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HE PREACHES TO A CHAUTAU
QUA ASSEMBLY.
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Th Martyr of Kvoryilny T.lfo Tlir Hironl I
linn Not Hlnln Bo Many in tho m11.
Tho MiOorlljr of Martyr Am Women, i
Tim llrrocn of Clirhtlan Clmrlty. '
Lakksidk, 0., Jnly CO. Kor innny ycnrs ,
on n wmiiiy ui mo unnmnuqtm ivpo nn iiccn
held nt this jxilnt. Tlw lending profotsors,
scholars nnil clergymen of this nutl other
ImuU hnvo mlclros! tho iiiulloiian. Tho
Hot. T. Do WittTalmngc, D. D., of Brook
lyn, M now hero, IIo loetured yestonlay
(Bntnrclny) nml proached today, to throiiRS
Inimtnernlilo. Tlio subject of lilt sermon to- i
day mi "Tho Martyrs of Everyday Lift)."
IIo took for hts toxti "Thou, therefore, en
duro hardness." It Timothy it, 8. Dr.
TalmaguBald:
Historians aro not slow to acknowledge tho
merits of great military chieftain. Wo havo
tho full length portrait of tho Cromwell, .
tho Washington, tho Napoleons nml tho
Wellingtons of tho world. History Is not
written In hlack Ink, but with red Ink of hu
man blood. Tho gods of human nmliltlon
do not drink from bowls mado out of silver,
or gold, or precious Btones, but out of tho
bleached skulls of tho fallen, Hut I am now
to unroll boforo you n wroll of hero s that
tho world has nover acknowledged; thoso
who faced no gum, blow no bugle blast, con
quered no cities, chained no captive!) to their ,
chariot wheels, nml yet, In tho great da)' of
eternity, will stand higher than thono whoso i
names startled tho nations; and seraph, and
rapt spirit, mid nrchangel will tell their deeds
to a listening universe). I mean tho heroes of
common, overy lay life.
In this roll, in tho first placo, I find all the
heroes of tho sick room. When Hatau lmd
failed to overcome Job ho said to God: "I'ut
forth thy hand and touch his Ixmon and his
flosh, and ho will curso theo to thy faco."
Satan had found out what we havo all found
out, that sickness is tho greatest test of olio's
character. A man who am stand that can
stand anything. To lie shut In n room as
fast ns though It were a bastlle. To bo so
nervous you cannot enduro tho tap of a
child's foot. To hnvit luxuriant fruit, which
tempts tho nppetlto of tho robust nml
healthy, excito our loathing and disgust
whon It first appears on tho platter. To havo
tho rapier of palu striko through tho sldo,
or across tho tomples, liko n razor, or to
put tho foot into n vlre, or throw tho
whole body into a blasto of fever. Yet there
havo been men and women, but mom women
than men, who havo cheerfully endured this
harduesx. Through years of exhausting
rheumatisms nud excruciating neuralgias
thoy hnvo gone, and through bodily dis
tresses that rasped tho nerves and toro tho
muscles nml palt-d tho cheeks and stooped the
shoulders. Hy tho dim light of tho sick room
taper they suw on their wall tho picture of
that land where tho Inhabitants aro nover
sick. Through tho dead silence of tho night
thoy heard tho chorus of tho angels. Tho
cancer nto away her llfo from week to week
and day to day, and sho'becnmu weaker and
weaker, uud uvory "good night" was feebler
than tho "good night" before yet nover md.
Tho children looked up Into her faco nud mw
suffering transformed Into a henvcnly-imlln,
Thoso who suffered on tho battle Held miikl
shot and shell were not ko much
heroes and heroines ns thoso who in the
field hospital and in tho asylum had fevers
which no Ico could cool and no surgery cure.
No shout of a comrade to cheer them, but
numbness, and aching, and homesickness
yet willing to suiTer, confident in God, hope
ful of heaven. Heroes of rheumatism.
Iloroes of neuralgia. Heroes of spinal com
plaint. Heroes of sick headaeho. Iloroes of
lifelong invalidism. Heroes and heroines.
Thoy shall reign for ever and ever.
Hark 1 1 catch just ono note of tho eternal
nnthom: "There shall lie no more jmin."
Ulcus God for that.
