Juniata sentinel and Republican. (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, August 08, 1894, Image 1
B. F. BOHWEIER, THE OONBTITUTION-THE UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS. VOL. XL VIII. MIFFLINTOW1S. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8. 1894 NO. 34. ;1 M. 1)11 TALMAGE. THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S SUX DAY SERMON. Subject: "Worth Lilvln-r. Tetti Wherefore doth n livinj; man com plntn?" Lamontntloas iii., 39. Ifweleavto th evolutionist to gni where we came from, and to the theologian; to pronhe where wearn to n? to, w slit have li ft lor consMerition the important fn-t that we are here. There may le som doubt about where the river rises, nnl Km donbt ahoat where the rivpr empties, hnt there can he no rton'it nboat the faot that w are snilinir on it. Sol am not snp. pris-il that ereryho Jy asks tb.9 question, "Is life worth'livinsi1" Ro'omon in hit nahappr momenta sir it is not. 'Vanity." "vexation of pirit,"'"no poo I," are his estimate. The fact is that Solomon was at one time a polyiramlst, an I that soured his disposition. One wife mn'os amanhnppv, more than one makns him wr-tf;hed. Jlut Solomon was converted from po!yi.amvto mon.amy, and the last words he -vpr wrote, as fir ns in cn.n read them, wre tlie words "momit iins of spices. Bui JiT-'miah sars in my text life is worth living. In a hoolc 6tippos"d to be doleful and IiiL-ii'.rious and sepulchral an 1 entitled 4I.lm"Ilt:ltIoaV, he plainly intimates that the hleKin? of merely livin ; is so irreat and print a hiessin? that though a man have A" l onhi n all mis'orlnuei an 1 disasters lie liita no rit;t to co-nolain. The author of mr trxr rries out in startliaT inton.'Uion to nil lands and to all centuries, "Wherefore iloth a living mia .omp'-iin?" A diversity of opinion in our time as well as in olden ti:rr. TliTe is a younir man of liiriit hair nn-l I'lU'j eyes nn I fouii 1 ili?"stIon an ! ' ' ! rii'roi!s salary and happily affl meod in the way to liecoTno t!ii p-irtnir in a com- niriMal Hrm of which he is an important clerk. Ak bin whether lifo is worth living. If- will liiuir'i in your I:i-m :in 1 s-iy, 'V'es, yi-s, vii I" I f i r ) is a mm who has come to the forti-s. lie is at thetip.op of the hit! of lif". V.Yi-rr step hss hoin a stumble and a I ru s . The people ha trted hava turned out ib-.s -rtiTs. :m 1 th? mon'iy ho has honestly ma !e lie h:is leen choatiid cut of. His n'-rvs are out of (mie. He has poor ipp 'i :te, nn.l a. I the rood be lo"s eat does nut n-;i"iil:i' Forty rniii-s idirnbin? up the1 hill o' ii.o tinvi been to him like cli-nliing the M.ut'Tliorn, nn 1 tlwre are forty miles y-'t to o down, and de-ct-'nt is always more ilnnu'-'roTie thrin assent. Ask him whether li'i is worth living, an 1 he will drawl out in shiwri nn 1 lugubrious anl npp.illinji n"'tive, No, no, no !' How are w to decide this matter right eoiislyjind iutidligenily? Yo:t will find th sri-n Mi:m vicillatin-;. ociltutin in his opin ion from d"jwtion to exuber.inee, an I if he l e vfry mor.'urial in his temper nient it wili di p"n I vi-ry n ue'i nnon Which wiv the wind Mo.vs. If t'ie win 1 blo.v fro m the r.oriliwii-r, rnd y.a a him, he willsiy, !'." and if it IdoiV irom the northeast, an l you ask him, lie wiil say "So." How are w.', t'"-n, to i;ct the qu:,tion righteously ansnvr-l? Suppose we eill all nations to-frelli'-r in a gr-'.-it couvntiOT on e'istern op we-ti r hcn.iiti'iero huI kt all thoe who are in tliu afilr-nativo sav Ay., nn i all thn:i wlio are in the n"atlv- say Xo." While there would bn hun Ireds of thou-s-n Is who would answer in the afflrnvitive, thre wou'd be more millions who would answer in the neittvo, nn 1 bec-iuse of the greater number who Drive sorro v nnd mis fornmo an t trou ile the "no -s ' would have it. The answer I slriil giv will be di.Terent from either, nnd yet it will commend Itself to all who hear me tiiij day as tiieriht an swer. If you ask me, "Is life worfi living?" I answer, it all depea '.s upon tho kin ! of life you live. In the firstplaee, I r-mari that a life of mi re money gelt in? is always a failure, be c:ius ) yon will ceyer get as much as you want. Tlio poorest people in this country lire t he richest, nn I tne next to them those wiio nr. half as rich. There is not a seis fors grinder on the streets of New York or l;roo:;:yu wjo is fco anxious to make money as these men who have piled up fortunes year after year in storehouses, m govern ment seeur.ties, iu tenement kouses, In whole city bio -ks. You ou.irht to s-o lb?m Jump when they bear tho flrebell rin. You eught to seo them in their cieitemcnt when se ne bank cxplo les. You ou iht to so3 their agitation when thera is preposei a reformation in the tariff. Ttwir nerves tromblo like harp strings, Lnt no muMa in the vibration. Tney read tho reports from Wall street in tho inoraing with a concernment that threatens r-aralys.s or apopl- xy, or, more probably, tbey have a telegraph or a telephone in their licnse, so thuy catea every breath of change in the money market. Tie disease of accu mulation h:is eaten into th im eaten into their heart, into their lun?-. into thalr spleen, into their liver, into their bones. Chemists have sometimes analyzed the hu man bo. ly. and they say It is so muei mag nesia, o mueh lime, so ninca chlorate of po tassium. If Fome Christian chemist would analyze one of the3e financial behemoths, he would find ho is made np of copper and gold nnd silver and zinc and lea l :iud coal and iron. That is not a life worth Irving. There are too many earthquakes in it, too many agonies in it, too .n:wy perditions in it. They build their casihM. au 1 they open their pict ure galleries, nnd t !i'y summon prima don nas, nn i they o:Ter every inducement for happiness to come au l live there, but huppi nes will not come. They sen 1 footmannel nnd postillloned cquipa re to brin her ; she wi-l not ride to their door. They sen I pr'neely escort ; she will not take their arm. They make their gateways triuaip! al aruhs. she will not li b' mi I'T them. They sot a golden throne Lefcro a go! Ien plate ; she turns away from the I anquet. They call to her from up holstered baleouy , sho will not listen. Mark v i. this istho failure ofthoio who have had Lir,e accumulation. And then you niut tal.'c Into consideration that the vast majority of those who makethe dominant idea of iii'e mn-y getting fall far short of nmut'llce. It is estimated that only nbmit two out of a Inindrel business men have anything; worthy the nam of success. A n i.