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' % Washington , April 26-Rumors of a
- , 11 flew triple alliance are afloat among the
diplomatic corps. The members of the
: new lnternatlonal compact , if it be p-r-
fected , vlII be the greatest nations of
iJ the continents of Europe , Asia and
America. In other words an effort is be-
F ' 'lug mode , according to diplomatic authority -
thority , to induce the United States to
1join Great Britain and Japan in an al-
iliaice against the powers of Europe and
Hof everywhere else.
, Knowing well the disinclination of
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, this country to entangle Itself ith for-
' -elfin' countries in defensive and offen-
r. . wive alliances , Great Britain and Japan
: are said to have suggested a mere com-
amcrcial alliance. Should the Invitation
; Ito join such an alliance be accepted by
I { this government the mere announce-
, t , ment would it is thought , be sufficient
to hold Russia , Germany and France
: , in check in their attempt to prevent the
COnsuntmation of the treaty of peace
( between Japan and China by which
I Ch Ina will cede certain of her territory
to Japan. It is impossible at this time
to obtain authentic corr obin or denial -
nial of the rumor. If such an invitation -
tion has been received the rumor about
its being discussed by the cabinet is
douhtlecs correct.
Minister Kurino of Japan has given
out a veryy significant interview on the
eastern question. He said that in his
opinion the commercial interests of the
Uulted States in the east , particularly
' 3n Japan , are so much more extensive
a and important than those of Germany
or France , that it would be eminently
desirable in the event of a Franco-Ger-
man alliance with Russia to prevent
the consummation of the peace treaty ,
c. : tor the United States to take an active
I Part in offsetting such an alliance.
Mr. Kurino wished it to be clearly
understood , however , that this was his
personal conviction. He had not , he
said , received anyy instructions from his
government , and there had been no suggestion -
, gestion of an official or unofficial character -
acter from him to the state department
that the United States should be enlisted -
; 4 ed in its support. His views were the
result of his personal information oft
the extent of United States interests in
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the east.
"The commercial interests ' of the
i United States in Japan are very much
greater than those of Germany and
France. Practically their interests are
little or nothing , while those of the
United States are very extensive. The
British trade comes first , and after that
comes the trade of the United States.
! . . , It would be eminently proper , therefore -
fore , if the United States in consideration -
tion of her superior commercial interests -
ests , should offset a demonstration on
the part of France and Germany , If any
such move is actually made. I am not
I offtcially informed that it has been
made , nor am I apprehensive of the
move should it be made. But in the
event of its being realized , then there
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is little doubt in my opinion that the
commercial interests of the United
: States would make it expedient to take
Part in the issue. This , of course , would
not mean that the United States waste
to engage in a fight. Its co-operation
-would undoubtedly be effective without
.any radical step. "
TREATY MAY BE REJECTED.
Leading Chinese Officials Object to the
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Terms Agreed To.
London , April 27.-A Pekin dispatch
-to the London Times says that Mr. John
d 1v. Foster , the American adviser of Chinese -
nese peace envoys and the secretary
-of Li Hung Chang have arrived there
and that the treaty of peace between
China and Japan is now before the em-
peror and his ministers. The dispatch
continues : "The Chinese foreign office
( yesterday consulted with the different
'foreign legations. Many of the censor :
lave presented memorials against the
treaty. Prince Kung , president of the
foreign office and of the council of min-
{
) asters , has obtained a seven days' extension -
tension of sick leave. Other officials
hesitate to recommend the ratification
of the treaty. Viceroy Li Hung Chang
L will probably not come here , but will
j go to Che Fee if the ratifications are
exchanged there as is proposed. "
OUTLAWS WEAR ARMOR.
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xi a Fierce Fight Deputy Marshals.
Bullets Have No Effect.
i Guthrie , Oh. , April 27.-Senator John
Allen , who returned yesterday , gives
details of a desperate fight in the Pot-
tawatomie country between outlaws and
deputy marshalls. In a small grove the
posse met the Christie brothers and their
gang. One of the deputies shot several
-of the outlaws , but the bullets glanced
off , as each of the desperadoes wore
steel plates covering back and chest.
The deputies , unable to do anything
with the outlaws , who outnumbered
them , returned to Norman bearing a
J dead comrade. The Christies and their
, gang are part of the band that robbed
the train at Wynnewood , and are
thought to be connected with a number
of other train robberies.
