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ENTRY OF THE CZAR
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. ' I AS DESCRIBED BY SIR EDV/ARD
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! A Grand and Gorgeous Show - Harh.irlr
! / . Splendor of tho Oriental KeproKnnta- ;
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tlvcn - The Monarch and the Czarina
1 Describod-Moscow's Illumination
Dloncy Spent Without Mrantire.
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Sever : Anything Like It.
I LONDON , May W. - Sir Edwin Ar-
nold , who went to Moscow on behalf
i of the Daily Telegraph , in his dis-
patch to that paper , describing the
scene at the Kremlin and the entry of
t the czar into Moscow , says : " "Why
cannot one write in colors There
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} was never anything seen on any stage
like the wino kaleidoscope of fanciful -
ful attire of fantastic hues and em
bellishments visible around me , particularly -
ticularly : in the Oriental clement , and
all the far Eastern nations. The officials -
I coals from Khiva wore magenta col-
( ored velvet robes , gold embroidered
and sugar-loaf hats. Now China
contributed a dazzling group with
0 ' flowered satin frocks and vermillion
buttoned hats. Now a bevy of
E 1'L ' magnates from Laloj Baikal astound
the eye with fur trimmed brocade and
long red boots. Now 1 recognize the
gray hurtout and amber capstrings of
' the Coreans and try one of them with
a greeting ' Japanese. He politely
murmurs. Some of the Khirgi/ Tar-
. , tars then appear in yellow silk and
f 1 scarlet shawls , outdoing all , and at a
V window of the Gotinnoy Dvor there
q is a beautiful vision of a Circassian
lady in black and orange brocades ,
glistening with pearls and turquoises.
I I abandon in despair the polychro
matic aspects of the pageant
"The Cossack guard was glorious ,
uniformed in scarlet and irold , riding
+ 1 little , weedy , Roman nosed Ukraine
nags , with only a snaflle and bridle
and with gold and black bandoliers ,
9 looking quite lit to pace in front of the
czar. Alter these came upon the
scene almost the chief interest for me
. personally , since 1 saw gravely rid
ing along as the vassal ; friends
of the great white khan all the
chiefs of the Central Asian king
doms and provinces , over which
his eagles cast the shadow of their
wings. They passed demurely upon
tIL noble ! Arab stallions , the very least
among them mounted upon animals
covered from crest to haunch with the
_ costliest trappings of silver and gold
cloth. But these and other parts of
the pageant paled before the grand
master of ceremonies , borne haughtily
onward in such a golden chariot as I
thought existed only in heaven or in
classical pictures , holding a wand of
gold topped with an emerald as big as
a wahr.it.
"Jut ! here at last comes the august
object of this unparalleled manifestation -
tion , the successor and heir of Ivan
the Terrible. His handsome and
manly young countenance is pale
with thc prodigious sensation- which
, t such a : scene must naturally excite.
m and holds his gloved right hand
almost perpetually to his regimental
t , cap. lie bends his head gently to
this side and that to acknowledge the
boundless welcome. Every man is .
bareheaded and every woman is way-
' ing a handkerchief or shawl or vio- ,
i lently ; ; crossing her loyal bosom in a'
/ prayer for 'the little father. '
"The czarina also sat alone , dressed
wholly in white even the jewels , .
\ \ pearls and diamonds seeming to mar
by their color the effect of this pure ;
apparel , which caused her to resemble
a marble saint within a gulden shrine.
Most unmistakable were the affection I
and loyalty of the crowd and I saw
more than one poor peasant woman's I
eyes till with tears of sheer joy to be
- - hold this i : fair lady. One honest Je-I
fell upon his knees to say his prayers
as though he had seen something di
vine , till a Cossack bundled him di-I
inU the crowd. "
It would be impossible to overdraw
the splendid picture presented by the I
procession and by the illuminations. I
No money has been spared to make !
the coronation festivities memorable I
in Russian : history and up to the pres- I
ent all efforts have been crowned
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with success. The Russian govern
ment is said to have spent over § 20- !
000,000 on the fetes up to the present j
and the city of Moscow : : is understood i
to have expended nearly as much !
money ; and more expenses have to be I
met.
met.The illuminations will last three I
evenings in succession snd will cost
several million dollars , to the govern I I I
ment alone , without counting what i ;
the city will contribute toward this j . .
