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HUSBAND AMD WIFE. Husband Speaking: "It's the strangest thing that ever I Knew, And the most provoking, 'twixt me and you And a woman who got a man like me, A good provider, and steady and free With all her folks, with funds salted down. And as floe a house as any In town. To be lamentlug 'cause one child in ten Ain't quite as good as he might have been. 'It's a pretty good showing, it seems to me, Thatonly a tenth ol the lot thru id oe A little oil color, aud teat's what I say To their motoer twenty Urne a day ; But I can't make her see It in that lieht, ana sue listens and waits night after night For the sound of his step, till I grow so wild That 1 almost curse both mother and child. "She ought to lire for the others, you know. And let the tormenting vagabond go And foilow his ways and use the painBut I turn him out and she calls him again. This makes a hariinea between her and me, And the worst oi Is. the children agree That I m la the riant. You d pltty her tfcea Such times I think I'm the meanest oi men. I't argued and scolded and coaxed without end; Her answer is always: My boy bssone friend as long as I live, and your charge is untrue That my heart Isolds co equal lote for you And all i he rest. But the one tone ss;-ar Meeds me the most, and you'll find 'tis the way Of all mothers to hold close to the one Who harts her the most, bo loves work is done.' "Now what can I lay to such words as those? I'm not convinced, as tbe history shows. But I ot;en wonder which is rUht. fcs I hear her step night after night Here and tbere, to the window and door. As atoe waita wltn a heart that is heavy and sore. I with tbe toy dead, while she gives her life To save him from sin. There's hutbandand wife." -Cardiff Mail. HETA VYOODRUF. BT HKS. ADDIS DallCH FBA3C 'Dar papa, I have come to ask you for a holiday. I am tired of study and long for a day in the woods, to .gather wild flowers and listen to the song of the merry birds," said Ifeta Woodruf, a girl of almost seventeen, with golden hair, which fell in airy ringlets oxer her well-formed shoulders; large, soft, yet langhing brown eyes and a sweet little month, which was ever ready to be kissed. But,my child." "Don't say no, papa, 30a dear fellow; yen must not," he interrupted. "I wai going to say that this is the anniversary of your mother's death. It is five long years ago to-day since God called ber away f rem us. Do you think it would te right to spend this day in romping through the wood?" Mr. Woodruf said, slowly paciDg the floor. "I had forgotten all about it. No, dear papa, 1 shall not go, but will remain with you all day," she answered, placing her arms around her father's neek and imprinting a kits on his forehead. "Thank you, little one; I could not be happy without you," he said, taking his daughter on his knee, patted and caressed her as if she were a babe. He was indeed handsome, this tall, pertly built man, with black piercing eyes and black hair mixed with gray. He were a mustache and side whiskers. Woodruf Hall, which had as far back ss any one could remember belonged to the Woodrufs, was a grand old place, not many miles from New York. The Hall was built in the centre of a large park, surrounded by trees and almost covered with ivy. A. porch with massive stone pillars extended the whole length of the house in front and at both sides. At the time my story begins, the flowers were all in bloom, the trees were thick with foliage and everything was in perfect order. What a beautiful place in which to spend the summer. Intide, everything was old but grand, and spoke of wealth and laxurj. Surely the inmates of such a place must be happy. As my readers already know, Mrs. Woodruf had been dead five long years. Meta waathelx only child and was left tobe brought up by her father. Mr. Woodruf wonld not allow his daughter to be sent away to school, but hired the best geyernesses and teachers be could find for ber; the result was, that at seventeen she was well educated, accomplished in everything and iust a little spoiled by her father. "Papa,do not forget that to-morrow is my birthday. Oaly think, I shall be seventeen. I am getting old, am 1 not? 'she said, with a sober face. ' I do not think so; but what would you like for your birthday ?" "A kiss and a promise," she answered gravely. "10a are very reasonable,! Utie one. Of the first. you shall have as many a you like. but I must know what the latter is More 1 accede to your requeet " "I want you to promise that you will ntvermarry Lina Mason." "Heta, I am surprised and . ashamed of you. I am my own man and will do as I think best," ha answered, rising and pacing the floor. -Forgive me, papa, but I can not bear to
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s e another in poor mamma's place. If you will only promise me this, I will remain at home with yoa always and do everything in mv iower to make you happy." ahe pleaded. "Nonsense, child; you will marry some gallant fellow one of these days and leave me. Beside, Lina is a noble woman and will try in every way to make you love her ani to make us both bappy," he said, taking Meta' a hands and gazing into her face with eyes beaming with love, such as only a true, loving parent can have for an only child. ' But. papa, she never did like me. and" "Hcsh, Meta," interrupted Mr. Woodruff "Nevertheless it is true, and, forgive me, papa, but I almost bate her." I am sorrvf bui you will have to make the best of it. as " He did not finish the seutetce, as at that moment a servant entered the room with the mail. "Is this ail, Jact?" "Yes sir," he answered, turning to leave the room. "Wait a moment. Jack; is Miss Mason in the study?'' "Indeed sah, I don't know as I hasn't been dar die mornin. " "Go see and tell ner yet, never mied, I will po myself " "Allright sah," Jack mumbled as he left the room. "Mets, I will go to the study for Miss Mason; yoa m'gut wait here for as. Oae kies little