Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1889 — Page 6

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A Mbs. Suerkin, of Erie, Pa., who iied recently, had no faith in banks, and just after her death over $9,000 in cash was found in her house. A fen days ago, in clearing the cellar, a box containing SI,OOO in gold and silver was The maharajah of Singapore, who V now !n Paris, is astonishing even that blase city, His coaches, attendants, costumes, and expenditures are based on such a scale of elegance that he seems to have the wealth of the east at his disposal. He far outshines the *hah of Persia One of the heaviet losers by the Williamsport flood is Henry James, the lumber dealer of Baltimore. It is estimated that 15,000,000 feet of his lumber floated away, a part of which will be recovered with other timber in the tety, and will probably greatly reduce his loss, which is now approximated at $250,000. John Tyler, son of the ex-presi-dent, is gradually sinking. His entire body has been paralyzed for nearly a year, and he is finally giving way to the consequent inanition. When in health he was talented, witty, learned, and companionable. For several years past he has held a sinecure in the treasury department. -

MORE SEALERS SE ZED.

The St mmvr Rash Capture* Several Illegal Vessels and Sends Them to Si,ka. Wednesday the steamer Olympian arrived at Victoria, B. C., from Port Townsend, with Captain Alger, of the American sealing schooner Allie L. Alger, and one of his hunters. Both are fresh from Behring Sea, and they- brought news of importance with them. The Captain, who was interviewed immediately on arrival, said: “On the 30th of July we were in Behring Sea,as nearly as we can judge, about fifty miles west of St. Paul, when we sighted the cutter Rush steaming up to us on our quarter. We at once hove to. Some minutes afterwards a boat put off from the Rush and Lieutenant Tuttle boarded her. He asked for my papers/which I at once handed him, and after perusing them he proceeded with two men to search the ship. He did not find anything, however, though that is not to say there was nothing to find aboard. After coming up out of the hold, when he had finished searching tho ship, I said to him: ‘Well, what luck have you had in the search!’ - - / 7 “He said: ‘I will tell you. On the 11th of July we captured the Black Diamond and dispatched her to Sitka, with a man on board to take charge of her. On the 23d of July we sighted the schooner Minnie. Her owner, Captain Jacobson, was aboard at the time, and she had 843 seals. We took possession of her and dispatched her to Sitka, also. Yesterday (July 29) we bore down on the Pathfinder, and found 800 sealskins aboard of her. We put another man aboard her, and ordered her off to Sitka, as well. Last week we boarded both the Arcland and the Theresa. They also had some skins aboard, but we let them go, as they had been too long caught, but ordered them out of the sea.’ “After telling roe this the Lieutenant told me I had better get out of the sea at once, and he was then pulled abroad the steamer, which headed for . the east. We then set sail for the south, and arrived, on Monday, at Neah bay. I then left my schooner there, and came up from Capo Flattery to Port Townsend. I caught the Olympian, and just reached Victoria. My schooner will, I expect, be on..iha-HwJ.to. " StAtUe now. Heave here ealb&Qlympiaa to rejoin her today.” The American sealing schooner James G. Swan was seized in Behring sea, on July 80, with 225 head of seals on board, by the government revenue cutter Richard Rush. The vessel’s documents, fire-arms and skins were taken aboard the Rush, and she was ordered to Sitka, Alaska, to bo turned over to the American authorities. The captain being without charts and unacquainted with the Alaskan coast, came to Port Townsend and surrendered his vessel to the collector of customs. There are between forty and fifty vessels now in Behring sea. The Rush seized the British schooner, Ennetta, with six hundred skins, July 31. The seizure of the Pathfinder and Minnie was confirmed. The Pathfinder was the only vessel placed in charge of American officers, except the Black, Diemond. *

The Moon’s Influence on Sleep.

