LOCAX. AND FKBSONAI..' Captain Edersby of Eight-mil- e was in

. the city Friday.. C. W. and Mrs. VanDuyn of Tygh

Valley.were in the city Friday,' Mr. Silas Beezley is going to Burnt

. Ranch on a visit to his neice who is residing there. .

Mr. and Mrs. John Roth of Kingsleyand their daughter Mrs. H. Farghercame into town Friday.

The state of Pennsylvania has 1145persons to the square mile and Oregonhas in the neighborhood of two.

V(m. Bird was in the city Saturdaytransacting business at the land office inregard to his timber culture claim,

The Chbonicli is pleased to hear thatMiss Lois Dufur, of Dufur, is getting

. well of her late dangerous sickness,, A car load of cattle and one of hogs

.were fed at the stock yards Friday and'one car of Wasco county sheep wasped this morning by Jack Anderson toVictoria, B. C.

; Henry C. Coe and wife, of Hood River," have given a bond for a deed in the sum' of f1200, for lots three and four in section' ' A, town of Wacoma, to J. E. Rand, of

Hood River. '

Guesses are now in order as to whomthe governor will appoint to succeedJudge Bird. It is expected the mantlewill fall on some Dalles man.

The friends of the Chboniclx will bepleased to learn that the circulation of

; the weekly' edition has nearly doubled' within the past two months,

? Long Ward solemnly avers that heremembers the time when schools of

. whales peed to come up the river in thespring time and lay their eggs in thesand back of the Umatilla House.,. Mr.McGowan, of the Buchheit Pack- -

Ing company, of Lower Cascades, was inthe city... He reports that, a few salmon

4 are beln at feet from the summit passenger,

Cascades. - Tygh, seventy-fiv- e feet, isThe given by the leM than I I am

Gilliam County v Horse Improvementassociation was held at Fossil last Satur-da- y.

It was thoroughly successful, fully$20,000 worth of animals being present.

Henry Hudson started Friday. with 8000 lbs. of freight for Dayville.

; The people out that way must take' their'n pretty straight as the load in one

wagon was two sacks of flour to one barrel of whisky. That's too much flour:

' In the first base ball game of the season the Portland won against .Spok- -

and by a score of five to three. Yester- -

. day the spokanea were saved from awhitewash at Portland by a rainstormwhich , broke up game. The score

. stood Portland 7, Spokane 0.. rain drove them from the grounds.

John Anthony, late of this city but' of La Grande, stopped off at The

Dalles today his way to Portland tolay in supplies and fixtures for going in'to the wholesale and candy bustness. The people of La Grande oughtto treat John kindly for he is a goodbody, and has many a friend, in The

" Dalles who would gladly welcome himback.

The great special train of Russel & Co.,of Massolin, Ohio, consisting of twentyfive cars loaded with Cyclone threshers

' and engines and by two locomotives, through city Fridayen route to Portland. Each car bore

legend: Portland, Oregon'and whole was a very imposing sightand must have been a big advertisement,not to company but for Oregon.

An administrator's sale of the effectsof the late J. G. Staats of. Dufur wasconducted by auctioneer Butts of thiscity on last Wednesday at the residenceof deceased. There was a goodcrowd, all things considered, and every'thing brought a fair price. A. J. Wall,of Eight Mile bought a handsome, car-riage which he intends to use in breaking his black calf. It cost him the sumof $00000.25.

Mr. . B. Dufur is just in from Dufurand Tygh Valley and reports that Mr.

' Norton is getting along finely with his.iuivey. i'A good grade, easy of construe---tkra, has been found from this citydivide. The people are much pleased tofind that route wiQ be so easy for arailroads , They are all giving Mr. Nortona pleasant reception. Dufur saysthe farmers of that part of countryare all pleased with outlook for crops

coming- xc" ucujuw xnmo

Hisinch of rain." , It may aid such to fol-

low this' curious calculation : An acreis equal to 6,272,640 square inches;inch deep on this area will be manycubic inches of water, which at 227 tothe gallon, is 22,000 gallons. This im-

mense of water will weigh 222,-00- 0

pounds, 100 tons. One hundredthof an inch " is equal to one ton ofwater to the acre.

Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. T.W. Sparks left this city to make Portland

and both many happy andprosperous days in city ofadoption. They be followed, how-ever by one faithful companion, coun-selor and friend who will speak toin times of loneliness and home-sickne- ss

the familiar tones they have learnedto love so well The Chbonicli

Tbe Warm Spring commissionconsisting of Mark FuIlerton of Colfax,Wash., J. F. Payne, of Alma, N. C,W. H. H. of Or., whichwas appointed to locate the northernboundary of the Warm Spring reserva-tion and which has been at work sincethe 20th of January . has just com-pleted its mission. The commissionersnow go the Colville reservation to makearrangement for the cession of a portion

20 and 30 The has not asyet made out but it believed thatthe commission see their duty so clearly

above in the columns of the Blade andso thoroughly amused us that we havenot had time till now to assure our con-

temporary that proud as we are of our"good taste" his remarks are entirelytoo flattering. Anything that the Bladeproduces so far above the known abilityof the Chronicle that if stolen for ouruse the theft would be detected at once.No, we adopt this form of piracywe steal from some one near ourown size. The Blade mistaken. TheCheoniclk young and tender and hasnot yet fallen into the ways of suchpapers as the Blade, which would stealand then own up to it.

From oar Wrote Correspondent.Wamic, Or. April 14, 1891.

Editor Chronicle : As items of interest are very scarce now I cut mycorrespondence this time by sayingthat a daughter was born to the wife of

A. C. Sanford the 9th inst. and bothmother and child are doing well, and A.C: the proudest man you ever saw.And also, born to the wife of OrangeBrittian a daughterron the 14th inst.

Grain is nearly all sowed andshearers ae preparing to start out in afew days. The ground getting almostdry and some have stopped plowing for

that reason.The ' Norton surveying . party have

reached upper Tygh creek and thesmoke from their camp can be plainlyseen from Tygh store. We wish themsuccess and will give them a heartywelcome, with the pledge we will do allwe can to support them. Very respectfully yours. Ought.

Norton's Survey.We give the following extract from a

received from Mr. in regard to the survey of The Dalles andFossil road:

'We getting along nicely, have people were residenceu. omun, civer.

past five days. Our heaviest from Excursion were granted

The Dalles summit sixty-fiv- e Pacific and

eaneht and and arriving atrapids of to which

first horse show ever mmjh expected. going

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Advertised Letter.Following is a of unclaimed letters

remaining in at The DallesOregon, April 17, 1891. Persons callingfor same will please "Advertised."Batch. CW Clark, Walter FJohnson, Charles Mr JohnMurphy, W m Morrison, L, aSmith, 8 C Stafford, S SVaunoy, Mrs Katie Tapp, Bink

Chapman, Mrs Moine rz)M. T. Nolan, P, M.

Articles Filed.The articles of incorporation of The

Dalles Portage Railway company wasfiled in county clerk's today.The articles are for $500,000 D. .

French, Robert Mays, Max Vogt, A. S.Macallister, Hugh Glenn, Joseph T.Peters and B. F. Laughlin as incorporators. The objects are to build a roadfrom The Dalles a point above HellGate in Sherman county.

New Comers.Two families from Missouri and three

from Nebraska have' arrived in TheDalles'this week and all express themselves pleased with looks of thingshere and will in all probability maketheir borne with us.

The Cough"One of my customers came in today

and asked for best cough medicine Ibad," say Lew Young, a prominent drug- -

F'st of Newman Grove,- Neb. "Of coursehim Chamberlain's Cough

Remedy and he did not to see anyother. I have never yet sold a medicinethat would loosen and relieve a . severecold so quickly as that does. I have soldfour dozen of it within last sixty daysand do not know of a single caseit failed to the mos periect satisfaction." Fifty cent bottles for sale bybninea t Kinerslv. arnirffifrts.

Forfeited Kail Landswe are now ready to prepare papers

for the filing and entry of RailroadLands. We also attend business be-fore TJ. 8. Land Office and Secretaryoi the interior. tor whom wenave prepared papers and who are required .to renew their .applications, willnot be charged additional for such papers.

THORNBUBT & HUDSON,Rooms 8 and 9, Land Office building,

ine uaiies, uregon.

R. E. French has for sale a number ofimproved ranches and unimprovedlands in Grass Valley neighborhoodin Sherman county. They will be soldvery cheap and reasonable terms,nr. rv-n- t. i .i

iu oi nnsettled rlftims in th nrfah.wbat is involved in the expression, "An borhood. address Vallev,

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FOR SALE.a cnoice lot ot brood mares ; also a

number of geldings and bv "Rock- -wood Jr.," "Planter." "Oresron Wilkes.'and "Idaho Chief," same standard bred.Also three young stallions by"KOCKwood jr." out ot nrst class mares.

For prices and terms on or addresseither J. W. Condon, or J. H. Larsen,'

uaiies, uregon.

Merino Sheep for Sale,

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and upon easy terms. Address,D. M. French,The Dalles,

OnM. Huntmtrton & announce

that they are prepared make thepapers for . parties wishing

to nie on so called railroad land. appu.cants should have their papers all ready

going land office so asavoid rush and save time.

is in Opera nextmain entrance.

Stock Strayed.Three fillies (2 and

one bay,) two (both bavs) allbranded A on left shoulder. I willgive $5 apiece for the recovery ofsame. J. W.

