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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1897)
in si STORY OF A KLEPTOMANIAC. A detective run across a lot of queer tilings in bis life, and somehow the queerest never find their way into the newspapers. It la difficult to say why; perhaps It is be cause they are too queer. For Instance, I doubt If you have ever heard of a cer tain strange Incident that happened only a season or two ago In that select sectlou of the fashionable world known as "society." A leader of fashion. Mrs. Register, re quested me to call on her one morning when the season was at it height. "I want your help. Mr. Ixiwe," she began, auj then stopped awkwardly. "Perhaps you are not aware that at sev eral balls and dinner parties this season there have been Jewels and ornaments stolen. It has, of course, caused a great deal of unpleasantness. In several cases trinkets have even been actually taken from the wearers, without their know ing how It was done or who did it." I had heard several wild tab's of arti cle having been missed at fashionable gatherings, and there was much specu lation as to who was the culprit. The articles wre not, as a rule, of tmmeiwe value, and they always' disappeared singly, consequently no public notice had been directed to the matter. In one or two cases the police had been con sulted, bat it was Impossible for thera to help. There could be no doubt that the thief was a person who mixed In society as an equal; probably a woman, who had allowed her love of Jewelry to tempt her to dishonesty. "I presume, then, that the er thief ' a guest--a person In society?" I said, .nquiringly. "I am afraid so. Two or three things were missed at a dance which I gave last week. Now, I am giving another dance next Thursday, and I am, of course, most anxious It should not oe- cur again, at any rate In my house. I thought I would engage your services for the evening, to see if you detect any thing suspicious. Of course, you would be treated as a guest." We made arrangements about terms, and it was agreed that I should be In troduced as an Englishman, by name Captain Burke. "I suppose, Mrs. Register," I Mild, carelessly, "you don't suspect anybody In particular?" "Oh, no," she said, but I noticed what I thought was a look of anxiety on her face, and made a mental note of It A I was leaving, Mrs. Register said: "Of course, Mr. Lowe, you quite under stand, there must be no expose. If you make any discoveries, they must be treated as secrets. I can't have a sceue of any kind. It must be hushed up." I returned to the office Impressed with two idea. First, that my task was one of those delicate cases that re quire all your tact and yield very little credit; secondly; that Mrs. Register knew more, or, at any rate, gueawed more, than she cared to tell. Thursday evening arrived, and I went to the Register mansion, l'ractically, my duty was to mingle with the guests, enjoy myself, and keep my eyes wide open. Nothing seemed to me more Im probable than that there should be a thief among the brilliant throng that crowded the rooms. Everything was conducted In the most luxurious atyle, a Hungarian band discoursed the sweetest of dance music, and the guests were among the highest in the land. For a while nothing occurred of the smallest significance. But at about two 'clock In the morning, while I was sit ting In a snug corner of the conserva tory, where cigarette smoking was per mitted, I noticed a couple take up a po sition In the opposite corner. They were both young, and evidently very much in lov- with one another. The girl waa handsomely dressed, and wore me valuable jewels. In particular I noticed a pair of diamond ear-drops, which had Just come Into fashion again. Without being a connoisseur of pre cious stones. I understand them well enough to know that these were very valuable indeed, ana likely to be worth several hundred dollars. These two young people were slttlrg oat daring a dance, and they flirted all through a set of lancers, without any Impatience at their length. At Ust they got op and went Into the haO-room again. On the chair, where the girl had been sitting, lay something akJnlag. I strolled across and examined tt It wan her vinaigrette, which she had wntmtSf left there by accident I KMt It, thinking It mtgftt serve as 4 tc far r taaaloaatls fhlef, 1 be rr t tto Mtjrhbertfeod. tad with- ' ' I ! '"'fit -' ' ' i r m with the air of the true aristocrat Ills name I dida't know, but I had noticed blm chatting with the guests. He was evidently known to everyone, and was a man of social Importance. Presently bis eye caught the little Jeweled vinaigrette. lie looked care lessly round the conservatory, to see If he was observed, and picked it up. He now had his back to me. I waa on the point of stepping up to him, when he turned round, and replaced the vinai grette and walked quietly away. It was lucky I had not moved. I should have looked rather foolish. Some curiou instinct bade me cross the con servatory, and look at the vinaigrette again. Without thinking about it. I put it to my nose. The next thing I remember Is, that I fouud myself sitting iu a chair. Grad ually, things became clearer. The vinaigrette lay by my side. It was drugged. For a few minutes I bad lowt consciousness. 