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portion of the expenses.
Beside i the expenses of the Russian i
y 'I government and the city of Moscow i i
the expenses which grand dukes and !
grand duchesses , foreign princes and :
ambassadors , etc. . have been put to. is I
really enormous , one authority going I
so far as to estimate that there was .
about S 00,000,000 worth of jewelry
" alone in the proco < ' cmnn of yesterday.
lilll Fililmstvrius
WASHINGTON : : ' J.-The
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lain's prayer hardly closed to-day
when Mr. Butler renewed his motion
to take up his bond bill. After some
sparring Mr. Hill interposed the objection -
jection that this was too important
a question to be considered "without
a quorum. " This was the first evi-
lence of a renewal of obstruction , but ,
a quorum being found very quickly ,
the motion was adopted-yeas , 34 ;
nays , : 0. .
Mr. Mills : : of Texas gave notice that
lie would object to any businsss until
the pending bend bill should be dis
posed of , and after Mr. : : Pettigrew
presented a partial conference report
on the Indian bill ! , which was admitted -
mitted and agreed to , Mr. Dill began
his speech in opposition.
Quay Wants to He Chairman Again.
l WASHINGTON , May : : :3.-1t is current
t gossip here that Senator Quay pro-
, poses soon to visit William McKinley : : ,
not to discuss the financial question ,
but to try to secure that leader's influence -
fluence for his return to his old posi
tion of chairman of the Republican
national commit " _
A . .oriel's Irish Convention Called.
LONDON , May 23. - The , convention
of the Irish throughout the world ,
"I \ which , it was decided yesterday at
the meeting of the anti-Parnellites to
call , has ' been fixed for September 1 at
Dublin.
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AID FOR TEXAS SUFFERERS.
Gor. Holcoiub Urges Citizen of Nebraska
to 1IfJl , .
LINCOLN , Neb. , May 24.-Governor
Culberson of Texas replied to the tele-
graphic offer of assistance sent him by
Governor Holcomb. The message of
the Texas governor was as follows :
Ai'STi.v , Tex. , May : 22. : ! - Governor
Silas A. Holcomb , Lincoln , Neb. : The
I storm snffcrers will gratefully accept
anything your people ! may send them.
Communicate with C. 11. Smith , chair
man of the relief committee. Sherman ,
Tex. Accept my personal appreciation
of your kindness.
C. A. CULHKKSON.
. Governor.
In accordance with the foregoing
Gox' Holcomb has issued the following -
I lowing :
"Recognizing the existence of a very
worthy desire on the part of many Nebraska : -
braska citizens.to show their appreciation -
tion of the hitherto expressed generos-
ity of the people of Texas , and realiz-
ing the suffering which must have been
left along the track \ of the tornado
which recently devastated property
and destroyed life at Sherman , Texas ,
and vicinity , I would suggest the pro-
I priety of those of our citizens who are
able and benevolently disposed con
I tributing such articles as would be most
r likely to relieve the distressed condi-
tion of our unfortunate southern neigh-
bora Major : T. S. Clarkson } of Omaha ,
chairman of the executive committee
I of the Nebraska club , will receive and
I recept . " or any contributions for this
I worthy cause and will see that they are
I placed in the hands of the proper . local
authorities at Sherman. ' . . . . . . I trust
that at least one car load of provisions
may be forwarded to these distressed
people within a few days. "
HOT UNDER THE COLLAR.
11111 and Allen I Exchii Left Handed
Compliments.
WASIII.NT.TOX , May 23.-The Senate
had an hour of much excitement with
a resort to obstructive tactics and
several heated personal controversies
at a late hour yesterdav. The early
portion of the session had been given
to the routine of agreeing on confer-
ence reports on appropriation bills.
