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SMALL THINGS.
Dr. Tnlmnffo Proachos Hla Fnrowoll
Sermon in London.
l.rMotu Drawn 1'ruin tlio "'plttcr Web
.Snmll Mm Mny Ortnr Itnlll They
might tlio Church nr Hutu the
family Tim Toiler' Howard.
Rev. T. DeWltt Tnlmago prenched
Ms farewell t-ormon to the peoplo of
Hnghuul In the Crystal Palace, Lon
don, to ml immense) congregation. His
text was from I'rov. xx. 38: "The
spider takcth liolil with her hands and
is in Kings-paiacca." jjr.iaiumgo mini: ,
Dr. Tniuingo wild
Permitted us I wns u few days ago to
attend the meeting of the llrltlsl, Scion-
title tissoelutlon at lMlnburgli, I found
that no paper read hud excited more
Interest than that by Rev. Dr. McCook,
of America, on thu subject of spiders.
It seems that my talented countryman,
banished from his pulpit for a short
time by 111 health, had In tho Holds and
forests given himself to the study of
insects. And surely If It Is not beneath
the dignity of (Sod to innke spiders, itls
not beneath the dignity of man to study
them.
Weiuc all wntchlng'for phenomena.
A sky full of stars shining from .hum
tiry to January calls out not co many
remurks as thu blasting of ono meteor.
A wholo Hock of robins take not .so
much of our attention us ono blunder
ing b.it darling into the window on a
hummer eve. Tilings of ordinary t-omid,
and sight, and occurrence, fall to rrneh
us, and yet no grasshopper ever springs
up in our path, no moth ever dashes in
to the evening candle, no mote ever
floats In the sunbeam that pours through
the crack of the window shutter, no
barnuclo on ship's hull no burr on u
chestnut, no limpet clinging to u rock,
no rind of an artichoke but would teach
us a lesson if wo were not so stupid.
(Sod in Ills Bible sets forth for our con
sideration the lily, and tho snowllake,
and the locust, mid tho stork's nest and
tho hind's foot, and the aurora
borealis and the ant hills. Ono
of the sacred writers, sitting anild tho
mountains, sees a hind skipping over
the rocks. Tho hind has such n pe
culiarly shaped foot that it can go over
the steepest places without fulling and
us the prophet looks upon the, marking
of tho hind's foot on the rocks and
thinks of tho Divine eare over him. lie
says; "Thou murkest my feet like
hinds' feet that I may walk on high
places." And nnothcr sacred writer
seas the ostrich leaving Hi iygg in the
sand of tho desert, and without any
care of incubation, walk off; and tho
Scripturo says, that is like some par
cuts, leaving their children without
any wing of protection or care. In my
text, inspiration opens before us the
gate of a palace, and wo are inducted
amid tho pomp of tho throne ntid tho
courtier, and whllo we are looking
around upon tho magnificence, inspira
tion points us to a spider plying its
shuttle and weaving its nut on the wall.
It docs not call us to regurd the grand
surroundings of thu palace, but to a
solemn and earnest consideration of
tho fact that: "Tho spider takcth hold
with her hands, and is in kings'
palaces."
It is not very certain what was tho
particular specie of insect spoken of in
tho text, but 1 shall proceed to lenrn
from it tho exquisitencs of tho Divine
mechanism. The king's chamberlain
comes into the palace, and looks around
and sees the thu spider on tho wall, and
says: ''Away with that intruder," and
the servant of Solomon's palaco.comcs
with his broom nnd dashes down thu
insect, saying: "What u loathsome
thing it is." Hut under microscopic In
spection I find it more woadrous of con
struction than tho embroideries of. tho
palace wall, and the upholstery about
tho windows. All the machinery of the
earth could not make anything so deli
cate und beautiful as the prehensile
with which that spider clutches his
prey, or as any of its eight eyes. Wo
do not liavo to go so fur up to sco tho
power of 'God in tho tapestry hanging
around tho windows of Heavon, or in
tho horses or chnrioWmf lire with which
tho dying day departs, or to look at thu
mountain swinging out its sword arm
from under the mantle of darkness un
til it can strlko with its scimutar of tho
lightning, jllovo better tostudy God
in tho sliapo of a fly's whig, In tho for
mation of a fish's sMaleJ In the snowy
whiteness of a poud Illy. I lovo to
track His footsteps in thu mountain
moss and to hear Ills voice in tho hum
of tho rye llclds, and discover tho rustle
of Ills robe of light in tho south ,wind.
O, this wonder of divine power that can
build a habitation for God In an applo
blossom, and tune a bee's vpico until it
is fit for the eternal orchestra, und can
sav to a firefly: "Let there bo lkbt:"
und from holding an ocean In tho Dtem
low of Ills hand, goc3 forth tooa( Bj
heights, und depths, and lentftnjJdiDK
breadth of omnlpotency In a dew? B
and dismounts from tho chariot of
night hurlcano to cross over on tin,
nenslon brldgo of a spider's wub. (
may take your tolescopo und swefle end
across tho iienvons in oruor to uc,
tho glory of God, but I shall take-Neb.
leaf holding tho spider and tho'' spit
web and I bhall bring tho micros
to my cyo and whllo I gaze and
:'is
and study and am confounded
kneel down in tho grass nnd
'Groat and marvelous are Thy wl
Lord God Almighty!"
