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P S KAXENTAL DAY.
kp. . > • # 2few Converts Ransomed From
r the Guilt
"Z xs zr Dwtasrs * Ufon tint Aasaaata-
{ Mar-TlMi BC Xansutva of tb * Cruet-
• Of etsti tit t&e Sjtrtuz CU j Tlnus ,
S oan ; Jose X The coneregaUon at
t fe * Tfc araace aag thla momlnj- ; :
T4 S ( be prrebMt * bIo < * I lie pllt.
Ug ttuoa tr ia me 4r 4iul gaUC *
* Tfci * f * StcrxmeoUl Dxj , aad trpj
& * tt-t > sem > 84 Joined tfc cbnrch. u ! > Wiie
t6g48iQra T8 < c at memLerthJp four t&oaaaod ,
* 3mss futadnd. and nioctj-ibur. But this U
* * rfr * Prt of tile creat ttend nce tbat Soa-
f itocrciatx tad. erealn t oTcrflcw the Im-
| rargc tif rftge room. Tbs Eer. T. DeWitt
[ Tuls-- > D , took tor bf * text the puuge :
p * 'fc < * Br * r lotJt not twar bfa crosa , and.
• < caie aiter 3 e , eannot be Mj disciple. "
& i C& . ! , t. 2T. He preached the follotr-
Tfee et * a waa * gM u > t en which criminals
" * ? e * to death. I * traa fcometline * made
* • ifce tkxpe mt the letter T , sometimes In the
t - * " > < * e loiter X , sometimes la the ehape
C * fce latter I a sMaalc upright ; sometimes
f * * om ateeas ajaiuftt the perpendicular
a * * . * tfcat 8fKa lite Iwwer cross piece the
t / * mmini fsrt-zMy * . But whaiaoerer the
fm r * < * j4s < • am * , Kwas ahrapa disgraceful and
• * * * * a MUtsiBS.
Uk Baaua watered Eabjlon , he put
* a < • • > ! capttTe * fca Onath on the cross.
5W * s Atei * ! r atma/wed Tjre , he put
* * • * " " 1 ap * w a Cm death on the cross.
* * waa jbc a * wrdJaarj mode or punlah-
* * * * * * J1 * * al ft twoof crosses on the
t3 * a * * Ir tfae nJtcy s of the earth , there la
> * * * * * * * * * * * * aoira u more attention than
* * f oeltec it is ewe heritor thaa the others ,
fe .T" * " oe feot wood , there
: 4i * ihw ; | tiilar In the notch at which the
La Bm mmmm * * * 3o b I , and a to the scene ,
*
I ft f e l iw rloaa everlew weeks ,
[ * * * * * I e e a recideaa maa walking about
f P * * * S"t ' S cawrfeaslj aaldc a skull ,
I tt ai * * 4f jC wh the ritfaln was that bad
at * ? , * " Hfcha oa a head ; aud fiere ia aa-
ft " * S * * " siJ * l.aa * he on. tke hJUaidelaan-
I f * * * * * * i * - iod e.I. Ute Bible aara It was
-x wU t at riuids. • But about the yfctlm
< Z2 * e * * * * 8sc • * < kw a& ages are crvincr
wbfcei waa He * manl waa He a GodI
I , Thrw it Jae darkseas et that tfooniy dar ,
B 1 * ? * * * cfcf Rh to the croia to see
I ! ! * • " ? t- ? * • J 6UaHwir J 4 * come
1 f 1 * KH ujeupou thehUlto look
B . I * frJs * " * * b aa * ut iaadscape , or upon a.
B I # 5 * * * i-ecf So. lie eame there Ui and
m | f cwasW. rsc * < e anmctfang * wonder why
M - - * * ? easrtBed M Btey ; oa the crois , In six
I xev ttk ue , whxieouiernctiina have been
B ft/ * * * * * & * fsrtr hiht hours before
B fit w" * " • * * - * • • t tt jou the reason.
B JNt * " * * hxeated wbea he camethere. He
B ! * * A * & . b u : < iL H'e are horrified at the
I 3r * fcfc * C ihe wMe in post ; but tho e
m / oreetee * wer * metmr aa HBpred with the
B % 1 * * * * * Aa w e a jNetare m < ide br Rubens
B Cv -K naa g are r lie acourctejf of Jesus
H 1 V ceC II waa she HiOt syermasterin pict-
B . * > ' * a " * / * * * * * " * * * * * ; 'eTer expect to see.
1/ - * * / lx Ud * * * ctti opened the door
• * &rfa d. 4
* Kijture. Utere He waa Christ
[ | ytmt. boos. Iwac.ad fcared. The flasellator
i 55 * > & < r * * * * teeth denchea over the
Iff 15se' * , , * * * * * * eda to Kre rtolcnce to the
k a * fLenr were the black and blue
fc * rwljCc * , 4T ei s a t e rejjef 0 bleeding.
K iinre • > _ * Site Aeah adhering to the whip * u
* y * * WtwL There were the marks
P T * * * a tt the whips soueed out the
* " i. - f- Ti * ateMd the prw eculor , with hia
tgj 1 fee tafceealC f Uele ef taeSariour bal-
' KHatektebdC O' the lurfous and helhsh
| jojtc s. ttetee lj eo , jainain ? T n : eance
T asaaMSt ike iwe r < * L The picture seized
c IC - - > rwtoefaaad me ; ic seemed as If it
B w aa k-U nr. I ih b think I could hare
m jm c-1 m. X 1&e mtB4rte and have Hvci.
But feac , mj fcTced ws before Christ has
m * Vff ' Cai * rf. That was only the
R * ! * * < pi'ri. 4e yott cea r for jour journey
ff8 * * fcfl * ' fijlt tte timber into
- * * Stamr. Th y s < w Jmatj aad they are
iesR pvoMi. fur wf tfcrflt mctt be Xaatened
&s * # 4 w Mt tk trtfr i c tke 8irm liD'r of
= hmcumL MfMet tb awnrttire. They put
* * * + * ' ' * * * * * ed rBf Christ Terv
t SEaAnat it * * , M s e we her He can stand
a rf ; uotfcey tmd be eaa stand it , they
jmsm e w dm a ( * im Him. Forward
T * . t # CahMr * . The httutfc asdtheyeli-
VV - tatkiifd • . Under the weight of
M\ * * ' * * * . Cfcnet ksMM : weary and Mete. He
V > * s * * - w wmA fafts , Md fekey jerk at His robe
W , * * i.iAmt. ttMC Me ifcawid hav a embted and
r/ _ ju < * m. * mt fttey erv. * ; t op , pet up ! "
' a > jasi : ow koad • . the greuad and
-it .ij f ka&d k tae croc ? , riocs , looking
- a l % * * * * C 3Carr Hi * mother , for aympa-
x mkc et teft her to rtand back. It Is no
> * rr far a. w e ui &taad back and stop
vS * itnaC sxy c& trkit Kfa burden HDon His
W jtfdirt aadtiee m a hay that nasses alom ?
