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DIAN QUESTION.
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Oil fiarehlesln Con + plutoCentrol--Treaty
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Tl + c I'h o ChUhcd Tribra.
{ NAstitxu rex , A'ov , ; UB Y far the
f most important feature of the annual
,
1 .report of Secretary Smti ) of the Iu
'terior department , so far as the South-
wcst is concerned , is the report of the
'Iatves commission in regard to its
.negotiations . with the flue civilized
.tribes of Indians in the Indian Tcrri-
'tory 'Phis presents the correspondence
ot the commissioners with the chiefs
of the five tribes and an account of the
) nethods by which the chiefs came to
unitedly present an opposin ; front to
' -any effective negotiations of any sort ,
L'ho failure of the coutrnission being
tlms detuiledtl , + c report proceeds : "in
connection with the official interests
ltcrc briefly outlined life commission
availed thetnseices of every opportum
ity of conference with private citizens
of tcveral nations , meta of character
' .and inltucncc aa + ot g their I tee p lc. ] Z Y
visits to the varkou , localities tttcy fat -
t .miliarired themselves tviti ! the conditions -
tions of life and tl + o opinions and prcj
udices which prevail in the difTerent
scetious attc ] adapted the methods of
their attempt at negotiation to these
i -conditions L'ut thus ftr they have
met with no favorable response among
' those holding power and controlling
n fife politteal machinery in the govern.
mcnts existing in the'I'crritory. It is
° .otherwise u ittt those. believe' to be a
i' lathe majority , tube iu the machinery
by which ail'airs are adtniniste : ed arc
" , without voice or rartieipation in the
policy or lotus by which the Y are g ar-
.typed. 1' he c . 'tts c s , tvhi c 1 t thus far
have proved unsurmountable in all the
cllort at a peaceable solution of the
problem by ucRotiation b , eau enl y be
and e r a toad b J s thorough a knotvled g e
of the conditions into which these pco-
* plc have been permitted to fall by ti + e
indificrence and nos-interference of
the national gorcrument
" 1'l + c present conditions aeo pat
treaty conditions. 'Phero is pat only
no treaty obligations the p art of
thc United States to maintain or even
to permit the present conditions of affairs -
fairs iu the Indian 1'arritory , hut , enl
l - the contrary , the whole structure and
- tenor of tLc trcatics forbid it. If our
I .gavernmcut is ob igal to maintain the
i treaties nccordiug to their original in-
tcntand purpose it is obligated to blot
; r " .out at once present conditions. It has
been most clearly shown that a restor-
' atiou of tl + e treaty status is not only
ail ] RpoSSlblhty , hut , if a possibibity ,
would be disastrous to this people and
against the wishes of all people and
, b orernmentaliIC. ! 'i'hecry , therefore ,
uf those who Lave brought about thi ;
" conditiun of aiatirs , to be let alone ,
' . pct only finds no shelter in treaty obligations -
ligations , but is a plea for permission
K 'to further violate those provisions.
" 1'ite commission is compelled by
life evidence forced upon them during
their examination into the admini5tra-
lion of the so-called grovernments iu
' this territory to report that these go -
- ernments ) n all titcir branches tyre
wholly corrupt , irresponsible , anti unworthy -
worthy to be Ion Ter trusted with life
n
{ carc and control of the money and
other property of Indian citizens ,
much lea their lives , which the'y'
scarcel Yr .retcud to 1 trotect. There
can be nohigherobligation incumbent
ou every brsncl ) of the general grov-
ernment than to exert Its utmost con-
stitu ior. l authority to secure to this
1 ( topic in catnnon with all others
' within ottr borders , gor , rnment in
' .conformity with constitutional Int-
. horitics. Tic horernmcnt cannot ab
dicate or transfer to othct shoulders
this duty as to any portiouof territory
or peopleiu the land. It cannot esc -
' , c : : I to yes P onsibilitt _ if the dart- record ,
' ' ° which has paw becu brought to light ,
is permitted to continue. Delay can
brine nothing bttt increased difficulty
- , or darner to peace and good order in
, he TCrritury. The situation calls for
' prompt action.
