10 STOBIESJHOLFAX, Facts About His Career as Speaker and as Vice President Given by Chief Clerk Lloyd. OF MOST GENIAL DISPOSITION. TVMle Xot of Profound Mental Ability He Hade the Most of the Talents Entrusted to Ilim. HW HE GOT AHEAD OP SUNSET COX. 1 Pleaaint Way Oat of the rnplcaiant Duty of Cutting Off a Long Winded Speaker. twnmEX tor the DisrATcn.J I have never known stir public man who seemed to be more "thoroughly contented with his situation than Schuyler Colfax. Of good lineage; a descendant on the fath er's side of General Colfax, who was a close friend of "Washington, and, on the mother's side from General Schuyler, of Xew York, he was iio-eeJ of a most genial flisposi- . lion; amiable, good-humored, wearing a cmile always, that gained lor him the so briquet of "Smilcr" Colfax; with a kind word and a. hearty hand-shake for every body, his personal popularity was easily accounted for. He certainly pos"esed the knack of Con Crcgan's daddy, of always saying the thing that was pleasing to the company, and was the most delightful of eoci.il companions. Confident in his ctrength with his constitu ents, as evidenced in their support by ever increasing majorities) he appeared to bo ab solutely five from the cares w hick continu ally vex the average politician. lie Was "Wonderfully Industrious. He was one of the most industrious men I have ever known, and found pleasure in work more than in society, for which he cared apparently but little. He had no viccs,and none of the distractions which they yroduee. He never impressed me as a man of profundity in any respect, but he cer- tainlv pos;cscu a marvelous lucintv in -woiking up his intellectual capital to the verv uet advantage. He was fond of aneed-tes and could appreciate a good joke at his own expense,.as :u the case he related to me, when .1 guest at my home in Pennsylvania, of some nefjro minstrels, who were giving an entertainment at his own town of jjouth Ecnd. In the inter ludes ot the music the head man said to another: "I was iu Washington some time ago." "Who did von see dar?" "Well, I saw President Grant." "What did Graut say to you'.'" "He said nothin". 'I went in one door and he kicked me out do odcr." "Well, who else did you see'" "I saw do Vice President, Mr. Colfax." "What did he sav to you?" "Oh, he said notfiing, too; he jess smiled. Didn't Get on 'Villi Xewspaper Men. Fortunate as he was in his public career, ret. like the course of true loe. it did not always run unooth. He unfortunately ttirred up an animosity on the part of the newspaper corre-nondents, who lot no op portunity to slash him. It did not seem, iowevcrj to distiirb hii equanimity, and-his position enabled him to disregard their strictures, until the cloud came over him in the Credit-Jlobilicr affair, of which, of course, they made the most. Even in this trying ordeal, however, he bore up in a manner that could not have been possible if he had felt a consciousness of guilt. The afljir wa, of course, extremely tin fortunate, aud is a new illustration of the npwrcr.tlv greater power of evil than of good. A drop of ink w ill discolor a tumbler of water, while a tumbler of water will not tfljee an ink spot. Weeds grow more luxu riantly than grain. One bad 'deed, or even the suspicion of it, becloud the fair fame gained by a lifetime of well doing. Jly confidence in Colfax was too strong to be bliaken by anything that the investigation disclosed. He was too sensitive of his per sonal honor to permit of his being con sciously bubed. How John 3Iorrissey Bribed Him. An illustration of this was found in the case when John Morrissey called on him unu presented him with" a box of choice cigars, which Coliux, who w as an inveterate lover of the weed, gratefully accepted, but in a moment after wished he hadn't, when Ztforrissey eaid he had called on him to con sult him about the place he was to have on the committees. Co!f.ix was greatly dis turbed as he realized the purposa of Mor lissey's present, but w3 greatly relieved t hen. in answer ton question as to what committed he would like to he placed on, Iilorrissey replied hat he wantbd to be on c committee that had nothing to do. He was put at the tail end of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, and both men were happy. lr Cclfax probabl j first came into po litical prominence in the House inl&uGby u remarkable speech on the laws of Kansas, which had been passed by the pro-slavery Xegislatiire of that Territory for the protec tion of "the peculiar institution," and n which he gave an object lesson by exhibit ing die oi the iron balls, weighing 30 pounds (hat the law prescribed should be chained to the leg of anyone guilty of deny ing the'right to hold property in slaves, and which he made the text for a most eloquent and impassioned exordium. Ills Success as a Speaker. He was elected Speaker of the Honse at the beginning of the Thirty-eighth Congress in December. lSffi!, and re-elected Speaker of the two .succeeding Congresses. There was probably no man in the House at the time better qualified lor the position of Speaker. Wuh his accustomed industry he had made tiie rules a subject of special study, and had become thoroughly familiar with" parliamentary practice. His "prophetic utterance, in the hrst sentence of his address en liking the chair, brought a storm of applause frmu his political friends in the House, pad its fulfilment increased their confidence. Said he: "To-day will he marked in American his tory as tlie open iiig of a Congress destined to lace and settle the most important ques tions of the century, and during whose existence the rebellion, whiehhas passed its culmination, will, beyond all question, die a deserved dcatn." The position of Speaker of the House of Jtcprctentatives is a jiecnliar one. It re quires for ihe proper discharge of its duties great crsatilily of talent, quickness of ap prehension, cl-jjrness of judgment, prompti tude tf decision, patience, calmness, a cood voice, and a large amount of physical en-. I aurance. Must Have a Good i'li jslque. The position is not less trying on the physical than on the mental constitution. The bpcaker is almost constantly on his feet, except during a set specch,aadthe exertion ol making himself heard above the din of the mob, as it often appears on the floor, nnd hammering it into order causes a tremendous near and tear of the physical em rgtes. The gavel is made of a piece of solid ivory, and I have known it to be ham mered into i-livcrs in a single session. The Speaker has not the ''opportunity for deliberation in regard to a perplexing ques tion which the Judge of a court enjoys. There is no time to consult authorities, or iearch lor precedents. A point of order, or a parliamentary inquiry is stated; no argu ment can be hid upon it, and the Speaker vmst decide it on the instant. Of course he cannot always be correct, but as Colfax used to say to the accomplished Journal Clerk, who'was authority on parliamentary law, -when lie would remind him that bis ruling was wrong: "Xo matter, the House knows no more about it than I do' and-so the decision stood, for the time being at least, as the law of the case. Ono of the Annoyance. The decisions, however, have much more uniformity and consistency than would be thought possible under the circumstances. The system of rules under which the busi ness of the House is conducted, is, as