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BUM SET. And new on my last cruise I go, X«ithe wind wakes; the strong tides (low, lOrev. r to the west. Good by 1 All wild and strange tbc sen, And pleasant ta tbc shore: Bnt Tbiaiah tbc coast lie dear to me, | /..gjl shall return no more. InSHfesny a golden Isle may rise, AM niany a guiding star, > Or happy shores of paradise, Where our beloved are. Tbs ..eastern sky looks bleak and coll Mtdav It nearly done: Mr Mat risks In a track of gold— the setting sun. Good by forever, love! and yet— ... What may the darkuetsbldel On sea or land, If we two met, 1 should lie satlslled. —.1/ h'rndall, in thr Afajiutm of Art. BISMARCK. Everyone thought mo a remarkable lucky youngster when 1 secured tlm position of assistant operator in tlm little telegraph office at Klllcott, but 1 I soon found out that Old Huron, as the ; boys called him, never would bo in ... Cited to Join the angel baud if he did I tlpiol sandpaper off the ragged edges of j i his uneven temper. \ Jacob Sampson, proporly was my /employer, and if 1 did not get drilled ) W UtM office! Hill there was one ray of light—one oasis in the desert of my life In that wretched little prison, and tbit _ was the prettiest, sweet* of a German girl that That is her parents who, having been dis a son, bad named their ufter the great Count ;een outside of but the sweet * world would • parents were ms. :e was that of had been well learning tele vho treated us mee of a low* the vigilance of his little I found opportunity to sweet word to pretty little and had often noted the in her big blue eyes, and her cheek grew to rival rose when 1 had uttered word of love. Haring, never could get a word of darling Bismarck upon the happy. In spite of pov Samp, I knew that Bis me, and I never despaired her own it until the day idiocy bloomed into aruer was ono of the worst that ever bothered the She was completely egrams. Unfortunately she of money and was continu the most trivial messages friends, and then blam they did not answer day when Old Samp was at din bothered me nearly out of my entirely broke up my little with Bismarck. Warner,” said I, worn out, had received a telegram I have sent it to you.” returned she quest loningly. strange at least. Mary let me know if ltobbio had over the measles, 1 know.” she thought a letter would “No, she knows that I would want know immediately. I think there be some mistake. I will wait until Mr. Sampson comes in.” And she did. I stole a glance at Bismarck but she seemed utterly un f concerned while the rcsoluto Mrs. Warner plied me with all sorts of sus picious questions. At length I locked myself into the private otiiee and let Bismarck carry on the conver sation. When Sampson came in ho answered her so grutlly that she soon with drew and then lie turned upon mu shortly: “Why didn't you send that woman about her business. Haven't you got a tongue in your head?” "Shu didn’t think that I was worth noticing,” replied I, meekly. This sort of thing lasted for a week. She always came in about dinnertime, she always waited for Sampson, and he invariably let out bis spleen upon nie. 1 grow to dread her; but one day when both IlUinarck nod Satup ioywero at dinner, there cutuc a change. I Mr*. Warner'* erraud boy cauie In ■ her mead. K "Mr*. Warner want* to kuow If you Ikrt beard trout Mary Jauo'a ^Kby f" Rf "No,’’ replied 1 curtly. "There k.t* |^k tnoMUge collie." EHf'Ar* you auref" K t *1 cour*e 1 am. t rot bark to Mr*. Batriirr and tell her now." S. I "Well I don't know," remarked tBfc "Mr*. W truer think* you don't a* much a* you might. Won't pirate write duwu what you ^Kt,i I will, 1 cried 1, IndeaIteration, v,, ^fensi h caughi up a form m l nndiug Ibamutwk ba«l twit miiU »onte tivrutan tealiM** wn* a bunt to IhlPUl ll U fll w b, it a thought atrua'h me. Mainer brtvi would lead that I W Mhe'" ‘I d .uto and eha*io|*e aat.ng Hh •. h*r tht* and then try and . wm * HBlw) itel n il wl .