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REV. DB. TALMAGE The Brooklyn ?Ht???;$ Sri?day Sermon. kTixT: "And 3?triam,the prophetess tfite sis Jet* af Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and ??tffe i?ornen tbeni o?d after h^r. tfrUh timbrels l&i? &?8? dahcek . And ?vn?rti. answered ?/S?ji$r, <e flic liord; for ?? hoM tri ed 9&pmi?fy}- Jh* i liarse* and ?tis rider sjgfe thrown into the sea."-Exodus rv., . : ... . .. "'^er?^nfc^^?iaturaily -so busy-in set-. ?r4g th? Israelite^ saiely through the parted Ked'sea'arid thc Egyptian? pubmerged iii the returning watara that bat little time is or? dinarily given to what the Lord's people did after theygot well np high and dry on the beach. That was the beach of the Bed sea. which is at its greatest width 200 miles and ftt its least width 12 miles. Why is the ad ?ctire ttreu" used, in descrying this water? It. is called t?i? B?d Sea because Iris" iii t?ins on its western coast look as though sprinkled with brick dost, and the water is colored with red seaweed and has red aoorhyte and r*ed eerah . Tn? sea was cdt bf the keeU 6*f Egyptian; phordeian aid Arabio shipping:... It was.np insignin^antpond or puddlp on the beach ot n^ii?f? M^urnfcfic>>bicrl timbrel was only another ?ame-stn ia - S&qmep* of. musida made ont; of a circular. rpl.witii nieces, ot metjal fixpd ip the sides ft; which mada-, a s^hng- sound, and over - whfch. -hoop a -pieee^cf .{larch* moat was distended, and -this, was beaten by the knuckles of the performer.. : , The .Israelites, standing on .the beach of tho B<sd se?, were maJ?ngmusie on their de hyerance trcm tte pttwt?t?iy? Sgypttan*,- aadj hear the Isra?l?ish men with their deep bass voices, and JE hear the timbrel of Miriam as She leads the women in their jubilee. Bather EtelyTiistrameiiiS, jfcusay^or religious ser? vice, the timbrel or tambourine. Bot I think God Sanctioned iL And ! ratha? tamk we will have to pot a little more of the festive into our religious services and drive out the dolorous and funereal, and tho day may come when the timbrel will resume its place in the sanctuary. Bat that which occupied the attention of all the men and women of that Israeiitish host was the celebration of their victory. They had crossed They had triumphed. . They were free: More wonder was ihis.victerV and defeat than when tit? hosts df Bicnaxd Overcame the hosts bf Saladin at A?otas; than when at Bannockburn Scotland was set iree; than when the Earl Sf iwrthumtorland .Was driven bael af Branliam Modrj. titan when at th? battle df Wakefield Toik was shun; than when at Bosworth Field Richard .was left ?ead: than when tho. Athenians under Mil 5?do at Marathon pot the Persians to flight, for thiffTicfdry of my text was gamed with bnt sword br catapult or spear. The weapon' ?s a lifted: and prostrated sea. "And W^Tp '} the prophetess, the jnster of Aaron, tp?k a timbrel iii her .hand, and-all the w?3.en Went out aftefl" her with timbrels and Witt dances. 'And "M^*T 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 tile banks of the Bed sea after their safe emergence from the waters. By the help of God and the generosity of our friends here and elsewhere our 1140,000 of floating church debt is forever gone, and this house, which; with the ground upon* which it stands: represents $410;??*, I this day recon? secrate to .God the Eather, Odd th? Son and God the Holy Ghost. A stranger might ask how 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. Samni?a^ the pages bf. church . history arid aH the pages of the World's history arid shovr me an organization, sacred or secular; that ever had to build, three great structures, two bf them destroyed, by fire. Take any of your biggest life insurance companies, or your biggest storehouses; or your biggest banks-, or your biggest newspaper - establish? ments and let them have to build three times bn the same foundation, arid it would cost them a straggle if not demolition; Mt text speaks bf the Bed_Sea. ono*}, crossed;.but one rsea would not haye so. much overcome It was with us Bed sea after Bed sea. Three Bed seas ! Yet t?-day; thanks be to Sod, we stand on the shore; and with organ and cornet in absence, of a timbrel we chant ; f-Smg ye unto tiie Lord? for He hath tri? umphed gloriously ; .the horse and his rider hath He thrown into tho sea.? - But why the great expense of this structure? My answer is the immensity of it and the firmness of it It cost over $34,000 to digthe 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 city. 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 otgladnes* more than tongue or pen ortype can ever telL For twenty-four years I had been building churches m Brooklyn and seeing them burn down until I felt I could endure the strain no longer, and i had written my resignation as pastor and had appointed to read it two Sabbaths ago and close my work in Brooklyn forever. I felt that my chief work waa 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 cn earth is done. My thanks must be first to God and then to all who have contributed by large gift oz small to this emancipation. Thanks to the men, women and children who have helped, and sometimes helped with self sacrifice that ? know most have won the applause of the heavens. If you could only read with me a few cr; the. thousands of letters that have some to my desk in The Christian Herald office, you'would know how deep their sym? pathy, how large their sacrifice b^s been.. fl have sold my bicycle and now i you the monev,*' is the 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 mother in Bhode Island. As a church we from, this day make new departure. We will preach more instructive sermons. We will oner more faithful pray? ers. We will do better work in ail depart? ments. We will in the autumn resume our lay college. We will fill all the rooms o? this magnificent pile with work for God and suf? fering humanity. More prayers have been offered for tins 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 we -never shouted victory till we- got clear through the straggles of this life, we would never shoat at au. 