is well known, exceedingly complex and technical, and a good many members seemed to take delight in making sharp points, npparentlv for the verv purpose of perplexing the Speaker, while others make points through gross ignorance, or for the purpose of rendering themselves conspicuous by get ting the floor for a few moments, to which the point of order entitles them bv the-pre-cedence which the rules provide. I re member of hearing a representative make the same point of order five times during a single sitting. one ot tne most annoying memoers in mis rcsard. at a later period, was a colored member, who, because of his profound ig norance of the rules, perhaps, was everlast ingly making the most ridiculous points of order, amusing at'first, but getting to he un bearably tiresome by their constant reitera tion. These altercations between member and Speaker, as they often become, some times stir up a good deal of ill feeling, and both forget the injunction not to let their angry passions rise. As the Speaker has the Woman's Right to the Ist JYord, however, he generally comes off victorious. The Speaker lias the control of the floor and can give it to whom he pleases, .subject to a few gsncral rules. Members frequently ap ply to the speaker to recognize them, or put them down for a speech. Sharp passages of wit ofen occur, as when, on one occasion, Cox came np to the Speaker's desk and said: "Put me down for five minutes." "I wish to heaven I could put you down for one," wns the quick retort. The only time I ever heard Colfax in de bate was on the occasion of his leaving the cliair to offer a resolution for the expulsion of Long, of Ohio, for alleged treasonable ut terances on the floor of the House, in which he exhibited the "same masterful abilities lhat had characterized his administration of the Speaker's office. He was fertile in mental' resources, fearless in the expression of his thoughts, fluent in language, courteous in speech and manner, and adroit in maintaining his own political opinions and expressing them without exciting need less antagonisms. I recall an incident that occurred in the closing hours of a Congress that well illustrates his tact. How Ho Stopped a Long Speech. A member from, Missouri had i somehow got the floor and was consuming the time in a long harangue on women's rights, to the great disgust of members who wanted an opportunity to get some bill of local interest to his constituents passed before the final fall of the hammer. But there was no par liamentarv way of choking him off, and ho would probably" have kept Ft up till the last moment had it not been that some member .interrupted him with a request that he would give way lor a moment to enable him to offer the customary resolution for the ap pointment of a committee to wait upon the President and inform him that the two Houses were ready to adjourn. The motion being put and carried, Colfax immediately appointed the member from Missouri on the committee,-which not only took htm oil the noor hut almost toot away his breath, and raised a hearty laugh at his expense, which, however, he had the good sense to appreciate so soon as he recovered sufficiently to fully appreciate the joke. Presented With His Old Choir. At the time he was smarting under the reflections on his integrity, which grew out of the Credit-Mobilier exposure, and a good many were kicking at a man supposed to be down, a sale ot lurntture took place under atforder of the House, at which a few of us boueht a chair that had formerly been occu pied by Colfax, but had got out of repair, and had been thrown aside. AVe had it fully restored, and sent it to him as a testi monial of our appreciation of his uniform courtesy, and it was acknowledged in a let ter that may be worth publishing in this connection as, characteristic of the man. South Bctd, Ikd., ) June 7, 1S73. Sir Dear Fbiexds I thank you sincerely for the welcome present you have made nit) of the chair occupied by mo dnrinjr my Speakership of the House of Representa tives, and w hlch brings to my juiet homo so many recollections of the stirring and ex citing past, lint I thank you even more for the earnest lriendship which most have prompted you to purchase for me tills valued mementc of the years of responsi bility in which I was associated so closely with you in official duties. It is verv grati lim; to remember that during all those eventful years our friendship was as w arm and cordial as if we had been of the same kith and kin, and still more gratifying to know that this confidence and regard re mains undiminished on your part as. it is most cordially reciprocated by yours truly, ScnuviEit Colfax. His Family Relations. He kept house in "Washington, during all the period of his Congressional service, with liis mother and sister, to both of whom he was ardently attached. Left fatherless at an early period of his life he was in a peculiar sense the son of his mother, who exercised a marked influence on his charac ter and to whom he was specially.indcbted for the'almost exceptional purity of charac ter that marked his private life. He once told me that he had made it an invariable rule to hand his mother every letter re ceived by him from a woman, and that his second marriage was the result of his mother's prompting more than his own, though his choice was not suggested by her. His success on the platform in the latter vcars of his life was similar to that which lie had received in the political arena, and brought him increase both of fame and fortune. The lecture on Lincoln, he told me, had brought him a net income of ?10,000 a year for several years. He was a shining example of the possi bilities open to every American citizen. Clinton Lloyd. Copyright 1891 by C Lloyd. Personal Small Talk. Mr. Frank B. Yeager will leave for Europe Juno 2L Miss Belle C. Meyer, from Qnincy, Hls Is visiting Mrs. Morris Kaufrnann. Mrs. C. E. Brown, of llobinson street, Al legheny, has gone to Xew York and Phila delphia. Mrs. H. C. Wilson, of Maple avenue, Nunncrv Hill, Allegheny, ban gone to Pow hattan Toint, O., for a short visit. Mr. Jacob G. Hook and C. It. Carothers, of Allegheny, will leave Monday June 15, for an extended trip through the West. Miss Mamo Saunders has left for an exten sive trip through tho West, talcing in Den ver, Kansas City and Salt Lake City. Mrs. James Boyd and granddaughter, Miss Carrie M. McLean, are at the Shelbonrne, "Atlantic City, frhcre they will upend the summer months. Mrs. I.E. Hirsch, Mrs. Helena Hirsch, Mr. Joseph LMnstein and Mr. J.