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The Yale Expositor.
J A. ilrSXir.s, Publisher.
YALli,
Mien
Trouble seldom visits a man who isn't
looking for it.
1 An expert penman sometimes forges
ahead until he gets caught.
Hanging Is too good for many of th
paintings sent to exhibitions.
The Incubator will never succeed In
driving the old hen out of business.
Lots of men have been temporarily
paralyzed who never had a paralytic
stroke.
Some kinds of love may grow cold,
but the kind a man has for himself
never does.
Wedlock holds a man pretty close
when his wife doesn't allow him to car
ry a latchkey.
Some men are bo versatile that they
don't 6tick to one thing long enough to
make u success of it.
It is often a great disadvantage for
a young man to begin a career with
Buperior advantages.
The love that makes the world go
round often prevents the income from
going moTe than half way.
One of the greatest dampers to a
man's ambition is the knowledge that
the mantle of greatness is usually worn
es a shroud.
The man of New Jersey who died
after Tapidly drinking three pints of
applejack must have had his stomach
given him in some other state, and
the other Btate must have made the
beverage too.
"Should one Judge from the so-called
comic page, all men are liars and dis
honorable, all women frivolous and un
faithful, all children imps, all mothers-in-law
monsters, all homes unhappy,
all "husbands and wives quarrelsome,
all dealers cheats, all ministers whlted
sepulchres, all charitable organizations
frauds, all mankind thoroughly cor
rupt." Thus the editor of the Elmlra
Gazette laments what he calls the mis
chief of the comic. The extract has its
modicum of truth; but let the dear man
think! Shall we eliminate satire?
Shall we abolish the exaggeration of
poetry? Shall we omit that part of
history Which is not susceptible of ab
solute proof? Shall we overlook hy
pocrisy and pretension? Shall pom
posity and valn-gloriousness go un
pricked of their ridiculous wind? Give
the world credit for some little intelli
gence. The destruction of birds in America
has become a serious matter, and scien
tists cay that unless the killing of
these citizens of the air can be stopped
a good many varieties which are of
great alue to man will soon become
extinct. Such a result would work ir
reparable injury to agricultural Inter
eats, for no artificial aid has yet been
discovered which can in any degree
take the place of these natural allies
of the farmer in 'his war upon insect
enemies. Senator Ilotr of Massachu
setts and Representative John F. Lacey
of Iowa are deeply interested in this
matter, and have introduced in both
houses of congress bills for the pro
tection of the birds. Mr. Hoar's bill
has .passed the senate and will soon
come-to. a vote in the house. To Insure
(its passage by that body every agri
culturist and bird lover is urged to
write without delay to the representa
tive of his district , in congress, asking
him .to cast his vote for the measure.
Girls .are apt to resent the opinion
held by many of their friends, ,and
even some of their admirers, that they
do not know how to think; and that
they generally refuse to concentrate
their attonlon long enough to reason
upon any subject. In resenting it, the
ordinary young woman will exclaim
with assurance that the criticism isn't
true; that .many a .girl has thought
herself into. a headache, which no ono
will deny; but even this, one torment
ing young skeptic saucily declares, is
quite frequently done After the man
ner of the girl in the story of "How
One Girl Studies." She places her box
of chocolates on the tabic, and wtila
eating them and polishing her finger
nails, says aloud and indistinctly, of
course, The three angles o a triangle
are equal to two right angle Oh dear.
I hope it won't rain tomorrow and spoil
that picnLc! The tiree an glee of a tri
angle are equal to two right angles
I saw George Morris and Sue (walk off
together, and they Just may for all I
care! The two angles of a trlatgle are
equal to three right angles "f here,
those chocolates are cot so large as
those that were on top! The three
right angles well, this old thing i too
rtupid! There Is nothing In it but son
sense, so there r
An English paper says the American
Is an "Incurably cheerful man. He Is
also incorrigibly active, persistently In
ventive, hopelessly patriotic, and irre
trievably committed to the doctrine
that his country has a mission to be
loyally and courageously fulfilled.
A society lady of Atlanta writes an
open letter declaring that kissing is a
growing evil In her town, and that It
breeds disease. Let us calmly consid
er whether disevse is a greater evil
than would be the abeence of this pop
alar amusement.