girl there, no do not poat," eayk g which he turned and iett the room hastily. Poor Meta, her heart was too sore, she could not speak, bat with a low piercing wail, threw herself into a chair and retted her head on her arms on the small ebony table at her ide In this position Eugene Hay found tbe little girl he loved eo dearly He was a tall, handsome man of two and twenty, with dark hair and mustache, and large eray eys which might seem very fierce looking at times, bnt which, at the preient moment, looked down upon the unhappy child with co much pity and tenderness. What is the matter, Me4a, Tell me my darling, why you are crying." "Oh Ensen! I am to unhappy. It seems to me as if yoa are n y only true friend." and she raised her hesd ar d looked up into his face, with eyes streaming with tears. "What has happened my darling, tell me, so that I may help to bear your burden? ' "Well, papa is going to marry Lina Mason and " "Your governess!" he exclaimed with amazement, interrupting Meta. "Yes What will I do then, Eagene? can not remain here. I almost hate her and she does the same with me. beside I could not endure the sieht of her in my mother's place." "Meta, I came here to-day to say good bye." he Baid sadly. 1 You are not going away from me. Eu gene?" "My father, as you inow, has been very ill. The doctors say that a sea voyagt,togeth er with a sojeurn in the southern part of France of a couple of years, may restore his health entirely. Duly, ss well as love, com pels me to accompany him." "1 can not stand all this: it will drive me mad." she cried. Poor Meta, if you knew what your troubles in the fature were to be. you would think the nresent trouble nothing in comparison "If 30a were not eo young, my darling, 1 would ask you to marry me atOLce and take you with me Be brave. Meta, for my sake, and wbea I return home we will both be haenv." "You are goiDg far away, Engene.and will meet many different persons. Perhaps acoon the many, you will find one whom you will love more than Meta " "That could net be possible. Here is my band, to you I swear eternal love. But, Meta. you will soon enter society, and, as all beau tiful weinen are, will be peüed and carested by many. Perhaps you mav tmet one whom you will luve more than Eugene." "You do not know me, Eugene; no, thAt coald never be. I may perhaps like to be admired by other meu, but remember in my heart, there is only room tor one man, and that is my noble E jgne. God bles yoa, Mets," he saiil, folding her in his arms and kissing her flashed cheeks And vou will always write to me, my darl ing. Every week I shall expect at least one letter and you shall have the same from me," "Ys, I will write regularly, and Engene. whe j you cease to write, I shall know that ycu love another," she aid very eruestly "Th uiails might miscarry or pet lost; wait until Ibree weeks have passed, then it you do net receive a Utter or I do not, all will be over between us. Bat, little one, I know that will rever be, foi my hart, my life, my soul even is yours." Wnat does this mean?" asked Mr Woodruf entering the room with Mia Maon j aet as Eugene was imprinting kiss after kiss on Meta'a rosy lips. "Excuse me, sir, I was jast bidding goodbye to this little girl I love so well," said Eagene, regaining his composure. fit seems so, sir. Meta. I am ashamed ot you io allow this," Mr. Wcolruf said angrily. "Paps I I ," "Never n iod, 'Meta. Mr. Woodruff. I have 'ovd your daughter always. I have asked ber to be my wife. I am going far away from here to-night, to be gone two years. Bbe has promised to marry me at the end of that time, with your consent, if she still loves me.' "Mr. Hay, your father and I have always been fast friends, and I like you very much. But Meta is too young to understand her own heart, therefore I think it wonld be best to leave this matter rest until you retarn. Allow me to present to you Miss Maien, my betrothed."
"Papa, papa," wailed Meta, "is u True at
a?t? Oh. Ocdl that I had died with my mother!' "Mets, remember me: live and make n t uapuy. Mt. i ouuruu, opens. , givo uic word of hope befoie I starton mv loDg k irney; say that your daughter may be my wife." pleaded Eoeene. "No. she shall never be vours, Neither of you has shown any respect for my wishes and I will have no e for yours." Eagene, I love my father, but no more than I do you. He has cnosen one whom be loves. to spend the remainder of his life with; why should not I do the same? Yoa and you only will I ever call husband. It was not necessary ior mm 10 asa me wnom he should marry, neither is it for me to ask him, after I am of age, yet I will, and will never marry you until he does give his consent " "That will never be. xou have refused to recognize this lady as your future mother, therefore I refuse tollsten to anytning yon have to say concerning Eocene Hay." "Call her mother, that woman, L.ina ma son. mv governess, wnowas always so unKind 10 rue ana woom i bjuuo&i ukic. -u, i i . 1 1 1 . O X- T can not call her mother. Bat. papa, I shall alwav love, honor and obey you, the same am T S-t a v t lAna 4n t Vt A V a "Mr. Woodruff, I am sorry your daughter has formed such a dislike for me. 1 shall try to win her love yet," said Lina Mason, meekly. "Meta," Interrupted Eagene, "I must go, as I have no more time to lose, imna or me often and do not forget to write .to me One kis there, farewell, my darling, aDd God bless you." "Farewell, my noble Eugene, remain true to your Meta," she sa;d, lookiDg up into his face with a sad attempt to siuile. "Good bye, Mr. Woodruff. I wish you and this lady much happiness." After saying this Eogene turned and left the room. Glancing back as he reached the door, he itave one last, loving glance at the girl he loved so well: a glance which she would never forget: a glauce which would bring her one moment of happiness in the long, weary months to come. Meta stood where Eugene naa leit ner, m l a afraid to turn toward her father, trembling in every nuio; it