Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1896 — Page 2

TALMAGE’S SERMON.

THE -GOSPEL OF GOOD CHEER FOR THE SORROWING. * Mev. Dr. 'Talmage Draws Vivid Pictarcn of the Lengthening Shadows of Life—When Time Ends and literally Begina—The Light of Christ. At the Close of Day. Dr, Talmage’s subject this week lights aq> the sorrows of this life and sounds the gospel of good cheer for all who will receive it. His text was Luke xxiv., 29, “Abide with.jjs, for it is toward evening.” Two villagers, having concluded their errand in Jerusalem,' have started out at the city gate, and are on their way to Emmaus, the place of their residence. They go with a sad heart. Jesus, who had been their admiration and their joy, had been basely massacred and entombed. As with sad face and broken heart they pass ,on their way, a stranger accosts Yhein. They tell him their anxieties and bitterness of soul. He in turn talks to them, mightily expounding the Scriptures. He throws over them the fascination of intelligent conversation. They forgot the dime and notice not the objects they pass and befofe 'they are aware have come up in front of their house. They pause before the entrance and attempt to persuade the stranger tb tarry with tlffm. They press upon him their hospitalities. Night is coming on, and he may meet a prowling wild beast or be obliged to lie unsheltered from the dew. He cannot go.much farther now. Why not stop there and continue their pleasant conversation ? They take him by the arm aad they Insist upon Ms coming in, addressing him in the Words, "Abide with us, for it is toward evening.” The candies are lighted, the table is spread, pleasant socialities are enkindled. They rejoice in the presence of the stranger guest. Ho asks a blessing upon the bread they eaj. and he hands a piece of it to oath. Suddenly and with overwhelming power the thought flashes upon the astonished people—it is the Eord! And as they sit in breathless wonder, looking apon the resurrected body of Jesus; he vanished. The interview ended. He was gone. The Bright Day. M ith many of us it is a bright, sunshiny day of prosperity. There is not a cloud in a * e:lf rustling iu tlie forest, uo chid iu the air; But we camiot exjteet all this to last. He is not an intelligent man who expects perpetual daylight of joy. The sun will’set after awhile near the horizon. The shadows will lengthen. While 1 speak, many of us stand in the very hour described in the text, "for it is toward evening.” The request of the text is-appropriate for some before me. ■for with them it is tow’ard the evening of old ago. They 1 have passed the meritlof life. They are sometimes startled to think hew old they arc. They do not, however, like to have others remark upon It. If others suggest their approxipiation toward venerable appearance, they say. “Why. I’m not so old after all.” They do, indeed, notice that they cannot liftquite so much as once. They cannot walk quite so fast. They cannot read quite so well without spectacles. They cannot so easily recover from a cough «r any occasional ailment. They have lost their taste for merriment. They are .wiirpiised at the quick passage of the year. They say that it only seems a little while ago that they were boys. They are,going a little down hili. There is something in their health, something in their vision something in their walk, something in ’their changing associations, something above. something beneath, something within.*to remind them that it is toward eyjiiing. r The great want of all such is jo have Jesus abide with them. It is a dismal thing to be getting old without the rejuvenating influence of religion. When we step on the down grade of life and see tint, it d’tis.lo lhe verge of the cold rteer we want to behold some one near who will help us across it. When the sight loses its power to glance and gather up. we need the faith that can illumine; When we feel the failure of the oar. we need the clear tones of that voice which in olden times broke up the silence of the deaf with cadence of mercy. When the axmen of death hew down whole forestsof strength and beauty around us aud we are left in solitude, we need the dove of divine mercy to sing in our branches. When the shadows begin to fall and we feel that the day is. far spent, we need most of all to supplicate the strong beneficent Jesus in the prayer of the villagers. “Abide with us, for it is toward evening.” The Dark Night. The request of the text is an approprt ate exclamation for all those who are approaches! in the gloomy hour of temptation. There is nothing easier than to be good-natured when everything pleases, or to be humble when there is nothing to oppose us. forgiving when we' have not been assailed, or houhst when we have no inducement to fraud. But you have felt the grapple of some temptation. Your nature at some time quaked and groaned, uiiiler the infernal force. You felt that the devil was after you. You saw your Christian graces retreating. You feared that you would fall iu the awful wrestle with sib mid bo thrown into the dust. The gloom thickened. The first indications of the night were seen in all the trembling of your soul. In all the infernal suggestions of satan, iu all the surging up of tumultuous passions and excitements, you felt with awfui®uipliasis that it was toward evening. In the tempted hour you need to ask Jesus to abide with you.. You can heat back the monster that would devour you. - You can unhorse the sin that would ride you dowu. You can sharpen the battleax with wtrffih you split tlic head of helmeted abomination. Who helped Paul shake the brazen gated heart of Felix? Who acted like a good sailor when all the crew howled in the Mediterranean shipwreck’? Who helped the martyrs to be firm when ohe word of recantation would have mi fastened the withes of the stake and put out the kindling fire’? When the night of the soul enmc on nnd all the denizens of darkness <«nie riding upon the winds of perdition, who gave strength to the soul? Who gave calmness to the heart? Who broke the spell of infernal enchantment? He who heard the request of the villagers. “Abide with us, for it is toward evening.” One of the forts of France was attacked, nnd the outworks were taken before night. The liesieging army Iny down, thiukiug there was but little to dp iu the morning, nnd that the stddiery in rhe fort could be easily made to surrender. But during the night, through a back stairs, they escaped into the country. In the morning the .besieging nrmy Sprang upon ♦he battlements, but found that their prey was gone. So, when we are assaulted in temptation, there is always some secret alair by which we might get off. God will not allow us to be tempted above what wo are nb!c„ but with every tempIntion wiU-Lring a way of escape that we may ba JWto hear It. The prayer of the text is appropriate for all wbo«re anticipating sorrow. The greatest folly tuat ever grew on this planet in to borrow trouble. B*it there are times when approaching sorrow is so evident that we need to .lie making - special preparation for its coining. Out of your children has lately become