Say : mother Bank Was Robbed.-
New York , April 27.-It is reported
from Plainfield , N. J. , that William
Stillman , one of the directors of the
First National bank of that city , which
{ vas robbed Monday of over $22,000 , has
made a statement that a similar rob-
i bery was perpetrated on a New York
bank a few weeks ago. This statement -
ment is questioned here. At police headquarters -
quarters it was said no such report had
been made. It is believed the Plainfield -
field robbery was the work of expert
t -thieves. No one is yet suspected.
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3Ilssourl Legislature Polled on Silver.
Sedalia , Mo. , April 27.-The Evening
3 Democrat of this city has interviewed
the members of the Missouri legisia-
tore on the silver question , and pub-
lislies the answer to the question : "Are
I , you in favor of the free coinage of sil-
P wer by the United States at the present
ratio ? " Five Republican and seven
Democrat senators aliswered in the affirmative -
firmative , and four Republican senators
3n the negative. The house , fourteen
Republican representatives and twen-
-ty-four Democrats replied in the affirmative -
mative , and fourteen Republicans ( two
Democrats and two Populists in the
negative. ----r - .
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SAYS HE WAS SANDBAGGED.
Express Agent at Victor , Col. , Declares
lie Wns Robbed of 81,1u0.
Denver , Colo. , April 27.-A s : ecial
telegram from Cripple Creek , Colo. ,
says :
"The Denver & Rio Grande express
office was robbed of about $1,100 at Victor -
tor early this morning Express Agent
Carlin says a powerfully built man entered -
tered the depot shortly after midnight
and , after talking a few minutes , struck
Carlin a powerful blow , which laid him
prostrate on the floor , where he remained -
mained insensible for some time. When
lie regained consciousness the robber
had disappeared , the safe door was
open and the money gone. 'I had in my
pocket , ' said Carlin , 'the keys of the
doors leading to the inside room and the
robber , when he knocked me down ,
must have taken them , unlocked the
door and at his leisure worked the combination -
bination to the safe. '
"The express and railroad officials ,
although admitting that the deed had
been committed , positively refused testate
state the amount of money taken and
whom they suspect. Express Agent Car-
lin dues not seem. to have been injured.
An examination of his books is being
made. "
FIEND SHOT TO DEATH.
James Smith Defies an Officer and Is
Instantly Killed.
San Diego , Cal. , April. 27.-James
Smith , a tramp , who has been working
on a ranch one mile from Delmar , a
small town nearr this city , was shot and
Instantly killed by Constable John
Bludworth white resisting arrest.
Smith was working at the ranch of
Hugh A. Fraser. Yesterday afternoon ,
during the absence of Frazer , Smith
went into the house and made an improper -
proper proposal to Mrs. Frazer , who , as
soon as possible , left the house , and ,
running to Delmar , notified the author-
ities. Constable Bludworth and a deputy
went to the farm and found Smith in
a stall in the barn , armed with a shotgun -
gun and dirk. He refused to surrender
and the constable fired two shots , killing -
ing Smith.
American Prisoner Released.
New York , April 27.-A special fron.
Santiago de Cubs says : "Two American -
can seamen who had been imprisoned
here since Feb. 23 were released today.
They are August Bolton and Gustav
Richleu. The government authorities
found them in a small boat near the
coast under circumstances which
aroused suspicion that they had landed -
ed revolutionists on the island and were
returning to the port they started
from. The men explained that
they belonged to an American
vessel which was then at a port in
Hayti , and that they had rowed across
simply for their own pleasure. Their
story of mere adventure was not be-
lieved. "
England Can Not Help Queen Lit.
London , April 27.-Replying to a ques
lion in the house of commons a to
whether Hawaii is under the protector
of the United States and if it is possible
to approach the United States govern
ment with the view of obtaining proper
treatment for Queen Liliuokalani , Sir
Edward Grey , parliamentary secretary
of the foreign office , said the Hawaiian
republic was not under United States
protection and that Great Britain did
not see any opportunity of interfering
in the matter.
Will Distribute Bulletins.
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Washington , April 27.-The secretary
of agriculture will in about ten days
begin the publication and distribution
of a series of bulletins relative to the
foreign markets for the agricultural
products of the United States. The bulletins -
letins , it is believed , will be of great
value to all persons seeking foreign
markets for their products , as it will
enable them to select the most advantageous -
vantageous markets and give them In
advance all the information desired relative -
ative to the prices asked and received
by their competitors.
Pleased with the United States.