In this roll I also find tho heroes of toll,
who do their work uncomplainingly. It is
comparatively easy to lead a regiment into
battle when you know that tho w holo nation
will applaud tho victory; It is comparatively
easy to doctor thu sick when you know that
your skill "111 Ims appi eclated by a largo com
pany of friends nud lelatives; it is compara
tively tnsy to addrohs an audience when In
tho gleaming eyes uud thu, Hushed checks
you know that your f-eutimcntsuio adopted;
but to do sou lug where you exect that tho
employer will comu and thrust his thumb
through thu work to show how Imiwrfect it
is, or to have tho whole garment thrown
back on you to Ito do dono over again;
to build u wall uud there will bo
no one to say jou did It well,
but only n swuarlng employer howling
across tho Kc.i (Told ; ti work until your eyes
are dim and your back aches, and your heart
faints, uud to know that if you stop before
night your children will btarvo. Ah I tho
sword lias not slain so many as thu needle..
Tho great battloflelds of our Inst war were
not Gettysburg and Shiloli and South Moun
tain. Tho great battlefields of tho last war
woro in tho arsenals, and In tho Miojw nud in
tho attics, where women mado iirmy jackets
for sixpence. They toiled on until they died.
They had no funeral euloglum, but, in tho
jinino of God, this day I enroll their names
among thoso of whom thu world was not
worthy. Heroes of tho needlo. lieioesoftho
towing machine. Iloroes of thu attic ilo
roes of tho cellar. Heroes and horolues. Uless
God for them.
In this roll I nlso find tho heroes who have
uncomplainingly endured domestio injus
tices. There lire moil who for their toll and
anxiety havo no sympathy in their homes.
Exhausting application to business gets them
a livelihood, but nu unfrugnl wife scatters
it. Ho is fretted at from tho moment ho en
ters tho door until ho comes out of it. The
exasperations of Imslnets llfo nug
wonted by tho exasperations of domes
tic life, tiueh men are laughd at, but
thoy havo u heartbreaking trouble, and
they would have long ngo gono Into np
palllng dissipations but for tho grace
of God. Boeiety today is strewn with tho
wrecks of men who, under tho northeast
otorm of domehtlo Infelicity, hnvo been
driven on the recks. There are tuns of thou
sands of drunkards In this country today,
mado bucIi by their wives. That Is not
poetry. That is prose. Hut tho wrong is
generally in tlw opposite direction. You
would not have to go far to Hud n wife
wUomj lite is iv pcretuiil martyrdom. Some
thing heavier than n stroke of a fist; unkind
words, staggering homo at midnight, and
constant maltreatment which have left her
Qnly a wreck of what shu was on that day
when in tho midst of n brilliant assemblage
tho vows were taken, and full organ played
tho wt'dili.i;; march, nud thu cutringe
rolled away Mth the beiiidlctlon of
the jKoplc. What was tho burning
-of Ij'itiu.er and Ridley nt the stnko compared
irltV. this! Those men soon beenmo uncon
scious Jn tho lire, but here Is n fifty years'
martyrdom, a flfty years' putting to death,
yet uncomplaining. No bitter words when
the rollicking companions nt a o'eViek'ln tho
morning pitch tho husband dead drunk Into
the front outry. No bitter words whon
wiping from th. swollen brew ho blwxl
struck out In ft midnight rnronsal, Hendlng
over tho battered nml bruised form of him,
who, when ho took her from her father's
home, promised love, ami kindness, nud pro-to-tlon,
yet nothing but sympathy,
and prnjets, uud forgiveness itefore
t'icy nre asked for. No bitter words
when tho family Diblo goes for
rum, ntul tho pawnbroker's shop gets tho
lust decent dress. Homo day, deslrlnj to
evoke tho story of her sorrows, you sayj
"Well, how nre you getting along nowt'1 nml
rallying her trembling volco and (piloting
her quivering lip, sho says: "Pretty well, I
thnnk you, pretty well." Hho never will tell
you. In tho delirium of her last sickness sho
may tell nil tho secrets of her lifetime, but
ho will not tell that. Not until tho books of
eternity nro bened on tho throne of Judg
ment will over Ito known what sho hns suf
fered. Oh I yo who are twisting n garland for
thovlctor, putltonthatpnlobrow. When sho
Is dead tho neighbors will beg linen to mnko
her shroud, ami sho will Im carried out in a
plain box with no silver pinto to tell her
yenrs, for sho hns lived a thousand years
of trial and anguish. Tho gamblers
nml swindlers who destroyed her husband
will not come to tho funeral. One enrrlago
will lie enough for that funeral ono carriage
to carry the orphans nml tho two Christian
women who presided over tho obsequies.
