i
URE ICHTHYOLOGY
tUTBBPHETID BY DR. TALMAOEk
Oo Creeled th riniiy Trlba Bfor All
Others! and the Beared Writings
Are rtlUd With Their Im
agery. Bible Flahes.
TfXTi "Aarf Orxl mid. Ltt Ih trnfri
briny forth nhunriiinllu Iht moving crea
ture fnaf aaf (I . It jnesis I., t.
fflutl now boo't tbs BlbU Is? After
thlrty-el year' presehine; from It and dis
cussing owr wrsinuifrens suojacts touoaeii
on the word of (Jul, the boo li a fredi to
ma a whnn I learn!, with a stretch of In
fantile memory, the shortest Tern In tha
Plble, "Jesus went," and I opened few
weekt ago a new realm of Biblical interest
that neither my puipit nor any one else's
hsd tver explored, and having spoken to
vou In tblsuouresof sermons on uo 1 every
where concerning the "AsrronOTiy of tne
Hthle; or, Ood Araonc th Mar;" tha
V hmnolofry of tha Bible; or, Gad Among
tha C'-'nturie;" tha "Ornithology of tha
HiMe, or, Uod Amnnn tha Blrdi; tha
"Mineraloty of the Blblv; or, Ool Among
the Amethysts," this morning, a I mar ha
dlvmelv helped. 1 will stak to Tou about
tba "Ichthyology of tbe ilibte: or, Ood
Among the Fishe."
Our horses wera lather I anl tire I out,
and their fetlock wera rl with tha blood
rut out by tbe rocks, and I ould bardly gat
my twt out of the stirrups aa on Saturday
night we dismounted on tha beach of Lak
Oahlee. Tha rather liberal suppvof lood
with which wa ha I started from Jerusalem
wait wll nigh esaaustud, and tha article of
diet remaining had by oft repetition three
time a day for three weeks ceased to appv
I never want to see a fig agaiu, and
derss with ma are all out of date.
Kor several day tha Arab caterer, who
oouM apeak but half a dozen English wonts
would answer our requests for some of tha
ttylt of food with wnich wa had bndolec-tate-l
he first few daya by crying out "Fin
ished." Tbe most piquant appstinr I au
ittinaiirc, and tba demand of all tba party
was, "Ivt M breakfast ou Sunday morning
on Iresn flsii from Lake (Jennesarath," for
you riiii't know that that lake baa four
uameis an1 it is wortJ a prof union of nomen
clature, nnd It Is in tba Hible call I Chin
hrroth, Tiberias, Uenncssreth and Galilee.
To our extemporizrd table on riabbatlt
morning came broiled p trch, only a few
hours before lifted out of the sacred waters.
It was natural that our nun Is should revert
to the only breakfast that Christ ever pre
pare I, and it was on those very shores where
we hrtakfasted. Ctirist ha i in those olden
times struck two flmti together and it on
fire soma shavingsor light brushwood and
then put on larger wood, and a pile of glow
iue bright coals was tae cunsequeuce.
Meanwhile tha disciples fishing on tbe lake
had awiully "poor luck," and every time
they draw up tha net it bung dripping with
out a fluttering Ho or squirming scale. Hut
Christ from the shore shouted to tbem an I
told them where to drop the net, and IVi big
fbh rewarded them. Mlmon and Natbauiel,
having cleaned some of tbose large tish,
brought them to tbe coals which Christ bad
kindled, and the group who hal been out all
night and were chill and wet and hungry,
aat down and began mastication. All that
scene rime back to us when on babbatb
morning, December, 1WJ, jut ouUide the
ruins of ancient Tiberias and within soual
Of tha rirrpling Galilee, we breakfast 1.
Now, it Is not strain that tha Bible im
agery fa so inwrought from the fisheries
wtieu tbe Holy Iand is, for the nioit part,
an inland region? Only tbre lakes two be
sides tbe one already mentionai namely,
the Dead He, where fish cannot llva at all,
nud aa soon aa they touch it they die, and
the birds swoop on their tiny carcasses, an I
(he third, tbe fools of Ueshbon, which are
nlternateir full and dry. Only three rivers
"f the Holy Laud Jabook, Kis'jon and .for
lin. Aoout ail tbe fish now in the waters of tbe
holy Landara thnrnh"" t&m fertrr Maa.
i ur.-am. tne minnow, tne blenny. thu barbel
he CDUb. thado?Hiih. nnnenf t.hm WArt.li m
-iiiware anaa or an Adirondack ttout
"II, the wurlJ's geography ha cknged,
I tne World's hill cif fra hiiMianoil
i.ake ttsli Pi wan Isr-rpr am I itfi- mnt ftuit.
1
ui rwciiea man now, ami na uouut tne
:v. rs were deeper and tbe lsherles wera of
r more importance tha'than now.
I! -sides that, there wa the Mediterranean
i only thirty-flv mllea away, and flili
wi salted or t'lad anJ brought inlaurl,
in I " iiliuor tbat article of tori was sold
in Jr uaiem that a 1UU market gavd tho
- to one oi tba gates of Jsruitlem near
i'-. .i-id it was called the II U gate. The
' - ha 1 iriMat resrvoir4 in which 11411
T'j tept alive and brJ. The pool of Gibson
an.- tiia pool. Isaiah and tiolo non refer
'' h pooln. Large lisli werd kept alive
.i I h. d fat by ropes to a stnku in tbts
rcsrvoiiti, a ring hiving Iwin run throiuli
tUt'ir mils, and 'taut is the meaning of thj
Script in nassago whiuli says, "Janst thou
put a hook into his nota or born b s jaw
tliMUi'h with a tlnro."
tiu nnportnnt w:is the fii'.i that tha pro!
Dajoii, worsh;ie 1 by tin Philistine, was
mt lo kiu.lt tlsh an I half man, aud tiiat is thu
meaning of the Lord's iu liguatioa whun in
I rsimiel we read that tbU Da:ou, tho IWIi
f ikI, stood beside tlia ark of the Lsril, and
Uagon was by lavisihle bands tlaihei to
pivces because the l'liilUtlnm bad d ire J to
iimlm the tlth a god. Tbat explains tho
Kcripture passage, "Tue head of Uafoti and
both tu palms of his hands were cut nIT up
on thu threh(ij; only tha stump ol Digon
vus left to him." Now, tbu stump of Usgou
was the Hah part. The top part, "which was
the figure of a man, -was dibel to pieow,
ud tho LorJ, by demolUhing overy tbiug
but the Htuiup or fish part of tha idol, prac
tically said, "You may kep your fish, but
know from the way I have demolished tbe
ret of the idol that it is nothing divine."
