CM'IIWL CITV COI-RIKR, SAirUDAY, APRIL ,9, ,80o.
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TIIK TABKILNAOLK N'LI'IT.
A PRACTICAL SERMON DY DR. TAL
MAGE ON BUSINESS.
.iiinn lesson, nf Ufa Which Majors mid
Sellers Are loo Apt to lie Slow ti lnru.
Work Without (ln.l U Work Wasted.
IlliOOKi.vx. A pi II 1M - At tho service In the
Academy of Music tliN iimrniiu Ip Till
tungo, after icuil!u appropriate iiwiki of
Heilpturo, Kuvonut the Iimiiii
So li'l our llw nil I Hies express
lilt' hill) (losM'l WO plllfosH
II fiimoiiiiivil us hi toxt I'm.cili xx,lt
"ltUnmiKlil.lt Is niiulit, Miith the liujof
lnt when In i j;oiio his uu), then n ioiit
eth " Follow iiir l his; mi iiioii In full
I'uhioos in ! not inch pilvim ii tlu world
tmiiRtncM If joii tlilnl. Hint the mil) timn
kliiK4 and queens oomo foi tli fiom the mini
Kates' is In priM't'ssion mid kop:isuIi attend
ed, .miii in , mistaken. Incognito, In iliij or
liy night, mid clnthisl in citirous' upputol or
tlio dress of a working woman, the) como
out mid see tint wot Id iih ills In no other
way could King Solomon, thnuuthoi of uu
toxt, have Known over) thlnp tlmt wisj;ninj;
on. from in) toit ( mn sure ho must, In
disguise, miiiii' dm hnio wnlki-il Into n store
of icadi made rlotliuiK. In Jerusalem, mnl
KtiHsl in'iir tho counter mid owilieitd n con
versation between a liuyer nnd u sollep The
lueii'hmit put a price on tho emit, nnd the
customer Iwtfiin to dicker mid Mild "Ah
stud' tlmt coat li not worth wlml inn ask-
foi it. Why, Jtut look ut tho iimiu'iira of
the fiihrlcl Hco tlmt Rx)t on the ei.llur! He
sides tlmt, It does not lit. Tuenti dollars for
Hint Why, It Imi't worth more thmi ten
Tlmy havu n Iwttor article timn tlmt, mid foi
dii'iiticr price, down at Clouthoin, Kileui &
Hrotheri Ilosldos tlmt, I ilon't want il lit
au prlee (lood inornliiK " "Hold," says
the merchant; "don't no oil' liithutwui. I
want to sell j on tlmt cont l halo some pay
ments to innko nnd I mint tho money Come
now, how much will jou Klvo for tlmt eontf"
"Well,"suj8 tho customer, "I will split tho
dliroronco. You inked twenty dul'nis, and I
said ton. Now, I will give jou llfteen "
"Well," nays tho merchant, "it's n grout sac
rifice; hut take it at that price " Then Solo
mon riiw tho customer with n toll under lili
firm start mid k out utid outer Ids own
placoof InKlnesx; nnd Solnmon, In disguise,
followed him. Io heard the customer as ho
unrolled the coat Ray: "Hoys, I hnvo tit ule n
great bargain. How mucli do you guess 1
gavn for tlmt contl" "Well," says one, w Wi
lug to comiillinviit his enterprise, "you guvu
flirty dojlgra Jor H." Another wiys, "I
ihoilld think you got Itcltenp If yoH gnvft
twontj'-llvo dollar." "No," wiyn tho huyor
In triumph; "I got it for llftwn dollars I
heat him down nnd oiutcd out the luimrfoc
tlons until I really made him liolieve it was
not worth hardly anything It takes mn to
make n iMirgniu. Hal Ha!" Oh, man, you
got tho goods for less than they woro worth
by positive falsehood; and no wonder, when
Solomon went back to Ids pulnco and had
put off Ida dlsgulho, that ho wit down at his
writing desk and tundo for all ngos a crayon
sketch of jou: "It is naught, it Is naught,
fuilth tho buyer: but when ho is gouo his
way, then ho boastoth."
Thoro aro no higher Btyloa of mcu in all tho'
world than tlioso now nt tho head of ntcr
clmudiso in Ilrooklyn and Now Yoik and in
tho other great cities of this continent. Their
casual promise is as gixsl as a loud with piled
of collaterals. Their reputation for integrity
is as well established a that of Petrarch re
siding In tho family of Cardinal Colonim,
and when thoro was grout disturbauco in tho
family the cnrdinal callisl all his people to
gether and put them under oath to toll tho
truth, oxcept I'etrurch, for when ho oamo to
rw ear the cardinal put away his book and
Raid: "As to you, I'otrarch, your word is
sulllclont,"
Never rIuco tho world stood havo thoro
Ixsjii k many merchants whoo traiiNictioiw
can Rtand tho tost of thoTouCommandmouts.