-.u wuo spoil Is his ltf with oao domi- i it ide.iot financial accumulation spends a I nan life not worth living. fcotnei.iea or won- .y approval, it tnat If that bo dominant in a Term's life, be is miserable. Th" two most un'orluuato men iu this coun try fortius six months of next presi lential campaign will bo the two men nonvn-ited for the presidency. The rservoirs of abuse end diatribe nn I "malediction will gradually till up, gallon above gallon, hogshead above hogshead, aa 1 a1 out aulumnth ;two reser voirs trill l e brimming full, and a lie.se will be attached to ear'i one, and it will play away oa these nominees, nnd they will have to stand it and take the abuse, nnd the false hood, nnd tho caricature, and the anathema, nnd tho caterwauling, nnd the fVth, and they Will berolled iu it and rolled over and over 111 it U'ltil they are clioko.l and submerged and strangulated, and at every sicn ot re turning consciousness they will be barked at by all the hounds of political parties from Ocean to ocean. And yet there arc a bnudrel men to-lay struggling for that privilege, nud there are thousands of men who are helping them in the struggle. Now, that is not a life worth living. Ycu can cot slandered and abused oheaper than that ! Take it on a smaller scale. .Do not be so ambitious to have n whole reservoir rolled over on you. But wh::tyou seo in the matter of high politi cal preferment you see in every com munity in tlie struggle for what is Called social position. Tens of thousands of people trying to get Into that realm, and they arc nnder terrillc tension. What is social position? It is a tltftlcult thing to dellue, but we all know what it is. Good morals an 1 intelligence arc not necessary, but wealth or the show o' wealth Is absolutely in dispensable. Tnere are aica to-day as notorious lor their liber tinism as tho night Is fa-noin for Us dar ness who move in wYit Is caMe 1 high social position. Thi-r ar. bun lr Is of ont nn 1 out rakes in American so.det v whosi mm s are mentioned nnBOng tb' distinguished gnesrs at the great levees. They havj annexed nil the known human vices nnd are- longing foi other worlds of diabolism to contjner. Good morals are not necessary ia many of the ex-fci---J - - i.i .i r.i!i.i m.'u ..'Su .i i t not know an dveri 'rom an aiTictivt if thy met It a mn lrd times a day and who could not vrtte a letter o aecepitsnoeor reirret. without the sld of a secretary. They boy their librarief 1 r thesnusre yard, only anxious to have th l-in.lin j l!nsian. Their iirnoranc. la posi tively sublime, makins English grammar ej-mo-I disreputable, and yet the finest parlor nvn before them. Good morals and in te! licence are not necessary, but wealth or a sho.T of wealth is positively indispensable, rt does not make any difference how you iro; your wealth if you only ret It. The beat way for you to set into social position la for you to buy a large amount oi credit, then put your property in your wife's name, have t few preferred creditors and then make an tssismmenr. Then disappear from the com rnnity tint it the breeze la over and then tome back anl start In the same business. Do you not see bow beautifully that will put :ut all the people who are in competition with you and trylnir to make an honest liv ing? How quickly it will get you into high 9o:ial position ! W ihi t- i . ii. o ,'ortv or ilty years of bar 1 : W:t-u yu tin :wo or three brLr'it strokes mn'ce a irr:it Fortune? Ah, my frieu Is. when you really lose your money ho quick they will let yo:i Irnp, and the hlgaer you get the harder you will drop. Taere are thousands to-day In that realm who are anxious to keep In It. Thera are ;housands in that realm who are nervous lor I V they will tall out of it, and there are ijnires Koinir on every year and every month and every hour which involve heart breaks that are never reported. High social ife is constantly In a flatter about the dell sate question as to whom they shall let la ind whom they shall push out. and the bat tle Is going on pier mirror against pier mir ror, chandelier against chandelier, wine cel lar against wine.cellarj. war4robeaga!iist wardrobe, equipage against equipage. TJn sertainty and insecurity dominant In that realm, wretchedness enthroned, torture at a premium and a life not worth living. A life of sin, a life of pride, a life of inditl rence,alife of world!ness,a lifedevoted to the world, the flesh an 1 the devil is a failure, a lead failure, an Infinite failure. I care not bow many presents yon sent to that cradle, r how many garlands you send to that erave, yon need to put rlgnt under the name "a, IK Inmhrfma this inserintinn "ftatt. for that man If bo bad never been born." But I shall show you a life that Is worth living. A young man says : "I am here. I im not responsible for my ancestry. Others Jecided that I am not responsible for my temperament ; God gave me that. ' But here C am, in the afternoon of the nineteenth een fury, at twenty years of age. I am here, and must take an account of stock. Here I i have a body which Is a divinely constructed 1 sngine. I must put It to the very best nses ind I must allow nothing to damage this rarest of machinery. Two feet, and they mean locomotion. Two eyes, an i they mean japacity to pick out my own way. Two sars, and they are telephones of communica tion with all the outside world, and they mean capacity to catch sweetest music and the voiceeof friendship the very best music! h. tongue, with almost Infinity of articula-t lio n. Yes. hands with which to welcome or resist dr lift or smite or wave or bl 83 hands to help myself and help others. "Here is a world which, after 6003 years or battling with tempest and accident, is still grander than any architect, human or an gelie. could have drafted. I have two lamps to liiiit me a golden lamp anl a silver lamp a golden lamp set on the sapphire mantel ot tne any, a silver lamp set on rue jet mantel of the night. Yea, 1 have that at twenty years of ng which defies all in ventory of valuables a soul with capacity to choose or reject, to rejoice or to suffer, to love or to hale. Plato says it is Immortal. Seneca says it is immortal. Confuoius says it is immortal. An old book among the fam ily relics, a book with leathern cover almost worn out and pages almost obliterated by o't perusal, joins the other books in saying I am immortal. I have eighty years for a lifetime, sixty years yet to live. I may not live an hour, but then I must lay ont my plans Intelligently and for a long Hie. Sixty years auuoa to tne twenty i nava aireaoy lived that will bring