Again, my text teaches mo thai
significance is no excuse for inacj
This spider Unit Solomon haw ovfoA.
wail migni navu saw; i niu i v
1....1. n.rt,.4l .if Mil rvrint nnlnpn '
orthy of this great palace; !
amid all this gold emhrol
,ablo to make any thing ft "f
. a place n-ul so 1 will uotjl R
ilng jenny." Not s , wild tho
c wuw ? w . ,- -' j.-.. ,,......
can I do ami
I am not
bo grand
my spinning jenny,
spider. "Tho spider talatli hold with
her hands." O. what a lesson that Is
for you and mol You say If you had
isonio groat sermon to preach, if you
onlv had a irr.'at audieuee to talk to. If
you had a great array to marshal, If
you only had a constitution to write, If
tliero was some tremendous tiling In
tho world for you to do then you
would bhow us. Yes, you would how
us! What If the Lcvlto in tho nnclont
temple had refused to siiulT tho candle
because he could not be a high priest?
What If tho humming bird should re
fuse to sing Its song Into tho car of tho
honeysuckle been use It cannot, like the
eagle, dash It wing Into the .sun'.'
What If the rain drop should refuse to
dosend because It Is not a Niagara?
What If the spider of the text should re
fuse to move Its shuttle because It can
not weave n Solomon's robe? Away
w ltlt such folly. If you are lny with thu
one talent you would be In sty with tho
t n talents. If Mlloeannot lift the calf
ho never will have strength to lift the
ox. In the Lord's army there Is order
for promotion, but you cannot be a gen
eral until you have been a captain, a
lieutenant and u colonel It Is step by
. .. . . . . . ... ,. . ,. ., .-
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- " " " ' -' Z n ,h
what God commands you to do. God is
not ushamed to do small things. Ho Is
not nshtimcd to be found chiselling u
grain of sand, or helping u honey bee
to construct Its cell with iiiathoniiitlcal
accuracy, or tinging u shell In the surf,
or Hhuplug thu bill of nehiilllneh. What
God does, he does well. What you do,
do well, be It a great work or u small
work. If ten talents employ all the
ten. If five talents employ nil tho live.
If ono talent, employ the one. If only
the thousandth part of a talent, employ
that "Re thou faltful unto death, and
I will give then the crown of lifts." 1
tell you If you uro not faithful toGod In
a small sphere, you would be Indolent
and inslgnlllcant in a large sphere.
Agnln, my text teaches me that re-
pnlslvcnoss and loathesontencM will
sometimes climb up Into very elevated
places. You would have tried to have
killed tho hplder that Solomoti saw.
You would lrivo said: "This is no
plneo for it. If that spider Is deter
mined to weave a web, let it do so down
in the collar of this palace, or in somu
dark dungeon." Ah! the spider of the
text could not be discouraged. It
clambered on, and clambered up high
er, nnd higher, and higher, until after
awhile it reached thu king's vision, and
he said: "The spider takcth hold with
her hands, and is in tho king's palaces."
And so it often is iioiv that things that
nro loathsome and repulsive get up into
very elevated places.
The church of Christ, for Instance, Is
a palace. The King of Heaven and
earth lives In it. According to the
lliblc, her beams are 6f cedar, and her
rafters of fir, and her windows of agate,
and fountains of salvation dash a rain
of light. It is a glorious palace the
church of God Is; and yet, sometimes,
unseemly nnd loathsome things creep
up into it cvil-sptaklng, nnd rancor,
and slander, and buck biting, and abuse,
crawling up on the walls of tho church,
spinning a web from arch to arch, and
from tho top of one communion tankard
to tho top of another communion. Glo
rious pahico In which there ought only
to bo light and love, and pardon nnd
grace; yet a spider in the palace!
r Home ought to be a castle. It ought
to bo tho residence of everything royal.
Kindness, love, peace, patience, and
forbenrnnco ought to ho the princes re
siding there; and yet sometimes dissi
pation crawls up into that home, nnd
tho jealous eye comes up, and the scene
of peace and plenty becomes tho sccno
of domestic jargon and dissonance.
Yon say: "What is tho matter with the
home?" I will tell you what is the
matter with it. A spider In the palace.
A well developed Christian character
is a grand tiling to look at. You sco
some man with great intellectual und
spiritual proportions. You say: "How
usoful that man must bo!" Rut you
11ml, amid all his splendor of faculties,
thero is homo prejudice, some whim,
home evil habit, that a great many peo
ple do not notice, but that you have
happened to notice, and is gradually
spoiling thnt nmn's character it is
gradually going to injure his enttro in
fluence. Others may not see it, but you
.110 anxious in regard to his wcllfurc,
und now you discover it. A dead fly in
the ointment. A spider in the palace.
