The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899, December 15, 1898, Image 4
4- i 4 I 1 V f Am-4- r 1 J n 3PICQ OF THE TIMES. at OtOICS SELECTION OF INTER. ESTINO ITEMS. is mmd Crttictaaaa Imi Dfa aa.s tfe Dv-llr sal Urn Msttaas fnae feat backed down gracefully t Fssboda aad ut down hard upon the la mom cut of Undent riding, the BMgatfu sye can almost see Hymen ESBtlag ala torch at the lamp. Tatry may take Columbus' dust away, tat the beat monument to bis memory, tar- American continent, is here all eight la London recently 1,000,000 bonoeta were sold la one week and every one of taem la' supposed to be on straight by tais time. A New York girl broke her arm shak tag hands with her beau. That's what she gets for treating him to such a for mal greeting. It took M. Hobson a long time to make a raise. There are lou of people who are qualified to sympathize with Mr. Hobson. Campaign speeches and collections hare a certain relationship. One is simply raising the wind, while the oth er Is actual blowing. " The life of the Prince of Wales, which Is soon to be published, will con tain everything relating to that gentle man except wnat is interesting. Finding fault with Germany for look- lag coldly on our apricots does come With bad grace, when almost every year the peach crop is frosted here. " A New York woman sued a neighbor for $10,000 damages "because he said She padded," and the jury gave her a verdict of $40 not a very plump figure. A basband in Wheeling, W. Va., has , brought suit for divorce on the ground that bis wife persists in eating onions. Has he no stronger objection than taatt Advertisements appear occasionally ta the London papers in which very I rich people are Informed that they may ate art Introductions to Queen Victoria "for a fat consideration, of course. It asaat Jw dangerous business to get , eaoght at It, however. A Chicago man. claims to have solved problem of photographing colors. Wonder if be will enable a lover In one tJtjr to tell by the photograph whether Bit prospective bride in another place frtally has golden hair and rosy cheeks - aad not bleached curls and a powdered face! True Individual charity does not con sist in almsgiving, but in aiding and assisting' the '"nnforrunate to regain their footing In the world and become self-supporting. The charity of society should be directed against the causes -of poverty and spend Its efforts In tak ing care of those only who are Incapaci tated from helping themselves. Mme. Paulmler, the Parisian who per forated an editor recently, professes ""great regret and chagrin that she was trbllged to shoot a man whom she did not know." Her feelings are entirely Justified, everything considered; no woman should be asked to shoot any one to whom she h4 not been properly introduced. ' It does not by any means follow that 1 good soldier will not make an efficient aiayor, or governor, or Congressman. Nevertheless, a warning is demanded 'because, in every closa contest of near future, shrewd politicians will r,ul a soldier at the front. At such a time a oonscientious citizen will view the situ ation most .critically, and make sure taat while planning to honor a deserv lag hero, he is not really strengthening the grip ot the objectionable political A single firm in New York says that Its orders for rugs ami curtains for boys' rooms st college amounted, in a recent week, to $.i,(iJ0. Simie college boys will do without either rugs or cur tains and safely trust to scholarship to take, care of their social position, Wata'.I was In college." said Prof. Phelps of Andovcr, "I w as the poorest ia mj class, but I bad no difficulty in associating with whom I . pleased." Wbftt was true then is true now. It Is tat furnishing of the bead, rather than of the room, that should command respect Some of tbe persons who are urging aad even "insisting" that certain regi aaesits of tbe volunteer army be mus tered out of the service forget that the t " awn tattsted for two years. , Tbey did laroti themselves if her for a mlll- rvJplciilc or exclusively to figbt'Spsn ,i' but to be good soldiers, going tvltra they were ordered to go, aad 'pA" C J 'what they wera ordered to do, JOVii Demur, or question, or uiuuui . f J promise of twenty-four months of :Sl aUBtary service, and patriotic tt wUUacaess to fulfill IV If this ,f JL staled by the further necessities ' . ' . t 1 ' ) -. V- " 4 , 4.