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Important decision.
TIi nUura of Liquors In Original
Packages Unconstitutional.
e Catted States hmm Court Derides
Test Caw gross lowa-Tho 1-tUeo
Vwors of a StaU Veined-
Dtsssatlag Opinion.
WASimroTOif, April , The Unite
States Supreme Court, through Chief
Justice Fuller, has rendered an opinion
averse to the constitutionality of Htato
laws providing for the selsure of Honor
brought into tho HUte in original
packages. Such laws, the court holds,
re an interference with Inter-SUto
commerce. Alter tho liquor becomes
the property of tho Importer the Htato
way, under Its pollco powers, regulato
or prohibit the transportation of the
article from another Htato and Its do
livery U the Importer.
The ease In which tho decision was
made was that of Uus Ioldy A Co.,
plaintiffs in error, vs. A. ,1. Ilnrdln. It
was brought horn on appeal from tho
Supremo Court f Iowa and this court
rovenea the decision of tho Htato court
Justices Gray, Harlan nnd llrewor dis
sented. Tho case is onn of great Impor
tance to I'rohibltlonlst and liquor
dealers.
Leldy, a boor manufacturer of Peoria,
111., shipped bror to Keokuk, town,
which was seized In the original pack
ages by Hardin, a Htitto official, as hav
ing been nont therein violation of tho
Iowa law. Tho Hupromn Court of Iowa
bold that tho law under whluh this
official acted was valid.
Tho Chief JtiHtico In delivering tho
opinion of tho court cited a number of
casos bearing upon Inter-Slate com
mereo, among others "the license
cases," where laws passed by Massachu
ectU, Now Hanipshtro and Ithodo Island
In reforenco to tho sale of spirituous
liquors came under review In tho court
nnd were sustained, although tho mom
lifts of tho court who participated
In tho decisions did not concur
in any common ground upon which
to rest them, In which Chief Jus
tice Tanoy Is quoted as holding that
spirituous distilled liquors are unlvors
nlly admitted to ho subject of owner
ship and property and therefore sub
jects of exchange, barter and trulUn. like
any other commodity In which a right of
property exists; that Congress, under
its general power to regulute oommurco
with foreign nations, may prescribe
what niorchandlso shall be admitted and
what excluded; but, Inasmuch as tho
laws of Congress authorized the Importa
tion of ardent spirits, no Htato has a
light to prohibit their Introduction.
After referring to thosy and other de
cisions bearing on license laws, tho court,
in its opinion, says:
Tito decisions roil upon (tin undoubted
right of the HUte of Ihn Union to control
thrlr purely Interns! affair, In doing wlilnh
they exorcise powers not surrendered to the
NitloBsl IJoti-rn merit.
The power vetted In Congress to rcitulnte
coinmeree among Ilia evorsl Wales l the.
owrrte prescribe the ruin by wlilrh that
cotnnisreo Is to tin governed and U a power
complete la Itself, snknowledglng no limits
(Ions ether than those prescribed In tho
Cumulation. It Is eo eiteimlve with tlm
iitbect on which It situ and enn not bn
topped at Ibn asternal boundary of the
flits, but must enter .Its Ulterior nnd matt
be capable of authorising the disposition or
Ihoss artlolra which It Introduces, that they
nay become mingled with the vonuion mass
of property within tho territory catered.
That ardent spirits are ulocti of Inter.
State commerce ran not ho denied. When
ever Uwof a Slate ntnimiitt ussentMly to
it I inula t Ion of t oiuuierif , u It does when It
Inhibit directly the receiptor tin Imported
rommodltyor Us disposition before It hi
rested to become an nrtlutn of trade lie
Iweea one Htutn and another It cumc In
conflict with a power which In this parllcu
tsr bsi been aicluslvelv In Ihn Uennul
Uovcriituent and la, therefore, void. Un.
dnnbtcdly It It for the legislative branoh
of the Huto llovctnmont to deter
mine whether tho uinnuf trturer of par
lloular articles of Irurllo will Injui lonely
affect tho piddle and It U not for
Congress to determine whnt tnessure n
Mal my properly udopt a approprluia or
nrrdful for tho prot'ctlun of Ilia putdic
mm alt, life or safety; but notwithstanding
It la not vetted lib supurvlsory power over
iiiattcratitliH'nl sdiululslrillon The respun
Iblllty Isupont'nngiesssofnrss the ti-gu-tstloa
el 1st- r. tut commerce Uconceracd,
to remove the reatrlctlona upon the Mi ate In
dealing Willi Imported articles which have
not b-en mingled with thoeonimou tuswof
property therein.