Such bargain makers aro all tho 111010 to Imj
honored bocjiuso thoy hnvo withstood jour
after year temptations which havo llung
many to flat mid flung them so hard they can
never recover themselves. While all positions
in lifo havo xiwerful bosotments to o il thero
aro soci(lc forms of allurement which urn
peculiar to each occupation mid profession,
and it will lie UM'ful tohjK'iik of tho cculiar
temptations of business men.
First, us in tho M'tmo of tho toxt, business
men are often tempted to sictitlco plain
truth, tho seller by exaggerating tho value of
goods, and tho buj or by depreciating thorn.
Wo cannot hut admire uu oxiei t Nile-man.
See how ho flisl induces tint customer into u
mood favoriihlo to tho projicr consideration
of tho value of the goisls llo shows hliusolf
tots) an honest anil frank hulesinuu How
carefully the lights are urranged till they
fall just right upon tho fain ic!
Hegiuuiug with goods of medium ipmhtx,
ho gradually advance's toward thoso of moro
thorough uiako mid of mole nttractho pat
tern. How ho watches the inoous mid whims
of his customer1 With what erfect calm
noss he takes tho order and bows tho pur
chaser Irom his pnwnco, who goes away
having made up his mind that ho has bought
the goisls at a price which will allow him a
living margin when ho again sells them Tho
goods wero worth what tho hulesiuuii Rhid
thoy woro, mid wero sold at a price which
will not make it necessary for tho house to
fail ovory ton years in order to fix up things.
Hut wtth what burning indignation wo
think of tho iniipiitous stratagems by which
goods mo sometimes disK)noil of A glance
at tho morning pnHiis shows the arrival at
one of our hotels of a young merchant from
one of tho inland cIMoa. Ho is u coinuirativo
stranger in tho great city, oud, of course, ho
mutt Ihj shown around, mid it will bo tho duty
of some of our outei prising houses to escort
him. Ho is a largo put chaser and has plenty
of time and money, and it will jmy to Ih very
attentive. Tho evening is spent at a placo of
doubtful amusement Then thoy go back to
tho hotel, Having just come to town, thoy
must, of course, drink A fiieud from tho
same mercantile establishment drops in, and
usage and goneiosity suggest tLut they must
drink Husincss piosKcts are talked over,
and tlio xtruugci in warned against certain
dilapidated uieicantile establishments that
are about to fall, and for such kindness and
maghummit) of caution agaiiitt the dishon
est) ol other business houses, of courv, It is
exKs'tsl thev will and so thoy do the) tnkn
a di ink.
Utlier met chant lodging in adjoining i isims
Hud it haul to sleep for tho clattei of decant
ois, and the coarse caioiisal of these "had
follows well met" waxes louder Hut the) sit
not all night at the wine eii) The) must soo
the sights, Tlmy stagger trnth with cheeks
flushed mid o) os bloodshot The ou'.i I gates
of hell oim'u in lot in tho victims Tim wings
of lost souls flit aumn' the lights and tho I
sfeptof the cm ousei s sound with the i ambling I
tliundeis ut thoilumut-d Faiewoll to all tho
sanctities of home: Could mother, sister, I
fathui, sluiubeilug in the inland homo, in
some vision of that night catch a glimpse of
tho rum wioughl the) would rrfid out their
huir liv the iisits and hlto tho louguo till tho
bliKsl spurted, slu lukiug out: "Uislsave hlinl"
What, fiipHiso y mi, will come ukmi such
buslnets estublUhuieutsf mid lliulo are hun
dreds of them in the cities. They u ly Isjiut
of Inliulons mIi . en fine) mnv have nil uu
procislontisl miii of liiivor. nnd the name of
the I11111-.C mnv Iki a toiror to afl nvals, nnd
fiom tins thi'iflv tisit there mn) spiiug up
In audi hous lu othoi rules, and all thepirt
ueisof the fhni uiav move Into their man
Ions mid di ive theli full Idcsslnl span, and
llio families iiiiij swisp the stiis with the
most elegant nppard that human art ever
wove 01 in I lil maguillcence ever aohlov oil.
