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AN OBNOXIOUS DIET. DR. TALMAGE TALKS ABOUT MAN'S DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. Up Ufiiiitfkfi'Iliiit tlio llriirt mill (lip Mirr Art) nly ii lw Iiichru Apart, unit Wlmt A (Vert (Inn Aricrts tlio Olhri Sormi Dk'tlns; I'm-uhlr. IiHOOKt.VN, Nov. liV-At tlio Tiibcnntclo tills evpnlnr; Hip pn-nt coiiKregtitlon MHg tlio hymn bpj-lnnniK! Awakp, my noul. to Joyful Inys. Ami kIiiu tliu urt-nt lledeeiner's praise Kpv. T. Do Wltt'l'aliniiRp, I). I.,prpaehed, taking for hit tpxti "Ami thco nro they which yuMinll litivo In abomination among tlio fowls: tlio nvvl.tho ultiirt, tuul tliu Itnt. Theo nlsoMinll Ui unclean to) on nmongtho rirrplng things that creep liK)ii tlio partln tlio chameleon nml tlio snail." U-vlt. xi, lit, IK). Kollnvv iii Is tliu discourse- In full: Tlio ll.hlp olTprn pvpry possible, variety "of thump, of argument anil of Illustration. Wo euro not much in what I.iihI of a pitcher tlio water of lifo Ik brought, If It It only the clear, iilio u liter. (IikI gave HicuucicntMii list of tho animals that they might pat, ami a list of thouuiumls thpy might not cat. TIipmi m'( plo lived in a hot pliuiatp, ami certain forms ofntilmal food corrupted their blood, ami dlspoMil thpin to Hi-rofuloiis disorders, do. pnivcd their upptitps ami bemcaued their souls. A man's food, w Iip:i !io has tho moans nud opportunity of selecting it, suggests I, Is moral tiaturp. Tlio reason tho wild Indian is as cruel as the lion Is hecnuso ho has food that gives him tho hlood of tlio lion. A nils niotmry among tlio lmltaiis snvs that, liy changing his nt)k of food to correspond with theirs, his tenierauieul vvns piitlrply changed. Tliero aro pprtaiii forms of food that havo a tendency to nlTppt tho moral iinttiru. Many n Christian Is try ing todo by prnver that which cannot lip dono except tliroiii'.h corrected diet. Tor In stance, ho who uses swine's Ho-.li for poiistaiit iliet will ho discncd in body and polluted of Mini all his liturgies and catechisms not withstanding Tlio (ludaicno sv. mo were. tossu&Mil of tho ilovll, and ran dow n a steep placo into tho sea, and all tho swliioover since seem to havo Ihm'ii similarly possessed. In Ivltleus(.lod nine!; this meat oil" tho iililu of his eoplo, and plaivd lioforo them n llll of rnro at once healthful, iiutntiom and generous. Hut, higher ..than this physical reason, thciowasii spiritual reason why (iod pIiomj rpilain foi ms of food for tho ancients. tlol gavo a peculiar diet to his people, not only becnip-o he wanted them to bo distinguished from tho surround ing nations, hut hecauso certam hiuls aiul animals, by reason of their hahits, havo al ways boon suggcstivo of liioial qiinhtips. Ily tho list of tilings from which they wero to abstain, (lod wished to prejudice their minds iignlnst certain evils; and in tho list of law fill things given ho wished to suggest certain forms of good. When (Jod solemnly forbade his psnplo to eat tho owl, tho vulture, tliu bat, thu chameleon and tho snail, he meant to diivo out of his people, nil tho sins that wero thus cuihlcuuisl. iiamkui. i:kki:cts ok ovvusiinuss amo.no HUN. I tnl;o tho suggestion of tho text, ami say that ono of tho first unclean things tlio Chris tian needs to drivouutof his soul is tho owl. Tho oh I is tho mclauchol) bird of night. It hatches out whole broods of si'pootit ions. It Is dole. fill and hideous. When It sings it slugs, through its 1100. It loves tho gloom of night better than tho brightness of the day Who has not slept in tho cabin near tiio woods, mid been awakened In tho night by tho dismal "too-hoo"of tho on If .Melancholy is tho owl that i3 perched in many a Chris thin toul. It is an unclean bird, ami needs to Iki driven invr.y. A man whoso sins aro pinioned ami who Is on tho road to heaven, has no right to lw gloomy. JIosiivh: "I havo so many doubts." That is because "you aro lay." Go actively to work in Christ's caiiso ami your doubt's will vauMi. Yoiibny: "1 leu olot my prop erty;" but I reply, "Vou havo inllnitotrcav ures laid up in heaven." You say: "I nni weak and sickly and going to die." Then ho congratulated that )ouaroso near eternal health and xrpctual gladness Catch a few