ME MEN HEEDED
Gen. Shatter Applies for Reinforcements,
HE CAN NOT TAKE SANTIAGO.
Enems Strength Was Greatly
Underestimated.
MORE TROOPS TO BE SENT AT ONCE.
Apparent Raven of Our Troop Caused
Consternation at Washington War
Council Held at the White Home
President Has Confidence In Gen.
Shatter's Ability Telegram of Con
g-ratalation Sent to Him and the
Troop for the Hrave Effort Made.
Washington, July 5. Like a thun
derbolt out of a clear sky came a dis
patch to the secretary of war at noon
Sunday from Gen. Shatter on the
battlefield saying it would be impos
sible to carry the city of Santiago
by storm with his present force of
men. This came at the moment when
war department officials were expect
ing word that Santiago had fall
en and that our flag was waving over
other details, showing splendid brav
the city. Gen. Shafter gave many
ery on the part of our men, but all
this was lost sight of in the fact of
the momentous report that the city
itself, after three days of desperate
battle, could not be taken. The dis
patch was carried by Adjutant Gen
eral Corbin to the white house, where
a council of war was held by the pres
ident. Secretary Alger, Gen. Miles, Gen.
Corbin, Assistant Secretary of War
Meiklejohn and Assistant Secretary
of the Navy Allen. The officials wore
an outward calm, but the report had
caused the deepest agitation. All at
tention was directed to sending rein
forcements to Shafter immediately,
in order that the battle might be re
newed and Santiago taken. At the
war council It was positively deter
mined there should be no halt in the
movement on Santiago, except such
time as was necessary to get more
men to Shafter. They will be sent
from Tampa in large numbers and
15,000 men will then be moved from
Chlckamauga to Tampa to go for
ward on transports. Dispatches were
sent to the fleet off Santiago to have
twelve transports return at once to
Tampa to take on more troops for
Shafter. Hurry orders were sent to
Tampa, and one expedition of six
ships with about C.000 men left there
Sunday.
Gen. Shafter's report caused an agi
tation throughout the national capital
almost Indescribable. Great crowds sur
rounded the bulletin boards and
churchgoers were greeted with cries of
"Extra" papers. The public Shared the
apprehension of officials, and it was
feared Gen. Shafter's position had be
come dangerous and possibly critical.
The official dispatch given out did not
contain all Gen, Shafter reported, as
part of the report of his future plans
was suppressed In order not to reach
the enemy.. This told of the place he
would occupy In order to protect his
force from an attack by the enemy. It
will be near the coast and under the
guns of the American ships. There will
certainly be no more fighting 'for the
present until large reinforcements
reach Shafter. In the meantime' there
is a possibility that the Spanish troops
may make an attack on our forces, but
this is not expected, as the Spaniards
are quite as much worn out as our men.
There are reports showing that the
Spanish loss is over 1,000 and that their
leading general, Linares, is severely
wounded. Santiago Is a mass of ruins,
caused by the fire of our troops and
bursting shells from Sampson's fleet.
The city is like a great morgue, filled
with the dying and wounded, and
starvation Is added to the horrors of
their situation. They are Tar worse off
than Shafter's troops, although they
cling to their lntrenchments in despera.
tion.
The war councils at the white house
were devoted to the planning for send
ing reinforcements. Every available
ship has been ordered to Tampa, and a
wholesale movement of troops will be
gin there. Although feeling keenly the
failure to take Santiago, officials at the
war department say that our troops
have done splendid service against ter
rible odds. They have suffered from the
terrible heat and have cut through al
most impassable underbrush. They
have captured many outposts of San
tiago, driving the Spaniards Into tie
city. But the forts and lntrenchments,
combined with guns of the Spanish
fleet, have given the enemy heavy ad
vantages. Gen. Miles may be sent to the field
at ionce to tato supreme command, ow
ing to the emergency. He wishes to
go, but the war department hesitates
to grant permission for fear it will be
taken as a criticism of Shafter. There
Is no desire by the president or the
secretary of war to criticize Shafter In
any way. They say he has done the
best possible under adverse circum
stances. Many of his best generals have been
prostrated with the heat and are suf
fering with fever. Major General
Wheeler and Gen. Young are among
those fever stricken. This seriously
cripple? our rtrength. Wheeler and
Young will be brought home and oth
er generals sent In their places. There
arc rumors also that the heat and cll
mr have told seriously on General
Shafter himself, and that he has been
unable to lead the army during the
fight. Officials say the heat and cli
mate bave done more than Spanish bu
ltets to hurt our troops.