a favorite. The cry of that child strikes deeper into the heart than the cry-of all the' others. You think more about it. You give it more attention, not because it is any more of a treasure than the others, but because it is becoming frail. There is something in the check, in the eye nnd in the walk that makes you quite sure that the leaves of the flower are going to be scattered. The utmost nursing and medical attendance are ineffectual,* The pulse becomes feeble, the complexion lighter, the step weaker,, the laugh fainter. No more romping for that one through hall and parlor. The nursery is darkened by an approaching calamity. The heart feels with mournful anticipation that the sun is going down. Night speeds on. It is toward evening. > You have long rejoiced in the care of a mother. Y'ou have done everything to make her last days happy. You have run With quick feet to wait upon her every want. Her presence has.been a perpetual blessing in the household. But the frit gatherers lire lookihg Wistfully at thfeij tree. Her soul is ripe for heaven. The gates arc ready to flash open for her entrance. But your soul sinks at the thought of separation. Yon cannot bear to think that soon yon will be called to take the Inst look at that sage which from the first' hour has looked upon you with affection unchangeable. But yoij s&e that life ifi ebbing and the grave will soon hide tier from your sight. You sit quiet. You feel heavy hearted. The light is fading from the sky. The air is chill. It is toward evening. You had a considerable "estate and felt independent. In five minutes on one fair balance sheet you could see just how you stood iu. the world. But there c-firne complications. Something that you imagined impossible happened. -The best friend you had proved a traitor to your interests. A sudden crash of national misfortunes prostrated your credit. You may to-day be going en in business, but you feel anxious about where you are standing and fear that the next turning of the wheel will bring you prostrate. You foresee what you consider certain defalcation. think of the anguish of telling your friends you are not worth a dollar; You Know not'how yop will ever, bring your children home from school. You wonder how you will stand the selling of your library or the moving into a plainer house. The misfortunes of life have accumulated. You wonder what makes the sky so dark. It is toward evening. Soothing the Soul. Trouble is an apothecary that mixes a great maijyTlfafts, bitter and spur-and "nauseous, and you mus t 'd ri n k so me one of them. Trouble puts up a great many packs, and you must carry some one of them. There is no sandal so thick and well adjusted but some thorn will strike through it. There* is no sound so sweet but the undertaker’s screwdriver grates through it.. In this swift shuttle of the human heart some of the threads, must break.- Tile journey from Jerusalem to | Emmaus will soon be ended. Our, Bible, our commqn sense, our observation, reiterate ip tones that we cannot mistake and ought not to disregard. It is toward evening. »