New York Run. “The most singular case of insomnia of which I ever heard," said a physician, “is that of a friend of mine in a neighboring town, a lady of middle age. With the exception of her peculiar insomnia, she is in robust health. She is an uncommonly sound sleeper in the dark of the moon, but as the new moon approaches its first quarter she is attacked with wake! ill ness, ...She can sleep only at long intervals during the night, and only a lew minutes at * time. The sleeplessness increases with the fulling of the moon, and by the time that. stage in the moon’s course is reached, she is unabletoobEHjjgJl ®ven the slightest slumber, She remains In a state of utter wakefulness until the moon begins to wane, when she gradually grows sleepy p jigain. and is able to sleep, longer and sounder ns themoondisappears. When the period of dark moon has arrivod, she resumes her unbroken Ifflumber, Tlijs condition has -prevailed for more than ten years." The servant girt wtra.oashc* crockery f, J, y lttJu«-dUhe» parson.—Merchant reveler. ’ . •. * Lkte J

THE SOLDIERS’ DAY

THE CORNER STONE IS LAID WITH IMPOSING CERE* MONIES. A Very Large Attendance of the People of tho 6tate—A Parade of Soldiery of Groat Length—Tho Programme and Particulars of ah Interesting Brent. The corner stone of Indiana pro posed Soldiers cand Sailors’ Monument was laid at Indianapolis Thursday. Every train towards the city bore hundreds of soldiers and citizens, and by 12 o’clock thd streets were seething masses of humanity, good natured, sober and patriotic. There probably never were sore visitors in the city in one day. The procession required an hour to pass a given point., and wai composed of no less than 5000 people. Gen. l Harrison was a prominent figure in one of the carriages. The crowd at the monument site was impenetrable. President of the Monument Commission George LangsJ dale, Esq., made a brief statement of the origin of the monument movement, and closed with the following observations: | “On the 27th day oQJanuary, 1889, the commission adopted a design for a monu J ment 269 feet in hight, the building of which has progressed to the point witnessed by you; and we are now assembled . to put its corner-stone in place, to thaT* ■tone a receptacle has been provided ini

THE MONUMENT.

w'.iich a copper box will be deposited containing the records of the commission, of the great army which subdued the rebellJ ion, and of the peaceful organizations) that have sprung fi*om it since. Contrary to the custom, the monument is not erected' to an individual, and no man’s name will 1 pppear upon it; but it is erected in honor of the citizen soldiers and sailors of the' State who gave their lives for the preserJ vation of our liberties, the maintenance of the government and the vindication of na J tional honor. And as men of every creed! and color, and every political faith and practice were true to their country in the hour of her peril, and shed their blood for the protection, so, too, every man in the* State who has worn the national uniform can join hands round this monument and 1 feel that in its building not one thing has! been done whioh will in the slightest degree wound his tenderest feelings, whether they relate to religion or politics, or critic cise his condition, whether rich or poor.! Here every soldier will meet with comrades on a spot which he knows is sacred to him and the cause for which he fought, “If completed according to design this monument will be the noblest structure on the continent, and there will be purely soldiers’ monument in the world its equal. It will teach the lesson that it is 1 an honor to suffer and die for one’s country, and that self-sacrifice is not without its reward. It will testify to all beholders that the brightest page in the history of the State is the record of its valor and that if will never be forgotten; and it will inculcate a spirit of loyalty and devotion and inspire .a courage , which wili ba the best guaranty for the preservatioru-oftbopeacerand happiness of the people. Commander of the Department of Indiana Grand Army of the Republic, on behalf of the Commissioners, I now ask you to deposit your records with those of tho Woman’s Relief Corps and the Sons of Veterans in the casket, which you will then put in its place, after which wo assign you the duty of setting the corner-stone.” The crowd watched in silence the laying of the corner-stone by Chas. M. Travis,. Department Commander of the Indiana Department, G. A. R. The documents, were consigned to their resting place, and then the stone was placed in position id accordance with the ritual of the G. A. R.' In performing the ritual rites Con|mander Travis was assisted by tho officers of the Department, and by the Presidents respectively of the Sons of Veterans and thei Woman’s Relief Corps. When tho stone, had been placed in position the national! flag was raised, and the “Star Spangled Banner” sung by Mrs. Zelda Seguin-Wul-, lace. The imposing ceremony, which was too far within the scaffolding to be clearly appreciated by all, ended with the firing of a salute. Speaking from the platform was then resumed. Governor Hovey, as the presiding officei’ of the occasion made a brief address Hoi said: “We have assembled to-day to celebrate the laying of the corner-stone of the monument dedicated to the soldiers and sailors ofthe State of Indiana. “Monuments are the evidence of thei earliest labor and art of man. Throughout urope, Asia, Africa and America they am found scattered without even a legend td tell of the cause of their erection. Thd simple mound of earth, the cairn, the pyraJ mids, still stand the ravages of untold centum*, whilst the shaft, the obelisk, tha Pantheon, and many other remains of cultivated art meet the eye in almost every JB^t.of. ..the civilised world. “They have, no doubt, been built to commemorato great events, or to glorify and wtlsfy the pride, pomp and vanity of con, Jews, lungs and emperors. Few.lfW will be found in any age or country whlcl L a ™^! D .! rectod r trtbutea <* *****« race °* Vs 1r toying of the corner-stone,for whicl Wb dee assembled, In the Soldiers’ and ft ‘*tii. . '* '

