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RE. DR. TALMAGE Pr.f.ACHCS OH THE
r DREAD QUESTION.
iuins oi mo VBUICI w Mini I.fikI to tlio
Krer Pmcnt DlitreM Aiiitiu-- the Work
V ' Claoc-, Alcohol and Improvidence
,' ' Are l'otent Factor.
Brooklyn, Jun. 7. It seemed nppro
priato that Dr. Tnlmago should preach
this sernion after hia pcrsonnl contribu
tion of 0,000 pounds of meat and 2,000
loaves of broad to the poor who gather
ed shivering inthocold around tho bak
ery and moat atoro of Brooklyn, whore
tho food was distributed without tick
eta, and no recommendation required
except hunger. Tho text was, Mattbow I
vl, 11, "Yo have tho poor always
with you."
V Who said that? Tho Christ who
nover owned anything during his earth
ly stay. His cradlo nnd his gravo woro
borrowed. Evory fig ho ato was from
soine ono elso'a troo. Every drop of
water ho drank was from some ono olso's
well. To pay his personal tax, which
was very small, only 31 cents, ho had
to porform n miraclo and niako a fish
pay it. All tho heights and depths and
lengths nnd breadths of poverty Christ
moasurcd in his earthly experience, and
whon' bo comes to speak of destitution
he always spoaks sympathetically, and
what ho Baid then is as truo now "Yo
havo tho poor always with you."
For 0,000 years tho bread question
has been tho active and absorbing ques- '
tion. Witness tho people crowding up
to Joseph's storehouse in Egypt. Wit
ness the famine in Samaria nnd Jeru
salem. Witness tho 7,000 hungry peoplo
for whom Christ multiplied tho loaves.
Witness tho uncounted millions of peo
plo now living, who, I believe, havo
nover yet had ono full meal of health
ful nnd nutritious food in nil their
lives. Think of tho 2)04 great famines
in England. Think of tho 25,000,000
peoplo under tho hoof of hunger year
boforo last in Russia. Tho failure of
tho Nilo to overflow for seven years in
tho eleventh century left thoso regions
depopulated. Plaguo of insects in Eng
land. Plaguo of rats in Madras Presi
dency. Plaguo of mico in Essex. Plaguo
of locusts in China. Plaguo of grass
hoppers in America. Devastation
wrought by drought, by deluge, by
frost, by war, by hurricane, by earth
quake by comets flying too near tho
earth, by chango in tho management of
national finances, by baleful causes in
numerable. I proceed to givo you thrco
or four reasons why my text is marked
ly and graphically true in this year
1801.
TUB TARIFF BDODGAR.
I Tho first leason wo havo nlways the
poor with us is becauso of tho perpet
ual overhauling of tho tariff question,
or, as 1 shall call it, tho turiffio contrc-
y. Tbero is n need for such a word,
did so 1 take tho responsibility of man
ufacturing it. Thcro nro millions of
peoplo who aro expecting that tho pres
ent congress of tho United States will
do something ono way or tho other (to
end this discussion. But it will never
end. When 1 was 5 years of age, 1 re
member hearing my father and his
neighbors in vehement discussion of
this very question. It was high tariff
or low tariff or no tariff at all. When
your great-grandchild dicH at 00 years
of age, it will probably bo from over
exertion in discussing tho turiff. On
tho day tho world is destroyed, there
will bo thrco men standing on tho post
offico steps ono n high tariff mini,
anothor a low tariff man, nnd tho other
a free trado man each ono red in the
faco from excited ntgument on this sub
, joct. Other questious may get quieted,
tho Mormon question, tho silver ques
tion, tho pension question, the civil serv
ico question. All questions of annex
ation may come to peaceful settlement
by tho annexation of islands two weeks'
voyage away and the' heat of their vol
canoes convoyed through pipes under
tho sea mado useful in warming our
continent, or annexation of tho moon,
dethroning tho queen of night, who is
said to b'o dissolute, and bringing tho
lunar populations under tho influence
of our frco Institutions; yea, ail other
questions, national and international,
may be settled, but this tnriflic ques
tion nover. It will not only never be
ettlod, but it can nover bo moderately
qnlet for more than thrco years at n
timo, each parfy getting into power
taking ono of tho four yours to fix it
up, and then tho next party will fix it
down. Our finances cannot get well bo
cause of too many doctors. It is with
aick nutions us with sick individuals.
Hero is a man terribly disordered as to
his body. A doctor is culled in, and ho
Administers n febrifuge, a spoonful ev
ery hour. But recovery is postponed,
and tho noxious friends call iu another
doctor, and ho says; "'What this pa
tient needs is blood letting; now roll
up your sleovel" and tho lancet flashes.
