JKlMITIlAirS DAIKJIITKH.
on.
TALMAGC'S THIRD SERMON
THE WOMEN OF AMERICA.
TO
"1trtih-n I'riiinUi' ir Mitrrliiue" I In Sub
ject o( III llnimrc llclmlliiil Ik mi
Art So Solemn Tlinl to Hreiik It I nn
Krrliitliif Wrnniti
DnooKI.YN, Jnn. W. Tho llov. T. Do Witt
Tnhnngo, D. D , preached this morning tlio
thlnl of hi sorlm of "Sermons to tho Women
of Amcrlen, wllh Iutortnnt Hints to Mon,"
111m miliji?ct wn, "Unik'm Promises of Mar
riage," ntiil lili toxt from Judge xl, Mi "1
hnvo oicocil my mouth unto tlio Uml, nud 1
cannot go hark,' Ho said:
Gon Jophthnh, tlio conimniidor In chief
of tlio Isinclltlsh forces, Is buckling on
the, sword for tlio extermination of tholnwtlf-
rrous Ammonites, nud looking up to tho sky I
lio promise Hint If (tod will give him tho !
victory ho w III put to denth nml sierlllei us
a burnt offering tho Unit thing tlmt come
out from tho door of hi homestead when ho
goo luiek. Tho huriuhlng of tiluuiph noon
run nlong tho lino of nil tho compAnlo,
regiments nud division of Jcphllmh'ii ntniy,
A worKo liouton onomy thnu Hiono Ammonites
novcr strewed nny plnlu with tliolr carcasses,
Oen. Jophthnh, fresh from hi victory, Is
now on hi wny homo. A ho come over
tho hill mid through tho valley tho wholo
march homeward for hi men I n ohocr, but
for him ii great nuxlcty, for ho remcmlicrs
kit vow to slnymid burn tho llrst thing tlmt
cornea foith from his house to greet lilm uftor
hit vlctorj'
lVrh.iH it shnll bo tho old wntch dog Hint
shall first como out, nud who could get henrt
to bontout tho llfo of n faithful cioutine Ilka
thnt a ho comes fnwuluit nud harking mul
frisking and putting up hi pnw against his
master In morry welcomo nftvr long ulwcncof
No; It w n not tlmt w hlch enmo foi th to meet
Jephtbnh, IVrhnp It might Iki ii young
doro lot out from It cage In tho general's
homo which, gaining Its llbotty, may seem to
rejolco in tho puhllo gladness mid Ituttor on
tlio shoulder of tho fnmlliiir head of tho
household. Hut who could lmvo tho
heart to sluy such u winged Inno
cent! No; It wn not tlmt which cntno
forth to meet Jophthnh. Or It limy be koiiio
good nolghlwr tlmt will ruth out logrcit him
nfter having llrst boon In to tell tho fmully of
tho nonr nppronch of tho general. Hut who
could slny iv neighbor who hnd como on tho
scono to rvjolco over tho reunited household!
No; It win not that which came forth to
meet Jephthnli.
An ho mlvmicea upon his homo tho door
opens mid out of It comcH ono whoso nppoor
nuco under other circumstances would lmvo
been mi Indescribable joy, but under tho
pledge of n sncrlllco Ucoiue iv horror which
blnuchox his check nud mnilyxi hi form
and nhuost hurls him lint to tho eiitth. His
child, his only child, hi daughter comos skip
ping out to greet him, her htep keeping tlmo
to n timbrel which sho shake mid smite.
Did over n conqueror's cheer cud In such a
bitter groan! Ko wonder, Doro, In two of
Lis iiMfctcrplccc, presents tho soone. And Han
del mndo It tho last nud cllmnctrio work of
bis llfo to put this lwthotlo nud overpowering
clrcumotnuco lit un oratorio, hoeu mouths
tolling timid Its uuijestlo hnriuoulos. until his
eyesight gavo out; nud, ns though tho sad
ccno of Jophtlmb's daughter's wicrlllco wcro
too much for mortal vUion, tho grand old
tnuslelnn mw led blind into tho orcli(trn for
tho flnt rendorlug of "Juphthnh." All tho
glories of victorious wnr uro blotted out from
Jephthnh's memory, mid his banner is folded
In grlof, nud hi sword goo bnek Into tho
cnblmrd with dolorous clang, nud tho tnuf
, flod drum take tho place of tho cym
bals, nml tlio ''tremolo" tho place
of tho trumpet, nml ho cries out)
"AlnM my daughter, thou lunt brought
mo very low anil thou nit ono of thorn that
trouble mo; for I liavo opened my mouth to
tho Iinl, mul I ennnot go back." During
two moutlu amid tho mountains without
shelter, tho maidens who would hnvo lieou nt
bcr w eildlng ranged with Jeihtlmh's daugh
ter up nml down, bownlllug hor coming sno
rlflco. Commentators and theologian are In dls
puto a to whether that girl wns slain or not,
and as to whether If sho were klnlu It wns
Tight or wrong In Jophthnh to bo tho execu
tioner, n discussion into which I shall not bo
diverted from tho overmastering considera
tion tlmt wo hnd better look out what wo
promise, better bo cnutlou whnt engagement
wo make, letter that In regard to nil niaU
tcrs of betrothnl nud plighteil vow wo feel
tho rosixmslbllity, lest wo hnvo either to sno
riflco tho truth or sncrlllco nn lmmortnl
being, And wo lw led to cry out with tho
paroxysm of a Jophthnh: "I hnvo opened
my mouth unto tho Lord, and I cannot gr
bnck."
There is ono ward in nlmost nil tho Inwnt
asylums and a largo region, in nlmost every
cemetery tlmt you nood to visit. They are
occupied by tho men and womon who nro tho
victims of broken promises of marriage Tho
women in those wnrtls and In those mortuary
receptacles nro In tho mnjorlty, liecnuso
woman lives mora in her aiTectious thnu does
man, and laceration of them In her enso is
mora apt to bo a dementia mid n fatality. In
somo regions of this hind tho promUo of mar
rlngo is considered to hnvo no solemnity or
binding force It wns only mndo In fun.