Ijysr.l and Wilkinson found the Hsu an
object of Idolatry all through Assyria and
t-'grpt. The Nils was lull of usli, and tbat
explains the horrors of tbe plague tbat
lau;htered the llnny triba all up and dowu
that river, which has been and is now the
niain artery of Ksyj.t life. In Job you
hear the plunge ot tha spear into tho hip
popotamus as the great dramatic postcriet
uut, rsnt tsiou till his akin with barbed
rons or his head with fish speirs!" Yea,
the Kh began to swim in the very first hook
niOeuasis, where my text records, "And
i ,T 'us waters unng loriu aouuu-
I autly the moving creature tbat bath life."
lJo you realise tbat the first living
1 'bing tbat (ioa created was the flshf It
I prei wlej the bird, the quadruped, tbe
Jl buuiaii ita. The fish has priority ot real
i li6?w "w e?erT living tblng. Tba ntxt
1 thing done after Gad had kiudlod for our
i !Torl',,tha golden cuan Ulier of the sua and
. the silvr chandelier of the moon was to
4 mkB, '" "n- 'i'he first motion of the
I principle of life, a ,,rin,:iple that all the
' i .Utf "'U of si"1 have not been able
? Mclellne or analyia the very first stir of
VV hut. ... i ... . .. ..
" .-i,. 7 " ' """r tnnt was wnen in me r.u-
th." u,uon. lJ'on anJthjllld-
' ..T; ' i ,our "vers of Paradise, tbe waters
t I" , d ?'t0 Ana aud brlghtenel with
'i " A" tM ttribntet oi tbe inilniu
'i r ti."? caU,J lut0 "l'" tor tbe making
i or that tlr.t tlsh. Lanuaolata and translu
cent miracle. There is a.iouL-h wander in
i,S,Jtot tur n tbe cartilage of
mm r?If u """'"und tha scientist. It doe
H?h rfI u' uo,v', to prove a Go I. A
tJulu?! a . No "ouaer that Llnnwus and
alln,h ' and tbe greatest minds
Mtomy.CUtUri" Ht "raptured before its
tuti'2?!,.tr',l,thPu,n,, of ,u
l'tw.1 -,awot towhloU it roo.
ive; tb Dictura n i.i .i..
fey eprlng . up
BosirniJT luMyling, called tne
YZ?!hi laxJ. aaoadlng tbe
salbTtW . H"-n. easily leapiug tbe
herr'oa S'W,r. !'; te
lonT- io eoua-lronaTlve miles
ounawg olll the t
of fishes: the wondrous starzenn'. fo ne 1
r "nerved for the table of royal fatnillea,at
me isinciaaa made out or their membrane
the tench, oalle I theohysloian nt fishes, h
eense when applied to human allmeita it I
said to be curative, the lamprey, en tenipd
in vs i w fpoma wti toi msnf tg thetl
lew Henry II aye, tbe wnole world o
nsneei
Knough of them floating up and down t'.J
rivers to lean tne nemispneres t( every ear d
com and every bead ot wheat and evert
herd of qnadruped and if every other ertlcl
of foot In all the earth were destroyed
Universal drought, leaving not so much ej
a apear ot graas on tbe round planet, won I
leave in the rivers aal lakes and eaas fol
the human race a staoie oommo ilty ot fos
which. If brought to shore, would beenongi
not only to feed but fatten tbe ent.re hums)
raoe.
In timet to came the worl I may b
populated tbat the harvests and viuevar
and land animals may be Insit fftcient to fee
tbe human family, and tut nations miv iJ
obligel to come to tha rivers ami ooeJ
beaches to eeeic tbs living harvests th
swim tbe deep, and that would mean man
healh and vigor an I brilliancy and brai
than tha human race now own.
Tba Lird, by placing tbe nh in thi fir J
course ot toe tnsnu in parous, muloi I
precsus oirn anil oeasr, innicateti VI till
world tbe Importance of tbe fish as a
article of human fool. Tbe reason thJ
men and women lived three an 1 four an
five and nina bumlre l year was be -sua)
they werekeoton parcoej oorn an I I1J
we mix uo a lantistto fool thtt kill th
moat of us before thirty yirs of age. Cu
tarda aal whiopel sillabub ami P.m
punches and chiikon ata1 at midnight ar
a gantlet that few have sirsntli to run.
e nut on many a tombstone i nshi
eilthets (tying that the person baii'wth ilUI
of patriotic ser vie is or from exuaustiou la
religious wjrlt when nothing killelthi po4
fellow but lotsU?r eaten ataparty fourlionrl
after be ought to have baan soun I asleep i
im. i nere are men (o-nsy in our streets si
many walking hospittl who might havl
been athleteuf Uiey had taken tha bint i
Genesis in my text and or our Ltrl'srei
mark and a llvired to slm illcity o! diet.
The reason tbat tha country district havl
furnUhad most of the men an I wj'oin ot
our time wno are doing tbe mightiest wort
in merchandise, in mechanics, in law, la
me Heine, In theology, in legislative and
congressional halls, an 1 all tbe presidents
from Washington down it least thxe woo
have amounted to anything i beoausethsy
were in those country dis:ricl of necMiity
kent on plain diet.
no roan or woman ever amiutitel to any
thing who was brought up on II iting island
or angel oake. Tne world must turn back
to paradisiac diet it It Is to get paradisiac
morals and pnr.id siine hrtlth. Tue human
racs to-day neiJs more phosphorus and the
nsn is ctierge.1 an i surcharge i witu phos
pborus phosphorus, that which soloes la
tbe dark without burning.
What maile tbe tweive apoitlos suc.i stal
wart men tbat tbny could endure anything
and achieve everything? Next to dlviu in
spiration, it was bcau tuer were nearly
II nsberm-m and llveil on fisi and a fjw
plain condimenta. Paul, thou(h uot brought
up to swing th not and throw the line, must
ot necatsity bave adopted the din of the
population among wboin he livei, ami you
eea the phoiphorus in his daring ple hetore
r eiix, ami tue pnopanrus in bts baldest ot
all utterances before the wisacres on Mara
Hill, and the pbosphoru as he weut without
frigot to bis beheading, and the phosphorus
you see In the llve ot all the apostlea who
moved rignioo undaunted to certain martyr
dom, whether to be decapitated or dung off
precipices or hung in crucifixion.
fbosphorus, shilling lu tbe dark without
burning. No man or woman that ever lived
was independent of qu Mtions of diet. Let
those who by circumstances aro compelled
to simplicity ot diet thank Gd for their res
cue Irom tbe temptatloi ot killing dclica
oi!'. Tbe men and women who are to de
cide tbe drift of the Twentieth Century.
which is only seven or eight steps off, are
now live miles imicu from tne rail station
MtJtf.Jnt. hrektast tbs oornln a ttiwvUr r
Ul lit im V wi . uim uuim vi " iviiri ;ur
ti fishermen tliaulples oa the banks of Like
'alllee.
Inlesd tha onW articles of fond that
Christ by miracle multiplied were brea 1 aud
fish which tbe boy who acted as sutler to the
i'WU persons ot tue wnueraass bands! ovar
five barley loaves an I two Ushes. Tba
boy must bave lelt badly when callel on to
cive ui) th two fishes which h' had brought
out after having caught them himself, set
ting witu bis bare lest over tbe bank of tho
late nu I expecting t sail his supply at go jd
Drjflt. but he felt bsttsr wuen by fe mira
cle the fish were multiplied and ha In 1 more
return" ! to him that he hid surrender.) I.