Oh, then, for Jesus to abide with us. He sweetens the cup. He extracts the* thorn. He.wipes the.tear. He hushes the tempest He soothes the soul that flies to him for shelter. Let the night swoop and the enroclydon cross the, sea. Let the thunders roar. Soon all will be well. Christ in the ship to soothe his friends. Christ on the sea to stop its tumult. Christ in the grave to scatter the darkness. Christ in the.henvensßulcad the'way. Blessed nil-such. His arms will inclose them, his grace comfort them, his light cheer them, his sacrifice free them, his glory enchant' them. If earthly estate takes wings,, he will lie an incorruptible treasure. If friends die, he'will be their resurrection. Standing with us in the morning of our joy and in the noonday of our prosperity, he will not forsake us when the,luster has faded and it.is’toward evening. Listen to Paul’s battle shout with misfortune. Hark’ to mounting Latimer’S fire song. .Look at the glory that has rest the dungeon and filled the earth and heav7ms with the crash of~tirr~ftrHing'TiTiiiHielesof despotism. And then look at tho’se who have tried to cure themselves by human prescriptions, attempting to heal gangrene with a [>:itell of court plaster ami to stop the plague of dying empires wm the quackery of earthly wisdom. Nothing can spent peace to the soul, nothing can unstrap our crushing burdens, nothing can overcome our spiritual" foes;] nothing can open our eyes to see rhe surrounding horses and chariots of salvation that fill all the mountains, but the voice and command of him who stopped one night at Emniaiisr ~~ —~—

The words of the text are pertinent to its all, from the fact that we ate nearing the, cvenitig of death. I have heard it said that we ought to live as though eaca to be our last. 1 do not believe, that theory. As far as; preparation is concerned we ought always to be ready, but We cannot always be tliipking of death, for we have duties in lite that demand our attention. When a man is selling, goods, it is his business to think of the bargain he is making. When a man is pleading in the courts, it is his duty to think of the interests of his clients. When a clerk is adding up his accounts, it is his duty to keep his mind upon the column of figures. He who fills up his life with thoughts of death is far from being the highest style of Christian. I knew a man who used often to say at night, "1 wish I might die before morning!” He became an infidel. Front Darkness to Lteht. But there are times when; we can and ought to give ourselves to the contemplation of that solemn moment when to the Soul time enas and eternity begins, ’We must go through that one pass. There is no- roundabout way, no bypath, no circuitous route. Die we hiust, and it will bp to us a shameful occurrence or a time of admirable behavior.. Our friends may stretch out their hands to keep-us baek, but no imploration on their part can hinder us. They might offer large retainers, but death would not take the fee. The breath will fail, and fhu eyes will close, and the heart will stop. You may hang tlte couch with gorgeotis tni>estry. but what does death care for beautiful curtains’? You may hang the room with the finest works of art, but whiit'-does death care for pictures? You may fill the house with the wailings of widowhood and orphanage—does death mind weeping? This ought not to be a depressing theme. Who wants to live here forever? The world has always treated me well, and every day I feel less and less like scdlding nnd complaining. But yet I would not want to make this my eternal residence. J love to Watch the Clouds and bathe my soul iu the blue sea of heaven. But 1 expect When the firmament is roiled away >ns a scroll to see a new heaven, grander, higher and more glorious. Y’ou ought to lie willing to exchange your body that -has headncltew-ahd sideaches nnd weaknesses Inntuncrtfble, that limps with the stone bruise, or festers with the thorn, or flames on the funeral pyre of fevers, for an incorruptible body and an eye that bliaks not before the jasper gates and the great white throne. Bitt between that and this there is au hour about which no man should .be reekleis or foolhardy. I doubt not your cournge, but I tell you that you will want something better than a strong arm. a good aim and n-trusty sword when you come to your Inst battle. Yom will; need a better robe than ahy you have in your wardrobe to keep you warm iu that place. . "

