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lilZPAII ON THE ROCK.
Bo'v. Dr. Talmoffo Dlscouraos on In
herited Sin.
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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.
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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
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