London , April 27.-The Pall Matt Ga
zette , commenting on the trouble between -
tween Great Britain and Nicaragua ,
says that nothing could be more courteously -
teously correct than the attitude of the
United States in the difficulty , adding :
"It is aa good omen for a close understanding -
standing upon the China-Japan ques-
tion. Our action may be expected to
teach the Spanish-American states that
none of them is too insignificant to behave -
have decently to foreigners. "
Arrested for an Old Murder.
' Anderson , Ind. , April 27.-WilIian.
Desbenett of Muncie was arrested near
here yesterday charged with murdering
an unknown man in 1S90. Henry. Sey-
bert of this city was arrested as an accessory -
cessory , and both men were taken to
Terre Haute. Desbenett denies the
charge but Seybert says he witnessed
the killing and saw the fatal blow
struck. Desbenett followed the man
and knocked him down for the purpose
of robbery. He got $14. The man died
where he fell. The body was never
identified. There is a reward of $500
for the murderers.
Canal Bill to Pass.
Springfield , Hl. , April 27.-An agree.
ment has been reached between the valley -
ley people and the Drainage trustees
which will result in the passage of the
drainage bill with the Leeper amendment -
ment offered in the senate yesterday.
Nb other amendment to the bill will be
permitted. This agreement is satisfactory -
tory to everybody concerned. The drainage -
age trustees say they can comply with
it without extra expense to the tax payers -
ers of the drainage district and the valley -
ley people as well. This is an important
step in the settlement of the difficulty ,
and there is no doubt as to itseonsum-
mation in the senate. No swing bridge
amendment will be attached to the bill
nor will the original measure be changed
in any way except as above indicated.
Seven illen Injured.
New York , April 27.-A gang of laborers -
ers was employed on the third floor of
the old Metropolitan hotel when the
floor fell in and the men w ere carried
with the debris to the second floor.
Seven men were injured. Michael
Eagan is hurt internally and may die.
Duel In the Street.
Palouse , Wash. , April 27.-J. D
Hughes and his son-in-law , Raymond
Peiffer , fought a duel on the street yes-
terday. Peiffer fired three shots and
Hughes one , and both men were wound-
ed. Neither will die. The cause of the
quarrel is not known. - , '
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SHE CANNOT SURVIVE.
Birs. Parnell Slowly Dyingat Her Home
Near Bordentown , N. J.
Bordentown , N. J. , April 25.-It now
Seems but a question of a few hours
until Mrs. Delia Stewart Parnell will
pass away. Sifice she was attacked by
the first convulsion yesterday 'she has
rapidly grown . worse and is growing
weaker every minute. Dr. Shlpps , the
attending physician , has given up all
hope of saving the aged woman's life
and as she is too weak to undergo an
operation all that can be done is to
wait for the fast approaching end. Dr.
Shlpps believes that if his patient were
strong enough to stand an operation
that the clot of blood at the base of
the brain , which , in his opinion , is the
cause of the convulsions could be successfully -
cessfully removed , and while it might
not result in her ultimate , recovery , life
Could be prolonged. Friends of the patient -
tient are at her bedside , but she does
not seem to recognize any one
MUST PAY OR FIGHT.
Great Britain Gives Nicaragua Three
Days to Meet Demanns.
Managua , Nicaragua , via Galveston ,
Tex. , April 25.-Commander Stokes of
H. M. S. Royal Arthur , which is at
Corinto with the Statellite and Wild
Swan , arrived here last evening , and ,
at the end of a conference which lasted
only ten minutes , handed the Nicaraguan -
guan minister of foreign affairs , M.
.flatus , Great Britain's ultimatum. The
ultimatum gives the government of Nc-
aragua three days in which to settle
the claim by Great Britain , failing
which settlement England will blockade -
ade the Port of Corinto and also land
troops and occupy the city. A meeting
of prominent Nicaraguans is being
held now to decide upon a plan of ac-
tlon. The general opinion Is that Nicaragua -
aragua will arrange to pay the indemnity -
nity demanded by Great Britain.
Bible Week Ieglns.
Washington , April 25.-In response to
an address to the clergy and laity of
the churches of America , issued by the
American Society of Religious Education -
tion , the Christian people of the land
are expected to observe today and the
four following day's as "Bible Week. "
This evening and tomorrow evening all
Christians are invited to assemble in
their respective places of worship and
exchange sentiments on the theme of
the Bible's testimony to its own value.
Lexow Bill Defeated.