Hut a i'iiimi Is gnthoilng sotnowhero for tliiwii
liien, ami If It ilis's not seize hold of the pll
Inisand lu one wild ruin bringdown the loin
pie of 1 oiumcicinl gloi) It will break up their
peace and Ihev will tioinble with sickness
and bloat with dUslpat Ions, and. pn-hisl to
the I tei'lpinxif this life, thev will 1 1 to hold
back and ci ) for help, Vmt no help w ill como;
ami thev will 1 lulcli tlioil gold to take It
nloiig with them, but it will Is- Miati lesl from
tlmir gi np. mid a voice will soiiii I Ihioiigh
their soul, "Not a faithiug i'mii lMggaioil
f pit II ' And tic judgment will come mid
thev will stand aghast liefoie it, and all the
husincss iulipiltiiN of 11 liiftlmo will giithei
around them, suing "l)o vou lemeiiilH'i
this" and. "Do )ou lememher that '" nd
clei ks thai thev coms'llis to illshouest v , mid
nun cts mid duivmen and bisikkis's is who
saw Is'lilnd the scenes, will heal testiuioiiy to
llicll iiefai ioiis deeds, mid some V II tlloiis soul
that once stood aghast at thesplendoi and
M)Wer of these business men will sa) , " Mas'
this Is all thai is left of 'Wit grivit Him that
iMviiplisl a blis'k with their merchandise mid
Kveishadowisl tho city with their inlluetice.
mil made 1 ightcousticsH mid truth mid put It v
fall under the galling 111 u of avarice mid
rrlmo."
While we admire and approve of all acute
in ss mnl tact in tho sale of good, wo must
oiiileinn niiv priH'ess by which a labile 01
produi I is U'piiwnfisl us sssesslng n value
whli h it tonlly ihs'N not have. Nothing but
slus'i falsehoisl can lepiesi'iit as perflation
bisits that up, silks that spisslily lose t licit
luster, calicoes that immcdintolv wash out,
stoves that crack uuilei the first hot lire
Issiks iiiMilllclciitly bound, cai H'ls that 1111
ravel, old fin iiltuie lejuveimtod with putt)
and glue and sold as hav lug lss-u 1 nth
mauufactuiisl, gold watches made out of
hiass, bmrels of fruit the biggest apples on
the top, wine adulterated with strvcliiiiiic,
hosier) pisiily woven, cloths of domestic
manufacture shining with foreign labels, lin
Hiitol gixsls ropreseutisl as rule and hard to
get, Iss'iiuso fuielgn exchange is so high,
tolled out on the counter with matchless ills
plav IiiiMirtil, ImliHil! but fiom the fac
tory lu the next stns't A pattern ah cud)
uiifashlonahle mid unsalable palmed on" us 11
new print Uhiii Nime countrv meichautwho
has come to town to make his Hist purchase
of dry gissls mid going homo with a large
stock of gissls warranted to keep.
Again, busTuosM men aro often tempted to
make the habits and customs of other traders
their law of rcctiludc. There are commercial
usagos which will not stand the tost of the
last ihiv Yet men in business me apt lo do
as their neighUus do If the uiiijorit) of the
traders in an) locality mo lax in pilnciple,
the commeicial code lu tlmt community will
bo spurious mid dishonest. It is a haul thing
to stand close by the law of right when jour
next door neighbor by his looseness of dealing
Is enabled to sell gissls at 11 ctioasr into and
decoy your customers. Of couiso vou who
promptly meet all your business engagements,
pnvlng when you promise to iy, will find It
hard to couiMito with tlmt merchant who Is
IiomWIv in debt to tho iuiKiitor for the
gissls puichastsl, and to the landlord whoso
store he occupies, mid to thecleiks who servo
him
Theie aro a huiidnsl practices prevalent In
tho world of ti utile which ought never to In
come tho rule for honest men Their wrong
iIim-s not make jour light. Sin never be
comes viitue by Is'iug multiplied and ad
mitted at brokers' board, or merchants' ex
change. lks'ntiMjothers smuggled fev things
in uissengor trunks, liecausd others take usury
when men are in tight places, U-cutiso other's
deal in fuuey stocks, Us'uuso others palm olT
worthloss indorsements, Ucauso others do
nothing but blow bubbles, do not. thoreforo,
bo overcome of temptation Hollow preten
sion and fictitious cicdlt and commeicial
gambling inav awhile prosx-r, but the day of
ris'konlng eth, mid in addition to "the
horror and condemnation of outraged com
munities the curse of Hod will como, blow
utter blow. Cod's will foiever mid forever
Is theonlv standard of right and wrong, and
not commeicial ethics.
