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Tins VJUHLITN'GTO'N' FREE PRESS. THURSDAY, SEPTKMBER 7, isus. leaslj. "Then! Why, back to the yacht again and out to sea as linrd ns wo can go." "But how cnn any one get on to tho roof? There Is a river to swim. The walls am smooth nml without a single crevice of hand hold. The drawbridge l.s up at night. No one can enter ex cept under supervision." "I havo my plan," said Desmond hopefully. "It's n desperate one, I al low, but the case Is desperate too. What I want Is a good long rope, a weight of some hind lyid a good file. I dare say ray six shooter won't conic ntnlss either. Now, you see this long arm of the poplar It stretches half way across tho stream. Supposo I crawl out as far as I can and tie tho weight to tho end of my rope. When I get as far a 1 can without tho bough breaking, 1 boglu to swing the cord like a pendulum till it flics out right over tho window bars. Thou I let It drop a foot or two, and It catches and lodges In a corner of the grating. I shall pull It as tight as I can, and thcro you hnvo the bridge I want." "Hut but you can't swing across a thin rope llko that." "No, but I can If It's a thick one, and that It'll have to bo If the others aro to come Hack across it. When I get on to the roof, I can file tho bars, drop down Into the prlsftn, untie tho others, and then buck we all troop through tho forost as hard as wo can split. Stefan says he's going to havo the yacht roady for us. Uow I don't know, but that's his affair. Beforo morning we shall bo 40 miles out into the IJ.ilMc, and It's 20 to 1 on our elud ing any old ark they've got to send after n It's as simple as getting shaved Hllih .'I .Stefan both shook tholr heads, i proposal seemed so utter ly crai" , i uuil. "Supp k the captain gets on to th? roof," said the latter, "how does he know he can file the bars? The sen tries will see him. He will only wasta bis own life purposely. Why not wait till they are brought out to travel down to Osbrog?" "Because we shall be three to SO then," answered Desmond. "How can we attack half a company of armed soldlors? No: niy plan is the only feasible one." "I can't let you," said Hllmar despor ntely. "It Isn't honorable. Why should you risk yourself for us? No; I won't permit it." Desmond smiled quietly. "I am go In, Miss niltnar. Don't let us discuss anything but the ways and njeans. After all, if I was taken we should bo no worse off than wc are now." "Much worse off," replied Hllmar, "because you, too, would bo in tha "You forget, ercellcnqy. They are hound. The ii'fills are smooth." hands of those wretches. Is It nothing to me, do you think," she added, with sudden paBslon, "that you should risk your life?" Desmond's eyes lit up with a glow of tenderness. "I-1 hoped It might be something," he said simply. "But do you think there Is no happiness to mo In adventuring something for you and yours?" Hllmar looked up at him for a mo ment without speaking. Her eyes were llko stars In tho soft twilight of the shadow "It must be as you wish," s'ho said gravely "But if you are taken are taken" and a sob escaped her as slit strove for words "what has life left for mo?" "The memory that to two men at least you were all In all," said Des mond, and ho put out his hand and met hers as it strayed toward hlrn, as If it pouht support In this sudden strain of despair. "As if I could tall now!" he added triumphantly, pressing the shaking little palm Suddenly. Impulsively, the girl raised his ehiHping hand to her lips and kiss ed It. Then, witn a burning face, she gave a whispered comuiund to old Stefan and bngnn hastily to thread her way through the bushes aud back Into tho forest. Desmond stood for a minute like one to whom the gates of paradise aro opened. lie regarded his right hand in n sort of ecstatic amaze. Then quickly he pressed It to his own lips, ns if transferring that precious influence to safer keeping. As one in a dream ho followed the other two, and tho whole party disappeared In the mazes of the forest. ciiAPTnn viii. old btefan's vodki dkrmo.nd emu latf.s the cats. The saloon of the Hendrlk Hudson would have been a sore sight to tho eyes of Monzles, the Scotch steward, If he had been there to see its terrible dlshovolmont. Bound the tnble four dirty, sheep skinned soldiers sat and fingered a filthy pack of cards. In each mouth was stuck an evil smelling ci gar, and Innumerable stulns of jugs and tumblers marked the smooth ma hogany. The cellaret doors had been burt open by the, kicks of lusty boots, and books, broken crockery and a heap of little knlckknaeks strewed tho Moor. Tho company had evidently feasted where It slept. The dirty plates tttid knives of thu previous evening meal were tossed carelessly Into a corner, unwashed and sticky. The mud of shore nnd forest was thick on carpets and chairs. One of the men took a sup from a Jug besldo him nnd cursed aloud. "To call this thin wash liquor," ho complained. "I'd rather have tho scouring of a vodkl cup whence all had gone but the smell." "Hog's drink, cat lap," agreed an other. "Never a sup of real spirit can I find aboard -nothlug but this watery MouEled would have been delighted at tilts. None but he nnd his master know the hiding plnco of tho grog room, by no means a bad plan on board a yacht If you can trust your stownrd, an exceedingly bad one If you can't. The claret would have been tho de light of a gourmet. Among those sav ago Tartars nothing short of vitriol nnd cheap vodki Is that deserved an encomium. So, though they continued to sup at tho Jug perfunctorily, they didn't cease to condemn the contents. The lrrltntion born of their unaccus tomed swilllngs mnde them quarrel hugely over their cards. They bandied accusations of cheating freely from ono to the other. The atmosphere was thick with noisome smoke and heated words. A hail came from their comrades on the deck. One of them thrust his head below the raised skylight, summoning them