Circumstances do not make so much difference. It may be a bright dayAvtien you push off from flip planet, or itjnay»be a dark night and w hile, the owl is hooting from the forest. It may be spring, and your soul may; go out among the. bios* soms. apple orchards swinging their censers in thb way. It may be winter and the earth in a snpw shroud. It nftiy oa, autumn, and thfrfo.rests set on tire by the retreating year, deal! nature laid orft in state. It mgy be with you'r wife's hand in your hand or yo’u may pe itra strange.' hotel wijh a Servant faithful to the last.' It may be in, the rail trniu, shot off the switch and tumbling in long reverberation down th; enibarikmcnt —crash, crash! I know not the time. I know not the mode. But the days' of our life are being subtracted away and we shall come down to the time when we have but ten days left, then nine days, then eight days,-then seven days, six days, five days, four days, three* days, two days, one day. Then 'Pours —three hours, two Injurs, one hour, ffilhen only minutes left —five minuses, four three minutes, two minutes, one minute. Then only seconds left —four seconds, three seconds, two seconds, one second. Gone! The chapter of life ended! The book closed I The pulses at rest! The feet through with the journey! The hands closed from all work. No word on the lips. No breath in the nostrils. Hair combed back to lie undisheveled by any human hands. The muscles still. The nerves still. The lungs still. The tongue still. All still. You might put the stethoscope to the breast and hear no sound. You might put a speaking trumpet to the ear, but you could not wake the deafness. No motion.. No throb! No life. ■ Still, still! ’ r Sunset. So rloirth eomt v s-tiy-tpe-disel[>!e. jYha.L ,if the sun of life is about to set? JesiTS is the dayspring.from on high; the perpetual morning- of every ransomed spirit. What if the darkness comes? Jesus is the light of the world and of heaven. What though this earthly hbuse -does crumble? Jesus has prepared a house of jinany-nransions, Jesuit is the anchor that always holds. Jesus is the light that is never eclipsed. Jesus is the fountain that is never exhausted. J.esus is the evening star, hung up amid t’w gloom of jhe gathering night! « Y-ou are-silmost through with the abuse ami blackbiting of enemies. They Vrill" call you no more by evil names. Your good deeds will no longer be misir.terpn-t----ed nor your honor filched. The troubles of earth will end in the felicities! Toward evening! The bereavements of soon be lifted. You will not niuch longer stand pouring your grief til the tomb; like Rachel weeping for her children or David morning for Absalom. Broken, hearts bound up. YYou'nds healed. Tears wiped away. Sorrows terminated. No more sounding of the dead march. Toward evening! Death will come, sweet as slumber to the eyelids of the babe, as full rations to a starving soldier, as evening hour to the exhsfusted workman. The sky will take on its sunset glow, every clotid a tire =psiriwt- every lake a glassy mi the. forests trans.figured.;delieate^mists"climb-, ing the air. Your friends will gnnourice .it; your pulses will beat it; your joys will ring it; your lips will whisper it, "Toward evening!” i

Warm Weather Meals.

The matter of breakfast and lunch during the heated term whop the very thought of eating until the v cool of the evening is annoying is bne that puzzles many a business wompn. wlio finds that it is difficult, to do good work when she has forced hersolf to partake of flic usual breakfast of meat, rolls, and coffee 1 . One woman, whose salary depends upon the clearness of her brain, has discovered that a brpjikfast of fruit, bread ,and butter and egg lemonade suffices for nourishment while it does; not overheat her. -Her lunch is modeled on the same lines, iceil tea or coffee, iced consomme or sour lemonade being frequently substituted for the egg drink difficult to obtain at tha-ordinary restanrnnt, white a copl salad sometimes takes the place of fniit. After two such meats as these she goes home at nigh* ready, after a bath and an entire changepf raiment, to do ample justice to the hearty dinner that awajts her. Brotig'llt up to *‘lieve that a heavy meal at night was injurious, it was only after haroAting .experiences with dyspeptic pangs that she worked out such a.summer regime for herself. In winter both breakfast and lunch are more nourishfhg and always made up of warm-hot-dishes, but both are light, so as not to overtax the Stomach.

Curious Shoes.

