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TALMAGE'S SERMOM. rW TalmiiMi,aaiMnt. 1. . -i .. . K, a iiiff iu sweetness. Transfixed, lost, en- description of the melodies of the cei- chauted, dumb, we could not hear it estial land. His text was Revelations the faintest.note of thenew son?. Yet v., 9: "And the sang a new song " j while I ,)ei,i;i heaven's cathedra Following is the sermon : quakes under it, and syas of K!ory bear Nearly all the cities of Europe and it from beach to lieacb, and ten thou America lave conservatories of music land times ten thousand, ami thousands m awx-iauons wnose object it is by voice and instrument, to advance the art of sweet sounds. On Thursday nights Exeter hall of Lincoln used to resound with the music of first class performers, who gave their services gratuitously to the masses, who cajne In with free tickets aud huzzaed at the entertainment At Berlin, at 11 o'clock daily, t'.m military baud with sixty or 100 pieces, discourses at thy royal opera house for the jieople. On Easier .Sun day in Dresden the boom of cannon and the ringing of bells bring multitudes to '.he churches to listen totheorg.m teals and the exciting sounds of trumpet and drum. When the great fair day ofj Lcipsic comes the bands of music from far and near gather in the. streets and Imwflder the ear with incessant playing il flute an:l iior.i, violin and bassoon At Dusscldorf once a year the lovers of music assemble nil J for three or four i days wait upon, the great shitting festi vals, and si.oiit at the close of the chordses a;iii gi"et the successful com petitors as the pi!:- are distributed cups and vares o.' Silver and gold. All our American "Mci at liinei resound with orchestra and oratorio. Those who can sing well or play skillfully up on instruments are greeted with voci feratiou and garan.xd by excited ad mirers. DKl.tOIIT UK M A N V UVFA There are many whos? most ecstatic delight is to bo found in melodies; and All the splendor of celestial gates, and nil the luciousuess of twelve manner of fruits, and all the rush of Hoods from under tha throne of God, would not muke a heaven for theia if there ware no great and transporting har monies. Passing along our streets in the hour of worship, you hear the voice of sacred melody, although you do not enter the building. And passing along the itreets of heaven we hear from the teapla of God u:;d tho Lamb, the breaking forth of maguiilcent jubilate. AVemay yet enter ii. "inong tLe favored throng, but God will not deny us the pleasure of standing awhile on the out side to hear. John listened to it a great while ago, and'' they sang a new song." Vet no;;e aspire '.o that blessed place who have no love for this exercise, for airbocgh it is many ages since the thrones were set, and the harps were utrung, there ha Ikvu i;o cessation in in the sonj, excepting once about thirty minutes; and. judging from the .glorious things now iru.iHpiriiig in Cod's wo.ld, and the cv-r accumulating triumph of the. Messiah, that was the last half hour that ill ever be silent Mark the fact that th:s was a new aong. intnetimes 1 have in chareh been floated amy upon tu.e great choral, in which all cur eop' seemed to mingle their voices, ami J have, in flie gl. w of iny emotions, said, "surely this is music good enough for heaven." Indeed I do not believe that "Luther's Hymn," or "Coronation, or "Old Hun dred," or "Mount Pisea:;," vould s-und ill, if spoken by .uiit or trmnied from seraphic harps. There are many of our old fathers and mothers in irlory who would be slow to shut heavun's gate against these old time harn.oniee But this, we arejtpld, is a new song, some jt greatest anthnit! aid chorals are rffiivos' lions frox these tunes-the sweetest parts of them gathered up Into the hnimony. audi have some times thought tlr.it this "new gong" may bo partly made up of sweet strains of earthly music mingled in eternal choral-But it wilt, alter all, be a new song. This I do know, that in sweet and power it will be something that ear never heard. All the love of God's heart will ring from it In cadences the floods will clap their ham's, and will droo the sunlit;" 1 of everlasting ' day, and breathe with ooors from the blossoms of the Tr-e of Life, "A new ong"- just made i'r heaven. TUK OLOMOl'S IIVMS OK 1IKAVKN. This new song of heaven was not composed because heaven had nothing .!. n hut Christ in memory of cross and crown, of manger and throne, of earth and heaven, and wrought upon k. thm riirf.it of the irreat eternity, poured this from Jlis heart, made it for the armies of heaven to snoui m ceic liralion of victory, for worshiers to chant in their temple services, for the innumerable home circles of heaven to bum in the bouse of many mansions. If a new tune .be started in church, there to only a person here and there thai can ain it It is some tune Deiore im .