. Boyd, Or.Notice to tax. Payers.

of its lands end that they may be delinquentAll ObBUC

April 1st.WUUfcY

TaxpayersMACS,

are here-throw- n

open for public settlement. In by requested to pay same before thatthe matter of Warm Spring boundary date in order avoid going on de--

commissioners have the depo- - Anecounty 5.urt J?", , ... ordered sale of all inBiuoae nearly xnuians ana taxes have not been paid.whites

been

Pleasecall and settle before the time mentionedand save costs. D. Catks,

Sheriff of Wasco County.

that report Will be Unanimous. I Horsemen Attention.sincerely hope it be in favor of the The spring for horses will meetwhites we have always believed that " wven lnn1

I.JaI. t - I . JaWVCT,ucy uma ngni nue oi me question Cha w Haight...111 I -oa ueueye so -

1 J. pCBOsss,

n mi' t ljnMni'3 'Malt l.lngSeen the walls of wondrous blue

Break, revealing all the beauty '- That within its silence grew. -

I have heard the wondrons storyOf Saviour crucified,

;: How for he suffered torture,How for he lived and died.

How the angel came from HeavenClothed in robes of dazzling light

Bore Him back to God who gave HimWearing crown and robe of while.

And tell me bud and blossom.Egg and bird, but symbolize

How our lives from grave and silenceInto fuller beauty rise.

When hid my littleIn the grave dark and cold.

Then they said that God would keep herAs an angel His fold.

And I wondered, an angelWould her face still more fair,

Would he eyes hold more of sunshine.Or more gleams her golden hair?

Mamma tells me she happyWith the God up above.

That Bhe plays all day with angelsSings with of love.

little sister, up in HeavenWhen the angels came for you

Tears and earth dust dimmed our visionHid thy glory from views

But I know you were not frightenedHeaven you was real and true

nd I think sometimes the angelsMust have whispered words you.

For you said in faith unquestionedTwo dear Fathers have been given,

I will love and trust them everOne on and in Heaven.

life and death and resurrectionGod and Heaven and angels bright

All seems dark, I'll trust to JesusHe will lead me to the light. .

The above verses which writtenby Mrs. Prof. Smith, of this city, andrecited by Miss Patty Baldwin at theEaster exercises of CongregationalSunday school, touched hearts of allwho present, and at the request ofseveral who them author hasassented to their publication. They arecertainly worthy of being preserved inprint. xi.

A TIMS.

The Tonnr People of The Dalles VisitHood Kiver.

Last evening party of our youngentertained at theare

hH Rome conntrv to no over the l tion. at noougrade rates the

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entering upon the indoor sports the waywas led across the point by the new roadto where Mt. Hood can be seen in all itsglory of ice and snow with the gracefulriver bearing its name, winding downthrough the great canyon hundreds offeet below, in the foreground. Fromthis scene of wild grandeur the partyturned reluctantly and wandered backthrough the woods to the residence ofMr. Smith.

The guests were then ushered into theparlors, made doubly attractive by the

owers and evergreens, that were usedprofusely in decorating, filling all theplace with beauty and fragrance. Musicand games were the order of the evening,and after partaking of an elegant repast,served in the spacious dining room, theparty reluctantly broke up, after havingspent a most delightful time, which willlong be remembered by all who Werepresent.

From The Dalles there were present :

Misses Jeanette Williams, Maie Williams,Minnie Michell, Rose Michell, AnnetteMichell, Lizzie FitzGerald, ' VirginiaMarden, Matilda Hollister, Ursula Ruch,Louise Gertrude Meyers, FloraMulligan. ' Messrs. I. N. Campbell, S.

Campbell, S. D. Ainsworth, E.Williams',Griff Williams, N. C. Wilson, Joe FitzGerald, J. S. Booth, F. Faulkner, J. F,Hampshire, Mrs. and Mrs. BlakeleyFrom Hood River Mrs. and Mrs. Heald,Miss Anna Roberts and Mr. Rand.

An Open River. '

.ditob Evening Telegram: 1 endorse all you say about the necessity foran open river, but if tbe river is opened,

fll A - 1 1 .1 L 1 iwill it ue uwu uy mts com.names T will not tbe railroads at onceput down the fares so as to make it unprofitable for tbe boats l What is theuse of opening the if not to bemade available for steamboating? -

AN VLD KIVKK MAN.Astoria, April 16.brant all you say, and yet the money

expended in opening the river will bewisely expended.

An open nver means treigbt rateregulator.

The fact that the river is there andopen to navigation will be check ontbe railroads. Whenever - tbey imposeextortionate rates, that moment tbesteamboats will, begin to work the rivertrade. The knowledge of this fact willkeep railroad charges down to minimum.

