstein is re? ciprocated?" <4I really can't say; I am loving her at the present time OD credit." Walter Ego-You musn't believe everything you hear about me. Gladys Gone-Of course not I never hear anything about you except what you tell me. She said he was her idol ere The ceremonies bridal, And now since he won't work a bit, She calis him still her "idle." "I try to love my neighbor,** said Mr. Meekins, as he gazed disconsolate ly out into the rain, "but it's a hart thing for a man who pays cash for hs umbrellas to do." Bess-I think Queen Victoria mast be the richest woman in the world. Tess-Why, dear? Bess-Because every year hundreds of rich American giris are presented to her. "Your tickets were complimentary, were they not?" "Well," replied the man who had seen a painfully ama? teur entertainmcr^.. "1 thought they were until I saw the show." "Your friend, Mr. Barlow, isn't a very civil man. He was positively rude to me last night," said Maude. "That's Henry's great fault," said Ethe), "ile has very little respect for age." Teacher-Spell hcroiue. Little Boy-H-c-r-o-i-n-c. "Correct. What docs it mean?" "I-I forget." ?If a little girl should do something heroic, what would you call her?" "A freak." Daisy-Whcu I get big, like you, mamma, I am going to marry a doc? tor or a minister. -lamina-Why, my dear? Daisy-'Cause if I marry a doctor 1 can get well for nothing, and if 1 marry a minister I eau bc good for nothing. _ >"ew Use For a Linen Guff, "Look here," said a well-known mau-aboiit-town yesterday, "this is a ?'euer from a friend who is now in Pittsburg." The speaker produced a soiled cuff on which a message hac been written. The cut)' bore the stamp cf Pittsburg posioflico, as well asa cancelled stamp. The message rend: "? haven't no paper at hand, bm Uncle Sam will transmit this cul? for which I have no further use. Linen is of no use IO :i man who is <$ead flat busied. Send mc $100. -Philadel? phia Record. Thc University of Micigan is said to have twice as many /umnj as any oilier American college