- mtlim learn a new tune. But nol . tKa now anna? of heaven. The sW Wws mw ' - -m hiuin who went up today from waters of the Ganges are now singing nnt rhristian man or woman. hn . few minutes ano, departed from tiitowy street, has Joined it All know It-thoasby the gatee, those on the -i tkulntli temDle. Xot .iin. their wav through it or halting, or awing back, as if they never before had sung It, but with a full round voice tha throw their soul Into this new 'ons. If some Sabbath day few notes -i tkat anthem should travel aown uie ri.MMaklnat sing it Jfo organ Xo harp could could roll its thunder. catch its trill. a li could announce I .. . sing it--"the new song." a so Kt:t EVEKvnoav. Further, it is a commemorative song. We are distinctly told that it makes, referance to past deliranc. Oh, how much have they to sing about They sinj of tho darkness through which on earth they passed, and it is a night song. That one wa3 "killed at Vorktown, and with him it is a battle song. That one was imbrisoned for Christ'ss:ti;e, and With him it is a prison Bmg. That was a Christian sailof" hoy that had his back 'roken on the ship's halyards, and with jm it is a sailor's song. That on" w as burned at Siu:th lield, and with him it is a lire song. Oh' how they will sing jt floods waded, of fires endured, or of persecutions suf fered, of grace extended! Song of hail! .Song of sword. So.ig of hot lead! hong of axe! As when the organ pipes peal ontf some great hi'.r moiiy, there conies occasionally the sound of the tremuiaute, weeping through cadences, adding exouisitedess to the terformances, so amidst the stuiK'iidoiis acclaim of the heavenly worshipers shall come tramulous re membrances of past endurance, add ing a sweetness and glory to the triumphal strain. Sj tho glorified mother will sin? to the cradle that death robbed: aud the pi .hroned Kjiirit trom the aim homa will sing of a lifetime of want God may wipe away all tears, but not tho memory of the grief that started them. 1IKAYK.VS OWN OltCIlKSTK-V. Further: It will be an accompanied song. Same have a great jirejudice against musical in.,trume.its; and even among those who like them, there is an idea that they are unauthorized. I love the syrnbuls, for Israel clapped tiietn in triumph at tha Ked sea. I love thu hiry, for David stuck it in prising the Lord. I love the trumpet tor we are told that it shall wake the dead. 1 love a'J stringed instrumsnts and organs, for God demands that we shall praise him on stringed instruments and organs. There is in such music much to suggest the higher worship', for I read time when He had taken the book, the four-anl-twenty eiders fell down 1 efore the Lamb, having everyone of them "harp3," and "I heard the voice of the harpers harping with their harps," and "I saw them that had gotten the vii.'.ory from tha beasts standing ou the sea of glass having the harps of God." Yes, the song is to he accompanied. You tay that all this is figurative. Then I say trove it 1 do iiot know how much of it is literal and how mush of it is figurative. Who can say but that from some of the precious woods of earth and heaven there may not be made some instruments of celeitial accord? In that worship David may take the harp and Habakuk the shig- ionoth, and when the great multitudes shall, following their own inclinations take up instruments sweeter than Mozart ever fingered, or Shumann ever preamed of, or IJeethoven ever wrote for, let all heaven make ready for the burst of stupendous minstrelsy and the roll f i'uts eternal orchestra! (orVTKIKS YET TO CON(l EK. Futher. it will be an anticipation SOng. Vt ny, my 7neuus, nccircii iias .... . ' 1.. I...- hardly begun jet. If you had taken the opening piece of music today for the whole service, you would not have made so great a mistake as to suppose lhat heaven is fully inaugurated. Ft s tut ..lionises on earth last only a short while. The famous musical convoca tion at Dusseiuon cnuru nun urc . m ...U1. I.a fourth day. Our holidays last only eiirht or ten days, but heaven, although singing for so many years, nas ouiy just begun "the new song." If the glorified inhabitants recount; past, oe li'verences, they will also enkindle at irlories to come. If, at 9 o'clock, when " . ...... A. the church opened, you nau wkcii ino fi-w neonle who were scattered througl it as the main audience, you would not have made so great a mistake as if you snnnosed that the present population of heaven are to be its chief citizen ship. Although millions are already there, the inhabitants are only a hand ful compared with the future popula tions. All China is yet ti be saved. All India is yet to be saved. All Bor neo is yet to be saved. All Switzer land is yet to be saved. All Italy is yet to be saved. All Spain is yet to be saved All Hussia is yet to be saved All France is yet to be saved. All Eng land is yet to be saved. AU America is yet to be saved. All the world Is yet to be saved. After that there may be other worlds to conquer. 