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Bv-tfr I . fr I H I te' . 1 if ! if - !V s s 1 WIFELY MIUTTON. am. TALMAQE'S 8IXTH SERMON THE WOMEN OF AMERICA. TO WtM or Ainerlea Who Your Inlliimire lor CUxl nml Hoiiip tlriiirmliKr lite Hlnry t Jrirlirl nml Aliali nml (IWo Not llntl AiWIrn lo Your lluuniK UnoOKi.YN, 1-Vh. ID. In tho taltornacle this morning tlio Ilov, T. Do Witt Tnlmngo, 1). I)., preached tho sixth of hi merles of "Beroioiu to Women of America with Im portant Hint for Men." Tho subject wasi "Wifely Ambition, Gootl nml Had," mul tho text was from I Kings, l, 7i 'JArlw, mid rat bread, nml let thlno heart bo merry i I vriU glvo thee tho vineyard of Naltoth." Dr. Talmngowildt Ono day King Almb, looking out of tho window of hi jmlnco nt Jer.rccl, wild to hln wifo Jezcltcli "Wo ought to Imvo these roynl gardens enlarged. If wo could only got tlmt fellow Nnlioth, who owns tlmb vlnoynrd out thore, totrndoor noil wo could nmko It n kitchen garden for our jmlnoo." "Fetch In Nnlioth," snld tho king to one of his sorvnnts. Tlio ilnln gnrdonor, wondering why ho should lo called Into tho prraonco of his innjonty, comes in, n llttlo downcast in lila modesty nnd with very obsequious manner bows to tho king, TUo king wiysi "Nabolh, I wnnt to trndo vlnoyanl with you. I wnnt your vlnoynrd for n kitchen gnrdoii, nnd I will glvo n grent deal liotter vlnoynrd In idneo of It, or, if you prefer money for It, I will glvo you ensh." "Oh, no," say NiiIkiUi, "I cannot trndo o(t my llttlo place, nor enn I noil It, It Is tho old homestead. I got It of my fnther nnd ho of bin fnther, nnd I rniinot lot tho old iilico go out of my hnnds." In n grent stato of potulnncy King Almb trout into tho house nnd Hung himself on tho bod, nnd turned hit fncototho wnll inn great pout Ills wifo Juzolwl cornea in nnd sho aysi "What is tho matter with youl Aro you rick!" "Oh," ha nitjrc, "I fool very blue, I lmvo set my heart on getting that kitchen gnrdeu nnd NntK)th will neither trndo or Ml, nnd to bo defeated by n common gnrdonur is mora than I enn stand." "Oh, pshaw," says Jcroltel, "don't go on that wny. Clot up nnd rat your dlunor mid top moping, I will got for you that kitchen garden." Then Jerobel liorrowodhorhusbnnd'Mlgnet ring or seal, for then, ns now, in thoso lands kings nover signed their names, but had a ring with tho royal nnmo engraved on it, said thnt Impressed on a roynl letter or docu ment wn tho signature, 8ho stnmpcd her husband's nnmo on a proclamation which resulted In getting Naboth tried for treason against tho king, and two injured wltnosNoa wore tholr souls away with tho llfo ot Naboth, and ho was stoned to death, mid his property camo to tho crown, and no Jerobol got for her husband and boniolf tho kitchen garden. Out whllo tbo wild strcot dogs woro rend ing tho dead lody ot poor Naltoth, Klljnli, the prophet, tolls them of other canines that "will after u whllo lmvo a f rco Imuquot, say- lagt "Whero dogs llok tho blooil ot Naboth shall dogs lick thy blooil, oven thine," And, sure enough, threo years after, Abab, wounded In battlo, bis chariot dripping with the carnage, dogs stood under it lapping his UWs blood. And a llttlo afterward his wife, Jeaebol, who bail boon his chief adviser in crime, stands at her palace window nnd sees Jehu, tho enemy, approaching to tako posses ton of the palace And to mako hersolt look u attractive aa ponslblo mid queenly to the Tery last, sho docorated her person and, ac cording to Oriental custom, closed her oyea aad ran a brush dipped in n black iowdor Jong tho long eyelashes, and thou from tho window 1O10 glared her indignation upon Johu. As ho rodo to tho gates in his chariot be shouted to tho sin von in her roomi "Throw hor downl" Hut ho doubt tho slave halted a moment from such work ot assassination, yet knowing Queen Jozeliol could bo no moro to thorn and tho conqueror Johu would be everything, as ho Bhnutod gain, "Throw her downl" they solzed hor and bore her struggling and cursing to tho window casemont mid hurlod her forth till he camo