Ate o'clock Mr. IJutler , Populist , of
North Carolina moved to take up his
bill prohibiting further issue of
interest-bearing . Mr. Hill immediately -
mediately moved an adjournment , securing -
curing an aye and nay vote in order
to gain time. The motion to adjourn
was defeated , whereupon Mr. Chandler
followed with a motion for an execu-
tive se3 ion. Mr. Pettigrew asked leave
to offer a supplementary conference
report on the Indian bill. The consent
. ' iven 11Hill
sent being given , : immediately
demanded the full reading of the re
port. This was an unexpected move
for delay , as the report was volumin-
ous. The presiding officer , Mr. Faulkner -
ner of West Virginia , ruled that Mr.
Hill's demand was egular , and directed -
ed the clerk to proceed with the
reading of the report. Senators
Butler , Stewart and Allen interposed
a chorus of protests. Mr. Allen said
he hoped , the senate would not violate
every decency and propriety by these
obstructive .
; tactics.
"What right have you to the floor ? "
asked : \11' . Hill , sharply , addressing
Mr. Allen personally. Then , addressing -
ing the chair , Mr. : : Hill added , "He has
no right to the iloor. "
" 1 have , too , " declared Mr. Allen.
"I have the right to speak and I pro
pose to do so. "
"Others have rights as well as you , "
repouded . Hill. The tone of the
Senator showed feeling.
Mr. Allen proceeded and said that
the obstruction was manifestly aimed
at a Populistic measure.
"I am glad it is admitted to be a
" Mr.
Popnlistic measure. interjected
Hill.
Hill.At
At this point a heated colloquy occurred -
curred between Mr. Hill and Mr.
Allen. The latter had continued to
hold the floor. lIe spoke with much
feeling saying he had never known
the spirit of unanimous agreement of
the Senate to be violated and the
Senator who committed such a viola-
tion would regret it.
"I would like to know if the Senator
refers to me ? " said Mr. Hill , rising
quickly.
There was a momentary silence ,
owing to the suggestive tone of Mr.
Hill's inquiry.
"What does the Senator want to
know for ? " asked Mr. Allen , with
equal significance.
" 1 want to know if reference is made
to me , " replied Mr. Hill.
" 1 referred to the Senator , " said
Mr : : Allen.
"Then I desire to say here " answered -
sweivd Mr. ! Hill , savagely , "that the
statement is false absolutely false. I
have violated no agreement , and my
course was .sustained by the chair. "
"The Senator will never be able to
convince me , " said Mr. l Allen , in some-
what Mibdued tones , "that he . was
honest in having that report read. "
" 1 care nothing about convincing
you ; I stand on my rights here , " said
Mr. Hill , contemptuously.
The vote was about to be taken
when a snarl of parliamentary obstruction -
struction was interposed. For an
hour roll calls and calls of the Senate
obstructed : business , a quorum disap-
pearing on most votes.
Mr. I Stewart moved that the ser-
be directed to
geant-at-arms request
the presence of senators. The motion
prevailed and the business of the Sen-
ate was suspended while the serjreant-
at-arms looked up absent senators.
At C:35 , no quorum ha"ingap -
peared. Mr. Butler moved to adjourn ,
saying he would continue the contest
to-day. Spnatp then adi + mrned.
General Lucius Fairchild ! Very Sick.
MADISON , Wis. , May 23.-The friends
of General Lucius Fairchild are much
worried over his condition and grave
doubts of his recovery are entertained.
QUAY CALLS ON M'KINLEY.
The Ex-Governor Meets the Senator
With HU Family Carriage.
CANTON , Ohio , May 23. - United
States Senator M. S. Quay of Penn-
sylvania accompanied by J. Hay
Brown of Lancaster , Pa. , arrived here
this morning and was met by ex-Gov-
ernor McKinley : : with his family car-
riage. Senator Quay declined to talk
as to the object of his mission , saying
merely that he was paying : Mr. Mc
Kinley a friendly * - ; sit.
The coliseum of Rome was built ! to accommodate I
commodate 100,000 spectators.
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TWENTY-FIVE ARE DEAD.
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The Northeast Kansns Death LIsl I
Increasing.
SENECA , Kan. , May 20. - Fifteen per-
sons were killed and fully fifty injured -
jured in this ( Nemaha ) Bounty by the
tornado of Sunday night , while six
perished in and about Reserve , in
Brown county , and four met death
I across the State line in Nebraska.
