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people, and we have no right to divorce
chem. ''What God hath joined together let
no man put asunder" Born as we have been
amid this great wealth of church music, aug
mented by the compositions Of artists in our
day, we ought not to he tempted out Of the
sphere of Christian harmony and try to seek
unconsecrated sounds. 1t is absurd for
millionaire to steal.
Many of you are illustrations of what
sacred song can do. Through it you were
brought into the kingdom of Jesus Christ
You stood out against the warning and the
argument of the pull pit but when in the sweet
words of Charles Wesley or John Newton or
Toplady the love Of Jesus was sung to your
soul, then you surrendered, as armed castle
that could not be taken by host, lifts its
window to listen to harps trill.
There was Scotch soldier dying IN New
Orleans and Scotch minister came in to
give him the consultations of the Gospel. The
man turned over on his pillow AMI said:
stDon't talk to me about religion" Then the
Scotch minister began to sing familiar
hymn of Scotland that was composed by
David Dickinson, beginning with the words:
"Oh mother dear Jerusalem,
When shall come to thee?"
He sung it to the tune of Dundee, and
everybody in Scotland knows that; and as he
began to sing tho dying soldier turned over
on his pillow and said to the minister:
''Where did you learn that!" ''Why," re.
piled the minister, ''my mother taught me
that" $50 did mine," said the dying Scotch
soldier; and the very foundation of his
heart was upturned, and then and there
be yielded himself to Christ. Oh, it
has an irresistible power! Luthers sermons
have been forgotten but his Judgment
Hymn" sings on through the ages and will
keep on singing until the blast Of the arch
angels trumpet shan bring about that very
day which the hymn celebrates would to
God that those who hear me to-day would
take these songs of salvation as messages from
heaven; for, Just as certainly as the birds
brought food to Elijah by the brook Cherith,
SO these winged harmonies, God-sent. are
flying to your soul with the bread of iife'
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delegate to others the discharge Of this duty
which God demands of us? Suppose that
four wood thrushes propose to do all the sing
ing some bright day when the woods are
ringing with bird voices. 1t is decided that
four wood thrushes shall do all the singing
of the forest Let all other voices keep
silent. How beautifully the four warbled
It is really fine music. But how long will
you keep the forest still? Why Christ would
through the olives, and hs would raise mis-
hand and say: "Let everything that hath
breath praise the Lord" and keeping time
with the stroke Of innumerable wings there
would be- five thousand bird voices leaping
into the harmony. Suppose this delegation
of musical performers were tried in heaven
suppose that four choice spirits should try to
do the singing of the upper temple;
Hush now, thrones and dominions and
principalities.. David, be still, though you
we're the ''sweet singer, of Israel. "
come to that crown of rejoicing. Richard
Baxter, keep though this is tae Saints
Everlasting Rest" Four spirits now do all
the singing. But how lcng would heaven be
quiet? How long? "Hallelujah' '' would cry
some glorified Methodist from under the altar.
"Praise the Lord" would sing the martyrs
from among the thrones "ThsG!!S5 be unto
God VINO glveth us the victory!
great multitude Of redeemed spirits
would cry-myriads of voices COM
ing into the harmony ahu the ore
hundred and forty and four thousand break
ing forth into one acclamation. Stop that
loud singing! Stop! Oh, no; they CANNOT
hear me. You might as we'll try. to drown
the thunder of the sky or beat back the roar
of the sea, for every soul in heaven has re-.
solved to do its own singing. Alas, that we
should have tried on earth that which they
cannot do in heaven, and instead OF Joining
all our voices in the praise of the Most Hign
God, delegating perhaps to unconsecrated
men and women this most solemn and most
delightful service.
Now, in this church, we have resolved upon
the plan Of conducting the music by pre-
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1886-11-19

