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THE BUKGLARIS WIFE.
FTON is a small and
beautiful Tillage of
Central Indiana, only
a few minutes' ride
from Indianapolis,
the city of railroads.
Its shady streets and
acat but unpretend
ing bouses bespeak
of thrift and content
ment. There Is a large
hill at the edge of the
town, which, at the
time when this story
begins, was robed
with the verdure of
Bummer. There,peep-
og out among the green tops of the trees
and shrubbery, was the house of Colonel
William Kane, the magnate of the village,
fie had been an officer in the Federal army,
sad it was whispered around that bis wealth
had sprung from despoiled Southern planta
tions and robbed stables., Perhaps there was
aaaadowof truth in this statement and
verbaps not Butt be that as it may, his
some was that of a man of affluence.
Tate pleasant villa was made more pleas
ant by the presence of a daughter Ethel
Kane. The Colonel's daughter was beauti
ful. A perfect type of blonde, a trifle be
low ordinary stature, with large blue eyes,
shaded with longsilken lashes, a complexion
which drove all Afton's beauty fairly
mad with envy, lips red as June cherries,
how could she have been other than beauti
.fnl? Ethel Kane was a dutiful daughter. With
the tenderness accorded only to women,
- she would comfort her father when, suffer
ing from an attack of the gout, he would be
come crabbed and unpleasant, and laughing
and joking with him when some happy
speculation would cause him to become
-more than customarily jovial. ColonelKuue
-fairly idolized his fair daughter, and often,
U imagination, saw her the petted wife of
somedtteor nobleman. The idea that she
wsukl aunty or even love a man of common
birth never entered the old man's head.
Carl Douglass was a young school-master
m the village of Af ton. Well educated and
-intelligent, he was accepted as a member of
the best society of the town, and it was at
asocial gathering of the elite that he first
saw Ethel Kane. When he looked into her
esodest face and met her innocent gaze with
his dark eyes, he knew at once that he was
ia danger, yet strove not to escape his im
pending fate. He sought an introduction,
and before the company dispersed had con
versed enough with tho idol of the Kane
mansion to know that he was madl in love.
, WUhEthelKaneitwasbutlitUedifferent
Tier heart which had known no other love
than for father and mother, had found
another object for its devotion. The dark
eyes of the yoang pedagogue had captured
ter. Turn as she might she was haunted by
the dark and poetic gleam of those soulful
-.ryes.
Three months later and young Douglass
and Ethel Kane were avowed lovers.
Colonel Kano soon discovered their love
t, and determined to put a stop to it at once.
"' Accordingly he saw young Douglass and,
in tones more forcible than polite, .warned
.tana never again to speak 'to his 'daughter.
"Then he roundly scolded Ethel, herself, and
threatened to send her away to, a distant
Xjarding-schooL
As is usual in such cases, the young
' people's love was but strengthened byoa-
position. vThey arranged an elopement and
eratBtaay&mrs were gone by, were secretly
married.
Colonel Kane was fairly crazed with
'."anger when be was informed of the matter.
. Wrathfully be drove his daughter from his
' Joor, adjuring her never to come within his
tight again. With a heart heavy over tho
-.iiurrr of her parent, yet light over the hap
a1ness which she anticipated with hex hand
some young husband, she turned away from
acr home, leaving behind an angry father
and a sorrowing mother.
As is too often the case with young men,
Carl Douglass bad lived up to his income,
and aside from his monthly salary, was
penniless. Through tho exertions of
Colonel Kane, who spared to pains to pun
ilsh his daughter for her marriage, Douglass
"ivas turned out of his situation as a teacher
.at Afton Academy.
Adrift in the world, seeking employment
and finding none, was the fate of the young
teacher. Ho had no trade and was entirely
dependent upon his education for a living.
A year later found tho young couple oc
cupying miserable quarters in a tenemont
faouse in one of the lowest sections of Cbi
cago. Starvation was staring them in the
.face. The rose had wand to white on
Ethei's check, and the bright ere of Karl
Douglass had los its lustre. But their
passionate love for each other remained
unaltered. Still, as of yore, they talked of
(ove and home, and longed and prayed for
.better days. But they came not
A beautiful brown-eyed little babe had
btassed them with its presence. Can we
say bkmed them! I fear not It was a con
stant source of pain. Its mother was un-
" TABJI IT, I must co."