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 corning 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 sou? 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 such swift wings our praises should have 3uch leaden feet I Notice that Miriam's song in my text had for its 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 m that'host that crossed the Bed sea there were 50,000 cavalrym en. Epamin ondas rode into battle with 5000 cavalrymen and Alexander with 7000. Marlborough de? pended on his cavalry for the triumph at Blenheim. It was not alone the snow that despoiled the French armies in retreat from Moscow, but the mounted Cossacks. Cav? alrymen decided the battles of Leuthen and Leipsic and Winchester and Hanover Court House and Five Forks. Some of you may have been in the relentless raids led on by Forresi or Chalmers or Morgan or Stuart of the southern side, or Pleasanton or Wilson or Kilpatrick or Sheridan of the northern side. The army saddles are the thrones ol battle. Hurricanes in stirrups are the cav? alrymen. No wonder that Miriam was chiefly grateful that the Egyptian cavalrymen, pursuing tbe Israelites down co midway the Bed sea, wer? unsaddled, unstirruped, 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? maud all waters, all winds, all lightnings, all time and all eternity. Come, look me in thc fece while I utter toe word God commands i me to speak to you, "No weapon formed I against you shall prosper." Dont throw away your tambourine. You will wani it as sure ? you sit there and I stand hera, and the tc ne you will yet play on it, whether ftaading ort beach of time or beach of etern? ity, wilfb? the time that Miriam friay'ed When" ?he, cried "Sing ye to the Lord; for* He natl? trramnheid, gloriously j the horse arid his ridei hath Ho thrown into the sea." , w.-, I expect to have a good laugh with you in. heaven, for the Bible says in' Luke; sixth twenty-first verse, "Blessed ' are v? that*Usspmr, JOT 7* 22lauglL" W? shall not spend all eternity psaMTflB?mff, but sometimes ia review el thspast, as Christ says, We shall laugh. There is hothing wrqrig iii laughter; lt all depeft?s bn what y o? laiighitt; arid When you" laugh: Nothing; it seems; will, more thcvrp>ghly landWmr .heaverilv hilarities5, after we hav? got inside {fte pearly .gate than to see how ut this wosrid, we got ;scared at. things Which1 ought .not to have ^Tightened us at ak' > ^ ? 'Bow often-we ?work ourselves" up iitC ? great stew about nothing t The- Bed sea be io'ic ?i?iy b?> deep, hud the Egyptian-cavalry behind us may bo well mounted, but if we trust the LoF-i we will go through no moro hurt by the water than when in boyhood we rolled our garments to the knee and bare feos crossed tbs meadow brook on the old h^me^eacL The .odds may seem to bo all against y?fy but j g?ess ii will ha alt right with you if ton have God 6n yo?f s?d? and all the angelic; cherubic; Seraphic and arch kngeH? kingdoms:. ,"If God be for you, who oaujbe'ig'iifist yo*ir , ._ ,. ^ . T? But let in? criticise Miriam a little iSiih? instrument of music she employed in the di? vine .service, ca-the sandy beach... Why not ^ake^ome other instrument? The harp was ? sacred t?sfr?'me?f,' Why did she not take that? The cymbal was a sacred f?s?ft?ment; Why. did she .not take that? The trumpet sacred instrument. Why .did she not takc^tbat^ .Amid tb3t great host .there must, have beef. finHe*? i&^truments more used in religious service. NO . S*S? t?ck that which she hked the best and on whieh she could best express her gratulation over a nation's rescue, first throngh the retreat of the waves, et-the Bsd sea, andithen through the clap? ping of the h?hds ot;tha?r destruction. So I withdraw my criticism of Miriam. fVsfc 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 at^d^have everything we want Of course we viii d<? i^rthittg 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, and Thalberg his piano, and the great Norwegian performer his violin, and Miriam rief timbrel; and as ? cannot, make music on any ofih?ih I fhiffk I will ineVO ?foiihd among all of them t?d fisted: Bttt fhere are' Our Mends of the Scotch Covenanter church] who do not like musical instruments at all in divine Worship; arid they need not have themi . . ..... . _ > ...... . What a day it trill be when we,, stand ,oi( the beach of heaven and look hack; on .th*/ Bed 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 artem piing tb follow gone clear down under the waves. . - . Oh,-crimson floods roll over them and drown them, and drown them forever! In this world we have so little timo for that, I am locking forward to eternal socialities.. To be with God and hevef fie against Hittu To be with Christ and forever feel His love. T? walk together in robes of white with those with whom on earth we walked together in black raiment of mourning. To gather up. the members of our scattered families and em? brace them with no embarrassment, though ail heaven be looking on. A mine in Scotland caved in and caught amid the rocks a young man