CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 1889.
iTIIK MARCH HOMEWARD.
8ERMON PREACHED DY REV. T. DE
I WITT TALMAGE, D. D., JAN. 20.
,Xh Sfrrnnti of ttm l.ortl Should Itoius
' TlirttKclTPs n Old DiitIiI nml lit Men
I nml llrrnvor Tliolr Ixtci1 Ones front tlin
, rower of th Ilvll One.
BnooKLYN, Jan. M. Tho Kov T. Do Witt
iTalmngo, I). I)., having expounded impropri
ate pnssap;csof Scrlpfirc, pnvo out tlio liymni
' Who nro lheo In bright array,
Tills Innumerable throng,
Round thonltar night nml day
Timing tliclr triumphant songf
1 Tlio subject of tho sermon was "Tlio March
Uomowanl," mul tlio toxt 1 Samuel, xxx, 8i
'Piirsuo for thou shnlt surely ovcrtaitotticin,
'nntl without fall recover nil." Ur Tnhungo
snldt
Tlicro is intenso oxcltctncnt In tho village of.
Zlklag. David and hU men nro bidding
goodhy to their families, nml aro ofT for tho
nnrs. In that llttlo vlllago of Hiking tho de
fenseless onus will bo safo until tho warriors,
flushed with victory, coma homo. Hut will
tlio defenseless ones bo snfol The soft arms
of children nro around tho necks of tho
bronzed warriors until thoy shako thorn
selves frco nnd start, and handkerchiefs nnd
flags nro wnvod nnd kisses thrown until tho
armed men vanish boyond tho hills. David
and his men soon got through with their cam
paign nnd stnrt liomoward. Every night on
tliclr way homo, noHooucr docs (ho soldier
put his hood on tho knapsack than in his
drenm ho hears tho welcome of tho wifo
and tho shout of tho child. Oh,
what long stories thoy will havo
to tell their families of how thoy
dogdod tho battlo nxol mid then will roll up
tholrslcovexnnd show their half honied wound
"With glad, quick step, thoy march on, David
and his men, for thoy nro marching homo.
Now thoy come up to tho last hill which over
looks Kiklng, mid thoy oxiract In n moment to
coo tho dwelling places of their loved ones.
Thoy look, nnd as thoy look their chocks turn
polo, nnd tliclr lip quivers, nnd their hand in
voluntarily comes down on tho hilt of tho
word. "Where Is Klklagf Where nro our
homes f thoy cry. Alasl tho curling smoko
abovo tho ruin tolls tho tragedy Tho Amnio
kites havo como down nnd consumed tho vll
logo, nnd carried tho mothers mid tho wives
and tho children of David nnd his men into
captivity Tlio swarthy wnrrlors stand for
a fow moments transfixed with horror.
Then their eyes glauco to each other, and
thoy burst into uncontrollable weeping; for
when n strong wnrrlor weeps, tho grief is
appalling. It seems as if tho emotion might
tear him to pieces. "Thoy wept until thoy hail
no moro power to woop." Hut noon thelrsor
row turns Into rngo, nnd David, swinging his
eword high In nir, cries: "Pursuo, for thou
shalt ovortako them, and without fall recover
all." Now tho march becomes a "doublo
quick." Two hundred of David's moil stop
by tho brook Hosor, faint with fntiguo nnd
gvlof. Thoy cannot go a step farther. Thoy
aro loft tlicro. But tho other -KM men under
David, with a sort of tantlicr step, march on
In sorrow and In rago. Thoy find by tho sldo
of tlio road a half doad Egyptian, and thoy
resuscitate him, and compel him to tell tho
Tvholo story HosayH: "Yonder thoy wont,
tho captors and tho captives," pointing In tho
direction. Forward, yo 400 bravo men of
flrol Very soon David and his enraged com
pany coma upon tho Amulukitisli host. Yon
der they seo their own wives nnd children
and mothers, nnd under AmalokitUh guard.
