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i A Jasraal Bje the Peopi. - jeoa4 lathe laurrwsuaf He-awl. ' Ud-awaS-al la roUUes aad Baltiaa, U: ilI'Lln lasaet. aad Taorutphly Badleal la OptMata aad Ctpaatag tbe l'mi ol tbs Jta.M. I Ufc a- A. BUlWil, Ojw MA rtitrinif, ' fir- newt A lllliWi TLKXa, l AbfaJfCXi On rar... His iiuii. t y w Otrr-apuoAeata wmiaf miuganl tlVa turaa aat saaae Baewa their aaaae as lha Editor, ar a alleaUoa will he fit-a la lha:r eaaBmaaaratktaa. ADYXBTWCatKXTS tana. - ;N ; . r - Tun rac.TmaTam, Tun Twin. , I ' r , - J VOLUME XV. . PORIXAND, OIICOON, FBXDAyAPRILJU, 18m. , NUMDEH ZM. . "A 2 HAPPY HOME; r Trie "7 ft Mm, A. J. DC-WAT, ; arra a rc wn Mia." "tuu sow a," -ma 4imtui,' era. btc. ftslacsd. at at it la la Act of rcxif rM, la the mr art, ay vv. J."Puir.i the av or the UWaiiaa af Caeirese M Washlae-toe City.) I ClIAFTEH XXIL Nellie Aroetroog u dying. For ty-deys her symptoms had been usually alarming- to hr mas loo slater, who had watchsd aud . teadod bar during all tha long, tedious tlm of bar hopeless miction wltb aucb devoted eollottud. A peculiarity of th girl's ailment bad, front tba tint, a voracious appetite. 6h bad "THE never," from IIki hour -of bar great accl rjdent, baas aW to masticate or swallow aotid food ; neither could sb mak kMt bar deslr for mor, and yet mora, of tba various soups, porridges, ' . tetx, with wblch Mattl bad always liberally provided bar; yet tba only sign of aanaatloa or nJtyM-nt of nay d criptioa to-which sbs-nsd erer beno eapabla a giving a Iterance from that "wnfortaaaU hour, waa a'amlla o( sail- - r faction wbsa food, properly prepared to bar liking, was administered with Mat- ttet K.-y - Tba alarm I uk symptoms abor al- ludsd to vara prlod pally lbe result of Ioaa of appeUtaTUa aLTinkau form grw- aoTanaOTslUnuaUJ,and tba Joint and- limb coutluually mora shapeless and hideous. Every surrounding thst Maltle's love -and aklll euld furnl-h was promptly supplied, but all to no avail. WI don'l a why you are so anxious that ah should live, aald Aaot Hal ; ijfrb, sooty ug!jr;iSh oevef can ba any .belter, aa you knew;; and aha'd Jbaol ocb battar off la heaven. 8b doesn't suffer any," aald Mattl. taAnd yau litlla know what a blessing eba baa vr baaa to an." - "How la our patient ?" queried tba eroctor, aa ba returned fro no a professional rialt to tbaaoodaof th Inebriate bus . band of Manila Thomson, who waa oa . aalhr apresv "1 aha, any better to day T" taking tba shspsles hand In uto Jl hi own, and feeling tb waning pu artfully. To tba aorprlaa of avery member of tba booaabold wbo bad gatberad la lb graat rooan wlib tear and lamantationa, aagar to catch vry gaaplng aouad which tba poor crlppla could ntrr, tba patlaol opanad bar ejrea, gasd loviagly Ihm iwmhUl tbrou aiwt annka Yaa.1 am batUr ab aald Jn a boj-i low vole, tbat ended la a ratUhig wbiapar, omlaoua of dlaaolutloa. IfaUl kiaaad ber tenderly and mur aiat word of n4carmnt and thank "I'v ba to beaven," wbUpered 2?tU, "and tbcy'v got a ttr-board vw tbrr1har t canrfatrTr5m. ' Il'a faatanad la a pearl-wbit feaeo, aa' tber' no taten to dig over there- aot If Icfotoetor." Poor child f Who coe Id dlvln lb wavering, waaderlng ragarie of ber loog crippled - mind f wbo eolve tb ' blank enigma of ber blaated life T wtU, darling, will you forgtv your poor aiater for aaying croaa worda 3fIJgarbjiiar. Ml T kd Mttlet tplng ineouaolably . "Korgiv? Tlte re waan't anything ta---forglv." 1 Oh, yaa, Kettle. I waa croaa.M "And I waa naughty. Kever mlud, It will all be right Ayr. X a mamma, and he' a got an angel rob on. Ob, abe'a ao" beaatlfu and mlllag, and eh beckon m to com. Pretty aooa, mamma, pretty aooa." - Everybody atood back, awe-etrickea, aa though tb myatl veil bad beoa tifUd, giving them a glorloua gUmpa lata tba realm of tb illimitable Ua- rfcaowa. -" '- ' --r-- - ' - Oar atepmotber cornea too, and aba and mamma are like twoalaWra. They've oom for mr ,f It have a perfect body over tbera. It. get my atrenitS and wo, to. Ooa't grieve, klatTl.- Pat going d b happy.