tumbling to tho earth, striking it Jurt in timq to let Jehu's horses trnmplo hor and tho chariot wheels roll over her. Whllo Jehu is insldo at tho tablo refreshing himself after tho oxcltomoitt ho orders his servants to go out and bury tho dead queen. But tho wild street dogs bad for tho third time ap peared on tlio scone, mid they removed all hor ibody except thoso arta which in all ages dog aro by a strange Instinct or brutal su perstition kopt from touching after death the palms of tho hands mid tho solos of the feet All this appalling sccno of ancient history was tho result of a wife's bad advice to a husband, ot a wife's strugglo to advance hor husband's interests by unlawful moans. Ahab and Jesebol got tho kitchen garden ot Naboth, but tho dogs got them. Tho trouble all b'gan when this mistaken wife aroused her husband out of his melancholy by the words of the text: "Arise, nnd cat bread, and let thlno heart bo morryi I will glvo thoo the vineyard of Naboth." Tho inllueuco suggested by this subject b an influence you novor before hoard dis coursed on mid may novor hoar again, but a most potent and seml-oninljtotont influence, and decided tho course ot individuals, fami lies, nations, centuries and eternities. I speak of wifely ambition, good and bad. llow important that evory wife hnvo her ambition, an clovnted, righteous mid divinely approved ambition. And here let mo say, that what I am most anxious for ir that woman, not waiting for tho rights denlod her or postponed, promptly and decisively employ tho rights sho already has in possession. Somo say she will bo in a fair way to get all rights wheu sho gets tho right to tho ballot box. I wish that tho ex periment might bo triod and settled. I would like to sco all women vote. and then watch tho result, I do not know that it would cbnngo anything for tho better. Most wives and daughters mid sisters would voto as their husbands aud fathers and brothers voted. Nearly all tho families thnt 1 know are sol idly Republican or Domocratio or Prohibi tion. Thoso families all voting would make more votes, but no difference in tho result. Besides that, as now at tho pole mon are bought up by the thousands, women would be bought up by tho thousands. Tlio more voters, the more opportunity for political corruption. Wo have several million moro voters now than aro for public good. We aro told that fomalo sultrago would correct two evils tho rum business and the insufficiency ot woman's wages. About the rum, business I lmvo to say tlmt multitudes ot women drink, and it Is no unusual thing to, see them in the restaurants so over powered with wine and beer thnt thoy can hardly sit up, while there are many so salted respoctablo restaurants where thoy can je Aad take their champagne and hot toddy 11 alone. Mighty temperance voters those . 'wesMB would saakel Besides thnt, th'i "' wives et the run sellers would lmvo t vt tn ni nitorwit of their husbnnl' liusinem, or lmvo n tlmo tho Inverse of felicitous. Ho Idea thnt, million of nsicctnbln and ro fined women in America would prolxihty not voto nt nil, Iwcnuno thoy do not wnnt to go to tho H)1U, nud, on tho other linud, womnnly roughs would nil go to tho mlls, mid tlmt might nmko mnkn woman's voto on Mm wrong shin. Them is not, in my mlml, niueli pnwpect of tho expulsion of druukeu ties by femnlo sulTriigo. As to woman's wngei to lw corrected by woman's vote, I lmvo not much faith In thnt. Women nro harder on women than men nre. Mnxcullun employers nro menu enough in treatment ot women, but it you wnnt to hear bcntliigdowu of. prices nnd wngo In (icrfect ion, Union how somo womiin Iron I inhi-nto-mrnnnd ilrewmiikcrH nnd femnlo sorvnnU. Mrs. HhyliK'k Is moro ineruiluss than Mr. Bhylock. Women, I four, will novor get righteous wiigo through woumu'i voto, nud ns to uufortiiimto woinnnhood, woman nro fnr mom cruel nud unforgiving tlmu men nro. After n woman lias mndu shipwreck of hor clmrncler mon generally drop her, but wo men do not so much drop hor ns hurl her with tlio force ot u cntnpult clear