Whatever our Indlvldusbvlewa may be as
to the deleterious qusllllit I of particular sr
tides, we can not hold that any attlrles
wnloh Controls recognises as suhjeols of In
terstate commerce am hot aucti or that
whatever are thus recognised ran be con
trolled by ttsle laws amounting to regsla
tlons, whlls they retain that character, al
though at the 181110 time It directly dangerous
to themselves the Htato May lake appro
priate meaiiree to guard against Injury he
tors It obtains complete Jurisdiction over
(then. To concede to a rials the power to
exclude directly or Indirectly, artlolst so
situated without Congressional permis
sion Is to concede to a Majority of
tho pronto of a Hlale, repreteated
la tho stats LegU'ndure, the power to regu
Isle commercial Intercourse between tho
etstso by determining what shsll bo Its sub
jects when that power was distinctly grant
ed to bo exercised by tho people of the
United States represented In Congress, sad
Its possession by tho latter was considered
essoatlal to that mors perfect union which
the Constitution was adopted to create.
Undoubtedly there Is difficulty la drawing
tho Has between tho municipal powers of
eaoOovsruMonlsad tho commercial pow.
ers of tbs other, but when Ibst line Is deter
mined accommodation to It without serious
inrowvonirnco my reeaiiy bn fouad la a
frank and candid cooperation tor tho gen
eral good. Tho decision of the supreme
Court of Iowa la reversed.
Justices flrey, Harlan and llrewer. in
summing up the reasons which satisfy
them that the Judgment of tho Supremo
Court of Iowa shot'ld to stHrmcd, say
that the power of regulsting or prohibit
ing the manufacture and sale of Intoxi
cating liquors belongs as a branoh of
the police power to tho legislatures of
the several State and can to Judlel
ously nnd effectively exercised by them
alone according to their views of public
olloy and local noeds, and can not
practically, If it can constitutionally, bo
wieiaeu oy lougrossasparioi a national
.and uniform system.
The Iowa Prohibitory laws were en
acted by the legislature In tho exercise
of Ita undoubted power to protect lu In
.habitants against tho evils, physical,
morn) end social, attending tho free use
-of Intoxicating liquors. They are not
.aimed at Inter-State commerce and have
ine relation te the movement of good
)tm one Hut to another, but operate
aaljr ' iBtoifcattng UHn within tho
MM
limits of the (Hat. They Inelnde ell
such liquors without discrimination and
do not oven mention where they are
made or whence they come.
They affect commerce much more re
motely, the dissenting Justices say, than
laws of a Htste, tho validity of which are
unquestioned, authorising the construc
tion of bridges and dams across navig
able waters within Its limits, wbiek
wholly obstruct tho course of commerce
and navigation, or than quarantine taws
which operato directly upon all ships
and merchandise coming into tho ports
of tho State. If, they say, the statutos
of a State restricting or prohibiting the
sale of Intoxicating liquors within its
territory are to be hold inoperative
or void as applied to liquors
sent or brought from another Htato
and sold by tho importers in
original packagos, theconseqaenco must
bn that an inhabitant of any Htato may
under the pretext of Inter-Htntn com
merce and without license or supervision
of any public authority carry on or send
liquor into and sell In any or all of tho
other States, despite any legislation of
those States on tho subject, and although
his own State should to tho only ono
which had not enacted similar laws.
Nothing short of affirmative and explicit
legislation on tho part of Congress will
convince them thnt It contemplated or
intended such a result
The dissenting Justices quote from
the decision In tho license casos in
which the court sustained theso views
nnd contend that tho silence and Inac
tion of Congress upon tho subject dur
ing the long period slnoo the licensn
cases appear to require the Inference
that Congress Intended that the law
should remain us thereby declared by
the court rather than to warrant the
presumption that Congress intended
that commerce among the States should
bo free from the Indirect effect of such
an exercise of tho police power for the
public safety, as was adjudged by thai
decision to ho within tho constitutional
authority of tho State.
INVESTIGATION DESIRED.
(Inventor Smith, of tho Leavenworth Sol
dlers' Home, Courts an Inquiry.
Lf.avknwoiiih, Kan., April !!. A dis
patch from St. Louis states that CI. A. It.
circles are greatly agltuted over reports
of serious trouble In the Soldiers' Home
management nnd that a big sensation Is
about to ho developed. It Is further
claimed thnt the old soldiers nre com
pelled to work aguinst their will, are con
lined in sweat boxes for punishment and
that the governor of tho homo frequently
Intercepts letters through the mall of
the home sent nut by old soldiers. AU
these charges are venerable. There is
not a home In tho United States where
similar charges are not made against
the administration. Tho ufllcers of the
place ore very kind to the veterans,
many of whom are In a mental condition
not well fitted to esio for themselves.