This is the death list so far as known
definitely present. Some portions
of the route of the tornado have not
been thoroughly gone over as yet ; and
the total number of the dead may be
increased. ; Of the dead in this county
five are here , six at Oneida and four
at or near Sabetha.
The losses from the tornado along
its deadly path are placed now at
fully $1,000,000 and this may be in-
creased. In this county conservative
estimates put the total loss at S"00- '
000 , while at Frankfort it is 8100,000
more and at Reserve 5150,000. At
other points a low estimate makes the
looses over 30,000. :
The injured are doing well as a rule
at all points , but it is almost beyond
question that several of them will suc-
cumb in a few days.
The tornado struck the fairgrounds
here first and demolished every build-
ing. Then it swept through the best
part of the town , wrecking the hand-
some court house and either destroy-
ing or damaging greatly over 200
buildings , many of them the best in
this place. The citizens have organ-
ized and are doing all possible for the
homeless , whose losses are placed at
8100,000 , while those who are aiding
them have themselves lost $300,000
more.
At Sabetha , Ellen Carey , the child
injured by the storm , died yesterday.
About forty families are homeless and
destitute and about there twenty
more families in want The mayor of
that pla < : e has issued an appeal for
aid.
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In all of the country clear across
the county the tornado left a well-
defined path of ruin , but fortunately
in nearly every instance so far as is
now known the occupants of farm
] houses saw the approach of the storm
in time to get into places of safetv.
THEIR CORPSES FOR SALE.
A Despondent Missouri ! Couple Try to
Contract With n 2\Icdcal College.
ST. JOSIPH , Mo. , May : : 20.-Allan
Wilson and his wife , to whom he had
been married but a few days , went to
the Central Medical College this morn-
ing and offered to sell his body and
that of his wife for a small sum. lie
was well dressed , and his wife , who is
19 ! years old , is very pretty. He insisted -
sisted on the college officials agreeing
to take the bodies , saying that they
would deliver them in a short time.
. Dr. Thomas E. Potter tried to dis-
suade the two from committing suicide -
cide and told them that the college
had no use for the bodies at this time.
The two came here from Harrison
en iinty.
The Losses in Nebraska.
PP.KSTON , Neb. , May : : 20. - The storm
here Sunday night did more or less
damage to every building in town.
The Bethany Brethren church , four
miles southwest , C. Stuhl's house ,
eight miles southwest , the Pony Creek
German Baptist church , the United
Brethren church and Jacob Lichty's
residence , southwest of ( here are total
wrecks. :
At Falls City about fifty freight cars
were overturned and the Bur ington
freight house and depot wrecked.
The mill was destroyed and the build-
ings at Hinton park : demolished. Near
there the son of J. M. bucks , -iamuel
Saylor and wife , Mrs. Shrock and John
Smith were killed and William Bran-
non and wife , J. M. Houcks and wife ,
Isaac E. Rhoades and two children ,
William Hinton and wife and daughter -
ter , William Smick and a tramp were
injured. The farm houses of H. E.
Lemmon , J. R. Rhoades , W. R. Kent.
Samuel Saylor , Jacob Lichty , Thomas
Eakin anf William brugmiiler were
destroyed.
Mr. and Mrs. : : Saylor , Mrs. Schrock
and John Smith were in the cellar of
the Saylor house when the walls caved
in on them , killing them.
I'rlson manufacturers Involved.
COLUMBUS , Ohio , May : : 20.-W. E. Jo
seph , chief clerk in the headquarters
office here of the Patton Manufactur
ing Company of the State prison at
New Albany , Ind. , and of the plant at
Muncie : : , Jnu. , has been appointed receiver -
ceiver of the company in both places.
His bond is .10,000. : ( ) ( The assets are
not known. Discrimination . against
prison goods labeled by compulsion of
law is said to be the cause of the assignment -
signment
A Kiss ! Thrower Fined.
WICHITA , Kan. . May : : 20. - On the
trial of Mrs. Ashl raft and daughter ,
Etta , for throwing kisses at , J. F.
Fawcett , tailor , the police judge dis-
missed the case against the widow ,
fined the daughter S-l ; and rebuked the
tailor for bringing such a ease intt.