Albany , N. Y. , April 25.-The police
reorganization Bill has been defeated in
the senate by a tie vote-yeas , 16 ; nays ,
16. Bradley , Coggeshall , Reynolds and
Robertson ( republicans ) voted with the
democrats. Mr. O'Grady presented in
the house a petition to congress and a
resolution favoring the annexation of
Canada to the United States. The resolution -
lution was adopted
Gen. Booth Will Become a Citizen.
New York , April 25.-Gen. Ballington
.Booth of the Salvation Army has renounced -
nounced his allegiance to Queen Victoria -
toria and in two weeks will become an
American citizen. He has made formal
application at the county clerk's office
in Jersey City for the necessary papers.
Gen. Booth's first papers , which he
brought with him , were taken out in
New York in 1889 under the law of
New Jersey.
Sustains a Loss by Fire of S12o.000.
St. Paul , Minn. , April 25.-Fire yesterday -
day afternoon at 2 o'clock in the manufacturing -
facturing and wholesale house of Lan-
plten , Finch & Skinner resulted in a
loss of $125,000. The loss on the building -
ing is trifling. Fifty girls working on
fur garments became panic-stricken ,
but no one was injured. The insurance
more than covered the loss , aggregating
; 1G0.0oo.
Kentucky Republicans for Shyer.
Lexington , Ky. , April 25.-The repub
ficans of Woodford county , Senator
Blacab r 's home , h'tre met his ultra
silver : r. erview with the most radical
utterances heard this year from anti-
free coinage ranks. In their convention -
tion , to select delegates to the state
venti- ey declared for a single gold
standard , with only one dissenting vote.
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Quotations from New York , Chicago , St.
Louis , Omaha and Elsewhere.
OMAHA
Butter-Creamery separator. . 16 3 17
Butter-Fair to good country. lU 4. 13
hgcs-Fresh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 t l )
looney-1 er lb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . IS ly 20
Hens-Live , ter " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ry 9
Lemons-Choice Messinas.i : 73 , p 4 23
Oranges-Floridas , per box. . . . 2 50 4 0' '
Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t 5 V4 70
Beans-Navy , hand-picked i , bu 2 00 fs 2 20
hay-upland , per ton. . . . . . . . . . S 50 u 0 LU
Unions-l'er bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Iq.120
Carrots-Per bid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 uj i 7 i
Cranberrries-Jerseys . . . . . . . . .11 .0 ( cy12 0)
lions-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 4 63 c 4 7 }
hoxs-Ueavy wergits. . . . . . . . . . 4 70 Gs 4 75
Bceves-Stockers and feeders. 5' ' ) ( Ir 3 i9
Beef a tears. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3' Gr S 4i
Jf ills. . . . . . . . . . . 1 7i (9 3 73
tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 75 's 3 2 i
r.aves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.0 (450
Cows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5U q , 4 09
. 2 00 f 4 25
Westerns. . 215 - , 4 : 5
: beet-Lambs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 40 i S IA )
4eep-Choice natives. . . . . . . . . 4 00 uy 4 23
Cli ICAGO.
Wheat-No.2 , spring. . . . . . . . . . . . 63 s ? filsa
Corn-Per bu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4iTi 4 47Q !
Uats-ter bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : l2'-j. ( : j
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 .r 12 43
Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 t0 a 924 :
flogs-i'ackers and mixed. . . . . 4 70 u. 4 93
Cantle-Shippingsteers..415 w523
: sleep-Lamils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 60 5 50
i hcep-Good to fancy. . . . . . . . . . 3 57 G 5 00
NEW YO1K.
Wheat , No. rcd printer. . . . . . . 6i 2 fits
Corn-No. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 @ 514 §
Uats-No.2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 ( J34y
1 ork . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 50 14 00
Lard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 25 + 730
ST. LOUIS.
WheatNored , cash. . . . . . . . . 62 c. . 623s
Corn-Per flu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 f 454 ;
Oats-Per bu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :0 : Q 'lU'
Bocs-Mixed packing. . . . . . . . . . 4 ,0 's 4 E0
Cattle-Expor steers. . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 00 Gj 5 :0
Uieen-Mi _ : cd natives. . . . . . . . . . ) S3 u 4 C0
KANSAS CITE.
Wheat-No. 2hard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 C4 53"
Corn-No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 ' , 45
Oats-No. 2. . . . . . . . . . . . 2S i ° S
Cattle-Sockers and feeders. . 315 + 4 f5
hugs-Mixed packets. . . . . . . . . . 4 55 n 4 70
Secretary Morton Is Censured.