me to eighty. I must remember that these eighty years are only a brief preface to the five buudred thousan 1 millions of qulntillioas of years which will be my chief resldenoe an 1 existence. Now I un lerstand my opportunities nnd try re sponsibilities. "If there is any being in the universe all wise and all beneficent who can help man in such a juncture, I want him. The old book found among the family relics tells me there is a o 1, and that for t'ie sake of His Son. one Jesus, He will give help to a man. To Him I appeal, (rod help me! Here I have yet sixty yars to do lor myself and to do for others. I must develop this body by all industries, by all gymnastics, by all sun Bhine, by all fres'a air, by all goo I habits. And this soul I must have swept an I garn ished aul illumined and glorifUd by all that I can do for it and all that I can get Go 1 to do for it. It shall be a Luxemburg of fine pictures. It shall be an orchestra of grand harmonies. It shall be a palace for God and righteousness to reign in. I wonder how many kind words I can utter in the next sixty years. I will try. I wonder bow many goo I deeils I can do in the next sixty years? I will try. God help me I" That young man enters life. He Is buffeted ( he U tried ; be Is perplexed. A grave opens on this side, and a grave opens on that side. He falls, but he rises again. He gets into a hard battle, but he gets the victory. The main course of his life Is in the right direction. He blesses everybody he comes in contact with. Go t forgives bis mistakes and makes everlasting record of his holy endeavors, and at the close of it God says to him, "Weil done, good and faithful servant j enter inlo the joys of thy I.or I." Vy brother, my sister, I do not care whether that man dies at thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy or eighty years of age. You can chisel right under his name on the tombstone these words . "His life was worth living." Amid the bills of New Hampshire In olden times there sits a mother. There are six children in the household four boys and two girls. Small farm. Very rough ; hard work to coax a living ont of it. Mighty tug to make the two ends of the year meet. The loys go to school In winter and work the farm In summer. Mother is the chief pre siding spirit. With her hands she knits all the stockings for th. little feet, and she is the mantua maker for the boys, and she is the milliner for the girls. There is only one musical Instrument in tho house tho spin ning wheel. The too I is very plain, but it is always well provide!. The winters are she nlihtlL 0n Snndar, when she appears , ,h ..in., ...., .kM i npr the m1nigtpr looks down and Is remin 1- e.i of the Bible description of a good house- wife ller children arise up and call betj Her husband also, and he praisetb) blessed, her." S jme years go by, and the two eldest boysj want a collegiate education, and the house hold economics are severer, and the calcula tions are closer, and until those two boys get their education there is a hard battle for bread. One of these boys enters the univer sity, stands in a pulpit widely Influential anil preaches righteousness, judgment an 1 temperance, and thousan Is during his mint istry are blessed. The other lad who got the collegiate education goes inlo the law, an 1 th nee into legislative halls, and after a while he commands listening senates as be makes a plea for the downtrodden and the outcast. One of tho younger boys becomes a merchant, starting at the foot of the la 1 tier, but climbing on up until bis success and his philanthropies are recognized all over th land. The other on stavs at home because I prefTS farmlnff Mfe, and then he thinks be will be able to take care of father and mother when they get old. Of the two daughters, when the war broke out one went through the hospital of Pitts burg Landing and Fortress Monroe, cheer ing up the dying and homesick, nnd taking the last message to kindred far away, so tbal every time Christ thought of her He said, a of old. "The same is My sister and mother. The other daughter has a britrht home of her own. and In the afternoon of the forenoon when she has been devoted to her household she goes forth to hunt np the sick an 1 to encouraze the discouraged, leaving smiles and benediction all along the w ir. But one day there start five telegrams from the village for these five absent ou", saying, "Come mother Is dangerously ill." But be fore they can be ready to start they receive another telegram, saying, "Coma i mother Is Sead. "ThTld nilghbSH gather In the old farmhouse to flo thelast offices of respect. But as that farming ion, and the clergyman, hd the senator, andlhe. merchant, and the two daughters stand by the casket of the lead mother, taking the last look or lifting helrlittle .children to aea onee more tin 1 fneXn? ,1 a AtT'irmnrlm T rflTir In nV 1 ' Miat group around the casket one question. "uo you reairy tntnr ner me was worm liv ing?" A life for God. a life for others, a life of unselfishness, a nseful life, a Chris tian life, la always worth living. I would not On 1 it hard to persuade yon that the poor lad, Peter Cooper, making glue lor a living and then amassing a great for tune until he eould build a phllanthrophy which baa had its echo in 10,000 philanthro pies all over the country I would zot find It bard to persuade you that his life was worth living. Neither would I find it harl to persuade yon that the life of Susannah Wesley was worth living. She sent out one ion to organize Methodism andtheother son :o ring his anthems all through the ages. I would not And It hard to persuade yon that he life of Frances Leere was worth livin?. s she established In England a school tot :he scientific nursing of the sick, and then whell the war broke out between France and 3ermanywent to the front, and with bet )wn bands scraped the mud off the xdles of the soldiers dying in the trenches with her weak arm, standing one light In the hospital, pushing hack a Ger nan soldier to his couch as, all frenzied with lis wonnds, be rushed toward the door and Mid : "Let me go ! Let me go to my 'iiebe nutter. Major-Generals standing back to 'et pass this angel of mercy. Neither would I have hard work to per raade you that Grace Darling lived a life worth living the heroine of the lifeboat, fou are not wondering that the Duchess of Northumberland came to see her, and that people of all lands asked for her lighthouse, ind that the proprietor of the Adelphl The itre, in London, offered her $100 a night fust to sit la the lifeboat while some