out nud oil nud iliiwu nud under, I lmvo not much faith thnt women will over get merciful consideration nud Justice through womnn suffrage, yet 1 llko experi ments, nud somo ot my frlouds In whoso judg ment I lmvo coulldciicu nro so certain tlmt n. lovlntlon would como by such process thnt I would If I had tho tower, put in ovcry woman's hnnd tho vote. 1 ennuot new what right you lmvo to nmko n womnn to my taxes on her proorty to help support city, stnto nud national government, nud yet deny hor tho opHrttiiilty ot helping to dccldo who shnll Ihi mayor, governor or president. Hut lotoery wife, not wnltlng for tho voto sho may never get, or, getting It, llud it outbal aucvd by somo other voto not lit to lie cast, nrlso now In tho might ot tlio eternal Clod and wjold tho power of a snnctlllod wifely nmbi tlon for n good npproxliimtlug tho inlliilto. No one enn so inspire n man to uoblo pur poses as n uoblo womnn, nndjto ono so thor oughly degrade n man ns n wife of unworthy tendencies. Whllo in my text wo lmvo illus trntlou ot wifely ambition employed in tho wrong direction, society nnd history nro full of instnuciM of wifely nmbltlou gloriously trlumphntiHn right directions. All thnt was worth admiration In tho character or Henry VI wns n reflection ot tho hoi-olcs ot his wife Margaret. William, Prlnco of Ornngo, wns restored to tho right path by tho grand qualities ot his wifo Mary. Justinian, tho Roman euqieror, confesses thnt his wlso laws were tho suggestion of his wife Theodora. Andrew Jnckson, the warrior mid president, bad his mlghtoxt ro-cutorcomont in his plain wife, whoso Inartistic nttlru wns tho miiuM mout ot tho elegant circles in which sho was invited. Washington, who broko tho chain thnt held America In foreign vnxxnlngo, woro for forty years n chnln around his own neck, thnt ulrnln holding tho mlnlntiiro likeness of her who had been his greatest Inspiration, whother among tho snows nt Vnlloy Forgo or nm Id tho honors ot tho presidential chair. Pliny's (ten was driven through nil its pootlo mid historical dominions by his wifo Cnlpur nta, who saug his stanzas to tho sound of fluUi and sat among nudlonces enraptured at hor hustmnd's genius, hersolt tho most enraptured. Porlclcs said ho got nil his eloquence nud stntesmiiniihlp from Ills wife. when the wife of Urotlus rescuoii him from long Imprisonment nt Lovestoiu by means of a bookcase tlmt wont in nnd out, carrying his books to mid fro, he ono day trasiwrted, bidden nmld tho folios, and tho women of besieged Wclusberg, gottlng permission from tho victorious army to tako with them so much ot their valuables as thoy could carry, under cover ot tho promise, shouldered and took with thorn as tho most Important valu ables their husbands both achievements In a literal way Illustrated what thousands ot times has been dono In a flgurntlvo way, that wifely ambition has boon tho salvation of mon. Do Tocquovlllo, whoso writings will bo po tential and quoted whllo tho world lasts, ascribes his success to his wife, aud says; "Of all tho blowings which God has glvon to mo, tho greatest ot all in my eyes is to hnvo lighted on Maria Motloy," Mnrtln Luther says ot his wife; "I would not nxchnngo my poverty with her for nil tho riches of Cra-ms without her." IsnlMilln of Spain, by her su icrlor faith in Columbus, put into the hand of Ferdinand, hor husband, America. John Adams, president ot tho United States, said of his wifo: "8ho novor, by word or look, dlscoumgiHl mo from running all Imcnrds for tho salvation of my country's liberties." Thomas Carlylo spent tho last twenty yearn of his llfo in trying by his (ion to atouo for tho 'fact that during his wife's life ho never appreciated her influ ence on his career mid destiny, Alas, that having taken her from a beautiful homo aud a brilliant carter, ho should lmvo buried tier in tho homo ot u rocluso aud scolded her in such language as only n dyscptlc genius could umimgo, until ono day, while in hor In validism riding In Ilydo Park, hor pot dog got ruu over nnd under tho excitement