Omaha , Neb. , April 25.-The Omaha
Live Stock exchange censured Secretary -
tary Morton for his "erroneous idea ,
which is at present working to the great
detriment of the catle interests of the
country , in creating a wrong impression -
sion as to the relative cost of cattle and
beef. '
Failure of a Dime Savings Banh.
New Haven , Conn. , April 25.-The
Dime savings bank at Willimantic ,
Conn. , closed yesterday. The last bank
commissioner's report shows that the
savings bank had Oct. 1 2,857 depositors -
ors , $626,591 on deposit , and a surplus of
about $23,000. - '
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LAST SUNDAY IN METROPOLITAN -
TAN PULPIT.
"After the Battle"-And It Came to
Pass When They Came to Strip the
Slain They Found Paul and Ills Three
Sons on the Field.
I -
OME OF YOU
were at South
Mountain , or Shiloh ,
or Bail's Bluff , or
Gettysburg , on
Northern or South-
em n side , and I ash
you if there is any
sadder sight than a
battlefield after the
guns have stopped
firing ? I walked
across the field of
Antletam jxst after the conflict ?
The scene was so sickening , I
shall not describe it. Every
valuable thing had been taken
from the bodies of the dead , for there
are always vultures hovering over and
around about an army , and they pick
up the watches and the memorandum
books , and the letters , and the daguerreotypes -
reotypes , and the hats and the coats ,
applying them to their own use. The
dead make no resistance. So there are
always camp followers going on and
after an army , as when Scott went
down Into Mexico , as when Napoleon
marched up toward Moscow , as when
Von Moltke went to Sedan. There is
a similar scene in my text.
Saul and his army had been horribly
cut to pieces. Mount Gilboa was ghastly
with the dead. On the morrow the
stragglers came on to the field , and
they lifted the hatchet of the helmet
from under the chin of the dead , and
they picked up the swords and bent
them on their knee to test the temper
of the metal , and they opened the wallets -
lets and counted the coin. Saul lay
dead along the ground , eight or nine
feet in length , and I suppose the cowardly -
ardly Philistines , to show their bravery ,
leaped upon the trunk of his carcass ,
and jeered at the fallen slain , and
whistled through the mouth of his hel-
met. Before night these cormorants
had taken everything valuable from
the field : "And it came to pass on the
morrow , when the Philistines came to
strip the slain , that they found Saul
and his three sons fallen in Mount Gil-
boa. "
Before I get through to-day I will ,
show you that the same process is going -
ing on all the world over , and every
day , and that when me have fallen ,
Satan and the world , so far from pitying -
ing them or helping them , go to work
remorselessly to take what little there
is left , thus stripping the slain.
There are tens of thousands of young
men every year coming from the country -
try to our great cities. They come with
brave hearts and grand expectations.
The country lads sit down in the village
grocery , with their feet on the iron rod
around the red-hot stove , in the evening -
ing , talking over the prospects of the
young man who has gone off to the
city. Two or three of them think that
perhaps he may get along very well
and succeed , but the most of them prophesy -
phesy failure , for it is very hard to
think that those whom we knew In
boyhood will ever make any great success -
cess in the world.
But our young man has a fine position -
tion in a dry.-goods store. The month
is over. He gets his wages. He is not
accustomed to have so much money
belonging to himself. He is a little excited -
cited , and does not know exactly what
to do with it , and he spends it in some
place where he ought not. Soon there
come up new companions and acquaintances -
ances from the bar-rooms and the saloons -
loons of the city. Soon that young man
begins to waver in the battle of temptation -
tion , and soon his soul goes down. In
a few months , or few years , he has
fallen. He is morally dead. He is a
mere corpse of what he once was. Thu
harpies of sin snuff up the taint and
come on the field. His garments gradually -
ually give out. He has pawned his
watch. His health is failing him. His
.
credit perishes. He is too poor to stay.
In the city , and he is too poor to pay'
his way home to the country. Down !
down ! Why do the low fellows of the
city now stick to him so closely ? Is it
to help him back to a moral and spiritual -
ual life ? Oh , no ! I will tell you why
they stay ; they are Philistines stripping
the slain.
Do not look where I point , but yonder
stands a man who once had a beautiful
home in this city. His house had elegant -
gant furniture , his children were beautifully -
tifully clad , his name was synonymous
with honor and usefulness ; but evil
habit knocked at his front door. Where
is the piano ? Sold to pay the rent.