Again, my text teaches mo that per
severance will mount Into thu king's
palace. It must have seemed a long
distance for that spider to climb in Sol
omon's splendid residence, but it start
ed at tho very foot of the wall and
wont up over tho panels of Lcbnuqn
cedar, higher und highor, until it stood
higher thnn tho highest throne in all
tho nations tho throno of Solomon.
And so God has decreed It that many
of those who nro down In tho'dust of
sin and dishonor shall gradually attain
to tho King's palace. We weo it in
worldly things. Who is that banker In
l'lilhulclphia? Why, ho used to bo tho
boy who held the horses of Stephen
Glrnrd whllo tho millionaire went in to
collect his dividends. Arkwrlght toils
on up from a barber's shop until he
gets into tho palace of invention.' Sex
tus V. tolls on up from tho ofllco of a
in iWuv) until Uorfi' '"Vtj ,tha s-iato
aocident one asy this wee, ut'cuho
nrlcinir with a cisohnc etove
til
an eiolosion took plioo burnio
is-
sovcrofv about tho faoo and bo
av-
Echo.
g.
ho
Tho IUngling Bros., circus wa
nd
best over bold in ilea uioua.
than 8000 neoplfl attended it.
ay
(ue,
were in attendance in the afte
cat
and more than 2000 at night,
good and drew people from 30
mU.es distance.
Ills
o in
as Is
On last Thursday, soaictiui
raar-
rs or
residence of Fred G. Blakcslcj and
entered bj burglar, while the ilaco
was absent, ana Ibrcc valuahloigols
stolen. The house was coml Tho
raniacked, but no further vaPJ""
were taken. Fred thinks the -
were scared away, and fled wof tho
they could carry away esfibtf 0f tho
DVWUIIWWI 0
King numb. ,. -it.no grace of God
tnuy wo till reach It, O, Heaven is uot
n dull place. It is not a worn out man
blon with faded curtains and outland
ish chairs nnd cracked ware. No; it is
fresh and fnlr and beautiful as though
It wcro completed yesterday. Tho
kings of the earth shall bring their
honor and glory into it.
A
palae,e rneans, hplondor oL upart
itti. Now, I do not' know'' whero
ment
Heaven is, and I do not know how It
looks, but if our bodies nro to 1ms resur
rected In tho last day I think Heaven
must have a material splendor us well
rtn n spiritual grandeur. Oj what
grandeur of apartments when that
Divine hand which plunges the sea. Into
blue and the foliage into green and
sots the sunset on lire shall gather all
the beautiful colors of earth around his
throne, and when that arm which,
lifted tho pillars of Alplno rock and
bent the arch of the jky skull raise Iw
fore our soul tho eternal architecture,
and that hand which hung with loop
of tire the curtulns of morning shall
prepare the upholstery of our kingly
residence.
A palace menus splendor of banquet.
There will be no common ware on that
table. Thero will bo no unskilled mu
sicians tit that entertainment Thero
will be no scanty supply of fruit or
bevcrup-e. There have been banquets
spread Uint cost $1,000,000 each, but
who can tell the untold wealth of that
banquet? I do not know whether
,1 nhii's description of it Is literal or
I'gurntlVc. A great' many wise people
tell ir.o it Is figurative; but prove It, 1
do not know but that it may bu literal.
1 do not know but that tliero mny be
real fruits plucked from the tree of life.
I do not know but that Chrlht referred
to the re.il Juice of the grape when ho
said that we should drink new wino In
our 1'uther's Kingdom, but not the In
toxfentlug stuff of thin worhl'i brew
ing. I do not say it is po; but I have as
much right for thinking It is so as you
havo for thinking thu other way. At
nriy Vato it will bo a glorious banquet,
ilarkl the chariots rumbling in tho
distance. 1 really bellevo tho guests
nro coining now. The gates swing
open, the guests dismount, the palace
Is filling and all the chalices, Hashing
with pearl und amethyst and carbuncle,
are lifted to tho lips of the myriad ban
queters, whllu standing In robes of
snowy wliltu they drink to the honor of
our glorious King. "0," you say, "that
1 1 too grand a place for you and for
me." No, it is not. If a spider, accord
ing to tho text, could crawl up on tho
wall of Solomon's palacethould not our
poor souls, through the blood of Christ,
mount up from the depths of their sin
and shame and finally reach tho palace
of the eternal King? "Where sin
abounded, grace shall much more
abound, that whereas sin reigned unto
death, even so mny grace reign through
righteousness unto eternal life by .lesus
Christ our Lord." One Hash of that
coming glory obliterates the sepulchre
Years ago, with lanterns und torches
and a guide, we went down in tho
Mammoth cave of Kentucky. You may
walk fourteen miles and sco no sunlight
It is a stupendous place. Some places
the roof of the cave is one hundred feet
high. The grottoes filled with wlerd
echoes, cascades falling from Invisible
height to invisible depth. Stalagmites
rising from the floor of the cave stal
actites descending from the roof of tho
cave joining each other and making
pillars of the Almighty's sculpturing.
