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R0BESPIERRE.
A Man Who Cuts a Figure in the History
of France.

"A Man Who Cuts a Figure in the History
of France.
The man held Of the least account in the
National Assembly by Mirabeau, by Lafa-
yettP, and even by the LameIhs and all the
Orleans faction. will soon be of the first
consideration. He is cool, measured and
resolved. He is in his heart republican,
honestly so, not to pay court to the
multitude, but from an opinion that it
is the very best, if not the only, form
of government which men ought to admit
Upon this principle he acts, and the public
voice is decidedly in favor OF this system.
He is stern man, rigid in his principles,
plain, unaffected in his manner, no fOppery
in his dress, certainly above corruption, de-
spising wealth, and with nothing of the
volatility of Frenchman in his character.
| do not enter into the question of forms
of government, but l say RObespierre is
bona ide republican,, and that nothing
which the King can bestOw on him, were
his Majesty in q situation TO bestOw any
thing, could keep this man from his purpose.
In the sense of the word, that in his heart
meaning well, as to the destruction Of the
monarchy, he Is an honest man.
watch him very closely every night. [
fixed on him. He is really a character to
be contemplated; he is growing every hour
into consequence, and. strange TO say. the
whole National Assembly hold him cheap,
considered him as insignificant. and when
mentioned to some of them my suspicious,
and said he would be man of swav in a
short time and govern the million, | was
laughed at.-The correspondence of William
Augustus Miles,
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there was at least one man in the world
who could be depended upon in ali stua-
tiOns of difficulty and danger. | had told
some of these lies so often, and had been so
mercifullv spared any ordeal of the nerves,
that had Come to believe in my own physi-
cal courage.
After inspecting the camp we returned
along the main street was still talking
about myself, and the sc bject was so inter-
esting that did not notice how far behind
them the others were leaving Lou and me.
My wife says this is too thin; she insists
that | was flirting with my pretty cousin.f
We were approaching summer residence
belonging to our friend, Judge Alerton.
His son Charley runs ont 10 BuggSboro
once in a while when the races have been
going the wrong way, because it is cheap
place to live in, and his relatives whom he
meets there do not, as rule, play poker
with metropolitan deXterity, Al the time
OF which | write the house was untenanted,
for it was early in June.
/ was just telling Lou how Detective Bro
gan and investigated the celebrated Spag-
hetti tragedy in Mulberry Bend. The
temptation to harrow up pretty girls feel
ings in this way is something which few
young men can resist. | had described the
leading features of this crime so graphically
that | didn't dare to look behind me.
1.-The scene In that wretched tenement"
continued, "shOOk even the detectives iron
nerves. but observing that l was cool, he adj
vanced toward the door behind which we
firmly believed that the red-hanfed assassin
still lurked. With steady hand P'-At
this moment Lou graSped my arm with a
quick, nervous clutch and screamed into my
ear 1t is lucky that she held me or
m ght have climbed a tree, for the sudden
ness of her action nearly scared ME into fit.
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FAMINE IN THE SOUDAN.
An Account of Scenes OF Terrible DesoIi
tion-Cats for Food.

An account Oh scenes OF 1eETlDIe DSsOla-
tion-Cats for Food.
At the time of our arrival March, $780,
the entire Soudan was undergoing the hor-
rors of q famine of almost uneXampled sever
ity. The visitation extended over an i'm
menSe area, from the frontier of Lower
Egypt in the north, down to Ably ssnia and
SEMINAR in the south, and across to Darfour
in the west. Not town or a district es-
capped, and such fragments of news
as appeared from time to time in
the English newspapers, so far from
eXaggeratng, fell short of represent
ing the terrible reality. At Suakin there
were fully three thousand starving natives
congregeted outside the city walls, and the
scenes of misery | witnessed daily will not
readily be etfaced from my mind. Eleven
people died the dav Of our arrival. Cats and
dogs were devoured, and dead bodies dug up
tor food, and one heard terrible stories of
the murder OF children by their famiShed
knsfOlk. Day by day the throng of famine
stricken wretches augmented in numbers,
attracted by the news OF the bread served
out daily by the Suakin Relief Committee
and the dhurra distributed by the Southern
Trading Company.
Native reports agreed in describing still
more shocking state of affairs in the inte-
riOr One of the company's Arab traders,
who had Just returned with a caravan from
Berber and Khartoum, gave us a graphic
account of the scenes of desOlaiion he had
encountered on his journey. The road
south of Berber, he said was strewn with
human bones and skulls, and the people
were dying like flies. At Metammeh, where,
it will be remembered, Sir Charles Wilson's
forces fought battle with the dervshes, not
a suul was left. Khartoum was full of
widows and orphans, and dhurra was selling
at $50 bag. South of KhaTtoum things
were not nearly so bad.
He further expressed his opinion that
MahdiSm was done for, and that force of
1000 men could make a promenade through
the country. All the owners OF the mills
were dead or gone-''NOt a sound of a
water-wheel to he heard throughout the
land" II is well known that the Mandists
destroyed all the water wheels, so as to
force the owners to join their ranks or else
remain behind and starve This enlight-
ened policy, pursued for number of years
and over a vast extent of country, has con
tribnted not little to reduce the Arabs to
their present wretcheduess. - The Fort
nightly Review.
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THE BICYCLE.