Where is the hat-rack ? Sold to meet
the butcher's bill. Where are the carpets -
pets ? Sold to get bread. Where is the
wardrobe ? Sold to get rum. Where
are the daughters ? Working theh
fingers off in trying to keep the family
together. Worse and worse until everything -
thing is gone.
Who is that going up the front steps
of that house ? That is a creditor , hoping -
ing to find some chair or bed that has
not been levied upon. Who are those
two gentlemen now going up the front
steps ? The one is a constable , the other
the sheriff. Why do they o there ?
The unfortunate is morally dead. Why
do they go there ? I will tell you why
the creditors , and the constables , and
the sheriffs go there. They are , some
on their own account , and some on account -
count of the law , stripping the slain.
An ex-member of congress , one of
the most eloquent that ever stood in
the house of representatives , said in
his last moments : "This is the end. I
am dying--dying on a borrowed bed ,
covered by a borrowed sheet , in a house
built by public charity. Bury me under
that tree in the middle of the field ,
where I shall not be crowded , for I have
been crowded all my life. " Where were
the jollyy politicians and the dissipating
comrades , who had been with him ,
laughing at his jokes , applauding his
eloquence , and plunging him into sin ?
They have left. Why ? His money is
gone , his reputation is gone , his wit is
gone , his clothes are gone , everything is
gone. Why should they stay any longer -
er ? They have completed their work.
They have stripped the slain.
There is another way , however , of doing -
ing that same work. Here is a man
who , through his sin , is prostrate. He
acknowledges that he has done wrong.
, Now is the time for you to go to that
.man . and say"Thousands of people
: have been as far astray as you are ,
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and got back. " Now is the time fort
you to go to that man and tell him
the omnipotent grace of God , that is
sufficient for any poor soul. Now is
: the time to go to tell him how swearing
John Bunyan , through the grace of
God , afterward came to the Celestial
City. Now is the time to go to- that
'man and tell how profligate Newman
came , through conversion , to be a
world-renowned preacher of righteous-
ness. Now is the time to tell that man
that multitudes who have been pounded
with all the flails of sin and dragged
through all the sewers of pollution , at
last have risen to positive dominion of
moral power.
You do not tell him that , do you ?
No. You say to him : "Loan you money ?
No. You are down. You will have to go ,
to the dogs. Lend you a dollar ? I would
not lend you five cents to keep you from
the gallows. You are debauched ! Get
out of my sight , now ! Down ; you will
have to stay down ! " And thus those
bruised and battered men are sometimes -
times accosted by those who-ought to
lift them up. Thus the last vestige of
hope is taken from them , Thus those
who ought to go and lift and save them ,
are guilty of stripping the slain.
The point I want to make is this :
sin is hard , cruel and merciless. instead -
stead of helping a man up it helps him
down ; and when , like Saul and his corn-
rades , you lie on the field , It will come
and steal your sword and helmet and
shield , leaving you to the jackal and
the crow.
But the world and Satan do not do
all their work with the outcast and
abandoned. A respectable impenitent
man comes to die. He is flat on his
back. He could not get up if the house
was on fire. Adroitest medical skill and
gentlest nursing have been a failure.
He has come to his last hour. What
does Satan do for such a man ? Why ,
he fetches up all time Inapt , disagreeable -
ble , and harrowing things In his life.
He says : "Do you remember those ,
chances you had for heaven , and missed
them ? Do you remember all those
lapses in conduct ? Do you remember
all those approbrious words and
thoughts and actions ? Don't remember -
ber them , eft ? I'll make you remember
them. " And then he takes all the past
and empties it on that death-bed , as
the mail-bags are emptied on the post-
office floor. The man is sick. He cannot -
not get away from them.
Then the man says to Satan : "You
have deceived me. You told me that all
would be well. You said there would
be no trouble at the last. You told me
if I did so and so , you would do so and
so. Now you corner me , and hedge me
up , and submerge me in everything
evil. " "Ha ! ha ! " says Satan , "I was
only fooling you. It is mirth for me to
see you suffer. I have been for thirty
years plotting to get you just where
you are. It is hard for you now-it will
be worse for you after awhile. It pleases
inc. Lie still , sir. Don't flinch or shud-
der. Come , now , I will tear off from you
the last rag of expectation. I will rend
away from your soul the last hope. I
will leave you bare for the beating of
the storm. It is my business to strip
the slain. "
While men are in robust health , and
their digestion Is good , and their nerves
arc strong , they think their physical
strength will get them safely through
the last exigency. They say. It is only
cowardly women who are afraid at the
last , and cry out for God. "Wait till I
come to die. I will show you. You
won't hear me pray , nor call for a
minister , nor want a chapter read me
from the Bible. " But after the man
has been three weeks in a sick-room
his nerves are not so steady , and his
worldly companions are not anywhere
near to cheer him up , and he is persuaded -
suaded that he must quit life ; his physical -
sical courage is all gone.
