Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1889)
ABJEtUM'S MATCH-MAKING. TAB, you Abrum, go aa' git the gen'le men somethin' ter drink," called out the rotand black auntie of s dilapidated Southern plantation mansion as two young surveyors rode up to the door and asked for some water. "Abrum," or rather Abraham Lincoln Jeff Davis Dalgreen, started to obey his mother while the visitors in spected the premises which they had often seen from a distance. It had ence been a handsome property, but was sadly pone to the bad. The mistress, a broken-down woman almost insane, having lost bcr all in the war, bad sunk to the level of tboso who had served her, and lived with tier two daughters m painful poverty upon the ruin of, her old splendor. Auntie and the young ladies picked berries, worked in the fields did every thing possible to feed bcr and themselves: The girls did not appear at this time to be present, though the horsemen strained ibeir ores looking for them. It was with Abrum that the surveyors became first acquainted. Like the imp of iaf kn'ess that he was, lie smoked, chewed, aug, danced, swore, and was happy, lie followed the Northerners about like a pet ioa, und was always willing to do them a favor. As be banded them the gourd of spring water this morning bo leered at them and wickedly suggested: 'Dy ain't noivhars around." Who ain't'' asked Frank Drayton. "De gals, ob course, dat's who you wants to sec." Frank threw the water at him an he and Bnracr rode away. "lie next, morning when Frank entered the carpenter shop where the surveyors kept their instruments he was startled to sec Abrum's eyes glaring out from a pile of shavings. 'Get up, you little scamp!" "Ease what for, Has'r Yank I" replied the youth. 'You're too dirty to be here." 'YeU ain't goin' ter cat dese shavin's, bo ye J" and Abrum opened wido bis eyes in assumed surprise. "No, but I don't like such a dirty boy around." t "Hub!" exclaimed Abrum; ('ef you linowcd what I knows you'd let me stay here an' gin me a chaw besides." 'No, I wouldn't. But what's the se cret J" "Gimme a quarter!" "Yes." "Our young ladies, is powerful han'somc, an' dcy's sweet, too, an you fellers is sweet on 'cm. Dat's it." "But they always run when we are around!" "Dat's 'cause ob ole missus. She's proud and cross as de evil one; but do gals don't care dcy'd jest as soon have Yanks as eny body. Missus hates Yanks." "Is that all the secret for a quarter!" -"Isyou'ligiousi" 'I hope so." -"So's dey. When dey can sneak off, dey goes up to de Bend, an' teaches in de nig Sunday-school. If you goes up nex' Sun day you'll see 'cm an' bear 'em sing. Dey's jjaoiverful siveet singers." "But what's the secret!" "Dat's part of it, de res' is datdey done 'tired out wid bein' friz an' starved an' not 'lowed to teach 'er sew ner notliin' dat's nice-an' dey'll marry you fellers if you ask -em." "Oh, you're lying." 'I doesn't have ter lie," said Abrum, -drawing himself up proudly, "I kin get my livin' widout. But don't you tell, on me 'er missus '11 skin me alive. I was skinned alive twice last week." Frank did not tell on him, but the next Sunday and for many Sundays thereafter t;vo buggies instead of one were standing near the "nig school-house" at tho Bend & CfflWi 1 "dxt ain't sowmns akousd." during tho session of Snnday-school and one of them belonged to Frauk aud his as sociate, Homer Wilson. Of course they were not long in becoming acquainted with the pretty, modest, but poorly-clad Dal green girls, Kate and Fan nie; and before many weeks the return drive was made between tho school-house and Cie old mansion with Kate and Frank in one buggy and Fanny and Homer ia the other. One hot July afternoon the quartette too'.: their usual drive through the woods and, tying the horses, entered the school-house to spend an hour with the colored truth seekers. It was one of Abrum's mischievous days. Without much difficulty ho induced achum of his to drive one rig, while he took the other, and in a short time they were out of sight down the road. They went further th:m they intended, and soon it was too late to return to the Bend. Besides, a storm was coming up and Abrum argued that the youcjf folks must be homo by that time any way, so he drove there and hitched the horses in the stable. When the Sunday-school was over the young people coming from the school-house found their conveyances gone and a storm arising from the south. With rapid i ace they set out through the forest-lined path homeward. The wind beut the tall magnolias until they seemed like stalks of corn, so easily did they sway. Dark clouds drirted across the sky and the lightning's flashes sent terror to the hearts of the young ladies. Overtaken by the fury of the storm when aboifrhlfl63aeniv ecmpleted the -jSrTv foul refuge in a dilapidated hut, when fortwo hours they stayed, until the rain ceasing they were able to resume their. "jfit whv the common danger brought hcm closer together to hard to explain: J ut it Is certain tnat as " lunr to their cavaliers the latter were en dowed wjtk a tender boldness that caaMed them to whisper words very weet to the SoutherBearT Aadwhea they came cm B .kX?"