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M F 1 i ft lilZPAII ON THE ROCK. Bo'v. Dr. Talmoffo Dlscouraos on In herited Sin. 1.4 Che Story or tlia .Tmvlsli Womnu Taken at nil Uxnmpln to Show Hint Children Miner for tho blnn of the 1'iithcr. In a Into sermon at Brooklyn Rct. T. "DoWitt Tnlmugo took for his subject "Rlzpah on tho Rock," tho text selected being II. Samuol.xxl. 10: "And Rlzpah, tho daughter of Alnh, took sackcloth and spread It for her upon tho rock, from tho beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither tho birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of tho Held by night." Tho preacher said: , Tragedy thnt beats anything Shake spcrlnn or Victor Hugolan. After re turning from tho Holy Laud I briefly touched upon it, but I must have n wholo sermon upon that scene. The explosion and flash of gunpowder, have driven nearly all the beasts and birds of prey from thoso regions, and now tho shriek of tho locomotive whistle, which is daily heard at Jerusalem, will, for many miles nround clear Palestine of cruel claw nnd beak. Hut in the time of tho text those regions were populous with multitudes of jackals and lions. Seven sons of Saul had been crucified on a hllL Rlzpah was tho mother of two nnd rela tive to live of tho boys. What had "these boys done that they should bs crucified? Nothing except to have a bad father nnd grandfather. Dutnow "that tho boys were dead why not tnke them down from tho gibbets. No. They arc sentenced to hang there. So Rlzpah takes tho sackcloth, a rough shawl with which In mourning for her dead she had wrapped herself, and spreads that sackcloth upon tho rocks near tho gibbets and nets the part of a sentinel watching nnd dofendlng tho dead. Yet every other sentinel is re lieved, and after being on guard for a few hours some one clso takes his place. Hut Kl.pah is on guard both day and night, for half a year. What nerves she must have- had to stand that. Ah! do you not know that a mother van stand unythlug. 0, if sho might bo allowed to hollow a place in tho side of 'the hill and lay tho bodies of her children to quiet rcstl If in some cavern of tho mountains she might find for them Christian sepulture. O, if she might tako them from tho gib bet of disgrace and carry them still fur ther away from tho haunts of men nud then lio bosldo them in tho last long sleep! Tho thrilling story of Ripuh reaches David and ho comes forth to hide tho indecency. Tho corpses had been chnined to tho trees. Tho chains are unlocked with horrid clank and tho skeletons uro let down. All tho seven are burled And the story ends. ' But it hardly ends before you cry out: "What a hard thing that thoso seven boys should suffer for the crimes of a father and grandfather!" Yes, but It is always so. Let every ono who docs wrong know that ho wars not only, as In this case, against two generations, children and grandchildren, but ngainst all tho generations of coining time. That is what makes dissipation nnd un clcnnncss so awful. It reverberates in other times. It may skip ono genera tion, but it is npt to corns up in the third generation, as is suggested in the ten commandments, which say: "Visit ing the iniquities of tho fathers upon the children unto the third nnd fourth generation." Mind you, it says noth ing about tho becond generation, but mentions tho third and fourth. That accounts for what you some times see, very good parent with very bad children. Go far enough back in tho ancestral lino and you find the source of all the turpitude. "Visit ing tho iniquities of tho fathers upon the childrcu, unto tho third and fourth generation." Jf, when Saul died, tho consequences of his iniquity could liars died with him, it woufd not have been bo bad. Alas, nol Look on that hill a few miles out from Jerusalem and seo tho gastly burdens of thoso seven gib bets, and tho wan and wasted Rlzpah watching them. Go to-day through tho wards and alms houses, and tho re formatory institutions whore unfortu nate children nro kept, and you will find that nine out of ten had drunken or vicious parents. Furthermore, this strange incident in Bible story shows that attractiveness of person and elevation of position are not ecurlty against trouble. Who is this Rlzpah sitting in desola tion? Ono of Saul's fuvorltlcs. ner personal attractions hud won his heart She hod ben caressed of fortune. With a mother's prldo sha