There are rosettes of amethyst in halls
of gypsum. As the guide curries
his lantern ahead of you tho shad
ows have an appearance supernatural
and spectral. The darkness Is fear
ful. Two people, getting lost from
their guide for only n fow
hours years ago, were demented, and
for years sat in their insanity. You
feel like holding your breath as you
walk across the bridges that seem to
span the bottomless nbyss. Tho guide
throws his calcium light down into tho
caverns and the light rolls und tosses
from rock to rock and from depth to
depth, making ut every plunge a new
revelation of the awful power that
could have made such a pluce as that
A sense of suffocation comes upon you
as you think that you are 230 feet In u
straight line from the sunlit surface of
tho earth. Tho guide, after awhile,
takes you into what is called tho "Star
ry Chamber," and then he says to you:
"Sit hero," and then he takes tho
lantern and goes down under tho
rocks, nnd it gets darker and darker
until tho night is so thick that tho
hand nu inch from tho eye is unobscrvu
blc. An then, by kindling ono of tho
lanterns, and placing in a cleft of the
rock, thero is a reflection cast on the
dome of tho cave, and there nro stars
coming out in constellations a bril
liant night heavens and you Involun
tarily exclaim: "Reautlfull beautiful!
Then h u takes the lantern down in
other depths of thu cavern and wanders
on, and wanders on, until lie comes up
from behind the rocks gradually, and It
seems like tho dawn of thu morning
and it gets brighter. Tho guide is a
skilled ventriloquist, mid he imitates
the voices of thu morning, mid soon tho
gloom Is all gone, and you stand con
gratulating yourself over tho wonder
ful spectacle.
Well, there are a great many pcopUi
who look down into the grave us a grca
cavern. They think It Is a thousand
miles subterraneous, and as thq echocw
bcem to bu thu voices of despair, and
the cascades seem to bo thu falling
tcara that nlwuys fall, and thu glooin
of earth seems coming upinstalagmlto,
and tho gloom of thu eternal world
seems descending In the stalactite,
making pillars of Indescribable horror.
Tho grave is no such place us that to
me, thank Godl Our Divlno Guidi
takes us down into tho great caverns
and wo have tho lamp to our feet und
tho light to our path and n)l tho ochoet
in the rift of tho rook are anthems, and
all tho falling waters nro fountains ot
salvation, and, after awhile, we look up,
and behold, the cavern of the tomb has
become a King's star chamber. And,
whllu we aro looking at tho pomp of it,
and everlasting morning begins to rise,
and till tho tears ot earth crystulLra
Into htulnormlto. rlalntr un in a nlllnr on
the one Hide, and nil tho glories of
Heaven seem to lie descending in a
stalactite, making a pillar on the other
side, and you push ugulnst the gatts
that swings between the two plllnrr,,
ami, as that gate nasties open, you unu
. ....
inn ono oi mo iwoivugnics wiiioii uro
twelve pearls, lilessed bo Clod, that
through this gospel thu mammoth cure
of tho sepulchre hits become tho il
luminated star chamber of tho King!
O, tho palaces! the eternal palacca! Tlu
King's palaceal
INDIANA.
Ilk Tlu Initiiitry in .Vuurlrit
I'nrinnltr
liutliiiitril.
At n gratxl opening of tho tin works
nt Klwood mi Heptemher lit, Gov. Me
Klnley, of Ohio, 'nii present and made
tho dedicatory ui'dress to a large con
course of pool W from till over the
state. In his return hs the champion of
protection priictVully Illustrated thu
benefits o the system und delivered
wmio telling sluuts at the free trade
democrats. The- following is the gist
ot the speech:
All ncren that the t-wao which Is oomm inilliu:
the mo.41 nttiMitioa mul which Is moM iixm Ihn
niliuln of Iho people t the iuutloti of the tar
lit. It requires la this umnlry u lltiln mure
than I wi,u)0,an) ewry yenr in meet Hit) current
uhllKiitlon of (he gincrmiK'nt A million ot
ilolturs imint ixi ruNeit cery tneiitvfniir hours.
Now there ro two ldniN of vnrllT, the eno it
prutcctiva tarllf. uiUoealeil ty thu republican
))irly The other I the tnrld fur ret rutin only,
tiitvoi'nicd tv tho lU'tnofnillu pitrty i'.lther Die
protictttuor tho reienuo ItirllT "III provlile the
money rt qnlitltc for putillc pui-pomx Hut i lev
diuo t.trlrt will ilo nolltliitt i ln hut ritlso rev
enue It is it turtol t hit It excludes utery other
ruuilth't-ittton hut terunue. it turns u tle.tf ear
to the 1 thor unit lie wnsfes ituil liutustrli's of the
country. A iirutectlte titrlrf pi rfornn tho
further Frt lie ot protcrlluri iiuililefcmlltigmiu
niumniKltu-' unit iHlmulittlnu tho luiluitrlcs unit
tin tjrles of out ou n jieoplc.