1 still felt dizzy and sick, but knowing that everything de pended on my being prompt and acute, I managed with an effort to pull myself together. Theuarose the question. What should I do next? Should I go straight to the man who had tampered with the vinai grette? A moment's thought showed me that that would be worse than use less. I had no proof of anything. The situation must be allowed to develop Itself before I interfered. After some little reflection, I decided to go back to the dre wing-room, where I could see what waa going on. Under any circumstances 1 must not lose sight of the girl to whom the vinaigrette be longed. For nearly half an hour I waited in vain. She danced with two or three different men, but did not seem to hive oiiwsed It At last, after one of the dances, she appeared to be looking for something. With what was, I presume, an apology to her partner, she skipped across the room to a group of girls. Evidently she was asking If any of them bad seen her vinaigrette. For some time she got no Information, but presently a girl who was passing, leaning on a man's arm, turned round and made some remark, pointing with ber fan to the conserva tory door. The owner of the vinaigrette gave a little nod of thanks, and hurried across the room. All this time I observed that the man who had drugged the scent bottle, and who was chatting with some of the people standing about watched the girl closely. As soon as she had left the drawing room he broke off bis conversation, and strolled quietly toward the conserva tory. As he passed through the cur tains I noticed that he glanced around to see if he were being followed. That settled it; I had found my man, and must act promptly. Mrs. Register was standing near the piano. Remem bering her Injunction that there was not, under any circumstances, to be an expose or a scene, it was necessary to proceed with caution. I caught her eye without much difficulty. She under stood at once that I bad something to say, and disengaged herself from her friends. "Will you come with me to the con servatory?" I said, quietly. "I believe I have solved the mystery." She turned pa'c- "Very well," she said. "Give me your arm. Be careful what you do, Mr. Ixwe," she added, in a troubled voice; "it must be hiisbed up." When we reached the conservatory we found. Just as I expected, the young lady lying hack in a chair unconscious. Her ear drops were missing. "Miss Bentou has fainted," said Mrs. Register. "One moment," I said; "there la no rau.te for alarm. Do you see what has happened? Ilerdiamond ear-droMi have disappeared." "Io you know who It Is?" she whis pered. "Yea. Her vinaigrette has been drag gednot sufficiently to do ber any barm. I saw it done." "What shall I do? Fetch General Register, will you? He must advise me." "Which Is General Register?" She came to the curtains and pointed blm out to me. "Very well," I said. "Chafe Miss Benton's bauds, and try to bring bar round, but don't send for any help at I don't think 1 ever felt so reluctant to proceed with a case m I did at that mints. The man whom Mis. Register had pointed otrt as ber husband was the atasVWto had drsggsd the rlnsUjTttt JffW M fsdtawat bfisa Beaten tats etc. 'earatnry. ta a wand, rxrwssia "Will you come wltb me Into the con servatory. General?" I said. As 1 spoke I looked him steruly In the face, lie turned deadly hite. and his eyes shift ed nervously alxiut the room. "What's the matter?" he said, husk ily. "Is anything wrong?" "Miss Benton has fainted." "h." he murmured with relief. "And her ear-drops have disappear ed," 1 added. For a moment I thought he was going to drop down. I put my arm through his, and led him toward the conservatory. lie was trembling like a leaf. When we got well Into the shadow of the curtaius I stopped. "General Regis ter." I said, quietly, "take my advice, and give them up to me at once." "What do you meanT' he said, hoarsely. "The ear-drops. It will prevent a scene." He put a trembling hand Into the breast pocket of his dress coat and gave me the ear-drops. He did it like a man In a dream, and I really liclieve that for the time leing he was unconscious. Then he turned away aud left the dra wing-room hurriedly. "Will he not comer said Mrs. Regis ter, with an awful look of terror In her eyes. "General Register is not well," I re plied. "Here are the ear-drops." The poor woman went scarlet. She knew what I meant, and I was deeply grieved for her. From the first she must have had a faint suspicion of the truth, and was anxious to save him from pub lic disgrace and scandal. She was thoroughly unnerved. Miss P.entou showed signs of returning con sciousness. "Now." I said, "put the ear-drops back Into her ears. She won't know what baa happened." Mrs. Register replaced tbem with trembling fingers. "Send someone to look after this girl; I'll stop with her till help comes. But you must go and find your husband. Make haste." I added, significantly, "or you will be too late." My work not quite over. When Mrs. Kpgint .