They may ehango their mlud. Thoengngo
moot may stand until somo ono moro attract
l e in person or opulent in estate nppenrs on
tho scene; then tho rings nro returned and
tho amatory letters nud nil relationship
consoH. And so there nro ten thousand Joph
thah's daughters sacrificed ns burnt ottering.
Tho wholo subject needs -to -bo tnken out of
tho realm of comedy Into tragedy, nud men
and women nood to understand that, whilo
there nro exevptious to tho rule, once having
solemnly pledged to onch other henrt and
hand, tho forfeiture and abandonment of
tlmt pledge makes tho transgressor in tho
tight of Qod a prejiirer, and so tho day of
Judgment w ill reveal it. Tho ono.hns Hod to
the other; nud all liars shall have tholr place
In tho lake thnt burnetii with fire and brim-
tone.
If a mnn or woman mako a promlso in the
business world, is there any obligation to
fulfill HI If a man sign a noto for fivo hun
dred dollars, ought ho to jy ltl If a con
tract lio blguod involving tho building of a
houso or tho furnishing of a bill of goods,
ought they stand by that contract! "Oh,
yes," always answered. Then I ask tho
further questions: Is tho heart, tho happi
ness, tho welfare, the temporal and eternal
destiny of n man nr woman worth as much
as tho house, worth five hundred dollars,
worth anything I Tho realm of prolligacy
Is filled with men and women as u result of
tho wrong answer to that question. The
most aggravating, stupendous and God defj
ing Ho is a Ho in tho shape of broken ospou
Jiut stippo&o a man changes his mind,
ought ho not back out! Not once in ten
thoubaud times. What if I chnugo my mind
about n promissory noto and decline to pay
It, and suddenly put my projierty in such
hapo that you could not collect your note!
How would you like that! That, you" say,
would le n frruid, So Is tho other a fraud,
and punish It tied will, certainly as you live,
fird Justus certainly If you ilo not Hvo. i
linre knouu ini'ii hctmthisl to loving nml
good tmniiHtHl riwtKikliiK tliolr fiii(ii(;viiiont
nml tin' victim wut down in hasty runstimn
t ton, whllo suddenly tlio lecrvnut limn would
go up the nlslo of it church In liiilllmit bridal
mity, nml tlm two promised "I will" with a
Solemnity tllllt MS'llUsI Jusurniiconf it llfotlitio
happim. Hut the simple fni't was, tlmt
wn tho llrst net of n Hhitkocnromt piny on
titled, "Tinning tho Shrew." Ilo round out
w lion tixi Into Hint lio hud not innrilod Into
tlio fiiinllj of tlio "(IruiW hut Into tho
fniiilly of tlio "I'm Im." To tho dny of lit
death tho murder of his llrxt liotiothnl fol
lowed him. '
Tho llililo nxtoln ono who "uonreth to III
own hurl mm. I chiuigoth not." Tlmt J, when
you iiinko it ii-oiiiImi Wp It ill nil hazard.
Thorn limy liocnsoswhoioilooeptlou ha loon
mod nt tho tlmo of engagement, mid citrunr
dlnnry elrouinslniiei,s whore tho promise Is
not binding, hut In uliio bundled mid ninety
ill no euos out of 11 tlm cmud engagement I
iui binding ii limn Inge, lloliot t lliu u with
nil his fault well know tho force of n umrltnl
enuueoment. In obedience to some itistlo
Idon he, standing on ono side the btook
Ayr, nud Mary Campbell on tho other, limy
hathod their hand In tho water and then
put them on tho hoard of tho Illhlo, making
their pledge of fidelity. On tho cover of tho
n. a .. II... 1 1. I.. It.1- .1.... '
Old Testament of Hint hook to this day,
In Ilolicit linnet' handwriting, may bo found
tho word: "Leviticus, xlx, lib Yo shall
not swear by my iiatno falndy; I nm tho
Lonl." And on tho cover of tho Now Testa
ment, in his own handwritlngi "Matthew,
v, IK) ; Thou shalt not forswear tbytwlf, but
shalt rfoim unto the liord thine oaths."
HuiK.)e a iililp captain offcrti hi norvlccs
totnko n ship out to son. After ho gets a lit
tle wny ho como alongside of n eol with a
moro beautiful ling, mill which ha orhopsft
richer cargo nud Is hound for n moio at
tractive Kiit. HupiKwo ho rlugMiibell for tho
engineer to slow up mid tho w heel slop. Now
Uilf,IIIVUI l null li Hll.l Vl.W . ..V. . ".'-. .... .
I km tho cnptuln liolng lowered oxer the sldo
of the vonncI Into n small boat, mid hocrosies
to tlio gner nud wealthier crnft, nud climbs
up the side, nud Is seen walking the
bridge of tho other ship. I pick up his
resigned sinking truuiiet mid 1 shout
through It: "Captain, whatdocti this mean!
Did )ou not piomlko to tako this ship to
Boutlmtiipton, Ktiglnndr" "Ye," sa)s tho
captain, "but I have changed my mlud and I
lmvo found I can do lietter, nud I am going
to take charge hero. I shall hoiuI back to you
nil the letters I got while managing UmUhlp
mid everything I got from your siilp, mid It
will bo all right," You tell mo that tho worst
fnto for such u captain ns Hint is too good for
lilm. Hut It It Just what a man or woman
does whopiouiUes to tako ono through the
voyage of life, ncroxs tho ocean of earthly
exist euco, nud then breaks tho piomlvt. Tho
sending hack of nil the letters nnd rings
nud necklaces mid kccpinkc cannot mnko
thnt right which is In tho sight of
Qod, nud ought to lio in tho sight of man,
an everlasting wrong. Whnt American
society needs to bo tnuglit I that betlirotlml
Is an net so solemn nud tremendous Hint nil
men nud women must stiitr' back from it
until thoy nro sure Hint It is right, nnd
sure Hint It Is Ixwt, nud sura that
no retreat will Ih) desired, lleforo that
promlso of lifetime comimnlonshlp any
amount of romance thnt you wish, nny
ardor of friendship, nny coming nud going.
