r TEE KESUBRECTION. An Easter Discourse By Bov. T. Do Witt Talmage. The Savlour'a Bnrlal and the I.com Drawn rrom It Appropr!atenea of Floral Decorations Easter Typical or reacc "Rev. T. De"VittT.ilmage preached to Tan immense audience at llrooklyn on Kastcr Sunday on the subject of the Insurrection, his text being1 from latL xxviii: 0; "Come, fiec the place vvhere the Lord lay." He said: Visiting any great city wc are not satisfied until ivc have also looked at its ceini'tcry. We examine all the styles of cenotaph, mausoleum, sarcophagus crypt and sculpture. Here lies buried a statesman, yonder an orator, here a lKet, out there an inventor, in some other place a great philanthropbLst. Hut ivith how much greater interest and with more depth of emotion we look upon our family plot in the ceme tery. In the one case it is a matter of public interest; in the other it is a mat ter of private and heartfelt affection. ut around the grave at which we halt lh is morning there are gathered all kindh of stupendous interest. At this sepulchre, I have to tell you, in this M'pulchrc there were buried a King, a Conqueror, an Emancipator, a Friend, a brother, a Christ. Monarch of the universe, but bone of our bone, and Hash of our flesh, and sorrow of our borrow, and heart of our heart. "Come, sot; the place where the l,orl lay " It has for surroundings, the manor in Che suburbs of Jerusalem, a manor owned by a wealthy gentleman by the name of Josepli. He was one of the court of seventy who had condemned Christ, but I think he had voted in the negative, or being a timid man had bevn absent at the time of the casting of the vote He had laid out the par terre at great expense. It was a hot climate und I suppose there were broad branched trees anil winding paths un derneath them, while here the waters rippled over the rock into a fhhtool, and yonder the vines and the flowers clambered over the wall, and all around there were the beauties of the kiosk and arboriculture After the fatigues of the Jerusalem court room how refreshing to come out in these suburbs botanical and jkjiho loglcal. I walk a little further on in the parterre and I eoine across a cluster of rocks, and I see on them the marks of the sculptor's chiseL I come still closer and I find that there is a subter ranean recess, and I walk down the marble stairs, and come to a portico, over the doorway and architecture of fruit and flowers chiselled by the hand f the sculptor. I go into the iortico and on either side there arc rooms, two or four, or six rooms of rock; in the walls, niches, each niche large enough to hold a dead body. One of these rooms of rock is especially wealthy with sculpture. It was u beautiful and charming spot. Why all this? The fact v. as that Joseph, the owner of the partem, of that wealthy manor, had recognized the fact that he could not nlwaj's walk those gardens, and he sought this as his own last resting place. What a beautiful plot in which to await for the resurrection! Mark well the mausoleum in the rock. It is to be the most celebrated tomb in all the ages. Catacombs of Egypt, tomb of Napoleon, Mahal Taj of India, nothing compared with it. ( hrist had just been murdered and His body must be thrown out to the dogs ami ravens as was customary with crucified bodies, unless there bo prompt and effective hindrance. Joseph, the owner of the mausoleum, begs for the body of Christ, and he takes and washes the poor and mutilated frame from the blood and the dust, and shrouds it and perfumes it. 1 think embalmment was omitted. When in olden times they used to em balm a dead body, the priest with some pretension of medical skill would show the point between the ribs where the incision was to be made- Then the operator would come and make the in cision, and then run for his life, else he would bo slain for violating the dead body. Then the other priests would come with salt of nitre and c:issia, and wine of palm tree, and complete the embalmcnt. Hut I think in this case embalmment was omitted lest there be more excitement and another riot. The funeral advances. TrcsenUJoseph, the owner of the mausoleum; Nicode inus who brought the flowers, and the t.vo Marys. Heavy burden on the shoulders of two men as they carry the K'dv of Christ down the marble stairs nndinto the ortico and lift the dead weight to the level of the niche in the roek.and push the body of Christ into the only pleasant resting place it ever had. These men coming forth close the door of rock against the recess. The govern ment, afraid that the disciples would steal the body of Christ and play resur rection, put upon the dior the seal of the Sanhedrim, the violation of that ial, like the seal of the Tinted States government, or of the I5ritb.li govern ment, always followed with severe icn altics. A regiment of soldiers from the tower of Antonio is detailed to guard that mausoleum. At the door of that tomb, a fight took place which decided the question of all graveyards and ceme teries. Sword of lightning against sword of steel. Angel of God against the military. The body hi the crypt be gins to move in its shroud of fine linen and slides down upon the pavement, moves through the portico, appears in th doorway, comes up the marble steps. Christ having left His