who in a few days was td have been united iri hoiy.mari riage;. No bne^ could ; get heart to tell hil affianced of the death bf her beloved, but some one made her believe that fie had changed his mind about the marriage and willfully disappeared. Fifty years passed on, when one day the miners delving in the earth suddenly came on the body of that young man, which had all those years been kept from the air and looked just as it was the day bf the calamity; Strong, manly, hohle youth; he sat there looking as on the day he died: But nd one recognized the silent form. . After awhile they called the oldest inhab? itants to cdme and see if any one could rec^ ognize him. A woman with bent form and her bair snowy white with years, came, last: and looking upon the silent form that had been so completely preserved gave* a bitter c?y and.feil mto a long swoon;. It was the one tb whom half a century before she K wai tb ha.ve.been wedded; looking then just as when iii the days bf their youth their affec? tions had commingled. But the emotion of her soul was to? great .for mortal endurance, and two days after those who fifty years, be? fore were to have joined hands in wedlock wer? ai jase mamea in ene lomo, ana sice Dy sidethey wait for the resurrection. , , My friends, we shall come at last upo? those of our loved ones who long ago hsJted in the journey of life. They will be as fair and beautiful-yea, fairer and more beauti? ful than when we parted from them. I see them now-the glorified-assembled for a celebration mightier and more jubilant than that on the banks of the Bed sea, and from all lands and ages, on beach of light above beach of light, gallery above gallery and thrones above thrones, in circling sweep of 10,000 miles of surrounding and upheaved splendor, while standing before th em on '"sea of glass mingled with fire" Michael, the arch? angel, with swinging scepter beats time for the multitudinous chorus, crying: "Sing! Sing! Sing ye to the Lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath He thrown into the sea." DIRECT TAX CLAIMS. About $20,000 to be Paid Out to the People of Florida. The treasury department at Wash? ington has taken up the claims of citi? zens of Florida for the refunding of the direct tax, and as a lesult it is probable that some 320,000 will soon find its way from the treasury to the pockets of citizens of Florida. This work is being done under the charge of Deputy Fifth Auditor Willie, and this fact is a sufficient guarantee to the citizens of Florida that it will be well done. The act for the refunding of '. this money was passed by the Fifty first congress, and why the pay? ment should have been de? layed more than two years seems difficult to understand. It is a fact, however, and it is also a fact that the republican states got their money very promptly. Probably one cause of the delay was found in the fact that most of the northern states assumed the tax, and paid it at once in a lump out of the state treasury, while in Florida the tux was collected from in? dividuals at such points as it was pos? sible to enforce the law. The bulk of these collections were made at Fer- i nandina, Key West and St. Augustine, and wherever parties who made the payments, or their heirs, can be found, and establish their rights to the money, it will be paid back to them. The total amount supposed to be due to citizens of Florida is in the vicinity r?f $20,000, though it is quite proba? ble that many of those who paid the money have disappeared, and it is scarcely to be expected that more than 510,000 of this sum will find claimants who can establish their identity and their right to it. 1 THE SHOW IS READY. ] The World's Fair Commissioners Issue an Official Circular. A Chicago special says : Everybody in every state, wns informed Thursday by th** commissioners that the World's fair is in shape, and u good time to see it is at once. This official letter will be scattered to every corner of the country and its aim is to disprove the silly chargesof incompleteness and ex? tortion. The document is a long af? fair, explaining the immense scope of the exposition and its advantages from an educational standpoint. It will re? cite that. th< re is enough to busy the mind of the studious man for many mont fis. ?t advises T?O one to stay away, sine- the occasion is the grand? est of any age in >'?iy country. There are no excessive pri?es for essential things, and it is time the ridiculous stories should be branded as untrue. Tb statement is to be wired to the j leading papers and given the widest i possible- circulation. TT ?= proposed to build a big dam at Lake Ai" ext Nv;:?:-: for the purpose of giving Egypt aplentifal supply ol water duricg the tow Jif?fc Experts ??y the pian.ls entirely ; Seaside, o&? th? test yet su<r?*s?<?& TELEGRAPHIC SLUSSM. Tie Ms of tie World Condensed Mo f?illf ft PoiBlei Mm$te interesting and Instrnclif? to' ?0 Classes of Beaders, Mrs. Mary Nevins Blaine and Dr. W, T, Bull were married at New York, T:tteSo!?y\ Dt, Na$k,? tie representative of Dr. Jenkin^ iii, H?mburg; Germany, re? ports \>f ca"b?e otfe tf?sih from cholera in city Sunday: , ^ NewjYork..disher-. ot Tb^'fsdav says; r^h? Southern Cotton. Oil c?'rn has? declared a quarterly divi? dend of ? ?$ pest cent,' payable June 15th to stockholders. A suburban train ran into a passen? ger train on the Texas Pacific road at Austin, Monday night. Two persons were tilled and ten injured. The in ?oming traill disregarding orders. Tlie sieams&j? Teutonic,- which sail? ed from New Tori for Liveried Wed? nesday carried a million and a quarter bf .gold:, The Fuerst Bismarck which kMt'? T?iih?sf carried $2:000:000. j Compiler ?cnols &?