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iommmhssal!m .Ml..-M,,,.. w ih " " (M . I" l.vl- V' i DILTAIMAGBINTIIKWEST "REFORMATION f-'ROM CVIL HADIT8," HI3 SUDJCCT IN CHICAGO. Tower In ClntV Oracn (o Ovrrcnnio ttin Vorrn nf Mnrnl Cirnvltntlon I'mr l'popla Pmlfmtnml tlio loncl Ttinl I In Hearty ltnmtlinkt Cmaxno, Mnrch 2.-Tho IUv. T. DoWItt TiUmftRp, 1). D., jwntor ot llio Tabornnolo, HrooUlyu, N. Y,, jimichwl hero tlila morning. Hit nilijcct wnn, "Itcformntlon from Kvll llAlttM.n wul bin text, 1'rovtTlis xxl'l, Itti -Wlwu lmll I iiwnUI I will wxik It yet jnln." llo fxildi With nn lnljlit into human linltiro Mich m no other lunn over reached, Holoiuon, hi my toxt, nkctuliM tho mentul rtjicnitioiM of eno who, having ntepMl uItlu friin tho ntU of ncllUil lwliv to return. With ft rvlh forwmothliiK better, ho nayst "When Mmll I nwnkol When nlmll I como out of thin horrid night nmro of Iniquity r lint weired pon by uneradleuted habit, nnd forced down hill by liU imwlon. ho cries otttt "I will nook It yet agalu. I will try It onco Hioro." Our libraries nro ndonied with nn rloRant lltcrnturo ndilrtwwl to youiiK men, pointing out to Uiom all tho dnnKcra and jhtIIh of lifo, oompleto ninpH of tho voyitRo, thawing nil UioixKiku, tho qulckmml, tho khoiik Hut upiKwo n man ha nlnwly innda Mil p wreck 5 mipposo ho U already oir tho track; Mipposo ho ha nlready gono astray, how In ho to Ret lxickt That l a Held uoiummtlvcly tin touched. I proposo to nddretM inyKilt thin evening to mich, Thero nro thorn) In thin Jnu dlcnco who, with overy immIoii of their agonlrwl notil, nro ready to hear thli dlsous klon. Thoy compare UioiimoIvm with whnt thoy wero ton yours iiro, nl cry out from tho bominKO In which thoy nro Incarcerated. Kow, It tliorq bo nny In thin house, como with nn earnest purpose, yet feeling they nro beyond tho jxtlo ot Christian lympathy, nnd t tho Hcrinon can hardly I hi oxpoctod to address them, then nt thin moment I glvo them my right hand nnd rail thorn brother. Lookup. Thero Is glorious nnd triumphant kopo for you yot. I bound tho trumpet of gospel deliverance, Tho church Is ready to spread n Itnmpict nt your return nnd tho hlcmrchs of heaven to fall Into lino of ban sercd proeowtlon nt tho linws of your omancU iwtlon. Ho fnr iui flod may help mo, I pro pom to show whnt aro tho obstacles of your return, and then how you aro to surmount thocM obstacle. Tho Unit ditllculty In tho way of yourro turn is tho torco ot moral gravitation. Just m thoro Is a natural law which bring down to tho earth anything which you throw Into tho nlr, so thero Is n corrcsoudiug moral gravitation. In other words, It It omlcr to go down thnu It U to go up; It is caster to do wrong than It It to do right. Call to mind tho comrade of your boyhood days somo of them good, soma of them bad. Which moat affected youl Call to mind tho anecdote that you hnvo heard In tho last llvo or ton years somoot them aro pure nudsomoot them Impure Which tho mora easily stick to your memory I During tho yearn ot your lifo you havo fonuod certain uourwM ot con duct omo ot them good, Komo ot them bad To which stylo ot hnblt did you thomoro atily yield I Ah I my friends, wo havo to take but a moment ot self lniecUon to llnd out thnt thero Is in all our souls a force of moral gravitation, llut thnt gravitation May' bo resisted. Just as you may pick up from tho earth something and hold it in your hand townrd honven, just no, by tho towor ot God's grnco, a soul fallen may bo Httod towurd jicnco, toward pardon, toward heaven. Forco ot moral gravitation In overy one of a, but H)wcr in Owl's grnco to overcomo that forco ot moral gravitation. Tho next thing in tho way of your return if the power ot ovll hublt. I know thoro nro those who say it Is very easy for thom to glvo up ovll habits, Idonotholtovothom. Hero is a mnn given to intoxication. Ho knows It is disgracing his family, destroying his prop erty, ruining him, body, mind nnd soul. If that man, being