looked on her princely children. But tho socne changes. Behold her in banishment and bereavement Rizpah on the rock. Somo of tho worst distresses havo come to scenes of royalty and wealth. What porter at the mansion's gate has not let in champing nnd lathered steed bringing evil dispatches? On what tcssclated hall has thoro not stood th solemn bier? Under what exquisite fresco has there not been enacted a tragedy or disaster? What curtained couch hath heard no cry of pain? What harp hath never trilled with sorrow? What lordly naturo hath novcr leaned against carved pillar and mado utter anco of woo? Gall is, not less bitter when quaffed from a goldon challco than when taken from a pewter mug. Sorrow is often attendod by running footmen, nnd laced lackeys mounted behind. Sickness will frost the rosiest check, wrlnklo tho smoothest brow .and stiffen tho sprlghtllest step. Rlzpah quits tho courtly cirulo nnd alts, on tho rock. Perhaps you look back upon scones different from those in which now from day to day you mingle You havo ex- -changed tho plenty( and luxuriance of your father's houso' for privation and trials known to Qod nnd yonr own heart Tho morning of llfo was flushed with promise. Troops of calamities slneo then havo made desperate chargo upon you. Darkness haa come. Sor rows have, swooped like carrion birds from the sky, and barked llko jackals fentn llirt tVltnlnf Win atnnrl fimltt your slain, anguished and woe-struck. Rlzpah on the rock. So It has been in nil ngos. Vashtl must doff Ute spangled robes of the Persian conrt and go forth blasted from tho palace gate. Hugar exchanges oriental comfort for tho wilderness of Beersheba. Mary Queen of Scots must pass out from flattery and pomp to suf fer Ignominious death in tho castle of Fothcringny. The wheel of fortuno keeps turning. 4 But this is tho place to which Qod comes. Jnoob with his head on a ttono saw tho shining ladder. ' Israol In tho desert beheld tho marshalling of tho llcry baton. John on barren Pntmos heard trumpetiug and tho clapping of wings, nud tho stroke of Borsphta fin gers on golden harps, and nothing but heavenly strength nerved Rlzpah for her nppnlllng mission amid the screams of wild birds and the Htualthy tread of hungry monsters. The grandest visions of glory, the most rapturous experi ences of Christian love, the grandest triumphs of grace havo come to tho tired and hard pressed and the betrayed and the crushed. Ood stooping down from Heaven to comfort Rlzpah on tho rook. Again the tragedy of tho text displays the courage of women amid great emer gencies. What mother, or sister, or daughter would daro to go out and light the cormorant and jackal? Riz pah did it And so would you if an emergency demanded. Woman is naturally timid nud shrinks from ex posure and deponds on stronger arms for the uchiovcmuut of great enter prises. And she is often troubled lest there might lx occasions, demanding fortitude when she would. fall Not so. Some of those who are afraid to look out of doors utter nightfall nnd who quakn in tho darkness at the least un certain sound and, who start at tho slam of tho door, and turn pale in a thunderstorm, if tho day of ttfal came would bo heroic and Invulnerable. God has arranged it so that woman needs tho trumpeter of some great contest of principle or affection to rouse up her slumbering courage. Then she will stand under tho cross llro of opposing hosts ut Chalons to give wine to the wounded. Then sho will carry Into prison and dark luno, tho message of salvation. Then ulio will bravo the pestilence. Doboruh goes out to sound terror Into tho heart of God's enemies. Abigail throws hcrholf between a raid lug party of Infuriated men, und her husband's vineyards. Rlzpah tights back tho vultures from tho rock. Among tho Orlcnoy Ishmds an eagle swooped und lifted a child to its eyrie, far up on tho mountains. With tho spring of a panther, tho mother mounts hill above hill, crag above crag, height above height Tho tiro of her own eye outflashlng tho glaro of the eagle's. And with unmallod hand stronger than the iron beak and the terrible claw, ho hurled tho wild bird down the rocks. In tho French revolution, Oa- uotte was brought out to be executed, when his daughter throw herself on the body of her father and said: "Strike! barbarians! You eaunot reach my father but through my heart!" Tho crowd parted, nnd linking arms father and daughter