Jlcro nro tlioolllecrs of tho Amalekitlsh army
holding a banquet. Tho cupi aro full, tho
music Is roused, tho dnnco begins. Tho Amal
ekitlsh host chbor and choor and cheer over
their victory Hut, without uoto of buglo or
warning of trumpet, David nnd his four hun
dred men burst upon tho sueno suddenly, as
Robert Hrueo hurled his Scotchmen ujkjii tho
revelers at Ilanuockbum. David nml his
mon look up, nnd one glance at their loved
ones in captivity and under Amalokitish
guard throws them Into a vory fury of deter
mination , for you know how mon will fight
when thoy fight for their wives nnd chil
dren. Ah I thoro nro lightnings in their
oyo, nnd every finger is a spoar, nnd
their volco Is liko tho shout of tlio whirl
' wind. Amidst tho upsot tanknrds nnd tho
costly viands crushed under foot, tho
wounded Amalekitcs Ho (their blood mingling
with their wiho) shrieking for mercy No
soonor do David and his mon win tho victory
than thoy throw their swords down into tho
dust what do thoy want with swords now?
and tho broken families como together
amidst a great shout of joy that makes tho
parting sccno In Zlklag seem very insipid in
tho comparison. Tho rough old warrior has
to uso somo persuasion beforo ho can get his
child to como to him now after so long nu
absaiica; but soon tho ifttlo linger tracc.i tho
familiar wrlnklo across tho scarred face.
And then tho empty tankards nro sot up, and
tboy aro (Hied with tho best wlno from tho
bills, and David and his men, tho husbands,
tho wives, tho brothers, tho sisters, drink to
tho overthrow of tho Amalokltus and to tho
rebuilding of Zlklag. Bo, O Lord, let thlno
enemies perish I
THE LOST nECOVEUEL.
Now they aro coming homo, David and
his men and their families a long proces
sion. Men, women and children, loaded
with Jawcls and robes and with all kinds of
trophies tho Amalekitcs had gutherod up In
years of conquest everything now in tho
bands of David mid his men. When thoy
como by tlio brook Bcsor, tho place whero
staid tho men sick nnd incompetent to travel,
tho Jowcls und tho rolies and nil kinds of
treasures nro divided among tho sick as well
as among tho wclL Surely, tho lamo mid ex
hausted ought to have bomo of tho treasures.
Hero Is n rolw for tho palo faced warrior.
Hero U n pillow for this dying man. Hero Is
a handful of gold for tho wasted trumpeter.
I really think Unit tlio-so men who fainted by
tho brook Hosor may havo endured us much
as thoy) men who wont into battlo. Bomo
moan fellows objected to tho sick ones having
any of tho spoils. Tho objectors said: "Theso
men did not light." David, with u magnani
mous heart, replies: "As his part Is that
gooth down to tlio battlo, so shall his part bo
that tarrloth by tho stuff."
This subject Is practically Buggostlvo to
ma Thank Hod, in theso times a man can
go off on u journey, and bo gone weeks and
montlis, and como back mid wx his houso un
touched of iiu'i'iidiary, mul havo his fumily
on tho step to greet him, if by telegram ho
has foretold tho moment of his coming. Hut
there uro AmaleUltlsh disaster, and tlicro
aro AlunleklttMi disease, that bometlmos
como down upon one's home, making ns de
vastating work ns tlio day when Zlklag took
fire. There nro families In my congregation
whoso homes havo licen broken up. No bat
tering mm smoto In tho door, no Iconoclast
crumhlud the statues, no llamo leaped nmidst
tho I'lirtalni, but so far as all tho joy and
merriment that onco belonged to that houso
aro eimeariwd, tho homo has departed.
Armed diseases camo down upon tlio qulot
uuijt of tlio k'cuo scarlet fovcrs, or pleurisies,
or consumptions, or undolhied disorders camo
and seized upon somo members of (hat fam
ily, nnd carried thotn a way. Zlklag in nshcsl
And you go about, sometimes weeping and
fcomotlmis enruged,' wanting to get back your
loved out as much as David and bis men
wanted to reconstruct their despoiled houso
holds. .Iking hi ashes Bomo of you went
off from homo. You counted tho days of
your nbsenco. Every tiny noomed as long an
a WTClt, Oh, how glad you wero when tho
time camo for you to go aboard tho steam
boat or rnll car and start for homo I You
arrived. You went up tho street where your
dwolllng was, nnd In tho night you put your
hand on tho door hull, and, behold I it was
wrapped wllli tho signal of bereavement, nnd
you found that Amalekitlsh Dentil, which
lias devastated n thousand other households,
had blasted yours. You goulxiut weeping
amidst tho desolation of your onco happy
homo, thinking of tho bright eyes closed, nnd
tho uoblo hearts stopod, and tlio gcntlo
hnmls folded, mid you weep until you havo
no moro power to weep. Zlklag Is nshcsl
OUII riKLAO IN AHIIKK.