Something About Those Used In the
Early Part of the Century.
The first rudimentary bicycle was mounted
by Baron Won Drais, Frenchman living in
Germany, who. early in the century, in
vented a combination Of two wheels, seat,
and handles, which he called "celerifere,"
aid him in bis work Of overseeing large
estates.
The old cuts Of this odd machine, called
after the inventor, the "Draisine," show it
20 be in its general features the direct fore
runner of the hobby-horse. "Draisines"
were introduced into England in 1918, and a
year later they were seen in America, on
the streets of New York.
In both countries they met with great
favor. and one historian related that in
New York people rode them up and down
the BOwery and in the parks, a fayOrite
place for speed being the down grade from
Chatham street to City Hall Park" Clumsy
machines they seem TO our eyeS-two heavy
wheels connected by a cross-b bar TO which
was attached midway the cushioned seat of
the rider. In front OF the seat was a raised
cushion, upon which, handles i'm hand, the
rider rested his f0rearms guiding the ma
chine. He propelled it by pushing alter
nately with his feet on the ground until the
speed was sufficient TO maintain equilibrium,
when he would raise his feet aud, in the
words of rider to-day, coast"
The rage for these "Draisines" and "pe-
destriap curricles," or dandy horses" and
''hobby-hOrses." as the later improved
machines were called, subsidized rapidly be-
cause Of the difficulty of making them prac-
tically useful, and because of the ridcule
always excited by the riders.
This curious sport Of riding two wheels,
joined and running in the same perpendic-
ular plane, therefore languished in Obscurity
until. after lapse of more than forty years,
it again attracted public attention in new
form. 1t was In 1865 that a French mechanic,
Pierre Lalemant, conceived the notion of at
taehing foOt-cranks to the front wheel of the
old-fashioned hObby-horse. He made ma
chine embOdying this idea, learned to ride 1t,
and exhibited it at the Paris Exposition in
1867. The credit for this invention is also
claimed in England for Edward Gilman, but
be the honor due 10 Frenchman or English
man, here, at all events, was the immediate
predecessor of the bicycle 1t Immediately
became popular in both England and Amer
lea. great many Improvements and
changes were necessary, of course, before
the crude machine Of Lallemant-the "ve-
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whats the matterp gasped.
'I'm sure | saw man on the Allertons'
veranda," she exclaimed. There! He's
in the shadow by the dining-rOom window.
Don't you see him?"
| didn't sac him, and ] didn't believe
that she did But ] did see a irst-rate
chance TO prove that my nerve was all that
had said it was, by facing an imaginary
burglar.
1t may have been one of those EypsieS,"
| said. burglary is their business, and muir
der their recreation. Ii YOU will wait here
l Will 90 no and catch him."
Let's call to the Others" she said.
IF you do, the burglar will hear you and
escape. Leave him to me-"
Then III go with you," said she; "I'd
rather than wait here alone"
We made our way into the judges front
yard, and stealthily crept around to the side
OF the house where Lou supposed that she
had seen man. The YeTanda runs en- tirey
around the structure, and the dining-rOom
window which she had mentioned was in
the back Of the main house, next the l..
When we brought this window into view ]
was fairly DaralyZed by the sight OF a figure
croucblng In the shadow and evidently try
ing to effect an entrance. 1 was so scared
that L remained perfectly still. frozen in my
tracks. The burglar might nave tied me
hand and foot before | had recovered
strength enough to apologize for having in
terrupted him. Fortunately he did not APP
preciate his advantage, and, on catching
sight of me, be fled along the veranda and
disappeared in the darkness. l turned to
see II Lou had tainted away. She hadn't.
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A REPUTATION
FOR INTREPIDITY.
Mr.. Fielding Acquires One and Is Obliged
to Use It.
his Thrilling Experience in Search of Burg
lars in the House Of His Friend
at Buggsboro.
Written for THE SUNDAY CALL

