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B. P. BOHWEIER,
THE OONSTITUTION-THK UNION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OP THE LAWS.
VOL. XLVIJI.
MIFFLINTOWN. JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 29. 1894
NO. 37
Ml
REV mi TALMAGE.
II1K BliOOKlYX DIVINE'S SUA.
AV SKIiHO.V.
Subject: "Suicide."
Text i "He drew oat his swor J anl would
Eave killed hlmsalf, supposing- that the pris
oner bad been fled. But Paul criei with a
load voice, saving, Do thyself no barm."
Acts rrL, 27, 28.
Here Is a would he salcMe nrrested In tils
deadly attempt. He wns a sheriff, and ae
cording to the Roman law a bailiff hlmseil
most suffer the punishment due an escaped
prisoner, and if the prisoner breaking jail
was sentenced to be endungeoned for three
or four years then the sheriff must be en.
dungeoned for three or four years, and if
the prisoner breaking juil was to have sulk
fared eapital punishment then the sheriff
must suffer capital punishment.
The sheriff had received especial charge
to keep a sharp lookout for Paul and Silas.
The government had not bad conQdence in
bolts and bars to keep safe these two clergy
men, about whom there seemed to bsvsome
thlDg strange and supernatural.
Sure enough, l y miraculous po axtky
are free, and the sheriff, waking r
sound sleep and supposing these minister
have run awny. and knowing tbey were to
die for preaching Christ, and realising that
he must therefore die, rather than go under
the executioner's ax on the morrow and
suffer public disgrace resolves to precipitate
his own decease. But before the sharp.
keen, glittering dagger of the shem could
prisoners arrests the blade by the oomman.ft '
"Do tbvsell no harm
nis
In olden time, and where Christianity
bad not interfered with it. suicide was con
sldored honorable and a e:irn of courasrn
emereo. nonoraoio ana a sign ot courage, property, and bis body all aflame with InsV
Demostbenes poisoned himself when told )blr 'Aarouucles, and everything gone
that Alexander s embassador bad demanded . i . ...V. .k. -v.i.
1 1 .1 - U,
the surrender of the Athenian orators.
ocraies Kiiiea mmseii ratner man sur-
than submit to Julius C'tear. took his own i
jne, ana arter inree times nis wounas nan
been dressed I tore tbom open sod perished, j
Mlthridates killed himself rather than sub
mit to Pompey. the conqueror. Hannibal
destroyed his life by poion Irom his ring,
considering life unbearable. Lycurgus a
suickle, Brutus a suicide. After the disaster
of Moscow Napoleon always carried with
him a preparation of opium, and one night
his servant heard the ex-omperor arise, put i
something in a g.ass and drink It, and soon . deaths of its di-scipl-s, it U a fact alarmin
after the groans arouse all the attendants, ' ir p-it-nt that su Mi Is on the increase,
and it was only tbrou-n utmost medtcal wUIit is th caus-V I charge upon inli.Ielity
skill he was resuscitated from the stupor of t agnosticism this wno.e thing. If there
tnePiaSe- . , . . . ,5 e no hereafter, or if that hereafter be bllss-
Omeshave changed, and yet the Amerl- ,, witbout reference to how we Uveandhow
Oaai conscience needs to be toned upon the wn die wh- not mova back the foldingdoors
eabject of suicide. Have you seen a paper betwwn this world and the next? And when
in the lobt mojtn that did not announce the our existence here becomes troublesome why
passage out of life by one's own behest? not p:tss right over into Elysium? Put this
Defaulters, alarmed at the Idea of exposure. iowu am0ng yonr mo solemn reflections
quit life precipitately. Men losing large Bna consider it after you go to your homes
iortunes go out of the world because they thero has never been a ease of suicide
cannot endure earthly existence. Frustr:- where the operator was not either demented,
ed affection, domestio infelicity, dyspectio . , therefore irresponsible, or an infldel. I
impatience, bnger, remorse, en7, Jea.ousy, I cnaiienge all the ages, and I challenge the
iestitution, misanthropy, are considered ( wno e unrerse. There never has been a
sufficient causes for alseonding from i this j8isa of OTlr destruction while in full aiipre
llfe by Paris green, by laudanum, by bella-1,, Bton of his immortallty and of the fact
donna, by Othello's dagger, by halter, by ' tnilt that immortality would bo glorious or
leap irom the abutment of abridge, by Are-1 wretL.ned according as ho accepted Jesus
arms. More cases of "felo dese" in the last J (jbrlst or rejected Him.
two years of the world's existence. The evil you Bay t s business trouble, or you say
Is more and more spreading. tt i8 electrical currents, or it is this, or it is
A pulpit not long ugo expressed some that, or it Is the other thing. Why not go
doubt as to whethc there was really any- dear back, my friend, and acknowledge that
thing wrong about quitting this life when it I in every case It is the abdication of reason or
uuuouaKrw!ui, anu mere are iuuuu m i
respeciaoie circles people apologetic lor me
crime which Paul in the text arrested. I
shall show you before I get through that
ruicide Is the worst of all crimes, jind I shall
lift a warning unmistakable. But in the
early part of this sermon I wish to admit
that some of the best Christians that have
ever lived have committed self destruction,
but always in dementia and not responsible.
I have no more doubt about their eternal
felicity than I have of the Christian who
dies in bis bed in the delirium of typhoid
fever. While the shock of the catastrophe is
very great, I charge all those who have bad
Christian Irlends under cerebval aberration
step off tho biund.iries of this life o have
no doubt their happiness. Thodea Lord
took them right out of their dazed an 1 fren
rled state into perfect safety. Ho Christ
leels toward the insane you may know from
the kind way he treated the demoniac r
Gardara and the child lunatic, and the po
tency with which ha hushed the tempests
either of sea or brain.
Scotland, the land prolific of Intellectual
giants, bad none grander than Hugh Miller,
great for science and great for God. He
came of the best Highland blood, and he was
a descendant of DoDald Hoy, a man eminent
for his iety and the rare gift of second
eight. Ills attainment?, climbing up as he
did from the quarry and the wall of the
stonemason, drew forth the astonished ad
miration of lineteHn i and Murcbison, the
scientists, anl Dr. Chalmers, the theologian,
and held universities apellbound while he
told them the story of wbnt be had seen of
God in the old red sandstone.