to come quickly. They reeled up the companion and stared stupidly round thorn across sea nnd shore. Ono of the men who had been on dock pointed to whore a cleft In tho ring of rocks showed the cliffs of the farther bay. About 300 yards away n man could be seen digging methodically at the crag foot. Beside him lay a brown object, indistinguishable at that dis tance. The fellow was throwing up the sand energetically nnd looked nei ther to the right hand nor the left There was but the one narrow silt In the ringing rocks that gave view upon him at all. It was evident he knew nothing of the nearness of tho yacht. Yaroslaff, the corporal, snnnMed his fingers In his delight. "What' should man bury hero?" quoth he. "Why, what we're bemoaning tho want of liquor, my boyB; good liquor. I've al ways heard this was a bay for the smugglers. He's leaving thlu for tho l.npps without a doubt. Now shall we both preserve the lavr of the empire and get refreshment fit for gentlemen and soldiers. But quietly, you little pigeons, quietly, and we'll see what , the old scoundrel's up to." They stole silently across the gang way and wormed among the shore rocks till In a clic't they stood behind the man. Unconsciously he tolled on at his digging, and the grins grew up on the soldiers' faces. Finally, as he delved away, Vladimir, a young re cruit, contained himself no longer. He burst Into n rtiar of laughter nnd strode forward, holding his sides, nor were the others slow to join In his hilarious bawllngs. The man started up with a jerk of surprise. He faced round upon them tremblingly, his eyes wlda nnd staring. He sank upon the sand and lifted his hands to the corporal appeallngly. "Mercy, captain, mercyt It is but a little I store against tho winter." The corporal smote his shoulder In good humored ferocity. "Son of a dog!" he shouted. "As if I dldn'; know you nnd your ways! Why should Stefan, the forester, storo good Hquor out hero? You want to trade with the Lapps, a thing strictly forbidden, as well you know, you des perate old contrabandist! Now a great tine will bo due from you." "Mercy!" said old Stefan, groveling. "Mercy, sir! It is a little, little barrel, and I am of the poorest. All mine is yours If you but forbear the reporting of rue." 'This." said Yaroslaff, picking up the barrel, "it; neither yours nor mine. It belongs to the state, in whose name I conilscat; It. But our Little Father, the eza. n;nys judges the labpror worthy cl the hire. I have exhausted myself In tracking this foul piece of suiugglory. I need a tonic. Here I shall nnd it. Whose vodki is it, O wicked old man?" "Ivan's," answerM tha old jager, trembling, "but" "Ivan's!" yelled the corporal. "You waste on filthy scum of Lapps tho dlvlnest elixir ever distilled! Of a surety, Stofan, you aro Imbecile as well as particularly evil. I taste to see If you lie." He raised the keg and took a mouth ful. His eyes rolled. He gasped as he set It down and slapped his chest ecstatically. "Ivan's liquid fire, by all that's holy!" he bawled. "Nay," as the oth ers crowded round, demanding their share, "nay, lads! This must be wast ed In no unmethodical swilllngs on a forsaken shore. Let us have it in well ordered cups in tho comfort of tho cabin. Tho court adjudges Stefan to hnrd labor ns watch on deck while wo dispose of the spoil." And,' tucking tho keg under his arm, he marched back to the ship, while the soldiers rained their rude nttempts at wit on the old forester, who followed them submissively. The six swaggered joyously across the gangway and descended into tho cabin. Stefan they bade with many Imprecations to stay on deck and sum mon them if nny one appeared. Then shortly from tho cabin came sounds of the clink of glass and boisterous toasts aud jestlngs, rising at last to uproar as tho hot liquor fumed into their brains. Tho turmoil lasted but a short time. The jests grew less frequent, tho snatches of song more maudlin. Final ly both died away into incoherent mut t'erings. Tho corporal's head began to nod ominously nnd suddenly thudded forward upon the tabic. One of his tipsy comrades solemnly emptied a glass of the spirit over It. Tho fellow never even moved. The other five were leaden eyed and blinked stupidly one upon the other, drinking still with automatic Insistence, clutching their glasses with nerveless haiMfci First one and then another yawxy.'t rubbed his eyes, looked round gaplngly and then surged forwnrd till he, too, like his leader, rolled his head upon the table and slept stertorously. Soon no sound came up to tho watcher on deck save snores, a round chorus of heavy grunts that shook the tumblers on the tnble and made tho very deck planks tremble. Cautiously Stefan peered beneath the open skylight nnd looked down on the Ix motionless bodies below. Satisfied with his scrutiny, he wlthdrow his head nnd descended into the cabin. Ho examined each man carefully and shook his shoulders, clapping his hand upon them heavily whllo he bawled aloud the nnmo of each torpid sot. No nuswor came to his callings. Not one of them so much as winked an eye. He enme on deck again and went for ward. Selecting a coll of rope, he took it back with him and with slow, me thodical action took out his clasp knlfo and cut it Into short longths. With these ho bound each man securely hand nnd foot, Then, rnnglng fhem In a row upon the cabin floor, he placed a cushion or footstool beneath each head and left thorn there, rigid, unconscious, lashed up Into the simili tude of half a doien graven Images. Taking the rest of the vodki, he care- Be sot there, loafftnff, watching, looking info the night, fully bore It on deck and poured It Into the sea. Then, lighting his pipe, he drew a deck chair beside the taffrall and as the evening closed nbout him sat there, waiting, watching, looking into the night, nlert and expectant. Five miles away beside the castlo moat stood Hllmar and Desmond. Olrt nbout his waist was a long coil of cord, and