-ft J.-S- " - m i. iw &. -tiSkii'srMairasrt amaw U'' L'MjfriTi mfwiw iffT T" more into the bright glory of the sunset the faces of the quartette shone with such a luster that it seemed as though the light ning had left some of its splendor In their features. But the hardest part was yet to come. When the surveyors arrived at the home of their charges and had had a settlement Tith Abrum and ids dusky confederate, they sought "missus," whom they had only seen never met. "My children have the blood of the Dal- greens in their veins and shall not associate with low-bred Northern workmen who make railroads and such dirty things," was her answer to thoir stammered explanation of their acquaintance with her daughters. "De blood ob de fiddlesticks," put in auntie, indignantly. "You mought be glad iat dese 'spectable Christian gen'lemen would look at us, poor and ragged as wo is." "You hain't any more spirit than a poor white, auntie," sobbed tho mistress of the house, hysterically. Upon being acquainted with the real sub ject of the young Northerners' visit she grew more violently angry, and, declaring that she would have the officials of the rounty arrest them, took indignantly to her room and ordered ber food sent up to her But auntie put her on short allowance and she was soon brought to terms and conde scended to come to the table again. After a few days, seeing that she might as well give in first as last, she consented to her daughters' choice or. the condition that their lovers should quit work and turn gentlemen. "And," she added, "1 will go North and live with you." "DE BLOOD OB DE FIDDLESTICKS. Frank and Homer did. not accept ths whole of the proposition, but began imme diate arrangements for the double wed ding. When Abrum heard the plans he laughed, cackled, crowed, cracked his heels together, danced and cried out: 'Tse goin' Norf, too, kase I made dese yere matches." "You! What had you to do with it!" asked Homer. "Ebery ting. Didn't I tell ycr wher dey went Sundays, an' didn't I run off wid de rigs so's yeh could walk wid de young ladies home!" "Yes, and wouldn't we have found out wtere they went ourselves, and didn't you get a licking for leaving ns to come home through the ram!" "But it was me put it in yer heads to try fer 'em, an' tole ye dey'd marry yen, mas'r, an' you onght ter take me Norf ter lug yer machines around fer ycr." "Well, you stay in the South until you learn to be sensible and we'll see what can be done." Poor "missus" never saw the North which she so much hated. A few weeks thereafter and just before the wedding she grew tired of breathing and gave up tho effort. The young surveyors immediately married the orphan sisters and took them North, as well as auntie to serve them. Abrum was so wretched at the thought of being left behind that it was finally de cided to take him, though he was threat ened that if he did not behave, himself lie "would be sentenced to the penitentiary for life.',' Charles i. Habger. DAKOTA. A Utile Incident Which Gives Oae an Idea of the Yastaess of the Territory. The immensity, not to say vastness, of the Territory of Dakota is well illustrated by the following incident which occurred some time ago. A postmaster in the northwestern portion of tbeTerritory forwarded his resignation to the Postmaster-General, and it was appro priately filed with Mr. Henry A. Drury, the appointment clerk for that section. He showed the paper to Hon. George A. Ma thews. Delegate to Congress from Dakota, andiisked bim to recommend a suitable person to appoint for the position. Mr. Mathews replied: "What are your opportunities for know ing the best men in the vicinity of Boston or Springfield, Mass., for appointment as postmasters in the little towns of that State!" Mr. Drury replied that he had absolutely no acquaintance in that part of tbe country and was without means of knowing the good, b:id or indifferent men there. "Well, you live as near those points and know as much about tho people there," said Delegate Mathews, "as I do concerning the people