That man did more than any being that
ever lived to sliow that the God of the hills
Is tho God of the Bibie, and he struck hi?
tuning tork on the roks of Cromarty until
he brought geology and theology accordant
in divine worship. His two books, entitled
"Footprints of the Creator" and the "Testi
mony of the Hocks." proclaimed the banni
of an everlasting marriage between genuine
science and revelation. On this latter book
he tolled day and night, through love as
r.ntiirc and love of Cod, until he eonld not
Meep, .m l his brain gave way, and he was
found dead with a revolver by his side, the
cruel instrument having had two bullets
ono for blm and the other for the gunsmith
who. at the coroner's Inquest, was examin
ing It and fell dead. Have you any doubt 01
the beatification of Hugh Miller after his hoi
brain had ceased throbbing that winter nighi
In his s'.udy nt Portobello Among th
mightiest of earth, among the mightiest o
h"aven.
J.o one ever doubled the piety ot Williair
Cowper, the nut nor of thnaa three great
bvmns, "Oh. For a Closer Walk With Go.l r
What Various Hindrances We Meetf
"There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood"
William Cowper, who shnres with Isaar
Watts and Charles Wesley tho chief honon
of Christian hymnology. In hypochondris
he resolved to take his own life and rode tc
the river Thames, but found a man seated 01
some goods at tho very point from which h
expected to spring nn I rode back to hit
home and that night threw himself upon hii
own knife, but the blade brokn, nn I tben b
hanged himself to the coiling, but the rop
parted. Ko wonder that when Go 1 merci
fully delivered him from that awful demen
tla he sat down and wrote that other bymc
just as memorable :
Co1 mores In a mjftterkms way
His wonders to tterform.
fie i l&ntA His f.Mt-tp In the se.
And rides upon tne ftorm
Bl'n'l unbeller Is ture to err
And scan His work to vatn.
Qod Is Ills own tnti-rpreu r.
And Ho will make it plala.
While we make this merciful and righteom
allow.". noe in regard to those who wen
plnnged Into mental laeoherenefffl deeian
that the man who in the use of his reason,
by bis own act, snaps the bond between hil
body and his soul goes straight inte perdi
tion. Snail I prove it Revelation "-. 9
"Murderers shall bnvo their part In the laU
which burnetii with Are and brimstone r
Involution nil., IS, "Without are dogs nnd
.or ifvers nnd whoremongers and murder
ers " You do not believe the New Testa
ment. Then prhnps yon believe th Ter
Commandments, "Thou shalt not kill.
Do you say all these pn.".ges refer to the
taking of the life of other. Tben I ask yon
if you are not as responsible for your own
life as for the life of others? Ood gave yon
a special trust in your life. He made you
the cnsto lian of your life as lie made you the
custodian ot no otcrlile. lie gaveyoi as
weapons with which to defend It two arms
1o trike back assailants, two eyes to watch
for Invasion and a natural love of life which
ought ever to be on th alert. Ass isstnation
o' others Is a mild crime compared with the
assassination of yourself, because in the
latter case it Is treachery to an especial
trust. It is the surrender of a castle you were
especially appointed to keep, it Is treason to
n natural law, and it is treason to God added
t j ordinary murder.
To show how God In the Bible looked
npoa this crime I point you to the rognee'
picture gallery In tome parti of the Bible,
the pictures of the people who have com
mitted this naaitnral crime. Here i the
headless trunk of 8aul on the walls of T.-ith-shan.
Hera Is the man who ehased little
David ten feet In statne chasing four. Hera
is the man who consulted a clairvoyant,
witch M Endor. Here is a man who,
whipped In battle, Instead of surrendering
his sword with dignity, asks his servant to
i'ay him, and when the servant declines then
the giant plants the hilt of the sword In the
earth, the sharp point sticking npward, and
be throws his boly on It and expires, the
coward, the suicide. Here is Aliilbopbei,
the Machiavelll of olden times, be.royiiu his
brat friend, David, in order that he mm be
es 31 e prime minister of Absalom and joining
that fellow in his attempt at parricide. Not
getting what he wanted by change of politics
betnkesahort cut out of a disgraced life
Into the suicide's eternity. There he is, the
Ingrate I
Here Is AMmetech practically a suicide.
He Is with an army bombarding a tower
when a woman in the tower takes a grind
stone from Its place and drops It upon his
head, and with what lire he has left In a
cracked skull faeco-nmandshisarmor bearer,
"Draw thy swor 1 and slay me. lest men say
a woman slew me." There Is his post mortem
Ehotoirap1! in the book of Samuel. But the
ero of this group Is Judas Iscariot. Dr.
Doune says he was a martyr, and we have in
our rlav apologists for him. And what won
der in this day when we have a book reveal
ing A'-rcn Burr as a pattern of virtue, an I
in the day when we uncover a statue to
George Sand as the benefactress of litera
ture, and In this day when there are be
trayals of Christ on the part of some of His
pretended apostles a betrayal so black it
makes the infamy of Judas Iscariot white !
Yet this man by bis own hand bung up for
mi execration 01 an tneages, J udas iscanot.
. A" lhe K00 mPn 1,11,1 women of the Bible
'r,t ' Go'1 ,no decision of their earthly ter-
&a"J,., .55?! SnTJ1?.?
man ever n: wnat witn nis destroyed
, ,tiferom wife-and four garrulous Deo.
1 pelting htra with comfortless talk while
heap of aahes scratching his
jca' with
a piece or broken potterr. yot
mvin. nnt in irinmnh "411 thai Hn nt mi.
,pponted time Willi wait till my chnng
come.