-healthy, and could not afford it proper nour
ishment For tho want of wbioh it would
die. Such thounhta burned in the mind of
Karl Douglass as he walked the streets of
the great city ia fruitless efforts to find
- 'work. OhI if he could find work of any
kind I But try as he might, all avenues of
employment were closed before him.
"I will be driven to it!" he muttered.
.Aye, driven todesperatioa. That night be
did not return as usual to the humble lodg
ings. With a pale and anxious face Ethel
waited the arrival of ber husband.
"Will he never comet" she thought
What caa have happened 1" Ani she
cried again and again, until even her tears,
.like all other friends, had deserted her.
It was late at night when Karl Douglass
Mterd the dismal room. His eyes shone
-with an unnatural light He could not rest
Anxiously he paced the flooruntU daybreak.
Thesound of footsteps were heard without,
-the heavy tread of the officers of the law.
Drawing a parcel from his breast-pocket
Karl gave it to bis astonished wife, and said,
ia. a quick, hurried tone :
"Take it! I must go. God help you, my
arUng, and our child. Wait for me here. I
-arillretara."
Before Ethel could realise what had hap
pened, she was left alone. Karl Douglass
was gone. She heard the confused sound
of his voice in the outer hall and the sound
of altercation, but she divined not the cause.
Then all become stilL She had swooned.
After an hour she regained coascioas
ness. Save her babe she was alone, and as she
gted upon the pinched features of the
sleeping child, and saw death plainly
stamped upon its warn face, she felt more
miserable than if she had been alone.
She examined the packet It was a rail
of money.
Then lashed across her mind the reason
of her husband's light
"All for me!" she sadly exclaimed. "I
have been the cause of his rain. Oh I for
his sake not mine I wish thatl had never
met him."
She was aroused from her reverie by the
entrance of Biddy Malooe, aa old Irish-
woman, who also lived ia the miserable tea-
ement
"Shure, mum," said she, in a tone of pity,
"an' Teddy sex that the peelers hev got
Ifasther Douglass."
"What is that, Mrs. Malone! I do not un-
derstasd."
"Ah! mepoordarUnt! yeareaotustxei
Bich talk, at all, at all. I maae as how he
hex been arresthed. Sure, its mysilf thet's
been hauled up this many a toime in ould
Black Mariar fur beln' a leetle too fray
withthercraytur;butlamshure it isnot
Mistbor Douglass that is ust ter it They
sar he robbed some ould villln's house last
nicht and the cods hex pulled him. He
wan't sharp enough ter work sich a racket,
vMt man M
Ethel heard no more.
child from the pallet upon which it lay, she
hastened to the police station. '-
Her husband was on triaL She heard his
noble voice, shaken by grief, as he ac
knowledged his guilt
"Yes, I did it"
With a cry of despair, Ethel ran up to the
judge.
"Ob ! judge, let mm go. ue ma it zor me ;
here is the money take it Let me starve
with Karl! Don't send him off to prison P
The judge had witnessed maaypitifal
scenes and had steeled his heart against
such appeals, bnt a glance at that wan face
told him that she was not one ot the com
mon herd. Tho gentler aatare arose within
him. He ordered her removed to a place of
comfort, assuring her that he would deal as
leniently with her husband as the law would
allow.
Karl Douglass was sentenced to Joliet for
one year. Bis crime was one that would
have called for three years imprisonment
under ordinary circumstances, but the
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judge was true to his promise to Ethel and
gave him the lightest sentence in his power.
Further than that he secured her a position
as governess in one of the best families of
Chicago at good wages. , - T '
The little brown-eyed babe, though, was
too far gone to recover. Poor Ethel saw her
child's body borne to the cemetery, where it
was interred in tho family lot of Dr. Griggs,
the gentleman in whose family she was em
ployed.
Time wore on slowly, to say the least
Many were the letters she received from
Tier husband, yet her heart pined for him,
and letters were but poor consolation.
Eight months had passed. Ethel was
walking up and down the shady avenuo in
front of Dr. Griggs great house, with ber
young pupils around her. As she passed a
clump of evergreens she found herself face
to face with a familiar form, and in another
moment she was in the arms of :her
husband, Karl Douglass. The Governor of
the State had heard of Karl's case and
hesitated not to grant him immediate
pardon. Upon arriving at Chicago, he had
not called directly to see his wife, but made
an effort to secure employment He was
successful. A good clerkship was offered
him, and when he methis wife, he folt him
self onco more a free man, with home and
happiness within his reach.
