i Mtirapcir pct I :ET- lfsL- "d " """"'I DR. IMAGE'S SiDAUtRill
Ill IIIIMI 'lllll I 111! I U1 1.1. 11 wni.l '11
GEO. W. WAOGENSELLEK,
EJitor and "Proprietor.
MiMHiKti mi, 1'a., March ft, lSOd.
Tlie whole English TTe,a iv oI
tlilicnlo tt Poet Laureate Austin.
fialtinoro ns well an Brooklyn is a
lty of churches, each having a greater
Ltimhcr in proportion to tho jiopnla
tion than nuy other cities iu tu
Unite, Stntf".
Tho NewOrlcunsrien.TnEO announces
that "Iht Keelcy motor is moting aain,
lint in tl,c line of it former rentier
fill achievements in luoting cnuli out
u.' it -s t;to?kholilrs' pocke's."
Tho Into Consjressiiinn Lwler. of
Chic.iv'o, onco toll n Chicago antlieuco
(hat tho majority of tho people of this
country const itutrti the bulk of tho
population nn 1 was vociferously ap
j'lmi "o,1.
A Lomlon weekly pam r recalls tho
fact that nt tho breaking out of tho
Napoleonic wars, which lasted, in all,
twt ntv two yenr.. I'-nfTland had about
li'i.O'M) lairc.njtilc rvBcjoinjr,
A !.:' tin's for labor,
A little time for play,
And then there comes eternal night
Or else etornal day!
A little time for Joylnjf,
A little time for grief,
And tin n wo full Into the grave,
As falls tho autumn loaf i
A little time for laughter,
A li'tlo tlmo for tears,
AaJ then au ocean gathers up
The measure of our yoarst
A littte time for loving,
A little time for hate.
Anl thou, with swift and shldJ'rlng foct.
Wo open an unknown gate!
A little time for singing,
A Utile time for wail,
And th''n our mils are torn to shrv
Ili-fore an unknown gulul
A lltt time fc.r meeting,
A little time to pnrt,
An l then a cruel hand tears away
The dower boru In the heartl
A little time to waken,
A little time to nod.
An l then. In glee, worms fecduav.
The lmoi! of the Oo.l!
Hamilton Jnv, In Florida Tlmes-Cnton
The Minister's Surpriso.
Puria;; tho wars tin lei's
of tin tn wero destroyed
tiy tho netuy.
vessels.
than 10,871
or captured
n
2Z
The S intlw rn Hates Marine, of
raltimore, publishes reports from over
fi'lO correspondents in all piirts of tho
South us t tii! liunticial condition of
fnriivTs. "There- n ports fhow that
tho Southern farmers in a class aro
less 1 nr. 1.i;e.l -with debt than they
have been nt nuy previous timo since
tho war."
"In n huii lr. 1 years" said Napo
Icon the t trout at St. Helen i, "F.uiop"
will bo Co-sad; or republican.''
Unssi-i Iris been .liri;; her part to
realiZ" the pre .lietioti for the Cossn 'k,
observe tho C'iiir;o Times-HeraM.
The Ku-siini lrontier Las been moved
toward Korlin, Hres.le'i, Munich,
Vienna nnl I'.iris ubuiit 70!) miles.
It has be u moved n thousand miles
in the direction of
miles nearer r.ritls'n
tniles ou tho ran 1 t'
Teheran, lO'l
Itrliiv and Bill)
Constantinople,
rrofesFor Becker, of the United
States fSeolos'eal Survey, who has just
"turned from the A!"-'"" " ' Ms
" that nlthoiw'i
. ... jds in rent pui.sof t
gold seekers should tnko into acc- t
tho linnlships nnl chance, of ill-for-tutio
thnt they will cuconuter. Food
nd other necessaries nro very expen
tive. Notably rich mines already
developed are tho Treads ell, on Doug
las Island, whL-li produces S5:)0,0'.U)
worth of ore yearly, and tho Apollo
mine, near D.-larotl Il.iy, with u yearly
out jut of vi, linn.
Mutual lire insurance unions farm
ers h.n proven v.'ondi rfully miccc-k-fill,
remarks thu Ani'Tieau Agricul
turist. Tlio Le-isl it'ir. s of tho Mid
31o States hav-; dotio much to aid this
aioveiuent by juinsiu;; a' dint nil tho
'.aws tin y havo b"iMi n-kelto. T!io
tnuiiiti d- of fiimu rs mutmils in N'e.v
fork cud l'eiuv ylvatiia represent many
millions of dollars' worth of property
md without eecj.tion tho mi iiibers
report n.leipi .to pr.tte;iou un ! n
creat cavini; ja premiums. Actual
losses uud tho Tieceiviary op' ratin'; ex
penses r.ro very Maull. Tho money is
retained in th-J comruuuity and does
not io to till tho colli rs of thoso al
ready rich. It is u practical demon
stration of co-operation which can bo
practiced in other linos whero farmers
aro housst and can trust thcuselvcd
aud t.u'h other.
Pr. Jameson is reported to hnvo
laid in nu interview that "our Maxima
could havo knocked the rpots out of
them, but wo had no ammunition."
