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REV. T. DE WITT TALMAGE
PREACHES IN CHICAGO.
In sninc I.tvr tlu KikcIiui Inc (rem to
rrtiUiuihiiilo A Orutcl In Aluiimt I "wry
(?1nt Tin Omnipotent N.wnimtli if
Jrmi CIiiIkI.
OtlCAOn. July 8.-TI10 llov. T. Do Witt
'Tiilnmgc, D.D., of Hrookl.ru, jrr.-ichcl In
Mils city tliii i' oiling. Ho U lioro on hi wny
Ikhiii' from 11 tour of tlio Cliimtntiquns In
Mlwmrl, Knimii mill Mlmiofotii. Tlio doc
tor liml mi riioniiniii midllorv. Ills Milijcct
w "Sour KximrleiutMi," nnd Ills tost:
"When Jinn tlu-roforo Imil ivt-clx iil Iho vino
i;ur." Jolm, ix, W. Tim kmiuoii wob ns
follow.'
Tlio brigiunN of Jcruvilt.Mii Imil lono llirlr
work, It ns nlinot uniilonii, m'ul Jcmh
vns dying. lVrsonx in crui'ltlxlon often
lingered on from (Uy to ilny crying, Ik-r-Ring,
curbing; lint Cliri.t Imil licett exhausted
by yean of lualtrcntmctit, I'lllowlcus,
IKXirly fid, floggptl iih tent out nntl tied to
n low jKHt, Ills Iwtro Uick vni Inlliuned with
tlio scourges InU'rhtk'cd with jikvcs of lend
nnd bone nnd now for wliolo hours tlio
weight of lilt iKxIy hung 0:1 ilcllnito tendons,
and, nccordlug to custom, n violent stroko
under tlio nnnplts bnd Iktii given by tlio
executioner. Dixzy, w (Killing, nmisented,
feverish n world of ngony U (.otiiprciu.vd in
Iho two worth: "I thlrrtt" O -klcx of Judcn,
lot n drop of nil 11 Mrlko on hit burning
tongue. O world, uitli rolling river, nnd
tnrkling lukcs, nnd riiyiuj fountain!),
give Jems something to drink. If thero
lo nny jilty in mirth, or henven, or bell,
let It now Ik) deinonstrnted in hehulf
of this roynl sufferer. Tlrwcnlthj women
of Jei uultm itHtl to hn vo n fund of money
with which they provided wlno for thoM)
people who tiled in criicillxioun ixmerful
opluto to deaden tlio pnin; but Christ would
not ttiko it. Ho wanted to tlio bober, nnd bo
ho refused tho wine, lint nf torwnrd they go
to n cupof viiicgnrnnd honk nF))ougo iu It,
nnd put it on 11 btick of hyssop, mid then
proas It ngalnst tho hot lips of Christ. You
sny tho wlno wnnn nniwthctlonml Intendetl
to rellove or deaden tho pain. Hut tlio vine
gar was nn Insult. 1 nm dtaposcd to ndo)t
tho theory of tho old Knglixh commentator,
who behoved that instead of its lieing nil
opinto to fioothe, It wns vinegar to liwnlt,
Mnlaga nnd Ilurgiindy for grand dukes and
duchcH-cs, nnd costly trincs from roynl vnts
forhlontcd imperials; but stinging nclds for
n dying Christ. Ito took tho vinegar.
In wlno lives tho Riiccharlno mviih to pro
dominate. Llfo is sunshfno on n bank of
flowers. A thousand hands toclap approval.
In December or In January, looking across
their table, they feo nil their family present.