1'itese considerations lead btttto one
.conclusion. It is in the judgment of
the cotmuissiun , the imperctit e
duty of l.'ungress to assume at
: ' . once political control of the Indian -
dian territort . They hate come
.with great rclaetance to this coo-
, . clttsiun , and Itave soaTht b Y all
methods that tnilit reach the
: ' conict iuns of those holding power
i in the territory to induce them by
nenotiatioa and mutual agrcemcat to
.consent to a sa + isfactory change in
their s : strm of U overnment and a p -
propriaian of tribal nroltcrty. The c
cflorts hav , failed ; and life commis.
' sioa is drirn to the alternative of
recotmuct + ding cbandonment of tlesc
people to tkie s-ruilation gnu outrages
: pcrnetrated in the name of existing
overnment or the resumption by
- Coa'res5 of file rower thus abused.
venc.ucln tiot irticcsc.
Lonos , Nov. 0. = i'he Times pub-
' fishes the fuIIowing dispatch from its
, , corr spondeut at Caracas , 'ene..ueta ,
-Hader date of November I : "It is of-
facially stated that the revolutionary
, .outbreak is of no impcrtancc. No
k L'ritish ultimatum has yet becu re-
' cei ed , and inan Y of the influential
; ; ' , V e nez'u - lans u rR „ e n amicab.c settlc-
, < . .went.The gavernmeat is afraid tae
_ tenderiu * of an apology ( tepid be
cquiraleut to rccoanizing the right of
„ Enrland to the disputed territory
' 0-thcrtvise it is ready to giva satisfac
. , ( fell. A cansideratale party favors a
direct settlement of the frontier q nes-
, Lion tri ± houtreference to the United
, 1 atPS. '
Se : : ioreson : lnnucnccy Ills Collexac's
- Caalidaey for trio Presidency.
- CiIC.tloror. . 30. 3iinnesota has
a canuidatc for President-Cushman
" I { . Iacis-a5d will push his claims in
the coaventiou just as long as lie has
anc possible show of getting the nomination -
nation , " said United St ttes Senator
Rnute i1'clson IaSt evening. . IIe con-
tinucd : "But there is no telling what
the contention will do. Ail the can-
. tlidates , .lieIiinley , Reed , Horton and
' Allison , are strong men. If the have
to let Senator Davis out of the race
heu I think the 1liinnesota delegation
zvili be etentualky divided between
- 11icIinley and Rccd , ' '
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
5ccrotary Sm1th'a Report Docotes ffiach
Space to the Indian lnestion ,
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sllrsaTOx , 2U-Seeretal'y
Koko Smith , of the Interior depart-
tnenthag ntadc his annual report to
life presidcat. It rerietts the varied
work of life department , beginning
with tbe Indian service , and calls attention -
tention fo : the strict enforcement
which has been given to the civil
service reform , boll ( as to life places
cocered by the classiEicd sel vicc , and
those to which the rules of this service
do not apply. The secretary dwells
upon the necessity of elitninatiag
politics from tl + c Inanaaement of In
dian aiFairn , anti of conducting each
resort atiolt upon strictly business
principles , the object being to make
every Indian who remains upon the
reservation self-supporting and ready ,
as soon as possible , to assume the
duties of citizenship and bo freed
from the l + atcrnal care of the govcrn-
tuent 1'he Secretaryis of the opinion
that if the resources of each reserra-
tion are trcaterl intelligently and the
Indians required to labor in those pur-
suit' ; tvllich are adapted to particular
reservations , to a fete years practically
alt life Indians can be made self-sup.
porting.
Allotments should be made Ion ; before -
fore reservations are opened. JJach
Indian should be settled upon his
homes ± ead and be self-supporting bc-
furc citizenship is conferred upon Itim. ,
jYhen citizenship is couferre , ' , the
Government ou ltt to let him alone
and allow him to take his place , sttr-
rounding Itim with no more restraint
and giving him no mono help than is
accorded to other citizens. under the
present system , Indians to whoa al
lotments have becu made and upon
whom citizcnsl + ip has been conferred
.still receive enormous gratuities and
need every dollar they receive.