tho coachman found hor dead. Then tho liter ary glnnt woke from his conjugal lujustlco mid wroto the lamentations of Crulgcu.Put tock and Chcyno Row. Tho elegant and ful onio epitaphs that husbands put ujipn their wives' tombstones aro often mi attempt to mako up for hick of appreciative words that should havo been uttered in tho cars ot tho living. A whole Greenwood ot monumental inscriptions will not do a wifo so much good after she 1ms quit tho world, as ono plain son tenco llko that which Tom llood wrote to his living wife when ho said: "I nover was any thing till I know you." Oh, womnn, wlmt is your wifely ambition, uoblo or lgnoblot Is it high social posltiouf That will then probably direct your husband, and ho will climb and scramblo aud slip and fall and rise and tumble, and on whatlovcl or in wlmt depth or on what height ho will after a whllo bo found I cannot evengues. Tho contest for social position is tho most un satisfactory contest in all tho world, becauso it is so uncertain about your getting It, and so insecure a possession after you lmvo ob tained It, and so unsatisfactory oven if you keep It. Tho whisk of a lady's fun may blow it out. The growl of ono bear or tho bellow ing of ono bull on Wall street may bcnttcr it. Is the wife's ambition tho political profer ment of her husband f Tbon thnt will prob ably direct him. What a God forsaken realm is American wlltlcs those lKt know who havo dabbled in them. After thoy havo assessed a man who is a candidate for office which ho docs not get, or assessed him for somo office attained, mid ho has lioou whirled round mid round and round and round among tho drinking, smoking, swearing crowd who often get control of publio affairs, all that is left of his self-respect or moral ktamlna would find plenty of room ou a geoinotrlca Colnt, which is said to have neither length, readth or thickness. Many n wife hn.i not boon satisfied till her husband went into poli tics but would afterward havo given all sho possessed to get him out. I know a highly moral man, useful in the church and potsossor ot a bright homo. Ho had a usefid and projqHTous business, but his wife did not think it genteel enough. There were odors about tho business and sometimes thoy would adhere to his garments when he returned at night. Bho insisted on his do ing something more elegant, although ho wa qualified tor no business except that in which .. was i i.cgod. To pleaw her ho changed Ins buslniiM, nnd In order to get on fnstcr nl: intoned church attendance, saying thnt niter lie had made a certain number of hun dreds of tlimi'MUidsiif dollnrs ha would return to tho church nnd Its services. Where Is that family todnyl Obliterated. Although succeeding in bunluotvi for which ho wns qunllllcd, ho undertook n stylo of nierchnu dlflo for which ho had no qualification nnd soon went Into linnkruptcy. Ills new stylo of buslniws put him Into ovll nswclntlon. Mo loit his morals nn well ns his money. Ho broko up not only his own homo, but broko up another man's homo, nnd from lieing a kind, pure, gonorom, moral man ns any of you who sit hem today, 1ms Itccomo n homo, less, lenuilesH llltertlno. Ills wife's nmbltlou for a moro genteel business destroyed him mid disgraced her mid blighted their only child. Ilut supiHMo now thcro bo in our homes, ns thnnk uoil there nro In hundreds of homes hero roproH'iitod, on tho wifely throne ono who says not only by hor wonls but moro powerfully by hcrnctlons: "Myhuibaiid,our destinies nro united; let us rh whero Indus try, honesty, common miiso and faith in God will put us. I nm with you In nil your en terprises. I ennnot lw with you in ierson ns you go lo yohr daily business, but I will 1 with you in my prayers. Ijct us see what wo can nchlovo by having God in our hearts, nnd God In our lives, nnd God In our homes. Ho on tho side of overythlng good. Go ahead and do your bust, aud though everything should turn out different from wlmt wo havo calculated, you mny nlwnys count on two who nro going to help you, mid God Is ono nnd I