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''r''? mpfs-" THE WASHUJGTON TIMES, SUNDAY, JUNE 3v 1894. Laij Sermons for Sunday Reading It Js well to understand tho reasons of things. Tbe Presbyterian Assembly has thrown out of Its ait of true orthodoxy Pro-' s-or Smith, a goo man, a wise man, a mnn. nn honest and tlncero man, a brave and self-reliant man. He was professor o' Ilubrtw; his study was tho Bible, tho "CM T-stament." Being an ardent American exoicr, ho endeavored to navigate the difficult ktrejiu of translation and transcription, v.itli its shoals of doubt and rocks of inter oisiiou, to llnd the original spring or fountain from which the stream took its rise, and failed.

He announced his allure. He admitted the inspiration of God in tho lotrt and mind of the writer of tho many bo. that ho could feel and know, Vut luo iu' rraney of word and phrase, the un-ui'ofn hi eruee that every translator from our luuguugo to anotner could nae Deea in-spued with Hie sumo thiugnt and the same nutbo of expressing thought as tho original wrln-r, bu is. unwilling to admit; also ttat every trans Tioin-r of any such translation could en up to tbo point of Iioi-uum roni ciq'cal error, ho claims tho right in uuuLU Vn believes, and manfully tho beuli.iiut of Prof. Drummond, 1 writers of tho sacred books wcru men.

and that being such, they were subject to all tho impiTin-tlons of men; that while they mihl leel thu divlno inspiration of truth, tlicv wcru subject to tho limitations of personality in short, that they were "men, and not pony," JW. Smith and Er. Brfggs.are nconsed of no i.J --Lie against morals or religion; only that they w.Uc uz out of tuno In this orchestra. vvli.ro 1.0 vitiations are permitted on tho arr.ingeir.i Lt of ilusIc wnttten in Necla inn l.iOO years ago. The dress and depoitii.tnt of tbo l'r'ormers has beta grvat.y and variously changed, if not ia.j.

roved, but the score is uivine. They niu-t ben do as Paul directed them of Phi lifi-i. "Wuric out thine own salvation," lu iiA-i-u Liifthi.ltuo "power thnt makes Jnr is oaiuiprcsent and eternal. Auu it it tl true, ir it wero ever truo, 'it G.id wlilcli wvrccth in you both to w.ll cm. tu i goad pleasure;" and thus coin oiled, tluy might quote the succeeding ndn.oint.uu to tiif "assembly" as they tako their departure- "'Do all things without and illspulliigs." I oooti will pimume to deny that religion is an iot.nit dteply and indelibly implanted in man, and is.like music, in the order of things; cud a3 tr.uie is dcpendnt on the tti liiI las'n fact of the seven variations of Bf.iH!".

to the religious instinct compels the frit. i4 a.lcr something higher than self through tbo 1 gical sequence of thought, whfjii lends ever aud always to a higher ldial, a mow perfect imagining of "that vLicu is higher tban We 'an only np-piouth futhsy "running lines of parallels" in o.r minds, by eiiraparing thought with thoujl.i, concept with concert. So w.pu sei bow ery strange it would be to asrt th it music iMame frozen, Anally into lin.ii in ono grand Homeric autbem. and that ior-jvir-iittr tin' sous of men lo IfH on cbanuel. tr.rough which all the.r usieal aspirations should permeate; that this ideuo as inu'ic; tnat all other rhythmical arrangement of sweet sound was dUcorJ.

Muzart would have died In such a harness. II could only live by guing form to the bcauiiiui numbers that cimotohis own soul, 'ilia inspiration from God carte to luai thtouc.li Um iviilra of music. Spinoza, tno Jew, llio "God-Intoxicated philosopher," lmd to let tbo inspiration come to him through 11 dlvlLCly appointed way of philosophical thought and research. The of Hebrews appreciated him and tr ana to Mm. and when he ceased to go .1...

i Iin nir.uil Co 1.1 iV semi lv' l.CUO llor.ns of income it we would oiuwardly lontorm and occasionally appear in tbeir of vorsbip: but he must revcr-eueL tbe image of God, the divine word as it enmo to him. Later on his philosophical works, published anonymously, were condemned by the Christian synod and interdicted uy fc' Statts General of Holland; and et Spinoza lirt while all his conforming con-fa. poraries are forgotten. "Ideas are ini-murlitl," while opinion is the flet-ting cloud that olten obscures the sun of truth. The great Xnzarene said to his 'It i expedient for you that I go away; lor if I go not away tho comforter will not come unto you," which seems to that they would never recoguize the image of God within tbeir own hearts, tho spirit of God, so long as they continued to look upon his personality as tbe embodiment of trutn for them.

May it net be possible that tbe time has fully come when it is expedient that doctrino uud dogmatic teaching should "go away" for like purpose? Doctrine and belief hnvo taken tbe place in the mind of Christendom that was occupied by the personality of Jesus with hi3 disciples. The truth he gave to tbcm was iu small seed grains. IV church. no creed, mi confessional; "knock and it shall be opened untojou" individual knocking at individual unseen doors. t.cek and ye shall llnd;" not listen and yo shall be taught.

He left no written directions as to tow to "knock" or bow to "seek," and yet we may Infer that he knew how to write, for wo antold that on one occasslon, when tbo orthodox of that day were deliberating i.lout the stoning a woman unto death, He said. "Yes. but lrt him who is without sin among you throw tho first stone at her." Aud then, stooping down, "wrote in the sand." And strangely enough, when they, Iter accusers, had all gone away, ho neglected to tell the woman that she was tbe greatest xinucr in that community, but "Neither do I concern thee; go and sin no more.1' The soil Is the mind of man, of all varieties. No words can make the idea plainer than dm the parable of tho sower, but tbo sower scattered seed; ho did not presume to plant tr-es. So tbe seed thoughts coming to tho iiiiud, we know not whence, unless from tbe hrnJ of tho Great Husbandman, are continuously falling into tbe soil and in some way, wo know not how.

it would seem that from thu dawn of mentality to the perfected manhood of a Jesus or Buddha there is a rotation of crops suited to the gradually improving condition of this soil. Who will dare to s-jy t'tiat tbe pursuance of electrical discovery is not the divinely Implanted crop itoccssary to tho higher development of an Edisou? It is God that worketh in you to will and to omniscience" tbn sa-ne yesterday to-day and forever. Xo nl'SMiec. no extra cosmic existence, but hero, nowrealing, eontrollng, guidingtho perverse will of man by tbe lessons of experience, until hocoaies to the choosing of tho way of riKiilcousness nnd universal charity as the controlling impulse of his life. Tl.n evolution of conscience out of tnat errcnm of tho universal consclor.sness flowing through the human organism is tbe blossom of divinity thnt crowns the yet visible work of organic evolution, nnd is perhaps the real Vgimiing of tbe deeper mysteries of boing.