- an aoesn 1 negm to eu- r aatSt be has nothing but money enjoy It, and then K Is Xt a man devotes all his best years of bis life to :iqr taat b expects to enjoy " be often finds himself rstylalng waea be PasUly ; "vwte Btauhttf spWyt , jky j f t aa prevloiariy aavpitcl ataais-aiimffiM it? r ' change la a great relief to him. Ho aa- Joys sit months' or perhaps a year! rest hugely. Then the novelty wean ff. lie tries to have his friends Jots him, and finds that most of them art doing what he has done all his life, ex pending all their strength and Urns and daylight in sticking to the grind ot competitive business. He feels left out If so and so could join him in a hunting trip how fine It would be. But "80 and 80" Is too busy getting more of whai perhaps he already has too much, and after being disappointed by a number life long friends he feels that he mad a mistake and might better have stuck to the business routine that had robbed him of the power to enjoy anything else but business. People are already beginning to talk of the "Klondike fiasco," and certainly the later reports from the gold field are anything but roseate and goldea A San Francisco mining engineer, re cently returned from Dawson City says his experience convinces bim thai the gold placer diggings of Alaska art short-lived and that there are no true fissure veins In that country. Ia h! opinion the broken nature of the coun try and the geological indications war rant the conviction that there is no gold-bearing quartz there, and that such gold as has been found Is in "de posits" or pockets. He adds that the placer diggings have leen uearly work ed out, and many of them barely paid expenses. Nevertheless treasure ves sels continue to arrive from St. Michael bringing boxes of gold and miners well supplied with dust and nuggets. The Fortland, that arrived a few weeks ago, also brought news of arlch strike in American territory on the Kayakuk River, about 1.000 miles from tli mouth of the Yukon. The fact seems to be that there Is more or less gold in all parts of Alaska, but whether In pay ing quantities in all cases remains to be seen. Even if quartz veins are not to be found, pockets of the extent of those near Dawson City are certainly worth exploring, and a long as new discoveries.are made, whether of pla-er diggings or quartz fissures, the advea- j turous gold hunter will find his way 10 me nonn. ' From all indications the Porto Rlcana are rapidly becoming loyal Americans. They are anxious to avail themselves, as far as possible, of all means of In formation about the United States and their anxiety to conform to American fashions and ways Is almost ludicrous. This may not, of course, all be due to a sudden and genuine access of loyalty. as it is not Improbable a readily ex plainable desire to stand well with the victors may be at the bottom of some of this effusive patriotism. On the oth er hand, the ease with which Gen. Miles took town after town and the eagerness of the Porto Kieans to see the red, white and blue supe-nsede the red and yellow banner of Spain indi cates that the natives of this most healthful and progressive of Wet In-; diaa Wands wet glad to exchange masters for fellow citizens. At any rate, their loyalty, whether merely ap' parent or genuine, is everywhere in evl dence. An enterprising New York boy j has been making a small fortune sell ing tiny American flags as boutonnieres snd the shops at Ponce and other portant towns in the puesesslon of the American army conspicuously dis played signs reading "English Spoken Here" an announcement that must be accepted ai an evidence of good Inten tions rather than of performance. The theaters, also, advertise "English shows," but these are found, for the most put, to consist chiefly in Juggling, gymnastic and othyr feats In which there Is a minimum demand upon L'ucle Sam's English. I An army officer who has been much i In Cuba predicts that we are going to ! have trouble with a largu percentage i of tbe so-called Insurgent army, and i that it will be found necessary to sup-, , ,t4 1 press them by force, a the American , Indians were suppressed. He says that ; trouble will grow out of the refusal of ; th'.s goveruinent to pay the Cuban sol-' diers as though they were the United States. Th t,':v of . it disss of , .