That is f,-oiuj,' to bo the trouble with
tho machine ruus, especially for armies
of invasion, predicts tho Atlanta Cou
ttitution. No ammunition train, uo
mutter how long, can carry cartridges
enough to feed theso greedy corn
poppers whuch shoot away iu a lniu-
uto as many .round as a soldier can
curry. The Maxims and Gitlinga ure
nil xisht in theix place, but tliey will
not lessen tho importance of accarato
email arm 13 re. A beloacfuered fortrosi
w ith b.ig mngar.iufti might bo able to
fill tho air bo full of lead that no liv
ing thing coulJ approach, but an
army in tho field will Mill find it nec
essary to khoot to Lit, nd it will take
eharp ovenight to keep tha soldiers
from wustiu; too mocli leul even with
a magazine ritlo, to j uWhingofa
machine gun apittiug from to 1000
bullets a minute.
"1'ls sweet to lovo;
And It's jest honey
To love a girl
With lots of money.
ABLY ono chnrp, cold
mornini when a henvy
snow lay njion tho
ground, a portly, corn
tortablo sort of a man
in a cnocoiaio-nrown
ovejeout opened tho
Kate vf Tarson ltowo's
POttft'O.
It was Srjniro filover, ono of the
'nillars of tho church.' anil lio was
corninc to consult his liastor concern
inir Homo church mutter. Just as he
was about rapping nt tho door it
opened, and Wtllio 1'owo camo out.
Must walk riL'ht in. miuire, and sit
down," says Willie. "IV11 bo iu di
reetly."
Awnv ho ran. and tho squire steppe
in, aud i-ut down in tho lit t lo parlor,
waitin2 tho appearance of his pastor
Presently he heard hteps and voices
in tho adjoining room, aud then
child's voice said :
"l'u. iust look nt my shoe. It's all
riPi.ed."
"I think it is, Laura," answered the
nnrson's tones. "Let mo seo per
Laps no, it is too worn to bo mended
Huain."
"Well, pa, pleisc, I'd liko to havo a
new tair. Won't you iret 'em for
mo?"
"As soon as pa can, ho purely will
ilnn.'ht.T ." said the father, in sa
tones. "Ue good and wait a littl
Laura."
"I have waited ever so lonj, sai
Laura, "and Willies shoos p-n worse
t'nn.T mine, and ho hasn't KC - mit
ther."
a, inte""T e.i
"tan and feed your c ens,
don't worry papa now."
Tho child ran out, aud tho parson,
cover dreaming who was in tho next
room, hearing every word through
tho crack of tho door, said :
"They can't worry mo moro than I
am worriod, Mary. I don't say much,
but I feel all our needs, not for my
self, but for you and tho children.
It made my heart ache, a littlo whilo
i 1. . 1 ..II
n'o, 10 near iiniiu usii 11 wo i-uum
never huvej meat for breukfn .t any
! more, and know there wasn't a pouud
' of meat in the house."
j "Nor nuy Httur, either, and hardly
any Hour, an I not ammo iu inn purse,
! Johu, but for oil that we won't sl.u ve,"
said the littlo woman's cheery vuice.
I "Have you lost your faith, John?''
"No," Mary, I hope mn," camj the
; answer. "Hut it h;es seem liar.!,
wheu my salary is so unall it can't be
paid, ko we eoiil 1 havo a lew comforts
, ut. least. Sometimes I think I must
give up here, and try somewhere cl."
"Oh, no, no, John!" pleaded the
, wife. "Not yet, anyway. We've jot
' such a pleaset.t homo here, and our
' people are so hinu, nun i Kivo u n.
Let s try on a lit t its longer, nud m i.v-
bo help will come."
"Well, 1 dou't know from whence,
Mary. I'm sorry to say so, but I've
lost heart lately till I'm really not lit
to preach. If t lie Lord don't help ih,
and that soon, 1 don't know who will 1"
Then thero was a sound ot n man's ris
ing, and Sipiiro i!over, fee ling as if
ho didu't want to see his pi'stor just
now, up and slipped out before Parson
l',i i wo came ill.
Aud wheu the food squire got wife
ly out of the gate his faco was red,
and ho was pulling for breath.
"Well! svll!iod bless my soul!"
ho punted, lis ho trotted ou. "Here's
a pretty htato of things! No meat,
no money, no shoes why. Hod b'esj.
mvsoull This must bo looked nftir.
Shall be, tool I'll seo the deacons, '
unci if they won't, I will, out of my
own pocket, too, Clod bless my soull
That brave littio womau bhall have
norno help to keep up her husband's
hoart, or 1 11 know tho reason
Racing along, Hushed and excitod,
he met Deaoon Jones. He had tho
deacon by the buttonhole in a minute,
and after a short consultation they
both went off to Deacon Robinson's.
And that afternoon there was much
etir in Oleuville, little groups con
stantly meeting and consulting in
every store, aud on every corner.
While tho day seemed to close in dark
and cheerless in the parson'a little
cottage.
A fresh snow fell that night and
served to make noisoless the sleds
which drove softly up to the minister's
cottaae with tho very first faint atreali
of dawn. The inmates of the little
dwelling were alf sleeping eoundly,
but one awako aud listening might
have heard muttlod footsteps, whispers,
and cautious ehoving aud pushiuff. of-.-,
heavy artiole. These, however, soon
cemi. od all 'as quiet until the
day broke clearly and the Tillagori
I ro"!' ... i
The weary parson and his trne-
.tcarteil little wife Lad lain awake late
(the night before, for heavy hearts
make sleepless eyes, ami iney ! -
little Mmn mofti tnis morning.
