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TIIE ASSASSINATION.
6ACHAMENTAL DAY SERVICES IN
THE BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.
ner. Dr. TulnmRO Olrrn it (Intpliio
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crtptlnn of tlio HrourgtnK nml Cruci
fixion of Our Saviour Tho Trrrllile
Crown of Tlinni.
OuooKt.T.v, Juno a. Tlio eoiigregntlou nt
tlio Tubcruuclo sang, this morning!
I'd sing tlio precious lilcod ho spilt.
My ransom from tlio dreadful guilt
This Is Sacramental day, nml n largo num
ber of iicrsons Joined tlio church, making
tbo coinnmnlcnnt membership -1,101. Hut
this ii only n part of tlio groat nttendnnoa
thnt, Sunday nioriiliiK" nml evenings, over
flow tlio Immense mulloiico room. Tlio Itov.
T. Do Witt Tnlmngo, D. 1)., took Tor his toxt
tho pnssogo: "Whosoovcr doth not Itcnr his
cross, nnd como alter mo, cnuuot ho my dis
ciple," Luko xlv, 27. Ho prcachod tho fol
lowing sermon:
Tho cross was n glblwt on which criminals
woro put to deatk It was sometimes mado
In the shnpo of tho letter T, sometimes in tho
snap of tho letter X, sometimes In tho shnpo
of tho lottor 1 a slmplo upright: sometimes
two cross pieces against tho jiorpondlculnr
bar, so tlmt upon tho lower cross pioco tho
criminal partially sat. Hut whntovor ths
tylo of tho cross, it was always disgraceful
and always ngonizlng.
When Darius conquered Babylon ho put
00 captives to death on the cross. When
Alexander conquered Tyro, ho put 2,000 cap
tives to death on tho cross. So it was just
an ordinary mode of punishment llut in
all tho forest of crosses on tho hills and in
tho valleys of tho earth, thero Is ono cross
that attracts moro attention than any other.
It is not higher than tho others, it Is not
mado out of dllTcrcnt wood, thero Is nothing
peculiar In tho notch at which tho two pieces
aro joined, and ns to tho sceno, thoy witnessed
-crucifixions every few weeks; so that I seo
a reckless man walking about tlio hill and
kicking carelessly asido n skull, and wonder
ing who tho villain was that had so Hat nnd
misshapen a head; and horo is anothor skull,
.and thero on tho hillsido is another skull. In
deed, tho Diblo says it was "a placo of skulls."
But nbout tho victim on ono of theso crosses
llngos aro crying: "Who is hoi was ho a
man? was ho a God? was ho man nnd GodP '
Through tho darkness of that cloomv dav '
I como closo up enough to tlio cross to seo
who it Is. It is Jesus. How did ho como
thero I Had ho conn up on tho top of tho bill
to look oft uon tho beautiful tandscapo or
upon a brilliant sunset) No. Ho camo thoro
ill and exhausted. Pf oplo somotlmes wondor
why Christ expired so quickly on tlio cross,
in six or seven hours, whllo other victims
havo been on tho cross for forty-eight hours
beforo lifo was extinct I will tell you tho
reason. Ho was exhausted when ho camo
there, IIo had been scourged. Wo aro hor
rllled at tho cruelties of the whipping post,
but those cruelties wero mercy compared
with thoscourging of Jesus Christ.
I saw at Antwerp n picture mado by Rulxms
Rubens' picturo of tho scourging of Josus
Christ It was tho most overmaster! ntr nlct- '
uro I over looked at, or over oxiiect to seo.
As tho long frocked official opened tho door
that bid tho picture, thero ho wns Christ
with back bent mid bared. Tlio llagollator
stood with tho upper teoth clenched over tho
lower Up, as though to givo vloleuco to tho
blows. Thero wero tho swollen shoulders of
Christ. Thero were tho black and bluo ridges,
denied oven tho relief of bleeding. Thero
was tho flesh adhering to tho whips ns thoy
wero lifted. Thero wero tho murks whero tho
knots in tho whips gouged out tho flesh. Thero
stood tho persecutor, with his foot on tho calf
of tho leg of tho Saviour, baluuciug himself.