COl1l't.Iiss Ashkraft pleaded that
she had kissed her hand to Fawcett
in a spirit of fun and her fine was ' re -
mitted during good behavior.
The President's SamjjerlVst Promise.
PiTTsnur.G , Pa. , May { 20. President
Cleveland has written to the executive
committee of the twenty-eighth national -
tional saengerfest , which begins in
Pittsburg June 8 , that he will be un-
able to attend but will open the
saengerfest by the touch of an elec-
tric button at the White house. A
flag of red , white and blue glass , at a
given signal by the President , will be
illuminated.
Stone Opens 'the Kentucky Campaign.
SiiET.r.TVir.LE. Ky. , May 20. - Gov -
ernor William J. Stone of Missouri
opened the free coinage campaign
here yesterday : , and made the ri rst of
his four speeches to be delivered in
Kentucky. The court house was
filled with representative citizens of
Anderson , Spencer , Henry and Shelby
counties.
A PrnsUan Financier at Reit.
BERT.ISIay 20. - Herro Ott Camp-
hausen , formery : Prussian minister of
finance , is dead.
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r TALMAGE'S \ SERMON. :
THE "DRAMA OF LIFE. " LAST
SUNDAY'S SUBJECT.
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Golden Text : "Men Shall Clap Their IIiuicI
at Him and Shall II ! " < Him Out of His
1'laco" - ScIINhitius ' the Great Failure
of the Human ICace.
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HIS allusion seems
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The Bible more
than once makes
5 u c hall u sions.
Paul says : "Wo
are made ; a theater
or spectacle to an-
gels and to men. "
It is evident from
the text that some
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of the habits of
theater-goers were known in Job's
time , because he describes an actor
hissed off the stage. The imper-
sonator come on the boards and ,
either through lack of study of the part
he is to take or inaptness or other
incapacity , the audience is offended ,
and expresses its disapprobation and
disgust by hissing. "M < 3l shall clap
their hands at him and shall hiss : him
out of his place. "
My text suggests that each one of
us is i : put on the stage of this world to
take some part. What hardship and
suffering and discipline great actors
have undergone year after year that
they might be perfected in their parts ,
you have often read. But we , put on
the stage of this life to represent
charity and faith and humility and
helpfulness-what little preparation we
have made , although we have three
galleries of spectators , earth , heaven
and hell ! Have we not been more attentive -
tontive to the part taken by others
than to the part taken by ourselves
and , while we needed to be looking at
home and concentring on our own
duty , we have been criticising the other
performers , and saying , "that was too
high , " or "too low , " or "too feeble , " or
"too extravagant , " or "too tame , " or
"too demonstrative , " while we our-
selves were mak'ng ! a deal ' ! failure and
preparing to be ignomiiiiously hissed
off the stage ? Each one is assigned
a place ; no supernumeraries hanging
around the drama of life to take this
or that or the other part , as they may
be called upon. No one can take our
place. We can take no other place.
Neither can we put off our
character ; no change of apparel can
make us anyone else than that which
we eternally are.
Many make a failure of their part in
the drama of life through dissipation.
They have enough intellectual equip-
ment and good address and geniality
unbounded. But they have a wine-
closet that contains all the forces for
their social and business and moral
overthrow. So far back as the year :
959 ! , King Edgar of England made a
law that the drinking cups should
have pins fastened at a certain point
in the side , so that the indulger might
be reminded to stop before he got to
the bottom. But there are no pins
projecting from the sides of the mod-
ern wine cup or beer mug , and the first
point at which millions stop is at the
gravelly bottom of their own grave.
Dr. Sax , of France , has discovered
something which all drinkers ought to
know. He has found out that alcohol ,
in every shape , whether of wine or
brandy or beer , contains parastitic life
called bacillus potumaniac. By a
powerful microscppe : these living things
are discovered , and when you take
strong drink you take them into the
stomach and then into your blood , and ,
getting into the crimson canals of life ,
they go into every tissue of your body ,
and your entire organism is taken pos-
session of by these noxious infin-
itesimals. When in delirium tremens
a man sees every form of reptilian life ,
it seems it is only these parasites of
the brain in exaggerated size. It is
not a hallucination that the victim is
suffering from. He only sees in the
room what is actually crawling and
rioting in his own brain. Every time
you take strong drink you swallow i
throe maggots , and every time the im- j
bibor of alcohol in any shape feels ver- !