Know alsd in ordar to uudumtaud 1 10
ichthyology of the Biblo that in tha deeper
waters, as tiios3 of the Madit'irraui'sri, t'u.ire
wera inoiisters that are now extinct. Th
fools who become intidcU b.juauie they c in
not tin lerstau I fie ingulf ment of tho recre
ant Jonah In a tte monster might h ivo
saved their soul by stu lying a littlo natiir.il
history. "0,"siys aorno on?, "thitsury
of Jonxh was only a fuble." Say othnrs:
"It w."vs iuterpjlutel by 33:05 w.'ltor of I'lt.-r
times.'' OJurs say: ,-ItVii & ropfoJuc
tion of the story of Hercules duvourei and
then rastoied from th tuonster." Bus my
reply is that history tells u that there iv.-rd
monsters large enough t wlvilm snipj.
i ue extinct Icatbyotaurus ot ot jar nea
was thirty feet long, atll at late a the Sixth
Csutury of the Christian era up and il n
th4 Mediterrnnuau there Hoi to I monsters
compared with which a mo lorn whale was
a saraiUd or a Herring un uar uaa aaui
and again been fouul to swtllow a man en
tire. A Usher man on tbe wait of Turkey
found a sei tnouster which contained a wo
inau and a purse ot gold. I have sjtm in
museums sea uioutur large enough t Uke
down a prophet.
But I bave a better reason lor believing
the Old Testamsnt account, and that is tint
Christ said it was true aui a type, of itis
nwu resurrection, and I supmse lie ought
to knuw. in Matthew xu., 411, iesus ui.rut
siyn, "f or as Jonas woh tiirae uays ami
throe night in tae wuaiea usiiy, so kusii
tue Hou of Man be three day and force
nights in tbe heart of tbe earth." And that
settles it for me and for any man who doe
not believe Christ a dune and an Impost r.
Notice also bow tbe Old testament writers
drew similitude from the fisheries. Jeremiah
uses such imagery to prophesy destruction,
"Behold, I will send for many fishers, width
the Lord, and tuny shall tWi them." KuUiil
uses fish imagery to prophesy prosperity,
"It shall come to pass mat tue tinners suau
stand upon it from Kngedi even to Kneg-
lalm; there ahall baa p.acs to spread tortn
nets; tbelr fisb shall be acoorJing t their
kinds, as the fish of tbe great sea, exceeding
mauy," the explanation ot which in that
r.ngedt and fcnegiaim siood eas toe lianas
ot tbe liead sea, in the waters of wbich
110 fish can livd, but the prophet says tuat
the time will oome when these wsters will
be regenerated, and they will be great places
tor Usb. Amos reproves idolatries by say-
inf. "fbe day shall oiue upon you when
be will take you away with books and your
posterity with fUhiiooks." H0I011101, in
ICccleslastes, dwcUres tbat those captured of
tiiuptation ar as fiibes takun in an evil
net. Indeed Holouiou knew all abo it the
finny tribe and wrote a treatise ou Icutby
ology which ba been lost.
Furthermore, in order that you may un
derstand tbe ichthyology ot tbs Bible, you
must know tnat tueru were five ways Ot
fishlug. One was by a fence ot reeds aud
cane, withlu which the fisb were caught.
But the llwodio government forbade that ou
Lake Galilee, lea pleasure boat be wrecue I
by tbe stakes driven. Another mode was by
spearing, tb waters of Galilee se clear gool
aim could be taken for the transfixing. An
other was by hook and line, a woere Isaiah
says, "i'h fisbers also shall mourn, and
tbey that cast angle into tbe brooks shall
lament." And Job says, "Canst thou draw
out leviathan with a hookf" And iiabak
kuksays, "I'beytake up all of tbeut with
tbe angle."
Auother mode was by a casting net or
that wtlch was Sung from tbe shore, an
other, by dragnet or that wbloh was
thrown from a fcoit and drawa thronjb th
sea as tbe fishing smaok sailed on. How
wonderful all this la Inwrought Into the
Bible Imagery en I it load me to a In which
mole are you and I fishing, for th churoi
I the boat, and the tosoel la tba nit. and
the sea Is the w.wld, an 1 th fish are the
son Is, and God addr-s-e ns as He did Blmon
and Andrew, aaymr, "PoPow Me, an I I
will make you flhrsof men." Du. when Is
the beat time to fish for soais to the night,
Peter, why did you say t- Cartst, - Ve
nave tolled all the night and bave taken
nothing V Why dll vou not fish in the day
timer He replies, "You ought to know, that
the night Is the bet time lor flsaing."
At Tohyhanna Mills, among the moun
tains ot Pennsylvania, I aaw a frieol witu
high boots and fls ilng tacile s'.artl tr out
at 9 o'clock at night. andlsiM. "Wheriara
you going?" Ha answered, "Glng to "H.''
"What, In thenightr Heanswsro.l. "Yes,
in the night." Ho the vastmajjrity of souls
eantured for 0l are taken in timet ot re
vival In the night meetings. The might
Just as well oome nt Id o'oloa t at n on, but
most ot them will not. Ask the evtnrelist
of oHen times, ask Finnny, mt't Nittl'iton,
as' Oiborn, ask Dinial Bikir.anl then ask
all tne modern evangelist which is the beat
time to gather sjuK and tney will answar.
"lhenlzht: by all oils, the night." ro;
only the natural nighU but tbs night of
trouble.
Hnppose I go aroun I in this au lleno and
ask t1e Ciirislisns when they were eon vert
. to God. Oa would answer, "I waa at thi
time 1 lost my cuild by membranous croup.
an I it was the night of herds vein nt," or
tne answer would b, ''it was Jmt aitor I
wis swindled outot my priperty.and It was
the night of bankruptcy," or It woullbe,
"It wis during that tint when I was down
with that awful siokne.an I it was tho ni (ht
of pbysioal utrrmg." or it would bi, "It
was that time wren slander toon alter me.
and I was maligna I an 1 abuej, an I it was
tue night of pjnecutiou. " AH, mv hearers,
that is tho tun for you tt go after sjuIs,
when a night of troubU Is on them. Mm
not that opportunity to stvj snul, for It hi
tie best of all opjxn-tunltlai.
Oou? along the Mhawk, o- the Jun'ata,
or th Dslaw.ire, or tbs To iibigoee. or t'.M
St. Ltwrsnca right after a rail, and you
will tln l the flsh'Tinin all up an 1 down tha
laka.f Why I 11 icaiH'j a good time to angle
isrigat aft'-r t le rain, an I that is agoxl
time to cstc'j souls, right afUr a shower oi
misfortune, right after fl 10 Is nt disaster.