But still recovery is- postponed, nnd u
homeopathic doctor is called in, nnd ho
administers somo small pellets nnd
eays, "All tho patient wants is rest."
Recovery still postponed, tho family
any that such siuull pellets cannot
umount to much nuyhow, and an nllo
pnthio doctor is called in, und ho Bays,
"What this patient wants is calomol
jind jalap. ' Recovory still postponed,
a i;vdroputbio doctor is cnllcd iu, ami
hetuifft: 'What this patinct wants is
hot un4 ?old baths, and ho must have
them right; nwny. Turn on tho faucet
and get ready flio shower baths." Re
covery still postponed, un eclectic doc
tor is called in, and ho brings nil tho
schools to bear upou tlio poor sufferer,
and tho pationt, after u bravo struggle
tor life, expires. What killed him?
Too muny doctors. And that is what is
Wiling our national flnoucos. My per
gonal friends, Cloveland and Harrison
nnd Carllslo and McKinlcy und Shor
pian, a talented and lovely nud splen
did wen ns walk tlio eurtn, un goou
doctors, but their treatment or our lan
guishing finances is so uinereni urns
van tratawut ? y?:
J
nity, nnd mi-It tho coustint changes it
isbiinply wuudcih.l that thu tuition still
lives. The tariir question will nover bo
Bettl -d because ,i' the l-tct which I
havo nuvir heiinl tiny ono rccogi i :o
but iiovortlu Iuh llni tnct-thnt high
tariff is lest for some people and trio
trade il hist I'm- otlnrn. Thin tnrildc
controversy keeps business struck
through with uncertainty, ami that un
certainty result: in poverty nnd wretch
edness for a vast multitude of people.
If tlio eternal gab on thft- subject could
havo been fashioned into loaves of
biead, there, would not bu a hungry
nihil or woman or child on all tho plan
et. To tho end ol time, tho words of
tho text will bo kept truo by tho t :ifllo
controversy " Yo li-tvo tho poor nlwuyj
with you."
ALCOHOL AS A SOURCR Or DISTItKSS.
Another causo of perpetual poverty is
tho causo alcoholic. Tho victim docs
not last long. Ho soon crouches into
tho drunkard's grave. But what about
his wife and children? Sho takes in
washing, when sho can get it, or goes
out working on Binall wages, becauso
sorrow and privation hnvo left her in
capacitated to do n strong woman's
work. Tho children nro thin blooded
nud gaunt and pnlo nnd weak, standing
around in cold rooms, or pitching pen
nies on thoBtreet cornor, and munching
n slice of unbuffered bread when they
can get it, sworn nt by passersby be
causo they do not get out of tho way,
kicked onward toward inniihood or
womanhood, for which they hnvo no
preparation, except n depraved uppctito
nnd frail constitution, candidates for
nlmhouso nnd ponitontinry. Whatever
other cnu6o of poverty may fail, tho sa
loon may bo depended on to furnish an
ovor increasing throng or paupers, on,
yo grogshops of Brooklyn und Now
York and of all tho cities; yo mouths
of hell, whon will yo coaso to craunch
nnd devour? Thcro is no danger of
this liquor business failing. All other
styles of business nt times fail. Dry
goods stores go under. Hardware stores
go under. Grocery stores go under.
Harness makers fail, druggists fail,
bunkers fail, butchers full, bakers fail,
confectioners full, but tho liquor deal
ers never. It is the only secure business
I know of. Why tho pcrmanenco of
tho alcoholic trndc? Because, in tlio
first place, tho men in that business, if
tight up for money, only havo to put
into largo quantities -of water more
strychnine nnd logwood and mix vomica
nnd vitriol and other congenial concoin
mitnnts for adulteration. Ono quart of
tho real genuino pandonioniao elixir
will do to mix up witli sovcrul gallons
of milder damnation. Besides that,
theso dealers can depend on nn increase
of demand on tho part of their custom
ers. Tho more of that stuff they drink,
tho thirstier thoy aro. Hard times,
which stop other business, only increaso
that business, for men go thcro to
drown their troubles. They tnko tho
spirits down to keep their spirits up.