IX -fcS&H , a. boy hoMts amaHetanda few
I - 3e. I wonder wiuc they are foe Christ
I jnefrfiK gfftg the Imrdes la so re t He
I i. sps * * &d faiu Ixt tato the du t and
I -acs Oa * way. aad a ruioaa uuts his
L jt ca Hiaa ad ahak a Him. as be would a
[ fcAiAg arfege nmttihtiT ra&xn looks down at :
I 1 vouleriss : "whether He has fainted
I - 3 < r wfcether H fej only pretendinff '
I iatx > ai wKfa. jeer and. eontemot l
eswrttafc&e ! * • > "Fainted. haTe youl I
Jfixedf * > t a , sb < > r i
* m S * w. * / f a • arr.ved at the foot of the <
JF | Off vice H cfatfcea. Shall that loatn- <
r -x mtjb oimp a She srob < < d bodr of
r * r . The aammaadinx otficers 1
* Ca' * t a She zkdle ; take off fee coat. ]
ft . "S. m. " Tte w < xjc ts dsoe. But brinz •
W * . * a&e csat. far here are the gamblers i
. C waj : • • > * • > oa she srettcd. saying : '
m al.tttaJL hr * the Mat ! " One ruffian 1
m -a. * " "J a e * . I have it ic is mine' * ' He ]
S _ r a ad ta ic aatder bis arm , or he 1
M -rntr " jc t Me what fabric it is made of. i
I * * * t * v * ac ttW cn s wooa the proend , i
* * d tke tf xi9th Christ KpM it , and four or J
yi * aw Mid. M.JB. daxrw waiie they dr re the 1
m imus * * w < , * t everr thump a gr&an , a <
JL - * * Alas' ik' the aer passes on f
B • * " tEce • eacs whes. they must crucify
B fft - <
< B _ Seia has ssiy k carmest left now , a i
- * , a t ef MWtwa. Sadaajer that it will 1
* jdB fef the * hcf ais hare punctured '
ii teasclea asd t u * ar asd fast. One ruf1 1
? * take * tchi of se esd of the abort beam <
- the croaa , asd aaeUter reffiiB takes hold '
X. Che o4feer esd t&r sfewrt beam of the <
3 ? > - , a 4 aaother rslSaa. pats his arms '
j ec d th waiac of Christ , and another rufi i
sIas tafcg * bold cf the end of the lon beam 1
rf th * cruaa , asd aUo etaer they more on an- '
sS t&er o ae to the ho s dieted in the earth ,
3b irl aar ei sicure ic } r * down with its <
ij&s e woe , Iiia bw tile staare of Christ ,
* * stS sac the stx&a a Cbnst , as you some- :
tt B < ae < la a. eathedral. bat it Is the body of <
s. hveedisc ttT si dfis CtnsC
the ; samctisan say He bad :
$ * * wessd * hut ther have counted
wrcesTwo wounds for the bands , <
jrw wecad * Uir the feet , one wound for the
I- * sy.Te woaada. > o , they have
ffp wl ehe worst aad they have missed the
SMtC B i > • * ct * * " eee " * * bramble out of
jrb&efe. tifcsCcrown f thuraa was made * Ia w
{ in the hands of
ee as a 3n * > feifB errr-fioat ,
s. • tfestas wh ha > i J& * returned from Pal-
airt - x trs tte Jcat ttke that out of which
g rcwB. thoras was made. Ol bow
ixwt asd feowr stohtiora were the thorns. And
a-fees Cut ea rf tharas as put upon Christ ,
xsdL tc waa pressed 4un ufoa Him , not fire
ecj te. but ten , * wea Tr thirty I cannot
Xl tfe were three or Seer absences that
* 2e Stat e e w ieF.rst , there waa the
dae/eaee * * waterThe eamaie was hot , the
Scree the tsdaatmatKHi. the nervous prostra-
tiies. ife j a reee h d seized upon Him , and
J&e terriji < waated water Hia wounds were
iicae haa ewnahot fraatures , and yet no
titr X tkrk. ia the thirteenth century
the hasks of a river so that
I va * raa < e < l < a
t . # • sfce etsht of * " water mfefat UntaHze him.
M & & O * . h w the thirst of Christ must have
m t a.talre ia He thought of the Euphrates
m ad the * arda and the Amazon and all the
m SeoatmiMi f artb and Heaven poured out of
m iii * o a haa'C lby offered htm an lntsxi-
S - xCsdraacbt made out of wtne and mvrrb.
B j th deeiuJ-attt. He wasted to die aober.
awl * ta watec . . .
bH " Then , my frlewla. there was the absence of
awBJbtDarknesa always exasperates trouble.
awB * ever ahalt forzet Ube night la the summer
K j a fas the Steamer Greece , mld-AtlanOc ,
K * Baaest expectos the steamer to eo
ek AK the lihu la the cabin
awH * Se h wa oat The captain came
B * ! , In oa hia band * and knees ,
awaB t vT * " ae id not stand upright , so yloIeaU
B " SreW pitching ; and he cried out :
IwwB " Tbe atcward saidr
2r h UP. 2hc BPl"
bwbwbI JZrt - ? Wlit up ; the candle * are gone c t
H 2ta o kr The atptalasaid : "I
/dlfcaV " '
BWBWBSKM&
awawaBaWs * -aHagt. :
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awful wbea the lights were burning , worai
when the Hehta went out a
Then there was the absence of faithful
nurses. When jou are 111. It Is pleasant tc
have tbe brad bathed and ttic bands and feet
rubbed , Look at the hands and feet of Christ ,
look at the face of Christ. There were women
there who had cared for the sick , but nono ol
ibem might come up near enough to help.
There was Christ's mother ; but she might not
come up near enough to help. They eald :
"Stand back , stand bnett ; this Is no place lot
jou. " The high priests and the soldlcn
wanted It their own way ; they had it their
own war.
