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Again, like the leaf We fade, to make
room for others. Next years forests will
lie as grardly foliaRed as this There are
other generations of oak leaves 10 take the
place of those which this autumn perish
Next May the cradle Of the wind will rock
the young buds. The woods will be all
album with the chorus Of leafy voices. II
the tree in front of your house, like Elijah
takes Il chariot Of fire, its mantle will fall
upon Elisha. II, in the blast of these au-
tumnal batteries, so many ranks fall, there
are reserve focrcs to take their place to do
fend the fortress OF the hills The heaters
Of gold leaf will have more gold leaf TO
beat. The crown that drops today from
the head nf the oak will be picked up and
handed down for other kings 81 wear Let
the blasts come. They only make room
for other life
so. when We go, others take our spheres
We do not grudge the future generations
their places. We will have had our good
time Let them come on and have their
good time. There is no signing among
these leaves today because other leaves are
TO follow them. After lifetime of preach
ing, doctoring. selling, sewing or digging,
let us chcerfully give way for those who
come ON Ia do the preaching. doctoring,
selling, scwing and digging God grant
that their life mny he brighter than ours
h;.s bccn. A. we get older do not let us
he affronied If young men and women
crowd MS little. We will have had our
day, and we must let them have theirs.
When our voices get cracked, let us not
snarl at those who can MARBLE. When our
knees are stiffcncd, let us have patience
with those who go fleet as the deer. BE
cause our leaf Is fading do not let us de
spisc the unfrostcd Autumn must not
envy the spring old men must lie patient
with boys. DIR. Guthrie stood up in Scot
land and said; You need not think | am
old because my hair is white | never was
50 young as | am now ! look back to
my childhood days and remember when in
winter nights i'm the sitting room the chill
dren played the blithest and the gaycst
Of all the company were father and moth
err Although reashing fourscore years Of
age, they never got old.
DO not he disturbed rs you see good and
great men die, People worry when some
important parsonage passes of the stage
and say, His place will never be taken "
But neither the church nor the state will
suffer for it, There will lie others to take
the places. When God takes one man
away, he has another right back Of him.
spare 5,OnO Summerilelds and Saurins,
" there were 50 many There will
lie other leaves u green, rs exquisite
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The smallest
grain of anilirs
will color a tel
of wine. A
grain of per,
nianganate Of
potash will red.
den seven thou
sand times it,
weight OF wa,
The most tn.
fling disorder
will disarrange
every organ of
the body and
cause eventual
a ease and
death. IL is the
little ailments
neglected that
make the big
diseases. Most
serious diseases
have their in
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AUTUMN PAGEANTRY.
REV. DR.. TALMAGE DELIVERS ANoTH-
Err SEASoNABLE SERMON.
"w. All DO Fade as Lear The Glory
OF the Woods -iIow Like the Leaf IL
Our Life From Youth to Age.


WASHINGTON, Oct. 25-The season OF
the year adds much appositcncss TO Dr.
Talmage's sermon, which we send out to-
day. His subject is The Pagcantry of tho
Woods, :" and his text Isaiah Xiv, q, 1--WE
all do fade rs n leaf
II is so hard for us 10 understand re
iigious truth that God constantly reiterateS
As tho schoolmaster takes blackboard
and puts upon Il figures and diagrams, so
that the scholar may not only get his lesson
through the ear, but also through the eye
so God takes all the truths of his Bible and
draws them out in diagram on the natural
world. Champollion, the famous French
man, went down into Egypt TO study the
hieroglyphics on monuments and temples
After much labor he deciphered them and
announced TO the learned world the result
of his Investigations The wisdom, good
ness and power of God are written i'm hero
glyphics all over the earth and all over tho
heaven. God grant that we may have un-
derstanding cnopsh To decipher them.
There are Scriptural passages. like my text,
which need to bc studied in the very pres
ence " the natural world.
Hahakkuk says. Thou makcst my feet
like kinds feet" a passage which means
nothing save to the man that knows that
the feet of the red deer or hind. are pecul-
iarly constructed, So that they can walk
among slippery rocks without falling
Knowing that fact, we understand that
when iabakkuk says. Thou makcst my
feet like kinds feet, " he sets forth that
the Christian can walk amid the most
dangerous and slippery places without
falling. In Lamentations we read that
1.-THE daughter of my people is cruel like
the ostrlches of the Wilderness pas
sage that has no meaning save Ia the man
who knows that the ostrich leaves its egg
In the sand to be Matched out by the sun,
and that the young ostrich gees forth I'M
attended by any maternal kindness
Knowing this, the passage is significant,
The daughter of my people is cruel, like
the ostriches of the wilderness
Those know but little Of the meaning Of
the natural world who have looked at ii
through the eyes of others. and from book
or canvas taken their impression. There
nrc some faces so mobile that photogra-
pliers cannot take them, and the face of ma
ture has such flush and sparkle and life
that no human description can gather
them. No one knows the rathos Of bird :
voice unless he has sat at summer evening
tide at the edge Of wood and listened TO
the cry OF the whipponrwill
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IU nut Us 70 IfaII.