A gentleman went to n friend of mlno In
tho city of Washington, nnd nsked Hint
through him ho might get a consulship to
somo foreign wrt. My friend said to liinii
"What do want to go awny from your boautl
ful hpmo for, Into a foreign KrU" "Oh," ho
replied, "my homo Is gonol My six children
nro dead I I must get away, sir. I enn't
ttnnd It in this country any longer." Zlklag
In ashes I
Why thoso long shadows of bereavement
across this audleucol Why is It thnt In nl
most every assomblngo black Is tho predomi
nant color of tho opparell Is It Ixx-nu.so you
do not liko saffron or brown or violet! Oh,
nol You snyi "Tho world Is not so bright
to us lis it onco wnsj" nnd thoro is a story of
silent Voices, and of still feet, mid of loved
ones gone, nnd when you look over tho hills,
expecting only beauty nnd loveliness, you
find only devastation and woo, Zlklag in
asliRtl
In Ulster county, Now York, tho villngo
church wiyi decorated until tlio fragrance of
tho flowers was almost bewildering. Tho
maidens of tlio villngo had emptied tlio placo
of (lowers uwn ono umrrlngo nltnr Ono of
tholr own uumlxir was alllanced to u minis
ter of Christ, who hod como to take her to
his home. With bauds Joined, amidst a con
gratulatory aiidleuco, tlio vows wero taken.
In threo days from that tlmo ono of those
who stood at the altar exchanged earth for
heaven. Tho wedding march broke down
Into tho funeral dirge. There wro not
enough (lowers now for tho cofiln lid, hocauso
thoy had all licon taken for tho bridal hour.
Tho doad minister of Christ is brought to
another village. IIo had gono out from
them less than a week beforo In tils
strength ; now ho comos homo llfoloss. Tho
wholo church bownllod him. Tho solemn
procession moved around to look upon tho
still fnco that onco had beamed with mes
sages of salvation. Llttlo children wero
lifted up to look at him. And somo of thoso
whom he had comforted in days of sorrow,
when thoy p:is.sod that silent form, made tho
placo dreadful with tliclr weeping Auothor
villngo emptied of its flowers winio of them
put in tho hluiK of n cross to symholizo his
hopo, others put In tho shnpoof a crown to
symliolizo his triumph. A hundred lights
blown out In ono strong gust from tho oon
door of a sepulchcr. Hiking in ashes I
I preach this sermon today bocauso I wnnt
to rally you, as David rallied his men, for tho
recovery of tlio loved nnd tho lost. 1 wnnt
not only to win heaven, but 1 wnnt nil this
congregation to go along with mo. 1 feel
that somehow I havo n responsibility In your
arriving nt that great city 1 liavo on other
Sabbaths used other inducements. I menu
today, for tho sake of vnrloty, hoping to
roach your heart, to try another kind of In
ducement. Do you really wnnt to join tlio
companionship of your loved ones who havo
gone! Aro you ns anxious to Join them as
David mid his men wero to join tliclr fami
lies! Then 1 am here, In tho iiamo of Qod, to
say that you'may nnd to tell you bow.
I remark, in the first placo, if you wnnt to
Join your loved ones In glory, you must
travel tlio saiiio way thoy went. No sooner
had the half dead Egyptian been resuscitated
than ho Kintod the way tho captors and tho
captives had gono, and David and his men
followed after. Bo our Christian friends
have gono into another country, nnd If wo
wnnt to reach their companionship wo must
take tho same road. Thoy repented; wo must
repent Thoy prayed; wo must pray Thoy
trusted in Christ; wo must trust in Christ.
Thoy lived n religious life; wo must Ilvoa
religious lifo. They wero in somo things liko
ourselves. I know, now that they nro gono,
tbcro is a halo around tholr names, but
thoy had their faults. Thoy said and did
things thoy ought nover to havo said
or dono. Thoy wero sometimes rebellious,
somothncs cast down. Thoy wero far from
being perfect. So 1 supposo that when wo
havo gono somo things ii' us that aro now
only tolerable may bo almost respond
ent. Hut, as thoy wero like us In deficiencies,
wo ought to Iw liko them In taking a siqicrnal
Christ to make up for tho deficits, Had It
not been for Jesus, thoy would hnvo all per
ished; but Christ confronted thorn and said:
"I am tho way," and they took It.
the caitive'h path unpleasant.