Thcro is nn inclined plane down which
alcoholism slides its victims claret,
champagne, port, cognac, whisky, torn
und jerry, sour mash, on and down un
til it is n sort of mixture of keroseno
oil, turpentine, toadstools, swill, es
sence of tho horso blankets and general
Hastiness. With its red sword of flame,
that liquor power marshals its proces
sion, nnd they movo on in ranks long
enough togirdlo tho earth, and tho pro
cession is hcuded by tho noso blotched,
nervo shattered, rhuuin oyed, lip bloat
ed, soul Ecorcbed inebriates, followed
by tho women, who, though brought up
in comfortublo homes, now go limping
past with uches and pains nnd pallor
and hunger nud woe, followed by their
children, barefoot, uncombed, freezing,
and with a wretchedness of timo nnd
eternity seemingly compressed in their
agonized features. "Forward, march!"
cries tho liquor business to that army
without banners. Keep that influence
moving on. and you will huvo tho papr
nlways with you. Report comes from
ono of tho cities, where tho majority of
the inhabitants aro out of work nnd de
pendent on charity, yet InBt year they
spent mora in that city for rum thun
they did for clothing and groceries.
THR 1MPROVIDKNCE OP WOllKilEN.
Another warranty that my text will
provo truo in tho perpetual poverty of
tho world is tho wicked spirit of im
providence. A vast number of peoplo
havo such small incomes that they can
not lay by in savings bank or lifo in
surance ono cent n year. It takes every
farthing they can earn to spread tho
tablo und clothe tho family and cducato
tho children, and it you blauio such
peoplo for improvidenco you enact a
cruelty. On such u salary ns many
clerks and employees and many minis
ters of religion live, and on such wages
as muny workmen receive, they cannot,
in 20 years, lay up 20 cents. But you
know und I know many who havo com
petent incomes, and could provide some
what tor tho future, who li vo up to ovcry
dollur, utul, when they dio their chil
dren go to tlio poorhouso or on tho
streot. By tho timo tho wifo gets tho
husband buried, bIjo is in debt to tho
undertaker and grnvediggor for that
which sho can never pay. Whilo tho
man lived ho hud his wine parties nnd
fairly stunk with tobacco, nnd then ex
pired, leaving his family upon the char
ities of tho world. Do not send for mo
to cotno und conduct tho obsequies and
read over Bitch a carcass tho beuullful
litugy, "Blessed aro tho dead who die
in tho Lord," for, iiibtcud of that, 1
will turn over tho leaves of tho Bible
to 1 Timothy v, 18, where it says: "If
any provido not lor his own, and esp
chilly for thoso of hit) own house, ho
hath denied tho faith, and is worse
than an infidol," or I will turn to Jere
minh xxli, 10, where it buys, "Ho shall
bo burled with tho burial of tm uss,
drawn nnd cast fortli beyond tho gates
of Jcrusalom."
I cannot iniagino any more unfair or
mcanei tiling than for n man to get his
bins pardoned ut tho lust minute, nnd
then go to heaven, und live iu n man
sion, and go riding about iu a golden
chariot over tho golden streets, whilo
Ibis wife and children, whom ho might
kvn prctHfta for, r begging fo w)U
vlctual.1 nt tho l.'ircniuit door of ait
cnrfhly city. It woius to mo thcro
ottgul to bo a pun Iiuimj Htnit win to on
tho oiititkiiU if lii.iTon, v.luro fhc-sn
guilty of eif !i i:iiproidiiico should be
kept for uwliilu on thin Mmpatidgrlbtlu
instead of sitting down at thu King's
banquet. It is said that tho clitr.ih is
n tllviuo institution, ami 1 bclievo it.
Just ns certainly mo tho divings banks
and tho lifo iiisuiuiico companies divine
Institutions. As out of evil good often
comes so out of thu doctiiue of ptuba
liilitles, calculatul by Professor I Itigens
and Professor Pascal for guinea of
chance, canto tho calculation of the
probabilities of human lifo as tired by
lifo insurance couipauir, and no busi
ness on eat th is mcito stablo or honor
able, and no mightier mercy for thu
hutmtti race has been bom since Christ
was boi n. Bored beyond endurance for
my signature to papers of nil kiiIh,
there-is ono stylo of paper that 1 always
sign with a feeling of gladness and
triumph, and that is a paper which thu
lifo insurance company requires fioni
tho clergyman after u decease in his
congregation, in order to tho payment
of tho policy to tho bereft household. 1
nlways writo my iinino then so they can
read it. I cannot help but say to my
Bclf: "Uood for that man to havo look
ed after his wlfo and children after
earthly departure. May ho havo ono of
tho best seals in heaven!" Young
man! Tito day before or tho day after
you got married, go to a lifo insurance
company of established reputation mid
get tho medical examiner to put thu
btethoscopo to your lungs and bis oar
close up to your heart with your vest
off, nnd hnvo blgned, healed and deliv
ered to you n document that will, in tho
caso of your sudden departure, make
for that lovely girl tho iliileienco be
tween n queen and a pauper.