of Northwestern Dakota. It is about time that the Territory was divided into two States, so that four Senators and three Representatives may look after the offices and interests which are at present confided to but one man." Think of it. A man in Washington City lives as near the people of Boston, and knows as much about them, as does the Delegate in Congress from Dakota who re sides at Brookings concerning the 'people of the northwestern portion of what will soon be the State of North Dakota. The Territory is as large as all New England, New York and Pennsylvania combined; and yet it will make but two States. Was Lincoln Left-Handed f At a state dinner during the Lincoln ad ministration tbe wife of one of tbe Cabinet Ministers sat at the left of the President. During the progress of the meal Mr. Lin coln reached out with bis left hand and drank from the lady's goblet. She im mediately said : "Mr. President, your gob let is on the other side of the table, and you have been drinking from my glass." Mr. Lincoln looked surprised for a mo ment; then, placing the" two glasses to getber, be said: "I beg your pardon lor toe mistake; out, as you c$n sec, tbey are as like as two peas." " " ' Why They Jumped. "I see in the paper," remarked Smith, "that two masked men robbed a train near Kansas City the other day and jumped off while the train was going at the rate of twenty-five miles aa hour. It's a wonder they did not break their necks." "Pity that it didn't," exclaimed Mrs. Smith, indignantly. WI wonder what made tbe fool robbers Jump oft without fret stop ping the train?' "I don't know," replied Smith. "I sup pose, though, that they saw the train-boy coming and was afraid ha would rob them." AfooUBeoord. i TIMELY ADVICE. Or. Talmage Discourses on Proposed World's Fair. the Its Moral and Religion Importance-En vious Rivalry of Cities Kebaked Atireat Peace Congress Suggested War's Glory Departed Conclusions. In a rfent sermon at Brooklyn Rev. T. De Witt Talmage took for his subject "Ibe Coming World's Fair: Shall It Be Made a Blessing or a Cur-e?" His text was Ezekiel xxviL 12: "They traded in thy fairs." After announcing that be would soon viiit the Holy Land on a two months' leave of absence in order to gain a personal knowledge of ths places sacred to all Christians. Dr. Talmage said: Fairs may be for tbe sale of goods or for tbe exhibition of goods on a small scale or a large scale, for county or city, for one nation or for all nations. My text brings us to the fairs of ancient Tyre, a city that is now extinct. Part of the city was on an Island, und part on tbe main land. Alexander, the conqueror. was much embarrassed when lie found so much of the city on an island, for he had no ship. But his military genius was not to be balked. Having marched bis army to the beach, be ordered them to tear up tbe city on the mainland and throw it into tbe water nnd build a cause way 230 feet wide to the island. So they took that part of the city which was on the mainland and with it Luilt a cause way of timber and brick and stone, on which his army marched to tbe capture of that part of the city which was on tbe island, as though a hostile army should put Brooklyn into tbe East river, and over it march to the capture of New York. That Tyrian causeway of ruins which Alexander's nrmy built is still there, and by alluvial deposits has permanently unit ed tbe island to the mainland, so that it is no longer an island, but a promontory. The sand, the greatest of all undertakers for burying cities, having covered up for tbe most part Baalbec aud Palmyra and Thebes and Memphis and Carthage and Babylon and Luxor and Jeiicho, the sand, so small and yet so mighty, is now gradually giving rites of sepulture to what was left of Tyre. But, O, what a magnificent city it once was! Mistress of the sea! Queen of international com merce! All Nations casting their crowns at her feet! Where we have in our sail ing vessels benches of wood, she bad benches of ivory. Where we have for our masts of ship sails of coarse canvas she had sails of richest embroidery. The chapter from which ray text is taken, after enumerating the richest countries in all tbe world, says of Tyre: "They traded in thy fairs." Look in upon a World's Fair at Tyre. Ezekiel leads us through one department and it is a horse fair. Underfed and overdriven for ages, tbo horses of to-day give you no idea of the splendid animals which, rearing and plunging and snorting arid neighing, were brought down over tbe p'ank of tbe ships and led into tbe World's Fair at Tyre until Ezekiel, who was a minister of re