sheathed In his belt was his knife, flanked by n file and a brace of pistols. In his hand he held a crowbar. For an instant he staid and looked down nt his companion. The moment for the attempt was come. "Goodby, Hlluiar-dear!" Tho last word came shyly and haltingly. He looked nt her half doubtfully. She turnod her eyes up to his wist fully. Thoy were shining with unshod tears, but her glance was brave and there was no tremor In her voice. "Goodby, Desmond, dear!" she an swered, with a tender inflection on the word that had come so faltcrlngly from him. She pronounced It steadily. Somehow her lips closed over It with a delicious pout. Desmond wavered and looked at her almost inquiringly. Then he stooped nnd kissed her and met with no repulse. With the touch of that sweet faro well on his lips and no room In his heart for fear or aught but triumph he turned silently from her and caught at a poplar bough. He swung his legs across It. rose up and gained another, higher. Thus from bough to bough ho swung himself till 30 feet above tho. ground he reached the great limb that shot out above the water, stretching far toward the cnstle walls. He made his way along it Inch by Inch, desisting only when Its drooping twigs told him that the farthest point of safety was reached. He unslung the cord from his waist, attached to ono end his crowbar nnd silently began to swing It to aud fro Backward and forward It pendu lated, widening Its reach at every beat, till finally its utmost swing brought It over tho barn roof. There was a ring of metal, and the cord quivered and staid taut. Desmond pulled with all his strength. The rope was rigid. Then he lashed the end he held to the bough beside him. The gulf was bridged. Ho waited a minute or two to see If any sentry had honrd the clang of tho meeting iron. Faintly up nnd down the courtyard he could hear the regular beat of steps. These stopped, and the sound of a grating lock came distinct ly to him across the silence of the night. A ray of light shot up through the casement in tho roof. The man must hnvo heard the faint clatter of the falling bar nnd was examining his prisoners to see If nny one stirred. In some ways it was a fortunate matter. Seeing them safe and still bound, ho would be less likely to visit them dur ing tho next hour or two. The light snapped out, nnd tho bang of a shut ting door re-echoed In the hollow of tho yard. There was a Jingle of keys as the warder drew them from the lock. Then to and fro the monotonous bent of the sentry was resumed. Desmond gripped the rope with both hands nnd swung his knees across it. It ran at a steep nngle townrd the roof, and It took him all his strength to restrain too swift a descent. Check ing his way strenuously with alternate graspiugs of the cord, ho slid down and alighted besldo tho window grat ing. He had to use the utmost caution to prevent dislodging the stone roof slabs. Splinters, tho result of ninny a win ter's frost, lay nbout him in heaps. Fortunately those he displaced fell al most noiselessly Into the strenm. Any one hearing them might mistake them for tho rise of feeding fish. He took from his pocket n little Jar of grease and smeared It on the ccntrnl bar of tho grating. Then with his rasp he began to rub nt the iron, eating steadi ly through the metal, which was rust ed by storm nud damp to half its orig inal thickness. He kept to his work without ceasing, save to rub now nnd ngnln more grease Into the niche he made, swinging the long file backwurd and forward, pressing desporately upon the bars, gasping with excite ment and the energy of his toll, tho perspiration mining from his forehend. Half nn hour of unceasing toil, and tho bar broke. Rising to his feet, ho Bought a sure foothold and then selzod the severed end nnd tore It slowly back. Tho motnl, softened by expo sure, gave under his stronuous tugs. Unfortuuntely ns he bent and pried It back tho far end snapped nt the augle of the bend. With a clatter that sound ed out with horrible distinctness he fell prono upon the roof. He lay still, his heart throbbing In great bents that seemed to suffocate him. Tho steps of tho sontry ceased In the courtynrd. Ho could but lmve heard the clnttcr, ami his suspicions were aroused. Then a despornte idea came Into Desmond's head, "tfee-ow, yeo-ow!" ho mlawed, the tremor of his voice giving a par ticularly follne ring to the sounds. "Yeo-ow, fzz-st!" And he spat and scrabbled at an Imaginary rival, dis lodging one or two bits of shnlo reck lessly. "Ugh!" grunted the soutry and, pick ing up a pebble, cast It at tho roof and resumed his walk down tho center of the courtyurd. The atone fell within a yard of Desmond's face and, re bounding, struck hlra over tho eyo. If ho could have found it, he felt he should like to preserve it ns a precious relic. He resumed his work at tho next bar with greater caution, nnd, though It was stouter than the first, an hour's work saw It, too, broken. Ha twisted It aside and fastened his romalnlng rope to tho side of tho grating. Then, wriggling his body feet first through the opening, he caught the loose end between his hands and slid down Into the dnrkness of the bnrn. The prisoners must hnvo heard his operations on the roof, but no sound camo up to him. Ho landed gently on the floor, let go the rope nud began to ! feel round him with groping hands. For a yard or two ho crept nbout In tho darkness, finding nothing. Ho gave a slight whisper. No answer came. With beating heart he strode forward, playing out his hands before him. Nothing met his touch but a blank wall. With sickening dlsnp-j polntmcnt nt his heart he crawled , round the walls, fooling, strotchlng, grasping nt emptiness. He crossed ' and rccrossed the floor aimlessly. The , result was everywhere the same. His adventure was vain. The barn was empty, the floor smooth nnd void as ' when Hllmar played In It in the days ' of long ago. As this was borne upon hlra ho turn-, cd despairingly