| (Sailors’ Monument, is intended to confer 8 j lasting honor on all who have served oaf country from the fisst Tm»*» war withia the State to those who had the great honof to participate in the suppression of the latd I grand and terrible rebellion. It will b« the monument of Indiana’s heroic men, 11 v* fng or dead. * * “The losses on both sides during the waz Would not fall short of two millions by bat> j tie and disease, and to-day of all that vast host of combatants who marched to the field there are probably not exceeding twq bullions, North and South, who are now living. * * ’ The late rebellion has left us one people, one consolidated cation has torn the shackles off of more than lour millions of people, who are not* enjoying all the rights of freemen, and hag Wiped out forever in the United States the' bame of ‘slave.- 1 — ———— “Out of the vast number of soldiers sent jpy this State there are now remaining only about 50,000, and it would be safe to saj| that of that number at least 40,000 are auf. sering with disease and broken constitutions, caused by severe service in the field.’ pf all those who were engaged in the act-1 Ive service, few will be found whose! health has not been shattered, and whose! lives have not been shortened from ten to fifteen years. The list of mortality since the close of the war fully sustains this assertion. “It seems to me that no duty could bo more honorable or imperative than for our nation to shield and protect our heroes in' their declining years, and our-veterans should command their representatives iri bongress to no longer delay this sacred' My- , “What a volume the history of the soldiers of Indiana would make 1 Romance! and fiction would palo when compared with their heroic and chivalric deeds. PriJ

rations, hardships and sufferings that no pen can describe have been borne by the brave men whose services we are now honoring by the erection of this beautiful monument. Well may our people be proud of their sons and perpetuate their glorious, deeds, and may the sons of our veterans’ learn a great and solemn lesson from the patriotism and devotion of their fathers.' Our people through coming generations Will gaze on this magnificent memento with emotions of pa r otism and pride. ” A song, “Dedication,” written for thq occasion by Charles hi Walker, of the Jour | nal, was sung, the chorus assisting.