Hut ohikjusuI is a gate, a golden gate, w hlch
ono should not wks, utile. ho or sho expects
novcr to return, nngngement is tho torch
of which marriage Is the castle, nnd you have
no right in tho ;orch if you do not moan to
pass Into tho castlo.
The trouble ha always been that thi
wholo subject of ulllauco has Ixvu relegated
to tho realm of frivolity anil Joko, nnd con
sidered not woith n sermon or oen n serious
paragraph. And so tho massacre of human
lives has gono on nnd the devil 1ms hud It his
own cruel way, nnd whnt is mightily needed
is thnt pulpit mul platform mid printing
press nil sponk a word of uiimlstuknblo and
thundcrou protest on this subject of In
finite imiMirtuuee, Wo put clem-out Into thin
roeny and light reading the mnrltnl cu-
gngomeuts of Petrarch nud his Uaur.i, Dnuto
nnd his Hcntricc, Chaucer and his I'lilllppa,
Lorenzo do Medici mid his Lucrctln, Sponsor
and bis Hosnllnd, Waller nnd his Bncchnr
issn, not renlUlng thnt it wns tho stylo of
their engagement thnt decided tholr happi
ness or wretchedness, their vlituo or their
prolligacy. All tho literary mul military
mid religious .glory of Queen r.hzaU-th's
reign cannot blot out from one of tho
most conspicuous jvigos of history her In
famous iK'havlor toward Seymour and
riilllp nud Mulvll'. 'ind talccster nnd
others. Allthooccle enl robes that Dean
Bwlft ever rustled ough consocrnted
places cannot hldo from Intelligent eoplo of
all nges the fact, thnt by promi-cs of mar
rlago which ho nover fulllllcd, ho broke tho
henrt of Jnno Snrlng nfter an engagement
of seven ) ears and tho heart of Stelia nfter
an engagement of fdurtcou yours, nud tho
poctlo staura ho dexlicntod to their excel
lences only make tho more immortal his own
perfidy.
"lint supixwo I should make a mistake,"
says some man or woman, "mid I Ibid it out
after tho engagement nnd before the mar
riage!"' My answer is, you huvo no excuso
for making a mlstnko on this subject. Thero
are so many ways of finding out all about tho
character and preferences and dislikes and
habits of n man or woman, that if you bavo
not brain enough to form n right judgment
in regard to him or hor, you nro not so fit a
candidate for th matrimonial nltur as you
aro for un Idiot asy tatn. Notice w lint society
your csiieclal friend profers, whether ho is
industrious or lazy, whether sho is neat or
slatternly, wlmt booka uro rend, what wns
tho stylo of ancestry, noble or depraved, and
If there lx any unsolved mystery about the
person under consideration iostpono all
promlso until the mystery is solved.
Jackson's liouow, urooxiyii, wusujiartoi
the city not built on for ninny ) oars, and
ovcry tlmo I crossed it I said to myself or to
others, why is not this hind uuilt on! I
found out afterward that tho title to the
land was In controversy and no on wanted
to build there until that question was do-
elded. Afterward I understood tho Htlo was
Bottled, nud now buildings nre going up all
over u,
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Do not build your happiness for this'
world on a chnrncter. masculine or feminine,
that has not a settled and undisputed title to
honor nnd truth, and Bohriety and klndnoss
and righteousness.
Oh woman, you bavo moro need to pa uso bo
fore making such an important promise than
man, liecauso if you mnko n mlstako it is
worso for you. If ft man blunder about
promlso of marriage, or go on to un unfortu
nate marriage, ho can spoad his evenings
away, and can go to tho club or the Republi
can or Democratic headquarters, and olsorb
lila ttiltiil lii ..lv m .tjitinii tint Iminl .l.rtfmia.
or smoke himself stupid, or drink himself
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ilpiint' tint ili.trn la nn nliim nf riv-nlnr m. I
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treat, lur juu, uu nuuiuii, uuu jruu eiiuiu nut
tako narootlcs or Intoxicants anil keep your
respectability. Before you promise, pray
anil think und study and advise. There will
nover agnln lu your, earthly history bo a
time when you so much need God.
It seems to me that the world might to
cost out from business credits and from good
neighborhood thoso who boast of tho number
of hearts thoy bavo won, ns the Indian
boasts of tho uumlier of scalps he hut taken
If a man will lio to a woman and a wonisu
M I oia it man nloiitso ImpottantA nvtt-
. t'liil of u llfitlino's welfare, thoy will
iilmiilii hill of goodsniid Ho about flnnnooi
fin lie about nil) tiling. Boclity today 1
.ii itul of gallants, and man mllllncrx, mid
, it (.nights, mid UMpiettemind llurm mont
i imivikeii of nil wii'tchin-lllrts. Ai.il
v pi about dinning iiniiand tho parlors
f n, itrilng pl.'in-s, Hlmx'rlng mid bowing,
!! M'lnplug mid whlHTlug, and then ro-
.i ii to tho i lub iiiom If thoy bo 1 1 ion, or to
Ik Ir tx'lnl gathering If thoy lie women, to
hatter mul giggle over what wa mid to
them In coiiHiIcito Condign punishment Is
npt to iviiii.- ujKi i them, mid thoy get paid In
their own cnln. I could oliit you to n score
whom swloty li'is let drop cry hard in ro-
turn for tholr Imiko tialllc In human heart.