Young business man, avoid the first bust
ness dishonor, and you will avoid all t lie 1 est
Tlio captain of a vessel was walking near tlio
mouth of a river when tho tide was low, mid
there was a long, stout anchor chain, Into one
of the gloat links of which his foot slippisl,
mid it ls'gnn to swell mid he could not with
draw It Tho tide Is-gtm to rise The chain
could not be loosened HOP Illcd olf in time,
mid usuigism was called to amputate the
limb, but iN'fore the win k could bo done the
tide rolled ovei the viutlui and Ills life was
gone.
And I have to tell )ou, jouug man, that
Just ono w rung Into w Idcli you slip may Ixi a
link of a long chain of circumstances fiom
which j 011 cannot Ir oxti icutod bv any in
genuity of your own or any help from others,
mid tho tides will roll over you as they have
over many. When l'omx')-, tho wan lor,
wanted to uiko kismskioii of a city, and the)
would not oxu the gates, he xrsuiiihsl them
to admit a sick soldier. Hut tho sick soldier
after a while got well and strong, and ho
tlilow iiMii tho gates and let the devastat
ing army como in, Ono wrong admitted
into the soul may gain lu strength until,
after aw Idle, it flings omii all tlio avenues or
tlio immoral nature, and tho surrender is
complete
Again, business men moisuuetiuies tompted
to throw olT x:rsonal rt)sx)iisibility iixm the
moneyed institution to which they Is'long
Directors in banks and railroad and lusui mice
companies sometimes shirk pciwmul respou
sililllty underneath tho action of the corpora
tiou And how often, when some banking
house or financial institution explodes tin oiigii
fraud, resss'tablo men lu the Ixmrd of dins'
tors say "Wlij , I thought all was going on
in mi honest way, and I am utterly con
founded with this misdemeanor'" The banks,
and the flro and lifo and marine insurance
companies, nnd tho railroad companies, will
not stand up for judgment in the last da),
but those who in them acted righteously will
receive, each for himself, a toward, and
those who acted tho puit of neglect or trick
ery will, ench for himself, receive a cou
deiuuution I'liiawful dividends are not clean Istfoit
(J l Iss-aiise theio are those associatisl with
vou wlio grab jut as lug a pile as )oii do Hi
w ho coiilitenaui es the dishonest) ot tile linn,
a of the cm Nratlou, 01 of tliu association,
lakes upon himself all of the moral liabilities.
If the lluaiii ml institution steals, he steals If
the) g.i Info w ild sks illations, h himself is a
gamhlci If tin ) nccdlessl) emlim rass aciisl
ilol , lie himself is guilty of CI licit) If the)
s'Vllldhl tliu UUIIIItllltlsl, he himself Is 11 ie
faultcr No llnaui'ial institution evoi had a
uioiie) vault stioug enough, 01 credit stanch
iiioilgh.ol div ideilds large enough, 01 hiic
acute enough lo hide the ludiv idlial sin ol It.
inemls'is Tho old adage, that coi siiatiou
have no souls, Is misleading. F.very cm xrn
ti in has as m in souls a It has inuinls'is
Again, man) business niun havelx'on tempt
isl li Mistpotie then enjoyments mid duties to
a filtuio season of entire leuura. What a
sulatlvo t li- s 'In 1st inn religion would Ixi to all
1 our business men If, luMcnd of sitxiulug
I Its lines to ol. I ago or death, thev would take
It Into the tote or factory or woi l.lh cugngtv
I motifs now ' Il Is foi I v to go nmld Hie uncer
! In'itl-s of business life with no (lisl to help,
j merchant lu 11 New Kiigluud village wax
! standing b a horse, mnl the hoise llflnl his
f(Kt to Rlauip it in a xxi of water, ami tho
merchant, t'iesonxi tln splash, slopxsl lulu
the ihxir of mi insurance agent, and the
agent said. "I supxise )oit have iiime to re
new oiit Hie Insurance" "Oh," wild tho
I merchant. "I had foi gotten tlmt " The In
surance was loucwisl, mid the next day the
house thai had Imvii iusuiisl was huiucil.
j W'is t till accidental that tho meiehmit, to
1 oscap' a splash from n hoise's fixil, stepxsl
I into the insurance olllcel No, H was piovi
ilt'littiil And what a might v solute foi a
business mull to fool that things me piovf
dentlall V. nut peace mid eipilhbt luni In such
a coiisideiiitii.n, mnl what a grand thing If
1 all liil'lni's. men could lealie II'
Mauv although now coiuparallvclv strait
enisl m woildl) (iieuiiistiinces, have a goodly
I establishment in the future plmuusl out They
1 have lu imagination built nlsuil fwenlv vears
I aliivid a house in thii coiiuli v not dilllcult of
ais'oss from the gi oaf town, foi Ihev will often
havo business, or old accounts to settle, ami
1 Investments to l.xik aftei The house Is large
1 enough to aceoilinio.late nil theli ft lends.