an intelligent mnn, and lov ing his family, could cosily givo up that habit, would ho not do sof Tho fact that ho does not glvo it up proves it is hard to glvo It p. It is a vcrv easy thing to sail down txeam, .tlutMido carrying you with groat foroo; but supposo you turn tho boat up stream, la It so easy thon to row ltr As long ae wo yiold to the evil inclinations in our hearts and our bud habits, wo aro Railing down stream; but tho momont wo try to turn, wo put our boat In tho rapid just nlravo Niagara, and try to row up stream. Tako a man given to tho habit of using tolwicco, as Boost of you do, and let him rcoolvo to stop, and ho finds it very difficult. Twouty-ouo years ago I milt that habit, mid I would as soon daro to put my right baud in tho flro onco to indulge In It, Why J Dccauso It was such a torriblo struggle to get over it. Now, lot a mnn bo advised byhU physician to glvo up tho uso of tobacco. Ho goes around not knowing what to do with himself. He cannot add up a lino of figures. Ho caimot eleop nights. It seems as if tho world hnd turnod up&ldo down. Ho feels his business is going to ruin. Where bo was kind and obliging, ho Is Bcoldlng nnd fretful. Tho com posure that charactcriicd him has given way to fretful restlessness, and ho has becomo a complete fidget. What power Is It thnt has rollod a wnvo o( woo over tho etirtb. and ftbnkon n portent ill tho heavens? Ho lias tried to stop smoking. After n while he says,: "I am goiug to do as I pleaso. Tho doctor doesn't understand my case. I'm going back to the old habit.'' And ho returns. Everything .assumes its usual composure. His business seems to brighteu. Tho world become an attrncttvo placo to llvo in. Ilia children, seeing tho dif ference, hall tho return ot their father's genial disposition. What wavo of color lias iluihed blue into tho sky, aid greenness into tho mountain foliage, aud the glow of sapphire Into tho suusett What enchantment has lilted a world ot beauty and joy on his soul I Ho has gono back to smoking. Oh, tho fact is, as wo all know in our own experience, that habit Is a taskmaster; us long as wo obey It, it docs not cha&Uso us; but lot us rcslut, and we find that wo uro to bo huhod with scorpion whips, and bound with ship cablo, and thrown into the track of bono breaking Juggernauts. Curing tho war ot 1813 thero was a ship set en flro just above Niagara Falls, and then, out Joom) from its moorings, it carao on down through tho night, and towed over the falls. It was taid to have been eene brilliant boyond all description. Well, there are thousands ot men on Uro ot evil habit, coming down through tho rnplds and through tho awful night ot temptation to ward tho eternal pluugo. Oh, how hard It la to arrest them. God only can arrest them. n fkippose a man after five, or ten, or twenty '" ytmrs ot eyll doing resolves to do right. Why, all the forces ot darkness aro allied () agslnet aim. He cannot sleep nights. Ho eta down on his knees In the midnight and erimt "God help mel" Hebltoshlsllps. He grinds lt teeth, He clenches his list In a de ajnaiaaUosi to keep hit purpose. Ho dare aet look at the bottles in the windows of a 'Wiaastere. It isoaekMag, bitter, exhaustive, ' kaiMl to head tight with Inflamed, UutalU ' lag and werellees habit. When ho flftjtaki ha Is eaUrely free the okl inclina tion Ttounrn upon hlm like n pnek of hounds with their inuuleti tenrlng nwny nt tho Hanks o( one jxKir reindeer. In Turin thero Is n sculptured reprtM'ntatloii of llncvhus, tho goil of rovelrv, llo Is riding on ft pnulhor nt full hnp. Ohl how suggentlvo. Iit overy ouo who Is seeding on bnilwnysi uiHlerstnnd ho is not riding n docllo nnd well broken stood, but ho Is riding n mounter wild nnd bloodthirsty, going ntn ilcnlh leap. How innv thero nro who resolvo on n. licttor life, and sayi "When dhnll I awnkol" but. selnil on by' their old habits, cryi "I will try It onco moro; I will wok It yet ngnln I" Years ngo, them wero soino l'rlnco ton studnutM