MMp&r * ' ' ' ' ? ' - . * ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' * B HARulSON WANTS SPEEDY TARIFF REFORM It Such U the Xetvi Tlmt Come * From Indian- B npalU A Quiet ifiauhnglctng Day. H Jndianapolla special : Tho Indianapo- We lis pilgrima wIiohs opinions nre of valuo , H all say tlmt while tho prcsidont-eloct haa B • "inclinations , " ho has not decided any- H 4hing definitely regarding his cabinot 01 iiis policy , and will not do so until he B 3ms henrd from nil tho lending republi- K f -cans and lias had time to reflect upon K ftho information and advico they give B Jiim. He kcops tab in a note book oi B . suggestions that nre made , not nil of B courso , but those that coma from men B > -whoso opinions are of value , and points H "tlmt striko him as important. Ho is in B 'the attitude of attention and questions B all his visitors on topics that uro in his mind. One of tho points upon which ho always asks tho views of his visitors is tho propriety of calling an extra ses- B .sionof congress. He makes no secret I -of his own opinion , that thero should be B a revision of tho tariff as soon as possi- r bio , and does not oxpect that tho two B parties will agree upon u bill at the ap- W proaohing session. Whether it is best W ' * to wait for tho new congress to as- W somble at the constitutional time L in December , 1831) ) , or call it to- H ) gcther at once after the inauguration , K is to him the most important ques- lion to docido. If an extra session is > called in March the organization of the I Louse ciin be perfected , and the com- K niittco on contested seats and the com- j mittco on ways and means can be ap- I pointed and spend tho summer investi- m\ gating tho claims of contestants aud in j preparing a tariff bill. So that tho H- 1ioiiho , _ when it meets again in Decem- H ber , will bo ready to go to work at onoo. K But if there is no extra session it will be B March or April , 1800 , before oither of H these committees will be ready to roport , B , and several months later beforo any B tariff legislation can bo effected. In the B opinion of most of those whoso advice 1 Goneral Harrison has asked , tho busi- H ness interests of the conntry require If ihat the tariff question should bo settled r as soon as possible , and he is reported to > If Agree with them. Another important H point disclosed by visitors to Indiana- m polis , iB that General Harrison will not m take part , directly or indirectly , with / any party quarrel. If tho republicans H -of New York , for instance , want a place j in tho cabinet , they must not get into a ' , squabble over it , for if they do tho pres- K\ \ idont-elect will decline to show a prefer- n . _ -once for either faction , but will leave l | • ? that state ont of his calculations nlto- lj gcther. This ho has made very clear to I ) several gontlemen who have called upon I ! him. It Thanksgiving day was strictly ob- H served as a holiday at Harrison's resi- H deuce. Private Secretary Halford was H .at his desk in the general's library for a couple of hours during the morning , assorting and reading the morning mail , j but beyond this all work and politics H were for the da3r eschewed. Hon. E. C. Kerins , of St Louis , was the only guest , other than Mrs. Brown , that par- took of the Thanksgiving dinner with Gtnoral Harrison and his family. They r sat down to dinner at half-past two , and B discussed a big fat turkey presented to II the general yesterday by one of his old I -comrades , Captain Anderson , of Com- H pany E , Seventieth Indiana regiment. El The dinner was much like their usual II Sunday mid-day meal , cooked and l | served in the good old-fashioned style | | handed down to Mm Harrison by her I Pennsylvania ancestors. It During the afternoon n few out-of • town callers dropped in to see the gen- oral , among them Senator William M. Stewart , _ of Nevada , who is on his way [ to Washington , and General James B. Chalmers , of Mississippi , who is also • en route to Washington. General Chal mers has employed Hon. W. H. Calk ins to oonduct the election contest he proposes to mako before congress for a eat from tho shoestring district of Mis sissippi. General Chalmers stated that if the south was to bo represented in the new cabinet his personal preference was General Mahone , whom he declared had done more for the party in the south than any otherv man. " He proposes to have a talk with" the president-elect to morrow on southern matters. MR. BLAINE AS AN EDITOR. Wrong Pouibilities of HI * Deserting Politic * for Literature. The report published Saturday , says a "New York dispatch , that James G. . Blaine was about to become the editor > -of the American Magazine aroused in 1 terest among publishers and local politi- • cians. There has been so much talk abouc Blaine's relation to the coming administration that the report of his prospective return to the editorial chair is a matter of more than ordinary im portance. Blaine is without occupation. It is known that after his defeat the ad visability of his entering the field of i 4ournaKsm was disenssed by him and his • , intimate friends. Walker Blaine does t - not like it.out west/preferring-literature 3 * > law , and being very closely associated with his father in taste and ambition. r A prominent publisher near Astor Plaoe said , when asked for an opinion , that he believed there was more truth in the report than most people fancied. ' [ Blaine , " said he , "need not quit poli tics to become an editor. If he goes into the literary field it will be to make ' -money and to hold and increase his in fluence. " I "What publication will he associate with ? " i "That's a puzzle. He wrote for the 1 American Magazine last September , and it is generally acknowledged that Mr. Blaine likes that periodical because it professes to be strictly American , and in full accord with his views. Then , too , \ .there is a new management and entirely new directory elected" . The gentleman then manager , but now president of the i • company , went to visit Blaine soon after -the publication of his article and spent I several days with him over what were f regarded as future plans. It was re- [ ported that Blaine was offered § 30,000 ; and an interest for regular contribu- | tions. " r Mr. "Davis , of the American Magazine , [ was seen at his office , 749 Broadway , but • declined to be interviewed. A Dishonest Newspaper Man. \ New York dispatch : Olof Sunde , j -cashier of the New York Daily News , it is reported , has absconded. Sunde has x been for ten years in the employ of the paper. He was last seen at 11 o'clock v . Wednesday , at which time he accident- j sally learned that hia * ncconnts were * k& . -about to be investigated. He locked mpgthe safeif&nd