&?e? ^T?rt?jay ih.?.i itere were indications that t?ie ??iauapolis,' Ind. , would ? ?st??^'e busi? ness. . . Advices . of Monday from London sfa^?'? tha*> du-rin^ tho fearful cyclone which has been ragr?g . ih.e ? bay^ of Benfal the 6hip Germania was los? &?ct sixty-four people lost their lives with the ship* At a meeting bi. ike bpard of direct? ors of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com? pany at New York, Wednesday, George J". Gould resigned as president and C. P. Huntington was elected in his stead; The Iowa, pfohibition state Conven? tion1 ?# ?essi?? ai Deiroii; Thursday mofh?ngj'n?m?na?e? fof .governor dap tai? K: W. Brown;, of Ames ; l?e??exi ?nt, gof ei nor; J. Q; Reid; o'f Delta; arid a fiul state iicket. . The wholesale Infr?bef firm ?? Mu*h Ie?8on\<? Co.; at St. Joseph, Mo.; filed st deed, of assignment Wednesday night. The firm has seve-al,*ards in.fh'af im mediaie section, also,in Kansas., . biliti?s are.estimated ai $150/000. li is again re$of Jjecl in railroad cir? cles that the Lo'^'isril?e 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 gays1 : jMfk?st ?w?i?} tt monthly bhblicati?i?,. announces that Russian expulsion cf itte Jews is" exteridirig 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 lefi Indianapolis Monday morning, w?s pecked rie?r' Broad Ripple^ seV ?fi miles?hoith of the city; Erigineet George ?: Plant was killed arid Fire? man Williams was injured it is thoughifaially1. Ai ?* sating of tHe s?nitarf bo'ar'd 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 13th. Of these cases twenty-three had resulted faially. . The entire block between Eleventh and Thirteenth avenues and Twenty sixth and Twenty-seventh streets, New York city, was destroyed by fire Thurs? day. Tha 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 new 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-Ivan hoe 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 and completely buried them. A force of miners went at once to the rescue and after hard work uncovered the men. It was found that three of them were dead and three injured, one probably fatally. The Diamond Plate Glass company, of Kokomo, Ind., employing 800 men, closed Thursday for an indefinite pe riod. The same company's branch plant at Elwood also closed, throwing 600 men out of work. An official of the company states that they have more than $600,000 worth of glass on hand, and the market is utterly de? moralized. The threatening financial situation has paralyzed new construc? tion. A New York special of Wednesday says: Some of the Georgia Pacific bondholders who are dissatisfied with the Richmond Terminal reorganization plan threaten to withdraw the road from the Terminal system unless they get better terms. The six per cent, bonds of the company which sold at 112 at one time, and the holders are now asked to exchange them for ninety per cent, in new bonds and thirty per cent, in preferred stock. The Plankington bank, at Milwau? kee, Wis., which stood a hard run two weeks a^o when it became known through the failure of Lappen & Co. that the bank had loan fd $210,000 to that firm, closed its doors Thursday morning and made an assignment. A notice was placed on the door which stated that on account of the failure ol efforts to reorganize the bank and the constant withdrawal of deposits it was thought best to close the bank. The Victoria Cordage company at Cincinnati tiled a deed of assignment Thursday aftern< on to AV. H. Billings. The liabilities are said to be S400,000, and the assets may reach 8500.1)00. The plant is in Dayton, but the main business house is in Cincinnati. The company was leased by the National Company, but the lease wss n<?t re? corded. That failure, it is said, has caused this, it was always regarded as a money-making enterprise, but it was not able to r"ulize upon its stock and material, and was threatened by creditors. Tho National bank at Fargo, N. !>., and the First National of Lakota, N. D., were closed Monday on orders is? sued by Mr. Eckels, comptroller of the currency. Both of these banks were organized by E. Ashley Mears, who was also the organizer of other nation? al banks and of many state banks md other institutions. His plan, says the cbtar/t?'oilet; appears to have been to make loans ?o f be-various institutions subscribing to the stoci o? the two; national banks in some cases exc'eecied? the amounts in which some cases ex? ceeded the amount of the stock sub? scribed to by them. ?h? Centra! Receivers!^ t<t he Settled; at SavannalS Saturday ??i&?? she hearing of the Central Railroad ca?e'? M' Atlanta., The three days' session was of un-?s???T interest. There were gathered togeth? er more legal brains under one court roof than ever bef?te in Georgia. Justice Jackson has set Jtine 2Cth as tire ??fi *nd Savannah as the place io s?itle inc tnte??icji in dispute. The ?ios: s%if&L?ioix?i titcMpi?t ?f the pro? ceedings was v Osfaft? Zfajtectit'tt fit?t*>~ Tp^ni ai t'o.ti?e dutiieS .o? ii reserver. ^Ki^est'^ft^'gii'a^e he gave n'oi?ic? that the COOT J ^ovbl tolerate no.rec?lf er who in any way atteiix^fc^ to,. fur? ther the plans of any party, enc/i'c; combination or reorganization com? mittee. The court, he said, would most postively not sanction the help 6*? any receiver or officer of the court to further tie* themes of any reorgan? ization committee. Tbe status of the case which will ht heard i? SS*ai?r>ah is about as follows : gestion5 o? the Validity of