The hours pass on and it U twelve o'clock
of the Saviour's suffering , audit is oue o'clock ,
ami It Is two o'clock , and it Is almost three
o'clock. Take the last look at that sufferinc
face ; wan and pinched , the curple lips drawn
back against the teeth , the eyes red with
weeping and sunken as though grief had
pushed them baclt. blackness under the lower
lid , the whole bodr adroop and shivering with
tbe last chill , the breath growing feebler and
feebler and feebler and feebler until He gives
one long ; deep , last sigh. He la dead.
01 my soul , he is dead. Can jou tell why ]
Was He a fanatic dying for a priuclplo tbat
did not amount to anything ! Was He a man
infatuated ! No ; to save your soul from sin ,
and mine , and make eternal life possible He
dleo. There has to be a substitute for sin.
\V ho shall it be ! "Let It be mc , " said Christ ,
"let It be me. " You understand tbe meaning
cf that word substitution. You were drafted
for the last war ; some one took your place ,
marched your march , suffered jour wounds ,
and died at Gettysburg. Christ comes to ua
while we are lighting our battle
with sin and death and hell ,
aad he Is our Substitute. He marches our
march , fights our battle , suffers our wounds ,
and dies our death. Substitution ! Substitu
tion !
How do you feel in regard to that scene de
scribed In the text , and In tbe region around
about the textl Are your sympathies aroused !
or are you so dead In sin. and so abandoned
by reason of your transgressions that you can
look upon all that tearless and unmoved. No ,
no ; there are thousands of people here this
morniuir who can say In the depth ot their
soul : "No , no , no ; if Jesus endured that ,
and all that for me. I ought to love Him. 1
must hive HlmI will love Him , I do love Him.
Here. Lord , I give myself to thee : 'tis all
that I can da"
But how are yon going to test jour love ,
and test your earnestness ! Mv text jrives a
test. It says shut whil Christ carried a cross
for roil , vou must be willing to carry a
cross for Christ "Well. " you say , • ! never
could understand that There are no crosses
to be carried In this laud : those persecutions
have passed , and In all the land there Is no
one to be crucified , and yet In tbe pulpit and
In the prayer meetings you all keep talkln"
about carrying a cross. What do you mean
sir ! " I mean this : tbat Is a cross which
Christ calls you to do , which Is unpleasant
and bard. 'OP jou sar. "after hearln" the
story of this Christ fljJ'l all that He has en
dured for me , I am read" / to do anything for
Hlrn. Just tell me what I haTe to do and
I'll do It I m ready to carry any crosa. "
Suppose I should ask you at the close of a
religious service to rise up announcing your
self on the Lord's side could vou do It ?
aO ! no , " you say , 'i have a shrinking and a
sensitive nature. and It would
be impossible for me to rise before
a large aseemblaee , announcing myself on
the Lord's side. " Just as I feared. You
cannot stand that cross. The first one that
la offered you , you reject Christ carried a
mountain , Christ carried a Himalaya , Christ
carried a world for you , and jou cannot lift
au ounce for lilm.
But here Is a man whose cross will be to an
nounce among his business associates to
morrow morning on Exchange , tbat he has
beirun a new life , that while he wants to be
faithful In his worldly duties , he is living for
another world , and he ought to advise all
those who are his associates , so far as he can
Influence them , to begin with him the Chris
tian life. Could you do that , mv brother !
"O ! no. " jou saj. "not Just that I think
religion is religion , and business Is business ,
and It would be Impossible for me to recom
mend the Christian religion in places of
irorldly business. " Just aa I feared. There
Is a second cross offered you , and you cannot
: arryit Christ lifted a mountain for you ;
foil cannot lift an ounce for Him.
There ia some one whose cross will be to
jre.-ent religion in the home circle Would
rou dare to kneel down and pray , If your
brother and sister were looking at you ?
Sould you ask a blessing at the tea-table !
3ouId vou take the Bible and gather your
'amilv around you , and read of Christ and
leaven and your Immortal soul ! Could you
hen kneel and pray for a blessing on your
louschold ? "O ! " ' "
you say " , "not exactly
hat I couldn't quite do that because I
lave a very quick temper , and If I professed
el'gion ' ana tried to talk religion in my
iou.-elioItl , and then after that I should lose
ny temper they would scoff at me and say :
You are a pretty Christian ! ' " So jou are
owed down and their sarcasm keeps you
> ut of heaven and a ay from Christ when
mder God you ought to take jour whole
amlly Into the kingdom. Christ lifted
l mountain lifted a world for jou ; you can
tot lift an ounce for Him. I see how it is ;
ou want to be favorable to rellglon.you want
0 support Christian Institutions , vou like to
"
e associated with those who "love Jesus
Christ ; but as to talcing a positive step on
qIs subject , you cannot jou cannot , and
jy text , like a gate of a hundred bolts bars
ou awaj from peace on earth and glory in
eaven.
There are hundreds of men and women
ere brave enough in other things in life who
imply for the lack of manliness and woman-
ness stay away from God. They dare not
ly : ' 'Forever and forever , Lord Jesus , I
ike Thee. Thou hast redeemed me by Thy
tood , here Is my immortal spirit Listen all
ly friends. Listen all the world. " They
re lurking around about the kingdom of
od they are lurkinir around about it ex-
• ctimr to cru .vl In some time when nobody is
okin < r , forgetful of the tremendous words
y of text : "Whosoever doth not bear his
OS * , and come after Me , cannot be Jly dls-
ple.
An officer of a neighboring church told me
lat he was In a store In New York just hap-
: ned In where there are many clerks , aud
gentleman came In and said to a young
an standing behind the counter : "Are
> u the young man tbat arose the other night
; the Brooklyn Tabernacle and asked for
• avers ! " Without any flush of cheek.he re-
led : "lam. I haven't always done right ,
id I have been quite bad ; but since I arose
ir prayers , I think I am better than I was. "
, was only his way of announcing that he
id started for a higher life. God n ill not
ust out a man who Is brave enough to take n
ep ahead like that
1 tell jou these things this morning be-
tuse. mv " dear friunds , I want to
tow jou how light the cross is that we
ive to carry compared with that
hlch Christ carries for us. You have not
id the flesh torn off for Christ's sake in
irrylnc jour cross. He fainted dead away
ader His cross. You have not carried the
oss until it fetched the blood. Under His
tere was a pool of carnage that splashed the
arses' fetlocks. You have friends to sym-
ithlze with you In carrying the cross : Christ
od the winepress of God's wrath alone ,
one ! The cross that jou and I ought to
irry represents only a few days or a few
; ars ot triaL The cross that Christ carried
ir ua had compressed Into it the agonies of
: ernity.