I The hulls me wide, and hung wltli pictuies
j of hunting scones and a blanch of mithrs,
I and ale comfortable with chairs thai can be
I tollisl out on the voranda when the weather
j Is 111 itlng, ot sot out Under some of tho oaks
' that stand sentinel about the house, and tits
fling ill the cool Inn. e, and songful with flu)
lohlus
Tin 'io Is Just laud enough tokispthein In-
j toiestisl, ami Its clops of almost fabulous
ticliuess spimgiug up under apphciifiou of
tho best theoiles lo Ixi found in the agl icul
t lira I join mils. The faun is well stockisl with
I cattle and hoises, mid sheep that know the
voice and linvoukln.il) bleat whonoiio gix s
forth lo look at tlieni. In this bhsstul ulxulo
their childieii will be lustiuetisl ill 111 1 and
I science and lollgloti Thin shall lie the old
homestead to which the Ixiys at college will
j ditis't their letteis, nnd til.) hill on which tho
house stands will lx culled Oak wood or Ivy
Mill or Pleasant lletioat or I'aglo I'.vi le Ma)
the future have for ever) business maii hero
I all that, and more Iswl. lei Hut are v oil post
I lonlng your happiness to that tluief A10
1 J'oil adjoin nlng your Joys t that consumma
! lion I
Supxise tlmt you achieve all jon exHvt
and the vision I mention Is mil up to tho
ioulit),lxcauso the fountains will iHihiightcr,
the house grander and tho scenerv more pic
turosipio -the mistake is none tho loss fatal.
What chin in will there lie in nirul ipilot for
11 man who has thirty or forty )oais Iksmi
conforming his entire nature to the excite
ments of business! Will II.M'ks mid herds
witli their bloat and moan lx able to silouco
tho insatiable spli it of acquisitiveness which
has for j oars had full swing in the soul f Will
tlio hum ol the bris'70 soothe the limn who
now can find his only eujojment luthestix-k
market I Will leaf ami cloud and fountain
charm the o)o that has for tin ts-fourths of
u lifetime found its chief lieautvin hogsheads
and bills of sale I Will parents bo co'nK'tent
to loar their children for high and holy pur
xisi, if their ilifaucj' and bovhiHid and girl
luxxl vvoio noglis'leil, when the) ill e almost
ready to outer upon the woi Id ami have all
their habits fixed and their pi Inclples stereo
t)Milf No, no; now is tho time to Ixi happy.
Now Is the time to servo join Creator. Now
is the time to be a Christian. Are you too
busy! I have known men as busy as jon
me who had a place In the store loft whero
they wont to prnj Somu one asked a Chris
tian sailor whore ho found any place to
pray in. Ho said: "I can always Hud 11
quiet place at masthead." And in tho busi
est da) of tho season, if jour heart is
light, jou can Hud 11 placo to play. I (road
way and Fllltou street are gixxl places to
pra.v in us jou go to moot jour various en
gagements Go homo 11 little em lier mid got
Introduced to joup children lie not 11 gulliiy
slave by day mid night, laslusl fast to the oar
of business. I l ever) iluv have its hour for
worship mid intellectual cultiiie and hitch
tiou. Show vouisolf gi eater than jour busi
ness. Act not us though after death jou
would outer 11 h n an otormt) of luilioud
stix'ks mid colbs's anil ilbbous. Itoust not
jourumnhixxl befoie the x'is'tual flies of
anxiety With ov ci) ymd of cloth vou soil
tlilow not in your soul to dixit L'seflikiu
and counting kkiiu desk and liiitdwmo 1 into
I as the step to glorious usefulness mid highest
Oiiiitiau ihuiuctcr Decide once nnd foi-
I over who shall lie master in jour stole, you
1 or voiir business.