took thex keys Vlth him. A preliminary investigation disclosed , - the fact that Sunde has absconded with / * at least $50,000 , but Mr. Brown , one of - * - -the proprietors of the paper , thinks hia i peculations must be much larger. W' The Stewart Will Case. P t New York dispatch : The general H * -term of the supreme court to-day grant- Si ' -ed the petition of Judge Hilton to strike H&j ? -out admissions of fraud and undue in- " fluence from the answer made by his co- § , r . .defendants to the suit brought by Mrs. \ ' Sarah N. Smith , against Hilton and % x\ v -other heirs of the late Mrs. A. T. Stew- uirt , in which it is charged that the con- * ? rf „ - Teyanco by Mrs. Stewart of the bulk of * * , w Ther estnte to Judge Hilton was obtained * " * Tby undue influence and fraud. S * A DYNAMITER IN THE COURTS. John Bronrlt , Charg-d XVith Complraegt Underlining Trial. Chicago dispatch : The trial of John "Hronek , charged with conspiracy tc blow up the homes of Judges Gary and Grinnell and Polico Inspector Boufiold with dynamite , was resumed this morn ing , tho jury having been secured yes terday. The state's attorney , Long- ncokcr , opened the proceedings with a prefatory statement of the case for the people. After Attorney Goldzier , for tho pris oner , had outlined his defense , which was the dynamite found in his posses sion was given him by a man named Karafiot , Hronek not knowing its nature , tho taking of testimony was begun. The first witness was Frank Olileboun , one of the conspirators , who has turned stnte's evidence. Ho is unable to speak English , and his testimony is taken through an interpreter. The witness testified as to the circumstances under which he fiist met the prisoners. It was at "Anarchist Turk's" house , afterwards he met Copec , and he became intimate with botli of them. He was a frequent visitor at Hronek's house. Tho last Sun day in May Hronek told tho witness how he had a great scheme to burn up a lumber yard , but it had been discov ered , fie had also missed a chance to kill Bonfield , and was afraid he would never have another. He testified at length concerning their experiments with dynamite , and then said that on soveral occasions Hronek had said that he must have revenge for the death of tho anarchists. He showed pictures of Grinnell , Gary and Bonfield. A Ger man named Schneider told where Grin nell lived and showed a plat of Aldino square , and on July 4 Hronek , Capeo nnd the witness went in search of the house. They finally found the house and took a good look at it. On the way home Hronek said President Cleveland had a narrow escape when on his visit here. At that time ho ( Hronek ) had a bomb ready to throw at the presiden tial carriage , but was dissuaded by Schneider and Niokolunda. Hronek's plans were to kill Bonfield first , but on talking it over with Capeo he decided to put an end to Judge Grinnell first. He said that if no better opportunity offered he would go into the court room and throw a bomb at the judge. Then if the police tried to capture him he nould use a bomb on them , and if this failed he had a revolver and would shoot the officers and then himself. If he got a chance at Grinnell or Gary on the street" ho would use a knife. The witness said Hronek's wife did not have enough to eat , and wanted her husband to abandon his murderous plan and go to work , but that Hronek said ho had a mission to perform , and would perform it if she starved and he was hung. After further unimportant testi mony was given by Chleboun the court took a recess till 8 o'clock to-night. Chleboun admitted reluctantly that ho was an anarchist and had drilled with the Lehr and wehr verein in the old days beforo the Haymarket episode. He also said he had gone to Copek's house to re ceive instructions in the art of making dj-namite. Ho paid $2 for the lesson but didn't learn anything. He said Hronek had told him on tho trip to Riv erside that he was the man who threw the bomb at the Havmarket. At first Chleboun did not believe this , but when he saw tho bombs in Hronek's posses sion ho thought that it was the truth , and a few weeks later he told Attorney Fischer about it Ho had told no one else prior to this. At this point a recess was taken. At the evening session Chleboun was further cross-examined but. nothing of material importance was brought out. J. T. Aarrow , an emploje of the Aetna powdercompnny , testified to having sold one of the defendants , Sevic , twenty-five pounds of dynamite in July , 1887 , and May , 1888. The Official Returns from Indiana. The official canvass of votes cast in this state , says an Indianapolis dispatch , for presidential electors , which began Mon day , was completed to-day. The high est vote for the republican candidates was received by the two electors at large , while those electors on the democratio ticket received the lowest. The figures given by congressional districts are those of the highest vote cast for the four tickets. First district Republican 20,614 , dem ocratio 20,641 , prohibition 506 , united labor 1,092. Second district Republican 16,630 , democratic 18,609 , prohibition 269 , united labor 30. Third district Republican 15,197 , democratio 18,393 , prohibition 243 , united labor 144. Fourth district Republican 10,142 , democratic 16,974 , prohibition 281 , nnited labor 106. Fifth district Republican 17,626 , dem ocratic 18,500 , prohibition 765 , united labor 244. * Sixth district Republican 24,508 , lemocratic 14,317 , prohibition 1,027 , united labor 154. Seventh district Republican 25,438 , lemocratic 27,328 , prohibition 853 , uni ted labor 105. Eighth district Republican 22,999 , lemocratic 23,142 , prohibition 566. uni ted labor 601. Ninth district Republican 24,751 , lemocratic 20,309 , prohibition 1,187 , mited labor 373. Tenth district Republican 19,504 , lemocratic 18 r356 , prohibition 776 , uni ted labor 155. Eleventh district Republican 21,677 , lemocratic 22,369 , prohibition 1,632 , mited labor 189. Twelfth district Republican 18,106 , lemocratic 21,020 , prohibition 839 , uni- d labor 228. Thirteenth district Republican 21 , - .69 , democratic 21,505 , prohibition 937 , mited labor 126. Total Republican 263,361 , demo- iratio 261,013 , prohibition 9,881 , united abor 2,694. Republican plurality 2,848. A Ghastly Discovery. Helena ( M. T. ) dispatch : H. J. Her- in arrived here Monday from Lincoln , i point sixty miles from Helena. He > rings n story of a ghastly discovery hero last Friday. On that day Gus javalle and Chris Strauss , two miners , rent up the gulch to visit James Robin- on , who had been missing for three reeks. The men found his skeleton ving on a bed in tho cabin. It was con- iluded that as Robinson had been ad- licted to the use