There has some one come here to-day whom
ju have not observed. He did not come
trough the front door ; He did not
> me down any ot these aisles * yet I know
e Is here. He is from the East , the far
ast He comes with blistered foot , and with
roken heart and cheeks red not with health
ut with blood from tbe temples. I take
old of His coat and I sav ' : "It does not
; em to fit Thee. " "No , " H e says , "it Is not
line ; it Is borrowed ; it does not belong to
le now. For my vesture did they cast lots. "
.nd I say to Him : "Thine eyes are red as
iouzb from loss of sleep. " Ho says : ' * Yes ,
le Son of man had not where to lay His
ead. " And I touch the log on Ills back and
sav : "Why carrlest Thou this ! " "Ah ! "
[ e says , "that Is a cross I carry for thee and
irthe sins ot the whole world. That Is a
ross. Fall Into line , march on with me in
Ills procession , take your smaller crosses and
our lighter burdens , ana join me In this
jarch to Heaven. " And we join tbat pro-
ess on with our smaller crosses and our
ghter burdens , and Christ looks back and
e sees some are halting because tbev cannot
ndure tbe shame , or bear the burden , and
'Ith ' a voice which has in it majesty and om-
: rx > tence , He cries until all tbe earth trembles :
'Whosoever doth not bear his cross , aud
ome after Mr , cannot be My disciple. "
Ol my brethren , my sisters for I do not
peak professionally , I speak aa a brother
rould speak to a brother or sister my broth-
r , can jou not bear a cross If at last you can
rear a crown ? Come now , let us divide off.
Vho Is on the Lord's side ? Who is ready to
urn bis back upon tbe Lamb ot God that
aketh away the sins ot tbe world ?
A. Roman emperor said to a Greek architect :
'You build me a coliseum , a good
oliseum , and if it suits me I will
rowa you la the presence of all the
> eople , and I will make a great day of festl-
al oa jour account" The Greek architect
lid his work , did It magnificently , planned
he building. looked after its construction ,
[ be building waa done. Tbe day for open-
ng arrived. In the coliseum were the cm-
wror and the Greek architect The emperor
. . . .
rv - - - - * m < ; ' 2a 3KBMn&iMMaaaWaB Bl
i ii i in i i m ri l"mi urn n.
i "
rose mid the plaudits of a vast assembly anil
said : "We have ga'hercd here to-day. tc
open this coliseum , and to honor thu Grceb
architect It Is a great day for tbe lionuui
Empire. Let this building bo pr < Mpuroiiainl
let honor be put upon the Greek architect.
01 we must havo a festival to-day Briny
out those Christians and let us have them put
to death at the mouth of the lions. " 'Hit
Christians were put Into the centre of the
amphitheatre It was to be a great celebra
tion In their destruction. Then the lions ,
hungry and three-fourths starved , wcro let
from their dens In the side of the
amphitheatre , and they came forth wltt
mighty sprint : to destroy and rend the Chris
tians , and all the galleries shouted : ' 'Huzza ,
huzzal Long live the emperor 1" Then the
Greek architect arose In one of the gatleriec
and shouted until In the vast asscmblaire
all heard him : "I too am a Christian I" and
they seized him in their fury and flung him tc
the wild beasts , until his body , bleeding and
dead , was tumbled oyer and over again in
the dust of the amphitheatre.
Could jou have done that for Christ ? Could
vou , In a vast assemblage , all of whom hated
Christ havo said "I Christian "
: am a , or ,
* 'I want to be a Christian ! " Would jou have
had the ten thousandth part of the enthusi
asm and courage ot the Greek architect ?
Nay , I ak jou another question : would yon
in an assemblage where there are nearly all
Christian ) In an assemblage a vast multi
tude of whom love Christ and arc wllliiitr to
live , and if need be , to dlo for Him would
you dare to oay : "I nm a Christian , " or , "I
want to be a Christian ! " Would you say In
the presence of the friends of Christ , as much
as the Greek architect said In the presence of
the enemies of Christ ? 01 arc there not mul
titudes here this morning who are ready to
say : "Let the world look on , let all tho gal
leries of earth and heaven and hell look on , I
take Christ this day. Come applauses or abuse
come sickness or health , come life or death ,
Christ now , Christ forever. "
Are you for Christ , are you against nim ?
The destinies of eternftv tremble In the bal
ance. It seems as the fast day had come and
we were gathered for the reckoning. "Be
hold He enmeth with clouds , and every eye
shall see Him. " What I say to one I sav to
all. What ore vou doing for Cttrlst ? What
are you bearing lor Christ ?
01 Christian man , 01 Christian woman ?
Have you any scars to show in this conflict ?
When a war is over the heroes have scars to
show. Oue hero rolls back his sleeve and
shows a gunshot fracture or he
pulla down the collar and shows where he
was wounded In the neck. Another man eays :
"I have never hid tho use ol my limb since I
was wounded at that great battle. " When
the last day comes , when all our battles are
over , will we have any wounds for Christ ?
Some have wounds for Bin , wounds for tho
devil , wounds gotten In fighting on the wrong
side. Have we wounds that we can show
wounds gotten In the battle for Christ and for
tho truth ? On that resurrection day Christ
will have plenty of scars to show. Christ will
stand there and show the scars on His brow ,
the scars on Ills hands , and the scars on His
feet , and He will put aside the robe of His
royalty and show the scar on His side , and all
Heaven will break down with emotion and
gratitude In one great sob , aud then In one
great hosanna. Will you and I have any
scars to show ?
There will be Ignatius , on that day show
ing tbe mark of the paw aud teeth of the
lion that struck him down in the Coliseum.
There will be glorious John Huss showing
just where ou his foot the flames began oh
that day when hta soul took wing of flame
and soared up from Constance. There will
be Hugh McKall ready to point to the mark
on his neck where the axe struck him. There
will be McMillan and Campbell and Freeraao ,
the American missionaries who with their
wives and children were put to death in the
awful massacre at Cawnpore , showing the
place where the dacgers of the Sepoys struck
them. There will be the Waidenscs showing
where their limbs were broken on the day
when the Piedmontese soldiery pitched them
over the rocks. Will you and I have any
wounds to show ? Have we fought any bat
tles for Christ ? O ! that we might all be en
listed for Christ , that we might all be willing
to suffer for Christ , that we might all bear a
cross for Christ.