But it does not necessarily follow thatthe railroads win be able to drive tbesteamboats out of business on the Columbia river. With a railroad runningdown each side of the river, still thesteamboats would find a carrying tradebteam cannot compete with water, eitherin manufacturing or transportation.JeUgram

H. H. Wheeler, of Gird creek, paidFossil the first visit since the town waslocated, last Wednesday. He has beenhere, however, before tbe town was. Forseven years, in the sixties, when CanyonCity was great mining camp, and thecountry between was full of treacherousIndian savages, Mr.: Wheeler stockedand ran a stage between The Dalles anduanyon tjity. jar. w heeler's staee stock- -

were frequently stolen. was seriouslywounded on .bridge creek during theoutbreak by old Paulina's band. Wewould like to see a history of this country

I have a fine band of thorough bred drinng those perilous times written byran oUaa c7 v i I Mr. Wheeler. von rpcrarrleH hw the

uur iui.uro uuiuc . xuo pwupie oi ine about 340 ewes and about 200 young eany as one ot the bravest men,Dalles very much regret their departure lambs, which I will sell at low price and Indian fighter. Jour- -

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Heppner neoDle are said to be muchexcited over the discovery of artesianwater at the Butter creek coal mines, andwill renew the effort to find it near theircity. .Water often shoots some twentyfeet into tbe air from the drill-hol- e atthe coal mine. The flow is prevented bymeans of a stop-val- ve while drilling ' isprogressing, it is tnougnt it will not in--teriere witn mining operations in case adrill is struck. Eatt Oregonian.

Members of the farmers' alliance haveorganized a company at Helix to handleand. ship their own grain in order tomake all the profit possible out of theproduct ot their farms. Tbe companyhas secured the Reese & Redman andKobley platforms, and is making preparations to nanaie a large amount ol grain,

Eatt Oregonian.

town. Grant County Newt.

MissOUie Smith, of The tookcharge of school in district numbernineteen last Monday. The directorsare R. Belchee, A. D. McDonald, andDaniel McLachlan, Clerk, J. R. Morri-son. Watco

W. E. Bunnell left for hisin Prineville this morning.

home

Dr. Tarmac Prssrhas a ForesM ZMaw

eususu WUek Will Apply Equally WellIn Coon try and City "He Shall HotSvzn-l- y

Ma," Satan Told Eve, and Ho Uad.Nsrw York, March 23. "The Plague of

Lies" was selected by Dr. for tbeabject of the fifth of his discourses on

"The Plagues of These-Thre- e Gties" whichhe preached today. Both at the morningservice in Brooklyn and at the eveningservice under the auspices of The ChristianHerald in New York tbe vast buildingswere not large enough to hold more thanone-hal- f the crowd who came to thesermon. His text was Genesis iii.4, "Yeshall not sorely die."

That was a point blank lie. Satan toldit to Kve to induce her to put her semicir-cle of white, beautiful teeth into a forbid-den apricot or plum or peach or apple.He practically said to her, "Oh, Eve, ' justtake a bite of this and you will be omnipotent and omniscient. You shall be asgods." Just opposite was the result. Itwas tbe first lie that was ever told in ourworld. It opened the gate for all the falsehoods that have ever alighted on thisplanet. It introduced a plague that coversall nations, the plague of lies, ifar worsethan tbe plagues of Egypt, for they wereon tbe banks of the Nile, but this on thebanks of the Hudson, oa the banks of theEast river, on the banks of the Ohio, andthe Mississippi, and the Thames, and theRhine, and the Tiber, and on both sides ofall rivers. The Egyptian plaguesonly a few' weeks, but for six thousandyears has raged this plague of lies.

There area hand red ways ol telling alie. A man's entire life may be a false-hood, while with his lips he may not onesdirectly falsify. There are those who statswhat is positively untrue, but afterwardsay "may be" softly. These departuresfrom the truth are called "white lies;' butthere is really no thing as a white he.

A US MAT B8 TOLD IK MANY WATS.The whitest lie that was ever told waa as

black as perdition. No inventory of pub- -lie crimes will be sufficient that omits thisgigantic abomination. Therehigh in church and state actually useful.self denying and honest in many things,who, upon certain subjects and in certainspheres, are not at all to be depended uponfor veracity. . Indeed, there are many menand women who have their notions oftruthfulness so thoroughly perverted thatthey do not know when they are lying.With many it is a cultivated sin: withsome it seems a natural infirmity. I haveknown people who seemed to have beenborn liars. The falsehoods of their livesextended from cradle to grave. Prevarications, misrepresentation and dishonestyof speech appeared in their first utter-ances, and were as natural to them as anyof their infantile diseases, and were a sortof moral croup or spiritual "'"But many have been placed In circumstances where this tendency has day byday and hour by hour been called tolarger development. They have gone fromattainment to attainment and from classto class until they have become regularlygraduated liars.