They soon had a little home of their owa
in a pleasant part of the city, where they
remained for a year, when they removed to
the far West
In California, Karl Douglass was singa
larly successful. From the position of a
poor school-teacher he arose to that of a
wealthy merchant with a happy home, and
nothing to remind him of his desperate
deed of burglary, except his pardon, which
ho shall always keep.
Colonel Kane is dead. He left his wealth
to a distant relative, but Karl and Ethel do
not now need it When they visited Afton
last summer, from their beautiful Califor
nia home, thev planted with their own
hands, a bush of rarest roses on the old I
Colonel's grave to show how they remem
bered him kindly evenaf ter his harsh treat
ment Jo. A. Parkxb.
Mr. EvarU' Now Bat
Senator Everts was in Washington re
cently, and he wore a new silk hat Such a
thing has not occurred in the Evarts fam
ily for ten years, at least When he was
Secretory of State, William Maxwell Evarts
had the shoclongest, awfully bad hat m
the City of Washington. When he walked
into the Department of State last week
and strode down the long marble corridor,
the messengers thought be was trying to
disguise himself ; and even the old colored
man who used to answer his bell when he
was at the head of that department, had to
adrast his spectacles before be was sure
lhatitwas"MarstahEvahts." It is claimed
that the purchase of a respectable shiny,
silk hat "has no political significance."
Mot Up ia the Quean's EacUshw
American (in London store) I wish to
buy a pair of suspenders.
Storekeeper Never heard of such a
thing, sir.
American Isn't this a gentleman's fur
nishing store?
Storekeeper No, sir; this is a haber
dashery and dress supply shop, sir.
American retires staggered. Life.
Had Struck Sasaethlaa; Harder.
"I suppose yoa find this to be a hard,
bard world, do von not!" she said, as she
gave the tramp a loaf of stale bread.
"Yes'm," answered the tramp, trying to
make a dent in the loaf with his knife; "but
we trenueaUystrilBB things that are hard.
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GOSPEL BOOTES.
Dr. Talmage on the Blessings
True Christianity.
of
CeaatraetlBC Gospel Arbors Slnwlacaaee
or the Olive Braaea Tho Ptae Saggest-
It of tho Health off Keligloa
Power of the Gospel.
The sut-J9Ct of a late sermon by Rev. T.
Do Witt Talmage was The Bower of
Tree Branches." His text, was Nebeaaah
viii. IS: xo forth unto the mount sad
fetch olive branches, and palm branches,
and branches ot thick trees, to make
booths." Dr. Talmage said:
It seems as if Mount Olivet were an-
oored. The people have gone into tbt-
j mountain and have cut off tree branche-
and put them on their shoulders and they
come forth now into the streets of Jerusa-
; em mHd on the house tops and they twist
I these tree branches into arbor or booths.
j Taen lBe people come forth from their
i comfortable homes and dwell seven dys
j iB tnMe booth or arLora. Why do they
do that? Well, it is a great festal time.
It ii the feast of tabsi nacles, and these
people are going to celebrate the desert
travel of their fathers and their deliver-
ance from tbeip tM the experience
of their fathers when, traveling; ia the
desert they lived in booths oa their way
to the land of Canaan. And so these
booths also become highly suggestive I
a , t.t . w'" no' 8ay tney are necessarily' typical.
Snatching Mrilnt n,hiT sug'estlveof our raarob to
ward Heaven, and of the fact that we are
only living temporarily here, a it were.
In booths or arbors, on our way to the Ca
naan of eternal rest
And what was said to the Jews literally
may to-day be said figuratively to all this
audience. Go forth into the mountain
and fetch olive branches and pine
branches and myrtle .branches of thick
tress to make booths. Yes, we are only
hers in a temporary residence. We are
marching on. The merchant princes who
vied to live in Bowling Green, New York,
have passed away, and their residences are
now the field of cheap msrehants. Where
are the men who fifty years ago owaed
NewYoik? Passed on.
There is no ns in our driving our stake
I too deep into ths earth; we are oa the
march. The generations that have pre
ceded us have gone so far on that we can
not even haar the sonnd of their footsteps.