Military authorities are divided In
opinion as to what circumstances
brought about Gea. Shafter's condi
tion. Some say it would have been
better policy to have divided the
Spanish forces and fight them near
the coast, where Admiral Sampson's
ships could have helped shell the
enemy. But Shafter determined to
drive them away from the coast and
pen them up in Santiago. He thought
he could then surround the town and
capture it. He evidently had greatly
underestimated the strength of the
city's defense, as his storming has
been done at very heavy cost of life,
and now he Is obliged to retire and
wait for more men. The president
showed his continued support of Shaf
ter by sending a dispatch congratu
lating him and the troops on their
bravery on first day's fighting. This
dispatch was sent by the Secretary of
War and says:
"The president directs me to say
that you have earned the gratitude
and thanks of the nation for the bril
liant and effective work of your noble
army on Friday, July 1."
It Is probable the president will at
once Issue another proclamation call
ing for more troops, as the strug
gle at Santiago, which is known to be
far weaker than Havana, has dis
closed the heeavy task ahead. There
Is to "be no halt in the aggressive
campaign, and the apparent tempo
rary reverse of Gen. Shafter will bring
forth efforts by officials here for an
army large enough to crush the
Spaniards at every point.
Late in the afternoon the President
again held a council of war, attended
by most of his cabinet. The plans for
sending reinforcements were again
gone over and a most vigorous policy
determined upon.
German Critic.
Berlin, July 5. The press of the
country Is now commenting upon the
Spanish-American war in a more un
biased manner, and with less venom
toward the Americans, although the
military editors continue to regard the
situation as very unfavorable for the
Americans as well as for the Spaniards.
With regard to Cuba, it is thought that
the American forces there, apart from
yellow Jack and the Influences of the
climate, are entirely inadequate. All
the American operations since the
United States forces have been landed,
it Is asserted, have been ill-advised and
showed lack of foresight. The fact
that the army of occupation is so in
sufficiently equipped with everything
needful shows, the papers declare, poor
generalship.
Will Hold KaUer In Check.
Taris, July 5. The alleged good
faith of Germany in the matter of the
seizure of the Philippines, which, it
is said, the Washington government
does not doubt, is not so viewed on
the continent. In fact, the belief is
that Germany has ulterior designs.
The attitude of the other powers,
however, it is believed, will hold the
war lord in Check. An Italian states
man is credited with saying that he
did not believe any European power
would raise a hand to prevent the
bombardment of Manila by Ameri-
can ships. By such a step the power
Interested would be regarded as an
ally of Spain and her actloln would
mean war. Not a power In Europe, ho
says, would dare to take the step.
Dewey1 1 Disappointed.
London, July 5. The Daily Tele
graph publishes a dispatch from Ma
nila, under date of June 23, via Hong
Kong, which says that the non-arrival
of the transports from San Francisco
has grievously disappointed Admiral
Dewey. The Americans express the ut
most confidence in their ability to dis
pose of Admiral Camara's squadron or
any other ships that the Spaniards may
rend, but they admit that they wish
'hat Admiral Dewey had at least one
''attleshlp.
New of'ltattle at Tampa.
, Tampa, Fla., July 5. The news of the
severe loss sustained by Gen. Shafter's
army at Santiago reached Tampa Sun
day. The excitement is Intense, and
the men are wild with the desire to go
to Cuba and avenge the death of their
comrades. This feeling is as strong
among the volunteers as among the
regulars, and there is not a soldier here
who is not far more anxious to 'be in
the midst of the conflict now than he
;as before the bad news was received.
8panlnh Minister Criticised.
Madrid, July 5. At a banquet In
Madrid Senor Romero y Robledo made
a violent anti-government speech, ac
cusing the ministers of Inactivity and
being without an original idea, and
leaving everything tto'the admiral and
generis. He concluaerl with pointing
out that the existing Institutions would
be endangered, adding? "But, neverthe
less, we must do our duty as Spaniard
and defwrtl our country."
Will Kept Oat of he Way.