Health rubicund. Skies ilntnlioynnt. Days
resilient. But In a grent ninny cases thcro
nro not so many sugars ns ncids. Tho annoy
nnccF, and tho vexations, and tho disappoint
ments of llfo overpower tho successes. Thero
is a grnvel in almost every shoo. An Arabian
legend Ni)M that theit) wns n worm in Solo
mon1 staff, gnawing its strength away, nnd
thcro Is a weak ipot in every earthly supiort
that n man leans on. King George of Kng
laud forgot nil tho grandeurs of his throno
becauso 0110 tiny, in nil Interview, Menu
Urummcll called him by his tint nniuo nnd
addressed him ns a servant, crying: "Clcorge,
ring tbo bell!" Miss Lungdou, honored
all tho world over for her jkkMo
genius, Is so worried over tho evil
rcjwrts set afloat regarding her, that tho
is found dend, with nu empty Ixittlo of pru
Io ncid in her hand. Ooldsmith said that his
llfo was ft wretched Mug, nnd that nil that
want nnd contempt could bring to it had
been brought, nnd cries out: "What, then, is
there formidable in n jail T Corrcgglo's lino
painting is hung up for n tavern sign. Ho
garth cannot hell his best paintings except
through n rnlllc. Andrew Dclsart makes tho
great tresco in tho church of tho Annuuclnta,
nt Florence, nnd gets for pay 11 sack of corn;
and thero nro nunoynnccs and voxntions in
high places as well as in low places, showing
thnt in n great many lives the .sours nro
greater than tho sweets. "When Jesti3 there
fore had received tho vluegnr."
It is absurd to iupioso that u man who has
always been woll can sympathize with thoso
who nro sick; or thnt 0110 who has nlwnys
been honored can npiirccinto tho sorrow o
thoso who nio despised; or that ono who lian
Ihcii born to n grent fortuuo can understand
tho distress and tho straits of thoH) who are
destitute. Tho fnct that Christ himself took
tho vinegar makes him nblo to sympathize
today nnd forever with nil thoso whoso cup
is tilled with .(harp acids of this life. Ho took
tho vinegar!
In tho tlrst place, there Is tlio sourness of
lictraynl. Tho treachery of Judas hurt
Christ's feelings more than nil tho friendship
of his ditciplcs did him good. You havo had
many friends; but there was ono friend upon
whom you put csjieclal stress. You feasted
him. You loaned him money. You be
friended him in tho dark pusses of life, w hen
ho especially needed n friend. Afterward,
ho turned upon you, nnd ho took advantage
of your former Intimacies. Ho wrote against
you. Ho talked against you. Ho mlcroscoii
iwd jour fnultc. IIo flung contempt at you
when you ought to hnvo received nothing
but grntitute At first, you could not bleep
nt nights. Then you went nltout with 11
sciiso of having been stung. Thnt difficulty
will never bo honied, for though mutual
friends mny nrbltrato In tho matter until you
shall shako hands, the old cordiality will
never como bnek. Now I commend to nil
itch tho sympathy of a. lictrayed Christ.
Why, thoy sold him for less thun our twenty
dollnrsl Thoy nil forsook him, nnd tied.
Thoy cut him to tlio quick. IIo drank thnt
cup of betrayal to tho dregs. He took tho
vinegar.
Thcro is nlso tho sourness of pain. Thero
nrobomo of you who hnvo not seen nwell
day for many years. Uy keeping out of
draughts, nnd Ly carefully studjlngdlotetlcs,
you coutinuo to this time; but U, tho head
aches, and tho sldenehes, nnd tho backaches,
nnd tho heartaches which havo liccn
your nccoinpnuiiuent nil tho wny through!
You hnvo struggled under 11 heavy mortgage
of physical disabilities; nnd Instead of tho
placidity that oneo characterized you, it is
now only with grent effort that you keep
mrny from Inltabitity nnd slmrp retort.
Difficulties of r splration, of digestion, of
locomotion, make up tho great obstacle in
your life, nnd you tug nnd sweat nlongtho
iuitliwny, nnd wonder when tho exhaustion
oud. Jly friends, thu brightest crowns
in heaven will not bo given to thoso
who, in stirrups, dashed to tlio cav
nlry chargo, wbilo tho general applauded,
nnd tho sound of clashing suliors rang
through tho land; but thu bright. t crowns
in heaven, I bcllevo, will bo given to thoso
who trudged ouuinld chronionlliueuta which
unnerved their strength, yet nil tho tlmo
maintaining their faith in Clod, It is com
paratively easy to light In u regiment of u
thousand men, charging up tho jmrapcU to
tho sound of martial music, hut It Is not so
easy to endure when 110 ono but thonurso nnd
tho doctor nro tho w Ituesses of tho Christian
fortitude. Besides that you novor hail any
pains worst) than Chrbt's. Tho sharpnesses
that Btuuc through hjs brain, through hl
hand, through Ids fret, through his awtrt,
wrens great ns yours, certainly. II w
ns siok nnd u weary. Not n nen-o, or .