walked out free. During the siege of Saragossa, Augustina carried re freshments to tho gate. Arriving at ths battery of Portlllo she found that all tho garrison had been killed. Sho snatched a match from tho hand of n dead artlllorytnau and fired off a twenty-six pounder, then leaped on it and vowed she would not leave it alive. Tho soldiers looked In and saw her dar ing, and rushed up and opened another tremendous llro on tho enemy. And there would bo no ond to tho recital if I attempted to prcsentall tho historical iucldonts which show that woman's courngo will rouso itself for great emer gency. ,But I need not go so far. You have known somo ono who was considered a mere butterfly in society. Her hand had known no toll. Her oyo had wept no tear over misfortune But In eight een hundred and slxty-soven finaclal tempest struck tho husban's estate. Before he had tlmo to reef sail and make things snug the ship capsized and went down. Enemies cheered at tho mtsfortuno and won dered what would becoma of the but terfly. Good men pitied and said she would dlo of a broken heart "She will not work," say thoy, "and is too proud to beg." But tho prophecies havo failed. Disaster has transformed the shining sluggard into a practical worker. Happy us u princess though compelled to hush her oivn child to sleep and spread hor own table und answer the ringing of her own door belL Her arm bad bean muscled for the conflict ugainst misfortune, hunger and poverty nnd want nnd all the other jackals Rtzpath scares from tho rock. I saw ono in a desolate home. Her merciless companion had pawned even the children's shoes for rum. From honorablo ancestry she had coma down to this. Tho cruso of oil was empty and the last candle gone out Her faded frock was patched with fragments of autlquo silk that sho hud worn on the bright marriage day. Confident in God she hud a strong heart to which her children ran when thoy trembled at the staggering step and quailad under a father's curse. Though tho heavens wero filled with florco wings and tho thickets gnashed with rage, Rizpah watched faithfully day after day nnd year after.year and wolf and cormorant by Iter God strengthened arm were hurled down tho rock. Now, I ask, if incro natural courago can do so much, what may we not ex pect of women who have gazed on 'tho Great Sacrifice, and who are urged for ward by all tho voices of graeo that sound from tho Bible, und all tho notes of victory that speak from tho sky. Many years ago tho Forfarshire steamer started from Hull bound for Dundee. After tho vessel had been out a llttlo while, the winds began' to ravo and billows rise until a tempest was upon them. Tho vnssol leaked and tho fires went out, nnd though tho sails wero hoisted foro and aft, sho went speeding toward tho breakers. Sho struck hor bows fore most on tho roclc Tho vessel parted. Amid tho whirlwind, and tho darkness all wero lost but nine. These clung to the wreck on tho boaeh Sleeping that night In Longstono lighthouse wn a girl of gontlo spirit and comely coun tenance. As the morning dawns, I seo that girl standing amid tho spray and tumult of contending elements, look ing through a gloss, upon tho wreck nnd tho nlno wretched sufferers. Sho proposes to her father to tako boat nnd put out across tho wild sea to rescue them. Tho father says: "It cannot bo done! Just look at tho tumbling surf!" But sho persisted and with her father bounds Into tho boat Though never accustomed to plying the onrsho takes ono nnd her father tho other. Tho sea tossed up Uio boat ns though it were u bubble, but mntd tho foam and tho wrath of tho sea tho wreck was reached, tho exhausted peo ple picked up and saved. Hutnauu so cieties tendered their thanks. Wealth poured Into tho lap of tho poor girl. Visitors from all lands camo to look on her sweet fiioc; and when soon nf ter sho launched forth on a dark sea nud death was tho oarsman, dukes nnd duchesses nnd mighty men sat down in tears In Alnwick castle, to think thoy nover again might seo tho faco of Grace Darling. No such deeds of daring will probab ly bo asked of you, but hear you not the howl of that awful storm of trouble and sin that hath tossed ten thousand shivered hulks Into tho breakers? Know you ubt that tho wholo earth is strewn with tho shipwrecked? That there nro wounds to be healed and broken hearts to bo bound nud drown ing souls to bo rescued? Somo have gone down nud you come too Into, but others are clinging to tho wreck, are shivering with the cold, are strangling in tho wave, are crying to you for de liverance. Will you not, ore in hand, put out to-day from tho llghthouso? And Christ, pointing to tho inobrlato that you roformod, und tho dying sin ner whom you taught to pray, ami the outcast whom you pointed to God for shelter, will say: "You did it to thoml You did It to mo!" Again, tho H.