Thev have cone over the hills and we art
to follow them. Bu, blessed be God, we
are not; in this world left out of doors and
uasheUered. There are Gospsl booths, or
Goipei arbor, in which our souls are to be
comforted. Go forth unto the maaataia
and fetch olive branches and pine
tranches and myrtl branches and palm
branches and branches ot thick trees and
build us booths. - - - 4 -
Well,now, we are 'to-day fo construct a
i gospel arbor, ,pr Gospel booth, and. haw t
i snaji wo construct itr cweit, -we man get
an ma iree.oraucaes anu duiiu, -Accord
ing to niy, t?xt we n:ust go. up jnto .the 1
mount anil bring otive branches.". What J
' -The live tree grows in warm climate?,'
aad it i eaches .tne height of twenty or
twenty-two feet a straight stem aad then
an offshoot from batAstem And. Uaea
psople 'come and they strip off, these
branches sometimes, and when in time of
war the genersi.of one army takes one of
these olive-branches aad goes outte the
g'aeral of aaother army what does that
mean? Why, it means, unsaddle the war
chargers. It means bang up, the war
kt apsacks.' It is but a betuiiful way of
ssying Peace!
Now, if we are to-day going to succeed
in building this Gospel arbor, we must go
into the mount of God's blessing and fetch
the olive branches, and, whatever else we
must have, we have at least two olive
branches peace with God and peace with
man. When I say peace with God I do
not mean to represent God a a bloody
chieftain, having a grudge against us, but
! I do mean to affirm
there is no more an-
'tagonism between a hound and a hare.
between a hawk and a pullet between
J elephant and swine, tbantbere is notiu:y
between Holiness ana sin. Ana it Uod is
all holiness and we are a 1 sin, there must
' be a readjustment there must be a treaty.
there must be a stretching forth of olive
branches.
. There is a great lawsuit going on now,
and it is a lawsuit which man is bringing
aga nst his Maker. That lawsuit is now
on the calendar. It U the human versus
the divine; it is iniquity versus the im
maculate; it is weakness versus omnipo
tence. Man began it. God did not begin
the lawsuit We began it; we assaulted
our Maker, and the sooner we end this
part of the struggle in which the finite at
tempt i to overthrow the infinite aad the
omnipotent, the sooner we end it the
t better.
Travelers tell us there is no snch place
as Mount Calvary, that it is only a hill,
only an insignificant hill; but I persist in
ca'litig it the mount of God's divine mercy
and love, far grander than any place on
earth, grander -than the Alps or Hima
layas, and there are no other bills as
compared with it; aad I have no iced in
eveiy sect where the cross of Christ is set
forth, it is planted with olive branches.
And all we have to do is to get rid of this
war between God and ourselves, of which
we are all tired. We want to back oat of
the war, we want to get rid of this hoitil-
I ity. All we have to do is to just get up on
. the mount of God's blessing and p:uck
these olive branches and wave them be
fore the throne. Peace through our Lord
Jesus Christ
O, it don't make much difference what
the world thinks of you what this King.
what that Queen, that Senator thinks of
you. But come into the warm, intimate,
glowing and everlatinu relationship with
tbe God of the round universe; that is the
joy that makes a hallelujah seem stupid.
Ah, why do we want to have peace
through our Lord Jesus Christ? Why, if
we had gone on in ten thousand years of
war against God, we could not have
captured so much as a sword or a cavalry
stirrup, or twisted off one of the wheels
of the rhariofof His omnipotence. But
the moment we bring this olive branch
God and all Heaven come on onr side.
! Peace through our Lord Jesus Christ; and
no other kind of p?ace is worth any thing.
But then we must have that other olive
. branch, peace with man. Now, it is very
I easy to get op a quarrel. There are gun
powdery Christians all around us. and
' one match of provocation will set them off.
It is easy enough to get np a qiarreL But
mr brother, don't vou think you had
better have yoar horns sawed off. Had
you not better submit to a little humilia
tion? On, you say, until that man takes
the first step I will never ba at peace with
him; nothingwill be done until he is reaiy
to take the first step. You are a pretty
nhrltilan. When would this world be
saved if Christ had not taken tbe first?
We were ia the wrong, Christ wa ia the
right all right and forever right And
I vet He took tbe first step. And instead of
going and getting a knotty scourge with
which to whip your antagonist yonr
enemy, you bad better get ap on the
radiant mount where Christ suffered for
his enem'e;. ani just take an olive branch,
not stripping off the soft fragrant leaves,
bat leaving them en, and then try on them
that Gospel switch, It won't hurt them,
aad it will save you. Peace with God;
peace with man. If you can not tak
those two doctrines you are no Christian.
Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love:
The fellowship of kindred salads
Is like to that aboTe.
From sorrow, toil and pain.
Aad sta we shall be free;
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
Bat my text goes further. It says: Go
up Into the monntain and fetch olive
(tranche and pine branches. Now what
is suggested by the pine tranches? The
pine tree is healthy; it is aromatic; it is
evergreen. How often tbe physician says
so his invalid patients: Go and have a
breath of the pine3 ! That will invigorate
yoa" Why do thousands of people
go south every year? It ia not merely to
set a warmer climate, but to get to the in
fluence of tbe pine. There is health in ir,
and this pine branch of the text suggests
tbehealthtalness of our holy religion; it
is full of health, health for all, health for
tbe mind, health for the soaL
I knew an aged man who had no capital
of physical health. He had had all the
diseases you can imagine; he did not eat
enough to keep a child alive; he lived on a
beverage ofhosnnnas. He lived high for
he dined every- day with the King. He
was kept alive simply by the force of our
holy religion. It is a healthy religion;
healthy for the eye, healthy for the hand,
healthy for tbe feet healthy for tbe heart,
healthy for the liver, bealtby for the
-tpleen, bealtby for the whole man. It
gives a man such peace, such quietness
such independence of circumstances, such
holy rqnipoise. O, that wo alt possessed
it, that we all possessed it now. I mean
that it is healthy if a man gets enough.
Now, there are some people who get just
enough religion to bother them, just
enough religion to make them sick; bat if
a man takes a fall, deep, round inhalation
of these pine branches of the Gopsl arbor
he will find it buoyant exuberant undy
ing, immortal health.
But this pine branch of my text also
suggests the simple fact that it is an ever
green. What does this pine branch care
for tbe snow oa its brow! It is only a
crown of glory. Tbe winter can not frees
it oar. This evergreen tree branch is a
beautiful in winter as in summ r. And
that is the characteristic of our holy re
ligion; in the sharpest, coldest winter of
misfortune aad disaster it is as good a re
ligion as it is in the tright, summer sun
shine. Well, now that is a practical troth.
For if I should go up aad down these
aisles I would not find in this house fitly
people who bad had no trouble. But there
ere some of you who have especial trouble.
God only knows what you go through
with. O, bow maay bereavements, how
mauy poverties, how many persecutions!
Hqw. maay. misrepresentations! And
now, my brother, you have tried
every thing else, why don'c you , try
L this evergreen religion? 'It-is just as good
fonyoa now as U.was ia the days of your
prosperity; it js4better for-yosu Perhaps
someofyiu .feel like Mucklo Backie,-4he
fisherman, who was chided one day be
caa e be kept on working, although that
veryday he buried his child.' They came
to aha and said: "It is indecent for yoa
to be mending that boat when this after
noon you buried your child." Aad the
oldfishermsn looked np and said: ' Sir,
it is very easy for you gentlefolks to stay
ia the house with your handkerchiefs to
yoar eyes in grief, but, sir, ouzht I to let
the other five children starve because one
of them is drowned? No, sir, we maun
work, though our hearts beat like this
hammer."
You miy have bad accumulation of sor
row and misfortune. They come in flocks,
they come in herds upon your soul; and
yet 1 have to tell you that thu religion
can console you, that it can help you. that
it can deliver you if nothing else will. Do
you tell me that the riches and tbe gain of
this world can console you? How was it
with the aian who hnd such a fondness
for money that when hi was aick he or
dered a basin of gold pieces to be brought
to him. and he ut bis gouty bands down
among tbe gold pieces, cooling bis bands
off in them, and the rattle and rolling of
these gold pieces were bis amusement and
entertainment An, the gold and silver,
the honors, the emoluments of tbit world
are a poor solace for a perturbed spirit
Yoa want something better than this
can give. A young Prince, when tbe chil
dren came around to play with him. re
fused to play. He said: "I will play only
with Kings." And it might be suuposed
that you would throw away all solace be
fore this regal satisfaction, this imperial
joy. You who are sons and daughters of the
Lord Almighty ought to play only with
Kings.
The hill of Zlon yields
A thousand acred sweets.
Before we reach tbe heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.