the ^ridofsem'erit? di ^ar'a'ritee? M?d'sbj the Central on the bor??s of if? fr^rir>? ary roads will .be determined. Tr?e quesc?o^ cf ?' ?nal decree in the striii of the Farmers' Lo&? ?kk Traust. Com? pany for the foreclosure of the ??ij'?? tit.e mortgages will also probably be j0^?d 03.4 and it would seem that un? less some arrangement .is made either by the receiver or by some cf ty* o-fher j, parties at interest by which the tripar? tite bonds and the floating debt can be carried* tlpon favorable terms, that a decree of cal? Mt! be tendered. An? other important poiu? i?1 ih*in connec? tion is the suggestion of the court {fiat in the event Messrs. Alexander Brown k Co,, or any other parties, shall pre? sent a receiver with sufficient financial b?c'king t?te COttrt wotlld hear their application.foi fttiot'ier receiver, Tho hearing fri Arian fa wa? af fl pre? liminary character. Little ple?c?iflg ?nd evidence were introduced. Justice ?acksori cu??ect froon the lawyers to aid thc court to co-02)efateiri driving at a speedy arid just determination of ide ?tee?: Ltj t?iis he evidenced a desire to save the property- which"; iii many cases, is held by people in very f?d^?ecl IN THREE STATES. A. Terrific Wind and Bain Storm gets in its Work, A special from Hope, Ark., says: Howard county was swept by a terrific wind a?d rain storm "Wednesday after? noon resulting in the loss of life and 2-reat destruction of propefty. ?otiti ly Assessor Ste waft and. his two chil? dren are reported kil!ert in tire cox lapse of their house. Many bridges' ind trestles along the different rail? roads are wrecked. Several hundred Peet of the Arkansas and Louisiana railroad was washed away. The train service was abandoned; AH MOSEDALE,- *nTSS; ? special to the Meniphis AppCat ?tiatartche from Rosedale,- Miss. ,. Says : $. cyclone struck this town at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon;, and the roar of the wind drowned the ofies of the wounded. The scene wis awful in ifs 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 . of badly dam? aged. Among them wefe the baptist and Methodist churches and tte City bank. Many cabins occupied by col? ored people were blown down and trees and fences carried by the wind like straw. THE STOKM IN 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 CIRCUSTR??N DEMOLISHED. Six Men Killed Outright and a Number of Animals Get Loose. Tuesday morning a special train on the Tyrone and Clearfield, Pa., rail? road, composed of Main's circus cars, got beyond thc control of train-men and came down thc mountain with fearful rapidity. At Vail station the train was wrecked and the animals, men and broken cars were piled uj> 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 th*1 worst that has occured on this di* ?MOU and the worst in the number of lives lost. VERD?CT AGAINST BRIGGS. The Committee Recommends Suspen? sion from the Ministry; A Washington special says : Having decided by a vote 388 to 116 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 j young clergyman who preached a strong temperance sermon. When he had lin ished a deacon said to him: "I am afraii you have mai ic a mistake. 31 r. .(ones who pays the highest pew rent, is a dis tiller; he will bc angry." Thc miuistc: said: "Oh, I am sorry; I will go and ex? plain it to Mr. Jones, and remove am unfavorable impression, ami tell hin that 1 did not mean him." Accordingly, he waited ti pon Mr. Jon f.?, who, in ad? dition to rite profession of distilling, also carried on a good many other branches of trade and a good many amusements, and 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 feeling-. He was somewhat re? lieved when, with a jovial air. Mr. Jones said: "Oh, bless you, don't mind that at all. Tt must bc a mighty poor sermon tl>.*i don't hit rafi ?AmcwliAr? " I?. rHKlSTIK MUKRAY, Ute KOgllSC novelist, turns on his critics in a bril l ootc to a Loudon paper to demonstrate rh it truth is stranger than .;< tion. Of a .reviewer's charge thal au '-pi-odo in one of his novels w.:> "wholly incredible,v Mr. Murray pays : . f got :hat story ci thc vj>c>t and hud fui} pro*" of its ?ie curacy, in fact, I built th ?J novel ou that genuine bit of history which you? r^v|fuy<?; (hJ?kSl incredible/' In the Meadow. 7 As lovely as the rose of June, She came about the day's decline, ~* Where, sparkling to tue sumacer moon* The dewy n?eadbw graiwes shine The p?'ar?y feet, that twinkled through Thc fiow'rs s? J.%&fy lit On them1, they shook not down a drop 61 dew From cow-slip cup or clover-stem",* Fy yonder wayside hedge ?be came; A moment there I saw her turn, vthere' cltfvcMap.?, with crimson flame, Wrtfeftf ititi S?/aoW sbifie and burn. Th? briar-rose ab?'v?' lat HU? Hath somehow* taken'a richer"??n?? '^waVttter? she pause ! a littl? while With ba'??witfd-smiling rate, I think'. .To peep at her the marigold Tip-toed upon the meadow's edge; A honeysuckle flushed and bold, Came clambering o'er tbe blossomed hedge, White lily leaves are tumbled down Alon? the footpath, velvet grassed, jiirt ?h**'*- *be? WI to kiss the gown That l)f tr??lcd ihtm as tny darling passed. J think the.little winds, that strr The ^'?a?s'of the dreaming rose, Are odorous became OT her; With purpler bloom the n^?>?w blows The very flowers she came to cull, The buttercup and Marguerite, Than others are more beautiful By reason of her passing feet. - [?'. J. Coleman, in Philadelphia Ledger. THAT MYSTERY. '.Now, ?Mi??,- f?a?ljv what do you lik?' best-thc White' bloitso Or the pin iv ; ' "My dearest Siait?Mcy you* rook lovely in either." "Ko, but really?" "And fr?iyf"* "You're too ridiculo US,' P?i?l?" .cried Mrs. Lorimer, laug lung. "As a lady's maid you are not a success-go and smo?'