ship wrecked scene was being enacted. But I know the thought in the minds of lundreds who read this. You say, '-While i know all these lived lives worth living, I lou't think my life amounts to much." Ah, ay friends, whether you live a iife con ipicious or inconspicuous, it is worth livin a d you live aright. And I want my next sen tence to go down into the depths ot nil four souls. You are to be rewarded, not lecofdlng to the greatness of your work, rat according to the holy industries with which you employed the talents you really possessed. The majority ot the irowns of heaven will not be given to people with ten talents, for most of them wer. tempted only to serve themselves. The vast tnajority of the crowns of heaven will be riven to people wno nart one talent, Dut gave X all to God. And remember that our life aere is Introductory to another. It is the restibule to a palace, but who despises the ioor of the Madeleine because there are grander glories within? Your life if rightly lived is the first bar ot an eternal oratorio, ind who despises the first note ot Haydn's yinphonies? And the life you live now is til the more worth living because it op'ns Into a life that shall neveren I, anl the last letter of the word "lime" is tae first letter f the word "eternity ! ' Against His Principe..!. There a:e some towns whose at tractiveness is so dilllcu.t to see with an uninitiated eye that they are gen erally described by stray visitors as 'fcood places to get away from." it was in a town of this sort, in the far West, that a forlorn looking: man en tered the dreary dinlng-toum of tho untidy hotel one afternoon, and seated hlruicl at one of the tables. "What w.U you have s.r?" in quired the waiter, after some mo rn nts bad passed. "What have you got that's tit to eat?" asked tho stranger, dismally. 'I can give you a (list-rate read bird on " began the waiter. "Stop!" commanded the stranger, with the first sign of animation ho had displayed. "Has a reed bird got wings?" 'Yes, sir," responded the aston ished servant. "And can it fly'r" persisted the dis mal man. "Why, of course," said the waiter, who began to think his ustomer was a lunntic. '1'lirn I don't want any of it!" ex claimed the man. "Anything that had wings and could fly away from this place and didn't uo, 1 thank you, none of that for me." Knocked Ovnr by a Panther Panthers not inficqucntly attack men. A curious case occurred not long ago to an acquaintance of our.-s 6 forest ollicer. lie was walking with a friend along a forest road iu the middle of the day, with an um brella over his head to keep the sun off, when at a turn in the road they came upon a panther. The ollicer was unarmed, and re membering; the time honored story, he undertook to scare the panther away by pointing the umbrella at him and opening and shutting it Instead of running away, however, the panther charged the oniccr, knocking him down and stood over him. The second man, iu the meantime, had taken to his heels, and the oncer's case looked desperate; but for some icason the panther did not improve his opportunity. "While the prostrate officer was wondering where the beast would set his teeth first, he turned away, leaving the man considerably upset in more ways than one, but entirely uninjured. Names Geographical. Siberia signifies "thirsty." Sicily is "the country of grapes." Cale donia means "a high hill." Asia signifies "in the middle," from the fact that ancient geographers thought it between Europe and Africa. Italy signifies "a country of pitch." from its leading great quantities of black pitch, illbernia Is "utmost," or "la.-t habitation," for boyond this to tho westward the Phoenicians never ex tended their voyages. lirlialn is "the country of tin," great quan tities ceing found in it. The Creeks called it Albion, which signifies litlier "white" or ' high," from the white ness of its cliffs or the high rocks on the western coast, Old Hlokory's Manners. Da yy Crockett used to say that Gen. Jackson was tho politest man he ever met. It was while Jackson was President that Crockett paid his respects at the White IIouso "Tho President was glad to see me, and wo talked a long time," said Crockett. 'and finally the general asked me if I wouldn't like to have a drink, say ing bo bad S fine brand that was the rale old stuff, and of course 1 could not refuse the President. o he went and brought it out, and he didn't tell me to pour out one. He didn't bring out any glasses at all, but in genuine, good, old true Mexican style he handed me the demijohn and then turned his back, and I swung it upon my arm and began to pull at it Such liquor I had never tasted, and I couldn't let go for a long time, but the President never turned round un til I said 'Bob,' and I tell you that is what call real, true, genuine po liteness, and that Is why I say that old Geq. Jackson was the politest man I ever 6aw. Cincinnati Times 6 tar. Strength ia the reward of virtue. Morality makes a great people. iHT OF BALL-TOSSING fHE STAR NEW YORK PITCHER TELLS ABOUT IT. 8. Writes of His "Inlhoot," "Oats" and Drops" Aa Aeeormt. Ey. Ia Most Im portant Studying; tho Batsman's Teak I'olnU. Ambition ot Boys. j It Is safe to say that one of the ; mbltlona of the average American ' routh Is to become a scientific pitch- ; tr, writes Lester P. German, the star . New York ball toss-! cr. Mind you, I do ' not Imply that they j ,.n an want to snine aa : iiv.WV uroies'sionai u:wiu- crs and to adopt base-ball as a pro and as a earning a esson means of livelihood, but they OEl.i tn l.e nltctiora Why? you ask; and I answer, "I don't know." It must be in the air. It will re well. I think, to f-tate ;he requisites of a pitcher in their order and then to illustrate these requisites by a cursory look at tho development of the game. Tho pitcher must be a strong m n physi cally that is. he must tike care of his health. It Is r.o exaggeration to say that the Lsi pitchers go into training on th scale that Suliivan, Corbctt and Mitchell d!d for their Kiuts. The next thing Is a good eye. The accurate measurement of distance ia half the battle. Thirdly, the pitcher must stand the right distance from the home plate. Good delivery is not possible when the plate Is too far. The Star Position. I started in to say that it is the ambition of every boy to be a pitch er; that is, cVerjr boy who is physic ally aoie to p ay the game. Every boy wants to play base-ball, and most of them do so a; some time in their lives. Sow, tho pitcher is the 6tar position on a team, and naturally most people "want to occupy