We strolled out to the gypsies' camp on
the borders of the town. 1t was evening,
and the moons pale rays struggled through
the crowds of mosquitoes. Other clouds
were rising dark in the west. but they were
of comparatively harmless nature, being
loaded only with chain lightning.
We passed along the main road which en-
tiers Buggsboro, n. j., at one end and es-
capes at the other-in somewhat battered
and rocky condition. it is true, but still not
so bad as one might expect who knew the
place. Some of the gypses were at home
when we arrived. and others had come out
TO see what they could steal.
Some Of our party thought them very TO
mantle, but my pretty cousin Lou, who was
under my especial charge that evening, re-
garded them with horror, and confded to
me that she should be very much afraid if
there were not so many of us to protect her.
This implication that alone would not be
sufficient nettled my vanity. and l straight
way told her some wild, adventurous stories
wherein | figured as the hero. Some of
these tales were founded upon fact, and
others were not, but they all tended to
show in al indirect and modest way that
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In view Of the marked perturbations in
theological thought and the esgerness with
which mooted notifications Of dogma are
now discussed, it IS likely to be one Of the
most memorable in the history of ConGrega-
tionalism. and. in any event, will exert an
important influence on the opinion Of the
time.
Tie council will be presided over BY the
Rev. r. ". Dale. LID. of Birmingham,
one OF ;he abest and most popular clergy
men in Great Britain. DR.. Dale is an out
and cut optimist, and tells his young men
that the best way to be happy and live to
old age is not to worry, and to be we'll for
ward with ones work"
The United States viii be represented in
the council by about 100 delegates. The
Rev. Henry Hazeu of Boston, Secretary Of
the National Council Of Congregational
Churches, writes that ''our American speak
ers viii have the post of honor in the
council sermon. which Will be delivered by
Dr. Edward z. Goodwin Of Chicago"
Continuing, he names as other speakers
promised or fully expected: Reys. n.
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cieties theological currents Of thought,
ecclesiastical councils and training Of min
isters. . Congregationalism in the nation,
home missions, church and state, labor and
capital, temperance, international fedora
ton for the promotion of peace and
righteousness. 3 COngregatiOnalism in the
Church Catholic. 4. COngregatiOnaliSm
and the world missions in their broadcast
scope and claims.
President Northrop Of the University of
Minnesota writes: The councils aims and
purposes are to promote acquaintance and
fellowship, to learn what the denomination
Is doing IN the different countries repre-
scented, and to hear various papers prepared
upon special subjects deemed by the Com
Dittee Of Arrangements OF sufficient import
ance 10 be discussed What Oyertures may
be made to other Christian bodies it is now
impossible to fOretell."
President Franklin w. Fisk of the Chi
cago Theological Seminary saws: ''My in
preston is that it THE council is called to-
geiher mainly for conference as to the best
means aud methods Of promoting the king
dom Of Christ on earth. 1t will, l hope, be
largely a missionary body, deeply imbued
with the self-sacrifcing spirit OF the Master
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well, why didn't you catch him ?" she
asked. "YOu bad splendid chance"
| did not feel much like answering conun-
drums, but an inspiration helped me out.
Il could not pursue him and leave you I'M
protected" said l. There is no knowing
how many of his accomplices may be Turk
ing about | must get you home now as
quickly as possible. This fellow may come
back with e-enforcements."
But we can't leave the house at their
mercy" said Lou. They know that we
haven't any police in this town and they'll
only wait till we go away and then come
back to plumber the house and perhaps burn
1t down. Suppose you wait here till l run
home and send father over here to help
you"
couldn't regard this plan with favor.
told her that it would be ungallant TO let her
go home alone, but there were other objec-
tons much more serious which ] didn't men
ton. We finally agreed that | should see
her safely home and then come back with
somebody else aud couple of guns to keep
watch.
When we got to her house her father had
ret red for the night, and he said he'd not
get up to go on any such wild-goose chase.
He strongly iDtimated that the whole story
was freak of our imaginations. We reused
up one or two neighbors, who took the sane
view OF the case.
When l saw the burglar-hunting party
narrowing down to myself alone, my hair
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THE CITY OF MOROCCO.
Where the Houses Are Unnumbered anC
the Streets Unnamed.