seemea as u ner uiuua was f a a. J 1 m 1 11... S A.I turnlDg cold, for she knew that her father was an erv with her. Ye, angry with bis only child, for tne hrst time in ner nie, and before Lina Mason, too. ttow tne wonin like to go to tbe window to catch or e last I . m . a 1 aaa I igiimp-e 01 ner lover oeiore ne naa goue ireui r. a m a. a . . .,..! ner, pernapa iorever. at nai, buuiiuuuu g up all her courage, she gained the window in time to receive a last salute with his hat, bat before she had time to wave her hand kerchief her father's voice interrupted her. ' Come here, Meta." "Yes. Daoa: in one moment." ' Come now; this instant; put down that handkerchief; I am glad the puppy has gone." Mr. vvooaruu eaia. angruy. "Papa, do not be angry witn me I" pleaded . . . a this wretched child. "For the first time in your life I shall be obliged to Danish vou in some way. Go to your room and remain there until I send for 1 a 1 A J vou. To morrow we will De marriea and sail for Earope at once. Of course you will accompany ns. No, I refuse to go with yon on suca aa journey." "l am sorry, but as oar piaus are already made, I can not change them. Have you nothing to say to Lina?' "what should I have to sav to one wno has robbed my mother ot her place in your heart and will soon do the same with me. It will not be long before yoa forget that yoa have a danghter, except when you see me "Miss Meta, perhaps 1 have not been as kind to you as I might have been, bat let the past be forgotten, let ns at last be friend?,'' interrupted Lina Mason. No, 1 decline the honor or accepting your friendship at present; all that depends upon your future conduct towards my father. lam going tj my room now, papa; it is not sucn a great Dunishment as von perhaps think it Kiss me just once, dear papa," she said, hold ing up her pretty mouth to be kissed. "No. not once: eo to your room." he said sternly. Pjor Meta, with large tears standing in her eyes, lips quivering aud a heavy heart, turned and left the room withoat saying anotner word. Ascending the stairs, covered with rich velvet carpet in which tbe feet seemed to sink several inches, she stopped and leaned against the massive balustrade. looked back towards the library as it expect ing her father to open the door and follow her. as if reoenting ot his unkindness to his only child. But alas! she has gained the last step and the door is not yet opened. one recognizes tor tne nrst urue in ner jue that he i no longer here alone; that anot&er has a claim upon mm. tutermgner room. she th.-ew herself into a large easy chair and moaned alOUd. "On, papa, papa, now COUld you be so unkind. I shall go mad ; Eagene gone aod papa to be married tomorrow. 1 mast not be left alone, unless I might. young as I am, commit some rash act. 1 vi 11 write for Genie to come to me at once." Taking her little ebouy and pearl desk into ber lap. a present frjm Eigene, she wrote to her cousin, Gertrude Harris, her im.iuer s uisier a cnuu. .1 1 . . AS ahe sat there, this DeaUtirUl gin, in ner room of bine and gold, what a lovely picture she made: a picture which any trne artist would have been delighted to transfer itb hiS bmsh tO CanVftS. Let U a be S impD'ite as to glance over her shoulder ana read wnai ne nas wrmen: uear cousin uertiei am having more trouoie man generally tans to tne 101 01 one bo young as i. toae to me, uertie; 1 nea w sm . a . . . your gentle soDthing words to res ire. n mj rebellious spirit. Do this, dear cousin, for one who loves you Vfry muco. "Your unhappy cousin, MiTA." After she had ticislied writing ber letter, she rang the bell for a servant, and in a few moments a laughing eyed, merry looking colored girl, abjut fifteen years old, made her appearance. "Did you ring, Missie?" she asked, balancing herself on one foot. "Ye?, Fio; give this letter to Jack; tell him to send it. immediately, and not let anyone see it under any circumstances. Do yoa understand?" "In couree I does. Am dar anytlng else I kin do fo' you? ' "Nothing, except to tee it dinner is all right" -Hain't you comln' down, Missie?" "I ihink not, as I am not feeling well.' Poor child, ahe would not stoop to say one word against her father. "Do master know it? ' continued the inqa'sitlve Flo. "Yep, Flo, bnt do not mention anything abut me to him. There now, run along as as I want my letter to go off," auswered the weary girl. Flo loved Meta as did all the other eer vanta at Woodruf Halt How could they do otherwise when she was always kind to them. Meta's horse, a beautiful white animal, was always kept iu readiness tor his mistress. She would jump into her saddle, and followed by old Pete, the stableman, but more often accompanied by her father or Eagene. would ride for miles and miles. never tiring of the healthful exercise or of admiring the beautiful scenery. Bat now as she sst there alone in her room and seeing Pete exercising her horse. she thought of those happy days which were gone. Who would ride with her while La gene was gone and her father's time occu pied with another? When dinner time came
dainty meal table before which she sprsad on a small Meta "I does hope, Miss Meta, dat you'll eat all