morning larks lor your soul and stono thi; owl oil )our picinises. oiir.i'.itri'i.NKss An a pancca rou am. i:vif Asa litllo girl was eating tho sun dnshol upon her spoon, and sho cried, "O, mamma, 1 havo swallowed a spoonful of siinshluol" Would Hod that wo might all indulge in tho tatno beverage! Chcerl illness it makes tlio homeliest faeo handsome; it makes tho hard est mattress soft; It runs tho loom that weaves buttercups, and lainlxjn, ami nu loras. Cod uiailu the grass black f No, that would bo too bombu' (od mado tho grass rcdi No. that would bo too gaudy, (iod made tho gruvt gicen, that by this parablo nil tlio world uuglit Iio led to 11 subdued chrerfulucst. Head iouf lliblo in tho mi:i shiiio. ltemember that your physical health is clOM-ly allied to ) our spiritual. Tho heart ami the liver aro only a few iuclus np.ut, ami what directs ononirccts tho other. A historian records that by tho sound of great laughter in Homo Hmiuih'irsiissuultiugurmy was frightened away in retreat. And tliero is in tho great outbursling joy of 11 Christian soul that which can drivu back uny in fornnl bcslegoineiit. Kits loo dark closets, mill Satan looi to burrow in a gloomy soul, "llojolco In tho Lord, O yo lighteousl and again 1 say ivjolcoi" Hoist tho w indow of your soul in this, tho 12 o'clock of ) our spiritual night I'ut tho gun to your shoulder and aim at tho black Jiinglo Iroiu whlcli tho hooting comes, pull tho trigger and drop that croaking, loath some, hideous owl of religious melancholy into tho bushed. bOJIB IXTCIlUbTINO I'ACTH AI10UT OOBSIPS, Again: taking tho suggestion of tho text, diivoout tho vultiu'o from your suul. Ood would not nlloiv tho .low j to eat it Jt llvua on carcasie. it fattens umong tho deail; with leaden wing itciicleniiboutbattleJleJvU Wilson, tho American ornithologist, counted !S17 vultures around oim farcuw. Jf croasiug tho desert w lion thcro is 110 sign of wing in tho air, 11 camel (K-iii.li out of thocarat'au, immediately tho air legiiis to darken with vultiiie-i. Tliero aro many professed Chris tians who haven vulture, in their souU. Thpy prey upon the character and feelings of oth iiM. A doubtful reputation Is a baiupiet fot' them. Komo rival In trade ( r piutessio'i falls, ami tho vulturo puts out its head. Tli) peoplu rovel in tlio details of a m:iu' ruin. Tliey say; "1 told you so" Tliey lush into some btoio ami say: "llao)ou heard tho nowsl Just n-s 1 expectedl Uur neigh bor has gono all to pieces! (Jood for hiiul" That professedly Christian woman, having heard of tho wrong doing of somu bister in tho church, Instead of hiding tho sm with 11 limtitld of charity, (Kxldles it all along tho (itreots. Kho tikes tliu ufternoou to uiako her long neglected calls. Oho tells, the storj ten lliuea lfor; sundown, and every timo tells it larger. Hint 1 ushes Into tin parlors to tell it, and into llii uurbcry to tell it, ami into tlio kitchuiis to tell it. Sliotays; "Would) on liavo thought 111 Wt'll, 1 always Bjid tliero as something wronj? about her. Whv, 1 lUuulil not jHal; lo hir if I w her In thu JtC, ftrcet. Is It not horrible! Hut better lint nay nny thing ntrntit it, iKsnuso theiv may bo somo inUtnko. 1 do not want my namo Involved in tho nmttcr I guemi I will Just go ovpr and ask tlict 1 nt No. U-Xl whether thoy hao hoanl It. (Iiipv It mtit boeo, for Mary Ann uiys that he,' husband kjiw n 111.111 who hpnrd from his htiflmwi paitnei that IiIk bliid old graiidinothfr had een nomclhlng that l(M)kisl ery nusplclotml" Tlio most loathsome, mlsrrablp, (lod for tsikpii w rpteli on earth Is n gossip. 1 cm tell heron tho rtnvt, though 1 havo nuvpp ss-n lur beforo. ijlic walks funt nml has her Ism not strings loose, for sho lias not had tlluo to t'o thpin flnco oho heard that last scandal. Hho hsiks both wnjsiis sho kikms, hoping to ms.' now pvldeiK'ps of depravity In tlio win dows. I think that when Ritnu hasn Job no iullultelv menu that in nil tho pit ho cannot Mini a devil mean enough to do it, and all hrilips and threats hnvo fulled to git ono willing for tho infernal crusade, ho says to ono of his sergenut.si "(Jo up to llrooklyu, and In such n street, on mieli a eorner, get that gossiping woman, and sho will ho glad todo It" And sure