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•€IENT DELHI.

Past Glory and Present AtS tractions.

(fakclarg or Indian Architecture—Dcsertad Ppity of Amber—I)r. Titluiiige'a Sermon for the l'ren

ntinuing his series of round the Id sermons through the press, Dr. Talmage, last Sunday, for his subject "Palaces in ia," the text being Amos iii, 10, store up violence and robtheir palaces." fore the first historian imposed his first word in clay or cut his^first word on marble or wrote his firfljt word on papyrus Delhi stood in Inttp, a contemporary of Babylon "(Nineveh. We know that Delhi jted longer before Christ's time pliiji we live after His time. Delhi laffoilt of the ruins of seven cities, -Wllich ruins cover forty miles with iwjfffcked temples, broken fortresses,

It tombs, tumble down palaces nan the debris of centuries. Ifflhere are a hundred things you flit to see in thiscitv of Delhi, but jitBlfee things you must see. The 'fijil thing I wanted to see was the 'GijShmere gate, for that was the it at which the most wonderful of daring which the world has seen was done. That was the point of the mutiny of 1857. •EMcity of Delhi has a cronulated (WW on three sides—a wall five and alga If miles long—and the fourth 3i$f$ °f the city is defended by the ___•!• Jumna. In addition to these $9 defenses of wall and water there 40,«»()() sepoys all armed, rwglve hundred British soldiers Were_to take that city. Nicholson, tfrSf immortal general, commanded them, and you must visit his grave befqro you leave Delhi. He fell leading'his troops. He commanded them even after being mortally vounded. You will read this inicription on his tomb: "John Nicholson, who led the aslault of Delhi, but fell in the hour of victory mortally wounded and died {3 September, 3S57, aged thirty-five fears.''

With what guns and men General ficholson could muster he had laid lege to this walled city filled with evils. What, fearful odds! Twelve undred British troops uncovered any military works to take a citv .irrounded by firm and high mason-7-pn the top of which were 114 Ms and defended by 40,000 foaming ijmvs. A larger percentage of rcSjps fell there than in anv great attle 1 happen to know of. The Hmt-iin percentage of the fallen asi|17-4S, but the percentage of was H7 !t. citv has ten "gates but the I amous is the one before which I stand, and it is called Cashgate. Write the words in red ecause of the carnage. Write [&Pjin letters of light, for the ilous deeds. Write them in let&f black, for the bereft and the

Will the world ever forget /ashmere gate? Limits. SalkHome and Sergts. Burgess, chael and Smith offered to ags of powder to the foot of ate and set them on fire, blowpen the gate, although they [die in doing it. There they jjo ifter sunrise, each one carrying containing twenty-four pounds I der and doing this under the the enemy Lieut. Home was •t to jump into the ditch, .^.^st'il! remains before the gate. 1 31f|ey go one by one falls under' ot and shell. One of the I ly wounded as lie falls hands of powder and a box of lueitches to another, telling him the sack, when with an extliat shook the earth for miles around, part of the

Eunere gate was blown into fragand the bodies of some of eroes were so scattered they ever gathered for funeral or monument. The British ushed in through the broken nd although six days of hard were necessary before the in conmlete possession, the as past. The Cashmere gate |||ihe capture of Delhi and all it wtaiped of palaces and mosques diitMasures was possible. :4ft j^pfljher thing you must see if you f^O-JDelhi, though you leave many g|unsoen, is the palace of the

Tt is an inclosure 1,000 §3'500. You enter through a hall nearly 400 feet long, if Florentine mosaic and walls Seraldcd and sapphired and j^ljimled and diamonded. I said grille. "Show us where once joa^e peacock throne." "Here he responded. All the rones^of the earth put together juld npt equal that for costiless brilliance. It had steps of sil§nd the seat and arms were of »ld. It cost, about $150,000,jstood between two peacocks, |thers and plumes of which

Bhioned out of colored stones. 9lp|hc throne was a life- size parout of one emerald. Above canopy resting on twelve of gold, the canopy fringed