the Streets Unnamed.
The streets are narrow, without names,
and crooked, and the houses without num-
bers, like all those of Morocco towns. The
population is estimated at 6O.000 The
city is divided into two parts, each
with its wall and gates. One quarter
is exclusively for Jews and the other
for the Mohammedans. The Jews are
kept strictly within their own division
at night. and none Of them can walk by
their gates into the Mohammedan quarter
without taking off their slippers, and some
OF the more fanatical Of the people place hot
Goals in their path, so as to burn their feet
as they walk along. There Is no regular
police To keep order, yet we have never seen
braws in the streets, nor have we heard
that the people do much serious damage to
one another,
Tire climate of Morocco is considered par
ticularly salubrious. The summer heat is
tempered by the snOw-capped Atlas, which
raises its high SUBMITS just behind, while
the abundant supply OF excellent water
which passes through the city contributes
much to the health Of the people. AS it
rained nearly every day during our soj0urn
in this country, we found Morocco at this
time Of the year particularly dirty, the
rains having made the streets so muddy that
they all seemed like running sewers.
However, during our stay we visited the
principal baZaarS and shops, which we
found well-stocked with Manchester and
native products. Some of the people were
gathering up the mud and STEERING it in their
shops To mend their houses with. We
passed through several markets full of
people, and we examined every kind of
work which they were pleased to show us.
Here there are markets for all sorts of in
dustry. There is the slave market, which
is held every Friday; also the skin, oil,
grain and other markets. Here we have a
street where old shoes are mended and new
ones made and exposed for sale, there
street for old clothes, and others for sad
dlery, irOnmOngerv, grlnding-mils, gum
smiths, daggerS and swords. The pottery
is truly Moorish in character. Fruit, char
coal. cooscOs0o have markets Of their own.
Bread and meat have their peculiar quar-
tiers. Carriers go about with skins supply
ing the thirsty with drink. Blaekwood's
Magazine
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The Dream of a Dressmaker.

Driving in the park the other day in per-
fectly appointed victoria was a well-known
peeress who was decidedly the mark for all
eyes. She was gowned in n pure white cor
duroy clOthlmade very simply, and. be it re-
marked, with plain sleeves, just a little
fulled into the shoulder The bodice had
high collar with delicate little edging of
white feather trimming extending down the
front and evidently edging the basque all
round. The skirt was quite plain, and the
deep hem was headed by the same narrow
trimming. On her fair hair rested a tiny
white toque with white feather pOnpon at
the back, and rosette of white ribbons a
little to the left side. White suede gloves
covered her hands, and her skirts, slightly
raised. dlclOsed patent leather shoes with
white clcin tops, resting on a gray velvet
cushion. London letter.
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and ready to work heartily with all other
Christian bodies that may slrew the same
spirit"
The Rev. A. Il. Bradford. ID, Of Mont
clair, n. j., is one Of the most notable
young men in the Congregational body. He
was warm friend of the late Henry Ward
Beecher. whose pulpit he often occupied,
aud, at Mr. Beecher's death, he would have
been exceedingly acceptable to many as his
successor. lie is to address the council on
DOctrlnal Tests of Church Membership"
lie writes: THE council is the outgrowtb
Of the desire for better acquaintance and
cooperation among the Congregational
churches of the world. It's aims and pur-
poses are the promotion of unity of work
among, the various churches Of the COngre-
gatiOnal order, and the consideration Of sub
jects of vital interest TO the spiritual life in
the different lands from which the delegates
viii come. The council will be composed
OF 100 delegates from England, 100 from the
United States and 100 from the rest of the
world. / am not aware that any OVertures
20 the other bodies aTs contemplated by the
committee who have the management OF the
council. but think it altogether probable
that some strong delverance wifi be issued
concerning the union Of ChIistendom."
The paper DR.. Bradford has consented TO
read Will show that doctrinal tests are not
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Worn nv Thomas Jefferson.