Rut at last they wero all tip and
dressed. The simple breakfast, con
sisting of colTce, warm biscuits and
butter, was nearly ready wnen viino
and Laura took a notion to run to me
front door and seo how dctp the snow
was on tho front porch.
Thronirh tho littlo parlor tuoy iroi-
tod, Willio fir-t. nnd Laura following,
to tho front door, which, with some
httlo trouble, they pulled open.
An I tho next minute ino couage
rung with their hasty shouts.
Pal pal mammal mamma i uo ,
come Hero I tome qnicm "
to tho porch, quick, both oT yon 1
flreatly surprised, and sliaMly
frightened, not knowing what had hap
pened to tho children, tho goo I par
Knn nn d his wife rushed to tho front
door, upsetting tho cat and tho coffoo- ,
pot in tlieir hasto to reach it. J
What a sight met their eyes I No.
wonder tho children shouted I Tho.
snow had been carefully swept from I
the front porch, which was set out '
with a temptina array of various arti-1
cles. Right before tho door tdood a ;
barrel of llour, on top of tho barrel
were laid two juicy hams, and astride
the hams sat a great, fat turney, nil
lressed ready for cooking, at wuieli
Wdlie aud Laura sot up n great shout, j
An ien barrel beyond was running
over with plump red apples, and a sec- ,
ond barrel full ot tug, comioriaom- ;
looking potatoes nnd a row of crisp .
cabbage-hea ls kept guard c.11 arouud
the barrel.
flu u there was a box, pneked witli
paper of m-ar, c !Tee, tea and rice, a j
sack of dried peaclu s and feveralcans ,
of .'fruit. And another box, when
opened, displayed two uew pairs of I
shoes just the ri;ui size ior unui
and Lauri; mudry rolls of n.innel.
muslin tin 1 calico, warm .toeluns and
mittens and several small articles, not
f.tre.ettituc a well tilled basket o nuts
nnd candies winch proved that some-
idy knew what children love, nn l
which s. t La.ira nudWilao to iiauc-
', liko littlo Indians.
In the bottom of the box was a thick,
. i -.i . t. ! ' .
warm gray sinwi, wun .Mrs. itni.-n
trim" piniiel iu it- And when tho
shawl was unfolded, there dropped out
an envelop" directed to Parson Lowe,
inside of which they found tho amount
of the delinquent i-alary ia good, new
ereciiba-ks ud n card upon which
was written :
"Will .nir imstor aeej the little (nirpriso
cirt will li a omiiiie-t Ins salary, witU the
J.j vi" a grateful p'i ple?''
"(!i. what a ji'ieAnint, ploasatit sur
prisu!" cried Willie and Laura to
gether. "What a wondcrfnl mercy, rather 1
sail tho mother; "John, didn't I tell
yen the Lord would help us?"
"Yes, M '" ' " pastor.
" n ' crcies of
A GOSPEL MESSAGE.
Sublect: "All Men Are Aitray.'
If
ins
to
av
HI
!r,
iu
Aud in the little parlor they all rev
erently knolt, nnd never a moro fer
vent thanksgiving went up than as
cended Irom tne littlo circle in tho
parson's cottio that happy winter
morning.
A Mule ns a Witness
When the witnesses for tho prosecu
tion wire throii'jh, in the case of tho
Stat- Id hio against Philip Stark, for
cruelty to animals, recently tried in
Cincinnati, 'Squire Tyrell asked for j
the witnesses lor the detenso. Stark
reldie I tintt li" had disliked to bring
hi-" witness into court, but ho was
11 c aid it .
"Where is he V" inquired the Magis
trate, siiarp'iy.
Muiside. There h" is, looking in
the win !v at you," u:iswered the dc
feiidart. 'SiMiir.' Tyrell locked at tho win
dow, and saw a big-faced, pleasiut
looking mule garing into thu room.
"I'll bring him in," suid Stark.
"No; I'll go out." said the 'Squire.
They went out, aud a great throng
gnther'ed su 1 I inched uprosrionsly us
I vretl went over t Uo animal. It was
charged that Stark ha I built a fire un
der tho mulo iinil burned it shametul
ly. Not a trace of lire or lieatiog was
found on the mule. Tho '."squire said
tho mule's testimony was reliable nn 1
in favor of Stark. New York Recor
der. Arizona" Natural Rrhlgc.
Arizoni's bridgo iu tiie Touto basin
is a marvelous piece ot natural archi
tectui". i The rock t-pans havo been
bud by nature with all the nicety ot
h'Mi iiii handiwork. Tlio structure is
of solid rock and tho surface is as level
us a floor. It isoo ) feet in leugth aud
tlOii feet below runs the rippling river,
limpid a ud cool uud sparkling iu tho
bunli.'ht.
Interspersed about tho walls of tho
Cinyoii are many caves which aro won-
tiers iu themselves. Ono may nu4 an
entrance at one end of the canyon and
au exit far uway from tho btarling
point. Suspended from tho ceilings
of the caves are beautiful prismatio
stalactites. Tapping upon them pro
duct s a pretty musical effect aud notes
not unlike tne tones ot a uuiciiner ecno
along through the gloomy caverns ur-
til tho waves of sound are lost in space.
Flagstaff (Arizou a) Democrat.