Not a member of the home Is compelled
to work. All is voluntary, and for this
they uro paid at the rate of forty couts
a day.
It Is to bo regretted that the O. A. R.
of the eon n try who know that many of
theso veterans are mentally unbalanced,
pay any attention to the reports and
glvo them such publicity before investi
gating tho charges. The committee, no
matter who they-are, can to depended
upon to mnkn a report nfter their In
vestigation that will speak in tho highest
terms of the officials.
tluvernor Smith, of tho Soldiers
Home, has telegraphed the cummaudora'
of theti. A. It. In Kansas stul Missouri,
nsking for the fullest and freest Imcstt
gallon of tho tuauugoment o( tho home
ut this place.
A llrave Man.
Nkw Yottu, April J'.i. Fire In tho flo
story flat house, ,,.10 Eighth avenue,
early yesterday morning, caused a panic
umong the twelve families occupying
the building, whoso escape by the stair
way was cut off by the llnmns. Some
escaped by way of tho roof, the others
becoming hlockudcd on u defective lire
escape. Daniel llossler, one of tho
latter, obtained a rope and lowered the
women and chlldten by It to the street.
Tho men, then climbed down; the admei
way. RoHslnr was the list and by this
time the rope was worn out and broke,
letting Hosslerfnll to tho pavement, but
he was not seriously hurt. Hut for his
coolness and presence of mind several
lives might bsvo toon lost. The build
ing was dsmagcM to tho extent of 3V
000.
Woven Persona tirawnod.
Mii.wavkkk, Wis., April 3V. Aboai
three o'clock this morning tire was dis
covered In a amall frame house at State
and Fifth street, occupied by Robert
Vlrtel as a grocery store and residence
Mrs, Virtel Jumped from a second-story
window with a child in her arms. Two
other children were in the burning
building, but tho firemen, at a great
risk, succeeded In rescuing them. Mrs.
Virtel, who In In a delicate condition,
was badly Injured by her fall, and all
were aaocktngly burned. The youngest
child, aged threo years, will probably
die. Tho others are six and eight years
of age respectively. Tho property loss
was small.
ratal Vinos.
New Oitman s, April 99. The steam
aaw mill of Charles Lawrence, U
Sharkey County, three miles from HoW
ling Fork, Miss., burned Saturday
night The loss Is small. Fifty or
sixty of Mr. Lawrence's tenants were
quartered In the gin and In their ef
forts to escape from tho flames seven
were drowned. The building was sur
rounded by water seven foot deep.
Thev had taken rcfuirn then from tho
overflow. The report that seversl livee
had been lost in the vlclnltv or the T.ob.
dell disaster has toen confirmed. A fern
lly named Watkon, numbering five per-
A Young Woman's swtrlde.
rAiiKKiiMiiiio, V. Vs., April .it. In a
barn near West Union tho Uvly of
Amelia Harnett, aged twenty-two, a
beautiful young woman and the daugh
ter ot Rev. Alll-oti Harnett, a well
kuoMti minister, wus found yesterday
morning and near by a small caliber re
volve with one elittintor discharged.
For settle time she has toon moody OvaS
the uafaltbiulucss of her low
NARROW ESCAPES.
Dr. Talmage Discourses on Sal
vation ai By Miracles.
The Narrow Ksrapes of Many Feopta Men
Who Worship find en Nuaday and
Mammon Kvery Oiher Day
MBdlng True Keel,
In n Iste sermon nt Hrookiyn Dr. Tal
mage preached on "Narrow Ksoapes,"
taking as bis text Job, xlx, 'JO, "I am
escaped with tho skin of my teeth."
Following Is bis sermon:
.fob had It hard. What with boll and
bereavements and bankruptcy, nnd n
fool of u wife, he wished he wus dead,
and I do not blame Mm. Ills flesh was
gone, nnd bis bones were dry. Ills teeth
wasted away until nothing but tho
enamel seemed left, lie cries out: "I
am escaped with the skin of my teeth."