I huvo known men who havo had an
income of !i,000, $1,000, f.,000, a
year, who did not leave ono fui thing to
tho surviving household. Now, that
man's death is u defalcation, an out
rage, a swindle. Ho did not die; ho
nbiconded. There uro 100,000 people in
America today a-hungered through tlio
Bin of improvidence. "But," say oine,
"my income is so small 1 cannot atlord
to pay the premium on it lifo insur
ance." Aro you Hiiro about that? If
you aro sure, then you havo i light to
depend on the promise in Jeremiah
xlix, 11, "Leavo thy fatherless chil
dren, I will prcservo tlictu alive, nnd
let thy widows trust in mo." But if
you uro ablo to, renumber you havo no
right to ask Ood to do for your house
hold that which you can do for them
yourself.
For tho benefit of thoso young men
excuso n practical petsonality. Begin
ning my life's work on tho munificent
salary of $S0O a year and u parsonage,
and when tho call was placed in my
hands I did not know bow iu tho world
I would over bo nblo to spend that
nmount of money, and I remember in
dulging in a dovout wish that I might
not bo led into worldlltuss and prodi
gnllty by such an overplus of resources,
and at a tinio when articles of food und
clothing wero higher than they aro
now, I felt it a religious duty to get my
lifo insured, nnd I presented myself at
an ofllco of one of the great companies,
und I btooil palo and nervous lest tho
medical examiner might huvo to de
clare that I had consumption and heart
discaso and n half dozen mortal ail
ments, but when I got tho document,
which I hnvo yet in full force, I folt a
sctiBo of manliii'-H.s nnd confidenco nnd
quletudo nnd re-enforcement, which is u
good thing for any young mnn to hnvo.
For tho1 lack of that feeling thcro are
thousands of men today iu Orcenwood
nnd Laurel Hill nnd Mount Auburn
who might us well huvo been nlivo and
well und supporting their families.
They got a littlo sick, nnd they wero
eo worried nhont what would becomo
of their households in case of their do
miso that their agitations overcame thu
skill of tho physicians, nnd they died
for fear of dying. I hnvo for many
yours been such nn nrdeut ndvocnto of
lifo insurance, nud my sermon on "Tlio
Crime of Not Insuring" hns been bo
long used on both sides of tho sea by
the chief lifo insurance companies that
Bomo people havo supposed that I re
ceived monetnry compensation for what
I havo unid und written. Not n penny.
I will givo nny in nut? 100 for every pen
ny I havo received fioni nny lifo insur
ttneo company. What I have said und
written on tho mibjcct has resulted
from tho conviction that these institu
tions nro n benediction to the liumnu
race. But, alas, fur tho widespread im
providence! You aro now in your char
ities helping to support tho families of
men who hud moio income thun you
now have, or over havo Jtad, or over
will have, und you can depend on tho
improvidenco of muny for tho truth of
my text in all times nud in nil places,
"Yohavo tho poor nlways with you."
LACK OP -UT.NTAL UAI.ANCT.
Another fact that you piny depend
upon for perpetual poverty' is tho in
capacity of many to achicvo a liveli
hood. You can go through any com
munity nud find good peoplo with more
than usual mental caliber, who never
havo been nblo to support themselves
and their households. They uro n myh-
tery to us, nnd wo eay, "I do not know
what is tho matter ol them, but thoro is
a screw looso Bonicwhere." Bomo of
theso persons huvo more brain than
thousands who malco n splendid suc
cess, Somo uro too sanguine of tem
perament, und they rco burguiuu where
there uro none. A common minnow is
to them n gold fiMi, and n quail a fla
mingo, nnd u blind innloou a towpatli
n Bucephalus. They buy when tilings
nro highest nnd bell when things mo
lowest. Koine one tells them of city lots
out west, where tho foundation cf tho
first houso iinnnot yet been laid. They
nay, "What an opportunity!" and they
put down' tho bard cash for r.n orna
mented deed for 10 lots under water.