Tr.xt: "All we, like lieep, have Rons
trnv. Wo have turned every on to his
own wav. and the I.er l lmth laid on Hlin tho
inloulty nt us all.' Isaiah liil.. 8.
Onee more I rlDff tho o'd ttoiiel hell, Th
flr.t half ot mv nnxt text an Inillo'mnnt.
All wo, like sheep, have Rons astray. Snine
one fays: "Can t you ilrcp that tint word?
That Is too g"neral; thnt sweeps too (rrent a
elrele." Home min rises In tlio audlenee,
and ho looks over on the opposite side of the
house and Fav: "There Is a hlasphomor.
and I understand how ho ha cone astray,
And there In annthr nart of tho house Is a
defaulter, and ho has ononntray. And thorn
la .in Imi.ird hnranll n n.l h n ll 114 9riHe ILt fH V."
Sit down, mv brnther, nnd look at home. Sly
text takes us all In. It starts hehind tho
pulpit, sweeps the rlreuit of the room, and
eome. IibcIc to tho nolnt where It started.
when It says, All we, liko sheep, havo gono
nst nt v.
I en v-ry easily undorstand why Martin
Luther throw up Ids hands after ho hud,
found the Bihle and cried out, "Oh, my sins,
my sins! ' and why the pulilienn, according
to the eustom to this tiny In the Kast, when
they have any great grief, began to beat
himself nnd crv, as he smote upon his breast,
"Ood be morel'fill to m. a sinner." 1 was,
like miinv t,f you.tirought up Inthe eouutry.
I and I know sum of the ha!lts of sheep, and
I how they get astray and what my text means
i when It "says, "All W", liko sheep, havo Rone
nstrny." Sheep get astray In two ways
elth.-'rhy trying t.i get lu'o ntlier pasture, or
I fr. mi being seared by dogs. In tho former
way some nt us got mt raw We thoiigiit tlio
religion "f Jesus ClirlKt put uk en short com
mons. We thought there was better patur
' age Komewh-re ei '. Wo thought if we could
oiilv Uo ilo vn on the banks of a distant
! stream, or under great oaks on the other
; side of poav hill, we might be better fo 1. W
, wiiufe I other Miturat than that whloh
I (iod, tlirou ilt Je-usChn.l. cave oursotil.aiid
I we wandered on and w wn'idered on and
we were but. Wo wanted bread. Slid W
I fonn 1 tfarl'ie. The farther we wandered.
1 Instead of tlndlns rn-h im- turnge, we found
' i'la-te I in mil anl !isri -r roek and more
Miiigingiieiile.. No pasture. How was It
1 In the elub nniie when you list y.iiir chlldV
' I)id they eoniu aroiiinl snd help you very
I m ti'-hV Did your w rldly assoelate-t ennsolo
i y.ui very inneli? Hi 1 not the plain Christian
' man who emtio li.to oiir hotHe and sat up
I with y mr ilarling i-iiild give you moro enm
I fort than nil worldlv msoelates? Hid all tho
eonviviiil song-, you ever heard comfort you
in thnt day of b -i-.-avement so muehasthn
song they sang t you? perhaps the very
song that wa sang by your littlo child tb j
lu.-t Subbiith afternoon of li'T litei
Tiieri' Is a happy land
Ksr, far away,'
Where saint Pnniorial rel;a
Driglit, bright as day.
Tlbl your business ai-soeiutes In that day
of ilarstiess and troublegive you auv espooial
eoiidolenee'i1 Ilusiii"-s ex,M;vrato.l you,
business Wore yoll out, lnlslliesK left you
limp as a rag, bii.sli.es made you mad. You
got dollars, but you got no ponce. God have
merry on the man who lias nothing but
business to eornfort hl'ii! l ilt) world allordod
you no luxuriant pasturage. A famous Knj?
lixh a dor stood on th stage luiperHouating,
and thunders of npplau-e eame down from
the galleries, and many thought it was tho
proudest moment of all his lite, but thero
was a man asleep ju-t In fr nt of him, and
the lift that thnt man was Indifferent nnd
somnolent spoiled all tho occasion for htm,
and ho erled, "Wake up, wakti up!" 80 one
littlo annoyance iu H fo has bemi moro pcr
va Uug to' your mind thnn all the brilliant
congratulations and success. I'oor pastur
age for your f" ' " ' his world.
Th Wf'4 has
belln. you. tM worlj misinterpreted
you, the world has persecuted you. It
never comiorted you. oh, this world Is a
good rack from which a horse may pick
his food. It ts a good trough from which
the i-wino may crunch thetr moss, but
tt gives hut little fond to n soul blood
bought and Immortal. What Is a soul? It
is a hopo high as tln throiio of (iof. What
Is a niaii'i" You sav, "It Is only a man." It
Js only a man gono overboard iu sin. It Is
only a niaa goie overboard In business life.
What Is it 'nan'.' Tin battleground of three
worlds, witli Ins hands taking hold of ties
tini"S of lUhl or darkness. A man! No lino
ion ni.'ii-ure him. Sublimit can bound him.
The iireliang"! hcfoin the t'aron" eiuiuot out
live him. The stars (.hall die, but ho will
watch thelrrxtiligoi-lirnerl. Tlio world will
burn, but h" will ga '.e at liio eonilagrJitlon.
