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THE FLAG OF TRITE. DR. TALMAGE CUGGESTS A REMEDY FOR G7RIKE CPIOEV.ICS. htrrmla of Cnpllrl nistl I.nltwr Arc Urntlcnl, nml When 'I lirj- f van" (?> AnlnKinilrr r.u'li OCior Strife Will C??nr?llrnrClii uf t'o-oj?cr??tton. JCof>vri?ht. I.o?|3 K'?|><<ii, 1 1 Waruincton, aId. In this discourse I>r. Talinr.jjo suggests how the everlnntliiK war hot ween capital and Utlxir may be brought to a l.nppy end. Tbe text Is 1 Corinthians xil. 21. "The ye cannot say uuto the baud. I have no need of thee." Fifty thousand work I tun in Chicago erasing work In otto day: IJruoklytt stunned by tho attempt to halt its railroad cars; Cleveland in the throes of a labor agitation, and restlessness HUton# toilers all over tho land have caused tilt epidemic of strikes, and. somewhat to better tilings, I apply the I'aullne thought of my text. You have seen an elaborate piece of machinery, with a thousand wheels and a thousand bauds and a thousand pulleys all controlled by one great wnterwheel, the machinery so adJusted that when you Jar one part of it you jar all parts of it. \Y< II. human society Is a great piece of mechanism controlled by one great and ever revolving force?the wheel of Cod's providence. You harm one part of the machinery of society, and you harm all pnrts. All professions interdependent. All trades interdependent. All classes of people Interdependent. Capital and UKrve Vrt Uiw.ki t lit iiir no lUirvi iiiivi \i\ |rvii\ivui> .>?' ii nulls ?ir> lndc[>endcu?c. Dives onnnot kirk I .u Minis without hurting Ills own foot. They who threw Khndrnch into the furnnoe got their own bodies scorched. Or. to come bnok to the figure of the text, what n strange tiling it would be if the eye should say: 1 oversee the entire physical mechanism. I despise the titer inemIters of the hotly; if there is anything 1 nut disgusted with, it is with those miserable, low lived hands. Or, what If the baud should say: ! tint the boss workman of the whole physical economy: I have no respect for the other members of the hotly. If there Is nay thing I despise, it is the eye seated under the dome of the forehead doing nothing but look. 1 conte In. and I wave the Hag of truce between these two contestants, and I say, "The eye cannot say to the hand, 41 have no need of thee.' " I.ntior antl Cnpitnl. That brings me to the tirst suggestion, antl that Is, that labor ami eapital are to he brought to a better understanding by a complete canvass of the whole subject. They will be brought to peace when they timl that they are Identical in their interests. When one iroes down, thev both iro d.i.vn. When one rises, they both rise. There will be an equilibrium after a while. There never has been an e.v > pt">n to the rule. That whieh is pmil for one elass of society eventually will be good for nil classes of society, ami that which is bad for one class of society will eventually and in time be bad for ail. Every speech that labor makes against capital postpones the day of permanent adjustment. Every speech that en pi ml makes against labor postpones the day of permanent adjustment. V.'lien capital maligns labor, it is the eye cursing the hand. When labor maligns capital. It Is the hand cursing the eye. As far an I have observed, the vast majority of capitalists are successful laborers. If the capitalists would draw their glove, you would see the nroken tinger nail, the scar of an old b'tster, tho stiffened linger Joint. The great publishers of the country for the most part were bookbinders, or typesetters, on small pay. The great carriage manufacturers Tor the most part sandpapered wagon bodies in wheelwright shops. While, on the other hand, in all our large manufacturing establishments you will find men on wages who once employed a hundred or live hundred hands. The distance between capital ami labor is not a great gulf over which is swung a Niagara suspen .Ion bridge; It Is only a step, and the capitalists are crossing over to become laborers, and the laborers are crossing over to become capitalists. Would (!od they might shake hands while they cross. On the other hand, laborers are the highest style of capitalists. Where are their investments? In banks? No! In the railroads? No! Their