-,,,.. ..... ,i,tj t to the pay of American tMi they are beginning to threaten that if tbey do not receive compeuiiauon as in(; t0 wri, BaT9 t0 his daughter: "oh, the upper springs in heaven! such they Will resume the practice In- :take me bick to my room! There is no Ullmpeee. of Heaven, dulgcd by them during and before tie rent for Sir Walter but in the grate!" 8te- It is very fortunate that we cannot see war. Jiany of the insurgents were real- phen Girord, the wealthiest man in hisj heaven nnti! we get Into it. O Christiin ly bandits by profession years before d".r or. 0' nt- "ly """-ond In wealth, 1 man, if you could see what a place it is, the insurrection commenced, and they : ? " livp !,,'ife of m111-' e would never get you back to the . 1 ' . n-k,., ben I arise in the morning, my one ef- oflice or store or shop, and the duties you have never been anytb.ng e.se. They l(or. fa ,o ,Q haril UiH( . nn ht rforai wollW K0 .. live in the mountains of Central and , .h(,n jt g(,u (0 Be nl(fh,r chnrU,n Lalllb) , gn1 j ,,hall D0, e tht worM u.J(i, , eastern Cuba, and it has long been the j tl,vBU,i,.A of all the world, in the very enter it. Suppose we were allowed to go practice to make descents upon Span- j Diidtt of his literary triumph, says: "Do on an excursion into tlmt good land with lsh farming communities and small vll- ' you remember, Bridget. hen we used to ; the idea of returning. When we got there lages, plundering as they went and tak-i laugh from the shilling gallery at the and beard the song and looked at their Inz their loot back Into their fastnesses. 'plar? There are now no good plays tol raptured faces and mingled in the su--ro.4. rtintKnt rnhao. annlsuded ' :' st from the boxes." Bui why go so ; pernal society, we would cry out: "Let os , 4.,,K . fum uieae kuuIU., '7 a certain romantic or heroic standing, j Wk.r. nnrrtLfi trn was iirtranlzed " v ' rr three and a half years ago these mar sudlng bands Joined the commands of tbe Cuban leaders. They are now threatening to return to tuclr evil ways unless Uncle Sam bribes them to be good. It Is extremely Improbsble that they will be paid as they demand, snd Z outlook becomes gloomy. There are ibousands oFthcse law!ess men. and if they carry out their threats they UI be in a position to eause-thls govern- ment serious embarrassment. The isl - and of Cuba Is not large, but it is full of almost impassable hills, snd it may j take years to corner the brigands If, . . . . .. I they should seek tbe protection oc tat r undoubtedly will If . they resume business under the 010 auspices. - . . . We met a great nort lately, ana re- tretted to bear blm say bis father uvea to be a bnndred years old. i , ... Rome peopte never learn ta avoid T AK1XG for bin twit u oriental scene seldom noticed, Dr. Talmage discusses the supernal advantages ot religion for this world and the next; text, Joshua it., ID: "Ibou hast given roe a south land; give in? also springs of water. And he gave her the upper spring and the nether springs." , The city of Debir was the Boston of an tiquity a great pluee for brain and books. Caleb wanted it, and he offered his daugh ter Aehsah as a prize to any one who would capture that city. Jt was a strange thing for Caleb to do, and yet the man that could take the city would have, at any rate, two elements of manhood brav ery and patriotism. Besides, I do not think that Caleb was as foolish in offer ing his daughter to the conqueror of De bir as thousands in this day who seek allianees for their emmren witn uiose wno have large means without any rcferenee to mural or mental acquirements. Of two evils 1 would rather measure happiness by the length of the sword than by the length of the pocket book. In one case there U sure to be one good element of character; in the other there may be none at all. With Caleb's daughter ss s prize to ngHt for Gen. Othniel rode into the battle, lne gates of Debir were thundered into the unsi. ana me c.iy 01 oooss i.y i 01 me