There has been some dllference of opin
ion about this passage. St. Jerome und
Schultens, nnd Doctors tlood and I'oolo
and llarnes, have ull tried their forceps
on Job's teeth. Vou deny my Interpre
tation, and say: "What did Job know
about the enamel of the teeth'.'" He
knew every thing about It. Dental stir
gory Is utmost us old as the earth. The
mummies of I'gypt, thousands of years
old, are found to-duy with gold tilling In
their teeth, Ovid und lloraeo and Solo
mon und Moses wrote about those lm
tMirtunt factors of the body. To other
provoking complaints, Job, I think, has
added an exasperating toothuc.hc, und,
putting his hand ngulnst the Inflamed
face, bo says: "I tun cscuped with the
skin of my teeth."
A very narrow esene, you say, for
Job's body and soul; but there are thou
sands of men who make Just us narrow
oscatxis for their soul. There wus u
time when the partition between them
and ruin was no thicker than a tooth's
enamel; but ns Job finally escaped, so
huvo they. Thank Cecil thank (iod!
Paul expresses the same Idea by a dif
ferent figure when ho suys that some
people are "saved as by fire." A vessel
at sea Is In Hume. Vou go to the stern
of tho vessel. The boats have shoved
off. Tho flames advance; you cun en
dure the heut no longer oti your face.
Vou slide down on the side of the ves
sel, and hold on with your lingers, until
tho forked tongue of the (Ire toglns to
lick the back of your hand, und you feel
that you must full, when one of the life
hosts comes back, arid the puHnongors
say they think they have room for one
more. The boat swings tinder you you
drop into It you nre saved.
So some men nre pursued by temptn
tlon until they are partially consumed,
but, uftqr all, get olf "saed us by
Are." Hut 1 like the llgure of Job u lit
tle better than that of I'uul, bocauto the
pulpit baa, not worn It out; and I want
to shots; you if (lod will help, that some
men mnke narrow escape for their souM
and are natcd as "with the skin of their
teeth."
It is as easy for some people to look to
tho cross us for you to look to this pul
pit. Mild, gentle, tractable, lovlnir, vou
expect them to iN'eome Christians. Vou
go over to the store and say: "tlrandou
Joined the church yesterday." Votir
business comrudes Hay: "That it Is Just
what might have toon expected; he al
ways was of that turn ot mind." In
youth this person whom I descrito was
always good. He never broke things.
He never laughed when It was improper
to lnugh. At seven hecould sit an hour
in church, perfectly quiet, looking
neither to the right nor to thu left, but
straight Into the eyes of the minister,
as though be understood the whole ills.
mission ulMiut the eternal decrees. He
noter upset things nor lost them. He
floated Into the kingdom of tied so
gradually that It Is uncertain Just when
the matter was decided.
Hero Is another one, who started In
life with an uncontrollable spirit, lie
kept the nursery In an uproar. Ills
mother found him walking on the edge
of the house roof to see If be could h.il
n nee himself. There was no horse that
ho dare not ride no tree he could not
clmb. Ills boyhood was a long series
of predicaments; his nunhood was reck
less; his mtd-llfe very wayward. Hut
now be Is converted, and you go over to
the store and say: "Ark right Joined
the church yesterday," Votir friends
'say: "It l not possible! You must to
Joking." You say. "No, I tell you the
truth, lie Joined tho church." Then
they reply: "Them Is bono for any of us
If old Arkwrlght has become a Chris
tian!" lu other words, wo will admit
that It is more difficult for some men to
accept the llospcl than for others.
I may to preaching to some who have
cut loose from tho churches and Illbles
and Sundays and who hate eomo here
with no intent of becoming Christians
themselves, but Just to see whatlsgolng
on, and yet you may Und yourselves es
caping before you leave this house, "as
with the akin ot your teeth."
Some of you, in coming to Ood. will
have to run against skeptical notions.
It Is useless for people to say sharp and
cutting things to those who reject the
Christian religion. I can not say such
things. By what process of temptation
or trial or betrayal you have come to
your present state, I know not. There
are two gates to your nature the gate
of the head and tho gate of the heart.
The gate ot your head is locked with
tolts and bars that an archangel could
not break, but the gale of you heart
swings easily on Its hinges. If as
ssultod your lody with, weapons you
would meet me with weapons and It
would to sword stroke for sword stroke,
and wound for wound, and blood tor
blood; hut It 1 come and knock at the
door of your house you open It and give
me the tost seat In your parlor, If 1
should com to you now with an argu
ment, you would answer me with an argu
ment; It with sarcasm, you would
answer nte with sarcasm, blow for blow,
stroke for stroke; but when 1 come and
knock at the door of your heart you open
it and say, "t ome In, my brother, and
tell me all you kuow about Christ and
Heaven."