nerve, their muscle. their hone, their mechanical skill, their physical health are magnificent capital. He who Par. two eyes, two ears, two foot, two lianas, ten fingers, has inachlnery that pets Into notl iupuess carpet ami screw and cotton factory, and all the other Imp ?n.ents on the planet. The capitalists were laborers, the laborers were capitalists. The sooner we understand that the better. Co-operative Associations. Again, there is to come relief to the Laboring classes of this country through co-operative a-o nidations. J am not at this moment speaking of trades unions, hut of that plan hy tvhich laborers put their surplus together and become their own capital* lats. Instead of being dependent upon the heQk of this capitalist or that capitalist.. they manage their owu affairs. In Kit gland and Wales there are M.'l co-operative associations. They have 840,000 members; they have a capita! Of ? IS.000,000, or what corresponds to our uoiiars. ami timy oj u business annually of $GIU?00,0<H.>. Tho.nas ltras Bey. one of the foremost men in the British parliament, on the fuibjeet ays: "Co-operation Is the one ami ti c only relief for the laboring populations. This Is tlie path." lie says, "by whioh they are to come up from the haml to the mouth style of living, to r<ap Urn vu.tT'ls ami the honors of our a?l. ir 1 elvillzation." T,or?l Ileyhv ami John Stuart Mill, who gave half their |}yc* to the study of the labor Question, 1 believed In co-op erntive institutions. I " tut." mivs some cue. "haven't those i Institution-. sonieth.u < ! e? a .1 failure?" Yes. 1-1 . cry great it: uveim : t l:a < bisui n failure :<t soiiic tine. Application of t! ?? Stettin | >W( r a f.share. ?.-! otro telegraphy a failure. r;:dreading :i t'ail: ure. 1 ;.t now t!:e chief Mfvesso.i of the | world. i "llu!." says some "why taik of j surplus being put i y 1::! o:e.s into ?-o' o.'riittive associations \v!.e:t the vast ' tnr.lt it talc of t dices of t!-; : country are 1 s rugglipg for their dady bread ami j li t ve ;: > surplus V" I reply, put into my j h int! the money spent l?y the laboring ! classes of America for rum and toJ baeco. r.ml I will establish co-operative i associations in till parts i f this laud, some ef t!:e:a mightier t'.tati any tlnan' da. institutions of the country. We spend in this eeuutry over slco.nnn.titto every year for tobacco. We spend over J?!..*>'to.'mki.ihmi directly or indirectly for rem. The laboring classes spend their share of this money Now. suppose the laboring man who has bet n expending his money in those directions should just add up how uracil lie has expended during these past few years, ami then suppose that that money was put into a co-operative association, and ; tin n suppose he should have till his friends in toil, who Ita 1 made the same kind of cxpvidititro. <h? the same thing, ami that should he added up and put , into a co-operative association. And I then take all that money expended for i overdress ami overstylc and overliv lug mi the part of toiling people in , order that they may appear as well as person; who have mvre income- gather ' that all ttp and you cettld have co! operative associations nil over this I land. Trillion I ii In ti v. 1 :iin n<>t s:iyi11ir sinvtliin.c now about trades unions. Yon wsint to know wluit : I think of trsulns unions. I think they ; tiro most heiiclicial in some directions, , nml they have a specific object, ami in this ilsty, when there are vast m mopo; lies a thousand monopolies coiicctii tliitlnu the wealth of the people into the possession of a few men unless I the lahoritm tin n of this c ountry and Sill countries hand together they will ' under. There is a lawful use of a trade union. If it means sympathy i:i ! time of sickness, if it means lin liun' . work for people when they are out of ] werk. if it means the improveiuent of the iin.inei.il. the moral or the religious condition ef the lah.winy (lasses, that is all rljrht. i?0 not artists land to! palter in an art union? !