otopium , he had taken n overdose arid died. Tracks of moun- ain lions showed that the wild beasts lad discovered the unfortunate corpse nd fearted themselves on human flesh , eaving nothing but the bare bones. The Jersey Lily's Husband. New York dispatch : Friends of the Jangtry family say that Mr. Langtry'a ecent visit to New York was of two reeks' duration ; that the gentleman lid not see 'his wife , but saw his chil- Iren and arranged Borne business affairs , rhich was the object of his visit , and hat he took no steps toward a divorce , my proceedings of that nature , it is : tated , must come from Mrs. Langtry , : nd would be uncompromisingly op- : oc d. A VERY GRATIFYING EXHIBIT MADE. Operation * in. tho Life-Saving Service for tho Last J 'leal Tear. General Superintendent Kimball , of tho life-saving service , in his annual re port for the last fiscal year , ended June 80 , 1888 , roports 222 lifo-saving stations in operation at the close of the year , 170 being upon the Atlantio coast , 44 on the lakes , 7 on the Pacific coast and ono at the falls of the Ohio , at Louisville , Ky. The nnmber of disasters to docu mented vessels within the scope of the station operations during the year was 411. There were on board tho vessels 8.653 persons , of whom twelve were lost. The number of shipwrecked persons who received succor at the life-saving station was 743. Tho estimated value of tho vessels and cargoes involved in these disasters was § 9,555,385 , and of this amount $7,776,405 was saved. The number of vessels totally lost was sev- enty-ono. In addition to tho docu mented vessels lost , thero wero during the j'ear 133 casualties to smaller crafts , such as sailboats , rowboats , etc. , on which were 297 persons , five of whom wero lost. Thirty-sovon other persons who had fallen from the wharves and piers wore also saved by the life-saving crews ; 492 vessels when stranded during the year wero piloted out of dangerous places ; 229 vessels in danger of stranding were warned off by signals and saved from partial or total loss. The work of tho year , as indicated by the foregoing results , Superintendent Kimball regards as tho best obtained sinco the general extension of the ser vice to tho t.ea and lake coasts , for while the increased number of stations has has brought a corresponding increase in casualties within tho domain of the ser vice , the number of lives lost in propor tion to the number of persons on board tho vessels involved is less than ever be foro , being only ono out of every 237. The lowest previous loss was in the fis cal j'ear ending Juno 30 , 1885 , when it was one out of every 222. Supt. Kimball strongly recommends an increase in the compensation of the surf men , whose hardships and labors he declares are worthy of better remunera tion than they receive. He also advo cates the passage of the bill reported to the house by the committee on pensions at the last session of congress , granting pensions to the officers and enlisted men of the service , who are subjected to im minent peril , and to their widows and minor children. The cost of the service last year was $928,000 , but this included some thousands expended during the year previous , and yet in the saving oi property the exhibit is very gratifying. For the current fiscal year ending June 30 , 1890 , Supt. Kimball estimates § 921,160 will be needed. THE ANARCHISTS AGAIN GROWING BOLD. A Secret Circular Distributed in Tarioiu JPavtt of Chicago. Chicago dispatch : A new anarchist cir cular , it was found to-day , has been secretly distributed in various sections of the city. The dodgers were shown on the sly by barkeepers in anarchist sa loons on Celybourne , Blue Island and Milwaukee avenues and West Lane and West Randolph streets. It is printed in red ink , and the matter is of a decidedly fiery character. At the head is a large display line , "Richter. " The circular is issued by tho Arbeiter Bund , the same society that organized Sunday schools here in which some hundreds of chil dren are being taught the doctrines of anarchism. After telling the working- man that he is trampled into the dust ; that he has no recognized rights , ana that he should assert his independence , the circular proceeds to .state that capi tal , and all who control capital , must be destroyed , and destroyed quickly , and that the only efiic.icious method of re moval is the one adopted and carried into execution by "tho martyred advocates of freedom , who gave up their lives so that the principles they advocated might be perpet uated. " "Our time is coming , " the cir cular continues : "All that remains for us to do is to forget petty differences and band together for our own common object. What a few men cannot achieve , many can. They can throttle the capi talistic tyrant. They can surround him with fire and bloodshed , and compel him in war to recognize our rights , a thing he will not do in peace. " The be lievers in the cause are pressed to give all aid in their power toward the organ ization and success of the various socie ties now springing up. Aid is again isked for Sevic , Hronek and Clebonn , nd the information volunteered that jontributions can be left at No. 74 West Lake street. "The fact of the matter is this , " said Albert Currilin , leader of the Arbeiter Bund , in speaking to-day to a group tvhom he thought were all sympathiz- 3rs , "capitalism is in the pride of its strength , and is too arrogant to yield a ? oint that means concession to human ity and popular rights , 'brit in anarchy t is listening to the tramp of thous- incs and its menace it had better heed. SVhen the capitalists become too aggres- iive they will find there is still dynamite nanufactured in this country. " A Fearful Cyclone at Sex Captain Chabot , of the French steam ship Panama , at this port , says a Phila- lelphia dispatch , reports that Novem ber 26 the vessel was within 100 miles of Delaware capes , where she met the ter rible cyclone which damaged so much ihipping along the coast. The seas rere mountainous and all efforts to ceep the vessel's head on were fruitless , is the. > wind threw her around in the rough of the ocean. At times she was iompletely enveloped. Carpenter L. ? ranceous , who was at work aft , was iwept overboard by the waves , which iame oyer the starboard side , and was mmediately swallowed up in the angry ea. At 8 o'clock the same night the ignals of a vessel in distress were shoot- ng up from a dark hulk which was i early level with the water. Captain yhabot bore down on the craft as near s possible , but was unable to get close nough to rescue the crew. He dis- inctly saw men clinging to the after- louse waving lights and begging to be nkeu off. He believes the vessel to tave been a