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REV. J)B? TALMAGE The Brooklyn Divine's Sunday Sermon. "VTKXT : "And 2?irzam,the prophetess,the sis? ter ofAaront took a timbrel in her handy and siKfhe women teeni cut after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered t\em. 'Sing ye to the Lord, for Se hath tri wrnphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath Se thrown into the sea."-Exodus xv., ?0,21. Sermonizers are naturally sc busy in get? ting the Israelites safely through the parted Bed sea and the Egyptians submerged in the retaining waters that bat little time is or? dinarily given to what the Lord's people did alter they cot well ap high and dry on the beach. That was the beach of the Bed sea, w hich is at its greatest width 200 miles and afc fe least width. 12 miles. Why is the ad S" ctive **red" used in describing this water? is called the Bed sea because the mon n t: ins on its Western coast look as though sprinkled with brick dost, and the water is colored with red seaweed and has red zoophyte and red coral. This sea was eut by the keels of Egy* r in, Phoenician and Arabic shipping. It was o insignificant pond or paddle on the beach i which my text calls os to stand. I hear upon it the sound of a tambourine. for which the timbrel was only another name-an in? strument -ot music made ont of & circular hoop, with nieces of metal Axed in the sides of it, which made a jingling sound, and over which hoop a piece of parch? ment was distended, and this was beaten by the knuckles of the performer. Tte Israelites, standing on the beach of the Bed sea, were making music on their de liveranee fromihe pursuing Egyptians, and I hear the Israelitish men with their deep bass voices, and I hear the timbrel of Miriam as she leads the women in their jubilee. Bather lively instruments, jira say. for religious ser? vice, the timbrel or tambourine. Bat I think God sanctioned it And I rather think we will have to put a little more of the festive into our religious services and drive ont the dolorous and funereal, and the day may come when the timbrel will resume its place in the sanctuary. Bat that which occupied tiie attention of all the men and women of that Israeliten host was the celebration of their victory. They had crossed. They had triumphed. They were free. More wonder was this victory and defeat than when the hosts of Bichard overcame the hosts of Saladin at Azotas, than when at Bannockburn Scotland was set free; than when the Earl of Northumberland wa% driven bae> at Branham Moor, than when at the bartle of Wakefield York was slain, than when at Bosworth Field Bichard was left dead, than when the Athenians under Mil? tiades at Marathon put the Persians to flight, for tais victory of my text was gained with? out sword or catapult or spear. The weapon Was a lifted and prostrated sea. ''And HfirfaTPj the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrai in her hand, and all the women went oat after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously ; the -horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea.*' Brooklyn Tabernacle to-day feels much as Moses and Miriam did when they stood on the banks of the Bed sea after their safe emergence from the waters. By the help of God r>nd the generosity of oar friends here and elsewhere our $140.000 of floating church debt is forever gone, and this house, which, with the ground upon which it stands, represents $410.000,1 this day recon? secrate to God tile Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. A stranger might ask Sow could this church: get into debt toan amount that would build several large churches? My answer is, Waves of destruc? tion, stout as any that ever rolled across the ? Bed sea of my text Examine all the pages of church history and ali the pages of the world's history and show : ne an organization, sacred or secular, thai ever had to build three great structures, two of them destroyed by fire. Take any of your biggest Ble insurance companies, or your biggest ste rehouses, or your biggest backs-, or your biggest newspaper establish? ments and let them have to build three times ca the same foundation, and it would cost them a struggle if not demolition. My text speaks of the Bed sea once crossed, but one Bed sea would not have so mach overcome us. Bi was with as Bed sea after Bed sea. Three Bed seas ! Yet to-day, thanks be to God, we stand on the shore, and with organ and cornet in absence of a timbrel we chant : "Sing ye unto the Lord, for He hath tri? umphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea." But why the great expense of this structure? My ar swer is the immensity of it and the firmness of it It cost over $34,000 to dig the cellar before one stone was laid, reaching as the foundation does from street to street, and then the building of the house was con? structed in a way, we are told by experienced builders who had nothing to do with it, for durability of foundation and wall such as characterizes hardly any other building of this dry. To the day of your death and mine," and for our children and grandchildren after us, it will stand here a house of God and a gate of heaven. For me personally this is a time otgladness more than tongue or pen ortype can ever tell. For twenty-four years I had been building churches in Brooklyn and seeing them burn down until I felt I could endure the strain no longer, and i had written my resignation I j* as pastor and had appointed to read it two Sabbaths ago and ?lose my work in Brooklyn forever. I felt that my chief work was yet to be done, but that I could not do it with the Alps on one one shoulder and the Himalayas on the other. But God has interfered, and the way is clear, and I am here and expect to be here until my work on earth is done. My thanks must be first to God and then to all who have contributed by large gift or 3mall to this emancipation. 