An to such men, they walk around In tholr
celibacy, after their hair I streaked with
gray, nml pretending lhy nro naturnlly
short-sighted when their o)cmu so old in
Sin Hint thoy need tho Kpeetaele of n sei-
tuagenailan, mi cycghiH. about No. 8, mid
think they nro low Itching In tholr ntrlilo nud
overpowering In tholr glances, although thoy
nro simply laughing stock for nil mankind.
And If thexo bane dealer In human heart bo
female, they uro left nfter n while severely
nlono, striving In a very deorntlon of
agony of comiicMcs to get Imek to tho nt-
trnetlvenex thoy hnd when thoy used to brag
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how many mnsciilluo nlfectloiiM thoy. had
slaughtered Korsnkou of (J oil nud honest
men mul goinl women uro sure to lio nil such
mnscullno nml femnlo trlllcrs with liuumii
nud yet lmmortnl nfTcctlons. Oh man, oh
woman, having plighted your troth, stick
tolU
And hero my Idea widens and I hnvo to
My not only to those who hnvo mndo a mls
tnko in solemn promise of marriage, but to
those who have already nt tho nltnr been pro
nounced one when thoy nro two, or in diver
sity of taste and likes mid dislike nro
neither ono nor two but a dozen mako tho
best ) on con of nn awful mistake. And hero
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lot uiontisw or letters Hint como from uvery
stnto of tho American Union, nud from
ncross tho sea', nnd nro coming year after
year from men nud women who nm terrillo
ally nlliuuccd mid tied together in a hard
knot, u cry hard knot. '1 lio letters run
something lika this; "What ought I to do,
my luiHlmnd I n drunkard!" "Mywlfolsn
gad about and will not stay nt homo."
"My companion Is Ignoi ant mid hates books
uud 1 level in them." "I like iimsio nud a
piano sets my huslmud crazy." "I nm fond
of social llfo and my companion is n recluse."
"I mu trying to be good nud my llfo long ns
loclalo Is very bad. What shall I do!" My
answer I, there uro certain good reason for
divorcement. The llihlo recognizes thoin.
UoOi I society rocognlrcs them. Hut It must
lie the very hut resort, nnd only after all
reason iblo attempts at reclamation nnd ad
justment hnvo proved a dead failure When
such attempt fall it Is generally because of
meddlesome outsiders, nnd women tell the
wronged wifo how sho ought to stand on iiur
rights, nnd men tell the wronged husband
how ho ought to stand on his rights. And
let huilund nnd wifo in nn unhappy mar
rlago : elation stand punctiliously on their
rights, mid there will lio no lendjustiucnt,
uud only one thing will bo sure to them, nnd
thnt Is n hell on earth.
It you nro unhappily married, in most
cases I ndvlno you to mnko tho liost you can
of nn awfully bad bargain. Do not project
your iK.t-ullurltlc. moro than Is necessary.
Perhaps you may luivo somo faults of your
own which tho other imrty in tho marital al
liance may hnvo to suiter. You nro in tho
same yoke. If you pull aside tho yoke will
only twist your neck. Hotter pull nhend.
The world U full of people w ho mndo mis
takes nliout many things, and among
other things about lietrothal nnd mar
riage, nnd yet hnvo been tolernbly
happy nnd very useful in tho strength
of God, nnd by tho grnco promised
in every tlmo of need if thoso who seek it
conquer tho disadvantageous circumstances.
I nm acquainted with lovely women married
to contemptible men, mid genial men yoked
w Ith termagant inspired of tho devil. And
yet under those disadvantage in) ft lend uro
useful nud hnppy. God hulim jieoplo in other
kind of mmtyrdoui nud to slug in the llmnc,
and ho will help you in your lifelong misfor
tune, llcmomlicr tho patience of Job, Whnt n
wife ho had I At a tlmo when ho was ono
grent blotch of eruption, nud his proicrty
wns destroyed by n tornado, nud, moro than
all, bereiiMMiient bad como mid tho oor mnn
needed nil w im counsel, she advises him to
go to cursing and swearing. Sho wanted
him to poultice his boll with blasphemy.
Hut ho lived right on through hi marital
disadvantages, recox ered his health and for
tune and raised a splendid fmully, nnd tho
closing paragraph of the Hook of Job 1ms
such ft jubilance Hint I wonder ieoplo do not
oftener rend it:
"Bo tho Lord blessed tho lnttcr end of Job
moro than his licglnnlug, for he had four
teen thousand sheep, nnd six thousand camels,
and a thousand yoke of oxen, nnd n
thousand sho asses. Ho hud also sovon
sons and three daughters. And ho called tho
unmoof tho first Jemima, nnd thounmoot
tho second Keila, and tho name of tho third
Keronhappuch. And in all the land were no
womon found bo fair as tho daughters of Job,
and their father gavo them Inheritance among
I tholr brethren. After this lived Job ono
hundred uud forty years, and saw his sons,
and his sons' sons, oven four generations.
So Job died, Iwing old and full of days."
Now, my Iwully married friend of cither
sox, if Job could stand it by tho help of God,
then you can stand it by tho samo divine
ro-enforceincnt. You bavo other relations,
oil w oman, liesldo tho wifely relation. If you
aro a mother, train up your children for God
and heaven. If you aro a member of u
church, help movo on ita enterprises. You
can get so much of the grace of God in
your henrt that all your homo trials will
seem insignificant. How little illlroronco
( docs It mnko whnt your unrighteous husband
, caiu you. if God calls you hi child and
calls you, if God culls you hi child nnd
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T0U aro nn heiress of wholo kingdoms beyond
( tho sky!
i Inimerso yourself in somo kind of outside
usefulness, something that will enlist your
prayers, your sympathies, your hnnd, your
, necdlo, your voice. Get your heart on lire
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with lovo to God and Hio dlsenthralluient of
' tho human raco, and tho troubles of your
homo will be blotted out in tho glory of your
consecrated life, I cry out to you, oh woman,
as Faul exclaims in his letter to tho Cor
lnthliins: "Whnt kuowot thou, oh wifo, '
whether thou shnlt save thy husband I" And
If you ennuot save him you enn hj-lp In tho
grander, mightier enterprise of helping snvo '
the world. Out of tho nwful mistake of your
marriage rise Into tho subllmest llfo of self
sacrillco for God and suffering humanity. '
Instead of settling down to inoiio over your
domestlo woes, enlist your energies for tho
world's redemption
Somo parts of Holland keep out tho ocean
only by dykes or walls of stout masonry.