Itut there Is n flash nml tho opening of a co
lestlnl door nud n shout: "I.lf t up your head,
yo everlasting gate, and let her romo Inf"
And Chrlt will step forth and say: "Come
lilt yo suffered with mo on earth, Iw glorified
with mo In heaven." What Is tho highest
throno u henvenJ You say: "Tho throne of
tho Lord Ood Almighty nml thn I.nmb.rt
No doubt nliout It, What Is tho next highest
throno in heaven! Whllo I Bxnk It seems to
mo that it will Iki tho throno of tho drunkard's
wife, if sho with cheerful patience endured
all her earthly torture. Heroes nml heroines.
I find nlo In this roll the heroesof Christian
charity. Wo nil admire tlio Georgo lVnliodys
nnd the James Lenoxes of tho earth, who
glvo tens and hundreds of thouwids of dol
lars to good objects.
Ilut nm speaking this morning of thoso
who, out of their pinched poverty, help i
others of such men ns thoso Christian mis- ,
sloimrles nt tho west, who ore living on fSV)
a year that they may proclaim Christ to tho
peoplo, ono of them, writing to tho secretary
In Now York, Raying "I thank you for that
fl'i. Until yestonlay wo havo had no meat
In our house for three months. Wo have
suffered terribly. My children havo no
shoes this winter." And of those peoplo who
havo only a hilt loaf of bread, but give
n piece of it to others who are hungrier;
nnd of thoso who havo only n scuttle of coal,
hut help others to fuel; nml of thoso who
hnvo onlyn dollar In their pocket, and glvo
twcnty-tlvo cents to somelsxlyclso; nml of
that father who wears a shabby coat, and of
that mother w ho wears n faded dress, that
their children may bo well appareled. You
call them iauers, or mgamulUus, or emi
grants. I call them heroes nud heroines.
Yon and I may not know where they live, or
what their name is. God knows, and they
havo moro angels hovering over them than
you and I have, nnd thoy will havo a higher
sent In heaven.
Thoy may havo only a cup of cold water to
glvo a poor traveler, or may havo only
picked a splinter from under tho nail of n
child's finger, or havo put only two mites
into lie treasury, but tho Lord knows thent.
Considering what thoy had, they did moro
than we have over done, and their faded
dress will become a white robe, and tho small
room will lo an eternal mansion, and tho old
hat- "111 Ihj a coronet of victory, and nil tho
nppi.vttso of earth nud nil the shouting of
heaven will Iw drowned out when God rises
up to give his reward to thoso humble work
ers In his kingdom, nud to say to
them: "Well done, good and faithful
servant." You hnvo all sojn or heard
of tho ruin of Melrose, abbey. I
biipiKwo in some respects it is tho most ex
quisite ruin on earth. And yet, looking nt it
I wns not so Impressed you may set It down
to bnd taste but I was not so deeply stirred
as I w as at n tombstone nt the foot of that
abbey tho tombstone placed by Walter
Scott over the grave of an old man who had
served him for many years in his houso tho
Inscription most significant, ami I defy any
limit to stand there and read it w ithotit team
coming Into his eyes tho epitaph: "Well
done, good nnd faithful servant." Oh, wliun
our work Is over, will it Ihj found that
Ix'enuso of an thing wo havo done for God,
or tho church, or suffering humanity, that
such nu inscription Is nppropriatu for us
God grant it.
Who aro thoo who were bravest and do
served tho gi cutest monument Lord Cliiver
hmiso nnd his bin ly soldiers or John Iliown,
the Edinburgh carrier, and his wife! Mr.