It will bo ndmittcd by ail perhaps that the i education inrougn me senso perceptions would not. and could not, go beyond utili tarianism Confucianism or the "honesty of pood policy" tho abstaining because of consequences near or remote. Yet we know that In a fullv developed character, even as we now know development, that conscience is a smcii moro subtle source of Information and power, dominating the thought as well as act. 'Whence is It? If it be not the voice of God within, what is it? How can the spirit communicate with tbo individual spirit but by this voice? And If vany man dare to sub-'ordinate this to any given number of voices, even nn "assembly," is ho not grieving the Holy Spirit that has come to dwell in A the "kingdom of God within him?" "By thv lljht ahull Ihntr cm Hirhl'" nnthvthn light of any catechism or set form of belief. tut the lamp is fitted to the organism, and tbn light is one.

This lttpp that was lighted In the mentality of 3iose made bim write two general laws as tho veritable word of God; "Thou Bhalt not -teal," "Thou shalt not covet" Humanity has so far evolved as that it can see tho utility of obedience to tho first, and EM made divers and sundrv laws to enforce obeoisnce thereunto. The highwayman and the no.ik thief are ostracised, and if discov- ered. are put within bounds for the protection 'v of the publio ugainst the Invasion of it3 rights of property. Bat the Wcond is still strug-glingforageneral interpretation. Mr.

Webster lays ii is "to wish for with eagerness, to possession or." It would seem, then, that t-aling was covetousness in action. Kow as Moses writes these two commands in the tamo table without preference, he saw by bis lamp the same truth that Jesus saw by his fuller Illumination. 'Ho that hateth his brother is a murderer." "He that looketh upon a woman to lust after hor hath committed adultery." It will be granted', then, that in so far as those nre divine commands, they are one and lho same. "Business is business" then bo-comes tbe motto of the self-deluded conformist to tho present condition of things. "All I can get Is mine," and the value of the law is, first, to clearly deflno tbe lino, the Imaginary line, that dtv-ides covetousness from robbery, and secondly, to defend me In my rights of possession of all I have gotten possession of on the safer side of this boundary.

Paul in his later days became quite cm-phatlo in bis denunciation of this all-pervading divergence from a possible way to tbo incoming of "peace on earth and good will toward men" uy declaring the love of money to be the "root of all evil." He did not speak of the evidences above ground, covetousness and stealing, but went deeDer to And the "root." the seed of this luxurious "tare," that so chokes the possible growth of the wheat. This, gentlemen of tho assembly, of all assemblies for the promotion of Christian or higher civilization, is the false God to be dethronedthe usurper the baneful enemy. Would it not bo well for these assombled preachers of tho Word, instead of working over the old timber that was cut down In tbe destruction of tho "Groves of Baal," to consult together about sharpening their axes, to be effectually applied to the "root" of this tree that shadows Christendom and puts the multiplication tablo In the minds of men instead of the Lord's Prayer; envy and covetousness where chnritymust reign supremo, unless they can bo content with "sounding brass and tinkling cymbal" and begin the good work by grubbing up any "roqt" that may have forced its way into tbeir own personal domains? For this "inerrnnt" declares they nro not only to' be the preachers of tho Word, but doers also. Men. nations, communities and "assemblies" are known by what they reject as well as by what they select.

Tbe Presbj terian Assembly has madoaTeeble attempt to be reconciled to their brother of the South and has failed. Tbe "iuerrant" declares by the mouth of Jesus himself that such reconciliation is imperative. "Tnen come nnd oner tby gift." But. on tbn contrary, they have offered their gift, and what is it? hereby declare that wo believe, aud it is henceforth heterodox not to believe in tbo inerrancy of a book, however much it may swm to interfere with tbe logical exerciseof the divinH consciousness func-tionnrv tbrouch tbe brain uud mind of man. made in tbn divine image.

This declaration excludes thought from tbo category' of religious preacning and practice. They can be "up and dolug," can "work while the day lasts," provided thoy do not exercise the miud and image-making power of the soul. That shall be caged safoly within tbe iron bars of preconception. But evolution, that "mill ot tho gods," grinds on; its unvarying rule is growth or death. The leaveof last season ndded strength and circumference to the body of tbo tiee, but they fell that new leaves'might come, and now tbo new leaf is making its contribution.

So with thought. Xew thought for further growth. Your book, gentlemen, is holy because of the thought it contains, but the life of mankind, tho soul ulwajs has existed, always, will exist in an eternal now. it is tbe leaf of this ear that is building the trw; it Is the thnuglit of this year, thh day. that is luildli tbe trunk of civilizatlon.of tbe higher evolution of man, which is tending toward making that long concealed imago ot God in him v.sibio in net, thought, and deed.

hat has been was holy, because all is holy. Nothing 15 unholy but the petty pride, vanity, aud sparating sUhood of man; nothing profane save the dedication of personal opinion about the universe and its mighty Architect. It this or any religious organization wishes to bow down before the imago its yesterday of thought set up it will only b2 one moro straggler on tho grand march toward tho holy city, and will soon bo dropped from tho rolls. And this larger assembly, this assembly of men who have accepted tho public oGlee (tho so-calld "public of lawmakers for tho people, the devisers of ways and means to a healthy growth, lt may be well for that assembly to remember individually that out of this one "root" has grown thai fatal tree that ca'ts its shadow on the fertilesoilof this commonwealth. Trom its outsr fading branches drop suffering, ttrifo confusion, and disruption ot party lines.

Dnder its shadow is the dangerous brood of envy, hate aud suspicion, and tbo sneering question stares you all in the face, "What are you going lo do about it?" while tho continuous discussion of sectional trifling is an opu confesiou of do not know what to do," or the moro to be dreaded "we will do nothing." Why not recognize this shadow and seek to know whence it comes, and cease to talk of grains of sand while this mountain of evil is threatening destruction to the ery foundation of all loyalty? What is party allegiance when it stands in tbo way of statesmanship? Maine would steal (or, at least, openly covets) contributions from all the people for its lumber interests, while Louisiana would be inaae a little more rich by a tax on every mouth that indulges in sugar and the great West would have all the poor pay tribute for tho wool that scantily protects them from the inclemency 01 tne weatucr. What is sectionalism if not this? To do evil that good may come to your section, gentlemen, is the building of sectionalism that can only result in gradually developing lines of sectionalism. "The poor ye always have with you." and the poor will not always consent to bo taxed for tbe defense of other people's property. The tree of covetousness casts its own seed, which falls by the wayside and takes root in tbe deep soil of want and hopelessness. You may put shackles of law upon tbe visible and annoying Coxevs, but it is your business and duty, gentlemen of Congress, to ascertain the real cause, tbe seed from which the Coxey idea grew and is still growing, and put your ax to tho root of that tree.

No law can stand, or ought to stand, that Is not a protection and defense of the poor. Trom the homes of tho poor are coming the swarms of voters of the future. What are you doing, gentlomen, that they shall come up in an atmosphere of loyalty and reverence for law and order? Instead of taxing tbeir food and clothing, would it not be wiser to protect them from the ndulterntions of food; to make justice mean the universal defense of individual rights instead of a mythical thing to bo pleaded for by a hired advocate? Brilliant men, successful men tbe eanh is full of their forgotten graves; but they who have lived and toiled for humanity in all the ages "shine as stars" on the pages of history. It is consciousness nlono that develops conscience, and out of tho profession of politics may como the self-denying statesman. Men still vote and hope for this much-to-be desired rebirth.

