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r 1 -w nil MOST "pertinent to the exciting If MM through which we are now paaatnf ii this sermon of Ir. Talmage, la which he propose to cheer to people who are saddened by the bor row of war; teit, Psalm xivii., 3, "Though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident" The ring of battle axes, and the clash of shields, and the tramp of armies, are heard all up and down the Old Testament, and you find godly soldiers like Moses and Joshua and Caleb and Gideon and scoun drelly soldiers like Sennacherib and Shal oiaoeser and Nebuchadnezzar. The high priest would stand at the head of the army and say, "Hear, O Israel, ye ap proach this day unto battle against your .tummies, let not your hearts faint, fear not and do not tremble, neither lie ye terrified Because of them!" And then the .officers would give command to the troops, saying: "What man is there that halh built a new house and hath uot dedicated It Let him go and return to his house, lent he die in the battle and another man dedicate it. And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard and hath not aten of it? Let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of it. And what nan k there that hath betrothed a wife and hath not Uikea ber? Let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her." Great armies marched and fought. In time of Mrmea aud Joshua all the men were sol Jkis, When Israel came out of Egypt, they were 00,m0 fighting men. Abijah commanded 400,000. Jeroboam com manded 800,000 men, of whom SOO.OoO were siain in one battle. Some of these wars God approved, for they were for the rescue of oppressed nations, and some of them he denounced, but in all cases it was a judgment upon both victors and van quished. David knew just what war was when he wrote in the text, "Thongb war should rise against me, in this will I be confident" David is encouraging himself in stormy times, and before approaching battles ad min iaters to himself the consolatory. So to-day my theme is the " Alleviations of ' War." War is organized atrocity. It is the science of assassination. It is the convocation of all horrors. It is butchery wholesale. It is murder gloritied. It is death on a throne of human skeletons. It Is the coffin in ascendancy. It is diabolism at a game of skulls. But war is here, and it is time now to preach on its allevia tions. anion of North and Poath. First, I find an alleviation in the fact that it has consolidated tbe North and tbe South after long continued strained relations. It is thirty-three years since our civil war closed, and the violences are all gone and the severities have been hushed. But ever and anoa iu oration, iu sermon, in newspaper editorial, in maga line article, on political stump and in congressional hail the old sectional dif ference has lifted its head, and for tbe irst time within toy memory or the mem ory of any one who hears or reads these words the North and tLe South are one. By a marvelous providence tbe family that led in opposition to our Government thirty years ago is represented at the front iu thin present war. Nothing else could have done tbe work of unification so suddenly or so completely as this conflict. At TftMits. t PihuttHnooflrs. at Richirc-'' and in many other pUicea the regiments sre forming aud it wiil be side by side, Massachusetts and Alabama, New York and Georgia, Illinois and Louisiana, Maine and South Carolina. Northern Slid Southern men will together uniimber the guus and rush upon the fortification snd charge upon the euemy and shout the triumph. The voices of military officers who were under Sidney Johnston and Jo seph Honker will give the command on the same fide, the old sectional grudges lorever dead. The name of Grant on the Northern Side and of Lee on the South ern side will he exchanged for the names f Grant and Lee on the same side. The veterans in Northern and Southern homes and asylums are stretching their rheu aiatic limb to see whether they can again keep step in a march and are test iug their eyesight to find whether they tan agski look along tbe gun barrel to successfully take aim and fire. Tbe old war cry of "On to Itichmond!" and "On to Washington!" has become the war cry f "On to Havana!" "On to Porto Rico!" ' "On to the 1'hir.pplne Islands!" The two Id rusty swords that In other days clash ed at Mnrf reeaboro and South Mountain :. and Atlanta