the center cibvb. of the 6ta?e," eo to speak. Much depends upon a pitcher, and a team otherwise strong, with a weak pitch er, cannot expect to win many games, and a championship never. A pit'-hcr should acquire a springy stop. This is an easy matter if u man practices a little. Learn to move ail tho toes freely. Thus swift delivery is neutralized. There arc, of course, many things that can only be learned from experience, such as the proper way to act in understand ing signals. Tho evolution of the pitcher furnishes an Interesting ; study not only to the athlete, but ' to the scientist. In tho days of tho old Knickerbockers, when enough runs were made to make , a baseball score look , like a cricket match, tho pitcher was not such an important Individual as be Is to-day. In those Qdays an underhand sort of delivery wa3 used, and even long after that it was not an unusual thing for a team to score 100 runs In a game. Afterward tho pitcher was allowed more license, tho TOE OUT SHOP. overhand delivery came in, and this ' made even more effective the curve, ' which learned men of science had said was an impossibility. Even after; a public exhibition was held and a pitcher sent the curves between two posts, the scientists argued that it was an optical illusion, sticking to their original idea that it was physi cally Impossible for a man to cause a globe to curve In the air. But it was done then, and it is now accomplished by thousands of pitchers. Pitching come3 natural to some ' players, Just as catching does t" others, outneld work to others, am infieid work to the remainder. To be come a successful pitcher a man or boy must have something besides brute force. The day when speed alone would make a reputation fora pitch er is past. To be a strategic pitcher to day a twlrler must inn oct crave. have speed, a perfect command of . the ball, and puzzling curves. An-' other th ng which I find of material advantage to mo is in studying the weak points in the batsmen who face me. Some batsmen can hit one scrt of a ball and they can't hit another, ; and it is to a pitcher's Interest to ' find out all these little things and ' utilize, them accordingly. There is another point in pitching which beginners should study and that is the position of the feet and hands. A pitcher whose feet get in li s way can never expect to become famous as a green diamond twlrler. Then a pitcher who allows the bats man to seo the ball all the time is at a disadvantage. Of course, the rules will not permit one to hold the ball behind the back before delivering it. ,ush .XSTBB P. I as was the case years ago, but if on . tnat vour raC0 wiU be a foot race .. is blessed with large hands, arge Tne slim man wa9 tne Ki palms being plentiful in baseball, ivSweden is an easy matter to conceal the balll ' or practically so. Klne rocket cake. Konine the Arm. When the royal family moved to 2iow as to training a particularly San Sebastian recently from the Important duty for a pitcher. A ! Spanish capital, a luncheon, as usual, pitcher's arm that is, his pitching was given by the city in honor of the arm is his stock in trade. He must guests. As the repast was served at watch that arm as carefully as a ' aiother does her babe. Most pitchers :over me arm with a sweater or coa n hen they are not pitching, while ithers wear flannel bandages upon heir arms and shoulders. ' Concerning training, moreover, I jan say nothing that anyone (doei 3'it know who has made a study oi physical culture. All that is essential is to observe the rules of health am to expand the chest and lungs. A player in active training will find hanl-ball an excellent exercise, as It levelops all.the muscle.. BowliagJi jt knocking down tne tenpins keeps my arm good and strong all the time. A pitcher should be careful about using his full strength In the early spring games. Tho bones and muscles act contrary, particularly on a very cold day. ' It has been said that a pitchet when he goes into a gamo Ehould be prepared to think that it is his last. I do not bull eve. this, for a pitcher who nurses his strength ought to last for many years. The long and honor able career of Timothy lseefe, John Clarkson, and James Galrin illustrate this point. A RELIC OF PIZARHO. Thin CUrouometer May Have OuMtd the I spanuii uuocaneers. j Tho An.ica, a journal published a. i Guayaquil, UiU of the discovery in that old bpanish settlement of a . curious antlquo chronometer. A i natlvo gontletuan of considerable eru ; ditlon, who is at tho sumo time an : antiquary, unearthed this curios'.t? In tho cabin of one of tho pesca dvrcs or Il.Vacrmcn. Tht so latter, who live in small huts near tho seashore, are a rollo of another ago, many of them claiming direct descent from the war rior con'iuis tadorta or conquerors oi PIzarro's band. It ia a historical fact that after t long career of plllago and rapine, many of the old bpanlards i-cttled on this wild coast and took wives from among tho aboriginal Indians. Xow and then somo remnant of those days of buccaneers and plumed knlgbla comes to light From t'.o dosctlption given by tin learned antiquary, Son Cardenas y balazar, this chronometer must be tho identical one which guided Plzaro nnd his band of explorers through the intricate mazes of tho forest prim val. Tho art of computing latitude and longitude, ho ob&crvcs, is known to have bcon sufficiently advanced at this period to havo been used by the Spanish buccaneers. Tho following is a literal translation of Don Car donas's description of tho timepiece: "Tho mechanism," ho says, "Is cn casod In a square box of wood, black ened by ttmo. This wood, on close, inspection, discloses no rcsemblanco to tho woods common In these lati tudes. Aftor mature deliberation and profound study I conclude that it 1m of the same material as tho piece cf the rioly Cross, kept in tho Church pf Esplrltu Banto, in this city." (Hero follows a discussion of the au thenticity of thla relic.) '-One side and a corner cf tho box are finely polished and worn by tho polishing of many years. ICalled against tho cabin wall, its obvious uso to the Usher folk can be Imagined when it is remem bered howtheso old ruins aro infested with vermin, and how much cutane ous discuses prevull among their In habitants. "Sunken Intj tho sido of tht wooden covering," tho erudite anti quary continue", "Is a quaintly em bossed bras3 plute bearing iu antique characters this Inscription: T.l nave qua en mar Kn buen poerioeUuar (Iviao la aiualla polar. "Below is tho date, 1409," von Cardenas continues, "in quaint char acters