Listen to two or three questions;
"Are you as happy an you used to be
when you tojtoxrd in the truth ot the
Christian nkjeUmV Would you like to
hate j war cklUrts travel In the road in
m : i i s . i
which your are now traveling? You
had a relative who professed to to a
Christian, and was thoroughly consist
Ant, living and dying in the faith of the
Dospnl. Would you not like to live tho
same quint lire and dlo tho same peace
ful death'.' I have s letter sent me by
one who ha rejected the Christian re
ligion. It says: "I am old enough to
know that the Joys and pleasures of life
are nvsnescent, and to reallie that It
muot be comfortable in old sgfte be
lieve In something relative to tho fu
ture, and to have a faith in some system
that proposes to save. I am free to con
fess that I would to hannier If I could
exercise the simple and beautiful faith
that Is possessed bvmanv whom I know.
I am not willingly out of the church or
out or the fnlth. My state of uncer
tainty Is onn of unrest. Sometimes I
doubt my Immortality, and look upon
mo ueatn ikki ns ibn closing scone, after
which there Is nothing. What shall I
do that 1 have not done?" Ah! skf p
tlclsm in a dark nnd doloful lund. Let
me sny that this Hlblu Is either true or
fulsc. If It to false, we nre as well off
ns you; If It be true, then which of us Is
safer'.'
Let mo also ask whether your trouble
has not toen that you confounded
Christianity with the Inconsistent char
acter of some who profess It'.' You are
n lawyer. In your profession there nre
mean and dishonest men. Is tbut any
thing ngulnst tint law? Vou are u doc
tor. There are unskilled and contempti
ble men In your profession. Is that any
thing against medicine'.' You are a mer
chant. Thorn are thieves and defraud
ers In your business. Is that any thing
ngalnst niorehnnillso? Heboid, then,
the unfairness of charging upon Chris
tianity the wickedness of Its disciples.
Wo admit some of the charges against
those who profess religion. Some of the
most gigantic swindles of the day have
been curried on by members of the
church.
There are men standing In the front
rank in the churches who would not be
trusted for live dollars without good
unilateral security They leave their
business dishonesties In the vestibule of
the church ns they go In nnd sit nt the
communion. Having concluded tho sac
rament, they get up. wipe the wine
from their lips, gttottt and tnke np their
sins where they left off. To serve the
bull Is their regular work; to serve Ood
a sort of play spell. With a Sunday
sponge they expect to wipe olf from
their business slulo till the past week's
Inconsistencies. "You have no more
right to take such n mnn's life iihu speci
men of religion than you have to take
the twisted Iron and split limbers tbut
lie on the toach ut Coney Island as a
specimen of an American ship. It is
time tbut we draw a line between re
ligion and the frail lies of those who pro
fess It.
Do you not feel that tho Hible, take
It ull In all, Is about tho tost book that
the world has ever seen? Do you know
any book that has as much In It? Do
you think, upon tho whole, that its In
fluence has been toucficcnt? I come to
you with both bauds extended toward
you. In one band I have the Hlble, and
In tho other I have nothing. This Hlble
In one hand I will surrender for ever
Just as soon as In my other band you can
put u hook that Is better.
Again: There may bo some of you
who, in the attempt alter a Christian
life, will have to run ugatnst powerful
passions und appetites. Perhaps It Is a
disposition to anger that you have to
contend ng.tlust; and perhaps, while In
a very serious mood, you bear of some,
thing that makes you feel that you must
swear or die. I know n Christian man
who was tmce so exasperated that he
said to a mean customer; "I can not
swear at you myself, for I am u member
of the church, but If you will go down
stairs my isii'lncr in business will swear
at yon."
There Is n large cla.s of persons In
mid life who have still In them appe
tites that were aroused In curly uiun
hood, at a time when they prided them
selves on tolng a "little fust," "high
livers," "free' and easy," 'hall fellows
well met." They are now laying, in
compound Interest, for troubles they
collected twenty years ago. Soma o'f
you are trying to escape, and you will
yet very narrowly, "as with the skin of
your teeth." Hod and your own soul
only know what the struggle Is. Omnip
otent grace b.is pulled out many a soul
that was deeper lu tho mire than you
are. They line the toach of Heaven -the
multitude whom Ood bas rescued
from the thrall of suicidal habits. If
you this day turn your back on the
wrong and start anew Ood will help you.