-unes Spaudau leavo to-morrow morning for a three months' visit to Germany. Mrs. J. C. Mullin and son, Master C Elmer, of Pennsylvania avenue, Allegheny, left Saturday to spend tho summer months in Cincinnati, O., and Louisville, Ky. Mi-s Jcnnio Carroll, of Cleveland, O., hav ing returned after a pleasant trip through the Eastern cities, is now Yisitinglicr friend, Miss Mamie Tracy, of Allegheny. James Scanflau, tho prominent Southsido merchant, left last night for New York, and sails foriuropo Wednesday on the steamer Fulrta for the benefit of his health. William M. Bell, of Shadysidc, whoso busi ness is at McKeesport, leaves on Saturday lor a European trip. He sails on the Cunard steamship Aurania, and will be absent two or three months. Among tho Pittsburg people who have re cently arrived at Colorado- Beach, Cal., for health and pleasure aro the following: Mr. 1 J. Allen, the two Misses Allen and Miss Clementine Bees. Miss Mary Montooth, who has been at At lantic City for some weeks, .nursing her brother, Major E. A. Montooth, to whom she Is devotedly attached, has returned home, leaving the handsome Major greatly re covered. William riaccus. the tanner, leaves to morrow for Xew York, whence ho will sail June IS on tho new double-screw steamer Furst Bismarck for Hamburg, Germany, on a short visit to his family. Mr. riaccus ex pects to return early in August. Miss Mary Bigelow, of Milwaukee, and Mis's Roberta Johnston, of Cincinnati, are the guests of Miss Lucy Haworth at the Ha worths' summer home-atLeetsdale. They are returning home trom Mrs. Pratt'a school, Utlca,. Y., but will stay at least two weeks witn tneir incnos in tne sewicjuev vauer. SIGHTS OF SAMIAGO. The Old Cathedral "Which Is the largest in South America. , DOFFING THE HAT AT FUNERALS, Peculiar Structure in Which FashionaMa Shopping Is Done. THE CALAMITY AT LA COMPASIA connESPOjrDiNCK of Tin; msrATcn. Saktiago br Chile, May la The tourist on a sight-seeing expedition cannot do better than to begin with Santiago's cen tral square, named La Plaza de la Inde- pendencia, because froth it all things radi aiereven tne tramway lines and hackney coaches, end in the streets immediately en vironing it are found the principal institu tionsreligious, social and"politlcaI of this proud old capital. It is an imposing space, with a handsome marble fountain in the middle, surrounded by a well-kept garden containing trees, flowers, statues, walks and stone benches. Nearly all the west side or this "great plaza is occupied by the Cathedral, Which is said to be the largest in South America, as it is certainly one of the oldest. Originally erected by the conqueror, Pedro de Valdivia, it has been several times par tially destroyed by earthquakes, and was re constructed on its present plan by- Garcia de Mendoza, somewhere about the year 1030; or rather, it was carried as near to com pletion as seems to be consistent with local, principles of economy. It has never been quite finished, and probably never will be, because like tke licensed beggars of Mex icoits imperfections are a fruitful source of revenue. Though millions- of dollars have been collected from pious parishioners almost enough to veneer the whole pile with a coating of gold there is still a stand, ing call for "fimds to finish the CalhedraL" Its Walls Have Been Condemned. The Cathedral is large enough to shelter 14,000 people, yet has no striking feature except that of size. It is built If a coarse kind of porphyry, -with, a single tower of rough brick and a tall iron cross over the main entrance. Though looking like a monument of solidity.its earthquake-cracked walls have been condemned and the citizens repeatedly warned that ihe slightest terri mote may tumble it down about their ears. It is not so tawdry inside as most South American sanctuaries, though .containing a score of altars, a multitude of graven images, a vast array of stained glass and painted canvas, and gold, silver and precious stones galore. A prettier custom among these exceed ingly polite people is that of doffing the hat at sight of a funeral procession. The funeril pageant is not likely to be particularly solemn, as there is no black about the hearse nor weeping wonren following it only a few men and the horses being driven as if at a race; but to see everybody in the streets, in the horse cars, in their carriages,-on the pavements or in their balconies paying a last token of courtesy to the passing stranger who is on the way to his long home, robs grim death of some of its gloom. Besides being the seaf of Government, the courts of law and the Legislature, San tiago is an Arehbishop's See, and is there fore blessed with numerous sanctuaries and monastic institutions. Among the finest are that of San Augustin, erected in the year 1394, by Don Christobal de Vera, and in later times adorned with a pillared portico, the churches of La 3IerceJ( Santa Domingo and San ITrancisco all built in the previous century; the San ' Augustin nunnery, founded in 157G, by Bishop Medelliri;- the Carmen Alto, or church- of the Carmelite nunnery, an elegant little goth'ic structure where most of the fashionable weddings take place. A Strange Miniature Cavern. . One of Santiago's most peculiar structures is the adjacent Portales. de JTemandez Concha, the name referring'to its builder. It is a spacious gallery of IS arches.gupport; ing a two-storied building, the whole being four stories in height. "When within it fto great stretch of imagination is required to fancy yourself in the court of some iiarble palace the Alhambra, perhaps arched with glass overhead, the sides beautified by frescoes, carvings, paintings anc .niches full statuettes. Here is a cave, apparently as nature made it, beneath a chaos of boulders, overhung with growing ferns and ivy. Pen etrate the miniature cavern, and you are at first startled bv a remarkably life-like stone serpent, raised as if to strike; and thenby the discovery that you have inadvertently 'wandered into a private dwelting, whose owner has had the singular taste to thus dis guise the front entrance. All these fancy doors along the sides lead into business houses, the fashionalc shop ping places of the elite, where jewelry, bric-a-brac and Parisian millinery are chiefly sold. This is a favorite resort for the fair Santiagoians, particularly alter morning mass, when they are met by hun dreds, every one with a black manta, or shawl,drawn over her head, prayer book and rosary in hand, and a small rug thrown over her arm. The latter is usually of embroid ered felt, but sometimes it is a square of vicuna, guanaco or alpaca fur, and it is used to spread upon the damp, cold stones of the church floor when its owner kneels to say her prayers. They gaze upon the rav ishing displays in the shop windows to their heart's content, or purchase little bouquets at the flower stands that are strung all along the outer edge of the arcades, r gather to gether in groups to solace their feminine souls with oits of gossip. Tho Clerks Have Time to Dine. The best shops do not open before 9 or 10 o'clock in the mornine, because before that hour there is nobody to patronize them; then they are closed between 5 and 7 p. si to allow the clerks and proprietors time to dine as in many Mexican cities where the postoffice remains locked most of -the after noon so that the employes may not be dis turbed in their daily long siesta. Here they are open till nearly midnight, as the heaviest part of the retail trade is accom plished alter 8 in the evening.r On the north side of the plaza is the old Government "palacio" an irregular, heavy looking pile, which was formerly the abode of the President of the Kepublic,but is now utilized for public good in a variety of ways, including a barrack and prison. Col lectively the buildings arc known as Las Cajas: and though their glory has departed, they include some of the most noteworthy of the Government buildings not even ex cepting the splendid new postoffice-close by, with its tiled floor, gilded ceiling and inner walls of marble. By the way, in a court yard of the postoffice the' traveler is-amazed to see two unexpected ghosts standing be fore him marble statues of George Wash ington and Abraham Lincoln, both