The air of tbe city la filled wita falsehoods. Tbey hang pendent from thechandeliers of our finest residences tbeycrowd the shelves of some of our merchantprinces; tbey fill the sidewalk from curb-- 'stone to brown stone facing; tbey clusteraround the mechanic's hammer, and blos-som from the end of the merchant's yardstick, and sit in the doors of churches.Some call tbem "iicuon." Some style them"fabrication." You might say that, theywere subterfuge, disguised,, delusion, romance, evasion, pretense, fable, deception.misrepr-sentstion- ; but, as I am ignorantof anytldng to be gained by the hiding of

God defying outrage Under a lexicographer's blanket, 1 Khali call them whatmy father taught me to call them lies.

OFI into agriculturaL

mercantile, mechanical, ecclesiasticalsocial lies.

VAKXOUS SORTS LIBS.shall divide them

and

First, then, I will speak of those that aremore particularly agricultural. There issomething in the perpetual presence ofnatural objects to make a man pure. Thetrees never issue "false stock." Wheatfields are always honest. Rye and oatsnever move out in the night, not payingfor the place they have occupied. Cornshocks never, make - false - assignments.Mountain brooks are always current.The gold on the grain is never counterfeit.The sunrise never flaunts in fatee colors.The dew sports only genuine diamonds.Taking farmers as a class, I believe theyare truthful aiid fair in . dealing and kindhearted. But the regions surrounding ourcities do not always send this sort of mento onr markets. - Day by day there creakthrough our streets and about the markethouses farm wagons that have nothonest spoke in their wheels or a truthfulrivet from tongue to tailboard.

During tbe last few years there havebeen times when domestic economy has

on the farmer's firkin. Neitherhigh taxes, nor the high price of dry goods,nor the exorbitancy of labor, could excuse much that the city has witnessed inthe behavior of the . yeomanry. By thequiet firesides In Westchester and Orangecounties I hope there may be seasons ofdeep reflection and hearty repentance.,Rural districts are accustomed to rail atgreat cities as given np to fraud and every'form of unrighteousness, but our cities donot absorb all the abominations. Our dtdsens have learned the importance of notalways trusting to the size and style of apples in the top of a farmer's barrel as anindication of wbat may be found fartherdown. Many of our people are accustomedto watch and see how correctly a bushel ofbeets is measured, and there are not manyhonest milk cans.

Deceptions do not all cluster round cityhalls. When our cities sit down and weepover their sins, all the surrounding countries ought to come in and weep with them.There is often hostility on the part of producers against traders, as though tbe manwho raises the corn was necessarily morehonorable than the grain dealer who poorsit into his mammoth bin. There ought tobe no such hostility. Yet producers oftenthink it no wrong to snatch away from thetrader; and they say to the bargain maker,

Yon get your money easy." Do tbey getit easy f Let those who in the quiet fieldand get their living exchange places

those who stand today amid the ex- -'

citements of commercial , life and see ifthey find it so very easy.- -

v .

While tbe farmer goes to sleep with theassurance that his corn and barley will begrowing all the night, moment by momentadding to his revenue, the merchant triesto go to sleep conscious that that momenthis cargo may be broken on the rocks ordamaged by tbe wave that sweeps dearacross the hurricane deck, or that recklessspeculators may that very hour be plottingsome monetary revolution, or tbe burglars

be prying open his safe, or his debtors fleeing the town, or his landlord ratstng tberent, or tbe fires kindling on the block thatcontains all his estate.. Easy! Is rtf Godhelp tbe merchants! It is bard to have tbepalms of the hands blistered with outdoorwork, but more dreadful process when

mercantile anxieties tbe brain isconsumed.

MKBCANTTLK LIES.

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In the next place we notice nsweaatilalies, those before the counter and behindthe counter. I will not attempt to specifythe different forms. .of commercial false-hood. There are who excusethemselves for deviation from truthful-ness because of what they call eomnkercialno. M m Tn 1.. .1 :

Freight rates from" Portland to HeDDner tin. .a n;ii, ,T7Z7lare 44 to 58 cents per hundred less than I virtue. There have been large fortunesVUOMOT BUU UU IXJBUJ leSS IO nihmri vfcjtM wa nship wool from Heppner, the greater unrequited toil in the wine; not one sparkportion of the business from this section of bed temper flashing from the bronzeduring the wool season is via the former bracket; not one drop of needle woman's

Dalles,the

J.Obterver.

Mr.