to tho rope tp climb forth again and renew his senrch else- where. Ho clutched the ropo nnd be gan to haul hjmstlf up hand by hand. ' There were a"'qulvor nnd n grate from above. The Iron framework stimd nnd begnn to move. Ho drew himself , up with quick, desperate jerks. Too late! With a crash and a clang the bars came away from the walls and fell clattering to the hnrd stone pave ment. A corner struck him, and. bleeding and half stunned, he rolled upon tho floor, a prisoner Indeed. ! TO BE OONTINUED. HOT WEATHER HINTS. Philosophy of lr f.r a CIlmMe Wlilrh Hi quire l.n. rinililiii; Thau the Tropic. The renewal of hot weather after n hrlcf respite, though less severe than It wns last week. Is to many perylo a caiifo of extreme discomfort, which rises in somo cases to absolute danger, says tho London Standard. The dally list (if per sona "overcome by tho heal" or ttticcumb Ing to "sunstroke" Is significant of a vast amount of minor, but very appteclahle, suffering. Yet the temperature, as meas ured by the thermometer, has been noth-l Ins to speak of, after all, Only once or, twice hns It touched M degree In tho shade, which, in moat countries, would bo In low maximum. Putting the South, In dia ana tho tropics aside, In Central l;u rope, Asln, Australia, and even Canada, higher temperatures arc of regular occur rence, and that not only for a day or two, but often for weeks together. Yet the people who live there aro not "overcome by tbe heat" or smitten down by "sun stroko" half so easily as tho inhabitants of the.so Islands are by such a compara tively moderate sun as that which has sot us gasping and grumbling for some days past. Why this extreme susceptibility? It Is partly our own fault, and partly not. Tho mischief arises from overheat ing of the blood, which Is largely a mat- .,..,. uu. j . luiinui, x tl v nil ri w action of the sun is probably never strong , enough In England to cause sunstroke proper. . The cases one. reads of as taken to tho hospital aro the victims of "heat stroke," 'and aro properly i-yokcn of as "overcome by the heat," but the heat Is partly of their own making. To put It In tho simplest terms, wo wear too many cloth s. The human body Is naturally provided with a mot eifirlent mechanism for pre vention overheating of the blood. I'.y menus of this physlologlr.nl arrangement the '.)lood vessels In the skin aro opened when the Internal tompcrature rises, nnd tho evaporation of moisture from the srnr t face Is proportionately increased, Hut evaporation that is. the change of nny substance from n liquid Into a gaseous state Is always attended by a lowering of temperature, and therefore tho heating i of the blood Is In this way promptly fol lowed by a cooling process. That la why lone perspires when one Is hot. In order, , however, thnt the natural apparatus may j work effectively It is obvious that thero must be not only free perspiration, but also freo evaporation. This, of course, requires a plentiful current of air. Too many clothes prevent it. and that Is whero ' the, trouble begins. Tho surfaco Is not cooled, the temperature of the blood rlso-i, and, In weakly persons, a "strokei" or synenne follow. The general excess in j the matter of clothes Is duo to tho fear of "taking a chill," but It is a vicious circle, for the more poopio overload themselves with clothes, the more susceptible to chills they become. It Is astonishing how many layers of waistcoats and flannel shirts and underclothing an ordinary workman will peei on, even in summer time. If the Inhabitants of ronlly hot coun tries dressed In the same way, they could not live nt nil. They naturally wear light nnd loose clothing of cotton or linen, not wool. The conventional dictum about . ..-o .... ....... ...av ... itiv rnuii wiiujii Is forever in tho mouths of some medical mon, is largely responsible, for tho mis take. It Is well enough In cold and wet seasons, though hy no means so lndispen sable, as Is supposed; but In hot weather it Ks oppressive and injurious. Over nnd above this, however, there Is no doubt thnt In our moist climate the same degree of heat has a far more powerful effect than In drier ntmosnhercs. nnd. nfter all. I tho point Is how the temperature effects l our own bodlos, not how It affects the tnormometer. Thero Is no myatrxy about this; evaporation, with consequent cool ing, goes on mom rapidly In a dry than a moist air. This we cannot help It Is tho defect of our Island cllmatft. Tho moral Is that, In hot weather, we should wear. I not heavier clothes, as wo do; but, If nny- uiHig, ugnier ones man the Inhabitants of what we call hot countries. A COMPLKTB EXPLANATION. First Passenger. "Is n't this train con foundedly slow?" Second Ditto. "Rather. 1 suspect they aro tryln? to haul It with a stationary cngkio. Hoston Transcript. COf.OSSAIi PRKSUMPTtON. Tho Atlanta Constitution Is trying to settle the silver uuestlon, wholly unmind ful of th fact that Ocorgo Fred Williams Is In Kurope. Richmond Times. Terrlblo plagues, thoso itching nejtetlng diseases of the skin. Put an end to misery. Doan'a Ointment cures. At nny drug store. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Digests what you eat. Itartlflclallydlgeststhofoodandaldf Nature in strengthening and recon structing the exhausted digestive or gans. It is the latest discovered digest ant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It In stantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatr.lsncfi, Sour Stomach, Nausea, SlckHeadache,Gastralgla,Oraraps,and another resultsuf Imperfectdlgestlon. Prepared bv E. C. DeWIU A Co., Chicago. J. W. O'Sulllvan, W. P. Hall. V Henry Parker, City Drue Store, E. Qosselln Bra., K. n. Crandall, WlnoosW- I SEltflCE OF SONG. REV. DR. TALMAQE'S SERMON MUSIC IN RELIGION. ON The Dent Mnslo Rendered Under Trouble God Mrnnt All to Sing, Tim Prcrper Mnalo Far a Clltirrli. Copyright. Loujs Klopsch, 1599.1 Wasiumoto.v, Sept. 3. Dr. Tnlmago today discussed a most attractive depurt tmntt of religious worship tho service of fong. His Ideas will be received with In torcst by all who love to lift their voices In praise In the Lord's house. Tho text Is Nch'cmlnh vll, 07, "And they had two hundred forty nnd five singing men and tinging women." The best music hits been rendered un der trouble. The first duet that I know anything of was given by I'aul and Silas when they snug praises to Ood nnd the prisoners Itenrd them. The Scotch Cov enanters, hounded by the dogs of perse cution, sang the psalms of Dnvld with more spirit than they have ever since boon rendered. The captives In the text had music left In them, and I declare that If they could find, nmld nil their trials, two hundred nnd forty and five singing inun and singing women then In this day of gospel sunlight nnd free from all per-B'-'CUtlon there ought to be a great multi tude of nyn nnd women willing to sing the praises of Ood. All our churches need arousal on this' subject. Those who con sin must throw their souls into the exercise, nnd those who cannot sing must i team now, anu it sunn be ucnrt to lienrt, voice to voice, hymn to hymn, anthem to nnthem, and the music shnll swell jubl laut with thanksgiving and tremulous with pardon. Hnvo you ever noticed tho construction of the human thront ns Indicative of whnt God menus ns to do with It? In only nn ordinary throat nnd lungs thcro nro H direct muscles nnd 30 indirect muscles that cnn produce a very grcnt variety of sounds. What docs thnt menn? It tnenns thnt you should sing! Do you suppose thnt God, who gives us such a musical instrument ns thnt, intends m to keep It shut? Suppose some great tyrnnt should get possession of the musical in Mrumonts of the world nnd should lock up the organ of Westminster abbey, nnd the organ of Lucerne, nnd the organ nt Hnnrlem, nnd the organ nt Freiburg, nnd nil the other great musical instru ments of the world You would cnll such n man ns thnt a monster, nnd yet you nro more wicked if, with the human voice, a musical instrument of more won derful adnptntion tlian nil the musical instruments that man ever created, yon fhut it ngaiust the praise of God. Let those ro(ue to sing Who nevfr knew our God, But children ot the heavenly Kins Should cpeak their joys abroad. Music seems to lmve been born In the soul of the natural world. The omnipo tent voice with which God commTaded the world into being seems to linger yet with Its majesty ami sweetness, and you hear It in the grninijold, in the swoop of the wind amid the mountain fnstnesses, in tho canary's warble and the thunder shock, is the brook's tinkle nnd tho ocean's paean. There nre soft cadences in nature and loud notes, some of which we cannot hear at all and others that nre so terrify thnt we cannot apprcclnto them. The Judermont Dnj'n Grent Mnreli. Tho nnlmhlculac have their music, and tho splcula of liny and the globule of water nro as certainly resonnnt with tho voice of God as the highest heavens in which the nrmies of the redeemed cele brate their victories. When the brcnth of tho flower strikes the nir, and the wing of the lirefly clenves It, there is sound and there is melody; and as to thoso utter nnces ot nature which seem harsh and overwhelming, it is as when you btnnd In the midst of n great orchestra, and the sound almost rends your oar because you are too nenr to catch the blending of tho music. So, my frlerulR, wo stnnd too near the desolating storm and the frightful whirlwind to catch the blending of tho music, but when that mu-dc risos to whero God is, and the Invisible beings who float nbove us, then I suppose tho harmony is as sweet ns It is tremendous. In the judgment day, that dny of tumult nnd terror, there will bo no dissonnnce to thoso who enh nppreclnte the music. It will be ns when sometimes n great organ ist, in executing some great piece, breaks down the instrument upon which ho is playing tho music. So, when tho great march of tho judgment day is played under the hand of earthquake, and storm and conflagration, the world itself will break down with the music thnt Is played on It. The fact Is, wo are all deaf, or wu should understand that the whole uni verse is but one harmony the stars of the night only the ivory keys of a great instrument on which God's lingers play the music of the spheres. Music seems dependent on the law of acoustics and mathematics, and yet whore these laws are not understood at nil tho art is practiced. There nro today MO musicnl journals In Chinn. Two thousand years before Christ tho Egyp tians practiced this art. Pythagorns learned It. Lasus of Hermlone wroto essays on It. Plato nnd Aristotle Intro duced it into their schools, but I have not much Interest In that. My chief Interest Is in the music of tho Ulble. The Bible, like a grent harp with In numerable strings, swept by the fingers of Inspiration, trembles with it. So far back as the fourth chapter of Genesis you, find the first organist nnd hnrper Jubal. So far bnck ns tho thirty-first ' chapter of Genesis you find tho first choir. All np and down the Bible you find sacred music nt weddings, nt inau- 1 gurations, at the treading of the wine press. The Hebrews understood how to mako musical signs above tho musical 1 text. When the Jews came from their distant homes to the great festivals at Jerusalem, they brought harp and tlm- brel and trumpet nnd poured along tho grent Judaean highways a river of har mony until in nnd around the temple tlie wealth of a nation's song and gladness had accumulated. In our dny wo havo n division of labor In music, and we havo one man to make the hymn, another man to make tho tunc, another man to play it on the piano nnd another man to sing it. Not so in Bible times. Miriam, tho sis ter of Moses, after the passage of the Ited sea, composed a doxology, set It to music, clapped It on a cymbal and nt tho same time snug It. David, the psalmist, was at the same time poet, musicnl com poser, harpist and singer, nnd