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CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURDAY, JULY 2f iSy? TAMIAGE IN LONDON. WHAT IT C03T TO GIVE HUMANITV THE CHANCE OF SALVATION. I-wlr HMh f OHrlit Tim Temp t nl lou In lir Vltili'rnr Chrlal lliifnr I'lliilu How Nature Orimnril nml Mi ml itrrril nt lln t'rncllWlini. oniox, dune IM.-A11 enormous mull euro greeted Dr. Tulinngo In Ibis city In ilny, composed of people who liml comt from nil parts of the British itirt ropolU tc henr tho famous Amorlenn pri'dolur. lib (reception In England has boon inntcn( lin insnc, .winy loners wont awaiting lilm from dllToront titles eagerly pleading for m Ylsll, The doctor w III hnvn In preach llvi rsN times n week If ho nt'ocptsoven n inninll percentage nf tho urgent Invitation already sent In lilin. I In li very imicn grnllllrd by Dim extreme cordiality of lilt reception, Dr. TiiIiiiiiko entitles It's kit mon "The Immense Cost," from tln text, I Cor. vl. SO, "Vi. are liought w It li a price." Your friend tnkes joii through hi vnlu bin homo. You oxuinlno lliii nrohos, th frescoes, lliti KrnplnlN, tlui IMipomls, Hn conservnturles, llii' park of deer, mul juu ny wltlilti yourself or you say ulouil, "What did nil this eostf" Von sen n cost ly diamond Mashing In nn onrilng, orjou henr n coolly dicss rustling across Un drawing room, or jolt soon high mil tli.l spnn 01 nnrsos iiniucsscti with silver mid gold, mul you begin to make mi estimate of Did value. Tim miui who owns n largo estate ni-.'iict instantly (ell you nil It Is north. Ho s.)n. "J will estimate mi imiL'h for t lit house, mi much for tho furniture, so much fur lav I ilk' out t ho grounds, no much for t ho Mock. mo much for tlui Imru, mi much for the equipage-MililliiK up In all making this aggregate." Well, my friends, I hear no much alini l our mansion In heaven, about Km furniture nml tint grand surroundings, that I want to know how much It Ik all north, anil what Iiiim actually Ihcii paid for It. I can not complete In a mouth nor a year ll'C magnificent calculation, but In' fore I git through todnylhupotn give you thollg uroi.. "Vu aro bough) wllli a price." TIIK I'IKIWK JhVi:iJI. Willi koill.t frlelliln I u-iui (.. .,,..., T...... . - . " ...... IOJ.MII IIIHII to look nt I ho crown Jewels. We walked around, caught one glimpse uf them, and being lu tho proceHHlon Were compelleil t. pass out. 1 wish that I could Inkethl. audience Intothotowor of find's mercy and atrciiKth that you might walk around Juit once, nt least, nud son tho crown Jewel nl eternity, behold their brilliance and cll ninto their value. "Wnro bought with a price." Now If you have n largo amount dl money to pay, you do not pay It nil at once, but you pay It by lnstullmcut-sn much tbo llrstof .January, rt much the lirstt.f April, no much the Urst of July, to much tho first of October, until theenllie mount Is paid, mid I have to tell this audience that "ynu have been bought with price," and that that price was paid In different lustnllinonts. Tho first Installment paid for the clear ance of our hiiiiIh wan tlio Ignomlnltius birth of Christ In Bethlehem. Though wo mny never lie carefully looked after after ward, our advent into tho world Is careful (ly guarded. Wo come Into tbo world amid iklndly attentions. Privacy nnd Mllencu are afforded when nod launches au Immortal oul Into tbo world. Kven tbo roughest of men know enough to stand back. Hut I have to tel! vim tlmt in tl... .iii...... .... .1... Ido of tho hill there was a very bedlam of uproar when Jesus was horn. In nvllbiKo capable of accommodating only a fewbundnsl peoplo many thousand people were crowded, and nmfd hostbn. and muleteers nml enmel drivers yellliiK nt tupld lwastH of burden tho Messiah ap penred. No silence; no privacy. A liettci adnpttslplaco hath tho eaglet In the eyrie jhath tho whelp In tho lion's lair. The e.. llo of heaven lleth down upon straw. The 'first nlKht out from tho palace of heaven pent In an outhouse! One hour