? your cigarette on the balcony, and Til be r???Ty ru a secot?d." Mr. Lorimer obeyed witfr" the? stih mi8siou and al arch y of a ncwly-??adlc' spouse, and, moreover, waited with a patience and resignation only to be found hi a niau whose married life can stiII be counted hy weeks* ..I haven't been long,have ??" asked hrs wife' willi delightful conviction, when she returned ?fter au interval, "and,- oby Phil,- doir't you1 thirtk this ls the mose perfectly lovely place On the face of thc earth ?'' Mr. Lorimer's answer was somewhat wide of thc mark, and by no means worthy of record* hut certainly Eden on-Sea was a delightful spot. "It's delicious," repeated Mrs, Lorimer, ecstatically; "but come, Pliih I'm quite ready for my drive! Ob, there, my shoe is undone; do tie it tip' zor mc." ftiilfp' was k??clrrrg aft lier feet* and she was lat?ghingi}v ir??tf ifetirr? liirrt itt the art of tying a shoe late/ when,' to the unutterable confusion of both, the room door opened and a stranger stood in thc doorway. "Excrtsc rae, I am afraid I have made a mistake/' 3ir. Lorimer jumped ftp, glaring at thc intruder savagely. "1 thtfug!ft this was my roomy No. 24." "This is 24A," growled Lorimer*. "Your room is the ui-xt on the left." "Thank you; a thousand pardens!" and with a courteous bow the stranger withdrew". "Idiot!" began Phil, bt?t Mrs. Lori? mer interrupted him. "Oh, did you ever see such a hand? some man? He had a face like an archangel !" "Archangel be-pulverized! I think people might take the trouble to see that thoy don't blunder inte other people's rooms ! Come along, Blanche, the carriage is waiting!" Thc evening passed pleasantly enough, aud when toward its close Hr. and Mrs. Lorimer lounged upon their balcony in the moonlight, it seemed as if there could be nothing to mar the delights of the best of all pos* si ble words. Suddenly a terribly dis? cordant note was stiuck. "Listen I" whispered Blanche. "Eh, what?" saidPhil, whose whole attention had beeu engrossed by his companion! and who, unlike her, had not the feminine knack of doing two things at the same time* ""Don't you hear some one talking in the next room?" whispered Blanche* "Well?" "But they're quarreling; listen!" "Not I. Why shuoldn't they quar? rel if tiiey like? Let's go in I" But at that moment, a woman's voice, low and piteous, reached their ears. "Oil Frank! have you no pity?" "There, didn't yon hear?" whispered Blanche, in awestruck tones. "Y s; and 1 don't mean to hear any more. Come in, Blanche." "How stupid you arc, Phil! They j , are in thc next room, I tell youl" she rei ?crated impatiently. "Whit, of i? ?" , Mrs. Lorimer gave a little petulant stamp. , "There was noone with that gentle? man who came In herc this afternoon, and he was alone at table d'hote! Now, , do you understand?'1 Phil gave a low whistle, but before I he could make any remark thc wailing voice reached thom again. "Frank, don't force me! I can- j not I I will not. It is too awful!" Phil drew his wife quickly into tho room and closed thc window, nosily. "But. Phil, ain't you going to do anything? Suppose" "Stuff and nonsense!" interrupted Phil, gruffly ; "it's no business of ours! But your archangel does not . seem to be a very amiable person I" "But don't you think" "I think it'> time to lum in!" rc- j plied her husband, decisively; for j Philip was a true Britisher, with a j noted objection to putting his fingers j into other people's pies. Every mau for himself, and Scotbiud Y. d for us ; w as hiv motto. il anche, ou the other hand, was a j ir:?a d:iu?.'h?ot; pf Kvf. (ind ?h/* ?o? \ ! (ermined ?o discover, if poi whose to?ce it vvas that she had h and what was ??h?' meaning c piteous appeal. If possible* bat was it to be done? I Chance gave lier an opening, \ j she Was Quick to seize. Having np io her room after breakfast morning/ ?be' fotfnd the chamber still busy with her du-sling; ..Oh! you can go on/7 she smiling, as she seated herself by window. The maid was clearly very person to enlighten her. how ter ?o?slo to thc point? "? am? afr&hl 1 am dreadfully tidy/' Blanche n?gatif, after a i?cnl, ifitrV a conciliating little ? ??Not at all, madWm/' peplied girl, demurely. '?Have you many rooms ta i continued Mrs. Lorimer, with ki interest ?'The whole of this floor, mad? '?Does the lady in the next r give much tronblc?" .'There is no lady in No. madam; only a gentleman who ri veil yesenia/. Anything I can for you, manViff?*' ?'No, thank you." Herc was a mystery ! ?o lady No. 24, and yet that was undoubti a woman1* voice last night! It most extraordinary; and Blanche c municated the result of her invest; \}Qfi With intense trepidation. P however,- dc*?Hued to be interested tire affui ,. or to discuss it in any w so Ute w?ftf Was* forced tn keep conjectures io* ifefseif,- and tliey w of a nature anything Vitt flattering ffro ?wie occupant of No. As thc ?Sf *?*tvG on, the keenness her interest in thc focttdaomc stranj and his mysterious companion w** somewhat before the more enthrall! prb'b?ems ftmuccted with her own c Uittk for ?hte" dance which was to given that cfetihige fjiil bad an ai ions time pending t?itf settlement these questions, but in due conYae of them were disposed of in the rn? successful manner, as was snfficien provetl by the crowd ..f partners w flocked round Mrs. Lorimer as soou she Winde her appearance in thc* ba roon*. Manche bad, indeed, qu forgb'ttsn (lie mystery of Jiu. 24 in t exoil emeu t of the bst\if wlien it was ? called to her by the siglit of tin neighbor standing in thc doorw; Her heart beat fast as she noted what wo???an ever fails to do it?