ligion and not supposed to know much about horses, cried cut in admiration: ''Tbey of the bouse of Togarmah tradod in tbe fairs with horses." But the world has copied these Bible mentioned fairs in all succeeding ages, and it has bad its Louis tbe VL fair at Dagoberr, and Henry tbe L fair on St. Bartholomew's day, and Hungarian fairs at Pesth and Easter fairs at Leipsic, and tbe Scotch fairs at Perth, (bright was the day when I was at one of them), and afterward came the London World's Fair, and the New York World's Fair, and tbe Vienna World's Fair, and Parisian World's Fair, and it has been decided that in com memoration of the discovery of America in 14M. there shall be held in this country in lt-92 a World's Fair that shall eciip.e all preceding National Expositions. I say, God speed the movement! Surely the event commemorated is worthy of all tbe architecture and music and pyrotech nics and eloquent and stupenduous plan ning and momentaiy expenditure and Cc nressional appropriations which tbe most sanguine Christian patriot hns ever dreamed of. Was any voyage thnt tbe world ever beard of crowned with such an arrival as that of Columbus and bis men? After they had been encouraged for tbe la-t few days by flight of land birds and floating branches of red 1 erries. and while Columbus was down in the cabin studying the sea chart, Martin Pinzon, standing on tbe deck, and looking to the southwest, cried: "Land! Land! Land!" And "Gloria in Exceisis" was sutig in raining tears on nil the three sliips of the expedition. Most approp- iate and patriotic and Christian will be a com memorative World's Fair in America iu lc92. Leaving to others the discussion a to the site of such Exposition and I won der not that some five or six of our cities are struggling to have it, for it will give to any city to which it is assigned an im pulse of prosperity for a hundred years I say, leaving to others the select'on of tbe particular locality to be thus honored, I want to say something from the point of Christian patriotism which ought to be said, and the earlier tbe better, that we may gettbeusandsif people talking in the right direction, and that will make"nealtb ful public opinion. I beg to consider prayerfully what I feel called upon of God as an American citizn and as a preacher of righteousness to utter. My first suggestion is that it is not wise, as certainly it is not Cbristian, to con tinue thi3 wide and persistent attempt of American cities to belittle and depreciate other cities. It bat been going on for years, but now the spirit seems to cul minate in this discussion as to wher tbe World's Fair shall bo held, a style of dis cussion which has a tendency to Injure the succ s of tbe fair as a great moral and patriotic enterprise after the If cility has been decided upon. There is such a thing as healthful rivalry between cities but you will bear me out in saying that there can be no good t) come from tbe uncanny things said about each other by New York and Chicago, by Chicago and St. Louis, by St. Paul and Minneapolis, by Tacoma and Seattle and all through the States by almost every two proximate cities. AH cities, like in dividual", have their virtues and their vices. All our American cities should he our exultation. Another suggestion conceruingthe com ing Exposition: Let not the materialistic and monetary ilea overpower the moral and religion's. During that Exposition, the first time in all their lives, there will be thmsandsof people from other lands who will see a country without a Stats re ligion. Let as by aa increased harmony among all denominations of religion im prest other nationalities as they come beietbat year with tbe superior advan tage of having alt denominations eqaal in ths sight of Government. All tbe rulers and chief men of Europe belong to the State religica. whatever it may be. Al- thoagh oar last two Presidents have bjea Presbyterians the previous one was aa Episcopalian and the two previous Methodists, and going further back in that liae of Presidents we find Martin Van Baren a Dutch Reformed and John Quincy Adams a Unitarian, and a man's religion ia this country is neither hindrance nor advantage ia tbe matter of political ele vation. All Europe needs that. AH the world needs that. A man's religion is some'hmg between himself and bis God, and it must not, directly or indirectly, be interfered with. Furthermore, during that Exposition, Cbristian civil z ition will confront bar barism. We. shall, as a Nation, have a greater opportunity to make an evangelis ing impression upon foreign nationalities than would otberwioe