>o not sinyers j hand together in Handel and lladyti I societies? I ?o not newspaper men hand : together in press clubs? I to not mittj isters of religion hand together in con, fereiiees and associations? There is not ill all the land a eity wiiere clergy! noli do not eoine t:>gcther, many of | them once it week, to talk over affairs, j l'or these reasons jolt should not ' Maine 1st hot* guilds. When they are ! doing their legitimate work, they are ! iui st nduiirnldc, Imt when they eoine around with drum and life and ling 1 from their scaffoldings, from llieir ! tories, then they are nihilistie, then they are eoiiiiutiuistie, linn they are < barbaric. Mien they are a curse. If a ' man wants to stop work, 1 -t him stop I work, but he cannot step me from . work. I I'.lit now i!i>;ti.so that :iiI 11 laboring i classes handed I??^;?*t her tor lu'in'lici'iit ) |?U!'|m?s( s iu ? ??-*?|is'ia!ive av"><>:*iatinn. miller whatever iiaiii-' tiny put their ' nuans together. Suppose they take j the inoin-;. that I hey waste in ruin and : tohaeeo and use it for 11i ? elevation i of their families, for the education of their ehihlreti. for their moral, intellectual and religious improvement, what a different stale of things we would have in this country and they would have in (treat 1'ritain! I ?o you not realize the fact that men work hotter without stimulant 7 Von say, "Will you deny the laboring men this help whieh they get fr.un strong drink, borne down as they are with many anxieties and exhausting work'/" I would deny tin in nothing that is goo-J for them. I would deny them strong drink, if 1 had the power, because it is damaging to thorn. My father said: "I became a temperance man in < ally life ho ;">e I found that In the harvest lie!.!, while I was naturally ueaieT than iln- oilier men. 1 eoiil.! hold out longer i" in any of then. Th.y look stimulant and I took llo'le." ilvcrybodv know . ihc\ cannot endure yieat falige. men w 1 o indulge '.II "liui'ilants. .Ml our young men und. r laud that. When t' y are preparing for ih regatta, or the ball clu'i, or tin" :111 > 1 fI r wr? ? t iIIir. tiny abstain from -iciiiu drink. Now. suppose nil this money (!i:st is w.mted were L's11!?? red ln;'i'tl:ri' ami p it into en-operativo itisi::t:ti >t!s. <>h, wr wott'd have n very ilitTi !* *iit state of things fiuta what we ha \" i <.w. I'ri* el !? ? Keon.i in ,v. 1 remark ag.n'n. tie I t*? ?ri i.r eltssei 1 of t' i eeiiuiry are tin t :rrent relief when they learn, all of tliem I'aril, i*ie.'i'I a>t nti'l pro ride:.ee. \'a-t mini* lui's of them put il?\ui their Income an I they put down their espen*es, ami if tie* inentne in et*; the e\p"ti -es that is all that is neressart . I Know tailoring men \\ ho are in a perfect fidget intil they have spent their last ilollar. They |!y around everywhere until they get ;t spent. A ease earn.* tlinlef m.V observation where a young man was receiving STbu a year ami earned it by \n r.v hard work. The marriage ilnj ......... a a .. i.I. >. I s".im n*. nn inherit unco from ii<-r grandfather. Slle l>l!t till? 'M III W e 11 < | i || '-T ?*< | II i J?un nt. '11: n the twain hireil two ronti s t'i thin! story. Then this iii:in who l.i.il most :inlnoilK employment. just :.s nuieli us he roiiM possl!>!y end tire. got evening employment s< i cor.1.1 i Mi ll :i f '\v dollars more ntnl hy ill- cm.a evening omploylie \t aim -t e\l in-ni-'ied his eyeM'.ilt. Why did he til lie ties e\l l'fl owning (ii r j ih v ion I ? Was it to lay (by souivthlv a for a rniuy day? No. I Wns It to set a !if?? Insurance so that if lie should die liis wife would not j be a i>siNo. it wns for the one j luvp-Ke ci ^-citlr.2 liis \% ife n tfloit m i:i <-aequc. I am just 2iyou j a I act t know, i lie sister of this wo| although she was ;r very poor j-^i.1, was not to lie eclipsed, m: I so site Went to w? rk day and siiuht and toil ! and toiled and toiled almost int > the tctav" until she a si.'o sealskin saeijre! Well, the news went abroa I all tli:vt:;;li t!se street. >!<;st of the people < n that street were In1 boring, hard working people. j?i:;l they . wire nat to be outshone in this way. ' an I they all went t.