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t li h Ml - I. fe Pt fl f A HOLY REBUILDING. DR. TALMAQE APPLIES THE EXAMPLft OF NEHEMIAH TO CHRISTIAN LIFE. A DpikI City NHirmlnli, n Cnptlvc, I-oiir-I to Itrlmllil Mm Hiiiho ill III I'rttlirrn. Ill Mixiiillulit Ulitn-Wliy mill lli.r tho Heart nf Mull Mint tin Itecon.triirtod. HnooKi.YN, March I". At thu tnlicrniiclo thli morning tlio Hov. T. Do Witt Tnlmngo, D. D., ojjioundod tlio seventh clm)tor of lCc CiwInstcK. Uo n(tcrvanlii gnvo out tlio hymn boglunliiff, Omcot UU n clmnnlnR nouuii, HannoiiloiM to tlio var, which win uii(? by tlio vast congregation with mngnlllcent efTect. Tho nubjvct of Dr. Talmngu'ri Mirinon win, "Tho Moonlight llido," nml tlio toxt, Neliemlnli II, 15: "Then I went up lu tho night by tho brook, nud vlowed tho wnll, find turned Imck, mid en teral by tho gnto of tho valley, mid no re turned." Ho said: A dead city Ik nioro suggestive tlinn n liv ing city pant Homo than present Homo mini rather than nowly frescoo! cathedral. Ilut tho boat tinio to visit n ruin is by moon light. Tlio Coliseum is far more fascinating to tho trnvelor nfter sundown than before. You may ttmid by daylight amid tho monas tic ruins of MclroMj Abbuy and study shafted nrlcl, nml resetted stono nud (million, but thoy throw their strongest witchery by moon light. Soino of you romombcr what tho en chanter of Scotland said In tlio "Lay of tho Last Minstrel:" WoulilU thou vlow fair MelrosonriRlit, Qo visit It by tlio palo moonlight. Washington Irving describes tho Audalu slan moonlight upon tho Alhnmbrn ruins as amounting to an enchantment. My toxt pro Rents you Jerusalem in ruin. Tho toner down. Tho gates down. Tho walls down. Everything down. Ncliemliih on horseback, by moonlight looking uixm tho ruins. Whllo ho rides, Micro nro somo friends on foot going witli him, for they do not wnnt tho many horses to disturb tho suspicions of tho people Tlicso people, do not know tho secret of Nehcmiah's heart, but they nro go ing ns a sort of body guard. I hear tho clicking hoofs of tho horsoon which Ncho mluh rides ns ho guides it this way and that, into this goto and outof that, winding through that gato amid tho debris of onco great Je rusalem. Now tho horso comes to n dead halt nt tho tumbled masonry uliero ho cannot pass. Now ho shies oft" nt tho charred tim bers. Now ho comes along hero tho water under tho moonlight flashes from tho mouth of tho brazen dragon after which tho gato was named. Heavy hearted Nchemlnh 1 Rid ing in and out, now by his old homo desolated, now by tho defaced temple, now amid tho scars of tho city that had gono down under battering ram and conflagration. Tho escort ing party knows not v hat Nehcmlah means. Is ho getting crazy I Havo his own ersoual Borrows, added to tho sorrows of tho nation, unbalanced his Intellect f Still tho midnight exploration goes on. Nehcmlah on horseback rides through tho fish gato, by the tower of tho furnaces, by tho king's pool, by tho dragon well, in and out, in nud out, until tho midnight rido Is completed, nud Neho mlah dismounts from his horso, and to tho amazed and confounded and incredulous body guard declares tho dead secret of his heart when ho says: "Come, now, let us build Jerusalem." "'What, Nehomlah, havo you anymonoyl" "Nn." "Iluvoyou any kingly authorityr "No." "Havo you any eloquence r "No." Yet that midnight, moonlight rido of Nehcmlah resulted iu tho glorious rebuilding of tho city of Jerusalem. Tho peoplo know not how tho thing was to bo dono, but with great enthusiasm they cried out, "Let us rlso up now and build tho city." Somo peoplo laughed and said it could not Iw dona Somo peoplo wcro infuriate and oOTorcd physical violence, saying tho thing should not bo dono. Hut tho workmen went right on, standing on tho wall, trowel iu ono baud, sword in tho other until tho work was gloriously comploted. At thnt very time, in Urooco, Xcuophon was writing a history, and Plato was making philosophy, nud De mosthenes was rattling his rhetorical thun der, but all of them togotherdld not do so much for tho world as this midnight, moon light rido of praying, courageous, homesick, closo