- : und ber husband In bis dreilng-ro . : ;.e was, as I feared, on the point of committing suicide. She saved him. A number of trinkets, some of great value, were found In his safe. There Is. of course, only one explana tion. On that point the General was mad. There was no object In bis steal ing tallies' ornaments, as be Is a very wealthy man, and bad not put them to any use. There was not much difficulty In find ing their respective owners. I returned them myself, asking each one as a mat ter of courtesy to make no Inquiries as to bow they fell Into my possession. Buffalo Times. New York's Sanitation. The appeal to the public conscience told at last. With that attack In the churches, which had not been without blame, the new era began. That year (is"9) a public competition evolved the present type of tenement, far from per fect, but an Immense Improvement up on the wicked old Iki tracks. The aaui tary reformers got the upper hand, and their work told. The death-rate came down slowly. It Is to-day, at the end of thirty years, quite 25 per cent lower than It was when the health depart ment was organized, ami New York has been redeemed from a reproach for which there was no excuse, for no city in the world baa such natural op portunities for good sanitation. The Immense stride it has taken -va measured by the mortality during the unprecedented hot spell of last Hum mer. It was never so great, as. indeed, there never waa an emergency like It since records were kept. During the ten days It lasted the heat crave! many more victims than the last cholera epi demic during Its whole season. Yet, beyond those killed by the direct ef fects of the sun, the mortality was f-iu-gularly low; the infant mortality -ever the finger that points unerringly to the sore spots In a community, If any thero lie was so noticeably low as to caue a feeling almost of exultation amoiig tbe sanitary officials. And It waa shown, by comiarison with earl'cr hot spells, that the population yielded more lowly to the beat Where It had taken two or three days to reach the climax of sunstroke, It now took five. The people, better housed, better fed. and breathing clean air In clean streets, had acquired a power of resistance to which the past had no parallel. The saulta rlans had proved their case. "Light In Dark Places," by Jacob A. Riis, In the Century. An Old City. Toulouse Is the chief city of Gflseony. Its authentic record Is older than Paris can attest. It was a metropolis before Christ was dreamed of; the Cacsan were sheltered within it walls: Charle magne so esteemed the town 800 years after Christ that be left It as the crown Jewel of the Inheritance of his heir; Its possession was the cause of tierce and vengeful wars; about Its devoted walls the soldiery of the "Alblgenwe refor mation," which anticipated Luther's revolt, waged their desperate and hope less warfare In defense of their home and their faith, besides giving a line ot princes to the thrones of France and the Roman empire. '1 am deeply Interested In discover ing the lost tribes of Israel," said Mr. Musty, as be oame In and sat down by the busy editor for an hour's discussion of the subject. "So?" replied the man of resources; "why don't yon adver tise for them? The business office Is on the first floor. Bars, Dick, show the gentleman ta the advertising department"-Pock. The Arkansas river waa named frnta a nation af Indiana; aha eailad Qnap- Nnaaa if ha I aar to Mi la tan. AlvIXU EATING GRASS DR. TAUMAGE ON THE DESECRA TION OF SACRED THINGS. Two Ftylea of Character ta Illnstrate God's Word-One Is Like Light bonne, and the Other I Like a Black Uaoj-A e rd Irene. Oar WaMBingtoit f'nlpit. Dr. Talmai;e iu bis sermon uses a weird and strange scene of ancient times to il lustrate the behavior of modern people who desecrate sacrl thing ami for their arrogance get a bad tumble. His subject ! was "A Kine Eating Grass" and the text I Daniel iv.. .'.'