sre now lifted to strike down Hispanic abominations. An L'aaclaah War. Another alleviation of tbe war is the fact that It is th most unselfish war of tbe ages. While tbe commercial rights four wronged eitlsens will be vindicated, that is not tbe chief idea of this wsr. It to tbe rescue of hundred of thousands af people from starvation sod multiform sjaitnatmaot A friend who went out asjder tie tag of the Bed Croat two years tfo to assuage suffering In Armenia, and Who has beea oa the Mm mission, under tfi same gag, la Cuba, tars that the suf ferings la Araseaia were a comedy and farce eoatpared with the greater saffer tt of Oaba. At least 3U04XJO graves eaXia-g to aa to essat an aad remain ' ? fcy wa tat east thaw oeea peats dial r ' hi Um tatattsjfh taatsry crying oat ta i liaetaatrta: "Da ra attaa ta pass Ta taf cam wO which ra have ".fjrtrit Or wt3 faa let att aajria -- y aweaint and tora the Waad of r" aa kaU timr t: It rarer, which Is ' VI 2 I"' Jft W the saata V la factor as at tht k tit fcs , ' Itotafaa- a htjf-'f j ; H t reason why most of the European nations are not now banded together against us is because they dare not take the part of that behemoth of cruelty, the Spanish Government, against tbe crusade of mer cy which our nation has started. Had it been on our part a war of conquest, a war of annexation, a war of aggrandize ment, there would have lieen by this time enough flying squadrons coming to this country across the Atlantic to throw into panic every city on our American sea board. The wars of the crusaders were only to regain an empty sepulcber; the Napoleon ic wants, with their B.UOO.ISJO slaughtered men, were projected and carried out to appease the ambition of oue man; of the 25,000,000 slain in Jewish wars and of the 00,000,000 slain in wars under Julius Caesar, of the 1SO,000,000 slain in wars with Turks and Saracens, or the 50,000, 010 slain in wars of Xerxes, of the i.0, 000,000 slam in wars of Justinian aud the 32i,0o0 slain In the wars of Gen ghis Kban not one man was sacrificed by mercy, but in this Hispanic-American war every drummer boy or picket or gun ner or standard bearer or skirmisher or sharpshooter or cavalryman or artillery man engineer who falls falls in the cause of mercy and becomes a martyr for God and bis country. The Principle of Libert jr. Another alleviation of this war is that it is for the advancement of the sublime principle of liberty, which will yet en girdle tbe earth. Not only will this war free Cuba, but finally will free Spain. By what.rigbt docs a dynasty like that suind, and a corrupt court dominate a people for centuries, taxiug them to death, riding in gilded chariot over tbe necks of a beg gared population? There are 10,st lxiys iu Spain growing up with more capacity to govern that nation than will the weak boy now in the Madrid paluee ever pos sess. Before this conflict is over the Spanish nation will lie well on toward the time when a constitutional convention will assemble to establish a free government instead of the wornntit dynasty that now afflicts the people. The liberty of all na tions, transatlantic as ell as cisatlantic, if not already established, is on the way and it cannot lie stopped. Napoleon III. thought he had successfully-driven the principle out of France when on the 2d day of leeember, 1851, he rode down the Champs Elysees of Paris, constitutional government seemingly crushed under the hoofs of his steed. But did it stay crushed? Iet tbe batteries on the heights above Sedan answer, and the shout of 250,000 conquering hosts, and the letter of surrender to Emperor Wil liam, tell the story. "Sire, my brother, uot having been able to die in the midst of my troops it only remains for me to place my sword in your majesty's hands. I am, your majesty, your good brother. Napoleon. Sedan, 1 September, 1870." That monarchy having fallen, then tbe French republic resumed its march. A Good P.e sinning. Another alleviation is that the war opens with a great victory for the United States. It took our Government four years to get over the fiasco at Bull Hun. A defeat at the start of this present war would have been disheartening to the last degree and would have invited foreign in terveution to stop the war before any thing practical for God and humanity hud been accomplished and would have pro longed the strife for which we are hull ing a quick termination. In the ui.it jubilant manner let