who )ero skating and tho too was very thin, nnd same ono warned tho company Ixick from tho nlr hole, nnd finally warned thorn ontlrely to lenvn tho placo, llut ono young man with bravado, nfter nil tho rust had topicd, cried out! "Ono round moral" Ho snept around, and went down, nnd was brought out a corpv). My friends, thoro nro thounuds nnd tousot thousands of molt lining their souli In that way. It Is tho ono round moro, I hnvo nlw) to say that If n man wants to return from ovll practices Rocloty ropulfto him. Dilrlug to reform, ho saym "Now, I will shako olt my old nfnoclutcx, nnd I will llnd Christian comrauloiihli." And ho ap pears nt tho church door somo Hnbbath day, and tho mher greets him with a loo): as much as lo snyi "Why, you hero! You aro tho last man I over exoclod to seo nt church! Como, tnko this teal right down by tho door." Instead of saying, "Good morning; I nm glad you nro hero. Como, I will glvo you n first rate scat, right up by tho pulpit," Well, tho prodigal, not yot discouraged, en ters n prayer meeting, and noma Christian mnn, with moro real tlmn common souso, snysi "Glad to wo you; tho dying thief was nnvod, nnd I supimso thoro Is ineroy for you." Tho young man, disgusted, chilled, throws hlmoelf on his dignity, resolved ho will never outer Into tho hoitso of God ngiilu. l'crhaps notqulU) fully discouraged almut roforma Hon, besides upbyMnno highly reoiwctablo mnn ho used to know, going down tho street, nnd immediately tho respectable man hns nn errand down soma other stn-ct. Well, tho iirodlgul wishing to return takes somo mem ber ot nChrlstlnn association by tho hand, or trios to, Tho Christian young man looks nt hlm, looks nt tho faded nppnrnl nnd tho marks of dUm!ntlon, Instead of giving him n warm grip ot tho hnnd, oUcrs lilm tho tip ond of tho long fingers ot tho left hand, which Is equal to striking n man In tho facet Ohl how few Christian icoplo understand how much forco mid goscl theio Is in n good, honest hand shaking. Sometimes, when you hnvo folt tho need of encoumgo incut, nnd somo Clirldtlatj nmii has taken you heartily by tho hand, hnvo you not felt thrilling through overy IHier of your liody, mind and soul nu encouragement that was just whnt you needed! You do not know anything nt nil about this unless you know ' when a mnn trios to return from evil courses ot conduct ho runs against repulsions Innu merable. Wo say of somo man, ho lives n block or two from the church, or half n mllo from tho church. Thero nro uoplo In our crowded cltlos who llvo 1,000 miles from church. Vnst deserts of indlfforcnco lietwcen thorn mid the house otGod, Tho fact Is wo must keep our respectability, though thousands nnd tons ot thousands perish. Christ sat with publicans and sinners, llut It thero camo to tho house ot God n mnn "with l'.nrks ot disslintlonupon hint people nlmost throw up their hands in horror, ns much ns to snyi "Isn't it shock iugP How thosp dainty, fastidious Chris tians in all our churches nro going to got into heaven I don't know, unless they havo nn es pecial train ot cars, cushioned aud uphol stered, each ono a car to himself. Thoy can not go with tho great hordo of publicans and sinners. Ohl yo who curl your lip ot scorn at tho fallen, I tell you plainly, If you had been surrounded by tho samo Influences, In stead of sitting today amid tho cultured, and tho refined, ami tho Christian, you would hnvo been a crouching wretch lu stabloor ditch, covered with filth and nbomtnation. It is not because you are naturally any bet ter, but because tho mercy of God has pro tected you. Who aro you, that, brought up in Christian circles and wntchod by Christian jwirentago, you should lw so hard on tho fallen! I think men also are often hindered from return by tho fact that churches aro too mix lousnbout their membership nnd too anxious about their denomination, and thoy rush out when thoy seo a man about to glvo up his sin and return to God, and ask him how ho Is going to Ik