Bat mv text takes a further step and it
says: ''Go into the monntain and fetch
olive branches and pine branches and
palm branches." Now the palm tree was
very much honored by the ancients It
bad three hundred and sixty different
uses. The fruit was conserved, the sap
was a beverage, tie stems were ground up
for food for camels, the base of the leaves
was turned into bats and mats and
baskets, and the leaves were carried in
victorious processions, and from the root
to the top of the highest trees there was
usefulness. The treegrew 85 f set ia height
sometimes, and it spread broad leaves four
and five yards long; it meant usefulness,
and it meant victory; usefulness for
what it produced, victory because it was
brought into celebrations of triumph.
And, oh, how much we want the palm
branches in the churches ot Jeaus Christ
at this time! A great maay Christians
don't amount to any thing. Yoa have
to shove them oat of tho way when the
Lord's chariots come along. Wo don't
want any more of that kind of Christians
in the Church.
Tbe old maxim says: "Do not pat all
your eggs into one basket;" but I have to
tell yoa in this matter of religion you had
better give your all to God, aad then get
in ycarself. Ot" saya someone, "my
business is to sell silks aad cloths." Well,
then, my brother, sell silks and cloths to
tbe glory of God. And some one says:
"My business is to raise corn and carrots."
Then, my brother, raise corn and carrots
to tbe glory of God. And some one says:
'My business is to manufacture horse
shoe nails" Then manufacture bone
shoe nails to the glory of God. There is
nothing for yoa to do that yoa ought to
do but for the glory of God.
Uselulness is typified by the palm tree.
Ah, we don't want any more people that
are merely weeping willows, sighing into
the water, standing and admirincr their
long lashes in the glassy spring. No wild
I cherry, dropping bitter fruit We want
I palsa trees, holdiac something for God.
something for angels, something for man.
I am tired and sick of this flat tame, in
sipid, satin-slippered, namby-pamby
liighty-tighty religion! It is worth noth
ing for this world, aad it is destruction
for eternity.
Give m 500 man and women fally con
secrated to Corist aad we will take aay
city for God in three years. Give me 10.
000 men and women fally ap to tbe Chris
tian standard: in tea years 10.000 of them
woald take the whole earth for God. Bat
when are wo going to begin!
Ledyard. tbe grrat traveler, was
brought bt fore tbe Geographical Society
of Great Britain, and they wanted him to
make some explorations in Africa, aad
they showed him'all tho perila an.1 all the
hard work, and nil tho exposure, aad after
they had told him what they wanted him
to do in Africa they said to him: "Now.
Ledyard, when are yoa ready to start?"
He said: "To-morrow morning." Tbe
learned men were astonished; they
thought he woald take weeks or months to
got ready. Well, bow, you tell me you
want to be earnest for Christ; you want
tobeuselul ia Christian service. When
are you going to begin?" O. that you
have the decision to say: "To-dav, now!"
Go bow iato tbe mount and gather the
palm branch. But the palm branch also
meant victory. In all ages, in all lands,
the palm branch means victory. We are
by nature the servants of Sa:an. Ho stole
us, he has bis eye on us, be wants
to keep us The word comes from our
Father that if we try to 1 reak loose frcza
this doing wrong our Father will help us.
and soras day we wil rouse up and look
the black tyrant in the face, aad will ly
at him, and wrestle him down, and we put
onr heel on his seek, and we grind him in
the dust, aad we say, Victory, victory,
through our Lord Jesus Christ! O. What
a grand thing it 'is to have sia under foot
and a wasted life behind our backs.
"Blessed is be whose transgres- ion is for
given and whose sin is covered." "But"
ays tbe man, "I fetl so sick and worn out
with the ailments of life." You are going
to be more than CDnqueror. "But," says
the man. I cm so ttmpted, lam so pur
sued in lile." You aiegiinz to be mora
than conqueror. "I who have aomany
ai aunts aad heartaches going to be more
than conqueror?" Ye, unless you are so
conceited that you wai.t to manage all the
affairs of your life instead ot letting God
manage them.