Ezriza Commissioner Morris Of the old
board lives on West Twenty first street. Four
wears ago cats drove people from their homes
IN this street b. their midnight music Com
missioner Morris owes the peace Ct bis home
To his son. who IS IN amateur electrician lie
mt g wide hoard on ton ot the bacl. fence to
better facilitate cat lo,o,no-ion He then ran
six bare telegraph wires along the top Of dis
board. very I,;le distance apart. lie con-
neyted these wires with the strong battery IL
the house. and a key, within cosy reach. con-
nected the battery with the wires ol The
fence.
With darkness tho cats camo. Whcl a
few vigorous notes gave indication o. 4
pronisln-'v load concert. Wettmore touched
the kew One long. loud yell followed. Four
cats were seea several feet above tie fence
paving tic a:r, AMI al teil down in the ward
quite raralv1ed. One ~ one they Got ID.
smcllsd q ho;r paws, I.,Grmu-ed a NEW. and
Quietly sto'c away. This was ker- u fo7
severed nights, until every cat in the block
had tasted lightning.
Non. whenever { cat finds It necessary 10
cross the dangerous path, he first puts paw
gently out uron the wires and crosses very
SLOWLY. with every muscle wound Cd Tor q
spring to the ground ct the first suspicion q
shock-Ecw York Srar.
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Ihev had bc-u II Ocean Grove 10 three CT
four day qley- old couple from way t,.-,,
in Jersey Both seemed 70 t.6e q E-c.v L.
ts-est l.. tho b2:AerS. an ca tvo 9 t-ree
occcsi 7.s t1ey went down oa th3 Jsa-a "a
felt o. tie water. ~ lcn~-a Tie Oh r1,-G
seemed 20 make I'd lis u---I = q C1e.r--.,->
undertaking. X le-t her sitting n q pawn "a
and went of and &C. into bathing c;.- It
showed oG Lis bow b~cz, TIA lzcs and Ss,os&
I,ne-s in q wonderful wy, Int he ambl-d
down on the sands, waved - hand u ;ls cd
woman. and made . jump i-.t2 a oonlScr. lie
v-7s los- sight q for : moment cS Il vsS
rolled over and over and k2H buried II the
sands. but ke finally c-1wled cg- IL hands
AID knees. rose up and licked Vigorously,
and was hiking for Tho bath hoCse, vixen
his wife intercepted hin and l-cu1-ed;
@Sanauel. e1u you much hurtf7
Hurt, Nor he reared IS Is kept splitting
or, the Lrine: @bgt wouIG you believed tke
dIlruoa thing Is salt water
&, went his way TO ct ont OF the -drds-
and he never dollned them agai1--Ds-rols
E~>> D.
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CHAPTER II. Continued.

He sang this verse at least half doz-
en- times, at different intervals, and had M
just commenced to sing it once more,
when all Of sudden the song and the
singer came both to full stop. Had a
highwayman leaped from hedge and
held a pistol to the travellers head,
he could not have halted more abruptly.
In an instant he stood still, gazing at
something he saw around the angle OF
the road, aud then buttoning his jacket
and clutching his blackthorn, made
step forward in a belligerent attitude, as
il an unlooked-for enemy had appeared
and offered him battle. And 50 it was.
The antagonist he SO suddenly encoun-
tered had taken his position in the very
middle of the road, and by his motions
seemed resolved to maintain that position
at every hazard. The traveller, on the
other hand. was by no means slow to
commence hostilities; for twirllng his
staff. without further parley hestruck
his adversary such blow on the sconce
as might have been heard ringing sharp
and hard for half mile and more along
the echoing glen That blow, however,
was the first and last; for the next in
stant he lay sprawling IN the dust,
struck down by the superior force OF
his enemy's weapon. Still, though
PROSTATE, he parried off the blows OF
his assailant with remarkable adroltness
and would, in all likelihood, have soon
risen and fully avenged his fall, had not
a third party interfered to terminate the
battle. The latter roughly seized the
staff from behind, commanded the fallen
man to forbear, and then, in mllder
and more friendly voice, bade him get
upon his feet, an not lie there, like
partaun.
The Northwestern standard., 1886-04-03
The Woman or stenay.

The Lorraine peasant loves to narrate
the story Of the ssWoman Of Stenay'' who
offered q barrelof wine to q detachment
OF Austrian soldiers, saying: aYou are
thirsty, friends Drink you are welcome
to all / have 2 drinking, as she spoke, q
cupfu1 to their honor.
The soldiers accepted with pleasure the
proffered drink, and Ia afew minutes four
hundred men were whitening in agony on
the ground
with her dying gasp shrieked out ssYou
fell back corpse
peasantry e highly as that Of CharIotte
SCordAy
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CHAPTER III.