'Thanks to the men, women and children who have helped, and sometimes helped with self sacrifice that I know must have won the applause of the heavens. If you could Only read with me a few of the thousands of letters that have eome to my desk in The Christian Herald office, you would know how deep their sym? pathy, how large their sacrifice has been. * "I have sold my bicycle and now send you the money,*1 is tile language of one noble young man who wrote to The Christian Herald. "This is my dead son's gift to me, and I have been led to send it to you," writes a motherin Bhode Island. As a church we from, this day make new departure. We will preach more instructive sermons. We will offer more faithful pray? ers. We will do better work in ali depart? ments. We will in the autumn resume our lay college. We will fill all the rooms of this magnificent pile with work for God and suf? fering humanity. More prayers have been offered for this church, and on both sides the sea, than for any church that has ever ex? isted, and all those prayers will be answered. Clear the track for the Brooklyn Tabernacle.' "Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath tri? umphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea." If w e never shouted victory till we got clear through the struggles of this life, we would never shout at all. Copy the habit of Miriam and Moses. The moment you get a victory celebrate it The time and place to hold a jubilee for the safe crossing of the Bed sea is on its beach and before you leave it. It is awful, the delayed hosannahs, the be? lated halleluiahs, the postponed doxologies, the trains of thanksgiving coming in so long after they are due ! The time to thank God for a rescue from temptation is the moment after you have broken the wine flask. The time" to thank God for your salvation is the moment after the first flash of pardon. The time to be grateful for the comfort of your bereft soul is the first moment of Christ's appearance at the mausoleum of Lazarus. The time for Miriam's tambourine to sound its most jubi? lant note is the moment the last Israelite puts his foot on the sand on the parted inland ocean. Alas, that when God s mercie* have su^h swift wings our praises should have 3uch leaden feet ! Notice that Miriam's song in my text had fortis burden the overthrown cavalry. It was not so much the infantry or the men on foot over whose defeat she rejoiced with ringing timbrel, but over the men on horse? back -the mounted troops ! "The horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea." Tre? mendous arm of war is the cavalry ! Josephus says that ni thac'host that crossed the Bed se* there were 50,000 cavalrymen. Epamin ondas rode into battle with 5000 cavalrymen and Alexander with 7000. Marlborough de Ssnded on his cavalry for the triumph at lenheim. It was not alone the snow that despoiled the French armies in retreat from Moscow, fcnt the mounted Cossacks. Cav? alrymen decided the battles of Leuthen and Leipsic and Winchester and Hanover Court House anl Five Forks. Some of you may have been in the relentless raids led on by Forrest or Chalmers or Morgan or Stuart of the southern side, or Pleasaaton or Wilsoa or Kilpatrick or Sheridan of the northern side. The army saddles are the thrones o! battle. Hurricanes in stirrups are the cav- j alrymen. No wonder that Miriam was chiefly srateful that the Egyptian <;avalrymen. pursuing the Israelites down to midway the Bed sea, weri unsaddled, unatirruped, unhorsed. And I have to tell you. O child of God. that the Lord, who is on your side now and for? ever, has at His disposal and under His com? mand all wateis, alf winds, all lightnings, all time and all eternity. Come, look me in tho face while I utter the word God commands 4 ci? td. sp'eak td. you, "No weapon formed against you shall prosper." Don't throw away your tambourine; You witt want it as Sure as you sit there and I stand here; arid the tune you will yet play on it,- whether standing on beach o? time or beach df etern? ity, will be the tune that Miriam played when she cried "Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously j the horse and his ride? hath He thrown into the sea." I expect to have a good laugh with yon iri heaven, for the Bible says in Luke, sixth chapter, twenty-first verse, "Blessed areye that weep now, for ye shall laugh." We shall not spend all eternity psalm singing, but sometimes in review of the past, as Christ says, we shall laugh. There is nothing wrong in laughter, it all depende on what you laugh at, and when you laugh. Nothing, it seems, will more thoroughly kindle our heavenly hilarities after we have got inside the pearly gate than to seo bow ?n this world, we got scared at things which ought not to have frightened us at all. How often we work ourselves up into a great stew about nothing ! The Bed sea be? fore may be deep, and the Egyptian cavalry behind us may be well mounted, but if we trust the Loki we will go through no more hurt by the water than when in boyhood we rolled our garments to the knee and bare? foot crossed the meadow brook on the old homestead. The odds may seem to be all against you, but I ?juess it will be all right with you if you have God on your side and all the angelic, cherubic, seraphic and arch angelic kingdoms. "If God be for you, who can be against you?" But let me criticise Miriam a little for the instrument of music she employed in the di? vine service on the sandy beach. Why not take some other instrument? The harp was a sacred instrument. Why did she not take that? The cymbal was a sacred instrument. Why did she not take that? The trumpet was a sacred instrument. Why did she not take that? Amid that great host there must have been musical instruments more used in religious service. No. She took that which she liked the best and on which she eould best express her gratulation over a nation's rescue, first through the retreat of the waves of the Bed sea. and then through the clap? ping of the hands of their destruction. So I withdraw mv criticism of Miriam. Let every one take her or his best mode of divine wor? ship and celebration. My idea of heaven is that it is a place where we can do as we please and have everything we want. Of course we will do nothing wrong and want nothing harmful. How much of the material and physical will finally make up the heavenly world I know not. but I think Gabriel will have his trumpet, and David his harp, and Handel his organ, arid Thalberg bis piano, and the great Norwegian performer his violin, and Miriam her timbrel, and as I cannot make music on any of them I think I will move around among all of them and listen. But there are our friends of the Scotch Covenanter church who do not like musical instruments at all in divine worship, and they need not have them. What a day it will be when we stand on the beach