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tantioa to the ferrid eloquenoo of Lnonl- " l l, ■ At the sadden entrmnoo of the soldiera le speaker ceased .hie addrean and his hearers startedT' to their feet, eome ling with fesr and others seowling with deflanee. “ By Booehns I" cried one of the sol* diem, "wo have ran the game to earth id shall capture the whole brood," " I afreet thee in the name of the cm.

towards the aa

ward and in closed with

CHAPTER VL nar had returned to Borne. iperor bnt a single day, and ‘that as spent in the apartments of ThnorylloA. Ti.o minister Sejanna had, doubtless, since at the nenriMt ports on the mainland, and in the honsehold of the young Cesar had arrived on the island unknown to ■11, R was deemed beet to allow blip depart, so that his visit would be unknown and unsuspected by Bejais. Hia arrest, to the astonishment the minister, had been forbidden by ie emperor, who ordered his election < the priesthood, while to Sejanus was lid out the flattering hopes of a prootion to tribunition powers, by which ha would be admitted to an associate

ot of the empire, from which position bnt a single step might realixe hia proudest hopes. In the meantime Osins Cesar, who had heretofore choaon hia oompanioue from among his patrician equals, now mingled freely with the common people -* " mo, who looked upon him with

Aolius Sojanos, with fear and hate, tw the rising popularity ot the young inn, for in it ho saw a new and unlooked for obstacle to the onlmination of hia

fruition of his ambitious

hopes.. In the meantime his power aecmed almost absolute. The noble and the plabian, Uio poor and ths rich, alike

of hia tyranny. The

iting Christians, o cried ‘'Hold!" tween the oppos-

ing psrtioe.

“ Beck, brethren," said bo; “ shed-no blood, for whosoever •shoddeth man's " wouudoth a brother." nt shall we submit to be scourged, oast into prison, or thrown to the leasts of the arena I" cried Sestoe,

the Syrian.

My brother," replied Lucullan, e that Buffered and died upon the la that thon and 1 might inherit life hath said: 'Ho that ife for my sake shall And it.' lor whatever God bath orthos shall surely come to thee. Forbear strife and submit to the law, for man may torture tbo body, hut not touch the soul, for it is immorIt is wall," they replied; " wo submit," and the knives that had glittered > menacingly in thoir hands were again mcooled about thoir persons, and they ood with heads erect and arms folded I if to show that if they had snbmitted I the demands of the officer, it was a tatter of prinoiple, not ot tear.

With a proud smil

rich, that lhair -

~irs; the p

lions, and yet he hesitated to strike the ' 'ow he had so long premeditated—the ow that should crash the last vestige the Julian family in the dust, while he himself should usurp the imperial as ho had long been permitted to wield Its power. And by hie hesitation die golden moment was lost. One of his oonfldants had betrayed im to Antonia, the mother of German! u, and grandmother of Oama Cesar. Lnmillns had obtained a knowledge of the conspiracy, and it was this dark _ ' ' e had unfolded to Bilan us at hia by the aeaahoro. Antonia, n of high, virtuous, and moat noblo character", when informed plot, decided that of the two enemies of her family she preferred Oeaar, consequently her grandson

bringing lid Inga that Tiberias was i way to Boms, when in reality he had ' nor did he intend to leave bis island, eat By his sesrot order legion, commanded by the tribune

feel His presence i glorious tight that surrounds ns. ns pray, brothers, for those vbodespitefnlly naa ns, and God may lonoh thoi with pity." amid the golden spray pout

nd yet he aaa beautiful sunset before him, Air his rss absorbed in painful thought r opened behind him, and steps

bondsl" said Bilan os. Aye, so hath Ood willed." Dost thon know thy great danger f I know that Sojanos may no

prepared for the worst 1 ’

may be easy; to hold Is i t nyitter," replied a darl had been a Syria:

e, soldiers," cried the officer,

the knaves."

words were scarcely spoken I than half of tbo Christians ie in front of thoir party and

thy so

an they n»

railed U

officer and hia men

thoir fate may bo, such shall ho i

people, incited by the pricets, no doul

i begun to murmur and complain progress of the now faith; thoir

darner is more to he feared than the

judgment of the magistrates." It matters not; as God wills,

Farewell, then, Lnenllns. Bilan ns

)■ never boon a suppliant to powoi

but thon ahalt be saved."' And with long, lingering embrace the friends

CHAPTER TO. As the flrst pslo streak of the coming ay arose along the eastern sky Lueulli id watched the flrst beams of light i soy arose like burning spears ahoi ie horison, sweeping bock tbo dar iadow< that covered the boabtift ndscapo before him. Biowiy an grandly the morning sun came ui gilding the far-off Sabino and Alba hills with a blase of golden light, atea ing along the quiet valleys, the tar-o plains, through the blue mists of tl Oampagna, until palace and prism were bathed in the glorious sm light. ■tip, brethren," cried LnenUus, aab