mortuary attire Wliind him. comes forth in the garb of a workman as I take it, frotn the fact that the women mistook him for the gardener. Then" and then was shattered the tomb so that it can never be rebuilt. All the trowels of earthly masonry can not mend it. lrever and forever it is a broken tomb. Death that day taking the side of the military received a hor rible cut under the angel's spear of flame, and must himself go down at the last the King of Terrors disappearing before the King of Grace. "The Lord is risen. Hosanna! Hosanna! O. vrcep no more, your comfort Main. The IxjnJ Is risen. Ho lives ftpaln. When one of the old Christians was dying he said he saw on the sky the letter "V, and he said: "I cannot un derstand what that is I see against the sky; it is the letter V.'" A Christian landing beside him said: "1 know what it means; that letter V stands for "victory .' I gather up all these llowcrs tonlay. and 1 strew them over the graves of your Christian dead in the letter "V for "victory," "K" for "res urrection." "T" for "triumph. "II" for "Heaven." "The Lord is risen." Ho sanna! While standing around the place where the Lord lay 1 am impressed with the fact that mortuitry honors can not atone for wrongs u the living. If they could have afforded Christ such a costly sepulchre they could have afforded Him a decent earthly residence. Will they give a piece of marble to the dead Christ when they might have given a soft pil low to the living Christ? If they had put half the expense of tliat mausoleum in the making of Christ's life on earth comfortable the story would not have been so sad. He wanted bread; they gave him a utone. Christ, like every other benefactor of the world, was be ter eppreciated alter He was dead. Westminster Abbey and monumental Greenwood are to a certain extent the world's attempt by mortuary honors to atone for neglects to the living. Poets' corner in "Westminster Abbey, an at tempt to pay for the sufferings of Grub 6trecL I go into that Poets' corner of Westminster Ab bey and there I find the grive of Handel, from whose music we hear to day, as it goes down reverberating through the ages. While I stand at tho costly tomb of Handel, I cannot forget the fact that bis fellow musicians tried to destroy him with their discords. I go a little further in the poet's corner of Westminster Abbey and I find the trravc of John Dry den, the great poet. Costly monument, great mortuary honors, but I cannot forget the fact that at 70 years of age he wrote about the opprassions of misfortune and that he made a contract for 1,000 verses at six pence a line. I go a little farther on in the Poet's corner and I find the grave of Samnel Butler, the au thor of "Hndibras." Wonderful monu ment, costly mortuary honors. Where did he die? In a garret. 1 move fur ther on in the Poets' corner, and I find the grave of a pvt of whom Waller wrote: "An old schoolmaster by the name of John Milton has written a tedious volume on the fall of man. If its length be no virtue, it has none." I go a little further on in fhe Poets' cor ner and I find the grave of Sheridan. Alas! for Sheridan. Poor Sheridan! Magnificent mortuary honors. What a pity it was he could not have discount ed that monument for a mouthful of something to eat 0, unfilial children, give your old parents less tombstone and more blankets less funeral and more bca room. Five per cent of the money now expended at I Sums' banquets would have made the great Scotch poet comfortable and kept him from being harried to death by the drudgery of an excise man. Horace Greeley, outrageously abused while he lived going out to his tomb was followed by the president of the United States and the leading men of tho army and navy. Some people eould not say bitter enough things about him while he lived; all the world rose up to do him honor when he died. Massachusetts at the tomb of Charles Sumner tried to atone for the ignominious resolutions with which her legislature denounced the living senator. It was too late. The costly monument at Springfield, 111., cannot pay for Itooth's bullet Costly mortuary honors on the banks of Lake Erie honors that cost between S'200,000 and SSUO.OOO cannot pay for the assassination of James A. Garfield. Do justice to the living. All the justice you do you will have to do this side the gates of the necropolis. The dead can not wake up to count the number of carriages in the procession, or see the polish on the Aberdeen granite, or to read the words of epitaphal commem oration. Costly mausoleum of the gen tleman in the suburbs of Jerusalem cannot atono for Hethlehem's manger and Calvarian cross and Pilate's ri'ilian judiciary. Again! Standing in this place where the Lord lay, I am impressed with the fact that floral and sculptural orna mentation are appropriate for the places of the dead. We arc all glad that in the short time of the Saviour's inhumation He lay amid flowers and sculpture. I cannot quite understand what I see in tho newspapers where, amid the announcement of obsequies, the friends request "send no flowers." Why, there is no place so appropriate for flowers as the casket of the depart ed. If your means allow I repeat if your meant, allow let there be llowcrs on the casket, flowers on the hearse, flowers