The book said by the "assembly" to be in-errant gives us the story of two wealthy and prosperous cities given over to ungodliness, whom the divine conversationalist agreed to spare If but ten righteous men could bo found within tbeir borders. Liberal as this offer seemed to be, yet the ten were not forthcoming to avert tho "fire and brimstone." We are not told that Lot was superior to his neighbors in wit, wealth, or learning, but he fortunatelv preserved his ihildlsh belief in tho ideal uprightness of life. When tho ultimate of self-satisfied statu quo came be walked out. Vetziun. HE LIVES IN WASHINGTON.

And is Up to tho Very Propercst of Capers. "In Washington," savs a woman just returned from there. "I heard a story of one of the young elegants of the national capital. He is a firm believer in the proper way of doing In particular is an extremist in the proper observance of the dinner cere mony. 'Why.

he Is reported to have lately, disenssieg the question. 'If my mother were to die suddenly at the end of. the fourth course I should not consider that Jhe meal could be 'But what would you do? he was Do? he repeated. I should say to the butler, remove Mrs. and serve the sorbet" Which, It maybe added, whether knowingly or otherwise, is after the story attributed to the elder Dumas.

Dining at his table one day was a friend who obstinately wished a mayonnaise for a salad that Dumas felt should not be so served. Just before the moment arrived to offer the course, bis friend looked up. gave a gasp, and slipped to the floor, dead. Before Dumas allowed himself to become excited over the fatality, he took the precaution to turn to his man with the order: "Jean, make a French dressing." Bochester Herald. Philadelphia Oyster House.

ODD FELLOWS; GOOD FELLOWS. Golden Jtale Lodgo conform! tho third decree on Tuesday evening. Last wrck Friendship Ixnlg Initiated four can-It a tea and received one application. xcelsior Lodge, Na 17, Is endeavoring to organize a degree team, and wltb. tte material at command ought to make it a success.

Post Grand fcinme is tho decree master. Among tho visitors to this lodge at its meeting on Monday evening last were (rand Master John H. Wood and Grand Conductor J. K. Davison.

Ono application fcy caid was received for admission, Brother E. Gurham, of Newiort Newa Lodge, Newport Xewa, Vo. It is said the situation Is not jot quite sufficiently favorable to organize a Itebekah decree lodge at Anacostta. 51 1. riensant Lodge.

No. held Impressive memorial services at its meeting on Wednesday evening last. May 30, In memory of one of Its members, George Hell, who died in December last. Tho occasion was made all the more impressive by a vacant chair draped with the ha bilimouts of and decorated with a Suitable wreath of etergteen and flowers. Appropriate nddre-srs Incident to the solemn occasion were made by Hi others Fitts, Yoder, Gross, and KhnbalL Past Grand Betts, of Metropolis Lodge, No.

16, by special request visited Kxcelilor Lodge, No. 17, on evening last and instructed the members in tbo lloor work, in ukiuh he takes a deep Interest and Is very proflclwit. Grand Conductor BavUon visited Friendship Lodge, o. 12, on Thursday evening lart. After a long illners Brother William Weaver Danenhower died at his residence.

North Carolina avenuo and Sixth streec southeast, on Monday luorulng last. In the 75th year of his ago. lie had been in ill-health for a-long time as the result of an accident two years ago, whereby one of tho bones in hii leg was broken. lie had beem an invalid lor quite a while, during which time he was frequently vlalted by many of hU friends eloneing to the order. In whlih he had a large, circle ot acquaintances and friends.

He was born In Philadelphia December 1S20, where ho teslded until he was about 22 3 ears of age. IjA was a zealous advocate of the cautaofOdd Fellowship, with whlJh ho united in Philadelphia, over rurty years axa He was grand representa-tU from the grand encampment of the lurisdlc-tfon of Illinois in 17, having moved to Chicago in 1WJ as the representative of tho publishing hcuse of Harper Uroiheis. IlettfOknu active part in political a3aH. and after Mr. Lincoln's Inauguration wis by hirn soon after appointed os acting fourth auditor ana chief clerk.

He held thU position for a short which he resigned and went Into the claim bualurcs in this city, and in connection with his son, Washington Danenhower, from which he iciitnil In the year 18M, haing nmaisedquHe a competency, principally real c3tateiu this city. Shortly after establishing a residenc In this city he became a member 01 uashiUKtcn Lodge in iune, jswi, in wnicn ne maintained a continuous membership. He was aUo a moinber of ML Nebu Encampment, No. 4, Rutu It Lodge. 2, nnd was the honored president of the Veterans Association, In wuith.

as lu other branches of the order, ho manifested a deep and abiding Interest. Brother Pancnbnwor was a man of sterling qualities, and had endeared himself to a large circle of acquaintances Loth in and outside of the organization, it was actlro In the church, prominent in business affairs, and an ardent patriot. The several bodies of which be was a member, the Butordiuale lodge, grand lodge, grand encampment, and grand canton and Canton Potomac of tho Patriarchs Militant, all attended his funeral, which took place from Christ church. Navy Yard, on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Interment being In Congressional cemetery.

At the conclusion of tbe funeral ceremonies the bugle iorps of Canton Potomac Mowed taprt. He bore his a diet ion with patient suDorlng. and leavt-s a memory which will long be chor.bhed. was a faithful member of the order, p. dotoat Christian and an upright citizen.

At the meeting of Metropol's Lodge, Na 1C, held on Friday evening, nluo candidates were Initiated Into the myntoriesof tho order in tho usual Impressive manner in which the work la conducted by thu ludgo. In additlcn to th visitors present from the other lodges in this city, there were the following from other Jurisdictions. G. Harrold Protection Lodge, No. G3, Metaracra, Indiana; II.

Hoy d. Bridge-water Lodge, Na 1U, Virginia; John II. Fulmer, P. (Juakertowu Lodge. Na 714, (Juttkertow Pennsylvania; Jacob Persluger, Tabor Lodge.

No. 213, Xenla, Ohio; Lawson Keese, Golden Kule Lodge, Na 53, Baltimore, Maryland Grand Master Wood has selected the following named ponKtc.3 to install tho odcors in the neveial lod7, as follows: Centrnl L. Irwin, Friday, July 6. Lodge, Na 6, F. A.

Stier, G. It, Tuesday.Julyl Eastern Lolgc, No. 7, Thea Moid, D. G. Friday, July llarmcnr Lodge, No.

9, T. J. Jones, G. Marshal, Monday, July 2. Colu nib.

a Lodge, No. 10, J. H. Wood, G. Master, Thursday, July 5.

Union lxhigc, 20. ji, it, 11. fcorrell, u. w.f Monday, July 2. Lodee, No.

12, a B. It. College, P. G. July L.