this victory of our navy be celebrated. With the story of the exploding battleship fresh iu the minds of the world, it required no ordi nary courage to sail into the harbor of Manila and attack the Spanish shipping. That harlKir, crowded with sunkeu wea ponry of death to enter It wag running a risk enough to make all nations shiver. But Manila is ours, and the blow has shaken to the foundation the palaces of .Madrid, and for policy's sake the doubt ful nations are oa our side. For Com modore Dewey and ail who followed him let the whole nation utter its most re sounding huzza, and, more than that, let us thank the Ixrd of hosts for his guiding and protecting power. "Praise ye the Lord! Let everything that bath breath praise tbe Lord!" Migbt Allied with Right, Another alleviation is the fact that ki this war the might is on the side of the right Again and again have liberty and justice and suffering humanity had the odds against them. It was so when Ben badad's Syrian hosts, who were in the wrong, at Aphek came upon the small reg iments of Israel, who were in the right, the Bible putting it in one of Ihose graph ic sentences for which the book is remark able, "The children of Israel pitched be fore them like two little flocks of kids, but the Syrians filled the whole country." i It wus so iii tbe awful defeat of the Lord's people at Gil boa and Megiddo. It was so recently when gallant and glorious Greece was in contiict with gigantic Mo hammedanism, and the navips of Europe hovering about the Bosporus were in practical protection of tbe Turkish Gov ernment, fresh from tbe slaughter of llMl, 000 Armenians. It was so when, iu 1770, the thirteen colonies, with no war ship ping and a few und rilled and poorly clad soldiers, were brought into a contest with the mightiest nsry of til tbe earth and sn army that commanded the admira tion of nations. It was so when Poland was crushed. It was so when Hungary went under. It has been so during all the struggles heretofore for Out .n inde pendence. But now it la o?r powerful navy against a feeble group of incompe tent ships, crawling across tbe Atlantic to meet our flotillas, which have enough gnns to send them aa completely under as when the Bed ses submerged Pharaoh's army. It is so in these times when only a few thousand Spaniards at most can reach our hemisphere, and we go out to meet them with 120,000 armed men, to be barked np speedily with SOO.OOO more If needed. We do not have to ask for any miracle, bat only a fair shot at tbe ships headed this way and time enough to de molish them. This Is one of the cases In the world's history where might aad right art shoulder to shoulder. Crtsaa Maot Bo Paalsha. Another alleviation la la the fact that saeh aa atrocity as the destraetloa of 304 lives la Havana harbor la tiate af ptae csvaawt wkh iatpaattr be wraaght hi this aa af the warM's sxvlllaaslsa. Taraeea tisa aa to wha M that htferaaSaai la tow sfon. Bat wtax a assail erhaa It was cam pared with the sratoaaatJe patting into their graves of hundreds) of theaissnds of Oubans or leaving them unburied for the buzaards to take care ofl If Spain could destroy 200,000 men, women sod children, tbe slaughter of 2M people wss not a very great undertaking. But this one lsst deed will result in the libers tion of Cuba, aud tbe driving of Spain from this hemisphere and the overthrow of that Government, which will soon drop to pieces if it does uot go down under bombardment of In sulted nations. There was dsnger that the long con tinued oppression of our neighbors in Cuba misht lie continued from generation to generation without sufficient protest on our part a::d tbe pronounced execration of the eop!eon both sides of tbe Atlantic, but that bi.rtting volcano of destruction in the harbor of Havana fired the nation and allocked the whole civilized world. All nations will learn that such an art cannot be reeated without the anathe ma of all Christendom. As individual criminals must be punished for tbe public good, and we have for them courts of oyer and terminer and lenitentiaries and elec tric chairs and hangman's gallows, sn governments committing high crimes against God and humanity must be scourged and hung up for the world's in dignation. When in Spanish waters our battleship, looking after our commercial interests and intending nothing but quiet ude, was hurled into demolition and the men on board, without time to utter one word of