surrounded by a wreath of boat hooks and grappling irons culminat ing In a death's head. 1 "The movement Is evidently of tht old cantilever type but is so r jsted with ago as hardly to admit of de scription or Intelligent examination. Overtures havo been made towards obtaining this Interesting curio for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Tlio tail of Hi Itaee. A gf.od story U told of a purse-prouti old noiilciuan who was travelling through tho rural districts of Sweden. Ia that country tho people do not have quite as much respect for tho titled aristocracy as In seme other lo calities on tho continent. One day this nobleman camo rolling up to a countrv tavern, and as ho stopped his carrlago ho called out in an Imperious tone, "Horsos, landlord horsc3 at once!" "I am very much pained to Inform you that you will have to wait over an hour before fresh horses can bo brought np," replied tho landlord. "How?" violently exclaimed tho nobleman. "This to mo! My man, I demand my horses at once!" Then observing the fresh sleek looking horses which were being led up to another carrlago, he said, "For whom aro those horses?" "They were ordered for this gentle man," answered tho landlord, point ing to a tall, slim individual a few paces distant. "1 say, my man!" called out thf nobleman to the slim gentleman, "will you let me havo those horses if I pay you a liberal bonus?" "2fo." answered the slim gentle man, "I Intend to use them myself." "This to mo!" exclaimed the noble man. "That's what I said," replied the, slim man. "Perhaps you are not aware who i am," roared the now thoroughly agi tated and irate nobleman. "I am. . sir, Field-Marshal Baron George i Sparre, the last and only one of my race. " "lam very glad to hear that," saic. the slim man, stepping into bis car riage, "It would be a terrible thing to think that there might be more of ln ! 1 (inmlniv T nm innMnoA n tKlnb o'clock King Alfonso was not hun- cry. In order to show his apprecia tion of the action of his subject-., however, and to provide against con tingencies, he took two of the best pieces of cake from a plate, and re marking to a neighbor, "They are for after a while," placed them In his pocket This childish action greatly pleased the people of San Sebastian. Professor Monlton, French sci entist, says that man is the only crea ture endowed with the power to scratch his own bade MOONR1SE. I see a stretch of sbinina sky like some fair oeau onset-Iit-raacernl and wide its apaeee lie. And pnrple hores encompass it. A little slander silver boat Upon its bosom is sSoat. This craft unstayed by winds or tides. Blips ont across ine twilight bar ; Through rosy ripples soft she glides. Led bv a single pilot star ; With shadowy sails and fairy crew. She drifts along the summer blue. Ehe's filled from stem to stern with flowers. And Love, and Hope, and Happiness. WiU anght of what she brings be oursf Ah me 1 if we could only guess 1 6he rides elusive and remote. This little slender silver boat. The Spectator. AN AB0RIGINF. "Sally, you are a saint to help u.j out in this way. If I had not known your angelic disposition do you think I 6bould have dared to send for you at the eleventh hour? Of course, it is that wretched Mrs. Parker who has given out," "Of course. I knew It when your note came. Who has been suddenly carried off this time? Not the grand mother, 1 hope, for that poor woman I has died on at least six different oc casions this winter to my certain knowledge. Oh, Kate-, what a blessed, thing it is to have relations livingout "West! Well, here I am clothed and in my right mind, but I never dressed in such a hurry before. It was good practice in case of Are. Do you see any errors or omissions about my gay and festive attire?" 'No, it is charming perfect, as usual. I believe it you wore your gowns hind 6ide before you would look better dressed than any woman in town, you witch! Now prepare' for a treat. You are to be taken in to dinner by a very distinguished person, Algernon Godwin, son of his father, who is a real live lord. lie brought a letter to me. He has only been here two days, and this is his first taste of American society, so you will represent for him the typical j American girl on her native soil." i "My dear, you are too good." , Sally's blue eyes sparkled with fun.' "Depend upon me. I will do Justice to the role. Has the conquering hero, . come? In a hasty survey of the room, i as I came in, I didn't notice anything startling! new." "Here he is this moment. Sec. his godlike form advances. Oh, Sally, ho , is an Apollo. Look out for yourself, j Good f evening, Mr. Godwin. I was . very sorry to miss your call yester- j day. I shall not begin our acquaint- ante by asking what your impressions are of America, but by presenting you to Miss Emmet, who has under-, taken to pilot you through an Amen- can dinner. She will rnmind vnn of Mrs. Micawber, I dare say, for, though her form is fragile, her grasp of a subject is inferior to none." "Does that refer to a British sub- ject. Miss Emmet?" said the honor- able Algernon, glancing down from the altitude of a grenadier guard upon the self-possessed young woman beside him. and conscious of an cn- tirely new sensation. Instead of 1 - ing crushed at a blow into blush;. ...j confusion, she was smiling back at him Impersonally, apparently not a whit overcome by either his cedicrce o his good looks. 1 cannot answer for that." re - turned she. "My experience with ; mercury boils over at the top of tho British subjects is very limited. I thermometer, as it often does in have only met one Englishman and this climate, I can take it oil alto he was a peddler. He used to come getherand be delightfully cool and to our house when I was a child; and airy. I always say that I have as when I saw his red wagon crawling nearly as possible realized Sydney up the hill I always flew down to the Smith's idea of taking off one's skin kitchen as fast as I could go, Just to an"" sitting in one's bones. Besides,' hear him drop his h's. He seemed it is considered quite a mark of aris to me the embodiment of English tocracy here like a strawberry mark literature. I hope you drop your h's on the right arm with vou." Mr. Godwin." "Can't say I do as a rule. You see, I'd no idea that sort of thing would bo popular over here, or I'd havo taken some lessons. It's con- i sidored most awfully bad form at home, don't you know?" "O, is It really? We haye always heard that the royal family never uso an II when they could help it, hut these stories will get abouu. Mrs. Wendell's butler