After revietvinr in detail the tt ork
of the land office during the past
twelve months , the secretary takes up
life question of the disposition of tl + e
ai id lands and the preseitation of tLe
forests. Ile urges that these two ques-
tioasare closely allied , for the quan
lily of aril ] ands far exceeds the
present water supply , even if it were
all utilized for irrigation. The 'in-
crease of the water supply must de
pcad upon the grotvth'and preservation -
tion of the forests. Attention is called
to the failure of the Carey bill to accomplish -
complish the results expected ; the
secretary attributes this to the fact
the bill intended that Inoney for the
irrigation should be raised upon the
grid lands given to the States. This
Las been impossible on account of the
fact that suificicnt control over the
lands was not e iven to the States to
mate them available as security for
the money expended in their reclama
( ion. Zhe secretary sua gests the
advisability of patenting these lands
to the States after it is fully determines -
mines that the selections made by
them under the Carey act are arid
lands.
CRAZED ON A TRAIN.
Aa Aged lvomau aad.IIer Grandson Both
Insane-Tho T omnn liflls IIerself ,
1lfantsox , Nis. , Nov. 3G.-As the
north bound train on the Northtvest-
cru road reached Shopcer last night ,
an elderly woman , traveling with her
l0 year old grandson , suddenly became -
came violently insane and caused
a panic among the passengers.
The conductor locked the woman
and the boy inside the car ,
but when the train arrived at
Evansville , the woman was missing ,
she having leaped through a tt indoa .
l'ife boy remained in the car and it
wits found that he , too , ( vas demented
and could give nu account of what
had transpired. This morning the
woman s body was found beside the !
track ; three miles south of Janesville.
Shc had evidently becu killed instantly -
stantly
TRAIN ROBBERS FOiLEu.
Texas Bandits IIold lip an Express , Bat
rail to Open the : 'sofa
Fort Nonrir , Tes. , Nov. 0.-Five
miles north of Childress , at
0:30 o'clock 1 ast evenin , m , , a north -
bound train on the Fort lYorth
and Denver was held up by two men.
Tlie robbers got nothitto , as the mes-
sener could not open the through
sa fc.
Gnarct + ng ° auy acraper3.
CnlCtco , Nov. 30.-Chicago firemen
restcrday demonstratedatthe Masonic' '
tom p le Their ability to co p a with fires
in life upper stories of the tallest
building. , . Engine No. 1 of the fire
department pumped a stream of ( voter. {
tltrottgh 500 feet of Lose and stand
pipes to the roof of the building , where
there ryas sufficient farce to crench the
reefs of neighboring buildings. The
( rater pressure at the building was
3 lU pounds. On the roof at the same
time the ttressnrc teas fifty-four pounds
to the inch.
Fraler's IIealtii Precarious.
Th1CF.L9tORSYItISGS , DIo. , NOP. iiG.-A
fellow prisoner of llr G , 1V. maker
has written to Captain J. L. Farris ,
Fraker's attorney , that the doctors i
healtft is precarious and that his doe. '
tors in Riclttnond retort that Ile is af-
flitted with an iucnrable case of
Bright's disease. The letter says that
at times I'ralcer is gift of his mind. ] Ie
has asked that Dr. J. . + T. Allen of Liberty -
erty be called to sec him. Ills tt r-
neyhere ( till see that life request is
4ttended to.
Ciins 4 lll Baud IIer Orn Itailsrays.
Loxnos , Nor. 0.-Special dis
patches from Shanghai say it is reported -
ported tltcra that no railway concessions -
sions have been granted to foreigners
in China and that the Chinese govern-
mentiutends henceforth to keep the
raihvav building in its otrn hands.
NEWS BREVITIES.
Tyro dead bodies were found in the
ruins of the 'ukes bttildin ; at New
York.
A.urdercr Willis Ring , a life convict ,
escaped from jail at Gatesvills , Tcsas.
Jesse Nimp , a supervisor of Dallas
Totrnship , Illinois , ryas killed by a .
C. B. Sr Q. train.
A call has been issued for a caucus
of Republican senators , to be held I
nest : londa : :
Rabbi Grits preached a sermon
against 7.'hanlcsgiving as n Christian
institution at Cleveland , Ohio.
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THE PITFALLS POINTED OUT.
EY DR. TALMAGE.