- I Jeaoa, ioo.t . "Have aom porrldg, dear V aald Mattie, aa If trying to coax her back to Ufa. ,,! r i J; ': . - KeUI ahook br bead. Til avr waat aay mora porrldg tot thta poor Crippled body. Wattle. I aa goldea ap pea over there. And Um i "river of lif rana through a meadow full of flower and berriee. . Tlwra'a nothing like It la fitnoahaaga, ; Where' father "OoMUth State, darling. Do you V want f aeod blta any meaaagef J: "Tea, aeod blm my Wm." . fAad Margaret r ' ('Tell bar to com to m. I don't ae ,baUlii'fabrtalU8taNt ; ti ' - " " J "And FreddU'eWher U with rnaaa .'f , -aaa, oorr tAr. V; r it ao I Oood ' bya, bvd;ooa. Oaad-bya, old crippled body.1 - longed airaggU, a gurgllag gueptag for the feebl braatav thai 4tmytn, a rv tablag amlle, and all waa over."' r"' J Dr.. Harding nrerraUy atraighteaad ' tbo ctaokad Umba. ; - " -H gtvMh III beloved alap,N aaid Uattle tbraagb ber tear. -rr ----TbM aaortai bath put on Immor L tailty,' axclaJmod Aaat UaMah, aa ab goatly eooibad oat tbo tan a lad ti of lb poor crlppla' aubura hair. - ' Tbla body waa aowa la orrupUoa; it bi ralaad la loourruptioa. ' It waa aowa a aatuml. body; It la ralaad a aplritaal body. Tha garni la aot qulckanad ax ccpt It dla,w raatarkad tb doctor, aa b gaaad upon ba baautlfui faea tbroogb wbkb baaiiad tba light of a Joy tbat eartb cannot gl or tak .away, raJ Ing tba fact tbat Death waa awallowad p la Victory. ' ' ' Matlla won Id aflVr no on but baraalf to array tb lUcIeoa forat.la tb daalb rohaa. -... - " "I'll wait upon bar myaelr a long aa I caa haea tb prif liea, aba aald la rcapona to good A ant Huldab' prodara of aaalatanea. "I'm bappiaot wbaa doing mnat for bar. Poor girl t My opportunity to wait upoa bar wlU aoon b over . '( ma do what t caa whll I aaay. t : ... .,'.. Aa alegant roba of whit caabmar. finlabad wltb laborata oulltiug of aatla of a pal roawtlat a roba which Mattio bad prepared 4a-hr hour of IcUur during tb aummer moDtba, well knowing it would, aooa ba neodad for tba praoant and acaat, waa pland a paw tU abrankca bodyOaaiy ruchlnga adorned tb Deck and wrltta, tad fell ao uearly over tb diatorted band aa to almoet diagaiaa tbe4r abapateaaneaa. wreath of whit tea roaaa adorned tb marble brow,- mm4m knot of fwhela ttUd at tba throat. p "What extravagance !"aald Aaat Huliab toberaou. "When tbat child1 another waa buriad bad to lay s ber J bar away la ft'feded calloagowa wltboot ornament oj jiy deacriptlon. Tou may tliaok yoar locky alar, Amoa, that yoa) bid fair to b a rich man. Otbarwia lb womaa yoa ar lutendlcg to marry would break yoa op." griem Iran stand sit the bresklng up ah' U bring m to," waa the Imp. tieot anawerV "I know of do woman wbo has a better right to spend money tbaa tb on who earn it. Matlla U under no obligation to aay of aa." - J mlxht Mnakha the war aba waa brought up," replied thfc c&otber. . ' "And ao eh do; and atrlvea aa bard aa poealbl to avoid It, answered ber eon. "Remember, mother, I don't al low yoa to Interfere with Mattl tJotlOD. Pha know what ahaVaboot, and ' will, doahtlia, eoonomla when ab-dem It 9mmM!.Js:sl "Tbal'a al way t bo way-t" exclal mod tb mother though ber tear, a hereon haatily left ber a part men ta and Went off to ofTerJIottlo mucb-Deeded conaolatlon In 1M haau mt That'a alwaya tb way. When a man get his bead turedbotrt a womsnvfTooks aud aiguldcant aoda bis mother la henceforth nobody.' "I'm sure," answered Ada, giving bar bead aa Independent toaa, ""that I ahoulda t waut aar mau to mat ap hi mlud to marry mo until ho ready to gratify my taste la preference to bla mother's. And you'd complain alouTTtTa a burry If I abould aiarry a maa who would bring Ala mother b tweeu ua, evea la our eoortrng days." Mrs.; Harding bad tb motherly good ans ta smother ber economical solid tud in MaUl' preaance, and it wai wall for all coooerned tbat aba was poo seated of so much discretion. v"Vhat arrangementa do y'delr for tbo burial aervloa, Mattla, dar- llDgr' queTttdter lover la a voice of aympatby, as with his manly form bowed reversatly b gated upon tb placid feat urea of tb beautifully arrayed remain. "Will yorod woornlng cards I a riling your friend la Stone- ben; to tb funeral T" Sol" Why not?" "Wbo of lbm oar a fig for Xettl whether sb Uvea or. dleaT Tbey'v slandered m and ahaaned ber daring all my greatest tlala. Btonebenge and I ar ywifa. I bar no friends ther." ' "Ob, Mattl darling L don't set ugly I pleaded Amoa. "Yoa wW pardon m; but yoa ar biUrr to-day. . I bad hoped that tb long reatralnj of your dead ala tcjr's lUacos bad .erased tb last Veetlge of your old -tlm petulance. It grieve m sorely to ae youJaihls mood. A 0oa of iftl oyeeaproad Bat II beaaUful face. Hho was bually a gagod la adjusting tb fold of ber dead tour's rob and bad Just knotted th heavy rot tinted tassel at tha waist. "Uew sngart aha look, continued th doctor.AsJ joak Into ban facaw ilk your owa when yoa ar your better self, dear MalUe ho w I long to I forget that your CouitecanoajTrr3-1 tray symptosa. of Ua.". rveng or. PH- "Amos, dear, what would yon bar me to do T ' - " "rilmpiy this yodwoa't b angry T" - "No." ' :- "Wall, I would aeod to Stouebcaga, to th offlc of th WetUf I'aa, aad gist lavlUtlona ta ib elegantly riatod; aad I'd send them to every faintly fa UwnL W caa afford to b charitable with th Ignorant and prvjodicod,' my deart foe'4a not aar Neitle - aa angel wWT Ar w not happy In each other coa0dne, affecv lion and sataem ? " And don't w know that If tha world kuew as a w know ouraalves they would respect ua and oar motive, even aa we nowz. rpct aoob other f" - ; - ' "Bt thj at soch -haUful thing, Autos. They vea mistreat say slaters bccau yea and I prefer to postpon oar marriage till such tlm as ault our owa wladom and convenience. I JtateStooe bng V . ' '" .. j. 