Ol tho furious nnd hellish look on thoso faces,
grinning vengeanco against tho Son of God.
Tho picturo seized mo, it overwhelmed mo;
it seemed as if it would kill mo. I do not
think 1 could havo looked at it five minutes
and havo lived.
But that, my friends, was boforo Christ had
started for Calvary. That was only tho
whipping. Aro you roody for your journey
to tho cross!
Tho carpenters havo split tho timber into
two pioces. Thoy nro heavy and thoy aro
long pioces, for ono of them must bo fastened
deep down in tho earth, lest tho struggling of
tbo victiim upset tho structure. Thoy put
this timber uxu tho shouldor of Christ very
gradually flrst, to seo whether ho can stand
it, and after thoy And ho can stand it they
put tho wholo weight upon him. Forward
now, to Calvary I Tho hooting and thoyoll
Ing mob follow on. Under tho w eight of tho
eross, Christ being weary nnd sick, ho stum
bles and falls, and thoy Jerk at his robo In
dignant that ho should havo stumbled and
fallen, und thoy cry: "Got up, get upl"
Christ, putting ono hand on tho ground nnd
tho other hund on tho cross, rises, looking
Into tho fnco of Mary, bis mother, for sym
pathy; but they tell her to stand back, It is
no placo for a womau. "Stand buck and stop I
this crying." I
Christ moves on with his burdon upon bis i
sbouldvrs, and thero is a boy that passes
along with him, u boy holding n mallet and
a fow nulls. 1 wonder what thoy nro for! I
Christ moves on until tho burden Is so groat .
bo staggers and fulls llut into tho dust nnd I
faints dead away, mid a ruffian puts his foot
on bimuud shakes hfm us ho would n dead dog,
whilo another ruffian looks down nt him
wondering whether hu tins fainted away, or
whether bo is only pretending to faint awny, j
and with jeer and contempt Indescrlbablo,
ays: "Fainted, havo you! Fuhftcdt Got
upl got on I"
Now thoy havo arrived at tho foot of tho
hill Oir with his clothes! Shall that loath
somo mob look upon tho unrobed body of
'tirist! Yog. The commanding otllcora say:
"Unfasten tbo girdle, take olr tlio coat; strip
him I" Tho work Is done. Hut bring back
tho coat, for hero nro tho gnmblors tossing
up coin on tho ground, saying; "I havo it, I
have it; it is initio I" Ho rolls It up and puts
It uuder his arm, or ho examines it to seo
what fabrio it is mado of. Then thoy put
tho cross upon tho ground and they stretch
Christ upon it, and four or flvo men hold
him down whilo thoy drlvo tlio spikes homo.
At every thump a groan a groan. Alasl
alas! Tho hour pusses on and tho tlmo
comes when thoy must crucify him.
Christ hns only ouo garment left now, a
cap, a cap of thorns. No danger that it will
fall oil, for tho sharp edges huvo punctured
tho temples nnd it is turo und fast Ono ruf
fian takes bold of ouo cud of tho short beam
of tho crobs, und anothor ruffian tnkos hold
of tho other cud of tlio short beam of tho
cross, and another lutllan puts his anus
around tlio wnUt of Clirist, nnd anothor ruf
fian takes hold of the end of tho long beam
of tho cross, nnd altogether thoy movo on
until thoy como to tho hole digged In tho
arth, and with awful plungo it jars down
with its burden of woo. It is not tlio picturo
of a Christ, it is not tho statuo of Christ, as
you sometimes tee in a cathedral; but it is
the body of a bleeding, living, dying Clirist
Thoy sometimes say he hud flvo wounds,
but thoy huvo counted wroug. Two wounds
for tho hands, two wounds for tho feet, one
wound for tlio sido, thoy say; five wounds.