baptized, whether by sprinkling or immersion, and whnt kind of a church ho is going to join. Oh I my friends, it is a poor time to talk nbout Presbyterian enthechisms, nnd Episcopal liturgies, nnd Methodist lovo feasts, and ImptUtrles to a man that Is com ing out of tho darkness ot sin Into tho glori ous light of tho gospel. Why, it reminds mo ot a man drowning in tho sen, nnd n lifo boat puts out for him, and tho man in tho boat says to tho man out of tho boat! "Now, if I get you nshoro, aro you going to llvo on my street!" Klrstgot him ushoro, nnd then talk nbout tho non-essentials of religion. Who cares what church bo joins, if ho only joins Christ aud start for heaven I Ohl you ought to hnvo, my brother, nn Illumined fnco and hearty grip for overy ono that tries to turn from his evil way, Tnko holdot tho samo book with him though his dissipations shako tho book, romemWrlng that "ho thnt con vortcth u sinner from tho error of his ways shall save a soul from death nnd hldo a mul tltudo of sins." Now, I hnvo shown you theso obstacles be cause I want you to understand I know all tho difficulties In tho way; but I am now to tell you how Hannibal may scale, tho Alps, nnd how tho shackles may bo unrlvcted, nnd how tho iHiths of virtuo forsaken may bo ro galncd. First of all, my brother, throw yourself on God. Go to him frankly, and earnestly, nnd toll Him theso habits you havo, and ask him if thero is nny help in all tho resources ot omnipotent lovo, to glvo it to you. Do not go with n long rigmarole pcoplo call prayer mado up of "ohs," mid "nhs," and "forever nnd over, amcnsl" Go to God and cry for help! help! help! nnd If you cannot cry for help, just look nnd llvo. I remember in tho late war, I was at Autlctam, and I went into tho hospitals utter tho battloaud said to a man: "Where aro you hurt!" Ho mado no answer but held up his arm, swollen and splintered. I saw where ho was hurt. The simplo fact Is, when a man has a wounded soul, all ho has to do Is to hold It up beforv a sympathetic Lord and get it healed! It doea not take nuy long prayer. Just hold up the wound. Oh, It is no small thing when a man Is nervous and weak and exhausted, coming from his evil ways, to feci that God puts two omnipotent arms around him, and says: "Young man I will 6tand by you. Thoinount atus may depart, and tho hills bo removed, but I will never full yon." And then as tho soul thinks the nows is too good to bo truo, and cannot bellovo it, nnd looks up in God's face, God lifts His right hand aud takes an oath, an affidavit, saying: "As I llvo, saith tho Lord God, I huvo no pleasure In tho death of him that dleth." Messed bo God for such a gospel as this. "Cut tho slices thin," said tho wife to tho husband, "or there will not bo enough to go all around for tho children; cut tho slices thin." Blessed be God there is a full lout for every ono that wants it I Iireod enough and to sjmro. No thin slices at the Lord's table. I remember when tho Muster Street hospital, in Philadelphia, was opened during Iho war, n telegram enmo, saylngt "Thoro will bo 1100 wounded men to-nlghl ; bo roadytolnko enroot them;" nnd from my church thoro vent in somo twenty or thirty men nnd women to look after these poor Wounded fellows. As they camo, somo from ono wirt of tho laud, somo from another, no ono twkod whether this mnn was from Ore gon, or from Massachusetts, or from Minim sotn, or from Now York. Thero wns n wounded soldier, nnd tho only quest Ion wns how to tnko oir tho rngs tho most gently, nnd put on tho bnndngo, nnd administer tho cordlnl. Aud when n soul comes to God, llo docs not ask w hero you camo from or what your nucestry was. Henlltig for nil your wounds. I'urdon for all your guilt. Com fort for nil your troubles. Then, also, I counsel you, If you want to got back, to quit nil your bad associations. Ono unholy Intimacy will fill your soul with moral distomier. In nil tho nges of tho church thero has not been nn instance where ft mnn