Covenant Lodge, No. 13, J. I. Brown, Thursday, July 5. Beacon Lodge, Na 15, Jos.

Burroughs, G. XL, Monday, July 2. Metrrpolis Lodge, Na 16, J. K. Davison, Friday, 'July 6.

Lzcelsior Lodge, Na 17, J. n. Wood, Monday, Julyi Lodce, No. 18, J. IL Wood, Frldayt July Oriental Lodge, No.

19, II. Kahlert, Thursday, Julys. iederal City Lodge, No. 0, Thea Mead, D. G.

31., Wednes 'ay, July 11. Golden ltule Lodge, Na 21, W. P. Allan, G. Tuesday.

JulyS. Salem Lodge, Na 2, A. Webster. Thursday, July 5. Mount Pleasant Lodge, Na 23, George Bennett, Wednesday, July II.

Takoma Lodge, No. 21, IL C. Hazard, P. G. Thursday, July 5.

Brookland Lodge, Na 25. W. It. Hunt, G. Monday, July 2.

Langdon Lodge, No. 26, It. II. Sorrell, Tuesday, July S. Nacml (It.

D) Lodge, No. 1 Miss Annie Lo-znax, Monday, July 2 Ruth (li. Lodge, Na 2, Miss Sarah Sanderson, Tuesday, July 3. liartha Washington ML D.l Lodee. Na 2.

Mrs. Georgiana Burroughs, Tuesday, July 3. Past Grand Charles F. Trotter, the popular end efficient secretary of Metropolis Lodge, Na 1G, has resigned the once of representative of the grand lodge, and Past Grand C. W.

Lean-narda has been elected to All the acancy. At a meeting of the grand canton. Patriarchs Militant, hold on Triday evening. Lieutenant Charles 11. Campbell was elected captain of Canton vice V.

T. Galliher. promoted to major. Nominations were made for lieutenant, which will bo voted for at the next meeting, Chevalier David Wclf being the nominee. Central Lodge, No.

1, worked the second degree on Friday evening, and will have the third at its next meeting. Brother Chester R. Faulkner, of Metropolis Lodge, Na 16, is on a visit to his home In Indiana. Captain Joseph Burroughs has resigned as captain of Canton and the nominations made for his succe-wor are Chevaliers Ld. Tanzer and John M.

Krause. Tho election will tako place at the next meeting. Sister Frazeo is spending a few days in this city with Sister E. Victoria Kessler. the Is on her way to Philadelphia, but will remain over for the meeting of Ruth (Rcbokah degree) Lodge, Na 2, on Tuesday evening next, at which time Bhe will deposit her card in that lodge.

This announcement will be gratifying to her many friends, as shots a well-known, earnest, and active worker In the causo Ruth (Rebckah degree) Lodge, Na 2, and the I. O. O. F. Library Association, rs has been their custom heretofore, have arranged for Joint excursions to Bay Ridge, and have fixed the dates as Juno 12 and Augusts.

Paste this In your hat and forget It not. Eastern Lodge, Na 7, conferred tho Initiatory on one candidate on Friday evening. The directors of tho Library Association will hold their regular meeting in the library rooms to-morrow evening. Major William T. Galliher, who was recently elected major and department commander of the Patriarchs Militant for the District of Columbia, vice Major John T.

Chauncey, resigned, is well known or his active efforts in behalf of the organization. He was born In Port Deposit, Cecil eountv. Maryland. Julr. 1856.

nnd loined Washington Lodge, No. 6, of this city, fifteen years ago, iu who uq is a past grano. lie is also past chlof patriarch of Ml Nobo Encampment, Na 4, and for several years was representative to the grand lodge. He was captain for some six years under the old system, when the Patriarchs were known ns the ''Uniformed Battalion," and in this branch of the order has been an active member for the past eight years. Major Galliher Is the prime of life, enthusiastic and his selection gives general satisfaction.

We predict for him a successful In his new field. At the meeting of Central Lodge, No. 1, held on Friday evening last, among the members in attendance were Pas; Grand W. M. Cannon, who was Initiated In the order September'80, 1833, a period or fiftyslx years ago, and Past Grand Master Joseph IL Daniel, who was initiated January 7, 1829, over flfty-flve years aga These two old stand by are proud of this lodge and the lodge Is equally proud of them.

May they live many more years to contribute to each other's mutual pleasure and benefit. There will be a public Installation of grand canton and Canton Potomac on the evening of June SO in the auditorium of the Seventh street halL at whkh time there will be a musical and literary programme. Inspector General Frcst and ether officials from the sovereign grand lodge headquarters in Baltimore are expected to be present and perform the ceremony. Canton Potomac, accompanied by its drum and bugle corps, acted as escort to Meade Post, G. A.

on Decoration Day. Apropos of the Tabernacle Fire. Arkansas BUI (at Talmagea meeting) I tell ye, he's a dandy; roglar mountain Companion Do yon like him? 'Never saw that tnar step equaled," "Ktep? How about the sermon?" "Sarmon! Why, blank blank 'is long leg. I thought it wujr a cake walk!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Topics of the Times.

Last year 200 persons wore lynched In ttjla country. It takes 7,000 insects to mate ono pound of cochineal. Tbe population of the earth doubles Itself evory 2(10 years. ijpain-ls investigating the cholera outbreak In rortugmil. Italian politics h.ivo been In an unsettled state lor several years.

The are 0,000 ttuttnring children In the schools of Germany. The people of Tyre were tho most expert dyrs ot ancient times. a a well-Ktockod hive there arc from IS.000 to 20,000 working bees. There are 1,142 tunnels In the world, with a total length of 514 miles. An Easton, girls drops asleep whenever she gets in the bright sunlight.

The United Presbyterian Cnurch of Scotland has a membership of 183,661. The coal production of 1S02 In the United States was valued at 827,560,000. In 1873 eight and one-half pounds of cotton would buy an ounce of In 1SC0 It took twelto and one-half Tho (treatest length of tho desert of Sahara Is 3,100 miles. The greatest width Is 600 miles. The title and position ot cardinal Is tho highest dignity in the Iloman Catholic Churoh next to the Fopo.

It has been calculated that thore are at least 20,000 proverbs circulating among European nations nlono. Members of the French diplomatic and consular service cannot marry without the permission of tbo government. The United States has 4,561,641 separate farms, averaging 137 aires each. Almost half tho farms are said to bo mortgaged. About the thinnest tblcg in the world Is the 111m ot a soap bubble, ot which it would take 50,000,000 to measure an Inch.

Some species of fungi have neither roots, stem, leaves, dowers, nor seed, and derive their nourishment through spores. The Americans are generally agreed to have surpassed nil other nations in the invention and use of rapid-fire guns. Dr. Emily A. Bru-o declares that more women die of faulty dress than from all the coutagiou diseases combined.

It is said thnt Samuel Hutchinsoo, of Prcs-cott. Is the tallest man on tbe Pdcillc slope. He is setcn feet two and one-half inches high. The rbc-paper tree, a native of China, now fiouriii.es in Florida, where it was Introduced as an experiment so mo years ago. There arn infects which pass several years In preparatory Mates of existence, and, finally, when perfect live but a few hours.