of which, I regret to add. were brought from Lima with a-great deal of other plunder by the victors in the Peru-Chile war. Where President Kalmaceds Resides. The Moneda, or Mint, where tho Presi dent now resides, is generally considered the handsomest of Santiago's public build ings. It is quadrangular in shape, 600 feet long, with a front SS0 feet wide, and being much higher than the adjacent structures presents an appearance of dignity and strength, rather than of beauty though the interior shows considerable ornamentation. It was built during the days of the elder O'Higgins, more than a century ago, at the cost of lj600,000 pesos, but the .whole thing was a misconception, having been planned for a Government edifice in Mexico and given to Chile through a stupid, mistake on, the part of the architect. However, it serves as a sort of oriental omnibus, in J wnicn there is always room lor one more. It contains the President's household, the offices of the Cabinet Ministers, the Government Architect, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army, the Civil Engineer of the State, the Sunenntendent of Primary Education and the families of several of the above-mentioned officials. It also contains the northern telegraph office, the headquar ters for the Superintendent .of Police be sides being the Chilean - Treasury aud the place where all the naion'smoney is coined. Probably the most conspicuous edifice in the city is the Capitol It occupies an en tire square, and its walls, "which look brand new, are coated 'with a browffish-yellow stucco and have great rows of columns and many, chaste ornamonts. It is a combina tion of the Doric and Grecian architecture and a beautifully-kept garden spreads out in front, not unlike that around the Treasury at "Washington, which the building faintly resembles. There are three extensive halls inside, of tho Senators, the Deputies, and that in which the President takes the oath of office. They are plainly finished in white stucco, with a few simple frescoes on fho ceiling, illuminated with great sky-lights and furnished with leather-covered arm chairs and the plainest of desks and tables. The Senators and tho Deputies. The large, cool semi-circular Senate chamber haa an area of about 230 square metre's, and looks as inviting to repose as our own, in Uncle Sara's Capital. When visiting this Chilean fog bank 1 have found it easy to imagine myself at home, gazing down from the gallery upon aozing oaia heads; set in regular rows like the cobble-stones of a street, iiGteuiug iw duihg uiumu ouuutur, who has apparently no other listeners while the stenographers sleepily scribble, and the presiding officer, yawning behind his hand, makes a.shallow pretense of pay ing attention. The Hall of Deputies is a good deal larger than that of the Senators, and its members are more lively and quarrelsome; but the galleries are so few and cramped that itis evident the dear public are not expected to attend its sessions. There are 42 Senators in the Chilean Congress and 110 Deputies. Among other peculiarities I noticed that no member rises to his feet when addressing the House, but indolently "keeps his sit ting" and in their most exciting differences of opinion and wildest flights of vitupera tion (which frequently end in duels out side), they never depart from the strict rules of Spanish etiquette, but "cuss" one another iu politest terms. The" small park in front of the Capitol was formerly the site of the Jesuit Church of La Compania, which was burned on a December night of 1868. Though Santiago has held an important place in Chilean history for 300 years and more, no event that ever transpired here sent such a sensation throughout the civilized world as that holocaust, in which upward of 2,000 worshipers (mostly women), out of an audience- of about 3,000, perished In the flames. Chile's Greatest Calamity. The calamity, which plunged the nation in mourning, is commemorated by a grace ful monument of bronze and marble, which bears an inscription on the pedestal inform ing the stranger that "2,000 victims, more or less," miserably perished, and that the love and grief of the Santiagoians is inex tinguishable. It seems there was a grand fiesta, and La Compania was decorated for the occasion and packed to its,utmost capacity with the wives and daughters of the wealthiest families of the capital, for this .was the fashionable sanctuary. Thousands of lamps, candles and glas3 vases containing paraffinc were lighted all over the walls and cornices, to represent stars, amid clouds of gauze, while miles upon miles of paper roses garlanded the whole interior. No body knows how the conflagration began, probably from the overturning of a lamp, but in a moment thcentire roof was a mass of flames and the floor a sea of fire in which human beings were screaming and strug gling, as represented in old pictures of pur gatory. The frightened women crowded against the doors, which opened inwnrd, thereby forming with their own piled-up, scorching bodies an impassable barricade against outside rescuers And when all was over, when th2 Shrieks of agony were succeeded by silence even more ghastly and the fires that leaped to the skies gave place to faint bluish flames, "fed by the gases ex haled from dead bodies, the horrified city whose every family was bereft of one or more members, beheld row's of carbonized human heads, piled one above another in almost symmetrical rows, to a considerable height. Fajtnie B. "Ward. GOSSIP OF THE GUARD. The annual picnic of the 'Washington In fantry takes place next Tuesday at Silver Lake Grove. The affair promises to boa success. Xext Thursday evening Colonel Hawkins, of the Tenth ltegiment, will conduct the election for Lieutenant Colonel in the Eighteenth, caused by the expiration of tho commission of Colonel Kutlodge. Colonel ltutledge, who had intended retiring from military life at the end of his present term. j. has decided at the request of Iriends to ac cept a re-election lornvo years more, no win have no opposition. Coin-AST II, of the Eighteenth Regiment, is the first local company to tal a steps to ward adoptingand buying a dress uniform. Captain Simmons has called n meeting of his organization for next Thursday ovening to complete arrangements in that line. Company H and Company B, of tho samo regiment, intend holdine a nicnic on the 19th inst. at Silver Lake Grove, and from the amount of hustling being dono by the omccrs and men the affair will no doubt be a success. CoMPAsr drills in tho local organizations have boon rather poorly attended during tho past few weeks, and it is oxpected that they will remain so for tho next month at least, or up until active preparations for the camp begin. Colonel Smith has decided to liavo tluee or lour battalion drills during the lat ter part of June and through July, but no dates liavo yet been announced for them. Space for battalion drills is scarce on most of the streets, but it is probable eithor New Grant street or the Exposition grounds will be selected for tho purpose. , Tub officers and men of tho Fourteenth ltegiment still continue to talk of their trip I to Xorristown last week. From reports in the East tho regiment certainly made the best showing of any organization in the pa rade. Some rather harsh criticism is being passed about un officer from another organi zation who paraded with