Tho engineer having theso d)ko in clinrge
wns soon to bo married to a maiden living in
ono of thu Tillages, the oxlstetico of which
depended on the strength of theso. dykes
And there was to bo n great feast in ono ot I
the villages that approaching evening In
honor of the iviulug bridegroom. Tlmt dny
n grent storm threatened tho destruction of
the dykes, and hence tho destruction of thou
winds of lives in tho villages she!'
lercd b) that stone wall. The oceat
wa In full wrath, bentlng ngalnt the dykw,
and tho tide and tho tenor wcro still
rising. "Hhull I go to tho feast," says tho '
engineer, "or shall I go nnd help my work
men tiikocnroof tho il)kof" "Take care of '
thedykis," hiisnld to himself; "I must and
will." As ho npjonrod on tho wall the men '
working there wcro exhausted and shouted:
"Hero como tho engineer. Thank Oodl
Thank Godf Tho wnll wns giving wny,
stone by stone, nnd the engineer hnd a roie
fastened minimi his body, nud somo of tlio
workmen had roc fastened around tholr
IkxIIcs mul weiu let down iimld tho wild
surges Hint bent tho wall. Kver) thing wns
giving wny "Moron' !" cried tho men.
"More uiorlurl" lliu the answer enmo:
"Thero Is no more!" "Then," cried tho
engineer, "tako oir )mr clothes nnd
with them stop the holes In tho
wall." And so, In tho chill nnd dark
ness nud surf it wa done, nud with
the workmen's apparel the onlngs In tho '
wnll wcro uirtlally filled. Hut still the tldo
rose, nnd still the ocean reared itself for moro
awful stroke, and for the overwhelming of
thousand of lives In tho village. "Now wo
have done all wo can," said the engineer;
"down on your knees, my men, i piny to
God for help.'' And on tho tn ng and
parting d)ken thoy prayed till the wind
changed nud the sea subsided, mid tho vil
lages Itclow, which, knowing nothing of tho
ktII, were full of romp nud dauce mid hilar
ity, wero gloriously saed.
Now, what avo want In this work of walling
back tho oceans of poverty and drunkenness
and Impurity and sin is tho help of moro
womanly nud manly hands. Oh how the
tide como In I Atlantlo surge of sorrow
after Atlantlo surgo of sorrow, nnd tho tem
pests of human linto nnd sntnule fury nro in
full cry. Oh, woman of ninny troubles, what
nionll tho fonstsof worldly delight, If thoy
wero oilered you, commred with tho opjior
tuultyof helping build nud supiioit barrhrs
which sometimes seem giving way through
mini's treachery and tho world's assault! Oh
woman, to tho dykes! Ilrlng prayer, bring
tears, bring cheering wordsl Helpl Holpl
And having done all, kneel with us on tho
quaking wall until tho God of the wind and
the sea shall hush tho ono and silence tho
other. To the dykes I Bisters, mothers,
wives, daughters of America, to tho dykes I
The mightiest catholicoii for nil tho wounds
mid wrongs of woman or man I complcto
absorption In tho work to rescue others.
Bavo some man, some woman, some childl
In that effort you w ill forget or bo heliied
to licnr your ow u tiials, and inn little while
God will tnko you up out of your disturbed
and harrowing conjugal relation of emth
into a heaven nil tho happier liecause of pro
coding distress. When Queon Klmilieth of
1-ngland was expiring it w us arranged that
tho exact moment tif her death should bo
signaled to the ieoplo by tho dropping of
sapphire ring from n window into the hands
of nn olllcer, who curried It at the top of his
speed to King James of Scotland. Hut your
de;rturo from the scene of your earthly
woes, if you nro ready to go, w 111 not bo tho
dropping of n snpphlro to tho ground, but
tho setting of a Jewel In a king's coronet.
Blessed bo His glorious name foiuverl
A lyvj' Sail Life nnd Heath.
Thero is a color lino in tho old world moro
insurmountable and more lermancnt than
nny that existed In this country nt nny time.
It Is tho color lino against tho gypsies. It
demanded another victim recently. Joseph
DnudiH'y was tho most talented nnd most
promising pupil of tho Conservatory of
Klausenburg, Trnnsylvnnln. Ho lotod tmo
clusslcul music, but could not obtain ad
mission to musical circles whero ho might
have had a chance of u brilliant career. Ills '
skin condemned him to play w-ith'hts tan col
ored brethren at country ho"s and in music
halls. His auditor did not want td hear '
anything but drinking mid street songs of
tho meanest sort. Many a time w hen Joseph
would play the finest tunes to them they
commenced screaming nud stamping and
challenging him until ho throw down his
llddlo in disgust. Twice ho cut his throat In
dcsjinir, but wns cured nnd restored to his
hated occupation.
Ono day in tho beginning of December ho
had again liccu playing nt n villago romp
nud went home, his genius outraged with tho
low profnnlty lio hnd Ix-on forced to mnko
music for nud disgusted with tho llfo ho was
compelled to lend. Ho locked himself up in
bis Intro mid lonely room, nnd U-gnu playing
most unusual nnd thrilling fantasies upon
hU violin. Tho music grow wilder nnd
wilder, and moro weird and unearthly with
every successive minute, until all of a sud
den It censed As It wns not rosuinrU the
door of tho room wns forced open nfter a few
hours, when Joseph Dandoczy, tho gypsy
musician, wns found hanging from n liook
It wns his third attomut at suicide, and thai
time ho lmd accomplished his end. Foreign
Letter.