Tim Inrllt on Unit pitcher Is til per cent It
tun put there iwt ulono for rctriiue, but nlo It
tiuilil up twit protect tho moat Industry of imt
tery In the t'liltcil Slittts. linn hitppy to mir
tl hai Mucct s fully done It. Wo lute not tinder
tin turf ot Ol it ctnt. the iiionI splendid
pitlh rv Jnduslrtvs Unit end lie Miiiul uii.wihcro
lu the world, nnd ttu mo xiipplylti it lirer
Mure of tlio Anierlciin lunrlfot io-d.i uihIkU
ln' i mpliiynleut to thoiwuids of Ainorleun
trurUluifini'U.ikud wo nroitlWtur to tho Ami rlcin
(otiiMiimr chuJiicr itottcrv nnd crocl.ery than
In. t vor li.ul liefore. Sixty per cent, encoiinnjt
iho homo production of It. Thnt Is whiil It wnt
put there for. I put It thorn mjMulf.
Tliero In not tin urtlclo of hardware, there Is
tint mi urtlclo of w not or cotton, tin ro Is not Im
nrttcle of Iron, there Is not nu urtlclo of kIusn or
pullcry tin' hits not been cheapened to the
American consumer by domestic inaimriictwo,
undo possible by it protective tnrlff.
Hut, niv fcllow-Utlcns, they miy thU protiv
the t.irllt l.s a burden ti)ion Iho American km
pie Tin re Is not a mnn In Indiana who kniras
Hero Ik nny Mich thin as n proloctUo tntilt
luw from nny ivryohnl ixprrleticcof his own of
Ihu burdens of it proUctlio t'trlft not one.
Tlirro 1 4 lint it mnn or uoiiintt In Indiana t hn does
not luiotv there Is a protective Uirlft from Iho
liIeshlnRS that heexpcrlenccs tinder Unit syntrm.
Well, ti man Is not cry much hurt If ho hit to
to told uljout 11. It'Is the IiurIiicsh of the demo
cratlc lenders thlu je.ir to point out how you
aro MtifterliiK. Wo luivo been under a protective
tnrlff for more tli.ui thlrly-ono jr.irs. In that
tlmo ttu huo fotiKhtonoGf tliotiitKlittcst rubcl
lions tu history, spent millions nnd billions of
dollars timUlm: ono enormous debt, nnd yot
ulnco 1870 wo 1mm paid olt more thnn two thou
wind millions of Unit debt and ltss limn a thou
H.iiiil millions rrmitlu. Hits it burdened 'thu
unites? In Ipsa thnn twenty jenrn tho luxation
In this stulu lus been icdiiied twenty per rrnt
Mas It burdened tho counties nnd mtiuirlpnllllcitf
In twenty yo.ir tho t.-ntttlon has been dimin
ished forty-tlto per cent., Iho debts of the utatn
und debts of tho municipalities nnd tho dehtH of
tl'o counties tint o fallen from fifteen to twrutv
per cent. In less lhan twenty yearn, nnd no far
ui tho IniUilduit !rt concorncd wo wero novcr bo
prosperous In nil our history us wo nro to-day.
An I understand It, It N tho purposo of thin
meetlns hero to-day und tho objeot lesson which
youuru IohcoIk to continue that w hat lliey havo
hitherto bellovcd was not truo Is In fact true.
ThudcmocrutH H.ty wo cunnot niolio this, wo
cannot ninko that, Uioy tuy wo, cannot make tin
pl.itul 'Why, they h.iM a fow yearn uro wo
could not malio steel rails. Thoy mild wo could
not iruiko mIIU. they mild wa niuld not mnko pot
tery and Bliss. They oalil wc could not miko
watches, and yet wo aro making every one of
thr-m, und to-day under protcclho tariffs wo nro
tho ilrst manufacturing nation of tho world
Why should not tho democrats as well us tho
republicans wnnt a tln-pl.tto factory In thU
country? Would yvu not rntt r havo a tln-plato
f "".ory In )our mUbit tlu. elves omplnymtfit to
S i0 men than to havo all democratic offices In
thoHlatont Indluna What Is tin plato? Ills
u pluco of xhool Iron or sheet steel coated with
tin you know more about It tlnn I do, If you
Iho hero where It Ii made, and thoso who do
not havo seon it to-.liy, and It Is u ilemonstra-
tl..tli,tt ft... ,l..tnAi.. .tin In iitnru tir, ttrnm.
Why should thoy bu oppotod to half a dozen '
great tin Industries in tho state of Indiana?