prayer, were dashed Into the eter nal world, the doom of the reigning house of Spain was pronounced in torn louder than the thunder which that night rolled out over the sea. God Is with Cs Another alleviation is the fact that we have a God to go to In behalf of all those of our countrymen who may be in ese clal exposure at the front, for we must admit the perils. It is no trilling thing for liXMMI young men to lie put outside of home restraints and sometimes into evil companionship. Many of the brave of the earth are not the good of the earth. To be in the same tent with those who have no regard for God or home, to hear their holy religion sometimes slurred at, to lie placed under inlluetiee calculated to make one reckless, to have no Sabimth except such Sabbath us iu most encamp ments amounts to no Sabbath at all, to go out from homes where all sanitary laws are observed into surroundings where questions of health are never discussed, to Invade climes where pestilence holds possession, to make long marches under blistering skies, to stajid on deck and In tlie fields under fire at the mercy of shot and shell we must admit that those thus exposed need especial care, and to the omnipresent God we have a right to com mend them and will commend them. Pos tal communication may be interrupted and letters started from camps or homes may not arrive at the right destination, but, however far away our loved ones may be from us and however wide aud deep the seas that separate us, we may hold com munication with thejm via the throne of God. A shipwrecked sailor was found boat ing on a raft near the cosst of California, While in hospital be told his experience and said that he had a companion on the same raft for some time. While that companion was dying of thirst he said to him, "George, where are you going;" and the dying sailor said. "I hope I am going to God." "If yon do." said the rescued aikr, "will you ask him to send some water?" After the death of his compan ion, the survivor said, the rain came in torrents and slaked his thirst and kept him alive until he was taken to safety. The survivor always thought it was iu answer fo the message he had sent to heaven asking for water. Thank God we may have direct ami instantaneous com mnnieafion with th Ixrd Almighty through Jesus Christ, his only begotten Son, aud in that faith we may secure the rescue of our inis-riied kiudred. Is noj that a mighty alleviation? Pray for Our Country, Until this conflict is ended let os be much iu prayer for our beloved country. Do not let us depend upon the friendship of foreign nations. Our hope is iu God. Out of every misfortune he has brought this nation to a better moral and financial condition, aud so let us pray that be will lift us out of this valley of trouble unto a higher mountain of blessing. Morning, noon and night let us com mend this beloved iMnd to the care of a gracious God. That be answers prayer is so certain that your religion Is a hallu cination if he does not answer it .Pray that in reply to such supplication the farmers' boys may get borne again in time to reap the harvest of out July, that our business men may return in time to pre pare for a fail trade sucb as has never yet filled the stores and factories with customers, and that all the homes in this country now widdetied by the departure of father or brother or sou may months be fore the Thanksgiving aud Christmas holidays be full of joy at tbe arrival of those who will for tbe rest of their lives have stories to tell of double quick march, aud narrow escape, and charges up the parapets, and nights set on fire with bom bardment, snd our flag hauled up to places from which other flags were hauled down. Away with liarbarisaa. Now that we have started on the work let us make that Spanish Government get out of this hemisphere. We do not want her any more, with ber Injustices and bar barism and stilettos of cruelty, hanging around the shores of this free land. 8b must not breathe her foul breath on our winds; sbe must not again redden our sea with ber butcheries.. Yet what Uie world most wants la Christ who is coming to take possession of all hearts, all homes, all nations, bat the world bloeks the wheels of Ids chariot. I would like to see this century, which hi now almost wound up, find its peroration hi some mighty overthrow of tyrannies aud a mighty building np of liberty and justice. Almost ail the centuries bar