And as a pool oversha lowe I with tre is is a
grand place for mining a llna haul of lUh,
so when the eoul is tin ler tba long dai'g
she lows of anxiety an 1 distress it l h uo I
tluist'i make a spiritual hull. IVopiu in
the bright sunshine of prosperity ar. uot si
easily taken.
But be aura before you st irt out to the
ropl fisherios f get the right kin 1 of bait.
But how," you sty, "am I to get it?' My
answer Is. "Dig for It." "Where shall I
dig tor it?" "In tho ric'i Ulhle grounds."
We boys brought up in tha country Imlt)
dig for bait beforj we stare I for th banks
of the R tritau. Wo put the sharp eilgeof
the pa le agiinst tin grouud and thmi put
our foot on tlu spade, and witu ono tr.' inm
doiis plunge o' our strength of bxly an I
will we drove it. in up to the ban II an I tlin
turnel over the sol.
vVe had never rea I Walton's "Co'iiplete
Angler," or Charlea Cotton's "Instr iction
How to Angle for G.avliug in a Clear
Htresm." We knew nothing about th mol
era red hscklo or the lly ot orange o lorol
mohair, but we g )t tbe right kin I o bait.
No use trying to angle for llsti or anl-i for
011 Is unless yon have th right kind of bait,
aud there is plenty ot it In the promits, the
parables, the miraclei, the crucifixion, th
beaveaot tbe grand old gospai.
Yes, not only mmt you dig far bait, but
use only fresh halt. You cannot do any
tiling down at the pood with nut angle
worms. New views ot truth. Sv views
of God. New views of the eoul. Ttiard nri
.11 tha or books to heln you diit. but
makeupour "ilndas to whether you wilt
t"Hetk'blutof Habukkuk and Isaili an lM
J 00 and use hook and line, or take til hint
't'allV-Pf tui'.nd Christ Sail ttsli
with a net. - -
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I think many loss their tims by wanting
to fish with a net, aud they imvjr get a place
to swing the net. Iu other words they want
to do gospel work on a tug si-ale or thev will
not do it at all. 1 sue feeblo minded Chriv
tian men going aroun 1 with a Bagster's
Bible under their arm, hoping to do the work
ot an evangelist and um the uet. while th-y
might be lietter content with hook and line
and take one soul at a time. They are bail
failures as ivangclints. Tbey would Iw
mighty uu2ess as private (.'nristiau. I(
vou catch only ons soul for Goi. that will bj
enough to till your eternit y with celebration.
All hail the tlslieriu in with liom nnd line:
1 have s.hjii a man In roubot corduroy
outfit c.):ni luc'i from tha woiJ lo.ii.
down with a str.ng o.' llnny treuures hung
over his shoiililcr and his gamubag lilll,
an 1 a loj with bis teeth carrying the basket
Ulla I with thu surp.m 01 nil aiiriioous
augling, uni It was all tlu result of a hook
and line, an I in the eternal world th re will
bi many a man an 1 in my a wonmu tnat
was nover heard ot outside ot a vilkge Hun-
dny-sohiol or a prayer miuting bur ml in n
chure'd basem'jnt whj will conw iMjfore tlu
throue ot Gal with a multltu la of souls
raiuomel through his or h?r instru
mentality, and yet tha work all dune
through iH-rsoiiai interview, o 10 oy uui
ou t by oae.
Y'on do not know who that oao soul may
hf. Htaupitz h dpe I on j soul into tha lighr,
but It was Martin Lutner. 1 bonus l.ilnuy
brought salvation to on soul, but it was
1 lit -ii Litlnifi-. Au elgii tool maker was
the means ot saviug one soul, but it was
John HummurlHd. Our bltuued Lord healed
one blind eye at a time, one paralyxol arm
at a time, ono dropsical patient at a Unit,
and ruised from tbe dca I one k'iri at a ti'iic.
0111 young man atatiui. Admird the net
tbat takes in a K""t many ui ouu-, uuj uj
not despise tho book aud line.
God b'llp 11 1 amid the gospel ildierlos,
w'authur wo employ book or uet, tor tb.) day
cometh wuen we shad see how much do-
psndad on our lldelity. Christ Himself de
clared : "The kingdom ot heaven is like unto
a net that was cast into tho sea and gathere I
of very kin ', which, when it was full, they
drew to more and sit down ami gacnere-i
the good iu the vessel, but cast tho Ixi I
away, hi shall it u at ins -m ot iue
world the angels suau come torcu uiu
M-purato tbn wicke I from thu just."
Yes, the fisherman think it bst to keen
the useful and worthless of tbe haul in tbe
Kama net until it is drawn iukhi tlu beach,
and then the division takes place, au 1 it it is
on long Island coast tna mossbaiikers are
thrown out au I the bluntlsh an I shad pre
served, or if it is 011 the shore of Galilee the
fish classified as ailuroids are burl I I iocs
into tbe water or thrown no ou the bank as
unclean, whilo th p.-rch an I tbe carp and
th barbel are put into pails ti be carried
home fur uo.
Ho In the churoh on earth the stints and
the hypocrites, the generous naitbemsan,
the cuuite and the unclean, are kept In tbe
same membership, bu; at death th division
will be made, and tbe good will bo gathered
to b-aveo, aud tho bad, however muiiy holy
communions they may bave celubratsd, and
however many rhetorical praye.-s they may
bave oirered, and however many year thir
names may bave been on the church rolls,
will be cast away. uoa loruiu
that any of us should lie among
the "cast away." But may wd-doour
work, whether small or grea't, as thoroughly
a did tnat renownui fisherman, George Vv.
Bettrone, who spent his summer rest angling
in tbe waters around tbeTboiuaud Isles and
beating at their own craft those wbo plied
It all the year, and whs tbe rest of hi time
gloriously preached Christ in a pulpit only
fifteen minutes from waere 1 now staud.aud
ordering for his own obsequies: "Put on me
my pulpit gown and banus, with my owu
pocket Bible to my right hand. Bury m
with my mother, my father and my grand
mother. King also my owo byniu;
"Jas, Thou prince of life!
Thy obosso cad Qui die;
l.llt rbes, uiy eoaqusr in tit strife,
Te lelga with i'a ou alga."
.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
LESSON FOB SUNDiY, FEB. 19
Nehemlah's Prayer." Neh. 1.,1-11-Oold,
a Text: Psalm xxx., 10. Com
mentary.
1. "The word of Nehemlsh. the ai ol
Ilachaliah." Nehemiah (comforted cf Jeho
vah) wa one ot the Jewish captive selectel
by Artaxerxea, the IVrsian monarch, to fill
the office of cupbearer. He arrive 1 at Jeru
salem about thirteen years after Exra wa
governor of Judea, remaining about twelve
years, and then returning to Artaxerxea,
from whom he ree lvd a new commiislon.
He went again to Jerusalem and rule-1 there
for another twenty-two years B. C. 44.V4K
He was one ot tbe greatest men of th
Hela-ew Nation, renowned for his ral,
patriotism, courage, humanity and earn en
devotedneas to G. I nnd t His service
("Hearohtng the Scriptures'' by Dr. Ander
son). One of the most Interesting thlni in
the book is Ih edict to rebull I the city
(chapter II., .1, Mi, from wnlc'.i begins Dtnie.'t
seventy weeks.