«u>d (hr at lent ^k| I *»<»« l« twrl un>ttwtfitrtable. ^Hpn I laugh**! in «ttitia, I...U a* IKwuugbi of the tin* Mia aou-4 hate trying to utahu fc..Bjh*mai#a a aim« in „| tea tty . b*,.k,hg ■■illK than »**« Hr^HkM tb». WO* aed I luunging up to Own op how that io.i «iw aa abaurdly o> lute with taut a, t h j^Kltllt I tat*. * * ■ - Bhe tulerd M|m>« nt* a hath ahh ^Kgil hare luihed the head of , *d BaRMHl* hmta*if. n> ! o i u 1 . *n 1 ••Win, you are utterly ridiculous.” I knew it pleased her 'though, and I was about to repeat nay theme with some brilliaut variations, when I be held old Samp, coming train one way and Mrs. Warner from another. The two entered together. ••Mr. Sampson, wlllyou just look at this telegram? I can't make It out at all. Will you plflfcie read It for meP” I felt a tremor wait* up and down my spinal dOinmn when she paused. Old Samp, put on bis glasses, and took the paper into his hand. Ho looked at it a minute, and then be glanced at liismarck. “Ahem! Miss Laulensch lager, did you write out this telegram?” “No, sir.” “You must have done so, it is writ ten In German. Head it aloud, Miss Limtenscbluger.” “I know nothing about It," replied liismarck, turning white as she took the paper. Old Samp, took an angry step to ward her. “Don’t deny It, Miss Lautcnschla gnr, you wrote that, now read it aloud.” 1 was about to interpose but His marck spoke up quickly. It must be a mistake, Mr. Sampson, it is not a telegram, only something which 1 scribbled in un idle moment." “Indeed! Head it, Miss Lautcn schlager.” ••/. had rather not.” replied llls marck, the tears gathering In her eyes. “Hoad it, I say, I will know what is going on in this olllce,” shouted old Samp, his bald head growing purple with anger. “It is only Mr. Depun’s name, writ ten over a collide of time*, and my own,” replied liismarck bravely, but turning from red to widto. “And you wrote it?” -w,*., “Yes sir.” “Pretty occupation for a young la dv.” he sneered. “The next thing is how did Mrs. Warner got hold of it r "I sent it to her, said I, boldly, looking old Samp in the eye. ••Wbut did you do that for?” ho asked, nearly excited enough to strike mo. 1 felt perfectly reckless of conse quences. After his brutality to Bis marck, I would have liked to throttle him, besides I never believe in jam ming the cat back in the bag when his head is out. I answered boldly: "Because she is around here boring us continually. 1 thought 1 would give her something to study on a lit tle. 1 hoped it would keep her at home an hour or two. I could not myself read the writing, but thought it was only scribbling, as it really was,” con cluded I, casting a beeseuebing look at Bismarck. Old Samp's sarcasm was beautiful. "Then we are to consider this a prac tical joke, Mrs. Warner. Mr. Depue, however, may consider himself dis charged from his situation, and Miss I.autenschlager, who 1 find was not to blame in the matter, may fill the va cant place.” "All right, sir,” replied I pompous ly, "I wifi depart on the next train.” Mrs. Warner withdrew in great in dignation, and old Samp, after hand ing ine my sulary, shut himself up in his private office. "Bismarck,” whispered I, "can you over forgive me?” "You were not to blame, I ought not to write such things.” Oh, why did my stupid tongue say it! "Never inind Bis, you’d iiad to have owned it sometime!’* "Owned what, sir?” "Why, that you adored mo, of course.” "I did not own it, sir.” “Oh! yes you aid, Bis. Ask old Samp if that wasn’t owning up!” How she did take that piece of im pertinence! I tried to joke her out ot it, put in vain. •T never will be your friend again,” she said. Still I went carelessly on. "Now, Bis, 1 didn’t mean to get your dutch up in this mauiior. I like you, and its only fair that you should like me.”' She turned her back upon uie and would not auswer me. The train eaiue rolling into the sta tion. "Good-bye, Bismarck. I’m going to write to you aud you must answer me,” sold I iu un agony. She did uut reply and 1 was obliged to go, for it was the Inst tram that stopped at Kliieott that day. When 1 reached homo I wrote a half dozen penitent letters to Bismarck. They were not answered. In four weeks 1 was down to Kill cott. Bismarck was goue, had left Sampson's office upou that same eventful afternoon. • t tried to laint up her family, but found that they had embarked fur Germany taking lluiunrc* with them My mean* would nut allow me to follow the lu. and I returned home a •miller aud a wiaer youth. Kach year brought tue »ome new calamity l lout luv patent* ami tut only brother; but