They hear of a new bllvtr mino opened
in Nevada, nnd thoy say, "What n
chance!" nnd they tnko tho little
money thpy havo in the eaviugo bank
. bfld pay It out for m tamVlful 9018
catoof mining flock as was ever print
ed, nnd the only thing they will ever
get out of tho investment is tho aforesaid
illuminated lithograph. They mo al
ways u-t tlio cii;oof milhoualrcdi m
and niJMiiiietitucH woiricd as to whom
tluy ihull lcqueath their cxcif.s of lor
tunc. They invest iu aeiinl maehiias
or new turcnliiins in perpetual motii'ii,
and they Fitceced ill what mathemati
cians think Impossible, tin squat lug of
a circle, lor they iloovetything on the
equate and win tho whole ciicle uf dis
appointment. They mo good honest,
brilliant failures. They tlio poor, and
leavo nothing to their families lint t
model of suiiiii invention that would no'
woik "mid whole poitlolios of diagram
of things impossible. 1 cannot he!)
but like them, becausn they aro m
cheerful with great expectation'. Hut
their children mo n bequest to tlio lm
roan of city enmities. Others admin
ister to tho crop of tho woild's misfor
tune by being too unsuspecting. Honest
themselves, they believe nil others arc
honest. They nro fleeced and scalped
and vivisected by tho Hhaipei.s iu all
styles of business and cheated out of
everything bctwtcn cradlo and grave,
and thoso two exceptions only becauso
they havo nothing to do in buying
either of them. Others ato tetalned for
misfortune by inopportuno sickness.
Just as that lawyer was to make tho
pica that would have put him among
tho ntiong men of tho profession, neu
ralgia stung him. Just us that physi
cian was to piovo his skill in an i pi
deniie, his own poor health linpilsoned
him. Just as that iiieu-haut must be
at tho store for somo decisivo and intro
ductory bargain, ho hits with a iheti
mntio joint on a pillow, tho loom redol
ent with liniment. What an ovct
whelming statistic would ho tho btory
of men and women and children im
poverished by sicknesses! Then tho cy
clones. Then tho Mississippi and Ohio
freshets. Then tho stopping of tho
factories. Then the curcullos among
tho peach trees. Then tho inseclile
devastation of potato patches and wheat
fields. Then fho epizootics among tho
boihcs and the hollow horn among tho
herds.'- Then the rains that riiowu out
everything and tho droughts that burn
up half a continent. Then tlio oraiigo
groves dio under tho white teeth of
tlio hoar frost. Then tho coal strikes,
and tho iron btrlkes, and thu me
chanics' strikes, which nil strike
labor harder than they strike capital.
Then thoyellowfuverat Brunswick and
Jacksonville mid Khrovopoit. Then
tho cholera at tho Narrows, threatening
to land in Now York. Then tlio Chai les
ion earthquake. Then tho Johnstown
flood. Thou lmrricnues.bwccping fiout
Caribbean hen to Newfoundland. Then
there uro the gieat mouopolli'H that gal
ley tho caith with their oppressions.
Then there nro tho necessities of buying
coal by the scuttle instead of tho ton,
nnd flour by tho pound instead of tho
barrel, and so thu injustices uro mult -plied.
In the wakoot all these aro over
whelming illustrations of tho truth of
my text, "Yo huvo tho poor always
with you."
CI'M'STIAt. IN'SUltANC!,
Remember a fact that no one empha
sizesa fact, nevertheless, upon which
I want to put the weight of an eternity
of tonnage that tlio best way of insur
ing yuibolf and your children and your
grandchildren against puveity and all
other doubles is by helping others. 1
nm an agent of the oldest insurance
company that wus uver established. It
is near ",000 yeais old. It has tho ad
vantage uf all tho other plans of insur
ance wholo lifo policy, endowment,
joint lifo and survivorship policies,
ascending and descending scales of pre
mium and tontine and it pays up while
you live nnd it pays up ufter you lire
dead. Every cent you give in a Chi is
tiiui spirit to u poor mini or woman, ev
ery fdioo you givo to a barefoot, every
btick of wood or lump of coal you givo
to u tireless hearth, every drop of med
icine you givo to a pour invalid, ovevy
htar of hopo you mako to bhino over
unfoilunato maternity, every mitten
you knit for cold fingers, is n payment
on the premium of that policy. I hand
about 000,000,000 policies to all wild
will go forth und aid tho unfortunate.
There nro only two or three litus in
this policy of lifo insurance Pa. xli, 1,
"Blessed is hotliatconbidereth tho poor;
tho Lord will deliver him in timo of
double."
Other life iiisnranco companies may
fail, but this celestial lifo insurance
company nevor. Tho Lord God Al
mighty is at tho bead of it, and all the
angels of heaven are iu its board of di
rection, nud its assets aro all worlds,
and all the chntltablo of earth and
heaven aro tho beneficiaries, "But,"
says some one. "I do not like a tontine
policy bo well, and thnt which you
olfer is more like a tontiiio and to bu
chley paid in this lite." "Blcs-jcil is
lie that considereth tho poor; tho Lord
will deliver hint in timo of tumble."