Do yon want to drive and have God take
a back seal? O, no, you say; I want God
to be my leader. Well. then, you will bo
more than conqueror. Your last sickness
will come, and tbe physicians in the next
room will be talking about what they will
do for you. What difference will it make
what they do for yon? Yoa are goiag to
be wel'. everlastingly well. And whea
tbe spirit bas fled tbe body your friends
will be talking as to where they shall
bary yoa. What difference does Jksneke
to vou where thev bnrV vou? The an eel
nf the nlnitHii n nifr vnn nai it ihWl
dast anywhere, and all the cemeteries of
tbe earth are in God's care. O. you are
going to be more than conqueror; Don't
vou think we had better begin now to cele
brate the ccmng victory? In tbe old
meeting hou e at Sutnmervilte, mv father
used to lead the singing, and he
had the old fashioned tuning fork,
and he woald strike-itea-his-krreeraBd
then put the tuning fork to his ear to
.catch tbe right pitch and start tfaabyma.-
But friend, don't you thiak we bail better
io caicoin toe piicn oi me everlasting
song, the song of victcry whea we shall
do more than conqueror? Had we not
better begin the rehearsal on earth?
"They shall hunger no more, neither thirst
anymore; neither shall the sua light ea
them, nor any beat For tbe Lamb which
is in tbe midit of the throne shall feed
them, and shall lead them to living fount
ains of water, and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes."
City of Eternity, to thy bridal halls
From this prison would I flee;
Ah, glory! that's for you nnd me.
My text brings up one step further. It
says, go forth into the mount and fetch
olive branches, and pine branches, and
myrtle branches, and pam branches and
branches of thick trees. Now you know
very well that a booth or arbor made of
slight branches would not stand. The
first branch of the tempest would pros
trate it. So thea tbe tooth or arbor mast
have four stout poles to hold up the arbor
or booth; and hence for the building of
the arbor for this world we must have
stoat branches ot thick tr-.es. And so it
is in the Gospel arbor. Bles-ed be God
that we have a brawny Christianity, not
one easily upset Tbe storm ot life will
come upon us, and we want strong doc
trine; not only love, bat justice; no: only
invitation but warning. It is a mighty
Gospel; it isan omnipotent Gospel. There
are tbe stoat branches of thick trees.
I remember what Mr. Finney said ia a
school house in this State. 'J he village
was so bad it was called Sodom, and it
was said to have only one good raaa in all
the village and he was culled Lot; aad
Mr. Finnev, preaching, described the de
struction of Sodom, aad the preacher de
clared that God would rain destruction
apon bis bearers snless they, too, re
pented. And the people ia the school
house sat and ground their teeth ia anger
aad clenched their fists ia indignation;
but before be was through with bis sermon
they got down on their knees aad cried
for mercy while mercy could bo found.
Oh, it is a mighty Gospel ; not only on In
vitation, bat a warning; aa omnipotent
truth, stont branches of thick trees.
Well, my frien Is, I have shown
yon here is the nlive branch of
peace, here is the pine branch
of evergreen Gospel consolation, here the
palm tree branch of usefulness and vic
tory and here are the stout breaches of
thick trees. The Gospel arbor is done.
The air ie aromatic of Heaven. The leaves
rustle with the gladness of Got Come
iato the arbor. I went oat at different
times with a fowler to the moaat
ains to catch pigeons; aad wo
made our booth, and we sat ia that
booth, and watched for the pigeons to
come. Aad wo found flocks ia the sky,
and after awhile they dropped into .the
nets and we were successful. Bo I come
now to the door of this Gospsl booth and
look out I see flocks of sonls flying hither
and flying thither. O, that they might
come like clouds aad as doves to tbe win
dow. Come into tho booth. Come into the
booth.
Her Relationship to Him.
"You have said enough to consign
me to misery. Miss Oldgirl," exclaimed
the young man, bitterly, as he looked
about for his hat "Please remember,
before you add any thing for the pur
pose of softening the blow, that I have
nine sisters already."
"Then I will be an aunt to you,
George.1' said the mature young lady,
softly, to her youthful adorer. Chi
cago Tribune.
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
The boy should ba taught to ra.ro
for and keep in perfect order each
machine which ho may haw occasion
ta uso.
One tcoapoonful of ammonia to a
teacup of water, applied with u rajf,
will clean silver or gold jewelry per
fectly. Mako m note of what you sall.l
when, how much and the price. It
may be to your interest somo time to
know about these things.
A new method of dehorning s to
make a strong caustic application to
the embryo horn, it gives littlo paia
and is as effectual as tho saw.
Buffalo or carpet Uus may be ex
terminated by means of a mixture of
equal parts of camphor, saltpeter and
borax finely powdered. Before tack
inj down carpets spread a generous
supply of the powder along the edge
of the floor.