Kn lless agin will marcii n. It will watch
the i.r ssii.ii. A man! Tho ina-tt ridoeo
ot Hod Al'iiigtiiv. Vet you say. "It is only
a man." t an a nature liko that bo led ou
tiu-ks of tho wd'icn.e- ''
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th
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to
Legend ou a l'ralrlo Schooner."
The old legend, "Pike's Peak or
Bust," which used to adorn the can
vas covers ot emigrant wagons in the
old davs. has been succeeded by vari
ants signs appropriate to the changed
and changing locution ot tne uoouiers
paradise. A big prairie schooner
oasaed through Oaborue, Kan., bound
east from Oklahoma last week bearing
tho inscription.: Oklahoma for
starvation.! Kansas for . desolatiou.
Texas for ideyijspiUoqs Nebraska for
damnation. Going to Ohio to sponge
on wife's relations."
hui'-tantiul eo'iiforis will not urow
Un nature's ba' T"'i muI:
AM we ran lj' a-t till Christ we know
1- vanity an I toil.
Some of you got astray by looking for bet
ter pasturage; others bv b 'lug seared by tho
ilogs. Til" hound gets oyer into tlio pasture
Held. Tim pour things tiv in every dlrec
tion. In a few moments tle v aro toru of tho
be iges and they ur" splashed ot the ditch,
nnd the lost shi-eii never gets homo uuless
the farmer goes after It. 'J'.iero ts nothing
so thoroiighlv lost ma lost sheep. It may
have been in Is.iT. tlurnig tho tlunncial
panic, or during tlio (li.ar.eial stress iu tho
fall of 1S.73 when vou got astray. You almost
beeatno au atheist. You said, "Whotois Oo 1
that honest men g i down nil I thieves pros
tier?" You were doggo 1 of creditors, you
i . . . . i i .i .i
Wero lloggen ol lite o iiikc, you vvern iiuKK'iil
of worldlv disaster, and some of you went
into misanthropy and soiuo of you took to
strong drink au t others of you tlud out of
Christian association, aud you got ft.stray.
ill. t.n... tl.r.t ti'i.s tliM h.t tirnou-tien Villi
ought Pi have forsaken God. Mand'lng
nniid tie' foundering of vnur early failures.
howcoiild vou gut along without a ciod to
eoiiit. i't yoo and a Uo 1 to d dlvr you and a
(iod to bt Ip you and a (lo t to save you?
You tell mo yon have boon through
enough business trouble aluost to kill
you. I know it. I cannot understand
how the boat uould liv.t uuo hour in thnt
chopped ten. Hut I do not know by what
process you got astray: some in out) way and
mine in another, and ll vou eotllil really son
the position soiiih of ion occupy buforu God
your soul would burst Into au agony of tears
iiml you would pelt the heaveus with the cry,
"lied have mercy: Binai s uaiieriea navo
been uulimbere 1 above your soul, uud ut
times vou have heard it thunder. "Tho
wages of sin is dentil." "All havo sinned
und come short of the glory ol lion." "uy
one man sin entered into tho world, aud
death by sin, and so death passed upon all
men lor tliat all IiaVS S1UU 1. "lUSWUl
that sinneth, tt shall din." Wheu Hevastopol
whs being bombarded, two nusslau ing.tiei
burned all uight tn tha naroor. tnrowing a
clare unon the trembling fortress, aud some
of you. from what you have told me your
Helveit. some of vou are standing in the night
of your soul's trouble, tho cannonade, nnd
. . J ... ..la... II.. ...... n
tna ooDiiagraiiop, nun iu" jiuiinmuiniuu,
and the muitNudo of your sorrows and
troubles I think must make the wings of
fiod'a hovering angles shiver to tha tip.
Dut tho last part ot my text opens a door
wldtt euough to let us all out aud to let all
heaven in. Bound It ou the organ with all
the stop out. Thrum it on the harp with all
tbt atrinis atuue. With all til" mulody pos
ibbt let thu heavens Bound it to the esrtb
and lot the earth tell it to tho heavens. "Tho
Lord hath laid ouHim thetnluuityot us all
I am glad that tho prophet did not stop to
explain whom hti nienut by "Him." Him ot
the manner. Hlin of the bloodj sweat. Him
..ni.li resiirrocilou throne. Him ot the cruel
tlxlon agony. "Ou Him the Lord Uath luld
the Iniquity of us all." "Oh!" says
Let every man carry his own burden and pay
his ow a debt. That sounds rease
I have an old gallon, and I nave I
to me t tt, a A I come to you snd ai
settle that rV ligation, you riaht'y
your own ants." it von sua i,
down tt sit sent both hnle, kenrty
I ask yot , to carry me, you say
"Walk on ynnr own feet!" Hut supt
and I were fin a regiment, and I was
od in the tattle, and 1 fell unconi
yonr feet w'th gunshot fraetures sn
cations, wtiM would you do? You
call to your eomrnde, saying: "Co
helpt tbls if an is nnipieit. jinng int
lance. LetUs take htm tothehospita
1 would be'a dead lift In your arm, a.
would lift he from the ground where
fallen, and! pnt me In the smbnlnnfl
tnkoma trj the hopitnl, and have all
ness showa me. Would there bs an
twcneantnir In my accepting that kin
Ol- jiu would bo mean not to
That Is wht Christ does. II we coul
our debts, then tt would be better to
and psy tl em, aytng: "Here, Lord, 1
my obllgition. Hero nro the means
which I tn'an to settle that obligation,
civs tne re .lit. Cross it all out."
debt is pa. I.