I havo also to bay to you that tho jmtli that
these captives trod was a troubled ath, and
that David and his men had to go over tho
samo difficult way. Whilo theso captives
wero being taken off thoy said: "Oh, wo aro
so tired; wo nro so sick; woaroso huugryl"
Hut tlio men who had chargo of them said;
"Stop this crying. Qoonl" David and his
men also found It a hard way. Thoy had to
travel It, Our friends havo gono into glory,
and it is through much tribulation that wo
aro to enter into tho kingdom. How our
loved ones used to havo to struggle I how
tholr old hearts nchodl how somotimos thoy
had a tussle for bread 1 In our childhood wo
wondered why there wero so many wrinkles
on tholr faces. Wo did not know that what
wero called "crow's feet" on their faces wero
tho marks of tho black raven of trouble Did
you never hoar tlio old jieoplo, seated by tho
evening stand, talk over their early trials,
their hardship, tlio accidents, tho burials,
tho disappointments, the empty flour barrel
when tlicro wero so many hungry ones to
food, thohlcknessnlmostiintodcnth, where the
next dose of morphlno decided between
ghastly bereavement nnd mi unbroken homo
clrcloi Oh, ycsl it wn.s trouble that whitened
their hair. It was trouble that shook tho
cup In their hands. It was trouble that
washed tlio luster from their eyes with tho
ruin of tears until thoy needed spectacles. It
was trouble that inndo tho cauo a necessity
for their Journey. Do you nover remember
seeing your old mother sitting, on somo rainy
day, looking out of tho window, her elbow
on tho window sill, her hand to her brow
looking out, uot sofiing tho falling shower nt
all (you well know sho was looking into tho
distant past), until tho npron carna up to her
eyes, becauso tho memory was lo: much for
her!
Oft tho Llg, unbidden tear,
Bteallu.-j down llio furrowed cheek,
ToU la eloquence sincere.
Talis of woo they could cr.t speak
Dut this scene of weeping o'er,
Past this becno of toll end iula,
They shall feel distress t:o irio-e.
Never, never worp u-aU.
"Who nro theso under tlio altar!" tho
question was asked, and tho rospsnso camo:
"Theso nro thoy which camo out of great
tribulation, and havo washed (heir robes, nnd
mado thorn whlto in tho blood of tho lamb,"
Our friends went by u path of tears into
glory. Ho not surprised if wo have to travel
tho samo pathway.
1 remark, again, If wo want to win tho so
ciety ot our friends In honven, wo will cot
only have to (ravel n athof fnltbniid n path
of ttlbulatlci but wo will nlsol.uvt tojxwb
tivrly battlo for (heir companionship. D.ivld
nnd Ida men uovcr wnnted bharp swords and
ln unci able shields nnd thick breast pUdcs so
much as thoy wnnted (hem on tho day when
thoy enmo down ukjh tho Amnlekiten, If
they lind lost that battle, they nover would
hnvo got their families back. I suppose thnt
ono glanco nt their loved ones In captivity
hurled them Into tho battlo with tenfold
courage nml energy, Thoy snldt "Wo must
win It, Everything depends tiK)ii It, Lot
ench ono tnko a uinii on point of sjienr or
sword. Wo must win It," And J havo to
tell you thnt between us nnd coming into the
coininuloiishl of our loved ottos who
nro doartod thoro Is nu Austcrlltz,
thoro Is n Gettysburg, there Is a Wntcr
loo. Wnr with tho world, wnr with
tho flesh, wnr with the dovll. Wo hnvo
either to conquer our troubles, or our troubles
will conquer us, David will cither slay tho
Atnnlekltes, or tho Amnlekiten will slay
David, And yet Is not tho fort to bo taken
worth nil tho pain, all tho erll, all tho 1h
slegciiieut! IOokl who nro they on tho bright
hills of heaven yonder! Thoro thoy nre, thoso
who sat nt your own table, tho chair now
vncanU Tlicro thoy nre, thoso whom you
rocked In Infancy In the cradle, or hushed to
sleep In your arms. Tlicro they are, those In
whoso life your llfo was bound up. Tlicro
thoy nre, their brow moro radiant than over
beforo you snw it, their ll wnltlng
for tho kiss of heavenly grouting, their
cheeks rosonto with tho health of eternal
summer, their hands beckoning you up tho
steep, their feet bounding with tho mirth of
lion vcu. Tho ullor of tliolr last slcknetw gono
out of their face nover moro to bo sick, novor
moro to cough, never moro to limp, never
moro to be old, nover more to weep. Thoy
are wntchlug from thoso heights to see If,
through Christ, you enn tnko thnt fort, nnd
whether you will rush In Uon them victors.