of "heaven and look back on the Red sea of this world's sin and trouble and celebrate the fact that we have got through and got over and got up, our sins and our troubles attempting to follow gone clear down ander the waves. Oh, crimson floods roll over them and irownthem, and drown them forever! ID ;his world we have so little time for that, I im looking forward to eternal socialities, ro be with God and never sin against Him. Ed be with Christ and forever feel His love. To salk together in robes of white with those with ?rhom on earth we walked together in black aiment ci mourning. To gather up the nembersof our scattered iamilies and em )race them with no embarrassment, though ill heaven be looking on. A mine in Scotland caved in and caught unid the rocks a young man who in a ?few lays was to have been united in holy mar? riage. No one could get heart to tell his iffianced of the death of her beloved, but some one made her believe that he had manged his mind about the marriage and willfully disappeared. Fifty years passed on. ?Then one day the miners delving in the arth suddenly came on the body of that roung man. which had all those years been :eDt from the air and looked just as it was ie day of the calamity. Strong, manly, iobie youth, he sat there looking as on the lay he died. But no one:. recognized the aient form. After awhile they called the oldest inhaL tants to come and see if airy one, cbul?' loc >gnize him. A woman witb> bent} form and 1er hair snowy white with years came last, ind looking upon the silent \ iorm\that had >een so completely preserved^ gave ) a bitter ay and fell into a long swoon. It / was the >ne to whom half a century before ".she was o have been wedded, looking then just as ?hen in the days of their yosith their affec ions had commingled. But'the emotion of 1er soul was tod great for mortal endurance, ind two days after those who .fifty years be ore were to have joined hands in wedlock vere a\ ia?c murnea in rae tomo, ana.siae Dy ide they wait for the resurrection. My friends, we shall come at last upo? hose of our loved ones who Jong agothaited n the journey of life. They ^w?l be > as fair md beautiful-yea, fairer and'.more beauti ul than when we parted fromUhem. I see them now-the glorified-assembled or a celebration mightier and more jubilant han that on the banks of the? Ked sea, and rom all lands and ages, on beach df light ibove beach of light, gallery above gallery aid thrones above thrones, inicirciing sweep >f 10,000 miles of surrounding-and upheaved plendor, while standing be for elthem on '.sea ?? glass mingled with fire" Michael, the arc?? ngel, with swinging scepter beats ' time for he multitudinous chorus, crying: "Sing! ling! Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath riumphed gloriously ; the horte and his rider lath He thrown into the sea." DIRECT TAX CLAIMS. .bout $20,000 to be Paid Out to the People of Florida. The treasury department at Wash? ington has taken up the claims of citi ens of Florida for the refunding of he direct tax, and as a result it is robable that some $20,000 will soon nd its way from the treasury to the ockets of citizens of Florida. This . ork is being done under the charge f Deputy Fifth Auditor Willie, and j ] his fact is a sufficient guarantee to the itizens of Florida that it will be well one. The act for the refunding of his money was passed by the Fifty- ? rst congress, and why the pay lent should have been de? lved more than two years seems ifficult to understand. . It is a fact, :owever, and it is also a fact that: he republican states got their money ery promptly. Probably one cause of he delay was found in the fact that. ?ost of the northern states assumed he tax, and paid it at once in a lump \ ut of the state treasury, while in florida the tax was collected from in lividuals at such points as it was pos? ible to enforce the law. The bulk of hese collections were made at Fer- \ landina, Key Westland St. Augustine, nd wherever parties who made the .ayments, or their heirs, can be found, nd establish their rights to the aoney, it will be paid back to them. ?he total amount supposed to be due o citizens of Florida is in the vicinity f $20,000, though it is quite proba? do that many of those who paid the ion ey have disappeared, and it is carcely to be expected that more than 15,000 of this sum will find claimants rho can establish their identity and heir riffht to it. M 3 < < 1 ) I 1 ] 3 ? 1 ? 1 t 1 i I 1 ] J ] < 1 THE SHOW IS READY. 'he World's Fair Commissioners Issne au Official Circular. A Chicago special says: Everybody n everv state was informed Thursday ?y the commissioners that the World's air is in shape, and n good time to see t is at once. This official letter will >e scattered to every corner of the ountry and its aim is to disprove the illy charges of incompleteness and ex ortion. The document is a long af air, explaining tin- immense scope of he exposition and its advantages from n educational standpoint. It will re? ite that there is enough to busy the ? ;iin<i of the studious man for many ?onths. lt advises n<> one to stay wav, sine- tli" occasion is th" grand st or anv age i?i any country. There r?- uo excessive prices for essential nings, anti it is iime the ridiculous tories shoul ! be branded as untrue. ']. statem ?1 i< to he wired to the j * t?ad.i"d.i?paoers and ?riven tlu- widest ?ossible circulation. IT is proposed to build a big dam at Lok* Libert Nyanza for the purpose of giving ?gypt a plentiful supply ol water during the OK 1 Nile. Experts say th? plan is entirely eaeiWe, and. tile best ye? suggested. TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS. Tie Hews ol tie World (Mensel Mo Ply ali PeMei Paraps?s. Interesting and Instructive to All Classes of Readers? Mrs. Mary kevins Blaine and Dr. W. T. Bull were married at New York, Tuesday. Dr. Nash, the representare of Dr. Jenkins in Hamburg, Germany, re? ports by cable one death from cholera in that city Sunday. A New York dispatch of Thursday says : The Southern Cotton Oil com? pany has declared a quarterly divi? dend of 2 1-2 per cent, payable J une loth to stockholders. A suburban train ran into a passen? ger train on the Texas Pacific road at Austin, Monday night. Two persons were killed and ten injured. The in? coming train disregarding orders. The steamship Teutonic, w'hich sail? ed from New York for Liverpool