Mr. WEEKs TRIES HIS HAND AT FLY-FIsH
ING. BUT FINDS THE SPORT RATHEI
BELOW HIS EXPECTATIONS. --I4ANT1
HANnoN looks ON, AND INDUCES n
MOST INDIGNANT CRITICISMS ON MR.
WEEKS MANNER OF PLAYING THE FISH
ssGet up, Lanty," said the new conner
tsget up, man. Why, you must be mao
to strike the poor witless crathur thai
way. Sure, it's only ould Mamie. Get
up, mani"
Mamie, or granniel ejacuated Ian.
ty,-for so 1t seems the traveller was
named, d,-s Mamie or grannie, = he cried,
turning short and shaking himself free
of the speaker, 1sshe's an ould limb o
Satan. the curse O. Cromwell on herl =
ssPooh! nonsense. mani never mind
her; it's only a way she has,
"a way she has! bedad, thin it's a
very onciyil way she has; let metell you
that. The villanous ould schamer can't
let anybody pass without a quarrel.
There's that Methody preacher, she
pounded almost to death last week, ~,
one O. the civilest sowls in the whole
parish. What kind thratement Is that,
I'd like to know, for any dacent man to
get; or is it neighborly in you, Else Cur
ley, to keep such baste Of goat about
your place to murther people without
rhyme or raisin?"
s'Musha thin, how can help her,
Lanty?''
"Kill her if We can't hang her-shoot
her-6rown her bad luck to her, she
ought to be shot long ago"
'sOch, as for that, she'll soon die, any
way. It's failing fast she is, poor thing !"
.sDie" repeated Lanty, brushing the
dust off his clothes; "die! she'll niyer
die, and it's . mystery to me if iver she
came into the world right at al. Z
s.Arrah, whist with yer nonsense" ex-
claimed Else, s.and don't talk such fool
ishness. Come away no to the house
here. and take a draw iv the pipe il you
don't take anything better.
s'I'll tell you what it is Else Curley,' q
continued the discounted Lanty;
there's not 8 man or woman in the
townland of Crowres but knows that
my father was chased by that same goat
that very identical ould rascal there,
the year before he was married, and
that's jist thirty good years ago, and
more by the same token, lie bears the.
marks OF her horns on a part of his body
to this day; and it's no great secret
either. Else, that she was every bit as
ouId then as she's now It's not even'n
anything bad to ye I am, Else, but one
thing is sartin as the suns in the sky
that goat don't belong to this world. =
The old woman looked sharp at her
companion, as if bread in his counte-
nance his real thoughts on subject
that concerned her SO nearly, and about
which she lately heard 50 many unpleaa-
ant snrmises, but she could gather moth
ing from his looks. She saw he was ex-
cited By the fall, but she knew him also
to be one Of the slyest rogues that ever
put On sober face as full of deviltry
as an egg was full Of meat; and she
doubted, therefore, whether. he meant
70 plague or offend her.
Lanty Hanlon, she said It last 81
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TO be continued.)

\ =
Bruce Joy. an Irish sculptor, is en-
joying high repute and plenty Of pro-
fitable orders in London.
Lord Spencer, says Justin Mccarthy,
N. r., is the strongest ally of Mr. Glad.
stone in his home rule scheme Lord
Spencer's position is this: There is
no alternative to home rule but coer-
|cion. They have tried coercion to the
utmost. with all the resources Of the
state to back it, and have found it q
miserable failure. There is nothing
left, therefore, but home rule.n
Michael Davitt, in an address to the
Manchester Liberal Club, said that
Ireland should have a governor, with
the cont.o1 Of sufficient troops to de-
fend the laws and the power to veto
any act Of the Irish parliament. IT
the constitution should be violated, the
empire, with its irresistible power.
should deprive ireland of her parliar
ment He himself Was free trader
and did not believe that the Irish would
shut out English goods.
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MAR Y LEE; ] |!
OR.
The Yankee IN Ireland,
PAUL PEPPERGRAsS, ESQ,