kept ono ovll nssoclnto ami Was re formed. Go homo todny, ojKm your desk, tako out letter pnr, stamp nnd envelope, nnd then write n letter something llko thlst "My Old Comjiaiilons I start this day for heaven. Until 1 nm persuaded you will Join mo In this, farewell." Then sign your iinino nnd send tho lotler by tho first jHist, Glvo up your bad com panions or glvo up heaven, It Is not ten bad companions that destroy n man, nor flvo bad comimnlous, nor throo Ixid couiinnloiis, nor two Imd companion, but ono. What chanco is thoro for that young mnn I saw nlong tho street, Tour or llvo young men with him, halting In front of n grogshop, urging him to go In, ho resisting, violently resisting, until nfter n whllo tlioy foroo hlm to go In! It wns u summer night nnd the door wns left open, nnd I saw tho process. Thoy bald hlm fas;, and thoy put the r.ip to his lips, nnd thoy forced down tho strong drink. Wlmt chiuico Is thero for such n young man! I counsel you, also, seek Christian nilvlco. Every Christian man is bound to help you. If you find no other human our willing to listen to your story of strugglo, como to mo, mid I will by overy sympathy of my heart, und overy; prayer, nnd overy toll of my hnnd, stand lioslllo you lu tho strugglo for reforma tion; nnd ns I hope to huvo my own sins for given, and hope to bo ncqulttod nt tho Judg ment wnt of Christ, I will not botmyyou. First of nil, hcckOod; then seek Christian counsel. Gather up all the energies of body, mind and soul, aud, npicullug to God for success, declare this day everlasting wnr iigalii8t nil drinking habits, all gaming prac tices, nil houses of sin. Half and linlt work will nuiouut to nothing; It must bo a Water loo. Shrink back now und you nro lost. Push on nnd you nro saved. A Hjuirtan general fell at tho very moment of victory, but ho dlpimt his finger in his oyn blood, nnd wrote on a rock near which ho was dying: "Sparta has conquered." Though your strugglo to get rid of sin may seem to bo nlmost n death strugglo, you can dip your finger in your own blood, und write on tho Rock of Ages: "Victory though our Lord Jesus Christ." Ohl whnt glorious nows it would lw for somo of theso young men to send homo to their parents In tho country. Thoy go to tho post olllco every day or two to see if there nro nny letters from you. How anxious thoy nro to honrl Nothing would pleaso them half so much as tho news you might send homo to morrow that you had given your heart to God. I know how It is In tho country. Tho night comes on. Tho cattle stand under tho rack through which bursts tho trusses of liny. Tho horses just Imving frisked up through tho meadow at tho night fall, stand knee deep In the bright straw time Invites them to lio down and rest. Tho perch of tho hovolis full of fowl, their feet warm under tho feathers. In tho old farm house at night no candle Is lighted, for tho Humes clap their hands about tho great backlog, nnd shako tho shadow of tho group up nnd down tho wall. Father nnd mother sit thoro for half un hour, saying nothing. I wonder what thoy aro thinking of. After n wlillo tho father breaks tho silence nnd says: "Well, I wonder where our boy is in town to-night;" and tho mother answers: "In no lnd place, I warrant you; wo always could trust him when ho was home, nnd since ho has been away thero havo been so many prayers offered for hlm wo can trust him still." Then nt 8 o'clock for thoy retire early in tho country at 8 o'clock thoy kneel down nnd commend you to that God who watches in couutry and lu town, on the laud und on tho sea. Somo ono said to n Grecian general: "What was the proudest moment of your life!" Ho thought a. moment nnd said:, "Tho proudest moment of my lifo wns when I sent word homo to my parents that I had gained tho victory." And the proudest mid most brllllnnt moment in your lifo will bo tho mo ment when you can scud word to your jnr cnts In tho couutry that you havo conquered your ovll habits, by tho graco ot God, and