When the Scottish chief tajns wanted to raise
anarmy , they would make a wooden cross , and
then set It on fire , and canv it with other
crosses they had , through the mountains ,
through the highlands , and among the people ,
and as they waved the crosa the people
would gather to the standard and fight for
Scotland. So to-day , I come out with the
cross of the Son ot God. It is a flaming cross
flamming with suffering , flaming with
triumph , flaming with glory. I carry it out
ninong all the people. Who will be on the
Lord's side ? \ \ ho will g ther to the stand-
aid of Emmanual ? Across , a crosa , a cross 1
"Whosoever doth not bear his cross , and
come after Me , cannot , cannot be .My dis
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Rapid Transit in Enssia.
In Russia tho miuistor of railways
regulates the working of the lines to
; he smallest detail , even in the cases
jf those in the hands of public com
panies , aad not belonging to the
itate. No innovation can be made with
out his sanction , and if. for instance ,
. railway were to ordain the station
nasters to wear white caps instead of
red , or to only allow the passengers at
he bullet stations twenty-nine minutes
nstead of thirty , the directors would
m looked upon as conspirators against
he State , aud officials armed with tho
ulle3t autocratic powers would start
iff from St Petersburg to suppress
he alteration at a stroke. Ail reforms ,
herefore , can only proceed from the
uinistry of railways , which is now en
gaged on tho weighty question as to
yhethcr the speed of mail trains in
ho Russian Empire cannot bo increas-
d from its present average rate , in-
ludiug stoppages , of 20 miles an hour
o 23 miles. This will not strike the
eader as a very daring innovation , but
t has consumed the energies of a'
pecial commission for some weeks ,
ud is likely to do so several weeks
onger. On some lines tho speed of
he mail trains does not average more
ban 16 miles an hour , after which it
vill not bo surprising to learn
hat the speed of the ordinary
> assengcr tr.iins on certain lines
loes not exceed 12. On tho
lest lino in Russia , between St Peters-
mrg and Moscow , the speed of the or-
[ .nary passenger train is not more than
5 miles an hour. So numerous and
ong are tho stoppages that the ener-
; etic passenger has not only plenty of
Imo to feed , but oven to take a walk
n tho country now and again. The
astost traiu in Russia is the courier
rain between St. Petersburg
tad Moscow , which travels , includ-
ng stoppages , atfabout 28 miles an
mur. This carries no mails , and con-
ists only of a few first-class carriages.
Ls for the slowest examples can be
bund on one or two branch lines of a
rain only going 10 miles an hour , aud
iveu then regularly arriving late. On
he Tsaritzin-Don railway there used
o be a tradition that two express trains
lad once collided without doing each
ither any harm. In general , the speed
if trains in Russia is extremely slow ,
ho halts at the stations fur too long ,
md tho trains too fow and heavy for
ha traffic. Instead of trains of twenty
sarriages , drawn by two locomotives ,
unning with tho mails once a day on
he main lines , it would be far better
o havo two trains of ten carriages
ipieco running night and morning ,
such a reform , however , would be too
iweeping. For tho moment the whole
ipirit of innovation at the ministry of
• ailways is concentrated upon rising
ho speed of tho-mail trains from 20 to
! 3 miles an hour , and no further re-
orm can bo expected this soason.
Engineering.
Heavy Honors.
The King of Sinui has confered the
irder of Chulachonclao on his dentist , a
frenchman. Tho decoration is the least
mportant of tho four orders of Siam ,
md it involves tho wearing of a cone-
ibaped hat of great weight on all pub
ic occasions , Recipents of tho honor
ire , therefore , not nlways as greatful
is they might be.
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ELECTRIC EXECUTION.
Tho Rolatlvo Merits of the Rope
and tho Eleotrlo Button.
In executions by eleectricity all suf
fering is prevented. Death must be
instantaneous beyond all natural pre
cedent , and there is an extreme prob'
ability , supported by a mass of evi
dence Irom persons who have been
rendered unconscious , but not killed ,
by lightning , that the action of elec
tricity when the shock is strong out
runs the speed of the transmission oi
sensation. Unconsciousness arrives
before pain can be perceived , and the
stricken man reports , if he survives ,
that he felt nothing. It is an offense
against the instinctive sensb of justice
to reserve such a privilege for the ex
ceptionally wLked , to give to a mur
derer like Palmer a fate which an em
peror Frederick III. might desire in
vain ; and such offenses always bear
civil fruit , though not always of
the anticipated kind. In * this
case , for instance , the result
which one would at first
sight expect may not rise.but anoth
er , nearly as bad , and much more
likely to escape attention. Intending
murderers , it is usually said , may feel
that a menance has been withdrawn ,
and that they are more freo to slay !
and in countries where murderers are
usually disbelievers and where suicide
is more often contemplated than with
us , that , we conceive , would be the
inevitable result. With a certain class
of criminal , the educated poisoner and
the cultivated murderer for gain , that
will be the result , among ourselves ,
also , the deterrent effect ot hanging
consisting party in the disgrace at
tached for ages to that method of ex
ecution. We confess , however , to .a
doubt whether among the ordinary
criminals of a population like that of
New York , death by electricity will be
less deterrent than death by the rope.
The unerring certainty of the method
and its appalling suddenness , the ab
sence of that lingering hope that the
rope may break , and so there may
come reprieve , and tho horror if we
may affront some readers by the
suggestion of suffering the very pen
alty which , in the imagination of the
ianorant through all ages , has come
most directly from God , may breed a
fear as deep as the fear of the rope or
even deeper than it. Nothing appalls
like lightning , and death by lightning
may appall a brute insensible to the
horror of an ordinary execution. If
so , as the majority of murders are
committed by callous brutes , the new
mode of execution may prove more
deterrent than the old , and we must
look elsewhere tor the consequences
which , neverthelsss , we half instinctive
ly expect.
May not the consequence of inflict
ing painless death for crime , a conse
quence slow to arrive and at first un-
perceived , be a deadening of the natu
ral and most beneficial horror of
inflicting death too readily ? The new
philanthropists will smile at us and
? ay tho dislike to the penalty of death
id increasing everywhere ; but if thev
were accessible to arcument we could
show them reasons for doubting that
conclusion. The tendency to war does
not decrease , though the habit of
preach inn asainst it increases , and if
it lasts the dislike of capital punish
ment for adequate reason cannot long
jurvive. The dislike exists for this
3iie moment out of all the aces Christian
iges as well as Pasanbut ; though man-
: ind is not wise , it is too absurdly il-
osjcal , considered by itself , to
r.eep its place long in the thoughts
> f men. It involves , under
; he theory now , for example ,
• ampant in Italy , this preposterous
issertion , that while there is no-
; acredness in human life as such ,
vhile-it is noble to shoot an ignorant
: onscript who under the compulsion-
) f discipline invades your country ,
md justifiable to shoot the soldier
vho vrill not invade another country
vhen he is ordered , there is a sacro-
lanctity in life if only it is criminal
md noxious. The mutinee must be
pare.it ! is a duty to slaughter out
m invading regiment which may slay
md burn , but wicked to slaughter the
niscreant who has burned or slain.