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for yonr sake; take it away, child, I can not eat to-day," said the weary girl. "Uat yo' papa n reel so had er you don eat. Try, honey, fo' his sake," pleaded Flo. "Sit down, Flo, and eat it yourself: he will never know the difference." "Oh. MIsaie, I couldn't tink of such a ting-" You must, Jblo: it you love me you will not refuse.' urged Meta. "All right. I'll do it." Sitting down, she soon devoured the dainty meal, nor did she stop talking all tbe while. "Deysay datyo' papa am gwine to marry ole Mason. '8cuse de language. Miss Meta, but am it de truf?" "Yes. it is only too true; they are to be married to-moirow, and I hope you will re greet and otey her slightest command and be as faithful to her as you have been to me, as she will be your mistress." "xou don't know me, Mispia, I hate ole Mason a I dees p'ieon. I will ueber stay hesh another day. I'?e gwice ter strike when she begins her rulin. an' all de rest on de niggabs am, too," saia Flo. shaking her wooly head and showing an eitra amount of the whites of ber eyes. "You must not, Flo. What will I do without you? Only premise that you will remain a few week longer; then if you do not agree with her you can go.' "All right, I'll tell de rest on dem what you say, an' I know dey'U stay out on pure lobe fo you. 1 mus go now," she said, bal anciDg the tray on her fingers, and left the room singing At supper Flo reappeared with another dainty meal, bnt as compelled to eat it herself again, except the tea, which Meta drank. Meta spent the evening alone. Poor girll how wretched she was! 8be could hear Lira Mason playing on the piano and singing for hr father: and often did she hear the deep bas of hr father's voice, mingling with bis companion's soprano. Oh! Meta, why do you not doe y ur eyes and dream of your lover, who is at this very moment etepping m . . m m . . . m aboard tne iaruous star, to sail lar awav from you? She did think of him, but not as -he would if those voices were not ringing in her ears It was midnight when she allowed Flo to assist ber to undress, and it was morning - . ' . ü when she cIoen her eyes and slept a restless. m jeverisn sleep, dreaming 01 ner 10V-r, who wa8 go many miles out at eea; of the lover who had left her home with so little hope ot a happy reunion, unless the father of the woman he loved relented of his unjust an s wer. bhe also areamptot the woman whom rate naa ordained snouia wreck ner youDg life. Meanwhile, Mr. Woodruf had beenenjry ing nimsen in tne society ei the woman a ) j a m . whom on the morrow would be his bride But was be perfectly happy ? No; he could n jt induce his mind to stray for one moment from bis beautiful child whom he bad ban hthed from bim or oas day. He loved Lina . . . . w Mason, but bad he been compelled to re lioquish one, it most assnredly would have been Lina. lie felt a sense of some coming evil, bat tried to drive it away with the thought that after he was married Meta would be her old self once more. That night he retired to his room, not to rest, for try as he wonld, sleep would not come to his eyes, and he resolved, if God let him live nntil morning, to make amends to Meta for his nnkindneps. Mr. Woodruf had been secretly engaged to Lina for three months, but concluded to wait until after the fifth anniversary of his wife's death to be married; yet as tbe Ihne drew near for his wedding his mind dwelt more upon Meta s mother than it bad for months, and he often wondered if he was ot half reereitlne hia comln marriaee Meta bad noticed her father's quiet devotjon an(i anusaal gallantry to Lina, but Baid nothing to him abuut it until the day before his wedding was to take place. At times she bad tried to think she was doing a great wrong; perhaps her great love for him caused her to be jealous of his attentions to anyone but herself But she saw him place bis arm around Lina s waist one cay, when they were walking in tbe park, and knew that her suspicions Lad not been wrong. Let us now peep into tbe room of Lina Mason, who in a few short hours will be Mrs. Woodruf and mistress of this grand old place, tine was sitting at her desk writing a letter: after she had finished she reid it aluud. and this is what we heard: "Dear Arthur For years I have watched and waited for yoa Dat au ja vain. Our correspondence mast terminate here. As much as I love u0n 1 C9.n never be mere to you than I am nilw. Vnn a fr to wd whom von niease. t morrow I shall marrv a man whom I do nft Iovp hnt who ran snorlir mv .TArv want and wish, rarewell, Arthur, and may you some day be more bappy than your unfor tunate Lina." After folding and address ing her letter, she paced the floor the re mainder of the night. I heard her mutter lug to herself. Clenching her smalt fist, she said: ' I will make this place a hell fur her; hA Brornr ri mv ntTer of fHpnnMiin now h. . - - r , find in m her moat h ttr enemv " 1 ln- M.onn w.a ahnnt thlrtv -opara of aire 0f medium h-ight and rather "fleshy, with ramalnro vrv hairs Ann dark- bin MM. 3 was nol prettyt bllt 7erv attractive, and l-.? n.atlv dreased in heavv btark fijr whlch Flo 8be b'lieved would 6:n' Inn' in tha crann nln4 hull ihpr vee t thre n,nn. -hll aa tinr ,un that nlcrl.t hnt n w mv - " neithr knew that the ether was awake. We v.ii i.aTe ttem all vrv a:d womoat: two. who hid not cloPf d their eve daring the entire night, wh'le the third had just fallen asleep at daybreak. TO BE COMCSCXD J In Church. The solemn organ tone Brougoi vision of tbfe Throne; The Mcr Word ccmvictic n stirred. And cade life's purpose known. Then a sweet, soulful voice, Calling to wisdom choice, Fell on the ear all soft and clear, Making the heart rejoice. Oh, guileless roalJen heart, VN here hatt ttiou pained tbi art? Kt all the schools, with learned rules. The teeret could Impart. ßhe only ray Inspire To loulest Ot-tlre, Whose cwu high aim has caught the Came From Ueaveu's pure altar Are. J. W. Walton. In the Current. Andy Johnaon's Coat. Sen Orleans Times. A wedding coat made by Andrew Johnson will be shown in tbe Tennessee exhibit at tbe World's Et position. The coat was made in Johnson's little tailor shoo at Greenville Tenn.. in 1833 or 1839. for Mr. H. T. Price.o that town. The garment is made of tbe be$t navy bine cloth, cut in the old fashion "claw-hammer" style. Tbe collar and lapels are very broad, and tbere are five large but tonnoies on each side. Wnen tne coat was made there were twelve large brass buttons five on each side and two behind, besides the small ones on the cuffs of the sleeves. Al the buttons are now mi sing except two on the right breast. With the exception of the loss of the buttons the coat is in a good state ot preservation. None of the seams ever rip ped. and there is not a hole wem in the cloth.