-ono of tho text Impresses upon us the. strength of maternal attach ment Not many men would have had courago or onduraneo for tho awful mission of Rlzpah There is no emotion so completely unselfish as maternal af fection. Conjugal lovo expects tho ro turn of many kindnesses and atten tions. Filial lovo exp.'cts parental care or is helped by tho memory of past watchfulness. But tho strength of n mother's lovo is entirely independent of the past und tho future, and Is, of all emotions, tho purest Tho child has tlono nothing in tho past to earn kindness, and In tho future It may grow up to maltreat Its puront; but still from tho mother's heart there goes forth Inconsumable affection. Abuse cannot offend -it; neglect cannot ohill it; tlmo cannot efface it) death cinnot destroy It For harsh words it has gentlo chiding, for the blow it has beneficent ministry, for neglect it has increased watchfulness. But from this weird text of tho morn ing comes rushing in upon my soul o thought that overpowers me. This watching by Rlpah was an after death watching. I wonder now if there Is an after death wo tolling? I think there is. There uro lllzp.ths who have passed death, and who nro still watching. I cannot bullevo that those whe beforo their death wero inter ested in us havo slnco their death becomo indifferent as to what happens to us. Not ono hour of tho six months, during which Rizpuh watched seated upon tho rocks, was sho moro alert, or diligent, or armed for us thau our mother, if glorlllcd, is alert and dill gent and armed for us. It Is not now Rizpah on 'a rock, but Rlzpah on n throne. How long has your mother been dead? Da you think sho has been dead long, enough to forget you? My mother has been dead twenty-nine years. I believo she knows more about mo now than sho did when I stood in her presence, and I am no spiritualist elthor. Tho Blblo says: "Are thoy not all minister ing spirits sent forth to minister to them that shall bo hairs of salvation." Young man! Better look out what you do and where you go for your glorified mother Is looking at you. You some times Bay to yoursolf: "What would mother say if she know this?" Sho docs know. You might cheat her once, but you cannot cheat hor now. Oh, this tremendous thought of my text, this after-death watching! What an uplifting consideration. And what a comforting thought, Young mother, you who havo just lost your babe, and who feels tho need of a nearer solace than that which comes from ordinary sympathy, your mother knows all about it You cannot run lu and talk it all over with her as you would if sho wero still a terrestrial resident, but it will comfort you some, I think, yea it will comfort you a good deal to know that sho understands it all. You seo that tho velocities of tho hoavouly con ditions nro so great that it would not tako her a half socond to como to your bereft heart O, theso mothers In Heaven! They can do raoro for us now than before thoy wont away. Tho bridge botweon this world and tho next is not broken down. They approncli tho brldgo from both ways, departing spirits and coming spirits, disimpris oned spirits and sympathizing spirits. Aud so lot us walk as to bo worthy of tho supernal companionships, and If to uny of us llfo on earth is a hard grind, let us understand that if we watch faithfully and trust fully our blessod Lord, thore will bo a corresponding re ward iu tho lund of peace, and that Rizpah, who once wept on a rock, now reigns on a throne. JJnro Thai) Nvur. Cumso Well, Mcllrldo, is thoro as much billing and cooing ns thoro was beforo marriage? Mclhldo Tho billing has incrooscd largely. Detroit Free Press. The Riding Muster "Havo you learned to trot yet, Miss Manloy?' Miss Manloy "Oh, yes; I could trot all right if it weren't for tho horso. The pluguey thing keeps jogging up SUA down so" Chicago News Record, , IN A MUDDLE. Cleveland's follower Uncertain us to Tlirlr l'lialtlim. Tho domocratle party is already be ginning to feel llko