Thoy know thnt uioii this battlo dermis
whether you will over Join thidr society. Upl
Strike hnrderl Charge more bravely I Ho
inemlwr that every Inch you gnln puts you so
much farther on toward that heavenly re
union. "victouy ou death f
If this morning while I scnk you could
hoar tliocmiuoimdoof a foreign navV, coming
through tho "Narrows," which was to denoll
our city, mid If thoy really should succeed in
carrying our families away from us, how
long would wo take beforo wo resolved to go
after them! Every weapon, whether fresh
fromSprlngfield or old nnd rusty In the garret,
would be brought out; mid wo would urge
on, mid, coming (u front of tho foe, wo would
look at them, mid then look nt our families,
nnd tlio cry would bo: "Victory or death I"
nnd when the ammunition was gono, wo
would tnko tho enptora on tho point of
the bayonet or under tho breech of
tho gnu. If you would mnko such a strugglo
for tho getting back of your earthly friends,
will you not mnko as much strugglo for tho
gaining of the eternal companionship of your
heavenly friends! Oh, yos we must join
thorn. Wi must sit In their holy society.
Wo must sing with them the song. Wo must
celebrate with them the triumph. Let it
never Ikj told ou earth or In henvcu that
David mul his men pushed out with braver
hearts for the getting back of their earthly
friends for a fow years ou earth than wo to
get our deiMirted.
You say that all this Implies that
our departed Clirlstinn friends nro
nllvo. Why, had you nny Idea
thoy wero dead! Thoy havo only
moved. If you should go on tho 2d of
Mny to a bouse where ono of your friends
lived mid found him gone, you would not
think thnt ho was dead. You would Inqulro
noxt door where lie had moved to. Our do
parted Christian friends hnvo only taken
another houso. Tho socrot Ls that they nro
richer now than thoy onco wero, nnd can nf
ford n bettor residence. Thoy onco drank out
of earthenware; thoy now drink from tlio
King's chalice. "Joseph Is yet nllvo," nnd
Jacob will go up and soo him. Living! Aro
thoy! Why, If a man can livo in this damp,
dark dungeon of earthly captivity, can ho not
Uvo whero ho breathes tho bracing atmos
phere of tho mountains of boa veil! Oh, yes,
thoy aro living!
Do you think that Paul is ho near dead now
as ho was when ho was living in tho Iloman
dungeon! Do you think Hint I'rederick Rob
ertson, of Brighton, is as near dead now as
ho was when, year after year, ho slept seated
on tho floor, his head on tho bottom of a
chair, bocauso bo could And caso in no other
position! Do you think that Ilobcrt Ilnll is
ns near dead now ns when, on his couch, ho
tossed In physical tortures! No. Dentil gavo
them tho few blnek drops that cured thoui.
That Is all (loath docs to n Christian cures
him. I know that what I hnvo said implies
that thoy uro living. Tlicro Is no question
about that, Tho only question tills morning
is whether you will over Join them.
Hut I must uot forget thosj two hundred
mon who fainted by tho brook Hesor. Thoy
could not take another step further. Their
feet wero sore; their head ached; their entlro
uaturo was exhausted. Besides that, thoy
wero broken hearted bocauso their homes
wero gono. Ziklag in ashes! And yet David,
when ho comos up to them, divides tho spoils
among them. IIo says thoy shall havo somo
of tho jawcls, somo of tho robes, somo of tho
treasures. 1 look over this audience this
morning, and I find at least two hundred
who havo fainted by tho brook Hosor
tho brook of tears. You feel as If you
could not tnko nnother step farther, as
though you could nover look up
again. Hut I am going to imltato David,
and divide among you somo glorious trophies.
Hero is a robe: "All things work together for
good, to those who lovo Uod." Wrap your
self in thnt glorious promlso. Hero is for
your neck u string of pearls, mado out of
crystallized tears: "Weeping may endure for
a night, hut Joy comotli in tho morning."