not bo afforded us in a quarter of a century. Lot tbe churches of Ibo city where the Exposition is held be open every day and prayers bs offered and sermons preached and doxologies sung. In the less than three years be tween this und that world's convocation let us get a baptism of tbe Holy Ghost, so that tbe six months of that World's Fair shall be fifty PentecoUs in one. and in stead of three couverted, as in the former Penteccs , hundreds of thousands will be converted. You must remember that tbe Pentecost mentioned in the Bible occurred when there was no printing press, no books, no Christian pamphlet?, no relig ious newspaper", and yet the influence was tremendous. How many national ities were touched? The account t-ny: "Partbians and Modes and Elaniite-," that is, people from the Eastern coun tries; "Purygiiand I'auiphylia," that is, tbe Western countrie-; "Cyrene and strangers of Rome, the Cietes and Arabi ans," that is. tbe Southern countries; but tbey were a.l moved by tbe mighty spec tacle. Instead of tbe s xteen or eightesn tribes of people reported at that I'e.necast, ad tbe chief natious of Europe and Asia, North and Soutu America, will be repre sented ut our World's Fair in 1802. and a Pentecost here aud thou would mean tbe salvation of the round world. But, you say, we have at that fair tbe people of all lands and all tbe machinery furgosptdiza lion, tbe religious printing piesies and tbe churches, but all ttat would not make a Pentecost; we must havo God. Well, you can have Him. Has He not been graciously waiting; and nothing stauds in tbe way but our own unbehui und iu dolence and sin. May Uod bieak down tbe barrier. ! Tne grandest opportunity for tbe evangelization of all nations since Jesus Christ died on the cross will be tbe World's Exposition of lbt)i God may take us out of tbe harvest field before that, but let it be known throughout Christendom that that year, between May and November, will bo the niouutaia of Christian advantage, the Alpine and Himalayan hoiglit of opportunity over topping all others for salvation. Instead of tbe slow process of having to send the Gospel to other lands by our own American missionaries, who have difficult toil in overcoming foreign prejudices, what a grand thing io have atde and influential foreigners cou verted during their visit to America and then have them return to their native lands with theglorioub tidings! O, for an overwbelmning woik of grace for ibe year lbiti, that work beginning in tbe autumn of lssa Another opportunity, if our public men see it. and it is tbe duty of pulpit and printing press to help them to see i, will be tbe calling at that time and place of a great peace congress for all nations. Tbe convention of representatives from the Governments of North and South America now at Washington is onty a type of what we may have on a vast and a world wide scale at tbe International Exposition in V-'J By one stio'te ihe Gorgon of war might be slam and buried so deeptaat neither trumpet of human dispute or of archangel's blowing could resurrect it. When tbo last Napoleon called such a con gress of nations many did not respond, and those who did respond gathered wondering what trap tbe wily destroyer of the French Republic and the builder of a French Monarchy might spring on them. But what if t o most popular govern ment on earth I mean the United States Government should practically say to all natious: On the Americnn continent, in 192, we will held a World's Fair, and all nations wi 1 send to it tpjcimens of their products, their manufactures and Ibeir arts, and we invite all the Govern-m.-nts of Europe, Asia and Africa to send iepreentatives to a peace convention that shall bs held at this same time and p?ac?. and that tball establish an international arbitration commission to whom shall be referred all controversies between nation and nation, their decision to be final, and so all nations would be relieved of tbe expense of standing armies and naval equipment, war having been made an everlasting impossibility. AM the nations of the earth worth con sideration would coma to it, mighty men of England and Germany and France aud all the other great nationalities. Bismarck who worships the Lord of Hosts, and Gladstone, who worships the God of Peec and Boulanger who worships him self. The fnc: is that the nations are sick of drinking out of chalices made out of human skulls and filled with blood. Tbe United States Government is the only Government in the whole wi rid that culil successfully call suet a c ingress. Suppose France should csll it, Germany would notome; or