the ma jority ot his rhythm goes vibrating Itf nmrkalilp Ketone. Mrs. Michael Curtain, Plalnfleld, III., makes tho statement that she caught cold, which settled on her lungs; Bho was treated for a month by her family pliyni. clan, hut grew worse. Ho told hor sho was h hopoless victim of consumption and that no medicine could euro her, Her druggist suggested Dr. King's New DIs covery for Consumption; she bought a bottle and to her delight found herself benefitted from llrst doso. Shu continued Its uso and after taking six bottles, found herself sound aud well; now does her own house work, and Is as well as she ever was. Freo trial bottles of this Great DIs covery at J. W. O'SulHvan's drug store. Largo bottles 10 cents and 11.00. )iic AilntKc sougn Cure, cures, That U bi t It was made tor. through nil tho aces. MtMlc of Illliln Times. There were In Blblo times stringed In strumentsa Imrp of three strings ploy ed by fret aud bow, a barpof ten strings resounding only to the fingers of the per former. TJich there wns the crooked trumpet, fashioned out of the horn of the ox or the ram. Then there were the sis trum nnd the cymbals, clnppcd in the dnnce or bentcu in tho mnreh. Thcro wore 4,000 Lcvltes, the best men of the country, whow only business it was to look nftcr the music of tho temple. These 4,000 Lcvites were divided Into two classes nnd officiated on different dnys. Cnn you Imagine the harmony When these white robed Levltcs, before tho symbols of God's presence nnd by tho smoking nltars and the candlesticks thnt sprang upward nnd branched out like trees of gold nnd under the wings of the cherubim, chanted the One Hun dred nnd Thirty-sixth I'salm of Dnvld? Do you know how It wns done? One port of thnt great choir stood up nnd chnnted, ,flOh, give thnnks unto the Lord, for 'he is good!" Then tho other part of the choir, standing in some other pnrt of the temple, would come la with the response, "For his mercy endureth forever." Then the first pnrt would take up the song ngnln and say, "Unto him who only dooth great wonders." I The other pnrt of the choir would come in witn overwhelming response, "ror his mercy endureth forever," until in the latter pari; of the song, the music floating backward nnd forward, hnr- trurupot sounding, every bosom heaving, mony grnppling with hnrmony, every on ..nrt ot tllis ,nt ,vhite robc(i choir would lift the anthem, "Oh, slve thnnks unto the Ood of heaven 1" nnd the other pnrt of the Levite choir would come in with tho response, 'Tor his mercy en dureth forever." Hut I nm glnd to know thnt nil through the ages thcro has been grent attention paid to snercd music. Am brosius, Augustine, Gregory the Groat, Chnrlemngne, gave it tholr mighty In fluence, nud in our day the best musical genius is throwing Itself on the nltniw of God. Handel nnd Mozart and Unch nnd Durante nml Wolf nud scores of other men and women have given the host part of their geifius to church mu sic. A truth In words Is not bnlf so ' mighty as n truth In song. Luther's sermons have been forgotten, but the "Judgment Hymn" he composed Is re sounding yet all through Christendom. Appropriate Cltiircli Muxlo. I I congratulate tho world and the church on tho advancement made in this art tho Edinburgh societies for tho improve ment of music, the Swiss singing so- I cicties, tho Exeter hull concerts, tho I triennial musical convocation nt Dussel dorf, Germany, nnd Idrminshnm, Eng- 'land, the controversies of music ut Munich and Lelpsic, the Hnndel nnd Haydn aud Harmonic and Moznrt so cieties of this country, the ncndemlcs of music in Now lork, Brooklyn, Iloston, Charleston, New Orleans, Chicago and every city which uns nny entcrpnso. Xow, my friends, how aro we to decide whnt Is appropriate, especially for church music? There may bo a great many dif ferences of opinion. In somo of tho churches they prefer a trained choir; in others they profor tho raolodcon, the harp, the cornet, tho organ; in other places they think these things are the inven tion of the devil. Some would have a musical instrument played so loud you cannot stand It, nnd others would havo It played to soft you cannot hear It. Somo think a inuslcul Instrument ought to bo played on!j in the interstices of worship, and then with Indescribable softness, while others aro not sctlsfiod unless there be startling contrasts and staccato pas I . I. . 1. . V. 1 1 n .... 4 ..... T.-i U , . , , . -, groat eyes and hair on cnn, as from n ' vision of the witch of Bndor. But, whilo I there may bo great varieties of opinion lu lcgnnl to music, it seems to mo that the general spirit of tho word of God indicates what ought to be tho great I haracteritlcs of church music. i And I remark, in tho first place, a prominent characteristic ought to bo aduptiveness to devotion. Music that 1 may bo appropriate for a concert hall, or the opera house, or the drawing room, 1 may be Inappropriate in church. Glees, madrigals, ballads, may bo as innocent as psalms in their places. But church i music has only one design, and that is devotion, and that which comes with tho toss, the swing and the display of nn opera house is a hindrance to tho wor- ' ship. From such performances we go i away saying: "What splendid execution! ' Did you ever hoar such a soprano? Which of those solos did you llko tho better?" When, if we had been rightly , wrought upon, we would have goue away saying: "Oh, how my soul was lifted up 1 In the presence of God whllo thoy were singing that hrst hymn! l never nnd such rapturous views of Jesus Christ as my Saviour as when they wero binging thnt last doxology." Music in u. Help to Devotion. My friends, there is an everlasting dis tinction between music as a'n art aud music as a help to devotion. Though a Schumann composed it, though a Mozart played it. though a Sontag t-nug it, away with it if it does not muke thu heart bet ter und honor Christ. Why should wo rob tbe programmes of worldly gayoty when we have so mnny