But the fact Is wo have fallen In the b
we have sine down under the hot tire c
trnugrcslons, we have been woundo
the unber, o! sin. WS are helpless, we ar
dono. citrlst come. The lou I clang h
Inthe sbj on that t hristmss night was
tho bell, ho resouudlng bell ot tha m
lance. Clear the way ior tne non oi t
He coraw down to bind up tho wounds,
to scattw the daikness, an I to save the
Clear th way for tho Son of Go l! Ct
eomee di'irn to us, nnd we are a dead
Ho does not lirt us with tho tipK ol ins
gers, Hn does not lift us with one arm.
comes d''wn upon His knee, and then wit
des 1 lift He ralscK to nonor aim glory
Immortillty. "The b 'rd hath laid ou I
tho Intouitvof us all." Why, then, wl
mancarrvhli sin-.' Yor.l rnnnot enrry
cessfull the smallest sin von ever e.
rnltted." You might ns well put the Ap
nines ol one shoulder and tho Alp o:i '
other. IIow much les can vou carry all i
sins of your lifctim ? Chri-t comes u
looks down in ynnr lac and says: "I h.
come through all tho lacerations of tin
dsvs, and through all the tempests of the
nights. Ihavocomo to bear o ir burd"i
and to pardon your kihk, and to pay yoi
debts. Put thorn on My shonblcr. nut the.
nn M heart." "On Him til" Lord hath la'
tho tnlnulty of ns all." Kin has almost P' s
erod the life out of soaie oi you. At time
it ti m made vnn cross and niiroaKonnbl". un
it has spoiled the brightiutss ot your day
nnd the peaco of your nights. Ther' ar
men Who navo neen numo'i m .
world gives them no solace. (Jossimery an.
volatile tho world, while eternity, ss th
look forward to tt. Is black a midnight.
Thev writhe und"r the rtings of a conienee
which proposes to give no rest hero and no
rest hereafter, and yet they do not rel ' iir,
thev do not prav, thev do not weep, lin y
do hot rrolizo that ju"t the position they oe
cupy Is. tho position occupied by svires.
hundteds and thousands of men who never
found any hone.
If this meeting should bo thrown open and
tho people who are horn omld give th".r
testlmonv, what thrilliug experiences we
should liear ou nil sides! Tie-re is a man
who would sayi "I ha I brilliant mir.-ouno-ings;
I had the best e lu 'iition that one of
tho best collegiate institutions I this coun
try could give and I observed all the morali
ties ot life, and I was fell-vighfous. and I
thought I was all right before Ood as I am
all right before man, but tne n ay npim
camo to inn one dav and said, 'You are a
hlnneV tho Holy Spirit persuaded moo. t.ie
fact. While I hnd escaped tho sins against
the law ot the land. 1 hnd really committee,
the worst sin a man ever commits, tic
driving back of the Son of God from n
heart's affections, aud I saw thnt my hm
wore rod with the blood of tho Son of O.
nnd I began to prsy, and peaco camo to
heart anil know by experience 4hHt w
you say is true." "On Him the Lord I)
fold the iniquity of us all!" Yonder
man w- -oulil sav, "I was
lukr t I went f
...r. i ..... '-J.'.? l' -A.. -JV..
kninn-mv rhitilren cowered when I enton
the house- when they put up their lip to fcc
kissed, I struck them; wnen my who .ro
toated against the maltreatment, l kicked
her Into tho street. 1 know an mo onuses
aud all the terrors of a drunkard's woo. I
went on farther nnd farther irom uou unui
one tiny I got a letter, saying:
"Mv Hear Ilusnaud l navo irico erry
way, dotio everything and prayed earnestly
aud fervently for your reformation, mil
ll Heums of no avail, am?' our uttio
Henry died, with the exception ot thoso lew
happy wt.eks when y u remained sober, my
life ha t been ono of sorrow. Many of the
nights 1 have sat by th window, witu n.y
faco bathed In tears, watching for your
coming. I nm broken hearted, I am sick.
Mother and father have been hero tre(Ue:itiy
and begged mo to come home, but my lov.t
for vou and my hope for brighter 'lays havo
always male ino refus them. That hope
seeais now beyond realization, and I have re
turned to them. It is hard, and 1 ballie.t
long before doing It. May (iod ble.-s and
preserve you, and take irom you mai ne-
ir.e:l nppellle, aipl imsi'-u mo tiay wuen "
S!iall bo again living nappny logemrr. i .o.-
will bo mv daily prayer, knowing that li"
has said, 'Com" unto me, all ye that labor
and am heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.' Krom your loviug wife. M;:v.
"And so I wandered on und wiiinieroti on.
siys that mini, "until on ) night I passed a
Mi'tlio-llst meeting House, alio l sam to my
self, 'I'll go In nnd see what thoy are doing,'
and I got to tho door, aud th ;y were singing:
Ton right op to the heart, to ths eomnsJ
to tne symnatny, to tne pardon of His
whom the Lord hath laid the Iniquity
all. .Throw away your sins. Carry th
longer. I proclaim emancipation to i
are bound, pardon lor all sin and etern.i
for all the dead.