Author Of .shandy Mcclure, ''rhe spR-
wife, etc.
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ssJim.o
The other day secondhand dealer in
Michigan avenue bought the household
furniture of poor family compelled tc
leave the city. 1t was such furniture as
only the very poor could get along with,
and among the rubbish was little old
cart, minus a wheel. Next day after the
furniture was purchased boy about
twelve years old hung around the store
for while and finally asked the price of
the cart. He was told he could have it for
ten cents but this was apparently q
greater sum than he could raise. He dis
appeared, but an hour later he returned
and was skrlking off with the cart when a
pedestrian nabbed him and returned him
to the store.
Don't send me to jailp' he pleaded
when the dealer spoke harshly to him.
"But you are q thief p
ssOh, no, sir / took the cart, but it
wasn't stealing. never stole anything in
my life"
wasn't it stealing to take the cart
away?''
II hadn't the money and was afraid
you'd. sell it. You see it belonged to
jim"
Jim who?'
Jim , sir. You bought all the
things out of the house. They didn't
mean to give you the cart, but 1t got
mixed in Jim give it to me-"
Il didn't see any boy around there"
..No, sir, because he died two weeks ago.
On the very day he died he--he-"
Here the boy lost his voice and the tears
fell fast, but after time he went on -
HE give me that cart, sir. We used to
draw wood in 1t. It was everything Jim
had in this world, and it's all 7 II ever have
to remember him by! Don't have me ar
rested p
aYou may have the cart, my lad,
kindly replied the dealer.
aAnd you take this quarter" added the
pedestrian, ssand get q new wheel made''
sSay want to chip in there" said a
shopkeeper who had heard the story, but
the lad seized the cart and made on, calling
back in choked voice -:
aThank everybody. / don't want any
money! It jnst killed me to think
hadn't anything to remember Jim by,
and didn't even know where they buried
him. Detroit Free Press
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Tho 1,nnntr 81 IndIn.. pnrrnt..

We went to India, and was COM
plCtely fascinated by tho crowds of green
parrots We saw in tho plains. It was a
neyer-failing source Of delight to me to
see them flying in floCks, often hundreds
at time, with the raysof the descending
sun glistening on their emerald green
plumage; or to SEQ tree destitute of
leaves made green by reason of the null
titude Of parrots that had settled on its
branches; or again, at sunset, to see the
green parrots flying about the white
marble minarets OF the glorious Tai.
Mehal, or darting about, frolicking in
the expiring rays. To me they were the
most lovely Of midas birds.
One scene connected with parrots Is,
from It's perfect beauty, often present in
my mind. At certain rosidoncy, ono
of the finest in northern India, there is q
fountain constantly playing, and in the
early morning the parrots gatker to,
getlier in vast numbers TO drink and
bathe in its running waters and basin.
To SEQ their graceful curves and upward
flights before daslling through and just
Swimming the surface of the water, with
their unbounded joy and delight in SO
doing, was q picture Of ecstatic, ideal,
living happiness difficult to surpass. Tho
parrots at this residenCy arc almost tame,
for every morning four or five Gagged
ones are lot loose to DO fed, and down
come all the wild ones to share their
feasts.-Cornhill Magazine.
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City Cats Hungry for catnlp.

A thin, prim, little elderly woman,
with her arms full Of white and yellow
daisies, and a big bundle Of green leaves
dangling by string from her wrist, went
down a quiet street ahead Of me one
evening. The dust OF country roads was
on her skirt and she walked YEARLY.
She was followed by dozen cats, at
least, tramp and vugabond felines that
trotted along with waving tails, shifting
at the bundle Of leaves, one Of the bold.
est even trying to reach them with its
teeth. The little woman finally halted
and cast a couple OF handfuls OF the
leaves to her followers. Immediately
they began to devour them, to play with
them or roll over them, while she
went on.
"It's catniP,r she oxplainedto me, who
had stopped to watch the performance.
"Ialways bring some home for my cats
when ! go to the country, and the poor
things smell it as Ipass by, They'd fol.
low me all the way home II l didn't give
them some. Look at that old black tom.
He won't leave me till go into the
house,
he was following her when she passed
from my Sight,-Alfred Tumble in New
York News.
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Steam Power and Electric Energy.

