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mainder of the church. When every seat
is occupied the doors will be closed.
When a presbytery meets for judicial
proceedings, it is called judicatory, in
the language of the church. The regular
moderator is the presiding officer. In this
case the magisterial duty will be dis
charged by the Rev. DR.. J c. Bliss, of the
Washington Heights Presbyterian church.
He was elected at the meeting of the pres
bytery on October 3, and was not opposed.
His views upon the present controversy
are regarded as mildly conservative. The
friends of DR.. Briggs believed that they
would have no reason to fear that DR.. Bliss
would be swayed by his opinions when the
case came to trial. DR.. John Hall had
been suggested as a compromise candidate;
upon his declination DR.. Bliss was &C
copied by both parties.
Next in order come the opposing coun-
sci. On the part of the prosecution the
case will be presented by the committee
which formulated the charges against DR..
Briggs By the rule of the church this
committee must continue to act in every
stage of the proceedings, though when the
case goes on appeal before the synod and
later before the general assembly, the
prosecutors may request and receive the
assistance of any member of the
hsher body. This committee is
made up as follows: The Rev. DR..
George W. F. Birch, the Rev. DR.. Joseph
]. Lanpe, the Rev DR.. Robert +. Sample,
Professor John J. Stevenson, Colonel John
]. McCook The last named is an elder IN
DR.. Halls church, and he is also lawyer
of notable ability and attachments. That
his advice will be of the utmost import
ance to the prosecution goes without say
ing. His experience in debate and IN the
presentation of facts TO the minds of
Jury make him a dangerous adversary.
DR.. Briggs will not have the advantage
oflegal counsel. In the Book of Discipline.
by the rules of which the proceedings in
such cases are governed, occurs this pro-
vision: mo professional counsel shall be
employed to appear and plead in cases of
process before any of our ecclesiastical jul
dicatories. But if any accused person feel
unable 10 represent and plead his own
cause to advantage, he may request any
minister or elder belonging TO the judica-
tory before which he appears 10 prepare
and exhibit his cause as he may Judge
proper"
This means that DR.. Briggs could select
any LAWYER who was elder entitled 10
sit in presbvtery, on the occasion OF this
action, and thus obtain the assistance OF a
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BRIGGS, THE HERETO
Judicial Forms Under Which
the Doctor Will Be Tried.
WILL BE HIS OWN COUNSEL.
There May Be a Middle Because OF the
Book of Discipline-Composlti
of the Tribunal.

NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-[Special. of the
two famous heresy trials IN the history of
the Presbyterian church in America, the
hrst split the church and the second shook
1t so violently that the effect was felt for
ten years afterward The first was that of
the Rev. Albert Barnes of Philad elphia:
the second was that of the Rev. David
Swing, OF Chicago; and to these, in a few
days, will be added a third. that of the
Rev. DR.. Charles A. Briggs, of the Union
Theological seminary, in this city. What
will be the result no man can say. but it
will surely be momentous. Christians of
every sect are watching every step in this
now famous controversy, and the near
approach of the trial-it is set down for
November 4-arouses an interest that
grows daily
1t is not the purpose of this article to
touch upon the merits of the question. 1t
is sufficient TO say that the issue involves
much more than the victory or defeat of
DR.. Briggs. If he is found to be guilty of
heresy, how can the eminent clergymen
VINO have warmly upheld his belief escape
a similar ordeal? Can the church with
stand the shock of dozen or hundred
such trials, which would seem to be log
lcaily necessary after the first? These
queries are, in this place, merely the echoes
OF comment heard in church circles here.
Ihey are only matters of news without
controversial bearing. 1t is the intention
OF the writer only to describe a heresy
trial; to tell what is done. and to prepare
those who will read of DR.. Briggs de-
tense before the presbytery of New York
to understand the bearing of the facts.
The trial will open at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon of Wednesday, November 4, in
the Scotch Presbyterian church, on Four
teenth street, near Sixth avenue. 1t is an
old-fashioned edifce of the conventional
type, making small pretenslons to beauty
either within or without In the princi-
pal meeting-room the tribunal will as
semble. The pews in the middle will be
reserved for the members of the presby-
terry, and the public will have the re-
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condensed His education attended to, he
found time to become critical of the new
inmates. Like Nakaeia of Maxim, he is an
admirer of silence in the island, broods over
It like a great ear, has spies who report
daily, and had rather his subjects
sing than talk. The service, and in par
ticular the sermon, came thus sure to be-
come eyesores. Here in my island, I
peak" he once observed to me. "My
chieps no 'peak-do what l talk" He
looked at the missionary and what did he
see? "See Konnaka peak in big
'outch !" he cried, with a strong ring of
sarcasm. Yet he endured the subversive
spectacle, and might even have continued
to endure il had not fresh point arisen.