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bear

such

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through

merchants

heart blood in the crimson ptnsh, whilethere are other great TrrtsMinhrrrrntn inwhich there is not one door knob, not onebrick, not one trinket, not one thread oflace but has upon it the mark of dishonor.What wonder if. some dav a hand of toilthat had been wrung and worn out andblistered until the akin came off should beplaced against the elegant wall paper,seartng its mark of blood four fingers anda mo cctfca mm da& WBikin the

9

untQ, getting up on one elbow, he shouldshriek out, "Who's there r"

One Sabbath night, in the vestibule ofmy church after service, a woman fell inconvulsions. The doctor said she neededmedicine not so much as something to eat.As she began to revive in her delirium, shesaid gaspingly: "Eight cents! Eight centalEight cents! I wish I could get it done; Iam so tired! I wish I could get some sleep,but I must get it done! Eight cents! Eightcental" We found afterward she was mak-ing garments for eight cents apiece, andthat she could make but three of tbem ina day! Three times eight are twenty-four- !Hear it, men and women who have com-fortable homes!

Some of the worst villains of the city arethe employers of these women. They beatthem down to the last penny, and try tocheat them out of that. The woman mustdeposit a dollar or two before she gets thegarments to work on. When the work isdone it is sharply inspected, the most in-significant flaws picked out, and the wagesrefused, and sometimes the dollar depositednot given back. The Women's Protectiveunion reports a case where one of these.poor souls, finding a place where she couldget more wages, resolved to change em-ployers, and went to get her pay for workdone. The employer says, "I hear you aregoing to leave me." "Yes," she said, "andI am come to get what you owe me." Hemade no answer. She said, "Are you notgoing to pay mef" "Yes," he said, "I willpay you;" and he kicked her down thestairs.

There are thousands of fortunes made incommercial spheres that are throughoutrighteous. God will let his favor rest uponevery scroll, every pictured wall, everytraceried window, and the joy that flashesfrom the lights, and showers from the music and nances in the children's quick feet.pattering through the hall, will utter thecongratulation of men and the approval ofGod.

THKRK IS HO NEED OF FALSEHOOD.

A merchant can, to the last item, bethoroughly honest. There is never anyneed of falsehood. Yet how many, will.day by day, hour by hour, utter what theyknow to be wrong. You say that you areselling at less than cost. If so, then it isright to say it. But did that cost you lessthan what you ask for it? If not, then youhave falsified. You say that that articlecost you twenty-fiv- e dollars. Did it? Ifso, then all right. If it did not, then youhave falsified.

Suppose you are a 'purchaser. You are"beating down" the goods. You say thatthat article for which five dollars is chargedis not worth more than four. Is it worthno more than four dollars? Then all right.If it be worth more, and for the sake ofgetting it for less than its value, you wil-fully depreciate it, you have falsified. Youmay call it a sharp trade. The recordingangel writes it down on the ponderoustomes of eternity, "Mr. merchant on Water street or in Eighth streetor in State street, or Mrs. keeping bouse on Beacon street or on Madisonavenue or Rittenhouse square or Brook-lyn Heights or Brooklyn Hill, told onefalsehood." You may consider it insignificant because relating to an insignificantpurchase. You would despise the manwho would falsify in regard to some greatmatter in which the city or the wholecountry was concerned; but this is only abox of' buttons, or a row of pins, or a caseof needles. Be not deceived. The articlepurchased may be so small you can put itin your vest pocket, but tbe sin was biggerthan the Pyramids, and tbe echo of thedishonor will reverberate through all themountains of eternity.

You throw on your counter some specimens of handkerchiefs. lour customer

i: "Is that all silk? No cotton in it?"You answer, "It is all silk." Was it allsilk? If so, all right. But was it partlycotton? Then you have falsified. More-over, you lost by the falsehood. Tbe custo-mer, though he may live at Lynn or Doy n

or Poughkeepsie, will find out thatyou have defrauded him, and next springwhen he again comes shopping he willlook at your sign and say: I will not trythere!. That is the place where I got thathandkerchief." So that by that one dishonest bargain you picked your ownpocket and insulted the Almighty.

Would you dare to make an estimate ofhow many falsehoods in trade were yester-day told by hardware men and clothiersand fruit dealers and dry goods establish-ments and importers and jewelers andlumbermen and coal merchants and stationers and tobacconists? Lies shout saddles, about buckles, about ribbons, aboutcarpets, about gloves, about coats, aboutshoes, about hats, about watches, aboutcarriages, about books about everything.In the name of tbe Lord Almighty, I arraign commercial falsehoods as one of thegreatest plagues in city and town.

- - itECHAHICAL LTXS.