Germany should call it, Franc would not come; or Russia should call it, Turkey would not come; or England should call it, nations long jeal ous of her overshadowing power in Eu rope would not come. America, in fnv.r with all nationalities, standing out inde pendent and alono, ia tbe spot and 1S32 will be the time. Mav it please the Presi dent of tb'e United States, may it please tbe Secretary cf State, may it please the Cabinet, may it please the Senate and House of Representatives, may it please the printing presses and the churches and the people who lift up and put down our Amer'cin rulers! To i hem I make this timely and solemn and Cbristian appeal. Do you not think people die fast enough without this whole sale butchery of wai ? Do you not think itbat we can trust to pneumonias and con sumptions and apoplexies and palsies and yellow fevers and Asiatic choleras tbe 'work of killing them fast enough? Do you not think that tbe greedy, wide-open jaw of tbe grave ought to be satisfied if filled by natural causes with hundreds of thou sands of corpses a year? Do you not think we can do somthtn? better with men than to dash tbeir life out against casements or 'blow them into fragments tiy torpedoes or send thm out into tbe world, where tbey seed all their faculties, footless, armless, eyeless? Do yon not think that women might be appointed to aa easier plsca than the edge of a grave trench to wring their pals hands and weep out their eyesight in widowhood and childlessness? Why, the last glory has I gone out of war. There was a time when ltdsmsadeJ that I quality wLich we all admin namely, courage for a man hid to stand at the hilt of tbe sword when the point pierced tbe foe, and while be was slaying another ths other might slay bim or it was bayo net charge. But now it is cool and deliber ate murder, and clear ont at sea a bomb shell can be hurled miles away into a city, or while thousands of private soldiers, who have no interest ia the contest for they were conscripted, are losing their lives, their General may sit smoking one of the best Havana cigars after a dinner of quail on toasi It may be well enough for graduating students of colleges on commencement day to orate about the poetry of war, but do not talk about the poetry of war to the men of the Federal or Confederate armies who were at tbe front, or to some of us who, as members of tbe Christian commission, saw the ghastly hospitals at Antietam and Hagerstown. Ah! you may worship the Lord of Hosts, I worship the "God of Peace, who brought again from the dend our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep." War is an accursed monster and it was born in tbe lowest cavern of perdition, and I pray that it may speedily descend to the place from which it arose, its last sword and shield and musket rattling on the bottom of tho red-bot marl tf hell. Let there be called a ponce convention of 1S92. with delegates sent by all the dtcont governments of Christendom, and while they are in session, if you should some night go out and look into the sky above the Exposition buildings you may find that tbe old gnlUry of crystal, that was taken down after tbe Bethlehem anthf ra of eighteen centuries ago was sung out. is rebuilt again in tbe clouds, and tne same angelic singers are returned with tbe same librettos of light to chant 'Glory to God in tbe highest, and on earth peace, good will to men." Again, I suggest in regard to the World's Fair that, while appropriate places are prepared for all foreign exhib its we make no room for the importation I of foreign vices. America has enough of its own, and we need no new installments of that kind. A World's Fair will bring all kinds of people, good and bad. The good we must prepare to welcome, the bad we must prepare to shun. Tbe at tempt will again be made in 112. as in 1876. to break up our American Sabbat Is. The American Sabbath is tbe lest kept Sabbath on earth. We do not want it broken down, and substituted in the place thereof the Brussels Sabbath, the Vienna Sabbath, tbe S-. Petersburg Sabbath, or anv of the foreign Sabbaths, which are no'Sabbatbs at alL I think the Lord is more than generous in asking only fitty twooutof the 365 days for His service. You let the Sabbath gj and with it wiU go your Bible, and after that your liber ties, and your children or grandeb 1 Iren will be here in Amer ci under a despotism as bid as in those lands where they turn the Lord's day into wassail and frolic. Among those who will come here will be, as at other Expositions, lordly people who will bring tbeir vices with them. Among the Dukes