’Tli* Portuguese shoes has a wooden sole and heel, with a vamp maao of patent leather fancifully showing the flesh side; of the skin. Tlie Persian footgear is.a raised shoe, and is often a foot high. It is made of light wood, richly inlaid, with a strap extending over the dnstep. The Muscovite shoe Is hand-woKen, bn a wooden frame, and but little attention is jfaid to the shape Of the foot. I.eatiier is sotnetHiies used, but the sandal is generally tiia le of silk cordage and woolen cloth. The Siamese shoe has the form of an ancient canoe, with a gondola bow ant] an open toe. The sole is made of wood and the upper of inlaid wood and doth, and the exterior is elaborately ornamented in colors with gold and silverThe sahdal-worn by the Egyptians is composed s)f a sole made by sticking together three thicknesses of leather. This is held to the foot by passing a band across the instep. The sandal Is beautifully stitched with thread of different colors.

Confederate Uniforms.

Though the regulation uniforms of the Confederate army were gray, the dose of the war found nearly all of the men and some of the officers wearing homespun suits of various colors, or, at least, of various shades of gray. Socalled "butternut" suits were greatly in vogue, whole regiments being thus uniformed. Some of the uniform cloth wall got from England on blockade runaers; some was made at the woolen mills sratt'oredjhere and there through tin* South, and a great <leal was the pr.Mjuct of hand looms, worked by the women of the South. There was a "cadet gray” cloth, very tine and soft, which was made at the Crenshaw woolen factory in Richmond.

Strawberry Preserves.

A delicious preserve may Be made by hulling strawberries that are free from blemish and not over ripe, aud pladug them in a porcelain kettle with their weight in white sugar. Allow them to stand over night, and in'the morning set them over the range and allow them.to boil steadily for an hour. Not a drop.of water should pe used: the juice from the berries will furnish all the liquid nwesstiry. ' tevery joy which -comes to us is only to strengthen «s for sonte greater labor ['that io to succeed.—Fichte.

BRYAN'S SPREAD-EAGLE NONSENSE.

A careful reading of Ur. Bryan’s “great speech” before the Chicago convention utterly fails to disclose any rajionab’explanation of the influence it had upon his auditors. It did not contain'a new fact nor a new argument; it was full from beginning to ehd of assiiffiptlons, assertions, n|isstatenients, oft-exploded economic fallacies, flowers of rhetoric and faulty reasoning. Good vociferation, a pleasing stage manner and an alleged personal “magnetism” do not constitute an argu meat and they prove no thing Dli raeli characterized Gladstone as inere s ly “a sophistical declaimer intoxicated with the exuberance of his own verbosity." That “verbosity” is the distinguishing feature of Bryan’s talk will be the verdict of intelligent readers, though it clearly exerted a marked influence upon the third and fourth rate men comprising the large majority of tlie members of the convention, just as "sound and fury signifying nothing” So often sways a congregation of eqlored people in a Southern camp-meet-ing. It is claimed that Bryan really owed his nomination to the closing words of his peroration (unless, as is also asserted, the convention bosses, Tillman and Altgeld, had determined upon this nomination tliree months ago). These closing words were: “We shall answer their demands for a gold standard by saying to them: shall not press down upon the brow of labor tills crowir of thorns. Yon shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.’ ” ,« Carefully reread these applauded phrases and see whether, no matter how faultlessly delivered, they afford a sufficiently substantial basis for a candidacy for the most responsible political position On earth. The metaphor reminds us of an Irish TOeniber of parliament, condemning the government for. its policy concerning the income tax: •’They’ll the wool liff the sheep that lay* friT'"goTitr'T[ cggs' • until they pump it dry.” This implied comparison of the ordinary laborer to the Son of God savors of tlie grotesque, if not of the profane? At best the simile is an outrage upon rhetoric.

For, the rhetorically absurd assumption of torture and 'death as a inetalluriglcal possibility, only in the unschooled imagination of "boy orators” is gold used in the tnanufac-tiit'i»-of-eFownx_j>f thorns; would it or could, it be easier to be broken, torn, and bruised on a silver rack or wheel than it would be to enduro crucifixion upon "a cross of gold?" The days for crucifixion long since passed away. If any one needed crucifying to-day a plain cross of pine would best serve for the purpose. Iu an attempt to construct “a cross of gold” would we not encounter difficulties similar to those met by Aaron when he built the "golden calf?” Logically, the challenge is no less absurd. No one is demanding a "gold standard,” as that standard has existed for* over half a century and is the outcome of the commercial necessities of the commerC'iar world, and is not a product of legislation, national or international, and is a matter outside the province of legislation,‘a matter which legislation cannot change any more than if can change a natural law. Such a demand would ,be as senseless as demands that grass shall grow, that the sun shall shine, tliat water shall run down hill, or that the Dittch shall be permitted to occupy Holland. Historically, the insinuation is no less hypercritical. Is the best monqy of the world, money of highest as well as of universal purchasing power, a crown of thorns for labor?