In the next place I notice mechanicallies. There is no class of men who administer more to She welfare of the city thanartisans. T9 their hand we must look forthe building that shelters us, for the garments that clothe us, for the car that carries us. ' They wield a widespread influ-ence. There is much derision of what iscalled "Muscular Christianity," but in thelatter day of the world's prosperity I thinkthat the Christian will be muscular. Wehave a right to expect of those stalwartmen of toil the highest possible integrityMany of them answer all our expectations,and stand at tbe front of religious andphilanthropic enterprises. But thislike the others that I have named, has inIt these who lack in the element of veracity.' They cannot all be trusted. Intunes when the demand for labor is greatit is impossible to meet the demands of tbepublic, or do work with that promptnessand perfection that would at other tunesbe possible.

But there are mechanics whose wordcannot be trusted at any time. No manhas a right to promise more work than hecan do. There are mechanics who say thatthey will come on Monday, but the- - donot come until Wednesday. You put workin their hands that they tell you shall becompleted in ten days, but it is thirty.There have been bouses buiit of which itmight be said that every nail driven, everyfoot of plastering put 00, every yard ofpipe hud, every shingle hammered, everybrick mortared, could tell of falsehood connected therewith. There are men attempting to do ten or fifteen pieces of work whohave not the time or strength to do morethan five or six pieces, but by promisesnever fulfilled keep all the undertakingswithin their own grasp. This is what theycall "nursing" the job.

How much wrong to his soul and insultto God a mechanic would save if he promised only so mnah as he expected to be ableto do. Society has no right to ask of youimpossibilities. Y on - cannot always calculate correctly, and you may fail becauseyou cannot get the help that you anticipate. But now I am speaking of the wilful making of promises that you know yoncannot keep. Did you say that that shoeshould be mended, that coat repaired, thosebricks laid, that harness sewed, that doorgrained, that spout fixed or- that windowglazed by Saturday, knowing that youwould neither be able to do it yourself norget any one else to do it? Then, beforeGod and man you are a liar. You may saythat it makes no particular difference, andthat if yon had told the truth you wouldhave lost the job, and that people expectto be disappointed, but that excuse willnot answer. There is a voice of thunderrolling among the' drills and planes andshoe lasts and shears which says, "All liarsshall have their part in the lake that burnetii with fire and brimstone."

ECCLESIASTICAL LIES.I next notice ecclesiastical lies that is,

falsehoods told for the purpose of advancing churches and sects, or for tbe purposeof depleting them. There is no use inasking many a Calvinist what an Arminianbelieves, for he will be apt to tell you thattbe Arminian believes that a man can con-vert himself; or to ask tbe Arminian whatthe Calvinist believes, for he will tell youthat the Calvinist believes that God madesome men just to damn them. There is noneed in asking a paedo-Bapti- what a Bap-tist believes, for be will be apt to say thatthe Baptist believes immersion to be posi-tively necessary to salvation. It is almostImpossible for one denomination of Chris-tiana, without prejudice or misrepresenta

li is strange, also, how individualchurches will sometimes make misstate-ments about other individual churches. ItIs especially so in regard to falsehoods toldwith reference to prosperous enterprises.As long asa church is feeble, and tbe sing-ing is discordant, and the minister, throughthe poverty of the church, must go with athreadbare coat, and here and there a wor-shiper sits in tbe end of a pew, having allthe seat to himself, religious sympathizersof other churches will say, "What a pity!"But let a great day of prosperity come, andeven ministers of the Gospel, who ought tobe rejoiced at the largeness and extent ofthe work, denounce and misrepresent andfalsify, startfng the suspicion in regard tothemselves that the reason tbey do notlike the corn is because it is not ground intheir own mill. How long before we shalllearn to be fair in our religions criticisms!The keenest jealousies on earth are churchjealousies. The field of Christian work isso large that there is no need that our hoehandles hit.

SOCIAL LIES.. Next I speak of social lies. This evilmakes much of society insincere. Youknow not wbat to believe. When peopleask you to come you do not know whetheror not tbey want you to come. When theysend their regards you do not knowwhether it is an expression of their heartor an external civility. We have learnedto take almost everything at a discount.Word is sent "Not at home," when theyare only too lazy to dress themselves.They say, "The furnace has just gone out,"when in truth they have had no fire in itall winter. They apologize for the un-usual barrenness of their table when theynever live any better. They decry theirmost luxurious entertainments to win ashower of approval. They apologize fortheir appearance, as though it were un-usual, when always at home they lookjust so. Tbey would make you believe thatsome nice sketch on the wall was the workof a master painter. "It was an heirloom,and once hung on the walls of a castle,and a duke gave it to their grandfather."When the fact is that painting was madeby a man- - "down east," and baked so asto make it look old. and sold with othersfor ten dollars a dozen. People who willlie about nothing else will lie about a pict-ure. On a small income we must makethe world believe that we are fflwntL andour life becomes a cheat, a counterfeit anda sham.