■Hce,

Looullc ind sail

Romans, what the religion thou df

lithe, and floroe at heart aa thon, and yet the now religion hath taught them equality, and love. Are these i meet for puniahmoutt" e are not thy judges," replied the-

While thou hast slept I have wa ad prayed. A sign hath been gii ie. Behold it in the bright glori adore, Jesus, who died that we ■ live, is watching over us. I knoi ire now spread abovo ns 1

dignity at “I woi

soo nothing unreasonable in that, and they are at liberty to remain and heir homos after our departure." 'o thank thee," replied Lnonlioa,

and tearful partings between tha Christians and the women of thoir’party, >m had fathers and brothers arrested. When those sad adieus wore made, slowly and sadly they silently marched to a distant part of the city, whore they were thrown ‘

lit their trial before By the kindneas ul I arrested them they

food.

id with

w whose narrow sr

e nusaivo door dosed upon l

pouring through the nar windows, Oiling the room with flood of light Dial - its slow nu ' ~

conldat be, nntil by oi ' be sick were healed, the blind o deed arose again to life; mi not then-that I became a Christian." Christian!" eame with a eg sneer from the lips of Sejs re ; a believer in that Christ

to aavo thee, bnt thy

Ifthoi

mnpaniou

TO-day ■

■ may bo brought magistrates, to-day

«y listen to a fearful doom, but omber, brothers, that even in I dread hoar there will ho One in lidsl of ns who will have power to si low, I know, not; but ns thou I tith, ao shall the path bo opened liberty. To prayer, thon, while glorious sun arises upon tbo new day that ie big with fate to them To prayer, while angels await to bear our words to the realms ol immortality. To prayer, diile the throne of grace and mercy is pan tons, where Joins, tbo Son of Ood, aitteth on the right hand of tbo Father." And again the prayer of the Christiana nee, and the stern Roman soldiers toned with wonder to tho strange do turns of their priaanora. Food i brought to them, and then hour after it by, until at last, as noonday

I, they were led forth fo:

bled in the temple of Apollo. imua Aurelius, the pnetor, on a dais near one end of temple, with two magistrate* on hia left, while Aelioa Sejsnns, clad in the foil robes oi tho priesthood, was seated on hia To the right of Sejanus, arranged onbio line, were a soon of the

sne prisoners were brought, twelve abor, closely guarded by aoldisra. Back of the guards stood a dense |

Aa the Naasrencs were arranged in ■ line before the magistrates, all eyes wen turned upon them. ns notieed that not one of thr

fear-

head erect and with a look that

leaa and bold, if not daflant. A n read to the prisoners the charges

' been mado against them.

What sayeat thon. Loculi je," said the pnetor, " to the chargee that Ibot hast sooffed at the worship of tho gods,

that thou hast reviled tho empc hist preached sedition

Lucullan advanced two or throe paces

while ovfcy movement showed that he was under perfect self-control Host noble Maximus," be replied, to deny that mere images of stone power for good or evil, or that a cruel and boon turns priesthood ore fit

" Mqst noble Maximus I" CUB as he sprang to his fe d longer listen to the insane lie man who is condemned

rn month r’

‘•No; bnt lest there be non an in this party, we permit ill enrae Christ and do yonder statue of Apollo to gt

The eyee of all assembled there turned j 8'°

TBAIKBG PRIZE FIGHTERS.