'But you'll let at order tb lavlta ttona la your name, won't yoa T" "Kor Xettie'a aak I will." . '-v "And for my aake, toaT' - JYfi-iL tbat aJmiaaioo. wlt Jdo yoa aay good," eh aawrd, smiling through her tear. "But it' hardly worth while to aay that. I ( foryour aak."., . , WV v ao boainca to UaUa aay longer, reader. The coa venation la growing too eon Aden tUl for our ears. !: .' Tb ta vliallona wra prioted and clr eulaiod. and tb funeral hour waa ap pointed at t r. U. oa tb .tb following day. . : - : - - r. Tb gioriou autuma-tlme was reveJ ing It it holreat roboa of loyellneaa. The a'utuma aua looked dowa upon the great bald hllla wltb a balmy ' radiauco, and beamed upou a Ore-colored holo- eauet of aatur' handiwork In th aider-clad hollow "and au'mao-clolbed upland, bard by tb Stoabago high way. - ... - .: IT? - 1 - - AwayBpamong tb potutad, ataaUd pine tba Stooeheng grave-yard Jay, nUraJTy oaferp la lla aequeatared 1otU neae; and tba principal burial aervlc waa to b eenaummatad tbera. . ; company begaat -to arrive at HloBebeDge plac by aooa. Everybody wbo waa invited caw a, for all wrcurl.i ou to see tb remain of tb poor rlp pieaiid enually -curloua to lieboUT tb Inner content of tb great barraaka, of wbicb, in their present atalellneea, they had heard ao mueb. Let ua hope, too, that a foaling of aympatby with tb afflicted fbuilly bad aomethlag to do with thetr readlneaa to attend tha last sad obaoulea. - - - " "I wonder," aald one to another, " who Is gofng to conduct tb aervloaa Tx r -There' no telling," replioda third. "butof ouueae. ao Artnatronr will aN waya do something tba . nobody-else look for.' And, Indeed, they war right In their conjecture. - There waa no comber black upon the bodif th nnmeroas mourn er of tb household. Each of the six surviving sisters who were preeent waa almply arrayed la noma cheap neutral tint, neither gaudy' nor la bo rat In, It male-up. Tbera waa ao aSacCatloa lu their dress or manners. Tb boya, too, wltb John at their bead, now grown into a tall and handaooie lad, were neatly aad fashionably dad, oacb wear lag a wblt ten rot in hi button tool. By t o'clock tb, none waa crammed with vial tors, among whom Auat Hul -t-te ir-i-' ir--JrT--il r thetically, haarfing jhesrri.iiiouavryholr. Then It spread lie wines Itb which bereou and iniendod daughter-ln-law wereertd by tbaavll-miadedandauapt clou In the aaac'mblod throng.- . The doctor took bU- place by Mailt' Id, as. her accepted suitor, aud one of th chief mourners. Tba undertaker and bU aid onveyed tbariobly fluUbed catket to th wailing hears. Tb doc tor aod Mattl followed next, and then cam tb other members of tba family. followed by th doctor's ruotherind tla- ter aad tha eager, axpcdaat, and yet subdued and - wondering multitude. Every coach belonging to tb town of Btonebeng waa la waiting at th gat. Although tbo eontetery waa very near the town br air tin I ha road ta It led around and through a long ravine, for a distance of two mile or more. - . "If n sia -for poopl to aay vil of Mattl Armstrong," sdalmd a young lady who bad mad nor aequaintano at tba ioug-to-bo-remtmbered party at tba doctor'a mother' a, wber lb country girl bad odlpeed tbo city belie la wit and dress and brilliancy, nearly t years beforss "Let ber and Doe. get married. If they don't want to b talked about V said another. - ; ' They will when MatU gsU ready," chimed Ira thtrd. . . , - Tm tor It'a time," remaxksU a fourth. . .. ; 'Tvs.Anown peopi to get rich n miadlngtbdrowa buainam," ejaculated a dear, lUia-vlasgedf-ld lady In a close- fitting, snow-whit aaa and handker chief, who aat la tb back seat of the great vehicle and everhoard the om meota. "What right bav yoa to lm aglne evil of Mattle Armetrongf" b continued. "Who U her peer In all Stooeheng Tb party of critka felt tb foro nfTUialimpld etborof th boaveoe-a sow- th rebuke and beld Ibeir peace. Divert and sundry comment and 6on- elaalons of li imliar Wbaractoi am x changed In 'very carriage sxespt tboss ooaiaialng th bereaved family. . Mattl' tac was aglow with a pecul lar radianca. lrh bad a miasion to par- form that day la th fac of every obsta cle, and sh alc-o was cognisant Tb long Una of aarrlages followed th bears taald tb eemetery Incloenr, -nndUwrfiialted-lna-Tt mlaatod tb graveled drive. Tba casket waa carried to th open grav. Tb oovsc waa resaoved by ap pointed bands. Msltls iteppod ap to tb remain and tenderly lifted tb gansy covering from tb aa gel 1 form. ' Every member of ber large household am forward with laavsalation and tears. Mattla waaaa white aa naarble, bat calm a a atta.