aurrouuded by mi diction. I did nut forget Hiaiuarck. Iler people dal uu| return lu Klll« ( rutl and I could hear nothing of then); but my darhug wa* over in toy mind, and often I ‘imagined that »he might be wedded to atone dtaciple of <«a>u brina* and I audered like a loveai* k •ehuutgirl Money nevef teemed tu find my puree n plfiUMUt reat.ng place, and a hen I « ** it yenta o„i, I - »• made happy by a tummwua from my uncle in M laotta, wahtag me hi e»me tu him ' and help him lake cant of kta large bnatneaa. lot he waa getting tnttrm and I waa hte only it*mg refaiite ton cent that 1 could “all my »«a waa nut awtUieat lu take me tu nt I .out* I managed tu g> I wtlkin twenty milea >4 it* aokurha. but there I Warn* bankrupt, I might ateal a ride tub ««. but I waa *u fearfully hungry. It waa at a Utile country ttntma and It would hw eight hour* before tic ar*t Irwtn would vemt along it hat eoutd I do tu procure a dinner* I looked out of the Utile depot window and ana a tkmtug town mg farm bourn a half mile awev. Ml revolt* waa taken I atar* »d ** a b«Uk walk Nr tkat farm kuuae. , • ■. w. eu-ar^. ♦ *+*> 1 plied the brass knocker and was answered by a pleasant looking farm er. “Any clocks you would llko to have repaired to-day P" ••Wal, now, I dun'know; there’s that old clock father left me. “I've alius thought I’d liko to have that put to rights." “Very well, I would be pleased to straighten it up for you." “What do you charge?" "One dollar, sir. ’’ "That's mor’n its worth. I’ll give you a quarter an' your dinner?” “All right, sir. I'll do It." Fortunately ho did not wait for mo to finish my work lioforo dinner, he took me at once to the kitchen. I wonder what the old fellow thought of my appetite, I saw him watching mo with un astonished look. “Don’t you wish you had given me a dollar instead of my dinner"’, slipped out of my mouth before I thought. “I swan 1 do,” replied he with a guf faw. “Ifut. if you can linker as well as you chii eat, I won't find no fault." .After dinner ho conducted me to a pleasant sitting r<»om and placed an old fashioned clock upon tho table for mu to manipulate. He then left me. I looked at that clock with dullance and tackled It with a vim. It came to pieces readily enough. All I could do was to rub ft a little and put It together again, but I would do that much any way. As I was busy scouring up tho dust covered wheels, 1 became conscious that there were some girls in the next room taking an unseen survey of my self and my doings. The door be tween us was wide open, and 1 could hoar them tittering as they looked through the cruck behind the door. I could hear too the click of a sewing machine and tho rustle of cloth in that forbidden domain, but I concentrated my mind upon my work, and soon 1 begau to wonder if ever 1 could put tin* f ftiinsr (fiiffilluir furiiin. I tried It; it was a vain endeavor. I changed It n half dozen times hut still it was no go. What was to be done? 1 railed my futile brain to ray aid, and was uboul to inform my employer that 1 had left some very important tools where I had last plied my trade, and propose to go back for them beforo fin ishing my work, and thus escape, when I heard from the next room a different sound from that of tlio sew ing machine. It was that of an Improvised tele graph. The tapping of some hard snb sBinee upon the window pane and to my experienced car it said: ‘•Look under your chair. You have dropped one of tho wheels.” 1 glanced quickly around. There lay the wheel, instead of picking it up. I lapped with my jack-knife upon tho tame: ••Who on earth are you?” ‘‘An old friend, came back promptly. “liismarck!” I shouted, bounding Into the other room overturumg table and clock in my baste. There she was, tho precious darling, prettier than ever. I caught her in my arms nover heed ing the astonished lookers-on, and hugged her and kissed her witli all the pout up fondness of live years, and she returned the kisses. She will not own it now, but she did, I would take my oath to it, but then I've heard that women forget all about their young days when they are once settled in life. liismarck informed me that her par ents had died of cholera almost as soon as they bad landed in Paris, and that she hail returned to America and had sewed for her living ever since. I put that clock together before I started for town, and what was more astonishing, the tiling actually run for months afterwards. That quarter carried mo to my uncle's where 1 became a gentleman of consid erable importance, and after a short time liismarck and myself wore mar ried. No, iny uncle did not die and leave us all his property, but for all that wo are the happiest couple in St. Louis, for with my darling liisiuarcK, money does not make the mau.