the Fourteenth in uniform, and accepted every thing that came hiS way like tho enlisted men. When a man receive? tho distinction of being commis sioned by the State of Pennsylvania, a certain amount of dignity and self-prido should at least be cultivated if not already possessed. It is quite evident that the present admin istration at llarrisburg will practice con siderable economy in regard to tho commis sary dcpnrtmentv at the coming encamp ments. Adjutant General McClellandissued an order last week for the purpose of a more thorough organization of the subsistence de partment in tho guard, and lays down, tho law in a very decided manner as to how the "grub" shall bo handled this year. Th.e an nouncement is made that rations are issued for the use of enlisted men only nnd that commissioned officers shall not take or re ceive any part of the same, but may pur chase stores at the cost pneo with 10 per cent added. It is not generally known why the 10 per cent should be added, but it looks as if tho State is on the make this year. The prospective contest in Battery B, for the vacancy caused by the resignation of First Lieutenant George Shepherd, has been settled by the withdrawal o'f Second Lien tenant Kimmel-es a candidate. The field is now left clear for Quartermaster Lloyd, who will have no other opposition. -No date has yet been named for the election, bnt it will occur before camp. Lieutenant Kimmel, who has been acting as Inspector of Kifle Practice for tho battery, announces that already about a dozen of the men have qualified, nnd the prospects nro good for a better showing than ever before. Captain Hunt hns been invited to open up tho cere monies at Schenloy Park on July 4. hy firing a salute from the battery, and has accepted the offer. As was predicted in this column some time ago Governor Fattison vetoed the bilt providing for the wholesale appoint ment of graduates of colleges to commissions as Brevet First Lieutenants in tho National Guard. Tho Governor very aptly touches on the subject In tho following manner in his message: "Soldiers of tho State who have served long and faithfully in its guard would be shut out from the rank and honor in their services, thus' lavishlngly conforred upon youth who have never served a day in tho guard itself. I can Bee no occasion for an enlargement of the present liberal provisions for giving brevet rank to college graduates." Governor Pat tison also vetoed the bill providing for pensions to members of the guard injured at encampments, bnt invites legislation of a definite character to assist militiamen in. juratwDUoondutv of a serious natura. BEYOND THE GEAYE Tho Soul of the Faithful Grows" in Grace Until Judgment Day. THEBE IS A PERIOD OF WAITING In Which It lias a Chance to CultiTate the .Good That Is in It. BELIEF IN AN INTERMEDIATE STATE CWBITTES TOR TOE DISPATCH. "And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom." "We are not told very much in the Bible about the world beyond the grave. "We are told very distinctly that there is a world beyond the grave. The central saint and hero of the Bible Is the One who, being dead, came back alive out of the grave to make that absolutely sure. After death is life. But where? and how? These are the questions which we cannot help asking. But we get no satisfying an swers. The only answers which approach satisfaction are to be read in the pages of the Bible. Everything else, all religion, all poetry, all philosophy-beside, is 'only guess-work. These Bible men are the great spiritual masters. God made them His messengers in the realm of spiritual truth. If anybody can tell us, these men can, to whom God spoke. But they tell us very little. Partly, perhaps, because we do not need to know. The essential purpose of the Bible in its relation to human life is to teach us how to live to-day. AVhen to-morrow comes, when the "to-morrow of death" comes, and wc need new light along an un known path, we will get it; God will give it. But for the present we can see the,daily way plain enough to walk in"it And more than that we do not need to know. Any how, much more than that God has not told us. And perhaps, also, we get no adequate answers to our questions because we could not understand the answers if we got them. Death the Beginning ef Knowledge. That-is one of the blessings of death, that it is the beginning of knowledge. No doubt the mysteries of the other side of life are as impossible to our understanding as the language of the higher mathematics is without meaning to a child. Even the few sentences in which the truths of the other world are stated in the Bible, are set in symbols. "White thrones, and open books, and pearly gates, and golden streets these are but the faint shadows of great mysteries. The world beyond is still the "undiscovered country." But we want to know something about that other life. Part of our family lives on the further side of those celestial bounda ries. AVe cannot help looking with long ing and wondering eyes in that direction, and asking questions. And thus every word of the great spiritual masters which bears upon this hidden matter has a su preme interest for ns. Take this parable of the rich man and Lazarus. It was not spoken as a revelation of. the life to come. It was directed straight and plain against certain evils of the life which now is. First Five 3IInntes After Death. Our Lord was thinking of avaricious, sel fish and unbrotherly Pharisees. These peo ple loved money more than they loved meu. So long as they were attired in purple and fine linen, it mattered not how many beg gars full of sores lay in the street without. And Christ wanted to show them what a great surprise the "first five minutes after death" would bring them. That was why He told this Btory. But that is not the most interesting thing about it to us. The gates are open into the world beyond, and we look through. That is what we care for most. And that is what I want to sneak about this morning, about what happens after death so far as wc can guess it out, or spell it out, here and in other places in the Bible. And by "after death I mean immediately alter death. That, it is plain, is the point of time in the parable. The general judg ment at the last day, and the final amen to all things earthly, "has not come yet. "Ve are down here on this familiar planet, we and the rich man's brothers, hurrying about in the pursuit of our daily bnsiness, intent on getting all the money and all the pleas ure we can, not thinking very much about things spiritual and eternal, paying small heed to Moses and the prophets; and over there in the world unseen is being recited this Singular and Significant DIalogne. They are both newcomers, the rich man and Lazarus, dead but a day, only a day old in the new life. The condition of things which we are here given a sight of is imme diately after Jdeath. Now, one of the ques tions which we would like to have answered about the first day after death is this: Where does the soul go? Does the soul of the saint go straight into heaven? does the soul of the sinner go straight into hell? or do they bothwait in some general place of departed spirits until the general judgment? Is there an intermediate state? AVe begin to get an answer to this ques tion when we discover in this parable that the rich man and Lazarus alike arc both in helL The distinction between the two