This being tho jubilco of General Booth's Christian lilo, nn effort Is being mido to raise a special fund of 330,000 for the Salvation Army. The oldest arcbitectual ruins in tho world are believed to be the rock cut temples of on the left bank of the In Kublc. Pennsylvania alone produces nearly tons of the total production of tons of coal in 1SS2 in the United States. The largest map In the world Is In course of preparation by tho government. It will represent the United States and cover an acre in area.

A New York man is reported as Intending to spend 210,000 in order to stimulate the people to study the wild flowers of this country. A rman soldier, in marching order, carried sixty pounds of weight, and was expected to march four milts an hour for six boors a day. Next to Importance to Pennsylvania in the production of coal Is Illinois, followed by Ohio, Wet Virginia, and Alabama in tne order nataed. The longest train on record was that cf Catherine uh Medici on the occasion of her marriagr. It was foity-elght yards in length and was borne by twenty pages.

Eggs of the Algerian locust have been found to yield a thick oil resembling honey in It burns ell, tied mixed with alkali make a good soap. A congress of arclneologists Is proposed for Rome lu nnd stecia! excavations laying bare thj rest oi tbo palaces of tho Coisara are suggested a im altrajlhe feature. Th Anglican bishop, Blyth. or Jerusalem, snys that about 100.000 Hebrews have entered Palestine duriDg the lat fevryuars, and that the arrival of a vaster host is imminent. The electrical bicycle is cropping up in England.

The weight of the catteries when filled liquid is to to 44 pounds, aud tho whole weight of machine is to be 155 pounds. The General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church has come Into possession oi the largest collection of Latin ltiblcs in the world, consisting of 543 editions In 1.364 vol'imvs. A. Andrews, of Toronto, has In his possession a lock and key of massive weight, which be claims to be the identical instruments used by Cromwell for securing the crown jewels of England. By the device of an Italian seismologist an earthquake shock is made to light an electric lamp for a quarter of second, causing the lace of a chronometer to bo photographed, and thus registering the precise time.

Chinamen when they refer to their wives which Is as seldom as possiblo speak of them ss "My dull thorn," or "The thorn in my ribs," or "The mean ono of the inner room." Children similarly are styled "insects" or "worms," much as we say "chick" or "cubs." In some of the most exclusive nnd fashionable clubs in the West End, London, which usually has three lotteries for tho Derby, with an entrance feo of 3, .2, and 1, respectively, the pressure of poverty this ear is so strong upon the members thnt the first two have been discontinued, as the entries were insufficient. The new Atlantic cable which is now boing laid in sections between Ballingskelligs bay. Ireland, and Canso. X. for tbe Commercial Cablo Company, is in many respects a notablo piece of work.

The cablo is about 2,100 miles 'in length; Its conductor contains more than pounds ot copper and Is armored with over 10,000.000 pounds of steel wire. Copper must have been ono of the earliest metals known, worked, and valued in human Industry. It rank? second to silver In malleability and ductility, or third ns compared with gold, which is the most malleable metal known, and ranks next to iron lu tensile strength, and, being an abundant metal, native in many parts of the world. It often lies at or near the surfoco of tbe earth. A new novel soon to be published by Dickens' granddaughter, Miss Mary Angela Dickens, directs attention to the odd contrast there is between tho names of the authoress' two brothers and tneir occupations.

Both are in the stock business in Australia, but Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens fattens sheep and gets them ready for market, vhlle Alfred Tennyson Dickens, who, like his brother, was named after an illustrious godfather, carries on tbe business ot exchanging the fat sheep for monev. AKTHONY, THH YANDERER. Something About the Saintly Tramp Who Is Traveling Through Russia. From the Toronto Mall Insight into the strange condition of the popular mind of Bussla at the close of this nineteenth century is afforded by tho immense renown and Inflnence enjoyed at present by a peripatetic saint who goes by tho name of Anthony, the wanderer, and who for more than forty years has been perpetually on tho move, his peregrinations extending nil over Siberia, Central Asia, and European Bussla. In tho depth ot Winter, just as in the height of Summer, he marches barefoot and almost entirely devoid of clothing.

Fifty pounds weight of Iron chains are welded about his shoulders and body, while his waist is encircled by an Iron bolt weighing thirty pounds more, closed with a lock, tbe key ot which was cast into tbe Arctic ocean. Thus equipped, Anthony tho Wanderer bos spent two-score years in tramping all over the Russian Empire collecting enormous cams oi money for the building of churches and schools in places where they are needed, and without keeping a single kopek for himself. He is venerated, we ore told, not alone by the ignorant peasantry, but also by the most highly educated and affluenTtiasees, and men and women of all sorts and conditions of life are described as applying to him for advice In matters spiritual, worldly, and even hygienic Philadelphia Oystsr Boos. FOLLOWING BLAIHE'S IDEAS. Reed Reviving Pinna About Silver Cnt Short by the Statesman's Death.

Tho ulternnces of ox-Speaker Reed, Senator Lodge, Representative Burrows, Representative Cannon, and other Republican leaders in favor of ft freer use of silver are regarded In congressional circles ns a revival of tbe lans and aspirations of James G. Blaine. It is well known that Mr Bluine's hope was to unite the nations of the western hemisphere by means of on Intercontinental railroad, uroeiprocal tariff treaties, and a common medium of exchange. Representative Hitt, ot Illinois, who was closely associated with Mr. Blaine, says that tho proposition of Mr.

Reed is on the linos of HTl nlnlna'u Thn lnlfnr WAQ RMVAr fully spread before tho public, as it had a scope wnicn couiu De ueveiopeu oniy uy patience and by slow stages, and Mr. Blaine's health during bis latter years was not such as to permit him to accomplish tbe ends he had in view." "Mr. Reed now presents the proposition with directness," said Mr. Hitt, "whereas Mr. Blalna proposed successive, steps which tended toward the same general results.

It was Mr. Blaine's belief that the nations of the western hemisphere should be reciprocally united in their commercial dealings, in their money. In their railroads, nnd in all lines of action which would make tbem strong against the rest of the world. Most of the southern republics were ready lor "mutual action on silver, o3 they are silver-using countries, but they were not et ready for tho discriminating tariffs which would cut tbem oil from the Impost duties on which they largely depend. "The reciprocity treaties were a step in the general direction of that mutual co operation.

Mr. Blalno's speeches before the Pan-American conference i disclosed that bis policy embraced unlfd action on sliver, on tho tariff, and on all subjects in which western nations had a common purpose." A great deal of significance is given the Reed interview by'many public men hero. For several months there has been a growing sentiment among Republican members in favor of a liberal jwjliey toward silver. Among Mr. Reed's most intimate and constant associates in the House of late have been Representative Sewlands, of Nevada, and Rcpro-sentatUo Sweet, ot Idaho, who are radical nupporters ot silver.