1 do not know but tht every star that glitters in our nights In an inhabited world, and that from all those spheres a mighty host are to march into our heaven. There will be no gate to keep them out We do not want to keep them out. We will not want to keep them out God will not want to keep i . matlmes thought that all the millions of earth that go into glory are but a small colonijr comparea wtui I" i""ux trom 1,16 'hoto unive,,f UOU COUia ttuuu a nenvcii iaig iut only for the universe, but for 10,' U universes. 1 do not know just how it will be be, but this 1 know, that heaven is to be constantly augmented; and that the soS of 8lol7 is risinS higher and higher and the procession is being multiplied. If heaven sang when Abel went up the first soul that ever left earth for glory how must it smg now when souls go up in flocks from all ClirisU-tt.lr.ni, t:oi r by hour, and moment by u:Uieat. I wiikx the r.sr.r; tixu: coin:. Our linr.0? c:it:.erir.23? oi-earth are chilled by tiie ti.onglit sth.it soon we j we must scp.rra'e. Thanksgiving and Christinas days come, and the rail trains flying th'ther are -rodel. Glad reunions take phfr. We have a time of great enjojmeut L it soon it is "good bye" in the .v.!. fcg.od bye" at the door, 'good bye' oil the street, ' go hI bye" at the rail trniii. We meet in chu.-c'i. Jlis tod bye her.!, lint soon the doxology will be hung, the benediction pronounced, and the audience will be j;or.e. lint there are no separations, r.o, good byes in heaven. At the door cf '-. oi;so of :a:ioy mansions no good bye. At the pearly gate no good bye. The song will be more pleasant, because we are always to sing it. Mightier songs as our friends come in. Mightier songs as other garlands are set upon tl e brow of Jesus. Mightier song as Christ's glories iinfold. If the first day va e;ibr heaven we sing we!!, tho nest day we sing better. Song anticipntive of more light, of more love, of more trumphs. Always something new to hear, something new to see. Many good people suppose that wc shall sae heaven the flrst day we get I here. Xo! You cannot see London in two weeks. You cannot see Home in six weeks. You cannot see Venice in. a month. ou cannot see the great city of the New Jerusalem in a day. Xo, it will take eternity -to see heaven, to count the towers, to ex amine the trophies, to g.ize upon the throne, to see the hierarchs. Ages on ages roll and yet heaven is new! .The streets new! The temple new! J'he joy new! The song new! 1 stayed a week at Niagara Fnlls, hoping thoroughly to understand and appreciate it. Lut on the last day" they seemed newer and more incom prehensible than on the first day. Gazing on the infinate rush 6f celestial splendors, where the oceans of delight meet, and pour themselves into the great heart of (iod how soon will we exhaust the song? Xever! Xever! The old preachers, in describing the sorrsws of the lost, used to lift up their hands and shout, "The wrath to come!" "The wrath to come!" Today I lift up my hands, and looking toward tho great futre, cry, '.The joy to come!" The bliss to come!" Oh, to wander on the banks of the bright river, and yet to feel that a little further down we shall find still brighter floods entering into it Oh, to stand a thousand years listening to the enchanting music of heaven, and then to find out that the harpers are only tuning their harps. KVKUYBODY WILL UK IN IT. Finally, I remaked, that it will be a unanimous song, mere win no aouui be some to lead, but all will be ex pected to join. It will be a grand con gregational singing. All the sweet voices of the redeemed. Grand music it will be when the new song arises. Luther sings it. Charles Wesley sings it. Lowell Mason sings it. Our voices now may be harsh and our ears uncul tivated, but, our throats cleared at last and our capacities enlarged, you and I will not be ashamed to utter our voices as loudly as any of them. Those nations that have always been distinguished for their capacity in song will lift up their voices in that melody. Those who have much opportunity to hear the Germans sing will know what idea I mean to give when I say that the great German nation will pour their deep full voices into the new song. Everybody knows the natural gift of the African for singing. Xo singing on this continent like that of the col ored churches in the south. Every body going to Hichmond or to Charles ton wants to hear the Africans sing. But when not only Etliopia, but all that continent of darkness, lifts up its hands, and all Aftica pours her great volumn of voice into the new song that will be music for you. Added to this are all the sixteen thousand mill ions of children that are estimated to have irone into trlorv. and the host of young and old that hereafter shall peo ple the earth aud inhabit the stars. Oh! The new song! Gather it all upl Multiply it with sweetness! I'our into it every harmornyl Crown it with gladness! Belt it with every splendor! Fire it with every glory! Toss it to the grandest