nm tho other." That man mny lmvo feeble health, nnd mny meet with many olwtncle and business trials, but ho Is coming gloriously through, for ho Is ro onforced, nud inspired, nud spuriod on by n woman's voice, ns much na wns llnrnlc by Deborah, when Slsern.wlth 000 iron clmrlots, came on to crush him nnd his iirmy, nud Doliornh shouted in tho onr of Biirnk: "Upl for this Is tho dny In which tho Lord hath delivered HIsera into thlno hands." And tho enemy fell back, nml Slscrn's clmriot not get ting along fast enough In tho retreat, tho general Jumped out nnd took It afoot, mid ran till ho camo to n place whero a woman first gnvo him n drink ot milk, nud then sent a splko through his skull, nailing him to tho floor. Bomo of us could tell ot wlmt influonco upon us has been n wifely nmbltlou con secrated to righteousness. As my wife is nut ot town mid will not shnko her head liecnuso I say it in public, I will stato that in my own professional lite I lmvo often been culled of God, ns I thought, to ruu into tho very teeth of publio opinion, nnd All outsiders with whom I advised told mo I had 'bettor not, it would ruin mo and ruin my church, mid at tho snmo tlmo I wns receiving nlco llttlo let ters threatening mo with dirk nud pistol nnd poison it I persisted in attacking certain uvils of tho day, until tho commissioner of pollco considered it his duty to tako his place lu our Snblwth services, with forty offi cers scattered through tlio house for tho preservation of onlcr; but in my homo thcro has always boon ono voice to say: "Go ahead aud dlvcrgo not.au Inch from tho straight lino. Who cures If only God is on our sldoP And though sometimes it seemed as if I wm going out ngnlnst U00 Iron chariots, I went ahead cliecrtil by tho ilomehtlo volco: "Up! for this Is tho dny In which the Lonl hath delivered Slsera into thlno bauds." A mau is no better than his wife will let him bo. Ob, wives ot America, swing your scepters ot wifely influence for God mid good homes I Do not urge your husbands to an nox Naboth's vlnoyanl to your Milaco of suc cess, whother right or wrong, lest tbo dogs that como out to destroy Hatwth como out also to dovour you. Righteousness will pay best in life, will pay best in death, will iwiy best in tho Judgment, will pay best through all oternlty. In our offort to have tlio mother of every household appreciate her influonco over her children wo aro apt to forget tho wife's influ ence over tho husband. In many households tho influonco upon tlio husband is tbo only homo Influence. In a great multitude of the best mid most Important nud most tal ented families of tho earth thcro hnvc been no descendants. There is not u child or a grandchild or miy remote descend ant ot Washington or Charles Bumnor or Bhakospenro or Kduiund Hurke or Pitt or Lord Nelson or Cowpor or Pojw or Addison or Johnson or Lord Chatham or G rat tan or Isnaa Newton or Goldsmith or Swift or Lockoor Gibbon or Wnlpolo or Canning or Dryden or Moro or Chaucer or Lord Byron or Walter Scott or Oliver Cromwell or Gar rlck or Hogarth or Joshua Reynolds or Silen cer or Lonl Bacon or Macauley. Multitudes ot tho finest families ot tho earth aro extinct. As though thoy had dono enough for tho world by tholr genius or wit or patriotism or invention or consecration, God withdrew them. In multitudes of cases nil woman's opportunity for usefulness Is with her con temporaries. How important that it lie un improved opportunity! 