General M. D. Manson, of Crawfordsville » hero of two wars, was then presented.! He spoke eloquently as follows: “No country on earth can justly lay higher tlaims to the devotion, valor and patriotism of her citizens than tho United! States. 35 the early struggles of the settlers of our Territories, there were shown »cts of daring and feats of valor whicl.! make the histories of those times read like! romances. When it has been found neceslary to go to war, in order to settle any luestion which caused differences to justify such action, the demands of the occasionhave always been fully and completely met by our people. To defend tho flag from 1 foreign foes and teach the world to respect Dur country’s rights has always been our proud claim. * * When on the 15th day Df April, 1861, the sad news was telegrai>h-' »d over the country that the American flag bad been fired upon and the blood of Ameri-' tan citizen shed on American soil, the people were aroused all over the land. The young and old, the rich and poor, the greatand small—all Indianians knew there was s great wrong perpetrated and determined that it should be righted. With one voico they registered a vow In heaven to maintain the unity of the States, the rights of the people, the supremacy of the constitution, the honor and dignity of the flag. * * During the French revolution and in 1791. at a time when it is said to have been contended by the medical profession that a! weak, enfeebled and dying person mighJ be restored by the transfusion of bloodfrom the veins of a healthy and vigorous person, an immense audience was assem. bled, and during the delivery before that audience o i an oiajiuii, oy one ox ine'iiiost re*-, markable statesmen of history, all of a sudden he fell prostrate to the earth and the ru ‘ mor ran through the vast assembly of thei people—who were hanging on his utterances > as the stroke of divinity—“that Mirabeauj was dying for the want of blood.” A yoilny and enthusiastic Frenchman threw off his coat, laid bare his arms and rushed through) the astonished and breathless crowd, crying; “Oh, take! Oh, take my blood! buti let the life of the champion of the right-1 of the people be preserved!” And thud did the people of the State of Indiana' rush, at the call of the country, demand-' (ng as determinedly and as enthusi-i ostically as did that young French-] man—“Oh, -take! Oh, take our blood:} but let the life of the Nation, the unity of•jtates and the flag of the country be pre-j Served!” Scarcely had the notes of alarmbeen received by our people, whan the (‘resident of the United States called for 15,000 soldiers, to execute the laws and protect the rights of the oitizens. Indi-j ina’s quota of the call for troops was less than 5,000 men. That great war governor; and patriotic citizen of Indiana, Olivep P.' Morton, called upon tho people of the State for sixty companies of troops, and in fortyeight hours that call was responded to by more than a sufficient number of men to make up the full complement These sixty s companies were immediately organized into six regiments. Indiana had finished five regiments during tho Mexican war, and to avoid confusion and keep up the military record of the State in numerical order, the new regiments were numbered, beginning at the point arrived a» with tho close of tho war with Mexico Tho Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Regiments, therefore, became a part of the military history of the State. . “This monument, now being erected ..id the State of Indiana, in pursuance with a a,„l ia fu! accord with the feelings and wishes of all her people—tho placing of whose cornerstonfe is so justly made tho occasion of such p-aml ceremony and patriotic demonstra- . rtOTI - J 8 to perpetuate, through all time’ .the memory of the patriotism, Courage and valor of all the soldiers and Sailors'fro™

hnd State in which her citizens as soldien and sailors have participated. ' '• * * * ■ { “Permit me to ask all within the sound oi my voice to view for just an instant, the greatness of this occasion. Lei your mind* be occupied for a moment only, with the /grandeur and glory of the position 6f oul own Indiana in the great galaxy of States. This day she has made it possible, through a solemn enactment of our legislature, to have laid the corner Btone of a great monument, whose splendid abafl. t.hnngh it fierce the clouds, cannot rise higher than her position among the States of the United States. “Now in the presence of this vast assembly of comrades and citizens, Comrade penjamin Harrison, late a resident and soldier of our State, and now the honored President of the United States, who has ' honored this occasion with his presence—let me say that I hope and trust Indiana inay always have glorious sons in the future, as she has had in the past, who will readily and willingly vindicate her honor, and tho honor and glory of the United States, on every battle field and in every battle that may be fought inthiscountry to maintain the principles of civil and constitutional liberty during tall the ages to tome." * j “Hail Columbia” came in at>Dro_priatelv acre, sang Dy a quartette, with the chorus and bands-assistlutf. - - ~~~r— Gen. John Coburn also delivered an address. Gen. Harrison, was then formally presented to the assembled host, who cheereq him with great vigor. Col. Geo. W. Harvey, of Danville, Commander of the Sons of Veterans, also delivered a briof address. President Harri, •on spoko as follows:

“Mr. President and Fellow Citizens—l did not expect to make any address on this occasion. It would have been pi pagan 1 1 jf A could have found leisure-to make suitable preparation, to have accepted the invitation of the committee having these exercises in charge, to deliver an oration. I would have felt it an honor to associate my name with an occasion so great as this. IPublic duties, however, prevented the ao* ceptance of the invitation, and I could only promise to be present with you to-day. It Beemed to me most appropriate that I should take part with my fellow-citizens of Indiana in this great ceremony. There fiavo been few occasions in the history of our State so full of interest, so magnificent, so inspiring, as that which we now witness. The suggestion that a monument should be builded to commemorate the valor and heroism of those soldiers of Indiana who gave their livos for the flag, attracted my interest frour the beginning. Five years ■go last January, when the people assembled in dhe opera house yonder to unveil the statue which had been worthily set up to our great war Governor, I ventured to express the hope that near by it, as a twin expression of one great sentiment, there might be builded a noble shaft, not to any man, not to bear on any of its majestic” faces the name of a man, but a monument about which the sons of veterans, the mothers of our dead, the widows that are yet with us, might gather, and, pointing to the stately shaft, say: ‘There is his monu-. pent.’ The hope expressed that day is Realized now. “I congratulate the people of Indiana that our Legislature has generously met tl e expectations of our patriotic people. I congratulate the commission having this great work in charge, that they have secured a design which will not suffer under the criticism of the best artists of the world. I congratulate you that a monument so costly as to show that we value that which it commemorates, so artistic as to express jthe sentiment which evoked it, is to stand in the capital of Indiana. Does any one Bay there is wastefulness here? My countrymen, two hundred thousand dollars has never passed and never will pass from the treasury of Indiana, that will give a better return than the expenditure for the erection of this monument. As I have wit--Pgssed these, ceremonies and listened to

these-patriotie hymns, I have read in the faces of the men who stand about me that lifting up of the soul, that kindling of pa-' triotic fire that has made me realize that on such occasions the nation is laying deep and strong its future security. “This is amonument by Indiana to Indiana soldiers. But I beg you to remember that they were only soldiers of Indiana until the enlistment oath was taken; that from that hour until they came back to the generous State that had sent them forth they were soldiers of the Uuion. So that it tcomed to me not inappropriate that I phould bring to you to-day the sympathy and cheer of the loyal people of all -the States. No American citizen need avoid it or pass it with unsympathetic eyes, for, my countrymen, it does not commemorate a war of subjugation. There is not in the United day a man who,if he realiz as what has occurred since the war, and has opened his soul to the sight of that which (s to come, who will not feel that it is good for ail our people that victory crowned the cause which this monument commemorates. Ido seriously believe that if we can measure, among the States, the benefit resulting from the preservation of the Union, the rebellious States have the larger share. It destroyed an institution that was their Eeatruction. It opened the way for a comlerciol life that, if they will only embrace ft, and the light, means to them a development that shall rival the best attainments of the greatest of our States. “And now let me thank you for your pleasant greeting. I have felt lifted up by bhis occasion. It seems to me that our spirits have been borne up to meet those of ilia dead and glorified, and that from this , place we shall go to our homes more resolutely set in our purpose as citizens to conserve the peace and welfare of our neighborhoods, to hold up the dignity and honoi of our free institutions, and to see that no dmrm shall come to our country, whethei ■from internal dissensions or from the aggressions of a foreign foe.” To judgtf from the way in which mis- | plumed affections now find expression. thS'phbgs 6t unrequited loyp are evi dently shooting paftifl.: * * ’‘ : ’ " W ■'■M Tho hahtfraan is anoci?spoft at Jut trade- - “ i

CASTAWAYS.