— Sara li. Hose, in Chicago Ledger. A Watch With One Wheel. A curiosity in the way of watehes was shown by Mr. K. Sordot, director of the watchmakers' school at (ietieva, U-fore the liorologieal section of tiie Society of Arts. This wonder is noth ing less than a watch with one wheel, manufactured in Paris iu the last cen tury by a M. (iautrln. The watch was presented to the National institute in 1790, lining thou iu a deplorable state; but the teacher of the repairimr section of the school, M. Km lie James, has, ■aflair iiiHiit1 liuiira af tiiLir ailih'iiMiluil lu rc-estaldUlilng harmony botw<-«<n the vtfiwi organ*, *o that la now in going order. Thu great wheel which gives the watch iU name oceupic* the bottom of the case ami the center of the plate; it ha* sixty teeth, ami is 33 turn, in diameter. It* axhi carries two pinions, one «f which receive* the motive force from a barrel, amt the other carries the minute work. The function of this great wheel la *|ua4* noile, I'irsi. It act* on a lift, then on a lefer operating on auotker dc Mined to tower lh« nil* of the watch, and lastly on a third lever, the latter serv ing to return power to the great wheel at ike imeuent when the action re but* by the rise of the ante. . »—n » » i iima.ii.af a— Mm ling " ater in * nhe*t of hiper. Take n piece uf paper aad 1*44 it up, a* hautboy* do, into a s-yuai# bu« without a lid il*eg thia up lu a walk leg *t»ch by four thread*, aed support the stick o* h**ui* uf uther eunvenlent prop*. Then a bmp ur taper meat he p loll under thia dainty eauidroa la * few moment* the water will telL I h* »nly fear h h4 the thread* should witch lire and let the wwter spill into the lamp and u«#r the table. The llama must tb* i -f ue nut be too large. I he paper doe* nut burn he entme ll I* w«t. nud even II It restated the wet it would wot be burned through. { IsHWnt the heat imparted tu une side hy the game wuetd be very rapidly . O I . d *»*,- by kheuthvt .Neon* *• ~ t TALMAGE’S SERMON. ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN FROM SCENES IN A COURT ROOM. rfcs RoM Dtrta. DlitnriN from the *»• idfMtt* with tk. r.tkar, Jhh Christ th* Right eous**—John til. TANDIKO la a court-room, you aay to yourself: "At tbta bar crime bat often been arraign ed; at tblg wltneaa aland tbe oath has often been taken; at tble Juror's bench the verdict has been rendered; at tbls Judge’s desk sentence baa been pronounced." But I have to tell you today of a trial higher than any Oyer and Terminer or Cir cuit or Supreme or Chancery. It Is tho trial of every Christian man for the life of bis soul. This trial Is differ ent from any other In the fact that It Is both civil and criminal. Tbe Issues at stake are tremendous, •nd I shall In my sermon show you, first, what are tbe grounds of com plaint; then, who are tbe witnesses In tbe cause, and lastly, who are tbe ad vocates. When a trial Is called on tho first thing is to have tbe Indictment read. Stand up then, O, Christian man, and hear the indictment of the court of high heaven against thy soul. It Is an Indictment of ten counts, for thou bast directly or Indirectly broken all tbe ten commandments. You know bow It thundered on Sinai and when God came down, bow the mountain rocked and tbe smoke ascended as from a smoldering furnace, and the darkness wn 4 Vt rl atslsit* n /I Hia Isvtsri /I ne n trumpet uttered the words: “The soul that slnneth, It shall die!" Are you guilty, or not guilty? Do not put In a negative plea too quick, for I have to announce that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There (s none that doeth good; no, not ono. Whosoever shall keep the whole law, yet offend In one point, he Is guilty of all." Do not, therefore, be too hasty In pronouncing yourself not guilty. This lawsuit