Howell Gardner, the reformed prise fighter, in a lecture tells bow a man is

trained for tbo ring as follows : man is matched to fight, the

firet thing ho is put under medical treatment and hia system is got into good order. Then after that a rigid system of diet is prescribed for him, in which mnttop is a principal feature, and all he eats is with the view of building np good,

healthy muscle for him. Then

The tales of love in the British army irpees, in their beauty oi romance, the •ildeat flights ol fictiou'and tho subtilat weavings of the poet'sdrcam. At the atbreak of the Revolutionary war. Captain Charles Ross, whose ‘

they n

l pair of a]

ipon tho group of Cl

ilont and motionless, as LueaUna gt ipan them with a proud but sad an " Those who by obduracy reject

weighing about three pounds—th; ‘ ier tbo better for him—to exorcist They get him up early in tho mom give him a walk of about three mikt ard os ho oan go and book. They i fetch him iu and go at him with the

l j ing bag of nawdoat or tan. and lot him | go at that as hard as he can bang, strik- ' j ing it and dodging it, and lollowing it ! up ns it swings from him, and so bring

■ , 11 :| 8 into constant active play ovary mm nngaons and tho wild cl() o( , ho ^ ^ ^ ^ hi ,

...... I and mb him will band of Nuarenea, 1 as hard aa they ou Id proudly erect, and j perspiration h.

a eye quailed beneath tho proud i of Sojanos or the magistrates, i, the Syrian, who had been a robber chief in his native wilds, turned to

i companions and said:

the noble Mariams! Then will ow him tho homage a Christina may

stow upon tho gods."

Advancing quickly ho stood for a mont before tho statue of Apollo, when, drawing in a long breath, be spit upon ote tho body with his clenched hand. 'Thus," he cried, "a true Christian y worship the imago of a false god." 'Eacrilegel" cried Sejanus; "bo, guards, cut down tho aooffer."

n rubbed off, a

s's perfectly dry and in a healthy glow, ibuu ho lays off and reels about lour, after which he eats his breakfs For breakfast ho will have a cup of tea, i good beefsteak, not raw, bnt o ’ ' -are, just so that the blood will I

of good ale—Scotch alo—poured right on top of the aleak. Bat they let him use any coffee, nor any tobacco, and no liquor, except it may bo n glass ol ale onoo in a while. But especially □o coffee and no tobacco. Why, a good a room or cor where other people er breakfast boll tak

d, easy nt Oret, and ofL

tion, they strenuously opposed t young officer's denims. Hia rcgimr aa soon ordered t» America, and iting with hia betrothed. Long, silent weeks of anxiety folic 1, till, unable to endure the soporatii preferring to bravo tho anger of ! friends, tho noble girl suddenly fled disguised in male attire. Here sh learned that her lover’s regiment was fi inland, actively engaged in tho wai She immediately set forth upon s fo< journey of hundreds of miles through I try ailed with rapine and shingble: Iter a long time aho began to gi doflnitc information—alio learned the tat ion the troops occupied.

by tho hope of a happy ending. 6k of rifliw in the woods, a: rful yells of tho savages. S!

walk a

Let him be tal

le they will get

jumping forwards and backwards; be will take the dumb bolls—small light pumsnmeni. i onoe—and practice hitting with tb< and thrown to ] F or (Lin business a "’«n baa to ■enn, where he ! straight out from tho ahonider, and limb that his j soon as bis arm Ijegma h

When he c

Min op

t," cried Sojauus; " aw

’Such is the law," replied A meantime conduct him lo the

id B.I they go on with him, c ting him down often, keepii

ons, and we remand thee

ho transgressors

We deny tho charges thou hast ight against ns, the conviction thou hast claimed, and appeal to Coear," re-

plied Lucullan.

“The right of appeal to Cesar j» due lo every Homan," said Maximus, "but then shall remain iu bonds until the will oi tho emperor shall be known." Back to the prison with alow, sail itepn tho Nazarones returned to await that fate which seemed to hang so fearfully over them, while Seatoa was borne to one of the moet loathsome of tho Mamertino dungeons. "Fear not," said Lnenllns to his ipanions, when the grim portal oi

weight, bul iu good hi lone anything that bo is

the i

God i

United Btatcs troops are to guard the government building. Newspapers of every city in the Unior *0 to be kept on Aim Promenade concerts will be. given Tory morning and afternoon. r Colonel Sanford, tho English a lisaioucr, predicts a grand snooess ie national exhibition. Relied of the revolutionary period during in from all parts of the country 1 the greatest profusion. A specimen of tho only ■eo of Chili will bo one of tho principal' Street ions of the horticultural building.