CASTAWAYS M \Y LOSE THEIR OWN LIVES TO SAVE OTHERS. They May Be On Band to Save Drowning Ones as Christ to to Save His Children for Perdition. Rev. Dr. Talmage preached at Portland, Oregon, Sunday. Text L Cor. Ixl, 27. Hr said: " | You and I live in sea-board cities- Yea have all stood on the beach. Many of you have crossed the ocean. Some of you have managed vesseis in great stress of weather. There Is a sea captain, and there is another and yonder is another, and there area goodly number of you who, though once you did not know the difference between a brig and a bark, and between a diamond knot and a sprit sheet sail knot, and al- j though you could not point out the weather cross jack brace, and though, you ctsnlh ncA 1 man the Tore clew garnets, now you are as familiar with a ship as you are with your right hand, and if it were necessary you could take a vessel clear across to the mouth of the Mersey without the loss of a single sail. Well, there is a dark night in your memory of the sea. The vessel became unmanageable. You saw it was Bcudding toward the shore. You -heard the bow!” The vessel struck the rock and you

felt the deck breaking up under your feet and you were castaway, as when the Hercules drove on the coast of Caffraria as when the Portuguese brig went staying splitting, grinding crashing on the Goodwins. But whether you have followed the sea or not, you all understand the figure whqn I tell you that there are men who, by their sins and temptations are thrown helpless! Driven before the gale! Wrecked for two worlds! Castaways! Castaways! By talking with some sea captains I have found out thqt there are three or four causes for such a calamity to a vessel. I have been told that it sometimes comes from creating false lights on the beach. This was often so in olden times. It is not many years ago, indeed, thqt vagabonds used to wander up and down tho beach, getting vessels ashore in the night, throwing up false lights in their presence and deceiving them, that they may despoil and ransack them. All kinds of infernal arts were used to accomplish this. And one night, on the Cornish Coast, when the sea was coming in fearfully some villains took a lantern and led the horse up and down the beach, the lantern swinging to the motion of the horse, and a sea..captain in the offing saw it, and made up his mind that he was not any-where near the shore, for he said: “There’s a vessel—that must be a vessel, for it has a movable light,” and ho had no apprehension till he heard the rocks grating on the ship’s bottom and it went to pieces, and the villains on shore gathered up the packages and treasures that were washed to the land. And I have to tell you

that there are a multitude of souls ruined by false lights on the beach. In the dark night of man’s danger false religion goes up and down the shore shaking its lantern, and men look off and take that flickering and expiring wick as the signal of safety, and the cry is: “Heave the main top-sail to the mast! All is well!” when sudden destruction cometh upon them, and they shall not escape. So there are all kinds of lanterns swung on the beach—philosophical lanterns, educational lanterns, humanitarian lanterns. Men look at them and. aro deceived, when there is nothing but God’s eternal light house of the Gospel that pan keep them from becoming castaways. By talking with sea captains I have heard also that ships sometimes come to this calamity by the sudden swoop of a tempest. For instance, a vessel was sailing along in the East Indies, and there is not a single cloud on the sky; hut suddenly the breeze freshens, and there are swift feet on the ratlines, and the cry isr “Wayr haulaway there!” But before they can square the booms and tarpaulin the hatchways, the vessel is groaning and creaking in the grip of a tornado, and falls over into the trough of the sea-, and broadside it rolls on to the beach and keels over, leaving the crew to struggle in. the merciless surf. Castaway! Castaway! And so I have to tell you that there are thousands of men destroyed by the sudden swoop of temptations. Some great inducement to worldliness, or to sensuality, or to high temper, or to some form of dissipation, comes upon them. If they had time to examine the Bible, if they had time to consult with their friends, if they had time to deliberate, they could stand it; but the temptation came so suddenly—an euroclydon on the Mediterranean, a whirlwind of the Caribbean. One awful surge of temptation and they perish. And so we often hear the story: “I hadn’t seen my friend in a great many years. 'We Were very glad to meet. He said I must drink and ho took me by the arm and pressed me along, and filled the cup until the bubbles ran over the edge, and in an evil moment all my good resolutions were swept away, and to the outraging of God and my own soul, I fell.” Or the story is: “I had hard work to support my family. I thought that by one false entry, by one deception, by one embezzlement, I might spring out free from all my trouble.; and the temptation came upon me so fiercely I could not deliberate. I did wrong and having done wrong once, I could not stop. ’ ’ Oh, it is the first step that costs; the second step is easier; and the third; and on to the last. Once having broken loose from the anchor, it is not so easy to tie the strand. How often is it that men are ruined for the reason that the temptation comes from some unexpected quarter. As vessels lie in Margate Roads, safe from southwest winds; but the wind changing to the northeast, they aro driven helpless and go down. Oh, that God would haVo mercy upon those upon whom there comes the sudden swoop es temptation lest they perish, becoming castaways 1 castaways 1 By talking with sea captains I have found out also that some vessels come to this calamity through sheer recklessness. There are 3,000,000 men who follow tho sea for a living. It is a simple fact that the average of human life on the sea is less than twelve years. This comes from the fact that men by familiarity with danger sometimes become* reckless—the captain, the helmsman, the stoker, the man on the lookout, become reckless, and in nine out ten shipwrecks it is found out that some one was awfully to blame. So I have to tell you that men are morally shipwrecked through sheer recklessness. There are thousands who do not care where they are in spiritual things. They do not know which way they are sailing, and the sea is black with piratical hulks that would grapnel them with hook* of steel and blindfold them, and make them “walk the plank." They do not know what the next moment may bring forth. Drifting in their theology. Drifting in their habits. Drifting in regard to all their future. No God, no Christ, no settled anticipations of eternal felicity; but all the time coming nearer and nearer to a dangerous coast. Some of them are on fire with evil habit, and they shall burn on the sea, the charred hulk tossed up on the baiTcn beach. Many-Of them with great troubles, financial troubles, domestic troubles, social troubles, but they never pay for comfort. With an aggravation of sin they pray for no pardon. They do not steer for the lightship that dances in gladness at tho month of heaven’s harbor; reckless as to where they come out," driftjpg further from ■ Good, further from early religious influences, further from happiness; and what is the worst .thing, about, it is, they are Uikiug tbelr families along with them; andwhere tine goes the probablity is they will all go. Yet no • - 1