Fading Foliage.

First. Like the foliage, we fade Rradu.
ally The leaves which week before last
felt the frost have day by day been chang
ing In tint and will for many days yet
cling Ia the boueh waiting for the fist Of
the wind to strike them. Suppose you
ihgt the pictured leaf that you hold in your
hand took on its color in an hour, or in n
day, or in "a wCcky M: deeper and deep
CT tho fuSh. till I'll the veins Of It's life now
seem ol,nod ard Lleeding away. After
awhile, leaf after leaf they fall. Now those
on the outer ranches, then those most
hidden. until the last spark Of the glcam-
ing forge shall have been quenchcd.
30 gradually We Tnss away. From day
10 day We hardly scc the change. But the
frosts have touched MS. The work Of decay
is going on. New slight cold Now
season Of Overfaiigue. Now fever. Now
q stitch in tie side. Now n neuralgia
thrust. Now "a rheumatic twingc. Now
fall. Little Ivy little. Pain hy pain. Less
steady Of limb. Sight not So clear. Ear
not 80 alert After awhile we take u staff.
Then, after much resistance we come TO
spcctacles. Instead % bounding into the
vehicle, we are willing to bc helped in. At
last the octogcnarinn falls. Fo:ty years of
decaying. No sudden change. No fierce
cannonading 81 the batteries II life, hut
fading away-slowly-grad AS the
leaf, as the leaf,
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AntumnaI GIorIe..

There is today more glory in one branch
of sumac than painter could put ON u
whole forest III naples. God hath struck
into the autumnal leaf n glance that none
see but those who come face To facc-the
mountain looking upon the man, and the
man look ing upon the mountain.
For several nutumns / have made a tour
To the far west. and one autumn, about this
time, saw that which shall never forget.
i have seen the autumnal sketches Of Crop
sey and other skillful PENCILS, hut that
week | saw n pageant 1000 miles long.
Let artist stand back when God stretches
his canvas! \ grander spectacle was never
kindlcd before mortal eyes. Along by the
rivers, and up and down the sides of the
great hills, and 10y tho banks of the lakes
there was an indescrihahlc mingling Of
gold and orange and crimson and saffron,
now SOLDERING into drab and maroon, now
flaming into solferino and scarlet Here
and there the trees looked as II just their
tips had blossomed into fire In the morn
ing light the forests seemed ms IL they had
been transflgured, and in the evening hour
they looked as IL the sunset had burst and
dropped upon the leaves. In more seques-
tered spots, where the frosts had been him
dercd in their work, We saw the first kin
ding of the flames of color in lowly sprig;
then they rushed up from branch tn branch
until the glory Of the Lord submerged the
forest. Here you would find tree just
making up its mind 10 change. and there
ono looked as II, wounded at every pore, il
stood hathcd in carnage. Along the banks
Of Lake Huron there were hills over which
there seemed pouring cataracts Of fire,
tossed up and down and every whittier by
the rocks Through some Of the ravines
we saw occasionally foaming stream, as
though IL were rushing To put out the con-
ilagration. II at one end Of the woods n
commanding tree would set up its crimson
banner, the whole forest prepared TO follow.
Ii Gods urn Of colors were not infinite,
one swamp that | saw along the Maumce
would have exhausted IL forever. Ii seem
ell as If the sea Of divine glory had dashed
its surf To the tiptop of the Allcghanies,
and then IL lad come dripping down to
lowest leaf and deepest cavern.
Most persons preaching from this text
find only in it vein Of sadness. find
that | have two strings Ia this gospel harp
IA string of sadness and string Of joy
infinite.
1--WE all do fade as u leaf ="
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Uncle Sam and sold them TO tho French.
He has also furnished guns to Others Of
the great European nations. lie sold
over 5000, 900 worth Of guns TO the
Spanish and he aided In supplying the
Danes with firearms. For years his
business was In connection with the war
Offices OF all the great European nations,
and he could today draw maps OF the
streets Of St Petersburg and Constant.
nople from memory. a great part OF
the guns now in use in South America
were sold by him. This is the case with
Cuba and to large extent with the
Argentine Republic and Venezuela. |
do not think that the Senator has at
present any active connection with the
Remington company. His long exc
perience, however, has given him a
good opportunity to learn much as TO
the inside workings Of war matters IN
Europe, and especially as to the plans OF
other nations relating to this country.