Rome one comes here to-day an I 1.
aside. f com up three steps. Her
to this place. I must stood aside. T.i
that place He spreads abroad H-s nnnrt.t
they were nailed. Yon seo His foct;
wem bruise 1. He pullK nsldo th robs
shows you His wounded heart. I say,
Thou wearv?" "Yes." He savs. "weary
the world's woe." I say. "Wheneo c
Thon?" He says, "I enm from Calv.
I say, "Who comes with Tuec?" Ho .
"No one: I have trodden the wlti";
alnne." I sn, Vhy eomnst Thou li
"Oh," He sars, "I came here to enrr
the lnK nnd sorrows of the p-n
And Ho kiiefils. Ho says, 'Tilt
shoulders oil tho sorrow anl
the sins." And, conKclous ot my own
first, I take them and put them on the i
tiers ot tho Hon of God. I sav. "Cnnt T
near any more, O Christy ' Ho says. '
more." And I gather ttptheslns of all t
who servo nt thee altars, tho nfll 'i
the church of Jesus Christ I g
up all their sins and I put
on Christ's shoulders, nnd I sav, "i
Thou tiear any more?" He says, "Yes, n:
Thn I gather up all tho kIok of a Inn
people in this house and I t.ut them nt
s'.iouldorstif Christ, nnd I say. "Cnnt T
nenr morn?" Ho savs. "Yea. more."
gather np all the sIok of this aeml,K
put them on the shoulders of the Hon of
and I say, "Canst Thou hear them?" "1
he says, "more." Dut He is departing,
the way for Him, the Sou of Ood. o,'
tiocr and let Mini pas out. He is e ir
our sins and bearing them away. W
never see them again. Ho throws
down Into the abysm, nnd yon hear tn
reverberating echo of th"lr fa'l. "):
the Lord hath laid the iniquity of us
Will vou let Him take vour sln to- 1 1
do you sny, "I will take elmrge of the
self. I wilt tl jilt my own butt I 'i, I w.l.
eternity on my own account?" I kno-.
how near soum of you havo come to ct.
tU" lin'!.
A clergyman said in his pulpit nn
bath, "Ilofore next Saturday night -this
audience will havo pae I out of
A gentleman sal I to another it" t te
him: "I don't believe It. I menu to w
nnl If it doesn't Com till" by next fcv,
light I shall tell that elerryniua bis
.lood." Thomanseatel n xt to hl'ii
"Perhaps it will he yourself.
'he other rt'plie 1. "I shall livtol." -.
man." That night he breathed his la-:,
iiay the Saviour cal's. ' mayciai".
lever pushes n man off. Go I never d
tnylioily. The man jumps oiT, h"Jii:nt
Iris sulcld" soul sulclil" If th" mm
shop, for the Invitation Is, "tvhos ev r
"t him cottie," wtiosoovor, wh j.vt'Vjr.
never!
Vhile no Invites, how bl-st th." day.
How sweet th go-pel's charming i
'ot'I". siiin "r. haste, oh, haste aw, iv
While yet a par lo-iiug God is found .
In this tiny of mci-eitul visitation. -uiiiv
are coming into the king ,'oni ol
ain the procession heavenward,
heat'-d in my church, was a mnn wii
-. who said, "I dmi't know that ther ' i
o I." That was on Friday lng!it. !
vt'o will kneel down and Had out v l
era is uuy God." An I In tlio seen, i
e: the pulpit wo krclt. He s il l: "I
uud Him. There is a Ood, a par!
i l. I feel Him h-re." ilo kte-lt i:
rkiics of sin. lie a- no two mluut"
ird in tho lilierty of too go-pn!. Wil l
ncr sitting under tho gallery on I'
bt said: "Mv opportunity Is goii .
"k I might hsv.t been saved. .N it
o door is shut." "Heholtl tim
id who taketh away tho sin of tho w
.'ow Is the accented time. Now is th
salvation." "It is nppointed unto nil
cj to die, and after that tho tudgni -nl
WEATHER WARNINGS HELPFUL
faved Mllions of V J
or Moore.of the Weather Bui
i a special report t tho Sccr
"AU may come, whoever will
This niau rocolves poor sinners still.
"And I dropped right there where I wai'.
and 1 said, "God havo mercy!' and Ho had
mercy ou mo. My home Is restored, my wife
sings all day long during work, my children
come out a long, way to greet mo home, and
mv household is a bttio neaven. i win i
vou what did all this for tne. it was mo
truth that you this day proclaim, "On Him
the Lord until nil i mo luiuuuy i u uu.
Yonder Is a woman who would t-ay, "I wan-den'-1
oil from mv father's house, I heard
the storm that po ts on a lost soul. My feet
were blistered ou tlio not roes. i wcui on
nud on, thinking that no ono cared for my
soul, when ono uight Jo.sm ui"t mo and Ho
... .1 IF f.,.1 I..
said, "l'oor llllug, go uome; iuur nun-r in
waiting for you, your mother is waiting lor
vou. Go home, poor thing!' Aud, sir, I
was too week to pray, and 1 was too woal: to
repent, but 1 jut cried out i boijohu otu
mv sius nnd mv sorrows on tho shoulders of
Htm of whom it Is sal I, 'the Lord hath laid
ou Him tho iuiquity of us all.' "
There is a young man who would say: "I
hnd a Christian bringing up; I camo from
the country to city life; I started well; I had
a good position a good oommcrciui pouiuou
but ono night at tint theater I mot some
young men who tlld me no gooa. ny
daggod mo all through tho sowers of ini
quity, and I lost my morals, and I lost my
position, ana i wa aunuuy met nnun.
was going aown ino si root, iuiukiuk
one cared for me, when a youug man tapped
me on tha shoulder and said: 'George, come
with me, and I will do vou good.' t loosen
nt him to sea whether, he was ioklng or not.