Will, if you pi oft r tho old fashioned
policy of lifo insurance, which is not
paid till after death, you can bo ac
commodated. That will bo given you
in tho day of judgment and will bo
handed you by tho i ight baud, tho pierced
hand of our Lord himself, and all
you do iu tlio right 'bpirit lor tho poor
is payment on tlto piemiuiu of that lifo
Instil nnco policy. I read you u para
grnplrof thut policy: "Then bhull fho
King say unto them on his right hand,
'Come, yo bletsid of my Father, for I
was hungered, and yo gave mo meat; I
was thit.-ty, and yo gavo mo diiuk; 1
was a stranger, and yo took mo in;
nuked and yo clutlnd mi'.' "
In v.-iiiuus colois of ink other lifo in
surance polidui uro written. This one
I huvo just shown you is wiitten in only
ono kind of ink, and that led ink, thu
blood of tho cross. Blessed ho God, that
is n paid v.p policy, paid for by tho
pangs of tho Son of God, and all wo
add to it in ho way of our own good
deeds will angniint tlio uim of eternal
I leucines, tb, mo iiniu will como
I when tho batiks of lnrgitt capital tjtucf"
will all go dov.n, and thofiio insuranoo
lompuuhn will all go down, und
tii-j life iuauruuiv tvmpuuiw will
nil go down. In Ikf last gieat
earthquake ull the cities will bo
ptottated, and in a consequence all
banks will foievcr suspend payment.
In the last conlhigration the flit) Insur
ance companies of the eaith will,fall,
for bow could they mako appr.iisement
of tho los4 on u mil vei sal lire? Then
all tho M'hubituutri of the rouinl'l-.orld
will furietidcr their mortal existence,
uuil bow could lifo Insurance compa
nies pay for depopulated heinlsphoriH?
But tiiirceleftial lift insurance will not
bo barmiil by that continental wicck,
or that hemispheric accident, or that
planetary catastiuphi'. Blow it out
like it oundli! tho noonday sun! Tear
it down like woiuout upholstery tho
last sunset! Toss It lioni t! oil's linger
like a tie wdi op from tho anther of a
water lily -tho ocean! Scatter them
like thistledown liefoie u schoolboy's
hicath- tho worlds! That will not dis
turb the omnipotence, or the composure,
or tho sympathy, or tho love ot thai
Christ who salil it oneo on eaith, and
will say it again in heaven to all tho-'o
who have been helpful to thu down
trodden, and thu cold, ami tho hitngiy,
nud tho houseless, ami tho lost, "inas
much as yo did it to them, yo did to
mo!"
A Ijucrr Inilliin Iti'lle.
There was recently found lit nn un
dent oyster bank on tho Sabino liver,
just below this point, a well piCMived
Indian idol. The imago was neatly font
feet high utul was uf a thteo headed
man, with the scales of a tnttlo cover
ing tho entire body, but with tlie'feut
and claws of a panther. Tho Idol U
hollow and contained tho skeleton of a
young child, in an upright position, the
head fitting into that of the god.
Whether tho child was thus sacrificed
to the god or thu imago merely used as
u repository of thu dead body cannot
bo'ilecideil. Tho carving on tho Idol
showed a degieo of skill uncommon
among tho Indians us existing now or
us found hero by tho early ho! tiers, utul
as tho banks of this vicinity wero evi
dently creeled by a peoplo antedating
theso it is probal-lo that tho image wits
of their religion also. It is of stouo
nnd is composed of four or flvo pieces
neatly cemented together with n sub
Htanco not recognized by any mason who
has seen it.
Thu union of tho Bewrnl stones em
ployed in it ia hit cunningly dono that
only n closu examination reveals it at
nil. Tin eyes aroof agate and out with
thoHkiil of a finished lapidary, and bv
somo couliivauco atu so arranged as to
move in tho bead fioni side to side, nnd
to close by tho blinding down of lids of
silver. The panther claws nro ulso of
silver, raid the feet lire of ohsldinu high
ly polished.
Ono of tlio thrco heads wears n Imi
uign expression, while another grins
maliciously and the thinl frowns heav
ily und shows clinched teeth of obsid
ian. Bcuumont (Tex. Correspondent.
Tho Illni-ur Hulls.