Hero U a coronet: "Ho thou faithful unto
death, nnd I will give thee u crown of lifo."
O yo fainting ones by tho brook Hesor, dip
your blistered feet in tho running stream of
Ood's mercy Hatho your brow nt tlio wells
of salvation. Sootho ypur wounds with tho
balsam that exudes from trees of life. Ood
will not utterly cost you off, O broken
hearted man, O broken hearted woman,
fainting by the brook Hesor.
voo want divine NUrtSINO.
A shepherd lluds that his musical plpo is
bruised. IIo says: "1 can't get nny moro
music out of this Instrument, bo 1 will Jiut
break it, and I will throw this rued nway.
Then I will got another reed, nnd t will play
music on that." Dut Cod says ho will not
cast you off b&uauso nil tho music 1m gono
out of youreoul. "Tho brui-'d reed ho will
not break." As far r.s I can t,!l t!i diagnosis
of your diseaso, you want divine niiiliig, nnd
It i.t tc:;iL1 you: "As ono whom his mother
co::ifnrlot!i, so v. Ill I comfort you." Ood will
mo yo.i r.:i t'.io way (hrough, O troubled soul,
and when you como down to tho Jordan of
death you will find It to tx ns thin
n brook as Hesor. for Dr. Itoblnvn says that.
In April, Hosor dries up and there Is no
brook nt nil. And In your last moment you I
wllllwns placid ns llio Kentucky minister
who went up t;i Ood, eaylng In tho dying
hour t "Wiito to my sister Kate, end tell her
not to bo wnrrL-d end frightened about tho
Btory of tho borrow around tho djatli bod.
Toll her thuro ii not n word of truth In It,
for 1 am there now, and Jesus U with mo,
nml 1 tind It a very hnppy wny( not bocauso
I mn n go 1.1 man, for I am not; t niu nothing
hill a ioor miserable sinner, but I have an
Almight Ouviour, mid both of hlnirmsnio
nrotiud mo."
Mny U1 Almighty, through tho blood of
tho everlasting covenant, bring us Into tho
coniiauloililp of our loved ones who hnvo
already entered (he heavenly land, nnd en
tered tho presence of Christ, whom, not hnv
lug seen, wo lovo, mid so David shall recover
all, "and ns his part Is thnt goetli down to
tho Imttlo, so shall his part bo that tnrrleth
by tho ituff."
BRIEF MENTION.
Aloxntider (ho droit died at Itnbylou, II. a
823, atthongooflKl.
Titian, considered by mnnv tho prince of
colonists, was bornnt Venice in 1 177 nnd died
In lfiTd.
KmisfiN Ixmst of having the largest two
military reservations In tlio country Forts
Lcnvcnwortli mid It I ley.
Ooorgo Iloutledgo, tho Ixnidon publisher,
printed mid sold (XJO.OOO copiui of "Undo
Tom's Cnbln."
A Ulysses, Neb., innn has built (ho "lar
gest corn crib ou earth." It Is (00 feet long,
10 feet wide mid Vi feet high, mid holds IW,
000 bushels.
A very plensnnt mid "genteel" way of
making a llttlo pin money has been found In
tho now feminine fad for wood carving,
Ihibllo opinion Is tho strongest factor In
putting down any evil, nnd It is made up of
prlvnloopliilon.ojwnly expressed and heartily
followed.
Anna Kntherlno Green mnkra It a rulo to
rest n year between the publication of ono
book nnd tho beginning of the composition of
another.
A Michigan woman practiced with a re
volver until sho could hit a kiisieuder button
nt eight juices. Then there cmno a burglar
Into the houso early one morning, mid sho
sent a bullet pinging through her husband's
left ear.
Llttlo Billy had a new brother, mid soon
afterward one of his uclghliors said (o hlmt
"So you hnvo nnother baby at your houso I
He's i light smart little fellow, I suppose,"
"Humphl" wild Hilly, turning uphlsiioHo.
"How many smart boys do you oxi,Kct us to
havo in our family!"
It is now promised to hnvo nnother Inter
nntlounl exhibition In tho great crystal pal
ace nt Sydenham, near I)iidoii, In IbOl, In
the buildings in which the exhibition or IBM
wns held In Ilydo Kirk, but which wero after
ward removed (o Sydctihiiiu.