-i.-V - ' ' ' -' .. Afler the brofbrtlan4-slaira-hd each taken a last, long look bi tha gled prison front which tb loox-cbaiad!. a, - n- - u kara. --'-4 - - . pirtl hail oacapod, tb alder Bister raw-) tloood .tbeoa back, and mataly waved to tb uullltod to march forward. Eaclamallon of .urprt were beard oa all side. - -How radiant!", "How beautiful V ' "Did you everT" sclalmed three dlSereot young lad lea, on after another. "8b look la th bo aa tf abe hadn't beea aeglacted after aH," wbUpered n, aa though aatoabbed at th straog dis covery. -After whll, when ttiw tuuItUBd bad each looked opon th mortal remains of lire' eafortuDat mlaalonary, and bad stepped back to their several place, Mattla again earn forward. Her fao was still as whit aa marble, but thai beamed from It aahlalng ra diance, Inexpteealbly beootlful. J , "Men and women, fellow travelers along Itfo'a rtgged roadway, I ha v something to my aayou apoa tbla aacred eccaalon," aha said, la measured ulter- ancei ber vole till of tear. .Yds aerbeire'you tb mortal re maiaa of oa who life, though clouded by a aad mlaOrtune, was yet a niltalon ofbolinea. Baaido tbta ape a grav 1 tb long closed restlig-plac of the mortal re maln of tmr mother. .17. "You all know of the great change tbat ba ltewmlo ourTamlIy. Moat of yon remember my angel mother aa a married martyr. You know alt went out Into tbmjatlc bd- owe of tb bet let land, leaving me, ber eldest born, in esarg of eleven younger ehlldrea?,'. You know what my life was. You know bow r all fared when a poor, deluded stpmber literally ateppol Into ho that flnally jWncAcd th Jif out of ber. - Tu know tU can of Kettle's sad, crippled eoadiUuo;. but yoa do not know-Mtat dwrivgtbemaBy wmsI thSl ' waxed and wared after ber light of rea son had set la njental blackness, this darling sister was to me a benison, a. missionary, arsatraint, a guide, an ad monition, a ear, n companion, aad aa ever-abiding joy. But for her I might Aae been th wicked woman which maov of yo bav neon pleased to imagine I now tm." i- " ; - Tb multitude InvohmUrTIy drew Bearer. A deep umA wst upon tb at mosphers, and even children draw their breath oarefully. Mattl pauaedr a moment, over come by her euioUoos. A aneadow lark twittered for an In alant la tbo wild gnu near her foot, and then roe aod perched Itself In aire above ber bead, breaking forth In n i fath ml sail that Btartled and soared away, and th multitude gated after It till It lost llslf--arBr pack la the llllmitabler ethereal dls- "Maa gtveth up tb ghost, aad wber la bT" continued Mattl. "Tb wind bloweth wber It Ilatelh, and thou bear- entth seuad thereof, bat canst not toll wbeoc It oometh nsr Whither It gocth. Bo la vry an tbat la born of tb spirit. W may not follow s)r disembodied tl- ter to ber bom lu tb hereafter, for our mission la yot of th earth, earthy ; but my mother -our mother, roy sisters aad my brothers is ber companion over (Acre - Wbo can doubt It -when, with ber spiritual eras ao widely opened, avn while yeta'ae lingered with us to lb cat, ah esclalmed In rapture, I ae mamma. Yea, I'll come, flood-by, old crippled body. ' r "Tb wer bef last wordaVfollow mortaia I regret tbat I cannot call yoa friend.- -"'1-L7"-r:T" . "Ib looking at thee martal remains I aak yoa now to learn bow evanescent lif la, and bow easy It will b at any tlm for yaa to lay It down. Tbat yoa may dl tbe deslb of tbe righteous, and that your last end may b. Ilk here. Is ib ear aaat pmyr of on whoa lif ball b devotad beDoeforth to Utaan oompliahment of humanity'' highest good. "I do aot grlev for aay darling sister. 6b taught m t lovt my enemies, blaas tbom that curse, and pray for tboss that despitefatly us me. Lot us pray.", Dear reader, tb Mptd'cUon'thaT babbled np from Mattl Arawtrong's boart aad weilad out from ber lips, waa an which pa of oars will not dare attempt loeketeb. Th Impassioned pathos of nor nUoranos rose abov tb throng that listened, and floated through -"a t -a- I their lueqi Th multitude received th thankinflanmnalatb tb family at tb cloo of tb supplica tion, and took thdr departure Ik speech less bewilderment. Awe-struck and alf eondmud. ... . x It am aaaay days before aay af them dared to apeak disparagingly of tb Strang burial Mrvios, and wha tbey did thus apeak tbey wer peremptorily I silenced by others. What Xettia Aran, f strong load railed to accompiisn aa aer mlaaloa la tSa, bad bea fulalfod la bar departnra tn tb hotter land. ' AnVaX-Brtlaf, Bsld-MatU, after