Not wit hat an ling the Bible is against this
evil and the aversion which it creates by the
loathsome and ghastly spectacle ot those
who have huried themselves out
of life, and notwithstanding Christ
ianity is against it ant the argu-
m-r -n,i th ,',. I liv ,n,itu niriZ,
the teaching or mnaeiiiy wmon practically
may "If TO
von don't Bke this life, get out ol
It, and you will land either In annihilation,
where there are no notes to pay, no persecu
tions to suffer, no gout to terment, or yoa
will land where there will be everything
glorious and nothlngtopay for it." Infideli
ty always has been apologetio for self immo
lation. After Tom Palne'a "Age of Reason"
whs published and widely read there was a
marked increase of self-slaughter.
llousseau, Yoltaire, Gibbon, Montaigno,
uu '.er certain circumstances, were apolo
geti ) for self immolation. InHvIolity puts up
no bar to people's rushing out irom this
world Into the next. Theyteachus it does
not make nuy difference how yoa live here
or go out of this world, you will land eitner
in au onlivious nowhere or a glorious some
where. An I infidelity holds the upper end
oftheroDH for the suicide, and aims the
pistol with which a man blows his brains
out. and mixes the strychnine for the last
swallow. If infidelity could carry the day
an l persuade the majority ot people that it
does not made nny dlftV-rence how you go
out of the world you will lanl safely, tne
rivers would be so full ot corpses the ferry
boats would be Impeded in their progress,
nnd the crack ot a suicide's pistol would be
no more alarming than the rumble ot a street
car.
Ah, Infidelity, Stan 1 up and take thy sen
tence 1 In the presence of God and angels
anl men, stan 1 up. thou monster, thy lip
blasted with blasphemy, tby cheek scarred
wifi lust, thy breath foul with tho corrup
tion of the agesl Stand up, satyr, -lilt hy
goat, buzzard of tho nations, leper of the
centuries 1 Stand up, thou monster infidel
ity, part man, part panther, part reptile, p ut
aragon. stand up and take tby senteuce'
Thy hand is red with the blood in wuict
thou bast washed, tby feet criosoa with thr
human gore through which thou hast waderL
Stand up nnd take thy sentence ' Jbso with
thee to the pit and sup on the sous nnd
groans of families thou hast blasted, an I roll
on the bed of knives which thou hast sharp
eue t for others, and let thy music be tne
everlasting miserere of tbos'J whom thoa
hn--t damned I I brand the forehead of iu l
delity with all the crimes of suit immolation
for the last century on the p irt of those who
bad their reason.
My friends, It ever your life tbrou-h its
Lnuuous and its molestations should awn
to be unbearable, ana yoa are tempieo te
quit it by your own behest, do not considnt
yourselves as worse than others. Christ
Himself was tempted to cast Himself from
the roof of the temple, but as He resisted so
resist ye. Christ came to medicine all our
wounds. In your trouble I prescribe life in
stead of death. People who have bad It
worse than you will ever have It have gone
songful on their war. Remember that God
keeps the chrono o.-y ot your ute wuu as
much precision as He k'.-ups the chronology
of nation.
Whv was It at tniduiiclit. last at midnight.
the destroying angel struck the blow that
set the Israelites free from bondage? The
430 years were up at 12 o clock that night.
The 430 years were not up at 11. and 1 o'clock
wouldbavebeentar.lv and too late. The
430 years were up at 12 o'clock, and the de
stroying angel struck the blow, and Isruel
was free. And God knows just the hoar
when it is time to lend you up from earthly
bondage. By his ?rsce make not the worst
of things, but the best of them. If you mast
take the pills, do not chew them. Yonrever
tssting rewards willaecord with your earthly
perturbations, just as Caius gave to Agrippa
chain of gold as heavy as had been bis
main of Iron. For your usking you may
nave the same grace that was givf n to) the
Italian martyr, Algerius, who, down in tho
larkest of dungeons, dated his letter from
'the delectable orchari of the Leonine pris
on." There Is a sorrow'.ess world, an I It is so
radiant that the noonday sun is only the
lowest doorstep, and the aurora that lights
up our northern heavens, confoumllug ss
ronomers as to what it can be, isthewav
ng of the banners of the procession come
to t -ike the conquerors home from church
militant to church triumphant, and you and
I have 10,000 reasons for wanting to go
there, but we will never get there either by
self immolation or lmpenitency. All our
sins slain by the Christ who came to do that
(hing, we want to go in at just the time
divinely arrange, and from a couch divine
ly spread, and then the clang of the sepul
chral gates behind ns will be overpowered
by the clang of the opening of the solid
pearl before us. O God, whatever others
may choose, give me a Christian's life, a
Christian's death, a Christian's Lurial, a
Christian's Immortality !
Don't refuse to do good ia fractions,
when you can't work tn whole nnmbsrs.
Never minl where you work; le
your care Le fr the work itself.
Good is best when soonest wrought;
lingering labors eome to naurght.
The ambitions young graduate now
goes forth to Lnnt up some tides to
stem.
EINOING OF YOU.
blossoms ami blossoms and Uoasonu! ana '
birds singing of m so sweet I
tre-ing the down of their bosom, 'gainst th
flowers that fail at your feet ! t
Clinging and swinging and flinging theii
iZ, to the heavens so blue-T ,
O, sweet to my soul is their singing,
bemuse they are singingfyou! I
j
Shigiag of you
in the dawn and the dew
Singing ot heaven and singing of you'
ttossoms and blossoms and blossoms! one ,
just sparkling with beautiful pearls,
rwining themselves for your tresses, and tali
tug and kissng your curls ! j
ISA all th. MM. .wl.rla. and Sinn. Ihol I
souls to God's heavens ot blue.
And my soul dreaming soft In their singing
because they are singing ot yoa 1
Singing of you
In the dawn and the dew
Singing ot heaven and singing of yoa'
Frank L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution
slackmaIys gtjlly.
BTB.IL HOKE.
TwasacoldJanuar
nieht when Jama
mdtM .VhA
home cam
4k.nnv. ,t, j!
looTrVn
tKaHft
w
in the neighbor
hood. A heavy snow had fallen th,
previous day, succeeded by a rain whicl
a sudden north wind had frozen to
slippery crust The moon, ono nigh.
on the wane, was a half hour above tht
eastern mountain, silvering the lonf
stretch of snow, and turning the ice o!
the trees into diamonds. Blakestoppei
a moment on the summit of the hill,
to admire the snectral beautv of th.
night, and to cast an awed glance dowx
to the hideous gully into which th
hteep and jagged side of the hill felL
The place was upon the farm of younc
Bod jioy Black man, and ever since tin
accident death or murder of the eldei
Blackman there many years before, il
had been regarded with aversion anc
horror by the country folk.