No; thoy hnvo missed tho worst and thoy
havo missed tbo most Did you over seo tbo
ii if out of which that crown of thorns
i.iilof I saw ono on n Rrooklyn ferry-
t' in tho hands of n gentleman who had
-i iviurnrd frtim I'nlestlno, n brntnblo Just
Umtoiitiif which tho crown of thorns
-11111110 01 how cruel nnd how stubborn
the tliornsl And when that cap of
ii ns was put tiKiti Christ, nnd It was
Mil down iioii him, not llvo wounds, but
i, twenty, thirty- I cannot count thorn.
1'heiv were three or four absence that
I.,. nlo that sceno worse. First, thnro was tlio
iiIm'iico of water. Tliocllmato won hot; tho
I -ver, tho Inllnmmatlon, tho nervous pros
tration, tho gatigrcno had seized UKn
lilm, nnd ho terribly wonted water,
ills wounds wero worso than gunshot
fractures, nnd yet no water. A Turk In tho
Thirteenth century wns eniclfled on tho bunks ,
of a river, so that the sight of tlio water
might tantalize him. And 01 how tho
thirst of Christ must havo tantalised ns ho
thought of tho Kuphmtos nnd tho Jordan nnd
tho Amazon nnd all tho fountains of earth
and heaven oured out of his own hand
Thoy oiTored him nn intoxicating draught
mado out of wluo and myrrh, but ho declined
it. Ho wanted to dlo solior. No water.
Thon, my f rionds, thero was tho absonco of
light. Darkness always oxaerntcs trouble
I novor shall forgot tho night In tho summer
of 1873, in tho steamer Greece, mid Atlantic,
every moment exacting tho steamer to go
down. All tho lights In tho cabin were blown
out. Tho captain enmo crawling ott his
hands nnd knees, for ho could not stand tip
right, so violently was tho vessol pitching,
nnd ho cried: "Light up, light upl" Tho
stownrdsaid: "Wo can't light up; tho can
dlos nro cono nnd tho holders are cono." Tho
captain said: "I can't help that; light upl"
Tim crnMii ntvfsil srarltnn ilist Unlit a vr !
Tlio stonu wns awful when tho lights wero
burning; worso when tho lights went out.
Then thoro was tho nhsenco of faithful
nurses. When you nro ill, it is pleasant to
havo tho head bathed and tho hands nnd feet
rubbed. Look at tho hands nnd feet of
Christ, look at tho fnco of Christ. Thero wero
women thoro who had enrod for tho sick, but
nono of thoin might como up near enough to
help. Thoro was Christ's mother, but sho
might not como up near enough to help.
Thoy said: "Btnnd back, stand back; this is
I no placo for you." Tlio high priests and tho
' soldiers wanted it tholr own way; they had it
I their own way.
Tlio hours pass on nnd it is 13 o'clock of the
Saviour's Buffering, and it is 1 o'clock, nnd it
h 2 o'clock, and it is almost 8 o'clock. Tnko
tho last look nt that sulTering faco; wnn nnd
pinched, the purplo II) drawn back against
tho tooth, tho eyes red with weeping nnd
sunken as through grief had pushed them
back, blackness under tho lower lid, tho wholo
body ndroopuud shivering with tho last chill,
tho breath growing feebler and feebler and
feebler nnd feebler until ho gives ono long,
deep, last. sigh. Ho is dead I
01 my soul, ho is dead. Can you toll why I
Was ho n fanatic dying for a priuciplo that
did not amount to nny thing f Was ho n man
infatuated 1 No; to savo your soul from sin,
and mine, and mako eternal lifo twssiblo ho
died. Thero had to bo n substitute for sin.
Who shall it bo! "Lot it bo mo," said Christ,
"let It bo mo." You understand tho mean
ing of that word substitution. You wero
drafted for tho last war; somo ono took your
Place, marched your march, suffered your
wounds and died nt Gettysburg. Clirist
comes to us whilo wo nro fighting our bnttlo
with sin nnd death and hell, and ho is our
substitute. Ho inarches our march, lights
our battle, suffers our wounds and dies our
death. Substitution! substitution!