> work in the sanej direction and practically sr. 11. thoujrh I not literally. '*Tho;:al) the heavens fall, j we must have a sealskin snc<p.:e!" A clergyman in Iowa toll me that his church and the entire neighbor hood had been ruined by the fact that the people tnortvrajje.l their farms ci order to ao down to the I'hila lelphia Centennial in 1S7??. First, one family would u"o. then another family, and ' tiii:?ll.v it was not respectable n< t to - > | to the t\ntcmiial at Philadelphia. and j they mortgaged their farms. '1 he ! ehttreh and the neighborhood ruined j 'a that way. Now, betv.i'i'ii such fools j ami pauperism there is only a very ; short step. In time of peaee pr.'pate . for war. I:i lime of prosperity prepare , for a<lvot>ity. Yet I. w many there ' art1 who drive on the verge of ti;" i pree'pice, and at t!:o hast touch of ae i ehleiit or sickness over they go. Ah. | lay friends, it is not rigid. it is not ! honest! I!o tli.it provileth not for his | own. an I osiHfially those of his nivti . household, is worse than :.m inlidel. A I mail lais ii ? right to live in luxury and | have all eoinforts an l all brightness j arornd hilt:. taking his family with , him at that rate?everything blight t and beautiful and luxurious until he i stumbles against a tombstone and falls j in. an l they all go to tin* poorlious>\ i That is not eoiiunon honesty. 1 am no t advoeato of skintlint saving. I abhor it. Hut I plead for Christian provi! deuce. SiivhiK'K l!-':il.<(. Some of the idler persons foment1 her very will Abraham Van Nest of 1 New York, one of its Christian merchants. lie was often called mean ! because lie calculated so closely. Why 1 did he calculate cl >selyV That lie ! might have the more to give. There i was not a Itilde society or a tract society or a reformatory institution in ; the city of New York but he had his , hand in supporting it. lie denied i himself many luxuries that he might give to others the uceessitiis. lie lias j been many years reaping hi> reward in heaven, but 1 shall never forget the ! day when i, it green country lad, came to Ins house and spent the evening. j ninl ;it the close of the evening, .is 1 ' wjis departing, ho accompanied ine to th e accompanied 1110 to the step*, 1 came down off the steps ami said: j "Here, He Witt, is .SI" for liooks. liolt't : say anything about it." it is mean or ! it is magnificent to save, according as yott save for a (food or hail object. ; I know there are many people who i have much to say against savings banks and life insurances. 1 have to tell you that the vast majority of the i homesteads in this country have been the result >f such institutions, and I have to tell you also that the vast majority of the homesteads of the future for the Inhering classes will be the result of such institutions. It will l?; a great day fo- the working classes of Knginutl and the tilled States when the v orkingmr.n oast buy a barrel of llour instead of Hour by the small ' sail,; whin lie can buy a barrel of : sugar instead >' sugar by the pound; l when he can pay cash for coats and hats and shoes rather than pay an additional amount for the reason that he ! lias to get it ail charged. Again 1 remark: (treat relief is to conic for the laboring classes of this country by appreciation on the part of employer."*, that they had better take their employees into their confidence. 1 can > \< :y easily, looking front my standpoint, what is the matter. Kmph.yoi s, seeing the employer iti accruing prosperity, do'not know ail the straits. 11 the hardships, all the I >sses. al! the annoyances. They l-iol; at Iiii.i. ;ii;<1 lli? \" tfiiiik. "Why. ho 1 is it ta>y. :>11 I \vi have it liar.I." Thoy 1> Dot kiinw that at that vot y rioiuoiit t! < ? r is at tlu< last point ol' il'-Hp ; ii >11 t > moot 1. s i tiir.i-rollouts. I a u.anli-inati \>n\ woll \vh>? 1?: < >>\ t l.iMto liatnls in hit otnplo.v. i .<! to ii'in s.miio years am? \\ 1: >(i th :v was jrr?,:it trouble in the lab >r ma o t. "ilow aft: you .r.nt'ii,' <>n witli yoi.i 1:1. nV" "i?h." In* Mi!.!, "1 Pave no tr nhlf!" "Why." I sai.l, "have not j'oti ha<l any ?tiil."< ?li. no!" i t: >ai>'. "1 n -vff 1: nl any trouble." "What plan .!.> \ oti purutey" lie sahl: "i will toll yo i. All i \ men know every yon: jitst Im.v mamas stainl. 11tiy lit lit: while I tall tlioni together nta! say: '.\ w. b.e. :. last j.-at* I t.;a i M> :;ii:oh. "**1 h - ;.? r 1 ma to loss. >' > n so > I ("imini pay \ ..>i as nil.oil :: > i <li | la t joa; .