Wed? nesday carried a million and a quarter of gold. The Fuerst Bismarck which sailed Thursday carried $2,000,000. Comptroller Echols stated Monday that there were indications that the Chemical National bank, of Chicago, and the Capital National bank, of In? dianapolis, Ind., would resume busi? ness.1 Advices of Monday from London stated that during the fearful cyclone which has been raging in the bay of Benfal the ship Germania was lost and sixty-four people lost their lives with the ship. At a meeting of the board of direct? ors of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com? pany atN ^wYork, Wednesday, George J. Gould resigned as president and C. P. Huntington was elected in his stead. The Iowa prohibition state conven? tion in session at Detroit, Thursday morning, nominated for governor Cap? tain K. W. Brown, of Ames ; lieuten? ant governor, J. C. Reid, of Delta ; and a full state ticket. The wholesale lumber firm of Muth Leison & Co., at St. Joseph, Mo., filed a deed of assignment Wednesday night. The firm has several yards in that im? mediate section, also in Kansas. Lia? bilities are estimated at $150,000. It is again reported in railroad cir? cles that the Louisville and Nash? ville has secured control of the Newport News and Mississippi Val? ley railroad. It is generally believed that the purchase price is put at $20, 000,000. A London cable dispatch of Thurs? day says : Darkest Russia, a monthly publication, announces that Kussian expulsion of the Jews is extending to Poland. It says that 680 families have been expelled from the Ronda-Gen zowski district alone. Passenger train No. 36 on the Louis? ville, New Albany and Chicago, which left Indianapolis Monday morning, was wrecked near Broad Ripple, sev? en miles noi th of the city. Engineer George E. Plant was killed and Fire? man Williams was injured it is thought fatally. At a sitting of the sanitary board of Paris, Thursday, M. Monod, chief of the department, announced that forty choleraic cases had been reported in the department of Morbihan, in the western part of France, since May 1 "?h. Of these cases twenty-three had resulted fatally. The entire block between Eleventh p.nd Thirteenth avenues and Twenty sixth and Twenty-seventh streets, New York city, was destroyed by fire Thurs? day. The main part of the land was covered by one corrugated iron build? ing, devoted to foundry purposes. This was burned to the ground. The damage is now estimated at $200,000. Decoration day opened at Washing? ton, Tuesday, with beautiful weather. At an early hour the processions be? gan forming at the various Grand Ar? my headquarters, and at noon the pro? grammes at the different cemeteries were under full headway. An incident of the day was the decoration of the graves of Generals Rufus Ingalls and W. W. Belknap by Major W. C. Dox bury, an ex-confederate. A Denver, Col., special says: An awful accident occurred at the Busk end of the Busk-Ivanhoe railroad tun? nel Thursday morning. It was caused by a heavy fall of dirt, which struck a gang of men while they were at work ?nd completely buried them. A force of miners went at once to the rescue md after hard work uncovered the tuen. It was found that three of them were dead and three injured, one probably fatally. The Diamond Plate Glass compa ny, ?yi Kokomo, Ind., employing 800 men, ?losed Thursday for an indefinite pe? riod. The same company's branch plant at Elwood also closed, throwing 300 men out of work. An official of the company states that they have nore than $600,000 worth of glass on tiand, and the market is utterly de? moralized. The threatening financial situation has paralyzed new construc? tion. A New York special of Wednesday lays: Some of the Georgia Pacific )ondholders who are dissatisfied with he Richmond Terminal reorganization )lan threaten to withdraw the road rom the Terminal system unless they ret better terms. The six per cent. >onds of the company which sold ut [12 at one time, and the holders are low asked to exchange them for ninety ier cent, in new bonds and thirty per ;ent. in preferred stock. The Plankington bank, at Milwau? kee, Wis., which stood a hard mn two veeks ago when it became, known brough thc failure of Lappen k Co. hat the bank had loaned $21.0,000 to hat firm, closed its doors Thursday norning and made an assignment. A lotice was placed on the door which tated that on account of th?- failure of .fforts to reorganize th?- bank find tin* constant withdrawal of deposits it was bought best to close tlx- bunk. The Victoria Cordage company at Cincinnati filed a deed of assignment Thursday afterin on. to W. H. Billings. The liabilities an- said to be $400,000, ' md the assets may reach $500,000. The plant is in Dayton, but the main msiness house is in Cincinnati. The .orapany was lease?! by the National Company, but th?' lease wss n<>t re? corded. That failure, it is said, lias ['' caused this. It was always regarded is a money-making enterprise, but it vas not able to realize upon its .-tock md material, and was threatened by .redit ors. The National bank at Fargo, NF. I>., md the First National of Lakota, X. ?)., were closed Monday on orders i.s ;ued by Mr. Eckels, comptroller of tho .urreuey. Both of these banks were organized by K. Ashley Mears, who ras also the organizer of other nation? al banks and of many state bank* and other institutions, ?is plan, says the comptroller, appears to have been to make loans to the various institutions subscribing to the stock of the two national banks in some cases exceeded tho amounts in which some cases ex? ceeded the amount of the stock sub? scribed to by them. CHANGE OF VENUE. The Central Receivership Case to be Settled at Savannah? Saturday ended the hearing of the Central Railroad cases in Atlanta. The three days' session was of unusual interest. There were gathered togeth? er more legal brains under one court roof than ever before in Georgia. Justice Jackson has set June 26th as tho day, and Savannah as the place to settle the question in dispute. The most sensational incident of the pro? ceedings was Justice Jackson's state? ment as to the duties of a receiver. In plainest language he gave notice that the court would tolerate no receiv? er who in any way attempted to fur? ther the plans of any party, clique, combination or reorganization com? mittee. The court, he said, would most postively not