ended with some stupendous event that transformed nations and changed tbe map of the world. It wss so at tbe close of th fourteenth century; it was so at th doss of the fifteenth century; it was to at th close of tbe sixteenth century; it was so at the close of the seventeenth century; It was so st tbe close of the eighteenth ea- tury.' Mar it be more gloriously so at tha do of the nineteenth century! "Bless fa th Lord God of Israel from evsrlaat- mg ta everlasting, and tot th what tarth be filled with his glorr." Asaaaatof amen! Copyright, MP Car to oa eoOa sv&la a ciMbt; km far frt, a D BRAVE: MARIE D j i. IT happened In 1870, which Is still spoken of as the "terrible year" in Bois-le-Duc. The war between Vance and Prussia bad raged all about beui, but not a soldier had lieeu seen ii tbe tiny village, for which the pcas- tnts daily thanked their stars. The old nan who lived alone with his son Charles, in tbe cheateau above the own, and who was xtlll known as "le Due," though bis title bad vanished ritb bin estates long liefore. firmly be loved that France was on tbe roud to uin, but be scoffed at the Idea that the ?nisslans would ever Invade French erritory. But oue fine summer monilnst Bols le 5uc was startled by a sound of martial unsle and a body of Prussian soldiers liurebed through the town. I'p the bill netit the Prussians, and there before lie old chateau the order to bait was jiveu. The old soldier find seen tlieir omitig ami had prepared, according to m own Ideas, to receive them. From in tipper window waved the colors of ranee, and as one of the Prussian of- Icers started to enter the house, to earn the meaning of this hostile dU- lilny, be wus met by tbe old- num. w ho v.ui dressed himself in bis ancient mil- .Win and stood, sword in band. In the Center of the room. "Ah, Prussian pig:" exclaimed lie. Ira wing bis sword, "druw mid defend rourself, or 1 will hew you down. No Prussian ever yet entered my house, aor sliall while 1 live." Ills brave words seemed almost rldlc- alous when one looked at bis- white locks and stinking baud. The Prussian tlicer smiled at the thought of a sword .ouibat with him and would probably save withdrawn, leaving tbe old nntri ,n peace, bad not an overxealous soldier, '.binklnjr that bis olliccr was In danger, rushed In and bayoneted the old man as he stood. The mistake was unfortunate, but he lruslan command could not afford t) waste time over a single dead French man. Tbe bouse was fired; the solulers marcled on, and by the time the rear nf the column disappeared over tbe next bill little but a heap of smoking bc was left on the tiit where tbe 'A chateau bad stood. But the boy Charles, standing there beside the ashes, of bis father, swore to Ih- revenged upon tbe Prussians. From that moment he was a man, hu bad a pliriMMH?. On the Afternoon of the day on which tbe Prussians marched tbrot';h Bois-le- Duc Charles learned from the villagers the whereabouts of tbe nearest t o iy of French soldiers, and set off to Join them; It was soon discovered that the strange, silent lad was a valuable mem ber of the company on account of bis knowledge of woodcraft aud bis abso lute fearlessness. Important scouting duty was entrusted to him, and after a time he became the captain of the most daring of all the bands of the franc-tlreur. Ills little company was a constant aggravation u me Prus sians, a very thorn in the sides of di vision commanders. II. One afternoon, shortly after the sec ond visit of the Prussians to Bols-le- I Due, little Marie Durct was alone In : ber parents' cottage while they were j at work iu the fields. Marie was a! comely little maldeu, a dark-eyed, nut- j brown peasant girl, and though uot a 1 dozen summers had passed over her bead, ulie was a neat, thorough going ! little housewife. Although ber home stood quite apart from tbe other cot tages and not far from the great forest, so that It could scarcely lie called a part of Bois-le-Duc at all, Marle'had liecome so accustomed to playing the mistress for a whole day at a time that she did uot In the least nilnd the loneliness. To-day she had set the bouse In or der, bad swept the floor and had piled beside the large brick oven a heap of faggots against tbe morrow's baking. All her tusks completed, Marie took jiohscssIou of a low chair and liegan Mdately to amuse herself with a large rag doll, her one playmate and l..