Madrid, July 5. There is belief
here that the squadron f Camara
will not go to the Philippines. Neith
er will it retarn to Spain. The evi
dent intention Is to keep It out of the
way of the American fleet In order
that It may not go the way of the
Mtnfla squadron or meet the fate
the ships of Cerrera.
Spanish Claim Victory.
Madrid, July 5. No official dispatch
has been received regarding the battle
of Santiago de Cuba; but private tele
grams affirm that the Americans suf
fered a distinct check, and that a great
number of them were captured.
Coal Ins; Outside Port Said.
London, July 5. Lloyd's agent at
Port Said, telegraping Sunday, says
the Spanish fleet is anchored outside
Egyptian waters, and is engaged la
coaling.
T AIM AGE'S SERMON.
"WOMAN WRONGED" LAST SUN
DAY'S SUBJECT.
From the Text Father It 11-12 a Fol
lows: "llrlnff Vaunt!, the Queen, He
fore the King wrlilt the Crown Royal
to Show the J'eople and I'rlnees Her
lleauty."
We stand amid the palaces of Shu
Bhan. The pinnacles are aflame with
the morning light. The columns rise
festooned and wreathed, the wealth of
empires flashing from the grooves; the
ceilings adorned with images of bird
and beast, and scenes of prowess and
conquest. The wall are hung with
shields, and emblazoned until It seems
that the whole round of splendors is
exhausted. Each arch is a mighty leaf
of architectural achievement. Golden
stars shining down on glowing arab
esque. Hangings of embroidered work
in which mingle the blueness of the
sky, the greenness of the grass and the
whiteness of the seafoam. Tapestries
hung on silver rings, wedding together
the pillars of marble. Pavilions reach
ing out in every direction. These for
Tepose, filled with luxuriant couches,
in which weary limbs sink until all
fatigue is submerged. Those for ca
rousal where kings drink down a king
dom at one swallow. Amazing spec
tacle! Light of sliver dripping down
over stairs of Ivory on shields of gold.
Floors of stained marble, sunset red
and night black, and inlaid with gleam
ing pearl. In connection with thla
palace there is a garden, where the
mighty men of foreign lands are seat
ed at a banquet. Under the spread of
oak and linden and acacia the tables
are arranged. The breath of honey
suckle and frankincense fills the air.
Fountains leap up into the light, the
spray struck through with rainbows
falling into crystalline baptism upon
flowering shrubs thon rolling down
through channels of marble, and wid
ening out here and there into pools
swirling with the finny tribes of for
eign aquariums, bordered with scarlet
anemones, hypcrlcums, and many-colored
ranunculi.
Meats of rarest bird and beast smok
ing up amid wreaths of aromatics. The
vases filled with apricots and almonds.
The basket piled up with apricots and
figs and oranges and pomegranates.
Melons tastefully twined with leaves
of acacia. The bright waters of Eu
laeus filling the urns and dropping out
side the rim in flashing beads amid
the traceries. Wine from the royal
vats of Ispahan and Shlraz, in bottles
of tinged shell, and lily-shaped cups of
silver, and flagons and tankards of boI
ld gold. The music rises higher, and
the revelry breaks out Into wilder
transport, and the wine has flushed the
cheek and touched the brain, and loud
er than all other voices are the hie
cough of the inebriates, the gabble of
fools, and the song of the drunkards.
In another part of the palace Queen
Vashti Is entertaining the Princess of
Persia at a banquet. Drunken Aha
6uerus says to his servants, "You go
and fetch Vashti from that banquet
with the women, and bring her to this
banquet with the men, and let me dis
play her beauty." The servants imme
diately 6tart to obey the king's com
mand; but there was a rule In Oriental
society that no woman might appear in
public without having her face veiled
Yet here was a mandate that no one
dare dispute, demanding that Vashti
come in unveiled before the multitude
However, there was in Vashtl's soul a
principle more regal than Ahasuerus,
more brilliant than the gold of Shu-
shan, of more wealth than the realm of
Persia, which commanded her to dls
obey this order of the king; and so all
the righteousness and holiuess and
modesty of her nature rise up into one
sublime refusal. She says, "I will not
go into the banquet unveiled." Aha
suerus was infuriate; and Vashti, rob
bed of her position and her estate, is
driven forth in poverty and ruin to suf
fer the scorn of a nation, and yet to
receive the applause of after genera
tlons, who shall rise to admire this
martyr to kingly Insolence. Well, the
last vestige of that feast Is gone; the
last garland had faded; the last arch
has fallen; the last tankard has been
destroyed; and Shushan Is a ruin; but
as long as the world stands there will
be multitudes of men and women, fa
miliar with the Bible, who will come
Into this picture gallery of Cod and
admire the divine portrait of Vashti
the queen, Vashti the veiled, Vashti the
sacrifice, Vashti the silent.