How do you feel in regard to that sceno do
rlbed in tlio text, and in tho region around
nbout tho text! Aro your sympathies
aroused! Or aro you so dead In sin, and so
abandoned by reason of your transgressions
thut you can look upon all that tearless und
unmoved! No, no; thoro aro thousands of
pcoplo hero this morning who can say in tho
depths of their soul: "No, no, no; if Jesus
endured that, and all that for mo, 1 ought to
lovo him. I must lovo him, I will lovo him,
I do lovo him. Here, Lord, I givo myself to
theo; 'tis all that I can do."
llut how nro you going to test your lovo,
and test your earnestness! My toxt gives a
test. It says that whilo Christ carried a
cross for you, you must bo willing to enrry a
cross for Clirist. "Well," you say, "I nover
could understand that. Thero nro no crosses
to bo carried in this laud; those persecutions
havo passed, and in all the land thero is no
ono to bo crucified, nnd yet in tho pulpit nnd
in tho prayer meetings you all keep talking
nbout carrying a cros. What do you moon,
sir?" I mean this: Tliat this is a croas which
Christ calls you to do, which is unpleasant
and hard. "01" you say, "after hearing the
story of this Christ and all that ho has en
dured for mo, I nm ready to do anything
for him. Just tell mo what I havo to do and
I'll do it. I am rendy to carry any cross."
Supposo 1 should ask you ut tho cloto of a
religious sorvlco to rise up, announcing your
self on tho Lard's sido could on do it? "01
no," you say, "1 havo a shrinking and n sen
i sltlvo nuturo, nnd it would bo imjiosslblo for
mo to rise beforo a largo assemblage, an
uounclng myself on thu Lord's side." Just
as 1 feared. Vou cannot stand that cross.
Tho first ono thnt is offered you, you reject
Christ carried a mountain, Christ curried a
Himalaya, Christ carried a world for you,
and you cannot lift an ounco for him.
Dut horo is a man whose cross will bo to
nnnounco among his business associates to
morrow morning on oxchungo that ho has
begun a now lifo; that whllo bo wants to bo
faithful In his worldly duties, ho is living for
another world, ami ho ought tondvlso all
thoso who aro his associates, so far as lio can
infiuonco them, to begin with him tho Chris
tian lifo. Could you do that, my brother!
"Oh, no," you say, "not just that I think
religion is religion nnd busivss is business,
and it would be impossible ior mo to recom
mend tho Christian religion In places of
worldly business." Just as I feared. Thero
Is a second cross offered you, nnd you can
not carry it Christ lifted n mountain for
you; you cannot lift an ounce for him.
Thero Is somo ono whoso cross will bo to
present religion in tho homo circlo. Would
you daro to kneel down and pray, if your
brotbor mid sister woro looking at you!
Could you ask n blessing nt tlio ten tnblo!
Could you tnko tho Uiblo and gather your
family around you, and read of Clirist and
heaven und your immortal soul! Could you
then kneel and pray for a blessing on your
household! "Olil" you sny, "not exactly
that; 1 couldn't qulto do that, liccauso 1 havo
a very quick tcmiier, und if 1 professed re
ligion ami tried to talk religion in my house
hold, and thon nfter thnt 1 should lose my
temper, thoy would scoff at mo nnd say:
You aro a pretty Christian I'" So you nro
cowed down, nnd their sarcasm keeps you
out of heaven and away from Christ, when,
undor God, you ought to tnko your wholo
family into tho kingdom. ChrUt lifted k
mountain, lifted a world for you; you cannot
lift an ounco for him. 1 seo how it Is; you
want to bo fuvorablo to religion, you want
to support Christian Institutions, you liko to
lo associated with thoso who lovo Jesus
Christ; but ns to taking a posltlvo step on
this subjoct, you cannot you cannot; nnd
my text, liko u gate of a hundred bolts, bars
you away from peace on earth and glory in
heaven.