becomo eternal victor Ohl despise not parental nnxioty. Tho tlmo will como when you will havo nolther father nor mother, nnd you will go round tho placo where thoy used to watch and lind them gono from tho house, nnd gono from tho fiold, and gono from tho neighborhood. Cry as loud for forglvpnesa as you mny ovor tho mound in tho church yard, thoy will not answer. Dendl Dead I And then you will tako out tho whlto lock of hair that was cut from your mother's brow just before thoy burled her, and you will tako tho enno with which your f nthor used to walk, and you will think and think, mid wish thnt you hod done just as thoy wanted you to, nnd would glvo tho world if you hnd never thrust a fiang through their dear old hearts. God pity tho young man who has brought ills graco on his father's naiiio. God pity tho young man who bos broken his mother's heart. Better if ho hud novor been born better if, in tho first hour of his lifo, instead of being laid against tho wurm bosom of ma ternal teuderness, ho had boon coillued and sepulchred. There is no balm powerful enough to heal tho heart ot ono who has brought parents to a sorrowful gravo and who wanders ubout through tho dismal cemetery, rending the hair nnd wringing tho hands, and crying: "Motherl mothorl" Oh, thnt today, by all the memories of tho past, nnd by all tho hopes of tho future, you would yiold your heart to God. Mny your fathor's God and your mother's God bo your God for over. Artificial Jlimeri aolng Out. It is said that artificial flowers aro going out of uso In England and laco coming in at about cqunl ratio. In 18S3 tho value of flowers imported reached tho enormous sum ot 3,00,000 while in ISSo this fell oil to $1,250,000. Tho increase lu tho Importation ot loco mnanwhilo lias amounted to moro than all theso figures of artificial llowors togcthor. But tho odd feature ot this is that while this inercaso goes on In importation from tho continent, England seems bound to lot her own laco industries languish. Tho beautiful laco work, with its branching sprays so suggostlvoof hawthorno blooms, still gore on, but tho rich aud great of Britain do not putronlzo it enough to encourage its Increase, Public Opinion. OU for the nhes. Seas on tho lakes being as rough as on tho ocean, aud Just as destructive ot lifo aud proi-crty, it would seem the part of wisdom for the lake marine to mako trial of oil pro tection lu times of blow. Buffalo Courier, NEWSPAPER NOTOIETY tVlmt Hip I'ii rn crap 1 1 Wrltvri Ham .lotted Down ('iinreriiltiir People of Noli-. Queen Marghorita, of Italy, Is n capital Hebrew scholar and ban n largo library of Hebrew works. Dr. Asa Gray left his copyrights and his vnliinblo collections of plmtogruphs to Har vard university, While Hanker Corcoran was on his death bed ho drow a check for $.VX) for tho widow of a young mnn who hnd committed suicide. Michael Teller, of Philadelphia, has not slept lu n IkiI for luenty.Mjven years. Hols a victim of chrnnlo nut lima, and cannot sleep lu n recumbent jhwUIoii, At 60 years old tho Hon. Hugh McCullocti retains his brown hnlr nnd whiskers, only slightly touched with gray, and does not uso eyeglasses moro than halt tho tlmo. Mrs Allen, wlfoof Dr. Allen, ot tho Corenn legation, Is a pretty llttlo American woman, who mnrrlcd her husband In Chlnn. Shu hns two III t lo sous with her, ono ot whom wns born In China nnd tho other In Coren, nnd on this account they hnvo been nlckunmcd "Llttlo Chlnn" mul "Llttlo Coren. M. Hougucronu has ono of tho plainest studies In Paris; n big room with ft window and it skylight, n clock, somo old tuKtry, ft bronro statue, throo or four cukoN, mid n lot of iiulluHicd pictures and blank canvases loaning ngiilnst tho wall. AIIhtI I'mrer, n convict In tho Michigan pcnltentlnry, escaped, and n rownrd wns offered for his capture. Ho communicated with his wife, who was having ft hard struggle with jsiverty, nnd Induced her to deliver hlm up mid get tho reward. So bIio did, and Frnzlcr