If, with all the Influences favorable
for a right life, men muko so many mis
takes, how much harder It Is when, for
Instance, some appetite thrusts Its Iron
grapple into tho roots of the tongue nnd
pulls a man down with bauds of destruc
tion! If, under such circumstances, be
break away there will to no sport In the
undertaking, no holiday enjoyment, but
a struggle lu which the wrestlers move
from side to side, and toad and twist
and watch for an opportunity to get in a
heavier stroke, until with one Hnal ef
fort, in which the muscles are distended
and the veins stand out, and the blood
starts, the swarthy habit falls under the
knee ot the victim escaped at last as
"with Ihn skin of his teeth."
The ship Ktnms, bouad from Gotten
burg to Harwich, was sailing on, when
the man on the lookout saw something
that he pronounced a vessel bottom up.
There was something on it that looked
like a sea gull, but was afterward found
to be a waving handkerchief. In the
small tout tho crow pushed out to the
wreck and found that It was a capslxcd.
vessel and that three men bad bsstn dig
ging their way out through the bottom
of the ship. When the teasel rap.stusl
they bad no mean of escape. The Cap
tain took his penknife nnd dug away
through the planks until his knife Iwoke.
Then an old nail was found with which
they attempted to serais their way out
of the darkness, each one working until
his band was well nigh pjr.tlv.irsl and
he s.mk luck faint and sick. After long
and tedious work the light broke through
the bottom ot the ship. A handkerchief
was bolstesl, llolp came. They were
taken on tovrd the vessel anA avisl.
Did ever men come so near a watery
grave without diopplag.tato It? How
B - JS CUKL "W. - SW.. K.
narrowly they escaped tescsped oaly
"with the skin of their teeth."
There are men who bsvo toen cap
sized of evil passlona,andcapslsed in mid
wean, and they are a tbosaand 'mites
sway from any shore of kelp. 'Ihey
have for years toen trying to dig tbelr
wny out They havu been digging
away, and digging away, but they can
never to delivered unless they will
hoist some signal of distress. However
weak and feeble It msy be Christ will
see It and bear down upon the helpless
craft and take them on hoard.
There are others who In attempting
to come to Ood must run between a
great many business perplexities. If
man go over to business st ton o'clock
In the morning and comes'away at threo
In the afternoon he has some time for
religion; but bow shall you find time for
rvllglous contemplation when you are
driven from sunrise to sunset, and have
toon for live years going tohind In busi
ness, and are frequently dunned by
creditors whom you can not pay, nnd
when, from .Mondavmornimr until Satur
day night, you are dodging hills that
yon can not meet?
You walk day by day in uncertainties
that have kept your brain on Are for the
past three years. Homo wltb less busi
ness troubles than you have gone crazy.
The clerk bas beard a noise In the back
counting-room and gone In, and found
the chief man of the Arm a raving ma
niac; or the wife has beard the bang of
a pistol in the back parlor, and gone In,
stumbling over the dead body of her
husband a suicide. There are In this
house to-day three hundred men pur
sued, burussed, trodden down, and
scalped of business perplexities, and
which way to turn next they do not
know. Now Ood will not be bard on
you. lie knows what obstacles-am In
the way of your tolng a Christian, and
your HrstelTort In the rlghtdlrection He
will crown with success. Do not let Satan,
with cotton bales and kegs and hogsheads
and counters and stocks of unusual goods
bliK'k up your way to Heaven. Outlier
up all your energies. Tighten tho
girdles about your loins. Take an agon
izing look Into the face of Ood, and ttien
say: "Hero goes one grand effort for
life eternal!" und then bound away for
Heaven, escaping as "wltb tho skin of
your teeth."
In the last day It will bo found that
Hugh Latimer and John Kno vand Htiss
und Ridley were not the greatest mar
tyrs. hiitrChrlstlun men who went up In
corrupt from the contaminations and
porploxittcsof Wall street. Water stn-nt
I'earl street. Hroad street, State street
und Third street. On earth they woro
called brokers, or stock Jobbers, or re
tailers, or Importers; but In I lea von,
Christian heroes.
1 Und in the community a large class
of men who have been so cheated, so
lied about so outrageously wronged,
that they have lost their faith In every
thing. In a word whore every thing
seems topsy-ttirvoy, they do not seo how
there can to any Ood. Thoy uro con
founded and frenzied and misanthropic,
Kluhoratc arguments to prov o to them
the truth of Christianity, or the truth of
any thing else, touch them nowhere.
Hear me, all such men. I preach to
you no rounded periods, mi ornamental
discourse; but put my band on your
shoulder und invite you Into the peace
of the 0osh1. Here Is u rock on which
you may stum? Hrm, though the waves
dash against If harder than the Atlantic,
pitching Its surf clear above Kddystone
lighthouse. De not charge upon Ood
all these troubles of the world. As long
as the world stuck toOisl, Oisl stuck to
the world; but the earth seceded from
Ills government, and hence all these
outrages and all these woes. Ood Is
good.