'i. "I asknii them concerning tha Jews that
had escaped, woic.i were left of the caotiv.
iy, and oncoming Jnmalem.'' The caurch
id to-dav se:ns not to appreciate the fact
Ibat Jertisneui was an I is and shall yet hi a
i-lt.y very dear to Jehovah, and more dear
(ban we can nil ierstand to every loyal Jew.
The Ixird hath ch wen .ion. He hath de
sired it for His habitation." "The Lor I
tiall yet comfort Zi-m nn I h til yo. chooti
Jerusalem.'' "At that lime tin-y shall call
Jernsslcm the throim of tho Iiru" (IV.
CXXXil . I;'; Zecli. l 17; Jer. Ili.. ID.
a. "And they ssiil unto Me, The remnant
that are Id tot the captivity thTd In tba
Tovinc are in urest all! ction an I v
prtvach." By c .mparint vers 1 an I chap
t r II.. I, with K. vil., il, 7, we find that this
ilrio'ation was thu c n 1111011 of thhigi nt
the holy City tliirt-i-n yars atw the irrat
l-einriiiatloii wroiiflit tlirnuli K.-.r.i, an I we
Icel incline I to nek why i: was so. With
theteinnle tlnisln-d, tim tviliip reitortl
an.) micIi ptiriiyuig at K..-a ha I acc.im
plilu!. why was thi tun more tal for
(oil? II one question r.i -1 hnlp to answ -r
another we would as:, , with all tlu
open doorsof this ceti' r ition
liospel to every i-r.uiiire
amount of money intn nuel
ar there Mimany Iniu I rod
without the (loip. h '
4. "And it rim t 1 pas,
the.o wor.le, that 1 mt dowif
uioiiriied curl'iiii day., ai'
prarcd I t fore the God ot hd .
t 1 carry tus
il the vast
f Chritian,
null! jus still
h-n I heir I
mi. I went, an I
f ante-1 an I
. :' Hire is
a man awuy oil 111 liahylnnl
itcrestel in
1 tbe honor
or sevjral
up to
ina wen 11 re o, J-'i iKalem
A'
till :
lima,
Of tho Got ul iM-ail
tays ho gives hi
mourning and fastlnir a
1 lira y In .
lomimro 11 unci fnntiug an l i-rnylrig lor
three lull weeks that nam iit know t'u
mind of I to I (I) in. x., 'J, !li : .- Paul threi
years at )'. ilienu, warning tli oeopie nig it
and day with tears (Acts x :i), and ro-liiemlx-r
that Cod isa reward - ur them that
diligently Mtk Htm ( leu. xi., t..
ft. "And said, 1 beseech Thee, ( I Lorf lio-t
nt heaven, the great au I ternb e God, thi,.
keepeth cuveimnt and m-rcy tor them t lat
love Him unci observe His coininmi lraiiti. '
From here to the end ot the lesson we bav 1
his prayer, nnd It is a prayer that was heard
in heaven and answer.!. Observe tnat 111
chapter I'., 4, he one day prayel without
uttering a word itu his hps, for at the stimi
moment he prayed to God an I pike to tne
king. Cmipare this verse with ciiaptar ix.,
11'.', and l'.x. xxxiv., il, 7, and see iu Jsr.
xxxii,, 17, tbu comfort to fa ubtauidd trout
the GihI of heaven,
. "1 pray betoro Thee now day and
niKbtfor mo children of Israel, Thy ser
vants, and confess the sms of tin rhildrau
of Israel." Idcutil vim: hims.-lf witn tha
nation, bu coufetsus tlu-ic sias.
Wblnir, palliates notiiing, I
ll'inisef , sa-'ay, "ii'.'i I ea4
He excuses
but InuiitJnt
house have sinned." "He that oovreth his
sins shall not prosprr, but whoto coufasieth
and forsaketh them shall obtain merer"
(Hrcv. xxviii., I II. It we confe.n our sins
He Is faithful and ju-t to forgivo uojr sins
and to demise us li oil) all uurigaleousiiusl
(1 John 1., 'Ji.
7, "We have dealt very corruptly against
Thee, and hnvo not kept thu command
ments." Thuciirsuj hud com" jmt nn (lod
had said in l'etit. xxviii., 1", V, and they
had brought It nil noon tliL-inulves (lia.
In., '-), iNoli.-niinh does well lo malio lull
coniesniiri; bur, 011, think of Hun wim t ))..
nil IhcHo sins uixm lllni'elf, who allowe I nil
mil lo bu lienp I 1111011 Hi. 11. making it lin
I i.wn tiuit lie might u,ivo unto ih His rl ;ht-
iijuniiL-iMi 1 iii-a it, (itH-n uuw mr i-vti v 111-
iiviilual le'.ii-ver ill Cor. v., -1, Acts xni.,
"", mi l thu ll't will yet uo tor Isra'.-I
linn. Ix., 'Jll.
X. "ileiiu iiiber, I beseech The, tilt word
that Tlinu c Miiuminlest Thy hervntit Mos .''
He remind God of thocursi which Ho by
Moses bnd said should come, aud which hid
come. He did not question tha authorship
of Mose1, nor did ha doubt that M um sp ko
thu words of God. He believed God, on
demned hiuuclf uu J his iiu iplo an I Jd'tulo I
Clod.
V. "But if yo turn unto Me, an I Loop My
rouimandnieiit', and do them." He is quot
ing now in his prayer Iroiu lleut. xtx., !-',
where Jehovuii protuise.1, ou con litiou of
true repentance and obe.lien -e, t restur.i
them to th.-lr Itm I an I bl-s th t.u mil givd
them a heart ti love Him supreinnly; nut
the comiitmii was, "If thou turn unto th 1
J.ord thy Go I with all thine heart and witli
all tby soul" (Ueut, xxx., I'll. As He chuiii
Jerusalem to nut His nanu t!irn an I mag
nify Himself from thne. so He chooses us
to bear His name and magnify Him In thesn
mortal bodies (Acts ix . lo, Hi; Pail. 1., '-'Hi.
1(1. "Now these nra Thy servants and Thy
people whom Thou hast redeeiuod by Thy
great power un I by Thy strong ban I." Ko
pleaded Moses, reniiii liiig Gil that not
withstanding all their sin still they were
His people an I His inhei itnn j J which He
brought out of Kgypt (Dtut. is., Sli, '-Ml). Ho
pleaded Daniel als as he Id . milled himself
with tho sinful natio i au 1 nskod mercy iu
these words, "O Lord, forjivo for I'luneowii
suke, O my Go I. tor Tuy city and Thy
pboiilo are called by Thy iia'iiu" (Han. Ix.,
Jo, ll). H-e what lis will yet d o for theiv
lor His name sake 111 Y.iu. xxxv 1., "i 'M.