It may be that Blake stopped, too,
more firmly to set his courage for hii
errand. He was a prosperous younj
mechanic in Templeton, the villagt
whose lights twinkled in the valley U
his left, and was going to learn Marj
Graham's final answer to his declara
tions of love. Beset by the ;uKtomary
... . . Z .
ness or coquetry on Mary's part, h
Karl svooerl br f- it ' .
now determined to have the qncstiot
settled that night.
Mary's father was a well-to-do far
mer. Mary herself was a vigorotu
country girl, who might well have beer
an ideal of rural beauty, and who set
upon herself an estimate by no meant
too low. She was not backward ii
making known the standard by whicl
the successful wooer must measure.
Whether James Blake so measured wat
a much discussed question in tho lo
cality. It was admitted that ho wat
an ideal of muscular and honest man
hood, and if his means did not quit
equal Mary's prophesied dowry, h
had n capital of vigor and determina
tion well worth taking into consider
ation. Another of the obstacles had been
set up by Farmer Graham. He declared
that, having no son of his own, the
man who won Mary must come and
live on tho farm and learn to care fot
it after he was gone. To many thii
would have been and, indeed, was
i ,j I xl -
etacle, but Blake was interested and
successful in his business enterprises,
and ho stoutly asserted that the woman,
, nA -ii v.- t,
To'sTSerce: asTc'll Z
7
to tret a final answer from Marv. that
v i,i,.i .w v
at the front door of the Graham farm
house, and was bidden "Come in !'
Mary sat knitting by the wood fire in
the capacious chimey place, and seldom
have hearth flames brightened a pret
tier domestic picture. James put his
hat on the table, pulled a chair over
near her, and, after a few prelimina
ries, began to state the purpose of his
..oil
ir,,. v , i t.
m
j, j x , Tn't its
been coming to see you now? ' ,.x it.Bjamee,
"It must be," she replied, pausing mt ii T -at. , , , , ,1
mischievously, as if she did not know 1 fl ?be rxlness with which she had,
the exact time to the day, a ycar, yea him away died now like a spark
inyhow, isn't it ?"
"It was two years ago yesterday."
"Is it, indeed?" she said, in captious
astonishment. "I wouldn't have
thought it" 1
"Mary," ho said, in mild censure, '
"I'm serious to-night, and I'd like you
to be, too. I think you remember ai
well as I do t hat it's two years since tbij
first niaht I hrono-ht rnn h nm n frrtm
the protracted meeting in Templeton.'
X have told yon often that I love you;
and want you for my wife, but yon)
have been pleased to turn away thd
subject, and I see you are disposed ti
hold mo off to-night. I want to te:
you that I como to get yes or no. "
He paused, and she looked up in recj
wonder at the decisive tono marking
the last statement
arv -r, - -1 , . , , ,,
Ycs, I m in dead earnest to-nitrht. 1
. "; vr-"bi,
he continued. "What is your anewer? 9I tJle ,rolit vam,t Dus Uow 1
There was no sound save the click-; know jt vas Brown looking in. Ho
ing of her knitting-needles but ehd heard Mr. Blake call him a coward, and
gave hsr head an independent toss,; be has pushed him into the gully for
and pursing her lips in like spirit, sho tjmt and other reasons. Go and do
replied I your duty."
"And suppose I don't choose to givd 1 The accusation was as a draft of air
you any answer to-night?" Mupon their sraonlderinjj hatred of
"Well, no answer this evenin? will 1 Brown. Tho whitmora of the Ufa he
i a V 1 1 l 1 -
to find out If yon can love mo a3 aj
husband, and if you cannot tell mo)
now I'll think you don't want me, and'
I'll nevtr ask you again." ;
"Very well," r,he said willfully, "you
needn't I'm not so anxious to ca ta
rempleton to lio auyuuw. a entit
led here. Thero are plenty of young
nen who'd be glad enough to com
lere to live an father wishes. Yoa are;
;ho only one that refuses to, nnd I'd
mre no ono is trying to cotnpt"! you.',
Why, even Reginald Brows, with all
his money and his fine house, was c er-
this afternoon, end told me ho wr,3 v L!l
ing to como any time,"
"Reginald Brown," ho cxokin-ci
jontemptuoualy.
Brown was tit) richest young mtm of
the neighborhood, and t&arefoTO conr
siaWad 1'irtrrt -r-
I that Mary Graham would never marry '
I RladrA an Inn cr aa ttiAVA van a chance on
P"8 Brown, and the former weli
e" f ch Pmlv0n' ,BrOWn 4
Jf West f or a number of years, nd
?r had ?a P f Tdd .U not.
fTimtnal, doings there, but, in view of
his financial worthiness they remamedl
whers and finally dted away
.'"J0?,;
said the girl, a note of alarm escaping;
aer. 'Ho was here to-day, as I said,'
and he is very bitter against you. He
did not threaten you openly, but ho
many things to show that he hates
Bnd hat ke means to be even with
you for the snub you gave him at the
me ek' 3 . . ,
"UI1H lUO Ul CU.HU,
anirrilv. "to come with his threats to
a woman. Why doesn't he come to
me and make them?"
"Reginald Brown is a man not to be
defied," Mary said, putting down her
knitting to conceal the trembling of
her hands, "and you had best not be
bo outspoken. If he should hear you,
you might regret it"
"Pshaw," he cried impatiently, "J'W
not afraid of him. If you want him
-Mary, just say so ; don't try to scare
me away."
' 10"HU uuuml . V.J 1! Tl.
cuw .
n-rmTt1ngto scare you away.
Mr- to h probably the same
right to consideration as you. .He
here to-day, ns I have said, just as
fcr try to get B flnRl n'
Pm dii y i?1
rheMkedWive:. ..