He looked again to employ his own figure;
and the Kanaka was no longer speaking.
He was doing worse; he was building
copra house The king was touched in
his chief interests, revenue and preroga-
tive were threatened. He considered be-
sides (and some think with himl that
trade is incompatible with the missionary
claims. "Tuppoti mitonary think good
man; very good Tuppoti he think cobra
no good. | send him away ship" Such
was his abrupt history of the evangelist in
Apemama.
Similar deportations are common. AZ
send him away ship" is the epitaph of
not few, his majesty paying the exile's
fare TO the next place of call. For instance,
being passionately fond of European food,
he has several times added 10 his house
hold white cook, and one after another
these have been deported. They, on their
side, swear they were not paid their wages:
l.. H. ,l..,l i 1
him beyond endurance; both perhaps
Justly. more important case was that
of an agent despatched las | have heard
che story by a firm Of merchants 10 worm
his way into the kings good graces, be-
come, If possible, premier, and handle the
copra in the interest Of his employers. He
obtained authority to land. practsed his
destinations, was patiently listened TO by
Tembinok', supposed himself on the high
way to success. and behold when the next
sAip touched at Apemama the premier was
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T. DE WITT TALMAGE
Interview With the Noted
Preacher at His Home.
HIS COY DEN IN THE ATTIC.
He Could Make 81 ZOO a Day the Year
Round-The World Growing Better
Nineteenth Century Women.

NEW York, Oct. 19.-TSpecial Core.
spondence. The pastor of the biggest
church in the United States, 2
preacher whose sermons are read
every week in 100000 families
an author whose books sell by the hun
dreds of thousands, a lecturer who is now
offered $3.50, 600 for a series of talks, an in.
tellectual worker, the gray matter of
whose brain can produce from $500 10
Sl,OO0 a day the year round-this is the
Rev. L. Dewitt Talmage, who stands be-
fore the people of the United States in as
many different lights as there are varia-
tiOns of the human mind. To many he is
sincere, godly and genuine. To others he
appears false, sacreligious and humbug.
II the former, he is a most wonderful
apostle; if the latter, he is certainly a most
successful humbug, and in either case he
Is by far the most interesting character in
the American pulpit today. | called upon
him at his home in Brooklyn the other
day, and had three hours Of most interest
ing conversation with him. l went with
him over his great tabernacle and chatted
with him upon many subjects. The re-
suit is the following:
DR.. Talmage lives in a big four-storv
brown-stOne house on the corner of South
Oxford and Calvert streets, Brooklyn. IC
IS in good neighborhood and the house
is perhaps the finest in the block. Pass
ing up broad, brown stone steps, you enter
wide hall. the floor of which is porcelain
tiled in blue and yellow. \ black walnut
staircase leads from the right of this hall
to the second story and at the left. just OPP
posite this, is the entrance TO the parIor.
This parlor Is about twenty-five feet long
and there Is another smaller parlor separ-
ated from it by folding doors at the back.
1t contains as many curiosities as mu-
scum. Beautiful pictures hang upon the
walls, and an old master in oils, represent
ing "Christ Casting Out Devils" hangs
Just at the left OF the entrance. The floors
are covered with Turkish and Persian
rugs, which DR.. Talmage picked up at
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farther away from that direct and narrow
way which l am told is extremely lone
some.
The coat shirt is not open in the back,
but otherwise, of course, TO the casual OBJ
server, similar TO the shirt in common use,
except that it may be put on without the
usual affidavits
The chest protector worn in the evening
over the shirt front, with evening dress. is
growing in favor along with the lung pad.
the liver pad and the footpad. Those who
cannot afford the gorgeous satin chest
covering, which costs from 81 to $40, will
find cheap and pleasing substitute in the
Sunday paper.
Some put the street vest on underneath
the shirt on cold evenings. This gives to
the thin and narrow-chested child of
wealth a better figure also, and obscures
his bright and piercing wishbone. Try it.
Ladies will have different clothes this
year throughout. A great deal of mauve
is to be worn this year. also green and
every shade of browns and chestnut. Soft
and fuzzy effects will be sought after con-
siderably. A nice warm bonnet, direct
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OF what proved to be the fact, that we
should be left four and twenty hours in
suspense and come within an ace of ulti-
mate rejection. Captain Reid had primed
himself; no sooner was the king on board
and the Kenneth question amicably
settled, than he proceeded to express my
request and give an abstract of my claims
and virtues. The CANNON about Queen
Nictoria's son might do for Butaritari; it
was out of the question here, and l now
figured as lone of the old men of En-
gland, person of deep knowledge, come
expressly TO visit Tembinok's dominion,
and eager to report upon it to the no less
eager Queen Victoria.