nfter lay ing aside tho 1'olsjs of heaven, dressed in a wrapper of coarse linen. One would have upposed that Christ would have made n moroKrndunl descent, coiiiIiik from heaven flrtt to n bnlf way world of reat iiiiikiiI tude, then to Cti'snr's palace, then to a merchant's castle In Galilee, then to a prl Tato homo in Uethnny, then to n Usher maw'ii hut, and Inst of all to a stable. Xo! Itwa one leap from the top to tho bottom. TIIK MAMIKIt AT IIKTIII.KIIKM. Let us open the door of tho caravansary In Dethlehem and drive away the camels Press on IhroiiKh tho Kroup of Idlers nmi loungers. What, O Mary! no llKhtf "No light," sho says, "save that which comes throutih the door." What. Mary! no food' "None," she says, "only that which wns broiiKlit In the sack on the Journey." Let tho Dethlehem woman who has come In hero with kindly attentions put back the coverliiK from tho bnlai that we mav loo!; upon It. I.ookl IxHik! Uncover' voui uenn. iai us kneel. Let all voices be bushed. Son of Mary! Son of Godl Child nusiied. bon of Mary! Son of God! Child of a day monarch of eternity! In that I eyo the glance of a God. Omnfpotence sheathed In that babe's arm. Tmt voice to be changed from tho feeble plaint to uu iuiiu linn snail waKO the tlead. Ho aanna! Hasanua! Glory be to God that Jesus came from throne to ninnger, that we might rl-e from maimer to throne, and that all tho gates aro open, and that tho door of heaven, that once, swung this way to let Jesus out,.now wings the other way to let us In. Let nil the bellmen of heaven lay hold tho nip. and ring out the news, "Dehold. I brim you glnil tidings of great Joy, which shi.ll bo to all people; for Unlay Is born In the city of David a Saviour, which is ChrUl the Ionll" The second Installment paid for our soul's clearance was the scene In QiiarantaiJa, a mountainous region, full of caverns, where there nre to this day panthers and wild beasts of all sorts, so that you must now fo there armed with knife or gun or pistol, t wns there that Jesus went to think and to pray, and It wns there that this inouswi of hell more sly, more terrific than any tblug that prowled in that country satan himself, met Christ. Tho rose In the cheek of Christ-tliat Publlus Lentullus, In his letter to the Roman senate, uscribed to Jesus that rose tad scattered Its ptaU. Abstinence from jfood hud thrown him Into emaciation. A lonR abstinence from foot! recorded In pro lane history is that of the crew of the ship Juno; for twenty-three days they had othlng. to eat. Dut this sufferer, hail fasted a mouth and ten days before he broke fast. Hunger must have ngonlretl ,Tery fiber of the body ami gnawed on the .stomach with teeth of death. Tho thought .tf a morsel of bread or meat must Livyc thrilled the ' body ' with something like ferocity. Turn out a pack of men huugry .as Christ wns u-hungered, and if they had i strength, with one yell they would devour you as a lion a kid. II M'JU III that, imtlir rtf l.ii....w !.., I. ....... was accoste! mul sjta'i said, "Now clmue these slnties, nhlch look like bread, Into nn actual supply of bread," Mad tint temptation come tn ynu and mo under lhi'M circumstances, wo would have cried, "Iliead It shall be!" nml been almost Im patient nk the time tukeii for imistleatlim. lint Christ with nun hand bent back tho hiiuuer, mid with the other bund beat buck tho monarch of darkness, Oh, jo tempted .1 n.. i-i ....I iir '. . . iMii-ii viun. iiii ii-iiiiirii, n uro mul that Napoleon onlered acoat of mall made, but ho was not iiille certain that It wns Impenetrable, so ho said tn tho mnmifnc turerof the coal of mall, "I'ut It nn now yourself, nnd let us try It," and with shot aflershot from Ills nun pistol tlm emperor found out that Ituas'Jusl what It pre leiided tn Is a kmmI coat of mall, Then the man received a laixo rewnrd. TIM: (It'Allll AllAINHT TKMI'T.VTIOM. I bless (list that the same coat of mall that struck back the wciihmis of temp. tntlou from tho hend of Christ wo may now all wear; for Jesus comes and saysi "I have been tempted, nnd I !