mouthed Nehemlah. UPBUILDIXO OV ZION. My subject first lmpressos mo with tho idea what on intenso thing is church afTection. Selzo tho bridlo of tliut horso and stop Neho mlah. Whyaroyou risking your llfo hero" inthonlghti Your horso will stumble over these ruins and fall on you. Stop this useless exposure of your life. No; Nehomiah will not stop. Ho at last tolls us tho wholo story. Ho lots us know ho was an oxilo in n far dis tant land, and bo was a servant, a cup bearer in tho palaco of Artaxorxos Iionglmanus, and ono day, whllo ho was handing tho cup of wino to tho king, tho king said to him: "What is'tho matter with youf You aro not sick. I know you must havo somo groat trouble. What is tho matter with youf Thon ho told tho king how that beloved Joru Nilotn was broken down; how that his father's tomb liad boon dosocratod; how that tho Tcmplo had boon dishonored and defaced; bow that tho walls wcro scattered und broken. "Well," lays King Artaxorxos, "wliat do you wantf" "Well," told tho cup bearer Nehemlah, "I want to go homo, 1 wnnt to tit up tho gravo of my fa ther. I want to restore tho baauty of tho Tomplo, I want to rebuild tho masonry of tho city wall lk-sides,! want pxssjiorta so thai I shall not bo hindered in my journey. And besides that," as you will find in tho con text, "I want an orderon tho man who keeps your f oroct for just so much timber as I may neod for tlio rebuilding of tho city." "IIow long shall you bo gonol" said tho king. Tho time of ulfecuco is arranged. In hot hasto this seeming udventurer comes to Jerusa lem, und in my nest tort wo find him on horseback, in tho midnight, riding around tho ruins. It Is through tho spectacles of this sccno that -u discover tho ardent attach ment of Nehcmlah for sacred Jerusalem, which iu ell ugos has been tho typo of tho church of God, our Jerusalem, which wo lovo just as much as Nehcmlah loved his Jerusalem. Tho fact to that you lovo tho church of God bo much that there Is no spot on earth so sacred, unless it Is your own fire side. Tho church lias been to you to much comfort und illumination that there 13 noth ing that makes you so lrato us to havo it talked against. If thcro havo been times u hcu you havo liocn carried into captivity by elcknohs, you longed for tho church, our holy Jerusalem, just as much as Nehcmlah longed for his Jerusalem, und tho first day you cumo out you camo to tho house of tho Lord. When tho Tcmplo was lu rulus cs ours was years ago, llko Nehcmlah, you walked around and looked at it, nnd In tho moonlight you stood listening it you could not hear tho volco of tho dead organ, tho psalm of tho expired Babbatlia. What Jerusalom was to Neho mlah, tho church of God Is to you. Skeptics nnd infidels may scoff at tho church as an obsolcto cflalr, as a rollo of tho dark nges, ns a couvontlon of yoody foody pooplo, but all tho impression thoy ha over undo on your mind against tho chun of God to absolutely nothing. You would make mora sacrifices for It today than for nuy other institution, and If it wcro needful you would dio in its defense. You can tko Iho word of tho kingly poet rui ho Mid, "If I forget thco, O Jerusalem, lot my right hand forgot her cun ning." You understand in your own export woo tho pathos, tho homesickness, tho cour nto, tho holy enthusiasm of Nehcmlah in his midnight, moonlight rido around tho ruins of his beloved Jerusalom. IIKCONSTUUCTIOX OK THE IIEAUT. Agnlu, my text impresses mo with tlio fact that, lioforo reconstructing, thcro must lw an exploration of ruins. Why was not Nehemlnli asleep under the covers! Why was not his horso stabled In the midnight! tat tho xillco of tho city nrnt this midnight rider, out on somo mischief. No. Nehemlah is going to rebuild tho city, nud ho is making tlio pre liminary oxplorntion. In this gate, out that gato, oast, west, north, south. All through tho ruins. Tho ruins must ho explored beforo tho work of reconstruction can begin. Tlio reason that so many peoplo lu this day, ap iMireutly converted, do not stay converted Is because they did not first explore tho ruins of their own heart, Tho reason that there aro so many professed Christians who