tho much-harassed gentleman who had to settle thu estate of his deceiiMd brother. ".Sometimes i almost wish," said he, "that my broth er hud not died." Tho times aie get ting frequent when tho democrats almost wish that the republican party had not been defeated. If the lepubllcuns had triumphed thoy would not hnve been iu tho least nnxloiiH or doubtful what to do. They would have continued tho policy under which, for so many years, the country has thrived and Ita people prospered. Tho democrats, on tho other hand, uro afraid that whntover they do may bring disaster nnd distress. They are divided Into tun factions those who favor somo Immediate no tion and ehango lu the policy of the government and those who would de lay It; those who would use sharp, short measures nud cut thu knot at once, re gardless of whnt happens, and those who would prolong tho agony of tho manufacturers nud employes, while lowering them from the high protec tion tableland to the lower level of free trade. Those who want Immediate action cull for tho pnssngo by thu senate of those bills which tho houso enacted ad mitting wool, iron aud other raw materials free. Or, if tho senate re fuses or Harrison vetoes them, then lot tin extra session of congress bo called immediately on Mr. Cleveland's Inau guration and tho McKinlcy bill be re pealed altogether or tho tariff modified. Nearly nil tho southern uttorunocs nre In favor of speedy action. They agree with tho Atlanta constitution, which says that "If tho MoKlnloy law Ib to be repealed, tho sooner the work Is begun tho better." llx-Scnutor Buyurtl wants something done even before the new administra tion is instulled. "The sooner the work of restoring tho stolen property to its owners is begun tho better." ."Tho pil fering of the pockets of the fanner should cense." "Let us hnve an end of jobbery." The organs of tho mugwumps und British Importers, the Now York Iron ing Post and Boston Herald, both favor and extra be.sslon. According to tho Post: "If one-half what the democr.itlu orators und writers hau been saying shout tho McKinlcy bill be true, it is ulmust u crime to leave It untouched on the statute book one week longer than Is absolutely necessary. The demo cratic party cannot ufford to hung lire over it, now that it has got hold of It" The Herald says that "to make the American people endure for fifteen or eighteen months to come the gross abuses of tho MeKlnley law, would be hardly less than a betrayal of trust No time should bo lost in its repeal." Thoso who approve of Immediate action have also homo pructlcal as well as sentimental reasons to urge. Delay, they say, will do moro harm to tho In dustries of tho country than prompt, even It injurious, action. Commerce nnd trndo will flourish nnd manufac tures bo ablo to endure vicissitudes much better on a certainty than on uu uncertainty. To know tho worst at once will do less harm than to bu afraid of an unknown nnd indefinite peril. It is only good business as well ns justice to let both capitalists and employes know exactly what is to bo done with thorn rather than to keep them months In suspense. Immediate action is also urged for party reasons. No matter what you do, argue somo democrats, you cannot set up a ehango of policy without at first injuring tho business Interests of the country. It Is absolutely impossi ble. You will arouse distrust in the public mind and distress lu their affairs. Now, if tills is postponed a year or two, it will bo at its worst at tho end of the next presidential term. The democrats will bo swept out of power again, the republicans restored, and all tho work undone Tho great step of reforming the tariff should ba taken at onco so that business shall have tlmo to recover from the shock and bo adjusted to the new policy be fore the democrats go Into nnother presidential campaign. The democrats of New York and the east generally are opposed to imme diate action. Mr. Cleveland is repre sented as not in favor of lt To cut and slash and bring down theso manu factures in ruins on tho heads of both employers nnd employed will, thoy say, play into the hands of republicans and bring about tho distress that they predicted would ensuo the very moment tho democrats woro put iu control of the government. You talk about admitting freo raw materials, they say. Why, even that is likely to create a disturbance. Tho moment you pass thoso bills