II. "l'roMicr. I pray Thee, i'hy servant,
this day, an I grant him mmvy iu tha sight
of this mini." Having pourul out bis soul
ou behulf of his people, he now asks a special
favor on hi own behalf, and yrt for their
sake as their benefactor. Kvery such inter
cessor, whether ba be Abraham or Moses or
Daniel or Nahemlah, Hiig;ets to us the great
Intercessor, our Lord Jeu Christ, who died
for us, live fur us and will iu du 1 time come
agaiu to us. He, for His name's sake, for
gives our sins (1 John il., ii; lis. X lili.. '-i n,
end Mils us that whati.-V4r we slm 11 ask in
His utile, that the l-'ithi r may lu glm illod
iu tho 8011, lie will do it (Jo. iu xiv,, i:i, 14).
Lsou H ol per.
DHINKINU MEN NOT WANTiD.
The general public is entitled to the maxi
mum of security for projwrty aud persou.
It pays for tbat. It wants sober conductors,
engineers, llremeu, brakemen and switou
tenders. As a rule its want in this respect
are gratiH xl. No railroad company would
dare to employ an inebriate iu any one ot
these posilious. But the tendency 1 to gs
further ami to refuso to employ ny drink
ing man, whether a drunkard or not. No
rational man will employ a drinUiug coacu
nitu, No factory will employ a drinking
engiueer. suopostng the busiuess to be well
managed. Few will employ a doctor who is
known to drink habitually and to an stout
le cause remark. Boston Traveler.
Tick ware 313 railroad accidents In th
United rotates In Dceuibr, ot wuich 107 re
sulted from collision, ninety -five from de
railments and ton from otawr cause. Two
hundred and tweuty-uiue persou were In
jured and forty -on killed
TEMPERANCE.
ntATit or Tne drunkard.
There, standing In tha snow and sleety
All night win ler r In the street,
And rag and filth from head to feet.
And almost Irottn dead
A victim of Tile rum is he,
A wretch at wretched as nan bo.
To hopeless misery wei I
A Pariah of society.
Whose curse is oa hit head.
Tte stands aonn the corner there.
Like some do mied phantom of deiptlr.
Keen through the morning's sleety air.
Ami waits the door to ope
The rumshop door, that porch of hell,
Where ba and many millions fell
Down Rum's reaoy elope,
And went with headlong speed to swell
The throng without a hojie!
A shivering, shambliu?. ahapeleas mass
With both nan Is clutcnmg at tbe giass.
He lets th fiery poi n pass
To quench th bell within!
Rut hark! be hears demoniac calls;
Foul firnu assnil him from the walla.
And devils nr. him grin!
He staggers to tha street he falls!
May heaven lorgive bis sin!
Come, drag him off and out ot sight!
Tis only a drunkard, and what right
Has his tool, bloated corn to blight
The latrnsisof the morn?
A tew pine board and Potter's Kiel I
Are all to him the world can yield
To wreck and ruin born!
Cut hold! enough! He lias aopt'alc 1
To Ood from buuian scorn!
P. BL Cddy, in New Yora Mercury.
A I'tni.in enfxy.
Thetnloon has nothing to common I It.
Its social feature is a cheat and a delu
tion. It is a curse, an I nothing but n curie.
It is Inimical to our best Interests. It wars
agaim-t the lioni?, an I the church, au 1 th 1
community. It (iligbts and curses all who
fellow itas a means ot living, ad nho pat
ronise it a a pleasure re.ort, an I all who
frtquent It tor tho pratillcit on of latei
which it has created and develop 1 1. It de
serves no recognition from tho or ler-loving
snd the man-loving. It should bu legislated
out of existence. It should ba hated, de
ipised and spume I by all who led Its le.
uioraliaiug tlTectai The Stnt should de
clare It a foe to good citixenshlp. The
etmrch should nnathematiza It. W e would
have better olitica, safer boiuet, purer civ.
ligation, more orderly siK-letr, and more Ire
quent revlvtlsut religion, it it was burin I
Imyond the power of resiirroctiou. Preiby.
tci lan Observer.
An fKCIIlKIT WITdOCT CT.twrNt.
A merchant of this city met nn old aa
rptttintnncti recontiy 011 nn elevsl I railway
train. In the rouris o, oouversation tne
man told hlin that since they ba 1 Inst met, a
tew years previously, he ha I paemd througtt
a wonderful exih-runic . Ho the-t told a
story which we reproduce lu the briefest
Ksible form.
He had been a member of the Pro I no Kx
change, nn I h id been in goo I circuiii-.tuiii--s.
Ho tell int. ton hnnlt of drink, not because
lie loved the fist of liquor, but a 111 ill 10 of
thrist seemeil tc potsosit nlip, so that he oftn
drank from tw nty to thirty time a day.
1 le soon lost ln businnss, and drift -d steadily
downwai J. His wife and children were
forexl fo leave hlin. and hn lincaiim utterly
discourageil. ii'i 1 was most of his time In n
half drunken ,-i'itn. Whilo in this condition
be chance l one day to inejt a man lu knew,
who was a bar I Irinker like hi.nself. After
route ooiiVei-sutioii this man pmMse. that
tney should go to ii certain miKiion to hear
tbe singing. I'hev wi-.'it, A woman nt fs.cn od
to tbeiiil-eilun cauie ami spuKn kindly U them
nnd Inviteil them to renin. 11; but they de
cllnsd. Tbe merchant's frieiii', however, fell
drawn to return tho next mlit. lis nenl
thereafter steoilily every muhl (or a woot to
t e mission, trolling, ho saio',. as though he
could not stay away. Kvery ni(,-nt the faith
ful wetnan missionary would .00111 an I
,".'s!r .''Ind' htm an 1 urge bi-n to see
salvatiou; tut he a.aj.s declioe I. On
night he folt a though be ought fa make an
rlfort to become a inau again. Wbilo this
feeling was In bis heart, though ha waieven
then in u drunken state, slw came to him as
inn il and Inrilal hlin to go forward, lis
got up ot one nud went wmi her. Before
bu knew wh it he was doing, he was kneel,
ing at the altar, an I she. was praying lor
him, an I t hen lie b van to pray lor bimseir.
He was fully convert." I, and went to w irk,
In connection win lu 111H.1011. to bring 111
others mid save tli inu I'rom that, monieui,
lie says, tho dcir ( di-uil; luit him en
tirely. Started oncanviro III tha right way,
lie lujun to prosper. Un no:i:lod ln wile
unit children, 1111 1 fiey ci uo bac't to livo
witu him. nil 1 now lis is nt thu lift I of a
happy 1111 1 comfurfablu hoin-. II t li.di-v.n,
it is 11 I less t) sty, 111 t iniiilloitly iu tni
olllcacy of prnvt'i'. H boliev.-s he was le I,
hair drunk tii)ti;h ho was, byth-tlioly
bpirit tothe muetiug throiiiu tan inti a
meiitility of his druiiUeu trien 1, tin I thai
tho saiuo divine iiillu nic 1 pro-npte I him to
return mailt alt-r mglit mil finally to pray
(or hiiusA. Now York lint- p.-u IcoU
TKvl'!tltAXVIf f'lt I'Alf ItOAU MIV.-.