puts on with an art less grace that has made her the envy oi every woman in town. Did ycu notice him as you came in, by the way? Isn't he a dream? So English!" Mr. Godwin laughed and offered his arm to his pretty partner, for the dream had at that moment an- Bounced in delicicusly cockney ac cent that dinner was served. "Do you know this is all so differ ent from what I expected?" said he involuntarily. "Where is your local color? I might easily believe myelf back in London except for a few trilling customs of your people." "Local color? Ah, vou mean tho j come too civilized in the last few ! juuiaiis, x Buuyuse. uostoii lias ue- years to offer you much in that way. Did you expect that bravc3 in war paint and feathers would come out in canoes to take rou off the ship in tho harbor?" "Something like it, I confess. But I have not seen an Indian since-I ar rived. Where do the noble red men keep themselves?" "O, when the electric cars were in troduced they fled to the suburbs. Now, in Ponkapog. where I live have you ever heard of Ponkapog?" "Never. Is it near Tchickago?" nis pronounciation of that celebrated city was so new and original that Miss Emmet glanced up from her little-neck clams admiringly, feeling obliged to own that a handsome guardsman in a Poole dress coat is a pleasing object to contemplate. 1 should like to see Ponkapog un commonly. I dare say it is not at all like one of our English villages." "Oh, not at all. At least, it is not like one of Anthony Trollope's. The wigwams would be sure to amuse yoa " "Arc there really wigwams?'' "Why, certainly! I live in one my self. Should you think I had Indian blood in my veins?" Her voice was low, as she made het confession with a sigh. "Shall you despise me if I tell you I am a down cast Yankee?" The son of his father felt a sudden chill at being brought into contact with anything so aboriginal. Yet she wa as fair and sweet to see as a hot house flower, with a skin as white as his own. "1 don't remember that Cooper speaks of that tribe at all." he said presently alter an embarassed pause. ,"Biit I bad no idea that the Indian races had become so highly civilized. Would you think me very rude if I ask whether or no they are all liko you?" "Weill Tou see, I have had ex ceptional advantages. My father is a medicine man, who made a corner in pork, and ho sent me away to be educated. So I learned tho paleface ways, but at heart I am a Yankee 6tlll. Oh, I have seen many a stir ring time in Ponkapog, I assure you." The honorable Algeron was lost in wonder. Nothing but admiration was possible in connection with that charming creature, full of refinement and intelligence. Her voice alono was a patent of good birth, gentle i and carefully modulated. He had to j admit that the honorable Misses Godwin, his sisters, decended from Edward the Confessor and, kept u;i- spotted the plebeian world, would have cut a pretty poor figure if set down beside the little squaw, who, I according to her own account, bad no better antecedent than a copper-colored savage daubed with gaudy clay. "But I have understood," he said presently, determined to get as much information as possible in this inter esting case, which was cer tainly qui co as characteristic of American quccrness as anything he could hopo for, "l have understood that the Indians wcie comparatively quiet now and that tber are so few in comparison with the whites that they realize the folly of opposition." "True. You never hear of great general uprisings now. such as there were In the time of King Philip of the Nairagansetts peace bo to his memory! But tho Indians fight auionu themselves, and the warhooD is still heard in the land. I have seen too dreadful work done with tomahawk and scalping knife even : to mention them without a shudder," murmured Miss Sally, picking the ! truilles daintly out of her pate de foie gras. "What, do you know any ono who has been scalped?" Algy grew ex cited. Perhaps there was rarer sport ic store than the buffalo hunt ing he had promised himself, espec ially after the depressing information of the cowboy he had met on the ship, to the effect that there was only one herd of buflalocs left in the West, and only one buffalo in that herd. "Merc-, yes, indeed! Scores of people. Look at Mr. Wendell, across the table. Can't you see that he has on what they call a scratch? He is very sensitive aixiut it, but when he knows you better be may tell you an interesting tale. (Poor Mr. Wendell j naa a vcrV bald head and a very young and pretty wife, hence the ! scratch). "And I myself I was scalped when a child, so that I am torcci to wear a wig." Never was there such a successful wig before. Its bright chestnut curls and ripples would have deceived a hairdresser. "By Jove-" cried Mr- Godwin, "it's , an uncommonly good imitation of the ; rcal thing." j "Yes." agreed Sally. "Paris, you know, the Hue de la Paix. I really don't mind at all, because I have them- to match all my gowns, which i gives me a great advantage over the , other girls, and in summer, when tho "It must have been very painful,"i mused Mr. Godwin, "the scalping, I mean. I should like to hear how it happened, if you don't mind." 1 "I hardly know. I was not more than 3 years old at the time, a little papoose by my mother's side. We ! were picking up fagots in a wood; when a band ot Wampanoags fell upon us from an ambush and walked off : with our scalps at their belts, shout-, ing the battlecry of freedom. I have-, only a confused recollection of tho tray, but my mother often speaks of Jt. as the most unpleasant surprise of hcr life. But there! let us change the subject. I do not care to talk I about those harrowintr experiences. ' You must come out to Punkapog and see for yourself what aboriginal existence is like. My father will lend you a mustang and we can ride over to Chicago some afternoon to give you an idea of the prairies.' Now tell me something about En gland. You are very intimately con nected with Queen Victoria, I hear. W hat size shoes does sho wear?" "Number lis," said Algy, with an- other of his jolly lauehs, which to hear was to adore. "We are de- ' 6ccnded from Edward tho Confessor." I Miss Emmet gasped. I "In my history," said she, "Ed ward the Confessor was a sort of monk and never married " "Can it be possible? There, you see, is an instance of the way in which stories get perverted across the At lantic. In England it is a matter of history that he had four wives a good deal of a mormon, in fact By the way, I should like to see a mor mon." "Next but one to you at this very table sits one in the flesh, Mr. Phil lips. He has only two of his flock here to-night." Mr. Phillips moved uneasily in his chair at the prolonged and deliberate survey which the honorable Algernon proceeded to take. He was Boston's most unmitigated bachelor. "Poor old chap! I'm sorryfor him. Half a dosen sets of milliners' bills have apparently seamed his noble brow with care. I know what it is to have a crowd o women in the house." "Have you 6ix sisters? I believe svery Englishman has." "No." "What a glorious exception to tho jeneral rule!" "Glorious indeed, for I have nine." 