!. "The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar, ao.l j he was driven from men and did est grass as oxen, and his tssly was wet with the ! dew of heaven, till bis hairs were grown ; like eagles' feathers aud bis oails like j birds' claws." Better shade your eyes lest they be put I out with the splendor of Babylon, as some morning yon walk out with eliu. nadnex znr on the suspension bridges which bang from the house tops and he shows jou the vastness of his realm, as the son kindle the domes with glistening almost insuf ferable, and the great streets thunder up their pomp into the ear of the monarch, and armed towers stand around, adorned with the sjsiils of conquered empires. Neb uchadnezzar waves his hand above the stupendous scene and exclaims, "Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of thp kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my ma jesty':" Hut in n instant all that splen dor is gne from his vision, for a voice fulls from heaven, saying: "O, King Neb. nchsilnezzar, to thee it is spoken. The i kingdom is departed from thee, and they ; shall drive thee from men, and thy dwell- in shall be with the beasts of the field, j Tbey shall make thee to est grass as j oxen, and seven years shall pass over j thee, nntil thon know tbst the Most High ! relet b la the kingdom of men and givctb it to whomsoever he will." One boor from the time that he mnde the boast he is on the way to the fields, maniac, and . rushing Into the forests he becomes one of the Irf-asts, covered with espies' feathers for protection from the cold, and his nails growing to -birds' claws in order that he might dig the earth for roots and climb the trees for nuts. You see, there is a grest variety In the Scriptural landscape. . In several dis courses we have looked st mountains of excellence, but now we look down into a great, diirk chasm of wickedness as we come to speak of Nebuchadnenar. God In his Word sets before us the beauty of self-denial, of sobriety, of devotion, of ; courage, and then, lest we should not thoroughly understand him, he introduced Daniel and Paul and Deborah as illus trations of those virtues. God also speaks to us In his Word as to the hatefulness of pride, of folly, cf Impiety, and lest we should not thoroughly understand him in- trodtices Nehuchadnesxar as the imper , sonstion of these forms of depravity. The former style of character is a lighthouse, showing us a way into a safe harbor, and the latter style of character-Is a black buoy, swinging on the rocks, to show where vessels wreck themselves. Thanks nnto God for both the buoy and the light house! The host of Nehuchadneir.ar is thundering at the gates of Jerusalem. The crown of that sacred city is struck Into the dust by the band of Babylonish Insolence, The vessels of the temple, which had never been desecrated by pro fane touch, were ruthlessly sei7.ed for sacrilege and transportation. Ob, what a sad hour when those Jews, at the com mand of the Invading army, are obliged to leave the home of their nativity! How their hearts must have been wrung with anguish when, on the day they departed, they heard the trumpets from the top of the temple announcing the hour for morn iug sacrifice and saw the smoke of the al tars ascending around the holy hill of Zion! For well tbey knew that in a far distant land they would never hear that trumpet call nor behold the majestic as cent of the sacrifice. Behold those cap tives on the road from Jerusalem to Baby lon 1 Worn and weary, they dare not halt, for roundabout are armed men urging them on with boot aud shout and blas phemy. Aged men tottered along on their staves, weeping that they could uot lay their bones In the sleeping plnce of their fath ers, and children wondered at the length of the way and sobbed themselves to sleep when the night f fallen. It seemed as If at every step a heart broke. Hut at a turn of the road Babylon suddenly springs upon the view of the captives, with its gardens and palaces. A shout goes up from the army as they behold their native city, but not one huzza is heard from the captives. These exiles saw no splendor there, for it was not borne. The Euphrates did not have the water gleam of the brook Kedron or the pool of Hiloam. The wil lows of Babylon, on which they hung their untuned harps, were not as graceful a the trees which at the foot of Mount Mo riah seemed to weep at the departed glory of Judnh. and all the fragrance that de scended from the hanging gardens upon i that great city was not so sweet as one breath of the acseia and frankincense that the high priest kindled In the sanctuary at Jerusalem. Pride and Ruin. On a certain night a little while after these captives had been brought to his city Nebuchadnezzar is scared with a night vision. A bad man's pillow is apt to lie stuffed with deeds and forebodings which keep talking In the night. He will find that the eagles' down in bis pillow will stick him like