Atkins, tho pcivcculcd minister of Jesus
Christ In Scotland, was secreted by John
ISrown mid his wife, and Claverhouso roile
up ono day with his armed men ami shouted
In front of the house. John Itrown's little
gill cainu out, IIo said to her: "Well, miss,
is Mr. Atkins hero)" Sho mado no answer,
for sho could not betray tho minister of the
Gospel. "Hal" Claverhouso said, "then you
aro a chip of tho old block, aio youf I havo
something In my pocket for you. It Is a
nosegay, Somu peoplo cull it a thumbscrew,
but I call It a nowgay," And ho got off his
horse, nud ho put it on the llttlo girl's
hand and begun to turn it until
tho lioues cracked nud shu cried. Ho said:
"Don't cry; don't cry; this Isn't a thumb
screw; this Is a nosegay." And thoy hoard
tho child's cry, and tho fathor ami mother
camo out and Claverhouso said: "Hal It
bocms that j ou three havo laid your holy
heads together determined to die liko all tho
rest of your liyocrIticaI, canting, sniveling
crow; rather than givo up good Mr. Atkins,
pious Mr. Atkins, j ou would die, I havo u
telescope with me that will improve
your vision," and ho pulled out a
pistol. "Now," ho said, "you old prag
matical, lest you should catch cold
in this cold morning of Scotland, and
for tho honor and safoty of tho king, to bay
nothing of tho glory of God nud tho good of
our souls, I will proceed simply and In tho
neatest and most oxpislitlous stylu posMblo
to blow your brains out," John Ilrown fell
upon his knees nud began to pray. "Ah!"
said Chivoi hou-e, "look out, if you aro going
to pray; steer clear of tho king, the council
mid Ulchui1 Cameron." "01 Lord," said
John Ilrown, "since it seems to bo thy will
that I should leave this world for a world
where I can lovo thee better and serve thee
more, I put this poor widow woman and
thero helpless, fatherless children into thy
hands. U'u havo Ihsmi tJguther in peaeo a
good while, but now wo must look forth to
a better meeting In heaven, and
as for these jioor creatures, blindfolded
and Infatuated, that stand Imfoto me, con
vert tsjictii lu'foio it lie too laU, and nny they
who havo sat in judgment in tills lonely place
on this blessed morning upon me, n poor, do-
renseless Sciiow creature may they in thu
last judgment find that mercy which they
have iefued to me, thy most unworthy, but
faithful servant. Amen," Ho rose up nnd
said: "Isabel, thu hour has coma of which I
Kke to t on the morning when I proposed
hand nud heart to you; nml nre you willing
now, for thu lovo of God, to let mo diet" She
put her arms around him ami said: "Th
Lord gnve, nnd the 1ird hath taken away.
lllews bo tho name of the Lord I'
"Stop that sniveling," said Clftverhonse, "1
have bad enough of it. Soldiers, do your
work. Take aim I Kirol" And the bend of
John Ilrown wns scattered ou tho ground.
Whllo tho wlfo wns gathering up In her npron
tho fragments of her husband's head gather
lug them tip for burial -Clavci houso looked
Into her face mil said: "Now, my good wo
man, how do you feel now nliout your bonnlo
mnnt" "Oh," sho snld, "I nlwnys thought
well of him; ho has been very good to mo; 1
lmd no reason for thinking anything but
well of him, nml I think better of him now."
O what n grand thing It will 1m In tho
last day to m-o God pick out his heroes
nnd heroines. Who aro thoso paiieni
of eternity trudging off from tho gntes of
lieavrnf Whonrotheyf Tho Lord Claver
houses nnd the Ilerods nnd those who had
scepters, and crowns, and thrones, but they
lived for thotr own nggrnndltcment, nnd
they broko tho heart of nations. Heroes of
earth, but paupers In oternlty. I bent tho
drums of their eternal despair. Wool wool
wool
Hut thereto great excitement In heaven.
Why thoso long processions! Why tho Ikwiii
lug of that great licll In tho towerf It is tho
coronation day in heaven.
Who are thoso rising on tho thrones with
crowns of eternal royalty I They must hnvo
been great peoplo on tho eaith, world re
nowned isviplo. No. Thoy taught in n rag
ged school. Taught In n ragged school I Is
that all! That Is nil. Who nre those souls
waving scepter of eternal dominion! Why,
they are little children who waited on in
valid mothers. That all! That Is all. Sho
Was called "Llttlo Mary" on earth. She is
nn empress now. Who nre that great multi
tude on the highest thrones of heaven! Who
nro thoy! Why they fed tho hungry,
thoy clothed tho naked, they healed the
sick, they comforted tho heartbroken, Thoy
never found nny rest until thoy put their
head down on tho pillow of thu sopulcher.
God watched them. God laughed defiance
nt tho enemies who put their heels hard down
on thoso his dear children; nud one day the
Iord struck his hand so hard ou his thigh
that the omnipotent sword rattled in tho
buckler, as ho said: "I am their God, and no
weaon formed against them shall prosjicr."