Thero nro hundreds of men nnd women horo
bravo enough iu other things in lifo who sim
ply, for tho lack of manliness nnd womuull
uoss, stay away from God, Thoy dure not
inyt "Forover nnd forover, lxrd Jesus, 1
tnko thro. Thou hast redeemed mo by thy
blood, hero Is my immortal spirit. Listen,
nil my frlqnds. Listen, nil tho world." Thoy
are lurking n round nbout tin kingdom of
God thoy nro lurking around nlwut it, ox
peeling to crnwl In somo tlino when nobody
is looking, forgetful of tho tromendous words
of my text: "Whosoovcr doth not bear his
cross, and como nfter mo, cannot bo my dis
ciple" An officer of a neighboring church told mo
that ho was In n storo In Now York Just
happened In where thero wero many clerks,
nnd n gentleman eft mo In and said to n young
tnnii standing behind tho counter! "Aro you
tho young man that uroso tho other night in
tho llrooklyn Tiiborntiulo iinii nskod for pray-
cn1 without nny Hush of chock ho repllcdi
"I nm. t hnvou't nlwnys dono right, nnd I
havo licon qulto bad; but slnco I nroso for
prnyora I think 1 nm better tlinu I was." It
was only his wny of announcing that ho had
started for tho higher life, Uod will not cast
out a man who is bravo enough to tnko a step
ahead liko that.
I toll you theso things this morning bo
cause, my dear friend, 1 want to show you
how light tho cross is tlmt wo hnvo to carry
compared with that which Christ carried for
us. You havo not had tho flesh torn olt for
Christ's sake in carrying your cross. Ho
fainted dead away under his cross. You
huvo not carried tho cross until it fetched tho
blood. Under his thero was a xx)l of car
nago that plashed tho horses' fetlocks. You
havo friends to sympathize with you in
carrying tho crow Christ trod tho wlno
press of GodV wrath nloue, ulonol Tho cross
thut you nnd 1 ought to carry represents
oniy n fow days or a fow years of trial. Tho
a - . t .. 1. .. .1 .....
cross thnt Christ carried for us had coin
pressed Into It tho ngonicH of eternity.
Thero has somo ono como hero today whom
you have not observed. IIo did not como i
through tho front door; ho did not como I
down any of theso aisles; yet 1 know ho Is
horo. Ho is from tho east, tho far cast. IIo .
comes with blistered foot, und with broken i
heart, nnd cheeks red not with health but
with blood from tho temples. I tnko hold of
his coat and 1 sayt "Itdoos not seem to fit ,
theo." "No," ho says, "It is not initio; it Is '
borrowed; it does not belong to mo now.
For my vesture did thoy cast lots." Anil 1
say to hluii "Thino oyes aro red as though
from loss of sleep." IIo says: "Yes, tho Son
of man had not whero to lay his head."
And I touch tho log on his back and I say:
"Why carrlest thou this?" "Ahl" ho says,
"that is n cross 1 curry for theo und for tho
kins of tho wholo world. That Is n cross.
Fall into lino, march on with mo in this pro
cession, tnko your smaller crosses and your
lighter burdens, nnd Join mo in this march
to heaven." And wo Join that procession
with our smaller crosses and our lighter
burdens, nnd Christ looks bnck and ho sees
somo nro halting liecnuso they cannot onduro
tho shame, or bear tho burden, und with a
volco which has In it mujekty and omnipot
ence, ho cries until all tho earth tromblcs:
"Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and
como after me, cannot bo my disclplo."
01 my brethren, my sisters for I do not
speak professionally, 1 sjicak as a brother
would sjicak to n brother or sister my
brother, can you not bear a cross if ut last
you can wear a crown! Como, now, let us
dlvidoolT. Who is on tho Lord's sido! Who
Is ready to turn his back Uon tho Lamb of
God that takoth away tho sin of tho world!