Muscle, r llgnnu'iit escaped. All thennip'
of nil thi untlonsof nil tho nges comj resooti
t lit 1 1 cue nour cup. Ho took tlio vluegt rt
There Is iilrKitliosourupssof iwrrrty. Your
Incouio docs not iiits-t jour oulgolnj.'s, nnd
tli.it nlnnys gives 1111 htmest mail nuxlety.
Tin re it mi sign of destitution nlwut you
de.nnnt ap'ar.iiictnnd n cla-erful homo for
you, but (tod only known what n tlmcjou
hnvo had to m.inago your private lliinnct).
Just ns tho bills 1 tin up tho wage.! wcni to
run down. Hut you nre not tho only ono
who has not boon paid for hard work. Tho
gi'cr.t Wllklo nold Ills celebrated piece, "Tho
llllud l'lddler," for llfty guinea, nlthough
afterwards it brought Its thousands, Tho
world hangs in ndtulmthm over tho sketch of
(Inlnsltorough, jet that very sketch hung for
years in tho shop w imtnw Itccnuso there wns
not any purchaser. Ollxer Uoldsinlth sold
his "Vicar of Wnkefleld" for 11 few ounds,
In order to kerp tho killlft out e(
tho door; nnd tho vast majority of
men in nil occupations nnd professions 1
are not fully paid for their work. You may 1
sny nothing, but llfo to joit Is ft hard push; '
nnd when you sit down with your wlfo nnd J
talk over tho expenses, you lioth rlso up dis
couraged. You nhrldgo here, nnd you
nhrldgo there, and you get things snug for
smooth fallings, and lo! suddenly there is n
largo doctor's bill to uiy, or jou lm 0 lost 1
your KK'Lvtbook, or soino creditor has failed,
nnd jou nro thrown nlieam end. Well,
brother, you nre In glorious eoinpnnj-, ChrUt j
owned not tho houso Hi which ho stopiKtl, or
tho colt 011 which ho rode, or tho boat in '
which ho sailed. Ho lived in a bor- 1
roned house; ho wns burled in n bor
rowed grave. Imposed to nil klllils
of wcntlicr, yet lio liad only ono
suit of clothes. IIo breakfasted In tlio
morning, mid no one could possibly tell where ,
ho could get anything to oat before night, 1
Ho would hnvo been pronounced n llnanclal '
failure. Ho hail to )x.'iTrni n inirnclo to get ,
money to pay n tix lull. Not n dollar did ho ,
own l'rlviitloii of domesticity; privation 1
of nutritious Y(H)d;prlviition of ncoinfortablo
couch on which to sloop; privation of nil
worldly resources. Tho kings of tho earth .
bud chased chalices out of which to drink; '
hut Christ had nothing but 11 plain cup set I
liefore I1I111, nnd it wns very shnrp nnd It wns
verj sour. IIo took tho Inegnr.
There nlso is tlio sourness of licronveincnl. I
There were years that passed ulong before I
j'our family clivlo wns Invaded by death;
but tlio moment tlio charmed circle was
broken everything soimcsl to dissolve.
Hardly hnvo you put tho black apparel in tho
wnrdrolM) before you hnvo nguln to tako it
out. (Jrcat and rapid changes In your fam
ily record. You got tho houso nnd rejoiced
in it, but tbo charm wns gono ns soon ns tho
era to hung on tho door liell. Tho ono upon
whom you most deluded wns taken awaj
from you. A cold marble slab lies oil your
heart todaj. Ouce, ns tho children romied
through tho house, you put your hand over
your aching head, ami snld: "Oh, if I could
only havo it still." Oh, it is too still now.
You lost your patience when tho tops, nnd
tho strings, nnd tlio shells were loft amid
floor; but oh, you would bo willing to havo
tho trinkets scattered nil over tho floor
again, if thej were scnttcred by tho samo
hands, Witli what a ruthless plowshare
bereavement rips up tho heart. But Jesus
knows all nbout Hint. You ennuot tell him
anything now in ivgnrd to liorcaveinont. Ho
had only n few friends, nnd when ho lost ono
It brought tears to his eyes. Lazarus had
often entertained him nt his house. Now
Lnznrus is dead and buried, and Christ
breaks down with emotion tho convulsion
of grief shuddering through nil tho nges of
bereavement. Christ knows what It is to go
through tho liouso missing n familiar Inmato.