porcupine quills. The ghosts of old transgressions are sure to wander about In the darkness and beckon and hiss. Yet, when the morul.ig came, he found that his vision had entirely fled from him. Dreams drop no anchors and therefore are apt to ssil away before w ran fasten them. Nebucbadnrnar call all the wise men of the land into hi pres ence, demanding that by their necromanry tbey explain hi dream. They, of course, fail. Then their wrathful king issues an edict with as little sense as mercy, order ing the slaying of all, the learned men of the country. Bat Daniel the prophet come In with the interpretation just In time to save the wise men and the Jewish captive. My friends, do you not see that pride and ruin ride in the same saddle? 8ee Neburbadnexsar on the proudest throne of all the earth and thea see him grace with the sheep and the cattle! Pride Is commander, weO planed a ad eaDarlsoaed, bat it leads forth a dark aad frowning test. The arrows from the Almighty's ver are apt ta strike a maa whea on wlag. OeUath shahss his great spear In d fine, but the smooth stone from the brook umke him slat'ir.-r slid fall like su ox under s butcher's Lludgeon. He who U down cannot fall. Vcsm'Ik scud ding under bare poles do not fed the fore of the storm, while tlme with all sails set capsize at the sudden descent of the tfuqw-t. lU-uiriiioer that e can be as proud of our humility as of anything dse. Antis thene walked the streets of Athens i'h a racged cloak to demonstrate his humili ty, but Socrates declared he could sec the hypocrisy through the holes in Lis cloak. We would all see ourselves smaller than we are if we were as philosophic as Scver iii. the emperor of Rome who said at the close of bis life. "I have leeu everything, and everything is nothii g." And when the urn that wa to contain his ashes was st his command brought to him lie said. "Little urn. thou shnlt contain one for whom the world a too little." Io yon not also lesrn from the misfor tune cf this king of Babylon what terri ble thing is the loss of reason? There is no calamity that ran possibly befall us in this world so great as derangement of intellect to have the body of man and yet to fall even below the instinct of a brute. In this world of horrible sights the most horrible is the idiot's stare. In this world of horrible sounds the most horrible is the maniac's latich. A vessel driven on the rucks, when hundreds go down never to rise and other hundreds drug their roan- tcled and shivering bodies upon the win ter's beach, is nothing iimparcd to the foundering of intellects full of vast hopes and attainments and capacities. Christ's heart went out toward those who were epileptic, falling into the fire, or mauiacs, cutting themselves siiiong the tombs. W enre accustomed ta be more grateful for physical heahh than for the proper working of our mind. We are apt to take it for irranted that the intellect which has served us so well will always be faithful. We forget that sn encine of such tremen dous power, where the wheels have such vastuess of circle and such swiftness of motion and the least impediment might put it out of gear, can only be kept In proper balance by a divine hand. No hu man hand could engineer the train of im mortal faculties. How strange it is that our memory, on whose shoulders all the misfortunes and successes and occurren ces of a lifetime are placed, should not oftener break down, and that the scales of judgment, which have been weighing so much and so long, should not lose their adjustment, and that fancy, which holds a dangerous wsnd, should not sometimes maliciously wave it, bringing into the heart forebodings and hallucinations the mot appalling! Is it not strange that this mind, which hopes so much in its mighty leaps for the attainment of it objects, shf.uld not be dashed to piece nn Its disapijointments? Though so deli cately tuned, this instrument of untold harmony plays on. though fear sliBkos It. and vexations rack it, and sorrow and joy and loss and gain in quick succession beat out of it their dirge or toss from it their anthem. At morning and at night, when In your prayer you rehearse the causes of your thanksgiving, next to the salvation by Jesus Christ, praise the Ijord for the preservation of your reason. Kee also in this story of Nebuchadnezzar the ue that God make of bad men. The action of the wiekd sre used as instru ment for the punishment of wickedness in others or as the illustration of some principle in the divine government. Nebu chadnezzar subserved tsith purpose. Kven so I will go hack with you to the history of every reprobate that the world has ever seen, and I will show you how to a great extent hi wickedness was limited in its destructive power and bow God glorified himself In the overthrow and disgrace of his