Thero U no reason lu tho world unless It la bo
ciuso you will reduco tho democratic majority
In Iho Htuto. Kvery othor consideration de
mand i it.
Tho democratic, party Is tho party of predic
tion, nnd If results didn't otertnko tho predic
tion it would bo tho greatest party in tho world.
Audit fuuts didn't outrun thoso predictions It
would be tho most successful party In tho
world. Tho last twelvo months wo Hold more
than u billion dollars of American productions
to l'uropo, u point never reached botoro in nil
our history, and wo bought moro product from
abnud than wn ever did In uny twolvo moot lis
of our history, and when Kuropo nctt)od tho
balance of trado w 1th us isho paid Into our com
merce thirty million dollars In cold to oxprews
tho excess of what we sold to them over what
wo bought of them.
U hut a Wife CoU.
A wife Is, as a rule, comddered a vory
ejcponslvo luxury, though many a
man has discovered that tho economical
liubltn and good inunugement of tlio
womau he lias married save him many
a dollar that somehow prior to her com
ing hud managed to Klip out of hlspurso
lu the most exasperating manner, lint
of course there aro women and women,
and Mich a one, like in any another
treasure, is a rare find, only discovered
once lu u very great while. As a rule
Iho mnn who coutemplate marriage
must expect to buy her a hut for ctich
scaRon, and if sua has a mania for mil
linery, as bo many women have, there
will he many u ono coaxed or cajoled
,fioin him In between times,. Fall and
npiing she will wnnt five or six now
gowns, with their trimmings und their
making to be' paid for as well us the
cost of tho material, ut leust two coats
a year ono, a kculskin If Jio can afford
It for 'vomeu havo jt weakness for tho
dark, silky fur; shoes, stockings, lin
gerie, gloves, ruchingb, veils, parasols
ami stick pins an often as she goes by
the shops, and uny other trifle In tho
jewelry lino that he or she can man
uge to buy. Now, this sounds ilko pos
itive luxury, but It Is no mpro thun tho
most ordiuury feminine heart desires,
though in different cases thu expense
of a womuti's wardrobo is Increased or
lessened by tho price she pays for tho
Various urtieles that go to make up it
entirety. N. Y, Advertiser.
Tuk annual report of tho state alrnn-
. house at Tewksbury, Mass., for I8U1
shows that there were 2,1)1 ft persons ml
inittcd, of whom only 871 wero born In
Massachusetts, whllo 1,034 wero born in
Ireland.
Tine widowed Princess Nasol Is tho
only upper class woman in Egypt who
. uiii v
) , 'no:..'ctl lo fcc0 men and has thin nrlv
, ii..,.,, ,tlrolli. thu sncciul order of tho
sultan.
A uu.NUiiKii years ago William Mut
tloch "Illuminated his homu with gas
mado lu an Iron kettle, and burnt nt tho
cud of an open Iron tubo.')
M' K.N LEY IN
INSECTS' MAKE SHELLAC.
I.lttto't'rrntitrr. WliiKe M'oiidrrlnt
Work
Item-Ills .Mankind.
What makes your derby stiff'.' Shel
lac. Whati hv sealing-wax'.' Shellac
fhlelly, principally. What is shollnc?
It Is the proituitof a composite mans
that Is found om the young twigs and
branches of tlaj hutca, uroton and othor
trees that grow In tho countrlos of the
east,
Shollno Is enusuuiFil In great qiiantl
ties all over the worltl In coinmorco and
in arts. If Is kopt In tho shops and
waruhoiisos lu largo hogsheads. It
varies In color and thickness und Is
tr.itikpurcuL It comes In broken pieces
of Irregular sires, sumo of It being very
thin.
The crude mass from which shellac Is
obtained is produced by asiiiall Insect
(eocars Iticebl resembling munewhiitthu
coi'lilnc.il. This Insect Is hatched, ma
tures and dies on thesj twigs. A num
ber of female Insects, with a fow males,
fasten themselves upon the tender twig
and puncture the bark. A tenacious
fluid e.Miiles und envelops them. The
Insects feed upon this julot derive their
nourishment from It and deposit their
eggs within it.
The initios only htive wlhgs, and ns
soon ns tho females begin to die a few
females and the males go toother trees.
After the females Unit remain lu this
guliitluous mass have deposited their
eggs mid have tiled, thu eggs hatch out
vhe young Insects. The young burrow
through the dead bodies ot their moth
ers to the surface of the mass und cover
the neighboring branches.
The eggs tuo deposited close to1 tho
bark, so that they are protected by
their mothers' b.idles and by thu mass
that has exuded und enveloped tho'fe-
male insects,
l'lnally the young twigs are com
pletely covered with a thick, hard, rus
inous substance.
When the females illn tho frames of
their bodies form little cells like those
of a honeycomb. Asa result of tkvolti
position there are the elements, ot a
beautiful purple dye,
i When thesi) twigs havo buotno sttlll
elcntly loaded with this resinous mass
the natives of the countries lu which
these trees grow strip thu trees of thesu
twigs and break them into small sticks.