enough, like 11 hungiy llsh, sho takes tho hook In her mouth, ami Satan slackens tho lino, and lets her 11111 out fin trier ami farther, until after awhllo ho R.is:'"It Is tiuioto haul In that lino," and with a few strong pulls ho brings her to tho lioach of (Ire. What do you say! That sho was a member of tho church! I cannot help that When Hatali go -h a-IIshlug ho does not i-aro what school tho fish belong to, whether it Is 11 I'leshyteilnn nmckricl or an Ilplscopa I1.111 Kiliuoti, Amidst tho thunder crash of Sinai, (lod said: "Thou shalt Hot Ix-ar fuiso witness against thy npighbor." And hi ! viticus lie says: "Thou shalt not go up ami down as a talo lioarcr." Tako not Int-t )otir ear that scum of hell that people call tlttlotattla Whosoever willingly listens to a slander Is equally guilty with tho 0110 who tells it, and all old writer says they ought X)thtolK hung, tho 0110 bv tho tongue and tho other by tho ear. Do not smllo upon such a spaniel, lest, llko a pleased dog, Iip. put his dirty paw uh)ii you. Throw back tlio shutter of your soul, oh Christian men and women, ami seo if tliero bo within you a vulturo with lllthy talons and cruel beak, lict not this unclean thing roost in our Mill, for my text s.i)s: "Yo shall hold in abomination among thu fowls, tho vulture." Tin: K.mmii up iii-.i.sn t.ticts a hat. Ag 1I11, taking tho suggestion of tho text, drive out tlio tint from your soul. No won der (lod Get this bird among tho unclean. It is an oirenso to overy ono. Let it Ily Into tho window of a summer night, ami all tho hands, joung and old, aro against it It Is half bird and half mouse. It seems mado partly to walk and partly to Ily, mid docs neither well; and Ix-comes an emblem of those Christians who try to cling to earth ami lie.nen nt tho same time. They want lo walk on 0:11th in worldlinens, nml yet 11 v toward heaven In spirituality; and their soul, U-tween feet ami wings, is constantly perplexed Oh, my brethren, l ono thing or thu other! Choovj tlio world, if ou prefer it, and see him many dollars ou can win, and how much applau-u )ou can gain, and how lurgo a business on can establish, mid how grand a house you can build, nud how fast a sp.au of horses ) 011 can drive. You may 1st pro crc(l until you can fall for (fcHMI 0, liMoud of having the graeo to fall for only $U),U)us some unenterprising ieoplo do. It is tpiiut u reward to bo ablo for ten or twenty vears to bo called 0110 of tho solid men of Urooklyn or llostou. nud then, to uiako your foituuo last as long as possible, wo will give you a splcmlcd funeral, ami jnu shall havo tweuty-ilvo carriages following )ou with somebody in tho most of them, and your colllu shall havo silver handles on tlio sides, ami wo will mourn for you in splendid pocket handkerchiefs bound with cniK and with bombazine twenty full yards lung, trull ing half across tho parlor, so that all tho company may stand upon It, and wo will wnto our letters for tho next six mouths on Kiwr edged with black. Hut my friend, ) our worldly fortunes will not last I uiil buy out now all that you will bo worth in worldly estate seventy II vo vears from now. I havo thu money In my imckct w ith w hich to do it Iloru it is! Two cental It is a large sum to olfer for nil oil will (wsm-.-vS at thoclo-oof soveuty-llvo )ears. Chooso tho world, If you want to; but, if not, then choo-s) heaven. That cstato lies partly on tins sldo of tho river, hut mostly on tho other. It iever accumulating. Tho prohoet of it makes ono Independent of earthly misfortunes; so that lingers, tho martyr, slept so soundly tho night lieforo his burning, they violently shook him In order to get him awuku in tunu fur tho execution, nml I'aiil exults iU. tho thought of thu "Joy unsieakahlo and full of glory." Uli, chooso earth or lio.ivuiil Mulo up vour mind whether vou will walk in curthly Joys, or Ily with li ,--puly expecta tions. Do nut n bat, lit neither to walk nor Ily, having Just enough of he.ivcu to spoil tho world, ami so much of tho world ns to spoil heaven. Christ says that o.ir present t'olidltiou nauseates him to positive sickness: "Hecauso thou ait neither cold nor hot, I will sjuw theo out of my mouth." In tho ruins of l'ouioii tliero was found a initialled