full-rigged ship. She was eeply laden and doubtless foundered ith all on board. When he left them , [ iey wero waving torches , but after a 1 jw moments all the lights died out. i The Eight Hour Movement. , ; St. Louis dispatch : A local paper ] ays although as far as can be learned he local trades societies have not re- • leived any intimation from Chicago of I he organization of an eight hour move- < lent to be carried ' through at the con- ention of the American federation oi abor , which is to meet in this city on December 1 , there is no donbt that the aovement is well under way. Circu- lrs explaining and urging it have been ent out to all organizations supposed i ui or sucl1 a scnemOf and it will prob- > y e leaa nS work of the conven- ; ion. The American socialists are the i ushers of the scheme , and it is their lea to have it come to a focus in 1890. tie probable result of which mil be • i eneral strike. < fe \ - " t , S , - , i , . , . . JJIS" ? " * .Mi" " 'WW ! In. ii .U.H - . . , . , . . . . . . . * m i1. ii i.inr liimi niiii i mi ) i m i j i n t.i i in i n i.tr * v * THE CONDITION OF UNCLE SAM'S NAVY. ASetFor M in th * Annual lleport of Secre tary Whitnry Secretary Whitney has presented his annual report to tho president. Aftoi giving a brief review of the condition qI tho navy as it will exist on the 4th day of March , 1889 , in comparison with the same as it existed on tho 4th day ol March , 1885 , and furnishing a list of the armored vessels heretofore authorized by congress , tho secretary says : "Tho efforts of the department in ship con struction have necessarily , since March , 1885 , been devoted to unarmorod vessels , and as to these , the department is able to report that when the ships in course of construction , and those authorized , shall have been completed , tho United States will rank second among the na tions in the possession of unarmored cruisers of commerce destroyers , having tho highest characteristics , viz : of size , 8,000 tons and upwards , possessing a speed of nineteen knots and upwards. " Tho impoitanco which has been placed upon this branch of tho naval armament will be appreciated from the statement that English and France possess sixty- five vesselB of the class known as un armored cruisers. "Wo cannot at pres ent protect our coast , but we can return blow for blow , for we shall soon bo in condition to launch a fleet of largo and fast cruisers against tho commerce of an enemy , able to inflict serious and lasting injury thereon. " With regard to tho production of power by machinery , the report toys : "All contracts for the construction of ships which have been entered into since March , 1885 , call for tho produc tion of power machinery equal to tho highest standards. It is believed that , at the present time , the department has reached a point where entire reliance can be placed upon it for tho production of war vessels equal in character to those of any other country. " "It is gratifying to be able to report , " says the secretary , "that notwithstand ing the largo expenditures for tho new navyin the last three years , the reduc tion in other directions has made the total expenditures of the department less for these years than for the three yeais ending Juno 30 , 1884 , the ordinary expenses of the department having been reduced over 20 per cent. " Under the hpad of "Coast and Harbor Defense Vessels" the secretary states that , "in tho last annual report of tho department , considerations were given leading to the conclusion that it would be unwise for the department to follow the course of European powers in build ing unprotected torpedo boats ; and in the present uncertainty regarding the practicability of submarine boats , and while waiting a practical trial of the ily- namite gun boat , it had been deemed wisp for the department to build ono light draught , heavily armored harbor defense , floating battery , or ram , for which designs had been prepared by the bureau of construction and steam engineering in consultation with the chief of the bureau of ordnance. " Tho business methods of the depart ment are discussed at some length , and a history given of the efforts being made to simplify , systematize and improve them. The sj'stem of property accounts for the navy , referred to in the last annual report , has been in successful operation since July 1. The _ report says that by a careful watching _ of the disbursements at for eign stations , and calling the attention of the pay officers to the subject of their drafts , by which greatly improved rates have been procured , the department is able to report that on items of commis sion , interest and exchange , whereas a net loss of $103,493 was made in the two years and ten months ending April 24 , 1885 , for the three j'ears ending Juno 30 , 188 , a net gain of $703 was made. The report goes on to say that , with the increase of the number of cruisers , it has been recognized , in view of the recent introduction of high explosive projectiles and the increase of power and rapidity of the fire of rapid fire aud other guns , that renewed attention must be given to armored vessels , and the prevailing opinion in England , France , Italy , Germany and Russia is strongly in favor of additional armored ships to be built at an early date. The secretary considers the subjects of improved powder , projectile and torpedo boats , saying , in regard to the latter , that the recent naval maneuvers abroad have shown that they must still be re garded as the most useful for coast and harbor defense - The estimate 'for the navy andjinarine. corps for'the current fiscal year amounts * to $23,003,624 , and for the next fiscal year to $26,767,677. The appropriations for the current fiscal year amount to 519,942,481 , being $6,825,000 less than the estimate for the next fiscal year. The secretary closes by giving the main points of reports submitted by the idmiral of the navy , the chiefs of the rarious naval bureaus and board of visi tors to the United States naval academy , ibstracts of which have been published ' ronrtime to time. -our Territories and ihe Oklahoma Bill. Washington dispatch : Mr. William M. Springer , of Hlinois , was on Pennsyl- rania avenue yesterday afternoon. "We ire going to try very hard to pass a bill idmitting to the union the territories of Washington , Montana , Dakota and New Mexico , " said he , "and we shall certain- y pass the Oklahoma bill at once. The iext houso will undoubtedly be repub- ican by a small majority , and I suppose he republicans of both the house and he senate would have no objections to trenghening that majority. The terri- ories could be states in time to elect enators and representatives to theFifty- irst congress. Montana , Washington nd Dakota are republican. The senate oay insist on the division of Dakota , nd such action would probably block natters for awhile. I am in favor of ny reasonable compromise. I am , and lave been , in favor of the admission of hose four territories on a broader Tound than that of politics. I sincere- r hope we shall be able to pass an en- bling act during the coming session. " • JThe Jones County Calf Case. " Waterloo ( la. ) dispatch : The defend- nts in the case of Robert Johnson vs. 1. V. Miller , better known as the Jones county calf case , " have perfect- d an appeal to the supreme court from le decision of the September term of le district court in this city. This will e the fifth time that this case has been j the. supreme court , and if nrnew trial i granted it will be the seventh trial of io case since 1877 , when the case was egun. The calves were originally orth $45 , but they have already cost le parties to the litigation about $20 , - X ) , and no one knows when the end ill be reached. Francis Simmons , of Lafayette , N.Y. , as an old-fashioned clock made in Ger- lanvmore than 200 years ago which till keeps good time. It was made en- irely by hand , and the mahogany case ' Baching from floor to ceiling , is held to other by wooden r in . Shoplifters are causing considerable orriment among the merchants at Wy- ore. ' in iii hi Mrn.TMJijm1 f. # , iiV w % * n 'WtV 'UHW- t SACRED WHISPERS. Expoundings of , an Enllghtonod Character From the Dlvlno Lips of tho Rf v. TalmageHis Discourse Touching1 a3 Woll as Quoor. He Acts as a Sanitary Sergeants on tho Polluted Souls of th8 Universe in a Manner That is Bewitching to Hia Hearers. Special to The Kings * City Time * . Bhookltx , N. Y. , Nov. 25. At tho taber nacle this evening tho great congregation song tho hymn beginning : "Awake , my ouU tojoyom lay * . And alngthe cront Itrdceiner a rml'r- " Kev. T. Do Witt Talmage , D. D. , took for his text : "And these are they which ye shull huvo in uhomiuation among tho fowls : the owl , tho vulture ami tho bat. Thcso also shall bo unclean to you among the creeping things that creep uimhi tho earth : the chameleon und tho snail. " Leviticus , xi. , 13-ao. Following is the discourse in full : Tho Bible offers every possiblo variety of theme , of argument and of illustration. Wo caro not much in what kind of a pitcher tho water of life is brought , if it is only tho clear , pure water. God gave tho ancients a list of tho animals that they might eat , and a list of tho animals that they might not cat. Thcso Deoplo lived in a hot climate , and certain forms of animal food corrupted their blood and disposed them to scrofulous dis orders , depraved their appetites and bemoan ed their souls. A man's food , when ho hiis tho means and opportunity of selecting it , suggests his moral nature. Tho reason tho wild Indian is as cruel as the lion is because ho has food that gives him tho blood of the lion. A missionary among the Inaians says that , by changing his style of food to corre spond with theirs , his temperament was en tirely changed. MOltAL XATUltr.S XSTi FOOO. There are certain forms of food that have a tendency to affect the moral nature. Many a Christian is trying to do by prayer that which can not be done except through cor rected diet. For instance , he who uses swine's flesh for constant diet will be diseased in body and polluted of soul , all his liturgies and catechisms not withstand ing. The Gadareue swine were possessed of the devil aud ran down a steep place into the sea , and all the swine ever since seem to have been similarly possessed. In Loviti- cus God struck this meat off the table of His people and placed before them a bill of fare at once healthful , nutritious and gener ous. ous.But , higher than this physical reason , there was a spiritual reason why God chose certain forms of food for the ancients. God gave a peculiar diet to His ixople , not only because Ho wanted them to be distinguished from the surrounding nations , but because certain birds and animals , by reason of their habits , have always been suggestive of mor al qualities. By tho list of things from which thoy were to abstain God wished to prejudice their minds against certain evils , and in tho list of lawful things given He wished to suggest certain forms of good. When God solemny forbade his people to eat the owl , the vulture , the bat , the chameleon and the snail He meant to drive out of His people all the sins that were thus einblenf- lzed. IUUVIXG OUT THE DA1CKXUS3. I take the suggestion of the text and say that one of the first unclean things the Chris tian needs to drive out of his soul is the owl. The owl is the melancholy bird of night. It hatches out whole broods of superstitions. It is doleful and hideous. When it sings , it sings through its nose. It loves the gloom of night better than the brightness of the day. Who has not slept in the cabin near the woods and been awakened in the night by the dismal "too-hoo" of the owl ? Melancholy is the owl that is perched in many a Chris tian soul. It is an unclean bird and needs to be driven away. A man whoso sins are par doned and who is on the road to heaven , ha3 no right to be gloomy. He says : "I have so many doubts. " That is because "you arc lazy. " Go actively to work in Christ's cause and your doubts will vanish. You say : "I have lost all my property ; " but I reply : "You have infinite treasures laid up in heaven. " You say : "lam weak and sickly and going to die. " Then be congratulated that you are so near eternal health and per petual gladness. Catch a few morning larks for your soul and stone this owl off your premises. As a little girl was eating the sun dashed upon her spoon and she cried : "O mamma , I have swallowed a spoonful of sunshine I" Would God that we might all indulge in the same beverage ! Choex fulness ; it makes the homeliest face handsome ; it makes the hardest mattress soft ; it runs the loom that weaves buttercups and rainbows and auro ras. Qod made the grass black ! No , that would be too somber. God made the grass red ? No , that would be too gaudy. God made the grass green , that by this parable all the world might be led to a subdued cheerfulness. Read your Bible in the sun shine. Remember that your physical health is cloaejy allied to the spiritual. The heart and the liver are only a few inches apart and what affects one affects the other. IIHIGIITEXIN'G TnE DARK HOCUS. A historian records that by the sound of great laughter in Rome Hannibal's assault ing army was frightened away in retreat. And there is in the great outbursting joy of a Christian soul that which can drive back any internal besiegement. Rats love dark closets and Satan loves to burrow in a gloomy soul. "Rejoice