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The South a Paradise for the Colored Race. The Ad ranziges or the United State More Work, More Political stealing, Less Monopolistic Oppression and More Room Than Any Nation on Earth. Brooklyn, N. Y., December 28, 1SS4. Dr. Talmage preached this morning In the Brooklyn Tabernacle on the subject: "Christ mas Day In America." During service the celebrated Mrs. Florence Rice Knox rendered three selections. The regular artists of the church gave special music Dr. Tal mage read passages of Scripture snowing wtat yet would be the improved condition of tbe world. The opening hymn was: Bark tbe sound of jubilee. Loud as mighty thunder's roar. vr tee violence or the st a v hen it breaks upon the shore. The reverend speaker took for his text the following word: Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of tbe dumb sing, tor in taewlldtrnetssoall waters breakout aod streams lathe desert Isai&o xzxv., 6. For fourteen Christmas times I have poken to yon of the spiritual multsof Christ's birth. To-day I epeak of the tem poral. Fertility to the fields, health to the body, n aunmiesion to serfs, homes for the shelterless, good government for the bar baric, blessings for this lif as well as blts?ins for tbe next. Tbe cradle of Christ was as wonderful as his cress. Admitted the first, I am not so surprised at the second The dcor by which he entered was as tre mendous as the door by which be went out I brooch that on e stable gate of Bethlebelm came in for u; mere temporal advantage than tbe world has yet celebrated in song or sermon, or picture, or cathedral arch. "Ther: shall tue lame man leap as a hart and the tougue cf the dumb 6irg, for in the wilderness shall waters break out and streams in the desert." Amid a thousand mercies we give each other the holidav congratulations; by long established custom we exhort each other to healthfol merriment; by gifts, by household games, oy Ubnstmas trees that blossom and frnit in the same hour, by long line of candles lit, by surprise, by children's procession, by sound of instruments more blatant than musical we work up the nights and prolong the days. A MSBRT CUBISTMAS TO THE KATION I a a 1 io isna nas so many nappy homes a America, sucn varieties 01 loco on tne taDie such appropriate family wardrobes, or such healthful domestic architecture. At tbe same time we recognize that these holidays hod a vast multitude of people without ork and without food and without apparel ard without shelter. Something must be awfally wrong, as yea will see when I put two facts parallel. More wheat in Dakota and Mmne so'aand Michigan than they know what to 0 witn. More cotton at tne Boutn man hey know what to do vith In other words, a surplus of bread and a surplus of clothing has been provided by Divine good ness, and yet multitudes of people half starved and half clothed, aod to hundreds of these it is a hungry and shivering Christ mas. I think all the matter with the cation is an overdose of politics. The trouble is that so many public men epend their time n keeping tbe equilibrium of public affairs istnrbed tbat business staggers and stops. The eloquent campaigners make ns helievt. that evc .thing4 depen nance of their party masses 01 the people difference for the next resident But this superbundanc9 of har vest In wheat and corn and cotton and rice must eventually ba felt in better supply of all our national wants. The present national depression is not like tbat which comes from drouth or deluge or plague. It is more like that of a mau who has plenty of money in a safe, or like that of a housewife who has plenty of food in a pantrv, but they have ost the keys, aod they are trying to find hem, and, though it .will be au impatient and irritating search, it will not be successul. But there are two things for the comforta ble classes to do one, to help those who are helpless; and the other, to talk cheerfully. This experiment has been made by medical scientists; a doxen men agree to meet a man at different points of his journey and tell him now very sick he looks. By tbe time he has been accosted with the fonrth melancholy situation, he is ready to drop under the im pression tbat his doom has come, and tbe I.- - v . a iwemu mau meets mm just in time to nep carry nira nome on a stretcher. .Now, tbe nation is only one man on a large scale. All you have to do to prostrate the business of this country is to talk gloomily, and to keep on talking in the same tone. Let all tbe merchants sigh and all the editors prognostl cate a hard winter and all the miclsterE gr an. In the great chorus of complainers. t rose wno piay tne loudest tron Dunes are hose who have the fullest cellars and those who have tbe most complete wardrobes Tbey are mad because they have to fall ba:k on the surplus of ether years, or can not mske es large investments as the? expected Artists ten us that it is Impossible to slog well on a fall stomach, but tü?:e are thou sands of men to-day demonstrating tnt it is possible to groan well on a fall 8toaach. If Christian people wouid fcr a few weeVs ex change the lamentations of Jeremiah for tbe exultant snDgs of Davi, it would be well for tbe country. I wi:a a conspiracy might be formrd and I would like to belong toit a conspiracy of all the business men and editors and ministers sf religion, by which they would have faith in God and talk cheerfully, and the the revival of prosperity wonld be immediate and glorious. 