woman, who, instead of trying to Ily from tho dostrood city, had spent her tiiuo in gathering tip herjowels. Hho saved neither her life nor her jewels. Tliero uro multitudes making thocamo mistake. In trying to get earth and heaven ) oil lo-i both. " Yo cannot servo (lod and Mammon." Ho ouu thin,; or tho other. Tiead thu earth hko a lion, or mount tho air lil.o tlioeaglo, lor my text sa)s: "Yo shall havo in aboimu.uion i.moii thu fowls, thu bat." TLMl.NCOATB ANO DOl'nt.n PACES AS Pl'III.IO NVIBANCGH. Again, taking tho suggestion of tho text, drivu out thucliauieleoii from your soul j'lioro U soino dlfl'erenco among good men as to tlio liamoof this creeping thing winch (Jod pro 11011 need unclean, but I shall takotlioopmiou which seviiH best suited to my purposo Tlio chameleon is a reptile, cluelly known by Us chaiigeablcupsii of color, taking the color of tho thing next to it sometimes brow 11, soino tunes red ami sometimes gray, but alwavs tho color of its surroundings .1 tv 1 oof that class of Christians who uro now ono tiling 111 religious faith and now another, just to bint circumstances, alwavs taking their .color of ichglous belief Iroin tho Juau they aro laiking to The) gu tn ono place, mid aro llrst r.ito Unit.ina..s. "Jesus weuu good man, but nothing inure" '1 hey go to i'riiicetou, and tliey are lriiitnri.iu,nl most willing to die lor the iliviiiit) of Jo-ail Among tho L'iuvirs.ilits they iviiimi tliu idea of fiitinu piiiilsluueut, and gumg .iiuong IIiomi ofopposito belief, announce tliat theiois a licli with a gusto that m.ikis you think they uro fil.id of it. Diivo out that uiiclc.iii chameleon from your soul. Do not bo ever changing tho color of ) our faith M v f 1 lends, Liberal Cliristiauity, lalsely si called, behoves 111 nothing. (Jod i anylhm you want to uiiku liim. 'llo Hibl'o to Ikj liolioved in ui far ,is you llko it Heaven a grand mir.iug up of Neroa ami I'auls. The man ''.ho ibes by sucidu in hi light mind in IS&i, heat In.,' Into glory by ten years tho Christian man who dim a Chi lti. ill death 111 Ih'.l;, tl-o sui I'ldo proving himself w iser than tho l hris t Ull). Oil, my lllellds, let us try to believe in umu'thiiii; An Infidel una cu'led to th IssMdoof Ids daughter. Tho daughter nld. ''Father, which thai) I bellevp, )oiioriuothei I Mother t.ixik tho rpllglon of Christ nml died In Its embrace. You say that religion Is a humbug Now I am going to die, and I am very much pci'plovsl, shall 1 bellevo )oii, or Inkotho iH'lli'f of my motlirrr Tho fathrr said: n "Chooso for yoiirs'lf." Sho Mid- "No; I nni t(M weak to choon for ni)self, I want you lo chooso for 1110 " "Well," said Hip father, after much best Hat Ion and embari ass inent, "Mary, I think )ou hud Utterlake tho lellglou of ) our mother." Tho t lino will come when wo shall havo lo believe some thing. Wo cannot ulToid lo boon the fence In religion. Truth and el ror aro set opHisllo to each other. Tho ono Is liitluitely tight, and tho other Infinitely vviong. In the Judg ment dn) wo must give an account of what wo behoved as well as for what wo acted. Tlio dltrcrcuco between believing liutli nud bcllov Ing error Is thu dlll'orcneo belwis'ti .r nilLsoand H-nlitlon. I beg vou, In (ho light of tho lliblo, and on your kuccs Ix-foro (lod, to form vour tsllgious opinion ami then stick lo It, though business (Minpatilotis scoir, ami witMcancatuiv, and the air crackles with tho Ihesor maiiviiloin. Surely truths In behalf of which Chi 1st died, ami angels of (lod tr.M'iH'd foith, and tho whole uulveixo is mar shaled, mo win lb living for mid worth living for. Amidst tho most unclean things is this evvr changing chameleon of ichglous theory. Away with the reptilol (lod abhors it with an all consuming abhni rence. Ouco mote; take I ho suggest Ion of the text, and drive out the snail from )our soul (Jod has dcclarisl It unclean. It Is an animal to U found ovcrywhcio between the pohhst north ami I hikliot test south. Thorp aicllflis'ii hiindied shsmcs of tho snail. 