JOHN NULL SosiSo OUT OUR SECRETS.
During a chat with him last night
asked Senator Squire whether he sup
posed that the English had an accurate
knowledge OF our seaports.
lie replied: Certainly they have
The British legation has a man connect
ed with II whose business It Is to look
into and report to the British war Office
upon such matters. The English pro.
badly have had men travelling through
the United States getting the last and
best information upon all matters con.
nected with our army and navy and de-
lenses. You cannot imagine the amount
OF money that foreign nations spend up.
on such things. A new gun or a new in
venlion in any kind OF arms is worth
fortune " Il IS OF real value, and govern.
ments sometimes buy such inventions
and keep them secret until the time
comes for their use. Our war depart
ment probably has much secret iniorma'
ton as TO arms and ammunition which
will not be developed until war occurs.
We send men abroad to report upon
such matters. The results OF their in
vestigations never get into the news
papers, and you cannot tell what new
things have been invented for warfare
until war actually occurs. In the war oil
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badly in a very good con- itlon. The
English have been steadily increasing
their Notifications about the United
States for years They have, ! have
seen II stated, so dredged the ST. Law.
renee river that war ships drawing
twenty.six feet can now sail right up to
Montreal, which, in the case Of war
with us, would be one Of their bases Of
supplies. They do not allow Amefi'
cans to go through their forts. Not
long sgo my secretary, Col. Hildcr, who
was formerly connected with the Eng
lish army In India, was visiting some
Offices near Esquimault on Nancouver's
Island. lie asked to be taken through
the fort there, but was told that Il would
be impossible, As orders had been given
that no one outside OF those immed-
lately connected with the tort were to be
allowed within IT, This great English
fertilization practically controls the
straits Of Fuca aud the entrance TO Pu.
get Sound. III is within few miles of
our coast. Port Townsend Is just across
the way, so near. indeed, that the morn
ing and evening guns from the fort may
be heard there. Gen. Miles, who has
examined closely into the subject, says
that In twenty.iour hours the British
fleet at Esquimault could take absolute
possession Of Puget Sound and destroy
lis cities and towns. We ought to have
at least 400 guns and NOR ais on Puget
Sound, and there should be 500 guns
and mortafs on the Pacific coast to pro.
perry project It,"
THE UNDEFESpHD WRIST.
"But San Francisco is well protected,
is il notl"
"By no means as we'll as ilshoud be, "
replied Senator Squire. at Is the only
Pacific coast port That Is at all provided
with means OF defense. Seattle and
Tacoma and the ports Of Puget Sound
could be easily destroyed San Diego
is deienseless. The great Columbia
river Is practically open to foreign war
vessels. They could sail up II and des.
troy Portland. They could send smaller
boats further and ruin the canal which
we are building about the Cascades,
and upon which weare spending millions
OF dollars. We ought 10 have a canon
factory on the Pacific coast. We have
coal and iron, and we could as easily
build guns there as In the east. have
introduced bill appropriating 81, 600. COO
Tor such factory"
FIFTEEN HUNDRED CANNON NEEDED.
How many guns are wanted alto.
gether Tor coast deienses, Senator
squirrel" asked.
'lt is estimated" replied the Senator,
shat II will take at least ], 500 cannon,
that Is, guns and mortars, to give us the
proper protection. At least half OF
these should be eight, ten, twelve and
sixteen.inch guns, and the remainder
should be mortars. These guns need
carriages, machinery aud Notifications,
behind which they can be raised and
lowered. It will take at low estimate
at least 49, 600 to put the ports In
good shape. and my bill proposes that
this expenditure be begun and carried
on until II is completed.
"This expenditure ought Q begin at
once" continued Senator Squire.
There Is one thing tho pe 'nie do not
seem to understand, ana mat Is that II
takes time to build the great modern
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1866, in which Austria was conquered
by Prussia, the Pussian's succeeded
largely on account Of the German
"needle gun" which up to that time
had been kept secret. II was poor
thing at best, and 1t allowed the gas
rising from the powder to escape in such
a way that II had to be fred from the
thigh instead OF the shoulder. still II
was a great Improvement ovetsihe old
Austrian gun and over anything Europe
then had. II was first used In that war
and at the battle Of Sadowa Il gave the
Russians a victory. After this battle all
Europe rushed 10 get new guns, and the
wonderful small arms which we have to.
day are the result. II was the same
during our civil war. The fight OF the
Monitor and the Mertimac changed the
naval construction OF the world. Before
that wooden ships we're used nearly
everywhere. After Il gun.boats had to
be made Of iron and STEEL, aud the big
men of.war which now cost from three
to five million dollars apiece, and the
costly armor plate with which they are
sheathed arc the result.