in the Lord , O ye righteous ! and again I say , Rejoice ! " Hoist the win dow of your soul in this the 12 o'clock of your spiritual night. Put the gun to your shoulder and aim at the black jungle from whence the hooting comes , pull the trigger and drop that croaking , loathesome , hideous owl of religious melancholy into the bushes. Again , taking the suggestion of the text , drive out the vulture from your soul. God would not allow the Jew to eat it. It lives on carcasses ; it fattens among the dead ; with leaden wing it circles about battle fields. Wilson , the American ornithologist , counted 237 vultures around one carcass. If crossing the desert when there is no sign of wing in tho air , a camel perish out of the caravan , immediately the air begins to dark en with vultures. There are many profess ed Christians who have a vulture in their souls. They prey upon the character and feelings of others. A doubtful reputation is a banquet for them. Some rival in trade or Erofession falls and the vulture puts out its ead. These people revel in the details of a man's ruin. They say : "I told you so. " They rush into some store and say : "Have you heard the news ? Just as I expected ! Our neighbor has gone all to pieces ! Good for him ! " THE VULTURE IK SOCIETT. That professedly Christian woman , hav ing heard of the wrong doing of some sister in the church , instead of hiding the sin with a mantle of charity , peddles it all along the streets. She takes the afternoon to make her long neglected calls. She tells the. story ten times before sundown , and every time tells it larger. She rushes into the parlors to ' tell it , and into the nursery to tell it , and in to the kitchens to tell it. She says : "Would you have thought it ? WellI always said there was something wrong about her. Why , I should not speak to her if I saw her in the street. Is it not horrible ! But better not say anything about it , because there may be some mistake. I do not want my name in volved in the matter. I guess I will just go aver and ask them at No. 263 whether they bave heard it. Guess it must be so , for Mary Ann says that her husband saw a man ivho heard from his business oartner that tiis blind old grandmother had seen some thing that looked very suspicious. The most loathsome , miserable , God-for saken wretch on earth is a gossip. I can tell her on the street though I have never seen her befoi'e. She walks fast , and has her bonnet-strings loose , for she has not had time to tie them since she heard that last scandal. She looks both ways as she passes , loping to see new evidences of depravity in the windows. I think that when Satan has i job so infinitely mean that in all the pit ie can not find a devil mean enough to do it , ind all bribes and threats have failed to set sne willing for the infernal crusade , he says : o one of his sergeants : "Go up to Brooklyn , md in such a street , on such a comer , get that gossiping woman , and she will be glad jo do it. " And sure enough , like a hungry ish , she takes the hook in her mouth , and Saten slackens the line and lets her run out farther and farther , until after awhile he ; ays : "It is time to haul in that line , " and vith a few strong pulls he brings her to the jeach of fire. What do you say ? That she ras a a member of the church ? I can not lelp that.TALE TALE BEARERS ABOSIIKATIOXS. When Satan goes a-fishinghe does not care vhat school the fish belong to , whether it is i Presbyterian mackerel or an Episcopalian lalmon. Amidst the thunder crash of Sinai 3od said : "Thou shalt not bear false wit less against thy neighbor. " And in Leviti- : usho says : "Thou shalt not go up and down ns a tale-bearer. " Take not Into yom car that scum of holl that people con tittle- tattle. Whosoever listens to a slander Is equally guilty with tho ono who tells It , nnd an old writer says they ought both t > be hung , the ono by the tonguo nnd tho ohe by the oar. Do not stnilu ui > on such a spautol , lest , lileo u pleased dog , ho put his dirty paw ujwnyou. Throw back tho shutter of your soul , O Christian men und woman , ami sco if there bo within you n vulturo with filthy talons and cruel beak. Lot not this unclean thing roost in your ooul , for my text says : "Yo shull hold in abomination among tho fowls tho vulturo. " Again , taking tho suggestion of tho text , drive out tho but from your soul. No won der God set this bird among tho unclean. It is an offense to everyone Lot it fly into tho window of a Bummer night , and all bunds , young and old , are against it It is half bird and half mouse. It seems made partly to walk and partly to fly , and docs nolther well ; and necomes an emblem of thoso Christians who try to cling to earth and heaven at tho samo time. They want to walk on earth in worldliness und yet fly toward heaven in spirituality ; und their soul , between feet and wings , is constantly ] > erplexed. O , my brethren , bo ono thing or tho other ! Chooso tho world if you prefer it , nnd see how many dollars you cun win , and how much applause you cun gain , and how large a business you cun establish , and how grand a house you can build , and how fast a span of horses you can drive. You may be prospered until you can fall for $ o00,000. instead of having tho disgnico of failing for only $10,000 as some unenterpris ing people do. WORLDLY rOmVXES HUT RRIEP. It is quite a reward to bo ablo for ten or wenty years to bo called ono of tho solid men of Brooklyn or Boston , and then , to mako your fortune last us long us possible , wo will give you a splendid funeral und you shall have twenty-live carriages following you , with somebody in most of thorn , nnd your coflln shull huvo silver bundles on tho sides , and wo will mourn for you in splendid pockethttndkerchiefs bound with ctoikj , and with bombazino full twenty yards long , trailing half across the parlor , so that all the company may stand upon it , and wo will write our letters for the next six months ou paper edged with black. But my friends , your worldly fortunes will not last. I will buy out now nil that you will bo worth in world ly estate seventy-live years from now. I have the money m my ] > ocket with which to do it. Here it is ! Two cents. It is u largo sum to offer for all you possess at tho close of seventy-live years. Chooso tho world , if you will ; but , if not , then chooso heaven. That estato lies partly on this sido of tho river , but mostly on the other. It is ever ac cumulating. The prospect of it makes ono independent of earthly misfortunes ; so that Rogers , tho martyr , slept so soundly tho night beforo his burning , they violently shook him in order to get him awako in time for tho execution ; and Paul exults at tho "joy unspeakable and full of