tigo ; or rheumatism or nansei it is ; only j '
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the jubilee : of these maggots. Efforts I
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arc being ; made for the discovery of '
some germicide that can kill the para- .
sites of alcoholism , but th' only thing j
that will ever extirpate them is abi i i
sf.ner.ce : : from alcohol an-I 1 teetotal ! abstinence - I
stinonce , to which I would before God j
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swear all these young m " n and old. i
America is a fruitful country : and we
raise : large crops of wheat and corn and :
oats , but the largest crop we raise in
this : country is the : crop cr drunkards. .
Y-"itli sickle mad out of the sharp ,
edges of the broken gloss of bottle and' '
demijohn they are cm down : , and there ! .
are whole swathes of theirs , whole win- :
rows of them and it takes all the hos-
pitals and penitentiaries and graveyards - |
yards and cemeteries to h i r 1'1 this har-
vest of hell. Same of you are going : .
down under this evil anti : the never- ' :
dying worm of alcoholism ! has wound
around you one of its oo'is : , and by ; .
next New Year's Day it 7/511 have an-
other coil around you , and it will after ;
a while put a coil around your tongue .
and a coil around your brain and a ,
coil around your lung : and a coil around j I !
your : foot and a coil around your heart , : :
and some day : this never-dying worm ; .
will with one spring tighten all the J .
coils at once , and in the last twist of : I i
that awful convulsion you will cry out , i
"Oh , my God ! " and be gone. The greatI I :
est of dramatists in the tragedy of "The I .
Tempest" sends staggering across the I
stage Stephano , the drunken butler ; I
but across the stage of human life :
strong drink sends kingly and queenly
and princely natures staggering for-
ward the footlights of con-
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spicuHy : and then staggering back Into
failure till the world is impatient for
their disappearance , and human and
diabolic voices ! join in hissing them off
the stage.
Many also make a failure in the
drama of life through indolence. They
are always making calculations how lIt-
tle they can do for the compensation
they get. There are more lazy min-
isters , lawyers , doctors , merchants ,
artists and farmers than have ever .
been counted upon. The community is
full of laggards and shirkers. I can
tell it from the way they crawl along
the street , from their tardiness in meet-
ing engagements , from the lethargies
that seem to hang to the foot when
they lift it , to the hand when they put
it out , to the words when they speak.
Two young men in a store. In the
morning one goes to his post the last
minute or one minute behind. The
other is ten minutes before the time
and has his hat and coat hung up and
is at his post waiting for duty. The
one is ever and anon , in the afternoon
looking at his : watch to see if it is not
most time to shut up. The other stays
half an hour after he might go , and
when asked why , says he wanted to
look over some entries he had made
to be sure he was right , or to put up
some goods that had been left out of
place. The one is very touchy about
doing work not exactly belonging to
him. The other is glad to help the
other clerks in their work. The first
will be a prolonged nothing , and he
will be poorer at sixty years of age
than at twenty. The other will be a
merchant prince. Indolence is the
cause of more failures in all occupa-
tions than you ; have ever suspected.
People are too lazy to do what they
can do , and want to un.lortake . that
which they cannot do. In the drama of
life ] they don't want to be a common
soldier carrying a halberd : across the
stage , or a falconer or a mere attend-
ant , and so they lounge about the
scenes till they shall be called to be
something great. After : t while , by
some accident of prosperity or circum
stances , they get into the place
for which they have no qualification.
And very soon , if the man be a
merchant , he Is going around asking
his creditors to compromise for ten
cents on the dollar. Or if a clergy-
man , he is making tirades against the
ingratitude of churches. Or , if an attorney -
torney , by : unskilled management he
loses a case by which wilnws and orphans -
phans are robbed of their portion. Or ,
if a physician , he by malpractice gives
his patient rapid transit from this
world to the next. Our incompetent
friend would have made a passable
horse doctor , but he wanted to be pro-
fessor of anatomy in a university. lIe
could have sold enough confectionery
to have supported his family , but he
wanted to have a sugar refinery like
the Havomeyers. He could have
mended shoes , but he wanted to amend
the Constitution of the United States.