-nuw whikt It I to lie tciiipliil. Take this i 1m that defended me, nud wear It for your selves. I shall seolhrntiKb all trials and I shall see you t hrouuh all temptations." "Dut," sas Milan still further to Jesuii, "Como and I will show you souiethliiK worth loobliiK at; and after a half day's Journey they came tn Jerusalem, and to the top of tho temple. Just as mm mlht Ko up In tho tower of Antwerp and look olT upon llctalum,!! satan brought Christ tn the lop of tho temple. Some people nt a Krent height feel dl..y, and a strange disposition to Jump; so satan onmes to Christ In Unit verv erUla Klinwllinr il..... it the top of tho temple they looked oh. inaKiilllrent reach of country. (Sraln fields, vltieyanls, olive groves, forests and it reams, cattle In tho valley, Hocks on the allls, and vlHnges and cities and realms. "Now," say satan, "I'll make a bar mln. Just Jump nir. I know It Is a great vny from the topof the Temple tn tho vnl ey, but If you are divine ynu can lly. lump olT. It won't hint you. Angels rill catch you. Vonr Father will hold rou. Desldes. I'M ninko you a largo present If j on will. I'll give you Asia Minor, I'll give ynu China, I'll give yon Kt.lopla, I'll give you Italy, I'll give yo.i 3puln, I'll give you Germany, I'll give you Ilrltaln, I'll give you all the world." What a temptation It must have been! (Jo tomorrow morning and get In au nltercntlon with some wietch crawling up mini ii(iii cellar III (lie lowest part of your city. "No," ynu say, "I would uotbemeaii myself by getting Into such a contest.' Then think of what tho king of heaven and earth endured when huvamodowii nud fought the grout wretch of hell, and fonght him in tho wilderness and on top of "the temple. Dut I bless God that In tho triumph over temptation Christ gives us the assurance that we also shall triumph. Having himself been tempted, he Isanlu to succor all those who are tempted. In a violent storm at sea the mate told a boy for tho rigging had become cut angled at tho mast tn gn up and right It. A g,.,. tlcuinu standing on the deck said, "Don't send that boy up; ho will be dnshed to deutb." The unite said, "I know what I am about." The boy raised Ids Imi h. recognition of tho order, anil then rose hnud over hnnd and went to work; and as he swung In the storm the passengers wrung their hands and expected to see him fall. The work ilouo he came down in safety, and a Christian man said to him, "Why did you go down Into the forecastle before you went up?" "Ah!" said tho lsiy "I went down tn pray. My mother always tnught me beforu I undertook anythin" great to pray." "What Is that ynu have in your vesU" said the man. "Oh! that Is tho New Testament, ho said; "I thought I would uarrv it with mn If I r..niu-.n,i .... overboard." Mow well the boy was pro tected! I euro not bow great tbo height or how vast tho depth, with Christ within us and Christ lienentli us nud Christ nlxivo us nnd Christ nil around us nothing can befall us In tins way of hnrm. Christ himself having boon in the tempest will deliver all those who put their trust In him. Messed bo bis glorious mime forever. IIOW CllltlST WAS MOCKKD. The thin! installment paid for our re- ueiiipuuu was iiiesuvioiir'H sham trial. call It a sham trial-there bus never lieeu anything bo Indecent or unfair In any criminal court as was witnessed at tlm trial ol Christ. Why, they hustled, him Into the courtroom nt a o'clock in the morning. They gave him no time for counsel. They .gave hint no opportunlty for subpoenaing witnesses. Tho rufllans who were wanderliiK around through tho midnight of course they saw tho arrest and went into the courtroom. Dut Jsus friends were sober men, were respectable men, nud at that hour, a o'clock In tho morning, of course they wero at' home asleep. Consequently Christ entered the courtroom with the rufllans. Oh, look nt him! Xo one to sH?ak a word for him. I lift the lantern until I can look Into his face, and as mi- lu.ni-t I ........ i.. sympathy for this, tho liest friend the norm ever uaii, mniseir now Utterly friend less, ail ofllcer of the eniirtnuiiii ..,.'.. ,.,o .... nml "nlteshlm In tho mouth, mul I see tka "10'1 ,tllK from Km iintl lip. Oh! It lffMI rceofn trial, lasting only perhaps "" ,,m,r' ,,ml tne lUu Jmljjo rises for sen- nml KinUwhJin In tlm mouth, ami I se ttu truce. Stoiil It Is nuainst the lnu- in ..I. .. sentence uuless there has liven an adjourn ment of the court livtween condemnation and sentence; but what carts the Judge for the lawr "The man has no friends let him die," says tho judge; and the rut flans outside the rail cry: "Abu! aha! that's what we wunt. Pass him out here to us! Away with him! Away with him!" Oh! I blos God that amid all the Injus tlcethat may Imtu been inflicted upon us in tills world wo have n divine symp-t-thlzcr. The world cannot He about you nor abuse you as much us they did Christ, and Jesus stands today in every court looui, in oveiy house, in every store, and says; "Courage! Dy all my hours of mal treatment mul abuse, I will protect those who are trampled upon." And when Christ forgtts that two o'clock morning scene, and the stroke of the rulllau on the mouth, nnd the howling of the unwashed crowd, then he will forget you and me In the Injustices of life that may be Inflicted upon un. Further, I remnrk: The last great in stallment paid for our redemption was the demise of Christ. The world has teen many dark days. Many summers ago there was u very dark day when the sun wns ecllpted. The fowl at noonday went to their perch, nnd we felt a gloom as we looked nt the astronomical wonder. It wm ......... ...., h, iwuiiuu mien me putgllo was at Its height, and the dead with uu-1 covered faces were taken in open cart and I mimnl In tin. tw..w.l,..u l ....... .. .1..-1. i anurK tiny in Loudon when the plague day when tbe eartli opened and I.IsIsmi sank, but the darkest day since the crea tion of the world wus when tho carnage of 'Calvary was enucted, CltUKLTV OK TIIK JKW8. It was nlwut noon when the curtnln be gan to lie drawn, It was not the coming oil of it ulght that soothes and refreshes; It was the swinging tf a great gloom nil around the heavens. God hung It. As -,-,. ....... ... .,. .... w.10. AI..1H1 it uurK when tin lo Is a ileml one in tlm house )nit bow tho shutters or turn the lattice, s God In the afternoon shut the windows of tho world. As it Is appropriate to throw a black pall upon the colllu as It pusses along, so It was appropilnto that every thing should be somber that tiny ns the great hearse of the earth lulled on. Is-arln the corpse of the king, A mini's Inst hours are ordinarily kept sacred. However )ou may have hated or rnrliwitnt-i'il it num. tflu.n . ... l.....M 1... I ............... . , ....... j,.., iti-,11 nn ,-, d)lng, silence puts Its hand mi your lips, and you would have a loathing for the mini Mho could sliuiil by a deathbed making faces and sculling. Dut Christ In his last hour cannot be left alone. What! pursu ing him yet nfter so long a pursuit i Vou have been drinking his tears. Do you wmil to drink his bloodf They como up closely, so that licit wit liHljiiiillmr tin. .I....1. ....... il..... . .. ...... .... . .... ..... .,,. -.t I.J can glut their levcngowlth tho contort loin of his countenance. They examine his feet. They want to feel for themselves whether those feet aro reallysplked. They put nut their hands and touch tho spikes, and bring them back wet with Mood and wipe them on their garments. Women stand t here and weep, but can tlo no good, It Is no iiliicii for Hm ti.niliii-l ...! ............ . -" "" .1 OIIUI.II ...IIII11I. It wants a heait that crime has turned into granite. The waves of mini's hatred nnd of heirs vengeance dash up against tho mangled feet, and the bunds of slu nnd palu nud tor lure clutch for his holy heart. Had lie not been thoroughly fastened tn tho cross they would have torn him down and tiampled lilm with both feet. How the cavalry horses arched their necks ami champed their bits, and reaied and snulTed at tiie blood! Had a Human olllcer called out l..r a light bis volte would not have lurii heard in the tumult; but louder tliiiu the clash of spears, and tho walling of uouin:i hood, nml the neighing of the chillier., and tho bellowing of the cruclllers tjciv conies a voice crashing through loud, clear, overwhelming, terrlllc. It Is the groaning or tho il) lug sou of Godl Look' what a scene; Look, world, nt what joii havoilouel CAM. to Tin: trsnivvi-iiTfii I lift tho covering fn.m tho maltreated Christ to let ynu count tho wounds estimate the cost. Oh. wl e il.u ...Jl estimate the cost. Oh, when the nalN went through Christ',, right hand and through Christ's left hnnd, that bought both your hands w't all their power to nork and lift nnd wrltel When the nails Went tliroiiuli I'IipUi'm l,.l,t t...., i Christ's left foot, that, bought your feet, ...I.I. ..II .!...! . " .. -., climb. ..in. mm iiii-ii- power io waiK or rim n- When tho thorn went Into Christ's temple, that bought your brain, with nil Its power to think nnd pluii. When the spear cleft Christ's side, that Iwught vour heart, with nil its power to love nnd re pent nud prny. Oh, sinner, come, come back! If a man Is in no palu, If lie Is prospered, If ho Is well, lltlll lilt IIhIvW Villi til ..!. i.t ...... 4..1 ' time and ynu say: "I can't cniuo now. I'll iT',rs,' l'" .,0..,nu J",,e of llvu "-" come after awhile. There Is no haste 'k'l'L' H "' ,1,llllr K'''l piece for ynu, and Dut If he I" In want and trouble you sa'yl,fyo,,,W",1l,.""t ''"'V-'l 1'"l",l'r "P "I must go right nwnv. I must go now " I ,,,,y w., ''.' ,,eM0Ht driving ami work this Ttsbiy .Te.sus stretches' out Moru you twi1 1"""0 "V," ml"e " ,,,m ,,M K,Vu yo" a woiindisl liauds and hobegsyou tocomo. i WV' , ., , Go nud you live. Stay away and you tile "c VT'' ll,e ,t;om out " ,1,u l'lowalk. Uh. that to him who bought us we might ..1 11 .1 ... .. , , give all our time, ami all our prayers, and all our successes. 1 would wo could think of nothing else, but como to Christ. Ik Is so fair. Ho Is to loving. Hoissosyni patblzlng. Ho is so good. I wish we could put our arms around his neck nml say. "Thine, Lord, will I be forever." Oh, that you would begin to love him. Would that I could take this audience and wreathe it around the heart of my Lord Jesus Christ. When tho it hint lo cable was lost, In 1MB do you remember that the Great Kasteru, out to Mod Itf Thlite iln,,. il, .... ....i. .i... nun uiu .iiisiwnv. Ill III Hie A iimr inm. grapnel two nnd a half miles doeii in v. tor. After itwlilln ilu.v f,,ni..i i, ....i.i.. nnd brought It to the surface. No sooner had It been brought to tho surface than they lifted a shout of exultation, but the cable slllllled hank iiiriiln lnl.i tl... ......... ami was lost. Then for two weeks more I uiey swept the sea with the grappling hooks, and at last they found the cable, nnd they brought It up In silence. They fastened It this time. Then, with great excitement, they took one end of tho cable to the electrician's room to see if there wero really any life in It, ami when thev saw a spark and know that a message could be sent, then every hat was lifted, nun win rucuciH new aim the guns sound wl until all the vessels on the expedition knew the work was done nnd the conti nents wero lashed together. Well, my friends, Sablwth nfter Sabbath Gosjiel messengers have come searching down foryoursouls. We have swept the sea with the grappling hook of Christ's Cos pel. Again anil again we have thought that you were at the surface, and we logiui to rejoice over your redemption; butnt the moment of our gladness you Bank liack again into the world and back again into sin. Today we come with this Gosiel searching for your soul. We apply the cross of Christ Hrst to see whether there is any life left in you, while all around the people stand, Itsiklng to see whether the work will be doue ami the angels of God bend