Ilrlenliacli, tlio I.lon Tumor.
Circus goers of twenty-flvo years ago will
rcmemlier Horr Drlesbach, tho celebrated
Hon tamer, but probably hnvo never in tholr
minds connected him with a romance; nnd
yet he not only hud a verltnhlo rommico in
his life, but one tlmt blossomed out of a dish
of onions; nnd it was through the modiuin of
i thnt most pleliulan vegetables that ho won
his lovely wife. Persons who know Mrs.
I Drlesbach Ixiforo her marriage recall hor as
tho bcllo of Woostor, O., of which placo her
I father was a wealthy resident. Accom
plished as sho was, lieautlful, witty, and full
of pranks, to meet her was nover to forget
hor. HapH'iiliig to bo placed with a jwrty
1 of young jieoplo at a hotel table where Drles
bach was sitting', some ono darcst tier to pass
him a dish of onions. Immediately seizing
tho dish, sho not only passed it, but inquired
If fin wnulil tinvn nti stnfrm TTn endl ift
If ho would lmvo mi onion. Ilo said ho
would, nud took ono, and from eo small a be
ginning sprang an acquaintance that In threo
months ended in marriage. It was a singu
lar mutch, and people long wondered w hethor
lno " ion tamer woum nuvo equal
niAMca I. tniMltir Ilia Yvlfn .'..linnnA
OUVIVA) ... ....... . ...W -4AV......I2V.
I n tell leisure of I'otiles.
Will somo naturalist explain why ponies,
as a rule, nro more Intelligent than big
horses! Thoy nro; nnd the fnct receives now
proof from Itockland, Mo. A citizen thero
who owns a horso and a pony heard that If
ho put goo I sized stones in their feed boxes
thoy would bo obliged to eat slow br, and
would therefore digest their food lietter. Ho
tried tho plan and it worked well with tho
horso; but tho pony picked tho stones out ono
by ono and dropped them on the lloor, and
ho did this just as often as thoy wcro put in
the box. -Now York Bun.
A Now Kentucky One.
'Workmen digging for tho foundations of a
mill at llloomlleld, Ky., broke through tho
dome of a cave, w liich, it is said, bids fair to
rival thu Mammoth cave in its hikes, eyeless
fish, stalagmites and stalactites. .Besides, it
contains graves uud skeletons and lottery;
everything that a llrst class cave should.
Tlm Tub Ctiiiln AkhIii.
Hio fob chain, which gives tho wearer an
excellent oppoitunlty to grntlfy his tusto for
tho beautiful, is said to Iki on tho high road
to public favor once moro, and many Jewel
ers nre again burnishing up buckles and
pendants which hnvo lain tintsuchod for
many yours. Jewelers' Weekly.
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.
RflirliiK Worth lloiiilltig, Clipped from
tlio Viirlou oM!iMir'f the I-nluI.
A prlvnto pot "nt show will 1k given short
ly nt New York for tho benefit of charity.
Tho government of Bpnln has decided to
celebrnto tho fourth centenary of the discov
ery of America.
Venn, the morning Mnr, I irlghtor than
it over apK'iiied to any man now living, mid
nearer the eai th thnu it w ill lie again for .'110
years.
The Cincinnati Muslclnns' Prot ect I vo union
has decided that no inemlier shall play In mi
orchestra with women under Miinlty of ex
pulsion, mid a Hue of $100 if ho apjOhe for
reinstatement.
Slaveholders In Hrnrll nro opposing tho
final extinction of slavery on the ground
that it will lie iinK)ssiblu to carry on collco
planting on a largo scale if slaeryl abol
ished. A stretch of railroad track, extending throe
miles out from Mudisoiivillc, ()., iswnd by a
Cincinnati pnci' to bo the scene of so many
nccldenU ns to hao earned for itself tho
namoof "Dead Man's Curve"
Tho crudest deception of tho holiday sea
son was originated In 1S87. A pojior sack
was filled with shavings mid a pair of 'tur
key's legs wcro then tied in tho mouth of the
sack and tho seductive fraud sent to tho
victim.
An Indlnnnioli newspaper Rays thnt tho
first soldier to stiller denth for desertion In
tho wnr wns ltoliert Oruy, nn Indiana school
master, who had enlisted from tho southern
part of tho state, nnd was shot at Camp
Uurnslde, Indianapolis, in 1MV).
It's rare to sco a man mowing on tho ico,
but such n sight wns posslblo tho other dny at
Mount eriion, Mo. After a swnmp froze up,
enough grnss remained nbovo tho ico to war
rant a thrifty fanner cutting it mid drawing
it homo for liedding for his horses.
Thirty Assyrians nro nmong tho latest im
migrants nt New York, nud hnvo joined tho
army of small peddlers in tho streets of tho
city. Tho micleut empire which they recall
novcr had such a conglomeration of national
ities ns make up tho population of the Amer
ican metropolis.
Tho Inhabitants of Ivoy West, Fin., com
plain that tho .Spanish authorities of Cuba
aro making thnt place ft cnul station, to
which convicts nro banished for stated pe
riods. There is great indignation, uud a o
tition will bo sent to tho state deixirtmcnt
asking Hint incisures bo tnken to put a stop '
to the practice,
It Is announced from 8t Louis Hint tho '
Mexican government Iim granted extrnor- '
dlnnry concessions to a real estate company
to induce Immigration to eleven states of
Mexico. Tho government has grunted ex-
omptlon from taxation to all settlers on theso
tracts, and Insures protection.
A Itoston pajier asserts thnt a nowly rich
Now York woman got from a dishonest sex
ton iKfrsebbtou of nn old tombstone sacred to
the memory of somo one of the samo name as
herself that was in nn Knglish graveyard,
and now hna It set In her library wull, w Ith a
fictitious iHxllgreo, as a voucher for her aris
tocracy. There aro many burglaries committed In
Boston, but fow householders will follow
Adellna Pntti's dovleo of forsaking their
homes. It Is said that sho was so shocked nt
the i eccnt burglarious visit to her castlo in
Wales, by which sho lost ono of her most
valuable diamond rings, that sho has deter
mined to part with her Welsh estate, which
a Welsh juiper says will shortly bo in tho
market for sale.