'I'hey have 110 baeklMiuc, mid thpy aro so slow (hat their movemeut Is almost Imperceptible. You sis iiHiinil 111 one pl.Kst tislay; go to moiitiw nud Vim will llud it lias advaiussl onlv a few liiehes. It Iss'omes an emblem ol Unit largo class of Christian oople who go to work Willi n slow iipssmid sluggishness that Is won derful. Thoy 11 ro Mtopss by every little ob stacle, because, like tho snail, I hey havo 1,0 hacklxiun. Others mount up on englo's wings, but the) go at a snail's pace. THU COl.MNSIIIP OK PIUIIKMI;, I.AZIXCKH, M.OTH AMI HTI'I'IIUTV Oh, child of (likl, urotiMil V have nilh sisi7isl I'ruilcnco and Caution long enihigh. I'rudencolsn iH-.iutlful grace, but of all thu family of Christ! m griuvs I like her the least for sho has boon married so often to Linnets Sloth and Stupidity Wo havo a millict Idlers in Um laud's v iueyanl vvlio pride thpin nelveson tln-ir pmdenco. "He prudent," said tliodUclplos of Christ, "and Mnv nway from Jerusalem." but ho went "llo prudent,' said l'aul's fiiends, "ami look out what )ou say to Felix." but bo tlcmdeied away until tho 1 tiler's knees kuoekcil logetlier In the p)cs of tbo world, the mo-d fuipnideiit men that ever lived wero Martin Luiher, nud JohnOldcastlo, ami Wesley, and Knox. My opinion H that tlio most Impru dent and iccklcssthingls to -.tnnd still It is well to hear our commander's voice when ho rays "Unit!" but ipute as imiitautto hear it when he says "Forward!" This (Jospcl ship, mado to plow tho sea nt flftpen knots mi hour, Is not making tiuce. Sometimes it Is most prudent to rido your horso slowly and pick out tho wnv for his feet, and not strike him with tho spurs, but when n band of Shoshone Indians aro after you in full tilt, tho most prudent thing for you to do is to plunge in tliu rowels nml put )our horso ton lull run, shouting: CJo'loiigl" until tho llocl.y mountains echo it. Thofo.'sof (5od arc pursuing us. Tho world, tho flesh nod tho devil aro after us; and our wisest course, Is to go ahead at swllt-o.-t speed. When tlio church of (Jod gets 10 advancing too fast, it will Ikj timo enough to uo cau tion. No nml of putting on tho brakes w hilo going up hill. Do not let us sit down wall ing for somt thing "to turn up," but gouhead in tho jiamo of (lod, and turn It up. Tho great danger to the chinch now is not ouvi tioii, but stagnation. Oh that the Lud dod would send a host of aroused and consecrated men to set the chinch on lire, and to turn tho world upside down. Let us go to work ami catch tho last snail in oursouls. With di vino velieinonco let us stamp its life out. for my text declares: "Thc-u also shall be unclean to you among tho creeping things that creep upon thoeurth: thoehainch and the snail." I havo thus Hied to piejudico llu-so Chris tian men and women ngtuist gloominess, and slander, mid half and half exierleinv.s, ami hangeableness, ud tloth. Our opportuni ties for getting lietter aro IMng rapidly swallowed up in tho remorseless past This golden Sabbat Ii is about to drop out of the calendar This moment may wo diivo out all thu unclean things from" our souN tho vulture, nml tho bat, ami tho owl. and tho chameleon, nud tliosuail, and in pl.u-o ilioip. of bring in tho Lamb of (iod, ami tlio Dovo of tho Spirit! Thu ims) is urgent. Arcms'l boforo it bo eternally too l.ite! "Whatso ever thy hand llmtcth to do, do it!" Tlio Location of Culrarj-, Lvery indication goes to show that Golgo tha, or Calvary, was a kuol! outsido of tho Damascus gate, exactly in thoopposito dliec Hon of that alllxed by Christian tradition, and allien would do uvvay with tho Via Dolorosa as a sacred thoroughfare, tho street showu as that aloii,' whicli Christ boro his cross on his wny to execution It is only probable that Calvarv was llm ni.Iin,,,-,-....... cntiou ground of Jerusalem, which is called in tho Talmud "tho IIouso of Stoning," about A. I) I.VI, and which current tradition unions tho Jows identities with tins knoll -a tradition iHjrnoout by tho account of it con tained in tho Midina, or nxtof the Talmud, I which deiMilio. a clifT over which lheon- I deinued win thrown by tho first witness. If ho was not killed by tho fall, tlmswoud wit- I no cast n stono tiisni him, and (ho crowd u tho chuY.or ItuiuMtli It, completed ins cso- 1 cut 10:1. J It wasoutsido tho pate, nt soino distimst from tlio judgment hall. Tho knoll 111 ipics- ' lion is just outsido tlio gate, with a cliff about tit y feet high. Moreover, wo nro in foruud that sometimes (hoy su.ik n lioani iu the gioimd, mid n cross U-arn extended from it, ami they bound his hands ono over tho other and hung him up Thus tho IIouso of Stoning wasa rcoogiiiA-d placo of crucillxiou. J It is curious that an cai ly Christian tradition pointed to this situ as Hie placo of stoning of Stephen, thu proto mm t) r Tho v icluity has apparently alwa)s bis-n considered unluckv I An Arab writer iu tho middle age pr'o- 1 noiiuees a barren tract nillninoi.r ,.,.,. n,.,.i j and haunted, bo that tho traveler should not puss ut night-Iiurenco Oliphunt A I'ircimliiu Slave's Suicide. A Turkish police- court In Coustaiitinoplo lias In-pi) investigating tho caiiso of tho death ofu)ounguud U-autiful Circassian slave, found Hailing in tho llosphorus, with her hands nml loot flrnily bound with thongs. Tho court had (ho body ideiitillod as that of n girl w iio lolougod to 11 wealthy Tin k. Then it rendered tlio decision thut'tl.o deceased ".uno to her death by drowning, sho having .ast hurwlf into thobcn witli tho )iirKoof taking her own life, Tho llrmiiess of this purpos) w as show 11 by tho solidity with vv Inch ho had bound her own hands and foot bofoie tin owing liertelf into tho wutcr.-Uau Fra.. 1 isco Argonaut LIRHHTY OF CANADIAN PRISONERS. Convict (liven flri-nl I'lrcilom, iinl Netpr Atlcoipl lo Ch-iii-o, "What kind of 11 ixmltcir inry tic llip.v linv Iheipl" wnsnsktsl bv a Detroit J iiiriiiil u Hu,fpr wlillo conversing with a tnirilor who ltssntly tptuimsl from a Hip to .hp Stony mountains, uUmt twenty miles ninth of Wlnnls'g "It's tho gicatpst lustltullouof tlio kind I ever kiiw I'nsoucrs 1110 mado to feel that they tiro prlsonciN, yet Iheio am nc rigors of discipline lo uiako men unruly There mo about 'Jt Ml convicts their. MaJ Hensop prowsl himself 1111 ostrnordluary dls'lpiiu Milan In tint army, )et ho was tvpll likisl. Sin goon SiitliPilaud, of tlio iNMilteiiilary, told 1110 Hint when a primmer-arrived Hiern Mil J lleuson at oms bud a piivato talk with him llo gnvo tho pilsoucr to under stand lh.it ho was his fiiend. that ho iu feuded to list every one ralrl) , but ho had Invu put I hero todischiirgo 11 pertain duty, and tliat tho convict hud Ix-on senttheieio N'ifoilil 11 isitiilii duty, that ho should take his bpntence, Jus or unjust, as 11 man. And In overv push ho won tho convicts over, so that In nil his timo Iheio M11J lleuson bus never had tiso lor tho dm k cells or had 11 prisoner oseaM. "Ksc;ih bv tho way, would ls rather (bill cult The iK'intentiiirv nud nil the buildings connected with II iiikoii Slouv Mountain, u spaeo coveting somofoit) iicics, wlilch i-Im-s nbriiptlv fioin the prnll n soino thu ty 01 foitv fis-t It Is thooulv elevation for n long dis taiico, and from it n uiiigtiillecut v ion is ob tallied iu all duvet ions Tho pcmioutiarv on account of lis hs-atloti, Is tlieieforo wilii out a wall Tim guards have their ImmIs around Hie islgo of tho so calks I mountain, which isliiiinguliir lusluis',auil looking down thoy cuiiiuiiiml tlio pruiilo foi a lung iIih fanisv i hit wnideii will put Him couvicta at no win l whlcli coiilbcts witli an organinl Hade Tin v nro at werli on the buildings ami ut fanning Tlieieiiio onh tucutv two guards. 'I in- prisoners mo nllowisl lo go to woik 011 their pi it 1I0 "MaJ lleiisnii ttHik 1110 to see what ho palled his Mi mi; gang,' 11 cd a most reiu-11 k ahlo trio it piovisl Tint men weio Indians and ugisl 1 pmm-i lively ;, W ,, s. ,,., 'IIipsn) Mann' shot the llrst policeman at tint Hmuof the Kiel icIk-IIIoii. Chief Charlovois (Mlllliuiliihil tho Indian forces Hi the Kiel 10 U'lllon The third one, 'Court O Hollies,' or 'Hlllo l')ps,' was senteniisl for hfo for imir tier as a cannibal llo Is an Athabasca Iu dhiu. At tho timo of tho reb'liion (licit sup plies weio shut oil' and Hieio was much suf fcilllg. 'Hlue ICvcs" family Consisted of Ins mother in l.iw, wife ami thrco children. Thu mother In-lii tv was killed III stand oaten, then Hin chlldi one bv one. Finally 'llluo U)eV ki'hsl Ins wife lor fool. "Onlv Hut linliiiicliiel, of tint tlirci, could sN'nk Fnglish, irid ho tippp.