on the grave. Put them on the brow; it means coronation. Put them in tho hand; it means victory. Christ was buried in a parterre. Christ was buried in a garden. Flowers are tj-pes of resurrection. Death is sad enough anyhow. Let con servatory and aboretum do all they can in the way of alleviation. Your little girl loved flowers whilo she was alive. Put them in her hands, now that she cannot go forth and pluck flowers for herself. On sunshiny da's twist a gar land for her still heart llrooklyn has no grander glory than her Greenwood, nor Iloston than her Mount Auburn, nor Philadelphia than her Laurel Hill, nor Cincinnati than her Spring Grove, nor ian Francisco thau her Lone Mountain. What shall 'I say of those country graveyards where the vines have fallen down and the slab is aslant and the mound is caved in, und the grass in the pasture ground for the sexton's cattle. Are your father and mother of so little account you have no more respect than that for their Ikuica? Some day gather together and straighten up the fence and lift the slab, and bank up the mound, and tear out the weeds and plant the shrubs. After a while, you yourself will want to lie down to the last slumber. If you have no regard for the bones of your ancestors, your children will have no deference for your bones. Do you say these relics are of no importance? You will see of how much importance they are when tho archangel takes out his trumpet Turn all your graveyards into gardens. Standing in this place where the Iord lay, I am also impressed with the dig nity of unpretending obsequies. Joseph that day was mourner, sexton, livery man had the entire charge of all the occasion. Four people only at the burial of the King of the uuivcrse. Let this bo consolatory to those who, through small means or lack of large acquaint ance, have but little demonstration of grief at the grave of their dead. It is not necessary. Long line of glittering equipages, two rows of silver handles casket of costly wood, pall bearers scarfed and gloved arc not necessary. Christlooks out from Heaven at a burial where there are six in attendance and remembers there arc two more than he had at his obsequies. Not recognizing this idea, how many small properties are scattered in the funeral rites, and widowhood and or phanage go out to the cold charity of the world. The departed left enough property to have kept the family to gether until they could take care of themselves but it is all absorbed in the funeral rites. That went for crape which ougt to have gone for bread. A man of small means can hardly afford to die in one of our great cities! Funeral pageantry is not necessary. No one was ever more lovingly and tenderly put into the grave than Christ, but there were only four in the procession. Again, standing in the place where the Lord lay, 1 am impressed with the fact that you cannot keep the dead down. The seal of the Sanhedrim, a regiment of soldiers from the tower, or Antonio to stand guard, floor of rock, wall of rock, niche of rock, cannot keep Christ in the crypt Come oat and come up he must Came out and came up he did. PreSguraxion. The first fruits of them that sleep. Just as certainly as you and I go down in to the grave, just so certainly we will come np again. Though, you pile on. top of "us all the boulders of the mountains you cannot keep us down. Though we be buried under the coral of the deepest cavers of the Atlantic ocean, we will rise to the surface. Ah! my friends death and the grave are not what they used to be to us for now, walking around the spot where the Lord lay, we find vines and flowers covering up the tonrb, and that which we called a place oi skulls has become a beautiful garden. Tea, now there are four gardens Instead of one: Garden of Eden, garden of the world's sepul chre, garden of earth's regeneration, garden of Heaven. Scriptural accounts say the work of grave breaking will be gin with blast of trumpets and shout ing; whence I take it that the first in timation of the day will be a souad from Heaven such as has never before been heard. It may not be o Terr loud, but it will be penetrating. There arc mausoleums so deep that undis turbed silence haa slept there ever since the day whe the sleepers were left In them. The great noise shall strike through them. Among the corals of the sea, miles deep, where tho ship wrecked rest, the sound will strike. No one will mistake it for thunder, or the blast of earthly minstrelsy. There will be heard the voice of the uncount ed milUons of the dead, who come rush ing out of the gates of eternity, flying toward the tomb, crying, "Make way. O, grave, give us back our body! Wo gave it to you in corruption; surrender it now in incorruptton." Thousand of I spirits arising from the field of Sedan, j and from among the rocks of Gettys burg, and from the passes of South mountain. A hundred thousand arc crowding Greenwood. On this grave three spirits meet, for there were three bodies in that tomb; over that family -ault twenty spirits hover, for there were twenty bodies. From New York to Liverpool at every few miles on the sea route a group of hundreds of spirits coming down to tho water to meet their bodies. Sec that multitude that is where the Central America sank. And yonder