Iris. Seated here, the empublic occasions, wore a containing among other the Kohinoor diamond, and Ire blaze of coronet cost $10,-

be peacocks that stood bethrone have liovvn away, ting al 1 the display with them, those white marble floors were leried with slaughter, and those proQins ran with blood, and that

Eden has had its flowers wither and its fruits decay. I The third thing vou must see I or never admit that you have been in India is the mosque called Jumma

Musud. It is the grandest mosque I ever saw except St. Sophia at Constantinople, but it surpasses that in some respects, for St. Sophia was originally a Christian church and changed into a mosque, while this of Delhi was originalh' built for the Moslems. The erection of this building required 5,000 laborers for six years. It is on a plateau of rock, has four towers rising far into the heavens, three great wateways inviting the world to come in and honor the memory of the prophet of many wives, fifteen domes, with spires gold I tipped and six minarets. What a built up immensity of white marble

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and red sandstone! We descended the forty marble steps bv which we ascended aud took another look at this wonder of the world. As I thought what a brain the architect must have had who first built that I mosque in his own imagination, and as I thought what an opulent ruler that must have been who gave the order for such vastness and symmetry, I was reminded of that which perfectly explained all. The architect who planned this was the same man who planned the Taj—namely,

Austin de Bordeau—and the King who ordered the mosque constructed was the King who ordered the Taj— namely, Shah Jehan. As this grand mogul ordered built the most splendid palace for the dead when he built the Taj at Agra, he. here ordered built the most splendid palace of worship for the living at Delhi. Two hundred and eighty years ago Austin do Bordeau and Shah Jehan quit this life, but their work lives and I bids fair to stand until the continents crack open and hemispheres go down and this planet showers other worlds with its ashes,

As that night we took the railroad train from the Delhi station and rolled out through thecitv now living over the vaster cities buried under this ancient capital, cities under cities, and our traveling servant had unrolled our bed, which consisted of a rug and two blankets and a pilI low, and as we were worn out with the sightseeing of the day and were roughly tossed on that uneven Indian I railway. I soon fell into a troubled sleep, in which I saw and beard in a I confused \vu3r the scenes and sounds of the mutiny of 1857 which at Delhi wc had been recounting, and now the rattle of tiie train seemed to turn into the rattle of musketry, and now the light at the top of tiie car deluded me with the idea of a burning city, and then the loud thump of the railroad brake was in dream mistaken for a booming battery, and the voices at the different stations made me think I heard the loud cheer of the British at the taking df the Cashmere gate, and as we rolled over bridges the battles before Delhi seemed going on, and as we went through dark tunnels I seemed to see the tomb of Huinayun in which the king of Delhi was hidden, and in my dreams I saw Lieutenant Rennv of the artillery throwing shells which were handed him, their fuses burning, and Campbell and Reid and

Hope Grant covered with blood, and Nicholson falling while rallying on the wall his wavering troops.

But the morning began to look through the window of our jolting rail car. and the sunlight poured in I on my pillow, and in my dreams I' saw the bright colors of the English flag hoisted over Delhi, where the I green banner of the Moslem had waved, and the voices of the wounded and dying seemed to be exchanged for the voices that welcomed soldiers home again. And as the morning light got brighter and brighter, and in my dream I mistook the bells at a station for a church bell hanging in a minaret where a Mohammedan priest had mumbled his call to prayer, I seemed to hpar a chant, whether by human or angelic voices in my dream I could not tell, but it was a chant about "peace and good will toman."

Halt here at what you have never seen before—a depopulated city, the city of Amber, India.