Christ knows what it is to seo an unoccupied
plneo at tho table. Were there not four of
them Mary and .Martha nnd Christ nnd
Lazarusf Four of them. Hut where Is
Lazarus f Lonely nnd nllllcted Christ, his
great loving ej-es lllled with tears, which
drop from ejc to check, and from check to
lienrd, nnd from lienrd to robe, nnd from
rolio to floor. Oh, yes, yes, ho knows nil
about tho loneliness and tho heartbreak. IIo
took tho vinegar!
Then there is tho sourness of tho death
hour. Whatever cNo wo mnj esene, that
ncid sjiongo will Ito pressed to our lips. I
sometimes havo 11 curiosity to know how I
will lclm 0 when I como to dlo. Whether I
will bo calm or excited whether I will bo
fllled with reminiscence or with anticipation.
I cannot saj Hut como to the point I must
mid you must. In tho six thousand years
that havo passed only two jiorsons havo got
Into thu eternal world without death, and I
do not supposo that Clod is going tj send 11
enrringo for us with horses, of llamo to draw
us nil tho steeps of heaven; but I supposo wo
will havo to go llko tlio preceding genera
tions. An officer from tho future world will
knock nt tho door of our heart nnd servo on
us tho writ of ejectment, and wo will havo to
surrender. And wo will wnko up after tlieso
nutumnnlandw Intrynnd vernnl and summery
glories havo vanished from our vision wo
will wnko up into n realm which has only
ono season, and that tho season of everlast
ing love. Hut you say: "I don't want to
break out from my present associations. It
is so chilly and so damp to go down tho
stairs of that vault. I don't wnnt nnythlng
drawn so tightly over my ejes. If there
were only somo way of breaking through tho
partition lietween worlds without tearing
this lody all to shreds. I wonder if tho sur
g:ons nnd tho doctors cannot compound n
mixture by w hleh this body nnd soul can oil
tho tlmo bo kept together) Is there no es
cape from this separation!" Nono; ab
solutely none. Bo I look over this nudienco
tothij- tho vast majority of you seeming in
good health nnd spirits nnd yet I realizo
thnt in u short time, all of us
will bo gono gono fiom earth, and gono for
ever. A great many men tumble through
tho gates of tho future, as It were, nnd wo do
not Know wiiere tlioy iinvo gone, mid they
only ndd gloom nnd mystery to tho passugo;
but Jesus Christ so mightily stormed tho I
gates of thnt future world that they hnvo '
novcr slnco been closely shut. Christ knows
what It is to Iwno this woild, of the beauty !
of which ho wns more nppreclatho than wo '
ever could lo. IIo knows tho cxipiisiteuess 1
01 iuopiiopnoreccnoooi tlio sen, hoticsllt,
IIo knows tho glories of tho midnight
heavens; for they wore tho spuuglod canopy
of his wilderness pillow. Ho knows nbout
tho fowls of thonlr; thoy whirred their way
through his discourse, IIo knows nbout tho
sorrows of leaving this Itoautiful world.
Not a tujier was kindled In tho
darkness. IIo died physichiiiloss, Ho
died In cold sweat, and dizziness
nnd lieinoi rhngo nnd ngony that havo
put him in sympathy with nil tho dying. Ho
goes through Christendom nnd hogutheis up
tho stings out uf nil thu death pillows and ho
puts them under his own nock nnd bond. Ho
gathers on his own tonguo tho burning
thirsts of many generations, Tho sjiongo is
soaked in tho sorrows of nil thoso who havo
died in their IkhU ns well ns soaked in the
sorrows of nil thoso who jierhlied In icy or
llery innitjrdoui. Whllo henron wns ply
ing nnd earth was mocking nnd hell wns de
riding, ho took tho vlnognrl
To nil thoso In this nudienco to whom llfo
has lioen an nccrbity a doso thoy could not
swallow, a draught that set their teeth cu
odgonud a-rasplnor 1 prtucMlis omnipotent
yuiNitliy of Jesus Christ. Tho sstor of
Hereche), tbo astronomer, used to help him
iu his work. IIo got all tho credit; she got
none, Bho used to spend much of her time
polishing tlio telescopes through which bo
brought tho distant worlds nigh, nnd It Is my
nmhlthm now, this hour, to clear tho lens of
your spiritual vision, so that looking through
tho daik night of j-our earthly troubles j'oit
limy behold tho gloilous coiutollntio.i of r.