conquerors. Ane won oone, vu wora ounr, y , hia brtde. Uiv- t is no srest Job1 niel cornea back to claim 1 in, conf,1)pre(j the city. It is no great Job for him to conquer the girl's heart, for however faint hearted a woman herself may be, she alwsys loves courage in a man. 1 never saw an exception to that. The wedding festivity having gone by. Othniel and Achat h sre shout to go to their new home. However loudly the cym bals may clash and the laughter ring, par ents art always sad when a fondly cher ished doughter goes off to stay, and Ach ssh, the daughter of Caleb, knows that now is the dine to sak almost anything she wants of her father. It seems that Celeb the good old man, had given as a wedding present to his daughter a piece of land that was mountainous and sloping southward toward the deserts of Arabia, swept with some very hot winds. It was called "a south land," but Aehsah wests an addition of property. She wants s piece of land that is well watared and fer tile. Now, it is no wonder that Caleb, standing amid the bridal party, bis eyes so full of tears because she was going, away that he could hardly see her at all, gives her more than she ssks. Hhe said to him: "Thou hast given me a south land. Give me also springs of water. And he ' gave her the upper springs and the nether springs A Worthies Person. The fict is, that as Caleb, tbe father, itu-jKTe Aehsah, the daughter, a south land, so Ood gives to us bis world. I am very thankful he has given it to us, but I am like Achsnh in the fart that I am not sat isfied with the portion. Trees and flowers and grass and blue skies are very well Id their place, hut he who has nothing but this world for a portion has no portion at all. It is a mountainous land, sloping off toward the desert of sorrow, swept by fiery sirocco. It is "a south land," a poor portion for any man that tries to put his trust in it. What has been your experi ence? What has been the experience of evty man. of every woman that has tried this world for a portion? Queen Eiiza- beth. amid the surroundings of pomp, is nnhsppy because tbe painter sketches too minutely the wrinkles on ber face, and indignantly cries out, "You must 'trik "f. my n w?""t ,hfl''' ows Hogarth, at the very height of hia Brjstjc lrimnrh HtmiK ,,, lrf d(.nth wi!h d,,, because the painting he had d,.,iicated to the king does not seem to be acceptable, for George 11. cried out: "Who is this Hogarth? Take bis trum- Pery ov.t of my presence" isnniey pneriaao tnntieo the earth I I. ..1..-!... s.! words, "I am absolutely unoone." Walter rff rumbling around the inksfsnd. trr- i far is that? 1 need to go no farther than , your street to find an illustration of what J am avill(t . , . 14 ... o in neuim, Pick me out ten successful worldlings Slid yon know what I mean by thoroughly i.44.tlll 14f.il-l.llt r 7ttl,l if OI44 ,.,o r. aUcWS!(fui worldlings, i Bjre than one that drags him to business; care dngs him back. Take your stand at 2 o'clock at the! corner of the street s and sec the agonised j li Z? ; ' wUoUU. and yonr retail- :prw ag ri,-.,, ,.), ar, they happy?! ' v. rr dr,a their det and. matin i D appeal to God for help or comfort,' many of them are tossed everywhither. 1 How lias it been with you, my hearer?! . 4j i. .1.- i i - "T. ! "-- j " , mm nm vmi hflrt in a hoimn whiti wnu tutu ft, m mon'nn 'worrlment since yon won that $50,000. ' than von did before7 Home of the Door- m(,0 , u ew knwB h(w ,,. ; n, ;,. -.. .main j mesns may be put ia great business ' .1,4,1,. t,nitl.rl,..tll-itnf .11 .mhMrrM-' ' ments Is that of the mm who hss Urge I trtste. The tsea who commit suicide a-1 J cause of monetary losses sre those wfc ran net beer the harden say more, becaas they hare only $00,000 left. Oa Bowling Green, New York, there le a house where Talleyrand need to go. He was s favored mi. All the werld knew Mm, aad he had wealth almost unlimited; yet at the close ot his life he says, "Be hold, 88 years have pawed without say practice) results, save fatirue of body sod f atigne of mind, great dtsceoregemest for the future sad great disgust for the past." Oh, my friends, this is "south land," sad it slopes off toward deserts of sor rows, and the prayer which Achssh made to her father Caleb