Tho women of Paris bavo adopted for tho
winter season a wugglo In their walk. Tho
rt of waggling gracefully in f lire is being
'.aught nt the host dniiclug schools. Tho cor
rect waggle is described as n short step nnd
mi undulating sweep of the hips. It is said to
bo much more graceful than tho mannish
stride that prevailed during tho summer,
Tho now hotel which John Wunamnkor, of
Philadelphia, has erected for the benefit Of
tho women employed in his stores, hits amplo
accommodations for 100 boarders. It con
tains a bowling alloy, sovernl reception
rooms, a dancing room mid numerous apart- ,
monts for bathing. Tho rate for u week's
board nnd lodging, Including the laundering '
of ono doren pieces, is WAV '
Tho Pennsylvania Ilallrond company has
established a savings fund for the benefit of
its employes. Money may lx deposited with
any freight or ticket agent designated by the
company, furnishing, in jiolnt of fnct, n sav
ings bank at every considerable station In
tho country. Tho monoy will draw I per '
cent, interest. It can bo withdrawn by '
giving ten days' notice, other sa ings banks
generally requiring two weeks' notice.
Theio nren number of woolen mills nud
knitting fuctorlos in operation in Utah, '
where hosiery, mittens, leggings, Indies' '
knit skirts, nml mens knit umleiw-ear are
turned out in large quantities. These goods
nro exported throughout tho entire uiotin
I tain region. In ono of theso mills the output
I is 1,000 yards of material per dny. Thou
sands of dozens of baud made scarlet uud
' men's grny hoso nro sent into Colorado nud
Montana. Their carriage robes nud blaiikots
' find a ready market in Chicago, and tho
! orders for these goods nro o'ten fully up to
thocnpnclty.
, A new Industry nt Auburndnlo, Fin., is
gopher farming. Judgo Tilsou and John
Mullen nro equal partners in u largo farm,
! embracing over 1,000 acres. They will go
into tho raising of gophers on a largo scnlo
at onco, having ordered a number of coops
, to feed tho young ones In
' 1.. .....ni. ...itt.
'lliey will try tho
market next week with a carload shipment
to Washington. It is said tho most fastidi
ous epicure cannot tell thelleshof the Floiuht
gopher from thu famous Maryland terrapin.
'I '.in ( nrruot Thing in lng.
A change In thu stylo of dogs is imminent.
Tlfo queen hns becouio tho owner of a white
collie, which is as rare ns n white blackbird,
and consequently tho crazo for collies of that
immnculato huo should break out hero Imme
diately. If you cannot obtain u whllo colllo
right oir, you might tnko on ordlnury chin
chilla mid black dog nnd blench him; or, bet
ter yet, jwilut lilm whllo, llko those ghostly
chairs which ad ru fashionable ill aw Ing
rooms. At nil d, tho white collie has
now tho royal cm iu t to all Aiuciicmi homos
where high bred canines nre loved for thorn
selves nlono. Boston Herald.
Wire retire In Kiiglumt.
A meeting of hunters was held In England
recently to protest against tho use of wlro
fenuis. It was ussortcd Hint grent dniigor
had arisen in tho rapid spread of wire fenc
ing, who Ii endangered the lives of nil sports
men und led to nets of cruelty to horses and
hound. The meeting wns told Hint wire
fencing wiwtKi cr cent, cheiqier Hiun wood,
ami Hint wlro wns so much used in somo
parts of the country that hounds had been
literally cut to pieces. Tho meeting unani
mously resolved to request land ownors to
provide tholr tenants with tlmlter for fenc
ing. Chlcngo News,
Ah I when shall all men's good Iki each
man's rule, mid universal ponco Ho llko a
shaft of light across tho laud! Tennyson.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Mr. Flagler, tho Htnndanl Oil in lllonalrc,
who has been s ending a foi tuuo In building
hotels In Flot Ida, says ho did so (o nniuso
himself. Ilo had Iks'H a close business uinu
for foity year, and determined to tnko a va
cation uud build hotels.
Friends In Pittsburg of Ilnrtley Campbell
nro authority for the statement that tho
playwright has entirely rccovcicd his mental
balance, nnd that ho will lie nblo ill a very
short time to Ih with his fmully nnd friends
again. The most remarkable thing about
Mr Campbell's recovery Is that ho has not
only iinpioicd mentally, but ha mado a
wondeiful Imptovctucut ph)slcnlly. Ho
looks almost as well ns In his more youthful
dn) s.
f Neat ly a year beforo his denth Gen. Logan
was on tho point of sitting down to dinner nt
tho houso of a gentleman in Qulney, Ills,,
when it wns ivmnrl ist that there would bo
Hill teen nt tho tabic Tho general said ho
would rather not. sit down with that number,
and tho matter was in winged by ono of tho
family taking n seat at a sldo table.
Miss Jessie Green, of Chattanooga, ono of
tho victims of thu recent railroad accident in
Kentucky, proved herself n heroine in a sim
ple but remarkable wny. When tho surgcou
enmo to her side Hie licgged him to givo his
attention olsowhcii, wi) lugs 'Tlenso leave mo
and go to those w ho uro loss hurt mid for
whom something may lie done. I am going
to dio and It is no uso to wusto valuable tlmo
on mo. Tell my fnmily I died a Christian.'
Ooorgo XV. Itosure, known ns the cowboy
ovnngcllst, is said by nn Arkansas newspaper
to bo worth eTOO.OOU, which yields him nn In
como of $150 n day. Ills fortune was mnde
In cnttlo nnd by luck) invotinents in renl
estate. Hois just Id jenm old, mid in his
youth was loputcd to lie ono nf tho most
lawless of tho desperadoes of tho plains.