In the; first place, I want you to look
upon Vashti the queen. A blue rib
bon, rayed with white, drawn around
her forehead, Indicated her queenly po
sition. It was no small honor to be
queen in. such a realm as that. Hark
to the rustle of her robes! See the
blaze of her Jewels! And yet It is not
necessary to have place and regal robe
In.trder to be queenly. When I see a
woman with stout faith In God, put
ting v'ler foot upon all meanness and
selfishness and godless .display, going
right forward to serve -Christ and the
race by a grand and a glorious serv
ice, I sty: ''That woman is a queen,"
and the ranks of .heaven look over the
battlements upon the coronation; and
whether sfce comes up from the shanty
on the commons or the mansion of the
fashionable square, 1 greet her with the
shout, "AJ1 tall, Queon VashtM"
What glory was tlwere on tlwe brow
of Mary of Scotland, or Elizabeth of
England, or Margaret of France, or
Catherine of Russia, compared with
the worth of some of our Christian
mothers, many of them gone Into
glory? or of that woman mentioned In
the Scriptures, who put her all into the
Lord's treasury? or of Jephthah's
daughter. Who made a demonstration
of unselfish patriotism? or of Abigail,
who rescued the herds and flocks of
her husband? or of Ruth, who tolled
under a tropical sun for poor, old, help
less Naomi ? or of Florence Nightin
gale, who went at midnight to stanch
the battle wounds of the Crimea? or
of Mrs. Adoniram Judson, who kindled
the lights of salvation amid the dark
ness of Burmah? or of Mrs. Hemans,
who poured out her holy soul in words
which will forever be associated with
hunter's horn, and captive's chain, and
bridal hour.'and lute'B throb, and cur
few's knell at tho dying day? and
scores and hundreds of women, un
known on earth, who have given wa
ter to the thirsty, and bread to the
hungry, and medicine to the sick, and
smiles to the discouraged their foot
steps heard along dark lane and in gov
ernment hospital, and in almshouse
corridor, and by prison-gate? There
may be no royal robe there may be
no palatial surroundings. She does
not need them; for all charitable men
will unite with the crackling lips of
fever-struck hospital and plague
blotched lazaretto in greeting her as
she passes: "Hail! Hall! Queen
Vashti!"
Again. I want you to consider Vash
ti the veiled. Had she appeared be
fore Ahasuerus and his court on that
day with her face uncovered she would
have shocked all the delicacies of Ori
ental society, and the very men who in
their Intoxication demanded that she
come, In their sober moments would
have despised her. As some flowers
seem to thrive best in the dark lane
and in the shadow, and where the sun
doe3 not seem to reach them, so God
appoints to most womanly natures a
retiring and unobtrusive spirit. God
once in a while does call an Isabella
to a throne, or a Miriam to strike the
timbrel at the front of a host, or a
Marie Antoinette to quell a French
mob, or a Deborah to stand at the front
of an armed battalion, crying out, "Up!
Up! This Is the day in which the Lord
will deliver Sisera into thy hands."
And when the women are called to
such out-door work and to such he
roic positions, God prepares them for
it; and they have Iron in their soul,
and lightnings In their eye, and whirl
winds in their breath, and the bor
rowed strength of the Lord Omnipo
tent in their right arm. They walk
through furnaces as though they were
hedges of wild-flowers, and cross seas
as though they were shimmering sap
phire; and all the harpies of hell down
to their dungeon at the stamp of wom
anly indignation.