'While tho French warriors on tholr way to Rholms had about concluded to glvo up at tacking tho castlo at Troycs becauso it was bo heavily garrisonod, Joan of Aro entered tho room anil told tbem thoy would bo insldo tho castlo ir. throe days, "Wo would willingly wait six days," said onoof tho leaders. "Sixl" ho cried out, "you shall bo in it to-morrow," and undor her leadership on tho morrow thoy entered. On a smaller scale every man has garrisons to subduo mid obstacles to lovol, and every wifo may bo an inspired Joan of Aro to hor husband. What n noble, wifely ambition, tho deter mlnatlon, God helping, to ncoonipnny hor companion across tho stormy sea of this life, and togothor gain the wharf of tho celestial cltyl Coax him along with youl You can not drlvo htm thcro. You cannot nag him there, but you can coax blm there. That is God's plan. Ho coaxes us all tho wny coaxes us out of our sins, coaxes us to accept pardon, coaxes us to heaven. If wo roach that bleshod place it will bo through a pro longed nud dlvino coaxing. By tho snmo process tako your coninnlon, niiu thou you will got there as well, aud all your house hold. Do Just tho opposite to your noighbor. Her wifely ambition is all for this world, and a disappointed nnd voxod mid uhunppy creature sho will bo nil tho way, llcr residence may bo bettor than yours for tho few years of earthly stay, but fcho will move out of it as to her body into a house nlKiut live and a halt feet long mid about three feet wido and two feet high, mid concerning her soul's destiny j ou can nmko your own prognostication. Her husband, and her sous nud daughters, who all, llko hor, live for this world, will havo about tho somo destiny for tho body and soul. You having had a sunctllled nud divinely ennobled wifely ambition, will al up into palaces, and what becomes of your body is of no Importance, tor it Is only a scaffolding, pulled down now tlmt your temple is done. You will stand in tlio everlasting rest and see your husband como In, mid see your children come in, if thoy havo not procedod you. Glorified Chris tian wife t Pick up any crown you choose from oft tbo king's footstool and wear it; it was promised you long ago, ami with it cover up all tho scars of your earthly conflict. Sixteen miles from Petersburg, Russia, wps ono of tho royal palaces, and thoro ono light Catherine, tho empress, entertained l-rimtt Henry, it wus severe wimw aud deep snow, mid tho empress and the prlnco rodo In n umgnlflcencoof sleigh nnd re.be mid canopy nover surpatwd, followed by 1?,000 sleighs laden with tho first iieoplo of Russia, tho wholo length of tho distance Illumined by lanin nnd dnr.zllng temples Imllt for thnt ono night, nud Imitations ot mosque mid Egyp tian pyramids! nnd jieoplo of nil tintlous, In nil styles o( costume, standljigon platforms along tho wny, nnd watching tho blaze ot tho pymtcchulc. At tho Milaco tho luxu ries ot kingdoms woro gathered nud sprend, nnd nt tbo tablo tho guests had but to touch tho center of n plnte, nud by magical machinery it dropjHMl, nnd another plate criino up loaded with still richer viands. Ilut all that sccno of tho long ago shnll be pc1IimiI by tho greater splendors tlmt will bo gathered nt the tmnquot iiindo by tho heavenly king for thoso consccrntod women who como In out of tho wintry nnd snowy chill of their earthly existence into tho warm nud llluinhicd minces of heaven. With tho king himself nnd nil tho Kitontntes, yourself robed and crowned, you will sit nt n table conimrod with which idl tho feasts nt Kenll worth nnd Bt. Cloud nud tho Allmmbra wero a beggar's crust. And tho platter of ono roynl satisfaction touched nt tho center shall disappear only to mako room for n lieggnr's crust, nnd tho golden pinto c ono roynl wit isfnetlou, touched nt tho ranter, shall disap Kxir only to mako room for tho coming up of somo richer nud grander regalement, ALL SORTS OF ITEMS. A southern hotel keejier snys ho gets all of his best negro waiters from tho north. Chicago is preparing to erect in Lincoln pnrk n monument to Ltnimnis, similar to that recently erected nt Stockholm, Tbo o)cra Is said to bo having n hard tlmo nil over tin- world, but twenty-flvo now ones woro produced in Germany last year and thirty-llvo in Italy. Sydnoy Rlgdon, son of thnt Sydney Rlgdon who Is nccnxllted with tho founding of Mor monism, Is station agent nt Cnrrolltou, Cata raugiis county, N. Y. A man wns tried ntMuncIo, IntL, for dis turbing n religious meeting. His offenso consisted of rending n newspaper duriug tho services. Tho court acquitted him. Tho prize for tho cITectunl destruction of rabbits offered by tho Now South