tney bad all rwtamod ta tha great bona tb lovers war lrt alona la tb room whar tb Death Angel had add bla sarnl vsl, "Th abstaolsa la oppoal- tfoa to oar aston am TaatahlBf.n by Yoa 'gal aed a gforions triumph vsr aay wicked will to-day .w Th jeply waa aaoratl to tba hrr itnlv.. Vatwtew an. natfont Nader. If wa - rr aiiaasa,l ' Trcy' Faroratica. You will aava Brooklyn, already loo much diagraced by the ealatence of aucb n scandal, from the far greater dlag rare of permitting aucb a man to to destroyed by aucb inatrumeutaltty - -Aa Mete Sawerlae la hie prtde of alaxa.' , Hw.r4 als ') killed br aaauata J -Yott will toll th Amerivan" peopi that when Innocence I aeaailed by un scrupulous and cunning malice, bow ever siMWeeaful for a lime tbe aaaautt may aevm. It must find its barrier when It reachea an American Jury. And yoa will say to this heartless and uugodly Greecuttoa, "Thus for shall thou coma, t no farther here all tbe midnight plotting of eruel craft must cease for ever." i I aak of you for this defendant noth ing but that Just loo wbtdv you would' mot out to tbo bambleet clllcen; yet yoa cauuot .but foal, aa 1 do, an whelming aenae of the aolemu imrort anc of tbla trlaiV- It will loom forger In bialory thaaaay that has taken place' In eighteen centuries. No mau of this defendant's fame has ever Uen called upon to a newer aucb a charge in a court of Juatie. What a epectaelo baa been r-reaoted ia this city of churches! Every day for eight weeks this aged mau, who has beeo a large aud varied contributor to the literature of tbe Eng lish tongue, aod wbo nover wrote a tiue I bat waa not Ineplred by tha love of (iod, of nature, aud hi fellow-men, who has swsyed with eublitucst ktqueuos greater multitude than any living ora torvand who never spoke save for Jus tice, truth and virtue, who baa convinced, reacued. Instructed and comforted un numbered thousands of erring, strug gling souls, counting bis llfrifvrtuu. SLSilriSi 24thdr4rdstt-r XT not generally aoiWng, thert, lnirt worthy, effldent operallvea, be serve.1 the bumble th lb, are not si attsBUvo or Indus ana rrnniarion risk or sac rifle aad tbe weak; this aisn, whose name la honored and bdieved wherever Chris tianity bears swav, bss been dragged by mallguant conapiratora into this court to aaewer tuo aod' omooe crtarre, which all lh-evidenc ( a long life time outside of throe walla no leas than tbo evidence produced within them, brands Indelibly aa a lie, Day by day he baa iaj-ed alouc our atreettrwfth his brave and true wife, to meet lb nnntorited indignity of Ibis arraignment. Htrong men bav been touched with mingled nilv aud wralh at tb sight, snd women have turned aside to ween. It is nn ootrsm which poa terity will avenge. Th' fair city will yet boast among ber proudest moau menta tb statute of blm who conferred anonner cn glory, and received wltbin) ber aucb torture. All who bad part la lb la crowning drama of life will be re mem be red with eaeerallon or praie. Those who falaely Bocuaed, those who weaklr doubted, thoae who cowsrdlv forsook blm. tboa wbo war swift to believe evil on th ou aid aud on tbe other, those who eteadfaatly trurted, and tboa gentlemen of the Jury, who Justly adjttlgsd. - Yaa, gentlemen, by th Judgmonl hlch yoa ber prooounco. you-wlll you reel vea be Judged at tb tribunal of after ages. What yoa do ber win never die, - Wbea these, scenes shall bav passed away, wben b wbo nre- lent chambers of tbe deaJf-wReuTiS eats yoa oorupy sbsli be Riled by your ehlldrea, or your children' children, strangers front distant HsNt will com ta view tb plac from which waa glvaa buk to tba world, freed from cold or nasal ng shadow, th nam of Henr ward Heecuer. tveo wbea esnturte waHa shall bav crumbled and decayed. uB t u rll-ns mmm , iriwr bls trial will bo remembered with all abaorbing IptereaL . More eloquent than the words Of this defendant, mora in spiring tbaa his deed of magnanimity," mors powerful among nn tbsa tbs story of aft his lif of .usefulness .and virtue, will be th recital of.hla serene ; faith aod patlenc under dlraafflietion aud oaadly assault, tlsroes areaanaireo; It la tb atartyr wbo a re beloved. Sot tb triumphal procession and tb lotid bosaana, but tbeesp. tb thorn-crown, tha 'cross, th sepulcTicr ooouersU th world, and ainc tb hour of tb Dlvln Huffetwr, no follower of Christ has born tb croaa la vala. -Gentlemen, do yoa believe la God? Then you will rocognls to-day what Ilia fenerations to com will so clear! JliJm -If, I ee: wbal tbe Uav e( Hovetatlew r, ' bias rortn la letters or immortal light, th rosrk of God's approval npon tbla. bla faithful, upright, suflering servaat whom He hath hitherto guided, sus tained aad bleated; whom, la the hour of