Tno ex-Speaker has made a study of the sliver question Iroin the standpoint o'f tha miner and western member until he is Said to have a mastery of the intricacies of tho question quite equal to that ot Mr. Bland. IX THE SHADOW OF THE CAPITOL. Tho following poem was written by Mr. Thomas Calver and read by him on Decoration Day at Congressional cemetery: The breath of Freedom nils my grateful breast And tuiills my heart with Joy, ns coir I stand Beueilli tho shadow of her statue's crest.

In thy sweet air. Columbia, my land! And I gaze, vrith ever-growing pride. Upon thy Capitol transcendent dome. Weird, spectral pageants through my visions ride Out from thy wondrous past, my lovely home! 1 see tho white wings uf tto caraves. Homo hither on the bosom of the sea That seems to breathe, in tireless falls and swells.

Of life as yet unborn, but soon to be. I sou thy welcome to each gallant crew. In icrdant chores. In limpid founts and streams. In fruits and Cowers, In skies of softest blue.

In nature's beauty far beyond their dreams. I see the patience of the vanguard few, Iu lead of esirer hosts of urbroued souls ho writhe to-fiurst the stinicg confines through Ibat bind the tide that else to lid en rolli I see the shadow ot a savage foe Shut out tho light of gladness from thy face. Till valor's arm dispels thc cloud of roe. And summons back thy joy and grace. I see tho pilgrims to a crystal shrine.

Where pure, undimmed, may fall the light of Uod, Sail on through frowning walls of angry brine And rest iu ecstasy upon thy sM. I see ine mauboiVl trained to danc? deeds In wildest in north and south. Assert Its stem contempt for tyrants' creeds And win its freedom at tho cannon's mouth. I see thy ship of state, with gleaming prow, l'ast rocks and shuals of danger proudly eail. Through storms to where the sunny rays endow Us wings ith lljzht, as they embrace the gale.

I see thy earnest sons with nerve and brain pllft thy standard to the Btarry sties, Bevond the reach of selfish, sordid staip, 1 huigais to which but dreams immortal rise. I see tho thousands throng this SAcred fane Tho focus of the nation's rays of ItgM; I heir the evhoes that hero yet remain Of words of grendour and resistless might. I see you lantern sway the humnu tide The ebb ind now of l.fe within the street As nightly Luna sways the sprites that ride Tho foaming steeds ot ocean at her feet. I turn my gaze across Potomac's banks lo Arlington's enflowered and silvan height. And see the spectral file3.

the ghostly ranks, Kesume their marches utbe skies of night. Then toward the North, where, in the leafy glades. The worn, spent soldier dreams his twilight hour. I see dim shades of troopers draw their blades And form beneath the battlemented tower. Then toward the Orient, where the sloping lawn Displays its burden to the weeping tide.

And tender, rosy rays of early dawn Light up the graves of heroes who have died; There, wbeto the stars of legislative halls. And pUnet3 of the fields whence foemen fled. Their light have hurled, as the meteor falls, 1 see the congress of the nation's dead. As opes tho lovely cactus fcloom of night. That like a spirit bursts its calyx fold.

They burst the bonds of earth and rise in light As brilliant as the eve-star's rays of gold; And there the soldier nnd the statesman stand And point to paths alone the astral ways The guardians of the future of the land The apotheosis of bygone days. The noble hero deadl Hew well they keep The vigil that averts the threatened blichp The watch and ward that saves when else might sleep, A nation's sontinels through dangor's night. Their monuments proclaim her peerless fame; The tablets of her glory mirk their graves; The lessons of the past live In each name Engraven on the tombs of fallen braves. Then bring tho beauties of fair Flora's bowers And mark their resting place with loving hand And tears that fall, far sweeter than the dowers. To freshen sod that holds tho hero band; And let their story live in silver song That through the coming centuries shall ring.

And sweeter grow as cyclos pass along And teach the world tho chords that angels sing. WhT YVc Smile. 'I seo that Major Handy was in Xow York a few days ago," said tho exchange editor. "With Kohisaat?" "Yes." "Ah," said Scintillating Blade, "just like the Coxeyities, since he stuck to the commissary." 'ioledo Blade. He They nt the seaside.

Thon commenced an acquaintance that would soon have ripened into love. But She But what? He They married. Yogue. Her voico is very sweet nnd clear Melodious and low. And all sho said I loyed to hear, Until she told mo 4no." Harper's Bazar.

Giles Did ha tell you he couldn't speak French? 31errltt Xo. Giles Then how did yon know? Merritt He spoke some. She You shouldn't make a face even when you have found a bad oyster. It shows very bad taste. Ho Yes; I think it does.

Frank Leslie's Weekly. I toother to the play one night It cost mo dollars four. And then I found, to my delight, She'd been there twice before. Llfel He loves to rise at carlv dawn When others love to lie. This is tho finest time for him.

Because ho 13 a fly. Cincinnati Tribune. Cynic High society i3 the only society that really prevents cruelty to children. Binnick How do you make that out? Cynic It considers it expedient for them to be born. Wiggins And do you think that Skinflint is a miser? Drump Miser! Why, that man would propose to a woman by postal card.

Truth. Bicycles for Letter earners. It is probable that Postmaster General Blssell in a few days will grant permission to Postmaster Hesing, of Chicago, to advance necessary money for equipping a few of his letter carriers with bicycles. The money used is to be a loon to the men. to be finally re-, turned to the government in installments.

The postmaster in a recent communication suggested that a port of the car-fare allowance be used for the purpose, on the ground that too much time is lost in waiting orxars in going to and from the outlying districts. fin IdeallyToId Story (By the New York Sua NoETnponT, L. May 31. On on easy bed of leaves heaped up by a friendly wind 1-year-old Eddio Nichols, who strayed from his mother's care on Monday morning, was found about 2 o'clock this afternoon in a clump of woods two miles west of his home. He bad been gone in all about eighty hours, but his little heart still beat despite his terrible exposure.

Sentinel-like, two great bleak oaks stood watch over tbe lonely bed of the little wanderer. Their wide-spreading branches aided In protecting him from the Scree storm which filled tho woods with weird noises and made the groat trees sway and groan. Ouly the back of the baby's head and shoulder and an edge of his scarlet dress peeped out from the forest bed. It was this that attracted tho attention ot Stockton Van Brunt, who, on a sudden Impulse, had quit his dinner table at his home on the Jericho turnpike and started out alone to scour this particular patch of woods. The child lay face downward.

Brushing aside the leaves, Mr. Yan Brunt disclosed the little form lying motionless, as If dead. The scarlet skirt was torn and soaked with. rain. One chubby hand was raised ta If to v.i pea tear from, the pole face.

Mr. Van Brunt gently raised tho numb form and turned tbo face to view. Almost instantly the lids quivered, and slowly opening, two blue eyes tilled with intelligence gazed wistfully into tho face of the rescuer. Mr. Van Brunt's heart leaped with joy.

and clasping the child to his breast, as if to infuse his own life into the tired baby, he started hot foot for the road. Still clasping his burden closely Mr. Tan Brunt continued bis race until be ar rived breathless at Mr. Nichols farmhouse. On tbe way he had met other searchers, who, speeding ahead, told Mrs.