. Again, business men mo niton tempted to
I let their calling Intel tele with the Intel estsof
I the soul (io. I sends men into tic business
I win Id to get educated, Jut asbo)s ule sent
to school and college I'm 1 huso mid sale, loss
mid gain, disappointment and rasping, pios-
x't it), the dishonest) of others, panic and
hank sisk'UHo! mi but lllllelellt lessons in
j the school. The mole business, the uiolu
means of grace Man) have gone tluoiigh
I wildest panic iitilmi t. "Ale )ou not afraid
I vou will hi en I. f" wild Mime one to a mil chant
' in time of gnat commeicial oxeitemenl Ho
lephed. "A)e, I shall break when I he fiftieth
1 I'sulm bleaks, in the llfteenth vero, 'Call
upon me in tile day of tioiilil.i nnd Iwillde
bvei this- ' "
The store and tho counting house have do
veloxsl some of the most stalwiil I characleix
Pel hai origlnall) the) had but little spi ight
linoss mid forn, but two or thieo haul luis
ness thiimpn woke tliem up from their loth
argj, mid there came a thorough developuieut
in their heal Is of all that was good mid holy
and energetic and tremendous, mid they have
bis'onie the front men in Chi 1st s gieut miuv,
as well as lighthouses in the great world of
tialllc Hut business has Usm xrK-timl do
pletiou to many a man II first pulled out of
him all Ix'iievoleuce, next all amiability, next
all lehgioiis aspiration, next all coiisoiimico,
and though heouteiis) his vocation withhiigu
heart mid noble character he goes out of it a
skeleton, enough to scale a ghost
Men appreciate the luixirtauee isf having
a gixxl business stand, a stole on thought
lido of the stiis-t or tho right block Now,
very placo of business is a ijood stand for
ipirituul culture Oixl's ungeU hovel over
the world of trafllc to sustain nnd build up
those who ure tr)ing to do their dut) To
morrow, if in join place of woildl) engaMe
iiieut jou will listen for it, vou miiv hear a
sound louder timn the rattle of diavs mid the
shulllo of fis't mid theihmkof dnilni s steal-1
lllg into Join soul, snjlilg, "Seek Jellist the
kuigilom of (iisl and his 1 ikIiIihuimihs, and !
ull other things shall Im added unto )oii "
Yet some of those slllll s st lit II bill galll lire
el.oattsl out of their liniunital hlcsMilnus by
4tlatiuenis mole palpalile timn anv '.hop
game ' of the st loot 'I he) make mvestini ntH
fu things everhisiingl) Ixdow p,u The) put
'.hem valuables in a sjife not file pi.sif. 'I'lie)
jive full 1 nsbt to iiitlueiiees that will not Ui
ible to ki once cent ..liadollai Thev plunge
into a lain 1 null fiom which no bankrupt lavr
3r "two-tluids 1 naetiiient' willivei extiicatu
tlielll flu take into then pal tlioi ship tile
woi Id, the llesh mi.l the devil, mid the mom)
if all 1 i.'liteousiiess will biat thiougli eleinal
iiges that the man who in all hi'. Kisiuos lifo
could not Ihi outwitted or oven luichod at last
tumbled into hpiiitual defalcation mid was
wluillisl out of heaven.
I 'nihil I soiiio of jou saw tho Hio lu New
Y11U in Is'Vi, Aged men tell us that It Ixig
Rnrod in ilcRcrlptlon. Some st.xsi on the
heiisoieps of Ilrooklyn, and hxikisl at the nil
mill tint swept down the streets mid threat
rmsl t,. obliterate tho metropolis Put (lie
common ml world will ot lx slmtled by a
greatH n.iithigiatlou, even the last Hills ef
exchange, xilicios of ItiMirmiio, inoitgnges
and Isuids mid government si, unties will Im
i'oiiuiiiis In one lick of the flame. The
lionise and the Unltnl Hlalos mint will tut 11
(o iislic. (lold will inn luolleu into Ihe dust
of the street I'.xchauges mnl granite bhs-ks
of liien Immllse will fall with n clash tlmt
will make tho em th tr 'iiilile.
The dishing up of Hie gloat light will show
the nglilodiis the wii) lo their thtoiies
Theli l-s licasiiieslu heaven, thin villi go
Up mid lake possession of them I ho lolls of
buslnisslife, which lackisl theli bialliliud
rass Iheh neives for so main torn, will
have fm ei ei cea'isl "I'hele the wlckisl
cease f 1 mn Doubling, mid the wean iiuinl
lost "
ODDS AND ENDS. .