The strange fact is that a ruler abandoned his palace at Amber and moved to Jaipur, and all the inhabitants of the city followed. Except here and there a house in Amber occupied by a hermit, the city is as silent a population as Pompeii or Herculnaeum. But those cities were emptied by volcanic disaster, while this city of Amber was vacated because Prince Joy Singh was told by a Hindoo priest that no city should be iuhabited more than 1,000 years, and so the ruler 170 years ago, moved out himself, and all his people moved with him. You pass through the awfully quiet streets, all the feet that trod them in the days of their activity having gone on the long journey, and the voices of business and gayety that sounded amid these abodes having long ago uttered their last syllable. You pass by a lake covering 500 acres where the rajahs used to sail in their pleasure boats, but alligators now have full possession, and you come to the abandoned palace, which is an enchantment. No more picturesque place was ever chosen for the residence of a monarch. The fortress above looks down upon this palace, and the palace looks down upon a lake. This monarchial abode may have had attractions when it was the home of royalty, which have vanished, but antiquity and the silence of many years and opportunity to tread where once you would not have been permitted to tread may be an addition quite equal to the subtraction.

But what a solppin and stupendous

thing is an abandoned crfcyt While many of the people of earth have no roof for their heads, here is a wholo city of roofs rejected. The sand of the desert was sufficient excuse fo the disappearance of Iieliopolis, and the waters of the Mediterranean sea for the engulfment of Tvre, and tho lava of Mount Vesuvius for the obliteration of Herculancum, but for tho sake of nothing but a superstitious whim the city of Amber is abandoned forever. Oh wondcrous India! The. city of Amber is only one of tho marvels which compel" the uplifted hand of surprise from the day you enter Inia until you leave it. Its flora is so flamboyant, its fauna so monstrous and savage, its ruins so suggestive, its idolatry so horrible, its degradation so sickening, its mineralogy so brilliant, its splendors so uplifting, its architecture so old, so grand, so educational,so multipotent that India will not be fullv comprehended until science has made its last experiment, and exploration has ended its last journey, and the library of the world's literature has closed its last door, and Christianity has made its last achievement, and the clock of time has struck its last hour.

AXOTHEK FINANCIAL SCHEME.

Representative Culberson's J?Jan Kor Monetary Relief,

Washington Special Dec. 22.

The Democratic caucus having decided to practically abandon the financial scheme of Secretary Carlisle, Mr. Springer, Dec. 21, introduced a number of amendments, which will be acted upon in the regular course of Mouse business. Mr. Carlisle's plan being thus disposed of, new suggestions are constantly being made. Tho most popular and the simplest conies from Congressman Culberson, of Texas. Perhaps its simplicity is what, recommends it so strongly to members. It is generally admitted that something must be done to put a stop to the drain of gold and the repeated issues o.' bonds. Mr. Culberson addresses himself wholly to a remedy for this gold and bond situation." He does not propose to undertake, in this short session, a radical reconstruction of the currency system of the country. The thing to do, in the Texas man's opinion, is simply to get rid of the legal tenders "and Treasury notes which are being used over and over to draw gold out of the Treasury. His plan is to issue 2 per cent bonds to the amount of these legal tender and Treasury notes, about $500,000,000. These bonds will be made available for bank notes to their par value. The legal tenders aud Treasury notes will bo withdrawn. Their place will be taken by the bank notes. There will be no diminution of the volume of currency. The means of pulling gold from the treasury will be moved. The interest bearing debt will be increased only $500,000,001', and that at a very low rati of interest. The Government will be delivered out of the power of the gold seekers. Mr. Culberson does not claim that his plan is a panacea for all of the ills of the money system, but he does think it meets'the present difficulty. Many other congressmen agree with him. It looks very much as if after the holidays Congress will conclude that some such plan as this is about all that ought to be. attempted at the present time.

TIIE OUTLAWS' (IIUIST.MAS.