we make this day to our Father God: Thon hast given me a south land; give me s!o springs of water. And he cave her the npper springs snd the nether springs." Blessed be God. we hive mere sdvsn- 1 tasn given ns than we can reallv aoure- Hate. We have apiritnal blessings offered us to this world which I shall call the nether springs, and glories in the world to come which I shall call the upper springs. Pleasure of i-ellarioa. Where shall I find words enough thread ed with light to set forth the pleasure of religion? David, unable to describe it in words, played it on 1 harp. Mrs. Heraans, not finding enough power in prose, sings that praise in a canto. Christopher Wren, unable to describe it in lunguage, sprung it into the arches of St. Paul's. John Btin yan, unable to present it in ordinary phraseology, takes all the fascination of allegory. Hindcl, with ordinary music unable to reach the height of the theme, rouses it tip in an oratorio. Oh. there is no life on earth so happy as a really Chris tian life! I do not mean a sham Chris tian life, but a real Christian life. Where thSre is 1 thorn, there is a whole garland of roses. Where there ia one groan, there sre three doxologiet. Where there is one day of cloud, there Is a whole season of sunshine. Take the humblest Christian man that you know angels of God canopy him with their white wings: the lightnings ,,,, trt hu armed ,m the I,ord u bU Shepherd, picking out for him grn p(,ture, b tjl Wlter,. if he w.lk forth, . , .. . , .. u j . ... . ., , MoMm. ing, are let into his dreams; if he be thirs ty, the potentates of heaven are hia cup bearer; if he sit down to food, hia plaia table blooms into the King's bano.net. Men say. "Iook st thit odd fellow with the wornoot coat;' the angels ot God cry, "Lift op yonr heads, y everlasting gates, snd let him come inT' ' Fastidious people t cry, "Get off my front steps!" the door I keepers of hesven cry, "Come, ye blessed I of my Psther, inherit the kingdom II-1 k J 1 - .V. .... L. L L. ,a t (M t0 t) th-t Mi th chir)oU of Christ will come down, and the cavalcade will crowd all the boulevards of heaven. Rprlasra of Comfort. I wish I could make you understand the joy religion is to some of ns. It makea a man hippy while he lives and giad when he dies. With two feet upon s chair and bursting with dropsies. I beard an old man in the poorhouse cry out, "Bless the Lord, oh, my soul!" I looked around snd said, "Whst hus this man got to thank God for?" It makes the lame man leap ss a hart and the dumb sing. They say that the old Puritan reliciou is 1 juieeless and joyless religion, but 1 remember read ing of Dr. Goodwin, the celebrated Puri tan, who in his last moment said: "Is this dying? Why. my bow abides in strength! 1 am swallowed up in God!" '"Her ways are wsys of pleasantness, and til ber paths sre peace." Oh, you who have been trying to satisfy yourselves with the "sooth land" of this world, do you not feel thst you would this morning'llke to have access to the nether springs of spiritual comfort? Would you not like to have Jesus Christ bend over your cradle nd bless your table and beal your wounds and strew flowers of consolation all up and down the graves of your dead? 'Tis religion that can give Fweetest pleasures while we live. 'Tis religion ran supply Sweetest comfort when we die. But I have something better to tell you, suggested by this text. It seems that old Father Caleb on the wedding day of his daughter wanted to make her just as hap iy ss possible. Though Othniel was tak ing ber aay, and his heart was almost broken because she was going, yet he gives her a "south land." Not only that, hut the nether springs. Not only that, but the tipper springs. O God, my Kath-t-r, I thank thee that thou hast given nic 1 "south land" in this world, snd the nether springs of spiritual comfort in this world, but more than all I thank thee for stay ! Wear ay: we are coming nere anynow. wily take the trouble of going back again to that old world? We are here now. Let us stay." And it would tBke angelta vio lence to put us out of that world if once t we got there. But as people who cannot nndyou cannot find 1 llro'' come arouuu u anu iook turougn tue looks happy. Cre!,1'xr ar "r tbrllu "'e openings in the nr "V . I ' , i J1'"1 '" W;b f;o hear'KmbMnf STS'. hongh not near enough to know who '' th cornK or who the hsrp. My soul spreads out both wings and cl""l ,h in trin,I,D l th thought of thoe upper springs. One ot them breaks from beneith the throne, another breaks forth from beneath the altar of the tern. . another at th. door of "tbe h.e r f. many mansions.'' Upper springs of glad- Upper springs of light! Upper springs of love! It Is no fancy of mine. "The Lsmb which Is in the midst of the ,hrone shall lead ihem to living foua uis of water." O Ksrionr divine, roll In upon onr souls one of thoav anticipated raptures! Pour I smwnd the roots of the lurched tongne eae droo of thst Mo old Hfel Toss before ef Ossl ret- bewai wHfe eternal rletseyl Bear HI They sre arrse sick there; set ss at ss s hsaeaeae or twinge rheatastle or thrast aesrslgic. Tbe Inhabitant sever says, 1 They are never tired that. rthest world is ealy th plsy Flick! t farthest ef s selidsy. They sever sta there. It TieTajr die there Yo. Pc was In the old psrllsnient-bout rnbyh. gl urlsS on Lelpslc street Hi. Mt was almost great city sad lad no on pUee where on a line with tbe box reserved for th the ground was broken for a grave. The members of tbe diplomatic corps, Is eyesight of the redeemed la never blarred which, for that occasion, I had a seat with tears. There Is health In every xs the sgulre of a lady who Is ths eheek. There Is spring la every foot, jaujntw 0f a distinguished American There Is majesty on every brew. There is omcer i btul been Instructed to eeeur Joy Is every heart There jt asaaau on .rTl( of , oapbie Interpreter. uy, -roor things, away down ia that 'bere be could hear perfectly and yet worldf And when some Christian is utter his translation In a low tone with, hurled into a fatal accident, they cry, out disturbing tbe assembly. "Good, he is coining." And when we When it came Bismarck's turn t stand around the roucb of some loved one j spemk, his rising was an affair of do whose strength is going a way and j liberation; It bejan Slowly, and con- shskc enr beads forebodingly, tney cry: "I'm glad be is worse. He has been down 1 there long enough. There, h Is dead! Come home, come home!" Oh, if we could only get our ideas about that future world untwisted, onr thought of transfer 4 l . . , I . I .. . . irum ni-rr 10 mere wouiu uc piruui to us as it was to a little child that was dying. She said'Tapa, when will I go homer And he said, "To-day, Klorence," "To-day? soon? 1 am so glad!" Choose Your Portion. I wish I could stimulate you with these thoughts, O Christian man, to the highest powilile exhilaration. The day of your , deliverance is coming, is coming rolling ( on with the shining wheels of the diiy, ; and the jet wheels of the night. Every thump of the heart is only a hammer' stroke striking off another chain of rlay. Better scour the deck and coil the rope, for harbor is only six miles away. Jesus will come down in the Narrows to meet you. "Now is your salvation nearer than whin rrtu t,,.H.T.t " . Man of'lhi. world will iron not to-dav makes choice bet ween these two portions, between the "south land" of this world, tie nervous cough which left tbe sen which slopes to the desert, and this glori- tence unfinished. ous land which thy Father offers thee, "lam no orator," he says In one of his running with eternal water courses? Why published speeches; "I have not the let your tongue be consumed of thirst , ,,4 nt nflft,n,n . .,,. ,j when there are tbe nether springs and the , npper springs, comfort here and glory hereafter? Yon and I need something better than this world ran give us. The fact is that it cannot give ns anything after swbile. It Is s changing world. Do yon know that even the mountains on the back of a thon-' sand streams are leaping into the valley? ' rary statesman and orator. Gladstone, with crystalline mallet are hummering , . , . . ' i u. 4 . . j of whom he once said to an acoualnt- away the rocks. Frosts and showers and. .... . 