'How dreadful! Are you appreciat ing this dish? It is our famous ter rapin, imported from Baltimore for your benefit" "Ah, yes! The terrapin is the bird f freedom. I remember that well. I like it Its praises have not been too loudly sung." At this pointprettr little' MraXart- rrignt, wno occupieu tne seat next to Mr. Godwin on the other side, :ould no longer restrain her impati sacc to get in a word with tho h ind jome stranger. She plunged mad y into the conversation, and, skillfully leading tho way, returned to 1'ic :adilly and Tall Mall, with which she Jhowed hcrsclt to 13 perfectly fa miliar. Miss Emmet's neighbor gave her hand a sly squcc.e under the table. He was Mrs. Wendell's brother ind well known to be fast in the be witching Sally's toils. You would not have called this misfortune if vou bad cauzht the momentary tender- ! "ess of the sidelong look she cast np in him. "Have you been listcnining, Dick?" the murmured derunri'ly. "Yes, but I will never betr.iy vou I should 1:ko to read his ilrst lcttet ho tne." tsilly shook her curls. "lie h.is gleams of intelligence," she said, with a long-drawn sigh. "You won't forget to coi:i' t(. Ponkapog," said she. "Mrs. Wen dell has promised to brinr you, an I I will see if we can n it get up a war 5ancc for your i en 'tit. Go.m1 night. Give my love to (jueen Victoria w, ea Vou write." And oil she went. Half an h'-'.:i lati Hon. Mr. Godwin a:i 1 ths young man called Dick went o,it into the bright avenuj together. "Isay," broke out the former invol untarily, as they neared th : public garden, "do you kow that Miss Em met at all?" "Oh. yes. Very well.'' "Is shea down-east Yankee'.''' "She is, indeed, if there ever won. one, but an uncommonly ni egirl I'm all that Here I miiit leave you. Don't forget you are to lunch with me at the club to-morrow at 2. Good night" "Good-night." Algy reached hi. hotel in a brown study, which nr amount of brandv and soda would dispel, and while the midnight 1 ell were ringing he got into bed, still shaking his head dubiously. "Most extraordinary!" said he. Huston lb'r aid. Height or waves. That ocean waves run mo'intain high no one ever believed unless ho was very credulous indeed. The Dhrase is a highly exaggerated lltirt of speech. But the observations ol keepers of lighthouses in every ex posed situations have proved that waves run hitrh enough, in great storms, to make very respectable hills. Some time ago the steamer that carried supplies to tho light house on Tillamook Hock, on the coast of Oregon, was able to make a landing aifcl establish communication with the light-keepers for the first time in six weeks. It brought away the cnief light-keeper win had a thrilling story to tell. The waves of the Pacific tore ava the wharves and other construciious on the rock, even carrying o:f timbers riveted to the reck. As yet, how ever, the lantern remained untouched. But the storm increased; the waves rose higher, and presently dashed against the lantern, 100 feet above the level of the sex Finally the water dashed clear over the top of the beacon, coming in at the venti- lators in the roof. i inc Keepers were compelled to wort desperately all night lonir to keep the tamp lighted. They were contin ually in fear that the panes of glass looking seaward would be broken in by the force of the waves, and that they should themselves be wasiied out Into the sea to certain death. But the iron lattice work outside tin windows saved the glass. The light-keepers, who were ole sailors, affirmed that no experience on shipboard could be so horrible as this long struggle with the storm at the summit of the lighthouse. They would have been giad to take rci'iue ven in a frail ship. The Tillamook light has on prey ious occasions been washed com pletely over by the waves. The sam thing has happened to the F.dilvstono Light off the coast of England, iirel to the light at Fleaux-dc-lsrcehut, oil the the coast of France, both which are upwards of 150 feet iu height It seems very well established therefore, that the waves may mount to a height of 150 feet above the jeneral level, where thcro are rock sr other obstructions to break. Un the ocean they would hardly rise so high above general level; but as each wave is accompanied by a depression jf corresponding debth, tho vessel which is carried from the wave tiiav truly be said to climb a great lull oi sraves. Vaht Coal Supply in iuiim. For agriculturists the Ja,a:;j island of Yczo, though nearly I lie size of Ireland, does not appear to otfet i much attraction, but its coal mines ! seem likely to prove of more and mom ' Importance. Fifteen years ago it wa? estimated by the American engine . 'is who made tho first surveys for tht Government that the workable cai beds of Yeio contained 1V,0!0,iioi.- ' 000 tons, or about two-thirds as mur-li as the coal beds of Great lirit iin. ' Thisstarling estimate has just been more than confirmed by official gove: n- j ment surveys, Of the Yczo coal nine tenths is found in one district, thatol the valley of the Ishikari Kiver, neat the west coast The first coal mined In the island, at Iwanai, in the 1'rov Inceof Shiribcshl, belongs to the sm lib est of the six coal fields, containing barely 2.000,000 tons. As regards quality, although it is uneven and none of it stands In the front rank even of Japanese coal, it Is still de clared by our Consul to be " all mark- etabla" London News. Women In Italy. Unlike most European countiie-., Italy has in its population a slightly larger number of men than women; but notwithstanding that a very large proportion of women of the working classes Is found In outdoor employments, and travelers say that woman takes upon her far more than her fair share of tho country's labor. Of the 11,000,000 women in Italy nearly 2,000,000 are employed in in dustrial labor and over 3,000,000 in agriculture. They arc in the majori ty in the cotton, linen and jute in dustries, and in the silk trade there are 117,000 women employed and but 17.700 mcjL