Mr.. A. g. Pretlow of Church Hill is the
proud owner of a pair of silver-rimmed
spectacles which were owned and for a long
time worn by Thomas Jefferson. The
glasses are very much smaller than those
used nowadays and look quite odd. Mr.
PretlOw inherited the spectaeles from his
grandfather, Alexander Garrett of Abe
marie, for whom he was named and to
whom they were loaned just prior to Mr..
Jefferson's death, he having broken or lost
his own. After the illustrous statesman's
demise the glasses were given to Mr.. Gar
rett.-Richmond Dispatch
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CONGREGATIONALISTS
TO Meet In COUNCIL.
The Great International ASSGmDlagG in
London.
VIII 1t Promulgate New Theology !-objeets
and Aims as Stated by President
NOrthrop and Others.
Special to THE SUNDAY CALL

Congregationalism is distinguished by its
policy rather than by its doctrines. 1t
maintains the autonomy of its churches.
Despite this independence, however, there
is an interdependenee of the churches es-
tablisbed by comfy and mutual interest.
The most important councils of the denomi-
nation are those that meet for fraternal con-
ference on matters affecting Christian doc
trine and upon all such as are vital to the
extension Of COngregatiOnaliSm throughout
the world These latter have now taken
on an International character. and are COM
posed of representatives from Congrega-
tional churches in all parts Of Christendom.
The next gathering of this kind viii be held
in London, England, July 18th.
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locipede" of thirty years ago-beeame the
finished bicycle of to-day; but energetic
business men in England and later in this
country. saw its possibilities, and began
the manufacture OF the machines. I'm
provement has followed improvement until
now there is little resemblance left to the
old velocipede, or "bone-shaker," as it was
fiippantly called. and it is difficult to i'm
agine in what way modern bicycle may be
improYed.-S [. Nicholas.
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cyrus N0rtd0p
rankin IT. FISK, DID.

Bovnton. Boston, Mass; A. H. Bradford,
J. H.. Moncair \. j.; James Brand, ID,
Oberltn, Ohio: \. p. Clark, ID, Boston;
/ chad Cordley. ID. Lawrence, kans.;
a. +. Duuning, ID. Boston; Professor f.
~. Fisk, ID, Chicago, III; B, N. Fuller
ton, Waltham, Mass: Washington Glad
den, ID. Columbus. Ohio; Arthur Little,
ID, Boston; John X. Mclean, j. D.. Oak
land. Cal; William II. Moore, Hartford,
Conn; President Cyrus W. Northr0p,
LID MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi; a. NJ. Quint,
DID, Boston: a. H. Ross, ID, Port HUI
ron. Mich; Professor /. T. Stearns, D. D.,
Bangor Me; Henry 4. Stimson, ID, ST.
I0uis. No: William NJ. Taylor New YORK;
Professor William J. Tucker, ID, Ando-
YER Mass. Edwin B. Webb. d. D., WeIes
ley. Mass; Hon. James w Patterson, Han
over, \. II.
DR.. Hazen SAYS the council viii deliber-
ate on the grave questions affecting the
church Of Christ which are at present in
debate throughout ChTistendOm, and viii
confer on matters which specially concern
the ConCreg ational churches The topics
l. be discussed, he says, are grouped under
four heads: I. CongregatiOnalism, dOmes-
tic, ]. e., in its own internal working forces,
such as Sunday-schools, young peoples So
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The s1Oo, 600 Wont Go Begging.

Three years ago Sam Welser. the famous
clown who travelled Tor many seasons with
Dan Rice, found himself alone in the world
with 100000. He was 70 years old. but de-
termined TO leave his money to q woman,
and that woman his wife. He married
pretty Edith Pearl Wilson, aged 10, and at
once made his will In her favor. To-day
the pathetic side of the still funny clowns
wife. He is now alone with his $100, 000.-
PittSburg Press.
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Be Beautiful.

All the world is clothed with beauty
Seas are sparkling in the wind;
Flowers are blooming, trees are waving,
And men should not lag behind.
1t is, sure, sacred duty
Which we owe our fellow man,
That each human being should be
As go0d-looking as he can.
Pearly teeth are marks Of beauty.
Nothing lovelier can be named,
S0Z0DONT gives them, not to have them
Every one should be ashamed.