multitude that is where the Pacific went down. Found at last! That is where the City of Uoston sank. And yonder the Pres ident went down. A solitary spirit alights on yonder prairie that Is where a traveler perished in the snow. The whole air is full of spirits spirits fly ing north, spirits flying south, spirits flying east spirits flying west Crash! goes Westminster Abbey as all its dead kings and orators and poets get up. Strange commingling of spirits search ing among the ruins. William Wilber forcc, the good, and Queen Elizabeth, the bad. Crash! go to the pyramids, and the monarchs of Egypt rise out of the heart of the desert Snap! go to the iron gates of the modern vaults. Tho country graveyard will look like a rough plowed field as the mounds break open. All tho kings of the earth, all the senators, all the great men, all ths armies victors and vanquished, all the age barbaric and civilized, all those who were chopped by guillotine, or simmered in a fire, or rotted in dun geons all the infants of a day, all tho octogenarians all! all! Not one strag gler left behind. All! all! And now the air is darkened with the fragments of bodies that arc coming together from the opposite corners of the earth. Lost limbs finding their mate bone to bone, sinew to sinew, until every joint is reconstructed, and every arm finds its socket und the amputated limb of the surgeon's table shall be set again at the point from which it was severed. A surgeon told me that after the battle of Hull Kim he amputated limbs, throw ing them out of tho window until tho pile reached up to the window sill. All those fragments will have to take their places. Those who were born blind shall huvc eyes divinely kindled: thoso who were lame shall have a limb sub stituted. In all the hosts of the resur rected not one eye missing; not one foot clogged; not one arm palsied; not one tongue dumb; not one ear deaf. Wake up, my friends this duy, this glorious Easter morning, with all these congratulations. If 1 understand this day, it means peace toward Heaven and peace toward earth. Great wealth of flowers! llring more flowers. Wreath them around the brazen throat of the cannon, plant them in the desert until it shall blossom like the ros-j, braid them into the inane of the war charger as he comes back. No more red dahlias of human blood. Give ns white lilies of peace. Strew nil the earth with Easier garlands for the resurrection we celebrate this morning implies all kinds of resurrection, a score of resurrections. Resurrection from death and sin to the life of the gospel. Kesurrection of apostolic faith. Kesurrection of com mercial integrity. Itesurrection of na tional honor. Resurrection of interna tional good will. Kesurrection of art Kesurrection of literature. Kesurrec tion of everything that is good and kind and generous and just and holy and beautiful. Nothing to stay down, to stay buried, but sin and darkness and pain and disease and revenge and de ith. Let those tarry in the grave forever. "Glorp to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will to men." Christ, tho Lord. I risrn to-day. Son of mrn and nnsrl ay. Italic your song and triumphs hlj;ta, 8 K. ye heavens, and rartn itj ly. Ixwc'.i redeemlnc work Is done. Fought the tight the battle won. Lol the sun's cllpo l o'er; Lol he set in blood no mora. Scheming For a Mrat Impecuniosity is a grindstone which will sharpen the dullest of wits. Mr. Iinpectine, whose polished coat tastifies to the grinding process has discovered a new method for simultaneously ac quiring an appetite, a nickel, gratitude and a mcaL Selecting any one of the numerous stand-up lunch places on Clark street when the noonday crowd is thickast he stations himself behind the stool upon which a diner who is nearly through with his lunch is seated. Mr. Impecune Is a unit of several layers of hungry, impatient men waiting for a bite, and he keeps a sharp eye out for a possible customer. He is sighted, and the beckoning finger brings him to the spot There are whispered words an exchange of places and Mr. Impecune is a nickel ahead. A few repetitions of this "I'll-gire-you-my-place-for-a-nick-el" arrangement and the ingenious tramp has made his dinner, after ob taining a huge appetite and the grati tude of half a dozen men. It's a great scheme. Chicago News. Hallway Accident of l(WO. More people were killed by the rail ways of the United States during 1SV0 than in any one of the three preceding years. There were S03 passengers em ployes and trespassers killed and 2,S12 injured. In 1SS9 the numbers were 49J and 1,772 respectively: in 1SSS they were GC7 and 2,204. and in 1SS7 they were 636 and 1,040. The number of passengers killed in 1S50 was 172 against 10S in 1SS0, an increase of 59 per cent An increas of 70 per cent in the employes killed abv marks the last year as compared with the preceding one, the numbers being 500 and S36 respectively. The three most serious accidents of the year were those at Oakland, CaL, in 5lay; QnincT, Mass., in August, and Shoe makersville. Pa., in September, all of them being due to negligence. This record is by no means creditable to American railways. America. A Modest Estimate. Ccmisittci- rnan "How long will your lecture be" Lecturer "It wiH take me about an hour and a half to deliver it" Coxntnk teenaa "But we want the entertain ment to last two hour." Lecturer "Well, it probably will, when yon al low for the applause." Chicago Satur- cay Herald. , Euphemistic. "See, Adolph, that b 1 your tailor sitting over there." "I beg ot you don't look that way, then, or he will recognize us." "And why not? j Aren't you all right with bins?" "HJn yes. but he owes me a receipt i cr two i suits."