you lower tho value of every yard and pound of goods now In stock. Merchants will cease ordering, nnd consequently the manufacturers will coaso producing until they can dispose of whnt they have already made at a higher cost. In ono brenth you say the treasury Is&jO, 000,000 short und In nnother you pro- poso to reduce the revenue 810,000,000 4 by freeing tho duty from raw materi als. To suggest a change at all is to cause orders for goods to be wltheld until bottom prices are reached. This nlono will involvo throwing of thou sands of men out of employment No. Tho manufacturers and business men must bo mado to feel entlro confidents that Cleveland and the democratic party will lower them so gently to the bed rock of freo trndo that they will think they are being carried to tho skies on flowery beds of ease. This view of the caso ib urged by tho snmo Now York democrats who at Chi cago rejected tho heml-protcctlvo plank of thu platform and voted solidly that protection is an unconstitutional fraud. Each sldo agrees in ono tiling that tho cour.su adopted by tho other will harm the country, while both scold at the republicans for saying the sama thing. Detroit Journal. E3Men are often greater In defeat than In victory, und President Harri son is uu example. Toledo Blade THE. PHESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Arguments Which .rv Not Raltahea by tun ltntitorrut. President Harrison's last annual message to nmgress has plenty of gin ger lndt. Thu usual complaint that tho message Is a tiresome recital of depart ment reports Is not heard to-day. The frankness with which the president recognles and accepts tho meaning of the rcticnt election is too pronounced to suit tho democrats. They renllzo their own troubles too keenly to care to bo reminded of them by nil outgoing chief magistrate. But Inasmuch as tho mes sago Is supposed to be n statement of the country thoy can't Mntno tho presi dent for the evidences of itsgcnernl prosperity which ho marshals. Tho strength of his conviction that the-protective policy is tho best for tho country mado It certain that ho would say so, but the parly which Is coming Into power would lather have had littn stop there, ills recommendation that the whole- subject of tariff revision bo tvft to tho incoming congress is char acteristic of tho directness with which Gen, Harrlbon always gives his views. The uiguments ho advances are not rel ished by his opponents. Ho forces upon them tho burning question of an extra session in a way that cannot bo dodged. Equally pointed Is what tho president says about thu state of tho publlo revenues aud the misleading statements that have been made regard ing them. Ills analysts of the condi tion of the finances Is so clear that no ono can miss Its point It Is a proper time to recall, as ho docs, the loss in the revenue which has resulted from the removal, by a repub lican congress, of thu tax upon im ported sugars. This reminder bo comes the morn pertinent beenuso homo of ho democratic leaders uro ad vocating n rolmpohlttoii of the sugar tnx. What the president says about tho state of the revenue is in Itself uu argu ment for the party which will soon eumo into power dellulug Its tariff nud fiscal policy ut nn curly date. Chlcngo Tribune. NOT DONE FOR. Illiitiiut Mouthing ol Victorious 1'urtl- uim. Super - sanguluo but abort -sighted democratic journals uro hastening to assert that "tho republican parly is done for," and that Its inom1' rs cannot hope to seo It In power for a genera tion. The mugwump Nuw York Times voices the scntlmuuts of tho whole, class when it says of tho election: "It In u n volution, nmt no rcimlillcnn can cu-ii hope to seo hh juriy ng-.itn In power for a lone term of jenrs." Such olfei vesccut nonsense Is nil very well on the part of victorious partisans tho morning after election, but hi the ufter hours of soberness every ono knows tho Idea is ridiculous. It bus only been four years slnco Mr. Cleve land was defeated lu a signal manner. Many enthusiastic ropubliaans then thought their party wus In power for a decade at least. Tho wise legislation of tho Fifty-first congress, which has been productive of suol splendid re sults for the entire nation, should havo perpctuntud its control of the govern ment for yours to come. Lot the triumphant democracy go on, put its principles lu operation und adopt a policy in accordance wlthJts