The iiftlciuln of at le.i-.t t, raio-i a 1 ci;ii
paiuet 111 tl.u ciiinti-y havo iv.-eti'.ly t a'.en
acca.i 011 toenforc i.trict reulnti an 11 nin-.t
the vuiployiiieiit of I'l'iiiUni ; iiimi. i hi th-1
1nig Island il.u'roal proof tl.it 11 11 em
ploye goes inslijo of a saloon while on du!y
will en iin bis (lis aiivnl. 'I'lm liabits 01
un 11 who apply for work are nls 1 to bn in
pnrixl Into and prelercnc 1 given to total
ahstaitici-s. Hiseliarges of umplnycs for
lireiiking the rule ii.-niost the iim ot nil 1x1
rating liquor Imvo 11 1 ready followe I this
triiUilit order Iroin linadquii't r, mil
hemts ol depart tiieuts urn to he held rcrfp ni
1I1I11 lor future i iilon-e.iienc of tho resul t
tion. '1 he olllc-is of u railroad 111:111111 mil
of ( inciiiimtl liiive ( -ii lu 1 to taKo hitiiilar
ttvps to vntoi'cit sobriety tiirougu uu n -ci.
di nt 1'iiUM.sl by n drutikeii enincei-. I i.h
coniliictor a id llrcinaii lost their places lor
not dibcoveritig tli.'cou hlion of th" etigiucei
ami having I11111 removed. 1111 I the crusadn
npiiiist tippling employes ot thu company
lias already led to uu uaus ml number 01' iliv
chnrgt'ii.
Au uci-iilent should not bo n s-.lel, how
ever, to u rouse a railroad's otllivrs to the
iicceittity of greater si-cui'ity for their
patrons, GootV business muiiugcmeiit would
vein to i eiulro thi. An unstvady baud at
Ihe lever, thu dimming ot the cws that
keep a lookout from tha cab window or a
moment of misplaced Judgment may i.-r.-rice
lives, destroy properly, sua Lb tint con
tloeuceot travelers iu tho line no 1 ultimately
reduce dividends. I'lie Hrolherli KiU ul li -o-motive
Kuguieers, wlilcu, through tho con
servatism and u.iaracterof its leadei-s, his
become ono ot tho iiioit lull'ietif tal uu i re
tpected of lubor uuion, recogni.os the nec--silyof
sober and careful ju Iginetit ill its
mi-mbers and socks to promote lemp.-i alio
and intellignuce among tlncn. Coiisuipi.-nlly,
there are lew liner boJios of woi-Kiugui 1 1
thun the American locouiotivo engineer. A
lew year ago a commotion was cause I
among theso men by a movement, m Ma-vi-t-huselts
utid some othurStites to hiili.ject
i-ngiueers to tho tost uf color bliudiics.
louiorary opposition untiled away, how
ever, before the apparent necessity, 111 thesj
times of color signal, ot thu engineer being
thoroughly cnptble uf disiinguisiiiu i ttiose
tignao. ,
If tnere ara rmoiilo who 2omplaii of a rail
i-oad uouipauy's rigidity in deinandiug sotiri
tty among tbs men it places 111 responsible,
fisitious, they will be iulerestexl to know
tLat in New York and some other Htatei
tbtre are laws making it a misdemeanor for
th company nut to do tbu. Near Yorg
Pram.
Mother "Dear mo, are you
through shopping? How did you
manage to get back so hood?"
Daughter (a bright girl) "I told
them to send the chaogo home with
the goods." Street & Smith's Good
A MINK K.X PLOSION.
tao ms rsTAt.t r iurnrii aniskvji ornsa
ervritri.v lu:RiK.it.
Wit xr.nitBr. An explosion ocrnrrel in
ronvkham shaft Friday. Nine men were
severe y burned and two of them will die.
The Hiiiired are; I lioinas Holnit, marrieil;
Kdward Ward, single: M. Itnin v single:
rintniiel Kanseit iniirrieil, I'. Mohan, mar
ried: riiouins KetMian, driver boy, Wi liam
Johnson, ruarrint.
Two (ith. r. John Morgan and .lames Hop
kins, lire fatally burned ui.il cannot recover.
It is -aid Unit the 11cci1le.it was clue to leav
ing one of the main doors io 1 ti in n gsng
wny mud. This eiiuil nn m i'iiiuilatiiii of
fai. which beiaine initr. from the naked
Jtnps in tbu hols uf the miners.
AN AW I 1 I. I'Ali:.
s 1 tr ri oii s 1 Mi 1 ho 1 1 1 1 1 :: sat
in i:iii ni 10 1 ti.
HollllMY Hi 1: .. A horrible n.viiletit or--rnrred
1:1 W'.Huln iry township, this coun'y.
Hiitur.lnv rteiiing by which two little child
rcii were 1 rctua'e.l. ' Albert (ilas 11 ti -1 bis
wife had gone to call mi a lieichliors's fam
ilv nhnnt a mile di't.int leaving ihcir two
(fiililrcn. a.:cd nbout lo mid 7 vcar, retpec
tivelv. alone in t he bonic. A sbort time
lifter lb- puti'iits bad 1 .irte. a ulss ioa .
oil la.np hn 1 1 hi till 1 1 n; 11 poll t lie kill lien
table iii pulled over fv the it'tlc girls and
it rsplo.lt d .throwing tlie biiriiing oil over
'heir i lothing it 1 1 tetlinc pre In Iue boiisi'.
'I be ( hild'cn w er.- huriieil to ileiilii lu fore
help could n-ac li ilicin Iroin ihe m i farm
snd t be Ini'i-e w ,n red net d to a pile of iisln-s
IT.NNSYLVAMA KHITollS.
. r. ai m in 111. nn ri;iui:Nr or tiis
-I I I -.o. It I o.
II i.i!iiu 1:.. - At tb.- tat-niy li'th mum it
meeting of tne x-nie IMironal A-oc;aiioii
lieie, K. I-'. Vi'lie-e.n, ol o i n irton , .
rlecled rei i-iil: II I..T.ig,:art. of l llihdel
pliia I. ui-tiii II. dji-rs. id Miheeii ami J.
V. Malorv. nt 1 11 Iniu. h i- ( ri ii'l-nti, li,
1 1. lioiii.i". ofi iiiiiiierlniiil. -ecu tary and
troiimrcr mid Mrv .1. V. sinfi-r. ol l.nnraa
i-r. rorreipoudiii.' Mi-tel:ny. The I x-cn-live
( 'oiniinttfie cotiHiit of t'vriii I.. Kox
nf Perks. J I! eal. of Il1111plr.11: .1. I rvui
Merle, of i Inn -kid. P. '.riiv Meek, of ten .
tie. l,cori;c M I'.i ef Inn, i 1 le.irlli I 1. W. V
Itoi.l.ol M 1tll.11 .iii-l .1. V. iirn-r The
nimtni r tu cim will probably be hell 111
Peadmg.
a-
.Miu Hi i:i:i) UY wpaps
I I I ti s or I II oil i imp,
tjf s : 1.1 in many pints id' the Stale were sx.