down and witness, and oh! if now we could see only one spark of love and hope nnd faith, we would send up ashoutth.it would lie heard on the battlements of heaven, and two worlds would keep Jubilee because communication is open between Christ and the soul, and your nature that has heen sunken in sin has been lifted lute tuo ngni ami the Joy of the Gospel. How He ropiifil. Ho was about to pop the question to th girl of his choice, and was trying to de cide how he should tin it. First he thought of the knightly pro- posal.in the st) le of the .Middle Ages: "Dy my halldaiue, lair iiuilil, snv thou wilt be mine, and the holy friar shall unite us ere another miu gilds the turrets of Windsor castle!" Then he considered the theatrical style; "I have long loved ynu In secret, ge-ur-r-1, and, though 1 am not rich, I can oiler you the true and uiiselllsh devotion of me whole ha-a-r-r-t!" lit thought perhaps the ou-y conversa tional style might do; "Well, Allcla-I may call you 'Alicia, mayn't If-every one thinks we are going to lie married. Ha, ha! Suppose we do get married just to please 'em." Dut after all he did It something like this; "Kr Miss Allcla-er excuse the fa miliarity, but er-or w 111 you-er Oh, by Jove!" Alld then she ruim. tn tin. ru-itu n.i.l 8am; "That'll tlo. We. dear. b - hu. "imii'ii no, Willie, Hear. It's all right, and I know papa and nminmawlll be so pleased!" London Tit-Dits. A Neglected Line of Work. Municipal governments amiually devote large sums of money for tho 00174 t)' tbe sick, the criminal and the Insane, hut de vote no energy to investigating and striv ing to prevent the factors that aro con stantly at work lu producing these classes. Here, if ever, au ounce of prevention it equal to iniiny pom; U of cure, Dr. Heuiy G. Chnpiii ( I'up.il 11 Siifij-e Monthly NO HAMM DONE. Ilntr n Mould He I'lirrlnuer Hot it IUiIq anil a V. A Chicago millionaire, who had been ox ercMng his team of bays on Michigan iMiuleviinl yesterday muiulug, was on his way back to his down town otllce. He was compelled to wall at Fortieth street a few moments on account nf n Lake Shore pas senger train that blocked the highway. A plainly dressed but businesslike man, who had been standing on the sidewalk, came nut to tliu middle of the road, examined tho horses with a somewhat critical eye and said respectfully! "I beg jour pardon, sir, but mny I ask If this team and buggy are for sale f" "I have not tliolltrlit nf anlllii,. 1 1... ....ill, tl answered the man in the buggy, with tin amused smile, "hut I inlirlit i,iipI,,.u If anylssly should oiler me enough money." "May I ask your price for tho horser, hnrness and buggy, Just as they are?" "Cash downf" "Certainly." "Why I hardly what tlo you say to W.OOO." Tho man examined the horses critically again. "I'll take them at that figure," he said, "bull shall have to go to tho First Na tional bank to get the money." "All right. Climb In. I urn going in Hint direction." Tho trnlti had pulled out of tlio nay by this time, and the next moment tho team was Hying down tho boulevard nt Its best gnu, as ii neni on snowing that It was a rare bargain, even at M.O0O. On arriving at the bank, less thnu half an hour Inter, tlm IiiwIih.uuIIL-.. ....... ..... out of tho bllULTV. went Inside tin. ImlMI,.,, and came out again in about llfteen sec onds. "I am sorry to say," ho observed, with much chagrin, "that tho cnshlor sny I hnven'taceiit In this bank." "Have ynu a cent In any other baukr" "No, sir. I iiiji obliged to confess that tho only hope I had of getting the money was hero. Tlr.it has fulled, me. I had set my heart on those horses, but I shall have td give them up. I am grateful to you. sir. ? , tl'ul "! ' ""' Ktcfnl to you, sir. for hnvl,K lwi,Klit u.u Into the city, mul I beg your pardon for the trouble and' delay i nave causeu you. liood morn" "Hold onl" exclaimed tho millionaire. "Did you put up this little Job on mo to save car faro down town?" "I hope you will not think too hard of ...... . " --....., ...... me ror confessing Unit I did, but" ' . .. y,!!J. I"lvc NlVwl "vu c'L'"t!i hi' t5,e transact lou 1" "Ve.sslr. That Is what It would have cost me, If I had had It, to come In on the elevated" "Ves, I see. Vou haven't really beat me out of any money, my friend, but you have come out nheail of mo, and you're the llr-t man that has dune that within llft..,.ti " , . . m " "KM louc" wu" l" W"P nn, 1,1,, l, ...... ..