-cp-arablu companion. Now, it happened that on this very morning Captain Charles, the franc tlreur, having gone out on a reconnolt erlng expedition, hnd.been cut off from bis men by half a down Prussian cav alrymen, and bad to run for bis life. The Duret cottage was the only one near him, and so, while Marie sat talk ing to ber doll, tbe door was suddenly burst open and the soldier rushed in. Marie knew at once that It was Cap tain Charles, for she had often seen him about the village, and aa she bad beard of bis brave deeds In aid of tbe French, she was not In the least frightened. "Where canst thou bid me, little oner the man hurriedly asked. "The Prussians are on my track." Marie had beard those stories of tbe Prussians and her heart sank with fear at the thought of facing such monsters. Nevertheless the showed herself a brave little woman. For aa Instant the glanced belpleasly around the room. Truly there wer few hiding place In the little cottage. Then bar ya fell oa th large baking oven aad hr boty Uttl brain foaad a way oat of the dlf cHy. In qolckly bad th fraae ttovar fot Inata th ora a ad that aha CUJItwtaCa Scarcely was her work finished when sbe heard a loud knocking on the door and a Prussian oilicer entered. He stopped, abashed, when he saw only tbe little maid before him. Perhaps the thought of some little girl that he had left behind in tbe fatherland came to bis mind, for the look In hl eyes was quite gentle and his voice trembled in spite of himself when he spoke. "We saw n man enter this bouse Just now," be Bald. "Tell me, my little maid, where he is." In tbe moment while she was wait ing for him to speak Marie had had time to collect her wits and to reflect that tbe man did not look like such a monster after all. Now she replied readily: "A man? O, yes, a soldier Just came In here and left that," pointing to an old musket of her father's which stood in tbe corner of tbe room, "but he is gone now," she added. She carefully related to the Prussians how the fraiic-tlreur bud taken the path that led from the rear of the cottage to the forest. Tbe girl answered bis questions so readily !h; it was hard for the nlHcers to Mispoct her of deceiving him. but be ordered bis men to make a thorough search of the cottage. They looked In closets and cupboards and runmingiHi the loft. One of the men iu passing opened the oven door and glanced In. Marie's heart almost ceased lieating, but she gave no sign of her alarm. See ing nothing but the heap of faggots tbe itian closed tbe door. Marie could hard ly keep from heaving a sigh of relief; It seemed In ber own nilnd that she nitiKt fdiout of Joy. As they were pre paring to leave one of the men asked: "Shall we not fire the cottage?" It was (be usual rule when a peasant was suspected of harboring a franc tlreur to burn his cottage as a lesson sdsffi 'rr-n f AfiF5Fl ONE OF THE MEN OPENED to him and a warning to all others, but Marie's winsome manner bad touched tbe officer's heart and the questioner received a curt almost savage "No." Marie watched tbe Prussians ride away, and when they were well out of sight the let Cnp'nln Charles out of bis narrow lii.jlr: place. lie bad heard all thnt p:: 'd In the cottage, and he kisse l ,V.i:io and called her a brave girl. Then be departed by the road opposite to t!i.-;t which the Prus- "All, PKCSSIA no!" slans had taken, to Join bis men at their meeting place In the forest. Marie was the pride of ber parents and tbe heroine of tbe town when ber story was made known. And in the depths of the forest, when the franc tlreur gathered about their enmpflre and their leader told of his narrow es cape and the bravery of the little peas ant girl, each man lifted his canteen and enthusiastically drank to the health and prosperity of Marie Diret Tbe landlady of the little vlne-eor- ered Inn at Bois-le-Duc tella this story to every stranger wbo visit the place. And If one Is Inquisitive enough to nsk what afterward liecamo of the franc tlreur and the peasant girl sbe will un fold ber band and aay: "Joat walk up to yonder brick bouse oa tbe bill and ask for Monsieur le Malre and hla good wife. There ytfu will And Captain Charles and tbe brav Marl." Omaha Boo. Merely a Mlaeoar. Labor saving appliance for th kitchen are now o numerous that If Intentions alone thla lis coatlno to multiply jib position of cook will aooa a alwetwai aa n wfil al ha mtcsaary for th gaddVs af pot t put the raw food oa the kltchea table, touch a