Is happier than ho has been for years. Llko nil nctors nnd nctresses of foreign birth mid education, Mine, Modjcska shows her nntivu iiiifnmlllarlty with tho English tongue much moro strongly oir tho stage than on It, It is in the little ordinary couverso of overy day lifo that ouo'b imtlvo tonguo asserts Itself tho most strongly in both Idiom and accent. Ernst von Wcchmnr, of Berlin, claims to havo Invented n flying mnchlno that will innko It jierfectly jiosslblo fpr humanity to competo with tho birds. Tho nppnrntus Is ugly, tho wings being nbout thirty feet by two, mid tho Isxly supported by nlr cushions ns well ns by tho wings themselves. Frank Stockton is not satisfied with tho ordinary fnmo of n clover story teller. Ho wants lo Ist'ouion benefactor nnd philan thropist, and has Invented an Illuminated key hole, that will enable men to go homo nt any hour of tho night nnd bo nblo to get in without rousing tho neighborhood. When tho Into D. It. Locko, "Nnsby," of Tho Toledo Blade, was ullvo, ho took pnr tlcular prlduiii tho fact that nono ot his buildings hud over Iwen damaged by flro. It is n singular fact that sluco his death three of his best edifices erected by hlm In Toledo hnvo caught lire, anil In each lustuuconttho top of tho building. Three years ago n hnrsh voiced mnn, John Stclncr by name, stood on Stato street, Chi cago, offering "Twenty-four sheets of noto Wer for u nickel." Today, It is stated, ho Is tho owner of tho lending stationery store in a town ot 15,000 inhabitants In Iowa; and bo mado his start selling ti quire of writing npcr for llvo cents on ono of tho busiest streets lu Chtcngo. Samuel J. Tllden never spoke of his wealth, but it was variously cstlmuted all the way from f 1,000,000 to 10,000,000. His executors havo lately stated In court that his assets havo footed up 5,V,000 in real nnd iwrsonnl property. It wns also admitted that nfter tho legacies provided for in tho will nro paid over f 1,000,000 will remain for tho erection of three public libraries contemplated by Mr. Tilden lu Now York, Yonkers nnd Now Lebunon, where ho wns Ixiru. Tho iKistmistrcwi of tho Iown assembly is Mrs. Hunter; Iter nssistnnt is Mlsx Murray, The enrolling mid engrossing clerks in tho sennto uro Miss Stuttsmnn and Mrs. StulL In tho hoiiso tho enrolling clerk is Nettio E. Lorlmer; tho engrossing clerk, Mrs. Heist. A woman hns tho Hsltlou of il(srkeeei' lu tho Indies' gallery of tho house, nnd little Miss Wright Is ono of tho house pages. A number of women servo ns coiiimitteo clerks. In writing of Mrs. Potter, ono is willed upon to treat of n M range mixture of pretty womanhood mid Imd art. .Mis, 1'otter bus a most pleasing x'ion, und sho would seem to hnvo been endowed with what HuIjio hoi termed tho gift of churui. Sho had In abun dance tho golden blown bnir w hleh Apulems, tolling of Fotls, hnslmiiiortnllml; her eyes nro furtive, und furtive eyes havo always a strango fascination; her tlguro is slight nl most to glrllshiiess. Without wishing to nppear in tho rolo of uu interpreter of tho designs of divinity, wo cnmiot lorbcur sug gesting that it must nppear to nil who hnvo seen Mrs. Potter und huvo sat under her uo ing that Mrs. Potter wasciuitod to adorn a domestic circle. Activity of London Vecretiirlnus. Vegetarian projmgnndlsts were unusually activo in Luudou last summer. There is n society dovoted to this "ism," and during tho 6eusou vogetnrinn dinners wero given to city missionaries und their wives, members of leading professions, clergy, physicians, farm ers und others. At or.n dinner (XX) gucstn were entertained. Vegetarian dinners worn given to tho Salvation Army, Coiigiogntioniil clergymen, Baptists, Unltarluiw, Wesloyans, Posltivlsts, Quakers, Good Templars nnd tho poor nt city missions. Thoro nro twenty thivo vegetarian restaurants in London, exclusive of vegetarian "homes," whero vege tarian travelers aro accommodated. Several seaside vegetarian homes luu o been estab lished, and ono