Dhere can be no future for an idea so
ssentially silly as that ; and when it
lasses away there majT come with the
eaction from it an undue hardening
if the general heart. The impulse of
he day i& to be oversoft ; but the ten
ancy of thought , which will outlast
he impulse of the day , is toward ad- |
mmntine-hardness , toward , that is , \
he scientific view of things the view !
rhich suggests tbat death is not only |
he most deterrent of all punishments
or crime , but the one least embar-
assmg to the innocent community ,
md most certain to prevent tho
lereditary descent of criminal in-
tincts. If there is no knowledge save
cientifio knowledge , Plato was right
yhen he sentenced all mis-
hapen babies , and it would be hard
, o answer Mr. Cottor Morison's ter-
ible suggestions as to the prevention
> f any accumulation of criminal pro-
ilivities. Tho world will harden as it
tows scientific , harden toward all im-
) ediments to-the material happiness
vhich it seeks for mankind , harden ,
; oward criminals , for example , as
[ riah tenants have hardenend toward
'land grabbers" think of their
'symapathetic tenderness" and our
: hildren may see a generation willms ,
'in the interest of the deepest well are
) f the whole community , " to pour
jut death in. buckets. On what selen
itic principle , for instance , should the
rreclaimable criminal or the pauper
unatic tax the community for years
; o support his noxiousness ? The
ioctrine of euthanasia for criminals
ivill be preached indeed , is preached
n some quarters already and it may
fet find acceptance in those new so-
jieties where the only ideal that really
prevails is the ideal of comfort on this
jarth and for all men. If such a gen-
jration arises , or if tbe hearts of mea
xpproximate toward the hearts that
% generation would possess , it would
be found that with tho practice of
killing only by coarse and painful
methods , revolting even to those who ,
iike ourselves , deem capital punish
ment indispensable , a great restraint
on killing had disappeared.
To slay painlessly , without fuss ,
without bloodshed without disfigure
ment of the human Iramewould seem
30 very easy , and comparatively , so
little shocking. There are very few
men , howevefbrutal , who would not
3ooner order a hundred men to be
fusilladed out of sight than a hundred
men to be separately hanged before
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them ; and execution by electricity ,
involving , as it does , no pain , is fai
less brutal even than fulsilladinc.
Suppose all the irteclaimable convicts
in London executed in silence , secret
ly , with no possibility of pain ,
would tbe announcement of the fact
create half tlepugnance which the
execution of c .e criminal does now ?
Capital punishment is just ; but some-
thine to make tho judge and juryman
reflect , to make him fear for his own
responsibility.to make him search his
conscience , in theological jphrase. is
an indispensible checkand in abolish
ing pain and the knowledge of details
and'personal action in executionswe ,
to the extent of human power , take
that check away. It is foolish to as
sert that this would not be the case ,
or that men would be moved by the
bare record of the number of deaths.
Who is moved by the Registrar-Gen
eral's weekly return or the return of
deaths in a convict prison ? Do you
suppose that Mary Tudor's martyrs ,
dying invisible , without pain , without
report save that they were
dead , would have _ shocked Lon
don into Protestantism ? They would
have passed , as even now convicts
sentenced to labor for life pass , to
their doom unheeded , except by the
few who make their destinies a study.
It is a human instinct which in all
countries has prohibited poison as a
means of executing ordinary criminals ,
and has compelled rulers to let su
preme justice be dono in methods , the
very coarseness and brutality of
which force legislators and judges and
juries to consider painfully what they
do. The guarantee against laxity in
inflicting death , and therefore against
a biutalization of society , is that
very sympathetic horor , that pain in
the hearts of the innocent , which tho
Legislature of New York , m its hungry
pursuit of happiness , is calmly legisla
ting away. It is not making laws in
order that criminals be not hurt , for
convicts have no votes. Its object is
to reduce the pain of the society
which inflicts , not of the criminals
who suffers , death , and in reducing it ,
it is reducing that society's care to
have its conscience clear : "What
matters if he died ? He was a crimi
nal , and he died painlessly. " That
will be the real state of public feeling ;
and while we advocate tho death
penalty a3 the supreme deterrent ,
justified by the right of society to in
flict adequate of feeling to be at once
dangerous and bad.
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Table Beverages.
The three principal table beverages
of civilized people , after water , are
coffee , tea and chocolate. Their char
acteristics and their effect on the hu
man system are described as follows :
Chacolate , from its large proportion
of albumen , is the most nutritive
beverage , but , at the same time , from
its quantity of fat , the most difficult
to digest. Its aromatic substances ,
however , strengthen the digestion.
A cup of chocolate is an excellent
restorative and invigorating refresh
ment even for weak persons , provided
their digestive organs are not too
delicate. Cardinai.Richelieu attribu
ted to chocolate his health and hilar
ity during his later years.
Tea and coffee do not afford this
advantage. Albumen in tea leaves
and legumin in coffee berries are repre
sented in very scanty proportions.
The praise of tea and coffee as nutri
tive sub = tances is therefore hardly
warranted.
Tea and coffee , * though of them
selves not difficult of digestion , tend
to disturb the digestion of albumi
nous substances by precipitating
them from their dissolved state.
Milk , therefore , if mixed with tea or
coffee , is more difficult of digestion
than if taken alone , and coffee alone ,
without cream , promotes digestion
after dinner by increasing tho secre
tion of the dissolving juices.-
The volatile oil of coffee and the
smpyreumatic and aromatic matters
of chocolate accelerate the circulation ,
which , on the other hand , , ia calmed
by tea.
Tea and coffee both excite-the activ
ity of the brain and nerves. Tea , it
is-said , increases the power of digest
ing the impressions we have received ,
creates a thorough meditation , and ,
in spite of the movements of thoughts
permits the attention so be fixed up-
> n a certain subject.
On the other hand if tea is takea in
ixress , it causes an increased irrita
bility of the nerves , characterized by
sleeplessness , with a general feeling cf
• estlessness aud trembling of the
imbe.