cycle of eternitty, and then you have but the faintest conception of what John experienced when, am ids the magnificence of apocalyotic visiow he heard itthe new song! God grant that at last we may ali sing it If we do not sing the praise oi Christ upon earth we will sing it in heaven. Well, my friends, the timo will come when earth and heaven will be but different part of one great nc cord "Until the day break and tho shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, I and be thou like a roe or a young hart j upon u luuuuwuuo i hw i The American iiirl In London. There are not less than fifteen gentle men, and on one young lady their thirty eyes are focussed. A mob of men two ranks deep rise and desire presentation. It is evident that the prelude to the I dance has just been floating through the rooms. You will observe the meth ods employed so as to obtain recogni tion, l'oses are various, and crush hats are sported by the suitors in different ways. The engaging youth with the eye-glass handles bis hat. as if it was a salver, while there is an imploring, sup plicating manner about one gentleman who holds his hat before him. The sensation the American girl makes goes beyond those who are nearest to her. Away beyond, where there are six men aud three ladies, the attention of five of the men is directed toward the same young lady. And how does the Ameri can girl take all this homage? There is no expression of surprise. She has often been subjected to the same con ditions. Mie 1 oks supremely cool, not exactly indifl'er- nt. She might have an instant's hesitation an embarran de choix, let us vy -but just before she rose, having 1':. with a graceful pat arranged her Bkirt, she had cast her eyes over tho lot (she says "Jot," that being very English), and had made her decision. Mr. Hyde slw j very properly all the little by-play of the situatior. There are whispei:ngs irising from the three, young ladies in the front of the sketch. Of course, b.'::i:d their fans they have scanned the American as to looks,' get of gown, Ct d can find nothing to dis parage. As to that group in the dis tance, one young woman shows mitigat i d dislike as she stares into vacancy, while the other young person to the ex treme right is in high dudgeon. It is wretched to be a wallflower, and ex hibitions of temper under such circum stances are to be forgiven. What is amusing to the American girl, who is conscious of her social success, is the staid ceremonial which accompan ies such so-called festivities. Its solemnity ought to impress her It has quite the contrary effect .Something she is entirely wanting in is pity for the others, those young ladies, who if they do not remain exactly fixt ures, at least arc asked to dance after her. She rather likes having the first choice of cavaliers. That is what she was born for. Under such circum stances commiseration for others is out of place. What that girl has is a cer tain charm of her own, a wonderful good taste in dress, an uplomb which forces consideration (something English people invariably bow before), and then she can dance, and dance as few can. And talk! Just let her have a sympa- tlietic partner, and when the dance is over, the fortunate. man will: "There Is more real fun m that American girl than in a roomful of English ones. It's style and action that conquer England to day. Harpers Weekly. TlicTJigxCMt Hotel in the World. The (Viand Quarantine hotel at Flores Island, at the riouth ojt the Uiver Plate, is not only the largest in the world but the strangest. While the accommodations are poor the people will stop there, no matter how anxious they are to get away. The hotel com bines an international boarding house, a military camp' a prison and a seaside resort The sovereignty of tho island is vested in the republic of Uruguay. In the early months of the year ltio de Janeiro is placed under a sanitary boy cott by the people of the River Plate, and not a person is allowed to pass Flores Island until ho has been at sea at least ten days. That accounts tor the big business at the hotel. The guests come in boat loads from 300 to 600 at a time. There are first class passengers, immigrants and a number of intermediate classes. Upon arriving at the hotel the crowd is as sorted and packed away, l'acked is a good word in this case, for you are en tirely at the mercy of the management If you make protest the oflicials shrug their shoulders and say they are indeed sorry, but they speak only the pure Spanish language. They will put six or seven in a room. If you don't like that yon can get out, but you will soon return; for it is the only place on the island where you can slop. A permanent garrison is main tained on the island, and it includes a commandant, a physician, a secretary of state, lighthouse keepers, postmaster and telegraph operators. Every morn ing during pleasant weather a tugboat comes down from Montevideo with let ters and provisions. When a norther is blowing those on the island are placed on short rations. Think of stopping at the biggest hotel in the world and of not being able ti get but one or two meals a day, with bananas for one of the meals! J had this experience during a storm when the tug did not arrive for five days. Wheal was on the islandhere were over 1,000 guests at the hotel. Inter view in Chicago Tribune. Kllltngr Impudent lllne Grass. This Is Just the season when the ' ama. teur gardener is enraged find that the bluegrasfbe planted li 'the spring Is J forcing itself up between tne oncKS around the lawns In spite of all he can do. The way he can prevent it is to wash tha bricks with salt water or a strong solution of soda. Cheap, simple anapowrful.