\ov.. I want to kimu* what yoil think I oi.' hl to lia\e as a polo ta*o out of this o al'lishi.iont ami \ l at wti^os I oimht to give you. Vo'i know I put all my t nortry In this Mis nm-t, ,.t i mi m\ I >rti;in* in il and risled i NVl.nl do you really 'J.m.U I oi'uht l<> have and yntt n' uht lo have';' l?\ the time we e<u > urn of thai ?111:i i >n we. are uxi'i!itiot.s There has never l.ien an exception. When We prosper, we all p.<?s p?T 11 ir -tin r. ' 1.. 11 we iltlTer, we all i .V i leu !' !". ami my nu n w.inhl I i me." Now, let all employers I... f.nt.k v illi tie ir i mi'li.yees. Tal e ll.ei'i Into yoiu* < oe'.idem e. I.et them know just I.dw math rs .-.taiel. There I< mi ii.:in use amount of eoiiim n sete ? in the world, li is always safe to nop. al to !t. To i'io f'uytinllNt. I remark nun In: (Jreat relief will j \ as will. hut in :i 11 Itiis will of $40,; U'l- t i i how i;?::c-Ii V One iiailllon? No. i Dive hundred thousand? No. Oiw ! hundred dollar.:? No. Two cents? No. One cent? No. Tin so groat ehios groaning in anguish. nations erv! lug out fi v tlio bread of everlasting j lifo. A man in a will giving forty , i iiiiioiis of tloliars ami not one cent to j (in.!, it is a disgrace to on* civilian this. t.r. as illustrated in a lott'-r ' which I havo ooncorning a man who I departed tliis lift*, leaving between . livo ami eight millions of dollars. Not otic dollar was loft, this writor says, to J comfort tlit* aged workmen ami work) woiuott, not one dollar to elevate and in.-.mot the hundreds of pale ehihlren who stilled their chiidish growth in tlio heat and eiamor of his factory. Is it strangi that the curse of the children of toil follows such ingratitude?] llow well could one of his many millions have heeti disbursed for the present and the future benefit of those : wl: i.-o hands had woven literally the ! f; brie of the dead man's princely forj true. oh. capitalists of the United ! States, he .Vottr own executors. Ho n j (l-'orgo IV.ihody, If need be, on a small ' scale. Cod has made you a steward. ' Discharge your responsibility. A \\'or?l to I.nbor. Mv word is to all laboring 111011 In : this country: 1 congratulate you at j your brightening prospects. 1 conI grutulatc you on the fact that you are. J getting your representatives at A I1 bany, at llarrishurg and tit Washington. 1 have only to mention such a man of the past as Henry Wilson, the shoemaker: as Andrew Johnson, the ! tailor; as Abraham Lincoln, the bon*| man. The living illustrations easily occur to inn. This will go 011 until 1 you will have representatives at all 11 headiiuartcr:, am! you will have ' * j full justice. 1 < >!:,'!atulate you also on your opportunities of information. I'lato paid si..", o for two hooks. .Tci-oiim' rtiim-il If' -It financially l>y buying one volof ??riu?-n. W hat vast opportunities for intelligence for yoti ami your children. A workiui; man j;oes alom; by ih show wimlow of some irreat puMP1 liny house, ami ho Sees a hook tie;' costs So. lie says: "I wish I could have that information. 1 wish I could rai-' $5 for that costly and beautiful boo A lew months pass on, and Ins jjrls the value of that book lor 'Jo cents iti a pamphlet. There never was stud a day for the wot kinsmen if At; rica a.i thi-' day and the day that Is ei initio. I I > convratulale y< u because your work is only prefatory and introductory. You want the "tare of .lesns t'iu'st, tin carpenter of Nam-ell.. lie toil d himself, and lie I now . h .w t syi palhi/.e Willi all who toil (dot his j?rn ; in your I. art, ami yo;: can situ; on M:o sciilb.l'hiio amid the sto m. mi the hop sliovili'^ t lie plant', ill 'he mine ]iiti>iinif the crowbar, on shij hoard clii hii:;j the ratlines, lie will make the drips of sweat oil your I row plit ien:i:; pearis n r mo eternal coroner. 1 Are on timl, lie will rest ymi. Ara yon sir!;, !su will jrivo yon lielp Arj y<ni (niil. lie will wr:ip yon in the mantie of Lis love. Who nre they before tlic throne? "Alt," y??tt sny. "their hi'li f Were never e.;lhiiisei| will- toil." Yes. they wore. Yon say. "Their feet worn never blistered with the !