If “mankind is crucified” in “gold standard” England. France and Germany, what word will fitly characterize the workingman’s condition in poverty stricken but "free silver” Central America, Peru, Mexico and Japan? Really is not Bryan’s Jrkteseent and widely heralded peroration simply a voeabulistic ' embodiment of the quintessence of sublimated nonsense? From 1879 to 1802 we enjoyed one of the most prosperous periods in the histojry of this country. Labor> was almost universally employed and well paid. Our ci-ops were large and our home and foreign markets all that could be desired, our/oreign trade being Immense. And this prosperity was all based upon the confidence which everybody felt that our gold money, and our paper money secured by It, constituted actual money all over the world as well as at home. The peoples of other countries bad the fullest confidence In our business honor and integrity. What we need •to-day, above all other things, is a full restoration of that confidence ynder which, we might prosper as In .'the years to whteh we refer. Breezy declamation, Illogical utterances, captivat-

GOOD BYE POP!

ing rhetorical moonfefiltfdj- the muddling aroma exhaled from socialistic and anarchistic insinuations, and the hysterical huzzas of a mob of irrational beings, even under the name of a political Convention. repeal their nothingness when rationally considered, or when viewed in the light of the facts and truths to which We here call attention; —Pullma-h Journal. . McKinley to Labor. Whenever, the workingmen of the United States—l mean skilled and tinskilled laboring men—whenever they are ready to work for the same wages, the samelow wagosthat arepa id their rivals on the other side, their rivals in England, in Germany, in Belgium, and in France, engaged in the same occupation. whenever they are ready for that, which I hope and believe will never be, then we are ready for the free-trade doctrines of the Democratic party. It is a question that addresses itself to the bone and sinew of the United -States; it is a question for the wwl»ngßiefrtn Willlain McKinley. A Lesson for Farmers.

Bryan Acrainst Wool Grow-r,. ‘‘Wool, for instance, is the chief raw material in the woolen industry, and it has been placed upon the free list. Whether the tariff on wool lias raised the price of wool to the sheep grower above the point it would have reached without a tariff, is a question which Isas been discussed rather than settled. Speaking for myself, it is immaterial in ray judgment whether the sheep grower receives afiiy benefit from the tariff or not. Whether ire does or does pot, whether the wool manufacturer collects a compensatory duty from I lie consumer of woolen goods and pays it over to the wool grower, or doesn’t collect it at all, and therefore does not need it, I am for free wool, In order that the vast majority of people who do not raise sheep, but who do need warm clothing to protect them from the blasts of winter, may have their

—Chicago Tribune.

1592.

1896.

IN THE NATIONAL POLITICAL MUSEUM.

clothing cheaper; and in order that on* woolen manufacturers, unburdened, by a tax upon, foreign wooj, and unburdened by like tax upon ‘home grown wool-if they pay an hit-leased price ■now—may manufacture Tor a wider market.”— Hop. Wm. J. Bryan, in Congress,

An Old Loan Scheme Revived. Down at their seventhly the straightodt pops demand that a la w Jte passed authorizing Government to loan to giti,zens money on all landed, property to the extent, of two-thirds of its assessed value, the loans to be secured by mortgage which shall run for not less than live nor more than ten years, to jny one citizen, at a rate of interest not to exceed 2 per cent, per annum. AS if this were not bad enough in itself, the eighthly givps a finishing blow. It proposes that the Government shall loan money to municipal corporations for the purpose of public improvement to the extent of one-third of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in tlie corporation. Such loans would draw only interest enough to pay the cost of their issue and would be paid back in annual installments, each in-' stallment not to exceed -t per cent, of the sum loanedUnder a combination of laws framed in accordance with rife demands of seventhly and eighthly it would be possible to so plaster the property in any municipality with mortgages and municipal indebtedness that the chief concern of property owners ultimately would be to get out front under. Of course, all local 'taxes would go on? just the same. Money would be required to support the public schools, to pay the salaries of city officials, and to meet the many other ordinary needs of the municipal government. Meantime, also, the currency would depreciate in value rapidly. Such was the experience under the loan system of the colonies, and it i» to that miserable ex-pedient. which was demonstrated to be all fraud and error, that* th.ese ‘•reformers” would liesott now. History of Agriculture. One of the great-lessons of history is that agriculture cannot, rise to its highest perfection and reach its fullest -devrlepmenF-wHliont-the—aid—of_ emitinercv, manufactures, and mechanical arts. All are essential to the healthy growth and highest advancement of the others; the progress of one insures the prosperity of another. There are no conflicts, there should bo no antagonisms. They are indispensable to each other. Whatever enfeebles one is certain to cripple the rest.—Hon. William McKinley.