What harm can tho world do you when the
Lord Almighty with unsheathed sword fights
for you!
I preach this sermon for comfort. Go
home to tho placo just where God has put
you, to play thu hero or thu heroine. Do not
envj any man his money or his applauso or
his social Kjsltlon. Do not envy nny woman
her wardrobe or exquisite npcnraiice. Ho
tho hero or thu heroine. If there be no flour
in the house and you do not know where
your children are to get their bread, listen,
nnd you will hear something tnpplngngnlust
tho window pnno. Go to tho window uud
nud you will find It is tho beak of a raven,
nnd oien tho window nml there will fly In
tho messenger that fill Hlljnh. Do you
think that the God who grows tho
cotton of tho south will let you freezo
for lack of clothes! Do you think that
the God who allowed tho disciples ou Sunday
morning to go Into tho grain fluid, nml then
tnko tho grnln nnd rub It in their hands nud
eat do you think God will let you starve!
Did joii ever hear the oxjierlcuco of thnt old
man: "I have lieen young, nnd now nm I
old, yet havo I never kcoii the righteous for
saken, or his scud liegglng broad f
Got up out of your discouragement,
O, troubled soul! O, sewing woman!
O, man kicked nnd cuffed by unjust
employers, 01 yu who nro hard liesct In tho
battle of llfo ami know not which way to
turn, 01 you bereft ono, 01 you sick ono with
complaints j ou havo told to no one, come and
get tho comfort of this subject. Listen to
our grent Captain's cheer: "To him that
ovommioth will I givo to eat of tho fruit of
thotreoof llfo which Is In thu midst of tho
Paradise of God."
A Crnry AVssle of Time.
It is said that n gentleman in Philadelphia
has collected 1,(XK),(XX) cancolod ostago
stamps. It took flvo yenrs, eight months and
two days to do it, and his only object was to
occupy hlsjiparo time. It will doubt It ss occur
to ngood many people that this Phlladolphlaii
must hove been woefully destitute of re
sources if ho could And nothing letter to do
with his spare time than to collect 1,000,000
canceled postage stani)s. It will Ihi leadlly
admitted that Philadelphia, In Its material
nsiicctH, Is not encouraging or stimulating to
thu man with spare timuoii his hands, but
oven there one can find problems of philan
thropy to solvu and good work to do, uud
cuu learn to do It.
Somehow thu man who kills time by col
lecting canceled stamps, liko thu man who
can write uur so many hundred words on
thu sidu of a coin nud thu iiuiii who can eat
100 oysters In 100 hours, seems to bo ou an
intellectual luvul with thu burnt lo who adorns
his cell witli an endless, unclassiflablu and
meaningless collection of rubbish. More
asylums should lo provided for thu time
killers who throw away themselves and their
opportunities on such trifles whllo the world
is asking n wholu catechism of big questions
that aro yet unanswered, but w hlch may bo
solved by (Mitlent and intelligent work, uud
which, when solved, will niaku tho glolsi
blossom liku a rosy l'deii. Now York Press.
An Kelio from Many fireside.
Thu wlsu man now in my house thinks 1
nm wrong to urgo you to strlvonf tor sensible
conversation nu your piazzas this summer.
Ho belioves, as I do, in rent, nnd fenrs thnt
you will fatlguo your brains in tho endeavor
to eluvnto the tono of seaside and mountain
prattle. I agree with him wholly. "Long
livo nonsensul" wo cry, aliovo nil In vaca
tions. So I tnko it nil buck. Yet I sort of
wish tho noiisenso could Ira nliout sky nud
wave, humming birds In tho honeysuckle,
quails calling "Hob White I" or oven kittens,
rather than such whlsurs as thcEo; "She
said she thought so, really nud truly, and I
said I suppased ho just said that because sho
said so;" or, "I saw her going down to tho
beach, and, of courso, it is to have him come
nfter her;" or, "Forty, if sho is a day, though
sho dressos for 17," Susan Halo In Host on
Globe.
Manner and Character.
Tho two nro not Invntlnbly synonynoui,
yet to n very great dogreo manner Is' nu ex
pression of character and is Its direct result.