-il m u,.... t.iul ... !..!. I.. l... throili; of vehicles l-oIih.- nnrtl, ,M n,.,.. " rr ."i. ...-.v iw .-.iiib in iiic bom. Chicago Tribune. Cii'iiL-iniihy In South Aiut-rli-ii. Doston Is a noble ami famous city, but inero are millions of people In the world who have never hoard of It. Mr. X. II. Dlshop, a boy of seventeen or eighteen years, was traveling across the pampas of South America In company with soiu,- na tives of the Argentine Kopubllc. Having said, perhaps a little nrondlv. that he was from Doston. he aftervviml 0VVr.m,,,nI tM,H conversation between two m T ILIIWH illlt.-Ulil ," hero is Dostron?" asked one 'llOSt roil Is In Fl-allCl. til 111. unr,, ..... piled the other. "That cannot be. France is a great way oflf and has not got any moon, and the gringo told me the other night that there is u moon in iinstriiu, miu .ortli America is In tlio same place." "Fooll" exclaimed Number One. "North America Is In Knglautl, the country where the gringoo live that tried to tuko Dueuos Ayres." Youth's Companion. Mlnciili'iilutiuii. The Doston Globe prints a story which reminds one of the old saying about the shoemaker nud his last: A Yarmouth captain had a small coast ing schooner lying In port, and decided to give n lesson to painters in general by him self painting the vessel's mime on her bows. He could not rench high enough from the float and did tint run. tn tint mt ft swinging stage, so he reached down over wie sine io tut wio lettering. After finishing the job on one bow he Went ashore to view- his lniiiillu-ni-l- nml this is what met Ids gaze ' aiO'JVK Too Kxcluslve. "Oh, Mamie, I've found a lovely place for a tennis court. It's Just 'round the cor ner." "1)0 VOU mcatl that lot with It 1iIl.Ii Imnivl fence nil around It!" "Yes." "Humph. I don't think that would do. Why nobody could see ourteunls costumo3 from the street." Washington Star. I'mapectlvo. "Another litter from Alfred When tlo you expect to marry hlmf" "He has two years more nt the prepara tory school. After that he will go to Vale, nnd when he has been graduated there he will go out west to make his fortune. Wheu he has made his fortune we shall be married. Oh, it all seems so beautiful." I.I ft. The lint Wmtlier Annual. ' Ob. for a lodge In t,, garden of encumbent! Oh, for an Iccberir or !o to control! Oh, fur a homo In tliu vle thst the duw cum bers. Oh, for a plusstiru trip to tliu north pole! Oh. for uula fount sprouting up boldly From every hot lamiipnit beneath tho hot ky, Oh, for a Million to look ut mu coldly , , Ami f reeie ns' my soul with a ulancu of her ye! Ob, that tbU cnlil unrld were twenty tiuiei Irony, red hot, It suuiueth to mo Oh, for a turn of Its drcuiU-d cold slur Iderl Ob, what a comfort tliu ugue would i.e! Kxehunge. mI 'fk Us Orlulu. Any oiio who thinks that the Etujlbh language Is musical nnd easy to be pro nounced because It Is the one to which ills ear and tongue nre most nccustomed, nnd who hour.., when Gerninn is pronounced, only Its harshness and Its gutturals, will appreciate the Hev. Mr. Spurgcon's ac count of the oi Iglu of German. "Do ynu know," asked lie of a friend one day, "how the (Senium language origi nated?" "No," was the reply. "Well," said the preacher, "I tlo. There weie two workmen nt tho Tower of Ilnbel, one standing above the other. The upper most one accidentally throw some mortar from his trowel into tho mouth of the lower one, and he began to sputter with tho muitar in Ids mouth. Tho sound Is now known as (Jermanl" Votith's Com panion. Hoi Weather Item. "SON' Mill' -Life. Hinod liy III KxeiTillnif Coolness. "When I wns out on the Platte In 18?