Tho Titan of Bells, thu King of Bollf,
thu Great Bull of Moscow, etc., ns vari
ously known, bus probably been do
scribed u million times. It was cast in
17!t2. part of the metallised being from
tho fragments of The Giant, ono of tho
fotiner monster bells which have made
Moscow famous. Tho King was only
in use flvo years before it met with mi
ii reparable nccident, having u huge
piece broken fiom its side timing the
great liro of 17'I7. It is now on the
ground nnd will probably never ho re
paired and bung, us it would bo impos
sible io do so without recasting it.
During tho present century this mon
ster bell itsolt ia said to havo been used
as a church, tho thteo cotneied break
In tho hide reiving us a door! This btory
is not ut ull improbable when wo con
sider its gigantic ptoporlions, which
aro asfollowh: Height, 1!) feet .'! inchcH;
circumference around the margin, (10
feet nnd 0 inches! The weight of this
"colossal folly" has been vaiiously esti
mated by different traveler) and au
thor, but us it bus never been set down
at'Jess than Ji:t,00l pounds I am per
fectly bittistietl to givo tlio minimum cs
tiinute, which is 210 tons! St. Louis
Republic.
Cure nf tliu Iiuuinc.
Tho laws of New York nnd Massa
chusetts huvo placed thoso states iu tho
foremost runic ot intelligent und liberul
cure for tho insane. The enactments
regulating tlio commitment to asylums,
nnd the euro while there, of tho insane.
und especially the state earn net of New
York, hnvo been iu tho main wiso und
beneficent.
The weak point iu tho Now York law
is that a plan ior centralizing in a stato
commission power us to details of iniiti
agciuent of tho hospitals, which was
overwhelmingly defeated in tlio Massa
chusetts legislature, bus becomo part of
tho Now York statute, und that tho
lunacy commission, which ought to bo
u purely supervising nud udvisory
boaul, has executive functions which
lire not only needlessly vexatious to tho
hospital managers and medlcul ofllcers
und prejudicial to tlio interests of their
patients, but iiIfo may bo destructive of
good iiioruls, Tho managers and med
ical ofllcers of tho hospitals for tho in
sane have taken courugo from tho polit
ical upheaval in their statu und nro at
tempting u reform, m which wo wish
them every Htuccbs. Boston Medical
and Surgical Journal.
Tani'iln-; ami Itummint; llorebolci.
An innovation in mining work is an
Invention for tumping und ramming
boreholes. Tho hole iteelf is mndo of
u Hinullcr diameter ut tho inner end
where tho cnididgoia placed. A sntull
wood disk rcsta against tlio ahouldev
mado by tlio smaller holo and protects
tlio cartridge. Tho tamping consists of
blocKs of compressed clay, which uro
brokiu up in tho holo by tho rainmor.
Thu disk, blocks and rammer head uro
all perfot nted so thut thoy can bo thrcud
ed on to tho fuse wires. Clay blocks
! are mado nt u very cheap into by nslni-5
plo inacliiue, and by their use uniform
ity iu the tumping muterlul in wcvumli
t -t, krahj OhJbvDVovvnrti
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OF
CHILDREN,
ItlRlitu of Children,
mill Hlr-liM nCtlm lllnlc.
Children roqolro spoclnl legal pro
tection. In tnultltudo9 ot cases thoy
need to bo proloctod from thole pnr
onts to whom thoy do not wholly bo
long. Thoy hnvo rights of tholr oir
ii right to propor enro and good
ticutincnt- to education utul ndoquala
training.
Thuiu rights of children Imposo on
thole p uro tits corresponding obliga
tions, says Youth's Companion. Siieli
obligations aro violated when chil
dren aro mado streot beggars, when
thoy aro shut up in factories, to tho
stunting of both physical nnd moutal
growth, whou thoy aro surrounded by
ruinous homo itilluoncos, whon for nny
purpose, they aro doprlved ot Instruc
tion, ut- when their parents ttso tliaiu
In nny way for tholr own solo bouollL
Tho stnto ulso hns rights In tlio
children. Thoy nro Its only hope, Its
future support, defence and glory. Iu
Ilium uro possibilities of future scholar
ship, stntoamatnhlp, gunornlshlp nnd
imuluubluBorvlcoofovory kind. What
n Ions to our laud had tho parents ot
Ceorgo Washington, Abraham Lin
coln, tion. Grant or Clurn Burton
blighted tho possibilities of thole off
spring! What n loss to England and
tho world hud tho possibilities in
1 loreuco Nlghtlngalo boon thus
blighted I
It may not always bo onsy to suy
how tho state shall host protect tho
rights of tho child and Its own rights
In tho child, but of Its obligations In
tho case thoro can bo no doubt.