--Iiegende Blatter. THE WESTERN CONGRESS. Aereptaarea aad IlrctI oat loom John Kkr aaan'a IVrtlarot Word. Ka5a City, .Ma, April 1. Letters and telegrams in response to invitations to attend the western states congress continue to pour in upon Corresponding Secretary Ilyerson Kitchie. Erastus Wiman, the great agitator of reciproc ity with Canada, wired from New York that he accepted the invitation to speak on reciprocity. Hon. C K. lJreckin ridgr, of Arkansas telegraphed that he would gladly accept the invitation to speak on taxation. Senator John Micr man wrote from Washington that he would be uuable to attend. He said in the letter: "The object of your meeting I con sider as one of the very highest impor tance. There has lccii a depression among those engaged in agricultural pursuits not confined to the western states or to our own country, but gen eral throughout the world. Whether this is caused by increased production, by the cheapening of the mode of pro duction, by the great changes in trans portation or all combined it is certain that the farmers have not leen as pros perous as most of those engaged in other pursuits. The causes of this depres sion, the remedy proposed and all the economic questions connected with it are worthy of the thoughtful and dis passionate consideration of intelligent mrth and I would be glad, not ouly to contribute my opinion, but be instructed by the judgment of those engaged in agriculture, and would no doubt receive much more than I could impart I would, therefore, accept your invitation wre. it not that oilier engagement w hich I cannot avoid will command my attention at the time you mention." Letters accepting the invitation to at tend were received from Congressman J. C. Kurrows, of Michigan; O. Ik-eson, of Kono City. Ok.; John D. Miles, of Kingfisher, Ok.; It. M. I.asly, of Hutch inson, Kan.; S. A. Thompson, of Duluth, Minn.; Albert Head, of Des Moines; Congressman Case Kroderick, of Kan sas; S. S. Kirkpatriek, of Fre Ionia, Kan., and Congressman John G. Otis, of Kansas. Declinations were receiied from William It Morrison. Senator W. It Allison and Postmaster-General John Watuimaker. The latter expressed the hope that practical results would follow. Secretary of State Leigh, of Kentucky, wrote that in accordance with the reso lution passed by the legislature the fol lowing senators and representatives had been selected as delegates to the con vention: Senators John K. Hendrick. J. S. Wortham. Ketiben Conners and Phil Koberts. and Kepresentativcs Tel bis Carjwnter, Silas Allen. Meyer Well. W. W. Stephenson and A. M. Wallace. yvTnter- WHEAT. The Farnirri' It-!rw tin tin- :xd l'ro iwct or Winter Wlirat. Chicago, April 1. The Farmers' Ite view sav-s: "Since our last rejnirt March 4, there has leou considerable change in the condition of the crop throughout the whiter wheat states. This change has Iwen by no means uni form, tho condition having improved in some states and deteriorated in others. The crop has shown the greatest im provement in Indiana, Missouri and Kansas and the greatest deteriora tion in Illinois, where the condition is .1 per cent poorer thau a month ago. The average condition in the whole group of states shows a gain of five-ninths of 1 per cent The summary by states, the percentage of condition compared with an average is as follows: Illinois .v percent, Indiana t2, Ohio 01, Miehigau !I, Kentucky 14, Wisconsin W, Iowa SS, Missouri US, and Kansas 101. "The prosiH:cts for spring plowing sho.v that in Illinois, and esh:cially in tho southern part plowing is progress ing finely, while in the more northern counties the land w.ll all be ready for the plowing in a few days. In Indiana very little plowing is being done. A vc.;k of sunshine will set the plows gt Ing all over tho state. In Ohio a small amount. of plowing is Wing done on the. high lauds but the spring Is backward. In Michigan some plowing is being done, but in mtieh of the state snowbanks are still to le seen. In Kentucky plowing is going on though the ground is in poor condition in many places. In Wisconsin the snow is fast disappearing, hut little plowing can bo done before April l.'. In the southern part of Iowa plows will be moving the first week in April. In Minnesota and the Dakotos plowing will be legun all the way from April 10 to May I. In Kansas plowing is being done but snow is still covering a few northern counties." MEXICAN NATURALIZATION. A SurprUlnjj lw I'orrlciirr SM:k Cltlrcn. )iltlii the i:itilir. City ok Mexico, April I. The for eign office has published a table show ing the number of foreigners natural ized here since lJS, ami it will occasion some surprise that the total in sixty three years should not have exceeded 2.044. Of this number 1.147 were Span iards. Other nations are as follows: French, 203; Germans. 