Saviour's mercy nnd 11 H.ivlour'u love. (),
my friends, do not tiy to carry nil your Ills
nlonc. Do not put your ioor shoulder under
tho Apoulnnoa when tho Almighty Christ I1
rcjdy to lift up nil your burdens. When
you have u troublo of nny kind,
you iuh this wnj', nnd that way;
nnd you wonder whnt this mail will
K'lynhout It, nnd whnt th.it man will rny
nbout it; nnd you try this proscription, nnd
that prescription, nnd tho other prescription.
Oh, w by do j-ou not go straight to tho heart
of Chi lt, knowing thnt for our own sinning
nnd sufTerlng raco ho took tho vinegar!
There was 11 vessel that had boon tossed on
tho sous for n great mntiy weeks, nnd boon
disabled, nnd tho supply of wntor gnvo out,
nnd tho crew were dying of thlnt. After
ninny days they niivii sail against thoskj'.
They kignnled It. WI1011 tho vessel enmo
nearer tho jicoplo 011 tho sulTcring ship cried
to tho captain of tho other esseli "Komi us
somo water. Wo nre dying for lack of wntor.1'
Aiidthocnptnln of tho vessel that wns hailed
responded: "Dip your buckets where you are.
You nre in tho mouth of tho Amnion, ami
thcro nro scores of miles of fresh wntcr nil
nruuiid nbout you, nnd hundreds of feet
deop." And then the) dropped their buckets
over tho sldo of tho vessel, nnd brought up
tho clear, bright, fresh water, nnd put out
tho (Ire of their thirst. Ho I hall you todn),
nfler 11 long nud perilous oyoge, thirsting ns
j'ou nro for pardon, nud thirsting lor coin
fort, nnd thirsting for eternal llfo; nnd I nsk
jou what Is tho usu of jour going In that
tloiith struck state, whllo nil around you Is
tho deep, clear, wido, sfini kllug Hood of Hod's
symimthctlv inercj'. O, dip your buckets,
tinil drink, nnd llvo forever. "Whosoever
will, let him como nud tnko of tho water of
llfo freely."
Yet my utternnco Is almost choked nt tho
thought that there nre jicoplo here who will
refuse this diviuo sympathy; nnd they will
try to fight their own hatttlcs, nud drink
their own vinegar, nnd carry their own bur
dens; and their life, instead of lxiug n tri
umphal march from vlctorj to victory, will
lio 11 hobbling on from defeat to defeat, until
they inako final surrender to retributive dis
aster. 0, 1 wish 1 could today gather up In
initio nrinsull tho woes of men nud women
nil their heart nches nil their dlnpolnt
inonts all their chagrirs and just tako
them light to tho feet of n sympathizing
Jesus, lio took tho vinegar.
Nana Bahlb, after ho had lost his last battlo
iu India, fell back into tho Jungles of I hern
Jungles so full of mnlnrln thnt no mortal
could llvo there. Ho carried with him, also,
n ruby of great luster nud of grent value.
IIo died in thoso jungles; his liody wns novcr
found, nnd tho ruby has novcr yet 1coh re
covered. And I fear that today there are
somo that will fallback from this subject
into tho sickening, killing Jungles of their
sin, carryingn gem of Infinite value a price
less soul to bo lost forever. O, that that ruby
might flash iu tho ctemal coronation. Butno.
There nre somo, I fear. In this nudienco who
turn n wny from this oifcred iiierey.nnd com
fort, nnd DlvinosymiMitlry; notwithstanding
that Christ, for all who would accept his
grace, trudged tho long wnj-, and suffered tho
lacerating thongs, nnd received Iu his fnco
tho expectorations of tho (llthy mob, nnd for
tho gulltv, nnd tho discouraged, nnd tho dis
comforted of tho race, took tho vinegar.