Coffee , also , if taken in excess , pro-
luces sleeplessness and many baneful
jffects very similar to those arising
10m tea drinking. Coffee , however ,
produces greater excitement , and a
sensation of restlessness and heat en
sues. For throwing off this condition
resh air is the best antidote.
What a Contrast.
What a contrast doe3 the home-oi
; he sober , industrious , mechanic
present to that of the idler and
; hedissolute ! In the one there
• eigns peace , comfort and in-
lependence : in the other , misery ,
mnger and dirt. The one is a little
jalace , in which the contentment
ting's court holds absolute sway ; the
) ther & . hovel , where vice breeds.and
tpawns depravity on the highways of
ife. One glance into the interior of
: he former dwelling is worth a whole
lay ' s inspection of the splendid one
if a noble ; forthe formeris associated
ivith the happiness of thousands , the
atter with that of a single family.
The mansion of the noble may De
lecorated with the gems of art and
; enius it may present a mere than
sriental luxury of appearar.ee ; but
; be contrast between it and the cot-
rage of the sober artisan is irameasur-
xbly in favor of the latter , as far as
ihose higher estimates of human hap
piness which are based on something
superior to me a superficial grandeur ,
nay be allowed to sway our judgment ,
[ n the one we see rugged labor , the
soul and sinew of the nation , reposing
like a giant gathering strength for
renewed exertion ; in the other we per-
: eive effeminacy "lolling on a lewd day
: oucb , " deploring the slowness of that
time which"silently and slowly brings
its votary nearer to that end which ,
in his old age , hedreads.and endeavors
by all manner of shifts and ingenui
ties to avoid. In the one there is
a straight-laced , artificial dtcipline ,
which freezes the heart and contracts
the mind ; in the other an innocent
freedom , which tolerates tho laugh
and jest on all occasions , and yet al
lows the graver moments of existence
to exert their sanitary influence. N.
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FARM AHD HOUSEHOLD.
Points for tho Farmorg
Don't save all tho unpleasant jobs
for your boy and expect him to "stick
to tho farm. "
Give potatoes that you want to
mature early soil already rich , or
feed thorn with well rotted manure.
When a man tells about plowing a
foot deep , it indicates that about four
inches have been broken off his foot
measure.
Havo a care to the roadsides of
your farm , cut down tho brush , fix
the fences and show that there is en
terprise there.
Trim all branches of ornamental
trees , and prune shrubs , too. Thin
them as needed , but avoid formality.
A pig that takes its head out of the
trough while eating and acts as if
the slop had run the wrong way has
the sniffles. Ho should be removed
from the herd and cared for , as the
disease is contagious. Put pine tar
in the slops , and smear both the nose
and the face with it. Feed sulphur
and turpentine with it. A free use of
carbolic acid , both externally and in
ternally , should also be made. So ad
vises an experienced Western stock
man.
It is related that a genius at Pitts-
field , 111. , has made a big barrel churn
upon wheels. He goes through the
country gathering cream , and when a
proper quantity has been secured re
turns home. On the way home he
connects the ' ehurning gear , and as ho
drives along the churning goes on as
the wagon moves forward , so that
when he arrives there is nothing to do
but take out tno butter and draw off
the buttermilk. That comes pretty
near a portable butter factory , and
its inventor is probably a born yan-
kee , instead of being a native of the
"Sucker State. "
Mr. Daniel Dennett , the veteran
and venerable agricultural editor of
"The New-Orleans Picayune , " pays
fair tribute to tho thing of good re
port the spiritual gains not always
taken into account in estimating the
relative advantages of town and
country life : "Horticulture and
study of the book of nature make
men better , more benevolent , more
friendly , more honest , more industri
ous and frugal and happier than de
votion to the subtleties of trade , tho
wily and crafty intrigues of politi
cians , or the gambling calculations of
the speculator. A close intercourse
with field , forest and garden , in boy
hood and youth , lays the foundation
for a better character and nobler as *
pirations in approaching manhood ,
and as he communes with nature in
old age the language of his heart wil"
be 'Nearer , my God , to Thee , nearer
to Thee. ' "
A speaker at a recent meeting in
Massachusetts properly resented the
complaint of "lack of recognition" of
tillers of the soil. On the contrary ,
according to "The N. E. Farmer's"
report :
"The agricultural profession is tin.
only one that draws money from the
public. Lawyers and doctors are
educated at private schools , support
ed by private funds , but the tanner
has an agricultural college , maintain
ed at the public expense , and the
agricultural interests have a National
Bureau , which no other industrial
pursuit has. "
Advantage of Sheep Farming ,
The most prominent advantage cf
keeping sheep over other branches of
farming are a smaller money invest
ment , less risk of loss by death , two
incomes the iambs and the fleeces
jvery year , benefits to the land , large
quantities of rich manure , easier
keep'ng , and less costly food , less
labor and less costly buildings , great
er incomo for money invested. The
writer's experience in many years of
sheep keeping has shown that the
manure will pay the cost of all labor ;
mat the sheep will earn $1 per head
in clearing land of sprouts and weeds
md fitting old land for crops , and
tvill pay 100 per cent interest yearly
an the investment.
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Advice About Animals.
Old fashioned people believe in med-
cating themselves as well as their ani-
nals as spring opens. So do we. but
ve think that the "opening medicine"
should be applied externally in - the
brm of currycomb and brush. Sound
md wholesome food , to-ether with
jroper grooming , will allow the ani-
nals to resume the work o' the farm
vithout sudden shock. It is all-im-
jortant that tbe harness be over-
muled and rea-dy for spring work.
3adly fitting harness is as uncom-
ortable to an animal as is a man's
Iress when a suspender button is lost.
5ae to thecollais. tliat they fit well ,
md all parts rhat rub should not
: hafe the skin. Look to the feet of
lorses , those that begin work on soft
; round usually do better without
hoes. The feet should be well clean-
id when they come in from work. In-
oming cows , especially those with
heir first caif , are apt to suffer from
nilkfever and garget. Give them less
ood , as their time approaches. A
oomy stall 3hould be provided.
Vhy Horsoss Rub Their Wcanes and
Tails.