172; Italians 15s.; Americans, 14V, Guatemalans "7; other Central Americans SO: English. -12 Swiss 12. and a few each of Kussians, Chilians Austrians Poles Hungari ans. Greeks Turks and Chinamen. The greatest nnmlwr of persons natural ized in any one year was in I?44, when 237 persons took out papers. Very few Frenchmen were naturalized during the period of the empire, and no Aus trians. Since Gen. Diaz became presi dent the average numWr of foreigners yearly becoming citizens has leen high er than any previous peri-d in the his tory of the republic lirorcc llmn Champion. Troy. N. Y., April 1. The fight be tween Cal McCarthy, of Jersey City, and George Tlixon, of I5oston. took place here last night and was won by the latter. In the second round Mc Carthy was floored twice, and it wa only the call of time that saved him from being knocked out From the third to the twenty-first round each re ceived a number of hard blows. The twenty-second round was opened by Dixon forcing the fighting and knock ing McCarthy down as fast as he could get up. At the caU of tune the referee declared Dixon the winner. Six-ounce gloves were used. Kdwia Itooth'a IttlrenvraU UnooKLYX, April 1 Edwin Booth, the eminent tragedian, to-day an nounces his retirement from the stage after this season. He has ordered hit manager to cancel all dates made fox him next year and states that his pres ent engagement at the llrooklvn acad emy of music, which ends on Saturday of this week, will be his farewelL QaW-t in the Cokr Krrtoa. Pi i i tm'Vfiu tn X m-f! 1 A ffnirx ir the coke region yesterday closed quietct ' and rather favoring the workers. Ov I 100 warrants have been issued for rioA Fatal riaasc. Dai.T.s Tex.. -April 1. Tie Georjii hotl tva bemed this swrnia at 4 o'clock. There were a dorea kail breadth escape. Sre pervoss. beis? bad It hart. J&rse McAllister, a plistera for-neriv of St- Loais ""s beroed tc death, lie jttc ths alarm and remalacd in the bsildisj; until all the gBcst& hac i ecapeo. A IHsjrWM ttrTtr. Lixx. CX. April Tu The Mercer coeatj reserroir, trhsch esrrers aearlr S8.60C acrw cf land, is ra rxZ danger oi breaking- its embankment &n 1 SfaAlray the scrronadin; cuactrj. A STRANGE BODY OF WATER. Lak JUaal Oar of t Mt Kravarkatt hrU or Water In tar World. One of nature's remarkable curiosities is Lake AssaL a body of very salt water lying aeven or eight mile inland from the llay of Tadjoura. in the French pos session in East Africa. Thb i certain ly one of the mot remarkable little sheet of water in the world. It comprise only about nixtcrn square miles. Its waters are salt to the point of saturation, and at Its lowri level there Is seen upon its banks a bed of nearly pure j.alt, over a foot thick. The curious thing about this lake is that for years nobody knew whence it derived ib water. The lake Is sur rounded by a wonderful confusion of jagged mountains that descend to the water's edge, and It Is almost impossible to travel around it. The few men who visited the lake werv never able to as certain that any stream flowed into it Of course, it received water from some where, and it was supposed that it had subterranean aftiucnts. but tills theory was not demonstrated. Tho mystery of Lake Assal was solved six j-etrs ago by Mr Henry Andoti. when he started on his interesting jour ney tn Shoa. He carefully examined thr shore of the lake, though he found it terribly difficult to adrauce a step. His hard work wa at last rewarded by the murmur of a waterfall. Guided by the sound, he approached the put, anil the solution of the enigma was leforu him. He found a large brook of crystalline water running over the stones and throwing itself impetuously into the lake. He tasted the water and found it to lc as salt as the ocean, of which, indeed, it had been a part N. Y. JournaL Our 4iirlct. The number of convict in the lnitnl States, as given by the recent censtis, U 4!,2X, an increase of thirteen to the millin as compared with the previous census. Of these the foreign lorti ele ment furnished 14,72.). the. colored II ulatioti 14,b7, und the native whites 11,715. These figures are rather strik ing. Ily the census of lsso, and the same projxrtions still hold good, the native white iopiilatioti was iu round numbers '17,000,000, and the foreign 7,070.000, and the colored G,.'sO,000. The foreign lorn und colored )opulatiou, therefore, furnishes two-thirds of the convict class with only one-third as great numbers as the native white pi ulation. The latter, numbering 37,000, 000, has but 13.715 convicts. The two former, numlierhig 15,250,000, lm.s2V.4l2 of the convict population.