tribulation. He bath not forsaken: and whoa all the truth of Hla eternal promises, aad ail th reoourcea of His Almighty power. He will surely rescue Almighty power. He will eurely rs and reward; for 'Though band Joi a lu mi m uu, ,u 7 wivi kw v., wu n hmumm hbed, but tb seed of tb righteous shall h--ut m- WMl-.fc.V .1.. I -.a. . . b dcuvered." i If Women SuflrsW 1 not advancing a rapidly aa lu anient suriwtaTe desire, It is at arast awsesfograuiag, anu its workers ar a ever laboring for it con summation, nothing daunted by-. past i teeou rare men t a. Tb laborer In tb grand reform ar about' to make their aaaual demand anon the Maasnchuaetu lietrisiatur tor ta poiiucai urraaniao- atent of womeo. though In all nroba- Mllty tbey win nave ao Better prospect of Immedlsto succs than last year. Tbey wiu nvrtbls continn year after year to represent tb wrongs or uallty befor lb law, which VS IStStlOU WUIHlUt iep-T reaentalloo. Th Wisconsin Henatebaa past til a bill making women eligible for obool ofllcsa. Ia Missouri the suffra gists ar about to pre th oueelion upon tneComtttotlonsl Convention. Among thdr friends are x-Benator John B. Henderson and Bishop Bowman of tb Methodist Cbarcb. tb advoentea of tb prinei pi claim that tb abfoat mee la tha Convention ar committed to tbeir sld of this oustlon.and ther are goon reasons soesprca tow mmsum of tbo right or suaraga (a too new ib stnimecL . Thus th work foe bravsly on, and atop by step snot bar ad vane is mad la, tb sausaaf hsaaan right, nnd though bot Uttia prognss 1 a-parMt thorn I pregTss avsrtbleaa. Bad iU contina snc moat eventually leap to uvx.- rsfeef JomnuxL . . i': J Tba Smith slaters, af Glastonbury, Cowneetlcat, wbos as sgm'n tax collector Andrews for seUIng thdr land for Boo-paymewl of taxes, baa bee de cided ataJoei them latboCoartof Com mon Pisa at Hatford, wilt appeal to lb fiaprem Court. ' wTiiteltw Bsid Vomia'i Work. "And yet I may claim on small till to speak ol 'woman's work. It baa been 'any good fortune for six or. eight years, la thia city, to be able to give employ ment to a number of womru, and to pay for tbeir work precisely what it Beamed to be worth, without referenc lo th ax of to worker. Thai, after all, seems lo bo tbo true basis for any suo esaaful effort you may met to help worklug-womeu. First of all Justice ! Afar that, there will b far leas need for charity; and what doe prov l be wasted may generally take that better form of merely helping the needy to a way to help tbemeelves. "I know that thle oueatlou of wagssjt not without lis smbarraasmenU, and that-frequently where women claim equal pay wltb meu In tbe eaine' work, tbey are claiming what they do not earn, and what employers caunot gtve without toss. But tbla aaa oaA attaot tbe get-eral principle. When thdr work la clearly and ia all rsapecla equally valuable. It la eu tit led to equal reward. When yoa refuse that, yen are under- miuloc th vary foundation for any honest effort hy women lo earn tbeir own living. If they ar to stsrt fairly tu support themselves, yon must not begin by breakiug down tbeir a l-respect, and outragiox ibeiraeuaeef right. i ou uu ikhu, it ya-a T" i teas lor . . . . . . l. - the earn work equally well done, for the sol reason that tbey are women and but men. To-day, through th whole rang of woraeo'a employments, but especially in th Industries wherein tbey come In competition with men, there la a constant com pi slot that working-women rarely become lunch more than apprentices, lhat tbey do not learu trious or persistout aa worklng-mea. How can they work with tbe spirit aud seal men show; If they are to b met on pay day by aa wolost -and intrinslcaity Blf" n.riminiti4- Jlotr trta tbey nerv themselves to the thorough mas tery of tbe handicraft or art. when thor oughness bring no reward? I am nrg- iug do eenuioeniai pica, it it got a qoestton orehtvarryrbut of JustlotTT do out ask for fair pay for wouieu becauas they ar women, but because they earn rj -ivuiu, v wmMMww . u-j awNl1;,llli ruMivtio, puMiiiua;, atn :u(iu It. Wherever they do not earn, by allTenlog him against temptation, ableld- all means refus to' rive It. rl only aak lhat, wben they do earn aa mueii aa their brother-laborers, they shall Jba paid .aa much, and tbat they shall bare from tb outset the stimulus of knowing that equal work will alwaya bring equal pay." U'hUrlaw Hcitt at H'ornWi t dutiriat Mertimg. TiDAf, Wavkb. Xbtfollowlng ia tb subsUnc of Pfof. Yan dsr Weyde't tboory on tidal wave. Tidal wavaa ar tb only QMUlfata tlon of th attraction of tbe sun aud moon on tbs surmos of to earth. If tha rttrwrenUrely anrrouuded by tb ooaa n. tb" solar tidal wav would travel round tb wool earth ia twenty-four hours, wbfohis a velocity