-ircd ipillo lutclll gout When I saw them they wei-o half 11 mile from anv guard, mid M11J HeiiMiu Nild ho could tt nil I hem 1111 v w hei o. Thoy seemed vigoious and well, wero ut woik III u vego table gulden nud looked 101 though, thoy had 11 good many vo.irs of their life Footpuco bo fore them. I look their pietuicH, of (Viiirsc, for I'm never without in) camera. Theism v ids there wear 11 light colored uniform, 0110 leg dar .t r than tho other mid the opposite sldo of thu bloiiMi din ker. "They don't havo tho sullen, doggisl look of convicts iu American prisons. As wo drove along they would In ing up their hands with 11 military salute to MaJ lleuson or tlio surgeon, and look btightuud pleased to Hit llieni. A number of the prisoners have Imsjii taught taxidoriii), ami tlio main entranco to tho pi 1011, tlnotigh which all pass in nud out, pieseiits a very lino collodion of mounted birds and U-asts. White ow Unbound Hicj-p, and soino iiiaglilllccut sjh'cIiiioiis have Ix-on stulV-'d. Then) mi) ell,-, bull'iilo, deer, mitiv ok mountain lions, emotes, foxes, wolves mid other minimis iu thu collection, nud u great viii ict v or I111 ds. It givt.t the couv ids no Interest in their prison, and some ol them havo In-eoine oxh.m t taMilcriuists." Speeelii'M 'lli.it Wales Unties. There is 11 icport tint Mr Murray Is going shortly to publish tin I'riiuu of Wnh -' sKi'chos. llo has now spol.ci in public foi n ipiai tor of a century, ami many s.sipo be lieve that his Sk-pcIios aru written for him. the prlnett only putting tlio (hushing tom-liei. himself. It is obvious ho must havo an 1111 uieiisodeal of assistance, for Hie Mibjuds on which ho speaks aro bovaiiod it would li next to iinHissililu for linn to ptepaio the materials f r Ininself It will bo inteiostiu to mo if theio Is nny natural develepuii'iit m them, or If they show tho work of dilFerent hands I U'lpivo there has been no ipiustio 1 on wliieli tho 1'ilnco or Wain, ins hud stronger views than on that of Ireland, nud Ins opinions on tho desirablity of having n roval ntideiico tliero aro K-rlectly well known lint his feelings on Ui.so ui-itt'. s v.cionot shared Iu liU'her ipi-irteix, and, lo the 1 11 1 hit's givat credit, ho his never nr mittod Ills ooinions, If thoy w. av In oii lion to tliosi' of tlio ipieou, to bccuuiu l.nowu llo is Hid llrst Imir upiMiuiit 111 Lugliiiid who has never allow oil whatever diirt-renci s may havoarisen h.'twicu Ini.i ami tho crown to become public goip. - Lunduii World. Up Was .Moveil, A well Known Imsiues-t linn call linn lllanl. dash tosnvii him uotorn ty who Is not at nil noted for going to church, drop; ed into u prnjer meeting on the Hill tvitli MvofrlcmU who were, Judging from tho event, t-till les.s pious tlinii he, ami seated theinselveH, tho llrst ono e.it forward of tho other. Tlieio wero I the usual flvo inniiito lem.irkti and testimo i nlcs, iiitPiNp-i-vsl witli hinging, to which I they listened interestedly '1 hell caluoouo of i those awful pauses winch will occur in thu Ix-st regiihitcd pr.iver iiipetings, after tho i leader had called for "muiic other brother to riv." Suddenly 111 iiil.dasli poiH-d up, Urnight mid rotund, lllliug tho eves or thu gathering, with Ids lips iu. if about tofjieiil., orn.s Irving to say mi thing Hut not a vvoidd.d liu utter just stisHl a moiiieiit, then 1 mill; bicli into his seat and howi.l his head Thoripploof bitrprisod attention it paused passisl, nud the uifitmg went on.it Iteiug hupiu-ed Iio was too much moved for utter ('.nee. Tlio sad truth was that ouu of lui 1 wicl.nl friends with u tcnifpiu had furnished thu roelling xmcr lor lilanl.ihuirs mdiL.i rise. Springlhld tMus-s.) Cor Hun t'jc.irtlied mi (( Canoe, I A iliMMViry of gieat interest lias Uvti inado iu the tidal nvci Humble, ueur llotlev, Hants. Kugl.ind. A boat Iioumi is U-nVg built at Hie Miint of the junction of 1 1. I Curdlldgocip I, n-th;tho liver, muiiu little ilislancoalKivo tho sxt winy o tliero is still existing a wix'cl. of a ll.im.n mini of war In lemoviug thu iiiiiiI to iiiiiKu kiilllcicnt waterwii) Miiiielluu,; hard wim encountered, which, on Uniig carefully uucoveasl, provtsl to luii K.iition of an nneiout cainsv It la a few feet higher up the uver than thu old Itoiiiiiu haudv.ay or lauding place, and was evidently sunk closo to tlio khoie. It nboiil twelve real long by two and a half U-et i wide, Ix'uutitull) caivud.iin.l i lufaiih goisl MlltO l.l pICMTVIIlloll Ssolliu ipioti'ou of ownership Is bl,elv to nrip, iu it mn dicsov ercl billow high vv .iter iu.li U The adjacent .and teems witn liuiuont.iry specimen! of I " '"I fium'i-v, oi'ickii, pip., ami it iscx -'ctisl thnt Hiuciplorntioi will lead to fur tutu di6Covcnuj,-.Ni'v Vo. ;. I'oot. GRAND OPENING CONCERT AT MAX MIC'ICI cc BKO LINCOLN PIANO PAULOKS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19th. 