Weakened by the cold nud the lack of f 00 1
that they were caugtit ny Ii mil.
l-'oti the lirst tiiiie in more ihiiii 'JO years
theswil't water ol the Mn-iiaiig at Now
t list le were completely froeu up.
A r rotiie placrs in the -i-.iieliaiina Ihe
ice is mi' I to be packed 11 11-1 iri-r.eii to a
deptb ul' Id led.
A 1 11 1:. driven from the iiioiintsins by
the deeti Hiiuw, was killed bv 11 I -j omotive
on the rennsyl vnma K.ulro.id u.'nr New
Florence. ' 1
W.ow has no l
days and tho Iiu .,
( too of wheat.
iisi rue uoi.i',,',: .
I urn ir'iiictiiifa b:g
P-tt.s K w v 1 1.1.1:, 111 JctVersoti county, re
ports t lie thermometer down to 'SS' below
r.i ro. This is about tho lowest in Western
i'l linsylvalil.i.
s: 1 to is 1 (ki: row n-.
Hi 1 1 1 I " 1 1 . I ast Sdtiiri'nv ni.'lit h!mii
two doen stiidi-nts I nun the Sim,i CoIIiko
wi-nt oil a 1 jcKet to I 'i tie I i rove Mills, Alter
terroi : '.1:1" ha I the tow 11. tbey ttivaled the
Mi tlio I -1 rli'iM li, broke up u r- lii'iu
llii etinu' mnl sent the people home panic
stricken. siillor.11 i ng puwib-r wa t lirowii
nroiiiiil. ami sonic ol the worshipers had In
lie carrn-d liolll'- bcc.iiis.i nt t'ieisii cull
sciotisness. None o the -0int';it4 wen- ri-c
ii.tuied. I he tt u-lees inlcavor to
hunt doan and puni'-li Ihe 1 1 r 1 r.u : s.
.... : oM 1:1 ; it 1 if - . 1 : t.
11..! !.c-ni 1:. In die 1 ,i-c ..i'.i. 11 W.il
la c vs. the I'l'iiusvlv in:. 1 K.uir ..a I l oin
ptitiy, a jui v aw ardcl plmutill I " "lain-.i.-ci,
I he I'l'iitii .-Ivani.i w Ii 1 ! t .i';!!i'eniiii;
it- 111. 1111 line bi-linv I yroiie 111 I 1 . rctiiove I
1 liiiicloie-iiioii::1 111. PI. unlit! bad been
-ell i in.; t he 01 e on 1 1 1 :s in. .11 1 it .1 : 1 1 to I 'ar m-gi
in. ol I'lil-biir,; In bis suit he a, lie I f.ir
a ('a 1 .1 '-.
I !l I. I'
M H".'. 1 .
A 1 1111c: i 1 ."ii cli'i Atra.Ic a f . 1 : r
story lin.'li btiililiii: nti l.ii'M'lilli live
tine, w a damage'l in 000 by tin- ot mi in-
cieliary 111 im. insincd b-r iibunt ..n.' third.
Aiiiuii:: the otic r ioscrn urr I rcli iirk lies
scr. dty itoo'is. .1 Kramer, wall ni mt mi l
dry goi ni-, l.ctwnc nii'l Siii:i-i. whules.ile
dry n Is. ihe W orld's Mii-enin and m pri
Mile fall iin'v Ihe guilds u these Were
worth alioii' 7o.on .111. 1 were badly dam
aged l.y waici.
KM 1.1 II UN Ills W I iiMI .,v.
,Iuiin-iiiw v. Siitiiucl pilwatds. '.'" yea")
old. was iiistntiilv killiil while walking on
the truck lie was to have been luanied
atlIU I'Vcil'.ll.
A r Sli Hino'.iin, a bilge icicle lelllidil feel
and Hi nn k 1 ieon.ie Pel, who whs nt the hot
torn ol .Nelson slial', inflicting lnt.il inptries.
Prn 1 I'ini lite circiiliiting n llarrlsburji
Slid else w liclc ;i-l, 1 og the renin val ul I ierinau
caiplroiu the -tn aius of I'eutisy Ivatuu.
A r I: M mis' institute will bo held at Can
onsbiirg, I'eliniury
i:w 1'isit i. has had lircs in two weeks,
till bclicvc'l to be iti' i-nili iry.
I ill eleven Western I hioii l elegranli line,
mu.i tried ln-t wi eli lur breaking the Sab
bath by repiiiring tlie li 1 that day, were
convii teil Sloiidav and Hi litenri.d to pay a
tine of rl ami costs. I'lie .lust ice's .Ici.-io:.
Billies tlsit the w ork ill i cgonl to I lit- wire,
was ncc.-.'sary, but that other w.uk. - icli a.
digging trenches, was done, llint iiu0-lit have
been done at mint ber tune.
Hv the discharge of his gun w hile he nm
climbing a I'cnce, Simon Itro'.vse, a farmer
ol'Sclin's tiro vi-. list his lift-.
lii isY Mi 1 '1 liny, living near I Ireotistittrg
SllpHiseil to be pour, died the othi-r ilnv ami
In her home 11 tin can contain iij; tl .)
fuiltid, with other valuable.
Jvmih Wtt.i.uMs, iigeil jo years, a son of
Inane Williams, was kicked i-n tbe head by
a vicious horse near Ohio I'yle and had Ins
skull fiuctiiri'd. It is leared he will die.
A minrh named Joseph Pilgrim, of
Clsiriiljie bad his neck broken by a fall cf
slate. His recovery is nut of the question.
Kim k the piihlicalion ofsslory that Mrs
Kailieruie Kiuhl, of tbe Hlark to nty poor
house, has fallen heir to II.ikw.ouo hundreds
of letters ure iHiuring in from people wbo
offer Mrs. Kielil a home and show a won
durlul inleresi 111 her welfare. 1-etters beg
ging for money come lu by tbe score. There
is uo truth iu the reported furtuue.
A t il l I I I Mo 1 111 1; 1 tun 1 1 rs 111 ;: imiF rist
will. 1 ::oM 1 11 1 win 1 1: v 1 tu.
Hi vi 1: I ' 1 1 .s M r Altniexcr. a iertuati
Wotiiau. mnl ber I iiiotttlis-u d baby, with 11
Mrs. Mivder. left lien- in a s.-tli to return
to their Inline iiesr llilwoml. I'ne biihy wa
wrapped warmlv to pro'i i t it from the ol I,
and us iliey weie pii--.iig through Kestvule,
Mrs Altm'yer reniarked that Hie child wa
I'linsii.illv ipnet. I ' ti w nipping it she lonn I
the in l.itil ilea. I tno: In-red liy Us wruS.