' . you rign. 10 b r xus
fwU teU you anyhow I gave him
fh.e,8me Bnswer . Pvo ou- I
ake. m7 tln to Mer- 1
J00 to anyone until I am
I'eady. I have no answer to give you
to8ht- That is your answer
' W4nB X0MAawJL7'Ai t k
at om toUe, and Talked trd
rhe.door' DeeP despondency waa up-
nr. fa
on his face as he turned there, and
said:
' "Mary, I see it all now. You love
Brown. You love him when he comes
to you, trying to win you by threats
of a rival. That isn't manly."
. "Haven't you done just as much?
You have called him names to-night"
"He deserves them. I don't fear
bis threats and I'm going to leave you
to him. I'll take the liberty, though,
of saying that you'll never be happy
with him. I repeat that he is a cow
ard. Good-bye."
He turned again, and, with sudden
impulse she moved one hasty step
toward him, but determination came
back to her face, and she restrained
ter mpuke and let him go out Ha
hastened down the walk to the road,
and turned aside into the path leading
: past lilackman s Uully.
, Mary walked back to the chair and
resumed her knitting, but soon let it
fall to the floor. She was restless ;
looking into the fire a moment, then
rising and walking to and fro. Once
she put on her shawl and a red hood
and stepped to the door, but there she
stopped, took them off, and with a
forced laugh said: "Nonsense, it was
only imagination, or the frost on the
pane," and sat down again by the fire.
r "Of course it was only the frost,"
the repeated. "I am like a child.
But I didn't do wrong. If he is so in
dependent about not wanting to como
iiere to live, I can be independent,'
oo. And then the way he demanded
lay answer. I just won't stand it, and
I'll "
1 1 She was interrupted by the distant
crunch of tho frozen snow under run
ning steps. They came rapidly near-;
k-r,
and when they turned into thd
yard, she leaped up and stood ready to
receive the comer. Her father huri
ned V1' fT V startled.
. ?f a bed readf ""ftj :
ha.8al,Lt.. Te5e. taTe terrlbH
doings this night ,
I 'orbodingly.
I 'Vti wil I 1rTim nnn m tnan
. iou. wm
A man haa
AVI V U4 AilV" DVVUs
been thrown over
into Blackman'a
Gully. . As I was coming home I saw
hiin lying part way down the steep j
tide, where he had lodged against ai
tree. It's mighty lucky it's moon- 1
light, or he'd have frozen to death, ifl
he's not already. . I roused the neigh-j
bars and they're bringing him here.:
Be quick and prepare the bed." : J
"Father," she asked, tremulously I
catching his hands, "tell me right
'"t J'8 James; I
know u s James. ,
, uu me ueBxtn, uuu gavo place so sii
anxiety which would have rendered her
helpless to get ready for his comingf
bad not her father sternly bade her1
obey. !
The unconscious man was brought in!
and placed in the bed. While aj
physician, who had accompanied the
turners, was examining his injuries,!
KT fTl - , a! J a -
. . -
1 was thoroughly active and earnest)
now, and calling their attention in the
titting-room, sho said : ;
"Men, Reginald Brown haa donej
this. I know it He was here this
afternoon and he threatened Mr.i
Blake. Mr. Blake was here to-night,'
wd when I told him of Brown's threats'
he called him a coward. At the mo-!
ncnt he called him a coward I saw a,
I- - 41 Z .1 at T aia '
hhd au buo nuiuuw lucre. aoio. 7-1 V-
1, . .- -. , , , ,
loll ot tll tim it Iraq n-ilv iha ilutia
! . . . .
had led in tho West sounded again in
their ears as loud corroborating voices.
There wac not a man in the crowd to
whom James Bloke hod net shown his
fairness and generosity. Of course
the scoundrel Brown had committed
this deed. Ho had thought to cover
the act under tho probability that a
roan could easily slip into tho gully on
such an icy night. One of the men, a
burly, resolute fellow, who had often
denounced Brown, constituted himself
loader and marched tha crowd off to
terown'e residence.
Notwithstanding hia protestations ol '
innocence, he was . rudely taken from !
Lhe house, hurried before Justice,
and lodged in jail to await the result
of Blake's injuries. These wore a
broken log and rib, and aa internal
QiS7. Nation tho doxtijcffl"""'''
perious. In addition,- he-hadbeei
almost frozen. Had he not prov
identially lodged against a tree, h
would have been dashed to pieces ol
the rocks in the gully, or, escaping
these, would surely have perished it
the awful cold of the night The nar
rowness of the escape sent a shuddel
through all the community, and as th
facta of to case were freely and closelj
discussed, opinion as to Brown's guili
became fixed, and indignation increased
as the horrors ot a lonely death is
Blackman's Gully were graphically de
tailed. Meanwhile, with remorseful solici
tude, Mary Graham watched ovei
James through the long hours of un
consciousness. He was near death;
but at last one day, when she and hei
father sat by the hearth, talking il
alternate hope and despair, the doctoi
came down from the sickroom and told
them that the young man would livej
thai he had just come out of a quiet
sleep ; and that, in view of the serious
ness of the charge against Brown, s
question as to his guilt would not harm
the sufferer.
Mary and her father ascended to tin
lickroom, and James feebly welcome
them.
"James,- 'said the farmer, "do not
excite yourself at the question I am
jftoing to ask. You know, I suppose,
that you were found down in Black;
fian's Gully. A man is in jail accused
f pushing you down, and a word from
you will decide his guilt. Did Regi
nald Brown push you into the gully?"
! "Brown push me into the gully?".
Blake repeated, weakly, but in great
surprise. "Why, whul made yon
think that? Of course he did not 1
was careless, and I slipped on the ici
and fell dowa myself."
Farmer Graham hastened away, an
James, reaching out his trembling
hand, asked:
"Mary, I know I mustn't talk, but
how about my answer ? Are you ready
yet?"
"Oh, James, how cruel I was t
you," was all she could say ; but h
knew from it what the joyful answei
was an answer which he was only toe
glad to meet by relinquishing his re
solution not to come and live on the
farm. Yankeo Blade.
Cast-iron Pillars.
"Have you ever noticed," said a St
jLouisan, "those massive iron pillan
bow standing erect in the basement ol
the new Planters' House? Well, did
you ever stop to think of tho immense
weight they will be compelled to sup
port steadily for many, many years!