'I he bet iiiutlcal talent of Hip C'll) will be prcfput In assist In nmKIno; llic tirconliMi nil jnuiblc one to all lovpis ol good music. A Slclnvwiy (iriind I'lnuo will he nsril Fvcivbodv Invllcil. C. M. HANDS, MimnKrr, 'lJ Ninth nlli SI Union - Pacific The Overland Route. Shortest and Ciuitkcst Colorado, Mali, California, Montana, j In Ik tin i.v prlu le I ll.vt rami miv oik dn) In nil I'm I lie mist point". ItiinuliiB Into t'nloo HepoU nml eot -1111.1 vt llli tho fust limited trains or rill :ies lor nil IHilnts i-iist, norlh mid Hoiitli. 'Iliuniuli Ihln in on modi in dnv eoiehes. Ilnituniii) chtektd Hiioiiuh to di si liuil Ion Hum all ".nli hn In the I 'idled siuhn anil Ciiuinhi. Sleeper niTommcl.ilionH ictci veil iu ilnmigli I'iiHui.iii Talncc cars Iroin the Mltmoiirl livti lo the I'.ullli co.i-t 1-:. H. SLOSSON, CitvTk-krt A-ent. KM I O Htieet, Lincoln, Nebiaskn. TIIms I. KIMI'.M.L. .1 H TIMIHin'.s. ; , LO.MAX, Upiii'i nl .Manager (l.-n 1'm.s , I'kl A(. t Ass Hen I' and T Agt., Oinuha Wk MAM UNACQUAINTED WITH THE i.LOQllAl IIY Or THE rrurrmY, WILL 0DTA2N MUCH VALUABLE lNIYHlMATlON THOM A STUDY V THIB MAr Or THE LsiZxSa j-w' My,roL,s s7 - "- flilTTl ! M HMiIH !! Mil 11 MMWW 1 CHICAGO, ROCK ESLAND & PACIFIC R'Y. ItH contrnl t!tltlon and It coTinorrt in with Rattfc-m HimB nt 0'ilcuHo unU rontinuo.B litifh ut t r..i!uil p Int.,, Wont, NortlivoBt, una South V7()St. mnlrn it tins trnn inlrl.l(i,Lr I,, M,,i ,,u,..,,,l.,n.. ..1 .l...l.. Ar .....i ...i.i.w ,vt.v;Vw. a ; ,::;r..".. ..r , "iVi ..".ri "."."' " " v1"." " Du' w'i iii.iugn jiiu nuamii. noil i -ut.- 1 1 1; 111 llllllll llllOB HUH DI IlllCllOlt lllCUIUO UIU- V,',l.ff', ',0l-ct. Otuiwu. IiSullc, I'ociln, OonoBoo, Millno nna Itock Iulancl. In Jll,lnl?.,5n.vo"Jt,rt' Mls'lt'Q..V'-'hlnf'lon. I'-lrllrhl, Ott.uniwn, Oakiiloouu, Wi i.t IJbortj , Ipwii Citv, Dei, MoL.'5, Imllitnc lu, Wlntcruot, Athintlq, Knox vlllc, Aiultilioii, Uiirlini.Outhtio Cint.i iu::l CV uncll Dlulln, In Iowa; Gtllatin Iruiiion, ( nmnn i hi .louoph i nil i:nnriii City, in Mlnuourl; Louvonvorth and At'-hl,rtn, In iviinoiui, fliin' ipollu unci St ul, In K.nnnBota; Wntor town mid Slouy FuJJ'i In nukoui, unci miuiy otli'irnroHn'rouotownoiintJ cltlob It also oflcro n RUUlpIS OF llOUZLU to und f Jin tin iuclflo Conot und fntor HT's.V'y.'A. TlSf.V wl:lH' oil tranuf'irn In Ui.l-'i (1- poto. Fust Tmlim of tlno yA,.rRAF.lr?L,,,"'Jl,t niMIN'5 CAUS, mi'irniac ot PULLMAN PAI.ACJri SLFLJ'INO -AIU3. und (l)itwoon II 'uiro, St .loin Till, Atclil a and KunRiuj City r. tfiil tl'ui.::ilNO CIIA1U vJAIlS, oonu! rabid tc noltlora of through llrbt-claun tlckotb B THE CK5CAGO, KAWSAS & wsBRASKA R'Y (CRGAT ROCK ISLAC'n RO Tt? K-.tonciu wu'. und n, 'tliwot-t from Kann 'lty mid Qt. JobcpIi to Foir- and ull points in noiv.hoi iN hi- i- M-.t ihr " nt.u und b(,yc!nd. Kntlr nn.onfrnr uquipmont urtL cclciiratod I'lillmnn mi i.uf. cturo Solidly 1ml-lu-itod tmck of heavy ntoi-1 mil Iron r.nc! utoii" brlc'.En u All Biifjtv nnnlliiiiccp Mid modem Improvement rommodlouu, tvoll-bullt stutlonr Celerity, cor tulnty, comtortund luxury uubiirod THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE Itjtho fnvorlt't botwoon Chir-no-o, Rocl: Iohmd, Atrhlnon, ICunonu City, und Mninitap')li.ii.iul :;-.. i-'md Tin t i in it rout i ull i-'i -rn t.rim r puorta, luvv.it'rtjvyn nmncli nw r . v i'n inr...t i j-h'Mivc lundi of t'uo ktcih vvlioi ti rnl dairy bolt" of Ilorthorn Iowa, Soutliotor i MlnnciiOUi nU Eaat- UVIHIUI JL7UUIIL,t. pon E. ST. JOHN, Goncral Mina;cr. M' ( i' riictfauort Line via hiir.orn nml Knnkaltoooflor-. I'linrlnr fur-lilt io.itr,n,.i botvoon Cincinnati, Intlliumpolir, Uifayctto, i. v4 ( ouncll Uluil'o. St.Josorli Atcliltson.Jo aven -orth. Kiinnno (,'lt . 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