sanction the help of any receiver or officer of the court to further the schemes of any reorgan? ization committee. The status of the case which will be heard in Savannah is about as follows : The question of the validity of the endorsements or guarantees made by the Central on the bonds of its auxili? ary roads will be determined. The question of a final decree in the suit of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Com? pany for the foreclosure of the tripar? tite mortgages will also probably be passed on, and it would seem that un? less some arrangement is made either by the receiver or by some of the other parties at interest by which the tripar? tite bonds and the floating debt can be carried upon favorable terms, that a decree of sale will be rendered. An? other important point in this connec? tion is the suggestion of the court that in the event Messrs. Alexander Brown Sc Co., or any other parties, shall pre? sent a receiver with sufficient financial backing the court would hear their application for another receiver. Thc hearing in Atlanta was of a pre? liminary character. Little pleading and evidence were introduced. Justice Jackson called upon the lawyers to aid the court to co-operate in arriving at a speedy and just determination of the cases. In this he evidenced a desire to save the property, which, in many cases, is held by people in very reduced .iiri-um stan ces. IN THREE STATES. 4 Terrific Wind and Rain Storm Gets in its Work. A special from Hope, Ark., says: Howard county was swept by a terrific wind and rain storm Wednesday after? noon resulting in the loss of life and ?reat destruction of property. Coun? ty Assessor Stewart and his two chil? dren are reported killed in the col? lapse of their house. Many bridges and trestles along the different rail? roads are wrecked. Several hundred feet of the Arkansas and Louisiana railroad was washed away. The train service was abandoned. AT ROSEDALE, MISS. A special to the Memphis Appeal Avalanche from Rosedale, Miss., savs: A cyclone struck this town at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, and the roar of thc wind drowned the cries of the wounded. The scene wts awful in its grandeur and beggars description. W. L. Bowdre, colored minister, and wife were killed and a large number of per? sons were wounded. Twenty houses were either wrecked or badly dam? aged. Among them were the baptist and Methodist churches and the City bank. Many cabins occupied by col? ored people were blown down and trees and fences carried by the wind like straw. THE.STORM D? TENNESSEE. A destructive wind and rain storm struck the vicinity of Milan, Tenn., Wednesday morning and continued throughout the day. The destruction to crops, buildings, etc., was enor? mous. A CIRCUS TRAIN. DEMOLISHED. Six Men Killed Outright and a Number of Animals Get Loose. Tuesday morning a special train on the Tyrone and Clearfield, Fa., rail? road, composed of Main's circus cars, got beyond the control of train-men and came down the mountain with fearful rapidity. At Vail station the train was wrecked and the animals, men and broken cars were piled up together. Six men were killed out? right, twelve or fourteen others badly wounded, some of them fatally. The cicus is a complete wreck. Several lions and tigers made their escape and only after the greatest exertion were they recaptured, and then not until one of the tigers had killed several domestic animals in the neighborhood. It will take several days to get the property together. The wreck is one of the worst that has occured on this division and the worst in the number of lives lost. VERDICT?GAINST BRIGGS. The Committee Recommends Suspen? sion from the Ministry; A Washington special says : Having decided by a vote 388 to 11G that they had a heretic on their hands in the person of Dr. Briggs, the first thing for the Presbyterian general assembly to do when it met Thursday morning was to consider what should be done with him. Accordingly a committee was appointed to bring in a verdict, and its members were requested to get to work at once. After a long session the committee brought in this commu? nication: "Suspension from the min? istry," and the assembly adopted the report. I.'R. WAYLAND tens a goon story or ? young clergyman who preached, ? strong temperance sermon. When he had Sn ?shed a deacon said to him: "I am a?rate you have made a mistake. Mr. Jones who pays thc highest pew rent, is a dis tiller;he will be angry.'1 Thc ministe: said: "Oh, I ara sorry; 1 will go and ex plain it to Mr. .Iones, and remove an; unfavorable impression, and tell Inn that I did not mean him.1' Accordingly, he waited upon Mr. Jones, who, in ad? dition to tho profession of distilling, also carried on a good many other branches of trade and a good many amusements, arni was not distinguished above other men as being an ascetic. The pastor expressed his regret to Mr. Jones for anything in the sermon which hurt his feelings. Fie was somewhat re lieved when, with a jovial air, Mr. Joues said: "Oh, i>irss von, don't mind that at all. It must bc a mighty poor sermon tb:*t don't hit me shmcwlip? 1?. UIIKIST?K yi UK KAY. I lie KUgllSC novelist, turns ?m his critics in :i bric! note i" :i Loudon paper to demonstrate thal truth stranger than fiction. Of a -<*viewer's chai i<: rhu! an episode in one o! ids i]ov< !- wi) \ I, incredible," Mr. .Mirri- \\ - J that story OD ' he . pol ?'t.ud had full proof of its :;<. curacy. i?: fact, I built the novel ?