iu this day lionnd forgo nnd steal, nnd commit adult ery, and go to tho Huitcutlnry, is liecauso thoy first do not learn tho ruin of their own heart. Thoy havo not found out thnt "tho heart it deceitful above all things, nud desperately wicked." They had mi Idea that thoy wero almost right, and thoy built re ligion as a sort of extension, ns nu orna mental ciiH)lii. There was a siiKrstructuro of religion built on a substratum of unre pented sins, Tho troublowith n good deal of modern theology Is thnt instead of build ing on tho right foundation, it builds ou tho debris of nu unrcgenerated nature. Thoy nttempt to rebuild Jerusalem before, In tho midnight of conviction, they havo seen tho ghastlluess of tlio ruin. They have such n jioor foundation for their religion that tho llrst northeast storm of temptation blows them down. I have uo faith in a man's con version if ho Is not converted In tho old fash ioned way John Iluuynu's way, John Wes ley's way, John Calvin's way, rani's way, Christ's way, God's way. A dentist onco said to mo: "Does that liurtP Said I: "Of course it hurts. It is in your business ns In my profession. Wo hnvo to hurt lw foro wo can help." You will nover understand redemption until you under stand ruin. A man tells mo that somo ono Is a member of tho church. It makes no impression on my mind nt all. I simply wnnt to know whether ho wns converted lu thu old fashioned way, or whether ho was converted In tho now fashioned wny. If ho was converted In tho old fashioned wny ho will stand. If ho was converted In tho now fashioned way ho will not stand. That Is all there In about It. A man conies to mo to talk uliout religion. Tho first question I nsk him Is: "Do you feel your self to bo a slnnerr If ho say, "Well, I yes," tho hesitancy makes mo feel that that mnii wants a rido on Nchemlah's horso by midnight through thu ruins iu by tho goto of his affections, out by tho gato of his will; and before ho litis got through with that midnight rido ho will drop the reins on thu horse's neck, and will tako his right hand nud smite on his heart and say: "God lw mcriful to mo, n sinner;" nnd boforo hu has stabled his horso ho will take his feet out of tho stirrups, and ho will slide down nu the ground nml ho will kneel, crying, "Have mercy ou mo, O God, accord ing to thy loving kindness, accordlug unto the multitude of thy tender mercies; blot out ny trnnsgivsions, for I nckuowiedgo my transgressions, nnd my sins nro ever lieforo thee." Ah, my friend, you sea this is not a complimentary goswl. That is what makes somo pooplo so mad. It comes to a man of a million dollars and impenitent In his sins, and says, "You're n jiauper." It comes to a woman of fairest check, who has never ro pentwl, nnd says, "You're a sinner." It comes to a man priding himself on his Independence, and says, "You're bound hand nnd foot by tlio dovil." It comes to our entire raco und says, "You're a ruin, a ghastly ruin, nn il limitable ruin." Hatau sometimes says to me, "Why do you preach that truth? Why don't you prcac,' a gospel with no repentance in It? Why don't you flatter men's hearts so that you make them feel all right J Why don't you preach a humanitarian gospel with no rc)cntauco in it, saying nothing ubout tho ruin, talking all tho tlmo about redemption F" I say, "Got thoo behind mo, Satau." I would rather lead flvo souls tho light way than twenty thou sand tho wrong way. Tho redemption of tho gospel is n jwrfoct farco if there is no ruin. "Tho wholo neod not a physician, but thoy that are sick." "If uuy one, though ho bo an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel than this," says tho uportlo, "lot him bo ac cursed." There must bo tho midnight ride over the ruins boforo Jerusalem can bo built. Thcro must bo tho clicking of tho hoots bo foro there can be tho ring of the trowels, CIIIUHTIA.V I'KnaEVKKXNCS. Again. My subject glveu mo a specimen of busy and triumphant sadness. If there was any man In tlu world who hod a right to mopo and givo up ovorythlng as lost, it was Nehcmlah. You say: "Ho was a cup bearer in tho palaco of Shusuan, and it was a grand place." Bo It was, Tho hall of