and Duchesses and Princes and Princesses cf otber lands are some of tbe bast mn and women of all the earth. Re member the Earl of Kintore, Lord Cairns and Lord Shaftesbury. But there is a tnobbeiy flnnkeyism in American society that runs after a grandee, a Duke, a Lord or a Prince, though he may b t a walking lasaretto aud his breath a plague. Is makes the fortune of some of our queens of society to dance one cotilion with one or uese princely lepers. Some people can not get their bat off quick enough when they see sucb a foreign lord approaching, and they do not care for the mire into which tbey drop tbeir knees as they bow to worship. Let no splendor or pedigree or any pomp and paraphernalia of circumstance make bim attractive. There is only oae set of Ten Commandments that I ever heard of, and no class of men or women in all tbe world is excused f cm obedii nee to those laws written by finger of lightning on the granite surface of Mount Sinai. Surely we have enough American vices without raakine any drafts upon European vices for 1MB. By this sermon I would have the Nation made aware of its opportunity and get ready to improve it. and o( some perils and g-Jt ready to combat them. I rejoice to believe that the advantages will over top every thing in tbe World's Fair. What an introductirn to each otber of communities, of States, of Republics, of Empires, of zones, of hemispheres! What doors of information will be swung wide open for the boys and girls now on tbe threshold! What national and interna tional education! What crowning of in dustry with sheaves of grain, and what imperial robing of ber with eml roidered fabrics! What scientific apparatus 1 What telof copes for the infinitude above aud microscopes for the infinitude be neath, and tho instruments to put nature to the torture until she tells her last secret! What a display of tbe munificence of the God who has grown enough wheat tc make a loaf of good bread large enough for the human race, and enough cotton to stocking every foot, and enough timber to shelter every head, making it manifest that it is not God's feu It, but either man's oppression or indolence or dissipation if tnre tie any without supply. Under tbe arches of tbe chief build ing of that Exposition let capital and labor, too long estranged, at last be mar ried, each taking tbe band of each in pledge of eternal fidelity, while tepresen- unions oi an nsuum iwau n naa rrjoic-1 ine at the nuntials. and saying: "What1 God bath joined together let not man put asunder." Then shall the threnody of ths needlewoman no longer be heard: Work, work, work! Till tbe brain begins to swim; Work, work, work! , Till tbe e es are heavy and dim. Seam and gusset and band. Band and gusset and seam. Till ovr-r the buttons I fall asleep And sew them on in a dream. O, Christian Ame nca ! Make ready for the grandest Exposition ever seen under the sun! Have Bibles enough boaad. Have churches enough established. Have scientific halls enough endowed. Have priniing presses enough set ui. Have re vivals of religion enouga in fall blast. I believe yoa wilL "Hosaana to tbe Son of David ! Blessed Is he that cometa ia the name of the Lord!" Through the harsh voices of our day A low, sweet prelude fiads its way: Through clouds of doubt and creeds of fear A light is breaking calm and clear. That song of lore, now low and far. Ere long shall sw-U from star to star: That light, the breaking day, watcu tips Tbe goldea spired Apocalypse! Among the places at which Dr. Talmage will probably preach dnriag his proposed extended tnpabroad are Rome, Jerusalem, Nazareth, Bethlehem, Bethany, Samaria, Joppa, Athens and Corinth, and L Uia Klopsch, ths reverend geatleaaaa's press agat, has perfected such arraagemeata as will enable him to promptly and regu larly report this exossdiagly interesting series of discourses. Fortune's favorites are thaaghU make ways fer their acUeaa THE KING OF QUACKS, The Impndenr and itarcea of the no torious Dr. Graham. Tho recent experiments with Dr. Brown-Sequnnla "Elixir of Life," re call to memory the oneo famous Vr. Graham, who for some time persuaded the people of England that he could lead them to the fountain where played the waters endowing man with eternal nnd vigorous youth. Dr. Graham. who was perhaps the most stupendous quack that ever jrulled the most guIH bio of paticut publics, first appeared in London iu 17Si. and opened a man sion which ho called the "Temple of Hoalth." The facade was ornamented with an enormous gilt sun. and a colos sal statue of Hygeia. The rooms wcro gorgeously decorated, and the mirrors were so