is that the rich man is in torments, while Lazarus is in Abraham's bosom; and that a deep cleft of separation divides the one from the other. The rich man wakes up in hell, and behold the flames are around him, while Abraham's arms are around Lazarus. But they are both in hell. Then we remember that our Lord Himself, after His death upon the cross, descended into helL And that in the estimation of St. Peter there was noth ing unusual nor remarkable in that. The wonder was not that He descended into hell, but that He came out again. To go into hell seems to have been accounted for by the apostle to be The Natural Course of Things with every human being. David had said in one of his psalms that his soul would not be left in hell, bnt his soul was left in hell. and consequently he must have been think ing of somebody else, that is, of Christ. The purpose of the creed is not to set forth a strange fact in the experience of Christ when he declares that He descended into hell. That statement is not to be classed with the divine side of His work, like the phrase which follows: "The third day He rose again irom the dead," but rather with the ordinary, natural and human condition of His life and death, like the phrase which precedes it, "He was buried." The purpose is to declare the perfect and unreserved reality of Christ's death. He died and His body was buried and His soul went into hell just like anybody else's body and soul. But "His soul was not left in hell, neither did His flesh sec corrup tion." That was the only strange and won derful thing about it. Evidently this is not the hell of ordin ary language. And the creed makes that perfectly plain. AVe may omit, if we please, the phrase of the creed which says "He'descended into hell," and may substi tute therefor the words "He went into the. place of departed spirits," which words are Accounted by the Church to have the same signification. So that hell, in this meaning of it, is defined by the church to be the place of departed spirits. Moreover, in the original languages of the Bible, when we go to them to find the word which is translated "hell," we1 find three words, one in the Old Testament and two in tho new. The Old Testament word is sheol: the New Testament words are hades and gehenna, Gehenna means the Valley of Hinnom. And.the Valley of Hinnom was a deep and dark' glen beside Jerusalem, where in the evil days of King Ahaz the people of that city had offered their children to be burned with fire in sacrifice to Moloch. Whe.n the reformation came, and men were ashamed even of the memory of that hideous idol atry, the valley was given over to pollution. It was made the dumping ground, of Jeru salem. Hither they carted out -tha dead bodies of animals and malefactors. Here the garbage wagons deposited their loads of refuse. In the midst of this fonl valley they kept a continual fire burning to con sume these ghastly and malodorous contribu tions. It was a place of horror, given over tounclean dogs, and ghosts, and creeping things and poisonous 'smoke. And it be came the symbol of all that was loathsome, even of that place of unknown and eternal dread, "Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched." The word Gehenna meant what me mean to-day by helL Not Associated TYItli Punishment. But sheol and hades did not mean that. The word sheol oecurs 62 times in the Old Testament, 31 times it is translated "hell," and the other 31 times "the grave.". There is an association of dread about the words even as there is to-day about tie woril "death," but no association of punishment. At the end of life lies sheol, hades, hell, death, the grave, the unseen world. The last meaning is the widest. That is what the Greeks meant by hades. That is what Jacob meant when he expected to meet his son there, his beloved son 'whom he ac counted dead. That is what Josephus-meant when ho described the soul of Samuel, in the story of the AVitch of Endor, as ascend ing out of hades. That is what St. Peter meant when he declared that the soul of Christ had not been left in hades. That is What Christ meant when He pictured Dives, and Lazarus, and Abraham all in hades. The word hell in this parable-means the un seen world. It does not mean hell any more than "Abraham's bosom" means heaven. The bad are in misery, but it is not the misery of hell; the good arc in bliss, but it is not the bliss of heaven. This is the'place of departed spirits. Itis Tho Intermediate State. For, putting, aside all these questions about words and definitions, remember that two conditions are declared in Holy Scrip ture to precede heaven. One is a general judgment, the other is complete sanctifica tion. But the general judgment Is set for the last day. AVhatever the reality may be which lies behind this symbol and'figure of. the universal judgment, this is the time for it. It is appointed at the end of the world. It is then that the dead small and great shall stand before God, and the judgment begins with the opening of the great books. It is then that the separation shall take place; right and left, and that the voice of blessing shall be heard and the voice of malediction. "Come ye blessed," "depart ye cursed," are words of invitation and of rejection which Christ tells us shall be ut tered at the last day. There is to be a gen eral judgment at the last day. The Final Day of Judgment. But how can this agree with an individual judgment being pronounced to-day and to morrow, as the souls of the dead go to Him who made them? How can this agree with an individual settlement of each soul's des tiny, and an immediate entrance into an eternal condition of joy or woe? Shall the souls of the blessed be brought out of heaven to be tried'over again? This'is not the picture which is given in the Kevelation of St. John, where the souls of the martyrs, pray before the altar, and ask "How long?" and white robes are given them, and they are told that they must rest "yet, fora little season, till their fellow-servants also and their brethren shall be fulfilled." Shall the souls of the damned be brought out of hell to be twice cursed and thrust back into it? "Our Lord and His apostles never comfort the Church concerning those who arc asleep with the assurance that their sonls are in heaven, nor do they alarm the wicked with the fear that at the instant, of death their souls will pass into a state of final punishment. It is ever to the resur rection of the dead and the judgment of the great day that the hopes of the pious and the fears of the ungodly are directed." Ulan Was Designed to Grow. And into heaven shall the pure-hearted enter, and they only. Into heaven shall they go who haveclean consciences. "And TtaiA chill tia nrioa antoi inf if onwtriinrf that dcfileth, neither whatsoever worketh I abomination, or maketh a lie. That shuts the door sharp in the face of this whole company. Not one of us may enter heaven. Unless unless what? Unless death works a miracle of transformation, makes us all over new, changes the scarlet of sin into the whiteness of wool; and of that we have not a word of evidence anywhere. The whole analogy of God's dealings with the soul stands against that. God works gradually, not suddenly. It is the will of God that man should grow. There is no more likelihood that that eternal purpose meets a contradiction in the moment of death, and that God makes a miraculous