that palaco wus two hundred foot square, and tho roof hovered over thlrty-tix marblo pillars, each pillar sixty feet high; and tho intense blue of the sky, aud tho deep green of tho forest foliage, and tho white of tho drivou snow, all hung trembling in tho upholstery. Hut, my friends, you know vory well that flao archi tecture will not put down homeslckuoss. Yet Nehemlah did not givo up. Then when you boo him going among thuso denolatol streets, and by these dismantled towers, and by tho torn up grave of his father, you would sup. pose that he would huvo boon disheartened, and that ho would havo dismounted from bis horso aud gone to his roam aud said: "Woo Is mo. My father's gravo is torn up. Tho tcmplo is dishonored. The walls aro broken down. I havo no money with which to robuild. I wish I had never boon born. I wish I wcro dead." Not bo says Ne hcmlah. Although ho had a grief so intense that it excited tho commentary of his king, yei. that penniless, expatriated Nehemlah rousci himself up to rebuild tho city. Ho gets his permission of absence. Ho guts his passports. Ho hastens away to Jerusalem. By night on Uorbcbucl; ho rides through tho ruins. Ho overcomes tho most ferocious op position. Hu arouses thu plotyuud patriot ism of tho people, and in less than two months, namely, In fifty-two days, Jerusalem was re built, Thut's what I call busy nud trium phant sadness. My friends, tho vho'.o temptation u with you when you havo trouble, to uj juU tho opposite to thj behavior of Nehemlah, rnd that ii to p,lvo up. You tay, "I Inn lost my tliild and can never smile I'guiu." You tay, "I havo la;t my property, and I never can repair my fortunes." You say. "I l.cvo fallen lav j tin, and I nuvor can btarc ula for n i aw life." If Ftau can uiako you tonn that . .solution, nud make you keep it, lis has l allied you. Troublo is not sent to crush you, but to nrouso you, to aulmato you, to pi ope I you. The blacksmith does not thrust tho j.'on into tho foigo, nnd then blow away with t.ie bsllowF, mid then bring tho hot iron out on tlio or vll r.n J heat with strolzo nfter stroko to ruin the iron, but to prejiaro It for n better ha. Oh that the Lord tiod of Nehemlah would rouse up all broken hearted pooplo to rebuild. Whlpiwd, betrayed, shipwrecked, imprisoned l'aul went right on. Tlio Italian maiiyr Algcrius sits in hit dungeon writiugu CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, MARCH 23, letter and ho datvi It "From tho dcloctnbU orchard of tho Leonlno iirhM-j." That Is what I rail triumphant sadiirc. I known mother who burled her baby on Krlday and on Babbath npixarcd iu tho house of God ami said, "Givo mo a class; givo menSnbbnth school class, I havo no child now left mo, nud I would llko to havon class of llttlo children. Givo morenl oor children. Oho mo i class off tho back street," Thnt, I my, is Iwiutiful, Thnt is triumplinut sadness. At a o'clock this nf ternoon iu n IhviuIIiuI 'wr ier In Philadelphia jinrlor pictured and statuctted- there will Is) from ten to twenty destitute children of tho street. It has been so every Hahltnth nftcnioou nt !l o'clock for ninny years. These destitute children rocelvo religious Instruction, concluding with cakes nud sandwiches. How do I know thnt thnt has Ikvii going ou for many years! I know It lu this wny. OUKKll CUUKI) IIV CIIHIHTIAK WOIIK. That was the llrst homo lu Philadelphia whore I was called to comfort n greatsorrow. They had a splendid boy and he had lieu drowned nt Long Ilraneh. The father nnd mother almost Idolized tho boy, nnd the sob nud shriek of that father nml mother ni thoy hung over the eollln resound li my ears today. There seemed tobe nonsoof prnylng, for when I knelt down to pray, the outcry iu tho room drowned out till the prayer. Hut the IiOrd comforted that sorrow. They did not forget their trouble, If you should go on tho snow lest winter afternoon Into Laurel Hill you would Mud n monument with the word "Walter" Inserllied upon It, nnd a wreath of fresh flowers iiroiind thonnmo. I think there lias not Ikvii nu hour all these years, win ter or summer, when there win not n wreath of fresh flowers around Walter's name. Hut