Eh, you have? But I suppose you
ive thought the manufacturers jusf
Ede those pillars and sold them with
i knowing anything about how much
ight they would bear or how long
jthey would bear it. Let me tell you
hbout that.
! "Those pillars are cast in the 6urut
manner as cast-iron stoves by running
the liquid metal into sand molds ; but
blongside of each pillar is cast an iron
bar from the same metal. The bar if
precisely an inch square and five
and one-half feet in length. When
cold it is subjected to a very simpls
test Each end of the bar is placed
upon a table and weights are suspended
from the centre by a rope. It must
bear a tensile weight of 500 pounds to
the square inch. The test may begin
with 400 pounds and be gradually in
creased until the bar is found to be
perfectly supporting tho required
weight If it breaks, for instance, at
180 or 490 pounds, then the pillar cast
from the pot of metal which- cast the
bar is discarded, broken up and put
into the pot again, with more pig iron
added. The pillars, you know, are
largely made from scrap iron, and the
manufacturers cannot know the
strength of the cast until it is tested.
The addition of pig iron, in the event
Df failure, brings the cast up to thr
standard.
"Six or ci. t of the pillars designed
for the new i'lanters' House had to be
recast in this way." St Louis Repub
lic Growth of a Snake's Battle.
The growth of the rattle of the rat
tlesnake has been studied by Doctor
Feokistow, who finds that tne rattle is
frequently shed; and, after being
shed (his snakes wero kept in a very
warm room), in three or four mouths
two rattles were present, their appear
ance having nothing to do with the
easting of the skin. The snakes were
made to register the vibrations of the
rattle on smoked paper, and it was
found that tho vibration was a com'
pound one, consisting of the vibration
f the tail as a whole, and of the rattle
independently of the toil vibrations.
The approximate figures of vibrations
aere for the tail seventy-five, of the
rattle 110 a minute. New York Inde
pendent. Rather Knowing Cat.
J. W. Moses of Megquier Hill, has
an unusually intelligent cat, called
Isaac, who Is very fond of fresh fish.
Recently while the cat was lying on
the floor a member of the family said
to It: "Isaac, do you want us to go
a-flshing?" and then added, "if we
had a frog for bait we would go. " On
this old Isaac got up with a knowing
look and trotted out, only to return
la a few moments with a good-ized
frog, which he had caught ia a swalr
near by. Portland Press.
Etching.
When etching is done by the aid of
electricity a wire la soldered to the
plate to be etched, by means of which
aa electric current Is passed through
the etching solution, which is made
much more dilute than In the case oi;
ordinary etching. This action Is
much Increased la Intensity, and, in
many cases, acids, which under ordi
nary circumstances are insert, can be
used, as, for Instance, copper and
weak sulphuric acid.
Sow men would never marry it
they could not marry a grass widow.
A UADaSa 0,UE8CT0ir.
Teacher "For what is Switzerland
noted!"
Pupil (after a pause) "SweiUer
k&se." "Yes, but for something,, much mors
grand, awe inspiring and majestic. Try
again.''
(Making another effort) 'Limburg
cr." Chicago" Tribune. ...
NEW TROLLEY TRAVELER.
Device Whlofe Avalds Much
laconvsa-
laaes sad Dolmy.
It is a half-hourly occurrence with
very electric trolley car that the
irolley wheel leaves the wire, usually
it a curve or crossing, stalling the
r and not infrequently causing a
pretty close approach to profanity on
the part of the conductor, whose
luty it is to bring everything back to
ihip shape. It is somewhat to be
wondered at, therefore, that inven
tive progress has not yet given birth
to any thoroughly satisfactory device
for maintaining uninterrupted com
munication between a trolley wire
ind a car. Putting projecting prougs
OERtfAN TROLLEV WHEEL. SUBSTITUTE.
n each side of the trolley wheel, to
ratch the wire as the wheel tends to
dip off, has been tried at Chicago
with fairly goo 1 results, but, after
ill, this expedient represents oulj a
partial solution df the problem. On
sue German road, built at the city of
Barmen, the conventional trolley
wheel has been entirely abandoned,
Its place being taken by an oblong
metal frame, the upper side of which
beirs against the under portion of
the conducing wire. The frame is
supported by something analogous to
1 trolley role, and the theory of
action apparently is that the width
af the frame will permit considerable
lateral movement without breaking
contact.
OF INTEREST TO OLD SOLDIERS.
Ilonament to the Andrews Haider at
Chattanooga.
This monument Is Ohio's tribute to
the Andrews raiders, and is placed
in the national cemetery at Chatta
nooga, Tenn., to commemorate the
bravery ot twenty-two Union sol
iiers, who stole the locomotive "Gen-
MONUME.NT TO SHE HAIDERS.
jral" from the Confederates at Big
Shanty, Ga., in April, 1862. It was
their intention to seize a locomotive
ind train of cars and then dash back
In the direction of Chattanooga, cut
ting the telegraph wires and burning
the bridges behind them as they ad
vanced until they reached their own
lines. Tho twenty-two men were
:aptured and placed in jail at Chat
tanooga. Their leader, James J.
Andrews, was tried and executed as
1 spy. Twelve of the number were
transferred to tho prison at Knox
ville, and seven cf them were ar
raigned before a court martial,
charged with being spies. All the
prisoners were rirujvcd to Atlanta,
Ga. On Juno 18, 1S62, their prison
door was opened and the death sen
tence of the seven who were tried at
Knoxville was read to them. They
were at once tied and carried out to
execution. The remaining fourteen
made their escape from prison in Oc
tober, 1862. Six reached the Union
licci, six were recaptured, and of the
remaining two nothing Is known
Many of tho visitors to the World's
Fair will remember seeing the old lo
comotive Gewral' in the Trans
nortatlon Building.
Asparagus.
Asparagus, deservedly a favorite
vegetable, was extensively cultivated
by the ancient Bomans, but was not
introduced into England before 1660.