11 ,L lightnings sre sculpturing Mount Wash- . I bad brought as many hu- ingttn sad the Caukills. Niagan every mlllations on my country as Gladstone year is digging for Iteelf s quicker plunge. na bis, I would be unfit to rule." The sea all around the earth on its shift- j In s sense his disclaimer of the ora ing shore is making mighty changes in tor's gifts was justified. Indifferent to bar and bay and frith and promontory. , the audience directly before blm. bis Some of tbe old sea. -on its are midland ; real speech was addressed to tbe great now. Off Nantucket, eight feet below low j German reading public and to tbe water mark, sre found now the stamp, of , worid AcMlrdlnr,y ,nt wh,,.n wa, trees, showing that the wives are con-1 . . " oi u querlng the l.nd. Parts of Nova Kcotis J(,llT;rl. W n the most Important are sinking. Khips to-day sail over what occasions, was scrappy, and rather In only a little while ago wis solid ground. the "stupe of a chat with the deputies. Near the month of the 8t. Croli river is j Often bis sentences were Jerky, and an iland which in the movements of the" lft tbe Impression that Die speaker earth is siowly but certainly rotating. All ' was not exactly certain as fo what be the face of the earth changing -chang- j ing. n iii an lsiano springs up in tne Mediterranean sea. In another isl-1 and comes np under the observation of the j American consul as he looks off from the lieach. The earth all the time changing. the columns of a temple near Bizoii show that the water has risen nine feet nbo.e the place it was when these columns were put down. Changing! Our Colorado riv er, once vaster than the Mississippi, flow ing through tbe grea t American desert, which was then an Eden of luxuriance, has now dwindled to a small stream creep ing down through a gorge. The earth itself, that was once vapor, afterward water nothing but water afterward molten rock, cooling off through the ages until plints might live, and animals might live, and men mieht live, changing all the while, now crumbling, now break ing off. The sun, burning down gradual ly in lis socsri. i Hanging, cnanging, an i intimation or tne last great change to come over the world even Infused into the mind of the heathen who has never seen the Bible. A Ble pleas Ood. While Brahma limy sleep, onr God nev er slumbers nor sleeps, and the heavens ' shall pass away with a great noise, and i the elements shall melt with fervent heat, j and tbe earth and all things that are therein shall be burned up. j "Well," says some one, "if that ia so, J if the world is going from one clunge to snoiher, then what is the use of my toil ing for its betterment?" That is the point on which I want to guard you. 1 do not want you to become misBiithropic. It ia a great and glorious world. If Christ could afford to spend thirty-three years i on it for its redemption, then you can j " ' afford to toil and pray for the betterment 1 Migration of Ilutteraica. of the nations, and for the bringing on of n of ,he n",Kt beautiful sights In that glorious time when ill people shall the world is the anuunl migration of see the salvation of God. While there- butterflies across the isthmus of Pans fore 1 waut to guard ji.u against luisan- l ma. Where they come from or whither thropic notions in respect to this subject , they go no one knows, and though I have presented. 1 want you to take this many distinguished naturalists ha v. thought tiome with yon: This wor d is a ,,,.', ,, . . poor founds, ion to build on. It is. chang ft,t't P ')rol',"", " ' ing world. The shifting scenes and the 81111 " "fan! a mystery us It wns to changir.g shi.Js sre only emblems of all'the flrKt European traveler who,, ob earthly expectation. Life is rery much i serTcd !t- Toward the end of June a like this day through which we have pass- few scattered specimens are discovered ed. To many ot ua it Is storm and dark-: flitting out to set., and as the days go ness, then sunshine, storm and darkness, try the number increases, until about then afterward a little sunshine now July 14 0r 15 the sky Is occasionally again darkness ind storm. Oh, build not ' , , . . , your hopes upon this uneert. world! i!" .0"1 f" mjrr!a(1" f ,hm i..,iu ti.Jt rn,,ri- i.. I.-.,. I., " . frsll Insects. 44UIIVI V44 -"....