glory. " O , choose earth or heaven ! Mako up your mind whether you will walk in earthly Joys , or fly with heavenly expectations. Bo not a bat , lit neither to walk nor fly , having just enough of heaven to spoil the world , and so much of the world to spoil heaven. Christ says that your piesent condition nauseates him to positive sickness : "Bucauso thou art neither cold nor hot , I will spew thee out of my mouth ! " NO SERVING GOD VXD MAMMON' . In the ruins of Pomi > cii there was found a petrified woman , who instead of trying to fly fiom the destroyed city had spent her time in gathering up her jewels. She saved neither her life nor her jewls. There are multitudes making the same mistake. In trying to get earth and heaven they lose both. "Ye can not serve God and Mammon. " Be ono thing or the other. Tread tho earth like a lion , or mount the air like the eagle , for my text says : "Ye shall have in abomination among the fowls , tho bat. " Again : taking the suggestion of the text , drive out the rhamcleon from your soul. There is some difference among good men as to the name of this creeping thing which God pronounced unclean , but I shall take the opinion which seems best suited to my pur pose. The chameleon is a reptile , chiefly known by its changcableness of color , taking the color of the thing next to it , sometimes brown , sometimes red and sometimes gray , but alwavs the color of its surroundings , a type of that class of Christians who are now one thing in religious faith and now another , just to suit circumstances , always taking their color of religious belief from the man they are talking to. They go to one place and are first water Unitarians. Jesus was a good man , but nothing more. " They go to Princeton and they are Trinitarians , almost willing to die for tho divinity of Jesus. Among tho Univcrsulists they refuse the idea of future punishment ; and going among those of opposite belief , announce that there is a hell with a gusto that makes you think they are glad ofit. Drive out that unclean chamelaon from your soul. Do not be ever changing the color of your faith. FORMING RELIGIOUS OPINION'S. My friends , liberal Christianity , falsely so-called , believes in nothing. God is any thing you want to make him. The Bible to be believed in so far as you like it. Heaven a grand mixing up of Neros and Paula. The man who dies by suicide in his right mind in 1S88 , beating into glory by ten years the Christian man who dies a Christian death in lb98 the suicide proving himself wiser than the Christian. O , my friends , let us try to believe in something. An in fidel was called to the bedside of his daugh- er. The daughter said : "Father , which shall I believe , you or mother J Mother took the religion of Christ , and died in its em brace. You say that religion is a humbug. Now I'm going to die , and I am very much perplexed ; shall I believe you , or take the belief of my mother ? " The father said : "Choose for yourself. " She said : "No ; I am too weak to choose for myself ; I want you to choose for me. " "Well , " said the fa ther , after much hesitation and embarrass ment , "Mary , I think you had better take the religion of your mother. " The time will come when we shall have to believe something. We can not afford to be on tho fence in religion. Truth and error are set Dpposite to each other. The one is inflnitely nght and the other infinitely wrong. In the judgment day we must give an account of what we bolieved as well as for what we icted. The difference between believing truth and believing error is the difference between paradise and perdition. I beg you , in the light of the Bible , and on your knees before God , to form your religion and then stick to it , though business companions scoff md wits caricature'and the air crackles with : he fires of martyrdom. Surely truths in Dehalf of which Christ died and angels of Sod trooped forth and the whole universe is narshaled , are worth living for and worth lying for. Amidst the most unclean things s this ever-changing chameleon of religious ; heory. Away with the reptile ! God ab- lors it with an all-consuming abhorrence. NO SNAILS IN CI1RISTIANITT. Once more , take the suggestion of the ext and drive out the snail from your soul. 3od has declared it unclean. It is an ani- nal to be found everywhere between the : oldest north and the hottest south. There ire 1.500 species of the snail. They have no ) ackbone and they are so slow that their novement is almost imperceptible. You see t snail in one place to-day ; go to-morrow md you will find it has advanced only a ew inches. It becomes an emblem of that arge class of Christian people who go to vork with a slowness and sluggishness that s wonderful. Thoyare stopped by every ittle obstacle , bf cause , like the snail , they lave no backbone. Othera mount up on : agle's wings but they go at a snail's pace. O child of God , arouse ! We have apotheo- iized prudence and caution long enough , 'rudencc is a beautiful grace , but of all tho ainily of Christian graces I like her the east , for she has been married so often to aziness , sloth and stupidity. We have a nillion idlers in the Lord's vineyard who iride themselves on their prudence. "Be irudent , ' * said the disciples of Christ , "and tay away from Jerusalem , " but he went. • Be prudent" said Paul's friends , "and ook out for what you say to Felix. " but he hundered away until the ruler's knees mocked together. In the eyes of the world he most imprudent men that ever lived fere Martin Luther , and John Oldcastle , nd Wesley , and Knox. My opinion is that he most imprudent and reckless thing is to tand still. It is well to hear our command- r's voice when he says "Halt ' * ' but quite as enportant to hear it when he sajs "For ward ! " This go3pel ship. ni. • ' < to plough he sea at fifteen knots an jia. is not mak- ng three. Sonvtimes it is. most prudent to ide your horse slowly and pick out the way or his feet and not strike him with the purs , but when a band of Shoshone Indians re after you in full tilt the most prudent hing for you to do is to plunge in the row- Is and put your horse to a full run , shout- ng : "Go 'long ! ' ' until the Rocky moun- ains echo it. STAGNATION TnE GREAT D VNGER. The foes of God are pursuing us. The rorld , the flesh and the devil are after us , nd our wisest course is to go ahead at wif test speed. When , the church of God ts to advancing too fast it will be time nough to use caution. No need of putting n the the brakes while going up lull. Do otlet us sit down waiting fcr something to turn up , " but go ahead in the name of ! od and turn it uu. Tho great danger of the / i church now In not ncnsatlen , hut stagnation. < | O that tho Lord God would eend ft