It recognizes them Iu putt by de
manding thut ovory child bo nllowod
to attend school up to n cortalu ago.
lloin.'o, also, its laws respecting child
labor und parental cruolty. Under
certain elrcumatauco. lndeod. It does
not hosltato to lako tho child frdtn tho
parents and put it in chargo of othor
purnonu. hotter qualified guardians.
It is poaslblo for tho stato to go too
far lu such u guurdiaushl, but thcro
is little danger ot that In this country.
Indued, tho duuger Is qulto tho other
way, except as thu government in
urged by a healthy and onmost public
Eontimont. It bocotnes us nil to help
lu' tho creation ot such n sentiment,
und In the securing and enforcing ot
Its proper lognl oxpresslon. In ovory
euso iu which both parents nro habit
ual drunkards, tho stnto should assort
Its right by giving tho children to tho
euro nud training of others.
Children ofion nood , protection
iigulnst thomselvos. This tho stato
grnuts in tho mutlor of truancy.
It is well known to tho medical
profession that tho uso ot tobacco by
children nnd tho young during tits
period of growth Is exceedingly pot-
ulclous. ospoclally In Its o;Toct upou
tho Itoart. Thoro Is nood of legisla
tion in all our states to put a atop to'
this ovlL und tho law should bo
backed by un Intolllgont pubtlo senti
ment. f f at.
PRO0RE9S IN CORBA.
Ainurlcaii Ap-dc Aro lUUntl and Hit-all
lioyM Can Hinoko.
An interesting littlo magazino en
titled tho Coroan Roposltory wns
started last your In Seoulv tho cap
ital of Coroa. It Is dovotod to Cotcau
Ml'alrs; it givos many fuels showing
tho progress of thut littlo known
country, and also contains a budget
uf news. It says, for instance, that
lomo of tho Coronns ot runk und In
iluonco havo importod Araorlcau
fruit trees nnd vinos from tho Pua'ifla
const, und it is hoped thnt this Is tho
beginning of productlvo orchards nnd
vino yards in Coietu Tho editor says
thut Americans thoro havo during tho
lastycai'outon Amorlcau npplos, pears
and grapes grown lu tho country,
and that thoy expect a small crop ot
i hcvt-los noxt year.
It bus a, short discussion of tho
proper wuy to pronounco tho nnmo
of tho cupitul, Sooul. Tho editor
protests against pronouncing It
-bowI" und ho says that "sool" Is
still worse, for thnt Is tho Coroan for
whisky. Ho says that if foreigners
pronounco tho word as though it worn
sr.w.ool" they will got tho found
about us none ns thoy aro llkoly to
catch It.
It Is sad to loarn that gravo Irreg
ularities havo occurred in tho civil
sorvlco oxmnlnatlona, snys tho Now'
York Sun. Olllcers of tho government
aro appointed In Coroa. as in China,
through competitive examinations.
!t has boon found that at the soml
uniiual selection of minor officials fftr
reappointment tho roynl signature
was forged on quito n numbor of lists.
Mr. Uale, who bus trnvolod through
Corca nnd Into Manchuria, describes
Ids wanderings among tho peoplo.
muny of whom nover saw a whlto
man before. Ho tells of tho crowds
who press uround strunjjors when
ever thoy ut-rlvo In n now town. , Ono
day ho suw a little boy carrying a
pipe, who pushed his way through tho
! crowd. Then ho coolly llllod his plpo,
lit it and sat down to smoko boforo
the strungot-s. Ho appeared to be
abutit four yours old. As Mr. Galo had
never been so accomplished a smokor
for ono of his ago, ho asked tho boy
if ho would s6ll his pipe. Ho said
- -No, " nnd when pressed to part with
it ho bogun to cry. The sum of 20
cents was offered, and tho orowd bo
gnu to urgo tho boy to soil, au ho
could buy several pipes for that
umount of money. Mr. Gale has tho
plpo umong hie curiosities, and he
says ho bullovos it belonged to the
tmnllcst boy in tho world who could
smoko und not got sick. tt
IJpforo and After.
Mrs. No wed You nevor objeoted
to my tulklng bofore wo woro mar
ried.
I Mowod But. my doar, you didn't
talk to mo thon as you do now. -N,
Y. Sun. r.Min. jllw M lrii-.i
nt-coiiiea a Procedcut.
1 A Mississippi man who brought
tult agalust a railroad company for
tho valuo of ttte ticket which
krutfht VM WflkM OT Ml M
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