Nichols the news, bhe met Mr. Van Brunt at tha door and snatched the baby from his arms. The house was filled with gladness, and Mrs. Nichols was beside herself with joy. While a messenger on horseback dashed off at full speed for Dr.

Ross at Brentwood, four miles away, efforts were made to revive the rescued boy. He recognized his mother nnd several times tried to speak to her, but failed. Warmth was gradually infused Into the body, which was blue from the feet up. His companion, a shepherd dog, licked one of the little limp hand3. "Poor Sheppie.

Poor Sheppie," lisped the brave little fellow. Then how they worked over him. The doctor came at last and helped, and after a while they tucked the little chap warm and safe in a crib, with his mother on guard to rock him to sleep. Dr. Ross was very strict in tho orders he left.

Under no circumstances was any one to be permitted to speak to the baby, and he was to be fed a few spoonfuls ot prepared food at intervals. The doctor is afraid the long strain may injure the active brain that guided the restless feet of the little runaway. It is an old-time farmhouse on the Hunting ton turnpike in Commae, five miles south of this village, that the urchin gladdens with his merry life. His father is Daniel M. Nichols.

Besides Eddie there are Henry, 12 years, May, 6. and a one-month-old baby. Thomas Daly, Mrs. Nichols's brother, and John Daly, ber father, are making their home there for the nresent. While alternating between the room of her baby and the dining room thbj after noon Mrs.

Alcnois tola tne story 01 tnecnua disappearance and tbe long, anxious search for him. On Monday morning, In company with his sister May and the dog, the baby went out to play in a small patch of grass, inclosed by an ordinary rail fence, near the house. It was soon after 3 o'clock that May clambered over the fence and returned to the bou-e for a drink. "I'm going for a drink, baby," sho said; "stay here." But tbe active little urchin was not disposed to heed his sister's advice. Creeping underneath the lower rail he gained his freedom and was scon on the great turnpike.

With his scarlet skirt fluttering In the morning breeze and his flaxen hair glimmering In the sunlight bravely the little traveler started out on a trip of exploration. A plenty of daisies and iohnny jumpups sprinkled the roadside. On le went Irom one cluster to another, heedless ot time or distance. Ten minutes alter be had slipped out under the bars his sister ran screaming iuto the house: "Oh, mamma, mamma, baby's gone! baby's gone!" Mrs. Nichols ran to the door.

La Tain her eyes scanned the roadway and woods for sight of a sturdy baby with flaxen hair and a crimson skirt. Only the echo answered her anxious calls. Mr. Nichols was away on business in Ohio, but the baby's brother Henry and uncle Thomas and grandfather were at work in tbe field a little distance from the house. They were summoned and hastily started off In different directions in search of the child.

Mrs. Nichols started out alarm the surrounding farmers. The flrst place she sought was John Carll's farm, half a mile away. Mr. Caril and his wife were both away and his larm bands were at work in the woods.

The frantic mother raced half a mile across plowed fleUs to Former Henry Wiggins' place. She says Mr. Wiggins was not disposed to aid her. He said he bad a garden to plant and also bad to make preparations forgoingto market the next day For tbe love of heaven, she says, she Implored him to help hor. Her prayer wa3 unavailing, and ho started across the fields for help from other sources.

In her chase over the rough ground she sprained her ankle and knee and it was with difficulty she retraced ber steps and reached home again. In the meantime the child's brother and uncle, who had ridden In different directions, aroused the farmers. Mrs. John Hubbs sent ber son Jesse. 14 years old, on his bicycle in search of help, and Fred Hall, a colored boy, mounted on Mr.

Strong's horse, galloped across the country. George Wade sent his men out to aid in "tho hunt, and William Wade posted sentinels nt intervals along the road and all through the woods at night. "It too dark to continue tho search," he said, "but we may hear the baby cry." It was Miss Lizzie Wade, 17 years old, who found the tiny footprints of the lost child in tbe soft earth of the turnpike and traced them patiently two miles down the road to where tne baby turned into the woods. Discarded bunches ot bowers at intervals along the roadway showed where the child had stopped to rest or play. On losing the footprints at theso placo3 Miss Wade patiently continued ber search until the broken thread ot the wanderer's journey was found again.

But at Duryea's woods the footprints ended. That same afternoon, when Mrs. Caril came borne and learned that a child was lost she started out with the searchers, carrying her baby in her arms. Her friends were finally almost compelled to use force in getting her back to her homo. Hundreds were scouring the woods that afternoon.

Some were afoot nnd others on horseback. A wild thunderstorm set in at 5 o'clock and continued throughout tbe greater part of the' night. It grew intensely cold, but the search wss kept up. Tho searchers divided into squads and tramped backed and forth through tangled woods and open fields. Volunteers from the neighboring Tillages flocked in, and by next morning the road In front of the Nichols farmhouso was lined with vehicle and horses.

Tuesday was clear and cold, and the search went on without interruption. All that day and the next eight the woods resounded to the calls oi searching parties. Wednesday was also clear. By this time Til-lagers for miles around were aroused, and fresh volunteers to replace those worn out by the long tramp came pouring in. Bain deluged the searchers again that nigbt, chilling them through and through.

When dawn broke this morning with -a cold and raw wind tho disheartened searchers began falling off. Mr. Van Brunt had aided in the search, but returned to his neglected work this morning. He has four children. While seated at tbo dinner table he thought of a clump of woods which ho felt sure had not been explored.

He left his dinner to set out for the place, and true to his presentiment found tbe child. Mr. Nichols, who was telegraphed to In Ohio, arrived hero this afternoon just in time to hear the good news. It is a happy family that sleeps in the old farmhouse to-night. Reading's Lovely Gins.

From the Reading (Pa.) Times. Beading enjoys the enviable fame ot being not only a charming place of residence, but as having a larger number oi pretty girls than are to be found In any other town in the world. Healthy, rosy-cheeked, well-developed girls are thoy, all curves and graceful lines, splendidly ample about and above their waists, which are those of the old Greek statues all eloquent of their splendid physical condition. If it bo true that modern erudition has succeeded In deciphering love lyrics that were sung 4,000 or 5.000 years ago on the banks of the Nile, it must hare been to the beauty of such girls as Beading possesses that Egyptian lovers manifested themselves in their tribute to the joyous andsplen-did harmony of triumphant nature is it was found In the palaces ot Assyria, and in the valleys of the Euphrates and the 'Tigris, among the most ancient and, perhaps, the gayest oi civilizations. GAMBLING IK CHICAGO Is an Open Game, and Anyone Can BuclC the Striped Beast.

Walk right in and lay down your bet like a little man. If you have a twenty to spare tho tiger will be glad to have it. If that is too stiff for you a dollar will be grabbed just as quickly, and if dollars are scarce put up a quarter. And if you are really "shy" a stack of pennies will not be refused. There was a time when tho man who wanted to buck the tiger bad to go about it diplomatically, says the Chicago Times.