When the Philistines came down on
the field , they stepped between the
corpses , and they rolled over the dead ,
and they took away everything that
was valuable ; and so it was with the
people that followed after the armies
at Chancellorsville , and at Pittsburg
Landing , and at Stone River , and at
Atlanta , stripping the slain ; but the
Northern and Southern women-God
bless them-came ! on the fields with
basins , and pads , and towels , and lint ,
and cordials , and Christian encouragement -
ment ; and the poor fellows that lay
there lifted up their arms and said :
"Oh , how good that does feel since you
dressed it ! " and others looked up and
said : "Oh , how you make me think of
my mother ! " and others said : "Tell
the folks at home I died thinking about
them ; and another looked up and
said : "Miss , won't you sing me a verse
of 'Home , Sweet Home , ' before I die ? "
And then the tattoo was sounded , and
the hats were off , and the service was
read : "I am the resurrection and the
life ; " and in honor of the departed the
muskets were loaded , and the command
given , "Present-fire ! " And there was a
shingle set up at the head of the grave ,
with the epitaph of "Lieutenant - in
the Fourteenth Massachusetts Regulars -
lars ; or "Captain - in the Fifteenth
Regiment of South Carolina Volun-
teers. " And so now , across this great ,
field of moral and spiritual battle , the
angels 'of God come walking among the
slain , and there are voices of comfort ,
and voices of hope , and voices of resurrection -
rection , and voices of heaven.
One night I saw a tragedy on the
corner of Broadway and Houston street.
A young man , evidently doubting as
to which direction he had better take
his hat lifted high enough so that yet
could see he had an intelligent forehead
stout chest ; he had a robust develop.
ment. Splendid young man , cultured
young man. Honored young man.
Why did he stop there while so many
were going up and down ? The fact is ,
that every man has a good angel and a
bad angel contending for the mastery of i
his spirit , and there was a good angel }
and a bad angel strug Hang with that ,
young man's soul at the corner of 1
Broadway and Houston street , "Come
with me , " said the good angel ; "I will
take you home ; I will spread my wings 1
over your pillow ; I will lovingly escort
you all through life under supernatural
protection ; I will bless every cup you
drink out of , every couch you rest on ,
every doorway you enter ; I will consecrate -
crate your tears when you weep , your
sweat when you toil , and at the last I
will hand over your grave into the hand
of a bright angel of a Christian resur-
rection. In answer to your father's petition -
tition and your mother's prayer , I have
been sent of the Lord out of heaven to
be your guardian spirit. Come with f
me , " said the good angel in a voice of
unearthly symphony. It was music
like that which drops from a lute of
heaven when a seraphes breathes on it.
"No , no , " said the bad angel , "come
with me ; I have something better to
offer ; the yvlnes I pour are frpm ehaljpe9
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of beivitching carousal ; the- dance I a
lead is over floor tessellated with unrestrained -
restrained indulgences ; there is no God
to frown on the temples of sin where t
worship. The skies are Italian. The
paths I tread are through meadows ,
daisied and primrosed. Come with me. "
The young lean hesitated at a time
when hesitation was ruin , and the bad
angel smote the good angel ;
until it departed , spreading
wings through the starlight
upward and away until a door flashed
open in the sky and forever the wings
vanished. That was the turning point
In that young man's history ; for , the r4
good angel flown , he hesitated no f
longer , but started on a pathway which
is beautiful at the opening , but blasted ,
at the last. The bad angel , leading the Y
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way , opened gate after gate , and at
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each gate the road became rougher and
the sky more lurid , and what was pe- ,
cullar , as the gate slammed shut it
came to with a jar that indicated that
it would never open. Passed each portal -
tal , there was a grinding of locks and a
shoving of bolts ; and the scenery on '
either side of the road changed from
gardens to deserts ; and the June air became -
came a cutting December blast , and the y
bright wings of the bad angel turned to
sackcloth , and the eyes of light became
hollow and hopeless grief , and the fountains -
tains , that at the start had tossed with
wine , poured forth boiling tears and
foaming blood , and on the right side of 1
the toad there was a serpent , and the
man said t0 the bad angel , "What is
that serpent ? " and the answer was ,
"That is the serpent of stinging re-
morse. " On time left side of the road
there was a lion , and the man asked the
bad angel , "What is that lion ? " and the '
answer was , "That is the lion of all-de- -
vouring despair. " A vulture flew
through the sky , and the man ased time
bad angel , "What Is that vulture ? " and
the answer was , "That is the vulture
waiting for the carcasses of the slain. "
And then the man began to try to pull sa
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off him the folds of something that had
wound him round and round , and he
said to the bad angel , "What does all
this mean ? I trusted in what you said
at the corner of Broadway and Houston -
ton street ; I trusted it all , and why have
you thus deceived me ? " Then the last
deception fell off the charmer , and it
said , "I was sent forth from the pit to
destroy your soul ; I watched my chance
for many a long year ; when you hesitated -
tated that night on Broadway I gained
my triumph ; now you are here. Ha ! ha !