Towards the end of life these people
are out of patience , out of money , out
of friends , out of everything. ! They go
to the poor-house , or keep l out of it
by running in debt to all the grocery I
and dry goods stores ; that will trust
them. People begin to wonder when
the curtain will drop on the scene.
After a while , leaving nothing but
their compliments to pay doctor , under-
taker ! , and Gabriel Grubb , the grave-
digger , they disappear. Exeunt ! ' Hiss-
ed off the stage.
Others fail in the drama ! of life '
through demonstrated selfishness. They I
make all the rivers empty into their
sea , all the roads of emolument end at I
their door and they gather all the
plumes of honor for their brow. They I
help no one , encourage no one , rescue
no one. "How big a pile of mon y
can I get ? " and "How much of the
world can I absorb ? " are the chief ques-
tions. They feel about the common
people as the Turks felt towards the
Asaphi , or common soldiers considering -
sidering them of no use excr-pt to fill up
the ditches with their d " ad bodies .
while the other troops walked . over I.
them to take the fort. After a while
this : prince of worldly : s : . : : : : < V33 is sick.
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The only interest society has in
his illnc- s is the effect that his possible -
sible- decease may have on the P0.5-1
markets' : After awhile IIP : dies. Great
newspaper capitals announce how he I
started with nothing and ended with :
cveryhing. Although ! for sake ! of ap- ; :
pt'a } : . < 1IJce 30:110 . people put handkerchiefs - ; ,
chiefs to the eye , there is nor one genu- I
in ° tear shed. The heirs ; sit up all i
night : when he lies ! in state discuss- 't
ing what the old fellow ! sums : probably i
done with : h : , money. It takes all the ,
iivery stables within two miles to ! '
furnish -funeral equipage , and all the
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mourning stores are kept h ' isy in sell-
dug weeds of grief. The stone-cutters !
send in proposals for a monument. .
The minister at th ob.ierjiied ; : reads Ot .
the resurrection , which makes the !
hearers fear that if the unscrupulous !
financier : dors come up in tile general : '
rising ; : , he will try to ge a "corner" on item j i
tombstones : and grave-yard fences. All '
good men are glad that the moral ;
nuisance has been reillo'/ d. The Wall '
street , speculators ! are glad because j
there is more room for themselves. The
heirs are glad because ; they get ! i
possession of the long-delayed inherit- :
ance. Dropping every feather of his ! i
plumes , every certificate of all his , '
stock every bond of all his investments - ! '
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ments , every dollar ! of all his fortune
he departs , and all the . oiling of Dead '
March : in Saul and all the pageantry i
of his interment and all the exquisiteness - :
ness of sarcophagus and all the extravagance - j , I
travagance of epitaphology : cannot hide j
the fact that my text has come again j I
to tremendous fulfilment : ' 'Men Shall i ,
clap their hands at him and shall hiss' ! ' ;
him out of his place. " I
You see the clapping comes before the .
hiss. The world cheers before it .1
damns. _ _ So it . is : said the deadly asp
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I tickles before It stings. Going up. is
he ? Hurrah ! Stand back and let Ills
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galloping horses dash by , a whirlwind
II j I of plated harness and tinkling head-
I j gear and arched neck. Drink deep or
i j his Madeira and cognac. Boast of how
i well you knew him. All hats off as he
I passes. Bask for days and years in
the sunlight of his prosperity. Going
down Is he ? Pretend to be near
sighted so that you cannot see him as
he walks past. When men ask you It
you knew him , halt and hesitate as
though you were trying to call up a dim
memory and say : "Well , y-e-e-s , yes ;
I belive I once did know him , but have
not seen him for a long while. " Cross
a different ferry from the one where
you used to meet him lest he ask for
financial help. When you started lIra
he spoke a good word for you at the
bank. Talk down his credit now that
his fortunes are collapsing. lIe put his
name on two of your notes ; tell him
that you have changed your mind about
such things and that you never Indorse.