platform, and wo will seo how long u "term of years' it will bo beforo tho republican party again returns to power. Cleve land Louder. DRIFT Or OPINION, tS"No "outs" could evor boforo rest so contentedly aud uwilt tho return of reason and good judgment of tho peo ple. Democrats have a big contract If they maintain tho present standard in national nffulrs. From cellar to gar ret tho nation Is in uppln pie order. Chicago Inter Ocean. Z3f Xho hungry democrat smiles when ho hoars Cleveland talking lu his Chndbandlsh wuy about tho wickedness of thoso who seek to revel in spalls. Ho has hcurd tho apostle of Cunt muun- I dcrlng in that snmo way while tho heads of forty thousand republican postmasters wero on tho way to tho trenches. N. Y. Advertiser. C3yThe friends of protection do not propose to ubundon it Republicans everywhere will heartily respond to tho decision of the Homo Market club of Boston to maintain a porslbtent fight for the restoration of this protec tive principle, and within two yenrs that policy will havo a larger body of followers thau it has ever had. Omulia Bee. E3!TTIio leading champions of wild cut financial schemes in the present congress are southern democrats und u number of tliem hnve been reelected to the Fifty-third congress. They want an income tax and state bank currency, and they uro numerous enough to in suru a good deal of trouble in the next houso und bother, Mr. Clovclaud not a little. Minneapolis Journal. E3yl'rcsidcnt Clovcland, distracted by tho demands on ono hide from tho free traders for nn extra session, nud on the other sldo by apprehensive dem ocrats ngainst uu extra session, must feul a great deal like tho exhilarated und bewildered Alabama member at that famous midnight session of tho democratic house, when ho exclaimed: "Whoro nm I at?" N. Y. Mail and Ex press. t3T'"Protectlon is dead," says tho democrat l!it he ought to remember that principles do not dlo. Why, look at free trado and state's rights, which wo thought were shot to death nearly thirty years ago! They nro not dead. but uro again on top nnd uro soon to have another trial. Protection und na tionality cun wait on tho trial of freo trado and state'e rights. Chicago Inter Ocean. tSTTho democratic demand for an oxtra session is becoming more and more urgent, nud Cleveland will havo somo troublo resisting it Thoro is no doubt that tho president-elect is de sirous of seeing action on tho tariff bills postponed us long us possible, but such men ns Carlisle, Crisp and Mills, who bellovo in freo trado, will push for the ndoptlon of u lino of policy which will nt least relievo tho democracy of tho chargo of making false promises to' sccuro oflice. Sun Francisco Chronicle. GOULD'S WILLI. s ' i The (Irent KnUte Kept In the PiumIIt (lenrsn Oould (Jet S.OOO.qCO'.l'or- UhH Herrlres In MminftlnR III 1'wtUor'n. Uunl- urn. Nrw Yoiik, Dec. 8. Thu following abstract of tho will of, tho- late Jay Gould was given to tho press. to-day by Judgo Dillon, tho couufoI for thu exec utors, who stated thatdUwasiiilt and complete, nnd also tliat.lt JuuL not yet been determined wligiu or- whoro the will would Ixi presented1 for, probate. Tho original will Is datcdiBeccmber 24, 1885, during the lifetime- of his wife, Helen 1). Gould. Itnisde various pro visions for her benefit, which, failed of rffeet by reason of her death boforo thn death of her husband. After, and In con sequoueeof herdeath, Mr, Gould, Fount nry 10, 1881), oxcculrol tho first codicil to his will, making such changes us be came necessary by the death of hit wife. A second and third, codicil to lib will wero Hindu on November !M, IttOJ. Taking the will, nnd codicils together, the following lit au nucuruto nnd full summary of thu scheme and provisions thereof: First lu thn sneelllu legacies there is given to his sister, Mrs. Northrop, nnd her daughters, thu three lota of ground In Camden, N. J., on which his sister lives. Thuro Is also, a specific bequest to Mrs. Northrop of fJfi.oOO and tho fur ther sum, of fcl.OOO annually to bo paid to her during Iter llfo in equal quarterly paymont To his sisters, Mrs. Anna G. Uough und Mrs. Elizabeth Pal on, nud to his brother, Abraham Gould, thero Is given tho sum of JlW.OOO each and also thu further sum of 12,000 un uunlly during their lives, payable in equal quarterly payments. To his daughter, Helen M. Gould, hq gives In feu simple absolute, tho houso in which ho