of 900 milaa per. Boor. As, nowever, the continents arecTfr; where iutcrposad, sxcrpt round thaHouth I-n. It I only there this wave motiou takes place, aud from tbla rw- fion It la propalled northward Into tba ndlan ocean, and Into tbe Atlantic, wber It attain 1U greatest magnitude. It I carried tram Yau Die man' Land in twelve boura to tba coaat of Hindo- stan, and lu another twelve boura from the Oar of Good Hods to Heoersl. f uuu rt i.iri ua. ,-n-vuM ti,v coast of Great Britain, and tarnlngi around Hcotlaud, reaches Norway and Denmark in an opposite direction nsmly, from west to east. Ita velodty of propolslon depend on tb depth of tbs ocean. It Is only when tb depth exeeede COUU fathoms that tbe uraiocity I as great as tba revolution of lb eartb. At a depth or l.ouo Utboms it travels at th velocity of S50 mile an boor, and wben tb depth 1 IOii fathoms tb velocity is 10U nrllew. At iV fathoms It it thirty-ais wile. h fathom a Biilea, aad i fathom 8 mile. Tbla law, which waa discovered by Kseaell, Is ao rstlabla that It has been possible to de termine tbe depth of tb ocean by tha velocity of the tidal wave. rror.jkn.derwydei.inds ap with - t.fTr. . j i i.. V .V"T,7.V-; . k1 ' IT.n. ' k..' ;,V-' --.n.rii stent lot he power of three trillion bora. Ia eooMqueno of th Impending scar t . i . u" Hiiuami I . w uu .v. w U . city of coal extensive eiparimentshave heen mad In. soms ol lu eouDlrles or Europe, to And th host means of util ising this enormous power wherever It I practicable. A Rkmaskablb Womaj. In Scot land, a woman lately died whoa career baa beea one of eiugular exporteue for ber sex. Her name waa Betsey Milter, tb daughter of William Millar, a ship owner aad wood men-bant, doing buai bos at th port of Glasgow. Mis Bet- fnty, for ah waa never married, waa for mor than twenty years captain of tn good old brig Cleotus, of Baltooats. Kb received her command from ber father, who at II rat owned th brig, and ended by owning It herself. Hsr fat bar was also Interested la several vessels which traded, directly with New York. Miss Betsey, before she went to sea, acted as "ahip'a husband'' to -ber father, an bp preuUoeablp wbicb gav ber all necee sary sxperience. nnttl finally, her ad- vsnturos sjjjl Imrll-O 1? go tOjaaavaai; oaaioaaa. an isuirr as um ""--1 w bm ratuctau uy grauoou ttm caprioo, but aooa found that Botasy was tha best and most reliable eaptaia iahts employ. Mho ia ripreaanled as having shown re markable queJiacatious for th posi tion, proving to b a skillful navigator, a thorough dlaolplloa.iao and an-eaoel-iest sailor. Ia part the filled thpo tlon of supercargo, aud showed remark a hi business nuallneatfona, which eucceee, Hh could always bav ber thole f foremost band, no It waa con sidered n great good fortes among tba sailors to ship uuder tb omnaa4 of a .famabj eaptaia. Betsey Miller weaih- red tb storms of tba deep wben many commanders of the sterner sex have beea driven to deatrnctjon: Bpa . tb roeks. Hsr Mori u well knowa in tn aiy of uasgow. ta tha literary department of tb Ulohlam ITaJaasalf IhsSS SXO-SiatV- I Mlaa 1 .IL-a mmA B--tv-a4a-bt iaVthO . . . . . . i ii if cai depart moot. Tn who number r studonte, at th last report, waa U61. Th university library M0trrir-a,5u0 Waat It Coats' J aUia a Voter. I am very much pleased and gratified ta bear thai woaaeo ar waktag np to ace tb necessity of bequeathing sou of tbsir surplus wealth to help tbeir own sex that bav. heretofore been over- looked. A a Bootberr a women rose through th tragedy of giving birth to ber son, watchaa over and care for bi helpless Infancy, brings him through all the disease Incident to childhood, la bla nurse, physician, aeamstreaa, wash erwoman, teacher,, frteud and gold, spending the cream of her days to bring him ap to be n vour, wltb no provision In Isw for ber own support In tb mean liuie, with not so much as "1 thank yoa." Tliea ho leave bom and mar rice a wife, wbouf It look some other mother twenty -one years lo raise, edu cate aad teach to cook hi meala, to atak and wash bis elotbea, to furnish bias with n bod, aod to 011 the boose wlifc aoaslrVs mt which ka baa lb larger share, at her own expense. And all thia dona for him np to this period of his lil without sny eoaf. to hints!. Then b vote to help make law tdi francbtse his wife sod three two moth ers, who have unitedly spent forty-two years of th prim of tbeir day for bla benefit, without any eompooaation. And tbcu be make another law t compel hi wife ta do all Lb sam ki4 f i . . . , ; . . . . . i arutigery wuicn uis moiner nsa done, with tbe addition of gtvtog birth to aa ntany ehlldrea aa la bis good pleasure be sees tit to foros upon her. And nil ber earnings and the fruitful her labor are bis, his wife being the third woman wlio spends -her life to support blm. It take three, and sometime four women to get a man through front lb cradle to -tbe grave a ud tooicUate a pretty busy tlmo they have of it, too. It i tlm w stated facta, and called things by their right asms, and handled tbla subject without kWl gloves. , After being tb recipient of so many favors, auch baa ingratitude and aelr eonoelt, soc h arrogant pom pona, un warrauteble, criminal naurpaiion of power, aucb supreme elfiabusos is not lobe tolerated or forgiven!