appropriate songs nnd tunes composed in our own day, ns well as thut magnificent inheritance of i. i i.. t cuurui ubuiiuuuy wiui'u uas etnue noun 1 fragrant with the devotions of other generations tunes no more worn out than they were when our great-graudfa- thers climbed ud on them from tho church pew to glory? Dear old souls, how they used to slug! When they weru cheerful, our grandfathers and grand mothers used to sing "Colchester." When they were very meditative, then tho boarded meeting houso rang with "South Street" and "St. KdmuutJ's." Were they struck through with great tenderness, they sang "Woodstock." Wero they wrnpped in visions ot the glory of the church, they sang "Elon," Were they overborne with tho lovo and glory of Cl'irist, they sung "Ariel." And in thoso days there were certain tunes married to certain hymns, and they have lived In peaco a great whilo, these two old peo ple, aud we have no right to dlvorru them. "What God hath joined together let no njan put asunder." Horn as wo have been, nmld this great wealth ot church music, augmented by the compo sitions of nrtists in our day, wo ought not to bo tempted out of the sphere of Christian harmony and try to seek tin consecrated sounds. It Is absurd for a millionaire to steal. I remark also thnt correctness ought to be n characteristic of church music. Whllo we all ought to take part In this service, with perhaps a few exceptions, wo ought nt the bnmo time to ctiltlvato ourselves In this sacred art. God loves harmony, and wo ought to love It. Thcro Is no devotion in a howl or a yelp. In this day, when there aro so many opportuni ties ot high culture in this sacred nrt, I declare that those parents nro guilty of neglect who let their sons and daughters grow up knowing nothing about music. fn some of fl'ie'Kuropean cathedrals' trie tholr assembles every morning and ev ery afturnoon of every day thu whole (ear to perfect themselves In this art, tnd shall wo begrudgo tho half hour wo pond Friday nights In tho rehearsal of acred song for the Subbath? No Drill Mnalo Watiii-d. Another characteristic must bo spirit an J life. Music ought to rush from the pudlence like the water from a rock !lwir, bright, spnrkllng. If all tho other part of the church service Is dull, do not hno tho music dull. With so many llirllllng things to sing about, away with ll drawling nnd stupidity. There is noth ing thnt mnkejtuo so nervous as to sit la a pulpit nnd look off on nn nudienco with Ihelr eyes throe-fourths closed, nnd their lips almost shut, mumbling the praises of Ood. During one of my journeys I preached to nn nudienco of i!,Q00 or 3,000 eople, nnd nV the music they mndo to gether did not equal one skylnrkl I'coplo do not sleeiH a coronntlon; do not let us sleep whe?Vvo como to a Saviour's crowning. In order to n proper discharge of this fluty, let us stajid up, snvo os ago or weakness or fntlgtio excuses us. Sentod In an easy pew we enrmot do this duty hnlf so well as when upright we throw our whole body Into It. Let our song bo llko an acclamation of victory. You hnvo n right to sing do not surrender your prerogative. If In the performnnco of your duty, or the attempt nt It, you should lose your plnce In tho musical scnlo and be ono C below when you ought to bo one 0 above, or you should como in. hnlf n bar behind, we will ex cuse you! Still, It Is better to do ns Paul Bays nnd sing "with tho spirit nnd tho un derstanding also." Again I remark church music must be congregational. This opportunity must be brought down within the range of tho whole audience. A song thnt tho wor shipers cannot sing la of no more use to thorn than ji sermon In Choctaw. What nn ensy kind of church It mutt be where tho minister does nil tho preaching and the elders nil tho praying and the choir nil tho slngingl There nro but very few churches where thero nre "two hundred nnd forty nud five singing men nnd sing ing women." In some churches It is nlmost considered a disturbance If n man let out his voice to full compass, and the people get up on tiptoe and look over between the spring hats and wonder what thnt tnnn is making all thnt noise about. In Syracuse in a Presbyterian church thero was one member who camo to me when I was the pastor of another church In that city and told mo his trouble, how that ns he persisted, in singing on the Sab bath day a committee, made up of tho session of tho choir, had como to ask him if he would not just plense to keep still! You have a right to sing, Jona than Edwards used to set apart whole dnys for singing. Lot us wako up to this duty. Let us sing alone, sing in our families, sing in our schools, sing In our churches. NntlonnI Airs of ITenven. I want to rouse you to a unanimity In Christian song that has never yet been exhibited. Come, now; clear your throats and got rendy for this duty, or you will never hear the end of this. I never shall forgot hearing a Frenchman ting the "Marseillaise" on the Champs Elytoes, TiAis, just beforo the battle of Sedan in 1870. I never saw such en thusiasm before or since. As he snng i that uational air, oh, how the French- men shouted! Have you ever In an English assemblage heard a band play "God Save the Queen?." If you have, you know something about tho enthu siasm of a national air. Now, I tell you that these songs wo slug Sabbath by Sabbath arc the nation al ajrs of the kingdom of heaven, and it you do not learn to sing them here how do you ever expect to sing tho song of Moses and the Lnmb7 I should not be surprised at all if some of the best an thems of heaven were made up of somo of the best songs of earth. May God I increase our reverence ior unrisuan psalmody and keep us from disgracing it I by our indifference and frivolity. I When Cromwell's army went Into bat tle, ho stood at the bead of it ono day and gave out tho long meter doxology to the tune of the "Old Hundredth," and that grent hot. company by company, regiment by regiment, division by divi sion, joined