Mny Qcd Almighty break tho Infatuation,
nud lend j'ou out iutothostrong hopc,nnd tho
good cheer, and tho glorious sunshine of this
triumphant Uo9el.
I'aper Pulp from Cotton Stalk.
For several weeks there havo been 011 ex
hibition in tho office of tho clerk of tho stipo
rior court sampled of pulpmndoof tho hulls
nnd stalks of tho cotton plant. Tho pulp Isns
whlto as snow, nnd cnu bo converted Into tho
finest writing paper. It is regarded ns vnlu
nblo, and is tho product of iwrlsof thecotton
plant hitherto deemed valueless. Tho pro
cess by which It is mailo is now. It is a pro
cess bj which tho ligneous substances of tho
hulls nud seed nre dissolved, lly this process
over CO per cent, of tho fiber is extracted
from tho hulls, which hnvo liecn regarded ns
(It only for fuel In tho mill or for feed nnd
fertilizing purines, and which were sold for
$1 nton. Thoso, converted into pulp, will
Ihj worth nbout $10 n ton, From tho stalks
usually left to rot iu tho Holds this now pro
cess utilizes nbout !W st cent, of fiber ct a
very small oxpenso.
It has been settled that there are fertilizing
proiierties in tlio oil cf thecotton seed, nnd it
is nswrted that tho fllmr will not decomposo
for six j cars and cannot bousednsn ferti
lizer. This Is why tho woody matter elimi
nated from tlio stalk and hull is much more
vnlunblo ns n dccoinioslng fertilizer than tlio
entire seed. Uy tho samo process tho ramie
plant nnd Its troublesome cousin, thobngasso
stalk, is met nud overcome. Hy tho decorti
cating process tlio (liter wns crushed nnd torn
out by n slow nnd cxjiouslvo process. In tho
now process tho llglno is simply dissolved
out, nnd tho snowy (Urns of tho ramlo nnd
tho tawnier thrends of tho sugar cano nre
coaxed out as easily ns tho infnntllu kitten to
its milk. Atlanta Constitution.
hbo Sent Hit Unby Home.
Mr. Brent Good, prcsldont of tho Lyceum
Theatre comjKiuy, told nt n dinner party tho
other uvenlng this story of a lady w ho was
determined to witness tlio play of "Tho
Wifo:"
"I was nt tho Lj-ceum tho other night,
stnndlngnlongsidoourtrensurer, when two
well dressed ladles entered nnd handed their
tickets to tho doorkooior. Ono of them had
n baby in her arms. I (Irmly but, I trust,
politely told tho mother that no babies were
ullowcd in tlio liouso. Sho vxostulatcd. but
I asked her how she, if nlono, would hko to
hnvo n noisy baby iu nu ndj.ieont rent Tho
argument prevailed, but sho bald that her
money must bo returned. It was promptly
given her nnd sho went nud stood outside
with her babo In her nrms us If rcilectiu,.
Then sho returned nnd requested that u dis
trict messenger bo called. A rather small
boy responded to tho summons, nnd tho l.idy
handed him her baby nud requested him to
tako it toiler house somow here in Ilnilem.
Tlio littlo boy looked grow tome, but ho un
dertook tho task, nnd I presumo performed
it safel)'. When ho had gono tho determined
woman returned, purchased u ticket, nnd
saw tho show. "Now York Evening Kuu.
Cant Ions for Tnllirrs.
Seven is tho rfcct number, nnd if tho
following seven rules wore faithfully ob
served, thoy would do soinothlng toward
making 11 orfoet man.
Before thou oncst thy mouth, think.
1. What thou slialt scuk.
2. Why thou should.t seak It.
3. To whom thou mt ubout to seak.
4. Concerning whom or what, thou art
about to siKvik.
B. Wbutwlll result therefrom.
0. What benefit It can produce.
7. Who may -bo lUtonlng. Youth's Com-(union.
A Morhlttljr HnutttliS) i:mprrs.