But these are the exceptions. Gen
erally, Dorcas would rather make a
garment for the poor boy; Rebecca
would rather fill the trough of the cam
els; Hannah would rather make a coat
for Samuel: the Hebrew maid would
rather give a prescription for Naa
man's leprosy; the woman of Sarepta
would rather gather a few sticks to
cook a meal for famished Elijah;
Phebe would rather carry a letter for
the inspired apostle; Mother Lois
would rather educate Timothy in the
Scriptures. When I see a woman go
ing about her dally duty, with cheerful
dignity presiding at the table, with
kind and gentle but firm discipline pre
siding in the nursery, going out into
the world without any blast of trum
pets, following in the footsteps of him
who went about doing good I say:
"This is Vashti with a veil on."
But when I see a woman of unblush
ing boldness, loud voiced, with a
tongue of Infinite clltter-clatter, with
arrogant look, passing through the
streets with the step of a walking
beam, gayly arrayed in a very hurri
cane of millinery, I cry out: "Vashti
has lost her veil!" When I see a wom
an struggling for political preferment
trying to force her way on up to con
splcuity, amid the masculine dema
gogues, who stand with swollen fists
and bloodshot eyes and pestiferous
breath, to guard the polls wanting to
go through the loaferism and defile
ment of popular sovereigns, who crawl
up from the saloons greasy and foul
and vermin-covered, to decide ques
tions of Justice and order and civiliza
tion when I see a woman. I say, who
wants to press through all that horri
ble scum to get to public place and
power, I say: "Ah. what a pity! Vash
ti has lost her veil!"
When I see a woman of comely fea
tures, and of adroitness of Intellect,
and endowed with all that the schools
can do for her, and of high social po
sition, yet moving In society with su
perciliousness and hauteur, as though
she would have people know their
place, and with an undefined combina
tion of giggle and strut and rhodomon
tade, endowed with allopathic quanti
ties of talk, but only homeopathic In
finitesimals of sense, the terror of dry
goods clerks and railroad conductors,
discoverers of significant meanings In
plain conversation, prodigies of bad
inage and Innuendo I say: "Vashti
has lost her veil."
Again, I want you this morning to
consider Vashti the sacrifice. Who is
this that I see coming out of that pal
ace gate of Shushan? It seems to me
that I have seen her before. She comes
homeless, houseless, friendless, trudg
ing along with a broken heart. Who Is
she? It is Vashti the sacrifice. Oh!
what a change It was from regal posi
tion to a wayfarer's crust! A little
while ago, approved and sought for;
now, none so poor as to acknowledge
her acquaintanceship. Vashti the sac
rifice! One night during our civil war I
went to Hagerstown to look at the
army, and I stood on a hilltop and
looked down upon them. I saw the
camp-fires all through the valleys and
all over the hills. It was a weird spec
tacle, those camp-fires, and I stood and
watched them; and the soldiers who
were gathered around them were, no
doubt, talking of their homes, and of
the long march they had taken, and of
the battles they were to fight; but af
ter awhile I saw these camp-fires be
gin to lower; and they continued to
lower, until they were all gone out, and
the army slept. It was Imposing when
Itsaw the camp-fires; It was Imposing
In the darkness when I thought of that
great host asleep. Well, God looks down
from heaven, and he sees the fire
sides of Christendom and the loved
ones gathered around these firesides.
These are the camp-fires where we
warm ourselves at the close of day, and
talk of the battles of life w havo
fought and the battles that are yet to
come. God grant that when at lasi
these fires begin to go out, and con
tinue to lower until finally they arc
extinguished, and the ashes of con
sumed hopes strew the hearth of tho
old homestead, It may be because we
have
Gone to sleep the last sleep,
From which none ever wake to weep.
Now we are an army on the march
of life. Then we shall be rtn army
bivouacked in the tent of the grave.
Once more: I want you to look at
Vashti the silent. You do not hear any
outcry from this woman as she goos
forth from the palace gate. From the
very dignity of her nature, you know
there will be no vociferation. Some
times in life It is necessary to make a
retort; sometimes in life it is neces
sary to resist; but there are crises
when the most triumphant thing to do
is to keep Bllence. The philosopher,
confident in his newly discovered prin
ciple, waiting for the coming of the
more intelligent generations, willing
that men should laugh at the light
ning rod and cotton gin and steamboat,
and telegraph waiting for long years
through the scofllng of philosophical
schools, lu grand and magnificent si
lence.