button, and ring the hell for tbe hungry. Oae man makes a clock; wake tbe sleeper and light the lamp, says laventlon. Now another Inventor makes a clock light the Are while th cook ia In bed dreaming of ber new bi cycle and bloomers. This other smart clock la of the alarm k!ud. When th hour for lighting tbe Ore arrive th time piece "goes off," so does a flre carrbige with which It Is connected. The carriage slides on a track, which extends from tbe clock base to th wood to lie ignited, being put In motion by a spring released by tbe clock mech anism. First a match, carried by a sibling match bolder, is struck as th latter moves, and from this the Ore car riage Is lighted, after which It slide down to the wood and complete th Job. THE GREAT SEAL OF ENGLAND. Wbst Wss Done with the Old al of George IV. The great seal in not allowed to leave the kingdom without special permis sion. In 1T.21 Cardinal Wolsey carried the seal Into the low countries and sealed writs with it at Calais, a viola tion of duty which formed oue of th articles of bis impeachment Now adays, if tbe chancellor leave London the great seal goes with him, and if necessary the traveling scaler attend the chancellor for the pursue of actu ally applying the seal to documents. When the great seal Is to change bauds tbe retiring lord chancellor goes to tbe queen, attended by bis purse bearer, who carries the seal in its purse,. The purse Is handed to the queen by tbe purse bearer, given buck to that olliclal by her majesty, and is then banded by the purse bearer to tbe In coming chancellor. George IV. had one seal only, and when William IV. succeeded blm there was some contention as to the disposal of tbe pieces of the defaced seal of George. The difficulty came out of tho fact that when William's seal was or dered (August 4, lKiO.I Lord Lyndhurst was chancellor, but when It was fin ished and ready to take the place of George IV.'s seal (August 31, lXJl) ' Lord Brougham was chancellor. Lynd hurst claiini'd the old seal, on th ground that the transaction must be referred back to the date of the order , for the new seal, and thnt the fruit Utiust therefore lie considered as hav ; Ing fallen In his time; while Lord p.ri lig'inm Insisted that the point of THE DOOM AND LOOKED IN. time to be regarded was tbe moment when tbe old seal ceased to be tho clavls regnt. Tbe matter was submit ted to William IV. Grevllle.ln his Me moirs, gives tho following account of tbe Incident: "King William TV. is a queer follow. Our council was principally for n new great seal, and to deface tbe old seal. The chancellor i Brougham) claims the old one as his perquisite. I bad forgot ten the hammer, so the king said, 'My lord, the best thing I can do I to give you the seal and tell you to take It and do what you like with It' The chancel lor said, 'Sir, I believe there la some doubt whether Lord Lyndhurst ought not to have half of it as be was chan cellor at tbe time of your majesty's as cosslon.' Well said the king, then I will Judge between you. Ilk Solomon; here' (turning the seal round and round), 'now do you cry beads or tails. We all laughed, and tbe chancellor said, 'Kir, I take the bottom part Tbe king opened the two compartments of U:o seal and said, 'Now, then, I employ you as ministers of state. You will send for Bridge, my silversmith, and desire blm to convert the two halves each luto a salver, with my arms on one sldt and yours on the other, and Lord Lynd hurst's the same, and you will take on and give him tbe other, and both keep them as present from ma.' "Pall Mall Magazine. Centennial Celebrations. This year's crop of centennial cele brations Include observations of th' four hundredth adversaries of Vaact do Gama's discovery of the way to 10 dla by way of tbe Cape of Good Hon. at Lisbon In May; of tbe burning of Mivonaroia at F lorence, also In May, and of tbe birth of Holbein at Basel, In Switzerland. Montpelller win celenrata the bundredin birthday anniversary of the philosopher Augutte Corote; An oua that of the poet Leopard!, who was born at Itecanatl, close by, aad Pari that of Mlchelet, th historian. America' First Mtrwat Hallway. Th first street railway In Aiaarta started on the Bowery, New York, aad ran from Prlnca street to Vtarteaata street, la 1831. raallr ctotar itiaarflai MOato an waoealar baaai ioaataafcry to atu oat that thay thaa thay naUy a. to i wc3 aaeui aaai aav ' ' ' !i',t ' ' v H .W ,, . v F