Bryan Wants Free-Trade, “When Michigan iron ore is placed on the free list. Alabama ore is placed, thei;e also; when Pennsylvania coal is placed on the free list. West Virginia coal is placed there also; when the rough lumber of. Maine and Wisconsin ts placed upon the fret* list, the rough lumber.of North Carolina and Georgia is placed there also.''—Hon. Wm. J. Bryan, in Congress; .A Hundred Millions Lo«t, The "tariff for revenue only” of the free-traders brought .$1U2,27.".791 less money into the Treasury during the first twenty-two months of its operation than tlie McKinley tariff did during its first twenty-two mouths. Japanese Arc Workers. On? tiling characterizes the Japanese, be he student, merchant, shopkeeper, artisan, or worker, and that is intensity of application. Work, owupation, toil, is nor regarded as a hardship, but as tae natural condition 01 life: ~ ; —r Potit'cal Potpourri. Every time Democracy is born again, it is born worse. » The people discuss finance, but they demand protection, Tlie people ask for work and Democracy offers'flic m wiild. Sewall, the bank president, standing on a platform denouncing banks, is one of the humors of the situation. ~ Fnliss you support tlie business in-_ terests of tlie country there will never be business.ynough to support you. The Populists object to Sewall because be is rich: but tlie Democrats love him for his ability to pay campaign expenses. McKinley's hvYoic service during the war shows the stuff lie is made of. and the people will vote for him because th6y have confidence in him. International bimetallism is the middle of tlie road between the silver ex' tremists and tlie gold extrwnists, and the Republican party holds it.

All classes of farmers have felt the depression caused by the overthrow of the protective system, and as a consequence the Populist as well as the Democratic party will see many of its members east a straight vote on election day for McKinley and protection. “The platform adopted at Chicago,” says Gen. Sickles, “is "one that makes me choose .between my party and my country, as I did in 18111. and no party lias a right to claim what belongs to one’s country.”' There are thousands of loyal Democrats Who take the same view Of the situation, and whose votes will be cast for the protection of the national honor.

LAST IMPERIAL VICTORY.