Thoso pieces arc called sticklac. These
broken Irtvlgs aro Immersed In hot water
nnd the hard resinous substance is
kneaded with thu hands to press out
thu purple dye stuff. After tho gela
tinous mass has liecouiusutllclcntly soft
U is taken out and dried. It Is then put
Into coarse cloth bags nnd suspended
close to charcoal linn.
Presently the mass begins tp molt.
Uy twisting tho lugs the mass Is
Afpteccd out, dropping onto Hat sticks
placed for that purpose.
As It is dropping from thu bags it
hardly strikes the sticks be tore it Is
cooled by the air. It forms Into thin
cakes as it is deposited on theso stluks
on narrow Hat boards nnd dries.
Theso cakes or sheets aro called shel
lac. As tho incited mass Is dropping from
the eloth bags small drops unavoidably
fall to the ground mid dry in llttlo
ruund bodies called cotton-lac. Other
and larger pieces that also full to the
ground and dry are called plate-lac,
Tho liquid In which tlio sliick-lao or
small pieces of tho twigs covered with
tho crude mass was soaked Is now filled
with the results of decomposition and
ether matters. It Is stralnod and evap
orated until tho residue i a purplo
mass. The residue Is thoro uglily dried
nnd cut into square cakes about two
inches square, wii ich are stampcd'wlth
certain marks which Indicate the qual
ity of tho dye. They aro then carefully
packed for the market,
Tho purple- dyoobtalned from this
source Is used to a great oxtjnt. Tho
beautiful scarlet shiido in Boldlers' eloth
is produced by tlio uso of this purple
dye. Tho annual consumption of this
lac dyo amounts to 1,300, 000 pounds.
Thu lae Insect Is a native of Slam,
Assam, llunnah, llengal und Muelabar.
The proportion of males to females is 1
to 5,000.
The best shellac is that which Is most
completely freed from Impurities, and
which approaches nearest to a light
orange-brown color. If tho coloring
matter Is not nil washod out tho rcsln
Is often very dark, consequently thoro
are different varieties, such as orange,
garnet and liver.
Tho Juice of tho trees is somovhat
changed by the insects. So that if any
ono tells you that1 shellac Is'a,, rcsln,"
ho is not correctly inf6rmod'. Shellac
is not tho simple julco of tho tree, but
It is the result of tho notion ot tlio in
sects upon'tho juico or resin. Hhollao
contains several peculiar resins.
Thu great valuu of shellac Is Its uso In
making varnishes, on account of the
Jlne, hard polish it imparts to tho var
nish. A Hue, thin preparation imido of
this material constitutes the lacquer
with which brass und other metals aro
coated to preserve tholr polish,
In olden times common beeswax was
used for sealing envelopes. The wax
was mixed with earthy materials to
give it consistency. It wat dltllcitlt to
preserve It, however, as oven a llttlo
heat tended to soften it. Later, gum
wub introduced for this purposo, and
then camo sealing wax, whloh Is mado
ohletly of shellac, i 'i'jio scaling wax
that comes from India Is tho purest,
nnd is mado almost entirely of shellac,
verinllllon or some other pigment bjlng
mixed with It for color. All of tlio
vnrieties of shellac are translucont, und
some of tho finer varieties uro in shoots
an thin as writing papor.
lly softening shellac with licut it mny
bo drawn out und twisted into almost
white sticks, and of a line, silky luster.
Kxtreiue benuty Is given to Chines?
worlis of art by tho use of shellac; somu
of tliom aro very anolent nnd of groat
value. Thoy aro ehlolly chow-chow
boxes, tea basins or other snjall objects
mado of wood or mo till. Thoy nro cov
ered w tth a coat of shellac, colored with
verinllllon, nnd whllo tho layer ot uhol
lae Is foft and pliable It Is molded und
Bhancit into beautiful patterns. Homo
ot tlieio works thus ornamented aro so
raru and beautiful that even In China
they coit fabulous minis.
The amount ot shellac- that was Im
ported-Into Host on for tho year ondlng
,ltno :!(( 1800, was 77.!V7i) pounds, and
was worth f 14,11.17. The total amount
Imported Into tho t'nltal States for tho
year ending .luno 111), IM), was 4,7i'0,4(M
pounds, of the value nt fS(rJ,7.1. Vor
tho year of 1330 the number of pounds
Imported Into the ITnlted States was
fi,r)in,!i7:i. lloslon (Tlohc.
HOW HE CONQUERED.
lltmliioss mul l.nvn Happily lllrnileil A
I'rrtty Itimnttirtt.
Detroit posrtosses oue-of tho most mod
est inen In the world. Vet, wit.hnl, ho
hi very successful in business, nnd now
he Is 'successful inihls heart nifalr.