8.np "Naorui and give us "Coronation!" Merry Chrstm&s! I am glad that these holidays find us c ear ing a righteous eolation of a question that has been dominant in politics aod philan thropy and religion for the last sixty years. WHAT OF THI COLOBID M M ? That wsb the question which dog the grave tr ctebf s fi r a million soldiers, and has kept our national fiuances in a jan;le ever since. That question I gave most of my time to avking and answering daring tr y reout tour of 5,010 miles up aod down the bUtes through the South and South west. I have ciscov ered that the colored n an Is better trtettd at the South than at the North. The day I spent at Mo itgomey, Ala., the LgiYatare psted a Jaw for the full and thorough edu cation of colored people As mechanics they get alt they can do. The colored car men of New Orleans have their $3 a day. The colored people have the preference as hired help at hotels and boarding houses and in steamers and rail trains They have their rac represented in the led-dative halls. The accomplished and ekquent Senator Bruce, whom I met on my journey, is an illustration of the possibilities cf their political elevation. Tbey are in better cheer than tbe colored peop'e at tbe North. 'Which of the Northern L-gislatures has black men m them? How many colored Kepreeuta tiyes are there in the State of New York? Ten? No. Five? N Ooe? No. Introduce into one of our Northern hotels a group ef colored servants, ai d bow n ar-y of the other servants would remain? Nat one If I were a black man with a family to sup
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and sober, I would go South. The climate is more lenient, tbe feelicg of white people toward the colored is more kindly and Unnatian than with us. Knowing well the feeling toward tbe colored people in this section and in that. I am persuaded that that race will get jestice done them sooner at the South than at the North. We can not teach the South how better to treat the black man until we treat him better ourselves. Imagine a Ecene: State House, Boston, within five minutes of Faneuil Hall, and within one minute of the historical Commons. The Legislature assembles and white members take their places. A colored man has been accidentally elected. He comes in to take the oath of c'ffke. As he passes down to his seat what do I hear his co-legislators ssy? "Pat that gentleman of color near me?" "Welcome to the halls of legislation?" "D'- an trodden race got justice at last?" "Image of Gcd cut in ebony ?" Nol They all snuif the breeze and the hair on the back part of the head rises iu wrath till it covers the bald spot on the top and one and all they cry: "Nigger!" Ai for mjs?lf, I am so peculiarly consructed that I have not a particle of race prejudice in my coiuoosition, and I declare thai 1 should feel perfectly contented sealed in a church with a colored man before me and one Dehidd me. and on the right hand cf me and one on the left, and a black minis ter in the paipit and a black choir to lead the music. Bat we are not all alike consti tuted. I find a merry Christmas thought in this consideration, resuitaut from my rectni observatiODS, that A THOROUGH CHRISTIAN 7EELIKQ is to be established between the black and white races. Within a fe years this scene occurred in the State House at Atlanta, (ia.: A colored clergyman standing in th' building said he was thirsty, and was look ing around for a drink. A white gentlemen standing by sa?d: "I will get you a drink." me gentleman departed from the room, and and after a while appeared with a glass of water. Soo.e one eatd to the black man, "JJo you know who that is who is getting you a gias 01 water r' "No," said the macs man, "who is it?" The answer wa. "jov ernor Uoiquitt." When the black minister received the water, he said: "Thank you. Governor, but I can cot drink it." He then poured it cpon the floor, saying: "j pour this es a libation on the altar of Cnris tian feeling betweeu tbe white and black races." Ua the prospect of a better feeling among an nations, 1 say "Mery Cnrist mas " Come now I I make a phrophecy. The land is full of prophets and have as mnch ngni as ary 01 mem to propnesy. we are not fr off from the grandest prosperity this country has ever seen. Mechanics will get larger wagr8, capitalits will receive larger dividends, and the factories tbat are now cjoeea win nsve to run day and night to meet tbe demand, and ycur storehouses w 11 be uncomfortiöle with j jstling cu?tomers t red of waitirp for their turn to come, and amtd the misunderstandings of bargainruaaers the attorneys will all be needed to interpret the legalitits. aud the overworked buMrjees men will i.etdmore medical a tendance, and the orders of God will be thioDgtd witn more meu and wcmn anxtous to con secrate tkeir genius t Christian purposes Yuu prophesy a niidright. I pn phfsv 1 mid noon. "You pitch your tent toward gen eral bankruptcy. I pitch mine toward NATIONAL OPULENCE. Do you want my reason for tbi prophesy c Uod a evident determination to shower this land with prosperity, five year ot unexampled harvest and of nnpre cedented health and unheard-of amity, World s Exposition at New Orleaus a dark skinned Meiican tlatist throw 15,000 people into ecstacy and transport, 1 said to myself tie is only playing in lront of tbe advancing hosts of Southern republics aDd empires which are to re enforce us in a march o commercial prosperity such as most optim Utic capitalist Lever got a glimpse of in most excited midsummer's night dream While we sympathize with the present hard hhlp, we prophesy the coming rescue. wnue tnese nonaays nna so manv out o employment;, mere is not a Jana wnere so 1 . 