alteration in human character, than there is that men will be turned into , angels and archangels. The Meaning of Paradise. And yet, here is the thief on. the cross. Not a particularly estimable past has he to show, not on especially immaculate con science, no saint. But "to-day," says the Master, "shalt thou be with me in Para dise?" Ah, yes; in Paradise. But Paradise was simply another Hebrew name for this place of departed spirits for the inter mediate state. The penitent thief might go there well enough. But not into heaven; not into the immediate presence of the Father. Christ himself did not go there then. "I have not yet ascended to my Father,", jtiesaiawnen ae came DacK out oi the grave. By and by the penitent thief may grow ready for the beatitude of heaven. But if a choice between heaven and hell makes the first turn in the road whose gate is the grave, the only entrance for the peni tent thief, and for a good many of the rest of us, is by a sudden word of magic, which shall change us as the animals in the "old stories were changed at the touch of wand into men and women. Unless, again. And what is this unless? Unless this glimpse at A Place of Waiting and of preparation should be a glimpse, at truth. For if there is an intermediate state, as Christ and His apostles seem to to teach, then all this is plain. Because this intermediate state is either a condition of sleeping or of waking. But. the people of the parable are not asleep, the souls before the altar are not asleep, to be with Christ in Paradise is not to be asleep. To be" present with the Lord, which St. Paul says is far better than this earthly life, is not to be asleep. If, however, the soul is awake in the in termediate state there must be a "progres sive sanctification" going on. That does not mean n renewed probation. It does not mean a possible passing from the bad side to the good side of that "great gulf." The parable sets a negative -to that. Death, so far as we know, is the absolute end of opportunity. .Of what goes on among the persistently impeni tent, amid the torments, in the company of the lost, we are not told at all. Bnt the faithful departed must e growing better. Think of it! The soul is separated from sensual temptation, taken away from all lowering and hindering environment, has time to think, and a clear mind to think with, and helpful things to think about, perhaps for the first time Has a Ileal Chance to cultivate that good which God alone may have discovered in the heart. And the soul is in Christ's presence' and in the company of saints and heroes. How can the sohl help gr&wing? On and on advances the Christian soul, growing in grace, growing in knowledge, growing in sanctity and in read iness for heaven. I know, says St. Paul, that the Lord who has begun this good wbrk, in you will continue it until that day. And "that day," in the phrase" of the -apostle, means not the day of death, but the day of judgment. On through the grave and gate of death passes the soul unchanged into the intermediate- state, and there waits, bnt not in sleep nor in loieness; waits and grows, learning more and loving more unceasingly, in tho bliss of Paradise, bnt not yet in the beatitude of heaven; waits and grows in grace and sanctity till the whole number is made np, and tne general judgment is at hand, and the Day of the Lord comes. George Hodges. Put not your money In savings banks, bnt bny lots at Kensington where it will add unto ltsel HEALTH OF STUDENTS, Statistics on the Effect of Higher Education Fpon Women. ANOTHER NEW ADDING HACHKE. It Is an Improvement in That It;PrintS'AIl the Figures. THE FDJE DEPABTJIENT OP VIENNA. WKUTES FOB TOE DISPATCH.! A great deal has been said about the ill health which the higher education of women engenders. Eleanor Field, in her recent article on "Women at an English Univer sity," enters a strong protest against this idea, and states that, during a four years' residence at Newnham College, where the course is thorough and exacting, she was particularly struck with the average good health enjoyed by the students. Moreover, a careful census has been taken of the stu dcats, past and present, of the college, which proves that the higher education is not det rimental to health, especially as such op portunities for recreation are provided that it is only very exceptional stndents who are likely to overwork. Miss Field insists on the beneficial influence on both mind and body which must naturally follow in the wake of a system which necessitates for, nt all events, once in a lifetime, steady work .toward one goal, to reach which all the best energies must be concentrated in one honest effort. Miss Field's deductions are fully con firmed by another authority on the health of women students, Catherine Baldwin, who asserts that any serious alarm as to the ef fect of university education on the health of women is groundless. This is clearly shown by the fact that the net amount of in crease in good present health in the women students of the English universities, as compared with health between 11 and 18 years of age, is greater than in the health of their sisters. Of the married students nearly 78 per cent enjoy excellent or good health, whereas but 62 per cent of their married sisters are equally fortunate. A further significant fact is that the students' children are healthier than those of the sisters. The average health of tho Amer ican college student seems to be higher than that oi her English compeer (probably owing to certain college physical condi tions); but the American student who has "studied severely" does not appear to re cover as high a tone after leaving college as the English woman. A side light is thrown on the ordinary hygienic condition of Amer ican well-to-do homes, and probably on the absence of system in the matter of physical exercise, which too often obtains in this country, by the fact that the proportion of Americans who report bad health on enter ing college is 25 per cent, as against 8 per cent of English women. Automatic Adding and Recording. A remarkable machine, styled "the comp tograph," has recently been patented. By its means figures may be placed in tabular order with the rapidity of ordinary type writing, and their amount can at the same time be automatically added with absolute certainty. The machine is adapted to record and foot up eight columns of figures, and it can be made with even a capacity of ten columns. The first two columns are used for units and tens of cents, the next three columns for the units, tens and hundreds of dollars, and the remaining three for nnits, tens and hundreds of thousands, the ma chine being thus adapted to all amounts under $1,000,000. The comtograph is an outgrowth of the comptometer, a universal figuring machine brought out not long ago, which also was operated by keys, but which did no print ing. The comptograph prints lists or col umns of items, and adds and automatically prints the answer beneath them at the same time. Besides its advantages in clearness and accuracy it is said to enable on operator with very little practice to do as much work as can be done by two men in the ordinary way. For listing checks in a bank, for the use of insurance companies, for the prepa ration .of such extended tables as are fur nished by various statistical authorities, and for other purposes where accurate and rapid