At u shooting pat tv of live guns iissaith
given bv Count Welsseinbuig the ling con
lstisl of J.'.Mls hiiies and 'Jill pheasants, Mini
on one dav
The Hulgarimi govoimiiout ii..i.ms t..
adopt the (liegot lail calcudai Instead of the
old stvle llieek calendar still iimiI lu Hussia
mid some weeks out of agns'iucit with the
lost of the win Id
The lule of giowth Is that 11 child shoill I
Itu'icaso two Miitiils In weight foi ovei) Inch
in height Ix't wivii thus) and foul fis't mid
two and one half huiii1s for evetv inch hi
tvvmui four ami live fis't
Dm uig a pet fm malice of "1,'Afi lealue" n
couth hi I'm is at the ( Imi-ji the 1 hoi us Ix
came so lint that the illlfs'lor sigimlisl foi
the 1.1 chest rn to cense plavilig mnl th
pun op. "O, (Iran. I Saint Domiiiiipio" was
given without accoiupanlui"iit Theexplaiia
lion air..nl.'.l was that the chorisleiH wne
over fatigued 1 1) lehoaisals
Cntfon mix'P is usisl in the eheaH-st grades
of cigan lies, and wpiipix'PM lor l,(KX)clgui
ottos cost onl) two cents. Itlce pax'r Is the
choicest ami most costly used in clgulotto
milking l'obaccouled paxT is made bv
saturating tinner with an Infusion of tobacco
mid piessing it lu such a wa) 11s to produce
an uniiuiion ot me veins or tlio tobacco leaf
Some hois plaviug on the canal bank at
Ib'tfnlil found a hole full of sllvil coins. Nino
of the lads tilled their caps with the mono) ,
which the) took to the (ml ice station. Tlio
troiisiite place was aflorwanl thoroughlv
searchisl, mid altogethei lV worth of coins
were taken out. The coins had evldeiitl)
Ik-cii under ground for many jenrs
The dagger with which Havalllac aswtssl
imted Hour) IVof Franco has Ixs-u found bv
n Heiliti mitlipiai) Ho Ixuight 11 curious
thick cane from 11 miiuuiuI, and on cxumlim
tiou the stick provisl to Ixi hollow mid to
contain an ancient xuilnrd mid tiny siiuir
Ikix In the latter wss a pas'r stating that
the owner of the stick had carried oir the
historical daggei from Ihe Paris Palais de
Justice in I Sir.
A 1 l-)onr-old 1st) confliiisl in a Paris prison
for attempted muriloi , ls-mg put into a strait
jacket as n punishment for v iolatiou of the
lilies, managed tofns' himself by rubbing oil'
Ihe fastenings against a corner of his cell
door frame, and thou made out of his clothes
iiiohi with which he stiaughsl himself from
tlio bars of his cell
The l.itgost and heaviest building stone
ever ipmn lisl In I'nglmul was taken from
the I'lnukinglon ipiarrv , near Norwich, in
February, IHh'.i It was lu one piece, with
out crack or Haw, ami weighed over thlrty
llve tons It was 15 fis-t long, fl fool high
mid ft feet wide.
The Flench government is taking vigor
oils uieusuies to suppress the morphine liuhlt
by punishing the diuggists who sell the drug
to jxtsoiis whom thev know to Ixi addicted
to its use. One di uggist who hud Ix-en con
vioted of tills oirense In one district, mid had
paid Ihe x'iiall),has been lofuseil a diploma
ill miotlmr dlstl let, whole ho has oxuiod a
new shop.
Tiishkuioir, the Uusslan traveler mid eth
nologist, points out 111 11 nil) published
statistics that tlieieare In the Hussimi armv
KXI.OOO henthons mid .Vi.Oiki Malioiuetnns, the
lattoi forming TO x'i- cent of the Husslau
Cossack leghneiits He also states that
Christiunit) is iiipidlv decre.ismg in the
southeastern pints ol the empire
Kiighsh thieves me using u contrivance
lixiking like mi oiiliuarj walking stick, but
which is so umiugisl that b) pn-sslng asprlng
at the handle t'e ferrule will s plead apart
mid foi m a sot I ol spring clip tlmt will take
hold of mi) thing that is within leach Th"
thing iscnllisl "the continental lifting stick,"
and Is iimhI to take gissls fiom lx-hmd couii
tots when tlio shopman's back is Minus!.
Tlio disJiH'st lake in the woi Id is Ijiki
llalkal, lu Sllx'iiii Its ulna of over ll.OOn
sipimo miles makes it about equal to Ci in lu
superl!. ml extent, Its 1 uoiinous depth of Ix
twis'ti ,i,000mid I,.'i00 fis-t makes the volume
of Its wateis almost npial to that of l.ak"
SiihIIoi, although Its sulfa. o is l.lkVlfiet
iilxjve the sea level, its bottom Is nearly H,0 0
fisjt Ixdow It.