Galileo, condemned by mathemati
cians, and monks, and cardinals,' cari
catured everywhere, yet waiting and
watching with his telescope to see the
coming up of stellar reinforcements.
when the stars lu their eour.-cs would
fight for the Copcrnlcan system; then
sitting down In complete blindness and
deafness to wait for the coming on of
the generations who would build his
monument and bow at hij grave. The
reformer, execrated by his contempo
raries, fastened In a pi' lory, the slow
fires of public contempt burning xmivr
him, ground under the cylinders of
the printing pi ess, yet calmly waiting
for the day when purity of soul and
heroism of character will get the sanc
tion of earth and the plaudits of heav
en. Affliction enduring without any
complaint the sharpness of the pang,
and the violence of the storm, and the
heft of the chain, and the darkness of
tho night waiting until a divine hand
shall be put forth to soothe the pang,
ahd hush the storm, and release the
captive. A wife abused, persecuted,
and a perpetual exile from every earth
ly comfort waiting, waiting, until the
Lord shall gather up his dear children
In a heavenly home, and no poor Vash
ti will ever be thrust out from the pal
ace gate. Jesus, In silence and answer
ing not a word, drinking the gall, bear
ing the cross. In prospect of the rap
turous consummation when
Angela thronged his ohnrlot wheel.
And lor; him to his throne:
Thru swpt thfir noltUn harp and sung,
"Tho rKtIou! work Id done!"
nil n-im r. 11 dfioa nrif lhla stnrv nf
Vashti the queen, Vashti the veiled,
Vashti the sacrifice, Vashti the slleni,
move your soul? My sermon con
verges into one absorbing hope that
none of you may be shut out of the
palace gate of heaven. You can en
dure the hardships, and the privations,
and the cruelties, and the misfortunes
of this life if you can only gain admis-
, j. i rpl 1, il,. 1,1 1 . 1.
Eion mere, i uiuu,;u iuv uiuuu ui me
everlasting covenant you go tnrougii:
those gates, or never go inrougn ai an.
God forbid that you should at last be
banished from the society of angels,
and banished from the cjmpanlonshlp
of your glorified kindred, and banished
forever. Through the rich grace of our
Lord Jesus Christ, may you be enabled
to imitate the example of Rachel, and
Hannah, and Abigail, and Deborah,
and Mary, and Esther, and Vashti.
Urltain's Triplet of Cronncs.
From the Boston Transcript: Great
Ttrltnln'n nnHnnftl Pa hr9 lifpn rnllfvl'
"a triplet of crosses," for it i3 composed
of the cross of St. George, the cross or
Cf Amlrow nn1 llio frns nf St. P.ltrlrk.
Thus, the flag of "St. George for Mr
rlc England," a red cross on a white
ground, the red lines drawn straight
from top to bottom and from side to
side; the flag of St. Andrew for Scot
land, a white cross on a blue ground;
the flag of St. Patrick for Ireland, a red
crus-H uii wmie giuuuu, me uanuw
red lines drawn from corner to corner..
By placing the cross of St. George on
that of St. Andrew we have "the Jack,"
as ordered In 1G0G by James I., whose
signature was always "Jacques," hence
the expression "the Jack." By laying
the cross of St. Patrick over that of St.
Andrew and then placing that of St.
George over both we have "the union
Jack," as borne since the union with
Ireland In 1800.
For a Monument to President Tyler.'
Capt. Lamb, representing the Rich
mond (Va.) district, has been working
to secure some appropriate monument
tc mark the grave of former President
John Tyler. Visitors to Hollywood
Cemetery are pointed to the spot, over
looking the James river, where two
presidents of the United States are
burled, but there is nothing but a mod
est headstone to mark the grave of
President Tyler.
Foreigners In the Riviera.
There are about 270,000 foreigners
who pass from a week to a whole win
ter on the Riviera each year, and It has
been estimated that the average ex
penditure of each while there Is about
$200. In other words, the foreign visi
tors spend about $31,000,000 in iho
country every winter.
Reverie of a Ilenedlcr.
Mnnv a husband la lnaf in
uuuer ua
he reflects that the glowing hand which
spanKS nis ennaren ana serves up his.
cabbace Is the same hand u-hiK
D- - - t.u.iu ua
used to write tonnets about, and which
ne never Kisseu wunout a sense of rev
erence amounting to rapture. llix.
luiy Gazc-t'e.