the Christian mother who sends those flowers there, having uo child left, Hnbhuth afternoons mothers tenor twenty of tho lost ones of tho street. That Is lKautirui. That is what I call busy nnd triumphant sadness. Hero isu man who has lost his procrty. Hedoes not go to hard drinking, Ho does not destroy his own Ufa Ho conies nud says, "Harness mo for Chris tian work. My money's gono. I havo no treasures ou earth. I want treasures In heaven. I havo n volco nnd n heart to servo God." You my thnt that man has failed. He has not failed he has triumphed. Oh, I wish I could iwrsundu nil the coplo w ho have any kind of troublo never to givo up. I wish thoy would look at the midnight rider of the toxt, nud that the four hoofs of thnt beast on which Nehemlnli rodo might cut to pieces nil your discouragements nud hardships and trials. Give tip t Who is going to givo up, when on the bosom of God ho can havo nil his troubles huhcd? Givo up! Never think of giving up. Aro you Iwruo down with poverty! A llttlo child wns found holding her dead mother's hand iu the darkness of a tenement house, nnd, somo ono coming In, tho llttlo girl looked up, whllo holding her dead mother's hand, nud said, "Oh, I do wish that God hail mndo more light for poor folks." My dear, God will lie your light, God will bo your shelter, God will be your home. Aro you homo down with the bereavements of life? Is the house lonely now thnt tlio child is gone! Do not givo up. Think of what tho old sexton mid when tho minister asked hint why ho put so much cure on tho llttlo graves In the cemetery so much more enro than ou tho larger graves, and tho old sexton mid, "Sir, you know that 'of such Is tho kingdom of heaven,' nnd I think the Saviour is pleased when hu sees so much w into clover growing nroutid these little graves." llut when the minister pressed the old sexton for a more satisfactory answer, the old sexton mid, "Sir, nlsiiit theso larger graves, I don't know who nro tho lord's saints and who nro not; but you know, slr.lt is clean different with tho bairns." Oh, If you have had that keen, tender, indescribable sorrow that comes from tho loss of a child, do not givo up. Tho old sexton was right. It is all well with the bairns. Or, if you have sinned, if you have sinned grievously slimed until you havo been cast out by the church, sinned until you havo been cast out by society, do not givo up. Perhaps there may bo In this linuso ono that could truthfully utter the lamentation of another: Oaco I was pure as tho snow, hut ! fell Fell llko a snowlUke, from heaven lo hell Fell, to Ik trampled as tilth In thu street Fell, to bo scoffed at, spit on nnd beat; Praying, cursing, wishing to die, Bellini? tny boul to whom er would huy, Dealing hi shamu for a morsel of bread, Ilattug the livlug nnd fcurlu.'f tho dead, WlinUU COMFOUT 18 FOUND. Do not givo up. Ono like unto tho Son of God comes to you today, haying, "Go and sin uo more." whllo ho cries out to your assail ants, "Let him that is without sin cast the first stone nt her." Oh I thcro is no reason why any ouo in this house, by reason of any trouble or sin, should givb up. Aro you a foreigner, nud lu a strange land ? Nehcmlah was an exllo, Aro you iienulless? Nehc mlah was joor. Aro you homesick! Neho mlah wus homesick. Am you broken hearted! Nehemiah was broken hearted. But just see him lu tho text, riding nlong the wcrileged grave of his father, nnd by tho drag on well, nnd through the fish gnte, nnd by the kli.g's !ool, in nnd out, in nnd out, the moon light fulling on tlio broken masonry, which throws a long shadow nt wiiiehthohorso shies, and at tho sumo tlmo that moonlight kindling up tho features of this man till you see not duly tho mark of md reminiscence, but tlio cour age, tho hope, the enthusiasm of u man who knows that Jerusalem will lw rebullded. I pick you up today out of your sins and outof your sorrow, uud I put you against tho warm hoart of Chrlbt. "Tho eternnl Uod is thy re fuge, nnd underneath are tho everlasting arms." A Ileiifllrlul Mu(;inetit. Tho Man AboutTownnoticod nn announce ment in tho dally papers lately that struck him as bclug bignltlcnnt