Posh! hi v It was beeaiiHO ho wns so
busy that he had no time to learn tho
art of love, but whether so or not, It Is
truo that in Home II f teen years of man
hood he had made nn- progreas lit secur
ing a mate until within the last three
months.
A year ago a very Intelligent nnd
haiidsomo young woman took a position
in his olllco as typewriter.
Prom the very beginning he admired
her, nnd day after day as she did her
work this ailinlratlon grew Into some
thing stronger. Six months nf tor her
Ilrst iluy's work ho had called at her
mother's house to see her, nnd after
that he lilted her still Isilter, und It
soon biieamu evident that she hud a
preference for him, but his dluidencn
was too great and ho never dared venture-
beyond the limit of a pleasant
friendship, or, at least, ho never nion
tinned It to-any ouo If ho did, and least
of nil to tho pretty typawiitor.
A mouth ago, however, a happy
thought struck him Mill ho proceeded
to put. It Into execution. About 4
o'clock one af ternoon he eamu Into his
place of business with fin air ot heroic
determination.
"I wish. Miss 1).," ho said to the
young woman, "you would bring your
typewriter Into my private olllco. I
have a special letter I want written."
"Certainly," she replied and followed
hint, tho porter carrying the Instru
ment. "Now," ho said, when everything
was lived nnd the door shut, "will you
please write carefully what I havo to
say?"
She nodded and tho Instrument began
to click:
Detroit, Mich., July 10, 1893.
Dear Mother:
1 write you to-day to Inform you of a
fact which 1 am sure you will bo glad
to hear of. For tho Ilrst tlino In my llfo
I am In lovis,
Tho instrument gave a halt ehoko and
thu girl appeared to have caught her
linger or lieen hurt some way, but tho
mnn gavo little heed to It,
"The woman" ho went on, "who has
won my heart Is rich "
Again tho instrument hitched and the
poor llttlo typewriter gavo a gasp. It
had not occurred to her beforo to think
so much ot this man.
"In all the graces," ho said slowly,
"whloh ooustltute truu womanliness,
and If for my heart which sho has un
knowingly tuken from mo, I may hopo
to win hori I am suro I shall have a
wife and you'll daughter wo shall both
bo proud of."
Tho pretty typowrlter hud recovered
her wonted skill nnd was writing along
without u flutter.
"I have never spokon to her," ho.con
tinned, "on the stibjoct, nnd perhaps I
may never do so, for I cannot, unlosa
there Is hope for Jove, for wo are- vary
good friends, and I understand that
where lovo would bo, friendship cannoC
exist, nnd 1 do not care to hazard that
which I have for that which may never
be."
Ho stopped a motiont and tho young
woman looked up quietly for him to
proceed.
"Dear mother," ho went op, "this
young woman who lias so gontly und
Innocently led mo captive, and who has
all my futuro happiness In her
hands "
Tho girl was growing nervous again,
nnd that sho was making an effort to
conceal her suffering was plain, but
the man gave no moro heed than at
ilrst.
"Is," ho went on, "my typowrlter
und "
Then sho stopped before sho had
written tho last two words, and raiting
her big brown oyes to his face she looked
at him question Ingly,
Ho stretched out his hands to her
helplessly nnd ilftoon minutes later ho
said to her smilingly:
"Lot us wrlto a nuw letter, dear, to
our mother."
And sho did so. DotroitFreo Press.
THE LAW OF COLOR.
A r.lttli) Oborvanco of It Wilt I'mvoiit a
Lady from Looking Dowdy,
An artist's rule as to to color Is:
Choose carefully only thoso tints of
which a duplicate may be found in tho
hair, the eyes, or the complexion. A
woman with blue-gray eyes and a thin,
neutral-tinted complexion is nevermore
becomingly dressed than in thu bluo
shades in whloh gray Is mixed, for In
theso complexions thero is a certain
delicate blucncss. A brunetto Is never
so oxqulslto ns In tho cream color, for
sho has reproduced tho tinting of her
skin in her dress. Put tho same dress
on u colorless blonde, and sho will ha
far from charming, whllo in gray sho
woultl bo quite tho reverse Tho reason
is plain In tho blondo's sallowness
there nro tints of gray, nnd In tho dark
woman's pallor thero uro always yel
lowish tones, tho snmo as predominate
in the cream-colored dress. Women
who have florid complexions look woll
in various shades of pi (4m .and helio
trope, also In certain shades ot dove
gray, for to a trained cyo this color has
a tlngo ot pink which harmonlr.es with
tho flesh ot tho face, Ulondes look
fairer and younger In dead black, Ilka
that of wool g k4s or valvet, whllo bru
nettes require tho sheon of .satin or
gloss of Bilk In order to wear, black to
advantage. Fancy tloo.ls Qraphlo.
A'Caia of Heredity. '
Blnks That Miss 'frotter has mora
gtxxl horse sense than nny girl I know
of. 1
Jinks Well, sho ought to have. ,Her
father was a Trottei; and hor mother
was a Colt," Detroit Freo Proas. ,