An intimate friend and business asso-
ciato Of Mr.. Edison, in conversation
with a reporter Of electrical tendencies,
said:
at would DO premature Just at present
to make public mention Of what Is now
being done by Mr.. Edison in the line of
original investigation. There is much
TO be learned yet in tho field of electric
ity, both MS to means OF production and
methods Of utilization. So far as the
conversion OF steam power into electric
energy is concerned there Is little left to
be desired, as our present dynamos give
an efficiency Of 95 per cent. out of pos.
sible lOO-and when the real is within
per cent, OF the ideal there Is not much
to DO gained in that direction. Could
makers Of steam generators and engines
approach anywhere near such perfection
in the construction Of apparatus for con.
verting heat into power the mechanical
millennium would be ut hand. New
York Star,
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FillipInS the toad was formerly com.
mon and cruel diversion for boys In Eng.
land. They placed a board, two or three
feet long, at right angles over a trans.
worse piece two or three inches thick,
and then after placing the toad at one
end Of the board. the other end was
struck by a bat or large stick, which
threw tho poor toad forty or fifty feet
perpondicularly from the earth, and the
fall generally killed It, Boston Budget,
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Mhere Oar scnnlor. werc norm.

Out OF a total OF seventy.six senators
thirty.four have been born in the states
they represent. All tho New England
senator's have bsen born in their re.
SpeCtive states, with the exception OF
Chase, of Rhode Island, and Hawley, Of
Connecticut, the latter having made q
jump from North Carolina. Only one
New York senator, Miller, was born in
the Empire state, EVarts having first
seen light in Boston, Mass. Both Of the
senators from Maryland, from Pennsyl.
vania, South Carolina, North Carolina,
Delaware, Virginia. West Virginia and
Tennessee were born in the states they
represent, The remaining senators that
are certified representatives Of tho states
that gave them birth arc Blackburn,
CoCkrell, COlQuitt, Eustis, Logan, Palmer
and Sherman. Philadelphia Times.
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Excitement IN Texas.

Great extitenenthas been caused IN
the ylcinityof Patis, Tex. BY the re
variable recnveryofME lie corley
who was 50 helpless he could not turn
IN bed, or raise hisheadi everybody said
he was dying Of Consumption. A trial
bottle Of DR.. Kings New Discovery wa
sent him Finding relief be bought 3
lage bottle and q box otDr. Kings New
Lille Pills; by the time he had taken two
boxes Of Pills and two bottles Of The
Discovery, he was well and hadfgained
in flesh thirtysix pounds
Trial Bottles OF this Great Discovery fol
Consumption, free at W. S. Hoy, Drug
gist.
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CARD..

NOW We, that by the payment Of
N S227. 40 j am permitted 10 sell In
toSieating liquofsatmy house! To The
iiewho has q drunkard for q husband,
or . friend who unfortunately dissipa-
ted, Isay efnphatically, give me notice
IN such cases In which You are interest
ed, and al such persons shall be exclu-
ded from my place. Let mothers, tath.
ters, sisters and brothers do likewise,
and the request shall be regarded. ]
pay aheayy tax for The privilege Of sell.
ing whisky and other liquors, and want
It distinctly understood that / have NO
desire 10 sell 10 minors, or drunkards, OF
70 the poor andIdestitute. much pre-.
fer that they save their money and put
i where Il will dotlIe most good. There
are gentlemen Of honor aud men OIL
money, who can afford Il, and Il Is with
those desire 10 trade. would say 10
those who wish 70 trade with me, and
can afford, come, and ! will treat you
gentlemaAly and co1rteously.
Respectfully
feb, l7-1y, JOS. HEN.
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sensation. OF vision.

Sensations of vision require definite
time Of exposure Of the retina, which
time Mr.. j. NJ. Catteil Of tho university
OF Leipsic finds to DO considerably de-
pendent on the nature Of the object and
tho intensity Of the light, It varies
with the several colorS. Orange gives
tho quickest impression Of the eye and
yellow closely follows It; then comes
blue, red, and green; while the retina
Is least sensitive 20 violet light, time,
which Is from two to three times rs
long as for orange. BY Iamplight the
eye works more slowly than by daylight,
and the order Of perceiving colors is
changed to orange, red, yellow, violent,
and blue.-Chicago News.
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VINO. nnlv ,iirrras ~ bo.SSa s,s 4, ~,
= - 7 $500
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Tne rrus.Ian ILoa.e d I.oras.

The Prussian house OF lords numbers
nOminally 81S members, ninety.sovOn OF
whom are hereditary, while 9l8 arc nT-
pointed for life, However, while thirty.
four PruSsian cities are entitled to seats
in the house, some Of them practically
never avail themselves Of the privilege.
Thus Konigsborg las been without q
representative for nearly twelve years. =
Detroit Free Pruss, ~