Few persons are really natural. When Isay this I do not mean to slur culturedmanners.. It is right that we should havemore admiration for tbe sculptured marblethan for the unknown block of the quarry.From many circles in life insincerity hasdriven out vivacity and enthusiasm. Afrozen dignity instead floats about theroom, and iceberg grinds against iceberg.You must not laugh outright; it is vulgar.You must smile. You must not dash rapid-ly across the room; you must glide. Thereis a round of bows and grins and flatteriesand ohs! and ahs! and simpering andnambypauibyism a world of which is notworth one good, round, honest peal oflaughter. From such a hollow round thetortured guest retires at the c&sse of theevening and assures his host that he hasenjoyed himself!

What a round of insincerities many peo-ple run in order to win the favor of theworld! Their life is a sham and their deathan unspeakable sadness. Alas for the poorbutterflies when the frost strikes tbem!

A COMPARISON OF LIVES.

Compare tbe life and death of such a onewith that of some Christian aunt who wasonce a blessing to your household. I donot know that she was. ever offered thehand in marriage. She lived single, thatuntrammeled she might be everybody'sblessing. Whenever the sick were to bevisited, or the poor to be provided withbread, she went with a blessing. Shecould pray, or sing "Rock of Ages" for anysick pauper who asked her.- As she gotolder there were days when she was a little sharp, but for tbe most part auntie was

sunbeam just the one lor Christmaseve. bhe Knew better than any one elsehow to fix things. Her every prayer.God beard it, was full of everybody who

had tronlte. The brightest things ra allthe house dropped from her fingers. Shehad peculiar notions, but tbe grandest notion she ever bad was to make you happy.She dressed well auntie always dressedwell; but her highest adornment was thatof a meek and quiet spirit, which, in thesight of God, is of great price. Whan shedied you all gathered lovingly about, her;and as you carried her out to rest the Sunday school class almost covered the coffinwith japonicas, and the poor people stoodat the end of the alley, with their apronsto their eyes, sobbing bitterly; and theman of the world .said, with Solomon,"Her price was' above rubies," and Jesus,as unto the maiden in JuSea commanded,"I say unto thee, arise!

But to many,-- through insincerity, thislife is a masquerade ball. - As at such entertainments gentlemen and- - ladies appealIn the dress of kings or queens, mountainbandits or clowns, and at the close of thedance throw off their disguises, so in thisdissipated life all unclean passions movein mask. Across the floor they tnp merrily. The lights sparkle along the wall ordrop from the ceiling a. cohort of fire!Tbe music charms. The diamonds glitter.The feet bound. Gemmed hands stretchedout clasp gemmed hands. Dancing feetrespond to dancing feet. , fHeammg browbends to gleaming brow. On with thedance! Flash and rustle and laughter andImmeasurable merry making! But thelanguor of death comes oyer the limbs andblurs the sight. -

Lights lower! Floor hollow with sepulchral echo. Music saddens into a wail.Lights lower! The maskers can hardlynow be seen. Flowers exchange their fra-grance for a sickening odor, such as eomes.from garlands that have lain in vaults ofcemeteries. Lights lower! Mists fill theroom.. Glasses rattle as though shaken bysullen thunder. Sighs seem caught amongthe curtains. Scarf falls from the shoulderof beauty a shroud! Lights lower! Overthe slippery boards, in dance of death,glide jealousies, disappointments, lust, de-spair. Torn leaves and withered garlandsonly naif hide the ulcered feet. Tbe stenchof smoking lamp wicks almost quenched.Choking damps. Chilliness. Feet still,Hands folded. Eyes shut. Voices hushed.Lights outl '

Uaming la m Cemetery.A cemetery seems a queer place in which

to set up a gambling bell, but those whowoo fortune at Squirrel Hill. Pa., evidently care little for their surroundings Atany rate Robert Walters, sexton of tbeGerman Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.is in jail for the offense of maintaining agambling bouse in the graveyard. Walterslives in the dwelling at the cemetery gate.For months past be has been using hishouse as a resort, permitting suchas faro, poker and a strictly German pastime styled nip. " He was paid a percentage of the money handled, and in addition.it is alleged, disposed of strong liquid refreshments to his guests. Often therewere a score or more of players in thehouse.

The existence of the "game" was discovered in a peculiar manner. One Sundaythere was a dispute and some of Walterscustomers bought their own supply ofbeer, and taking up a place on t he cemeteryproperty proceeded to have a good time.w alters called the police, who arrested themen. Upon bein; arraigned ttiev werefined and overheard to remark that ifWalter's didn't pay their fines they wouldtell something to his disadvantage. Theofficers kept quiet until Walters came forward and settled. He was arrested, andin default stood committed.

Cost of a Oatflt."What does it cost to fit a maa out now f"

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