-New York Journal, A itepubilc In Bras I. The only monarchy on the two American continents has given place to a republic; so that now the republi can form prevails everywhere iu both Americas, excepting in the case of the Dominion of Canada, which is a de pendency of the monarchy of Gret Britain, and of two little ffttcbes of territory in Honduras and Guiana it; Central and South America. Tne revolution which was accom plished in the middle of November in Brazil was sudden and unexpected, at least to those who are at a distance from that country. Up to the time that the news of this revolution ar rived, it a as generally supposed that Brazil was contented with the mild and progressive rule of its Emperor, Dor. Pedro II., who lias long been regarded as one of the most enlightened of th( world's rulers. It was also supposed tliat, under bis guidance, Brazil was advancing quietly on a path of steady progrets. It appears, however, that there has recently grown up a party which be lieves that monarchy, as a form of gov ernment, has outgrown its usefulness in the great South American State, and that it is for the best interests of Brazil to adopt the governmental form which exists among its neighbors on every ide. Among other causes of the rising are stated to be the unpopularity of the Infanta Isabella, the Emperor's daugh ter and heiress, and of her husband, the Cointed' En; and the dissatisfaction of the planters at the result of the eman cipation of the slaves. The revolution seems to have been effected with little violence or blood shed, and to have been at once success ful Beginning with a military revolt a. Ilio de Janeiro, the Brazilian capital, it seems to have quickly spread to tl;3 provinces, where the republican form wan adopted, apparently without mate rial resistance. The chief mover in the revolution was Senlior da Fonseca, a military of ficer whose name has not before at tained more than local renown; whits with him, were engaged a number of military men, deputies and journalists. Senhor da Fonseca himself was made the provisional President of the new Republic, which, with the deposition of the Emperor, was promptly proclaimed The old hmperor, Dom Pedro, va treated with consideration, but was compelled by the 'new government U. leave Brazil. He accordingly set sail with bis family, almost immediately after, for Portugal, the country of his ancestors. Dom Pedro's career in Brazil ha been a remarkable one. A scion of tha Portuguese royal family, he ascended the throne of Brazil as Emperor in 1831, at the age of five years. A regenry exercised the royal power until Pedro was nineteen, when he himself took up the reins of government. His actual reign, therefore, has extended over a period of nearly forty-nine years. From first to last he was not only an able, but a very liberal and progressive, ruler. Under him the slave trade wan abolished nearly forty years ago; and slavery itself come to an end in his dominions within the past year. His government was a constitutional and not a despotic one; and he always aimed to administer it for the best interests of his people. He wa3 fond of science, and a great traveller, and sjught the world over for improvements to intro duce into Brazil. Tho new provisional republican gov ernment, on assuming power, issued a decree by the terms of which the vari ous provinces of the country, which already have locul government", were united in a federation of States, under the name of the "United States of Brazil," each State to retain control over its local affairs; summoning a Con gress to make a Constitution, and em powering the governors of the pro vinces to maintain order. What the result of this thus far suc cessful attempt to establish a Repub lie in Brazil will be, cannot, of course, be foretold. It is at last fortunate that the chantre has been effected with so little political or commercial disturb ance, and also that the rule of Dom Pedro has probably done much, by its enlightened policy, to prepare the Brazilians for the exercise of self-goV' ernment. The sequel to tho stirring event will be awaited with great inter est everywhere. Youth's Companion A I'll it's Lite. The life of a pilot is filled with de lightful