Wales gov ernment Js Mug warmly contested. Already ilSU inventions lmvo boon sent in to compete for tho eaio.ooo. England has begun tho erection of n monu ment over tho resting place of a number of ollleors and men who died nt tho Imttlo of Wnterloo. Lord Rothschild bus contributed X1U townnl tho fund. A 27-yenr-old young womnn of Mnldon de clined mi invitation to Join tlio Primrose lenguo with tho reply tlmt statistics of tho Mist fifty years show thnt "tho mnrrlngo rate rises when n Liberal government is in tower." Tho porfonnnncos of tho Irving company in this country nro regularly advertised in tho theatrical advertising columns of tho London piijters, Just ns though tho company wns nppoariiig nt iU own Lyceum, Instead of 4,uuu or o.uuu miles away. This important declslou wns hnnded down by tho Kcutueky court of npjteals recently: "Whero one nmy kill in his own defenso bo cnuso of danger, either real or nppnrcnt, nil other nmy do so for him, but ono who inter feres is guilty of munlcr If tho person lu whoso defense ho acts was in fnult." Tho "Huncas del Inca company," formed in Lima for tho purpose of searching for and working the old Inca gold mines, nnd nlso endeavoring to rework old cemeteries whero millions of dollars aro believed to bo in torral, Is altout to commouco operations in tho Amazou vulloys of Santa Ana, Lares, and Pnncartambo. Tho gold accumulated by tho lnbor of 40,000 men, nnd buried with tho sovereigns on two well recorded in stances, will bo tho chief object of tho com pany's search. An unknown man swindled a number of Atchison jteoplo by means of a scliomo thn is entirely now. Ho had obtained an oxpress book, nnd utilized it by calling inn business llku manner nt private residences nnd noti fying Individuals that thera wero packages for them at tho oxpnss offico. Ho fixed tho charges to suit hlinsolf, collected tho amount, usually ifl for each package, and gnvo re ceipts, which ho'dlrcctod tho pnrtles to pre sent at tho express office and obtain their goods. Invention for Telegraph Operators. It is a Intent signal transmitter called the telcscme. In all former means of communi cation ot this kind tho moment tho signal wns operated nt ono stand it was transmitted to tho second or receiving stand. Such was tho case with tho tclephoivt, mid telegraph, and tush button, and railway signals, etc. This made it necessary that thcro should bo somo tcrsou or instrument at tho receiving stand to recelvo tho signals at tho iustaut thoy wero operated, or else tho sending iter ator would have to wait until tho receiving oitorator was at tho receiving stand, and, also, tho receiving ojicrator would havo to leave whutovor ho was at to keep tho oitor ator at tho sending stand from waitlnc. Now tho priuclplo of this latent signal is that instead ot lieing transmitted immediately, it remaiiH locked up, tet or stored at tho receiv ing stand mid subject to tho control of tho receiving ojierntor, after it lias been sot or prepared by tho sender. In other words, it is a sort ot combination telegraph and phon ograph. Chicago Journal Hercriil ltuialmi KnterprUe. It is very difficult in this country to awoken sulllclent Iliibso-phobla, the prevailing Eng lish dlseano, to provent our hearty sympathy with the enterprises of the colossal empire that is now civilizing Asia by a backward movomf nt, Tho railroads thnt hnvo ojieiied Turkestan nud nil Central Asia to commerce, nnd iiindo it safo for an honest man to visit thoso regions, aro now to bo followed by threo great llus&o-Cblnoso railways, connecting the two empires in such a way as to develop trade and travel. It is impossiblo for tlio imagina tion to picture tho result of this gift of mod ern enterprise to this oldest nnd lnrgest con tinent, which has for so many ngos been a mere homo ot thieves nnd bands of murder ers. At the present rate of progress Asia will in thirty years more bo entirely netted with railroads and telegraphs. Qlobo-Dcino-craU Humble lleeft fur Auatriillu. 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