You are here. Come , now , let us fill
these two chalices of fire , and drink together -
gether to darkness and woe and death.
Haul Hail ! " Oh ! young man , will the
good angel sent forth by Christ , or the
bad angel sent forth by sin , get the victory -
tory over your soul ? Their wings are
interlocked this moment above you , contending -
tending for your destiny , as above the
Appenines , eagle and condor fight mid-
sky. This hour may decide your dess
tiny.
Labor Problem's Religious Side.
The Rev. George D. Heron , D. D. ,
professor of applied theology In Iowa
College , Grinnell , Ia. , made a soul stirring -
ring address on the topic of "Church
and the Workingman" in Central
Methodist church in San Francisco last
Sunday afternoon. He said among
other things : "The average pay o an
adult in the United States is $300 a year. Yt
At the same time a single man possesses -
sesses an income of $30,000,000. It is
politically and religiously wrong that a
few should gain possession of the products -
ucts of the whole. It is not honesty
or thrift. The railway problem in
America and the question of work and
wages is a religious problem. There
will be a day when history will look
back and marvel at the great patience
and heroic self-restraint and heroism
that are exercised by the vast majority
of our laboring men. We talk of Thter-
rnopylae , but it is easy to die in heroic
times. That's nothing. But when , last
summer , at the village of Pullman , hundreds -
dreds of men saw their wives and ebb-
dren hungry day after dayy and yet
stood out for principle , I say the day
will come when theyy will be regarded
as heroes. In Chicago nobody ever
thought of the church , and that ought
to be said to our everlasting shame. r
The church ought to have been on the
side of the oppressed and against the
aggressor. The interest of one man in
the world is the interest of all. We
have come to the greatest crisis in
human history. "
"If you must know , ma'am , " said
the doctor , "your husband won't live
twenty-four hours longer. " "Good
gracious' ' " ejaculated thre brokenhearted -
hearted woman , "and Irene you've
gone and prescribed enough medicine
to last five days. "
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PHASES OF HUMAN NATURE.
The late Viscount Monck is well
known in connection with a "chest-
nut , " which if not true , is surely well
invented. His lordshipwhen an Irish
peer , sat in ti e commons as a Liberal
member for Portsmouth , and. in going -
ing up to the late Vincent Scully.
another well-known Irish member. . he
said : "Ilailoa , old Scull , howw are
you ? " "lIy lord , " was the quick
reply , "if you are going to take the
y' from my name , I beg you will add
it to your own. "
A Rockland , Me.basiness man took
to lrimcelf a wife and went immediately -
ately to housekeeping. The day
after the wedding he appeared as
usual at his father's where be had
been residing , and conducted himself
as if he intended to occupy his old ,
room as usual. The parents were a
little puzzled at his behavior , and finally -
ally the old gentleman asked him
about his wife. A surprised took
came over the son's face , and , with
the exclamation : "Heavens , I forgot'
I was married ! " he hastened to his
new home and his bride.
A North Georgia man , who is dissatisfied -
satisfied with the postofice 'depart-
ment of this government , sends the
Atlanta Constitution the following :
"I want you to put in a Piece to the
Guvment about the Way time postoffice
is Run. I paint got narry letter since
the New Postmaster tivent in. He is a j- 5
Republikin , while I is a Demmercrat , t
and He wont Give demmecrats their
male. Thare is a widder lady , both
husbands killed in the war , what ! ,
would Give folks tlrare male if she '
was appointed by guvment. g Both
husbands font till they was kilt. She
is a confederate vitaran , and will
give demmecrats thare male. Will ,
you Please speak to the Guvment ? " .
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