before us also charges you with the breaking of a solemn con tract. Many a time did we promise to be the Lord’s. We got down on our knees and said; "O, Lord, I am thine now and forever." Did you keep the promise? Have you stood up to the contract? I go back to your first com munion. You remsmber It as well as If It were yesterday. You know how the vision of the Cross rose before you. You remember bow from the head and the hands and the side and feet there came bleeding forth these two words: “Remember me." You recall how the cup of communion trembled In your hand when you first took it; and as In a seashell you may hear, or think fou hear, the roaring of the surf even after the shell has been taken from the beach, so you lifted the cup of com munion and you heard In It the surg ing of the great ocean of a Savior’s agony; and you came forth from that communion service with face shining aa though you had been on the Mount of Transfiguration; and the very air seemed tremulous with the love of Jeeuo, and the woods and the leaves and the grass and the birds were brighter and sweeter-voiced than ever before, and you said down In the very depths of your soul: "Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee.” Have you kept the bar gain, O, Christian man? Have you not sometimes faltered when you ought to have been true? Have you not been proud when you ought to have been humble? Have you not played the coward when you ought to have been (he hero? I charge It upon you and I charge It upon myself—we have broken the contract. Still further: this lawsuit claims damages at your hands. The greatest •lander of the Christian religion la an Inconsistent professor. The Bible says religion is one tiling; we, by our In consistency, say religion Is some other thing, and what Is more deplorable about It Is that people can ace faults In others while they cannot see any In themselves. If you shall at any t'rne find some miserable old gossip, with Imperfections from the crown of her bead to the sole of her feet, a perfect KLili’b aI min kceaclf ihs ta* 111 an list. timer, tattling, utlling all the year* of her life about the Inconalatendea ot other*, having no Idea (hat ahe la In •ontiateat hereelf. Ood aav* the world from lha goaalp. female and male! I think the malea are the word! Now the chariot of ('hrtat a anlvatlua goea on through the wurld. hut it la our Inroo •Uteaelea. toy breahrea, that block •p lha wheeia. while all along the line there ought la hnva been cad nothin* but palm branch**, and tha about atMuld have been lifted 'lloeaaa* Ut ike Men of Itartdr Now, you have heard the indictment fund. Are you ready to plead guilty or not guiltyf Poehapa you aro not ready yet to plead Then the trial *11 go an The WHaeeee* Will b# tolled and *e ah.il have the mute* daoidad to Ike name of Uod I now oak* pro# loanntiu* Urea' ttyoaf <*y#al who goever kail aaytktag ta dtr lo tkla trial io wktek Ood I* the plalatti aad Ike iltWIu paul the defendant, lot him now etep forth nod gtvo tadtmoay lo tht* odomo trial Tha Arm wUaeae I rail upon tha •tend lo hohatf of lb* pruooautloo ta At Wurtd -all eritleal and ohaorvaot Of t'hrlallao eharu. <e< You knew that there are people around f«l who got not mtly hangout on tha hwkiu m' Ood • ehildro* Vug mar know. If you hat* lived lo lha eotwiry. (had a are* M<»* bH hethipg p» me«h AA (Aft** There are those who Imagine that out of the faulte of Christians they can make a bridge of boats across the stream of death, and they are going to try it; but, alas for the mistake! When they get mid-stream away will go the bridge and down will go tbelr souls to perdition. O World of the greedy eye and the hard heart, come on the stand now end testify In be half of the prosecution against this Christian soul on trial. What do you know about this Christian man? "Oh,” rays the World, "I know a great deal about him. He talks about putting bis treasures In beavsn, but ha la tbs sharpest man in a trade I ever knew. He seems to want us to believe that be Is a child of Ood, but be is Just full of Imperfections. I do not know but I am a great deal better than he Is now. Oftentimes he Is very earthly, and be talks so little about Christ and so much sbout himself. I am very glad to testify that this