Napoleon's Battle Against the ’Alite. # at Ilrepdcn. On the 25t1», as be passed Bautzen, be learned that Oudinot had been defeated at Luckau: but he heed to the report, and next day lie reached Dresden at nine in the morning. <An hour later the guard earns up, having performed the almost Incredible feat of marching heventy-six miles In three days. Vandamme, with 40,000 men, had reached Pirna, a few miles above the city, and St. Cyr wps drawing, in behind the'temporary fortifications of Qresden. Tlie bead of defensive line was to be kept at ahy cost. The enemy, too, was at hand, but they had no plan. In a council of war held by them the same morning there was a protracted debate, and finally Moreau’s advice to advance in seven columns He refused to “fight against his country." but explained that the I reneh couldt never tit* conquered in mass, and that if one assailing column were crushedxthe rest eould still push ori. This long, deliberation cost the allies their opportunity, for at four in the afternoon, when they attacked, the mass of the French Army had crossed the Elbe and completed the garrison of the city. For two hours the fighting was fierce and stubborn; from three different sides,. Russians, Austrians and Prussians, each niade substantial gains; at six Napoleon determined so thrpw tn his guard. With fine promptness MorrieikAvlth two divisions of the _ young guard, sallied forth against the Russians, and, fighting until, midnight, drove them beyond the hamlet of Striefen. St. Cyr dislodged the Prussians and pushed them to Strebla, while.Ney, with two divisions of the young guard, .XUfew a portion of tlie Austrians into Plauen, and Murat, with two divisions of infantry and Latour-Maubourg's cavalry, clenrea tlie suburb Friedrichstadt of the rest. Napoleon, alert and übiquitous, then made-bls usual round, and knew when he retired to rest that with 70,000 men or boys lie had repulsed 150,000 of his foe. His inspiriting personal work might be calculated as worth SO,- ■- 000 of his opponents’ best men. That night both MatdMHtt and Victor, with tliefr corps. .mtered'the city; and Van- - damme in the early,"dawn began to bombard Pirna,' finis drawing away forces from the allies to hold that outpost. ’ , The morning of tlie 27th opened in a tempest of wind and rain, a fact which, is considered as having been most advantageous to the French, since it enabled .them to hide their movements, and interfered with their enemy’s guns and ammunition. Imrnyrease; the see- — ond day’s fighting was more disastrous' to the allies than the first. At six botji sides were arrayed. On the French right Victor and Latpur-Maubourg; then Marmont; then the old guard, ana ‘ Ney, with two divisions of the young guard: next St. Cyr, witli Mortier on the left. Opposite stood Russians. Prussians find Austrians, in the same relative positions, on higher ground, encircling tlie French all the way westward and around by the south to Plauen; between their center and left was reserved a gap for the Austrians under Klenau, who were coming up from Tharandt in. the blinding storm, and were overdue. At seven began the artillery fire of the young gun rd. but before long it ceased for an Instant, since the gunners found the enemy’s lipe too high for the elevfition of their guns. tinue,” came swiftly the Emperor’S order; “wo must occupy the attention of the enemy on that spot.” 1 —The—rusesueeeedod;at—ton Murat dashed through the apparently unnotired .gap, and, turning westward toward the Elbe, killed or captured all who coriiposed the enemy’s extreme left. The garrison of Pirna stood firm until afternoon, and then retreated toward Peterswald. Elsewhere there was continuous fighting, but the French merely held their own. Napoleon lounged all day in a curious apathy before his camp-fire, Ids condition being apparently due to the incipient stages of a digestive disorder. Early in the afternoon Schwarzenberg heard of Murat's great charge, but ho still held firm. When, however, the. flight from Pirna wqs announced, he prepared to retreat, and at five his columns were slowly withdrawing from the (nnflict. By six Napoleon was aware that tlie conflict was over, and. mounting his horse, ha trotted listlessly to the palace, his old gray overcoat and hood streaming with rain.—Century. <

Bursting Fly-Wheels.

The bursting of a fly wheel is almost unheard of in England, notwithstanding the high speed engines we now have running, ,yet in the United States fly wheel casualties have become a matter of weekly report. lu England we hava many thousands of high speed cast iron tly wheels and very large wheels up to sixty thus weight running with very high periphery speed, and they all run safely, and yet lu the States they say: “The sudden advent of the electrical apparatus anil Its high speeds fouud people making fly-wheels of cast iron, with a narrow factor bf safety, or, indeed, no factor of safety at all, If we consider the impossibility of detee4iug- 4 strains and Imphrfleqtlo.ns, til'this material. No one can knowthw value of material molded into form at p temperature of 2.000 degrees and tiiqij cooled down to a 40 th ,0t this temperature, nor can they judjfe IriternrfF'Btnictura by aprface Indications. The fact is that cast Iron is not .suitable material for fly are to be driven at high speed.nor is it necessary to ijiake them of this material. There is not even tho claim of cheapness in their favor, If the methods of making such wheels of wrought iron and steel were once worked but.” Twenty years ago a Scotch firm, who had to make a large fly Wheel for a spinning mill, riveted up a box rim, made from rolled plates, and filled.lt with cemented masonry or “grout,” and did a very sensible thing.—Loudon Engl netpr.

Fire Burns Thirty-Eight Years.

There Is a burning coal mine at Summit Hill, near the Town of Maucn Chunk. The fire, which was started by a tiny accident, has raged In thia mine since 1858, and all the trials at extinguishing It have failed. We would hate to be a summer girt and visit in Topeka, and be compelled to kiss all over tbere.