main bnild-

Swmlisb booth in th ors on its front the u

erifsdrick," which mean's 1

coven is onr hope, sod when God col i, not all the power of Rome, or < osar, oan hasten or delay the sun

while the light cf hope

[TO

Defrauded of NiUlen*. A statement, anthi.rixed on semicud authority, asserts that frauds on United States customs amounting to from $5,000,000 to'$7,000,000 per year have been perpetrated at Hon Francisco. A large proportion of the lunnggling ‘ by way of Panama, dutiable merchs disc being oeteqaibly shipped from 8 Francisco to New York and nice revs baton tin arrival of steamers at I’m mu other packages are substitutes! oc taming goods answering the description in the man if eel It is also stated

large amount of

ryfree

n duty, t

lie worship of th

by whose breath we lire and movoand being, that Ood who, thdugh Is ever piwaeat 'arid fllfcth all I Jesus Christ, His Sou, who

in Catalina island off the southern it,'where there is s fine h

au3 thenoo shipped

San Francisco as tho product of the ialaud. It is estimated that by Iheoe and other means tbo United States govinally defrauded of nnriy Ally per oeul of tho rcronuo. Dangerous Counterfeiting Process. The Philadelphia Itcoord gives ths following as the mode of oopying notes nployed by the counterfeiters who sre arrested in Philadelphia lately : paste ie prepared, upon which the •*- *" bo reproduced ie laid, and aluntil a clear impression

bqcomes se hard ss

id the p

d in a provincial to

young lady of the place, whose beauty and abilitice won the highest admiration. Bnt her family hod other plans for the promising girl anil having be-

Nearly all tho fruit ii has been killed by the I ’When fanners can rope they do the othei

The Wheeling (West Va.) ItrgUter says the weather has boon so lino down there that telegraph poles have begun to bod. Thirty-one millions of dollars’ worth of dressed bogs were exported from tho United States from Nov. 1, 1875, to March 1,18T8. “What is life I” asks an exchange. As near as wo con find out, itVa straggle to name ont sufficiently ahead to pay far a respectable iunexmL

light Ere she rei still; tho battle pressing on, aho

"SuSfflt

is body. She

md, sacked tbo poison and the blood s she eontinned till her knowledgi rargery, which aho had studied it

im with ak

The offioer’a gratit hie ; but bo bud ni lithful attendant. I yed her akin with 1 er disguise was ie

. Thou si

Star'll traUii. T there wc

body till ho

the gi.

is"ery wuntsupplylng hin tho forest, with only the

liver’s connhuicy to ttu begged not lo leave hia iverod it iet- > the luved iiat cxcesu of joy filled

I’s bosom aa she listened doily rords ns those 1 And l/md at !■

and her

Items of Interest.

In his last installment on tho i demnity tho king of Ashonteo M English government 500 ounces o te rated gold, which were returns

iiidpal expenses of Philadelphia, give every poor family a barrel of flour, and lay np half a million, if all the drink money spent in that city in one year A Boston bank sent some buaineae paper to the West for collection, and it was returned protested, with the following response to notary: " Toll ’em I’m basted," a concise if not elegant way of telling a story that has become quite familiar those days. "How much ore we paying that salesman I" asked the senior of his junior partner. " Fifteen hundred dollars a reply. “Ah, yes.

The party that was attacked and devoured by wolves, while traveling in a aled train near Moscow recently, consisted of ten PoilSh Jews, probably

may occasionally vary, bnt

impartially if the Rich

A ragged tramp, ji

mond tlnd.) jail, wautcu mio a music store ami naked if ho might open a. sat down to tho piano, and, to tbo astonishment of all, played, with tho finest expression, Beethoven’a “Sonota Pa-

thetiquo."

Wo'heard of a Washington lady who appeared in company in a calico dress tho other evening. Sho supposed ovarybody would shed tears over her goodness and economy ; but instead everybody looked grieved and said: “Good

us for

iptain regained strength they sot reeks they reached Philadelphia. Then the nurse revealed herself to her and an immediate marriage crowuoiuitanoy and devotion uusnrpaas-'

ed in tho history of love.

A New Confldnn

Orange and lemon trees in fnil bl ill be seen in horttcnltnral hail, Qkeiac ooooannt trees and those upon Inch bananas grow. Tile Argentine republic Bonds thirty thousand articles, and the display of that itry in tho main exhibition building bo exceedingly handsome, aria in miniatnre will be shot k covers s platform forty feet square, every important building.. ‘ and monument in the French capital is The resident Frenchmen in Philadelphia have arranged to give Offenbach grand reception upon his arrival A eception, banquet and halt is already The display oi iurnitore will be very .extensive. France will display and Atncriea next. Austria sends some curious sofas and divans, centiy carved chairs. A wealthy copper mining company of the Michigan Lake Superior region have bad a working model of thoir

to be the

finest in the world, made at a cost' oi $12,000. It will lie exhiWU.d at the

ixbibition.