anxiety: As unconscious of danger astht passengers aboard the Arctic one moment before the Vesta crashed into her. Wrapped up in the business of the storey not remembering that soon quit all their earthly possessions. Absorbed in their social position, not knowing that very soon they will have attended the last levee, and whirled in the last schot tische. They do not deliberately choose tc be ruined; neither did tJse French frigate Medusa aim for the Argilim banks, but if went to pieces. I wish I could wake you up. The perils are so augmented ycra Trill die, just as certaiaiy-as- you sit thew unless you bestir yourself. Are you willing to become a castaway? You threftv oul no oar. You take no soundings. You watch no compass. You are not calculating your bearings while the wind is abaft, and yonder is a long line of foam bounding the horizon, and you will be pushed to ward it, and thousands have perished there, and you are driving in tne same direction. Ready about! Down helm! Hard down! Man the life-boat! Pull, my lads, pull? “He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall be suddenly destroyed, and tha twithout remedy.” But some of you are saying within yourselves: “What shall Ido?” Do? Do? Why.rqj bstASassr, Tt&wimtan.y ship does when it 'it in trouble. Lift a distress signal. On the sea there is a flash and a boom. You listen and you look. A Vessel is in trouble. The distress gun is sounded, or a rocket is, sent up, or a blanket is lifted, or a bundle of rags—anything to catch tho eye of the passing craft. So if you want to be taken off the wreck of your sin,/you must lift a distress signal. The publican lifted the distress signal when he cried: “God, be *° .yo a sinner::’ Peter .lifted the distress Signal when he said: “Lord.