- - . . ....
I saw he was in earnest, ana I said, 'wuai
do you mean, sir?' Well,' bo replied, 'I
meau tnat n you win oouio to mo mueiiuK iu-
night I will Da very giau to imroauco vou.
I will moot you nt tho door. Will you comer'
Bald I, 'I wlH.' 1 went to tha place whure I
was tarrying, l nxea mysen up a wen ns i
could. I buttoned my coat over a ragged
vest, and I wont to the door of t lie cnurcu, and
the young man mot me, aud we went In. nnd
as I went in 1 heard an old man praying aud
he iqokea so muen line my miuur i nuutran
right out, and they were all around, so kiud
aud so sympathetic, that I Just thoie gave
my heart to (iod, and l snow tum wnni you
say is true; I know It In uiy own experi
ence." "On Hun the Loru hath laid the
iniquity of us all." Oh. my brother, without
topplug to look whether your hand tum
bles or not. without stopping to look whether
your hand is bloated with sin or not, put
It in my hand nnd let me give you one
warm, brotherly, Christian grip and iuvits
ivauct
Saved !
Vofossor
made a special renort
criculture In rck-nxd to the net mil m ui
a j of cold wave Warnings to the people
t hi country, with special ref-rou'-'o to I
c vave of January 2 to 5. IS'ji.
That wss a wave of uuusual svnri
spreading ovortho entire country east of.
lloeky Mountains, with tho exception ,
southern portion of Florida. At
We -it her Iliireau station throughout
region tho cold wave Hag was ilisol
ami warnings wero distribute 1. at.
twe'ity-t air hours beforo tho cold wi
curroi.
Kit,, oris received from lh2 statlor.
cato that Ihc-o warnings were dire.
stnimont.tl iu saving from destr
iiMtiertv exceeding :t.rOH,Onotn value.)
estimate takes no ac-omit of iro:"r;y
ns tho result of warnings distribute 1,
tho Weather liureaii stations to th
of small towns a:d cities from whl'!i
b -eii impjssiiilo to obtain reports.
The largest saving renortel w.us by
nnd shippers ef p Ti-haMe produ-
pines wero protected in fa -lorl"-, r's
and puMli! buildings, and the si. o;
nvih reg ilated bv r.iiiron 1 ofilditls.
Ilorisis an I iigri. .ilturists pi-ote
iiot-nousc. Ii" n t( of direct b 'nelli
rceive-l .Voni fuel dealers, owners
liarvesa-iv, r.irm r and stm-k raiser
men and business men generally. 1
Cue laii r d-vhres the W- a'-h- r Ibu
active panm-r in evrv man s ousio-s-
An other bi-noiit widely reported, bu'
sarilv not exiii-"-:;..' 1 in ilgures, wast'
tectiou to health an l tho increase
comiortof too publlJ gcnorully on :
of theso timely waruing.i.
'1
I
BOAR KILLS A BOA CONSTfllC
Ititvcnotis Snake V.cue i'rnin Ii
Only to Mt-td llvalh.
In an animal store In New York Cli
by Donald lJuras. two boa cou-ir
furious with Imager after a fust of
weeks, escaped from their cage. O i
through tho bars an I into acagne
by two Texas wild boars. Tho n
from the South did not wait to be of
but jumped and began stumping on t:
tile. The boa enwrapped each of th
and endeavored to crush their live.' -tho
littlo animals were too strong un
to permit this. One of them selz-'l
snake by the neck and almost It
bones that answer for its spine. Tit
succeeded in touring itself loi.se, on!
aualu slr.'d bv tho nock, aud this tl
neccary succeedo I In crushing tho hi
lts adversary. Ho'.h the boars were
hurt, and ono will probably die. I u
boa constrictor crawled to the cageo
In- n lino vounif leouard. but a light
tho two was prevented by Hums aid
his assistants, who suocoedoj in viti
log the reptile from tho cage.
EDICT AGAINST DEATH DANK
Oiaga Indian Ordered to Costa thi
torn by Their Chief.
Chief Debolt, tho hea l modlolno n
tho Osage tribo ot Indians, and the
politician, has issued, from Pawhuska
noma, an Imperative order disconi
death daooes in the Nation. When nn
dlua, according to a long-established o
all bis relatives go absoluioly nake
the death daucc. which occurs thlrt '
after the fatality This cast m of!
naked has played n ivoe wun tnem, a
them subjtut to colds that invariably
iu eonsumptloti. Keven per cent. .
adults of tho tribe are now In the la-el
of consuinptiou. am It is this abr;'.ii.
that called forth the edict. 'I (no tin
of thu measure Is so groat th' t l'atl
will be treason ugaiust the N -itlou.
Entlaiul to BtraiiKlrteu Her H
It is stated that 35,0 0, W will b,
1 to naval work. In this year bu life
i l