uud pleasantly characteristic of the tendency of tho ago in this country. A certain club, eomposM of young laboriug men of St, Louis, has dovoted ono night of overy week to u scries of lec tures, most of which will bo given by tho i of io; v JOTcral c-ducatlouat institutions located hero, and will cover subjects of en tcrtuhiuieut und Improvement. This mmo club, under tho guidonco of a competent critic, lately made a visit to tho Museum of Flno Arts, wlicro thoy studied tho collection earnestly nnd intelligently. This sort of work, spreading among that clas3 of sturdy end vigorous young men employed lu tho trades, means a degree of rclf improvement nad wi Increaso of Intelligence in tlio mnss of tho peopb which Is of tho greatest proailw, and should lw cucouragod ns tho most bene ficial movement that could Uj inaugurated. St. Ixiuls Republic. Tlio Cuiue tr Dizziness. Darwin explains tho origin of dizziness iu pat-bons wldl, looking down from n lofty po sition tn tho following way; Ho buys that in learning to walk, wo judge of tho aittauco of tho objects wo npproach by thu ) e, end by observing their ienendlculaiity dotermlno our own; aud that at all times wo determine our wont of ierpoiidlculnrity or Inclination to fall, by attending to tho upparent motion vilthln thu sphere of distinct vision. Hence, when wo nro upon tho summit of a lilgh cliff, tower or other eminence, and look down, wo bjcoitio Muy, b:-e.utso tho objects lulow nro outof tlio sphere of distinct vUion, and wo nro obliged to Imlnnco ourselves bv tho less accurate feeliugsof our muscles, Now York Telegram, ODDS AND ENDS. Tho ItotlichlM nud others havo loanod Russia fl 10,000,000. Mall is now carried lietween Now York and Ban Francisco In till hours. There nro suposed to Iw something llko a thousand murderers ntlnrgo In Great llrltnlu. The heart that Is soonest nwakn to tho (lowers Is nlways tlio llrst to Iw touched by tho thorns, Moore. Somo Jnpniii'so chestnut trees nt Hnutu Horn, Oil., yield enormous fruit. One dozen uuU weigh a iKitiud. Mnu Is not lurit to solvo tho problem of tho universe, but to llnd nut what ho has to do, and then to do that, Goethe. A Dubuque, Iowa, man has shlpjMsl 1,100 eats nud !JO0 dogs to Dakota, where tho ani mals nre wanted to exterminate ground mice-. In Paso del Notre, Mexico, they havo In augurated a series of Sunday bull lights to raise money with which to purchase n town dock. A celluloid (K'uholder exploded lu the pocket of u Portsmouth, N, II., man burning a hole In his coat nud shirt nud teni lug out tho pocket, Nothing w III render n mnu useless faster than to live among jieoplo who think that everything ho mys Is right, Milwaukee Journal. Ignorance of tho law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but liecauso 'tis nu excuse every man will plead, nud no man can tell how to confute lilm. Setdeu A Preuehmiiu claims to hao Invented a thermometer so sensitive that lis Index ncodlo will deflect two Inches upon tho entrance of a jK'rson Into thu room wliereithnslxHmplnccd. A California pnier remarks that It's likely, if Bantu Cruz gelsn now Jail, "thu present practice of tho prisoners climbing out nud going down town to llnd the sheriff when they w nut him will proluvbly IxxliHcoiitluucd." A new cannon mndo for a Russian Ironclad throws a solid shot weighing 1,()S5 pounds. Why they don't get a gun which will throw n whole brick ard nud be done with It is n matter of wonder. Catherine 1, of Russia, had a musical watch, ilu the Interior was tho holy scpulchor and tho Komati guard. Ily touching n spring tho stones ino vis I nwny from thu sepitlchcr, tho guard knelt down, uiigels npcarcd nnd tho holy woman stcpcd Into the tomb nud mug tho Haster song of tho Russian churches. A now dfmrturo his taken jdaeo In tho lighting o( public conveyances iu Loudon. Several of the now omnibuses nro lighted by gas Instead of oil, Thu giis Is contained In n smull reservoir, similar to those In uso on tho railroads, nud Is carried underneath tho vehi cle Tho light glveu is gi cat ly superior to oil, nnd enables the uisseugers to read a paper with comfort. Land reformers nro successfully at