Is a had man." Stop, 0 World with the greedy eye and hard heart. I fear you are too much Interested in this trial to give impartial evidence. Let all those who hear the testimony of this witness know that there Is an old family quar rel between theso two parties. Thera always has been a variance hot ween the World and the Church, and while the World on the witness stand today has told a great deal of truth about Ibis Christian man, you must take It all with much allowance, remembering that they still keep the old grudge. O World of the greedy eye and the hard heart, that will do; you may sit down. The second witness I call In this case Is Conscience. Who art thou, O Conscience? What Is your business? Whero were you born? What are you doing here? "Oh," says Conscience, "I was born In heaven. I came down to befriend this man. I have lived with him. 1 have instructed him. I have warned him. I showed him the right ana me wrong, aavising mm 10 uisn tbe one and eschew tbe other. I have kindled a groat light In hi* soul. With a whip of scorpions I have scourged his wickedness, and I have tried to cheer him when doing right; and yet I am compelled to testify on tbs stand today that be baa sometime* rejected my mission. Oh, how many cups of life have I pressed to his lips that he dashed down, and how often has he stood with his hard heel on tbe bleed ing heart of tbe Bon of Ood! It pains me very much that I have to testify against this Christian man, and yet I must. In behalf of him who will in no wise clear the guilty, say that this Christian man has done wrong. Hs has been worldly. He haa been neglectfulv He has done a thousand' things he ought not to have done, and left un done a thousand things he ought to have done," That will do, Conscience. You can sit down. The third witness I call in this case la an angel of Ood. Bright and shin ing one, what doest thou here? What hast thou to say against this man on trial? "Oh," says tbe angel, “I have been a messenger to him. I have guarded him. I have watched him. With this wing I have defended him, and oftentimes, when be knew It not, I led him Into green pastures and be side tbe itlll waters. I snatched from him tbe poisoned chalices. When bad spirits came upon him to destroy him, I fought them back with Infinite fierce ness, and yet I have to testify today that he has rejected my mission. He has not done as he ought to have done. Though I came from the sky, be drove me back. Though with this wing I de fended him, and though with this voice I wooed him, I have to announce his multiplied imperfections. I dare not keep back the testimony, for then I should not dare to appear again amongst the clnless ones before tbe great white Throne." There Is only one more witness to be called on behalf of tho prosecution, and that Is the great, the holy, tbe august, the omnipotent Spirit of Ood. We how down before him. Holy Spirit, knowest thou this man? “Oh, yes," says the Holy One, “I know him. I have striven with him ten thousand times, und though sometimes he did seem to repent, he fell back again as often from his first estate. Teu thou ..and times teu thousand has he grieved rue, although the Bible warned him, saying: ‘Orleve not the Holy Ohost. Quench not the Spirit.' Yes. he has driven ms back. Though I am the Third Person of the Trinity, hs has trampled on my mission, and the blood Ut IMS? niMMC'HI’ Ml a Wlwwgill " which to cleanse hi* soul, ha some !ltn«* den plied. I came from tha throa* of (loti lo convert, and comfort arc* sanctify, and yet look at that man and are what ha ta, compared with what, unrcamtml. I would have made him." The evidence ell being la. aever* and •tern justice rt«*e oa behalf of tha pnaaot utlon to make hi* plea. With tha lutil* up«a la hi* hand, ha read- the law. Mars and indelible, and the pen ally: "The aoul that etaaeth. It shall die,** Then he any*: *11, thou Judge end Lewglter, thl* le ihla* own stat ute, sad ell the evident* Is earth and h**t«a agree* that the man baa aiaaed •gainst these enactment* New tot the ***id toe* ftw* tie Scabbard. #hhU * tv 10 gw throng it the very Rentes of Miast unategsd? Let the tew he earn ruled Let judgment he yrwwttaMi Let him die I d"«»«*d that ha dl*r O, Christian deea It set laeh vary dark fur