Tlioempresi of Austria spent nweok nt
Bournemouth recently, oxasjierat lug nlmnst
to frenzy tho nntngonlsm bolwooii Iho two
rival hotels, nud llnally selecting, not tho
ntstliellunntl mow fiihlonabh Il.it h, but tho
ipilotT Lxoter When, n fow dajs More
hornrrlvnl, sho Intimated hor Intention of
taking up her nlKxto Iu tho Inst uninod hohso
It win NuiiiiimrUy cleared of nil IU guests,
with tho exception of 0110 unoffondlng old
maid, who had occupied a top bedroom for
sovon months, took nil hor meal In tho
privacy of her chauilwr, nud was wnrmntrd
not lo (how obtrusively on tho stalra, Tho
ompresi, her d lighter Vnlerlo, nnd u largo
culto lllled thirty-nix rooms for a wok. Tho
ompress, spare, tall, erect, has retained iiiurli
or tho fur famed beauty which iiindo tho
l'rliiCv'M Kllzaboth, of Thiiinnnd Taxis, the
most ndiulrahlo woman of Iter tlmo.
Her magulllcont hair, ns luxurious ns over,
is almost untouched try tlmo, nnd sho seems
to dlsolnlmouiryartlllcoof toilet nnd npcnr
iinoc. Bho dressed plainly, nnliccomlngry,
nlmost shabbily, row cnrlj-, wnlkod out nlono
with tho 1 uly llko proprietress of tho hotel nt
half mM il o'clock p. in., took long walks on
the sand, ludilfereiitnllko to wind, Ullislilno
or rain, coming homo sometimes drenched to
tho sklu, lsltlng tho pier only when nil tho
Inhabitants wore safely housed (or their
meals, giving 110 troublo, nnd apparently
..tl(lcd with everything. Hho hud lieou so
cruelly mobbed nt Cioiner, 011 tho east court,
thnt sho had bocomomoibldlyKonslthunbout
lieing slnred nt, nnd, to iivold observation,
retried tnipiudcutly to 11 dovlco more likely
to nt tract attention than to slum It. Nho
sallied foi th iu tlio coldly Inclement weather
With u largo fan, which sho held up before
her face, whenever Mho suspected tho passers
by of scanning her features. Tho Argonaut.
A CliHiicn In Iho llnllnii",
There Is nothing more notloonblo to inn
than tho wonderful change Iu tho buttons
thnt women wear that has taken plneo In
Iwojenrs, IVrhnpt I notleo It more on no
count of Mug In tho buslur.u, but It Is so
radical that nny one would (s-rcclvo it if h'i
bad Ids attention called to It. Formerly tho
buttons were fancy nnd largo; now they nro
small, plain nnd cheap. When inerehnnls can
soil manufactured buttons for thrro cents 11
dozen It reduces tho piolltii of Iho manu
facturer. Stjlo bus decided that buttons
shall ho small nud plain. Iu consequence, It
Is very seldom that n woman pnjs more than
twenty cents n dozen for tho buttons sho tn?s
on her tires;!, and tho majority uo llvo cent
nnd ten cent buttoiM.
Hut this stylo will not last long; It will get
around to tho old prico where It was protlt
nblo to manufacture buttons. Two ycaiHngo
tho stylo was to wear i.oveltles, nnd tho but
tons used on dresses not tr cost less than llfty
cents n dozen. Tho slzo of tho buttons begun
to increase, and It was not uncommon to seo
buttons two inches sqcre 011 cloaks. Many
ladles paid ns high ns (i npleco for buttons.
Thoy were nindo In fancy shapes, and there
nro fow ladles who hnvo not pretty collec
tions In their scrap bags. They will bo use
ful somo dnj-, for tho fashion In buttons is
nlwnys changing. Our trado fluctuated ac
cordingly. With improed mnchln"r-y it Is
now cosy to inako n cheap, plain button.
Bono is tho principal materlai for tlieso but
tons, and vogetnblo Ivory Is also used, as
well as composition. U lobe-Democrat.
Wild Aiiimnls in Africa.
Of tho wild animals, singularly enough
only tho leopards nro dreaded, for the- often
attack man, which tho lions novcr do, al
though they lurk iu tho bush by twos and
throos. Tho negroes told Eniln thoy wcro
under tho control of a chief named Lottor, n
very simple, good natural mnn, who nlwaj-s
kept two tamo lions in bis houso (a fnct), and
ns long as ho receives occasional presents cf
corn nnd goats, prevents tho wild lions from
doing nny mischief.