He had to have introductions. He was obliged to do much parleying through a peephole with an abnormally suspicious Senegamblan watchman. Ho had a hard time to got Into tbe game, and when he got in he had to bo a real gambler and put up his money in large chunks. The houses were not skinning small fry out ot broken change, and their places were hard to And, too, for by agreement with the city authorities they hod to keep theta. out of sight where thoy could not tempt greenhorns and men of small means.

Then was the time when tbe tiger was regulated and bad to keep himself decently quiet. He was not allowed to sink his claws into boys and clerks who do not know the difference between a sequence flush and a "natural." But lt Is different now. The big games are running wide open, and they are not so big but thatthe dealers will recognize a bet of ujy sizo, even down to pennies. The green tabiu is accessible to school boys, poor workmen, out-of-town innocents, young fellowe who would never think of gambling if tsa temptation were not thrust right under their noses. It is not ncre-sary to make a big bet.

Every one of the big houses downtown ha opened an entrance right on tho street, and there is no limit top or bottom to the size of bets. Under the agreement by which tho city authorities permitted the better class of gambling-houses to exist they wero to all keep their entrance ways off tha public streets. They were to employ no cappers to seduce greenhorns into their places. No faro chips were to be sold for less tban 50 cents, and no roulette chips for ls than 25 cents So long as these rules were enforced tbe gambling-house were as good a3 clced except to regular habituesmen who cro able to tako care of themselves in the matter of gambling. Some of tho bigger ones, like Georgo Hanklns' plnco at 134 Clark street, boil to close up because they could get no alley entrance.

But somehow they are not enforcing those regulations now. Gambling is free to all. George Hankins has moved back to 134 Clark street and has opened a street door to his place at 174 Clark street. This Is tbe shop where Hankins took refuge when the order against street entrances went Into ef-fect He had his entrance here through tho alley opening on Monroe street. Then there is "Billy" bhnkel's shop st 170 Madison street.

Entrance broad and open, and woil lighted, is through Powers O'Brien's saloon. Harry YarneU's. John Condon's, the House of David, the C. Club," and tbe "Pickwick Club" are all running quite as openly. YarneU's den takes up two floors above his Clark streec saloon.

All these places are crowded every nigbt and part of every day. All sorts and conditions of men ore losing their money there now, and to suit the cheap crowds which are being attracted by tne wide-open bouses the big gamblers have set up all sorts of snide contrivances. Ot coarse thU happy freedom pleases tho gamblers. They do sot have so high a class of patrons as they once did and stakes do not run so high, but then they come a good deal oftener. The gambler wbo can play a cheap game is always ready to do it.

for te wins moro In the long run. Men who patronize the game and pnt up high stakes have an unpleasant habit of playing well enough to win. But tbe little fellows who bet a half dollar or so never win. That is, hardly ever. So the average keeper of a den prefers tho small fry.

Of course It is tough on the losers, but then the house cares nothing for that. Neither do the police, so for as appearanees go just now. i THIS BABY HAS TRAVELED. Only Two Years Old, It Hns Practlcnlly CIr enmnnvignted the World. There is a baby living at No.

93 Bremen street that has spent the greater portion of its brief existenco on railroad trains and 'on steamships, say3 the Cincinnati Inquirer. It has practirally circumnavigated the world and has been nn unconscious participant in several adventures and one romance, and, as matters are shaping, may expect to do more traveling at an early date. 0er two years ago Herman C. Liskemaa and hi3 young wile started from Berlin for this country to better their condition. On the way over a girl baby wa3 born to tbem.

and the little girl's advent was duly honored on board tbe steamer. Liskeman, shortly after his arrival in New York, wa3 stricken with typhoid fever and died. The widow thereupon went to relatives who had a farm near Los Angeles, CaL Three months In that glorious climate partially restored Mrs. Liske-man's health and spirits. She then accepted an Invitation from friends at San Francisco.

While there she was Introduced to Capt. John Bancroft, master of a ship that traded between Golden Gate and Sydney, Australia. The sailorsaw, loved, proposed, and was accepted, and when his ship, the Water Witch, next set sail southward his bride and his little stepdaughter were on board. At Sydney Capt. Bancroft received instruo tions to sail for the Brazils.

The baby in the meantime was thriving on sea air and fare. The Water Witch proceeded to one of tha Amazon ports, and while there Mrs. Bancroft caught yellow fever and died In a few hours. In spiteTof the loss ot its mother the baby grew and waxed fat. Capt.

Bancroft lavished on it all the love of a real father. The Water Witch next sailed for Liverpool, thence went to a Mediterranean port, returning to New York a year since. Captain Bancroft left the ship at that port and proceeded overland to Seattle, tho babe being with htm. On the way and when near Salt Lake City tho train was wrecked by a washout, but tbe child and its guardian escaped unharmed. A little later Bancroft was anpolntod commander of a ship that trades in tbo Gulf of Mexico.

He took the little one with him, but realizing that the climate might Injure its health, sent it North to the friends who now have it in charge in this city at tbo address given. EDISON ON COCKROACHES. How He Annihilated a Million of These Troublesome I'csts. From Donahoe's Magazine. While in the Western Union office In Boston Edison, liko a great many others on tbe night force, wns bothered by tho vast army of cockroaches thnt each night formed a hollow square, with the operators' lunch boxes on the Inside.

Ono nigbt while Edison was waiting for Washington to ftart tho newspaper special he conceived a plan to annihilate the cockroach horde. When he reported for duty the next night he was supplied with a quantity of tin foil and four or live yards ot line wire. Unrolling the tin foil and cutting two narrow ribbons from the long sheet, ho stretched them aronnd the tablo, taking care to keep them as near together as possible without touching, and fastening tbem into Eosition with some very small tacks. Then connected the ribbons of toil with two heavy batteries and awaited tbo result. Chief operators and all were interested, and little work was dono until tho advance guard of the cockroach army put in an appearance.

Now to complete the circuit and set this uniqua engine of death in operation it needed but a singla cockroach to cross the dead line. A bis fellow camo up the post at the southeast corner of the room and stopped for a moment. Then he brushed his noo with bis forelegs aid started. He reached the flrst ribbon in safety, but as soon as his fore-creepers struck the opposite or parallel Tlbbon over ho went as dead as a free message. From that time until after lunch the cheek boys were kept busy brushing the dead insects to the floor.

At midnight tbo cordon of defunct bugs around tbe table looked like a square made of an old rope. JSot the Old Racket. From the Detroit Free Press The susceptible yonng man had asked the girl to be his wife. "I am Tery sorry," tho said, "very, very sorry; but it can never be. I can be a sis" Els face grew hard.

"Letup on that, will yon. please?" he growled. "It's bad enough for a fellow to bo rejected, without having that sister racket fired at him." "I beg pardon," she smiled, coldly; "I had not intended anything of the sort. What I was going to say was that I would be a sister- in-law to you. For further particulars con- sun your gooa-iooEing orotner.

uooa morning." sey.tr laLr --'a EaSe 1 "Cgferfc.