A Honian emperor said to a Greek archi
tect: "You build mo n coliseum, n grand
coliseum, nnd if it suits mo I will crown you
in tho presence of all tho pcoplo, and I will
mako n great day of fostival on your no
connt." Tho Greek architect did his work,
did it magnificently, planned tho building,
looked nfter its construction. Tho building
was dona Tlio day for opening arrived. In
tho coliseum wero tho emperor and tho great
architect Tbo emperor nrosonmld tlio plaud
its of a vast assembly and said: "Wo
havo gathered hero today to oen
this coliseum nnd to honor tbo Groek
architect. It is a great day for tho Roman
empire. Let this building bo prosperous, nnd
lot honor bo put upon tho Greek architect
01 wo must havo a fostival today. Bring
out thoso Christians und let us havo them
put to death nt tho mouth of tho lions." Tho
Christians wero put into tho center of tho
amphitheatre. It was to bo a great celebra
tion in their destruction Then tho lions,
hungry nnd threo-fourths starved, wero lot
out from tholr dens In tho sido of tbo amphi
theatre, and they camo forth with mighty
spring to destroy nnd rend tho Christians,
and nil tho galleries shouted: "Huzza, huzzal
Long live tho emperor!" Then tho Greek
nrrliltrtefc nrnu, 111 nun nf ta rrnllnrlrta ninl
shouted until in tho vnst nssomblngo nil
henrd him: "1, too. am n Christian I" and
thoy seized him iu their fury and Hung him
to the wild beasts, until his body, bleeding
and dead, was tumbled over and over aguln
in tho dust of tho amphitheatre.
Could you havo done that for Clirist! '
Could you, In n vast assemblugo, all of
whom hated Clirist, havo said: "I am a
Christian," or "1 want to bo u Clirlstianr
Would you havo had tho ten thousandth
part of tho enthusiasm and tho courago of
tho Greek architect! Nay, 1 ask you another
question, Would you in an assemblage whoro j
thoy aro nearly all Christians in un assem
blage, a vast multittido of whom lovo Christ
and uro willing to live, and if need bo to dlo '
for him would you dnro to say: "I am a i
Christian," or "I want to bo n Clirlstianr' I
Would you say iu tlio presonco of tlio f rionds
of Clirist as much as tho Greek architect said
In tho presonco of tho enemies of Christ! Ob,
aro thero not multitudes hero this morning
who aro ready to sayt "Lot tho world look
on, let all tho galleries of earth and heaven
and boil look on, 1 tuko Christ this day.
Como applauso or nbuso, como sickness or
health, como lifo or death, Christ now,
Christ forover."
Aro you for Clirist! Aro you ngnlnsthlm!
Tho dostlnlos of eternity tromblo in tho bal
ance. It seems ns if tho hut day liad como,
and wo were gathered for tho reckoning.
"Beholdl ho cotnoth with clouds, and overy
eyo slinll seo him." What I say to ouo I say
to all. What aro you doing for Christ)
Whnt nro you bearing for Christ!
01 Christian man, Ol Christian woman I
nuvo you nny scars to show in this conflict!
When n war is over tho horoes havo scars to
show, Ono hero rolls back his sleovo and
shows a gunshot fracture, or ho pulls down
thu collar nud shows whero ho was wounded
in tlio nock. Another man says: "I huvo never
had tho use of my limb slnco 1 was wound.xl
at thut great butt la" When tho lust day
comes, when nil our battles aro over, will wo
havo nny wounds for Christ! Somo havo
wounds for sin, wounds for tho dovll, wounds
gotten In fighting on tho wrong sido, Hnvo
wo wounds that wo can show wounds gotten
In tbo battle for Clirist und for tho truth!
On that resurrection day Christ will hnvo
plenty of scars to show. Christ will stand
thero and show tho scars on Ills brow, tho
scars on his hands, nud tlio scars on his feet
and ho will put asido tlio rotxi of his royalty
and show tho scar on his sido, nud all heaven
will break down with emotion and grntitudo
in ono great sob, and then in ouo great ho
snnna. Will you and 1 havo tiny scars to
show!
Thoro will lo Ignatius on that day showing
the murk of tho paw nud teeth of tho llou
that struck him down in tho coliseum. There
will bo glorious John Iluss showing just
whero on Ills foot tho flames begun on thut
day when his soul took wing of damn and
soared up from Constance, There will 1m
Hugh MoKnil ready to olnt to tlio mark on
his neck w hero tho nx struck him. Thoro
will bo McMillan and Campbell nnd Kroo
mau, tho American missionaries, who with
tholr wives and children worn put to death In
tho nwful massacre nt Cnwnore, showing
tho plaeo where tho daggers of tho Booys
struck them Thero will I hi tho Wnldousos
showing where their limbs wero broken on
tho day when tho I'ledmonteso soldiery
pitched them over tho rocks. Will you and
I havo any uoimds toshowl Havo wo fought
nny battles for Christ! Oh, that wo might
nil bo enlisted for Christ, that wo might nil
bo willing to suffer for Christ, that wo might
nil Iwir n cross for Christ.