-..; ,u M.'TUH. I D I tor an eternal residence t Christ's right hand. Then, come sickness or health, come Joy or sorrow, come life or death, all is well, all is well. In the name of the Cod of Caleb snd his daughter Aehsah, I this day offer you the "upper springs" of unfiding and ever Issting rapture. Copyright, 1MW. Bectarianlsm. Thirty yesrs ngo thore was held In this city a represent ative gathering to consider "the Indif ference of tbe multitude to tho claims of tbe Oospel" snd "the Inroads of sn Infldel philosophy." Thirty years ago tbe responsibility wss duly placed, but the people are now coming to sec, as fast as prejudice will sllow, thst ths grand moving cstise of tbe unchurch ing of tbe people Is a salaried sectari anism, which for a century has had a comfortable lime In tbls land. Dr. Dt Oosta, rSplscopsllan, New Tom 0H BISMAROK AS A SPEAKER Bio CUlss thai Be Was Mot Urate Waa rally J met I ted. Prof. William it. Sloan contributes an aide on Bismarck to the Century, pf Hlnmaa ,T,: Tbe frst time I beard him speak la Mnllw. for some time, as the towerin form assumed Its full height His great stature he had from bis father. Standing six feet one and a quarter Inches in bis stockings, and of Cours ' a.,n,nn'l,nt mjito. (n 111 I w . n f U K.i nf 1 , 1 somewhat more in his boots, be could not, even with arms as disproportion ately long as bis were, reach tbe desk before him with his hnnds; conse quently he wis wont to stand for a while, twitching his fingers and sway ing bis body as If to And a support Failing in the instinctive effort, he would then fumble In bis coat-tall pocket, and, producing bis handker chief, blow a stentorian blast. These preliminaries completed, ha then began to speak. Ills voice was a disappoint ment; it was the voice of an effemin ate man when In a fit of nervousness, and at no time did It have any reson ant sonorousness; sometimes it was actually feeble, awl not infrequently he would interrupt himself with a lit- obscuring the real meaning of things by a cloud of words. My discourse la simple and clear. A good ora tor Is seldom a good statesman." And again: "When a man Is too fluent of speech he talks too long and too fre quently." As might be imagined, ha wajl no friend of the great wnXe.mvo. actually was saying. Many beard him wIlh th hlttpnt.jiun4.li1im..,t mi. nncertalnty ST utterance was no safe guard against prolixity; he seemed al times to be Indulging In that form of discourse which our slang designates as "talking through one's hat," and consequently he often let slip the loos est assertions. Moreover, the construc tion of bis sentences was frequently portentous. On the occasion to which I have been particularly referring, my companion was as Impatient as only an Intelligent woman can be to secure the Intellectual treat before her, and gTe minute In structions to her Interpreter. All went well for a time, ss the low voice of the painstaking translator rendered with some adequacy the thought of BIs- niarck Tben there were short pauses. followed by rapid little summaries of what had been said. As these grew more and more frequent the lady be came Irritated. Finally there was an entire cessation on tbe part of the Inter preter, and yet lilsmnrck was going right on with ever-Increasing vehem ence. Tbere were constant wills from the lady of "What's he saying? What's he saying?" and an Increase of Impa tience In the box quite proportionate to the growing violence of the speaker. Finally the wretched interpreter conM endure the strain no longer, nnd, turn ing with a gesture of fierce rer-ntnient to bis excited employer, he - hissed: "Madams, I am waiting for tbe verb!" After the Ceremony. An unmarried woman m Holland al ways tskes tbe rlgbt arm of her es cort, while tbe married oue selects tbt left side of her husband. 80 deeply has this custom entered Info tbe life of the Hollanders that st a church wed ding the bride enters tbe edifice on tbt right side of Hie groom, the yonng wife returning on tbe left side of ber hus band when the ceremony bat been per formed. Ae ll m It lor .lurer. The CoitsUiuilon of boitb Carolina provides that jurors must be between tbe ages of 21 snd 05, sud a new trial was recently granted In a criminal cat because on ot the jurors waa an yean 14. Tbt success of some men Is do fa their iron ,ntf of oUMn w tiula taseks of brass. 1 . ' . ' 4. j--. -I V 'lX4r'444U