How the Itandils of Indian Territory Amused Themselvos,

Little Rock, Arl ., Special, Dec. 27,

Travelers reaching Little Rock from the Indian Territory tell a thrilling tale of experience Christmas day in that land of outlawry. Capt. B. B. Bouldin, a well-known revenue agent, came through from Kansas City, and encountered such an unenviable experience that he will not soon forget the manner in which he spent Christmas day in 1804. The passengers on the Kansas & Arkansas Valley passenger train that day were entertained in a manner they might have read about but had never before experienced. One-half the Territory seemed to be frenzied with drink. At every station where the train stopped drunken desperadoes armed to the teeth got on board and punctuated their yells with rifle and pistol shots. The trainmen were, of course, powerless, being completely at the mercy of the desperadoes, who value human life as light as a dog's, and who would resent the slightest objection to their revelry. The outlaws shot their pistols from the car windows and from the platforms, and gave emphasis to their revelry by protracted yells. Thoroughly cowed by the numerical strength and bloodthirsty appearance of the revelers, the passengers kept themselves under cover, heads down in their seats, fearful every moment of a flying bullet. A tali, lank, cadaverous looking fellow sauntered up to Captain Bouldin and announced in stentorian tones that "Christmas comes but once a year and the boys propose to have a good time." Inasmuch as the fellow ijonv phasized his declaration at the muzzle of a pistol, Captain Bouldin waived the formality of an argument on the premises and conceded the correctness of the position assumed by "the boys."

The value of the leaf tobacco exported bv this country in 1890 was $20,G40.000.

SUPT. BYRNES RESIGNS. |. MISS POLMIffS MHEST,

The Famous New York Chief of Police Steps Down.

P*rkhurst Charged •'UbhI" Hotwcei the Lexow Committee aud the Superintendent—New Vlias«a of the Great Inquisition.

The Lexow investigation at New York, came to an end, Saturday eveninir. Superintendent Byrnes was the star witness of tho last session. At the end of his oxanimation, ho handed a letter to Chairman Lexow, stating that it was a cony ol a letter sent to Mayor-elect Strong. It was as follows:

Dear Sir—I appreciate as fully as any man can the tremendous responsibility that will come upon you when you assume the duties of mayor and undertake the reform of the various departments of the city government. 1 desire not to tie an obstacle or an embarrassment to you in anything that you may propose to do with this police department. On the contrary, 1 wish to aid you in any way that I can. assume that you are now considering what action you ought to take at the outset, of your administration and what legislation will be required to make such action practical, I therefor now place in your hands my request to be rotired from the post, ol superintendent, to be used by you at any time after the lirst of .January as you se« lit. And let me further say that you may be entirely free to command my services, advice, and information at any time in regard to the affairs of the police department. with which I have been so long connected. Your obedient servant,

Thomas Byknkh.

Mr. Myrtles lias been continuously connected with the police department of New \ork in various capacities for thirty-twu years.

Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, Monday, gave to the press a lengthy statement concerning the resignation of Superintendent Byrnes, lie reviewed the course of the Lexow rommittee from beginning to ond. and said that the investigation had been thorough until the crisis—tho examination o! Stipt. Byrne?—was reached, when it was apparent that an effort to shield the Superintendent bad been made for reasons 5est known to the I.exow committee. Dr. I'arkhurst, proceeded at great length to 'xplain the equivocal positions of MrHyrnes and the committee, and practically .•harged the Superintendent with being responsible for all the short comings and .'orruption that had been unearthed by :he protracted Investigation of the Lexow Senate Committee. Dr. l'arUhurst insinuates in his statement that there was a "deal" between Supt. Byrnes and the :ominlttee because llyrnes aided the an-li-Tainmany forces at the November ilection, and bethinks Byrnes was saved Tom exposure on account of his serviceigainst Tammany.

Chairman Lexow of tho. committee was ihown the letter of Dr. l'arkhurst, and laid that he had expected such charges rom Dr. J'arkhurst. because the commitee had done its work so thoroughly that I'arkluirst would have, nothing to uo in he future but preach tho gospel. His ocmpation as a great reformer was gone, (n short I'arkluirst. was jealous. As fai is the committee's attitude toward the Superintendent was concerned, Mr. (ioiT iaid ho would have something to say in the future.

Ex-Senator Piatt was interviewed at iVilkesbarre, I'a,, on the I'arkluirst letter ind said that the Kev. Doctor was honest but visionary, and was suffering from a swollen head at this time. In reference to Supt. Byrnes' resignation. Mr. 1'latt, said: "I do not believe Mayor Strong will accept, it,. Byrnes is to valuable a man to use, and when the department is reorganized he will tie at the head of it. think.''

A RICH MAN DIES.