When tho Scottish chieftains wanted to
rnlso an army they would makon wooden
cross, and then set It on llru and carry it
with other crosses thoy had through tho
mountains, through tho Ughlands and among
tho people, and as thoy waved tho cross tho
coplo would gather to tho standard nnd light
for Scotland. Today I como out with tho
crossof tho Sou of (lod. It Is a naming cross
flaming with sulTering, flaming with tri
umph, flaming with glory. 1 carry It out
among nil tho pcoplo. Who will Im on tho
Lord's sldof Who will gather to tho standard
of lCmuianuoll A cross, a cross, a crowd
"Whosoever doth not liear his cross, and
como after mo, cnuuot bo my disciple."
GLEANINGS FROM THE EXCHANGES.
llrooklyn has nn
club.
Antl-Dyspcptla Cooking
Tho KHTol Tower Is rising stendlly, nnd is
becoming ono of tho wonders of tho world.
A reproduction of tho Hustllo Is about to bo
opened as a show In l'uris.
It is proposed to erect In tho Hostou 1'ublla
library n statuo of tho Illustrious Sir Harry
Vane,
A horticultural novelty Is n ieouy which
tins caught tho hue, shapo und jierfumo from
a rose tlmt overshadows It
Straw berries In Knglnuil havo been cost
ing slxiieiico npleco, ienulio.i half a guinea
mid cherries huvo sold nt nbout tholr weight
In gold.
Ed Snyder, of Duyton, O., hns n dog that
cats onions. Tho curious cntiluo will dig up
nn onion bed to get nt tho bulbous vegetable,
A man in Washington territory has pat
ented an ingenious telephone whoroby It Is
possible, with tho aid of electricity, to detect
tho presence of metal III rocks.
For tho past ten months tlio rnilrond acci
dents In this country havo averaged ono for
overy llvodnys, nnd two-thirds of them havo
boon tho result of cnnilessness.
Men employed In tho Idnho mine, nt Ornss
Vnlloy, Cnl., rejiort thnt tho recent earth
quake In that vicinity wns felt below tho
1,000-foot lovoL
At Juju, Africa, tho converts havo erected
a house of worship for themselves, and tho
two leading heathen priests havo thrown
asldo their idols and loft tho Idol house to de
cay. A monumental statuo of Lord Deaconsfiold
U to lio erected nt Maidstone, which plnco ho
represented in parliament moro than fifty
years ago.
An odd rollo possessed by a southern worn
nn is a pair of scissors thnt her father used
in cutting a suit of clothes for President
Washington ns lio wns entering upon his first
presidential term.
Chlneso pheasants nro so thick in tho Wal
do hills, Colorado, that thoy havo to bo
shooed out of tho furrows by tho plowmen,
bo greedy nro thoy in gobbling up tho nnglo
worins. Thoy nro becoming a nuisance,
A Boston innii who wns in nn Indiana town
to build a big factory nnd lay out $1,000,000,
found cows und hogs monojiollzlng tho side
walks, nnd ho left tho town in disgust with
out investing a nickel.
A monster sturgeon thnt measured moro
than cloven toot In length nnd woighod 3G0
pounds, wns caught in a salmon net at Sau-
' vio's Island, Ore,, recently. It was tho largest
fish over seen In tho state,
I Monnt Athos, which for a long tlino hns
been occupied by a so-called republic of
I Greek monks, couqioscd of a great numlicr of
I monasteries, lias been transformed by Russia
into n complete fortress, fully equipped and
garrisoned.
Somo ladies In Gcrmnntown huvo adopted
1 an ingenious plan for raising money for tho
building fund of u churcli. Thoy get together
every Saturday and jnako a lot of fresh can-
' " wu'cu tny dlly -'i
ceods go to tho fund.
und tlio pro-
Tho Turkish government has n suspicion
that Russian pilgrims, who nro Just now ar
riving in great numlwrs nt tho monasteries
nt Gnlata and Mount Athos, aro really como
to spy out tho country, und havo given orders
thnt tho pilgrims bo closely watched and
hustled nloug ns rapidly us possible.