-'," wild tho major, "I had nn experience that I wonder didn't turn my hair grav. I was camped nil alone on tlio side of that his toric stream, nud hml ocenslon to go for some water to boll my beans in. First thing I knew I stepped plump Into a quick sand. I knew what was up nt once, nnd knew that I wns gone. Ami I am willing to admit that I was scared. In fact, that is how I came to escape. As I stood then- mm miu nornoio sanu drugging, drag ging, dragging at mo like some living monster, I turned colder nnd colder. Do what I could, my teeth would keep on chattering, though I know every vibration of my Jaw wns sinking me farther down Into that ready made grave. And I grew colder and colder. Suddenly I noticed that I had stopped sinking." "Struck bottom, eh" "Dottom nothing! I hml grown so cold from horror ami and fear I may as well iidmlt It that I had actually fro.en the water in the quicksand frozen the wlmk business solid, sir. solid." Indianapolis Journal. "I.i inline." It is well for n ili'.ilnr tn L-.ifi.i- nmi,,,!!,!,,.. . or the nut lire anil origin of the articles in -- - - ...... ... ii.tuii P.IIIIVllllll T in which no neais. If a grocer in a western city hnd known more of the science of botany he would nanny nave put up the rollowlng placard upon a quantity of maple sugnr which he exposed for sale: G KM! INK MAI'I.K St'OAII t'UOM TIIK I'L'IIKST Jl'ICK OK TIIK CANE. -Youth's Companion. Wiiutcd It. A smotiieied shriek descended parlor wards about J a. 111. "Papa must have a nightmare," sho ex plained. "Ah!" sighed the youth. "I wonder If he'd lend it to me to rldo homo our" Har per's Dazar. No Kvltlvtice. Newgrad Do you know, I find that my university education goes against 1110 In my endeavors to got on lu the world. Cyuicus Well, why do you tell people that you have It. They wouhl never find It out If you didn't mention It. Xew York Herald. Knew Her Ilrother. Sister I don't think that girl you're en- gagou 10 ts very pretty. Drother-Sho is beautiful when she smiles. Sister Yes, but she won't do much smiling after sho marries you. Xew Yoik eekly. Ill Greatest Ktlort. "Do you think a man does his best work when he writes for money?" "I should say so," replied the young man. "A Ioh t the cleverest writing I ever did wns a letter that convinced my undo I needetl a hundred." Washington Stnr. In a rickwlekliiti Neiise. "Aim! I've been looking for you! What did you mean, sir, by telling a friend of mine the other day that I was a hard citi zen f" "I I meant that you wero n regular brick." Chicago Tribune. t'omolllUf. Miss Pert (at tho inusiim) Oh, I'm ftfrald to go near tho snake's cage. He might bite me. The Keeper Oh, don't bo alarmed, miss; ho never bites, hu swallows his wittlcs whole. Harvard Lampoon. I)mt-stlc Tt. iiihie, Mrs. McSwnt (snllllngsuspiciously)-Dil-llger, you have been smoking again! Mr. McSwnt (examining the back of rhe bureau) Lobelia, you've been chewing gum agalnl-Chlcago Tribune. Happy (ilrl. She (still blushing) Am I the flrtt girl you ever kissed t He Xo, darling, but you are tho last. Shu Am I lenllyf Oh. George, It makes me so hnppy to think that. Life. Afraid or Hiiiiself. First Itoliniler Wliv ilon'r i-mi -U,. .,.,..1. hi, mu miiiir Second Huiiniler-Well, principally be cause I am afraid I would meet myself go lug to bed. Xew York Tribune. A Kellr. "What au old umbrella Drattles car ries!" "Deinarkable, isn't lt It Is evidently oiienf the shndcsof hisniicestors." Wash lugluii Star. A l.oril of Crenll.iii. Friend-1 heard your wife giving you fits again this morning. .Jinks That wion't my wife. That was tuo hen ant girl. -Xew Yurk Weekly '!;. AfS PHOTOGRAPHER men! )ene rt'plnccd his OLD Instrument ...i.i ..- ,, ..nn n iiuiv I'fllie io.wt. direct from London, mul now hotter lireiinivil thiiuexer to do line work, from a locket up to life sle. Open from Ion m. to I p. in Humlays. Studio, iat4 O street. 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