--Toledo Illade. Croat IcfHl Are rMoomilished y vigorous men and women clear oT brain, lltlw of liuib. with plenty uf stamina Only by promoting di cestlon and a.sinillallon mav that disability be overcome wuieh disqualifies us from suc cessful cutti.'Ution In tho urena of Ufa. llostetter's Stomach Hitters not only con fern vigor urm the weak, but remedies bilious nervous, malarial, kidney and rheu matic ailmeuts. Tommic "Papa, why do they rail very rich men millionaire T" Papa "That ro fors to tho number of ioor n-Iat vo who rivi up to cnntCAt their will." N. Y. Her ald "Now noon dlgt'stion wait on appetite, and health on loth " This natural and hut pv condition of the mind and Ixnly in brought about by the timely use of Prickly Ash Hit tors. While not a be.vcrngo in any sen-e, It IKj.ssenses the rrouderful faculty of renewing to tho debilitate! system all tho elemenU required to robullu und make strong If vou are troubled with a headache, diseased liver, kidneys or bowels, give It a trial, it will not fall you. Tun mnu who I lone.ome and wants to talk, nearly ulvvas meels the mun who is tired and doesti t want to talk. --Atchiwu Globe. - A MrnictSE that will strengthen every part of the body, that will rogulato und aid the various functions is essential to the vouug and uiKldlu age, who uffer from local and general w uakucsKCB 1 f weak In tny part of tho IkhIv. use I)r John Hull'sSarsa-p.-irilla It is a great auxiliary to Nature, nnd therein robust manhood and woman hood may be attained. Tun woman with a train N sure to havo her drcs deacribed "at great leiig.h'' by tho society reporter Uoston Bulletin. - rp Kjrtst and Kara. Homo treatment f I 00. Send for question blank. 59.(t) for a caiui we cannot euro. Dr. W. II Kimberhn. Eighth and Grand avenue. Kaunas City, Mo. AnvERstTT is a Jowrl that shine brighter in our neighbor's crown than In our own S Y Herald J Sir .ViiiWji hYrt, will be sent by Crugiti Ai j C , Plillada , Pa., to any one. iu tho U S. or J Canada, postage paid, upon receipt of 25 ' Dobbins' Electric Soap wrappers Se list of novels on circulars around each bar. ( llr the time u man realize that ho Is a fool It I usually too late to realize on hi realization In(llanajoli JournaL , TESTED nr Timc For Hronchial nffec- tlon-. Coughs, etc, Ilnowf Hkov.uil. Titociirs have niKrti Uiir efficacy by a test I of many years. Price 25 ct. j Mix take with hi right hand and give with Id loft hand until bnconlder It mora profitable to tako with both. Dallas Newv Do Nor suffer from sick headache a moment longer. It i not neory CarUT LHU Liver Pills will cure you Inv, one littlo pilL Small price, Small dose. Snwll pilL MaJikek dawn tho young man' nn uurhe when It begin to bo vblble. l'ilta tiurgh Chronicto. .- Nrii:t.T every little child need Dr. Hull' ; Worm Destroyers n.va.ionally Tbe dainty candies never fail to do guod. ! ALTitornii tho carj't purchaser Is loot ing for pixid qual ty he want one that caa ' be t:cn. - fltnghamloB Itpubhc&u. j AtTono can take Carlcr. Llti! Liver ; Pill, they are so very malt No trouble to swallow. No ialn or griping after taking "Tuts is a tropical ditnli," aaid tho mon key as 1h) ulartcd after tho ooooanut. Va3hlnton Star .Vb Ojrtmtn In Plo Cnrefor ConaroptDn. Core where ctber rctauJics fall. iSc. THE GENERAL MARKETS. K.A5 C1TT. .p r!lL CATTI.C f htpptns trr. I Z SS a HatcltcrV atccr . 2 bO Natlvr cows. ; 3 m HOGS Goad lo rhoir tear; A 5J m H'HEAT-.Vo. 2 ml SJ No 3 hanl ......... VAjm COUV No. X A, OAT No.3 S3 EYE Xo.J "A m "LOLTB Palnu, pr aack ... 3 It Kaacy .......... 3 l ar ILVT UaleA T. W IHTTEC-Ctoier ereameiT . 7$ CHEESC-roll ereaai EGOs Ctar.ice. U llAOON Ham Moulder ......... 4 t-Wc ........... 3 m SU . i 4 I 1 00 ' M U 325 IU 14 W U 1 U c LAtm J 3 IVTATOES- I SO it 1 29 FT. LOUX3. CATTLE Shtpplas itrr 101 SO Batrher trcr... an ft 4 SO HOGS raekme 4 f w I W feHEEr Fair toebowe 4 fi JOOUR Cbotea lit i MTUEAT No. 2 red. .. I fr4t I 65 COK" Xo.3 - Gt a OAT-N. 3. - 14 K ETK No. 3 !S . BLTTEE Crcaacry ...... li U r"OtK . SZ3 C2HCAGO. CATTTLE Sbtrpfo; :? . 4 8 f 9 noG ivkbr rf aairtptar ivt ioo gam Fairtocfecwc , ID 1C IXOCK Aiac-T&ai.. . 0 1 WHEAT Xo. In. .. Ir iAj cosx s. x ... . t - OATS-Xo.2 . . 1432 RXX-Xa.? . . - y K BCTTEE Crcaj-T - ' ..u- V Krl m .a rv . -- . m n i ET TOES- CATTLX 0-a t prase- IM H j HOG5-Co&aioelxjie....- IS . nxLTK &oi u,clKie-.. I - WHEAT So. 3 rr - 1SH3 1IX.I COmS Sa.t Ts 7H, OAT Weavers aaa-xl. - lit t BTrTTXB CrtiKaerjr ... 31 - roJa......H. a3 t jim I APRIL WIDE AWAKE Is noted for iU great variety of ' contributions, from the frontispieco of white lilies to its amusing end-page drawing by llriiigman. "The Mysterious Choir Hoy" I a beautiful" storr full of the Easter spirit, ! by Henry Kirke VhiU Jr. The jolly April First stry, ChoiIcmyis.se Af-, dieted Holldar. Is by the author of Cape Gl Folk; "Iloiijr Wing's Sea Voj- age. the fanciful talc by K. Cumingv offers tlic Uixruriotts boy a lesson in a : pleasant jdiape; "A Lost 5:ry. by , Anna Leach: "The Story of Mr Hank l IVxk,by Louisa Trumbull Cogswell. ami 'The Ciwk of Sebastopol." are ad- , mirable sl irt stories. The young pe- ; pic in Margaret Sidneys scriaL "five Little Peppers Grown I'p. constantly ( get Into all sorts of interesting trouble. The hero of "Cab and Cab. . Kirk , Muuroe's serial, shows his "clear grit. ', "Marietta's Gin! Times are unique. In the line of articles, there Is 'Kgg rolling at the White Hou" on Eastr j Monday, by IroL Mason, with picture of llaby McKcc; "Easter Day Ileyond the isea. by Amanda It Harris. "A j Illack iTincc, by Walter Hough, of the Smithsonian Institution; "Concerning Hats, bv Grant Allen; Mr. Claains :i outspoken ""Margaret- Patty letters. Mlvs Kimmer "Figure Hrawing for Children. and 'Men ami Things. Then is al.