A monument to thoso German soldiers who
fought nud fell for tho Confederacy lias Just
been begun nt Charleston, S. C. It will bo
erected mainly by tlio survivors of tho four
German companies that fought undor Gen.
Lee, many of whom aro among tho solidest
men of that city today.
Tho latest medical theory Is that there
should bo only two really substantial meals
a day, breakfast and dinner. A solid and
highly nutritious meal ought to begin tho
day's work, and nn equally nutritious meal
should end it Tlio peoplo who tako a rap
idly eaten lunch aro apparently excused for
tbclr supposed unhygienic proceeding.
Tho anti-Gennan crusndo is being carried
on within Russia with great vigor. Officials
who aro Lutherans, nnd not of tlio Hussion
faith, aro being removed. In tho (Initio pro
vinces, German, which was authorized by
Peter tho Great, Is to bo replaced by Russian.
Criminals of German nationality aro being
discriminated against by tlio courts.
Tho Roman Cathollo priests of tho Argen
tine republic nro said to l on strike Tho
government issued nn order lowering tho
rates for mosses, marriages, burials und other
ecclesiastical functions, nud tho priests do
termlned to resist tills encroachment upon
their Income mid prerogatives, so tho
churches nil through tho republic nro closed,
nnd oven tho ringing of tlio bells is stopped.
As Cutn ns tile Vanlieen.
Tho Canadians have appropriated solid
chunks of cuteness from tho Ynukccs in tho
matter of contracts and contracting. A short
tlino since tho Dominion of Canada nwanled
a contract for tlfo building of a hridgo over
tho i'Yiiser river, on tho Cn inula I'acillo road,
to a Canadian contractor nt f 1,500,000. Ho
sublet the work ton t'hlludclpliin contractor
for $100,000, who in turn let tho Job to an
other contractor for $100,000, and ho let ft to
another contractor for $?o,000, ut which
figures tho bridge was built Chicago Herald.
Uurlmco llumlng In Chlcugo.
Oarbngo burning in tho city of Chicago Is
qulto successful savo In tho joint of economy.
Thoro nro two furnaces so const ruced thnt
teams nro driven directly on tho fiat roof,
whence tlio garbage, is dumped through chutes
running to tlio floor Ixdow. Thc&o furnaces
aro burning ubout fifty tous per day. Bos
ton liudgot
LEAP
BALL -PROGRAMS,
AND INVITATIONS
With Illumination designs
Printed in lincst
COURIER
ALSO-
LEAP YEAR RECEPTION CARDS.
GRAND BANKRUPT SALE !
THE BEE HIVE STOCK
Is now on sale lor what it will hring. It comprises one of the
FINEST LINES OF DRY GOODS ever brought
to the city, and must he closed out at once.
SOOO -PAIRS of SHOES
For Ladies, Gents and Misses.
Call in and see for yourself. The goods must be sold, so
come and get them.
BE.E1 HIVE. 95 "l9"7 O St.
The Season
Mas opened and we have just
Goods and a
-AT
Grey Horse Harness Emporium,
1020 O Street.
Garfield
O i Seventeenth street car line of Lincoln Street
Railway, lots fronting on
GARFIELD PARK.
ow on sale.
Inquire
Wesscl & Dobbins,
Qri JPriuters,
New Burr Block,
Wedding Invitations, Engraved Calling Cards, Box Station
ary
Gi"ve Us 8i
YEAR
X
appropriate
for the occasion,
stylo of the art at
: OFFICE.
for Driving
received a fine line of Turf
great variety of
Whips,
Saddles,
FANCY DUSTERS
LAP ROBES
AND-
Ladies : Fine : Saddles.
THU-
Aclclitioa
at Room 34 Richards Block.
Cor. lSLhanclO Sts.
'ine Printing of all Kinds.
Trial Order.