<>n:j Jottiiiey." Yes, they were, hut fhrist l;ti>e'l them t<> tiiilt liivo einllietiee. \\*li? are these? "These are the., that en It ' out ?f <;|i;lt tribulation ;i| I hilil their io! ( ; waited an I ma le white in t'n IiIhihI of the Iaiinh." That for eve v r'hii i a 11 work in at nan ami for ovciy flu. ti.'ti workitir vote, n will hthe begiuniiiK of eternal holiday. I i come to the laboring clnsxes of this ; country through the* religious reoiilioiI tion of it. La hot* is honored and rewarded in proportion as a couiinundy | is t"l.rtstiuuized. Why is it that our . small?t colli in this country is n penny, while in China it takes a half i * dozen pieces of eoin or a dozen to | make one of our pennies in value, sol i the Chinese curry the easli, as they , c call it. like a siring of heads around j tile neck? We never want to pay less j than a penny l'or anything in this | eountry. J l-ey must pay that which j i is worth only the sixth part or the | 1 twelfth part of a penny. Heathenism j ami iniquity and Infidelity depress evI erything. The gospel of Jefcus Christ | elevates everything. How do I noI count for this? I account for it with j the plainest philosophy. The religion i of .fous Christ is a democratic rej iigio'i. It tells the employer that he ; is a brother to all the operatives in the i establishment?made by the same Cod. j to lie iit the same dust and to he saved ' l>y tin* same supreme merry. It dor* not make tlir slightest difference ltow i much itioM -y you have, you eausiot buy your way into the kingdom of heaven. If you have the grace of Clod in your heart, you will outer heaven. I.et tne say a wonl to all capitalists. I'.e your own executors. Make investments for eternity. 1 Jo not he like | some of ti: ise capitalists I know who , walk around among their employee.* ' with a supercilious air or ilrive up to > i the factory in a manner which seems I to indicate they are the autocrat of ! the universe, with the s?m and tnoeti in their ve.-t pockets, childly anxious | ! when they go amour; laboring men not ito be touched I?y tlie greasy or smirch< 1 hand an 1 have their broadcloth in, .inred. i'.e a Christian employer. Itemendier these v.h<> nro under your charge are bene of your l;oi:c and llesii of your tio-li: that .lesus Christ died for tliem and tiiat they are itntnortal. Hi vide up your estates or portions of them for the relief of the world before i you leave if. I >o not go out of the ! world like that man who died in New i : York, leaving in his will $4?UKK>.000. | | yet giving how much for tIto church of j tied; hew much for tiie alleviation of: human smforing? Ho gave some ntotii y a little while before he died. That i THEY CIDN'T PLAY. A Story of tht* tio.iloii Symphony Or- i elioMtrn'N I'Jirtlt'iilwr Leader. i W. S. M. .Matthews. the well known Chicago teacher and writer, tells an interesting story of the manner in which the Fostou symphony orchestra in dominated l.y its lender, lie says: 1 have heard many anecdotes of (Jeriekc's wt^x of doing^uisiness. For example: Wlsen the ensemble had reached what set tiled very like porfcetion. tlie idea ? f playing in New York was broached, and Mr. Higginsoii (the Huston rleli man and lover of music and Ids kiml. who has liuancicreil the Huston orchestra at ids owu expense) caused a hall to he engaged and advertisements pe.t out. Such was the In tercst awakened that tin* hall was sold out a fortnight licfore the date of playing. "The last rehearsal took place In Boston, perhaps on Thursday morning, the Now York date bolug the following Monday. The rehearsal went apparently as usual, the programme heing mainly gone through with the corrections being made from time to time. Nothing indicated that Gericko was less pleased than usual. "After the close of the rehearsal Mr. Gericko called at the office of Mr. Illgginson, and, after the customary greetings. remarked, in his usual quiet .voice, 'We will not Lo able to play In New York on Monday.' "Mr. Iligginson stared and thought his oars must be playing him false. Gerie' e repeated the statement In the same quiet Voice. .g' 'But,' exclaimed the financial mastor. 'we have to play; the house Is all sold out and we have promised.' "T cannot help that.' said Gericko. 