thee? Who shall gland aa thy rids ta an fortora a »*«•» f Iwmatlaw* a man wtll he brought lata a eeort of taw, end he will have no fvtoads a*4 a > moaey, and tha judge wtll toult over the her end say; "to there say ana ah* wilt vdautoer to uh* this au t •are sal defend httof” And ***** young man rtee* eg Mid any* "I will to*| feta rmtiii, * MikajM glAfttll ,tl wm *01 * vwuuvot, yV ve -e grm v'Uf <tr| fhm that very goto! to a hrtlttaat ra iser Mew, la thl* «ttotor at the aauL j a* yeu have nothing to gay tor <"wm- I toi. d* IVU total! U*t iMf tto# will volunteer? Tea. yes; I see One rising lie Is a young man, only thirty-three years of age I see his countenance suffused with tears and covered with blood, and all the galleries of hsavea are thrilled with the spectacle Thanks be unto God, "we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ ths right eous." Ob, Christian soul, your case begins to look better. 1 think, perhaps, after all, you may not have to die. The beet Advocate In the unlverae has ta ken your side. No one was ever se qualified to defend you. He knows all the law, all Its demands, all lta penalties. He Is always ready. No new turn of the case can aurprlse him, and he will plead for you for nothing as earnestly as though you brought a world of treasure to bis feet. Besides that, he has undertaken the case of thousands who were as forlorn as you, end he bat never lost a case. Courage, 0 Christian soul! I think that, after all, there may be some chance for you, for the great Advocate has rtsen to make his plea. He says; "I admit all that has been proved against my cli ent. 1 admit all these sins, ay, more; but look at that wounded hand of mine and look at that other wounded hand, and at my right foot and at my left foot. By all these wounds I plead for ble clearance. Count all the drops of my tears. Count all the drops of my blcod. By the humiliation of Bethle hem, by the sweat of Gethsemane, by the sufferings of the cross, I demand that he go free. On this arm be hath leaned; to this heart be bath flown; In my tears he hath washed; on my righteousness he hath depended. Let him go free. I am the ransom. Let him escape the lash; I took the ecourg iugs. Let the cup pass from him; I drank It to the dregs. Put on him the CiOWU UI UIV, IU1 A UBVU wuiu UIO crown of thorn*. Over against my throne of shame set his throne of tri umph!" Well, the counsel on both sides have spoken, and there Is only one more thing now remaining, and that Is the awarding of the Judgment. If yon have ever been in a court-room you know the silence and solemnity when, the verdict Is about to be rendered or the Judgment about to be given. About this soul on trial—shall It be saved or shall It be lost? Attention! above, around, beneath. All the universe cries, "Hear! hear!" The Judge rises and gives this de cision, never to be changed, never to bo revoked: "There Is, therefor*, now no condemnation to them who ar# in Christ Jesus." The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose, I will not, I will not, desert to his foes; That soul, though all bell should en deavor to shake, I'll never, no never, no never forsake. But, my friends, there Is coming * day of trial In which not only the saint but the sinner must appear. That day of trial will come very suddenly. The farmer will be at the plow, the mer chant will be In the counting-room, the woodman will be ringing his axe on the hickories, tho weaver will have bis foot on the treadle, the manufac turer will be walking amid the buss of looms and the clack of flying ma chinery, the counsel may be at the bar, pleading the law, the minister may be In the pulpit pleading the Gospel, the drunkard may be reeling In his cups, and the blasphemer with the oath caught between his teeth. I have ehown you how well the Chris tian will get oft in his trial. Will you got oft as well In your trial? Will Christ plead on your side or against you? Ob, what will you do In the last great assize, If your conscience Is against you, and the world Is against you, and the angels of heaven are against you, and the Holy Spirit is against you, and the Lord God Almighty le against you? Better this day secure an Advocate. CURIOUS FACTS. 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