save me, I perish!” The blind man lifted the distress signal when ho said: “Lord, that my eyes may be opened!” The jailei lifted the distress signal when he said: “What must Idoto bo saved!” And help will never come to your soul until you lift some signal. You must make some demonstration, give some sign, make some heaven-piercing outcry for help, lifting tne distress signal for the churche's prayer, lifting the distress signal for heaven’s pardon. Pray! Pray! The voice of the Lord now sounds in your ears: “In me is thy help.” Too proud to raise such a signal, too proud to be saved. If there are any here Who consider themselves castaways, let me say God is doing everything to save you. Did you ever heai of Lionel Lukenl He was the inventor ol thj unsubmergable life boat. All honor is due to his memory by seafaring men as well as by landsmen. How many lives he saved by his invention. In after days that invention was improved, and one day there was a perfect life boat, the Northumberland, ready at Ramsgate. The life boat being ready, to test it, the crew came out and leaped on the gunwale on one side to see if the boat would-upset; it was impossible to upset it. Then, amid the huzzas ol excited thousands that boat was launched, and it has gone and come picking up a great many of the shipwrecked. But I have to tell you of a grander launching, and from the dry docks of heaven. Word eame that a world was beating on the rocks. In the presence of the potentates of heaven the life boat of the world’s redemption was launched. It shovod off the golden sands amid angelic hosannas. The surges oi darkness beat against its bow, but it sailed on, and it comes in sight of us this hour. It comes for you, it comes for me. Soul! soul! get into it. Make one loap for heaven. Let that boat go past and your opportunity is gone. I am expecting that there are whole families here who will get into that lifo boat. In 1833 the Isabella came ashore off Hastings, England. The air was filled with sounds—the hoarse sea trumpet, the crash of axes and the bellowing of the tornado. A boat from the shore came under the stern of the disabTecT vessel. There were women and children on board that vessel. Some of the sailors jumped into the small boa? and said: “Now give us the children.” A father who stood on deck took his first born and threw him to the boat. The sailors caught him safely, and tho next, and tho next, to the last. Still the sea rookins; and the storm howling. “Now,” said tha sailors, “now the mother;" and she leaped and was saved. The boat went to the shore, but before it got to the shore the landsmen wore so impatient to help the suffering people that they waded clear down to the surf with blankets and garments and promises of help and succor. So there are whole families here who are going to be saved, and saved all together. Givo us that child for Christ, that other child, that other. Give us the mother, give us the father, tho whelo family. They must all come in. All heaven wades in to help you. I claim this whole audience for God. I pick not out ono man here nor one man there; I claim you all. There are some of you who, thirty years ago, were consecrated to Christ by your parents in baptism. Certainly lam not stepping over the right bound when I claim you for Jesus. Then there are many here who have been seeking God for a good while, and am I not right in claiming you for Jesus? Thou there are some here who have been farther away, and you drink, and you swear, and you bring up your families * without any God to take care of 'them when you are dead. And I claim you, my brother; I claim all of you. You will have to pray sometime; why not begin now, while all the ripe and purple clusters of divine promise bend over into your cup, rather than postpone your prayer until your chance is past, and the night drops, and the sea washes you out, and tho appalling fact shall be announced that, notwithstanding all your magnificent opportunities, you have become a castaway.

Sham Antiquities in Paris.

There is a great passion nowadays for antique articles, and it has given birth to a world of sham antiquities. An army of handicraftsmen are busily engaged in the manufacture of these wares, which are palmed of! on confiding people as being 200 or 300 years old aud date from any desired landmark in history. Old chairs, old tables, old silver, old jewelry and old anything, even if made last week, have great value in the eyes of many persons satisfied with antiquity in appearance. Worm eaten furniture is now one of the rages. This stuff is easily produced with the aid of bird shot, which is fired into it Old houses, torn down, furnish worm eaten timber, which is turned to good account in fabricating old sets of furniture. Old door keys, mediaeval bellows, gilt flambeaux in Louis XIV. style, warming pans and brass fenders of the fourteenth century, candelabra, and even old snuffers, find purchasers as last as these antique wares can be made by skillful artisans in out of the way places of the gay capital. Old coins and Regency clocks are cast by the ton every day in Paris, but they are very scarce and bring fabulous prices. —Jeweler’s Weekly, : - 4 ■»

Knowledge Costs Honey.

Irate Patron—“ See here, sir. I dropped a nickel into this machine, and nothing came out" » Agent— ‘ 'IF toothing came out, that shows it’s empty." “Information.”—New York Weekly. fa fi Jrai.lSW"? 1- *! 11