,1lako the IIomo Pleasant for the Bops
-Loop IIoly the 6abbaat Day-Teach
Indnatry anti Integrity Always -
Glodcrt of virtues
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C. , Nov. 21 , 139 . -
In his sermon today -
day , Rev. Dr. Tal-
mage , preaching to
the usual crowded
audiencetoak up a
subject of univer-
saI interest to
young men. His
. text was selected
from 2. Samuel 13 :
0 : "Is the young man Absalom safe ? "
The heart of David , the father , was
wrapped up in his boy Absalom. He
was a splendid boy , judged by the rules
of worldly criticism. Prom the crown
of his head to the solo of his foot there
was not a single blemish. The Eiblc
says that he had such a luxuriant
shock of har ! that when once a year it
was shorn , what was cut otY weighed
over three pounds. But , nottvithstand-
ingall his brilliancy of appearance , he
was a bad boy , and brolte his father's
heart. Ife was plotting to get the
throne of Israel. lie had marshalled an
army to overthrow his father's govern-
ment. The day of battle lead come. The
conflict was begun , David , the father ,
sat between the gates of the palace
waiting for the tidings of the conflict.
Oh , how rapidly his heart beat with
emotion. 'eiro great questions were to
be decided ; the safety of his boy , and
the continuance of the throne of
. .et. After awhile , a servant , standing -
ing on the top of the house , logics off ,
and sees some ono running. IIe is coming -
ing with great speed , and the man on
top of the house announces the coming
of the messenger , and the father watches -
es and waits , and as soon as the messenger -
senger from the field oY battle comes
within hailing distance , the fatlicr cries
out. Is it a question in regard to the
establishment of his throne ? Does he
say : "Have the armies of Israel been
victorious ? Am I to continue in my imperial -
perial authority ? Have I overthrown
my enemies ? " Oh ! no. There is one
question that springs from Lis heart to
the lip , and springs from life lip into
the ear of the besweated and bedusted
messenger fl } ing from the battlefleld-
the question , "Is the young man Ab-
salem safe ? " When it was told to David -
vid , the iing , that , though his armies
had been victorious , Lis can had been
slain , the father tutned his laclc upon
the congratulations of the nation , and
tt ent up the stairs to Lis palace , Lis
heart breaking as ho went , wringing
] lis hands sometimes , and then again
pressing them against his temples as
though he would press them in , crying :
"Oh ! Absalom ! my son ! my son ! Would
God I had died for thee , Oh , Absalom !
my son ! my son ! "
Itiiy friends , the question which David ,
tle Iing , asked in regard to his son ,
is the question that reeounds to-day in
the hearts of hundreds of parents. Yea ,
there are a great multitude of young
men who know that the question of the
text is appropriate when asked in regard -
gard to them. They ltnow the tempta-
tians by which they are surrounded ;
they sse so m2ny tube started life with
as good resolutions as they have r ho
Love fallen in the path , and they are
ready to hear me aslt the question of my
test : "Is the young man Absalom
safe ? " The fact is that this life is full
of peril. He who undertakes it c'ith-
out the grace of God and a proper understanding -
derstanding of the conflict into which
he is going , must certainly Ile defeated.
ittst look off upon society to-day. Look
at the shipwreck of men for wham fair
things were promised , and who started
life with every advantage. LooI ] at
those who have dropped from high social -
cial position , and from great fortune ,
disgraced far time , disgraced for eter-
nity. All who sacrifice their integrity
come to overtLrow. Take a dishonest
dollar and bury ft in the center of the
earth , and ] : cep all the rocks of the
mountain on top of it ; then cover thew
rocts with all the diamonds of Gol-
conda , and all the silver of Nevada , and
all the gold of California and Austt alia ,
and put eu the tcp of these all Lwnking
and moneyed institu ± ions , and they
cannot keep down that one dishonest
dollar. Thai one die'ranest dollar in
life center of the earth wi1 ! begin to
heave and rack and upturn itself until
it comes to the resurrection of damna-
tion. "As the partride sitteth on
ergs and hatcleth ihem not , so he that
getteth riches and not by right shall
leave them in the midst of Isis days ,
a.d at his end shall be a foal"
No. , what aeo the safeguards of
t onng men ? The first safeguard of
which I want to speck is a love of home.