Twcniy-Roven years ngo nu neom lodged
somehow In the mortnr or botweou the stones
of mi Ohio court house splro, took root, mid
sent out mi oak shoot. To-day a miniature
oak grows on tlio spire, eighty feet from tho
ground. It drnwR llfo from the cement, tho
"skin of tlio rock," nnd tho nlr, but prin
cipally from the nlr, ns tlicro is very llttlo
cement in tho splro.
Ho wlionmnsses wealth, not as nn cqultn
bio return for viiluii given, but by under
hand dealing or oppriloii of tlio xwr, or
gambling ou n high or low scale, has been
engnged In no honorable competition. IIo
who clhnlw Into ower, not by proving him
self tho llttC3t man to wield it, hut by push
ing others down nml crowding them out,
desecrates tho umno of einulution.
Tlio first rnllwny out of Chicago wns tho
Galena mid Chicago Union (now tlio Onleua
division of the Chicago und Northwestern),
tho first ten miles of which, to Harlem, were
completed nnd open to travel Dec. !!0, 1848,
Tho company somo yenrs subsequently ex
tended its lines to Frccport, tlicro connect
ing with tho Illinois Central to Unlciin mid
Dubuque, mid nLso to Fulton on thu Missis
sippi. Tho Michigan Central nnd Michigan
Southern were completed aiid opened to
travel In 18.W.
A Htrniigti filory.
A writer In Tlio Imdon Morning Post tells
n strnngo (ale of "ancient Holyrood," which
ho snys should bent once contradicted or
confirmed. Somo visitors who went through
tlio Queen of Scots' iiHirtincnU tlicro wero
shown by tho guide, who seemed to hnvo
spoken a llttlo beyond his commission, a cer
tain passago and a largo Jutting stouo like a
step, nml tho following curious statement
wns then let fall: Somo tlmo ngo, when
somo repairs wero liclng made In tlio Queen
of Beets' room, n stouo mason struck tho
Jutting out stouo above mentioned, which
rang hollow, IIo had tho curiosity to turn it
up, nnd discovered tlio remnlns of a baby
wrnpKsl in cloth of gold, nnd marked "J."
Now, It is well known thnt Mary Stuart gavo
birth to Jnmes I of England mid tho VI of
Scotland In tho ndjoiiilng room, and that
Immediately nflcr tlio birth the child was
removed and brought up elsewhere, tho
queen i-howing n small Interest In her off
spring. Now, supposing the real child, tho real
James, is tlio Infant wrapiod In cloth of gold,
lying under thnt stone, who wns the other
child who afterwards reigned as James I of
England nnd VI of Scotland! Did this ques
tion over occur to the authorities) This will
bo best answered by nsklng how (hoy nro
said to have treated the discovery. Thoy
telegraphed ut onco to tho high (lersonngo in
London whoso business it is to centred Holy
rood palace. What did ho! Ho sent back
word "to make no fuss almut It," but to ro
placo tho baby in cloth of gold marked "J."
under tho stone, nnd presumably there ho
still lies. Hut tho questions remain to bo
answered. If that is Mary Htiiurt's laby, and
tho rightful heir, who was that other baby)
And why, when thoMiposed original turned
up In cloth of gold, was tlicro no fuss to
bo mado! If this is all n mare's nest, it Is
high time that people who go over Holyrood
should know it, let nlono thoso whom it may
concern even more nearly.
Oliru Too Often.
A beggar, a small boy, and a pitcher fig
ured In an Interesting little comedy up town.
Tho pitcher was standing outside of tho
third story window of n houso which stood
directly op)oslto a saloon. On tho Bowery
this pitcher would bo called a "growler," al
though it wns a beautiful design ami somo
whatoxcnsivo. Whenever tho parum who occupied tho
room wanted somo boor the pitcher wns put
out, nnd n small Iniy who kivja n txotL lack
ing stand ou tho opposite comer would seo it,
nnd quickly go for it and get It filled. Tho
Ix-ggar had been that way leforo, und had
learned t'.io relation between the small boy
and tho pitcher, so ho watched for Its ap
iiearuuro ono day mid forestalled the tmall
boy Ho went up to tho loom from which
tho pitcher wa exhibited, told thu owner
that ho called for It instead of tho small
boy, mid uvurod Uith tho pitcher and tho
duv that was in it.
Tho dime went into his oeket, nnd tho
pitcher wns probably resolved lu tan quartet
ut tho nearest second hand store,- Now York
Tune
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