In the doxology: Prle Ood, from whom all blessings flow; Praise hiro. all creatures here below; Praise him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. And while they sang they marched, and while they marched they fought, and ! while they fought they got the victory. Ob, mn and women ot Jesus Christ, let us go Into all our conflicts singing tho praises of God, and then, instead of fall ing bnck, ns we often do, from defeat to defeat, wo will be marching on from vic tory to victory. "Gloria In Excelsls" is written over many organs. Would thut 1 by our appreciation of the goodness of i God, and the mercy of Christ, nnd tho grandeur of henven, we could havo "Gloria In Excelsis" written over all our I souls. "Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, nnd to the Holy Ghost, as it wns in the beginning, is now nnd ever shall be, world without end. Amen!" REVOLUTIONARY WIDOWS ON PEN SION LIST. A Washington special says In addition to the record of tho yenrV work in tho pen.-lon olllce, C'ommls-lcner Evans' an nual report contains a uni 01 uiu lour sui - viving wiuowH or revolutionary soiuters, one livlni; In Vermont, one In Tonness-ea and two In Virginia: also of seven daught ers, one In Massachusetts, two In Connec ticut, to In IVmtcylvanla and one each In Now Jersey and Virginia. Thero ix on ly one simivlng soldier of the war of 1M2, Hiram Cronk of Northwestern, N. i " ai V. He Is ninety-nine years, ot ago. Thcro ims widow of 1S12 nn tho roll. Thee llgures to t' Illustrate the oft-repeated statement that It Is thu yournr wive, mar i rylng aged veterans who keep the pension Ut weighed down. Adil.tion.il force in giv. en to this Idea y the fact that, ot tho I i-lnlirht..ra nf 1 nvnl 11 1 (nnnrv wnliHera Tvlinrt luges have been asiert.tl.icd. the average age cims the Highest age nr any ot tno widows, and i.vecds the average, ago of tho widows by two years. ABSOLUTE SECURITY. 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Their bonrs Wire disinterred a fi ,t dnys ago nnd M nt to North Hlhn. by Co , Itlrhnrd j, Illnton, who Is tho solo sun 14 vor of John llrown's party. Wednesday' was the 13d anniversary of the famo ij battle of Ossowattomle, About Vm per .Jons were In attendance upon tho exi r clses nt North i;ibn. Over a single open grave rested tin .seven caskets containing tho remains o tho men. Tho Itev. Joshua Young deliver !1 tin address recalling tin' occasion on . 'roM December day, V) years beforo, when he had stood beside an open grave in tan atne place ami as officiating oUrgyman saw committed to that grave all that w3 mortal of John Urown. , At the conclusion of his remarks, tmj I Hppe family, tho only survivors of the whom John Urown brought to North Kl t i and established In a colony, hoping 'u make them free and Independent, sang t' hymn thnt wns sung forty years ago the Interment of their chieftain. 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HUdreth. lnu- ot Richmond, ltf-1 i.ild UibtrlU, deceased, GREETING: ,t n Probate Court, holden nt llurllii , to,,. within ami ior tne uistnct ot t rut ICWlcn, OH lot? 13.11 n Ul jiuiiuii. icy. an lnMrummt purporting to be tho lasa will and tesu'immt of AI'.to U. Hildreth, lrtte of Richmond In said district, deceased, was presented to tho court atOTesaid, fop probate. And it Is ordered by fald coi.rt 1 at thu ICth rtav of September ISM, at tho Probata Couit iooms. in t.ald Hurlington, bo as signed for proving said Instrument; ami that notice thereof be given to all per-, sons concerned, by publishing this order three weeks successively in the Burling ton Free Press, a newspaper published at said Hurlington, provious to riio time ap pointed. Therefore, voif are hereby notified to ap pear before said court, at tho time and) place aforesaid, and contest tho probata of said will. If you riavu cause. Given under my hand at Hurlington, In said district, this Pith day of Ausust, ISM. EZRA 51. HORTON. Sw,3t Register. CARLOS I'". GILLETTE'S ESTATE. STATE OE VERMONT. District of Chit tenden, ss. Tlie Hosiornldn the Probato Court fir the Plstrii t of Chittenden, To all persons Interested in tho estato o! Carlo K. Gillette, lato of Charlotte, n t-.ild district, deceased, GREETING Whereas, said Court has assigned tho 2Sth dny of September next for tho pottle mint of the urrount of thu admiiiir.ii Jior of the estate ol Carlo P. Gllletf, late . i Charlotte. In said district, de.eased nt I for u decree of the residue ot tfdid est. re to the lawful claimants of the es'nte of said deceased, nnd ordered that public notice thereof be given to all per sons Interested In said estate by publish lug this order three weekssucee-slvelypr vious to the day at-slgned, In the Hurling! ton Free 1're-s. a newspaper published Irw Hurlington In said district. Therofore, you are hereby notified to appear at the Probate Court rooms In Hurlington, on the day assigned, tben anl thero to contest tho nllowane of i-ald account If you see cause, and to eatabluji your rlcht a- heirs, legatees and lawful claimants of said residue. Given under my hand, this Iltb day ol August A. I). l"f . EZRA. 51. HORTON. n.w3t Register. NTS. ESTATE OK SAMI'EL HUNTINGTON, HURLINGTON. Wo, the subscribers, having bean ap pointed by tho lionorablo the Probate) Court for tho district of Chltenden, com ni.ssloners to receive, examine and adjust the claims and demands of all person against tbe estate of Samuel Huntington, late of Hurlington In aalddlstrlctdcceni-ed, und also all claims and demands exhibited In offset thereto, and six months from the day of the date hereof being allowed by mtd Court for thnt purpose, we do there fore hereby give notice that wo will nttend to the duties of our appointment nt th ollke of T E, Wnles. Hurlljigton. Vt It nald district on the third Thursdays ol September, 1S39. and Eebrunry, lfOO, next, at 10 o'clock a m , on e.rch of said days. Dated this Hth day of August, l9f, T E WALES, I'"RED JOHONNOTT. Sw,? Commissioners,