The largest advertisement 111 the wotld 1.
that of Tlie (iiiisgow News, cut ill tho slian
of flower Ixsls on the hide of a hill back of
Aiilciilco, Scotland The winds "(ilasgow
News' run IkmcuuuiI plmiil) leailadistuuce
of folll miles, the length of 0111 h let lei is 10
feet, the t tal length of the line ,-WI fistt; the
men covens) b) the letteis H.M'i foot.
A I'bite KmIIx from llrttveli.
A strange story is now Ix-lng circulated in
India alxiiit a gold plate, with Insci iptious
iixiu it in the Tamil .ml Tel eg u l.iiigunges,
which Is said to huve fallen fiom lien von
The Hindis) l'ntriot give the following ver
slou of il. A plate made of the finest gold,
containing tho following inscriptions, fell
from heaven nnd was found in the temple
gl 'Hinds nt Heimres bv the pel son who saw it
full Tho inwi iption is ns follows "From
the mouth of June, IS'.m, (ji hlliisi'lf will
l ule as euixior of Hiu looatun, lie ainatliig
'-Jiitv-! in human form IV.. in Hint Iliu.
forward theie will lx justice nil over tin
woil. I, mid tho inn ii ik HigoH will lx win
slli'.l bv the Jieople All thedlseiisi-K ot lieu
will U'cuiisl, dogs will walk an I tab. as
do, mid uu li, whose life is now estaolishe I a'
;0).i., will hi tlio fut in have it extondeo
to IJ'i jeiilx "
Kilslel Minilii).
The wold "eastei ' is fiom the (ieiiuai.
"ostel li,' old S imiii) ' ostei u ising. Haste
Is, therefole, the Chi Islmii I'lssovei ol f.-sti
valof the resiiins'tiou of Chi it The Hug
llsli name i f the dav Is piobahlv d. i ivisl fiom
that ot the Teutonic gisldovs I l.ti-i n ..i Ko
til), whose festival ix-cilirisl lib ml UleNlllle
time as tho cilebiatlou of Hastei The time
of celebrating the fiwtival wasasiibj.s t which
gave Use to lleatisl dlscusl.itl in I he prluil
live Chllslian ihilichos '1'lie ipus.tiuu was
fullv iiiusi leiisl mid finally settled nt the
council of Nice lu 1RW A D , for the whole
chuicli, by adopting the uile vr'uijh inakiss
Kustcr dnj the ilrt Huiidn) after tho tint
full imxiti after Mai ch Ul Commonly speak
ing, it is the "Hist Sundii) after the fit st full
iiiixiu after thu sun crosses tho line." St,
Lollii. Helilltdlil.
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Every Pound Warranted Fresh and Pure
And nuulc of Choice Meat. If your butcher does not keep
these floods, Call up Telephone 487.
r.. aiicvuw,
Notary Pubic and Rea Estate Dealer in City and Farm Property
i.l ST
North (Jernian-Llo)d Steamship Co.,
Hamburg-American Packet Co., and Maltic Lines.
Also KulliD.ul A"cnt foi the Different Companies Kast and West.
Southampton. Ilare, I liiinlniig, Stet'en, London, I'rls, Norwaj, IM moiitli, Bremen,
hui'dcn, and anj point in Kuropc.
Post (Jrdcrs .iml rrco,ii KxLlianoe issued to all prominent points lu Kuropc.
Ila Inn law facilities oast w till Ihe hiirrfcul IIiiiiUh and Hu Inus lnslltutlnns, I am lire
lulled to make all kinds of Loans on IMrsI Id al Cslnle .MorlKaices, City or I'linn Property,
from I lo .I) oars, ut tholoucst Interest. also ileal In School lloiuls, Htiite, t'ountv and City
Warrants, also In State. Counl) and Clt Certified Claims, and Mill aliiajs pa) the lilulirsl
market prior Call and see me or ( orrespoml u llli me.
L. MKYER, ioS North Tenth Street.
A. H. WEIK & CX).
(Successors to S. A. Brown A: Co.)
L.U7VTBER
Cit OMke ioij () St. Telephone 7?.
N'aidjmd Ollite Coinci ioih and Y Sts. Telephone 05.
H. W. BROWN
DRU(;CS1T ami HOOKSKI.l.ER
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Flowci and CJaidcn Seeds.
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