The question , "Why horses rub their
nanes and tails. " ha3 been answered
> y a New York veterinary surgeon as
ollows : "Rubbing the mane and tail
isually rsults from an unhealthy con-
lition of the skin , which in most cases
s produced by neglect of croorning or
> y bad food , or by arsy sudde2 change
> f diet from that to good. Qccasion-
dly , however , it appears in stables
vhere grooming and food : are un
questionably good. Damaged oats
> r hay are very ready cans- for this-
innoying affection. In every case ,
; herefore , where the hair of the mane
ind tail fall out the food should be
laralully examined. Young horses on
: oming into the stables sometimes
mffer from an irritation of the skin ,
arobably from change of diet. Horses
recovering from fever frequently lose
i portion of the hair from tho mane
ind tail. In the latter case it seoms
to arise from an impoverished state
of blood. "
In regard to treatment the surgeon
alluded to sayd : "If any positive
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Without this precaution local treat- * r yxif
mont will be cf little avail. Ona V jL
method of local treatment tbat haa ± * &t
produced good results consists In . iSr'
dressing the skin with equal parts of W .a jt
mercurial ointment nnd soft soap mrn
made into a lather with hot wator ' * - jjr Jj § &
and applied by moans of a stiff hair f i |
brush. The now hair will crow moid.V P l
ly after this application. In addition t Ai
to the local treatment it will bo neceaT ' * LJf
sary to act upon tho system generally " , "s * , , • Ja
by a change of diet ; green food should ' a
be given , as this by moanB of its laxa- ?
tivo qualities lessens tho irritability of gjj
tho skin. A bran mash with five
grains of arsenic added daily , in addi * *
tion to the usual food , will exert a M
beneficial influence upon the skin. ' ra
Young Men , Road This ! P
from tho Chntauquan. ' §
It is very common for young men , jt
I think , to determine tho quality of . * ' \
their work by tho price which they j
are paid for it. I only get , says such '
a ono$5 a week , and I am sure that
I am giving $5 worth of service ; if my
employer wants more , let him pay
more ; if ho wants better , let . ,
him give better wages. This Is
specious reasoning , but it is false ;
and it is destructive to tho boat
work , and therefore to tho beat
manhood. No man can af
ford to do anything less well than hia r
best. Ho who always strives to do
his best work in the very process of
striving will grow better nnd better.
Not only will ho grow more skillful in
that particular workmanship , but ho
will be better equipped for other *
workmanship. This is an absolutely i
universal law. It is tho absolutely f
universal road to promotion , Tho j
man who is careful to give nothing
more than he gets rarely gets moro ( :
than ho gives. Tho man who works I
for his own sake , who puts the best M
of himself into every blow that U
Eart , who mixes all his work I
with brain and conscience , who studies J
to render tho largest possible service
regardless of tho compensation which
it brings , sooner or later will find
his way on and up. The world learns
his worth and calls him to higher ser
vice. Nor is this all. By stirring him
self up to do always the best lie can
he grows into a X'ower to do better
and ever better.
Into Culfs of Space. J
Hartford Post. I
The great Lick telescope , although
not yet in full working order , has
demonstrated its superior power by
its clearer presentation of objects lo
cated in the solar system and its die-
coverie3 in the infinitely moro remote I
stellar universe. Its latest perform- \
anreis said to be the discovery of
suns , infinately remote , in that great
gulf of the sky which , because it has
proved to be so empty to all other j
telescopes , has been ealleJ , decisively ,
"the hole in the sky. " Mr. Bautwell >
once wanted to see Andrew Johnson J
shot out through that "hole in the ' , .
sky" never dreamingthe al
leged hole was occupied by a
universe of suns , many of which , very
likely , are biger than ours , and all of
which probably have their own sys
tems of attendant planets. Suns so
remote that their light , flashing
through the star depths at the rate
Df 187,000 miles per second , takes a
thousand years to reach our world
lemnuied hitherto uienn , buried in t
fathomless space. It takes a fraction
aver eight minutes for the sun's light
io : reach the earth , but the sun is on-
y 02.000,000 miles distant. It is
useless for the mind to try to grasp ,
n a "realizing sen e , " even such dis- '
r.tnees as 92,000,000 uiiies. As to t
; he shoreless depths of outer space , j
peopled .as it may be to all infinitly A
vith circling suns and systems nothing *
ess than eternity for development
vould serve to qualify human minds ,
ven approximately to erasp the
nighty reality.
The Opium Scourge in the
Pacific.
-ondsn News.
The passion for opium is reported
o be rapidly destroying the native
> opulation on the Marquesas Islands , [
vhere the women even more than the i
nen are said to be addicted to this '
atal indulgence. According to our
ounsel at Tahiti , the French authori
ses are afraid that the result will be
he same in theSociety Islands , where ,
n spite of the stringent orders issued
o the police , the Chinese peisitt in >
elliug opium to the natives. The t
raffle in the island appears to be a ,
nonopoly , which is xvJt up to public i
ompetition and leased for periods of (
wo years. According to the law , the
ontractorin Tahiti is allowed to sell (
inly 1,100 pounds per annum ; but it
3 believed that a great deal more is
old , and that directly or indirectly '
he prohibition npon spiling to any
mt Chinamen is to a great extent
vaded. At the last adjudication the
uccpssful comi > etitor secured his
irivilege for Tahiti for GfJ.OOO francs
> er annum , a sum which it is calcu-
ated would yield him a profit offroni ,
5 to 50 per c&nt. As the quantity '
if opium which in San Francisco may
le bought for about 10s. is sold in
Cahiti for 5 to 5 lGs. 8d , it does
tot appear that the opium
noncpolibt adds the attraction of ,
heapness to the allurements of this
lernicious drug.
Royalty as a Trade.
The trade of a king , judging by the
urrent statements made of the for-
une ieft by the late Kaiser Wilhelm ,
anst be a very tiood one. It is an
nounced as amountinc to 24,000,000
narks , cf which one half i3 placed in
he Crown Treasury andthe other
lalf is divided according to the will
eft by the Kaiser.
A German mark is twenty-three |
entsand eight mills of our currency. . 1 ' 1
rhe-Iate Emperor ' s fortune then waa - . A
• > rv612,00. One half , or $2S0G,000 , " jlB
> divided. The Dowager Empress. YS
Uigusta receives $714,000 ; the-
3rand Duchess of Baden , Frederick's. I
irter ; the Crown Prince and Prince
leniy , his brother , and the Crown
? rincess are each bequeathed $238 , - i
)00. ) Prince Henry has already re
vived an estate of the same value as j
lis prssens bequest. The total
miount bequeathed by the will to j
; hese members of his family is $1,656 , -
)00. The balance , $ .1,150,000 , ia htv
jueathed to other persons ,
i