In some parts of Europe the seeds
are used as a substitute for coffee,
and a spit ltuous liquor is made from
the ripe berries. Asparagus is both
littaic and diueretlc, and its roots
) ere once extensively used in medi
cine. The young tender sprouts oi
stems, from six to ten laches long,
are the edible parts, and those that
are entirely green are the most ten
der and delicate. The white aspara
gus is, as a rule, very tough, the tips
alone being eatable. In some old
recipe books directions are given fot
boiling asparagus one hour, but this
Is a great mistake. Twenty or thirtj
minutes Is long enough to cook it
sufficiently.
Girls in Case.
Girls are said to be treated In a
curious way in the Pacific island ol
New Britain. From two or three
rears old until they become of age
they are kept In cages, made of palm
leaves. They are taken out once ev
ery day to be washed, but la all oth
er respects this kind of imprisonment
Is very strict. In spite of this seem
ingly harsh usage, however, they grow
up hardy and healthy. But it may
be doubted if this custom is really
senerally observed by the is!andcrs.
Vniqoe Record.
Bev. Dr. Scarrow, of Russell, Kan.,
within one week recently had ser
vices for a man whose body was to
tally consumed by fire, for a man who
lied in the penitentiary, for a mur
lered man, and finally over the bod
ies of three murderers lynched by a
nob.
Lost Ilia Last Friend. 1
That's a well-developed industry,"
iuddenly remarked the man who tries
to be smart "To what do you re
fer?" iuquired the unwary acquaint
ance. "To the traffic in petroleum."
And that is how be came to lose his
ast friend. Washington Star.
HIS HOEICOH.
wr t yvv , t. ,1,. ,tn
B. Got "I am very woUHiw.-j
Puck.
I --- - ' " '
COW3 AND HIRED MEN.
Points Wall Worth the Attention of Fi
ery Dairy Man.
Every discerning farmer, who hat
kept cows, knows in a general waj
that there is a great difference in th
amount of milk they will get from
the same cow. As between two hired
men in milking ten or twelve cows
of equal flow, one man will be worth
double what the other Is in his in
fluence over his cows. Until Dr.
Babcock made a special experiment
on this matter but little was really
accurately known as to the extent of
' this personal Influence la affecting
the profits of cows. How much ve
have learned on old, old questions
the past tea years! The Doctor made
a careful test, which was published
In the Dairyman some years ago, but
which should be mentioned frequent
ly, on account of Its importance to
the dairy farmer. It is important
that the size and scope of the mat
ter become a living, vital principle
with him, guiding him in his own
I treatment of his cows and in the ed
ucation of the men he employs. A
hired man who is well educated in
the handling of cows, who has a quick
brain, a kind heart, a patient man
ner, and a skillful hand Is worth
double the amount that a man of
opposite character will cost.
Dr. Babcock found that one milker
obtained from four cows 26.2 pounds
of butter fat in seven days. From
the same cows the week following,
another milker obtained 21.8 pounds.
Mere was a difference of nearly four
pounds and one liaU of butter fat
depending for its value, of course, on
tho price of butter. Neither of
these milkers was abusive, and both
milked the cows equally dry. By this
convincing experiment any dairyman
can see how important it is to tike
especial pains to educate the hired
man, as well as himself, to an under
standing of. what he has at risk.
The usual number of cows rriiked by
one person in a largo dairy Is from
eight to fifteen. In Dr. Babcock's
experiment if butter was twenty-five
cents a pound one man was worth at
least twenty-eight cents a cow a week
more than tho other. When a man
is milking, say ten cowj, this would
amount to $-60 a week', or nearly
$12 a month. This is but one of the
hundreds of fine points that throng
the pathway of dairy farming. It
shows so clearly that this unthink
ing, unreadlng, unskillful way of
handling cows that so many farmers
practice can not pay ia the nature of
things. Hoard's Dairyman.
Xo Advantage.
A clerical looking gentleman ot
the "Private Secretary" pattern was
among the arrivals at the St. Cloud
yesterday. "While he was registering,
Frank Lincoln, the globe-trotting
humorist, watchcJ him curiously.
At the proper moment he stepped
up to the hotel register and read the
newly signed name, "G. Rupert Coxe,
England." Turning to him, Lincoln
extended his hand, and said: "How
do you do, Mr. Coxe. Let me wel
come you to America."
"Keally, you must pardon me," re
plied tho Englishman, very timidly
and evidently doubting his new ac
quaintance, "but I really "
"Oh, don't you remember me? We
met at Luxor, up tho Nile, and after
ward traveled up the Mandalay t
gether."
"Ah, yes; ah yes," drawled the En
fcllshman. "You were giving enter
tainments, imitating American cock
tails, and such things. I am reall.'
glad to meet you."
"That wa3 a horrible ride up the
Mandalay," remarked Lincoln.
"Very beastly," was the reply.
"Just think, twenty-four hours to
go 316 miles. Well, you'll see tho
difference in this country," said Lin
coln, throwing out his American
chest. "Our trains sometimes travel
that many miles In an hour."
"Ah, yes, I know," answered the
Englishman quickly, "but unfortu
nately you generally arrive in pieces."
New York Telegram.
Rarest Stamps Tor Collectors.
At the philatelic section in th
rotunda in Vienna, a Swedish col
lector exhibited a very rare stamp a
"the" (Instead of tre) skiliings, yel
low, of 1853 which misprint was at
once purchased by the Field Inter
national Postage Stamp Museum for
the sum of 2,400 florins, (11,108 Uni
ted States currency) tho highest
price ever paid thus far for au ob
llteratcd European stamp. The rarest
and most costly postage stamp any
where is, up to the present day,
the British Guiana one-cent of 1856,
which is valued at 30,000 marks, and
of which only a single specimen is
known to exist In the unique collec
tion of M. PhiUp Ferrari, Paris,
j Kest in value (15,000 marks) is the
: two-cent Sandwich Islands stamp,
i first emission and a British Guiana
i two-cent stamp, of 1850, estimated
at 6,000 marks; while Mauritius Post
Office Id. and 2d. (non-obliterated1
recently sold In London for 14,00(
marks a price which might be ob
talned even for obliterated specimens
' American Register, Paris.
lie Explained.
In Washington County, Miss.,
Which is liable to annual inundation
from the father of waters, dwells old
Jesse D . On one occasion he was
witness in a case, and prefaced hit
answer to every question with th
Irrelevant remark: "Wa'al, I wai
desp'rately overflowed that year."