-th bia eye followed lier round the roo with a glance of iutef'?tet and ad mir tion. ..Now," she thought to herself, ?*l will a-k me to dance, and I shall I able to* pttt some Marching qncstioi id Knfc* Tiie ho'p?,- however,- was doOf?led disappointment. ?hc stranger co: tented himself with admiring Mr Lorimer from a distance, and for oui ai least that little lady retired to ht room ?ot altogether satislicd with hci self/ lt Was again a brilliant, mooni ptfmme'r's night, and Blanche thrci herself into ii capacious chair by th window, prior to disrobing* ?hewa commencing asomewhas petulant com plaint upon the shortcomings of th evening's entertainment, when sudden ly she Was pulled np short by a low blooc?-C?rdling wail from the adjoining room. Blanche started up,- white am frightened. "Phil, what was that?1* Before he could reply, thc moan o pain become articulate, and once mon the Woman's voice reached then in low, distinct tones through the opei window. ?.Frank, let me out! Have mercj on me! Oh, let me out!" A man's voice, again in gruff, unin? telligible reply, and then once again tbo piteous, j leading voice. ??I'll do anything, Frank! I'll never tell anybody you are my husband. Only let me gol" Blanche's grasp oil her husband's hand tightened. Philip listened not less intently than she did. ?.Have pity, Frank, lia ve pity ! Don'* you remember that you used to sny you loved me? Why are you so cruoj now? I never did you any harm. Oh* let me out I I can't bear it! You can have all my money, every penny; only don't make me go back!" A brutal, unqualified oath was the sole answer to this appeal; it was fol? lowed by a faint, smothered cry. ?.No! no! never! I will not go back into that horrible box! I had rather be killed outright! ' There was absolute silence for a second, and Blanche and Philip stood breathless; then came a muffled shriek of agony. ..No! no! oh, no, Frank! I did not mean ?ti i'll do what you like! don't kill mc! Help! HcipP With a cry of righteous rage Phil dropped his wife's hand and dashed across I he balcony. He shook the closed windows vigorously, regardless of everything Pave thc frantic desire lo prevent a horrible crime. A dead silence had followed the woman's last cry, anti when at last Lorimer forced thc windows and bounded into the room, he found it io darkness, except for the streak of wei ni moonlight that followed hips. In the darkness he could just dis? cern the figure of a man standing by a hugh, black trunk. ??What is the meaning of this?" asked thc man, advancing, but Phil pushed him roughly aside. ??What have you done with that un? fortunate woman ?" .?A feebly moan struck on his ear. ?.Where aro you?" ho cried, ?.! will help you." ?.Gb, lei ?ne ont ! let min ont!" came to him in feeble-it . o? m ed ahnest ! i\\ \t><? - -t'OUPS. j .Von brute!" cried Lorimer, beside j himself with excitement and infjifiiia- j tim*. I At (his moment the- room wa j raded by a motley crowd in all s of deshabile, for, after ?*hilTi d ture, Blanche had raised an alan auch incoherent fashion that hali 'hotel was swarming into No. 24, I certain whether murder, fire or BU death was th* ?anse of the midi disturbance. "It is his wife," explained frantically. He's been trying to her. She ia hidden here somewh( "Here! here! Oh, I am dying ?'7frer Sr un kPT cried some one. 1 one accord they bore down upon huge black trunk;; every one's fin were thrust forward to unbuckle straps, the moaning growing fail ?nd fainter, till, as thc last fastei v. gave way, itccascd altogether. "We are too late," cried Phil, a threw open the Hil "The poor tl is"-He stopped, shirted back, looked around iw bewilderment, rest of the company crowded forw and peered into thc trunk. "Why, it's empty!" ihcy cxclati in chorus. "Gentlemen! gentlemen!" cried suave voice of the hotel propr?t from thc door. "What docs mean?* 44 Wc don't know," cried every c uncertain whether to be greatly ainu or intensely indignant. "This gentleman," continued proprietor, indicating his guest of seraphic countenance, who st< smiling silently, "this gentleman Mr. Delaverc Darcey, the celebra ventriloquist, who wiil appear monow evening at the Winter G dens* He has been amusing you w a little private rehearsal?" There was a most gratifying attei ftnee at thc Winter Gardens on i following night to witness Mr. De vere Darcer* entertainment, for, the poet tells us Great are the uses of advertisement, ?fot neither Phillip Lorimer nor 1 wife Was a ? ong the audience. Tb had left Eden-on-Sca by au eaj train.-[London frtftb, A Railroad Built for $5. From South Texas came a man w buiit 600 miles of railroad with a bill aud faith, and thc bill was a bc rowed one. He moved np from Cc pus Citri?!! io San Antonio with all his possessions J.