uncertainties, lie s liko a sealed bottle tossed on the waves of the ocean. He may be picked up in a day, and may tie carried over the sea for more than week before some pass ing steamer comes to "rescue him.' A pilot boat left Xew York prepared for a weeks' eruise. Within ten hours from the time she left the bay she was back at Staten island, all her pilots having been taken off by incoming steamers. She put to the sea again and started up the coast One of her sta tions is at Newport, and she reached there eleven days after her second start, having cruised all over the ocean between Xew York and Newport with out having sighted a single steamer. Xew York Tribune, When is a girl not a girl? he is a little sulk. When Dr. 8. B. COLLI KB, Oritlaal III ni ralBlMiOplM A llllll Will am jnn at lorn vitkost aaj ialntmptlas of oidiMn ! Book HI hm to m wL. di Hundred at orisiBal UiiilJ af ufayuriu udotlam f. r iaapartfa ml mf mt hoe. Boom tl iM.eu but- Hildi. Hoa. foe, Boom ZJ iM.eu fcxu-a nwldu r ft., t 'liuvao. 1U.. P. O. brmwr m (I Im fart, nm l Good Farms in Virginia FOB HALE CHBAT FmOlf 13 Q to OOO. FEB ACRE. Good soil, healthy, good market, mild climate. (Send V circular. Address A. T. STEWART Co., U1U HAHU. DlmrlddU Caaatr, VlrgteM. zsvntea atm. I it wa s acrl PS? t'Ws.V&anq t4Mptag. ftalliiHiiartfti a aa4. UW4 i.l i nr. MriH Latt. Wimlil UM iCss Seats Ca, tttmf fllim, IB. j Mam nmn 0 FAT POLE REDIOT f VI 0 MismisMiwriMs. S th tae bjm) arm roorje fully ad mt laaa.nit-AT B It In flva mlnuU. Hat and a-lli sea I alara in akin. Band for dralin Dr. WHITIHO. Oriamlat, Suit 43-4S. 7S Stata atraat. Chicago. III. X. X. U. Xo. 82. York, Xeb. Another Medical School for Wo men. The success of women as medical practitioners is so natural and so un questionable that the project of a new medical school for women, under the countenance of well-known ladies in Baltimore, Philadelphia. Xew York, and Boston, is not surprising. Such schools heretofore established have been most efficient, and the project is in no sense an experiment. But it is no longer a "queer" suggestion of those who hold what are called "advanced views." . It is the earnest purpose of women who cannot be so dejcribed derisively, and the prospec s are very promising. The proposition is to raise a fund of $200,000, to be offered to the trustees of the Johns Hopkins University, in Balti more, on condition that women whose previous training has been equivalent to that of the preliminary medical course of the university shall be ad mitted to the school on the same terms as men. The Baltimore ladies hope to secure 850,000; the local committees in Xew York, Philadelphia, and Boston $25,000 each, and similar committees are to be named in Chicago and San Francisco. The contributions will be conditional upon the subscription of the whole amount and the acceptance of the conditions by the trustees. . Miss Garrett, in Baltimore, has opened the subscription with $10,000, and Miss Hovey, in Boston, with the same sum. The names of the leaders in each city are the guarantee of the character and promise of the enterprise. Should it succeed, the liberal endowment and the resources of the university would secure to the students the best opportunities for thorough training in the profession which enables women to be of the ut most service to other women. We shall gladly record the prosperous progress of the undertaking Harpers Weekly. Tobacco and Civilization. The development of the American colonies, their rapid growth in t'.io cen tury preceding the American revolu tion, depended in a large measure on a botanical accident, viz., on the in troduction of tobacco into the com merce of the world. Xo contribution from newly discovered lands has ever been so welcomed as this noxious weed. Xo new fsith has ever traveled so fast and far among men as the habit of smoking. In scarce a century trom the first introduction of the plant in Europe, its use had spread to nearly half the people of the old world. The eastern coast of America, Carolina, it peculiarly suited for the growth of tha tobacco plant' and the rapid extension of the British colonies in America, which brought their population at tha time of the revolution to a point where they numbered about one sixth part of the English people, was largely due to the commerce which rested upon the use of this plant Scribners Monthly. ' Opium Habit On The Increase. Dr. S. 1). Collins, the original dis coverer of the only Painless Opium Antidote ever discovered is now located in Chicago, Ills. We have examined the evidence in regard to his discovery, and find that he has had twenty-two years experience in treating the Oaiaai or Morphine Habit You will find klm advertisement in another column f this paper, which we heartily endorse. Cfclaat rail ra. Chicago, Sept 11 Hsnry P. Ida Co., tha largMt dealers In tailors' tria mings in tha oity, failed ysatarday. Lla. bilities, 140,000; aaaata, unknown. ,.::( Shaifc OP