1 ? . many have work. While many have thei wages cut down, at the reduced b 2 ares these wag-8 are higher than the ordinary rates in other lands. In some parts of Ireland eight cents aday. In England $1 a day good wage la other lands hfty cents a day aud twenty five cents a day, clear on down to starvation and squaior. An editor of prosperous paper iu Eogland told rue tha his salary wa4$50 a year. Look at- the great populations coming out of the factories of England, and accompany taem to thei homes and see what privation the hard wtrsing classes on tne ctner side or tne eta soliVr. The laboring classes here are 10 per cent netter o. than in any other cormtr under the san 20 per rent, 40 per cent. 50 per cent, 75 per cent. The stonemasons and carpenters and plumbers and mechii.ic3 a styles in America have finer residence than the majority cf professional ixen in Erg tana, i on enter io Jaoner s rpsiuence on tnis ne the s?a ado yoa dlq upoltry a no P'ctures ad ioStramePts of music, H children are educated at tbe b?s: school His life is insured so rhat iu ci?e ef his sui den dceace tbe family should not be left homeies. Iet all American workmen know that, while their wage? mav not be as hih as they would l;ke to have theia. America is the pnradiie of ijduitry. W e are in better poiuual condition than in any other laud. Every two year in the itate and four yeara in the Nation we cltan house. Af .er the vehement txnreerion of sentiment at the ballot box in the autumnal election the people sit dun satisfied. A Englishman said to me in au Ecgiish rail rain: "How do you stand it to have a revolution every four yert? It is tet'er to have a Qaeen for life aud all things settled. ' But, my fr'encs, Ei. eland charges Governmtnt just a certainly as we do. At some adverse vote in Parliament cut goes Disraeli and in comes Gladstone, and after a while there will be another admonitory vote ir Parlament and oat will go Gladstone and in will come somebody else. Administrators change there, bat not as adtautageoaiiy as here for there the change n ay com almost any day, wLi'e btre a party in power continues four years in pow?r. It is said that in this country Wa HAVE MORE POLITICAL STEALI50 than in other land. The diLTereuce is tha in this country almost every f fiicial has a chance u tttal, hil in other lands a few people absorb so much tbat the others have no chanc at appropriation. The govern ruents of Earopn are so expensive that after the salaries cf the royal feruilits are paio there is not so much left to misapproprKt. Th Emperor of Km6ia tu an annual sa'ary of $21.0Trf: the Emr-ercr of Austria. $1 0(0,000: Victoria. $2 2C0 0C0 salary. Tre roj al elate of S . James Paiace is worth $10 - j 000 000. Queen's hairdresser gets 10 0j0 a !j ear. Theie Is a host of attendants, a'l on siiaries, ome ot thetu $5000 and fGOOO Master of Buckhoundi, Grana Fal coner. ?3 000 aod eo on and to on, ad infinitnm, ad Laaseam. until it is said tiat the Q it-en sometimes suffers from thirst became it takes so much machinery to get her a glass ot water. All this only a type of the faouloos expense of foreign governments. All - ' this pa.d for by the sweat and blood af the
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Spsniards like their jourg King, and England likes the Queen, these stupCLdous gov ernmentsl expenses are built on a groan as wide as Europe. If it were left to the people of England, fpain, Germany, Ansma, Boa sia. whether these expensive establishment! should be kept up, do you doubt what the vote would be? But these quettiocs are not there left to the ballot-box. Now, is it not better that we be taxed and the surplus dis tributed all over the land among Legials tures and Congresses and lobby men than tbat the people should be taxed and have it piled all up inside a yard ot palaces? Hi our case there is more prospect that the tar pins Eome day get back to its lawful chan nel. Then again. I find we are better oft in re gard to monopolistic oppression. The air la uu of protest because gnat nouses, great companies, great individuals, are bunding such overtowering fortunes. Stephen Glrard od John Jacob Astor of olden time, stared t in their day for their august fortunes,would not now be pointed out on the streets of Philadelphia or New York asanythipg rearkable. ihtse vast fortunes lor some imply pinchednets cf want for others. A great p.otuberance on a man's head implies tbe U uets of the whole body. These estates of isproportioned s'zs weaken all the body politic, but the evil is nothing as compared with MONOPOLISTIC OPPRESSION ABROAD. Great ecclesiastical monopolies. The ope's income is f 3.000,000 a year. Cathe drals of ciatuary and braided arch and walls covered with masterpieces ot Hubens and laphael and Michael Angelo, against all heir sides dashing seas of poverty and crime and filth and abomination. Ireland, one vast n oDopoliitic devastation. About SO.000,000 of people in England, and yet all ot the soil owned by about 32.uoO. Duke of Devonshire owning 9G(00 .eres in