*eaped np on a tw wheeled cart. Ile got a charter build a railroad from San Amonio Aranas Pass. He graded a mile < )tf throwing a good deal more thi one shovel of dirt with his own hand Thc receiver of another road loane th:s indefatigable builder enough ol rails for a mile of track*. Ju distant part of the ?Stitc was purchase an eugine which had been condemnc six years before and sent to thc shoj td Me wrecked for scrap iron. Tw old cars' 7r?re picked up somewher clse at a barga?r?. And that old ei gino, drawing those old cars, stearne into Sui Antonio. On engine an cars in bold lettering was painted i lamp-back, "S. and ?. P." Wit one mile of old rail track and wit the equipment of the old engine am thc two old CUTS Uriah Lott starte? the Aransas Pass system. There ha been some tull financiering in the his tory of ruiiroad building in this coun? try, but there isn't anything which for ?nzz iug pluck, quite approache; the story of the building of this 60( mile? of road in South Texas. To the one mile of track three wer( added-three miles by a dicker foi soniij 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 rolling mill for ten miles ot 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 thc founda? tion for bonds which built forty miles more, and so tho system 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 hi* pocket He had transportation, buthc .hadn'tanythiug to buy food, and he went through hungry. Effects of Intense Heat. In such a structure as the Ames building the heat generated by the burning of the vast masses of com? bustible goods stored in the rooms is intense almost beyond conception. In such tires iron columns, thick glass skylights, and even brick walis melt, and the temperature throughout a i-pacc covered by the structure, and for a height which, in the case of the Ames building, is said to have been nearly 200 feet, must be far above white heat. When immersed in such a temper? ature, cither by the burning of goods around it, or by an attack through the windows of a sea of Hame from a neighboring building, timber, instead of burning from thc outside, seem? to d< compose suddenly,settiug free large volumes of gas, which leave the non? volatile part of thc timber in the shape of a loose heap of charcoal, torn jp fragments by the violence with which the ga?sc-?, and, perhaps, a lit? tle steam, lin ve been liberated. During thc burning of the Ames building great numbers of fragments of blazing charcoal, several inches long, and appearing to have been separated from large timbers, fell in thc neighboring streets, and the vio? lence with which the flames poured through thc windows and across a street fifty feet wide setting lire in? stantly to the buildings on the opposite side, shows how freely the great mas9 i?f fuel furnished by the structure itself, a* well as by the goods sirred in it, must have burned.--[Americau Architect, When I Am Tired. ! O, love not alone when days are bright, I And azure skies smile on the waiti; I earth, When hearts respond to the sweet world < light, And love, as 'twere, the heritage of birth. Not then alone, But love me still, my own, When I am tired. ? When I am tiled-bowed down with divers I cares, That kuock not at your gate and will not ( go; When the gray earth is saddened unawares, And lids are drooping and pulses low, Oh, turn agais, \ And stay more fond iy 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 yoor soothing presence nigb And know the rarest blessing is for me Of tender care, ^ Though days be dark or fair. Vi* "When ?am tired. "' [Chicago Inter-Ocean. HUMOROUS? A man is as old as he feels, but not always as big. When a paragrapher makes a joke about cork he naturally expects it will ?oat. "Silent watches of the night"-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, but a light head is not a good thing for the engineer. He-Why don't you light ihe lamp your father gave you ? Because, dear, it is so hard to turn down. Jagson 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 t? 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 tell beforehand? The speaker who says he only wants five minutes may be a man of un? questionable taste, bnt 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 sune, To pay the doctor's bills. Maud-How do you like the new way I do my hair, Frank? Frank (wanting to say something particu? larly nice)-vrhy, 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 brunette." "That bit of architecture," said the builder, "was modieled after one of Europe's most famous structures.'" "Modeled !" repealed the crusty capi? talist-"You mean muddleuV' "But why do you object to Henry, fatraer?" "Because he has no pros? pects," replied the millionaire, stern? ly. "But you forget, father, what good prospects Henry woald have if you didn't object." "You have had many severe trials, I dare say," said (he tender-hearted housewife. "Yes," said Rust Rufus, spearing another cold potato with his fork, "but oai account of my youth I've ginerly got oft purty light." "What a mendacious duffer yon are. Phibbs!" said Dibbs. "You saiu this was an orphan asylum, instead of which it is an old men's home." "Well, you go in and look for an old man who isn't an orphan. You won't find him." "I consider Mr. Johnson a very nice fellow," said Mrs. Brown the other evening to Mrs. Robinson at Lady Douglass' party. "I don't," saidR." "Why, he's not a bit like men who come to see me." "Weil, that is nothing against him," rejoined Mrs. B.f with acidity. At a railway station, an old lady said to avery pompous-lookiuggentle? man, who was talking about steam communications: "Pray, sir, what is steam?" "Steam, ma'am, is ab-ah! steam is-!" "I knew that chap couldn't tell ye," said a rorgh-looking fellow standing by; "but steam is a bucket of water in a tremendous per? spiration." A poor son of the Emerld Isle ap? plied for employment to a avaricious . hunks, who told him he employed no lri?hmcn, ?'fer the last one died on my hands and I was forced lo bury him at my owu charge." Ah! your honor," said Pat, brightening up, "and is that 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 yesterda> with a cool thousand. Browu-How did you know it was cool? Jouea-It um*t kare been. -Twai in ft di'ftf u