>n ?v'i genuine bit of histor? which v-;u; riiviewor thinks in?redibic." * :t { In the Meadow* ( As lovely as the rose of June, She came about the day's declin?, ~* Where, sparkling to tbe summer moon, The dewy meadow grasses shine The pearly feet, that twinkled through The flow'rs so lightly lit on them, They shook not down a drop of dew From cow-slip cup or clover-stem. By yonder wayside hedge she came; A moment there I saw her turn, "Where clover-tops, with crimson flame, "Within thc shadow shine and burn. The briar-rose above the ttile Hath somehow taken a richer pink, 'Twas there she pause i a little while With backward-smiling face, I think. To peep at her the marigo'd Tip-toed upon the meadow's edge; A honeysuckle flushed and bold, .Came clambering o'er the blossomed hedge, White lily leaves are tumbled down Along the footpath, velvet grassed, Just where they fell to kiss the gown That brushed them as ray darling passed. I think the little winds, that stir The petals of the dreaming rose, Are odorous because of her; With purpler bloom the meadow blows Thc very flowers she came to cull, Thc buttercup and Marguerite, Than others are more beautiful By reason of her passing feet. - [P. J. Coleman, in Philadelphia Ledger. THAT MYSTERY. '.Now, Phil, really, what do you like best-the white blouse or the pink?" "My dearest Blanche, you look lovely in either." "No, but really?''' "And truly!" "You're too ridiculous, Phil," .cried Mrs. Lorimer, laughing. "As a lady's maid you are not a success-go and smoke your cigarette on the balcony, and Til be ready in a second." Mr. Lorimer obeyed with the sub? mission and alarchy of a newly-made spouse, and, moreover, waited with a patience and resignation only to be lound in a man whose married life can still be counted by weeks. ,4I haven't been long,have I?7' asked his wife with delightful conviction, when she returned after an interval, .'and, oh, Phi!, don't you think this is the most perfectly lovely place on the : face of thc earth?'' Mr. Lori mer's answer was somewhat wide of thc mark, and by no means i worthy of record, but certainly Eden- i on-Sea was a delightful spot. i "It's delicious," repeated Mrs. Lorimer, ecstatically; "but come, Phil. I'm quite ready for my drive! ! Oh, there, my shoe is undone; do tie it up for mc." i Philip was kneeling at her feet, and she was laughingly instructing him in the art of tying a shoe lace, when, to j the unutterable confusion of both, the i room door opened and a stranger stood in the doorway. , "Excuse me, I am afraid I have i made a mistake." j Mr. Lorimer jumped up, glaring at : the intruder savagely. i "I thought this was my roora, No. j 24." "This is 24A," growled Lorimer. < "Your room is the next on the left." ] .'Thank you; a thousand pardons!" .< and with a courteous bow the stranger < withdrew. . j "Idiot!" began Phil, but Mrs. Lori- < mer interrupted him. j "Oh, did you ever sec such a hand- | some man ? He had a face liko an j archangel !" "Archangel be-pulverized! I think , people might take tho trouble to see that they don't blander into other people's rooms! Come along, Blanche, , the carriage is wailing!" j The evening passed pleasantly j enough, and when toward its close , Mr. and Mrs. Lorimer lounged upon their balcony lu thc moonlight, it c seemed as if lhere could be nothing to mar the delights of thc best of all pos- ( sible words. Suddenly a terribly d?6- ( cordant note was stiuck. "Listen!" whispered Blanche. i "Eh, what?" said Phil, whose whole ( attention had been engrossed by his corapauiDii, and who, unlike her, had j not the feminine knack of doing two j things at the same time. "Don't you hear some one talking ^ in the next room?" whispered ^ Blanche* i "Well?" 1 "But they're quarreling; listen I" \ "Not I. Why shuoldn't they quar- ( rel if they like? Let's go in!" But at that moment, a woman's ? voice, low and piteous, reached their j ears. "Oh Frank! have you no pity?" [ "There, didn't you hear?" whispered r Blanche, in awestruck tones. "Yes; and 1 don't mean to hear f any more. Come in, Blanche." I "How stupid you are, Phil! They ( are in the next room, I tell you!" she reiterated impatiently. ? "What of ii?" ( Mrs. Lorimer gave a little petulant stamp. ( "There was noone with that gentle- . man who came in lune this afternoon, f ? and he was alone at table d'hote ! Now, j c do you understand?'1 j j Phil gave a low whistle, but before j he could m:ike any remark thc wailing j voice; reached them again. | j "Frank, don't force me! 1 can- j ^ noll 1 will nut. lt is too aw.'til!" j Phil drew his wife quickly into thc \ ; room and closed thc window, nosily. "But. Phil, ain't you going to do c anything? Suppose"- a "??uti and nonsense!'1 interrupted Phil, gruffly ; "it's no business of ii ours! But your archangel does not j \ seem to be a very amiable person!" "But don't yen think"- f "I think it's time to turn in!" re? plied IHM- husband, decisively; for!' Philip was a true Britisher, with a j I noted objection to puning Ins lingers into other people's pies. Every man i t for himself, .ind Scotland Yaid for us ? < ail, v.as his motto. j B anche, on the other hand, was a j I true dungh'.Qf of Eve, and >he do? ; t termined to discover, if possib whoso voice it wag that she had hear and what was the meaning ot : piteous appeal. If possible, bat ho was it to be done? Chance gave her an opening, whi she was quick to seize. Having goi up to her room after breakfast ne morning, she found the chamberma still busy with her dusting. "Oh! you can go on," she sait smiling, as she seated herself by th window. The maid was clearly tl very person to enlighten her. Bi how to come to the poini? "I am afraid 1 am dreadfully ui tidy," Blanche began, after a m tient, with a conciliating lillie smil "Not at ail, madam," replied ti girl, demurely. "Have you many rooms to do? continued Mrs. Lorimer, with kindl interest "The whole of this lloor, madam. "Does the lady in thc next rooi give much trouble ?" "There is no lady in No. 2 madam ; only a gentleman who ai rived yesterday. Anything I can g< for you, madam?" "No, thank you.1' Herc waa a mystery ! No lady i No. 2-i, and yet that wa3 undoubtedl a woman's voice last night! It wt most extraordinary; and Blanche con municatcd the result of her investig; tion with intensa trepidation. Phi however, declined to be interested i thc affai , or to discuss it in any wa) so his wife was forced to keep he conjectures to herself, and they wei of a nature anything but flattering t thc male occupant of No. 21. As the day wore on, the keenness o her interest in the handsome strange and his mysterious companion wane somewhat before the more enthralling problems connected with her own cos tume for thc dance which was to b given that evening. Phil had an anx? ious time pending tiie settlement o these questions, but in due course al of them were disposed of in the mos successful manner, as was sufficiently proved by the crowd ..? partners win flocked round Mrs. Lorimer as soon a: she made her appearance in the bali room. Blanche had, indeed, quin forgotten the mystery of No. 24 in tin excitement of the bail, when it was re called lo her by the sight of theil neighbor standing in the doorway fier heart boat fast as she noted what woman ever fails to do it?