enemy. Babylon Is full of alwimina Hon, and wicked Cyrus destroys it. Persia fill the cup of its iniquity, and vile Alex ander puts an end to it. Maeedon must be chastised, and bloody Emilius does it. The Bnstile is to be destroyed, anil corrupt Naolion accomplishes it. Kveu so selfish and wicked men are often made to accom plish great and glorious purpose. Jo seph's brethren were guilty of superlative perfidy and meanness when they sold him iuto slavery for about $7, yet how tbey must have been overwhelmed with the truth that God never forsakes the right eous when they saw he had become the prime minister of Egypt! Pharaoh op presses the Isrselites with the most dia bolic tyranny, yet stand still and see the salvation of God. The plague descend, the locusts, and the hail, and the de stroying angel, showing that there is s God who will defend the cause of his people, and finally, after the Israelites have passed through the parted sea, be hold, in the wreck of the drowned army, that Cod's enemies are chaff in a whirl wind! In sotne financial panic the right eous suffered with the wicked. Houses and stores and shops in a night foundered on the rock of bankruptcy, and healthy credit, without warning, dropped dead In the street, aud money ran up the long lad der of -." per cent, to laugh down upon those who could not climb after it. Dealers with pocket full of securities stood shouting in the deaf ears of banks. Men rushed down the streets, with pro tested note after them. Those who tie fore found It hard to spend their money were left without money to spend. La borers went home for want of work, to see hunger in their chair at the table and upon the hearth. Winter blew his breath of frost through finger of icicles, and sheraffs, with attachments, dug among the cinder of fallen storehouses, and whole cities joined In the long funeral pro cession, marching to the grave of dead fortunes and a fallen commerce. Verily, the righteon suffered with the wicked, but generally the wicked had the worst of it. Splendid estates that hud (time to gether through schemes 0f wickedness were dashed to pieces like a tter' ves sel, and God wrote with letters of fire, amid the ruin and destruction of reputa tions snd estates that were thought Im pregnable, the old-fashioned truth, which centuries ago he wrote in hi Bible, "The wsy of the wicked be turnelh upside down." As the stars of heaven are re flected from the waters of the earth, even so God's grest snd magnificent purposes sre reflected back from the boiling sea of human passion snd turmoil. As the voice of a sweet song uttered among the mountain may be uttered back from the cavernous borne of wild beasts snd rocks split and thunder scarred, so the grest harmonies of God' providence are rung back from the darkest csvern of this sla struck earth. Kennscherib and Abime- lech and Herod and Judss snd Nero and Nebuchadnettsr, though they st niggled like beasts unbroken to the load, were put Into a yoke, where tbey were compell ed to help draw ahead God's great pro jects of merry. Psseersttsm. Again, let as learn the lesson tbst men esn be gUty of pottuUsg the sacred ves eto ef the temple aad carrying thru !say to Babylon. The sacred vessels In j the temple at Jerusalem were the cop j sod plulca of gold and silver with which j the r.tcs and ceremonies were celebrated. The laying of heathen hand upon them i ami the carrying the ft as spoils wfO an unbounded offense to the Ird of the I temple. Yet Nebuchadnezzar committed tin Nery Kicrihge. Tboiieli that wicked king i gone, the sins lie inaugurated walk up snd nit. n farth. t urning it from century to i-e.itwiy. The sin of desecrat ing s;t red things is committed by those i Mho oil sacramental day take the com munion cup, while their conversation and iI.hIs all show that they live down in Babylon. I low solemn is the sacrament! It is, a tim for vu i, a time for repent ance, a time for faith. Sinai stands near, with its tire split clouds, and Calvury with its victim. The Holy Spirit broods over the s.-cne, and the glory of heaven seems to gather in the sanctuary. Vile indeed must that roan ! who will come iu from his idols and uiiresnted follies to take hold of the sacred vessels of the temple. O thou Nebuchadnezzar! Back with you to Babylon! Those also desecrate sacred things who use the Sabbath for any other than reli gious puqsises. This holy day was let down from heaven nmid the intense secn larities of the week to r u.:.J us that we .ire immortal and to allot, us preparation fur an endless state of h: iplucss. It is s green sjiot in the hot dese-T i f this world that gushes with fountains and waves with palm tree. This is the time to shake the dust from the roties of our piety and in the tents of Israel sharpen our swords for future conflict. Heaven, that