'We cannot play next Monday; we do not plav well enough.' "Mr. Iligginson is said to have drawn n long breath and to have remembered that the catntract whli Mr. Goriekc provided that, he was to be sole judge of the readiness of the orchestra to play outside of Boston. Accordingly lie recalled the advertisements, paid back the money for tickets, paid the hall rent. etc. "The following year, when the season was well under way. Mr. Gericko came to Mr. Iligginson's office tone day after rehearsal and remarked quietly, as before. 'We are ready now to play in New York.' The concert was duly announced, sold out and given. The result was a great triumph, an 1 at one bound the Boston -orchestra established itself as the leading orchestral body ill iiiis cuuuiry. ?i,os AllsCU'S 1 yiU'S. Eniprrnr William Has n Jokf. On tlio return from Cadiucn, the | emperor's new estate, lie got luto a talk with the station master, lie said, jokingly, to him: "Now. Ilerr Obereisenbahndlrigent. do not you go and repeat my experience the other day. We were dining in the train. Opposite me sat my aid-de-oninp. who was wearing a pair of large boots with thick, heavy soles. All at once there was a jerk, and he ha 1 disappeared, but i list is-*, d of him I had a pair of gigantic boot soles on the table. I'ulettbttrg's plate Hew up Into the air. turned a somersault and fell straight on to mine, so that I had two cutlets instead i f one. Next to me a pair of legs were waving in the air, and on looking closer 1 saw It was a servant who was about to serve potatoes and peas, and had turned head over heels with the whole tray. Of course, all the crockcry was smashed." The emperor laughed heartily, and his humorous maimer made his hearers Join in the merriment.?Loudon News. Adopted by n Miidntonc. The sticking qualities of the madstone are illustrated in the family of Mr. (Jeorge Ketehain, a merchant out at the Crossroads. Last summer Johnnie, a 11-year-old sou of Mr. Ketehain, was bitten by a mad dog. The wound was in the palm of the right hand, and when a small madstoue about three Inches square was applied it adhered readily?in fact, so much so that it could not be got loose and is now ' thoroughly Imbedded in Johnnie's ' 1 . . 1 MM 1 . t ~ , 11.44 1. I III- mi.v UOS I >! < ( MCCIIS Wtlll{ cd to tlio sitnation mm.I, t;i fart, linds | tin' stone quite a eoiivenienee in many j ii.-uanees. Resides whetting his razor i and Iki 111; tints with it. tho stone I is a conveiiient weapon, with which j Johnnie makes all iho other hoys in the neighborhood stand around.?Hurt* | lord Republican. A llrnnintiu I.lfe. llenjatnin I). Maxhnin, inidtimlllion* : aire and philantliropist. who died at Vitieiand, N. J., a few days ago, led a most dramatic and remarkable life. lie j u; e . d prominently In tip- west dnrj in,' the exciting tithes incident to tho j told, fever of the early sixties, and . ofti n lie beeatne tlie possessor of as high % .-." tijujit in a. day. and sometimes lie as iptiekly lost it again At one time lie wa ;!i-' sole ereditor and owner of tii" entire bonded indebtedness of tin* state of Montana. Fourteen years ago li's wealth was estimated by himself and Inink oiilelals to lie about S-.noi>,( eo Capitalists believe that tho Max* linn, fortune, which consists mostly of { innni' ipnl lionds, cannot bo much less ' than $.*>.000,'mm j. After IIIk flcnrn. j F.dward Ilarriinan and a party of hunters have jnst sailed from Seattle to kdl hears, but the animals they are I going niter are tno largest in the world. They nro nhout tlx* size of n big <>\ ninl livo a ernzy life, feeding on the lish which llioy catch from the strenins in Kndink islatnl, where they make their home. 'J'hoy have often here seen anil killed, hut. none have i o\ir 1 iccii brought to this country. I one man in the party is a scientist, , who is sent along by the 1'nited States government, and ho expectes to bring Iback many curious things from the front u land. ? USURY OF BLESSINGS. Whnt the AitKntlon l''nr Good Iloatln IIa? Aeoompl IkIumI. ! There is now and has been for n few yearn n campaign for good highways. The wheelmen started it: othern nro y taking it tip and are realizing that they \ want highway improvement as much as if not more than the wheelmen. It ia a campaign of education?the kind of education that educates. Like so many institutions of the bicycle, this 'cam* pnign in making radical changes in I wluit wuru llK.mrlit tit ' in nvt tiMiklinil kkkd8 improving. [L. A. W. Bulletin.] ideas oiy