Cherry Pudding: Ono cup flour,
one teaspoon baking powder. Wet with,
milk until the dough can barely bo
stirred with a spoon. Add as many
raw or canned cherries as can b stirred
in. Steam half aa hour. Servo with
sauce.
When turkeys can have the rango
of tho farm, they ean procure for them
selves a sufficient variety of food. In
tho summer time they grow faster, and
are much more healthy, when com
pelled to depend upon insects, their
natural food, for their principal sub
sistence. Give there something to eat
when they come home at night This
tames them.
Strawberry Custard: Scald nearly
a quart of milk in a farina kettle. In
I the remainder of the milk, dissolve two-
table-spoons of corn starch and stir
into the hot milk. When the milk
thickens add carefully three beaten
eggs and half a cup of sugar. Stir until
thick and, when cool, flavor with va
nilla and add strawberries.
A wire basket to drain dishes in is
a great convenience. A substitute may
be mado, by punching holes in tho bot
tom of an old dish-pan and setting it
on two sticks in one end of tbe sink.
Pour hot water over the dishes in this
pan; after they have drained a few
minutes, the pan may be carried to tho
pantry, and the dishes will need but
little wipinjr before putting away.
- ; Probably ntol will finish up a steer
better than. ear eorn. but for the bulk
of 'tho feedlng'tnero are no trials t
which we can point that show in favor
of meal over whole corn. A step still
further in the right direction is to feed
uhhusked corn, fodder and all. to- tho
cattle. Such innovations may appall
many farmers, but what we are drift- -
ting toward is aot more complicated
methods of feeding, but biir croi to
feed, better stock to feed it to. and simm. J
ple'rational methods of getting feed 9Lm
loo animals.
PATRIOTIC SAVING.
Koaaoao-tVhy Nothlnc ShoaM
Wasted oa tho Farak
SOBBO
A great deal of feed is wasted b.
poor racks and mangers that allow
half the fodder to fall underfoot; and
by not having racks to feed in; an! by
careless handling of the feed. I saw a
boy carry hay to a cow; he scattered
nearly half of it in the mud. Hay fed
to sheep in box-racks should be pressed
down with the fork, and not thrown in
loor-9 to be pulled out. Over-feeding
wastes a great deal of hay. the animals
nozzle it over, breathe on it. and mako
I it unpalatable; it is often allowed to re
main in the racks and manger to
crowd the now supply out Leaving
wagons, sleighs and tools exposed to
weather has been much preached
against, but tbe folly continues- Ono
item of waste is in abandoning tho old
wagon when a new one is purchased,
leaving it in the road or barnyard with
a broken wheel or tongue, never to bo
used again, when at the cost of a dollar
it might bo repaired for drawing stone,
manure and odd jobs on tho farm, re
lieving the new one from m great deal
of dirt, exposure and decay, thus pro
longing its life and freshness several
years. When common-sense gets con
trol, manure will be made and kept
under cover, and dead cats. rats, fowls,
and even sheep, horses and cattle will
not be allowed to rot above the ground
to pollute the air and waste the best of
fertilizer.
I have seen farmers go home with
empty lumber wagons from village or
city where there were piles of ashes,
.cinders and plaster that they could
have for taking them away. In put
ting up additional sheds and barns I
drew the rich surface soil on to garden
or nelds, instead of covering it up; it
often happens that ia making roads,
embankments, or in grading, that rich
soil, better than stable manure, is cov
ered and wasted, when it ought to be
removed and saved. It is a terriblo
loss when rich bottom-land, long in
grass, is plowed and the spring
freshets allowed to sweep over and
gully it carrying off the best of the
soiL Mix the slops from the house
with muck and plaster, and put them,
on the garden. If you have children,
don't decide sot to keep a cow she
will pay her board if you board her
well. Hens are omnivorous; keep bens,
and they will save a great deal that
would otherwise go to waste. Feed
beet and turnip tops to cattle; put
weeds into the pig-pea; split cabbage
stalks and feed witk leaves; give all
the surplus tomatoes, melons, etc.. to
what likes them aest ChoicehMs of
tiber, iron-bolts. andteiscelflMA
pieces should be kept for use. la short,
let nothing be wasted. Whoever saves
and consecrates the savings to uleful
ends is a public benefactor aJgSiot
aad philanthropist Hugh T. TrooW
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