-thal h'm eye followed her round the roon with a glance of interest and admira Lion. ??Now," she thought to herself, "he will a-k me to dance, and I shall bc ihle to put some searching questions :o him." Thc iiope, however, was doomed to .lisappointnient. . Thc stranger con? sented himself with admiring Mrs. Lorimer from a distance, and for once il least that li 11 Ie lady retired to her room not altogether satisiied with her $elf. It was again a brilliant, moonlit iuminer's night, and Blanche threw ierself into a capacious chair by the window, prior to disrobing. She was ?ommencing asomcwhas petulant com? plaint upon the shortcomings of thc ?vening's enlertainincnt,when sudden y she was pulled up short by a low, ilood-ciirdling wail from thc adjoining room. Blanche started up, white and frightened. "Phil, what was that?" Before he could reply, the moan of iain become, articulate, and once more he woman's voice reached them n low, distinct tones through the open window. .?Frank, let me out! Have mercy ni mc! Oh, let me out!" A man's voice, again in gruff, unin elligiblc reply, and then once again he piteous, j leading voice: "PU do anything, Frank! PH never ell anybody you arc my husband. )nly let me go!" Blanche's grasp on her husband's land tightened. Philip listened not ess intently than she did. "Have pity, Frank,have pity ! Don'* rou remember that you used to say rou loved me? Why are you so crue j mw? I never did you any harm. Oh* et me out! I can't bear it! You eau lave all my money, every penny ; only lo n't make me go back!" A brutal, unqualified oath was the iolc answer to this appeal; it was fol owed by a faint, smothered cry. "No! no! never! 1 wiil not go >ack into that horrible box! I had .athcr be killed om right!*' There was absolute silence for a ecoiul, and Blanche and Philip stood >renthlcss; then came a muffled shriek >f agony. "l?o! no! oh, no, Frank! I did lot mean it.' PH do what you like! luift kill me! Help! Help!'' With a cry of righteous rage Phil bopped his wife's hand and dashed tews thc balcony. He shook the :losed windows vigorously, regardless >f evervtliiuff ?ave thc frantic desire . "rr 0 prevent a horrible clime. A ?lead si lonee had followed the vomau's last cry, and when at last lorimer forcett the windows and >onlided into thc room, he found it n darkness, except for the streak of rei rd moonlight that followed him. In tho darkness he could just dis? ent the figure of a man standing by . hugh, black ti uuk. "What is the meaning of this?" isked the man, advancing, but Phil lushed him roughly aside. .'What have you done with that un 01 t unate woman ?" "A feebly moan struck on his car. -Where aro you?" he cried, "1 will leip yon." 1 On. let mc on; I lei me ont!"* came him i;i feri>!<>-?E .(>. mott almost ! i\ i no;- iones. ..You l-i ute!" cried 1,'l imer, boside f limxdi:' willi excitement anti indigna* J ion. At thia moment the room was in? raded by a motley crowd in all stages of deshabite, for, after Phil'? depar? ture, Blanche had raised an alarm in such incoherent fashion that half Hie hotel was swarming into No. 24, un? certain whether murder, lire or sudden death was the cause of the midnight disturbance. "It is his wife," explained Phil, frantically. He's been trying to kill her. She is hidden here somewhere." "Here! herc! Oh, I am dying!" "The trunk.Tcried ?orne one. With one accord they bore down upon the huge black trunk; every one's fingers were thrust forward to unbuckle the straps, the moaning growing fainter, and fainter, till, as tho last fastening gave way, itceased altogether. ""We are too late," cried Phil, as ho threw cpen thc lid. "Thc poor thing is"-He stopped, started back, and looked around in bewilderment. Tho rest of thc company crowded forward and peered into the trunk. "Why, it'? empty!" they exclaimed ju chorus.. "Gentlemen! gentlemen!" cried the suave voice of the hotel proprietor from thc door. "What does this mean?" "We don't know," cried every one, uncertain whether to bc gi cally amused or intensely indignant. "This gentleman," continued tho proprietor, indicating his guest of the seraphic countenance, who stood smiling silently, "this gentleman is Mr. Delaverc D.irccy, thc celebrated ventriloquist, who wiil appear to. morrow evening at the Winter Gar? dens. He has been amusing you with a little private rehea sal?" ****** There was a most gratifying attend ance at thc Winter Gardens oa the following night to witness Mr. Dela vcre Darcey's entertainment, for, as the poet tells us Great are the uses of advertisement. But neither Phillip Lorimer nor hit wife was a . ong thc audience. They had left Eleu-on-Sja by au early train.-[London Truth. A Railroad Built for $5. From South Texas came a man who built 600 mi!c6 of railroad with a $5 bill and faith, and thc bill was a bor? rowed ope. He moved up from Cor? pus Christi to San Antonio with all of his possessions heaped up on a two? wheeled cart. He got a charter tc build a railroad from San Antonio to Arausas Pass. He graded a mile ol it, throwing a good deal more than one shovel of dirt with his own hands. Tiic receiver of another road loaned this indefatigable builder enough old rails for a mile of track. In a distant part of thc St?te was purchased an engine which had been condemned six years before and. sent to thc shops to be wrecked for scrap ."ron. Two old cars were picked up somewhere else at a bargain. And that old en? gine, drawing tiiose obi cars, steamed into Sm Antonio. On engine and cars in bold lettering was painted in lamp-back, "S. and A. P." With one mile of old rail track and with the equipment of the old engine and thc two old cars Uriah Lott started the Aransas Pass system. There has been some tall financiering in the his I tory of railroad building iu this coun? try, but there isn't anything which, for dazz ing pluck, quite approaches the story of the building of this 600 miles of road in South Texas. To the one mile of track three were added-three miles by a dicker for 6onic second-hand rails which a street? car company had bought from a nar? row gauge company. On this basis a credit trade was made with a Pennsyl? vania rol?ng mill for ten miles of rails. When they arrived there wasn't enough money in the treasury to pay the freight. But it was got somehow. Ten miles of track gave the founda? tion for bonds which built forty miles more, and so the 