Guy do Maupassant wonts Tho Pnrls
Figaro to pay him 10,000 francs damages for
publishing a mutilated copy of the prefneo
of his latest novel. In this prefneo Guy
kindly gave tho public his theories on novel
writing. Ho claims tlmt The Figaro should
hnvo printed his Mens entire, nnd should
hnvo mndo no alterations In tho essay. But
Just how ho could have lwen injured in this
wny to the extent of 10,000 francs is hurd to
comprehend. Ills novels, not his views upon
novel writing, affect Ills reputation.
Not a cow hiding, but n regular liecchlng,
was Inlllctwd upon an editor in tho cltv of
Lemberg, Austria, the otlur day. Ludwig
Mnlovski slatted in llfo ns un enthusiastic
iintiicni. nut wiien Count I'rotocki founded
Tho s'011'1 -Mnlovski undertook to edit It
M n" ltm-Conscrvntio nowspniMr, which
'' him a gi cat many eneniles. Ho recently
""-iked with Count V odlelci In u publio
pnrueii, wnon no was approaciiol by a num
i ueroi young men, wno stretched lilm on a
bench, where four held down his hands and
I feet and tho remainder of the men beeclicd
I him with their canes, counting tho strokes
i until twenty-live hud been administered. A
i lnrgo crowd of jicoplo witnessed nnd np-
plauded the eiistigation.
I Mrs. Henry Ward lieecher has no indication
of widow hood or Ik rem enicnt In her dress,
I for sho shares her dead husband's disbelief In
I tho propriety of mourning garments. Sho
I looks exceedingly venerable, however, nnd a
i little less nustere than of yore. Her snow
w hlto hnir and dark dros aro In striking con
trast of colors, and her manners, although
distinctly polite, nre qulto ns posltlvo as tho
I two hues that sho wears. Mrs. Becchcr now
I occupies a lloor in tho residence of n son in
I Brooklyn, nnd hns a sufllcleut fortuno to
keep her comfortably. Shogota a largo mail
ovcry day, nnd most of tho letters nro from
stronger, w ho usually write for ndvlco on
I somo iiersouul subject, trivial or consequen
tial. J Prentice Mulford, who wns a condenser on
I Tho Graphic for nearly ten years, and is
known irom tlio Atlantic to tho Pacific const
as ono of tho most cplgmmmntlc und inter
esting of nowspujior coi respondents,,! spend
ing the winter in Huston, devoting hiiusolf
heart and soul to metaphysics. Altogether,
ho seems to hnvo cut the w orld dead nnd gono
over to tho things of tho spirit with tho in
tention of stnylng there. Mulford has sovernl
distinguishing traits mid tastes. He Is only
entirely happy when ho can lueak away from
a high civilization and live in a t nt or shanty
in the w ild i ue8, do his own cooking, write
philosophical things, commune with spirit
itilluoiiecs and soak the tioublrs of dally city
llfo out of him. Although fond of outdoor llfo,
ho bus some feminine .Kcouiplishiuonts, nota
bly knitting und embroidery. Ho is ono of
tho clov erost of after dinner speukor, but re
fuses to don a swallow tall coat tor nnylwdy
or bodies.
Latest Iiul nf Now Volt; Dudm.
Dudedom has become leal crazy over th
latest fad. One was seen propelled by tin
wind along upiior Broadway tho other day
carrying balanced between tho thumb und
forcllnger of his right hand a diminutive tel
egraph pole, on the end of which hung a
doer's uutlerj Around the center of the
sthk, tied ill tho shape nf a bow, was n
bright coloicd tibbon with long sti earners.
On one of tho streamers wns painted a bunch
of "forget mo not" Hewers, while tho other
bore a gaudily colored monogram.
"Aw-yans, yer know, 'ti-er thu latest fnd
aw," was tho dude's reply to tho reporter's
Inquiry as to why tho ribbon was tied around
tho stale "Aw-our gti'ls, donwh eweattucs,
tie-aw them iiwoundtheni. ' i ls-uw mo dar-aw-ling's
monogwum, ynas."
It was km tied that it will not be long bo
fore it will bo a usual street sight to see all
of tho dudei' canes wraped with ribbons,
tied on by their best gills. Now York Sun.
drew lug Tiilioiime In I'lnriilit.
A Florida perfumery company hus nineteen
acres of tuln-roscs In Fulrileld nnd Hnn Mateo
and expects to plant nearly 'JOO hundred acres
more. Thu manager of the company says
that Florida is the only placo in America
whero theso lieautlful Honors con lio grown
successfully. Huidso says thnt Florida is fnr
ahead of southern Franco, whole tho (lowers
aro raised extensively by ii rlgntlng nt a great
expense. He asserts that ho has known tho
flowers from ono aero of land to sell for (3,000
in one season, Tho expense of planting ono
aero Is loss than tho cost of planting straw
berries, tho oxouso of caring for thorn not
half as much, mid the Income fourfold
greater. Chicago News.
Iiicquiml In I.lnen.
A unique window decoration is to ho soon
in ono of Brookl)ii'fl largo dry goods estab
lishments on Fulton street. I lio entlro win
dow is duiHsl and ornamented in table linen
of dllb n nt shadiHiiud sizes, whllo the center
is occupied by ft llfo size statue of Jacqunrd,
tho Inventor of tho weaving loom, sitting In
a partially i ccliuliig )ositioii with thu right
hand resting on a small model of the loom.
The statue, chair uud pedestal nre done In
white linen napkins mid tablecloths, Now
York Sun.
Jiiel I'ailior mul I lie I'urmui.
Tho lato Jim 1 I'm ker I said to have drrived
considerable genuine eiijojiiicnt from ott end
ing country lairs, at .w hlch ho was oftn
wen. Ho knew pretty nearly every farmer
In tho state, undulwajs had u kind word or
smllo for thnu Chicago Times.