Ex-Senator James (i. I'air, of California, lied at, San Francisco, Friday night, Dec. .'S. Mr. Fair had been sick for some time, but the serious character of his ailment had been kept, secret from his friends and his death was a surprise. Senator Fair leaves an estate valued at $-l0.l)0J,O )o, the, bulk of which has been made in stock speculations in the past nine yeai s. Tiie property is disposed of by will, and it is '.mdorstoou that all of his children will share alike, althoug a few years ago he IrewawiH disinheriting his son Charles because of a disgraceful marriage. James U. Fair was born in Clougher, county Tyrone. Ireland, in lSlil. His parents emigrated to America in settling in Illinois. Young Fair was attracted to California in tSl'.t. where he engaged in quartz mining. His mastery of tk: business prozured him the superintendence' of various properties in different, parts of the State. In ISliO Mr. Fair went to Nevada, where his talent for engineering and mining proved the basis ol his fortunes. With J. W. Mackay,' J. C. Flood and \V, S. O'Hrien, he formed the famous bonanza firm. Mr. Flood was re lied upon to socure the properties from which such enormous wealth was to be drawn. Various mines werei acquired, which afterward constituted the Virginia Consolidated and California Mines. Millions and millions ilowed into the coffers of the tirm. Mr. Fair continued his minute supervision of the work, going down to tho lowest levels of the mines. So much exposure, seriously impaired Ills health, and. in 1S7D, he, was obliged to take a sea voyage. He sailed around the world, returning to Nevada when the canvass of IS80 was at its bight. He became a candidate for United States Senator and was elected, serving one term. In 1SS3 hii wife, whom he had married when he was a poor maa got a divorce from him and was allowed $4,000,MX) alimony.

Mr. Glhdstone celebrated his eightyfifth birthday at Hawarden. December 21). Queen Victoria and the I'rince of Wales sent their congratulations. A delegation of Americans from London and Paris presented Mr. Gladstone with a magnificent chalice as a token of their regard.

Owing to the snow-drifts, many parts of Crawford county roads have become dangerous. Walter Bobinson, while en route from tho Grantsburg neighborhood to Taswoll with a wagon load of passengers, drove over a cliff, a fall iof thirteen feet. No one was seriously hurt, but Itobjnson and his mulo9 were not released foi pearly live haurs, and all of the persons, especially two children, suffered from exposure.

Tho cold wave of Dec. 27,28 and 29 was general throughout the country and was ^specially severe throughout tho south, ^t New Orleans tho tiimnurature was the lowest experienced in many years.

SHio Is Not cGoIng to- Appear" II of ore Chi' Public lu Any. KapoeUy.

A New York special, Dec. 28, savs Statements have Ween inavte that Mad line Pollard intended to goupon the stagi, and in person or by attorney she proposed' following Congressman' lfreckinridg^ about the country to levy upon, the proceeds of his lecture tour, just begun Prompted by this .and other statement)'. Miss Pollard has requested the Associate) Press to glvo publicity to the following:

I have not wanted to make a statement of any kind. I could not see that what did was of Interest to the people general!rso I have tried to bear all that lias be. said of me as apart of the punishment fni my iailure as a man. Within tho last few days the impression has gone abroad that I am under an assumed name that am friendless and not sutliciently provide for, and that I am in Washington to-dav If ever a woman had friends, great anj true, men and women, it is 1. I will nu' believe that men refuse to give my brotheemployment because of my broken lil'n Nearly half of America has wanted employment this year. 1 am not going befor" the world in anv capaeitv. I have n, message to carry. I have asked a quey. tlon with my life it cannot bo aoswerei in a day.

I have no theatrical friends: I have never been situated so 1 could have. Tliei: world is far removed from mine. 1

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quietly in a private hon.,e with my broth, er and Southern friends. I do not, believe then? is a. man or woman on earth who thinks there is monev compensation for sorrow. 1 siin sorry if for any reason whatsoever. I am accused of realizing so little the enormous sorrow that overshadows my life.