There are those who hzve no idea of
fire pleasures that concentrate around
that ward 'Lome. " Pethaps year Caly
abode was shador ed with vice or pay-
arty. Earsh words , and petulance , „ nd
scor ling may have destroyed all the
sanctity of that spot. Lave , kindness ,
and self-sacrifice , which Lave built
titcir altars in so many abodes , were
strangers in your father's house. God
pity goo , ycung msn ; you savor had d
home. But a multitude in this audience - (
ence can look back to a spot that they
can never forget. It may have been a
lotvly roof , but you cannot think of it
row without a dash of emotion. You
have seen nothing on earth that so
stirred your soul. A stranger passing
along that place might see nothing remarkable -
markable about it ; but oh ! how much
t means to you. Fresco on palace v all
does not mean so much to you as those
rough-hewn rafters. Parks and bow-
crs and trees on fashionable cratering-
p15ce or country-seat do not mean so
much to you as that break that ran in
fioat : oP the plain farm house , and sin ; :
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! ng under the weeping willows. The
barred gateway swung open by porter -
ter in full dress , does not mean as much
to you as that swing gate , year sister
on one stdo of it , and you nn the other ;
she gone fifteen years ago into glary.
That scene coming back to you to-day ,
as you swept backyard and forward on
rho gate , singing the sons of your
childhood. But there are those hero
who have their second dwctllug place.
It Is your adopted home. That also is
sacred forever. There you estaLllsted }
the first family altar. There pour children -
dren sere born. In that room IIapped
thc tving of the death angel. Under that
roof , when your work is done , you expect -
pect to lie down and die. 'Phero is
only ottc word in nil the language that
can convey your idea of that place , and
that yard is "home. " A'ow , let me oay
that I never knew a man who was faithful -
ful to his early and adopted home who
was given over at the same limo to
any gloss form of wlekedncss If you
find more enjoyment in the club room ,
in the literary society , iu the art salon ,
than you da in these unpretending
home pleasures , you are on the road to
ruin. Though you may be cut ot > ' from
your early associates , and though you
may be separated from all your Icin-
dred , young manis there not a room
somewhere that you can call your own ?
Though it be the fourth story of a third
class boarding house , . into that room
gather books , pictures and a harp.
Hang your mother's portrait over the
mantel. Bid unholy mirth stand back
from that threshold. Consecrate some
spot in that room with the knee of
prayer. By the memory of other days ,
a father's counsel , a mother's love , and
a sister's confidence , call it home.
Another safeguard fcr these young
men is industrious habit. There arq a
great many people trying to make their
way through the world with their wits
Instead of by honest toil. There is a
young man who comes from the county -
ty to the city. He fails twice before
he is as old as his father was when he
fit st satv'the spires of the great ckt } He
is seated in his room at a rent of two
tiiausand dollars a year , Nailing for
the banks to declare their dividends
and the stocks to run up. After awhile
he gets impatient. He tries to improve
his penmanship by making copyplates
of otitcr merchants' signatures ! Never
mind-all is right in business. After
wvrhilo ho has his esttte. ; Tr'ow is the
time for Lim to retire to the country ,
amid the Pocks and life herds , to culture -
ture the doemstic virtues.
Now the young men who were his
schoolmates in boyhood will come , and
with their ox teams draw him logs ,
and with their hard hands gill help to
heave up the castle. That is no fancy
sketch ; it is every-day life. I should
not yonder if there were a rotten beam
in that palace , I shottid not wonder if
God should smite Lim with dire sick-
itesses , and pour into Lis cup a bitter
draught that will tltrkll him with unbearable -
bearable agony. I should not wonder
if that man's children grey up to be to
Lim a disgrace , and to make his life a
shame. I should not c ; ender if that man
died a dishonorable death , and were
tumbked into a dishonorable grave , and
then went into the gnashing of teeth.
The way of the ungodly shall perish.
Another safeguard that I want to present -
sent to young men is a high ideal of
life. Sometimes soldiers going into battle -
tle shoot into the ground instead of
into the hearts of their enemies. They
are apt to aim too low , and it is very
often that the captain , going into conflict -
flict with his men , trill cry out , "Now ,
men , aim high ! " The fact is that in
Iife a , great many men take no Him at
ail. The artist plans out his entire
thought before he puts it upon canvas ,
before he takes up the crayon or the
chisel. An architect thinks oat the entire -
tire building before the workmen be-
gia , Although every thing may seem
to be unorganized , that architect Las
in his mind every Corinthian cohtmn ,
every Gothic arch , every Byzantine
capital. A poet thinks out the entire
plot of his poem before he begins to
chime the cantos of tinkling ritymes.