seems so far off on other days, alights usiti the earth, and the none cf heavenly choirs and the hosiimia of the white robed seem to mingle with our earthly worship. We hear the wailing infant of Bethlehem, and the hammer stroke of the Carpenter's weary son in Nazareth, and the prayer of Ji'thscmane, aud the bitter rry of Golgotha. Glory be unto the Ixird of the Sabbath! With that one day" in seven God divides this great sea of business and gayety, so that dry shod we may pass between the worldly business of the past and the worldly business of the future. F.vcry week we have just enough work given ns to do In six days. God makes just enough break in our cotitinuoti oc cupation to thrust in the Sabbath. If you have not liefore noticed, observe here after that when Satunlay night comes there is almost always a good stopping place in your business. All things secu lar and spiritual in providence and reve lation seem to say, "Uememlier the Sab bath day to keep it holy." When the six days of creation had passed, God stopped working. Not even s pure flower or a white cloud would he mnke, because it was the Sabbath, and. giving an example to all future times, he rested. The Het of AM I'sta. He who breaks the Sabbath tint more certainly robs God than robs himself. In evitably continuous desecration of the sacred day end either In bankruptcy or destroyed health. A grest merchant said, "Had if not been for the Sabbath I have nn doubt I should have been a maniac lung ago." This remark was made in s com pany of merchants, Rtid one of them said: "That corresponds with the experience of my friend, a great importer, lie often said, 'The Sabbath is the Iwst day of th week to plan successful voyages.' He has fur years been in an insane hospital and ill probably die there." Those also repeat the sin of Nebuchad nezzar who in any way desecrate the Holy Scripture. There are men who use the Word of God as an instrument of angry controversy. Bigots st heart and zealot, in the advocacy of their religion pecu liaritie they' meet other sects with the fury of a highwayman, thrusting them through and through with what they con sider the sword of the Spirit. It is a won der to me that some men were not mads with horn to hook with and hoof to kick with and claws to grab with. What Christ said to rash Peter w hen he struck off the i-ar of Malchus he say to every controversialist, "Put tip again thy aword into its place, for all they that take tb sword shall perish with the sword." Rev. William Jay met a countryman who said to him: "1 was extremely alarm ed thi morning, sir. It was very foggy, and I ws going down to a lonely place, and 1 thought I ssw a strange monster. It seemed in motion, but I could not discern Its form. I did not like to turn back, but my In-art beat, and the more 1 looked the more I was afraid. But ns I approached I ssw it was a man, snd who do you think it was?" "I know not." "Oh. it was my brother John." Then Mr. Jay remarked. "It was early in the morning snd very foggy, and bow often do we thus mistake our Christian brethren," Just In proportion as men are wrong will they he boisterous in their religious contentions. The lamb of religion is al ways gentle, while there is no lion so fierce as the roaring lion that goes about seek ing whom he may devour. It Gibraltar belch their war flame on the sea, and the Dardenelles darken the Hellespont with the smoke of their batteries, but for ever and ever let there be good will among those who profess to be subject of the gossd of gentleness. "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth pi ace, good will to men. What an embarrassing thing to meet in heaven if we have not settled our contro versies on earth. So 1 give out for all peo ple of all religions to sing John Fawcett's hymn, in short meter, composed in 1772; hut just as appropriate for LS!7: Blest be the lie that bind Our hearts in Christian love. The fellowship of kindred minds 1 like to that above. From sorrow, toil and pain And sin we shall lie free, And ierfect love and friendship r.gfPD Through all eternity. Living Ileresles.-Wben the church tin been pure it lms always comjuerwi, mid always will, but when the temple of the living God Is denied by money changers at d self seekers will be bred an after-nge of worn, when the world will pass to the winds Its beet books of evidence. It was not the heathen In the temple In the time of Christ, but the Hebrew himself. A dead firn cauiM-s living bereey, and Inaction cbusi-s unchristian activity. A boly chinth, with holy people and a boly priesthood, Is the llfelilood of the church.-Bishop William D. Walker, Episcopalian, Buffalo, N. Y. One English railway company alone Issues over a ton of railway Mcfceai weekly. It Is a great art to da the right thing at lbs right season.