8}-8tem grew into its present proportions. This man who built the Aransas Pass system rode from San Antonio to Chicago, at one critical period in his enterprise, with? out a cent in his pocket. He had transportation, but he hadn'tanythiug to buy food, and he went through hungry. Effects of Intense Heat. In such a structure as the Ames building thc heat generated bv the B %7 mi burning of the vast masses of com? bustible goods stored in the rooms is in ense almost beyond conception. In such tires iron columns, thick glass' skylights, and even brick waKs melt, and thc temperature throughout a >pacc covered by the structure, and for a height which, in the case of the Amos building, is said to have beeu nearly 200 feet, must be far above white heat. When immersed in such a temper? ature, either by the burning of goods around it, or by an attack through thc windows of a sea of flame from a neighboring building, timber, instead of burning from thc outside, seems to decompose suddenly, setting free large volumes of gas, which leave the non? volatile part of thc timber in the shape of a loose heap of chai coal, torn to fragments by the violence with which the gasser, and, perhaps, a lit ,;.c steam, have been liberated. During thc burning of tho Ames building great numbers of fragments of blazing charcoal, several inches long, and appearing to have been separated fnun large timbers, fell in the neighboring streets, and the vio? lence with which the flames poured through thc windows and across a street fifty feel wide setting fire in? tuitiv to the b ?ildings on the opposite side, shows how freely th?* great mass af fuel furnished by the struct ure itself, as well as by tin- goods st ?red in it. must have burned. - [American Architect. When I Am Tired* O, love not alone when days are bright, And azure skies smile on the waith ' earth, When hearts respond to the sweet world < ' light, And love, as 'twere, the heritage of birth. Not then alone, Bat love me still, my own, When I am tired. When I am tired-bowed down with diver> cares, That knock not at your gate and will not go; When the gray earth is saddened unawares, And lids are drooping and pulses low, Oh, turn again, And ?tay more fondly then . When I am tired. Love me and do not seek for love's reply ; Linger without the hand's detaining plea; Let me but feel your soothing presence nigh And know the rarest blessing is for me Of tender care, Though days be dark or fai r. * When I am tired. [Chicago Inter-Ocean. HUMOROUS. ? man is as old as he feels, bat not always as big. When a paragrapher makes a joke about cork he naturally expects it will float. "Silent watches of the night*1-The wooden ones in fi ont of a jewelry store. She-Is he a still life painter? He -No, quite the reverse. He paints children. A headlight is a good thing for the engine, bat a light head is not a good thing for the engineer. He-Why don't you light the lamp your father gave you ? Because, dear, it is so hard to turn down. Jagsou says if most men's con? sciences should talk out loud they would be sued for slander. Doctor-My good woman, does your son always stutter? Mother Not always, sir. Only when he at? tempts to talk. At paring: He-And what would you do, miss, if I were to steal a kiss from you. She-Dear me, how can I teli beforehand? The speaker who says he only wants five minutes may be a man of un? questionable taste, bat his remarks are pretty sure to be ill-timed. Kitty-Isn't it wonderful how well . Jack gets along on a small salary? Tom (guardedly)-Ah, well, you see he owes a great deal to his friends. Applicant-I think you will find some stability about me, sir. Busi? ness man-What business have you been in? "Taking care of horses." Though man has but himself to blame For nearly all his ills, He hates like thunder, just the s-ime, To pay the doctor's bills. Maud-How do you like the new way I do my hair, Frauk? Frank (wanting to say something particu? larly nice)-Why, you look at least thirty years younger. "In this poem of yours you make use" Of the phrase, ?fair Hawaii,' said the writer's friend. "Yes." "You shouldn't do it. Hawaii is not fair. She is distinctly a br?nette."' "That bit of architecture,"" said the builder, "was modieled after one of Europe's most famous structures." "Modeled!" repealed the crusty capi? talist-"You meau muddled/' "But why do you object to Henry, fafter?'* "Because he has no pros? pects," replied the millionaire, stern? ly. "Bat you forget, father, what good prospects Henry would have if you didn't object." "You have had many severe trials, I dare say," said the tender-hearted housewife. "Yes,'' said Rust Rafus, spearing another cold potato wita his fork, "but ou account of my youth I'veginerly got o? party light." "What a mendacious duffer you are, Phibbs!" said Dibbs. "You said tbJs was an orphan asylum, instead of , which it is au old men's home." "Well, you go in and look for an old man who isn't an orphau. You won't find him." "I consider Mr. Johnson a very nice fellow," said Mrs. Brown tho other evening to Mrs. Robinson at Lady Douglass' party. "I don't,'* said R. "Why, he's not a bit like men who come to see me." "Weil, that is nothing against him," rejoined Mrs. B., with acidity. At a railway station, an old lady said to avery pompous-looking gentle? man, who was talking about steam communications: "Pray, sir, what is steam?" "Steam, ma'am, is ah-ah I steam is-!" "I knew that chap couldn't tell ye," said a rough-looking fellow standing by; "but steam is a bucket of water in a tremendous per? spiration." A poor son of tho Emerld Islo ap? plied for employment to a avaracious hunks, who told him he employed no Irishmen, <4for the last one died on my hands and I was forced to bury him at my own charge." Ah! your honor," said Pat, brightening ap, "and isthat all? Then you'd give mo the place, for, sure I can get a certificate that I never died in the employ of any master I ever served." A True Hero. "Talk about your men who led charges aud distinguished themselves for bravery on the battlefields of the war, there goes a man down the street who tops them all for bravery." "Indeed! who and what is he?" "He is an umpire who is engaged for the present base ball season." [New York Press. Visible Evidence. Jones-I saw a fellow yesterday with a cool thousand. Brown-How did you know it was cool ? Jones-It mu*t have beeu. 'Twas in a draft.