road building. It hr.s shown that there has been a woeful example of falso economy in our road building principles. It baa done a vast amount of the moHt practical species of good, and that good is now increasing at compound interest rates. It is a usury of blessings, and there is not the first chance that a penalty will be provided to stop this class of usurious trading. Wheclmt n want good reads for ono purpose. Farmers want them for another. The purposes of both are of vital interest to everybody and should secure the support of every one. Good roads are institutions of the future, organized upon the agitation of the present. The past is the "horrible example" which will show the wisdom of the present and future. Gkorge L. McCarthy. TAX THE FARMER. nttd H<>:-?:* n Heavy Rxiii<nne to the Titter of the Soil. The Murray (Tonn.) Times sums up the road situation in this wise: "On our gravel roads two mules haul two. hogsheads of tobacco; on the mud n-ods four mules can scarcely drag enough to. till T'lW'ln .Tnwli Slt'iltl'M Tiii?#> i In-tin ?- --- -- " -- ' " ? 1"l'v % a ?lay." It tlion gives a number of verysound reasons why go al roatls-are paying investments to farmers, among, which are the following-: "A good road economises time andj force in transp^t-at-ion hctween tho farms and the market; reduces wear on horses, harness and vehicles; increases the value of real estate contiguous to tho roads; brings prices for farm products because Jhev can be marketed at less expense; rural homes are sought after along good roads; wagon highways aro the greatest arteries of commerce-; civilization is judged by the condition of the roads; no tax is as great on the taxpayer as had roads: a had road is a heavy tax on those who use it, and tho worse the road the heavier tho tax; had roads cause a decay of agriculture; they impose the greatest of all burdens mi tho farmer; tho roads cause people to gather in the cities; bad roads wear out tho horses very rapidly, thus detracting very largely from the profits of. the farm." HAVE A MONEY VALUE. Improvement of IliclimiyN n cuoif lluslneMH Investment. That good roads are worth tho cost of construction is self evident. That they have a money value to the farmer is true for tho following among other reasons: The saving of time nnd teams between the farm and tho market. To permit tho profitable cultivation of trnck patches and tho marketing of their produce in tho odd times of farm leisure. Reducing the wear and tear of wagons, teams and harness. It will allow our farmers hotter opportunities to take advantage of tho change in market values. And last, hut not least, it will increase the real estate value of his holding. This is only the economical side of' the question, hut thorn are other ad vantages scarcely Jess important, social, educational and religious. ( tnilf Oil <mi ItoiulN. Through an accident recently some'' ground hecanio saturated with the oil, and very soon it was noticed that the mud dried up and the surface of theearth became hard and remained so. So notorious was this piece of bail road , that the effect of the oil on it hecamo a matter of much comment, and the experiment was repeated in other localities, with the came effect. A hanvl of crude oil is sufficient for a strip of road 1 "0 feet long and 12 feet wide. It appears lliat the ground becomes compart win re it is sprinkled with tk oil, and presents a hard, firm surface The oil soaked earth sheds th(v wnler. ami. of course, there can bo uo mud. ( otiil llond l.niv. ... A long step was taken in the direction of good reads for Minnesota when the ''Potter r<?aila and bridges bill" was; ,1 TiiSo I.iii <?. i ?i .... ..... |.ki<-iv! Ill'' nil}" I'VlSlOIi (if roads and bridge work in counties of over you. WO population with the county surveyor ami niakcH him responsible for it." This cannot fail to insur" morn careful ami uniform work on roads andl more exact data regarding bridge s. I'll liners :i:iil (.iiimI Itoiiili, (food roads are of importance to nlf the people, hut especially to the farmer. It would ho the tirst great step towanl that decrease in cost of production! Made necessary to meet the decrease in telling price which has como to all commodities.?Louiaville Courier-JoinimL W