--Wamtm't Jovmrxl. Whenever man pays rave re nee tb woat au, wheuerer man Hods a woman puri fying, cnatteoing, aoaaiung, atreugtn- log him from evil, ministering to hi self-res pact, medtaiuing bis wenrineas, poopl ing. big solitude, wluniog hint from sordid prlies, suliveolng bis mo notonous dsys with mirth, or fancy, or wit, flashing beaven upon bla earth and hallowing it for n spiritual fertility, fAer ia the element of true tnarrlag. Whenever woman pays revsrvne to man rejoicing In bis strength, aod feeling it to be God's agent, rouflroalag her pur poaa aud crowning her nowsr; when ever be rsveal blmseif to her, iuat, in- ll.wll.lr w-t ', UV.IWI,! J W,v,H, .WIVI.UI, Mu-J and true, hia feet ou the' earth, his head among toe stare, heipiBa; norns bold Ber aoot ateadfasi to th right, this is the es sence of marriage. There lax neither d- nndnc norlndepaiMMnc. but interd- depandenc. Yrars cannot weaken its bonda, ulstanoe cannot sunder intn; tt Is a lov which vaoauiahea tha -arras tud tranafigures death Iteslf Into life, WVaTww' arVtfffswwftOMai " Pijcasb Sror Mr" What T "Time are hard, money ia acaiwa, boal nes is dull, iwtrenebment Is a duty. 1 lease stop my" "Drink?" "Oh, no; time ar not bard enough for that yst. iners i aometmna; aias I list easts i large amount of money avery year which 1 wish to save. Hues slop my" "Tobaoco and cigars?" "No, no, not those, but I must retrench somewhara. Pteaa stop my'WRlbbous, omamsata, laoxa and Uiukete V "So, not at all; prid muat be fostered If times ar ever ' so hard; but I believe I can sees wsr to effect a saving In another direction. l'loaa stop my'' "Tea, coffee, ami need less and unhealthy luxuries ?" "No.no, 'no I I cannot think of such n saerinco. ' Ah ! ah 11 have it now. My paper coats seveiTleen cents a month two dollars a year; I must sav that. Please stop any paper I that will carry me through th through tii stringency easily. I believe in retrenchment aud economy especially la my bralna." Jixahang. - ic -irian uiant--otbrwi Jamas Murrby-recently died In Baltlmor of con.umptloo. H was tb ptioa. H was thirtv-thre veara oki, nanny etgnt n-et in nignt. una weighed, a short time before his death, SM pound. In health he weighed mor. Tb "giant" bad traveled through tb country as on of th great euf loaitiee of tb world. He bad a pleasant face, and waa of amiaidedtapositiofef Una of bla hands could cover th beJ of a largs maa Just as sn on I i ua ry baud cover an -orauga. Hi foet,-Hbougb immotiao, wer ftut ao large proportionately aa b!e bands. He was generally known In tbe neigh borhood where be lived aa the "giaot," and waa so good-natured that be was ouite popular among tba children. His lather waa sis feet high, aud his mother s woman of medium six. Tbey bad , eightchlldrea.eomeof whom wereander slsed. .One besides tbe "giant" waa six feet lu height. Rkbs ix tit-Mail Baoh. To show bow tbo taw allowing seed sad other goods to be carried In th mail bags I prostituted to baa net, sons of tb pa per bav stated a aaaa la wblch aa Ital ian queen bee waa eucloaad ia n liltin -I cng wblch was properly wrapped directed, jtod-lhca enlrused to thw terp!- mercies of tn mail nags. Had to . state, sum Inquisltlv or thievish noat- m aster or clerk got badly slung. It would ba a good idea for our customers to get good vigorous bee and enclose wiUi tbalrrarnlllancee. It might rssalt la chaeklag th fearful atnooot of a tast ing by tboa eootected with th mails, or at least ahow that in mtimea curea Ita owa puuULoseuL I'tcfa floral Omide. . f all the two doaoa lawyers In tbo Baecber-Tlltea ease esseci to make aa losgapswcbs aa Tracy, and all Base oar's wUuttsss ar a fong-windad a TUtoaya a Uussatt wera, nnd tb dadg than ra-. eiewa the cans nnd lay down lb law. la tb sant style, th case may b eon. eJexted sontetlm before tb year 1900, but unless tba twetvw Jsrors ar aw dowad with aupumajt-power memory and eatric It-Ilk meutei dlgee lioos, they will know loan about tba at tn oncioatnej ins a iney aid st we-finwiug. nail a magainoewt Chinas drama that trial srooM make. A bill Poeaed tb Hooss alBpriogfleUL III., renUy.allwlng women to beootb MUtnos paou. -J,. -my - m 1- N