The king made no shadow of an answer,
and presently began upon a different sub
iect. We might have thought he had not
heard or not understood, only that we
found ourselves the subject of constant
study. As we sat at meals he took US in
series and fixed upon each, for near
minute at time, the same hard ana
thoughtful stare.
As he thus looked he seemed to forget
himself, the subject and the company, and
TO become absorbed in the process of his
thought; the look was wholly impersonal.
A@fO SNCh thC odAlC al Illc eyes vi DOT-
trait painters. The counts upon which
whites have been deported are mainly four:
Cheating Tembinok'; meddling overmuch
with copra, which is the source of his
wealth and one of the sinews of his power;
'pedkiHg, and political intrigue. | felt
guiltless upon all but how TO show i'll
would not have taken copra as a gift-how
to express that quality by dinner-table
bearing? The rest of the party shared my
innocence and my embarrassment They
shared also in my modification when, af-
ter two whole meal times, and the
odd moments of an afternoon de-
voted to this recruiting, Tembinok'
took his leave in silence Next
morning the same undisguised study, the
same silence, was resumed, and the second
day had come TO its maturity before | was
informed abruptly that | had stood the
ordeal. II look your eye. You good man.
You no lie," said the king; a doubtful
compliment TO a writer of romance. Later
he explained he did not quite Judge by the
eye only, but the mouth as we'll. ''Tup-
poti, | see man." he explained. 81 no
tavvy good man, bad man. | look eye
look mouth. Then l tavvy. Look eye,
look mouth" he repeated. And. indeed,
in one case the mouth had the most to do
with it, and it was by our talk that We
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Over beyond yon mountain range.
That dim. blue spreading line,
There lies q country wOnd!ous strange,
4 country that is mine.
You may nave crossed that highest peak,
But, pri,hee. tel. t not:
The spell may vanish If you speak
OF that enchanted spot.
when | was young and full OF dreams,
AMI watched the red sun set,
thought caught the golden CLEANS
OF rounded minaret,
OF tower, and OF ta1sving sptre,
Reflected III the skies
Then thought tthonght lit BY desired
Beyond some city lies.
When twilight faded into night,
And Ger the heated earth
Blew southland Zeyphyrs, cool and light,
Which walked new dreams to birth,
And on the breeze fragrance few
That fingered IN tue air,
This sweet conclusion then drew
The Land OF Flowers Is there
Now youth is gone-my other dreams
Have faded into uauEht;
Bat with the golden sunset streams
Stit live one EOlIsa thought;
Aad tariyIaud uy musiaE fills
Il may not. may nos be
Bat Yet beyond that range Of hills
viii not 90 to see.
-Fidrel Scott Macs
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and citations and every point in the Book
OF Discipline. and is delving deep into
church precedent, so that he may meet his
accusers on al least an even footing.
so much for the judge, the accused and
the counsel. Now as TO the jury. This is,
OF course, the presbytery There are fifty
hye churches. and each may be represented
by It's pastor and an elder. Then there
are over E hundred clergymen who are not
IN charge OF churches. but are members of
the New York presbytery. The total
number Is about go. But of these, some
are IN distant lands; some will be other
wise unavoidabiy absent. If $50 in
all attend the trial it will be
regarded as a very large number.
The Book of Discipline provides
that no member not present during the
whole trial can vote. The roll must be
called after each recess and adjournment,
and the names of absentees must be noted.
By unanimous consent this rule may be
suspended in case Of any member, but its
operation will naturally limit the number
OF those who are recorded in the final bal
lot.
Thus is the tribunal constituted. The
public Will be the audience, but only on
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skilled peader He or his friends might
exert influence to have a lawyer, friendly
10 his cause. sent by one Of the churches
whose session they could control. Lawyer
Woodbury., of the Madison Square church,
and one or two Others, have been mentioned
as possible defenders OF the accused profess
or. But Dr. Briggs will appear for him
self He feels that he cannot honestly say
that he is unable 20 represent and plead
his own cause 10 advantage" He Will
make no such statement 10 the presbytery.
He is studying every line OF the charges
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RECOGNITION.
"a NAN THE WORLD CALLS eoop~

"A NAN THE WORLD CALLS COOP
Once IN a lone hour OF the awful night.
CHASTITY shape appeared before nv eyes:
Blood red the stain upon is brow, and lies
Lespt from its burning lips. To my keen siglA
Il seemed 80 horrible shTunk "a fright
Then spake the dreadful thing: "Arisei Arise!