The ingonoity of New York confldoneo men is only equalled by their audacity, as witness : A gentler"--!' residing iu the upper part of the ci ty wont to market as us ml a few morniev »g., and finding some chickens lo soil, bought seven odd doUara’ worth and took tbem home with him. A few minutes alter his arhutcher’s apron rang tho basement bell, and asking for tbo Rentiemnu, stated lo him that tbo proprietor of tho butcher shop bait dent hl-e after tbo chickens, the clerk who sold them had madi tho weight. Aa the fellow tho name of tbo proprietor me of the clerk who wailed

tory was believed

and tho man was allowed to pn poultry in his basket and walk '

time approached

and the chlckana had not been returned, inquiry waa made at the butcher’s, when the fact was developed that tho grailehadboen vietimixed by eomeal , first lamfllariiing himself with tho ea in the store, bad watched tho rr buy tho poultry, followed him borne, and then sqnt an accompHo ably dressed to boldly demand tb

Their Separation, reverend gentleman horrified a party a faw evenings ago, by tolling them that be and bis wife had acp-

Not partedt" inquiringly i three or four in a breath. “ Yee,” said the gentleman, with Igh; " we had boom words and parted. A shudder went round the room, whe

ue of the bolder at

"Oh, yeti She said, ‘Good-bye,

old fashioned patterns, tike those worn a hundred years ago—hence they will bo called centennial lawns. They have id bordered patterns. Many will have bnnehoe of roses on the pare white ground, and others have atripea in

different colors.

. dean tooth does not decay. Acids, v. frait-olways injure the teeth instantly ; sweet" never do; wilhont them children would die, hence their insatiilo instincts for sugar. If a tooth iwdor was never nsod tho teeth would it be eo white; but, kept perfectly can, would last for life. In a murder trial in London a verdict acquittal was rendered, contrary to ie evidence. “Tbat is your verdict," id the jnatioo to the jury, “ bnt it ia it mine. There ia not the slightest lubt that the prisoner was guilty. You are masters ol tho mtaatiou, bowid if you oh'oose to find the prist guilty, I cannot help U.” if tho boat cements for crockery x lime with the white of on egg. it take a sufficient quantity of off s quantity of tho lime and mix thoroughly. Apply quickly to the edges and place firmly together, when it soon sets qnd becomes strong. Oalcinod plaster of paris will answer in

place of the lime.

littlo Idaho three-year-old fell u

Who Pay the Postage.

Taking nn ■ average of t v ntj-two citie- of tho United States with highest postal receipts, and we find the oitisens pay on annul [> r capit of $2.01 for postage Of these c

Boston pays tho largest

to $951,284 gross, or $3.80 Now York pays $8.16 and Ohicigo $" 03. Brooklyn’s per capita is only forty

. Making

n average of the pc

postal receipts of Brook-

lyn and New York, and it i tho pew capita is $2.84 fc population. This la leaa San Frmneiaeo, $2.83; Indianapolis, $2.81; and Pittsburgh, $252, bnt it ia greater than the reocipta at Albany, $1.91; Rochester, #1.90; Providence, #1.79; and Oincinhati, $1.85. Ballimoro pays $1.28 . per capita; Washington, $1.56; Louisville, $1.60; Philadelphia, 81.43; 81 Loni', $1.43; Earn ~ $128, and New Orleans, $1.1

average. The Deti

ently w

“only

id remained there

some time before he was discovered. When bs was finally reeoned hia pent-op indignation knew ns bounds. There was crying about it, and sneh a volley of Invectives upon tho beads of neglectful parents never before fell from childish lips. Here is a sample: “Yon fink I kintsyin a well wifont noffin to eat, like a f’ogf 'Fly wasn’t no better fader’n and mndder'n ’on, Pd do wifont

peached may continue to exercise his office pending the trial, aa Mr. Johnson did. In twbtats oi Louisiana a law enacted foa* apodal case suspends an

addiirk is

Any salaried ofibxr 1 tlonal pay in tho nan guilty oi a fraud, wl would bo punishable as

Ten dollars a month, with board, on a farm iu the country is better than to beg or steal or starve in a city, and better than to dork for eight or ten dollars a week, offt of which, after paying living expenses for even a airglo m

redvre $2 34 per capita; Cleveland, #3, jit i- difficult to save five dollars i