Try this Ood. yo who have had the
blood bounds after you, and who bad
thought that) Ood bad forgotten you.
Try Him, and see If He will not help.
Try Him, and see If He will not pardon.
Try Him, and see If He will not save.
The flowers of spring have no blisjin so
sweet as the flowering of Christ's nlfec
tlons. The snn bas no warmth com
pared with the glow-of His heart The
waters have no refreshment like the
fountains that will slake the thirst of
thy soul. At the moment the reindeer
stands with bis lip and nostril thrust In
the cool mountain torrent the hunter
may to coming through the thicken.
Without cracking a stick under his foot,
he comes closo by the stag, alms his gun;
draws the trigger, and the poor thing
rears In its death agony and fulls back
ward, Its antlers crashing on the rooks
but the panting heart that drinks from
the water brooks of Ood's promise shall
never Is fatally wouudisl, and shall
never die.
This world Is a rsr portion for your
soul, oh business man! An Kastiirn
King bad graven on his tomb two fin
gers, represented as sounding upon each
other with a snap, and under them the
motto: "All Is not worth that" Aplulus
Cii'iius banged himself iMvauso his
stowanl informed him that he had only
eighty thousand pounds sterling left
All ot this world's riches make but a
small inheritance for a ul.
Robespierre attempted to win the ap
plavitn of the world; but when ho was
dying a woman came rushing through
the crowd crying to hum: "Murderer ot
my kindred, descend to hell, ooverrd
with the curses of every nwther In
France!" Many who have expected the
plaudits ot the world have dUd under
Itaanathetna maranatha.
Oh, find your peace In Ood. Make owe
strong pull for Heaven. No half way
work will do It There sometimes
come a time on shlplsurd when every
thing must to sacrificed to save the pas
sengers. The cargo Is nothing, the rig
ging nothing. Tho Captain put the
trumpet to bis Hp and shouts:
"Cut away the mast!" Some of you
have l-en tossed and driven, and you
have, In your effort to keep the world,
well nigh lost your soul. I'nul you bavr
decided this matter let every thing else
go. Overboard wlih all thew- other
anxieties and burdens' Vou will have
to drop the tails of your pride and cut
away the mast.v With one earnest cry
for help put your cause In the band of
Hint who hclrs-d Caul out of the break-
! ers ot Mellu, and who. abure the shrill
blast ot the wrathlc l tempest that ever
i blackened the sky or shook the ocean.
I can bear the Ulntcvl ituploration lac
I were J.
mmHfifflsmk
If s llttlo pulverized borax to adder"
to the water In wbieh woolen blankets
are washed, tho dirt will to got rid of
more easily than by sny other means. J
Hasty pudding requires not less than
fonr hours' cooking st Sit degrees to be
digestible, tf not so cooked It Is not
mt Stored by the stomachs and becomes
an Irritant
Kvery one who prizes good health
and intends to maintain It should in
dulge in a dry rub upon going to bed.
A flesh brush Is good for the purpose,
but a good rough towel is totter. Tho
object is to keep the pores open ant 1st
healthy srttvlty.
Te can milk bring It to, or sear; taw
tolling tolat best dene by placing the
i dish of milk In a vessel of water, when
all danger of burning or toiling over
will be avoided. Holl it down richer
if you wish, and place In cans while
hot exactly as you do with fruits. N.
Y. Okservor.
It is impossible to wash a bed quilt
which Is Sited with cotton batting with
out its becomlni; morn or less hard and
disagreeable, and this should only to
attempted In the case of light one. -(
leavyons should alwsysbo . tied, so
mat inn cotton can no easily removeu
when' the cover are soiled. Rural New
Vsrker.
Mutton rrexjunttes: Carefully re
move all skin and tones; chop lino and
season with) salt and pepper. If no
gravy were left, moisten with butter;
muko' Into round or oval balls with tho
bands; roll each In oirg and cracker
' f.pilttil. rftti.t lk.mvn Im ..nw. !... t.l
Cold veal can-be substituted for mutton
In any of those receipts with equally
good results. Country Oonllonmu.
Tlin tint consideration In the man
agement of the laundry Is to have good
utensils In propuronlttr for work. Tho
tubs should bo sufficient in number, of
good size, and always kept clean. The
wash board' should to free from nails
that mlirht tear tho clothes. The wash
touch should to firm and high enough
to prevent fatigue in bending too low
over the tubs. The Home.