For thou shouldst know me well wouldst thou
De wise"
And slow about Us crept a great white light,
And 10, God! / trembled in that hour,
Looking in eyes tina: were so ike my own,
Vet 50 unlike; those lips that famed with power
We're. too like mine. Again, that awful tone:
Look on my heart and SOU. on lips and brow
! am thy wretehed self. Dost know me-now -
Opal Stoddard
Mhatpor, Oct 81 TS41
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Mrs Charles Smith, of Jimes, Ohio, writes:
! have used every remedy Tor sick headache l
could hear OF for the past fifteen years, bat
Carriers Little Liver Pills did ne more good
than al the rest
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OVER THE RANGE.

P Sin full evening toilets much good
taste, etc, will be shown.
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ne Was n Church Member, But He
Gambled In Stocks.

AVER, Mass, Feb. 1.-THE First National and
north Middlesex banks closed their doors TODAY
ana ugly rumors are afioat concerning then.
spaniding; cashier of both institutions has been
missing since Monday evening and where he
mas gone no one knows. The exact financial
concltion OF the bank is unknown The books
VIII be examined at once Last week Spauldinp
asceftainec THAT the directors of the Norths Mid.
u ,at bank syere about to have it examined,
Nnei he left home, not saving when he would
return. Colonel Sedham. formerly hank ex
amlner, has advised the banks not to paw out
money until There has been an official investiga-
winch indicates that Cashier Spaulding has
peen specializing in stocks. An Investigation
sends 70 show that both banks are solvent, the
fn,da MIadleTex especially so, as none OF the
,ls nave bea tempered with. If there is any
loss II shall fall on the National bank
spauiding WIZ regular member of the Meth
oulst Episcopal church, and was supposed to be
= man OF sterling character and upright habits
&c hsfltssssoler of Savings Banks Locke said that
ON superficial examination he should think
We savings bank all right The only chance for
discrepancy Is on the pass books OF depositofs
Bank Inspector GetchelI has arrived TO examine
the condition of the national bank The last
balance sheet with the North Middlesex bank
fhowed assets and liabilities of sl9SO 600 The
supreme COURT this evening issued an injunc-
ton restraining the North Middlesex Savings
pank from paving out any money until an in
yestIgatlon OF the finances has been made.
NEW YORK, Feb. l1.-Adolph A. Hoffman and
Alfred +. Frommett, silk manufacturers of Pat
teTson, n. D., assigned today without preference.
LOUISVILLE, Feb 1l.-Mr. Levinge was today
appointed receiver of the Kentucky Union Rail-
way Company, on petition Of Kennedy, Todd &
company and the Central Trust Company, OF
New York, who allege that they advanced
money TO the railroad company for which no re-
turn has been made.
WILMINGTON, Del, Feb. 1.-The shortage of j.
Eldridge Pierce, absconding secretary of the
Ilty Loan Association will amount to $4,000.
Inc assets OF the concern are about $4,000,
against 81 1000 at this time last year
ST. PAUL, Feb. 1.-THE National German
American bank has filed petition for the ap-
polntment of a receiver for Charles Faber, pro-
prletor OF the st. Paul hotel, alleged to be in
solvent. The petition alleges that Faber's debts
amount to $4,000 and his assets to $4,000.
PENDLEToN, Or, Feb. I'm. J. Greene, secre-
tary and manager of the Pendleton Hardware
and Implement Company, which assigned yes
terday. was arrested last evening on complaint
OF Benjamin selling, president OF the company,
on charge OF en- DeZziement. The examination
occurs tomorrow. Greene is under 81, 500 bonds
Greene maintains his innocence, and claims the
charge has been brought against him by his
enemies
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The Mana Murder.

NAPA, Cal, Feb l1-Captain j. @. Greenwood
whose home was the scene of the awful tragedy
in which his wife was killed and himself
wounded yesterday, is resting comfortably. He
has authorized Sheriff Mckenzie to offer re-
ward of 81 600 for the arrest of the perpetrators
of the crime. Ii is expected that the board o.
supervisors will also offer reward. No further
clue has been found to indicate who did the
deed. Sheriff Mckenzie today sent out u des
cription of the men, and with all his force il
vigflantiy hunting them.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 1.-Two men who answer
perfectly the description OF the men who muir
dered Mrs. Greenwood at Napa Monday night
were arrested in this city this evening by Police
Officers Shook and Wilson. The mcr
We're covered with mud, and were
badly frightened when arrerted. They
drove into Washington, Yolo county
this afternoon, put up the horse and buggy
there aud walked across the bridge to this city
The horse and buggy were covered with mud
and had evidently had long journey. The meI
tell conflicting stories about their whereabout;
the last two or three days. They gave theil
names as Rogers and Heft.