of them is called "Cerealla." Good Housekeeping. TIxo Arliiuuiur Traveler Mini. Do you know OpioRead when you seo hlmf If you do not, you would never ausjiect that ho was ho. Tall, big boned, rambling gnited, and careless of iiersounl appearance, you would say ho Is n big, honest faced nnd wholo Bomo looking what? Not quite a farmer, not a raftsman, hardly n river captain, cer tainly not nn author. But talk with him half an hourl Ho has had his eyes opon a good dcul in his life, and wlillo ho has not paid much attention to putting on stylo him self, ho has been how other jieoplo do it and lias figured out tho why of it. In other words, ho knows, ns a creatlvo novelist must know, what constitutes a symmetrical con sistent human character. A VillisB, Hawkins in Chicago Times, Slelijli Ibices In Iliitsln. Tho ladles of tho aristocracy of St. Peters burg have organized a serlia of sleigh races in which they uro to bo tho drivers. lCuch will have her own color, und the competitors must bo not less than 0 years ot ago, nor moro than 40. Entries are limited to the arUtocracy, and the prizes aro very magnifi cent. Now York Commercial Advertiser, Iluctm; In England, Racing in England is rather a profitable business for those who uro fortimntu enough to win. Two million two hundred and twenty five thousand dollars are to bo exju'iulod on tho British turf during tho present season in stakes alouo. Chicago Herald. CALIPORN lA'S Finest: Production. JARVIS WIIES and BEAIDIES, PUREST, OLDEST AND BES1 -FOR- Medicinal & Family Use The G. M. Jarvis Company is located at San Jose, in the lovely Santa Clara Valley, and the picturesque Santa Cruz Mountains, a region that grows every variety of grapes known on the favored Rhine o n the sunny slopes of the Mediterranean. In this beautiful, fertile valley the purple, golden ' and deli cious grapes arc ripened to perfection, and among these deli cious harvests of vineyard products arc made their Choice- Port, Golden Sherry, Muscatelle and Madeira TABLE WINES. and from the Reisling Wine they 'distill the JARVIS' REISLING GRAPE BRANDY Which is now the standard of purity and excellence in this country. We were awarded FIRST PRIZE FOR BEST PORT WINE at Illinois State Fair 1872. FIRST PRIZE FOR BRANDY AND WINES at World's Fair, New Orleans. We have taken Seven First Phizes, and have in our possession seven Gold Medals from State Fairs of California. DR.THOS.SPRICE, The great assayer and chemist of San Francisco says: "I have ibmitted your Brandy to a most searching chemical analysis and find no adulteration, no fusel oil. It is a remarkably pun' irtiele." DR. BEVERLY COLE, of San Francisco, says: "I have analyzed the Jarvis Reihlin-,' Grape Brandy, and find it pure and a genuine good article' The followinis from the well-known Analytical Chumis of Chicago. THE G. M. JARVIS CO. ' Gentlemen. I have made complete analyses of your Wines and Brandies. These tcsrs show me that they are not only strictly pure but that they contain all the essential quali ties so much admired by leading wine chemists. J. II. LONG, Analytical Chemist Chicago Med. Col. THESE AND HUNDREDS OF OTHERS All testify to the purity, wholesomeness and high standard o the Jarvis goods. They are known the world over and have become deservedly popular for ' EAIILIES AJD IEDI0AL PURPOSE The goods are always to be relied uponj prices low for first class article and put up in packages convenient for all, Their Rich Bartlett Pear Cider s a most delicious, healthy and popular, drink ever offered. Made from the Ovcr-ripe Bart lett Pear, boiled down and filtered through charcoal. Jt wi not ferment or spoil. FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. THE G. M, JARVIS C6 San Jose, Cal. W. B. HOWARD, L. L. LINDSEY, Family Supply Agent for Lincoln, Neb. nutritious, as well as the mos THE 0. M JARVIS CO 39 N. State St. Chicago. Traveling Salesman. tt'H 1" J"iJTrTiii'Mi)iwMwiMaCT"iiwmiimtrtiit - ' ' "Tii'iiinmii waiHt 3wmmm'nm' 1