And yet there are a great many men
who start the important structure of
life without knoying whether it is going -
ing to be a rode Tartar's hut , or a St.
3iark's Cathedral , sad begin to write {
out the intricate poem of their life J
without kcnowing whether it is to Le a
FIomer's "Odyssey" or a rhymester's
botch. Out of one thousand , nine bun-
dreci and niuettnine have no life-plot. {
Booted and sparred and caparisoned ,
they hasten along , and I run out and
say : "I3allo , man ! 1Vhither away ? "
" : vowltere ! " tItey oay. Olt ! young msn ,
make every day's duty a filling up of '
the great life-plat. Alas ! that there
should be on this sea of life so many
Whips that seem bound for no part. TLey
are swept every crhither by wind and
ware , up by the mountains and down
by the valleys. They sail with no
chart. 1'11Cy bozo on no star. They '
long for no harbor. Oh ! young man ,
have a high ideal and nrc s to it , and it
will be a mighty safeguard. There
never a erc grander opportunities opening -
ing before young men than are opening
now. I'oung men of the strong arm , '
and of the stout heart , and of the
bounding step , I marshail you to-day
for a great achievement.
: leather safeguard is a respect fcr '
the Sabbath. Tell me hots a young man
spends his Sabbath , and I will tell you '
.
.that are Lis prospects in business , and
I will tell you ghat are his prospects
for the eternal world. God has thrust
into our busy life a sacred day .hen
r e are to loop after our souls. Is it
exorbitant , after giving xis days to the
feeding and clothing of these perish -
ble Lollies , that God should demand one
day for the feeding and clothing of the
immortal soul ?
There is another safeguard : Lot I
craat to present. I Lave saved it until
the last because I want it to be the
mere emphatic. The great safeguard
far every young man is the Christian
eligIon.RTothing can take the laca '
of lt , You may have gracefulness
enough to put to the blush Lord Ches-
terfleld , you may have foreign Ian-
guages dropping from year tongue , you
may discuss laws and literature , you
may have a pen of unequaled polish
and pen er , you may have so much business -
iness tact that you can get the largest
salary in a banking house , you may
be as sharp as Herod and as strong as
Samson , and with as Ion ; locks as
those which bun ; Absalom , acct yet
you have no safety against temptation ,
Some of you took forward to life with
great despondency , I know it. I see
It in your faces from tmo to time. You
say : "All the occupations and professions -
sions are full , and there's no chance for
me : ' Oh ] young man , cheer up , I will
tell you how you catl make your for-
tune. 5eoll first the Ictngdom of God
and his righteousness , and all other
things vrlll bo added , I know you do
not want to be mean in this matter ,
You will not dr1n1i the brimming cup
of life , and then potty the dregs on
God's altar. To a generous Saviour you
will not act lilte thst ; you have not the
heart to act Lilco that. That is not
manly. That is not honorable. That is
not brave. Your great Want is a new
heart , and in the name oP the Lord
Jesus Christ I tell you so to-day , and
the blessed Spirit presses through tits
solemnities oP this hoar to pttt the cup
of life to your thirsty lips. Oh ! thrust
it not back. liercy presents it-bleed-
ing mercy , lonb sttl4erIng mercy. Despise -
spise all other friendships , prove recreant -
creant to all other bargains , but despise -
spise God's love for your dying sottl-
do not do that. There comes a crisis In
a man's life , and the trouble Is 71o does
not knout it is the crisis. I got a letter
in which a man says to me :
"I start out now to preach the Gospel
of righteousness and temperance to the
peop'.e. Do you remember me ? I am
the man who appeared at the 'close of
the service when you were worshiping
in the chapel after you came from PhiI-
adelphia. Do you remember at the
close of the sermon a man coming tip
to you all a-trenblo with conviction ,
and crying out for mercy , and telling
you he had a very bed business , and
ho thought he would change it ? That
svgs the tttrnfng point In my history ,
I gave up my bad business. I gave my
heart to God , and the desire to servo
him has grown upon me all these
years , until now woo is onto me if I
preach not the Gaspe ] . "
That Sunday night was the turning
point of that young man's history. This
very Sabbath hour will be the turning
point in the history of a hundred young {
men in this house. God help us. I once
stood on an anniversary platform with
a clergyman who told this marvelous
story , He said :
"Thirty years ago two young men
started out to attend Park Theater ,
Now York , to see a play vrhich made
religion ridiculous and hypocritical.