PLANS or OUR sBAPoRTs IN THE BRITISH
WAR oFFicB.
Speaking Of the English knowledge
OF our seaports," Senator Squire went
on, II have no doubt but that plan Of
every harbor and city on the Atlantic
and Pacific coasts is in the British war
Office. These are revised from tine to
time in accordance with every new item
OF information which they get concern.
ing our deienses, venture to say that
the British war office has a better knowl.
edge OF the real condition of our sea.
coast cities than the Congress Of the
United States In all probability the
English have their plans made out In de-
tail as to where they will attack each OF
our cities In case Of war, and u may
be that the letters and kilograms are al.
ready written giving directions to the
commanders In the different branches
OF the army and navy as to just what
they are TO do in such case. This is
so in nearly every big war Office IN
Europe. Every possibility is provided
for. You remember the story OF Won
Moltke, the commander-inchief OF the
German army at the time that the
FfancoPussian war occurred. The
announcement that war had been de.
clared by Napoleon was received at
night. and the messenger bringing the
news found Won Moltke sound asleep.
lie was awakened aud advised OF the
fact. lie did not rise, but merely sent
for his aid and told him 10 10 to a certain
case and take the papers out Of certain
pigeon hole and telegraph tho instruc.
lions therein inclosed. These instruc-
tons gave directions AS to the DISPOSE
ton OF every part Of the German army.
Alter giving this order. SO the story
goes, Won Moltkc turned over and went
to sleep, knowing that when he awoke
in the morning the whole German army
would be preparing to move. The
English probably have similar plans for
the action OF their forces and fleets"
ESoLASD's FoRTFIcATIoSs.
"What is the condition OF the English
Notifications on this side OF the water,
Senator SQUIRE" asked.
II don't think any one knows" re-
piled Senator Squire. They are pro.
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guns. The contract was awarded to
one OF the great American companies
Tor building one hundred gurs in 1891
IL is now 1895 and they have only twenty
guns which are anywhere near complete.
There are, believe, none In actual use,
though some are ready for trial. In
building great guns, works have to be
made for them, and the actual conslruc-
ton Of the guns requires months As
to earthworks and deienses, they could
be erected in short time by putting a
large number Of men at work but II
takes time to make all kinds OF arms
and munitions Of war. As to small
arms. they can be turned out very
rapidly. During the Franco Prussian
war the Remington works made twelve
hundred new rifles a day. They made
two hundred tevolyefs a day In addition
TO remodeling two hundred other guns,
making an output Of sixteen hundred
small arms every day. This was, be.
lieve, the fastest work of the kind that
has ever been done"
THE DANGERS or EEw YORK.
Speaking OF our sea eoas, cities,
Senator, New York is well defended, is
1t nol9"
NO." was the reply. at has only
about one.tenth the protection that Il
should have. The other cities on the
Atlantic are practically delenseless.
visited the deienses OF New York not
long ago. Our principal works are
situated at Sandy Hook, where We have
two guns aud sixteen mottars. The
guns are twelye.inch guns. They carry
projectiles weighing over seven hundred
pounds and Il takes four bushels Of
powder for a single fire. They have a
range Of twelve miles, and they are only
exposed at the time OF firing. They are
protected by an emplaccmcnt or FORTH.
cation made OF cement and sand. The
strength Of this fertilization Is equal to
that Of 1870 feet OF sand, and Il Is so
great that no modern gun can send a
projectile through IL. The guns are
loaded behind il, and then by hydraulic
pressure are raised and fired. Twenty
one seconds later they have dropped be.
hind the Notifications ready for reload.
ing. In addition to these guns we have
sixteen mortars at Sandy Hook. These
send shells OF cast.iron and steel weigh.
ing from five hundred to thousand
pounds a distance OF six miles. They
alN hANA hRAAA Wv hAA AiNN HhbAA AANll
pfoiectiles two miles up into the air. by
| a modern invention known as the range
finder they have been known to be very
accurate in their aim. By this invention
/ II is ascertained at Just what angle the
gun should be shot The gunners or
those who fire them have a map Of the
sea or the harbor before them, and this
map is divided up into squares. 1t is
found in which square the man oi.war is
at the time OF firing. The sixteen NOR.
tars are then trained upon that square
aud a rain OF their massive shells will
fall upon II. II would be strange, in
/ deed, II some Of them did not hit her
aud carry her to the bottom"
ToRPRpoRs WILL NOT DO.
How about ,orpedoes1 Why canno,
all Of our coast cities be protected by
themf"
There Is little safety in depending
upon torpedoes, "replied Senator Squire,
"and II Is not everywhere that you can