host oi , aroused and consecrated men to uui tho church on lira and turn i , tho world upaldo down. Lot us go to work and'catch tho last snail in our souln. With dlvlno vehumonco let us stamp * Its Hfo out , for my text dorian * : "Thoc „ also shall bo unclean to you umonff tho \ creeping things that creep upon tho earth , tho chameleon und tho snail. " I have thus i tried to prejudice tluo ChrUttan men and J women agiunst gloomlncm * und slander , and - - | hulf-nnd.hulf experiences , ehnngeublonesfl , * 5 und sloth. Our opportunltli * for getting hotter aro being rapidly * wulowcd up In tho = > remorseless past. This golden Sabbath U * about to drop out of tho calendar. This mo- v ment may wo drive out ull tho unclean things from our noulu tho vulturo. and the but , and tho owL and tho chumelcon , and " the snail , and in pluoo thereof bring in tho lumb of God , ur.d tho dovoof tho spirit I Tho • > cuso Is urgent. Arouse , before It bo etor- * nully too lato I "Whutsoever thy hund ilnd- * cth to do , do It ? " % * From Jjlttlo to Great Muuy years ngo , an invalid lndy I whoso homo wus In tho country , visited a lurgo city near which sho lived on a sultry August day. Sho had business In some of tho smallor streets and alloys and was appalled at tho number of palo , puny and sick babies in tholr mothers' arms who wero literally dying for a breath of fresh air. What should sho do ? j "I cannot save all , " sho fcaid , "but I may savo ono. Thoro is room for a mother and hor child at home. " Sho took tho ono mother and her child to her t'ountry-houy < \ kept them for a fortnight , and then took them homo and brought othurs. Hot * neigh bors followed her example. 'Ilio noxt summer tho number of children enter tained amounted to hundreds ; tho noxt , " J thousands. I Another woman , who lived in tho j city and had no money to givo , was j voxed that she could not help in this I most gracious charity. j "I can , at least , toll others of it , " sho j said. Sho wrote an account of it for a I Now York newspaper. I A third woman possos ed of great | wealth , sent a thousand dollars to tho I editor with tho request that ho should j open a fund for this noble purpose. I Tho Fresh Air charity was the result. I The various organizations throughout I tho United States for th removal of Jim poor children from the poisonous air of 1 the cities to the country have grown I out of this lii > t attempt of a single weak I woman to save one dj ing baby. I During the lust two years the charity I has taken root in England and on tho I continent. No one but God knows how I many lives have been saved by it. I If the woman who thought of it on I that torrid day as she passed , sick and I weary , through the slums , hud decided , I "I cannot save all , why should I trou- I ble mytself with one ? " how many lives I that might have been saved would havo I been lest ! Youth's Companion. I * I The Devil Scared for Unco. 1 The chronicle relates that when St. I Colum Cill was in rreland there lived a I pagan oriest in the county of Tyrcon- I nell who erected a temple or great I beauty aud magnificence in those times , I md among other curiosities of art and I workmanship ho made an altar of fino 'lass , which he superstitiously adorned I .vith representations of the sun and I uoon. It happened that thlrf priest I was seized with a sudden distemper I which took away his eciisos , and ho vas without motion , as if ho had been n a swoon. Tho dovil , who , it seems , I nad a particular resentment against tnd- I nan , took advantage of the opportun- I .ty and , seizing him with his talons , I .vas hurrying him away through tho I lir. St. Colum Cill , looking up , per- M jeived the fiend upon the wing bearing I nis prey , and when ho was flying di- rectly over him tho saint made the sign M } f the cross in the air above his head , I which so astonished tho devil that hfi I let go hii hold and dropped the priest , oiio providentally fell at St Colum's feet. This deliverance was so great- " M Tully received by the priest that after a r > hort discourse he became a convert to I Christianity , and when he had dedicat- I ? d his temple to the Christian service H he bestowed it upon St. Colum and en- tered into a religious order , where he fl led a monastic life and became an I -'lninent confessor of the faith , Keat- I ng's History of Ireland. I m H Getting into the Blood. IVIM. Grehant and Quinquad , in de- I termining the length of time needed for H substances to appear in the blood after they have been taken into the stomach , used solutions of the iodide and salicy- H ate of soda. The conclusions are , from H iheir experiments on dogs , that the H presence of salicylate of soda in tho H blood can be shown within thirty-one H minutes after an injection of a sixfl gramme dose subcutaneously or directly B into the stomach. In the case of iodido S 31 sodium * a seven-gramme dose was H needed to causa its appearance in tho H blood within tho same length of time if H it had been given by the stomach ; &ut 9 ivhe i given subcutaneously and in about H lalf the foregoing dose it appeared in H ihe blood after a lapse of eight minutes . H > nly. The authorities also remark that H ifter the injection of two grammes of H odide of sodium into the stomach no H : race of this salt could be detected in H he blood. H ' * * | It 3ioved Him. H "And this , " ' exclaimed the tourist | H rom Xew England , wiping his specta- M sles and looking from the summit of the M Mount of Olives , with a long-drawn M piivering sigh , at the City of Jerusalem M , pread out before him , "is the Holv | Jity ! Ah well ! " "It moves you strongly , sir ? " said tho M juide sympathetically. M • • It doe.it does. When I look out M > ver thi historic landscape , this decay- M ng city , and reflect that probably none M ) f the unfortunate beingnow residing M lore have ever ever seen IJoston " | And the New England tourist wept | H roftly ; Chicago Tribune. M o . a9U Xct a Fair Miakc. H "Smith is a mighty mean man , I = ay. " | exclaimed Djenkins , warmly. M "Why , what haSmith ever done to M • ou ? " asked IJlenkensop , surprised. | | "Bet me 10 that I couldn 't hitabarn B loor w ith a revolver at live paces , said M Jjenkins , angrily. "Taunted me into M aking him tp. Got me to put up the M uoney. Pleasured oI the five paces in M he presence of a lot of witnesses. Give M tie a revolver loaded and then set M he barn door up edgewise. " Somt r- M ille Journal. M A Feelm ? l' collection. M "Who ' s this Marshal Benzine that M las just died ? " " asked old man Sorduat M f Col. Sozzle. M "Well , said the colonel thoughtfully. M 'the only marshal len : .i : < • I kno- • • \ M vas the commissary whisky down H outh. Boston Commerci : : ! lfclieua. M