Derby; Duke of Bichmotd 00,000 seres at Gordon Castle. Marquis ot Bieadelbane goes on a journey of 100 miles in a traighl line and ail un his own property. Dtike of Sutherland has an estate as wide as Scotland and reaching to the sea on either side. Bad as we have it here it is a thousand in.es worse there. Beside that, if here a few fortunes over shadow all others, we must remember there a vast throng of the people beiLg enriched. aiid thie fact shows the thrifiintsa cf the country. The most of people here will De rich themselves or their children will be rich. Beiae that, the domains of Europe) and Asia ate already full, every place occup.ed unless it be desert or volcano or con demned barrenness, while here we bave plenty of room and the resources are only just cpening. In other lands if fortunes fat ten tbey must fatten on others, but here they ran fatten oat of illimitable prairie and out of inexhaustible mines. We have only jest begun t set the family table ot this country. We have pat on one swver fork and one salt-celler and one loat of bread and one smoking platter. Wait till the fruits come in from all the orchards and the a eats from all the markeia and the vegetables from all the gardens and the silver from all the mines ahd the bell rings ont. saying: Come, all the people front between the two oceans! Come front between the Thousand Ulanri and the Gulf of Mexico! Come and dmel This Cnristmas finds us more thoroughly at peace than any other nation of the globe. At least 15,000 CHX) men belong to tbe stand ing armies of Europe Since our was on this side the sea, ou the other bave occurred the Zalu war, the Afghan war, the Egyptian war, tbe linsso Turkish, war, the GermanFrench war, and they have no certainty bont the future. All the Governments of Europe watching each other,. lest one cf them come to much advantage. Diplomacy all the time nervously at work. Four nations were a long while watching tb 8ues Canal as carefully as four cats watch one rat. In order to keep peace in ter marriage of royal families sonie bright pinctu compelled to marry some foreign dignitary in order to insure the political balance of power, the lily-matched pair fighting out on a snr&U scale that which would have been international contest. Europe crowded. Cities crowded. Governments crowded. Learoed institutions crowded. Nations crowded. Packed in between the Pyrenees and the Alps; packed in between the Rhine and the Danube; packed, on between the Eoglish Channel and the Adriatic so closely 'they can not move without treading on each other's heels or toes tcepters clashing, chariot wheels colliding; the nations of Asia and Europe wondering what next. But on this continent PLENTY CF ROOM and no one to fijht with. Eight million square miles in North America all bat one seventh capable of rich cultivation. Implying what fertility and what commerce? Four great basins pouring their waters into the Atlantic, Pacific, Arcio and Mexican Gulf. Ashore line of 29 9C9 milea. The one State of lexas with more sqoare miles than all France than all Germany. Peace all over tia continent. Sumter, and Moultrie, and Pulaski, and Fort Lafayette, and Fortress Monroe, and all tbe other shaggy lions 'A war asleep on their iron paws. Gunpowder out of fashion save for sporting purposes. The imd I truck through anl through wiih peace. By Intermarriage the North and the South uniUd as never before, Tne child of the coming generation, half Misiib-ippian and half New Engländer, and to mane any division Utweei the Nortn aud the boith posib, yu would have to do with tbe new child as Solomon proposed with the child brought to him divide it wi;h the a word giving half to the North aud half to tne Soutn. Nol nol The harden thing in the world to split i a call. Intermarriage will go od, and cousaLcuiceU ttes will be multiplied, and the generations to come will wonder that we of this generation could bave got in such an awful wrangle aj that in which a few years ago we engaged. But while we thank God that amid so many allev atirigcircamstaoces this nation keep holiday, I with vou an especial happy tiiue in your households. Merry Christmas Or all your homes! Let middle and old tge during thes-e seven holidays rally all their sprightly feelings to put the a: sei vea In accord wih the your g. Mske such days ior tnem a ongnt memury. Tney will auon ntve to Dat tneir shoulders Uudur the bardens of life and harness themselves for tha world s battle. Help them catb-r on now a surplus of exuberence for the time when Ufa shait become as serious for them as It has become for ns Prolong their boyhood and ginhood da s as mnch as possible. CLEAR THE WAT for tem as long as ycu can. "When we are through with tbe straggle and tne holidays of the far future come down, let not cur children think of us as grouty aiid da'l, ait ungsrouLQ witn sour visage discoursing cf our aches and pains, when we ought to nave oeen tympatneiic in the merriment of lha holiday. And when these times cf household reunion and gift bestowment shall have gonef- r us and gone for. them, and we no more light the Christmas candles or on earth rejoice in the children's glee, may it ne oecaoe we are come in cur Father'a house, keeping eternal celebration! Hay not one cf th family group be absent, but all there, sa'e and blessed, because of tha birth and death of Him who was tha Boa d Mary, who was the Sou ofGvd.