- a beautiful Mother-? ng. by Mrs. Mary EljraU-th lUake, and a Tuscan &rti by Mrs. Cavaa. with an exquisite picture by lrvig 11. kv WltiK AwAki: is 2.0 a year; 20 eenU single DumlnT. I Lothrop Comiany. Publishers, lUfetoii. Tho Smhi Ortr -t'lioltw MaK " "Uow run I lrava thr' HttoJ ioomHj) -"The front di r m '.lil doing lcitH -t that"-N Y Hrr-.ld AToii.. Ws-alists, I'ulMi'Siter praise Hale s Hone cf H rrh.-v.iiJ . 1 '1 ar Pkc Tothache In5js I. re . . ue ra '.tj. fc THE BEST. ! Rheumatism. .. , . HQIirSlO'ia nCUIdlhlU. w . OgJcn. Mlctu Marl'.tsso. -A half Ulle of your Icvaluabla ijuslldtn. St. Jrol Oil. cuml rue of rlicu xnatUin nnl rhcu rr.tlc wclltn of tiie ktiro. !tiUit9lUi Mm: ualvi'txs." J. M. L. l"UKTra. riacrrtoa, XM, Aj;lrJ,lMa Z,kndoiaT.Z!ar fjiulr, hate ul t, Jacutn Oil for tn-u-rmifta ""1 fun! It a 5vw!jr. rffixtiTO cere." Jit'. Ag-ie Kr-Uat. IT HAS NO EQUAL. A cough or cold is a spy which has stealthily come inside the lines of health and is there to dis cover some vulner able point in the fortification of the constitution which is guarding your well-being. Th.it pomi discovered the spy reports it to the enemy on the outside. The enemy is the changeable winter climate. If the told gets iu, look out for an attack at the weak point. To avoid this, shoot the spy, kill the cold, using SCOTT'S EMULSION of pure Norwegian Cod Liver Oil and I Ivpophosphites of Lime and Soda as the weapon. It is an expert cold slayer, and fortifies the system against Consumption, Scrofula, General Debility, and all Antnnic and J I 'asting Diseases specially in Cliildren). Especially helpful for children to prevent their taking cold. t Palatable as Milk. 6PKCIAT.. SCTt' r.maWm l n"---rrt. n! I rr-Tlhi hy tb MwJIcal frttSun all o-er the w.rS U u ! Hr;rrllent " wntlfirally rmtWrvS la nch a manner a to KrcAtiy Incra. th-tr rnr4Ul value CAL'TION -Sctt' I'milwfl p or " w.lmnlT-l wrt"T. IW tnr a.t Krt thrRcnu.ne Prepared t-nly l.rV A IW'wtw.MAnufartarirnf C hmi.Kew Verk. BoJd br all Irnndt" aaaaaaiaajaaBaaamaBjai fttvCCHAM'S aPpainless. PI LL Seffectual? WORTH A GUINEA A B0XJ For BILIOUS ft NERVOUS DISORDERS Such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach. Futlnet and Slhng atier MreU, Dizzinrts, and Dromtinesi. ColdChilh.FliJthingt of Htet. Lo of IfpHitf. Shorlnttt of Bnaih. Cottirrnrts, Scurrj. tlotchrs on thi Stm. Dnturtt SJetp. Frightful Drramt. and all Ntrrout and Tnmbhng Situations Ac. THE FIRST DOSC WILLCIVK RELltF IN TWl.TV MIHUTCS. BCICHA S ftWS UUK AS DMCltO MISTOXl HUMUS TO concti HI Aim. For Sick Headache. Weak Stomach, Impaired Digestion, Constipation. Disordered Liver, etc., Ui"T ACT U AGI& StrrffHrmtrf U. moaoitar Stttm. rTti: l-re -t Ct pir.lv. trtnc"rc l'k D.b e j pt,,f. an J rn. re "'' - KOiltUO Of HCAlTHlttolt pvtkel mr?iti v. U J trxn tttw - J l - r" to tti-,ni am trttmt4 1 f at fcCECHlaTi TILLS HAVE THE LAJ16X3T SaLC Of AST MOf WETABT atE0iaE I THt W0RLO. . rrrar alr WT TIUHl H I.I Ms V. at. Hla. It.afclr. rt. ,W. frv Itrmoitmrmlly. B T ALLE CO. 3t6 za4 XT Caaal t , 'J IW Ar.nCf.rr fym la.lml rVl.VM () lrrrrtt" a lllf W III, M Il, BKEt HAM H I'lLXn t-a KM KJIT f fmr tto m, ii i tJTM AND BaOAOWAT. jC4a rtrr. fiaa! m f- ?Ml SaSaTSaWSaMSaSai t.La- 1 THE MOST SKILLFUL AMD SCKN7IFIC MAilXIO .-. .. a a 91 .A- - fa. - - aa tea Hillaw ! 4 'Z&z1!! Pi.-s r.rxrm ron cataejcil tx. txit tn c. la; isAri U bssMtUe. A txz U crruav '? Cow ta the ivra n hm io trjmi. j.fdffT-aa. Mm Tutt's Pills aJtaal4s Ik tmrpii Utt. atraactaw a tlae4icltv atftav rarla (At ANTIULIOUS MEOICIIE. la aaalarfal 4!atrirta tm4r lrtwn rnr aK4ytn ! tavry pmum i -liar arvatftln la f rrriac ' fraaa SUmS aiiaau Dcaair mu an. S&e. S14 Ererxvk Gfttee. 44 Jiumx Su Xr Tork. BORE WELLS ! f VS Kfc.jai a Cia MONEY! n;u n iii MamTt a-r Mir CK a- 4 auifcCUTIB rBfTX. TV 'l a WaOa . ata. rILt ajr S taQp at tKlxu.ialrT LDilflS k lYKii. TIFF1JI. - OHIO. Cauiofu FMSE.I j j - m. Jaf9VJ j rxux an tifsai m Ifs sometimes said patent medicines are for the igno rant. The doctors foster this idea. -The people," we're told, "are mostly ignorant when it comes to medical science." Suppose thev arc! What a sick man needs is not knowl edge, but a cure, and the medi cine that arcs is the medicine for the sick. Dr. Pierces Golden Med ical Discovery aires the "do believes " and the " don't be lieves," There's no hesitance about it, no uif" nor -possibly." It says " I can cure you, onlv do as I direct." Perhaps it fails occasionally. The makers hear of it when it does, because they never keep the money when the medicine fails to do good. Suppoe the doctors went on that principle. (We beg the doctors' pardon. ' It wouldn't do I ) Choking, sneezing and every other form of catarrh in the head, is radically cured by Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Fifty cents. Hy diuggists. YOU FULL B B I Son 1-- Hr tkl - r , .1. .frit im4 pratbl- liir j-rf It an ?& n r a itf I JM "Tk lWr Opoc,..!! .. t ' " fc -w lir.mil. St .. rar f-- R0rrf.rlrA tn kbi -ef f ir i s IK-MI ,. rr.(.i,rriKi.i'ir (.mm. i It .i.KH lnlk.) a. 4J tui rr.M-7 mm r ... 100 LESSONS IN -- BUSINESS SI.QO D.rr IS. .d -h Vnlkt. THE BURROWS It Oft. CO . a.tTIUlJtD. CKia irajw.-vo KOll vu. a-KAa( run ttrtt , ' KUK K Xa IWX. r Tas. rra.l TMC KANSAS CITY i me&p? MEDICAL SURGICAL SANITARIUM T 4 4all Clar4H-4c 4M4l TWlrfMMUaHBlinM -ta On 4.Wt ..... i 4 fc. . a. (W l.i'W '.' a i " ' .i.ii aat !' 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