Fltienoos of crceptioii, dellcaoy of feeling,
hasits con e-somluuco in shades and Inflec
tions of manner. As civilization ndvniiccs
into tho finer social enlightenment, manner
becomes a factor only less luimrtant than
morals. Punctiliousness lu thoso trifle whosj
aggregate, after nil, makes up thu sum of llfo
is ono of thiyittrlbutes of character and is in
dispensable to H)llshed manner. Tho prompt
reply to letters and notes; tho duo acknowl
edgment of invitations, of gifts, of faor,
are u part of tho grammar of social life.
Hudonosji U justly considered its a social
crime. Tim ill bred person has no place In
tho social fabric, and he should be ns much
excluded from pollto llfo ns shoutl thu crinil
unl from tho business transactions of honest
men, llonutiful manners are thn flno inflor
escence of till forms of urt. Noblo sculpture,
liouutlful imliitlngn, thu harmony of music,
the charm of Intellectual gifts, nil tlnd their
highest uud most latent expression lu niuii
mr. Ilosion Trnveiw.
Origin of lluffalo TTatlows.
It has Usmi my experience, n It has Ikxmi
nf hundreds of others, thnt frequently In n
field usually ou tho margin of what was
oneo n slough, affording wnlnr In nil but
Very dry seasons, or ou thu edge of it oinl
ronimon to thu prhlriu country wo come
ncross patches of laud of from three to ton
rods fquniv, where the soli wns quite differ
ent In color nml texture from Unit on nil
side. Though, when first broken, tho prnl
rlosod oer those pitches wns not. olorvod
to bear n dlffeient kind of vegetation, still
when cultivated thoy refused to yield u croii
of either corn, small grain or vegotablen.
However, when heavily manured, they havo
boou brought up to tho nvoroflo fortuity of
tho soil Riirrmnullng. I now recognUo that
these barren soU uero originally buffnlo
wallows tho fncthnvlng been revealed to
mo within n wrsskf aftr, punllng over It for
n generation. Ito fore. lBOfl-when tlio phe
nomenal snow storm of DecemWof thnt
year neaily annihilated them -buffalo, elk,
dec nud nuteloMi fnlily swarmed lu May
and June over this, thn mlddlo portion of
the Grand prnlrloof Illinois.
Tho spot chosen for wallows were no
doubt originally licks or springs, thu waters
of which were inuio or less charged with
salts of soda, Iron nnd sulphur, lit such
sjKits thu huffa'o drnnk tomitlsfy his thirst
liotb for water and mineral tonics; nml here
ho rolled to cool off In the heat of summer
nnd nt the snmu time lo protect himself with
mud enough to sno his hide from thn lances
of tho green bend files that were ns thick as
bees In tho tall grass. These wallows were
no doubt returned to every summer, nml in
courso of time centuries mom or less tho
repented wallowing ho changed tho nature of
tho soil, so mixed nnd mingled It With the
liluo clay sulwoll, so Impregnotcd It with tho
salts of sulphur nud lion, that tho elements
of plant food were eliminated nml sulmtances
Injurious to vegotntlon took their place.
Thoso barren sjKits lu the prairies have lieen
known to farmers and cultivators overslneo
tho settlement of the country, but thu secret
of their origin seems never to have boon dis
covered, or If told, nover repeatisl so ns to
liecomo common property, Cor, Country
Goutlomnu.
Nrw Mntlvn I'nnrr,
Tho steady progress w hlch Is lielng mado
In mechanical science has received another
illustration by n novel method of profiling
shlM which has Just Imvii submitted to thu
naval profession, Tho representative of this
new typo of vessel Is tho SCephyr, thu second
of Its kind, which has Issjii constructed from
tho designs of Mr, A. V Ynrrow of Messrs.
Yarrow & Co., tho woll known flrm of tor
pedo boat builders, of Poplar, Loudon, nml
which was brought under thu notlco of the
Institution of Navnl Architects nt its recent
meeting, Tlio construction of tho vessel dif
fers very llttlo from steam launches, except
that the machinery is placed right nt her
stern, while tho fuel is carried lu u tank In
her lxiws, tho Intervening space being ii
served for iwsseiigers, cargo, etc.