work is difficult to secure, this machine has already proved itself a great success. Opium Unjustly Maligned. In the course of the debate on the motion, which was carried lately in the English House of Commons, to abolish the opium traffic in India, reference was made, among other sources, to De Quincey's "Confessions of an Opium Eater," in support of the state ment whjch the Honse was asked to believe that opium is by no means the unqualified curse it is generally reported to be. This view was strongly confirmed by Sir Lepel Griffin, whose eastern experience has qualified him to give an authoritative opinion on the subject. Sir Lepel stated that opium was infinitely more of a blessing than a curse when used in moderation, and it was its abuse alone that led to demorali zation. He declared that this abuse is the exception rather than the1 rule, and the moderate consumption of the drug in a tropical climate was absolutely beneficial. He described Indian opium as a"luxury, and held to the opinion that no expert who has lived among and studied opium-smoking and opium-drinking people as he has done, can arrive at any other conclusion than that alcohol is a hundred times more pernicious than opium. Improved Fire Escapo Devices. A decided acquisition to the means avail able for the saving of Kfeand property from fire is a new extension ladder and fire es cape, which con be readily raised or lowered bv a steel wire cable operated by a wind lass. The ladder can be taken from the truck on which it is brought to the scene of the fire by eight men, extended C6 feet in length, and secured in 46 seconds, or, when lying on the ground, in 37 seconds. It is constructed of upland spruce timber, and the iron and steel work is made as light as is consistent with strength and safety. Excellent as is the worlcdone by the fire brigades in this country, wc have still some thing to learn in some departments of the service. This is shown by the creditable record which the adoption of improved ap pliances has enabled the fire department ofViennatomake. In that city the fire men are provided with a sort of diver's snit and a fine mask, by means of which they can make their way into a burning building Iu spite of steam and smoke and effect rescues that would be impossible without these devices. The danger of suffocation is greatest where- the fire occurs in the cellar, and in such cases even the firemen have to use the utmost caution. The smoke will often collect In such dense masses that any ordinary light would be extinguished, but this difficulty is overcome by the use of a zinc flambeau invented by the Chief In spector of the department. Vienna is said to have one of the best organized and most efficient fire departments in Europe. A Cement Which Resists Adds. In some branches of industry a cement which is proof against the influence of acids is absolutely essential, and such a substance can be prepared by melting together .one part of India rubber with two parts of lin seed oil. This should be gradually incor porated with three parts ofwhite bole, so as to form a plastip mais. This, when heated, softens bnt very little. Though it does not easily dry upon the surface, when once set it is not affected at all.by hydrochloric aeid, and bnt very little by mtrie acid. 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In nriit. ..ml nlan . 1 ITKlIi MUKRY & ED-my27-W SALL, 34 Fidelity building. rOUNG MAN WITH A KNOWLEDGE OF X bookkeeping, to assist in vard acd office of a lumber firm: salary at first 35 pcrmonth. Ad dress L. L., Dispatch office. JeH-G7 Agents. AGENTS-ON SALARY OR COMMISSION TO handle the new natent chemical ink erasing pencil: the greatest selling novelty ever producea; erases Ink thoroughly in two seconds; no abrasion of paper; 200 Jo SOO per cent profit; one agent's sales amounted to (6-3) In six days; another $321utwo hours; we want one energetic general agent for each State and Territory. For terms and full particu lars, address THE MONROE ERASER MFIS. CO.. La Crosse. Wis. my22-7i AGENTS-TO SELL THE MOST POPULAR book of modern times. Davenport's com pendium of "The Best Fifty Books." This great work is having an unprecedented sale and is now ready for delivery. Where wc have no regular agpnts copies oflt will be forwarded free of charges on receipt or tlieprlce. Cloth binding. S3 73; Liu., M 73; rull seal, j 75. P. J. FLEMING ft CO.. 1J5 Flflh av. my2S-TuVThFSau AGENTS WANTED-K7 SALARY AND EX PENSES paid to bright, active, wide-awake youngmen: teachers and students preferred: em ployment pleasant, refining and permanent: no book pediilini; our new plan takes like "wild-fire" Ad dress, NATIONAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. 243 Wabali av., Chicago. HI. my31-l-su AGENT AN ACTIVE SIAN OR FIRM TO take general agency Western Pennsylvania, and West Virginia for an improved cash register which sells for half the price of any othergood one. Address, with references; UNION CASH KEGIS TEK CO.. Trenton. X. J. Jel2-C7 AGENTS-MALE AND FEMALE. WANTED everywhere: lightning seller; absolutely new; exclusive territory: no talking: profits Immense and success a certainty. jLiiuuiri: jio. co.. springneui, unio. JcH-GO AGENTS. MALE OR FEMALE - NEW250 household article; profit 3C0 percent; sample and infractions 10 cents: goods on commission. STAYXER X CO., Providence. R. I. mylj-38 A GENTS-STREETMEN MAKE AT LEAST Jl XV. dally selling best kitchen utensil made; two samples and terms, 15 cents. KING. P. O. Box 2H5. New York. JelW05-wsu 1 rff AGEXTS-TO HANDLE MY XICKEL ljUUU PLATED fly net holder: I have agents making S5 and E10 per daytwhy not you? Every man that has a horse will buy one; costs ft per dozen, re tails for 13c apiece, sample by mall 10c. C. L. KEN DERDINE. Reading, Pa. , Jcll-O rartners. MAN-TO TAKE AN INTEREST IX AN ES TABLISHED and paying office business; about SGUO required ; a young, energetic man of good address, who is not afraid of work and ran furnish first clas reference. Address OFFICE BUSI NESS. Dispatch office, and will arrange lor an in terview. JC13-61 PARTNER-TO PURCHASE HALF INTEREST and take charge of ortlce work In a wcll-cstab-" Ushed livery and undertaking business in city; s good man will bp dealt with liberally. For particu lars, address JOHNSTON. Dispatch office. JC14-27 PARTNER-TO JOIN ADVERTISER IX A light and artistic business; must be a good hustler for outside business; no other apply ; capital required, 1,000. Addres LIBERTY, Dispatch, office. JeH-E PARTNER SILENT OR ACTIVE: MUST haveSia.000; established concern: would like lo increase business capacity: good Investment. Ad dress STAINED GLASS, DUpatch office. Jc9-4S-Tnwsu PARTNER WITH P0.00O IN MANUFACTUR ING business; large proflts. Address BUSI NESS, DispatchoHce. Jel4-7 PARTNER WANTED WITH FROM KM TO 12,000: guarantee 1175 per month. Address B. F. M-, Dispatch office. Jel4-W Situations. POSITION-IN GENERAL ACCOUNTING OR bookkeeping, young married man; practical experience of ten years; satisfactory reference from present employers and reason for change. AUUirssr. U. UU i. vi.j. sps-AJ ...n. . rmr- 1ST k OTMTTkm ft.-.,..... ....n O CHANT, Kyearsold, as bookkeeper orsome tblpg else: good references. Address R.R.. Dis patch office. jel4-3) SITUATION AS BOOKKEEPER OR'OFFICZ work; good references. Address S.-K-i, Dis patch offlce, ' Jeli-U fM
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