I am not under an assumed name 1 have not been in any nlaee where I not well known. 1 do not mean to Kj while I live. 1 have stained mv dear father'ssfotless name and with the' Christ power 1 shall light from under the stain.

A DOL'BTITL REVENUE.

Tilt! iovcrnmeiit l,lull« to It« Vrrj ISaril I

Washington dispatches state that, it the general impression at the capital that the income tax will not be collected, as the limit set for payment is June 3'). Before that time measures for the relief of the Treasury must lie taken and it, is believed that tlii! income tax law will be repealed ami more satisfactory measures for producing revenue substituted. No legislation, such as has been proposed by Secretary Carlisle, is expected from the Fiftyri'hird Congress and it is now thought that an extra session of the Fifty- Fourth Congress will lie called immediately after the. 4th of March. The Treasury is likely to be so situated that the administration will be compelled to agree t,o tho reoeal of the income tax law and almost, any other conditions that the incoming Republican Congress may see fit to impose.

POPULIST CONFERENCE.

The National Commit,tin- of the Peoples party met in conference at. St.

Louis,

DecGen J. I!. Weaver was elected temporary chairman. Two hundred delegates were in attendance. .1, S. Coxev made an address on his noil-interest bearing bond plan. Resolutions requesting tin* United States Senate to ascertain whether the people of Alabama were living under a Republican form of government, were parsed. An Indiana delegate reported great advancement in Populist principles in that state. A resolution condemning Judge Woods as "one whose record is a stain upon the judiciary of the country," was passed after a heated dehate, aud the imprisonment of Debs et, al was denounced as an invasion of the right uf free men to a trial by jury.

ALBERT GALL ASSIGNS.

Albert Gall. Treasurer of State. Dec. 2!), transferred all his real and personal property to A. Seidenstieker and F. M. Bachman, trustees, to lie held as security for •5(55,000, which Gall's bondsmen have advanced in order to enable the Treasurer to make full settlement when lie retires' from oflice. The ?r,5.(HKi represents the, money Mr. Gall had on deposit In the Indianapolis National Bank at the time of its failure in July. lS'.KJ. Mr. Gail's private business lias also been in a failing condition for some time.

OTHER NEWS ITEMS.

The report of the trustees for the Southern Hospital for tin Insane has been filed with the Governor. Expenditures for improvements for tin- past two years were ?111,078."s. Immediate action to provide more room is urged upon the Legislature, present, buildings being inadequate. K\'-, penditures for iiiaintainanec during the past two years were Sl'U.lMi'j.'j.-i yearly cost of patients per capita. $!S".i)7. Superintendent Thomas reported that the average number of patients during the two years was and that the number at the end of this fiscal year was 423—207 men and 217 women. The recoveries of tiie total number admitted from '!2 to 'IK! were fa tier cent., and of the total number treated II! per cent. The past year the recoveries were 54 and 11.-1 per cent, respectively, the average for the two years being, on numbers treated 23.2 on numbers admitted 5S.5 per cent. Ho reports that In the institution the cases are largely incurable.

The steamship Lucanla, Dec. 2!i, took out from New York 535,000 ounces of silver.

Governor Flower has set his foot, down emphatically on the granting of pardons to any person convicted of election frauds.

Wm. D. Owen, who will take his seat as Secretary of State, Jan. 17, has appointed Swift Wright, editor of tiie LogansporO Journal, as his assistant.

A dispatch to the London Times from Cape Town says it is reported from Deiapoa Hay that rebellious natives attacked two Portuguese gunboats on the Iticomati river, arrested their iprogr.-Sv, and killed the. officer in chief command.

The Republicans claim that they will be abl3 to organize both brandies of tho Colorado Legislature.

A Chicago company proposes to furnish New York city with illuminating gas for 90 cents a thousand and fuel gas for 75 cents.

Sir John Thompson. Premier of Canada, died a poor man. llis whole estate is valuod at $2,751.

A serious gas explosion occurred in Milo Zee's barber shop at Elwood, Saturday night. Six persons were seriously injured. The building was wrecked and the furni ture and fixtures demolished. I^oss, 94,000.