arranged as to give the win do the appearance of un enchanted palace. He also hired the hungry and heart broken beauty, who has since le como famous in story as Lord Nelson's "Ijuly Hamilton." and exhibited her as tho "Goddess of Health." lectured upon her as the re sult of his system, and drove half iho fashionablo women of the day crazy t become like hor. glowing with health and splendid with beauty. Single admission to his lectures cost ten dollars a sum readily given. The Goddess of Health usually delivered a supplementary leetureaf tor the learned doctor had concluded. When ten dol lar auditors were exhausted, his two gigantic porters decked in gorgeous liveries, deluged the town with bills stating that the lectures would be de livered at five dollars each. The de scending scale ultimately reached fifty cents, and at length he exhibited tho Temple of Health itself at twenty-tivo cents per head. The quack promised such results from using his "Elixir of Life" that many people of high rank and respectability were known to havo given five thousand dollars for a sup ply of it. He then, when dupes wero not grown scarce hut required variety in the means of impositions, took to the practice and public exhibition of earth-bathing. Ho and his Goddes-s stood aa hour each day immersed to the chin in earth, above which their heads appeared, d rested in tho ex travagant fashion of the hour. In this position ho delivered a lecture on tho salubrity of the practice at sums for single admission which commenced at five dollars and ended at twenty-five cents. When all London had heard and seen him ho made a provincial tour; but. in spite of his elixir of life, he succumbed at the early age of fifty two; sind. in spite or the facility with which he gained money, he died in poverty. In the profession of quackery Dr. Graham has noverb'en equaled, either for impudenee or the success; which attended it- Once a Week. EXCITING SPORT. Itaatlas;. with Tame Central I.rpartla at Dhar. Indus. The following account of hunting with tame leopards, of the species called the cheetah, at Dhar. in Central India, is contributed by Colonel Ward' Bcnnitt: "We wero staying with tho Maharajah of Dhar, and ono day ho said we should sec a cheetah-hunt; so we started on horseback about four o'clock in the afternoon. The chee tahs looked lovely and seemed quite tame, following the shikaris like dogs. We went about five miles over very bad ground, and it was exceedingly hot. At hist, to our delight, we saw a herd of deer about a mile oil", and we at once stopped, while the shikari went forward with two chectahs. Prescntly one of the cheetahs stood still, peered about and lay down, slowly whisking his tail from side to side. The men said, 'lie has seen tho deer.' Soon he got up again, and went niter his companion, and seemed to communicate to him that deer were in sight. Then they both lay down at once. After a little time they got up and began stalking the deer through the grass. It was very difficult to dis tinguish tho cheetahs, as they were much the same color as the ground. Presently the deer became aware something was up. and stopped and looked about; then, suddenly, they all got together, and began trotting off, followed at once by the cheetahs, who, although far behind, gained (round at every stride, and we could see that they had each singled out a black buck. taking no notice of the rest or the herd ;. ; n fli-.;.-. x t,:i tearing off in all directions. Luckily they came toward us. and we saw one cheetah give a high spring, about fif teen yards, and seize his buck by the throat and roll it over. We did not look any more; we knew nothing would induce the cheetah to leave its prey till the buck's throat was cut and the ani mal was enticed away with a Iadleful of blood. The other cheetah having missed when it sprang, gave up the chase and came straight back to his master with his tail between his legs. We were very lucky to see the hunt, for I find many old Indians have never had the good fortune to witness one. and the Maharajah seldom allows his cheetahs to indulgo in this sport." London Illustrated News. At a Oinner Party. Mr. Hodgkins (aside to Mrs. Hodg kins) Gosh, Maria, I got no less than six forks by my plate. Mrs. Hodgkins Hush! You Bast not notice it- Mr. Hodgkins But thunder! there, must be some mistake. I don't want to corner the fork market. Mrs. Hodgkins No. it's all right. Jeff. 1 tell you. Mr. Hodgkins Well, of course it's, all well enough to have plenty of forks; bet I aia't never ifoin' to drop that many on tho floor as oae a?aL-Chi. 1 afo Americas. f