lived at HT0 Fifth nvenuo, and nil of tho furniture, books, paint ings, statuary, silver plate und house hold contents therein. To his son Ed win ho gives In fee simple absolute the houso at 1 East Forty-seventh street, with all the furniture und household eon tents therein. To his daughter ho made u specific bequest of his portrait painted by Herkimer. Ho nlw gives to his daughter Helen until his, youngest child hIiuII arrive of ago tho use of his resilience at lrvlugton, called ''Liud hurst," freo of taxes, and all of tho fur niture, books, paintings and household contents therein, nnd also tho sum of $0,000 per month stating that this was done lu thu expectation that his minor children, Anna and Frank .1., as well as his son lion ard, would, during tho period above provided for, make theli home with his daughter Helen. To his namesake and grandson, Jay Gould, son of Goorgo J, Gould, ha gives tho sum of CiUO.OOO, to bo held iu trust for the said grandson by George J. Gould, with authority to apply tha same to thu support and education ol said grandson nud to pay ouo-foarth ol thu sumo to him nt tho ago of J5, one fourth at tho ago of 30 and tho remain ing half ut :). with power to pay tho same at lurllur periods in tho discretion of the father. To his son George J. Gould ho glvei $,",000,000 for his services in managing his business for twolvo yearn, &0O,00C payable in cash and the remainder ic securities. Ho appoints George J., I'd win, Howard and Helen M. Gould, hh children, executors without bond! Th remainder of tho estate Is lH-qucithcd to tho executors in trust for tho bcuulit of his children. APPROPRIATIONS-REVENUES. A ntntoinoiit Hliowlng tho .Nee J of Koiiuin leal Methods. Wabiiinoton, Dec, 8. A f.tatcmont prepared by Messrs. Curtis and Cleaves, clerks respectively to tho house and senate committees on appropriations, show that tho estimates for regular un nual and pcrmanout appropriations' for the fiscal year 1803-4 aggregate (SOS, 881,335 un Increase over the estimates for the current fiscal your of $15,0-35,241, and over the appropriations, cxoluslvo of deficiencies nud miscellaneous, of (17,1)75,209. Tho appropriations, how ever, include $31,154,318 for rivers and harbors, for which no estimates aro maue. "1 Tho total estimated revenues lur 1804 "Wegate (400,201,405, including (8V 1 'J 1,305 estimated postal revenues. This leaves an excess of estimated appro priations, exclusivo of deficiencies and miscellaneous, over estimated revenues of $lG,71B,to) and by deducting from the estimated expenditures 948, 000,000 for tho sinking fund, un excess in estimated re ceipts over estimated expenditures is figured ut (32,809. Thu appropria tions never equal the estimates, but on tho other hand no deficiency or miscel laneous appropriations are included in tho estimates. Tho estimates do not include any tiling for rivers and harbors on account of which the chief of engi neers hays that (38,004,050 can he profit ably expended. To 1,1 in U l'euiluni. Wabhinotox, Dec. & Representative Caruth, of Kentucky, Introduced tha following bill: "That no pensioner, now or hereafter in tho sorvice of tho United States, shall bo entitled to draw a pension for any period of ttmo during which ho is or shall bo entitled to tho full pay or Balary which an ablo bodied person, discharging like duties to the government, is allowed by law." North Dakota' OHlclnl lUlurnv . BiSMAitcu, N. D., Dec 8. OHlclnl re turns from tho recent election show that ono fusion and two Harrison elect ors wero successfuL Tho fusion elector had 104 majority over tho highest Harri son elector. Tha two Harrison electors ' havo only S and '45 majority respect ively. Mnji John Adtoii Itantl. Littms Rock, Ark., Dec. S. Maj. John D. Adams died yesterday, aged 03 years. Ho wus the son of Kainucl Adams, who wus president of the sou ute, und became governor on thu resig nation of Gov. Yell. Ho served in tho Mexican war, entering tho army at t)io ugo of 18. In ISM ho turned hlo atten tion to Htcamboutlng wad bucama the owner of somo of tho finest boats ou the Mississippi and Arkansas rivers. He was a prominent mason, and was recently elected commissioner of ugrl culture for tho stato and represented Arkansas on tho world's fair comwit ulou. S AS Jyirthr'Tr-mM 1 1 ii 'im ' "' ":,, ''- &' - , SStt5ArtLjl , , w (A"W. Ut a, t ,VJTTt'f,i-",-rfrwTr--'--'--'"-'-' -niT si jtWtm.'"' .4,-ft .V W.