They had been brought up in Christian
families. They started for the theater
to see that vile play , and their early
convictions came back upon them. They
felt it was not right to go , but still they
went. They cane to the door of the
theater. One of the young men stopped
and started for Lame , but returned and ,
came up to the door , but had not the
courage to go in. IIe again started for
Lome , and'went home. The other young
man crept in. He went from one degree i
of temptation to another. Caught in the
whirl of frivolity and sin , he sanlt lower
and lower. He lost his business posi-
ticn. He lest his morals. Ho lost Lis
soul Ile diet a dreadful death , not
one star of mercy shining on it. I stand
before you to-day , " said that minister ,
"to thank God that for twenty years I
Lave been permitted to preach the Goss
pet I am the other young man. "
Llectrtclty In Art.
Electric lighting is to be applied to
art in Brussels. On the Anspach me
mortal St. liichael is represented on
horseback slaying the dragon. The
sword will be made to blaze lklce a
sword of IIre , lights will be put in the
saint s eyes and in the insides of the
dragon ,
RA114'S HORNS.
The worst decepticn is self-decep-
tion.
tion.A
A good thought planted in good soil
will grow.
The real covrard is the .one who is
afraid to do right.
It is impassible to lave God until his
ward is believed.
'hea Lad men are elected to aTice
the devil rules the tit } .
CVe can't keep away from other people -
ple and know ourselves.
Tlo man who never gives away anything -
thing , cheats himself.
It is hard. to please the man tyke
never knows what lie wants.
As scan as Eve took the forbidden
fruit the devil had an army.
Don't go security fcr the man Who
runs Lis boots down at the heel. j
The sermon that most pleases may
pat be the one that most helps.
The retarding angel never ge 5 any
information Tram a gravestone.
The more a Christian grov. s in grace
the Iess he thinks of himself. '
he is pat very goad who is not better
than his friends imagine him to be.
God can say much fo the poor that
ho cannot make known to the rich.
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A lie trembles all aver whenever it ,
discovers th2t truth is an its track. f
Late to God sad neibhbor is the only
lav needed far the good of men.
Try to count your mercies , and mzny
of your troubles ( ; iii be rubbed oat.
If we Lace only given Christ a second ;
place , re haven't given him any.
The paarc-st man in the world is the
one mho gets rich by selling whisky. '
A fook vrill be ali his iife in ] earning
tt hat the wise can see at a glance.
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In Lakin g raven g e a man is but even I
with his enemy ; in passing it , he is ;
superior. ' l
Before Jesus tauht his disciples to
pea , , he taught them how to give.- ;
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T a l ma e in Was .In t on. ;
6(111 lntorc tcd In : few fork : Ctfalrs-
6crrn IIandcocl Thousand Do11arA for
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Charltios--lChnt Ito Thlaks of Cartaln
hook + . {
Everybody lcaows that the lltustrlous , l
1 dlvlae , tvho made the Brooklyn'Taber- t
' patio famous throughout the world , has ; . ;
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recently been called to a pastorate iu , '
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'ashington I Ils .