It Is In connection w ith tho propulsion of tho
boat that n new ileuirturo has been taken,
tho fuol used Mug u highly volntllo hydro
carlsm, one Of the early products In tho dis
tillation of H'troleuni, having n speclflc;
grnvlty of from O.WJ to 0.7!1. This liquid Is
iui m tielo of commerce lu the Uititcd States,
ami can Iki purehiisisl there at the rate of
flvo enc t gallon, Tho novelty of Its ap
plication is that the vasr of this hydro-car-Ism
is made to servo nt the snmu time ns tho
fuel nnd piojiellliig ngent. As to tho Zophj r,
this vessel Is thirty-six feet in length liy six
feet beam, nml is built of steel, Tho hull
wolghs fomtoen hundredweight nnd thn mo
chlncry sit hundredweight, making n weight
of one ton. There is nothing in thu construc
tion of the hull which culls for special re
mark, nor Is tho prtclliiig machinery an
ordinary direct nctlng I uveitis! engine, pro
vided with the usual link motion, feed puui)s,
otc of nn exceptional type. Chandlers'
Journal.
ItcilSOII Why Mc, Wlil-tlc,
Whistling was Invented to glvo it man a
chance to odd a noise to thu other noises In
creation. Tho other noises lu nature are nil
ntluned to thu character of thu article that
produros them, The breewi makes Its gentle
sigh, tho brook has its eculiur sound, tho
storm has its crash and itsronr, Kvcrythlng
made a nolso In tho world except mini wlien
he was alone, A man can't talk to himself;
it is idiotic, altV.migh it Is astonishing how
many isxiple do It. A cough Is not a very en
Jojable sound, audit irritates thu lungs to
produce it, A siieeenlwnys goes with a cold
lu the head. True, u man can sing; that is,
ho can try to sing, but if It is nt nil agieeablo
Itswius somehow to lie wasted If someliody
has not paid an admission feo to hear it.
That's why women hao such a terrible repu
tation for talking. They enn't whistle, nnd
thoy havo nothing to relievo thu restraint
when they am alone; so when they got hold
of nnylssly they nuiko up for it.
Hut whistling was Inveiitisl t conceal
music. You don't need to have iiiusio in
jour soul to whistle. It Is simply thn nolso
or a vacant mind. The loud laugh of Oliver
Goldsmith that bespeaks tho vacant mind ap
plies to a crowd Tlio whistle shows tho
vacant mind lu Its solitary sUte. When you
hear n man whistle who palpably does not
know a tune, ho Is either n very good follow
or a vory bad fellow. Did you ever notice
that Jews don't whlstio much! They haven't
got much vacant mind. When ft Isn't iieeitvd
lu their own business thoy rent it to other
businesses. Hut of all wlWstlers thu young
gentleman going home about 1 o'clock in tho
morning, who whistles "II Trovotore" with
all tho band parts, takes the bakery. San
Friincisco Chronicle,
Di-totril to African Ncwu.
There nro now three iwriodlcnls in Humpo
which nro wholly devoted to Afrlcnn news
nud comments iis)ii the vnifous enterprises
developing there, while three-fourths of the
sico In another Journal Is gicn solely to
affairs in tho Congo stato. Ono of these
lerlodlcals has n circulation of ti,000 copies.
L'Afrique, which is published In Gcitivu,
nnd Tho African Tlnuw, of UiihIoii, have
Ikmsii in the Held for several years, and now
comes Tho Afriku Post, Issued in Hamburg,
which will Ihj chiefly devoted to Germany's
commercial interests in her new African
colonies. Now York Sun.
A Itrokcn Oil lpe.
One of tho pipes of the Standard Oil com
winy, that bring oil from the js troleum re
gions of Pennsylvania to New York, a dis
tance of -100 miles, recently burst in Vernon
township, Sussex county, N. J. Heforo the
mischief was discovered tho soil lu tho vi
cinity of thu broken pljw liccnmu saturated
and M)lsflned with crudo oil, and ruined for
the present. A large qunutlty of oil flowed
into tho nelghliorliig stivmis, ami Hio uslm
died by thousands,- Scientltle American.
Girls from furelun Ijiinl..
It Is estimated thut during thc.ticxt llvt
years COO.OOO girls will land nt Castle Gar
den, nud that according to past statistics out
In overy ten of theo will 1st ltd nstiuy lifter
sho arrives lu New York. The establishment
of a protectory nud Industrie.! school is sug
gcsUsl ns a means of putting the girls in the
way of earning u llwlibood New York
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Garfield Addition
O Seventeenth street car line of Lincoln Street
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