work lu Australia. A law has lieeu iassed In South Australia couiK'lllug nil local authorities to assess nil tho local rates iijkjii unimproved land vnlues only, nud not upon tho valuo of houses, buildings or other improvements. Tho unearned Increment which will thus bo laid under contribution for local purposes Is very lurgo lu amount. There nro IK) presidential jiostofllccs In Pennsylvania, tho salaries of tho ostmasters of which aggregate over $'i.'j0,0U0 a year. Tho salaries of other jKMtmasters in tlio stato amount toover 11,000,000. There nre lietween 10,000 nud lfi.OOO jiersons employed lu con nection with these jiostofllces, nnd tho total salaries paid amount to nearly fa,fi00,000 a oar. 1 In some respects Athens Is not so fur bo 'hind tho rest of tho civilized world. It has niuijier printed Iu Greek nud which bears tho tltlo of Thu Woman's Journal. Tho editor Is Mine. Cnllirhoo Pnrren, a Greek woman, who Informs her renders that "In Greoco tho rights of women nro almost till, for secondary Instruction litis not yet been do creed, and wo can only nsk nnd work for tho moral nnd Intellectual I'liirunchivmcut of Greek women." Im-rrusM of 1 uteris. Noxious insects nro moro numerous and do structivo now than they wero fifty years ngo. Wboro nature has u ehaneo to work out her laws, nil nnlmnls, from the highest to. tho lowest, do not Increaso beyond projicr limits. Even man himself is uo exception to this grcnt luw; but let n break occur in this great natural chain und it is felt nil along thu Hue. Homo species will Increase enormously, whllo others almost entirely disapjienr. Now, as insects nro far'moro numerous than all tho higher uulnials, it follows that if somo un foreseen event takes place that favors n great Increase of somo noxious species, mnn Is sure to lie a great sufferer. And this stato of things is exactly what Is taking placo today. Tho reader will naturally Inquire why tho .beneficial ones do not Increaso ns fast as tho destructive ones. Tho answer Is, tho food plant of tho h.tter has Increased enormously, and all the surroundings havo favored its 'npld Increase, whllo tho other, living ujwn miimal (Imago) food, is entirely outstripped by tho vegetable eating species. New York Homo Journal. Art uud AdwrtlM'iiirnt. When tho urtict discovered that there was a roynl ro d to fume, and that success might lw obtained by cultivating notoriety lu typo, In said to hlim-clf: ".Nineteen men out of I v only uro fools. I hnvo no uso for tho twentieth man. Tho nineteen help themselves to brains out of tho uuwhwipcn, which are served fresh overy morning. Thoy shall serve mo Interleaved with tho newspner8. Ad vertisement is fame, advertisement is for tune. Tho best advertisement Is on tho edi torial pugo, Instead of jwylng u dollar u line, let mo capture ho critic, for his numo Is 'Ucom.'" This stuto of affairs has demoral ised tho branch of art with which I am hum bly counected, nud I am informed that it has t:i u simiiui iiuiiiii-r demoralized other branches of nrt, In which even great men as pire to succeed by and through press notices rather than by public appreciation and favor; or, to speak more correctly, thoy seek to ob tain such public appreciation by favor of tho press." Dion Uoucieault hi North American Review, MInlittrr IU-Imont's Humane Art. A private letter from Madrid gives tho fol lowing: "During thu military maneuvers to dy an Incident occurred iu which tlio Amer ican minister, Mr. Perry Delmout, played a commendable jKirt. Tho reviewing ground Is ubout three miles out of tho city. Tho queen nnd r.ll tho high court olllclals wero present, and there was uu immense coucouito of iioople. During one of tho maneuvers nu mtlileryman was throw u from l:Li horso, cud before tho onward rush could be checked ho was run over by tho gun carriage and badly hurt, his leg bclug broken. Tho (wiut at which this accident occurred wns just op ixMito to where tho American minister was looking on from Ills carriage, Mr. Dclmont nt onco alighted nnd had the injured man put iu his carriage ami drlw ii to ti.o hospital, somo mllai nwny. 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