After awhile his matters como to a 'lead
halt , and an assignment or suspension
or sheriff's sale takes place. You say :
"lie ought to have stopped sooner. J > ist
as I expected. lie made too big a
splash in the world. Glad the balloon
has burst. Ha-ha ! " Applause when ho
went up , sibilant derision when he came
down. "Men shall clap their hands
at him and hiss him out of his place. "
So , high up amid the crags the eagle
flutters dust into the eyes of the roe-
buck , which then with eyes blinded ,
goes tumbling over the precipice , the
great antlers crashing on the rocks.
Now , compare some of these goings
out of life with the departure of men
and women , who , in the drama of life
take the part that God assigned them
and then went away honored of men
and applauded ] ( of the Lord Almighty. It
is about fifty years ago that in a com
paratively ! small apartment of the city a
newly mal'ril'lllmir set up a home. The
first guest invited to that residence wan
the Lord .Jesus Christ , and I the Bible
given the bride on the day of her
espousal was the guide of that hotse- :
hold. Days of sunshine were followed
by days of shadow. Did you ever
know a home that for fifty years had
no vicissitude ? The young woman
who left her father's house for her
young husband's home started : out with
a parental benediction and good advice
she will never forget. Her I mother said
to her the day before the marriage :
"Now my child , you are going away
from us. Of course , as long as your
father and I live you can feel that you
can come to us at any time But ' your
home will be elsewhere. From long
experience I find it best to serve Go.l. It
is very bright for you now.my child.and
you may think you can get along with-
out religion , but the day : will come when
you will want God , and my advice is.
establish a family altar , and. if need ! be .
conduct the worship yourself. " The
counsel was taken , and the young wife
consecrated every room in the house : to
God.
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Years passed on and there were in
that home hilarities , but they were good
and healthful ; and sorrows , but they
were comforted. Marriages as bright
as orange-blossoms could make them :
and burials in which all hearts v/cro
riven. They have a family lot in the
cemetery : , but all the place is illumi
nated with stories of resurrection : and
reunion. The children of the house
hold that lived have grown up and . they
are all Christians , and father and
mother leading the way and the chil-
dren following. What care the mother
took ! of wardrobe and education , char
acter and manners ! How hard she
sometimes worked ! When the head ( of
the household was unfortunate in busi
ness she sewed until her fingers were
numb and bleeding at the tips. And
what close calculation of economies and
what ingenuity in refitting the gar-
ments of the elder children for the
younger , and only God kept account of
that mother's sideaches and headaches
and heartaches and the tremulous
prayers : by the side of the sick child's !
cradle and by the couch of this one fully
grown.
"SCRAPS. "
The span of Padsrev.-ski's ; : hand takes
in eleven keys.
Jerusalem is 5,495 mil s east of our
national capital.
Doctors ; aIirj ! ! that spirits harden tha
tone of the voice.
China was the first country to manu
facture harmoniums.
In Italy thirty : : persons G' : . 10,000 die
by the as3assn'.s knife.
The railroad journey from New York
to Denver cover ; 1.9"0 : : mil' : * .
The . 'lin schools ! of London
cy.-ling : ) ' : are so
crowded that the prices of lessons ! huvo
increased.
Down to the sixteenth century every
physician in Europe wore a ring as a
badge of his profession. #
The silk moth emerges from its ; cocoon -
coon in : from fifteen to . -dt i Pen days according -
cording to the temperature.
Th ? Turkish ; government has strictly -
ly forbidden the cutting : of timber in !
the forests near Jerusalem.
The robin and the wren are the only
birds that sing ; all the year. All the
other birds have periodical : : fits of si-
Icnc :
.The big rattlesnake at Greenwood
garden. Peak's Island. Me. , has just
completed an unbroken fast which
lasted a year.
Paris : has seventy-five foreigners to
the one thousand , London has twenty-
two St. Petersburg twentyfour.'itla
twenty-two and Berlin eleven.
Fi bicycles were impounded ( on one
day in Paris recently because they had
no plates bearing the owner's name and
residence soldered to them as the new
law requires.
Magistrate ( severely , to prisoner
Last time you were here I let you off
with a caution. Prisoner ( coolly ) - Yus .
that's why : ! I'm 'ere ag' a ; it sort of encouraged -
couraged me ! - Fun.