It is curious to note that tho lions hero nro
good tempered (ierliais becauso they llnd
nhundanco of food), nnd thoy ura nlso much
admired, ns was shown by tho following In
cident: "Ono dnj'," ho says, "wo camo upon
n lion caught iu n pitfall, whereiijion Chief
Lotter wns fetched, nnd ho pushed into tho
pit branches of trees to cunblo the lion to got
out; this it did, nud ufter giving us n roar of
acknowledgment, walked oir unharmed.
"Another chief is said to jiosscss tho power
of keeping tho gnino uwny from the pitfulls,
Ono of our men told mo that this chief wns
nt ono timo detained under nrrcst nt tbo sta
tion for n fow hours, tho eonsequenco lieing
that iiognmo came near tho station for nbout
eight days, so that n present had to bo sent to
tho chief to nppenso him, Chief Chulong's
wifols nlso famous for her power ovir tho
numerous crocodiles which mnkothoir homo
In Khor Ulueti." Christian at Work,
Ii Ires of tho Ocean,
Sporm w hulas, tho monsters of deep wntcr,
nro tho richest prizes of tlio ocean, yielding
spcrmncctl from their brain ensos, Ivoiy
from their lower jaws, rich, yellow oil from
their sides, nnd (when diseased) tho almost
priceless ambergris from theirentrnlls. Next
in vnluo comes tho right whale, tho Inhnlt
itnnt of tho Arctic, in whoso mouth whnlo
bouo is substituted for Ivory, Thouppor jaw
is furnished with this substance, n grent pllo
of which lies high on tlio lieneh nt Herring
cove. It is, pet Imps, ten Inches ncross where
it joins tho jaw, and reminds 0110 more of a
great comb w 1th tangled hair nttnehed than
nnythlng else. Tho "teeth" nre closely set,
nud nro three feet nnd more long, Uij)crlng
to n K)lnt nud terminating in roo Hko fllu
meats, Whilo tho sperm nhnlo feeds on rquid nt
tho bottom of tho ocean, tho right wlialo
sliced along with ojien mouth, engulfing
hugo quantities of water nnd greater or less
quantities of tho animalcules and small fish
on which It subsists. When his cavernous
mouth is full ho closes it, blows out tho water
through his sjiotit holes, nnd with tho nld of
his tonguo bn allows tho littlo creatures
which liuve Itocomo iniiuesbcd iu tho curious
attachment of Ms upper jaw. Cor. Haiti
more American,
A Horrible Death Sentence.
Wo mentioned tho terrlblo sanctions by
which tho Chiuoso secret societies enforce
their l.iws. which, of theniFolves, male them
dangerous subjects, nud Tho Llverxj Tost
furnishes n remarkable illustration. Accord
ing to 11 rcjiort from thu Auiuiieiiu minister
at I'okln, 11 man belonging to 1111 ussocinllon
of gold beaters nt Tooehow recently took
more ippreutlees than one. Th.s U Tot bidden,
so tho local trades union tool; up tho mutter
and condemned tho man tu be hitt?u todenth,
ind tho scutciico was liU rally carried out.
Ono huudnsl and tveuty threo men had n
hito nt him before ho ivpired. It would not
striko tho childliko nud bland Chlnco that
there wnsnnytulug spcciallj horrible iu such
n form of murder. iou(!on 8ootntor.
Tbo Olctiruto.l Watili.
A lady who had lie-.-n abroad urns describ
ing somo of tho sights of her trip ton wirty
of friends. "Hut what pleased nuns much
as nu-. thing," sho snid, "was tho wonderful
clock nt Strashurg." "Oh, how I should lovo
to seo It! exclaimed u pretty young woman
in pink. "I nm so Interested in such things.
And did you ko tho celebrated watch on tho
ItbluoP-Querie.
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K1NKST LINKS OK DRV GOODS ever brought
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The Season
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Grey Horse Harness Emporium,
1020 O Street.
Garfield Addition
O Seventeenth street car line of Lincoln Street
Railway, lots front'ng on
GARFIELD PARK.
jvnv on sale.
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tSrt "Printers
iXevv- DuitHIocU.
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received a fine line of Tur
great variety of
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LAP ROBES
Ladies : Fine : Saddles.
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Cor. liithnncLO Sts.
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