church is the First
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Presbyterian r
church of that city ,
and tvhllo in ( oral- '
cr years a very
prominent institu-
ttott , it latterly had ,
been favored with
but sma11 nttdl-
C n C 0 5 , CompoSCd
principally of mcu
T. Dsl irrT LJIACT { . and women tube remained -
r
mained loyal to the ofd church even ,
though nett surrounded largely bY '
business houses , :1 marvelous change ,
horever , has suddenly come over this
time-honored landmark , and today the
First Presbyterian church of Washington -
ton , otvtng to the wondrous eloquence oL
;
its nest ly installed pastor , Is every Sunday -
day besieged by multitudes , many of
whom stand there frequently hours in
ndvalico of the opening of the service
in hopes of being able to wedge their
way in somehow cr other , and to 1ston (
to the matchless eloquence of :1mer1-
ca's foremost pulpit orator. ;
People all over the country aeo wonderIng -
derIng whether Ur , i'almagc , in moving -
I
ing to the National Capital , and to es-
changing his Brooklyn residence Per a
house iii Washington , has actually divorced -
vorced himself from all connection with r' °
the cast. Dr. Talmage was recently In-
iervietved an this subject by a reporter
of this paper , and the reverend gentleman -
man said that as long as his editorial
chair had two lets fu Nevr Yorl : and
two legs hi 1Vashington he could never
be considered as having severed all his
conneclians with the metrapolls "Tho
Christian herald ; ' he said , "with Its
wide circulation , is a lremendais power
for good , " and as long as the Lord gave
him health and strength he would write
for that paper-kn fact , he would bo in
Lis editorial chair at the Btblo House
more frequently now than ever. Continuing -
tinuing , the genial preacher said :
"There Is no paper In America that
wields a mare potential influence for
good than The ChrIstlau I erald , with a
circulation of nearly two ] tttntlred thousand -
sand copies tt eelcly. Nothing but death
shall separate me from it. Dr. Ilopscli ,
its proprietor , is a maa of extraordinary
enterprise. This year besides printtng
The Christian Herald every week In
beautiful colors , a veritable enchant-
mentfor the eye , lie offers as a premium
a complete library , consisl.ing of ten
splendid volumes , full of interest and
full of entertainment , with an elegant
bookcase , delivered free of all expense ,
together with the paper itself , fifty-two
times , for the moderate sum of $3.
Hereafter let no home iu America be
without a library.
I asked Dr. Talmage tvlicthcr he could
recommend the library to people who
contemplated sectu ing It , and Le Baia
unhesitatingly , "I knaty every book.
They were carefully and thoughtfully
prepared , either specialty written or ,
compiled by most eminent literary men , ,
and there is not a weakling among
them : '
"Holy arc the people to secure this
great library , and this wonderful paper
of yours ? " .
"Simply by sending $3 to The Christian - r
tian herald at S83 to SOa Bible IIouse ,
New Fork City , and by return mail they
will be delighted with the result. Ever
since my boyhood , I've had a passion
for books ; I lave them still-couldn't
live unless surrounded by them. So
I'm something of a jltdge of good litera-
ture. And in my whole life I have never
seen a better selection in small compass
than these ten books vrhich Dr. Ilopsch
has had prepared for Lis subscribers.
It's a perfect library of information ,
entertainment and amusement , and is
the climax of the wonderfully enterprising -
prising and far-seeing management
that has placed The Christian Herald
ahead of all competitors as a Christian
Lome journal. Do you knov , " con- '
tinuel Dr. Talmage , ' 'that this paper
has in less than six years expended
nearly $ i0D,000 in various beneficences
at home and abreact ? "
dust then tiliss Talmage came in to
call her distinguished father to dinner ,
and the interview ended.
Remember the address , 3a to SJ J
Bible hoa.e , Aet : orlc Gt. } .
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GR..AT TI.OJGH'fS.
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: , ientally only , maa is the superie :
animal.
Economy is Mali the battle of life ;
it is not so hard to earn mono ; as to
spend it wen.-Spurgeon.
wary good and commanding movement -
ment in fife annals of tflc world is the
triumph of enthusiasm.-Emerson.
To endure is tte first thing a child
ought to learn , and that which fie toil !
have most need to know.-Rousseau.
I tt ander many times that ever a
child of Cad should hate . : sad heart ,
considcrittg what the Lord is preparing
for him.-S. ; utherford.
I , 'here Christ brings Lis cross , ha
brings his presence ; and where he is ,
none are desolate , and there is no
room far despair.-llrs. L'rovrnlag.
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Snnflotver stocks ana rave ca'werted
Into paper.
The cultivation of tobacco is prohibited -
ited in Egt pt.
Blotting paper fs made of cotton tabs
boiled in soda.
Edison's .laboratory casts $ : OODD a
year to m sntzin.
The pay cf an admiral in the British -
ish navy is $9,1a a rear.
Queen alaria Pia of Pertuaal is a
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