Corned Iteef Halls: Stew S slice of
onion in a cupful of tho Ihiuor in which
tho beef was boiled, then strain tho
liquor Into a saucepan, add a spoonful
of butter which hits toon rolled In
browned flour until It has formed Into a
smooth paste, and stir constantly until
It bolls. Now stir In two well-beaten
eggs, and then two oupfuls ot tho
corned beef which has toen chopped un
til rather tine. Season to taste, and
put It away In a cool place where It will
become stilf. Then it Is to be made Into
flat cakes, which must bo dipped Into
woll-toaton egg and then In pounded
crackers or bread crumbs, and fried in
bolllnir lard. The Housekeeper.
THEy"sTAYED AT HOME.
Why Mr. aotot Mr. MoMwnt Were No s
Ctiurwbl Ouo Sandny Morning.
"If you doitft .hurry up. Lobelia.',
urged Mr. McSwnt, as he fidgeted about
In front of the mirror, trying to Und a
necktie that would, barmonlzo with his
mustache, "we'll bo- late to church. I
never could understand," he protested,
accidentally stepping on the cat and
causing a howl that raised tho nap on
his spring (of Ihss) overcoat; "I never
could understand seat you yowling
beast! why It takes a woman so long to
dross. Lobelia, what have you dono
with my cttfT-biittonv? Wliero tho Sam
Hill nre those cuff-buttons?"
"1 think, nilllger, they are "
"Lobelia, don't try to talk with your
mouth full of hair-pins. Where are tho
cuff-buttons? If vou want me to go to
church w'lth you this morning you'll
have to turn up thoso blooming, ldlotlo
ciilT-buttuns!"
"Have you looked In the, soiled cuffs
you took olf last night Ullllgor;. in
quired Mrs. MeSwat, calmly adjusting
her frlzi-DS.
HUllger bad noe He hunted up the
cults and found the buttons.
"If you know tlrey were there why
didn't you say so?",ho demanded, in an
Injured tone, a he sat down hard on a
chair and prooecdml to put la the but
tons, udescope Use cuffs on his shjrt
sleovesand slide thorn back and fetlh
till the ftsjus-seeasod to be about tight
"I shall' In. ready for church, Mrs. Mc
Swat." ho continued, msjoatieally, "In
about- two minutes. How long do you
Intend to koep ns waiting''
"lhavo navkaiag to do,, Ml Ugsr,", an
swered Mrs MrfJwat, giving a' few fin
ishing dabs to bar front hair, "eicopt to
put on my bonnet and gloves,"
"WU, whure's tho bonnet!" vocifer
atedi her husband, as be jumped up.
Jerked; oahla coat smoothed his silk
het-SMuresl bis cane, gloves and over
coat, and sat down again. "Trot out the
mlrauuliMe bosmot Lobelia. 1 haven't
seen Lt yet Where Is It?"
"I brought It down a tew minute
ao," replied Mrs. McSwat who waa
looking about wltb evident anxlnty,.
"ami laid Hdowa here, but I don't esse
It. I thought I put it on a chair."
"Oct ea a chair, Lobelia?" echoed!
Mr. McSwat feebly, a droadful sus
pbtloa crossvlag his mind.
-Yea. Can it to-why.llllllger, yaa
sandy wovildn't-O, O, Of she screamed.
" what yon have done!"
For Killlger had risen to bis feet sad
waa looking In silence at tho chaur oa
whtea be had been sitting..
Tbere, on tho seat, were the crashed
remains of a once glorious bonrsst It
was a flattened, ahapeleae mast, even
mate kldeevie In He ruin than. , had
bssa in lu original grandeur,
"Lobelia," said Mr. McSwat sadeea,
melo-dramatic voice, "It Is failn. We
may now pauaa before thin splendid,
prodigy
"llov eeald yaa. O, how eewM you dm
it Htlllfwrr' she wail, staking (
Irssly on another chair. ,
"I didn't recognUn it as tho bonat-t
Lobelia," ss replied pealtaatly. "I saw
It but supposed It to be a bunch of col
ored tltso paper, or a crumpled tidy, or
a flesh towel, or something of that kind.
Can't you fix it up again soaehov?" ha
inquired anxiously. "Cant It be er
Inflates! again or sbsc4 togetaer taa
other way so yos can make it do?"
Mrs. Meiiwat looked wltheringly st
nor unst-fallen husband, sulked out of
tho room without a word, and nobody
front the McSwat household wont
arvic wsysstera em Must Ifabaata.
Chicago Tribune.
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