Annoyed by the constant petition of
this remark, the examining counsel
finally said, in a rather sneering
tone: "Mr. D , will you please
state to the court and Jury what you
mean by being 'desp'rately over
flowed?'" Straigthening himself up
to his full height six feet three
and with a drawl of corresponding
length, he replied: "Wa'al, sir, I
mean thar war too much water for
wagonin' and not enough for boatin'."
The counsel gave It un,
How the Sultan ot Turkey Dines.
The Sultau of Turkey dines in solemn
(Ute in a room overlooking the Bos
phorus. - Ho sits on a divan sad uses
neither table, plates, knife or fork, but
only a spoon and his fingers, with which
implements he fishes out his food from
series of little saucepans. He generally
has a large retinue in attendance, but he
always eats and dilnks alone, not even a
few of his favorite wives brssilngbreid
ft. ?1tny,'Vnt-lr"AVert!Mr.V
SUPPOSE WE SJITLE.
NUMEROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.
fleasnnt Incidents Occurring the Worlj
Over Sayings That Are Cheerful to the
Old or Toons; Fanny Selections That
Everybody W1U Enjoy Reading.
Her KItsI.
Mrs. Dearlyloved Boo-hoo-hoo! 1
im so miserable! I shall get a di
rorce. Mrs. Bynthayer Why, my
iear, what's the matter? Mrs.
Dearlyloved (with a fresh outburst)
1 got hold of Charlie's exicnsc
book last night and since Easter bo
las spent JltiO on some "Kittle" he's
been spending his evenings with.
'udge.
Suspicion.
nicks Did you hear about tha
jow a Howbig's house? Mrs. II. dis
rovered a letter in his pocket in a
ady's handwriting. Wicks The
leuce she did! Do you know, I al
ways suspected Howbig. Hicks
It was a letter that Mrs. Howbig
wrote ten days before and gave him
o mail. Boston Transcript.
Eminently Fitted.
Mr. Peighwcakly 1 should think,
Jrs. Slimdie.', that you would bo
nore successful if you turned your
soardinghouse into a hotel for in
ralids. Mrs. Sllmdiet What kind
if invalids ought 1 to take in? Mr.
Pelghweakly Well, you miubt run
u anti-fat sanitarium, for instance-
Hobson's Choice.
Father (who is on the point of fall
ng, But, young man, will you bo
ible to take care of my daughter in
lhe way she has been living. Young
Han I'll guarantee iu, sir, or return,
(ho girt Father Er well never,
ulnd the guarantee, you can have the'
rirl, anyway. Exchange.
Would Not Do So Again.
Mrs. Goodc Aren't you the tramp
sho was here this morning? Odorous
Jliver Yessum. "Well, I missed a
ke I had left in the window." "I
look it, mum." "Didn't you know
Jetter than that?" "No, muni, not
;hen. I hadn't eat it then, mum."
-r.ew York World.
ile Was Mistaken.'
"Will you kindly pass me the but
er?" said a guest at the hotel to a
xnipous looking man on tho other
ilde. "I'm a gentleman," he retortcc',
i-i he beckoned to tho waiter.
"That's what I thought when 1 asked
'ou," said the first man, quietly.
Exchange.
Overneard In the llenhouae.
Speckled Dominlcker I learned
lomethingawfulaboutMiss Plymouth
tfock to-day. Mrs. Leghorn Whytc
For gracious sake, what was it?
"She prides herself nn her family
:onnectlons you know, and she hasn't
my. She was hatched in an incu
lator."
When They Are Out Late.
Returned Traveler What you
night call the society girl among the
lative savages wear rings in their
loses as well as in their cars. Wag
cigh That's nothing. Some of the
lociety girls here have rings around
iheir eyes.
No Money There.
First Burglar Hark! 1 hear .some
lian talking. Second Burglar
What's he saying? "That ho will
aever bet on another horse race as
one as he lives." "Let's get out of
this. No money here; he's lost cv
very
ent''' Exchange.
An Awful Crime.
A Kentucky paper which slated
that tho courts had decided tho ques
tion in regard to separate coaches for
:olorcd people "on purely coonstitu
tional grounds," tries to lay tlin
blame on the compositor. Indiana
oolis Journal.
Elevated.
Tapa," prattled thegolden-haire'l
ooy, "is it true that 1 was born in a
seventh-story flat?" Yes. my child,"
-nswered the father and then after a
moment's thought he added: "You
came high but we had to have you.'
Truth.
Hard X.nck.
rusty Baggies Wat's the matter,
Weepln'? Weeping Watson I' vo
Just bad de orfullest nightmare. I
dreamed I found a barrel of beer wld
the bung all out and (sob9) couldn't
Ind no straw. New York SVorld.
Better.
First Politician I can say this,
that our party conducted the cum.
paign in an honest, fair, and straight
forward way. What more can you
say of your pcrty? Second Poiiticiar
We won. Boston Transcript.
Like a Cat.
'I wish you were a cat," said Bar
low, ruefully, as Mrs. Barlow stepped
on his foot in the danc . "Why so?"
queried madam. "The cat aiways
lands an her own feet," said Barlow
Harper's Bazar.
Under the Weather
Hicks Your milk was pretty bad
last night. Mrs. Hicks I expected
that thunder shower to affect it some.
Hicks Thundei? Our can was hi
by a cloud bursty
They've Chanted it,
lhe New Young Man Then thert
Is no hope foy me? There is no hopt
for you in the way you mean. Bui
but I will be a brother to you.
New York World. -.
Of the Smart Set.
Teacher Her dress was plain
Can you express that idea in mor
polite language? Little Miss (one ol
the 400) Her gown was ghastly.
Exchange.
Great Grief.
A lady had Just just lost her bis
band. A gentleman, living cexl
door, on calling to 6eo her, fount!
her, to his great surprise, playing oi
the harp, and said: "Dear me! 1
sxpected to find you in deep distress."
"Ah!" the lady pathetically replied,
"you should have seen me yesterda:
af ternooB. M L' Arlequin.
The newest fcience ia seismology,
the study ot earthquake.
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